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but<00:11:34.500><c> a</c><00:11:34.639><c> working</c><00:11:34.860><c> class</c><00:11:35.139><c> city,</c><00:11:35.700><c> an</c><00:11:36.000><c> industrial</c><00:11:36.500><c> city.</c>

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nothing<00:11:39.659><c> much</c><00:11:39.919><c> in</c><00:11:40.059><c> the</c><00:11:40.139><c> way</c><00:11:40.259><c> of</c><00:11:40.460><c> large</c><00:11:40.659><c> public</c><00:11:41.019><c> institutions.</c>

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would<00:12:00.360><c> never</c><00:12:00.539><c> ever</c><00:12:00.740><c> be</c><00:12:01.039><c> plagued</c><00:12:01.399><c> by</c><00:12:01.620><c> emperor</c><00:12:01.980><c> worship.</c>

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They'd<00:12:02.519><c> never</c><00:12:02.740><c> ever</c><00:12:02.940><c> be</c><00:12:03.139><c> called</c><00:12:03.240><c> into</c><00:12:03.460><c> account</c>

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for<00:12:04.379><c> not</c><00:12:04.639><c> offering</c><00:12:04.879><c> a</c><00:12:05.559><c> pinch</c><00:12:05.759><c> of</c><00:12:05.980><c> incense</c>

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or<00:12:08.139><c> for</c><00:12:08.340><c> preaching</c><00:12:08.639><c> against</c><00:12:09.379><c> this</c><00:12:09.860><c> God</c><00:12:10.139><c> or</c><00:12:10.320><c> that</c><00:12:10.539><c> God.</c>

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It<00:12:10.919><c> wouldn't</c><00:12:11.139><c> happen</c><00:12:11.539><c> in</c><00:12:11.860><c> Thyatira.</c>

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The<00:12:13.440><c> authorities</c><00:12:13.659><c> would</c><00:12:14.039><c> never</c><00:12:14.299><c> persecute</c><00:12:15.000><c> the</c><00:12:15.240><c> believers</c>

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to<00:12:15.720><c> death.</c>

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It<00:12:16.200><c> just</c><00:12:16.539><c> didn't</c><00:12:16.759><c> occur.</c>

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Nobody<00:12:17.440><c> cared</c><00:12:17.960><c> about</c><00:12:18.360><c> religion</c><00:12:18.820><c> that</c><00:12:19.080><c> much</c><00:12:19.279><c> in</c><00:12:19.539><c> Thyatira.</c>

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She<00:12:20.279><c> was</c><00:12:20.480><c> a</c><00:12:20.600><c> city</c><00:12:20.720><c> of</c><00:12:20.960><c> tradespeople.</c>

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She<00:12:22.039><c> was</c><00:12:22.220><c> a</c><00:12:22.440><c> practical</c><00:12:22.840><c> city.</c>

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She<00:12:23.259><c> was</c><00:12:23.419><c> a</c><00:12:23.580><c> down</c><00:12:23.740><c>-to</c><00:12:23.899><c>-earth</c><00:12:24.039><c> city</c>

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without<00:12:24.559><c> any</c><00:12:24.840><c> of</c><00:12:24.940><c> the</c><00:12:25.139><c> pomp</c><00:12:25.340><c> or</c><00:12:25.539><c> the</c><00:12:25.779><c> ceremony</c>

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that<00:12:26.879><c> attached</c><00:12:27.080><c> itself</c><00:12:27.419><c> to</c><00:12:27.600><c> the</c><00:12:27.759><c> larger</c><00:12:28.000><c> cities.</c>

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Her<00:12:30.320><c> key</c><00:12:30.559><c> commodities</c><00:12:31.419><c> surrounded</c><00:12:33.000><c> the</c><00:12:33.320><c> textile</c><00:12:33.879><c> business.</c>

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Linen,<00:12:36.220><c> wool,</c><00:12:36.879><c> leather,</c><00:12:37.679><c> clothing,</c><00:12:38.720><c> fabrication</c><00:12:39.279><c> of</c><00:12:39.580><c> clothing.</c>

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I<00:12:39.919><c> mean,</c><00:12:40.000><c> she</c><00:12:40.200><c> made</c><00:12:40.519><c> army</c><00:12:41.179><c> uniforms</c><00:12:41.799><c> all</c><00:12:42.179><c> her</c><00:12:42.399><c> life.</c>

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And<00:12:43.600><c> of</c><00:12:43.740><c> course,</c><00:12:44.139><c> fabric</c><00:12:44.419><c> dyeing.</c>

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And<00:12:46.539><c> then</c><00:12:46.759><c> associated,</c><00:12:48.159><c> metalworkers,</c><00:12:49.480><c> smiths,</c><00:12:50.679><c> potters.</c>

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And<00:12:52.600><c> you</c><00:12:52.720><c> can</c><00:12:52.899><c> see</c><00:12:53.019><c> the</c><00:12:53.200><c> references</c><00:12:53.480><c> in</c><00:12:53.679><c> the</c><00:12:53.799><c> letter,</c><00:12:54.259><c> verse</c><00:12:54.539><c> 18.</c>

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To<00:12:55.720><c> the</c><00:12:55.879><c> angel</c><00:12:56.179><c> of</c><00:12:56.320><c> the</c><00:12:56.460><c> Ecclesia</c><00:12:56.740><c> of</c><00:12:57.019><c> Thyatira</c><00:12:57.419><c> write,</c>

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these<00:12:57.919><c> things</c><00:12:58.220><c> had</c><00:12:58.379><c> the</c><00:12:58.679><c> son</c><00:12:58.759><c> of</c><00:12:59.460><c> God,</c>

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which<00:12:59.860><c> has</c><00:13:00.080><c> eyes</c><00:13:00.340><c> like</c><00:13:00.580><c> a</c><00:13:00.759><c> flame</c><00:13:00.899><c> of</c><00:13:01.139><c> fire</c>

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and<00:13:01.539><c> his</c><00:13:01.879><c> feet</c><00:13:02.059><c> like</c><00:13:02.679><c> fine</c><00:13:03.539><c> brass.</c>

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They<00:13:04.480><c> made</c><00:13:04.679><c> that</c><00:13:04.980><c> in</c><00:13:05.299><c> Thyatira.</c>

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Flame<00:13:07.379><c> of</c><00:13:07.720><c> fire,</c><00:13:08.419><c> as</c><00:13:08.759><c> you</c><00:13:08.980><c> would</c><00:13:09.279><c> have</c><00:13:09.440><c> to</c><00:13:09.720><c> have</c>

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in<00:13:10.220><c> the</c><00:13:10.519><c> smelting</c><00:13:11.480><c> industry.</c>

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I'll<00:13:13.919><c> smash</c><00:13:14.159><c> them</c><00:13:14.320><c> to</c><00:13:14.580><c> pieces,</c><00:13:14.899><c> verse</c><00:13:15.220><c> 27,</c>

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like<00:13:16.600><c> a</c><00:13:16.940><c> potter,</c><00:13:17.240><c> like</c><00:13:17.480><c> the</c><00:13:17.700><c> vessels</c><00:13:17.940><c> of</c><00:13:18.240><c> a</c><00:13:18.360><c> potter.</c>

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There<00:13:19.120><c> was</c><00:13:19.279><c> no</c><00:13:19.720><c> shortage</c><00:13:20.120><c> of</c><00:13:20.340><c> that</c><00:13:20.460><c> in</c><00:13:20.779><c> Thyatira</c>

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when<00:13:21.259><c> they</c><00:13:21.440><c> were</c><00:13:21.639><c> feeding</c><00:13:21.980><c> garrisons</c><00:13:22.539><c> of</c><00:13:22.799><c> men.</c>

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That's<00:13:23.179><c> what</c><00:13:23.279><c> they</c><00:13:23.500><c> ate</c><00:13:23.659><c> from.</c>

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So<00:13:26.299><c> what</c><00:13:26.480><c> was</c><00:13:26.779><c> the</c><00:13:27.000><c> problem</c><00:13:27.299><c> of</c><00:13:27.580><c> Thyatira?</c>

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It<00:13:30.279><c> wasn't</c><00:13:30.600><c> a</c><00:13:30.879><c> city</c><00:13:31.320><c> that</c><00:13:32.000><c> was</c><00:13:32.299><c> especially</c><00:13:32.700><c> religious.</c>

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But<00:13:35.720><c> whilst</c><00:13:35.879><c> it's</c><00:13:36.059><c> true</c><00:13:36.159><c> to</c><00:13:36.320><c> say</c>

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that<00:13:36.519><c> it</c><00:13:36.639><c> wasn't</c><00:13:36.820><c> especially</c><00:13:37.120><c> religious,</c>

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there<00:13:38.299><c> were</c><00:13:38.460><c> no</c><00:13:38.620><c> doubt</c><00:13:39.139><c> religious</c><00:13:39.960><c> affiliations.</c>

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Here's<00:13:43.679><c> the</c><00:13:43.860><c> problem.</c>

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The<00:13:46.679><c> trade</c><00:13:47.039><c> unions,</c><00:13:48.799><c> the</c><00:13:49.080><c> guilds</c><00:13:49.899><c> of</c><00:13:50.220><c> Thyatira,</c>

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and<00:13:51.940><c> every</c><00:13:52.340><c> industry</c><00:13:52.740><c> had</c><00:13:52.960><c> its</c><00:13:53.200><c> guild.</c>

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The<00:13:54.480><c> woolworkers,</c><00:13:55.080><c> the</c><00:13:55.220><c> linen</c><00:13:55.519><c> workers,</c>

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the<00:13:56.059><c> makers</c><00:13:56.299><c> of</c><00:13:56.539><c> outer</c><00:13:56.720><c> garments,</c><00:13:57.220><c> the</c><00:13:57.379><c> dyers,</c>

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the<00:13:57.960><c> tanners,</c><00:13:58.259><c> the</c><00:13:58.360><c> leather</c><00:13:58.639><c> workers,</c>

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the<00:13:59.159><c> bronzesmiths,</c><00:13:59.700><c> the</c><00:13:59.960><c> slave</c><00:14:00.220><c> dealers,</c>

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the<00:14:00.779><c> potters,</c><00:14:01.120><c> the</c><00:14:01.320><c> bakers.</c>

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These<00:14:02.139><c> were</c><00:14:02.320><c> the</c><00:14:02.480><c> great</c><00:14:02.740><c> industries</c><00:14:03.320><c> of</c><00:14:03.759><c> Thyatira.</c>

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And<00:14:05.639><c> here's</c><00:14:05.899><c> the</c><00:14:06.159><c> story.</c>

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It<00:14:08.940><c> may</c><00:14:09.139><c> be</c><00:14:09.340><c> regarded</c><00:14:09.639><c> as</c><00:14:10.000><c> certain</c>

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that<00:14:11.059><c> the</c><00:14:11.360><c> importance</c><00:14:11.840><c> of</c><00:14:12.159><c> the</c><00:14:12.399><c> trade</c><00:14:12.620><c> guilds</c><00:14:13.000><c> in</c><00:14:13.179><c> Thyatira</c>

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made<00:14:14.500><c> the</c><00:14:14.759><c> Nicolaitan</c><00:14:15.700><c> doctrine</c><00:14:16.159><c> very</c><00:14:16.700><c> popular</c><00:14:17.100><c> there.</c>

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It<00:14:18.820><c> is</c><00:14:19.100><c> certainly</c><00:14:19.419><c> hardly</c><00:14:19.899><c> possible</c><00:14:20.419><c> for</c><00:14:20.679><c> a</c><00:14:20.860><c> tradesman</c>

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to<00:14:21.360><c> maintain</c><00:14:21.720><c> his</c><00:14:21.960><c> business</c><00:14:22.299><c> in</c><00:14:22.519><c> Thyatira</c>

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without<00:14:23.240><c> belonging</c><00:14:23.620><c> to</c><00:14:23.820><c> the</c><00:14:24.000><c> guild</c><00:14:24.179><c> of</c><00:14:24.379><c> his</c><00:14:24.639><c> trade.</c>

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The<00:14:25.440><c> guilds</c><00:14:25.879><c> were</c><00:14:26.059><c> corporate</c><00:14:26.480><c> bodies,</c>

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taking<00:14:28.000><c> active</c><00:14:28.399><c> measures</c><00:14:28.779><c> to</c><00:14:29.059><c> protect</c><00:14:29.340><c> the</c><00:14:29.600><c> common</c><00:14:29.740><c> interests,</c>

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owning<00:14:30.980><c> property,</c><00:14:31.799><c> passing</c><00:14:32.179><c> decrees,</c>

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and<00:14:33.399><c> exercising</c><00:14:33.879><c> considerable</c><00:14:34.419><c> powers.</c>

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They<00:14:35.740><c> also</c><00:14:36.080><c> undoubtedly</c><00:14:36.759><c> were</c><00:14:37.059><c> benefit</c><00:14:37.419><c> societies,</c>

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and<00:14:38.220><c> in</c><00:14:38.360><c> many</c><00:14:38.580><c> respects,</c><00:14:39.419><c> healthy</c><00:14:39.559><c> and</c><00:14:39.860><c> praiseworthy</c><00:14:40.419><c> associations.</c>

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In<00:14:42.419><c> no</c><00:14:42.740><c> other</c><00:14:43.179><c> city</c><00:14:43.500><c> were</c><00:14:43.700><c> they</c><00:14:43.860><c> so</c><00:14:44.220><c> conspicuous.</c>

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It<00:14:45.419><c> was</c><00:14:45.700><c> therefore</c><00:14:46.039><c> a</c><00:14:46.519><c> serious</c><00:14:46.860><c> thing</c>

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for<00:14:48.259><c> a</c><00:14:48.580><c> Thyatiran</c><00:14:49.120><c> to</c><00:14:49.639><c> cut</c><00:14:49.820><c> himself</c><00:14:50.240><c> off</c><00:14:50.860><c> from</c><00:14:51.320><c> his</c><00:14:51.659><c> guild.</c>

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What<00:14:53.279><c> we're</c><00:14:53.600><c> saying</c><00:14:53.820><c> is,</c><00:14:54.559><c> in</c><00:14:54.779><c> Thyatira,</c>

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trade<00:14:56.779><c> union</c><00:14:57.580><c> membership</c><00:14:58.279><c> was</c><00:14:59.120><c> compulsory.</c>

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Now,<00:15:02.139><c> if</c><00:15:02.240><c> you</c><00:15:02.360><c> didn't</c><00:15:02.500><c> wanna</c><00:15:02.659><c> become</c><00:15:02.899><c> a</c><00:15:03.120><c> member</c><00:15:03.320><c> of</c><00:15:03.480><c> the</c><00:15:03.659><c> union,</c>

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that's<00:15:04.320><c> fine.</c>

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You<00:15:04.960><c> wouldn't</c><00:15:05.240><c> be</c><00:15:05.600><c> killed,</c><00:15:06.919><c> but</c><00:15:07.240><c> you</c><00:15:07.460><c> couldn't</c><00:15:07.919><c> work.</c>

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Thyatira<00:15:10.519><c> was</c><00:15:10.720><c> the</c><00:15:10.960><c> sister</c><00:15:11.200><c> city</c><00:15:11.460><c> to</c><00:15:11.720><c> Pergamos.</c>

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The<00:15:12.840><c> problems</c><00:15:13.059><c> in</c><00:15:13.340><c> Pergamos</c><00:15:13.860><c> also</c><00:15:14.580><c> existed</c><00:15:15.039><c> in</c><00:15:15.379><c> Thyatira,</c>

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and<00:15:16.360><c> we've</c><00:15:16.600><c> made</c><00:15:16.740><c> the</c><00:15:17.000><c> link</c><00:15:17.200><c> between</c><00:15:17.600><c> verse</c><00:15:17.879><c> 14</c><00:15:18.480><c> and</c><00:15:18.799><c> verse</c><00:15:19.139><c> 20</c>

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of<00:15:19.700><c> Revelation</c><00:15:20.139><c> chapter</c><00:15:20.460><c> two,</c><00:15:21.000><c> but</c><00:15:21.279><c> here's</c><00:15:21.580><c> the</c><00:15:21.860><c> difference.</c>

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Idolatry<00:15:24.519><c> and</c><00:15:24.759><c> fornication</c><00:15:25.279><c> are</c><00:15:25.460><c> gonna</c><00:15:25.600><c> exist</c><00:15:25.919><c> in</c><00:15:26.120><c> both</c><00:15:26.360><c> cities.</c>

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In<00:15:28.679><c> Pergamos,</c><00:15:29.840><c> idolatry</c><00:15:30.200><c> and</c><00:15:30.399><c> fornication</c><00:15:30.919><c> would</c><00:15:31.120><c> exist</c>

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as<00:15:31.720><c> a</c><00:15:31.879><c> part</c><00:15:32.080><c> of</c><00:15:32.600><c> organized</c><00:15:33.059><c> religion.</c>

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In<00:15:36.000><c> Thyatira,</c><00:15:37.059><c> idolatry</c><00:15:37.559><c> and</c><00:15:37.779><c> fornication</c><00:15:38.419><c> would</c><00:15:38.639><c> exist</c>

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as<00:15:40.179><c> a</c><00:15:40.399><c> part</c><00:15:40.759><c> of</c><00:15:41.299><c> business</c><00:15:41.940><c> or</c><00:15:42.559><c> social</c><00:15:43.179><c> custom.</c>

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If<00:15:46.120><c> you</c><00:15:46.259><c> didn't</c><00:15:46.559><c> participate</c><00:15:47.820><c> in</c><00:15:48.980><c> pagan</c><00:15:49.360><c> worship</c><00:15:49.940><c> in</c><00:15:50.240><c> Pergamos,</c>

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you<00:15:50.779><c> could</c><00:15:51.000><c> lose</c><00:15:51.220><c> your</c><00:15:51.460><c> life.</c>

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If<00:15:52.820><c> you</c><00:15:53.100><c> didn't</c><00:15:53.379><c> participate</c><00:15:54.100><c> in</c><00:15:54.419><c> pagan</c><00:15:54.740><c> worship</c><00:15:55.240><c> in</c><00:15:55.580><c> Thyatira,</c>

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you<00:15:57.220><c> could</c><00:15:57.460><c> lose</c><00:15:57.799><c> your</c><00:15:58.120><c> job.</c>

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That<00:15:59.480><c> was</c><00:15:59.759><c> the</c><00:15:59.980><c> difference,</c><00:16:00.259><c> you</c><00:16:00.480><c> see.</c>

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If<00:16:01.320><c> you</c><00:16:01.580><c> wanted</c><00:16:01.740><c> to</c><00:16:01.960><c> do</c><00:16:02.139><c> business</c><00:16:02.519><c> in</c><00:16:02.799><c> Thyatira,</c>

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you<00:16:03.299><c> had</c><00:16:03.440><c> to</c><00:16:03.700><c> belong.</c>

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The<00:16:04.779><c> entire</c><00:16:05.100><c> religious</c><00:16:05.899><c> social</c><00:16:06.799><c> structure</c><00:16:07.360><c> of</c><00:16:07.600><c> the</c><00:16:07.820><c> city</c>

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was<00:16:08.299><c> built</c><00:16:08.639><c> around</c><00:16:09.019><c> the</c><00:16:09.320><c> guilds,</c><00:16:09.639><c> as</c><00:16:09.759><c> you</c><00:16:09.919><c> can</c><00:16:10.120><c> see</c><00:16:10.240><c> it</c><00:16:10.440><c> there.</c>

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That<00:16:11.440><c> was</c><00:16:11.919><c> how</c><00:16:12.360><c> Thyatira</c><00:16:12.860><c> was.</c>

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And<00:16:14.320><c> periodically,</c><00:16:14.820><c> the</c><00:16:14.980><c> guilds</c><00:16:15.220><c> would</c><00:16:15.399><c> hold</c><00:16:15.600><c> feasts</c>

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in<00:16:16.159><c> the</c><00:16:16.279><c> temple</c><00:16:16.480><c> of</c><00:16:16.740><c> Apollo.</c>

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Apollo<00:16:17.940><c> was</c><00:16:18.159><c> the</c><00:16:18.360><c> patron</c><00:16:18.639><c> of</c><00:16:18.840><c> the</c><00:16:19.019><c> guilds,</c>

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and<00:16:20.480><c> these</c><00:16:20.720><c> festivals</c><00:16:21.039><c> would</c><00:16:21.240><c> involve</c><00:16:21.480><c> eating</c><00:16:22.039><c> and</c><00:16:22.860><c> drinking</c>

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and<00:16:24.960><c> socializing</c><00:16:25.519><c> and</c><00:16:26.220><c> would</c><00:16:26.580><c> inevitably</c><00:16:27.279><c> degenerate</c>

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into<00:16:28.799><c> immorality.</c>

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And<00:16:30.500><c> as</c><00:16:30.659><c> I</c><00:16:30.759><c> said</c><00:16:30.860><c> a</c><00:16:30.960><c> moment</c><00:16:31.100><c> ago,</c><00:16:31.259><c> of</c><00:16:31.419><c> course,</c>

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you<00:16:31.740><c> could</c><00:16:32.039><c> say</c><00:16:32.659><c> that</c><00:16:33.379><c> you</c><00:16:33.500><c> weren't</c><00:16:33.659><c> gonna</c><00:16:33.860><c> go,</c>

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that<00:16:35.240><c> you</c><00:16:35.399><c> didn't</c><00:16:35.600><c> wanna</c><00:16:35.779><c> be</c><00:16:35.980><c> in</c><00:16:36.139><c> the</c><00:16:36.360><c> guild.</c>

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But<00:16:37.679><c> if</c><00:16:37.820><c> you</c><00:16:38.019><c> said</c><00:16:38.279><c> that,</c>

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you<00:16:39.639><c> might</c><00:16:39.879><c> compromise</c><00:16:40.460><c> the</c><00:16:40.679><c> success</c><00:16:41.000><c> of</c><00:16:41.179><c> the</c><00:16:41.360><c> guild.</c>

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Perhaps<00:16:43.840><c> Apollo</c><00:16:44.159><c> would</c><00:16:44.360><c> be</c><00:16:44.559><c> angry.</c>

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So<00:16:46.519><c> the</c><00:16:46.639><c> guild</c><00:16:46.720><c> would</c><00:16:46.919><c> have</c><00:16:47.059><c> no</c><00:16:47.340><c> choice</c><00:16:47.580><c> but</c><00:16:47.799><c> to</c><00:16:48.100><c> expel</c><00:16:48.360><c> you.</c>

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Well,<00:16:51.100><c> if</c><00:16:51.399><c> the</c><00:16:51.620><c> guild</c><00:16:51.799><c> expels</c><00:16:52.240><c> you,</c><00:16:53.179><c> you</c><00:16:53.379><c> lose</c><00:16:53.639><c> your</c><00:16:53.940><c> job.</c>

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So<00:16:55.440><c> the</c><00:16:55.679><c> issue</c><00:16:56.019><c> in</c><00:16:56.399><c> Thyatira</c><00:16:56.919><c> was,</c>

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Christ<00:16:59.620><c> or</c><00:17:00.100><c> career?</c>

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And<00:17:02.340><c> pretty</c><00:17:02.799><c> much,</c><00:17:03.379><c> they</c><00:17:03.519><c> were</c><00:17:03.740><c> mutually</c><00:17:04.160><c> exclusive.</c>

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Pergamos<00:17:06.680><c> was</c><00:17:06.920><c> a</c><00:17:07.059><c> city</c><00:17:07.200><c> of</c><00:17:07.440><c> religious</c><00:17:07.839><c> compromise.</c>

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Thyatira<00:17:09.039><c> was</c><00:17:09.240><c> a</c><00:17:09.279><c> city</c><00:17:09.819><c> of</c><00:17:10.380><c> social</c><00:17:10.940><c> compromise.</c>

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The<00:17:12.799><c> compromise</c><00:17:13.160><c> ended</c><00:17:13.400><c> up</c><00:17:13.559><c> in</c><00:17:13.700><c> the</c><00:17:13.779><c> same</c><00:17:14.000><c> thing,</c>

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but<00:17:14.420><c> as</c><00:17:14.559><c> you</c><00:17:14.680><c> can</c><00:17:14.799><c> see,</c><00:17:14.960><c> for</c><00:17:15.079><c> very,</c><00:17:15.380><c> very</c><00:17:15.759><c> different</c><00:17:16.000><c> reasons.</c>

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And<00:17:17.220><c> because</c><00:17:17.640><c> compromise</c><00:17:18.220><c> was</c><00:17:18.420><c> the</c><00:17:18.599><c> big</c><00:17:18.799><c> problem</c>

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in<00:17:19.319><c> Pergamos</c><00:17:19.920><c> and</c><00:17:20.180><c> Thyatira,</c>

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the<00:17:20.779><c> letters</c><00:17:20.920><c> to</c><00:17:21.119><c> the</c><00:17:21.240><c> two</c><00:17:21.380><c> ecclesias</c><00:17:21.720><c> are</c><00:17:21.920><c> similar.</c>

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These<00:17:25.660><c> are</c><00:17:26.420><c> the</c><00:17:26.619><c> only</c><00:17:27.039><c> two</c><00:17:27.519><c> of</c><00:17:27.680><c> the</c><00:17:27.859><c> seven</c><00:17:28.099><c> ecclesias</c>

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affected<00:17:29.559><c> by</c><00:17:29.839><c> the</c><00:17:30.000><c> Nicolaitan</c><00:17:30.720><c> heresy.</c>

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And<00:17:33.200><c> both</c><00:17:33.440><c> letters</c><00:17:33.720><c> reflect</c><00:17:34.220><c> the</c><00:17:34.980><c> hatred</c><00:17:35.400><c> the</c><00:17:35.680><c> Lord</c><00:17:35.819><c> had</c>

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for<00:17:36.359><c> that</c><00:17:36.640><c> teaching.</c>

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Adultery<00:17:38.680><c> and</c><00:17:39.039><c> fornication</c><00:17:39.740><c> in</c><00:17:40.000><c> the</c><00:17:40.220><c> ecclesia</c>

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are<00:17:41.220><c> features</c><00:17:41.619><c> of</c><00:17:42.079><c> both</c><00:17:42.380><c> letters,</c><00:17:42.859><c> verse</c><00:17:43.160><c> 14,</c><00:17:43.839><c> verse</c><00:17:44.160><c> 20.</c>

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Both<00:17:45.940><c> ecclesias</c><00:17:46.660><c> had</c><00:17:46.940><c> faithful</c><00:17:47.460><c> members,</c><00:17:48.019><c> it</c><00:17:48.299><c> tells</c><00:17:48.539><c> us,</c>

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but<00:17:48.839><c> in</c><00:17:49.119><c> Pergamos,</c><00:17:50.039><c> those</c><00:17:50.339><c> faithful</c><00:17:50.759><c> were</c><00:17:50.940><c> the</c><00:17:51.000><c> majority.</c>

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In<00:17:52.700><c> Thyatira,</c><00:17:54.039><c> those</c><00:17:54.380><c> faithful</c><00:17:54.839><c> appeared</c><00:17:55.200><c> to</c><00:17:55.460><c> be</c><00:17:55.700><c> the</c><00:17:55.859><c> minority.</c>

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And<00:17:57.539><c> just</c><00:17:57.680><c> as</c><00:17:57.779><c> you</c><00:17:57.980><c> cast</c><00:17:58.279><c> your</c><00:17:58.539><c> eye</c><00:17:58.660><c> down</c><00:17:58.859><c> the</c><00:17:59.019><c> letter</c><00:17:59.119><c> to</c><00:17:59.380><c> Thyatira,</c>

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verse<00:18:01.019><c> 22,</c><00:18:01.960><c> I'm</c><00:18:02.200><c> gonna</c><00:18:02.339><c> cast</c><00:18:02.680><c> Jezebel</c><00:18:03.059><c> into</c><00:18:03.279><c> a</c><00:18:03.480><c> bed</c>

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and<00:18:04.700><c> then</c><00:18:04.960><c> commit</c><00:18:05.400><c> adultery</c><00:18:05.819><c> with</c><00:18:06.099><c> her</c>

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and<00:18:07.319><c> I'm</c><00:18:07.579><c> gonna</c><00:18:07.799><c> kill</c><00:18:08.079><c> her</c><00:18:08.440><c> children</c><00:18:08.779><c> with</c><00:18:09.079><c> death,</c><00:18:10.019><c> verse</c><00:18:10.240><c> 23,</c>

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she's<00:18:11.660><c> got</c><00:18:12.019><c> quite</c><00:18:12.460><c> a</c><00:18:12.859><c> following.</c>

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This<00:18:13.339><c> would</c><00:18:13.519><c> appear</c><00:18:13.680><c> to</c><00:18:13.819><c> be</c><00:18:13.920><c> the</c><00:18:14.180><c> majority</c>

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of<00:18:15.500><c> the</c><00:18:15.700><c> ecclesia</c><00:18:16.099><c> in</c><00:18:16.359><c> Thyatira.</c>

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Not<00:18:17.200><c> the</c><00:18:17.480><c> same</c><00:18:18.079><c> in</c><00:18:18.839><c> Pergamos.</c>

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The<00:18:21.740><c> Lord's</c><00:18:22.000><c> gonna</c><00:18:22.119><c> come</c><00:18:22.319><c> to</c><00:18:22.480><c> both</c><00:18:22.720><c> ecclesias</c>

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as<00:18:24.200><c> the</c><00:18:24.420><c> word</c><00:18:24.599><c> of</c><00:18:24.859><c> God,</c><00:18:25.180><c> you</c><00:18:25.400><c> might</c><00:18:25.660><c> say.</c>

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To<00:18:26.319><c> Pergamos,</c><00:18:26.759><c> he</c><00:18:26.839><c> comes</c><00:18:27.140><c> as</c><00:18:27.440><c> a</c><00:18:27.640><c> sharp</c><00:18:27.839><c> sword</c><00:18:28.039><c> with</c><00:18:28.240><c> two</c><00:18:28.400><c> edges,</c>

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which<00:18:28.859><c> as</c><00:18:29.039><c> we</c><00:18:29.160><c> found</c><00:18:29.319><c> yesterday,</c>

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was<00:18:30.220><c> a</c><00:18:30.380><c> symbol</c><00:18:30.539><c> of</c><00:18:30.700><c> the</c><00:18:30.819><c> word</c><00:18:30.940><c> of</c><00:18:31.140><c> God.</c>

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In<00:18:31.980><c> Thyatira,</c><00:18:32.579><c> he</c><00:18:32.700><c> comes</c><00:18:32.960><c> in</c><00:18:33.160><c> verse</c><00:18:33.359><c> 23</c>

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as<00:18:34.059><c> one</c><00:18:34.240><c> that</c><00:18:34.579><c> searches</c><00:18:34.940><c> the</c><00:18:35.299><c> hearts</c><00:18:35.660><c> and</c><00:18:35.920><c> the</c><00:18:36.180><c> reins.</c>

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Well,<00:18:36.980><c> Hebrews</c><00:18:37.200><c> four</c><00:18:37.460><c> told</c><00:18:37.720><c> us</c><00:18:37.940><c> that</c><00:18:38.079><c> that's</c><00:18:38.480><c> precisely</c>

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what<00:18:39.339><c> the</c><00:18:39.539><c> word</c><00:18:39.660><c> of</c><00:18:39.880><c> God</c><00:18:40.059><c> would</c><00:18:40.279><c> do.</c>

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So<00:18:41.859><c> it's</c><00:18:42.019><c> an</c><00:18:42.160><c> issue</c><00:18:42.339><c> of</c><00:18:42.539><c> allegiance</c><00:18:42.880><c> to</c><00:18:43.140><c> scripture,</c>

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once<00:18:44.140><c> again,</c><00:18:44.380><c> in</c><00:18:44.519><c> both</c><00:18:44.660><c> ecclesias.</c>

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He<00:18:46.380><c> comes</c><00:18:46.599><c> to</c><00:18:46.759><c> both</c><00:18:46.940><c> ecclesias</c><00:18:47.279><c> with</c><00:18:47.440><c> weapons.</c>

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To<00:18:49.259><c> Pergamos,</c><00:18:49.539><c> he</c><00:18:49.619><c> comes</c><00:18:49.799><c> with</c><00:18:50.000><c> a</c><00:18:50.160><c> sword.</c>

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To<00:18:50.640><c> Thyatira,</c><00:18:51.140><c> he</c><00:18:51.240><c> comes</c><00:18:51.460><c> with</c><00:18:51.619><c> a</c><00:18:51.779><c> rod.</c>

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Both<00:18:53.339><c> ecclesias</c><00:18:53.819><c> have</c><00:18:54.000><c> got</c><00:18:54.140><c> the</c><00:18:54.359><c> presence</c><00:18:54.599><c> of</c><00:18:54.920><c> Satan.</c>

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Pergamos<00:18:55.960><c> is</c><00:18:56.160><c> the</c><00:18:56.359><c> place</c><00:18:56.559><c> of</c><00:18:56.920><c> Satan's</c><00:18:57.500><c> seat.</c>

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And<00:18:58.440><c> Thyatira,</c><00:19:00.079><c> well,</c><00:19:00.500><c> they</c><00:19:00.759><c> learned</c><00:19:01.119><c> the</c><00:19:01.420><c> depths</c><00:19:01.900><c> of</c><00:19:02.319><c> Satan,</c>

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the<00:19:03.140><c> deep</c><00:19:03.599><c> things</c><00:19:04.140><c> of</c><00:19:04.480><c> Satan.</c>

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There's<00:19:06.420><c> adversary</c><00:19:06.720><c> to</c><00:19:06.940><c> both</c><00:19:07.160><c> ecclesias.</c>

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Both<00:19:08.279><c> ecclesias</c><00:19:08.740><c> told</c><00:19:09.019><c> to</c><00:19:09.259><c> repent.</c>

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Pergamos<00:19:11.660><c> may</c><00:19:12.180><c> well</c><00:19:12.380><c> have</c><00:19:12.559><c> done.</c>

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Thyatira<00:19:14.480><c> did</c><00:19:15.019><c> not.</c>

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She<00:19:17.700><c> didn't</c><00:19:18.039><c> repent,</c><00:19:18.420><c> it</c><00:19:18.599><c> tells</c><00:19:18.839><c> you,</c><00:19:20.640><c> in</c><00:19:20.799><c> verse</c><00:19:20.980><c> 21.</c>

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Both<00:19:24.200><c> ecclesias</c><00:19:24.920><c> tolerate</c><00:19:25.420><c> false</c><00:19:25.660><c> teaching.</c>

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In<00:19:27.920><c> Pergamos,</c><00:19:28.400><c> however,</c><00:19:29.160><c> they</c><00:19:29.359><c> have</c><00:19:29.480><c> those</c><00:19:29.759><c> that</c><00:19:30.339><c> believe</c>

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the<00:19:31.299><c> doctrine</c><00:19:31.859><c> of</c><00:19:32.319><c> Balaam</c><00:19:32.720><c> and</c><00:19:32.900><c> the</c><00:19:33.019><c> Nicolaitans.</c>

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In<00:19:34.779><c> Thyatira,</c><00:19:35.799><c> they</c><00:19:36.099><c> have</c><00:19:36.299><c> a</c><00:19:36.579><c> proponent.</c>

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They<00:19:37.640><c> have</c><00:19:37.859><c> a</c><00:19:38.099><c> teacher.</c>

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They<00:19:40.460><c> have</c><00:19:40.720><c> a</c><00:19:40.839><c> representative</c><00:19:41.880><c> of</c><00:19:42.839><c> the</c><00:19:43.019><c> Nicolaitans,</c>

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Jezebel<00:19:44.799><c> herself.</c>

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So<00:19:45.799><c> Thyatira</c><00:19:46.660><c> has</c><00:19:46.980><c> progressed</c><00:19:47.660><c> to</c><00:19:47.900><c> a</c><00:19:48.019><c> stage,</c><00:19:48.200><c> as</c><00:19:48.319><c> we</c><00:19:48.539><c> say,</c>

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much,<00:19:49.579><c> much</c><00:19:50.039><c> worse</c><00:19:50.259><c> than</c><00:19:50.460><c> Pergamos.</c>

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Well,<00:19:52.940><c> come</c><00:19:53.039><c> with</c><00:19:53.180><c> me</c><00:19:53.279><c> back</c><00:19:53.440><c> to</c><00:19:53.579><c> Acts</c><00:19:53.759><c> chapter</c><00:19:54.079><c> 16,</c>

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because<00:19:54.759><c> if</c><00:19:54.900><c> that's</c><00:19:55.200><c> the</c><00:19:55.400><c> historical</c><00:19:55.720><c> background,</c>

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here's<00:19:56.359><c> the</c><00:19:56.460><c> biblical</c><00:19:56.759><c> background,</c>

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Acts<00:19:58.299><c> chapter</c><00:19:58.539><c> 16</c><00:19:59.000><c> would</c><00:19:59.200><c> appear</c><00:19:59.380><c> to</c><00:19:59.619><c> be</c>

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the<00:20:00.559><c> beginning</c><00:20:01.059><c> of</c><00:20:01.500><c> the</c><00:20:01.740><c> ecclesia</c><00:20:02.180><c> of</c><00:20:02.559><c> Thyatira.</c>

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And<00:20:03.420><c> it's</c><00:20:03.700><c> a</c><00:20:03.819><c> story</c><00:20:03.980><c> you</c><00:20:04.140><c> know</c><00:20:04.339><c> well.</c>

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Funny<00:20:07.180><c> you</c><00:20:07.380><c> know,</c><00:20:08.380><c> we</c><00:20:08.500><c> only</c><00:20:08.799><c> know</c><00:20:09.019><c> two</c><00:20:09.319><c> people</c><00:20:09.680><c> from</c><00:20:10.000><c> Thyatira</c>

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in<00:20:11.180><c> scripture,</c><00:20:12.779><c> Lydia,</c><00:20:14.240><c> Jezebel,</c><00:20:16.059><c> both</c><00:20:16.339><c> women,</c>

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both,<00:20:19.380><c> evidently,</c><00:20:20.359><c> extremely</c><00:20:21.079><c> competent.</c>

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And<00:20:23.380><c> here</c><00:20:23.539><c> she</c><00:20:23.700><c> is</c><00:20:24.039><c> in</c><00:20:24.460><c> Acts</c><00:20:24.720><c> chapter</c><00:20:24.960><c> 16</c><00:20:25.339><c> and</c><00:20:25.500><c> verse</c><00:20:25.680><c> 12,</c>

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the<00:20:26.099><c> first</c><00:20:26.299><c> of</c><00:20:26.480><c> those</c><00:20:26.720><c> two.</c>

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From<00:20:28.759><c> thence</c><00:20:29.019><c> it</c><00:20:29.160><c> says</c><00:20:29.319><c> that</c><00:20:29.519><c> the</c><00:20:29.680><c> apostle</c><00:20:30.059><c> goes</c><00:20:31.380><c> to</c><00:20:31.640><c> Philippi,</c>

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which<00:20:32.299><c> is</c><00:20:32.680><c> the</c><00:20:32.920><c> chief</c><00:20:33.099><c> city</c><00:20:33.380><c> of</c><00:20:33.539><c> that</c><00:20:33.720><c> part</c><00:20:33.960><c> of</c><00:20:34.140><c> Macedonia,</c>

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and<00:20:35.119><c> a</c><00:20:35.339><c> colony</c><00:20:35.839><c> where</c><00:20:36.539><c> we</c><00:20:36.779><c> were</c><00:20:37.220><c> in</c><00:20:37.920><c> that</c><00:20:38.259><c> city</c>

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abiding<00:20:39.180><c> certain</c><00:20:39.779><c> days.</c>

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So<00:20:41.059><c> the</c><00:20:41.200><c> year</c><00:20:41.319><c> is</c><00:20:41.460><c> about</c><00:20:41.759><c> 52</c><00:20:42.400><c> AD.</c>

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This<00:20:43.380><c> is</c><00:20:43.779><c> 44</c><00:20:44.380><c> years</c><00:20:45.319><c> before</c><00:20:45.880><c> John</c><00:20:46.279><c> wrote</c><00:20:46.700><c> the</c><00:20:46.900><c> book</c><00:20:47.099><c> of</c><00:20:47.319><c> Revelation.</c>

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So<00:20:48.519><c> you</c><00:20:48.539><c> gotta</c><00:20:48.700><c> understand,</c><00:20:49.339><c> we're</c><00:20:49.420><c> gonna</c><00:20:49.519><c> meet</c><00:20:49.799><c> Lydia</c><00:20:50.099><c> here</c>

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in<00:20:51.740><c> Acts</c><00:20:52.000><c> chapter</c><00:20:52.279><c> 16,</c><00:20:53.000><c> but</c><00:20:53.059><c> it's,</c>

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Lydia<00:20:55.440><c> is</c><00:20:55.980><c> in</c><00:20:56.160><c> the</c><00:20:56.319><c> ecclesia</c><00:20:56.559><c> of</c><00:20:56.819><c> Thyatira</c>

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40<00:20:58.180><c> years</c><00:20:58.599><c> before</c><00:20:58.940><c> Jezebel</c><00:20:59.380><c> was.</c>

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They<00:20:59.859><c> may</c><00:21:00.140><c> not</c><00:21:00.359><c> have</c><00:21:00.559><c> existed</c><00:21:00.940><c> at</c><00:21:01.259><c> the</c><00:21:01.420><c> same</c><00:21:01.640><c> time</c><00:21:01.799><c> in</c><00:21:01.960><c> the</c><00:21:02.140><c> ecclesia.</c>

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I<00:21:03.079><c> mean,</c><00:21:03.220><c> they</c><00:21:03.460><c> may</c><00:21:03.799><c> have,</c><00:21:04.420><c> but</c><00:21:04.599><c> they</c><00:21:04.819><c> may</c><00:21:05.119><c> not</c><00:21:05.400><c> have.</c>

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Second<00:21:07.960><c> missionary</c><00:21:08.299><c> journey,</c>

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the<00:21:09.359><c> apostle</c><00:21:09.660><c> Paul</c><00:21:09.900><c> has</c><00:21:10.079><c> reached</c><00:21:10.279><c> Philippi,</c>

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and<00:21:10.819><c> in</c><00:21:10.940><c> verse</c><00:21:11.140><c> 13</c><00:21:11.539><c> it</c><00:21:11.759><c> says</c><00:21:11.960><c> that</c><00:21:12.099><c> on</c><00:21:12.180><c> the</c><00:21:12.359><c> seventh</c><00:21:12.539><c> day</c>

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we<00:21:12.900><c> went</c><00:21:13.039><c> out</c><00:21:13.960><c> of</c><00:21:14.380><c> the</c><00:21:14.559><c> city</c><00:21:15.079><c> by</c><00:21:15.579><c> a</c><00:21:15.740><c> river</c><00:21:16.119><c> side,</c>

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where<00:21:17.460><c> prayer</c><00:21:17.759><c> was</c><00:21:18.019><c> wont</c><00:21:18.160><c> to</c><00:21:18.319><c> be</c><00:21:18.500><c> made,</c>

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and<00:21:18.720><c> we</c><00:21:18.940><c> sat</c><00:21:19.160><c> down</c><00:21:19.440><c> and</c><00:21:19.720><c> spake</c><00:21:19.980><c> unto</c><00:21:20.200><c> the</c><00:21:20.380><c> women</c>

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which<00:21:20.859><c> resorted</c><00:21:21.299><c> thither,</c><00:21:22.019><c> and</c><00:21:22.200><c> a</c><00:21:22.440><c> certain</c><00:21:22.599><c> woman</c><00:21:22.859><c> named</c><00:21:23.119><c> Lydia,</c>

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a<00:21:24.079><c> seller</c><00:21:24.220><c> of</c><00:21:24.460><c> purple,</c><00:21:24.859><c> of</c><00:21:25.019><c> the</c><00:21:25.240><c> city</c><00:21:25.480><c> of</c><00:21:25.720><c> Thyatira,</c>

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which<00:21:26.440><c> worshiped</c><00:21:26.980><c> God,</c><00:21:27.339><c> heard</c><00:21:27.460><c> us,</c>

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whose<00:21:28.519><c> heart</c><00:21:28.859><c> the</c><00:21:29.079><c> Lord</c><00:21:29.259><c> had</c><00:21:29.539><c> opened,</c>

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and<00:21:30.660><c> she</c><00:21:30.839><c> attended</c><00:21:31.259><c> unto</c><00:21:31.500><c> the</c><00:21:31.720><c> things</c><00:21:31.880><c> which</c><00:21:32.059><c> were</c><00:21:32.299><c> spoken</c><00:21:32.700><c> of</c><00:21:33.319><c> Paul.</c>

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So<00:21:36.940><c> Philippi</c><00:21:37.519><c> and</c><00:21:37.920><c> Thyatira</c><00:21:38.460><c> were</c><00:21:38.920><c> both</c><00:21:39.460><c> cities</c>

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in<00:21:40.380><c> the</c><00:21:40.660><c> second</c><00:21:41.059><c> great</c><00:21:41.460><c> division</c><00:21:42.039><c> of</c><00:21:42.700><c> the</c><00:21:42.859><c> Greek</c><00:21:43.059><c> Empire.</c>

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You<00:21:43.579><c> remember</c><00:21:43.759><c> the</c><00:21:44.200><c> section</c><00:21:44.579><c> owned</c><00:21:44.880><c> by</c><00:21:45.119><c> Lysimachus?</c>

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Cassander<00:21:46.640><c> owned</c><00:21:46.880><c> Greece,</c><00:21:47.279><c> Lysimachus,</c><00:21:48.299><c> Thrace,</c>

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and<00:21:49.720><c> the</c><00:21:50.000><c> western</c><00:21:50.380><c> part</c><00:21:50.660><c> of</c><00:21:50.880><c> Asia</c><00:21:51.140><c> Minor.</c>

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Seleucus<00:21:52.920><c> owned</c><00:21:53.799><c> the</c><00:21:54.180><c> rest</c><00:21:54.440><c> of</c><00:21:54.640><c> Asia</c><00:21:54.880><c> Minor,</c><00:21:55.160><c> Syria,</c>

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and<00:21:55.759><c> into</c><00:21:55.940><c> Babylonia,</c><00:21:56.960><c> and</c><00:21:57.119><c> Ptolemy</c><00:21:57.380><c> owned</c><00:21:57.579><c> Egypt.</c>

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So<00:21:59.339><c> Philippi</c><00:21:59.819><c> and</c><00:22:00.079><c> Thyatira</c><00:22:00.680><c> are</c><00:22:01.039><c> both</c><00:22:01.380><c> cities,</c>

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they're<00:22:02.859><c> now</c><00:22:02.960><c> in</c><00:22:03.079><c> the</c><00:22:03.220><c> Roman</c><00:22:03.400><c> Empire,</c>

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but<00:22:03.880><c> they</c><00:22:04.019><c> were</c><00:22:04.259><c> both</c><00:22:04.579><c> cities</c>

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in<00:22:05.519><c> the</c><00:22:05.839><c> same</c><00:22:06.200><c> original</c><00:22:06.960><c> Greek</c><00:22:07.880><c> province,</c><00:22:08.420><c> if</c><00:22:08.579><c> you</c><00:22:08.799><c> like,</c>

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or<00:22:09.619><c> Greek</c><00:22:10.160><c> dominion,</c><00:22:11.339><c> and</c><00:22:11.680><c> so</c><00:22:11.880><c> for</c><00:22:12.099><c> centuries</c>

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they've<00:22:12.799><c> had</c><00:22:12.900><c> a</c><00:22:13.000><c> lot</c><00:22:13.119><c> to</c><00:22:13.259><c> do</c><00:22:13.339><c> with</c><00:22:13.500><c> each</c><00:22:13.660><c> other,</c><00:22:13.839><c> these</c><00:22:14.079><c> two</c><00:22:14.299><c> cities.</c>

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There<00:22:17.440><c> has</c><00:22:17.599><c> been</c><00:22:17.839><c> trade</c><00:22:18.119><c> between</c><00:22:18.500><c> them,</c>

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as<00:22:19.119><c> it</c><00:22:19.279><c> happens,</c><00:22:19.500><c> for</c><00:22:19.680><c> 300</c><00:22:20.019><c> years.</c>

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You<00:22:21.519><c> could</c><00:22:21.680><c> get</c><00:22:21.839><c> a</c><00:22:22.059><c> ship</c><00:22:22.279><c> directly</c><00:22:22.920><c> from</c><00:22:23.680><c> Pergamon</c><00:22:24.339><c> to</c><00:22:24.700><c> Philadelphia.</c>

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It's<00:22:25.619><c> not</c><00:22:25.740><c> an</c><00:22:26.059><c> accident</c><00:22:26.579><c> that</c><00:22:27.559><c> there's</c><00:22:28.079><c> an</c><00:22:28.240><c> inhabitant</c>

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of<00:22:28.799><c> Thyatira</c><00:22:29.660><c> in</c><00:22:30.160><c> Philippi.</c>

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It<00:22:31.500><c> wouldn't</c><00:22:31.660><c> be</c><00:22:31.880><c> unusual</c><00:22:32.400><c> for</c><00:22:32.720><c> that</c><00:22:32.900><c> to</c><00:22:33.119><c> occur</c><00:22:33.319><c> at</c><00:22:33.539><c> all.</c>

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And<00:22:34.680><c> interestingly,</c><00:22:35.440><c> Lydia,</c><00:22:35.859><c> I</c><00:22:35.980><c> mean,</c><00:22:36.660><c> what</c><00:22:36.740><c> is</c><00:22:36.980><c> the</c><00:22:37.140><c> name</c><00:22:37.279><c> Lydia?</c>

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Well,<00:22:39.519><c> Lydia</c><00:22:39.700><c> was</c><00:22:39.859><c> one</c><00:22:40.000><c> of</c><00:22:40.140><c> the</c><00:22:40.720><c> ancient</c><00:22:41.180><c> Greek</c><00:22:41.819><c> provinces.</c>

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Pergamos<00:22:43.599><c> was</c><00:22:43.859><c> the</c><00:22:44.180><c> capital</c>

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of<00:22:45.160><c> the</c><00:22:45.319><c> ancient</c><00:22:45.740><c> Greek</c><00:22:46.039><c> province</c><00:22:46.420><c> of</c><00:22:46.779><c> Mycia.</c>

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Sardis<00:22:48.700><c> was</c><00:22:49.000><c> the</c><00:22:49.400><c> capital</c>

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of<00:22:50.119><c> the</c><00:22:50.380><c> ancient</c><00:22:50.720><c> Greek</c><00:22:51.059><c> province</c><00:22:51.579><c> of</c><00:22:51.940><c> Lydia.</c>

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You<00:22:53.200><c> will</c><00:22:53.640><c> know</c><00:22:53.740><c> the</c><00:22:53.940><c> Mycene</c><00:22:54.339><c> Greeks,</c><00:22:54.799><c> the</c><00:22:54.940><c> Ionian</c><00:22:55.400><c> Greeks,</c>

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the<00:22:56.240><c> Lydian</c><00:22:56.559><c> Greeks,</c><00:22:57.400><c> these</c><00:22:57.920><c> were</c><00:22:58.160><c> the</c><00:22:58.640><c> provinces</c>

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of<00:22:59.359><c> ancient</c><00:22:59.700><c> Greece</c><00:23:00.140><c> and</c><00:23:00.720><c> Asia</c><00:23:01.039><c> Minor.</c>

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Sardis<00:23:03.180><c> built</c><00:23:03.960><c> Thyatira.</c>

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It<00:23:05.819><c> was</c><00:23:06.119><c> built</c><00:23:06.420><c> as</c><00:23:06.700><c> a</c><00:23:06.920><c> border</c><00:23:07.119><c> town</c>

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between<00:23:08.019><c> Pergamos,</c><00:23:08.619><c> if</c><00:23:08.839><c> you</c><00:23:08.960><c> like,</c><00:23:09.380><c> and</c><00:23:09.539><c> Sardis.</c>

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So<00:23:10.119><c> Lydia</c><00:23:10.319><c> would</c><00:23:10.539><c> have</c><00:23:10.660><c> been</c><00:23:10.900><c> seen</c><00:23:11.160><c> by</c><00:23:11.400><c> many</c>

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to<00:23:12.059><c> have</c><00:23:12.180><c> been</c><00:23:12.279><c> a</c><00:23:12.380><c> very</c><00:23:12.640><c> patriotic</c><00:23:13.059><c> name.</c>

00:23:14.960 --> 00:23:19.380
And<00:23:15.160><c> she's</c><00:23:15.440><c> a</c><00:23:15.559><c> seller</c><00:23:15.720><c> of</c><00:23:15.920><c> purple,</c><00:23:16.299><c> it</c><00:23:16.299><c> says</c><00:23:16.880><c> in</c><00:23:17.519><c> verse</c><00:23:18.200><c> 14.</c>

00:23:19.700 --> 00:23:23.400
This<00:23:20.140><c> is</c><00:23:20.579><c> Thyatira</c><00:23:22.160><c> in</c><00:23:22.240><c> purple,</c><00:23:23.200><c> rather.</c>

00:23:23.400 --> 00:23:26.920
A<00:23:23.480><c> bright</c><00:23:23.920><c> crimson</c><00:23:24.500><c> dye</c><00:23:24.799><c> made</c><00:23:25.160><c> from</c><00:23:25.440><c> the</c><00:23:25.680><c> root</c><00:23:25.900><c> of</c><00:23:26.279><c> the</c><00:23:26.500><c> matter</c><00:23:26.660><c> tree</c>

00:23:26.920 --> 00:23:30.359
which<00:23:27.140><c> grew</c><00:23:27.299><c> in</c><00:23:27.480><c> the</c><00:23:27.640><c> area,</c><00:23:28.180><c> that</c><00:23:28.400><c> is</c><00:23:28.559><c> in</c><00:23:28.700><c> the</c><00:23:28.839><c> area</c><00:23:29.000><c> of</c><00:23:29.240><c> Thyatira.</c>

00:23:30.519 --> 00:23:32.319
And<00:23:30.640><c> it</c><00:23:30.799><c> appears</c><00:23:30.920><c> she's</c><00:23:31.099><c> very</c><00:23:31.339><c> well</c><00:23:31.500><c> established</c><00:23:31.859><c> in</c><00:23:32.059><c> Philippi.</c>

00:23:32.420 --> 00:23:33.900
Well,<00:23:32.519><c> of</c><00:23:32.660><c> course</c><00:23:32.859><c> she's</c><00:23:33.220><c> had</c><00:23:33.400><c> business</c><00:23:33.700><c> there.</c>

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Perhaps<00:23:34.200><c> her</c><00:23:34.420><c> company's</c><00:23:34.859><c> had</c><00:23:34.940><c> business</c><00:23:35.299><c> there</c><00:23:35.460><c> for</c><00:23:35.680><c> decades.</c>

00:23:38.059 --> 00:23:40.880
And<00:23:38.200><c> she's</c><00:23:38.460><c> on</c><00:23:38.640><c> business</c><00:23:39.140><c> in</c><00:23:39.519><c> Philippi.</c>

00:23:41.660 --> 00:23:42.859
And<00:23:41.759><c> her</c><00:23:41.920><c> business</c><00:23:42.180><c> is</c><00:23:42.440><c> large</c><00:23:42.640><c> enough</c>

00:23:42.859 --> 00:23:44.720
to<00:23:43.059><c> justify</c><00:23:43.440><c> employing</c><00:23:43.880><c> quite</c><00:23:44.019><c> a</c><00:23:44.140><c> number</c><00:23:44.299><c> of</c><00:23:44.500><c> people.</c>

00:23:44.759 --> 00:23:46.579
Verse<00:23:44.960><c> 15</c><00:23:45.400><c> tells</c><00:23:45.660><c> us</c><00:23:45.880><c> that</c><00:23:46.019><c> she's</c><00:23:46.160><c> got</c><00:23:46.279><c> a</c><00:23:46.440><c> house,</c>

00:23:46.579 --> 00:23:49.279
she's<00:23:46.819><c> got</c><00:23:46.980><c> a</c><00:23:47.119><c> household,</c><00:23:48.200><c> perhaps</c><00:23:48.660><c> slaves</c>

00:23:49.279 --> 00:23:52.539
or<00:23:49.779><c> workers</c><00:23:50.259><c> employed</c><00:23:51.059><c> with</c><00:23:51.519><c> her</c><00:23:51.799><c> in</c><00:23:52.019><c> the</c><00:23:52.160><c> business,</c>

00:23:52.839 --> 00:23:56.180
perhaps<00:23:52.940><c> workers</c><00:23:53.200><c> employed</c><00:23:53.619><c> by</c><00:23:54.119><c> her</c><00:23:54.640><c> in</c><00:23:54.980><c> the</c><00:23:55.140><c> business.</c>

00:23:56.700 --> 00:23:59.000
But<00:23:56.819><c> the</c><00:23:56.900><c> interesting</c><00:23:57.119><c> thing</c><00:23:57.319><c> is</c><00:23:57.460><c> that</c><00:23:57.559><c> she's</c><00:23:57.839><c> religious.</c>

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She's<00:23:59.960><c> a</c><00:24:00.140><c> Jewish</c><00:24:00.640><c> proselyte.</c>

00:24:02.299 --> 00:24:04.539
And<00:24:02.559><c> they</c><00:24:02.980><c> meet</c><00:24:03.279><c> her</c><00:24:03.599><c> in</c><00:24:03.819><c> verse</c><00:24:04.059><c> 13</c>

00:24:04.539 --> 00:24:08.420
where<00:24:04.839><c> prayer</c><00:24:05.240><c> was</c><00:24:05.500><c> wont</c><00:24:05.579><c> to</c><00:24:05.759><c> be</c><00:24:05.920><c> made</c><00:24:06.240><c> done</c><00:24:06.579><c> by</c><00:24:06.920><c> the</c><00:24:07.099><c> riverside.</c>

00:24:09.339 --> 00:24:12.240
She's<00:24:09.779><c> a</c><00:24:09.940><c> Greek</c><00:24:10.099><c> who</c><00:24:10.339><c> has</c><00:24:10.640><c> adopted</c><00:24:10.980><c> the</c><00:24:11.259><c> religion</c><00:24:11.599><c> of</c><00:24:11.859><c> Israel</c>

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but<00:24:12.500><c> never</c><00:24:12.839><c> fully</c><00:24:13.119><c> converted.</c>

00:24:14.619 --> 00:24:16.779
Now,<00:24:15.019><c> why</c><00:24:15.160><c> would</c><00:24:15.319><c> she</c><00:24:15.480><c> do</c><00:24:15.740><c> that?</c>

00:24:17.400 --> 00:24:22.160
Well,<00:24:17.519><c> you</c><00:24:17.660><c> see</c><00:24:17.779><c> the</c><00:24:18.160><c> trade</c><00:24:18.740><c> guilds</c><00:24:20.440><c> in</c><00:24:20.819><c> Thyatira</c>

00:24:22.259 --> 00:24:25.599
were<00:24:22.579><c> based</c><00:24:22.880><c> around</c><00:24:23.200><c> the</c><00:24:23.400><c> worship</c><00:24:23.700><c> of</c><00:24:23.960><c> a</c><00:24:24.160><c> patron</c><00:24:24.579><c> god.</c>

00:24:26.559 --> 00:24:28.720
They<00:24:27.200><c> were</c><00:24:27.680><c> immoral.</c>

00:24:29.740 --> 00:24:33.819
In<00:24:29.920><c> ancient</c><00:24:30.299><c> times,</c><00:24:31.279><c> many,</c><00:24:31.579><c> many</c><00:24:31.940><c> women</c><00:24:32.279><c> were</c><00:24:32.619><c> attracted</c><00:24:33.059><c> to</c><00:24:33.440><c> Judaism</c>

00:24:33.819 --> 00:24:36.660
for<00:24:34.140><c> its</c><00:24:34.440><c> high</c><00:24:34.700><c> moral</c><00:24:35.000><c> standards</c><00:24:35.519><c> and</c><00:24:35.759><c> its</c><00:24:36.079><c> fair</c><00:24:36.259><c> treatment</c>

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of<00:24:36.839><c> women.</c>

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So<00:24:37.859><c> whatever</c><00:24:38.059><c> you</c><00:24:38.240><c> might</c><00:24:38.460><c> think</c><00:24:38.720><c> about</c><00:24:39.099><c> Judaism,</c>

00:24:40.380 --> 00:24:43.180
it<00:24:40.539><c> was</c><00:24:40.799><c> a</c><00:24:41.119><c> world</c><00:24:41.380><c> away</c><00:24:41.819><c> from</c><00:24:42.339><c> paganism,</c>

00:24:43.180 --> 00:24:47.339
particularly<00:24:44.059><c> for</c><00:24:44.380><c> women</c><00:24:44.799><c> who</c><00:24:45.240><c> had</c><00:24:45.519><c> any</c><00:24:45.940><c> sensibility.</c>

00:24:47.859 --> 00:24:49.299
And<00:24:48.019><c> this</c><00:24:48.200><c> appears</c><00:24:48.440><c> to</c><00:24:48.579><c> be</c><00:24:48.700><c> the</c><00:24:48.759><c> case</c><00:24:48.980><c> with</c><00:24:49.180><c> her.</c>

00:24:49.359 --> 00:24:53.339
She's<00:24:49.759><c> attracted</c><00:24:50.259><c> to</c><00:24:50.599><c> Judaism</c><00:24:51.019><c> for</c><00:24:51.359><c> the</c><00:24:51.640><c> moral</c><00:24:52.000><c> values</c><00:24:52.440><c> in</c><00:24:52.799><c> Judaism</c>

00:24:53.339 --> 00:24:57.240
even<00:24:53.980><c> though</c><00:24:54.380><c> it</c><00:24:54.579><c> had</c><00:24:54.779><c> been</c><00:24:55.099><c> corrupted</c><00:24:55.619><c> by</c><00:24:56.119><c> the</c><00:24:56.319><c> Jews.</c>

00:24:57.920 --> 00:24:59.299
Well,<00:24:58.059><c> of</c><00:24:58.180><c> course,</c><00:24:58.299><c> she</c><00:24:58.440><c> learns</c><00:24:58.700><c> the</c><00:24:59.039><c> truth.</c>

00:24:59.339 --> 00:25:03.680
And<00:24:59.480><c> in</c><00:24:59.640><c> verse</c><00:24:59.839><c> 15,</c><00:25:00.400><c> when</c><00:25:00.519><c> she</c><00:25:00.720><c> was</c><00:25:01.240><c> baptized</c><00:25:01.900><c> and</c><00:25:02.400><c> her</c><00:25:02.680><c> household,</c>

00:25:03.740 --> 00:25:05.339
she<00:25:03.880><c> besought</c><00:25:04.319><c> her</c><00:25:04.559><c> saying,</c>

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if<00:25:05.539><c> you</c><00:25:06.039><c> judge</c><00:25:06.460><c> me</c><00:25:06.779><c> faithful</c><00:25:07.160><c> to</c><00:25:07.400><c> the</c><00:25:07.539><c> Lord,</c>

00:25:08.279 --> 00:25:12.640
come<00:25:08.420><c> into</c><00:25:08.619><c> my</c><00:25:08.900><c> house</c><00:25:09.079><c> and</c><00:25:09.299><c> abide</c><00:25:09.599><c> there,</c><00:25:10.240><c> and</c><00:25:10.680><c> she</c><00:25:11.059><c> constrained</c><00:25:11.599><c> us.</c>

00:25:12.720 --> 00:25:14.960
Well,<00:25:13.079><c> of</c><00:25:13.119><c> course,</c><00:25:13.539><c> events</c><00:25:13.619><c> take</c><00:25:14.000><c> over</c><00:25:14.200><c> in</c><00:25:14.420><c> Philippi.</c>

00:25:15.279 --> 00:25:17.279
Paul<00:25:15.480><c> and</c><00:25:15.779><c> Silas</c><00:25:16.039><c> find</c><00:25:16.299><c> themselves</c><00:25:16.779><c> in</c><00:25:17.059><c> prison.</c>

00:25:17.319 --> 00:25:19.759
This<00:25:17.440><c> is</c><00:25:17.680><c> the</c><00:25:17.819><c> story</c><00:25:18.000><c> of</c><00:25:18.140><c> the</c><00:25:18.259><c> Philippian</c><00:25:18.660><c> jailer.</c>

00:25:20.079 --> 00:25:25.140
Upon<00:25:20.279><c> their</c><00:25:20.579><c> release</c><00:25:21.099><c> in</c><00:25:21.420><c> verse</c><00:25:21.779><c> 40</c><00:25:22.359><c> of</c><00:25:22.619><c> Acts</c><00:25:22.819><c> chapter</c><00:25:23.160><c> 16,</c>

00:25:25.480 --> 00:25:27.160
it<00:25:25.579><c> says</c><00:25:25.720><c> that</c><00:25:25.920><c> they</c><00:25:26.000><c> went</c><00:25:26.240><c> out</c><00:25:26.500><c> of</c><00:25:26.660><c> the</c><00:25:26.900><c> prison</c>

00:25:27.160 --> 00:25:29.420
and<00:25:27.740><c> entered</c><00:25:28.059><c> into</c><00:25:28.359><c> the</c><00:25:28.539><c> house</c><00:25:28.740><c> of</c><00:25:29.119><c> Lydia</c>

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when<00:25:29.980><c> they'd</c><00:25:30.240><c> seen</c><00:25:30.359><c> the</c><00:25:30.579><c> brethren,</c>

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they<00:25:31.059><c> comforted</c><00:25:31.299><c> them</c><00:25:31.500><c> and</c><00:25:31.779><c> departed.</c>

00:25:33.000 --> 00:25:36.680
So<00:25:33.400><c> if</c><00:25:33.539><c> we</c><00:25:33.720><c> had</c><00:25:33.880><c> to</c><00:25:34.220><c> summarize</c><00:25:34.680><c> this</c><00:25:35.099><c> faithful</c><00:25:35.539><c> sister,</c>

00:25:36.960 --> 00:25:39.579
we<00:25:37.180><c> might</c><00:25:37.440><c> write</c><00:25:37.700><c> something</c><00:25:38.000><c> like</c><00:25:38.299><c> this.</c>

00:25:39.880 --> 00:25:43.420
She<00:25:40.160><c> was</c><00:25:40.359><c> determined</c><00:25:40.960><c> as</c><00:25:42.059><c> a</c><00:25:42.240><c> person</c><00:25:42.539><c> given</c><00:25:42.799><c> to</c><00:25:43.079><c> prayer</c>

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despite<00:25:43.920><c> a</c><00:25:44.099><c> busy</c><00:25:44.279><c> career</c><00:25:44.559><c> in</c><00:25:44.700><c> verse</c><00:25:44.900><c> 13</c><00:25:45.240><c> of</c><00:25:45.380><c> Acts</c><00:25:45.539><c> chapter</c><00:25:45.799><c> 16.</c>

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She<00:25:47.099><c> was</c><00:25:47.319><c> professional.</c>

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She<00:25:48.980><c> was</c><00:25:49.180><c> a</c><00:25:49.380><c> capable</c><00:25:49.759><c> saleswoman,</c><00:25:51.500><c> traveling</c><00:25:51.660><c> internationally.</c>

00:25:53.759 --> 00:25:55.099
She<00:25:53.920><c> was</c><00:25:54.119><c> faithful.</c>

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She<00:25:55.819><c> responded</c><00:25:56.180><c> to</c><00:25:56.480><c> Paul's</c><00:25:56.839><c> teaching</c><00:25:57.059><c> with</c><00:25:57.220><c> an</c><00:25:57.420><c> open</c><00:25:57.680><c> heart.</c>

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And<00:25:58.839><c> when</c><00:25:59.079><c> baptism</c><00:25:59.640><c> was</c><00:26:00.500><c> obvious</c><00:26:00.839><c> to</c><00:26:01.039><c> her,</c>

00:26:01.539 --> 00:26:03.980
she<00:26:01.799><c> submitted</c><00:26:02.240><c> to</c><00:26:02.559><c> the</c><00:26:02.680><c> right</c><00:26:02.819><c> of</c><00:26:03.059><c> baptism.</c>

00:26:04.119 --> 00:26:06.980
She<00:26:04.259><c> was</c><00:26:04.539><c> responsive,</c><00:26:05.680><c> baptized</c><00:26:05.980><c> immediately,</c>

00:26:07.180 --> 00:26:08.980
and<00:26:07.460><c> influential</c><00:26:07.960><c> because</c><00:26:08.160><c> it</c><00:26:08.319><c> wasn't</c><00:26:08.480><c> just</c><00:26:08.720><c> her,</c>

00:26:08.980 --> 00:26:10.700
but<00:26:09.099><c> it</c><00:26:09.119><c> was</c><00:26:09.220><c> her</c><00:26:09.400><c> whole</c><00:26:09.799><c> household</c><00:26:10.319><c> that</c><00:26:10.519><c> was,</c>

00:26:10.700 --> 00:26:13.000
she<00:26:10.980><c> convinced</c><00:26:11.259><c> everybody</c><00:26:11.740><c> that</c><00:26:11.940><c> this</c><00:26:12.119><c> was</c><00:26:12.319><c> the</c><00:26:12.519><c> right</c><00:26:12.779><c> thing</c>

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to<00:26:13.220><c> do.</c>

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She<00:26:14.640><c> was</c><00:26:14.839><c> hospitable.</c>

00:26:16.859 --> 00:26:18.519
Generously<00:26:17.220><c> invited</c><00:26:17.500><c> the</c><00:26:17.700><c> brethren</c><00:26:17.839><c> to</c><00:26:18.039><c> her</c><00:26:18.240><c> house.</c>

00:26:18.680 --> 00:26:21.319
And<00:26:18.799><c> then</c><00:26:19.059><c> when</c><00:26:19.180><c> they</c><00:26:19.440><c> came</c><00:26:19.680><c> back</c><00:26:20.039><c> at</c><00:26:20.319><c> the</c><00:26:20.539><c> end</c><00:26:20.720><c> of</c><00:26:20.859><c> the</c><00:26:21.059><c> chapter</c>

00:26:21.319 --> 00:26:24.660
in<00:26:21.579><c> verse</c><00:26:21.839><c> 40,</c><00:26:22.640><c> fearless,</c><00:26:23.279><c> not</c><00:26:23.420><c> afraid</c><00:26:23.819><c> to</c><00:26:24.000><c> be</c><00:26:24.259><c> associated</c>

00:26:24.660 --> 00:26:27.259
with<00:26:24.880><c> people</c><00:26:25.180><c> who</c><00:26:25.420><c> had</c><00:26:25.640><c> been</c><00:26:26.119><c> prisoners.</c>

00:26:27.579 --> 00:26:30.359
So<00:26:27.759><c> the</c><00:26:28.000><c> persecutions</c><00:26:28.420><c> of</c><00:26:28.579><c> the</c><00:26:28.779><c> truth</c><00:26:29.019><c> didn't</c><00:26:29.480><c> seem</c><00:26:29.720><c> to</c><00:26:29.880><c> bother</c><00:26:30.019><c> her.</c>

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She's<00:26:30.960><c> a</c><00:26:31.059><c> very</c><00:26:31.259><c> capable</c><00:26:31.720><c> woman,</c><00:26:32.819><c> an</c><00:26:33.380><c> extremely</c><00:26:33.960><c> capable</c><00:26:34.599><c> woman.</c>

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The<00:26:37.059><c> interesting</c><00:26:37.279><c> thing,</c><00:26:37.500><c> of</c><00:26:37.700><c> course,</c>

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if<00:26:38.039><c> you</c><00:26:38.220><c> just</c><00:26:38.519><c> cast</c><00:26:38.720><c> your</c><00:26:39.279><c> eye</c><00:26:39.420><c> back</c><00:26:39.640><c> a</c><00:26:39.720><c> few</c><00:26:39.920><c> verses</c>

00:26:40.359 --> 00:26:44.019
before<00:26:41.180><c> we</c><00:26:41.880><c> started</c><00:26:42.079><c> reading</c><00:26:42.279><c> at</c><00:26:42.460><c> verse</c><00:26:42.640><c> 14</c><00:26:43.160><c> of</c><00:26:43.420><c> Acts</c><00:26:43.559><c> 16.</c>

00:26:44.099 --> 00:26:47.079
In<00:26:44.220><c> the</c><00:26:44.420><c> previous</c><00:26:44.799><c> verses</c><00:26:45.220><c> there,</c><00:26:45.619><c> you</c><00:26:45.619><c> have</c><00:26:46.299><c> in</c><00:26:46.480><c> Acts</c><00:26:46.579><c> 16,</c>

00:26:47.119 --> 00:26:50.640
you've<00:26:47.339><c> got</c><00:26:48.099><c> the</c><00:26:48.700><c> description</c><00:26:49.099><c> of</c><00:26:49.779><c> Paul's</c><00:26:50.279><c> journey</c>

00:26:50.640 --> 00:26:54.220
in<00:26:51.200><c> to</c><00:26:51.680><c> this</c><00:26:51.980><c> particular</c><00:26:52.539><c> part</c><00:26:52.799><c> of</c><00:26:52.960><c> the</c><00:26:53.119><c> empire.</c>

00:26:54.339 --> 00:26:58.019
In<00:26:54.440><c> verse</c><00:26:54.660><c> six,</c><00:26:55.339><c> they</c><00:26:55.400><c> go</c><00:26:55.599><c> to</c><00:26:55.880><c> Mysia</c><00:26:56.359><c> of</c><00:26:56.619><c> Acts</c><00:26:56.859><c> chapter</c><00:26:57.200><c> 16,</c>

00:26:58.339 --> 00:26:59.859
which<00:26:58.500><c> is</c><00:26:58.779><c> Pergamos.</c>

00:27:01.819 --> 00:27:06.920
Sorry,<00:27:03.319><c> they're</c><00:27:03.579><c> forbidden</c><00:27:04.000><c> to</c><00:27:04.299><c> go</c><00:27:04.480><c> to</c><00:27:04.799><c> Asia,</c><00:27:06.359><c> Ephesus,</c>

00:27:06.920 --> 00:27:09.059
which<00:27:07.319><c> is</c><00:27:07.859><c> Mysia.</c>

00:27:10.019 --> 00:27:12.519
Sorry,<00:27:10.700><c> Asia,</c><00:27:11.220><c> goodness</c><00:27:11.380><c> me.</c>

00:27:14.380 --> 00:27:18.180
They<00:27:14.440><c> then</c><00:27:14.660><c> go</c><00:27:14.839><c> to</c><00:27:15.039><c> Mysia,</c><00:27:16.039><c> which</c><00:27:16.140><c> is</c><00:27:16.359><c> Pergamos</c><00:27:16.740><c> in</c><00:27:16.980><c> verse</c><00:27:17.180><c> seven.</c>

00:27:18.960 --> 00:27:21.319
Paul<00:27:19.099><c> sees</c><00:27:19.299><c> a</c><00:27:19.480><c> vision</c><00:27:19.680><c> telling</c><00:27:19.880><c> him</c><00:27:20.000><c> to</c><00:27:20.079><c> come</c><00:27:20.240><c> across</c><00:27:20.559><c> to</c><00:27:20.779><c> Macedonia,</c>

00:27:21.359 --> 00:27:24.660
so<00:27:21.480><c> they</c><00:27:21.640><c> hop</c><00:27:21.779><c> on</c><00:27:21.940><c> a</c><00:27:22.039><c> boat,</c><00:27:22.200><c> they</c><00:27:22.339><c> go</c><00:27:22.519><c> to</c><00:27:22.759><c> Philippi</c><00:27:23.460><c> in</c><00:27:23.880><c> verse</c><00:27:24.160><c> nine.</c>

00:27:25.079 --> 00:27:28.940
They<00:27:25.279><c> get</c><00:27:25.539><c> there</c><00:27:25.960><c> only</c><00:27:26.420><c> to</c><00:27:26.700><c> meet</c><00:27:26.920><c> a</c><00:27:27.099><c> woman</c><00:27:27.319><c> from</c><00:27:27.660><c> Asia,</c>

00:27:29.640 --> 00:27:31.940
greater<00:27:29.819><c> Asia,</c><00:27:30.259><c> where</c><00:27:30.420><c> they</c><00:27:30.619><c> had</c><00:27:30.720><c> been</c><00:27:31.000><c> forbidden</c><00:27:31.380><c> to</c><00:27:31.660><c> go.</c>

00:27:32.339 --> 00:27:34.960
It's<00:27:32.480><c> difficult</c><00:27:32.619><c> to</c><00:27:32.839><c> know</c><00:27:32.920><c> what</c><00:27:33.119><c> to</c><00:27:33.380><c> make</c><00:27:33.539><c> of</c><00:27:33.640><c> that,</c><00:27:33.880><c> of</c><00:27:34.039><c> course,</c>

00:27:36.740 --> 00:27:38.240
unless<00:27:37.220><c> perhaps</c><00:27:37.700><c> it</c><00:27:37.779><c> was</c><00:27:38.019><c> Lydia</c>

00:27:38.240 --> 00:27:40.940
that<00:27:38.519><c> started</c><00:27:38.759><c> the</c><00:27:39.000><c> Ecclesia</c><00:27:39.299><c> at</c><00:27:39.539><c> Fire</c><00:27:39.759><c> Tyre,</c>

00:27:41.039 --> 00:27:43.400
and<00:27:41.339><c> that</c><00:27:41.440><c> they</c><00:27:41.740><c> had</c><00:27:42.019><c> to</c><00:27:42.259><c> get</c><00:27:42.440><c> to</c><00:27:42.680><c> Philippi</c><00:27:43.000><c> quickly</c>

00:27:43.400 --> 00:27:45.980
so<00:27:43.599><c> that</c><00:27:43.759><c> they</c><00:27:43.779><c> could</c><00:27:44.099><c> meet</c><00:27:44.359><c> her</c><00:27:44.599><c> so</c><00:27:44.819><c> that</c><00:27:44.960><c> she</c><00:27:45.119><c> could</c><00:27:45.319><c> go</c><00:27:45.680><c> back.</c>

00:27:46.359 --> 00:27:48.799
Now,<00:27:46.519><c> no</c><00:27:46.680><c> doubt,</c><00:27:46.980><c> the</c><00:27:47.099><c> preaching</c><00:27:47.400><c> work</c><00:27:47.619><c> of</c><00:27:47.779><c> the</c><00:27:47.960><c> apostle</c><00:27:48.240><c> Paul,</c>

00:27:49.119 --> 00:27:52.720
subsequently<00:27:49.519><c> at</c><00:27:49.779><c> Ephesus,</c><00:27:50.660><c> was</c><00:27:50.859><c> gonna</c><00:27:51.680><c> mightily</c><00:27:52.259><c> endorse</c>

00:27:52.720 --> 00:27:54.240
that<00:27:53.180><c> work</c><00:27:53.339><c> that</c><00:27:53.500><c> might</c><00:27:53.660><c> have</c><00:27:53.839><c> been</c><00:27:54.019><c> begun.</c>

00:27:54.359 --> 00:27:57.160
But<00:27:54.420><c> don't</c><00:27:54.660><c> forget,</c><00:27:55.519><c> Ephesus,</c><00:27:55.920><c> Paul's</c><00:27:56.279><c> great</c><00:27:56.519><c> work</c><00:27:56.700><c> in</c><00:27:56.859><c> Ephesus</c>

00:27:57.160 --> 00:28:00.980
when<00:27:57.319><c> the</c><00:27:57.559><c> door</c><00:27:57.720><c> was</c><00:27:57.920><c> open</c><00:27:58.160><c> did</c><00:27:58.359><c> not</c><00:27:58.619><c> happen</c><00:27:58.819><c> until</c><00:27:59.079><c> Acts</c><00:27:59.339><c> chapter</c><00:27:59.660><c> 19.</c>

00:28:01.380 --> 00:28:04.279
So<00:28:01.680><c> this</c><00:28:01.839><c> is</c><00:28:02.539><c> very</c><00:28:02.960><c> early</c><00:28:03.200><c> on.</c>

00:28:04.200 --> 00:28:06.460
And<00:28:04.480><c> perhaps,</c><00:28:05.000><c> as</c><00:28:05.220><c> we</c><00:28:05.440><c> say,</c><00:28:05.859><c> it</c><00:28:05.859><c> was</c><00:28:06.160><c> Lydia</c>

00:28:06.460 --> 00:28:10.200
that<00:28:07.019><c> was</c><00:28:07.240><c> the</c><00:28:07.420><c> foundation</c><00:28:08.000><c> member</c><00:28:08.559><c> of</c><00:28:09.200><c> the</c><00:28:09.420><c> Ecclesia</c><00:28:09.799><c> at</c>

00:28:10.200 --> 00:28:11.339
Fire<00:28:10.400><c> Tyre.</c>

00:28:11.940 --> 00:28:14.460
Well,<00:28:12.059><c> that</c><00:28:12.180><c> we</c><00:28:12.339><c> might</c><00:28:12.500><c> say</c><00:28:12.700><c> is</c><00:28:12.940><c> the</c><00:28:13.680><c> scriptural</c><00:28:14.079><c> background</c>

00:28:14.460 --> 00:28:18.220
to<00:28:14.740><c> Fire</c><00:28:14.940><c> Tyre,</c><00:28:15.220><c> but</c><00:28:15.319><c> it's</c><00:28:16.539><c> not</c><00:28:16.819><c> the</c><00:28:17.119><c> scriptural</c><00:28:17.660><c> background</c>

00:28:18.220 --> 00:28:21.220
to<00:28:18.500><c> the</c><00:28:18.759><c> letter</c><00:28:19.339><c> to</c><00:28:19.819><c> Fire</c><00:28:20.099><c> Tyre.</c>

00:28:21.599 --> 00:28:23.299
Because<00:28:21.900><c> the</c><00:28:22.099><c> letter</c><00:28:22.220><c> to</c><00:28:22.480><c> Fire</c><00:28:22.660><c> Tyre,</c><00:28:23.019><c> of</c><00:28:23.119><c> course,</c>

00:28:23.460 --> 00:28:25.799
doesn't<00:28:23.680><c> mention</c><00:28:24.039><c> Lydia</c><00:28:24.359><c> at</c><00:28:24.740><c> all.</c>

00:28:25.980 --> 00:28:28.059
It<00:28:26.200><c> mentions</c><00:28:26.480><c> a</c><00:28:26.700><c> different</c><00:28:26.839><c> woman</c><00:28:27.039><c> entirely.</c>

00:28:28.900 --> 00:28:32.319
And<00:28:29.039><c> as</c><00:28:29.160><c> I</c><00:28:29.279><c> said,</c><00:28:29.460><c> the</c><00:28:29.519><c> only</c><00:28:29.819><c> two</c><00:28:30.039><c> women</c><00:28:30.240><c> we</c><00:28:30.519><c> know</c><00:28:30.859><c> from</c><00:28:31.319><c> Fire</c><00:28:31.740><c> Tyre</c>

00:28:32.319 --> 00:28:36.420
in<00:28:32.799><c> the</c><00:28:33.019><c> scriptural</c><00:28:33.480><c> record</c><00:28:33.839><c> are</c><00:28:34.740><c> these</c><00:28:35.180><c> two</c><00:28:35.539><c> sisters,</c>

00:28:36.839 --> 00:28:39.099
Jezebel,<00:28:37.200><c> so</c><00:28:37.500><c>-called,</c><00:28:37.900><c> and</c><00:28:38.259><c> Lydia.</c>

00:28:39.920 --> 00:28:41.640
And<00:28:40.099><c> the</c><00:28:40.380><c> parallels</c><00:28:40.619><c> between</c><00:28:41.079><c> them</c>

00:28:41.640 --> 00:28:44.819
are<00:28:42.200><c> as</c><00:28:42.500><c> powerful</c><00:28:42.759><c> as</c><00:28:42.940><c> the</c><00:28:43.140><c> contrasts.</c>

00:28:45.619 --> 00:28:49.420
Jezebel<00:28:46.079><c> was</c><00:28:46.359><c> determined,</c><00:28:47.240><c> just</c><00:28:47.640><c> as</c><00:28:47.980><c> Lydia</c><00:28:48.259><c> was.</c>

00:28:49.599 --> 00:28:52.619
After<00:28:49.819><c> Elijah</c><00:28:50.119><c> killed</c><00:28:50.319><c> the</c><00:28:50.579><c> prophets</c><00:28:50.799><c> of</c><00:28:51.000><c> Baal,</c>

00:28:53.500 --> 00:28:56.940
she<00:28:53.759><c> says,</c><00:28:54.900><c> so</c><00:28:54.960><c> let</c><00:28:55.160><c> the</c><00:28:55.359><c> gods</c><00:28:55.559><c> do</c><00:28:55.740><c> to</c><00:28:55.880><c> me</c><00:28:56.000><c> and</c><00:28:56.140><c> more</c><00:28:56.259><c> also,</c>

00:28:57.359 --> 00:28:59.859
if<00:28:57.460><c> I</c><00:28:57.579><c> make</c><00:28:57.700><c> not</c><00:28:57.940><c> thy</c><00:28:58.220><c> life</c><00:28:58.500><c> as</c><00:28:58.640><c> one</c><00:28:58.779><c> of</c><00:28:58.900><c> them</c><00:28:59.000><c> by</c><00:28:59.180><c> this</c><00:28:59.359><c> time</c><00:28:59.559><c> tomorrow.</c>

00:28:59.859 --> 00:29:02.839
You<00:29:00.000><c> can</c><00:29:00.299><c> see</c><00:29:00.440><c> the</c><00:29:00.720><c> same</c><00:29:01.319><c> determination</c><00:29:02.019><c> in</c><00:29:02.319><c> her</c>

00:29:02.839 --> 00:29:04.099
as<00:29:03.319><c> you</c><00:29:03.519><c> saw</c><00:29:03.640><c> in</c><00:29:03.859><c> Lydia.</c>

00:29:04.599 --> 00:29:06.019
She's<00:29:04.920><c> professional.</c>

00:29:06.339 --> 00:29:09.960
She<00:29:06.460><c> writes</c><00:29:06.799><c> letters</c><00:29:07.279><c> in</c><00:29:07.839><c> her</c><00:29:08.319><c> husband,</c><00:29:08.819><c> the</c><00:29:09.099><c> king's</c><00:29:09.680><c> name,</c>

00:29:09.960 --> 00:29:11.279
and<00:29:10.380><c> sends</c><00:29:10.660><c> them</c><00:29:10.920><c> out.</c>

00:29:11.759 --> 00:29:15.720
She<00:29:11.940><c> conducts</c><00:29:12.640><c> a</c><00:29:12.740><c> trial,</c><00:29:13.200><c> and</c><00:29:13.440><c> she</c><00:29:13.579><c> has</c><00:29:13.819><c> a</c><00:29:13.980><c> man</c><00:29:14.319><c> executed.</c>

00:29:18.000 --> 00:29:18.859
Lydia<00:29:18.200><c> was</c><00:29:18.440><c> faithful.</c>

00:29:19.079 --> 00:29:20.019
She's<00:29:19.500><c> unfaithful.</c>

00:29:20.019 --> 00:29:21.940
She<00:29:20.200><c> practices</c><00:29:20.700><c> whoredom</c><00:29:21.240><c> and</c><00:29:21.480><c> witchcraft.</c>

00:29:22.000 --> 00:29:23.779
And<00:29:22.140><c> there's</c><00:29:22.359><c> your</c><00:29:22.539><c> quote,</c><00:29:22.740><c> that's</c><00:29:22.960><c> an</c><00:29:23.180><c> important</c><00:29:23.420><c> quote.</c>

00:29:24.200 --> 00:29:27.779
2<00:29:24.380><c> Kings</c><00:29:24.599><c> 9,</c><00:29:24.900><c> 22,</c><00:29:25.900><c> Jezebel</c><00:29:26.240><c> practices</c><00:29:26.740><c> whoredom</c><00:29:27.079><c> and</c><00:29:27.200><c> witchcraft.</c>

00:29:27.779 --> 00:29:33.559
In<00:29:28.220><c> Revelation,</c><00:29:29.740><c> read</c><00:29:29.740><c> fornication</c><00:29:31.660><c> and</c><00:29:32.539><c> idolatry.</c>

00:29:34.319 --> 00:29:37.079
That's<00:29:34.779><c> whoredom</c><00:29:35.500><c> and</c><00:29:35.859><c> witchcraft.</c>

00:29:37.200 --> 00:29:40.920
That's<00:29:37.420><c> why</c><00:29:37.599><c> she</c><00:29:37.779><c> becomes</c><00:29:38.400><c> such</c><00:29:39.539><c> a</c><00:29:40.200><c> key</c><00:29:40.420><c> name</c>

00:29:40.920 --> 00:29:43.700
in<00:29:41.200><c> Revelation</c><00:29:41.819><c> chapter</c><00:29:42.440><c> two.</c>

00:29:43.839 --> 00:29:45.299
And<00:29:43.920><c> she's</c><00:29:44.200><c> unresponsive,</c><00:29:44.900><c> however.</c>

00:29:45.680 --> 00:29:46.440
Lydia<00:29:45.720><c> was</c><00:29:46.019><c> responsive.</c>

00:29:46.859 --> 00:29:48.240
After<00:29:46.859><c> three</c><00:29:47.180><c> and</c><00:29:47.339><c> a</c><00:29:47.380><c> half</c><00:29:47.519><c> years</c><00:29:47.819><c> of</c><00:29:48.079><c> famine,</c>

00:29:48.299 --> 00:29:51.740
which<00:29:48.460><c> was</c><00:29:48.839><c> evidently</c><00:29:49.400><c> divine,</c><00:29:50.220><c> she</c><00:29:50.440><c> is</c><00:29:50.759><c> not</c><00:29:50.960><c> moved</c><00:29:51.240><c> one</c><00:29:51.599><c> bit.</c>

00:29:51.779 --> 00:29:53.319
She<00:29:52.039><c> does</c><00:29:52.519><c> not</c><00:29:52.880><c> repent,</c>

00:29:53.420 --> 00:29:56.240
just<00:29:53.720><c> like</c><00:29:53.920><c> the</c><00:29:54.099><c> Jezebel</c><00:29:54.359><c> of</c><00:29:54.579><c> Revelation</c><00:29:54.980><c> chapter</c><00:29:55.279><c> two.</c>

00:29:56.509 --> 00:30:01.480
But<00:29:56.880><c> she</c><00:29:57.079><c> is</c><00:29:57.420><c> mighty</c><00:29:57.740><c> influential,</c><00:29:59.839><c> extremely</c><00:30:00.220><c> influential.</c>

00:30:01.880 --> 00:30:04.799
The<00:30:01.960><c> famous</c><00:30:02.299><c> quote</c><00:30:02.779><c> from</c><00:30:03.279><c> 1</c><00:30:03.480><c> Kings</c><00:30:03.660><c> 21,</c><00:30:04.119><c> verse</c><00:30:04.319><c> 25.</c>

00:30:04.900 --> 00:30:06.200
There<00:30:04.900><c> was</c><00:30:05.140><c> none</c><00:30:05.380><c> like</c><00:30:05.799><c> Ahab,</c>

00:30:06.400 --> 00:30:08.619
which<00:30:06.460><c> did</c><00:30:06.799><c> sell</c><00:30:06.980><c> himself</c><00:30:07.359><c> to</c><00:30:07.599><c> work</c><00:30:07.779><c> wickedness,</c>

00:30:08.819 --> 00:30:11.640
whom<00:30:09.019><c> Jezebel,</c><00:30:09.740><c> his</c><00:30:10.079><c> wife,</c><00:30:10.960><c> stirred</c><00:30:11.099><c> up.</c>

00:30:11.900 --> 00:30:16.000
So<00:30:12.160><c> she</c><00:30:12.559><c> influences</c><00:30:13.200><c> her</c><00:30:13.680><c> family</c><00:30:14.420><c> every</c><00:30:15.099><c> bit</c><00:30:15.319><c> as</c><00:30:15.579><c> much</c>

00:30:16.000 --> 00:30:21.200
as<00:30:16.400><c> Lydia</c><00:30:16.740><c> influenced</c><00:30:17.559><c> her</c><00:30:18.680><c> family,</c><00:30:19.160><c> or</c><00:30:19.500><c> her</c><00:30:20.180><c> household.</c>

00:30:21.660 --> 00:30:23.220
Hospitable,<00:30:22.640><c> no</c><00:30:22.859><c> question,</c>

00:30:23.220 --> 00:30:27.000
400<00:30:23.700><c> prophets</c><00:30:24.180><c> of</c><00:30:24.380><c> Baal</c><00:30:24.619><c> eating</c><00:30:25.059><c> every</c><00:30:25.640><c> day</c><00:30:25.799><c> at</c><00:30:25.980><c> Jezebel's</c><00:30:26.440><c> table.</c>

00:30:27.500 --> 00:30:29.460
And<00:30:27.599><c> fearless,</c><00:30:28.220><c> of</c><00:30:28.420><c> course.</c>

00:30:29.640 --> 00:30:31.920
Not<00:30:29.740><c> afraid</c><00:30:29.980><c> to</c><00:30:30.180><c> persecute</c><00:30:30.480><c> the</c><00:30:30.660><c> prophets</c><00:30:30.799><c> of</c><00:30:31.019><c> God.</c>

00:30:33.019 --> 00:30:34.019
Not<00:30:33.160><c> afraid</c><00:30:33.380><c> at</c><00:30:33.619><c> all.</c>

00:30:34.500 --> 00:30:35.980
Would<00:30:34.579><c> have</c><00:30:34.720><c> killed</c><00:30:34.960><c> them.</c>

00:30:36.559 --> 00:30:38.200
But<00:30:36.640><c> for</c><00:30:36.819><c> the</c><00:30:36.920><c> fact</c><00:30:37.059><c> that</c><00:30:37.220><c> Obadiah</c><00:30:37.559><c> took</c><00:30:37.779><c> 100</c><00:30:38.039><c> of</c><00:30:38.079><c> them</c>

00:30:38.200 --> 00:30:42.440
and<00:30:38.299><c> hid</c><00:30:38.420><c> them</c><00:30:38.559><c> by</c><00:30:38.819><c> 50s</c><00:30:39.119><c> in</c><00:30:39.279><c> a</c><00:30:39.460><c> cave,</c><00:30:40.140><c> 1</c><00:30:40.299><c> Kings</c><00:30:40.500><c> 18,</c><00:30:41.039><c> verse</c><00:30:41.279><c> four.</c>

00:30:42.940 --> 00:30:43.619
But<00:30:43.039><c> look</c><00:30:43.140><c> at</c><00:30:43.240><c> the</c><00:30:43.400><c> parallels.</c>

00:30:43.759 --> 00:30:45.859
You<00:30:43.759><c> see,</c><00:30:44.000><c> both</c><00:30:44.200><c> those</c><00:30:44.519><c> sisters,</c>

00:30:46.480 --> 00:30:47.900
determined,<00:30:46.940><c> professional,</c>

00:30:48.279 --> 00:30:50.480
faithful<00:30:48.539><c> or</c><00:30:48.740><c> unfaithful</c><00:30:49.180><c> in</c><00:30:49.220><c> their</c><00:30:49.420><c> own</c><00:30:49.619><c> ways,</c>

00:30:50.720 --> 00:30:52.579
responsible<00:30:51.079><c> or</c><00:30:51.279><c> unresponsive</c><00:30:51.839><c> in</c><00:30:51.940><c> their</c><00:30:52.099><c> own</c><00:30:52.279><c> ways,</c>

00:30:52.579 --> 00:30:55.140
influential,<00:30:53.519><c> hospitable,</c><00:30:54.160><c> and</c><00:30:54.339><c> fearless,</c>

00:30:55.420 --> 00:30:58.779
highly<00:30:56.079><c> capable</c><00:30:56.720><c> sisters,</c><00:30:57.440><c> both</c><00:30:57.700><c> of</c><00:30:57.859><c> them.</c>

00:30:59.559 --> 00:31:00.519
But<00:30:59.640><c> come</c><00:30:59.779><c> back</c><00:30:59.900><c> to</c><00:31:00.019><c> Revelation</c><00:31:00.299><c> two,</c>

00:31:00.599 --> 00:31:02.579
because<00:31:00.720><c> the</c><00:31:00.980><c> contrast</c><00:31:01.319><c> is</c><00:31:02.119><c> obviously</c>

00:31:02.579 --> 00:31:04.700
as<00:31:03.019><c> evident</c><00:31:03.299><c> as</c><00:31:03.559><c> the</c><00:31:03.779><c> parallels.</c>

00:31:05.799 --> 00:31:07.220
Lydia<00:31:05.940><c> was</c><00:31:06.160><c> a</c><00:31:06.359><c> faithful</c><00:31:06.660><c> sister</c>

00:31:07.220 --> 00:31:09.539
who<00:31:07.779><c> submitted</c><00:31:08.099><c> humbly</c><00:31:08.480><c> to</c><00:31:08.640><c> the</c><00:31:08.799><c> principles</c><00:31:09.079><c> of</c><00:31:09.259><c> the</c><00:31:09.420><c> truth.</c>

00:31:09.740 --> 00:31:11.539
This<00:31:09.980><c> Jezebel</c><00:31:10.299><c> is</c><00:31:10.519><c> a</c><00:31:10.680><c> faithless</c><00:31:11.200><c> sister</c>

00:31:11.539 --> 00:31:14.500
who<00:31:11.880><c> abuses</c><00:31:12.440><c> the</c><00:31:13.039><c> principles</c><00:31:13.359><c> of</c><00:31:13.559><c> the</c><00:31:13.740><c> truth.</c>

00:31:14.740 --> 00:31:15.559
The<00:31:14.859><c> fact</c><00:31:14.960><c> of</c><00:31:15.079><c> the</c><00:31:15.180><c> matter</c><00:31:15.359><c> is,</c>

00:31:15.680 --> 00:31:16.759
brothers<00:31:15.799><c> and</c><00:31:16.000><c> sisters</c><00:31:16.200><c> and</c><00:31:16.339><c> young</c><00:31:16.460><c> people,</c>

00:31:16.900 --> 00:31:20.240
Jezebel<00:31:17.279><c> in</c><00:31:17.420><c> Revelation</c><00:31:17.839><c> chapter</c><00:31:18.160><c> two</c><00:31:18.420><c> is</c><00:31:18.880><c> a</c><00:31:19.099><c> Nicolaitan.</c>

00:31:20.240 --> 00:31:22.880
It<00:31:20.759><c> never</c><00:31:21.059><c> tells</c><00:31:21.500><c> you</c><00:31:21.740><c> that</c><00:31:21.980><c> in</c><00:31:22.180><c> so</c><00:31:22.319><c> many</c><00:31:22.519><c> words</c>

00:31:22.880 --> 00:31:24.200
in<00:31:23.000><c> Revelation</c><00:31:23.480><c> chapter</c><00:31:23.819><c> two.</c>

00:31:24.359 --> 00:31:25.960
But<00:31:24.500><c> she</c><00:31:24.660><c> has</c><00:31:24.940><c> to</c><00:31:25.119><c> be</c><00:31:25.279><c> a</c><00:31:25.319><c> Nicolaitan.</c>

00:31:26.059 --> 00:31:26.920
Why<00:31:26.259><c> does</c><00:31:26.559><c> she?</c>

00:31:27.279 --> 00:31:30.019
Well,<00:31:27.420><c> because</c><00:31:27.519><c> she</c><00:31:27.799><c> practices</c><00:31:28.299><c> fornication.</c>

00:31:30.819 --> 00:31:31.900
There<00:31:30.819><c> is</c><00:31:31.079><c> no,</c><00:31:31.480><c> you</c><00:31:31.619><c> know,</c>

00:31:32.039 --> 00:31:34.420
there<00:31:32.119><c> is</c><00:31:32.339><c> a</c><00:31:32.599><c> possibility</c><00:31:33.140><c> you</c><00:31:33.420><c> could</c><00:31:33.640><c> use</c><00:31:33.880><c> the</c><00:31:34.119><c> Bible</c>

00:31:34.420 --> 00:31:38.140
to<00:31:34.819><c> defend</c><00:31:36.119><c> idolatry.</c>

00:31:38.579 --> 00:31:40.700
Because<00:31:38.759><c> you</c><00:31:38.960><c> could</c><00:31:39.180><c> say,</c><00:31:39.500><c> 1</c><00:31:39.740><c> Corinthians</c><00:31:40.019><c> eight,</c><00:31:40.299><c> verse</c><00:31:40.460><c> four,</c>

00:31:40.819 --> 00:31:41.839
that<00:31:40.900><c> an</c><00:31:41.180><c> idol</c><00:31:41.319><c> is</c><00:31:41.559><c> nothing.</c>

00:31:42.180 --> 00:31:44.740
And<00:31:42.460><c> so,</c><00:31:42.960><c> I'm</c><00:31:43.119><c> not</c><00:31:43.339><c> saying</c><00:31:43.480><c> it</c><00:31:43.599><c> would</c><00:31:43.700><c> be</c><00:31:43.839><c> a</c><00:31:43.940><c> good</c><00:31:44.079><c> use</c><00:31:44.259><c> of</c><00:31:44.519><c> scripture,</c>

00:31:44.880 --> 00:31:47.559
but<00:31:45.079><c> you</c><00:31:45.420><c> could</c><00:31:45.880><c> mount</c><00:31:46.240><c> a</c><00:31:46.539><c> scriptural</c><00:31:47.019><c> case,</c>

00:31:47.559 --> 00:31:52.599
a<00:31:48.119><c> weak</c><00:31:48.640><c> scriptural</c><00:31:49.200><c> case</c><00:31:49.460><c> to</c><00:31:49.720><c> defend</c><00:31:50.059><c> idolatry</c><00:31:50.839><c> at</c><00:31:51.200><c> some</c><00:31:51.640><c> level.</c>

00:31:52.759 --> 00:31:55.279
There<00:31:52.759><c> is</c><00:31:53.099><c> no</c><00:31:53.500><c> scripture</c><00:31:54.019><c> that</c><00:31:54.380><c> you</c><00:31:54.579><c> could</c><00:31:54.799><c> use</c>

00:31:55.279 --> 00:31:57.980
to<00:31:55.640><c> defend</c><00:31:56.259><c> fornication.</c>

00:31:58.740 --> 00:32:02.599
Scripture<00:31:58.839><c> only</c><00:31:59.400><c> and</c><00:31:59.839><c> exclusively</c><00:32:00.519><c> speaks</c><00:32:00.920><c> against</c><00:32:01.319><c> it.</c>

00:32:02.740 --> 00:32:05.759
But<00:32:02.900><c> it</c><00:32:03.000><c> was</c><00:32:03.220><c> the</c><00:32:03.400><c> Nicolaitans</c><00:32:04.460><c> that</c><00:32:04.819><c> had</c><00:32:05.019><c> a</c><00:32:05.240><c> philosophy</c>

00:32:05.759 --> 00:32:09.740
that<00:32:06.000><c> would</c><00:32:06.220><c> allow</c><00:32:06.740><c> you</c><00:32:07.140><c> to</c><00:32:07.559><c> tolerate</c><00:32:08.019><c> fornication.</c>

00:32:11.019 --> 00:32:14.440
And<00:32:11.240><c> Jezebel</c><00:32:11.740><c> in</c><00:32:11.920><c> verse</c><00:32:12.180><c> 24</c><00:32:12.619><c> of</c><00:32:12.880><c> Revelation</c><00:32:13.299><c> chapter</c><00:32:13.660><c> two</c>

00:32:14.440 --> 00:32:18.240
believes<00:32:15.079><c> the</c><00:32:15.660><c> deep</c><00:32:16.259><c> things</c><00:32:16.779><c> of</c><00:32:17.220><c> Satan.</c>

00:32:18.720 --> 00:32:21.400
She<00:32:18.799><c> believes</c><00:32:19.039><c> a</c><00:32:19.279><c> doctrine</c><00:32:19.519><c> called</c><00:32:19.759><c> the</c><00:32:19.980><c> depth</c><00:32:20.299><c> of</c><00:32:20.599><c> Satan.</c>

00:32:22.119 --> 00:32:24.440
This<00:32:22.279><c> is</c><00:32:22.500><c> no</c><00:32:22.619><c> doubt</c><00:32:22.740><c> a</c><00:32:22.880><c> Nicolaitan</c><00:32:23.299><c> doctrine.</c>

00:32:24.500 --> 00:32:26.000
And<00:32:24.700><c> here's</c><00:32:24.940><c> the</c><00:32:25.200><c> point.</c>

00:32:26.720 --> 00:32:29.380
What's<00:32:27.240><c> Jezebel</c><00:32:27.640><c> doing</c><00:32:28.000><c> in</c><00:32:28.240><c> Revelation</c><00:32:28.680><c> chapter</c><00:32:29.079><c> two?</c>

00:32:29.460 --> 00:32:31.140
Here's<00:32:29.859><c> the</c><00:32:30.039><c> answer.</c>

00:32:31.740 --> 00:32:35.599
She's<00:32:32.099><c> got</c><00:32:32.400><c> no</c><00:32:33.039><c> intention</c><00:32:34.059><c> of</c><00:32:34.440><c> making</c><00:32:34.720><c> the</c><00:32:35.019><c> Ecclesia</c>

00:32:35.599 --> 00:32:38.119
a<00:32:36.059><c> haven</c><00:32:36.319><c> for</c><00:32:36.579><c> the</c><00:32:36.779><c> people</c><00:32:37.019><c> of</c><00:32:37.319><c> God.</c>

00:32:39.000 --> 00:32:41.339
She<00:32:39.559><c> wants</c><00:32:39.779><c> it</c><00:32:39.940><c> to</c><00:32:40.019><c> be</c><00:32:40.180><c> a</c><00:32:40.359><c> trade</c><00:32:40.579><c> guild.</c>

00:32:42.019 --> 00:32:45.880
She's<00:32:42.700><c> made</c><00:32:42.920><c> the</c><00:32:43.319><c> Ecclesia</c><00:32:43.779><c> into</c><00:32:44.240><c> a</c><00:32:44.619><c> trade</c><00:32:44.960><c> guild.</c>

00:32:46.039 --> 00:32:48.380
She's<00:32:46.279><c> created</c><00:32:46.579><c> a</c><00:32:46.839><c> great</c><00:32:47.220><c> family,</c>

00:32:48.400 --> 00:32:52.400
ecclesial<00:32:48.740><c> family,</c><00:32:49.460><c> who</c><00:32:49.579><c> she</c><00:32:49.799><c> looks</c><00:32:50.200><c> after</c><00:32:50.859><c> fanatically,</c>

00:32:52.700 --> 00:32:56.319
over<00:32:53.140><c> whom</c><00:32:53.480><c> she</c><00:32:53.680><c> has</c><00:32:54.160><c> considerable</c><00:32:54.940><c> influence.</c>

00:32:56.579 --> 00:32:58.180
And<00:32:56.859><c> it's</c><00:32:57.240><c> not</c><00:32:57.559><c> all</c><00:32:57.859><c> for</c><00:32:58.079><c> good.</c>

00:32:58.240 --> 00:33:00.700
In<00:32:58.380><c> a</c><00:32:58.579><c> material</c><00:32:58.920><c> sense,</c><00:32:59.319><c> it</c><00:32:59.420><c> was</c><00:32:59.740><c> fine.</c>

00:33:00.740 --> 00:33:06.480
In<00:33:00.920><c> a</c><00:33:01.019><c> biblical</c><00:33:01.420><c> sense,</c><00:33:02.460><c> or</c><00:33:02.460><c> a</c><00:33:02.920><c> godly</c><00:33:04.019><c> sense,</c><00:33:04.740><c> it</c><00:33:04.980><c> was</c><00:33:05.279><c> not</c><00:33:05.599><c> fine.</c>

00:33:07.740 --> 00:33:09.759
But<00:33:07.980><c> the</c><00:33:08.079><c> letter</c><00:33:08.240><c> to</c><00:33:08.519><c> Thyatira,</c><00:33:08.880><c> as</c><00:33:09.019><c> I</c><00:33:09.140><c> mentioned</c><00:33:09.319><c> a</c><00:33:09.380><c> moment</c><00:33:09.579><c> ago,</c>

00:33:09.759 --> 00:33:14.019
was<00:33:09.960><c> written</c><00:33:10.200><c> more</c><00:33:10.480><c> than</c><00:33:10.720><c> 40</c><00:33:11.119><c> years</c><00:33:11.660><c> after</c><00:33:12.140><c> Acts</c><00:33:12.420><c> chapter</c><00:33:12.759><c> 16.</c>

00:33:14.500 --> 00:33:15.960
Lydia,<00:33:14.740><c> who</c><00:33:15.059><c> started</c><00:33:15.279><c> this</c><00:33:15.539><c> Ecclesia,</c>

00:33:16.319 --> 00:33:18.940
may<00:33:16.440><c> not</c><00:33:16.720><c> still</c><00:33:16.880><c> be</c><00:33:17.119><c> alive</c><00:33:17.480><c> in</c><00:33:17.660><c> this</c><00:33:17.880><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:33:19.500 --> 00:33:22.359
And<00:33:19.700><c> yet</c><00:33:19.819><c> the</c><00:33:20.000><c> whole</c><00:33:20.240><c> Ecclesia</c><00:33:20.660><c> is</c><00:33:20.799><c> divided</c><00:33:21.019><c> into</c><00:33:21.299><c> two</c><00:33:21.519><c> groups,</c>

00:33:22.460 --> 00:33:24.880
really,<00:33:23.099><c> the</c><00:33:23.319><c> faithful</c><00:33:23.599><c> and</c><00:33:23.880><c> the</c><00:33:24.059><c> unfaithful.</c>

00:33:25.180 --> 00:33:28.779
The<00:33:25.400><c> Lydia</c><00:33:25.759><c> class</c><00:33:26.400><c> and</c><00:33:27.359><c> the</c><00:33:27.819><c> Jezebel</c><00:33:28.279><c> class.</c>

00:33:28.900 --> 00:33:31.359
That's<00:33:29.200><c> how</c><00:33:29.380><c> we</c><00:33:29.519><c> would</c><00:33:29.779><c> characterize</c><00:33:30.140><c> this</c><00:33:30.420><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:33:31.380 --> 00:33:33.160
And<00:33:31.579><c> this</c><00:33:31.740><c> is</c><00:33:31.920><c> how</c><00:33:32.079><c> the</c><00:33:32.279><c> letter</c><00:33:32.599><c> looks,</c>

00:33:33.240 --> 00:33:35.059
if<00:33:33.380><c> I</c><00:33:33.480><c> was</c><00:33:33.579><c> to</c><00:33:33.700><c> put</c><00:33:33.819><c> a</c><00:33:34.059><c> structure</c><00:33:34.299><c> on</c><00:33:34.559><c> this</c><00:33:34.799><c> letter</c>

00:33:35.059 --> 00:33:36.680
in<00:33:35.460><c> Revelation</c><00:33:35.880><c> two.</c>

00:33:36.680 --> 00:33:39.799
Verse<00:33:37.259><c> 18,</c><00:33:37.579><c> of</c><00:33:37.759><c> course,</c><00:33:38.180><c> it's</c><00:33:38.359><c> the</c><00:33:38.619><c> same</c><00:33:38.960><c> formulaic</c><00:33:39.500><c> approach</c>

00:33:39.799 --> 00:33:41.900
that<00:33:39.980><c> all</c><00:33:40.140><c> the</c><00:33:40.259><c> letters</c><00:33:40.420><c> have.</c>

00:33:42.099 --> 00:33:44.680
Verse<00:33:42.099><c> 18,</c><00:33:43.279><c> the</c><00:33:43.480><c> opening</c><00:33:43.839><c> title</c><00:33:44.059><c> of</c><00:33:44.220><c> the</c><00:33:44.339><c> Lord,</c>

00:33:44.940 --> 00:33:47.960
eyes<00:33:45.259><c> like</c><00:33:45.559><c> fire,</c><00:33:46.380><c> feet</c><00:33:46.579><c> like</c><00:33:46.900><c> brass.</c>

00:33:48.059 --> 00:33:52.099
Verse<00:33:48.180><c> 19,</c><00:33:49.299><c> the</c><00:33:49.480><c> commendation,</c><00:33:51.140><c> works,</c>

00:33:52.579 --> 00:33:54.200
works,<00:33:52.960><c> works,</c><00:33:53.220><c> works,</c><00:33:53.599><c> works,</c><00:33:53.859><c> works,</c>

00:33:54.559 --> 00:33:57.279
the<00:33:54.559><c> last</c><00:33:55.099><c> greater</c><00:33:55.819><c> than</c><00:33:56.099><c> the</c><00:33:56.319><c> first.</c>

00:33:58.000 --> 00:34:02.819
Verse<00:33:58.180><c> 20,</c><00:33:59.279><c> condemnation,</c><00:34:01.039><c> you</c><00:34:01.240><c> accept</c><00:34:01.640><c> Jezebel.</c>

00:34:03.039 --> 00:34:07.140
Verse<00:34:03.539><c> 21</c><00:34:04.039><c> to</c><00:34:04.180><c> 23,</c><00:34:05.259><c> the</c><00:34:05.559><c> first</c><00:34:05.819><c> half</c><00:34:06.059><c> of</c><00:34:06.220><c> the</c><00:34:06.380><c> warning,</c>

00:34:07.299 --> 00:34:08.440
to<00:34:07.319><c> the</c><00:34:07.519><c> Jezebel</c><00:34:07.859><c> class,</c>

00:34:08.719 --> 00:34:11.659
I'm<00:34:08.980><c> gonna</c><00:34:09.119><c> kill</c><00:34:09.380><c> Jezebel</c><00:34:09.860><c> and</c><00:34:10.280><c> her</c><00:34:10.579><c> children.</c>

00:34:12.119 --> 00:34:15.139
Verse<00:34:12.340><c> 24,</c><00:34:12.900><c> 25,</c><00:34:14.019><c> the</c><00:34:14.199><c> second</c><00:34:14.420><c> half</c><00:34:14.659><c> of</c><00:34:14.800><c> the</c><00:34:14.940><c> warning,</c>

00:34:15.460 --> 00:34:19.340
to<00:34:15.559><c> the</c><00:34:15.800><c> Lydia</c><00:34:16.059><c> class,</c><00:34:17.519><c> hold</c><00:34:17.739><c> fast</c><00:34:18.099><c> till</c><00:34:18.260><c> I</c><00:34:18.480><c> come.</c>

00:34:19.780 --> 00:34:22.219
And<00:34:19.960><c> then</c><00:34:20.099><c> the</c><00:34:20.340><c> promise,</c><00:34:20.699><c> verses</c><00:34:21.039><c> 26</c><00:34:21.619><c> to</c><00:34:21.880><c> 29,</c>

00:34:22.639 --> 00:34:24.599
power<00:34:22.820><c> over</c><00:34:23.440><c> the</c><00:34:23.639><c> nations.</c>

00:34:24.619 --> 00:34:26.280
So<00:34:24.780><c> as</c><00:34:24.780><c> you</c><00:34:24.920><c> see,</c><00:34:25.260><c> it's</c><00:34:25.480><c> the</c><00:34:25.639><c> same</c><00:34:25.900><c> formula</c>

00:34:26.280 --> 00:34:27.940
that<00:34:26.460><c> all</c><00:34:26.619><c> the</c><00:34:26.780><c> letters</c><00:34:26.940><c> have,</c>

00:34:28.400 --> 00:34:30.159
but<00:34:28.500><c> this</c><00:34:28.699><c> is</c><00:34:28.820><c> the</c><00:34:28.960><c> longest</c><00:34:29.300><c> letter.</c>

00:34:30.219 --> 00:34:33.380
To<00:34:30.500><c> the</c><00:34:30.739><c> most</c><00:34:30.980><c> insignificant</c><00:34:31.900><c> city</c><00:34:32.239><c> of</c><00:34:32.420><c> the</c><00:34:32.579><c> seven,</c>

00:34:33.800 --> 00:34:37.460
but<00:34:34.039><c> yet</c><00:34:34.320><c> the</c><00:34:34.579><c> city</c><00:34:34.780><c> that</c><00:34:35.000><c> had</c><00:34:35.099><c> the</c><00:34:35.380><c> biggest</c><00:34:35.699><c> ecclesial</c><00:34:36.400><c> problem.</c>

00:34:38.119 --> 00:34:42.760
The<00:34:38.199><c> big</c><00:34:38.579><c> theme</c><00:34:39.039><c> of</c><00:34:39.440><c> Revelation</c><00:34:39.920><c> two,</c><00:34:40.280><c> verses</c><00:34:40.579><c> 18</c><00:34:41.239><c> to</c><00:34:41.619><c> 29,</c>

00:34:43.019 --> 00:34:44.079
is<00:34:43.519><c> works.</c>

00:34:44.400 --> 00:34:47.579
The<00:34:44.559><c> word</c><00:34:44.840><c> works</c><00:34:45.219><c> occurs</c><00:34:45.760><c> five</c><00:34:46.380><c> times</c><00:34:47.059><c> in</c><00:34:47.400><c> this,</c>

00:34:47.579 --> 00:34:48.960
and<00:34:47.719><c> it's</c><00:34:47.980><c> interesting</c><00:34:48.280><c> to</c><00:34:48.460><c> look</c><00:34:48.599><c> at</c><00:34:48.699><c> them.</c>

00:34:49.159 --> 00:34:52.579
Look<00:34:49.300><c> at</c><00:34:49.460><c> verse</c><00:34:49.639><c> 19,</c><00:34:51.079><c> I</c><00:34:51.460><c> know</c><00:34:51.699><c> thy</c><00:34:51.980><c> works,</c>

00:34:52.820 --> 00:34:55.000
so<00:34:53.039><c> call</c><00:34:53.219><c> that</c><00:34:53.440><c> the</c><00:34:53.679><c> first</c><00:34:54.000><c> works.</c>

00:34:55.579 --> 00:34:57.719
Thy<00:34:55.719><c> love,</c><00:34:56.099><c> thy</c><00:34:56.219><c> service,</c><00:34:56.639><c> thy</c><00:34:56.739><c> faith,</c><00:34:57.119><c> thy</c><00:34:57.260><c> patience,</c>

00:34:57.719 --> 00:34:59.559
thy<00:34:58.159><c> works.</c>

00:35:00.199 --> 00:35:03.440
Now<00:35:00.400><c> that</c><00:35:00.599><c> is</c><00:35:01.099><c> unbelievable,</c><00:35:01.679><c> I'll</c><00:35:01.920><c> show</c><00:35:02.039><c> you</c><00:35:02.239><c> why</c><00:35:02.480><c> shortly.</c>

00:35:03.900 --> 00:35:05.780
We've<00:35:04.119><c> got</c><00:35:04.219><c> the</c><00:35:04.440><c> first</c><00:35:04.679><c> works</c><00:35:05.000><c> in</c><00:35:05.219><c> verse</c><00:35:05.400><c> 19,</c>

00:35:05.840 --> 00:35:08.239
we've<00:35:06.039><c> got</c><00:35:06.179><c> the</c><00:35:06.400><c> second</c><00:35:06.840><c> works</c><00:35:07.340><c> in</c><00:35:07.539><c> verse</c><00:35:07.739><c> 19.</c>

00:35:08.380 --> 00:35:10.199
I<00:35:08.480><c> mean,</c><00:35:08.679><c> it's</c><00:35:08.940><c> the</c><00:35:09.019><c> same</c><00:35:09.199><c> works.</c>

00:35:10.880 --> 00:35:13.659
The<00:35:11.079><c> last,</c><00:35:12.099><c> more</c><00:35:12.440><c> than</c><00:35:12.579><c> the</c><00:35:12.800><c> first.</c>

00:35:14.340 --> 00:35:16.500
So<00:35:14.539><c> there's</c><00:35:14.739><c> the</c><00:35:14.920><c> works</c><00:35:15.079><c> of</c><00:35:15.280><c> the</c><00:35:15.480><c> ecclesia.</c>

00:35:18.699 --> 00:35:22.380
Verse<00:35:19.139><c> 22,</c><00:35:20.780><c> behold,</c><00:35:21.059><c> I'll</c><00:35:21.400><c> cast</c><00:35:21.599><c> her</c><00:35:21.760><c> into</c><00:35:21.980><c> a</c><00:35:22.219><c> bed,</c>

00:35:22.460 --> 00:35:23.880
men<00:35:22.659><c> that</c><00:35:22.920><c> commit</c><00:35:23.059><c> adultery</c><00:35:23.460><c> with</c><00:35:23.699><c> her</c>

00:35:23.880 --> 00:35:25.260
into<00:35:24.440><c> great</c><00:35:24.699><c> tribulation,</c>

00:35:25.260 --> 00:35:28.320
except<00:35:25.519><c> they</c><00:35:25.739><c> repent</c><00:35:26.059><c> of</c><00:35:26.219><c> their</c><00:35:27.139><c> works.</c>

00:35:28.639 --> 00:35:32.659
Same<00:35:28.639><c> word,</c><00:35:30.000><c> these</c><00:35:30.320><c> are</c><00:35:31.139><c> wicked</c><00:35:31.440><c> works.</c>

00:35:33.340 --> 00:35:35.239
These<00:35:33.500><c> are</c><00:35:33.699><c> not</c><00:35:33.900><c> the</c><00:35:34.159><c> godly</c><00:35:34.420><c> works</c><00:35:34.599><c> of</c><00:35:34.739><c> verse</c><00:35:34.880><c> 19,</c>

00:35:35.300 --> 00:35:37.519
these<00:35:35.480><c> are</c><00:35:35.800><c> wicked</c><00:35:36.099><c> works.</c>

00:35:38.539 --> 00:35:42.880
But<00:35:39.039><c> verse</c><00:35:39.440><c> 23,</c><00:35:40.340><c> I</c><00:35:41.559><c> will</c><00:35:41.760><c> kill</c><00:35:41.960><c> her</c><00:35:42.179><c> children</c><00:35:42.440><c> with</c><00:35:42.679><c> death,</c>

00:35:43.099 --> 00:35:44.079
all<00:35:43.199><c> the</c><00:35:43.420><c> ecclesiast</c><00:35:43.679><c> are</c><00:35:43.699><c> gonna</c><00:35:43.880><c> know</c>

00:35:44.079 --> 00:35:46.280
that<00:35:44.219><c> I'm</c><00:35:44.440><c> he</c><00:35:44.619><c> which</c><00:35:44.880><c> searcheth</c><00:35:45.280><c> the</c><00:35:45.500><c> reins</c><00:35:45.699><c> and</c><00:35:45.880><c> the</c><00:35:46.079><c> hearts,</c>

00:35:46.300 --> 00:35:49.719
and<00:35:46.400><c> I'll</c><00:35:46.599><c> give</c><00:35:46.719><c> to</c><00:35:46.860><c> everyone</c><00:35:47.199><c> according</c><00:35:47.519><c> to</c><00:35:47.800><c> your</c><00:35:48.300><c> works.</c>

00:35:49.760 --> 00:35:52.679
Works<00:35:50.219><c> will</c><00:35:50.539><c> be</c><00:35:50.679><c> the</c><00:35:50.860><c> basis</c><00:35:51.219><c> of</c><00:35:51.619><c> judgment.</c>

00:35:52.760 --> 00:35:56.480
Be<00:35:53.079><c> they</c><00:35:53.320><c> good</c><00:35:53.559><c> works</c><00:35:53.840><c> in</c><00:35:54.000><c> verse</c><00:35:54.239><c> 19</c><00:35:54.739><c> or</c><00:35:55.039><c> bad</c><00:35:55.380><c> works</c><00:35:55.699><c> in</c><00:35:55.860><c> verse</c><00:35:56.079><c> 22,</c>

00:35:56.579 --> 00:36:00.440
they<00:35:56.820><c> will</c><00:35:57.119><c> be</c><00:35:57.500><c> the</c><00:35:57.659><c> basis</c><00:35:57.960><c> of</c><00:35:58.179><c> judgment</c><00:35:58.460><c> in</c><00:35:58.659><c> verse</c><00:35:58.880><c> 23.</c>

00:36:00.639 --> 00:36:04.280
And<00:36:01.139><c> judgment</c><00:36:02.039><c> will</c><00:36:02.719><c> be</c><00:36:03.019><c> successful</c><00:36:03.619><c> for</c><00:36:03.960><c> you</c>

00:36:04.280 --> 00:36:11.500
if<00:36:04.820><c> verse</c><00:36:05.380><c> 26,</c><00:36:07.219><c> he</c><00:36:07.699><c> that</c><00:36:08.000><c> overcomeeth</c><00:36:08.599><c> and</c><00:36:08.920><c> keepeth</c><00:36:09.619><c> my</c><00:36:10.380><c> works</c>

00:36:11.880 --> 00:36:14.980
will<00:36:12.199><c> have</c><00:36:12.400><c> power</c><00:36:12.639><c> over</c><00:36:12.860><c> the</c><00:36:12.980><c> nations,</c><00:36:13.860><c> Christ's</c><00:36:14.559><c> works.</c>

00:36:15.400 --> 00:36:17.440
So<00:36:15.579><c> the</c><00:36:15.760><c> works</c><00:36:15.940><c> of</c><00:36:16.119><c> the</c><00:36:16.300><c> ecclesia,</c><00:36:16.679><c> verse</c><00:36:16.920><c> 19,</c>

00:36:17.539 --> 00:36:20.380
the<00:36:17.679><c> works</c><00:36:18.139><c> of</c><00:36:19.000><c> iniquity,</c><00:36:19.400><c> verse</c><00:36:19.760><c> 22,</c>

00:36:20.380 --> 00:36:25.400
the<00:36:20.800><c> basis</c><00:36:21.159><c> of</c><00:36:21.400><c> judgment,</c><00:36:21.800><c> verse</c><00:36:22.159><c> 23,</c><00:36:23.260><c> Christ's</c><00:36:23.940><c> works,</c><00:36:24.380><c> verse</c><00:36:24.739><c> 26.</c>

00:36:25.440 --> 00:36:28.320
That's<00:36:25.639><c> what</c><00:36:26.239><c> this</c><00:36:26.659><c> letter</c><00:36:26.920><c> is</c><00:36:27.039><c> all</c><00:36:27.199><c> about.</c>

00:36:28.699 --> 00:36:31.099
Because<00:36:28.780><c> here</c><00:36:29.000><c> was</c><00:36:29.199><c> an</c><00:36:29.400><c> ecclesia</c><00:36:29.659><c> which</c><00:36:29.820><c> was</c><00:36:30.059><c> devoted</c><00:36:30.360><c> to</c><00:36:30.659><c> works</c>

00:36:31.099 --> 00:36:36.519
like<00:36:31.840><c> no</c><00:36:32.539><c> other</c><00:36:32.900><c> ecclesia</c><00:36:33.500><c> of</c><00:36:33.820><c> these</c><00:36:34.059><c> seven,</c><00:36:34.800><c> unbelievably</c><00:36:35.440><c> so.</c>

00:36:37.019 --> 00:36:38.719
So<00:36:37.119><c> what</c><00:36:37.199><c> does</c><00:36:37.360><c> the</c><00:36:37.480><c> Lord</c><00:36:37.639><c> say</c><00:36:37.820><c> to</c><00:36:38.079><c> Thyatira?</c>

00:36:39.219 --> 00:36:44.280
Verse<00:36:39.460><c> 18,</c><00:36:40.659><c> to</c><00:36:41.719><c> the</c><00:36:41.940><c> angel</c><00:36:42.139><c> of</c><00:36:42.280><c> the</c><00:36:42.440><c> ecclesia</c><00:36:42.719><c> in</c><00:36:42.940><c> Thyatira</c><00:36:43.480><c> write,</c>

00:36:44.480 --> 00:36:47.119
these<00:36:44.820><c> things</c><00:36:45.159><c> saith</c><00:36:45.380><c> the</c><00:36:45.579><c> son</c><00:36:45.780><c> of</c><00:36:46.000><c> God</c><00:36:46.239><c> who</c><00:36:46.380><c> had</c><00:36:46.539><c> eyes</c>

00:36:47.119 --> 00:36:51.059
like<00:36:47.659><c> a</c><00:36:47.960><c> flame</c><00:36:48.099><c> of</c><00:36:48.420><c> fire</c><00:36:48.679><c> and</c><00:36:49.099><c> feet</c><00:36:49.340><c> like</c><00:36:49.739><c> fine</c><00:36:50.019><c> brass.</c>

00:36:51.260 --> 00:36:54.440
Now<00:36:51.320><c> those</c><00:36:52.099><c> descriptions,</c><00:36:52.840><c> eyes</c><00:36:53.079><c> like</c><00:36:53.380><c> fire,</c><00:36:53.800><c> feet</c><00:36:53.920><c> like</c><00:36:54.179><c> brass,</c>

00:36:54.480 --> 00:36:57.199
are<00:36:54.739><c> taken</c><00:36:55.039><c> from</c><00:36:55.360><c> chapter</c><00:36:55.619><c> one,</c><00:36:55.920><c> verses</c><00:36:56.179><c> 14</c><00:36:56.539><c> and</c><00:36:56.719><c> 15,</c>

00:36:57.199 --> 00:36:59.579
and<00:36:57.619><c> clearly</c><00:36:58.000><c> speak</c><00:36:58.380><c> of</c><00:36:58.559><c> the</c><00:36:58.840><c> militant</c><00:36:59.300><c> character</c>

00:36:59.579 --> 00:37:01.420
of<00:36:59.760><c> the</c><00:36:59.840><c> Lord</c><00:36:59.960><c> Jesus</c><00:37:00.340><c> Christ.</c>

00:37:02.360 --> 00:37:04.840
The<00:37:02.480><c> eyes</c><00:37:02.780><c> speak</c><00:37:03.059><c> of</c><00:37:03.219><c> the</c><00:37:03.380><c> all</c><00:37:03.559><c>-seeing</c><00:37:03.800><c> cognizance</c><00:37:04.380><c> of</c><00:37:04.599><c> God.</c>

00:37:04.960 --> 00:37:07.860
Proverbs<00:37:05.340><c> 15,</c><00:37:05.980><c> verse</c><00:37:06.219><c> three,</c><00:37:06.800><c> the</c><00:37:06.860><c> eyes</c><00:37:07.199><c> of</c><00:37:07.519><c> Yahweh</c>

00:37:07.860 --> 00:37:12.260
are<00:37:08.159><c> in</c><00:37:08.539><c> every</c><00:37:09.019><c> place</c><00:37:09.619><c> beholding</c><00:37:10.300><c> the</c><00:37:10.619><c> evil</c><00:37:10.980><c> and</c><00:37:11.219><c> the</c><00:37:11.500><c> good.</c>

00:37:12.380 --> 00:37:14.000
Now<00:37:12.539><c> think</c><00:37:12.659><c> of</c><00:37:12.780><c> the</c><00:37:12.960><c> appropriateness</c><00:37:13.360><c> of</c><00:37:13.480><c> that</c><00:37:13.639><c> quotation,</c>

00:37:14.000 --> 00:37:15.320
the<00:37:14.139><c> endless</c><00:37:14.219><c> ecclesia.</c>

00:37:15.440 --> 00:37:18.079
Proverbs<00:37:15.780><c> 15,</c><00:37:16.460><c> three,</c><00:37:17.199><c> the</c><00:37:17.300><c> eyes</c><00:37:17.599><c> of</c><00:37:17.820><c> Yahweh</c>

00:37:18.079 --> 00:37:21.280
are<00:37:18.260><c> in</c><00:37:18.360><c> every</c><00:37:18.639><c> place</c><00:37:18.900><c> beholding</c><00:37:19.639><c> the</c><00:37:19.860><c> evil</c><00:37:20.139><c> and</c><00:37:20.320><c> the</c><00:37:20.480><c> good.</c>

00:37:21.800 --> 00:37:23.139
And<00:37:21.980><c> the</c><00:37:22.300><c> fire?</c>

00:37:23.760 --> 00:37:25.579
Well,<00:37:23.960><c> fire</c><00:37:24.059><c> is</c><00:37:24.239><c> an</c><00:37:24.360><c> evident</c><00:37:24.659><c> symbol</c><00:37:24.960><c> of</c><00:37:25.199><c> judgment.</c>

00:37:26.079 --> 00:37:29.619
Matthew<00:37:26.179><c> 25,</c><00:37:26.860><c> verse</c><00:37:27.099><c> 41</c><00:37:27.500><c> says,</c><00:37:28.619><c> the</c><00:37:28.719><c> goats</c><00:37:29.000><c> are</c><00:37:29.300><c> separated</c>

00:37:29.619 --> 00:37:33.519
from<00:37:29.840><c> the</c><00:37:30.099><c> sheep,</c><00:37:31.260><c> depart</c><00:37:31.539><c> from</c><00:37:31.920><c> me</c><00:37:32.139><c> ye</c><00:37:32.440><c> cursed,</c><00:37:33.039><c> says</c><00:37:33.079><c> the</c><00:37:33.340><c> Lord,</c>

00:37:33.760 --> 00:37:36.699
into<00:37:34.119><c> everlasting</c><00:37:35.039><c> fire.</c>

00:37:38.139 --> 00:37:40.960
And<00:37:38.579><c> the</c><00:37:38.860><c> feet</c><00:37:39.119><c> made</c><00:37:39.559><c> of</c><00:37:39.860><c> brass?</c>

00:37:41.800 --> 00:37:46.159
Well,<00:37:42.619><c> Micah</c><00:37:42.780><c> 4,</c><00:37:42.980><c> verse</c><00:37:43.199><c> 13</c><00:37:43.719><c> says</c><00:37:44.420><c> that</c><00:37:45.159><c> God</c><00:37:45.360><c> says</c><00:37:45.619><c> to</c><00:37:45.760><c> Jerusalem,</c>

00:37:46.300 --> 00:37:49.639
he'll<00:37:46.440><c> make</c><00:37:46.579><c> her</c><00:37:46.900><c> horn</c><00:37:47.139><c> iron</c><00:37:47.639><c> and</c><00:37:48.559><c> her</c><00:37:48.840><c> hooves</c><00:37:49.239><c> brass</c>

00:37:49.639 --> 00:37:53.860
that<00:37:49.820><c> she</c><00:37:50.019><c> might</c><00:37:50.320><c> break</c><00:37:50.900><c> in</c><00:37:51.380><c> pieces</c><00:37:51.860><c> many</c><00:37:52.780><c> people.</c>

00:37:54.380 --> 00:37:56.440
And<00:37:54.579><c> you</c><00:37:54.920><c> recognize,</c><00:37:55.619><c> brothers,</c><00:37:55.880><c> sisters,</c><00:37:56.039><c> and</c><00:37:56.139><c> young</c><00:37:56.239><c> people,</c>

00:37:56.579 --> 00:37:59.380
straight<00:37:56.780><c> away,</c><00:37:57.900><c> the</c><00:37:58.199><c> introduction</c><00:37:58.840><c> to</c><00:37:59.019><c> this</c><00:37:59.179><c> letter</c>

00:37:59.380 --> 00:38:01.920
is<00:37:59.920><c> not</c><00:38:00.239><c> very</c><00:38:00.619><c> dissimilar</c><00:38:01.079><c> to</c><00:38:01.260><c> the</c><00:38:01.559><c> blessing</c>

00:38:01.920 --> 00:38:04.539
at<00:38:02.280><c> the</c><00:38:02.500><c> conclusion</c><00:38:03.139><c> of</c><00:38:03.559><c> the</c><00:38:03.739><c> letter.</c>

00:38:04.719 --> 00:38:08.300
The<00:38:05.159><c> Lord</c><00:38:05.480><c> is</c><00:38:05.780><c> gonna</c><00:38:05.960><c> come</c><00:38:06.400><c> as</c><00:38:06.719><c> a</c><00:38:07.099><c> judge</c><00:38:07.320><c> to</c><00:38:07.559><c> this</c><00:38:07.739><c> ecclesia</c>

00:38:08.300 --> 00:38:10.940
which<00:38:08.880><c> fails</c><00:38:09.440><c> to</c><00:38:09.780><c> execute</c><00:38:10.380><c> judgment,</c>

00:38:11.400 --> 00:38:14.900
but<00:38:11.460><c> the</c><00:38:11.860><c> faithful</c><00:38:12.219><c> in</c><00:38:12.400><c> the</c><00:38:12.579><c> ecclesia</c><00:38:12.880><c> who</c><00:38:13.199><c> do</c><00:38:13.639><c> exercise</c>

00:38:14.900 --> 00:38:18.760
good<00:38:15.219><c> judgment</c><00:38:15.599><c> will</c><00:38:15.980><c> be</c><00:38:16.159><c> given</c><00:38:16.559><c> judgment</c><00:38:17.079><c> over</c><00:38:17.460><c> the</c><00:38:17.639><c> nations</c>

00:38:18.679 --> 00:38:21.639
in<00:38:18.980><c> the</c><00:38:19.260><c> blessing</c><00:38:19.559><c> at</c><00:38:19.840><c> the</c><00:38:20.079><c> conclusion</c><00:38:20.400><c> of</c><00:38:20.579><c> the</c><00:38:20.719><c> letter.</c>

00:38:22.400 --> 00:38:25.239
But<00:38:22.599><c> there's</c><00:38:22.739><c> one</c><00:38:22.880><c> other</c><00:38:23.099><c> title</c><00:38:23.440><c> that</c><00:38:23.599><c> you'd</c><00:38:23.820><c> observe</c><00:38:24.079><c> here.</c>

00:38:25.480 --> 00:38:28.239
Before<00:38:25.699><c> we</c><00:38:25.920><c> read</c><00:38:26.059><c> about</c><00:38:26.280><c> eyes</c><00:38:26.579><c> like</c><00:38:26.860><c> fire</c><00:38:27.119><c> and</c><00:38:27.380><c> feet</c><00:38:27.559><c> like</c><00:38:27.940><c> brass,</c>

00:38:28.320 --> 00:38:32.360
we<00:38:28.500><c> read</c><00:38:28.800><c> these</c><00:38:29.260><c> things,</c><00:38:30.199><c> Seth,</c><00:38:30.519><c> the</c><00:38:30.820><c> Son</c><00:38:31.019><c> of</c><00:38:31.280><c> God.</c>

00:38:32.900 --> 00:38:35.780
And<00:38:33.199><c> that</c><00:38:33.420><c> is</c><00:38:33.800><c> also</c><00:38:34.440><c> taken</c><00:38:34.840><c> from</c><00:38:35.119><c> chapter</c><00:38:35.480><c> one.</c>

00:38:35.780 --> 00:38:39.219
It<00:38:35.940><c> appears</c><00:38:36.320><c> in</c><00:38:36.519><c> chapter</c><00:38:36.780><c> one,</c><00:38:37.119><c> verse</c><00:38:37.239><c> 13,</c><00:38:37.639><c> but</c><00:38:37.800><c> it</c><00:38:38.079><c> doesn't.</c>

00:38:39.800 --> 00:38:43.500
In<00:38:39.880><c> Revelation</c><00:38:40.340><c> one,</c><00:38:40.619><c> verse</c><00:38:40.900><c> 13,</c><00:38:42.800><c> the</c><00:38:42.900><c> man</c><00:38:43.139><c> of</c><00:38:43.360><c> one</c>

00:38:43.500 --> 00:38:46.619
is<00:38:43.860><c> called</c><00:38:44.019><c> one</c><00:38:44.260><c> like</c><00:38:44.599><c> the</c><00:38:45.039><c> Son</c><00:38:45.219><c> of</c><00:38:45.579><c> Man.</c>

00:38:47.559 --> 00:38:51.360
But<00:38:47.840><c> here</c><00:38:48.059><c> he</c><00:38:48.219><c> calls</c><00:38:48.519><c> himself</c><00:38:49.079><c> the</c><00:38:49.820><c> Son</c><00:38:50.019><c> of</c><00:38:50.420><c> God.</c>

00:38:51.860 --> 00:38:54.280
And<00:38:52.019><c> it's</c><00:38:52.280><c> clearly</c><00:38:52.539><c> an</c><00:38:52.760><c> illusion</c><00:38:53.019><c> because</c><00:38:53.320><c> the</c><00:38:53.639><c> introductory</c><00:38:53.980><c> verse</c>

00:38:54.280 --> 00:38:57.019
to<00:38:54.460><c> every</c><00:38:54.679><c> ecclesia</c><00:38:55.099><c> is</c><00:38:55.579><c> a</c><00:38:55.780><c> reference</c><00:38:56.039><c> back</c><00:38:56.280><c> to</c><00:38:56.500><c> Revelation</c><00:38:56.800><c> one.</c>

00:38:57.280 --> 00:38:59.639
Why<00:38:57.500><c> doesn't</c><00:38:57.659><c> he</c><00:38:57.820><c> call</c><00:38:57.920><c> himself</c><00:38:58.260><c> the</c><00:38:58.460><c> Son</c><00:38:58.579><c> of</c><00:38:58.780><c> Man?</c>

00:38:59.780 --> 00:39:02.179
Why<00:38:59.960><c> does</c><00:39:00.099><c> he</c><00:39:00.300><c> call</c><00:39:00.400><c> himself</c><00:39:00.760><c> the</c><00:39:00.980><c> Son</c><00:39:01.099><c> of</c><00:39:01.300><c> God?</c>

00:39:03.360 --> 00:39:08.559
Well,<00:39:04.019><c> the</c><00:39:04.039><c> most</c><00:39:04.639><c> prominent</c><00:39:05.099><c> God</c><00:39:05.760><c> in</c><00:39:06.599><c> Thyatira</c><00:39:07.340><c> was</c><00:39:08.059><c> Apollo.</c>

00:39:08.719 --> 00:39:11.500
He<00:39:08.840><c> was</c><00:39:09.059><c> the</c><00:39:09.420><c> patron</c><00:39:09.840><c> of</c><00:39:10.219><c> the</c><00:39:10.539><c> guilds</c>

00:39:11.500 --> 00:39:13.340
and<00:39:11.619><c> Apollo</c><00:39:12.079><c> was</c><00:39:12.360><c> the</c><00:39:12.599><c> son</c><00:39:12.760><c> of</c><00:39:13.019><c> Zeus.</c>

00:39:13.659 --> 00:39:17.400
Apollo<00:39:13.960><c> himself</c><00:39:14.619><c> was</c><00:39:15.039><c> the</c><00:39:15.320><c> Son</c><00:39:15.460><c> of</c><00:39:15.719><c> God,</c><00:39:16.059><c> you</c><00:39:16.400><c> see.</c>

00:39:18.000 --> 00:39:21.699
And<00:39:18.280><c> this</c><00:39:18.460><c> is</c><00:39:18.679><c> a</c><00:39:18.780><c> letter</c><00:39:19.039><c> from</c><00:39:19.619><c> the</c><00:39:20.039><c> true</c><00:39:20.360><c> Son</c><00:39:20.579><c> of</c><00:39:20.860><c> God.</c>

00:39:22.039 --> 00:39:23.760
And<00:39:22.340><c> you</c><00:39:22.480><c> might</c><00:39:22.659><c> say,</c><00:39:22.960><c> well,</c><00:39:23.059><c> why</c><00:39:23.280><c> would</c><00:39:23.440><c> you</c><00:39:23.639><c> need</c>

00:39:23.760 --> 00:39:27.139
to<00:39:23.960><c> make</c><00:39:24.079><c> that</c><00:39:24.380><c> point</c><00:39:24.840><c> to</c><00:39:25.960><c> the</c><00:39:26.159><c> ecclesia,</c>

00:39:28.000 --> 00:39:30.360
but<00:39:28.099><c> then</c><00:39:28.260><c> to</c><00:39:28.440><c> ask</c><00:39:28.579><c> the</c><00:39:28.820><c> questioners</c><00:39:29.159><c> to</c><00:39:29.320><c> answer</c><00:39:29.659><c> it?</c>

00:39:30.360 --> 00:39:33.619
Because<00:39:30.820><c> this</c><00:39:31.139><c> ecclesia</c><00:39:32.280><c> doesn't</c><00:39:33.000><c> see</c><00:39:33.300><c> the</c><00:39:33.420><c> need</c>

00:39:33.619 --> 00:39:36.860
to<00:39:33.780><c> be</c><00:39:34.000><c> separate</c><00:39:34.519><c> from</c><00:39:35.179><c> people</c><00:39:35.500><c> like</c><00:39:35.800><c> Apollo.</c>

00:39:37.460 --> 00:39:39.780
And<00:39:37.519><c> so</c><00:39:37.639><c> these</c><00:39:37.840><c> are</c><00:39:37.980><c> the</c><00:39:38.059><c> words</c><00:39:38.219><c> from</c><00:39:38.400><c> the</c><00:39:38.639><c> true</c><00:39:38.880><c> Son</c><00:39:39.099><c> of</c><00:39:39.280><c> God,</c>

00:39:39.860 --> 00:39:43.539
you<00:39:40.159><c> see,</c><00:39:41.980><c> and</c><00:39:42.139><c> the</c><00:39:42.260><c> issue</c><00:39:42.420><c> is</c><00:39:42.559><c> the</c><00:39:42.699><c> ecclesia</c><00:39:42.960><c> lacks</c><00:39:43.179><c> judgment.</c>

00:39:43.820 --> 00:39:45.780
Pergamos<00:39:44.059><c> lacks</c><00:39:44.380><c> judgment,</c><00:39:44.780><c> so</c><00:39:44.880><c> he</c><00:39:44.940><c> comes</c><00:39:45.159><c> to</c><00:39:45.239><c> them</c><00:39:45.280><c> with</c><00:39:45.460><c> a</c><00:39:45.579><c> sword.</c>

00:39:46.159 --> 00:39:48.920
Thyatira<00:39:46.460><c> lacks</c><00:39:46.719><c> judgment,</c><00:39:47.059><c> so</c><00:39:47.199><c> he</c><00:39:47.260><c> comes</c><00:39:47.460><c> to</c><00:39:47.579><c> them</c><00:39:47.679><c> with</c><00:39:47.840><c> a</c><00:39:48.079><c> fire.</c>

00:39:49.079 --> 00:39:51.139
But<00:39:49.199><c> as</c><00:39:49.340><c> we</c><00:39:49.460><c> said,</c><00:39:49.780><c> Thyatira</c><00:39:50.059><c> is</c><00:39:50.179><c> a</c><00:39:50.239><c> more</c><00:39:50.420><c> extreme</c><00:39:50.860><c> case</c>

00:39:51.139 --> 00:39:52.400
than<00:39:51.340><c> Pergamos.</c>

00:39:52.559 --> 00:39:57.780
The<00:39:52.760><c> promise</c><00:39:53.000><c> to</c><00:39:53.239><c> Pergamos</c><00:39:53.760><c> is</c><00:39:54.900><c> ultimate</c><00:39:55.440><c> healing,</c><00:39:56.519><c> hidden</c><00:39:56.639><c> manner,</c>

00:39:57.860 --> 00:39:59.980
true<00:39:58.039><c> justice,</c><00:39:59.300><c> white</c><00:39:59.519><c> stone.</c>

00:39:59.980 --> 00:40:03.579
Special<00:40:00.739><c> name,</c><00:40:01.780><c> unity</c><00:40:02.099><c> with</c><00:40:02.320><c> Christ.</c>

00:40:04.519 --> 00:40:06.940
The<00:40:04.599><c> promise</c><00:40:04.840><c> to</c><00:40:05.099><c> Thyatira</c><00:40:05.500><c> in</c><00:40:05.659><c> verse</c><00:40:05.840><c> 26</c><00:40:06.300><c> is</c><00:40:06.519><c> judgment.</c>

00:40:07.300 --> 00:40:09.599
Judgment<00:40:07.559><c> over</c><00:40:07.760><c> the</c><00:40:07.900><c> nations,</c><00:40:08.340><c> but</c><00:40:08.480><c> only</c><00:40:08.719><c> if</c><00:40:08.860><c> they</c><00:40:09.079><c> exercise</c>

00:40:09.599 --> 00:40:12.780
judgment<00:40:10.119><c> in</c><00:40:10.420><c> the</c><00:40:10.699><c> ecclesia</c><00:40:10.960><c> now,</c><00:40:11.539><c> very</c><00:40:11.840><c> clear.</c>

00:40:13.219 --> 00:40:15.820
Well,<00:40:13.400><c> verse</c><00:40:13.539><c> 18,</c><00:40:14.199><c> unquestionably,</c><00:40:14.639><c> is</c><00:40:14.719><c> the</c><00:40:14.840><c> most</c><00:40:15.079><c> aggressive</c>

00:40:15.820 --> 00:40:18.699
opening<00:40:16.199><c> of</c><00:40:16.619><c> any</c><00:40:16.860><c> of</c><00:40:17.000><c> the</c><00:40:17.139><c> letters,</c><00:40:17.539><c> and</c><00:40:17.780><c> verse</c><00:40:18.079><c> 19,</c>

00:40:18.960 --> 00:40:21.880
unquestionably,<00:40:19.780><c> is</c><00:40:19.960><c> the</c><00:40:20.300><c> greatest</c><00:40:20.960><c> commendation</c>

00:40:21.880 --> 00:40:23.960
of<00:40:22.519><c> any</c><00:40:22.820><c> of</c><00:40:22.960><c> the</c><00:40:23.099><c> letters.</c>

00:40:24.239 --> 00:40:26.360
It's<00:40:24.619><c> a</c><00:40:24.679><c> bizarre</c><00:40:25.019><c> contrast,</c><00:40:25.559><c> but</c><00:40:25.719><c> here's</c><00:40:25.920><c> an</c><00:40:26.059><c> ecclesia</c>

00:40:26.360 --> 00:40:29.039
that<00:40:26.500><c> only</c><00:40:26.760><c> saw</c><00:40:26.980><c> the</c><00:40:27.440><c> mercy</c><00:40:27.860><c> side</c><00:40:28.159><c> of</c><00:40:28.320><c> God's</c><00:40:28.800><c> character</c>

00:40:29.039 --> 00:40:33.159
and<00:40:29.199><c> ignored</c><00:40:29.599><c> the</c><00:40:29.900><c> judgment</c><00:40:30.179><c> side</c><00:40:30.760><c> absolutely</c><00:40:31.780><c> completely.</c>

00:40:34.559 --> 00:40:39.139
But<00:40:34.559><c> their</c><00:40:35.059><c> service</c><00:40:35.500><c> in</c><00:40:35.860><c> the</c><00:40:36.179><c> truth</c><00:40:36.760><c> was</c><00:40:37.539><c> second</c><00:40:37.860><c> to</c><00:40:38.199><c> none,</c>

00:40:39.679 --> 00:40:44.039
just<00:40:39.920><c> as</c><00:40:40.179><c> their</c><00:40:40.360><c> lack</c><00:40:40.559><c> of</c><00:40:40.920><c> judgment</c><00:40:41.400><c> was</c><00:40:42.280><c> second</c><00:40:42.699><c> to</c><00:40:43.159><c> none.</c>

00:40:44.400 --> 00:40:46.340
I<00:40:44.480><c> mean,</c><00:40:44.679><c> it's</c><00:40:45.019><c> extreme.</c>

00:40:46.739 --> 00:40:51.639
Verse<00:40:46.800><c> 19,</c><00:40:48.159><c> I</c><00:40:48.659><c> know</c><00:40:48.880><c> thy</c><00:40:49.079><c> works,</c><00:40:50.500><c> thy</c><00:40:50.639><c> love,</c>

00:40:51.840 --> 00:40:53.900
charity<00:40:52.019><c> is</c><00:40:52.199><c> the</c><00:40:52.340><c> word</c><00:40:52.460><c> love,</c><00:40:52.739><c> it's</c><00:40:52.880><c> the</c><00:40:52.940><c> word</c><00:40:53.039><c> agape,</c>

00:40:54.260 --> 00:40:58.360
and<00:40:54.559><c> service,</c><00:40:55.519><c> and</c><00:40:55.739><c> faith,</c><00:40:56.599><c> and</c><00:40:56.860><c> patience,</c><00:40:57.820><c> and</c><00:40:58.079><c> works,</c>

00:40:58.360 --> 00:41:00.780
the<00:40:58.619><c> last</c><00:40:58.860><c> to</c><00:40:59.039><c> be</c><00:40:59.139><c> more</c><00:40:59.360><c> than</c><00:40:59.480><c> the</c><00:40:59.659><c> first.</c>

00:41:01.559 --> 00:41:04.380
So<00:41:01.639><c> works</c><00:41:01.780><c> are</c><00:41:01.980><c> mentioned</c><00:41:02.199><c> twice,</c><00:41:03.239><c> the</c><00:41:03.460><c> latter</c><00:41:03.800><c> greater</c>

00:41:04.380 --> 00:41:05.159
than<00:41:04.659><c> the</c><00:41:04.920><c> former.</c>

00:41:05.579 --> 00:41:09.639
So<00:41:05.760><c> the</c><00:41:05.960><c> works</c><00:41:06.119><c> that</c><00:41:06.280><c> they're</c><00:41:06.440><c> doing</c><00:41:06.659><c> now</c><00:41:07.320><c> in</c><00:41:08.000><c> AD</c><00:41:08.679><c> 96</c>

00:41:09.639 --> 00:41:12.860
are<00:41:10.519><c> better</c><00:41:11.119><c> than</c><00:41:11.659><c> the</c><00:41:11.960><c> works</c><00:41:12.239><c> they</c><00:41:12.619><c> did</c>

00:41:12.860 --> 00:41:16.739
when<00:41:13.139><c> Lydia</c><00:41:13.440><c> started</c><00:41:13.800><c> the</c><00:41:14.039><c> ecclesia</c><00:41:14.840><c> 40</c><00:41:15.239><c>-something</c><00:41:15.500><c> years</c><00:41:15.820><c> ago.</c>

00:41:17.400 --> 00:41:19.300
And<00:41:17.559><c> you'll</c><00:41:17.820><c> recognize</c><00:41:18.119><c> immediately</c><00:41:18.699><c> in</c><00:41:18.900><c> that</c><00:41:19.139><c> verse</c>

00:41:19.300 --> 00:41:21.719
the<00:41:19.559><c> contrast</c><00:41:19.940><c> with</c><00:41:20.159><c> Ephesus,</c><00:41:20.719><c> because</c><00:41:21.019><c> in</c><00:41:21.380><c> Ephesus</c>

00:41:21.719 --> 00:41:23.199
in<00:41:21.880><c> chapter</c><00:41:22.039><c> two,</c><00:41:22.420><c> verse</c><00:41:22.480><c> two,</c><00:41:22.739><c> the</c><00:41:22.800><c> Lord</c><00:41:22.980><c> said,</c>

00:41:23.440 --> 00:41:26.900
I<00:41:23.440><c> know</c><00:41:23.719><c> thy</c><00:41:23.960><c> works,</c><00:41:26.019><c> and</c><00:41:26.320><c> in</c><00:41:26.460><c> verse</c><00:41:26.659><c> five,</c>

00:41:26.900 --> 00:41:29.880
he<00:41:27.000><c> tells</c><00:41:27.179><c> them</c><00:41:27.360><c> to</c><00:41:27.519><c> go</c><00:41:27.619><c> and</c><00:41:27.760><c> do</c><00:41:27.840><c> the</c><00:41:28.099><c> first</c><00:41:28.380><c> works.</c>

00:41:30.960 --> 00:41:33.800
Fatah<00:41:31.260><c> is</c><00:41:31.480><c> told</c><00:41:31.760><c> to</c><00:41:32.039><c> continue</c><00:41:32.340><c> to</c><00:41:32.519><c> do</c><00:41:32.619><c> the</c><00:41:32.840><c> last</c><00:41:33.260><c> works,</c>

00:41:34.199 --> 00:41:37.360
because<00:41:34.539><c> the</c><00:41:34.760><c> last</c><00:41:35.019><c> works</c><00:41:35.179><c> are</c><00:41:35.460><c> better</c><00:41:35.659><c> than</c><00:41:35.800><c> the</c><00:41:36.039><c> first</c><00:41:36.340><c> works.</c>

00:41:38.119 --> 00:41:40.420
And<00:41:38.280><c> he</c><00:41:38.400><c> says,</c><00:41:38.820><c> I</c><00:41:38.840><c> know</c><00:41:39.099><c> thy</c><00:41:39.340><c> love,</c><00:41:39.800><c> thy</c><00:41:40.079><c> service,</c>

00:41:40.500 --> 00:41:43.500
the<00:41:40.699><c> word</c><00:41:40.920><c> service</c><00:41:41.260><c> here</c><00:41:41.460><c> is</c><00:41:41.619><c> the</c><00:41:41.780><c> Greek</c><00:41:41.920><c> word</c><00:41:42.179><c> diakonia.</c>

00:41:44.760 --> 00:41:48.699
Now,<00:41:45.780><c> the</c><00:41:46.059><c> word</c><00:41:46.199><c> service</c><00:41:46.539><c> is</c><00:41:46.719><c> very</c><00:41:46.980><c> similar</c><00:41:47.179><c> to</c><00:41:47.320><c> the</c><00:41:47.460><c> word</c><00:41:47.679><c> servant.</c>

00:41:49.840 --> 00:41:52.739
There<00:41:50.019><c> are</c><00:41:50.099><c> two</c><00:41:50.260><c> words</c><00:41:50.480><c> for</c><00:41:50.760><c> servant</c><00:41:51.099><c> in</c><00:41:51.420><c> the</c><00:41:51.500><c> New</c><00:41:51.679><c> Testament,</c>

00:41:52.960 --> 00:41:58.360
diakonia,<00:41:54.739><c> deacon,</c><00:41:55.900><c> and</c><00:41:56.159><c> doulos,</c><00:41:57.460><c> slave.</c>

00:41:58.820 --> 00:41:59.880
So<00:41:58.980><c> the</c><00:41:59.059><c> two</c><00:41:59.179><c> forms</c><00:41:59.420><c> of</c><00:41:59.699><c> servants,</c>

00:41:59.960 --> 00:42:01.099
and<00:42:00.059><c> the</c><00:42:00.199><c> simple</c><00:42:00.400><c> difference</c><00:42:00.719><c> is</c><00:42:00.880><c> this,</c>

00:42:01.280 --> 00:42:05.639
a<00:42:01.400><c> slave</c><00:42:01.659><c> is</c><00:42:02.639><c> an</c><00:42:03.260><c> involuntary</c><00:42:04.179><c> servant,</c>

00:42:06.000 --> 00:42:08.960
and<00:42:06.119><c> a</c><00:42:06.360><c> deacon</c><00:42:06.719><c> is</c><00:42:07.199><c> a</c><00:42:07.519><c> voluntary</c><00:42:08.280><c> servant.</c>

00:42:09.179 --> 00:42:15.820
This<00:42:09.460><c> is</c><00:42:10.099><c> a</c><00:42:10.440><c> voluntary</c><00:42:11.159><c> servant,</c><00:42:13.460><c> diakonia,</c><00:42:14.780><c> deacon.</c>

00:42:16.480 --> 00:42:18.360
It's<00:42:17.119><c> the</c><00:42:17.219><c> word</c><00:42:17.320><c> for</c><00:42:17.579><c> voluntary</c><00:42:18.039><c> service.</c>

00:42:18.400 --> 00:42:21.059
That<00:42:18.639><c> word</c><00:42:18.880><c> appears</c><00:42:19.360><c> in</c><00:42:19.719><c> this</c><00:42:19.960><c> quotation.</c>

00:42:21.300 --> 00:42:24.619
First<00:42:21.639><c> Corinthians</c><00:42:22.079><c> 16</c><00:42:22.840><c> in</c><00:42:23.179><c> verse</c><00:42:23.420><c> 15,</c>

00:42:24.519 --> 00:42:26.860
you<00:42:24.860><c> know</c><00:42:25.019><c> the</c><00:42:25.239><c> house</c><00:42:25.420><c> of</c><00:42:25.719><c> Stephanas</c>

00:42:26.860 --> 00:42:29.900
that<00:42:27.280><c> they</c><00:42:27.599><c> have</c><00:42:28.360><c> addicted</c><00:42:29.159><c> themselves</c>

00:42:29.900 --> 00:42:32.659
to<00:42:30.199><c> the</c><00:42:30.440><c> ministry</c><00:42:30.940><c> of</c><00:42:31.519><c> the</c><00:42:31.760><c> saints.</c>

00:42:32.860 --> 00:42:35.139
The<00:42:32.940><c> word</c><00:42:33.099><c> ministry</c><00:42:33.480><c> in</c><00:42:33.679><c> first</c><00:42:33.840><c> Corinthians</c><00:42:34.159><c> 16,</c><00:42:34.739><c> verse</c><00:42:34.800><c> 15,</c>

00:42:35.159 --> 00:42:37.280
is<00:42:35.340><c> the</c><00:42:35.460><c> word</c><00:42:36.059><c> diakonia,</c><00:42:37.000><c> service.</c>

00:42:37.760 --> 00:42:40.780
The<00:42:37.960><c> house</c><00:42:38.219><c> of</c><00:42:38.500><c> Stephanas</c><00:42:38.960><c> had</c><00:42:39.420><c> addicted</c><00:42:40.079><c> themselves</c>

00:42:40.780 --> 00:42:42.840
to<00:42:41.219><c> the</c><00:42:41.659><c> service</c><00:42:42.059><c> of</c><00:42:42.420><c> the</c><00:42:42.619><c> saints.</c>

00:42:42.920 --> 00:42:47.860
Well,<00:42:43.219><c> so</c><00:42:43.659><c> has</c><00:42:44.079><c> Thyatira</c><00:42:45.340><c> addicted</c><00:42:46.480><c> themselves</c>

00:42:47.980 --> 00:42:50.119
to<00:42:48.320><c> the</c><00:42:48.559><c> service</c><00:42:48.800><c> of</c><00:42:49.000><c> the</c><00:42:49.179><c> saints.</c>

00:42:50.980 --> 00:42:54.059
And<00:42:51.539><c> thy</c><00:42:52.079><c> love,</c><00:42:52.880><c> verse</c><00:42:53.219><c> 19,</c><00:42:53.880><c> he</c><00:42:53.880><c> says,</c>

00:42:54.139 --> 00:42:55.960
thy<00:42:54.280><c> love</c><00:42:54.579><c> thy</c><00:42:54.780><c> service</c><00:42:55.119><c> thy</c><00:42:55.340><c> faith,</c><00:42:55.519><c> thy</c><00:42:55.699><c> love.</c>

00:42:56.280 --> 00:42:58.420
Love's<00:42:56.539><c> often</c><00:42:56.780><c> a</c><00:42:56.880><c> misunderstood</c><00:42:57.400><c> word,</c>

00:42:58.900 --> 00:43:00.260
because<00:42:59.139><c> once</c><00:42:59.380><c> again,</c><00:42:59.599><c> it's</c><00:42:59.820><c> very</c><00:43:00.039><c> easy</c>

00:43:00.260 --> 00:43:02.500
to<00:43:00.460><c> only</c><00:43:00.659><c> read</c><00:43:00.900><c> half</c><00:43:01.300><c> the</c><00:43:01.579><c> credentials</c><00:43:02.000><c> of</c><00:43:02.280><c> love</c>

00:43:02.500 --> 00:43:04.900
that<00:43:02.719><c> appear</c><00:43:02.980><c> in</c><00:43:03.300><c> first</c><00:43:03.460><c> Corinthians</c><00:43:03.780><c> 13.</c>

00:43:05.579 --> 00:43:08.460
Listen<00:43:05.820><c> to</c><00:43:06.000><c> this,</c><00:43:06.340><c> first</c><00:43:06.420><c> Corinthians</c><00:43:06.719><c> 13,</c><00:43:07.119><c> verse</c><00:43:07.360><c> four.</c>

00:43:08.480 --> 00:43:10.699
Love<00:43:09.039><c> suffereth</c><00:43:09.820><c> long.</c>

00:43:11.619 --> 00:43:13.559
Love<00:43:12.079><c> is</c><00:43:12.599><c> kind.</c>

00:43:13.940 --> 00:43:15.539
They<00:43:14.219><c> got</c><00:43:14.380><c> that</c><00:43:14.679><c> right.</c>

00:43:15.579 --> 00:43:17.400
They<00:43:15.880><c> really</c><00:43:16.099><c> got</c><00:43:16.239><c> it</c><00:43:16.480><c> right.</c>

00:43:17.860 --> 00:43:20.400
First<00:43:18.079><c> Corinthians</c><00:43:18.380><c> 13,</c><00:43:18.800><c> verse</c><00:43:19.099><c> six.</c>

00:43:20.559 --> 00:43:24.500
Love<00:43:21.159><c> rejoiceth</c><00:43:22.340><c> not</c><00:43:23.059><c> in</c><00:43:23.619><c> iniquity,</c>

00:43:25.000 --> 00:43:27.280
but<00:43:25.340><c> rejoiceth</c><00:43:26.280><c> in</c><00:43:26.980><c> truth.</c>

00:43:27.320 --> 00:43:28.739
They<00:43:27.619><c> got</c><00:43:27.860><c> that</c><00:43:28.260><c> wrong.</c>

00:43:29.000 --> 00:43:31.059
They<00:43:29.139><c> got</c><00:43:29.300><c> it</c><00:43:29.719><c> very</c><00:43:30.039><c> wrong.</c>

00:43:32.619 --> 00:43:33.820
They<00:43:32.639><c> were</c><00:43:32.820><c> patient</c><00:43:33.139><c> in</c><00:43:33.300><c> verse</c><00:43:33.460><c> 19,</c>

00:43:33.860 --> 00:43:35.300
but<00:43:33.960><c> their</c><00:43:34.199><c> patience</c><00:43:34.440><c> for</c><00:43:34.659><c> so</c><00:43:34.820><c> long</c><00:43:35.000><c> suffering</c>

00:43:35.300 --> 00:43:37.539
became<00:43:35.659><c> liberalism.</c>

00:43:38.019 --> 00:43:40.460
Ephesus<00:43:38.219><c> in</c><00:43:38.400><c> verse</c><00:43:38.599><c> six</c><00:43:38.960><c> hated</c><00:43:39.480><c> false</c><00:43:39.980><c> doctrine.</c>

00:43:40.920 --> 00:43:43.239
Pergamos<00:43:41.340><c> in</c><00:43:41.599><c> verse</c><00:43:41.780><c> 15</c><00:43:42.300><c> tolerated</c><00:43:42.920><c> it.</c>

00:43:43.679 --> 00:43:45.860
Thyatira<00:43:44.199><c> in</c><00:43:44.460><c> verse</c><00:43:44.780><c> 20</c><00:43:45.179><c> have</c><00:43:45.420><c> given</c><00:43:45.579><c> it</c>

00:43:45.860 --> 00:43:48.619
an<00:43:46.199><c> official</c><00:43:46.500><c> position</c><00:43:47.019><c> in</c><00:43:47.280><c> their</c><00:43:47.539><c> ecclesia.</c>

00:43:49.880 --> 00:43:52.739
Wow,<00:43:50.940><c> verse</c><00:43:51.059><c> 20,</c><00:43:52.139><c> notwithstanding,</c>

00:43:52.760 --> 00:43:57.099
notwithstanding<00:43:53.340><c> your</c><00:43:54.179><c> magnificent</c><00:43:55.079><c> works</c><00:43:55.460><c> in</c><00:43:55.719><c> verse</c><00:43:55.960><c> 19,</c>

00:43:57.719 --> 00:43:59.440
I've<00:43:58.000><c> got</c><00:43:58.139><c> a</c><00:43:58.300><c> few</c><00:43:58.440><c> things</c><00:43:58.760><c> against</c><00:43:59.139><c> thee.</c>

00:43:59.880 --> 00:44:02.400
The<00:44:00.019><c> word</c><00:44:00.280><c> few</c><00:44:00.699><c> is</c><00:44:00.920><c> not</c><00:44:01.139><c> in</c><00:44:01.280><c> the</c><00:44:01.480><c> original.</c>

00:44:03.360 --> 00:44:05.940
The<00:44:03.480><c> word</c><00:44:03.760><c> few</c><00:44:04.099><c> minimizes</c><00:44:04.800><c> the</c><00:44:05.000><c> power</c><00:44:05.239><c> of</c><00:44:05.400><c> verse</c><00:44:05.559><c> 20.</c>

00:44:06.059 --> 00:44:08.159
Nevertheless,<00:44:07.099><c> that</c><00:44:07.199><c> is,</c><00:44:08.000><c> sorry,</c>

00:44:08.239 --> 00:44:10.480
notwithstanding<00:44:08.920><c> the</c><00:44:09.420><c> works</c><00:44:09.619><c> of</c><00:44:09.820><c> verse</c><00:44:10.000><c> 19,</c>

00:44:10.679 --> 00:44:13.860
I<00:44:10.900><c> have</c><00:44:11.739><c> things</c><00:44:12.579><c> against</c><00:44:13.199><c> thee,</c>

00:44:14.159 --> 00:44:16.920
because<00:44:14.599><c> thou</c><00:44:14.900><c> sufferest</c><00:44:15.360><c> that</c><00:44:15.500><c> woman</c><00:44:15.780><c> Jezebel,</c>

00:44:17.019 --> 00:44:19.400
which<00:44:17.420><c> calleth</c><00:44:17.900><c> herself</c><00:44:18.340><c> a</c><00:44:18.679><c> prophetess,</c>

00:44:19.679 --> 00:44:23.059
to<00:44:19.820><c> teach</c><00:44:20.199><c> and</c><00:44:20.559><c> seduce</c><00:44:21.059><c> my</c><00:44:21.400><c> servants</c><00:44:21.739><c> to</c><00:44:22.019><c> commit</c><00:44:22.300><c> fornication</c>

00:44:23.059 --> 00:44:25.559
and<00:44:23.280><c> to</c><00:44:23.460><c> eat</c><00:44:23.659><c> things</c><00:44:23.920><c> sacrificed</c><00:44:24.460><c> to</c><00:44:24.800><c> idols.</c>

00:44:26.079 --> 00:44:28.440
And<00:44:26.780><c> alarming</c><00:44:27.119><c> as</c><00:44:27.500><c> that</c><00:44:27.780><c> verse</c><00:44:28.039><c> is,</c>

00:44:28.500 --> 00:44:31.619
there's<00:44:28.659><c> something</c><00:44:29.039><c> strange</c><00:44:29.820><c> about</c><00:44:30.159><c> it,</c>

00:44:31.800 --> 00:44:36.079
because<00:44:32.300><c> it</c><00:44:32.539><c> doesn't</c><00:44:33.059><c> fit</c><00:44:33.480><c> what</c><00:44:33.719><c> you'd</c><00:44:34.219><c> expect</c><00:44:34.539><c> from</c><00:44:34.940><c> scripture.</c>

00:44:36.900 --> 00:44:39.119
How<00:44:37.360><c> do</c><00:44:37.500><c> you</c><00:44:37.679><c> get</c><00:44:37.840><c> an</c><00:44:38.019><c> ecclesia</c>

00:44:39.139 --> 00:44:44.400
that's<00:44:39.539><c> got</c><00:44:40.480><c> works</c><00:44:41.019><c> of</c><00:44:41.539><c> godliness</c><00:44:42.119><c> second</c><00:44:42.840><c> to</c><00:44:43.380><c> none,</c>

00:44:45.260 --> 00:44:49.059
and<00:44:45.980><c> moral</c><00:44:46.699><c> conduct</c><00:44:47.599><c> in</c><00:44:48.139><c> the</c><00:44:48.420><c> gutter?</c>

00:44:49.360 --> 00:44:51.699
How<00:44:49.559><c> do</c><00:44:50.280><c> those</c><00:44:50.480><c> two</c><00:44:50.679><c> things</c><00:44:50.900><c> go</c><00:44:51.219><c> together?</c>

00:44:52.079 --> 00:44:56.099
When<00:44:52.239><c> I</c><00:44:52.360><c> read</c><00:44:52.599><c> something</c><00:44:52.920><c> like</c><00:44:53.980><c> Matthew</c><00:44:54.320><c> 24</c><00:44:54.800><c> verse</c><00:44:55.059><c> 12,</c>

00:44:56.159 --> 00:44:58.820
when<00:44:56.719><c> iniquity</c><00:44:57.820><c> does</c><00:44:58.079><c> abound,</c>

00:44:59.260 --> 00:45:01.820
the<00:44:59.480><c> love</c><00:44:59.900><c> of</c><00:45:00.300><c> many</c><00:45:00.800><c> waxes</c><00:45:01.639><c> cold.</c>

00:45:01.980 --> 00:45:03.980
Well,<00:45:02.539><c> iniquity</c><00:45:03.039><c> is</c><00:45:03.380><c> abounding,</c>

00:45:04.300 --> 00:45:07.860
but<00:45:04.579><c> the</c><00:45:04.860><c> love</c><00:45:05.019><c> of</c><00:45:05.300><c> many</c><00:45:05.460><c> is</c><00:45:05.840><c> not</c><00:45:06.360><c> waxing</c><00:45:07.039><c> cold.</c>

00:45:08.280 --> 00:45:09.699
Something's<00:45:08.800><c> wrong.</c>

00:45:11.039 --> 00:45:13.340
This<00:45:11.400><c> is</c><00:45:11.619><c> not</c><00:45:11.760><c> what</c><00:45:11.900><c> you'd</c><00:45:12.400><c> expect.</c>

00:45:13.940 --> 00:45:15.000
Something's<00:45:14.519><c> very,</c><00:45:14.679><c> very</c><00:45:14.920><c> wrong.</c>

00:45:15.159 --> 00:45:16.599
How<00:45:15.360><c> can</c><00:45:15.539><c> it</c><00:45:15.719><c> be?</c>

00:45:17.440 --> 00:45:19.019
You<00:45:17.539><c> see,</c><00:45:17.619><c> what</c><00:45:17.739><c> we're</c><00:45:18.039><c> saying,</c><00:45:18.539><c> brothers</c><00:45:18.699><c> and</c><00:45:18.860><c> sisters</c>

00:45:19.019 --> 00:45:21.280
and<00:45:19.199><c> young</c><00:45:19.320><c> people,</c><00:45:19.579><c> is</c><00:45:19.619><c> that</c><00:45:19.760><c> the</c><00:45:19.880><c> Nicolaitan</c><00:45:20.440><c> doctrine</c>

00:45:21.280 --> 00:45:25.539
in<00:45:21.679><c> Phaetira</c><00:45:22.360><c> has</c><00:45:23.059><c> not</c><00:45:23.400><c> caused</c><00:45:23.820><c> any</c><00:45:24.559><c> falling</c><00:45:24.920><c> off</c>

00:45:25.539 --> 00:45:27.679
in<00:45:26.000><c> the</c><00:45:26.320><c> good</c><00:45:26.559><c> deeds</c><00:45:26.840><c> of</c><00:45:27.059><c> the</c><00:45:27.280><c> ecclesia.</c>

00:45:28.079 --> 00:45:33.179
On<00:45:28.420><c> the</c><00:45:28.739><c> contrary,</c><00:45:30.059><c> the</c><00:45:30.219><c> quality</c><00:45:30.519><c> of</c><00:45:30.679><c> their</c><00:45:30.840><c> works</c><00:45:31.179><c> is</c><00:45:31.780><c> increasing.</c>

00:45:34.920 --> 00:45:37.260
That<00:45:35.500><c> makes</c><00:45:35.820><c> no</c><00:45:36.119><c> sense.</c>

00:45:38.579 --> 00:45:41.219
It<00:45:38.860><c> shouldn't</c><00:45:39.000><c> be</c><00:45:39.239><c> the</c><00:45:39.360><c> case,</c><00:45:39.699><c> should</c><00:45:39.820><c> it?</c>

00:45:41.539 --> 00:45:43.739
But<00:45:41.820><c> perhaps</c><00:45:42.179><c> that's</c><00:45:42.579><c> a</c><00:45:42.760><c> clue.</c>

00:45:45.780 --> 00:45:48.260
It<00:45:45.880><c> may</c><00:45:46.099><c> be</c><00:45:46.320><c> that</c><00:45:46.539><c> the</c><00:45:46.980><c> desire</c><00:45:47.260><c> of</c><00:45:47.440><c> the</c><00:45:47.599><c> Jezebel</c><00:45:47.940><c> class</c>

00:45:48.260 --> 00:45:52.000
in<00:45:48.440><c> this</c><00:45:48.639><c> ecclesia</c><00:45:49.119><c> is</c><00:45:50.219><c> to</c><00:45:50.500><c> show</c><00:45:50.679><c> that</c><00:45:50.860><c> they're</c><00:45:51.179><c> every</c><00:45:51.639><c> bit</c>

00:45:52.000 --> 00:45:55.219
as<00:45:52.519><c> fervent</c><00:45:52.900><c> in</c><00:45:53.119><c> the</c><00:45:53.440><c> truth</c><00:45:53.699><c> as</c><00:45:54.019><c> the</c><00:45:54.219><c> Lydia</c><00:45:54.460><c> class,</c>

00:45:55.380 --> 00:45:58.579
and<00:45:55.619><c> that</c><00:45:55.840><c> that</c><00:45:56.079><c> has</c><00:45:56.500><c> prompted</c><00:45:57.019><c> this</c><00:45:57.559><c> conduct.</c>

00:45:59.699 --> 00:46:01.260
I<00:45:59.860><c> think</c><00:46:00.019><c> there's</c><00:46:00.199><c> every</c><00:46:00.460><c> reason</c><00:46:00.719><c> to</c><00:46:00.920><c> question</c>

00:46:01.260 --> 00:46:04.059
the<00:46:01.500><c> motives</c><00:46:01.840><c> of</c><00:46:02.199><c> the</c><00:46:02.380><c> Jezebel</c><00:46:02.780><c> class.</c>

00:46:06.659 --> 00:46:09.400
Every<00:46:07.039><c> reason,</c><00:46:07.699><c> even</c><00:46:08.079><c> though</c><00:46:08.300><c> the</c><00:46:08.519><c> works</c><00:46:08.760><c> they</c><00:46:09.039><c> are</c><00:46:09.219><c> doing</c>

00:46:09.400 --> 00:46:11.780
in<00:46:09.480><c> this</c><00:46:09.699><c> ecclesia</c><00:46:10.199><c> are</c><00:46:10.679><c> good.</c>

00:46:11.960 --> 00:46:15.199
Outstanding<00:46:12.480><c> works</c><00:46:12.739><c> on</c><00:46:12.920><c> one</c><00:46:13.099><c> hand,</c><00:46:14.199><c> gross</c><00:46:14.519><c> immorality</c>

00:46:15.199 --> 00:46:17.260
on<00:46:15.420><c> the</c><00:46:15.539><c> other</c><00:46:15.760><c> hand,</c><00:46:16.000><c> it</c><00:46:16.239><c> doesn't</c><00:46:16.599><c> really</c><00:46:16.960><c> match</c>

00:46:17.260 --> 00:46:21.519
what<00:46:17.460><c> you'd</c><00:46:17.900><c> expect,</c><00:46:19.260><c> but</c><00:46:19.639><c> whatever</c><00:46:19.900><c> you'd</c><00:46:20.199><c> make</c><00:46:20.440><c> of</c><00:46:20.579><c> it,</c>

00:46:21.539 --> 00:46:25.519
it<00:46:21.599><c> is</c><00:46:21.900><c> beyond</c><00:46:22.300><c> doubt</c><00:46:23.039><c> that</c><00:46:24.199><c> Jezebel</c><00:46:24.659><c> is</c><00:46:25.039><c> beloved</c>

00:46:25.519 --> 00:46:27.099
in<00:46:25.820><c> this</c><00:46:26.039><c> ecclesia.</c>

00:46:27.260 --> 00:46:31.619
She<00:46:27.559><c> is</c><00:46:27.880><c> respected</c><00:46:28.320><c> by</c><00:46:28.820><c> everyone,</c><00:46:29.440><c> she</c><00:46:29.699><c> is</c><00:46:30.179><c> accepted</c><00:46:30.539><c> as</c><00:46:30.960><c> a</c><00:46:31.239><c> teacher.</c>

00:46:32.099 --> 00:46:35.039
The<00:46:32.380><c> Nicolaitans</c><00:46:33.079><c> of</c><00:46:33.360><c> Phaetira,</c><00:46:34.079><c> with</c><00:46:34.219><c> the</c><00:46:34.539><c> prophetess</c>

00:46:35.039 --> 00:46:39.239
as<00:46:35.280><c> their</c><00:46:35.519><c> leaders,</c><00:46:36.139><c> are</c><00:46:36.500><c> active</c><00:46:37.099><c> and</c><00:46:37.820><c> unwearied</c><00:46:38.760><c> members</c>

00:46:39.239 --> 00:46:42.559
of<00:46:39.480><c> this</c><00:46:39.699><c> ecclesia,</c><00:46:40.659><c> full</c><00:46:40.940><c> of</c><00:46:41.159><c> good</c><00:46:41.400><c> works,</c>

00:46:43.099 --> 00:46:44.559
and<00:46:43.360><c> respected</c><00:46:43.619><c> by</c><00:46:43.800><c> the</c><00:46:43.920><c> whole</c><00:46:44.099><c> congregation</c>

00:46:44.559 --> 00:46:48.019
for<00:46:44.840><c> their</c><00:46:45.079><c> general</c><00:46:45.539><c> character</c><00:46:46.000><c> and</c><00:46:46.400><c> way</c><00:46:46.619><c> of</c><00:46:46.900><c> life.</c>

00:46:48.199 --> 00:46:53.039
There<00:46:48.840><c> is</c><00:46:49.139><c> no</c><00:46:49.679><c> serious</c><00:46:50.380><c> opposition</c><00:46:50.980><c> to</c><00:46:51.300><c> them</c><00:46:51.539><c> in</c><00:46:51.840><c> this</c><00:46:52.059><c> meeting.</c>

00:46:55.679 --> 00:47:00.219
They<00:46:56.139><c> would</c><00:46:56.320><c> have</c><00:46:56.579><c> been</c><00:46:57.219><c> morally</c><00:46:58.159><c> outraged</c>

00:47:00.360 --> 00:47:06.460
if<00:47:00.820><c> you</c><00:47:01.039><c> or</c><00:47:01.320><c> I</c><00:47:02.139><c> had</c><00:47:02.659><c> categorized</c><00:47:03.360><c> this</c><00:47:03.920><c> sister</c><00:47:04.400><c> as</c><00:47:05.380><c> Jezebel.</c>

00:47:06.860 --> 00:47:08.280
Outraged.

00:47:09.280 --> 00:47:11.480
But<00:47:09.719><c> this</c><00:47:09.940><c> isn't</c><00:47:10.219><c> the</c><00:47:10.420><c> ecclesia's</c><00:47:10.800><c> view</c><00:47:10.960><c> of</c><00:47:11.139><c> her,</c>

00:47:11.760 --> 00:47:13.579
what<00:47:11.880><c> you're</c><00:47:12.019><c> reading</c><00:47:12.260><c> here.</c>

00:47:14.619 --> 00:47:16.519
They<00:47:14.719><c> don't</c><00:47:14.880><c> think</c><00:47:15.019><c> she's</c><00:47:15.300><c> Jezebel</c><00:47:15.539><c> at</c><00:47:15.719><c> all.</c>

00:47:16.780 --> 00:47:20.760
This<00:47:16.920><c> is</c><00:47:17.139><c> Christ's</c><00:47:17.619><c> view,</c><00:47:19.519><c> and</c><00:47:19.619><c> this</c><00:47:19.820><c> would</c><00:47:19.980><c> have</c><00:47:20.340><c> floored</c>

00:47:20.760 --> 00:47:21.920
when<00:47:21.000><c> they</c><00:47:21.239><c> received</c><00:47:21.519><c> this</c><00:47:21.760><c> letter,</c>

00:47:22.099 --> 00:47:23.500
it<00:47:22.099><c> would</c><00:47:22.480><c> have</c><00:47:22.579><c> floored</c><00:47:22.800><c> this</c><00:47:23.079><c> ecclesia</c>

00:47:23.500 --> 00:47:25.480
every<00:47:24.079><c> bit</c><00:47:24.199><c> as</c><00:47:24.400><c> much</c><00:47:24.579><c> as</c><00:47:24.719><c> the</c><00:47:24.840><c> letter</c><00:47:24.980><c> to</c><00:47:25.179><c> Ephesus</c>

00:47:25.480 --> 00:47:27.039
would<00:47:25.639><c> have</c><00:47:25.880><c> floored</c><00:47:26.059><c> them.</c>

00:47:27.619 --> 00:47:29.400
So<00:47:27.719><c> there</c><00:47:27.840><c> is</c><00:47:27.980><c> a</c><00:47:28.079><c> ranging</c><00:47:28.280><c> bread</c><00:47:28.500><c> in</c><00:47:28.599><c> the</c><00:47:28.800><c> Phaetira</c>

00:47:29.400 --> 00:47:32.139
unrolled<00:47:30.000><c> the</c><00:47:30.340><c> scroll</c><00:47:30.559><c> as</c><00:47:30.719><c> it</c><00:47:30.900><c> came</c><00:47:31.000><c> to</c><00:47:31.079><c> them</c>

00:47:32.159 --> 00:47:34.139
in<00:47:32.380><c> its</c><00:47:32.699><c> journey</c><00:47:32.920><c> around</c><00:47:33.199><c> those</c><00:47:33.480><c> ecclesias,</c>

00:47:34.420 --> 00:47:37.840
a<00:47:34.559><c> message</c><00:47:34.780><c> from</c><00:47:34.940><c> Jesus</c><00:47:35.280><c> Christ,</c><00:47:36.900><c> written</c><00:47:37.159><c> by</c><00:47:37.400><c> the</c><00:47:37.579><c> hand</c>

00:47:37.840 --> 00:47:39.659
of<00:47:38.000><c> the</c><00:47:38.059><c> apostle</c><00:47:38.519><c> John,</c><00:47:38.880><c> who</c><00:47:39.039><c> we</c><00:47:39.260><c> love.</c>

00:47:40.139 --> 00:47:41.960
They<00:47:40.179><c> probably</c><00:47:40.400><c> had</c><00:47:40.559><c> the</c><00:47:40.719><c> whole</c><00:47:40.940><c> ecclesial</c><00:47:41.300><c> family</c><00:47:41.619><c> there.</c>

00:47:42.079 --> 00:47:43.639
That's<00:47:42.239><c> how</c><00:47:42.420><c> things</c><00:47:42.619><c> worked</c><00:47:42.880><c> in</c><00:47:43.039><c> this</c><00:47:43.239><c> ecclesia.</c>

00:47:44.099 --> 00:47:45.519
Very<00:47:44.460><c> close</c><00:47:44.780><c> knit.</c>

00:47:46.199 --> 00:47:51.099
And<00:47:46.239><c> then</c><00:47:46.480><c> this,</c><00:47:48.300><c> I've</c><00:47:48.440><c> got</c><00:47:49.239><c> someone</c><00:47:49.440><c> against</c><00:47:49.920><c> thee.</c>

00:47:51.300 --> 00:47:54.119
That<00:47:51.619><c> woman,</c><00:47:52.059><c> she</c><00:47:52.059><c> says,</c><00:47:52.539><c> what's</c><00:47:52.780><c> he</c><00:47:52.900><c> talking</c><00:47:53.179><c> about?</c>

00:47:55.039 --> 00:47:57.699
They'd<00:47:55.260><c> be</c><00:47:55.360><c> wondering</c><00:47:55.599><c> if</c><00:47:55.900><c> he</c><00:47:56.039><c> had</c><00:47:56.199><c> the</c><00:47:56.420><c> right</c><00:47:56.619><c> ecclesia.</c>

00:47:58.820 --> 00:48:03.300
And<00:47:59.139><c> the</c><00:47:59.320><c> sister</c><00:47:59.599><c> herself</c><00:48:00.539><c> would</c><00:48:01.440><c> be</c><00:48:01.800><c> absolutely</c><00:48:02.539><c> mortified.</c>

00:48:03.480 --> 00:48:04.800
Every<00:48:03.659><c> head</c><00:48:03.820><c> would</c><00:48:04.119><c> turn.</c>

00:48:04.980 --> 00:48:06.719
Everyone<00:48:05.239><c> of</c><00:48:05.340><c> these</c><00:48:05.559><c> ecclesias</c><00:48:06.000><c> read</c><00:48:06.219><c> that</c><00:48:06.500><c> letter.</c>

00:48:06.719 --> 00:48:08.239
Everyone<00:48:07.340><c> in</c><00:48:07.539><c> the</c><00:48:07.719><c> ecclesial</c><00:48:08.039><c> world</c>

00:48:08.239 --> 00:48:09.960
would<00:48:08.440><c> know</c><00:48:08.619><c> who</c><00:48:08.840><c> this</c><00:48:09.079><c> was</c><00:48:09.239><c> speaking</c><00:48:09.599><c> about.</c>

00:48:10.440 --> 00:48:12.820
Who<00:48:10.480><c> was</c><00:48:10.820><c> the</c><00:48:10.980><c> most</c><00:48:11.340><c> prominent</c><00:48:11.760><c> sister</c><00:48:12.099><c> in</c><00:48:12.460><c> Phaetira?</c>

00:48:12.920 --> 00:48:14.440
There's<00:48:13.079><c> only</c><00:48:13.460><c> one</c><00:48:13.820><c> name.</c>

00:48:14.800 --> 00:48:17.559
Now<00:48:14.980><c> Jezebel</c><00:48:15.079><c> wasn't</c><00:48:15.320><c> her</c><00:48:15.519><c> real</c><00:48:15.719><c> name,</c><00:48:15.980><c> it's</c><00:48:16.119><c> a</c><00:48:16.260><c> nom</c><00:48:16.400><c> de</c><00:48:16.599><c> plume.</c>

00:48:17.760 --> 00:48:20.019
Because<00:48:18.039><c> her</c><00:48:18.320><c> characteristics</c><00:48:18.860><c> mimic</c>

00:48:20.019 --> 00:48:23.719
the<00:48:20.539><c> characteristics</c><00:48:21.079><c> of</c><00:48:21.760><c> the</c><00:48:22.000><c> former</c><00:48:22.219><c> Jezebel.</c>

00:48:24.800 --> 00:48:27.480
What<00:48:24.900><c> would</c><00:48:25.099><c> have</c><00:48:25.219><c> been</c><00:48:25.400><c> her</c><00:48:25.599><c> reaction</c><00:48:26.039><c> to</c><00:48:26.159><c> this,</c><00:48:26.579><c> do</c><00:48:26.579><c> you</c><00:48:26.579><c> think?</c>

00:48:28.780 --> 00:48:30.860
After<00:48:29.340><c> all</c><00:48:29.539><c> I've</c><00:48:29.860><c> done?</c>

00:48:31.559 --> 00:48:33.480
After<00:48:31.940><c> all</c><00:48:32.280><c> I've</c><00:48:32.599><c> done?</c>

00:48:34.960 --> 00:48:36.599
But<00:48:35.280><c> what</c><00:48:35.440><c> had</c><00:48:35.639><c> she</c><00:48:35.880><c> done?</c>

00:48:37.900 --> 00:48:41.699
She'd<00:48:38.579><c> created</c><00:48:38.780><c> a</c><00:48:39.000><c> great</c><00:48:39.199><c> welfare</c><00:48:39.599><c> system</c><00:48:39.940><c> in</c><00:48:40.099><c> this</c><00:48:40.280><c> ecclesia.</c>

00:48:42.579 --> 00:48:44.300
Everyone<00:48:42.719><c> got</c><00:48:42.920><c> looked</c><00:48:43.099><c> after.</c>

00:48:45.420 --> 00:48:46.940
Nobody<00:48:45.659><c> went</c><00:48:45.920><c> hungry.</c>

00:48:48.019 --> 00:48:50.300
Everybody<00:48:48.619><c> had</c><00:48:48.960><c> a</c><00:48:49.199><c> job.</c>

00:48:52.500 --> 00:48:58.199
But<00:48:52.659><c> verse</c><00:48:52.940><c> 20,</c><00:48:53.440><c> Jesus</c><00:48:53.820><c> says,</c><00:48:55.380><c> you</c><00:48:55.460><c> seduce</c><00:48:56.599><c> my</c><00:48:57.219><c> servants.</c>

00:48:58.500 --> 00:48:59.860
And<00:48:58.579><c> that's</c><00:48:58.780><c> the</c><00:48:58.940><c> problem.</c>

00:49:00.099 --> 00:49:02.679
They're<00:49:00.280><c> my</c><00:49:00.579><c> servants,</c><00:49:01.659><c> they're</c><00:49:01.840><c> not</c><00:49:02.039><c> your</c><00:49:02.340><c> servants.</c>

00:49:02.900 --> 00:49:04.559
Matthew<00:49:03.179><c> 18</c><00:49:03.679><c> verse</c><00:49:04.000><c> six.</c>

00:49:04.559 --> 00:49:07.000
Who<00:49:05.159><c> shall</c><00:49:05.400><c> offend</c><00:49:06.000><c> one</c><00:49:06.219><c> of</c><00:49:06.260><c> these</c><00:49:06.500><c> little</c><00:49:06.760><c> ones</c>

00:49:07.000 --> 00:49:08.300
which<00:49:07.239><c> believe</c><00:49:07.579><c> in</c><00:49:07.860><c> me?</c>

00:49:08.800 --> 00:49:10.300
It<00:49:08.920><c> were</c><00:49:09.139><c> better</c><00:49:09.280><c> for</c><00:49:09.420><c> him</c><00:49:09.599><c> that</c><00:49:09.760><c> a</c><00:49:09.920><c> millstone</c>

00:49:10.300 --> 00:49:11.360
were<00:49:10.519><c> hanged</c><00:49:10.679><c> about</c><00:49:10.920><c> his</c><00:49:11.179><c> neck</c>

00:49:11.360 --> 00:49:13.159
and<00:49:11.500><c> that</c><00:49:11.559><c> he</c><00:49:11.659><c> were</c><00:49:11.880><c> drowned</c><00:49:12.059><c> in</c><00:49:12.219><c> the</c><00:49:12.360><c> depth</c><00:49:12.519><c> of</c><00:49:12.780><c> the</c><00:49:12.880><c> sea.</c>

00:49:13.579 --> 00:49:16.559
She's<00:49:13.900><c> committed</c><00:49:14.139><c> a</c><00:49:14.460><c> very,</c><00:49:14.860><c> very</c><00:49:15.159><c> serious</c><00:49:15.500><c> trespass</c>

00:49:16.559 --> 00:49:18.579
because<00:49:17.099><c> she</c><00:49:17.380><c> thinks</c><00:49:17.599><c> they're</c><00:49:17.780><c> her</c><00:49:18.059><c> servants</c>

00:49:18.579 --> 00:49:21.820
and<00:49:19.460><c> they're</c><00:49:20.000><c> his</c><00:49:20.619><c> servants.</c>

00:49:22.179 --> 00:49:24.059
And<00:49:22.320><c> so</c><00:49:22.380><c> he's</c><00:49:22.599><c> got</c><00:49:22.699><c> a</c><00:49:22.900><c> very</c><00:49:23.380><c> different</c><00:49:23.719><c> view</c>

00:49:24.059 --> 00:49:25.500
of<00:49:24.239><c> the</c><00:49:24.440><c> conduct</c><00:49:24.719><c> of</c><00:49:24.920><c> this</c><00:49:25.119><c> sister</c>

00:49:25.500 --> 00:49:27.119
than<00:49:25.940><c> what</c><00:49:26.119><c> the</c><00:49:26.239><c> rest</c><00:49:26.380><c> of</c><00:49:26.579><c> the</c><00:49:26.599><c> ecclesia</c><00:49:26.920><c> has.</c>

00:49:27.119 --> 00:49:28.719
So<00:49:27.320><c> who</c><00:49:27.500><c> was</c><00:49:27.739><c> she?</c>

00:49:29.519 --> 00:49:30.460
She's<00:49:29.920><c> a</c><00:49:30.099><c> prophetess.</c>

00:49:30.480 --> 00:49:33.840
Now<00:49:30.679><c> that</c><00:49:30.699><c> sounds</c><00:49:30.960><c> impossible,</c><00:49:31.820><c> but</c><00:49:32.019><c> it</c><00:49:32.300><c> may</c><00:49:32.559><c> once</c><00:49:32.840><c> have</c><00:49:33.059><c> been</c><00:49:33.260><c> true.</c>

00:49:33.840 --> 00:49:36.079
In<00:49:34.400><c> Acts</c><00:49:34.619><c> 21</c><00:49:34.920><c> verse</c><00:49:35.219><c> nine,</c><00:49:35.599><c> it</c><00:49:35.599><c> tells</c><00:49:35.840><c> us</c>

00:49:36.079 --> 00:49:38.260
that<00:49:36.260><c> Philip</c><00:49:36.420><c> the</c><00:49:36.619><c> evangelist</c><00:49:37.199><c> had</c><00:49:37.539><c> four</c><00:49:37.920><c> daughters</c>

00:49:38.260 --> 00:49:39.260
which<00:49:38.519><c> did</c><00:49:38.780><c> prophesy.</c>

00:49:39.380 --> 00:49:41.519
It<00:49:39.420><c> may</c><00:49:39.659><c> have</c><00:49:39.920><c> been</c><00:49:40.280><c> earlier</c><00:49:40.679><c> on</c>

00:49:41.519 --> 00:49:43.699
that<00:49:41.860><c> Jezebel</c><00:49:42.260><c> had</c><00:49:42.780><c> been</c><00:49:43.099><c> spirit</c><00:49:43.380><c> gifted.</c>

00:49:43.840 --> 00:49:45.739
I<00:49:43.840><c> mean,</c><00:49:44.519><c> there</c><00:49:44.679><c> was</c><00:49:44.880><c> a</c><00:49:45.119><c> time</c><00:49:45.280><c> we</c><00:49:45.480><c> believe</c>

00:49:45.739 --> 00:49:48.880
when<00:49:46.099><c> Balaam</c><00:49:46.420><c> himself</c><00:49:46.980><c> was</c><00:49:47.260><c> a</c><00:49:47.480><c> faithful</c><00:49:47.840><c> prophet.</c>

00:49:51.300 --> 00:49:53.139
But<00:49:51.500><c> she</c><00:49:51.659><c> wants</c><00:49:51.860><c> to</c><00:49:52.179><c> emphasize</c><00:49:52.559><c> the</c><00:49:52.840><c> point</c><00:49:52.980><c> there.</c>

00:49:53.199 --> 00:49:54.820
I<00:49:53.199><c> mean,</c><00:49:53.440><c> why</c><00:49:53.519><c> does</c><00:49:53.619><c> it</c><00:49:53.739><c> tell</c><00:49:53.920><c> us</c><00:49:54.099><c> in</c><00:49:54.239><c> verse</c><00:49:54.460><c> 20</c>

00:49:54.820 --> 00:49:56.679
that<00:49:54.960><c> she's</c><00:49:55.280><c> a</c><00:49:55.480><c> prophetess?</c>

00:49:56.739 --> 00:49:58.519
Well,<00:49:56.880><c> because</c><00:49:57.000><c> it's</c><00:49:57.280><c> important</c><00:49:57.639><c> that</c><00:49:57.800><c> everybody</c><00:49:58.119><c> knows</c>

00:49:58.519 --> 00:49:58.940
that<00:49:58.760><c> now.</c>

00:49:59.059 --> 00:50:00.280
You<00:49:59.059><c> see,</c><00:49:59.239><c> why?</c>

00:50:00.440 --> 00:50:02.780
Well,<00:50:00.619><c> because</c><00:50:00.900><c> her</c><00:50:01.300><c> doctrines</c><00:50:01.780><c> are</c><00:50:02.079><c> not</c><00:50:02.219><c> in</c><00:50:02.539><c> harmony</c>

00:50:02.780 --> 00:50:03.519
with<00:50:03.039><c> scripture.</c>

00:50:03.780 --> 00:50:06.420
How<00:50:04.000><c> would</c><00:50:04.280><c> you</c><00:50:04.599><c> justify</c><00:50:05.239><c> teaching</c><00:50:05.659><c> an</c><00:50:05.840><c> ecclesia</c><00:50:06.179><c> things</c>

00:50:06.420 --> 00:50:08.739
which<00:50:06.599><c> are</c><00:50:06.820><c> clearly</c><00:50:07.079><c> opposed</c><00:50:07.480><c> to</c><00:50:07.739><c> scripture</c>

00:50:09.440 --> 00:50:11.699
without<00:50:09.960><c> some</c><00:50:10.480><c> divine</c><00:50:11.079><c> mandate?</c>

00:50:12.039 --> 00:50:14.179
Well,<00:50:12.199><c> if</c><00:50:12.320><c> you</c><00:50:12.519><c> can</c><00:50:12.820><c> claim</c><00:50:12.980><c> to</c><00:50:13.159><c> be</c><00:50:13.360><c> a</c><00:50:13.559><c> prophetess,</c>

00:50:14.480 --> 00:50:16.320
you<00:50:14.699><c> might</c><00:50:15.059><c> just</c><00:50:15.480><c> pull</c><00:50:15.679><c> it</c><00:50:15.880><c> off.</c>

00:50:16.659 --> 00:50:21.760
Because<00:50:16.820><c> in</c><00:50:17.079><c> verse</c><00:50:17.280><c> 24,</c><00:50:17.880><c> she</c><00:50:18.139><c> claims</c><00:50:18.659><c> to</c><00:50:19.260><c> know</c><00:50:19.519><c> the</c><00:50:19.880><c> depths</c><00:50:20.380><c> of</c><00:50:20.900><c> Satan.</c>

00:50:21.860 --> 00:50:22.480
I'll<00:50:22.019><c> show</c><00:50:22.179><c> you</c><00:50:22.320><c> something.</c>

00:50:22.599 --> 00:50:23.980
Come<00:50:22.659><c> with</c><00:50:22.820><c> me,</c><00:50:23.179><c> just</c><00:50:23.420><c> hold</c><00:50:23.579><c> revelation,</c>

00:50:24.079 --> 00:50:26.320
but<00:50:24.159><c> come</c><00:50:24.280><c> with</c><00:50:24.420><c> me</c><00:50:24.480><c> to</c><00:50:24.619><c> 1</c><00:50:24.760><c> Corinthians</c><00:50:25.139><c> 2.</c>

00:50:27.699 --> 00:50:30.000
This<00:50:28.000><c> phrase,</c><00:50:28.500><c> the</c><00:50:28.599><c> depth</c><00:50:28.860><c> of</c><00:50:29.139><c> Satan,</c>

00:50:30.139 --> 00:50:31.760
or<00:50:30.340><c> a</c><00:50:30.559><c> similar</c><00:50:30.780><c> phrase</c><00:50:31.079><c> appears</c><00:50:31.460><c> here</c>

00:50:31.760 --> 00:50:34.199
in<00:50:31.880><c> 1</c><00:50:32.059><c> Corinthians</c><00:50:32.480><c> chapter</c><00:50:32.900><c> two.</c>

00:50:35.900 --> 00:50:37.920
And<00:50:36.099><c> I</c><00:50:36.239><c> think</c><00:50:36.380><c> this</c><00:50:36.579><c> is</c><00:50:36.800><c> the</c><00:50:36.980><c> clue.</c>

00:50:38.519 --> 00:50:40.539
Because<00:50:38.519><c> you</c><00:50:38.900><c> gotta</c><00:50:39.340><c> think,</c><00:50:40.119><c> brothers</c><00:50:40.239><c> and</c><00:50:40.360><c> sisters,</c>

00:50:40.579 --> 00:50:42.619
how<00:50:40.719><c> would</c><00:50:40.900><c> you</c><00:50:41.119><c> mount</c><00:50:41.300><c> a</c><00:50:41.539><c> campaign</c>

00:50:42.880 --> 00:50:45.400
to<00:50:43.320><c> justify</c><00:50:43.760><c> immorality</c><00:50:44.460><c> in</c><00:50:44.659><c> the</c><00:50:44.840><c> ecclesia</c>

00:50:45.400 --> 00:50:47.940
when<00:50:45.699><c> the</c><00:50:45.900><c> Bible</c><00:50:46.179><c> clearly</c><00:50:46.699><c> speaks</c><00:50:47.079><c> against</c><00:50:47.519><c> it?</c>

00:50:48.420 --> 00:50:50.059
Well,<00:50:48.559><c> you're</c><00:50:48.719><c> gonna</c><00:50:48.840><c> have</c><00:50:49.000><c> to</c><00:50:49.119><c> have</c><00:50:49.239><c> a</c><00:50:49.400><c> pretty</c><00:50:49.539><c> good</c><00:50:49.760><c> story.</c>

00:50:50.139 --> 00:50:52.400
And<00:50:50.260><c> it's</c><00:50:50.519><c> gonna</c><00:50:50.679><c> start</c><00:50:51.059><c> by</c><00:50:51.400><c> saying</c><00:50:51.519><c> that</c><00:50:51.659><c> you're</c><00:50:51.880><c> a</c><00:50:52.039><c> prophetess,</c>

00:50:52.500 --> 00:50:54.800
and<00:50:52.739><c> perhaps</c><00:50:53.159><c> once</c><00:50:53.579><c> you</c><00:50:53.860><c> were.</c>

00:50:55.179 --> 00:50:57.099
In<00:50:55.380><c> 1</c><00:50:55.579><c> Corinthians</c><00:50:55.920><c> 2</c><00:50:56.280><c> and</c><00:50:56.480><c> verse</c><00:50:56.679><c> seven,</c>

00:50:57.280 --> 00:51:01.159
this<00:50:57.519><c> is</c><00:50:57.679><c> the</c><00:50:57.780><c> language</c><00:50:58.000><c> the</c><00:50:58.179><c> apostle</c><00:50:58.440><c> Paul</c><00:50:58.739><c> used</c><00:50:59.300><c> decades</c><00:51:00.059><c> earlier.</c>

00:51:01.260 --> 00:51:03.760
But<00:51:01.559><c> we</c><00:51:01.880><c> speak</c><00:51:02.159><c> the</c><00:51:02.340><c> wisdom</c><00:51:02.579><c> of</c><00:51:02.760><c> God</c><00:51:02.960><c> in</c><00:51:03.119><c> a</c><00:51:03.280><c> mystery.</c>

00:51:04.019 --> 00:51:05.940
The<00:51:04.099><c> word</c><00:51:04.239><c> means</c><00:51:04.539><c> in</c><00:51:04.760><c> a</c><00:51:04.960><c> secret.</c>

00:51:06.079 --> 00:51:07.659
Even<00:51:06.340><c> the</c><00:51:06.659><c> hidden</c><00:51:07.019><c> secret,</c>

00:51:07.800 --> 00:51:11.840
which<00:51:07.960><c> God</c><00:51:08.380><c> ordained</c><00:51:09.039><c> before</c><00:51:09.539><c> the</c><00:51:09.800><c> world</c><00:51:10.099><c> unto</c><00:51:10.500><c> our</c><00:51:10.900><c> glory.</c>

00:51:13.219 --> 00:51:16.039
The<00:51:13.380><c> secret</c><00:51:13.880><c> is</c><00:51:14.360><c> simply</c><00:51:14.840><c> the</c><00:51:15.219><c> secret</c><00:51:15.480><c> of</c><00:51:15.739><c> godliness,</c>

00:51:16.159 --> 00:51:17.619
or<00:51:16.260><c> the</c><00:51:16.500><c> mystery</c><00:51:16.840><c> of</c><00:51:17.139><c> godliness.</c>

00:51:18.019 --> 00:51:20.619
God<00:51:18.460><c> manifest</c><00:51:19.179><c> in</c><00:51:19.440><c> the</c><00:51:19.699><c> flesh,</c>

00:51:21.219 --> 00:51:23.400
and<00:51:21.300><c> therefore</c><00:51:21.539><c> the</c><00:51:21.840><c> character</c><00:51:22.139><c> of</c><00:51:22.360><c> Jesus</c><00:51:22.719><c> Christ</c>

00:51:23.400 --> 00:51:25.360
developed<00:51:24.059><c> in</c><00:51:24.340><c> the</c><00:51:24.539><c> saints.</c>

00:51:25.579 --> 00:51:27.280
It<00:51:25.699><c> was</c><00:51:25.860><c> a</c><00:51:25.980><c> great</c><00:51:26.219><c> secret.</c>

00:51:27.500 --> 00:51:29.219
It's<00:51:27.739><c> not</c><00:51:27.940><c> a</c><00:51:28.079><c> complicated</c><00:51:28.719><c> secret,</c>

00:51:29.219 --> 00:51:31.039
and<00:51:29.500><c> now</c><00:51:29.980><c> it's</c><00:51:30.340><c> not</c><00:51:30.500><c> even</c><00:51:30.679><c> a</c><00:51:30.820><c> secret,</c>

00:51:31.119 --> 00:51:32.659
the<00:51:31.260><c> cat's</c><00:51:31.500><c> out</c><00:51:31.579><c> of</c><00:51:31.639><c> the</c><00:51:31.800><c> bag.</c>

00:51:32.940 --> 00:51:34.940
If<00:51:32.960><c> the</c><00:51:33.199><c> princes</c><00:51:33.420><c> of</c><00:51:33.539><c> the</c><00:51:33.639><c> world</c><00:51:33.840><c> had</c><00:51:34.079><c> known</c><00:51:34.360><c> that</c><00:51:34.619><c> secret,</c>

00:51:35.059 --> 00:51:38.019
they<00:51:35.099><c> wouldn't</c><00:51:35.320><c> have</c><00:51:35.519><c> crucified</c><00:51:36.380><c> the</c><00:51:36.639><c> lord</c><00:51:36.820><c> of</c><00:51:37.099><c> glory.</c>

00:51:38.320 --> 00:51:41.460
But<00:51:38.460><c> it's</c><00:51:38.699><c> written,</c><00:51:39.539><c> I</c><00:51:39.800><c> have</c><00:51:39.980><c> not</c><00:51:40.260><c> seen</c><00:51:40.579><c> nor</c><00:51:40.840><c> ear</c><00:51:41.199><c> heard,</c>

00:51:41.579 --> 00:51:43.360
neither<00:51:41.840><c> have</c><00:51:42.059><c> entered</c><00:51:42.300><c> into</c><00:51:42.519><c> the</c><00:51:42.699><c> heart</c><00:51:42.940><c> of</c><00:51:43.179><c> man</c>

00:51:43.360 --> 00:51:45.820
the<00:51:43.579><c> things</c><00:51:43.760><c> which</c><00:51:44.000><c> God</c><00:51:44.239><c> has</c><00:51:44.480><c> prepared</c><00:51:44.800><c> for</c><00:51:44.940><c> them</c><00:51:45.099><c> that</c><00:51:45.340><c> love</c><00:51:45.480><c> him,</c>

00:51:46.219 --> 00:51:48.500
but<00:51:46.500><c> God</c><00:51:46.780><c> has</c><00:51:47.059><c> revealed</c><00:51:47.699><c> the</c><00:51:48.039><c> secrets.</c>

00:51:48.519 --> 00:51:50.380
It's<00:51:48.719><c> no</c><00:51:48.920><c> longer</c><00:51:49.139><c> a</c><00:51:49.340><c> secret.</c>

00:51:50.980 --> 00:51:52.539
The<00:51:51.159><c> mystery</c><00:51:51.440><c> of</c><00:51:51.679><c> godliness.</c>

00:51:53.059 --> 00:51:56.019
He's<00:51:53.400><c> revealed</c><00:51:53.679><c> the</c><00:51:53.860><c> secret</c><00:51:54.239><c> to</c><00:51:54.460><c> us</c><00:51:54.619><c> by</c><00:51:54.840><c> his</c><00:51:55.139><c> spirit,</c>

00:51:56.199 --> 00:51:58.659
because<00:51:56.500><c> the</c><00:51:56.900><c> spirit</c><00:51:57.199><c> searcheth</c><00:51:57.739><c> all</c><00:51:58.119><c> the</c><00:51:58.400><c> things,</c>

00:51:58.659 --> 00:52:03.260
yea,<00:51:59.659><c> the</c><00:52:00.019><c> deep</c><00:52:00.880><c> things</c><00:52:01.579><c> of</c><00:52:02.360><c> God.</c>

00:52:03.380 --> 00:52:04.980
And<00:52:03.539><c> there's</c><00:52:03.719><c> our</c><00:52:03.920><c> phrase.</c>

00:52:05.579 --> 00:52:07.519
And<00:52:05.739><c> the</c><00:52:05.920><c> deep</c><00:52:06.099><c> things</c><00:52:06.340><c> of</c><00:52:06.579><c> God</c><00:52:06.760><c> in</c><00:52:06.980><c> verse</c><00:52:07.219><c> 10</c>

00:52:07.519 --> 00:52:08.900
of<00:52:07.900><c> First</c><00:52:08.099><c> Corinthians</c><00:52:08.400><c> chapter</c><00:52:08.639><c> two</c>

00:52:08.900 --> 00:52:11.159
have<00:52:09.139><c> become</c><00:52:09.480><c> the</c><00:52:10.380><c> depths</c><00:52:10.639><c> of</c><00:52:10.960><c> Satan,</c>

00:52:11.300 --> 00:52:15.460
or<00:52:11.519><c> the</c><00:52:11.780><c> deep</c><00:52:12.300><c> things</c><00:52:12.739><c> of</c><00:52:13.119><c> Satan</c><00:52:13.559><c> in</c><00:52:14.199><c> Revelation</c><00:52:14.579><c> two</c><00:52:14.900><c> verse</c><00:52:15.079><c> 24.</c>

00:52:15.539 --> 00:52:19.480
So<00:52:15.699><c> she's</c><00:52:16.179><c> claiming</c><00:52:16.300><c> to</c><00:52:17.099><c> have</c><00:52:17.260><c> knowledge</c><00:52:17.820><c> outside</c><00:52:18.719><c> of</c><00:52:18.960><c> the</c><00:52:19.159><c> Bible,</c>

00:52:19.800 --> 00:52:21.960
and<00:52:20.059><c> probably</c><00:52:20.360><c> using</c><00:52:20.639><c> the</c><00:52:21.000><c> precedent</c><00:52:21.400><c> of</c><00:52:21.699><c> scripture</c>

00:52:21.960 --> 00:52:23.420
where<00:52:22.320><c> secrets</c><00:52:22.780><c> are</c><00:52:23.119><c> revealed.</c>

00:52:23.460 --> 00:52:26.119
So<00:52:23.639><c> she</c><00:52:23.800><c> says,</c><00:52:24.480><c> well</c><00:52:24.639><c> I've</c><00:52:24.880><c> got</c><00:52:25.039><c> another</c><00:52:25.380><c> one</c><00:52:25.619><c> for</c><00:52:25.880><c> you,</c>

00:52:26.119 --> 00:52:29.300
and<00:52:26.400><c> I'm</c><00:52:27.280><c> a</c><00:52:27.440><c> prophetess,</c><00:52:27.880><c> don't</c><00:52:28.059><c> you</c><00:52:28.260><c> remember?</c>

00:52:30.039 --> 00:52:32.059
And<00:52:30.320><c> that,</c><00:52:30.699><c> however</c><00:52:31.000><c> it</c><00:52:31.300><c> worked,</c>

00:52:32.400 --> 00:52:37.260
has<00:52:32.619><c> allowed</c><00:52:32.960><c> her</c><00:52:33.519><c> to</c><00:52:34.679><c> infiltrate</c><00:52:35.739><c> the</c><00:52:36.039><c> Nicolaitan</c><00:52:36.739><c> doctrine</c>

00:52:37.260 --> 00:52:40.079
into<00:52:37.739><c> Thyatira</c><00:52:38.380><c> and</c><00:52:38.880><c> become</c><00:52:39.460><c> credible.</c>

00:52:40.300 --> 00:52:44.980
And<00:52:40.440><c> she's</c><00:52:41.059><c> backed</c><00:52:41.380><c> that</c><00:52:42.039><c> up</c><00:52:42.619><c> with</c><00:52:43.280><c> good</c><00:52:43.920><c> works.</c>

00:52:45.019 --> 00:52:49.599
Verse<00:52:45.260><c> 19</c><00:52:45.699><c> of</c><00:52:45.860><c> Revelation</c><00:52:46.219><c> two,</c><00:52:47.539><c> second</c><00:52:47.880><c> to</c><00:52:48.579><c> none.</c>

00:52:51.500 --> 00:52:54.380
Her<00:52:51.780><c> intentions</c><00:52:52.460><c> might</c><00:52:52.739><c> have</c><00:52:52.940><c> been</c><00:52:53.179><c> good.</c>

00:52:55.599 --> 00:52:58.320
Jezebel's<00:52:56.079><c> intentions</c><00:52:56.460><c> in</c><00:52:56.619><c> the</c><00:52:56.719><c> Old</c><00:52:56.880><c> Testament</c><00:52:57.079><c> were</c><00:52:57.400><c> wholly</c><00:52:57.739><c> bad.</c>

00:52:58.679 --> 00:53:00.679
She<00:52:58.800><c> wanted</c><00:52:58.980><c> to</c><00:52:59.400><c> overthrow</c><00:52:59.719><c> the</c><00:52:59.940><c> kingdom</c><00:53:00.159><c> of</c><00:53:00.440><c> Israel.</c>

00:53:01.000 --> 00:53:02.340
This<00:53:01.239><c> sister</c><00:53:01.519><c> might</c><00:53:01.739><c> be</c><00:53:02.039><c> good.</c>

00:53:02.460 --> 00:53:05.300
The<00:53:02.699><c> problem</c><00:53:02.940><c> is,</c><00:53:03.440><c> she's</c><00:53:03.739><c> doing</c><00:53:03.860><c> it</c><00:53:04.039><c> her</c><00:53:04.260><c> way.</c>

00:53:05.699 --> 00:53:07.559
And<00:53:05.840><c> the</c><00:53:05.980><c> things</c><00:53:06.119><c> that</c><00:53:06.300><c> the</c><00:53:06.500><c> Lord</c><00:53:06.780><c> abhors,</c>

00:53:07.960 --> 00:53:09.920
she<00:53:08.260><c> doesn't</c><00:53:08.699><c> abhor</c><00:53:09.019><c> because</c><00:53:09.300><c> she</c><00:53:09.679><c> thinks</c>

00:53:09.920 --> 00:53:11.820
the<00:53:10.239><c> end</c><00:53:10.619><c> justifies</c><00:53:11.340><c> the</c><00:53:11.579><c> means.</c>

00:53:12.079 --> 00:53:13.360
We've<00:53:12.400><c> gotta</c><00:53:12.519><c> keep</c><00:53:12.719><c> people</c><00:53:13.039><c> employed.</c>

00:53:13.400 --> 00:53:16.159
If<00:53:13.460><c> they</c><00:53:13.679><c> leave</c><00:53:13.880><c> the</c><00:53:14.159><c> guild,</c><00:53:14.300><c> they</c><00:53:14.500><c> lose</c><00:53:14.780><c> their</c><00:53:15.059><c> job,</c><00:53:15.360><c> they</c><00:53:15.719><c> starve.</c>

00:53:16.199 --> 00:53:18.099
What<00:53:16.360><c> are</c><00:53:16.460><c> you</c><00:53:16.500><c> gonna</c><00:53:16.639><c> tell</c><00:53:16.860><c> their</c><00:53:17.179><c> children?</c>

00:53:18.239 --> 00:53:20.000
No,<00:53:18.460><c> no,</c><00:53:18.579><c> there's</c><00:53:18.840><c> another</c><00:53:19.019><c> way.</c>

00:53:20.260 --> 00:53:23.360
And<00:53:20.440><c> by</c><00:53:20.579><c> the</c><00:53:20.719><c> way,</c><00:53:21.460><c> I've</c><00:53:21.780><c> had</c><00:53:21.840><c> it</c><00:53:22.059><c> revealed</c><00:53:22.260><c> to</c><00:53:22.539><c> me.</c>

00:53:24.380 --> 00:53:27.260
Back<00:53:24.980><c> to</c><00:53:25.219><c> Revelation</c><00:53:25.719><c> chapter</c><00:53:26.179><c> two.</c>

00:53:28.619 --> 00:53:31.360
What<00:53:28.739><c> else</c><00:53:28.980><c> might</c><00:53:29.159><c> we</c><00:53:29.739><c> surmise</c><00:53:30.059><c> about</c><00:53:30.239><c> this</c><00:53:30.460><c> Jezebel?</c>

00:53:31.639 --> 00:53:34.139
Well,<00:53:31.760><c> if</c><00:53:31.840><c> you</c><00:53:31.960><c> have</c><00:53:32.099><c> a</c><00:53:32.139><c> look</c><00:53:32.280><c> at</c><00:53:32.860><c> just</c><00:53:33.179><c> a</c><00:53:33.300><c> couple</c><00:53:33.440><c> of</c><00:53:33.619><c> pages</c><00:53:33.860><c> back</c>

00:53:34.139 --> 00:53:37.780
at<00:53:34.440><c> second</c><00:53:34.800><c> John,</c><00:53:36.340><c> verse</c><00:53:36.639><c> one,</c>

00:53:38.139 --> 00:53:41.840
you<00:53:38.440><c> have</c><00:53:38.800><c> a</c><00:53:39.840><c> situation</c><00:53:40.340><c> which</c><00:53:40.559><c> might</c><00:53:41.139><c> assist</c><00:53:41.639><c> us</c>

00:53:41.840 --> 00:53:43.860
to<00:53:42.119><c> appreciate</c><00:53:42.519><c> how</c><00:53:42.820><c> Jezebel</c><00:53:43.239><c> could</c><00:53:43.460><c> retain</c>

00:53:43.860 --> 00:53:46.079
so<00:53:44.199><c> much</c><00:53:44.380><c> control</c><00:53:44.739><c> in</c><00:53:44.900><c> this</c><00:53:45.099><c> ecclesia.</c>

00:53:46.300 --> 00:53:48.519
In<00:53:46.480><c> second</c><00:53:46.659><c> of</c><00:53:46.820><c> John</c><00:53:47.039><c> chapter</c><00:53:47.380><c> one,</c>

00:53:48.579 --> 00:53:52.420
we<00:53:48.679><c> read</c><00:53:48.800><c> that</c><00:53:48.980><c> John's</c><00:53:49.300><c> writing</c><00:53:49.420><c> a</c><00:53:49.820><c> letter</c><00:53:50.079><c> to</c><00:53:51.559><c> the</c><00:53:51.760><c> elder,</c>

00:53:52.260 --> 00:53:54.820
to<00:53:52.500><c> the</c><00:53:52.900><c> elect</c><00:53:53.260><c> lady</c><00:53:53.800><c> and</c><00:53:54.199><c> her</c><00:53:54.500><c> children</c>

00:53:54.820 --> 00:53:56.099
who<00:53:55.019><c> he</c><00:53:55.239><c> loves</c><00:53:55.420><c> in</c><00:53:55.579><c> the</c><00:53:55.800><c> truth.</c>

00:53:56.559 --> 00:53:57.820
This<00:53:56.699><c> is</c><00:53:56.960><c> evidently</c><00:53:57.460><c> a</c><00:53:57.579><c> sister</c>

00:53:57.820 --> 00:54:00.239
who<00:53:58.019><c> had</c><00:53:58.179><c> an</c><00:53:58.440><c> ecclesia</c><00:53:58.719><c> in</c><00:53:58.880><c> her</c><00:53:59.099><c> house.</c>

00:54:00.659 --> 00:54:02.179
And<00:54:00.780><c> he</c><00:54:00.960><c> tells</c><00:54:01.179><c> her</c><00:54:01.380><c> in</c><00:54:01.539><c> verse</c><00:54:01.820><c> 10,</c>

00:54:02.300 --> 00:54:05.019
if<00:54:02.380><c> any</c><00:54:02.579><c> come</c><00:54:02.800><c> to</c><00:54:02.980><c> you</c><00:54:03.179><c> bringing</c><00:54:03.400><c> not</c><00:54:04.219><c> true</c><00:54:04.559><c> doctrine,</c>

00:54:05.119 --> 00:54:06.840
receive<00:54:05.659><c> them</c><00:54:05.980><c> not.</c>

00:54:07.219 --> 00:54:08.880
So<00:54:07.519><c> here's</c><00:54:07.800><c> a</c><00:54:08.019><c> house</c><00:54:08.420><c> ecclesia</c>

00:54:08.880 --> 00:54:10.619
that<00:54:09.099><c> the</c><00:54:09.280><c> apostle</c><00:54:09.599><c> John</c><00:54:09.880><c> is</c><00:54:10.159><c> writing</c><00:54:10.380><c> to.</c>

00:54:10.679 --> 00:54:12.659
Well,<00:54:10.840><c> it</c><00:54:11.059><c> may</c><00:54:11.300><c> well</c><00:54:11.519><c> have</c><00:54:11.800><c> been</c>

00:54:12.659 --> 00:54:15.940
that<00:54:13.119><c> Thyatira</c><00:54:13.599><c> was</c><00:54:13.760><c> in</c><00:54:13.940><c> the</c><00:54:14.099><c> house</c><00:54:14.300><c> of</c><00:54:14.500><c> Jezebel.</c>

00:54:16.320 --> 00:54:18.420
She<00:54:16.800><c> might</c><00:54:17.019><c> have</c><00:54:17.239><c> been,</c><00:54:17.880><c> as</c><00:54:18.039><c> it</c><00:54:18.219><c> were,</c>

00:54:18.579 --> 00:54:21.780
the<00:54:18.900><c> elect</c><00:54:19.340><c> lady</c><00:54:19.940><c> of</c><00:54:20.420><c> Thyatira.</c>

00:54:21.920 --> 00:54:22.840
It's<00:54:22.239><c> very</c><00:54:22.500><c> possible.</c>

00:54:23.079 --> 00:54:24.320
We've<00:54:23.139><c> got</c><00:54:23.320><c> to</c><00:54:23.639><c> try</c><00:54:23.820><c> and</c><00:54:23.960><c> work</c><00:54:24.099><c> out,</c>

00:54:24.619 --> 00:54:25.619
how<00:54:24.639><c> come</c><00:54:24.820><c> she's</c><00:54:25.000><c> so</c><00:54:25.320><c> powerful?</c>

00:54:25.860 --> 00:54:27.559
How<00:54:26.019><c> come</c><00:54:26.179><c> she's</c><00:54:26.460><c> getting</c><00:54:26.599><c> away</c><00:54:26.880><c> with</c><00:54:27.159><c> this?</c>

00:54:27.900 --> 00:54:28.960
Well,<00:54:28.039><c> that's</c><00:54:28.280><c> one</c><00:54:28.519><c> possibility.</c>

00:54:29.039 --> 00:54:31.340
The<00:54:29.119><c> next</c><00:54:29.380><c> possibility</c><00:54:29.880><c> is</c><00:54:30.139><c> this.</c>

00:54:31.960 --> 00:54:33.579
You<00:54:32.119><c> see</c><00:54:32.179><c> where</c><00:54:32.300><c> it</c><00:54:32.480><c> says</c><00:54:32.639><c> in</c><00:54:32.800><c> verse</c><00:54:33.059><c> 20</c>

00:54:33.579 --> 00:54:34.940
of<00:54:33.840><c> Revelation</c><00:54:34.320><c> chapter</c><00:54:34.639><c> two,</c>

00:54:35.059 --> 00:54:37.440
notwithstanding<00:54:35.699><c> I've</c><00:54:36.019><c> got</c><00:54:36.400><c> things</c><00:54:36.739><c> against</c><00:54:37.260><c> thee</c>

00:54:37.440 --> 00:54:42.380
because<00:54:37.719><c> there</c><00:54:37.980><c> suffereth</c><00:54:38.659><c> that</c><00:54:39.539><c> woman,</c><00:54:40.820><c> Jezebel.</c>

00:54:43.800 --> 00:54:46.300
The<00:54:44.360><c> revised</c><00:54:44.760><c> version</c><00:54:45.119><c> margin</c>

00:54:46.840 --> 00:54:49.619
and<00:54:47.400><c> the</c><00:54:47.719><c> dialogue</c><00:54:48.079><c> translations</c>

00:54:49.940 --> 00:54:52.119
make<00:54:50.500><c> a</c><00:54:50.780><c> change</c><00:54:51.119><c> to</c><00:54:51.320><c> the</c><00:54:51.480><c> phrase,</c>

00:54:52.460 --> 00:54:55.179
that<00:54:52.980><c> woman,</c><00:54:53.920><c> Jezebel.</c>

00:54:56.239 --> 00:55:02.099
They<00:54:56.500><c> translate</c><00:54:56.980><c> it,</c><00:54:58.639><c> thy</c><00:54:58.880><c> wife,</c><00:55:00.980><c> Jezebel.</c>

00:55:03.119 --> 00:55:04.340
And<00:55:03.380><c> it</c><00:55:03.480><c> may</c><00:55:03.619><c> well</c><00:55:03.820><c> be,</c><00:55:04.000><c> you</c><00:55:04.139><c> see,</c>

00:55:04.760 --> 00:55:06.880
that<00:55:04.980><c> Jezebel</c><00:55:05.380><c> is</c><00:55:05.719><c> in</c><00:55:05.980><c> fact</c><00:55:06.159><c> the</c><00:55:06.440><c> wife</c>

00:55:06.880 --> 00:55:08.400
of<00:55:07.400><c> the</c><00:55:07.679><c> recording</c><00:55:07.960><c> brother</c>

00:55:08.400 --> 00:55:11.579
of<00:55:08.820><c> the</c><00:55:09.119><c> angel</c><00:55:09.559><c> of</c><00:55:09.920><c> the</c><00:55:10.099><c> ecclesia</c><00:55:10.539><c> of</c><00:55:10.940><c> Thyatira.</c>

00:55:12.000 --> 00:55:13.199
And<00:55:12.099><c> so</c><00:55:12.179><c> she's</c><00:55:12.400><c> got</c><00:55:12.480><c> an</c><00:55:12.699><c> inside</c><00:55:12.960><c> edge,</c>

00:55:13.199 --> 00:55:14.679
you<00:55:13.340><c> see,</c><00:55:13.719><c> promulgating</c><00:55:14.019><c> her</c><00:55:14.280><c> doctrine,</c>

00:55:15.000 --> 00:55:18.059
quite<00:55:15.179><c> apart</c><00:55:15.539><c> from</c><00:55:15.699><c> any</c><00:55:15.940><c> need</c><00:55:16.059><c> to</c><00:55:16.239><c> be</c><00:55:16.780><c> claiming</c><00:55:17.119><c> a</c><00:55:17.659><c> prophetess,</c>

00:55:18.059 --> 00:55:20.119
quite<00:55:18.400><c> apart</c><00:55:18.880><c> from</c><00:55:19.179><c> perhaps</c><00:55:19.619><c> the</c><00:55:19.980><c> fact</c>

00:55:20.119 --> 00:55:21.960
that<00:55:20.300><c> the</c><00:55:20.460><c> ecclesia</c><00:55:20.679><c> might</c><00:55:20.840><c> have</c><00:55:21.019><c> met</c><00:55:21.159><c> in</c><00:55:21.300><c> her</c><00:55:21.519><c> house.</c>

00:55:22.300 --> 00:55:25.079
Her<00:55:22.559><c> husband</c><00:55:23.079><c> is</c><00:55:23.280><c> the</c><00:55:23.440><c> recording</c><00:55:23.820><c> brother.</c>

00:55:28.460 --> 00:55:31.539
And<00:55:28.480><c> she's</c><00:55:28.760><c> been</c><00:55:29.079><c> warned</c><00:55:29.260><c> before,</c><00:55:30.139><c> verse</c><00:55:30.340><c> 21.</c>

00:55:31.980 --> 00:55:34.320
I<00:55:32.059><c> gave</c><00:55:32.380><c> her</c><00:55:32.760><c> space</c><00:55:33.059><c> to</c><00:55:33.239><c> repent</c><00:55:33.500><c> of</c><00:55:33.659><c> her</c><00:55:33.780><c> fornication.</c>

00:55:34.340 --> 00:55:35.139
She<00:55:34.519><c> repented</c><00:55:34.940><c> not.</c>

00:55:35.260 --> 00:55:38.340
The<00:55:35.260><c> word</c><00:55:35.480><c> space</c><00:55:35.820><c> is</c><00:55:36.059><c> the</c><00:55:36.179><c> Greek</c><00:55:36.300><c> word</c><00:55:36.519><c> kronos,</c><00:55:37.260><c> chronology,</c><00:55:38.079><c> time.</c>

00:55:38.739 --> 00:55:41.239
I<00:55:38.880><c> gave</c><00:55:39.059><c> her</c><00:55:39.360><c> time</c><00:55:39.780><c> to</c><00:55:39.960><c> repent</c><00:55:40.260><c> of</c><00:55:40.420><c> her</c><00:55:40.559><c> fornication</c>

00:55:41.239 --> 00:55:43.119
and<00:55:41.539><c> she</c><00:55:41.800><c> repented</c><00:55:42.219><c> not.</c>

00:55:43.300 --> 00:55:44.019
What<00:55:43.599><c> do</c><00:55:43.760><c> you</c><00:55:43.800><c> mean?</c>

00:55:44.079 --> 00:55:45.119
What<00:55:44.320><c> time</c><00:55:44.480><c> has</c><00:55:44.639><c> he</c><00:55:44.739><c> given</c><00:55:44.880><c> her?</c>

00:55:45.119 --> 00:55:49.340
Well,<00:55:45.920><c> let</c><00:55:46.079><c> me</c><00:55:46.219><c> tell</c><00:55:46.380><c> you,</c><00:55:46.639><c> Acts</c><00:55:46.820><c> chapter</c><00:55:47.099><c> 15,</c><00:55:47.639><c> verse</c><00:55:47.840><c> 20,</c>

00:55:50.280 --> 00:55:53.880
a<00:55:50.500><c> passage</c><00:55:50.860><c> written</c><00:55:51.559><c> almost</c><00:55:52.360><c> 50</c><00:55:53.000><c> years</c><00:55:53.380><c> ago</c>

00:55:53.880 --> 00:55:56.119
at<00:55:54.280><c> the</c><00:55:54.440><c> conclusion</c><00:55:54.860><c> of</c><00:55:55.039><c> the</c><00:55:55.179><c> Jerusalem</c><00:55:55.559><c> Conference</c>

00:55:56.119 --> 00:55:59.599
told<00:55:56.460><c> the</c><00:55:56.860><c> ecclesiast</c><00:55:57.199><c> to</c><00:55:57.360><c> abstain</c><00:55:57.760><c> from</c><00:55:57.980><c> four</c><00:55:58.280><c> things,</c>

00:56:01.059 --> 00:56:05.760
idolatry,<00:56:01.739><c> fornication,</c><00:56:03.199><c> things</c><00:56:03.480><c> strangled,</c><00:56:04.760><c> blood.</c>

00:56:06.639 --> 00:56:08.340
Well,<00:56:06.780><c> she's</c><00:56:07.039><c> not</c><00:56:07.219><c> abstaining</c><00:56:07.559><c> from</c><00:56:07.760><c> fornication</c>

00:56:08.340 --> 00:56:09.860
and<00:56:08.599><c> idolatry</c><00:56:09.099><c> in</c><00:56:09.239><c> verse</c><00:56:09.480><c> 20,</c>

00:56:09.880 --> 00:56:12.380
but<00:56:10.099><c> she</c><00:56:10.380><c> was</c><00:56:10.659><c> told</c><00:56:11.039><c> almost</c><00:56:11.420><c> 50</c><00:56:11.840><c> years</c><00:56:12.179><c> ago</c>

00:56:12.380 --> 00:56:14.079
that<00:56:12.519><c> she</c><00:56:12.760><c> ought</c><00:56:12.960><c> to</c><00:56:13.239><c> have.</c>

00:56:14.480 --> 00:56:19.619
1<00:56:15.099><c> Corinthians</c><00:56:15.480><c> 6,</c><00:56:16.219><c> verses</c><00:56:16.480><c> nine</c><00:56:16.719><c> and</c><00:56:16.860><c> 10,</c><00:56:17.659><c> maybe</c><00:56:17.940><c> 40</c><00:56:18.280><c> years</c><00:56:18.619><c> ago.</c>

00:56:19.980 --> 00:56:21.980
Neither<00:56:20.219><c> fornicators</c><00:56:20.920><c> or</c><00:56:21.400><c> idolaters</c>

00:56:21.980 --> 00:56:25.639
will<00:56:22.179><c> be</c><00:56:22.320><c> in</c><00:56:22.440><c> the</c><00:56:22.579><c> kingdom</c><00:56:22.820><c> of</c><00:56:23.079><c> God</c><00:56:23.480><c> from</c><00:56:23.840><c> the</c><00:56:24.059><c> apostle</c><00:56:24.380><c> Paul.</c>

00:56:26.280 --> 00:56:29.599
And<00:56:26.480><c> then</c><00:56:26.900><c> perhaps</c><00:56:27.300><c> most</c><00:56:27.679><c> recently,</c><00:56:28.300><c> 10</c><00:56:28.840><c> years</c><00:56:29.239><c> ago,</c>

00:56:29.860 --> 00:56:37.960
just<00:56:30.059><c> come</c><00:56:30.320><c> back</c><00:56:30.699><c> two</c><00:56:32.019><c> pages</c><00:56:32.599><c> to</c><00:56:33.840><c> 1</c><00:56:34.320><c> John</c><00:56:34.840><c> 5</c><00:56:35.619><c> and</c><00:56:36.039><c> verse</c><00:56:36.500><c> 21.</c>

00:56:38.679 --> 00:56:40.639
Now,<00:56:38.800><c> maybe</c><00:56:39.079><c> Jezebel</c><00:56:39.400><c> wasn't</c><00:56:39.699><c> alive</c><00:56:39.940><c> 50</c><00:56:40.280><c> years</c><00:56:40.500><c> ago</c>

00:56:40.639 --> 00:56:41.420
or<00:56:40.739><c> not</c><00:56:40.860><c> in</c><00:56:40.980><c> the</c><00:56:41.099><c> ecclesia.</c>

00:56:41.480 --> 00:56:43.460
Maybe<00:56:41.719><c> she</c><00:56:41.860><c> wasn't</c><00:56:42.059><c> in</c><00:56:42.219><c> the</c><00:56:42.340><c> ecclesia</c><00:56:42.639><c> 40</c><00:56:43.000><c> years</c><00:56:43.280><c> ago.</c>

00:56:43.460 --> 00:56:47.059
She<00:56:43.699><c> would</c><00:56:43.980><c> most</c><00:56:44.420><c> likely</c><00:56:44.840><c> have</c><00:56:45.079><c> been</c><00:56:45.300><c> there</c><00:56:45.579><c> 10</c><00:56:45.900><c> years</c><00:56:46.179><c> ago.</c>

00:56:47.079 --> 00:56:48.960
And<00:56:47.079><c> in</c><00:56:47.320><c> 1</c><00:56:47.480><c> John</c><00:56:47.780><c> 5,</c><00:56:48.239><c> verse</c><00:56:48.400><c> 21,</c>

00:56:49.099 --> 00:56:54.199
little<00:56:49.300><c> children,</c><00:56:50.719><c> keep</c><00:56:50.760><c> yourselves</c><00:56:51.480><c> from</c><00:56:51.980><c> idols,</c><00:56:53.119><c> says</c><00:56:53.280><c> John.</c>

00:56:54.420 --> 00:56:57.400
And<00:56:54.659><c> that</c><00:56:55.039><c> letter</c><00:56:55.219><c> did</c><00:56:55.460><c> the</c><00:56:55.659><c> rounds,</c><00:56:56.019><c> it's</c><00:56:56.440><c> clear.</c>

00:56:57.480 --> 00:56:59.739
But<00:56:57.679><c> she's</c><00:56:57.960><c> got</c><00:56:58.099><c> another</c><00:56:58.619><c> revelation.</c>

00:57:00.079 --> 00:57:03.159
And<00:57:00.280><c> so</c><00:57:00.400><c> she's</c><00:57:00.800><c> resisting</c><00:57:01.380><c> the</c><00:57:01.880><c> evident</c><00:57:02.139><c> counsel</c><00:57:02.559><c> of</c><00:57:02.780><c> God</c>

00:57:03.159 --> 00:57:08.260
from<00:57:04.219><c> Acts</c><00:57:04.699><c> 15,</c><00:57:05.360><c> from</c><00:57:05.579><c> 1</c><00:57:05.840><c> Corinthians</c><00:57:06.280><c> 6,</c><00:57:06.840><c> from</c><00:57:07.079><c> 1</c><00:57:07.440><c> John</c><00:57:07.639><c> 5.</c>

00:57:08.719 --> 00:57:10.519
Well,<00:57:08.860><c> what's</c><00:57:09.179><c> the</c><00:57:09.380><c> consequence,</c><00:57:09.820><c> verse</c><00:57:10.099><c> 22?</c>

00:57:10.659 --> 00:57:12.360
Behold,<00:57:10.920><c> I'm</c><00:57:11.039><c> gonna</c><00:57:11.239><c> cast</c><00:57:11.639><c> her</c><00:57:11.820><c> into</c><00:57:12.000><c> a</c><00:57:12.239><c> bed</c>

00:57:12.360 --> 00:57:14.380
and<00:57:12.539><c> them</c><00:57:12.760><c> that</c><00:57:13.000><c> commit</c><00:57:13.199><c> adultery</c><00:57:13.599><c> with</c><00:57:13.880><c> her</c>

00:57:14.380 --> 00:57:18.079
into<00:57:14.780><c> great</c><00:57:15.099><c> tribulation,</c><00:57:15.739><c> except</c><00:57:15.980><c> they</c><00:57:16.219><c> repent</c><00:57:16.639><c> of</c><00:57:16.840><c> their</c><00:57:17.099><c> deeds.</c>

00:57:18.219 --> 00:57:20.400
Be<00:57:18.519><c> careful</c><00:57:18.760><c> with</c><00:57:18.940><c> your</c><00:57:19.079><c> reading</c><00:57:19.360><c> of</c><00:57:19.559><c> verse</c><00:57:19.780><c> 22.</c>

00:57:20.480 --> 00:57:22.380
When<00:57:20.579><c> it</c><00:57:20.840><c> says</c><00:57:20.960><c> I'm</c><00:57:21.139><c> gonna</c><00:57:21.280><c> cast</c><00:57:21.579><c> her</c><00:57:21.679><c> into</c><00:57:21.840><c> her</c><00:57:22.079><c> bed</c>

00:57:22.380 --> 00:57:24.719
and<00:57:23.119><c> them</c><00:57:23.460><c> that</c><00:57:23.800><c> commit</c><00:57:23.940><c> adultery</c><00:57:24.300><c> with</c><00:57:24.619><c> her,</c>

00:57:24.719 --> 00:57:26.440
it's<00:57:24.940><c> not</c><00:57:25.119><c> talking</c><00:57:25.380><c> about</c><00:57:25.599><c> people</c><00:57:25.820><c> committing</c><00:57:26.099><c> adultery</c>

00:57:26.440 --> 00:57:27.920
with<00:57:26.679><c> her</c><00:57:26.900><c> personally.</c>

00:57:29.119 --> 00:57:32.099
It<00:57:29.519><c> means</c><00:57:30.000><c> them</c><00:57:30.539><c> that</c><00:57:30.800><c> commit</c><00:57:30.980><c> adultery</c>

00:57:32.599 --> 00:57:36.159
at<00:57:33.119><c> the</c><00:57:33.400><c> same</c><00:57:33.679><c> time</c><00:57:33.940><c> as</c><00:57:34.199><c> her</c><00:57:34.400><c> in</c><00:57:34.599><c> the</c><00:57:34.780><c> idol's</c><00:57:35.239><c> temple.</c>

00:57:36.639 --> 00:57:39.059
Those<00:57:36.900><c> that</c><00:57:37.159><c> commit</c><00:57:37.280><c> adultery</c><00:57:37.820><c> like</c><00:57:38.480><c> her,</c>

00:57:39.059 --> 00:57:42.960
not<00:57:39.539><c> those</c><00:57:39.820><c> that</c><00:57:40.039><c> commit</c><00:57:40.179><c> adultery</c><00:57:40.659><c> personally</c><00:57:41.340><c> with</c><00:57:41.940><c> her.</c>

00:57:43.920 --> 00:57:47.300
Verse<00:57:44.480><c> 23,</c><00:57:45.239><c> now</c><00:57:45.500><c> I'm</c><00:57:45.559><c> gonna</c><00:57:45.800><c> kill</c><00:57:46.119><c> her</c><00:57:46.360><c> children</c><00:57:46.719><c> with</c><00:57:47.000><c> death.</c>

00:57:47.519 --> 00:57:49.059
Now<00:57:47.519><c> the</c><00:57:47.699><c> children</c><00:57:47.980><c> here</c><00:57:48.260><c> are</c><00:57:48.519><c> her</c><00:57:48.780><c> followers,</c>

00:57:49.239 --> 00:57:51.500
not<00:57:49.340><c> her</c><00:57:49.699><c> immediate</c><00:57:50.139><c> children.</c>

00:57:53.739 --> 00:57:59.260
Lydia,<00:57:54.079><c> sorry,</c><00:57:55.179><c> Kyria,</c><00:57:55.780><c> the</c><00:57:55.860><c> elect</c><00:57:56.079><c> lady</c><00:57:56.380><c> in</c><00:57:57.119><c> 2</c><00:57:57.340><c> John,</c><00:57:57.880><c> has</c><00:57:58.179><c> children.</c>

00:57:59.800 --> 00:58:01.079
And<00:58:00.000><c> her</c><00:58:00.159><c> children</c><00:58:00.440><c> walk</c><00:58:00.639><c> in</c><00:58:00.880><c> truth.</c>

00:58:01.139 --> 00:58:03.159
They<00:58:01.320><c> are</c><00:58:01.539><c> not</c><00:58:01.780><c> necessarily</c><00:58:02.219><c> her</c><00:58:02.480><c> literal</c><00:58:02.800><c> children.</c>

00:58:03.219 --> 00:58:06.219
So<00:58:03.360><c> these</c><00:58:03.579><c> are</c><00:58:03.820><c> her,</c><00:58:04.099><c> if</c><00:58:04.280><c> you</c><00:58:04.380><c> like,</c><00:58:04.619><c> her</c><00:58:04.800><c> spiritual</c><00:58:05.139><c> children,</c>

00:58:06.559 --> 00:58:07.860
her<00:58:06.860><c> protégés.</c>

00:58:07.920 --> 00:58:09.619
I'm<00:58:08.400><c> gonna</c><00:58:08.559><c> kill</c><00:58:08.739><c> them</c><00:58:08.900><c> with</c><00:58:09.179><c> death.</c>

00:58:10.119 --> 00:58:11.460
And<00:58:10.119><c> all</c><00:58:10.380><c> the</c><00:58:10.639><c> Ecclesiastes</c><00:58:11.000><c> are</c><00:58:11.119><c> gonna</c><00:58:11.239><c> know</c>

00:58:11.460 --> 00:58:13.900
that<00:58:11.639><c> I</c><00:58:11.800><c> am</c><00:58:11.920><c> he</c><00:58:12.079><c> which</c><00:58:12.320><c> searches</c><00:58:12.639><c> the</c><00:58:12.940><c> rains</c><00:58:13.159><c> in</c><00:58:13.400><c> the</c><00:58:13.599><c> hearts</c>

00:58:13.900 --> 00:58:15.460
and<00:58:14.079><c> I'm</c><00:58:14.239><c> gonna</c><00:58:14.340><c> give</c><00:58:14.599><c> according</c><00:58:14.880><c> to</c><00:58:15.260><c> everyone</c>

00:58:15.460 --> 00:58:18.059
according<00:58:15.820><c> to</c><00:58:16.019><c> their</c><00:58:16.239><c> works,</c><00:58:16.619><c> Jesus</c><00:58:17.019><c> says.</c>

00:58:19.219 --> 00:58:21.199
They're<00:58:19.400><c> gonna</c><00:58:19.500><c> be</c><00:58:19.739><c> killed</c><00:58:19.880><c> with</c><00:58:20.199><c> death.</c>

00:58:21.860 --> 00:58:24.840
A<00:58:22.039><c> bed</c><00:58:22.260><c> in</c><00:58:22.599><c> verse</c><00:58:22.840><c> 22</c><00:58:23.260><c> appears</c><00:58:23.559><c> to</c><00:58:23.760><c> be</c><00:58:23.960><c> a</c><00:58:24.119><c> bed</c><00:58:24.219><c> of</c><00:58:24.519><c> sickness.</c>

00:58:25.059 --> 00:58:27.059
A<00:58:25.199><c> great</c><00:58:25.420><c> melody</c><00:58:25.719><c> is</c><00:58:25.900><c> gonna</c><00:58:26.000><c> come</c><00:58:26.159><c> upon</c><00:58:26.420><c> these</c><00:58:26.699><c> people.</c>

00:58:27.219 --> 00:58:31.059
The<00:58:27.340><c> Ecclesiastes</c><00:58:27.659><c> are</c><00:58:27.820><c> all</c><00:58:27.900><c> gonna</c><00:58:28.019><c> get</c><00:58:28.300><c> ill</c><00:58:28.800><c> and</c><00:58:29.539><c> die.</c>

00:58:32.500 --> 00:58:34.480
So<00:58:32.699><c> judgment's</c><00:58:33.039><c> gonna</c><00:58:33.199><c> come.</c>

00:58:35.340 --> 00:58:38.599
Because,<00:58:36.039><c> Jesus</c><00:58:36.460><c> says,</c><00:58:36.920><c> I'm</c><00:58:37.059><c> he</c><00:58:37.380><c> that</c><00:58:37.659><c> searches</c><00:58:38.000><c> the</c><00:58:38.300><c> rains</c>

00:58:38.599 --> 00:58:41.699
in<00:58:39.019><c> the</c><00:58:39.260><c> hearts</c><00:58:39.739><c> and</c><00:58:40.440><c> I'm</c><00:58:40.639><c> gonna</c><00:58:40.820><c> reward</c><00:58:41.300><c> you</c>

00:58:41.699 --> 00:58:43.519
as<00:58:42.019><c> you</c><00:58:42.219><c> have</c><00:58:42.440><c> conducted</c><00:58:42.900><c> yourself.</c>

00:58:43.920 --> 00:58:46.599
Now<00:58:44.059><c> here's</c><00:58:44.300><c> the</c><00:58:44.500><c> interesting</c><00:58:44.739><c> thing</c><00:58:44.980><c> about</c><00:58:45.219><c> verse</c><00:58:45.480><c> 23.</c>

00:58:46.940 --> 00:58:50.679
You<00:58:47.019><c> may</c><00:58:47.139><c> recall</c><00:58:47.699><c> I</c><00:58:48.900><c> mentioned</c><00:58:49.380><c> in</c><00:58:49.780><c> our</c><00:58:50.019><c> introductory</c><00:58:50.400><c> study</c>

00:58:50.679 --> 00:58:53.639
about<00:58:50.860><c> the</c><00:58:51.099><c> chiasms</c><00:58:51.519><c> of</c><00:58:51.719><c> the</c><00:58:51.860><c> letters</c><00:58:52.039><c> of</c><00:58:52.239><c> the</c><00:58:52.380><c> seven</c><00:58:52.539><c> Ecclesias.</c>

00:58:54.300 --> 00:58:57.500
I<00:58:54.599><c> draw</c><00:58:54.699><c> your</c><00:58:54.920><c> attention</c><00:58:55.219><c> to</c><00:58:55.400><c> this</c><00:58:55.559><c> simply</c><00:58:55.840><c> because</c><00:58:56.440><c> of</c><00:58:57.000><c> the</c><00:58:57.280><c> seven,</c>

00:58:57.699 --> 00:58:59.400
this<00:58:58.019><c> is</c><00:58:58.300><c> the</c><00:58:58.500><c> central</c><00:58:58.780><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:58:59.840 --> 00:59:03.559
And<00:59:00.059><c> of</c><00:59:00.219><c> this</c><00:59:00.460><c> central</c><00:59:00.820><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:59:01.400><c> verse</c><00:59:01.619><c> 23</c><00:59:02.119><c> is</c><00:59:02.380><c> the</c><00:59:02.619><c> central</c><00:59:03.039><c> verse.</c>

00:59:03.980 --> 00:59:06.619
And<00:59:04.179><c> you</c><00:59:04.260><c> can</c><00:59:04.500><c> see</c><00:59:04.619><c> it</c><00:59:04.760><c> there</c><00:59:04.900><c> that</c><00:59:05.159><c> all</c><00:59:05.480><c> in</c><00:59:05.880><c> the</c><00:59:06.079><c> central</c><00:59:06.380><c> verse</c>

00:59:06.619 --> 00:59:09.039
is<00:59:06.860><c> written</c><00:59:07.119><c> to</c><00:59:07.619><c> all</c><00:59:08.119><c> the</c><00:59:08.440><c> Ecclesias.</c>

00:59:09.300 --> 00:59:11.780
So<00:59:09.460><c> it's</c><00:59:09.820><c> quite</c><00:59:10.420><c> interesting</c><00:59:10.860><c> from</c><00:59:11.039><c> that</c><00:59:11.199><c> point</c><00:59:11.340><c> of</c><00:59:11.500><c> view.</c>

00:59:12.280 --> 00:59:16.280
But<00:59:12.360><c> all</c><00:59:12.539><c> the</c><00:59:12.699><c> Ecclesias</c><00:59:13.039><c> are</c><00:59:13.199><c> gonna</c><00:59:13.320><c> know</c><00:59:14.239><c> in</c><00:59:14.800><c> verse</c><00:59:15.000><c> 23</c>

00:59:16.539 --> 00:59:21.139
that<00:59:17.059><c> I'm</c><00:59:17.400><c> the</c><00:59:17.539><c> one</c><00:59:17.659><c> that</c><00:59:18.000><c> searches</c><00:59:18.320><c> the</c><00:59:18.699><c> rains</c><00:59:19.099><c> and</c><00:59:20.179><c> the</c><00:59:20.639><c> hearts.</c>

00:59:21.500 --> 00:59:23.920
Now<00:59:21.780><c> that</c><00:59:22.199><c> is</c><00:59:22.539><c> a</c><00:59:22.679><c> quotation</c><00:59:23.059><c> from</c><00:59:23.260><c> the</c><00:59:23.400><c> Old</c><00:59:23.559><c> Testament.</c>

00:59:24.000 --> 00:59:26.440
Come<00:59:24.199><c> back</c><00:59:24.360><c> with</c><00:59:24.480><c> me</c><00:59:24.559><c> to</c><00:59:24.760><c> Jeremiah</c><00:59:25.099><c> 17.</c>

00:59:28.119 --> 00:59:30.800
Look<00:59:28.260><c> what</c><00:59:28.420><c> it</c><00:59:28.619><c> says</c><00:59:28.760><c> in</c><00:59:28.940><c> Jeremiah</c><00:59:29.320><c> 17.</c>

00:59:31.699 --> 00:59:35.840
Jeremiah<00:59:32.260><c> 17,</c><00:59:32.880><c> verse</c><00:59:33.119><c> 10,</c><00:59:34.239><c> simply</c><00:59:34.659><c> says,</c>

00:59:36.420 --> 00:59:41.800
I,<00:59:36.880><c> Yahweh,</c><00:59:37.980><c> search</c><00:59:38.380><c> the</c><00:59:38.739><c> heart,</c><00:59:39.780><c> I</c><00:59:40.199><c> try</c><00:59:40.420><c> the</c><00:59:40.699><c> rains,</c>

00:59:41.880 --> 00:59:44.179
even<00:59:42.119><c> to</c><00:59:42.280><c> give</c><00:59:42.420><c> every</c><00:59:42.800><c> man</c><00:59:42.940><c> according</c><00:59:43.280><c> to</c><00:59:43.519><c> his</c><00:59:43.800><c> ways</c>

00:59:44.179 --> 00:59:46.119
and<00:59:44.519><c> according</c><00:59:44.840><c> to</c><00:59:45.039><c> the</c><00:59:45.260><c> fruit</c><00:59:45.460><c> of</c><00:59:45.699><c> his</c><00:59:45.940><c> doing.</c>

00:59:46.260 --> 00:59:50.039
So<00:59:46.559><c> it</c><00:59:46.719><c> is</c><00:59:46.960><c> a</c><00:59:47.099><c> precise</c><00:59:47.659><c> quotation</c><00:59:48.360><c> in</c><00:59:49.079><c> Revelation</c><00:59:49.539><c> two</c>

00:59:50.039 --> 00:59:54.699
in<00:59:50.280><c> verse</c><00:59:50.519><c> 23</c><00:59:51.239><c> of</c><00:59:52.280><c> Jeremiah</c><00:59:52.800><c> 17,</c><00:59:53.519><c> verse</c><00:59:53.699><c> 10.</c>

00:59:54.900 --> 00:59:57.639
But<00:59:55.139><c> come</c><00:59:55.300><c> back</c><00:59:55.519><c> a</c><00:59:55.739><c> page</c><00:59:55.900><c> and</c><00:59:56.079><c> take</c><00:59:56.320><c> a</c><00:59:56.400><c> look</c><00:59:56.500><c> at</c><00:59:56.679><c> Jeremiah</c><00:59:57.039><c> 17,</c>

00:59:57.780 --> 00:59:59.400
verse<00:59:58.039><c> five.</c>

01:00:00.300 --> 01:00:02.260
Thus<01:00:00.719><c> saith</c><01:00:01.000><c> Yahweh,</c>

01:00:03.039 --> 01:00:05.340
Cursed<01:00:03.219><c> be</c><01:00:03.539><c> the</c><01:00:03.760><c> man</c><01:00:04.000><c> that</c><01:00:04.340><c> trusteth</c><01:00:04.760><c> in</c><01:00:05.000><c> man</c>

01:00:05.340 --> 01:00:08.880
and<01:00:05.599><c> maketh</c><01:00:06.000><c> flesh</c><01:00:06.480><c> his</c><01:00:06.800><c> arm</c><01:00:07.019><c> whose</c><01:00:07.260><c> heart</c><01:00:07.579><c> departeth</c><01:00:08.099><c> from</c><01:00:08.320><c> Yahweh.</c>

01:00:09.119 --> 01:00:11.880
Well,<01:00:09.260><c> that</c><01:00:09.400><c> would</c><01:00:09.579><c> be</c><01:00:09.780><c> the</c><01:00:09.980><c> guilds,</c><01:00:10.659><c> wouldn't</c><01:00:10.800><c> it?</c>

01:00:12.739 --> 01:00:17.119
For<01:00:12.860><c> he</c><01:00:13.079><c> shall</c><01:00:13.199><c> be</c><01:00:13.360><c> like</c><01:00:13.639><c> a</c><01:00:13.880><c> heath,</c><01:00:14.659><c> a</c><01:00:14.840><c> little</c><01:00:15.059><c> bush</c><01:00:15.460><c> in</c><01:00:15.940><c> the</c><01:00:16.119><c> desert.</c>

01:00:18.300 --> 01:00:20.360
He<01:00:18.860><c> will</c><01:00:18.980><c> not</c><01:00:19.280><c> see</c><01:00:19.460><c> when</c><01:00:19.619><c> good</c><01:00:19.880><c> cometh,</c>

01:00:20.719 --> 01:00:23.000
but<01:00:20.840><c> shall</c><01:00:21.019><c> inhabit</c><01:00:21.300><c> the</c><01:00:21.639><c> parched</c><01:00:21.960><c> places</c><01:00:22.340><c> in</c><01:00:22.519><c> the</c><01:00:22.639><c> wilderness</c>

01:00:23.000 --> 01:00:25.940
in<01:00:23.500><c> a</c><01:00:23.679><c> salt</c><01:00:23.900><c> land</c><01:00:24.280><c> not</c><01:00:24.880><c> inhabited.</c>

01:00:26.039 --> 01:00:30.059
So<01:00:26.260><c> here's</c><01:00:27.380><c> the</c><01:00:27.619><c> Jezebel</c><01:00:28.099><c> class</c><01:00:28.519><c> who</c><01:00:28.739><c> subscribed</c><01:00:29.280><c> to</c><01:00:29.460><c> the</c><01:00:29.699><c> guilds</c>

01:00:30.059 --> 01:00:30.960
like<01:00:30.159><c> a</c><01:00:30.340><c> little</c><01:00:30.659><c> bush.</c>

01:00:31.159 --> 01:00:33.760
This<01:00:31.219><c> is</c><01:00:32.000><c> the</c><01:00:32.139><c> man</c><01:00:32.380><c> of</c><01:00:32.659><c> flesh,</c><01:00:33.000><c> like</c><01:00:33.079><c> a</c><01:00:33.260><c> little</c><01:00:33.539><c> bush,</c>

01:00:33.940 --> 01:00:35.079
a<01:00:34.079><c> scrubby</c><01:00:34.300><c> little</c><01:00:34.460><c> bush</c><01:00:34.619><c> in</c><01:00:34.800><c> the</c><01:00:34.880><c> desert.</c>

01:00:35.219 --> 01:00:38.960
No<01:00:35.400><c> fruit,</c><01:00:35.920><c> no</c><01:00:36.099><c> vitality,</c><01:00:36.980><c> and</c><01:00:37.179><c> will</c><01:00:37.360><c> see</c><01:00:37.500><c> no</c><01:00:37.820><c> good.</c>

01:00:39.639 --> 01:00:41.820
Compared<01:00:40.079><c> with</c><01:00:40.519><c> verse</c><01:00:40.760><c> seven.</c>

01:00:42.559 --> 01:00:44.300
Blessed<01:00:42.619><c> is</c><01:00:42.780><c> the</c><01:00:42.960><c> man</c><01:00:43.159><c> that</c><01:00:43.500><c> trusteth</c><01:00:43.800><c> in</c><01:00:44.039><c> Yahweh</c>

01:00:44.300 --> 01:00:45.679
whose<01:00:44.619><c> hope</c><01:00:44.960><c> Yahweh</c><01:00:45.340><c> is.</c>

01:00:46.159 --> 01:00:48.599
He's<01:00:46.500><c> gonna</c><01:00:46.619><c> be</c><01:00:46.780><c> like</c><01:00:47.000><c> a</c><01:00:47.300><c> tree</c><01:00:47.460><c> planted</c><01:00:47.880><c> by</c><01:00:48.159><c> the</c><01:00:48.380><c> waters</c>

01:00:48.599 --> 01:00:50.420
that<01:00:48.900><c> spreads</c><01:00:49.219><c> out</c><01:00:49.420><c> her</c><01:00:49.559><c> roots</c><01:00:49.840><c> by</c><01:00:50.019><c> the</c><01:00:50.179><c> river</c>

01:00:50.420 --> 01:00:52.219
and<01:00:50.739><c> shall</c><01:00:50.860><c> not</c><01:00:51.179><c> see</c><01:00:51.360><c> when</c><01:00:51.559><c> the</c><01:00:51.699><c> heat</c><01:00:51.840><c> cometh,</c>

01:00:52.579 --> 01:00:53.639
but<01:00:52.699><c> her</c><01:00:52.820><c> leaves</c><01:00:52.960><c> shall</c><01:00:53.119><c> be</c><01:00:53.400><c> green</c>

01:00:54.079 --> 01:00:55.920
and<01:00:54.519><c> he'll</c><01:00:54.679><c> be</c><01:00:54.860><c> careful</c><01:00:55.099><c> in</c><01:00:55.260><c> the</c><01:00:55.380><c> year</c><01:00:55.500><c> of</c><01:00:55.699><c> drought</c>

01:00:55.920 --> 01:00:57.840
neither<01:00:56.280><c> shall</c><01:00:56.480><c> it</c><01:00:56.719><c> cease</c><01:00:56.960><c> from</c><01:00:57.179><c> yielding</c><01:00:57.519><c> fruit.</c>

01:00:58.280 --> 01:00:59.280
Here's<01:00:58.519><c> the</c><01:00:58.679><c> man</c><01:00:58.840><c> of</c><01:00:59.099><c> faith.</c>

01:00:59.280 --> 01:01:01.699
This<01:00:59.539><c> is</c><01:00:59.780><c> the</c><01:01:00.019><c> Lydia</c><01:01:00.239><c> class,</c><01:01:00.860><c> a</c><01:01:01.000><c> great</c><01:01:01.260><c> tree</c>

01:01:01.699 --> 01:01:07.199
will<01:01:01.980><c> protect</c><01:01:02.519><c> you</c><01:01:02.860><c> in</c><01:01:04.219><c> drought,</c><01:01:04.960><c> can</c><01:01:05.059><c> bear</c><01:01:05.340><c> the</c><01:01:05.619><c> heat</c><01:01:05.780><c> of</c><01:01:05.980><c> the</c><01:01:06.179><c> day.</c>

01:01:07.719 --> 01:01:10.179
And<01:01:07.940><c> right</c><01:01:08.119><c> after</c><01:01:08.500><c> that,</c><01:01:08.840><c> verse</c><01:01:09.019><c> nine,</c>

01:01:10.400 --> 01:01:12.559
the<01:01:10.559><c> heart</c><01:01:10.820><c> is</c><01:01:11.179><c> deceitful</c><01:01:11.760><c> above</c><01:01:11.960><c> all</c><01:01:12.320><c> things</c>

01:01:12.559 --> 01:01:14.800
and<01:01:12.880><c> desperately</c><01:01:13.340><c> wicked,</c><01:01:13.960><c> who</c><01:01:14.159><c> can</c><01:01:14.400><c> know</c><01:01:14.500><c> it?</c>

01:01:15.179 --> 01:01:16.880
And<01:01:15.480><c> I</c><01:01:15.719><c> know</c><01:01:15.900><c> it,</c><01:01:16.119><c> Jesus</c><01:01:16.480><c> says,</c>

01:01:17.099 --> 01:01:19.199
because<01:01:17.320><c> I</c><01:01:17.599><c> searched</c><01:01:17.860><c> the</c><01:01:18.179><c> heart</c><01:01:18.320><c> and</c><01:01:18.579><c> tried</c><01:01:18.760><c> the</c><01:01:19.019><c> reins.</c>

01:01:19.199 --> 01:01:20.380
I'm<01:01:19.420><c> gonna</c><01:01:19.539><c> reward</c><01:01:20.000><c> you.</c>

01:01:20.679 --> 01:01:22.960
You're<01:01:20.900><c> either</c><01:01:21.119><c> this</c><01:01:21.539><c> tree</c><01:01:21.760><c> or</c><01:01:22.039><c> you're</c><01:01:22.280><c> that</c><01:01:22.559><c> tree.</c>

01:01:23.059 --> 01:01:24.900
And<01:01:23.280><c> the</c><01:01:23.519><c> rewards</c><01:01:23.820><c> go</c><01:01:24.039><c> with</c><01:01:24.239><c> the</c><01:01:24.519><c> trees.</c>

01:01:25.260 --> 01:01:26.519
The<01:01:25.440><c> rewards</c><01:01:25.619><c> go</c><01:01:25.800><c> with</c><01:01:26.000><c> the</c><01:01:26.239><c> classes.</c>

01:01:26.519 --> 01:01:29.079
The<01:01:26.739><c> rewards</c><01:01:26.980><c> go</c><01:01:27.179><c> with</c><01:01:27.380><c> the</c><01:01:27.500><c> degree</c><01:01:27.699><c> of</c><01:01:28.059><c> faithfulness.</c>

01:01:29.440 --> 01:01:32.219
That's<01:01:29.500><c> how</c><01:01:29.699><c> things</c><01:01:29.920><c> are</c><01:01:30.539><c> in</c><01:01:30.820><c> this</c><01:01:31.079><c> ecclesia.</c>

01:01:35.079 --> 01:01:37.420
Jude<01:01:35.579><c> 16,</c><01:01:36.500><c> come</c><01:01:36.699><c> back</c><01:01:36.800><c> to</c><01:01:36.920><c> the</c><01:01:36.980><c> New</c><01:01:37.159><c> Testament</c>

01:01:37.420 --> 01:01:40.260
and<01:01:37.559><c> have</c><01:01:37.619><c> a</c><01:01:37.679><c> look</c><01:01:37.780><c> at</c><01:01:37.900><c> Jude,</c><01:01:39.079><c> verse</c><01:01:39.420><c> 16.</c>

01:01:40.440 --> 01:01:45.039
This<01:01:40.619><c> is</c><01:01:40.780><c> what</c><01:01:40.860><c> was</c><01:01:41.039><c> happening</c><01:01:41.940><c> in</c><01:01:43.760><c> Thyatira.</c>

01:01:46.579 --> 01:01:49.900
In<01:01:46.780><c> Jude,</c><01:01:47.199><c> verse</c><01:01:47.440><c> 16,</c><01:01:48.219><c> it</c><01:01:48.219><c> says</c><01:01:48.480><c> this,</c>

01:01:50.739 --> 01:01:53.019
Jude<01:01:50.880><c> writing</c><01:01:51.139><c> about</c><01:01:51.500><c> 30</c><01:01:51.719><c> years</c><01:01:51.980><c> earlier,</c>

01:01:53.440 --> 01:01:55.639
these<01:01:53.780><c> are</c><01:01:53.980><c> murmurs,</c><01:01:54.639><c> complainers</c><01:01:55.260><c> walking</c>

01:01:55.639 --> 01:01:57.539
after<01:01:56.079><c> their</c><01:01:56.380><c> own</c><01:01:56.619><c> lusts</c><01:01:56.960><c> in</c><01:01:57.019><c> their</c><01:01:57.199><c> mouths,</c>

01:01:57.800 --> 01:01:59.719
speaking<01:01:58.239><c> great</c><01:01:58.920><c> swelling</c><01:01:59.239><c> words,</c>

01:01:59.760 --> 01:02:03.840
having<01:02:00.079><c> men's</c><01:02:00.719><c> persons</c><01:02:01.139><c> in</c><01:02:01.679><c> admiration</c><01:02:02.260><c> because</c><01:02:02.599><c> of</c><01:02:02.820><c> advantage.</c>

01:02:04.320 --> 01:02:06.480
But<01:02:04.500><c> beloved,</c><01:02:05.599><c> remember</c><01:02:05.840><c> you</c><01:02:05.980><c> the</c><01:02:06.139><c> words</c>

01:02:06.480 --> 01:02:08.440
which<01:02:06.820><c> were</c><01:02:07.079><c> spoken</c><01:02:07.400><c> before</c><01:02:07.800><c> of</c><01:02:07.940><c> the</c><01:02:08.139><c> apostles</c>

01:02:08.440 --> 01:02:10.719
of<01:02:08.679><c> our</c><01:02:08.800><c> Lord</c><01:02:08.960><c> Jesus</c><01:02:09.360><c> Christ,</c><01:02:09.840><c> how</c><01:02:09.940><c> they</c><01:02:10.280><c> told</c><01:02:10.559><c> you</c>

01:02:10.719 --> 01:02:12.820
there<01:02:10.900><c> should</c><01:02:11.099><c> be</c><01:02:11.440><c> mockers</c><01:02:11.860><c> in</c><01:02:12.079><c> the</c><01:02:12.260><c> last</c><01:02:12.579><c> time</c>

01:02:12.820 --> 01:02:16.400
who<01:02:12.980><c> should</c><01:02:13.260><c> walk</c><01:02:13.619><c> after</c><01:02:14.039><c> their</c><01:02:14.440><c> ungodly</c><01:02:15.539><c> lusts.</c>

01:02:16.400 --> 01:02:17.900
What<01:02:16.599><c> was</c><01:02:16.800><c> Jezebel's</c><01:02:17.320><c> motivation?</c>

01:02:18.380 --> 01:02:21.500
If<01:02:18.599><c> you</c><01:02:18.820><c> leave</c><01:02:19.079><c> the</c><01:02:19.440><c> guild,</c><01:02:20.500><c> you</c><01:02:20.719><c> lose</c><01:02:21.039><c> your</c><01:02:21.300><c> job.</c>

01:02:21.539 --> 01:02:24.320
If<01:02:21.679><c> you</c><01:02:21.920><c> lose</c><01:02:22.199><c> your</c><01:02:22.440><c> job,</c><01:02:22.639><c> you</c><01:02:22.840><c> lose</c><01:02:23.139><c> your</c><01:02:23.360><c> life.</c>

01:02:24.840 --> 01:02:26.719
Here's<01:02:25.519><c> a</c><01:02:25.599><c> solution.</c>

01:02:27.139 --> 01:02:33.960
Stay<01:02:27.460><c> in</c><01:02:27.679><c> the</c><01:02:27.920><c> guild</c><01:02:28.280><c> and</c><01:02:29.760><c> participate</c><01:02:30.559><c> in</c><01:02:31.039><c> what</c><01:02:31.380><c> the</c><01:02:31.679><c> guild</c><01:02:32.119><c> requires</c>

01:02:34.400 --> 01:02:39.219
and<01:02:35.079><c> here's</c><01:02:35.639><c> a</c><01:02:35.760><c> Nicolaitan</c><01:02:36.420><c> doctrine</c><01:02:37.000><c> to</c><01:02:37.460><c> allow</c><01:02:37.699><c> you</c><01:02:38.000><c> to</c><01:02:38.199><c> do</c><01:02:38.420><c> that.</c>

01:02:39.619 --> 01:02:42.460
Understand<01:02:40.059><c> I've</c><01:02:40.300><c> got</c><01:02:40.400><c> your</c><01:02:40.579><c> best</c><01:02:40.840><c> interests</c><01:02:41.119><c> at</c><01:02:41.440><c> heart</c>

01:02:42.699 --> 01:02:45.260
and<01:02:43.039><c> that</c><01:02:43.300><c> she</c><01:02:43.539><c> may</c><01:02:43.820><c> well</c><01:02:44.000><c> have</c><01:02:44.219><c> had,</c>

01:02:45.840 --> 01:02:48.739
but<01:02:46.260><c> not</c><01:02:47.079><c> according</c><01:02:47.420><c> to</c><01:02:47.679><c> godliness.</c>

01:02:49.460 --> 01:02:52.619
Come<01:02:49.619><c> with</c><01:02:49.780><c> me</c><01:02:49.860><c> to</c><01:02:50.000><c> 1</c><01:02:50.199><c> Corinthians,</c><01:02:51.059><c> chapter</c><01:02:51.440><c> eight.</c>

01:02:53.039 --> 01:02:55.239
What<01:02:53.559><c> would</c><01:02:53.760><c> we</c><01:02:53.960><c> make</c><01:02:54.139><c> of</c><01:02:54.199><c> this</c><01:02:54.400><c> brothers</c><01:02:54.659><c> and</c><01:02:54.900><c> sisters</c><01:02:55.079><c> in</c>

01:02:55.239 --> 01:02:56.239
our<01:02:55.420><c> day?</c>

01:02:57.519 --> 01:02:59.380
Well,<01:02:57.659><c> I</c><01:02:57.719><c> think</c><01:02:57.780><c> it's</c><01:02:57.920><c> pretty</c><01:02:58.199><c> clear.</c>

01:03:00.179 --> 01:03:03.440
There<01:03:00.320><c> are</c><01:03:00.480><c> a</c><01:03:00.559><c> number</c><01:03:00.679><c> of</c><01:03:00.900><c> lessons</c><01:03:01.179><c> that</c><01:03:01.679><c> result</c><01:03:01.940><c> from</c><01:03:02.179><c> all</c><01:03:02.300><c> of</c><01:03:02.460><c> this</c>

01:03:03.840 --> 01:03:08.340
and<01:03:04.360><c> in</c><01:03:04.440><c> our</c><01:03:04.659><c> day,</c><01:03:05.380><c> the</c><01:03:05.519><c> temptations</c><01:03:06.380><c> to</c><01:03:07.000><c> conform</c><01:03:07.420><c> to</c><01:03:07.619><c> the</c><01:03:07.880><c> society</c>

01:03:08.340 --> 01:03:12.119
about<01:03:08.760><c> us</c><01:03:09.380><c> for</c><01:03:09.780><c> personal</c><01:03:10.199><c> benefit</c><01:03:10.519><c> are</c><01:03:10.699><c> no</c><01:03:10.920><c> less</c><01:03:11.239><c> than</c><01:03:11.360><c> they</c><01:03:11.619><c> were</c>

01:03:12.119 --> 01:03:14.300
in<01:03:12.579><c> the</c><01:03:12.719><c> days</c><01:03:12.920><c> of</c><01:03:13.239><c> Thyatira.</c>

01:03:14.980 --> 01:03:19.159
We<01:03:15.480><c> have</c><01:03:15.800><c> problems</c><01:03:16.420><c> with</c><01:03:17.559><c> organized</c><01:03:18.019><c> sport.</c>

01:03:19.960 --> 01:03:23.820
We<01:03:20.440><c> have</c><01:03:20.800><c> problems</c><01:03:21.320><c> with</c><01:03:22.460><c> entertainment.</c>

01:03:24.739 --> 01:03:28.699
We<01:03:24.820><c> have</c><01:03:25.119><c> problems</c><01:03:25.599><c> with</c><01:03:26.559><c> drink,</c><01:03:27.760><c> social</c><01:03:28.139><c> drinking,</c>

01:03:29.159 --> 01:03:30.559
things<01:03:29.380><c> which</c><01:03:29.619><c> Christa</c><01:03:29.840><c> Delfins</c><01:03:30.059><c> wouldn't</c><01:03:30.239><c> have</c><01:03:30.400><c> done</c>

01:03:30.559 --> 01:03:33.400
a<01:03:30.699><c> generation</c><01:03:31.139><c> ago,</c><01:03:32.340><c> but</c><01:03:32.480><c> are</c><01:03:32.619><c> creeping</c><01:03:32.820><c> into</c><01:03:33.019><c> the</c><01:03:33.179><c> brotherhood</c>

01:03:33.400 --> 01:03:35.460
and<01:03:33.500><c> let</c><01:03:33.659><c> me</c><01:03:33.739><c> tell</c><01:03:33.860><c> you,</c><01:03:33.960><c> I</c><01:03:34.019><c> think</c><01:03:34.280><c> it's</c><01:03:34.619><c> my</c><01:03:34.920><c> generation</c>

01:03:35.460 --> 01:03:37.539
that's<01:03:35.800><c> the</c><01:03:35.960><c> source</c><01:03:36.139><c> of</c><01:03:36.320><c> the</c><01:03:36.559><c> problem</c>

01:03:37.480 --> 01:03:41.059
because<01:03:37.719><c> it</c><01:03:37.940><c> seems</c><01:03:38.179><c> to</c><01:03:38.420><c> me,</c><01:03:39.159><c> amongst</c><01:03:39.380><c> many</c><01:03:39.659><c> of</c><01:03:39.860><c> my</c><01:03:40.119><c> peers,</c>

01:03:41.579 --> 01:03:45.360
they<01:03:42.059><c> must</c><01:03:42.420><c> say</c><01:03:42.699><c> something</c><01:03:42.900><c> like</c><01:03:43.079><c> we've</c><01:03:43.440><c> borne</c><01:03:44.760><c> the</c><01:03:45.219><c> load</c>

01:03:45.360 --> 01:03:47.039
in<01:03:45.559><c> the</c><01:03:45.699><c> heat</c><01:03:45.800><c> of</c><01:03:45.980><c> the</c><01:03:46.119><c> day.</c>

01:03:47.079 --> 01:03:48.800
I'm<01:03:47.519><c> gonna</c><01:03:47.699><c> put</c><01:03:47.880><c> my</c><01:03:48.119><c> feet</c><01:03:48.300><c> up.</c>

01:03:49.179 --> 01:03:51.139
I'm<01:03:49.360><c> gonna</c><01:03:49.480><c> have</c><01:03:49.679><c> a</c><01:03:49.840><c> glass</c><01:03:50.059><c> of</c><01:03:50.320><c> wine.</c>

01:03:51.559 --> 01:03:52.840
I'm<01:03:51.800><c> gonna</c><01:03:51.920><c> go</c><01:03:52.079><c> to</c><01:03:52.219><c> the</c><01:03:52.400><c> football.</c>

01:03:53.280 --> 01:03:54.500
I'm<01:03:53.480><c> gonna</c><01:03:53.599><c> get</c><01:03:53.739><c> a</c><01:03:53.920><c> big</c><01:03:54.199><c> screen.</c>

01:03:54.679 --> 01:03:55.739
Things<01:03:54.880><c> they</c><01:03:55.039><c> would</c><01:03:55.179><c> never</c><01:03:55.360><c> have</c><01:03:55.559><c> done</c>

01:03:55.739 --> 01:03:56.699
when<01:03:55.900><c> their</c><01:03:56.159><c> children</c><01:03:56.340><c> were</c><01:03:56.539><c> young</c>

01:03:56.699 --> 01:03:58.880
because<01:03:56.920><c> of</c><01:03:57.139><c> example</c><01:03:57.320><c> of</c><01:03:57.440><c> their</c><01:03:57.579><c> children</c><01:03:57.800><c> don't</c><01:03:58.199><c> matter</c><01:03:58.480><c> anymore</c>

01:03:58.880 --> 01:04:00.840
apparently<01:03:59.340><c> for</c><01:03:59.539><c> their</c><01:03:59.820><c> grandchildren.</c>

01:04:02.099 --> 01:04:04.539
Well,<01:04:03.000><c> here's</c><01:04:03.199><c> how</c><01:04:03.360><c> the</c><01:04:03.559><c> apostle</c><01:04:03.860><c> Paul</c><01:04:04.059><c> describes</c>

01:04:04.539 --> 01:04:07.800
all<01:04:04.860><c> of</c><01:04:05.019><c> that</c><01:04:05.260><c> sort</c><01:04:05.420><c> of</c><01:04:05.599><c> thing</c><01:04:05.739><c> in</c><01:04:05.960><c> 1</c><01:04:06.159><c> Corinthians,</c><01:04:06.619><c> chapter</c><01:04:06.960><c> eight.</c>

01:04:08.199 --> 01:04:12.599
Verse<01:04:08.420><c> one,</c><01:04:10.119><c> as</c><01:04:10.579><c> touching</c><01:04:11.199><c> things</c><01:04:11.579><c> offered</c><01:04:11.920><c> to</c><01:04:12.300><c> idols,</c>

01:04:12.760 --> 01:04:14.940
we<01:04:12.980><c> know</c><01:04:13.420><c> that</c><01:04:13.860><c> we</c><01:04:13.980><c> all</c><01:04:14.219><c> have</c><01:04:14.400><c> knowledge.</c>

01:04:14.940 --> 01:04:17.639
Knowledge<01:04:15.579><c> puffs</c><01:04:16.059><c> up,</c><01:04:16.440><c> but</c><01:04:16.460><c> love</c><01:04:17.039><c> edifies.</c>

01:04:17.800 --> 01:04:20.139
The<01:04:17.800><c> word</c><01:04:17.980><c> edifies</c><01:04:18.559><c> means</c><01:04:19.300><c> to</c><01:04:19.719><c> build</c><01:04:19.920><c> up.</c>

01:04:20.260 --> 01:04:23.239
So<01:04:20.340><c> knowledge</c><01:04:20.639><c> puffs</c><01:04:21.119><c> up,</c><01:04:21.760><c> love</c><01:04:22.320><c> builds</c><01:04:22.940><c> up.</c>

01:04:23.320 --> 01:04:25.579
And<01:04:23.500><c> the</c><01:04:23.739><c> contest</c><01:04:24.099><c> in</c><01:04:24.280><c> the</c><01:04:24.440><c> chapter</c><01:04:24.659><c> is</c><01:04:24.820><c> between</c><01:04:25.139><c> knowledge</c>

01:04:25.579 --> 01:04:26.400
and<01:04:26.000><c> love.</c>

01:04:26.719 --> 01:04:29.559
What<01:04:27.000><c> do</c><01:04:27.219><c> you</c><01:04:27.480><c> do</c><01:04:27.820><c> with</c><01:04:28.099><c> what</c><01:04:28.440><c> you</c><01:04:28.699><c> know?</c>

01:04:29.760 --> 01:04:30.940
Do<01:04:29.900><c> you</c><01:04:30.079><c> use</c><01:04:30.199><c> it</c><01:04:30.280><c> for</c><01:04:30.460><c> yourself</c>

01:04:30.940 --> 01:04:34.199
or<01:04:31.480><c> do</c><01:04:31.619><c> you</c><01:04:31.760><c> use</c><01:04:31.900><c> it</c><01:04:32.079><c> to</c><01:04:32.280><c> edify</c><01:04:32.780><c> other</c><01:04:33.179><c> people?</c>

01:04:34.659 --> 01:04:37.260
And<01:04:35.139><c> what's</c><01:04:35.619><c> the</c><01:04:35.639><c> particular</c><01:04:36.219><c> knowledge</c><01:04:36.679><c> in</c><01:04:36.800><c> this</c><01:04:37.059><c> case</c>

01:04:37.260 --> 01:04:38.079
that<01:04:37.380><c> he's</c><01:04:37.559><c> speaking</c><01:04:37.920><c> about?</c>

01:04:38.099 --> 01:04:40.579
Well,<01:04:38.239><c> of</c><01:04:38.360><c> course,</c><01:04:38.960><c> it's</c><01:04:39.139><c> knowledge</c><01:04:39.400><c> of</c><01:04:39.719><c> idols.</c>

01:04:41.239 --> 01:04:44.480
And<01:04:41.400><c> the</c><01:04:41.519><c> apostle</c><01:04:41.800><c> Paul</c><01:04:42.039><c> is</c><01:04:42.199><c> about</c><01:04:42.380><c> to</c><01:04:42.599><c> say</c><01:04:42.739><c> that</c><01:04:43.599><c> idols</c><01:04:43.840><c> are</c><01:04:44.079><c> nothing.</c>

01:04:44.480 --> 01:04:47.139
We<01:04:45.019><c> all</c><01:04:45.280><c> know</c><01:04:45.539><c> an</c><01:04:45.880><c> idol</c><01:04:46.019><c> is</c><01:04:46.239><c> nothing.</c>

01:04:47.219 --> 01:04:49.519
Verse<01:04:47.219><c> four,</c><01:04:48.320><c> as</c><01:04:48.579><c> concerning</c><01:04:49.119><c> therefore</c>

01:04:49.519 --> 01:04:50.760
the<01:04:49.840><c> eating</c><01:04:50.079><c> of</c><01:04:50.300><c> these</c><01:04:50.599><c> things</c>

01:04:50.760 --> 01:04:52.780
that<01:04:50.940><c> are</c><01:04:51.099><c> offered</c><01:04:51.219><c> in</c><01:04:51.420><c> sacrifice</c><01:04:51.840><c> to</c><01:04:52.099><c> idols,</c>

01:04:53.039 --> 01:04:55.079
we<01:04:53.300><c> know</c><01:04:53.639><c> that</c><01:04:53.820><c> an</c><01:04:54.079><c> idol</c><01:04:54.219><c> is</c><01:04:54.440><c> nothing</c><01:04:54.619><c> in</c><01:04:54.760><c> the</c><01:04:54.940><c> world</c>

01:04:55.079 --> 01:04:56.840
and<01:04:55.219><c> that</c><01:04:55.360><c> there's</c><01:04:55.559><c> none</c><01:04:55.699><c> other</c><01:04:55.920><c> God</c><01:04:56.199><c> but</c><01:04:56.519><c> one.</c>

01:04:57.340 --> 01:04:58.760
Well,<01:04:57.480><c> if</c><01:04:57.619><c> an</c><01:04:57.900><c> idol</c><01:04:58.079><c> is</c><01:04:58.380><c> nothing</c>

01:04:58.760 --> 01:05:01.539
and<01:04:59.300><c> your</c><01:04:59.579><c> burger</c><01:04:59.940><c> has</c><01:05:00.199><c> been</c><01:05:00.460><c> offered</c><01:05:00.760><c> to</c><01:05:00.980><c> an</c><01:05:01.280><c> idol</c>

01:05:01.539 --> 01:05:03.960
and<01:05:01.840><c> you</c><01:05:02.000><c> eat</c><01:05:02.460><c> the</c><01:05:03.599><c> burger,</c>

01:05:04.000 --> 01:05:05.719
you're<01:05:04.219><c> not</c><01:05:04.559><c> really</c><01:05:04.980><c> worshiping</c><01:05:05.440><c> the</c><01:05:05.639><c> idol</c>

01:05:05.719 --> 01:05:07.559
because<01:05:05.880><c> the</c><01:05:06.099><c> idol</c><01:05:06.199><c> doesn't</c><01:05:06.460><c> exist</c><01:05:06.760><c> in</c><01:05:06.940><c> the</c><01:05:07.039><c> first</c><01:05:07.340><c> place.</c>

01:05:07.559 --> 01:05:10.599
It's<01:05:07.780><c> all</c><01:05:07.940><c> a</c><01:05:08.079><c> figment</c><01:05:08.300><c> of</c><01:05:08.460><c> people's</c><01:05:08.900><c> imaginations.</c>

01:05:11.099 --> 01:05:13.480
And<01:05:11.219><c> none</c><01:05:11.320><c> of</c><01:05:11.400><c> us</c><01:05:11.579><c> believe</c><01:05:11.880><c> that</c><01:05:12.119><c> idols</c><01:05:12.260><c> are</c><01:05:12.559><c> true.</c>

01:05:13.619 --> 01:05:15.139
And<01:05:13.880><c> that's</c><01:05:14.239><c> true.</c>

01:05:15.159 --> 01:05:16.059
That's<01:05:15.519><c> absolutely</c><01:05:15.860><c> true.</c>

01:05:16.320 --> 01:05:19.219
And<01:05:16.420><c> the</c><01:05:16.579><c> apostle</c><01:05:16.860><c> Paul</c><01:05:17.099><c> is</c><01:05:17.280><c> with</c><01:05:17.460><c> the</c><01:05:17.719><c> strong</c><01:05:17.920><c> in</c><01:05:18.079><c> this</c><01:05:18.239><c> discussion.</c>

01:05:19.239 --> 01:05:20.219
He<01:05:19.300><c> says,</c><01:05:19.800><c> I</c><01:05:19.800><c> agree.</c>

01:05:20.659 --> 01:05:22.260
I<01:05:20.780><c> agree</c><01:05:21.219><c> that</c><01:05:21.599><c> idols</c><01:05:21.760><c> aren't</c><01:05:22.019><c> true.</c>

01:05:22.440 --> 01:05:24.000
How<01:05:22.539><c> about</c><01:05:22.679><c> verse</c><01:05:23.059><c> seven?</c>

01:05:24.480 --> 01:05:26.360
Not<01:05:24.619><c> everybody</c><01:05:24.920><c> thinks</c><01:05:25.179><c> the</c><01:05:25.460><c> same.</c>

01:05:27.719 --> 01:05:29.820
Not<01:05:27.880><c> everybody</c><01:05:28.179><c> has</c><01:05:28.440><c> the</c><01:05:28.699><c> same</c><01:05:29.119><c> level</c><01:05:29.380><c> of</c><01:05:29.599><c> knowledge.</c>

01:05:29.940 --> 01:05:31.179
And<01:05:30.239><c> some</c><01:05:30.440><c> people,</c>

01:05:31.559 --> 01:05:33.820
and<01:05:31.760><c> perhaps</c><01:05:31.980><c> they</c><01:05:32.199><c> can't</c><01:05:32.440><c> even</c><01:05:32.679><c> explain</c><01:05:32.980><c> it</c><01:05:33.079><c> in</c><01:05:33.139><c> their</c><01:05:33.300><c> own</c><01:05:33.539><c> minds,</c>

01:05:34.019 --> 01:05:36.019
they<01:05:34.260><c> just</c><01:05:34.599><c> happen</c><01:05:35.019><c> to</c><01:05:35.519><c> feel</c>

01:05:36.019 --> 01:05:37.880
that<01:05:36.579><c> if</c><01:05:36.760><c> you</c><01:05:36.960><c> eat</c><01:05:37.119><c> that</c><01:05:37.360><c> hamburger</c>

01:05:37.880 --> 01:05:39.619
and<01:05:38.199><c> that</c><01:05:38.519><c> steak's</c><01:05:38.780><c> been</c><01:05:38.980><c> offered</c><01:05:39.139><c> to</c><01:05:39.340><c> that</c><01:05:39.519><c> idol,</c>

01:05:39.699 --> 01:05:42.840
you're<01:05:39.920><c> giving</c><01:05:40.139><c> legitimacy</c><01:05:40.780><c> in</c><01:05:41.500><c> some</c><01:05:41.920><c> form</c><01:05:42.219><c> or</c><01:05:42.480><c> fashion</c>

01:05:42.840 --> 01:05:45.159
and<01:05:43.559><c> I</c><01:05:43.679><c> know</c><01:05:44.300><c> the</c><01:05:44.599><c> idol's</c><01:05:44.840><c> not</c><01:05:45.019><c> true,</c>

01:05:45.179 --> 01:05:47.000
but<01:05:45.380><c> I</c><01:05:45.460><c> just</c><01:05:45.719><c> can't</c><01:05:46.059><c> shake</c><01:05:46.420><c> it.</c>

01:05:47.099 --> 01:05:49.619
I've<01:05:47.159><c> grown</c><01:05:47.260><c> up</c><01:05:47.440><c> in</c><01:05:47.519><c> my</c><01:05:47.699><c> life</c><01:05:48.099><c> worshiping</c><01:05:48.800><c> idols.</c>

01:05:50.460 --> 01:05:53.900
Not<01:05:50.619><c> everybody</c><01:05:50.920><c> has</c><01:05:51.099><c> the</c><01:05:51.320><c> same</c><01:05:51.619><c> level</c><01:05:51.900><c> of</c><01:05:52.179><c> knowledge,</c><01:05:52.659><c> he</c><01:05:52.920><c> says.</c>

01:05:55.079 --> 01:05:58.619
Some<01:05:55.239><c> people</c><01:05:55.780><c> believe</c><01:05:56.639><c> in</c><01:05:57.139><c> the</c><01:05:57.340><c> existence</c><01:05:57.539><c> of</c><01:05:57.719><c> the</c><01:05:57.880><c> idol.</c>

01:05:58.940 --> 01:06:01.079
And<01:05:59.119><c> what</c><01:05:59.280><c> you're</c><01:05:59.480><c> doing</c><01:05:59.619><c> is</c><01:05:59.900><c> legitimising</c><01:06:00.460><c> that</c><01:06:00.699><c> to</c><01:06:00.880><c> them.</c>

01:06:01.360 --> 01:06:05.219
Verse<01:06:01.679><c> 10,</c><01:06:03.260><c> for</c><01:06:03.400><c> if</c><01:06:03.579><c> any</c><01:06:03.739><c> man</c><01:06:03.940><c> see</c><01:06:04.280><c> thee</c><01:06:04.420><c> which</c><01:06:04.639><c> has</c><01:06:04.860><c> knowledge,</c>

01:06:05.300 --> 01:06:06.480
so<01:06:05.460><c> if</c><01:06:05.599><c> you're</c><01:06:05.780><c> in</c><01:06:05.900><c> a</c><01:06:06.079><c> position</c>

01:06:06.940 --> 01:06:08.960
where<01:06:07.380><c> you're</c><01:06:07.619><c> expected</c><01:06:07.900><c> to</c><01:06:08.099><c> set</c><01:06:08.219><c> an</c><01:06:08.460><c> example,</c>

01:06:09.199 --> 01:06:11.000
and<01:06:09.380><c> that</c><01:06:09.480><c> could</c><01:06:09.760><c> simply</c><01:06:10.039><c> be</c><01:06:10.260><c> as</c><01:06:10.440><c> a</c><01:06:10.619><c> parent,</c>

01:06:11.000 --> 01:06:13.800
not<01:06:11.639><c> necessarily</c><01:06:12.420><c> as</c><01:06:12.619><c> an</c><01:06:12.739><c> occlusal</c><01:06:13.079><c> leader,</c>

01:06:13.800 --> 01:06:16.019
and<01:06:14.480><c> you</c><01:06:14.760><c> sit</c><01:06:15.000><c> and</c><01:06:15.099><c> meet</c><01:06:15.159><c> in</c><01:06:15.300><c> the</c><01:06:15.480><c> idol's</c><01:06:15.800><c> temple,</c>

01:06:16.099 --> 01:06:17.980
shall<01:06:16.260><c> not</c><01:06:16.440><c> the</c><01:06:16.659><c> conscience</c><01:06:17.099><c> of</c><01:06:17.420><c> him</c><01:06:17.619><c> that's</c><01:06:17.900><c> weak</c>

01:06:17.980 --> 01:06:19.659
be<01:06:18.300><c> emboldened</c><01:06:18.760><c> to</c><01:06:18.960><c> eat</c><01:06:19.179><c> those</c><01:06:19.460><c> things</c>

01:06:19.659 --> 01:06:21.280
which<01:06:19.860><c> are</c><01:06:20.059><c> offered</c><01:06:20.179><c> to</c><01:06:20.480><c> idols?</c>

01:06:21.579 --> 01:06:23.440
And<01:06:21.659><c> through</c><01:06:22.000><c> thy</c><01:06:22.340><c> knowledge,</c>

01:06:23.579 --> 01:06:26.300
the<01:06:23.719><c> weak</c><01:06:23.920><c> brother</c><01:06:24.239><c> perished</c><01:06:24.719><c> for</c><01:06:24.960><c> whom</c><01:06:25.260><c> Christ</c><01:06:25.780><c> died.</c>

01:06:26.760 --> 01:06:28.079
Revelation<01:06:27.139><c> two,</c><01:06:27.480><c> verse</c><01:06:27.619><c> 20,</c>

01:06:28.500 --> 01:06:32.719
my<01:06:28.920><c> servants,</c><01:06:29.300><c> he</c><01:06:29.539><c> says,</c><01:06:30.019><c> they're</c><01:06:30.179><c> my</c><01:06:30.519><c> servants,</c><01:06:31.360><c> not</c><01:06:31.599><c> yours.</c>

01:06:34.280 --> 01:06:36.699
And<01:06:34.599><c> the</c><01:06:34.820><c> key</c><01:06:35.420><c> contrast</c><01:06:35.940><c> that's</c><01:06:36.079><c> being</c><01:06:36.280><c> made</c><01:06:36.519><c> here</c>

01:06:36.699 --> 01:06:39.619
is<01:06:36.840><c> between</c><01:06:37.119><c> the</c><01:06:37.320><c> word</c><01:06:37.679><c> emboldened</c><01:06:38.579><c> in</c><01:06:38.800><c> verse</c><01:06:39.139><c> 10</c>

01:06:39.619 --> 01:06:43.000
and<01:06:39.960><c> the</c><01:06:40.079><c> word</c><01:06:40.500><c> edified</c><01:06:41.239><c> in</c><01:06:41.460><c> verse</c><01:06:41.820><c> one.</c>

01:06:43.159 --> 01:06:45.079
It's<01:06:43.519><c> the</c><01:06:43.699><c> same</c><01:06:43.960><c> word.</c>

01:06:46.320 --> 01:06:47.760
And<01:06:46.400><c> instead</c><01:06:46.739><c> of</c><01:06:46.880><c> edifying</c><01:06:47.260><c> the</c><01:06:47.500><c> person</c>

01:06:47.760 --> 01:06:49.699
in<01:06:48.059><c> spiritual</c><01:06:48.360><c> things</c><01:06:48.599><c> in</c><01:06:48.760><c> verse</c><01:06:48.940><c> one,</c>

01:06:49.780 --> 01:06:51.659
you've<01:06:50.300><c> built</c><01:06:50.699><c> up</c><01:06:50.920><c> their</c><01:06:51.099><c> conscience.</c>

01:06:52.000 --> 01:06:53.579
You've<01:06:52.300><c> hardened</c><01:06:52.599><c> their</c><01:06:52.960><c> conscience</c>

01:06:53.579 --> 01:06:55.960
against<01:06:54.119><c> the</c><01:06:54.400><c> pliability</c><01:06:54.860><c> that</c><01:06:55.000><c> it</c><01:06:55.139><c> might</c><01:06:55.239><c> have</c><01:06:55.380><c> once</c><01:06:55.679><c> had.</c>

01:06:56.360 --> 01:06:58.579
And<01:06:56.480><c> now</c><01:06:56.659><c> they're</c><01:06:56.880><c> emboldened</c><01:06:57.139><c> to</c><01:06:57.340><c> do</c><01:06:57.400><c> things</c><01:06:57.559><c> they</c><01:06:57.780><c> ought</c><01:06:58.000><c> not</c><01:06:58.239><c> to</c><01:06:58.440><c> do.</c>

01:06:58.739 --> 01:07:01.420
You've<01:06:59.059><c> built</c><01:06:59.260><c> them</c><01:06:59.440><c> up</c><01:06:59.559><c> in</c><01:06:59.800><c> all</c><01:07:00.019><c> the</c><01:07:00.219><c> wrong</c><01:07:00.380><c> ways.</c>

01:07:03.340 --> 01:07:04.679
Obviously,<01:07:03.820><c> verse</c><01:07:04.039><c> 12</c><01:07:04.340><c> says,</c>

01:07:05.019 --> 01:07:08.139
anything<01:07:05.239><c> we</c><01:07:05.539><c> do</c><01:07:05.719><c> that</c><01:07:05.840><c> leads</c><01:07:06.079><c> others</c><01:07:06.340><c> into</c><01:07:06.599><c> sin</c><01:07:06.940><c> is</c><01:07:07.260><c> a</c><01:07:07.420><c> sin</c><01:07:07.539><c> to</c><01:07:07.800><c> us.</c>

01:07:08.139 --> 01:07:11.039
So<01:07:08.739><c> the</c><01:07:09.019><c> story</c><01:07:09.500><c> of</c><01:07:09.699><c> 1</c><01:07:10.000><c> Corinthians</c><01:07:10.360><c> chapter</c><01:07:10.800><c> eight</c>

01:07:11.039 --> 01:07:12.719
is<01:07:11.380><c> the</c><01:07:11.679><c> story</c><01:07:11.980><c> of</c><01:07:12.280><c> example.</c>

01:07:12.780 --> 01:07:15.320
It's<01:07:13.059><c> the</c><01:07:13.360><c> principle</c><01:07:13.820><c> of</c><01:07:14.139><c> example.</c>

01:07:16.400 --> 01:07:19.599
And<01:07:16.519><c> other</c><01:07:16.639><c> people's</c><01:07:16.980><c> lives</c><01:07:17.179><c> might</c><01:07:17.400><c> depend</c><01:07:17.920><c> upon</c><01:07:18.320><c> your</c><01:07:18.579><c> example.</c>

01:07:19.800 --> 01:07:20.960
But<01:07:19.880><c> it</c><01:07:20.059><c> goes</c><01:07:20.320><c> further.</c>

01:07:21.280 --> 01:07:24.239
Turn<01:07:21.460><c> the</c><01:07:21.719><c> page</c><01:07:21.920><c> to</c><01:07:22.079><c> 1</c><01:07:22.280><c> Corinthians</c><01:07:22.619><c> chapter</c><01:07:23.019><c> 10.</c>

01:07:25.519 --> 01:07:27.599
If<01:07:25.820><c> you</c><01:07:26.119><c> go</c><01:07:26.360><c> to</c><01:07:26.559><c> the</c><01:07:26.780><c> idol's</c><01:07:27.159><c> temple,</c>

01:07:27.940 --> 01:07:31.099
1<01:07:28.199><c> Corinthians</c><01:07:28.639><c> 10</c><01:07:29.119><c> and</c><01:07:29.380><c> verse</c><01:07:29.719><c> 18,</c>

01:07:31.739 --> 01:07:33.179
behold<01:07:31.980><c> Israel</c><01:07:32.320><c> after</c><01:07:32.619><c> the</c><01:07:32.880><c> flesh,</c>

01:07:33.559 --> 01:07:36.760
are<01:07:33.559><c> they</c><01:07:34.000><c> not</c><01:07:34.920><c> which</c><01:07:35.380><c> eat</c><01:07:35.639><c> of</c><01:07:35.860><c> the</c><01:07:36.099><c> sacrifices,</c>

01:07:36.760 --> 01:07:38.860
partakers<01:07:37.619><c> of</c><01:07:37.940><c> the</c><01:07:38.159><c> altar.</c>

01:07:38.900 --> 01:07:43.780
If<01:07:38.940><c> you</c><01:07:39.199><c> choose</c><01:07:39.480><c> to</c><01:07:39.719><c> attend</c><01:07:40.000><c> a</c><01:07:40.280><c> temple</c><01:07:40.739><c> and</c><01:07:42.019><c> eat</c><01:07:42.320><c> from</c><01:07:42.559><c> the</c><01:07:42.860><c> altar,</c>

01:07:44.019 --> 01:07:45.260
then<01:07:44.280><c> like</c><01:07:44.519><c> it</c><01:07:44.639><c> or</c><01:07:44.840><c> not,</c>

01:07:45.559 --> 01:07:48.239
there<01:07:45.679><c> is</c><01:07:45.880><c> a</c><01:07:46.139><c> sense</c><01:07:46.420><c> in</c><01:07:46.639><c> which</c><01:07:46.860><c> you</c><01:07:47.079><c> condone</c><01:07:47.639><c> everything</c>

01:07:48.239 --> 01:07:50.380
that's<01:07:48.539><c> put</c><01:07:48.800><c> upon</c><01:07:49.099><c> that</c><01:07:49.480><c> altar.</c>

01:07:51.219 --> 01:07:53.760
This<01:07:51.380><c> is</c><01:07:51.619><c> the</c><01:07:51.820><c> principle</c><01:07:52.179><c> of</c><01:07:52.480><c> association.</c>

01:07:54.199 --> 01:07:55.659
Chapter<01:07:54.280><c> eight</c><01:07:54.539><c> was</c><01:07:54.739><c> the</c><01:07:54.920><c> principle</c><01:07:55.139><c> of</c><01:07:55.380><c> example.</c>

01:07:55.719 --> 01:07:58.280
Chapter<01:07:56.000><c> 10</c><01:07:56.360><c> is</c><01:07:56.579><c> the</c><01:07:56.679><c> principle</c><01:07:57.139><c> of</c><01:07:57.599><c> association.</c>

01:07:58.679 --> 01:07:59.280
What<01:07:58.760><c> do</c><01:07:58.880><c> we</c><01:07:59.000><c> mean?</c>

01:07:59.480 --> 01:08:02.079
Verse<01:07:59.619><c> 19,</c><01:08:01.099><c> what</c><01:08:01.320><c> say</c><01:08:01.579><c> I</c><01:08:01.739><c> then,</c>

01:08:02.380 --> 01:08:03.420
that<01:08:02.539><c> the</c><01:08:02.800><c> idol</c><01:08:02.900><c> is</c><01:08:03.079><c> anything</c>

01:08:03.420 --> 01:08:05.559
or<01:08:04.099><c> that</c><01:08:04.300><c> that</c><01:08:04.460><c> which</c><01:08:04.579><c> is</c><01:08:04.780><c> offered</c><01:08:04.920><c> in</c><01:08:05.139><c> sacrifice</c>

01:08:05.559 --> 01:08:06.519
to<01:08:05.800><c> idols</c><01:08:05.980><c> is</c><01:08:06.260><c> anything?</c>

01:08:06.519 --> 01:08:09.639
No,<01:08:06.980><c> remember</c><01:08:08.159><c> chapter</c><01:08:08.599><c> eight</c><01:08:08.940><c> verse</c><01:08:09.239><c> four,</c>

01:08:10.039 --> 01:08:11.480
an<01:08:10.039><c> idol</c><01:08:10.260><c> is</c><01:08:10.539><c> nothing.</c>

01:08:11.500 --> 01:08:14.500
Paul<01:08:11.579><c> says,</c><01:08:12.019><c> I</c><01:08:12.019><c> already</c><01:08:12.380><c> agree</c><01:08:12.739><c> that</c><01:08:12.920><c> an</c><01:08:13.159><c> idol</c><01:08:13.360><c> is</c><01:08:13.639><c> nothing.</c>

01:08:14.780 --> 01:08:16.220
I'm<01:08:14.920><c> not</c><01:08:15.159><c> saying</c><01:08:15.380><c> that</c><01:08:15.539><c> an</c><01:08:15.739><c> idol</c><01:08:15.860><c> is</c><01:08:16.039><c> anything.</c>

01:08:16.319 --> 01:08:19.000
I'm<01:08:16.539><c> saying</c><01:08:16.760><c> this</c><01:08:16.939><c> is</c><01:08:17.079><c> the</c><01:08:17.239><c> principle</c><01:08:17.560><c> of</c><01:08:17.800><c> association.</c>

01:08:20.060 --> 01:08:21.880
You<01:08:20.140><c> eat</c><01:08:20.340><c> anything</c><01:08:20.720><c> off</c><01:08:20.920><c> the</c><01:08:21.140><c> altar,</c>

01:08:22.000 --> 01:08:24.000
you<01:08:22.119><c> might</c><01:08:22.260><c> as</c><01:08:22.380><c> well</c><01:08:22.520><c> eat</c><01:08:22.739><c> everything</c><01:08:23.359><c> off</c><01:08:23.659><c> the</c><01:08:23.880><c> altar.</c>

01:08:24.060 --> 01:08:25.180
That's<01:08:24.279><c> how</c><01:08:24.439><c> I</c><01:08:24.680><c> see</c><01:08:24.840><c> it.</c>

01:08:25.279 --> 01:08:28.880
Verse<01:08:25.439><c> 20,</c><01:08:26.680><c> but</c><01:08:26.899><c> I</c><01:08:27.180><c> say</c><01:08:27.579><c> that</c><01:08:28.359><c> the</c><01:08:28.600><c> things</c>

01:08:28.880 --> 01:08:30.760
which<01:08:29.199><c> the</c><01:08:29.439><c> Gentiles</c><01:08:30.039><c> sacrificed,</c>

01:08:30.880 --> 01:08:34.760
they<01:08:31.220><c> sacrificed</c><01:08:31.659><c> to</c><01:08:31.979><c> devils</c><01:08:32.600><c> or</c><01:08:33.119><c> idols</c><01:08:33.479><c> and</c><01:08:34.020><c> not</c><01:08:34.239><c> to</c><01:08:34.539><c> God.</c>

01:08:34.760 --> 01:08:37.600
And<01:08:35.319><c> look,</c><01:08:36.579><c> I</c><01:08:36.800><c> would</c><01:08:37.100><c> not</c>

01:08:37.600 --> 01:08:41.380
that<01:08:38.079><c> you</c><01:08:38.300><c> should</c><01:08:38.460><c> have</c><01:08:38.699><c> fellowship</c><01:08:39.239><c> with</c><01:08:40.460><c> idols.</c>

01:08:41.779 --> 01:08:43.979
Well,<01:08:41.939><c> how</c><01:08:42.119><c> can</c><01:08:42.279><c> you</c><01:08:42.420><c> have</c><01:08:42.619><c> fellowship</c><01:08:42.939><c> with</c><01:08:43.199><c> idols?</c>

01:08:44.220 --> 01:08:45.699
We've<01:08:44.439><c> already</c><01:08:44.640><c> established</c><01:08:45.020><c> two</c><01:08:45.260><c> chapters</c><01:08:45.479><c> ago</c>

01:08:45.699 --> 01:08:49.939
that<01:08:45.880><c> an</c><01:08:46.000><c> idol</c><01:08:46.039><c> is</c><01:08:46.279><c> nothing,</c><01:08:48.119><c> but</c><01:08:48.439><c> it</c><01:08:48.619><c> is.</c>

01:08:50.460 --> 01:08:52.699
Because<01:08:50.720><c> everything</c><01:08:51.020><c> that</c><01:08:51.359><c> idol</c><01:08:51.539><c> stands</c><01:08:52.079><c> for,</c>

01:08:53.140 --> 01:08:54.640
even<01:08:53.340><c> if</c><01:08:53.500><c> the</c><01:08:53.720><c> idol's</c><01:08:54.000><c> not</c><01:08:54.300><c> true,</c>

01:08:55.100 --> 01:08:58.600
everything<01:08:55.399><c> that</c><01:08:55.640><c> idol</c><01:08:55.819><c> stands</c><01:08:56.260><c> for</c><01:08:56.800><c> is</c><01:08:57.380><c> true.</c>

01:08:59.600 --> 01:09:01.579
And<01:08:59.979><c> it</c><01:09:00.119><c> kills</c><01:09:00.439><c> people.</c>

01:09:01.739 --> 01:09:03.340
And<01:09:02.100><c> it</c><01:09:02.239><c> takes</c><01:09:02.500><c> them</c><01:09:02.659><c> from</c><01:09:02.840><c> the</c><01:09:03.100><c> truth.</c>

01:09:03.340 --> 01:09:06.060
And<01:09:03.520><c> so</c><01:09:03.659><c> you</c><01:09:03.840><c> see</c><01:09:03.979><c> the</c><01:09:04.199><c> problem</c><01:09:04.520><c> with</c><01:09:04.779><c> Jezebel</c><01:09:05.399><c> was</c>

01:09:06.060 --> 01:09:09.840
she<01:09:06.800><c> may</c><01:09:07.119><c> well</c><01:09:07.460><c> have</c><01:09:07.699><c> had</c><01:09:07.939><c> people's</c><01:09:08.539><c> best</c><01:09:08.779><c> intentions</c><01:09:09.300><c> at</c><01:09:09.640><c> heart</c>

01:09:09.840 --> 01:09:11.960
to<01:09:10.039><c> keep</c><01:09:10.300><c> their</c><01:09:10.600><c> families</c><01:09:10.960><c> employed,</c>

01:09:12.140 --> 01:09:13.680
to<01:09:12.319><c> keep</c><01:09:12.520><c> the</c><01:09:12.800><c> unity</c><01:09:13.039><c> of</c><01:09:13.239><c> her</c><01:09:13.439><c> ecclesia,</c>

01:09:13.699 --> 01:09:15.579
but<01:09:13.840><c> it</c><01:09:13.880><c> was</c><01:09:14.159><c> all</c><01:09:14.479><c> on</c><01:09:14.720><c> the</c><01:09:14.899><c> wrong</c><01:09:15.060><c> basis.</c>

01:09:16.000 --> 01:09:17.340
And<01:09:16.119><c> she</c><01:09:16.300><c> was</c><01:09:16.520><c> permitting</c><01:09:17.000><c> things</c>

01:09:17.340 --> 01:09:18.840
by<01:09:17.600><c> the</c><01:09:17.800><c> perversity</c><01:09:18.239><c> of</c><01:09:18.380><c> her</c><01:09:18.579><c> doctrine</c>

01:09:18.840 --> 01:09:20.359
to<01:09:19.199><c> enter</c><01:09:19.579><c> ecclesial</c><01:09:20.140><c> life,</c>

01:09:20.420 --> 01:09:22.720
which<01:09:20.539><c> should</c><01:09:20.859><c> never</c><01:09:21.119><c> have</c><01:09:21.319><c> been</c><01:09:21.560><c> a</c><01:09:21.739><c> part</c><01:09:21.920><c> of</c><01:09:22.060><c> it.</c>

01:09:23.199 --> 01:09:25.560
For<01:09:23.600><c> welfare</c><01:09:24.199><c> reasons.</c>

01:09:26.520 --> 01:09:28.659
And<01:09:26.699><c> the</c><01:09:26.859><c> works</c><01:09:27.100><c> only</c><01:09:27.720><c> spoke</c><01:09:28.100><c> to</c><01:09:28.380><c> that.</c>

01:09:28.880 --> 01:09:30.180
But<01:09:29.159><c> look</c><01:09:29.560><c> what</c><01:09:29.760><c> she's</c><01:09:30.079><c> done.</c>

01:09:30.180 --> 01:09:33.500
She's<01:09:30.659><c> in</c><01:09:30.859><c> fellowship</c><01:09:31.180><c> with</c><01:09:31.619><c> everything</c><01:09:32.020><c> that</c><01:09:32.279><c> stands</c><01:09:32.659><c> for,</c>

01:09:33.579 --> 01:09:35.579
and<01:09:33.619><c> she's</c><01:09:33.920><c> gonna</c><01:09:34.020><c> be</c><01:09:34.300><c> destroyed</c>

01:09:35.640 --> 01:09:38.479
if<01:09:35.939><c> the</c><01:09:36.180><c> ecclesia</c><01:09:36.399><c> doesn't</c><01:09:36.779><c> turn</c><01:09:37.079><c> her</c><01:09:37.399><c> around.</c>

01:09:38.699 --> 01:09:40.159
Quite<01:09:39.020><c> unbelievable.</c>

01:09:41.300 --> 01:09:44.399
Well,<01:09:41.479><c> Revelation</c><01:09:41.720><c> two</c><01:09:42.000><c> concludes</c><01:09:42.680><c> with</c><01:09:43.300><c> the</c><01:09:43.539><c> blessing.</c>

01:09:45.180 --> 01:09:48.560
And<01:09:45.300><c> he</c><01:09:45.439><c> said,</c><01:09:45.699><c> you</c><01:09:45.699><c> know,</c><01:09:46.859><c> for</c><01:09:46.960><c> those</c><01:09:47.180><c> who</c><01:09:47.380><c> get</c><01:09:47.500><c> the</c><01:09:47.760><c> point,</c>

01:09:49.119 --> 01:09:51.960
for<01:09:49.279><c> those</c><01:09:49.539><c> who</c><01:09:49.800><c> can</c><01:09:50.119><c> exercise</c><01:09:50.720><c> leadership,</c>

01:09:54.140 --> 01:09:55.939
well,<01:09:54.300><c> you're</c><01:09:54.479><c> gonna</c><01:09:54.560><c> lead</c><01:09:54.739><c> the</c><01:09:55.020><c> nations.</c>

01:09:56.800 --> 01:09:58.279
Revelation<01:09:57.159><c> two,</c><01:09:57.619><c> verse</c><01:09:57.760><c> 26,</c>

01:09:58.279 --> 01:10:00.739
He<01:09:58.840><c> that</c><01:09:59.060><c> overcometh</c><01:09:59.420><c> and</c><01:09:59.600><c> keepeth</c><01:09:59.819><c> my</c><01:10:00.020><c> works</c><01:10:00.279><c> to</c><01:10:00.460><c> the</c><01:10:00.600><c> end,</c>

01:10:00.840 --> 01:10:02.760
to<01:10:00.880><c> him</c><01:10:01.039><c> will</c><01:10:01.159><c> I</c><01:10:01.260><c> give</c><01:10:01.420><c> power</c><01:10:01.899><c> over</c><01:10:02.199><c> the</c><01:10:02.340><c> nations.</c>

01:10:03.220 --> 01:10:05.319
And<01:10:03.460><c> he's</c><01:10:03.640><c> gonna</c><01:10:03.779><c> rule</c><01:10:04.079><c> them</c><01:10:04.340><c> with</c><01:10:04.600><c> a</c><01:10:04.800><c> rod</c><01:10:04.899><c> of</c><01:10:05.140><c> iron,</c>

01:10:05.500 --> 01:10:08.220
as<01:10:05.579><c> the</c><01:10:05.800><c> vessels</c><01:10:06.039><c> of</c><01:10:06.279><c> a</c><01:10:06.460><c> potter</c><01:10:06.779><c> shall</c><01:10:06.880><c> they</c><01:10:07.060><c> be</c><01:10:07.239><c> broken</c><01:10:07.579><c> to</c><01:10:07.939><c> shivers,</c>

01:10:08.359 --> 01:10:10.880
even<01:10:08.680><c> as</c><01:10:08.899><c> I</c><01:10:09.060><c> received</c><01:10:09.439><c> of</c><01:10:09.619><c> my</c><01:10:09.840><c> father.</c>

01:10:11.920 --> 01:10:14.180
Daniel<01:10:12.180><c> chapter</c><01:10:12.500><c> seven,</c><01:10:12.939><c> verse</c><01:10:13.060><c> 27</c><01:10:13.619><c> says</c>

01:10:14.180 --> 01:10:16.439
that<01:10:14.619><c> the</c><01:10:14.859><c> kingdom</c><01:10:15.319><c> and</c><01:10:15.859><c> dominion</c>

01:10:16.439 --> 01:10:18.279
and<01:10:16.819><c> greatness</c><01:10:17.119><c> of</c><01:10:17.319><c> the</c><01:10:17.460><c> kingdom</c><01:10:17.739><c> under</c><01:10:18.039><c> heaven</c>

01:10:18.279 --> 01:10:20.680
shall<01:10:18.420><c> be</c><01:10:18.600><c> given</c><01:10:18.779><c> to</c><01:10:18.960><c> the</c><01:10:19.199><c> people</c><01:10:19.420><c> of</c><01:10:19.699><c> the</c><01:10:19.979><c> saints</c><01:10:20.279><c> of</c><01:10:20.539><c> the</c>

01:10:20.680 --> 01:10:22.039
most<01:10:21.020><c> high.</c>

01:10:23.340 --> 01:10:28.100
This<01:10:23.819><c> is</c><01:10:24.300><c> the</c><01:10:24.420><c> gift</c><01:10:24.920><c> to</c><01:10:25.979><c> the</c><01:10:26.220><c> perfect</c><01:10:26.619><c> queen,</c><01:10:27.039><c> isn't</c><01:10:27.260><c> it?</c>

01:10:28.090 --> 01:10:30.699
The<01:10:28.399><c> ecclesia</c><01:10:28.800><c> is</c><01:10:28.939><c> gonna</c><01:10:29.100><c> rule</c><01:10:29.500><c> the</c><01:10:29.760><c> nations</c><01:10:30.100><c> with</c><01:10:30.380><c> Christ.</c>

01:10:31.020 --> 01:10:31.739
Christ<01:10:31.079><c> is</c><01:10:31.319><c> the</c><01:10:31.539><c> king.</c>

01:10:31.800 --> 01:10:34.619
This<01:10:32.000><c> is</c><01:10:32.199><c> the</c><01:10:32.420><c> gift</c><01:10:32.619><c> to</c><01:10:32.880><c> the</c><01:10:32.979><c> perfect</c><01:10:33.500><c> queen.</c>

01:10:34.640 --> 01:10:35.560
Really?

01:10:36.420 --> 01:10:38.340
Which<01:10:36.659><c> Jezebel</c><01:10:37.180><c> wasn't.</c>

01:10:39.300 --> 01:10:43.460
And<01:10:39.600><c> I</c><01:10:39.859><c> will</c><01:10:40.260><c> give</c><01:10:40.560><c> him</c><01:10:41.159><c> the</c><01:10:41.840><c> morning</c><01:10:42.239><c> star.</c>

01:10:43.760 --> 01:10:46.479
In<01:10:43.899><c> Revelation</c><01:10:44.359><c> 22,</c><01:10:44.920><c> the</c><01:10:45.020><c> morning</c><01:10:45.239><c> star</c><01:10:45.439><c> is</c><01:10:45.619><c> Jesus</c><01:10:45.979><c> Christ.</c>

01:10:46.779 --> 01:10:49.880
I<01:10:46.960><c> will</c><01:10:47.340><c> give</c><01:10:47.579><c> him</c><01:10:48.460><c> Jesus</c><01:10:49.180><c> Christ.</c>

01:10:49.939 --> 01:10:51.460
What<01:10:50.060><c> does</c><01:10:50.239><c> that</c><01:10:50.500><c> mean?</c>

01:10:51.939 --> 01:10:53.520
As<01:10:52.319><c> a</c><01:10:52.539><c> husband.</c>

01:10:54.220 --> 01:10:58.359
This<01:10:54.659><c> is</c><01:10:54.920><c> the</c><01:10:55.079><c> reward</c><01:10:55.659><c> to</c><01:10:56.779><c> the</c><01:10:57.000><c> perfect</c><01:10:57.359><c> bride.</c>

01:10:59.760 --> 01:11:03.319
You<01:10:59.760><c> see,</c><01:11:00.079><c> so</c><01:11:00.239><c> verse</c><01:11:00.439><c> 26,</c><01:11:00.859><c> 27</c><01:11:01.199><c> is</c><01:11:01.380><c> the</c><01:11:01.479><c> reward</c><01:11:01.779><c> to</c><01:11:01.939><c> the</c><01:11:02.039><c> perfect</c><01:11:02.399><c> queen.</c>

01:11:03.840 --> 01:11:06.479
Verse<01:11:03.979><c> 28</c><01:11:04.319><c> is</c><01:11:04.539><c> the</c><01:11:04.659><c> reward</c><01:11:04.899><c> to</c><01:11:05.060><c> the</c><01:11:05.300><c> perfect</c><01:11:05.520><c> bride.</c>

01:11:07.180 --> 01:11:10.359
He<01:11:07.319><c> that</c><01:11:07.439><c> hath</c><01:11:07.619><c> an</c><01:11:07.760><c> ear,</c><01:11:09.039><c> let</c><01:11:09.119><c> him</c><01:11:09.260><c> hear</c><01:11:09.420><c> what</c><01:11:09.619><c> the</c><01:11:09.819><c> Spirit</c><01:11:09.979><c> said</c>

01:11:10.840 --> 01:11:12.439
to<01:11:11.279><c> the</c><01:11:11.460><c> ecclesians.</c>