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about<00:11:51.120><c> the</c><00:11:51.379><c> kingdom</c><00:11:51.740><c> of</c><00:11:52.080><c> God.</c>

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realized<00:11:58.299><c> that</c><00:11:58.539><c> what</c><00:11:58.700><c> he</c><00:11:58.899><c> was</c><00:11:59.120><c> teaching</c>

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was<00:11:59.860><c> contrary</c><00:12:00.539><c> to</c><00:12:00.820><c> their</c><00:12:01.080><c> understanding.</c>

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And<00:12:02.820><c> so</c><00:12:02.940><c> the</c><00:12:03.200><c> Jews,</c><00:12:03.539><c> some</c><00:12:03.820><c> of</c><00:12:03.980><c> them</c><00:12:04.139><c> became</c><00:12:04.500><c> obstinate,</c>

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and<00:12:05.419><c> they</c><00:12:05.740><c> refused</c><00:12:06.200><c> to</c><00:12:06.580><c> believe.</c>

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And<00:12:07.679><c> they</c><00:12:08.059><c> publicly</c><00:12:08.980><c> maligned</c><00:12:10.539><c> the</c><00:12:11.080><c> way.</c>

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This<00:12:12.220><c> is</c><00:12:12.460><c> the</c><00:12:12.659><c> exact</c><00:12:12.919><c> same</c><00:12:13.179><c> thing</c><00:12:13.440><c> that</c><00:12:13.600><c> Jim</c>

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was<00:12:13.960><c> talking</c><00:12:14.240><c> about</c><00:12:14.480><c> in</c><00:12:14.740><c> Sunday</c><00:12:15.000><c> school</c><00:12:15.279><c> today,</c>

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that<00:12:16.419><c> when</c><00:12:17.139><c> the</c><00:12:17.379><c> people</c><00:12:17.639><c> went</c><00:12:17.860><c> to</c><00:12:18.139><c> rebuild</c><00:12:18.679><c> the</c><00:12:19.179><c> walls,</c>

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they<00:12:19.740><c> were</c><00:12:20.080><c> ridiculed</c><00:12:20.759><c> for</c><00:12:21.019><c> having</c><00:12:21.240><c> done</c><00:12:21.580><c> so.</c>

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And<00:12:22.600><c> here</c><00:12:22.759><c> we</c><00:12:22.919><c> see</c><00:12:23.100><c> the</c><00:12:23.379><c> same</c><00:12:23.720><c> thing</c><00:12:23.879><c> in</c><00:12:24.159><c> Ephesus.</c>

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The<00:12:25.940><c> Jews</c><00:12:26.220><c> begin</c><00:12:26.500><c> to</c><00:12:26.899><c> ridicule</c><00:12:27.860><c> the</c><00:12:28.320><c> way.</c>

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But<00:12:30.879><c> Paul</c><00:12:31.100><c> went</c><00:12:31.299><c> on</c><00:12:31.559><c> in</c><00:12:31.700><c> verse</c><00:12:31.940><c> 10</c><00:12:32.460><c> for</c><00:12:33.059><c> two</c><00:12:33.440><c> years,</c>

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so<00:12:34.519><c> that</c><00:12:34.740><c> all</c><00:12:35.080><c> the</c><00:12:35.360><c> Jews</c><00:12:35.580><c> and</c><00:12:35.899><c> Greeks</c><00:12:36.240><c> who</c>

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lived<00:12:36.980><c> in</c><00:12:37.179><c> the</c><00:12:37.399><c> province</c><00:12:37.679><c> of</c><00:12:37.940><c> Asia</c><00:12:38.440><c> heard</c><00:12:39.259><c> the</c><00:12:39.840><c> word</c><00:12:40.379><c> of</c><00:12:40.759><c> the</c><00:12:40.960><c> Lord.</c>

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And<00:12:42.340><c> for</c><00:12:42.559><c> those</c><00:12:42.840><c> two</c><00:12:43.200><c> years,</c><00:12:44.080><c> the</c><00:12:44.259><c> apostle</c><00:12:44.679><c> Paul</c>

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lived<00:12:46.220><c> and</c><00:12:47.100><c> worked</c><00:12:47.559><c> and</c><00:12:48.500><c> taught</c><00:12:48.879><c> and</c><00:12:49.539><c> befriended</c><00:12:50.720><c> the</c><00:12:51.100><c> brothers</c>

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and<00:12:51.720><c> sisters</c><00:12:52.039><c> in</c><00:12:52.279><c> that</c><00:12:52.580><c> growing</c><00:12:53.080><c> ecclesia</c><00:12:53.940><c> in</c><00:12:54.360><c> Ephesus.</c>

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They<00:12:56.000><c> were</c><00:12:56.120><c> his</c><00:12:56.519><c> friends.</c>

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But<00:12:58.419><c> Paul's</c><00:12:59.039><c> call</c><00:12:59.440><c> was</c><00:12:59.940><c> to</c><00:13:00.299><c> preach</c><00:13:00.580><c> the</c><00:13:00.860><c> gospel.</c>

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And<00:13:02.139><c> so</c><00:13:02.299><c> while</c><00:13:02.500><c> he</c><00:13:02.679><c> was</c><00:13:02.960><c> in</c><00:13:03.480><c> Corinth</c><00:13:03.720><c> for</c><00:13:04.000><c> a</c><00:13:04.039><c> year</c><00:13:04.200><c> and</c><00:13:04.379><c> a</c><00:13:04.460><c> half,</c>

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in<00:13:05.220><c> Ephesus</c><00:13:05.679><c> for</c><00:13:05.940><c> two</c><00:13:06.259><c> years,</c><00:13:06.879><c> he</c><00:13:07.200><c> needed</c><00:13:07.460><c> to</c><00:13:07.779><c> move</c><00:13:08.019><c> on.</c>

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He<00:13:08.820><c> had</c><00:13:09.039><c> to</c><00:13:09.159><c> go</c><00:13:09.320><c> to</c><00:13:09.600><c> other</c><00:13:09.840><c> places</c><00:13:10.240><c> where</c>

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he<00:13:10.639><c> could</c><00:13:10.919><c> teach</c><00:13:11.620><c> the</c><00:13:12.340><c> good</c><00:13:12.600><c> news</c><00:13:12.919><c> of</c><00:13:13.120><c> the</c><00:13:13.240><c> coming</c><00:13:13.519><c> kingdom</c><00:13:13.899><c> of</c><00:13:14.200><c> God</c>

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and<00:13:15.039><c> Jesus</c><00:13:15.539><c> Christ</c><00:13:16.139><c> so</c><00:13:16.580><c> that</c><00:13:16.940><c> others,</c><00:13:17.600><c> too,</c><00:13:18.740><c> could</c><00:13:18.919><c> hear</c><00:13:19.179><c> the</c><00:13:19.440><c> word</c>

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and<00:13:20.360><c> be</c><00:13:20.639><c> baptized</c><00:13:21.259><c> into</c><00:13:21.639><c> Christ</c><00:13:22.279><c> and</c><00:13:22.779><c> join</c><00:13:23.080><c> that</c><00:13:23.419><c> one</c><00:13:23.720><c> body.</c>

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So<00:13:25.419><c> he</c><00:13:25.580><c> moved</c><00:13:25.860><c> on.</c>

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Let's<00:13:27.519><c> look</c><00:13:27.700><c> at</c><00:13:27.860><c> chapter</c><00:13:28.480><c> 20</c><00:13:29.059><c> now.</c>

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Paul<00:13:31.039><c> has</c><00:13:31.320><c> gone</c><00:13:31.639><c> on.</c>

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And<00:13:33.200><c> you'll</c><00:13:33.659><c> think</c><00:13:33.840><c> about</c><00:13:34.139><c> the</c><00:13:34.500><c> travels</c><00:13:34.980><c> of</c><00:13:35.240><c> this</c><00:13:35.840><c> brother</c>

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and<00:13:36.799><c> the</c><00:13:37.159><c> things</c><00:13:37.379><c> that</c><00:13:37.620><c> he</c><00:13:37.879><c> endured.</c>

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So<00:13:39.139><c> for</c><00:13:39.480><c> example,</c><00:13:40.779><c> in</c><00:13:41.159><c> chapter</c><00:13:41.519><c> 20,</c><00:13:42.120><c> verse</c><00:13:42.440><c> 1,</c>

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at<00:13:42.879><c> the</c><00:13:43.019><c> end</c><00:13:43.200><c> of</c><00:13:43.379><c> the</c><00:13:43.519><c> verse,</c><00:13:43.899><c> we</c><00:13:43.960><c> read</c><00:13:44.240><c> that</c><00:13:44.419><c> he</c><00:13:44.639><c> set</c><00:13:44.899><c> out</c><00:13:45.080><c> for</c><00:13:45.340><c> Macedonia.</c>

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And<00:13:47.419><c> at</c><00:13:47.539><c> the</c><00:13:47.559><c> end</c><00:13:47.720><c> of</c><00:13:47.820><c> verse</c><00:13:48.080><c> 2,</c><00:13:48.320><c> it</c><00:13:48.500><c> says</c>

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they<00:13:48.879><c> finally</c><00:13:49.340><c> arrived</c><00:13:50.100><c> in</c><00:13:50.500><c> Greece.</c>

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And<00:13:52.639><c> then</c><00:13:52.799><c> at</c><00:13:52.940><c> the</c><00:13:53.039><c> end</c><00:13:53.200><c> of</c><00:13:53.360><c> verse</c><00:13:53.559><c> 3,</c><00:13:53.960><c> it</c>

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says<00:13:54.299><c> he</c><00:13:54.500><c> decided</c><00:13:54.879><c> to</c><00:13:55.039><c> go</c><00:13:55.320><c> back</c><00:13:55.600><c> through</c><00:13:55.899><c> Macedonia.</c>

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And<00:13:59.100><c> at</c><00:13:59.240><c> the</c><00:13:59.360><c> beginning</c><00:13:59.580><c> of</c><00:13:59.759><c> verse</c><00:14:00.019><c> 6,</c><00:14:00.419><c> it</c>

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says<00:14:00.919><c> that</c><00:14:01.159><c> we</c><00:14:01.460><c> sailed</c><00:14:01.820><c> from</c><00:14:02.399><c> Philippi.</c>

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And<00:14:04.240><c> then</c><00:14:04.399><c> we</c><00:14:04.559><c> went</c><00:14:04.679><c> to</c><00:14:05.080><c> Troas.</c>

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And<00:14:06.500><c> so</c><00:14:06.600><c> you</c><00:14:06.799><c> see,</c><00:14:07.000><c> he's</c><00:14:07.200><c> going</c><00:14:07.440><c> on</c><00:14:07.860><c> and</c><00:14:08.019><c> on</c><00:14:08.240><c> and</c><00:14:08.340><c> on.</c>

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But<00:14:09.240><c> he</c><00:14:09.620><c> has</c><00:14:09.960><c> a</c><00:14:10.240><c> desire</c><00:14:11.000><c> to</c><00:14:11.639><c> get</c><00:14:12.019><c> to</c><00:14:12.440><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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You<00:14:13.840><c> see,</c><00:14:14.039><c> the</c><00:14:14.179><c> brothers</c><00:14:14.440><c> and</c><00:14:14.740><c> sisters</c>

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in<00:14:15.440><c> the</c><00:14:15.639><c> city</c><00:14:15.860><c> of</c><00:14:16.120><c> Jerusalem</c><00:14:16.539><c> were</c><00:14:16.700><c> being</c>

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persecuted<00:14:17.679><c> for</c><00:14:17.919><c> their</c><00:14:18.240><c> faith.</c>

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They<00:14:19.279><c> were</c><00:14:19.539><c> unable</c><00:14:19.860><c> to</c><00:14:20.220><c> work</c><00:14:20.480><c> because</c><00:14:20.820><c> the</c><00:14:21.120><c> Romans</c><00:14:21.419><c> prohibited</c>

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the<00:14:22.639><c> believing</c><00:14:23.039><c> Jews</c><00:14:23.460><c> there</c><00:14:24.080><c> from</c><00:14:24.659><c> holding</c><00:14:25.220><c> positions</c><00:14:25.940><c> of</c><00:14:26.700><c> work.</c>

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And<00:14:27.639><c> they</c><00:14:27.779><c> were</c><00:14:28.100><c> poor.</c>

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And<00:14:29.320><c> so</c><00:14:29.419><c> what</c><00:14:29.600><c> the</c><00:14:29.799><c> apostle</c><00:14:30.100><c> Paul</c><00:14:30.440><c> was</c><00:14:30.679><c> doing</c>

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is<00:14:31.059><c> he</c><00:14:31.120><c> was</c><00:14:31.419><c> gathering</c><00:14:31.919><c> a</c><00:14:32.320><c> collection,</c><00:14:32.799><c> a</c><00:14:33.080><c> poor</c><00:14:33.320><c> fund,</c>

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to<00:14:34.299><c> bring</c><00:14:34.519><c> to</c><00:14:34.679><c> them.</c>

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And<00:14:35.059><c> it</c><00:14:35.139><c> was</c><00:14:35.480><c> of</c><00:14:35.700><c> an</c><00:14:36.039><c> urgent</c><00:14:36.440><c> matter.</c>

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He<00:14:37.080><c> wanted</c><00:14:37.379><c> to</c><00:14:37.639><c> get</c><00:14:37.779><c> there</c><00:14:38.159><c> as</c><00:14:38.799><c> quickly</c><00:14:39.139><c> as</c><00:14:39.500><c> possible.</c>

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But<00:14:40.080><c> he</c><00:14:40.200><c> was</c><00:14:40.460><c> conflicted</c><00:14:41.120><c> because</c><00:14:41.500><c> he</c><00:14:42.100><c> was</c><00:14:42.419><c> going</c><00:14:42.700><c> to</c><00:14:42.960><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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And<00:14:44.299><c> he</c><00:14:44.360><c> was</c><00:14:44.500><c> going</c><00:14:44.559><c> to</c><00:14:44.659><c> go</c><00:14:44.879><c> near</c><00:14:45.320><c> Ephesus.</c>

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And<00:14:46.440><c> he</c><00:14:46.679><c> wanted</c><00:14:46.960><c> to</c><00:14:47.320><c> see</c><00:14:47.600><c> the</c><00:14:47.820><c> brothers</c><00:14:48.059><c> and</c><00:14:48.379><c> sisters</c><00:14:48.720><c> there.</c>

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But<00:14:49.220><c> at</c><00:14:49.360><c> the</c><00:14:49.600><c> same</c><00:14:49.860><c> time,</c><00:14:50.120><c> he</c><00:14:50.279><c> realized</c>

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that<00:14:50.940><c> it</c><00:14:50.980><c> was</c><00:14:51.179><c> his</c><00:14:51.460><c> urgency</c><00:14:52.080><c> to</c><00:14:52.799><c> get</c><00:14:53.019><c> to</c><00:14:53.360><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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And<00:14:55.620><c> so</c><00:14:55.720><c> what</c><00:14:55.820><c> he</c><00:14:56.019><c> does</c><00:14:56.240><c> is</c><00:14:56.440><c> he</c><00:14:56.659><c> sends</c><00:14:57.000><c> for</c><00:14:57.240><c> the</c><00:14:57.460><c> brothers</c><00:14:57.720><c> and</c><00:14:57.980><c> sisters</c>

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in<00:14:58.559><c> Ephesus.</c>

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And<00:14:59.879><c> he</c><00:14:59.980><c> says,</c><00:15:00.899><c> come</c><00:15:00.899><c> and</c><00:15:01.320><c> meet</c><00:15:01.460><c> me</c><00:15:02.019><c> before</c><00:15:02.539><c> I</c><00:15:02.799><c> go.</c>

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I<00:15:03.059><c> don't</c><00:15:03.200><c> have</c><00:15:03.399><c> time</c><00:15:03.659><c> to</c><00:15:03.840><c> go</c><00:15:04.039><c> to</c><00:15:04.279><c> Ephesus,</c>

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but<00:15:05.159><c> brothers,</c><00:15:05.840><c> come</c><00:15:05.860><c> and</c><00:15:06.100><c> meet</c><00:15:06.259><c> me.</c>

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And<00:15:07.419><c> so</c><00:15:07.580><c> they</c><00:15:07.799><c> do.</c>

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Let's<00:15:09.379><c> look</c><00:15:09.559><c> at</c><00:15:13.080><c> verse</c><00:15:13.779><c> 15.</c>

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And<00:15:41.399><c> from</c><00:15:41.559><c> Miletus,</c><00:15:42.100><c> Paul</c><00:15:42.419><c> sent</c><00:15:43.039><c> to</c><00:15:43.580><c> Ephesus</c>

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And<00:15:46.720><c> then</c><00:15:46.840><c> in</c><00:15:46.980><c> verse</c><00:15:47.200><c> 18</c><00:15:47.799><c> through</c><00:15:48.019><c> verse</c><00:15:48.379><c> 35,</c>

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we<00:15:49.440><c> can</c><00:15:49.720><c> read</c><00:15:50.019><c> the</c><00:15:50.379><c> speech.</c>

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We<00:15:50.799><c> can</c><00:15:51.039><c> read</c><00:15:51.220><c> the</c><00:15:51.539><c> conversation</c><00:15:52.059><c> that</c><00:15:52.279><c> Paul</c><00:15:52.539><c> had</c><00:15:52.840><c> with</c><00:15:53.100><c> these</c><00:15:53.299><c> men.</c>

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he<00:16:04.860><c> knelt</c><00:16:05.120><c> down</c><00:16:05.659><c> with</c><00:16:06.039><c> all</c><00:16:06.320><c> of</c><00:16:06.539><c> them</c><00:16:06.899><c> and</c><00:16:07.379><c> prayed.</c>

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You<00:16:21.379><c> see,</c><00:16:21.500><c> Paul</c><00:16:21.759><c> knew</c><00:16:22.039><c> that</c><00:16:22.220><c> when</c><00:16:22.360><c> he</c><00:16:22.519><c> went</c><00:16:22.659><c> to</c><00:16:22.919><c> Jerusalem,</c>

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And<00:16:31.019><c> he</c><00:16:31.240><c> understood</c><00:16:31.919><c> that</c><00:16:32.779><c> going</c><00:16:33.059><c> there</c><00:16:33.460><c> would</c><00:16:33.720><c> result</c><00:16:34.299><c> in</c>

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And<00:16:39.340><c> he</c><00:16:39.539><c> went</c><00:16:39.799><c> anyway.</c>

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think<00:16:54.779><c> of</c><00:16:54.919><c> the</c><00:16:55.259><c> goodbye</c><00:16:55.679><c> tears</c><00:16:56.179><c> they</c><00:16:56.539><c> had.</c>

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2<00:17:05.059><c> Timothy</c><00:17:05.420><c> chapter</c><00:17:06.019><c> 1,</c><00:17:14.160><c> verse</c><00:17:14.480><c> 1.</c>

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Remember,<00:17:16.380><c> Timothy</c><00:17:16.740><c> is</c><00:17:17.000><c> still</c><00:17:17.359><c> in</c><00:17:17.740><c> Ephesus.</c>

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mercy,<00:17:37.400><c> and</c><00:17:37.599><c> peace</c><00:17:37.819><c> from</c><00:17:38.059><c> God,</c><00:17:38.380><c> the</c><00:17:38.619><c> Father,</c>

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I<00:17:54.279><c> constantly</c><00:17:55.160><c> remember</c><00:17:55.960><c> you</c><00:17:56.420><c> in</c><00:17:56.740><c> my</c><00:17:57.160><c> prayers.</c>

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Paul<00:18:07.480><c> gives</c><00:18:08.539><c> thanks</c><00:18:09.240><c> to</c><00:18:09.680><c> God</c><00:18:10.180><c> for</c><00:18:11.240><c> this</c><00:18:11.779><c> young</c><00:18:12.259><c> brother,</c><00:18:12.720><c> Timothy.</c>

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thankful<00:18:32.000><c> for?</c>

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the<00:19:00.880><c> apostle</c><00:19:01.259><c> Paul</c><00:19:01.960><c> can</c><00:19:02.579><c> honestly</c><00:19:03.140><c> say</c><00:19:03.839><c> that</c><00:19:04.480><c> he</c><00:19:04.680><c> gives</c><00:19:04.920><c> thanks</c><00:19:05.460><c> to</c><00:19:05.720><c> God.</c>

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I<00:19:07.180><c> think</c><00:19:07.339><c> that's</c><00:19:07.960><c> such</c><00:19:08.200><c> an</c><00:19:08.500><c> exhortational</c><00:19:09.259><c> point</c><00:19:09.599><c> to</c><00:19:09.880><c> us,</c>

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that<00:19:10.700><c> we,</c><00:19:11.359><c> brothers</c><00:19:11.480><c> and</c><00:19:11.839><c> sisters,</c><00:19:12.940><c> should</c><00:19:13.140><c> give</c><00:19:13.519><c> thanks</c>

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discipleship.

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Sometimes.

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Always.

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is<00:22:28.000><c> praying</c>

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Remember<00:22:42.220><c> when</c><00:22:42.380><c> Paul</c><00:22:42.720><c> is</c><00:22:43.000><c> leaving</c><00:22:43.380><c> Ephesus</c><00:22:44.059><c> to</c><00:22:44.380><c> go</c><00:22:44.579><c> to</c><00:22:44.819><c> Jerusalem,</c>

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and<00:22:55.660><c> they</c><00:22:55.980><c> pray</c><00:22:56.259><c> with</c><00:22:56.519><c> Paul,</c><00:22:57.859><c> and</c><00:22:58.200><c> they</c><00:22:58.559><c> cry</c><00:22:59.079><c> with</c><00:22:59.680><c> Paul.</c>

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And<00:27:22.960><c> so</c><00:27:23.119><c> we</c><00:27:23.339><c> protect</c><00:27:24.180><c> the</c><00:27:24.740><c> truth,</c><00:27:26.059><c> not</c><00:27:26.220><c> by</c><00:27:27.500><c> anything</c>

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other<00:27:28.380><c> than</c><00:27:28.700><c> protecting</c><00:27:29.200><c> the</c><00:27:29.660><c> flock</c><00:27:29.960><c> from</c><00:27:30.339><c> false</c><00:27:30.740><c> teachers.</c>

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Think<00:27:32.059><c> again</c><00:27:32.460><c> about</c><00:27:32.859><c> the</c><00:27:33.180><c> Pharisees.</c>

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who<00:27:36.680><c> had</c><00:27:36.900><c> the</c><00:27:37.140><c> very</c><00:27:37.500><c> best</c><00:27:37.720><c> of</c><00:27:37.960><c> intentions</c>

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And<00:27:44.539><c> yet</c><00:27:44.700><c> sometimes</c><00:27:45.380><c> what</c><00:27:45.619><c> they</c><00:27:45.960><c> taught</c>

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wasn't<00:27:46.700><c> what</c><00:27:46.960><c> was</c><00:27:47.119><c> in</c><00:27:47.259><c> the</c><00:27:47.460><c> scriptures.</c>

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Their<00:27:49.880><c> actions</c><00:27:50.240><c> were</c><00:27:50.519><c> different</c><00:27:50.960><c> from</c><00:27:51.240><c> what</c><00:27:51.460><c> the</c><00:27:51.700><c> scriptures</c><00:27:52.039><c> told.</c>

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And<00:27:53.599><c> so</c><00:27:53.859><c> Jesus</c><00:27:54.319><c> drew</c><00:27:54.579><c> a</c><00:27:54.940><c> distinction</c><00:27:55.299><c> between</c><00:27:56.019><c> the</c><00:27:56.660><c> Pharisees</c>

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and<00:27:58.039><c> the</c><00:27:58.279><c> quote</c><00:27:58.460><c> unquote</c><00:27:58.940><c> sinners.</c>

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He<00:28:00.539><c> condemned</c><00:28:01.000><c> the</c><00:28:01.359><c> Pharisees</c><00:28:02.059><c> for</c><00:28:02.319><c> teaching</c><00:28:03.059><c> wrongly,</c>

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but<00:28:04.619><c> he</c><00:28:04.859><c> loved</c><00:28:05.079><c> the</c><00:28:05.420><c> sinners.</c>

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He<00:28:06.579><c> drew</c><00:28:06.759><c> that</c><00:28:07.180><c> distinction</c><00:28:07.619><c> between</c><00:28:08.099><c> the</c><00:28:08.339><c> two</c><00:28:08.539><c> groups,</c>

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between<00:28:09.940><c> those</c><00:28:10.700><c> who</c><00:28:11.059><c> shepherd</c><00:28:11.339><c> the</c><00:28:11.660><c> flock</c>

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and<00:28:12.740><c> those</c><00:28:13.000><c> who</c><00:28:13.220><c> are</c><00:28:13.460><c> sheep</c><00:28:13.759><c> within</c><00:28:14.200><c> the</c><00:28:14.519><c> flock.</c>

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And<00:28:15.640><c> here</c><00:28:15.839><c> Timothy</c><00:28:16.259><c> is</c><00:28:16.599><c> told</c><00:28:17.140><c> to</c><00:28:18.259><c> see</c><00:28:18.440><c> that</c><00:28:18.720><c> false</c><00:28:19.059><c> teachers</c><00:28:19.559><c> were</c>

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dealt<00:28:20.319><c> with</c><00:28:21.000><c> severely.</c>

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Look<00:28:22.599><c> at</c><00:28:22.720><c> chapter</c><00:28:23.039><c> 2,</c><00:28:23.420><c> verse</c><00:28:23.680><c> 16.</c>

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He<00:28:25.819><c> says,</c><00:28:26.400><c> avoid</c><00:28:26.579><c> godless</c><00:28:27.099><c> chatter,</c><00:28:27.740><c> because</c><00:28:27.819><c> those</c>

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who<00:28:28.400><c> indulge</c><00:28:28.819><c> in</c><00:28:28.940><c> it</c><00:28:29.039><c> will</c><00:28:29.259><c> become</c><00:28:29.799><c> more</c><00:28:30.500><c> and</c><00:28:30.700><c> more</c><00:28:31.220><c> ungodly.</c>

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Their<00:28:32.859><c> teaching</c><00:28:33.359><c> will</c><00:28:33.759><c> spread</c><00:28:34.099><c> like</c><00:28:34.539><c> gangrene.</c>

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Among<00:28:36.240><c> them</c><00:28:36.500><c> are</c><00:28:36.759><c> Hymenaeus</c><00:28:37.519><c> and</c><00:28:37.720><c> Philetus,</c>

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who<00:28:38.420><c> have</c><00:28:38.660><c> wandered</c><00:28:39.079><c> away</c><00:28:39.380><c> from</c><00:28:39.640><c> the</c><00:28:39.920><c> truth.</c>

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They<00:28:41.079><c> say</c><00:28:41.539><c> that</c><00:28:42.200><c> the</c><00:28:42.460><c> resurrection</c><00:28:43.039><c> has</c><00:28:43.279><c> already</c><00:28:43.640><c> taken</c><00:28:44.000><c> place,</c>

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and<00:28:44.819><c> they</c><00:28:45.220><c> destroy</c><00:28:46.019><c> the</c><00:28:46.859><c> faith</c><00:28:47.460><c> of</c><00:28:48.079><c> some.</c>

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These<00:28:49.799><c> were</c><00:28:50.160><c> teachers,</c><00:28:51.519><c> teaching</c><00:28:51.900><c> that</c><00:28:52.200><c> the</c><00:28:52.500><c> resurrection</c>

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that<00:28:53.400><c> we</c><00:28:53.799><c> hope</c><00:28:54.039><c> to</c><00:28:54.480><c> see</c><00:28:54.900><c> should</c><00:28:55.619><c> we</c><00:28:55.960><c> fall</c><00:28:56.200><c> asleep</c><00:28:56.640><c> before</c><00:28:57.059><c> Jesus.</c>

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They<00:28:58.200><c> were</c><00:28:58.359><c> teaching</c><00:28:58.680><c> that</c><00:28:58.859><c> it</c><00:28:59.099><c> already</c><00:28:59.400><c> happened.</c>

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And<00:29:01.799><c> so</c><00:29:02.000><c> Timothy</c><00:29:02.319><c> was</c><00:29:02.619><c> instructed</c><00:29:03.140><c> by</c><00:29:03.539><c> Paul</c><00:29:03.900><c> to</c><00:29:04.559><c> watch</c><00:29:04.859><c> out</c>

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for<00:29:05.220><c> them.</c>

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And<00:29:06.180><c> in</c><00:29:06.339><c> the</c><00:29:06.440><c> case</c><00:29:06.700><c> of</c><00:29:06.920><c> Hymenaeus,</c><00:29:07.640><c> what</c><00:29:07.859><c> happened</c>

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is<00:29:08.400><c> this</c><00:29:08.720><c> brother</c><00:29:09.279><c> was</c><00:29:09.960><c> withdrawn</c><00:29:10.500><c> from.</c>

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He<00:29:11.880><c> was</c><00:29:12.140><c> turned</c><00:29:12.380><c> over</c><00:29:12.680><c> to</c><00:29:13.039><c> Satan,</c><00:29:13.279><c> it</c><00:29:13.519><c> says</c><00:29:13.759><c> in</c><00:29:14.000><c> 1</c><00:29:14.299><c> Timothy.</c>

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He<00:29:15.660><c> was</c><00:29:16.000><c> not</c><00:29:16.279><c> allowed</c><00:29:16.759><c> a</c><00:29:17.059><c> platform</c><00:29:17.460><c> to</c><00:29:17.940><c> speak</c><00:29:18.259><c> and</c><00:29:18.500><c> to</c><00:29:18.940><c> share</c>

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and<00:29:19.480><c> to</c><00:29:19.859><c> teach</c><00:29:20.160><c> these</c><00:29:20.640><c> wrong</c><00:29:21.039><c> things</c><00:29:21.700><c> to</c><00:29:22.119><c> the</c><00:29:22.359><c> sheep.</c>

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And<00:29:23.640><c> that's</c><00:29:23.880><c> how</c><00:29:24.079><c> we</c><00:29:24.319><c> protect</c><00:29:25.119><c> the</c><00:29:25.619><c> congregation.</c>

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We<00:29:27.220><c> protect</c><00:29:27.599><c> the</c><00:29:27.859><c> congregation</c><00:29:28.619><c> by</c><00:29:29.220><c> preventing</c><00:29:29.700><c> the</c><00:29:30.039><c> wrong</c><00:29:30.279><c> teaching.</c>

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But<00:29:31.759><c> we</c><00:29:32.019><c> continue</c><00:29:32.539><c> to</c><00:29:32.940><c> love</c><00:29:33.180><c> the</c><00:29:33.519><c> sinners</c><00:29:33.779><c> as</c><00:29:34.059><c> Jesus</c><00:29:34.539><c> did.</c>

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And<00:29:36.160><c> here</c><00:29:36.319><c> in</c><00:29:36.519><c> Timothy,</c><00:29:36.819><c> we</c><00:29:37.099><c> see</c><00:29:37.720><c> these</c><00:29:38.160><c> things.</c>

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But<00:29:39.519><c> listen</c><00:29:39.779><c> to</c><00:29:40.000><c> how</c><00:29:40.220><c> Paul</c><00:29:40.559><c> instructs</c><00:29:41.259><c> Timothy</c><00:29:41.599><c> regarding</c>

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the<00:29:43.039><c> rest</c><00:29:43.259><c> of</c><00:29:43.519><c> the</c><00:29:43.700><c> flock.</c>

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2<00:29:45.740><c> Timothy</c><00:29:46.119><c> chapter</c><00:29:46.500><c> 2,</c><00:29:46.779><c> verse</c><00:29:47.079><c> 23.</c>

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Don't<00:29:49.579><c> have</c><00:29:49.759><c> anything</c><00:29:50.079><c> to</c><00:29:50.440><c> do</c><00:29:50.900><c> with</c><00:29:51.519><c> foolish</c><00:29:51.900><c> and</c><00:29:52.279><c> stupid</c><00:29:52.599><c> arguments</c>

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because<00:29:53.579><c> you</c><00:29:53.859><c> know</c><00:29:54.019><c> they</c><00:29:54.359><c> produce</c><00:29:54.799><c> quarrels.</c>

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And<00:29:56.339><c> the</c><00:29:56.500><c> Lord's</c><00:29:57.019><c> servant</c><00:29:57.180><c> must</c><00:29:57.500><c> not</c><00:29:57.859><c> quarrel.</c>

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Instead,<00:29:58.799><c> he</c><00:29:58.940><c> must</c><00:29:59.140><c> be</c><00:29:59.460><c> kind</c><00:29:59.880><c> to</c><00:30:00.220><c> everyone,</c><00:30:01.180><c> able</c><00:30:01.579><c> to</c><00:30:02.019><c> teach,</c>

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not<00:30:03.220><c> resentful.</c>

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Those<00:30:04.920><c> who</c><00:30:05.240><c> oppose</c><00:30:05.660><c> him,</c><00:30:06.539><c> he</c><00:30:06.839><c> must</c><00:30:07.579><c> gently</c><00:30:09.000><c> instruct.</c>

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That's<00:30:11.900><c> the</c><00:30:12.059><c> thing</c><00:30:12.339><c> that</c><00:30:12.599><c> we</c><00:30:12.819><c> need</c><00:30:13.039><c> to</c><00:30:13.339><c> do</c><00:30:13.519><c> with</c><00:30:13.819><c> one</c><00:30:14.000><c> another.</c>

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We<00:30:14.539><c> need</c><00:30:14.799><c> to</c><00:30:15.180><c> show</c><00:30:15.480><c> the</c><00:30:16.039><c> characteristics</c><00:30:16.759><c> of</c><00:30:17.140><c> God</c>

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in<00:30:18.079><c> the</c><00:30:18.240><c> way</c><00:30:18.400><c> we</c><00:30:18.680><c> live.</c>

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We<00:30:19.460><c> need</c><00:30:19.640><c> to</c><00:30:19.779><c> be</c><00:30:20.079><c> long</c><00:30:20.619><c>-suffering.</c>

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We<00:30:21.920><c> need</c><00:30:22.140><c> to</c><00:30:22.720><c> gently</c><00:30:23.180><c> instruct</c><00:30:23.880><c> one</c><00:30:24.160><c> another</c>

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so<00:30:24.759><c> that</c><00:30:24.980><c> we</c><00:30:25.119><c> can</c><00:30:25.779><c> correct</c><00:30:26.299><c> and</c><00:30:26.920><c> to</c><00:30:27.200><c> rebuke</c>

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and<00:30:28.319><c> to</c><00:30:28.720><c> train</c><00:30:29.099><c> in</c><00:30:29.359><c> righteousness.</c>

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These<00:30:30.319><c> are</c><00:30:30.559><c> the</c><00:30:30.740><c> things</c><00:30:31.039><c> that</c><00:30:31.299><c> Paul</c><00:30:31.599><c> was</c><00:30:32.119><c> instructing</c><00:30:32.720><c> Timothy</c><00:30:33.059><c> to</c><00:30:33.420><c> do.</c>

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This<00:30:34.319><c> is</c><00:30:34.500><c> how</c><00:30:34.660><c> we</c><00:30:34.920><c> protect</c><00:30:35.480><c> the</c><00:30:35.839><c> congregation.</c>

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Chapter<00:30:37.759><c> 3,</c><00:30:38.319><c> verse</c><00:30:38.460><c> 16.</c>

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All<00:30:41.619><c> scripture</c><00:30:42.220><c> is</c><00:30:42.539><c> God</c><00:30:42.859><c> breathed</c><00:30:43.420><c> and</c><00:30:43.500><c> is</c>

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useful<00:30:44.140><c> for</c><00:30:44.460><c> teaching,</c><00:30:45.539><c> rebuking,</c><00:30:46.759><c> correcting,</c><00:30:47.500><c> and</c><00:30:47.779><c> training</c>

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in<00:30:48.400><c> righteousness</c><00:30:48.940><c> so</c><00:30:49.619><c> that</c><00:30:50.420><c> the</c><00:30:50.819><c> man</c><00:30:51.039><c> of</c><00:30:51.279><c> God</c>

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may<00:30:52.240><c> be</c><00:30:52.500><c> thoroughly</c><00:30:53.000><c> equipped</c><00:30:53.700><c> for</c><00:30:54.480><c> every</c><00:30:54.819><c> good</c><00:30:55.160><c> work.</c>

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These<00:30:56.940><c> were</c><00:30:57.140><c> the</c><00:30:57.319><c> things</c><00:30:57.559><c> that</c><00:30:57.839><c> Paul</c><00:30:58.099><c> was</c><00:30:58.420><c> worried</c><00:30:58.700><c> about</c>

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as<00:30:59.339><c> he</c><00:30:59.700><c> sat</c><00:30:59.880><c> in</c><00:31:00.099><c> a</c><00:31:00.279><c> prison</c><00:31:01.420><c> waiting</c><00:31:03.059><c> his</c><00:31:03.420><c> death.</c>

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This<00:31:05.420><c> is</c><00:31:05.660><c> what</c><00:31:05.799><c> was</c><00:31:06.160><c> important</c><00:31:06.500><c> to</c><00:31:06.759><c> this</c><00:31:07.019><c> man.</c>

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He<00:31:08.380><c> gave</c><00:31:08.720><c> thanks,</c><00:31:09.779><c> even</c><00:31:10.119><c> in</c><00:31:10.339><c> his</c><00:31:10.640><c> circumstances,</c>

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because<00:31:11.880><c> he</c><00:31:12.099><c> had</c><00:31:12.420><c> entrusted</c><00:31:13.180><c> the</c><00:31:13.900><c> gospel</c>

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as<00:31:24.539><c> he</c><00:31:24.680><c> was</c><00:31:24.839><c> able</c><00:31:25.079><c> to</c><00:31:25.299><c> look</c><00:31:25.559><c> back</c><00:31:25.940><c> over</c><00:31:26.299><c> the</c><00:31:26.579><c> course</c><00:31:26.859><c> of</c><00:31:27.059><c> his</c><00:31:27.319><c> life</c>

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and<00:31:27.799><c> see</c><00:31:28.140><c> the</c><00:31:28.920><c> evil</c><00:31:29.319><c> and</c><00:31:29.579><c> wicked</c><00:31:29.839><c> things</c><00:31:30.180><c> he</c>

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had<00:31:30.460><c> done</c><00:31:30.740><c> at</c><00:31:30.960><c> points</c><00:31:31.240><c> in</c><00:31:31.400><c> his</c><00:31:31.700><c> life,</c><00:31:33.240><c> and</c><00:31:33.559><c> examine</c><00:31:34.099><c> and</c><00:31:34.420><c> explore</c>

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the<00:31:35.119><c> grace</c><00:31:35.519><c> that</c><00:31:35.759><c> had</c><00:31:35.920><c> been</c><00:31:36.240><c> given</c><00:31:36.460><c> to</c><00:31:36.720><c> him</c><00:31:36.980><c> through</c><00:31:37.299><c> Jesus,</c>

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the<00:31:39.359><c> end</c><00:31:39.539><c> of</c><00:31:39.759><c> his</c><00:31:39.940><c> life,</c><00:31:40.799><c> he</c><00:31:40.960><c> was</c><00:31:41.180><c> able</c><00:31:41.460><c> to</c><00:31:41.779><c> feel</c><00:31:42.079><c> confident.</c>

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Chapter<00:31:44.920><c> 4,</c><00:31:45.480><c> verse</c><00:31:45.640><c> 7.</c>

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I've<00:31:49.160><c> fought</c><00:31:49.380><c> the</c><00:31:49.599><c> good</c><00:31:49.880><c> fight.</c>

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I've<00:31:51.299><c> finished</c><00:31:51.619><c> the</c><00:31:51.880><c> race.</c>

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I've<00:31:53.220><c> kept</c><00:31:53.400><c> the</c><00:31:53.720><c> faith.</c>

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Now<00:31:55.359><c> there</c><00:31:55.559><c> is</c><00:31:55.819><c> in</c><00:31:56.039><c> store</c><00:31:56.200><c> for</c><00:31:56.480><c> me</c><00:31:57.339><c> the</c><00:31:57.960><c> crown</c><00:31:58.259><c> of</c><00:31:58.519><c> righteousness</c>

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which<00:31:59.460><c> the</c><00:31:59.839><c> Lord,</c><00:32:00.759><c> the</c><00:32:00.960><c> righteous</c><00:32:01.519><c> judge,</c>

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will<00:32:03.019><c> award</c><00:32:03.400><c> to</c><00:32:03.720><c> me</c><00:32:04.299><c> on</c><00:32:04.740><c> that</c><00:32:05.019><c> day.</c>

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But<00:32:07.319><c> do</c><00:32:07.480><c> you</c><00:32:07.519><c> notice</c><00:32:07.700><c> what</c><00:32:07.839><c> he</c><00:32:08.039><c> says</c><00:32:08.240><c> in</c><00:32:08.420><c> the</c><00:32:08.559><c> very</c><00:32:09.119><c> next</c><00:32:09.920><c> part</c>

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of<00:32:10.460><c> that</c><00:32:10.700><c> verse?</c>

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This<00:32:16.400><c> crown</c><00:32:16.740><c> of</c><00:32:17.039><c> righteousness</c><00:32:17.680><c> will</c><00:32:19.140><c> be</c><00:32:19.400><c> awarded</c><00:32:19.700><c> not</c><00:32:20.079><c> only</c>

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to<00:32:20.900><c> Paul.</c>

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He's<00:32:21.539><c> confident</c><00:32:22.039><c> of</c><00:32:22.279><c> that.</c>

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longed<00:32:29.700><c> for</c><00:32:29.900><c> his</c><00:32:30.180><c> appearing.</c>

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in<00:32:37.059><c> this</c><00:32:37.339><c> communion,</c><00:32:37.980><c> we</c><00:32:38.359><c> reflect</c><00:32:38.920><c> on</c><00:32:39.160><c> the</c><00:32:39.400><c> life</c><00:32:39.940><c> and</c><00:32:40.660><c> the</c><00:32:40.920><c> death</c>

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and<00:32:42.279><c> the</c><00:32:42.579><c> resurrection</c><00:32:43.200><c> of</c><00:32:44.180><c> our</c><00:32:44.400><c> Lord</c><00:32:44.740><c> and</c><00:32:45.220><c> Savior,</c><00:32:45.599><c> Jesus</c><00:32:46.119><c> Christ.</c>

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And<00:32:48.119><c> as</c><00:32:48.319><c> we</c><00:32:48.759><c> share</c><00:32:49.019><c> this</c><00:32:49.380><c> bread</c><00:32:49.859><c> and</c><00:32:50.559><c> as</c><00:32:50.720><c> we</c><00:32:50.960><c> drink</c><00:32:51.180><c> this</c><00:32:51.539><c> cup</c><00:32:51.779><c> together,</c>

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let<00:32:53.299><c> us</c><00:32:53.700><c> long</c><00:32:54.220><c> for</c><00:32:54.980><c> the</c><00:32:55.299><c> appearing</c><00:32:55.759><c> of</c><00:32:56.500><c> our</c><00:32:56.680><c> master</c>

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because<00:32:58.680><c> there</c><00:32:59.500><c> is</c><00:32:59.720><c> laid</c><00:32:59.859><c> up</c><00:33:00.059><c> for</c><00:33:00.299><c> us</c><00:33:01.099><c> a</c><00:33:01.599><c> crown</c><00:33:01.819><c> of</c><00:33:02.119><c> righteousness.</c>