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But,<00:11:37.259><c> again,</c><00:11:37.740><c> this</c><00:11:37.899><c> overriding</c><00:11:38.580><c> sovereign</c><00:11:38.940><c> principle</c>

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to<00:11:53.600><c> love</c><00:11:54.299><c> your</c><00:11:54.740><c> neighbor</c><00:11:55.240><c> as</c><00:11:55.960><c> yourself.</c>

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But,<00:11:57.019><c> verse</c><00:11:57.299><c> 15,</c><00:11:58.139><c> if</c><00:11:58.360><c> you</c><00:11:58.600><c> bite</c><00:11:59.000><c> and</c><00:11:59.539><c> devour</c><00:11:59.960><c> one</c><00:12:00.220><c> another,</c>

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because<00:12:01.120><c> you're</c><00:12:01.340><c> so</c><00:12:01.740><c> focused</c><00:12:02.179><c> on</c><00:12:02.340><c> these</c><00:12:02.519><c> issues</c>

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and<00:12:03.980><c> you're</c><00:12:04.340><c> despising</c><00:12:04.799><c> and</c><00:12:05.080><c> judging,</c>

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watch<00:12:06.700><c> out</c><00:12:06.960><c> that</c><00:12:07.080><c> you</c><00:12:07.240><c> are</c><00:12:07.340><c> not</c><00:12:07.500><c> consumed</c><00:12:08.299><c> by</c><00:12:09.360><c> one</c><00:12:09.779><c> another.</c>

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And<00:12:11.679><c> so</c><00:12:11.820><c> we</c><00:12:12.000><c> need</c><00:12:12.179><c> to</c><00:12:12.320><c> make</c><00:12:12.580><c> sure</c><00:12:12.919><c> that</c><00:12:13.299><c> our</c><00:12:13.799><c> ecclesial</c><00:12:14.399><c> relationships</c>

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are<00:12:16.159><c> our</c><00:12:16.460><c> top</c><00:12:16.820><c> priority.</c>

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Overriding<00:12:20.519><c> these</c><00:12:21.120><c> issues</c><00:12:21.740><c> that</c><00:12:22.039><c> tend</c><00:12:22.240><c> to</c><00:12:22.480><c> arise</c>

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in<00:12:23.139><c> ecclesial</c><00:12:23.620><c> life</c><00:12:23.980><c> and</c><00:12:24.740><c> can</c><00:12:25.139><c> create</c><00:12:25.399><c> these</c><00:12:25.740><c> conflicts.</c>

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So<00:12:27.740><c> let's</c><00:12:27.919><c> delve</c><00:12:28.120><c> into</c><00:12:28.340><c> the</c><00:12:28.620><c> first</c><00:12:28.820><c> century</c><00:12:29.159><c> problem</c>

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a<00:12:29.679><c> little</c><00:12:29.820><c> bit</c><00:12:29.980><c> more</c><00:12:30.240><c> and</c><00:12:30.379><c> hopefully</c><00:12:30.620><c> as</c><00:12:30.779><c> we</c><00:12:30.899><c> go</c><00:12:31.100><c> through</c>

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we<00:12:31.419><c> can</c><00:12:31.679><c> see</c><00:12:32.279><c> how</c><00:12:32.480><c> it</c><00:12:32.720><c> relates</c><00:12:33.000><c> to</c><00:12:33.679><c> the</c><00:12:33.899><c> 21st</c><00:12:34.460><c> century</c><00:12:34.679><c> ecclesia.</c>

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If<00:12:35.600><c> you</c><00:12:35.659><c> want</c><00:12:35.759><c> to</c><00:12:35.840><c> turn</c><00:12:35.940><c> to</c><00:12:36.100><c> 1</c><00:12:36.340><c> Corinthians</c><00:12:36.940><c> chapter</c><00:12:37.379><c> eight,</c>

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and<00:12:39.000><c> this</c><00:12:39.100><c> is</c><00:12:39.240><c> where</c><00:12:39.379><c> the</c><00:12:39.620><c> title</c><00:12:39.840><c> of</c><00:12:40.080><c> our</c><00:12:40.320><c> talk</c><00:12:40.480><c> comes</c><00:12:40.799><c> from,</c>

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Paul<00:12:41.919><c> here</c><00:12:42.200><c> is</c><00:12:42.899><c> addressing</c><00:12:43.240><c> another</c><00:12:43.679><c> issue</c><00:12:44.200><c> in</c><00:12:44.399><c> the</c><00:12:44.519><c> first</c><00:12:44.700><c> century</c>

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that<00:12:45.200><c> of</c><00:12:45.500><c> food</c><00:12:45.799><c> offered</c><00:12:46.080><c> to</c><00:12:46.360><c> idols.</c>

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And<00:12:50.759><c> this</c><00:12:50.879><c> was</c><00:12:51.100><c> especially</c><00:12:51.539><c> pertinent.</c>

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The<00:12:52.840><c> previous</c><00:12:53.240><c> problem</c><00:12:53.600><c> was</c><00:12:53.759><c> more</c><00:12:53.940><c> of</c><00:12:54.080><c> a</c><00:12:54.200><c> Jewish</c><00:12:54.440><c> issue.</c>

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This<00:12:55.440><c> is</c><00:12:55.600><c> more</c><00:12:55.799><c> of</c><00:12:55.960><c> a</c><00:12:56.059><c> Gentile</c><00:12:56.620><c> issue.</c>

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And<00:13:01.740><c> perhaps</c><00:13:02.179><c> both</c><00:13:02.539><c> Jews</c><00:13:02.779><c> and</c><00:13:03.120><c> Gentiles</c><00:13:03.620><c> had</c><00:13:03.840><c> a</c><00:13:04.039><c> problem</c>

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with<00:13:04.820><c> food</c><00:13:05.340><c> offered</c><00:13:05.639><c> to</c><00:13:05.940><c> idols,</c>

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depending<00:13:06.580><c> on</c><00:13:07.139><c> how</c><00:13:07.379><c> they</c><00:13:07.639><c> approached</c><00:13:08.120><c> the</c><00:13:08.620><c> topic.</c>

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So<00:13:09.779><c> Paul</c><00:13:10.039><c> is</c><00:13:10.419><c> going</c><00:13:10.620><c> to</c><00:13:10.700><c> address</c><00:13:11.039><c> this</c>

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in<00:13:11.779><c> 1</c><00:13:12.019><c> Corinthians</c><00:13:12.419><c> chapter</c><00:13:12.840><c> eight.</c>

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And<00:13:13.179><c> once</c><00:13:13.419><c> again,</c><00:13:13.659><c> he's</c><00:13:13.879><c> going</c><00:13:14.000><c> to</c><00:13:14.179><c> provide</c><00:13:14.440><c> the</c><00:13:14.700><c> balance.</c>

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He's<00:13:15.779><c> not</c><00:13:16.100><c> going</c><00:13:16.320><c> to</c><00:13:16.580><c> sit</c><00:13:16.799><c> down</c><00:13:17.159><c> the</c><00:13:17.360><c> Corinthian</c><00:13:17.779><c> brothers</c>

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and<00:13:19.179><c> explain</c><00:13:19.720><c> to</c><00:13:19.899><c> them</c><00:13:20.220><c> in</c><00:13:20.539><c> a</c><00:13:20.720><c> rational</c><00:13:21.220><c> way,</c>

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this<00:13:22.120><c> is</c><00:13:22.299><c> what</c><00:13:22.440><c> an</c><00:13:22.779><c> idol</c><00:13:22.940><c> is,</c><00:13:23.299><c> this</c><00:13:23.440><c> is</c><00:13:23.620><c> what</c><00:13:23.740><c> an</c><00:13:23.960><c> idol</c><00:13:24.100><c> is</c><00:13:24.379><c> not.</c>

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He's<00:13:27.039><c> going</c><00:13:27.120><c> to</c><00:13:27.200><c> do</c><00:13:27.320><c> that</c><00:13:27.500><c> later</c><00:13:27.740><c> on,</c><00:13:28.639><c> but</c><00:13:28.899><c> to</c><00:13:29.159><c> begin</c><00:13:29.500><c> with,</c>

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he's<00:13:31.080><c> going</c><00:13:31.220><c> to</c><00:13:31.460><c> establish</c><00:13:32.179><c> this</c><00:13:32.860><c> sovereign</c><00:13:33.379><c> principle</c>

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of<00:13:35.179><c> the</c><00:13:35.440><c> glory</c><00:13:35.700><c> of</c><00:13:36.000><c> God,</c><00:13:36.299><c> which</c><00:13:36.460><c> should</c><00:13:36.799><c> override</c><00:13:37.379><c> everything</c><00:13:38.059><c> else.</c>

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So<00:13:39.179><c> 1</c><00:13:39.340><c> Corinthians</c><00:13:39.700><c> chapter</c><00:13:40.039><c> eight,</c><00:13:40.379><c> verse</c><00:13:40.519><c> one,</c>

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now<00:13:41.039><c> concerning</c><00:13:41.539><c> food</c><00:13:42.059><c> offered</c><00:13:42.340><c> to</c><00:13:42.639><c> idols.</c>

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We<00:13:44.899><c> know,</c><00:13:45.840><c> and</c><00:13:46.080><c> that's</c><00:13:46.240><c> going</c><00:13:46.279><c> to</c><00:13:46.340><c> be</c><00:13:46.440><c> a</c><00:13:46.580><c> key</c><00:13:46.720><c> word,</c>

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we<00:13:47.799><c> know</c><00:13:48.360><c> that</c><00:13:48.840><c> all</c><00:13:49.120><c> of</c><00:13:49.299><c> us</c><00:13:49.679><c> possess</c><00:13:50.259><c> knowledge.</c>

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This<00:13:52.559><c> knowledge</c><00:13:53.279><c> puffs</c><00:13:54.120><c> up,</c><00:13:55.700><c> but</c><00:13:55.919><c> love</c><00:13:56.559><c> builds</c><00:13:57.240><c> up.</c>

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Is<00:13:59.320><c> that</c><00:13:59.580><c> true?</c>

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Well,<00:14:03.580><c> love</c><00:14:03.919><c> builds</c><00:14:04.279><c> up.</c>

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We<00:14:04.639><c> know</c><00:14:04.879><c> that</c><00:14:05.139><c> love</c><00:14:05.460><c> is</c><00:14:05.820><c> the</c><00:14:06.019><c> fulfillment</c><00:14:06.360><c> of</c><00:14:06.559><c> the</c><00:14:06.700><c> law,</c>

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but<00:14:07.379><c> is</c><00:14:07.519><c> it</c><00:14:07.679><c> true</c><00:14:07.840><c> that</c><00:14:08.100><c> knowledge</c><00:14:08.440><c> puffs</c><00:14:08.899><c> up?</c>

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Is<00:14:09.919><c> that</c><00:14:10.059><c> what</c><00:14:10.139><c> we</c><00:14:10.360><c> would</c><00:14:10.519><c> call</c><00:14:10.639><c> a</c><00:14:10.980><c> truism?</c>

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Yeah,<00:14:13.740><c> I'm</c><00:14:14.139><c> getting</c><00:14:14.139><c> nods</c><00:14:14.700><c> and</c><00:14:14.919><c> mm</c><00:14:15.120><c>-hmms</c><00:14:15.340><c> and</c><00:14:15.500><c> maybes</c><00:14:15.860><c> and,</c>

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well,<00:14:18.919><c> knowledge</c><00:14:19.320><c> in</c><00:14:19.559><c> various</c><00:14:20.139><c> parts</c><00:14:20.460><c> of</c><00:14:20.679><c> scripture</c>

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is<00:14:20.980><c> actually</c><00:14:21.259><c> described</c><00:14:21.639><c> as</c><00:14:21.840><c> a</c><00:14:22.019><c> virtue.</c>

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Look<00:14:23.259><c> at</c><00:14:23.399><c> the</c><00:14:23.480><c> book</c><00:14:23.620><c> of</c><00:14:23.940><c> Proverbs,</c><00:14:24.799><c> for</c><00:14:24.919><c> example.</c>

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Knowledge<00:14:26.080><c> of</c><00:14:27.279><c> the</c><00:14:27.480><c> Lord</c><00:14:27.740><c> is</c><00:14:28.039><c> the</c><00:14:28.240><c> beginning,</c>

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sorry,<00:14:30.080><c> the</c><00:14:30.279><c> fear</c><00:14:30.419><c> of</c><00:14:30.580><c> the</c><00:14:30.720><c> Lord</c><00:14:30.840><c> is</c><00:14:31.019><c> the</c><00:14:31.179><c> beginning</c><00:14:31.519><c> of</c><00:14:31.779><c> knowledge.</c>

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Knowledge<00:14:33.559><c> is</c><00:14:33.960><c> exalted</c><00:14:34.399><c> as</c><00:14:34.840><c> important</c>

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in<00:14:35.940><c> a</c><00:14:36.059><c> lot</c><00:14:36.259><c> of</c><00:14:36.539><c> passages</c><00:14:36.820><c> of</c><00:14:37.019><c> scripture.</c>

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It<00:14:38.899><c> is</c><00:14:39.279><c> life</c><00:14:39.600><c> eternal</c><00:14:40.019><c> to</c><00:14:40.299><c> know</c><00:14:40.679><c> God.</c>

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Whether<00:14:42.059><c> we</c><00:14:42.259><c> think</c><00:14:42.460><c> of</c><00:14:42.620><c> that</c><00:14:42.799><c> as</c><00:14:43.159><c> academic</c><00:14:43.659><c> knowledge</c>

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or<00:14:46.100><c> experiential</c><00:14:46.659><c> knowledge,</c>

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we<00:14:47.320><c> know</c><00:14:47.519><c> there's</c><00:14:48.259><c> different</c><00:14:48.600><c> types</c><00:14:48.919><c> of</c><00:14:49.159><c> knowledge,</c>

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but<00:14:50.120><c> you</c><00:14:50.340><c> can</c><00:14:50.519><c> go</c><00:14:50.740><c> to</c><00:14:50.919><c> passages</c><00:14:51.279><c> of</c><00:14:51.539><c> scripture</c>

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that<00:14:52.080><c> tell</c><00:14:52.200><c> us</c><00:14:52.419><c> that</c><00:14:52.659><c> even</c><00:14:52.919><c> academic</c><00:14:53.399><c> knowledge</c>

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has<00:14:54.379><c> its</c><00:14:54.759><c> important</c><00:14:55.220><c> place</c><00:14:55.759><c> in</c><00:14:56.259><c> the</c><00:14:56.419><c> life</c><00:14:56.600><c> of</c><00:14:56.860><c> a</c><00:14:57.000><c> believer.</c>

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So<00:14:58.019><c> knowledge</c><00:14:58.379><c> in</c><00:14:58.740><c> itself</c><00:14:59.600><c> does</c><00:15:00.779><c> not</c><00:15:01.220><c> necessarily</c><00:15:02.159><c> puff</c><00:15:02.480><c> up.</c>

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And<00:15:03.960><c> what</c><00:15:04.059><c> we're</c><00:15:04.279><c> gonna</c><00:15:04.419><c> find</c><00:15:04.820><c> in</c><00:15:05.000><c> this</c><00:15:05.200><c> passage</c>

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is<00:15:06.039><c> that</c><00:15:06.200><c> it's</c><00:15:06.480><c> a</c><00:15:06.659><c> certain</c><00:15:06.980><c> kind</c><00:15:07.779><c> of</c><00:15:08.200><c> knowledge</c>

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in<00:15:09.480><c> the</c><00:15:09.799><c> context</c><00:15:10.299><c> of</c><00:15:10.580><c> food</c><00:15:10.779><c> offered</c><00:15:10.980><c> to</c><00:15:11.299><c> idols,</c><00:15:12.159><c> which</c><00:15:12.539><c> puffs</c><00:15:12.960><c> up.</c>

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So<00:15:13.720><c> let's</c><00:15:13.919><c> carry</c><00:15:14.159><c> on</c><00:15:14.340><c> reading.</c>

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So<00:15:16.620><c> knowledge</c><00:15:17.039><c> puffs</c><00:15:17.539><c> up,</c><00:15:17.759><c> but</c><00:15:17.899><c> love</c><00:15:18.080><c> builds.</c>

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And<00:15:19.720><c> then</c><00:15:19.940><c> if</c><00:15:20.100><c> you</c><00:15:20.240><c> go</c><00:15:20.379><c> down</c><00:15:20.600><c> to</c><00:15:20.899><c> verse</c><00:15:21.580><c> four,</c>

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he<00:15:23.320><c> says,</c><00:15:23.960><c> therefore,</c><00:15:24.120><c> as</c><00:15:24.320><c> to</c><00:15:24.460><c> the</c><00:15:24.600><c> eating</c><00:15:24.799><c> of</c><00:15:25.059><c> food</c>

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offered<00:15:25.539><c> to</c><00:15:25.879><c> idols,</c><00:15:27.100><c> we</c><00:15:27.200><c> know,</c>

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there's<00:15:28.860><c> that</c><00:15:29.039><c> word</c><00:15:29.159><c> knowledge</c><00:15:29.500><c> again,</c>

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we<00:15:30.100><c> know</c><00:15:31.059><c> that</c><00:15:31.980><c> an</c><00:15:32.360><c> idol</c><00:15:32.600><c> has</c><00:15:32.899><c> no</c><00:15:33.200><c> real</c><00:15:33.539><c> existence</c>

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and<00:15:35.779><c> that</c><00:15:36.379><c> there</c><00:15:36.600><c> is</c><00:15:37.299><c> no</c><00:15:38.059><c> God</c><00:15:38.340><c> but</c><00:15:38.659><c> one.</c>

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And<00:15:39.559><c> he's</c><00:15:39.860><c> quoting</c><00:15:40.139><c> the</c><00:15:40.460><c> knowledge</c>

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that<00:15:41.179><c> was</c><00:15:41.379><c> there</c><00:15:41.679><c> in</c><00:15:41.879><c> the</c><00:15:42.059><c> Corinthian</c><00:15:42.519><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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We<00:15:43.940><c> know</c><00:15:44.220><c> an</c><00:15:44.460><c> idol</c><00:15:44.620><c> has</c><00:15:44.860><c> no</c><00:15:45.100><c> real</c><00:15:45.279><c> existence,</c>

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we<00:15:46.360><c> know</c><00:15:46.879><c> that</c><00:15:47.240><c> there</c><00:15:47.379><c> is</c><00:15:47.580><c> no</c><00:15:47.879><c> God</c><00:15:48.320><c> but</c><00:15:48.840><c> one.</c>

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But<00:15:51.659><c> Yahweh</c><00:15:52.179><c> is</c><00:15:52.559><c> sovereign,</c>

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that<00:15:53.860><c> all</c><00:15:54.139><c> the</c><00:15:54.340><c> gods</c><00:15:54.480><c> of</c><00:15:54.639><c> the</c><00:15:54.759><c> nations</c><00:15:55.019><c> are</c><00:15:55.240><c> nothing.</c>

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We've<00:15:55.879><c> looked</c><00:15:56.000><c> at</c><00:15:56.120><c> that</c><00:15:56.279><c> throughout</c><00:15:56.480><c> the</c><00:15:56.679><c> week.</c>

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And<00:15:58.440><c> so</c><00:15:58.519><c> he</c><00:15:58.679><c> carries</c><00:15:58.860><c> on</c><00:15:59.080><c> in</c><00:15:59.220><c> verse</c><00:15:59.460><c> five,</c>

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for<00:15:59.960><c> although</c><00:16:00.340><c> there</c><00:16:00.620><c> may</c><00:16:01.000><c> be</c><00:16:01.379><c> so</c><00:16:01.799><c>-called</c><00:16:02.220><c> gods</c>

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in<00:16:03.580><c> heaven</c><00:16:03.919><c> or</c><00:16:04.220><c> on</c><00:16:04.460><c> earth,</c>

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as<00:16:05.620><c> indeed</c><00:16:05.899><c> there</c><00:16:06.120><c> are</c><00:16:06.299><c> many</c><00:16:06.620><c> gods</c><00:16:07.080><c> and</c><00:16:07.340><c> many</c><00:16:07.659><c> lords,</c>

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so<00:16:09.220><c> he's</c><00:16:09.440><c> acknowledging</c><00:16:09.899><c> that</c><00:16:10.080><c> there</c><00:16:10.259><c> is</c><00:16:10.440><c> belief</c><00:16:10.759><c> out</c><00:16:11.019><c> there</c>

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in<00:16:11.379><c> the</c><00:16:11.600><c> pagan</c><00:16:11.840><c> world</c><00:16:12.200><c> of</c><00:16:12.440><c> many</c><00:16:12.720><c> gods,</c>

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yet<00:16:13.799><c> for</c><00:16:14.059><c> us,</c><00:16:14.460><c> verse</c><00:16:14.779><c> six,</c><00:16:15.460><c> there</c><00:16:15.679><c> is</c><00:16:16.039><c> one</c><00:16:16.360><c> God,</c><00:16:16.960><c> the</c><00:16:17.240><c> Father,</c>

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from<00:16:18.379><c> whom</c><00:16:18.700><c> are</c><00:16:19.019><c> all</c><00:16:19.440><c> things</c><00:16:20.019><c> and</c><00:16:20.679><c> for</c><00:16:20.860><c> whom</c><00:16:20.960><c> we</c><00:16:21.240><c> exist,</c>

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and<00:16:22.299><c> one</c><00:16:22.539><c> Lord</c><00:16:22.779><c> Jesus</c><00:16:23.259><c> Christ</c><00:16:23.559><c> through</c><00:16:23.759><c> whom</c><00:16:23.940><c> are</c><00:16:24.240><c> all</c><00:16:24.659><c> things</c>

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and<00:16:25.700><c> through</c><00:16:25.919><c> whom</c><00:16:26.080><c> we</c><00:16:26.440><c> exist.</c>

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And<00:16:27.120><c> so</c><00:16:27.519><c> the</c><00:16:27.820><c> same</c><00:16:28.059><c> principle</c><00:16:28.399><c> we</c><00:16:28.620><c> looked</c><00:16:28.779><c> at,</c>

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we're<00:16:29.519><c> looking</c><00:16:29.779><c> at</c><00:16:30.179><c> Acts</c><00:16:30.379><c> 17,</c><00:16:31.100><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:16:31.500><c> 32,</c>

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the<00:16:32.299><c> sovereignty</c><00:16:32.740><c> of</c><00:16:33.059><c> God,</c><00:16:33.740><c> that</c><00:16:33.899><c> he</c><00:16:34.080><c> created</c><00:16:34.379><c> all</c><00:16:34.879><c> things,</c>

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he's<00:16:35.820><c> in</c><00:16:36.019><c> charge</c><00:16:36.179><c> of</c><00:16:36.419><c> all</c><00:16:36.720><c> things,</c>

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he's<00:16:37.700><c> given</c><00:16:37.879><c> authority</c><00:16:38.580><c> to</c><00:16:39.080><c> his</c><00:16:39.340><c> son,</c><00:16:39.659><c> the</c><00:16:39.700><c> Lord</c><00:16:39.860><c> Jesus</c><00:16:40.259><c> Christ,</c>

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to<00:16:40.919><c> be</c><00:16:41.100><c> over</c><00:16:41.419><c> all</c><00:16:41.840><c> things,</c>

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and<00:16:43.740><c> that</c><00:16:43.879><c> the</c><00:16:44.019><c> gods</c><00:16:44.159><c> of</c><00:16:44.340><c> the</c><00:16:44.460><c> nations</c><00:16:44.700><c> are</c><00:16:44.919><c> nothing.</c>

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So<00:16:45.679><c> he's</c><00:16:46.059><c> establishing</c><00:16:46.559><c> this</c><00:16:46.860><c> very</c><00:16:48.019><c> key</c><00:16:48.740><c> first</c><00:16:49.159><c> principle</c><00:16:49.580><c> doctrine.</c>

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Howbeit,<00:16:53.600><c> verse</c><00:16:53.820><c> seven,</c><00:16:55.639><c> not</c><00:16:55.799><c> all</c><00:16:56.200><c> possess</c><00:16:56.899><c> this</c><00:16:58.000><c> knowledge.</c>

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And<00:17:02.220><c> he's</c><00:17:02.379><c> talking</c><00:17:02.620><c> here</c><00:17:02.799><c> to</c><00:17:02.980><c> brothers</c><00:17:03.220><c> and</c><00:17:03.480><c> sisters</c>

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in<00:17:04.279><c> the</c><00:17:04.480><c> Corinthian</c><00:17:04.839><c> ecclesia.</c>

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He's<00:17:05.680><c> not</c><00:17:05.799><c> talking</c><00:17:05.940><c> about,</c><00:17:06.200><c> obviously,</c><00:17:06.880><c> pagans</c><00:17:07.039><c> out</c><00:17:07.279><c> there,</c>

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they<00:17:08.500><c> don't</c><00:17:08.740><c> know</c><00:17:08.960><c> about</c><00:17:09.200><c> the</c><00:17:09.720><c> unity</c><00:17:10.079><c> and</c><00:17:10.279><c> the</c><00:17:10.519><c> sovereignty</c>

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of<00:17:11.200><c> God,</c>

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but<00:17:12.119><c> he's</c><00:17:12.359><c> talking</c><00:17:12.539><c> to</c><00:17:12.759><c> brothers</c><00:17:13.019><c> and</c><00:17:13.279><c> sisters</c><00:17:13.579><c> and</c><00:17:13.839><c> says,</c>

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however,<00:17:15.160><c> not</c><00:17:15.480><c> all</c><00:17:15.839><c> possess</c><00:17:16.440><c> this</c><00:17:17.339><c> knowledge.</c>

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And<00:17:18.359><c> you</c><00:17:18.480><c> think</c><00:17:18.660><c> to</c><00:17:18.740><c> yourself,</c><00:17:19.740><c> well,</c><00:17:20.079><c> were</c><00:17:20.220><c> they</c><00:17:20.460><c> deficient</c>

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in<00:17:21.019><c> their</c><00:17:21.259><c> teaching</c><00:17:21.480><c> of</c><00:17:21.740><c> first</c><00:17:21.920><c> principles</c><00:17:22.400><c> here?</c>

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Didn't<00:17:23.039><c> some</c><00:17:23.940><c> Corinthians,</c><00:17:25.380><c> did</c><00:17:25.759><c> they</c><00:17:26.039><c> still</c><00:17:26.279><c> hang</c><00:17:26.599><c> on</c>

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to<00:17:27.019><c> this</c><00:17:27.279><c> belief</c><00:17:27.500><c> that</c><00:17:27.619><c> there</c><00:17:27.799><c> are</c><00:17:27.920><c> many</c><00:17:28.180><c> gods</c>

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and<00:17:28.940><c> that</c><00:17:29.119><c> there</c><00:17:29.299><c> is</c><00:17:29.519><c> not</c><00:17:30.039><c> one</c><00:17:30.359><c> God?</c>

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I<00:17:33.180><c> believe</c><00:17:33.500><c> that</c><00:17:33.880><c> that's</c><00:17:34.319><c> inconceivable.</c>

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What<00:17:36.279><c> he's</c><00:17:36.480><c> talking</c><00:17:36.900><c> about</c><00:17:37.259><c> is</c><00:17:38.740><c> a</c><00:17:39.200><c> special</c><00:17:39.460><c> kind</c><00:17:40.279><c> of</c><00:17:41.359><c> knowledge.</c>

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So<00:17:44.180><c> there</c><00:17:44.859><c> was</c><00:17:45.299><c> undoubtedly,</c><00:17:46.039><c> I</c><00:17:46.220><c> believe,</c>

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in<00:17:47.039><c> the</c><00:17:47.180><c> ecclesia</c><00:17:47.500><c> in</c><00:17:47.799><c> Corinth,</c><00:17:48.420><c> a</c><00:17:48.460><c> very</c><00:17:48.880><c> strong,</c>

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probably,<00:17:50.619><c> academic</c><00:17:50.940><c> knowledge</c><00:17:51.700><c> that</c><00:17:52.380><c> there</c><00:17:52.700><c> is</c><00:17:53.039><c> one</c><00:17:53.420><c> God.</c>

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And<00:17:55.880><c> yet,</c><00:17:56.579><c> there</c><00:17:56.619><c> were</c><00:17:56.819><c> brothers</c><00:17:57.059><c> and</c><00:17:57.299><c> sisters</c><00:17:57.700><c> in</c><00:17:57.980><c> that</c><00:17:58.140><c> ecclesia</c>

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who'd<00:17:59.039><c> come</c><00:17:59.220><c> out</c><00:17:59.500><c> of</c><00:17:59.599><c> a</c><00:17:59.799><c> pagan</c><00:18:00.039><c> world</c>

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with<00:18:01.079><c> a</c><00:18:01.299><c> multiplicity</c><00:18:02.240><c> of</c><00:18:02.519><c> gods</c>

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who<00:18:04.519><c> were</c><00:18:04.680><c> having</c><00:18:04.880><c> a</c><00:18:05.099><c> real</c><00:18:05.539><c> hard</c><00:18:06.000><c> time</c>

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letting<00:18:07.400><c> go</c><00:18:08.220><c> of</c><00:18:08.880><c> their</c><00:18:09.200><c> existence.</c>

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Such<00:18:10.599><c> is</c><00:18:10.839><c> the</c><00:18:11.200><c> power</c><00:18:11.539><c> of</c><00:18:11.819><c> the</c><00:18:12.019><c> superstitious</c><00:18:12.599><c> mindset.</c>

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It's<00:18:14.119><c> really,</c><00:18:14.640><c> really,</c><00:18:15.440><c> really</c><00:18:15.980><c> difficult</c>

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to<00:18:16.619><c> let</c><00:18:16.859><c> go</c><00:18:17.079><c> of</c><00:18:17.200><c> those</c><00:18:17.440><c> superstitions.</c>

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So<00:18:19.400><c> you</c><00:18:19.519><c> can</c><00:18:19.859><c> know</c><00:18:20.200><c> something</c><00:18:20.799><c> in</c><00:18:21.400><c> your</c><00:18:21.619><c> rational</c><00:18:22.119><c> part</c><00:18:22.460><c> of</c>

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your<00:18:22.799><c> mind,</c>

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but<00:18:23.839><c> still,</c><00:18:24.940><c> there's</c><00:18:25.119><c> that</c><00:18:25.559><c> nagging</c><00:18:26.079><c> feeling</c>

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in<00:18:27.039><c> the</c><00:18:27.200><c> irrational</c><00:18:27.700><c> part</c><00:18:27.960><c> of</c><00:18:28.099><c> your</c><00:18:28.279><c> mind.</c>

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And<00:18:29.980><c> I</c><00:18:30.059><c> think</c><00:18:30.200><c> that's</c><00:18:30.420><c> what</c><00:18:30.619><c> Paul</c><00:18:30.819><c> is</c><00:18:31.039><c> addressing,</c>

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that<00:18:31.859><c> there</c><00:18:32.119><c> were</c><00:18:32.339><c> some</c><00:18:32.599><c> in</c><00:18:32.839><c> our</c><00:18:33.019><c> ecclesia</c>

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who<00:18:34.140><c> had</c><00:18:34.559><c> the</c><00:18:35.000><c> clear</c><00:18:35.200><c> knowledge</c><00:18:35.680><c> that</c><00:18:36.140><c> an</c><00:18:36.500><c> idol</c><00:18:36.759><c> is</c><00:18:37.059><c> nothing.</c>

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Yeah,<00:18:39.339><c> it's</c><00:18:39.500><c> easy.</c>

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Let<00:18:40.140><c> go</c><00:18:40.299><c> of</c><00:18:40.420><c> those</c><00:18:40.579><c> gods,</c><00:18:41.059><c> no</c><00:18:41.180><c> problem.</c>

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But<00:18:41.900><c> there</c><00:18:42.019><c> were</c><00:18:42.140><c> brothers</c><00:18:42.400><c> and</c><00:18:42.559><c> sisters</c>

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who<00:18:43.019><c> still</c><00:18:43.359><c> struggled</c><00:18:43.640><c> with</c><00:18:43.839><c> it.</c>

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But<00:18:45.519><c> yes,</c><00:18:45.779><c> they</c><00:18:45.960><c> could</c><00:18:46.259><c> say,</c>

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yeah,<00:18:47.039><c> I</c><00:18:47.240><c> believe</c><00:18:47.579><c> there</c><00:18:47.779><c> is</c><00:18:47.960><c> one</c><00:18:48.200><c> God,</c>

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Yahweh,<00:18:49.160><c> sovereign</c><00:18:49.299><c> over</c><00:18:49.559><c> all</c><00:18:49.740><c> things,</c><00:18:49.960><c> I</c><00:18:50.119><c> understand</c><00:18:50.599><c> that.</c>

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But<00:18:51.720><c> still,</c><00:18:52.279><c> they</c><00:18:52.420><c> were</c><00:18:52.779><c> having</c><00:18:53.019><c> a</c><00:18:53.339><c> hard</c><00:18:53.640><c> time</c>

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letting<00:18:54.359><c> go</c><00:18:54.980><c> of</c><00:18:55.859><c> their</c><00:18:56.480><c> belief</c><00:18:56.980><c> in</c><00:18:58.759><c> idols.</c>

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And<00:18:59.579><c> so,</c><00:19:00.339><c> carrying</c><00:19:00.440><c> on</c><00:19:00.640><c> in</c><00:19:00.819><c> verse</c><00:19:01.019><c> seven,</c>

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however,<00:19:01.980><c> not</c><00:19:02.180><c> all</c><00:19:02.480><c> possess</c><00:19:02.940><c> this</c><00:19:03.319><c> kind</c><00:19:03.700><c> of</c><00:19:03.900><c> knowledge,</c>

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but<00:19:05.000><c> some</c><00:19:05.460><c> through</c><00:19:05.859><c> former</c><00:19:06.319><c> association</c><00:19:07.180><c> with</c><00:19:07.539><c> idols</c>

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eat<00:19:08.940><c> food</c><00:19:09.660><c> as</c><00:19:10.339><c> really</c><00:19:11.039><c> offered</c><00:19:11.640><c> to</c><00:19:12.140><c> an</c><00:19:12.460><c> idol,</c>

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and<00:19:13.519><c> their</c><00:19:13.859><c> conscience</c><00:19:14.460><c> being</c><00:19:14.940><c> weak</c><00:19:15.539><c> is</c><00:19:16.680><c> defiled.</c>

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So<00:19:18.640><c> they</c><00:19:18.839><c> had</c><00:19:19.160><c> their</c><00:19:19.460><c> former</c><00:19:19.779><c> association,</c>

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and<00:19:21.039><c> those</c><00:19:21.400><c> associations</c><00:19:22.240><c> that</c><00:19:22.460><c> we</c><00:19:22.680><c> make</c><00:19:22.940><c> in</c><00:19:23.180><c> our</c><00:19:23.359><c> minds</c>

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are<00:19:24.339><c> very,</c><00:19:24.839><c> very,</c><00:19:25.160><c> very</c><00:19:25.519><c> difficult</c><00:19:25.839><c> to</c><00:19:26.140><c> break.</c>

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We<00:19:27.819><c> have</c><00:19:28.099><c> a</c><00:19:28.220><c> dotted</c><00:19:28.440><c> line</c><00:19:28.799><c> there,</c>

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but<00:19:29.200><c> it</c><00:19:29.539><c> seems</c><00:19:29.920><c> solid</c><00:19:30.460><c> in</c><00:19:31.000><c> our</c><00:19:31.180><c> minds.</c>

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And<00:19:33.819><c> so,</c><00:19:34.119><c> there</c><00:19:34.119><c> were</c><00:19:34.299><c> some</c><00:19:34.460><c> in</c><00:19:34.599><c> the</c><00:19:34.759><c> Corinthian</c><00:19:35.119><c> ecclesia</c>

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who<00:19:35.700><c> were</c><00:19:35.940><c> puffing</c><00:19:36.220><c> themselves</c><00:19:36.640><c> up</c><00:19:37.079><c> to</c><00:19:37.200><c> their</c><00:19:37.420><c> brethren</c>

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and<00:19:37.960><c> saying,</c><00:19:38.579><c> what</c><00:19:38.640><c> do</c><00:19:38.779><c> you</c><00:19:38.779><c> mean</c><00:19:38.900><c> you</c><00:19:38.960><c> won't</c><00:19:39.160><c> eat</c><00:19:39.460><c> food</c><00:19:40.000><c> offered</c><00:19:40.200><c> to</c><00:19:40.500><c> idols?</c>

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Nothing,<00:19:42.519><c> an</c><00:19:42.680><c> idol</c><00:19:42.799><c> is</c><00:19:43.000><c> nothing.</c>

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Why<00:19:43.720><c> have</c><00:19:43.799><c> you</c><00:19:43.839><c> got</c><00:19:43.960><c> an</c><00:19:44.160><c> issue</c><00:19:44.299><c> with</c><00:19:44.539><c> that?</c>

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And<00:19:44.940><c> they</c><00:19:45.119><c> puffed</c><00:19:45.500><c> themselves</c><00:19:45.779><c> up,</c>

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saying<00:19:46.220><c> we</c><00:19:46.380><c> have</c><00:19:46.920><c> a</c><00:19:47.180><c> superior</c><00:19:47.759><c> kind</c><00:19:48.079><c> of</c><00:19:48.279><c> knowledge.</c>

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And<00:19:50.019><c> there</c><00:19:50.099><c> were</c><00:19:50.220><c> brothers</c><00:19:50.460><c> and</c><00:19:50.680><c> sisters</c><00:19:50.900><c> who</c><00:19:51.079><c> said,</c>

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no,<00:19:51.460><c> I</c><00:19:51.680><c> can't</c><00:19:52.079><c> eat</c><00:19:52.339><c> it,</c>

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and<00:19:52.920><c> I</c><00:19:53.240><c> have</c><00:19:53.440><c> difficulty</c><00:19:53.920><c> when</c><00:19:54.160><c> you're</c><00:19:54.460><c> eating</c><00:19:54.759><c> it</c>

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because<00:19:55.519><c> of</c><00:19:55.980><c> the</c><00:19:56.299><c> association</c><00:19:56.980><c> that</c><00:19:57.140><c> I</c><00:19:57.380><c> make</c><00:19:57.640><c> with</c><00:19:58.380><c> idolatry.</c>

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Paul<00:20:00.440><c> is</c><00:20:00.740><c> telling</c><00:20:01.000><c> the</c><00:20:01.220><c> brethren</c><00:20:01.859><c> there</c><00:20:02.119><c> to</c><00:20:02.660><c> have</c><00:20:03.099><c> understanding</c>

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when<00:20:05.019><c> there</c><00:20:05.339><c> are</c><00:20:05.519><c> these</c><00:20:06.059><c> associations</c><00:20:06.839><c> that</c><00:20:07.599><c> people</c><00:20:07.880><c> make.</c>

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And<00:20:09.319><c> so</c><00:20:09.559><c> intellectually,</c><00:20:10.180><c> we</c><00:20:10.319><c> know</c><00:20:10.680><c> that</c><00:20:10.799><c> there</c><00:20:10.980><c> is</c><00:20:11.119><c> one</c><00:20:11.339><c> God,</c>

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but<00:20:12.819><c> still,</c><00:20:13.420><c> it's</c><00:20:13.539><c> difficult</c><00:20:13.940><c> to</c><00:20:14.140><c> let</c><00:20:14.359><c> go</c><00:20:15.180><c> of</c><00:20:15.660><c> superstition.</c>

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We<00:20:16.359><c> need</c><00:20:16.599><c> to</c><00:20:16.839><c> have</c><00:20:17.140><c> patience</c><00:20:17.579><c> with</c><00:20:17.819><c> those</c>

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who<00:20:18.759><c> do</c><00:20:19.099><c> have</c><00:20:19.440><c> these</c><00:20:20.440><c> associations</c><00:20:21.140><c> and</c><00:20:21.440><c> hangups.</c>

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We<00:20:23.940><c> looked</c><00:20:24.119><c> earlier</c><00:20:24.380><c> in</c><00:20:24.500><c> the</c><00:20:24.619><c> week</c><00:20:24.759><c> at</c><00:20:24.940><c> how</c><00:20:25.279><c> the</c><00:20:25.779><c> superstitious</c><00:20:26.240><c> mindset</c>

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has<00:20:26.900><c> manifested</c><00:20:27.400><c> itself</c><00:20:27.819><c> in</c><00:20:28.039><c> things</c><00:20:28.240><c> like</c><00:20:28.980><c> the</c><00:20:29.200><c> serpent</c><00:20:29.440><c> on</c>

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the<00:20:29.859><c> pole.</c>

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Here<00:20:33.079><c> was</c><00:20:33.420><c> an</c><00:20:33.740><c> object</c><00:20:34.339><c> that</c><00:20:34.720><c> was</c><00:20:35.019><c> used</c>

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to<00:20:36.559><c> drive</c><00:20:36.980><c> home</c><00:20:37.259><c> a</c><00:20:37.420><c> lesson</c><00:20:37.660><c> in</c><00:20:37.880><c> the</c><00:20:38.019><c> wilderness.</c>

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And<00:20:39.940><c> yet,</c><00:20:40.119><c> when</c><00:20:40.259><c> we</c><00:20:40.460><c> come</c><00:20:40.599><c> to</c><00:20:40.759><c> the</c><00:20:40.859><c> days</c><00:20:41.059><c> of</c><00:20:41.299><c> Hezekiah,</c>

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they<00:20:42.400><c> were</c><00:20:42.940><c> burning</c><00:20:43.500><c> incense</c><00:20:43.980><c> to</c><00:20:44.220><c> it,</c>

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they<00:20:44.400><c> were</c><00:20:44.599><c> sacrificing</c><00:20:45.220><c> to</c><00:20:45.500><c> it.</c>

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They<00:20:45.839><c> had</c><00:20:46.400><c> taken</c><00:20:46.720><c> the</c><00:20:46.980><c> ritual</c><00:20:47.420><c> and</c><00:20:47.779><c> turned</c><00:20:48.099><c> it</c><00:20:48.660><c> into</c><00:20:48.900><c> something</c><00:20:49.259><c> else,</c>

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into<00:20:50.000><c> a</c><00:20:50.200><c> superstition.</c>

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So<00:20:52.700><c> we've</c><00:20:52.900><c> seen</c><00:20:53.160><c> with</c><00:20:53.519><c> the</c><00:20:53.759><c> people</c><00:20:53.920><c> of</c><00:20:54.220><c> God</c><00:20:54.559><c> that</c><00:20:55.099><c> this</c><00:20:55.339><c> can</c><00:20:55.579><c> occur.</c>

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But<00:20:57.900><c> God</c><00:20:58.099><c> doesn't</c><00:20:58.359><c> work</c><00:20:58.680><c> like</c><00:20:58.900><c> that.</c>

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God<00:21:00.240><c> doesn't</c><00:21:00.519><c> work</c><00:21:00.880><c> through</c><00:21:01.119><c> magic.</c>

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He<00:21:01.839><c> works</c><00:21:02.059><c> through</c><00:21:02.299><c> principles.</c>

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Let's<00:21:05.279><c> have</c><00:21:05.380><c> a</c><00:21:05.380><c> look</c><00:21:05.500><c> at</c><00:21:05.619><c> another</c><00:21:05.819><c> couple</c><00:21:06.140><c> of</c><00:21:06.440><c> examples.</c>

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If<00:21:06.980><c> you</c><00:21:07.019><c> want</c><00:21:07.200><c> to</c><00:21:07.299><c> turn</c><00:21:07.480><c> to</c><00:21:07.759><c> 1</c><00:21:08.039><c> Samuel</c><00:21:08.539><c> chapter</c><00:21:09.140><c> 13,</c>

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just<00:21:11.299><c> want</c><00:21:11.420><c> to</c><00:21:11.539><c> go</c><00:21:11.660><c> through</c><00:21:11.880><c> a</c><00:21:13.220><c> couple</c><00:21:13.480><c> of</c><00:21:14.559><c> examples</c><00:21:14.900><c> here</c>

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because<00:21:17.660><c> to</c><00:21:18.140><c> understand</c><00:21:18.660><c> that</c><00:21:18.859><c> this</c><00:21:19.400><c> phenomenon</c><00:21:19.859><c> can</c><00:21:20.519><c> occur</c>

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in<00:21:21.279><c> the</c><00:21:21.480><c> mind</c><00:21:21.660><c> of</c><00:21:21.880><c> those</c><00:21:22.099><c> who</c><00:21:22.279><c> are</c><00:21:22.400><c> the</c><00:21:22.579><c> people</c><00:21:22.759><c> of</c><00:21:22.980><c> God.</c>

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1<00:21:26.000><c> Samuel</c><00:21:26.440><c> chapter</c><00:21:26.839><c> 13,</c><00:21:27.180><c> and</c><00:21:27.359><c> I</c><00:21:27.440><c> think</c><00:21:27.619><c> I</c><00:21:27.819><c> mentioned</c><00:21:28.059><c> this</c><00:21:28.319><c> in</c><00:21:28.500><c> passing,</c>

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in<00:21:32.859><c> which</c><00:21:33.420><c> Samuel</c><00:21:33.960><c> has</c><00:21:34.259><c> commanded</c><00:21:34.640><c> Saul</c><00:21:35.000><c> to</c><00:21:35.200><c> wait</c><00:21:35.400><c> for</c><00:21:35.579><c> him</c>

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and<00:21:36.299><c> they're</c><00:21:36.599><c> going</c><00:21:36.599><c> to</c><00:21:36.759><c> offer</c><00:21:36.920><c> a</c><00:21:37.099><c> sacrifice.</c>

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And<00:21:38.579><c> Samuel</c><00:21:38.720><c> doesn't</c><00:21:39.059><c> turn</c><00:21:39.299><c> up.</c>

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So<00:21:41.119><c> in</c><00:21:41.579><c> 1</c><00:21:41.759><c> Samuel</c><00:21:42.039><c> 13</c><00:21:42.579><c> here</c><00:21:42.839><c> in</c><00:21:42.980><c> verse</c><00:21:43.240><c> 11,</c>

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Samuel<00:21:45.039><c> said,</c><00:21:45.400><c> what</c><00:21:45.440><c> have</c><00:21:45.660><c> you</c><00:21:45.819><c> done?</c>

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And<00:21:46.240><c> Saul</c><00:21:46.480><c> said,</c><00:21:47.140><c> when</c><00:21:47.319><c> I</c><00:21:47.539><c> saw</c><00:21:47.660><c> that</c><00:21:47.799><c> the</c><00:21:47.980><c> people</c><00:21:48.140><c> were</c><00:21:48.420><c> scattering</c>

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from<00:21:49.039><c> me</c><00:21:49.200><c> and</c><00:21:49.240><c> that</c><00:21:49.359><c> you</c><00:21:49.500><c> did</c><00:21:49.660><c> not</c><00:21:49.819><c> come</c><00:21:50.000><c> within</c><00:21:50.220><c> the</c><00:21:50.400><c> days</c><00:21:50.559><c> appointed</c>

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and<00:21:51.220><c> that</c><00:21:51.380><c> the</c><00:21:51.539><c> Philistines</c><00:21:51.940><c> had</c><00:21:52.160><c> mustered</c><00:21:52.500><c> at</c><00:21:53.059><c> Mechmesh,</c>

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I<00:21:53.960><c> said,</c><00:21:54.220><c> now</c><00:21:54.380><c> the</c><00:21:54.579><c> Philistines</c><00:21:54.960><c> will</c><00:21:55.119><c> come</c><00:21:55.380><c> down</c><00:21:55.579><c> against</c><00:21:55.880><c> me</c>

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at<00:21:56.220><c> Gilgal,</c><00:21:56.900><c> and</c><00:21:57.119><c> I</c><00:21:57.240><c> have</c><00:21:57.380><c> not</c><00:21:57.660><c> sought</c><00:21:57.819><c> the</c><00:21:58.059><c> favor</c><00:21:58.279><c> of</c><00:21:58.440><c> the</c><00:21:58.599><c> Lord.</c>

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So<00:21:59.220><c> I</c><00:21:59.519><c> forced</c><00:21:59.819><c> myself</c><00:22:00.380><c> and</c><00:22:00.599><c> offered</c><00:22:00.759><c> the</c><00:22:01.000><c> burned</c><00:22:01.180><c> offering.</c>

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And<00:22:02.660><c> Samuel</c><00:22:02.839><c> said</c><00:22:03.079><c> to</c><00:22:03.299><c> Saul,</c><00:22:03.380><c> you've</c><00:22:03.599><c> done</c><00:22:03.839><c> foolishly.</c>

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You<00:22:04.900><c> have</c><00:22:05.039><c> not</c><00:22:05.359><c> kept</c><00:22:05.539><c> the</c><00:22:05.799><c> commandment</c><00:22:06.259><c> of</c><00:22:06.539><c> the</c><00:22:06.720><c> Lord.</c>

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And<00:22:07.680><c> this</c><00:22:07.940><c> betrays</c><00:22:08.420><c> the</c><00:22:08.619><c> mindset</c><00:22:09.000><c> of</c><00:22:09.339><c> Saul,</c>

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who<00:22:09.799><c> I</c><00:22:09.940><c> like</c><00:22:10.039><c> to</c><00:22:10.299><c> call</c><00:22:10.480><c> the</c><00:22:11.160><c> prototype</c><00:22:11.720><c> Pharisee.</c>

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A<00:22:13.180><c> lot</c><00:22:13.400><c> of</c><00:22:13.640><c> connections</c><00:22:13.940><c> between</c><00:22:14.259><c> the</c><00:22:14.599><c> religion</c><00:22:14.819><c> of</c><00:22:15.160><c> Saul</c>

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and<00:22:16.019><c> the</c><00:22:16.240><c> religion</c><00:22:16.759><c> developed</c><00:22:17.640><c> in</c><00:22:17.920><c> Judaism</c><00:22:18.359><c> in</c><00:22:18.619><c> the</c><00:22:18.720><c> first</c><00:22:18.920><c> century.</c>

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He<00:22:19.940><c> forced</c><00:22:20.299><c> himself</c><00:22:20.799><c> to</c><00:22:21.059><c> offer</c><00:22:21.220><c> this</c><00:22:21.480><c> burned</c><00:22:21.720><c> offering,</c>

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thinking<00:22:23.039><c> that</c><00:22:23.319><c> somehow</c><00:22:24.000><c> by</c><00:22:24.339><c> performing</c><00:22:24.859><c> the</c><00:22:25.119><c> ritual,</c>

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there<00:22:26.579><c> would</c><00:22:26.759><c> be</c><00:22:26.900><c> an</c><00:22:27.119><c> outcome</c><00:22:27.539><c> that</c><00:22:27.759><c> was</c><00:22:27.960><c> positive.</c>

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So<00:22:31.119><c> Saul</c><00:22:31.420><c> had</c><00:22:31.759><c> this</c><00:22:32.160><c> kind</c><00:22:32.319><c> of</c><00:22:33.039><c> mindset.</c>

00:22:34.140 --> 00:22:37.099
He<00:22:34.160><c> did</c><00:22:34.480><c> the</c><00:22:34.900><c> ritual</c><00:22:35.339><c> thinking</c><00:22:35.779><c> it</c><00:22:35.940><c> would</c><00:22:36.220><c> have</c><00:22:36.460><c> an</c><00:22:36.640><c> outcome</c>

00:22:37.099 --> 00:22:39.880
just<00:22:37.799><c> simply</c><00:22:38.099><c> by</c><00:22:38.420><c> performing</c><00:22:38.819><c> the</c><00:22:39.059><c> ritual.</c>

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So<00:22:40.480><c> that's</c><00:22:40.779><c> the</c><00:22:41.079><c> superstitious</c><00:22:41.660><c> mindset.</c>

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Let's<00:22:42.619><c> go</c><00:22:42.779><c> over</c><00:22:42.900><c> to</c><00:22:43.019><c> chapter</c><00:22:43.279><c> 14.</c>

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We're<00:22:46.220><c> familiar</c><00:22:46.519><c> with</c><00:22:46.680><c> this,</c><00:22:46.920><c> of</c><00:22:47.019><c> course,</c>

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because<00:22:47.279><c> we've</c><00:22:47.519><c> been</c><00:22:47.619><c> doing</c><00:22:47.759><c> it</c><00:22:47.900><c> in</c><00:22:48.319><c> our</c><00:22:48.480><c> readings.</c>

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And<00:22:50.500><c> this</c><00:22:51.059><c> is</c><00:22:51.339><c> the</c><00:22:51.839><c> occasion</c><00:22:52.359><c> where</c><00:22:52.819><c> Saul</c><00:22:53.079><c> makes</c><00:22:53.380><c> his,</c>

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or<00:22:54.900><c> puts</c><00:22:55.099><c> a</c><00:22:55.339><c> curse</c><00:22:55.599><c> upon</c><00:22:55.859><c> his</c><00:22:56.099><c> soldiers.</c>

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They're<00:22:56.660><c> fighting</c><00:22:57.039><c> against</c><00:22:57.380><c> the</c><00:22:57.619><c> Philistines.</c>

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And<00:22:59.500><c> he</c><00:23:00.059><c> says,</c><00:23:00.339><c> you're</c><00:23:00.460><c> not</c><00:23:00.599><c> allowed</c><00:23:00.759><c> to</c><00:23:01.000><c> eat</c><00:23:01.200><c> anything</c>

00:23:01.640 --> 00:23:06.160
until<00:23:02.079><c> we've</c><00:23:02.400><c> won</c><00:23:02.500><c> the</c><00:23:02.700><c> battle,</c><00:23:04.140><c> which</c><00:23:04.420><c> is</c><00:23:05.180><c> completely</c><00:23:05.640><c> foolish</c>

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because<00:23:06.559><c> these</c><00:23:06.799><c> are</c><00:23:07.039><c> soldiers</c><00:23:07.420><c> who</c><00:23:07.700><c> need</c><00:23:07.900><c> that</c><00:23:08.220><c> sustenance</c>

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in<00:23:08.759><c> order</c><00:23:08.940><c> to</c><00:23:09.180><c> fight.</c>

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And<00:23:10.240><c> so</c><00:23:10.319><c> we</c><00:23:10.440><c> know</c><00:23:10.579><c> what</c><00:23:10.759><c> happens.</c>

00:23:11.140 --> 00:23:13.740
They<00:23:11.319><c> win</c><00:23:11.519><c> the</c><00:23:11.759><c> battle</c><00:23:12.079><c> and</c><00:23:12.400><c> they</c><00:23:12.740><c> fly</c><00:23:13.000><c> upon</c><00:23:13.279><c> the</c><00:23:13.579><c> spoiler.</c>

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They<00:23:13.960><c> haven't</c><00:23:14.039><c> eaten</c><00:23:14.240><c> all</c><00:23:14.579><c> day.</c>

00:23:15.380 --> 00:23:18.460
And<00:23:15.500><c> verse</c><00:23:15.799><c> 31,</c><00:23:17.180><c> they</c><00:23:17.480><c> struck</c><00:23:17.720><c> down</c><00:23:17.940><c> the</c><00:23:18.079><c> Philistines</c>

00:23:18.460 --> 00:23:20.019
that<00:23:18.599><c> day</c><00:23:18.779><c> from</c><00:23:18.980><c> Mekhmesh</c><00:23:19.440><c> to</c><00:23:19.619><c> Aijalan</c>

00:23:20.019 --> 00:23:22.359
and<00:23:20.579><c> the</c><00:23:20.759><c> people</c><00:23:20.920><c> were</c><00:23:21.140><c> very</c><00:23:21.500><c> faint.</c>

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People<00:23:23.279><c> pounced</c><00:23:23.700><c> on</c><00:23:23.900><c> the</c><00:23:24.200><c> spoil</c><00:23:24.500><c> and</c><00:23:25.019><c> took</c><00:23:25.259><c> sheep</c><00:23:25.779><c> and</c><00:23:26.180><c> oxen</c>

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and<00:23:27.200><c> calves</c><00:23:27.559><c> and</c><00:23:28.119><c> slaughtered</c><00:23:28.559><c> them</c><00:23:28.640><c> on</c><00:23:28.799><c> the</c><00:23:29.019><c> ground</c>

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and<00:23:29.980><c> the</c><00:23:30.140><c> people</c><00:23:30.359><c> ate</c><00:23:30.680><c> them</c><00:23:31.119><c> with</c><00:23:31.579><c> the</c><00:23:31.819><c> blood.</c>

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Oops,<00:23:36.380><c> bad</c><00:23:36.559><c> mistake.</c>

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Saul<00:23:38.160><c> comes</c><00:23:38.440><c> on</c><00:23:38.660><c> the</c><00:23:38.819><c> scene.</c>

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Verse<00:23:39.259><c> 33,</c><00:23:39.799><c> then</c><00:23:39.940><c> they</c><00:23:40.140><c> told</c><00:23:40.400><c> Saul,</c>

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behold,<00:23:42.140><c> the</c><00:23:42.220><c> people</c><00:23:42.400><c> are</c><00:23:42.619><c> sinning</c><00:23:42.859><c> against</c><00:23:43.160><c> the</c><00:23:43.319><c> Lord</c>

00:23:43.420 --> 00:23:46.660
by<00:23:43.599><c> eating</c><00:23:43.819><c> with</c><00:23:44.019><c> the</c><00:23:44.180><c> blood,</c><00:23:44.359><c> which</c><00:23:44.700><c> technically</c><00:23:45.220><c> was</c><00:23:45.619><c> correct.</c>

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They'd<00:23:47.900><c> broken</c><00:23:48.079><c> the</c><00:23:48.299><c> law.</c>

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And<00:23:50.599><c> he</c><00:23:50.680><c> said,</c><00:23:50.839><c> you</c><00:23:50.940><c> have</c><00:23:51.140><c> dealt</c><00:23:51.299><c> treacherously.</c>

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Roll<00:23:52.519><c> a</c><00:23:52.759><c> great</c><00:23:52.980><c> stone</c><00:23:53.279><c> to</c><00:23:53.460><c> me</c><00:23:53.700><c> here.</c>

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And<00:23:54.119><c> Saul</c><00:23:54.220><c> said,</c><00:23:54.819><c> disperse</c><00:23:55.019><c> yourselves.</c>

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And<00:23:55.480><c> he</c><00:23:55.579><c> gets</c><00:23:55.799><c> all</c><00:23:56.480><c> hot</c><00:23:56.680><c> and</c><00:23:56.920><c> bothered</c>

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because<00:23:57.400><c> the</c><00:23:57.660><c> people</c><00:23:57.859><c> had</c><00:23:58.059><c> eaten</c><00:23:58.240><c> blood.</c>

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And<00:24:02.519><c> Saul</c><00:24:02.740><c> had</c><00:24:03.019><c> lost</c><00:24:03.279><c> sight</c><00:24:03.619><c> of</c><00:24:03.819><c> the</c><00:24:04.019><c> fact</c>

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that<00:24:05.240><c> these</c><00:24:05.480><c> were</c><00:24:05.660><c> men</c><00:24:05.920><c> who</c><00:24:06.140><c> had</c><00:24:06.279><c> just</c><00:24:06.579><c> risked</c><00:24:07.119><c> their</c><00:24:07.339><c> lives</c>

00:24:07.740 --> 00:24:10.740
in<00:24:08.119><c> serving</c><00:24:08.400><c> him</c><00:24:08.920><c> in</c><00:24:09.339><c> fighting</c><00:24:09.559><c> this</c><00:24:09.839><c> battle.</c>

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And<00:24:12.000><c> you</c><00:24:12.079><c> can</c><00:24:12.259><c> understand</c><00:24:12.920><c> why</c><00:24:13.480><c> they're</c><00:24:14.099><c> hungry</c>

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and<00:24:14.579><c> they</c><00:24:14.660><c> don't</c><00:24:14.839><c> have</c><00:24:15.059><c> time</c><00:24:15.299><c> to</c><00:24:15.519><c> drain</c><00:24:15.680><c> the</c><00:24:15.920><c> blood</c>

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and<00:24:16.259><c> they're</c><00:24:16.440><c> just</c><00:24:16.619><c> so</c><00:24:16.940><c> ravenous</c><00:24:17.359><c> that</c><00:24:17.559><c> they</c><00:24:18.140><c> eat</c><00:24:18.319><c> the</c><00:24:18.559><c> blood.</c>

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And<00:24:18.880><c> it</c><00:24:18.920><c> was</c><00:24:19.160><c> wrong.</c>

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Technically<00:24:20.079><c> speaking,</c><00:24:20.559><c> it</c><00:24:20.740><c> was</c><00:24:20.960><c> wrong.</c>

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They<00:24:21.519><c> disobeyed</c><00:24:22.660><c> the</c><00:24:23.420><c> ritual</c><00:24:24.079><c> of</c><00:24:25.299><c> abstaining</c><00:24:25.960><c> from</c><00:24:26.220><c> blood.</c>

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And<00:24:29.220><c> yet</c><00:24:29.500><c> Saul</c><00:24:29.819><c> could</c><00:24:30.160><c> not</c><00:24:30.500><c> see</c><00:24:30.759><c> past</c><00:24:31.180><c> that</c>

00:24:31.619 --> 00:24:34.660
to<00:24:32.279><c> see</c><00:24:32.440><c> the</c><00:24:32.859><c> spiritual</c><00:24:33.500><c> qualities</c><00:24:33.980><c> of</c><00:24:34.220><c> these</c><00:24:34.480><c> men</c>

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who<00:24:34.839><c> had</c><00:24:34.960><c> given</c><00:24:35.140><c> their</c><00:24:35.420><c> lives</c><00:24:35.900><c> in</c><00:24:36.700><c> service.</c>

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And<00:24:37.799><c> perhaps</c><00:24:38.079><c> you</c><00:24:38.279><c> know</c><00:24:38.539><c> someone</c><00:24:38.819><c> like</c><00:24:39.119><c> that</c>

00:24:39.259 --> 00:24:41.539
or<00:24:39.400><c> perhaps</c><00:24:39.680><c> you're</c><00:24:39.920><c> a</c><00:24:40.039><c> little</c><00:24:40.200><c> bit</c><00:24:40.339><c> like</c><00:24:40.599><c> that.</c>

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When<00:24:41.799><c> on</c><00:24:42.000><c> a</c><00:24:42.000><c> Sunday</c><00:24:42.259><c> morning,</c><00:24:42.740><c> something's</c><00:24:43.059><c> not</c><00:24:43.319><c> quite</c><00:24:43.579><c> done</c><00:24:43.880><c> right.</c>

00:24:45.420 --> 00:24:46.920
The<00:24:45.519><c> brother</c><00:24:45.640><c> didn't</c><00:24:45.880><c> take</c><00:24:46.059><c> the</c><00:24:46.220><c> white</c><00:24:46.440><c> cloth</c><00:24:46.660><c> off</c>

00:24:46.920 --> 00:24:53.259
at<00:24:47.079><c> the</c><00:24:47.200><c> right</c><00:24:47.440><c> time</c><00:24:48.000><c> and</c><00:24:48.299><c> it</c><00:24:51.480><c> overrides</c><00:24:52.400><c> everything</c><00:24:52.779><c> else</c>

00:24:53.259 --> 00:24:56.460
because<00:24:54.200><c> the</c><00:24:54.640><c> white</c><00:24:54.839><c> cloth</c><00:24:55.119><c> should</c><00:24:55.299><c> have</c><00:24:55.400><c> been</c><00:24:55.579><c> taken</c><00:24:55.740><c> off</c>

00:24:56.680 --> 00:24:59.819
before<00:24:57.200><c> reading</c><00:24:57.720><c> 1</c><00:24:58.000><c> Corinthians</c><00:24:58.400><c> 11</c><00:24:58.779><c> instead</c><00:24:59.000><c> of</c><00:24:59.240><c> afterwards.</c>

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And<00:25:00.299><c> you</c><00:25:00.400><c> get</c><00:25:00.619><c> hot</c><00:25:00.960><c> and</c><00:25:01.240><c> bothered</c><00:25:01.420><c> about</c><00:25:01.720><c> it</c>

00:25:02.279 --> 00:25:04.880
and<00:25:02.579><c> you</c><00:25:02.700><c> miss</c><00:25:02.920><c> the</c><00:25:03.140><c> fact</c><00:25:03.279><c> it's</c><00:25:03.519><c> just</c><00:25:03.819><c> a</c><00:25:04.019><c> ritual.</c>

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We<00:25:06.299><c> can</c><00:25:06.539><c> get</c><00:25:06.720><c> like</c><00:25:07.000><c> that.</c>

00:25:07.640 --> 00:25:11.519
We<00:25:07.799><c> can</c><00:25:07.960><c> get</c><00:25:08.119><c> all</c><00:25:09.019><c> hung</c><00:25:09.420><c> up</c><00:25:09.799><c> about</c><00:25:10.319><c> things</c><00:25:10.819><c> like</c><00:25:11.259><c> that</c>

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and<00:25:11.720><c> miss</c><00:25:12.319><c> the</c><00:25:12.680><c> point.</c>

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Chapter<00:25:15.900><c> 15,</c><00:25:17.980><c> verse</c><00:25:18.180><c> 22.</c>

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Samuel<00:25:20.880><c> said</c><00:25:21.559><c> to</c><00:25:22.059><c> Saul,</c>

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has<00:25:23.839><c> the</c><00:25:24.079><c> Lord</c><00:25:24.259><c> as</c><00:25:24.500><c> great</c><00:25:24.700><c> delight</c><00:25:25.039><c> in</c><00:25:25.299><c> burnt</c><00:25:25.539><c> offerings</c>

00:25:25.940 --> 00:25:29.940
and<00:25:26.319><c> sacrifices</c><00:25:26.880><c> as</c><00:25:27.880><c> in</c><00:25:28.079><c> obeying</c><00:25:28.420><c> the</c><00:25:28.640><c> voice</c><00:25:28.799><c> of</c><00:25:29.000><c> the</c><00:25:29.160><c> Lord?</c>

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The<00:25:32.460><c> ritual</c><00:25:32.960><c> should</c><00:25:34.220><c> not</c><00:25:34.400><c> be</c><00:25:34.559><c> the</c><00:25:34.779><c> essence</c><00:25:35.299><c> of</c><00:25:35.900><c> our</c><00:25:36.700><c> religious</c><00:25:37.079><c> life.</c>

00:25:37.920 --> 00:25:39.400
It's<00:25:38.220><c> obeying</c><00:25:38.599><c> the</c><00:25:38.799><c> voice</c><00:25:38.960><c> of</c><00:25:39.140><c> the</c><00:25:39.240><c> Lord.</c>

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Behold,<00:25:39.960><c> who</c><00:25:40.140><c> obeys</c><00:25:40.460><c> is</c><00:25:40.559><c> better</c><00:25:40.779><c> than</c><00:25:41.019><c> sacrifice</c>

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and<00:25:41.779><c> listen</c><00:25:41.940><c> than</c><00:25:42.140><c> the</c><00:25:42.319><c> fact</c><00:25:42.660><c> of</c><00:25:42.920><c> rams.</c>

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For<00:25:43.920><c> rebellion</c><00:25:44.599><c> is</c><00:25:45.960><c> as</c><00:25:46.160><c> the</c><00:25:46.319><c> sin</c><00:25:46.420><c> of</c><00:25:46.940><c> divination</c>

00:25:47.559 --> 00:25:53.700
and<00:25:47.960><c> presumption</c><00:25:48.660><c> is</c><00:25:49.380><c> as</c><00:25:50.099><c> iniquity</c><00:25:51.019><c> and</c><00:25:52.319><c> idolatry.</c>

00:25:54.740 --> 00:25:57.220
So<00:25:54.900><c> this</c><00:25:55.119><c> superstitious</c><00:25:55.839><c> mindset</c><00:25:56.440><c> that</c><00:25:56.680><c> are</c><00:25:56.839><c> developed</c>

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in<00:25:58.039><c> Saul's</c><00:25:58.460><c> religion</c><00:25:58.980><c> was</c><00:25:59.859><c> tantamount,</c><00:26:00.819><c> Samuel</c><00:26:01.400><c> says,</c>

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to<00:26:03.079><c> idolatry.</c>

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Let's<00:26:06.319><c> look</c><00:26:06.519><c> at</c><00:26:06.779><c> the</c><00:26:07.039><c> New</c><00:26:07.220><c> Testament</c><00:26:07.559><c> again.</c>

00:26:07.839 --> 00:26:09.740
We<00:26:07.960><c> looked</c><00:26:08.099><c> at</c><00:26:08.259><c> this</c><00:26:08.519><c> also</c><00:26:09.079><c> earlier</c><00:26:09.380><c> in</c><00:26:09.519><c> the</c><00:26:09.619><c> week,</c>

00:26:09.740 --> 00:26:12.079
Mark<00:26:10.180><c> chapter</c><00:26:10.619><c> seven,</c>

00:26:12.400 --> 00:26:15.819
and<00:26:12.680><c> we</c><00:26:12.839><c> had</c><00:26:12.920><c> a</c><00:26:13.000><c> look</c><00:26:13.099><c> at</c><00:26:13.240><c> the</c><00:26:13.539><c> washings</c><00:26:14.839><c> ritual</c>

00:26:15.980 --> 00:26:19.900
and<00:26:16.539><c> how</c><00:26:16.859><c> they</c><00:26:17.259><c> had</c><00:26:17.440><c> to</c><00:26:18.160><c> wash</c><00:26:18.359><c> their</c><00:26:18.680><c> dominant</c><00:26:19.079><c> hand</c><00:26:19.380><c> first</c>

00:26:19.900 --> 00:26:21.319
and<00:26:20.119><c> then</c><00:26:20.259><c> the</c><00:26:20.359><c> non</c><00:26:20.660><c>-dominant</c><00:26:21.019><c> hand</c>

00:26:21.319 --> 00:26:22.359
and<00:26:21.440><c> they</c><00:26:21.539><c> wouldn't</c><00:26:21.660><c> like</c><00:26:21.819><c> to</c><00:26:22.180><c> speak</c>

00:26:22.359 --> 00:26:24.920
and<00:26:22.579><c> we</c><00:26:23.079><c> looked</c><00:26:23.220><c> at</c><00:26:23.359><c> this</c><00:26:23.559><c> whole</c><00:26:23.799><c> rigmarole</c><00:26:24.359><c> that</c><00:26:24.500><c> they</c><00:26:24.680><c> had</c>

00:26:24.920 --> 00:26:26.279
with<00:26:25.119><c> their</c><00:26:25.400><c> washings,</c>

00:26:26.559 --> 00:26:28.700
thinking<00:26:26.579><c> that</c><00:26:26.799><c> there</c><00:26:27.059><c> were</c><00:26:27.619><c> evil</c><00:26:28.140><c> spirits</c>

00:26:28.700 --> 00:26:31.559
that<00:26:29.220><c> they</c><00:26:29.380><c> had</c><00:26:29.500><c> to</c><00:26:29.740><c> wash</c><00:26:29.940><c> off</c><00:26:30.160><c> their</c><00:26:30.420><c> hands.</c>

00:26:32.160 --> 00:26:35.740
A<00:26:32.160><c> ridiculous</c><00:26:32.859><c> superstitious</c><00:26:33.900><c> rite</c><00:26:34.740><c> that</c><00:26:34.940><c> are</c><00:26:35.160><c> developed</c>

00:26:35.740 --> 00:26:38.859
but<00:26:36.460><c> among</c><00:26:37.019><c> the</c><00:26:37.440><c> people</c><00:26:37.640><c> of</c><00:26:37.880><c> God.</c>

00:26:38.769 --> 00:26:43.200
So<00:26:39.059><c> they'd</c><00:26:39.420><c> made</c><00:26:39.579><c> this</c><00:26:39.900><c> connection</c><00:26:40.500><c> between</c><00:26:41.640><c> a</c><00:26:42.240><c> ritual</c>

00:26:43.920 --> 00:26:47.940
and<00:26:44.500><c> cleanliness,</c><00:26:45.700><c> spiritually</c><00:26:46.019><c> speaking,</c><00:26:46.920><c> cleanliness.</c>

00:26:48.799 --> 00:26:51.440
So<00:26:49.019><c> he</c><00:26:49.180><c> addresses</c><00:26:49.460><c> here</c><00:26:49.680><c> in</c><00:26:49.839><c> verse</c><00:26:50.079><c> one,</c><00:26:50.859><c> the</c><00:26:51.019><c> Pharisees.</c>

00:26:51.460 --> 00:26:53.519
The<00:26:51.599><c> Pharisees</c><00:26:51.980><c> gathered</c><00:26:52.240><c> to</c><00:26:52.440><c> him</c><00:26:52.539><c> with</c><00:26:52.740><c> some</c><00:26:52.880><c> of</c><00:26:53.019><c> the</c><00:26:53.220><c> scribes</c>

00:26:53.519 --> 00:26:54.440
who<00:26:53.700><c> had</c><00:26:53.759><c> come</c><00:26:53.900><c> from</c><00:26:54.019><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:26:54.480 --> 00:26:56.740
They<00:26:54.680><c> saw</c><00:26:54.920><c> some</c><00:26:55.119><c> of</c><00:26:55.240><c> his</c><00:26:55.420><c> disciples</c><00:26:55.819><c> ate</c><00:26:56.000><c> with</c><00:26:56.279><c> hands</c>

00:26:56.740 --> 00:27:00.859
that<00:26:57.119><c> were</c><00:26:57.460><c> defiled,</c><00:26:58.400><c> that</c><00:26:58.539><c> is</c><00:26:59.119><c> unwashed.</c>

00:27:02.160 --> 00:27:05.819
And<00:27:02.460><c> by</c><00:27:02.680><c> defiled,</c><00:27:03.359><c> they</c><00:27:03.480><c> don't</c><00:27:03.700><c> mean</c><00:27:04.099><c> hygienically</c><00:27:05.099><c> defiled</c>

00:27:05.819 --> 00:27:08.500
but<00:27:06.200><c> spiritually</c><00:27:06.960><c> defiled.</c>

00:27:09.220 --> 00:27:13.440
And<00:27:09.740><c> so</c><00:27:10.039><c> in</c><00:27:10.440><c> verse</c><00:27:10.720><c> 18,</c><00:27:11.279><c> what</c><00:27:11.420><c> is</c><00:27:11.640><c> Jesus</c><00:27:12.000><c> answer</c><00:27:12.339><c> to</c><00:27:12.599><c> this?</c>

00:27:13.599 --> 00:27:14.259
He<00:27:13.700><c> said</c><00:27:13.940><c> to</c><00:27:14.000><c> them,</c>

00:27:14.500 --> 00:27:16.740
then<00:27:14.900><c> are</c><00:27:15.240><c> you</c><00:27:15.539><c> also</c><00:27:15.880><c> without</c><00:27:16.220><c> understanding?</c>

00:27:16.880 --> 00:27:19.160
Do<00:27:16.960><c> you</c><00:27:17.079><c> not</c><00:27:17.279><c> see</c><00:27:17.440><c> that</c><00:27:17.599><c> whatever</c><00:27:17.880><c> goes</c><00:27:18.200><c> into</c><00:27:18.640><c> a</c><00:27:18.900><c> person</c>

00:27:19.160 --> 00:27:22.680
from<00:27:19.440><c> outside</c><00:27:20.000><c> cannot</c><00:27:21.099><c> defile</c><00:27:21.779><c> him?</c>

00:27:22.839 --> 00:27:26.519
Since<00:27:23.019><c> it</c><00:27:23.200><c> enters</c><00:27:23.359><c> not</c><00:27:23.680><c> his</c><00:27:23.920><c> heart</c><00:27:24.140><c> but</c><00:27:24.299><c> his</c><00:27:24.539><c> stomach</c><00:27:24.839><c> is</c><00:27:25.380><c> expelled.</c>

00:27:26.640 --> 00:27:29.059
Thus<00:27:26.740><c> he</c><00:27:26.940><c> declared</c><00:27:27.220><c> all</c><00:27:27.619><c> foods</c><00:27:27.900><c> clean.</c>

00:27:29.140 --> 00:27:32.480
And<00:27:29.299><c> he</c><00:27:29.359><c> said,</c><00:27:29.539><c> what</c><00:27:29.640><c> comes</c><00:27:29.940><c> out</c><00:27:30.359><c> of</c><00:27:30.599><c> a</c><00:27:30.759><c> person</c><00:27:30.980><c> is</c><00:27:31.160><c> what</c><00:27:31.380><c> defiles</c><00:27:31.880><c> him.</c>

00:27:32.779 --> 00:27:35.160
For<00:27:32.839><c> from</c><00:27:33.079><c> within</c><00:27:33.359><c> out</c><00:27:33.500><c> of</c><00:27:33.599><c> the</c><00:27:33.779><c> heart</c><00:27:33.980><c> of</c><00:27:34.160><c> man</c><00:27:34.319><c> come</c><00:27:34.480><c> evil</c><00:27:34.759><c> thoughts</c>

00:27:35.160 --> 00:27:36.660
and<00:27:35.359><c> so</c><00:27:35.480><c> it</c><00:27:35.660><c> goes</c><00:27:35.819><c> on</c><00:27:36.039><c> this</c><00:27:36.299><c> list.</c>

00:27:36.660 --> 00:27:39.940
And<00:27:37.140><c> Jesus</c><00:27:37.500><c> is</c><00:27:37.680><c> saying,</c><00:27:38.039><c> no,</c><00:27:38.740><c> forget</c><00:27:39.039><c> about</c><00:27:39.359><c> this</c>

00:27:39.940 --> 00:27:42.240
these<00:27:40.339><c> superstitious</c><00:27:40.900><c> connections</c><00:27:41.440><c> that</c><00:27:41.640><c> you</c><00:27:41.839><c> make</c>

00:27:42.240 --> 00:27:47.660
that<00:27:42.680><c> somehow</c><00:27:43.180><c> eating</c><00:27:43.680><c> pork</c><00:27:44.180><c> makes</c><00:27:44.819><c> you</c><00:27:45.900><c> unclean.</c>

00:27:47.740 --> 00:27:49.500
Just<00:27:48.039><c> an</c><00:27:48.279><c> object</c><00:27:48.559><c> lesson.</c>

00:27:50.339 --> 00:27:52.440
You<00:27:50.480><c> can't</c><00:27:50.740><c> become</c><00:27:51.279><c> spiritually</c><00:27:51.819><c> defiled</c>

00:27:52.440 --> 00:27:57.119
by<00:27:52.599><c> what</c><00:27:52.779><c> goes</c><00:27:53.059><c> into</c><00:27:53.420><c> your</c><00:27:53.680><c> body</c><00:27:54.079><c> or</c><00:27:55.240><c> rituals</c><00:27:55.660><c> that</c><00:27:55.859><c> you</c><00:27:56.079><c> perform.</c>

00:27:58.859 --> 00:28:00.339
You've<00:27:59.000><c> got</c><00:27:59.059><c> to</c><00:27:59.160><c> concentrate</c><00:27:59.539><c> on</c><00:27:59.740><c> the</c><00:28:00.000><c> heart,</c>

00:28:00.519 --> 00:28:01.740
circumcising<00:28:01.200><c> the</c><00:28:01.539><c> heart.</c>

00:28:01.960 --> 00:28:05.940
And<00:28:02.059><c> we</c><00:28:02.140><c> know</c><00:28:02.359><c> this</c><00:28:02.960><c> very</c><00:28:04.700><c> well</c><00:28:05.000><c> indeed.</c>

00:28:06.339 --> 00:28:10.240
And<00:28:06.740><c> so</c><00:28:07.579><c> again,</c><00:28:08.160><c> we</c><00:28:08.400><c> have</c><00:28:08.579><c> these</c><00:28:08.980><c> imagined</c><00:28:09.579><c> connections</c>

00:28:10.240 --> 00:28:16.900
that<00:28:11.680><c> certain</c><00:28:12.099><c> folk</c><00:28:12.420><c> make</c><00:28:12.900><c> between</c><00:28:14.200><c> washing</c><00:28:14.880><c> and</c><00:28:15.799><c> righteousness.</c>

00:28:17.700 --> 00:28:21.140
And<00:28:18.119><c> there</c><00:28:18.339><c> is</c><00:28:18.720><c> no</c><00:28:19.079><c> connection</c><00:28:19.859><c> whatsoever.</c>

00:28:22.779 --> 00:28:25.279
So<00:28:23.119><c> what</c><00:28:23.319><c> about</c><00:28:23.539><c> us</c><00:28:23.859><c> brothers</c><00:28:24.079><c> and</c><00:28:24.319><c> sisters?</c>

00:28:25.460 --> 00:28:29.720
So<00:28:26.079><c> much</c><00:28:26.299><c> for</c><00:28:26.619><c> Saul</c><00:28:27.019><c> and</c><00:28:28.859><c> the</c><00:28:29.180><c> Pharisees.</c>

00:28:29.720 --> 00:28:30.759
What<00:28:29.940><c> about</c><00:28:30.220><c> us?</c>

00:28:30.859 --> 00:28:35.319
Can<00:28:31.140><c> we</c><00:28:32.079><c> make</c><00:28:32.299><c> these</c><00:28:32.660><c> connections</c><00:28:33.140><c> in</c><00:28:33.480><c> our</c><00:28:33.700><c> minds</c><00:28:34.079><c> as</c><00:28:34.420><c> well?</c>

00:28:35.440 --> 00:28:38.039
Well,<00:28:35.960><c> let's</c><00:28:36.200><c> consider</c><00:28:36.579><c> a</c><00:28:36.980><c> few</c><00:28:37.200><c> things</c><00:28:37.579><c> to</c><00:28:37.839><c> do</c>

00:28:38.039 --> 00:28:40.980
with<00:28:39.000><c> Christadelphian</c><00:28:39.980><c> ism.</c>

00:28:41.079 --> 00:28:45.000
And<00:28:41.279><c> I</c><00:28:41.720><c> emphasize</c><00:28:42.180><c> the</c><00:28:42.460><c> word</c><00:28:42.700><c> or</c><00:28:43.640><c> the</c><00:28:43.960><c> suffix</c><00:28:44.220><c> that</c><00:28:44.519><c> ism</c>

00:28:45.000 --> 00:28:49.019
because<00:28:45.440><c> we</c><00:28:45.920><c> have</c><00:28:46.680><c> incorporated</c><00:28:47.420><c> into</c><00:28:47.920><c> our</c><00:28:48.279><c> culture</c>

00:28:49.019 --> 00:28:52.880
certain<00:28:49.839><c> things,</c><00:28:50.579><c> certain</c><00:28:50.720><c> behaviors,</c><00:28:51.579><c> certain</c><00:28:51.779><c> rituals,</c>

00:28:53.000 --> 00:28:55.200
which<00:28:53.380><c> if</c><00:28:53.859><c> we</c><00:28:54.019><c> are</c><00:28:54.220><c> honest</c><00:28:54.440><c> with</c><00:28:54.680><c> ourselves,</c>

00:28:55.259 --> 00:28:58.359
if<00:28:55.559><c> we</c><00:28:55.819><c> use</c><00:28:56.039><c> our</c><00:28:56.339><c> rational</c><00:28:56.740><c> minds,</c><00:28:57.220><c> we</c><00:28:57.420><c> will</c><00:28:57.660><c> understand</c>

00:28:58.359 --> 00:29:02.019
that<00:28:58.759><c> they</c><00:28:58.960><c> are</c><00:28:59.119><c> not</c><00:28:59.460><c> part</c><00:28:59.859><c> of</c><00:29:01.119><c> scripture.</c>

00:29:02.799 --> 00:29:04.319
We've<00:29:03.220><c> added</c><00:29:03.619><c> to</c><00:29:04.000><c> scripture.</c>

00:29:04.319 --> 00:29:07.660
We<00:29:04.519><c> have</c><00:29:04.759><c> our</c><00:29:05.000><c> own</c><00:29:05.660><c> additions</c><00:29:06.140><c> to</c><00:29:06.539><c> the</c><00:29:06.720><c> law.</c>

00:29:08.740 --> 00:29:12.660
For<00:29:08.940><c> instance,</c><00:29:11.420><c> the</c><00:29:11.559><c> breaking</c><00:29:11.680><c> of</c><00:29:11.920><c> bread.</c>

00:29:13.259 --> 00:29:17.000
We<00:29:13.500><c> can</c><00:29:13.720><c> very</c><00:29:13.940><c> much</c><00:29:14.200><c> turn</c><00:29:14.559><c> that</c><00:29:14.940><c> into</c><00:29:15.259><c> something</c><00:29:15.740><c> different</c>

00:29:17.000 --> 00:29:19.339
to<00:29:17.119><c> what</c><00:29:17.259><c> it's</c><00:29:17.539><c> meant</c><00:29:17.680><c> to</c><00:29:18.319><c> represent.</c>

00:29:19.700 --> 00:29:21.980
For<00:29:19.880><c> instance,</c><00:29:20.200><c> do</c><00:29:20.400><c> we</c><00:29:20.599><c> have</c><00:29:20.720><c> a</c><00:29:20.960><c> superstitious</c><00:29:21.500><c> approach</c>

00:29:21.980 --> 00:29:22.859
to<00:29:22.160><c> the</c><00:29:22.339><c> breaking</c><00:29:22.519><c> of</c><00:29:22.740><c> bread?</c>

00:29:22.920 --> 00:29:26.220
Do<00:29:23.079><c> we</c><00:29:23.400><c> think</c><00:29:23.619><c> that</c><00:29:23.980><c> merely</c><00:29:24.180><c> by</c><00:29:24.920><c> eating</c><00:29:25.259><c> a</c><00:29:25.460><c> morsel</c><00:29:25.759><c> of</c><00:29:26.000><c> bread</c>

00:29:26.220 --> 00:29:29.259
and<00:29:26.539><c> sipping</c><00:29:26.900><c> wine</c><00:29:27.319><c> that</c><00:29:27.519><c> somehow</c><00:29:27.779><c> that</c><00:29:28.079><c> makes</c><00:29:28.319><c> us</c><00:29:28.779><c> righteous</c>

00:29:29.259 --> 00:29:30.539
or<00:29:29.779><c> holy?</c>

00:29:32.819 --> 00:29:34.220
If<00:29:33.339><c> you're</c><00:29:33.599><c> honest</c><00:29:33.759><c> with</c><00:29:33.920><c> yourself,</c>

00:29:34.220 --> 00:29:36.279
you<00:29:34.299><c> can</c><00:29:34.559><c> sometimes</c><00:29:34.819><c> get</c><00:29:35.039><c> into</c><00:29:35.339><c> that</c><00:29:35.759><c> mode</c>

00:29:36.279 --> 00:29:38.619
where<00:29:36.799><c> simply</c><00:29:37.200><c> by</c><00:29:37.500><c> coming</c><00:29:37.720><c> on</c><00:29:37.940><c> a</c><00:29:38.079><c> Sunday</c><00:29:38.279><c> morning</c>

00:29:38.619 --> 00:29:40.079
and<00:29:38.859><c> participating</c><00:29:39.380><c> in</c><00:29:39.599><c> the</c><00:29:39.759><c> ritual,</c>

00:29:40.299 --> 00:29:44.539
that<00:29:40.299><c> somehow</c><00:29:40.779><c> that</c><00:29:41.579><c> inner</c><00:29:41.859><c> of</c><00:29:42.319><c> itself</c><00:29:42.960><c> makes</c><00:29:43.440><c> me</c><00:29:43.680><c> holy.</c>

00:29:46.400 --> 00:29:48.240
What<00:29:46.819><c> about</c><00:29:47.019><c> the</c><00:29:47.279><c> arguments</c><00:29:47.539><c> some</c><00:29:47.799><c> people</c><00:29:47.980><c> have</c>

00:29:48.240 --> 00:29:51.079
over<00:29:49.039><c> leavened</c><00:29:49.559><c> or</c><00:29:49.759><c> unleavened</c><00:29:50.359><c> bread?</c>

00:29:53.380 --> 00:29:55.140
Does<00:29:53.980><c> it</c><00:29:54.200><c> matter?</c>

00:29:56.359 --> 00:29:59.759
Ecclesias<00:29:56.839><c> have</c><00:29:57.220><c> split</c><00:29:57.599><c> over</c><00:29:58.039><c> these</c><00:29:58.279><c> sort</c><00:29:58.420><c> of</c><00:29:58.579><c> things.</c>

00:30:01.220 --> 00:30:03.960
And<00:30:01.519><c> then,</c><00:30:01.819><c> of</c><00:30:02.000><c> course,</c><00:30:02.220><c> the</c><00:30:02.359><c> fabled</c><00:30:02.700><c> white</c><00:30:02.960><c> cloth.</c>

00:30:07.759 --> 00:30:10.160
Is<00:30:08.279><c> there</c><00:30:08.579><c> anything</c><00:30:08.819><c> in</c><00:30:09.059><c> scripture</c><00:30:09.359><c> that</c><00:30:09.559><c> says</c><00:30:09.740><c> anything</c>

00:30:10.160 --> 00:30:12.380
about<00:30:10.400><c> putting</c><00:30:10.640><c> a</c><00:30:10.859><c> white</c><00:30:11.079><c> cloth</c><00:30:11.359><c> over</c><00:30:11.640><c> the</c><00:30:11.859><c> emblems?</c>

00:30:12.819 --> 00:30:15.500
You<00:30:12.880><c> know,</c><00:30:14.119><c> we</c><00:30:14.420><c> can</c><00:30:14.640><c> laugh</c><00:30:14.900><c> about</c><00:30:15.160><c> this,</c>

00:30:15.559 --> 00:30:18.920
but<00:30:16.119><c> there</c><00:30:16.480><c> are</c><00:30:16.839><c> brothers</c><00:30:17.099><c> and</c><00:30:17.339><c> sisters</c><00:30:17.720><c> who</c><00:30:18.480><c> believe</c>

00:30:18.920 --> 00:30:21.259
everything<00:30:19.559><c> should</c><00:30:19.819><c> be</c><00:30:20.039><c> done</c><00:30:20.180><c> decently</c><00:30:20.700><c> in</c><00:30:21.000><c> order</c>

00:30:21.259 --> 00:30:22.980
and<00:30:21.460><c> the</c><00:30:21.640><c> white</c><00:30:21.900><c> cloth</c><00:30:22.140><c> is</c><00:30:22.420><c> important.</c>

00:30:23.480 --> 00:30:25.880
And<00:30:23.779><c> very</c><00:30:24.000><c> often</c><00:30:24.259><c> it's</c><00:30:24.460><c> to</c><00:30:24.579><c> do</c><00:30:24.700><c> with</c><00:30:24.900><c> reverence.</c>

00:30:26.079 --> 00:30:27.539
We<00:30:26.279><c> need</c><00:30:26.440><c> to</c><00:30:26.579><c> respect</c><00:30:26.940><c> that.</c>

00:30:28.019 --> 00:30:30.059
And<00:30:28.180><c> maybe</c><00:30:28.319><c> there</c><00:30:28.559><c> are</c><00:30:28.559><c> some</c><00:30:28.740><c> of</c><00:30:28.880><c> you</c><00:30:28.960><c> in</c><00:30:29.079><c> this</c><00:30:29.279><c> room</c>

00:30:30.240 --> 00:30:34.079
who<00:30:30.759><c> have</c><00:30:31.180><c> that</c><00:30:32.180><c> sense</c><00:30:32.640><c> of</c><00:30:33.000><c> reverence</c><00:30:33.460><c> and</c><00:30:33.619><c> respect</c>

00:30:34.079 --> 00:30:35.079
that<00:30:34.200><c> you</c><00:30:34.380><c> want</c><00:30:34.500><c> to</c><00:30:34.779><c> establish.</c>

00:30:35.339 --> 00:30:37.380
But<00:30:35.500><c> the</c><00:30:35.799><c> important</c><00:30:36.240><c> thing,</c><00:30:36.700><c> brothers</c><00:30:36.779><c> and</c><00:30:37.019><c> sisters,</c>

00:30:37.660 --> 00:30:39.980
is<00:30:37.900><c> that</c><00:30:38.119><c> what</c><00:30:38.259><c> we're</c><00:30:38.720><c> reverencing,</c>

00:30:40.039 --> 00:30:45.819
what<00:30:40.140><c> we're</c><00:30:41.339><c> fearing</c><00:30:42.079><c> is</c><00:30:43.680><c> Yahweh</c><00:30:44.220><c> and</c><00:30:44.420><c> his</c><00:30:44.619><c> principles.</c>

00:30:46.519 --> 00:30:48.960
And<00:30:46.799><c> we're</c><00:30:46.940><c> not</c><00:30:47.200><c> reverencing</c><00:30:47.819><c> the</c><00:30:48.119><c> ritual</c>

00:30:48.960 --> 00:30:53.299
as<00:30:49.400><c> if</c><00:30:50.039><c> it's</c><00:30:51.500><c> just</c><00:30:51.819><c> a</c><00:30:52.039><c> pagan</c><00:30:52.259><c> ritual.</c>

00:30:54.460 --> 00:30:58.980
We<00:30:55.019><c> need</c><00:30:55.180><c> to</c><00:30:55.359><c> get</c><00:30:55.579><c> our</c><00:30:56.839><c> mindset</c><00:30:57.380><c> right</c><00:30:57.880><c> on</c><00:30:58.299><c> all</c><00:30:58.480><c> of</c><00:30:58.640><c> these</c><00:30:58.799><c> things.</c>

00:30:59.039 --> 00:31:03.880
So<00:30:59.140><c> what</c><00:30:59.279><c> about</c><00:31:01.180><c> our</c><00:31:02.559><c> Sunday</c><00:31:02.859><c> morning</c>

00:31:04.220 --> 00:31:05.200
regalia?

00:31:08.200 --> 00:31:09.700
And<00:31:08.259><c> this</c><00:31:08.440><c> is</c><00:31:08.619><c> something</c><00:31:08.859><c> I</c><00:31:09.059><c> have</c><00:31:09.240><c> to</c><00:31:09.440><c> admit</c>

00:31:09.700 --> 00:31:11.259
when<00:31:09.859><c> I</c><00:31:10.059><c> was</c><00:31:10.220><c> younger,</c><00:31:10.599><c> growing</c><00:31:10.880><c> up,</c>

00:31:11.380 --> 00:31:14.279
I<00:31:11.880><c> thought</c><00:31:12.400><c> that</c><00:31:12.680><c> those</c><00:31:13.140><c> brethren</c><00:31:13.440><c> who</c><00:31:13.640><c> did</c><00:31:13.880><c> not</c><00:31:14.059><c> wear</c>

00:31:14.279 --> 00:31:15.880
a<00:31:14.460><c> suit</c><00:31:14.640><c> and</c><00:31:14.880><c> tie</c><00:31:14.980><c> on</c><00:31:15.180><c> a</c><00:31:15.279><c> Sunday</c><00:31:15.519><c> morning</c>

00:31:15.880 --> 00:31:22.799
was<00:31:16.059><c> somehow</c><00:31:17.700><c> deficient</c><00:31:19.039><c> in</c><00:31:19.319><c> their</c><00:31:20.539><c> holiness,</c><00:31:21.480><c> let's</c><00:31:21.819><c> say.</c>

00:31:23.240 --> 00:31:25.000
You<00:31:23.339><c> know,</c><00:31:23.460><c> I'd</c><00:31:23.740><c> grown</c><00:31:23.920><c> up</c><00:31:24.259><c> in</c><00:31:24.500><c> an</c><00:31:24.700><c> Ecclesia</c>

00:31:25.000 --> 00:31:29.500
that<00:31:25.140><c> was</c><00:31:25.400><c> very</c><00:31:27.000><c> dressy</c><00:31:27.619><c> and</c><00:31:28.000><c> if</c><00:31:28.259><c> a</c><00:31:28.400><c> brother</c><00:31:28.559><c> came</c><00:31:28.839><c> to</c><00:31:28.960><c> our</c><00:31:29.119><c> Ecclesia</c>

00:31:29.500 --> 00:31:30.839
and<00:31:29.619><c> he's</c><00:31:29.799><c> wearing</c><00:31:30.000><c> running</c><00:31:30.259><c> shoes</c><00:31:30.480><c> or</c><00:31:30.619><c> whatever,</c>

00:31:30.880 --> 00:31:32.359
I<00:31:31.119><c> had</c><00:31:31.319><c> difficulty</c><00:31:31.779><c> with</c><00:31:32.099><c> that.</c>

00:31:32.359 --> 00:31:37.220
And<00:31:32.619><c> I</c><00:31:32.819><c> associated</c><00:31:33.559><c> their</c><00:31:33.980><c> dress</c><00:31:34.539><c> with</c><00:31:35.519><c> being</c><00:31:36.400><c> ungodly</c><00:31:37.039><c> in</c>

00:31:37.220 --> 00:31:38.170
some<00:31:37.440><c> way.</c>

00:31:41.799 --> 00:31:43.920
And<00:31:41.880><c> we</c><00:31:42.000><c> do</c><00:31:42.220><c> that</c><00:31:42.480><c> sort</c><00:31:42.660><c> of</c><00:31:42.819><c> thing.</c>

00:31:44.900 --> 00:31:48.559
And<00:31:45.019><c> yet</c><00:31:45.119><c> when</c><00:31:45.259><c> we</c><00:31:45.460><c> sit</c><00:31:45.660><c> down</c><00:31:45.920><c> and</c><00:31:46.160><c> we</c><00:31:46.660><c> let</c><00:31:46.759><c> our</c><00:31:47.119><c> rational</c><00:31:47.579><c> mind</c>

00:31:48.559 --> 00:31:50.940
control<00:31:49.420><c> these</c><00:31:49.859><c> things,</c><00:31:50.200><c> we</c><00:31:50.240><c> can</c><00:31:50.460><c> understand</c>

00:31:50.940 --> 00:31:54.200
that<00:31:51.680><c> God</c><00:31:51.900><c> doesn't</c><00:31:52.180><c> look</c><00:31:52.480><c> on</c><00:31:52.640><c> the</c><00:31:52.799><c> outward</c><00:31:53.059><c> appearance.</c>

00:31:54.940 --> 00:31:56.839
God<00:31:55.119><c> cares</c><00:31:55.400><c> what's</c><00:31:55.660><c> in</c><00:31:55.759><c> the</c><00:31:55.960><c> heart.</c>

00:31:58.640 --> 00:32:00.619
Now<00:31:58.859><c> again,</c><00:31:59.099><c> there</c><00:31:59.240><c> are</c><00:31:59.380><c> those</c><00:31:59.680><c> who</c><00:31:59.880><c> dress</c><00:32:00.039><c> up</c><00:32:00.240><c> for</c><00:32:00.380><c> meeting</c>

00:32:00.619 --> 00:32:03.920
and<00:32:00.980><c> I</c><00:32:01.819><c> would</c><00:32:02.059><c> include</c><00:32:02.220><c> myself</c><00:32:02.680><c> among</c><00:32:02.960><c> this,</c>

00:32:04.200 --> 00:32:07.200
who<00:32:04.299><c> dress</c><00:32:04.559><c> up</c><00:32:04.799><c> because</c><00:32:05.200><c> they</c><00:32:05.460><c> feel</c><00:32:05.759><c> it</c><00:32:06.500><c> establishes</c>

00:32:07.200 --> 00:32:10.240
in<00:32:07.279><c> their</c><00:32:07.519><c> mind</c><00:32:07.759><c> a</c><00:32:07.940><c> sense</c><00:32:08.119><c> of</c><00:32:08.400><c> reverence</c><00:32:08.819><c> and</c><00:32:09.019><c> respect.</c>

00:32:10.660 --> 00:32:12.779
And<00:32:10.880><c> again,</c><00:32:11.039><c> we</c><00:32:11.140><c> need</c><00:32:11.319><c> to</c><00:32:11.500><c> respect</c><00:32:11.920><c> that.</c>

00:32:13.799 --> 00:32:18.579
But<00:32:13.940><c> we</c><00:32:14.079><c> can't</c><00:32:14.460><c> turn</c><00:32:14.799><c> these</c><00:32:16.359><c> things</c><00:32:16.740><c> into</c><00:32:18.160><c> something</c>

00:32:18.579 --> 00:32:22.960
which<00:32:19.079><c> is</c><00:32:19.619><c> of</c><00:32:19.819><c> itself</c><00:32:20.660><c> righteous</c><00:32:22.059><c> and</c><00:32:22.720><c> holy.</c>

00:32:23.119 --> 00:32:25.720
We<00:32:23.140><c> need</c><00:32:23.319><c> to</c><00:32:23.500><c> understand,</c><00:32:23.900><c> for</c><00:32:24.099><c> instance,</c><00:32:24.440><c> with</c><00:32:24.619><c> dress</c><00:32:24.900><c> codes.</c>

00:32:26.819 --> 00:32:30.019
It's<00:32:27.099><c> kind</c><00:32:27.200><c> of</c><00:32:27.339><c> ironic,</c><00:32:27.940><c> actually,</c><00:32:28.119><c> the</c><00:32:28.279><c> origin</c><00:32:28.599><c> of</c><00:32:28.859><c> dress</c><00:32:29.160><c> codes.</c>

00:32:30.180 --> 00:32:33.279
Back<00:32:30.619><c> in</c><00:32:30.819><c> the</c><00:32:30.940><c> day</c><00:32:31.119><c> before</c><00:32:31.460><c> the</c><00:32:31.680><c> Industrial</c><00:32:32.079><c> Revolution,</c>

00:32:33.299 --> 00:32:35.420
people<00:32:33.539><c> never</c><00:32:33.839><c> dressed</c><00:32:34.059><c> up</c><00:32:34.259><c> for</c><00:32:34.420><c> church.</c>

00:32:35.940 --> 00:32:37.460
Typically,<00:32:36.420><c> people</c><00:32:36.619><c> were</c><00:32:36.839><c> too</c><00:32:37.140><c> poor</c>

00:32:37.460 --> 00:32:40.140
and<00:32:37.900><c> they</c><00:32:38.119><c> would</c><00:32:38.319><c> dress</c><00:32:38.740><c> in</c><00:32:39.319><c> their</c><00:32:39.480><c> normal</c><00:32:39.759><c> clothing.</c>

00:32:40.359 --> 00:32:41.299
They<00:32:40.359><c> would</c><00:32:40.519><c> turn</c><00:32:40.640><c> up</c><00:32:40.799><c> to</c><00:32:40.940><c> church,</c>

00:32:41.319 --> 00:32:43.480
what<00:32:41.519><c> they</c><00:32:41.740><c> wore</c><00:32:41.859><c> every</c><00:32:42.140><c> other</c><00:32:42.279><c> day</c><00:32:42.480><c> of</c><00:32:42.599><c> the</c><00:32:42.720><c> week.</c>

00:32:44.259 --> 00:32:47.599
It<00:32:44.400><c> was</c><00:32:44.559><c> the</c><00:32:44.740><c> rich</c><00:32:45.059><c> and</c><00:32:45.319><c> the</c><00:32:45.539><c> famous</c><00:32:45.880><c> who</c><00:32:46.160><c> dressed</c><00:32:46.460><c> up.</c>

00:32:48.380 --> 00:32:49.420
No<00:32:48.539><c> one</c><00:32:48.619><c> else</c><00:32:48.779><c> could</c><00:32:48.940><c> afford</c><00:32:49.220><c> it.</c>

00:32:49.619 --> 00:32:52.019
And<00:32:49.779><c> then</c><00:32:49.980><c> the</c><00:32:50.160><c> Industrial</c><00:32:50.519><c> Revolution</c><00:32:51.099><c> came</c><00:32:51.579><c> along</c>

00:32:52.019 --> 00:32:54.140
and<00:32:52.700><c> the</c><00:32:52.920><c> middle</c><00:32:53.140><c> class</c><00:32:53.500><c> developed</c>

00:32:54.140 --> 00:32:56.299
and<00:32:54.579><c> suddenly</c><00:32:54.940><c> that</c><00:32:55.200><c> middle</c><00:32:55.480><c> class</c><00:32:55.759><c> realized,</c>

00:32:56.359 --> 00:32:59.299
wait<00:32:56.579><c> a</c><00:32:56.700><c> minute,</c><00:32:56.880><c> I</c><00:32:57.059><c> can</c><00:32:57.279><c> afford</c><00:32:57.799><c> what</c><00:32:58.039><c> the</c><00:32:58.220><c> rich</c><00:32:58.440><c> wear.</c>

00:32:59.880 --> 00:33:02.380
And<00:33:00.160><c> they</c><00:33:00.299><c> started</c><00:33:00.519><c> turning</c><00:33:00.740><c> up</c><00:33:00.940><c> to</c><00:33:01.059><c> church</c>

00:33:02.700 --> 00:33:05.059
in<00:33:03.259><c> their</c><00:33:03.819><c> fancy</c><00:33:04.140><c> clothing.</c>

00:33:05.579 --> 00:33:08.480
And<00:33:05.779><c> it</c><00:33:05.839><c> was</c><00:33:06.039><c> the</c><00:33:06.480><c> conservative</c><00:33:07.039><c> element</c><00:33:07.640><c> in</c><00:33:07.920><c> the</c><00:33:08.099><c> churches</c>

00:33:08.480 --> 00:33:10.720
who<00:33:08.819><c> said,</c><00:33:09.819><c> can't</c><00:33:09.960><c> have</c><00:33:10.079><c> any</c><00:33:10.220><c> of</c><00:33:10.440><c> that.</c>

00:33:10.920 --> 00:33:12.720
You<00:33:11.220><c> don't</c><00:33:11.220><c> dress</c><00:33:11.440><c> up</c><00:33:11.579><c> for</c><00:33:11.779><c> church.</c>

00:33:13.539 --> 00:33:17.619
It's<00:33:14.099><c> funny</c><00:33:14.299><c> how</c><00:33:14.440><c> these</c><00:33:14.740><c> things</c><00:33:14.940><c> sort</c><00:33:15.099><c> of</c><00:33:15.400><c> develop</c><00:33:15.680><c> in</c><00:33:15.980><c> our</c><00:33:16.539><c> culture,</c>

00:33:18.019 --> 00:33:20.400
whereas<00:33:18.180><c> today,</c><00:33:19.039><c> it's</c><00:33:19.279><c> the</c><00:33:19.579><c> conservative</c><00:33:20.059><c> element</c>

00:33:20.400 --> 00:33:22.920
that<00:33:20.599><c> tends</c><00:33:20.740><c> to</c><00:33:20.980><c> emphasize</c><00:33:21.339><c> the</c><00:33:21.660><c> importance</c><00:33:21.920><c> of</c><00:33:22.140><c> dressing</c><00:33:22.420><c> up.</c>

00:33:23.359 --> 00:33:25.019
And<00:33:23.519><c> we</c><00:33:23.619><c> need</c><00:33:23.700><c> to</c><00:33:23.779><c> be</c><00:33:23.980><c> aware</c><00:33:24.180><c> of</c><00:33:24.400><c> these</c><00:33:24.700><c> things</c>

00:33:25.019 --> 00:33:27.420
but<00:33:25.240><c> have</c><00:33:25.559><c> respect</c><00:33:26.460><c> for</c><00:33:26.980><c> one</c><00:33:27.180><c> another</c>

00:33:27.420 --> 00:33:30.579
and<00:33:27.619><c> not</c><00:33:28.420><c> despise</c><00:33:29.599><c> those</c><00:33:29.960><c> who</c><00:33:30.200><c> insist</c>

00:33:30.579 --> 00:33:33.339
on<00:33:30.819><c> putting</c><00:33:31.019><c> on</c><00:33:31.220><c> a</c><00:33:31.380><c> suit</c><00:33:31.519><c> and</c><00:33:31.759><c> tie</c><00:33:31.880><c> on</c><00:33:32.039><c> a</c><00:33:32.140><c> Sunday</c><00:33:32.339><c> morning.</c>

00:33:33.940 --> 00:33:36.380
But<00:33:34.160><c> we</c><00:33:34.279><c> need</c><00:33:34.460><c> to</c><00:33:34.700><c> have</c><00:33:35.299><c> the</c><00:33:35.640><c> reverence</c><00:33:35.920><c> and</c><00:33:36.099><c> respect.</c>

00:33:36.519 --> 00:33:38.140
I'm<00:33:36.599><c> gonna</c><00:33:36.960><c> get</c><00:33:37.140><c> onto</c><00:33:37.359><c> that</c><00:33:37.579><c> in</c><00:33:37.740><c> a</c><00:33:37.859><c> moment.</c>

00:33:38.640 --> 00:33:41.000
Another<00:33:38.839><c> couple</c><00:33:39.099><c> of</c><00:33:39.339><c> things,</c><00:33:39.539><c> what</c><00:33:39.700><c> about</c><00:33:40.000><c> this?</c>

00:33:43.880 --> 00:33:45.920
How<00:33:44.319><c> dare</c><00:33:44.539><c> we</c><00:33:44.720><c> use</c><00:33:44.880><c> a</c><00:33:45.079><c> violin?</c>

00:33:49.779 --> 00:33:52.859
But<00:33:50.220><c> our</c><00:33:50.660><c> rational</c><00:33:51.019><c> mind,</c><00:33:51.400><c> if</c><00:33:51.559><c> we</c><00:33:51.700><c> were</c><00:33:51.819><c> to</c><00:33:52.099><c> examine</c><00:33:52.380><c> the</c><00:33:52.559><c> scriptures,</c>

00:33:53.000 --> 00:33:56.079
they<00:33:53.180><c> used</c><00:33:53.400><c> timbrels</c><00:33:53.920><c> and</c><00:33:54.160><c> harps</c><00:33:54.480><c> and</c><00:33:54.640><c> all</c><00:33:54.799><c> sorts</c><00:33:54.980><c> of</c><00:33:55.140><c> things.</c>

00:33:58.779 --> 00:34:04.900
But<00:33:59.279><c> our</c><00:33:59.779><c> cultural</c><00:34:02.880><c> psychology,</c>

00:34:04.940 --> 00:34:07.259
the<00:34:05.039><c> way</c><00:34:05.279><c> that</c><00:34:05.500><c> our</c><00:34:05.799><c> culture</c><00:34:06.059><c> is</c><00:34:06.339><c> developed</c><00:34:06.599><c> in</c><00:34:06.779><c> our</c><00:34:06.980><c> minds</c>

00:34:07.259 --> 00:34:09.179
and<00:34:07.460><c> become</c><00:34:07.740><c> fixed</c><00:34:08.039><c> in</c><00:34:08.239><c> our</c><00:34:08.440><c> minds</c><00:34:08.719><c> is</c><00:34:08.920><c> that</c>

00:34:09.179 --> 00:34:11.380
if<00:34:09.679><c> we</c><00:34:09.880><c> don't</c><00:34:10.059><c> use</c><00:34:10.300><c> a</c><00:34:10.500><c> piano</c><00:34:10.739><c> or</c><00:34:10.960><c> an</c><00:34:11.139><c> organ,</c>

00:34:11.519 --> 00:34:15.619
it<00:34:11.599><c> somehow</c><00:34:12.320><c> feels</c><00:34:13.059><c> wrong</c><00:34:13.639><c> and</c><00:34:14.019><c> we</c><00:34:14.159><c> feel</c><00:34:14.360><c> uncomfortable.</c>

00:34:16.380 --> 00:34:18.099
A<00:34:16.500><c> brother</c><00:34:16.579><c> would</c><00:34:16.800><c> come</c><00:34:16.960><c> in</c><00:34:17.159><c> and</c><00:34:17.260><c> play</c><00:34:17.539><c> a</c><00:34:17.699><c> guitar,</c>

00:34:18.280 --> 00:34:20.280
it's<00:34:18.320><c> like,</c><00:34:18.400><c> oh,</c><00:34:18.559><c> that's</c><00:34:18.880><c> evangelical</c><00:34:19.500><c> or</c><00:34:19.960><c> whatever.</c>

00:34:20.579 --> 00:34:23.920
And<00:34:20.760><c> we've</c><00:34:21.679><c> made</c><00:34:22.000><c> such</c><00:34:22.300><c> associations</c><00:34:22.960><c> in</c><00:34:23.219><c> our</c><00:34:23.420><c> minds</c>

00:34:23.920 --> 00:34:26.500
that<00:34:24.420><c> it</c><00:34:24.579><c> makes</c><00:34:24.860><c> us</c><00:34:25.099><c> feel</c><00:34:25.320><c> uncomfortable.</c>

00:34:26.920 --> 00:34:28.699
And<00:34:27.000><c> yet</c><00:34:27.099><c> our</c><00:34:27.300><c> rational</c><00:34:27.579><c> mind</c><00:34:27.900><c> again</c><00:34:28.079><c> should</c><00:34:28.260><c> tell</c><00:34:28.500><c> us</c>

00:34:28.699 --> 00:34:31.119
that<00:34:28.840><c> it's</c><00:34:28.900><c> just</c><00:34:29.099><c> an</c><00:34:29.320><c> instrument,</c><00:34:29.760><c> it's</c><00:34:29.820><c> just</c><00:34:30.019><c> an</c><00:34:30.199><c> object,</c><00:34:30.539><c> a</c><00:34:30.719><c> tool</c>

00:34:31.119 --> 00:34:33.139
that<00:34:31.420><c> could</c><00:34:31.599><c> be</c><00:34:31.699><c> used</c><00:34:31.840><c> for</c><00:34:32.079><c> good,</c><00:34:32.320><c> it</c><00:34:32.340><c> could</c><00:34:32.519><c> be</c><00:34:32.619><c> used</c><00:34:32.699><c> for</c><00:34:32.960><c> bad,</c>

00:34:33.139 --> 00:34:34.159
but<00:34:33.320><c> at</c><00:34:33.519><c> the</c><00:34:33.519><c> end</c><00:34:33.639><c> of</c><00:34:33.840><c> the</c><00:34:33.880><c> day,</c>

00:34:34.260 --> 00:34:37.619
it's<00:34:34.360><c> not</c><00:34:34.639><c> righteous</c><00:34:35.019><c> or</c><00:34:35.760><c> unrighteous</c><00:34:36.300><c> in</c><00:34:36.500><c> itself.</c>

00:34:39.719 --> 00:34:44.380
What<00:34:39.960><c> about</c><00:34:40.260><c> our</c><00:34:40.780><c> Bible</c><00:34:41.159><c> versions</c><00:34:41.699><c> and</c><00:34:43.920><c> praying</c>

00:34:44.380 --> 00:34:46.260
using<00:34:44.840><c> these</c><00:34:45.119><c> and</c><00:34:45.440><c> thou's</c><00:34:45.699><c> for</c><00:34:45.900><c> instance?</c>

00:34:46.639 --> 00:34:49.940
Again,<00:34:47.059><c> this</c><00:34:47.280><c> is</c><00:34:47.420><c> something</c><00:34:47.599><c> I</c><00:34:47.739><c> had</c><00:34:47.900><c> difficulty</c><00:34:48.360><c> when</c><00:34:49.320><c> I</c><00:34:49.480><c> was</c><00:34:49.639><c> younger.</c>

00:34:50.179 --> 00:34:52.059
If<00:34:50.400><c> a</c><00:34:50.559><c> brother</c><00:34:50.699><c> didn't</c><00:34:50.980><c> say</c><00:34:51.199><c> thee</c><00:34:51.519><c> or</c><00:34:51.800><c> thou,</c>

00:34:52.059 --> 00:34:55.320
I<00:34:52.280><c> somehow</c><00:34:52.599><c> thought</c><00:34:53.000><c> that</c><00:34:53.179><c> they</c><00:34:53.260><c> weren't</c><00:34:53.480><c> being</c><00:34:53.800><c> reverential.</c>

00:34:56.139 --> 00:34:57.059
And<00:34:56.280><c> yet</c><00:34:56.380><c> for</c><00:34:56.579><c> other</c><00:34:56.780><c> brethren,</c>

00:34:57.260 --> 00:34:59.780
I<00:34:57.260><c> know</c><00:34:57.719><c> saying</c><00:34:57.980><c> these</c><00:34:58.300><c> or</c><00:34:58.500><c> thou's</c><00:34:58.719><c> is</c><00:34:58.900><c> just</c><00:34:59.360><c> difficult</c>

00:34:59.780 --> 00:35:01.960
and<00:35:00.000><c> it</c><00:35:00.179><c> just</c><00:35:00.340><c> doesn't</c><00:35:00.599><c> make</c><00:35:00.860><c> sense</c><00:35:01.139><c> to</c><00:35:01.280><c> them</c><00:35:01.360><c> in</c><00:35:01.559><c> their</c><00:35:01.719><c> minds</c>

00:35:01.960 --> 00:35:03.420
and<00:35:02.099><c> they</c><00:35:02.280><c> have</c><00:35:02.480><c> difficulty</c><00:35:02.940><c> with</c><00:35:03.159><c> it.</c>

00:35:03.599 --> 00:35:04.960
And<00:35:03.800><c> we</c><00:35:03.940><c> need</c><00:35:04.300><c> brothers</c><00:35:04.579><c> and</c><00:35:04.719><c> sisters</c>

00:35:04.960 --> 00:35:07.760
to<00:35:05.719><c> have</c><00:35:05.980><c> respect</c><00:35:06.539><c> for</c><00:35:06.760><c> one</c><00:35:06.920><c> another.</c>

00:35:07.980 --> 00:35:10.860
We<00:35:08.079><c> need</c><00:35:08.239><c> to</c><00:35:08.519><c> respect</c><00:35:08.840><c> those</c><00:35:09.079><c> who</c><00:35:09.360><c> have</c><00:35:09.480><c> these</c><00:35:09.780><c> hangups</c>

00:35:10.980 --> 00:35:14.039
and<00:35:11.239><c> we</c><00:35:11.380><c> need</c><00:35:11.699><c> to</c><00:35:12.860><c> understand</c><00:35:13.519><c> that</c><00:35:13.719><c> those</c>

00:35:14.039 --> 00:35:17.780
who<00:35:14.340><c> don't</c><00:35:14.639><c> use</c><00:35:14.900><c> these</c><00:35:15.219><c> and</c><00:35:15.420><c> thou's</c><00:35:15.780><c> aren't</c><00:35:16.159><c> being</c><00:35:16.500><c> disrespectful,</c>

00:35:17.800 --> 00:35:20.559
they're<00:35:17.980><c> just</c><00:35:18.260><c> using</c><00:35:18.579><c> another</c><00:35:18.920><c> form</c><00:35:19.219><c> of</c><00:35:19.500><c> language.</c>

00:35:20.840 --> 00:35:23.639
It's<00:35:21.400><c> got</c><00:35:21.519><c> nothing</c><00:35:21.780><c> to</c><00:35:22.019><c> do</c><00:35:22.119><c> with</c><00:35:22.300><c> respect</c><00:35:22.780><c> or</c><00:35:23.019><c> disrespect.</c>

00:35:24.059 --> 00:35:26.760
You<00:35:24.179><c> can</c><00:35:24.400><c> be</c><00:35:24.719><c> disrespectful</c><00:35:25.400><c> and</c><00:35:25.739><c> use</c><00:35:25.880><c> these</c><00:35:26.179><c> and</c><00:35:26.360><c> thou's,</c>

00:35:26.880 --> 00:35:31.739
you<00:35:27.000><c> can</c><00:35:27.199><c> be</c><00:35:27.440><c> respectful</c><00:35:28.119><c> and</c><00:35:28.719><c> you</c><00:35:29.340><c> use</c><00:35:29.719><c> you</c><00:35:30.480><c> and</c><00:35:30.960><c> your.</c>

00:35:32.840 --> 00:35:34.179
And<00:35:33.119><c> our</c><00:35:33.300><c> rational</c><00:35:33.639><c> mind,</c>

00:35:34.199 --> 00:35:36.980
we<00:35:34.460><c> need</c><00:35:34.639><c> to</c><00:35:34.860><c> understand</c><00:35:35.380><c> that</c><00:35:35.639><c> these</c><00:35:35.820><c> things</c><00:35:36.019><c> are</c><00:35:36.280><c> so.</c>

00:35:37.119 --> 00:35:41.119
But<00:35:37.280><c> brothers</c><00:35:37.440><c> and</c><00:35:37.659><c> sisters,</c><00:35:39.019><c> again,</c><00:35:39.320><c> the</c><00:35:39.480><c> bottom</c><00:35:39.699><c> line</c><00:35:40.019><c> is</c>

00:35:41.559 --> 00:35:44.860
a<00:35:41.960><c> collegial</c><00:35:42.340><c> relationship</c><00:35:42.980><c> should</c><00:35:43.320><c> override</c><00:35:44.039><c> all</c><00:35:44.380><c> of</c><00:35:44.559><c> these,</c>

00:35:44.860 --> 00:35:48.139
these<00:35:45.179><c> hangups</c><00:35:45.500><c> that</c><00:35:45.659><c> we</c><00:35:45.820><c> tend</c><00:35:45.980><c> to</c><00:35:46.239><c> have</c><00:35:46.659><c> in</c><00:35:47.139><c> Christadelfia.</c>

00:35:48.139 --> 00:35:52.340
That<00:35:48.719><c> we're</c><00:35:48.920><c> not</c><00:35:49.019><c> to</c><00:35:49.239><c> be</c><00:35:49.539><c> shackled</c><00:35:50.159><c> by</c><00:35:50.900><c> a</c><00:35:51.219><c> superstitious</c><00:35:51.840><c> religion</c>

00:35:52.340 --> 00:35:56.679
and<00:35:52.579><c> let</c><00:35:52.800><c> that</c><00:35:53.480><c> control</c><00:35:54.380><c> how</c><00:35:55.260><c> we</c><00:35:55.440><c> conduct</c><00:35:55.860><c> our</c><00:35:56.139><c> relationships</c>

00:35:56.679 --> 00:35:58.119
with<00:35:56.960><c> one</c><00:35:57.179><c> another.</c>

00:35:58.400 --> 00:36:00.400
We<00:35:58.599><c> shouldn't</c><00:35:58.800><c> make</c><00:35:59.000><c> an</c><00:35:59.239><c> issue</c><00:35:59.480><c> out</c><00:35:59.639><c> of</c><00:35:59.780><c> these</c><00:36:00.039><c> things,</c>

00:36:00.460 --> 00:36:02.139
whether<00:36:00.659><c> we're</c><00:36:00.940><c> right</c><00:36:01.179><c> wing</c><00:36:01.320><c> or</c><00:36:01.460><c> left</c><00:36:01.820><c> wing,</c>

00:36:02.300 --> 00:36:05.000
don't<00:36:02.519><c> let</c><00:36:02.659><c> the</c><00:36:03.039><c> issues</c><00:36:03.360><c> become</c><00:36:03.980><c> our</c><00:36:04.500><c> religion,</c>

00:36:05.360 --> 00:36:08.420
whether<00:36:05.539><c> we're</c><00:36:05.840><c> arguing</c><00:36:06.159><c> in</c><00:36:06.500><c> favor</c><00:36:06.820><c> of</c><00:36:07.539><c> the</c><00:36:07.739><c> King</c><00:36:07.920><c> James</c><00:36:08.159><c> Version</c>

00:36:08.420 --> 00:36:09.980
or<00:36:08.659><c> against</c><00:36:09.059><c> the</c><00:36:09.300><c> King</c><00:36:09.480><c> James</c><00:36:09.719><c> Version</c>

00:36:09.980 --> 00:36:11.719
or<00:36:10.119><c> whatever</c><00:36:10.400><c> it</c><00:36:10.559><c> might</c><00:36:10.800><c> be.</c>

00:36:14.000 --> 00:36:17.019
And<00:36:14.179><c> think</c><00:36:14.380><c> of</c><00:36:15.239><c> things</c><00:36:15.480><c> like</c><00:36:15.760><c> this.</c>

00:36:17.380 --> 00:36:21.920
The<00:36:18.019><c> Apostle</c><00:36:18.480><c> Paul,</c><00:36:19.219><c> who</c><00:36:19.539><c> said</c><00:36:19.719><c> circumcision</c><00:36:20.639><c> and</c><00:36:21.179><c> uncircumcision</c>

00:36:21.920 --> 00:36:24.340
do<00:36:22.219><c> not</c><00:36:22.440><c> matter</c><00:36:22.679><c> one</c><00:36:22.940><c> little</c><00:36:23.260><c> bit,</c>

00:36:24.639 --> 00:36:27.559
found<00:36:24.820><c> it</c><00:36:25.139><c> necessary</c><00:36:25.519><c> to</c><00:36:25.920><c> circumcise</c><00:36:26.599><c> Timothy</c>

00:36:28.179 --> 00:36:32.199
and<00:36:28.500><c> he</c><00:36:28.679><c> found</c><00:36:28.800><c> it</c><00:36:29.099><c> necessary</c><00:36:29.480><c> not</c><00:36:29.960><c> to</c><00:36:30.280><c> circumcise</c><00:36:30.900><c> Titus.</c>

00:36:33.019 --> 00:36:36.960
Paradox<00:36:33.639><c> there,</c><00:36:34.639><c> how</c><00:36:34.940><c> do</c><00:36:35.059><c> you</c><00:36:35.079><c> explain</c><00:36:35.539><c> that?</c>

00:36:37.199 --> 00:36:41.300
Paul,<00:36:38.400><c> did</c><00:36:38.699><c> he</c><00:36:38.820><c> have</c><00:36:38.980><c> a</c><00:36:39.099><c> butterfly</c><00:36:39.480><c> mind</c><00:36:39.860><c> one</c><00:36:40.179><c> thing</c><00:36:40.380><c> he</c><00:36:40.539><c> did</c><00:36:40.699><c> one,</c>

00:36:41.380 --> 00:36:44.179
one<00:36:41.619><c> thing</c><00:36:41.860><c> on</c><00:36:42.099><c> another</c><00:36:42.380><c> time</c><00:36:42.619><c> he</c><00:36:42.739><c> did</c><00:36:42.860><c> something</c><00:36:43.139><c> else?</c>

00:36:44.699 --> 00:36:46.760
It<00:36:45.260><c> matters</c><00:36:45.500><c> with</c><00:36:45.739><c> Timothy,</c><00:36:46.119><c> but</c><00:36:46.219><c> not</c><00:36:46.360><c> with</c><00:36:46.659><c> Titus.</c>

00:36:47.079 --> 00:36:48.199
What<00:36:47.219><c> is</c><00:36:47.420><c> that?</c>

00:36:48.260 --> 00:36:50.960
How<00:36:48.539><c> do</c><00:36:48.699><c> you</c><00:36:49.820><c> balance</c><00:36:50.159><c> that</c><00:36:50.380><c> in</c><00:36:50.539><c> your</c><00:36:50.719><c> mind?</c>

00:36:51.260 --> 00:36:53.780
Well,<00:36:51.400><c> the</c><00:36:51.639><c> important</c><00:36:51.840><c> thing</c><00:36:52.400><c> that</c><00:36:52.639><c> Paul</c><00:36:52.840><c> was</c><00:36:53.079><c> trying</c><00:36:53.260><c> to</c><00:36:53.460><c> establish</c>

00:36:53.780 --> 00:36:56.139
was<00:36:54.119><c> a</c><00:36:54.219><c> collegial</c><00:36:54.820><c> relationships.</c>

00:36:56.539 --> 00:36:59.599
It<00:36:56.659><c> was</c><00:36:56.900><c> important</c><00:36:57.360><c> in</c><00:36:57.639><c> the</c><00:36:57.900><c> context</c><00:36:58.420><c> of</c><00:36:58.800><c> Timothy's</c>

00:36:59.599 --> 00:37:02.760
a<00:36:59.699><c> collegial</c><00:37:00.179><c> environment</c><00:37:00.719><c> for</c><00:37:01.159><c> him</c><00:37:01.239><c> to</c><00:37:01.500><c> be</c><00:37:01.800><c> circumcised.</c>

00:37:03.139 --> 00:37:08.739
And<00:37:03.420><c> it</c><00:37:03.480><c> was</c><00:37:03.699><c> important</c><00:37:04.119><c> for</c><00:37:04.559><c> Titus</c><00:37:05.639><c> not</c><00:37:06.239><c> to</c><00:37:06.500><c> be</c><00:37:06.780><c> in</c><00:37:07.059><c> his</c><00:37:07.480><c> context,</c>

00:37:09.679 --> 00:37:12.380
understanding<00:37:10.239><c> that</c><00:37:10.679><c> ultimately</c><00:37:11.159><c> neither</c><00:37:11.619><c> really</c><00:37:12.119><c> mattered</c>

00:37:12.380 --> 00:37:13.599
at<00:37:12.679><c> all.</c>

00:37:14.659 --> 00:37:17.360
Let's<00:37:15.139><c> have</c><00:37:15.260><c> a</c><00:37:15.260><c> look</c><00:37:15.420><c> at</c><00:37:15.559><c> Acts</c><00:37:15.800><c> chapter</c><00:37:16.119><c> 21.</c>

00:37:18.039 --> 00:37:21.159
We<00:37:18.179><c> know</c><00:37:18.300><c> that</c><00:37:18.460><c> the</c><00:37:18.619><c> Apostle</c><00:37:18.980><c> Paul</c><00:37:19.239><c> throughout</c><00:37:19.679><c> his</c><00:37:20.199><c> writings</c>

00:37:21.420 --> 00:37:24.159
emphasized<00:37:21.900><c> that</c><00:37:22.139><c> the</c><00:37:22.300><c> fact</c><00:37:22.460><c> that</c><00:37:22.780><c> the</c><00:37:23.039><c> rituals</c><00:37:23.360><c> of</c><00:37:23.599><c> the</c><00:37:23.780><c> law</c>

00:37:24.159 --> 00:37:29.900
had<00:37:25.039><c> been</c><00:37:25.300><c> completely</c><00:37:25.900><c> overridden</c><00:37:26.639><c> by</c><00:37:27.639><c> the</c><00:37:28.179><c> royal</c><00:37:28.480><c> law</c><00:37:28.679><c> of</c><00:37:28.900><c> Christ.</c>

00:37:30.920 --> 00:37:33.699
And<00:37:31.199><c> yet,</c><00:37:31.599><c> when</c><00:37:31.679><c> we</c><00:37:31.840><c> come</c><00:37:31.920><c> to</c><00:37:32.079><c> Acts</c><00:37:32.219><c> 21,</c>

00:37:36.139 --> 00:37:37.920
there's<00:37:36.360><c> a</c><00:37:36.480><c> little</c><00:37:36.619><c> bit</c><00:37:36.719><c> of</c><00:37:36.960><c> concern.</c>

00:37:38.960 --> 00:37:42.039
So<00:37:39.139><c> in</c><00:37:39.239><c> Acts</c><00:37:39.400><c> chapter</c><00:37:39.639><c> 21,</c><00:37:40.179><c> verse</c><00:37:40.400><c> 17,</c><00:37:41.820><c> it</c><00:37:41.940><c> says,</c>

00:37:42.039 --> 00:37:43.239
when<00:37:42.219><c> we</c><00:37:42.440><c> had</c><00:37:42.619><c> come</c><00:37:42.739><c> to</c><00:37:42.920><c> Jerusalem,</c>

00:37:43.420 --> 00:37:44.599
the<00:37:43.519><c> brethren</c><00:37:43.739><c> received</c><00:37:44.119><c> us</c><00:37:44.340><c> gladly.</c>

00:37:44.719 --> 00:37:47.000
On<00:37:44.800><c> the</c><00:37:44.940><c> following</c><00:37:45.179><c> day,</c><00:37:45.599><c> Paul</c><00:37:45.699><c> went</c><00:37:45.940><c> in</c><00:37:46.099><c> with</c><00:37:46.239><c> us</c><00:37:46.380><c> to</c><00:37:46.579><c> James,</c>

00:37:47.460 --> 00:37:48.679
and<00:37:47.619><c> all</c><00:37:47.800><c> the</c><00:37:47.980><c> elders</c><00:37:48.179><c> were</c><00:37:48.420><c> present.</c>

00:37:48.699 --> 00:37:50.480
After<00:37:49.019><c> greeting</c><00:37:49.260><c> them,</c><00:37:49.460><c> he</c><00:37:49.599><c> related</c><00:37:49.880><c> one</c><00:37:50.099><c> by</c><00:37:50.340><c> one</c>

00:37:50.480 --> 00:37:51.360
the<00:37:50.639><c> things</c><00:37:50.760><c> that</c><00:37:50.940><c> God</c><00:37:51.059><c> had</c><00:37:51.239><c> done</c>

00:37:51.360 --> 00:37:52.960
among<00:37:51.639><c> the</c><00:37:51.800><c> Gentiles</c><00:37:52.139><c> through</c><00:37:52.340><c> his</c><00:37:52.559><c> ministry.</c>

00:37:53.460 --> 00:37:55.219
And<00:37:53.599><c> when</c><00:37:53.699><c> they</c><00:37:53.900><c> heard</c><00:37:54.099><c> it,</c><00:37:54.239><c> they</c><00:37:54.440><c> glorified</c><00:37:54.940><c> God,</c>

00:37:55.260 --> 00:37:56.420
and<00:37:55.360><c> they</c><00:37:55.500><c> said</c><00:37:55.619><c> to</c><00:37:55.679><c> him,</c><00:37:55.820><c> you</c><00:37:56.000><c> see,</c><00:37:56.380><c> brother,</c>

00:37:56.440 --> 00:37:58.219
how<00:37:56.619><c> many</c><00:37:56.900><c> thousands</c><00:37:57.320><c> that</c><00:37:57.559><c> are</c><00:37:57.679><c> among</c><00:37:57.880><c> the</c><00:37:58.079><c> Jews</c>

00:37:58.219 --> 00:37:59.820
of<00:37:58.420><c> those</c><00:37:58.699><c> who</c><00:37:58.880><c> have</c><00:37:59.340><c> believed.</c>

00:38:00.139 --> 00:38:02.440
They're<00:38:00.539><c> all</c><00:38:00.800><c> zealous</c><00:38:01.079><c> for</c><00:38:01.320><c> the</c><00:38:01.519><c> law,</c>

00:38:02.860 --> 00:38:04.960
and<00:38:03.159><c> they</c><00:38:03.340><c> have</c><00:38:03.460><c> been</c><00:38:03.760><c> told</c><00:38:04.039><c> about</c><00:38:04.340><c> you,</c>

00:38:05.440 --> 00:38:07.780
that<00:38:05.579><c> you</c><00:38:05.880><c> teach</c><00:38:06.079><c> all</c><00:38:06.360><c> the</c><00:38:06.579><c> Jews</c><00:38:06.760><c> who</c><00:38:06.960><c> are</c><00:38:07.019><c> among</c><00:38:07.199><c> the</c><00:38:07.440><c> Gentiles</c>

00:38:07.780 --> 00:38:10.699
to<00:38:08.000><c> forsake</c><00:38:08.420><c> Moses,</c><00:38:09.380><c> telling</c><00:38:09.539><c> them</c><00:38:09.739><c> not</c><00:38:09.940><c> to</c><00:38:10.280><c> circumcise</c>

00:38:10.699 --> 00:38:11.239
their<00:38:10.940><c> children</c>

00:38:11.239 --> 00:38:13.219
or<00:38:11.400><c> walk</c><00:38:11.659><c> according</c><00:38:12.000><c> to</c><00:38:12.179><c> our</c><00:38:12.340><c> customs.</c>

00:38:13.699 --> 00:38:15.280
What<00:38:13.880><c> then</c><00:38:14.039><c> is</c><00:38:14.159><c> to</c><00:38:14.260><c> be</c><00:38:14.400><c> done?</c>

00:38:15.519 --> 00:38:17.739
They<00:38:15.699><c> will</c><00:38:15.880><c> certainly</c><00:38:16.119><c> hear</c><00:38:16.320><c> that</c><00:38:16.460><c> you</c><00:38:16.579><c> have</c><00:38:16.780><c> come.</c>

00:38:19.139 --> 00:38:21.280
Do<00:38:19.500><c> therefore</c><00:38:19.800><c> what</c><00:38:19.960><c> we</c><00:38:20.199><c> tell</c><00:38:20.380><c> you.</c>

00:38:22.039 --> 00:38:23.559
We<00:38:22.179><c> have</c><00:38:22.380><c> four</c><00:38:22.539><c> men</c><00:38:22.719><c> who</c><00:38:22.860><c> are</c><00:38:22.940><c> under</c><00:38:23.219><c> a</c><00:38:23.400><c> vow,</c>

00:38:23.699 --> 00:38:26.239
take<00:38:23.800><c> these</c><00:38:24.000><c> men</c><00:38:24.199><c> and</c><00:38:24.440><c> purify</c><00:38:24.860><c> yourself</c><00:38:25.519><c> along</c><00:38:25.900><c> with</c><00:38:26.139><c> them,</c>

00:38:26.320 --> 00:38:28.880
and<00:38:26.440><c> pay</c><00:38:26.599><c> their</c><00:38:26.780><c> expenses</c><00:38:27.300><c> so</c><00:38:27.500><c> that</c><00:38:27.659><c> they</c><00:38:27.780><c> may</c><00:38:28.019><c> shave</c><00:38:28.300><c> their</c><00:38:28.559><c> heads,</c>

00:38:29.280 --> 00:38:31.000
as<00:38:29.420><c> all</c><00:38:29.639><c> will</c><00:38:29.840><c> know</c><00:38:30.079><c> that</c><00:38:30.219><c> there</c><00:38:30.440><c> is</c><00:38:30.639><c> nothing</c>

00:38:31.000 --> 00:38:32.900
in<00:38:31.360><c> what</c><00:38:31.579><c> they</c><00:38:31.739><c> have</c><00:38:31.800><c> been</c><00:38:32.079><c> told</c><00:38:32.280><c> about</c><00:38:32.559><c> you,</c>

00:38:33.019 --> 00:38:35.619
but<00:38:33.139><c> that</c><00:38:33.340><c> you</c><00:38:33.500><c> yourself</c><00:38:33.840><c> also</c><00:38:34.199><c> live</c><00:38:34.400><c> in</c><00:38:34.619><c> observance</c><00:38:35.059><c> of</c><00:38:35.239><c> the</c><00:38:35.380><c> law.</c>

00:38:36.119 --> 00:38:37.880
But<00:38:36.300><c> as</c><00:38:36.519><c> for</c><00:38:36.639><c> the</c><00:38:36.820><c> Gentiles</c><00:38:37.219><c> who</c><00:38:37.480><c> have</c><00:38:37.639><c> believed,</c>

00:38:37.920 --> 00:38:39.260
we<00:38:38.079><c> have</c><00:38:38.260><c> sent</c><00:38:38.420><c> a</c><00:38:38.539><c> letter</c><00:38:38.659><c> with</c><00:38:38.860><c> our</c><00:38:39.019><c> judgment</c>

00:38:39.260 --> 00:38:40.559
that<00:38:39.440><c> they</c><00:38:39.639><c> should</c><00:38:39.840><c> abstain</c><00:38:40.239><c> from</c><00:38:40.400><c> that</c>

00:38:40.559 --> 00:38:42.820
which<00:38:40.699><c> has</c><00:38:40.860><c> been</c><00:38:41.000><c> sacrificed</c><00:38:41.420><c> to</c><00:38:41.719><c> idols</c><00:38:42.019><c> from</c><00:38:42.539><c> blood,</c>

00:38:42.960 --> 00:38:45.280
from<00:38:43.039><c> what</c><00:38:43.179><c> has</c><00:38:43.320><c> been</c><00:38:43.519><c> strangled,</c><00:38:44.059><c> from</c><00:38:44.159><c> sexual</c><00:38:44.599><c> immorality.</c>

00:38:45.599 --> 00:38:48.219
And<00:38:45.800><c> what</c><00:38:45.880><c> is</c><00:38:46.059><c> Paul's</c><00:38:46.739><c> response</c><00:38:47.159><c> to</c><00:38:47.380><c> this?</c>

00:38:48.559 --> 00:38:51.179
What<00:38:48.739><c> did</c><00:38:48.820><c> he</c><00:38:49.079><c> say</c><00:38:49.280><c> to</c><00:38:49.440><c> the</c><00:38:49.679><c> elders</c><00:38:49.960><c> in</c><00:38:50.159><c> the</c><00:38:50.340><c> Jerusalem</c><00:38:50.659><c> of</c><00:38:50.820><c> Ecclesia?</c>

00:38:51.260 --> 00:38:54.639
Did<00:38:51.380><c> he</c><00:38:51.500><c> say</c><00:38:51.699><c> to</c><00:38:51.760><c> them,</c><00:38:53.579><c> I'm</c><00:38:53.719><c> not</c><00:38:53.820><c> gonna</c><00:38:53.960><c> perform</c><00:38:54.300><c> a</c><00:38:54.579><c> vow?</c>

00:38:54.679 --> 00:38:55.440
What<00:38:54.739><c> are</c><00:38:54.800><c> you</c><00:38:54.940><c> talking</c><00:38:55.159><c> about?</c>

00:38:55.480 --> 00:38:57.739
It's<00:38:55.639><c> a</c><00:38:55.739><c> ritual,</c><00:38:56.579><c> superstition.</c>

00:38:59.039 --> 00:39:01.980
I'm<00:38:59.480><c> not</c><00:38:59.659><c> gonna</c><00:38:59.980><c> purify</c><00:39:00.619><c> myself,</c><00:39:01.179><c> it's</c><00:39:01.400><c> ridiculous.</c>

00:39:02.320 --> 00:39:04.719
Don't<00:39:02.420><c> you</c><00:39:02.519><c> understand</c><00:39:03.079><c> the</c><00:39:03.239><c> gospel</c><00:39:03.599><c> message</c><00:39:04.019><c> is</c><00:39:04.239><c> removed,</c>

00:39:05.039 --> 00:39:06.679
all<00:39:05.199><c> those</c><00:39:05.420><c> rituals,</c><00:39:05.880><c> and</c><00:39:06.019><c> it</c><00:39:06.079><c> doesn't</c><00:39:06.280><c> matter?</c>

00:39:07.039 --> 00:39:09.280
I'm<00:39:07.219><c> not</c><00:39:07.300><c> gonna</c><00:39:07.539><c> purify</c><00:39:08.119><c> myself?</c>

00:39:10.699 --> 00:39:13.500
But<00:39:11.219><c> verse</c><00:39:11.500><c> 26</c><00:39:11.980><c> says,</c><00:39:12.480><c> then</c><00:39:12.619><c> Paul</c><00:39:12.900><c> took</c><00:39:13.179><c> the</c><00:39:13.340><c> men,</c>

00:39:13.559 --> 00:39:16.460
and<00:39:13.699><c> the</c><00:39:13.800><c> next</c><00:39:14.019><c> day</c><00:39:14.159><c> he</c><00:39:14.420><c> purified</c><00:39:14.800><c> himself</c><00:39:15.199><c> along</c><00:39:15.440><c> with</c><00:39:15.699><c> them,</c>

00:39:16.559 --> 00:39:18.300
went<00:39:16.679><c> into</c><00:39:16.940><c> the</c><00:39:17.159><c> temple</c><00:39:17.400><c> giving</c><00:39:17.699><c> notice</c>

00:39:18.300 --> 00:39:21.300
when<00:39:18.760><c> the</c><00:39:18.920><c> days</c><00:39:19.079><c> of</c><00:39:19.280><c> purification</c><00:39:19.860><c> would</c><00:39:20.119><c> be</c><00:39:20.320><c> fulfilled.</c>

00:39:21.380 --> 00:39:23.960
And<00:39:21.559><c> you</c><00:39:21.599><c> can</c><00:39:21.820><c> see</c><00:39:22.000><c> here</c><00:39:22.139><c> what</c><00:39:22.239><c> the</c><00:39:22.440><c> apostle</c><00:39:22.719><c> Paul</c><00:39:22.980><c> is</c><00:39:23.219><c> doing.</c>

00:39:24.099 --> 00:39:28.679
He<00:39:24.420><c> understands</c><00:39:25.039><c> in</c><00:39:25.219><c> his</c><00:39:25.460><c> mind</c><00:39:26.079><c> that</c><00:39:26.519><c> the</c><00:39:26.940><c> performing</c><00:39:27.320><c> of</c><00:39:27.579><c> that</c><00:39:27.840><c> vow</c>

00:39:28.639 --> 00:39:33.099
in<00:39:28.900><c> itself</c><00:39:29.340><c> doesn't</c><00:39:29.780><c> make</c><00:39:30.079><c> him</c><00:39:30.380><c> pure,</c><00:39:31.400><c> he</c><00:39:31.619><c> understands</c><00:39:32.059><c> that.</c>

00:39:33.320 --> 00:39:36.539
But<00:39:33.519><c> for</c><00:39:33.780><c> the</c><00:39:33.940><c> sake</c><00:39:34.159><c> of</c><00:39:34.380><c> these</c><00:39:34.619><c> ecclesial</c><00:39:35.199><c> relationships,</c>

00:39:37.099 --> 00:39:40.019
he<00:39:37.420><c> performs</c><00:39:37.760><c> the</c><00:39:38.000><c> vow</c><00:39:38.159><c> because</c><00:39:38.420><c> that</c><00:39:38.880><c> overrides</c><00:39:39.559><c> the</c><00:39:39.860><c> doing</c>

00:39:40.019 --> 00:39:41.739
or<00:39:40.199><c> the</c><00:39:40.400><c> not</c><00:39:40.619><c> doing</c><00:39:40.880><c> of</c><00:39:41.360><c> the</c><00:39:41.539><c> vow.</c>

00:39:42.039 --> 00:39:44.579
And<00:39:42.159><c> in</c><00:39:42.280><c> this</c><00:39:42.539><c> context,</c><00:39:43.199><c> he</c><00:39:43.340><c> realizes</c>

00:39:45.039 --> 00:39:49.380
that<00:39:45.480><c> he's</c><00:39:45.679><c> just</c><00:39:45.920><c> gonna</c><00:39:46.079><c> antagonize</c><00:39:47.460><c> his</c><00:39:47.780><c> brothers</c><00:39:48.039><c> and</c><00:39:48.280><c> sisters</c>

00:39:49.860 --> 00:39:53.159
if<00:39:50.300><c> he</c><00:39:50.539><c> insists</c><00:39:50.900><c> on</c><00:39:51.420><c> playing</c><00:39:51.599><c> a</c><00:39:51.820><c> guitar</c><00:39:52.159><c> instead</c><00:39:52.440><c> of</c><00:39:52.579><c> an</c><00:39:52.780><c> organ,</c>

00:39:53.420 --> 00:39:57.079
or<00:39:53.559><c> he</c><00:39:53.719><c> insists</c><00:39:53.920><c> on</c><00:39:54.159><c> using</c><00:39:54.500><c> the</c><00:39:55.440><c> ESV</c><00:39:55.940><c> instead</c><00:39:56.179><c> of</c><00:39:56.360><c> the</c><00:39:56.500><c> King</c><00:39:56.699><c> James,</c>

00:39:57.099 --> 00:39:59.300
or<00:39:57.320><c> he</c><00:39:57.539><c> insists</c><00:39:57.780><c> on</c><00:39:57.980><c> turning</c><00:39:58.179><c> up</c><00:39:58.340><c> in</c><00:39:58.519><c> jeans</c><00:39:58.739><c> and</c><00:39:58.980><c> T</c><00:39:59.179><c>-shirt</c>

00:39:59.300 --> 00:40:00.719
because<00:39:59.480><c> it</c><00:39:59.619><c> doesn't</c><00:39:59.780><c> matter</c><00:39:59.940><c> what</c><00:40:00.139><c> you</c><00:40:00.360><c> wear,</c>

00:40:00.940 --> 00:40:02.400
but<00:40:01.000><c> only</c><00:40:01.159><c> looks</c><00:40:01.420><c> on</c><00:40:01.599><c> the</c><00:40:01.739><c> outward</c><00:40:01.920><c> appearance.</c>

00:40:02.679 --> 00:40:04.719
No,<00:40:02.780><c> he</c><00:40:02.960><c> understood</c><00:40:03.539><c> the</c><00:40:03.780><c> ecclesial</c><00:40:04.260><c> context</c>

00:40:04.719 --> 00:40:06.579
and<00:40:04.880><c> he</c><00:40:05.159><c> conformed</c><00:40:05.619><c> himself</c><00:40:05.960><c> to</c><00:40:06.239><c> it</c>

00:40:06.579 --> 00:40:09.940
because<00:40:07.119><c> what</c><00:40:07.320><c> was</c><00:40:07.599><c> more</c><00:40:07.980><c> important</c><00:40:08.739><c> than</c><00:40:09.159><c> his</c><00:40:09.500><c> right</c>

00:40:09.940 --> 00:40:12.699
not<00:40:10.440><c> to</c><00:40:10.699><c> wear</c><00:40:10.880><c> a</c><00:40:11.099><c> suit</c><00:40:11.360><c> or</c><00:40:11.800><c> to</c><00:40:12.000><c> wear</c><00:40:12.219><c> a</c><00:40:12.440><c> suit,</c>

00:40:12.860 --> 00:40:14.340
what<00:40:12.980><c> was</c><00:40:13.219><c> more</c><00:40:13.539><c> important</c><00:40:13.880><c> than</c><00:40:14.119><c> that</c>

00:40:14.340 --> 00:40:16.400
was<00:40:14.840><c> establishing</c><00:40:15.460><c> and</c><00:40:15.880><c> solidifying</c>

00:40:16.400 --> 00:40:19.420
godly<00:40:17.239><c> ecclesial</c><00:40:18.199><c> relationships.</c>

00:40:20.000 --> 00:40:24.380
And<00:40:20.099><c> so</c><00:40:21.099><c> what</c><00:40:21.599><c> is</c><00:40:21.900><c> the</c><00:40:23.019><c> bottom</c><00:40:23.340><c> line</c><00:40:23.559><c> then,</c><00:40:23.780><c> brothers</c><00:40:23.980><c> and</c><00:40:24.199><c> sisters?</c>

00:40:24.420 --> 00:40:27.300
It<00:40:24.619><c> is</c><00:40:24.940><c> that</c><00:40:25.440><c> we</c><00:40:25.900><c> tend</c><00:40:26.219><c> to</c><00:40:26.440><c> do</c><00:40:26.539><c> what's</c><00:40:26.940><c> below,</c>

00:40:27.539 --> 00:40:30.760
but<00:40:27.780><c> we've</c><00:40:28.000><c> got</c><00:40:28.099><c> to</c><00:40:28.420><c> override</c><00:40:28.760><c> that</c><00:40:29.119><c> with</c><00:40:29.719><c> ecclesial</c><00:40:30.239><c> relationships.</c>

00:40:30.760 --> 00:40:33.059
So<00:40:30.940><c> let's</c><00:40:31.159><c> end</c><00:40:31.400><c> with</c><00:40:31.659><c> a</c><00:40:31.760><c> couple</c><00:40:31.900><c> of</c><00:40:32.139><c> passages</c>

00:40:33.050 --> 00:40:36.380
in<00:40:33.360><c> Romans</c><00:40:33.780><c> chapter</c><00:40:34.139><c> 14,</c><00:40:34.719><c> first</c><00:40:35.019><c> of</c><00:40:35.199><c> all.</c>

00:40:43.440 --> 00:40:47.380
And<00:40:44.079><c> the</c><00:40:44.719><c> Apostle</c><00:40:45.099><c> Paul</c><00:40:45.380><c> here</c><00:40:46.420><c> says</c><00:40:46.800><c> it</c><00:40:46.960><c> much</c><00:40:47.139><c> better</c>

00:40:47.380 --> 00:40:49.880
than<00:40:47.519><c> I've</c><00:40:47.800><c> been</c><00:40:47.900><c> trying</c><00:40:48.099><c> to</c><00:40:48.320><c> say,</c>

00:40:51.679 --> 00:40:53.960
which<00:40:51.800><c> he</c><00:40:52.039><c> says</c><00:40:52.159><c> in</c><00:40:52.360><c> verse</c><00:40:52.639><c> one</c><00:40:53.000><c> of</c><00:40:53.219><c> Romans</c><00:40:53.539><c> 14,</c>

00:40:54.039 --> 00:40:56.639
as<00:40:54.280><c> for</c><00:40:54.460><c> the</c><00:40:54.639><c> one</c><00:40:54.760><c> who</c><00:40:54.900><c> is</c><00:40:55.119><c> weak</c><00:40:55.340><c> in</c><00:40:55.659><c> faith,</c><00:40:55.880><c> welcome</c><00:40:56.320><c> him,</c>

00:40:57.099 --> 00:40:59.840
but<00:40:57.300><c> not</c><00:40:57.559><c> to</c><00:40:57.900><c> quarrel</c><00:40:58.280><c> over</c><00:40:58.659><c> opinions.</c>

00:40:59.940 --> 00:41:02.400
Don't<00:41:00.159><c> let</c><00:41:00.400><c> that</c><00:41:00.840><c> dominate</c><00:41:01.400><c> your</c><00:41:01.760><c> ecclesia,</c>

00:41:02.639 --> 00:41:06.679
quarreling<00:41:03.219><c> over</c><00:41:03.679><c> things</c><00:41:04.039><c> which</c><00:41:04.380><c> do</c><00:41:05.119><c> not</c><00:41:05.760><c> matter.</c>

00:41:08.840 --> 00:41:11.039
Whether<00:41:09.280><c> you're</c><00:41:09.579><c> someone</c><00:41:09.820><c> who</c><00:41:10.059><c> thinks</c><00:41:10.239><c> it's</c><00:41:10.559><c> important</c>

00:41:11.039 --> 00:41:13.679
to<00:41:11.280><c> wear</c><00:41:11.440><c> a</c><00:41:11.659><c> suit,</c><00:41:12.480><c> and</c><00:41:12.599><c> so</c><00:41:12.659><c> you're</c><00:41:12.880><c> gonna</c><00:41:13.000><c> wear</c><00:41:13.340><c> a</c><00:41:13.539><c> suit</c>

00:41:13.679 --> 00:41:14.860
and<00:41:13.820><c> you're</c><00:41:13.960><c> gonna</c><00:41:14.099><c> tell</c><00:41:14.380><c> everyone</c><00:41:14.659><c> else</c>

00:41:14.860 --> 00:41:17.340
they<00:41:15.019><c> gotta</c><00:41:15.139><c> wear</c><00:41:15.400><c> a</c><00:41:15.519><c> suit,</c><00:41:16.079><c> or</c><00:41:16.260><c> you're</c><00:41:16.500><c> someone</c><00:41:16.679><c> who</c><00:41:16.960><c> thinks,</c>

00:41:17.480 --> 00:41:19.900
no,<00:41:17.860><c> that's</c><00:41:18.260><c> pharisaical,</c><00:41:19.019><c> that's</c><00:41:19.260><c> outward</c><00:41:19.420><c> appearance,</c>

00:41:19.940 --> 00:41:21.619
I'm<00:41:20.139><c> not</c><00:41:20.239><c> gonna</c><00:41:20.380><c> wear</c><00:41:20.619><c> a</c><00:41:20.739><c> suit,</c><00:41:20.880><c> I'm</c><00:41:21.079><c> gonna</c><00:41:21.219><c> turn</c><00:41:21.440><c> up</c>

00:41:21.619 --> 00:41:23.900
in<00:41:21.880><c> jeans</c><00:41:22.059><c> and</c><00:41:22.300><c> t</c><00:41:22.500><c>-shirt</c><00:41:22.579><c> to</c><00:41:22.840><c> antagonize</c><00:41:23.360><c> that</c><00:41:23.599><c> brother</c>

00:41:23.900 --> 00:41:25.940
who<00:41:24.300><c> thinks</c><00:41:24.440><c> I</c><00:41:24.599><c> oughta</c><00:41:24.780><c> wear</c><00:41:24.920><c> a</c><00:41:25.119><c> suit.</c>

00:41:26.199 --> 00:41:29.039
And<00:41:26.460><c> both</c><00:41:26.659><c> of</c><00:41:26.820><c> them</c><00:41:26.940><c> are</c><00:41:27.039><c> making</c><00:41:27.320><c> an</c><00:41:27.579><c> issue</c><00:41:27.820><c> out</c><00:41:27.960><c> of</c><00:41:28.079><c> it,</c>

00:41:29.699 --> 00:41:32.820
whereas<00:41:29.820><c> both</c><00:41:30.099><c> of</c><00:41:30.199><c> them</c><00:41:30.340><c> have</c><00:41:30.519><c> to</c><00:41:30.719><c> learn</c><00:41:30.820><c> to</c><00:41:31.139><c> let</c><00:41:31.380><c> go</c>

00:41:33.159 --> 00:41:35.079
and<00:41:33.599><c> override</c><00:41:34.039><c> it</c><00:41:34.280><c> with</c><00:41:34.539><c> the</c><00:41:34.800><c> principle</c>

00:41:35.079 --> 00:41:36.159
that<00:41:35.199><c> Paul</c><00:41:35.480><c> brings</c><00:41:35.760><c> out</c><00:41:36.039><c> here.</c>

00:41:36.340 --> 00:41:39.280
Verse<00:41:36.380><c> two,</c><00:41:37.440><c> one</c><00:41:37.619><c> person</c><00:41:38.000><c> believes</c><00:41:38.280><c> he</c><00:41:38.460><c> may</c><00:41:38.559><c> eat</c><00:41:38.880><c> anything,</c>

00:41:39.460 --> 00:41:41.500
while<00:41:39.559><c> the</c><00:41:39.679><c> other</c><00:41:39.880><c> person,</c><00:41:40.619><c> the</c><00:41:40.880><c> weak</c><00:41:41.099><c> person,</c>

00:41:41.539 --> 00:41:42.480
eats<00:41:41.760><c> only</c><00:41:41.940><c> vegetables.</c>

00:41:42.960 --> 00:41:45.539
Let<00:41:43.039><c> not</c><00:41:43.219><c> the</c><00:41:43.360><c> one</c><00:41:43.480><c> who</c><00:41:43.639><c> eats</c><00:41:43.860><c> despise</c><00:41:44.539><c> the</c><00:41:44.699><c> one</c><00:41:44.860><c> who</c><00:41:45.119><c> abstains,</c>

00:41:45.619 --> 00:41:47.719
and<00:41:45.699><c> let</c><00:41:45.800><c> not</c><00:41:45.980><c> the</c><00:41:46.139><c> one</c><00:41:46.300><c> who</c><00:41:46.480><c> abstains</c><00:41:46.840><c> pass</c><00:41:47.139><c> judgment</c>

00:41:47.719 --> 00:41:51.440
on<00:41:48.199><c> the</c><00:41:48.320><c> one</c><00:41:48.440><c> who</c><00:41:48.619><c> eats,</c><00:41:49.519><c> for</c><00:41:49.699><c> God</c><00:41:50.000><c> has</c><00:41:50.219><c> welcomed</c><00:41:50.519><c> him.</c>

00:41:51.500 --> 00:41:54.280
So<00:41:51.659><c> that's</c><00:41:51.960><c> the</c><00:41:52.099><c> principle</c><00:41:52.320><c> that</c><00:41:52.800><c> we're</c><00:41:53.420><c> establishing</c><00:41:53.980><c> here.</c>

00:41:54.480 --> 00:41:57.840
Don't<00:41:55.039><c> let</c><00:41:55.360><c> that</c><00:41:55.840><c> cycle</c><00:41:56.260><c> of</c><00:41:56.579><c> judgment</c><00:41:56.940><c> and</c><00:41:57.380><c> despising</c>

00:41:57.840 --> 00:42:00.559
dominate<00:41:58.760><c> your</c><00:41:59.460><c> ecclesia.</c>

00:42:02.139 --> 00:42:04.699
Verse<00:42:02.619><c> five,</c><00:42:03.300><c> one</c><00:42:03.500><c> person</c><00:42:03.860><c> esteems</c><00:42:04.280><c> one</c><00:42:04.559><c> day</c>

00:42:04.699 --> 00:42:06.800
is<00:42:04.800><c> better</c><00:42:05.099><c> than</c><00:42:05.320><c> another,</c><00:42:05.860><c> while</c><00:42:06.019><c> another</c><00:42:06.320><c> esteems</c>

00:42:06.800 --> 00:42:10.539
all<00:42:07.159><c> days</c><00:42:07.360><c> alike,</c><00:42:08.159><c> each</c><00:42:08.639><c> one</c><00:42:09.019><c> should</c><00:42:09.219><c> be</c><00:42:09.519><c> fully</c><00:42:09.780><c> convinced</c>

00:42:10.539 --> 00:42:12.360
in<00:42:10.840><c> his</c><00:42:11.059><c> own</c><00:42:11.340><c> mind.</c>

00:42:12.639 --> 00:42:15.380
So<00:42:12.840><c> live</c><00:42:13.119><c> according</c><00:42:13.559><c> to</c><00:42:13.840><c> your</c><00:42:14.099><c> conscience</c>

00:42:17.619 --> 00:42:23.340
under<00:42:18.219><c> the</c><00:42:18.480><c> umbrella</c><00:42:19.059><c> of</c><00:42:20.219><c> loving</c><00:42:20.480><c> God</c><00:42:20.960><c> and</c><00:42:21.699><c> loving</c><00:42:22.079><c> your</c><00:42:22.440><c> neighbor.</c>

00:42:24.039 --> 00:42:26.019
That's<00:42:24.239><c> what</c><00:42:24.699><c> Paul</c><00:42:25.019><c> is</c><00:42:25.380><c> establishing</c><00:42:25.719><c> here.</c>

00:42:26.119 --> 00:42:30.860
Look<00:42:26.280><c> at</c><00:42:26.440><c> verse</c><00:42:26.639><c> 10,</c><00:42:27.960><c> why</c><00:42:28.320><c> do</c><00:42:28.539><c> you</c><00:42:28.800><c> pass</c><00:42:29.039><c> judgment</c><00:42:29.460><c> on</c><00:42:29.659><c> your</c><00:42:29.860><c> brother?</c>

00:42:31.659 --> 00:42:34.659
Or<00:42:31.780><c> you,</c><00:42:31.960><c> why</c><00:42:32.260><c> do</c><00:42:32.420><c> you</c><00:42:32.599><c> despise</c><00:42:33.480><c> your</c><00:42:33.780><c> brother?</c>

00:42:35.360 --> 00:42:38.039
For<00:42:35.800><c> we</c><00:42:35.960><c> will</c><00:42:36.159><c> all</c><00:42:36.380><c> stand</c><00:42:36.679><c> before</c><00:42:36.980><c> the</c><00:42:37.159><c> judgment</c><00:42:37.400><c> seat</c><00:42:37.559><c> of</c><00:42:37.800><c> God,</c>

00:42:38.119 --> 00:42:40.239
for<00:42:38.239><c> it</c><00:42:38.460><c> is</c><00:42:38.480><c> written,</c><00:42:38.860><c> as</c><00:42:38.980><c> I</c><00:42:39.500><c> live,</c><00:42:39.900><c> says</c><00:42:39.940><c> the</c><00:42:40.139><c> Lord,</c>

00:42:40.320 --> 00:42:41.900
every<00:42:40.539><c> knee</c><00:42:40.699><c> shall</c><00:42:40.900><c> bow</c><00:42:41.139><c> to</c><00:42:41.280><c> me</c><00:42:41.380><c> and</c><00:42:41.519><c> every</c><00:42:41.780><c> tongue</c>

00:42:41.900 --> 00:42:44.139
shall<00:42:42.119><c> confess</c><00:42:42.500><c> to</c><00:42:42.719><c> God,</c><00:42:43.420><c> so</c><00:42:43.539><c> that</c><00:42:43.659><c> each</c><00:42:43.880><c> of</c><00:42:44.019><c> us</c>

00:42:44.139 --> 00:42:45.840
will<00:42:44.300><c> give</c><00:42:44.460><c> an</c><00:42:44.679><c> account</c><00:42:44.940><c> of</c><00:42:45.079><c> himself</c><00:42:45.420><c> to</c><00:42:45.659><c> God.</c>

00:42:45.880 --> 00:42:48.219
Therefore,<00:42:46.239><c> let</c><00:42:46.400><c> us</c><00:42:46.599><c> not</c><00:42:46.880><c> pass</c><00:42:47.139><c> judgment</c><00:42:47.519><c> on</c><00:42:47.719><c> one</c><00:42:47.880><c> another</c>

00:42:48.219 --> 00:42:53.019
any<00:42:48.679><c> longer,</c><00:42:49.519><c> but</c><00:42:49.840><c> rather</c><00:42:50.340><c> decide</c><00:42:51.219><c> never</c><00:42:51.599><c> to</c><00:42:51.820><c> put</c><00:42:51.980><c> a</c><00:42:52.280><c> stumbling</c><00:42:52.619><c> block</c>

00:42:53.019 --> 00:42:56.079
or<00:42:53.340><c> hindrance</c><00:42:53.860><c> in</c><00:42:54.119><c> the</c><00:42:54.300><c> way</c><00:42:54.920><c> of</c><00:42:55.199><c> a</c><00:42:55.360><c> brother.</c>

00:42:56.760 --> 00:43:00.940
So<00:42:57.019><c> our</c><00:42:57.320><c> focus</c><00:42:58.239><c> should</c><00:42:58.940><c> not</c><00:42:59.119><c> be</c><00:42:59.280><c> on</c><00:42:59.440><c> ourselves,</c>

00:43:01.820 --> 00:43:08.320
and<00:43:02.420><c> my</c><00:43:02.820><c> right</c><00:43:03.320><c> to</c><00:43:05.579><c> wear</c><00:43:06.099><c> a</c><00:43:06.340><c> suit</c><00:43:06.500><c> or</c><00:43:06.699><c> not</c><00:43:06.940><c> wear</c><00:43:07.179><c> a</c><00:43:07.360><c> suit,</c>

00:43:08.440 --> 00:43:10.539
my<00:43:08.760><c> focus</c><00:43:09.099><c> should</c><00:43:09.300><c> be</c><00:43:09.440><c> on</c><00:43:09.500><c> my</c><00:43:09.760><c> brother.</c>

00:43:11.960 --> 00:43:13.440
That's<00:43:12.320><c> the</c><00:43:12.539><c> overriding</c><00:43:12.980><c> principle,</c>

00:43:13.500 --> 00:43:16.619
to<00:43:13.679><c> love</c><00:43:13.980><c> my</c><00:43:14.239><c> neighbor</c><00:43:14.579><c> as</c><00:43:15.340><c> myself.</c>

00:43:17.159 --> 00:43:21.599
Verse<00:43:17.380><c> 14,</c><00:43:19.440><c> I</c><00:43:19.679><c> know</c><00:43:19.980><c> and</c><00:43:20.139><c> I'm</c><00:43:20.420><c> persuaded</c><00:43:20.699><c> in</c><00:43:20.920><c> the</c><00:43:21.079><c> Lord</c><00:43:21.239><c> Jesus</c>

00:43:21.599 --> 00:43:24.739
that<00:43:21.860><c> nothing</c><00:43:22.280><c> is</c><00:43:22.760><c> unclean</c><00:43:23.440><c> in</c><00:43:23.659><c> itself,</c>

00:43:25.199 --> 00:43:29.719
whether<00:43:25.460><c> it's</c><00:43:25.920><c> a</c><00:43:26.059><c> guitar</c><00:43:26.599><c> or</c><00:43:27.679><c> a</c><00:43:27.960><c> modern</c><00:43:28.139><c> version</c><00:43:28.440><c> of</c><00:43:28.599><c> the</c><00:43:28.780><c> Bible,</c>

00:43:30.780 --> 00:43:34.920
or<00:43:31.420><c> a</c><00:43:31.860><c> T</c><00:43:32.079><c>-shirt</c><00:43:32.579><c> as</c><00:43:33.079><c> opposed</c><00:43:33.400><c> to</c><00:43:34.119><c> a</c><00:43:34.260><c> shirt</c><00:43:34.460><c> and</c><00:43:34.679><c> tie,</c>

00:43:35.119 --> 00:43:39.260
nothing<00:43:35.460><c> is</c><00:43:35.840><c> unclean</c><00:43:36.780><c> in</c><00:43:37.000><c> itself,</c><00:43:38.059><c> but</c><00:43:38.400><c> it</c><00:43:38.579><c> is</c><00:43:38.820><c> unclean</c>

00:43:39.260 --> 00:43:43.519
for<00:43:39.440><c> anyone</c><00:43:39.699><c> who</c><00:43:40.039><c> thinks</c><00:43:40.579><c> it</c><00:43:41.239><c> is</c><00:43:41.940><c> unclean.</c>

00:43:44.239 --> 00:43:46.480
And<00:43:44.579><c> so</c><00:43:44.659><c> for</c><00:43:44.820><c> those</c><00:43:45.059><c> who</c><00:43:45.239><c> have</c><00:43:45.539><c> still</c><00:43:45.900><c> struggled</c>

00:43:46.480 --> 00:43:48.780
with<00:43:46.679><c> this</c><00:43:46.960><c> superstitious</c><00:43:47.579><c> mindset,</c>

00:43:48.860 --> 00:43:53.099
you<00:43:49.000><c> have</c><00:43:49.159><c> to</c><00:43:49.280><c> have</c><00:43:49.480><c> respect</c><00:43:50.079><c> and</c><00:43:50.639><c> patience</c><00:43:51.139><c> with</c><00:43:52.119><c> them,</c>

00:43:53.739 --> 00:43:55.760
and<00:43:53.880><c> not</c><00:43:54.119><c> think</c><00:43:54.320><c> that</c><00:43:54.519><c> by</c><00:43:54.760><c> antagonizing</c><00:43:55.579><c> them</c>

00:43:55.760 --> 00:43:59.199
that<00:43:55.980><c> somehow</c><00:43:56.280><c> they're</c><00:43:56.579><c> gonna</c><00:43:56.940><c> snap</c><00:43:57.500><c> out</c><00:43:57.739><c> of</c><00:43:57.840><c> their</c><00:43:58.039><c> superstition.</c>

00:44:00.440 --> 00:44:05.440
And<00:44:00.719><c> so</c><00:44:00.880><c> verse</c><00:44:01.079><c> 17,</c><00:44:03.219><c> for</c><00:44:04.480><c> the</c><00:44:04.599><c> kingdom</c><00:44:04.860><c> of</c><00:44:05.059><c> God</c>

00:44:05.440 --> 00:44:07.840
is<00:44:05.920><c> not</c><00:44:06.099><c> a</c><00:44:06.219><c> matter</c><00:44:06.360><c> of</c><00:44:06.559><c> eating</c><00:44:06.739><c> and</c><00:44:07.019><c> drinking.</c>

00:44:08.059 --> 00:44:11.420
It's<00:44:08.340><c> not</c><00:44:08.480><c> about</c><00:44:08.679><c> what</c><00:44:08.860><c> we</c><00:44:09.139><c> put</c><00:44:09.280><c> in</c><00:44:10.139><c> our</c><00:44:10.420><c> bodies</c>

00:44:11.559 --> 00:44:18.980
as<00:44:12.099><c> far</c><00:44:12.360><c> as</c><00:44:14.539><c> meats</c><00:44:15.139><c> or</c><00:44:16.880><c> vegetables</c><00:44:17.639><c> or</c><00:44:17.860><c> whatever</c><00:44:18.139><c> it</c><00:44:18.340><c> might</c><00:44:18.480><c> be.</c>

00:44:19.460 --> 00:44:21.639
It's<00:44:19.579><c> not</c><00:44:19.679><c> a</c><00:44:19.739><c> matter</c><00:44:19.880><c> of</c><00:44:20.079><c> the</c><00:44:20.239><c> rituals</c><00:44:20.739><c> that</c><00:44:21.000><c> we</c><00:44:21.219><c> perform,</c>

00:44:21.940 --> 00:44:24.860
but<00:44:22.179><c> of</c><00:44:22.420><c> righteousness</c><00:44:22.880><c> and</c><00:44:23.260><c> peace</c><00:44:23.519><c> and</c><00:44:23.760><c> joy</c><00:44:23.920><c> in</c><00:44:24.019><c> the</c><00:44:24.159><c> Holy</c><00:44:24.380><c> Spirit.</c>

00:44:25.139 --> 00:44:27.500
Whoever<00:44:25.320><c> thus</c><00:44:25.639><c> serves</c><00:44:25.860><c> Christ</c><00:44:26.219><c> is</c><00:44:26.500><c> acceptable</c><00:44:26.900><c> to</c><00:44:27.139><c> God</c>

00:44:27.500 --> 00:44:28.980
and<00:44:28.019><c> approved</c><00:44:28.360><c> by</c><00:44:28.659><c> men.</c>

00:44:28.980 --> 00:44:32.380
So<00:44:29.400><c> then</c><00:44:29.579><c> let</c><00:44:29.780><c> us</c><00:44:29.980><c> pursue</c><00:44:30.360><c> what</c><00:44:30.559><c> makes</c><00:44:30.880><c> for</c><00:44:31.219><c> peace</c>

00:44:32.480 --> 00:44:35.500
and<00:44:32.780><c> for</c><00:44:33.079><c> mutual</c><00:44:33.900><c> upbuilding.</c>

00:44:36.039 --> 00:44:39.039
Do<00:44:36.079><c> not</c><00:44:36.400><c> for</c><00:44:36.579><c> the</c><00:44:36.800><c> sake</c><00:44:36.960><c> of</c><00:44:37.199><c> food</c><00:44:37.420><c> destroy</c><00:44:38.019><c> the</c><00:44:38.320><c> work</c><00:44:38.539><c> of</c><00:44:38.820><c> God.</c>

00:44:39.460 --> 00:44:41.380
Everything<00:44:39.880><c> is</c><00:44:40.380><c> indeed</c><00:44:40.719><c> clean,</c>

00:44:41.679 --> 00:44:44.460
but<00:44:41.820><c> it</c><00:44:42.039><c> is</c><00:44:42.300><c> wrong</c><00:44:42.559><c> for</c><00:44:42.900><c> anyone</c><00:44:43.179><c> to</c><00:44:43.480><c> make</c><00:44:43.639><c> another</c><00:44:43.940><c> stumble</c>

00:44:44.460 --> 00:44:46.139
by<00:44:44.679><c> what</c><00:44:44.880><c> he</c><00:44:45.179><c> eats.</c>

00:44:46.199 --> 00:44:48.960
It<00:44:46.320><c> is</c><00:44:46.559><c> good</c><00:44:46.739><c> not</c><00:44:47.039><c> to</c><00:44:47.320><c> eat</c><00:44:47.559><c> meat</c><00:44:47.739><c> or</c><00:44:47.940><c> drink</c><00:44:48.480><c> wine</c>

00:44:48.960 --> 00:44:51.880
or<00:44:49.300><c> do</c><00:44:49.500><c> anything</c><00:44:49.820><c> that</c><00:44:50.099><c> causes</c><00:44:50.300><c> your</c><00:44:50.579><c> brother</c><00:44:50.719><c> to</c><00:44:51.039><c> stumble.</c>

00:44:52.639 --> 00:44:56.739
So<00:44:52.980><c> again,</c><00:44:53.340><c> he's</c><00:44:53.539><c> saying</c><00:44:53.840><c> if</c><00:44:54.940><c> your</c><00:44:55.340><c> ecclesial</c><00:44:56.059><c> context</c>

00:44:56.739 --> 00:45:00.019
is<00:44:56.980><c> such</c><00:44:57.159><c> that</c><00:44:57.420><c> everyone</c><00:44:57.739><c> dresses</c><00:44:58.079><c> up</c><00:44:58.360><c> on</c><00:44:58.539><c> a</c><00:44:58.639><c> Sunday</c><00:44:58.880><c> morning,</c>

00:45:00.539 --> 00:45:02.800
for<00:45:00.659><c> them</c><00:45:00.900><c> it</c><00:45:01.039><c> is</c><00:45:01.320><c> unclean</c><00:45:01.800><c> not</c><00:45:02.039><c> to</c><00:45:02.239><c> dress</c><00:45:02.460><c> up.</c>

00:45:02.800 --> 00:45:06.480
So<00:45:03.119><c> dress</c><00:45:03.360><c> up,</c><00:45:04.119><c> don't</c><00:45:04.320><c> make</c><00:45:04.500><c> an</c><00:45:04.719><c> issue</c><00:45:05.219><c> out</c><00:45:05.480><c> of</c><00:45:05.579><c> it.</c>

00:45:06.619 --> 00:45:09.320
And<00:45:06.780><c> we</c><00:45:06.900><c> can</c><00:45:07.059><c> think</c><00:45:07.199><c> of</c><00:45:07.960><c> a</c><00:45:08.380><c> number</c><00:45:08.559><c> of</c><00:45:08.760><c> other</c><00:45:08.960><c> things</c>

00:45:09.320 --> 00:45:13.260
in<00:45:09.539><c> which</c><00:45:10.699><c> we</c><00:45:11.239><c> need</c><00:45:11.420><c> to</c><00:45:11.619><c> have</c><00:45:11.760><c> that</c><00:45:12.019><c> respect</c>

00:45:13.340 --> 00:45:16.460
for<00:45:13.840><c> our</c><00:45:14.139><c> brother</c><00:45:14.420><c> ahead</c><00:45:14.940><c> of</c><00:45:15.599><c> our</c><00:45:15.840><c> own</c><00:45:16.079><c> rights.</c>

00:45:16.880 --> 00:45:19.880
Let's<00:45:17.139><c> look</c><00:45:17.360><c> at</c><00:45:17.360><c> a</c><00:45:17.619><c> very</c><00:45:17.780><c> briefly</c><00:45:18.059><c> at</c><00:45:18.300><c> a</c><00:45:18.579><c> little</c><00:45:18.780><c> case</c><00:45:19.059><c> study.</c>

00:45:20.480 --> 00:45:21.840
What<00:45:20.659><c> about</c><00:45:20.760><c> going</c><00:45:20.940><c> to</c><00:45:21.119><c> a</c><00:45:21.199><c> rock</c><00:45:21.400><c> concert?</c>

00:45:21.840 --> 00:45:22.739
Okay.

00:45:23.320 --> 00:45:27.000
Now<00:45:23.599><c> there's</c><00:45:23.880><c> a</c><00:45:24.019><c> brother</c><00:45:24.320><c> then</c><00:45:24.760><c> who</c><00:45:25.659><c> likes</c><00:45:25.940><c> the</c><00:45:26.159><c> music</c>

00:45:27.400 --> 00:45:29.760
and<00:45:27.920><c> there's</c><00:45:28.119><c> nothing</c><00:45:28.280><c> wrong</c><00:45:28.519><c> particularly</c><00:45:28.920><c> with</c><00:45:29.139><c> the</c><00:45:29.340><c> words,</c>

00:45:30.059 --> 00:45:32.039
he<00:45:30.260><c> just</c><00:45:30.519><c> likes</c><00:45:30.760><c> the</c><00:45:31.000><c> music.</c>

00:45:32.079 --> 00:45:33.880
And<00:45:32.199><c> so</c><00:45:32.280><c> he</c><00:45:32.380><c> goes</c><00:45:32.599><c> along</c><00:45:32.800><c> to</c><00:45:33.019><c> a</c><00:45:33.119><c> rock</c><00:45:33.320><c> concert</c>

00:45:33.880 --> 00:45:35.840
because<00:45:34.300><c> he</c><00:45:34.519><c> likes</c><00:45:34.719><c> to</c><00:45:35.000><c> listen</c><00:45:35.119><c> to</c><00:45:35.340><c> music</c>

00:45:35.840 --> 00:45:38.860
and<00:45:36.280><c> he</c><00:45:36.440><c> wants</c><00:45:36.639><c> to</c><00:45:36.820><c> hear</c><00:45:36.880><c> it</c><00:45:37.159><c> live</c><00:45:37.420><c> and</c><00:45:37.559><c> it's</c><00:45:37.780><c> fantastic.</c>

00:45:39.219 --> 00:45:41.360
And<00:45:39.380><c> for</c><00:45:39.500><c> him</c><00:45:39.639><c> that's</c><00:45:40.059><c> perfectly</c><00:45:40.260><c> fine.</c>

00:45:42.679 --> 00:45:46.139
But<00:45:43.199><c> what</c><00:45:43.579><c> about</c><00:45:44.000><c> the</c><00:45:44.340><c> young</c><00:45:44.539><c> person</c><00:45:44.980><c> in</c><00:45:45.380><c> his</c><00:45:45.699><c> ecclesia</c>

00:45:46.139 --> 00:45:48.300
who<00:45:46.340><c> has</c><00:45:46.460><c> just</c><00:45:46.679><c> come</c><00:45:46.900><c> out</c><00:45:47.059><c> of</c><00:45:47.159><c> the</c><00:45:47.380><c> world</c>

00:45:48.320 --> 00:45:50.780
and<00:45:48.619><c> associates</c><00:45:49.159><c> rock</c><00:45:49.519><c> concerts</c><00:45:50.019><c> with</c><00:45:50.400><c> drugs,</c>

00:45:50.780 --> 00:45:55.039
sex<00:45:51.139><c> and</c><00:45:51.340><c> rock</c><00:45:51.500><c> and</c><00:45:51.699><c> roll</c><00:45:51.940><c> and</c><00:45:52.780><c> the</c><00:45:53.739><c> negative</c><00:45:54.179><c> things</c><00:45:54.420><c> of</c><00:45:54.599><c> the</c><00:45:54.800><c> world</c>

00:45:55.039 --> 00:45:57.199
and<00:45:55.199><c> perhaps</c><00:45:55.440><c> he's</c><00:45:55.599><c> been</c><00:45:55.820><c> to</c><00:45:56.019><c> rock</c><00:45:56.239><c> concerts</c><00:45:56.559><c> in</c><00:45:56.800><c> the</c><00:45:56.960><c> past</c>

00:45:57.199 --> 00:45:59.880
and<00:45:57.380><c> there's</c><00:45:57.519><c> been</c><00:45:57.780><c> drugs</c><00:45:58.119><c> there</c><00:45:58.519><c> and</c><00:45:58.860><c> he</c><00:45:59.159><c> struggled</c><00:45:59.480><c> with</c><00:45:59.719><c> that.</c>

00:45:59.900 --> 00:46:03.000
But<00:46:00.019><c> now</c><00:46:00.119><c> he's</c><00:46:00.360><c> come</c><00:46:00.579><c> out</c><00:46:00.760><c> of</c><00:46:00.940><c> that</c><00:46:01.300><c> and</c><00:46:01.559><c> he's</c><00:46:01.800><c> embraced</c><00:46:02.239><c> the</c><00:46:02.500><c> gospel</c>

00:46:03.000 --> 00:46:05.059
and<00:46:03.400><c> yet</c><00:46:03.500><c> there's</c><00:46:03.780><c> his</c><00:46:04.099><c> brother</c><00:46:04.340><c> in</c><00:46:04.500><c> his</c><00:46:04.679><c> ecclesia</c>

00:46:05.059 --> 00:46:07.139
that<00:46:05.219><c> he</c><00:46:05.460><c> respects</c><00:46:06.099><c> and</c><00:46:06.480><c> his</c><00:46:06.699><c> brother</c><00:46:06.880><c> says,</c>

00:46:07.260 --> 00:46:10.019
come<00:46:07.400><c> along</c><00:46:07.599><c> with</c><00:46:07.800><c> me</c><00:46:07.900><c> to</c><00:46:08.019><c> the</c><00:46:08.159><c> rock</c><00:46:08.320><c> concert,</c><00:46:08.900><c> it's</c><00:46:08.960><c> great</c><00:46:09.079><c> music.</c>

00:46:11.159 --> 00:46:16.019
That's<00:46:11.559><c> an</c><00:46:11.739><c> example</c><00:46:12.300><c> of</c><00:46:13.619><c> while</c><00:46:14.079><c> music</c><00:46:14.739><c> in</c><00:46:14.940><c> itself</c><00:46:15.400><c> for</c><00:46:15.639><c> instance</c>

00:46:16.019 --> 00:46:18.960
is<00:46:16.300><c> not</c><00:46:17.139><c> unclean</c><00:46:17.679><c> in</c><00:46:17.900><c> itself,</c>

00:46:19.800 --> 00:46:23.059
this<00:46:20.300><c> other</c><00:46:20.619><c> brother</c><00:46:20.800><c> has</c><00:46:21.019><c> made</c><00:46:21.219><c> associations</c><00:46:21.940><c> with</c><00:46:22.239><c> paganism,</c>

00:46:23.360 --> 00:46:24.900
modern<00:46:23.500><c> day</c><00:46:23.760><c> paganism</c><00:46:24.239><c> in</c><00:46:24.380><c> his</c><00:46:24.579><c> mind</c>

00:46:24.900 --> 00:46:27.219
and<00:46:25.320><c> you're</c><00:46:25.619><c> gonna</c><00:46:25.760><c> cause</c><00:46:26.119><c> your</c><00:46:26.400><c> brother</c><00:46:26.579><c> to</c><00:46:26.920><c> stumble.</c>

00:46:27.519 --> 00:46:29.739
So<00:46:27.659><c> for</c><00:46:27.840><c> the</c><00:46:28.000><c> sake</c><00:46:28.119><c> of</c><00:46:28.340><c> my</c><00:46:28.619><c> brother,</c>

00:46:30.679 --> 00:46:32.719
even<00:46:30.940><c> though</c><00:46:31.159><c> for</c><00:46:31.360><c> me</c><00:46:31.559><c> it's</c><00:46:31.800><c> just</c><00:46:32.059><c> music</c>

00:46:32.719 --> 00:46:35.199
and<00:46:33.360><c> any</c><00:46:33.519><c> of</c><00:46:33.780><c> that</c><00:46:33.780><c> other</c><00:46:34.019><c> stuff</c><00:46:34.260><c> I</c><00:46:34.340><c> don't</c><00:46:34.559><c> care</c><00:46:34.900><c> about,</c>

00:46:35.239 --> 00:46:37.480
for<00:46:35.380><c> the</c><00:46:35.559><c> sake</c><00:46:35.659><c> of</c><00:46:35.820><c> my</c><00:46:36.000><c> brother</c><00:46:36.239><c> I'm</c><00:46:36.679><c> not</c><00:46:36.880><c> gonna</c><00:46:37.039><c> do</c><00:46:37.280><c> this,</c>

00:46:37.539 --> 00:46:40.780
I'm<00:46:37.619><c> not</c><00:46:37.739><c> gonna</c><00:46:37.940><c> indulge</c><00:46:38.360><c> myself</c><00:46:38.840><c> in</c><00:46:40.019><c> this</c><00:46:40.239><c> lifestyle</c>

00:46:40.780 --> 00:46:43.760
because<00:46:41.480><c> I</c><00:46:41.940><c> love</c><00:46:42.139><c> my</c><00:46:42.480><c> brother</c><00:46:42.760><c> and</c><00:46:43.019><c> his</c><00:46:43.260><c> salvation</c>

00:46:43.760 --> 00:46:47.079
is<00:46:43.940><c> more</c><00:46:44.179><c> important</c><00:46:44.659><c> than</c><00:46:44.820><c> my</c><00:46:45.199><c> rights</c><00:46:45.679><c> to</c><00:46:46.139><c> enjoy</c><00:46:46.460><c> myself</c>

00:46:47.079 --> 00:46:48.780
how<00:46:47.440><c> I</c><00:46:47.699><c> want</c><00:46:47.960><c> to.</c>

00:46:50.000 --> 00:46:51.000
Well<00:46:50.179><c> finally</c><00:46:50.340><c> brothers</c><00:46:50.619><c> and</c><00:46:50.820><c> sisters,</c>

00:46:51.059 --> 00:46:54.760
let's<00:46:51.260><c> look</c><00:46:51.500><c> at</c><00:46:51.719><c> 1</c><00:46:51.920><c> Corinthians</c><00:46:52.539><c> chapter</c><00:46:53.260><c> 10.</c>

00:46:55.539 --> 00:46:57.519
We've<00:46:55.699><c> looked</c><00:46:55.820><c> at</c><00:46:55.960><c> this</c><00:46:56.199><c> passage</c><00:46:56.460><c> before,</c>

00:46:57.900 --> 00:47:01.260
this<00:46:58.059><c> is</c><00:46:58.219><c> the</c><00:46:58.340><c> passage</c><00:46:58.619><c> in</c><00:46:59.019><c> which</c><00:46:59.199><c> Paul</c><00:46:59.440><c> quotes</c><00:46:59.800><c> from</c><00:47:00.000><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:47:00.400><c> 32</c>

00:47:01.260 --> 00:47:08.639
in<00:47:01.880><c> establishing</c><00:47:02.360><c> that</c><00:47:02.619><c> connection</c><00:47:03.079><c> between</c><00:47:04.760><c> idols</c><00:47:06.199><c> and</c><00:47:07.579><c> demons.</c>

00:47:10.260 --> 00:47:13.760
So<00:47:10.420><c> 1</c><00:47:10.579><c> Corinthians</c><00:47:10.960><c> chapter</c><00:47:11.300><c> 10</c><00:47:11.820><c> and</c><00:47:12.360><c> verse</c><00:47:13.019><c> 14,</c>

00:47:13.760 --> 00:47:17.679
he<00:47:13.900><c> says</c><00:47:14.059><c> therefore</c><00:47:14.480><c> my</c><00:47:14.699><c> beloved,</c><00:47:15.800><c> flee</c><00:47:15.980><c> from</c><00:47:16.320><c> idolatry.</c>

00:47:19.099 --> 00:47:21.019
Now<00:47:19.260><c> if</c><00:47:19.380><c> an</c><00:47:19.619><c> idol</c><00:47:19.739><c> is</c><00:47:20.019><c> nothing,</c>

00:47:22.199 --> 00:47:24.039
you<00:47:22.219><c> can't</c><00:47:22.619><c> flee</c><00:47:22.880><c> from</c><00:47:23.159><c> nothing.</c>

00:47:25.300 --> 00:47:28.139
What<00:47:25.539><c> Paul</c><00:47:25.800><c> is</c><00:47:26.099><c> doing</c><00:47:26.400><c> in</c><00:47:26.800><c> the</c><00:47:27.000><c> midst</c><00:47:27.320><c> of</c><00:47:27.659><c> establishing</c>

00:47:28.139 --> 00:47:31.260
this<00:47:28.579><c> relationship</c><00:47:29.239><c> between</c><00:47:29.900><c> the</c><00:47:30.420><c> nothingness</c><00:47:30.800><c> of</c><00:47:31.059><c> idols</c>

00:47:31.260 --> 00:47:31.900
and<00:47:31.579><c> demons</c>

00:47:31.900 --> 00:47:35.719
at<00:47:32.500><c> the</c><00:47:32.800><c> same</c><00:47:33.139><c> time</c><00:47:33.539><c> he's</c><00:47:33.940><c> acknowledging</c><00:47:34.860><c> the</c><00:47:35.460><c> fact</c>

00:47:35.719 --> 00:47:40.079
that<00:47:36.000><c> idolatry</c><00:47:36.840><c> is</c><00:47:37.539><c> a</c><00:47:37.880><c> difficult</c><00:47:38.239><c> thing</c><00:47:38.739><c> to</c><00:47:39.480><c> deal</c><00:47:39.800><c> with</c>

00:47:40.079 --> 00:47:43.219
even<00:47:40.340><c> though</c><00:47:40.860><c> in</c><00:47:41.099><c> and</c><00:47:41.260><c> of</c><00:47:41.460><c> itself</c><00:47:41.980><c> it's</c><00:47:42.420><c> nothing.</c>

00:47:43.760 --> 00:47:48.360
In<00:47:44.320><c> and</c><00:47:44.659><c> of</c><00:47:45.159><c> itself</c><00:47:45.940><c> a</c><00:47:46.860><c> Christadolphin</c><00:47:47.519><c> in</c><00:47:47.599><c> the</c><00:47:47.820><c> first</c><00:47:48.039><c> century</c>

00:47:48.360 --> 00:47:50.539
could<00:47:48.559><c> go</c><00:47:48.860><c> to</c><00:47:49.420><c> an</c><00:47:49.679><c> idolatrous</c><00:47:50.199><c> temple,</c>

00:47:50.699 --> 00:47:52.780
they<00:47:50.739><c> could</c><00:47:50.900><c> even</c><00:47:51.159><c> involve</c><00:47:51.460><c> themselves</c><00:47:51.860><c> in</c><00:47:52.039><c> all</c><00:47:52.179><c> the</c><00:47:52.380><c> rituals</c>

00:47:52.780 --> 00:47:55.159
and<00:47:53.179><c> understand</c><00:47:53.699><c> that</c><00:47:53.920><c> doing</c><00:47:54.059><c> these</c><00:47:54.300><c> rituals</c><00:47:54.579><c> means</c><00:47:54.860><c> nothing</c>

00:47:55.159 --> 00:47:55.679
at<00:47:55.420><c> all,</c>

00:47:55.880 --> 00:47:57.599
I'm<00:47:56.000><c> not</c><00:47:56.159><c> actually</c><00:47:56.480><c> worshiping</c><00:47:57.039><c> a</c><00:47:57.139><c> pagan</c><00:47:57.360><c> god,</c>

00:47:57.619 --> 00:47:59.539
I<00:47:57.719><c> can</c><00:47:57.860><c> do</c><00:47:57.940><c> it</c><00:47:58.059><c> in</c><00:47:58.159><c> all</c><00:47:58.320><c> good</c><00:47:58.519><c> conscience.</c>

00:47:59.880 --> 00:48:03.760
And<00:47:59.980><c> Paul</c><00:48:00.059><c> says</c><00:48:00.239><c> no,</c><00:48:00.639><c> don't</c><00:48:00.960><c> have</c><00:48:01.199><c> anything</c><00:48:01.480><c> to</c><00:48:01.760><c> do</c><00:48:02.199><c> with</c><00:48:03.000><c> idolatry.</c>

00:48:04.260 --> 00:48:09.699
Verse<00:48:04.440><c> 15,</c><00:48:05.800><c> I</c><00:48:05.960><c> speak</c><00:48:06.239><c> as</c><00:48:06.380><c> to</c><00:48:06.579><c> sensible</c><00:48:06.940><c> people,</c><00:48:08.079><c> rational</c><00:48:08.480><c> people.</c>

00:48:10.460 --> 00:48:12.000
Judge<00:48:10.739><c> for</c><00:48:10.960><c> yourselves</c><00:48:11.340><c> what</c><00:48:11.500><c> I</c><00:48:11.780><c> say,</c>

00:48:12.000 --> 00:48:13.980
the<00:48:12.460><c> cup</c><00:48:12.639><c> of</c><00:48:12.880><c> blessing</c><00:48:13.119><c> that</c><00:48:13.300><c> we</c><00:48:13.519><c> bless,</c>

00:48:14.360 --> 00:48:18.940
is<00:48:14.460><c> it</c><00:48:14.659><c> not</c><00:48:14.860><c> a</c><00:48:15.079><c> participation</c><00:48:15.800><c> in</c><00:48:16.800><c> the</c><00:48:17.139><c> blood</c><00:48:17.559><c> of</c><00:48:18.320><c> Christ?</c>

00:48:19.440 --> 00:48:20.539
The<00:48:19.599><c> bread</c><00:48:19.840><c> that</c><00:48:20.019><c> we</c><00:48:20.320><c> break,</c>

00:48:20.719 --> 00:48:23.219
is<00:48:20.780><c> it</c><00:48:20.940><c> not</c><00:48:21.119><c> a</c><00:48:21.340><c> participation</c><00:48:21.960><c> in</c><00:48:22.219><c> the</c><00:48:22.380><c> body</c><00:48:22.639><c> of</c><00:48:22.860><c> Christ</c>

00:48:23.219 --> 00:48:25.159
because<00:48:23.519><c> there</c><00:48:23.719><c> is</c><00:48:23.940><c> one</c><00:48:24.219><c> bread,</c>

00:48:25.179 --> 00:48:27.099
we<00:48:25.340><c> who</c><00:48:25.599><c> are</c><00:48:25.719><c> many</c><00:48:25.880><c> are</c><00:48:26.179><c> one</c><00:48:26.500><c> body</c>

00:48:27.099 --> 00:48:29.719
for<00:48:27.400><c> we</c><00:48:27.559><c> all</c><00:48:27.679><c> partake</c><00:48:28.099><c> of</c><00:48:28.219><c> the</c><00:48:28.480><c> one</c><00:48:29.159><c> bread.</c>

00:48:30.119 --> 00:48:32.440
Now<00:48:30.280><c> it's</c><00:48:30.440><c> interesting</c><00:48:30.820><c> that</c><00:48:31.079><c> Paul</c><00:48:31.320><c> introduces</c><00:48:32.000><c> here</c>

00:48:32.440 --> 00:48:34.099
the<00:48:32.639><c> breaking</c><00:48:32.900><c> of</c><00:48:33.139><c> bread</c><00:48:33.260><c> in</c><00:48:33.460><c> the</c><00:48:33.679><c> context</c>

00:48:34.099 --> 00:48:37.219
of<00:48:34.260><c> what</c><00:48:34.340><c> he's</c><00:48:34.519><c> talking</c><00:48:34.840><c> about</c><00:48:35.159><c> because</c><00:48:35.880><c> the</c><00:48:36.280><c> breaking</c><00:48:36.519><c> of</c><00:48:36.840><c> bread</c>

00:48:37.219 --> 00:48:40.860
is<00:48:37.900><c> meant</c><00:48:38.079><c> to</c><00:48:38.360><c> emphasize</c><00:48:38.820><c> our</c><00:48:39.320><c> oneness</c><00:48:39.800><c> and</c><00:48:40.159><c> our</c><00:48:40.400><c> unity</c>

00:48:40.860 --> 00:48:43.159
and<00:48:41.219><c> the</c><00:48:41.480><c> fact</c><00:48:41.619><c> that</c><00:48:41.820><c> we're</c><00:48:41.940><c> members</c><00:48:42.340><c> of</c><00:48:42.559><c> one</c><00:48:42.739><c> another</c>

00:48:43.159 --> 00:48:45.599
trying<00:48:43.599><c> to</c><00:48:43.820><c> help</c><00:48:43.980><c> one</c><00:48:44.199><c> another</c><00:48:44.460><c> towards</c><00:48:44.780><c> the</c><00:48:44.980><c> kingdom</c><00:48:45.199><c> of</c><00:48:45.460><c> God</c>

00:48:45.599 --> 00:48:49.179
and<00:48:45.760><c> not</c><00:48:45.920><c> put</c><00:48:46.260><c> stumbling</c><00:48:46.619><c> blocks</c><00:48:47.099><c> in</c><00:48:47.519><c> the</c><00:48:47.679><c> way</c><00:48:47.840><c> of</c><00:48:48.059><c> one</c><00:48:48.219><c> another.</c>

00:48:52.840 --> 00:48:56.079
Verse<00:48:53.360><c> 18,</c><00:48:54.920><c> consider</c><00:48:55.099><c> the</c><00:48:55.320><c> people</c><00:48:55.500><c> of</c><00:48:55.639><c> Israel,</c>

00:48:56.539 --> 00:48:59.219
are<00:48:56.659><c> not</c><00:48:56.780><c> those</c><00:48:57.039><c> who</c><00:48:57.280><c> eat</c><00:48:57.460><c> the</c><00:48:57.780><c> sacrifices</c><00:48:58.300><c> participants</c>

00:48:59.219 --> 00:49:02.059
in<00:48:59.579><c> the</c><00:48:59.820><c> altar,</c><00:49:00.800><c> what</c><00:49:01.019><c> do</c><00:49:01.139><c> we</c><00:49:01.320><c> imply</c><00:49:01.719><c> then,</c>

00:49:02.159 --> 00:49:04.360
that<00:49:02.380><c> food</c><00:49:02.739><c> offered</c><00:49:03.019><c> to</c><00:49:03.320><c> idols</c><00:49:03.579><c> is</c><00:49:03.980><c> anything</c>

00:49:04.360 --> 00:49:07.239
or<00:49:05.099><c> that</c><00:49:05.320><c> an</c><00:49:05.659><c> idol</c><00:49:05.880><c> is</c><00:49:06.360><c> anything?</c>

00:49:07.820 --> 00:49:09.500
And<00:49:08.260><c> the</c><00:49:08.340><c> answer</c><00:49:08.559><c> comes</c><00:49:08.820><c> back,</c><00:49:09.099><c> no.</c>

00:49:09.760 --> 00:49:13.420
In<00:49:10.139><c> and</c><00:49:10.440><c> of</c><00:49:10.619><c> itself,</c><00:49:11.280><c> it</c><00:49:11.420><c> is</c><00:49:12.559><c> nothing.</c>

00:49:14.159 --> 00:49:17.559
If<00:49:14.300><c> someone</c><00:49:14.519><c> offers</c><00:49:14.900><c> food</c><00:49:15.179><c> to</c><00:49:15.360><c> an</c><00:49:15.559><c> idol,</c><00:49:16.239><c> it's</c><00:49:16.460><c> just</c><00:49:16.679><c> food.</c>

00:49:18.139 --> 00:49:19.340
The<00:49:18.239><c> fact</c><00:49:18.340><c> that</c><00:49:18.460><c> it's</c><00:49:18.539><c> been</c><00:49:18.760><c> offered</c><00:49:18.880><c> to</c><00:49:19.059><c> an</c><00:49:19.199><c> idol</c>

00:49:19.340 --> 00:49:20.579
hasn't<00:49:19.639><c> changed</c><00:49:20.119><c> the</c><00:49:20.400><c> food,</c>

00:49:20.719 --> 00:49:24.079
hasn't<00:49:20.880><c> caused</c><00:49:21.179><c> it</c><00:49:21.360><c> to</c><00:49:21.440><c> become</c><00:49:21.739><c> unholy,</c><00:49:22.260><c> it's</c><00:49:22.519><c> just</c><00:49:23.079><c> food.</c>

00:49:25.219 --> 00:49:28.059
Verse<00:49:25.519><c> 21</c><00:49:26.079><c> though,</c><00:49:26.840><c> he</c><00:49:26.840><c> says,</c>

00:49:28.800 --> 00:49:30.079
well<00:49:28.920><c> carrying</c><00:49:29.280><c> on</c><00:49:29.500><c> in</c><00:49:29.599><c> verse</c><00:49:29.780><c> 20,</c>

00:49:30.179 --> 00:49:31.900
no,<00:49:30.420><c> I</c><00:49:30.579><c> imply</c><00:49:30.780><c> that</c><00:49:30.960><c> what</c><00:49:31.139><c> pagans</c><00:49:31.440><c> sacrifice</c>

00:49:31.900 --> 00:49:33.880
they<00:49:32.039><c> offer</c><00:49:32.199><c> to</c><00:49:32.400><c> demons</c><00:49:32.639><c> and</c><00:49:32.820><c> not</c><00:49:32.960><c> to</c><00:49:33.139><c> God,</c>

00:49:33.880 --> 00:49:36.719
but<00:49:34.159><c> he</c><00:49:34.360><c> says,</c><00:49:34.840><c> I</c><00:49:34.840><c> do</c><00:49:35.119><c> not</c><00:49:35.360><c> want</c><00:49:35.599><c> you</c><00:49:35.800><c> to</c><00:49:35.840><c> be</c><00:49:36.159><c> participants</c>

00:49:36.719 --> 00:49:39.539
with<00:49:37.000><c> demons,</c><00:49:38.039><c> you</c><00:49:38.139><c> cannot</c><00:49:38.420><c> drink</c><00:49:38.639><c> the</c><00:49:38.820><c> cup</c><00:49:39.000><c> of</c><00:49:39.159><c> the</c><00:49:39.300><c> Lord</c>

00:49:39.539 --> 00:49:41.980
and<00:49:39.880><c> the</c><00:49:39.940><c> cup</c><00:49:40.079><c> of</c><00:49:40.380><c> demons,</c><00:49:41.239><c> you</c><00:49:41.300><c> cannot</c><00:49:41.599><c> partake</c>

00:49:41.980 --> 00:49:44.780
of<00:49:42.099><c> the</c><00:49:42.219><c> table</c><00:49:42.480><c> of</c><00:49:42.659><c> the</c><00:49:42.739><c> Lord</c><00:49:42.860><c> and</c><00:49:43.179><c> the</c><00:49:43.380><c> table</c><00:49:43.519><c> of</c><00:49:43.800><c> demons,</c>

00:49:45.139 --> 00:49:46.519
shall<00:49:45.280><c> we</c><00:49:45.460><c> provoke</c><00:49:45.739><c> the</c><00:49:45.860><c> Lord</c><00:49:46.019><c> to</c><00:49:46.219><c> jealousy,</c>

00:49:46.639 --> 00:49:47.760
are<00:49:46.739><c> we</c><00:49:46.960><c> stronger</c><00:49:47.280><c> than</c><00:49:47.440><c> he?</c>

00:49:48.159 --> 00:49:52.780
So<00:49:48.639><c> the</c><00:49:48.800><c> apostle</c><00:49:49.099><c> Paul</c><00:49:49.260><c> says,</c><00:49:50.179><c> even</c><00:49:50.579><c> though</c><00:49:51.780><c> idols</c><00:49:52.159><c> are</c><00:49:52.460><c> nothing</c>

00:49:52.780 --> 00:49:54.880
still<00:49:53.460><c> have</c><00:49:53.699><c> nothing</c><00:49:53.960><c> to</c><00:49:54.219><c> do</c><00:49:54.380><c> with</c><00:49:54.599><c> it</c>

00:49:54.880 --> 00:49:57.860
because<00:49:55.420><c> these</c><00:49:55.780><c> associations</c><00:49:56.480><c> are</c><00:49:57.039><c> so</c><00:49:57.480><c> strong.</c>

00:49:58.239 --> 00:50:00.820
So<00:49:58.400><c> the</c><00:49:58.599><c> pagan</c><00:49:58.920><c> rock</c><00:49:59.219><c> concert</c><00:49:59.599><c> for</c><00:49:59.820><c> instance,</c>

00:50:00.880 --> 00:50:04.800
even<00:50:01.420><c> though</c><00:50:01.599><c> it's</c><00:50:01.760><c> just</c><00:50:02.079><c> music</c><00:50:02.699><c> and</c><00:50:03.380><c> it's</c><00:50:03.619><c> just</c><00:50:03.940><c> electric</c><00:50:04.320><c> guitars,</c>

00:50:04.980 --> 00:50:10.159
it's<00:50:05.179><c> just</c><00:50:06.420><c> all</c><00:50:07.219><c> of</c><00:50:07.360><c> those</c><00:50:07.559><c> things</c><00:50:07.960><c> that</c><00:50:08.260><c> are</c><00:50:08.460><c> at</c><00:50:08.619><c> a</c><00:50:08.639><c> rock</c><00:50:08.880><c> concert</c>

00:50:10.360 --> 00:50:12.579
in<00:50:10.900><c> and</c><00:50:10.980><c> of</c><00:50:11.059><c> themselves,</c><00:50:11.880><c> they're</c><00:50:11.880><c> just</c><00:50:12.119><c> objects,</c>

00:50:12.760 --> 00:50:14.199
there's<00:50:12.840><c> nothing</c><00:50:13.059><c> to</c><00:50:13.340><c> them.</c>

00:50:14.619 --> 00:50:17.099
But<00:50:14.800><c> the</c><00:50:14.940><c> whole</c><00:50:15.280><c> context</c><00:50:15.960><c> is</c><00:50:16.099><c> something</c><00:50:16.420><c> that</c><00:50:16.639><c> Paul</c><00:50:16.800><c> says,</c>

00:50:17.119 --> 00:50:19.019
no,<00:50:17.659><c> have</c><00:50:17.900><c> nothing</c><00:50:18.239><c> to</c><00:50:18.500><c> do</c><00:50:18.619><c> with</c><00:50:18.820><c> it</c>

00:50:19.019 --> 00:50:21.760
because<00:50:19.440><c> it's</c><00:50:19.679><c> gonna</c><00:50:19.820><c> cause</c><00:50:20.320><c> your</c><00:50:20.860><c> brother</c><00:50:21.059><c> to</c><00:50:21.360><c> stumble</c>

00:50:21.760 --> 00:50:25.360
and<00:50:22.280><c> it's</c><00:50:22.500><c> gonna</c><00:50:22.760><c> spoil</c><00:50:23.280><c> those</c><00:50:23.599><c> ecclesial</c><00:50:24.139><c> relationships.</c>

00:50:26.380 --> 00:50:33.440
So<00:50:26.980><c> verse</c><00:50:26.980><c> 24</c><00:50:29.820><c> then,</c><00:50:31.300><c> or</c><00:50:31.500><c> verse</c><00:50:31.719><c> 23,</c><00:50:32.699><c> he</c><00:50:32.820><c> says</c><00:50:33.019><c> again,</c>

00:50:33.760 --> 00:50:40.039
all<00:50:33.900><c> things</c><00:50:34.360><c> are</c><00:50:34.920><c> lawful,</c><00:50:36.480><c> but</c><00:50:36.599><c> not</c><00:50:37.219><c> all</c><00:50:37.539><c> things</c><00:50:37.960><c> are</c><00:50:39.059><c> helpful.</c>

00:50:40.460 --> 00:50:44.699
All<00:50:40.739><c> things</c><00:50:41.039><c> are</c><00:50:41.480><c> lawful,</c><00:50:42.239><c> but</c><00:50:42.460><c> not</c><00:50:42.739><c> all</c><00:50:43.059><c> things</c><00:50:43.360><c> build</c><00:50:43.699><c> up.</c>

00:50:44.880 --> 00:50:47.139
So<00:50:45.139><c> I</c><00:50:45.380><c> may</c><00:50:45.659><c> have</c><00:50:45.920><c> established</c><00:50:46.380><c> in</c><00:50:46.599><c> my</c><00:50:46.920><c> mind</c>

00:50:47.139 --> 00:50:49.800
according<00:50:47.400><c> to</c><00:50:47.639><c> my</c><00:50:47.920><c> conscience</c><00:50:48.380><c> that</c><00:50:48.579><c> it's</c><00:50:48.920><c> perfectly</c><00:50:49.179><c> fine</c>

00:50:49.800 --> 00:50:52.300
to<00:50:50.260><c> go</c><00:50:50.400><c> to</c><00:50:50.539><c> a</c><00:50:50.639><c> rock</c><00:50:50.860><c> concert</c><00:50:51.159><c> or</c><00:50:51.340><c> whatever</c><00:50:51.559><c> it</c><00:50:51.699><c> might</c><00:50:51.960><c> be,</c>

00:50:52.300 --> 00:50:55.800
it's<00:50:52.780><c> lawful</c><00:50:53.159><c> for</c><00:50:53.340><c> me,</c><00:50:53.840><c> but</c><00:50:54.000><c> is</c><00:50:54.099><c> it</c><00:50:54.280><c> helpful</c><00:50:54.559><c> for</c><00:50:54.800><c> my</c><00:50:54.980><c> brother?</c>

00:50:57.000 --> 00:50:59.119
Is<00:50:57.179><c> it</c><00:50:57.219><c> gonna</c><00:50:57.380><c> build</c><00:50:57.699><c> my</c><00:50:57.960><c> brother</c><00:50:58.159><c> up?</c>

00:50:59.820 --> 00:51:04.099
So<00:51:00.019><c> verse</c><00:51:00.320><c> 24</c><00:51:00.840><c> says,</c><00:51:01.400><c> let</c><00:51:01.400><c> no</c><00:51:01.739><c> one</c><00:51:02.000><c> seek</c><00:51:02.380><c> his</c><00:51:02.679><c> own</c><00:51:03.139><c> good,</c>

00:51:04.599 --> 00:51:07.280
but<00:51:04.760><c> the</c><00:51:05.000><c> good</c><00:51:05.539><c> of</c><00:51:06.119><c> his</c><00:51:06.320><c> neighbor.</c>

00:51:08.480 --> 00:51:13.139
Not<00:51:08.579><c> about</c><00:51:08.860><c> my</c><00:51:09.199><c> right</c><00:51:09.599><c> to</c><00:51:10.300><c> do</c><00:51:10.400><c> what</c><00:51:10.559><c> I</c><00:51:10.900><c> want</c><00:51:11.219><c> because</c><00:51:11.559><c> of</c><00:51:11.780><c> my</c><00:51:12.019><c> conscience,</c>

00:51:14.320 --> 00:51:17.619
but<00:51:14.420><c> I</c><00:51:14.519><c> have</c><00:51:14.679><c> to</c><00:51:14.820><c> have</c><00:51:15.099><c> respect</c><00:51:15.679><c> and</c><00:51:15.940><c> love</c><00:51:16.599><c> for</c><00:51:17.139><c> my</c><00:51:17.380><c> brother.</c>

00:51:17.900 --> 00:51:19.900
That's<00:51:18.260><c> the</c><00:51:18.519><c> overriding</c><00:51:19.000><c> sovereign</c><00:51:19.400><c> principle</c>

00:51:19.900 --> 00:51:22.760
to<00:51:20.119><c> establish</c><00:51:20.860><c> the</c><00:51:21.579><c> love</c><00:51:21.699><c> of</c><00:51:21.920><c> God.</c>

00:51:23.579 --> 00:51:26.159
So<00:51:23.800><c> he</c><00:51:23.960><c> says</c><00:51:24.179><c> in</c><00:51:24.340><c> verse</c><00:51:24.579><c> 25,</c><00:51:25.119><c> eat</c><00:51:25.360><c> whatever</c><00:51:25.719><c> is</c><00:51:26.019><c> sold</c>

00:51:26.159 --> 00:51:28.219
in<00:51:26.340><c> the</c><00:51:26.480><c> meat</c><00:51:26.639><c> market</c><00:51:26.980><c> without</c><00:51:27.280><c> raising</c><00:51:27.639><c> any</c><00:51:28.000><c> question</c>

00:51:28.219 --> 00:51:29.360
on<00:51:28.400><c> the</c><00:51:28.579><c> ground</c><00:51:28.719><c> of</c><00:51:28.960><c> conscience.</c>

00:51:29.519 --> 00:51:32.139
For<00:51:29.619><c> the</c><00:51:29.760><c> earth</c><00:51:29.880><c> is</c><00:51:30.059><c> the</c><00:51:30.199><c> Lord's</c><00:51:30.960><c> and</c><00:51:31.079><c> the</c><00:51:31.260><c> fullness</c><00:51:31.559><c> thereof.</c>

00:51:32.519 --> 00:51:34.679
If<00:51:32.659><c> one</c><00:51:32.840><c> of</c><00:51:33.059><c> the</c><00:51:33.239><c> unbelievers</c><00:51:33.719><c> invites</c><00:51:34.119><c> you</c><00:51:34.300><c> to</c><00:51:34.480><c> dinner</c>

00:51:34.679 --> 00:51:37.239
and<00:51:34.840><c> you</c><00:51:35.000><c> are</c><00:51:35.159><c> disposed</c><00:51:35.539><c> to</c><00:51:35.739><c> go,</c><00:51:35.980><c> eat</c><00:51:36.099><c> whatever</c><00:51:36.480><c> is</c><00:51:36.639><c> set</c><00:51:36.760><c> before</c><00:51:37.099><c> you</c>

00:51:37.239 --> 00:51:39.559
without<00:51:37.440><c> raising</c><00:51:37.820><c> any</c><00:51:38.119><c> questions</c><00:51:38.440><c> on</c><00:51:38.599><c> the</c><00:51:38.800><c> ground</c><00:51:38.900><c> of</c><00:51:39.199><c> conscience.</c>

00:51:39.920 --> 00:51:41.500
But<00:51:40.320><c> if</c><00:51:40.679><c> someone</c><00:51:41.000><c> says</c><00:51:41.280><c> to</c><00:51:41.420><c> you,</c>

00:51:41.539 --> 00:51:44.539
this<00:51:41.639><c> has</c><00:51:41.860><c> been</c><00:51:42.039><c> offered</c><00:51:42.159><c> in</c><00:51:42.420><c> sacrifice,</c><00:51:43.460><c> then</c><00:51:43.639><c> don't</c><00:51:43.860><c> eat</c><00:51:44.000><c> it</c>

00:51:44.539 --> 00:51:47.500
for<00:51:45.059><c> the</c><00:51:45.380><c> sake</c><00:51:45.619><c> of</c><00:51:45.840><c> the</c><00:51:46.059><c> one</c><00:51:46.280><c> who</c><00:51:46.639><c> informed</c><00:51:47.039><c> you</c>

00:51:47.500 --> 00:51:50.119
and<00:51:48.079><c> for</c><00:51:48.300><c> the</c><00:51:48.519><c> sake</c><00:51:48.699><c> of</c><00:51:48.980><c> conscience.</c>

00:51:50.659 --> 00:51:53.860
I<00:51:50.840><c> do</c><00:51:50.960><c> not</c><00:51:51.159><c> mean</c><00:51:51.360><c> your</c><00:51:51.719><c> conscience,</c><00:51:52.559><c> but</c><00:51:52.679><c> his.</c>

00:51:54.940 --> 00:51:58.099
For<00:51:55.059><c> why</c><00:51:55.400><c> should</c><00:51:55.659><c> my</c><00:51:56.079><c> liberty</c><00:51:56.679><c> be</c><00:51:57.500><c> determined</c>

00:51:58.099 --> 00:52:00.900
by<00:51:58.639><c> someone</c><00:51:59.039><c> else's</c><00:51:59.840><c> conscience?</c>

00:52:00.960 --> 00:52:03.920
If<00:52:01.139><c> I</c><00:52:01.380><c> partake</c><00:52:01.800><c> with</c><00:52:02.079><c> thankfulness,</c><00:52:03.000><c> why</c><00:52:03.219><c> am</c><00:52:03.400><c> I</c><00:52:03.539><c> denounced</c>

00:52:03.920 --> 00:52:05.599
because<00:52:04.159><c> of</c><00:52:04.280><c> that</c><00:52:04.539><c> for</c><00:52:04.739><c> which</c><00:52:04.880><c> I</c><00:52:05.079><c> give</c><00:52:05.300><c> thanks?</c>

00:52:05.639 --> 00:52:07.920
So<00:52:05.860><c> whether</c><00:52:06.019><c> you</c><00:52:06.179><c> eat</c><00:52:06.420><c> or</c><00:52:06.659><c> drink</c><00:52:06.880><c> or</c><00:52:07.000><c> whatever</c><00:52:07.260><c> you</c><00:52:07.519><c> do,</c>

00:52:08.340 --> 00:52:11.000
to<00:52:08.460><c> all,</c><00:52:09.360><c> to</c><00:52:09.500><c> the</c><00:52:09.739><c> glory</c><00:52:09.960><c> of</c><00:52:10.219><c> God.</c>

00:52:11.159 --> 00:52:13.739
Give<00:52:11.260><c> no</c><00:52:11.500><c> offense</c><00:52:11.800><c> to</c><00:52:12.019><c> Jews</c><00:52:12.440><c> or</c><00:52:13.039><c> to</c><00:52:13.179><c> the</c><00:52:13.360><c> Greeks</c>

00:52:13.739 --> 00:52:16.099
or<00:52:14.360><c> to</c><00:52:14.519><c> the</c><00:52:14.679><c> ecclesia</c><00:52:14.960><c> of</c><00:52:15.219><c> God,</c>

00:52:15.960 --> 00:52:19.139
just<00:52:16.300><c> as</c><00:52:16.500><c> I</c><00:52:16.599><c> try</c><00:52:16.760><c> to</c><00:52:16.960><c> please</c><00:52:17.099><c> everyone</c><00:52:17.460><c> in</c><00:52:17.699><c> everything</c><00:52:17.960><c> I</c><00:52:18.239><c> do,</c>

00:52:19.219 --> 00:52:21.619
not<00:52:19.460><c> seeking</c><00:52:19.820><c> my</c><00:52:20.199><c> own</c><00:52:20.480><c> advantage,</c>

00:52:21.840 --> 00:52:24.679
but<00:52:21.940><c> that</c><00:52:22.119><c> of</c><00:52:22.340><c> many</c><00:52:22.679><c> that</c><00:52:23.400><c> may</c><00:52:23.599><c> be</c><00:52:23.820><c> saved.</c>

00:52:25.119 --> 00:52:27.639
So<00:52:25.280><c> above</c><00:52:25.519><c> all</c><00:52:25.920><c> else,</c><00:52:26.380><c> brothers</c><00:52:26.400><c> and</c><00:52:26.639><c> sisters,</c>

00:52:28.099 --> 00:52:30.159
overriding<00:52:28.440><c> principle</c><00:52:28.840><c> in</c><00:52:29.059><c> our</c><00:52:29.280><c> lives,</c>

00:52:30.239 --> 00:52:32.980
that<00:52:30.460><c> which</c><00:52:30.800><c> establishes</c><00:52:31.519><c> the</c><00:52:31.860><c> sovereignty</c><00:52:32.239><c> of</c><00:52:32.559><c> God</c>

00:52:32.980 --> 00:52:36.960
in<00:52:33.500><c> everything</c><00:52:33.980><c> we</c><00:52:34.300><c> do</c><00:52:34.780><c> is</c><00:52:35.659><c> to</c><00:52:35.880><c> love</c><00:52:36.039><c> God</c>

00:52:36.800 --> 00:52:38.760
and<00:52:37.139><c> to</c><00:52:37.340><c> love</c><00:52:37.699><c> our</c><00:52:37.960><c> neighbor.</c>