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to<00:13:08.620><c> work</c><00:13:08.840><c> upon</c><00:13:09.100><c> the</c><00:13:09.340><c> land,</c><00:13:10.399><c> work</c><00:13:10.580><c> for</c><00:13:10.759><c> the</c><00:13:10.879><c> purpose</c><00:13:11.120><c> of</c><00:13:11.399><c> God,</c>

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to<00:13:12.440><c> catch</c><00:13:12.740><c> men</c><00:13:13.379><c> for</c><00:13:13.940><c> the</c><00:13:14.080><c> gospel</c><00:13:14.379><c> of</c><00:13:14.580><c> his</c><00:13:14.779><c> kingdom.</c>

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The<00:13:17.960><c> choice</c><00:13:18.179><c> of</c><00:13:18.440><c> fishermen</c><00:13:18.840><c> surely</c><00:13:19.879><c> gives</c><00:13:20.120><c> us</c><00:13:20.320><c> an</c><00:13:20.500><c> insight</c>

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into<00:13:21.879><c> the</c><00:13:22.179><c> characteristics</c><00:13:22.799><c> and</c><00:13:23.019><c> the</c><00:13:23.200><c> qualities</c>

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that<00:13:24.299><c> are</c><00:13:24.519><c> required</c><00:13:24.860><c> by</c><00:13:25.120><c> the</c><00:13:25.299><c> Lord</c><00:13:25.460><c> Jesus</c>

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in<00:13:26.700><c> all</c><00:13:27.100><c> those</c><00:13:27.960><c> whom</c><00:13:28.299><c> he</c><00:13:28.559><c> graciously</c><00:13:28.980><c> calls.</c>

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First<00:13:32.940><c> of</c><00:13:33.179><c> all,</c><00:13:35.080><c> there</c><00:13:35.179><c> is</c><00:13:35.360><c> patience.</c>

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A<00:13:39.679><c> fisherman</c><00:13:40.139><c> has</c><00:13:41.320><c> to</c><00:13:41.480><c> have</c><00:13:41.700><c> patience</c>

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in<00:13:43.500><c> the</c><00:13:43.700><c> work</c><00:13:43.899><c> that</c><00:13:44.080><c> he</c><00:13:44.279><c> seeks</c><00:13:44.500><c> to</c><00:13:44.759><c> do.</c>

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It<00:13:46.580><c> is</c><00:13:46.720><c> not</c><00:13:46.940><c> accomplished</c><00:13:47.399><c> in</c><00:13:47.580><c> a</c><00:13:47.759><c> moment,</c>

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in<00:13:48.899><c> an</c><00:13:49.100><c> instant</c><00:13:49.440><c> of</c><00:13:49.740><c> time,</c>

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but<00:13:51.379><c> it</c><00:13:51.620><c> requires</c><00:13:52.139><c> preparation</c><00:13:52.919><c> and</c><00:13:54.220><c> patience</c>

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in<00:13:55.919><c> order</c><00:13:56.179><c> that</c><00:13:56.419><c> that</c><00:13:56.679><c> catch</c><00:13:56.919><c> which</c><00:13:57.440><c> is</c><00:13:57.779><c> sought</c>

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might<00:13:59.100><c> finally</c><00:13:59.559><c> be</c><00:13:59.840><c> brought</c><00:14:00.000><c> to</c><00:14:00.240><c> land.</c>

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Similarly,<00:14:03.000><c> for</c><00:14:03.279><c> the</c><00:14:03.419><c> true</c><00:14:03.600><c> disciple,</c>

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he<00:14:05.759><c> too</c><00:14:05.940><c> throughout</c><00:14:06.279><c> his</c><00:14:06.759><c> calling</c><00:14:06.980><c> and</c><00:14:07.360><c> discipleship</c>

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must<00:14:08.879><c> be</c><00:14:09.220><c> prepared</c><00:14:09.659><c> to</c><00:14:10.720><c> wait,</c>

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to<00:14:11.580><c> wait</c><00:14:11.960><c> patiently</c><00:14:12.639><c> for</c><00:14:13.799><c> God</c><00:14:14.039><c> to</c><00:14:14.299><c> act</c>

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or<00:14:15.559><c> to</c><00:14:15.779><c> show</c><00:14:15.980><c> the</c><00:14:16.179><c> way.</c>

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And<00:14:20.080><c> then</c><00:14:20.179><c> there</c><00:14:20.340><c> has</c><00:14:20.559><c> to</c><00:14:20.759><c> be</c><00:14:21.080><c> perseverance</c><00:14:21.860><c> in</c><00:14:23.159><c> patience,</c>

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prepared<00:14:25.620><c> to</c><00:14:25.820><c> go</c><00:14:26.080><c> on</c><00:14:26.860><c> waiting,</c>

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prepared<00:14:28.960><c> to</c><00:14:29.179><c> go</c><00:14:29.419><c> on</c><00:14:30.379><c> watching</c>

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just<00:14:32.379><c> as</c><00:14:32.559><c> the</c><00:14:32.740><c> fisherman</c>

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in<00:14:34.100><c> the</c><00:14:34.320><c> task</c><00:14:34.600><c> to</c><00:14:34.779><c> which</c><00:14:35.000><c> he</c><00:14:35.320><c> sets</c><00:14:35.559><c> his</c><00:14:35.879><c> hand.</c>

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And<00:14:38.679><c> there</c><00:14:38.759><c> has</c><00:14:38.960><c> to</c><00:14:39.179><c> be</c><00:14:40.120><c> courage.</c>

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A<00:14:44.899><c> fisherman</c><00:14:45.340><c> is</c><00:14:46.279><c> in</c><00:14:46.399><c> a</c><00:14:46.639><c> small</c><00:14:46.919><c> boat,</c>

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often<00:14:48.639><c> in</c><00:14:48.840><c> a</c><00:14:49.019><c> large</c><00:14:49.600><c> ocean.</c>

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A<00:14:52.039><c> fisherman</c><00:14:52.480><c> needs</c><00:14:52.899><c> courage</c>

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in<00:14:54.580><c> order</c><00:14:54.799><c> to</c><00:14:55.000><c> enter</c><00:14:55.159><c> that</c><00:14:55.440><c> ship</c><00:14:55.940><c> to</c><00:14:56.860><c> accomplish</c><00:14:57.259><c> the</c><00:14:57.519><c> task.</c>

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So<00:14:59.580><c> too</c><00:14:59.759><c> for</c><00:14:59.919><c> the</c><00:15:00.059><c> true</c><00:15:00.220><c> disciple.</c>

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Even<00:15:03.200><c> the</c><00:15:03.440><c> aggregation</c><00:15:03.919><c> of</c><00:15:04.159><c> disciples,</c>

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even<00:15:06.039><c> ourselves</c><00:15:06.600><c> today,</c>

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know<00:15:08.139><c> that</c><00:15:08.299><c> we</c><00:15:08.519><c> are</c><00:15:08.779><c> in</c><00:15:09.100><c> a</c><00:15:09.200><c> very</c><00:15:09.500><c> small</c><00:15:09.759><c> minority.</c>

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In<00:15:11.480><c> a</c><00:15:11.580><c> very</c><00:15:11.940><c> large</c><00:15:12.419><c> and</c><00:15:13.039><c> often</c><00:15:13.379><c> hostile</c><00:15:13.940><c> world.</c>

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And<00:15:16.279><c> we,</c><00:15:16.779><c> like</c><00:15:16.899><c> the</c><00:15:17.120><c> fisherman,</c>

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need<00:15:19.240><c> courage</c><00:15:19.899><c> in</c><00:15:20.860><c> the</c><00:15:21.100><c> task</c><00:15:21.399><c> to</c><00:15:21.620><c> which</c><00:15:21.759><c> we</c><00:15:22.039><c> set</c><00:15:22.179><c> our</c><00:15:22.419><c> hands.</c>

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The<00:15:28.500><c> fisherman</c><00:15:28.799><c> needed</c><00:15:29.139><c> an</c><00:15:29.440><c> eye</c><00:15:29.620><c> for</c><00:15:29.840><c> the</c><00:15:30.000><c> right</c><00:15:30.379><c> moment.</c>

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A<00:15:33.840><c> judgment</c><00:15:34.179><c> when</c><00:15:34.460><c> the</c><00:15:34.779><c> circumstances</c><00:15:35.360><c> are</c>

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exactly<00:15:36.799><c> right</c><00:15:37.360><c> for</c><00:15:38.120><c> the</c><00:15:38.299><c> catch</c><00:15:38.559><c> to</c><00:15:38.740><c> be</c><00:15:38.919><c> made.</c>

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The<00:15:40.639><c> maximum</c><00:15:41.100><c> catch,</c>

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that<00:15:42.620><c> it</c><00:15:42.759><c> might</c><00:15:42.940><c> be</c><00:15:43.179><c> brought</c><00:15:43.360><c> safely</c><00:15:43.720><c> back</c><00:15:43.980><c> to</c><00:15:44.220><c> land.</c>

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So<00:15:46.740><c> too</c><00:15:46.980><c> for</c><00:15:47.159><c> the</c><00:15:47.320><c> true</c><00:15:47.500><c> disciple.</c>

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It's<00:15:51.080><c> strange,</c><00:15:51.519><c> isn't</c><00:15:51.519><c> it,</c><00:15:51.740><c> my</c><00:15:51.860><c> dear</c><00:15:52.000><c> brethren</c><00:15:52.299><c> and</c><00:15:52.559><c> sisters?</c>

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We<00:15:54.159><c> often</c><00:15:54.460><c> use</c><00:15:54.779><c> this</c><00:15:55.019><c> quality</c><00:15:55.519><c> in</c><00:15:56.159><c> the</c><00:15:56.320><c> business</c><00:15:56.600><c> world,</c>

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the<00:15:59.980><c> eye</c><00:16:00.100><c> for</c><00:16:00.279><c> the</c><00:16:00.440><c> right</c><00:16:00.659><c> moment,</c>

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sensitive<00:16:04.100><c> to</c><00:16:04.279><c> other</c><00:16:04.500><c> people's</c><00:16:05.019><c> needs</c><00:16:05.700><c> and</c><00:16:06.600><c> conditions.</c>

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Perhaps<00:16:09.720><c> there's</c><00:16:10.080><c> more</c><00:16:10.360><c> harm</c><00:16:10.679><c> being</c><00:16:10.980><c> done</c>

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in<00:16:13.059><c> the</c><00:16:13.240><c> truth</c><00:16:13.580><c> and</c><00:16:13.820><c> in</c><00:16:13.919><c> our</c><00:16:14.100><c> fellowship</c><00:16:14.379><c> together</c>

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by<00:16:16.220><c> failure</c><00:16:17.019><c> amongst</c><00:16:18.379><c> ourselves</c>

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to<00:16:19.299><c> be</c><00:16:19.519><c> sensitive</c><00:16:20.139><c> to</c><00:16:20.820><c> one</c><00:16:21.019><c> another's</c><00:16:21.480><c> needs</c><00:16:21.700><c> and</c><00:16:21.980><c> conditions.</c>

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To<00:16:23.519><c> have</c><00:16:23.659><c> an</c><00:16:23.840><c> eye</c><00:16:24.019><c> for</c><00:16:24.179><c> the</c><00:16:24.360><c> right</c><00:16:24.580><c> moment,</c>

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to<00:16:26.139><c> have</c><00:16:26.340><c> the</c><00:16:26.580><c> word</c><00:16:27.080><c> fitly</c><00:16:27.559><c> spoken,</c>

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and<00:16:37.179><c> fitting</c><00:16:37.320><c> the</c><00:16:37.539><c> bait</c><00:16:37.860><c> to</c><00:16:38.740><c> the</c><00:16:38.919><c> fish.</c>

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I<00:16:40.220><c> included</c><00:16:40.419><c> this</c><00:16:40.700><c> one</c><00:16:40.860><c> because</c><00:16:41.059><c> I</c><00:16:41.299><c> thought</c>

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you<00:16:41.620><c> might</c><00:16:41.820><c> find</c><00:16:41.980><c> it</c><00:16:42.240><c> interesting</c><00:16:42.779><c> and</c><00:16:43.860><c> challenging.</c>

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What<00:16:48.279><c> is</c><00:16:48.539><c> true</c><00:16:48.659><c> for</c><00:16:48.899><c> fishermen</c>

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is<00:16:50.120><c> perhaps</c><00:16:50.519><c> true</c><00:16:50.779><c> also</c>

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for<00:16:52.059><c> disciples</c><00:16:52.539><c> of</c><00:16:52.740><c> the</c><00:16:52.879><c> Lord</c><00:16:53.039><c> Jesus.</c>

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We<00:16:55.299><c> too</c><00:16:55.820><c> have</c><00:16:56.419><c> to</c><00:16:56.639><c> seek</c><00:16:56.919><c> to</c><00:16:57.220><c> fit</c><00:16:57.360><c> the</c><00:16:57.600><c> bait</c>

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to<00:16:58.100><c> the</c><00:16:58.100><c> fish.</c>

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Or<00:16:59.259><c> as</c><00:16:59.980><c> the</c><00:17:00.139><c> Apostle</c><00:17:00.500><c> Paul</c><00:17:00.779><c> proclaimed,</c>

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to<00:17:01.919><c> be</c><00:17:02.139><c> all</c><00:17:02.480><c> things</c><00:17:03.039><c> to</c><00:17:03.379><c> all</c><00:17:03.740><c> men,</c>

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if<00:17:04.880><c> by</c><00:17:05.180><c> any</c><00:17:05.380><c> means</c><00:17:05.900><c> we</c><00:17:06.839><c> might</c><00:17:07.299><c> gain</c><00:17:07.900><c> some.</c>

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And<00:17:11.880><c> surely,</c><00:17:12.220><c> my</c><00:17:12.240><c> dear</c><00:17:12.440><c> brethren</c><00:17:12.740><c> and</c><00:17:13.000><c> sisters,</c>

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these<00:17:14.359><c> were</c><00:17:14.500><c> some</c><00:17:14.680><c> of</c><00:17:14.819><c> the</c><00:17:15.000><c> characteristics</c>

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and<00:17:16.359><c> some</c><00:17:16.539><c> of</c><00:17:16.720><c> the</c><00:17:16.839><c> qualities</c>

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which<00:17:18.279><c> the</c><00:17:18.500><c> Lord</c><00:17:18.700><c> Jesus</c><00:17:19.579><c> saw</c><00:17:20.299><c> in</c><00:17:21.339><c> these</c><00:17:21.599><c> men,</c>

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who<00:17:22.980><c> were</c><00:17:23.099><c> to</c><00:17:23.299><c> form,</c><00:17:23.500><c> as</c><00:17:23.700><c> it</c><00:17:23.880><c> were,</c>

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that<00:17:24.640><c> closer</c><00:17:24.980><c> nucleus</c><00:17:25.619><c> of</c><00:17:26.500><c> His</c><00:17:26.759><c> larger</c><00:17:27.140><c> group</c>

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of<00:17:28.200><c> twelve</c><00:17:28.660><c> disciples,</c>

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these<00:17:31.000><c> lowly</c><00:17:31.420><c> fishermen,</c>

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these<00:17:33.680><c> men</c><00:17:33.900><c> who</c><00:17:34.059><c> were</c><00:17:34.240><c> to</c><00:17:34.319><c> be</c><00:17:34.579><c> used</c>

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by<00:17:35.259><c> the</c><00:17:35.400><c> Lord</c><00:17:35.579><c> Jesus</c>

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to<00:17:36.859><c> call</c><00:17:37.160><c> men</c><00:17:37.380><c> and</c><00:17:37.559><c> women</c><00:17:38.019><c> to</c><00:17:38.720><c> His</c><00:17:38.980><c> kingdom.</c>

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Disciples<00:17:42.160><c> who</c><00:17:42.339><c> would</c><00:17:42.539><c> be</c><00:17:42.700><c> willing</c><00:17:42.880><c> to</c><00:17:43.200><c> learn</c>

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through<00:17:44.539><c> instruction</c><00:17:45.440><c> and</c><00:17:46.440><c> first</c><00:17:46.859><c>-hand</c><00:17:47.119><c> experience,</c>

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willing<00:17:49.259><c> to</c><00:17:49.519><c> learn</c><00:17:49.779><c> from</c><00:17:50.019><c> their</c><00:17:50.240><c> Master</c>

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and<00:17:51.339><c> the</c><00:17:51.500><c> gracious</c><00:17:51.819><c> words</c><00:17:52.359><c> which</c><00:17:52.599><c> came</c><00:17:52.819><c> from</c><00:17:52.980><c> His</c><00:17:53.240><c> lips</c>

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and<00:17:54.339><c> from</c><00:17:54.559><c> their</c><00:17:54.759><c> experience</c>

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both<00:17:56.740><c> with</c><00:17:57.099><c> Him</c><00:17:57.539><c> and</c><00:17:58.480><c> with</c><00:17:58.740><c> one</c><00:17:58.920><c> another.</c>

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It's<00:18:00.480><c> a</c><00:18:00.480><c> very</c><00:18:00.740><c> interesting</c><00:18:01.140><c> matter,</c>

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this<00:18:02.039><c> two</c><00:18:02.380><c>-fold</c><00:18:02.640><c> association.</c>

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the<00:18:08.059><c> disciple</c><00:18:08.380><c> with</c><00:18:08.579><c> the</c><00:18:08.759><c> Lord</c><00:18:08.920><c> Jesus,</c>

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and<00:18:10.519><c> secondly,</c><00:18:11.859><c> the</c><00:18:12.000><c> disciple</c><00:18:12.579><c> with</c><00:18:13.319><c> the</c><00:18:13.579><c> disciple,</c>

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the<00:18:15.420><c> disciples</c><00:18:15.900><c> with</c><00:18:16.180><c> one</c><00:18:16.420><c> another.</c>

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We<00:18:18.279><c> notice</c><00:18:19.039><c> that</c><00:18:19.660><c> there</c><00:18:19.819><c> is</c><00:18:19.940><c> no</c><00:18:20.119><c> such</c><00:18:20.339><c> thing</c>

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as<00:18:20.779><c> a</c><00:18:20.980><c> solitary</c><00:18:21.299><c> saint</c>

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in<00:18:22.619><c> the</c><00:18:22.720><c> New</c><00:18:22.880><c> Testament</c><00:18:23.240><c> Scripture.</c>

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It<00:18:24.740><c> is</c><00:18:24.980><c> always</c><00:18:25.240><c> used</c><00:18:25.599><c> in</c><00:18:25.759><c> the</c><00:18:25.960><c> plural,</c>

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almost<00:18:27.900><c> as</c><00:18:28.099><c> if</c><00:18:28.220><c> it</c><00:18:28.359><c> was</c><00:18:29.019><c> always</c><00:18:29.480><c> envisaged</c>

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that<00:18:30.859><c> there</c><00:18:31.019><c> would</c><00:18:31.240><c> always</c><00:18:31.579><c> be</c><00:18:31.779><c> a</c><00:18:31.980><c> company</c><00:18:32.299><c> of</c><00:18:32.559><c> disciples,</c>

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that<00:18:33.740><c> there</c><00:18:33.880><c> would</c><00:18:34.119><c> always</c><00:18:34.579><c> be</c><00:18:35.200><c> an</c><00:18:35.480><c> association</c>

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between<00:18:37.460><c> the</c><00:18:37.740><c> disciples,</c>

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between<00:18:39.359><c> themselves,</c>

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and<00:18:41.039><c> then</c><00:18:41.200><c> between</c><00:18:41.500><c> themselves</c><00:18:42.460><c> and</c><00:18:43.119><c> their</c><00:18:43.359><c> Lord.</c>

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You<00:18:44.819><c> cannot</c><00:18:45.119><c> have</c><00:18:45.539><c> the</c><00:18:45.839><c> one</c><00:18:46.680><c> without</c><00:18:47.579><c> the</c><00:18:48.099><c> other.</c>

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I<00:18:49.220><c> know</c><00:18:49.420><c> that</c><00:18:49.539><c> some</c><00:18:49.740><c> of</c><00:18:49.900><c> us</c>

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live<00:18:51.039><c> our</c><00:18:51.259><c> lives</c><00:18:51.460><c> of</c><00:18:51.779><c> discipleship,</c>

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perhaps<00:18:52.900><c> almost</c><00:18:53.259><c> in</c><00:18:53.519><c> isolation,</c>

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but<00:18:56.079><c> events</c><00:18:56.319><c> such</c><00:18:56.599><c> as</c><00:18:56.759><c> this</c><00:18:56.920><c> at</c><00:18:57.140><c> Bible</c><00:18:57.440><c> school</c>

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give<00:18:58.500><c> us</c><00:18:58.680><c> the</c><00:18:58.940><c> confidence</c><00:18:59.440><c> and</c><00:18:59.940><c> the</c><00:19:00.180><c> reassurance</c>

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that<00:19:01.480><c> nonetheless</c><00:19:02.259><c> we</c><00:19:03.059><c> are</c><00:19:03.420><c> still</c><00:19:03.759><c> part,</c>

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an<00:19:04.779><c> integral</c><00:19:05.200><c> part</c><00:19:05.799><c> of</c><00:19:06.299><c> this</c><00:19:06.700><c> larger</c><00:19:07.160><c> body,</c>

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the<00:19:08.339><c> body</c><00:19:08.579><c> of</c><00:19:08.779><c> Christ.</c>

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We<00:19:10.500><c> cannot</c><00:19:10.779><c> have</c><00:19:11.019><c> the</c><00:19:11.240><c> one</c><00:19:11.700><c> without</c><00:19:12.519><c> the</c><00:19:12.839><c> other.</c>

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We<00:19:14.279><c> cannot</c><00:19:14.519><c> have</c><00:19:14.740><c> the</c><00:19:15.019><c> individual</c><00:19:15.500><c> discipleship.</c>

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We<00:19:16.900><c> cannot</c><00:19:17.180><c> have</c><00:19:17.380><c> the</c><00:19:17.640><c> solitary</c><00:19:17.960><c> saint</c>

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without<00:19:19.619><c> that</c><00:19:19.900><c> association,</c>

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first<00:19:21.440><c> of</c><00:19:21.660><c> all,</c><00:19:22.380><c> with</c><00:19:22.579><c> the</c><00:19:22.720><c> Lord</c><00:19:22.880><c> Jesus</c><00:19:23.279><c> Christ.</c>

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People<00:19:26.460><c> try</c><00:19:27.099><c> from</c><00:19:27.799><c> time</c><00:19:28.059><c> to</c><00:19:28.240><c> time</c><00:19:28.480><c> to</c><00:19:28.700><c> accomplish</c><00:19:29.099><c> this,</c>

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but<00:19:30.619><c> they</c><00:19:30.759><c> will</c><00:19:30.960><c> always</c><00:19:31.220><c> fail.</c>

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Secondly,<00:19:36.880><c> the</c><00:19:36.980><c> conditions</c><00:19:37.420><c> of</c><00:19:37.640><c> the</c><00:19:37.819><c> call.</c>

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Firstly,<00:19:41.940><c> self</c><00:19:42.140><c>-denial.</c>

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Matthew<00:19:43.940><c> chapter</c><00:19:44.299><c> 16</c><00:19:45.279><c> and</c><00:19:45.880><c> verse</c><00:19:46.240><c> 24.</c>

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The<00:20:05.759><c> crossroads</c><00:20:06.279><c> in</c><00:20:06.460><c> the</c><00:20:06.599><c> ministry</c><00:20:06.859><c> of</c><00:20:07.039><c> the</c><00:20:07.099><c> Lord</c><00:20:07.279><c> Jesus,</c>

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the<00:20:08.680><c> place</c><00:20:09.180><c> is</c><00:20:09.920><c> Caesarea</c><00:20:10.359><c> Philippi,</c>

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and<00:20:12.500><c> from</c><00:20:12.680><c> this</c><00:20:12.940><c> time</c><00:20:13.160><c> forward,</c>

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from<00:20:14.200><c> this</c><00:20:14.480><c> place</c><00:20:14.720><c> onward,</c>

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He<00:20:15.920><c> sets</c><00:20:16.140><c> His</c><00:20:16.519><c> face</c><00:20:17.140><c> to</c><00:20:17.500><c> go</c><00:20:17.839><c> towards</c><00:20:18.500><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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Verse<00:20:20.180><c> 21.</c>

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From<00:20:22.960><c> that</c><00:20:23.559><c> time</c><00:20:23.799><c> forth</c>

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began<00:20:24.420><c> Jesus</c><00:20:24.680><c> to</c><00:20:24.920><c> show</c><00:20:25.019><c> unto</c><00:20:25.200><c> His</c><00:20:25.400><c> disciples</c>

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how<00:20:26.720><c> that</c><00:20:26.839><c> He</c><00:20:26.940><c> must</c><00:20:27.079><c> go</c><00:20:27.299><c> unto</c><00:20:27.500><c> Jerusalem</c>

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and<00:20:28.900><c> suffer</c><00:20:29.059><c> many</c><00:20:29.359><c> things</c><00:20:29.660><c> of</c><00:20:29.799><c> the</c><00:20:30.039><c> elders</c>

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and<00:20:30.480><c> chief</c><00:20:30.740><c> priests</c><00:20:31.059><c> and</c><00:20:31.279><c> scribes</c>

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And<00:20:37.059><c> so</c><00:20:37.359><c> that</c><00:20:38.000><c> destination</c><00:20:38.700><c> point</c>

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and<00:20:44.000><c> consummation</c><00:20:44.519><c> of</c><00:20:44.660><c> His</c><00:20:44.920><c> ministry</c>

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And<00:20:50.900><c> there</c><00:20:51.000><c> was,</c><00:20:51.220><c> of</c><00:20:51.339><c> course,</c><00:20:51.740><c> that</c><00:20:51.880><c> misunderstanding.</c>

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Jesus<00:20:53.640><c> explains</c><00:20:54.279><c> what</c><00:20:54.500><c> is</c><00:20:54.740><c> involved</c>

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in<00:20:55.779><c> all</c><00:20:56.000><c> those</c><00:20:56.279><c> who</c><00:20:56.440><c> would</c><00:20:56.640><c> seek</c><00:20:56.779><c> to</c><00:20:57.039><c> follow</c><00:20:57.259><c> Him.</c>

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Verse<00:20:59.019><c> 24.</c>

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And<00:21:20.700><c> so</c><00:21:20.859><c> the</c><00:21:21.019><c> life</c>

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is<00:21:25.500><c> a</c><00:21:25.700><c> life</c><00:21:26.160><c> characterized</c><00:21:26.940><c> by</c><00:21:27.279><c> service</c><00:21:27.640><c> of</c><00:21:27.819><c> the</c><00:21:28.000><c> Lord</c>

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and<00:21:29.079><c> denial</c><00:21:29.460><c> of</c><00:21:29.779><c> self.</c>

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And<00:21:30.980><c> so</c><00:21:31.079><c> the</c><00:21:31.259><c> aim</c><00:21:31.460><c> is</c><00:21:31.700><c> basically</c><00:21:32.180><c> positive.</c>

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Self<00:21:33.980><c> is</c><00:21:34.539><c> denied</c><00:21:35.099><c> and</c><00:21:35.559><c> has</c><00:21:35.880><c> to</c><00:21:36.059><c> be</c><00:21:36.240><c> denied</c>

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And<00:21:43.220><c> each</c><00:21:43.480><c> disciple</c>

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has<00:21:45.400><c> to</c><00:21:45.640><c> take</c><00:21:45.799><c> up</c><00:21:46.000><c> His</c><00:21:46.299><c> cross.</c>

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And<00:21:47.720><c> why</c><00:21:48.000><c> is</c><00:21:48.319><c> this?</c>

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Well,<00:21:49.900><c> consider</c><00:21:50.299><c> first</c>

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the<00:21:51.400><c> Lord</c><00:21:51.619><c> Jesus</c><00:21:51.920><c> Himself.</c>

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We<00:21:54.599><c> know</c><00:21:54.799><c> that</c><00:21:54.980><c> Jerusalem</c><00:21:55.500><c> was</c><00:21:55.759><c> in</c><00:21:55.960><c> view</c><00:21:56.079><c> for</c><00:21:56.319><c> Him.</c>

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And<00:21:58.359><c> who</c><00:21:58.539><c> was</c><00:21:58.779><c> really</c><00:21:59.059><c> prepared</c><00:21:59.460><c> to</c><00:21:59.740><c> follow</c><00:22:00.019><c> Him</c>

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How<00:22:05.599><c> could</c><00:22:05.799><c> the</c><00:22:06.019><c> true</c><00:22:06.200><c> disciple</c>

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try<00:22:08.579><c> and</c><00:22:08.799><c> persuade</c><00:22:09.140><c> His</c><00:22:09.460><c> Lord</c>

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for<00:22:12.140><c> a</c><00:22:12.299><c> different</c><00:22:12.660><c> destination?</c>

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To<00:22:14.779><c> be</c><00:22:15.759><c> a</c><00:22:15.920><c> faithful</c><00:22:16.259><c> disciple</c>

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demanded<00:22:17.940><c> an</c><00:22:18.200><c> open</c><00:22:18.660><c> and</c><00:22:19.019><c> a</c><00:22:19.299><c> full</c><00:22:19.940><c> realization</c>

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of<00:22:20.980><c> what</c><00:22:21.140><c> was</c><00:22:21.400><c> going</c><00:22:21.539><c> to</c><00:22:21.779><c> happen</c>

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and<00:22:22.859><c> a</c><00:22:23.160><c> commitment</c><00:22:23.640><c> in</c><00:22:24.220><c> the</c><00:22:24.420><c> individual</c><00:22:24.839><c> life</c>

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of<00:22:26.039><c> an</c><00:22:26.240><c> appreciation</c><00:22:26.740><c> of</c><00:22:26.940><c> those</c><00:22:27.180><c> things.</c>

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The<00:22:30.720><c> sons</c><00:22:31.019><c> of</c><00:22:31.200><c> Zebedee</c><00:22:31.559><c> came</c><00:22:31.880><c> to</c><00:22:32.079><c> Jesus</c>

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and<00:22:33.900><c> the</c><00:22:34.039><c> mother</c><00:22:34.259><c> of</c><00:22:34.440><c> Zebedee's</c><00:22:35.079><c> children.</c>

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They<00:22:37.859><c> wanted</c><00:22:38.359><c> to</c><00:22:38.640><c> be</c><00:22:39.640><c> on</c><00:22:40.279><c> the</c><00:22:40.519><c> side</c><00:22:40.720><c> of</c><00:22:40.900><c> Jesus.</c>

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But<00:22:42.920><c> their</c><00:22:43.259><c> intention,</c><00:22:43.839><c> my</c><00:22:43.960><c> dear</c><00:22:44.180><c> brethren</c><00:22:44.460><c> and</c><00:22:44.799><c> sisters,</c>

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preceded<00:22:46.920><c> their</c><00:22:47.319><c> commitment.</c>

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It<00:22:49.160><c> had</c><00:22:49.380><c> to</c><00:22:49.519><c> be</c><00:22:49.660><c> the</c><00:22:49.740><c> other</c><00:22:49.880><c> way</c><00:22:50.099><c> around.</c>

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There<00:22:51.500><c> had</c><00:22:51.680><c> to</c><00:22:51.799><c> be</c><00:22:51.940><c> the</c><00:22:52.180><c> commitment</c><00:22:52.500><c> first.</c>

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There<00:22:53.460><c> had</c><00:22:53.660><c> to</c><00:22:53.759><c> be</c><00:22:53.880><c> the</c><00:22:54.099><c> understanding</c>

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and<00:22:55.240><c> the</c><00:22:55.519><c> comprehension</c><00:22:56.119><c> of</c><00:22:56.779><c> the</c><00:22:57.039><c> suffering</c>

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and<00:22:57.500><c> all</c><00:22:57.640><c> its</c><00:22:57.900><c> implications.</c>

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And<00:23:01.440><c> then</c><00:23:01.539><c> there</c><00:23:01.740><c> could</c><00:23:01.880><c> be</c><00:23:02.039><c> the</c><00:23:02.180><c> looking</c><00:23:02.400><c> forward</c>

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to<00:23:03.980><c> the</c><00:23:04.180><c> prospect</c><00:23:04.579><c> of</c><00:23:04.799><c> what</c><00:23:04.960><c> was</c><00:23:05.180><c> yet</c><00:23:05.380><c> to</c><00:23:05.579><c> be.</c>

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The<00:23:07.039><c> cross</c><00:23:07.619><c> had</c><00:23:08.559><c> to</c><00:23:08.779><c> come</c><00:23:09.000><c> before</c><00:23:09.440><c> the</c><00:23:09.680><c> crown</c>

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both<00:23:11.359><c> for</c><00:23:11.579><c> the</c><00:23:11.740><c> Lord</c><00:23:11.900><c> Jesus</c>

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and<00:23:13.779><c> also</c><00:23:14.200><c> for</c><00:23:14.420><c> all</c><00:23:14.599><c> His</c><00:23:14.819><c> disciples.</c>

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Or<00:23:17.299><c> it</c><00:23:17.319><c> was</c><00:23:17.480><c> like</c><00:23:17.680><c> the</c><00:23:17.859><c> man</c><00:23:18.079><c> who</c><00:23:18.299><c> had</c><00:23:18.500><c> to</c><00:23:18.619><c> sit</c><00:23:18.819><c> down</c><00:23:19.180><c> first</c>

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and<00:23:20.539><c> make</c><00:23:20.720><c> preparations</c>

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and<00:23:22.240><c> make</c><00:23:22.519><c> plans</c><00:23:23.140><c> to</c><00:23:23.900><c> build</c><00:23:24.099><c> a</c><00:23:24.400><c> tower</c>

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if<00:23:25.980><c> he</c><00:23:26.119><c> was</c><00:23:26.279><c> going</c><00:23:26.380><c> to</c><00:23:26.539><c> be</c><00:23:26.680><c> successful,</c>

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if<00:23:27.859><c> he</c><00:23:28.000><c> was</c><00:23:28.180><c> going</c><00:23:28.299><c> to</c><00:23:28.539><c> accomplish</c><00:23:28.920><c> the</c><00:23:29.220><c> work</c>

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to<00:23:29.960><c> which</c><00:23:30.079><c> he</c><00:23:30.319><c> set</c><00:23:30.460><c> his</c><00:23:30.740><c> hand.</c>

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Otherwise<00:23:32.720><c> it</c><00:23:32.859><c> was</c><00:23:33.019><c> going</c><00:23:33.140><c> to</c><00:23:33.279><c> be</c><00:23:33.460><c> embarrassing,</c><00:23:33.980><c> wasn't</c><00:23:34.160><c> it,</c>

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if<00:23:35.339><c> the</c><00:23:35.579><c> tower</c><00:23:36.079><c> was</c><00:23:36.640><c> left</c><00:23:36.900><c> off</c><00:23:37.160><c> half</c><00:23:37.500><c>-finished.</c>

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And<00:23:40.759><c> so</c><00:23:41.039><c> to</c><00:23:41.240><c> faithfully</c><00:23:41.700><c> follow</c><00:23:42.019><c> the</c><00:23:42.259><c> Lord</c>

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required<00:23:43.700><c> giving</c><00:23:44.079><c> His</c><00:23:44.519><c> cause</c><00:23:45.299><c> first</c><00:23:46.319><c> priority,</c>

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chapter<00:23:48.240><c> 10</c><00:23:48.880><c> and</c><00:23:49.519><c> verse</c><00:23:50.200><c> 37.</c>

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Matthew<00:24:00.660><c> 10</c><00:24:01.019><c> verse</c><00:24:01.279><c> 37,</c>

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He<00:24:02.539><c> that</c><00:24:02.839><c> loveth</c><00:24:03.099><c> father</c><00:24:03.500><c> or</c><00:24:03.640><c> mother</c><00:24:03.900><c> more</c><00:24:04.200><c> than</c><00:24:04.319><c> me</c>

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is<00:24:05.119><c> not</c><00:24:05.380><c> worthy</c><00:24:05.660><c> of</c><00:24:05.920><c> me.</c>

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And<00:24:06.960><c> he</c><00:24:07.160><c> that</c><00:24:07.359><c> loveth</c><00:24:07.619><c> son</c><00:24:07.819><c> or</c><00:24:08.039><c> daughter</c><00:24:08.339><c> more</c><00:24:08.619><c> than</c><00:24:08.779><c> me</c>

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is<00:24:09.519><c> not</c><00:24:09.799><c> worthy</c><00:24:10.119><c> of</c><00:24:10.339><c> me.</c>

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And<00:24:11.759><c> he</c><00:24:11.859><c> that</c><00:24:12.079><c> taketh</c><00:24:12.359><c> not</c><00:24:12.559><c> his</c><00:24:12.799><c> cross</c><00:24:13.119><c> and</c><00:24:13.400><c> followeth</c><00:24:13.720><c> after</c><00:24:14.000><c> me</c>

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is<00:24:14.880><c> not</c><00:24:15.180><c> worthy</c><00:24:15.480><c> of</c><00:24:15.740><c> me.</c>

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He<00:24:16.980><c> that</c><00:24:17.220><c> findeth</c><00:24:17.559><c> his</c><00:24:17.799><c> life</c><00:24:18.059><c> shall</c><00:24:18.279><c> lose</c><00:24:18.539><c> it.</c>

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And<00:24:19.539><c> he</c><00:24:19.759><c> that</c><00:24:19.980><c> loseth</c><00:24:20.279><c> his</c><00:24:20.500><c> life</c><00:24:20.779><c> for</c><00:24:21.019><c> my</c><00:24:21.339><c> sake</c>

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shall<00:24:22.519><c> find</c><00:24:22.819><c> it.</c>

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And<00:24:24.240><c> the</c><00:24:24.339><c> great</c><00:24:24.579><c> paradox</c><00:24:24.980><c> is,</c><00:24:25.279><c> my</c><00:24:25.299><c> dear</c><00:24:25.460><c> brethren</c><00:24:25.799><c> and</c><00:24:26.059><c> sisters,</c>

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of<00:24:26.920><c> the</c><00:24:27.079><c> life</c><00:24:27.279><c> of</c><00:24:27.619><c> discipleship.</c>

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That<00:24:29.500><c> every</c><00:24:29.779><c> attempt</c><00:24:30.119><c> to</c><00:24:30.380><c> consolidate</c><00:24:30.940><c> our</c><00:24:31.319><c> life,</c>

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our<00:24:31.940><c> existence</c><00:24:32.480><c> in</c><00:24:32.980><c> this</c><00:24:33.220><c> present</c><00:24:33.460><c> world</c>

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by<00:24:34.680><c> whatever</c><00:24:35.119><c> means</c><00:24:35.799><c> or</c><00:24:36.960><c> whatever</c><00:24:37.359><c> route</c>

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is<00:24:38.619><c> finally</c><00:24:39.339><c> and</c><00:24:40.000><c> ultimately</c><00:24:40.720><c> self</c><00:24:41.799><c>-defeating.</c>

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It<00:24:43.900><c> is</c><00:24:44.079><c> only</c><00:24:44.299><c> with</c><00:24:44.539><c> the</c><00:24:44.740><c> denial</c><00:24:45.000><c> of</c><00:24:45.319><c> self</c>

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that<00:24:46.539><c> the</c><00:24:46.700><c> true</c><00:24:46.960><c> self</c><00:24:47.720><c> can</c><00:24:48.279><c> finally</c>

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and<00:24:49.579><c> ultimately</c><00:24:50.019><c> be</c><00:24:50.299><c> realized</c><00:24:51.059><c> through</c><00:24:51.700><c> Christ</c><00:24:52.099><c> Jesus.</c>

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And<00:24:57.759><c> so</c><00:24:57.859><c> for</c><00:24:58.000><c> each</c><00:24:58.180><c> of</c><00:24:58.339><c> us,</c>

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both<00:25:00.799><c> at</c><00:25:01.019><c> the</c><00:25:01.240><c> start</c><00:25:01.519><c> of</c><00:25:01.720><c> our</c><00:25:01.980><c> discipleship</c>

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and<00:25:03.819><c> continually</c><00:25:04.819><c> throughout</c><00:25:05.180><c> its</c><00:25:05.519><c> progress,</c>

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there<00:25:06.900><c> will</c><00:25:07.160><c> come</c><00:25:07.380><c> the</c><00:25:07.619><c> times</c>

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when<00:25:08.859><c> we'll</c><00:25:09.059><c> have</c><00:25:09.160><c> to</c><00:25:09.299><c> put</c><00:25:09.500><c> aside</c><00:25:09.900><c> our</c><00:25:10.200><c> own</c><00:25:10.460><c> will,</c>

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consciously<00:25:13.099><c> and</c><00:25:13.779><c> deliberately,</c>

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that<00:25:15.539><c> we</c><00:25:15.720><c> might</c><00:25:15.980><c> take</c><00:25:16.279><c> upon</c><00:25:16.519><c> ourselves</c><00:25:17.440><c> his</c><00:25:18.359><c> will</c>

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and<00:25:20.400><c> go</c><00:25:20.599><c> to</c><00:25:20.740><c> Gethsemane</c>

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and<00:25:22.640><c> to</c><00:25:22.859><c> Calvary</c><00:25:23.240><c> with</c><00:25:23.500><c> him.</c>

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For<00:25:25.640><c> he</c><00:25:25.880><c> is</c><00:25:26.019><c> the</c><00:25:26.220><c> pattern</c><00:25:26.900><c> for</c><00:25:28.059><c> every</c><00:25:28.319><c> disciple.</c>

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The<00:25:35.519><c> second</c><00:25:35.779><c> condition</c><00:25:36.500><c> of</c><00:25:37.579><c> the</c><00:25:37.799><c> call</c>

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is<00:25:40.220><c> that</c><00:25:40.599><c> of</c><00:25:41.980><c> renunciation.</c>

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Mark<00:25:47.259><c> chapter</c><00:25:47.619><c> 10</c><00:25:48.900><c> and</c><00:25:49.480><c> verse</c><00:25:50.460><c> 28.</c>

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Mark<00:26:02.880><c> 10</c><00:26:03.119><c> verse</c><00:26:03.400><c> 28.</c>

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Then<00:26:05.160><c> Peter</c><00:26:05.440><c> began</c><00:26:05.740><c> to</c><00:26:05.960><c> say</c><00:26:06.059><c> unto</c><00:26:06.220><c> Jesus,</c>

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Lo,<00:26:07.519><c> we</c><00:26:07.700><c> have</c><00:26:07.859><c> left</c><00:26:08.140><c> all</c><00:26:08.460><c> and</c><00:26:08.619><c> have</c><00:26:08.880><c> followed</c><00:26:09.180><c> Thee.</c>

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And<00:26:10.859><c> Jesus</c><00:26:11.160><c> answered</c><00:26:11.400><c> and</c><00:26:11.700><c> said,</c>

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Verily<00:26:12.799><c> I</c><00:26:12.980><c> say</c><00:26:13.140><c> unto</c><00:26:13.359><c> you,</c>

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There<00:26:14.500><c> is</c><00:26:14.700><c> no</c><00:26:14.960><c> man</c><00:26:15.140><c> that</c><00:26:15.359><c> hath</c><00:26:15.480><c> left</c><00:26:15.759><c> house</c><00:26:16.099><c> or</c><00:26:16.339><c> brethren</c>

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or<00:26:17.339><c> sisters</c><00:26:17.779><c> or</c><00:26:18.000><c> father</c><00:26:18.339><c> or</c><00:26:18.500><c> mother</c><00:26:18.759><c> or</c><00:26:19.019><c> wife</c>

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or<00:26:19.500><c> children</c><00:26:19.799><c> or</c><00:26:20.059><c> lands</c><00:26:20.299><c> for</c><00:26:20.460><c> my</c><00:26:20.779><c> sake</c>

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and<00:26:21.500><c> the</c><00:26:21.700><c> gospels.</c>

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But<00:26:22.980><c> he</c><00:26:23.180><c> shall</c><00:26:23.319><c> receive</c><00:26:23.660><c> an</c><00:26:23.920><c> hundredfold</c><00:26:24.539><c> now</c><00:26:24.819><c> in</c><00:26:25.019><c> this</c><00:26:25.259><c> time</c>

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houses<00:26:26.359><c> and</c><00:26:26.660><c> brethren</c><00:26:26.920><c> and</c><00:26:27.160><c> sisters</c><00:26:27.380><c> and</c><00:26:27.559><c> mothers</c>

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and<00:26:27.980><c> children</c><00:26:28.279><c> and</c><00:26:28.519><c> lands,</c>

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with<00:26:29.599><c> persecutions,</c>

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and<00:26:31.460><c> in</c><00:26:31.579><c> the</c><00:26:31.779><c> world</c><00:26:31.980><c> to</c><00:26:32.240><c> come,</c>

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eternal<00:26:33.740><c> life,</c>

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many<00:26:35.299><c> that</c><00:26:35.559><c> our</c><00:26:35.839><c> first</c><00:26:36.000><c> shall</c><00:26:36.240><c> be</c><00:26:36.440><c> last</c>

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and<00:26:37.539><c> the</c><00:26:37.779><c> last</c><00:26:38.500><c> first.</c>

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Disciples<00:26:40.140><c> in</c><00:26:40.339><c> those</c><00:26:40.680><c> days</c><00:26:41.359><c> had</c><00:26:41.740><c> left</c><00:26:42.019><c> all</c>

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in<00:26:42.940><c> order</c><00:26:43.140><c> that</c><00:26:43.299><c> they</c><00:26:43.440><c> might</c><00:26:43.759><c> follow</c><00:26:44.240><c> the</c><00:26:44.440><c> Lord</c><00:26:44.640><c> Jesus.</c>

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Were<00:26:45.920><c> there</c><00:26:46.099><c> to</c><00:26:46.279><c> be</c><00:26:46.539><c> compensations?</c>

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Indeed<00:26:48.279><c> there</c><00:26:48.599><c> were.</c>

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Not<00:26:50.099><c> only</c><00:26:50.359><c> the</c><00:26:50.579><c> blessing</c><00:26:51.099><c> of</c><00:26:51.700><c> a</c><00:26:51.900><c> life</c>

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as<00:26:53.220><c> a</c><00:26:53.519><c> companion</c><00:26:53.779><c> of</c><00:26:53.980><c> the</c><00:26:54.160><c> Lord,</c>

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but<00:26:55.420><c> the</c><00:26:55.599><c> added</c><00:26:55.819><c> blessings</c><00:26:56.480><c> in</c><00:26:56.980><c> their</c><00:26:57.140><c> daily</c><00:26:57.440><c> lives</c>

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and<00:26:58.680><c> the</c><00:26:58.839><c> ultimate</c><00:26:59.259><c> blessing</c>

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of<00:27:00.400><c> being</c><00:27:00.660><c> granted</c><00:27:01.539><c> eternal</c><00:27:02.359><c> life.</c>

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And<00:27:05.900><c> so</c><00:27:06.000><c> the</c><00:27:06.180><c> friendship</c><00:27:06.539><c> of</c><00:27:06.740><c> the</c><00:27:06.859><c> Lord</c><00:27:07.059><c> Jesus,</c>

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our<00:27:09.200><c> association</c><00:27:09.880><c> with</c><00:27:10.160><c> Him,</c>

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is<00:27:11.480><c> surely</c><00:27:12.359><c> greater</c>

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than<00:27:14.059><c> all</c><00:27:14.500><c> other</c><00:27:14.779><c> friendships.</c>

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His<00:27:16.500><c> is</c><00:27:17.079><c> the</c><00:27:17.319><c> preeminence,</c>

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our<00:27:19.680><c> friendship</c><00:27:20.079><c> and</c><00:27:20.299><c> our</c><00:27:20.460><c> love</c><00:27:20.640><c> for</c><00:27:20.880><c> Him,</c>

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and<00:27:22.319><c> His</c><00:27:22.519><c> friendship</c><00:27:23.119><c> and</c><00:27:23.700><c> His</c><00:27:24.000><c> love</c><00:27:24.720><c> towards</c><00:27:25.319><c> us.</c>

00:27:26.859 --> 00:27:29.859
It<00:27:27.259><c> is</c><00:27:27.720><c> of</c><00:27:27.920><c> a</c><00:27:28.200><c> reciprocal</c><00:27:28.680><c> nature,</c>

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my<00:27:30.220><c> dear</c><00:27:30.440><c> brethren</c><00:27:30.779><c> and</c><00:27:31.039><c> sisters,</c>

00:27:31.859 --> 00:27:33.640
and<00:27:32.180><c> we</c><00:27:32.380><c> are</c><00:27:32.579><c> each</c><00:27:32.819><c> called</c><00:27:33.079><c> upon</c>

00:27:33.640 --> 00:27:36.799
to<00:27:34.299><c> enter</c><00:27:34.920><c> into</c><00:27:35.380><c> it.</c>

00:27:36.880 --> 00:27:39.079
Matthew<00:27:37.400><c> 19,</c>

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verse<00:27:39.980><c> 27,</c>

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reminds<00:27:41.599><c> us</c><00:27:41.839><c> of</c><00:27:42.019><c> the</c><00:27:42.619><c> future</c><00:27:43.000><c> aspect</c>

00:27:43.700 --> 00:27:46.599
of<00:27:44.519><c> this</c><00:27:45.279><c> renunciation.</c>

00:27:49.220 --> 00:27:51.220
Matthew<00:27:49.500><c> 19,</c><00:27:50.180><c> verse</c><00:27:50.359><c> 27,</c>

00:27:51.640 --> 00:27:53.519
Then<00:27:51.920><c> answered</c><00:27:52.220><c> Peter</c><00:27:52.579><c> and</c><00:27:52.720><c> said</c><00:27:52.920><c> unto</c><00:27:53.140><c> him,</c>

00:27:53.519 --> 00:27:56.480
Behold,<00:27:54.440><c> we</c><00:27:54.619><c> have</c><00:27:54.839><c> forsaken</c><00:27:55.240><c> all</c><00:27:55.559><c> and</c><00:27:55.799><c> followed</c><00:27:56.119><c> thee.</c>

00:27:56.799 --> 00:27:58.859
What<00:27:57.059><c> shall</c><00:27:57.279><c> we</c><00:27:57.559><c> have</c><00:27:57.839><c> therefore?</c>

00:27:59.000 --> 00:28:00.279
And<00:27:59.259><c> Jesus</c><00:27:59.440><c> said</c><00:27:59.660><c> unto</c><00:27:59.839><c> them,</c>

00:28:00.740 --> 00:28:02.140
Verily<00:28:01.039><c> I</c><00:28:01.339><c> say</c><00:28:01.500><c> unto</c><00:28:01.700><c> you,</c>

00:28:02.500 --> 00:28:05.279
that<00:28:02.640><c> ye</c><00:28:02.819><c> which</c><00:28:02.960><c> have</c><00:28:03.240><c> followed</c><00:28:03.519><c> me</c><00:28:03.759><c> in</c><00:28:03.900><c> the</c><00:28:04.099><c> regeneration,</c>

00:28:05.380 --> 00:28:08.039
when<00:28:05.539><c> the</c><00:28:05.700><c> Son</c><00:28:05.819><c> of</c><00:28:06.000><c> Man</c><00:28:06.240><c> shall</c><00:28:06.460><c> sit</c><00:28:06.680><c> in</c><00:28:06.839><c> the</c><00:28:07.000><c> throne</c><00:28:07.160><c> of</c><00:28:07.339><c> His</c><00:28:07.559><c> glory,</c>

00:28:08.500 --> 00:28:11.039
ye<00:28:08.720><c> also</c><00:28:09.160><c> shall</c><00:28:09.380><c> sit</c><00:28:09.539><c> upon</c><00:28:09.839><c> twelve</c><00:28:10.240><c> thrones,</c>

00:28:11.279 --> 00:28:15.119
judging<00:28:11.700><c> the</c><00:28:12.380><c> twelve</c><00:28:12.799><c> tribes</c><00:28:13.480><c> of</c><00:28:14.019><c> Israel.</c>

00:28:15.319 --> 00:28:18.200
And<00:28:15.700><c> so</c><00:28:15.859><c> to</c><00:28:16.019><c> be</c><00:28:16.140><c> a</c><00:28:16.240><c> disciple</c><00:28:16.799><c> then</c>

00:28:18.259 --> 00:28:20.740
was<00:28:18.539><c> indeed</c><00:28:18.940><c> to</c><00:28:19.119><c> be</c><00:28:19.240><c> in</c><00:28:19.319><c> a</c><00:28:19.400><c> very</c><00:28:19.779><c> privileged</c><00:28:20.099><c> position.</c>

00:28:20.740 --> 00:28:23.140
It<00:28:21.420><c> was</c><00:28:21.619><c> to</c><00:28:21.779><c> have</c><00:28:21.900><c> this</c><00:28:22.259><c> gracious</c><00:28:22.640><c> hope,</c>

00:28:23.460 --> 00:28:26.519
this<00:28:23.680><c> prospect</c><00:28:24.119><c> in</c><00:28:24.440><c> view</c><00:28:24.759><c> for</c><00:28:25.319><c> the</c><00:28:25.460><c> future.</c>

00:28:27.319 --> 00:28:29.599
But<00:28:27.480><c> what</c><00:28:27.579><c> of</c><00:28:27.779><c> ourselves,</c><00:28:28.359><c> my</c><00:28:28.480><c> dear</c><00:28:28.660><c> brethren</c><00:28:28.940><c> and</c><00:28:29.140><c> sisters?</c>

00:28:30.039 --> 00:28:31.420
This<00:28:30.220><c> is</c><00:28:30.380><c> the</c><00:28:30.619><c> crux,</c><00:28:30.940><c> isn't</c><00:28:31.099><c> it?</c>

00:28:31.559 --> 00:28:34.559
This<00:28:31.759><c> is</c><00:28:31.920><c> the</c><00:28:32.039><c> central</c><00:28:32.400><c> issue</c><00:28:32.839><c> of</c><00:28:33.279><c> our</c><00:28:33.579><c> series</c><00:28:33.900><c> this</c><00:28:34.200><c> week.</c>

00:28:34.839 --> 00:28:36.720
How<00:28:35.160><c> much</c><00:28:35.460><c> of</c><00:28:35.740><c> this,</c><00:28:36.019><c> for</c><00:28:36.259><c> example,</c>

00:28:37.099 --> 00:28:40.640
is<00:28:37.339><c> relevant</c><00:28:37.680><c> to</c><00:28:37.960><c> ourselves</c><00:28:38.619><c> as</c><00:28:39.099><c> disciples</c><00:28:39.619><c> today?</c>

00:28:40.779 --> 00:28:42.420
The<00:28:41.079><c> circumstances</c><00:28:41.579><c> have</c><00:28:41.859><c> changed.</c>

00:28:42.740 --> 00:28:45.059
The<00:28:43.019><c> environment</c><00:28:43.660><c> is</c><00:28:44.420><c> different.</c>

00:28:45.420 --> 00:28:48.839
The<00:28:45.619><c> Lord</c><00:28:45.819><c> Jesus</c><00:28:46.299><c> has</c><00:28:46.599><c> ascended</c><00:28:47.000><c> to</c><00:28:47.160><c> His</c><00:28:47.359><c> Father's</c><00:28:47.740><c> right</c><00:28:48.019><c> hand.</c>

00:28:50.740 --> 00:28:53.240
You<00:28:51.460><c> recall</c><00:28:51.819><c> His</c><00:28:52.039><c> words?</c>

00:28:53.720 --> 00:28:57.059
If<00:28:53.779><c> any</c><00:28:54.160><c> man</c><00:28:54.779><c> will</c><00:28:55.640><c> come</c><00:28:55.819><c> after</c><00:28:56.079><c> Me,</c>

00:28:57.500 --> 00:29:03.839
let<00:28:57.640><c> him</c><00:28:57.900><c> deny</c><00:28:58.220><c> himself</c><00:28:58.960><c> and</c><00:28:59.859><c> take</c><00:29:00.140><c> up</c><00:29:00.380><c> his</c><00:29:00.680><c> cross</c><00:29:01.299><c> and</c><00:29:02.420><c> follow</c><00:29:02.799><c> Me.</c>

00:29:04.200 --> 00:29:09.099
For<00:29:04.640><c> whosoever</c><00:29:06.079><c> shall</c><00:29:06.519><c> save</c><00:29:06.900><c> his</c><00:29:07.220><c> life</c><00:29:07.960><c> shall</c><00:29:08.339><c> lose</c><00:29:08.660><c> it,</c>

00:29:09.599 --> 00:29:14.200
and<00:29:10.180><c> whosoever</c><00:29:11.259><c> will</c><00:29:11.700><c> lose</c><00:29:11.960><c> his</c><00:29:12.259><c> life</c><00:29:12.460><c> for</c><00:29:12.660><c> My</c><00:29:12.980><c> sake</c><00:29:13.660><c> shall</c>

00:29:14.200 --> 00:29:15.099
find<00:29:14.519><c> it.</c>

00:29:15.220 --> 00:29:19.000
Any<00:29:15.660><c> man,</c><00:29:17.200><c> whosoever,</c>

00:29:19.000 --> 00:29:22.380
words<00:29:19.799><c> that</c><00:29:20.039><c> come</c><00:29:20.319><c> down</c><00:29:20.640><c> across</c><00:29:20.960><c> the</c><00:29:21.180><c> ages,</c>

00:29:23.400 --> 00:29:27.000
words<00:29:23.799><c> that</c><00:29:24.400><c> contain</c><00:29:25.079><c> an</c><00:29:25.380><c> eternal</c><00:29:25.759><c> principle,</c>

00:29:27.279 --> 00:29:29.140
a<00:29:27.440><c> perpetual</c><00:29:28.039><c> truth,</c>

00:29:29.380 --> 00:29:32.099
not<00:29:29.660><c> confined</c><00:29:30.240><c> to</c><00:29:30.440><c> the</c><00:29:30.599><c> initial</c><00:29:30.819><c> set</c><00:29:31.000><c> of</c><00:29:31.220><c> circumstances</c>

00:29:32.099 --> 00:29:35.339
and<00:29:32.759><c> environment</c><00:29:33.259><c> which</c><00:29:33.559><c> first</c><00:29:33.819><c> called</c><00:29:34.079><c> them</c><00:29:34.400><c> forth,</c>

00:29:35.500 --> 00:29:37.920
but<00:29:35.720><c> transcend</c><00:29:36.359><c> and</c><00:29:36.640><c> go</c><00:29:36.880><c> beyond</c>

00:29:37.829 --> 00:29:42.700
and<00:29:38.220><c> come</c><00:29:38.440><c> down</c><00:29:38.720><c> and</c><00:29:39.019><c> challenge</c><00:29:39.559><c> each</c><00:29:40.140><c> one</c><00:29:40.359><c> of</c><00:29:40.500><c> us</c><00:29:41.240><c> here</c><00:29:41.740><c> today.</c>

00:29:50.259 --> 00:29:56.299
Another<00:29:51.220><c> example,</c><00:29:52.299><c> Luke</c><00:29:52.539><c> 17</c><00:29:53.359><c> and</c><00:29:53.980><c> verse</c><00:29:54.779><c> 28.</c>

00:30:02.779 --> 00:30:06.180
The<00:30:03.740><c> calling</c><00:30:04.019><c> of</c><00:30:04.279><c> Lot</c><00:30:04.660><c> out</c><00:30:05.480><c> of</c><00:30:05.599><c> the</c><00:30:05.799><c> destruction</c>

00:30:06.180 --> 00:30:08.200
that<00:30:06.359><c> was</c><00:30:06.500><c> shortly</c><00:30:06.839><c> to</c><00:30:07.160><c> overtake</c>

00:30:08.200 --> 00:30:12.839
the<00:30:08.400><c> cities</c><00:30:08.940><c> of</c><00:30:09.240><c> Sodom</c><00:30:10.059><c> and</c><00:30:10.539><c> Gomorrah.</c>

00:30:17.000 --> 00:30:19.500
Luke<00:30:17.440><c> 17</c><00:30:17.880><c> verse</c><00:30:18.200><c> 28.</c>

00:30:19.740 --> 00:30:21.640
Likewise<00:30:19.819><c> also</c><00:30:20.319><c> as</c><00:30:20.440><c> it</c><00:30:20.579><c> was</c><00:30:20.700><c> in</c><00:30:20.839><c> the</c><00:30:20.960><c> days</c><00:30:21.140><c> of</c><00:30:21.539><c> Lot,</c>

00:30:21.960 --> 00:30:24.339
they<00:30:22.099><c> did</c><00:30:22.279><c> eat,</c><00:30:22.619><c> they</c><00:30:22.839><c> drank,</c><00:30:23.299><c> they</c><00:30:23.519><c> bought,</c><00:30:23.940><c> they</c><00:30:24.140><c> sold,</c>

00:30:24.400 --> 00:30:26.059
they<00:30:24.640><c> planted,</c><00:30:25.019><c> they</c><00:30:25.119><c> builded.</c>

00:30:26.220 --> 00:30:28.339
But<00:30:26.359><c> the</c><00:30:26.579><c> same</c><00:30:26.779><c> day</c><00:30:27.019><c> that</c><00:30:27.240><c> Lot</c><00:30:27.339><c> went</c><00:30:27.539><c> out</c><00:30:27.779><c> of</c><00:30:27.980><c> Sodom,</c>

00:30:28.720 --> 00:30:30.819
it<00:30:28.900><c> rained</c><00:30:29.079><c> fire</c><00:30:29.500><c> and</c><00:30:29.700><c> brimstone</c><00:30:30.099><c> from</c><00:30:30.339><c> heaven</c>

00:30:30.819 --> 00:30:33.079
and<00:30:31.380><c> destroyed</c><00:30:31.819><c> them</c><00:30:32.099><c> all.</c>

00:30:33.200 --> 00:30:35.839
Even<00:30:33.500><c> thus</c><00:30:33.700><c> shall</c><00:30:33.859><c> it</c><00:30:34.059><c> be</c><00:30:34.200><c> in</c><00:30:34.380><c> the</c><00:30:34.519><c> day</c><00:30:34.700><c> when</c><00:30:34.900><c> the</c><00:30:35.059><c> Son</c><00:30:35.180><c> of</c><00:30:35.400><c> Man</c>

00:30:35.839 --> 00:30:37.220
is<00:30:36.220><c> revealed.</c>

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It's<00:30:38.279><c> a</c><00:30:38.440><c> clarion</c><00:30:38.819><c> call</c><00:30:39.079><c> from</c><00:30:39.279><c> history.</c>

00:30:40.240 --> 00:30:42.319
It's<00:30:40.539><c> a</c><00:30:40.700><c> warning</c><00:30:41.200><c> of</c><00:30:41.720><c> a</c><00:30:41.960><c> future</c><00:30:42.279><c> time.</c>

00:30:42.319 --> 00:30:46.460
A<00:30:42.700><c> time</c><00:30:42.700><c> when</c><00:30:43.440><c> the</c><00:30:43.579><c> Lord</c><00:30:43.859><c> Jesus</c><00:30:44.259><c> Christ</c><00:30:44.619><c> is</c><00:30:44.859><c> going</c><00:30:45.000><c> to</c><00:30:45.160><c> be</c><00:30:45.359><c> revealed.</c>

00:30:47.119 --> 00:30:49.519
And<00:30:47.299><c> there</c><00:30:47.400><c> was</c><00:30:47.579><c> a</c><00:30:47.720><c> warning</c><00:30:48.140><c> particularly</c>

00:30:49.579 --> 00:30:51.799
associated<00:30:50.059><c> with</c><00:30:50.299><c> the</c><00:30:50.500><c> wife</c><00:30:50.740><c> of</c><00:30:51.000><c> Lot.</c>

00:30:53.119 --> 00:30:55.339
In<00:30:53.299><c> verse</c><00:30:53.519><c> 31</c><00:30:53.940><c> I</c><00:30:54.119><c> think</c><00:30:54.299><c> there</c><00:30:54.480><c> is</c><00:30:54.599><c> an</c><00:30:54.740><c> indication</c>

00:30:55.339 --> 00:30:57.579
as<00:30:55.940><c> to</c><00:30:56.079><c> the</c><00:30:56.180><c> true</c><00:30:56.440><c> state</c><00:30:56.680><c> of</c><00:30:56.880><c> her</c><00:30:57.160><c> heart.</c>

00:30:57.779 --> 00:30:59.339
She<00:30:57.940><c> didn't</c><00:30:58.180><c> just</c><00:30:58.579><c> look</c><00:30:58.819><c> back</c>

00:30:59.339 --> 00:31:01.680
in<00:30:59.700><c> the</c><00:30:59.839><c> sense</c><00:31:00.059><c> of</c><00:31:00.279><c> a</c><00:31:00.380><c> fleeting</c><00:31:00.700><c> glance.</c>

00:31:02.319 --> 00:31:05.299
It<00:31:02.519><c> revealed</c><00:31:02.819><c> that</c><00:31:03.019><c> her</c><00:31:03.319><c> heart</c><00:31:04.140><c> was</c><00:31:04.559><c> in</c><00:31:04.819><c> Sodom,</c>

00:31:05.720 --> 00:31:08.299
the<00:31:05.819><c> very</c><00:31:06.059><c> things</c><00:31:06.380><c> from</c><00:31:06.579><c> which</c><00:31:06.720><c> God</c><00:31:06.960><c> was</c><00:31:07.180><c> seeking</c><00:31:07.420><c> to</c><00:31:07.680><c> save</c><00:31:07.900><c> her.</c>

00:31:08.559 --> 00:31:10.240
And<00:31:08.720><c> because</c><00:31:08.920><c> her</c><00:31:09.220><c> heart</c><00:31:09.480><c> was</c><00:31:09.759><c> there,</c>

00:31:10.240 --> 00:31:13.779
she<00:31:11.180><c> was</c><00:31:11.380><c> destroyed</c><00:31:12.019><c> as</c><00:31:12.220><c> if</c><00:31:12.339><c> she</c><00:31:12.539><c> had</c><00:31:12.799><c> been</c><00:31:13.019><c> there.</c>

00:31:14.539 --> 00:31:17.180
And<00:31:14.680><c> that</c><00:31:14.779><c> pillar</c><00:31:15.039><c> of</c><00:31:15.319><c> salt</c><00:31:15.720><c> became</c><00:31:16.460><c> a</c><00:31:16.680><c> monument</c>

00:31:17.180 --> 00:31:21.900
to<00:31:17.960><c> all</c><00:31:18.180><c> those</c><00:31:18.680><c> like</c><00:31:19.059><c> ourselves</c><00:31:19.859><c> who</c><00:31:20.579><c> follow</c><00:31:20.859><c> after,</c>

00:31:23.140 --> 00:31:25.720
who<00:31:23.420><c> seek</c><00:31:23.579><c> to</c><00:31:23.839><c> escape</c><00:31:24.400><c> from</c><00:31:25.140><c> the</c><00:31:25.359><c> judgments</c>

00:31:25.720 --> 00:31:27.859
that<00:31:25.980><c> are</c><00:31:26.140><c> coming</c><00:31:26.359><c> upon</c><00:31:26.660><c> the</c><00:31:26.880><c> world,</c>

00:31:27.920 --> 00:31:29.640
who<00:31:28.099><c> seek</c><00:31:28.339><c> to</c><00:31:28.579><c> commit</c><00:31:28.759><c> ourselves</c>

00:31:29.640 --> 00:31:32.400
into<00:31:30.240><c> the</c><00:31:30.480><c> cause</c><00:31:30.680><c> of</c><00:31:30.859><c> the</c><00:31:31.000><c> Lord</c><00:31:31.200><c> God</c><00:31:31.480><c> and</c><00:31:31.660><c> His</c><00:31:31.940><c> Son,</c>

00:31:32.700 --> 00:31:33.980
the<00:31:32.819><c> Lord</c><00:31:33.000><c> Jesus</c><00:31:33.380><c> Christ,</c>

00:31:34.400 --> 00:31:37.079
that<00:31:34.599><c> we</c><00:31:34.759><c> might</c><00:31:34.980><c> escape</c><00:31:35.660><c> the</c><00:31:36.680><c> judgments</c>

00:31:37.079 --> 00:31:38.779
that<00:31:37.299><c> are</c><00:31:37.400><c> to</c><00:31:37.539><c> be</c><00:31:37.700><c> poured</c><00:31:37.839><c> out</c><00:31:38.079><c> on</c><00:31:38.259><c> the</c><00:31:38.440><c> earth.</c>

00:31:38.779 --> 00:31:42.240
And<00:31:39.079><c> so,</c><00:31:40.579><c> remember,</c><00:31:40.799><c> Lot's</c><00:31:41.140><c> wife.</c>

00:31:43.140 --> 00:31:44.579
Verse<00:31:43.299><c> 33,</c>

00:31:45.200 --> 00:31:50.059
Whosoever<00:31:46.200><c> shall</c><00:31:46.759><c> seek</c><00:31:47.079><c> to</c><00:31:47.319><c> save</c><00:31:47.539><c> his</c><00:31:47.859><c> life</c><00:31:48.440><c> shall</c><00:31:48.779><c> lose</c><00:31:49.039><c> it,</c>

00:31:50.140 --> 00:31:52.660
and<00:31:50.500><c> whosoever</c><00:31:51.119><c> shall</c><00:31:51.359><c> lose</c><00:31:51.640><c> his</c><00:31:51.920><c> life</c>

00:31:52.660 --> 00:31:54.940
shall<00:31:53.380><c> preserve</c><00:31:53.880><c> it.</c>

00:31:55.980 --> 00:31:57.920
A<00:31:56.200><c> lesson</c><00:31:56.380><c> from</c><00:31:56.599><c> history,</c>

00:31:58.140 --> 00:32:01.720
but<00:31:58.259><c> a</c><00:31:58.400><c> lesson</c><00:31:58.599><c> that</c><00:31:58.920><c> contained</c><00:31:59.519><c> a</c><00:32:00.019><c> perpetual</c><00:32:00.559><c> principle,</c>

00:32:02.099 --> 00:32:05.039
whosoever,<00:32:03.859><c> whatever</c><00:32:04.099><c> circumstances</c>

00:32:05.039 --> 00:32:07.579
or<00:32:05.960><c> whatever</c><00:32:06.299><c> age.</c>

00:32:18.900 --> 00:32:20.599
Thirdly,<00:32:19.500><c> steadfastness.</c>

00:32:26.039 --> 00:32:28.200
The<00:32:26.220><c> parable</c><00:32:26.420><c> of</c><00:32:26.619><c> the</c><00:32:26.880><c> sower</c><00:32:27.400><c> implies</c>

00:32:28.200 --> 00:32:30.019
that<00:32:28.420><c> there</c><00:32:28.579><c> would</c><00:32:28.740><c> be</c><00:32:28.960><c> a</c><00:32:29.079><c> varied</c><00:32:29.339><c> response</c>

00:32:30.019 --> 00:32:31.640
to<00:32:30.599><c> the</c><00:32:30.740><c> word</c><00:32:30.920><c> of</c><00:32:31.079><c> the</c><00:32:31.240><c> Lord,</c>

00:32:31.640 --> 00:32:35.900
that<00:32:31.640><c> there</c><00:32:32.500><c> are</c><00:32:32.880><c> indeed</c><00:32:33.500><c> different</c><00:32:34.119><c> kinds</c><00:32:34.559><c> of</c><00:32:34.839><c> ground.</c>

00:32:36.259 --> 00:32:38.299
But<00:32:36.380><c> the</c><00:32:36.500><c> Lord</c><00:32:36.680><c> Jesus</c><00:32:37.039><c> proclaimed,</c>

00:32:38.380 --> 00:32:40.319
If<00:32:38.460><c> ye</c><00:32:38.720><c> continue</c><00:32:39.339><c> in</c><00:32:39.519><c> my</c><00:32:39.779><c> word,</c>

00:32:40.819 --> 00:32:42.920
then<00:32:41.039><c> are</c><00:32:41.319><c> ye</c><00:32:41.480><c> my</c><00:32:41.640><c> disciples</c><00:32:42.160><c> indeed,</c>

00:32:43.359 --> 00:32:44.900
and<00:32:43.519><c> ye</c><00:32:43.700><c> shall</c><00:32:43.859><c> know</c><00:32:44.099><c> the</c><00:32:44.359><c> truth,</c>

00:32:45.220 --> 00:32:48.400
and<00:32:45.440><c> the</c><00:32:45.720><c> truth</c><00:32:46.319><c> shall</c><00:32:46.819><c> make</c><00:32:47.099><c> you</c><00:32:47.380><c> free.</c>

00:32:48.819 --> 00:32:52.240
We<00:32:49.099><c> know</c><00:32:49.359><c> that</c><00:32:49.819><c> many</c><00:32:50.160><c> disciples</c><00:32:50.740><c> start</c><00:32:51.140><c> well,</c>

00:32:53.079 --> 00:32:57.200
but<00:32:53.220><c> love</c><00:32:53.700><c> and</c><00:32:54.460><c> commitment</c><00:32:55.240><c> often</c><00:32:56.079><c> wane.</c>

00:32:57.779 --> 00:32:59.700
No<00:32:58.119><c> steadfastness</c><00:32:58.799><c> of</c><00:32:59.079><c> purpose,</c>

00:32:59.700 --> 00:33:02.200
but<00:33:00.819><c> true</c><00:33:01.180><c> discipleship</c>

00:33:02.440 --> 00:33:06.660
always<00:33:03.059><c> steadfastly</c><00:33:04.400><c> puts</c><00:33:04.960><c> Christ</c><00:33:05.859><c> first.</c>

00:33:07.099 --> 00:33:09.000
For<00:33:07.259><c> all</c><00:33:07.500><c> of</c><00:33:07.579><c> us,</c><00:33:07.819><c> my</c><00:33:07.900><c> dear</c><00:33:08.079><c> brethren</c><00:33:08.380><c> and</c><00:33:08.599><c> sisters,</c>

00:33:09.339 --> 00:33:11.940
there<00:33:09.579><c> has</c><00:33:09.900><c> been</c><00:33:10.180><c> that</c><00:33:10.420><c> initial</c><00:33:10.779><c> promise.</c>

00:33:12.059 --> 00:33:13.500
But<00:33:12.200><c> what</c><00:33:12.420><c> of</c><00:33:12.539><c> today?</c>

00:33:15.140 --> 00:33:18.579
Is<00:33:15.339><c> there</c><00:33:15.579><c> still</c><00:33:15.859><c> today</c><00:33:16.460><c> that</c><00:33:17.079><c> same</c><00:33:17.559><c> loyalty,</c>

00:33:18.680 --> 00:33:19.900
that<00:33:18.819><c> same</c><00:33:19.079><c> enthusiasm,</c>

00:33:20.359 --> 00:33:21.460
that<00:33:20.539><c> same</c><00:33:20.880><c> commitment,</c>

00:33:21.799 --> 00:33:24.480
that<00:33:22.039><c> same</c><00:33:22.480><c> steadfastness</c><00:33:23.160><c> of</c><00:33:23.400><c> purpose</c>

00:33:24.700 --> 00:33:27.519
as<00:33:25.140><c> we</c><00:33:25.500><c> had</c><00:33:25.960><c> on</c><00:33:26.440><c> the</c><00:33:26.539><c> day</c><00:33:26.680><c> of</c><00:33:26.859><c> our</c><00:33:27.039><c> baptism?</c>

00:33:27.519 --> 00:33:30.519
Or<00:33:28.299><c> has</c><00:33:28.940><c> the</c><00:33:29.160><c> loyalty</c><00:33:29.440><c> been</c><00:33:29.759><c> compromised?</c>

00:33:30.920 --> 00:33:33.180
Has<00:33:31.119><c> the</c><00:33:31.440><c> enthusiasm</c><00:33:32.119><c> faded?</c>

00:33:33.319 --> 00:33:35.579
Has<00:33:33.539><c> the</c><00:33:33.779><c> commitment</c><00:33:34.279><c> diminished?</c>

00:33:37.200 --> 00:33:39.000
What<00:33:37.519><c> a</c><00:33:37.720><c> tragedy</c><00:33:37.980><c> it</c><00:33:38.259><c> is</c>

00:33:39.000 --> 00:33:42.940
when<00:33:39.539><c> previously</c><00:33:40.079><c> loyal</c><00:33:40.799><c> and</c><00:33:41.359><c> full</c><00:33:41.660><c>-hearted</c><00:33:42.019><c> disciples</c>

00:33:42.940 --> 00:33:46.099
begin<00:33:43.559><c> to</c><00:33:43.839><c> falter</c><00:33:44.619><c> and</c><00:33:45.180><c> fail.</c>

00:33:46.940 --> 00:33:50.140
But<00:33:47.339><c> all</c><00:33:47.579><c> of</c><00:33:47.740><c> us,</c><00:33:48.619><c> without</c><00:33:48.940><c> exception,</c>

00:33:51.079 --> 00:33:54.880
are<00:33:51.259><c> dependent</c><00:33:51.779><c> upon</c><00:33:52.440><c> His</c><00:33:53.119><c> forgiving</c><00:33:53.720><c> mercy</c>

00:33:54.880 --> 00:33:57.880
through<00:33:55.759><c> the</c><00:33:55.940><c> Lord</c><00:33:56.140><c> Jesus</c><00:33:56.539><c> Christ.</c>

00:33:58.539 --> 00:34:01.799
And<00:33:58.839><c> we</c><00:33:58.900><c> are</c><00:33:59.119><c> able</c><00:33:59.279><c> to</c><00:33:59.539><c> return</c><00:34:00.140><c> with</c><00:34:00.720><c> new</c><00:34:01.019><c> resolution</c>

00:34:01.799 --> 00:34:04.180
and<00:34:02.440><c> with</c><00:34:02.599><c> a</c><00:34:02.740><c> fullness</c><00:34:02.960><c> of</c><00:34:03.319><c> heart.</c>

00:34:05.460 --> 00:34:09.179
But<00:34:05.579><c> what</c><00:34:05.799><c> if</c><00:34:05.880><c> we</c><00:34:06.119><c> begin</c><00:34:06.359><c> to</c><00:34:06.660><c> walk</c><00:34:07.259><c> distantly,</c>

00:34:09.360 --> 00:34:12.280
holding<00:34:09.719><c> on</c><00:34:10.079><c> by</c><00:34:10.320><c> the</c><00:34:10.500><c> tips</c><00:34:10.679><c> of</c><00:34:10.860><c> our</c><00:34:11.019><c> fingers,</c>

00:34:13.179 --> 00:34:18.539
only<00:34:13.780><c> just</c><00:34:14.380><c> able</c><00:34:15.300><c> to</c><00:34:15.559><c> continue</c><00:34:16.219><c> in</c><00:34:17.179><c> the</c><00:34:17.320><c> way</c><00:34:17.440><c> of</c><00:34:17.699><c> life?</c>

00:34:19.019 --> 00:34:22.019
Well,<00:34:19.219><c> if</c><00:34:19.340><c> perhaps</c><00:34:19.659><c> there</c><00:34:19.860><c> are</c><00:34:20.059><c> any</c><00:34:20.260><c> here</c><00:34:20.739><c> this</c><00:34:21.219><c> day</c>

00:34:22.019 --> 00:34:24.760
who<00:34:22.559><c> feel</c><00:34:22.880><c> that</c><00:34:23.039><c> they</c><00:34:23.179><c> are</c><00:34:23.360><c> in</c><00:34:23.480><c> that</c><00:34:23.679><c> position,</c>

00:34:25.199 --> 00:34:29.539
may<00:34:25.400><c> I</c><00:34:25.579><c> bring</c><00:34:25.760><c> you</c><00:34:26.099><c> to</c><00:34:26.380><c> the</c><00:34:26.500><c> sixth</c><00:34:26.840><c> chapter</c><00:34:27.460><c> of</c><00:34:28.039><c> John's</c><00:34:28.480><c> Gospel.</c>

00:34:36.199 --> 00:34:42.420
John<00:34:36.440><c> chapter</c><00:34:36.760><c> 6</c><00:34:37.599><c> and</c><00:34:40.980><c> verse</c><00:34:41.719><c> 65.</c>

00:34:42.519 --> 00:34:46.719
There<00:34:42.599><c> had,</c><00:34:42.820><c> of</c><00:34:42.940><c> course,</c><00:34:43.260><c> been</c><00:34:44.579><c> many</c><00:34:45.039><c> hard</c><00:34:45.400><c> sayings</c><00:34:45.840><c> that</c><00:34:46.099><c> day.</c>

00:34:47.199 --> 00:34:49.019
The<00:34:47.420><c> bread</c><00:34:47.519><c> which</c><00:34:47.760><c> came</c><00:34:48.019><c> down</c><00:34:48.300><c> from</c><00:34:48.500><c> heaven,</c>

00:34:49.019 --> 00:34:53.199
they<00:34:50.179><c> were</c><00:34:50.420><c> invited</c><00:34:50.760><c> to</c><00:34:51.019><c> lift</c><00:34:51.179><c> their</c><00:34:51.519><c> minds</c><00:34:51.820><c> from</c><00:34:52.039><c> the</c><00:34:52.280><c> temporal,</c>

00:34:53.480 --> 00:34:56.000
the<00:34:53.679><c> physical</c><00:34:54.119><c> and</c><00:34:54.639><c> the</c><00:34:54.880><c> material</c>

00:34:56.019 --> 00:35:00.619
to<00:34:56.320><c> consider</c><00:34:56.719><c> the</c><00:34:57.000><c> eternal</c><00:34:57.400><c> things</c><00:34:58.099><c> centered</c><00:34:58.619><c> in</c><00:34:58.880><c> Jesus</c><00:34:59.280><c> Christ.</c>

00:35:01.920 --> 00:35:03.940
And<00:35:02.079><c> Jesus</c><00:35:02.380><c> said,</c><00:35:02.780><c> verse</c><00:35:02.960><c> 65,</c>

00:35:04.360 --> 00:35:06.019
Therefore<00:35:04.739><c> said</c><00:35:05.039><c> I</c><00:35:05.239><c> unto</c><00:35:05.420><c> you,</c>

00:35:06.280 --> 00:35:08.300
that<00:35:06.440><c> no</c><00:35:06.739><c> man</c><00:35:06.980><c> can</c><00:35:07.199><c> come</c><00:35:07.400><c> unto</c><00:35:07.599><c> me,</c>

00:35:08.519 --> 00:35:11.159
except<00:35:08.800><c> it</c><00:35:08.980><c> were</c><00:35:09.159><c> given</c><00:35:09.420><c> him</c><00:35:09.659><c> as</c><00:35:09.880><c> my</c><00:35:10.079><c> father.</c>

00:35:11.579 --> 00:35:14.340
From<00:35:11.880><c> that</c><00:35:12.219><c> time</c><00:35:12.420><c> many</c><00:35:12.659><c> of</c><00:35:12.800><c> his</c><00:35:12.960><c> disciples</c><00:35:13.420><c> went</c><00:35:13.760><c> back</c>

00:35:14.340 --> 00:35:19.179
and<00:35:15.059><c> walked</c><00:35:15.639><c> no</c><00:35:16.480><c> more</c><00:35:17.139><c> with</c><00:35:18.059><c> him.</c>

00:35:19.880 --> 00:35:22.039
What<00:35:20.099><c> a</c><00:35:20.300><c> tragedy</c><00:35:20.559><c> it</c><00:35:20.900><c> was.</c>

00:35:22.739 --> 00:35:24.860
So<00:35:23.139><c> close</c><00:35:23.460><c> to</c><00:35:23.639><c> the</c><00:35:23.760><c> Son</c><00:35:23.920><c> of</c><00:35:24.139><c> Man</c>

00:35:24.860 --> 00:35:27.820
and<00:35:25.619><c> the</c><00:35:25.840><c> Saviour</c><00:35:26.159><c> of</c><00:35:26.340><c> the</c><00:35:26.539><c> world.</c>

00:35:28.639 --> 00:35:31.239
They'd<00:35:29.059><c> heard</c><00:35:29.340><c> His</c><00:35:29.619><c> gracious</c><00:35:30.019><c> words.</c>

00:35:31.539 --> 00:35:34.860
They'd<00:35:32.059><c> seen</c><00:35:32.400><c> the</c><00:35:32.639><c> miracles</c><00:35:33.039><c> that</c><00:35:33.239><c> had</c><00:35:33.380><c> been</c><00:35:33.659><c> performed.</c>

00:35:35.900 --> 00:35:38.099
And<00:35:36.079><c> yet</c><00:35:36.219><c> they</c><00:35:36.480><c> turned</c><00:35:36.880><c> away.</c>

00:35:40.920 --> 00:35:45.039
Verse<00:35:41.820><c> 67,</c><00:35:42.480><c> then,</c><00:35:42.719><c> said</c><00:35:42.880><c> Jesus</c><00:35:43.159><c> unto</c><00:35:43.760><c> the</c><00:35:43.980><c> twelve,</c>

00:35:45.300 --> 00:35:49.119
Will<00:35:45.659><c> ye</c><00:35:46.000><c> also</c><00:35:46.980><c> go</c><00:35:48.039><c> away?</c>

00:35:50.099 --> 00:35:52.059
And<00:35:50.539><c> Simon</c><00:35:50.840><c> Peter</c><00:35:51.099><c> answered</c><00:35:51.480><c> him,</c>

00:35:52.400 --> 00:35:55.139
Lord,<00:35:53.320><c> to</c><00:35:53.579><c> whom</c><00:35:53.840><c> shall</c><00:35:54.139><c> we</c><00:35:54.420><c> go?</c>

00:35:55.599 --> 00:35:59.739
Thou<00:35:55.860><c> hast</c><00:35:56.099><c> the</c><00:35:56.380><c> words</c><00:35:57.000><c> of</c><00:35:58.199><c> eternal</c><00:35:58.599><c> life.</c>

00:36:00.659 --> 00:36:05.340
Will<00:36:01.059><c> ye</c><00:36:01.780><c> also</c><00:36:02.840><c> go</c><00:36:04.179><c> away?</c>

00:36:06.820 --> 00:36:09.619
Today,<00:36:08.079><c> brethren</c><00:36:08.380><c> and</c><00:36:08.519><c> sisters,</c>

00:36:09.860 --> 00:36:12.340
it<00:36:10.019><c> could</c><00:36:10.179><c> be</c><00:36:10.360><c> for</c><00:36:10.500><c> you</c><00:36:11.000><c> or</c><00:36:11.320><c> for</c><00:36:11.599><c> me</c>

00:36:12.340 --> 00:36:15.519
the<00:36:13.400><c> experience</c><00:36:14.280><c> or</c><00:36:14.780><c> the</c><00:36:14.960><c> witness</c>

00:36:15.519 --> 00:36:20.000
of<00:36:16.480><c> apparently</c><00:36:17.119><c> meaningless</c><00:36:17.960><c> and</c><00:36:18.900><c> arbitrary</c><00:36:19.360><c> suffering</c>

00:36:20.000 --> 00:36:23.579
or<00:36:21.639><c> nagging</c><00:36:22.340><c> intellectual</c><00:36:22.980><c> doubts</c>

00:36:23.579 --> 00:36:27.139
that<00:36:24.400><c> could</c><00:36:24.679><c> cause</c><00:36:25.059><c> otherwise</c><00:36:25.760><c> loyal</c><00:36:26.320><c> disciples</c>

00:36:27.139 --> 00:36:30.539
to<00:36:27.719><c> ask</c><00:36:28.119><c> themselves</c><00:36:28.699><c> the</c><00:36:28.940><c> fateful</c><00:36:29.320><c> question,</c>

00:36:30.679 --> 00:36:32.699
why<00:36:31.099><c> stay</c><00:36:31.420><c> disciples?</c>

00:36:33.920 --> 00:36:39.420
It<00:36:34.679><c> could</c><00:36:34.880><c> be</c><00:36:35.079><c> a</c><00:36:35.179><c> feeling</c><00:36:35.599><c> of</c><00:36:36.579><c> disillusionment</c><00:36:37.800><c> with</c><00:36:38.380><c> our</c><00:36:38.599><c> lot,</c>

00:36:39.800 --> 00:36:42.940
a<00:36:40.000><c> feeling</c><00:36:40.159><c> of</c><00:36:40.440><c> futility</c><00:36:41.260><c> as</c><00:36:41.780><c> we</c><00:36:42.059><c> contemplate</c>

00:36:43.360 --> 00:36:46.000
the<00:36:43.619><c> feeble</c><00:36:44.019><c> influence</c><00:36:44.440><c> of</c><00:36:44.619><c> the</c><00:36:44.760><c> message</c><00:36:44.980><c> of</c><00:36:45.260><c> salvation</c>

00:36:46.000 --> 00:36:51.260
of<00:36:47.039><c> a</c><00:36:47.260><c> world</c><00:36:47.980><c> wracked</c><00:36:48.519><c> with</c><00:36:48.880><c> violence</c><00:36:49.340><c> and</c><00:36:49.679><c> hopelessness.</c>

00:36:52.400 --> 00:36:54.199
Why<00:36:52.599><c> stay</c><00:36:52.860><c> disciples?</c>

00:36:55.099 --> 00:36:58.460
If<00:36:55.340><c> in</c><00:36:55.500><c> a</c><00:36:55.639><c> moment</c><00:36:55.860><c> of</c><00:36:56.139><c> despair</c><00:36:56.760><c> or</c><00:36:57.719><c> of</c><00:36:57.980><c> suffering</c>

00:36:58.460 --> 00:37:01.539
or<00:36:59.300><c> of</c><00:36:59.500><c> tribulation</c><00:37:00.280><c> or</c><00:37:00.960><c> of</c><00:37:01.159><c> anguish</c>

00:37:01.539 --> 00:37:03.860
this<00:37:02.159><c> is</c><00:37:02.400><c> our</c><00:37:02.699><c> question,</c>

00:37:04.260 --> 00:37:07.159
then<00:37:04.360><c> let</c><00:37:04.480><c> us</c><00:37:04.659><c> realize</c><00:37:05.420><c> that</c><00:37:06.239><c> in</c><00:37:06.500><c> reality</c>

00:37:07.159 --> 00:37:10.900
we<00:37:08.139><c> have</c><00:37:08.840><c> given</c><00:37:09.119><c> up</c><00:37:09.719><c> all</c><00:37:10.280><c> hope</c>

00:37:10.900 --> 00:37:13.300
that<00:37:11.739><c> there</c><00:37:11.960><c> is</c><00:37:12.099><c> any</c><00:37:12.280><c> meaning</c><00:37:12.559><c> to</c><00:37:12.840><c> life</c>

00:37:13.300 --> 00:37:16.719
or<00:37:14.579><c> any</c><00:37:14.840><c> belief</c><00:37:15.159><c> that</c><00:37:15.320><c> it</c><00:37:15.480><c> is</c><00:37:15.599><c> within</c><00:37:15.820><c> our</c><00:37:16.159><c> power</c>

00:37:16.719 --> 00:37:19.780
to<00:37:17.219><c> help</c><00:37:17.539><c> to</c><00:37:17.800><c> lift</c><00:37:17.920><c> the</c><00:37:18.159><c> burdens</c><00:37:18.500><c> from</c><00:37:18.739><c> others.</c>

00:37:21.219 --> 00:37:23.940
There<00:37:21.440><c> was</c><00:37:21.619><c> one</c><00:37:21.800><c> disciple</c><00:37:22.260><c> who</c><00:37:22.599><c> heard</c><00:37:22.920><c> that</c><00:37:23.260><c> question</c><00:37:23.599><c> of</c><00:37:23.800><c> the</c>

00:37:23.940 --> 00:37:25.420
Lord<00:37:24.099><c> Jesus</c>

00:37:26.820 --> 00:37:31.360
and<00:37:27.440><c> ultimately</c><00:37:28.019><c> made</c><00:37:28.320><c> up</c><00:37:28.519><c> his</c><00:37:28.739><c> mind</c><00:37:29.619><c> to</c><00:37:30.239><c> go.</c>

00:37:32.500 --> 00:37:34.639
When<00:37:32.739><c> the</c><00:37:32.980><c> time</c><00:37:33.179><c> came</c>

00:37:34.940 --> 00:37:38.719
at<00:37:35.559><c> that</c><00:37:35.820><c> first</c><00:37:36.159><c> Last</c><00:37:36.579><c> Supper</c><00:37:37.099><c> in</c><00:37:37.420><c> Jerusalem,</c>

00:37:39.420 --> 00:37:41.659
Judas<00:37:39.539><c> received</c><00:37:40.000><c> from</c><00:37:40.199><c> the</c><00:37:40.380><c> Lord</c><00:37:40.599><c> a</c><00:37:40.739><c> piece</c><00:37:40.940><c> of</c><00:37:41.179><c> bread</c><00:37:41.360><c> dipped</c>

00:37:41.659 --> 00:37:42.880
in<00:37:41.920><c> wine.</c>

00:37:43.440 --> 00:37:45.780
Then,<00:37:44.099><c> says</c><00:37:44.260><c> the</c><00:37:44.480><c> Apostle</c><00:37:44.840><c> John,</c>

00:37:46.280 --> 00:37:48.559
he<00:37:46.480><c> immediately</c><00:37:47.000><c> went</c><00:37:47.280><c> out</c>

00:37:48.889 --> 00:37:50.579
and<00:37:49.199><c> it</c><00:37:49.420><c> was</c><00:37:49.619><c> night.</c>

00:37:52.119 --> 00:37:53.900
Yes,<00:37:52.500><c> my</c><00:37:52.599><c> dear</c><00:37:52.780><c> brethren</c><00:37:53.099><c> and</c><00:37:53.380><c> sisters,</c>

00:37:53.900 --> 00:37:57.079
it<00:37:54.559><c> was</c><00:37:54.960><c> night</c><00:37:55.440><c> for</c><00:37:56.059><c> Judas.</c>

00:37:57.599 --> 00:37:59.360
It<00:37:57.780><c> was</c><00:37:58.119><c> the</c><00:37:58.380><c> end.</c>

00:38:01.780 --> 00:38:03.659
And<00:38:02.219><c> what</c><00:38:02.320><c> of</c><00:38:02.500><c> ourselves?</c>

00:38:05.360 --> 00:38:07.619
Is<00:38:05.619><c> there</c><00:38:05.900><c> anyone</c><00:38:06.260><c> who</c><00:38:06.519><c> you</c><00:38:06.679><c> would</c><00:38:06.940><c> exchange</c>

00:38:07.619 --> 00:38:12.679
for<00:38:08.739><c> the</c><00:38:08.920><c> Lord</c><00:38:09.119><c> Jesus</c><00:38:09.800><c> as</c><00:38:10.880><c> the</c><00:38:11.119><c> Lord</c><00:38:11.420><c> and</c><00:38:11.599><c> Master,</c>

00:38:12.960 --> 00:38:16.119
as<00:38:13.159><c> the</c><00:38:13.420><c> pattern</c><00:38:13.800><c> for</c><00:38:14.280><c> your</c><00:38:14.619><c> discipleship?</c>

00:38:17.900 --> 00:38:19.900
Surely<00:38:18.300><c> we</c><00:38:18.500><c> all</c><00:38:18.719><c> make</c><00:38:18.940><c> the</c><00:38:19.239><c> discovery</c>

00:38:19.900 --> 00:38:23.840
that<00:38:20.639><c> once</c><00:38:20.940><c> we</c><00:38:21.219><c> have</c><00:38:21.480><c> known</c><00:38:21.780><c> Him</c><00:38:22.159><c> through</c><00:38:22.460><c> this</c><00:38:22.760><c> word</c>

00:38:23.900 --> 00:38:27.840
there<00:38:24.320><c> is</c><00:38:24.599><c> no</c><00:38:24.840><c> one</c><00:38:25.460><c> for</c><00:38:25.800><c> whom</c><00:38:26.019><c> we</c><00:38:26.219><c> would</c><00:38:26.460><c> desert</c><00:38:26.760><c> Him.</c>

00:38:28.980 --> 00:38:31.900
You<00:38:29.579><c> may</c><00:38:29.820><c> hear</c><00:38:30.059><c> of</c><00:38:30.179><c> those</c><00:38:30.559><c> who</c><00:38:30.800><c> have</c><00:38:31.380><c> left</c>

00:38:31.900 --> 00:38:33.559
the<00:38:32.239><c> path</c><00:38:32.420><c> of</c><00:38:32.719><c> discipleship</c>

00:38:33.559 --> 00:38:36.760
for<00:38:34.000><c> this</c><00:38:34.239><c> reason</c><00:38:34.820><c> or</c><00:38:35.380><c> for</c><00:38:35.679><c> that,</c>

00:38:37.340 --> 00:38:39.800
but<00:38:37.500><c> I've</c><00:38:37.699><c> never</c><00:38:37.920><c> heard</c><00:38:38.139><c> of</c><00:38:38.360><c> anyone</c><00:38:38.679><c> who</c><00:38:38.940><c> has</c><00:38:39.159><c> left</c>

00:38:39.800 --> 00:38:42.460
because<00:38:40.539><c> they</c><00:38:40.780><c> have</c><00:38:41.019><c> found</c><00:38:41.300><c> someone</c><00:38:41.659><c> better</c>

00:38:42.460 --> 00:38:45.340
than<00:38:43.400><c> the</c><00:38:43.579><c> Lord</c><00:38:43.739><c> Jesus</c><00:38:44.179><c> Christ.</c>

00:38:46.239 --> 00:38:47.699
We<00:38:46.639><c> stay</c><00:38:46.940><c> disciples</c>

00:38:47.699 --> 00:38:51.599
and<00:38:48.619><c> we</c><00:38:48.800><c> stay</c><00:38:49.199><c> forward</c><00:38:49.800><c>-looking</c><00:38:50.219><c> disciples</c>

00:38:51.699 --> 00:38:54.960
because<00:38:52.119><c> we</c><00:38:52.519><c> see</c><00:38:52.820><c> no</c><00:38:53.260><c> rival</c><00:38:53.820><c> Lord.</c>

00:38:56.440 --> 00:38:58.519
This<00:38:56.599><c> is</c><00:38:56.780><c> the</c><00:38:56.960><c> great</c><00:38:57.219><c> hope,</c><00:38:57.739><c> brethren</c><00:38:57.900><c> and</c><00:38:57.980><c> sisters,</c>

00:38:58.800 --> 00:39:03.559
and<00:38:59.099><c> this</c><00:38:59.280><c> is</c><00:38:59.420><c> the</c><00:38:59.619><c> confidence</c><00:39:00.039><c> that</c><00:39:00.340><c> we</c><00:39:00.599><c> have</c><00:39:01.519><c> through</c><00:39:02.199><c> Him.</c>

00:39:07.219 --> 00:39:10.179
And<00:39:07.920><c> fourthly,</c><00:39:08.940><c> fruitfulness.</c>

00:39:11.099 --> 00:39:13.760
That<00:39:11.320><c> great</c><00:39:11.599><c> picture</c><00:39:11.980><c> presented</c><00:39:12.460><c> by</c><00:39:12.739><c> the</c><00:39:12.900><c> Lord</c><00:39:13.099><c> Jesus</c>

00:39:13.760 --> 00:39:15.940
in<00:39:14.460><c> the</c><00:39:14.880><c> figure</c><00:39:15.079><c> of</c><00:39:15.300><c> the</c><00:39:15.500><c> vine,</c>

00:39:15.940 --> 00:39:19.519
obviously<00:39:17.219><c> there's</c><00:39:17.659><c> too</c><00:39:17.880><c> much</c><00:39:18.119><c> material</c><00:39:18.539><c> here</c><00:39:18.940><c> too.</c>

00:39:19.679 --> 00:39:20.880
Go<00:39:19.860><c> into</c><00:39:20.039><c> any</c><00:39:20.260><c> detail.</c>

00:39:21.219 --> 00:39:24.880
Just<00:39:21.440><c> one</c><00:39:21.739><c> verse,</c><00:39:22.260><c> John</c><00:39:22.500><c> chapter</c><00:39:22.800><c> 15</c><00:39:23.420><c> and</c><00:39:23.639><c> verse</c><00:39:23.920><c> 8.</c>

00:39:25.139 --> 00:39:27.039
Herein<00:39:25.360><c> is</c><00:39:25.559><c> my</c><00:39:25.780><c> Father</c><00:39:26.119><c> glorified</c>

00:39:27.039 --> 00:39:30.159
that<00:39:27.619><c> ye</c><00:39:27.940><c> bear</c><00:39:28.440><c> much</c><00:39:29.039><c> fruit.</c>

00:39:30.199 --> 00:39:34.119
So<00:39:30.599><c> shall</c><00:39:31.000><c> ye</c><00:39:31.340><c> be</c><00:39:32.099><c> my</c><00:39:32.739><c> disciples.</c>

00:39:34.139 --> 00:39:37.239
And<00:39:34.360><c> so</c><00:39:34.639><c> fruitbearing,</c><00:39:36.059><c> fruitfulness,</c>

00:39:37.400 --> 00:39:40.000
was<00:39:37.619><c> closely</c><00:39:38.119><c> and</c><00:39:38.599><c> integrally</c><00:39:39.079><c> associated</c>

00:39:40.000 --> 00:39:42.019
with<00:39:40.539><c> the</c><00:39:40.760><c> path</c><00:39:40.920><c> of</c><00:39:41.239><c> discipleship.</c>

00:39:42.019 --> 00:39:46.380
But<00:39:43.059><c> once</c><00:39:43.400><c> again,</c><00:39:44.559><c> these</c><00:39:44.719><c> words</c><00:39:45.099><c> were</c><00:39:45.400><c> clearly</c><00:39:45.760><c> addressed</c>

00:39:46.380 --> 00:39:48.179
to<00:39:46.780><c> His</c><00:39:47.000><c> immediate</c><00:39:47.400><c> disciples.</c>

00:39:48.639 --> 00:39:50.340
We<00:39:48.780><c> can</c><00:39:48.940><c> ask</c><00:39:49.179><c> ourselves</c><00:39:49.639><c> the</c><00:39:49.820><c> question,</c>

00:39:50.800 --> 00:39:54.599
how<00:39:50.980><c> much</c><00:39:51.239><c> of</c><00:39:51.480><c> this</c><00:39:51.820><c> is</c><00:39:52.480><c> true</c><00:39:52.679><c> for</c><00:39:52.960><c> ourselves</c><00:39:53.539><c> today?</c>

00:39:55.199 --> 00:39:57.179
Well,<00:39:55.440><c> we</c><00:39:55.599><c> know</c><00:39:55.840><c> that</c><00:39:56.039><c> John</c><00:39:56.260><c> chapter</c><00:39:56.539><c> 15</c>

00:39:57.179 --> 00:40:00.880
is<00:39:57.679><c> part</c><00:39:57.980><c> of</c><00:39:58.179><c> a</c><00:39:58.340><c> fairly</c><00:39:58.579><c> long</c><00:39:58.920><c> section</c><00:39:59.300><c> in</c><00:39:59.559><c> John's</c><00:39:59.980><c> Gospel.</c>

00:40:00.940 --> 00:40:03.019
And<00:40:01.099><c> in</c><00:40:01.239><c> John</c><00:40:01.480><c> 17</c><00:40:01.980><c> and</c><00:40:02.179><c> verse</c><00:40:02.400><c> 20,</c>

00:40:03.260 --> 00:40:06.119
we<00:40:03.380><c> have</c><00:40:03.559><c> these</c><00:40:03.920><c> words</c><00:40:04.300><c> in</c><00:40:04.480><c> the</c><00:40:04.659><c> prayer</c><00:40:04.820><c> of</c><00:40:05.019><c> Jesus.</c>

00:40:06.139 --> 00:40:07.960
Neither<00:40:06.480><c> pray</c><00:40:06.800><c> I</c><00:40:06.980><c> for</c><00:40:07.159><c> these</c><00:40:07.400><c> alone,</c>

00:40:08.400 --> 00:40:10.900
but<00:40:08.679><c> for</c><00:40:08.820><c> them</c><00:40:09.079><c> also</c><00:40:09.539><c> which</c><00:40:09.820><c> shall</c><00:40:10.019><c> believe</c><00:40:10.340><c> on</c><00:40:10.639><c> me</c>

00:40:10.900 --> 00:40:12.639
through<00:40:11.079><c> their</c><00:40:11.519><c> word.</c>

00:40:13.099 --> 00:40:15.639
So<00:40:13.340><c> we</c><00:40:13.599><c> today</c><00:40:14.260><c> are</c><00:40:15.019><c> associated</c>

00:40:15.639 --> 00:40:18.000
with<00:40:15.940><c> that</c><00:40:16.239><c> great</c><00:40:16.519><c> prayer</c><00:40:16.880><c> of</c><00:40:17.079><c> the</c><00:40:17.239><c> Lord</c><00:40:17.400><c> Jesus.</c>

00:40:18.400 --> 00:40:21.579
We<00:40:18.820><c> too</c><00:40:19.300><c> are</c><00:40:19.820><c> called</c><00:40:20.099><c> upon</c><00:40:20.639><c> to</c><00:40:21.139><c> enter</c><00:40:21.380><c> into</c>

00:40:21.579 --> 00:40:24.179
the<00:40:21.800><c> principles</c><00:40:22.360><c> of</c><00:40:22.639><c> these</c><00:40:22.920><c> things.</c>

00:40:25.280 --> 00:40:27.840
Blessed<00:40:25.539><c> are</c><00:40:25.820><c> they</c><00:40:26.019><c> that</c><00:40:26.199><c> have</c><00:40:26.400><c> not</c><00:40:26.780><c> seen</c>

00:40:27.900 --> 00:40:30.760
and<00:40:28.719><c> yet</c><00:40:29.079><c> have</c><00:40:29.460><c> believed.</c>

00:40:35.260 --> 00:40:39.019
So<00:40:35.780><c> from</c><00:40:36.139><c> the</c><00:40:36.719><c> local</c><00:40:37.199><c> to</c><00:40:38.099><c> the</c><00:40:38.400><c> universal</c>

00:40:39.019 --> 00:40:41.260
is<00:40:39.920><c> a</c><00:40:39.980><c> very</c><00:40:40.320><c> interesting</c><00:40:40.860><c> theme</c>

00:40:41.260 --> 00:40:43.079
and<00:40:41.579><c> perhaps</c><00:40:41.880><c> is</c><00:40:42.059><c> a</c><00:40:42.139><c> very</c><00:40:42.400><c> interesting</c><00:40:42.780><c> study</c>

00:40:43.079 --> 00:40:44.699
in<00:40:43.280><c> its</c><00:40:43.500><c> own</c><00:40:43.719><c> right.</c>

00:40:44.820 --> 00:40:47.059
And<00:40:45.059><c> it</c><00:40:45.440><c> continually</c><00:40:46.019><c> reappears</c>

00:40:47.059 --> 00:40:49.519
in<00:40:47.539><c> the</c><00:40:47.719><c> New</c><00:40:47.880><c> Testament</c><00:40:48.340><c> scriptures.</c>

00:40:50.159 --> 00:40:52.539
Let's<00:40:50.320><c> just</c><00:40:50.500><c> look</c><00:40:50.679><c> at</c><00:40:50.800><c> one</c><00:40:50.960><c> or</c><00:40:51.019><c> two</c><00:40:51.340><c> examples.</c>

00:40:53.099 --> 00:40:54.960
This<00:40:53.360><c> is</c><00:40:53.679><c> a</c><00:40:53.760><c> very</c><00:40:54.119><c> small</c><00:40:54.460><c> selection</c>

00:40:54.960 --> 00:40:56.900
of<00:40:55.280><c> the</c><00:40:55.780><c> ones</c><00:40:55.960><c> that</c><00:40:56.199><c> are</c><00:40:56.340><c> available,</c>

00:40:56.900 --> 00:41:00.840
but<00:40:57.519><c> I</c><00:40:57.679><c> think</c><00:40:57.920><c> these</c><00:40:58.199><c> will</c><00:40:58.420><c> demonstrate</c><00:40:59.199><c> the</c><00:40:59.719><c> point.</c>

00:41:01.219 --> 00:41:05.099
Matthew<00:41:01.579><c> chapter</c><00:41:02.019><c> 5</c><00:41:02.880><c> and</c><00:41:03.340><c> verse</c><00:41:03.679><c> 1.</c>

00:41:07.420 --> 00:41:11.900
The<00:41:08.019><c> great</c><00:41:08.300><c> teaching</c><00:41:08.940><c> of</c><00:41:09.579><c> the</c><00:41:10.159><c> Sermon</c><00:41:10.480><c> on</c><00:41:10.659><c> the</c><00:41:10.860><c> Mount.</c>

00:41:12.179 --> 00:41:14.619
Clearly<00:41:12.380><c> we</c><00:41:12.579><c> might</c><00:41:12.900><c> think</c><00:41:13.420><c> addressed</c>

00:41:14.619 --> 00:41:17.500
to<00:41:15.059><c> the</c><00:41:15.300><c> immediate</c><00:41:15.599><c> disciples</c><00:41:16.179><c> of</c><00:41:16.400><c> the</c><00:41:16.539><c> Lord</c><00:41:16.760><c> Jesus.</c>

00:41:17.800 --> 00:41:20.159
Matthew<00:41:18.139><c> 5</c><00:41:18.699><c> verse</c><00:41:19.000><c> 1.</c>

00:41:20.280 --> 00:41:21.219
Seeing<00:41:20.320><c> the</c><00:41:20.599><c> multitudes,</c>

00:41:21.260 --> 00:41:22.860
Jesus<00:41:21.559><c> went</c><00:41:21.800><c> up</c><00:41:21.980><c> into</c><00:41:22.199><c> a</c><00:41:22.380><c> mountain,</c>

00:41:23.219 --> 00:41:24.599
and<00:41:23.460><c> when</c><00:41:23.699><c> he</c><00:41:23.940><c> was</c><00:41:24.260><c> set,</c>

00:41:24.900 --> 00:41:27.940
his<00:41:25.179><c> disciples</c><00:41:26.039><c> came</c><00:41:27.119><c> unto</c><00:41:27.619><c> him.</c>

00:41:28.099 --> 00:41:30.340
So<00:41:28.300><c> we</c><00:41:28.440><c> have</c><00:41:28.599><c> a</c><00:41:28.719><c> picture</c><00:41:29.000><c> of</c><00:41:29.179><c> the</c><00:41:29.320><c> Lord</c><00:41:29.539><c> Jesus</c>

00:41:30.340 --> 00:41:31.460
upon<00:41:30.739><c> the</c><00:41:30.960><c> mountain,</c>

00:41:31.880 --> 00:41:34.119
and<00:41:32.519><c> immediately</c><00:41:33.019><c> around</c><00:41:33.480><c> him</c>

00:41:34.119 --> 00:41:35.659
there<00:41:34.119><c> are</c><00:41:34.559><c> those</c><00:41:34.860><c> disciples</c>

00:41:35.659 --> 00:41:37.619
who<00:41:36.159><c> are</c><00:41:36.420><c> listening</c><00:41:36.719><c> attentively</c>

00:41:37.619 --> 00:41:40.280
to<00:41:38.039><c> the</c><00:41:38.260><c> words,</c><00:41:39.280><c> to</c><00:41:39.360><c> the</c><00:41:39.679><c> principles</c>

00:41:40.280 --> 00:41:43.139
that<00:41:40.760><c> he</c><00:41:41.000><c> has</c><00:41:41.340><c> solely</c><00:41:41.820><c> for</c><00:41:42.059><c> them.</c>

00:41:45.000 --> 00:41:46.360
So<00:41:45.199><c> perhaps</c><00:41:45.420><c> it</c><00:41:45.519><c> was</c><00:41:45.639><c> never</c><00:41:45.900><c> envisaged</c>

00:41:46.360 --> 00:41:47.340
that<00:41:46.559><c> these</c><00:41:46.840><c> principles</c>

00:41:47.340 --> 00:41:49.760
would<00:41:47.539><c> be</c><00:41:47.619><c> put</c><00:41:47.739><c> into</c><00:41:47.960><c> practice</c><00:41:48.300><c> by</c><00:41:48.599><c> the</c><00:41:48.800><c> world.</c>

00:41:49.780 --> 00:41:52.480
It<00:41:50.019><c> essentially</c><00:41:50.500><c> is</c><00:41:50.980><c> the</c><00:41:51.179><c> manifesto</c><00:41:51.760><c> of</c><00:41:52.000><c> the</c><00:41:52.159><c> King,</c>

00:41:52.760 --> 00:41:53.820
the<00:41:52.960><c> coming</c><00:41:53.280><c> King,</c>

00:41:54.280 --> 00:41:56.659
for<00:41:54.599><c> his</c><00:41:55.039><c> loyal</c><00:41:55.320><c> disciples.</c>

00:41:57.079 --> 00:42:02.900
But<00:41:57.239><c> chapter</c><00:41:57.539><c> 7</c><00:41:58.739><c> and</c><00:41:59.539><c> verse</c><00:42:00.659><c> 28</c>

00:42:02.900 --> 00:42:06.099
indicates<00:42:03.840><c> that</c><00:42:04.019><c> there</c><00:42:04.219><c> is</c><00:42:04.400><c> a</c><00:42:04.539><c> wider</c><00:42:04.820><c> audience.</c>

00:42:06.739 --> 00:42:09.900
It<00:42:06.960><c> came</c><00:42:07.179><c> to</c><00:42:07.400><c> pass</c><00:42:07.619><c> when</c><00:42:07.900><c> Jesus</c><00:42:08.219><c> had</c><00:42:08.519><c> ended</c><00:42:08.679><c> these</c><00:42:09.019><c> sayings,</c>

00:42:09.920 --> 00:42:13.380
the<00:42:10.119><c> people</c><00:42:10.760><c> were</c><00:42:11.360><c> astonished</c><00:42:11.900><c> at</c><00:42:12.079><c> his</c><00:42:12.300><c> doctrine,</c>

00:42:13.420 --> 00:42:15.940
for<00:42:13.579><c> he</c><00:42:13.900><c> taught</c><00:42:14.079><c> them</c><00:42:14.280><c> as</c><00:42:14.519><c> one</c><00:42:14.739><c> having</c><00:42:15.039><c> authority</c>

00:42:15.940 --> 00:42:18.599
and<00:42:16.639><c> not</c><00:42:17.039><c> as</c><00:42:17.559><c> the</c><00:42:17.820><c> scribes.</c>

00:42:18.659 --> 00:42:20.599
So<00:42:18.860><c> perhaps</c><00:42:19.119><c> there</c><00:42:19.300><c> were</c><00:42:19.460><c> others</c><00:42:19.659><c> there</c><00:42:20.059><c> too,</c>

00:42:20.840 --> 00:42:22.139
and<00:42:21.039><c> the</c><00:42:21.199><c> traditional</c><00:42:21.599><c> picture</c>

00:42:22.139 --> 00:42:24.219
of<00:42:22.599><c> the</c><00:42:22.739><c> Lord</c><00:42:22.980><c> Jesus</c><00:42:23.300><c> upon</c><00:42:23.559><c> the</c><00:42:23.800><c> Mount</c>

00:42:24.219 --> 00:42:27.400
surrounded<00:42:25.079><c> immediately</c><00:42:25.719><c> by</c><00:42:26.039><c> his</c><00:42:26.420><c> 12</c><00:42:26.639><c> disciples</c>

00:42:27.400 --> 00:42:29.619
and<00:42:27.880><c> then</c><00:42:28.179><c> by</c><00:42:28.519><c> a</c><00:42:28.599><c> great</c><00:42:28.840><c> congregation</c>

00:42:29.860 --> 00:42:32.860
is<00:42:30.420><c> perhaps</c><00:42:30.739><c> not</c><00:42:31.019><c> very</c><00:42:31.320><c> far</c><00:42:31.539><c> from</c><00:42:31.739><c> the</c><00:42:31.960><c> truth.</c>

00:42:34.039 --> 00:42:35.579
But<00:42:34.639><c> throughout</c><00:42:35.019><c> these</c><00:42:35.320><c> words,</c>

00:42:35.599 --> 00:42:37.659
and<00:42:35.719><c> let's</c><00:42:35.920><c> just</c><00:42:36.139><c> take</c><00:42:36.300><c> these</c><00:42:36.539><c> words</c><00:42:36.800><c> as</c><00:42:36.980><c> an</c><00:42:37.139><c> example,</c>

00:42:38.119 --> 00:42:39.920
there<00:42:38.239><c> are</c><00:42:38.400><c> many</c><00:42:38.639><c> principles</c>

00:42:40.059 --> 00:42:42.380
which<00:42:40.659><c> Jesus</c><00:42:41.260><c> clearly</c><00:42:41.699><c> expresses</c>

00:42:42.380 --> 00:42:47.099
to<00:42:43.179><c> the</c><00:42:44.219><c> immediate</c><00:42:44.820><c> Jewish</c><00:42:45.639><c> circumstances.</c>

00:42:47.860 --> 00:42:48.559
There<00:42:47.920><c> are</c><00:42:48.039><c> many</c><00:42:48.260><c> occurrences</c>

00:42:48.980 --> 00:42:52.000
of<00:42:49.280><c> the</c><00:42:49.460><c> word</c><00:42:49.940><c> ye</c><00:42:50.460><c> and</c><00:42:51.059><c> you.</c>

00:42:52.059 --> 00:42:53.480
We're<00:42:52.159><c> not</c><00:42:52.280><c> going</c><00:42:52.400><c> to</c><00:42:52.500><c> look</c><00:42:52.679><c> at</c><00:42:52.780><c> them.</c>

00:42:53.920 --> 00:42:58.639
Verse<00:42:54.179><c> 11,</c><00:42:55.019><c> verse</c><00:42:55.280><c> 12,</c><00:42:55.719><c> 13,</c><00:42:56.139><c> 14,</c><00:42:56.699><c> 16</c><00:42:57.400><c> of</c><00:42:57.760><c> chapter</c><00:42:58.079><c> 5.</c>

00:42:59.119 --> 00:43:01.599
But<00:42:59.239><c> there</c><00:42:59.460><c> are</c><00:42:59.579><c> many</c><00:42:59.820><c> other</c><00:43:00.079><c> words</c><00:43:00.739><c> also</c>

00:43:01.599 --> 00:43:05.820
which<00:43:02.059><c> indicate</c><00:43:02.659><c> that</c><00:43:02.880><c> a</c><00:43:03.099><c> wider</c><00:43:03.400><c> audience</c><00:43:04.059><c> was</c><00:43:04.559><c> intended.</c>

00:43:06.500 --> 00:43:10.659
Whosoever,<00:43:07.320><c> Matthew</c><00:43:07.719><c> 5,</c><00:43:09.059><c> verse</c><00:43:09.300><c> 19,</c>

00:43:11.559 --> 00:43:13.860
whosoever<00:43:12.199><c> therefore</c><00:43:12.840><c> shall</c><00:43:13.420><c> break</c>

00:43:13.860 --> 00:43:15.679
one<00:43:14.219><c> of</c><00:43:14.380><c> these</c><00:43:14.679><c> least</c><00:43:14.960><c> commandments</c>

00:43:15.679 --> 00:43:17.719
and<00:43:16.320><c> shall</c><00:43:16.559><c> teach</c><00:43:16.880><c> men</c><00:43:17.219><c> so,</c>

00:43:18.199 --> 00:43:20.019
so<00:43:18.460><c> he</c><00:43:18.659><c> shall</c><00:43:18.780><c> be</c><00:43:19.059><c> called</c><00:43:19.280><c> the</c><00:43:19.519><c> least</c>

00:43:20.019 --> 00:43:21.960
in<00:43:20.460><c> the</c><00:43:20.619><c> kingdom</c><00:43:20.860><c> of</c><00:43:21.079><c> heaven.</c>

00:43:22.280 --> 00:43:24.780
But<00:43:22.639><c> whosoever</c><00:43:23.239><c> shall</c><00:43:23.480><c> do</c><00:43:23.719><c> and</c><00:43:24.000><c> teach</c><00:43:24.260><c> them,</c>

00:43:25.000 --> 00:43:26.780
the<00:43:25.199><c> same</c><00:43:25.420><c> shall</c><00:43:25.639><c> be</c><00:43:25.920><c> called</c><00:43:26.159><c> great</c>

00:43:26.780 --> 00:43:29.019
in<00:43:27.380><c> the</c><00:43:27.559><c> kingdom</c><00:43:27.840><c> of</c><00:43:28.099><c> heaven.</c>

00:43:30.579 --> 00:43:34.280
Similar<00:43:31.179><c> examples,</c><00:43:31.840><c> verse</c><00:43:32.079><c> 22,</c><00:43:32.840><c> verse</c><00:43:33.039><c> 28,</c>

00:43:34.380 --> 00:43:38.179
chapter<00:43:34.599><c> 7,</c><00:43:34.960><c> verse</c><00:43:35.219><c> 24,</c><00:43:36.500><c> and</c><00:43:36.659><c> verse</c><00:43:36.880><c> 26.</c>

00:43:38.199 --> 00:43:40.880
The<00:43:38.360><c> use</c><00:43:38.539><c> of</c><00:43:38.760><c> the</c><00:43:38.860><c> word</c><00:43:39.340><c> all.</c>

00:43:41.800 --> 00:43:46.659
Moving<00:43:42.079><c> on</c><00:43:42.360><c> now</c><00:43:42.599><c> to</c><00:43:42.840><c> chapter</c><00:43:43.099><c> 28</c><00:43:43.900><c> and</c><00:43:44.360><c> verse</c><00:43:45.260><c> 18.</c>

00:43:54.480 --> 00:43:56.559
Go<00:43:55.039><c> ye</c><00:43:55.300><c> therefore,</c>

00:43:58.139 --> 00:44:01.280
and<00:43:58.340><c> teach</c><00:43:58.619><c> all</c><00:43:58.980><c> nations,</c><00:43:59.440><c> verse</c><00:43:59.760><c> 19,</c>

00:44:01.320 --> 00:44:03.079
baptizing<00:44:01.760><c> them</c><00:44:01.960><c> in</c><00:44:02.099><c> the</c><00:44:02.219><c> name</c><00:44:02.380><c> of</c><00:44:02.539><c> the</c><00:44:02.780><c> Father</c>

00:44:03.079 --> 00:44:05.079
and<00:44:03.219><c> of</c><00:44:03.380><c> the</c><00:44:03.420><c> Son</c><00:44:03.699><c> of</c><00:44:03.840><c> the</c><00:44:04.039><c> Holy</c><00:44:04.300><c> Spirit,</c>

00:44:05.380 --> 00:44:08.239
teaching<00:44:05.719><c> them</c><00:44:05.980><c> to</c><00:44:06.239><c> observe</c><00:44:06.860><c> all</c><00:44:07.519><c> things</c>

00:44:08.239 --> 00:44:12.679
whatsoever<00:44:09.199><c> I</c><00:44:10.260><c> have</c><00:44:10.539><c> commanded</c><00:44:11.139><c> you.</c>

00:44:13.280 --> 00:44:14.400
So<00:44:13.480><c> it</c><00:44:13.539><c> becomes</c><00:44:13.780><c> very</c><00:44:14.039><c> difficult,</c>

00:44:14.440 --> 00:44:15.840
my<00:44:14.639><c> dear</c><00:44:14.800><c> brethren</c><00:44:15.099><c> and</c><00:44:15.340><c> sisters,</c>

00:44:15.840 --> 00:44:18.760
to<00:44:16.260><c> seek</c><00:44:16.659><c> to</c><00:44:17.139><c> drive</c><00:44:17.460><c> a</c><00:44:17.679><c> wedge</c><00:44:17.860><c> of</c><00:44:18.199><c> distinction</c>

00:44:18.760 --> 00:44:21.019
between<00:44:19.500><c> the</c><00:44:19.739><c> words</c><00:44:19.940><c> of</c><00:44:20.139><c> Jesus</c><00:44:20.579><c> addressed</c>

00:44:21.019 --> 00:44:22.420
to<00:44:21.239><c> the</c><00:44:21.420><c> immediate</c><00:44:21.820><c> twelve</c>

00:44:22.420 --> 00:44:26.079
and<00:44:22.920><c> the</c><00:44:23.159><c> words</c><00:44:23.460><c> addressed</c><00:44:24.119><c> to</c><00:44:24.480><c> the</c><00:44:24.699><c> whosoever.</c>

00:44:26.199 --> 00:44:29.260
Because<00:44:26.539><c> by</c><00:44:26.940><c> this</c><00:44:28.019><c> commission,</c>

00:44:29.739 --> 00:44:32.559
all<00:44:30.280><c> these</c><00:44:30.960><c> words</c><00:44:31.340><c> of</c><00:44:31.539><c> the</c><00:44:31.679><c> Lord</c><00:44:31.860><c> Jesus</c>

00:44:32.559 --> 00:44:34.940
come<00:44:33.280><c> down</c><00:44:33.599><c> to</c><00:44:33.820><c> us.</c>

00:44:38.780 --> 00:44:41.679
Some<00:44:39.099><c> more</c><00:44:39.320><c> examples,</c><00:44:39.880><c> Mark</c><00:44:40.099><c> 13,</c><00:44:40.679><c> verse</c><00:44:40.840><c> 37,</c>

00:44:41.900 --> 00:44:45.079
Matthew<00:44:42.360><c> 16,</c><00:44:43.460><c> and</c><00:44:43.639><c> verse</c><00:44:44.260><c> 24.</c>

00:44:45.079 --> 00:44:48.099
And<00:44:45.539><c> in</c><00:44:45.760><c> that</c><00:44:46.039><c> warning</c><00:44:46.300><c> of</c><00:44:46.559><c> the</c><00:44:46.719><c> return</c><00:44:46.920><c> of</c><00:44:47.099><c> the</c><00:44:47.199><c> Lord</c><00:44:47.420><c> Jesus</c>

00:44:48.099 --> 00:44:50.940
about<00:44:48.800><c> how</c><00:44:49.059><c> he</c><00:44:49.219><c> can</c><00:44:49.460><c> return</c><00:44:50.000><c> unexpectedly</c>

00:44:50.940 --> 00:44:56.300
and<00:44:51.760><c> suddenly</c><00:44:52.219><c> as</c><00:44:53.099><c> a</c><00:44:53.320><c> burglar</c><00:44:54.000><c> coming</c><00:44:54.420><c> into</c><00:44:54.699><c> your</c><00:44:54.960><c> house.</c>

00:44:56.920 --> 00:45:00.280
Jesus<00:44:56.940><c> says,</c><00:44:57.480><c> what</c><00:44:57.519><c> I</c><00:44:57.820><c> say</c><00:44:57.920><c> unto</c><00:44:58.199><c> you,</c><00:44:59.199><c> immediate</c><00:44:59.659><c> twelve,</c>

00:45:00.719 --> 00:45:04.780
I<00:45:01.039><c> say</c><00:45:01.440><c> unto</c><00:45:01.960><c> all,</c><00:45:03.860><c> watch.</c>

00:45:05.199 --> 00:45:08.280
So<00:45:05.460><c> the</c><00:45:05.659><c> commission,</c><00:45:06.500><c> the</c><00:45:06.679><c> warning,</c><00:45:07.579><c> the</c><00:45:07.719><c> principle</c>

00:45:08.280 --> 00:45:12.079
comes<00:45:08.960><c> down</c><00:45:09.219><c> to</c><00:45:09.480><c> ourselves</c><00:45:10.119><c> in</c><00:45:10.719><c> these</c><00:45:11.039><c> days.</c>

00:45:13.820 --> 00:45:17.380
Finally,<00:45:15.300><c> the</c><00:45:15.480><c> carrying</c><00:45:15.760><c> out</c><00:45:16.059><c> of</c><00:45:16.239><c> the</c><00:45:16.440><c> call.</c>

00:45:19.400 --> 00:45:21.260
Just<00:45:19.639><c> two</c><00:45:19.840><c> aspects</c><00:45:20.320><c> that</c><00:45:20.500><c> have</c><00:45:20.599><c> been</c><00:45:20.840><c> selected.</c>

00:45:21.340 --> 00:45:24.039
There<00:45:21.500><c> are</c><00:45:21.719><c> many</c><00:45:22.699><c> issues</c><00:45:23.360><c> and</c><00:45:23.639><c> principles</c>

00:45:24.039 --> 00:45:28.019
associated<00:45:24.699><c> with</c><00:45:25.059><c> the</c><00:45:25.400><c> faithful</c><00:45:25.820><c> carrying</c><00:45:26.320><c> out</c><00:45:26.639><c> of</c><00:45:26.800><c> the</c><00:45:27.019><c> call,</c>

00:45:29.139 --> 00:45:31.900
the<00:45:29.340><c> faithful</c><00:45:29.559><c> response</c><00:45:30.199><c> to</c><00:45:30.400><c> the</c><00:45:30.579><c> call</c><00:45:30.739><c> of</c><00:45:30.920><c> the</c><00:45:31.059><c> Lord</c><00:45:31.239><c> Jesus.</c>

00:45:32.320 --> 00:45:35.980
I've<00:45:32.679><c> just</c><00:45:32.980><c> selected</c><00:45:33.420><c> two</c><00:45:34.400><c> for</c><00:45:34.880><c> our</c><00:45:35.219><c> consideration.</c>

00:45:35.980 --> 00:45:41.239
Romans<00:45:37.159><c> chapter</c><00:45:37.599><c> 10</c><00:45:38.340><c> and</c><00:45:38.760><c> verse</c><00:45:39.619><c> 14.</c>

00:45:58.860 --> 00:45:59.980
The<00:45:59.139><c> letter</c><00:45:59.340><c> to</c><00:45:59.519><c> the</c><00:45:59.699><c> Romans,</c>

00:46:00.079 --> 00:46:03.739
concerned<00:46:00.579><c> with</c><00:46:00.760><c> the</c><00:46:00.960><c> great</c><00:46:01.179><c> theme</c><00:46:01.500><c> of</c><00:46:02.059><c> justification</c><00:46:02.760><c> by</c><00:46:03.139><c> faith,</c>

00:46:03.739 --> 00:46:06.599
contrasted<00:46:04.820><c> with</c><00:46:05.320><c> the</c><00:46:05.519><c> works</c><00:46:05.739><c> of</c><00:46:05.960><c> the</c><00:46:06.139><c> law.</c>

00:46:06.960 --> 00:46:09.199
Nevertheless,<00:46:07.639><c> towards</c><00:46:07.880><c> the</c><00:46:08.119><c> end</c><00:46:08.400><c> of</c><00:46:08.639><c> the</c><00:46:08.780><c> epistle,</c>

00:46:09.559 --> 00:46:11.860
we<00:46:09.679><c> are</c><00:46:09.920><c> reminded</c><00:46:10.239><c> of</c><00:46:10.460><c> the</c><00:46:10.659><c> practical</c><00:46:11.000><c> implications</c>

00:46:11.860 --> 00:46:14.980
of<00:46:12.280><c> being</c><00:46:12.460><c> associated</c><00:46:13.239><c> with</c><00:46:13.699><c> this</c><00:46:14.139><c> great</c><00:46:14.460><c> doctrine,</c>

00:46:15.239 --> 00:46:18.400
the<00:46:16.039><c> practical</c><00:46:16.400><c> effect</c><00:46:16.900><c> that</c><00:46:17.360><c> it</c><00:46:17.559><c> is</c><00:46:17.739><c> intended</c><00:46:17.940><c> to</c><00:46:18.280><c> have</c>

00:46:18.400 --> 00:46:20.980
in<00:46:18.659><c> our</c><00:46:19.260><c> individual</c><00:46:19.800><c> lives.</c>

00:46:22.860 --> 00:46:25.559
So<00:46:23.199><c> there</c><00:46:23.320><c> is</c><00:46:23.420><c> the</c><00:46:23.579><c> need</c><00:46:23.719><c> for</c><00:46:23.920><c> each</c><00:46:24.099><c> one</c><00:46:24.260><c> of</c><00:46:24.360><c> us</c><00:46:24.480><c> to</c><00:46:24.659><c> consider</c>

00:46:25.559 --> 00:46:27.840
the<00:46:26.179><c> subject</c><00:46:26.679><c> of</c><00:46:27.300><c> witnessing,</c>

00:46:27.840 --> 00:46:33.820
the<00:46:28.619><c> need</c><00:46:28.900><c> for</c><00:46:29.099><c> we</c><00:46:29.300><c> ourselves</c><00:46:29.900><c> to</c><00:46:30.219><c> be</c><00:46:30.719><c> fishers</c><00:46:31.480><c> of</c><00:46:31.739><c> men</c><00:46:32.559><c> in</c><00:46:32.960><c> turn,</c>

00:46:33.980 --> 00:46:36.199
as<00:46:34.159><c> we</c><00:46:34.380><c> have</c><00:46:34.579><c> been</c><00:46:35.079><c> graciously</c><00:46:35.659><c> called,</c>

00:46:36.699 --> 00:46:40.860
so<00:46:36.940><c> we</c><00:46:37.179><c> should</c><00:46:37.400><c> endeavor</c><00:46:37.780><c> to</c><00:46:38.099><c> pass</c><00:46:38.340><c> on</c><00:46:38.880><c> that</c><00:46:39.239><c> calling</c><00:46:39.559><c> to</c><00:46:39.900><c> others.</c>

00:46:41.559 --> 00:46:44.199
Romans<00:46:41.900><c> 10</c><00:46:42.340><c> verse</c><00:46:42.920><c> 13.</c>

00:46:57.840 --> 00:46:59.880
How<00:46:57.840><c> shall</c><00:46:57.840><c> they</c><00:46:57.840><c> be</c><00:46:57.840><c> sent</c><00:46:57.840><c> here</c><00:46:58.079><c> without</c><00:46:58.840><c> a</c><00:46:59.059><c> preacher?</c>

00:47:00.000 --> 00:47:03.760
And<00:47:00.340><c> how</c><00:47:00.480><c> shall</c><00:47:00.659><c> they</c><00:47:00.960><c> preach</c><00:47:01.420><c> except</c><00:47:02.860><c> they</c><00:47:03.099><c> be</c><00:47:03.320><c> sent?</c>

00:47:04.000 --> 00:47:05.480
As<00:47:04.280><c> it</c><00:47:04.440><c> is</c><00:47:04.579><c> written,</c>

00:47:05.579 --> 00:47:07.400
how<00:47:05.739><c> beautiful</c><00:47:06.340><c> are</c><00:47:06.619><c> the</c><00:47:06.780><c> feet</c><00:47:06.960><c> of</c><00:47:07.119><c> them</c>

00:47:07.400 --> 00:47:09.239
that<00:47:07.719><c> preach</c><00:47:07.940><c> the</c><00:47:08.139><c> gospel</c><00:47:08.539><c> of</c><00:47:08.780><c> peace</c>

00:47:09.239 --> 00:47:13.780
and<00:47:09.880><c> bring</c><00:47:10.280><c> glad</c><00:47:10.659><c> tidings</c><00:47:11.260><c> of</c><00:47:12.239><c> good</c><00:47:12.739><c> things.</c>

00:47:13.880 --> 00:47:17.300
There's<00:47:14.559><c> a</c><00:47:14.800><c> progression</c><00:47:15.099><c> of</c><00:47:15.420><c> thought</c><00:47:15.639><c> here,</c><00:47:16.460><c> an</c><00:47:16.780><c> argument,</c>

00:47:17.699 --> 00:47:22.239
and<00:47:17.860><c> we</c><00:47:18.019><c> ourselves</c><00:47:18.480><c> are</c><00:47:18.840><c> called</c><00:47:19.039><c> upon</c><00:47:19.539><c> to</c><00:47:20.039><c> enter</c><00:47:20.599><c> into</c><00:47:21.260><c> this,</c>

00:47:22.280 --> 00:47:25.880
to<00:47:22.559><c> play</c><00:47:22.739><c> our</c><00:47:23.099><c> part</c><00:47:23.599><c> in</c><00:47:23.980><c> being</c><00:47:24.380><c> the</c><00:47:24.800><c> beautiful</c><00:47:25.300><c> feet,</c>

00:47:25.880 --> 00:47:29.760
in<00:47:26.679><c> bearing</c><00:47:27.139><c> the</c><00:47:27.480><c> gracious</c><00:47:27.880><c> message</c><00:47:28.280><c> of</c><00:47:28.480><c> the</c><00:47:28.599><c> gospel</c><00:47:28.900><c> of</c><00:47:29.139><c> salvation</c>

00:47:29.760 --> 00:47:32.800
to<00:47:30.280><c> those</c><00:47:30.760><c> who</c><00:47:31.119><c> are</c><00:47:31.320><c> yet</c><00:47:31.500><c> in</c><00:47:31.739><c> darkness.</c>

00:47:32.940 --> 00:47:35.159
Isaiah<00:47:33.199><c> had</c><00:47:33.440><c> to</c><00:47:33.579><c> do</c><00:47:33.679><c> it</c><00:47:33.880><c> in</c><00:47:34.019><c> his</c><00:47:34.280><c> day,</c>

00:47:35.179 --> 00:47:37.059
and<00:47:35.300><c> these</c><00:47:35.619><c> words</c><00:47:35.960><c> call</c><00:47:36.300><c> to</c><00:47:36.559><c> mind</c>

00:47:37.059 --> 00:47:39.800
that<00:47:37.420><c> situation</c><00:47:38.039><c> and</c><00:47:38.300><c> that</c><00:47:38.519><c> circumstance.</c>

00:47:40.019 --> 00:47:41.480
There<00:47:40.139><c> was</c><00:47:40.280><c> very</c><00:47:40.539><c> little</c><00:47:40.760><c> response,</c>

00:47:41.760 --> 00:47:43.239
but<00:47:41.900><c> it</c><00:47:42.000><c> didn't</c><00:47:42.260><c> affect</c><00:47:42.579><c> the</c><00:47:42.820><c> commission,</c>

00:47:43.619 --> 00:47:45.840
it<00:47:43.760><c> didn't</c><00:47:44.059><c> affect</c><00:47:44.320><c> the</c><00:47:44.559><c> message</c><00:47:44.800><c> that</c><00:47:45.019><c> had</c><00:47:45.179><c> to</c><00:47:45.360><c> be</c><00:47:45.519><c> given,</c>

00:47:46.320 --> 00:47:48.460
so<00:47:46.579><c> too</c><00:47:46.699><c> in</c><00:47:46.860><c> the</c><00:47:47.019><c> days</c><00:47:47.199><c> of</c><00:47:47.400><c> the</c><00:47:47.579><c> Apostle</c><00:47:47.940><c> Paul,</c>

00:47:48.699 --> 00:47:52.219
and<00:47:48.980><c> so</c><00:47:49.340><c> too</c><00:47:49.739><c> in</c><00:47:50.239><c> our</c><00:47:50.500><c> day</c><00:47:51.159><c> today.</c>

00:47:52.659 --> 00:47:55.059
Each<00:47:53.019><c> one</c><00:47:53.199><c> of</c><00:47:53.360><c> us,</c><00:47:53.739><c> my</c><00:47:53.840><c> dear</c><00:47:54.079><c> brethren</c><00:47:54.420><c> and</c><00:47:54.699><c> sisters,</c>

00:47:55.059 --> 00:47:58.260
is<00:47:55.559><c> called</c><00:47:56.000><c> upon</c><00:47:56.619><c> to</c><00:47:57.039><c> show</c><00:47:57.219><c> our</c><00:47:57.539><c> appreciation</c>

00:47:58.260 --> 00:48:01.440
and<00:47:58.820><c> our</c><00:47:59.159><c> thankfulness</c><00:48:00.099><c> for</c><00:48:00.420><c> the</c><00:48:00.599><c> message</c><00:48:00.820><c> of</c><00:48:01.019><c> the</c><00:48:01.199><c> gospel</c>

00:48:01.440 --> 00:48:05.099
that<00:48:01.639><c> has</c><00:48:01.900><c> first</c><00:48:02.300><c> come</c><00:48:02.619><c> to</c><00:48:02.820><c> us</c><00:48:03.420><c> by</c><00:48:04.079><c> sharing</c><00:48:04.519><c> it</c>

00:48:05.099 --> 00:48:08.119
with<00:48:05.559><c> those</c><00:48:05.900><c> who</c><00:48:06.079><c> have</c><00:48:06.239><c> not</c><00:48:06.460><c> yet</c><00:48:06.679><c> received</c><00:48:07.079><c> it.</c>

00:48:08.159 --> 00:48:10.099
We<00:48:08.400><c> remember</c><00:48:08.659><c> that</c><00:48:08.860><c> the</c><00:48:09.039><c> command,</c>

00:48:10.139 --> 00:48:12.260
going<00:48:10.239><c> into</c><00:48:10.559><c> all</c><00:48:10.840><c> the</c><00:48:11.019><c> world</c><00:48:11.300><c> and</c><00:48:11.559><c> preach</c><00:48:11.739><c> the</c><00:48:11.920><c> gospel</c>

00:48:12.260 --> 00:48:13.320
to<00:48:12.500><c> every</c><00:48:12.780><c> creature,</c>

00:48:13.760 --> 00:48:17.219
was<00:48:13.920><c> originally</c><00:48:14.440><c> spoken</c><00:48:14.980><c> to</c><00:48:15.500><c> the</c><00:48:15.659><c> eleven</c><00:48:15.940><c> disciples.</c>

00:48:17.960 --> 00:48:19.820
And<00:48:18.139><c> yet,</c><00:48:18.619><c> we</c><00:48:18.679><c> might</c><00:48:18.800><c> like</c><00:48:18.940><c> to</c><00:48:19.019><c> look</c><00:48:19.139><c> at</c><00:48:19.199><c> this</c><00:48:19.400><c> afterwards</c>

00:48:19.820 --> 00:48:22.099
in<00:48:20.039><c> Acts</c><00:48:20.239><c> chapter</c><00:48:20.559><c> 8,</c><00:48:20.920><c> the</c><00:48:21.079><c> first</c><00:48:21.280><c> four</c><00:48:21.519><c> verses,</c>

00:48:22.480 --> 00:48:24.199
it<00:48:22.639><c> was</c><00:48:22.820><c> obviously</c><00:48:23.179><c> not</c><00:48:23.420><c> the</c><00:48:23.659><c> apostles</c>

00:48:24.199 --> 00:48:26.159
who<00:48:24.659><c> were</c><00:48:24.940><c> then</c><00:48:25.239><c> following</c><00:48:25.559><c> the</c><00:48:25.900><c> command</c>

00:48:26.159 --> 00:48:27.500
at<00:48:26.340><c> this</c><00:48:26.519><c> particular</c><00:48:27.039><c> point.</c>

00:48:27.800 --> 00:48:29.780
It<00:48:27.980><c> was</c><00:48:28.139><c> the</c><00:48:28.380><c> ordinary</c><00:48:28.800><c> brethren</c><00:48:29.119><c> and</c><00:48:29.340><c> sisters</c>

00:48:29.780 --> 00:48:31.679
who<00:48:30.199><c> were</c><00:48:30.500><c> witnessing</c><00:48:31.019><c> here.</c>

00:48:32.059 --> 00:48:35.320
They<00:48:32.300><c> weren't</c><00:48:32.639><c> leaving</c><00:48:33.019><c> it</c><00:48:33.800><c> for</c><00:48:34.400><c> those</c><00:48:34.820><c> to</c><00:48:35.099><c> whom</c>

00:48:35.320 --> 00:48:39.139
the<00:48:35.920><c> commission</c><00:48:36.440><c> had</c><00:48:37.000><c> originally</c><00:48:37.519><c> been</c><00:48:38.179><c> given.</c>

00:48:39.699 --> 00:48:42.679
Be<00:48:39.960><c> ready</c><00:48:40.239><c> always</c><00:48:40.980><c> to</c><00:48:41.480><c> give</c><00:48:41.599><c> an</c><00:48:41.820><c> answer</c><00:48:41.980><c> to</c><00:48:42.239><c> every</c><00:48:42.500><c> man</c>

00:48:42.679 --> 00:48:45.360
that<00:48:42.940><c> asketh</c><00:48:43.219><c> you</c><00:48:43.500><c> a</c><00:48:43.599><c> reason</c><00:48:43.880><c> of</c><00:48:44.039><c> the</c><00:48:44.239><c> hope</c><00:48:44.420><c> that</c><00:48:44.599><c> is</c><00:48:44.739><c> in</c><00:48:44.940><c> you</c>

00:48:45.360 --> 00:48:47.400
with<00:48:45.820><c> meekness</c><00:48:46.480><c> and</c><00:48:47.079><c> fear.</c>

00:48:47.699 --> 00:48:50.860
To<00:48:48.039><c> all</c><00:48:48.300><c> men,</c><00:48:49.119><c> we</c><00:48:49.380><c> are</c><00:48:49.940><c> ambassadors,</c>

00:48:50.860 --> 00:48:53.780
my<00:48:51.440><c> dear</c><00:48:51.719><c> brethren</c><00:48:52.099><c> and</c><00:48:52.360><c> sisters.</c>

00:48:54.900 --> 00:48:56.920
Surely<00:48:55.119><c> one</c><00:48:55.380><c> of</c><00:48:55.519><c> the</c><00:48:55.699><c> issues</c><00:48:56.019><c> that</c><00:48:56.199><c> we</c><00:48:56.280><c> will</c><00:48:56.400><c> have</c><00:48:56.539><c> to</c><00:48:56.699><c> face</c>

00:48:56.920 --> 00:48:58.340
at<00:48:57.099><c> the</c><00:48:57.280><c> last</c><00:48:57.619><c> is</c><00:48:57.900><c> this.</c>

00:48:58.639 --> 00:49:01.880
How<00:48:59.019><c> have</c><00:48:59.460><c> we</c><00:48:59.800><c> witnessed</c><00:49:00.400><c> to</c><00:49:00.840><c> the</c><00:49:01.000><c> word</c><00:49:01.179><c> of</c><00:49:01.460><c> life?</c>

00:49:02.239 --> 00:49:05.260
Not<00:49:02.460><c> just</c><00:49:02.820><c> in</c><00:49:03.000><c> the</c><00:49:03.260><c> development</c><00:49:03.699><c> of</c><00:49:03.940><c> a</c><00:49:04.079><c> Christ</c><00:49:04.420><c>-like</c><00:49:04.679><c> character,</c>

00:49:05.539 --> 00:49:08.059
not<00:49:05.860><c> just</c><00:49:06.079><c> in</c><00:49:06.239><c> the</c><00:49:06.519><c> development</c><00:49:06.960><c> of</c><00:49:07.179><c> the</c><00:49:07.380><c> faithful</c><00:49:07.719><c> life</c>

00:49:08.059 --> 00:49:09.099
of<00:49:08.340><c> discipleship,</c>

00:49:09.420 --> 00:49:11.559
but<00:49:09.539><c> in</c><00:49:09.719><c> the</c><00:49:09.920><c> proclamation</c><00:49:10.519><c> of</c><00:49:10.780><c> that</c><00:49:11.019><c> character</c>

00:49:11.559 --> 00:49:13.840
and<00:49:11.980><c> in</c><00:49:12.159><c> the</c><00:49:12.360><c> proclamation</c><00:49:12.880><c> of</c><00:49:13.139><c> that</c><00:49:13.360><c> life</c>

00:49:13.840 --> 00:49:17.019
to<00:49:14.300><c> those</c><00:49:14.739><c> in</c><00:49:15.119><c> the</c><00:49:15.300><c> world</c><00:49:15.500><c> around</c><00:49:15.840><c> us.</c>

00:49:22.119 --> 00:49:24.860
So<00:49:22.719><c> the</c><00:49:22.900><c> path</c><00:49:23.119><c> of</c><00:49:23.400><c> discipleship</c><00:49:23.980><c> is</c><00:49:24.139><c> not</c><00:49:24.360><c> simply</c>

00:49:24.860 --> 00:49:26.840
a<00:49:25.239><c> call</c><00:49:25.659><c> and</c><00:49:26.219><c> conditions,</c>

00:49:27.260 --> 00:49:29.179
but<00:49:27.360><c> we</c><00:49:27.480><c> have</c><00:49:27.619><c> to</c><00:49:27.800><c> live</c><00:49:27.960><c> the</c><00:49:28.239><c> call.</c>

00:49:29.559 --> 00:49:32.559
True<00:49:29.739><c> witnesses</c><00:49:30.400><c> are</c><00:49:31.239><c> not</c><00:49:31.460><c> just</c><00:49:31.760><c> talkers,</c>

00:49:32.780 --> 00:49:35.280
evangelists<00:49:33.380><c> or</c><00:49:33.719><c> preachers,</c>

00:49:36.000 --> 00:49:38.699
but<00:49:36.599><c> martyrs,</c><00:49:37.199><c> for</c><00:49:37.380><c> that's</c><00:49:37.679><c> the</c><00:49:37.840><c> word,</c>

00:49:38.820 --> 00:49:40.159
willing<00:49:39.139><c> to</c><00:49:39.420><c> suffer</c><00:49:39.599><c> death,</c>

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to<00:49:40.780><c> stand</c><00:49:41.059><c> up</c><00:49:41.239><c> and</c><00:49:41.380><c> be</c><00:49:41.599><c> counted</c>

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for<00:49:42.500><c> the</c><00:49:42.659><c> gospel</c><00:49:42.960><c> of</c><00:49:43.159><c> the</c><00:49:43.300><c> kingdom,</c>

00:49:44.139 --> 00:49:47.500
to<00:49:44.320><c> live</c><00:49:44.559><c> the</c><00:49:44.840><c> truth</c><00:49:45.320><c> in</c><00:49:45.960><c> all</c><00:49:46.219><c> its</c><00:49:46.440><c> aspects.</c>

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Finally,<00:49:50.179><c> my</c><00:49:50.179><c> dear</c><00:49:50.360><c> brethren</c><00:49:50.619><c> and</c><00:49:50.820><c> sisters,</c>

00:49:51.179 --> 00:49:54.400
there<00:49:51.340><c> is</c><00:49:51.480><c> one</c><00:49:51.699><c> aspect</c><00:49:52.239><c> that</c><00:49:52.800><c> we</c><00:49:52.940><c> should</c><00:49:53.099><c> never</c><00:49:53.380><c> forget.</c>

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That<00:49:55.340><c> great</c><00:49:55.659><c> fisher</c><00:49:55.960><c> of</c><00:49:56.199><c> men</c><00:49:56.800><c> was</c><00:49:57.480><c> told</c><00:49:57.699><c> in</c><00:49:57.920><c> the</c><00:49:58.119><c> end,</c>

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recorded<00:49:58.960><c> in</c><00:49:59.219><c> John</c><00:49:59.460><c> chapter</c><00:49:59.760><c> 21,</c>

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to<00:50:01.639><c> care</c><00:50:02.019><c> for</c><00:50:02.199><c> the</c><00:50:02.380><c> flock</c><00:50:02.539><c> of</c><00:50:02.800><c> God.</c>

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Feed<00:50:05.099><c> my</c><00:50:05.699><c> sheep.</c>

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And<00:50:07.239><c> he</c><00:50:07.400><c> himself</c><00:50:07.840><c> reiterates</c><00:50:08.480><c> this</c><00:50:08.760><c> to</c><00:50:08.980><c> us</c><00:50:09.639><c> in</c><00:50:10.039><c> 1</c><00:50:10.300><c> Peter</c><00:50:10.559><c> 5.</c>

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In<00:50:12.760><c> the</c><00:50:13.019><c> truth,</c>

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we<00:50:14.699><c> should</c><00:50:14.920><c> never</c><00:50:15.179><c> have</c><00:50:15.400><c> an</c><00:50:15.619><c> attitude</c><00:50:15.920><c> like</c><00:50:16.280><c> this</c>

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if<00:50:17.800><c> we</c><00:50:18.019><c> are</c><00:50:18.179><c> preachers.</c>

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Right?

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You've<00:50:21.039><c> been</c><00:50:21.260><c> through</c><00:50:21.480><c> the</c><00:50:21.699><c> course.</c>

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You've<00:50:23.239><c> been</c><00:50:23.440><c> baptized.</c>

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Now<00:50:25.219><c> get</c><00:50:25.400><c> on</c><00:50:25.559><c> with</c><00:50:25.719><c> it.</c>

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We're<00:50:26.960><c> going</c><00:50:27.179><c> over</c><00:50:27.539><c> here</c>

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to<00:50:28.780><c> continue</c><00:50:29.219><c> the</c><00:50:29.460><c> preaching.</c>

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It<00:50:31.079><c> should</c><00:50:31.280><c> never</c><00:50:31.539><c> be</c><00:50:31.860><c> sink</c><00:50:32.360><c> or</c><00:50:33.219><c> swim.</c>

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Fish<00:50:36.480><c> that</c><00:50:36.699><c> have</c><00:50:36.840><c> been</c><00:50:37.219><c> caught</c>

00:50:37.739 --> 00:50:40.500
should<00:50:38.739><c> never</c><00:50:38.980><c> be</c><00:50:39.159><c> left</c><00:50:39.320><c> to</c><00:50:39.579><c> die.</c>

00:50:41.739 --> 00:50:43.599
We<00:50:42.099><c> who</c><00:50:42.320><c> catch</c><00:50:42.559><c> men</c><00:50:42.800><c> for</c><00:50:43.019><c> Christ</c>

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by<00:50:44.119><c> the</c><00:50:44.360><c> power</c><00:50:44.559><c> of</c><00:50:44.719><c> the</c><00:50:44.860><c> gospel</c>

00:50:45.320 --> 00:50:48.219
should<00:50:46.300><c> never</c><00:50:46.599><c> leave</c><00:50:46.920><c> them</c><00:50:47.099><c> to</c><00:50:47.340><c> die.</c>

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But<00:50:48.840><c> feed</c><00:50:49.099><c> them,</c><00:50:49.960><c> lead</c><00:50:50.260><c> them,</c><00:50:51.260><c> guide</c><00:50:51.559><c> them,</c>

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restore<00:50:52.900><c> them,</c><00:50:54.159><c> and</c><00:50:54.320><c> uphold</c><00:50:54.760><c> them.</c>

00:50:56.619 --> 00:50:59.039
Feed<00:50:56.900><c> the</c><00:50:57.079><c> flock</c><00:50:57.239><c> of</c><00:50:57.480><c> God</c><00:50:57.679><c> which</c><00:50:57.880><c> is</c><00:50:58.099><c> among</c><00:50:58.320><c> you,</c>

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being<00:50:59.579><c> examples</c><00:51:00.119><c> to</c><00:51:00.360><c> the</c><00:51:00.539><c> flock.</c>

00:51:01.920 --> 00:51:04.480
And<00:51:02.059><c> when</c><00:51:02.199><c> the</c><00:51:02.440><c> chief</c><00:51:02.659><c> shepherd</c><00:51:02.980><c> shall</c><00:51:03.239><c> appear,</c>

00:51:04.760 --> 00:51:07.320
ye<00:51:04.860><c> shall</c><00:51:05.199><c> receive</c><00:51:05.900><c> a</c><00:51:06.219><c> crown</c><00:51:06.539><c> of</c><00:51:06.860><c> glory</c>

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that<00:51:08.500><c> fadeth</c><00:51:08.920><c> not</c><00:51:09.179><c> away.</c>