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We're<00:10:46.840><c> there</c><00:10:47.179><c> looking</c><00:10:47.559><c> for</c><00:10:47.779><c> the</c><00:10:47.960><c> Lord,</c><00:10:48.360><c> brethren</c><00:10:48.519><c> and</c><00:10:48.720><c> sisters,</c><00:10:50.000><c> anxiously</c><00:10:50.519><c> looking</c><00:10:50.840><c> for</c>

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Blessed<00:11:03.360><c> are</c><00:11:03.559><c> those</c><00:11:03.840><c> servants</c><00:11:04.159><c> whom</c><00:11:04.360><c> the</c><00:11:04.539><c> Lord</c><00:11:04.720><c> when</c><00:11:04.879><c> He</c><00:11:05.100><c> cometh</c><00:11:05.299><c> shall</c><00:11:05.500><c> find</c><00:11:05.799><c> watching.</c>

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Verily,<00:11:07.299><c> I</c><00:11:07.480><c> say</c><00:11:07.620><c> unto</c><00:11:07.779><c> you</c><00:11:08.000><c> that</c><00:11:08.100><c> He</c><00:11:08.299><c> shall</c><00:11:08.500><c> gird</c><00:11:08.720><c> Himself,</c><00:11:10.080><c> make</c><00:11:10.240><c> them</c><00:11:10.399><c> to</c>

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sit<00:11:10.740><c> down</c><00:11:11.039><c> to</c><00:11:11.220><c> meet,</c><00:11:12.019><c> and</c>

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We're<00:11:19.799><c> waiting</c><00:11:20.220><c> for</c><00:11:21.039><c> the</c><00:11:21.220><c> Lord.</c>

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We're<00:11:21.679><c> waiting</c><00:11:21.960><c> for</c><00:11:22.279><c> Jesus.</c>

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And<00:11:30.639><c> if</c><00:11:31.179><c> we</c><00:11:31.320><c> see</c><00:11:31.539><c> this</c><00:11:31.720><c> as</c><00:11:31.899><c> the</c><00:11:32.039><c> perspective</c><00:11:32.480><c> of</c><00:11:32.720><c> the</c><00:11:32.899><c> Thessalonian</c><00:11:33.500><c> ecclesia,</c><00:11:34.019><c> what</c><00:11:34.200><c> this</c><00:11:34.500><c> says</c><00:11:34.740><c> in</c>

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We're<00:11:45.299><c> ready</c><00:11:45.399><c> to</c><00:11:45.580><c> do</c><00:11:45.720><c> that</c><00:11:46.100><c> at</c><00:11:46.299><c> a</c><00:11:46.440><c> moment's</c><00:11:46.820><c> notice</c><00:11:47.379><c> that</c><00:11:48.080><c> the</c>

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Kingdom.

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This<00:12:04.360><c> is</c><00:12:04.539><c> a</c><00:12:04.639><c> picture</c><00:12:04.820><c> of</c><00:12:05.000><c> our</c><00:12:05.139><c> brothers</c><00:12:05.320><c> and</c><00:12:05.539><c> sisters</c><00:12:05.759><c> at</c><00:12:05.919><c> Thessalonica.</c>

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Can<00:12:36.120><c> you</c><00:12:36.179><c> make</c><00:12:36.320><c> anything</c><00:12:36.519><c> of</c><00:12:36.639><c> that</c><00:12:36.820><c> all</c><00:12:36.980><c> right?</c>

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We<00:13:06.240><c> know</c><00:13:06.419><c> that</c><00:13:06.539><c> it</c><00:13:06.740><c> begins</c><00:13:06.960><c> on</c><00:13:07.179><c> a</c><00:13:07.279><c> bit</c><00:13:07.340><c> of</c><00:13:07.639><c> a</c><00:13:07.720><c> sad</c><00:13:07.940><c> note</c><00:13:08.179><c> in</c><00:13:08.340><c> a</c><00:13:08.480><c> way.</c>

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get<00:14:15.419><c> that</c><00:14:16.759><c> idea.</c>

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But<00:14:19.879><c> we'll</c><00:14:20.399><c> call</c><00:14:20.460><c> it</c><00:14:20.580><c> the</c><00:14:20.659><c> nephew</c><00:14:20.960><c> because</c><00:14:21.220><c> that's</c><00:14:21.460><c> the</c><00:14:21.500><c> way</c>

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it<00:14:21.740><c> seems</c><00:14:21.940><c> to</c><00:14:22.100><c> be</c><00:14:22.179><c> in</c><00:14:22.279><c> the</c><00:14:22.440><c> King</c><00:14:22.659><c> James</c><00:14:22.980><c> and</c>

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that's<00:14:23.500><c> what</c><00:14:23.639><c> I'm</c><00:14:23.759><c> working</c><00:14:24.059><c> with.</c>

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But<00:14:24.740><c> it</c><00:14:24.820><c> was</c><00:14:24.960><c> a</c><00:14:25.200><c> contention,</c><00:14:25.659><c> wasn't</c><00:14:25.840><c> it?</c>

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You'll<00:14:26.279><c> remember</c><00:14:26.480><c> that</c><00:14:26.580><c> it</c><00:14:26.679><c> was</c><00:14:26.899><c> so</c><00:14:27.759><c> sharp</c><00:14:28.399><c> that</c><00:14:29.639><c> these</c><00:14:29.879><c> brethren</c><00:14:30.139><c> couldn't</c><00:14:30.399><c> work</c>

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together<00:14:31.200><c> or</c><00:14:31.600><c> wouldn't</c>

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work<00:14:32.159><c> together</c><00:14:32.440><c> at</c><00:14:32.600><c> that</c><00:14:32.820><c> point</c><00:14:33.000><c> in</c><00:14:33.240><c> time.</c>

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They<00:14:33.519><c> just</c><00:14:33.779><c> couldn't</c><00:14:33.940><c> do</c><00:14:34.179><c> it.</c>

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And<00:14:35.500><c> they</c><00:14:35.879><c> actually</c><00:14:36.299><c> had</c><00:14:36.600><c> to</c><00:14:37.519><c> separate.</c>

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And<00:14:39.259><c> what</c><00:14:39.559><c> happened</c><00:14:39.919><c> was</c><00:14:40.179><c> Barnabas</c><00:14:41.360><c> took</c><00:14:41.740><c> Mark.</c>

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Paul<00:14:42.639><c> wouldn't</c><00:14:42.860><c> take</c><00:14:43.120><c> him.</c>

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Barnabas<00:14:44.360><c> took</c><00:14:44.679><c> Mark</c><00:14:45.019><c> and</c><00:14:45.259><c> headed</c><00:14:45.460><c> off</c><00:14:45.860><c> to</c><00:14:46.200><c> Cyprus,</c><00:14:47.360><c> which</c><00:14:47.440><c> is,</c><00:14:47.940><c> of</c>

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course,<00:14:48.240><c> where</c><00:14:48.419><c> Barnabas</c><00:14:48.840><c> was</c><00:14:49.120><c> from.</c>

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So<00:14:50.080><c> it's</c><00:14:50.179><c> kind</c><00:14:50.419><c> of</c><00:14:50.539><c> familiar</c><00:14:50.779><c> territory</c><00:14:51.399><c> for</c><00:14:51.899><c> Barnabas</c><00:14:52.340><c> and</c><00:14:52.500><c> I</c>

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think<00:14:52.759><c> perhaps</c><00:14:53.139><c> Mark</c><00:14:53.360><c> would</c><00:14:53.559><c> feel</c><00:14:54.139><c> more</c><00:14:54.460><c> comfortable.</c>

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And<00:14:56.259><c> Paul</c><00:14:56.519><c> would</c><00:14:56.840><c> take</c><00:14:57.240><c> Silas</c><00:14:58.200><c> and</c><00:14:58.620><c> head</c><00:14:58.840><c> north</c><00:14:59.360><c> around</c><00:15:00.019><c> this</c>

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little<00:15:00.840><c> reach</c><00:15:01.100><c> of</c><00:15:01.299><c> the</c><00:15:01.500><c> Mediterranean</c><00:15:01.980><c> here</c>

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up<00:15:02.919><c> toward</c><00:15:03.399><c> Cilicia</c><00:15:04.059><c> and</c><00:15:04.740><c> toward</c><00:15:04.940><c> his</c><00:15:05.220><c> home,</c><00:15:05.879><c> city</c><00:15:05.980><c> of</c><00:15:06.259><c> Tarsus,</c><00:15:06.940><c> and</c>

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then<00:15:07.340><c> just</c><00:15:07.600><c> head</c><00:15:07.720><c> out</c><00:15:07.940><c> through</c>

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the<00:15:08.460><c> Cilician</c><00:15:08.759><c> gates</c><00:15:09.220><c> up</c><00:15:09.779><c> through</c><00:15:09.980><c> the</c><00:15:10.179><c> Ecclesias</c><00:15:10.620><c> that</c><00:15:10.740><c> they</c>

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had<00:15:11.700><c> dealt</c><00:15:12.039><c> with</c><00:15:12.220><c> on</c><00:15:12.360><c> the</c><00:15:12.559><c> first</c><00:15:13.179><c> missionary</c>

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journey<00:15:14.019><c> that</c><00:15:14.200><c> they'd</c><00:15:14.559><c> established</c><00:15:15.019><c> and</c><00:15:15.759><c> then</c><00:15:16.500><c> press</c><00:15:16.759><c> on</c><00:15:17.100><c> further.</c>

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It's<00:15:18.840><c> quite</c><00:15:19.039><c> interesting,</c><00:15:19.759><c> brethren</c><00:15:19.899><c> and</c><00:15:20.120><c> sisters,</c><00:15:20.399><c> when</c><00:15:20.559><c> we</c>

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just<00:15:21.419><c> trace</c><00:15:21.919><c> this</c><00:15:22.440><c> particular</c><00:15:23.019><c> journey.</c>

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You<00:15:24.299><c> know,</c><00:15:26.860><c> when</c><00:15:27.120><c> Mark</c><00:15:27.379><c> left,</c><00:15:29.700><c> this</c><00:15:29.919><c> must</c><00:15:30.100><c> have</c><00:15:30.200><c> been</c><00:15:30.320><c> a</c><00:15:30.440><c> great</c>

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blow<00:15:31.100><c> to</c><00:15:31.779><c> the</c><00:15:32.519><c> Apostle</c><00:15:33.000><c> Paul,</c><00:15:33.480><c> perhaps</c>

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to<00:15:34.019><c> Barnabas</c><00:15:34.320><c> as</c><00:15:34.580><c> well.</c>

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Mark<00:15:36.240><c> departed</c><00:15:36.759><c> from</c><00:15:37.080><c> them</c><00:15:37.860><c> in</c><00:15:38.559><c> this</c><00:15:38.980><c> area</c><00:15:39.220><c> on</c><00:15:39.340><c> that</c><00:15:39.620><c> first</c><00:15:39.899><c> journey.</c>

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They<00:15:40.360><c> came</c><00:15:40.519><c> out</c><00:15:40.720><c> from</c><00:15:40.980><c> Antioch</c><00:15:41.500><c> and</c><00:15:41.919><c> came</c><00:15:42.139><c> up</c><00:15:42.340><c> to</c><00:15:42.620><c> the</c><00:15:42.940><c> coastland.</c>

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Oh,<00:15:43.539><c> they</c><00:15:43.659><c> went</c><00:15:44.019><c> through</c><00:15:44.379><c> Cyprus,</c><00:15:45.200><c> came</c><00:15:45.320><c> up</c><00:15:45.480><c> to</c><00:15:45.600><c> the</c><00:15:45.779><c> coastland</c><00:15:46.240><c> of</c><00:15:46.460><c> Perga</c>

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and<00:15:47.299><c> Pamphylia.</c>

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And<00:15:48.899><c> we're</c><00:15:49.200><c> told</c><00:15:49.419><c> that</c><00:15:49.960><c> Mark</c><00:15:50.399><c> departed,</c><00:15:51.259><c> kind</c><00:15:51.559><c> word</c><00:15:51.899><c> that</c><00:15:52.159><c> is,</c>

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in<00:15:53.159><c> the</c><00:15:53.279><c> King</c><00:15:53.519><c> James.</c>

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He<00:15:54.139><c> departed</c><00:15:54.639><c> from</c><00:15:55.000><c> them</c><00:15:55.620><c> at</c><00:15:56.100><c> Pamphylia</c><00:15:56.659><c> and</c><00:15:56.759><c> went</c><00:15:56.860><c> back</c><00:15:57.120><c> to</c><00:15:57.320><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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The<00:15:58.919><c> other</c><00:15:59.159><c> translations</c><00:15:59.620><c> say</c><00:15:59.879><c> he</c><00:16:00.100><c> deserted</c><00:16:00.440><c> them.</c>

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So<00:16:02.220><c> it</c><00:16:02.259><c> was</c><00:16:02.379><c> a</c><00:16:02.460><c> pretty</c><00:16:02.679><c> serious</c><00:16:03.080><c> thing</c><00:16:03.340><c> here</c><00:16:03.539><c> that</c><00:16:03.700><c> took</c><00:16:03.940><c> place,</c><00:16:05.080><c> and</c><00:16:05.460><c> Paul</c><00:16:05.799><c> would</c><00:16:06.980><c> just</c><00:16:07.980><c> not</c><00:16:08.519><c> take</c><00:16:09.000><c> a</c>

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chance<00:16:09.799><c> in</c><00:16:10.899><c> bringing</c><00:16:11.100><c> along</c><00:16:11.480><c> Mark</c><00:16:11.700><c> the</c><00:16:11.960><c> second</c><00:16:12.159><c> time.</c>

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Now,<00:16:12.419><c> we</c><00:16:12.539><c> might</c><00:16:12.759><c> say,</c><00:16:13.080><c> well,</c><00:16:13.840><c> he</c><00:16:14.100><c> should</c><00:16:14.259><c> have</c><00:16:14.340><c> given</c><00:16:14.460><c> him</c><00:16:14.639><c> another</c><00:16:14.919><c> chance</c><00:16:15.240><c> at</c>

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this<00:16:15.700><c> point.</c>

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Well,<00:16:18.399><c> there's</c><00:16:18.759><c> a</c><00:16:18.940><c> couple</c><00:16:19.039><c> of</c><00:16:19.240><c> things</c><00:16:19.360><c> we</c><00:16:19.500><c> might</c><00:16:19.639><c> think</c><00:16:19.879><c> about.</c>

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First<00:16:21.700><c> of</c><00:16:21.840><c> all,</c><00:16:21.919><c> now</c><00:16:22.120><c> the</c><00:16:22.340><c> work</c><00:16:22.480><c> is</c><00:16:22.639><c> going</c><00:16:22.840><c> off</c><00:16:23.059><c> in</c><00:16:23.159><c> two</c><00:16:23.399><c> directions,</c><00:16:23.820><c> isn't</c><00:16:24.039><c> it?</c>

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Double<00:16:26.259><c> what</c><00:16:26.440><c> it</c><00:16:26.600><c> might</c><00:16:26.700><c> have</c><00:16:26.919><c> been</c><00:16:27.039><c> if</c><00:16:27.179><c> they</c><00:16:27.379><c> had</c><00:16:27.460><c> just</c><00:16:27.659><c> gone</c>

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off<00:16:28.059><c> together</c><00:16:28.399><c> and</c><00:16:28.600><c> everything</c><00:16:29.120><c> had</c>

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been<00:16:29.820><c> smoothly</c><00:16:30.480><c> handled.</c>

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But<00:16:33.620><c> now</c><00:16:33.779><c> it's</c><00:16:33.899><c> gone</c><00:16:34.080><c> off</c><00:16:34.320><c> in</c><00:16:34.419><c> two</c><00:16:34.639><c> directions</c><00:16:35.080><c> and</c><00:16:35.240><c> the</c><00:16:35.379><c> work</c>

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is<00:16:35.639><c> going</c><00:16:35.820><c> to</c><00:16:36.620><c> spread</c><00:16:36.940><c> more</c><00:16:37.379><c> than</c><00:16:37.500><c> it</c><00:16:37.639><c> would</c>

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have<00:16:37.919><c> done.</c>

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But<00:16:39.639><c> here's</c><00:16:39.860><c> the</c><00:16:40.100><c> thing.</c>

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Acts<00:16:41.580><c> chapter</c><00:16:41.960><c> 15,</c><00:16:44.620><c> and</c><00:16:44.919><c> I</c><00:16:45.019><c> believe</c><00:16:45.240><c> this</c><00:16:45.440><c> is</c><00:16:45.620><c> Paul's</c><00:16:46.120><c> concern.</c>

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I<00:16:46.580><c> believe</c><00:16:46.779><c> this</c><00:16:47.000><c> is</c><00:16:47.139><c> his</c><00:16:47.340><c> only</c><00:16:47.659><c> concern.</c>

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Acts<00:16:49.159><c> chapter</c><00:16:49.519><c> 15</c><00:16:50.679><c> and</c><00:16:51.279><c> verse</c><00:16:51.820><c> 38,</c><00:16:56.720><c> verse</c><00:16:57.019><c> 37,</c><00:16:57.659><c> says,</c><00:16:58.019><c> Barnabas</c><00:16:58.200><c> determined</c><00:16:58.840><c> to</c><00:16:59.080><c> take</c>

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with<00:16:59.559><c> them</c><00:16:59.779><c> John,</c>

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whose<00:17:00.440><c> surname</c><00:17:00.799><c> was</c><00:17:01.100><c> Mark,</c><00:17:02.259><c> but</c><00:17:02.379><c> Paul</c><00:17:03.080><c> thought</c><00:17:03.440><c> not</c><00:17:03.960><c> good,</c><00:17:04.680><c> NIV</c><00:17:05.059><c> says</c><00:17:05.299><c> he</c>

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didn't<00:17:05.619><c> think</c><00:17:05.759><c> it</c><00:17:05.900><c> was</c><00:17:06.119><c> wise,</c>

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to<00:17:07.619><c> take</c><00:17:07.859><c> him</c><00:17:08.099><c> with</c><00:17:08.339><c> them,</c><00:17:08.500><c> who</c><00:17:08.700><c> departed</c><00:17:09.240><c> from</c><00:17:09.599><c> them,</c><00:17:10.079><c> from</c>

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Pamphylia,<00:17:11.259><c> and</c><00:17:11.660><c> went</c><00:17:11.960><c> not</c><00:17:12.440><c> with</c><00:17:12.779><c> them</c><00:17:12.940><c> to</c>

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the<00:17:13.339><c> work.</c>

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And<00:17:13.940><c> that's</c><00:17:14.180><c> the</c><00:17:14.319><c> thing,</c><00:17:14.559><c> brethren</c><00:17:14.740><c> and</c><00:17:14.920><c> sisters.</c>

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That's<00:17:15.380><c> what</c><00:17:15.480><c> it's</c><00:17:15.680><c> all</c><00:17:15.859><c> about</c><00:17:16.079><c> as</c><00:17:16.299><c> far</c><00:17:16.440><c> as</c><00:17:16.599><c> Paul</c><00:17:16.779><c> is</c><00:17:17.019><c> concerned.</c>

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Mark<00:17:18.579><c> would</c><00:17:19.059><c> not</c><00:17:19.359><c> go</c><00:17:19.599><c> with</c><00:17:19.839><c> them</c><00:17:20.180><c> to</c><00:17:20.480><c> the</c><00:17:20.740><c> work.</c>

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That<00:17:22.039><c> was</c><00:17:22.359><c> primary</c><00:17:22.900><c> in</c><00:17:23.079><c> Paul's</c><00:17:23.559><c> mind.</c>

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The<00:17:24.259><c> word</c><00:17:24.460><c> of</c><00:17:24.720><c> God,</c><00:17:24.960><c> the</c><00:17:25.200><c> work</c><00:17:25.420><c> of</c><00:17:25.660><c> God,</c><00:17:26.980><c> and</c><00:17:27.160><c> Mark</c><00:17:27.380><c> had</c><00:17:27.599><c> left</c><00:17:27.839><c> it.</c>

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And<00:17:29.279><c> Mark's</c><00:17:30.180><c> job,</c><00:17:30.500><c> we</c><00:17:30.759><c> read</c><00:17:31.019><c> of</c><00:17:31.180><c> this</c><00:17:31.319><c> when</c><00:17:31.460><c> he</c><00:17:31.680><c> first</c><00:17:32.000><c> went</c><00:17:32.299><c> with</c><00:17:32.579><c> them,</c><00:17:33.279><c> he</c>

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was<00:17:33.940><c> to</c><00:17:34.079><c> be</c><00:17:34.240><c> their</c><00:17:34.480><c> minister.</c>

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That<00:17:35.859><c> was</c><00:17:36.099><c> the</c><00:17:36.200><c> word</c><00:17:36.319><c> that</c><00:17:36.480><c> was</c><00:17:36.680><c> used.</c>

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Mark<00:17:37.880><c> went</c><00:17:38.079><c> with</c><00:17:38.319><c> them</c><00:17:38.420><c> as</c><00:17:38.660><c> their</c><00:17:38.880><c> minister,</c><00:17:40.420><c> and</c><00:17:40.500><c> it's</c><00:17:40.640><c> a</c><00:17:40.740><c> word</c><00:17:40.880><c> that</c><00:17:41.099><c> means</c><00:17:41.819><c> an</c>

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under<00:17:42.859><c> oarsman.</c>

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He<00:17:44.799><c> was</c><00:17:45.039><c> there</c><00:17:45.339><c> in</c><00:17:45.500><c> the</c><00:17:45.700><c> boat,</c><00:17:45.900><c> so</c><00:17:46.099><c> to</c><00:17:46.380><c> speak,</c><00:17:46.619><c> and</c><00:17:46.700><c> of</c><00:17:46.839><c> course,</c>

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we<00:17:47.519><c> realized</c><00:17:47.799><c> they</c><00:17:47.920><c> would</c><00:17:48.200><c> sail</c><00:17:48.500><c> across</c>

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that<00:17:49.259><c> sea.</c>

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And<00:17:54.299><c> what</c><00:17:54.539><c> Mark</c><00:17:54.720><c> had</c><00:17:54.960><c> done</c><00:17:55.400><c> is</c><00:17:55.980><c> he'd</c><00:17:56.220><c> laid</c><00:17:56.380><c> those</c><00:17:56.779><c> oars</c><00:17:57.079><c> aside,</c>

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and<00:17:58.500><c> now</c><00:17:58.819><c> Paul</c><00:17:59.079><c> and</c><00:17:59.259><c> Barnabas</c><00:17:59.640><c> were</c>

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rowing<00:18:00.640><c> that</c><00:18:00.920><c> boat</c><00:18:01.079><c> alone.</c>

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Of<00:18:07.559><c> course,</c><00:18:07.720><c> it</c><00:18:07.799><c> all</c><00:18:07.960><c> turns</c><00:18:08.200><c> out</c><00:18:08.440><c> all</c><00:18:08.539><c> right</c><00:18:08.640><c> in</c><00:18:08.819><c> the</c><00:18:08.960><c> end</c><00:18:09.119><c> for</c><00:18:09.279><c> Mark.</c>

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We're<00:18:10.000><c> pleased</c><00:18:10.299><c> to</c><00:18:10.519><c> say</c><00:18:10.720><c> that,</c><00:18:10.940><c> as</c><00:18:11.039><c> you</c><00:18:11.740><c> well</c><00:18:12.019><c> know,</c><00:18:12.319><c> that</c><00:18:12.400><c> he</c>

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becomes<00:18:12.799><c> very</c><00:18:13.180><c> profitable</c><00:18:13.579><c> to</c><00:18:13.779><c> Paul,</c><00:18:14.619><c> and</c>

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they<00:18:14.839><c> are</c><00:18:15.140><c> reconciled,</c><00:18:15.819><c> and</c><00:18:15.900><c> Paul</c><00:18:16.180><c> actually</c><00:18:16.559><c> calls</c><00:18:16.980><c> for</c><00:18:17.259><c> him</c>

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in<00:18:17.420><c> his</c><00:18:17.539><c> very</c><00:18:17.779><c> last</c><00:18:18.119><c> words</c><00:18:18.380><c> in</c><00:18:18.559><c> 2</c><00:18:18.799><c> Timothy</c>

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chapter<00:18:19.619><c> 4.</c>

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But<00:18:22.000><c> the</c><00:18:22.180><c> key</c><00:18:22.420><c> is</c><00:18:23.039><c> to</c><00:18:23.420><c> the</c><00:18:23.640><c> work.</c>

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That's<00:18:24.799><c> the</c><00:18:24.980><c> thing.</c>

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If<00:18:26.119><c> you</c><00:18:26.259><c> don't</c><00:18:26.359><c> go</c><00:18:26.559><c> to</c><00:18:26.680><c> the</c><00:18:26.920><c> work,</c><00:18:27.819><c> then</c><00:18:27.980><c> Paul</c><00:18:28.200><c> would</c><00:18:28.420><c> not</c><00:18:28.619><c> take</c>

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you<00:18:28.980><c> along</c><00:18:29.200><c> on</c><00:18:29.380><c> this</c><00:18:29.900><c> very</c><00:18:30.740><c> important</c>

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mission,<00:18:33.059><c> the</c><00:18:33.259><c> work</c><00:18:33.400><c> of</c><00:18:33.599><c> God</c><00:18:33.799><c> and</c><00:18:33.960><c> the</c><00:18:34.099><c> word</c><00:18:34.240><c> of</c><00:18:34.500><c> God.</c>

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But<00:18:36.680><c> when</c><00:18:36.859><c> you</c><00:18:36.960><c> look</c><00:18:37.099><c> at</c><00:18:37.220><c> this</c><00:18:37.440><c> map,</c><00:18:39.500><c> and</c><00:18:40.660><c> we're</c><00:18:40.859><c> thinking</c><00:18:41.099><c> in</c>

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terms<00:18:41.519><c> of</c><00:18:41.660><c> the</c><00:18:41.859><c> establishment</c><00:18:42.359><c> of</c><00:18:42.519><c> the</c><00:18:42.700><c> Thessalonian</c>

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ecclesia,<00:18:43.819><c> it's,</c><00:18:44.039><c> to</c><00:18:44.319><c> me,</c><00:18:44.579><c> a</c><00:18:44.859><c> fascinating</c><00:18:45.380><c> thing.</c>

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One<00:18:46.059><c> of</c><00:18:46.180><c> our</c><00:18:46.400><c> first</c><00:18:46.680><c> principles</c><00:18:47.119><c> is,</c><00:18:48.039><c> when</c><00:18:48.259><c> we</c><00:18:48.460><c> talk</c><00:18:48.599><c> about</c><00:18:48.799><c> the</c><00:18:49.039><c> inspiration</c><00:18:49.539><c> of</c>

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the<00:18:49.819><c> word</c><00:18:49.980><c> of</c><00:18:50.259><c> God,</c>

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is<00:18:51.460><c> that</c><00:18:51.859><c> verse</c><00:18:52.119><c> in</c><00:18:52.299><c> 2</c><00:18:52.519><c> Peter</c><00:18:52.819><c> 1</c><00:18:53.079><c> and</c><00:18:53.200><c> 21</c><00:18:53.720><c> that</c><00:18:54.420><c> the</c><00:18:54.720><c> holy</c><00:18:54.880><c> men</c>

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of<00:18:55.200><c> God</c><00:18:55.559><c> spoke</c><00:18:55.980><c> as</c><00:18:56.160><c> they</c><00:18:56.359><c> were</c><00:18:56.599><c> moved</c><00:18:57.019><c> by</c>

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the<00:18:57.480><c> Holy</c><00:18:57.740><c> Spirit,</c><00:18:58.799><c> and</c><00:18:59.099><c> so</c><00:18:59.279><c> we</c><00:18:59.920><c> realize</c><00:19:00.480><c> that</c><00:19:00.660><c> the</c><00:19:00.839><c> things</c>

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that<00:19:01.160><c> they're</c><00:19:01.359><c> speaking</c><00:19:01.640><c> are</c><00:19:01.779><c> not</c><00:19:01.900><c> their</c>

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own<00:19:02.240><c> thoughts,</c><00:19:03.359><c> not</c><00:19:03.480><c> the</c><00:19:03.619><c> work</c><00:19:03.759><c> of</c><00:19:03.900><c> their</c><00:19:04.119><c> own</c><00:19:04.819><c> mental</c><00:19:05.960><c> work</c>

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here,<00:19:07.740><c> but</c><00:19:08.019><c> this</c><00:19:08.440><c> is</c><00:19:08.660><c> the</c><00:19:09.259><c> spirit</c><00:19:09.619><c> directing</c>

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and<00:19:10.359><c> the</c><00:19:10.519><c> things</c><00:19:10.660><c> that</c><00:19:10.900><c> are</c><00:19:10.940><c> being</c><00:19:11.180><c> said</c><00:19:11.559><c> are</c><00:19:12.000><c> said</c><00:19:12.160><c> in</c><00:19:12.740><c> the</c><00:19:13.019><c> perfection</c><00:19:13.359><c> of</c>

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the<00:19:13.819><c> Spirit.</c>

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And<00:19:14.880><c> the</c><00:19:15.140><c> truth</c><00:19:15.400><c> is</c><00:19:16.440><c> being</c><00:19:16.619><c> built</c><00:19:17.140><c> in</c><00:19:17.440><c> areas</c><00:19:18.079><c> based</c><00:19:19.000><c> on</c><00:19:19.259><c> the</c><00:19:19.400><c> work</c><00:19:19.519><c> of</c>

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the<00:19:19.920><c> Spirit</c><00:19:20.140><c> through</c><00:19:20.380><c> these</c><00:19:20.940><c> that</c>

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are<00:19:21.799><c> moved</c><00:19:22.099><c> by</c><00:19:22.420><c> it,</c><00:19:22.599><c> are</c><00:19:22.779><c> borne</c><00:19:23.099><c> along</c><00:19:23.420><c> by</c><00:19:23.759><c> it.</c>

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But<00:19:25.880><c> when</c><00:19:26.039><c> you</c><00:19:26.299><c> think</c><00:19:26.440><c> of</c><00:19:26.619><c> the</c><00:19:26.799><c> route</c><00:19:27.000><c> that</c><00:19:27.299><c> Paul</c><00:19:27.579><c> took,</c><00:19:29.759><c> where</c>

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he<00:19:30.299><c> ended</c><00:19:30.460><c> up</c><00:19:30.759><c> and</c><00:19:30.940><c> where</c><00:19:31.160><c> he</c><00:19:31.440><c> really</c>

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desired<00:19:32.099><c> to</c><00:19:32.299><c> go,</c><00:19:33.920><c> you'll</c><00:19:34.579><c> find</c><00:19:34.740><c> that</c><00:19:34.920><c> the</c><00:19:35.160><c> Spirit</c><00:19:35.339><c> was</c><00:19:35.519><c> very</c>

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much<00:19:35.980><c> involved</c><00:19:36.420><c> physically,</c><00:19:37.680><c> literally</c>

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moving<00:19:38.539><c> him</c><00:19:38.819><c> along,</c><00:19:39.700><c> bearing</c><00:19:40.000><c> him</c><00:19:40.299><c> along</c><00:19:40.519><c> in</c><00:19:40.900><c> directions</c><00:19:41.400><c> that</c><00:19:41.579><c> he</c>

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really<00:19:42.220><c> didn't</c><00:19:42.500><c> intend</c><00:19:42.839><c> to</c><00:19:43.099><c> travel.</c>

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That's<00:19:44.440><c> the</c><00:19:44.559><c> fascinating</c><00:19:44.940><c> thing</c><00:19:45.220><c> about</c><00:19:45.440><c> this.</c>

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Just<00:19:46.980><c> look</c><00:19:47.140><c> at</c><00:19:47.319><c> Acts</c><00:19:47.740><c> 16</c><00:19:49.380><c> and</c><00:19:50.839><c> verse</c><00:19:51.079><c> 6</c><00:19:51.400><c> and</c><00:19:51.539><c> see</c><00:19:51.700><c> how</c><00:19:51.900><c> this</c><00:19:52.180><c> works.</c>

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And<00:19:56.779><c> we'll</c><00:19:56.900><c> try</c><00:19:57.039><c> to</c><00:19:57.220><c> just</c><00:19:57.440><c> trace</c><00:19:57.660><c> this</c><00:19:57.880><c> on</c><00:19:58.059><c> the</c><00:19:58.220><c> map</c><00:19:58.380><c> as</c><00:19:58.539><c> we</c><00:19:58.660><c> go</c><00:19:58.900><c> along.</c>

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This<00:20:00.039><c> is</c><00:20:00.180><c> now</c><00:20:00.359><c> when</c><00:20:00.519><c> they</c><00:20:00.680><c> had</c><00:20:00.900><c> gone</c><00:20:01.099><c> through</c><00:20:01.720><c> Phrygia</c><00:20:02.299><c> and</c><00:20:02.579><c> the</c><00:20:02.759><c> region</c><00:20:03.039><c> of</c><00:20:03.299><c> Galatia.</c>

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That's<00:20:04.019><c> the</c><00:20:04.140><c> area</c><00:20:04.339><c> of</c><00:20:04.559><c> the</c><00:20:06.059><c> first</c><00:20:06.259><c> missionary</c><00:20:06.779><c> journey.</c>

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This<00:20:08.359><c> is</c><00:20:08.539><c> where</c><00:20:08.720><c> the</c><00:20:08.880><c> Ecclesiastes</c><00:20:09.240><c> were</c><00:20:09.500><c> established,</c><00:20:09.960><c> and</c>

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they're<00:20:10.180><c> coming</c><00:20:10.319><c> through</c><00:20:10.740><c> that</c><00:20:11.000><c> area,</c><00:20:11.720><c> they're</c>

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passing<00:20:12.180><c> right</c><00:20:12.579><c> through</c><00:20:12.779><c> it.</c>

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Here's<00:20:13.079><c> the</c><00:20:13.220><c> region</c><00:20:13.500><c> of</c><00:20:14.400><c> Phrygia</c><00:20:15.000><c> there,</c><00:20:15.940><c> and</c><00:20:16.180><c> we</c><00:20:16.259><c> just</c><00:20:16.440><c> see</c>

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how<00:20:16.779><c> they</c><00:20:17.119><c> moved</c><00:20:17.380><c> along.</c>

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You'll<00:20:17.960><c> see</c><00:20:18.119><c> that</c><00:20:18.299><c> the</c><00:20:18.460><c> direction</c><00:20:18.900><c> that</c><00:20:19.180><c> Paul</c><00:20:19.420><c> had</c><00:20:19.640><c> in</c><00:20:19.839><c> his</c><00:20:20.099><c> mind</c><00:20:20.519><c> was</c><00:20:20.960><c> not</c><00:20:21.319><c> the</c><00:20:21.559><c> place</c><00:20:21.759><c> where</c><00:20:21.920><c> he</c><00:20:22.119><c> ended</c>

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up.

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It's<00:20:25.079><c> off</c><00:20:25.240><c> in</c><00:20:25.339><c> the</c><00:20:25.480><c> way,</c><00:20:25.700><c> isn't</c><00:20:25.859><c> it,</c><00:20:26.279><c> with</c><00:20:26.460><c> us?</c>

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It<00:20:26.720><c> doesn't</c><00:20:26.960><c> always</c><00:20:27.220><c> end</c><00:20:27.400><c> up</c><00:20:27.539><c> the</c><00:20:27.660><c> way</c><00:20:27.720><c> we</c><00:20:27.940><c> think</c><00:20:28.039><c> it's</c><00:20:28.259><c> going</c>

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to<00:20:28.579><c> end</c><00:20:28.720><c> up.</c>

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We<00:20:29.279><c> might</c><00:20:29.500><c> have</c><00:20:29.680><c> a</c><00:20:29.759><c> desire</c><00:20:30.079><c> to</c><00:20:30.259><c> do</c><00:20:30.339><c> something.</c>

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I'm<00:20:30.700><c> not</c><00:20:30.920><c> saying</c><00:20:31.019><c> the</c><00:20:31.339><c> Spirit</c><00:20:31.599><c> is</c><00:20:32.240><c> moving</c><00:20:32.619><c> us</c><00:20:32.920><c> here,</c><00:20:33.339><c> but</c><00:20:33.460><c> God's</c><00:20:33.920><c> hand,</c><00:20:34.140><c> still</c><00:20:34.400><c> at</c>

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work<00:20:34.799><c> in</c><00:20:35.000><c> our</c><00:20:35.259><c> lives,</c>

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Paul<00:20:40.119><c> and</c><00:20:40.279><c> very</c><00:20:40.619><c> literally.</c>

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They<00:20:44.539><c> came</c><00:20:44.839><c> through</c><00:20:45.079><c> the</c><00:20:45.220><c> region</c><00:20:45.480><c> of</c><00:20:45.680><c> Galatia</c><00:20:46.160><c> and</c><00:20:46.559><c> were</c><00:20:46.859><c> forbidden</c><00:20:47.339><c> of</c>

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the<00:20:49.420><c> word</c><00:20:49.700><c> in</c><00:20:50.059><c> Asia,</c><00:20:51.359><c> Asia</c><00:20:51.779><c> over</c><00:20:52.039><c> in</c><00:20:52.200><c> this</c><00:20:52.740><c> section.</c>

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word<00:20:57.259><c> there.</c>

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and<00:21:01.539><c> it</c><00:21:01.740><c> kind</c><00:21:01.940><c> of</c><00:21:02.140><c> implies</c><00:21:02.500><c> that</c><00:21:02.660><c> they</c><00:21:02.779><c> were</c>

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thinking<00:21:03.180><c> of</c><00:21:03.299><c> going</c><00:21:03.539><c> into</c><00:21:03.759><c> that</c><00:21:04.119><c> area,</c><00:21:04.980><c> but</c><00:21:05.160><c> Paul</c><00:21:05.519><c> pressed</c><00:21:05.900><c> on</c><00:21:06.180><c> now.</c>

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He's<00:21:07.099><c> still</c><00:21:07.240><c> heading</c><00:21:07.539><c> kind</c><00:21:07.819><c> of</c><00:21:08.680><c> northwest,</c><00:21:11.440><c> and</c><00:21:11.519><c> in</c><00:21:11.700><c> verse</c>

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eight,<00:21:12.960><c> verse</c><00:21:13.380><c> seven,</c><00:21:15.319><c> after</c><00:21:15.599><c> they</c><00:21:15.779><c> were</c>

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come<00:21:16.160><c> to</c><00:21:16.519><c> Missia,</c><00:21:17.400><c> they</c><00:21:17.680><c> are</c><00:21:17.859><c> saved</c><00:21:18.019><c> to</c><00:21:18.240><c> go</c><00:21:18.359><c> into</c><00:21:18.660><c> Bithynia,</c>

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but<00:21:20.119><c> the</c><00:21:20.539><c> Spirit</c><00:21:20.980><c> suffered</c><00:21:21.400><c> them</c><00:21:21.700><c> not.</c>

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So<00:21:22.539><c> they</c><00:21:22.720><c> come</c><00:21:22.920><c> up</c><00:21:23.019><c> to</c><00:21:23.180><c> the</c><00:21:23.200><c> area</c><00:21:23.599><c> of</c><00:21:24.160><c> Missia</c><00:21:24.539><c> and</c><00:21:24.720><c> Bithynia</c><00:21:25.200><c> is</c>

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over<00:21:25.599><c> here,</c><00:21:27.259><c> to</c><00:21:27.380><c> the</c><00:21:27.579><c> north</c><00:21:27.799><c> and</c><00:21:28.039><c> to</c>

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the<00:21:28.579><c> east.</c>

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And<00:21:31.019><c> Paul</c><00:21:31.339><c> assayed</c><00:21:31.940><c> or</c><00:21:32.099><c> he</c><00:21:32.400><c> desired</c><00:21:32.799><c> to</c><00:21:32.980><c> go</c><00:21:33.099><c> into</c><00:21:33.279><c> that</c><00:21:33.539><c> region</c>

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to<00:21:34.099><c> preach</c><00:21:34.339><c> the</c><00:21:34.559><c> gospel,</c><00:21:36.460><c> and</c><00:21:36.759><c> the</c>

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Spirit<00:21:37.200><c> wouldn't</c><00:21:37.440><c> let</c><00:21:37.619><c> them</c><00:21:37.799><c> do</c><00:21:38.039><c> this,</c><00:21:40.160><c> forbade</c><00:21:40.559><c> them</c><00:21:40.819><c> from</c>

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going<00:21:41.680><c> that</c><00:21:42.000><c> route.</c>

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And<00:21:43.160><c> so</c><00:21:43.259><c> now</c><00:21:43.460><c> they're</c><00:21:43.900><c> turning</c><00:21:44.359><c> in</c><00:21:45.200><c> the</c><00:21:45.339><c> other</c><00:21:45.519><c> direction</c><00:21:45.960><c> now</c>

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and<00:21:46.420><c> heading</c><00:21:46.640><c> toward</c><00:21:47.079><c> the</c><00:21:47.920><c> coast</c><00:21:48.259><c> of</c><00:21:48.700><c> the</c><00:21:48.940><c> Aegean</c>

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Sea.

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But<00:21:51.220><c> you</c><00:21:51.740><c> see,</c><00:21:52.019><c> they</c><00:21:52.160><c> passing</c><00:21:52.500><c> by</c><00:21:53.140><c> Missia</c><00:21:54.000><c> came</c><00:21:54.559><c> down</c><00:21:55.140><c> to</c><00:21:55.599><c> Troas.</c>

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There's<00:21:57.460><c> the</c><00:21:57.799><c> Spirit</c><00:21:58.299><c> directing,</c><00:22:00.200><c> very</c><00:22:00.500><c> much</c><00:22:00.720><c> so,</c><00:22:01.160><c> brethren</c>

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and<00:22:01.559><c> sisters,</c><00:22:01.920><c> the</c><00:22:02.180><c> Spirit</c><00:22:02.440><c> is</c><00:22:02.680><c> directing</c>

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because<00:22:03.539><c> at</c><00:22:03.839><c> Troas</c><00:22:04.960><c> is</c><00:22:05.500><c> the</c><00:22:05.740><c> place</c><00:22:05.960><c> where</c><00:22:06.779><c> that</c><00:22:07.420><c> vision</c><00:22:07.660><c> in</c><00:22:07.859><c> the</c><00:22:08.019><c> night</c><00:22:08.279><c> comes</c><00:22:08.579><c> to</c>

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Paul,<00:22:09.759><c> and</c><00:22:10.019><c> the</c><00:22:10.319><c> call</c><00:22:10.519><c> goes</c>

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forth.

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We<00:22:11.240><c> say,</c><00:22:11.460><c> how</c><00:22:11.559><c> did</c><00:22:11.700><c> it</c><00:22:11.819><c> all</c><00:22:11.980><c> begin?</c>

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We<00:22:12.619><c> might</c><00:22:12.759><c> say</c><00:22:12.880><c> it</c><00:22:13.019><c> all</c><00:22:13.180><c> began</c><00:22:13.420><c> with</c><00:22:13.579><c> this</c><00:22:13.880><c> call,</c><00:22:14.980><c> come</c><00:22:15.240><c> over</c>

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to<00:22:15.660><c> Macedonia</c><00:22:16.259><c> and</c><00:22:16.480><c> help</c><00:22:16.680><c> us.</c>

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That's<00:22:18.079><c> the</c><00:22:18.259><c> call</c><00:22:18.480><c> that</c><00:22:18.920><c> Paul</c><00:22:19.259><c> hears</c><00:22:19.519><c> in</c><00:22:19.680><c> the</c><00:22:19.839><c> vision</c><00:22:20.000><c> in</c><00:22:20.200><c> the</c>

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night,<00:22:21.700><c> and</c><00:22:22.279><c> he</c><00:22:22.500><c> responds</c><00:22:22.980><c> to</c><00:22:23.200><c> it,</c><00:22:23.359><c> brethren</c>

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and<00:22:23.779><c> sisters.</c>

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He<00:22:24.099><c> realizes</c><00:22:24.660><c> that</c><00:22:24.940><c> God</c><00:22:25.160><c> is</c><00:22:25.420><c> guiding,</c><00:22:26.099><c> God</c><00:22:26.400><c> is</c><00:22:26.680><c> directing</c><00:22:27.059><c> the</c>

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events<00:22:28.119><c> of</c><00:22:28.319><c> this</c><00:22:28.880><c> particular</c><00:22:29.500><c> preaching</c><00:22:30.039><c> journey,</c>

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and<00:22:31.759><c> God</c><00:22:32.000><c> will</c><00:22:32.240><c> provide</c><00:22:32.599><c> for</c><00:22:32.940><c> them.</c>

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Even<00:22:33.220><c> though</c><00:22:33.380><c> he</c><00:22:33.480><c> had</c><00:22:33.579><c> a</c><00:22:33.759><c> desire</c><00:22:34.099><c> to</c><00:22:34.240><c> go</c><00:22:34.440><c> perhaps</c><00:22:34.759><c> in</c><00:22:34.940><c> another</c>

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direction,<00:22:36.099><c> he's</c><00:22:36.480><c> going</c><00:22:36.519><c> to</c><00:22:36.759><c> go</c><00:22:36.940><c> under</c>

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the<00:22:37.440><c> hand</c><00:22:37.619><c> and</c><00:22:37.799><c> the</c><00:22:38.000><c> guidance</c><00:22:38.400><c> of</c><00:22:39.019><c> the</c><00:22:39.140><c> Lord</c><00:22:39.380><c> God.</c>

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The<00:22:40.339><c> Spirit</c><00:22:40.500><c> is</c><00:22:40.740><c> directing,</c><00:22:41.539><c> and</c><00:22:41.859><c> the</c><00:22:42.079><c> call</c><00:22:42.240><c> comes,</c><00:22:42.519><c> and</c><00:22:42.640><c> it's</c>

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a<00:22:43.019><c> call</c><00:22:43.200><c> for</c><00:22:43.500><c> help,</c><00:22:43.779><c> isn't</c><00:22:43.960><c> it?</c>

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Look<00:22:44.799><c> at</c><00:22:44.960><c> verse</c><00:22:45.200><c> 9,</c><00:22:46.279><c> because</c><00:22:48.039><c> in</c><00:22:48.180><c> a</c><00:22:48.380><c> vision</c><00:22:48.579><c> appeared</c><00:22:48.960><c> to</c><00:22:49.220><c> Paul</c>

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in<00:22:49.559><c> the</c><00:22:49.720><c> night,</c><00:22:50.240><c> there</c><00:22:50.420><c> stood</c><00:22:50.619><c> a</c><00:22:50.839><c> man</c><00:22:51.000><c> of</c>

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Macedonia<00:22:52.140><c> and</c><00:22:52.839><c> prayed</c><00:22:53.299><c> him,</c><00:22:53.980><c> saying,</c><00:22:54.339><c> come</c><00:22:54.579><c> over</c><00:22:54.859><c> into</c><00:22:55.079><c> Macedonia</c><00:22:55.779><c> and</c>

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help<00:22:56.180><c> us.</c>

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This<00:22:59.819><c> is</c><00:23:00.019><c> the</c><00:23:00.160><c> word</c><00:23:00.299><c> that</c><00:23:00.460><c> has</c><00:23:00.700><c> to</c><00:23:00.900><c> do</c><00:23:01.019><c> with</c><00:23:02.279><c> exhort</c><00:23:02.880><c> or</c><00:23:03.480><c> exhortation,</c><00:23:04.880><c> parakaleo,</c><00:23:05.740><c> it</c><00:23:05.779><c> means</c><00:23:05.960><c> to</c><00:23:06.519><c> call</c>

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near.

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And<00:23:07.980><c> that's</c><00:23:08.099><c> what</c><00:23:08.200><c> was</c><00:23:08.440><c> happening</c><00:23:08.759><c> here.</c>

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Paul<00:23:09.579><c> was</c><00:23:09.779><c> being</c><00:23:10.299><c> called</c><00:23:10.859><c> near.</c>

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This<00:23:11.539><c> whole</c><00:23:12.380><c> work</c><00:23:12.660><c> that</c><00:23:12.819><c> he</c><00:23:12.900><c> was</c><00:23:13.059><c> to</c><00:23:13.240><c> do</c><00:23:13.339><c> was</c><00:23:13.519><c> to</c><00:23:13.619><c> be</c><00:23:13.819><c> an</c><00:23:14.299><c> exhortation,</c><00:23:15.039><c> a</c><00:23:15.240><c> comfort,</c><00:23:16.400><c> a</c><00:23:16.400><c> help</c><00:23:16.599><c> to</c>

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the<00:23:16.920><c> people</c>

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over<00:23:17.380><c> in</c><00:23:17.579><c> Macedonia.</c>

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And<00:23:19.380><c> he</c><00:23:19.859><c> wouldn't</c><00:23:20.099><c> hesitate</c><00:23:20.500><c> for</c><00:23:20.700><c> a</c><00:23:20.839><c> minute,</c><00:23:21.140><c> brethren</c><00:23:21.279><c> and</c><00:23:21.539><c> sisters,</c><00:23:22.440><c> not</c><00:23:22.720><c> for</c><00:23:22.920><c> a</c><00:23:23.059><c> minute.</c>

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Maybe<00:23:23.859><c> that</c><00:23:24.119><c> Luke</c><00:23:24.299><c> joins</c><00:23:24.660><c> the</c><00:23:24.940><c> group</c><00:23:25.099><c> here,</c><00:23:25.339><c> because</c><00:23:25.539><c> this</c><00:23:25.720><c> is</c>

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where<00:23:26.039><c> the</c><00:23:26.559><c> famous</c><00:23:27.220><c> we</c><00:23:28.259><c> passages</c><00:23:28.799><c> come</c>

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into<00:23:29.259><c> the</c><00:23:29.539><c> text</c><00:23:29.920><c> that</c><00:23:30.680><c> signify</c><00:23:31.240><c> the</c><00:23:31.480><c> author</c><00:23:31.799><c> of</c><00:23:32.019><c> the</c><00:23:32.339><c> book</c><00:23:32.480><c> of</c>

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Acts<00:23:33.000><c> has</c><00:23:33.440><c> now</c><00:23:33.720><c> joined</c><00:23:34.039><c> the</c><00:23:34.319><c> group,</c><00:23:34.440><c> but</c>

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he's<00:23:34.720><c> not</c><00:23:34.940><c> naming</c><00:23:35.240><c> himself.</c>

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But<00:23:36.259><c> you</c><00:23:36.480><c> see</c><00:23:36.680><c> the</c><00:23:37.779><c> we</c><00:23:38.019><c> passages</c><00:23:38.559><c> that</c><00:23:38.859><c> signify</c><00:23:39.279><c> that</c><00:23:39.500><c> Luke</c><00:23:39.839><c> is</c>

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with<00:23:40.940><c> them.</c>

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So<00:23:43.880><c> the</c><00:23:44.119><c> spirit</c><00:23:44.339><c> guidance</c><00:23:44.779><c> is</c><00:23:45.180><c> continuing</c><00:23:45.740><c> here.</c>

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Verse<00:23:46.319><c> 10,</c><00:23:47.240><c> after</c><00:23:47.519><c> he</c><00:23:47.680><c> had</c><00:23:47.880><c> seen</c><00:23:48.039><c> the</c><00:23:48.279><c> vision,</c><00:23:49.339><c> immediately</c>

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we<00:23:50.000><c> endeavored</c><00:23:50.359><c> to</c><00:23:50.519><c> go</c><00:23:50.680><c> into</c><00:23:50.880><c> Macedonia,</c><00:23:51.920><c> assuredly</c>

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gathering<00:23:52.920><c> that</c><00:23:53.480><c> the</c><00:23:53.700><c> Lord</c><00:23:53.900><c> had</c><00:23:54.240><c> called</c><00:23:54.500><c> us</c><00:23:55.019><c> for</c><00:23:55.299><c> to</c><00:23:55.559><c> preach</c>

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the<00:23:56.180><c> gospel</c><00:23:56.680><c> unto</c><00:23:57.000><c> them,</c><00:23:58.400><c> immediately.</c>

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That<00:23:59.359><c> was</c><00:23:59.599><c> the</c><00:23:59.839><c> response</c><00:24:00.279><c> of</c><00:24:00.579><c> Paul.</c>

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You<00:24:00.940><c> know,</c><00:24:00.940><c> you</c><00:24:01.099><c> talk</c><00:24:01.259><c> about</c><00:24:01.960><c> our</c><00:24:02.400><c> response</c><00:24:02.859><c> to</c><00:24:03.039><c> things,</c><00:24:03.180><c> sometimes</c><00:24:03.579><c> those</c><00:24:03.900><c> calls</c><00:24:04.160><c> come,</c><00:24:04.599><c> brethren</c><00:24:04.740><c> and</c><00:24:04.920><c> sisters,</c>

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don't<00:24:05.400><c> they?</c>

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Come<00:24:07.200><c> over</c><00:24:07.440><c> and</c><00:24:07.619><c> help</c><00:24:07.799><c> us.</c>

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I<00:24:08.759><c> think</c><00:24:08.839><c> we've</c><00:24:09.099><c> all</c><00:24:09.279><c> heard</c><00:24:09.539><c> calls</c><00:24:09.940><c> in</c><00:24:10.319><c> our</c><00:24:10.599><c> ecclesial</c><00:24:10.980><c> life</c>

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at<00:24:11.480><c> some</c><00:24:11.720><c> point</c><00:24:11.940><c> in</c><00:24:12.180><c> time</c><00:24:12.359><c> where</c><00:24:12.519><c> the</c><00:24:12.740><c> call</c>

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is,<00:24:13.859><c> can</c><00:24:13.900><c> you</c><00:24:14.019><c> come</c><00:24:14.200><c> over</c><00:24:14.440><c> and</c><00:24:14.640><c> help</c><00:24:14.819><c> us?</c>

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And<00:24:17.440><c> how</c><00:24:17.559><c> do</c><00:24:17.680><c> we</c><00:24:17.819><c> respond?</c>

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For<00:24:18.440><c> Paul</c><00:24:18.700><c> it</c><00:24:18.799><c> was</c><00:24:19.000><c> immediate.</c>

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Sometimes<00:24:21.740><c> it's</c><00:24:21.960><c> almost</c><00:24:22.279><c> inaudible,</c><00:24:22.839><c> isn't</c><00:24:23.000><c> it?</c>

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We<00:24:23.759><c> almost</c><00:24:23.960><c> have</c><00:24:24.140><c> to</c><00:24:24.759><c> really</c><00:24:25.160><c> strain</c><00:24:25.500><c> the</c><00:24:25.759><c> ears</c><00:24:25.980><c> to</c><00:24:26.200><c> hear</c><00:24:26.339><c> the</c><00:24:26.640><c> call.</c>

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But<00:24:29.160><c> we</c><00:24:29.339><c> get</c><00:24:29.480><c> them</c><00:24:29.599><c> in</c><00:24:29.759><c> the</c><00:24:29.900><c> ecclesia</c><00:24:30.160><c> from</c><00:24:30.400><c> time</c><00:24:30.619><c> to</c><00:24:30.799><c> time</c><00:24:31.180><c> and</c>

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we<00:24:31.579><c> need</c><00:24:31.740><c> to</c><00:24:32.000><c> respond</c><00:24:32.259><c> like</c><00:24:32.519><c> Paul</c><00:24:32.839><c> did.</c>

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And<00:24:33.559><c> Paul</c><00:24:33.900><c> took</c><00:24:34.259><c> ship,</c><00:24:35.259><c> and</c><00:24:36.079><c> the</c><00:24:36.500><c> scripture</c><00:24:36.779><c> says</c><00:24:37.019><c> he</c><00:24:37.160><c> took</c><00:24:37.359><c> ship</c><00:24:38.339><c> and</c><00:24:38.539><c> by</c>

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straight<00:24:39.240><c> course</c><00:24:39.779><c> went</c><00:24:40.259><c> to</c>

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Samothracia,<00:24:42.220><c> which</c><00:24:42.380><c> has</c><00:24:42.619><c> to</c><00:24:42.759><c> do</c><00:24:42.839><c> with</c><00:24:42.980><c> the</c><00:24:43.240><c> islands</c><00:24:43.519><c> in</c><00:24:43.700><c> the</c>

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northern<00:24:44.819><c> Aegean.</c>

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And<00:24:46.339><c> I</c><00:24:46.460><c> don't</c><00:24:46.579><c> know</c><00:24:46.700><c> how</c><00:24:46.759><c> he</c><00:24:46.799><c> can</c><00:24:46.960><c> take</c><00:24:47.099><c> a</c><00:24:47.319><c> straight</c><00:24:47.559><c> course</c><00:24:47.859><c> through</c><00:24:48.079><c> all</c><00:24:48.240><c> those</c><00:24:48.460><c> islands,</c><00:24:48.920><c> he</c><00:24:49.039><c> would</c>

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have<00:24:49.380><c> to</c><00:24:49.579><c> wind</c><00:24:49.859><c> his</c><00:24:50.099><c> way</c><00:24:50.240><c> through</c><00:24:50.480><c> it.</c>

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But<00:24:50.960><c> what</c><00:24:51.099><c> that...</c>

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He's<00:24:51.539><c> talking</c><00:24:51.759><c> about</c><00:24:51.960><c> a</c><00:24:52.180><c> frame</c><00:24:52.319><c> of</c><00:24:52.579><c> mind</c><00:24:52.799><c> here.</c>

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He<00:24:54.819><c> immediately</c><00:24:55.319><c> left</c><00:24:55.599><c> and</c><00:24:55.740><c> took</c><00:24:55.880><c> a</c><00:24:56.259><c> straight</c><00:24:56.480><c> course.</c>

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He<00:24:57.059><c> had</c><00:24:57.359><c> a</c><00:24:57.920><c> course</c><00:24:58.119><c> that</c><00:24:58.299><c> he</c><00:24:58.380><c> was</c><00:24:58.619><c> following</c><00:24:58.980><c> and</c><00:24:59.299><c> it</c><00:24:59.420><c> was</c><00:24:59.720><c> straight</c><00:25:00.000><c> the</c>

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way<00:25:00.339><c> that</c><00:25:00.559><c> God</c><00:25:00.740><c> had</c><00:25:01.019><c> said</c>

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he<00:25:01.440><c> was</c><00:25:01.599><c> going</c><00:25:01.839><c> across</c><00:25:02.180><c> to</c><00:25:02.400><c> Macedonia</c><00:25:02.980><c> and</c><00:25:03.259><c> he</c><00:25:03.339><c> was</c><00:25:03.500><c> going</c><00:25:03.680><c> to</c><00:25:03.900><c> help.</c>

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He<00:25:04.880><c> was</c><00:25:05.099><c> responding</c><00:25:05.559><c> to</c><00:25:06.640><c> the</c><00:25:06.859><c> call</c><00:25:07.180><c> for</c><00:25:07.980><c> help</c><00:25:08.319><c> and</c><00:25:08.980><c> this</c><00:25:09.200><c> we</c><00:25:09.359><c> need</c><00:25:09.559><c> to</c><00:25:09.759><c> do.</c>

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So<00:25:10.599><c> he</c><00:25:10.700><c> came</c><00:25:10.960><c> to</c><00:25:12.039><c> Samothracia,</c><00:25:12.940><c> which</c><00:25:12.980><c> is</c><00:25:13.160><c> the</c><00:25:13.380><c> islands</c><00:25:13.740><c> and</c>

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passing<00:25:14.480><c> through</c><00:25:15.339><c> that</c><00:25:15.579><c> area.</c>

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The<00:25:16.460><c> next</c><00:25:16.740><c> day</c><00:25:16.880><c> he</c><00:25:16.880><c> came</c><00:25:17.119><c> to</c><00:25:17.339><c> Neapolis</c><00:25:17.960><c> and</c><00:25:18.799><c> then</c><00:25:19.019><c> would</c><00:25:19.180><c> go</c><00:25:19.420><c> on</c>

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to<00:25:20.460><c> Philippi</c><00:25:20.880><c> and</c><00:25:20.960><c> you</c><00:25:21.059><c> can</c><00:25:21.220><c> see</c><00:25:21.359><c> those</c>

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at<00:25:21.759><c> the</c><00:25:21.920><c> top</c><00:25:22.059><c> of</c><00:25:23.180><c> the</c><00:25:23.359><c> map,</c><00:25:23.759><c> which</c><00:25:23.759><c> I</c><00:25:23.900><c> can't</c><00:25:25.119><c> reach,</c><00:25:26.519><c> but</c><00:25:26.519><c> right</c>

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there,<00:25:27.380><c> right</c><00:25:27.640><c> there.</c>

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Neapolis,<00:25:29.660><c> Philippi</c><00:25:30.059><c> and</c><00:25:30.220><c> then</c><00:25:30.759><c> continuing</c><00:25:31.140><c> onward.</c>

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So<00:25:32.940><c> he</c><00:25:32.940><c> comes</c><00:25:33.119><c> to</c><00:25:33.319><c> the</c><00:25:33.480><c> coast,</c><00:25:34.960><c> he's</c><00:25:35.099><c> gone</c><00:25:35.279><c> there</c><00:25:35.480><c> to</c><00:25:35.720><c> help</c><00:25:36.160><c> and</c>

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he's<00:25:40.160><c> going</c><00:25:40.220><c> to</c><00:25:40.299><c> have</c><00:25:40.359><c> some</c><00:25:40.619><c> problems</c>

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brothers<00:25:41.299><c> and</c><00:25:41.500><c> sisters.</c>

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It's<00:25:42.180><c> a</c><00:25:42.339><c> strange</c><00:25:42.559><c> thing</c><00:25:42.759><c> when</c><00:25:42.900><c> you</c><00:25:43.019><c> go</c><00:25:43.220><c> to</c><00:25:43.680><c> answer</c><00:25:44.039><c> a</c><00:25:44.359><c> call</c><00:25:44.599><c> for</c>

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help<00:25:45.740><c> and</c><00:25:45.859><c> you</c><00:25:46.019><c> find</c><00:25:46.220><c> yourself</c><00:25:46.700><c> in</c><00:25:47.039><c> the</c>

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middle<00:25:47.319><c> of</c><00:25:47.500><c> a</c><00:25:47.660><c> battle.</c>

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He<00:25:49.019><c> didn't</c><00:25:49.200><c> ask</c><00:25:49.480><c> for</c><00:25:49.680><c> this,</c><00:25:50.279><c> all</c><00:25:50.460><c> you</c><00:25:50.579><c> want</c><00:25:50.740><c> to</c><00:25:50.880><c> do</c><00:25:51.019><c> is</c><00:25:51.140><c> just</c>

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respond<00:25:51.839><c> and</c><00:25:52.480><c> offer</c><00:25:52.680><c> some</c><00:25:52.980><c> help</c><00:25:53.240><c> and</c><00:25:53.559><c> now</c>

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you've<00:25:53.960><c> got</c><00:25:54.039><c> some</c><00:25:54.339><c> trouble.</c>

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And<00:25:55.180><c> so</c><00:25:55.299><c> it</c><00:25:55.420><c> would</c><00:25:55.519><c> be</c><00:25:55.680><c> for</c><00:25:56.140><c> Paul.</c>

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We're<00:25:57.160><c> on</c><00:25:57.359><c> the</c><00:25:57.440><c> way</c><00:25:57.579><c> to</c><00:25:57.720><c> Thessalonica.</c>

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Obviously<00:26:00.980><c> the</c><00:26:01.539><c> main</c><00:26:01.859><c> stop</c><00:26:02.140><c> along</c><00:26:02.440><c> the</c><00:26:02.579><c> way</c><00:26:02.740><c> is</c><00:26:03.019><c> Philippi.</c>

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We'd<00:26:03.839><c> like</c><00:26:03.859><c> to</c><00:26:05.039><c> spend</c><00:26:05.200><c> some</c><00:26:05.460><c> time</c><00:26:05.720><c> at</c><00:26:05.920><c> Philippi,</c><00:26:06.380><c> but</c><00:26:06.480><c> that's</c>

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not<00:26:07.000><c> our</c><00:26:07.380><c> real</c><00:26:07.619><c> point</c><00:26:07.940><c> now,</c><00:26:08.180><c> but</c><00:26:08.299><c> I'll</c>

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just<00:26:08.640><c> remind</c><00:26:09.000><c> you</c><00:26:09.259><c> that</c><00:26:10.220><c> there</c><00:26:10.579><c> of</c><00:26:10.779><c> course</c><00:26:11.019><c> he</c><00:26:11.400><c> meets</c><00:26:11.740><c> Lydia,</c>

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the<00:26:14.039><c> merchant</c><00:26:14.400><c> woman</c><00:26:14.759><c> from</c><00:26:15.059><c> Thyatira,</c><00:26:16.900><c> doing</c>

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business<00:26:17.500><c> in</c><00:26:18.000><c> Philippi</c><00:26:18.700><c> no</c><00:26:18.940><c> doubt.</c>

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From<00:26:19.859><c> this</c><00:26:20.099><c> area</c><00:26:20.359><c> down</c><00:26:20.619><c> in</c><00:26:20.799><c> here,</c><00:26:21.079><c> Thyatira</c><00:26:21.599><c> is</c><00:26:21.759><c> right</c><00:26:21.900><c> about</c>

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in<00:26:23.319><c> here,</c><00:26:24.319><c> in</c><00:26:24.920><c> Asia</c><00:26:25.220><c> Minor,</c><00:26:25.759><c> one</c><00:26:25.859><c> of</c><00:26:25.940><c> the</c><00:26:26.099><c> seven</c>

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eclipses<00:26:26.759><c> of</c><00:26:26.940><c> Revelation</c><00:26:27.500><c> chapter</c><00:26:28.900><c> 2</c><00:26:29.180><c> and</c><00:26:29.259><c> 3</c><00:26:29.599><c> that</c><00:26:29.759><c> the</c><00:26:29.960><c> letters</c><00:26:30.119><c> come</c><00:26:30.460><c> to.</c>

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But<00:26:31.599><c> she's</c><00:26:32.579><c> way</c><00:26:32.759><c> up</c><00:26:32.960><c> in</c><00:26:33.059><c> the</c><00:26:33.180><c> north</c><00:26:33.359><c> at</c><00:26:33.619><c> Philippi</c><00:26:34.059><c> doing</c><00:26:34.339><c> business</c><00:26:34.680><c> and</c>

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Paul<00:26:35.079><c> meets</c><00:26:35.319><c> her</c><00:26:35.539><c> there</c><00:26:35.940><c> and</c>

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through<00:26:36.599><c> the</c><00:26:36.839><c> associations</c><00:26:37.460><c> with</c><00:26:38.039><c> Paul</c><00:26:38.460><c> ultimately</c><00:26:38.940><c> she'll</c>

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be<00:26:39.420><c> baptized</c><00:26:39.839><c> with</c><00:26:40.079><c> all</c><00:26:40.200><c> her</c><00:26:40.359><c> household.</c>

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Acts<00:26:41.799><c> chapter</c><00:26:42.140><c> 16</c><00:26:42.980><c> verse</c><00:26:43.900><c> 13</c><00:26:44.519><c> you'll</c><00:26:44.819><c> be</c><00:26:44.900><c> able</c><00:26:45.200><c> to</c><00:26:45.220><c> read</c><00:26:45.420><c> this</c>

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little<00:26:46.000><c> history.</c>

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Also,<00:26:51.000><c> at</c><00:26:51.019><c> tough</c><00:26:51.180><c> times</c><00:26:51.460><c> at</c><00:26:51.700><c> Philippi,</c><00:26:52.559><c> his</c><00:26:52.940><c> trail</c><00:26:53.740><c> is</c><00:26:55.799><c> dogged</c>

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there<00:26:56.819><c> by</c><00:26:57.759><c> that</c><00:26:59.440><c> servant</c><00:26:59.839><c> girl</c><00:27:00.359><c> who</c><00:27:01.339><c> the</c>

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scripture<00:27:01.720><c> says</c><00:27:01.980><c> had</c><00:27:02.220><c> a</c><00:27:02.700><c> spirit</c><00:27:02.980><c> of</c><00:27:03.319><c> divination.</c>

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You<00:27:05.420><c> might</c><00:27:05.640><c> see</c><00:27:05.839><c> in</c><00:27:05.880><c> your</c><00:27:06.160><c> margin</c><00:27:06.440><c> that</c><00:27:06.619><c> the</c><00:27:06.759><c> note</c><00:27:06.920><c> is</c><00:27:07.119><c> that</c><00:27:07.299><c> that</c><00:27:07.819><c> has</c><00:27:08.019><c> to</c>

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do<00:27:08.240><c> with</c><00:27:08.460><c> Python,</c><00:27:09.799><c> a</c><00:27:10.099><c> spirit</c>

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of<00:27:10.619><c> Python.</c>

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I<00:27:11.200><c> don't</c><00:27:11.279><c> know</c><00:27:11.319><c> if</c><00:27:11.420><c> you</c><00:27:11.500><c> ever</c><00:27:11.680><c> heard</c><00:27:11.880><c> that,</c><00:27:12.140><c> but</c><00:27:13.059><c> the</c><00:27:13.519><c> idea</c><00:27:13.859><c> was</c>

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this<00:27:14.339><c> was</c><00:27:14.559><c> a</c><00:27:14.799><c> relationship</c><00:27:15.299><c> to</c><00:27:16.140><c> the</c>

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teaching<00:27:17.240><c> that</c><00:27:17.420><c> came</c><00:27:17.619><c> out</c><00:27:17.839><c> of</c><00:27:18.059><c> Delphi</c><00:27:18.920><c> in</c><00:27:19.279><c> southern</c><00:27:19.559><c> Greece,</c>

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actually<00:27:20.519><c> down</c><00:27:20.799><c> in</c><00:27:21.099><c> southern</c><00:27:21.279><c> Achaia,</c>

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and<00:27:22.779><c> the</c><00:27:23.240><c> Delphic</c><00:27:23.759><c> oracle</c><00:27:24.220><c> was</c><00:27:24.460><c> related</c><00:27:24.759><c> to</c><00:27:24.920><c> this,</c><00:27:25.059><c> but</c><00:27:25.180><c> the</c>

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idea<00:27:26.059><c> was</c><00:27:26.339><c> that</c><00:27:26.619><c> the</c><00:27:27.200><c> serpent</c><00:27:27.539><c> or</c><00:27:27.700><c> the</c><00:27:27.920><c> Python</c>

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would<00:27:28.720><c> speak</c><00:27:29.099><c> by</c><00:27:29.359><c> kind</c><00:27:29.559><c> of</c><00:27:29.779><c> a</c><00:27:29.859><c> ventriloquism</c><00:27:31.180><c> through</c><00:27:31.740><c> the</c>

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individual<00:27:32.500><c> and</c><00:27:34.019><c> the</c><00:27:34.460><c> message</c><00:27:34.720><c> would</c><00:27:34.920><c> get</c><00:27:35.119><c> out</c>

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by<00:27:36.119><c> using</c><00:27:36.460><c> a</c><00:27:36.660><c> person</c><00:27:36.920><c> in</c><00:27:37.079><c> this</c><00:27:37.279><c> fashion.</c>

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That<00:27:39.539><c> was</c><00:27:39.740><c> the</c><00:27:39.900><c> legend</c><00:27:40.140><c> of</c><00:27:40.359><c> course,</c><00:27:40.619><c> the</c><00:27:40.839><c> myth,</c><00:27:41.839><c> but</c><00:27:42.160><c> nonetheless</c><00:27:42.660><c> the</c><00:27:43.299><c> woman</c><00:27:43.599><c> was</c>

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grieving<00:27:44.940><c> Paul</c><00:27:45.380><c> is</c>

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what<00:27:45.619><c> the</c><00:27:45.759><c> scripture</c><00:27:46.059><c> says</c><00:27:46.279><c> because</c><00:27:46.480><c> she</c><00:27:46.680><c> just</c><00:27:47.380><c> followed</c><00:27:47.680><c> him</c>

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day<00:27:48.119><c> after</c><00:27:48.440><c> day</c><00:27:48.700><c> after</c><00:27:48.980><c> day,</c><00:27:49.880><c> not</c><00:27:50.200><c> saying</c><00:27:50.400><c> anything</c>

00:27:50.740 --> 00:27:58.259
so<00:27:51.059><c> terribly</c><00:27:51.380><c> wrong,</c><00:27:52.539><c> but</c><00:27:52.700><c> just</c><00:27:52.920><c> kind</c><00:27:53.059><c> of</c><00:27:53.619><c> obviously</c><00:27:54.279><c> a</c><00:27:54.720><c> bit</c><00:27:55.019><c> deranged</c><00:27:55.660><c> and</c><00:27:56.839><c> a</c><00:27:57.200><c> distraction.</c>

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It's<00:27:59.380><c> the</c><00:27:59.579><c> seed</c><00:27:59.680><c> of</c><00:27:59.839><c> the</c><00:27:59.960><c> woman</c><00:28:00.140><c> and</c><00:28:00.299><c> the</c><00:28:00.460><c> seed</c><00:28:00.539><c> of</c><00:28:00.720><c> the</c><00:28:00.859><c> serpent</c><00:28:01.140><c> here,</c>

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isn't<00:28:01.559><c> it?</c>

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The<00:28:02.960><c> enmity</c><00:28:03.299><c> in</c><00:28:03.460><c> the</c><00:28:03.660><c> garden</c><00:28:03.920><c> just</c><00:28:04.420><c> goes</c><00:28:04.640><c> on</c><00:28:05.000><c> through</c><00:28:05.220><c> history.</c>

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We're<00:28:06.740><c> all</c><00:28:06.960><c> involved</c><00:28:07.440><c> in</c><00:28:07.599><c> this,</c><00:28:07.940><c> brethren</c><00:28:08.079><c> and</c><00:28:08.259><c> sisters,</c><00:28:09.420><c> and</c>

00:28:09.660 --> 00:28:10.960
it<00:28:09.720><c> goes</c><00:28:09.839><c> on</c><00:28:10.099><c> through</c><00:28:10.299><c> history</c><00:28:10.539><c> and</c><00:28:10.660><c> here's</c>

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Paul<00:28:11.099><c> is</c><00:28:11.279><c> dealing</c><00:28:11.599><c> with</c><00:28:11.900><c> this.</c>

00:28:13.200 --> 00:28:17.500
Of<00:28:13.299><c> course</c><00:28:13.400><c> the</c><00:28:13.559><c> seed</c><00:28:13.740><c> of</c><00:28:13.900><c> the</c><00:28:14.019><c> woman</c><00:28:14.180><c> is</c><00:28:14.400><c> going</c><00:28:14.519><c> to</c><00:28:14.660><c> be</c><00:28:14.819><c> victorious</c><00:28:15.420><c> and</c><00:28:15.700><c> the</c><00:28:16.980><c> serpent</c><00:28:17.279><c> is</c>

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going<00:28:17.660><c> to</c>

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be<00:28:20.440><c> subdued</c><00:28:20.960><c> in</c><00:28:21.279><c> a</c><00:28:21.440><c> figurative</c><00:28:21.920><c> sense</c><00:28:22.200><c> here.</c>

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The<00:28:23.299><c> spirit</c><00:28:23.900><c> is</c><00:28:24.599><c> cast</c><00:28:24.960><c> out</c><00:28:25.200><c> of</c><00:28:25.259><c> her</c><00:28:25.519><c> that's</c><00:28:26.720><c> causing</c><00:28:27.039><c> this</c><00:28:27.339><c> trouble.</c>

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Well,<00:28:28.859><c> of</c><00:28:29.000><c> course</c><00:28:29.119><c> it's</c><00:28:29.980><c> more</c><00:28:30.240><c> trouble</c><00:28:30.480><c> for</c><00:28:30.700><c> Paul</c><00:28:31.019><c> as</c><00:28:31.220><c> a</c><00:28:31.400><c> result</c><00:28:31.619><c> of</c>

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that,<00:28:32.000><c> isn't</c><00:28:32.140><c> it?</c>

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Lots<00:28:33.380><c> of</c><00:28:33.619><c> trouble</c><00:28:33.839><c> for</c><00:28:34.099><c> Paul.</c>

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He's<00:28:35.660><c> doing</c><00:28:35.839><c> the</c><00:28:36.019><c> right</c><00:28:36.240><c> things</c><00:28:36.599><c> and</c><00:28:36.759><c> yet</c><00:28:36.859><c> he's</c><00:28:37.119><c> reaping</c><00:28:38.079><c> a</c><00:28:38.279><c> reward</c><00:28:39.099><c> that</c><00:28:39.279><c> is</c>

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very<00:28:39.960><c> difficult</c><00:28:40.400><c> to</c>

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take.

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I'd<00:28:42.200><c> like</c><00:28:42.240><c> to</c><00:28:42.460><c> spend</c><00:28:42.579><c> more</c><00:28:42.880><c> time</c><00:28:43.180><c> here,</c><00:28:43.519><c> brethren</c><00:28:43.640><c> and</c><00:28:43.839><c> sisters.</c>

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The<00:28:46.339><c> thing</c><00:28:46.480><c> I</c><00:28:46.619><c> often</c><00:28:46.960><c> think</c><00:28:47.240><c> about</c><00:28:47.480><c> is</c><00:28:47.640><c> that</c><00:28:47.799><c> we</c><00:28:47.940><c> look</c><00:28:48.140><c> at</c><00:28:48.319><c> the</c>

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root<00:28:48.740><c> of</c><00:28:49.019><c> our</c><00:28:49.359><c> brethren</c><00:28:49.619><c> in</c><00:28:49.819><c> their</c><00:28:50.000><c> preaching</c>

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and<00:28:52.460><c> it's</c><00:28:52.799><c> hard.</c>

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There's<00:28:53.640><c> a</c><00:28:53.759><c> lot</c><00:28:53.940><c> of</c><00:28:54.559><c> very</c><00:28:55.059><c> difficult</c><00:28:55.579><c> circumstances</c><00:28:56.220><c> and</c><00:28:56.380><c> sometimes</c><00:28:56.740><c> we</c>

00:28:56.880 --> 00:28:58.640
just<00:28:57.099><c> like</c><00:28:57.279><c> to</c><00:28:57.940><c> skip</c><00:28:58.200><c> over</c><00:28:58.500><c> it</c>

00:28:58.640 --> 00:29:01.599
and<00:28:58.759><c> see</c><00:28:59.019><c> the</c><00:28:59.480><c> highlights,</c><00:28:59.940><c> see</c><00:29:00.119><c> the</c><00:29:00.279><c> good</c><00:29:00.460><c> things.</c>

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And<00:29:02.940><c> yet</c><00:29:03.140><c> we</c><00:29:03.319><c> can't</c><00:29:03.819><c> spare</c><00:29:04.039><c> ourselves</c><00:29:04.539><c> some</c><00:29:04.779><c> of</c><00:29:04.900><c> these</c><00:29:05.079><c> details.</c>

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I<00:29:06.640><c> think</c><00:29:06.759><c> if</c><00:29:06.920><c> we</c><00:29:07.059><c> tend</c><00:29:07.220><c> to</c><00:29:07.480><c> do</c><00:29:07.700><c> that,</c><00:29:08.119><c> we</c><00:29:08.220><c> lose</c><00:29:08.819><c> the</c><00:29:09.619><c> impact</c><00:29:10.319><c> of</c>

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God<00:29:12.579><c> manifesting</c><00:29:13.220><c> His</c><00:29:13.500><c> love</c><00:29:13.700><c> through</c>

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these<00:29:14.220><c> brethren</c><00:29:14.539><c> of</c><00:29:14.799><c> ours.</c>

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We'll<00:29:16.519><c> just</c><00:29:16.740><c> lose</c><00:29:17.119><c> the</c><00:29:17.400><c> sensitivity</c><00:29:17.880><c> to</c><00:29:18.160><c> that,</c><00:29:19.019><c> the</c><00:29:19.259><c> extent</c>

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of<00:29:19.700><c> the</c><00:29:19.819><c> love</c><00:29:19.940><c> of</c><00:29:20.200><c> God,</c><00:29:21.839><c> the</c><00:29:22.059><c> magnitude</c><00:29:22.579><c> of</c>

00:29:22.759 --> 00:29:25.700
the<00:29:22.900><c> work</c><00:29:23.039><c> that</c><00:29:23.160><c> they're</c><00:29:23.400><c> involved</c><00:29:23.799><c> in,</c><00:29:24.180><c> the</c><00:29:24.440><c> things</c><00:29:24.680><c> that</c><00:29:24.859><c> they</c><00:29:24.940><c> were</c><00:29:25.160><c> willing</c><00:29:25.380><c> to</c>

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do<00:29:26.400><c> for</c><00:29:26.779><c> Christ's</c>

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sake.

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Come<00:29:29.480><c> over</c><00:29:29.700><c> to</c><00:29:29.880><c> Macedonia</c><00:29:30.440><c> and</c><00:29:30.599><c> help</c><00:29:30.799><c> us</c><00:29:31.019><c> was</c><00:29:31.119><c> the</c><00:29:31.380><c> call.</c>

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And<00:29:32.039><c> Paul</c><00:29:32.180><c> goes</c><00:29:32.420><c> over</c><00:29:32.700><c> and</c><00:29:32.799><c> there's</c><00:29:32.980><c> a</c><00:29:33.200><c> mob</c><00:29:33.400><c> scene</c><00:29:33.619><c> and</c><00:29:33.720><c> he's</c>

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caught<00:29:34.220><c> in</c><00:29:34.380><c> it.</c>

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That's<00:29:35.700><c> the</c><00:29:35.759><c> way</c><00:29:35.880><c> the</c><00:29:36.119><c> NIV</c><00:29:36.420><c> describes</c><00:29:36.900><c> it,</c><00:29:37.059><c> there's</c><00:29:37.200><c> a</c><00:29:37.420><c> mob</c>

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scene<00:29:37.940><c> there.</c>

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It<00:29:39.059><c> says</c><00:29:39.180><c> the</c><00:29:39.400><c> crowd</c><00:29:39.740><c> joined</c><00:29:40.200><c> in</c><00:29:40.359><c> the</c><00:29:40.599><c> attack.</c>

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The<00:29:42.220><c> magistrates</c><00:29:42.700><c> ordered</c><00:29:43.059><c> that</c><00:29:44.240><c> Paul</c><00:29:44.700><c> and</c><00:29:44.880><c> the</c><00:29:45.079><c> brethren</c><00:29:45.299><c> would</c><00:29:45.960><c> be</c>

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stripped<00:29:46.759><c> and</c><00:29:48.039><c> beaten.</c>

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Many<00:29:50.420><c> stripes</c><00:29:50.839><c> would</c><00:29:51.059><c> be</c><00:29:51.240><c> laid</c><00:29:51.380><c> upon</c><00:29:51.740><c> them.</c>

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Look<00:29:53.119><c> at</c><00:29:53.259><c> the</c><00:29:53.400><c> word,</c><00:29:53.519><c> it</c><00:29:53.579><c> has</c><00:29:53.819><c> to</c><00:29:53.980><c> do</c><00:29:54.099><c> with</c><00:29:54.500><c> a</c><00:29:54.700><c> rod,</c><00:29:55.599><c> like</c><00:29:55.880><c> a</c><00:29:56.099><c> caning,</c><00:29:56.440><c> and</c>

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you<00:29:56.700><c> really</c><00:29:57.359><c> begin</c><00:29:57.579><c> to</c><00:29:57.759><c> open</c>

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out<00:29:58.160><c> some</c><00:29:58.380><c> of</c><00:29:58.559><c> these</c><00:29:58.759><c> words</c><00:29:59.019><c> and</c><00:29:59.140><c> you</c><00:29:59.319><c> find</c><00:29:59.559><c> that</c><00:29:59.920><c> they</c><00:30:00.259><c> were</c>

00:30:00.440 --> 00:30:02.640
to<00:30:00.619><c> be</c><00:30:01.240><c> struck</c><00:30:01.539><c> with</c><00:30:01.799><c> such</c><00:30:02.160><c> blows</c><00:30:02.480><c> that</c>

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they<00:30:02.779><c> would</c><00:30:02.940><c> be</c><00:30:03.200><c> beaten</c><00:30:03.440><c> to</c><00:30:03.640><c> the</c><00:30:03.880><c> ground.</c>

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That's<00:30:05.019><c> the</c><00:30:05.180><c> emphasis</c><00:30:05.500><c> of</c><00:30:05.720><c> the</c><00:30:05.880><c> words</c><00:30:06.019><c> that</c><00:30:06.240><c> are</c><00:30:06.339><c> used</c><00:30:06.559><c> there.</c>

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And<00:30:07.779><c> then</c><00:30:07.859><c> they're</c><00:30:08.099><c> taken</c><00:30:08.319><c> after</c><00:30:08.819><c> this,</c><00:30:09.759><c> thrown</c><00:30:09.839><c> into</c><00:30:10.140><c> prison,</c><00:30:10.539><c> as</c><00:30:10.599><c> we</c>

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know,<00:30:11.720><c> into</c><00:30:11.900><c> the</c><00:30:12.099><c> inner</c><00:30:12.460><c> prison,</c>

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feet<00:30:13.940><c> placed</c><00:30:14.339><c> in</c><00:30:14.720><c> stocks,</c><00:30:16.339><c> and</c><00:30:16.559><c> at</c><00:30:16.759><c> midnight</c><00:30:17.119><c> we</c><00:30:17.339><c> find</c><00:30:17.619><c> Paul</c>

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and<00:30:18.480><c> Silas,</c><00:30:18.839><c> as</c><00:30:19.079><c> you</c><00:30:19.319><c> well</c><00:30:19.579><c> know,</c><00:30:21.460><c> singing</c>

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praises,<00:30:22.640><c> brethren</c><00:30:22.799><c> and</c><00:30:23.039><c> sisters.</c>

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What<00:30:28.000><c> an</c><00:30:28.279><c> incredible</c><00:30:28.680><c> thing,</c><00:30:29.920><c> praises.</c>

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Just<00:30:31.660><c> put</c><00:30:31.859><c> yourself</c><00:30:32.240><c> in</c><00:30:32.380><c> that</c><00:30:32.519><c> position,</c><00:30:34.480><c> doing</c><00:30:34.819><c> what</c><00:30:35.500><c> you</c><00:30:35.920><c> believe</c><00:30:36.180><c> is</c>

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the<00:30:36.559><c> right</c><00:30:36.880><c> thing</c><00:30:37.200><c> for</c><00:30:37.480><c> God</c>

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and<00:30:38.039><c> for</c><00:30:38.220><c> His</c><00:30:38.500><c> Word,</c><00:30:38.880><c> and</c><00:30:39.059><c> in</c><00:30:39.240><c> the</c><00:30:39.420><c> name</c><00:30:39.599><c> of</c><00:30:39.799><c> the</c><00:30:39.880><c> Lord</c><00:30:40.099><c> Jesus</c>

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Christ,<00:30:41.140><c> you</c><00:30:41.380><c> find</c><00:30:41.660><c> yourself</c><00:30:42.079><c> in</c><00:30:42.380><c> prison</c>

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and<00:30:42.859><c> you're</c><00:30:43.200><c> still</c><00:30:43.500><c> singing</c><00:30:43.839><c> praises,</c><00:30:45.960><c> so</c><00:30:46.299><c> loudly</c><00:30:46.839><c> sung</c><00:30:47.400><c> that</c>

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the<00:30:48.559><c> other</c><00:30:48.779><c> prisoners</c><00:30:49.079><c> are</c><00:30:49.319><c> all</c><00:30:49.519><c> hearing</c>

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that.

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But<00:30:50.359><c> brethren</c><00:30:50.680><c> and</c><00:30:50.859><c> sisters,</c><00:30:51.900><c> heard</c><00:30:52.039><c> in</c><00:30:52.279><c> heaven,</c><00:30:53.539><c> that's</c><00:30:53.980><c> the</c><00:30:54.180><c> thing.</c>

00:30:55.539 --> 00:30:59.160
So<00:30:55.799><c> that</c><00:30:55.920><c> it</c><00:30:56.019><c> was</c><00:30:56.299><c> God</c><00:30:56.599><c> that</c><00:30:56.880><c> heard,</c><00:30:57.319><c> and</c><00:30:57.400><c> God</c><00:30:57.700><c> that</c><00:30:57.960><c> shook</c><00:30:58.119><c> that</c><00:30:58.440><c> prison,</c><00:30:58.960><c> and</c>

00:30:59.160 --> 00:31:00.200
God<00:30:59.420><c> that</c><00:30:59.680><c> opened</c><00:30:59.859><c> that</c>

00:31:00.200 --> 00:31:03.460
door,<00:31:00.680><c> and</c><00:31:00.880><c> God</c><00:31:01.200><c> that</c><00:31:01.440><c> broke</c><00:31:01.660><c> off</c><00:31:01.920><c> those</c><00:31:02.220><c> chains.</c>

00:31:08.019 --> 00:31:11.619
And<00:31:08.299><c> it</c><00:31:08.440><c> led</c><00:31:08.619><c> to</c><00:31:09.119><c> the</c><00:31:09.559><c> great</c><00:31:10.000><c> conversion</c><00:31:10.660><c> of</c><00:31:10.940><c> the</c><00:31:11.140><c> Philippian</c>

00:31:11.619 --> 00:31:13.740
jailer<00:31:12.160><c> and</c><00:31:12.339><c> his</c><00:31:12.619><c> family.</c>

00:31:14.859 --> 00:31:18.559
Those<00:31:15.119><c> people</c><00:31:15.440><c> didn't</c><00:31:15.660><c> worry</c><00:31:15.980><c> about</c><00:31:16.380><c> the</c><00:31:17.259><c> 40</c><00:31:17.779><c> stripes</c><00:31:18.160><c> save</c>

00:31:18.559 --> 00:31:20.019
one<00:31:18.799><c> when</c><00:31:18.940><c> they</c><00:31:19.059><c> were</c><00:31:19.240><c> laying</c><00:31:19.480><c> this</c><00:31:19.779><c> beating</c>

00:31:20.019 --> 00:31:20.599
on<00:31:20.259><c> Paul.</c>

00:31:20.640 --> 00:31:22.920
That<00:31:20.740><c> was</c><00:31:21.640><c> Jewish</c><00:31:21.980><c> law.</c>

00:31:23.299 --> 00:31:25.799
But<00:31:23.359><c> when</c><00:31:23.480><c> Paul</c><00:31:23.680><c> told</c><00:31:23.900><c> them</c><00:31:24.019><c> he</c><00:31:24.059><c> was</c><00:31:24.240><c> a</c><00:31:24.380><c> Roman,</c><00:31:25.539><c> that</c><00:31:25.640><c> was</c>

00:31:25.799 --> 00:31:27.019
another<00:31:26.019><c> thing.</c>

00:31:27.279 --> 00:31:30.940
They<00:31:27.400><c> said,</c><00:31:27.640><c> would</c><00:31:27.700><c> you</c><00:31:27.799><c> just</c><00:31:28.200><c> leave,</c><00:31:28.539><c> please,</c><00:31:29.000><c> you</c><00:31:29.180><c> know,</c><00:31:29.400><c> that's</c><00:31:29.839><c> basically</c><00:31:30.319><c> what</c><00:31:30.539><c> it</c><00:31:30.700><c> is.</c>

00:31:31.019 --> 00:31:32.599
That's<00:31:31.319><c> the</c><00:31:31.460><c> picture</c><00:31:31.660><c> you're</c><00:31:31.839><c> getting.</c>

00:31:32.980 --> 00:31:35.640
They're<00:31:33.140><c> saying,</c><00:31:33.319><c> would</c><00:31:33.500><c> you</c><00:31:33.519><c> just</c><00:31:33.779><c> go</c><00:31:33.960><c> and</c><00:31:34.119><c> not</c><00:31:34.319><c> cause</c><00:31:34.539><c> a</c><00:31:34.799><c> scene?</c>

00:31:36.019 --> 00:31:38.559
And<00:31:36.039><c> that's,</c><00:31:36.740><c> go</c><00:31:36.920><c> in</c><00:31:37.220><c> peace,</c><00:31:37.440><c> they</c><00:31:37.740><c> said.</c>

00:31:38.880 --> 00:31:39.660
Isn't<00:31:39.059><c> that</c><00:31:39.220><c> incredible?</c>

00:31:39.759 --> 00:31:44.440
I<00:31:39.819><c> mean,</c><00:31:39.980><c> after</c><00:31:40.279><c> that</c><00:31:40.920><c> treatment,</c><00:31:41.240><c> they</c><00:31:41.460><c> say</c><00:31:41.619><c> to</c><00:31:41.819><c> Paul,</c><00:31:42.380><c> go</c><00:31:42.740><c> in</c><00:31:43.059><c> peace.</c>

00:31:45.599 --> 00:31:49.980
And<00:31:46.079><c> before</c><00:31:46.299><c> he</c><00:31:46.500><c> goes,</c><00:31:48.819><c> the</c><00:31:48.859><c> end</c><00:31:49.000><c> of</c><00:31:49.119><c> this</c><00:31:49.319><c> chapter,</c><00:31:49.839><c> brethren</c>

00:31:49.980 --> 00:31:51.660
and<00:31:50.180><c> sisters,</c><00:31:50.380><c> before</c><00:31:50.759><c> he</c><00:31:50.960><c> goes</c><00:31:51.140><c> at</c><00:31:51.380><c> verse</c>

00:31:51.660 --> 00:31:57.900
40,<00:31:53.380><c> and</c><00:31:53.680><c> they</c><00:31:53.819><c> went</c><00:31:53.920><c> out</c><00:31:54.200><c> of</c><00:31:54.319><c> the</c><00:31:54.519><c> prison</c><00:31:55.240><c> and</c><00:31:57.440><c> entered</c><00:31:57.660><c> into</c>

00:31:57.900 --> 00:32:00.619
the<00:31:58.079><c> house</c><00:31:58.299><c> of</c><00:31:58.519><c> Lydia,</c><00:31:59.980><c> and</c><00:32:00.140><c> when</c><00:32:00.259><c> they</c><00:32:00.359><c> had</c>

00:32:00.619 --> 00:32:06.180
seen<00:32:00.839><c> the</c><00:32:01.160><c> brethren,</c><00:32:02.119><c> they</c><00:32:02.599><c> comforted</c><00:32:03.119><c> them</c><00:32:03.819><c> and</c><00:32:05.119><c> departed.</c>

00:32:07.039 --> 00:32:13.200
And<00:32:07.599><c> that's</c><00:32:08.099><c> incredible</c><00:32:08.660><c> that</c><00:32:09.779><c> after</c><00:32:10.059><c> all</c><00:32:10.539><c> this,</c><00:32:12.720><c> they</c><00:32:12.980><c> were</c>

00:32:13.200 --> 00:32:15.180
the<00:32:13.480><c> comforters.</c>

00:32:16.059 --> 00:32:19.200
It's<00:32:16.619><c> a</c><00:32:16.740><c> marvelous</c><00:32:17.079><c> scene</c><00:32:17.359><c> for</c><00:32:17.579><c> the</c><00:32:17.839><c> dedication</c><00:32:18.380><c> and</c><00:32:18.559><c> the</c><00:32:18.740><c> commitment</c><00:32:19.019><c> of</c>

00:32:19.200 --> 00:32:21.000
these<00:32:19.420><c> brethren</c><00:32:19.799><c> manifesting</c>

00:32:21.000 --> 00:32:24.440
the<00:32:21.220><c> love</c><00:32:21.339><c> of</c><00:32:21.599><c> God</c><00:32:22.059><c> in</c><00:32:22.500><c> spite</c><00:32:22.660><c> of</c><00:32:22.839><c> these</c><00:32:23.119><c> awful</c><00:32:23.619><c> circumstances</c>

00:32:24.440 --> 00:32:28.200
in<00:32:25.400><c> order</c><00:32:25.539><c> to</c><00:32:25.779><c> preach</c><00:32:25.940><c> his</c><00:32:26.279><c> word</c><00:32:26.539><c> and</c><00:32:26.759><c> do</c><00:32:26.980><c> the</c><00:32:27.240><c> work.</c>

00:32:29.619 --> 00:32:31.680
But<00:32:29.779><c> the</c><00:32:29.940><c> journey's</c><00:32:30.279><c> got</c><00:32:30.400><c> to</c><00:32:30.720><c> continue.</c>

00:32:31.779 --> 00:32:34.339
Come<00:32:32.019><c> to</c><00:32:32.200><c> the</c><00:32:32.279><c> 17th</c><00:32:32.859><c> chapter</c><00:32:33.200><c> that</c><00:32:33.420><c> Brother</c><00:32:33.599><c> Bill</c><00:32:33.799><c> read</c><00:32:34.000><c> for</c>

00:32:34.339 --> 00:32:36.859
us,<00:32:35.240><c> the</c><00:32:35.259><c> first</c><00:32:35.480><c> 10</c><00:32:35.759><c> verses.</c>

00:32:37.400 --> 00:32:40.599
And<00:32:37.480><c> at</c><00:32:37.660><c> verse</c><00:32:37.920><c> 1,</c><00:32:38.180><c> as</c><00:32:38.319><c> you</c><00:32:38.519><c> see,</c><00:32:39.420><c> they</c><00:32:39.420><c> had</c><00:32:40.059><c> passed</c><00:32:40.359><c> through</c>

00:32:40.599 --> 00:32:42.819
Amphipolis<00:32:41.240><c> and</c><00:32:41.460><c> Apollonia,</c><00:32:42.579><c> and</c><00:32:42.599><c> they</c>

00:32:42.819 --> 00:32:45.940
came<00:32:43.019><c> to</c><00:32:43.259><c> Thessalonica,</c><00:32:44.579><c> where</c><00:32:44.720><c> there</c><00:32:44.859><c> was</c><00:32:45.039><c> a</c><00:32:45.299><c> synagogue</c><00:32:45.740><c> of</c>

00:32:45.940 --> 00:32:46.599
the<00:32:46.180><c> Jews.</c>

00:32:47.059 --> 00:32:50.660
And<00:32:47.240><c> you</c><00:32:47.359><c> can</c><00:32:47.539><c> trace</c><00:32:47.819><c> that</c><00:32:48.099><c> on</c><00:32:48.299><c> the</c><00:32:48.480><c> top</c><00:32:48.640><c> of</c><00:32:48.839><c> the</c><00:32:48.980><c> map</c><00:32:49.240><c> from</c><00:32:49.819><c> Philippi</c><00:32:50.500><c> to</c>

00:32:50.660 --> 00:32:52.859
Amphipolis<00:32:51.339><c> to</c><00:32:51.579><c> Apollonia</c><00:32:52.359><c> and</c>

00:32:52.859 --> 00:32:53.980
to<00:32:53.119><c> Thessalonica.</c>

00:32:54.220 --> 00:32:57.559
There<00:32:54.359><c> was</c><00:32:54.599><c> a</c><00:32:54.900><c> synagogue</c><00:32:55.259><c> of</c><00:32:55.460><c> the</c><00:32:55.680><c> Jews</c><00:32:55.900><c> there,</c><00:32:56.700><c> and</c><00:32:57.000><c> Paul,</c><00:32:57.339><c> as</c>

00:32:57.559 --> 00:32:59.759
his<00:32:57.819><c> custom</c><00:32:58.160><c> was,</c><00:32:58.500><c> would</c><00:32:58.619><c> go</c><00:32:58.799><c> into</c><00:32:58.980><c> that</c>

00:32:59.940 --> 00:33:04.599
and<00:33:00.220><c> attempt</c><00:33:00.700><c> to</c><00:33:01.160><c> preach</c><00:33:01.519><c> Jesus</c><00:33:02.299><c> Christ</c><00:33:03.160><c> and</c><00:33:03.680><c> Him</c><00:33:03.900><c> crucified</c>

00:33:04.599 --> 00:33:08.619
to<00:33:05.660><c> make</c><00:33:05.839><c> the</c><00:33:06.519><c> Jews</c><00:33:06.819><c> understand</c><00:33:07.539><c> this.</c>

00:33:09.440 --> 00:33:13.660
And<00:33:10.000><c> not</c><00:33:10.559><c> unusual,</c><00:33:11.160><c> he</c><00:33:11.359><c> always</c><00:33:11.740><c> did</c><00:33:11.940><c> this,</c><00:33:12.160><c> he</c><00:33:12.339><c> always</c><00:33:12.579><c> followed</c><00:33:12.859><c> this</c>

00:33:13.660 --> 00:33:15.500
pattern,<00:33:14.119><c> as</c><00:33:14.319><c> we'll</c><00:33:14.660><c> see.</c>

00:33:15.700 --> 00:33:17.900
I<00:33:15.900><c> don't</c><00:33:16.039><c> know</c><00:33:16.160><c> if</c><00:33:16.259><c> much</c><00:33:16.400><c> of</c><00:33:16.519><c> the</c><00:33:16.740><c> geography</c><00:33:17.119><c> is</c><00:33:17.359><c> of</c><00:33:17.539><c> interest</c>

00:33:17.900 --> 00:33:21.240
to<00:33:18.059><c> you,</c><00:33:18.200><c> but</c><00:33:18.299><c> it's</c><00:33:18.500><c> about</c><00:33:18.980><c> an</c><00:33:20.700><c> 80</c><00:33:20.940><c>-mile</c>

00:33:21.240 --> 00:33:21.759
journey.

00:33:22.000 --> 00:33:26.619
We're<00:33:22.019><c> not</c><00:33:22.220><c> talking</c><00:33:23.059><c> small</c><00:33:24.220><c> trips</c><00:33:24.619><c> here,</c><00:33:25.460><c> just</c><00:33:25.500><c> walking</c><00:33:26.039><c> across</c><00:33:26.380><c> the</c>

00:33:26.619 --> 00:33:28.079
street<00:33:26.759><c> kind</c><00:33:27.019><c> of</c><00:33:27.140><c> a</c><00:33:27.279><c> thing.</c>

00:33:27.910 --> 00:33:34.640
This<00:33:28.279><c> is</c><00:33:28.539><c> about</c><00:33:29.839><c> an</c><00:33:30.099><c> 80</c><00:33:30.319><c>-mile</c><00:33:30.700><c> journey</c><00:33:31.299><c> from</c><00:33:31.940><c> Philippi</c><00:33:32.680><c> to</c><00:33:33.079><c> Thessalonica.</c>

00:33:34.799 --> 00:33:38.319
But<00:33:34.960><c> they</c><00:33:35.119><c> could</c><00:33:35.339><c> make</c><00:33:35.579><c> that</c><00:33:35.859><c> journey</c><00:33:36.220><c> on</c><00:33:36.819><c> one</c><00:33:37.079><c> of</c><00:33:37.160><c> the</c><00:33:37.400><c> greatest</c><00:33:37.839><c> east</c>

00:33:38.319 --> 00:33:39.700
-west<00:33:38.539><c> highways</c><00:33:39.039><c> in</c><00:33:39.400><c> existence</c>

00:33:39.700 --> 00:33:41.259
at<00:33:39.940><c> that</c><00:33:40.180><c> time.</c>

00:33:41.559 --> 00:33:44.160
Great<00:33:41.819><c> Roman</c><00:33:42.160><c> Road,</c><00:33:42.480><c> the</c><00:33:42.700><c> Ignatian</c><00:33:43.200><c> Way,</c><00:33:43.539><c> it</c><00:33:43.539><c> was</c><00:33:43.779><c> called,</c>

00:33:44.640 --> 00:33:48.400
stretched<00:33:44.819><c> all</c><00:33:45.220><c> the</c><00:33:45.319><c> way</c><00:33:45.480><c> from</c><00:33:46.299><c> the</c><00:33:47.099><c> Bosporus</c>

00:33:48.410 --> 00:33:54.359
right<00:33:48.779><c> across</c><00:33:49.339><c> the</c><00:33:49.700><c> entire</c><00:33:50.460><c> northern</c><00:33:51.420><c> reaches</c><00:33:51.799><c> of</c><00:33:52.200><c> the</c><00:33:52.640><c> Aegean</c><00:33:53.000><c> Sea,</c>

00:33:54.420 --> 00:33:56.720
across<00:33:54.799><c> Macedonia,</c><00:33:56.359><c> all</c><00:33:56.599><c> the</c>

00:33:56.720 --> 00:33:58.400
way<00:33:56.980><c> to</c><00:33:56.980><c> the</c><00:33:57.480><c> Adriatic</c><00:33:58.119><c> Sea.</c>

00:33:58.519 --> 00:34:01.019
And<00:33:58.579><c> if</c><00:33:58.660><c> you</c><00:33:58.759><c> could</c><00:33:58.980><c> continue</c><00:33:59.339><c> across</c><00:33:59.700><c> the</c><00:33:59.960><c> sea,</c><00:34:00.380><c> it</c><00:34:00.380><c> would</c><00:34:00.619><c> join</c><00:34:00.839><c> up</c>

00:34:01.019 --> 00:34:03.460
with<00:34:01.200><c> the</c><00:34:01.359><c> Appian</c><00:34:01.660><c> Way</c><00:34:02.039><c> in</c><00:34:02.599><c> Italy.</c>

00:34:03.519 --> 00:34:05.259
But<00:34:03.640><c> it</c><00:34:03.700><c> was</c><00:34:03.839><c> a</c><00:34:04.079><c> great</c><00:34:04.240><c> highway.</c>

00:34:05.299 --> 00:34:08.719
They<00:34:05.440><c> would</c><00:34:05.640><c> journey</c><00:34:05.900><c> on</c><00:34:06.140><c> this</c><00:34:06.700><c> Roman</c><00:34:07.019><c> Road,</c><00:34:07.299><c> but</c><00:34:07.420><c> it</c><00:34:07.460><c> was</c><00:34:07.619><c> still</c><00:34:07.839><c> 80</c><00:34:08.039><c> miles.</c>

00:34:09.219 --> 00:34:11.179
It<00:34:09.360><c> wasn't</c><00:34:09.760><c> traveling</c><00:34:10.280><c> like</c><00:34:10.559><c> we</c><00:34:10.820><c> travel.</c>

00:34:11.659 --> 00:34:14.780
So<00:34:11.840><c> it</c><00:34:11.860><c> was</c><00:34:12.280><c> quite</c><00:34:12.619><c> an</c><00:34:13.260><c> undertaking</c><00:34:13.719><c> that</c><00:34:13.980><c> they</c><00:34:14.179><c> were</c><00:34:14.300><c> involved</c><00:34:14.659><c> in.</c>

00:34:14.800 --> 00:34:19.460
And<00:34:14.880><c> you</c><00:34:14.940><c> see</c><00:34:15.079><c> the</c><00:34:15.380><c> scale</c><00:34:15.579><c> on</c><00:34:15.800><c> the</c><00:34:15.940><c> map,</c><00:34:16.760><c> brethren</c><00:34:16.960><c> and</c><00:34:17.159><c> sisters,</c><00:34:18.900><c> this</c>

00:34:19.460 --> 00:34:20.980
whole<00:34:19.760><c> thing</c><00:34:19.940><c> is</c><00:34:20.119><c> kind</c><00:34:20.219><c> of</c><00:34:20.460><c> hand</c><00:34:20.760><c>-drawn,</c>

00:34:21.019 --> 00:34:24.179
so<00:34:21.159><c> it's</c><00:34:21.440><c> fairly</c><00:34:21.739><c> accurate,</c><00:34:23.119><c> but</c><00:34:23.119><c> not</c><00:34:23.679><c> perfection.</c>

00:34:24.179 --> 00:34:26.880
But<00:34:24.340><c> you</c><00:34:24.460><c> can</c><00:34:24.699><c> see</c><00:34:24.840><c> that</c><00:34:25.260><c> he's</c><00:34:25.500><c> on</c><00:34:25.599><c> no</c><00:34:25.880><c> small</c><00:34:26.579><c> journey.</c>

00:34:26.920 --> 00:34:28.320
This<00:34:27.059><c> is</c><00:34:27.300><c> 300</c><00:34:27.619><c> miles.</c>

00:34:28.780 --> 00:34:31.300
So<00:34:28.940><c> it</c><00:34:29.039><c> would</c><00:34:29.079><c> be</c><00:34:29.119><c> almost</c><00:34:29.559><c> 300</c><00:34:29.960><c> miles</c><00:34:30.300><c> to</c><00:34:30.460><c> go</c><00:34:30.539><c> from</c><00:34:30.739><c> Jerusalem</c>

00:34:31.300 --> 00:34:33.420
up<00:34:32.079><c> to</c><00:34:32.360><c> Antioch.</c>

00:34:33.780 --> 00:34:37.000
And<00:34:33.980><c> then</c><00:34:34.159><c> to</c><00:34:34.539><c> make</c><00:34:34.780><c> this</c><00:34:35.159><c> trip,</c><00:34:35.360><c> this</c><00:34:35.519><c> is</c><00:34:35.780><c> a,</c><00:34:36.559><c> well,</c><00:34:36.699><c> you</c><00:34:36.800><c> can</c>

00:34:37.000 --> 00:34:38.500
kind<00:34:37.139><c> of</c><00:34:37.500><c> work</c><00:34:37.639><c> it</c><00:34:37.860><c> out</c><00:34:37.980><c> by</c><00:34:38.139><c> just</c><00:34:38.320><c> looking</c>

00:34:38.500 --> 00:34:41.360
at<00:34:38.699><c> the</c><00:34:38.940><c> scale</c><00:34:39.159><c> there</c><00:34:39.320><c> and</c><00:34:39.400><c> get</c><00:34:39.519><c> an</c><00:34:39.699><c> idea</c><00:34:40.159><c> of</c><00:34:40.800><c> what</c><00:34:40.980><c> they</c><00:34:41.179><c> were</c>

00:34:41.360 --> 00:34:43.380
involved<00:34:41.719><c> in</c><00:34:41.880><c> in</c><00:34:42.000><c> this</c><00:34:42.199><c> preaching</c><00:34:42.559><c> work.</c>

00:34:43.460 --> 00:34:46.519
It<00:34:43.539><c> was</c><00:34:43.760><c> a</c><00:34:43.900><c> tremendous</c><00:34:45.059><c> undertaking</c><00:34:46.039><c> here.</c>

00:34:46.940 --> 00:34:52.260
And<00:34:47.119><c> they</c><00:34:47.260><c> come</c><00:34:47.400><c> to</c><00:34:47.619><c> Thessalonica,</c><00:34:50.719><c> I</c><00:34:50.820><c> guess</c><00:34:50.960><c> a</c><00:34:51.139><c> modern</c><00:34:51.739><c> city</c>

00:34:52.260 --> 00:34:54.159
by<00:34:52.519><c> the</c><00:34:52.780><c> standards</c><00:34:53.039><c> of</c><00:34:53.239><c> that</c><00:34:53.500><c> time,</c><00:34:53.760><c> a</c><00:34:53.980><c> great</c>

00:34:54.159 --> 00:35:03.699
city,<00:34:55.460><c> approximately</c><00:34:56.039><c> 200</c><00:34:56.599><c>,000</c><00:34:57.840><c> in</c><00:34:59.079><c> population</c><00:34:59.699><c> there</c><00:34:59.960><c> in</c><00:35:00.159><c> Thessalonica,</c><00:35:01.780><c> Seaport</c><00:35:02.239><c> City</c><00:35:02.559><c> on</c><00:35:03.260><c> the</c>

00:35:03.699 --> 00:35:07.780
Thermaic<00:35:04.280><c> Gulf,</c><00:35:04.840><c> that's</c><00:35:04.980><c> that</c><00:35:05.199><c> little</c><00:35:06.440><c> spit</c><00:35:06.800><c> of</c><00:35:07.300><c> water</c><00:35:07.619><c> that</c>

00:35:07.780 --> 00:35:09.739
goes<00:35:08.019><c> up</c><00:35:08.260><c> in,</c><00:35:08.440><c> that's</c><00:35:08.880><c> the</c><00:35:09.119><c> Thermaic</c>

00:35:09.739 --> 00:35:10.099
Gulf.

00:35:10.280 --> 00:35:12.000
I<00:35:10.400><c> don't</c><00:35:10.500><c> know</c><00:35:10.559><c> if</c><00:35:10.639><c> these</c><00:35:10.840><c> things</c><00:35:11.019><c> are</c><00:35:11.300><c> important</c><00:35:11.559><c> to</c><00:35:11.719><c> you</c><00:35:11.860><c> or</c>

00:35:12.000 --> 00:35:15.159
not,<00:35:12.159><c> but</c><00:35:12.440><c> it</c><00:35:13.099><c> kind</c><00:35:13.300><c> of</c><00:35:14.260><c> sets</c><00:35:14.539><c> it</c><00:35:14.820><c> in</c><00:35:14.940><c> the</c>

00:35:15.159 --> 00:35:15.400
mind.

00:35:15.519 --> 00:35:16.340
It<00:35:15.519><c> makes</c><00:35:15.719><c> it</c><00:35:16.039><c> real.</c>

00:35:16.519 --> 00:35:18.579
I<00:35:16.519><c> mean,</c><00:35:16.739><c> these</c><00:35:16.860><c> are</c><00:35:17.039><c> places,</c><00:35:17.559><c> they're</c><00:35:17.800><c> still</c><00:35:18.059><c> there</c><00:35:18.219><c> today.</c>

00:35:18.679 --> 00:35:22.920
I<00:35:18.780><c> mean,</c><00:35:18.860><c> you</c><00:35:18.960><c> can</c><00:35:19.139><c> go</c><00:35:19.340><c> and</c><00:35:20.000><c> see</c><00:35:20.360><c> the</c><00:35:20.599><c> Ignatian</c><00:35:21.840><c> Highway</c><00:35:22.440><c> today.</c>

00:35:22.920 --> 00:35:26.239
You<00:35:23.099><c> can</c><00:35:23.380><c> walk</c><00:35:23.679><c> on</c><00:35:23.860><c> that</c><00:35:24.079><c> highway</c><00:35:24.420><c> today</c><00:35:25.000><c> and</c><00:35:25.539><c> realize</c><00:35:26.079><c> that</c>

00:35:26.239 --> 00:35:28.380
the<00:35:26.420><c> Apostle</c><00:35:26.820><c> Paul</c><00:35:27.059><c> traveled</c><00:35:27.599><c> from</c><00:35:27.900><c> Philippi</c>

00:35:28.380 --> 00:35:30.760
to<00:35:28.519><c> Thessalonica</c><00:35:29.199><c> on</c><00:35:29.760><c> that</c><00:35:30.059><c> very</c><00:35:30.400><c> road.</c>

00:35:31.019 --> 00:35:33.599
You<00:35:31.079><c> may</c><00:35:31.239><c> be</c><00:35:31.440><c> putting</c><00:35:31.619><c> your</c><00:35:31.960><c> foot</c><00:35:32.099><c> down</c><00:35:32.380><c> where</c><00:35:32.519><c> he</c><00:35:32.699><c> did.</c>

00:35:34.079 --> 00:35:36.260
So<00:35:34.199><c> I'd</c><00:35:34.340><c> say</c><00:35:34.420><c> these</c><00:35:34.639><c> things</c><00:35:34.880><c> make</c><00:35:35.099><c> it</c><00:35:35.320><c> real</c><00:35:35.539><c> and</c><00:35:35.699><c> they</c><00:35:36.000><c> set</c><00:35:36.099><c> it</c>

00:35:36.260 --> 00:35:38.579
in<00:35:36.340><c> the</c><00:35:36.539><c> mind,</c><00:35:36.800><c> at</c><00:35:36.940><c> least</c><00:35:37.099><c> they</c><00:35:37.239><c> do</c><00:35:37.380><c> for</c><00:35:37.639><c> me.</c>

00:35:38.960 --> 00:35:42.800
But<00:35:39.099><c> it's</c><00:35:39.280><c> the</c><00:35:39.480><c> capital</c><00:35:39.739><c> city</c><00:35:40.099><c> of</c><00:35:40.940><c> Macedonia,</c><00:35:42.239><c> the</c><00:35:42.500><c> largest</c>

00:35:42.800 --> 00:35:45.739
city<00:35:43.219><c> in</c><00:35:44.019><c> that</c><00:35:44.300><c> northern</c><00:35:44.659><c> area.</c>

00:35:46.039 --> 00:35:48.960
And<00:35:46.119><c> this</c><00:35:47.480><c> is</c><00:35:47.619><c> where</c><00:35:47.719><c> Paul</c><00:35:48.019><c> and</c><00:35:48.340><c> Silas</c><00:35:48.599><c> would</c><00:35:48.820><c> go.</c>

00:35:48.960 --> 00:35:52.059
It<00:35:49.039><c> would</c><00:35:49.239><c> go</c><00:35:49.639><c> right</c><00:35:49.960><c> into</c><00:35:50.179><c> the</c><00:35:50.420><c> Synagogue</c><00:35:50.800><c> of</c><00:35:51.000><c> the</c><00:35:51.219><c> Jews.</c>

00:35:52.360 --> 00:35:54.840
And<00:35:52.360><c> let's</c><00:35:52.800><c> just</c><00:35:53.039><c> look</c><00:35:53.159><c> at</c><00:35:53.260><c> the</c><00:35:53.400><c> first</c><00:35:53.599><c> three</c><00:35:53.840><c> verses</c><00:35:54.119><c> of</c><00:35:54.320><c> this</c>

00:35:54.840 --> 00:35:56.900
17th<00:35:55.360><c> chapter</c><00:35:55.699><c> again.</c>

00:35:58.000 --> 00:35:59.820
It<00:35:58.000><c> says,</c><00:35:58.340><c> Now</c><00:35:58.340><c> when</c><00:35:58.460><c> they</c><00:35:58.599><c> had</c><00:35:58.860><c> passed</c><00:35:59.079><c> through</c><00:35:59.300><c> Amphipolis</c>

00:35:59.820 --> 00:36:02.239
and<00:36:00.039><c> Apollonia,</c><00:36:00.679><c> they</c><00:36:00.699><c> came</c><00:36:00.960><c> to</c><00:36:01.159><c> Thessalonica,</c>

00:36:02.500 --> 00:36:04.119
which<00:36:02.659><c> was</c><00:36:02.800><c> a</c><00:36:03.059><c> synagogue</c><00:36:03.420><c> of</c><00:36:03.619><c> the</c><00:36:03.840><c> Jews.</c>

00:36:04.260 --> 00:36:08.900
And<00:36:04.380><c> Paul,</c><00:36:05.599><c> as</c><00:36:06.019><c> his</c><00:36:06.260><c> manor</c><00:36:06.639><c> was,</c><00:36:07.679><c> went</c><00:36:07.880><c> in</c><00:36:08.139><c> unto</c><00:36:08.320><c> them,</c><00:36:08.639><c> and</c>

00:36:08.900 --> 00:36:11.219
three<00:36:09.420><c> Sabbath</c><00:36:09.840><c> days</c><00:36:10.340><c> reasoned</c><00:36:10.840><c> with</c><00:36:11.059><c> them</c>

00:36:11.219 --> 00:36:15.659
out<00:36:11.440><c> of</c><00:36:11.559><c> the</c><00:36:11.800><c> Scriptures,</c><00:36:12.760><c> opening</c><00:36:13.179><c> and</c><00:36:13.559><c> alleging</c><00:36:14.340><c> that</c><00:36:14.780><c> Christ</c><00:36:15.300><c> must</c>

00:36:15.659 --> 00:36:17.619
needs<00:36:15.940><c> have</c><00:36:16.300><c> suffered</c><00:36:16.679><c> and</c><00:36:17.380><c> risen</c>

00:36:17.619 --> 00:36:21.699
again<00:36:17.920><c> from</c><00:36:18.179><c> the</c><00:36:18.360><c> dead,</c><00:36:19.119><c> and</c><00:36:19.119><c> that</c><00:36:19.300><c> this</c><00:36:19.659><c> Jesus,</c><00:36:20.639><c> whom</c><00:36:20.760><c> I</c><00:36:21.139><c> preach</c><00:36:21.460><c> unto</c>

00:36:21.699 --> 00:36:24.440
you,<00:36:22.340><c> is</c><00:36:22.780><c> Christ,</c><00:36:24.000><c> is</c><00:36:24.320><c> the</c>

00:36:24.440 --> 00:36:25.059
Messiah.

00:36:25.440 --> 00:36:30.019
That's<00:36:25.800><c> the</c><00:36:25.920><c> message</c><00:36:26.260><c> that</c><00:36:26.420><c> he's</c><00:36:26.539><c> giving</c><00:36:26.719><c> to</c><00:36:26.920><c> the</c><00:36:27.139><c> Jews</c><00:36:27.400><c> in</c><00:36:27.840><c> the</c><00:36:28.059><c> synagogue</c><00:36:28.460><c> at</c><00:36:28.659><c> Thessalonica.</c>

00:36:31.360 --> 00:36:35.539
Only<00:36:31.800><c> three</c><00:36:32.239><c> Sabbaths,</c><00:36:33.840><c> I'm</c><00:36:33.980><c> not</c><00:36:34.199><c> saying</c><00:36:34.320><c> that's</c><00:36:34.579><c> all</c><00:36:34.820><c> the</c><00:36:35.039><c> time</c><00:36:35.219><c> that</c><00:36:35.380><c> he</c>

00:36:35.539 --> 00:36:36.579
spent<00:36:35.739><c> in</c><00:36:35.900><c> Thessalonica,</c>

00:36:36.639 --> 00:36:39.360
because<00:36:36.880><c> obviously</c><00:36:37.280><c> it</c><00:36:37.380><c> was</c><00:36:37.539><c> much</c><00:36:37.800><c> more</c><00:36:38.019><c> than</c><00:36:38.199><c> that,</c><00:36:39.079><c> but</c><00:36:39.239><c> I</c>

00:36:39.360 --> 00:36:40.480
believe<00:36:39.500><c> that's</c><00:36:39.699><c> all</c><00:36:39.920><c> the</c><00:36:40.099><c> time</c><00:36:40.260><c> that</c><00:36:40.360><c> he</c>

00:36:40.480 --> 00:36:42.300
was<00:36:40.659><c> allowed</c><00:36:40.880><c> in</c><00:36:41.000><c> that</c><00:36:41.280><c> synagogue.</c>

00:36:42.539 --> 00:36:47.639
And<00:36:42.800><c> then</c><00:36:42.940><c> he</c><00:36:43.099><c> was</c><00:36:43.380><c> thrust</c><00:36:43.579><c> out,</c><00:36:43.920><c> because</c><00:36:44.059><c> there</c><00:36:44.280><c> were</c><00:36:44.719><c> a</c><00:36:45.300><c> large</c><00:36:45.719><c> segment,</c><00:36:46.139><c> a</c><00:36:46.280><c> powerful</c><00:36:46.820><c> segment</c><00:36:47.280><c> of</c>

00:36:47.639 --> 00:36:52.360
unbelieving<00:36:48.340><c> Jews</c><00:36:48.940><c> that</c><00:36:50.300><c> were</c><00:36:50.599><c> influential</c><00:36:51.119><c> there</c><00:36:51.460><c> in</c><00:36:51.659><c> Thessalonica.</c>

00:36:52.679 --> 00:36:55.420
And<00:36:52.900><c> they</c><00:36:53.000><c> would</c><00:36:53.260><c> thrust</c><00:36:53.480><c> Paul</c><00:36:53.780><c> out</c><00:36:53.960><c> of</c><00:36:54.099><c> that</c><00:36:54.300><c> synagogue,</c><00:36:55.099><c> and</c>

00:36:55.420 --> 00:36:57.619
then<00:36:55.579><c> he'd</c><00:36:55.739><c> have</c><00:36:55.860><c> to</c><00:36:56.079><c> find</c><00:36:56.260><c> new</c><00:36:56.500><c> headquarters.</c>

00:36:58.039 --> 00:37:00.739
And<00:36:58.320><c> this</c><00:36:58.519><c> would</c><00:36:58.659><c> be</c><00:36:58.820><c> the</c><00:36:58.980><c> house</c><00:36:59.599><c> of</c><00:36:59.980><c> Brother</c><00:37:00.239><c> Jason.</c>

00:37:01.219 --> 00:37:03.179
I<00:37:01.340><c> like</c><00:37:01.460><c> to</c><00:37:01.639><c> think</c><00:37:01.739><c> of</c><00:37:01.840><c> it</c><00:37:01.940><c> this</c><00:37:02.179><c> way.</c>

00:37:03.480 --> 00:37:06.500
He's<00:37:03.739><c> our</c><00:37:03.960><c> brother,</c><00:37:04.800><c> one</c><00:37:04.800><c> of</c><00:37:04.900><c> the</c><00:37:05.059><c> brethren,</c><00:37:05.840><c> and</c><00:37:06.199><c> that</c><00:37:06.360><c> would</c>

00:37:06.500 --> 00:37:08.579
become<00:37:06.679><c> the</c><00:37:06.900><c> headquarters</c><00:37:07.340><c> for</c><00:37:08.420><c> the</c>

00:37:08.579 --> 00:37:09.960
preaching<00:37:08.940><c> work.</c>

00:37:10.320 --> 00:37:14.800
So,<00:37:12.659><c> problems</c><00:37:13.099><c> there</c><00:37:13.380><c> now</c><00:37:13.579><c> for</c><00:37:13.780><c> him.</c>

00:37:15.320 --> 00:37:21.420
Just,<00:37:18.360><c> you</c><00:37:18.460><c> know,</c><00:37:18.920><c> the</c><00:37:19.219><c> house</c><00:37:19.500><c> is</c><00:37:19.860><c> assaulted,</c><00:37:20.679><c> brethren</c><00:37:20.860><c> and</c><00:37:21.079><c> sisters.</c>

00:37:21.659 --> 00:37:24.920
This<00:37:21.860><c> is</c><00:37:21.980><c> what</c><00:37:22.039><c> it</c><00:37:22.219><c> meant</c><00:37:22.340><c> to</c><00:37:22.659><c> preach</c><00:37:23.139><c> the</c><00:37:23.639><c> Gospel</c><00:37:24.019><c> of</c><00:37:24.280><c> Christ</c>

00:37:24.920 --> 00:37:27.360
in<00:37:25.860><c> the</c><00:37:26.019><c> days</c><00:37:26.139><c> of</c><00:37:26.300><c> the</c><00:37:26.440><c> Apostle</c><00:37:26.900><c> Paul,</c>

00:37:27.760 --> 00:37:31.900
and<00:37:27.960><c> to</c><00:37:28.179><c> enter</c><00:37:28.320><c> into</c><00:37:28.639><c> Jewish,</c><00:37:29.500><c> the</c><00:37:29.780><c> Jewish</c><00:37:30.380><c> scheme</c><00:37:30.760><c> of</c><00:37:31.059><c> things.</c>

00:37:32.739 --> 00:37:36.159
The<00:37:32.920><c> house</c><00:37:33.119><c> of</c><00:37:33.380><c> Jason</c><00:37:33.639><c> would</c><00:37:33.820><c> be</c><00:37:34.579><c> totally</c><00:37:35.019><c> assaulted.</c>

00:37:38.639 --> 00:37:41.059
Let's<00:37:39.219><c> look</c><00:37:39.380><c> at</c><00:37:39.480><c> what</c><00:37:39.579><c> the</c><00:37:39.800><c> Ecclesia</c><00:37:40.079><c> was</c><00:37:40.300><c> comprised</c><00:37:40.880><c> of.</c>

00:37:41.079 --> 00:37:43.400
Let's<00:37:41.280><c> just</c><00:37:41.619><c> push</c><00:37:41.800><c> a</c><00:37:41.920><c> little</c><00:37:42.159><c> further</c><00:37:42.539><c> here.</c>

00:37:43.679 --> 00:37:45.139
Verse<00:37:43.860><c> 4.</c>

00:37:46.239 --> 00:37:49.719
This<00:37:46.360><c> is</c><00:37:46.659><c> the</c><00:37:47.960><c> makeup</c><00:37:48.360><c> of</c><00:37:48.579><c> the</c><00:37:48.719><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:37:50.199 --> 00:37:53.800
Some<00:37:50.440><c> of</c><00:37:50.739><c> them,</c><00:37:51.619><c> he's</c><00:37:51.900><c> in</c><00:37:52.059><c> the</c><00:37:52.239><c> synagogue</c><00:37:52.579><c> now</c><00:37:52.900><c> for</c><00:37:53.059><c> that</c><00:37:53.260><c> short</c><00:37:53.539><c> time</c>

00:37:53.800 --> 00:37:55.980
to<00:37:54.000><c> understand,</c><00:37:54.920><c> some</c><00:37:55.239><c> of</c><00:37:55.519><c> them</c>

00:37:55.980 --> 00:37:59.500
believe,<00:37:56.460><c> that's</c><00:37:56.780><c> the</c><00:37:56.980><c> Jews,</c><00:37:57.860><c> and</c><00:37:58.099><c> consorted</c><00:37:58.559><c> with</c><00:37:58.860><c> Paul</c><00:37:59.159><c> and</c>

00:37:59.500 --> 00:38:02.340
Silas,<00:38:00.659><c> and</c><00:38:00.920><c> of</c><00:38:01.079><c> the</c><00:38:01.300><c> devout</c><00:38:01.840><c> Greeks,</c>

00:38:02.340 --> 00:38:07.739
a<00:38:02.559><c> great</c><00:38:03.000><c> multitude,</c><00:38:04.599><c> and</c><00:38:04.780><c> of</c><00:38:04.920><c> the</c><00:38:05.179><c> chief</c><00:38:05.440><c> women,</c><00:38:06.400><c> not</c><00:38:06.639><c> a</c><00:38:06.860><c> few.</c>

00:38:08.039 --> 00:38:14.320
That's<00:38:08.380><c> the,</c><00:38:09.260><c> what's</c><00:38:10.159><c> the</c><00:38:10.260><c> word,</c><00:38:10.679><c> demographics</c><00:38:11.239><c> of</c><00:38:11.900><c> the</c><00:38:12.079><c> Ecclesia</c><00:38:13.039><c> made</c>

00:38:14.320 --> 00:38:17.179
up<00:38:14.500><c> of</c><00:38:14.719><c> Jews,</c><00:38:15.639><c> Greeks,</c><00:38:16.840><c> influential</c>

00:38:17.179 --> 00:38:24.480
women<00:38:17.619><c> from</c><00:38:17.920><c> the</c><00:38:18.179><c> area,</c><00:38:19.559><c> Jews</c><00:38:19.780><c> from</c><00:38:20.019><c> the</c><00:38:20.280><c> synagogue</c><00:38:20.840><c> that</c><00:38:22.019><c> were</c><00:38:22.260><c> believing</c><00:38:22.739><c> Jews,</c><00:38:23.579><c> some,</c><00:38:24.239><c> it</c>

00:38:24.480 --> 00:38:25.280
says,<00:38:24.980><c> not</c>

00:38:25.280 --> 00:38:30.480
many,<00:38:25.619><c> but</c><00:38:25.920><c> some,</c><00:38:27.260><c> but</c><00:38:27.579><c> quite</c><00:38:27.840><c> a</c><00:38:28.059><c> lot</c><00:38:28.300><c> of</c><00:38:28.960><c> devout</c><00:38:29.480><c> Greeks.</c>

00:38:30.559 --> 00:38:33.659
That<00:38:31.079><c> word</c><00:38:31.300><c> just</c><00:38:31.559><c> means</c><00:38:31.739><c> that</c><00:38:31.920><c> they</c><00:38:32.000><c> were</c><00:38:32.300><c> religious</c><00:38:32.659><c> minded.</c>

00:38:33.699 --> 00:38:35.300
Perhaps<00:38:34.000><c> it</c><00:38:34.159><c> means</c><00:38:34.340><c> they</c><00:38:34.480><c> were</c><00:38:34.739><c> sympathetic.</c>

00:38:35.400 --> 00:38:37.840
Some<00:38:35.599><c> feel</c><00:38:35.800><c> it</c><00:38:35.940><c> means</c><00:38:36.079><c> that</c><00:38:36.239><c> they</c><00:38:36.340><c> were</c><00:38:36.579><c> sympathetic</c><00:38:37.119><c> to</c><00:38:37.579><c> the</c>

00:38:37.840 --> 00:38:41.920
Jewish<00:38:38.420><c> approach</c><00:38:39.980><c> to</c><00:38:40.239><c> religion,</c><00:38:40.800><c> the</c><00:38:41.260><c> singular</c>

00:38:41.920 --> 00:38:48.559
God,<00:38:43.239><c> the</c><00:38:44.480><c> moral</c><00:38:44.880><c> and</c><00:38:45.940><c> ethical</c><00:38:47.340><c> teaching</c><00:38:47.820><c> of</c><00:38:48.039><c> the</c><00:38:48.239><c> Jews,</c><00:38:48.460><c> and</c>

00:38:48.559 --> 00:38:49.800
they<00:38:48.639><c> were</c><00:38:48.820><c> sympathetic</c><00:38:49.280><c> to</c><00:38:49.519><c> that.</c>

00:38:50.199 --> 00:38:52.860
But<00:38:50.400><c> nonetheless,</c><00:38:50.960><c> there</c><00:38:51.000><c> were</c><00:38:51.639><c> many</c><00:38:51.940><c> of</c><00:38:52.199><c> those,</c><00:38:52.639><c> a</c><00:38:52.699><c> great</c>

00:38:52.860 --> 00:38:54.699
multitude,<00:38:53.340><c> the</c><00:38:53.500><c> Scripture</c><00:38:53.800><c> says.</c>

00:38:54.719 --> 00:38:57.480
That's<00:38:55.119><c> the</c><00:38:55.219><c> real</c><00:38:55.480><c> heart</c><00:38:55.800><c> of</c><00:38:55.960><c> the</c><00:38:56.159><c> Ecclesia</c><00:38:56.480><c> there,</c><00:38:56.840><c> these</c>

00:38:57.480 --> 00:38:58.159
devout<00:38:57.820><c> Greeks.</c>

00:38:58.159 --> 00:39:05.639
And<00:38:58.519><c> then</c><00:38:58.840><c> the</c><00:39:00.079><c> chief</c><00:39:00.539><c> women,</c><00:39:01.880><c> not</c><00:39:02.179><c> a</c><00:39:02.440><c> few,</c><00:39:02.599><c> it</c><00:39:02.820><c> says,</c><00:39:03.179><c> so</c><00:39:03.360><c> I</c><00:39:03.539><c> assume</c><00:39:03.760><c> that</c><00:39:03.920><c> that</c><00:39:04.079><c> means</c><00:39:04.239><c> more</c><00:39:04.500><c> than</c><00:39:04.639><c> a</c><00:39:04.800><c> few.</c>

00:39:06.039 --> 00:39:08.420
But<00:39:06.260><c> that's</c><00:39:06.500><c> what</c><00:39:07.139><c> the</c><00:39:07.340><c> Ecclesia</c><00:39:07.619><c> looked</c><00:39:07.900><c> like.</c>

00:39:08.679 --> 00:39:11.880
Diverse<00:39:09.119><c> in</c><00:39:09.400><c> character,</c><00:39:10.099><c> brethren</c><00:39:10.260><c> and</c><00:39:10.440><c> sisters,</c><00:39:11.420><c> just</c><00:39:11.659><c> like</c>

00:39:11.880 --> 00:39:13.940
the<00:39:12.280><c> Ecclesias</c><00:39:12.739><c> today,</c><00:39:13.199><c> diverse</c><00:39:13.699><c> in</c>

00:39:13.940 --> 00:39:17.719
character<00:39:14.260><c> from</c><00:39:14.500><c> all</c><00:39:14.800><c> walks</c><00:39:15.059><c> of</c><00:39:15.300><c> life,</c><00:39:16.460><c> different</c><00:39:16.699><c> backgrounds,</c><00:39:17.519><c> different</c>

00:39:17.719 --> 00:39:21.199
cultures,<00:39:19.960><c> but</c><00:39:20.260><c> all</c><00:39:20.559><c> one,</c>

00:39:21.519 --> 00:39:23.579
all<00:39:22.000><c> one</c><00:39:22.219><c> in</c><00:39:22.500><c> Christ</c><00:39:22.900><c> Jesus.</c>

00:39:23.820 --> 00:39:25.079
That's<00:39:24.159><c> the</c><00:39:24.320><c> thing,</c><00:39:24.519><c> isn't</c><00:39:24.699><c> it?</c>

00:39:25.079 --> 00:39:27.800
That's<00:39:25.920><c> what</c><00:39:26.099><c> the</c><00:39:26.380><c> Ecclesia</c><00:39:26.739><c> is.</c>

00:39:28.019 --> 00:39:32.239
We<00:39:28.340><c> need</c><00:39:28.500><c> to</c><00:39:28.679><c> remember</c><00:39:28.940><c> that</c><00:39:29.159><c> with</c><00:39:29.320><c> all</c><00:39:29.500><c> our</c><00:39:29.800><c> backgrounds,</c><00:39:30.400><c> with</c><00:39:30.480><c> all</c><00:39:30.699><c> our</c><00:39:30.900><c> different</c><00:39:31.159><c> cultures</c><00:39:31.559><c> and</c><00:39:31.760><c> so</c><00:39:32.000><c> forth,</c>

00:39:32.500 --> 00:39:35.460
all<00:39:33.099><c> one</c><00:39:33.519><c> in</c><00:39:34.000><c> Christ</c><00:39:34.400><c> Jesus.</c>

00:39:35.860 --> 00:39:38.199
That's<00:39:36.159><c> what</c><00:39:36.239><c> it</c><00:39:36.420><c> was</c><00:39:36.519><c> for</c><00:39:36.719><c> the</c><00:39:36.900><c> Thessalonians.</c>

00:39:38.380 --> 00:39:42.460
But<00:39:38.500><c> those</c><00:39:38.820><c> Jews,</c><00:39:39.400><c> just</c><00:39:39.659><c> look</c><00:39:39.800><c> at</c><00:39:39.960><c> verse</c><00:39:40.239><c> five</c><00:39:41.059><c> through</c><00:39:41.380><c> seven,</c><00:39:42.239><c> and</c>

00:39:42.460 --> 00:39:43.119
you<00:39:42.539><c> see</c><00:39:42.639><c> what</c><00:39:42.880><c> happened.</c>

00:39:43.179 --> 00:39:46.480
As<00:39:43.320><c> they're</c><00:39:43.639><c> thrust</c><00:39:43.880><c> out</c><00:39:44.119><c> now,</c><00:39:44.500><c> Paul</c><00:39:44.860><c> and</c><00:39:45.400><c> the</c><00:39:45.599><c> brethren,</c><00:39:45.940><c> thrust</c><00:39:46.239><c> out</c>

00:39:46.480 --> 00:39:49.780
of<00:39:47.659><c> the</c><00:39:47.980><c> synagogue,</c><00:39:48.980><c> verse</c><00:39:49.260><c> five,</c><00:39:49.639><c> the</c>

00:39:49.780 --> 00:39:54.159
Jews<00:39:50.059><c> which,</c><00:39:50.340><c> believe</c><00:39:50.860><c> not,</c><00:39:52.219><c> moved</c><00:39:52.619><c> with</c><00:39:52.860><c> envy,</c><00:39:53.800><c> took</c><00:39:53.940><c> unto</c>

00:39:54.159 --> 00:39:56.320
them<00:39:54.480><c> certain</c><00:39:54.980><c> lewd</c><00:39:55.360><c> fellows</c><00:39:55.739><c> of</c><00:39:56.019><c> the</c>

00:39:56.320 --> 00:39:57.139
baser<00:39:56.800><c> sort.</c>

00:39:57.280 --> 00:40:01.559
When<00:39:57.539><c> you</c><00:39:57.659><c> read</c><00:39:57.820><c> about</c><00:39:58.000><c> the</c><00:39:58.280><c> baser</c><00:39:58.679><c> sort</c><00:39:58.960><c> and</c><00:39:59.099><c> you</c><00:39:59.199><c> look</c><00:39:59.300><c> at</c><00:39:59.400><c> what</c><00:39:59.519><c> that</c><00:39:59.739><c> means,</c><00:40:00.619><c> that</c><00:40:00.780><c> has</c><00:40:01.340><c> to</c>

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do<00:40:01.679><c> with</c>

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the<00:40:01.980><c> word</c><00:40:02.199><c> agora,</c><00:40:03.480><c> the</c><00:40:03.800><c> marketplace.</c>

00:40:05.300 --> 00:40:08.920
Talking<00:40:05.599><c> about</c><00:40:05.800><c> the</c><00:40:06.139><c> marketplace</c><00:40:06.780><c> boys,</c><00:40:07.320><c> the</c><00:40:07.440><c> ones</c><00:40:07.579><c> that</c><00:40:07.719><c> would</c><00:40:08.119><c> hang</c><00:40:08.400><c> around</c><00:40:08.760><c> on</c>

00:40:08.920 --> 00:40:09.659
the<00:40:09.199><c> street</c><00:40:09.340><c> corner</c>

00:40:09.659 --> 00:40:12.539
in<00:40:09.780><c> the</c><00:40:10.000><c> marketplace</c><00:40:10.400><c> with</c><00:40:10.619><c> nothing</c><00:40:10.860><c> to</c><00:40:11.059><c> do</c><00:40:11.139><c> but</c><00:40:11.280><c> make</c><00:40:11.539><c> trouble.</c>

00:40:12.880 --> 00:40:15.480
And<00:40:13.039><c> those</c><00:40:13.199><c> were</c><00:40:13.380><c> the</c><00:40:13.500><c> ones</c><00:40:13.639><c> that</c><00:40:13.820><c> they</c><00:40:13.980><c> just</c><00:40:14.420><c> kind</c><00:40:14.599><c> of</c><00:40:14.880><c> corralled</c><00:40:15.239><c> some</c>

00:40:15.480 --> 00:40:17.780
of<00:40:15.599><c> these</c><00:40:15.860><c> fellows</c><00:40:16.320><c> and</c><00:40:17.480><c> allowed</c>

00:40:17.780 --> 00:40:21.079
them<00:40:17.980><c> to</c><00:40:18.099><c> kind</c><00:40:18.280><c> of</c><00:40:18.659><c> spearhead</c><00:40:19.099><c> the</c><00:40:19.400><c> attack</c><00:40:19.659><c> against</c><00:40:20.199><c> Paul</c><00:40:20.940><c> and</c>

00:40:21.079 --> 00:40:22.099
the<00:40:21.280><c> brethren.</c>

00:40:23.000 --> 00:40:23.940
They<00:40:23.300><c> moved</c><00:40:23.519><c> with</c><00:40:23.739><c> envy.</c>

00:40:24.119 --> 00:40:27.239
They<00:40:24.119><c> took</c><00:40:24.400><c> certain</c><00:40:24.980><c> lewd</c><00:40:25.380><c> fellows</c><00:40:25.699><c> of</c><00:40:25.900><c> the</c><00:40:26.059><c> baser</c><00:40:26.400><c> sort,</c><00:40:26.639><c> gathered</c><00:40:26.940><c> a</c>

00:40:27.239 --> 00:40:28.980
company<00:40:27.599><c> and</c><00:40:28.099><c> set</c><00:40:28.239><c> all</c><00:40:28.559><c> the</c><00:40:28.820><c> city</c>

00:40:28.980 --> 00:40:33.900
on<00:40:29.239><c> an</c><00:40:29.559><c> uproar</c><00:40:30.139><c> and</c><00:40:30.559><c> assaulted</c><00:40:31.159><c> the</c><00:40:31.440><c> house</c><00:40:31.719><c> of</c><00:40:32.059><c> Jason</c><00:40:32.460><c> and</c><00:40:33.400><c> sought</c><00:40:33.639><c> to</c>

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bring<00:40:34.000><c> them</c><00:40:34.159><c> out</c><00:40:34.340><c> to</c><00:40:34.480><c> the</c><00:40:34.679><c> people.</c>

00:40:35.119 --> 00:40:38.159
When<00:40:35.300><c> they</c><00:40:35.539><c> found</c><00:40:35.760><c> them</c><00:40:36.059><c> not,</c><00:40:36.280><c> they</c><00:40:36.460><c> drew</c><00:40:36.639><c> Jason</c><00:40:37.199><c> and</c><00:40:37.840><c> certain</c>

00:40:38.159 --> 00:40:39.599
brethren<00:40:38.559><c> unto</c><00:40:38.760><c> the</c><00:40:39.000><c> rulers</c><00:40:39.219><c> of</c><00:40:39.400><c> the</c>

00:40:39.599 --> 00:40:43.079
city,<00:40:39.820><c> crying,</c><00:40:40.659><c> these</c><00:40:41.119><c> that</c><00:40:41.300><c> have</c><00:40:41.539><c> turned</c><00:40:41.840><c> the</c><00:40:42.159><c> world</c><00:40:42.480><c> upside</c>

00:40:43.079 --> 00:40:46.059
down<00:40:44.000><c> are</c><00:40:44.400><c> come</c><00:40:44.599><c> hither</c><00:40:44.940><c> also.</c>

00:40:46.090 --> 00:40:49.860
So<00:40:46.320><c> the</c><00:40:46.539><c> Jews</c><00:40:46.760><c> kind</c><00:40:46.960><c> of</c><00:40:47.280><c> follow</c><00:40:47.559><c> along</c><00:40:47.900><c> with</c><00:40:48.099><c> the</c><00:40:48.260><c> work</c><00:40:48.400><c> of</c><00:40:48.699><c> Paul</c><00:40:49.139><c> and</c>

00:40:49.860 --> 00:40:52.519
Silas<00:40:50.679><c> and</c><00:40:51.639><c> Timothy</c><00:40:52.079><c> is</c><00:40:52.320><c> with</c>

00:40:52.519 --> 00:40:55.900
them,<00:40:53.019><c> perhaps</c><00:40:53.219><c> Luke</c><00:40:53.460><c> is</c><00:40:53.659><c> with</c><00:40:53.800><c> them</c><00:40:54.000><c> now,</c><00:40:55.260><c> and</c><00:40:55.480><c> these</c><00:40:55.699><c> Jews</c>

00:40:55.900 --> 00:40:57.440
are<00:40:56.079><c> just</c><00:40:56.260><c> kind</c><00:40:56.400><c> of</c><00:40:56.699><c> following</c><00:40:56.920><c> along.</c>

00:40:57.880 --> 00:40:59.260
They've<00:40:58.340><c> come</c><00:40:58.619><c> hither</c><00:40:58.900><c> also.</c>

00:40:59.280 --> 00:41:02.000
It's<00:40:59.440><c> like</c><00:40:59.639><c> they</c><00:40:59.880><c> were</c><00:41:00.139><c> there,</c><00:41:00.400><c> now</c><00:41:00.579><c> they're</c><00:41:00.880><c> here.</c>

00:41:02.059 --> 00:41:04.519
And<00:41:02.519><c> looking</c><00:41:02.679><c> on</c><00:41:02.860><c> it</c><00:41:02.940><c> is</c><00:41:03.099><c> a</c><00:41:03.280><c> great</c><00:41:03.460><c> problem.</c>

00:41:04.699 --> 00:41:07.699
And<00:41:04.800><c> so</c><00:41:04.940><c> they</c><00:41:05.599><c> assaulted,</c><00:41:06.199><c> they</c><00:41:06.340><c> were</c><00:41:06.619><c> moved</c><00:41:06.940><c> with</c><00:41:07.239><c> envy,</c><00:41:07.519><c> the</c>

00:41:07.699 --> 00:41:09.079
scripture<00:41:08.000><c> says.</c>

00:41:09.519 --> 00:41:12.780
Verse<00:41:10.039><c> seven,</c><00:41:10.760><c> Jason</c><00:41:11.380><c> hath</c><00:41:11.719><c> received</c><00:41:12.199><c> them.</c>

00:41:13.000 --> 00:41:16.219
And<00:41:13.179><c> these</c><00:41:13.500><c> all</c><00:41:14.019><c> do</c><00:41:14.260><c> contrary</c><00:41:14.840><c> to</c><00:41:15.099><c> the</c><00:41:15.320><c> decrees</c><00:41:15.599><c> of</c><00:41:15.880><c> Caesar,</c>

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saying<00:41:16.800><c> that</c><00:41:16.920><c> there</c><00:41:17.079><c> is</c><00:41:17.239><c> another</c><00:41:17.539><c> king,</c>

00:41:18.059 --> 00:41:19.519
one<00:41:18.320><c> Jesus.</c>

00:41:20.780 --> 00:41:23.260
That's<00:41:21.260><c> the</c><00:41:21.460><c> accusation,</c><00:41:22.059><c> isn't</c><00:41:22.239><c> it?</c>

00:41:23.679 --> 00:41:26.039
So<00:41:23.940><c> they</c><00:41:24.099><c> make</c><00:41:24.300><c> this</c><00:41:24.699><c> rush</c><00:41:24.920><c> on</c><00:41:25.139><c> the</c><00:41:25.300><c> house</c><00:41:25.500><c> of</c><00:41:25.780><c> Jason.</c>

00:41:26.119 --> 00:41:29.880
They<00:41:26.400><c> assault</c><00:41:26.840><c> the</c><00:41:27.039><c> house</c><00:41:27.320><c> of</c><00:41:27.619><c> Jason</c><00:41:27.980><c> and</c><00:41:29.059><c> Paul</c><00:41:29.380><c> and</c><00:41:29.619><c> Silas</c>

00:41:29.880 --> 00:41:30.860
evidently<00:41:30.360><c> are</c><00:41:30.480><c> not</c><00:41:30.699><c> there.</c>

00:41:30.900 --> 00:41:34.420
So<00:41:31.019><c> they</c><00:41:31.400><c> drag</c><00:41:31.820><c> Jason</c><00:41:32.320><c> and</c><00:41:32.500><c> some</c><00:41:32.659><c> of</c><00:41:32.780><c> the</c><00:41:32.960><c> brethren</c><00:41:33.219><c> out</c><00:41:33.380><c> of</c><00:41:33.500><c> the</c><00:41:33.659><c> house</c><00:41:34.099><c> to</c>

00:41:34.420 --> 00:41:35.500
the<00:41:34.639><c> rulers.</c>

00:41:35.670 --> 00:41:40.760
The<00:41:36.000><c> accusation</c><00:41:36.820><c> is</c><00:41:37.880><c> these</c><00:41:38.659><c> people</c><00:41:38.920><c> are</c><00:41:39.139><c> speaking</c><00:41:39.380><c> treason.</c>

00:41:41.619 --> 00:41:44.079
They're<00:41:41.860><c> in</c><00:41:42.079><c> support</c><00:41:42.380><c> of</c><00:41:42.539><c> a</c><00:41:42.699><c> rival</c><00:41:43.039><c> king</c><00:41:43.360><c> by</c><00:41:43.599><c> the</c><00:41:43.679><c> name</c><00:41:43.800><c> of</c>

00:41:44.079 --> 00:41:46.380
Jesus<00:41:44.639><c> above</c><00:41:45.260><c> Caesar.</c>

00:41:47.079 --> 00:41:49.280
That's<00:41:47.440><c> the</c><00:41:47.579><c> accusation</c><00:41:48.059><c> against</c><00:41:48.340><c> the</c><00:41:48.539><c> brethren.</c>

00:41:50.199 --> 00:41:54.980
We<00:41:50.440><c> want</c><00:41:50.579><c> to</c><00:41:50.800><c> notice</c><00:41:51.119><c> very</c><00:41:51.639><c> carefully</c><00:41:52.300><c> the</c><00:41:53.579><c> expression,</c><00:41:54.239><c> these</c><00:41:54.719><c> that</c>

00:41:54.980 --> 00:41:59.039
have<00:41:55.300><c> turned</c><00:41:55.639><c> the</c><00:41:56.139><c> world</c><00:41:56.900><c> upside</c><00:41:57.860><c> down.</c>

00:41:59.420 --> 00:42:01.980
That's<00:41:59.719><c> the</c><00:41:59.880><c> world's</c><00:42:00.260><c> perspective,</c><00:42:00.760><c> brethren</c><00:42:01.000><c> and</c><00:42:01.139><c> sisters.</c>

00:42:02.480 --> 00:42:05.360
That's<00:42:03.039><c> what</c><00:42:03.159><c> the</c><00:42:03.360><c> truth</c><00:42:03.500><c> does.</c>

00:42:05.380 --> 00:42:07.280
You<00:42:05.500><c> might</c><00:42:05.619><c> as</c><00:42:05.760><c> well</c><00:42:05.840><c> face</c><00:42:06.119><c> it,</c><00:42:06.239><c> that's</c><00:42:06.519><c> exactly</c><00:42:06.880><c> what</c><00:42:07.059><c> the</c>

00:42:07.280 --> 00:42:08.739
truth<00:42:07.460><c> does.</c>

00:42:09.159 --> 00:42:12.940
Everything<00:42:09.360><c> that</c><00:42:09.539><c> the</c><00:42:09.719><c> world</c><00:42:09.960><c> holds</c><00:42:10.500><c> dear,</c><00:42:12.000><c> all</c><00:42:12.199><c> the</c><00:42:12.500><c> values,</c>

00:42:13.280 --> 00:42:15.500
all<00:42:13.420><c> the</c><00:42:13.800><c> standards</c><00:42:14.320><c> that</c><00:42:14.539><c> the</c><00:42:14.719><c> world</c>

00:42:15.500 --> 00:42:20.500
puts<00:42:16.280><c> as</c><00:42:16.679><c> precious,</c><00:42:18.900><c> these</c><00:42:19.039><c> things</c><00:42:19.199><c> are</c><00:42:19.480><c> wrong.</c>

00:42:21.639 --> 00:42:26.039
And<00:42:21.739><c> the</c><00:42:22.000><c> truth</c><00:42:22.420><c> turns</c><00:42:23.400><c> things</c><00:42:23.880><c> right</c><00:42:24.320><c> side</c><00:42:24.719><c> up</c><00:42:24.880><c> from</c><00:42:25.079><c> God's</c><00:42:25.619><c> perspective.</c>

00:42:26.320 --> 00:42:28.679
But<00:42:26.420><c> from</c><00:42:26.579><c> the</c><00:42:26.760><c> world's</c><00:42:27.159><c> perspective,</c><00:42:28.019><c> the</c><00:42:28.119><c> world</c><00:42:28.280><c> is</c><00:42:28.519><c> turned</c>

00:42:28.679 --> 00:42:29.619
upside<00:42:29.199><c> down.</c>

00:42:29.619 --> 00:42:33.079
All<00:42:30.159><c> the</c><00:42:30.340><c> things</c><00:42:30.460><c> they</c><00:42:30.780><c> like</c><00:42:31.019><c> are</c><00:42:31.679><c> not</c><00:42:31.920><c> acceptable.</c>

00:42:34.460 --> 00:42:38.119
But<00:42:34.639><c> the</c><00:42:34.860><c> truth</c><00:42:35.099><c> turns</c><00:42:35.460><c> things</c><00:42:35.780><c> right</c><00:42:36.139><c> side</c><00:42:36.539><c> up</c><00:42:37.360><c> for</c><00:42:37.699><c> us</c><00:42:38.019><c> and</c>

00:42:38.119 --> 00:42:40.480
we<00:42:38.239><c> can</c><00:42:38.380><c> be</c><00:42:38.460><c> very</c><00:42:38.800><c> thankful</c><00:42:39.099><c> for</c><00:42:39.320><c> that.</c>

00:42:41.300 --> 00:42:48.400
What<00:42:41.440><c> happens</c><00:42:41.780><c> to</c><00:42:42.099><c> brother</c><00:42:42.380><c> Paul</c><00:42:43.179><c> and</c><00:42:44.820><c> brother</c><00:42:45.139><c> Silas,</c><00:42:48.300><c> but</c>

00:42:48.400 --> 00:42:50.199
to<00:42:48.519><c> me</c><00:42:48.619><c> is</c><00:42:48.760><c> nothing</c><00:42:48.940><c> short</c><00:42:49.300><c> of</c><00:42:49.519><c> amazing,</c><00:42:50.079><c> brethren</c>

00:42:50.199 --> 00:42:53.920
and<00:42:50.420><c> sisters,</c><00:42:50.699><c> because</c><00:42:51.079><c> everywhere</c><00:42:51.559><c> they</c><00:42:51.900><c> go,</c><00:42:52.820><c> everywhere</c>

00:42:53.920 --> 00:42:57.519
they<00:42:54.199><c> go,</c><00:42:54.420><c> they're</c><00:42:54.539><c> looked</c><00:42:54.739><c> upon</c><00:42:55.159><c> as</c><00:42:55.880><c> troublemakers</c>

00:42:57.900 --> 00:43:01.579
and<00:42:58.340><c> there's</c><00:42:58.539><c> a</c><00:42:58.820><c> strong</c><00:42:59.099><c> effort</c><00:42:59.400><c> to</c><00:42:59.559><c> just</c><00:42:59.860><c> run</c><00:43:00.039><c> them</c><00:43:00.219><c> out</c><00:43:00.380><c> of</c><00:43:00.599><c> town.</c>

00:43:02.000 --> 00:43:03.840
And<00:43:02.079><c> you</c><00:43:02.159><c> can</c><00:43:02.280><c> just</c><00:43:02.480><c> see</c><00:43:02.699><c> this,</c><00:43:02.920><c> you</c><00:43:02.920><c> can</c><00:43:03.199><c> trace</c><00:43:03.400><c> it</c><00:43:03.559><c> on</c><00:43:03.679><c> the</c>

00:43:03.840 --> 00:43:05.880
map,<00:43:04.519><c> you</c><00:43:04.639><c> see</c><00:43:04.820><c> the</c><00:43:05.059><c> points</c><00:43:05.260><c> along</c><00:43:05.579><c> the</c><00:43:05.760><c> way,</c>

00:43:06.000 --> 00:43:08.360
you<00:43:06.059><c> say</c><00:43:06.159><c> what</c><00:43:06.360><c> happened</c><00:43:06.719><c> here,</c><00:43:07.199><c> and</c><00:43:07.360><c> you</c><00:43:07.519><c> see</c><00:43:07.679><c> that</c><00:43:08.019><c> same</c>

00:43:08.360 --> 00:43:10.460
perspective<00:43:08.940><c> against</c><00:43:09.360><c> them.</c>

00:43:10.679 --> 00:43:13.980
Everywhere<00:43:10.940><c> they</c><00:43:11.219><c> go,</c><00:43:12.039><c> run</c><00:43:12.159><c> out</c><00:43:12.360><c> of</c><00:43:12.559><c> time,</c><00:43:13.059><c> town.</c>

00:43:16.480 --> 00:43:18.320
The<00:43:16.679><c> truth</c><00:43:16.820><c> changes</c><00:43:17.300><c> things.</c>

00:43:19.599 --> 00:43:23.000
The<00:43:19.820><c> truth</c><00:43:19.960><c> says</c><00:43:20.159><c> you</c><00:43:20.300><c> can't</c><00:43:21.019><c> serve</c><00:43:21.360><c> yourself</c><00:43:21.920><c> anymore.</c>

00:43:24.119 --> 00:43:28.719
The<00:43:24.599><c> truth</c><00:43:24.800><c> says</c><00:43:25.039><c> now</c><00:43:25.320><c> you</c><00:43:25.460><c> have</c><00:43:25.760><c> to</c><00:43:25.940><c> seek</c><00:43:26.179><c> to</c><00:43:26.860><c> please</c><00:43:27.340><c> God.</c>

00:43:30.019 --> 00:43:33.440
The<00:43:30.099><c> key</c><00:43:30.340><c> from</c><00:43:31.699><c> the</c><00:43:31.940><c> first</c><00:43:32.139><c> chapter</c><00:43:32.559><c> of</c><00:43:32.739><c> Thessalonians,</c><00:43:33.400><c> you</c>

00:43:33.440 --> 00:43:34.760
don't<00:43:33.579><c> need</c><00:43:33.760><c> to</c><00:43:33.900><c> turn</c><00:43:34.099><c> to</c><00:43:34.239><c> that,</c><00:43:34.440><c> we'll</c><00:43:34.579><c> get</c>

00:43:34.760 --> 00:43:38.260
into<00:43:34.880><c> that</c><00:43:35.139><c> in</c><00:43:35.260><c> a</c><00:43:35.380><c> few</c><00:43:35.480><c> moments,</c><00:43:36.400><c> verse</c><00:43:36.619><c> 9</c><00:43:36.900><c> and</c><00:43:37.059><c> 10.</c>

00:43:38.539 --> 00:43:42.699
You<00:43:38.639><c> serve</c><00:43:39.019><c> the</c><00:43:39.360><c> living</c><00:43:39.760><c> and</c><00:43:40.380><c> true</c><00:43:40.639><c> God</c><00:43:41.179><c> and</c><00:43:42.019><c> wait</c><00:43:42.300><c> for</c><00:43:42.500><c> his</c>

00:43:42.699 --> 00:43:44.059
son<00:43:42.900><c> from</c><00:43:43.119><c> heaven.</c>

00:43:44.519 --> 00:43:46.099
Life<00:43:44.739><c> is</c><00:43:45.039><c> disturbed.</c>

00:43:46.880 --> 00:43:47.840
That's<00:43:47.059><c> what</c><00:43:47.179><c> the</c><00:43:47.420><c> truth</c><00:43:47.559><c> does.</c>

00:43:47.840 --> 00:43:53.719
Life<00:43:48.199><c> is</c><00:43:49.039><c> disturbed</c><00:43:49.619><c> and</c><00:43:50.019><c> this</c><00:43:50.460><c> world</c><00:43:51.099><c> is</c><00:43:52.019><c> turned</c><00:43:52.239><c> upside</c><00:43:52.739><c> down</c><00:43:53.280><c> and</c>

00:43:53.719 --> 00:43:55.960
God's<00:43:54.239><c> world</c><00:43:54.440><c> is</c><00:43:54.679><c> made</c><00:43:54.900><c> evident.</c>

00:43:57.079 --> 00:44:02.139
And<00:43:57.260><c> we</c><00:43:57.400><c> who</c><00:43:57.539><c> are</c><00:43:57.820><c> dead</c><00:43:58.679><c> in</c><00:43:59.300><c> trespasses</c><00:43:59.800><c> and</c><00:44:00.159><c> sins</c><00:44:00.760><c> are</c><00:44:02.000><c> made</c>

00:44:02.139 --> 00:44:05.079
alive<00:44:02.960><c> in</c><00:44:03.659><c> Christ</c><00:44:04.000><c> Jesus.</c>

00:44:06.599 --> 00:44:10.340
And<00:44:06.940><c> the</c><00:44:07.099><c> brethren</c><00:44:07.320><c> of</c><00:44:07.500><c> Thessalonica</c><00:44:08.119><c> say</c><00:44:08.360><c> to</c><00:44:08.619><c> Paul,</c><00:44:10.119><c> you've</c>

00:44:10.340 --> 00:44:12.539
got<00:44:10.400><c> to</c><00:44:10.539><c> get</c><00:44:10.679><c> out</c><00:44:10.860><c> of</c><00:44:10.900><c> town,</c><00:44:12.139><c> you've</c><00:44:12.440><c> got</c>

00:44:12.539 --> 00:44:13.780
to<00:44:12.739><c> go.</c>

00:44:13.800 --> 00:44:18.619
And<00:44:14.280><c> in</c><00:44:14.500><c> cover</c><00:44:14.659><c> of</c><00:44:14.920><c> night,</c><00:44:15.840><c> they</c><00:44:15.940><c> head</c><00:44:16.300><c> west</c><00:44:16.659><c> to</c><00:44:16.940><c> Berea</c><00:44:18.219><c> into</c>

00:44:18.619 --> 00:44:21.639
the<00:44:19.179><c> synagogue</c><00:44:19.579><c> of</c><00:44:19.800><c> the</c><00:44:20.000><c> Jews</c><00:44:20.179><c> and</c><00:44:20.500><c> the</c><00:44:20.760><c> cycle,</c>

00:44:21.739 --> 00:44:23.679
you<00:44:21.860><c> know</c><00:44:21.920><c> we</c><00:44:22.019><c> say</c><00:44:22.179><c> everywhere</c><00:44:22.519><c> he</c><00:44:22.719><c> goes</c><00:44:22.940><c> is</c><00:44:23.119><c> the</c><00:44:23.239><c> same</c><00:44:23.460><c> thing,</c>

00:44:23.920 --> 00:44:25.760
the<00:44:24.179><c> cycle</c><00:44:24.559><c> repeats</c><00:44:25.059><c> itself,</c><00:44:25.599><c> brethren</c>

00:44:25.760 --> 00:44:26.179
and<00:44:25.980><c> sisters.</c>

00:44:26.340 --> 00:44:28.440
There's<00:44:26.599><c> no</c><00:44:26.860><c> new</c><00:44:27.159><c> work</c><00:44:27.340><c> in</c><00:44:27.480><c> the</c><00:44:27.619><c> life</c><00:44:27.780><c> of</c><00:44:28.039><c> Paul,</c><00:44:28.139><c> this</c><00:44:28.320><c> is</c>

00:44:28.440 --> 00:44:29.840
God's<00:44:28.860><c> work.</c>

00:44:30.000 --> 00:44:32.619
And<00:44:30.380><c> it's</c><00:44:30.619><c> consistent</c><00:44:31.059><c> and</c><00:44:31.260><c> it's</c><00:44:31.579><c> level</c><00:44:31.780><c> and</c><00:44:31.960><c> it's</c><00:44:32.179><c> the</c><00:44:32.360><c> same.</c>

00:44:32.860 --> 00:44:35.980
And<00:44:32.980><c> this</c><00:44:33.159><c> is</c><00:44:33.320><c> the</c><00:44:33.440><c> work</c><00:44:33.599><c> that</c><00:44:33.860><c> Paul</c><00:44:34.099><c> embarks</c><00:44:34.599><c> on</c><00:44:34.920><c> and</c><00:44:35.659><c> carries</c>

00:44:35.980 --> 00:44:38.079
through<00:44:36.239><c> his</c><00:44:36.519><c> whole</c><00:44:36.780><c> experience.</c>

00:44:39.119 --> 00:44:40.780
They<00:44:39.380><c> come</c><00:44:39.539><c> to</c><00:44:39.719><c> Berea.</c>

00:44:41.019 --> 00:44:44.599
The<00:44:41.320><c> 11th</c><00:44:41.780><c> verse,</c><00:44:42.000><c> these</c><00:44:42.159><c> are</c><00:44:42.300><c> more</c><00:44:42.579><c> noble</c><00:44:42.900><c> than</c><00:44:43.079><c> those</c><00:44:43.300><c> in</c><00:44:43.539><c> Thessalonica</c><00:44:44.219><c> in</c>

00:44:44.599 --> 00:44:45.400
that<00:44:44.739><c> they</c><00:44:45.019><c> receive</c>

00:44:45.400 --> 00:44:49.039
the<00:44:45.659><c> word</c><00:44:45.840><c> with</c><00:44:46.079><c> all</c><00:44:46.400><c> readiness</c><00:44:46.699><c> of</c><00:44:47.079><c> mind</c><00:44:47.500><c> and</c><00:44:48.360><c> search</c><00:44:48.780><c> the</c>

00:44:49.039 --> 00:44:51.460
scriptures<00:44:49.340><c> daily</c><00:44:49.920><c> whether</c><00:44:50.579><c> those</c><00:44:51.139><c> things</c>

00:44:51.460 --> 00:44:52.840
were<00:44:51.800><c> so.</c>

00:44:53.980 --> 00:44:54.739
Just<00:44:54.159><c> think</c><00:44:54.340><c> about</c><00:44:54.579><c> this.</c>

00:44:54.820 --> 00:44:56.980
We<00:44:55.159><c> draw</c><00:44:55.360><c> this</c><00:44:55.639><c> first</c><00:44:55.940><c> session</c><00:44:56.159><c> to</c><00:44:56.380><c> a</c><00:44:56.639><c> conclusion.</c>

00:44:57.400 --> 00:45:00.820
What<00:44:57.559><c> was</c><00:44:57.800><c> happening</c><00:44:58.099><c> in</c><00:44:58.440><c> Berea,</c><00:44:58.679><c> more</c><00:44:58.960><c> noble,</c><00:45:00.119><c> he</c><00:45:00.400><c> says,</c><00:45:00.519><c> this</c><00:45:00.699><c> is</c>

00:45:00.820 --> 00:45:02.780
God's<00:45:01.280><c> perspective</c><00:45:01.719><c> again.</c>

00:45:03.000 --> 00:45:06.500
The<00:45:03.159><c> brothers</c><00:45:03.420><c> and</c><00:45:03.960><c> sisters</c><00:45:04.400><c> of</c><00:45:04.719><c> Berea</c><00:45:05.380><c> were</c><00:45:05.699><c> more</c><00:45:06.239><c> noble.</c>

00:45:06.500 --> 00:45:09.980
So<00:45:06.619><c> wonder</c><00:45:06.780><c> what</c><00:45:06.940><c> it</c><00:45:07.119><c> means</c><00:45:07.320><c> to</c><00:45:07.480><c> be</c><00:45:07.679><c> noble</c><00:45:07.920><c> in</c><00:45:08.059><c> the</c><00:45:08.360><c> truth,</c><00:45:09.300><c> eh?</c>

00:45:10.579 --> 00:45:13.480
Anybody<00:45:10.900><c> aspire</c><00:45:11.420><c> to</c><00:45:11.559><c> be</c><00:45:11.800><c> noble</c><00:45:12.079><c> in</c><00:45:12.260><c> the</c><00:45:12.480><c> truth?</c>

00:45:13.900 --> 00:45:18.199
I'm<00:45:14.039><c> not</c><00:45:14.099><c> talking</c><00:45:14.340><c> about</c><00:45:15.340><c> rank</c><00:45:15.780><c> or</c><00:45:16.820><c> aristocracy</c><00:45:17.760><c> or</c><00:45:17.920><c> anything</c>

00:45:18.199 --> 00:45:20.079
like<00:45:18.539><c> that,</c><00:45:18.860><c> brethren</c><00:45:19.000><c> and</c><00:45:19.280><c> sisters.</c>

00:45:20.519 --> 00:45:23.699
We're<00:45:20.780><c> not</c><00:45:20.980><c> noble</c><00:45:21.219><c> by</c><00:45:21.579><c> birth,</c><00:45:21.880><c> we're</c><00:45:22.119><c> noble</c><00:45:22.320><c> by</c><00:45:22.679><c> rebirth.</c>

00:45:24.460 --> 00:45:27.320
We're<00:45:24.760><c> noble</c><00:45:24.940><c> because</c><00:45:25.320><c> there</c><00:45:25.480><c> is</c><00:45:25.760><c> a</c><00:45:26.079><c> superiority</c><00:45:26.699><c> of</c><00:45:27.179><c> mind</c>

00:45:27.320 --> 00:45:28.659
and<00:45:27.480><c> please</c><00:45:27.699><c> understand</c><00:45:28.119><c> what</c><00:45:28.239><c> I'm</c><00:45:28.420><c> saying</c>

00:45:28.659 --> 00:45:29.679
here.

00:45:29.820 --> 00:45:31.239
There's<00:45:29.980><c> nothing</c><00:45:30.260><c> pompous</c><00:45:30.679><c> in</c><00:45:30.900><c> this.</c>

00:45:31.239 --> 00:45:38.920
There<00:45:31.679><c> is</c><00:45:31.940><c> a</c><00:45:32.239><c> superiority</c><00:45:32.880><c> of</c><00:45:33.340><c> mind</c><00:45:33.920><c> and</c><00:45:34.719><c> character</c><00:45:35.340><c> only</c><00:45:37.000><c> because</c><00:45:37.340><c> it's</c><00:45:37.699><c> influenced</c><00:45:38.219><c> and</c><00:45:38.460><c> directed</c>

00:45:38.920 --> 00:45:39.960
by<00:45:39.199><c> the</c><00:45:39.380><c> word</c><00:45:39.500><c> of</c><00:45:39.760><c> God.</c>

00:45:40.000 --> 00:45:41.500
That's<00:45:40.280><c> the</c><00:45:40.440><c> only</c><00:45:40.599><c> way.</c>

00:45:42.119 --> 00:45:44.420
That's<00:45:42.360><c> the</c><00:45:42.460><c> only</c><00:45:42.679><c> way</c><00:45:42.840><c> there</c><00:45:42.920><c> can</c><00:45:43.059><c> be</c><00:45:43.260><c> any</c><00:45:43.539><c> superiority</c><00:45:44.159><c> of</c>

00:45:44.420 --> 00:45:47.500
thinking<00:45:44.679><c> and</c><00:45:45.280><c> action</c><00:45:45.780><c> because</c><00:45:46.679><c> it</c><00:45:46.960><c> comes</c><00:45:47.260><c> from</c>

00:45:47.500 --> 00:45:49.420
the<00:45:47.699><c> word</c><00:45:47.860><c> of</c><00:45:48.139><c> God.</c>

00:45:51.119 --> 00:45:54.519
Think<00:45:51.260><c> about</c><00:45:51.460><c> being</c><00:45:51.739><c> noble</c><00:45:52.000><c> in</c><00:45:52.159><c> the</c><00:45:52.400><c> truth</c><00:45:52.579><c> as</c><00:45:52.980><c> two</c><00:45:53.260><c> steps.</c>

00:45:57.320 --> 00:45:59.179
This<00:45:57.519><c> is</c><00:45:57.699><c> the</c><00:45:57.800><c> procedure,</c><00:45:58.440><c> brethren</c><00:45:58.559><c> and</c><00:45:58.739><c> sisters.</c>

00:45:59.179 --> 00:46:05.679
Step<00:45:59.739><c> one,</c><00:46:02.000><c> as</c><00:46:02.539><c> we</c><00:46:02.719><c> can</c><00:46:02.920><c> read</c><00:46:03.179><c> here</c><00:46:03.559><c> concerning</c><00:46:04.039><c> this</c><00:46:04.579><c> in</c><00:46:04.940><c> verse</c><00:46:05.199><c> 11,</c>

00:46:06.079 --> 00:46:08.679
you<00:46:06.199><c> receive</c><00:46:06.719><c> the</c><00:46:07.000><c> word</c><00:46:07.239><c> with</c><00:46:08.139><c> readiness,</c>

00:46:08.840 --> 00:46:10.579
with<00:46:09.059><c> a</c><00:46:09.219><c> ready</c><00:46:09.400><c> mind.</c>

00:46:11.420 --> 00:46:14.260
The<00:46:11.719><c> NIV</c><00:46:12.079><c> says</c><00:46:12.320><c> they</c><00:46:12.519><c> received</c><00:46:12.900><c> it</c><00:46:13.079><c> with</c><00:46:13.320><c> eagerness.</c>

00:46:14.599 --> 00:46:17.500
The<00:46:14.760><c> Greek</c><00:46:14.980><c> word</c><00:46:15.199><c> means</c><00:46:15.539><c> a</c><00:46:15.980><c> predisposition.</c>

00:46:17.900 --> 00:46:20.519
When<00:46:18.000><c> we</c><00:46:18.199><c> come</c><00:46:18.380><c> to</c><00:46:18.519><c> this</c><00:46:18.719><c> word</c><00:46:18.920><c> of</c><00:46:19.079><c> God,</c><00:46:19.400><c> brethren</c><00:46:19.659><c> and</c><00:46:19.880><c> sisters,</c><00:46:20.239><c> we've</c>

00:46:20.519 --> 00:46:22.139
got<00:46:20.599><c> to</c><00:46:20.739><c> be</c><00:46:21.059><c> predisposed</c>

00:46:22.139 --> 00:46:26.119
to<00:46:22.480><c> accept</c><00:46:22.980><c> it,</c><00:46:23.139><c> to</c><00:46:23.380><c> take</c><00:46:23.639><c> God</c><00:46:23.960><c> at</c><00:46:24.099><c> His</c><00:46:24.280><c> word,</c><00:46:24.739><c> to</c><00:46:24.920><c> say</c><00:46:25.300><c> what</c><00:46:25.800><c> we</c>

00:46:26.119 --> 00:46:28.000
read<00:46:26.320><c> we</c><00:46:26.539><c> will</c><00:46:26.820><c> do.</c>

00:46:28.360 --> 00:46:34.619
We've<00:46:28.659><c> got</c><00:46:28.760><c> to</c><00:46:28.920><c> come</c><00:46:29.179><c> with</c><00:46:29.360><c> that</c><00:46:29.619><c> predisposition</c><00:46:32.119><c> to</c><00:46:32.559><c> the</c><00:46:32.679><c> word</c><00:46:32.900><c> of</c><00:46:33.000><c> God.</c>

00:46:34.639 --> 00:46:36.340
That's<00:46:34.940><c> step</c><00:46:35.159><c> one.</c>

00:46:36.480 --> 00:46:39.579
Step<00:46:36.719><c> two</c><00:46:37.000><c> is</c><00:46:37.199><c> that</c><00:46:37.300><c> they</c><00:46:37.619><c> searched</c><00:46:38.059><c> the</c><00:46:38.360><c> scriptures</c><00:46:38.760><c> daily</c>

00:46:39.579 --> 00:46:42.119
to<00:46:40.400><c> see</c><00:46:40.599><c> if</c><00:46:40.739><c> the</c><00:46:40.860><c> things</c><00:46:41.139><c> that</c><00:46:41.380><c> Paul</c><00:46:41.619><c> was</c><00:46:41.940><c> saying</c>

00:46:42.119 --> 00:46:46.500
to<00:46:42.400><c> them</c><00:46:42.880><c> was</c><00:46:43.320><c> true</c><00:46:43.860><c> and</c><00:46:44.460><c> there's</c><00:46:44.760><c> nothing</c><00:46:44.940><c> wrong</c><00:46:45.300><c> with</c><00:46:45.559><c> this,</c>

00:46:46.519 --> 00:46:48.320
absolutely<00:46:46.980><c> nothing</c><00:46:47.380><c> wrong</c><00:46:47.679><c> with</c><00:46:47.900><c> this.</c>

00:46:48.420 --> 00:46:52.400
This<00:46:48.679><c> idea</c><00:46:49.019><c> of</c><00:46:49.360><c> searching,</c><00:46:50.360><c> the</c><00:46:50.539><c> word</c><00:46:50.659><c> means</c><00:46:50.900><c> to</c><00:46:51.360><c> scrutinize,</c>

00:46:52.599 --> 00:46:54.619
to<00:46:52.860><c> investigate,</c><00:46:53.579><c> to</c><00:46:53.840><c> interrogate.</c>

00:46:54.619 --> 00:46:56.500
They're<00:46:55.059><c> looking</c><00:46:55.300><c> deep</c><00:46:55.800><c> into</c><00:46:56.039><c> the</c><00:46:56.280><c> scripture.</c>

00:46:56.699 --> 00:46:59.800
They're<00:46:57.000><c> scrutinizing</c><00:46:57.699><c> the</c><00:46:58.159><c> things</c><00:46:58.480><c> that</c><00:46:59.159><c> Paul</c><00:46:59.460><c> is</c><00:46:59.659><c> saying.</c>

00:46:59.940 --> 00:47:01.820
They're<00:47:00.159><c> considering</c><00:47:00.599><c> the</c><00:47:00.900><c> word.</c>

00:47:02.019 --> 00:47:05.460
They're<00:47:02.219><c> searching</c><00:47:02.539><c> the</c><00:47:02.840><c> scripture</c><00:47:03.360><c> and</c><00:47:05.019><c> they're</c><00:47:05.159><c> coming</c><00:47:05.280><c> to</c>

00:47:05.460 --> 00:47:07.500
the<00:47:05.619><c> conclusion</c><00:47:05.940><c> that,</c><00:47:06.420><c> yes,</c><00:47:06.420><c> Paul</c><00:47:06.679><c> is</c><00:47:07.079><c> right.</c>

00:47:07.860 --> 00:47:10.199
Paul<00:47:08.159><c> is</c><00:47:08.460><c> saying</c><00:47:08.719><c> things</c><00:47:09.340><c> that</c><00:47:09.559><c> are</c><00:47:09.820><c> true.</c>

00:47:10.679 --> 00:47:12.900
This<00:47:10.760><c> is</c><00:47:11.019><c> part</c><00:47:11.179><c> of</c><00:47:11.340><c> the</c><00:47:11.420><c> nobility</c><00:47:11.860><c> to</c><00:47:12.119><c> search</c><00:47:12.380><c> the</c><00:47:12.659><c> scripture</c>

00:47:12.900 --> 00:47:13.659
in<00:47:13.079><c> that</c><00:47:13.320><c> way.</c>

00:47:14.039 --> 00:47:20.260
What<00:47:14.519><c> you</c><00:47:14.900><c> hear</c><00:47:15.360><c> is</c><00:47:16.539><c> only</c><00:47:17.000><c> important</c><00:47:17.780><c> if</c><00:47:18.739><c> it's</c><00:47:19.119><c> consistent</c><00:47:19.659><c> and</c><00:47:19.980><c> in</c>

00:47:20.260 --> 00:47:23.199
harmony<00:47:20.860><c> with</c><00:47:21.860><c> God's</c><00:47:22.360><c> word.</c>

00:47:23.699 --> 00:47:26.579
That's<00:47:24.260><c> the</c><00:47:24.340><c> only</c><00:47:24.500><c> time</c><00:47:24.699><c> it</c><00:47:24.780><c> has</c><00:47:24.980><c> any</c><00:47:25.139><c> meaning</c><00:47:25.400><c> to</c><00:47:25.639><c> us.</c>

00:47:26.699 --> 00:47:28.539
Otherwise,<00:47:27.280><c> it's</c><00:47:27.420><c> just</c><00:47:27.619><c> noise.</c>

00:47:29.440 --> 00:47:32.639
But<00:47:29.559><c> if</c><00:47:29.639><c> it's</c><00:47:29.920><c> in</c><00:47:30.079><c> harmony</c><00:47:30.320><c> with</c><00:47:30.539><c> the</c><00:47:30.699><c> word</c><00:47:30.840><c> of</c><00:47:31.119><c> God,</c><00:47:32.119><c> then</c><00:47:32.219><c> it's</c><00:47:32.519><c> of</c>

00:47:32.639 --> 00:47:35.460
prime<00:47:32.980><c> importance</c><00:47:33.659><c> to</c><00:47:33.960><c> us,</c><00:47:34.239><c> isn't</c><00:47:34.360><c> it?</c>

00:47:35.880 --> 00:47:39.639
And<00:47:36.179><c> after</c><00:47:36.440><c> this</c><00:47:36.699><c> procedure,</c><00:47:37.179><c> after</c><00:47:37.480><c> they</c><00:47:37.719><c> did</c><00:47:37.920><c> these</c><00:47:38.239><c> things,</c><00:47:39.440><c> we're</c>

00:47:39.639 --> 00:47:42.239
told<00:47:39.820><c> that</c><00:47:40.019><c> many</c><00:47:40.639><c> believed,</c><00:47:41.380><c> verse</c><00:47:41.739><c> 12,</c>

00:47:42.519 --> 00:47:47.739
many<00:47:42.800><c> of</c><00:47:42.940><c> them</c><00:47:43.119><c> believed</c><00:47:43.460><c> of</c><00:47:43.760><c> honorable</c><00:47:44.099><c> women</c><00:47:44.420><c> which</c><00:47:44.619><c> were</c><00:47:44.880><c> Greeks</c><00:47:45.239><c> and</c><00:47:45.599><c> of</c><00:47:45.960><c> men,</c><00:47:46.320><c> not</c><00:47:46.699><c> a</c><00:47:46.900><c> few.</c>

00:47:49.820 --> 00:47:55.739
All<00:47:50.400><c> right,</c><00:47:50.519><c> so</c><00:47:50.659><c> we're</c><00:47:50.739><c> going</c><00:47:50.820><c> to</c><00:47:51.019><c> leave</c><00:47:51.219><c> this</c><00:47:52.780><c> first</c><00:47:53.940><c> session</c><00:47:54.760><c> here.</c>

00:47:57.440 --> 00:48:00.579
We've<00:47:57.500><c> left</c><00:47:57.579><c> Thessalonica,</c><00:47:59.079><c> come</c><00:47:59.219><c> to</c><00:47:59.500><c> Berea.</c>

00:48:01.400 --> 00:48:05.099
Just<00:48:01.639><c> think</c><00:48:01.800><c> of</c><00:48:01.920><c> the</c><00:48:02.059><c> work</c><00:48:02.199><c> of</c><00:48:02.460><c> Paul</c><00:48:02.880><c> because</c><00:48:03.900><c> along</c><00:48:04.820><c> with</c>

00:48:05.099 --> 00:48:10.099
Paul's<00:48:05.719><c> travels,</c><00:48:06.719><c> follow</c><00:48:07.119><c> along</c><00:48:07.539><c> these</c><00:48:08.079><c> jealous</c><00:48:08.840><c> Jews.</c>

00:48:10.480 --> 00:48:12.800
With<00:48:10.579><c> their</c><00:48:10.820><c> upside</c><00:48:11.400><c>-down</c><00:48:11.659><c> world,</c><00:48:12.139><c> brethren</c><00:48:12.280><c> and</c><00:48:12.500><c> sisters,</c>

00:48:12.820 --> 00:48:16.079
they<00:48:13.000><c> come</c><00:48:13.199><c> down</c><00:48:13.539><c> from</c><00:48:13.739><c> Thessalonica,</c><00:48:14.739><c> 40</c><00:48:15.039><c> miles</c><00:48:15.519><c> to</c><00:48:15.719><c> Berea.</c>

00:48:16.079 --> 00:48:18.980
That<00:48:16.079><c> was</c><00:48:16.519><c> nothing</c><00:48:16.860><c> for</c><00:48:17.119><c> them</c><00:48:17.239><c> to</c><00:48:17.420><c> come</c><00:48:17.599><c> and</c><00:48:17.780><c> disrupt</c><00:48:18.099><c> the</c><00:48:18.260><c> work</c><00:48:18.480><c> of</c>

00:48:18.980 --> 00:48:21.119
Paul<00:48:19.340><c> and</c><00:48:19.500><c> the</c><00:48:19.659><c> preaching</c><00:48:19.840><c> of</c><00:48:20.039><c> the</c><00:48:20.179><c> Gospel.</c>

00:48:21.760 --> 00:48:23.960
But<00:48:21.800><c> they</c><00:48:21.940><c> come</c><00:48:22.079><c> down</c><00:48:22.360><c> to</c><00:48:22.599><c> Berea.</c><00:48:22.980><c> They</c><00:48:23.260><c> stirred</c><00:48:23.519><c> up</c><00:48:23.739><c> the</c>

00:48:23.960 --> 00:48:25.099
people<00:48:24.199><c> there.</c>

00:48:25.780 --> 00:48:28.699
And<00:48:25.840><c> the</c><00:48:26.039><c> brethren</c><00:48:26.280><c> now</c><00:48:26.519><c> are</c><00:48:26.639><c> going</c><00:48:26.760><c> to</c><00:48:26.960><c> say,</c><00:48:27.840><c> Paul,</c><00:48:28.320><c> you've</c>

00:48:28.699 --> 00:48:30.440
got<00:48:28.840><c> to</c><00:48:29.059><c> get</c><00:48:29.179><c> out</c><00:48:29.380><c> of</c><00:48:29.579><c> town.</c>

00:48:31.579 --> 00:48:35.300
And<00:48:31.699><c> so</c><00:48:31.840><c> he's</c><00:48:32.019><c> going</c><00:48:32.099><c> to</c><00:48:32.199><c> be</c><00:48:32.400><c> taken</c><00:48:32.800><c> from</c><00:48:33.440><c> Berea</c><00:48:34.679><c> all</c><00:48:35.079><c> the</c><00:48:35.199><c> way</c>

00:48:35.300 --> 00:48:36.159
down<00:48:35.539><c> to</c><00:48:35.800><c> Athens.</c>

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And<00:48:36.780><c> Silas</c><00:48:37.519><c> and</c><00:48:38.039><c> Timothy</c><00:48:38.599><c> remain</c><00:48:39.280><c> still</c><00:48:39.599><c> in</c><00:48:39.820><c> Berea.</c>

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And<00:48:40.380><c> Paul</c><00:48:40.639><c> now</c><00:48:40.900><c> is</c><00:48:41.139><c> alone</c><00:48:41.420><c> in</c><00:48:41.780><c> Athens,</c><00:48:43.340><c> anxious</c><00:48:43.739><c> to</c><00:48:43.980><c> be</c><00:48:44.179><c> joined</c>

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together<00:48:44.739><c> with</c><00:48:44.980><c> them.</c>

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And<00:48:45.179><c> we</c><00:48:45.300><c> know</c><00:48:45.519><c> the</c><00:48:45.679><c> things</c><00:48:45.820><c> of</c><00:48:45.980><c> the</c><00:48:46.159><c> 17th</c><00:48:46.659><c> chapter</c><00:48:47.059><c> that</c><00:48:47.519><c> have</c>

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to<00:48:47.900><c> do</c><00:48:47.980><c> with</c><00:48:48.139><c> the</c><00:48:48.300><c> work</c><00:48:48.440><c> at</c><00:48:48.760><c> Athens.</c>

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But<00:48:49.780><c> I</c><00:48:49.880><c> just</c><00:48:50.119><c> wonder</c><00:48:50.380><c> as</c><00:48:50.539><c> we</c><00:48:50.860><c> close</c><00:48:51.079><c> this</c><00:48:52.340><c> first</c><00:48:52.860><c> session</c><00:48:53.239><c> here,</c><00:48:53.639><c> brethren</c><00:48:53.760><c> and</c><00:48:53.960><c> sisters,</c>

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how<00:48:56.440><c> many</c><00:48:56.780><c> times</c><00:48:58.000><c> Paul's</c><00:48:59.760><c> mind</c><00:49:00.039><c> would</c><00:49:00.280><c> recall</c><00:49:01.639><c> Saul</c><00:49:02.440><c> of</c><00:49:02.719><c> Tarsus?</c>

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How<00:49:04.699><c> many</c><00:49:04.960><c> times</c><00:49:05.320><c> do</c><00:49:05.460><c> you</c><00:49:05.599><c> think?</c>

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When<00:49:07.320><c> his</c><00:49:07.500><c> own</c><00:49:07.840><c> world</c><00:49:08.139><c> was</c><00:49:09.360><c> upside</c><00:49:09.900><c> down</c><00:49:10.280><c> and</c><00:49:10.380><c> when</c><00:49:10.480><c> he</c><00:49:10.659><c> was</c><00:49:11.079><c> blind</c><00:49:11.519><c> to</c>

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the<00:49:11.980><c> truth</c>

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and<00:49:12.980><c> he</c><00:49:13.139><c> made</c><00:49:13.400><c> havoc</c><00:49:13.820><c> of</c><00:49:14.039><c> the</c><00:49:14.179><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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And<00:49:16.639><c> now</c><00:49:17.440><c> our</c><00:49:18.159><c> beloved</c><00:49:18.460><c> brother</c><00:49:18.739><c> Paul,</c><00:49:19.300><c> as</c><00:49:19.539><c> Peter</c><00:49:19.880><c> calls</c><00:49:20.260><c> him,</c>

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now<00:49:21.460><c> alone</c><00:49:21.800><c> in</c><00:49:22.119><c> Athens,</c>

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longing<00:49:24.219><c> for</c><00:49:24.500><c> the</c><00:49:24.800><c> companionship</c><00:49:25.360><c> and</c><00:49:25.500><c> the</c><00:49:25.699><c> help</c><00:49:25.860><c> of</c><00:49:26.699><c> Timothy</c>

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and<00:49:27.820><c> Silas</c><00:49:28.380><c> and</c><00:49:28.699><c> perhaps</c><00:49:29.039><c> Luke.</c>

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They<00:49:31.340><c> join</c><00:49:31.519><c> him</c><00:49:31.659><c> later</c><00:49:31.940><c> when</c><00:49:32.059><c> he</c><00:49:32.159><c> comes</c><00:49:32.380><c> to</c><00:49:32.659><c> Corinth.</c>

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Let's<00:49:35.559><c> just</c><00:49:35.719><c> conclude</c><00:49:36.039><c> on</c><00:49:36.239><c> this</c><00:49:36.460><c> note</c><00:49:36.659><c> from</c><00:49:37.420><c> 1</c><00:49:37.619><c> Thessalonians.</c>

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This<00:49:38.360><c> is</c><00:49:38.619><c> the</c><00:49:39.019><c> statement</c><00:49:39.460><c> of</c><00:49:39.599><c> faith</c><00:49:39.900><c> of</c><00:49:40.039><c> the</c><00:49:40.219><c> Thessalonian</c><00:49:40.800><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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We'll<00:49:42.920><c> just</c><00:49:42.920><c> conclude</c><00:49:43.260><c> on</c><00:49:43.500><c> this</c><00:49:44.019><c> note.</c>

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Let's<00:49:47.099><c> make</c><00:49:47.300><c> this</c><00:49:47.619><c> ours,</c><00:49:48.119><c> brethren</c><00:49:48.219><c> and</c><00:49:48.400><c> sisters.</c>

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Let's<00:49:50.480><c> make</c><00:49:50.679><c> this</c><00:49:50.940><c> our</c><00:49:51.179><c> statement</c><00:49:51.519><c> of</c><00:49:51.800><c> faith,</c><00:49:52.739><c> our</c><00:49:52.880><c> mode</c><00:49:53.139><c> of</c>

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operation<00:49:53.820><c> in</c><00:49:53.980><c> the</c><00:49:54.199><c> truth.</c>

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And<00:49:56.900><c> we've</c><00:49:57.159><c> referred</c><00:49:57.420><c> to</c><00:49:57.679><c> this.</c>

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This<00:49:58.559><c> is</c><00:49:58.760><c> verse</c><00:49:58.960><c> 9</c><00:49:59.239><c> and</c><00:49:59.420><c> 10.</c>

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For<00:50:03.960><c> they</c><00:50:04.179><c> themselves</c><00:50:04.699><c> show</c><00:50:05.079><c> of</c><00:50:05.300><c> us</c><00:50:06.099><c> what</c><00:50:07.019><c> manner</c><00:50:07.340><c> of</c><00:50:07.639><c> entering</c><00:50:07.900><c> in</c><00:50:08.159><c> we</c>

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had<00:50:08.599><c> unto</c><00:50:08.860><c> you,</c>

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and<00:50:10.099><c> how</c><00:50:10.380><c> ye</c><00:50:10.659><c> turned</c><00:50:11.139><c> to</c><00:50:11.480><c> God</c><00:50:11.800><c> from</c><00:50:12.199><c> idols</c><00:50:12.739><c> to</c><00:50:13.860><c> serve</c><00:50:14.400><c> the</c><00:50:14.739><c> living</c><00:50:15.300><c> and</c>

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true<00:50:16.239><c> God,</c>

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and<00:50:17.320><c> to</c><00:50:17.599><c> wait</c><00:50:17.840><c> for</c><00:50:18.039><c> His</c><00:50:18.360><c> Son</c><00:50:18.599><c> from</c><00:50:18.880><c> heaven,</c><00:50:19.519><c> whom</c><00:50:19.639><c> He</c><00:50:19.940><c> raised</c>

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from<00:50:20.519><c> the</c><00:50:20.739><c> dead,</c>

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even<00:50:22.260><c> Jesus,</c><00:50:23.679><c> which</c><00:50:24.019><c> delivered</c><00:50:24.440><c> us</c><00:50:25.639><c> from</c><00:50:26.079><c> the</c><00:50:26.280><c> wrath</c><00:50:26.539><c> to</c><00:50:26.860><c> come.</c>

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Thank<00:50:44.480><c> you.</c>