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his<00:10:39.860><c> name</c><00:10:40.259><c> who</c><00:10:40.700><c> will</c><00:10:40.960><c> populate</c><00:10:41.379><c> this</c><00:10:41.639><c> earth</c><00:10:41.840><c> in</c><00:10:42.039><c> immortality.</c>

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Lord,<00:10:47.080><c> a</c><00:10:47.240><c> multitude</c><00:10:47.700><c> whose</c><00:10:47.960><c> no</c><00:10:48.240><c> man</c><00:10:48.460><c> can</c>

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number.

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There's<00:10:49.659><c> going</c><00:10:49.779><c> to</c><00:10:49.919><c> be</c><00:10:50.100><c> a</c><00:10:50.279><c> great</c><00:10:50.580><c> cloud</c><00:10:50.899><c> of</c><00:10:51.159><c> witnesses</c><00:10:51.639><c> who</c><00:10:51.960><c> will</c><00:10:52.220><c> receive</c><00:10:52.679><c> an</c>

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incorruptible<00:10:53.700><c> crown.</c>

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But<00:10:56.059><c> who</c><00:10:56.320><c> are</c><00:10:56.519><c> these?</c>

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Are<00:10:58.500><c> they</c><00:10:58.740><c> a</c><00:10:58.840><c> group</c><00:10:59.159><c> of</c><00:10:59.500><c> superhuman</c><00:11:00.200><c> beings</c><00:11:00.679><c> whose</c><00:11:01.139><c> conduct</c>

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has<00:11:02.240><c> been</c><00:11:02.519><c> such</c><00:11:02.720><c> that</c><00:11:02.879><c> they</c><00:11:03.039><c> are</c><00:11:03.240><c> deserving</c>

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of<00:11:04.259><c> the</c><00:11:04.360><c> gift</c><00:11:04.580><c> of</c><00:11:04.779><c> immortality?</c>

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Are<00:11:06.500><c> these</c><00:11:06.840><c> the</c><00:11:07.039><c> ones</c><00:11:07.200><c> that</c><00:11:07.379><c> have</c><00:11:07.559><c> brought</c><00:11:07.740><c> every</c><00:11:08.179><c> thought</c><00:11:08.559><c> and</c><00:11:09.000><c> every</c><00:11:09.399><c> action</c><00:11:09.879><c> under</c><00:11:10.419><c> the</c><00:11:10.600><c> mind</c><00:11:10.840><c> of</c>

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Christ?

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Well,<00:11:12.759><c> if</c><00:11:12.919><c> so,</c><00:11:13.220><c> I</c><00:11:13.419><c> have</c><00:11:13.600><c> yet</c><00:11:13.759><c> to</c><00:11:13.940><c> meet</c><00:11:14.080><c> one</c><00:11:14.279><c> of</c><00:11:14.440><c> these.</c>

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No,<00:11:15.879><c> brethren</c><00:11:16.159><c> and</c><00:11:16.379><c> sisters,</c><00:11:16.860><c> these</c><00:11:17.220><c> are</c><00:11:17.639><c> simple</c><00:11:18.080><c> folk</c><00:11:18.379><c> like</c>

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you<00:11:18.899><c> and</c><00:11:19.100><c> me,</c><00:11:20.000><c> and</c><00:11:20.200><c> other</c><00:11:20.419><c> Christadelphians.</c>

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They<00:11:21.740><c> are</c><00:11:21.879><c> like</c><00:11:22.139><c> the</c><00:11:22.399><c> common</c><00:11:22.720><c> people</c><00:11:23.120><c> who</c><00:11:23.399><c> gladly</c><00:11:23.759><c> heard</c><00:11:24.039><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:11:24.419><c> Jesus</c><00:11:24.860><c> Christ.</c>

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But<00:11:26.519><c> the</c><00:11:26.720><c> problem</c><00:11:26.980><c> still</c><00:11:27.240><c> remains,</c><00:11:27.960><c> doesn't</c><00:11:28.100><c> it?</c>

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We<00:11:28.820><c> sin</c><00:11:29.279><c> and</c><00:11:30.139><c> sometimes</c><00:11:30.740><c> we</c><00:11:31.100><c> fail</c><00:11:31.320><c> and</c><00:11:31.460><c> we</c><00:11:31.779><c> fail</c><00:11:31.980><c> miserably.</c>

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We<00:11:33.620><c> seem</c><00:11:33.860><c> to</c><00:11:34.100><c> fall</c><00:11:34.320><c> victim</c><00:11:34.679><c> to</c><00:11:34.960><c> the</c><00:11:35.139><c> same</c><00:11:35.460><c> sin</c><00:11:35.799><c> or</c><00:11:36.159><c> habits</c><00:11:36.519><c> and</c>

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we<00:11:37.279><c> find</c><00:11:37.539><c> that</c><00:11:37.740><c> we</c><00:11:37.840><c> have</c><00:11:38.080><c> to</c><00:11:38.159><c> come</c><00:11:38.399><c> again</c>

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seek<00:11:42.779><c> his</c><00:11:43.000><c> forgiveness.</c>

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But<00:11:44.779><c> we</c><00:11:44.960><c> do</c><00:11:45.159><c> so</c><00:11:45.379><c> with</c><00:11:45.720><c> confidence</c><00:11:46.340><c> because</c><00:11:47.120><c> we</c><00:11:47.340><c> have</c><00:11:47.559><c> the</c><00:11:47.779><c> assurance</c><00:11:48.080><c> that</c>

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he<00:11:48.340><c> will</c><00:11:48.559><c> forgive</c><00:11:48.799><c> us.</c>

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ye<00:11:53.100><c> sin</c><00:11:53.320><c> not.</c>

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But<00:11:54.340><c> if</c><00:11:54.659><c> ye</c><00:11:54.899><c> sin,</c><00:11:55.159><c> we</c><00:11:55.320><c> have</c><00:11:55.519><c> an</c><00:11:55.860><c> advocate</c><00:11:56.139><c> with</c><00:11:56.419><c> the</c><00:11:56.620><c> Father,</c>

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Jesus<00:11:57.700><c> Christ</c><00:11:58.139><c> the</c><00:11:58.340><c> righteous.</c>

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Now,<00:11:59.940><c> an</c><00:12:00.259><c> advocate</c><00:12:00.700><c> is</c><00:12:01.059><c> one</c><00:12:01.320><c> who</c><00:12:01.500><c> is</c><00:12:01.700><c> called</c><00:12:01.960><c> alongside</c><00:12:02.659><c> like</c>

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an<00:12:03.259><c> aide</c><00:12:03.460><c> or</c><00:12:03.580><c> an</c><00:12:03.840><c> ally.</c>

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And<00:12:04.879><c> we</c><00:12:05.120><c> have</c><00:12:05.279><c> in</c><00:12:05.419><c> the</c><00:12:05.539><c> Father's</c><00:12:06.059><c> presence</c><00:12:06.340><c> one</c><00:12:06.620><c> who</c><00:12:06.879><c> pleads</c><00:12:07.159><c> our</c><00:12:07.500><c> call,</c><00:12:08.200><c> a</c>

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sympathetic<00:12:09.059><c> and</c><00:12:09.360><c> understanding</c>

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high<00:12:10.360><c> priest,</c><00:12:11.039><c> having</c><00:12:11.159><c> been</c><00:12:11.379><c> subjected</c><00:12:11.840><c> to</c><00:12:12.120><c> all</c><00:12:12.320><c> the</c><00:12:12.559><c> temptations</c><00:12:13.080><c> that</c>

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confront<00:12:13.740><c> us.</c>

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How<00:12:16.419><c> touchingly</c><00:12:17.120><c> does</c><00:12:17.519><c> David</c><00:12:17.960><c> express</c><00:12:18.659><c> his</c><00:12:19.120><c> own</c><00:12:19.480><c> success</c><00:12:20.080><c> in</c>

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attaining<00:12:21.519><c> justification.</c>

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I<00:12:26.960><c> acknowledge</c><00:12:27.600><c> my</c><00:12:28.100><c> sin</c><00:12:28.320><c> unto</c><00:12:28.580><c> thee,</c><00:12:29.519><c> and</c><00:12:29.740><c> mine</c><00:12:29.919><c> iniquity</c><00:12:30.580><c> have</c><00:12:30.820><c> I</c>

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of<00:12:38.220><c> my</c><00:12:38.539><c> sin.</c>

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Sins<00:12:48.019><c> that</c><00:12:48.240><c> are</c><00:12:48.419><c> not</c><00:12:48.960><c> asked</c><00:12:49.200><c> to</c><00:12:49.379><c> be</c><00:12:49.659><c> forgiven</c><00:12:50.200><c> won't</c><00:12:50.779><c> be</c><00:12:51.080><c> forgiven.</c>

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He<00:12:58.139><c> doesn't</c><00:12:58.519><c> wink</c><00:12:58.840><c> at</c><00:12:59.100><c> iniquity.</c>

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He<00:13:00.580><c> forgives</c><00:13:01.299><c> sins.</c>

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dedicated<00:13:18.820><c> the</c><00:13:19.059><c> first</c>

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little<00:13:26.940><c> sinning</c><00:13:27.799><c> and</c><00:13:28.200><c> occasional</c>

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And<00:13:41.559><c> what</c><00:13:41.740><c> is</c><00:13:41.980><c> it?</c>

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Well,<00:13:42.940><c> the</c><00:13:43.080><c> phrase</c><00:13:43.360><c> is</c><00:13:43.539><c> from</c><00:13:43.799><c> Hebrews</c><00:13:44.279><c> chapter</c><00:13:44.679><c> 10</c><00:13:45.100><c> and</c><00:13:45.240><c> verse</c><00:13:45.440><c> 26.</c>

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Shall<00:13:46.179><c> we</c><00:13:46.360><c> turn</c><00:13:46.559><c> to</c><00:13:46.740><c> that?</c>

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Now<00:13:49.220><c> I</c><00:13:49.240><c> will</c><00:13:49.440><c> start</c><00:13:49.740><c> quoting</c><00:13:50.059><c> this</c><00:13:50.460><c> verse</c><00:13:50.919><c> because</c><00:13:51.600><c> we're</c><00:13:51.820><c> going</c><00:13:51.919><c> to</c>

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read<00:13:52.120><c> other</c><00:13:52.379><c> verses</c><00:13:52.700><c> here.</c>

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If<00:13:54.360><c> we</c><00:13:54.620><c> sin</c><00:13:54.840><c> willfully</c><00:13:55.360><c> after</c><00:13:55.679><c> we</c><00:13:55.860><c> have</c><00:13:56.039><c> received</c><00:13:56.360><c> the</c><00:13:56.600><c> knowledge</c><00:13:56.820><c> of</c><00:13:57.019><c> the</c>

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truth,<00:13:58.059><c> there</c><00:13:58.240><c> remaineth</c>

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no<00:13:58.940><c> more</c><00:13:59.240><c> sacrifice</c><00:13:59.779><c> for</c><00:14:00.059><c> sins</c><00:14:00.440><c> but</c><00:14:00.879><c> a</c><00:14:01.100><c> fearful</c><00:14:01.340><c> looking</c><00:14:01.679><c> forward</c><00:14:02.080><c> of</c>

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judgment<00:14:02.700><c> and</c><00:14:03.120><c> fiery</c><00:14:03.539><c> indignation</c>

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which<00:14:04.480><c> will</c><00:14:04.639><c> devour</c><00:14:04.940><c> the</c><00:14:05.200><c> adversary.</c>

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When<00:14:06.539><c> he</c><00:14:06.759><c> says</c><00:14:07.000><c> there</c><00:14:07.259><c> remains</c><00:14:07.639><c> no</c><00:14:07.940><c> more</c><00:14:08.220><c> sacrifice</c><00:14:08.720><c> to</c><00:14:08.960><c> sins,</c>

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it<00:14:09.500><c> means</c><00:14:09.720><c> that</c><00:14:09.899><c> the</c><00:14:10.139><c> sacrifice</c><00:14:10.600><c> that</c>

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Christ<00:14:11.000><c> offered</c><00:14:11.460><c> for</c><00:14:11.759><c> our</c><00:14:11.960><c> sins</c><00:14:12.120><c> becomes</c><00:14:12.559><c> ineffective</c><00:14:13.259><c> if</c><00:14:13.799><c> we</c>

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willfully<00:14:14.419><c> sin.</c>

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Now<00:14:16.220><c> does</c><00:14:16.679><c> this</c><00:14:17.000><c> mean</c><00:14:17.559><c> that</c><00:14:18.220><c> we</c><00:14:18.360><c> are</c><00:14:18.539><c> committing</c><00:14:18.820><c> a</c><00:14:19.139><c> sin</c><00:14:19.340><c> where</c>

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we<00:14:19.740><c> know</c><00:14:19.879><c> we're</c><00:14:20.100><c> committing</c><00:14:20.500><c> it</c><00:14:21.139><c> but</c>

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we<00:14:21.639><c> can't</c><00:14:21.980><c> overcome</c><00:14:22.299><c> it?</c>

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The<00:14:23.659><c> answer</c><00:14:23.919><c> is</c><00:14:24.159><c> no.</c>

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Because<00:14:25.679><c> the</c><00:14:25.960><c> original</c><00:14:26.240><c> here</c><00:14:26.559><c> carries</c><00:14:26.840><c> the</c><00:14:27.120><c> idea</c><00:14:27.519><c> of</c><00:14:27.860><c> habitual</c><00:14:28.559><c> sinning,</c><00:14:29.580><c> a</c><00:14:29.799><c> persistent</c><00:14:30.399><c> habit</c><00:14:30.899><c> with</c>

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no<00:14:31.580><c> effort</c><00:14:31.779><c> to</c><00:14:32.059><c> overcome.</c>

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And<00:14:33.600><c> in</c><00:14:33.740><c> this</c><00:14:33.960><c> case,</c><00:14:34.580><c> it's</c><00:14:34.860><c> leaving</c><00:14:35.120><c> the</c><00:14:35.379><c> truth.</c>

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Verse<00:14:36.379><c> 25.</c>

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Not<00:14:37.980><c> forsaken</c><00:14:38.679><c> the</c><00:14:38.980><c> assembling</c><00:14:39.340><c> of</c><00:14:39.600><c> yourselves</c><00:14:39.980><c> together</c><00:14:40.460><c> as</c>

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a<00:14:40.899><c> manner</c><00:14:41.080><c> of</c><00:14:41.279><c> some</c><00:14:41.419><c> is,</c><00:14:42.200><c> but</c><00:14:42.399><c> exhorting</c>

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one<00:14:43.059><c> another,</c><00:14:43.700><c> and</c><00:14:43.899><c> so</c><00:14:44.059><c> much</c><00:14:44.320><c> the</c><00:14:44.500><c> more</c><00:14:44.679><c> as</c><00:14:44.879><c> ye</c><00:14:45.039><c> see</c><00:14:45.179><c> the</c><00:14:45.320><c> day</c><00:14:45.500><c> approaching.</c>

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Those<00:14:47.399><c> that</c><00:14:47.700><c> leave</c><00:14:47.940><c> the</c><00:14:48.220><c> truth</c><00:14:48.419><c> have</c><00:14:48.720><c> no</c><00:14:48.940><c> more</c><00:14:49.200><c> sacrifice</c><00:14:49.720><c> for</c>

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sins,<00:14:50.740><c> and</c><00:14:50.960><c> moreover</c><00:14:51.580><c> there</c><00:14:51.879><c> is</c><00:14:52.100><c> a</c><00:14:52.259><c> complete</c>

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repudiation<00:14:53.539><c> of</c><00:14:53.700><c> Christ.</c>

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Notice<00:14:54.940><c> in</c><00:14:55.080><c> verse</c><00:14:55.340><c> 29,</c><00:14:56.480><c> of</c><00:14:56.620><c> how</c><00:14:56.940><c> much</c><00:14:57.139><c> sorer</c><00:14:57.580><c> punishment,</c><00:14:58.159><c> suppose</c><00:14:58.659><c> ye,</c>

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shall<00:14:59.600><c> he</c><00:14:59.860><c> be</c><00:15:00.059><c> thought</c><00:15:00.299><c> worthy,</c><00:15:01.159><c> who</c>

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hath<00:15:01.480><c> trodden</c><00:15:02.000><c> underfoot</c><00:15:02.440><c> the</c><00:15:02.620><c> Son</c><00:15:02.799><c> of</c><00:15:03.000><c> God,</c><00:15:03.899><c> and</c><00:15:04.080><c> hath</c><00:15:04.259><c> counted</c><00:15:04.519><c> the</c>

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blood<00:15:04.860><c> of</c><00:15:05.019><c> the</c><00:15:05.220><c> covenant,</c><00:15:05.679><c> wherewith</c>

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he<00:15:06.120><c> was</c><00:15:06.320><c> sanctified</c><00:15:06.940><c> an</c><00:15:07.159><c> unholy</c><00:15:07.639><c> thing,</c><00:15:08.240><c> and</c><00:15:08.379><c> has</c><00:15:08.559><c> done</c><00:15:08.740><c> despite</c><00:15:09.299><c> under</c>

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the<00:15:09.840><c> spirit</c><00:15:10.059><c> of</c><00:15:10.200><c> his</c><00:15:10.399><c> grace.</c>

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It's<00:15:12.580><c> a</c><00:15:12.720><c> grave</c><00:15:12.919><c> danger</c><00:15:13.299><c> at</c><00:15:13.519><c> that</c><00:15:13.759><c> time,</c><00:15:13.960><c> it</c><00:15:14.159><c> was</c><00:15:14.360><c> a</c><00:15:14.539><c> grave</c><00:15:14.720><c> danger</c><00:15:15.039><c> to</c>

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the<00:15:15.440><c> Hebrew</c><00:15:15.700><c> brethren</c><00:15:16.179><c> because</c>

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they<00:15:17.039><c> were</c><00:15:17.240><c> being</c><00:15:17.559><c> influenced</c><00:15:18.259><c> by</c><00:15:18.759><c> the</c><00:15:18.980><c> Judaizers</c><00:15:19.840><c> who</c><00:15:20.299><c> maintained</c><00:15:20.740><c> you</c>

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had<00:15:21.200><c> to</c><00:15:21.399><c> keep</c><00:15:21.600><c> the</c><00:15:21.799><c> law</c><00:15:21.980><c> of</c>

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Moses<00:15:22.480><c> as</c><00:15:22.860><c> well.</c>

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But<00:15:24.299><c> these</c><00:15:24.840><c> kinds</c><00:15:25.399><c> of</c><00:15:25.700><c> sins,</c><00:15:27.120><c> there</c><00:15:27.120><c> remaineth</c><00:15:27.480><c> no</c><00:15:27.679><c> more</c><00:15:27.960><c> sacrifice</c><00:15:28.460><c> for</c><00:15:28.759><c> sin.</c>

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But<00:15:29.980><c> we</c><00:15:30.120><c> are</c><00:15:30.279><c> not</c><00:15:30.460><c> guilty</c><00:15:30.740><c> of</c><00:15:30.899><c> these</c><00:15:31.100><c> sins,</c><00:15:31.480><c> brethren</c><00:15:31.700><c> and</c><00:15:31.840><c> sisters.</c>

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We're<00:15:33.279><c> not</c><00:15:33.539><c> guilty</c><00:15:33.759><c> by</c><00:15:34.000><c> virtue</c><00:15:34.320><c> of</c><00:15:34.480><c> your</c><00:15:34.700><c> attendance</c><00:15:35.120><c> here.</c>

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You<00:15:35.720><c> are</c><00:15:35.960><c> here</c><00:15:36.159><c> because</c><00:15:36.460><c> you</c><00:15:36.700><c> voluntarily</c><00:15:37.240><c> came.</c>

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Nobody<00:15:38.419><c> coerced</c><00:15:38.879><c> you</c><00:15:39.100><c> into</c><00:15:39.320><c> coming.</c>

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Now<00:15:40.860><c> consider</c><00:15:41.220><c> what</c><00:15:41.440><c> kind</c><00:15:41.720><c> of</c><00:15:41.940><c> sins</c><00:15:42.220><c> do</c><00:15:42.440><c> the</c><00:15:42.600><c> people</c><00:15:42.799><c> of</c><00:15:42.860><c> God</c><00:15:43.159><c> commit?</c>

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They<00:15:44.860><c> commit</c><00:15:45.139><c> those</c><00:15:45.580><c> kinds</c><00:15:45.840><c> of</c><00:15:46.080><c> sins</c><00:15:46.320><c> that</c><00:15:46.519><c> are</c><00:15:46.799><c> inadvertently</c><00:15:47.799><c> encountered,</c>

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those<00:15:49.639><c> through</c><00:15:49.879><c> weakness,</c><00:15:50.840><c> that</c>

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all<00:15:51.299><c> these</c><00:15:51.480><c> can</c><00:15:51.620><c> be</c><00:15:51.899><c> forgiven.</c>

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We<00:15:53.480><c> are</c><00:15:53.799><c> trying</c><00:15:54.059><c> to</c><00:15:54.320><c> walk</c><00:15:54.679><c> acceptably</c><00:15:55.299><c> before</c><00:15:55.659><c> God.</c>

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And<00:15:57.379><c> consider</c><00:15:57.860><c> this,</c><00:15:58.360><c> that</c><00:15:58.620><c> the</c><00:15:59.259><c> sins</c><00:15:59.600><c> that</c><00:15:59.740><c> are</c><00:15:59.980><c> committed</c><00:16:00.200><c> by</c><00:16:00.480><c> a</c>

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child<00:16:00.899><c> of</c><00:16:01.080><c> God</c><00:16:01.460><c> are</c><00:16:01.740><c> not</c><00:16:02.080><c> planned.</c>

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They're<00:16:03.159><c> not</c><00:16:03.399><c> the</c><00:16:03.519><c> result</c><00:16:03.940><c> of</c><00:16:04.279><c> laid</c><00:16:04.460><c> out</c><00:16:04.799><c> plans.</c>

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We<00:16:05.320><c> don't</c><00:16:05.480><c> get</c><00:16:05.679><c> up</c><00:16:05.799><c> in</c><00:16:05.960><c> the</c><00:16:06.100><c> morning</c><00:16:06.360><c> and</c><00:16:06.620><c> make</c><00:16:06.799><c> a</c><00:16:06.940><c> list</c><00:16:07.080><c> of</c><00:16:07.299><c> all</c>

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that<00:16:08.659><c> day,</c><00:16:08.899><c> do</c><00:16:09.080><c> we?</c>

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We<00:16:10.039><c> do</c><00:16:10.120><c> it</c><00:16:10.200><c> the</c><00:16:10.259><c> very</c><00:16:10.559><c> contrary.</c>

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We<00:16:11.600><c> pray</c><00:16:11.940><c> to</c><00:16:12.100><c> God</c><00:16:12.500><c> that</c><00:16:12.820><c> he</c><00:16:12.940><c> will</c><00:16:13.100><c> guide</c><00:16:13.340><c> and</c><00:16:13.679><c> direct</c><00:16:13.860><c> us</c><00:16:14.120><c> and</c>

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lead<00:16:14.620><c> us</c><00:16:14.879><c> not</c><00:16:15.100><c> into</c><00:16:15.299><c> temptation.</c>

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In<00:16:17.500><c> other</c><00:16:17.679><c> words,</c><00:16:17.980><c> we</c><00:16:18.159><c> don't</c><00:16:18.440><c> sin</c><00:16:18.740><c> willfully.</c>

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We're<00:16:20.019><c> not</c><00:16:20.259><c> making</c><00:16:20.600><c> a</c><00:16:20.840><c> list</c><00:16:21.000><c> of</c><00:16:21.200><c> how</c><00:16:21.399><c> we're</c><00:16:21.620><c> going</c><00:16:21.860><c> to</c><00:16:22.440><c> transgress</c><00:16:22.879><c> God's</c><00:16:23.360><c> law.</c>

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Now<00:16:25.080><c> we</c><00:16:25.240><c> want</c><00:16:25.480><c> to</c><00:16:25.620><c> know,</c><00:16:26.179><c> how</c><00:16:26.200><c> do</c><00:16:26.440><c> we</c><00:16:26.600><c> make</c><00:16:26.980><c> our</c><00:16:27.379><c> calling</c><00:16:27.700><c> and</c>

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election<00:16:28.580><c> sure?</c>

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Now<00:16:30.139><c> we're</c><00:16:30.279><c> all</c><00:16:30.639><c> interested</c><00:16:31.000><c> in</c><00:16:31.299><c> this.</c>

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What<00:16:32.480><c> must</c><00:16:32.779><c> we</c><00:16:33.100><c> do</c><00:16:33.379><c> to</c><00:16:33.659><c> prepare</c><00:16:33.980><c> ourselves</c><00:16:34.620><c> to</c><00:16:34.840><c> meet</c><00:16:34.960><c> the</c><00:16:35.200><c> Lord?</c>

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How<00:16:36.620><c> can</c><00:16:36.759><c> we</c><00:16:36.960><c> be</c><00:16:37.080><c> sure</c><00:16:37.179><c> that</c><00:16:37.419><c> our</c><00:16:37.659><c> attitude,</c><00:16:38.200><c> our</c><00:16:38.399><c> mind,</c><00:16:38.759><c> and</c>

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our<00:16:39.139><c> efforts</c><00:16:39.360><c> are</c><00:16:39.580><c> progressing</c><00:16:39.980><c> in</c><00:16:40.179><c> the</c>

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right<00:16:40.500><c> direction?</c>

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Because<00:16:42.440><c> salvation</c><00:16:42.960><c> is</c><00:16:43.299><c> a</c><00:16:43.379><c> serious</c><00:16:43.679><c> matter.</c>

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It<00:16:45.340><c> requires</c><00:16:45.840><c> the</c><00:16:46.159><c> utmost</c><00:16:46.600><c> effort</c><00:16:47.000><c> on</c><00:16:47.200><c> our</c><00:16:47.480><c> part.</c>

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God<00:16:48.879><c> has</c><00:16:49.179><c> provided</c><00:16:49.600><c> everything</c><00:16:50.000><c> necessary</c><00:16:50.620><c> for</c><00:16:50.899><c> our</c><00:16:51.159><c> redemption,</c><00:16:51.580><c> but</c><00:16:51.759><c> it</c>

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demands<00:16:52.360><c> our</c><00:16:52.679><c> cooperation,</c>

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doesn't<00:16:53.700><c> it?</c>

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He<00:16:54.679><c> doesn't</c><00:16:55.059><c> force</c><00:16:55.460><c> salvation</c><00:16:56.059><c> on</c><00:16:56.899><c> anyone.</c>

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It<00:16:58.799><c> involves</c><00:16:59.320><c> a</c><00:16:59.559><c> concerted</c><00:17:00.159><c> effort.</c>

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We're<00:17:01.419><c> in</c><00:17:01.600><c> the</c><00:17:01.639><c> 10th</c><00:17:01.940><c> chapter</c><00:17:02.340><c> of</c><00:17:02.500><c> Hebrews.</c>

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Turn<00:17:03.080><c> over</c><00:17:03.299><c> to</c><00:17:03.440><c> chapter</c><00:17:03.779><c> 12,</c><00:17:05.140><c> please.</c>

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Now<00:17:06.980><c> the</c><00:17:07.099><c> apostle</c><00:17:07.539><c> Paul</c><00:17:08.059><c> in</c><00:17:08.259><c> chapter</c><00:17:08.680><c> 11</c><00:17:09.519><c> has</c><00:17:10.700><c> recounted</c><00:17:11.859><c> the</c>

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experiences<00:17:12.740><c> of</c><00:17:13.160><c> faithful</c><00:17:13.420><c> men</c><00:17:13.660><c> and</c><00:17:13.880><c> women.</c>

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He<00:17:15.099><c> tells</c><00:17:15.359><c> about</c><00:17:15.680><c> the</c><00:17:15.960><c> works</c><00:17:16.180><c> that</c><00:17:16.440><c> their</c><00:17:16.700><c> faith</c><00:17:16.960><c> prompted,</c>

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and<00:17:18.660><c> now</c><00:17:19.079><c> he</c><00:17:19.799><c> invites</c><00:17:20.240><c> the</c><00:17:20.539><c> Hebrew</c><00:17:20.940><c> brethren</c>

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to<00:17:21.500><c> join</c><00:17:21.740><c> in.</c>

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Verse<00:17:22.220><c> 1,</c>

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Wherefore,<00:17:23.740><c> seeing</c><00:17:24.039><c> all</c><00:17:24.460><c> so</c><00:17:24.559><c> we</c><00:17:24.779><c> are</c><00:17:25.000><c> compassed</c><00:17:25.559><c> about</c><00:17:25.759><c> with</c>

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so<00:17:26.299><c> great</c><00:17:26.579><c> a</c><00:17:26.759><c> cloud</c><00:17:26.900><c> of</c><00:17:27.119><c> witnesses,</c>

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let<00:17:28.700><c> us</c><00:17:28.859><c> lay</c><00:17:29.059><c> aside</c><00:17:29.500><c> every</c><00:17:30.039><c> weight</c><00:17:30.319><c> and</c><00:17:30.819><c> the</c><00:17:31.079><c> sin</c><00:17:31.319><c> that</c><00:17:31.660><c> does</c>

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so<00:17:32.000><c> easily</c><00:17:32.440><c> beset</c><00:17:32.839><c> us,</c><00:17:33.420><c> and</c><00:17:33.480><c> let</c><00:17:33.619><c> us</c><00:17:33.880><c> run</c>

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with<00:17:34.440><c> patience</c><00:17:34.779><c> the</c><00:17:35.019><c> race</c><00:17:35.220><c> that</c><00:17:35.420><c> is</c><00:17:35.579><c> set</c><00:17:35.720><c> before</c><00:17:36.079><c> us.</c>

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The<00:17:37.559><c> competitors</c><00:17:38.079><c> of</c><00:17:38.319><c> the</c><00:17:38.559><c> past</c><00:17:38.779><c> have</c><00:17:39.019><c> already</c><00:17:39.359><c> run</c><00:17:39.619><c> the</c><00:17:39.859><c> race.</c>

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They<00:17:40.859><c> have</c><00:17:41.140><c> faithfully</c><00:17:41.579><c> testified</c><00:17:42.140><c> in</c><00:17:42.299><c> their</c><00:17:42.539><c> own</c><00:17:42.799><c> generation,</c><00:17:43.839><c> and</c><00:17:44.119><c> now</c>

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it's<00:17:44.539><c> time</c><00:17:44.799><c> for</c><00:17:45.019><c> the</c><00:17:45.220><c> readers</c>

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to<00:17:45.740><c> join</c><00:17:45.960><c> in</c><00:17:46.200><c> for</c><00:17:46.339><c> this</c><00:17:46.599><c> race.</c>

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And<00:17:47.819><c> you</c><00:17:47.980><c> know,</c><00:17:48.220><c> a</c><00:17:48.299><c> runner</c><00:17:48.680><c> in</c><00:17:49.319><c> those</c><00:17:49.640><c> days</c><00:17:49.920><c> would</c><00:17:50.200><c> strip</c><00:17:50.440><c> himself</c><00:17:50.920><c> of</c>

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his<00:17:51.400><c> ordinary</c><00:17:51.880><c> flowing</c><00:17:52.380><c> robes.</c>

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He<00:17:53.539><c> would</c><00:17:53.680><c> take</c><00:17:53.880><c> everything</c><00:17:54.240><c> off</c><00:17:54.559><c> of</c><00:17:54.740><c> his</c><00:17:54.960><c> body,</c><00:17:55.599><c> any</c><00:17:55.660><c> weight</c>

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that<00:17:56.000><c> might</c><00:17:56.220><c> impede</c><00:17:56.539><c> his</c><00:17:56.839><c> progress.</c>

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And<00:17:58.539><c> he</c><00:17:58.660><c> is</c><00:17:58.880><c> well</c><00:17:59.200><c>-trained.</c>

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He<00:18:00.400><c> adheres</c><00:18:00.740><c> to</c><00:18:00.980><c> the</c><00:18:01.160><c> rules</c><00:18:01.420><c> of</c><00:18:01.640><c> the</c><00:18:01.799><c> game,</c><00:18:02.059><c> and</c><00:18:02.220><c> he</c><00:18:02.500><c> disciplines</c><00:18:02.859><c> himself.</c>

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And<00:18:04.460><c> the</c><00:18:04.640><c> runner</c><00:18:04.839><c> just</c><00:18:05.079><c> doesn't</c><00:18:05.400><c> run</c><00:18:05.700><c> anywhere.</c>

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He<00:18:06.819><c> runs</c><00:18:07.079><c> down</c><00:18:07.380><c> a</c><00:18:07.519><c> prescribed</c><00:18:08.019><c> course.</c>

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Now<00:18:09.480><c> we</c><00:18:09.740><c> too,</c><00:18:10.200><c> brethren</c><00:18:10.359><c> sisters,</c><00:18:10.839><c> have</c><00:18:11.079><c> cast</c><00:18:11.480><c> off</c><00:18:11.759><c> anything</c>

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that<00:18:12.559><c> might</c><00:18:12.839><c> encumber</c><00:18:13.339><c> us</c><00:18:13.740><c> in</c><00:18:14.019><c> the</c><00:18:14.180><c> race</c>

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for<00:18:14.539><c> salvation.</c>

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Now<00:18:16.220><c> this</c><00:18:16.480><c> involves</c><00:18:16.960><c> not</c><00:18:17.180><c> only</c><00:18:17.440><c> the</c><00:18:17.700><c> things</c><00:18:17.859><c> that</c><00:18:18.039><c> are</c><00:18:18.400><c> obviously</c><00:18:18.900><c> sinful,</c><00:18:20.339><c> but</c>

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also<00:18:20.880><c> some</c><00:18:21.220><c> things</c>

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that<00:18:21.740><c> might</c><00:18:22.000><c> be</c><00:18:22.259><c> lawful</c><00:18:22.680><c> but</c><00:18:22.880><c> not</c><00:18:23.160><c> expedient.</c>

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For<00:18:24.720><c> instance,</c><00:18:25.079><c> involving</c><00:18:25.539><c> ourselves</c><00:18:26.579><c> in</c><00:18:26.799><c> the</c><00:18:26.960><c> things</c><00:18:27.140><c> of</c><00:18:27.319><c> the</c><00:18:27.460><c> world,</c><00:18:28.440><c> or</c>

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a<00:18:29.000><c> persistent</c><00:18:29.380><c> association</c>

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with<00:18:30.500><c> them</c><00:18:30.839><c> who</c><00:18:31.400><c> neither</c><00:18:31.759><c> know</c><00:18:32.119><c> God</c><00:18:32.440><c> nor</c><00:18:32.680><c> have</c><00:18:32.880><c> any</c><00:18:33.119><c> desire</c><00:18:33.480><c> to</c>

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know<00:18:33.880><c> God.</c>

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They<00:18:35.619><c> might</c><00:18:36.359><c> impede</c><00:18:37.160><c> our</c><00:18:37.519><c> progress</c><00:18:38.000><c> in</c><00:18:38.180><c> the</c><00:18:38.339><c> race.</c>

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We<00:18:39.819><c> must</c><00:18:40.079><c> be</c><00:18:40.339><c> willing</c><00:18:40.579><c> to</c><00:18:40.880><c> relinquish</c><00:18:41.339><c> our</c><00:18:41.660><c> hold</c><00:18:41.859><c> upon</c><00:18:42.200><c> temporal</c><00:18:42.599><c> things,</c><00:18:43.079><c> which</c>

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after<00:18:43.599><c> all</c><00:18:43.839><c> can</c>

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only<00:18:44.259><c> give</c><00:18:44.460><c> us</c><00:18:44.740><c> a</c><00:18:44.920><c> corruptible</c><00:18:45.400><c> crown,</c><00:18:46.779><c> and</c><00:18:46.960><c> put</c><00:18:47.240><c> all</c><00:18:47.619><c> our</c><00:18:47.839><c> strength</c><00:18:48.140><c> and</c>

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energy<00:18:48.759><c> to</c><00:18:49.019><c> the</c><00:18:49.319><c> acquisition</c>

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of<00:18:50.079><c> the</c><00:18:50.339><c> incorruptible</c><00:18:51.119><c> crown.</c>

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That's<00:18:52.460><c> our</c><00:18:52.880><c> goal,</c><00:18:53.200><c> brethren</c><00:18:53.460><c> sisters,</c><00:18:53.859><c> in</c><00:18:53.980><c> this</c><00:18:54.200><c> life.</c>

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You<00:18:55.220><c> know,</c><00:18:55.380><c> we</c><00:18:55.619><c> as</c><00:18:55.940><c> contestants</c><00:18:56.460><c> in</c><00:18:56.680><c> the</c><00:18:56.839><c> race</c><00:18:57.019><c> of</c><00:18:57.319><c> life</c><00:18:57.539><c> don't</c>

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just<00:18:58.319><c> stroll</c><00:18:58.579><c> down</c><00:18:58.900><c> the</c><00:18:59.140><c> course</c><00:18:59.579><c> and</c>

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enter<00:19:00.380><c> into</c><00:19:00.680><c> idle</c><00:19:01.019><c> conversation</c><00:19:01.700><c> with</c><00:19:01.880><c> the</c><00:19:02.079><c> spectators.</c>

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No,<00:19:03.720><c> our</c><00:19:04.119><c> course</c><00:19:04.440><c> is</c><00:19:04.700><c> well</c><00:19:05.059><c> marked</c><00:19:05.299><c> by</c><00:19:05.500><c> the</c><00:19:05.660><c> word</c><00:19:05.799><c> of</c><00:19:05.880><c> God.</c>

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That<00:19:07.220><c> path</c><00:19:07.579><c> that</c><00:19:07.799><c> leads</c><00:19:08.000><c> to</c><00:19:08.220><c> the</c><00:19:08.380><c> kingdom</c><00:19:08.619><c> of</c><00:19:08.799><c> God</c><00:19:09.059><c> is</c><00:19:09.319><c> lit</c><00:19:09.680><c> by</c>

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the<00:19:10.660><c> holy</c><00:19:10.960><c> word</c><00:19:11.259><c> of</c><00:19:11.400><c> God,</c><00:19:11.700><c> the</c><00:19:11.940><c> scriptures.</c>

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The<00:19:13.460><c> word</c><00:19:13.720><c> teaches</c><00:19:14.200><c> us</c><00:19:14.619><c> that</c><00:19:15.160><c> anyone</c><00:19:15.720><c> involved</c><00:19:16.279><c> in</c><00:19:16.480><c> a</c><00:19:16.660><c> race</c><00:19:16.859><c> is</c>

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involved<00:19:17.559><c> in</c><00:19:17.960><c> strenuous</c><00:19:18.500><c> exercise.</c>

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It<00:19:20.259><c> entails</c><00:19:20.720><c> intense</c><00:19:21.380><c> activity</c><00:19:22.019><c> of</c><00:19:22.259><c> the</c><00:19:22.579><c> part</c><00:19:22.839><c> of</c><00:19:23.099><c> the</c><00:19:23.240><c> rudder.</c>

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There's<00:19:24.519><c> no</c><00:19:24.779><c> room</c><00:19:25.019><c> for</c><00:19:25.359><c> slothfulness</c><00:19:25.940><c> nor</c><00:19:26.299><c> indolence.</c>

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It<00:19:27.839><c> involves</c><00:19:28.380><c> perseverance.</c>

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Paul<00:19:29.539><c> says</c><00:19:29.740><c> run</c><00:19:30.099><c> with</c><00:19:30.460><c> patience</c><00:19:31.400><c> of</c><00:19:31.680><c> race.</c>

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It<00:19:32.799><c> can</c><00:19:32.960><c> only</c><00:19:33.220><c> be</c><00:19:33.460><c> maintained,</c><00:19:34.240><c> and</c><00:19:34.660><c> I</c><00:19:34.759><c> think</c><00:19:34.940><c> all</c><00:19:35.220><c> of</c><00:19:35.299><c> us</c><00:19:35.480><c> would</c><00:19:35.619><c> agree</c><00:19:35.940><c> with</c>

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me,<00:19:37.359><c> by</c><00:19:37.660><c> maintaining</c>

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a<00:19:38.440><c> constant</c><00:19:39.000><c> diligence</c><00:19:39.779><c> for</c><00:19:40.160><c> the</c><00:19:40.339><c> hope</c><00:19:40.660><c> to</c><00:19:40.920><c> succeed.</c>

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And<00:19:42.579><c> thus</c><00:19:42.779><c> we</c><00:19:43.000><c> lay</c><00:19:43.200><c> aside</c><00:19:43.740><c> all</c><00:19:44.200><c> the</c><00:19:44.380><c> things</c><00:19:44.599><c> of</c><00:19:44.839><c> life</c><00:19:45.119><c> that</c><00:19:45.319><c> may</c>

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prove<00:19:45.900><c> hindrance</c><00:19:46.440><c> to</c><00:19:46.640><c> us,</c><00:19:47.980><c> that</c><00:19:48.140><c> might</c>

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impede<00:19:48.799><c> our</c><00:19:49.079><c> progress.</c>

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These<00:19:49.859><c> things</c><00:19:50.119><c> are</c><00:19:50.299><c> the</c><00:19:50.400><c> things</c><00:19:50.619><c> of</c><00:19:50.799><c> the</c><00:19:50.960><c> old</c><00:19:51.180><c> men.</c>

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We've<00:19:52.420><c> put</c><00:19:52.559><c> off</c><00:19:52.799><c> anger,</c><00:19:53.420><c> wrath,</c><00:19:53.960><c> malice,</c><00:19:54.539><c> blasphemy,</c><00:19:55.000><c> and</c>

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filthy<00:19:55.480><c> communication,</c><00:19:56.460><c> anything</c><00:19:56.960><c> that</c><00:19:57.240><c> would</c>

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prove<00:19:57.759><c> disadvantageous</c><00:19:59.480><c> in</c><00:19:59.819><c> our</c><00:20:00.019><c> race</c><00:20:00.240><c> for</c><00:20:00.500><c> life.</c>

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Now<00:20:01.839><c> Paul</c><00:20:02.059><c> speaks</c><00:20:02.460><c> of</c><00:20:02.660><c> the</c><00:20:02.900><c> sin</c><00:20:03.200><c> that</c><00:20:03.440><c> besets</c><00:20:03.940><c> us,</c><00:20:04.920><c> that</c><00:20:05.140><c> is,</c>

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the<00:20:05.619><c> sin</c><00:20:05.779><c> that</c><00:20:06.200><c> clings</c><00:20:06.519><c> to</c><00:20:06.779><c> us.</c>

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It<00:20:07.660><c> encircles</c><00:20:08.319><c> us</c><00:20:08.539><c> like</c><00:20:08.799><c> a</c><00:20:09.119><c> cloak.</c>

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It<00:20:10.059><c> clings</c><00:20:10.259><c> to</c><00:20:10.440><c> us</c><00:20:10.539><c> like</c><00:20:10.759><c> a</c><00:20:11.019><c> parasite.</c>

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Now<00:20:12.119><c> these</c><00:20:12.420><c> are</c><00:20:12.720><c> any</c><00:20:13.059><c> sins</c><00:20:13.460><c> to</c><00:20:13.720><c> which</c><00:20:13.900><c> we</c><00:20:14.160><c> may</c><00:20:14.420><c> be</c><00:20:14.720><c> particularly</c><00:20:15.160><c> prone.</c>

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They<00:20:16.319><c> will</c><00:20:16.519><c> occur</c><00:20:16.779><c> to</c><00:20:17.039><c> all</c><00:20:17.180><c> of</c><00:20:17.319><c> us.</c>

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We<00:20:18.359><c> don't</c><00:20:18.599><c> all</c><00:20:18.839><c> have</c><00:20:19.099><c> the</c><00:20:19.319><c> same</c><00:20:19.579><c> weaknesses,</c><00:20:20.819><c> but</c><00:20:21.019><c> we</c><00:20:21.339><c> all</c>

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have<00:20:21.940><c> weaknesses.</c>

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And<00:20:23.460><c> we</c><00:20:23.660><c> have</c><00:20:23.859><c> certain</c><00:20:24.279><c> sins</c><00:20:24.660><c> to</c><00:20:24.880><c> which</c><00:20:25.019><c> we</c><00:20:25.180><c> are</c><00:20:25.440><c> particularly</c><00:20:25.859><c> prone.</c>

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We<00:20:26.779><c> must</c><00:20:27.059><c> cast</c><00:20:27.359><c> them</c><00:20:27.619><c> off.</c>

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How<00:20:29.240><c> can</c><00:20:29.440><c> we</c><00:20:29.539><c> be</c><00:20:29.819><c> certain</c><00:20:30.000><c> of</c><00:20:30.220><c> success?</c>

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Look<00:20:31.319><c> at</c><00:20:31.380><c> what</c><00:20:31.500><c> Paul</c><00:20:31.660><c> says</c><00:20:31.920><c> in</c><00:20:32.059><c> verse</c><00:20:32.319><c> 2,</c><00:20:33.180><c> looking</c><00:20:33.539><c> unto</c><00:20:33.920><c> Jesus,</c><00:20:34.619><c> the</c>

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author<00:20:35.160><c> and</c><00:20:35.440><c> finisher</c><00:20:35.799><c> of</c><00:20:36.019><c> our</c>

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faith,<00:20:36.960><c> who</c><00:20:37.180><c> for</c><00:20:37.400><c> the</c><00:20:37.680><c> joy</c><00:20:37.940><c> set</c><00:20:38.200><c> before</c><00:20:38.720><c> him</c><00:20:38.960><c> endured</c><00:20:39.380><c> the</c><00:20:39.720><c> cross,</c><00:20:40.400><c> despising</c><00:20:40.839><c> the</c>

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same,<00:20:41.779><c> and</c><00:20:41.900><c> has</c><00:20:42.140><c> sat</c>

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down<00:20:43.099><c> at</c><00:20:43.339><c> the</c><00:20:43.480><c> right</c><00:20:43.799><c> hand</c><00:20:44.059><c> of</c><00:20:44.180><c> God,</c><00:20:45.500><c> looking</c><00:20:46.019><c> unto</c><00:20:46.420><c> Jesus.</c>

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He<00:20:48.759><c> suffered</c><00:20:49.279><c> pain,</c><00:20:50.900><c> shame,</c><00:20:52.059><c> the</c><00:20:52.220><c> lingering</c><00:20:52.579><c> death</c><00:20:53.039><c> of</c><00:20:53.240><c> the</c>

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tortuous<00:20:53.880><c> stake.</c>

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Now<00:20:55.380><c> his</c><00:20:55.700><c> was</c><00:20:56.200><c> a</c><00:20:56.359><c> complete</c><00:20:56.839><c> and</c><00:20:57.140><c> perfect</c><00:20:57.420><c> obedience.</c>

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His<00:20:59.019><c> offering</c><00:20:59.640><c> was</c><00:21:00.539><c> absolute</c><00:21:01.259><c> and</c><00:21:02.000><c> exhaustive.</c>

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He<00:21:03.359><c> gave</c><00:21:03.619><c> himself.</c>

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And<00:21:05.140><c> Paul</c><00:21:05.480><c> presents</c><00:21:05.960><c> Jesus</c><00:21:06.519><c> as</c><00:21:06.779><c> the</c><00:21:07.059><c> greatest</c><00:21:07.299><c> of</c><00:21:07.619><c> all.</c>

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He<00:21:08.279><c> is</c><00:21:08.500><c> the</c><00:21:08.740><c> author</c><00:21:09.079><c> and</c><00:21:09.380><c> the</c><00:21:09.599><c> perfecter</c><00:21:10.059><c> of</c><00:21:10.220><c> our</c><00:21:10.539><c> faith.</c>

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Now<00:21:11.759><c> the</c><00:21:11.960><c> author</c><00:21:12.299><c> in</c><00:21:12.500><c> the</c><00:21:12.680><c> original</c><00:21:12.940><c> means</c><00:21:13.240><c> one</c><00:21:13.579><c> who</c><00:21:13.779><c> takes</c><00:21:14.079><c> the</c><00:21:14.279><c> lead</c><00:21:14.619><c> or</c>

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provides<00:21:15.720><c> a</c><00:21:16.119><c> first</c><00:21:16.380><c> occasion</c>

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for<00:21:17.119><c> anything.</c>

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In<00:21:18.460><c> the</c><00:21:18.660><c> Septuagint</c><00:21:19.279><c> it</c><00:21:19.460><c> is</c><00:21:19.759><c> translated</c><00:21:20.240><c> as</c><00:21:20.779><c> chief.</c>

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And<00:21:22.099><c> it</c><00:21:22.220><c> signifies</c><00:21:22.720><c> a</c><00:21:23.039><c> captain,</c><00:21:23.720><c> a</c><00:21:23.940><c> prince,</c><00:21:24.579><c> a</c><00:21:24.740><c> leader</c><00:21:24.940><c> of</c><00:21:25.240><c> all</c>

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men<00:21:25.700><c> of</c><00:21:25.980><c> faith.</c>

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And<00:21:27.000><c> we</c><00:21:27.180><c> are</c><00:21:27.339><c> to</c><00:21:27.480><c> look</c><00:21:27.680><c> to</c><00:21:27.920><c> Jesus,</c><00:21:28.519><c> our</c><00:21:28.799><c> great</c><00:21:29.319><c> exemplar,</c><00:21:30.980><c> to</c>

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no<00:21:31.359><c> one</c><00:21:31.559><c> else,</c><00:21:31.900><c> to</c><00:21:32.079><c> Jesus,</c><00:21:32.579><c> our</c><00:21:32.759><c> great</c><00:21:33.119><c> exemplar.</c>

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And<00:21:34.700><c> his</c><00:21:35.000><c> example</c><00:21:35.660><c> not</c><00:21:35.980><c> only</c><00:21:36.299><c> sustains</c><00:21:36.880><c> us,</c><00:21:37.539><c> but</c><00:21:37.660><c> it</c><00:21:37.920><c> cheers</c>

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us<00:21:38.440><c> on</c><00:21:38.559><c> in</c><00:21:38.759><c> our</c><00:21:38.940><c> race.</c>

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And<00:21:40.180><c> remember,</c><00:21:40.799><c> brethren</c><00:21:40.859><c> and</c><00:21:41.059><c> sisters,</c><00:21:41.319><c> that</c><00:21:41.559><c> his</c><00:21:41.920><c> course</c>

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was<00:21:42.440><c> one</c><00:21:42.680><c> of</c><00:21:42.940><c> extreme</c><00:21:43.380><c> difficulty</c><00:21:44.400><c> involving</c>

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grave<00:21:45.700><c> danger</c><00:21:46.380><c> and</c><00:21:46.700><c> suffering.</c>

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But<00:21:48.039><c> he</c><00:21:48.339><c> overcame,</c><00:21:49.240><c> and</c><00:21:49.380><c> he</c><00:21:49.579><c> sat</c><00:21:49.720><c> down</c><00:21:49.980><c> at</c><00:21:50.099><c> the</c><00:21:50.220><c> right</c><00:21:50.480><c> hand</c><00:21:50.640><c> of</c><00:21:50.759><c> God.</c>

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How<00:21:52.180><c> did</c><00:21:52.339><c> he</c><00:21:52.440><c> do</c><00:21:52.640><c> this?</c>

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For<00:21:53.880><c> the</c><00:21:54.220><c> joy</c><00:21:54.680><c> set</c><00:21:55.000><c> before</c><00:21:55.460><c> him.</c>

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That's<00:21:56.839><c> how</c><00:21:57.039><c> he</c><00:21:57.099><c> did</c><00:21:57.299><c> it.</c>

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For<00:21:57.839><c> the</c><00:21:58.039><c> joy</c><00:21:58.299><c> that</c><00:21:58.500><c> is</c><00:21:58.680><c> set</c><00:21:58.859><c> before</c><00:21:59.279><c> him.</c>

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This<00:22:00.200><c> must</c><00:22:00.440><c> be</c><00:22:00.759><c> our</c><00:22:01.059><c> motivation</c><00:22:01.579><c> also,</c><00:22:02.140><c> brethren</c><00:22:02.319><c> and</c><00:22:02.539><c> sisters.</c>

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The<00:22:03.359><c> real</c><00:22:03.920><c> secret</c><00:22:04.359><c> of</c><00:22:04.579><c> success</c><00:22:05.279><c> is</c><00:22:05.880><c> never</c><00:22:06.240><c> lose</c><00:22:06.619><c> sight</c><00:22:07.000><c> of</c><00:22:07.259><c> the</c>

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end<00:22:07.799><c> of</c><00:22:07.980><c> the</c><00:22:08.140><c> race.</c>

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Never<00:22:09.539><c> lose</c><00:22:09.859><c> sight</c><00:22:10.180><c> of</c><00:22:10.380><c> the</c><00:22:10.579><c> goal.</c>

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What<00:22:12.640><c> was</c><00:22:13.019><c> the</c><00:22:13.259><c> joy</c><00:22:13.619><c> that</c><00:22:13.900><c> was</c><00:22:14.180><c> set</c><00:22:14.339><c> before</c><00:22:14.680><c> Jesus?</c>

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Well,<00:22:16.400><c> of</c><00:22:16.579><c> course,</c><00:22:16.900><c> his</c><00:22:16.960><c> own</c><00:22:17.359><c> personal</c><00:22:17.720><c> redemption</c><00:22:18.259><c> was</c><00:22:18.599><c> involved,</c><00:22:20.039><c> redeemed</c><00:22:20.400><c> from</c>

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immortal<00:22:21.740><c> existence.</c>

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He<00:22:23.839><c> was</c><00:22:24.140><c> confident,</c><00:22:25.140><c> and</c><00:22:25.180><c> he</c><00:22:25.259><c> was</c><00:22:25.559><c> faithful,</c><00:22:26.460><c> and</c><00:22:26.640><c> he</c><00:22:26.759><c> knew</c>

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that<00:22:27.160><c> God</c><00:22:27.420><c> would</c><00:22:27.660><c> not</c><00:22:27.859><c> suffer</c><00:22:28.200><c> his</c><00:22:28.500><c> Holy</c>

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One<00:22:28.960><c> to</c><00:22:29.160><c> seek</c><00:22:29.279><c> corruption,</c><00:22:30.220><c> that</c><00:22:30.319><c> he</c><00:22:30.420><c> would</c><00:22:30.599><c> raise</c><00:22:30.819><c> him</c><00:22:31.000><c> from</c>

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the<00:22:31.400><c> dead.</c>

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But<00:22:32.539><c> second,</c><00:22:33.720><c> he</c><00:22:33.980><c> knew</c><00:22:34.200><c> the</c><00:22:34.599><c> joy</c><00:22:35.140><c> that</c><00:22:35.680><c> his</c><00:22:35.920><c> obedience</c><00:22:36.640><c> and</c><00:22:37.039><c> his</c><00:22:37.339><c> suffering</c><00:22:37.559><c> of</c>

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the<00:22:37.980><c> cross</c><00:22:38.220><c> would</c><00:22:38.579><c> bring.</c>

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It<00:22:39.500><c> would</c><00:22:39.720><c> affect</c><00:22:40.039><c> the</c><00:22:40.259><c> salvation</c><00:22:40.819><c> of</c><00:22:41.140><c> millions</c><00:22:41.480><c> of</c><00:22:41.740><c> people.</c>

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Remember<00:22:43.119><c> the</c><00:22:43.240><c> words</c><00:22:43.480><c> of</c><00:22:43.680><c> Isaiah</c><00:22:44.140><c> 53</c><00:22:44.779><c> and</c><00:22:44.980><c> 11,</c><00:22:46.019><c> he</c><00:22:46.099><c> shall</c><00:22:46.420><c> see</c>

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of<00:22:47.140><c> the</c><00:22:47.319><c> travail</c><00:22:47.680><c> of</c><00:22:47.900><c> his</c><00:22:48.259><c> soul</c><00:22:48.619><c> and</c><00:22:48.880><c> shall</c>

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be<00:22:49.240><c> satisfied.</c>

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By<00:22:50.759><c> his</c><00:22:51.099><c> knowledge</c><00:22:51.539><c> shall</c><00:22:51.779><c> my</c><00:22:52.099><c> righteous</c><00:22:52.559><c> servant</c><00:22:52.960><c> justify</c>

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many,<00:22:54.339><c> for</c><00:22:54.400><c> he</c><00:22:54.660><c> shall</c><00:22:54.799><c> bear</c><00:22:55.180><c> their</c><00:22:55.480><c> iniquities.</c>

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In<00:22:57.180><c> other</c><00:22:57.460><c> words,</c><00:22:57.859><c> he</c><00:22:57.960><c> would</c><00:22:58.279><c> see</c><00:22:58.599><c> the</c><00:22:58.779><c> result</c><00:22:59.339><c> of</c><00:22:59.579><c> his</c><00:22:59.779><c> suffering,</c><00:23:00.720><c> the</c><00:23:00.839><c> travail</c><00:23:01.119><c> of</c>

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his<00:23:01.599><c> soul.</c>

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He<00:23:02.319><c> would</c><00:23:02.579><c> see</c><00:23:02.779><c> what</c><00:23:03.000><c> his</c><00:23:03.339><c> suffering</c><00:23:03.660><c> would</c><00:23:03.980><c> accomplish</c><00:23:04.460><c> in</c>

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that<00:23:05.420><c> great</c><00:23:05.799><c> multitude</c><00:23:06.359><c> which</c><00:23:06.660><c> no</c><00:23:07.000><c> man</c><00:23:07.259><c> could</c>

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number.

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These<00:23:09.000><c> would</c><00:23:09.279><c> inspire</c><00:23:09.940><c> and</c><00:23:10.319><c> impel</c><00:23:10.720><c> our</c><00:23:11.019><c> Lord</c><00:23:11.339><c> to</c><00:23:11.539><c> be</c><00:23:11.799><c> faithful</c>

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unto<00:23:12.460><c> death.</c>

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And<00:23:14.440><c> brethren</c><00:23:14.640><c> and</c><00:23:14.819><c> sisters,</c><00:23:16.500><c> the</c><00:23:16.640><c> prize</c><00:23:17.019><c> set</c><00:23:17.299><c> before</c><00:23:17.779><c> us</c><00:23:18.059><c> is</c>

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so<00:23:18.619><c> great</c><00:23:18.980><c> that</c><00:23:19.619><c> it</c><00:23:19.880><c> passes</c><00:23:20.180><c> all</c><00:23:20.660><c> considerations</c>

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and<00:23:21.759><c> importance.</c>

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These<00:23:23.099><c> men</c><00:23:23.480><c> and</c><00:23:23.619><c> women</c><00:23:23.920><c> in</c><00:23:24.099><c> the</c><00:23:24.200><c> eleventh</c><00:23:24.539><c> chapter</c><00:23:25.019><c> of</c><00:23:25.259><c> Hebrews</c><00:23:25.859><c> were</c>

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faithful<00:23:27.380><c> because</c><00:23:27.960><c> of</c><00:23:28.160><c> the</c><00:23:28.279><c> joy</c>

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set<00:23:28.759><c> before</c><00:23:29.180><c> them.</c>

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These<00:23:30.480><c> all</c><00:23:30.839><c> died</c><00:23:31.099><c> in</c><00:23:31.460><c> faith,</c><00:23:31.900><c> not</c><00:23:31.960><c> having</c><00:23:32.299><c> received</c><00:23:32.720><c> the</c><00:23:32.960><c> promises,</c><00:23:33.420><c> but</c>

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seeing<00:23:33.940><c> them</c><00:23:34.220><c> afar</c><00:23:34.640><c> off,</c><00:23:35.319><c> were</c>

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persuaded<00:23:35.920><c> of</c><00:23:36.140><c> them,</c><00:23:36.740><c> and</c><00:23:37.000><c> embraced</c><00:23:37.259><c> them,</c><00:23:37.579><c> and</c><00:23:37.680><c> confessed</c>

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that<00:23:38.240><c> they</c><00:23:38.400><c> were</c><00:23:38.660><c> strangers</c><00:23:39.119><c> and</c><00:23:39.440><c> pilgrims</c>

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in<00:23:40.240><c> the</c><00:23:40.400><c> earth.</c>

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The<00:23:41.900><c> promises</c><00:23:42.220><c> were</c><00:23:42.440><c> so</c><00:23:42.839><c> great</c><00:23:43.019><c> to</c><00:23:43.220><c> these</c><00:23:43.500><c> people</c><00:23:43.720><c> that</c><00:23:43.859><c> they</c>

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were<00:23:44.359><c> real,</c><00:23:45.420><c> and</c><00:23:45.559><c> in</c><00:23:45.700><c> a</c><00:23:45.960><c> sense</c><00:23:46.200><c> they</c><00:23:46.380><c> could</c>

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reach<00:23:46.779><c> out</c><00:23:47.079><c> and</c><00:23:47.299><c> touch</c><00:23:47.539><c> them.</c>

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They<00:23:48.579><c> were</c><00:23:48.920><c> thoroughly</c><00:23:49.440><c> convinced</c><00:23:50.059><c> of</c><00:23:50.279><c> the</c><00:23:50.460><c> reality</c><00:23:50.980><c> of</c><00:23:51.319><c> the</c>

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promises<00:23:51.819><c> of</c><00:23:52.019><c> God.</c>

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Now<00:23:53.940><c> the</c><00:23:54.079><c> things</c><00:23:54.299><c> that</c><00:23:54.500><c> they</c><00:23:54.740><c> accomplished,</c><00:23:55.980><c> we</c><00:23:56.259><c> might</c><00:23:56.519><c> think</c>

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we<00:23:56.900><c> can't</c><00:23:57.279><c> accomplish</c><00:23:57.640><c> these</c><00:23:57.880><c> things,</c>

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but<00:23:58.200><c> the</c><00:23:58.420><c> things</c><00:23:58.599><c> that</c><00:23:58.819><c> they</c><00:23:59.119><c> accomplished</c><00:23:59.480><c> were</c><00:23:59.720><c> made</c><00:23:59.960><c> possible</c><00:24:00.660><c> by</c><00:24:01.299><c> a</c>

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state<00:24:01.640><c> of</c><00:24:01.920><c> mind,</c><00:24:02.839><c> a</c><00:24:03.140><c> state</c>

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that<00:24:03.539><c> was</c><00:24:03.740><c> brought</c><00:24:04.000><c> about</c><00:24:04.440><c> by</c><00:24:04.779><c> the</c><00:24:05.019><c> persuasion</c><00:24:05.799><c> of</c><00:24:06.019><c> God's</c><00:24:06.640><c> promises.</c>

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And<00:24:08.119><c> without</c><00:24:08.380><c> this</c><00:24:08.720><c> overwhelming</c><00:24:09.380><c> motivation,</c><00:24:10.339><c> they</c><00:24:10.500><c> could</c>

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not<00:24:10.960><c> possibly</c><00:24:11.420><c> have</c><00:24:11.680><c> endured</c><00:24:11.900><c> the</c><00:24:12.160><c> things</c>

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they<00:24:12.779><c> had.</c>

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But<00:24:14.359><c> we</c><00:24:14.700><c> share</c><00:24:14.940><c> the</c><00:24:15.200><c> same</c><00:24:15.440><c> hope.</c>

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We<00:24:16.819><c> have</c><00:24:17.079><c> the</c><00:24:17.259><c> same</c><00:24:17.660><c> persuasion</c><00:24:18.319><c> of</c><00:24:18.440><c> God's</c><00:24:18.900><c> promises,</c><00:24:20.140><c> and</c><00:24:20.200><c> we</c>

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are<00:24:20.599><c> compass</c><00:24:20.859><c> about</c><00:24:21.259><c> with</c><00:24:21.460><c> this</c><00:24:21.700><c> great</c><00:24:22.000><c> cloud</c>

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of<00:24:22.640><c> witnesses,</c><00:24:23.319><c> and</c><00:24:23.440><c> now</c><00:24:23.759><c> we</c><00:24:23.920><c> have</c><00:24:24.180><c> joined</c><00:24:24.539><c> in</c><00:24:24.759><c> the</c><00:24:24.940><c> race</c><00:24:25.119><c> for</c>

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life<00:24:25.619><c> eternal.</c>

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The<00:24:27.640><c> future</c><00:24:27.960><c> of</c><00:24:28.160><c> God's</c><00:24:28.660><c> people,</c><00:24:29.099><c> brethren</c><00:24:29.279><c> and</c><00:24:29.460><c> sisters,</c><00:24:29.859><c> is</c>

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so<00:24:30.420><c> bright</c><00:24:30.740><c> and</c><00:24:31.000><c> so</c><00:24:31.319><c> glorious,</c><00:24:32.480><c> so</c><00:24:32.819><c> altogether</c>

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satisfying<00:24:34.220><c> that</c><00:24:34.420><c> it</c><00:24:34.599><c> could</c><00:24:34.779><c> only</c><00:24:35.140><c> have</c><00:24:35.400><c> come</c><00:24:35.640><c> from</c><00:24:35.839><c> an</c><00:24:36.119><c> intelligence</c><00:24:36.680><c> that</c>

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is<00:24:37.640><c> vastly</c><00:24:38.019><c> greater</c><00:24:38.420><c> than</c>

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ours.

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Remember<00:24:40.240><c> what</c><00:24:40.440><c> Paul</c><00:24:40.819><c> said</c><00:24:41.140><c> in</c><00:24:41.420><c> 1</c><00:24:41.700><c> Corinthians</c><00:24:42.200><c> 2,</c><00:24:43.259><c> but</c><00:24:43.480><c> as</c><00:24:43.819><c> it</c>

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is<00:24:44.160><c> written,</c><00:24:44.720><c> it</c><00:24:44.720><c> is</c><00:24:44.940><c> concerning</c><00:24:45.180><c> the</c>

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Jews<00:24:45.660><c> who</c><00:24:45.799><c> were</c><00:24:46.079><c> blinded</c><00:24:46.500><c> when</c><00:24:46.619><c> they</c><00:24:46.799><c> crucified</c><00:24:47.279><c> Christ.</c>

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But<00:24:48.180><c> as</c><00:24:48.599><c> it</c><00:24:48.720><c> is</c><00:24:48.900><c> written,</c><00:24:49.819><c> I</c><00:24:50.039><c> hath</c><00:24:50.240><c> not</c><00:24:50.599><c> seen,</c><00:24:51.380><c> ear</c><00:24:51.680><c> has</c><00:24:51.900><c> not</c><00:24:52.180><c> heard,</c><00:24:53.039><c> neither</c><00:24:53.319><c> hath</c><00:24:53.599><c> it</c>

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entered<00:24:54.019><c> into</c>

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the<00:24:54.440><c> heart</c><00:24:54.720><c> of</c><00:24:54.900><c> man</c><00:24:55.180><c> the</c><00:24:55.519><c> things</c><00:24:55.900><c> which</c><00:24:56.160><c> God</c><00:24:56.460><c> has</c><00:24:56.680><c> prepared</c>

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for<00:24:57.640><c> them</c><00:24:57.880><c> that</c><00:24:58.119><c> love</c><00:24:58.259><c> him.</c>

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But<00:24:59.400><c> God</c><00:24:59.700><c> has</c><00:25:00.000><c> revealed</c><00:25:00.380><c> them</c><00:25:00.640><c> unto</c><00:25:00.859><c> us</c><00:25:01.039><c> by</c><00:25:01.380><c> His</c><00:25:01.680><c> Spirit,</c><00:25:02.259><c> for</c>

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His<00:25:02.680><c> Spirit</c><00:25:03.000><c> searcheth</c><00:25:03.460><c> all</c><00:25:03.819><c> things,</c><00:25:04.420><c> yea,</c>

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the<00:25:04.779><c> deep</c><00:25:05.099><c> things</c><00:25:05.400><c> of</c><00:25:05.619><c> the</c><00:25:05.799><c> truth.</c>

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The<00:25:07.460><c> things</c><00:25:07.799><c> that</c><00:25:07.980><c> God</c><00:25:08.240><c> has</c><00:25:08.460><c> prepared</c><00:25:08.880><c> us</c><00:25:09.119><c> so</c><00:25:09.400><c> far</c><00:25:09.640><c> above</c><00:25:09.960><c> our</c>

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present<00:25:10.519><c> state</c><00:25:10.900><c> that</c><00:25:11.079><c> it</c><00:25:11.220><c> would</c><00:25:11.460><c> never</c>

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have<00:25:12.079><c> occurred</c><00:25:12.400><c> to</c><00:25:12.619><c> man's</c><00:25:13.039><c> thinking.</c>

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They<00:25:14.059><c> are</c><00:25:14.359><c> altogether</c><00:25:15.019><c> alien</c><00:25:15.579><c> to</c><00:25:15.759><c> man's</c><00:25:16.240><c> nature</c><00:25:16.579><c> and</c><00:25:16.839><c> notions.</c>

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Because<00:25:18.660><c> Paul</c><00:25:18.920><c> said</c><00:25:19.180><c> in</c><00:25:19.299><c> verse</c><00:25:19.579><c> 11,</c><00:25:20.559><c> For</c><00:25:20.680><c> what</c><00:25:21.000><c> man</c><00:25:21.359><c> knoweth</c>

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the<00:25:21.859><c> things</c><00:25:22.140><c> of</c><00:25:22.299><c> man,</c><00:25:22.779><c> but</c><00:25:22.779><c> the</c><00:25:22.880><c> Spirit</c>

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of<00:25:23.380><c> man?</c>

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Even<00:25:24.759><c> so</c><00:25:25.099><c> knoweth</c><00:25:25.440><c> no</c><00:25:25.720><c> man</c><00:25:25.980><c> the</c><00:25:26.140><c> things</c><00:25:26.400><c> of</c><00:25:26.619><c> God,</c><00:25:26.980><c> but</c><00:25:27.059><c> the</c><00:25:27.220><c> Spirit</c><00:25:27.599><c> of</c><00:25:27.720><c> God.</c>

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They<00:25:28.579><c> are</c><00:25:28.960><c> spiritually</c><00:25:29.400><c> discerned.</c>

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The<00:25:30.900><c> carnal</c><00:25:31.220><c> mind</c><00:25:31.480><c> cannot</c><00:25:31.839><c> possibly</c><00:25:32.539><c> comprehend</c><00:25:33.279><c> nor</c><00:25:33.740><c> devise</c>

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the<00:25:34.400><c> things</c><00:25:34.579><c> that</c><00:25:34.759><c> God</c><00:25:35.019><c> has</c><00:25:35.259><c> prepared</c>

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for<00:25:35.779><c> them</c><00:25:36.039><c> that</c><00:25:36.259><c> love</c><00:25:36.440><c> him.</c>

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You<00:25:37.799><c> see,</c><00:25:38.079><c> the</c><00:25:38.200><c> deep</c><00:25:38.519><c> things</c><00:25:38.900><c> of</c><00:25:39.039><c> God</c><00:25:39.599><c> are</c><00:25:40.000><c> not</c><00:25:40.519><c> intelligible</c>

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to<00:25:41.779><c> the</c><00:25:42.039><c> intellect.</c>

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Now<00:25:43.180><c> by</c><00:25:43.539><c> this</c><00:25:43.819><c> I</c><00:25:44.019><c> mean</c><00:25:44.460><c> to</c><00:25:44.759><c> the</c><00:25:44.880><c> mere</c><00:25:45.160><c> exercising</c><00:25:45.980><c> of</c><00:25:46.299><c> human</c><00:25:46.559><c> faculties,</c><00:25:47.880><c> but</c><00:25:48.059><c> only</c><00:25:48.319><c> to</c>

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the<00:25:48.759><c> spiritual.</c>

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Those<00:25:50.180><c> who</c><00:25:50.339><c> have</c><00:25:50.500><c> the</c><00:25:50.759><c> proper</c><00:25:51.140><c> attitude</c><00:25:51.660><c> and</c><00:25:51.960><c> disposition</c><00:25:52.680><c> to</c>

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be<00:25:53.460><c> taught.</c>

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So<00:25:55.779><c> great</c><00:25:56.380><c> are</c><00:25:56.920><c> these</c><00:25:57.240><c> things</c><00:25:57.480><c> that</c><00:25:57.740><c> God</c><00:25:57.900><c> has</c><00:25:58.059><c> prepared</c><00:25:58.440><c> for</c>

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us<00:25:58.859><c> that</c><00:25:59.039><c> it</c><00:25:59.180><c> is</c><00:25:59.259><c> possible</c><00:25:59.799><c> to</c><00:26:00.099><c> endure</c><00:26:00.440><c> anything</c>

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to<00:26:01.440><c> achieve</c><00:26:01.799><c> them.</c>

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They<00:26:03.059><c> are</c><00:26:03.279><c> of</c><00:26:03.359><c> such</c><00:26:03.559><c> magnitude</c><00:26:04.099><c> that</c><00:26:04.400><c> all</c><00:26:04.640><c> other</c><00:26:04.960><c> considerations</c><00:26:05.599><c> in</c><00:26:05.900><c> our</c><00:26:06.119><c> life</c>

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have<00:26:06.859><c> to</c><00:26:07.019><c> give</c><00:26:07.180><c> place</c>

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to<00:26:07.700><c> them.</c>

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And<00:26:08.700><c> I</c><00:26:08.819><c> want</c><00:26:09.000><c> you</c><00:26:09.180><c> to</c><00:26:09.339><c> turn</c><00:26:09.480><c> with</c><00:26:09.660><c> me</c><00:26:09.859><c> now</c><00:26:10.039><c> to</c><00:26:10.279><c> 2</c><00:26:10.619><c> Corinthians</c>

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chapter<00:26:11.720><c> 4,</c><00:26:13.259><c> where</c><00:26:13.420><c> Paul</c><00:26:14.000><c> addresses</c><00:26:14.740><c> the</c><00:26:15.220><c> sufferings</c>

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to<00:26:15.960><c> which</c><00:26:16.240><c> the</c><00:26:16.539><c> Corinthian</c><00:26:17.019><c> brethren</c><00:26:17.359><c> were</c><00:26:17.640><c> being</c><00:26:17.880><c> subjected.</c>

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And<00:26:20.180><c> notice</c><00:26:20.460><c> the</c><00:26:20.799><c> consolation</c><00:26:21.460><c> that</c><00:26:21.619><c> he</c><00:26:21.759><c> gives</c><00:26:22.019><c> to</c><00:26:22.279><c> them,</c><00:26:23.380><c> 2</c>

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Corinthians<00:26:24.359><c> chapter</c><00:26:24.940><c> 4,</c><00:26:27.480><c> verse</c><00:26:27.680><c> 14</c><00:26:28.160><c>-16.</c>

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Knowing<00:26:31.579><c> that</c><00:26:31.900><c> he</c><00:26:32.220><c> which</c><00:26:32.480><c> raised</c><00:26:32.839><c> up</c><00:26:33.099><c> the</c><00:26:33.220><c> Lord</c><00:26:33.539><c> Jesus</c><00:26:34.259><c> shall</c>

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raise<00:26:35.000><c> up</c><00:26:35.299><c> us</c><00:26:35.519><c> also</c><00:26:35.980><c> by</c><00:26:36.279><c> Jesus</c><00:26:36.740><c> and</c><00:26:36.960><c> shall</c>

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present<00:26:37.559><c> us</c><00:26:37.859><c> with</c><00:26:38.180><c> you,</c><00:26:39.059><c> for</c><00:26:39.359><c> all</c><00:26:39.759><c> things</c><00:26:40.039><c> are</c><00:26:40.259><c> for</c><00:26:40.440><c> your</c><00:26:40.740><c> sakes,</c><00:26:41.440><c> that</c>

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the<00:26:41.960><c> abundant</c><00:26:42.359><c> grace</c><00:26:42.839><c> might</c>

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through<00:26:43.460><c> the</c><00:26:43.720><c> thanksgiving</c><00:26:44.299><c> of</c><00:26:44.500><c> many</c><00:26:44.759><c> redound</c><00:26:45.339><c> to</c><00:26:45.559><c> the</c><00:26:45.720><c> glory</c>

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of<00:26:46.200><c> God,</c><00:26:47.039><c> for</c><00:26:47.339><c> which</c><00:26:47.640><c> cause</c><00:26:48.079><c> we</c><00:26:48.539><c> faint</c>

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not,<00:26:49.859><c> for</c><00:26:49.980><c> thou</c><00:26:50.299><c> art</c><00:26:51.299><c> our</c><00:26:51.299><c> outward</c><00:26:51.599><c> man</c><00:26:51.960><c> perished,</c><00:26:52.759><c> yet</c><00:26:52.900><c> the</c>

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inward<00:26:53.500><c> man</c><00:26:53.839><c> is</c><00:26:54.099><c> renewed</c><00:26:54.480><c> day</c><00:26:55.279><c> by</c><00:26:55.619><c> day.</c>

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The<00:26:57.259><c> prospect</c><00:26:57.839><c> of</c><00:26:58.019><c> being</c><00:26:58.319><c> presented</c><00:26:58.740><c> before</c><00:26:59.160><c> Jesus</c><00:26:59.740><c> in</c><00:26:59.980><c> due</c>

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course<00:27:00.740><c> would</c><00:27:01.339><c> sustain</c><00:27:01.920><c> and</c><00:27:02.339><c> inspire</c><00:27:02.799><c> them.</c>

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Nothing<00:27:04.019><c> would</c><00:27:04.339><c> be</c><00:27:04.619><c> capable</c><00:27:05.079><c> of</c><00:27:05.420><c> daunting</c><00:27:05.680><c> the</c><00:27:06.000><c> Christian's</c>

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determination<00:27:07.140><c> to</c><00:27:07.460><c> press</c><00:27:07.740><c> onward.</c>

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That's<00:27:09.559><c> why</c><00:27:09.799><c> Paul</c><00:27:10.119><c> says</c><00:27:10.420><c> in</c><00:27:10.539><c> verse</c><00:27:10.779><c> 17,</c><00:27:12.339><c> for</c><00:27:12.480><c> our</c><00:27:12.740><c> light</c><00:27:12.940><c> afflictions,</c><00:27:13.839><c> which</c>

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are<00:27:14.559><c> but</c><00:27:14.740><c> for</c><00:27:14.960><c> a</c><00:27:15.119><c> moment,</c>

00:27:16.180 --> 00:27:20.680
work<00:27:16.319><c> as</c><00:27:16.539><c> for</c><00:27:16.720><c> us</c><00:27:16.940><c> a</c><00:27:17.240><c> far</c><00:27:17.539><c> exceeding</c><00:27:18.539><c> and</c><00:27:18.740><c> eternal</c><00:27:19.160><c> weight</c><00:27:19.420><c> of</c><00:27:19.759><c> glory.</c>

00:27:21.220 --> 00:27:24.019
And<00:27:21.460><c> they</c><00:27:21.599><c> are</c><00:27:21.779><c> light</c><00:27:22.240><c> when</c><00:27:22.680><c> they</c><00:27:22.839><c> are</c><00:27:22.839><c> viewed</c><00:27:23.000><c> from</c><00:27:23.200><c> the</c><00:27:23.380><c> divine</c><00:27:23.599><c> point</c><00:27:23.880><c> of</c>

00:27:24.019 --> 00:27:25.680
view,<00:27:24.279><c> brethren</c><00:27:24.440><c> and</c><00:27:24.660><c> sisters,</c>

00:27:25.880 --> 00:27:30.980
but<00:27:26.079><c> are</c><00:27:26.299><c> they</c><00:27:26.519><c> for</c><00:27:26.799><c> just</c><00:27:27.240><c> a</c><00:27:27.440><c> moment,</c><00:27:28.619><c> though</c><00:27:28.799><c> a</c><00:27:29.059><c> grief</c><00:27:29.400><c> or</c><00:27:30.079><c> a</c><00:27:30.359><c> sorrow,</c><00:27:30.720><c> a</c>

00:27:30.980 --> 00:27:32.279
disappointment<00:27:31.460><c> or</c><00:27:31.720><c> a</c><00:27:31.960><c> physical</c>

00:27:32.279 --> 00:27:35.680
infirmity,<00:27:33.859><c> may</c><00:27:33.859><c> last</c><00:27:34.119><c> all</c><00:27:34.440><c> our</c><00:27:34.660><c> lives.</c>

00:27:35.759 --> 00:27:42.660
The<00:27:36.000><c> three</c><00:27:36.380><c> score</c><00:27:36.660><c> and</c><00:27:36.880><c> ten</c><00:27:37.079><c> years</c><00:27:37.400><c> which</c><00:27:37.619><c> we</c><00:27:37.940><c> live,</c><00:27:38.619><c> or</c><00:27:38.799><c> the</c><00:27:39.039><c> four</c><00:27:39.220><c> or</c><00:27:39.440><c> five</c><00:27:39.759><c> score,</c><00:27:40.700><c> are</c><00:27:40.839><c> only</c><00:27:41.619><c> a</c><00:27:42.099><c> pinpoint</c>

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in<00:27:43.200><c> eternity.</c>

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They<00:27:44.819><c> are</c><00:27:45.119><c> momentary</c><00:27:45.839><c> compared</c><00:27:46.460><c> to</c><00:27:46.740><c> the</c><00:27:47.099><c> interminable</c><00:27:47.880><c> blessedness</c><00:27:48.740><c> of</c>

00:27:49.099 --> 00:27:50.720
the<00:27:49.279><c> future,</c><00:27:50.099><c> and</c><00:27:50.359><c> that's</c><00:27:50.539><c> what</c>

00:27:50.720 --> 00:27:51.700
Paul<00:27:50.920><c> is</c><00:27:51.099><c> getting</c><00:27:51.339><c> at.</c>

00:27:52.059 --> 00:27:55.480
They<00:27:52.319><c> are</c><00:27:52.880><c> comparatively</c><00:27:53.519><c> light</c><00:27:53.920><c> and</c><00:27:54.220><c> momentary.</c>

00:27:55.759 --> 00:27:57.980
Not<00:27:56.099><c> only</c><00:27:56.420><c> that,</c><00:27:56.759><c> they</c><00:27:57.000><c> work</c><00:27:57.259><c> for</c><00:27:57.539><c> us.</c>

00:27:57.980 --> 00:28:02.920
Paul<00:27:58.599><c> says</c><00:27:58.859><c> they</c><00:27:59.119><c> work</c><00:27:59.460><c> for</c><00:27:59.700><c> us</c><00:27:59.859><c> for</c><00:28:00.099><c> a</c><00:28:00.259><c> far</c><00:28:00.440><c> exceeding</c><00:28:01.000><c> and</c><00:28:01.140><c> eternal</c><00:28:01.480><c> weight</c><00:28:01.660><c> of</c><00:28:01.960><c> glory.</c>

00:28:03.079 --> 00:28:07.619
And<00:28:03.299><c> all</c><00:28:03.559><c> the</c><00:28:03.839><c> afflictions</c><00:28:04.380><c> which</c><00:28:04.579><c> we</c><00:28:04.799><c> might</c><00:28:05.079><c> suffer,</c><00:28:06.299><c> all</c><00:28:06.599><c> the</c><00:28:06.900><c> pain</c><00:28:07.140><c> which</c><00:28:07.359><c> we</c>

00:28:07.619 --> 00:28:09.440
must<00:28:07.839><c> endure,</c><00:28:09.079><c> and</c><00:28:09.259><c> all</c>

00:28:09.440 --> 00:28:12.839
the<00:28:09.720><c> sorrow,</c><00:28:10.720><c> and</c><00:28:10.940><c> sometimes</c><00:28:11.359><c> this</c><00:28:11.640><c> can</c><00:28:11.900><c> weight</c><00:28:12.039><c> us</c><00:28:12.380><c> down,</c>

00:28:13.039 --> 00:28:15.940
down,<00:28:13.519><c> down,</c><00:28:14.400><c> they</c><00:28:14.660><c> can</c><00:28:14.980><c> never</c><00:28:15.279><c> compare</c>

00:28:15.940 --> 00:28:18.619
to<00:28:16.500><c> the</c><00:28:16.740><c> state</c><00:28:16.940><c> of</c><00:28:17.220><c> blessedness</c><00:28:17.759><c> that</c><00:28:17.980><c> awaits</c><00:28:18.220><c> us.</c>

00:28:19.079 --> 00:28:21.039
And<00:28:19.319><c> no</c><00:28:19.579><c> expression</c><00:28:20.119><c> could</c><00:28:20.359><c> be</c><00:28:20.660><c> stronger.</c>

00:28:21.319 --> 00:28:26.220
The<00:28:21.559><c> apostle</c><00:28:21.940><c> Paul</c><00:28:22.359><c> seems</c><00:28:22.660><c> to</c><00:28:22.859><c> be</c><00:28:23.079><c> searching</c><00:28:23.440><c> for</c><00:28:24.119><c> sufficiently</c><00:28:24.660><c> strong</c><00:28:25.160><c> language</c><00:28:25.779><c> to</c>

00:28:26.220 --> 00:28:26.980
convey<00:28:26.640><c> the</c>

00:28:26.980 --> 00:28:31.240
idea<00:28:27.559><c> of</c><00:28:28.140><c> the</c><00:28:28.460><c> transcendent</c><00:28:29.319><c> blessedness</c><00:28:29.940><c> of</c><00:28:30.119><c> the</c><00:28:30.279><c> future.</c>

00:28:31.640 --> 00:28:34.859
And<00:28:31.859><c> Paul</c><00:28:32.079><c> knew</c><00:28:32.400><c> both</c><00:28:32.720><c> ends</c><00:28:32.980><c> of</c><00:28:33.140><c> the</c><00:28:33.380><c> spectrum</c><00:28:33.660><c> too</c><00:28:34.019><c> here,</c><00:28:34.259><c> didn't</c><00:28:34.420><c> he?</c>

00:28:35.180 --> 00:28:38.680
Who<00:28:35.440><c> among</c><00:28:35.700><c> all</c><00:28:36.059><c> the</c><00:28:36.339><c> apostles</c><00:28:36.799><c> knew</c><00:28:37.059><c> more</c><00:28:37.460><c> the</c><00:28:37.720><c> nature,</c><00:28:38.500><c> the</c>

00:28:38.680 --> 00:28:40.579
variety,<00:28:39.059><c> and</c><00:28:39.259><c> the</c><00:28:39.440><c> depth</c><00:28:39.619><c> of</c><00:28:39.960><c> sufferings?</c>

00:28:40.839 --> 00:28:44.180
And<00:28:41.220><c> yet</c><00:28:41.339><c> he</c><00:28:41.539><c> calls</c><00:28:41.819><c> it</c><00:28:42.299><c> our</c><00:28:42.599><c> light</c><00:28:42.920><c> afflictions.</c>

00:28:44.640 --> 00:28:48.980
But<00:28:44.779><c> who</c><00:28:45.039><c> among</c><00:28:45.420><c> the</c><00:28:45.759><c> apostles</c><00:28:46.160><c> had</c><00:28:46.460><c> just</c><00:28:46.779><c> wonderful</c><00:28:47.319><c> revelations,</c><00:28:48.539><c> such</c><00:28:48.720><c> an</c>

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abundant<00:28:49.240><c> of</c><00:28:49.539><c> revelations</c>

00:28:49.940 --> 00:28:54.660
that<00:28:50.099><c> God</c><00:28:50.380><c> gave</c><00:28:50.579><c> him</c><00:28:50.779><c> a</c><00:28:50.920><c> thorn</c><00:28:51.099><c> in</c><00:28:51.299><c> the</c><00:28:51.500><c> side,</c><00:28:52.339><c> lest</c><00:28:52.440><c> he</c><00:28:52.579><c> be</c><00:28:52.819><c> exalted</c><00:28:53.259><c> above</c><00:28:53.539><c> measure</c><00:28:53.960><c> because</c><00:28:54.319><c> of</c><00:28:54.480><c> his</c>

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revelations?

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What<00:28:57.279><c> powerful</c><00:28:57.839><c> motivation</c><00:28:58.440><c> we</c><00:28:58.680><c> have,</c><00:28:59.140><c> brethren,</c><00:28:59.519><c> for</c><00:28:59.660><c> enduring,</c><00:29:00.920><c> and</c>

00:29:01.140 --> 00:29:03.160
what<00:29:01.480><c> compelling</c><00:29:02.140><c> inducement</c>

00:29:03.160 --> 00:29:08.240
to<00:29:03.660><c> bear</c><00:29:03.880><c> up</c><00:29:04.140><c> patiently</c><00:29:04.680><c> over</c><00:29:05.559><c> our</c><00:29:06.059><c> transitory</c><00:29:06.859><c> afflictions.</c>

00:29:08.380 --> 00:29:11.180
The<00:29:08.579><c> time</c><00:29:08.779><c> is</c><00:29:09.019><c> coming</c><00:29:09.259><c> when</c><00:29:09.420><c> we</c><00:29:09.559><c> won't</c><00:29:09.779><c> have</c><00:29:10.059><c> them</c><00:29:10.220><c> anymore.</c>

00:29:11.460 --> 00:29:12.920
Now<00:29:11.660><c> the</c><00:29:11.799><c> method</c><00:29:12.220><c> is</c><00:29:12.579><c> evident.</c>

00:29:13.099 --> 00:29:16.940
For<00:29:13.180><c> Paul</c><00:29:13.440><c> says</c><00:29:13.720><c> in</c><00:29:13.859><c> verse</c><00:29:14.160><c> 18,</c><00:29:15.519><c> while</c><00:29:15.779><c> we</c><00:29:16.019><c> look</c><00:29:16.259><c> not</c><00:29:16.619><c> at</c><00:29:16.759><c> the</c>

00:29:16.940 --> 00:29:19.599
things<00:29:17.140><c> which</c><00:29:17.359><c> are</c><00:29:17.559><c> seen,</c><00:29:18.900><c> but</c><00:29:18.960><c> at</c><00:29:19.200><c> the</c><00:29:19.380><c> things</c>

00:29:19.599 --> 00:29:22.059
which<00:29:19.799><c> are</c><00:29:20.000><c> not</c><00:29:20.259><c> seen,</c><00:29:20.480><c> for</c><00:29:20.660><c> the</c><00:29:20.900><c> things</c><00:29:21.140><c> that</c><00:29:21.339><c> are</c><00:29:21.500><c> seen</c><00:29:21.720><c> are</c>

00:29:22.059 --> 00:29:24.140
temporal,<00:29:23.240><c> but</c><00:29:23.400><c> the</c><00:29:23.559><c> things</c><00:29:23.759><c> which</c><00:29:23.960><c> are</c>

00:29:24.140 --> 00:29:25.960
not<00:29:24.420><c> seen</c><00:29:24.680><c> are</c><00:29:25.019><c> eternal.</c>

00:29:25.980 --> 00:29:29.559
And<00:29:26.259><c> of</c><00:29:26.440><c> course</c><00:29:26.559><c> the</c><00:29:26.720><c> things</c><00:29:26.960><c> that</c><00:29:27.160><c> are</c><00:29:27.359><c> not</c><00:29:27.680><c> seen</c><00:29:27.940><c> are</c><00:29:28.180><c> the</c><00:29:28.380><c> things</c><00:29:28.660><c> that</c><00:29:28.900><c> are</c><00:29:29.359><c> of</c>

00:29:29.559 --> 00:29:30.759
the<00:29:29.740><c> future.</c>

00:29:31.140 --> 00:29:33.140
They<00:29:31.319><c> yet</c><00:29:31.539><c> belong</c><00:29:31.799><c> to</c><00:29:32.019><c> the</c><00:29:32.180><c> future.</c>

00:29:33.420 --> 00:29:37.819
And<00:29:33.519><c> here</c><00:29:33.799><c> Paul</c><00:29:34.079><c> speaks</c><00:29:34.519><c> of</c><00:29:34.779><c> a</c><00:29:35.039><c> steady</c><00:29:35.480><c> mental</c><00:29:35.880><c> habit</c><00:29:36.359><c> of</c><00:29:37.200><c> viewing</c><00:29:37.440><c> our</c>

00:29:37.819 --> 00:29:39.319
present<00:29:38.160><c> distresses</c><00:29:39.000><c> in</c><00:29:39.140><c> their</c>

00:29:39.319 --> 00:29:44.299
true<00:29:39.539><c> light</c><00:29:40.099><c> and</c><00:29:40.859><c> of</c><00:29:41.059><c> fixing</c><00:29:41.339><c> our</c><00:29:41.720><c> minds</c><00:29:42.140><c> and</c><00:29:42.579><c> our</c><00:29:43.740><c> affections</c>

00:29:44.299 --> 00:29:45.920
on<00:29:44.700><c> the</c><00:29:44.859><c> glorious</c><00:29:45.220><c> appearance</c><00:29:45.680><c> of</c><00:29:45.859><c> the</c>

00:29:45.920 --> 00:29:49.200
Lord<00:29:46.140><c> Jesus</c><00:29:46.539><c> Christ</c><00:29:46.859><c> and</c><00:29:47.160><c> that</c><00:29:47.460><c> bright</c><00:29:47.839><c> recompense</c><00:29:48.480><c> of</c><00:29:48.640><c> reward</c><00:29:48.960><c> that</c>

00:29:49.200 --> 00:29:50.759
shall<00:29:49.400><c> accompany</c><00:29:49.839><c> him.</c>

00:29:51.019 --> 00:29:55.500
It<00:29:51.299><c> is</c><00:29:51.759><c> little</c><00:29:52.059><c> wonder</c><00:29:52.400><c> that</c><00:29:52.940><c> the</c><00:29:53.240><c> apostle</c><00:29:53.640><c> was</c><00:29:54.400><c> moved</c><00:29:54.579><c> to</c><00:29:54.779><c> exclaim</c><00:29:55.319><c> in</c>

00:29:55.500 --> 00:29:58.220
Romans<00:29:55.799><c> 8</c><00:29:56.059><c> and</c><00:29:56.220><c> 18,</c><00:29:57.559><c> for</c><00:29:57.700><c> I</c><00:29:57.980><c> reckon</c>

00:29:58.220 --> 00:30:01.500
that<00:29:58.480><c> the</c><00:29:58.720><c> sufferings</c><00:29:59.059><c> of</c><00:29:59.259><c> this</c><00:29:59.519><c> present</c><00:29:59.799><c> life</c><00:30:00.140><c> are</c><00:30:00.359><c> not</c><00:30:00.819><c> worthy</c><00:30:01.259><c> to</c>

00:30:01.500 --> 00:30:03.039
be<00:30:01.660><c> compared</c><00:30:02.099><c> to</c><00:30:02.279><c> the</c><00:30:02.519><c> glory</c><00:30:02.799><c> that</c>

00:30:03.039 --> 00:30:04.980
shall<00:30:03.200><c> be</c><00:30:03.460><c> revealed</c><00:30:03.740><c> in</c><00:30:03.980><c> us.</c>

00:30:05.940 --> 00:30:10.920
To<00:30:06.200><c> the</c><00:30:06.440><c> children,</c><00:30:07.759><c> little</c><00:30:08.000><c> ones,</c><00:30:08.359><c> and</c><00:30:08.519><c> to</c><00:30:08.619><c> the</c><00:30:08.799><c> unreflecting,</c><00:30:10.460><c> the</c><00:30:10.680><c> present</c>

00:30:10.920 --> 00:30:13.339
situation<00:30:11.700><c> is</c><00:30:12.039><c> very</c><00:30:12.420><c> real.</c>

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And<00:30:13.940><c> of</c><00:30:14.039><c> course</c><00:30:14.220><c> the</c><00:30:14.380><c> future</c><00:30:14.740><c> is</c><00:30:15.019><c> very</c><00:30:15.380><c> shadowy.</c>

00:30:16.660 --> 00:30:21.160
So<00:30:17.079><c> that</c><00:30:17.359><c> the</c><00:30:17.599><c> least</c><00:30:17.880><c> advantage</c><00:30:18.579><c> or</c><00:30:19.680><c> something</c><00:30:20.059><c> of</c><00:30:20.279><c> this</c><00:30:20.500><c> nature</c><00:30:20.799><c> now</c>

00:30:21.160 --> 00:30:23.019
or<00:30:21.440><c> relief</c><00:30:21.640><c> today</c><00:30:21.940><c> is</c><00:30:22.240><c> far</c><00:30:22.559><c> more</c>

00:30:23.019 --> 00:30:27.259
preferable<00:30:24.019><c> to</c><00:30:24.480><c> some</c><00:30:24.799><c> distant</c><00:30:25.240><c> future</c><00:30:25.680><c> reward,</c><00:30:26.700><c> even</c><00:30:27.000><c> though</c>

00:30:27.259 --> 00:30:29.460
it<00:30:27.440><c> may</c><00:30:27.619><c> seem</c><00:30:27.839><c> so</c><00:30:28.180><c> far</c><00:30:28.460><c> greater.</c>

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But<00:30:29.960><c> we</c><00:30:30.119><c> are</c><00:30:30.259><c> not</c><00:30:30.359><c> to</c><00:30:30.619><c> be</c><00:30:30.619><c> children.</c>

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Oh,<00:30:31.640><c> in</c><00:30:31.700><c> malice</c><00:30:32.180><c> be</c><00:30:32.380><c> ye</c><00:30:32.539><c> children,</c><00:30:32.900><c> Paul</c><00:30:33.200><c> says,</c><00:30:33.420><c> but</c><00:30:33.640><c> in</c><00:30:33.880><c> understanding</c><00:30:34.599><c> be</c><00:30:35.039><c> ye</c><00:30:35.299><c> men.</c>

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In<00:30:37.380><c> our</c><00:30:37.680><c> thinking,</c><00:30:38.160><c> brethren</c><00:30:38.299><c> and</c><00:30:38.559><c> sisters,</c><00:30:39.859><c> but</c><00:30:40.000><c> as</c><00:30:40.279><c> we</c><00:30:40.460><c> grow</c>

00:30:40.640 --> 00:30:43.380
in<00:30:40.900><c> wisdom</c><00:30:41.319><c> and</c><00:30:41.700><c> as</c><00:30:41.880><c> we</c><00:30:42.079><c> grow</c><00:30:42.259><c> in</c><00:30:42.519><c> years</c>

00:30:43.380 --> 00:30:46.980
and<00:30:43.700><c> as</c><00:30:43.779><c> our</c><00:30:44.140><c> faith</c><00:30:44.359><c> increases,</c><00:30:45.420><c> our</c><00:30:45.460><c> thoughts</c><00:30:45.839><c> advance</c><00:30:46.559><c> and</c>

00:30:46.980 --> 00:30:48.859
increase<00:30:47.519><c> to</c><00:30:47.819><c> the</c><00:30:47.900><c> future.</c>

00:30:49.000 --> 00:30:52.799
And<00:30:49.119><c> you</c><00:30:49.200><c> can</c><00:30:49.480><c> verify</c><00:30:50.059><c> this</c><00:30:50.880><c> by</c><00:30:51.140><c> any</c><00:30:51.539><c> older</c><00:30:51.859><c> brother</c><00:30:52.200><c> or</c><00:30:52.279><c> sister</c><00:30:52.559><c> here</c>

00:30:52.799 --> 00:30:54.099
in<00:30:52.960><c> the</c><00:30:53.200><c> assembly.</c>

00:30:54.380 --> 00:30:57.920
We<00:30:54.500><c> learn</c><00:30:54.740><c> to</c><00:30:55.000><c> think</c><00:30:55.519><c> and</c><00:30:56.019><c> to</c><00:30:56.279><c> set</c><00:30:56.359><c> our</c><00:30:56.640><c> affections</c><00:30:57.259><c> with</c><00:30:57.740><c> the</c>

00:30:57.920 --> 00:30:59.599
immortal<00:30:58.200><c> existence</c><00:30:58.660><c> of</c><00:30:58.859><c> the</c><00:30:58.920><c> Lord</c><00:30:59.200><c> Jesus</c>

00:30:59.599 --> 00:31:00.059
Christ.

00:31:00.500 --> 00:31:04.440
And<00:31:00.759><c> this</c><00:31:01.059><c> process</c><00:31:01.660><c> will</c><00:31:02.059><c> influence</c><00:31:02.519><c> an</c><00:31:02.900><c> attitude</c><00:31:03.220><c> of</c><00:31:03.519><c> mind.</c>

00:31:04.480 --> 00:31:07.099
And<00:31:04.700><c> we're</c><00:31:04.839><c> going</c><00:31:05.039><c> to</c><00:31:05.299><c> find</c><00:31:05.599><c> that</c><00:31:05.819><c> our</c><00:31:06.039><c> actions</c><00:31:06.440><c> are</c><00:31:06.839><c> governed</c>

00:31:07.099 --> 00:31:10.319
and<00:31:07.680><c> controlled</c><00:31:08.240><c> by</c><00:31:09.220><c> the</c><00:31:09.559><c> expectations</c>

00:31:10.319 --> 00:31:11.799
of<00:31:10.599><c> the</c><00:31:10.819><c> future.</c>

00:31:12.099 --> 00:31:13.460
And<00:31:12.240><c> we'll</c><00:31:12.440><c> be</c><00:31:12.579><c> able</c><00:31:12.759><c> to</c><00:31:12.940><c> endure</c><00:31:13.220><c> this.</c>

00:31:13.599 --> 00:31:16.440
And<00:31:13.680><c> this</c><00:31:13.880><c> is</c><00:31:14.039><c> why</c><00:31:14.200><c> Paul</c><00:31:14.539><c> says,</c><00:31:15.319><c> while</c><00:31:15.339><c> we</c><00:31:15.619><c> look</c><00:31:15.839><c> not</c><00:31:16.140><c> at</c><00:31:16.279><c> the</c>

00:31:16.440 --> 00:31:18.180
things<00:31:16.619><c> which</c><00:31:16.819><c> are</c><00:31:17.039><c> seen,</c><00:31:17.539><c> but</c><00:31:17.660><c> at</c><00:31:17.819><c> the</c><00:31:18.000><c> things</c>

00:31:18.180 --> 00:31:19.140
which<00:31:18.380><c> are</c><00:31:18.539><c> not</c><00:31:18.799><c> seen.</c>

00:31:19.619 --> 00:31:22.720
The<00:31:19.759><c> things</c><00:31:20.000><c> which</c><00:31:20.240><c> are</c><00:31:20.420><c> seen</c><00:31:20.640><c> are</c><00:31:20.980><c> temporal,</c><00:31:21.940><c> but</c><00:31:22.099><c> the</c><00:31:22.299><c> things</c><00:31:22.500><c> which</c>

00:31:22.720 --> 00:31:25.380
are<00:31:22.960><c> not</c><00:31:23.279><c> seen</c><00:31:23.759><c> are</c><00:31:24.400><c> eternal.</c>

00:31:27.539 --> 00:31:30.339
Would<00:31:27.680><c> you</c><00:31:27.859><c> turn</c><00:31:28.099><c> to</c><00:31:28.319><c> Philippians</c><00:31:28.859><c> chapter</c><00:31:29.240><c> 3?</c>

00:31:31.619 --> 00:31:37.319
I<00:31:31.799><c> want</c><00:31:32.000><c> to</c><00:31:32.200><c> look</c><00:31:32.400><c> at</c><00:31:32.599><c> the</c><00:31:32.819><c> apostle</c><00:31:33.240><c> Paul's</c><00:31:34.359><c> personal</c><00:31:34.839><c> endeavor</c><00:31:35.380><c> to</c><00:31:35.799><c> achieve</c><00:31:36.059><c> his</c><00:31:36.380><c> goal.</c>

00:31:37.500 --> 00:31:41.420
And<00:31:37.839><c> I</c><00:31:39.299><c> would</c><00:31:39.500><c> like</c><00:31:39.680><c> you</c><00:31:39.819><c> to</c><00:31:40.000><c> note</c><00:31:40.160><c> the</c><00:31:40.460><c> manner</c><00:31:40.700><c> in</c><00:31:40.920><c> which</c><00:31:41.099><c> he</c>

00:31:41.420 --> 00:31:44.220
expresses<00:31:42.359><c> the</c><00:31:43.000><c> fact</c><00:31:43.200><c> that</c><00:31:43.440><c> he</c><00:31:43.759><c> expends</c>

00:31:44.220 --> 00:31:47.839
every<00:31:44.880><c> effort</c><00:31:45.380><c> to</c><00:31:45.900><c> achieve</c><00:31:46.200><c> it.</c>

00:31:49.160 --> 00:31:51.779
Paul<00:31:49.200><c> was</c><00:31:49.460><c> quite</c><00:31:49.720><c> familiar</c><00:31:50.119><c> with</c><00:31:50.380><c> the</c><00:31:50.559><c> Grecian</c><00:31:50.819><c> runners,</c><00:31:51.759><c> and</c>

00:31:51.779 --> 00:31:54.319
he<00:31:52.119><c> often</c><00:31:52.400><c> used</c><00:31:52.700><c> them</c><00:31:52.960><c> as</c><00:31:53.240><c> a</c><00:31:53.480><c> figure</c><00:31:53.680><c> to</c><00:31:53.940><c> illustrate</c>

00:31:54.319 --> 00:31:55.819
Christian<00:31:54.799><c> life.</c>

00:31:56.039 --> 00:31:59.259
And<00:31:56.279><c> I</c><00:31:56.380><c> want</c><00:31:56.500><c> you</c><00:31:56.640><c> to</c><00:31:56.799><c> know</c><00:31:56.940><c> now</c><00:31:57.180><c> here</c><00:31:57.359><c> in</c><00:31:57.500><c> the</c><00:31:57.660><c> 3rd</c><00:31:58.019><c> Philippians</c><00:31:58.500><c> how</c><00:31:58.839><c> Paul</c>

00:31:59.259 --> 00:32:00.920
pulls<00:31:59.700><c> together</c><00:32:00.160><c> all</c><00:32:00.640><c> his</c>

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empowered<00:32:01.319><c> efforts</c><00:32:01.920><c> for</c><00:32:02.539><c> one</c><00:32:02.819><c> purpose.</c>

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Verse<00:32:04.119><c> 13</c><00:32:04.579><c> and</c><00:32:04.660><c> 14.</c>

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Brethren,<00:32:07.140><c> I</c><00:32:07.319><c> count</c><00:32:07.599><c> not</c><00:32:07.980><c> myself</c><00:32:08.480><c> to</c><00:32:08.759><c> have</c><00:32:09.000><c> apprehended,</c><00:32:10.460><c> but</c>

00:32:10.519 --> 00:32:13.279
this<00:32:10.880><c> one</c><00:32:11.319><c> thing</c><00:32:11.579><c> I</c><00:32:11.980><c> do,</c><00:32:12.640><c> forgetting</c><00:32:12.940><c> those</c>

00:32:13.279 --> 00:32:17.119
things<00:32:13.599><c> which</c><00:32:13.799><c> are</c><00:32:14.000><c> behind,</c><00:32:14.799><c> and</c><00:32:15.019><c> reaching</c><00:32:15.380><c> forth</c><00:32:15.839><c> unto</c><00:32:16.079><c> those</c><00:32:16.460><c> things</c><00:32:16.740><c> which</c><00:32:16.960><c> are</c>

00:32:17.119 --> 00:32:18.859
before,<00:32:17.980><c> I</c><00:32:18.400><c> press</c>

00:32:18.859 --> 00:32:21.980
toward<00:32:19.160><c> the</c><00:32:19.440><c> mark</c><00:32:19.680><c> for</c><00:32:19.920><c> the</c><00:32:20.180><c> prize</c><00:32:20.420><c> of</c><00:32:20.579><c> the</c><00:32:20.720><c> high</c><00:32:21.019><c> calling</c><00:32:21.299><c> of</c>

00:32:21.980 --> 00:32:24.299
God<00:32:22.279><c> in</c><00:32:22.819><c> Christ</c><00:32:23.200><c> Jesus.</c>

00:32:24.579 --> 00:32:29.440
This<00:32:24.920><c> one</c><00:32:25.599><c> thing</c><00:32:26.019><c> I</c><00:32:26.519><c> do,</c><00:32:27.599><c> he</c><00:32:27.980><c> concentrated</c><00:32:28.539><c> all</c><00:32:28.880><c> his</c><00:32:29.200><c> thoughts</c>

00:32:29.440 --> 00:32:32.279
and<00:32:29.799><c> energies</c><00:32:30.279><c> on</c><00:32:31.000><c> the</c><00:32:31.259><c> one</c><00:32:31.519><c> great</c><00:32:31.859><c> end</c>

00:32:32.279 --> 00:32:33.619
of<00:32:32.460><c> his</c><00:32:32.700><c> life.</c>

00:32:33.660 --> 00:32:37.000
This<00:32:33.839><c> is</c><00:32:34.099><c> the</c><00:32:34.240><c> one</c><00:32:34.480><c> thing</c><00:32:34.700><c> that</c><00:32:34.880><c> is</c><00:32:35.079><c> needful</c><00:32:35.700><c> for</c><00:32:36.000><c> him</c><00:32:36.380><c> and</c><00:32:36.700><c> for</c>

00:32:37.000 --> 00:32:39.859
us,<00:32:37.559><c> because</c><00:32:38.380><c> he</c><00:32:38.660><c> knew</c><00:32:38.859><c> that</c><00:32:39.119><c> a</c><00:32:39.460><c> dispersion</c>

00:32:39.859 --> 00:32:43.220
of<00:32:40.059><c> his</c><00:32:40.319><c> enemies</c><00:32:40.759><c> would</c><00:32:41.140><c> prove</c><00:32:41.480><c> fatal</c><00:32:41.859><c> to</c><00:32:42.160><c> success.</c>

00:32:43.640 --> 00:32:46.599
Forgetting<00:32:44.059><c> those</c><00:32:44.279><c> things</c><00:32:44.579><c> which</c><00:32:44.799><c> are</c><00:32:44.980><c> behind,</c><00:32:45.380><c> he</c><00:32:45.619><c> says,</c>

00:32:46.960 --> 00:32:49.200
the<00:32:47.180><c> Olympic</c><00:32:47.579><c> runner</c><00:32:48.339><c> didn't</c><00:32:48.559><c> look</c><00:32:48.799><c> behind</c>

00:32:49.200 --> 00:32:53.500
him,<00:32:50.160><c> always</c><00:32:50.720><c> to</c><00:32:51.059><c> the</c><00:32:51.359><c> goal</c><00:32:51.740><c> which</c><00:32:52.019><c> was</c><00:32:52.240><c> to</c><00:32:52.420><c> be</c><00:32:52.640><c> reached.</c>

00:32:53.549 --> 00:32:57.500
He<00:32:53.859><c> doesn't</c><00:32:54.220><c> view</c><00:32:54.500><c> with</c><00:32:54.720><c> complacency</c><00:32:56.319><c> his</c><00:32:56.660><c> own</c><00:32:56.920><c> attainments.</c>

00:32:57.839 --> 00:33:01.640
He<00:32:57.980><c> forgets</c><00:32:58.700><c> all</c><00:32:58.960><c> the</c><00:32:59.200><c> progress</c><00:32:59.559><c> he's</c><00:32:59.859><c> already</c><00:33:00.220><c> made,</c><00:33:01.059><c> nor</c><00:33:01.220><c> does</c><00:33:01.460><c> he</c>

00:33:01.640 --> 00:33:03.119
permit<00:33:01.960><c> the</c><00:33:02.279><c> memories</c><00:33:02.619><c> of</c><00:33:02.819><c> his</c>

00:33:03.119 --> 00:33:06.839
past<00:33:03.420><c> failures</c><00:33:03.839><c> to</c><00:33:04.099><c> impede</c><00:33:04.480><c> his</c><00:33:04.779><c> progress,</c><00:33:05.740><c> because</c><00:33:06.059><c> this</c><00:33:06.339><c> would</c><00:33:06.539><c> be</c>

00:33:06.839 --> 00:33:08.460
fatal<00:33:07.059><c> to</c><00:33:07.380><c> any</c><00:33:07.619><c> runner.</c>

00:33:08.599 --> 00:33:12.539
Such<00:33:08.859><c> a</c><00:33:09.339><c> distraction</c><00:33:09.759><c> would</c><00:33:10.019><c> give</c><00:33:10.200><c> away</c><00:33:10.460><c> an</c><00:33:10.720><c> obvious</c><00:33:11.059><c> advantage,</c><00:33:12.200><c> and</c><00:33:12.339><c> so</c>

00:33:12.539 --> 00:33:14.480
must<00:33:12.759><c> we,</c><00:33:13.140><c> brethren</c><00:33:13.339><c> and</c><00:33:13.559><c> sisters.</c>

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We<00:33:14.880><c> must</c><00:33:15.180><c> not</c><00:33:15.400><c> let</c><00:33:15.579><c> the</c><00:33:15.960><c> memories</c><00:33:16.380><c> of</c><00:33:16.720><c> our</c><00:33:17.000><c> past</c><00:33:17.279><c> failures,</c>

00:33:18.480 --> 00:33:21.539
our<00:33:18.880><c> disappointments</c><00:33:19.720><c> discourage</c><00:33:20.339><c> us,</c><00:33:21.140><c> because</c>

00:33:21.539 --> 00:33:23.920
the<00:33:21.859><c> whole</c><00:33:22.019><c> future</c><00:33:22.579><c> lies</c><00:33:22.920><c> ahead</c><00:33:23.259><c> of</c><00:33:23.359><c> us.</c>

00:33:24.279 --> 00:33:27.700
So<00:33:24.440><c> we</c><00:33:24.619><c> forget</c><00:33:25.039><c> those</c><00:33:25.380><c> things</c><00:33:25.660><c> which</c><00:33:25.900><c> are</c><00:33:26.079><c> behind,</c><00:33:27.140><c> and</c><00:33:27.400><c> we</c>

00:33:27.700 --> 00:33:29.660
reach<00:33:28.039><c> forth</c><00:33:28.500><c> unto</c><00:33:28.759><c> those</c><00:33:29.119><c> things</c><00:33:29.380><c> which</c>

00:33:29.660 --> 00:33:34.480
are<00:33:29.799><c> before,</c><00:33:31.700><c> regarding</c><00:33:32.059><c> our</c><00:33:32.400><c> past</c><00:33:32.700><c> failures</c><00:33:33.059><c> and</c><00:33:33.339><c> success.</c>

00:33:35.359 --> 00:33:38.960
Only<00:33:35.700><c> the</c><00:33:36.000><c> future</c><00:33:36.480><c> now</c><00:33:36.980><c> counts,</c><00:33:37.779><c> the</c><00:33:38.039><c> future</c><00:33:38.359><c> before</c><00:33:38.779><c> us.</c>

00:33:38.960 --> 00:33:41.460
That's<00:33:39.240><c> where</c><00:33:39.440><c> we're</c><00:33:39.579><c> going</c><00:33:39.799><c> to</c><00:33:40.000><c> spend</c><00:33:40.240><c> the</c><00:33:40.380><c> rest</c><00:33:40.599><c> of</c><00:33:40.779><c> our</c><00:33:40.940><c> lives,</c><00:33:41.299><c> as</c>

00:33:41.460 --> 00:33:42.880
some<00:33:41.700><c> people</c><00:33:41.940><c> say.</c>

00:33:43.660 --> 00:33:49.259
The<00:33:43.900><c> term</c><00:33:44.140><c> reaching</c><00:33:44.599><c> forth</c><00:33:45.059><c> is</c><00:33:45.279><c> a</c><00:33:45.480><c> Greek</c><00:33:45.680><c> word</c><00:33:45.960><c> that</c><00:33:46.180><c> means</c><00:33:46.460><c> the</c><00:33:47.059><c> athlete</c><00:33:47.599><c> throws</c><00:33:48.059><c> himself</c><00:33:48.559><c> forward</c><00:33:49.039><c> in</c>

00:33:49.259 --> 00:33:52.380
the<00:33:49.579><c> race</c><00:33:49.579><c> with</c><00:33:49.880><c> all</c><00:33:50.180><c> his</c><00:33:50.440><c> energies,</c><00:33:51.140><c> because</c><00:33:51.480><c> he</c><00:33:51.640><c> is</c><00:33:52.059><c> intent</c>

00:33:52.380 --> 00:33:53.940
on<00:33:52.740><c> his</c><00:33:53.059><c> aim.</c>

00:33:54.099 --> 00:33:58.000
Paul<00:33:54.400><c> says,</c><00:33:54.940><c> I</c><00:33:54.940><c> press</c><00:33:55.359><c> toward</c><00:33:55.660><c> the</c><00:33:55.900><c> mark,</c><00:33:56.460><c> is</c><00:33:56.619><c> from</c><00:33:56.819><c> a</c><00:33:57.039><c> metaphor</c><00:33:57.400><c> used</c><00:33:57.819><c> in</c>

00:33:58.000 --> 00:33:58.720
the<00:33:58.160><c> foot</c><00:33:58.380><c> race.</c>

00:33:59.079 --> 00:34:02.960
It<00:33:59.240><c> means</c><00:33:59.480><c> to</c><00:33:59.720><c> speed</c><00:34:00.019><c> on</c><00:34:00.380><c> earnestly,</c><00:34:01.259><c> to</c><00:34:01.400><c> pursue,</c><00:34:02.140><c> or</c><00:34:02.240><c> be</c><00:34:02.400><c> in</c><00:34:02.680><c> pursuit.</c>

00:34:03.319 --> 00:34:06.279
In<00:34:03.480><c> fact,</c><00:34:03.660><c> the</c><00:34:03.779><c> word</c><00:34:03.920><c> is</c><00:34:04.220><c> translated</c><00:34:04.579><c> to</c><00:34:04.859><c> pursue</c><00:34:05.059><c> some</c><00:34:05.299><c> 28</c><00:34:05.700><c> times</c><00:34:06.099><c> in</c>

00:34:06.279 --> 00:34:07.519
the<00:34:06.359><c> New</c><00:34:06.559><c> Testament.</c>

00:34:08.079 --> 00:34:12.579
And<00:34:08.260><c> these</c><00:34:08.539><c> terms</c><00:34:08.860><c> are</c><00:34:09.320><c> so</c><00:34:09.699><c> expressive</c><00:34:10.420><c> of</c><00:34:11.000><c> the</c><00:34:11.239><c> sincere</c><00:34:11.940><c> and</c>

00:34:12.579 --> 00:34:15.360
untiring<00:34:13.239><c> endeavors</c><00:34:13.900><c> to</c><00:34:14.260><c> attain</c><00:34:14.780><c> the</c><00:34:15.000><c> end</c><00:34:15.179><c> of</c>

00:34:15.360 --> 00:34:16.340
the<00:34:15.500><c> race.</c>

00:34:17.099 --> 00:34:20.000
And<00:34:17.619><c> when</c><00:34:17.860><c> we</c><00:34:18.119><c> consider,</c><00:34:18.599><c> as</c><00:34:18.780><c> we</c><00:34:18.960><c> have</c><00:34:19.199><c> been</c><00:34:19.440><c> considering,</c>

00:34:20.079 --> 00:34:22.539
the<00:34:20.239><c> glorious</c><00:34:20.739><c> prize</c><00:34:21.239><c> that</c><00:34:21.460><c> awaits</c><00:34:21.739><c> the</c><00:34:21.980><c> victor,</c>

00:34:22.940 --> 00:34:26.340
we<00:34:23.059><c> can</c><00:34:23.300><c> understand</c><00:34:23.860><c> Paul's</c><00:34:24.460><c> exhortation</c><00:34:25.039><c> to</c><00:34:25.340><c> press</c><00:34:25.679><c> on</c><00:34:25.960><c> with</c>

00:34:26.340 --> 00:34:28.440
untiring<00:34:27.179><c> diligence.</c>

00:34:29.239 --> 00:34:31.219
And<00:34:29.440><c> you</c><00:34:29.519><c> know,</c><00:34:29.840><c> brethren</c><00:34:30.059><c> and</c><00:34:30.199><c> sisters,</c><00:34:30.440><c> this</c><00:34:30.639><c> is</c><00:34:30.920><c> the</c><00:34:31.019><c> only</c>

00:34:31.219 --> 00:34:33.820
way<00:34:31.539><c> you</c><00:34:31.739><c> and</c><00:34:31.880><c> I</c><00:34:31.980><c> can</c><00:34:32.219><c> succeed,</c><00:34:33.340><c> to</c><00:34:33.599><c> keep</c>

00:34:33.820 --> 00:34:36.000
the<00:34:34.119><c> hope</c><00:34:34.380><c> set</c><00:34:34.699><c> before</c><00:34:35.099><c> us.</c>

00:34:36.300 --> 00:34:40.960
Or<00:34:36.380><c> as</c><00:34:36.539><c> Paul</c><00:34:36.840><c> says</c><00:34:37.059><c> right</c><00:34:37.460><c> here</c><00:34:37.719><c> in</c><00:34:37.840><c> verse</c><00:34:38.079><c> 20</c><00:34:38.440><c> and</c><00:34:38.539><c> 21,</c><00:34:39.539><c> for</c><00:34:39.760><c> our</c><00:34:40.139><c> citizenship</c><00:34:40.639><c> is</c>

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in<00:34:41.159><c> heaven,</c><00:34:41.860><c> from</c>

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Once<00:34:42.400><c> also</c><00:34:43.300><c> we</c><00:34:43.480><c> look</c><00:34:43.719><c> for</c><00:34:43.920><c> the</c><00:34:44.119><c> Savior,</c><00:34:44.500><c> the</c><00:34:44.500><c> Lord</c><00:34:44.760><c> Jesus</c><00:34:45.179><c> Christ,</c><00:34:46.139><c> who</c>

00:34:46.219 --> 00:34:47.519
will<00:34:46.480><c> change</c><00:34:46.780><c> the</c><00:34:47.039><c> bodies</c><00:34:47.260><c> of</c>

00:34:47.519 --> 00:34:52.679
our<00:34:47.739><c> humiliation</c><00:34:48.380><c> and</c><00:34:49.039><c> fashion</c><00:34:49.420><c> them</c><00:34:49.699><c> like</c><00:34:49.960><c> unto</c><00:34:50.159><c> His</c><00:34:50.480><c> own</c><00:34:50.880><c> glorious</c><00:34:51.239><c> body,</c><00:34:52.239><c> according</c><00:34:52.460><c> to</c>

00:34:52.679 --> 00:34:53.159
the<00:34:52.920><c> working</c>

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whereby<00:34:53.639><c> He</c><00:34:53.900><c> is</c><00:34:54.119><c> able</c><00:34:54.480><c> even</c><00:34:54.800><c> to</c><00:34:55.179><c> subdue</c><00:34:55.400><c> all</c><00:34:55.960><c> things</c><00:34:56.579><c> to</c><00:34:56.980><c> Himself.</c>

00:34:59.179 --> 00:35:01.440
You<00:34:59.179><c> know,</c><00:34:59.500><c> God's</c><00:34:59.900><c> on</c><00:35:00.039><c> our</c><00:35:00.320><c> side.</c>

00:35:01.500 --> 00:35:04.820
He<00:35:01.739><c> desires</c><00:35:02.300><c> our</c><00:35:02.679><c> salvation,</c><00:35:03.260><c> probably</c><00:35:03.679><c> more</c><00:35:04.000><c> than</c><00:35:04.159><c> we</c><00:35:04.460><c> do,</c>

00:35:05.119 --> 00:35:06.880
and<00:35:05.360><c> is</c><00:35:05.559><c> not</c><00:35:05.840><c> willing</c><00:35:06.059><c> that</c><00:35:06.380><c> any</c><00:35:06.579><c> should</c>

00:35:06.880 --> 00:35:07.139
perish.

00:35:07.139 --> 00:35:11.360
He<00:35:07.380><c> takes</c><00:35:07.719><c> no</c><00:35:08.159><c> pleasure</c><00:35:08.679><c> in</c><00:35:09.179><c> the</c><00:35:09.440><c> death</c><00:35:09.679><c> of</c><00:35:09.880><c> the</c><00:35:10.000><c> wicked,</c><00:35:11.300><c> and</c>

00:35:11.360 --> 00:35:13.320
in<00:35:11.519><c> the</c><00:35:11.820><c> preparation</c><00:35:12.239><c> of</c><00:35:12.500><c> His</c><00:35:12.699><c> people,</c><00:35:13.199><c> brethren</c>

00:35:13.320 --> 00:35:17.260
and<00:35:13.559><c> sisters,</c><00:35:14.440><c> He</c><00:35:14.619><c> will</c><00:35:14.800><c> never</c><00:35:15.099><c> suffer</c><00:35:15.460><c> us</c><00:35:15.880><c> to</c><00:35:16.079><c> be</c><00:35:16.320><c> tempted</c><00:35:16.579><c> beyond</c><00:35:16.980><c> what</c><00:35:17.139><c> we</c>

00:35:17.260 --> 00:35:18.219
are<00:35:17.480><c> able.</c>

00:35:18.260 --> 00:35:21.159
He<00:35:18.400><c> will</c><00:35:18.639><c> always</c><00:35:19.280><c> offer</c><00:35:19.780><c> a</c><00:35:19.940><c> way</c><00:35:20.039><c> to</c><00:35:20.280><c> escape</c><00:35:20.579><c> that</c><00:35:20.739><c> we</c><00:35:20.900><c> might</c>

00:35:21.159 --> 00:35:22.260
endure<00:35:21.500><c> it.</c>

00:35:22.559 --> 00:35:25.320
You<00:35:22.659><c> see,</c><00:35:22.900><c> God</c><00:35:23.179><c> has</c><00:35:23.539><c> begun</c><00:35:23.880><c> a</c><00:35:24.139><c> good</c><00:35:24.360><c> work</c><00:35:24.579><c> in</c><00:35:24.719><c> each</c><00:35:24.940><c> and</c><00:35:25.059><c> every</c>

00:35:25.320 --> 00:35:25.880
one<00:35:25.480><c> of</c><00:35:25.619><c> us.</c>

00:35:26.320 --> 00:35:30.139
He's<00:35:26.659><c> begun</c><00:35:26.960><c> that</c><00:35:27.320><c> word</c><00:35:27.460><c> by</c><00:35:27.800><c> planting</c><00:35:28.139><c> His</c><00:35:28.639><c> word,</c><00:35:29.000><c> an</c><00:35:29.139><c> incorruptible</c><00:35:29.880><c> seed,</c>

00:35:30.440 --> 00:35:31.219
in<00:35:30.579><c> our</c><00:35:30.840><c> hearts.</c>

00:35:31.599 --> 00:35:33.139
It<00:35:31.760><c> has</c><00:35:32.019><c> brought</c><00:35:32.239><c> forth</c><00:35:32.599><c> the</c><00:35:32.800><c> birth.</c>

00:35:33.480 --> 00:35:35.639
We<00:35:33.599><c> are</c><00:35:33.800><c> new</c><00:35:34.059><c> creatures</c><00:35:34.420><c> in</c><00:35:34.699><c> Christ</c><00:35:35.019><c> Jesus.</c>

00:35:35.639 --> 00:35:42.500
And<00:35:36.219><c> as</c><00:35:36.400><c> Paul</c><00:35:36.659><c> said</c><00:35:36.920><c> in</c><00:35:37.099><c> Philippians</c><00:35:37.500><c> 1</c><00:35:37.739><c> and</c><00:35:37.900><c> 6,</c><00:35:39.039><c> being</c><00:35:39.159><c> confident</c><00:35:39.780><c> of</c><00:35:40.039><c> this</c><00:35:40.340><c> very</c><00:35:40.679><c> thing,</c><00:35:41.800><c> that</c><00:35:41.960><c> He</c><00:35:42.320><c> which</c>

00:35:42.500 --> 00:35:47.760
has<00:35:42.780><c> begun</c><00:35:43.039><c> a</c><00:35:43.280><c> good</c><00:35:43.500><c> work</c><00:35:43.719><c> in</c><00:35:43.940><c> you</c><00:35:44.480><c> will</c><00:35:45.039><c> perform</c><00:35:45.599><c> it</c><00:35:45.880><c> until</c><00:35:46.139><c> the</c><00:35:46.320><c> day</c><00:35:46.539><c> of</c><00:35:46.719><c> Christ.</c>

00:35:48.300 --> 00:35:50.980
If<00:35:48.460><c> we</c><00:35:48.840><c> fail,</c><00:35:49.119><c> it</c><00:35:49.239><c> won't</c><00:35:49.480><c> be</c><00:35:49.719><c> God's</c><00:35:50.179><c> fault.</c>

00:35:51.019 --> 00:35:54.260
But<00:35:51.300><c> He</c><00:35:51.699><c> will</c><00:35:51.980><c> never</c><00:35:52.300><c> fail</c><00:35:52.639><c> us,</c><00:35:53.019><c> brethren</c><00:35:53.119><c> and</c><00:35:53.340><c> sisters.</c>

00:35:54.820 --> 00:35:59.280
It<00:35:54.960><c> demands</c><00:35:55.360><c> of</c><00:35:55.539><c> us</c><00:35:55.880><c> a</c><00:35:56.260><c> broken</c><00:35:56.739><c> spirit</c><00:35:57.219><c> and</c><00:35:57.480><c> a</c><00:35:57.619><c> contrite</c><00:35:58.139><c> heart,</c><00:35:59.139><c> and</c>

00:35:59.280 --> 00:36:01.059
with<00:35:59.480><c> this</c><00:35:59.800><c> attitude</c><00:36:00.219><c> we</c><00:36:00.400><c> can</c><00:36:00.639><c> say</c><00:36:00.840><c> with</c>

00:36:01.059 --> 00:36:04.920
Paul<00:36:01.500><c> that,</c><00:36:02.460><c> I</c><00:36:02.460><c> can</c><00:36:02.639><c> do</c><00:36:02.860><c> all</c><00:36:03.199><c> things</c><00:36:03.539><c> through</c><00:36:03.820><c> Christ,</c><00:36:04.699><c> which</c>

00:36:04.920 --> 00:36:06.340
strengtheneth<00:36:05.500><c> me.</c>

00:36:06.619 --> 00:36:10.440
The<00:36:06.860><c> thing</c><00:36:07.059><c> we</c><00:36:07.219><c> have</c><00:36:07.539><c> to</c><00:36:07.719><c> do</c><00:36:07.880><c> is</c><00:36:08.139><c> keep</c><00:36:08.440><c> these</c><00:36:08.840><c> things</c><00:36:09.059><c> in</c><00:36:09.260><c> our</c><00:36:09.500><c> mind.</c>

00:36:10.559 --> 00:36:14.360
Always<00:36:11.039><c> be</c><00:36:11.320><c> observant</c><00:36:11.800><c> of</c><00:36:11.960><c> the</c><00:36:12.199><c> goal</c><00:36:12.440><c> that</c><00:36:12.599><c> is</c><00:36:12.760><c> set</c><00:36:13.000><c> before</c><00:36:13.380><c> us.</c>

00:36:14.500 --> 00:36:18.280
And<00:36:14.679><c> I'd</c><00:36:14.840><c> like</c><00:36:14.900><c> to</c><00:36:15.179><c> close</c><00:36:15.440><c> now</c><00:36:16.280><c> with</c><00:36:16.659><c> this</c><00:36:16.960><c> beautiful</c><00:36:17.360><c> benediction</c><00:36:17.960><c> taken</c>

00:36:18.280 --> 00:36:20.940
from<00:36:18.539><c> Jude</c><00:36:19.019><c> when</c><00:36:19.900><c> he</c><00:36:20.099><c> says,</c>

00:36:21.440 --> 00:36:25.800
Now,<00:36:22.260><c> unto</c><00:36:22.579><c> Him</c><00:36:23.099><c> that</c><00:36:23.320><c> is</c><00:36:23.579><c> able</c><00:36:23.940><c> to</c><00:36:24.219><c> keep</c><00:36:24.380><c> us</c><00:36:24.579><c> from</c><00:36:24.840><c> falling,</c>

00:36:26.119 --> 00:36:28.119
and<00:36:26.260><c> to</c><00:36:26.440><c> present</c><00:36:26.679><c> us</c><00:36:27.000><c> faultless</c><00:36:27.380><c> with</c>

00:36:37.519 --> 00:36:41.219
I<00:36:37.880><c> still</c><00:36:38.239><c> have</c><00:36:38.500><c> a</c><00:36:38.599><c> few</c><00:36:38.760><c> moments,</c><00:36:39.159><c> haven't</c><00:36:39.360><c> I?</c>

00:36:41.960 --> 00:36:42.920
We<00:36:42.099><c> have</c><00:36:42.360><c> to</c><00:36:42.500><c> be</c><00:36:42.679><c> faithful.</c>

00:36:43.099 --> 00:36:46.780
Jesus<00:36:43.320><c> said</c><00:36:43.500><c> in</c><00:36:43.639><c> Revelation</c><00:36:44.119><c> 2</c><00:36:44.420><c> and</c><00:36:44.579><c> 10,</c><00:36:44.900><c> Be</c><00:36:44.980><c> thou</c><00:36:45.320><c> faithful</c><00:36:45.780><c> unto</c><00:36:46.099><c> death,</c><00:36:46.480><c> and</c><00:36:46.599><c> I</c>

00:36:46.780 --> 00:36:47.280
will<00:36:46.940><c> give</c><00:36:47.079><c> thee</c>

00:36:47.280 --> 00:36:48.219
a<00:36:47.420><c> crown</c><00:36:47.559><c> of</c><00:36:47.820><c> life.</c>

00:36:48.579 --> 00:36:51.219
Would<00:36:48.760><c> you</c><00:36:48.900><c> turn</c><00:36:49.079><c> to</c><00:36:49.219><c> Matthew</c><00:36:49.500><c> 25,</c><00:36:50.380><c> please?</c>

00:36:51.800 --> 00:36:54.840
We're<00:36:52.039><c> going</c><00:36:52.119><c> to</c><00:36:52.199><c> look</c><00:36:52.300><c> at</c><00:36:52.460><c> a</c><00:36:52.659><c> peril,</c><00:36:52.860><c> but</c><00:36:53.000><c> God</c><00:36:53.280><c> expects</c><00:36:53.840><c> faithfulness</c><00:36:54.659><c> in</c>

00:36:54.840 --> 00:36:56.159
His<00:36:55.079><c> servants.</c>

00:36:56.400 --> 00:37:00.460
And<00:36:56.659><c> this</c><00:36:57.139><c> is</c><00:36:57.440><c> amply</c><00:36:57.820><c> illustrated</c><00:36:58.440><c> in</c><00:36:58.679><c> the</c><00:36:58.900><c> parable</c><00:36:59.159><c> of</c><00:36:59.380><c> the</c><00:36:59.599><c> talents.</c>

00:37:00.579 --> 00:37:03.599
Well,<00:37:00.679><c> let's</c><00:37:00.880><c> turn</c><00:37:01.099><c> to</c><00:37:01.679><c> chapter</c><00:37:02.239><c> 25.</c>

00:37:04.539 --> 00:37:07.239
And<00:37:04.579><c> we're</c><00:37:04.760><c> going</c><00:37:04.920><c> to</c><00:37:05.219><c> note</c><00:37:05.480><c> that</c><00:37:05.739><c> the</c><00:37:05.920><c> talents</c><00:37:06.219><c> that</c><00:37:06.460><c> God</c><00:37:06.719><c> gives</c><00:37:07.000><c> to</c>

00:37:07.239 --> 00:37:08.679
His<00:37:07.480><c> servants</c><00:37:07.840><c> are</c><00:37:08.099><c> not</c><00:37:08.400><c> theirs,</c>

00:37:08.679 --> 00:37:10.460
they<00:37:08.920><c> belong</c><00:37:09.179><c> to</c><00:37:09.420><c> Him.</c>

00:37:11.360 --> 00:37:15.320
Matthew<00:37:11.639><c> 25,</c><00:37:12.380><c> we're</c><00:37:12.519><c> going</c><00:37:12.659><c> to</c><00:37:12.800><c> read</c><00:37:12.960><c> verses</c><00:37:13.280><c> 14</c><00:37:13.840><c> and</c><00:37:13.980><c> 15.</c>

00:37:18.159 --> 00:37:21.079
For<00:37:18.320><c> the</c><00:37:18.539><c> kingdom</c><00:37:18.860><c> of</c><00:37:19.139><c> heaven</c><00:37:19.440><c> is</c><00:37:19.820><c> as</c><00:37:19.980><c> a</c><00:37:20.159><c> man</c><00:37:20.340><c> traveling</c><00:37:20.760><c> into</c>

00:37:21.079 --> 00:37:24.000
a<00:37:21.280><c> far</c><00:37:21.460><c> country,</c><00:37:22.559><c> who</c><00:37:22.800><c> called</c><00:37:23.039><c> his</c><00:37:23.280><c> own</c><00:37:23.699><c> servants</c>

00:37:24.000 --> 00:37:26.519
and<00:37:24.199><c> delivered</c><00:37:24.619><c> unto</c><00:37:24.900><c> them</c><00:37:25.219><c> his</c><00:37:25.460><c> goods.</c>

00:37:26.619 --> 00:37:30.139
And<00:37:26.860><c> unto</c><00:37:27.039><c> one</c><00:37:27.260><c> he</c><00:37:27.360><c> gave</c><00:37:27.579><c> five</c><00:37:27.960><c> talents,</c><00:37:28.480><c> to</c><00:37:28.639><c> another</c><00:37:28.940><c> two,</c><00:37:29.800><c> and</c><00:37:29.960><c> to</c>

00:37:30.139 --> 00:37:30.880
another<00:37:30.420><c> one.</c>

00:37:31.260 --> 00:37:33.980
To<00:37:31.559><c> every</c><00:37:31.900><c> man,</c><00:37:32.280><c> according</c><00:37:32.519><c> to</c><00:37:32.739><c> his</c><00:37:32.920><c> several</c><00:37:33.159><c> ability,</c><00:37:33.760><c> and</c>

00:37:33.980 --> 00:37:35.739
straightway<00:37:34.460><c> took</c><00:37:34.659><c> his</c><00:37:34.900><c> journey.</c>

00:37:36.119 --> 00:37:38.780
First<00:37:36.460><c> of</c><00:37:36.639><c> all,</c><00:37:36.820><c> we</c><00:37:36.920><c> notice</c><00:37:37.199><c> that</c><00:37:37.400><c> the</c><00:37:37.639><c> talents</c><00:37:37.820><c> belong</c><00:37:38.199><c> to</c><00:37:38.440><c> Him.</c>

00:37:39.019 --> 00:37:40.780
They<00:37:39.219><c> are</c><00:37:39.440><c> His</c><00:37:39.760><c> goods.</c>

00:37:40.880 --> 00:37:43.880
And<00:37:41.159><c> He</c><00:37:41.460><c> distributes</c><00:37:41.920><c> them</c><00:37:42.179><c> according</c><00:37:42.579><c> to</c><00:37:42.820><c> their</c><00:37:43.039><c> several</c><00:37:43.360><c> ability.</c>

00:37:44.300 --> 00:37:46.659
We<00:37:44.519><c> don't</c><00:37:44.760><c> all</c><00:37:45.000><c> have</c><00:37:45.219><c> the</c><00:37:45.440><c> same</c><00:37:45.619><c> ability.</c>

00:37:46.719 --> 00:37:48.780
But<00:37:46.860><c> whatever</c><00:37:47.179><c> ability</c><00:37:47.639><c> we</c><00:37:47.860><c> have,</c><00:37:48.219><c> brethren</c><00:37:48.440><c> and</c><00:37:48.639><c> sisters,</c>

00:37:48.800 --> 00:37:50.460
it<00:37:48.980><c> comes</c><00:37:49.159><c> from</c><00:37:49.400><c> God.</c>

00:37:50.440 --> 00:37:53.260
Whether<00:37:50.679><c> it's</c><00:37:51.039><c> to</c><00:37:51.239><c> speak,</c><00:37:52.199><c> whether</c><00:37:52.260><c> it's</c><00:37:52.460><c> to</c><00:37:52.659><c> teach,</c><00:37:53.119><c> whether</c>

00:37:53.260 --> 00:37:55.099
it's<00:37:53.420><c> to</c><00:37:53.559><c> contribute</c><00:37:53.940><c> money,</c><00:37:54.860><c> or</c><00:37:54.940><c> whether</c>

00:37:55.099 --> 00:37:58.199
we<00:37:55.300><c> have</c><00:37:55.519><c> leisure</c><00:37:55.860><c> time</c><00:37:56.159><c> that</c><00:37:56.320><c> we</c><00:37:56.500><c> can</c><00:37:56.699><c> contribute</c><00:37:56.980><c> to</c><00:37:57.199><c> the</c><00:37:57.420><c> truth.</c>

00:37:58.340 --> 00:38:02.000
Any<00:37:58.639><c> particular</c><00:37:59.179><c> ability</c><00:37:59.699><c> comes</c><00:38:00.019><c> from</c><00:38:00.260><c> God,</c><00:38:00.940><c> because</c><00:38:01.260><c> a</c><00:38:01.480><c> godly</c><00:38:01.860><c> man</c>

00:38:02.000 --> 00:38:03.519
will<00:38:02.260><c> always</c><00:38:02.639><c> recognize</c><00:38:03.199><c> that</c><00:38:03.380><c> he</c>

00:38:03.519 --> 00:38:06.079
has<00:38:03.780><c> received</c><00:38:04.159><c> good</c><00:38:04.460><c> at</c><00:38:04.659><c> the</c><00:38:04.840><c> hand</c><00:38:04.980><c> of</c><00:38:05.119><c> the</c><00:38:05.260><c> Lord.</c>

00:38:06.679 --> 00:38:09.400
Even<00:38:06.920><c> an</c><00:38:07.159><c> opportunity</c><00:38:07.719><c> that</c><00:38:07.960><c> comes</c><00:38:08.239><c> our</c><00:38:08.480><c> way</c><00:38:08.699><c> to</c><00:38:08.920><c> witness</c><00:38:09.139><c> for</c>

00:38:09.400 --> 00:38:10.900
the<00:38:09.619><c> truth</c><00:38:09.780><c> could</c><00:38:09.960><c> be</c><00:38:10.239><c> regarded</c><00:38:10.579><c> as</c>

00:38:10.900 --> 00:38:11.860
a<00:38:11.079><c> talent.</c>

00:38:12.679 --> 00:38:16.119
Now<00:38:13.039><c> to</c><00:38:13.219><c> one</c><00:38:13.500><c> servant</c><00:38:13.800><c> he</c><00:38:13.980><c> gives</c><00:38:14.219><c> five</c><00:38:15.099><c> talents,</c><00:38:15.659><c> to</c><00:38:15.820><c> another</c>

00:38:16.119 --> 00:38:17.820
two,<00:38:16.400><c> and</c><00:38:16.519><c> to</c><00:38:16.639><c> another</c><00:38:16.880><c> one.</c>

00:38:18.000 --> 00:38:20.400
Now<00:38:18.260><c> the</c><00:38:18.519><c> time</c><00:38:18.760><c> comes</c><00:38:19.099><c> for</c><00:38:19.340><c> accounting.</c>

00:38:20.739 --> 00:38:23.239
And<00:38:20.800><c> you'll</c><00:38:21.079><c> notice</c><00:38:21.219><c> in</c><00:38:21.340><c> verse</c><00:38:21.599><c> 20</c><00:38:22.000><c> that</c><00:38:22.360><c> they</c><00:38:22.760><c> rightfully</c>

00:38:23.239 --> 00:38:25.599
acknowledge<00:38:23.719><c> that</c><00:38:23.940><c> all</c><00:38:24.139><c> came</c><00:38:24.400><c> from</c><00:38:24.599><c> the</c><00:38:24.820><c> Lord.</c>

00:38:25.739 --> 00:38:28.039
Everything<00:38:26.000><c> we</c><00:38:26.360><c> have</c><00:38:26.579><c> comes</c><00:38:26.860><c> from</c><00:38:27.079><c> God.</c>

00:38:28.420 --> 00:38:31.880
In<00:38:28.579><c> verse</c><00:38:28.900><c> 21,</c><00:38:29.699><c> in</c><00:38:29.800><c> response</c><00:38:30.380><c> to</c><00:38:30.579><c> the</c><00:38:30.820><c> five</c><00:38:31.099><c>-talent</c><00:38:31.440><c> servant</c>

00:38:31.880 --> 00:38:34.719
who<00:38:32.340><c> had</c><00:38:32.539><c> gained</c><00:38:32.760><c> five</c><00:38:33.179><c> talents,</c><00:38:33.699><c> he</c><00:38:33.699><c> says,</c>

00:38:34.780 --> 00:38:38.380
Well<00:38:34.900><c> done,</c><00:38:35.300><c> thou</c><00:38:35.400><c> good</c><00:38:35.619><c> and</c><00:38:35.860><c> faithful</c><00:38:36.119><c> servant,</c><00:38:36.900><c> for</c><00:38:37.019><c> thou</c><00:38:37.239><c> hast</c><00:38:37.400><c> been</c><00:38:37.559><c> faithful</c><00:38:37.880><c> over</c><00:38:38.199><c> a</c>

00:38:38.380 --> 00:38:38.940
few<00:38:38.539><c> things.</c>

00:38:39.280 --> 00:38:41.360
I<00:38:39.480><c> will</c><00:38:39.659><c> make</c><00:38:39.880><c> thee</c><00:38:40.059><c> ruler</c><00:38:40.320><c> over</c><00:38:40.599><c> many</c><00:38:40.880><c> things.</c>

00:38:41.659 --> 00:38:43.980
Enter<00:38:41.840><c> thou</c><00:38:42.119><c> unto</c><00:38:42.320><c> the</c><00:38:42.579><c> joy</c><00:38:42.760><c> of</c><00:38:42.920><c> thy</c><00:38:43.000><c> Lord.</c>

00:38:44.260 --> 00:38:47.800
Now<00:38:44.780><c> in</c><00:38:45.039><c> response</c><00:38:45.579><c> to</c><00:38:45.780><c> the</c><00:38:46.000><c> two</c><00:38:46.239><c>-talent</c><00:38:46.539><c> servant</c><00:38:46.940><c> who</c><00:38:47.139><c> had</c><00:38:47.340><c> gained</c><00:38:47.519><c> two</c>

00:38:47.800 --> 00:38:49.059
talents,<00:38:48.480><c> we</c><00:38:48.500><c> read</c><00:38:48.699><c> in</c><00:38:48.840><c> verse</c>

00:38:49.059 --> 00:38:53.559
23,<00:38:50.059><c> Well</c><00:38:50.380><c> done,</c><00:38:50.780><c> good</c><00:38:50.980><c> and</c><00:38:51.179><c> faithful</c><00:38:51.460><c> servant,</c><00:38:52.139><c> thou</c><00:38:52.340><c> hast</c><00:38:52.519><c> been</c><00:38:52.739><c> faithful</c><00:38:53.059><c> over</c><00:38:53.320><c> a</c>

00:38:53.559 --> 00:38:54.179
few<00:38:53.719><c> things.</c>

00:38:54.480 --> 00:38:56.639
I<00:38:54.659><c> will</c><00:38:54.860><c> make</c><00:38:55.059><c> thee</c><00:38:55.300><c> ruler</c><00:38:55.619><c> over</c><00:38:55.940><c> many</c><00:38:56.219><c> things.</c>

00:38:57.099 --> 00:38:58.920
Enter<00:38:57.280><c> thou</c><00:38:57.659><c> into</c><00:38:57.940><c> the</c><00:38:58.139><c> joy</c><00:38:58.340><c> of</c><00:38:58.500><c> thy</c><00:38:58.599><c> Lord.</c>

00:38:59.320 --> 00:39:01.300
It's<00:38:59.539><c> the</c><00:38:59.659><c> same</c><00:38:59.900><c> approbation,</c><00:39:00.639><c> isn't</c><00:39:00.760><c> it?</c>

00:39:01.579 --> 00:39:04.260
Because<00:39:01.880><c> a</c><00:39:02.099><c> two</c><00:39:02.340><c>-talent</c><00:39:02.599><c> servant</c><00:39:02.960><c> was</c><00:39:03.179><c> just</c><00:39:03.440><c> as</c><00:39:03.699><c> faithful</c><00:39:03.960><c> as</c>

00:39:04.260 --> 00:39:05.980
a<00:39:04.460><c> five</c><00:39:04.699><c>-talent</c><00:39:05.019><c> servant.</c>

00:39:06.139 --> 00:39:09.320
And<00:39:06.460><c> this</c><00:39:06.780><c> illustrates</c><00:39:07.380><c> to</c><00:39:07.619><c> us</c><00:39:07.719><c> a</c><00:39:07.880><c> very</c><00:39:08.199><c> important</c><00:39:08.760><c> principle</c>

00:39:09.320 --> 00:39:11.460
set<00:39:09.679><c> forth</c><00:39:09.900><c> by</c><00:39:10.179><c> Jesus</c><00:39:10.619><c> in</c><00:39:10.800><c> Luke</c><00:39:11.000><c> 12</c><00:39:11.280><c> and</c>

00:39:11.460 --> 00:39:16.840
verse<00:39:11.460><c> 48,</c><00:39:12.579><c> that</c><00:39:12.760><c> to</c><00:39:12.960><c> whom</c><00:39:13.380><c> much</c><00:39:13.639><c> is</c><00:39:13.840><c> given,</c><00:39:15.320><c> much</c><00:39:15.340><c> shall</c><00:39:15.579><c> be</c><00:39:15.820><c> required.</c>

00:39:17.380 --> 00:39:25.400
Now<00:39:17.699><c> in</c><00:39:17.980><c> 2</c><00:39:18.300><c> Corinthians</c><00:39:18.840><c> chapter</c><00:39:19.320><c> 8,</c><00:39:19.699><c> the</c><00:39:19.820><c> apostle</c><00:39:20.239><c> Paul</c><00:39:20.679><c> gives</c><00:39:20.980><c> us</c><00:39:21.800><c> similar</c><00:39:22.380><c> encouragement,</c><00:39:24.400><c> 2</c><00:39:24.699><c> Corinthians</c>

00:39:25.400 --> 00:39:27.500
chapter<00:39:26.000><c> 8.</c>

00:39:28.840 --> 00:39:32.139
And<00:39:29.059><c> he</c><00:39:29.340><c> encourages</c><00:39:29.760><c> us</c><00:39:30.139><c> to</c><00:39:30.400><c> perform</c><00:39:30.840><c> diligently</c><00:39:31.440><c> our</c><00:39:31.860><c> task,</c>

00:39:32.219 --> 00:39:33.760
knowing<00:39:32.440><c> that</c><00:39:32.679><c> God</c><00:39:32.900><c> would</c><00:39:33.059><c> never</c><00:39:33.340><c> expect</c>

00:39:33.760 --> 00:39:35.800
more<00:39:34.059><c> of</c><00:39:34.199><c> us</c><00:39:34.380><c> than</c><00:39:34.500><c> we</c><00:39:34.639><c> can</c><00:39:34.920><c> give.</c>

00:39:35.920 --> 00:39:42.280
Verse<00:39:36.179><c> 11</c><00:39:36.500><c> and</c><00:39:36.639><c> 12,</c><00:39:38.039><c> Now</c><00:39:38.440><c> therefore</c><00:39:38.840><c> perform</c><00:39:39.460><c> the</c><00:39:39.699><c> doing</c><00:39:39.920><c> of</c><00:39:40.199><c> it,</c><00:39:40.800><c> that</c><00:39:40.920><c> as</c><00:39:41.300><c> there</c><00:39:41.480><c> was</c><00:39:41.739><c> a</c><00:39:41.960><c> readiness</c>

00:39:42.280 --> 00:39:46.639
to<00:39:42.599><c> will,</c><00:39:43.199><c> so</c><00:39:43.480><c> there</c><00:39:43.659><c> may</c><00:39:43.900><c> be</c><00:39:44.099><c> a</c><00:39:44.219><c> performance</c><00:39:44.739><c> also</c><00:39:45.219><c> out</c><00:39:45.460><c> of</c><00:39:45.579><c> that</c><00:39:45.820><c> which</c><00:39:46.000><c> ye</c><00:39:46.280><c> have.</c>

00:39:47.119 --> 00:39:50.300
For<00:39:47.300><c> if</c><00:39:47.579><c> there</c><00:39:47.780><c> be</c><00:39:48.000><c> first</c><00:39:48.239><c> a</c><00:39:48.480><c> willing</c><00:39:48.679><c> mind,</c><00:39:49.420><c> it</c><00:39:49.579><c> is</c><00:39:49.840><c> accepted</c>

00:39:50.300 --> 00:39:52.420
according<00:39:50.719><c> to</c><00:39:50.940><c> that</c><00:39:51.119><c> a</c><00:39:51.280><c> man</c><00:39:51.480><c> hath,</c><00:39:52.280><c> and</c>

00:39:52.420 --> 00:39:54.699
not<00:39:52.659><c> according</c><00:39:53.000><c> to</c><00:39:53.159><c> that</c><00:39:53.400><c> he</c><00:39:53.619><c> hath</c><00:39:53.780><c> not.</c>

00:39:54.800 --> 00:39:57.780
Now<00:39:55.019><c> it's</c><00:39:55.280><c> obvious</c><00:39:55.659><c> that</c><00:39:55.960><c> the</c><00:39:56.260><c> willing</c><00:39:56.519><c> mind</c><00:39:56.960><c> here</c><00:39:57.340><c> is</c><00:39:57.619><c> a</c>

00:39:57.780 --> 00:39:59.059
vital<00:39:58.019><c> factor.</c>

00:39:59.139 --> 00:40:03.219
God<00:39:59.699><c> does</c><00:40:00.019><c> not</c><00:40:00.300><c> so</c><00:40:00.619><c> much</c><00:40:00.800><c> regard</c><00:40:01.199><c> the</c><00:40:01.480><c> value</c><00:40:01.760><c> of</c><00:40:02.000><c> the</c><00:40:02.159><c> gift</c><00:40:02.519><c> so</c>

00:40:03.219 --> 00:40:06.800
much<00:40:03.539><c> as</c><00:40:04.039><c> the</c><00:40:05.159><c> disposition</c><00:40:05.880><c> of</c><00:40:06.440><c> one</c><00:40:06.619><c> who</c>

00:40:06.800 --> 00:40:09.860
gives<00:40:07.079><c> gladly</c><00:40:07.599><c> of</c><00:40:08.039><c> the</c><00:40:08.280><c> resources</c><00:40:08.699><c> at</c><00:40:08.980><c> hand.</c>

00:40:10.179 --> 00:40:12.940
And<00:40:10.360><c> we</c><00:40:10.500><c> may</c><00:40:10.699><c> conclude</c><00:40:11.059><c> that</c><00:40:11.280><c> God</c><00:40:11.500><c> will</c><00:40:11.679><c> never</c><00:40:11.940><c> burden</c><00:40:12.260><c> us</c><00:40:12.579><c> with</c><00:40:12.739><c> a</c>

00:40:12.940 --> 00:40:15.039
greater<00:40:13.139><c> responsibility</c><00:40:13.960><c> than</c><00:40:14.280><c> we</c><00:40:14.719><c> can</c>

00:40:15.039 --> 00:40:15.760
bear.

00:40:15.800 --> 00:40:18.460
He<00:40:15.940><c> doesn't</c><00:40:16.199><c> attempt</c><00:40:16.460><c> to</c><00:40:16.679><c> take</c><00:40:16.820><c> a</c><00:40:16.980><c> leg</c><00:40:17.079><c> and</c><00:40:17.239><c> put</c><00:40:17.360><c> it</c><00:40:17.519><c> in</c><00:40:17.619><c> a</c><00:40:17.760><c> bucket.</c>

00:40:19.000 --> 00:40:23.599
He<00:40:19.179><c> gives</c><00:40:19.420><c> us</c><00:40:19.719><c> our</c><00:40:20.280><c> talents</c><00:40:20.639><c> according</c><00:40:21.199><c> to</c><00:40:21.460><c> our</c><00:40:21.820><c> individual</c><00:40:22.400><c> ability.</c>

00:40:24.679 --> 00:40:28.980
Now<00:40:25.239><c> what</c><00:40:25.480><c> can</c><00:40:25.739><c> we</c><00:40:26.260><c> draw</c><00:40:26.619><c> in</c><00:40:27.019><c> conclusion</c><00:40:27.340><c> from</c><00:40:27.599><c> these</c><00:40:27.900><c> things?</c>

00:40:30.059 --> 00:40:34.039
Well<00:40:30.199><c> in</c><00:40:30.320><c> our</c><00:40:30.539><c> pilgrimage</c><00:40:31.119><c> in</c><00:40:31.500><c> the</c><00:40:31.739><c> truth,</c><00:40:32.099><c> brethren</c><00:40:32.260><c> and</c><00:40:32.480><c> sisters,</c><00:40:33.860><c> our</c>

00:40:34.039 --> 00:40:35.659
labors<00:40:34.320><c> in</c><00:40:34.539><c> the</c><00:40:34.699><c> Lord's</c><00:40:35.179><c> Vineyard,</c>

00:40:36.019 --> 00:40:38.639
we<00:40:36.119><c> know</c><00:40:36.360><c> that</c><00:40:36.599><c> God</c><00:40:36.840><c> does</c><00:40:37.119><c> not</c><00:40:37.260><c> expect</c><00:40:37.699><c> more</c><00:40:38.000><c> from</c><00:40:38.239><c> us</c><00:40:38.400><c> than</c><00:40:38.519><c> we</c>

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can<00:40:38.900><c> give.</c>

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But<00:40:40.019><c> he</c><00:40:40.199><c> does</c><00:40:40.619><c> expect</c><00:40:41.059><c> us</c><00:40:41.260><c> to</c><00:40:41.480><c> put</c><00:40:41.659><c> forth</c><00:40:42.019><c> every</c><00:40:42.420><c> effort</c><00:40:42.820><c> to</c><00:40:43.239><c> do</c>

00:40:43.420 --> 00:40:44.500
the<00:40:43.639><c> jobs</c><00:40:43.840><c> we</c><00:40:44.179><c> have.</c>

00:40:45.000 --> 00:40:48.960
He<00:40:45.179><c> does</c><00:40:45.559><c> expect</c><00:40:46.019><c> us</c><00:40:46.260><c> to</c><00:40:46.579><c> perform</c><00:40:47.039><c> diligently</c><00:40:47.639><c> the</c><00:40:48.019><c> menial</c><00:40:48.400><c> task</c><00:40:48.760><c> of</c>

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the<00:40:49.099><c> ecclesial</c><00:40:49.480><c> work.</c>

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And<00:40:50.800><c> he</c><00:40:50.940><c> does</c><00:40:51.239><c> indeed</c><00:40:51.760><c> expect</c><00:40:52.239><c> us</c><00:40:52.619><c> to</c><00:40:52.980><c> consciously</c><00:40:53.940><c> complete</c>

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a<00:40:55.659><c> work</c><00:40:55.820><c> that</c><00:40:55.960><c> is</c><00:40:56.119><c> given</c><00:40:56.340><c> to</c><00:40:56.539><c> our</c><00:40:56.780><c> trust.</c>

00:40:58.420 --> 00:41:00.699
In<00:40:58.480><c> the</c><00:40:58.699><c> parable</c><00:40:58.920><c> of</c><00:40:59.139><c> the</c><00:40:59.340><c> talents,</c><00:40:59.719><c> the</c><00:40:59.820><c> one</c><00:41:00.079><c> talent</c><00:41:00.420><c> servant</c>

00:41:00.699 --> 00:41:02.099
hid<00:41:00.960><c> his,</c><00:41:01.159><c> he</c><00:41:01.400><c> buried</c><00:41:01.619><c> it.</c>

00:41:02.480 --> 00:41:05.460
He<00:41:02.599><c> didn't</c><00:41:02.880><c> steal</c><00:41:03.159><c> it,</c><00:41:04.059><c> he</c><00:41:04.179><c> didn't</c><00:41:04.460><c> appropriate</c><00:41:04.940><c> it</c><00:41:05.119><c> to</c><00:41:05.219><c> his</c>

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own<00:41:05.679><c> use,</c><00:41:06.239><c> but</c><00:41:06.360><c> he</c><00:41:06.679><c> buried</c><00:41:06.960><c> it</c><00:41:07.179><c> amid</c><00:41:07.360><c> the</c>

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worldly<00:41:07.920><c> cares</c><00:41:08.300><c> and</c><00:41:08.579><c> amusement.</c>

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And<00:41:09.699><c> the</c><00:41:09.860><c> great</c><00:41:10.119><c> sin</c><00:41:10.420><c> was</c><00:41:10.659><c> that</c><00:41:10.840><c> he</c><00:41:10.980><c> remained</c><00:41:11.420><c> idle.</c>

00:41:13.360 --> 00:41:17.460
Most<00:41:13.639><c> of</c><00:41:13.780><c> us</c><00:41:13.940><c> are</c><00:41:14.119><c> one</c><00:41:14.360><c> talent</c><00:41:14.659><c> servants,</c><00:41:15.719><c> but</c><00:41:15.920><c> we</c><00:41:16.079><c> have</c><00:41:16.280><c> to</c><00:41:16.440><c> do</c><00:41:16.599><c> something.</c>

00:41:17.739 --> 00:41:21.619
His<00:41:18.019><c> excuse</c><00:41:18.519><c> that</c><00:41:18.679><c> he</c><00:41:18.800><c> was</c><00:41:19.119><c> afraid</c><00:41:19.380><c> of</c><00:41:19.559><c> his</c><00:41:19.760><c> master</c><00:41:20.119><c> simply</c><00:41:20.480><c> was</c><00:41:20.699><c> not</c><00:41:20.980><c> acceptable</c><00:41:21.380><c> to</c>

00:41:21.619 --> 00:41:22.820
him<00:41:21.960><c> because</c><00:41:22.519><c> this</c>

00:41:22.820 --> 00:41:25.380
is<00:41:23.099><c> reflective</c><00:41:23.500><c> of</c><00:41:23.760><c> the</c><00:41:23.960><c> attitude</c><00:41:24.280><c> of</c><00:41:24.519><c> one</c><00:41:24.659><c> who</c><00:41:24.880><c> attempts</c><00:41:25.159><c> to</c>

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shift<00:41:25.519><c> the</c><00:41:26.159><c> blame</c><00:41:26.480><c> to</c><00:41:26.679><c> God.</c>

00:41:28.199 --> 00:41:31.619
And<00:41:28.340><c> though</c><00:41:28.480><c> he</c><00:41:28.619><c> was</c><00:41:28.860><c> less</c><00:41:29.179><c> in</c><00:41:29.420><c> doubt,</c><00:41:29.679><c> he</c><00:41:29.920><c> still</c><00:41:30.219><c> had</c><00:41:30.380><c> a</c><00:41:30.639><c> responsibility</c><00:41:31.300><c> to</c>

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his<00:41:31.860><c> Lord.</c>

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And<00:41:33.340><c> sometimes</c><00:41:33.659><c> we</c><00:41:34.019><c> feel</c><00:41:34.360><c> it's</c><00:41:34.760><c> useless</c><00:41:35.099><c> for</c><00:41:35.380><c> us</c><00:41:35.559><c> to</c><00:41:35.840><c> try</c><00:41:36.260><c> everything</c><00:41:37.119><c> in</c>

00:41:37.400 --> 00:41:38.420
the<00:41:37.599><c> Ecclesia</c><00:41:37.900><c> functions</c>

00:41:38.420 --> 00:41:41.300
so<00:41:38.780><c> well</c><00:41:38.940><c> without</c><00:41:39.360><c> us,</c><00:41:39.619><c> why</c><00:41:39.820><c> put</c><00:41:39.980><c> forth</c><00:41:40.199><c> the</c><00:41:40.500><c> effort?</c>

00:41:41.340 --> 00:41:45.059
And<00:41:41.599><c> we</c><00:41:41.880><c> rationalize</c><00:41:42.599><c> that</c><00:41:43.000><c> what</c><00:41:43.340><c> we</c><00:41:43.519><c> can</c><00:41:43.699><c> do</c><00:41:43.880><c> is</c><00:41:44.079><c> so</c><00:41:44.320><c> small</c><00:41:44.719><c> that</c><00:41:44.900><c> it</c>

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doesn't<00:41:45.239><c> make</c><00:41:45.480><c> any</c><00:41:45.699><c> difference</c>

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really.

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Remember<00:41:48.300><c> the</c><00:41:48.739><c> words</c><00:41:49.119><c> of</c><00:41:49.360><c> Jesus,</c><00:41:50.960><c> well</c><00:41:51.179><c> done,</c><00:41:51.880><c> thou</c><00:41:52.059><c> good</c><00:41:52.320><c> and</c>

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faithful<00:41:53.340><c> servant.</c>

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It<00:41:54.860><c> was</c><00:41:55.139><c> not</c><00:41:55.400><c> success,</c><00:41:56.400><c> but</c><00:41:56.699><c> faithfulness</c><00:41:57.400><c> that</c><00:41:57.539><c> he</c><00:41:57.800><c> commended.</c>

00:41:59.139 --> 00:42:02.320
The<00:41:59.300><c> use</c><00:41:59.539><c> of</c><00:41:59.719><c> the</c><00:41:59.920><c> talents</c><00:42:00.139><c> by</c><00:42:00.380><c> the</c><00:42:00.599><c> two</c><00:42:00.800><c> talent</c><00:42:01.079><c> servant</c><00:42:01.539><c> was</c>

00:42:02.320 --> 00:42:04.559
equal<00:42:02.780><c> as</c><00:42:03.059><c> a</c><00:42:03.280><c> five</c><00:42:03.519><c> talent</c><00:42:03.820><c> servant,</c><00:42:04.139><c> therefore</c>

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the<00:42:04.840><c> reward</c><00:42:05.199><c> was</c><00:42:05.539><c> the</c><00:42:05.719><c> same.</c>

00:42:07.599 --> 00:42:10.619
Remember<00:42:07.940><c> in</c><00:42:08.079><c> the</c><00:42:08.260><c> final</c><00:42:08.619><c> analysis,</c><00:42:09.460><c> brethren</c><00:42:09.480><c> and</c><00:42:09.719><c> sisters,</c>

00:42:10.739 --> 00:42:13.860
God<00:42:11.059><c> does</c><00:42:11.360><c> not</c><00:42:11.780><c> commend</c><00:42:12.199><c> the</c><00:42:12.480><c> genius</c><00:42:13.039><c> or</c>

00:42:13.860 --> 00:42:17.920
the<00:42:14.420><c> brilliant</c><00:42:14.420><c> or</c><00:42:15.260><c> even</c><00:42:15.539><c> the</c><00:42:15.719><c> popular</c><00:42:16.119><c> brother,</c><00:42:17.139><c> but</c><00:42:17.340><c> rather</c>

00:42:17.920 --> 00:42:20.360
the<00:42:18.380><c> faithful</c><00:42:18.780><c> brother,</c><00:42:19.639><c> the</c><00:42:19.860><c> one</c><00:42:20.159><c> that</c>

00:42:20.360 --> 00:42:23.659
is<00:42:20.739><c> dedicated</c><00:42:21.219><c> to</c><00:42:21.500><c> the</c><00:42:21.820><c> performance</c><00:42:22.239><c> of</c><00:42:22.519><c> his</c><00:42:22.739><c> duty.</c>

00:42:23.980 --> 00:42:27.119
And<00:42:24.199><c> this</c><00:42:24.579><c> principle</c><00:42:25.039><c> of</c><00:42:25.380><c> faithfulness</c><00:42:25.880><c> is</c><00:42:26.219><c> applicable</c><00:42:26.699><c> in</c>

00:42:27.119 --> 00:42:29.360
every<00:42:27.760><c> form</c><00:42:28.159><c> of</c><00:42:28.480><c> service.</c>

00:42:29.619 --> 00:42:33.000
We<00:42:29.800><c> must</c><00:42:30.019><c> be</c><00:42:30.320><c> trustworthy</c><00:42:30.980><c> servants,</c><00:42:32.119><c> servants</c><00:42:32.380><c> upon</c><00:42:32.760><c> whom</c>

00:42:33.000 --> 00:42:36.219
God<00:42:33.360><c> can</c><00:42:33.699><c> rely,</c><00:42:34.960><c> because</c><00:42:35.360><c> each</c><00:42:35.780><c> and</c><00:42:35.980><c> every</c>

00:42:36.219 --> 00:42:40.739
one<00:42:36.380><c> of</c><00:42:36.480><c> us</c><00:42:36.679><c> play</c><00:42:36.920><c> a</c><00:42:37.159><c> very</c><00:42:37.659><c> important</c><00:42:38.280><c> part</c><00:42:38.780><c> in</c><00:42:39.519><c> God's</c><00:42:39.960><c> ultimate</c><00:42:40.360><c> purpose</c>

00:42:40.739 --> 00:42:41.880
of<00:42:40.980><c> filling</c><00:42:41.159><c> this</c><00:42:41.460><c> earth</c><00:42:41.639><c> with</c>

00:42:41.880 --> 00:42:42.920
his<00:42:42.079><c> glory.</c>

00:42:43.739 --> 00:42:46.239
Let's<00:42:44.019><c> remember</c><00:42:44.500><c> the</c><00:42:44.820><c> admonition</c><00:42:45.280><c> of</c><00:42:45.500><c> the</c><00:42:45.619><c> Lord,</c><00:42:45.780><c> I'm</c><00:42:46.000><c> going</c>

00:42:46.239 --> 00:42:47.960
to<00:42:46.500><c> end</c><00:42:46.659><c> this</c><00:42:46.980><c> time.</c>

00:42:48.019 --> 00:42:52.260
After<00:42:48.360><c> he</c><00:42:48.519><c> had</c><00:42:48.780><c> related</c><00:42:49.079><c> the</c><00:42:49.400><c> parable</c><00:42:49.699><c> of</c><00:42:49.900><c> the</c><00:42:50.099><c> unjust</c><00:42:50.440><c> steward,</c><00:42:51.619><c> he</c><00:42:51.699><c> said,</c><00:42:52.000><c> he</c>

00:42:52.260 --> 00:42:53.699
that<00:42:52.420><c> is</c><00:42:52.760><c> faithful</c><00:42:53.159><c> in</c><00:42:53.480><c> that</c>

00:42:53.699 --> 00:42:57.739
which<00:42:53.900><c> is</c><00:42:54.159><c> least</c><00:42:54.480><c> is</c><00:42:55.139><c> faithful</c><00:42:55.519><c> also</c><00:42:55.920><c> in</c><00:42:56.139><c> much,</c><00:42:57.199><c> and</c><00:42:57.320><c> he</c><00:42:57.539><c> that</c>

00:42:57.739 --> 00:43:00.019
is<00:42:57.980><c> unjust</c><00:42:58.380><c> in</c><00:42:58.579><c> that</c><00:42:58.860><c> which</c><00:42:59.079><c> is</c><00:42:59.280><c> least</c><00:42:59.559><c> is</c>

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unjust<00:43:00.420><c> also</c><00:43:00.880><c> in</c><00:43:01.079><c> much.</c>

00:43:02.139 --> 00:43:05.940
If<00:43:02.380><c> therefore</c><00:43:02.860><c> ye</c><00:43:03.119><c> have</c><00:43:03.320><c> not</c><00:43:03.579><c> been</c><00:43:03.880><c> faithful</c><00:43:04.260><c> in</c><00:43:04.460><c> the</c><00:43:04.639><c> unrighteous</c><00:43:05.199><c> mammon,</c>

00:43:06.360 --> 00:43:07.380
who<00:43:06.559><c> will</c><00:43:06.800><c> commit</c><00:43:07.099><c> to</c>

00:43:07.380 --> 00:43:09.940
trust<00:43:08.400><c> the</c><00:43:08.780><c> true</c><00:43:08.980><c> riches?</c>

00:43:19.719 --> 00:43:24.340
We<00:43:20.099><c> see</c><00:43:20.340><c> the</c><00:43:20.599><c> words</c><00:43:21.420><c> that</c><00:43:21.960><c> our</c><00:43:22.059><c> brother</c><00:43:22.219><c> has</c><00:43:22.800><c> reminded</c><00:43:23.119><c> us</c><00:43:23.420><c> of</c>

00:43:24.340 --> 00:43:27.019
reflected<00:43:25.000><c> in</c><00:43:25.260><c> our</c><00:43:25.480><c> closing</c><00:43:25.800><c> hymn</c><00:43:26.139><c> number</c>

00:43:27.340 --> 00:43:32.400
272,<00:43:29.119><c> to</c><00:43:29.280><c> run</c><00:43:29.500><c> the</c><00:43:29.739><c> race,</c><00:43:31.119><c> to</c><00:43:31.280><c> faint</c><00:43:31.500><c> not.</c>

00:43:32.679 --> 00:43:37.639
So<00:43:33.239><c> we</c><00:43:33.480><c> find</c><00:43:33.679><c> these</c><00:43:33.960><c> words,</c><00:43:35.599><c> to</c><00:43:35.719><c> faint</c><00:43:35.880><c> not</c><00:43:36.119><c> nor</c><00:43:36.420><c> fear,</c><00:43:37.360><c> a</c><00:43:37.500><c> hymn</c>

00:43:37.639 --> 00:43:39.480
that<00:43:37.860><c> should</c><00:43:38.059><c> serve</c><00:43:38.280><c> to</c><00:43:38.639><c> strengthen</c><00:43:38.900><c> us</c>

00:43:39.480 --> 00:43:42.440
in<00:43:39.760><c> what</c><00:43:39.920><c> we</c><00:43:40.179><c> surely</c><00:43:40.420><c> believe</c><00:43:40.760><c> to</c><00:43:40.960><c> be</c><00:43:41.099><c> the</c><00:43:41.280><c> latter</c><00:43:41.480><c> days.</c>

00:43:42.900 --> 00:43:47.440
We<00:43:43.000><c> are</c><00:43:43.239><c> warned</c><00:43:43.480><c> to</c><00:43:44.519><c> cast</c><00:43:44.940><c> care</c><00:43:45.300><c> aside,</c><00:43:46.460><c> to</c><00:43:46.639><c> run</c><00:43:46.880><c> the</c><00:43:47.219><c> straight</c>

00:43:47.440 --> 00:43:51.480
race,<00:43:48.599><c> for</c><00:43:48.840><c> Christ</c><00:43:49.219><c> is</c><00:43:49.480><c> the</c><00:43:49.719><c> prize,</c><00:43:51.139><c> to</c>

00:43:51.480 --> 00:43:56.440
fight<00:43:51.699><c> the</c><00:43:51.880><c> good</c><00:43:52.159><c> fight,</c><00:43:53.280><c> that</c><00:43:53.420><c> we</c><00:43:53.599><c> might</c><00:43:53.880><c> share</c><00:43:54.539><c> that</c><00:43:54.960><c> eternal</c><00:43:55.440><c> joy.</c>

00:43:57.880 --> 00:44:00.360
At<00:43:58.400><c> the</c><00:43:58.699><c> conclusion</c><00:43:59.000><c> of</c><00:43:59.219><c> this</c><00:43:59.420><c> hymn,</c><00:43:59.519><c> we'd</c><00:43:59.760><c> like</c><00:43:59.780><c> to</c><00:44:00.019><c> ask</c><00:44:00.139><c> our</c>

00:44:00.360 --> 00:44:02.699
brother<00:44:01.039><c> Martin</c><00:44:01.619><c> Sandy</c><00:44:02.000><c> of</c><00:44:02.199><c> the</c><00:44:02.360><c> Westerly</c>

00:44:02.699 --> 00:44:05.360
Rhode<00:44:02.940><c> Island</c><00:44:03.139><c> Ecclesia</c><00:44:03.539><c> to</c><00:44:03.679><c> come</c><00:44:03.960><c> forward</c><00:44:04.460><c> and</c><00:44:04.940><c> offer</c><00:44:05.119><c> a</c>

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closing<00:44:05.679><c> prayer.</c>

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So<00:44:07.099><c> shall</c><00:44:07.239><c> we</c><00:44:07.440><c> conclude</c><00:44:07.699><c> our</c><00:44:07.940><c> morning</c><00:44:08.239><c> service</c><00:44:08.539><c> now</c><00:44:09.179><c> to</c><00:44:09.579><c> the</c>

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second<00:44:10.159><c> tune</c><00:44:10.440><c> of</c><00:44:10.639><c> hymn</c><00:44:10.800><c> number</c><00:44:11.219><c> 272.</c>

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Christ<00:44:30.280><c> is</c><00:44:30.760><c> our</c><00:44:38.300><c> strength,</c><00:44:39.760><c> and</c><00:44:40.079><c> Christ</c><00:44:41.360><c> thy</c><00:44:42.239><c> right,</c>

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And<00:44:44.599><c> all</c><00:44:45.199><c> the</c><00:44:45.980><c> light</c><00:44:46.820><c> that</c><00:44:47.699><c> it</c><00:44:48.400><c> shall</c><00:44:49.260><c> be,</c><00:44:51.280><c> By</c><00:44:51.639><c> joy</c><00:44:52.239><c> and</c><00:44:53.019><c> crown,</c><00:44:54.420><c> eternally.</c>

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Round<00:44:59.900><c> the</c><00:45:00.480><c> straight</c><00:45:01.340><c> race,</c><00:45:02.719><c> to</c><00:45:03.280><c> love,</c><00:45:05.059><c> to</c><00:45:05.059><c> race,</c>

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Take<00:45:07.480><c> up</c><00:45:08.000><c> thy</c><00:45:08.719><c> heart</c><00:45:09.380><c> and</c><00:45:10.280><c> seek</c><00:45:10.980><c> his</c><00:45:11.900><c> place,</c>

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Fight<00:45:14.360><c> with</c><00:45:15.139><c> his</c><00:45:15.780><c> way,</c><00:45:17.000><c> ignore</c><00:45:18.300><c> his</c><00:45:19.320><c> sight,</c>

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Christ<00:45:21.659><c> is</c><00:45:22.539><c> the</c><00:45:23.099><c> path,</c><00:45:24.360><c> and</c><00:45:24.880><c> Christ</c><00:45:26.139><c> the</c><00:45:27.260><c> prize.</c>

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At<00:45:30.679><c> the</c><00:45:31.260><c> finish</c><00:45:31.920><c> line,</c><00:45:33.019><c> beyond</c><00:45:34.000><c> thy</c><00:45:35.260><c> heart,</c>

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His<00:45:37.320><c> boundless</c><00:45:38.679><c> mercy</c><00:45:39.920><c> will</c><00:45:41.159><c> provide,</c>

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Trust<00:45:44.539><c> and</c><00:45:45.219><c> thy</c><00:45:45.699><c> trusting</c><00:45:47.340><c> soul</c><00:45:48.519><c> shall</c><00:45:49.360><c> prove,</c>

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Christ<00:45:52.139><c> is</c><00:45:52.940><c> his</c><00:45:53.440><c> light,</c><00:45:54.699><c> and</c><00:45:55.219><c> Christ</c><00:45:56.579><c> his</c><00:45:57.659><c> love.</c>

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When<00:46:01.000><c> love</c><00:46:01.539><c> nor</c><00:46:02.239><c> fear</c><00:46:03.099><c> is</c><00:46:04.199><c> on</c><00:46:05.280><c> the</c><00:46:06.019><c> hill,</c>

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He<00:46:08.239><c> changeth</c><00:46:09.380><c> thou,</c><00:46:10.760><c> and</c><00:46:11.500><c> thou</c><00:46:12.519><c> art</c><00:46:13.219><c> here,</c>

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Here<00:46:15.980><c> then</c><00:46:16.639><c> and</c><00:46:17.039><c> new,</c><00:46:18.340><c> and</c><00:46:19.000><c> thou</c><00:46:19.760><c> shalt</c><00:46:20.679><c> see,</c>

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That<00:46:23.219><c> Christ</c><00:46:23.860><c> is</c><00:46:24.800><c> home</c><00:46:25.780><c> in</c><00:46:26.760><c> hope</c><00:46:28.000><c> to</c><00:46:29.280><c> thee.</c>

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Most<00:46:38.579><c> glorious</c><00:46:39.079><c> Yahweh,</c><00:46:39.739><c> our</c><00:46:39.860><c> Heavenly</c><00:46:40.199><c> Father,</c><00:46:41.579><c> we</c><00:46:41.599><c> do</c><00:46:41.780><c> gratefully</c><00:46:42.179><c> bow</c>

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our<00:46:42.599><c> heads</c><00:46:42.760><c> now,</c>

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knowing<00:46:44.179><c> that</c><00:46:44.840><c> we</c><00:46:45.300><c> have</c><00:46:45.659><c> a</c><00:46:45.880><c> wonderful</c><00:46:46.239><c> privilege</c><00:46:46.679><c> in</c><00:46:46.980><c> being</c>

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part<00:46:48.019><c> of</c><00:46:48.199><c> this</c><00:46:48.400><c> great</c><00:46:48.699><c> gathering</c><00:46:49.139><c> here</c><00:46:49.500><c> of</c><00:46:49.980><c> fellowship</c><00:46:50.380><c> and</c><00:46:50.719><c> faith,</c>

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studying<00:46:51.800><c> your</c><00:46:52.179><c> word,</c><00:46:52.460><c> gathering</c><00:46:52.840><c> around</c><00:46:53.239><c> it,</c><00:46:53.800><c> trying</c><00:46:54.059><c> to</c><00:46:54.340><c> fill</c><00:46:54.460><c> ourselves</c><00:46:55.079><c> to</c>

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the<00:46:55.519><c> full</c><00:46:55.639><c> and</c><00:46:55.840><c> overflowing</c><00:46:56.260><c> with</c><00:46:56.539><c> it,</c>

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so<00:46:57.440><c> that</c><00:46:57.599><c> we</c><00:46:57.719><c> are</c><00:46:57.860><c> better</c><00:46:58.059><c> prepared</c><00:46:58.480><c> to</c><00:46:58.659><c> be</c><00:46:58.780><c> able</c><00:46:58.980><c> to</c><00:46:59.159><c> stand</c><00:46:59.360><c> up</c>

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to<00:46:59.699><c> this</c><00:46:59.940><c> world</c><00:47:00.179><c> and</c><00:47:00.320><c> be</c><00:47:00.579><c> faithful</c><00:47:00.880><c> brothers</c><00:47:01.219><c> and</c><00:47:01.519><c> sisters,</c>

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doing<00:47:02.639><c> what</c><00:47:02.800><c> you've</c><00:47:03.079><c> commanded,</c><00:47:04.019><c> so</c><00:47:04.099><c> that</c><00:47:04.599><c> you</c><00:47:04.860><c> be</c><00:47:05.019><c> glorified,</c><00:47:05.679><c> you</c><00:47:05.739><c> be</c><00:47:06.000><c> praised,</c>

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and<00:47:07.139><c> so</c><00:47:07.219><c> that</c><00:47:07.380><c> we</c><00:47:07.519><c> be</c><00:47:07.719><c> prepared</c><00:47:08.139><c> when</c><00:47:08.400><c> Christ</c><00:47:08.739><c> comes</c><00:47:09.260><c> to</c><00:47:09.920><c> help</c>

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him<00:47:10.380><c> as</c><00:47:10.699><c> he</c><00:47:11.059><c> establishes</c><00:47:11.519><c> that</c><00:47:11.719><c> kingdom,</c>

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to<00:47:12.320><c> have</c><00:47:12.460><c> that</c><00:47:12.639><c> wonderful</c><00:47:13.019><c> privilege</c><00:47:13.679><c> of</c><00:47:14.019><c> being</c><00:47:14.460><c> with</c><00:47:14.719><c> him.</c>

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Help<00:47:16.059><c> us,</c><00:47:16.460><c> Lord,</c><00:47:16.619><c> and</c><00:47:16.980><c> we</c><00:47:17.639><c> do</c><00:47:17.880><c> pray</c><00:47:18.000><c> that</c><00:47:18.219><c> you</c><00:47:18.420><c> would</c><00:47:18.619><c> accept</c>

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our<00:47:19.260><c> thanks</c><00:47:19.460><c> for</c><00:47:19.659><c> this</c><00:47:19.920><c> time</c><00:47:20.199><c> of</c><00:47:20.559><c> study,</c>

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and<00:47:21.760><c> help</c><00:47:21.920><c> us</c><00:47:22.099><c> to</c><00:47:22.360><c> continue</c><00:47:22.579><c> in</c><00:47:22.719><c> this</c><00:47:22.960><c> week.</c><00:47:23.719><c> We</c><00:47:23.940><c> pray</c><00:47:24.119><c> through</c>

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Jesus.<00:47:24.900><c> Amen.</c>

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Thank<00:47:33.320><c> you.</c>