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he<00:13:47.220><c> saith</c><00:13:47.879><c> unto</c><00:13:48.279><c> his</c><00:13:48.519><c> mother,</c><00:13:49.279><c> Woman,</c><00:13:50.379><c> behold</c><00:13:51.100><c> thy</c><00:13:51.639><c> son.</c>

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And<00:13:54.000><c> so</c><00:13:54.200><c> he</c><00:13:54.360><c> was</c><00:13:55.580><c> addressing</c><00:13:56.019><c> his</c><00:13:56.340><c> mother</c><00:13:56.559><c> under</c><00:13:57.240><c> the</c><00:13:57.759><c> most</c><00:13:58.220><c> unusual</c><00:13:58.860><c> of</c>

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all<00:13:59.559><c> possible</c><00:14:00.039><c> circumstances</c><00:14:00.759><c> here,</c>

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and<00:14:01.759><c> in</c><00:14:02.500><c> this</c><00:14:02.779><c> chapter</c><00:14:03.059><c> there's</c><00:14:03.340><c> these</c><00:14:03.940><c> short</c><00:14:04.320><c> phrases</c><00:14:04.940><c> that</c>

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are<00:14:06.500><c> given</c><00:14:06.759><c> to</c><00:14:07.100><c> call</c><00:14:07.259><c> attention</c><00:14:07.779><c> to</c><00:14:08.120><c> who</c><00:14:08.559><c> Christ</c><00:14:08.940><c> is.</c>

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But<00:14:09.779><c> in</c><00:14:10.139><c> this</c><00:14:10.419><c> one,</c><00:14:10.899><c> Jesus</c><00:14:11.299><c> says</c><00:14:11.840><c> to</c><00:14:12.200><c> his</c><00:14:12.360><c> mother,</c><00:14:12.659><c> Woman,</c><00:14:13.000><c> behold</c><00:14:13.360><c> thy</c>

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son,<00:14:14.559><c> look,</c><00:14:15.080><c> and</c><00:14:16.419><c> see</c><00:14:17.080><c> me</c><00:14:17.879><c> in</c><00:14:18.799><c> this</c><00:14:19.139><c> purpose</c><00:14:19.580><c> and</c><00:14:20.080><c> role.</c>

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Don't<00:14:21.120><c> see</c><00:14:21.539><c> an</c><00:14:22.779><c> agonizing</c><00:14:23.500><c> figure</c><00:14:23.980><c> in</c><00:14:24.399><c> suffering,</c><00:14:25.379><c> in</c><00:14:25.940><c> a</c>

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hopeless<00:14:26.340><c> situation.</c>

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There's<00:14:28.399><c> far</c><00:14:28.559><c> more</c><00:14:28.919><c> to</c><00:14:29.840><c> this</c><00:14:30.539><c> incident,</c><00:14:31.139><c> and</c><00:14:31.679><c> there</c><00:14:32.059><c> will</c><00:14:32.240><c> be</c>

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a<00:14:32.580><c> happy</c><00:14:32.779><c> outcome.</c>

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Woman,<00:14:33.919><c> behold</c><00:14:34.320><c> thy</c><00:14:34.659><c> son.</c><00:14:35.679><c> Then</c><00:14:36.500><c> saith</c><00:14:36.820><c> he</c><00:14:37.100><c> to</c><00:14:37.259><c> his</c><00:14:37.419><c> disciple,</c>

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to<00:14:38.779><c> the</c><00:14:38.980><c> disciple,</c><00:14:40.559><c> Behold</c><00:14:41.659><c> thy</c><00:14:42.259><c> mother.</c>

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And<00:14:45.220><c> from</c><00:14:45.500><c> that</c><00:14:45.779><c> hour,</c><00:14:46.580><c> that</c><00:14:46.820><c> disciple</c><00:14:47.519><c> took</c><00:14:48.220><c> her</c><00:14:49.179><c> unto</c><00:14:49.720><c> his</c>

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own<00:14:50.720><c> home.</c>

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Now<00:14:54.759><c> it's</c><00:14:54.940><c> an</c><00:14:55.120><c> interesting</c><00:14:55.720><c> section</c><00:14:56.240><c> to</c><00:14:56.440><c> consider.</c>

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You<00:14:57.059><c> wonder,</c><00:14:57.559><c> for</c><00:14:57.700><c> example,</c><00:14:58.720><c> why</c><00:14:59.059><c> Jesus</c><00:15:00.100><c> commissioned</c><00:15:01.740><c> John</c>

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to,<00:15:04.440><c> through</c><00:15:05.200><c> this</c><00:15:05.519><c> statement,</c>

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Behold<00:15:06.399><c> thy</c><00:15:06.659><c> mother,</c><00:15:08.460><c> transfer,</c><00:15:09.019><c> in</c><00:15:09.340><c> effect,</c><00:15:11.000><c> custody,</c><00:15:11.639><c> responsibility</c><00:15:12.419><c> for</c>

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the<00:15:12.940><c> care</c><00:15:13.460><c> of</c><00:15:13.799><c> his</c><00:15:14.019><c> mother.</c>

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Where<00:15:14.700><c> were</c><00:15:14.860><c> the</c><00:15:14.980><c> other</c><00:15:15.100><c> members</c><00:15:15.340><c> of</c><00:15:15.500><c> the</c><00:15:15.659><c> family?</c>

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We<00:15:16.080><c> know</c><00:15:16.220><c> there</c><00:15:17.220><c> were</c><00:15:17.299><c> other</c><00:15:17.820><c> family</c><00:15:18.159><c> members,</c><00:15:20.779><c> siblings</c><00:15:20.980><c> of</c>

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Jesus,<00:15:22.299><c> stepbrothers</c><00:15:22.740><c> and</c><00:15:23.000><c> sisters,</c>

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but<00:15:23.899><c> they</c><00:15:24.019><c> weren't</c><00:15:24.759><c> here,</c><00:15:25.659><c> and</c><00:15:25.840><c> for</c><00:15:26.039><c> some</c><00:15:26.299><c> reason</c><00:15:26.580><c> Jesus</c><00:15:27.100><c> did</c>

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not<00:15:27.879><c> feel</c><00:15:28.179><c> confident</c><00:15:28.840><c> to</c><00:15:29.799><c> entrust</c><00:15:30.299><c> the</c><00:15:30.480><c> care</c><00:15:30.679><c> of</c><00:15:30.779><c> his</c><00:15:30.919><c> mother</c>

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to<00:15:32.100><c> those</c><00:15:32.639><c> people.</c>

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But<00:15:35.659><c> you</c><00:15:35.759><c> might</c><00:15:35.960><c> say</c><00:15:36.200><c> why</c><00:15:36.700><c> to</c><00:15:37.080><c> John?</c>

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John<00:15:37.759><c> was</c><00:15:38.039><c> going</c><00:15:38.240><c> to</c><00:15:38.700><c> become</c><00:15:38.980><c> a</c><00:15:39.080><c> very</c><00:15:39.379><c> active</c><00:15:39.940><c> disciple</c><00:15:40.580><c> in</c><00:15:40.919><c> proclaiming</c><00:15:42.019><c> the</c><00:15:42.340><c> Gospel,</c><00:15:43.019><c> following</c><00:15:43.679><c> the</c><00:15:44.220><c> resurrection</c><00:15:44.600><c> of</c><00:15:44.879><c> Christ,</c>

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and<00:15:45.320><c> now</c><00:15:45.600><c> he's</c><00:15:46.980><c> burdened.</c><00:15:47.820><c> Can</c><00:15:47.980><c> we</c><00:15:48.139><c> use</c><00:15:48.379><c> that</c><00:15:48.679><c> word?</c><00:15:49.100><c> He's</c><00:15:49.600><c> encumbered</c><00:15:50.120><c> with</c><00:15:50.320><c> the</c>

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care<00:15:51.100><c> of</c><00:15:51.379><c> Jesus'</c><00:15:51.799><c> mother.</c>

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How<00:15:55.019><c> would</c><00:15:55.580><c> he</c><00:15:55.879><c> feel</c><00:15:56.179><c> about</c><00:15:56.519><c> it?</c>

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How<00:15:58.840><c> would</c><00:15:59.080><c> you</c><00:15:59.399><c> feel</c><00:16:00.059><c> about</c><00:16:01.039><c> having</c><00:16:01.820><c> stewardship,</c><00:16:03.879><c> responsibility</c><00:16:04.960><c> for</c><00:16:05.600><c> the</c>

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care<00:16:06.539><c> of</c><00:16:07.019><c> the</c><00:16:07.240><c> mother</c><00:16:07.539><c> of</c><00:16:07.820><c> Jesus?</c>

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Can<00:16:10.820><c> you</c><00:16:11.000><c> imagine</c><00:16:11.320><c> even</c><00:16:11.620><c> having</c><00:16:11.820><c> her</c><00:16:12.279><c> into</c><00:16:12.720><c> your</c><00:16:12.899><c> home</c><00:16:13.059><c> for</c><00:16:13.279><c> a</c>

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meal,<00:16:14.980><c> and</c><00:16:15.179><c> the</c><00:16:15.440><c> special</c><00:16:15.720><c> care</c><00:16:15.980><c> and</c><00:16:16.220><c> attention,</c>

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and<00:16:16.860><c> you'd</c><00:16:17.399><c> be</c><00:16:17.600><c> fussy</c><00:16:17.860><c> about</c><00:16:18.120><c> this</c><00:16:18.399><c> and</c><00:16:18.639><c> that,</c><00:16:19.379><c> and</c><00:16:19.620><c> concerned</c>

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that<00:16:20.179><c> everything</c><00:16:20.419><c> was</c><00:16:20.620><c> just</c><00:16:21.000><c> right,</c>

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and<00:16:21.620><c> that</c><00:16:21.860><c> every</c><00:16:22.059><c> need</c><00:16:22.320><c> was</c><00:16:22.639><c> met,</c><00:16:23.419><c> and</c><00:16:23.580><c> that</c><00:16:23.759><c> nothing</c><00:16:23.980><c> was</c><00:16:24.320><c> seen</c><00:16:24.600><c> or</c>

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said<00:16:25.259><c> that</c><00:16:26.039><c> could</c><00:16:26.320><c> possibly</c><00:16:27.620><c> violate</c><00:16:28.940><c> her</c><00:16:29.679><c> high</c><00:16:30.200><c> spiritual</c><00:16:30.720><c> standards?</c>

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How<00:16:33.000><c> would</c><00:16:33.100><c> you</c><00:16:33.240><c> feel</c><00:16:33.460><c> about</c><00:16:33.759><c> that?</c>

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And<00:16:34.679><c> John</c><00:16:35.200><c> is</c><00:16:35.500><c> asked</c><00:16:35.679><c> to</c><00:16:35.840><c> take</c><00:16:36.039><c> her</c><00:16:36.220><c> back.</c><00:16:36.559><c> From</c><00:16:36.720><c> that</c><00:16:36.960><c> day</c><00:16:37.240><c> forward,</c><00:16:38.500><c> he</c>

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takes<00:16:39.340><c> her</c><00:16:39.679><c> to</c><00:16:39.919><c> his</c><00:16:40.159><c> home,</c><00:16:40.940><c> and</c><00:16:41.159><c> he</c><00:16:41.279><c> has</c><00:16:41.460><c> the</c><00:16:41.740><c> care</c><00:16:42.320><c> of</c><00:16:43.720><c> the</c><00:16:43.960><c> mother</c><00:16:44.159><c> of</c><00:16:44.379><c> Jesus.</c>

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I<00:16:46.879><c> guess</c><00:16:47.080><c> the</c><00:16:47.279><c> same</c><00:16:47.460><c> question</c><00:16:48.240><c> was</c><00:16:49.019><c> asked</c><00:16:49.299><c> earlier.</c>

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How<00:16:50.320><c> would</c><00:16:50.639><c> Mary</c><00:16:51.000><c> feel</c><00:16:51.279><c> about</c><00:16:51.580><c> being</c><00:16:51.940><c> the</c><00:16:52.120><c> mother</c><00:16:52.299><c> of</c><00:16:52.539><c> the</c><00:16:52.659><c> Son</c>

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of<00:16:53.039><c> God,</c>

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and<00:16:54.220><c> the</c><00:16:54.460><c> same</c><00:16:54.700><c> kind</c><00:16:55.100><c> of</c><00:16:56.659><c> issues</c><00:16:56.980><c> of</c><00:16:57.340><c> stewardship</c><00:16:57.799><c> come</c><00:16:58.240><c> to</c><00:16:58.919><c> bear</c><00:16:59.100><c> in</c>

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that<00:16:59.480><c> situation?</c>

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God<00:17:00.559><c> is</c><00:17:00.779><c> giving</c><00:17:01.379><c> responsibility</c><00:17:02.519><c> to</c><00:17:02.899><c> this</c><00:17:03.179><c> woman</c><00:17:03.559><c> to</c><00:17:04.099><c> take</c><00:17:04.420><c> care</c><00:17:04.680><c> of</c>

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this<00:17:06.019><c> great</c><00:17:06.460><c> seed,</c><00:17:07.440><c> this</c><00:17:07.740><c> promised</c><00:17:08.079><c> Messiah,</c><00:17:09.220><c> the</c><00:17:09.440><c> Son</c><00:17:09.660><c> of</c><00:17:09.900><c> God,</c>

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God<00:17:11.619><c> made</c><00:17:12.000><c> flesh</c><00:17:13.059><c> and</c><00:17:13.839><c> dwelling</c><00:17:14.079><c> among</c><00:17:14.420><c> men.</c>

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How<00:17:16.400><c> do</c><00:17:16.599><c> you</c><00:17:16.640><c> treat</c><00:17:16.779><c> a</c><00:17:16.980><c> child</c><00:17:17.140><c> like</c><00:17:17.440><c> that?</c><00:17:19.380><c> And</c><00:17:19.700><c> how</c><00:17:20.539><c> do</c><00:17:20.680><c> you</c><00:17:20.880><c> guard</c><00:17:21.119><c> it</c>

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and<00:17:21.460><c> protect</c><00:17:21.859><c> it?</c>

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We<00:17:23.920><c> talked</c><00:17:24.039><c> about</c><00:17:24.240><c> the</c><00:17:24.400><c> care</c><00:17:24.599><c> of</c><00:17:24.779><c> someone</c><00:17:24.940><c> else's</c><00:17:25.960><c> children</c><00:17:26.339><c> yesterday.</c>

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If<00:17:26.940><c> you're</c><00:17:27.119><c> watching</c><00:17:27.740><c> someone</c><00:17:28.019><c> else's</c><00:17:28.460><c> child,</c><00:17:28.680><c> you're</c><00:17:29.180><c> particularly</c><00:17:29.779><c> careful</c><00:17:30.240><c> to</c><00:17:30.420><c> make</c><00:17:30.599><c> sure</c><00:17:30.819><c> that</c><00:17:31.039><c> there's</c><00:17:31.319><c> no</c>

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harm<00:17:32.500><c> or</c><00:17:32.740><c> damage</c><00:17:32.940><c> come</c><00:17:33.160><c> to</c><00:17:33.299><c> that</c><00:17:33.559><c> child.</c>

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You<00:17:34.200><c> know</c><00:17:34.420><c> exactly</c><00:17:35.200><c> where</c><00:17:35.700><c> that</c><00:17:35.980><c> child</c><00:17:36.200><c> is.</c>

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Well,<00:17:36.700><c> how</c><00:17:37.140><c> would</c><00:17:37.359><c> Mary</c><00:17:37.660><c> have</c><00:17:37.920><c> felt</c><00:17:38.359><c> in</c><00:17:39.000><c> caring</c><00:17:39.200><c> for</c><00:17:39.400><c> the</c><00:17:39.539><c> Son</c>

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of<00:17:39.920><c> God?</c>

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So<00:17:42.079><c> those</c><00:17:42.420><c> questions</c><00:17:42.759><c> go</c><00:17:42.960><c> through</c><00:17:43.160><c> your</c><00:17:43.420><c> mind,</c><00:17:43.720><c> and</c><00:17:43.980><c> it</c><00:17:44.559><c> bears</c>

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directly<00:17:45.400><c> on</c><00:17:45.640><c> this</c><00:17:45.880><c> matter</c><00:17:46.200><c> of</c><00:17:46.599><c> stewardship.</c>

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And<00:17:48.099><c> John</c><00:17:48.339><c> now</c><00:17:48.640><c> has</c><00:17:48.880><c> the</c><00:17:49.180><c> care</c><00:17:49.839><c> of</c><00:17:50.720><c> the</c><00:17:50.980><c> mother</c><00:17:51.400><c> of</c><00:17:52.319><c> the</c><00:17:52.519><c> Lord</c><00:17:52.740><c> Jesus.</c>

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I<00:17:55.799><c> think</c><00:17:56.160><c> the</c><00:17:56.380><c> answer</c><00:17:57.000><c> to</c><00:17:57.660><c> how</c><00:17:59.519><c> Mary</c><00:17:59.960><c> felt</c><00:18:00.359><c> about</c><00:18:00.940><c> raising</c><00:18:02.059><c> Jesus,</c>

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and<00:18:03.680><c> how</c><00:18:03.980><c> John</c><00:18:04.400><c> felt</c><00:18:04.900><c> about</c><00:18:05.740><c> caring</c><00:18:06.160><c> for</c><00:18:06.579><c> Mary,</c>

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Our<00:18:42.759><c> spouse</c><00:18:43.440><c> is</c><00:18:45.200><c> a</c><00:18:45.420><c> child</c><00:18:45.619><c> of</c><00:18:45.859><c> God.</c>

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If<00:18:47.539><c> we</c><00:18:47.700><c> live</c><00:18:47.859><c> together</c><00:18:48.220><c> in</c><00:18:48.359><c> the</c><00:18:48.619><c> truth,</c><00:18:49.619><c> each</c><00:18:49.940><c> member</c><00:18:50.279><c> of</c><00:18:50.480><c> that</c>

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partnership<00:18:51.220><c> is</c><00:18:51.720><c> a</c><00:18:51.920><c> child</c><00:18:52.160><c> of</c><00:18:52.400><c> God.</c>

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go<00:18:57.799><c> through</c><00:18:58.019><c> life</c><00:18:58.339><c> with</c>

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in<00:18:59.299><c> wondering</c><00:18:59.700><c> how</c><00:19:00.000><c> to</c><00:19:00.240><c> behave</c><00:19:00.660><c> and</c><00:19:01.119><c> how</c><00:19:01.380><c> we</c><00:19:01.579><c> should</c><00:19:01.720><c> treat</c><00:19:01.940><c> our</c><00:19:02.240><c> partners</c><00:19:02.660><c> in</c>

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marriage<00:19:03.759><c> as</c><00:19:03.960><c> we</c><00:19:04.400><c> encounter</c><00:19:04.799><c> various</c><00:19:05.200><c> issues,</c>

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child<00:19:11.180><c> of</c><00:19:11.500><c> God,</c>

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and<00:19:12.579><c> they</c><00:19:12.759><c> view</c><00:19:13.019><c> you</c><00:19:13.319><c> as</c><00:19:13.480><c> a</c><00:19:13.640><c> child</c><00:19:13.799><c> of</c><00:19:14.000><c> God,</c><00:19:14.359><c> and</c><00:19:14.480><c> they</c><00:19:14.740><c> have</c><00:19:15.200><c> your</c><00:19:15.559><c> eternal</c><00:19:16.019><c> welfare</c><00:19:16.599><c> as</c>

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their<00:19:18.180><c> primary</c><00:19:18.660><c> interest.</c>

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And<00:19:21.000><c> of</c><00:19:21.180><c> course</c><00:19:21.319><c> you're</c><00:19:21.480><c> going</c><00:19:21.640><c> to</c><00:19:21.740><c> argue</c><00:19:21.980><c> about</c><00:19:22.200><c> what</c><00:19:22.400><c> you</c><00:19:22.579><c> have</c><00:19:22.680><c> for</c><00:19:22.940><c> dinner</c><00:19:23.180><c> and</c><00:19:24.420><c> how</c><00:19:24.700><c> we</c>

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spend<00:19:25.160><c> the</c><00:19:25.380><c> money</c>

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That's<00:19:30.859><c> the</c><00:19:31.000><c> natural</c><00:19:31.480><c> ebb</c><00:19:31.759><c> and</c><00:19:31.880><c> flow</c><00:19:31.980><c> of</c><00:19:32.200><c> life.</c><00:19:33.099><c> But</c><00:19:33.559><c> we</c><00:19:34.339><c> keep</c>

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What<00:19:36.000><c> really</c><00:19:36.559><c> matters</c><00:19:37.440><c> when</c><00:19:38.259><c> we</c><00:19:39.079><c> settle</c><00:19:39.339><c> down</c><00:19:39.799><c> and</c><00:19:39.980><c> we</c><00:19:40.279><c> evaluate</c><00:19:40.799><c> and</c><00:19:41.000><c> give</c><00:19:41.200><c> priority</c><00:19:41.799><c> to</c>

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the<00:19:43.460><c> principal</c><00:19:44.059><c> issues</c><00:19:44.680><c> of</c><00:19:45.019><c> life</c>

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is<00:19:47.579><c> how</c><00:19:47.799><c> can</c><00:19:48.059><c> we</c><00:19:48.220><c> help</c><00:19:48.559><c> and</c><00:19:48.940><c> assist</c><00:19:49.559><c> our</c><00:19:50.099><c> partners</c><00:19:50.640><c> to</c><00:19:51.420><c> be</c><00:19:51.980><c> faithful</c><00:19:52.579><c> children</c><00:19:53.319><c> of</c><00:19:53.599><c> God</c>

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That's<00:20:05.500><c> the</c><00:20:05.599><c> process</c><00:20:05.980><c> of</c><00:20:06.279><c> life.</c><00:20:06.799><c> That's</c><00:20:07.440><c> stewardship</c><00:20:08.160><c> as</c><00:20:09.900><c> we</c>

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assume<00:20:10.579><c> that</c><00:20:10.880><c> duty</c><00:20:11.240><c> for</c><00:20:11.779><c> the</c><00:20:11.920><c> members</c><00:20:12.140><c> of</c><00:20:12.319><c> our</c><00:20:12.539><c> family</c>

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And<00:20:57.160><c> we'll</c><00:20:57.259><c> look</c><00:20:57.440><c> at</c><00:20:57.539><c> this</c><00:20:57.799><c> first</c><00:20:58.619><c> because</c><00:21:00.380><c> I</c><00:21:00.779><c> believe</c><00:21:01.059><c> it</c><00:21:01.480><c> captures,</c><00:21:03.440><c> absolutely</c><00:21:03.859><c> captures</c><00:21:04.500><c> this</c><00:21:04.880><c> perspective</c><00:21:05.700><c> of</c>

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how<00:21:07.079><c> we</c><00:21:07.400><c> view</c><00:21:07.579><c> one</c><00:21:07.819><c> another.</c>

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we<00:21:14.279><c> have</c><00:21:14.500><c> to</c><00:21:14.799><c> the</c><00:21:15.640><c> ecclesial</c><00:21:16.160><c> family.</c>

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And<00:21:17.359><c> in</c><00:21:17.500><c> many</c><00:21:17.680><c> ways</c><00:21:17.920><c> the</c><00:21:18.160><c> lines</c><00:21:18.319><c> get</c><00:21:18.680><c> blurred</c><00:21:19.079><c> and</c><00:21:19.359><c> should</c><00:21:19.619><c> get</c>

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blurred<00:21:20.160><c> as</c><00:21:20.400><c> we</c><00:21:21.259><c> take</c><00:21:21.519><c> our</c><00:21:21.799><c> place</c><00:21:22.059><c> among</c><00:21:22.319><c> the</c><00:21:22.500><c> community</c><00:21:22.819><c> of</c><00:21:23.079><c> believers.</c>

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But<00:21:24.220><c> read</c><00:21:24.859><c> with</c><00:21:25.059><c> me</c><00:21:25.359><c> please</c><00:21:25.759><c> the</c><00:21:26.119><c> words</c><00:21:26.440><c> found</c><00:21:26.960><c> in</c><00:21:27.660><c> the</c><00:21:27.880><c> Gospel</c>

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of<00:21:28.359><c> John</c><00:21:28.640><c> chapter</c><00:21:29.160><c> 17.</c>

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matter<00:21:38.619><c> of</c><00:21:39.579><c> his</c><00:21:39.920><c> associates.</c>

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his<00:21:47.940><c> mother</c><00:21:48.380><c> as</c><00:21:49.259><c> ensuring</c><00:21:50.000><c> that</c><00:21:50.839><c> she</c><00:21:51.160><c> was</c><00:21:51.420><c> cared</c><00:21:51.660><c> for</c><00:21:52.339><c> after</c>

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he<00:21:53.039><c> was</c><00:21:53.279><c> crucified</c>

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and<00:21:54.779><c> all</c><00:21:55.059><c> the</c><00:21:55.240><c> events</c><00:21:55.400><c> that</c><00:21:55.579><c> would</c><00:21:55.759><c> follow</c><00:21:56.000><c> that.</c>

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In<00:21:57.380><c> many</c><00:21:57.700><c> ways</c><00:21:58.279><c> that</c><00:21:59.259><c> statement</c><00:21:59.940><c> to</c><00:22:00.539><c> John</c><00:22:00.859><c> is</c><00:22:01.119><c> the</c><00:22:01.279><c> last</c><00:22:01.900><c> instruction</c><00:22:03.000><c> given</c>

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So<00:22:21.599><c> indeed</c><00:22:22.220><c> it</c><00:22:22.339><c> was</c><00:22:22.660><c> a</c><00:22:23.619><c> very</c><00:22:23.960><c> subtle</c><00:22:24.500><c> but</c><00:22:25.220><c> important</c><00:22:25.819><c> instruction.</c>

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Now<00:22:27.240><c> when</c><00:22:27.400><c> Jesus</c><00:22:27.779><c> prays</c><00:22:28.400><c> just</c><00:22:28.839><c> prior</c><00:22:29.160><c> to</c><00:22:29.319><c> his</c><00:22:29.539><c> crucifixion</c><00:22:30.140><c> in</c>

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John<00:22:30.559><c> 17,</c><00:22:31.960><c> he's</c><00:22:32.259><c> speaking</c><00:22:32.539><c> to</c><00:22:32.779><c> his</c><00:22:33.000><c> father</c><00:22:33.440><c> in</c><00:22:34.400><c> this</c><00:22:34.779><c> section.</c>

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We<00:22:35.259><c> pick</c><00:22:35.420><c> it</c><00:22:35.519><c> up</c><00:22:35.599><c> at</c><00:22:35.759><c> verse</c><00:22:36.039><c> 6.</c>

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And<00:22:38.680><c> he</c><00:22:38.839><c> says,</c><00:22:40.299><c> I</c><00:22:40.500><c> have</c><00:22:40.859><c> manifested</c><00:22:41.660><c> thy</c><00:22:42.119><c> name</c><00:22:42.599><c> unto</c><00:22:42.980><c> the</c><00:22:43.319><c> men</c>

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which<00:22:44.720><c> thou</c><00:22:45.359><c> gavest</c><00:22:46.000><c> me</c><00:22:46.720><c> out</c><00:22:47.119><c> of</c><00:22:47.259><c> the</c><00:22:47.519><c> world.</c>

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The<00:22:50.319><c> disciples</c><00:22:50.940><c> of</c><00:22:51.160><c> the</c><00:22:51.279><c> Lord</c><00:22:51.500><c> Jesus</c><00:22:52.240><c> were</c><00:22:53.200><c> viewed</c><00:22:53.740><c> in</c><00:22:54.460><c> this</c>

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very<00:22:55.079><c> real</c><00:22:55.339><c> sense</c><00:22:55.799><c> as</c><00:22:56.200><c> men</c><00:22:56.619><c> that</c><00:22:56.940><c> God</c><00:22:57.480><c> had</c><00:22:58.000><c> given</c><00:22:58.319><c> to</c><00:22:58.920><c> him</c>

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to<00:22:59.980><c> help</c><00:23:00.299><c> him</c><00:23:00.559><c> get</c><00:23:00.819><c> through</c><00:23:01.380><c> his</c><00:23:01.759><c> earthly</c><00:23:02.000><c> ministry.</c>

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He<00:23:03.759><c> had</c><00:23:04.019><c> duties</c><00:23:04.339><c> toward</c><00:23:04.720><c> those</c><00:23:05.380><c> men.</c>

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They<00:23:06.079><c> were</c><00:23:06.240><c> there</c><00:23:06.420><c> for</c><00:23:06.640><c> a</c><00:23:06.700><c> purpose.</c>

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They<00:23:08.079><c> were</c><00:23:08.240><c> the</c><00:23:08.400><c> ones</c><00:23:08.660><c> who</c><00:23:08.819><c> were</c><00:23:09.000><c> going</c><00:23:09.200><c> to</c><00:23:10.000><c> carry</c><00:23:10.480><c> the</c><00:23:10.759><c> message</c><00:23:11.140><c> and</c><00:23:11.359><c> be</c>

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the<00:23:12.119><c> pillars</c><00:23:12.400><c> of</c><00:23:12.599><c> the</c><00:23:12.779><c> church</c><00:23:13.400><c> after</c><00:23:15.099><c> Jesus</c><00:23:15.640><c> ascended.</c>

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So<00:23:17.099><c> they</c><00:23:17.259><c> had</c><00:23:17.480><c> work</c><00:23:17.720><c> to</c><00:23:17.960><c> do.</c>

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But<00:23:19.180><c> in</c><00:23:19.339><c> terms</c><00:23:19.660><c> of</c><00:23:20.359><c> his</c><00:23:20.660><c> personal</c><00:23:21.240><c> relationship</c><00:23:22.079><c> to</c><00:23:22.640><c> these</c><00:23:22.900><c> men,</c><00:23:24.579><c> they</c><00:23:24.700><c> were</c><00:23:25.299><c> men</c><00:23:26.079><c> that</c><00:23:26.640><c> God,</c><00:23:27.140><c> they</c><00:23:27.339><c> belonged</c><00:23:27.720><c> to</c><00:23:27.920><c> God,</c>

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and<00:23:28.420><c> God</c><00:23:28.700><c> had</c><00:23:29.019><c> given</c><00:23:29.240><c> them</c><00:23:29.740><c> to</c><00:23:30.119><c> him.</c>

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And<00:23:31.319><c> it's</c><00:23:31.519><c> repeated</c><00:23:31.819><c> many</c><00:23:32.119><c> times</c><00:23:32.400><c> in</c><00:23:32.559><c> this</c><00:23:32.779><c> section.</c>

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I<00:23:33.900><c> have</c><00:23:34.160><c> manifested</c><00:23:34.640><c> thy</c><00:23:34.940><c> name</c><00:23:35.400><c> unto</c><00:23:35.660><c> the</c><00:23:35.920><c> men</c><00:23:36.140><c> which</c><00:23:36.880><c> thou</c><00:23:37.240><c> gavest</c><00:23:37.619><c> me</c>

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out<00:23:38.000><c> of</c><00:23:38.099><c> the</c><00:23:38.319><c> world,</c>

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thine<00:23:39.059><c> they</c><00:23:39.400><c> were,</c><00:23:40.079><c> and</c><00:23:40.259><c> thou</c><00:23:40.539><c> gavest</c><00:23:41.019><c> them</c><00:23:41.339><c> me,</c><00:23:42.019><c> and</c><00:23:42.319><c> they</c>

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have<00:23:42.740><c> kept</c><00:23:42.980><c> thy</c><00:23:43.339><c> word.</c>

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Now<00:23:44.579><c> they</c><00:23:44.779><c> have</c><00:23:45.039><c> known</c><00:23:45.339><c> that</c><00:23:45.619><c> all</c><00:23:45.900><c> things</c><00:23:46.539><c> whatsoever</c><00:23:47.099><c> thou</c>

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hast<00:23:47.700><c> given</c><00:23:47.960><c> me</c><00:23:48.400><c> are</c><00:23:48.660><c> of</c><00:23:48.900><c> thee.</c>

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For<00:23:50.019><c> I</c><00:23:50.200><c> have</c><00:23:50.420><c> given</c><00:23:50.819><c> unto</c><00:23:51.180><c> them</c><00:23:51.619><c> thy</c><00:23:52.079><c> words</c><00:23:52.880><c> which</c><00:23:53.440><c> thou</c><00:23:53.720><c> gavest</c><00:23:54.160><c> me,</c>

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and<00:23:55.339><c> they</c><00:23:55.519><c> have</c><00:23:55.720><c> received</c><00:23:56.200><c> them,</c>

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and<00:23:56.880><c> have</c><00:23:57.140><c> known</c><00:23:57.660><c> surely</c><00:23:58.660><c> that</c><00:23:59.920><c> I</c><00:24:00.160><c> came</c><00:24:00.480><c> out</c><00:24:00.859><c> from</c><00:24:01.079><c> thee,</c><00:24:02.319><c> and</c>

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they<00:24:02.839><c> have</c><00:24:03.099><c> believed</c><00:24:03.680><c> that</c><00:24:03.960><c> thou</c><00:24:04.240><c> didst</c><00:24:04.640><c> send</c><00:24:04.799><c> me.</c>

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I<00:24:05.980><c> pray</c><00:24:06.319><c> for</c><00:24:06.519><c> them,</c><00:24:07.319><c> I</c><00:24:07.599><c> pray</c><00:24:07.920><c> not</c><00:24:08.180><c> for</c><00:24:08.380><c> the</c><00:24:08.640><c> world,</c><00:24:10.119><c> but</c><00:24:10.259><c> for</c>

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them<00:24:11.059><c> which</c><00:24:11.579><c> thou</c><00:24:12.160><c> hast</c><00:24:12.779><c> given</c><00:24:13.079><c> me,</c><00:24:14.180><c> for</c><00:24:14.680><c> they</c><00:24:15.119><c> are</c><00:24:15.480><c> thine.</c>

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Look<00:24:17.019><c> at</c><00:24:17.160><c> the</c><00:24:17.319><c> repetition</c><00:24:17.839><c> of</c><00:24:18.059><c> that</c><00:24:18.259><c> idea.</c>

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Jesus<00:24:20.660><c> knew</c><00:24:21.299><c> and</c><00:24:21.940><c> felt</c><00:24:22.200><c> and</c><00:24:22.720><c> believed</c><00:24:23.220><c> that</c><00:24:23.579><c> these</c><00:24:23.819><c> men</c><00:24:24.079><c> belonged</c><00:24:24.460><c> to</c><00:24:24.660><c> God.</c>

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But<00:24:26.559><c> they</c><00:24:27.339><c> were</c><00:24:27.579><c> given</c><00:24:27.859><c> to</c><00:24:28.099><c> Christ</c><00:24:28.660><c> for</c><00:24:29.059><c> this</c><00:24:29.319><c> temporary</c><00:24:29.779><c> period</c><00:24:30.160><c> of</c>

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time<00:24:30.880><c> to</c><00:24:31.220><c> be</c><00:24:31.380><c> his</c><00:24:31.579><c> companions,</c><00:24:32.359><c> to</c><00:24:32.460><c> be</c><00:24:32.619><c> his</c><00:24:32.880><c> friends,</c>

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but<00:24:34.160><c> also</c><00:24:34.599><c> to</c><00:24:34.779><c> be</c><00:24:34.940><c> the</c><00:24:35.180><c> recipients</c><00:24:35.720><c> of</c><00:24:36.599><c> the</c><00:24:37.839><c> word</c><00:24:38.240><c> directly,</c>

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this<00:24:39.500><c> word</c><00:24:39.900><c> which</c><00:24:40.259><c> had</c><00:24:40.460><c> been</c><00:24:40.640><c> given</c><00:24:40.759><c> to</c><00:24:41.019><c> Christ</c><00:24:41.339><c> now</c><00:24:41.619><c> to</c><00:24:41.859><c> pass</c>

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on<00:24:42.559><c> to</c><00:24:43.140><c> these</c><00:24:44.180><c> twelve</c><00:24:44.539><c> men.</c>

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And<00:24:45.599><c> he</c><00:24:45.740><c> speaks</c><00:24:45.980><c> very</c><00:24:46.380><c> positively</c><00:24:46.900><c> about</c><00:24:47.519><c> them,</c><00:24:47.900><c> even</c><00:24:48.160><c> though</c>

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they<00:24:49.420><c> had</c><00:24:49.720><c> weaknesses</c><00:24:50.299><c> that</c><00:24:51.099><c> were</c><00:24:51.599><c> very</c><00:24:51.920><c> evident</c>

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and<00:24:52.579><c> would</c><00:24:52.819><c> become</c><00:24:53.059><c> increasingly</c><00:24:53.579><c> evident</c><00:24:54.180><c> in</c><00:24:54.940><c> the</c><00:24:55.019><c> next</c><00:24:55.240><c> few</c><00:24:55.460><c> hours.</c>

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But<00:24:57.180><c> he</c><00:24:57.440><c> views</c><00:24:57.720><c> them</c><00:24:57.960><c> in</c><00:24:58.099><c> a</c><00:24:58.180><c> very</c><00:24:58.579><c> positive</c><00:24:59.079><c> sense,</c>

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and<00:25:00.480><c> he's</c><00:25:00.839><c> thankful</c><00:25:01.259><c> to</c><00:25:01.519><c> God</c><00:25:01.980><c> that</c><00:25:02.420><c> God</c><00:25:02.900><c> gave</c><00:25:03.420><c> these</c><00:25:03.740><c> men</c><00:25:04.180><c> to</c><00:25:04.599><c> him.</c>

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Now<00:25:07.279><c> I</c><00:25:07.400><c> believe</c><00:25:07.740><c> that</c><00:25:08.140><c> establishes</c><00:25:08.700><c> for</c><00:25:08.920><c> us</c><00:25:09.319><c> a</c><00:25:09.900><c> primary</c><00:25:10.819><c> mindset</c><00:25:11.779><c> or</c>

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attitude<00:25:12.640><c> about</c><00:25:13.779><c> the</c><00:25:14.420><c> Ecclesia,</c>

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the<00:25:15.720><c> members</c><00:25:16.019><c> in</c><00:25:16.240><c> the</c><00:25:16.420><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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Because<00:25:21.160><c> our</c><00:25:22.039><c> life</c><00:25:22.220><c> in</c><00:25:22.380><c> the</c><00:25:22.559><c> Ecclesia</c><00:25:22.940><c> is</c><00:25:23.619><c> a</c><00:25:24.000><c> mixed</c><00:25:24.339><c> set</c><00:25:24.599><c> of</c><00:25:25.079><c> experiences,</c>

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some<00:25:26.440><c> good,</c><00:25:26.740><c> some</c><00:25:27.039><c> bad,</c><00:25:27.440><c> some</c><00:25:28.079><c> happy,</c><00:25:28.700><c> some</c><00:25:29.059><c> troublesome.</c>

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And<00:25:31.019><c> we</c><00:25:31.819><c> tend</c><00:25:32.119><c> to</c><00:25:32.319><c> want</c><00:25:32.460><c> to</c><00:25:32.660><c> gravitate</c><00:25:33.259><c> toward</c><00:25:33.759><c> an</c><00:25:34.019><c> Ecclesia</c>

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which<00:25:34.599><c> is</c><00:25:34.900><c> nicely</c><00:25:35.220><c> run,</c><00:25:36.039><c> functions</c><00:25:36.380><c> well,</c>

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with<00:25:37.339><c> people</c><00:25:37.619><c> that</c><00:25:37.759><c> are</c><00:25:37.880><c> easy</c><00:25:38.140><c> to</c><00:25:38.279><c> get</c><00:25:38.440><c> along</c><00:25:38.740><c> with,</c><00:25:39.400><c> no</c><00:25:39.640><c> problems,</c><00:25:40.640><c> young</c>

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people<00:25:41.119><c> behave,</c>

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a<00:25:42.220><c> steady</c><00:25:42.440><c> flow</c><00:25:42.700><c> of</c><00:25:42.940><c> baptisms,</c><00:25:43.859><c> a</c><00:25:43.920><c> nice</c><00:25:44.099><c> supply</c><00:25:44.519><c> of</c><00:25:44.619><c> visitors</c>

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to<00:25:45.200><c> the</c><00:25:45.359><c> meeting.</c>

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We<00:25:45.900><c> could</c><00:25:46.099><c> design</c><00:25:46.420><c> the</c><00:25:46.640><c> model</c><00:25:46.819><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:25:47.859><c> and</c><00:25:48.220><c> that's</c><00:25:48.480><c> the</c><00:25:48.519><c> way</c><00:25:48.599><c> we'd</c><00:25:48.880><c> like</c><00:25:49.000><c> it</c>

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to<00:25:49.279><c> work.</c>

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But<00:25:51.460><c> it</c><00:25:52.019><c> doesn't</c><00:25:52.200><c> seem</c><00:25:52.420><c> to</c><00:25:52.579><c> happen</c><00:25:52.779><c> that</c><00:25:53.000><c> way</c><00:25:53.140><c> very</c><00:25:53.420><c> often.</c>

00:25:53.759 --> 00:25:58.119
I<00:25:54.599><c> don't</c><00:25:55.380><c> remember</c><00:25:55.720><c> an</c><00:25:55.940><c> Ecclesia</c><00:25:56.160><c> I</c><00:25:56.359><c> belong</c><00:25:56.640><c> to</c><00:25:56.799><c> where</c><00:25:56.940><c> that</c><00:25:57.200><c> happened.</c>

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Maybe<00:25:58.660><c> it's</c><00:25:58.980><c> because</c><00:25:59.200><c> I</c><00:25:59.380><c> was</c><00:25:59.579><c> there,</c><00:25:59.799><c> I</c><00:25:59.940><c> don't</c><00:26:00.119><c> know.</c>

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But<00:26:03.380><c> you</c><00:26:03.920><c> see</c><00:26:04.119><c> what</c><00:26:04.259><c> I'm</c><00:26:04.420><c> saying,</c><00:26:05.000><c> that</c><00:26:05.200><c> Ecclesias</c><00:26:05.619><c> just</c><00:26:05.839><c> don't</c><00:26:06.140><c> work</c>

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according<00:26:06.680><c> to</c><00:26:06.920><c> that</c><00:26:07.140><c> ideal</c><00:26:07.480><c> standard.</c>

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And<00:26:08.539><c> as</c><00:26:08.839><c> we</c><00:26:09.380><c> begin</c><00:26:09.559><c> to</c><00:26:09.759><c> look</c><00:26:09.900><c> into</c><00:26:10.319><c> the</c><00:26:11.359><c> design</c><00:26:11.900><c> and</c><00:26:12.140><c> purpose</c>

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of<00:26:12.680><c> Ecclesias,</c>

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we<00:26:14.160><c> see</c><00:26:14.559><c> that</c><00:26:15.180><c> that's</c><00:26:16.079><c> not</c><00:26:16.299><c> what</c><00:26:16.480><c> God</c><00:26:16.700><c> ever</c><00:26:17.059><c> intended.</c>

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So<00:26:18.920><c> let's</c><00:26:19.440><c> look</c><00:26:19.640><c> at</c><00:26:19.779><c> our</c><00:26:19.960><c> note</c><00:26:20.099><c> now.</c>

00:26:21.680 --> 00:26:22.680
Stewardship<00:26:22.119><c> in</c><00:26:22.240><c> the</c><00:26:22.380><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:26:22.700 --> 00:26:26.299
We'll<00:26:22.920><c> just</c><00:26:23.359><c> capture</c><00:26:24.180><c> a</c><00:26:24.359><c> few</c><00:26:24.480><c> high</c><00:26:24.759><c> points</c><00:26:25.039><c> and</c><00:26:25.220><c> then</c><00:26:25.359><c> look</c><00:26:25.519><c> at</c>

00:26:26.299 --> 00:26:29.200
a<00:26:26.460><c> few</c><00:26:26.640><c> of</c><00:26:26.859><c> the</c><00:26:27.539><c> critical</c><00:26:28.039><c> references.</c>

00:26:30.539 --> 00:26:31.660
Stewardship<00:26:30.980><c> in</c><00:26:31.119><c> the</c><00:26:31.259><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:26:31.779 --> 00:26:35.640
The<00:26:31.980><c> accountability</c><00:26:32.640><c> that</c><00:26:32.900><c> we</c><00:26:33.079><c> have</c><00:26:33.240><c> here</c><00:26:33.819><c> is</c><00:26:34.359><c> to</c><00:26:34.599><c> Christ,</c><00:26:35.220><c> the</c><00:26:35.359><c> head</c><00:26:35.460><c> of</c>

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the<00:26:35.799><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:26:37.819 --> 00:26:39.420
You<00:26:37.940><c> say,</c><00:26:38.119><c> wait</c><00:26:38.240><c> a</c><00:26:38.339><c> minute,</c><00:26:38.400><c> that's</c><00:26:38.779><c> different</c><00:26:39.059><c> from</c><00:26:39.240><c> the</c>

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first<00:26:39.660><c> two.</c>

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The<00:26:40.319><c> first</c><00:26:40.539><c> two</c><00:26:40.799><c> we</c><00:26:41.000><c> had</c><00:26:41.160><c> God,</c><00:26:41.519><c> our</c><00:26:41.740><c> Maker</c><00:26:41.960><c> and</c><00:26:42.180><c> Keeper,</c><00:26:43.019><c> and</c>

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God,<00:26:43.700><c> our</c><00:26:43.880><c> Heavenly</c><00:26:44.240><c> Father.</c>

00:26:45.039 --> 00:26:46.500
This<00:26:45.339><c> one</c><00:26:45.599><c> is</c><00:26:45.859><c> to</c><00:26:46.059><c> Christ.</c>

00:26:46.500 --> 00:26:47.559
Is<00:26:46.680><c> there</c><00:26:46.940><c> a</c><00:26:47.059><c> difference</c><00:26:47.319><c> here?</c>

00:26:47.599 --> 00:26:52.400
Is<00:26:47.740><c> there</c><00:26:47.920><c> something</c><00:26:48.539><c> substantially</c><00:26:49.839><c> unusual</c><00:26:51.740><c> or</c><00:26:52.000><c> different</c>

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in<00:26:52.819><c> this</c><00:26:53.200><c> stewardship?</c>

00:26:53.980 --> 00:26:59.420
Well,<00:26:56.299><c> I</c><00:26:56.519><c> don't</c><00:26:56.759><c> suppose</c><00:26:57.099><c> in</c><00:26:57.299><c> the</c><00:26:57.480><c> final</c><00:26:57.700><c> analysis</c><00:26:58.220><c> it</c><00:26:59.000><c> is</c>

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fundamentally<00:26:59.920><c> different.</c>

00:27:00.440 --> 00:27:04.200
We<00:27:00.599><c> are</c><00:27:00.940><c> accountable</c><00:27:01.960><c> to</c><00:27:02.160><c> God</c><00:27:02.500><c> ultimately</c><00:27:02.980><c> for</c><00:27:03.319><c> everything.</c>

00:27:04.420 --> 00:27:08.680
But<00:27:04.619><c> the</c><00:27:04.740><c> New</c><00:27:04.940><c> Testament</c><00:27:05.500><c> is</c><00:27:06.119><c> abundantly</c><00:27:06.680><c> clear</c><00:27:07.279><c> that</c><00:27:08.000><c> in</c><00:27:08.480><c> the</c>

00:27:08.680 --> 00:27:12.160
matter<00:27:09.019><c> of</c><00:27:09.740><c> the</c><00:27:10.259><c> Ecclesia</c><00:27:10.839><c> and</c><00:27:11.059><c> its</c><00:27:11.240><c> operation,</c>

00:27:12.160 --> 00:27:15.940
Christ<00:27:13.839><c> is</c><00:27:14.319><c> in</c><00:27:14.579><c> control.</c>

00:27:16.539 --> 00:27:23.029
And<00:27:17.220><c> I'll</c><00:27:17.480><c> ask</c><00:27:17.619><c> you</c><00:27:17.779><c> to</c><00:27:17.839><c> look</c><00:27:17.960><c> at</c><00:27:18.319><c> the</c><00:27:18.599><c> references</c><00:27:18.940><c> that</c><00:27:19.700><c> support</c><00:27:20.200><c> that</c><00:27:22.079><c> belief.</c>

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Ephesians<00:27:23.740><c> 5,</c><00:27:24.940><c> for</c><00:27:25.119><c> example.</c>

00:27:28.720 --> 00:27:32.000
A<00:27:28.759><c> well</c><00:27:29.059><c>-known</c><00:27:29.500><c> section</c><00:27:29.980><c> that</c><00:27:30.640><c> talks</c><00:27:31.039><c> about</c><00:27:31.359><c> relationships</c>

00:27:32.000 --> 00:27:33.299
between<00:27:32.460><c> men</c><00:27:32.619><c> and</c><00:27:32.819><c> women.</c>

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Often<00:27:34.019><c> read</c><00:27:34.359><c> at</c><00:27:34.900><c> wedding</c><00:27:35.180><c> services.</c>

00:27:44.019 --> 00:27:46.960
Ephesians<00:27:45.019><c> 5,</c><00:27:45.440><c> verse</c><00:27:45.640><c> 23.</c>

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Wives<00:28:03.519><c> be</c><00:28:03.819><c> to</c><00:28:04.019><c> their</c><00:28:04.240><c> own</c><00:28:04.500><c> husbands</c><00:28:04.960><c> in</c><00:28:05.279><c> everything.</c>

00:28:06.099 --> 00:28:10.519
Husbands<00:28:06.779><c> love</c><00:28:07.180><c> your</c><00:28:07.480><c> wives</c><00:28:07.980><c> even</c><00:28:08.680><c> as</c><00:28:09.039><c> Christ</c><00:28:09.480><c> also</c><00:28:10.299><c> loved</c>

00:28:10.519 --> 00:28:13.339
the<00:28:10.779><c> church</c><00:28:11.259><c> and</c><00:28:11.720><c> gave</c><00:28:12.039><c> himself</c><00:28:12.539><c> for</c><00:28:12.940><c> it.</c>

00:28:13.619 --> 00:28:15.240
Now<00:28:13.799><c> it's</c><00:28:13.920><c> pretty</c><00:28:14.259><c> clear.</c>

00:28:15.420 --> 00:28:18.880
There's<00:28:15.740><c> a</c><00:28:16.200><c> relationship</c><00:28:16.920><c> being</c><00:28:17.599><c> described</c><00:28:18.200><c> here.</c>

00:28:19.380 --> 00:28:22.200
And<00:28:19.500><c> our</c><00:28:19.640><c> purpose</c><00:28:19.859><c> is</c><00:28:20.039><c> not</c><00:28:20.220><c> to</c><00:28:20.480><c> examine</c><00:28:20.799><c> the</c><00:28:21.240><c> relationship</c><00:28:21.839><c> of</c>

00:28:22.200 --> 00:28:23.839
men<00:28:22.400><c> and</c><00:28:22.619><c> women,</c><00:28:23.059><c> husbands</c><00:28:23.220><c> and</c><00:28:23.460><c> wives.</c>

00:28:24.299 --> 00:28:26.480
That<00:28:24.819><c> is</c><00:28:25.039><c> a</c><00:28:25.099><c> whole</c><00:28:25.400><c> separate</c><00:28:26.099><c> study.</c>

00:28:26.480 --> 00:28:34.019
But<00:28:27.259><c> all</c><00:28:28.059><c> we</c><00:28:28.180><c> need</c><00:28:28.359><c> to</c><00:28:28.599><c> notice</c><00:28:28.900><c> here</c><00:28:29.420><c> is</c><00:28:29.799><c> that</c><00:28:30.660><c> in</c><00:28:31.019><c> the</c><00:28:32.299><c> confirming</c><00:28:33.140><c> and</c><00:28:33.680><c> the</c>

00:28:34.019 --> 00:28:37.380
establishment<00:28:34.480><c> of</c><00:28:34.740><c> the</c><00:28:35.299><c> proper</c><00:28:35.740><c> relationship</c><00:28:36.539><c> of</c><00:28:37.079><c> husband</c>

00:28:37.380 --> 00:28:38.799
and<00:28:37.660><c> wife,</c>

00:28:40.220 --> 00:28:45.759
there<00:28:40.400><c> is</c><00:28:40.920><c> the</c><00:28:41.480><c> foundation</c><00:28:42.099><c> of</c><00:28:42.319><c> that</c><00:28:42.519><c> principle</c><00:28:43.299><c> stated</c><00:28:44.339><c> as</c>

00:28:45.759 --> 00:28:49.119
being<00:28:46.299><c> Christ</c><00:28:46.880><c> is</c><00:28:47.259><c> the</c><00:28:47.420><c> head</c><00:28:47.519><c> of</c><00:28:47.700><c> the</c><00:28:47.880><c> church.</c>

00:28:49.700 --> 00:28:54.720
And<00:28:50.500><c> the</c><00:28:50.839><c> husband</c><00:28:51.359><c> is</c><00:28:51.900><c> subject</c><00:28:52.420><c> to</c><00:28:53.619><c> Christ.</c>

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So<00:28:55.279><c> there</c><00:28:55.779><c> is</c><00:28:56.039><c> clearly</c><00:28:56.579><c> a</c><00:28:57.799><c> hierarchy</c><00:28:58.279><c> there,</c><00:28:59.039><c> which</c><00:28:59.420><c> is</c><00:28:59.599><c> very</c><00:28:59.859><c> important.</c>

00:29:00.640 --> 00:29:05.759
And<00:29:00.640><c> it</c><00:29:01.559><c> provides</c><00:29:02.200><c> for</c><00:29:02.400><c> me,</c><00:29:02.619><c> at</c><00:29:02.759><c> least,</c><00:29:03.480><c> just</c><00:29:03.759><c> a</c><00:29:04.160><c> variation</c><00:29:04.640><c> that</c><00:29:05.380><c> is</c>

00:29:05.759 --> 00:29:09.180
helpful<00:29:06.200><c> to</c><00:29:06.559><c> think</c><00:29:06.940><c> of</c><00:29:07.200><c> Christ</c><00:29:07.519><c> as</c><00:29:07.700><c> head</c><00:29:07.799><c> of</c><00:29:07.960><c> the</c><00:29:08.160><c> church.</c>

00:29:09.259 --> 00:29:10.619
And<00:29:09.440><c> it's</c><00:29:09.700><c> helpful</c><00:29:09.980><c> in</c><00:29:10.140><c> this</c><00:29:10.400><c> way.</c>

00:29:10.660 --> 00:29:13.339
We<00:29:10.819><c> won't</c><00:29:11.019><c> look</c><00:29:11.200><c> at</c><00:29:11.319><c> the</c><00:29:11.480><c> passage,</c><00:29:11.819><c> but</c><00:29:12.019><c> it's</c><00:29:12.720><c> given</c><00:29:12.920><c> on</c><00:29:13.160><c> the</c>

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sheet<00:29:13.480><c> here.</c>

00:29:15.779 --> 00:29:20.359
Revelation<00:29:16.299><c> chapter</c><00:29:16.819><c> 1,</c><00:29:19.200><c> verses</c><00:29:19.519><c> 1</c><00:29:19.779><c> and</c><00:29:19.980><c> 2.</c>

00:29:20.359 --> 00:29:24.180
But<00:29:20.720><c> the</c><00:29:20.839><c> whole</c><00:29:21.160><c> section</c><00:29:21.599><c> that</c><00:29:21.960><c> has</c><00:29:22.160><c> to</c><00:29:22.339><c> do</c><00:29:22.519><c> with</c><00:29:22.720><c> Christ</c><00:29:23.240><c> among</c><00:29:23.900><c> the</c>

00:29:24.180 --> 00:29:26.720
lampstands,<00:29:25.019><c> walking</c><00:29:25.359><c> among</c><00:29:25.740><c> the</c><00:29:25.960><c> ecclesias,</c>

00:29:26.960 --> 00:29:34.119
and<00:29:27.019><c> it</c><00:29:27.240><c> shows,</c><00:29:28.460><c> portrays</c><00:29:29.000><c> Christ</c><00:29:29.400><c> as</c><00:29:30.039><c> an</c><00:29:30.799><c> active,</c><00:29:31.980><c> interested</c><00:29:32.819><c> party</c><00:29:33.559><c> in</c>

00:29:34.119 --> 00:29:37.859
the<00:29:34.400><c> affairs,</c><00:29:34.900><c> all</c><00:29:35.180><c> the</c><00:29:35.440><c> affairs</c><00:29:35.880><c> of</c><00:29:36.339><c> the</c><00:29:36.519><c> ecclesias.</c>

00:29:38.660 --> 00:29:46.779
And<00:29:39.180><c> he</c><00:29:39.559><c> walks</c><00:29:40.000><c> among</c><00:29:40.359><c> the</c><00:29:40.619><c> lightstands</c><00:29:42.160><c> and</c><00:29:42.759><c> he</c><00:29:42.980><c> will</c><00:29:43.519><c> and</c><00:29:43.900><c> has</c><00:29:44.380><c> exercised</c><00:29:45.200><c> the</c><00:29:45.480><c> authority</c><00:29:45.819><c> to</c>

00:29:46.779 --> 00:29:48.420
actually<00:29:47.279><c> remove</c><00:29:47.720><c> a</c><00:29:47.940><c> lightstand</c>

00:29:48.420 --> 00:29:51.619
if<00:29:48.519><c> it's</c><00:29:48.779><c> not</c><00:29:49.019><c> functioning</c><00:29:49.539><c> according</c><00:29:50.220><c> to</c><00:29:50.440><c> his</c><00:29:50.720><c> will.</c>

00:29:53.920 --> 00:29:56.559
So<00:29:54.019><c> we</c><00:29:54.240><c> see</c><00:29:54.440><c> active</c><00:29:54.779><c> intervention</c><00:29:55.339><c> here</c><00:29:55.700><c> on</c><00:29:55.880><c> the</c><00:29:56.059><c> part</c><00:29:56.259><c> of</c><00:29:56.440><c> the</c>

00:29:56.559 --> 00:30:00.640
Lord<00:29:56.740><c> Jesus</c><00:29:57.759><c> described</c><00:29:58.799><c> for</c><00:29:59.099><c> us</c><00:29:59.380><c> in</c><00:29:59.819><c> these</c><00:30:00.099><c> early</c><00:30:00.339><c> chapters</c>

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of<00:30:00.900><c> Revelation,</c>

00:30:02.740 --> 00:30:06.579
which<00:30:02.839><c> I</c><00:30:03.039><c> can</c><00:30:03.259><c> only</c><00:30:03.579><c> assume</c><00:30:04.000><c> and</c><00:30:04.400><c> believe</c><00:30:04.839><c> is</c><00:30:05.400><c> still</c><00:30:05.700><c> the</c><00:30:05.960><c> case</c>

00:30:06.579 --> 00:30:09.940
that<00:30:07.740><c> Christ</c><00:30:08.279><c> is</c><00:30:08.599><c> the</c><00:30:08.779><c> head</c><00:30:08.880><c> of</c><00:30:09.079><c> the</c><00:30:09.259><c> church</c>

00:30:09.940 --> 00:30:16.220
and<00:30:10.880><c> that</c><00:30:11.019><c> he</c><00:30:11.140><c> is</c><00:30:11.319><c> concerned</c><00:30:11.759><c> about</c><00:30:12.059><c> the</c><00:30:12.339><c> welfare</c><00:30:12.920><c> of</c><00:30:13.440><c> ecclesias,</c><00:30:15.019><c> our</c><00:30:15.400><c> ecclesias.</c>

00:30:16.220 --> 00:30:19.660
And<00:30:16.960><c> he's</c><00:30:17.160><c> going</c><00:30:17.279><c> to</c><00:30:17.500><c> guide</c><00:30:17.740><c> them</c><00:30:18.279><c> according</c><00:30:18.660><c> to</c><00:30:18.900><c> their</c><00:30:19.119><c> need</c>

00:30:19.660 --> 00:30:25.079
and<00:30:20.680><c> influence</c><00:30:21.420><c> people</c><00:30:22.259><c> and</c><00:30:22.660><c> activities</c><00:30:23.259><c> and</c><00:30:24.339><c> functions</c>

00:30:25.079 --> 00:30:30.539
so<00:30:26.119><c> that</c><00:30:27.079><c> the</c><00:30:27.619><c> ecclesia</c><00:30:28.259><c> will</c><00:30:28.680><c> accomplish</c><00:30:29.099><c> its</c><00:30:29.400><c> purpose.</c>

00:30:30.740 --> 00:30:34.119
Whatever<00:30:31.099><c> the</c><00:30:31.380><c> particular</c><00:30:31.779><c> purpose</c><00:30:32.160><c> is</c><00:30:32.480><c> at</c><00:30:32.839><c> that</c><00:30:33.160><c> time</c><00:30:33.619><c> will</c>

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most<00:30:34.440><c> certainly</c><00:30:34.759><c> be</c><00:30:35.059><c> met</c><00:30:35.440><c> by</c><00:30:36.099><c> the</c><00:30:36.380><c> guidance</c><00:30:36.720><c> and</c><00:30:37.099><c> direction</c>

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of<00:30:38.160><c> the</c><00:30:38.299><c> Lord</c><00:30:38.460><c> Jesus</c><00:30:38.839><c> Christ.</c>

00:30:40.740 --> 00:30:43.119
Now<00:30:41.079><c> I'd</c><00:30:41.220><c> be</c><00:30:41.339><c> interested</c><00:30:41.559><c> in</c><00:30:41.720><c> your</c><00:30:41.880><c> comments</c><00:30:42.240><c> perhaps</c><00:30:42.640><c> after</c>

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class<00:30:43.460><c> on</c><00:30:43.660><c> that</c><00:30:43.779><c> issue.</c>

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But<00:30:44.220><c> I</c><00:30:44.380><c> think</c><00:30:44.660><c> for</c><00:30:45.160><c> me</c><00:30:45.339><c> it</c><00:30:45.400><c> is</c><00:30:45.640><c> very</c><00:30:45.940><c> clear,</c><00:30:46.680><c> very</c><00:30:47.079><c> clearly</c><00:30:47.359><c> stated</c><00:30:47.740><c> in</c>

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Ephesians<00:30:48.440><c> 5</c><00:30:48.960><c> and</c><00:30:49.420><c> Revelation</c><00:30:50.059><c> 1,</c><00:30:51.039><c> 2</c><00:30:51.420><c> and</c><00:30:51.559><c> 3</c>

00:30:52.700 --> 00:30:58.720
as<00:30:53.279><c> chapters</c><00:30:53.819><c> that</c><00:30:54.640><c> the</c><00:30:54.779><c> Lord</c><00:30:54.980><c> Jesus</c><00:30:55.420><c> is</c><00:30:55.980><c> an</c><00:30:56.440><c> active</c><00:30:56.940><c> participant</c><00:30:57.700><c> in</c><00:30:58.380><c> the</c>

00:30:58.720 --> 00:31:02.240
management<00:30:59.220><c> and</c><00:30:59.980><c> in</c><00:31:00.400><c> concern</c><00:31:01.019><c> for</c><00:31:01.640><c> the</c><00:31:01.819><c> ecclesias.</c>

00:31:02.680 --> 00:31:05.680
So<00:31:03.059><c> by</c><00:31:03.640><c> thinking</c><00:31:03.980><c> of</c><00:31:04.200><c> Christ</c><00:31:04.440><c> in</c><00:31:04.599><c> that</c><00:31:04.799><c> way,</c><00:31:05.000><c> I</c><00:31:05.079><c> think</c><00:31:05.240><c> it</c><00:31:05.420><c> just</c>

00:31:05.680 --> 00:31:08.680
moves,<00:31:06.339><c> it</c><00:31:06.619><c> just</c><00:31:07.059><c> moves</c><00:31:07.460><c> that</c><00:31:07.740><c> accountability</c><00:31:08.240><c> a</c><00:31:08.480><c> little</c>

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step<00:31:08.940><c> closer.</c>

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We<00:31:09.519><c> can</c><00:31:09.779><c> think</c><00:31:09.980><c> of</c><00:31:10.240><c> someone</c><00:31:10.700><c> who</c><00:31:12.099><c> did</c><00:31:12.440><c> walk</c><00:31:12.839><c> and</c><00:31:13.160><c> work</c><00:31:13.599><c> among</c>

00:31:14.059 --> 00:31:16.859
us,<00:31:14.319><c> who</c><00:31:14.460><c> knows</c><00:31:14.740><c> exactly</c><00:31:15.200><c> the</c><00:31:15.380><c> kind</c><00:31:15.519><c> of</c><00:31:15.720><c> issues</c><00:31:15.940><c> that</c><00:31:16.519><c> we're</c>

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involved<00:31:17.180><c> with.</c>

00:31:20.380 --> 00:31:25.799
I'd<00:31:21.099><c> like</c><00:31:21.160><c> you</c><00:31:21.339><c> now</c><00:31:21.500><c> to</c><00:31:21.759><c> turn</c><00:31:22.160><c> to</c><00:31:22.759><c> Ephesians</c><00:31:23.359><c> chapter</c><00:31:23.819><c> 4</c><00:31:24.619><c> and</c>

00:31:25.799 --> 00:31:31.839
we<00:31:26.119><c> establish</c><00:31:26.480><c> from</c><00:31:26.700><c> this</c><00:31:27.000><c> section</c><00:31:27.359><c> the</c><00:31:27.839><c> two</c><00:31:28.660><c> primary</c><00:31:29.240><c> purposes</c><00:31:29.940><c> of</c><00:31:30.579><c> the</c><00:31:30.779><c> ecclesia.</c>

00:31:37.779 --> 00:31:41.279
Two<00:31:38.440><c> fundamental</c><00:31:39.099><c> purposes</c><00:31:39.599><c> for</c><00:31:39.940><c> the</c><00:31:40.180><c> ecclesias</c><00:31:40.579><c> stated</c><00:31:40.960><c> in</c>

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this<00:31:41.559><c> section.</c>

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There's<00:31:44.599><c> a</c><00:31:44.740><c> much</c><00:31:44.940><c> larger</c><00:31:45.319><c> section</c><00:31:45.640><c> could</c><00:31:45.880><c> be</c><00:31:46.039><c> read,</c><00:31:46.200><c> but</c><00:31:46.339><c> we'll</c><00:31:46.519><c> pick</c>

00:31:46.680 --> 00:31:49.160
it<00:31:46.839><c> up</c><00:31:47.119><c> at</c><00:31:47.500><c> verse</c><00:31:48.119><c> 11.</c>

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And<00:31:49.980><c> he</c><00:31:50.099><c> gave</c><00:31:50.359><c> some</c><00:31:50.700><c> apostles</c><00:31:51.240><c> and</c><00:31:51.519><c> some</c><00:31:51.859><c> prophets</c><00:31:52.259><c> and</c><00:31:52.460><c> some</c>

00:31:52.740 --> 00:31:55.759
evangelists<00:31:53.400><c> and</c><00:31:53.599><c> some</c><00:31:53.900><c> pastors</c><00:31:54.480><c> and</c><00:31:55.180><c> teachers</c>

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for<00:31:56.319><c> the</c><00:31:56.579><c> perfecting</c><00:31:56.980><c> of</c><00:31:57.140><c> the</c><00:31:57.359><c> saints,</c><00:31:57.960><c> for</c><00:31:58.059><c> the</c><00:31:58.279><c> work</c><00:31:58.500><c> of</c><00:31:58.759><c> the</c>

00:31:58.960 --> 00:32:02.680
ministry,<00:31:59.740><c> for</c><00:31:59.920><c> the</c><00:32:00.180><c> edifying</c><00:32:00.759><c> of</c><00:32:01.240><c> the</c><00:32:01.400><c> body</c><00:32:01.779><c> of</c><00:32:02.059><c> Christ</c>

00:32:02.680 --> 00:32:08.119
till<00:32:03.299><c> we</c><00:32:03.579><c> all</c><00:32:03.940><c> come</c><00:32:04.339><c> in</c><00:32:04.839><c> the</c><00:32:05.059><c> unity</c><00:32:05.339><c> of</c><00:32:05.559><c> the</c><00:32:05.779><c> faith</c><00:32:06.339><c> and</c><00:32:07.220><c> of</c><00:32:07.859><c> the</c>

00:32:08.119 --> 00:32:09.779
knowledge<00:32:08.480><c> of</c><00:32:08.660><c> the</c><00:32:08.839><c> Son</c><00:32:08.980><c> of</c><00:32:09.279><c> God</c>

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unto<00:32:10.180><c> a</c><00:32:10.460><c> perfect</c><00:32:10.819><c> man,</c><00:32:11.960><c> unto</c><00:32:12.059><c> the</c><00:32:12.400><c> measure</c><00:32:12.839><c> of</c><00:32:13.339><c> the</c><00:32:13.640><c> stature</c>

00:32:14.099 --> 00:32:16.460
of<00:32:14.680><c> the</c><00:32:14.900><c> fullness</c><00:32:15.299><c> of</c><00:32:15.799><c> Christ.</c>

00:32:16.460 --> 00:32:23.920
And<00:32:16.779><c> it</c><00:32:16.900><c> goes</c><00:32:17.160><c> on</c><00:32:17.440><c> to</c><00:32:17.640><c> describe</c><00:32:18.000><c> how</c><00:32:18.200><c> that</c><00:32:18.380><c> is</c><00:32:18.619><c> done</c><00:32:18.859><c> and</c><00:32:19.559><c> in</c><00:32:20.079><c> very</c><00:32:20.599><c> helpful,</c><00:32:21.180><c> colorful</c><00:32:21.619><c> language</c><00:32:22.279><c> states</c><00:32:23.119><c> in</c>

00:32:23.920 --> 00:32:25.940
further<00:32:24.180><c> terms</c><00:32:24.519><c> the</c><00:32:24.680><c> purpose</c><00:32:24.980><c> of</c><00:32:25.220><c> the</c><00:32:25.339><c> ecclesia.</c>

00:32:26.200 --> 00:32:30.000
But<00:32:26.339><c> when</c><00:32:26.480><c> we</c><00:32:26.599><c> take</c><00:32:26.819><c> those</c><00:32:27.039><c> words</c><00:32:27.279><c> apart,</c><00:32:28.200><c> we</c><00:32:28.319><c> find</c><00:32:28.799><c> that</c><00:32:29.220><c> really</c><00:32:29.539><c> there</c><00:32:29.799><c> are</c>

00:32:30.000 --> 00:32:33.839
two<00:32:30.240><c> essential</c><00:32:30.660><c> purposes</c><00:32:31.279><c> for</c><00:32:32.339><c> the</c><00:32:32.619><c> existence</c><00:32:32.920><c> of</c><00:32:33.160><c> the</c><00:32:33.319><c> ecclesia.</c>

00:32:34.140 --> 00:32:38.480
One<00:32:34.539><c> is</c><00:32:34.940><c> for</c><00:32:35.259><c> the</c><00:32:36.059><c> strengthening</c><00:32:36.720><c> and</c><00:32:37.339><c> building</c><00:32:37.740><c> up</c><00:32:38.119><c> of</c><00:32:38.319><c> the</c>

00:32:38.480 --> 00:32:41.799
body<00:32:38.759><c> of</c><00:32:39.000><c> Christ,</c><00:32:40.119><c> that</c><00:32:40.279><c> is</c><00:32:40.519><c> the</c><00:32:40.700><c> members</c><00:32:41.059><c> themselves.</c>

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And<00:32:42.680><c> secondly,</c><00:32:43.680><c> it</c><00:32:43.720><c> is</c><00:32:43.900><c> for</c><00:32:44.339><c> the</c><00:32:44.680><c> work</c><00:32:44.940><c> of</c><00:32:45.160><c> the</c><00:32:45.299><c> active</c><00:32:45.700><c> ministry</c><00:32:46.140><c> and</c><00:32:46.460><c> preaching</c><00:32:46.900><c> of</c>

00:32:47.460 --> 00:32:48.799
the<00:32:47.660><c> truth.</c>

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And<00:32:50.039><c> it's</c><00:32:50.539><c> very</c><00:32:50.859><c> hard</c><00:32:51.299><c> to</c><00:32:52.019><c> have</c><00:32:52.299><c> one</c><00:32:52.519><c> without</c><00:32:52.819><c> the</c><00:32:53.059><c> other.</c>

00:32:54.599 --> 00:32:58.980
If<00:32:54.900><c> you</c><00:32:55.359><c> have</c><00:32:55.819><c> a</c><00:32:56.400><c> fully</c><00:32:56.559><c> active,</c><00:32:57.619><c> interested,</c><00:32:58.619><c> functioning</c>

00:32:58.980 --> 00:33:01.619
ecclesia<00:32:59.559><c> that</c><00:32:59.700><c> doesn't</c><00:33:00.019><c> preach,</c><00:33:00.819><c> it'll</c><00:33:01.119><c> die.</c>

00:33:01.980 --> 00:33:06.339
It's<00:33:02.259><c> not</c><00:33:02.480><c> meeting</c><00:33:02.740><c> a</c><00:33:02.960><c> major</c><00:33:03.279><c> portion</c><00:33:03.819><c> of</c><00:33:04.299><c> its</c><00:33:04.599><c> responsibilities.</c><00:33:05.359><c> It's</c><00:33:05.640><c> not</c><00:33:05.859><c> being</c><00:33:06.119><c> a</c>

00:33:06.339 --> 00:33:06.980
light<00:33:06.619><c> stand.</c>

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So<00:33:07.559><c> no</c><00:33:07.759><c> matter</c><00:33:07.960><c> how</c><00:33:08.299><c> good</c><00:33:08.500><c> and</c><00:33:08.839><c> effective</c><00:33:09.240><c> and</c><00:33:09.500><c> well</c><00:33:09.799><c>-run</c><00:33:10.059><c> and</c>

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comfortable<00:33:11.039><c> the</c><00:33:11.420><c> ecclesia</c><00:33:11.779><c> is,</c>

00:33:12.500 --> 00:33:17.440
if<00:33:12.579><c> there</c><00:33:12.799><c> is</c><00:33:13.019><c> not</c><00:33:13.759><c> an</c><00:33:14.579><c> active,</c><00:33:15.079><c> viable</c><00:33:15.900><c> preaching</c><00:33:16.799><c> function</c>

00:33:17.440 --> 00:33:20.259
in<00:33:17.759><c> the</c><00:33:17.960><c> meeting</c><00:33:18.460><c> run</c><00:33:19.500><c> by</c><00:33:19.779><c> the</c><00:33:19.940><c> ecclesia,</c>

00:33:20.660 --> 00:33:24.640
of<00:33:20.839><c> concern</c><00:33:21.519><c> by</c><00:33:22.400><c> the</c><00:33:22.619><c> members</c><00:33:22.839><c> of</c><00:33:23.019><c> the</c><00:33:23.160><c> ecclesia,</c><00:33:23.859><c> the</c><00:33:24.059><c> ecclesia</c><00:33:24.420><c> will</c>

00:33:24.640 --> 00:33:27.119
not<00:33:24.839><c> be</c><00:33:25.039><c> meeting</c><00:33:25.400><c> its</c><00:33:25.940><c> purpose.</c>

00:33:28.079 --> 00:33:31.380
On<00:33:28.259><c> the</c><00:33:28.400><c> other</c><00:33:28.599><c> hand,</c><00:33:29.660><c> an</c><00:33:29.779><c> ecclesia</c><00:33:30.180><c> that</c><00:33:30.359><c> only</c><00:33:30.839><c> preaches</c><00:33:31.240><c> and</c>

00:33:31.380 --> 00:33:35.200
does<00:33:31.660><c> not</c><00:33:31.859><c> look</c><00:33:32.099><c> to</c><00:33:32.200><c> its</c><00:33:32.420><c> internal</c><00:33:32.759><c> needs</c><00:33:33.420><c> will</c><00:33:33.980><c> find</c><00:33:34.339><c> that</c><00:33:34.740><c> it</c>

00:33:35.200 --> 00:33:36.099
soon<00:33:35.440><c> dries</c><00:33:35.779><c> up.</c>

00:33:36.099 --> 00:33:41.720
That<00:33:37.140><c> care</c><00:33:38.579><c> of</c><00:33:38.819><c> members,</c><00:33:39.900><c> the</c><00:33:40.039><c> teaching</c><00:33:40.299><c> of</c><00:33:40.519><c> the</c><00:33:40.740><c> young,</c>

00:33:44.180 --> 00:33:48.220
the<00:33:44.400><c> particular</c><00:33:45.000><c> needs</c><00:33:45.599><c> of</c><00:33:46.500><c> various</c><00:33:46.799><c> segments</c><00:33:47.240><c> of</c><00:33:47.519><c> the</c><00:33:47.680><c> meeting</c><00:33:47.920><c> will</c>

00:33:48.220 --> 00:33:48.859
not<00:33:48.440><c> be</c><00:33:48.660><c> met</c>

00:33:48.859 --> 00:33:52.480
because<00:33:49.319><c> there's</c><00:33:49.700><c> so</c><00:33:49.940><c> many</c><00:33:50.160><c> classes</c><00:33:50.579><c> and</c><00:33:50.819><c> lectures</c><00:33:51.319><c> and</c><00:33:52.160><c> so</c>

00:33:52.480 --> 00:33:55.359
much<00:33:52.700><c> outreach</c><00:33:53.200><c> that</c><00:33:53.859><c> it's</c><00:33:54.180><c> possible</c><00:33:54.619><c> that</c><00:33:54.859><c> some</c><00:33:55.019><c> of</c><00:33:55.160><c> those</c>

00:33:55.359 --> 00:33:56.359
needs<00:33:55.640><c> won't</c><00:33:55.859><c> be</c><00:33:56.099><c> met.</c>

00:33:56.680 --> 00:33:58.440
So<00:33:57.019><c> there</c><00:33:57.180><c> needs</c><00:33:57.440><c> to</c><00:33:57.599><c> be</c><00:33:57.759><c> a</c><00:33:57.960><c> balance.</c>

00:33:58.440 --> 00:34:02.980
And<00:33:59.500><c> when</c><00:33:59.700><c> there's</c><00:33:59.920><c> a</c><00:34:00.099><c> proper</c><00:34:00.319><c> balance,</c><00:34:01.500><c> there</c><00:34:01.759><c> is</c><00:34:02.160><c> a</c>

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wonderful<00:34:03.819><c> blessing</c>

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and<00:34:05.599><c> a</c><00:34:06.259><c> wonderful</c><00:34:07.259><c> act</c><00:34:07.920><c> of</c><00:34:08.159><c> ecclesia</c><00:34:08.780><c> that's</c><00:34:09.800><c> working</c><00:34:10.059><c> in</c><00:34:10.320><c> all</c>

00:34:10.519 --> 00:34:11.400
its<00:34:10.800><c> parts.</c>

00:34:11.820 --> 00:34:14.699
And<00:34:12.159><c> that</c><00:34:12.300><c> the</c><00:34:12.480><c> different</c><00:34:12.739><c> members</c><00:34:13.159><c> are</c><00:34:13.639><c> exercising</c><00:34:14.239><c> their</c>

00:34:14.699 --> 00:34:19.559
stewardship<00:34:15.239><c> in</c><00:34:15.639><c> doing</c><00:34:15.880><c> this</c><00:34:16.239><c> work,</c><00:34:17.579><c> caring</c><00:34:17.960><c> for</c><00:34:18.179><c> one</c><00:34:18.380><c> another</c><00:34:18.780><c> and</c>

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preaching<00:34:19.920><c> the</c><00:34:20.260><c> truth.</c>

00:34:21.260 --> 00:34:23.000
So<00:34:21.420><c> we</c><00:34:21.519><c> go</c><00:34:21.719><c> through</c><00:34:21.980><c> this</c><00:34:22.260><c> sheet</c><00:34:22.460><c> then.</c>

00:34:23.000 --> 00:34:27.340
The<00:34:23.659><c> accountability</c><00:34:24.360><c> in</c><00:34:25.300><c> the</c><00:34:25.460><c> matter</c><00:34:25.659><c> of</c><00:34:25.960><c> stewardship</c><00:34:26.300><c> in</c><00:34:26.539><c> the</c><00:34:26.719><c> ecclesia</c><00:34:27.119><c> is</c>

00:34:27.340 --> 00:34:29.260
to<00:34:27.599><c> Christ,</c><00:34:28.079><c> the</c><00:34:28.159><c> head</c><00:34:28.280><c> of</c><00:34:28.480><c> the</c><00:34:28.639><c> ecclesia.</c>

00:34:29.579 --> 00:34:33.320
The<00:34:29.920><c> resources</c><00:34:30.320><c> we</c><00:34:30.699><c> have</c><00:34:31.119><c> are</c><00:34:31.760><c> our</c><00:34:32.099><c> brothers</c><00:34:32.440><c> and</c><00:34:32.739><c> sisters</c><00:34:33.019><c> in</c>

00:34:33.320 --> 00:34:38.420
Christ<00:34:33.820><c> and</c><00:34:34.420><c> all</c><00:34:34.920><c> ecclesial</c><00:34:35.539><c> situations,</c><00:34:36.400><c> both</c><00:34:36.659><c> good</c><00:34:36.860><c> and</c><00:34:37.159><c> bad.</c>

00:34:39.519 --> 00:34:43.400
The<00:34:39.739><c> resources</c><00:34:39.980><c> we</c><00:34:40.360><c> have</c><00:34:40.579><c> are</c><00:34:41.260><c> all</c><00:34:41.619><c> the</c><00:34:41.820><c> members</c><00:34:42.179><c> in</c><00:34:42.500><c> the</c><00:34:42.659><c> ecclesia.</c>

00:34:43.820 --> 00:34:48.099
And<00:34:44.059><c> we</c><00:34:44.179><c> say,</c><00:34:44.420><c> well,</c><00:34:44.639><c> that's</c><00:34:45.880><c> good,</c><00:34:46.179><c> except</c><00:34:46.599><c> for</c><00:34:46.900><c> two</c><00:34:47.099><c> or</c><00:34:47.219><c> three</c><00:34:47.579><c> that</c>

00:34:48.099 --> 00:34:51.219
are<00:34:48.260><c> on</c><00:34:48.460><c> the</c><00:34:48.719><c> fringe</c><00:34:49.039><c> that</c><00:34:49.400><c> give</c><00:34:49.519><c> us</c><00:34:49.739><c> a</c><00:34:49.800><c> little</c><00:34:49.960><c> bit</c><00:34:50.099><c> of</c><00:34:50.260><c> trouble.</c>

00:34:52.340 --> 00:34:55.360
And<00:34:53.059><c> that's</c><00:34:53.659><c> not</c><00:34:54.019><c> so.</c>

00:34:56.659 --> 00:35:04.199
I'd<00:34:56.940><c> like</c><00:34:57.099><c> to</c><00:34:58.360><c> ask</c><00:34:58.599><c> you</c><00:34:58.760><c> to</c><00:34:59.000><c> turn</c><00:34:59.360><c> to</c><00:34:59.699><c> First</c><00:34:59.980><c> Corinthians,</c><00:35:02.119><c> Chapter</c><00:35:02.559><c> 12.</c>

00:35:06.019 --> 00:35:11.280
All<00:35:06.320><c> the</c><00:35:06.519><c> members</c><00:35:07.000><c> in</c><00:35:07.320><c> an</c><00:35:07.579><c> ecclesia</c><00:35:08.159><c> are</c><00:35:09.480><c> there</c><00:35:09.800><c> for</c><00:35:10.079><c> a</c><00:35:10.139><c> purpose.</c>

00:35:11.659 --> 00:35:13.980
The<00:35:11.880><c> ecclesia</c><00:35:12.239><c> has</c><00:35:12.579><c> two</c><00:35:12.920><c> specific</c><00:35:13.420><c> purposes.</c>

00:35:13.980 --> 00:35:18.179
But<00:35:14.699><c> in</c><00:35:15.619><c> accomplishing</c><00:35:16.420><c> those</c><00:35:16.699><c> purposes,</c><00:35:17.159><c> they</c><00:35:17.320><c> must</c><00:35:17.599><c> work</c>

00:35:18.179 --> 00:35:21.239
with<00:35:18.679><c> the</c><00:35:18.980><c> tools</c><00:35:19.420><c> that</c><00:35:19.739><c> are</c><00:35:19.980><c> there.</c>

00:35:22.380 --> 00:35:29.179
And<00:35:22.559><c> what</c><00:35:22.719><c> we</c><00:35:22.940><c> read</c><00:35:23.219><c> in</c><00:35:23.420><c> First</c><00:35:23.679><c> Corinthians</c><00:35:24.079><c> 12</c><00:35:24.739><c> is</c><00:35:25.260><c> strong</c><00:35:25.639><c> language</c><00:35:26.539><c> and</c><00:35:27.960><c> has,</c><00:35:28.539><c> I</c><00:35:28.820><c> believe,</c>

00:35:29.460 --> 00:35:34.420
created<00:35:29.639><c> many</c><00:35:30.420><c> difficulties</c><00:35:31.059><c> and</c><00:35:31.400><c> problems</c><00:35:31.840><c> for</c><00:35:32.719><c> people</c><00:35:33.300><c> if</c>

00:35:34.420 --> 00:35:36.500
they<00:35:34.619><c> don't</c><00:35:34.800><c> have</c><00:35:34.940><c> the</c><00:35:35.119><c> right</c><00:35:35.340><c> attitude</c><00:35:35.760><c> and</c><00:35:35.920><c> don't</c><00:35:36.179><c> accept</c>

00:35:36.500 --> 00:35:38.599
the<00:35:36.880><c> spirit</c><00:35:37.159><c> of</c><00:35:37.280><c> what's</c><00:35:37.599><c> behind</c><00:35:37.880><c> these</c><00:35:38.179><c> words.</c>

00:35:38.599 --> 00:35:46.480
Verse<00:35:38.900><c> 18,</c><00:35:39.900><c> But</c><00:35:40.800><c> now</c><00:35:42.360><c> hath</c><00:35:43.460><c> God</c><00:35:43.940><c> set</c><00:35:44.519><c> the</c><00:35:44.920><c> members,</c><00:35:45.900><c> every</c><00:35:46.300><c> one</c>

00:35:46.480 --> 00:35:51.920
of<00:35:46.719><c> them,</c><00:35:47.320><c> in</c><00:35:47.579><c> the</c><00:35:47.780><c> body</c><00:35:48.340><c> as</c><00:35:49.480><c> it</c><00:35:50.000><c> hath</c><00:35:50.300><c> pleased</c><00:35:50.840><c> him.</c>

00:35:52.800 --> 00:35:57.559
The<00:35:53.079><c> NIV</c><00:35:53.460><c> says,</c><00:35:54.300><c> just</c><00:35:54.860><c> as</c><00:35:55.820><c> he</c><00:35:56.360><c> wanted</c><00:35:56.619><c> them.</c>

00:35:57.699 --> 00:36:00.400
The<00:35:57.860><c> members</c><00:35:58.099><c> in</c><00:35:58.320><c> the</c><00:35:58.480><c> ecclesia,</c><00:35:59.039><c> every</c><00:35:59.380><c> one</c><00:35:59.559><c> of</c><00:35:59.699><c> them,</c><00:36:00.139><c> are</c>

00:36:00.400 --> 00:36:02.820
there<00:36:00.960><c> because</c><00:36:01.579><c> God</c><00:36:01.980><c> wants</c><00:36:02.260><c> them</c><00:36:02.500><c> there.</c>

00:36:02.820 --> 00:36:05.920
Not<00:36:03.179><c> because</c><00:36:03.380><c> we</c><00:36:03.579><c> like</c><00:36:03.840><c> them,</c><00:36:04.380><c> not</c><00:36:04.619><c> because</c><00:36:04.920><c> we</c><00:36:05.139><c> think</c><00:36:05.360><c> they</c>

00:36:05.920 --> 00:36:08.659
add<00:36:06.119><c> strength</c><00:36:06.639><c> or</c><00:36:06.940><c> vitality</c><00:36:07.440><c> to</c><00:36:07.599><c> the</c><00:36:07.760><c> meeting.</c>

00:36:08.980 --> 00:36:11.219
And<00:36:09.159><c> we</c><00:36:09.260><c> have</c><00:36:09.440><c> no</c><00:36:09.659><c> right</c><00:36:09.820><c> to</c><00:36:10.019><c> say,</c><00:36:10.320><c> well,</c><00:36:10.320><c> we</c><00:36:10.480><c> wish</c><00:36:10.659><c> those</c><00:36:11.000><c> few</c>

00:36:11.219 --> 00:36:15.699
just<00:36:11.980><c> weren't</c><00:36:12.420><c> so</c><00:36:12.760><c> conspicuous</c><00:36:13.480><c> or</c><00:36:13.780><c> weren't</c><00:36:14.380><c> with</c><00:36:14.840><c> us</c><00:36:15.179><c> or</c><00:36:15.340><c> went</c><00:36:15.579><c> to</c>

00:36:15.699 --> 00:36:16.900
an<00:36:15.820><c> ecclesia</c><00:36:16.179><c> closer</c><00:36:16.500><c> to</c><00:36:16.699><c> home.</c>

00:36:17.139 --> 00:36:20.000
If<00:36:17.380><c> they're</c><00:36:17.539><c> in</c><00:36:17.760><c> our</c><00:36:17.920><c> meeting,</c><00:36:18.559><c> they're</c><00:36:18.840><c> there</c><00:36:19.059><c> for</c><00:36:19.280><c> a</c><00:36:19.440><c> purpose.</c>

00:36:20.340 --> 00:36:22.500
They're<00:36:20.699><c> there</c><00:36:21.119><c> to</c><00:36:21.559><c> teach</c><00:36:21.780><c> us</c><00:36:22.019><c> something.</c>

00:36:22.880 --> 00:36:26.940
And<00:36:23.320><c> we</c><00:36:23.519><c> have</c><00:36:23.880><c> we</c><00:36:24.059><c> have</c><00:36:24.380><c> some</c><00:36:25.059><c> matter</c><00:36:25.340><c> of</c><00:36:25.719><c> stewardship</c><00:36:26.340><c> toward</c>

00:36:26.940 --> 00:36:27.639
those<00:36:27.300><c> people.</c>

00:36:27.639 --> 00:36:31.599
And<00:36:27.820><c> we've</c><00:36:28.039><c> got</c><00:36:28.079><c> to</c><00:36:28.219><c> find</c><00:36:28.400><c> out</c><00:36:28.539><c> what</c><00:36:28.679><c> it</c><00:36:28.920><c> is.</c>

00:36:31.599 --> 00:36:37.000
Continuing,<00:36:33.260><c> verse</c><00:36:33.400><c> 19,</c><00:36:34.900><c> And</c><00:36:35.099><c> if</c><00:36:35.239><c> they</c><00:36:35.420><c> were</c><00:36:35.679><c> all</c><00:36:36.000><c> one</c><00:36:36.260><c> member,</c><00:36:36.719><c> where</c>

00:36:37.000 --> 00:36:37.800
were<00:36:37.139><c> the</c><00:36:37.320><c> body?</c>

00:36:38.300 --> 00:36:44.139
But<00:36:38.500><c> now</c><00:36:39.159><c> are</c><00:36:40.199><c> they</c><00:36:40.519><c> many</c><00:36:40.820><c> members,</c><00:36:41.920><c> yet</c><00:36:42.360><c> but</c><00:36:42.900><c> one</c><00:36:43.139><c> body.</c>

00:36:44.340 --> 00:36:46.900
And<00:36:44.460><c> the</c><00:36:44.599><c> eye</c><00:36:44.760><c> cannot</c><00:36:45.099><c> say</c><00:36:45.360><c> to</c><00:36:45.539><c> the</c><00:36:45.719><c> hand,</c><00:36:45.940><c> I</c><00:36:46.039><c> have</c><00:36:46.239><c> no</c><00:36:46.500><c> need</c><00:36:46.639><c> of</c>

00:36:46.900 --> 00:36:49.980
thee,<00:36:47.559><c> nor</c><00:36:47.719><c> again</c><00:36:47.940><c> the</c><00:36:48.159><c> head</c><00:36:48.519><c> to</c><00:36:48.900><c> the</c><00:36:49.139><c> feet,</c><00:36:49.340><c> I</c><00:36:49.500><c> have</c><00:36:49.679><c> no</c><00:36:49.880><c> need</c>

00:36:49.980 --> 00:36:50.820
of<00:36:50.219><c> you.</c>

00:36:51.179 --> 00:36:54.780
Nay,<00:36:51.840><c> much</c><00:36:52.159><c> more</c><00:36:52.579><c> those</c><00:36:53.000><c> members</c><00:36:53.340><c> of</c><00:36:53.519><c> the</c><00:36:53.699><c> body,</c><00:36:54.159><c> which</c><00:36:54.460><c> seem</c>

00:36:54.780 --> 00:36:58.599
to<00:36:54.940><c> be</c><00:36:55.119><c> more</c><00:36:55.500><c> feeble,</c><00:36:56.480><c> are</c><00:36:57.239><c> necessary.</c>

00:36:59.639 --> 00:37:03.360
And<00:37:00.079><c> here's</c><00:37:00.519><c> where</c><00:37:00.739><c> we</c><00:37:00.800><c> have</c><00:37:01.019><c> to</c><00:37:01.239><c> really</c><00:37:02.039><c> work</c><00:37:02.599><c> on</c><00:37:02.780><c> our</c><00:37:03.019><c> attitude.</c>

00:37:03.460 --> 00:37:06.340
As<00:37:03.559><c> we</c><00:37:03.699><c> look</c><00:37:03.880><c> around</c><00:37:04.159><c> the</c><00:37:04.400><c> ecclesia</c><00:37:04.780><c> and</c><00:37:04.940><c> we</c><00:37:05.099><c> see</c><00:37:05.300><c> people</c><00:37:05.679><c> that</c>

00:37:06.340 --> 00:37:10.460
that<00:37:06.480><c> we're</c><00:37:06.599><c> less</c><00:37:06.940><c> comfortable</c><00:37:07.480><c> with</c><00:37:07.820><c> or</c><00:37:07.980><c> we</c><00:37:08.119><c> don't</c><00:37:08.360><c> understand</c><00:37:09.179><c> or</c><00:37:09.340><c> we</c><00:37:09.480><c> don't</c><00:37:09.659><c> know</c><00:37:09.760><c> how</c><00:37:09.980><c> to</c>

00:37:10.460 --> 00:37:12.239
to<00:37:10.780><c> communicate</c><00:37:11.239><c> with.</c>

00:37:12.860 --> 00:37:14.699
They're<00:37:13.139><c> in</c><00:37:13.280><c> our</c><00:37:13.519><c> ecclesia</c><00:37:14.039><c> for</c><00:37:14.300><c> a</c><00:37:14.340><c> purpose.</c>

00:37:14.780 --> 00:37:17.119
God<00:37:14.980><c> put</c><00:37:15.219><c> them</c><00:37:15.400><c> there.</c><00:37:15.659><c> We</c><00:37:15.840><c> just</c><00:37:16.099><c> read</c><00:37:16.219><c> that</c><00:37:16.460><c> in</c><00:37:16.559><c> verse</c><00:37:16.739><c> 18.</c>

00:37:17.260 --> 00:37:19.599
They're<00:37:17.400><c> there</c><00:37:17.679><c> because</c><00:37:17.940><c> it</c><00:37:18.219><c> pleased</c><00:37:18.420><c> him</c><00:37:18.619><c> to</c><00:37:18.800><c> put</c><00:37:18.920><c> them</c><00:37:19.139><c> there.</c>

00:37:19.599 --> 00:37:24.219
So<00:37:20.340><c> because</c><00:37:21.440><c> they're</c><00:37:21.679><c> in</c><00:37:21.800><c> our</c><00:37:22.059><c> family</c><00:37:22.420><c> and</c><00:37:22.659><c> circle</c><00:37:22.940><c> of</c><00:37:23.300><c> influence,</c><00:37:23.840><c> we</c><00:37:23.900><c> now</c>

00:37:24.219 --> 00:37:29.280
have<00:37:24.440><c> to</c><00:37:24.619><c> find</c><00:37:25.039><c> a</c><00:37:25.340><c> way</c><00:37:25.780><c> in</c><00:37:26.079><c> which</c><00:37:26.280><c> we</c><00:37:26.420><c> can</c><00:37:26.639><c> effectively</c><00:37:27.219><c> deal</c><00:37:27.699><c> with</c><00:37:27.940><c> these</c><00:37:28.239><c> people</c><00:37:28.699><c> in</c><00:37:29.059><c> a</c>

00:37:29.280 --> 00:37:32.340
positive,<00:37:30.139><c> helpful</c><00:37:30.900><c> sense.</c>

00:37:33.039 --> 00:37:37.480
And<00:37:33.519><c> we</c><00:37:33.659><c> cannot</c><00:37:33.960><c> look</c><00:37:34.280><c> down</c><00:37:34.940><c> on</c><00:37:35.679><c> any</c><00:37:36.099><c> member</c><00:37:36.360><c> of</c><00:37:36.539><c> the</c><00:37:36.679><c> ecclesia</c>

00:37:37.480 --> 00:37:40.539
and<00:37:38.320><c> regard</c><00:37:38.840><c> some</c><00:37:39.079><c> as</c><00:37:39.340><c> being</c><00:37:39.559><c> less</c><00:37:39.880><c> valuable.</c>

00:37:40.539 --> 00:37:44.780
Verse<00:37:41.039><c> 25,</c><00:37:42.179><c> that</c><00:37:42.380><c> there</c><00:37:42.559><c> should</c><00:37:42.820><c> be</c><00:37:43.320><c> no</c><00:37:43.679><c> schism</c><00:37:44.019><c> in</c><00:37:44.179><c> the</c><00:37:44.380><c> body,</c>

00:37:45.219 --> 00:37:49.400
but<00:37:45.340><c> that</c><00:37:45.980><c> the</c><00:37:46.219><c> members</c><00:37:46.480><c> should</c><00:37:46.780><c> have</c><00:37:47.199><c> the</c><00:37:47.619><c> same</c><00:37:47.960><c> care,</c><00:37:48.920><c> one</c>

00:37:49.400 --> 00:37:50.480
for<00:37:50.019><c> another.</c>

00:37:50.860 --> 00:37:53.179
That<00:37:51.019><c> we</c><00:37:51.219><c> look</c><00:37:51.500><c> to</c><00:37:51.699><c> the</c><00:37:51.820><c> needs</c><00:37:52.099><c> of</c><00:37:52.400><c> all</c><00:37:52.599><c> members</c><00:37:52.860><c> of</c><00:37:53.000><c> the</c>

00:37:53.179 --> 00:37:54.659
ecclesia<00:37:53.639><c> equally.</c>

00:37:55.019 --> 00:37:57.880
And<00:37:55.199><c> it's</c><00:37:55.340><c> a</c><00:37:55.500><c> hard</c><00:37:55.659><c> thing</c><00:37:55.860><c> to</c><00:37:56.079><c> do.</c><00:37:56.320><c> Some</c><00:37:56.519><c> members</c><00:37:56.820><c> we</c><00:37:57.099><c> gravitate</c><00:37:57.699><c> toward</c>

00:37:57.880 --> 00:38:01.699
very<00:37:58.260><c> easily</c><00:37:58.599><c> and</c><00:37:58.760><c> we</c><00:37:58.940><c> got</c><00:37:59.219><c> we</c><00:37:59.559><c> have</c><00:37:59.760><c> hours</c><00:38:00.119><c> of</c><00:38:00.320><c> time</c><00:38:00.519><c> and</c><00:38:00.760><c> interest</c><00:38:01.179><c> and</c>

00:38:01.699 --> 00:38:03.460
energy<00:38:02.000><c> to</c><00:38:02.340><c> spend</c><00:38:02.639><c> helping</c><00:38:02.960><c> them.</c>

00:38:03.460 --> 00:38:06.800
And<00:38:03.900><c> others,</c><00:38:04.619><c> they're</c><00:38:05.119><c> distant,</c><00:38:05.840><c> they're</c><00:38:06.219><c> they're</c><00:38:06.440><c> removed.</c>

00:38:06.840 --> 00:38:10.920
We<00:38:06.980><c> don't</c><00:38:07.239><c> understand</c><00:38:07.739><c> them</c><00:38:08.300><c> and</c><00:38:08.840><c> and</c><00:38:09.119><c> they</c><00:38:09.340><c> escape</c><00:38:09.699><c> our</c><00:38:09.960><c> notice.</c>

00:38:11.340 --> 00:38:16.099
And<00:38:11.500><c> quite</c><00:38:11.739><c> frankly,</c><00:38:12.000><c> we</c><00:38:12.159><c> don't</c><00:38:12.380><c> care</c><00:38:13.679><c> when</c><00:38:14.739><c> saying</c><00:38:14.980><c> those</c><00:38:15.219><c> terms.</c>

00:38:16.159 --> 00:38:19.639
But<00:38:16.179><c> by</c><00:38:16.900><c> our</c><00:38:17.119><c> behavior</c><00:38:17.579><c> and</c><00:38:17.820><c> attitude,</c><00:38:18.360><c> they're</c><00:38:18.440><c> just</c><00:38:18.800><c> they're</c><00:38:19.400><c> just</c>

00:38:19.639 --> 00:38:22.800
beyond<00:38:20.199><c> and</c><00:38:20.900><c> we</c><00:38:21.039><c> don't</c><00:38:21.260><c> give</c><00:38:21.440><c> enough</c><00:38:21.659><c> attention.</c>

00:38:23.199 --> 00:38:27.800
And<00:38:23.460><c> so</c><00:38:23.760><c> stewardship</c><00:38:24.239><c> in</c><00:38:24.539><c> the</c><00:38:24.760><c> ecclesia</c><00:38:25.719><c> must</c><00:38:26.940><c> somehow</c><00:38:27.519><c> prick</c>

00:38:27.800 --> 00:38:32.519
our<00:38:28.079><c> conscience</c><00:38:28.599><c> to</c><00:38:29.139><c> to</c><00:38:29.579><c> look</c><00:38:29.760><c> to</c><00:38:29.960><c> the</c><00:38:30.119><c> needs</c><00:38:30.300><c> of</c><00:38:30.539><c> all</c><00:38:30.719><c> the</c><00:38:30.860><c> members</c><00:38:31.059><c> that</c><00:38:31.280><c> are</c><00:38:31.460><c> there.</c>

00:38:32.559 --> 00:38:34.059
The<00:38:33.000><c> strong</c><00:38:33.380><c> and</c><00:38:33.679><c> the</c><00:38:33.900><c> weak.</c>

00:38:34.159 --> 00:38:37.179
And<00:38:34.280><c> if</c><00:38:34.340><c> we</c><00:38:34.579><c> feel</c><00:38:34.780><c> we're</c><00:38:35.199><c> strong,</c><00:38:36.179><c> then</c><00:38:36.320><c> we</c><00:38:36.460><c> need</c><00:38:36.659><c> to</c><00:38:36.820><c> look</c><00:38:37.039><c> to</c>

00:38:37.179 --> 00:38:38.079
those<00:38:37.400><c> that</c><00:38:37.599><c> are</c><00:38:37.739><c> weak.</c>

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And<00:38:38.659><c> if</c><00:38:38.780><c> we're</c><00:38:39.059><c> weak,</c><00:38:39.440><c> then</c><00:38:39.559><c> we</c><00:38:39.659><c> need</c><00:38:39.920><c> to</c><00:38:40.179><c> look,</c><00:38:40.739><c> as</c><00:38:41.019><c> we</c><00:38:41.199><c> were</c><00:38:41.300><c> urged</c><00:38:41.500><c> the</c><00:38:41.659><c> other</c><00:38:41.960><c> night</c><00:38:42.440><c> in</c><00:38:43.559><c> Brother</c><00:38:43.820><c> Robert's</c><00:38:44.340><c> lesson,</c><00:38:44.739><c> to</c><00:38:45.139><c> to</c><00:38:45.440><c> find</c><00:38:45.639><c> people,</c><00:38:46.019><c> talk</c><00:38:46.380><c> to</c><00:38:46.579><c> people</c><00:38:46.800><c> that</c><00:38:46.960><c> can</c><00:38:47.139><c> help</c><00:38:47.380><c> us,</c><00:38:48.159><c> that</c><00:38:48.320><c> can</c><00:38:48.480><c> give</c><00:38:48.619><c> us</c><00:38:49.000><c> a</c>

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Bible<00:38:49.519><c> perspective,</c><00:38:50.159><c> a</c><00:38:50.380><c> godly</c><00:38:50.659><c> perspective.</c>

00:38:52.400 --> 00:38:55.780
So<00:38:53.000><c> there</c><00:38:53.599><c> that</c><00:38:54.099><c> situation</c><00:38:54.639><c> works</c><00:38:54.980><c> two</c><00:38:55.260><c> ways.</c>

00:38:56.099 --> 00:38:59.019
The<00:38:56.340><c> needs</c><00:38:56.500><c> of</c><00:38:56.760><c> others,</c><00:38:57.019><c> the</c><00:38:57.260><c> needs</c><00:38:57.400><c> of</c><00:38:57.679><c> ourselves.</c>

00:39:03.960 --> 00:39:21.639
In<00:39:04.579><c> Chapter</c><00:39:05.199><c> 11,</c><00:39:15.019><c> verse</c><00:39:15.559><c> 18,</c><00:39:18.619><c> for</c><00:39:18.940><c> first</c><00:39:19.300><c> of</c><00:39:19.559><c> all,</c><00:39:20.039><c> when</c><00:39:20.119><c> you</c><00:39:20.280><c> come</c><00:39:20.460><c> together</c><00:39:20.840><c> in</c><00:39:21.000><c> the</c><00:39:21.179><c> church,</c><00:39:21.440><c> I</c>

00:39:21.639 --> 00:39:24.460
hear<00:39:21.900><c> that</c><00:39:22.039><c> there</c><00:39:22.219><c> be</c><00:39:22.440><c> divisions</c><00:39:22.980><c> or</c><00:39:23.300><c> schisms</c><00:39:23.719><c> among</c><00:39:24.039><c> you.</c>

00:39:24.460 --> 00:39:29.780
And<00:39:24.760><c> I</c><00:39:24.860><c> partly</c><00:39:25.239><c> believe</c><00:39:25.639><c> it,</c><00:39:26.420><c> for</c><00:39:26.619><c> there</c><00:39:26.880><c> must</c><00:39:27.400><c> be</c><00:39:28.440><c> also</c><00:39:28.900><c> heresies</c><00:39:29.500><c> among</c>

00:39:29.780 --> 00:39:35.599
you<00:39:30.440><c> that</c><00:39:31.300><c> they</c><00:39:31.940><c> which</c><00:39:32.179><c> are</c><00:39:32.579><c> approved</c><00:39:33.300><c> may</c><00:39:33.980><c> be</c><00:39:34.179><c> made</c><00:39:34.820><c> manifest</c>

00:39:35.599 --> 00:39:36.699
among<00:39:36.099><c> you.</c>

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They<00:39:37.440><c> which</c><00:39:37.760><c> are</c><00:39:38.460><c> genuine</c><00:39:39.099><c> may</c><00:39:39.719><c> be</c><00:39:39.900><c> made</c><00:39:40.300><c> manifest</c><00:39:40.880><c> among</c><00:39:41.300><c> you.</c>

00:39:42.219 --> 00:39:47.980
And<00:39:42.460><c> this</c><00:39:42.739><c> passage</c><00:39:43.239><c> gives</c><00:39:43.559><c> us</c><00:39:43.880><c> some</c><00:39:44.219><c> perspective</c><00:39:44.860><c> and</c><00:39:45.159><c> some</c><00:39:45.519><c> confidence</c><00:39:46.139><c> to</c><00:39:46.699><c> say</c><00:39:46.900><c> that</c><00:39:47.079><c> when</c><00:39:47.219><c> there's</c><00:39:47.500><c> a</c>

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problem<00:39:48.539><c> in</c><00:39:48.800><c> the</c><00:39:49.000><c> ecclesia,</c>

00:39:49.559 --> 00:39:52.239
when<00:39:50.099><c> there's</c><00:39:50.280><c> an</c><00:39:50.500><c> alternate</c><00:39:50.840><c> view</c><00:39:51.159><c> that's</c><00:39:51.599><c> stated</c><00:39:51.739><c> strongly</c>

00:39:52.239 --> 00:39:55.199
that<00:39:52.440><c> we</c><00:39:52.619><c> disagree</c><00:39:53.119><c> with,</c><00:39:53.840><c> that</c><00:39:54.039><c> needs</c><00:39:54.280><c> attention,</c><00:39:54.980><c> it</c><00:39:55.099><c> may</c>

00:39:55.199 --> 00:39:58.000
be<00:39:55.360><c> quite</c><00:39:55.639><c> wrong</c><00:39:55.980><c> and</c><00:39:56.059><c> we</c><00:39:56.199><c> have</c><00:39:56.360><c> to</c><00:39:56.519><c> address</c><00:39:56.840><c> it,</c><00:39:57.420><c> we</c><00:39:57.679><c> need</c><00:39:57.900><c> to</c>

00:39:58.000 --> 00:39:59.900
have<00:39:58.119><c> the</c><00:39:58.320><c> courage</c><00:39:58.579><c> to</c><00:39:58.820><c> address</c><00:39:59.179><c> it.</c>

00:39:59.900 --> 00:40:03.420
And<00:40:00.260><c> we</c><00:40:00.380><c> need</c><00:40:00.539><c> to</c><00:40:00.679><c> have</c><00:40:00.800><c> the</c><00:40:01.139><c> skill</c><00:40:01.500><c> to</c><00:40:01.920><c> address</c><00:40:02.280><c> it</c><00:40:02.739><c> with</c><00:40:03.019><c> the</c>

00:40:03.420 --> 00:40:07.460
right<00:40:03.699><c> attitude</c><00:40:04.400><c> and</c><00:40:04.820><c> the</c><00:40:05.039><c> right</c><00:40:05.320><c> words,</c><00:40:05.800><c> the</c><00:40:05.960><c> right</c><00:40:06.219><c> process.</c>

00:40:07.940 --> 00:40:11.079
But<00:40:08.260><c> the</c><00:40:08.519><c> fact</c><00:40:08.699><c> that</c><00:40:08.860><c> it's</c><00:40:09.159><c> there</c><00:40:09.440><c> should</c><00:40:09.679><c> not</c><00:40:09.920><c> in</c><00:40:10.079><c> itself</c><00:40:10.599><c> be</c>

00:40:11.079 --> 00:40:14.380
an<00:40:11.219><c> irritation</c><00:40:11.679><c> to</c><00:40:12.000><c> us</c><00:40:12.300><c> because</c><00:40:12.579><c> it's</c><00:40:13.300><c> part</c><00:40:13.539><c> of</c><00:40:13.679><c> the</c><00:40:13.940><c> process</c>

00:40:14.380 --> 00:40:18.059
by<00:40:14.659><c> which</c><00:40:14.900><c> God</c><00:40:15.639><c> uses</c><00:40:16.300><c> the</c><00:40:16.679><c> dynamic</c><00:40:17.099><c> of</c><00:40:17.340><c> the</c><00:40:17.539><c> ecclesia,</c>

00:40:18.059 --> 00:40:21.579
the<00:40:18.380><c> members</c><00:40:18.679><c> of</c><00:40:18.900><c> the</c><00:40:19.059><c> ecclesia</c><00:40:19.699><c> to</c><00:40:20.119><c> train</c><00:40:20.440><c> one</c><00:40:20.679><c> another.</c>

00:40:21.699 --> 00:40:24.079
And<00:40:21.699><c> it's</c><00:40:22.139><c> through</c><00:40:22.400><c> the</c><00:40:22.639><c> working</c><00:40:22.900><c> through</c><00:40:23.300><c> these</c><00:40:23.559><c> problems</c>

00:40:24.079 --> 00:40:28.760
that<00:40:24.699><c> we</c><00:40:24.940><c> learn</c><00:40:25.159><c> to</c><00:40:25.539><c> develop</c><00:40:25.840><c> skills</c><00:40:26.460><c> of</c><00:40:26.960><c> patience</c><00:40:27.480><c> and</c><00:40:28.260><c> love.</c>

00:40:29.099 --> 00:40:31.980
And<00:40:29.260><c> we</c><00:40:29.440><c> learn</c><00:40:29.559><c> to</c><00:40:29.840><c> articulate</c><00:40:30.579><c> the</c><00:40:31.139><c> principles</c><00:40:31.500><c> of</c><00:40:31.820><c> truth</c>

00:40:31.980 --> 00:40:33.239
that<00:40:32.320><c> matter.</c>

00:40:33.400 --> 00:40:36.219
And<00:40:33.719><c> we</c><00:40:33.960><c> learn</c><00:40:34.119><c> the</c><00:40:34.420><c> skill</c><00:40:34.539><c> of</c><00:40:34.820><c> communicating</c><00:40:35.320><c> and</c><00:40:35.739><c> teaching</c>

00:40:36.219 --> 00:40:42.219
and<00:40:37.239><c> winning</c><00:40:37.599><c> the</c><00:40:37.900><c> gainsayer</c><00:40:38.679><c> so</c><00:40:39.780><c> that</c><00:40:39.960><c> they</c><00:40:40.119><c> can</c><00:40:40.920><c> take</c><00:40:41.559><c> their</c><00:40:41.880><c> place</c>

00:40:42.219 --> 00:40:45.800
and<00:40:42.579><c> perhaps</c><00:40:43.000><c> come</c><00:40:43.840><c> closer</c><00:40:44.360><c> into</c><00:40:44.659><c> a</c><00:40:44.960><c> common</c><00:40:45.179><c> understanding</c>

00:40:45.800 --> 00:40:50.079
and<00:40:46.840><c> working</c><00:40:47.280><c> relationship</c><00:40:47.900><c> with</c><00:40:48.199><c> the</c><00:40:48.320><c> rest</c><00:40:48.480><c> of</c><00:40:48.699><c> the</c><00:40:48.840><c> ecclesia.</c>

00:40:50.940 --> 00:40:57.079
So<00:40:51.539><c> we</c><00:40:52.119><c> are</c><00:40:52.480><c> stewards</c><00:40:53.099><c> in</c><00:40:54.159><c> our</c><00:40:54.440><c> families,</c><00:40:55.880><c> believing</c><00:40:56.079><c> each</c><00:40:56.460><c> member</c><00:40:56.800><c> of</c>

00:40:57.079 --> 00:41:00.360
the<00:40:57.300><c> family</c><00:40:57.579><c> to</c><00:40:57.800><c> be</c><00:40:57.980><c> a</c><00:40:58.159><c> God</c><00:40:58.480><c>-given</c><00:40:59.280><c> gift</c><00:40:59.659><c> to</c><00:40:59.900><c> us,</c>

00:41:00.659 --> 00:41:05.460
loan<00:41:00.840><c> to</c><00:41:01.079><c> us</c><00:41:01.599><c> for</c><00:41:02.179><c> our</c><00:41:02.400><c> benefit</c><00:41:02.960><c> and</c><00:41:03.619><c> for</c><00:41:04.119><c> our</c><00:41:04.539><c> opportunity</c><00:41:05.119><c> to</c>

00:41:05.460 --> 00:41:06.199
serve<00:41:05.739><c> them.</c>

00:41:06.199 --> 00:41:10.159
And<00:41:07.260><c> the</c><00:41:07.420><c> same</c><00:41:07.699><c> principle</c><00:41:08.119><c> is</c><00:41:08.420><c> true</c><00:41:08.639><c> in</c><00:41:09.079><c> the</c><00:41:09.239><c> extended</c><00:41:09.760><c> family</c>

00:41:10.159 --> 00:41:15.000
of<00:41:10.340><c> the</c><00:41:10.539><c> ecclesia,</c><00:41:11.179><c> that</c><00:41:11.340><c> each</c><00:41:11.739><c> member</c><00:41:12.139><c> is</c><00:41:12.800><c> given</c><00:41:13.199><c> to</c><00:41:13.659><c> us</c><00:41:14.079><c> by</c><00:41:14.380><c> God.</c>

00:41:15.420 --> 00:41:19.500
Just<00:41:15.659><c> as</c><00:41:15.880><c> we</c><00:41:15.960><c> saw</c><00:41:16.260><c> Christ</c><00:41:16.920><c> viewing</c><00:41:17.619><c> the</c><00:41:18.199><c> twelve</c><00:41:18.480><c> disciples</c><00:41:19.079><c> as</c>

00:41:19.500 --> 00:41:24.440
men<00:41:19.940><c> given</c><00:41:20.780><c> to</c><00:41:21.099><c> him</c><00:41:21.500><c> by</c><00:41:21.820><c> God</c><00:41:22.440><c> to</c><00:41:22.800><c> be</c><00:41:23.000><c> his</c><00:41:23.199><c> companions.</c>

00:41:24.679 --> 00:41:28.500
And<00:41:24.820><c> in</c><00:41:25.000><c> his</c><00:41:25.300><c> stewardship</c><00:41:25.780><c> he</c><00:41:27.119><c> shared</c><00:41:27.480><c> the</c><00:41:27.679><c> word</c><00:41:27.800><c> of</c><00:41:28.000><c> God</c><00:41:28.300><c> as</c>

00:41:28.500 --> 00:41:31.519
he<00:41:28.679><c> understood</c><00:41:29.159><c> it,</c><00:41:29.599><c> as</c><00:41:29.760><c> it</c><00:41:29.920><c> was</c><00:41:30.039><c> given</c><00:41:30.280><c> to</c><00:41:30.480><c> him</c><00:41:30.639><c> by</c><00:41:30.920><c> his</c><00:41:31.079><c> father.</c>

00:41:31.519 --> 00:41:37.119
He<00:41:32.480><c> carried</c><00:41:32.980><c> out</c><00:41:33.679><c> his</c><00:41:33.980><c> duties</c><00:41:34.920><c> and</c><00:41:35.960><c> within</c><00:41:36.320><c> the</c><00:41:36.559><c> ecclesia</c><00:41:36.960><c> we</c>

00:41:37.119 --> 00:41:41.739
have<00:41:37.360><c> that</c><00:41:37.639><c> same</c><00:41:38.119><c> responsibility</c><00:41:39.019><c> to</c><00:41:39.699><c> love</c><00:41:40.000><c> one</c><00:41:40.280><c> another</c><00:41:40.860><c> equally,</c>

00:41:41.900 --> 00:41:45.800
to<00:41:42.000><c> show</c><00:41:42.280><c> an</c><00:41:42.579><c> equal</c><00:41:42.739><c> concern</c><00:41:43.480><c> and</c><00:41:44.400><c> love</c><00:41:44.880><c> for</c><00:41:45.179><c> every</c><00:41:45.360><c> member</c><00:41:45.619><c> of</c>

00:41:45.800 --> 00:41:47.059
the<00:41:45.900><c> ecclesia.</c>

00:41:47.480 --> 00:41:54.800
And<00:41:47.699><c> to</c><00:41:47.940><c> behave</c><00:41:48.579><c> as</c><00:41:50.159><c> stewards</c><00:41:50.880><c> of</c><00:41:52.119><c> the</c><00:41:52.340><c> manifold</c><00:41:52.699><c> grace</c><00:41:53.019><c> of</c><00:41:53.239><c> God</c><00:41:54.019><c> as</c>

00:41:54.800 --> 00:41:58.559
we<00:41:55.019><c> live</c><00:41:55.480><c> in</c><00:41:56.059><c> the</c><00:41:56.280><c> ecclesia</c><00:41:56.780><c> with</c><00:41:57.480><c> men</c><00:41:57.760><c> and</c><00:41:57.960><c> women</c>

00:41:58.559 --> 00:42:04.139
appointed<00:41:59.980><c> to</c><00:42:00.239><c> that</c><00:42:00.420><c> ecclesia</c><00:42:00.880><c> by</c><00:42:01.199><c> God</c><00:42:01.679><c> for</c><00:42:02.440><c> our</c><00:42:02.699><c> benefit</c><00:42:03.239><c> and</c>

00:42:04.139 --> 00:42:05.880
for<00:42:04.360><c> us</c><00:42:04.519><c> to</c><00:42:04.739><c> help.</c>