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morning.<00:10:54.879><c> And</c><00:10:55.019><c> Peter,</c><00:10:55.659><c> we</c><00:10:55.860><c> needn't</c><00:10:56.259><c> turn</c><00:10:56.399><c> to</c><00:10:56.539><c> it</c><00:10:56.639><c> now,</c><00:10:56.919><c> but</c><00:10:57.080><c> Mark</c><00:10:57.299><c> 14,</c><00:10:58.019><c> is</c>

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a<00:10:58.379><c> splendid</c><00:10:58.679><c> example</c><00:10:59.240><c> of</c><00:10:59.480><c> the</c><00:10:59.620><c> way</c><00:10:59.799><c> in</c><00:10:59.940><c> which</c>

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Peter<00:11:00.600><c> himself</c><00:11:01.100><c> was</c><00:11:01.379><c> exactly</c><00:11:01.899><c> like</c><00:11:02.240><c> this,</c><00:11:02.639><c> brethren</c><00:11:02.700><c> and</c><00:11:02.919><c> sisters.</c><00:11:03.440><c> And</c>

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if<00:11:04.019><c> Peter</c><00:11:04.320><c> fell</c><00:11:04.539><c> into</c><00:11:04.720><c> this</c><00:11:04.960><c> trap,</c>

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how<00:11:05.440><c> much</c><00:11:05.840><c> more</c><00:11:06.220><c> should</c><00:11:06.440><c> you</c><00:11:06.639><c> and</c><00:11:06.899><c> I</c><00:11:07.179><c> beware</c><00:11:07.980><c> of</c><00:11:08.159><c> the</c><00:11:08.340><c> danger?</c>

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Peter<00:11:10.379><c> was</c><00:11:10.580><c> the</c><00:11:10.759><c> one,</c><00:11:11.100><c> as</c><00:11:11.240><c> we</c><00:11:11.360><c> have</c><00:11:11.460><c> been</c>

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reminded,<00:11:12.080><c> who</c><00:11:12.259><c> said</c><00:11:12.659><c> that</c><00:11:13.259><c> he</c><00:11:13.460><c> would</c><00:11:13.779><c> not</c><00:11:14.019><c> forsake</c><00:11:14.500><c> the</c><00:11:14.720><c> Lord.</c><00:11:16.139><c> Jesus</c><00:11:16.460><c> said</c>

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that<00:11:17.940><c> the</c><00:11:18.299><c> Scripture</c><00:11:18.600><c> would</c><00:11:18.799><c> not</c><00:11:18.919><c> be</c>

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broken.<00:11:20.039><c> The</c><00:11:20.139><c> Scripture</c><00:11:20.360><c> would</c><00:11:20.539><c> not</c><00:11:20.679><c> be</c><00:11:20.879><c> proved</c><00:11:21.120><c> wrong.</c><00:11:21.899><c> All</c>

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the<00:11:22.379><c> disciples</c><00:11:22.740><c> would</c><00:11:22.980><c> forsake</c><00:11:23.399><c> him</c><00:11:23.600><c> and</c><00:11:23.840><c> flee,</c>

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and<00:11:24.980><c> Jesus</c><00:11:25.340><c> knew</c><00:11:25.639><c> that</c><00:11:25.820><c> they</c><00:11:26.039><c> would.</c><00:11:27.639><c> But</c><00:11:28.019><c> Peter</c><00:11:28.279><c> resisted</c><00:11:28.799><c> that.</c><00:11:30.000><c> He</c>

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didn't<00:11:30.480><c> resist</c><00:11:30.799><c> it</c><00:11:30.980><c> only</c><00:11:31.220><c> by</c><00:11:31.559><c> saying,</c>

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Lord,<00:11:32.580><c> I</c><00:11:32.919><c> won't</c><00:11:33.159><c> forsake</c><00:11:33.639><c> you.</c><00:11:33.860><c> Lord,</c><00:11:34.279><c> I</c><00:11:34.559><c> will</c><00:11:34.759><c> never</c><00:11:34.960><c> let</c><00:11:35.159><c> you</c>

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down.<00:11:36.039><c> No,</c><00:11:36.440><c> Peter</c><00:11:36.600><c> had</c><00:11:36.919><c> to</c><00:11:37.179><c> pour</c><00:11:37.340><c> cold</c><00:11:37.720><c> water</c>

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on<00:11:38.659><c> the</c><00:11:38.879><c> efforts</c><00:11:39.120><c> of</c><00:11:39.340><c> the</c><00:11:39.519><c> other</c><00:11:39.820><c> disciples.</c><00:11:41.320><c> So</c><00:11:41.460><c> his</c><00:11:41.620><c> actual</c>

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words<00:11:42.340><c> are,</c><00:11:42.879><c> Lord,</c><00:11:43.500><c> though</c><00:11:43.779><c> all</c><00:11:44.299><c> men</c><00:11:44.700><c> forsake</c>

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thee,<00:11:45.840><c> yet</c><00:11:46.120><c> will</c><00:11:46.419><c> not</c><00:11:46.700><c> I.</c><00:11:48.440><c> You</c><00:11:48.740><c> see</c><00:11:48.860><c> how</c><00:11:49.240><c> easily</c><00:11:49.700><c> we</c><00:11:49.879><c> can</c><00:11:50.059><c> do</c>

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this,<00:11:50.620><c> brethren</c><00:11:50.779><c> and</c><00:11:50.980><c> sisters?</c><00:11:51.460><c> You</c><00:11:51.600><c> see</c><00:11:51.639><c> how</c><00:11:51.820><c> easily</c>

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we<00:11:52.379><c> fall</c><00:11:52.519><c> into</c><00:11:52.720><c> that</c><00:11:52.960><c> trap?</c><00:11:54.240><c> Peter</c><00:11:54.460><c> was</c><00:11:54.620><c> not</c><00:11:54.740><c> only</c><00:11:54.960><c> confident</c>

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of<00:11:55.539><c> his</c><00:11:55.700><c> own</c><00:11:55.860><c> ability</c><00:11:56.200><c> to</c><00:11:56.440><c> remain</c><00:11:56.740><c> steadfast</c><00:11:57.220><c> to</c><00:11:57.379><c> the</c><00:11:57.539><c> Lord,</c>

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but<00:11:58.580><c> he</c><00:11:58.720><c> had</c><00:11:58.919><c> to</c><00:11:59.120><c> cast</c><00:11:59.299><c> aspersions</c><00:11:59.799><c> on</c><00:11:59.960><c> everybody</c><00:12:00.320><c> else's</c><00:12:00.720><c> ability.</c><00:12:01.399><c> Lord,</c><00:12:01.799><c> though</c><00:12:01.980><c> all</c>

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men<00:12:02.480><c> forsake</c><00:12:02.940><c> thee,</c>

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they<00:12:03.399><c> might</c><00:12:03.600><c> let</c><00:12:03.759><c> you</c><00:12:03.980><c> down,</c><00:12:04.379><c> Lord.</c><00:12:04.659><c> They</c><00:12:04.879><c> may</c><00:12:05.179><c> all</c><00:12:05.419><c> fail</c><00:12:05.860><c> you,</c>

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Lord,<00:12:06.240><c> but</c><00:12:06.500><c> not</c><00:12:06.759><c> me,</c><00:12:08.460><c> yet</c><00:12:08.639><c> will</c><00:12:08.960><c> not</c><00:12:09.259><c> I.</c>

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That's<00:12:12.960><c> the</c><00:12:13.100><c> danger.</c><00:12:14.460><c> Men</c><00:12:14.740><c> who</c><00:12:15.279><c> not</c><00:12:15.500><c> only</c><00:12:15.899><c> trust</c><00:12:16.220><c> in</c><00:12:16.419><c> themselves</c><00:12:16.860><c> and</c><00:12:17.019><c> their</c><00:12:17.240><c> own</c><00:12:17.460><c> righteousness,</c>

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but<00:12:18.740><c> despise</c><00:12:19.340><c> and</c><00:12:19.700><c> berate</c><00:12:20.259><c> the</c><00:12:20.620><c> efforts</c><00:12:20.919><c> of</c><00:12:21.299><c> others.</c><00:12:23.139><c> Now,</c><00:12:23.600><c> Saul,</c><00:12:23.799><c> as</c>

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a<00:12:24.279><c> Pharisee,</c><00:12:24.980><c> knew</c><00:12:25.159><c> well</c><00:12:25.720><c> those</c><00:12:26.059><c> tendencies</c>

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and<00:12:27.159><c> worked</c><00:12:27.620><c> very</c><00:12:28.379><c> hard</c><00:12:28.960><c> in</c><00:12:29.360><c> his</c><00:12:29.679><c> life</c><00:12:30.080><c> after</c><00:12:30.639><c> his</c><00:12:30.980><c> conversion</c>

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to<00:12:33.740><c> manifest</c><00:12:34.700><c> opposite</c><00:12:35.440><c> characteristics,</c>

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to<00:12:37.779><c> follow</c><00:12:38.100><c> the</c><00:12:38.399><c> example</c><00:12:38.799><c> of</c><00:12:39.000><c> his</c><00:12:39.179><c> Lord.</c><00:12:40.860><c> Just</c><00:12:41.139><c> turn</c><00:12:41.419><c> up</c><00:12:41.580><c> one</c>

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or<00:12:41.840><c> two</c><00:12:42.159><c> verses</c><00:12:42.480><c> with</c><00:12:42.679><c> me</c><00:12:42.820><c> to</c>

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demonstrate<00:12:43.919><c> those</c><00:12:44.299><c> points.</c><00:12:44.899><c> Let's</c><00:12:45.059><c> look</c><00:12:45.220><c> first</c><00:12:45.460><c> at</c><00:12:45.600><c> Romans</c>

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chapter<00:12:46.179><c> 7.</c>

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Here<00:12:54.480><c> there</c><00:12:55.139><c> are</c><00:12:55.259><c> one</c><00:12:55.419><c> or</c><00:12:55.500><c> two</c><00:12:55.720><c> verses</c><00:12:56.120><c> that</c><00:12:56.539><c> show</c><00:12:56.980><c> the</c><00:12:57.679><c> apostle's</c><00:12:58.700><c> awareness</c><00:12:59.179><c> of</c><00:12:59.659><c> his</c>

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own<00:13:00.259><c> weakness.</c><00:13:00.779><c> He</c><00:13:00.860><c> was</c>

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no<00:13:01.360><c> longer</c><00:13:02.259><c> self</c><00:13:02.840><c>-righteous,</c><00:13:03.440><c> no</c><00:13:03.620><c> longer</c><00:13:04.019><c> confident</c><00:13:04.519><c> in</c><00:13:04.720><c> his</c>

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own<00:13:05.080><c> ability.</c><00:13:06.000><c> Romans</c><00:13:06.279><c> chapter</c><00:13:06.720><c> 7</c><00:13:07.179><c> and</c><00:13:07.659><c> verse</c><00:13:08.000><c> 14,</c>

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for<00:13:08.840><c> example,</c><00:13:09.840><c> For</c><00:13:10.000><c> ye</c><00:13:10.240><c> know</c><00:13:10.519><c> that</c><00:13:10.700><c> the</c><00:13:10.899><c> law</c><00:13:11.100><c> is</c><00:13:11.500><c> spiritual,</c><00:13:12.559><c> but</c><00:13:12.679><c> I</c>

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am<00:13:13.259><c> carnal,</c><00:13:14.279><c> sold</c><00:13:14.519><c> under</c><00:13:15.019><c> sin.</c>

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He<00:13:15.820><c> reminds</c><00:13:16.279><c> himself</c><00:13:16.840><c> forcibly</c><00:13:17.399><c> in</c><00:13:17.600><c> verse</c><00:13:17.779><c> 24,</c><00:13:18.360><c> O</c><00:13:18.940><c> wretched</c><00:13:19.299><c> man</c><00:13:19.700><c> that</c><00:13:19.879><c> I</c><00:13:20.059><c> am,</c>

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who<00:13:20.500><c> shall</c><00:13:20.679><c> deliver</c><00:13:20.960><c> me</c><00:13:21.139><c> from</c><00:13:21.259><c> the</c><00:13:21.440><c> body</c><00:13:21.679><c> of</c><00:13:21.879><c> this</c><00:13:22.120><c> death?</c><00:13:22.679><c> I</c>

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thank<00:13:23.059><c> God</c><00:13:23.539><c> through</c><00:13:23.840><c> Jesus</c><00:13:24.240><c> Christ</c><00:13:24.620><c> our</c><00:13:24.879><c> Lord.</c>

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Come<00:13:28.120><c> over</c><00:13:28.360><c> to</c><00:13:28.700><c> Philippians</c><00:13:29.740><c> chapter</c><00:13:31.360><c> 3</c><00:13:31.940><c> to</c><00:13:33.980><c> see</c><00:13:34.139><c> again</c><00:13:34.460><c> how</c>

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all<00:13:35.279><c> traces</c><00:13:35.600><c> of</c><00:13:35.840><c> any</c><00:13:36.419><c> pride</c><00:13:36.879><c> and</c><00:13:37.100><c> any</c><00:13:37.419><c> self</c><00:13:37.759><c>-confidence</c>

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have<00:13:38.720><c> disappeared</c><00:13:39.399><c> from</c><00:13:39.620><c> this</c><00:13:39.879><c> man</c><00:13:40.039><c> now.</c><00:13:41.240><c> Philippians</c><00:13:41.639><c> chapter</c><00:13:41.980><c> 3</c><00:13:43.100><c> verse</c><00:13:43.559><c> 12.</c>

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Not<00:13:46.539><c> as</c><00:13:46.820><c> though</c><00:13:47.000><c> I</c><00:13:47.220><c> had</c><00:13:47.480><c> already</c><00:13:48.039><c> attained,</c><00:13:49.240><c> either</c><00:13:49.460><c> were</c><00:13:49.700><c> already</c><00:13:50.299><c> perfect,</c><00:13:51.559><c> but</c>

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I<00:13:52.039><c> follow</c><00:13:52.320><c> after,</c>

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if<00:13:53.360><c> that</c><00:13:53.519><c> I</c><00:13:53.679><c> may</c><00:13:54.000><c> apprehend</c><00:13:54.600><c> that</c><00:13:54.899><c> for</c><00:13:55.039><c> which</c><00:13:55.220><c> also</c><00:13:55.500><c> I</c><00:13:55.700><c> am</c><00:13:55.899><c> apprehended</c><00:13:56.340><c> of</c>

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Christ<00:13:56.820><c> Jesus.</c>

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Brethren,<00:13:58.500><c> I</c><00:13:58.659><c> count</c><00:13:58.879><c> not</c><00:13:59.139><c> myself</c><00:13:59.559><c> to</c><00:13:59.720><c> have</c><00:13:59.919><c> apprehended,</c><00:14:00.740><c> but</c>

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this<00:14:01.100><c> one</c><00:14:01.399><c> thing</c><00:14:01.580><c> I</c><00:14:01.840><c> do,</c>

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forgetting<00:14:02.639><c> those</c><00:14:02.980><c> things</c><00:14:03.220><c> which</c><00:14:03.379><c> are</c><00:14:03.559><c> behind</c><00:14:03.940><c> and</c><00:14:04.139><c> reaching</c>

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forth<00:14:04.940><c> unto</c><00:14:05.100><c> those</c><00:14:05.360><c> things</c><00:14:05.559><c> which</c><00:14:05.740><c> are</c><00:14:05.899><c> before,</c>

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I<00:14:06.679><c> press</c><00:14:07.120><c> toward</c><00:14:07.460><c> the</c><00:14:07.720><c> mark</c><00:14:07.940><c> for</c><00:14:08.320><c> the</c><00:14:08.580><c> prize</c><00:14:08.820><c> of</c><00:14:09.019><c> the</c><00:14:09.179><c> high</c><00:14:09.460><c> calling</c><00:14:09.779><c> of</c>

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God<00:14:10.240><c> in</c><00:14:10.539><c> Christ</c><00:14:10.860><c> Jesus.</c>

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I<00:14:12.480><c> count</c><00:14:12.799><c> not</c><00:14:13.279><c> myself</c><00:14:13.799><c> to</c><00:14:13.980><c> have</c><00:14:14.159><c> apprehended.</c><00:14:16.139><c> I</c><00:14:16.320><c> put</c><00:14:16.480><c> behind</c>

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me<00:14:17.039><c> those</c><00:14:17.279><c> things</c><00:14:17.559><c> which</c><00:14:17.820><c> have</c><00:14:18.179><c> gone</c><00:14:18.440><c> before,</c>

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he<00:14:19.039><c> says.</c><00:14:19.299><c> I've</c><00:14:19.600><c> laid</c><00:14:19.740><c> those</c><00:14:20.019><c> aside</c><00:14:20.460><c> and</c><00:14:20.820><c> I</c><00:14:21.159><c> press</c><00:14:21.440><c> forward,</c>

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never<00:14:23.600><c> overconfident,</c>

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never<00:14:26.460><c> self</c><00:14:26.820><c>-righteous</c><00:14:27.259><c> again,</c><00:14:28.580><c> not</c><00:14:28.820><c> the</c><00:14:29.059><c> apostle</c><00:14:29.480><c> Paul.</c><00:14:31.679><c> 1</c>

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Corinthians<00:14:32.440><c> chapter</c><00:14:32.879><c> 9.</c>

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Another<00:14:38.360><c> example</c><00:14:38.960><c> of</c><00:14:39.320><c> the</c><00:14:39.740><c> same</c><00:14:40.019><c> kind</c><00:14:40.440><c> of</c><00:14:40.659><c> thing,</c><00:14:41.159><c> the</c><00:14:41.240><c> humility</c><00:14:41.779><c> that</c>

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the<00:14:42.259><c> apostle</c><00:14:42.679><c> showed.</c>

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Verse<00:14:46.080><c> 27</c><00:14:46.679><c> of</c><00:14:47.200><c> 1</c><00:14:47.500><c> Corinthians</c><00:14:48.000><c> 9.</c><00:14:49.259><c> He</c><00:14:49.279><c> continually</c><00:14:50.179><c> fought,</c>

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brethren<00:14:51.139><c> and</c><00:14:51.399><c> sisters,</c>

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but<00:14:53.519><c> I</c><00:14:53.919><c> keep</c><00:14:54.220><c> under</c><00:14:54.580><c> my</c><00:14:54.940><c> body</c><00:14:55.240><c> and</c><00:14:55.539><c> bring</c><00:14:55.799><c> it</c><00:14:56.019><c> into</c><00:14:56.200><c> subjection,</c><00:14:57.240><c> lest</c><00:14:57.320><c> by</c><00:14:57.860><c> any</c><00:14:58.100><c> means</c><00:14:58.440><c> when</c><00:14:58.679><c> I</c><00:14:58.879><c> have</c>

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preached<00:14:59.419><c> to</c><00:14:59.700><c> others,</c><00:15:00.179><c> I</c><00:15:00.440><c> myself</c><00:15:00.799><c> should</c><00:15:01.000><c> be</c><00:15:01.200><c> a</c><00:15:01.360><c> castaway.</c>

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There<00:15:02.080><c> was</c><00:15:02.399><c> always</c><00:15:02.820><c> that</c><00:15:03.139><c> danger</c><00:15:03.500><c> that</c><00:15:03.679><c> the</c><00:15:03.860><c> apostle</c>

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might<00:15:04.440><c> slip,</c><00:15:05.019><c> and</c><00:15:05.159><c> he</c><00:15:05.240><c> was</c><00:15:05.480><c> never</c><00:15:05.700><c> unaware</c><00:15:06.220><c> of</c><00:15:06.460><c> that,</c><00:15:06.720><c> he</c><00:15:06.820><c> was</c>

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never<00:15:07.179><c> unaware</c><00:15:07.539><c> of</c><00:15:07.720><c> his</c><00:15:07.960><c> own</c><00:15:08.320><c> weaknesses,</c>

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of<00:15:10.159><c> the</c><00:15:10.379><c> possibility</c><00:15:10.840><c> that</c><00:15:11.159><c> he</c><00:15:11.399><c> himself</c><00:15:12.240><c> might</c><00:15:12.779><c> yet</c><00:15:13.220><c> fall.</c><00:15:15.000><c> He</c>

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never<00:15:15.840><c> stopped</c><00:15:16.259><c> fighting,</c>

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he<00:15:17.379><c> never</c><00:15:17.720><c> gave</c><00:15:17.980><c> up</c><00:15:18.179><c> the</c><00:15:18.539><c> struggle</c><00:15:19.000><c> against</c><00:15:19.659><c> sin</c><00:15:19.980><c> in</c><00:15:20.379><c> himself</c>

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and<00:15:21.139><c> in</c><00:15:21.299><c> his</c><00:15:21.460><c> own</c><00:15:21.639><c> nature.</c><00:15:22.220><c> We</c><00:15:22.360><c> hear</c><00:15:22.539><c> a</c><00:15:22.620><c> lot</c>

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today,<00:15:23.179><c> don't</c><00:15:23.340><c> we,</c><00:15:23.500><c> from</c><00:15:23.940><c> people</c><00:15:24.240><c> who</c><00:15:24.519><c> believe</c><00:15:24.700><c> they</c><00:15:25.159><c> are</c><00:15:25.360><c> saved,</c><00:15:25.639><c> and</c>

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we<00:15:25.940><c> are</c><00:15:26.259><c> saved,</c><00:15:27.240><c> but</c><00:15:27.580><c> not</c><00:15:27.860><c> eternally.</c>

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There's<00:15:30.799><c> a</c><00:15:30.879><c> lovely</c><00:15:31.120><c> little</c><00:15:31.360><c> verse</c><00:15:31.639><c> in</c><00:15:31.940><c> Jude</c><00:15:32.279><c> which</c><00:15:32.580><c> shows</c><00:15:32.919><c> exactly</c><00:15:33.500><c> the</c>

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position<00:15:34.039><c> in</c><00:15:34.220><c> which</c><00:15:34.399><c> we</c><00:15:34.580><c> are</c><00:15:34.679><c> in.</c>

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It<00:15:35.500><c> says</c><00:15:35.820><c> that</c><00:15:36.840><c> they</c><00:15:36.960><c> had</c><00:15:37.259><c> forgotten</c><00:15:37.779><c> that</c><00:15:38.059><c> God,</c><00:15:38.360><c> having</c><00:15:38.860><c> saved</c><00:15:39.559><c> the</c>

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people<00:15:40.080><c> out</c><00:15:40.299><c> of</c><00:15:40.500><c> Egypt</c><00:15:40.840><c> afterward,</c>

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destroyed<00:15:42.120><c> them</c><00:15:42.360><c> that</c><00:15:42.620><c> believed</c><00:15:42.899><c> not.</c><00:15:43.940><c> We</c><00:15:44.100><c> have</c><00:15:44.279><c> been</c><00:15:44.600><c> saved</c>

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out<00:15:45.139><c> of</c><00:15:45.299><c> Egypt,</c><00:15:45.659><c> haven't</c><00:15:45.799><c> we?</c><00:15:46.299><c> But</c><00:15:46.519><c> there</c><00:15:46.720><c> is</c><00:15:46.940><c> still</c>

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always<00:15:47.480><c> the</c><00:15:47.700><c> possibility</c><00:15:48.279><c> that</c><00:15:49.000><c> in</c><00:15:49.559><c> disbelief,</c><00:15:50.399><c> in</c><00:15:50.659><c> unbelief,</c><00:15:51.379><c> in</c><00:15:51.500><c> lack</c>

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of<00:15:52.080><c> faith,</c><00:15:52.340><c> we</c><00:15:52.500><c> might</c><00:15:52.779><c> yet</c><00:15:53.039><c> fail,</c>

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and<00:15:53.919><c> we</c><00:15:54.080><c> need</c><00:15:54.220><c> with</c><00:15:54.440><c> the</c><00:15:54.620><c> apostle</c><00:15:54.899><c> therefore</c><00:15:55.240><c> to</c><00:15:55.519><c> struggle</c><00:15:55.759><c> and</c><00:15:55.919><c> to</c>

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fight<00:15:56.379><c> against</c><00:15:56.840><c> our</c><00:15:57.139><c> own</c><00:15:57.360><c> natures,</c>

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not<00:15:57.799><c> against</c><00:15:58.080><c> other</c><00:15:58.320><c> brethren</c><00:15:58.580><c> and</c><00:15:58.799><c> sisters,</c><00:15:59.000><c> against</c><00:15:59.259><c> our</c><00:15:59.559><c> own</c><00:15:59.779><c> natures,</c><00:16:01.679><c> lest</c><00:16:01.840><c> we</c><00:16:02.100><c> should</c><00:16:02.399><c> be</c><00:16:03.480><c> a</c><00:16:03.759><c> castaway,</c>

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lest<00:16:05.620><c> we</c><00:16:05.779><c> should</c><00:16:05.940><c> be</c><00:16:06.139><c> rejected.</c><00:16:08.600><c> It</c><00:16:08.940><c> behoves</c><00:16:09.320><c> every</c><00:16:09.659><c> one</c><00:16:09.820><c> of</c>

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us,<00:16:10.179><c> brethren</c><00:16:10.379><c> and</c><00:16:10.620><c> sisters,</c>

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me<00:16:12.480><c> included,</c><00:16:13.659><c> to</c><00:16:13.759><c> look</c><00:16:13.940><c> at</c><00:16:14.100><c> number</c><00:16:14.379><c> one</c><00:16:14.639><c> first.</c><00:16:16.200><c> Whenever</c><00:16:16.500><c> there</c><00:16:16.720><c> are</c><00:16:16.940><c> problems</c><00:16:17.240><c> and</c><00:16:17.600><c> difficulties</c><00:16:18.000><c> to</c><00:16:18.299><c> ask</c>

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here<00:16:19.379><c> first,</c><00:16:20.379><c> am</c><00:16:20.559><c> I</c><00:16:20.840><c> like</c><00:16:21.200><c> that?</c><00:16:22.299><c> Have</c><00:16:22.480><c> I</c><00:16:22.759><c> done</c><00:16:23.000><c> exactly</c><00:16:23.700><c> the</c><00:16:23.980><c> same</c><00:16:24.240><c> thing,</c><00:16:24.620><c> perhaps</c><00:16:25.039><c> in</c><00:16:25.220><c> a</c>

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different<00:16:25.679><c> way?</c>

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ourselves<00:16:31.279><c> and</c><00:16:32.100><c> to</c><00:16:32.360><c> start</c><00:16:32.620><c> with</c><00:16:32.860><c> me?</c>

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Come<00:16:35.840><c> back</c><00:16:36.019><c> to</c><00:16:36.200><c> Romans</c><00:16:36.399><c> again</c><00:16:37.000><c> and</c><00:16:37.360><c> see</c><00:16:37.620><c> how</c><00:16:38.139><c> not</c><00:16:38.580><c> only</c><00:16:38.860><c> was</c><00:16:39.059><c> the</c><00:16:39.240><c> apostle</c><00:16:39.600><c> aware</c><00:16:40.340><c> of</c>

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his<00:16:40.679><c> weakness</c><00:16:41.019><c> and</c><00:16:41.240><c> no</c>

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longer<00:16:41.720><c> trusting</c><00:16:42.039><c> in</c><00:16:42.259><c> himself,</c><00:16:43.139><c> but</c><00:16:43.259><c> here</c><00:16:43.399><c> in</c><00:16:43.639><c> Romans</c><00:16:43.940><c> 9,</c><00:16:44.580><c> 10</c>

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and<00:16:44.960><c> 11,</c><00:16:46.039><c> he</c><00:16:46.240><c> shows</c><00:16:46.460><c> also</c><00:16:47.039><c> his</c><00:16:48.059><c> tremendous</c><00:16:48.799><c> concern</c>

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now<00:16:49.899><c> for</c><00:16:50.500><c> others.</c><00:16:53.139><c> He</c><00:16:53.139><c> is</c><00:16:53.360><c> no</c><00:16:53.539><c> longer</c><00:16:53.899><c> berating,</c><00:16:55.559><c> despising,</c>

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belittling<00:16:57.340><c> the</c><00:16:57.600><c> efforts</c><00:16:57.840><c> of</c><00:16:58.059><c> the</c><00:16:58.240><c> others,</c>

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but<00:16:59.240><c> yearning,</c><00:16:59.860><c> brethren</c><00:17:00.059><c> and</c><00:17:00.259><c> sisters,</c><00:17:00.559><c> longing</c><00:17:00.779><c> with</c><00:17:01.039><c> every</c><00:17:01.399><c> fibre</c><00:17:01.700><c> of</c>

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his<00:17:02.039><c> being</c><00:17:02.279><c> for</c><00:17:02.519><c> their</c><00:17:02.860><c> salvation.</c>

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Romans<00:17:05.160><c> 9</c><00:17:05.500><c> and</c><00:17:05.640><c> the</c><00:17:05.720><c> first</c><00:17:05.940><c> verse.</c><00:17:06.660><c> I</c><00:17:07.180><c> say</c><00:17:07.539><c> the</c><00:17:07.740><c> truth</c><00:17:07.880><c> in</c><00:17:08.119><c> Christ,</c><00:17:08.500><c> I</c><00:17:08.740><c> lie</c><00:17:08.960><c> not,</c><00:17:09.460><c> my</c>

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conscience<00:17:10.019><c> also</c><00:17:10.380><c> bearing</c>

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me<00:17:10.819><c> witness</c><00:17:11.059><c> in</c><00:17:11.240><c> the</c><00:17:11.339><c> Holy</c><00:17:11.519><c> Spirit,</c><00:17:12.099><c> that</c><00:17:12.240><c> I</c><00:17:12.420><c> have</c><00:17:12.559><c> great</c><00:17:12.960><c> heaviness</c><00:17:13.380><c> and</c>

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continuous<00:17:14.119><c> sorrow</c><00:17:14.440><c> in</c><00:17:14.599><c> my</c><00:17:14.900><c> heart,</c>

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for<00:17:15.640><c> I</c><00:17:15.839><c> could</c><00:17:16.099><c> wish</c><00:17:16.339><c> that</c><00:17:16.740><c> myself</c><00:17:17.299><c> were</c><00:17:17.579><c> accursed</c><00:17:17.980><c> from</c><00:17:18.259><c> Christ,</c><00:17:19.160><c> for</c>

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my<00:17:19.579><c> brethren,</c><00:17:19.920><c> my</c><00:17:20.180><c> kinsmen,</c>

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according<00:17:20.940><c> to</c><00:17:21.099><c> the</c><00:17:21.319><c> flesh,</c><00:17:21.839><c> who</c><00:17:22.019><c> are</c><00:17:22.299><c> Israelites.</c><00:17:24.720><c> The</c><00:17:24.880><c> first</c>

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verse<00:17:25.160><c> of</c><00:17:25.299><c> chapter</c><00:17:25.500><c> 10.</c><00:17:26.079><c> Brethren,</c>

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my<00:17:26.619><c> heart's</c><00:17:27.079><c> desire</c><00:17:27.500><c> and</c><00:17:27.799><c> prayer</c><00:17:28.119><c> to</c><00:17:28.299><c> God</c><00:17:28.559><c> for</c><00:17:28.740><c> Israel</c><00:17:29.160><c> is</c><00:17:29.579><c> that</c><00:17:29.799><c> they</c><00:17:30.059><c> might</c><00:17:30.319><c> be</c><00:17:30.740><c> saved,</c>

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for<00:17:32.259><c> I</c><00:17:32.519><c> bear</c><00:17:32.660><c> them</c><00:17:32.859><c> record</c><00:17:33.180><c> that</c><00:17:33.299><c> they</c><00:17:33.839><c> have</c><00:17:34.119><c> as</c><00:17:34.359><c> evening.</c><00:17:35.319><c> Chapter</c><00:17:35.660><c> 11.</c>

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I<00:17:36.500><c> say</c><00:17:36.759><c> then,</c>

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hath<00:17:37.359><c> God</c><00:17:37.579><c> cast</c><00:17:37.880><c> away</c><00:17:38.079><c> his</c><00:17:38.339><c> people?</c><00:17:38.759><c> God</c><00:17:39.059><c> forbid.</c><00:17:40.240><c> I</c><00:17:40.440><c> also</c><00:17:40.779><c> am</c>

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an<00:17:41.160><c> Israelite</c><00:17:41.519><c> of</c><00:17:41.660><c> the</c><00:17:41.859><c> seed</c><00:17:41.960><c> of</c><00:17:42.140><c> Abraham,</c>

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the<00:17:42.559><c> tribe</c><00:17:42.839><c> of</c><00:17:42.980><c> Benjamin.</c><00:17:43.559><c> God</c><00:17:43.759><c> hath</c><00:17:44.019><c> not</c><00:17:44.240><c> cast</c><00:17:44.460><c> away</c><00:17:44.680><c> his</c><00:17:44.920><c> people,</c><00:17:45.279><c> which</c><00:17:45.380><c> he</c><00:17:45.579><c> foreknew.</c>

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He<00:17:47.279><c> yearns</c><00:17:47.779><c> again</c><00:17:48.259><c> for</c><00:17:48.500><c> their</c><00:17:48.720><c> salvation</c><00:17:49.240><c> and</c><00:17:50.180><c> speaks</c><00:17:50.500><c> in</c><00:17:50.819><c> gluing</c><00:17:51.099><c> terms</c><00:17:51.559><c> of</c>

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the<00:17:51.940><c> time</c><00:17:52.259><c> when</c>

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all<00:17:53.900><c> Israel,</c><00:17:54.400><c> not</c><00:17:54.680><c> every</c><00:17:55.359><c> man</c><00:17:55.700><c> Jack</c><00:17:55.920><c> of</c><00:17:56.059><c> Israel,</c><00:17:56.380><c> it</c><00:17:56.480><c> doesn't</c>

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mean<00:17:57.019><c> that,</c><00:17:57.380><c> does</c><00:17:57.380><c> it?</c><00:17:57.680><c> But</c><00:17:57.779><c> all</c><00:17:58.079><c> Israel,</c>

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and<00:17:58.799><c> we</c><00:17:59.839><c> needn't</c><00:18:00.220><c> turn</c><00:18:00.359><c> to</c><00:18:00.539><c> that</c><00:18:00.660><c> passage.</c><00:18:01.420><c> Again,</c><00:18:01.759><c> the</c><00:18:01.859><c> apostle</c><00:18:02.240><c> wept</c>

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with<00:18:03.259><c> those</c><00:18:03.519><c> of</c><00:18:03.779><c> Ephesus,</c>

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who<00:18:04.579><c> wept</c><00:18:04.819><c> upon</c><00:18:05.099><c> his</c><00:18:05.359><c> neck</c><00:18:05.539><c> when</c><00:18:05.660><c> he</c><00:18:05.880><c> said</c><00:18:06.000><c> that</c><00:18:06.160><c> he</c><00:18:06.240><c> would</c><00:18:06.400><c> see</c>

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them<00:18:06.759><c> no</c><00:18:07.000><c> more.</c><00:18:07.359><c> But</c><00:18:07.519><c> he</c><00:18:07.660><c> himself</c><00:18:08.039><c> first</c>

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shed<00:18:08.700><c> the</c><00:18:08.940><c> tears,</c><00:18:09.299><c> didn't</c><00:18:09.420><c> he,</c><00:18:09.940><c> weeping</c><00:18:10.220><c> because</c><00:18:10.500><c> he</c><00:18:10.640><c> could</c>

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foresee<00:18:11.400><c> what</c><00:18:11.640><c> would</c><00:18:11.920><c> happen</c><00:18:12.140><c> to</c><00:18:12.359><c> them</c><00:18:12.460><c> in</c><00:18:12.579><c> the</c>

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future,<00:18:13.380><c> how</c><00:18:13.539><c> that</c><00:18:13.599><c> of</c><00:18:13.759><c> their</c><00:18:13.960><c> own</c><00:18:14.299><c> selves</c><00:18:14.700><c> men</c><00:18:14.920><c> would</c><00:18:15.180><c> arise</c>

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speaking<00:18:15.940><c> perverse</c><00:18:16.319><c> things.</c><00:18:17.400><c> There</c><00:18:17.640><c> would</c><00:18:17.839><c> be</c>

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wolves<00:18:18.339><c> entering</c><00:18:18.779><c> in</c><00:18:19.140><c> amongst</c><00:18:19.420><c> the</c><00:18:19.660><c> sheep,</c><00:18:20.460><c> disguised</c><00:18:20.920><c> in</c><00:18:21.119><c> sheep's</c><00:18:21.500><c> clothing,</c><00:18:22.240><c> and</c><00:18:22.380><c> wreaking</c><00:18:22.660><c> havoc</c><00:18:22.960><c> in</c><00:18:23.180><c> the</c>

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Ecclesia<00:18:23.599><c> there.</c><00:18:25.299><c> And</c><00:18:25.579><c> to</c><00:18:25.700><c> the</c><00:18:25.839><c> Thessalonians</c><00:18:26.380><c> she</c><00:18:26.539><c> writes</c>

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the<00:18:27.299><c> first</c><00:18:27.500><c> letter</c><00:18:27.700><c> to</c><00:18:27.880><c> the</c><00:18:28.000><c> Thessalonians</c>

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in<00:18:28.779><c> chapter</c><00:18:29.079><c> 2.</c><00:18:29.420><c> Perhaps</c><00:18:29.720><c> we</c><00:18:29.880><c> can</c><00:18:30.039><c> look</c><00:18:30.220><c> at</c><00:18:30.319><c> that</c><00:18:30.559><c> one,</c><00:18:32.299><c> where</c>

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again<00:18:32.759><c> his</c><00:18:33.279><c> care</c><00:18:33.619><c> for</c><00:18:33.799><c> the</c><00:18:33.920><c> Ecclesia</c><00:18:34.259><c> is</c><00:18:34.680><c> manifest,</c>

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it's<00:18:35.319><c> obvious,</c><00:18:35.720><c> brethren</c><00:18:36.039><c> and</c><00:18:36.240><c> sisters,</c><00:18:36.980><c> in,</c><00:18:38.259><c> well,</c><00:18:38.680><c> it's</c><00:18:38.859><c> difficult</c><00:18:39.180><c> to</c>

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pick<00:18:39.480><c> out</c><00:18:39.660><c> the</c><00:18:39.819><c> verses.</c>

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too<00:18:44.519><c> long</c><00:18:44.660><c> to</c><00:18:44.839><c> read</c><00:18:45.000><c> out</c><00:18:45.240><c> to</c><00:18:45.299><c> you</c><00:18:45.440><c> now,</c>

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are<00:18:46.160><c> themselves</c><00:18:46.660><c> a</c><00:18:47.319><c> powerful</c><00:18:47.319><c> verse,</c><00:18:47.319><c> as</c><00:18:47.460><c> we</c><00:18:47.660><c> were</c><00:18:47.900><c> allowed</c>

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of<00:18:48.400><c> God</c><00:18:48.640><c> to</c><00:18:48.819><c> be</c><00:18:48.980><c> put</c><00:18:49.099><c> in</c><00:18:49.359><c> trust</c><00:18:49.579><c> with</c><00:18:49.759><c> the</c>

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Gospel,<00:18:50.440><c> even</c><00:18:50.819><c> so</c><00:18:51.059><c> we</c><00:18:51.299><c> speak</c><00:18:51.519><c> not</c><00:18:51.680><c> as</c><00:18:51.920><c> pleasing</c><00:18:52.259><c> men,</c><00:18:52.819><c> but</c><00:18:53.039><c> God,</c><00:18:53.579><c> which</c><00:18:53.819><c> trieth</c><00:18:54.079><c> our</c><00:18:54.440><c> hearts.</c>

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Neither<00:18:55.680><c> at</c><00:18:55.859><c> any</c><00:18:56.059><c> time</c><00:18:56.240><c> use</c><00:18:56.400><c> we</c><00:18:56.640><c> flattering</c><00:18:57.000><c> words,</c><00:18:57.460><c> as</c><00:18:57.680><c> ye</c><00:18:57.799><c> know,</c><00:18:58.339><c> nor</c><00:18:58.519><c> a</c>

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cloak<00:18:58.819><c> of</c><00:18:59.079><c> covetousness.</c>

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Verse<00:19:00.339><c> 6,</c><00:19:00.599><c> nor</c><00:19:00.799><c> of</c><00:19:00.940><c> men</c><00:19:01.200><c> sought</c><00:19:01.420><c> we</c><00:19:01.640><c> glory,</c><00:19:02.140><c> neither</c><00:19:02.359><c> of</c><00:19:02.539><c> you</c>

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nor<00:19:02.779><c> yet</c><00:19:02.920><c> of</c><00:19:03.119><c> others.</c>

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Verse<00:19:04.859><c> 7,</c><00:19:05.339><c> but</c><00:19:05.539><c> we</c><00:19:05.740><c> were</c><00:19:06.019><c> gentle</c><00:19:06.559><c> among</c><00:19:06.920><c> you,</c><00:19:07.640><c> even</c><00:19:07.880><c> as</c><00:19:08.099><c> a</c><00:19:08.299><c> nurse</c><00:19:08.619><c> cherisheth</c><00:19:09.240><c> her</c>

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children,<00:19:10.019><c> so</c><00:19:10.460><c> being</c>

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affectionately<00:19:11.740><c> desirous</c><00:19:12.539><c> of</c><00:19:12.779><c> you,</c><00:19:13.279><c> we</c><00:19:13.440><c> were</c><00:19:13.680><c> willing</c><00:19:13.920><c> to</c><00:19:14.140><c> have</c><00:19:14.380><c> imparted</c><00:19:14.779><c> unto</c><00:19:14.920><c> you</c><00:19:15.079><c> not</c><00:19:15.240><c> the</c><00:19:15.420><c> Gospel</c><00:19:15.740><c> of</c><00:19:15.900><c> God</c>

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only,<00:19:16.799><c> but</c><00:19:16.940><c> also</c><00:19:17.220><c> our</c><00:19:17.440><c> own</c><00:19:17.700><c> souls,</c><00:19:18.700><c> because</c><00:19:19.079><c> ye</c><00:19:19.259><c> were</c><00:19:19.480><c> dear</c><00:19:19.759><c> unto</c><00:19:20.059><c> us.</c><00:19:21.420><c> Ye</c>

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remember,<00:19:22.220><c> brethren,</c><00:19:22.619><c> our</c><00:19:22.700><c> labor</c>

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and<00:19:23.380><c> travail,</c><00:19:24.539><c> for</c><00:19:24.759><c> laboring</c><00:19:25.140><c> night</c><00:19:25.440><c> and</c><00:19:25.700><c> day,</c><00:19:25.960><c> because</c><00:19:26.220><c> we</c>

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would<00:19:26.579><c> not</c><00:19:26.759><c> be</c><00:19:27.000><c> chargeable</c><00:19:27.359><c> unto</c><00:19:27.579><c> any</c><00:19:27.880><c> of</c><00:19:28.000><c> you,</c>

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we<00:19:28.539><c> preached</c><00:19:28.880><c> unto</c><00:19:29.140><c> you</c><00:19:29.299><c> the</c><00:19:29.500><c> Gospel</c><00:19:29.859><c> of</c><00:19:30.119><c> God,</c><00:19:31.240><c> ye</c><00:19:31.319><c> are</c><00:19:31.480><c> witnesses</c><00:19:31.859><c> of</c><00:19:32.259><c> God</c>

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also,<00:19:33.440><c> how</c>

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holily<00:19:34.059><c> and</c><00:19:34.420><c> justly</c><00:19:34.839><c> and</c><00:19:35.039><c> unblemably</c><00:19:35.839><c> we</c><00:19:36.119><c> behaved</c><00:19:36.359><c> ourselves</c>

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among<00:19:37.180><c> you.</c>

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Verse<00:19:39.039><c> 11,</c><00:19:39.519><c> ye</c><00:19:39.720><c> know</c><00:19:39.900><c> how</c><00:19:40.119><c> we</c><00:19:40.480><c> exhorted</c><00:19:40.779><c> and</c><00:19:41.140><c> comforted</c><00:19:41.500><c> and</c>

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charged<00:19:41.980><c> every</c><00:19:42.339><c> one</c><00:19:42.519><c> of</c><00:19:42.740><c> you,</c>

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as<00:19:43.980><c> a</c><00:19:44.259><c> father</c><00:19:45.220><c> doth</c><00:19:45.700><c> his</c><00:19:46.099><c> children,</c><00:19:48.839><c> as</c><00:19:48.940><c> a</c><00:19:49.200><c> father</c><00:19:49.640><c> doth</c><00:19:49.980><c> his</c>

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children,<00:19:51.619><c> affectionately</c><00:19:52.460><c> desirous,</c>

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longing<00:19:54.759><c> for</c><00:19:55.180><c> their</c><00:19:55.440><c> salvation,</c><00:19:56.819><c> willing</c><00:19:57.220><c> to</c><00:19:57.559><c> impart</c><00:19:57.900><c> not</c>

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only<00:19:58.359><c> the</c><00:19:58.599><c> Gospel,</c>

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but<00:20:00.599><c> as</c><00:20:01.200><c> a</c><00:20:01.440><c> true</c><00:20:01.700><c> nurse</c><00:20:02.119><c> and</c><00:20:02.380><c> a</c><00:20:02.519><c> true</c><00:20:02.759><c> father,</c><00:20:04.119><c> giving</c><00:20:04.460><c> themselves</c><00:20:05.079><c> in</c><00:20:05.400><c> sacrifice</c><00:20:06.180><c> for</c>

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their<00:20:07.000><c> children,</c>

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even<00:20:08.319><c> their</c><00:20:08.640><c> own</c><00:20:09.039><c> souls</c><00:20:09.400><c> also.</c><00:20:11.680><c> The</c><00:20:11.900><c> apostle</c><00:20:12.079><c> then,</c><00:20:12.319><c> brethren</c>

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and<00:20:12.799><c> sisters,</c><00:20:13.720><c> cared</c><00:20:13.940><c> for</c><00:20:14.259><c> others,</c>

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was<00:20:15.380><c> concerned</c><00:20:15.980><c> about</c><00:20:16.579><c> their</c><00:20:17.220><c> salvation.</c><00:20:19.380><c> And</c><00:20:19.700><c> that's</c><00:20:20.140><c> the</c>

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balance<00:20:20.759><c> of</c><00:20:20.980><c> which</c><00:20:21.119><c> we've</c><00:20:21.519><c> spoken</c>

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previously<00:20:22.619><c> this</c><00:20:22.920><c> week,</c><00:20:24.259><c> a</c><00:20:24.440><c> balance</c><00:20:24.759><c> that</c><00:20:25.019><c> is</c><00:20:25.660><c> remarkable</c><00:20:26.519><c> in</c>

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its<00:20:28.059><c> existence</c><00:20:28.680><c> here</c><00:20:28.940><c> in</c><00:20:29.079><c> the</c><00:20:29.240><c> apostle</c><00:20:29.539><c> Paul.</c>

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Very<00:20:31.380><c> few</c><00:20:31.660><c> men,</c><00:20:32.140><c> brethren</c><00:20:32.299><c> and</c><00:20:32.559><c> sisters,</c><00:20:32.960><c> are</c><00:20:33.220><c> both</c><00:20:33.599><c> tough</c><00:20:34.079><c> and</c><00:20:34.920><c> gentle,</c><00:20:36.180><c> very</c><00:20:36.740><c> few.</c><00:20:38.059><c> We</c>

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are,<00:20:38.420><c> most</c><00:20:38.539><c> of</c><00:20:38.680><c> us,</c>

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either<00:20:39.579><c> too</c><00:20:39.859><c> hard</c><00:20:40.440><c> or</c><00:20:41.359><c> too</c><00:20:41.720><c> soft.</c><00:20:43.140><c> The</c><00:20:43.319><c> apostle</c><00:20:43.680><c> Paul</c><00:20:44.279><c> combined</c><00:20:45.299><c> a</c><00:20:45.579><c> blend</c>

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of<00:20:46.259><c> those</c><00:20:46.500><c> two</c><00:20:46.740><c> things.</c><00:20:47.119><c> He</c><00:20:47.299><c> was</c><00:20:47.500><c> so</c>

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tough<00:20:47.990><c> with</c><00:20:48.190><c> himself,</c><00:20:48.769><c> wasn't</c><00:20:49.049><c> he?</c><00:20:50.289><c> So</c><00:20:50.690><c> hard</c><00:20:51.089><c> upon</c><00:20:51.349><c> himself,</c>

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so<00:20:53.230><c> hard</c><00:20:53.509><c> in</c><00:20:53.690><c> the</c><00:20:53.809><c> way</c><00:20:53.930><c> that</c><00:20:54.089><c> he</c><00:20:54.250><c> drove</c><00:20:54.549><c> himself</c>

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and<00:20:55.769><c> laboured,</c><00:20:56.849><c> so</c><00:20:57.470><c> strict</c><00:20:58.230><c> with</c><00:20:58.490><c> himself,</c><00:21:00.410><c> and</c><00:21:00.630><c> yet</c><00:21:00.869><c> so</c><00:21:01.329><c> gentle</c><00:21:01.789><c> and</c>

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concerned<00:21:02.690><c> for</c><00:21:02.990><c> others.</c>

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He<00:21:04.789><c> was</c><00:21:05.029><c> always,</c><00:21:05.490><c> as</c><00:21:05.710><c> he</c><00:21:05.950><c> said,</c><00:21:06.589><c> all</c><00:21:06.930><c> things</c><00:21:07.329><c> to</c><00:21:07.710><c> all</c><00:21:08.089><c> men,</c><00:21:09.109><c> not</c>

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because<00:21:10.250><c> he</c><00:21:10.549><c> enjoyed</c><00:21:11.230><c> weakness,</c>

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where<00:21:12.789><c> there</c><00:21:12.990><c> was</c><00:21:13.190><c> weakness.</c><00:21:14.250><c> He</c><00:21:14.349><c> wasn't</c><00:21:14.589><c> weak</c><00:21:14.789><c> towards</c><00:21:15.150><c> Christ.</c><00:21:18.690><c> Not</c>

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that<00:21:18.950><c> he</c><00:21:19.089><c> enjoyed</c><00:21:19.390><c> being</c><00:21:19.990><c> strong</c><00:21:20.410><c> for</c><00:21:20.589><c> the</c>

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sake<00:21:20.849><c> of</c><00:21:21.009><c> being</c><00:21:21.269><c> strong,</c><00:21:21.670><c> but</c><00:21:21.890><c> he</c><00:21:22.190><c> showed</c><00:21:22.349><c> strength</c><00:21:22.710><c> where</c><00:21:22.930><c> there</c><00:21:23.829><c> was</c><00:21:23.990><c> strength.</c><00:21:25.210><c> He</c>

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showed<00:21:25.529><c> himself</c><00:21:25.869><c> equal</c><00:21:26.150><c> to</c>

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that<00:21:26.529><c> situation,</c><00:21:28.109><c> but</c><00:21:28.349><c> always,</c><00:21:28.670><c> he</c><00:21:28.910><c> says,</c><00:21:29.309><c> for</c><00:21:29.490><c> the</c><00:21:29.630><c> sake</c><00:21:29.789><c> of</c>

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Christ,<00:21:31.049><c> always</c><00:21:31.549><c> for</c><00:21:31.730><c> the</c><00:21:31.849><c> sake</c><00:21:31.990><c> of</c><00:21:32.190><c> Christ.</c>

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He<00:21:33.150><c> wasn't</c><00:21:33.390><c> all</c><00:21:33.609><c> things</c><00:21:33.829><c> to</c><00:21:34.049><c> all</c><00:21:34.250><c> men</c><00:21:34.450><c> and</c><00:21:35.029><c> sometimes</c><00:21:35.589><c> different</c><00:21:36.009><c> in</c><00:21:36.150><c> his</c>

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approach<00:21:36.630><c> to</c><00:21:36.829><c> God.</c><00:21:37.470><c> He</c><00:21:37.630><c> wasn't</c>

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lived.<00:21:58.470><c> He</c><00:21:58.730><c> didn't</c><00:21:59.049><c> vacillate</c><00:21:59.730><c> between</c><00:22:00.150><c> one</c><00:22:00.490><c> opinion</c><00:22:00.890><c> or</c><00:22:01.069><c> one</c>

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attitude<00:22:01.650><c> and</c><00:22:01.930><c> another,</c><00:22:02.470><c> but</c><00:22:03.329><c> it</c><00:22:03.569><c> means</c><00:22:03.789><c> that</c><00:22:04.029><c> he</c>

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brought<00:22:04.549><c> a</c><00:22:04.910><c> point</c><00:22:05.150><c> of</c><00:22:05.470><c> identification</c><00:22:06.210><c> with</c><00:22:06.470><c> all</c><00:22:06.730><c> to</c><00:22:06.869><c> whom</c><00:22:06.970><c> he</c>

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spoke,<00:22:08.250><c> with</c><00:22:08.390><c> all</c><00:22:08.650><c> with</c><00:22:08.849><c> whom</c><00:22:08.950><c> he</c><00:22:09.109><c> came</c><00:22:09.230><c> in</c><00:22:09.450><c> contact.</c>

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To<00:22:11.809><c> the</c><00:22:12.009><c> weak,</c><00:22:13.349><c> he</c><00:22:13.490><c> could</c><00:22:13.710><c> speak</c><00:22:13.950><c> of</c><00:22:14.109><c> his</c><00:22:14.329><c> weakness.</c><00:22:15.970><c> To</c><00:22:16.490><c> the</c>

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strong,<00:22:17.890><c> he</c><00:22:18.029><c> was</c><00:22:18.289><c> as</c><00:22:18.589><c> strong.</c><00:22:20.130><c> Always</c><00:22:20.470><c> he</c><00:22:20.630><c> was</c><00:22:20.849><c> able</c>

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to<00:22:21.410><c> identify</c><00:22:22.049><c> with</c><00:22:22.349><c> men,</c><00:22:22.809><c> to</c><00:22:23.029><c> find</c><00:22:23.230><c> the</c><00:22:23.549><c> common</c><00:22:23.769><c> ground,</c><00:22:24.269><c> if</c>

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by<00:22:24.890><c> any</c><00:22:25.150><c> means</c><00:22:25.470><c> he</c><00:22:25.670><c> might</c><00:22:25.990><c> save</c><00:22:26.329><c> some,</c><00:22:26.930><c> if</c><00:22:27.130><c> by</c><00:22:27.670><c> any</c>

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means<00:22:28.250><c> he</c><00:22:28.410><c> might</c><00:22:28.630><c> be</c><00:22:28.849><c> able</c><00:22:29.029><c> to</c><00:22:29.309><c> help</c><00:22:29.529><c> them</c><00:22:29.890><c> in</c><00:22:30.170><c> whatever</c><00:22:30.609><c> situation</c><00:22:31.269><c> and</c>

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circumstance<00:22:32.049><c> they</c><00:22:32.470><c> were,</c><00:22:33.210><c> to</c><00:22:33.490><c> identify</c>

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with<00:22:34.410><c> them,</c><00:22:34.730><c> to</c><00:22:35.049><c> teach</c><00:22:35.269><c> them</c><00:22:35.509><c> the</c><00:22:35.670><c> Gospel,</c><00:22:36.829><c> to</c><00:22:37.029><c> help</c><00:22:37.210><c> them</c><00:22:37.509><c> see</c>

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the<00:22:38.049><c> need</c><00:22:38.549><c> for</c><00:22:39.309><c> the</c><00:22:39.549><c> weak</c><00:22:39.750><c> to</c><00:22:39.890><c> be</c><00:22:40.150><c> strong</c>

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and<00:22:41.509><c> for</c><00:22:41.589><c> the</c><00:22:41.869><c> strong</c><00:22:42.309><c> to</c><00:22:42.890><c> bear</c><00:22:43.150><c> with</c><00:22:43.430><c> the</c><00:22:43.650><c> weak.</c>

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Of<00:22:49.029><c> Timothy,</c><00:22:49.769><c> we</c><00:22:49.970><c> learn</c><00:22:50.390><c> in</c><00:22:50.589><c> Acts</c><00:22:50.890><c> chapter</c><00:22:51.269><c> 16.</c>

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It's<00:22:54.910><c> there</c><00:22:55.289><c> that</c><00:22:55.490><c> the</c><00:22:55.710><c> Apostle</c><00:22:56.109><c> Paul</c><00:22:56.390><c> meets</c><00:22:56.750><c> with</c><00:22:57.029><c> this</c><00:22:57.269><c> remarkable</c><00:22:57.869><c> young</c><00:22:58.130><c> man</c>

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for<00:22:59.210><c> the</c><00:22:59.390><c> first</c><00:22:59.670><c> time.</c>

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Acts<00:23:01.930><c> chapter</c><00:23:02.269><c> 16,</c>

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Then<00:23:04.369><c> came</c><00:23:04.869><c> Paul</c><00:23:05.250><c> to</c><00:23:05.509><c> Derbe</c><00:23:05.809><c> and</c><00:23:06.150><c> Lystra,</c><00:23:07.210><c> and</c><00:23:07.390><c> behold,</c><00:23:08.490><c> a</c><00:23:08.670><c> certain</c><00:23:08.930><c> disciple</c><00:23:09.410><c> was</c>

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there<00:23:09.869><c> named</c><00:23:10.130><c> Timotheus,</c>

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the<00:23:11.470><c> son</c><00:23:11.650><c> of</c><00:23:11.829><c> a</c><00:23:11.930><c> certain</c><00:23:12.130><c> woman,</c><00:23:12.569><c> which</c><00:23:12.869><c> was</c><00:23:13.150><c> a</c><00:23:13.269><c> Jewess</c><00:23:13.809><c> and</c><00:23:14.150><c> believed,</c><00:23:15.329><c> but</c><00:23:15.569><c> his</c><00:23:15.809><c> father</c><00:23:16.009><c> was</c><00:23:16.230><c> a</c><00:23:16.390><c> Greek,</c>

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which<00:23:17.630><c> was</c><00:23:18.130><c> well</c><00:23:18.410><c> reported</c><00:23:18.890><c> of</c><00:23:19.150><c> by</c><00:23:19.410><c> the</c><00:23:19.589><c> brethren</c><00:23:19.849><c> that</c><00:23:20.049><c> were</c>

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at<00:23:20.430><c> Lystra</c><00:23:20.750><c> and</c><00:23:20.990><c> Iconium.</c><00:23:22.230><c> Him</c><00:23:22.390><c> would</c><00:23:22.849><c> Paul</c><00:23:23.230><c> have</c>

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to<00:23:23.650><c> go</c><00:23:23.910><c> forth</c><00:23:24.089><c> with</c><00:23:24.329><c> him</c><00:23:24.829><c> and</c><00:23:25.269><c> took</c><00:23:25.470><c> and</c><00:23:25.710><c> circumcised</c><00:23:26.230><c> him</c><00:23:26.369><c> because</c><00:23:26.630><c> of</c>

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the<00:23:26.950><c> Jews</c><00:23:27.089><c> which</c><00:23:27.289><c> were</c><00:23:27.430><c> in</c><00:23:27.549><c> those</c><00:23:27.769><c> quarters,</c>

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for<00:23:28.509><c> they</c><00:23:28.750><c> knew</c><00:23:28.930><c> all</c><00:23:29.089><c> that</c><00:23:29.250><c> his</c><00:23:29.410><c> father</c><00:23:29.609><c> was</c><00:23:29.829><c> a</c><00:23:29.930><c> Greek.</c><00:23:31.269><c> As</c><00:23:31.430><c> they</c><00:23:31.589><c> went</c><00:23:31.769><c> through</c><00:23:31.970><c> the</c><00:23:32.130><c> cities,</c>

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they<00:23:33.049><c> delivered</c><00:23:33.269><c> them</c><00:23:33.569><c> the</c><00:23:33.769><c> decrees</c><00:23:34.069><c> for</c><00:23:34.250><c> to</c><00:23:34.450><c> keep</c><00:23:34.670><c> that</c><00:23:35.069><c> were</c>

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ordained<00:23:35.529><c> of</c><00:23:35.690><c> the</c><00:23:35.849><c> apostles</c><00:23:36.170><c> and</c><00:23:36.410><c> elders</c><00:23:36.589><c> which</c>

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were<00:23:36.930><c> at</c><00:23:37.130><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:23:38.109><c> and</c><00:23:38.309><c> so</c><00:23:38.529><c> were</c><00:23:38.690><c> the</c><00:23:38.849><c> churches</c><00:23:39.109><c> established</c><00:23:39.650><c> in</c><00:23:39.829><c> the</c><00:23:40.049><c> faith</c><00:23:40.450><c> and</c><00:23:41.009><c> increased</c><00:23:41.349><c> in</c>

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number<00:23:41.869><c> daily.</c><00:23:43.289><c> Timothy</c><00:23:43.589><c> now</c><00:23:44.170><c> helping</c><00:23:44.809><c> Paul</c><00:23:45.349><c> in</c><00:23:46.009><c> this</c><00:23:46.329><c> work.</c>

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We<00:23:48.430><c> know</c><00:23:48.670><c> from</c><00:23:48.849><c> Paul's</c><00:23:49.269><c> first</c><00:23:49.430><c> letter</c><00:23:49.690><c> to</c><00:23:49.890><c> Timothy,</c>

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don't<00:23:50.369><c> we,</c><00:23:50.589><c> that</c><00:23:51.609><c> the</c><00:23:51.849><c> Apostle</c><00:23:52.210><c> there</c><00:23:52.490><c> mentions</c><00:23:52.950><c> the</c><00:23:53.269><c> faith</c>

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of<00:23:53.789><c> both</c><00:23:53.930><c> his</c><00:23:54.130><c> mother</c><00:23:54.450><c> and</c><00:23:55.089><c> his</c><00:23:55.329><c> grandmother,</c>

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and<00:23:57.630><c> the</c><00:23:57.829><c> Apostle</c><00:23:58.369><c> obviously</c><00:23:58.910><c> found</c><00:23:59.190><c> in</c><00:23:59.369><c> this</c><00:23:59.569><c> young</c><00:23:59.789><c> man</c><00:24:00.109><c> not</c>

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only<00:24:00.609><c> a</c><00:24:00.849><c> kindred</c><00:24:01.150><c> spirit</c><00:24:01.490><c> but</c><00:24:01.829><c> a</c><00:24:01.990><c> very</c><00:24:02.250><c> faithful</c><00:24:02.630><c> and</c>

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a<00:24:03.390><c> remarkably</c><00:24:03.769><c> mature</c><00:24:04.309><c> man</c><00:24:04.849><c> for</c><00:24:05.089><c> his</c><00:24:05.250><c> age,</c><00:24:06.210><c> for</c><00:24:06.390><c> his</c><00:24:06.650><c> years.</c>

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The<00:24:09.269><c> Apostle</c><00:24:09.569><c> felt</c><00:24:09.809><c> it</c><00:24:10.049><c> necessary</c><00:24:10.430><c> to</c><00:24:10.769><c> circumcise</c>

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Timothy<00:24:11.750><c> because</c><00:24:12.529><c> Timothy</c><00:24:12.930><c> would</c><00:24:13.150><c> be</c><00:24:13.650><c> regarded</c><00:24:14.049><c> as</c><00:24:14.349><c> a</c><00:24:14.549><c> Jew,</c><00:24:15.150><c> having</c><00:24:15.470><c> a</c>

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Jewess<00:24:16.089><c> for</c><00:24:16.349><c> his</c><00:24:16.549><c> mother,</c><00:24:17.009><c> that</c><00:24:17.170><c> in</c><00:24:17.309><c> no</c>

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way<00:24:18.210><c> undermined</c><00:24:18.890><c> the</c><00:24:19.190><c> argument</c><00:24:19.549><c> of</c><00:24:19.730><c> the</c><00:24:19.910><c> Apostle</c><00:24:20.230><c> Paul</c><00:24:20.609><c> in</c><00:24:20.990><c> Galatians</c><00:24:21.890><c> that</c><00:24:22.410><c> was</c><00:24:22.769><c> the</c><00:24:23.130><c> expedient</c><00:24:23.589><c> thing</c><00:24:23.809><c> to</c><00:24:24.049><c> do</c>

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for<00:24:24.890><c> a</c><00:24:25.069><c> man</c><00:24:25.369><c> countered</c><00:24:25.950><c> or</c><00:24:26.109><c> regarded</c><00:24:26.569><c> as</c><00:24:27.230><c> a</c><00:24:27.430><c> Jew.</c>

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We<00:24:30.769><c> wonder</c><00:24:31.029><c> though,</c><00:24:31.349><c> looking</c><00:24:31.650><c> through</c><00:24:31.910><c> the</c><00:24:31.970><c> letters</c><00:24:32.190><c> of</c><00:24:32.450><c> Timothy,</c><00:24:33.369><c> if</c>

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there<00:24:33.690><c> was</c><00:24:33.910><c> not</c><00:24:34.150><c> some</c><00:24:34.450><c> weakness</c><00:24:34.890><c> there.</c>

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Timothy,<00:24:36.769><c> as</c><00:24:36.970><c> we</c><00:24:37.150><c> said,</c><00:24:37.529><c> was</c><00:24:37.849><c> not</c><00:24:38.170><c> like</c><00:24:38.549><c> Paul</c><00:24:38.970><c> in</c><00:24:39.490><c> character</c>

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or<00:24:40.410><c> physique.</c><00:24:41.410><c> They</c><00:24:41.549><c> were</c><00:24:41.710><c> much</c><00:24:41.990><c> alike</c>

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in<00:24:42.869><c> spiritual</c><00:24:43.390><c> ways,</c><00:24:44.049><c> but</c><00:24:44.589><c> as</c><00:24:44.809><c> men</c><00:24:45.150><c> they</c><00:24:45.309><c> were</c><00:24:45.509><c> quite</c><00:24:45.829><c> different.</c><00:24:46.509><c> Come</c><00:24:46.730><c> over</c><00:24:46.910><c> to</c>

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the<00:24:47.390><c> letters</c><00:24:47.690><c> of</c><00:24:47.910><c> Paul</c>

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to<00:24:48.369><c> Timothy</c><00:24:48.849><c> as</c><00:24:50.289><c> we</c><00:24:50.470><c> just</c><00:24:50.769><c> skip</c><00:24:50.930><c> through</c><00:24:51.170><c> some</c><00:24:51.329><c> of</c><00:24:51.509><c> the</c><00:24:51.650><c> verses</c>

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there<00:24:52.250><c> and</c><00:24:52.869><c> notice</c><00:24:53.269><c> how</c><00:24:53.730><c> this</c><00:24:54.109><c> man</c><00:24:54.410><c> seems</c><00:24:54.730><c> to</c>

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have<00:24:55.109><c> been</c><00:24:55.269><c> of</c><00:24:55.609><c> a</c><00:24:55.890><c> somewhat</c><00:24:56.150><c> weak</c><00:24:56.390><c> constitution.</c><00:24:58.250><c> Physically</c>

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he<00:24:59.089><c> wasn't</c><00:24:59.410><c> very</c><00:24:59.789><c> strong</c><00:25:00.150><c> it</c><00:25:00.309><c> would</c><00:25:00.589><c> seem.</c>

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looked<00:25:04.750><c> at</c><00:25:04.890><c> them</c><00:25:05.029><c> all</c><00:25:05.250><c> together</c><00:25:05.609><c> before.</c>

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1st<00:25:06.849><c> Timothy</c><00:25:07.190><c> chapter</c><00:25:07.730><c> 4</c><00:25:08.130><c> first.</c>

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There<00:25:16.609><c> we</c><00:25:16.809><c> read</c><00:25:16.990><c> it</c><00:25:17.230><c> verse</c><00:25:17.549><c> 8.</c><00:25:20.170><c> For</c><00:25:20.329><c> bodily</c><00:25:20.789><c> exercise</c><00:25:21.549><c> profiteth</c><00:25:22.210><c> little,</c>

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but<00:25:23.470><c> godliness</c><00:25:23.890><c> is</c><00:25:24.190><c> profitable</c>

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unto<00:25:24.789><c> all</c><00:25:25.089><c> things,</c><00:25:25.730><c> having</c><00:25:25.970><c> promise</c><00:25:26.250><c> of</c><00:25:26.410><c> the</c><00:25:26.569><c> life</c><00:25:26.750><c> that</c><00:25:26.910><c> now</c>

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is<00:25:27.430><c> and</c><00:25:27.750><c> of</c><00:25:27.930><c> that</c><00:25:28.069><c> which</c><00:25:28.250><c> is</c><00:25:28.410><c> to</c><00:25:28.589><c> come.</c>

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There<00:25:29.609><c> must</c><00:25:29.829><c> have</c><00:25:29.990><c> been</c><00:25:30.130><c> some</c><00:25:30.390><c> reason</c><00:25:30.730><c> why</c><00:25:31.269><c> young</c><00:25:31.650><c> Timothy</c><00:25:32.029><c> found</c><00:25:32.589><c> exercise</c><00:25:33.430><c> useful</c><00:25:34.049><c> for</c><00:25:34.390><c> him</c><00:25:34.829><c> and</c><00:25:35.329><c> profitable</c><00:25:35.710><c> to</c>

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him<00:25:36.150><c> as</c><00:25:36.509><c> he</c><00:25:36.730><c> believed.</c><00:25:37.410><c> The</c><00:25:37.410><c> apostle</c><00:25:37.710><c> says</c><00:25:38.009><c> it</c><00:25:38.230><c> profits</c><00:25:38.549><c> a</c><00:25:38.789><c> little,</c><00:25:39.390><c> it</c>

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is<00:25:39.690><c> of</c><00:25:39.849><c> some</c><00:25:40.089><c> value,</c>

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but<00:25:41.410><c> of</c><00:25:41.569><c> little</c><00:25:41.769><c> value</c><00:25:42.109><c> compared</c><00:25:42.690><c> with</c><00:25:42.990><c> godliness.</c><00:25:44.569><c> Chapter</c>

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5<00:25:45.069><c> verse</c><00:25:45.269><c> 23.</c><00:25:46.289><c> The</c><00:25:46.289><c> apostle's</c><00:25:46.829><c> advice,</c>

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we<00:25:47.930><c> remember</c><00:25:48.329><c> it</c><00:25:48.529><c> well</c><00:25:48.670><c> don't</c><00:25:48.849><c> we,</c><00:25:49.150><c> drink</c><00:25:49.289><c> no</c><00:25:49.569><c> longer</c><00:25:49.789><c> water</c><00:25:50.109><c> but</c><00:25:50.430><c> use</c><00:25:50.730><c> a</c>

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little<00:25:51.009><c> wine</c><00:25:51.269><c> for</c><00:25:51.490><c> thy</c><00:25:51.710><c> stomach's</c><00:25:52.349><c> sake</c>

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and<00:25:52.970><c> thine</c><00:25:53.250><c> often</c><00:25:53.730><c> infirmities.</c><00:25:55.250><c> So</c><00:25:55.369><c> clearly</c><00:25:55.630><c> Timothy</c><00:25:56.450><c> was</c><00:25:56.710><c> a</c>

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man<00:25:57.049><c> who</c><00:25:57.509><c> did</c><00:25:57.730><c> not</c><00:25:57.910><c> enjoy</c><00:25:58.349><c> the</c><00:25:58.529><c> best</c><00:25:58.769><c> of</c><00:25:59.009><c> health,</c>

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he<00:25:59.410><c> was</c><00:25:59.910><c> often</c><00:26:00.670><c> infirm.</c><00:26:02.289><c> In</c><00:26:02.470><c> the</c><00:26:02.569><c> second</c><00:26:02.809><c> letter</c><00:26:03.210><c> verse</c><00:26:03.650><c> 4</c><00:26:03.930><c> of</c>

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chapter<00:26:04.410><c> 1</c><00:26:04.950><c> he</c><00:26:05.490><c> says,</c>

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greatly<00:26:07.170><c> desiring</c><00:26:07.809><c> to</c><00:26:08.190><c> see</c><00:26:08.430><c> thee,</c><00:26:08.890><c> being</c><00:26:09.250><c> mindful</c><00:26:09.589><c> of</c><00:26:09.829><c> thy</c><00:26:10.029><c> tears,</c><00:26:10.950><c> that</c><00:26:11.069><c> I</c>

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may<00:26:11.390><c> be</c><00:26:11.630><c> filled</c><00:26:11.849><c> with</c><00:26:12.170><c> joy.</c>

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We<00:26:13.609><c> wonder</c><00:26:13.809><c> why</c><00:26:14.289><c> Timothy</c><00:26:14.670><c> had</c><00:26:14.970><c> shed</c><00:26:15.109><c> tears,</c><00:26:15.589><c> was</c><00:26:15.750><c> it</c><00:26:16.210><c> just</c><00:26:16.650><c> for</c>

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the<00:26:17.069><c> ecclesia,</c><00:26:17.509><c> was</c><00:26:17.710><c> it</c><00:26:17.930><c> only</c><00:26:18.250><c> concerning</c>

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the<00:26:18.950><c> problems,</c><00:26:19.670><c> or</c><00:26:19.910><c> were</c><00:26:20.069><c> there</c><00:26:20.289><c> other</c><00:26:20.450><c> reasons?</c><00:26:21.230><c> Did</c><00:26:21.369><c> he</c><00:26:21.589><c> again</c><00:26:21.910><c> have</c><00:26:22.150><c> a</c><00:26:22.309><c> weakness</c><00:26:22.630><c> and</c><00:26:23.150><c> a</c>

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softness<00:26:23.809><c> in</c><00:26:23.970><c> his</c><00:26:24.170><c> nature</c>

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which<00:26:25.089><c> he'd</c><00:26:25.490><c> inherited</c><00:26:25.789><c> by</c><00:26:26.109><c> the</c><00:26:26.430><c> influence</c><00:26:26.710><c> of</c><00:26:26.910><c> his</c><00:26:27.049><c> mother</c>

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and<00:26:27.890><c> grandmother</c><00:26:28.329><c> perhaps?</c><00:26:30.250><c> Certainly</c><00:26:30.630><c> he</c><00:26:30.849><c> seems</c>

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to<00:26:32.069><c> have</c><00:26:32.170><c> been</c><00:26:32.369><c> a</c><00:26:32.690><c> man</c><00:26:32.910><c> of</c><00:26:33.130><c> some</c><00:26:33.430><c> timidity.</c><00:26:34.410><c> Keep</c><00:26:34.430><c> a</c><00:26:34.670><c> finger</c><00:26:34.890><c> in</c>

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Timothy<00:26:35.309><c> but</c><00:26:35.509><c> come</c><00:26:35.730><c> back</c><00:26:35.890><c> just</c><00:26:36.049><c> a</c><00:26:36.150><c> minute</c>

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to<00:26:36.430><c> the</c><00:26:36.569><c> first</c><00:26:36.950><c> letter</c><00:26:37.190><c> to</c><00:26:37.369><c> the</c><00:26:37.430><c> Corinthians</c><00:26:37.769><c> in</c><00:26:37.990><c> chapter</c><00:26:38.250><c> 16,</c>

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where<00:26:40.910><c> the</c><00:26:41.089><c> apostle</c><00:26:41.769><c> strongly</c><00:26:42.470><c> exhorts</c><00:26:42.910><c> the</c>

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Corinthians<00:26:43.509><c> to</c><00:26:43.730><c> be</c><00:26:44.109><c> careful</c><00:26:44.470><c> in</c><00:26:44.670><c> the</c><00:26:44.789><c> way</c><00:26:44.930><c> that</c><00:26:45.130><c> they</c><00:26:45.390><c> treat</c>

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Timothy.<00:26:47.089><c> 1</c><00:26:47.329><c> Corinthians</c><00:26:47.730><c> 16</c><00:26:48.309><c> and</c><00:26:48.569><c> verse</c><00:26:48.829><c> 10.</c>

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Now<00:26:54.250><c> if</c><00:26:54.670><c> Timotheus</c><00:26:55.230><c> come,</c><00:26:56.210><c> see</c><00:26:56.269><c> that</c><00:26:56.410><c> he</c><00:26:56.549><c> may</c><00:26:56.750><c> be</c><00:26:56.930><c> with</c><00:26:57.109><c> you</c><00:26:57.329><c> without</c><00:26:57.829><c> fear,</c><00:26:58.849><c> for</c><00:26:59.029><c> he</c>

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worketh<00:26:59.589><c> the</c><00:26:59.710><c> work</c><00:26:59.849><c> of</c><00:27:00.009><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:27:00.269><c> as</c><00:27:00.450><c> I</c><00:27:00.630><c> also</c><00:27:01.049><c> do.</c><00:27:01.569><c> Let</c><00:27:01.769><c> no</c><00:27:02.069><c> man</c><00:27:02.269><c> therefore</c><00:27:02.730><c> despise</c><00:27:03.250><c> him,</c>

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but<00:27:03.930><c> conduct</c><00:27:04.269><c> him</c><00:27:04.529><c> forth</c><00:27:04.650><c> in</c><00:27:04.950><c> peace,</c><00:27:05.470><c> that</c><00:27:05.529><c> he</c><00:27:05.650><c> may</c>

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come<00:27:06.009><c> unto</c><00:27:06.210><c> me,</c><00:27:06.470><c> for</c><00:27:06.589><c> I</c><00:27:06.769><c> look</c><00:27:06.930><c> for</c><00:27:07.069><c> him</c><00:27:07.230><c> with</c><00:27:07.430><c> the</c><00:27:07.569><c> brethren.</c>

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If<00:27:09.029><c> he</c><00:27:09.230><c> come,</c><00:27:10.430><c> let</c><00:27:10.490><c> it</c><00:27:10.630><c> be</c><00:27:10.769><c> without</c><00:27:11.109><c> fear,</c><00:27:11.509><c> says</c><00:27:11.650><c> the</c><00:27:11.849><c> apostle.</c>

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Don't<00:27:12.990><c> do</c><00:27:13.250><c> things</c><00:27:13.509><c> that</c><00:27:13.769><c> make</c><00:27:13.930><c> him</c><00:27:14.109><c> afraid,</c><00:27:15.150><c> which</c><00:27:15.430><c> seems</c><00:27:15.710><c> to</c>

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suggest<00:27:16.250><c> that</c><00:27:16.509><c> Timothy</c><00:27:17.049><c> had</c><00:27:17.490><c> some</c><00:27:18.109><c> some</c><00:27:18.210><c> natural</c><00:27:18.650><c> fear</c>

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perhaps,<00:27:19.990><c> or</c><00:27:20.089><c> was</c><00:27:20.450><c> rather</c><00:27:21.049><c> shy</c><00:27:21.329><c> of</c><00:27:21.609><c> the</c><00:27:21.990><c> circumstances</c><00:27:22.589><c> that</c>

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existed<00:27:23.230><c> at</c><00:27:23.529><c> Corinth,</c><00:27:24.049><c> if</c><00:27:24.210><c> not</c><00:27:24.390><c> of</c><00:27:24.569><c> the</c><00:27:24.690><c> brethren</c>

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themselves.<00:27:26.430><c> Paul</c><00:27:26.630><c> reassures</c><00:27:27.109><c> them</c><00:27:27.289><c> that</c><00:27:27.509><c> he</c><00:27:27.789><c> is</c><00:27:28.230><c> a</c><00:27:28.509><c> fellow</c><00:27:28.789><c> laborer</c><00:27:29.230><c> of</c><00:27:29.369><c> the</c><00:27:29.529><c> apostle,</c><00:27:30.529><c> a</c>

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very<00:27:31.009><c> high</c><00:27:31.329><c> title</c>

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to<00:27:31.890><c> be</c><00:27:32.049><c> given,</c><00:27:32.329><c> a</c><00:27:32.569><c> fellow</c><00:27:32.849><c> laborer.</c><00:27:33.789><c> He</c><00:27:34.049><c> worketh</c><00:27:34.430><c> the</c><00:27:34.609><c> work</c><00:27:34.809><c> of</c>

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the<00:27:35.150><c> Lord</c><00:27:35.329><c> as</c><00:27:35.549><c> I</c><00:27:35.789><c> also</c><00:27:36.230><c> do.</c><00:27:36.910><c> Let</c><00:27:37.190><c> no</c><00:27:37.490><c> man</c><00:27:37.750><c> therefore</c>

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despise<00:27:38.849><c> him,</c><00:27:39.549><c> even</c><00:27:39.849><c> though</c><00:27:40.089><c> his</c><00:27:40.390><c> physique</c><00:27:40.710><c> may</c><00:27:40.990><c> have</c><00:27:41.470><c> presented</c><00:27:41.950><c> the</c><00:27:43.089><c> idea</c><00:27:43.450><c> of</c>

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a<00:27:43.789><c> rather</c><00:27:44.329><c> weedy</c><00:27:44.630><c> individual</c>

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perhaps.<00:27:45.809><c> Although</c><00:27:45.930><c> he</c><00:27:46.049><c> was</c><00:27:46.329><c> often</c><00:27:46.650><c> infirm,</c><00:27:47.670><c> and</c><00:27:47.930><c> although</c><00:27:48.130><c> he</c><00:27:48.329><c> seems</c><00:27:48.549><c> to</c><00:27:48.710><c> have</c><00:27:48.829><c> been</c><00:27:48.970><c> a</c><00:27:49.089><c> retiring</c>

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character,<00:27:50.009><c> he</c><00:27:50.109><c> was</c><00:27:50.289><c> not</c><00:27:50.410><c> to</c><00:27:50.549><c> be</c><00:27:50.730><c> despised.</c><00:27:51.950><c> He</c><00:27:52.130><c> was</c><00:27:52.329><c> a</c><00:27:52.490><c> godly</c>

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man<00:27:53.009><c> and</c><00:27:53.190><c> a</c><00:27:53.450><c> spiritual</c><00:27:53.809><c> man</c><00:27:54.230><c> beyond</c><00:27:54.730><c> his</c><00:27:55.069><c> years,</c>

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and<00:27:56.269><c> he</c><00:27:56.430><c> was</c><00:27:56.650><c> to</c><00:27:56.829><c> be</c><00:27:57.309><c> brought</c><00:27:57.650><c> forth</c><00:27:58.049><c> and</c><00:27:58.390><c> highly</c><00:27:58.650><c> regarded</c><00:27:59.269><c> for</c><00:27:59.809><c> that</c><00:28:00.109><c> work.</c><00:28:01.589><c> Back</c><00:28:01.869><c> in</c>

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the<00:28:02.150><c> first</c>

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letter<00:28:02.549><c> of</c><00:28:02.730><c> Timothy,</c><00:28:03.369><c> again</c><00:28:03.670><c> there's</c><00:28:04.029><c> evidence</c><00:28:04.430><c> of</c><00:28:04.849><c> those</c><00:28:05.049><c> same</c><00:28:05.430><c> kind</c><00:28:05.869><c> of</c><00:28:06.390><c> characteristics.</c>

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Let<00:28:20.150><c> no</c><00:28:20.630><c> man</c><00:28:20.970><c> despise</c><00:28:21.750><c> thy</c><00:28:22.029><c> youth,</c><00:28:22.450><c> which</c><00:28:22.569><c> means</c><00:28:22.890><c> of</c><00:28:22.990><c> course</c>

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give<00:28:23.509><c> no</c><00:28:23.750><c> man</c><00:28:23.910><c> occasion</c><00:28:24.369><c> for</c><00:28:24.829><c> doing</c><00:28:25.109><c> so.</c><00:28:25.549><c> Let</c><00:28:25.670><c> no</c>

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man<00:28:26.190><c> despise</c><00:28:26.690><c> thy</c><00:28:26.849><c> youth,</c><00:28:27.230><c> but</c><00:28:27.349><c> be</c><00:28:27.609><c> thou</c><00:28:27.750><c> an</c><00:28:27.970><c> example</c><00:28:28.430><c> of</c><00:28:28.609><c> the</c>

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believers<00:28:29.170><c> in</c><00:28:29.569><c> word,</c><00:28:30.509><c> in</c><00:28:30.730><c> conversation,</c>

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that<00:28:31.490><c> is</c><00:28:31.690><c> in</c><00:28:31.890><c> conduct,</c><00:28:32.329><c> in</c><00:28:32.430><c> manner</c><00:28:32.630><c> of</c><00:28:32.869><c> life,</c><00:28:33.369><c> in</c><00:28:33.490><c> charity,</c><00:28:34.029><c> in</c>

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spirit,<00:28:34.549><c> in</c><00:28:34.690><c> faith,</c><00:28:35.210><c> in</c><00:28:35.410><c> purity.</c>

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Neglect<00:28:38.250><c> not</c><00:28:38.589><c> the</c><00:28:38.730><c> gift</c><00:28:38.970><c> that</c><00:28:39.109><c> is</c><00:28:39.329><c> in</c><00:28:39.549><c> thee,</c><00:28:39.930><c> which</c><00:28:40.089><c> was</c><00:28:40.289><c> given</c>

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thee<00:28:40.750><c> by</c><00:28:41.009><c> prophecy</c><00:28:41.450><c> with</c><00:28:41.869><c> the</c><00:28:42.089><c> laying</c>

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on<00:28:42.450><c> of</c><00:28:42.589><c> the</c><00:28:42.690><c> hands</c><00:28:43.009><c> of</c><00:28:43.210><c> the</c><00:28:43.410><c> presbytery.</c><00:28:44.410><c> There</c><00:28:44.529><c> seems</c><00:28:44.730><c> to</c><00:28:44.869><c> have</c><00:28:44.990><c> been</c><00:28:45.109><c> a</c>

00:28:45.210 --> 00:28:46.789
reticence<00:28:45.650><c> in</c><00:28:45.809><c> the</c><00:28:45.950><c> young</c><00:28:46.130><c> man</c><00:28:46.309><c> here,</c>

00:28:47.150 --> 00:28:51.509
and<00:28:47.369><c> Paul</c><00:28:47.650><c> needs</c><00:28:48.029><c> to</c><00:28:48.349><c> exhort</c><00:28:48.670><c> him</c><00:28:49.089><c> to</c><00:28:49.869><c> be</c><00:28:50.289><c> strong,</c><00:28:50.910><c> to</c><00:28:51.089><c> be</c><00:28:51.309><c> an</c>

00:28:51.509 --> 00:28:54.470
example,<00:28:52.049><c> not</c><00:28:52.269><c> to</c><00:28:52.470><c> be</c><00:28:52.789><c> afraid</c><00:28:53.250><c> in</c><00:28:53.529><c> coming</c><00:28:53.869><c> forward.</c>

00:28:54.470 --> 00:28:57.609
In<00:28:55.170><c> the</c><00:28:55.309><c> second</c><00:28:55.589><c> letter,</c><00:28:56.769><c> chapter</c><00:28:56.890><c> one,</c>

00:29:05.049 --> 00:29:09.509
not<00:29:05.490><c> thou</c><00:29:05.750><c> therefore</c><00:29:06.289><c> ashamed</c><00:29:06.869><c> of</c><00:29:07.190><c> the</c><00:29:07.410><c> testimony</c><00:29:07.809><c> of</c><00:29:08.069><c> our</c><00:29:08.230><c> lord,</c><00:29:09.150><c> nor</c><00:29:09.289><c> of</c>

00:29:09.509 --> 00:29:11.309
me<00:29:09.650><c> his</c><00:29:09.849><c> prisoner,</c><00:29:10.710><c> but</c><00:29:10.950><c> be</c><00:29:11.150><c> thou</c>

00:29:11.309 --> 00:29:15.190
partaker<00:29:11.710><c> of</c><00:29:11.890><c> the</c><00:29:12.089><c> afflictions</c><00:29:12.490><c> of</c><00:29:12.650><c> the</c><00:29:12.769><c> gospel</c><00:29:13.230><c> according</c><00:29:13.950><c> to</c><00:29:14.210><c> the</c><00:29:14.410><c> power</c><00:29:14.609><c> of</c><00:29:14.829><c> God.</c><00:29:14.990><c> I</c>

00:29:15.190 --> 00:29:15.569
suppose<00:29:15.390><c> it's</c>

00:29:15.569 --> 00:29:18.029
to<00:29:15.670><c> be</c><00:29:15.809><c> expected</c><00:29:16.210><c> that</c><00:29:16.410><c> a</c><00:29:16.529><c> man</c><00:29:16.650><c> who</c><00:29:17.170><c> maybe</c><00:29:17.390><c> didn't</c><00:29:17.609><c> enjoy</c><00:29:17.890><c> the</c>

00:29:18.029 --> 00:29:20.289
best<00:29:18.250><c> of</c><00:29:18.509><c> health</c><00:29:18.789><c> would</c><00:29:19.269><c> be</c><00:29:19.650><c> a</c><00:29:19.730><c> little</c>

00:29:20.289 --> 00:29:23.009
afraid<00:29:20.690><c> perhaps</c><00:29:21.170><c> of</c><00:29:21.529><c> further</c><00:29:21.769><c> persecution,</c><00:29:22.549><c> which</c><00:29:22.769><c> would</c>

00:29:23.009 --> 00:29:25.410
endanger<00:29:23.490><c> his</c><00:29:23.809><c> health.</c><00:29:24.690><c> The</c><00:29:24.829><c> apostle</c><00:29:25.130><c> finds</c>

00:29:25.410 --> 00:29:31.089
it<00:29:25.670><c> necessary</c><00:29:26.029><c> to</c><00:29:26.349><c> exhort</c><00:29:26.609><c> him</c><00:29:26.809><c> again,</c><00:29:27.529><c> not</c><00:29:27.769><c> to</c><00:29:27.950><c> be</c><00:29:28.130><c> ashamed</c><00:29:28.490><c> of</c><00:29:28.670><c> the</c><00:29:28.809><c> gospel,</c><00:29:29.549><c> but</c><00:29:29.769><c> to</c><00:29:29.970><c> be</c><00:29:30.250><c> fully</c><00:29:30.470><c> a</c><00:29:30.670><c> partaker</c>

00:29:31.089 --> 00:29:34.410
of<00:29:31.569><c> the</c><00:29:31.769><c> afflictions</c><00:29:32.309><c> which</c><00:29:32.569><c> that</c><00:29:32.849><c> gospel</c><00:29:33.289><c> brings</c><00:29:33.869><c> from</c><00:29:34.190><c> time</c>

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to<00:29:34.630><c> time.</c>

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Chapter<00:29:40.210><c> two,</c><00:29:40.950><c> verse</c><00:29:41.130><c> one,</c>

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Thou<00:29:42.660><c> therefore,</c><00:29:43.220><c> my</c><00:29:43.579><c> son,</c><00:29:44.140><c> be</c><00:29:44.440><c> strong</c><00:29:44.819><c> in</c><00:29:45.000><c> the</c><00:29:45.180><c> grace</c><00:29:45.400><c> that</c>

00:29:45.579 --> 00:29:46.880
is<00:29:45.720><c> in</c><00:29:45.960><c> Christ</c><00:29:46.279><c> Jesus.</c>

00:29:47.380 --> 00:29:50.660
Verse<00:29:47.460><c> three,</c><00:29:48.160><c> endure</c><00:29:48.440><c> hardness</c><00:29:49.160><c> as</c><00:29:49.420><c> a</c><00:29:49.559><c> good</c><00:29:49.740><c> soldier.</c><00:29:50.519><c> All</c>

00:29:50.660 --> 00:29:52.019
these<00:29:50.880><c> exhortations,</c><00:29:51.519><c> brethren</c><00:29:51.680><c> and</c><00:29:51.880><c> sisters,</c>

00:29:52.099 --> 00:29:56.519
are<00:29:52.240><c> given</c><00:29:52.460><c> because</c><00:29:52.900><c> they</c><00:29:53.039><c> were</c><00:29:53.180><c> necessary.</c><00:29:53.839><c> The</c><00:29:53.960><c> apostle</c><00:29:54.180><c> isn't</c><00:29:54.440><c> wasting</c><00:29:54.880><c> words</c><00:29:55.279><c> here,</c><00:29:55.579><c> is</c><00:29:55.799><c> he?</c>

00:29:56.720 --> 00:29:59.319
They<00:29:56.980><c> are</c><00:29:57.160><c> there</c><00:29:57.339><c> because</c><00:29:57.660><c> the</c><00:29:57.839><c> apostle</c><00:29:58.200><c> saw</c><00:29:58.680><c> the</c><00:29:58.940><c> necessity</c>

00:29:59.319 --> 00:30:01.380
continually<00:30:00.059><c> of</c><00:30:00.640><c> strengthening</c><00:30:01.039><c> this</c>

00:30:01.380 --> 00:30:04.599
young<00:30:01.579><c> man,</c><00:30:01.980><c> of</c><00:30:02.240><c> exhorting</c><00:30:02.660><c> him</c><00:30:02.799><c> and</c><00:30:03.140><c> urging</c><00:30:03.559><c> him</c><00:30:03.839><c> on</c><00:30:04.160><c> to</c>

00:30:04.599 --> 00:30:05.559
greater<00:30:04.940><c> endeavor.</c>

00:30:05.559 --> 00:30:09.940
Chapter<00:30:06.440><c> four</c><00:30:06.839><c> and</c><00:30:07.039><c> verse</c><00:30:07.279><c> five,</c><00:30:08.240><c> watch</c><00:30:08.539><c> thou</c><00:30:08.859><c> in</c><00:30:09.079><c> all</c><00:30:09.539><c> things,</c>

00:30:10.180 --> 00:30:14.799
endure<00:30:10.740><c> afflictions,</c><00:30:11.880><c> do</c><00:30:12.019><c> the</c><00:30:12.240><c> work</c><00:30:12.440><c> of</c><00:30:12.619><c> an</c><00:30:12.799><c> evangelist,</c><00:30:13.539><c> make</c><00:30:13.759><c> full</c><00:30:14.180><c> proof</c><00:30:14.559><c> of</c>

00:30:14.799 --> 00:30:16.059
thy<00:30:14.960><c> ministry.</c><00:30:15.799><c> There</c><00:30:15.900><c> was</c>

00:30:16.059 --> 00:30:18.799
obviously<00:30:16.420><c> the</c><00:30:16.619><c> danger</c><00:30:16.859><c> that</c><00:30:17.079><c> Timothy</c><00:30:17.339><c> might</c><00:30:17.720><c> not,</c><00:30:18.460><c> that</c><00:30:18.599><c> his</c>

00:30:18.799 --> 00:30:20.759
light<00:30:19.019><c> might</c><00:30:19.319><c> be</c><00:30:19.539><c> to</c><00:30:19.720><c> some</c><00:30:19.920><c> extent</c><00:30:20.359><c> hidden</c>

00:30:20.759 --> 00:30:25.160
under<00:30:21.059><c> a</c><00:30:21.220><c> bushel.</c><00:30:22.680><c> So</c><00:30:22.960><c> make</c><00:30:23.299><c> full</c><00:30:23.759><c> proof</c><00:30:24.039><c> of</c><00:30:24.240><c> thy</c><00:30:24.400><c> ministry,</c>

00:30:25.420 --> 00:30:28.140
watch<00:30:25.740><c> in</c><00:30:25.900><c> all</c><00:30:26.200><c> things,</c><00:30:26.720><c> endure</c><00:30:27.160><c> afflictions.</c>

00:30:28.740 --> 00:30:32.000
Paul<00:30:28.940><c> continually</c><00:30:29.720><c> encouraging</c><00:30:30.500><c> this</c><00:30:30.779><c> young</c><00:30:30.980><c> man,</c><00:30:31.700><c> lest</c><00:30:31.779><c> he</c>

00:30:32.000 --> 00:30:34.440
should<00:30:32.200><c> give</c><00:30:32.460><c> up,</c><00:30:33.059><c> lest</c><00:30:33.240><c> he</c><00:30:33.460><c> should</c><00:30:33.799><c> forget</c>

00:30:34.440 --> 00:30:39.000
and<00:30:35.180><c> draw</c><00:30:35.440><c> back</c><00:30:35.940><c> in</c><00:30:36.319><c> his</c><00:30:36.559><c> natural</c><00:30:37.180><c> shyness</c><00:30:37.759><c> and</c><00:30:38.099><c> reticence.</c>

00:30:39.259 --> 00:30:40.660
Many<00:30:39.380><c> of</c><00:30:39.519><c> us</c><00:30:39.660><c> are</c><00:30:39.799><c> like</c><00:30:39.960><c> that,</c><00:30:40.259><c> aren't</c><00:30:40.359><c> we?</c>

00:30:40.819 --> 00:30:43.519
That's<00:30:41.099><c> a</c><00:30:41.240><c> problem</c><00:30:41.420><c> that</c><00:30:41.619><c> many</c><00:30:41.819><c> of</c><00:30:41.940><c> us</c><00:30:42.059><c> know</c><00:30:42.220><c> well.</c><00:30:43.160><c> Some</c><00:30:43.359><c> of</c>

00:30:43.519 --> 00:30:45.279
us<00:30:43.640><c> who</c><00:30:43.819><c> appear</c><00:30:43.980><c> to</c><00:30:44.119><c> be</c><00:30:44.240><c> very</c><00:30:44.519><c> extrovert</c><00:30:45.059><c> are</c>

00:30:45.279 --> 00:30:49.339
really<00:30:45.579><c> very</c><00:30:45.960><c> shy.</c><00:30:46.500><c> It's</c><00:30:46.759><c> an</c><00:30:46.880><c> act</c><00:30:47.039><c> we</c><00:30:47.240><c> put</c><00:30:47.380><c> on,</c><00:30:47.660><c> isn't</c><00:30:47.880><c> it?</c><00:30:49.200><c> But</c>

00:30:49.339 --> 00:30:50.859
we<00:30:49.480><c> should</c><00:30:49.640><c> not</c><00:30:49.799><c> be</c><00:30:50.000><c> shy</c><00:30:50.119><c> in</c><00:30:50.259><c> the</c><00:30:50.400><c> things</c><00:30:50.539><c> of</c><00:30:50.700><c> the</c>

00:30:50.859 --> 00:30:53.079
truth,<00:30:51.180><c> brethren</c><00:30:51.339><c> and</c><00:30:51.559><c> sisters.</c><00:30:51.720><c> We</c><00:30:51.839><c> must</c><00:30:52.220><c> seek</c><00:30:52.480><c> to</c><00:30:52.759><c> overcome</c>

00:30:53.079 --> 00:30:54.839
that,<00:30:53.359><c> to</c><00:30:53.579><c> conquer</c><00:30:53.799><c> that</c><00:30:54.079><c> for</c><00:30:54.259><c> the</c><00:30:54.500><c> sake</c><00:30:54.660><c> of</c>

00:30:54.839 --> 00:30:58.039
the<00:30:54.960><c> Lord,</c><00:30:56.240><c> for</c><00:30:56.400><c> the</c><00:30:56.460><c> sake</c><00:30:56.619><c> of</c><00:30:56.900><c> making</c><00:30:57.180><c> known</c><00:30:57.400><c> his</c><00:30:57.640><c> name.</c><00:30:57.920><c> We</c>

00:30:58.039 --> 00:31:01.579
should<00:30:58.480><c> never</c><00:30:58.819><c> be</c><00:30:59.519><c> backward,</c><00:31:00.299><c> should</c><00:31:00.579><c> we,</c><00:31:00.900><c> in</c><00:31:01.200><c> making</c>

00:31:01.579 --> 00:31:05.140
known<00:31:01.920><c> the</c><00:31:02.240><c> truth,</c><00:31:03.200><c> in</c><00:31:03.480><c> spreading</c><00:31:03.680><c> the</c><00:31:03.940><c> Gospel.</c><00:31:04.380><c> That</c><00:31:04.559><c> is</c><00:31:04.859><c> our</c>

00:31:05.140 --> 00:31:08.099
responsibility.<00:31:07.000><c> We</c><00:31:07.059><c> have</c><00:31:07.319><c> all</c><00:31:07.660><c> different</c>

00:31:08.099 --> 00:31:10.880
characteristics<00:31:08.700><c> to</c><00:31:09.019><c> work</c><00:31:09.259><c> at.</c><00:31:09.759><c> We're</c><00:31:09.839><c> all</c><00:31:10.140><c> different,</c><00:31:10.599><c> aren't</c><00:31:10.700><c> we?</c>

00:31:10.900 --> 00:31:12.799
We're<00:31:10.980><c> all</c><00:31:11.220><c> of</c><00:31:11.640><c> different</c><00:31:12.039><c> make</c><00:31:12.299><c>-ups</c><00:31:12.500><c> and</c>

00:31:12.799 --> 00:31:16.259
compositions,<00:31:13.720><c> but</c><00:31:14.039><c> we</c><00:31:14.220><c> need,</c><00:31:14.720><c> brethren</c><00:31:14.720><c> and</c><00:31:14.960><c> sisters,</c><00:31:15.579><c> whatever</c><00:31:15.920><c> our</c>

00:31:16.259 --> 00:31:18.279
faults<00:31:16.460><c> and</c><00:31:16.740><c> flaws,</c><00:31:17.119><c> to</c><00:31:17.339><c> examine</c><00:31:17.660><c> ourselves</c>

00:31:18.279 --> 00:31:23.000
and<00:31:18.480><c> see</c><00:31:18.700><c> where</c><00:31:18.920><c> our</c><00:31:19.119><c> weaknesses</c><00:31:19.440><c> are</c><00:31:20.079><c> and</c><00:31:20.599><c> endeavour</c><00:31:20.940><c> to</c><00:31:21.160><c> turn</c><00:31:21.380><c> them,</c><00:31:21.960><c> with</c><00:31:22.160><c> God's</c><00:31:22.559><c> help</c><00:31:22.799><c> and</c>

00:31:23.000 --> 00:31:24.180
through<00:31:23.220><c> prayer,</c>

00:31:24.240 --> 00:31:29.059
into<00:31:24.420><c> strengths</c><00:31:24.920><c> for</c><00:31:25.420><c> the</c><00:31:25.599><c> Gospel's</c><00:31:26.519><c> sake.</c><00:31:27.140><c> I</c><00:31:27.420><c> know</c><00:31:27.500><c> it's</c><00:31:27.779><c> easier</c><00:31:27.980><c> said</c><00:31:28.220><c> than</c><00:31:28.440><c> done,</c><00:31:28.700><c> but</c>

00:31:29.059 --> 00:31:30.680
it<00:31:29.400><c> is</c><00:31:29.720><c> important.</c>

00:31:31.079 --> 00:31:34.819
So<00:31:31.640><c> here,</c><00:31:32.099><c> Paul</c><00:31:32.240><c> encourages</c><00:31:32.980><c> this</c><00:31:33.200><c> young</c><00:31:33.420><c> man.</c><00:31:33.859><c> You</c><00:31:33.920><c> might</c><00:31:34.119><c> have</c><00:31:34.279><c> wondered</c><00:31:34.440><c> why</c><00:31:34.640><c> he</c>

00:31:34.819 --> 00:31:35.500
bothered.<00:31:35.259><c> You</c><00:31:35.299><c> might</c>

00:31:35.500 --> 00:31:39.519
have<00:31:35.700><c> wondered</c><00:31:36.039><c> why</c><00:31:36.720><c> should</c><00:31:37.079><c> Paul,</c><00:31:37.559><c> so</c><00:31:37.819><c> strong</c><00:31:38.140><c> himself,</c><00:31:39.000><c> spend</c><00:31:39.200><c> so</c>

00:31:39.519 --> 00:31:41.539
much<00:31:39.819><c> time</c><00:31:40.099><c> urging</c><00:31:40.460><c> and</c><00:31:40.740><c> encouraging</c><00:31:41.180><c> Timothy,</c>

00:31:41.660 --> 00:31:45.779
and<00:31:41.799><c> that's</c><00:31:42.079><c> exactly</c><00:31:42.400><c> the</c><00:31:42.619><c> point.</c><00:31:44.220><c> This</c><00:31:44.460><c> is</c><00:31:44.839><c> father</c><00:31:45.180><c> and</c><00:31:45.539><c> son,</c>

00:31:45.940 --> 00:31:47.880
brethren<00:31:46.079><c> and</c><00:31:46.299><c> sisters,</c><00:31:46.680><c> in</c><00:31:46.859><c> the</c><00:31:47.200><c> true</c><00:31:47.400><c> sense.</c>

00:31:48.059 --> 00:31:51.000
Not<00:31:48.259><c> now</c><00:31:48.539><c> the</c><00:31:48.880><c> divided</c><00:31:49.339><c> fathers</c><00:31:49.759><c> and</c><00:31:50.019><c> sons</c><00:31:50.259><c> that</c><00:31:50.420><c> we've</c><00:31:50.680><c> seen</c>

00:31:51.000 --> 00:31:52.839
through<00:31:51.339><c> our</c><00:31:51.500><c> Old</c><00:31:51.680><c> Testament</c><00:31:52.079><c> scriptures</c><00:31:52.539><c> over</c>

00:31:52.839 --> 00:31:57.839
the<00:31:52.980><c> past</c><00:31:53.259><c> few</c><00:31:53.440><c> days,</c><00:31:54.119><c> but</c><00:31:54.460><c> true</c><00:31:54.819><c> father</c><00:31:55.240><c> and</c><00:31:55.599><c> son.</c><00:31:56.480><c> The</c><00:31:56.759><c> apostle</c><00:31:57.119><c> playing</c><00:31:57.559><c> the</c>

00:31:57.839 --> 00:31:59.079
role<00:31:58.019><c> of</c><00:31:58.339><c> true</c><00:31:58.640><c> father</c>

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because<00:31:59.700><c> fathers</c><00:32:00.079><c> need</c><00:32:00.440><c> to</c><00:32:00.720><c> guide</c><00:32:01.160><c> and</c><00:32:01.440><c> encourage,</c><00:32:02.279><c> not</c><00:32:02.599><c> suppress.</c><00:32:04.559><c> So</c>

00:32:04.779 --> 00:32:06.960
easy<00:32:05.099><c> to</c><00:32:05.359><c> give</c><00:32:05.579><c> up</c><00:32:06.000><c> on</c><00:32:06.420><c> people</c><00:32:06.720><c> who</c>

00:32:06.960 --> 00:32:12.619
seem<00:32:07.140><c> weak,</c><00:32:07.680><c> isn't</c><00:32:07.680><c> it?</c><00:32:08.319><c> So</c><00:32:08.539><c> easy</c><00:32:08.759><c> to</c><00:32:08.960><c> write</c><00:32:09.140><c> them</c><00:32:09.400><c> off,</c><00:32:10.000><c> to</c><00:32:10.279><c> despise</c><00:32:10.720><c> their</c><00:32:10.940><c> weakness.</c><00:32:12.279><c> So</c>

00:32:12.619 --> 00:32:13.700
easy<00:32:12.839><c> to</c><00:32:13.220><c> give</c><00:32:13.440><c> up</c>

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helping.<00:32:14.259><c> They</c><00:32:14.519><c> seem</c><00:32:14.720><c> to</c><00:32:14.839><c> need</c><00:32:14.960><c> so</c><00:32:15.200><c> much</c><00:32:15.420><c> help,</c><00:32:15.700><c> and</c><00:32:15.779><c> when</c><00:32:15.859><c> you've</c><00:32:15.960><c> done</c><00:32:16.099><c> it</c>

00:32:16.240 --> 00:32:17.140
once,<00:32:16.400><c> you've</c><00:32:16.539><c> got</c><00:32:16.619><c> to</c><00:32:16.720><c> come</c><00:32:16.900><c> back</c><00:32:17.039><c> and</c>

00:32:17.140 --> 00:32:22.359
do<00:32:17.220><c> it</c><00:32:17.420><c> again.</c><00:32:18.160><c> But</c><00:32:18.380><c> that's</c><00:32:18.779><c> the</c><00:32:18.900><c> way</c><00:32:19.000><c> life</c><00:32:19.259><c> is.</c><00:32:20.619><c> We</c><00:32:20.779><c> cannot</c><00:32:21.160><c> give</c><00:32:21.500><c> up,</c><00:32:22.099><c> and</c><00:32:22.240><c> we</c>

00:32:22.359 --> 00:32:24.420
must<00:32:22.579><c> not</c><00:32:22.859><c> suppress</c><00:32:23.400><c> the</c><00:32:23.759><c> energy</c><00:32:24.180><c> and</c>

00:32:24.420 --> 00:32:28.339
the<00:32:24.680><c> enthusiasm</c><00:32:25.400><c> of</c><00:32:25.819><c> our</c><00:32:25.960><c> young</c><00:32:26.140><c> people,</c><00:32:26.660><c> which</c><00:32:26.660><c> needs</c><00:32:27.180><c> channeling</c><00:32:27.759><c> into</c>

00:32:28.339 --> 00:32:30.859
wiser<00:32:28.900><c> avenues,</c><00:32:29.900><c> perhaps.</c>

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That<00:32:31.740><c> was</c><00:32:31.960><c> the</c><00:32:32.140><c> apostle</c><00:32:32.400><c> Paul</c><00:32:32.759><c> then,</c><00:32:33.700><c> encouraging</c><00:32:34.160><c> always,</c>

00:32:35.240 --> 00:32:37.319
guiding<00:32:35.680><c> Timothy,</c><00:32:36.400><c> not</c><00:32:36.619><c> suppressing</c><00:32:37.079><c> him,</c>

00:32:37.380 --> 00:32:40.539
not<00:32:37.559><c> giving</c><00:32:37.799><c> up,</c><00:32:38.039><c> not</c><00:32:38.220><c> saying,</c><00:32:38.579><c> well,</c><00:32:38.799><c> forget</c><00:32:39.140><c> it.</c><00:32:40.099><c> You're</c><00:32:40.240><c> not</c><00:32:40.420><c> a</c>

00:32:40.539 --> 00:32:42.079
good<00:32:40.720><c> enough</c><00:32:40.900><c> disciple.</c><00:32:41.400><c> You're</c><00:32:41.579><c> not</c><00:32:41.819><c> strong</c>

00:32:42.079 --> 00:32:45.000
enough.<00:32:42.660><c> You</c><00:32:42.779><c> haven't</c><00:32:43.059><c> got</c><00:32:43.299><c> the</c><00:32:43.759><c> spiritual</c><00:32:44.279><c> muscle</c><00:32:44.660><c> that</c><00:32:44.839><c> I</c>

00:32:45.000 --> 00:32:46.519
was<00:32:45.119><c> looking</c><00:32:45.400><c> for,</c><00:32:45.640><c> Timothy.</c><00:32:46.000><c> Never</c><00:32:46.299><c> mind,</c>

00:32:46.519 --> 00:32:50.420
I'll<00:32:46.759><c> find</c><00:32:46.960><c> someone</c><00:32:47.299><c> else.</c><00:32:47.579><c> There's</c><00:32:47.660><c> none</c><00:32:47.819><c> of</c><00:32:48.019><c> that,</c><00:32:48.240><c> is</c><00:32:48.480><c> there?</c><00:32:50.279><c> The</c>

00:32:50.420 --> 00:32:52.460
apostle<00:32:50.700><c> is</c><00:32:51.000><c> anxious</c><00:32:51.460><c> to</c><00:32:51.680><c> help</c><00:32:51.960><c> this</c><00:32:52.200><c> young</c>

00:32:52.460 --> 00:32:57.960
brother<00:32:52.839><c> all</c><00:32:53.359><c> he</c><00:32:53.640><c> can,</c><00:32:54.220><c> and</c><00:32:54.319><c> he</c><00:32:54.440><c> has</c><00:32:54.700><c> time</c><00:32:55.140><c> for</c><00:32:55.460><c> him,</c><00:32:57.319><c> just</c><00:32:57.539><c> like</c><00:32:57.779><c> our</c>

00:32:57.960 --> 00:33:00.740
Lord<00:32:58.160><c> Jesus</c><00:32:58.559><c> Christ,</c><00:32:59.079><c> having</c><00:32:59.359><c> time</c><00:32:59.839><c> for</c><00:33:00.220><c> all</c>

00:33:00.740 --> 00:33:05.740
who<00:33:00.980><c> came</c><00:33:01.240><c> to</c><00:33:01.440><c> him</c><00:33:01.700><c> with</c><00:33:02.000><c> a</c><00:33:02.160><c> need.</c><00:33:03.140><c> None</c><00:33:03.359><c> was</c><00:33:03.599><c> ever</c><00:33:03.880><c> turned</c><00:33:04.180><c> away.</c><00:33:05.500><c> So</c>

00:33:05.740 --> 00:33:08.759
the<00:33:05.920><c> apostle</c><00:33:06.259><c> Paul</c><00:33:06.720><c> makes</c><00:33:07.220><c> time</c><00:33:07.839><c> amongst</c><00:33:08.359><c> all</c>

00:33:08.759 --> 00:33:14.200
his<00:33:09.220><c> busyness</c><00:33:10.240><c> yet</c><00:33:10.960><c> to</c><00:33:11.420><c> instruct</c><00:33:12.220><c> and</c><00:33:12.700><c> to</c><00:33:12.940><c> guide</c><00:33:13.420><c> this</c><00:33:13.880><c> and</c>

00:33:14.200 --> 00:33:16.559
other<00:33:14.700><c> young</c><00:33:15.140><c> disciples.</c>

00:33:19.240 --> 00:33:22.299
In<00:33:19.839><c> our</c><00:33:20.140><c> ecclesias,</c><00:33:20.680><c> then,</c><00:33:20.940><c> brethren</c><00:33:21.059><c> and</c><00:33:21.299><c> sisters,</c><00:33:21.660><c> we</c><00:33:21.819><c> shall</c><00:33:22.059><c> be</c>

00:33:22.299 --> 00:33:25.500
the<00:33:22.500><c> richer</c><00:33:22.960><c> if</c><00:33:23.559><c> we,</c><00:33:24.079><c> too,</c><00:33:24.500><c> can</c><00:33:24.740><c> see</c><00:33:25.000><c> the</c><00:33:25.220><c> need</c>

00:33:25.500 --> 00:33:31.839
for<00:33:25.880><c> that</c><00:33:26.200><c> kind</c><00:33:26.539><c> of</c><00:33:26.819><c> attitude,</c><00:33:27.799><c> if</c><00:33:28.000><c> we</c><00:33:28.259><c> can</c><00:33:28.619><c> see</c><00:33:29.000><c> that</c><00:33:30.059><c> sons</c><00:33:30.420><c> are</c><00:33:30.720><c> important</c><00:33:31.500><c> in</c>

00:33:31.839 --> 00:33:33.720
the<00:33:32.059><c> ecclesial</c><00:33:32.500><c> family.</c>

00:33:34.500 --> 00:33:39.799
You<00:33:34.920><c> know</c><00:33:35.079><c> what</c><00:33:35.279><c> the</c><00:33:35.460><c> Lord</c><00:33:35.660><c> says.</c><00:33:37.279><c> There</c><00:33:37.660><c> is</c><00:33:37.900><c> no</c><00:33:38.140><c> child</c><00:33:38.859><c> brought</c><00:33:39.559><c> into</c>

00:33:39.799 --> 00:33:42.779
the<00:33:40.059><c> world</c><00:33:40.339><c> without</c><00:33:40.759><c> sorrow</c><00:33:41.299><c> and</c><00:33:41.799><c> suffering.</c>

00:33:43.160 --> 00:33:48.420
But<00:33:43.660><c> once</c><00:33:43.960><c> the</c><00:33:44.119><c> child</c><00:33:44.440><c> is</c><00:33:44.740><c> born,</c><00:33:45.859><c> all</c><00:33:45.960><c> that</c><00:33:46.160><c> is</c><00:33:46.359><c> forgotten</c><00:33:47.000><c> for</c>

00:33:48.420 --> 00:33:51.279
the<00:33:48.660><c> joy</c><00:33:49.099><c> that</c><00:33:49.339><c> a</c><00:33:49.579><c> man</c><00:33:49.819><c> is</c><00:33:50.140><c> born</c><00:33:50.339><c> into</c><00:33:50.579><c> the</c><00:33:50.880><c> world.</c>

00:33:51.640 --> 00:33:56.680
John<00:33:51.859><c> 16,</c><00:33:52.460><c> isn't</c><00:33:52.599><c> it?</c><00:33:53.759><c> And</c><00:33:53.940><c> that's</c><00:33:54.279><c> true</c><00:33:54.500><c> just</c><00:33:54.779><c> as</c><00:33:54.960><c> much</c><00:33:55.119><c> in</c><00:33:55.319><c> the</c><00:33:55.500><c> ecclesial</c><00:33:55.839><c> family</c><00:33:56.279><c> as</c>

00:33:56.680 --> 00:33:57.559
it<00:33:56.839><c> is</c><00:33:57.000><c> in</c><00:33:57.220><c> our</c><00:33:57.359><c> own</c>

00:33:57.559 --> 00:34:01.839
individual<00:33:58.140><c> families.</c><00:34:00.119><c> Children</c><00:34:00.359><c> are</c><00:34:00.579><c> not</c><00:34:00.799><c> brought</c><00:34:01.099><c> forth</c>

00:34:01.839 --> 00:34:05.319
spiritually.<00:34:03.220><c> We</c><00:34:03.720><c> do</c><00:34:03.940><c> not</c><00:34:04.099><c> preach</c><00:34:04.339><c> the</c><00:34:04.619><c> truth</c><00:34:04.859><c> and</c>

00:34:05.319 --> 00:34:11.019
bring<00:34:05.740><c> people</c><00:34:06.200><c> into</c><00:34:06.740><c> the</c><00:34:07.019><c> truth</c><00:34:07.400><c> without</c><00:34:08.519><c> considerable</c><00:34:09.340><c> heartache</c><00:34:10.199><c> and</c>

00:34:11.019 --> 00:34:13.739
sorrow.<00:34:12.619><c> Children</c><00:34:12.760><c> are</c><00:34:13.000><c> only</c><00:34:13.280><c> born</c><00:34:13.539><c> to</c>

00:34:13.739 --> 00:34:17.300
God<00:34:14.219><c> through</c><00:34:14.800><c> much</c><00:34:15.219><c> travel,</c><00:34:15.820><c> through</c><00:34:16.039><c> much</c><00:34:16.400><c> labor.</c><00:34:16.980><c> As</c><00:34:17.099><c> the</c>

00:34:17.300 --> 00:34:19.420
apostle<00:34:17.559><c> said</c><00:34:17.880><c> in</c><00:34:18.039><c> that</c><00:34:18.280><c> second</c><00:34:18.539><c> chapter</c><00:34:18.880><c> of</c><00:34:19.039><c> his</c><00:34:19.199><c> first</c>

00:34:19.420 --> 00:34:21.860
letter<00:34:19.659><c> to</c><00:34:19.860><c> the</c><00:34:20.019><c> Thessalonians</c><00:34:20.559><c> that</c><00:34:20.699><c> we</c><00:34:20.900><c> looked</c><00:34:21.079><c> at,</c><00:34:21.639><c> it</c><00:34:21.679><c> was</c>

00:34:21.860 --> 00:34:24.059
with<00:34:22.079><c> much</c><00:34:22.360><c> hard</c><00:34:22.639><c> labor</c><00:34:22.980><c> and</c><00:34:23.300><c> travel</c><00:34:23.679><c> that</c><00:34:23.880><c> the</c>

00:34:24.059 --> 00:34:27.000
apostle<00:34:24.340><c> had</c><00:34:24.639><c> worked</c><00:34:25.119><c> there</c><00:34:25.659><c> amongst</c><00:34:25.940><c> the</c><00:34:26.179><c> Thessalonians,</c>

00:34:27.219 --> 00:34:29.800
and<00:34:27.880><c> some</c><00:34:28.119><c> of</c><00:34:28.300><c> them</c><00:34:28.500><c> had</c><00:34:28.719><c> responded.</c><00:34:29.199><c> And</c><00:34:29.380><c> no</c><00:34:29.519><c> doubt</c><00:34:29.659><c> there</c>

00:34:29.800 --> 00:34:32.139
were<00:34:30.000><c> others</c><00:34:30.219><c> who</c><00:34:30.480><c> didn't</c><00:34:30.760><c> respond,</c><00:34:31.219><c> who</c><00:34:31.400><c> turned</c><00:34:31.659><c> away</c><00:34:31.940><c> from</c>

00:34:32.139 --> 00:34:34.019
the<00:34:32.360><c> truth,</c><00:34:32.659><c> who</c><00:34:32.840><c> loved</c><00:34:33.039><c> not</c><00:34:33.260><c> the</c><00:34:33.420><c> things</c><00:34:33.599><c> of</c><00:34:33.840><c> God.</c>

00:34:34.019 --> 00:34:36.380
There<00:34:34.320><c> is</c><00:34:34.599><c> always</c><00:34:34.860><c> that</c><00:34:35.179><c> heartache,</c><00:34:35.719><c> isn't</c><00:34:35.860><c> there?</c><00:34:36.239><c> There</c>

00:34:36.380 --> 00:34:40.360
are<00:34:36.579><c> always</c><00:34:36.800><c> abortions.</c><00:34:38.420><c> There</c><00:34:38.539><c> are</c><00:34:38.760><c> always</c><00:34:39.420><c> the</c>

00:34:40.860 --> 00:34:43.719
stillborns.<00:34:41.559><c> There</c><00:34:41.659><c> is</c><00:34:41.960><c> always</c><00:34:42.320><c> much</c><00:34:42.739><c> suffering</c><00:34:43.079><c> and</c><00:34:43.400><c> sorrow</c>

00:34:43.719 --> 00:34:46.539
attached<00:34:44.300><c> to</c><00:34:44.539><c> this</c><00:34:44.820><c> work</c><00:34:45.119><c> of</c><00:34:45.659><c> sowing</c><00:34:45.960><c> the</c><00:34:46.280><c> seed</c>

00:34:46.539 --> 00:34:50.380
and<00:34:47.039><c> praying</c><00:34:47.340><c> that</c><00:34:47.579><c> the</c><00:34:47.739><c> gospel</c><00:34:48.119><c> may</c><00:34:48.440><c> bear</c><00:34:48.699><c> fruit</c><00:34:49.059><c> in</c><00:34:49.739><c> the</c><00:34:49.920><c> mercy</c><00:34:50.159><c> of</c>

00:34:50.380 --> 00:34:53.400
God.<00:34:51.719><c> That's</c><00:34:52.119><c> the</c><00:34:52.219><c> way</c><00:34:52.340><c> God</c><00:34:52.599><c> has</c><00:34:52.900><c> ordained</c><00:34:53.199><c> it.</c>

00:34:53.519 --> 00:34:56.519
But<00:34:53.659><c> the</c><00:34:53.920><c> joy,</c><00:34:54.179><c> brethren</c><00:34:54.460><c> and</c><00:34:54.699><c> sisters,</c><00:34:55.019><c> of</c><00:34:55.139><c> sons</c><00:34:55.320><c> in</c><00:34:55.500><c> the</c><00:34:55.679><c> faith</c><00:34:55.880><c> knows</c><00:34:56.199><c> no</c>

00:34:56.519 --> 00:34:58.179
bounds,<00:34:57.019><c> does</c><00:34:57.159><c> it?</c><00:34:57.360><c> And</c><00:34:57.519><c> should</c><00:34:57.719><c> know</c><00:34:57.920><c> no</c>

00:34:58.179 --> 00:35:01.380
bounds.<00:34:59.440><c> The</c><00:34:59.699><c> heartache</c><00:35:00.119><c> and</c><00:35:00.260><c> the</c><00:35:00.559><c> sorrow,</c><00:35:00.840><c> the</c><00:35:01.039><c> problems,</c>

00:35:01.480 --> 00:35:04.000
the<00:35:01.739><c> difficulties</c><00:35:02.199><c> that</c><00:35:02.840><c> we</c><00:35:03.099><c> encounter</c><00:35:03.599><c> in</c><00:35:03.800><c> our</c>

00:35:04.000 --> 00:35:07.380
ecclesial<00:35:04.380><c> situations</c><00:35:05.079><c> are</c><00:35:05.860><c> all</c><00:35:06.079><c> to</c><00:35:06.219><c> be</c><00:35:06.400><c> set</c><00:35:06.579><c> aside</c><00:35:06.960><c> compared</c>

00:35:07.380 --> 00:35:10.099
with<00:35:07.599><c> the</c><00:35:07.840><c> joy</c><00:35:08.400><c> of</c><00:35:09.000><c> seeing</c><00:35:09.340><c> young</c><00:35:09.760><c> brethren</c>

00:35:10.099 --> 00:35:14.000
and<00:35:10.320><c> sisters</c><00:35:10.820><c> born</c><00:35:11.579><c> and</c><00:35:12.079><c> growing</c><00:35:12.320><c> up,</c><00:35:12.900><c> soaking</c><00:35:13.199><c> up</c><00:35:13.460><c> the</c><00:35:13.679><c> truth</c>

00:35:14.000 --> 00:35:16.840
and<00:35:14.500><c> maturing</c><00:35:15.119><c> towards</c><00:35:15.559><c> the</c><00:35:15.860><c> measure</c><00:35:16.179><c> of</c><00:35:16.599><c> the</c>

00:35:16.840 --> 00:35:19.820
stature<00:35:17.280><c> of</c><00:35:17.619><c> the</c><00:35:17.840><c> fullness</c><00:35:18.099><c> of</c><00:35:18.340><c> Christ</c><00:35:18.780><c> to</c><00:35:19.179><c> which</c><00:35:19.340><c> every</c><00:35:19.639><c> one</c>

00:35:19.820 --> 00:35:24.639
of<00:35:19.920><c> us</c><00:35:20.280><c> should</c><00:35:20.519><c> be</c><00:35:20.739><c> aiming.</c><00:35:23.260><c> The</c><00:35:23.679><c> Son</c><00:35:23.800><c> is</c><00:35:24.019><c> a</c><00:35:24.159><c> cause</c><00:35:24.380><c> of</c>

00:35:24.639 --> 00:35:31.760
joy<00:35:25.300><c> because</c><00:35:25.780><c> in</c><00:35:25.980><c> the</c><00:35:26.179><c> natural</c><00:35:26.599><c> situation</c><00:35:27.260><c> he</c><00:35:27.679><c> is</c><00:35:27.900><c> the</c><00:35:28.199><c> name</c><00:35:28.599><c> bearer,</c><00:35:29.239><c> isn't</c><00:35:29.400><c> he?</c><00:35:30.360><c> In</c><00:35:30.619><c> Bible</c><00:35:30.920><c> days</c><00:35:31.360><c> a</c>

00:35:31.760 --> 00:35:32.199
son<00:35:31.980><c> was</c>

00:35:32.199 --> 00:35:35.300
very<00:35:32.559><c> precious</c><00:35:32.980><c> because</c><00:35:33.500><c> he</c><00:35:33.820><c> would</c><00:35:34.079><c> continue</c><00:35:34.519><c> the</c><00:35:34.820><c> line,</c><00:35:35.260><c> he</c>

00:35:35.300 --> 00:35:38.039
would<00:35:35.599><c> continue</c><00:35:35.980><c> the</c><00:35:36.300><c> inheritance,</c><00:35:37.179><c> the</c><00:35:37.320><c> son</c><00:35:37.500><c> was</c><00:35:37.719><c> the</c>

00:35:38.039 --> 00:35:43.900
heir.<00:35:39.920><c> He</c><00:35:40.159><c> was</c><00:35:40.380><c> the</c><00:35:40.679><c> name</c><00:35:41.039><c> bearer,</c><00:35:42.239><c> like</c><00:35:42.440><c> father,</c><00:35:43.320><c> like</c><00:35:43.579><c> son,</c>

00:35:43.920 --> 00:35:47.780
we<00:35:44.159><c> sometimes</c><00:35:44.719><c> say.</c><00:35:46.960><c> And</c><00:35:47.079><c> brethren</c><00:35:47.280><c> and</c><00:35:47.519><c> sisters,</c>

00:35:47.800 --> 00:35:50.599
that's<00:35:48.159><c> what</c><00:35:48.400><c> our</c><00:35:48.619><c> ecclesial</c><00:35:49.099><c> children</c><00:35:49.480><c> are,</c><00:35:49.860><c> isn't</c><00:35:50.039><c> it?</c><00:35:50.239><c> The</c>

00:35:50.599 --> 00:35:53.960
name<00:35:51.059><c> bearers.</c><00:35:51.860><c> To</c><00:35:52.440><c> go</c><00:35:52.679><c> on</c><00:35:52.960><c> bearing</c><00:35:53.199><c> that</c><00:35:53.519><c> precious</c>

00:35:53.960 --> 00:35:58.139
name<00:35:54.320><c> that</c><00:35:54.400><c> has</c><00:35:54.599><c> been</c><00:35:54.860><c> called</c><00:35:55.079><c> upon</c><00:35:55.360><c> us</c><00:35:55.800><c> in</c><00:35:56.139><c> the</c><00:35:56.280><c> mercy</c><00:35:56.539><c> of</c><00:35:56.780><c> God,</c><00:35:57.920><c> the</c>

00:35:58.139 --> 00:36:00.880
name<00:35:58.420><c> of</c><00:35:58.639><c> God,</c><00:35:59.639><c> the</c><00:35:59.760><c> name</c><00:35:59.960><c> of</c><00:36:00.179><c> our</c><00:36:00.320><c> Lord</c><00:36:00.519><c> Jesus</c>

00:36:00.880 --> 00:36:04.059
Christ,<00:36:01.380><c> for</c><00:36:01.519><c> we</c><00:36:01.719><c> have</c><00:36:02.000><c> named</c><00:36:02.300><c> the</c><00:36:02.420><c> name</c><00:36:02.659><c> of</c><00:36:02.920><c> Christ.</c><00:36:03.760><c> And</c><00:36:03.960><c> we</c>

00:36:04.059 --> 00:36:06.619
must<00:36:04.280><c> therefore</c><00:36:04.820><c> not</c><00:36:05.099><c> suppress</c><00:36:05.820><c> their</c><00:36:06.159><c> activity,</c>

00:36:06.719 --> 00:36:09.739
but<00:36:07.039><c> do</c><00:36:07.360><c> all</c><00:36:07.579><c> that</c><00:36:07.679><c> we</c><00:36:07.900><c> can</c><00:36:08.119><c> to</c><00:36:08.340><c> encourage</c><00:36:08.840><c> and</c><00:36:09.099><c> guide</c><00:36:09.400><c> and</c><00:36:09.519><c> to</c>

00:36:09.739 --> 00:36:11.659
help<00:36:09.860><c> them</c><00:36:10.320><c> share</c><00:36:10.659><c> the</c><00:36:10.960><c> responsibility,</c>

00:36:11.699 --> 00:36:14.760
because<00:36:12.000><c> that's</c><00:36:12.219><c> what</c><00:36:12.420><c> children</c><00:36:12.760><c> do.</c><00:36:13.340><c> They</c><00:36:13.619><c> grow</c><00:36:13.900><c> up</c><00:36:14.280><c> to</c><00:36:14.559><c> take</c>

00:36:14.760 --> 00:36:16.880
on<00:36:15.000><c> the</c><00:36:15.219><c> burdens</c><00:36:15.559><c> of</c><00:36:15.739><c> the</c><00:36:15.940><c> family.</c>

00:36:17.300 --> 00:36:20.139
The<00:36:17.539><c> firstborn</c><00:36:18.019><c> always</c><00:36:18.500><c> had</c><00:36:18.699><c> a</c><00:36:18.960><c> particular</c><00:36:19.340><c> responsibility</c>

00:36:20.139 --> 00:36:21.659
in<00:36:20.380><c> Bible</c><00:36:20.719><c> times,</c><00:36:21.219><c> didn't</c><00:36:21.320><c> he?</c>

00:36:21.659 --> 00:36:25.440
The<00:36:22.079><c> firstborn</c><00:36:22.519><c> became</c><00:36:22.920><c> the</c><00:36:23.159><c> family</c><00:36:23.460><c> priest,</c><00:36:23.920><c> it</c><00:36:24.219><c> seems.</c><00:36:25.280><c> He</c>

00:36:25.440 --> 00:36:27.380
took<00:36:25.619><c> on</c><00:36:25.840><c> a</c><00:36:26.159><c> special</c><00:36:26.559><c> responsibility,</c>

00:36:27.659 --> 00:36:31.400
just<00:36:27.860><c> as</c><00:36:28.019><c> today</c><00:36:28.420><c> our</c><00:36:29.019><c> eldest</c><00:36:29.460><c> child</c><00:36:30.099><c> is</c><00:36:30.460><c> always</c><00:36:30.739><c> an</c><00:36:31.000><c> example</c>

00:36:31.400 --> 00:36:33.440
to<00:36:31.599><c> the</c><00:36:31.880><c> others.</c><00:36:32.559><c> In</c><00:36:32.659><c> practical</c><00:36:33.039><c> terms,</c>

00:36:33.519 --> 00:36:36.980
what<00:36:33.599><c> it</c><00:36:33.760><c> often</c><00:36:33.960><c> means</c><00:36:34.219><c> is</c><00:36:34.360><c> that</c><00:36:34.460><c> he</c><00:36:34.519><c> gets</c><00:36:34.760><c> the</c><00:36:34.940><c> blame</c><00:36:35.139><c> for</c><00:36:35.400><c> everything.</c><00:36:36.280><c> Sadly,</c><00:36:36.860><c> you</c>

00:36:36.980 --> 00:36:37.599
know,<00:36:36.980><c> you're</c><00:36:37.239><c> the</c><00:36:37.420><c> oldest,</c>

00:36:37.659 --> 00:36:40.760
you<00:36:37.800><c> should</c><00:36:37.980><c> know</c><00:36:38.159><c> better.</c><00:36:38.500><c> I</c><00:36:38.739><c> remember</c><00:36:39.079><c> getting</c><00:36:39.360><c> that.</c><00:36:40.460><c> And</c>

00:36:40.760 --> 00:36:43.019
that's<00:36:41.280><c> the</c><00:36:41.420><c> way</c><00:36:41.559><c> it</c><00:36:41.659><c> is,</c><00:36:41.920><c> because</c><00:36:42.039><c> we</c><00:36:42.280><c> expect</c><00:36:42.679><c> of</c><00:36:42.840><c> the</c>

00:36:43.019 --> 00:36:46.260
firstborn<00:36:43.519><c> a</c><00:36:43.900><c> pattern,</c><00:36:44.320><c> an</c><00:36:44.539><c> example.</c><00:36:44.980><c> He</c><00:36:45.119><c> is</c><00:36:45.340><c> the</c><00:36:45.599><c> eldest</c><00:36:45.900><c> and</c>

00:36:46.260 --> 00:36:48.940
he<00:36:46.420><c> has</c><00:36:46.579><c> to</c><00:36:46.820><c> help</c><00:36:47.019><c> with</c><00:36:47.280><c> the</c><00:36:47.500><c> others</c><00:36:47.780><c> down</c><00:36:48.320><c> the</c><00:36:48.619><c> line,</c>

00:36:48.940 --> 00:36:53.139
doesn't<00:36:49.199><c> he?</c><00:36:49.739><c> He's</c><00:36:49.920><c> there</c><00:36:50.159><c> to</c><00:36:50.320><c> set</c><00:36:50.559><c> the</c><00:36:50.820><c> example,</c><00:36:51.860><c> to</c><00:36:51.940><c> be</c><00:36:52.179><c> concerned</c><00:36:52.679><c> about</c><00:36:52.960><c> the</c>

00:36:53.139 --> 00:36:53.980
others<00:36:53.280><c> of</c><00:36:53.460><c> the</c><00:36:53.619><c> family,</c>

00:36:54.239 --> 00:36:58.039
just<00:36:54.440><c> as</c><00:36:54.599><c> the</c><00:36:54.820><c> firstborn</c><00:36:55.239><c> of</c><00:36:55.440><c> Bible</c><00:36:55.800><c> times</c><00:36:56.139><c> was</c><00:36:56.360><c> made</c><00:36:56.579><c> the</c><00:36:56.760><c> family</c><00:36:57.099><c> priest,</c><00:36:57.860><c> to</c>

00:36:58.039 --> 00:37:00.000
teach<00:36:58.300><c> him</c><00:36:58.539><c> that</c><00:36:58.820><c> concern,</c>

00:37:00.360 --> 00:37:04.360
to<00:37:00.519><c> teach</c><00:37:00.760><c> him</c><00:37:00.980><c> that</c><00:37:01.300><c> care</c><00:37:01.840><c> for</c><00:37:02.380><c> the</c><00:37:02.619><c> other</c><00:37:02.820><c> family</c><00:37:03.219><c> members.</c>

00:37:04.940 --> 00:37:07.280
And<00:37:05.179><c> we</c><00:37:05.300><c> need</c><00:37:05.500><c> that</c><00:37:05.780><c> firstborn</c><00:37:06.280><c> on</c><00:37:06.519><c> our</c><00:37:06.900><c> side,</c>

00:37:07.320 --> 00:37:10.300
don't<00:37:07.480><c> we,</c><00:37:07.699><c> so</c><00:37:07.920><c> that</c><00:37:08.400><c> that</c><00:37:08.599><c> can</c><00:37:08.860><c> work</c><00:37:09.179><c> in</c><00:37:09.380><c> our</c><00:37:09.780><c> ordinary</c>

00:37:10.300 --> 00:37:11.940
family<00:37:10.719><c> situation.</c>

00:37:12.239 --> 00:37:15.679
We<00:37:12.719><c> can</c><00:37:12.900><c> make</c><00:37:13.039><c> it</c><00:37:13.219><c> work</c><00:37:13.340><c> in</c><00:37:13.519><c> the</c><00:37:13.659><c> ecclesial</c><00:37:13.960><c> situation</c><00:37:14.539><c> too.</c>

00:37:16.260 --> 00:37:18.079
Those<00:37:16.539><c> who</c><00:37:16.719><c> are</c><00:37:16.840><c> beginning</c><00:37:17.139><c> to</c><00:37:17.380><c> grow</c><00:37:17.500><c> in</c><00:37:17.639><c> the</c><00:37:17.840><c> truth</c>

00:37:18.079 --> 00:37:21.300
must<00:37:18.400><c> set</c><00:37:18.599><c> the</c><00:37:18.900><c> example</c><00:37:19.260><c> for</c><00:37:19.480><c> the</c><00:37:19.619><c> new</c><00:37:19.860><c> converts,</c><00:37:20.699><c> guide</c><00:37:20.980><c> them</c>

00:37:21.300 --> 00:37:23.400
and<00:37:21.440><c> show</c><00:37:21.659><c> them.</c><00:37:22.079><c> There</c><00:37:22.219><c> is</c><00:37:22.480><c> a</c><00:37:22.679><c> way</c><00:37:22.900><c> in</c><00:37:23.039><c> which,</c>

00:37:23.420 --> 00:37:26.719
within<00:37:23.659><c> our</c><00:37:24.119><c> own</c><00:37:24.400><c> families,</c><00:37:25.079><c> brethren</c><00:37:25.199><c> and</c><00:37:25.420><c> sisters,</c><00:37:26.000><c> for</c><00:37:26.119><c> one</c><00:37:26.360><c> reason</c><00:37:26.579><c> or</c>

00:37:26.719 --> 00:37:27.780
another,<00:37:27.099><c> right</c><00:37:27.360><c> or</c><00:37:27.559><c> wrong,</c>

00:37:27.940 --> 00:37:31.980
children<00:37:28.320><c> don't</c><00:37:28.679><c> always</c><00:37:29.079><c> feel</c><00:37:29.300><c> they're</c><00:37:29.579><c> able</c><00:37:29.820><c> to</c><00:37:30.139><c> share</c><00:37:30.619><c> everything,</c><00:37:31.199><c> every</c><00:37:31.420><c> problem</c><00:37:31.780><c> with</c>

00:37:31.980 --> 00:37:32.599
their<00:37:32.260><c> parents,</c>

00:37:32.699 --> 00:37:36.280
do<00:37:32.800><c> they?</c><00:37:33.880><c> And</c><00:37:34.019><c> then,</c><00:37:34.199><c> because</c><00:37:34.519><c> they're</c><00:37:34.780><c> nearer</c><00:37:35.119><c> to</c><00:37:35.280><c> those</c><00:37:35.579><c> just</c><00:37:36.099><c> a</c>

00:37:36.280 --> 00:37:37.440
little<00:37:36.480><c> older</c><00:37:36.699><c> than</c><00:37:36.900><c> themselves,</c>

00:37:37.519 --> 00:37:41.059
they<00:37:37.739><c> feel</c><00:37:38.019><c> that</c><00:37:38.440><c> they</c><00:37:38.619><c> may</c><00:37:38.840><c> understand</c><00:37:39.440><c> their</c><00:37:39.639><c> situation</c><00:37:40.239><c> more.</c><00:37:40.579><c> They</c><00:37:40.739><c> may</c><00:37:40.920><c> be</c>

00:37:41.059 --> 00:37:42.139
right<00:37:41.260><c> or</c><00:37:41.500><c> wrong</c><00:37:41.619><c> in</c><00:37:41.800><c> that.</c>

00:37:42.400 --> 00:37:46.400
I'm<00:37:42.539><c> not</c><00:37:42.760><c> debating</c><00:37:43.139><c> that</c><00:37:43.400><c> issue.</c><00:37:44.800><c> But</c><00:37:45.039><c> they</c><00:37:45.380><c> feel</c><00:37:45.800><c> closer</c><00:37:46.159><c> to</c>

00:37:46.400 --> 00:37:47.820
them<00:37:46.519><c> in</c><00:37:46.699><c> age</c><00:37:46.920><c> and</c><00:37:47.079><c> perhaps,</c><00:37:47.460><c> therefore,</c>

00:37:47.820 --> 00:37:52.440
closer<00:37:48.340><c> to</c><00:37:48.599><c> them</c><00:37:48.780><c> in</c><00:37:49.300><c> spirituality.</c><00:37:50.699><c> And</c><00:37:50.920><c> so</c><00:37:51.199><c> they</c><00:37:51.760><c> feel</c><00:37:52.079><c> able</c>

00:37:52.440 --> 00:37:54.340
to<00:37:52.619><c> talk</c><00:37:52.920><c> to</c><00:37:53.099><c> them</c><00:37:53.280><c> and</c><00:37:53.440><c> to</c><00:37:53.719><c> discuss</c><00:37:53.920><c> with</c><00:37:54.139><c> them.</c>

00:37:54.440 --> 00:37:57.619
And<00:37:54.619><c> therefore,</c><00:37:55.039><c> we</c><00:37:55.039><c> need</c><00:37:55.280><c> to</c><00:37:55.460><c> have</c><00:37:55.679><c> influenced</c><00:37:56.139><c> those</c><00:37:56.760><c> slightly</c><00:37:57.260><c> older</c>

00:37:57.619 --> 00:37:58.960
young<00:37:57.880><c> ones,</c><00:37:58.320><c> don't</c><00:37:58.500><c> we?</c>

00:37:59.280 --> 00:38:02.860
The<00:37:59.539><c> firstborn,</c><00:38:00.179><c> as</c><00:38:00.360><c> it</c><00:38:00.559><c> were,</c><00:38:01.300><c> so</c><00:38:01.480><c> that</c><00:38:01.659><c> they</c><00:38:01.940><c> will</c><00:38:02.159><c> be</c><00:38:02.340><c> giving</c><00:38:02.559><c> the</c>

00:38:02.860 --> 00:38:03.659
right<00:38:03.079><c> advice,</c>

00:38:03.780 --> 00:38:07.019
that<00:38:03.900><c> they</c><00:38:04.159><c> will</c><00:38:04.360><c> be</c><00:38:04.780><c> setting</c><00:38:05.079><c> the</c><00:38:05.340><c> right</c><00:38:05.539><c> example,</c><00:38:06.559><c> guiding,</c>

00:38:07.380 --> 00:38:09.119
giving<00:38:07.679><c> good</c><00:38:08.019><c> counsel.</c>

00:38:10.940 --> 00:38:15.039
Philippians<00:38:11.460><c> chapter</c><00:38:11.860><c> 2</c><00:38:12.360><c> is</c><00:38:12.800><c> the</c><00:38:12.980><c> chapter</c><00:38:13.320><c> which</c><00:38:13.559><c> I</c><00:38:13.880><c> mentioned</c><00:38:14.199><c> obliquely</c><00:38:14.719><c> earlier</c>

00:38:15.039 --> 00:38:15.619
this<00:38:15.300><c> week,</c>

00:38:15.619 --> 00:38:20.599
in<00:38:16.159><c> which</c><00:38:16.380><c> the</c><00:38:16.619><c> apostle</c><00:38:17.059><c> shows</c><00:38:17.679><c> how</c><00:38:17.940><c> he</c><00:38:18.159><c> felt</c><00:38:18.579><c> about</c><00:38:19.139><c> this</c><00:38:19.420><c> matter.</c>

00:38:22.760 --> 00:38:26.360
Philippians<00:38:23.179><c> chapter</c><00:38:23.559><c> 2</c><00:38:23.940><c> and</c><00:38:24.199><c> the</c><00:38:24.840><c> 19th</c><00:38:25.599><c> verse.</c>

00:38:30.760 --> 00:38:34.480
Again,<00:38:31.099><c> he's</c><00:38:31.300><c> speaking</c><00:38:31.659><c> of</c><00:38:31.820><c> his</c><00:38:32.039><c> own</c><00:38:32.340><c> yearning</c><00:38:32.679><c> for</c><00:38:32.820><c> these</c><00:38:33.059><c> brothers</c><00:38:33.320><c> and</c><00:38:33.559><c> sisters,</c><00:38:33.980><c> the</c><00:38:34.059><c> way</c><00:38:34.320><c> in</c>

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which<00:38:34.639><c> he</c>

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so<00:38:35.420><c> longs</c><00:38:35.739><c> for</c><00:38:35.980><c> their</c><00:38:36.179><c> salvation</c><00:38:36.699><c> and</c><00:38:36.880><c> will</c><00:38:37.079><c> do</c><00:38:37.320><c> everything</c>

00:38:37.739 --> 00:38:39.639
in<00:38:37.880><c> his</c><00:38:38.159><c> power</c><00:38:38.420><c> to</c><00:38:38.579><c> help</c><00:38:38.780><c> them.</c><00:38:39.019><c> Verse</c><00:38:39.179><c> 17,</c>

00:38:39.639 --> 00:38:42.679
And<00:38:40.260><c> if</c><00:38:40.400><c> I</c><00:38:40.599><c> be</c><00:38:40.760><c> offered</c><00:38:41.000><c> upon</c><00:38:41.260><c> the</c><00:38:41.539><c> sacrifice</c><00:38:42.000><c> and</c><00:38:42.300><c> service</c><00:38:42.519><c> of</c>

00:38:42.679 --> 00:38:45.280
your<00:38:42.940><c> faith,</c><00:38:43.380><c> I</c><00:38:43.699><c> joy</c><00:38:43.920><c> and</c><00:38:44.119><c> rejoice</c><00:38:44.460><c> with</c><00:38:44.780><c> you.</c>

00:38:45.519 --> 00:38:49.619
For<00:38:45.659><c> the</c><00:38:45.900><c> same</c><00:38:46.179><c> cause</c><00:38:46.440><c> also</c><00:38:47.000><c> do</c><00:38:47.300><c> ye</c><00:38:47.559><c> joy</c><00:38:47.860><c> and</c><00:38:48.079><c> rejoice</c><00:38:48.480><c> with</c><00:38:48.719><c> me.</c>

00:38:49.920 --> 00:38:55.480
But,<00:38:50.320><c> verse</c><00:38:50.500><c> 19,</c><00:38:50.980><c> I</c><00:38:51.239><c> trust</c><00:38:51.559><c> in</c><00:38:51.719><c> the</c><00:38:51.860><c> Lord</c><00:38:52.019><c> Jesus</c><00:38:52.440><c> to</c><00:38:52.980><c> send</c><00:38:53.300><c> Timotheus</c><00:38:54.059><c> shortly</c><00:38:54.539><c> unto</c><00:38:54.840><c> you,</c>

00:38:55.679 --> 00:38:59.579
that<00:38:55.820><c> I</c><00:38:56.059><c> also</c><00:38:56.360><c> may</c><00:38:56.559><c> be</c><00:38:56.699><c> of</c><00:38:56.880><c> good</c><00:38:57.099><c> comfort</c><00:38:57.579><c> when</c><00:38:57.920><c> I</c><00:38:58.159><c> know</c><00:38:58.320><c> your</c><00:38:58.719><c> state.</c>

00:38:59.699 --> 00:39:04.659
For<00:38:59.940><c> I</c><00:39:00.179><c> have</c><00:39:00.619><c> no</c><00:39:01.019><c> man</c><00:39:01.500><c> like</c><00:39:02.059><c>-minded</c><00:39:02.579><c> who</c><00:39:03.059><c> will</c><00:39:03.420><c> naturally</c><00:39:04.059><c> care</c>

00:39:04.659 --> 00:39:05.699
for<00:39:04.920><c> your</c><00:39:05.340><c> state.</c>

00:39:05.699 --> 00:39:08.980
For<00:39:06.260><c> all</c><00:39:06.559><c> seek</c><00:39:06.840><c> their</c><00:39:07.199><c> own,</c><00:39:07.960><c> not</c><00:39:08.159><c> the</c><00:39:08.400><c> things</c><00:39:08.659><c> which</c><00:39:08.860><c> are</c>

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Jesus<00:39:09.380><c> Christ's.</c>

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But<00:39:10.679><c> ye</c><00:39:10.860><c> know</c><00:39:10.920><c> the</c><00:39:11.119><c> proof</c><00:39:11.260><c> of</c><00:39:11.440><c> him,</c><00:39:11.719><c> that</c><00:39:11.880><c> is</c><00:39:12.000><c> of</c><00:39:12.179><c> Timothy,</c><00:39:12.760><c> that</c><00:39:12.880><c> as</c>

00:39:13.099 --> 00:39:14.340
a<00:39:13.340><c> son</c><00:39:13.460><c> with</c><00:39:13.699><c> the</c><00:39:13.920><c> father,</c>

00:39:14.559 --> 00:39:18.139
he<00:39:14.760><c> hath</c><00:39:15.000><c> served</c><00:39:15.440><c> with</c><00:39:15.699><c> me</c><00:39:15.940><c> in</c><00:39:16.079><c> the</c><00:39:16.280><c> gospel.</c><00:39:17.400><c> Him</c><00:39:17.599><c> therefore</c><00:39:17.960><c> I</c>

00:39:18.139 --> 00:39:19.440
hope<00:39:18.300><c> to</c><00:39:18.539><c> send</c><00:39:18.739><c> presently,</c>

00:39:19.519 --> 00:39:22.780
so<00:39:19.739><c> soon</c><00:39:19.940><c> as</c><00:39:20.079><c> I</c><00:39:20.159><c> shall</c><00:39:20.320><c> see</c><00:39:20.619><c> how</c><00:39:20.880><c> it</c><00:39:21.059><c> will</c><00:39:21.260><c> go</c><00:39:21.420><c> with</c><00:39:21.619><c> me.</c><00:39:22.280><c> But</c><00:39:22.539><c> I</c>

00:39:22.780 --> 00:39:24.639
trust<00:39:22.980><c> in</c><00:39:23.139><c> the</c><00:39:23.260><c> Lord</c><00:39:23.400><c> that</c><00:39:23.559><c> I</c><00:39:23.760><c> also</c><00:39:24.019><c> myself</c>

00:39:24.639 --> 00:39:29.800
shall<00:39:25.000><c> come</c><00:39:25.320><c> shortly.</c><00:39:26.800><c> You</c><00:39:27.139><c> see</c><00:39:27.340><c> again</c><00:39:27.639><c> the</c><00:39:28.059><c> precious</c><00:39:28.599><c> relationship</c><00:39:29.420><c> that</c>

00:39:29.800 --> 00:39:31.440
the<00:39:30.019><c> apostle</c><00:39:30.340><c> Paul</c><00:39:30.719><c> saw</c><00:39:31.079><c> between</c>

00:39:31.440 --> 00:39:37.000
himself<00:39:31.980><c> and</c><00:39:32.380><c> this</c><00:39:32.639><c> marvellous</c><00:39:33.139><c> young</c><00:39:33.380><c> man.</c><00:39:36.000><c> Ye</c><00:39:36.000><c> know</c><00:39:36.260><c> the</c><00:39:36.559><c> proof</c><00:39:36.800><c> of</c>

00:39:37.000 --> 00:39:40.559
him,<00:39:37.679><c> that</c><00:39:37.780><c> as</c><00:39:38.039><c> a</c><00:39:38.340><c> son</c><00:39:38.619><c> with</c><00:39:39.239><c> the</c><00:39:39.539><c> father,</c>

00:39:40.579 --> 00:39:45.019
so<00:39:40.860><c> he</c><00:39:41.099><c> hath</c><00:39:41.500><c> served</c><00:39:42.079><c> with</c><00:39:42.420><c> me</c><00:39:42.980><c> in</c><00:39:43.599><c> the</c><00:39:43.840><c> gospel.</c><00:39:44.639><c> That's</c><00:39:44.840><c> what</c>

00:39:45.019 --> 00:39:46.159
sons<00:39:45.280><c> ought</c><00:39:45.519><c> to</c><00:39:45.699><c> be</c><00:39:45.880><c> doing,</c>

00:39:46.360 --> 00:39:48.699
that's<00:39:46.579><c> what</c><00:39:46.699><c> we</c><00:39:46.860><c> should</c><00:39:46.980><c> be</c><00:39:47.239><c> training</c><00:39:47.480><c> them</c><00:39:47.679><c> to</c><00:39:47.880><c> do.</c><00:39:48.119><c> If</c><00:39:48.260><c> they're</c><00:39:48.420><c> not</c>

00:39:48.699 --> 00:39:49.659
doing<00:39:48.900><c> it,</c><00:39:49.119><c> brethren</c><00:39:49.300><c> and</c><00:39:49.480><c> sisters,</c>

00:39:49.760 --> 00:39:51.800
the<00:39:49.880><c> fault</c><00:39:50.019><c> lies</c><00:39:50.280><c> as</c><00:39:50.460><c> much</c><00:39:50.579><c> with</c><00:39:50.739><c> us</c><00:39:50.880><c> as</c><00:39:51.019><c> with</c><00:39:51.159><c> them,</c><00:39:51.519><c> doesn't</c>

00:39:51.800 --> 00:39:54.739
it?<00:39:52.760><c> As</c><00:39:53.000><c> much</c><00:39:53.179><c> with</c><00:39:53.340><c> us</c><00:39:53.500><c> as</c><00:39:53.619><c> with</c><00:39:53.840><c> them.</c>

00:39:55.599 --> 00:40:01.460
The<00:39:56.239><c> apostle,</c><00:39:57.320><c> as</c><00:39:57.460><c> a</c><00:39:57.739><c> father</c><00:39:58.059><c> figure</c><00:39:58.420><c> in</c><00:39:58.960><c> the</c><00:39:59.159><c> ecclesias</c><00:39:59.619><c> here,</c><00:40:01.019><c> mourned</c><00:40:01.300><c> that</c>

00:40:01.460 --> 00:40:04.500
he<00:40:01.619><c> had</c><00:40:02.079><c> no</c><00:40:02.440><c> man</c><00:40:02.800><c> like</c><00:40:03.380><c>-minded.</c>

00:40:05.239 --> 00:40:08.539
And<00:40:05.460><c> so</c><00:40:05.840><c> it</c><00:40:06.320><c> was</c><00:40:06.539><c> such</c><00:40:06.780><c> a</c><00:40:06.980><c> cause</c><00:40:07.159><c> of</c><00:40:07.420><c> rejoicing</c><00:40:07.860><c> that</c><00:40:08.019><c> he</c><00:40:08.280><c> found</c>

00:40:08.539 --> 00:40:11.300
in<00:40:08.880><c> Timothy,</c><00:40:09.480><c> a</c><00:40:09.599><c> man</c><00:40:09.940><c> so</c><00:40:10.320><c> different</c><00:40:10.619><c> in</c><00:40:10.860><c> physique,</c>

00:40:11.420 --> 00:40:15.980
so<00:40:11.639><c> different</c><00:40:11.940><c> in</c><00:40:12.199><c> character,</c><00:40:13.280><c> but</c><00:40:13.500><c> so</c><00:40:13.820><c> alike</c><00:40:14.260><c> in</c><00:40:14.860><c> spirit.</c><00:40:15.820><c> A</c>

00:40:15.980 --> 00:40:19.059
man<00:40:16.460><c> like</c><00:40:16.920><c>-minded,</c><00:40:17.400><c> that's</c><00:40:17.679><c> what</c><00:40:17.800><c> he</c><00:40:18.099><c> found</c><00:40:18.360><c> in</c><00:40:18.619><c> Timothy,</c>

00:40:19.059 --> 00:40:24.320
as<00:40:19.599><c> near</c><00:40:20.059><c> as</c><00:40:20.440><c> he</c><00:40:20.679><c> could</c><00:40:20.960><c> to</c><00:40:21.179><c> his</c><00:40:21.380><c> own</c><00:40:21.760><c> feelings.</c><00:40:22.539><c> Timothy</c><00:40:23.039><c> shared</c><00:40:23.800><c> his</c>

00:40:24.320 --> 00:40:25.780
cares,<00:40:24.980><c> his</c><00:40:25.099><c> concerns,</c>

00:40:26.019 --> 00:40:29.400
his<00:40:26.159><c> anxieties,</c><00:40:27.079><c> his</c><00:40:27.300><c> worries</c><00:40:27.800><c> about</c><00:40:28.519><c> those</c><00:40:28.820><c> early</c><00:40:29.139><c> brothers</c>

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and<00:40:29.679><c> sisters.</c>

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No<00:40:32.019><c> man</c><00:40:32.420><c> like</c><00:40:32.800><c>-minded.</c><00:40:33.320><c> Everyone</c><00:40:33.860><c> cares</c><00:40:34.619><c> for</c><00:40:34.880><c> the</c><00:40:35.099><c> things</c><00:40:35.460><c> of</c>

00:40:35.659 --> 00:40:38.280
himself,<00:40:36.320><c> for</c><00:40:36.519><c> his</c><00:40:36.719><c> own</c><00:40:37.119><c> things,</c><00:40:37.539><c> says</c><00:40:37.679><c> the</c><00:40:37.940><c> apostle.</c>

00:40:38.579 --> 00:40:41.260
I<00:40:38.739><c> wonder,</c><00:40:39.139><c> brethren</c><00:40:39.280><c> and</c><00:40:39.519><c> sisters,</c><00:40:39.739><c> if</c><00:40:39.880><c> that's</c><00:40:40.159><c> not</c><00:40:40.619><c> exactly</c>

00:40:41.260 --> 00:40:44.059
what<00:40:41.440><c> he</c><00:40:41.619><c> would</c><00:40:41.840><c> say</c><00:40:42.059><c> about</c><00:40:42.400><c> our</c><00:40:42.619><c> ecclesias</c><00:40:42.980><c> today.</c>

00:40:44.739 --> 00:40:48.699
So<00:40:45.260><c> much,</c><00:40:46.199><c> we</c><00:40:46.420><c> live</c><00:40:46.659><c> our</c><00:40:46.900><c> lives</c><00:40:47.159><c> in</c><00:40:47.400><c> a</c><00:40:47.519><c> vacuum,</c><00:40:47.980><c> don't</c><00:40:48.159><c> we?</c><00:40:48.619><c> We</c>

00:40:48.699 --> 00:40:51.539
go<00:40:48.880><c> into</c><00:40:49.099><c> our</c><00:40:49.320><c> own</c><00:40:49.519><c> little</c><00:40:50.099><c> boxes</c><00:40:50.500><c> and</c><00:40:50.800><c> we</c><00:40:51.059><c> close</c><00:40:51.320><c> the</c>

00:40:51.539 --> 00:40:54.480
doors<00:40:51.820><c> and</c><00:40:52.000><c> we</c><00:40:52.199><c> live</c><00:40:52.360><c> our</c><00:40:52.579><c> lives</c><00:40:52.840><c> to</c><00:40:53.179><c> ourselves,</c><00:40:54.139><c> coming</c><00:40:54.199><c> out</c>

00:40:54.480 --> 00:40:56.800
only<00:40:54.760><c> on</c><00:40:55.000><c> those</c><00:40:55.239><c> days</c><00:40:55.500><c> where</c><00:40:55.780><c> there</c><00:40:55.980><c> are</c><00:40:56.360><c> services</c>

00:40:56.800 --> 00:41:01.280
to<00:40:57.119><c> attend</c><00:40:57.500><c> or</c><00:40:57.719><c> particular</c><00:40:58.300><c> things</c><00:40:58.679><c> to</c><00:40:59.000><c> do.</c><00:41:00.380><c> We</c><00:41:00.539><c> give</c><00:41:00.880><c> to</c><00:41:01.099><c> the</c>

00:41:01.280 --> 00:41:06.199
Lord<00:41:01.539><c> so</c><00:41:01.860><c> often</c><00:41:02.579><c> of</c><00:41:04.159><c> that</c><00:41:04.539><c> superabundance,</c>

00:41:06.239 --> 00:41:10.500
that<00:41:06.460><c> of</c><00:41:06.599><c> which</c><00:41:06.840><c> the</c><00:41:07.400><c> widow</c><00:41:07.699><c> cast</c><00:41:08.139><c> in</c><00:41:08.360><c> her</c><00:41:08.559><c> mites,</c><00:41:08.880><c> her</c><00:41:09.400><c> superfluity,</c><00:41:10.380><c> the</c>

00:41:10.500 --> 00:41:11.639
Lord<00:41:10.719><c> called</c><00:41:10.980><c> it.</c><00:41:11.099><c> Lovely</c><00:41:11.360><c> word,</c>

00:41:11.639 --> 00:41:14.599
isn't<00:41:11.780><c> it?</c><00:41:11.940><c> Lovely</c><00:41:12.159><c> expression,</c><00:41:12.780><c> her</c><00:41:13.019><c> superfluity.</c><00:41:14.219><c> Of</c><00:41:14.340><c> her</c>

00:41:14.599 --> 00:41:16.519
abundance,<00:41:15.039><c> it</c><00:41:15.199><c> means</c><00:41:15.340><c> of</c><00:41:15.460><c> what</c><00:41:15.579><c> was</c><00:41:15.820><c> left</c><00:41:16.099><c> over.</c>

00:41:16.840 --> 00:41:20.760
She<00:41:17.059><c> didn't,</c><00:41:17.400><c> she</c><00:41:17.579><c> gave</c><00:41:17.820><c> of</c><00:41:17.960><c> her</c><00:41:18.219><c> penury.</c><00:41:19.599><c> It</c><00:41:19.639><c> was</c><00:41:19.820><c> the</c><00:41:20.039><c> Pharisees,</c><00:41:20.539><c> wasn't</c>

00:41:20.760 --> 00:41:22.300
it,<00:41:20.920><c> who</c><00:41:21.079><c> had</c><00:41:21.400><c> more</c><00:41:21.760><c> than</c><00:41:21.980><c> enough,</c>

00:41:22.539 --> 00:41:25.679
and<00:41:22.739><c> although</c><00:41:23.039><c> the</c><00:41:23.400><c> treasury</c><00:41:23.639><c> needed</c><00:41:24.139><c> their</c><00:41:24.539><c> gifts,</c><00:41:25.000><c> because</c>

00:41:25.679 --> 00:41:27.300
the<00:41:25.960><c> two</c><00:41:26.119><c> mites</c><00:41:26.340><c> of</c><00:41:26.500><c> the</c><00:41:26.619><c> widow</c><00:41:26.840><c> wouldn't</c><00:41:27.099><c> do</c>

00:41:27.300 --> 00:41:29.739
much<00:41:27.579><c> towards</c><00:41:27.920><c> repairing</c><00:41:28.340><c> the</c><00:41:28.579><c> temple,</c><00:41:28.940><c> would</c><00:41:28.980><c> they?</c><00:41:29.460><c> The</c>

00:41:29.739 --> 00:41:31.760
treasury<00:41:30.059><c> needed</c><00:41:30.400><c> their</c><00:41:30.679><c> gifts.</c><00:41:31.099><c> The</c><00:41:31.219><c> point</c><00:41:31.440><c> was,</c>

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brethren<00:41:32.019><c> and</c><00:41:32.219><c> sisters,</c><00:41:32.420><c> that</c><00:41:32.599><c> her</c><00:41:32.880><c> sacrifice</c><00:41:33.500><c> was</c><00:41:33.860><c> the</c><00:41:34.079><c> more</c>

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acceptable<00:41:34.820><c> to</c><00:41:35.019><c> God</c><00:41:35.179><c> because</c><00:41:35.480><c> she</c><00:41:35.800><c> had</c><00:41:36.079><c> need</c><00:41:36.260><c> of</c><00:41:36.440><c> it,</c>

00:41:36.659 --> 00:41:41.300
and<00:41:36.920><c> she</c><00:41:37.099><c> made</c><00:41:37.440><c> a</c><00:41:37.679><c> sacrifice.</c><00:41:38.559><c> She</c><00:41:39.059><c> gave</c><00:41:39.280><c> to</c><00:41:39.519><c> God</c><00:41:39.639><c> what</c><00:41:39.940><c> she</c><00:41:40.239><c> needed.</c><00:41:40.659><c> She</c><00:41:40.800><c> gave</c><00:41:41.099><c> of</c>

00:41:41.300 --> 00:41:41.980
her<00:41:41.579><c> poverty,</c>

00:41:42.039 --> 00:41:47.139
her<00:41:42.300><c> penury,</c><00:41:43.239><c> whereas</c><00:41:43.420><c> they</c><00:41:43.960><c> satisfied</c><00:41:44.599><c> their</c><00:41:44.900><c> own</c><00:41:45.119><c> needs</c><00:41:45.360><c> first,</c><00:41:46.400><c> and</c><00:41:46.599><c> then</c><00:41:46.820><c> out</c><00:41:47.000><c> of</c>

00:41:47.139 --> 00:41:48.300
their<00:41:47.460><c> superfluity</c>

00:41:48.300 --> 00:41:51.940
of<00:41:48.480><c> what</c><00:41:48.679><c> was</c><00:41:48.980><c> left</c><00:41:49.260><c> over,</c><00:41:50.400><c> they</c><00:41:50.659><c> then</c><00:41:50.900><c> gave</c><00:41:51.099><c> to</c><00:41:51.360><c> God.</c><00:41:51.719><c> Is</c><00:41:51.840><c> it</c>

00:41:51.940 --> 00:41:57.860
like<00:41:52.139><c> that</c><00:41:52.280><c> with</c><00:41:52.480><c> us?</c><00:41:54.500><c> Is</c><00:41:54.820><c> it?</c><00:41:56.619><c> Do</c><00:41:56.920><c> we</c><00:41:57.079><c> not</c><00:41:57.400><c> satisfy</c>

00:41:57.860 --> 00:42:03.639
our<00:41:58.119><c> own</c><00:41:58.320><c> needs</c><00:41:58.599><c> first</c><00:41:59.239><c> and</c><00:42:00.199><c> then</c><00:42:00.460><c> give</c><00:42:00.780><c> in</c><00:42:00.940><c> what</c><00:42:01.119><c> is</c><00:42:01.320><c> left</c><00:42:01.599><c> over,</c><00:42:02.900><c> rather</c><00:42:03.260><c> than</c><00:42:03.460><c> in</c>

00:42:03.639 --> 00:42:04.760
always<00:42:03.920><c> making</c><00:42:04.440><c> those</c>

00:42:04.760 --> 00:42:08.099
sacrifices<00:42:05.460><c> that</c><00:42:05.699><c> would</c><00:42:05.960><c> make</c><00:42:06.199><c> us</c><00:42:06.719><c> of</c><00:42:06.940><c> a</c><00:42:07.139><c> like</c><00:42:07.340><c> mind</c><00:42:07.679><c> with</c><00:42:07.920><c> the</c>

00:42:08.099 --> 00:42:10.780
apostle<00:42:08.380><c> who</c><00:42:08.699><c> said</c><00:42:08.920><c> he</c><00:42:09.039><c> would</c><00:42:09.340><c> gladly</c><00:42:09.719><c> spend</c>

00:42:10.840 --> 00:42:17.039
and<00:42:11.179><c> be</c><00:42:11.539><c> spent,</c><00:42:11.920><c> and</c><00:42:12.099><c> the</c><00:42:12.239><c> Greek</c><00:42:12.400><c> word</c><00:42:12.619><c> is</c><00:42:12.900><c> spent</c><00:42:13.139><c> out,</c><00:42:13.880><c> utterly</c><00:42:14.159><c> exhausted,</c><00:42:16.820><c> in</c>

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time,<00:42:18.079><c> energy,</c>

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resources,<00:42:19.940><c> in</c><00:42:20.139><c> every</c><00:42:20.440><c> way,</c><00:42:21.579><c> for</c><00:42:21.739><c> the</c><00:42:21.960><c> sake</c><00:42:22.199><c> of</c><00:42:22.380><c> his</c><00:42:22.539><c> brothers</c>

00:42:22.820 --> 00:42:25.199
and<00:42:23.039><c> sisters,</c><00:42:23.960><c> for</c><00:42:24.159><c> the</c><00:42:24.380><c> sake</c><00:42:24.539><c> of</c><00:42:24.780><c> those</c>

00:42:25.199 --> 00:42:31.500
early<00:42:25.760><c> ecclesias?</c><00:42:29.559><c> So</c><00:42:30.079><c> it</c><00:42:30.219><c> is,</c><00:42:30.559><c> brethren</c><00:42:30.719><c> and</c><00:42:30.980><c> sisters,</c><00:42:31.300><c> that</c>

00:42:31.500 --> 00:42:34.539
we<00:42:31.699><c> find</c><00:42:32.139><c> Paul</c><00:42:32.599><c> and</c><00:42:32.780><c> Timothy</c><00:42:33.320><c> working</c><00:42:33.960><c> together</c>

00:42:34.539 --> 00:42:38.119
so<00:42:34.880><c> much.</c><00:42:35.920><c> It</c><00:42:36.059><c> is</c><00:42:36.139><c> an</c><00:42:36.320><c> interesting</c><00:42:36.820><c> exercise</c><00:42:37.480><c> to</c><00:42:37.659><c> go</c><00:42:37.880><c> through</c>

00:42:38.119 --> 00:42:40.699
the<00:42:38.420><c> Acts</c><00:42:38.719><c> and</c><00:42:38.980><c> the</c><00:42:39.139><c> Epistles</c><00:42:39.639><c> to</c><00:42:40.179><c> find</c><00:42:40.420><c> out</c>

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exactly<00:42:41.260><c> when</c><00:42:41.719><c> Timothy</c><00:42:42.099><c> was</c><00:42:42.460><c> there</c><00:42:43.000><c> in</c><00:42:43.360><c> the</c><00:42:43.539><c> company</c><00:42:43.920><c> of</c><00:42:44.199><c> Paul,</c><00:42:44.519><c> and</c>

00:42:44.639 --> 00:42:47.019
it<00:42:44.800><c> is</c><00:42:44.820><c> very</c><00:42:45.239><c> often.</c><00:42:46.139><c> And</c><00:42:46.239><c> you</c><00:42:46.380><c> find</c><00:42:46.619><c> that</c><00:42:46.800><c> Paul</c>

00:42:47.019 --> 00:42:50.199
is<00:42:47.340><c> unable</c><00:42:47.679><c> to</c><00:42:47.980><c> stop</c><00:42:48.239><c> mentioning</c><00:42:48.679><c> Timothy.</c><00:42:49.380><c> He</c><00:42:49.500><c> mentions,</c><00:42:49.920><c> I</c>

00:42:50.199 --> 00:42:52.000
have<00:42:50.420><c> made</c><00:42:50.579><c> a</c><00:42:50.599><c> little</c><00:42:50.820><c> list</c><00:42:50.980><c> here,</c><00:42:51.440><c> he</c><00:42:51.559><c> mentions</c>

00:42:52.000 --> 00:42:56.199
Timothy<00:42:52.440><c> in</c><00:42:52.840><c> his</c><00:42:53.059><c> letter</c><00:42:53.219><c> to</c><00:42:53.380><c> the</c><00:42:53.579><c> Romans,</c><00:42:54.639><c> 1</c><00:42:54.880><c> Corinthians,</c><00:42:55.800><c> 2</c>

00:42:56.199 --> 00:42:59.079
Corinthians,<00:42:57.440><c> Philippians,</c><00:42:58.400><c> Colossians,</c>

00:42:59.079 --> 00:43:03.980
1<00:42:59.760><c> and</c><00:42:59.920><c> 2</c><00:43:00.320><c> Thessalonians,</c><00:43:01.599><c> Philemon</c><00:43:02.059><c> and</c><00:43:02.460><c> Hebrews.</c><00:43:03.679><c> It</c><00:43:03.820><c> would</c>

00:43:03.980 --> 00:43:04.980
have<00:43:04.079><c> been</c><00:43:04.179><c> easier</c><00:43:04.360><c> to</c><00:43:04.539><c> tell</c><00:43:04.639><c> you</c><00:43:04.739><c> which</c><00:43:04.860><c> ones</c>

00:43:04.980 --> 00:43:07.019
he<00:43:05.099><c> didn't</c><00:43:05.320><c> mention</c><00:43:05.500><c> him</c><00:43:05.639><c> in,</c><00:43:05.860><c> I</c><00:43:05.860><c> suppose,</c><00:43:06.179><c> wouldn't</c><00:43:06.320><c> it?</c><00:43:06.900><c> But</c>

00:43:07.019 --> 00:43:08.659
that's<00:43:07.179><c> how</c><00:43:07.460><c> often</c><00:43:07.659><c> he</c><00:43:07.840><c> mentions</c><00:43:08.219><c> Timothy.</c>

00:43:09.019 --> 00:43:11.480
That's<00:43:09.300><c> the</c><00:43:09.500><c> tremendous</c><00:43:09.900><c> affection,</c><00:43:10.679><c> brethren</c><00:43:10.840><c> and</c><00:43:11.059><c> sisters,</c><00:43:11.300><c> that</c>

00:43:11.480 --> 00:43:12.780
existed<00:43:11.719><c> between</c><00:43:12.059><c> these</c><00:43:12.300><c> two</c><00:43:12.500><c> men,</c>

00:43:13.059 --> 00:43:18.360
so<00:43:13.539><c> dissimilar</c><00:43:14.199><c> in</c><00:43:14.519><c> some</c><00:43:14.860><c> ways</c><00:43:15.119><c> as</c><00:43:15.300><c> men,</c><00:43:15.780><c> as</c><00:43:15.900><c> we</c><00:43:16.239><c> are,</c><00:43:16.840><c> from</c><00:43:17.039><c> every</c><00:43:17.440><c> different</c><00:43:17.860><c> walk</c><00:43:18.099><c> of</c>

00:43:18.360 --> 00:43:19.920
life.<00:43:18.739><c> It's</c><00:43:18.920><c> God</c><00:43:19.219><c> who</c><00:43:19.519><c> calls,</c>

00:43:19.960 --> 00:43:24.500
isn't<00:43:20.199><c> it?</c><00:43:21.139><c> But</c><00:43:21.380><c> so</c><00:43:21.679><c> alike</c><00:43:22.079><c> in</c><00:43:22.300><c> their</c><00:43:22.639><c> feeling</c><00:43:23.000><c> for</c><00:43:23.179><c> the</c><00:43:23.380><c> meetings,</c><00:43:24.219><c> their</c>

00:43:24.500 --> 00:43:26.059
feeling<00:43:24.760><c> for</c><00:43:24.960><c> the</c><00:43:25.099><c> things</c><00:43:25.260><c> of</c><00:43:25.559><c> God,</c>

00:43:26.059 --> 00:43:29.699
their<00:43:26.980><c> feeling</c><00:43:27.239><c> for</c><00:43:27.480><c> the</c><00:43:27.679><c> service</c><00:43:27.960><c> of</c><00:43:28.159><c> Christ,</c><00:43:29.000><c> such</c><00:43:29.179><c> kindred</c>

00:43:29.699 --> 00:43:32.940
spirits<00:43:30.139><c> as</c><00:43:30.539><c> we</c><00:43:30.780><c> also</c><00:43:31.579><c> ought</c><00:43:31.900><c> to</c><00:43:32.159><c> be.</c>

00:43:35.099 --> 00:43:38.039
Well,<00:43:35.239><c> it's</c><00:43:35.480><c> time</c><00:43:35.679><c> to</c><00:43:36.059><c> wind</c><00:43:36.320><c> up</c><00:43:36.480><c> this</c><00:43:36.659><c> little</c><00:43:36.900><c> series</c><00:43:37.260><c> of</c><00:43:37.539><c> fathers</c><00:43:37.760><c> and</c>

00:43:38.039 --> 00:43:39.039
sons,<00:43:38.340><c> brethren</c><00:43:38.539><c> and</c><00:43:38.760><c> sisters.</c>

00:43:39.340 --> 00:43:42.780
What<00:43:39.480><c> we've</c><00:43:39.760><c> been</c><00:43:39.900><c> looking</c><00:43:40.159><c> at,</c><00:43:40.380><c> of</c><00:43:40.559><c> course,</c><00:43:41.960><c> is</c><00:43:42.099><c> fathers</c><00:43:42.420><c> and</c>

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sons<00:43:43.059><c> in</c><00:43:43.380><c> the</c><00:43:43.719><c> examples,</c>

00:43:45.900 --> 00:43:49.500
some<00:43:46.139><c> for</c><00:43:46.260><c> us</c><00:43:46.460><c> to</c><00:43:46.719><c> follow</c><00:43:46.980><c> and</c><00:43:47.300><c> some</c><00:43:47.579><c> for</c><00:43:47.800><c> us</c><00:43:47.960><c> to</c><00:43:48.219><c> avoid,</c><00:43:49.340><c> that</c>

00:43:49.500 --> 00:43:51.380
teach<00:43:49.739><c> us</c><00:43:49.960><c> something</c><00:43:50.280><c> about</c><00:43:50.699><c> the</c>

00:43:51.380 --> 00:43:54.880
tremendously<00:43:51.880><c> precious</c><00:43:52.539><c> relationship</c><00:43:53.340><c> between</c><00:43:53.780><c> God</c><00:43:54.280><c> and</c>

00:43:54.880 --> 00:43:57.760
His<00:43:55.119><c> only</c><00:43:55.739><c> begotten</c><00:43:56.440><c> Son,</c><00:43:56.739><c> His</c><00:43:56.940><c> beloved</c><00:43:57.420><c> Son,</c>

00:43:57.980 --> 00:44:01.239
our<00:43:58.000><c> Lord</c><00:43:58.219><c> Jesus</c><00:43:58.639><c> Christ.</c><00:43:59.960><c> And</c><00:44:00.159><c> that</c><00:44:00.300><c> is</c><00:44:00.519><c> the</c><00:44:00.739><c> pattern,</c><00:44:01.019><c> isn't</c>

00:44:01.239 --> 00:44:04.579
it,<00:44:01.500><c> for</c><00:44:01.820><c> the</c><00:44:03.179><c> relationship</c><00:44:03.940><c> that</c><00:44:04.199><c> ought</c><00:44:04.340><c> to</c>

00:44:04.579 --> 00:44:08.800
exist<00:44:04.880><c> between</c><00:44:05.300><c> God</c><00:44:05.699><c> and</c><00:44:05.920><c> us,</c><00:44:07.039><c> for</c><00:44:07.239><c> we</c><00:44:07.599><c> have</c><00:44:07.800><c> that</c><00:44:08.179><c> calling</c><00:44:08.500><c> to</c>

00:44:08.800 --> 00:44:12.340
be<00:44:09.179><c> His</c><00:44:09.539><c> sons</c><00:44:09.920><c> and</c><00:44:10.239><c> daughters.</c><00:44:11.440><c> And</c><00:44:11.619><c> what</c><00:44:11.739><c> we</c><00:44:11.960><c> see</c><00:44:12.099><c> in</c>

00:44:12.340 --> 00:44:16.000
Paul<00:44:12.539><c> and</c><00:44:12.719><c> Timothy</c><00:44:13.000><c> is</c><00:44:13.260><c> not</c><00:44:13.500><c> like</c><00:44:13.800><c> all</c><00:44:14.019><c> the</c><00:44:14.159><c> others</c><00:44:14.340><c> of</c><00:44:14.599><c> contrast,</c><00:44:15.579><c> but</c><00:44:15.739><c> a</c>

00:44:16.000 --> 00:44:17.619
reflection.<00:44:16.800><c> Paul</c><00:44:17.059><c> would</c><00:44:17.260><c> have</c><00:44:17.460><c> said</c>

00:44:17.619 --> 00:44:22.159
a<00:44:17.719><c> very</c><00:44:18.099><c> dim</c><00:44:18.420><c> reflection.</c><00:44:20.199><c> Timothy</c><00:44:20.400><c> would</c><00:44:20.619><c> have</c><00:44:20.840><c> agreed.</c><00:44:22.059><c> But</c>

00:44:22.159 --> 00:44:23.300
you<00:44:22.260><c> and</c><00:44:22.480><c> I,</c><00:44:22.860><c> brethren</c><00:44:22.860><c> and</c><00:44:23.059><c> sisters,</c>

00:44:23.360 --> 00:44:26.699
know<00:44:23.659><c> that</c><00:44:23.840><c> it</c><00:44:24.179><c> is</c><00:44:24.539><c> a</c><00:44:24.739><c> reflection,</c><00:44:25.360><c> it</c><00:44:25.420><c> is</c><00:44:25.760><c> a</c><00:44:26.000><c> little</c><00:44:26.320><c> picture,</c>

00:44:26.780 --> 00:44:31.219
a<00:44:26.900><c> little</c><00:44:27.159><c> cameo</c><00:44:27.960><c> of</c><00:44:28.360><c> what</c><00:44:28.679><c> God</c><00:44:29.059><c> seeks</c><00:44:29.619><c> of</c><00:44:30.119><c> us.</c>

00:44:31.639 --> 00:44:36.619
Paul<00:44:32.059><c> himself</c><00:44:32.679><c> shows</c><00:44:33.099><c> us</c><00:44:33.440><c> something,</c><00:44:34.300><c> not</c><00:44:34.699><c> nearly</c><00:44:35.019><c> so</c><00:44:35.340><c> perfectly,</c><00:44:35.820><c> of</c><00:44:36.079><c> course,</c><00:44:36.400><c> as</c>

00:44:36.619 --> 00:44:37.880
our<00:44:36.800><c> Lord</c><00:44:37.000><c> Jesus</c><00:44:37.380><c> Christ,</c>

00:44:38.099 --> 00:44:42.460
who<00:44:38.239><c> is</c><00:44:38.440><c> the</c><00:44:38.659><c> supreme</c><00:44:39.059><c> example</c><00:44:39.579><c> in</c><00:44:39.860><c> everything.</c><00:44:40.780><c> But</c><00:44:40.960><c> Paul</c><00:44:41.179><c> himself</c><00:44:41.599><c> also</c><00:44:41.980><c> shows</c><00:44:42.179><c> us</c>

00:44:42.460 --> 00:44:43.659
something<00:44:42.840><c> of</c><00:44:43.199><c> the</c><00:44:43.440><c> longing</c>

00:44:43.659 --> 00:44:49.179
and<00:44:43.820><c> the</c><00:44:44.099><c> care</c><00:44:44.360><c> of</c><00:44:44.599><c> God</c><00:44:45.159><c> for</c><00:44:45.860><c> us,</c><00:44:46.780><c> for</c><00:44:47.019><c> His</c><00:44:47.260><c> sons</c><00:44:47.500><c> and</c><00:44:47.699><c> daughters.</c><00:44:48.820><c> And</c><00:44:48.960><c> the</c>

00:44:49.179 --> 00:44:50.159
oneness<00:44:49.579><c> of</c><00:44:49.960><c> spirit,</c>

00:44:50.300 --> 00:44:54.079
the<00:44:50.480><c> unity</c><00:44:50.860><c> of</c><00:44:51.119><c> mind</c><00:44:51.320><c> that</c><00:44:51.579><c> existed</c><00:44:51.860><c> between</c><00:44:52.400><c> Paul</c><00:44:52.719><c> and</c><00:44:52.880><c> Timothy,</c><00:44:53.940><c> is</c>

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that,<00:44:54.500><c> brethren</c><00:44:54.599><c> and</c><00:44:54.840><c> sisters,</c>

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which<00:44:55.360><c> we</c><00:44:55.639><c> ought</c><00:44:55.900><c> to</c><00:44:56.079><c> be</c><00:44:56.260><c> aiming</c><00:44:56.539><c> for</c><00:44:56.980><c> between</c><00:44:57.320><c> ourselves</c><00:44:57.920><c> and</c>

00:44:58.159 --> 00:45:01.280
God.<00:44:59.219><c> We</c><00:44:59.440><c> ought</c><00:44:59.719><c> to</c><00:44:59.980><c> be,</c><00:45:00.099><c> as</c><00:45:00.260><c> we</c><00:45:00.500><c> said</c><00:45:00.619><c> at</c><00:45:00.800><c> the</c><00:45:00.960><c> outset</c>

00:45:01.280 --> 00:45:05.340
of<00:45:01.500><c> this</c><00:45:01.699><c> week,</c><00:45:02.260><c> aiming</c><00:45:02.599><c> to</c><00:45:02.960><c> identify</c><00:45:03.679><c> with</c><00:45:04.039><c> our</c><00:45:04.340><c> Father,</c><00:45:05.079><c> to</c>

00:45:05.340 --> 00:45:08.360
feel<00:45:05.579><c> as</c><00:45:05.860><c> Him,</c><00:45:06.639><c> to</c><00:45:06.780><c> be</c><00:45:06.980><c> the</c><00:45:07.300><c> children</c><00:45:07.579><c> of</c><00:45:07.800><c> our</c><00:45:08.039><c> Father,</c>

00:45:08.360 --> 00:45:13.500
not<00:45:08.559><c> just</c><00:45:08.880><c> in</c><00:45:09.239><c> calling,</c><00:45:09.699><c> not</c><00:45:09.800><c> just</c><00:45:10.000><c> in</c><00:45:10.320><c> name,</c><00:45:11.880><c> but</c><00:45:11.980><c> by</c><00:45:12.280><c> our</c><00:45:12.579><c> attitudes,</c><00:45:13.320><c> by</c>

00:45:13.500 --> 00:45:14.179
our<00:45:13.739><c> actions,</c>

00:45:14.440 --> 00:45:19.880
to<00:45:14.619><c> show</c><00:45:14.960><c> that</c><00:45:15.139><c> we</c><00:45:15.300><c> are</c><00:45:15.480><c> His</c><00:45:15.820><c> children,</c><00:45:16.579><c> to</c><00:45:16.699><c> make</c><00:45:16.980><c> known</c><00:45:17.139><c> to</c><00:45:17.320><c> the</c><00:45:17.539><c> world</c><00:45:18.000><c> that</c><00:45:18.860><c> God</c><00:45:19.179><c> is</c>

00:45:19.880 --> 00:45:21.599
our<00:45:20.300><c> Father,</c>

00:45:21.780 --> 00:45:27.139
that<00:45:22.039><c> we</c><00:45:22.219><c> are</c><00:45:22.619><c> working</c><00:45:23.000><c> with</c><00:45:23.320><c> Him,</c><00:45:24.119><c> that</c><00:45:24.300><c> we</c><00:45:24.659><c> feel</c><00:45:24.940><c> as</c><00:45:25.119><c> He</c><00:45:25.360><c> feels,</c><00:45:26.820><c> that</c>

00:45:27.139 --> 00:45:29.239
we<00:45:27.300><c> are</c><00:45:27.719><c> His</c><00:45:28.079><c> children,</c>

00:45:29.300 --> 00:45:33.639
as<00:45:29.579><c> were</c><00:45:29.800><c> the</c><00:45:30.119><c> children</c><00:45:30.480><c> of</c><00:45:30.760><c> Israel.</c><00:45:32.420><c> Of</c><00:45:33.039><c> course,</c><00:45:33.159><c> we</c><00:45:33.320><c> have</c><00:45:33.500><c> a</c>

00:45:33.639 --> 00:45:35.420
greater<00:45:33.840><c> responsibility</c><00:45:34.679><c> than</c><00:45:34.920><c> them.</c>

00:45:35.420 --> 00:45:40.639
They<00:45:36.260><c> had</c><00:45:36.460><c> the</c><00:45:36.739><c> crutch</c><00:45:37.119><c> of</c><00:45:37.599><c> the</c><00:45:37.800><c> law</c><00:45:38.139><c> to</c><00:45:38.380><c> help</c><00:45:38.639><c> them.</c><00:45:40.239><c> The</c><00:45:40.360><c> law,</c>

00:45:40.639 --> 00:45:42.380
brethren<00:45:40.920><c> and</c><00:45:41.159><c> sisters,</c><00:45:41.599><c> provided</c><00:45:41.920><c> ritual</c>

00:45:42.380 --> 00:45:46.039
and<00:45:42.679><c> sacrifice</c><00:45:43.239><c> and</c><00:45:43.539><c> discipline,</c><00:45:44.219><c> which</c><00:45:44.400><c> we</c><00:45:44.579><c> do</c><00:45:44.800><c> not</c><00:45:45.079><c> have.</c>

00:45:46.360 --> 00:45:49.000
We<00:45:46.519><c> are</c><00:45:47.000><c> men</c><00:45:47.219><c> and</c><00:45:47.360><c> women</c><00:45:47.539><c> who</c><00:45:47.739><c> are</c><00:45:47.960><c> mature</c><00:45:48.440><c> in</c><00:45:48.659><c> Christ.</c>

00:45:49.199 --> 00:45:52.619
We<00:45:49.340><c> should</c><00:45:49.599><c> not</c><00:45:49.800><c> need</c><00:45:50.019><c> those</c><00:45:50.539><c> daily</c><00:45:51.019><c> rituals</c><00:45:51.619><c> to</c><00:45:51.920><c> remind</c><00:45:52.300><c> us</c>

00:45:52.619 --> 00:45:54.380
of<00:45:52.780><c> our</c><00:45:53.019><c> duties</c><00:45:53.340><c> and</c><00:45:53.679><c> responsibilities,</c>

00:45:54.539 --> 00:45:58.820
which<00:45:54.780><c> are</c><00:45:55.000><c> no</c><00:45:55.219><c> less</c><00:45:55.739><c> than</c><00:45:56.059><c> those</c><00:45:56.380><c> were</c><00:45:56.559><c> under</c><00:45:56.780><c> the</c><00:45:57.019><c> law.</c><00:45:57.900><c> We</c><00:45:58.159><c> live</c><00:45:58.340><c> under</c><00:45:58.599><c> a</c>

00:45:58.820 --> 00:46:00.780
law<00:45:58.980><c> of</c><00:45:59.360><c> liberty.</c><00:46:00.000><c> It's</c><00:46:00.300><c> a</c><00:46:00.519><c> freedom,</c>

00:46:00.780 --> 00:46:05.820
isn't<00:46:01.000><c> it,</c><00:46:01.519><c> to</c><00:46:01.820><c> obey</c><00:46:02.139><c> God</c><00:46:02.480><c> from</c><00:46:03.159><c> motives</c><00:46:03.579><c> of</c><00:46:03.920><c> love.</c><00:46:05.059><c> There</c><00:46:05.619><c> is</c>

00:46:05.820 --> 00:46:08.420
no<00:46:06.099><c> one</c><00:46:06.440><c> day</c><00:46:06.679><c> set</c><00:46:07.000><c> aside</c><00:46:07.320><c> for</c><00:46:07.480><c> us</c><00:46:07.679><c> when</c><00:46:07.860><c> God</c><00:46:08.119><c> says,</c>

00:46:08.780 --> 00:46:13.539
there<00:46:08.800><c> shall</c><00:46:09.159><c> not</c><00:46:09.760><c> work</c><00:46:10.239><c> on</c><00:46:10.559><c> the</c><00:46:10.780><c> Sabbath.</c><00:46:11.340><c> You</c><00:46:11.840><c> will</c><00:46:12.199><c> keep</c><00:46:12.460><c> the</c><00:46:12.719><c> Sabbath</c><00:46:12.980><c> holy</c><00:46:13.260><c> to</c>

00:46:13.539 --> 00:46:15.840
me.<00:46:15.039><c> No,</c><00:46:15.199><c> it's</c><00:46:15.480><c> a</c><00:46:15.559><c> question</c>

00:46:15.840 --> 00:46:18.920
of<00:46:16.059><c> love,</c><00:46:16.400><c> isn't</c><00:46:16.579><c> it?</c><00:46:17.079><c> And</c><00:46:17.300><c> we</c><00:46:17.480><c> should</c><00:46:17.639><c> be</c><00:46:17.920><c> devoting</c><00:46:18.360><c> not</c><00:46:18.659><c> one,</c>

00:46:18.980 --> 00:46:22.579
but<00:46:19.260><c> every</c><00:46:19.800><c> day,</c><00:46:21.199><c> every</c><00:46:21.780><c> bit</c><00:46:22.019><c> of</c><00:46:22.320><c> time,</c>

00:46:22.659 --> 00:46:26.320
every<00:46:22.960><c> moment</c><00:46:23.280><c> that</c><00:46:23.420><c> we</c><00:46:23.699><c> possibly</c><00:46:24.099><c> can,</c><00:46:25.199><c> devoting</c><00:46:25.780><c> that</c><00:46:26.159><c> and</c>

00:46:26.320 --> 00:46:29.539
making<00:46:26.659><c> that</c><00:46:27.239><c> holy</c><00:46:27.619><c> to</c><00:46:27.840><c> God.</c><00:46:28.860><c> Ours</c><00:46:29.099><c> is</c><00:46:29.340><c> a</c>

00:46:29.539 --> 00:46:33.019
responsibility<00:46:30.179><c> where</c><00:46:31.360><c> we</c><00:46:31.579><c> enjoy</c><00:46:31.960><c> the</c><00:46:32.280><c> freedom</c><00:46:32.500><c> to</c><00:46:32.860><c> serve</c>

00:46:33.019 --> 00:46:37.840
Him<00:46:33.320><c> from</c><00:46:33.780><c> love,</c><00:46:34.719><c> not</c><00:46:35.139><c> from</c><00:46:35.960><c> enforced</c><00:46:36.599><c> ritual.</c>

00:46:39.920 --> 00:46:44.679
And<00:46:40.079><c> so</c><00:46:40.260><c> it</c><00:46:40.440><c> is</c><00:46:40.840><c> that</c><00:46:41.460><c> sometimes</c><00:46:42.239><c> I</c><00:46:42.820><c> am</c><00:46:43.400><c> disappointed</c><00:46:44.099><c> to</c><00:46:44.480><c> hear</c>

00:46:44.679 --> 00:46:47.800
of<00:46:44.880><c> people</c><00:46:45.179><c> saying</c><00:46:45.559><c> that</c><00:46:46.719><c> our</c><00:46:46.980><c> children</c><00:46:47.360><c> and</c>

00:46:47.800 --> 00:46:50.420
our<00:46:48.320><c> children</c><00:46:48.539><c> in</c><00:46:48.719><c> our</c><00:46:48.920><c> families</c><00:46:49.219><c> and</c><00:46:49.500><c> our</c><00:46:49.739><c> children</c><00:46:49.980><c> in</c><00:46:50.159><c> the</c>

00:46:50.420 --> 00:46:52.679
truth<00:46:50.699><c> need</c><00:46:51.179><c> to</c><00:46:51.519><c> know</c><00:46:51.639><c> what</c><00:46:51.840><c> the</c><00:46:52.059><c> world's</c><00:46:52.360><c> about</c>

00:46:52.679 --> 00:46:55.719
so<00:46:52.920><c> that</c><00:46:53.039><c> they</c><00:46:53.219><c> can</c><00:46:53.420><c> make</c><00:46:53.639><c> a</c><00:46:53.860><c> choice</c><00:46:54.079><c> and</c><00:46:54.300><c> reject</c><00:46:54.659><c> it.</c><00:46:54.880><c> They</c><00:46:55.059><c> need</c><00:46:55.260><c> to</c>

00:46:55.719 --> 00:46:57.420
taste<00:46:55.940><c> the</c><00:46:56.179><c> other</c><00:46:56.460><c> side</c><00:46:56.820><c> so</c><00:46:57.059><c> that</c><00:46:57.219><c> they</c>

00:46:57.420 --> 00:47:01.579
want<00:46:57.780><c> the</c><00:46:58.019><c> truth</c><00:46:58.300><c> and</c><00:46:58.460><c> be</c><00:46:58.679><c> able</c><00:46:58.880><c> to</c><00:46:59.099><c> make</c><00:46:59.340><c> a</c><00:46:59.679><c> rational</c><00:47:00.079><c> decision.</c><00:47:01.159><c> That's</c>

00:47:01.579 --> 00:47:04.280
such<00:47:01.739><c> rubbish,</c><00:47:02.400><c> isn't</c><00:47:02.420><c> it?</c>

00:47:04.420 --> 00:47:07.840
Brothers<00:47:04.599><c> and</c><00:47:04.880><c> sisters,</c><00:47:05.280><c> the</c><00:47:05.460><c> other</c><00:47:05.760><c> side</c><00:47:06.079><c> is</c><00:47:06.360><c> inside.</c><00:47:07.619><c> We</c>

00:47:07.840 --> 00:47:09.840
test<00:47:08.099><c> the</c><00:47:08.300><c> other</c><00:47:08.559><c> side</c><00:47:08.699><c> all</c><00:47:08.920><c> the</c><00:47:09.059><c> time.</c><00:47:09.280><c> Its</c><00:47:09.559><c> influence</c>

00:47:09.840 --> 00:47:15.659
is<00:47:10.159><c> continually</c><00:47:10.639><c> with</c><00:47:10.840><c> us,</c><00:47:10.960><c> whether</c><00:47:11.079><c> we</c><00:47:11.300><c> like</c><00:47:11.440><c> it</c><00:47:11.619><c> or</c><00:47:11.739><c> not.</c><00:47:13.679><c> It's</c><00:47:13.980><c> foolishness,</c><00:47:14.539><c> isn't</c><00:47:14.739><c> it,</c><00:47:14.960><c> to</c>

00:47:15.659 --> 00:47:16.820
say<00:47:16.300><c> that</c><00:47:16.440><c> they</c><00:47:16.619><c> have</c>

00:47:16.820 --> 00:47:19.500
to<00:47:16.940><c> be</c><00:47:17.139><c> out</c><00:47:17.400><c> there</c><00:47:17.619><c> to</c><00:47:17.780><c> know</c><00:47:18.000><c> what</c><00:47:18.219><c> the</c><00:47:18.440><c> world</c><00:47:18.619><c> is</c><00:47:18.840><c> about.</c><00:47:19.239><c> This</c>

00:47:19.500 --> 00:47:23.559
is<00:47:19.760><c> the</c><00:47:19.960><c> world</c><00:47:20.539><c> here</c><00:47:20.920><c> in</c><00:47:21.139><c> my</c><00:47:21.420><c> heart.</c><00:47:22.880><c> What</c><00:47:23.099><c> we</c><00:47:23.360><c> need</c>

00:47:23.559 --> 00:47:26.760
is<00:47:23.719><c> the</c><00:47:23.880><c> influence</c><00:47:24.460><c> of</c><00:47:24.719><c> the</c><00:47:24.880><c> things</c><00:47:25.119><c> of</c><00:47:25.400><c> God</c><00:47:25.679><c> strongly</c><00:47:26.280><c> and</c>

00:47:26.760 --> 00:47:30.199
firmly,<00:47:27.780><c> faithfully</c><00:47:28.119><c> and</c><00:47:28.380><c> lovingly</c><00:47:29.039><c> presented</c>

00:47:30.500 --> 00:47:34.659
so<00:47:31.059><c> that,</c><00:47:31.440><c> brothers</c><00:47:31.539><c> and</c><00:47:31.719><c> sisters,</c><00:47:32.219><c> our</c><00:47:32.639><c> children</c><00:47:33.019><c> in</c><00:47:33.239><c> our</c><00:47:33.480><c> families</c><00:47:33.900><c> and</c><00:47:34.440><c> in</c>

00:47:34.659 --> 00:47:36.360
the<00:47:34.880><c> faith,</c><00:47:35.460><c> because</c><00:47:35.900><c> the</c><00:47:36.139><c> children</c>

00:47:36.360 --> 00:47:39.199
of<00:47:36.579><c> our</c><00:47:36.780><c> families</c><00:47:37.059><c> are</c><00:47:37.380><c> all</c><00:47:37.760><c> our</c><00:47:38.139><c> children,</c><00:47:38.579><c> they're</c><00:47:38.679><c> all</c><00:47:38.960><c> the</c>

00:47:39.199 --> 00:47:42.760
ecclesiast<00:47:39.699><c> children,</c><00:47:40.840><c> might</c><00:47:41.019><c> grow</c><00:47:41.280><c> up</c><00:47:41.800><c> to</c><00:47:42.199><c> glorify</c>

00:47:42.760 --> 00:47:48.360
God.<00:47:45.159><c> This</c><00:47:45.400><c> week</c><00:47:45.619><c> then</c><00:47:45.860><c> we</c><00:47:45.980><c> have</c><00:47:46.199><c> looked</c><00:47:46.460><c> at</c><00:47:46.980><c> Adam</c><00:47:47.219><c> and</c><00:47:47.460><c> Abel,</c>

00:47:48.500 --> 00:47:51.579
Adam<00:47:48.820><c> being</c><00:47:49.139><c> the</c><00:47:49.360><c> son</c><00:47:49.559><c> who</c><00:47:50.139><c> failed</c><00:47:50.460><c> God</c><00:47:50.820><c> and</c><00:47:51.260><c> proved</c>

00:47:51.579 --> 00:47:56.460
such<00:47:51.860><c> a</c><00:47:52.119><c> disappointment,</c><00:47:54.159><c> Abel</c><00:47:54.500><c> showing</c><00:47:54.840><c> the</c><00:47:55.239><c> need</c><00:47:55.579><c> for</c><00:47:56.199><c> the</c>

00:47:56.460 --> 00:47:58.659
Saviour<00:47:56.820><c> that</c><00:47:57.039><c> God</c><00:47:57.320><c> would</c><00:47:57.599><c> provide,</c><00:47:58.179><c> God's</c>

00:47:58.659 --> 00:48:03.539
willingness<00:47:59.179><c> to</c><00:47:59.860><c> give</c><00:48:00.260><c> His</c><00:48:00.679><c> Son</c><00:48:01.059><c> for</c><00:48:01.360><c> our</c><00:48:01.800><c> sakes</c><00:48:02.400><c> and</c><00:48:02.900><c> the</c><00:48:03.099><c> need</c><00:48:03.320><c> for</c>

00:48:03.539 --> 00:48:07.000
that<00:48:03.860><c> Saviour</c><00:48:04.219><c> to</c><00:48:04.500><c> die.</c><00:48:06.039><c> We</c><00:48:06.280><c> have</c><00:48:06.539><c> seen</c><00:48:06.780><c> in</c>

00:48:07.000 --> 00:48:12.579
Abraham<00:48:07.420><c> and</c><00:48:07.659><c> Ishmael</c><00:48:08.139><c> and</c><00:48:08.599><c> David</c><00:48:08.960><c> and</c><00:48:09.219><c> Absalom,</c><00:48:10.300><c> the</c><00:48:10.460><c> longing</c><00:48:10.760><c> of</c><00:48:11.079><c> Abraham</c><00:48:11.500><c> that</c><00:48:11.659><c> Ishmael</c><00:48:12.079><c> might</c><00:48:12.280><c> be</c>

00:48:12.579 --> 00:48:12.980
party<00:48:12.800><c> to</c>

00:48:12.980 --> 00:48:16.599
the<00:48:13.199><c> covenant,</c><00:48:14.559><c> the</c><00:48:14.739><c> longing</c><00:48:15.019><c> of</c><00:48:15.260><c> David</c><00:48:15.579><c> that</c><00:48:15.800><c> Absalom</c><00:48:16.199><c> might</c>

00:48:16.599 --> 00:48:20.920
yet<00:48:16.920><c> repent</c><00:48:17.480><c> and</c><00:48:17.760><c> turn</c><00:48:18.059><c> to</c><00:48:18.320><c> God</c><00:48:18.579><c> and</c><00:48:20.239><c> make</c><00:48:20.659><c> good</c>

00:48:20.920 --> 00:48:26.440
His<00:48:21.199><c> name,</c><00:48:22.300><c> being</c><00:48:22.500><c> the</c><00:48:22.699><c> father</c><00:48:23.039><c> of</c><00:48:23.199><c> peace.</c><00:48:25.139><c> We</c><00:48:25.219><c> have</c><00:48:25.400><c> seen</c><00:48:25.639><c> prejudice</c><00:48:26.179><c> in</c>

00:48:26.440 --> 00:48:27.739
families,<00:48:27.079><c> divided</c><00:48:27.340><c> families,</c>

00:48:27.960 --> 00:48:34.940
such<00:48:28.019><c> as</c><00:48:28.159><c> Isaac</c><00:48:28.400><c> and</c><00:48:28.579><c> Jacob,</c><00:48:29.300><c> Jacob</c><00:48:29.579><c> and</c><00:48:29.780><c> Joseph,</c><00:48:31.699><c> Saul</c><00:48:31.880><c> and</c><00:48:32.079><c> Jonathan</c><00:48:32.500><c> and</c><00:48:33.599><c> David</c><00:48:33.880><c> and</c><00:48:34.099><c> Absalom</c><00:48:34.400><c> in</c><00:48:34.539><c> a</c><00:48:34.679><c> different</c>

00:48:34.940 --> 00:48:39.440
way.<00:48:36.559><c> We've</c><00:48:36.840><c> seen</c><00:48:37.099><c> the</c><00:48:37.280><c> way</c><00:48:37.500><c> in</c><00:48:37.639><c> which</c><00:48:37.860><c> some</c><00:48:38.159><c> men</c><00:48:38.320><c> have</c><00:48:38.599><c> wrestled</c><00:48:39.159><c> with</c>

00:48:39.440 --> 00:48:41.260
God<00:48:39.760><c> and</c><00:48:40.300><c> fought</c><00:48:40.539><c> against</c><00:48:40.980><c> their</c>

00:48:41.260 --> 00:48:44.099
circumstances<00:48:42.039><c> and</c><00:48:42.460><c> how</c><00:48:42.659><c> others</c><00:48:42.900><c> have</c><00:48:43.159><c> accepted</c><00:48:43.599><c> what</c><00:48:43.860><c> God</c>

00:48:44.099 --> 00:48:45.960
has<00:48:44.340><c> brought</c><00:48:44.519><c> into</c><00:48:44.739><c> their</c><00:48:45.000><c> lives</c><00:48:45.280><c> and</c><00:48:45.579><c> been</c><00:48:45.760><c> able</c>

00:48:45.960 --> 00:48:50.380
to<00:48:46.380><c> cope</c><00:48:46.380><c> with</c><00:48:46.719><c> it</c><00:48:47.320><c> fully,</c><00:48:48.599><c> believing</c><00:48:49.079><c> faithfully</c><00:48:49.840><c> that</c><00:48:50.039><c> God</c>

00:48:50.380 --> 00:48:53.400
was<00:48:50.880><c> with</c><00:48:51.219><c> them,</c><00:48:52.159><c> that</c><00:48:52.280><c> He</c><00:48:52.440><c> had</c><00:48:52.579><c> not</c><00:48:52.800><c> deserted</c><00:48:53.139><c> them,</c>

00:48:53.420 --> 00:48:57.000
but<00:48:53.619><c> as</c><00:48:54.099><c> sons,</c><00:48:54.820><c> as</c><00:48:55.059><c> a</c><00:48:55.239><c> true</c><00:48:55.420><c> father,</c><00:48:55.800><c> God</c><00:48:56.000><c> was</c><00:48:56.380><c> helping</c><00:48:56.699><c> them</c>

00:48:57.000 --> 00:48:59.820
as<00:48:57.159><c> sons,</c><00:48:58.380><c> chastening</c><00:48:58.840><c> and</c><00:48:59.139><c> discipline</c><00:48:59.519><c> and</c>

00:48:59.820 --> 00:49:03.840
training<00:49:00.139><c> them</c><00:49:00.699><c> for</c><00:49:00.980><c> what</c><00:49:01.159><c> He</c><00:49:01.360><c> had</c><00:49:01.559><c> in</c><00:49:01.880><c> store.</c><00:49:03.400><c> We've</c><00:49:03.599><c> seen</c>

00:49:03.840 --> 00:49:05.920
sometimes<00:49:04.420><c> how</c><00:49:04.639><c> the</c><00:49:04.900><c> prejudice</c><00:49:05.260><c> has</c><00:49:05.579><c> developed</c>

00:49:05.920 --> 00:49:10.199
into<00:49:06.400><c> envy,</c><00:49:07.320><c> envy</c><00:49:07.480><c> which</c><00:49:07.800><c> destroyed</c><00:49:08.420><c> Saul,</c><00:49:09.139><c> envy</c><00:49:09.320><c> which</c><00:49:09.800><c> destroyed</c><00:49:10.079><c> the</c>

00:49:10.199 --> 00:49:11.300
whole<00:49:10.420><c> nation</c><00:49:10.719><c> of</c><00:49:10.920><c> Israel,</c>

00:49:11.300 --> 00:49:16.119
for<00:49:11.619><c> which</c><00:49:11.880><c> Saul</c><00:49:12.139><c> stood.</c><00:49:14.039><c> We've</c><00:49:14.159><c> seen</c><00:49:14.440><c> how</c><00:49:14.719><c> Jonathan</c><00:49:15.219><c> so</c><00:49:15.599><c> loved</c><00:49:15.880><c> the</c>

00:49:16.119 --> 00:49:19.139
Lord's<00:49:16.500><c> anointed</c><00:49:16.920><c> and</c><00:49:17.639><c> how</c><00:49:18.219><c> that</c><00:49:18.719><c> faithful</c>

00:49:19.139 --> 00:49:24.760
remnant<00:49:19.679><c> and</c><00:49:20.019><c> spiritual</c><00:49:20.519><c> Israel,</c><00:49:20.900><c> which</c><00:49:21.079><c> we</c><00:49:21.360><c> pray</c><00:49:21.519><c> to</c><00:49:21.679><c> be</c><00:49:21.880><c> among,</c><00:49:22.760><c> must</c><00:49:23.059><c> likewise</c><00:49:23.760><c> love</c><00:49:24.179><c> that</c><00:49:24.539><c> Son</c>

00:49:24.760 --> 00:49:25.840
of<00:49:24.940><c> God.</c>

00:49:26.380 --> 00:49:30.820
We've<00:49:26.820><c> been</c><00:49:26.960><c> reminded</c><00:49:27.360><c> always</c><00:49:27.920><c> of</c><00:49:28.139><c> the</c><00:49:28.340><c> concern</c><00:49:29.039><c> that</c><00:49:29.559><c> God</c><00:49:29.820><c> has</c><00:49:30.119><c> for</c><00:49:30.340><c> us</c>

00:49:30.820 --> 00:49:33.300
and<00:49:31.300><c> His</c><00:49:31.619><c> purpose.</c><00:49:32.699><c> Behold,</c>

00:49:33.559 --> 00:49:36.420
what<00:49:33.900><c> manner</c><00:49:34.199><c> of</c><00:49:34.440><c> love</c><00:49:34.659><c> the</c><00:49:34.900><c> Father</c><00:49:35.179><c> hath</c><00:49:35.420><c> bestowed</c><00:49:35.880><c> upon</c><00:49:36.119><c> us</c>

00:49:36.420 --> 00:49:38.539
that<00:49:36.739><c> we</c><00:49:36.960><c> should</c><00:49:37.119><c> be</c><00:49:37.400><c> called</c><00:49:37.539><c> the</c><00:49:37.780><c> sons</c><00:49:38.059><c> of</c><00:49:38.300><c> God,</c>

00:49:38.539 --> 00:49:40.699
therefore<00:49:39.019><c> the</c><00:49:39.199><c> world</c><00:49:39.460><c> knoweth</c><00:49:39.780><c> us</c><00:49:39.940><c> not,</c><00:49:40.179><c> because</c><00:49:40.400><c> it</c><00:49:40.559><c> knew</c>

00:49:40.699 --> 00:49:43.639
Him<00:49:40.920><c> not.</c><00:49:41.900><c> Beloved,</c><00:49:42.340><c> now</c><00:49:42.699><c> are</c><00:49:42.900><c> we</c><00:49:43.039><c> the</c><00:49:43.260><c> sons</c>

00:49:43.639 --> 00:49:46.679
or<00:49:43.820><c> the</c><00:49:44.039><c> revised</c><00:49:44.300><c> version</c><00:49:44.639><c> of</c><00:49:44.840><c> the</c><00:49:45.000><c> children</c><00:49:45.320><c> of</c><00:49:45.559><c> God?</c><00:49:46.280><c> It</c><00:49:46.400><c> doth</c><00:49:46.480><c> not</c>

00:49:46.679 --> 00:49:48.099
yet<00:49:46.880><c> appear</c><00:49:47.099><c> what</c><00:49:47.280><c> we</c><00:49:47.539><c> shall</c><00:49:47.800><c> be,</c>

00:49:48.219 --> 00:49:51.099
but<00:49:48.300><c> we</c><00:49:48.480><c> know</c><00:49:48.679><c> that</c><00:49:48.800><c> when</c><00:49:48.980><c> He</c><00:49:49.159><c> shall</c><00:49:49.360><c> appear</c><00:49:49.619><c> we</c><00:49:49.760><c> shall</c><00:49:49.900><c> be</c><00:49:50.179><c> like</c><00:49:50.380><c> Him,</c><00:49:50.960><c> we</c>

00:49:51.099 --> 00:49:52.900
shall<00:49:51.300><c> see</c><00:49:51.599><c> Him</c><00:49:51.800><c> as</c><00:49:52.059><c> He</c><00:49:52.260><c> is.</c>

00:49:53.380 --> 00:49:58.460
Every<00:49:53.780><c> man</c><00:49:54.039><c> that</c><00:49:54.300><c> hath</c><00:49:54.460><c> this</c><00:49:54.780><c> hope</c><00:49:55.000><c> in</c><00:49:55.199><c> Him</c><00:49:55.920><c> purifieth</c><00:49:56.780><c> himself,</c><00:49:58.119><c> even</c>

00:49:58.460 --> 00:50:00.039
as<00:49:58.639><c> He</c><00:49:58.820><c> is</c><00:49:59.119><c> pure.</c>

00:50:00.519 --> 00:50:03.539
So<00:50:00.860><c> it</c><00:50:01.039><c> is</c><00:50:01.300><c> that</c><00:50:01.460><c> we</c><00:50:01.599><c> must</c><00:50:01.820><c> look</c><00:50:02.059><c> to</c><00:50:02.260><c> our</c><00:50:02.440><c> Lord</c><00:50:02.659><c> Jesus</c><00:50:03.039><c> Christ,</c>

00:50:03.760 --> 00:50:05.639
the<00:50:03.980><c> firstborn</c><00:50:04.519><c> among</c><00:50:04.840><c> many</c><00:50:05.179><c> brethren,</c>

00:50:05.639 --> 00:50:08.559
the<00:50:06.039><c> one</c><00:50:06.260><c> made</c><00:50:06.579><c> perfect</c><00:50:06.980><c> through</c><00:50:07.320><c> suffering,</c><00:50:08.059><c> the</c><00:50:08.199><c> captain</c>

00:50:08.559 --> 00:50:10.099
of<00:50:08.780><c> our</c><00:50:09.059><c> salvation.</c>

00:50:10.480 --> 00:50:13.539
And<00:50:10.679><c> pray,</c><00:50:11.039><c> God,</c><00:50:11.460><c> brethren</c><00:50:11.460><c> and</c><00:50:11.659><c> sisters,</c><00:50:11.980><c> that</c><00:50:12.159><c> by</c><00:50:12.460><c> His</c><00:50:12.760><c> grace</c><00:50:13.099><c> we</c>

00:50:13.539 --> 00:50:15.260
shall<00:50:13.760><c> be</c><00:50:14.000><c> counted</c><00:50:14.320><c> worthy</c><00:50:14.639><c> to</c><00:50:14.820><c> be</c><00:50:14.980><c> amongst</c>

00:50:15.260 --> 00:50:20.739
those<00:50:15.659><c> many</c><00:50:16.059><c> sons</c><00:50:16.800><c> whom</c><00:50:17.679><c> God,</c><00:50:18.840><c> through</c><00:50:19.179><c> that</c><00:50:19.539><c> firstborn</c><00:50:20.260><c> Son,</c>

00:50:21.199 --> 00:50:24.679
is<00:50:21.460><c> bringing</c><00:50:21.980><c> to</c><00:50:22.340><c> glory,</c><00:50:23.440><c> to</c><00:50:23.800><c> share</c><00:50:23.980><c> the</c><00:50:24.260><c> glory</c>

00:50:24.679 --> 00:50:29.739
not<00:50:25.300><c> only</c><00:50:25.719><c> of</c><00:50:26.019><c> being</c><00:50:26.559><c> His</c><00:50:26.940><c> sons</c><00:50:27.219><c> now</c><00:50:27.780><c> in</c><00:50:28.039><c> ecclesial</c><00:50:28.579><c> life,</c><00:50:29.480><c> but</c>

00:50:29.739 --> 00:50:31.699
the<00:50:30.000><c> glory</c><00:50:30.300><c> of</c><00:50:30.500><c> that</c><00:50:30.719><c> age</c><00:50:31.000><c> to</c><00:50:31.300><c> come,</c>

00:50:31.699 --> 00:50:38.760
and<00:50:32.260><c> beyond</c><00:50:32.699><c> that</c><00:50:33.119><c> kingdom</c><00:50:33.420><c> age</c><00:50:33.760><c> which</c><00:50:33.980><c> is</c><00:50:34.179><c> itself</c><00:50:34.599><c> but</c><00:50:34.880><c> the</c><00:50:35.139><c> bridge,</c><00:50:36.260><c> be</c><00:50:36.420><c> glorified</c><00:50:37.059><c> to</c><00:50:37.380><c> be</c><00:50:37.940><c> a</c><00:50:38.340><c> part</c>

00:50:38.760 --> 00:50:45.460
of<00:50:39.300><c> the</c><00:50:39.519><c> Godhead,</c><00:50:40.539><c> when</c><00:50:40.760><c> God</c><00:50:41.119><c> shall</c><00:50:41.460><c> dwell</c><00:50:42.079><c> and</c><00:50:42.780><c> be</c><00:50:43.059><c> everything</c><00:50:43.599><c> in</c><00:50:43.940><c> everyone,</c><00:50:45.300><c> and</c>

00:50:45.460 --> 00:50:46.440
God<00:50:45.820><c> shall</c><00:50:46.099><c> dwell</c>

00:50:46.440 --> 00:50:55.659
with<00:50:46.719><c> man,</c><00:50:47.340><c> with</c><00:50:47.599><c> us,</c><00:50:48.679><c> and</c><00:50:48.820><c> be</c><00:50:49.019><c> all</c><00:50:49.780><c> in</c><00:50:50.340><c> all.</c><00:50:53.940><c> Let's</c><00:50:54.380><c> bow</c><00:50:54.440><c> our</c><00:50:54.599><c> heads</c><00:50:55.239><c> in</c><00:50:55.539><c> a</c>

00:50:55.659 --> 00:50:57.000
word<00:50:55.820><c> of</c><00:50:56.079><c> prayer.</c>

00:51:00.760 --> 00:51:05.039
Eternal<00:51:01.599><c> God,</c><00:51:03.300><c> our</c><00:51:03.480><c> Heavenly</c><00:51:03.940><c> Father,</c>

00:51:06.099 --> 00:51:10.019
we<00:51:06.940><c> seek</c><00:51:07.260><c> Thy</c><00:51:07.539><c> face</c><00:51:07.840><c> again</c><00:51:08.239><c> in</c><00:51:08.539><c> prayer</c><00:51:08.860><c> through</c><00:51:09.139><c> Jesus</c><00:51:09.579><c> Christ</c>

00:51:10.019 --> 00:51:13.559
our<00:51:10.219><c> Lord,</c><00:51:11.079><c> to</c><00:51:12.219><c> worship</c><00:51:12.639><c> Thee,</c>

00:51:13.940 --> 00:51:23.159
to<00:51:14.300><c> honor</c><00:51:14.639><c> Thee</c><00:51:15.099><c> for</c><00:51:15.320><c> Thou</c><00:51:15.519><c> art</c><00:51:15.840><c> above</c><00:51:16.260><c> all,</c><00:51:18.619><c> to</c><00:51:18.940><c> pray</c><00:51:19.380><c> that</c><00:51:19.860><c> Thy</c><00:51:20.219><c> kingdom</c><00:51:20.639><c> will</c><00:51:20.940><c> come</c><00:51:21.440><c> speedily,</c><00:51:22.039><c> O</c><00:51:22.280><c> Lord,</c>

00:51:23.800 --> 00:51:29.599
and<00:51:24.019><c> Thy</c><00:51:24.320><c> will</c><00:51:24.579><c> be</c><00:51:24.840><c> done</c><00:51:25.019><c> in</c><00:51:25.340><c> all</c><00:51:25.699><c> the</c><00:51:25.940><c> earth,</c><00:51:27.960><c> to</c><00:51:28.260><c> ask</c><00:51:28.739><c> Thy</c><00:51:29.000><c> strength</c><00:51:29.480><c> and</c>

00:51:29.599 --> 00:51:32.500
Thy<00:51:29.840><c> blessing</c><00:51:30.340><c> that</c><00:51:30.559><c> we,</c><00:51:30.980><c> even</c><00:51:31.360><c> now,</c>

00:51:32.519 --> 00:51:36.559
may<00:51:32.679><c> begin</c><00:51:33.119><c> to</c><00:51:33.380><c> perform</c><00:51:33.880><c> Thy</c><00:51:34.159><c> will</c><00:51:34.460><c> more</c><00:51:34.860><c> diligently</c><00:51:35.420><c> in</c><00:51:36.340><c> our</c>

00:51:36.559 --> 00:51:38.719
own<00:51:36.800><c> hearts</c><00:51:37.159><c> and</c><00:51:37.480><c> lives.</c>

00:51:40.260 --> 00:51:45.019
Give<00:51:40.900><c> us,</c><00:51:41.360><c> O</c><00:51:41.420><c> Lord,</c><00:51:41.780><c> those</c><00:51:42.039><c> things</c><00:51:42.480><c> that</c><00:51:42.679><c> Thou</c><00:51:42.960><c> seest</c><00:51:43.320><c> we</c><00:51:43.639><c> need,</c>

00:51:47.260 --> 00:51:51.980
individually<00:51:47.900><c> and</c><00:51:48.539><c> in</c><00:51:48.760><c> our</c><00:51:48.900><c> respective</c><00:51:49.559><c> ecclesial</c><00:51:50.079><c> families,</c><00:51:51.239><c> and</c><00:51:51.780><c> as</c>

00:51:51.980 --> 00:51:53.659
Thy<00:51:52.300><c> family</c><00:51:52.719><c> the</c><00:51:52.960><c> world</c><00:51:53.219><c> over,</c>

00:51:53.940 --> 00:51:56.599
we<00:51:54.059><c> beseech</c><00:51:54.599><c> Thee,</c><00:51:54.900><c> O</c><00:51:55.000><c> our</c><00:51:55.199><c> Father,</c><00:51:55.659><c> that</c><00:51:55.780><c> Thou</c><00:51:55.960><c> wouldst</c><00:51:56.340><c> let</c>

00:51:56.599 --> 00:52:00.920
Thy<00:51:56.900><c> blessing</c><00:51:57.360><c> rest</c><00:51:58.059><c> richly</c><00:51:58.659><c> upon</c><00:51:58.860><c> our</c><00:51:59.179><c> brotherhood,</c>

00:52:01.380 --> 00:52:09.500
so<00:52:02.039><c> often</c><00:52:02.579><c> sadly</c><00:52:03.179><c> torn</c><00:52:03.539><c> apart</c><00:52:04.340><c> by</c><00:52:05.880><c> strife</c><00:52:07.239><c> and</c><00:52:07.920><c> foolishness</c>

00:52:09.500 --> 00:52:11.800
and<00:52:10.500><c> personalities.</c>

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Lord,<00:52:13.880><c> help</c><00:52:14.280><c> us</c><00:52:14.539><c> we</c><00:52:14.780><c> beseech</c><00:52:15.239><c> Thee,</c><00:52:15.599><c> each</c><00:52:16.019><c> to</c><00:52:17.159><c> esteem</c><00:52:17.699><c> the</c>

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other<00:52:18.199><c> better</c><00:52:18.719><c> than</c><00:52:18.940><c> ourselves,</c>

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to<00:52:21.539><c> submit</c><00:52:21.920><c> the</c><00:52:22.179><c> one</c><00:52:22.460><c> to</c><00:52:22.659><c> the</c><00:52:22.880><c> other,</c><00:52:24.500><c> to</c><00:52:24.800><c> uphold</c><00:52:25.260><c> those</c><00:52:25.800><c> matters</c><00:52:26.260><c> of</c><00:52:26.820><c> teaching</c><00:52:27.260><c> and</c><00:52:27.559><c> of</c><00:52:27.820><c> principle</c>

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that<00:52:28.460><c> Thou</c><00:52:28.639><c> hast</c><00:52:28.960><c> clearly</c><00:52:29.340><c> set</c><00:52:29.619><c> out</c><00:52:29.880><c> for</c><00:52:30.119><c> us,</c><00:52:32.119><c> and</c><00:52:32.360><c> in</c><00:52:32.539><c> humility</c><00:52:33.340><c> and</c><00:52:35.239><c> in</c><00:52:35.659><c> gentleness,</c>

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to<00:52:38.059><c> submit</c><00:52:38.420><c> to</c><00:52:38.639><c> one</c><00:52:38.840><c> another</c><00:52:39.360><c> in</c><00:52:40.179><c> those</c><00:52:40.500><c> issues</c><00:52:40.960><c> that</c><00:52:41.099><c> are</c><00:52:41.320><c> not</c>

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issues<00:52:41.900><c> of</c><00:52:42.199><c> fellowship,</c>

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that<00:52:44.840><c> we</c><00:52:45.019><c> might</c><00:52:45.340><c> build</c><00:52:46.639><c> constructively</c><00:52:47.980><c> and</c><00:52:48.480><c> positively</c><00:52:49.179><c> with</c><00:52:50.579><c> Thee</c><00:52:52.139><c> that</c><00:52:52.480><c> house</c><00:52:53.000><c> for</c>

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Thy<00:52:53.639><c> dwelling,</c>

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that<00:52:55.079><c> family</c><00:52:55.579><c> in</c><00:52:55.780><c> which</c><00:52:55.960><c> Thou</c><00:52:56.119><c> wilt</c><00:52:56.320><c> be</c><00:52:56.739><c> glorified.</c>

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Lord,<00:52:59.880><c> hear</c><00:53:00.199><c> our</c><00:53:00.500><c> earnest</c><00:53:00.840><c> prayer,</c><00:53:02.760><c> grant</c><00:53:02.960><c> us</c><00:53:03.219><c> we</c><00:53:03.420><c> beseech</c><00:53:03.860><c> Thee</c><00:53:04.139><c> Thy</c><00:53:04.320><c> rich</c><00:53:04.659><c> blessing</c><00:53:05.179><c> to</c>

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this<00:53:05.659><c> end,</c>

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heal<00:53:06.699><c> us,</c><00:53:08.239><c> forgive</c><00:53:08.539><c> us</c><00:53:09.000><c> our</c><00:53:09.280><c> folly,</c><00:53:11.500><c> deliver</c><00:53:11.800><c> us,</c><00:53:12.119><c> O</c><00:53:12.239><c> Lord,</c>

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from<00:53:13.059><c> evil</c><00:53:13.659><c> men</c><00:53:14.119><c> and</c><00:53:14.380><c> from</c><00:53:14.579><c> evil</c><00:53:14.860><c> influences,</c>

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and<00:53:17.820><c> grant</c><00:53:18.119><c> us</c><00:53:18.579><c> that</c><00:53:18.780><c> we</c><00:53:19.039><c> each,</c><00:53:20.300><c> here</c><00:53:20.400><c> before</c><00:53:20.780><c> Thee</c><00:53:21.019><c> now,</c><00:53:22.400><c> in</c>

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Thy<00:53:22.940><c> mercy,</c><00:53:24.539><c> may</c><00:53:24.699><c> hold</c><00:53:25.019><c> fast</c><00:53:25.460><c> to</c><00:53:25.719><c> Thy</c><00:53:25.900><c> faith</c><00:53:26.739><c> and</c><00:53:27.579><c> be</c>

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granted<00:53:28.199><c> of</c><00:53:28.519><c> Thee</c><00:53:29.619><c> an</c><00:53:29.820><c> eternal</c><00:53:30.360><c> abiding</c><00:53:30.860><c> place</c><00:53:31.579><c> in</c><00:53:32.360><c> the</c><00:53:32.599><c> glory</c>

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to<00:53:33.179><c> come.</c><00:53:35.719><c> In</c><00:53:35.900><c> His</c><00:53:36.260><c> name,</c><00:53:38.019><c> who</c><00:53:38.219><c> is</c><00:53:38.500><c> the</c><00:53:38.820><c> firstborn</c>

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amongst<00:53:39.880><c> many</c><00:53:40.519><c> sons?</c><00:53:42.300><c> We</c><00:53:42.559><c> ask</c><00:53:42.880><c> it.</c><00:53:44.619><c> Amen.</c>