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We've<00:11:19.879><c> been</c><00:11:20.080><c> affected</c><00:11:20.419><c> by</c><00:11:20.700><c> it.</c>

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are<00:11:27.179><c> the</c><00:11:27.500><c> richest</c><00:11:28.019><c> writings</c><00:11:28.500><c> that</c><00:11:29.019><c> have</c><00:11:29.159><c> ever</c><00:11:29.360><c> been</c><00:11:29.580><c> written</c>

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They<00:11:32.179><c> are</c><00:11:32.419><c> the</c><00:11:32.659><c> richest</c><00:11:33.139><c> things</c><00:11:33.559><c> that</c><00:11:33.700><c> have</c><00:11:33.860><c> ever</c><00:11:34.019><c> been</c><00:11:34.259><c> written</c><00:11:34.460><c> outside</c><00:11:34.879><c> of</c>

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Scripture<00:11:35.460><c> itself.</c>

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That<00:11:37.919><c> is</c><00:11:38.200><c> true.</c>

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People<00:11:40.960><c> only</c><00:11:41.320><c> say</c><00:11:41.480><c> that</c><00:11:41.639><c> that</c><00:11:41.799><c> is</c><00:11:42.000><c> not</c><00:11:42.259><c> true</c><00:11:42.840><c> when</c><00:11:43.379><c> they</c><00:11:43.600><c> have</c>

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not<00:11:44.080><c> read</c><00:11:44.379><c> them.</c>

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So,<00:11:48.019><c> brethren</c><00:11:48.059><c> and</c><00:11:48.340><c> sisters,</c><00:11:49.519><c> let</c><00:11:49.720><c> us</c><00:11:49.879><c> hold</c><00:11:50.179><c> fast</c><00:11:50.379><c> to</c><00:11:50.559><c> the</c><00:11:50.779><c> truth.</c>

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Let's<00:11:53.120><c> read</c><00:11:53.399><c> the</c><00:11:53.679><c> writings</c><00:11:54.000><c> that</c><00:11:54.159><c> we've</c><00:11:54.279><c> been</c><00:11:54.559><c> blessed</c><00:11:54.860><c> with</c>

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and<00:11:56.679><c> hold</c><00:11:57.039><c> on</c><00:11:57.279><c> to</c><00:11:57.500><c> what</c><00:11:57.860><c> we</c><00:11:58.139><c> were</c><00:11:58.500><c> given</c><00:11:59.139><c> by</c><00:12:00.059><c> generations</c><00:12:00.600><c> that</c>

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have<00:12:00.899><c> gone</c><00:12:01.019><c> before</c><00:12:01.419><c> us</c>

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and<00:12:02.419><c> not</c><00:12:02.740><c> lose</c><00:12:03.179><c> it</c><00:12:03.340><c> in</c><00:12:03.460><c> all</c><00:12:03.659><c> of</c><00:12:03.779><c> the</c><00:12:04.220><c> foul</c><00:12:04.879><c> corruption</c><00:12:06.000><c> that</c>

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comes<00:12:07.259><c> upon</c><00:12:07.559><c> our</c><00:12:07.820><c> ecclesias</c>

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when<00:12:08.700><c> people</c><00:12:09.080><c> want</c><00:12:09.320><c> to</c><00:12:09.580><c> think</c><00:12:09.820><c> freely,</c>

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when<00:12:11.360><c> really</c><00:12:11.620><c> what</c><00:12:11.740><c> they</c><00:12:11.899><c> want</c><00:12:12.080><c> is</c><00:12:12.299><c> the</c><00:12:12.639><c> license</c><00:12:13.139><c> to</c><00:12:13.559><c> teach</c><00:12:13.919><c> and</c><00:12:14.139><c> do</c>

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what<00:12:14.460><c> they</c><00:12:14.759><c> want</c><00:12:14.980><c> to</c><00:12:15.220><c> do</c>

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without<00:12:16.240><c> regard</c><00:12:16.679><c> to</c><00:12:16.840><c> the</c><00:12:16.980><c> health</c><00:12:17.080><c> of</c><00:12:17.240><c> the</c><00:12:17.399><c> ecclesia.</c>

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Let's<00:12:19.039><c> hold</c><00:12:19.320><c> fast</c><00:12:19.659><c> to</c><00:12:20.139><c> what</c><00:12:20.379><c> we</c><00:12:20.779><c> really</c><00:12:21.120><c> believe</c><00:12:21.519><c> and</c><00:12:21.720><c> know</c><00:12:21.940><c> it</c>

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and<00:12:22.279><c> understand</c><00:12:22.639><c> it,</c>

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because<00:12:23.480><c> this</c><00:12:24.039><c> is</c><00:12:24.200><c> what</c><00:12:24.360><c> good</c><00:12:24.580><c> ground</c><00:12:24.779><c> is</c><00:12:24.919><c> all</c><00:12:25.120><c> about.</c>

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And<00:12:25.960><c> these</c><00:12:26.179><c> are</c><00:12:26.360><c> the</c><00:12:26.500><c> ones</c><00:12:27.100><c> that</c><00:12:27.460><c> receive</c><00:12:27.759><c> eternal</c><00:12:28.120><c> life</c><00:12:28.360><c> in</c>

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God's<00:12:28.860><c> kingdom.</c>

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Now,<00:12:30.679><c> brothers</c><00:12:30.759><c> and</c><00:12:31.019><c> sisters,</c><00:12:31.679><c> the</c><00:12:31.960><c> Mark</c><00:12:32.259><c> record</c><00:12:32.879><c> adds</c><00:12:33.500><c> something</c><00:12:33.940><c> right</c>

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after<00:12:34.779><c> this</c>

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that<00:12:35.360><c> we</c><00:12:35.519><c> don't</c><00:12:35.759><c> find</c><00:12:35.940><c> in</c><00:12:36.200><c> Matthew.</c>

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Let's<00:12:37.059><c> look</c><00:12:37.240><c> at</c><00:12:37.360><c> it.</c>

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Mark<00:12:39.200><c> chapter</c><00:12:40.279><c> 4.</c>

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The<00:12:46.000><c> good</c><00:12:46.299><c> ground</c><00:12:46.539><c> has</c><00:12:46.759><c> received</c><00:12:47.179><c> the</c><00:12:47.460><c> Word.</c>

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They've<00:12:48.940><c> taken</c><00:12:49.120><c> it</c><00:12:49.299><c> into</c><00:12:49.480><c> their</c><00:12:49.820><c> hearts.</c>

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They<00:12:51.419><c> are</c><00:12:51.919><c> holding</c><00:12:52.360><c> fast</c><00:12:52.919><c> to</c><00:12:53.179><c> it.</c>

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But<00:12:54.100><c> there</c><00:12:54.279><c> is</c><00:12:54.559><c> a</c><00:12:54.919><c> danger</c><00:12:55.720><c> of</c><00:12:56.580><c> taking</c><00:12:56.980><c> that</c><00:12:57.360><c> truth</c><00:12:57.620><c> and</c><00:12:57.899><c> hiding</c><00:12:58.299><c> it.</c>

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There<00:12:59.700><c> is</c><00:12:59.899><c> a</c><00:13:00.039><c> danger</c><00:13:00.679><c> of</c><00:13:01.240><c> taking</c><00:13:01.659><c> the</c><00:13:02.259><c> Word</c><00:13:02.679><c> that</c><00:13:02.799><c> they</c><00:13:02.980><c> have</c>

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So<00:13:05.639><c> the</c><00:13:05.779><c> Lord</c><00:13:05.960><c> Jesus</c><00:13:06.299><c> Christ</c><00:13:06.639><c> deals</c><00:13:07.080><c> with</c><00:13:07.340><c> that</c><00:13:07.539><c> right</c><00:13:07.799><c> now.</c>

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Look<00:13:08.500><c> at</c><00:13:08.519><c> what</c><00:13:08.659><c> He</c><00:13:08.779><c> says.</c>

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Mark<00:13:11.259><c> chapter</c><00:13:11.580><c> 4,</c><00:13:12.700><c> verse</c><00:13:12.940><c> 21.</c>

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And<00:13:14.600><c> He</c><00:13:14.639><c> said</c><00:13:14.840><c> unto</c><00:13:15.059><c> them,</c>

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Is<00:13:16.940><c> a</c><00:13:17.120><c> candle</c><00:13:17.639><c> brought</c><00:13:17.940><c> to</c><00:13:18.100><c> be</c><00:13:18.279><c> put</c><00:13:18.480><c> under</c><00:13:19.000><c> a</c><00:13:19.259><c> bushel</c><00:13:19.860><c> or</c><00:13:20.480><c> under</c>

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a<00:13:21.000><c> bed,</c>

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and<00:13:22.559><c> not</c><00:13:22.740><c> to</c><00:13:22.940><c> be</c><00:13:23.460><c> set</c><00:13:23.679><c> on</c><00:13:23.940><c> a</c><00:13:24.200><c> candlestick?</c>

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There<00:13:26.019><c> is</c><00:13:26.240><c> nothing</c><00:13:26.600><c> hid</c><00:13:27.080><c> which</c><00:13:27.460><c> shall</c><00:13:27.659><c> not</c><00:13:27.860><c> be</c><00:13:28.100><c> manifested.</c>

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Neither<00:13:29.919><c> was</c><00:13:30.120><c> there</c><00:13:30.320><c> anything</c><00:13:30.559><c> kept</c><00:13:30.919><c> secret,</c><00:13:32.120><c> but</c><00:13:32.340><c> that</c><00:13:32.620><c> it</c>

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He's<00:13:40.200><c> been</c><00:13:40.399><c> telling</c><00:13:40.539><c> them</c><00:13:40.679><c> to</c><00:13:40.899><c> listen</c><00:13:41.100><c> all</c><00:13:41.320><c> along,</c>

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And<00:13:50.299><c> He</c><00:13:50.320><c> says,</c><00:13:51.220><c> if</c><00:13:51.379><c> you've</c><00:13:51.860><c> got</c><00:13:52.059><c> ears</c><00:13:52.340><c> to</c><00:13:52.720><c> listen,</c><00:13:53.720><c> listen</c><00:13:54.240><c> to</c><00:13:54.519><c> this.</c>

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It<00:14:02.019><c> seems</c><00:14:02.240><c> so</c><00:14:02.620><c> simple.</c>

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Candle.

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It<00:14:07.440><c> was</c><00:14:07.620><c> a</c><00:14:07.700><c> little</c><00:14:07.960><c> saucer</c><00:14:08.460><c> filled</c><00:14:08.720><c> with</c><00:14:09.000><c> oil.</c>

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There<00:14:11.139><c> was</c><00:14:11.299><c> a</c><00:14:11.460><c> wick</c><00:14:11.519><c> in</c><00:14:11.679><c> it,</c><00:14:13.159><c> and</c><00:14:13.419><c> that</c><00:14:13.840><c> wick</c><00:14:14.019><c> was</c><00:14:14.279><c> lit.</c>

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The<00:14:15.740><c> wick</c><00:14:15.860><c> had</c><00:14:16.019><c> to</c><00:14:16.179><c> be</c><00:14:16.340><c> tended</c><00:14:16.519><c> to</c><00:14:16.840><c> periodically.</c>

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The<00:14:18.320><c> oil</c><00:14:18.460><c> had</c><00:14:18.659><c> to</c><00:14:18.799><c> be</c><00:14:19.000><c> replenished</c><00:14:20.059><c> in</c><00:14:20.559><c> order</c><00:14:20.820><c> that</c><00:14:21.059><c> the</c><00:14:21.299><c> lamp</c>

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might<00:14:21.940><c> stay</c><00:14:22.320><c> alight.</c>

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The<00:14:25.139><c> lamp</c><00:14:25.399><c> is</c><00:14:25.580><c> the</c><00:14:25.759><c> gospel.</c>

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The<00:14:28.000><c> light</c><00:14:28.379><c> which</c><00:14:28.600><c> is</c><00:14:28.919><c> set</c><00:14:29.299><c> in</c><00:14:30.080><c> the</c><00:14:30.700><c> life</c><00:14:30.879><c> of</c><00:14:31.080><c> the</c><00:14:31.159><c> believer</c>

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The<00:14:39.679><c> light</c><00:14:40.019><c> is</c><00:14:40.740><c> the</c><00:14:40.799><c> light</c><00:14:40.960><c> of</c><00:14:41.120><c> the</c><00:14:41.340><c> world.</c>

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It's<00:14:42.039><c> the</c><00:14:42.220><c> gospel</c><00:14:42.700><c> truth</c><00:14:43.320><c> in</c><00:14:44.120><c> the</c><00:14:44.200><c> midst</c><00:14:44.360><c> of</c><00:14:44.580><c> all</c><00:14:44.700><c> of</c><00:14:44.840><c> the</c><00:14:45.019><c> darkness</c><00:14:45.320><c> of</c>

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this<00:14:45.720><c> world.</c>

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Now<00:14:47.080><c> why</c><00:14:47.259><c> would</c><00:14:47.460><c> somebody</c><00:14:47.700><c> put</c><00:14:47.899><c> that</c><00:14:48.080><c> under</c><00:14:48.320><c> a</c><00:14:48.659><c> bed</c><00:14:49.059><c> or</c><00:14:49.740><c> under</c>

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a<00:14:50.220><c> bushel?</c>

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What's<00:14:50.720><c> a</c><00:14:50.899><c> bushel?</c>

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A<00:14:52.419><c> bushel</c><00:14:52.639><c> was</c><00:14:52.840><c> a</c><00:14:52.940><c> basket.</c>

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It<00:14:55.220><c> was</c><00:14:55.500><c> a</c><00:14:55.620><c> measure,</c><00:14:56.200><c> a</c><00:14:56.360><c> certain</c><00:14:56.720><c> amount</c><00:14:57.240><c> of</c><00:14:57.620><c> grain</c><00:14:58.220><c> in</c><00:14:59.559><c> a</c><00:14:59.860><c> container</c><00:15:00.399><c> that</c>

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would<00:15:00.980><c> hold</c><00:15:01.240><c> it</c><00:15:01.639><c> was</c><00:15:01.799><c> a</c><00:15:02.039><c> bushel.</c>

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So<00:15:03.480><c> the</c><00:15:03.679><c> bushel</c><00:15:04.259><c> originally</c><00:15:04.960><c> referred</c><00:15:05.299><c> to</c><00:15:05.519><c> the</c><00:15:05.820><c> quantity</c><00:15:06.200><c> of</c><00:15:06.440><c> grain,</c>

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but<00:15:07.480><c> then</c><00:15:07.620><c> it</c><00:15:07.740><c> became</c><00:15:07.980><c> associated</c><00:15:08.480><c> with</c><00:15:08.700><c> the</c><00:15:08.919><c> basket,</c><00:15:09.720><c> the</c><00:15:09.980><c> measure.</c>

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It<00:15:10.539><c> was</c><00:15:10.779><c> a</c><00:15:11.080><c> standard</c><00:15:11.440><c> measure.</c>

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Standard<00:15:13.519><c> measures</c><00:15:13.980><c> and</c><00:15:14.360><c> grain.</c>

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What's<00:15:15.620><c> it</c><00:15:15.740><c> talking</c><00:15:15.960><c> about?</c><00:15:16.820><c> Business.</c>

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A<00:15:19.960><c> bushel</c><00:15:20.379><c> was</c><00:15:21.000><c> something</c><00:15:21.279><c> that</c><00:15:21.399><c> was</c><00:15:21.580><c> used</c><00:15:21.740><c> in</c><00:15:21.940><c> business.</c>

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Farming,<00:15:24.720><c> the</c><00:15:24.940><c> selling</c><00:15:25.100><c> of</c><00:15:25.460><c> goods.</c>

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I<00:15:26.360><c> want</c><00:15:26.360><c> a</c><00:15:26.519><c> bushel</c><00:15:26.740><c> of</c><00:15:26.879><c> this</c><00:15:26.980><c> or</c><00:15:27.139><c> a</c><00:15:27.259><c> bushel</c><00:15:27.440><c> of</c><00:15:27.639><c> that.</c>

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Business.<00:15:29.600><c> That's</c><00:15:29.860><c> what</c><00:15:29.960><c> the</c><00:15:30.139><c> bushel</c><00:15:30.399><c> is,</c><00:15:31.200><c> brethren.</c>

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So<00:15:35.360><c> it</c><00:15:35.580><c> is</c><00:15:35.980><c> possible</c><00:15:37.019><c> for</c><00:15:38.240><c> a</c><00:15:38.519><c> man</c><00:15:38.899><c> to</c><00:15:39.340><c> take</c><00:15:39.700><c> the</c><00:15:40.120><c> truth</c><00:15:40.299><c> of</c><00:15:40.519><c> the</c><00:15:40.720><c> gospel</c>

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and<00:15:43.000><c> cover</c><00:15:43.220><c> it</c><00:15:43.539><c> over</c><00:15:43.679><c> with</c><00:15:44.019><c> business.</c>

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Business.

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And<00:15:49.580><c> what</c><00:15:49.700><c> does</c><00:15:49.840><c> a</c><00:15:50.039><c> bed</c><00:15:50.200><c> stand</c><00:15:50.580><c> for,</c><00:15:51.019><c> brethren</c><00:15:51.299><c> and</c><00:15:51.980><c> sisters?</c>

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Well,<00:15:53.480><c> the</c><00:15:53.559><c> bed</c><00:15:53.700><c> was</c><00:15:53.879><c> something</c><00:15:54.179><c> not</c><00:15:54.519><c> that</c><00:15:54.840><c> people</c><00:15:55.240><c> lay</c><00:15:55.600><c> on,</c><00:15:55.879><c> it</c><00:15:55.960><c> was</c><00:15:56.460><c> a</c>

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low<00:15:56.899><c> pallet.</c>

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It<00:15:58.340><c> was</c><00:15:58.500><c> something</c><00:15:58.700><c> that</c><00:15:58.860><c> they</c><00:15:59.159><c> ate</c><00:15:59.480><c> on,</c><00:15:59.799><c> that</c><00:15:59.919><c> they</c><00:16:00.460><c> rested</c>

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on<00:16:01.019><c> when</c><00:16:01.139><c> they</c><00:16:01.259><c> were</c><00:16:01.440><c> talking</c><00:16:01.820><c> to</c><00:16:02.100><c> each</c><00:16:02.299><c> other.</c>

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So<00:16:05.360><c> it</c><00:16:05.519><c> involved</c><00:16:05.899><c> leisure.</c>

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So<00:16:09.500><c> brothers</c><00:16:09.759><c> and</c><00:16:10.059><c> sisters,</c><00:16:11.799><c> it</c><00:16:11.879><c> is</c><00:16:12.200><c> possible</c><00:16:13.039><c> for</c><00:16:13.879><c> the</c><00:16:14.320><c> truth</c>

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to<00:16:14.820><c> be</c><00:16:15.139><c> covered</c><00:16:15.539><c> over</c>

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and<00:16:17.820><c> have</c><00:16:18.080><c> superimposed</c><00:16:18.840><c> upon</c><00:16:19.200><c> it</c><00:16:20.279><c> business,</c><00:16:22.320><c> the</c><00:16:22.519><c> making</c><00:16:22.700><c> of</c><00:16:22.980><c> money,</c>

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all<00:16:24.419><c> that</c><00:16:24.580><c> is</c><00:16:24.840><c> associated</c><00:16:25.299><c> with</c><00:16:25.700><c> bushel</c><00:16:26.159><c> baskets,</c><00:16:28.279><c> professions,</c><00:16:28.960><c> careers,</c>

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and<00:16:30.240><c> leisure.</c>

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Now<00:16:32.360><c> what</c><00:16:32.659><c> continent</c><00:16:33.100><c> in</c><00:16:33.279><c> the</c><00:16:33.480><c> world</c><00:16:33.679><c> is</c><00:16:34.000><c> more</c><00:16:34.659><c> afflicted</c><00:16:35.399><c> with</c><00:16:35.559><c> this</c><00:16:35.820><c> problem</c><00:16:36.159><c> than</c><00:16:36.360><c> our</c><00:16:36.580><c> own?</c>

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Where<00:16:40.320><c> in</c><00:16:40.620><c> the</c><00:16:40.840><c> world</c><00:16:41.899><c> do</c><00:16:42.740><c> we</c><00:16:43.019><c> find</c><00:16:43.460><c> people</c><00:16:44.200><c> who</c><00:16:45.080><c> chase</c><00:16:45.399><c> the</c>

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almighty<00:16:46.639><c> dollar,</c>

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as<00:16:48.159><c> it</c><00:16:48.320><c> is</c><00:16:48.539><c> called,</c><00:16:49.639><c> more</c><00:16:49.919><c> than</c><00:16:50.039><c> in</c><00:16:50.240><c> our</c><00:16:50.460><c> continent?</c>

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Where<00:16:52.779><c> in</c><00:16:52.960><c> the</c><00:16:53.139><c> world</c><00:16:53.460><c> is</c><00:16:53.759><c> there</c><00:16:54.000><c> more</c><00:16:54.419><c> scope</c><00:16:54.679><c> for</c><00:16:55.059><c> leisure</c>

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time,<00:16:56.700><c> relaxation,</c>

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and<00:16:59.340><c> personal</c><00:16:59.899><c> time</c><00:17:00.779><c> than</c><00:17:01.080><c> in</c><00:17:01.379><c> this</c><00:17:01.659><c> continent?</c>

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It's<00:17:04.480><c> right</c><00:17:04.700><c> here.</c><00:17:05.500><c> He's</c><00:17:05.740><c> talking</c><00:17:05.980><c> about</c><00:17:06.240><c> us.</c>

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Now,<00:17:09.019><c> brethren,</c><00:17:10.559><c> he</c><00:17:10.799><c> talks</c><00:17:11.079><c> about</c><00:17:11.339><c> something</c><00:17:11.680><c> being</c><00:17:12.019><c> hid.</c>

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And<00:17:12.880><c> he</c><00:17:12.940><c> says,</c><00:17:15.019><c> whatever</c><00:17:15.359><c> is</c><00:17:15.740><c> hid</c><00:17:16.099><c> will</c><00:17:16.619><c> be</c><00:17:16.880><c> manifested.</c>

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It's<00:17:17.599><c> going</c><00:17:17.700><c> to</c><00:17:17.880><c> be</c><00:17:18.099><c> brought</c><00:17:18.259><c> out</c><00:17:18.579><c> openly.</c>

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And<00:17:19.900><c> what's</c><00:17:20.240><c> kept</c><00:17:20.480><c> secret,</c><00:17:20.880><c> well,</c><00:17:21.359><c> that</c><00:17:21.619><c> will</c><00:17:21.779><c> come</c><00:17:22.019><c> abroad.</c>

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Where<00:17:23.059><c> have</c><00:17:23.279><c> we</c><00:17:23.440><c> heard</c><00:17:23.660><c> words</c><00:17:23.940><c> like</c><00:17:24.180><c> that</c><00:17:24.400><c> before?</c>

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Now<00:17:25.500><c> remember,</c><00:17:26.119><c> he's</c><00:17:26.400><c> talking</c><00:17:26.960><c> to</c><00:17:27.240><c> us</c><00:17:27.740><c> about</c><00:17:28.579><c> our</c><00:17:29.559><c> illness.</c>

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That<00:17:31.220><c> is</c><00:17:31.460><c> our</c><00:17:31.940><c> tendency</c><00:17:32.539><c> to</c><00:17:33.000><c> take</c><00:17:33.579><c> business</c><00:17:34.099><c> and</c><00:17:34.539><c> leisure</c>

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and<00:17:35.819><c> to</c><00:17:36.000><c> make</c><00:17:36.200><c> those</c><00:17:36.599><c> things</c><00:17:36.920><c> our</c><00:17:37.279><c> life</c><00:17:37.839><c> so</c><00:17:38.559><c> that</c><00:17:38.720><c> the</c><00:17:38.940><c> truth</c>

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is<00:17:39.880><c> something</c><00:17:40.099><c> in</c><00:17:40.259><c> the</c><00:17:40.440><c> background.</c>

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Where<00:17:41.900><c> have</c><00:17:42.079><c> we</c><00:17:42.140><c> heard</c><00:17:42.299><c> words</c><00:17:42.519><c> like</c><00:17:42.779><c> that</c><00:17:42.960><c> before?</c>

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No<00:17:45.079><c> doubt</c><00:17:45.259><c> you'll</c><00:17:45.539><c> remember</c><00:17:45.779><c> Luke</c><00:17:46.099><c> chapter</c><00:17:46.480><c> 12.</c>

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Luke<00:17:48.890><c> chapter</c><00:17:49.289><c> 12.</c>

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And<00:17:50.809><c> once</c><00:17:51.029><c> again</c><00:17:51.170><c> the</c><00:17:51.289><c> Lord</c><00:17:51.490><c> Jesus</c><00:17:51.869><c> Christ</c><00:17:52.289><c> here</c><00:17:53.210><c> is</c><00:17:54.430><c> speaking</c>

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to<00:17:54.829><c> his</c><00:17:55.029><c> disciples.</c>

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In<00:17:58.329><c> the</c><00:17:58.509><c> meantime,</c><00:17:59.849><c> when</c><00:17:59.930><c> they</c><00:18:00.089><c> were</c><00:18:00.250><c> gathered</c><00:18:00.470><c> together,</c>

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an<00:18:01.690><c> innumerable</c><00:18:02.470><c> multitude</c><00:18:02.890><c> of</c><00:18:03.170><c> people,</c>

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insomuch<00:18:04.769><c> that</c><00:18:04.890><c> they</c><00:18:05.190><c> trod</c><00:18:05.450><c> one</c><00:18:05.650><c> upon</c><00:18:05.809><c> another,</c>

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he<00:18:07.369><c> began</c><00:18:07.549><c> to</c><00:18:07.809><c> say</c><00:18:07.950><c> unto</c><00:18:08.190><c> his</c><00:18:08.569><c> disciples,</c><00:18:09.670><c> first</c><00:18:10.130><c> of</c><00:18:10.369><c> all.</c>

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So<00:18:11.329><c> that's</c><00:18:11.670><c> who</c><00:18:11.670><c> it</c><00:18:11.890><c> applies</c><00:18:12.130><c> to</c><00:18:12.369><c> first,</c><00:18:12.910><c> brethren</c><00:18:13.109><c> and</c><00:18:13.369><c> sisters,</c><00:18:14.250><c> to</c><00:18:14.569><c> us.</c>

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He<00:18:15.990><c> began</c><00:18:16.329><c> to</c><00:18:16.529><c> say</c><00:18:16.589><c> unto</c><00:18:16.750><c> his</c><00:18:17.009><c> disciples,</c><00:18:17.569><c> first</c><00:18:17.690><c> of</c><00:18:17.910><c> all,</c>

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Beware<00:18:19.309><c> ye</c><00:18:19.609><c> of</c><00:18:19.809><c> the</c><00:18:20.109><c> leaven</c><00:18:20.230><c> of</c><00:18:20.430><c> the</c><00:18:20.650><c> Pharisees,</c><00:18:22.109><c> which</c><00:18:22.309><c> is</c><00:18:22.529><c> hypocrisy.</c>

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Beware<00:18:25.450><c> ye</c><00:18:25.710><c> of</c><00:18:25.829><c> the</c><00:18:26.269><c> leaven</c><00:18:27.029><c> of</c><00:18:27.750><c> the</c><00:18:28.049><c> Pharisees,</c><00:18:29.670><c> which</c><00:18:29.829><c> is</c><00:18:30.329><c> hypocrisy.</c>

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Now<00:18:32.450><c> leaven</c><00:18:32.670><c> is</c><00:18:33.009><c> something</c><00:18:33.549><c> which</c><00:18:34.569><c> in</c><00:18:34.849><c> small</c><00:18:35.150><c> quantities</c>

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is<00:18:36.829><c> able</c><00:18:37.029><c> to</c><00:18:37.369><c> corrupt</c><00:18:37.670><c> a</c><00:18:38.529><c> large</c><00:18:39.230><c> quantity</c><00:18:39.750><c> of</c><00:18:39.990><c> things.</c>

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In<00:18:41.309><c> the</c><00:18:41.430><c> making</c><00:18:41.589><c> of</c><00:18:41.829><c> bread</c><00:18:41.930><c> it's</c><00:18:42.210><c> a</c><00:18:42.289><c> good</c><00:18:42.549><c> thing.</c>

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But<00:18:43.690><c> leaven</c><00:18:44.130><c> can</c><00:18:44.490><c> also</c><00:18:44.809><c> have</c><00:18:45.029><c> a</c><00:18:45.170><c> corrupting</c><00:18:45.809><c> influence</c><00:18:46.150><c> on</c>

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other<00:18:46.609><c> things.</c>

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And<00:18:47.670><c> only</c><00:18:47.789><c> a</c><00:18:47.970><c> little</c><00:18:48.150><c> will</c><00:18:48.410><c> corrupt</c><00:18:48.690><c> a</c><00:18:49.049><c> great</c><00:18:49.269><c> deal.</c>

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Beware<00:18:51.970><c> of</c><00:18:52.210><c> the</c><00:18:52.470><c> leaven</c><00:18:52.630><c> of</c><00:18:53.009><c> the</c><00:18:53.230><c> Pharisees.</c>

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So<00:18:54.869><c> there</c><00:18:54.950><c> was</c><00:18:55.109><c> something</c><00:18:55.349><c> that</c><00:18:55.529><c> the</c><00:18:55.730><c> Pharisees</c><00:18:56.190><c> did</c><00:18:56.609><c> or</c><00:18:57.150><c> believed</c><00:18:57.750><c> or</c><00:18:57.970><c> taught</c>

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that<00:18:59.069><c> was</c><00:18:59.309><c> like</c><00:18:59.710><c> leaven</c><00:19:00.410><c> in</c><00:19:01.150><c> the</c><00:19:01.309><c> life</c><00:19:01.630><c> of</c><00:19:01.829><c> a</c><00:19:01.910><c> disciple</c><00:19:02.430><c> of</c><00:19:02.809><c> Christ.</c>

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Beware<00:19:04.650><c> ye</c><00:19:04.829><c> of</c><00:19:04.849><c> the</c><00:19:05.069><c> leaven</c><00:19:05.230><c> of</c><00:19:05.450><c> the</c><00:19:05.750><c> Pharisees,</c><00:19:06.250><c> which</c><00:19:06.529><c> is</c><00:19:07.490><c> hypocrisy.</c>

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And<00:19:10.549><c> that</c><00:19:10.750><c> word</c><00:19:10.930><c> hypocrisy,</c><00:19:11.650><c> you</c><00:19:11.690><c> will</c><00:19:11.869><c> remember</c><00:19:12.210><c> if</c><00:19:12.390><c> you've</c>

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studied<00:19:12.849><c> 2</c><00:19:13.170><c> Timothy,</c>

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is<00:19:14.609><c> a</c><00:19:14.730><c> Greek</c><00:19:15.049><c> theatrical</c><00:19:15.710><c> term,</c><00:19:17.089><c> brethren</c><00:19:17.250><c> and</c><00:19:17.490><c> sisters.</c>

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Hypocrisy,<00:19:22.450><c> the</c><00:19:22.589><c> Greek</c><00:19:22.829><c> word,</c><00:19:23.710><c> hypocritos,</c><00:19:24.910><c> means</c><00:19:25.430><c> from</c><00:19:26.650><c> under</c><00:19:27.410><c> a</c><00:19:27.670><c> mask.</c>

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That's<00:19:29.609><c> what</c><00:19:29.730><c> it</c><00:19:29.910><c> means.</c>

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And<00:19:31.609><c> it</c><00:19:31.769><c> referred</c><00:19:31.930><c> to</c><00:19:32.170><c> Greek</c><00:19:32.450><c> theatre,</c><00:19:33.589><c> where</c><00:19:33.809><c> one</c><00:19:34.069><c> man</c><00:19:34.269><c> would</c>

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play<00:19:34.650><c> many</c><00:19:34.950><c> parts.</c>

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He<00:19:36.869><c> would</c><00:19:37.049><c> pick</c><00:19:37.230><c> up</c><00:19:37.390><c> a</c><00:19:37.569><c> mask,</c><00:19:38.289><c> put</c><00:19:38.450><c> it</c><00:19:38.529><c> to</c><00:19:38.730><c> his</c><00:19:38.990><c> face,</c><00:19:39.490><c> and</c><00:19:39.690><c> he</c><00:19:39.869><c> would</c><00:19:40.109><c> act</c><00:19:40.390><c> out</c><00:19:40.750><c> a</c><00:19:40.890><c> role.</c>

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And<00:19:43.109><c> then</c><00:19:43.569><c> he</c><00:19:44.009><c> would</c><00:19:44.470><c> quickly</c><00:19:44.950><c> change</c><00:19:45.609><c> it</c><00:19:45.769><c> out</c><00:19:45.890><c> for</c><00:19:46.089><c> another</c><00:19:46.329><c> mask</c>

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and<00:19:46.730><c> be</c><00:19:46.910><c> a</c><00:19:47.089><c> completely</c><00:19:47.410><c> different</c><00:19:47.710><c> individual.</c>

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The<00:19:48.549><c> audience</c><00:19:48.890><c> never</c><00:19:49.170><c> saw</c><00:19:49.369><c> his</c><00:19:49.650><c> true</c><00:19:49.789><c> face</c><00:19:50.549><c> once</c><00:19:51.190><c> in</c><00:19:52.210><c> the</c><00:19:52.410><c> process.</c>

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Never.<00:19:54.829><c> They</c><00:19:55.109><c> only</c><00:19:55.369><c> saw</c><00:19:55.529><c> the</c><00:19:55.769><c> masks.</c>

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So<00:19:58.710><c> there's</c><00:19:59.109><c> something</c><00:19:59.710><c> that</c><00:20:00.289><c> the</c><00:20:00.569><c> Pharisees</c><00:20:00.970><c> do</c><00:20:01.150><c> which</c><00:20:01.309><c> is</c><00:20:01.609><c> corrupting.</c>

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And<00:20:03.829><c> what</c><00:20:04.069><c> they</c><00:20:04.390><c> do</c><00:20:05.289><c> is</c><00:20:05.950><c> play</c><00:20:06.150><c> acting.</c>

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It's<00:20:08.210><c> a</c><00:20:08.289><c> life</c><00:20:08.490><c> that's</c><00:20:09.809><c> full</c><00:20:09.990><c> of</c><00:20:10.230><c> masks.</c>

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One<00:20:11.970><c> mask</c><00:20:12.309><c> for</c><00:20:12.529><c> one</c><00:20:12.849><c> character</c><00:20:13.509><c> and</c><00:20:14.849><c> one</c><00:20:15.089><c> area</c><00:20:15.450><c> of</c><00:20:15.710><c> life.</c>

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When<00:20:16.789><c> they</c><00:20:16.950><c> were</c><00:20:17.130><c> out</c><00:20:17.349><c> in</c><00:20:17.470><c> their</c><00:20:17.890><c> business,</c>

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because<00:20:19.829><c> the</c><00:20:20.089><c> Pharisees</c><00:20:20.529><c> were</c><00:20:21.009><c> covetous,</c><00:20:21.490><c> we're</c><00:20:21.769><c> told,</c>

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when<00:20:22.970><c> they</c><00:20:23.109><c> were</c><00:20:23.289><c> out</c><00:20:23.490><c> there</c><00:20:24.190><c> breaking</c><00:20:24.750><c> the</c><00:20:25.109><c> backs</c><00:20:25.309><c> of</c><00:20:25.509><c> the</c>

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poor<00:20:25.970><c> who</c><00:20:26.190><c> worked</c><00:20:26.470><c> for</c><00:20:26.690><c> them,</c>

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then<00:20:28.490><c> they</c><00:20:28.710><c> wore</c><00:20:28.750><c> what</c><00:20:29.009><c> kind</c><00:20:29.250><c> of</c><00:20:29.450><c> mask?</c>

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When<00:20:31.250><c> they</c><00:20:31.450><c> were</c><00:20:31.910><c> in</c><00:20:32.170><c> the</c><00:20:32.470><c> streets</c><00:20:32.950><c> praying</c>

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and<00:20:34.670><c> showing</c><00:20:34.869><c> their</c><00:20:35.490><c> purity</c><00:20:35.990><c> to</c><00:20:36.230><c> the</c><00:20:36.390><c> world</c><00:20:36.609><c> around</c><00:20:37.009><c> them</c>

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and<00:20:37.769><c> how</c><00:20:37.910><c> much</c><00:20:38.170><c> better</c><00:20:38.490><c> they</c><00:20:38.710><c> were</c><00:20:38.869><c> than</c><00:20:39.029><c> other</c><00:20:39.230><c> people,</c><00:20:39.609><c> well,</c><00:20:39.690><c> that</c>

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was<00:20:39.970><c> another</c><00:20:40.170><c> mask.</c>

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And<00:20:41.750><c> Christ</c><00:20:42.049><c> says,</c><00:20:42.670><c> look</c><00:20:42.890><c> here,</c><00:20:44.970><c> my</c><00:20:45.190><c> brethren,</c>

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the<00:20:47.509><c> life</c><00:20:47.849><c> of</c><00:20:48.150><c> a</c><00:20:48.369><c> believer</c><00:20:48.769><c> is</c><00:20:49.750><c> not</c><00:20:50.009><c> play</c><00:20:50.230><c> acting.</c>

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It<00:20:51.910><c> doesn't</c><00:20:52.150><c> involve</c><00:20:52.750><c> masks.</c>

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You<00:20:54.690><c> ought</c><00:20:54.890><c> not</c><00:20:55.089><c> to</c><00:20:55.349><c> be</c><00:20:56.150><c> somebody</c><00:20:56.710><c> in</c><00:20:56.950><c> the</c><00:20:57.150><c> workplace</c>

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and<00:20:58.049><c> somebody</c><00:20:58.430><c> else</c><00:20:58.670><c> in</c><00:20:58.829><c> the</c><00:20:59.009><c> ecclesia</c>

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and<00:20:59.829><c> somebody</c><00:21:00.190><c> else</c><00:21:00.470><c> again</c><00:21:00.710><c> at</c><00:21:00.950><c> home.</c>

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You're<00:21:01.690><c> a</c><00:21:01.849><c> brother</c><00:21:02.049><c> in</c><00:21:02.230><c> all</c><00:21:02.410><c> three</c><00:21:02.589><c> places.</c>

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You're<00:21:03.869><c> a</c><00:21:04.029><c> sister</c><00:21:04.589><c> in</c><00:21:05.230><c> all</c><00:21:05.450><c> three</c><00:21:05.650><c> places.</c>

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Beware<00:21:07.390><c> of</c><00:21:07.670><c> that</c><00:21:07.950><c> play</c><00:21:08.170><c> acting</c><00:21:08.430><c> of</c><00:21:08.670><c> the</c><00:21:08.849><c> Pharisees</c>

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because<00:21:10.190><c> it's</c><00:21:10.750><c> leaven</c><00:21:11.150><c> in</c><00:21:11.769><c> the</c><00:21:11.970><c> life</c><00:21:12.109><c> of</c><00:21:12.289><c> a</c><00:21:12.410><c> believer.</c>

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It<00:21:12.950><c> corrupts</c><00:21:13.430><c> every</c><00:21:13.670><c> aspect</c><00:21:14.269><c> of</c><00:21:14.930><c> his</c><00:21:15.049><c> or</c><00:21:15.269><c> her</c><00:21:15.470><c> life.</c>

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If<00:21:17.450><c> you</c><00:21:17.609><c> are</c><00:21:17.750><c> not</c><00:21:17.930><c> a</c><00:21:18.269><c> fully</c><00:21:18.549><c> integrated</c><00:21:19.170><c> brother</c><00:21:19.509><c> in</c><00:21:19.750><c> all</c><00:21:19.970><c> areas,</c>

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then<00:21:25.069><c> your</c><00:21:25.529><c> life</c><00:21:25.849><c> will</c><00:21:26.210><c> corrupt</c><00:21:26.529><c> away</c><00:21:27.269><c> in</c><00:21:28.009><c> the</c><00:21:28.250><c> truth.</c>

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Remember,<00:21:30.970><c> Paul</c><00:21:31.289><c> said</c><00:21:31.630><c> to</c><00:21:31.890><c> Timothy,</c>

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the<00:21:33.029><c> thing</c><00:21:33.250><c> that</c><00:21:33.549><c> strikes</c><00:21:33.809><c> me</c><00:21:34.049><c> most</c><00:21:34.289><c> about</c><00:21:34.650><c> you</c><00:21:35.609><c> is</c><00:21:36.210><c> your</c>

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unfeigned<00:21:37.710><c> faith,</c>

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your<00:21:38.990><c> unhypocritical</c><00:21:41.230><c> faith.</c>

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Same<00:21:42.029><c> word,</c><00:21:42.690><c> but</c><00:21:42.869><c> in</c><00:21:43.049><c> the</c><00:21:43.210><c> negative,</c>

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because<00:21:44.569><c> Timothy's</c><00:21:45.049><c> life</c><00:21:45.230><c> was</c><00:21:45.430><c> a</c><00:21:45.549><c> life</c><00:21:45.690><c> without</c><00:21:45.970><c> play</c><00:21:46.230><c> acting.</c>

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Now,<00:21:48.750><c> look</c><00:21:48.910><c> what</c><00:21:48.990><c> he</c><00:21:49.130><c> says</c><00:21:49.250><c> as</c><00:21:49.369><c> he</c><00:21:49.490><c> goes</c><00:21:49.670><c> on</c><00:21:49.970><c> further.</c>

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There<00:21:50.230><c> is</c><00:21:50.990><c> nothing</c><00:21:51.529><c> covered</c><00:21:51.910><c> up</c><00:21:52.569><c> that</c><00:21:52.849><c> shall</c><00:21:53.049><c> not</c><00:21:53.269><c> be</c><00:21:53.529><c> revealed,</c>

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neither<00:21:55.029><c> hid</c><00:21:55.410><c> that</c><00:21:55.710><c> shall</c><00:21:55.950><c> not</c><00:21:56.150><c> be</c><00:21:56.369><c> known.</c>

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Therefore<00:21:58.109><c> whatsoever</c><00:21:58.609><c> ye</c><00:21:58.829><c> have</c><00:21:58.990><c> spoken</c><00:21:59.230><c> in</c><00:21:59.490><c> darkness</c>

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shall<00:22:00.829><c> be</c><00:22:01.029><c> heard</c><00:22:01.130><c> in</c><00:22:01.289><c> the</c><00:22:01.470><c> light.</c>

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And<00:22:02.289><c> that</c><00:22:02.509><c> which</c><00:22:02.650><c> ye</c><00:22:02.789><c> have</c><00:22:02.930><c> spoken</c><00:22:03.170><c> in</c><00:22:03.410><c> the</c><00:22:03.609><c> air</c><00:22:03.950><c> in</c><00:22:04.250><c> closets</c>

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shall<00:22:05.170><c> be</c><00:22:05.410><c> proclaimed</c><00:22:05.769><c> upon</c><00:22:06.009><c> the</c><00:22:06.250><c> housetops.</c>

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What's<00:22:07.089><c> he</c><00:22:07.210><c> talking</c><00:22:07.470><c> about?</c>

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If<00:22:10.269><c> we</c><00:22:10.430><c> cover</c><00:22:10.630><c> over</c><00:22:10.890><c> the</c><00:22:11.150><c> truth</c><00:22:11.289><c> with</c><00:22:11.470><c> a</c><00:22:11.670><c> bushel</c><00:22:11.970><c> basket,</c><00:22:12.470><c> it's</c>

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in<00:22:12.769><c> darkness.</c>

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When<00:22:15.329><c> we're</c><00:22:15.630><c> together</c><00:22:16.210><c> here,</c>

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we're<00:22:17.589><c> in</c><00:22:17.730><c> a</c><00:22:17.849><c> little</c><00:22:18.130><c> closet</c><00:22:18.470><c> far</c><00:22:18.829><c> away</c><00:22:19.049><c> from</c><00:22:19.210><c> the</c><00:22:19.430><c> world,</c>

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speaking<00:22:20.289><c> together.</c>

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It's<00:22:20.890><c> easy</c><00:22:21.190><c> for</c><00:22:21.329><c> us</c><00:22:21.529><c> to</c><00:22:21.609><c> be</c><00:22:21.789><c> brethren</c><00:22:22.089><c> and</c><00:22:22.369><c> sisters</c>

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when<00:22:23.069><c> we</c><00:22:23.269><c> are</c><00:22:23.470><c> around</c><00:22:23.970><c> brethren</c><00:22:24.369><c> and</c><00:22:24.630><c> sisters.</c>

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But<00:22:26.329><c> when</c><00:22:26.509><c> we're</c><00:22:26.809><c> outside,</c><00:22:28.650><c> then</c><00:22:28.789><c> it's</c><00:22:29.069><c> different.</c>

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So<00:22:30.509><c> whatsoever</c><00:22:30.910><c> things</c><00:22:31.210><c> are</c><00:22:31.490><c> spoken</c><00:22:31.730><c> in</c><00:22:32.130><c> secret,</c>

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when<00:22:34.230><c> we</c><00:22:34.369><c> go</c><00:22:34.529><c> outside</c><00:22:34.809><c> and</c><00:22:35.029><c> hide</c><00:22:35.210><c> them,</c><00:22:35.410><c> one</c><00:22:35.710><c> day,</c><00:22:36.130><c> when</c>

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Christ<00:22:36.609><c> returns,</c>

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those<00:22:37.630><c> very</c><00:22:37.890><c> things</c><00:22:38.109><c> will</c><00:22:38.289><c> be</c><00:22:38.569><c> shouted</c><00:22:38.789><c> from</c><00:22:39.029><c> the</c><00:22:39.230><c> housetops.</c>

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And<00:22:41.750><c> we</c><00:22:41.829><c> think</c><00:22:41.950><c> we</c><00:22:42.049><c> can</c><00:22:42.269><c> cover</c><00:22:42.470><c> over</c><00:22:42.710><c> the</c><00:22:42.910><c> truth</c><00:22:43.009><c> in</c><00:22:43.250><c> our</c><00:22:43.450><c> lives.</c>

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Those<00:22:44.950><c> very</c><00:22:45.230><c> things</c><00:22:45.549><c> will</c><00:22:45.690><c> be</c><00:22:45.849><c> the</c><00:22:46.049><c> things</c><00:22:46.190><c> that</c><00:22:46.329><c> will</c><00:22:46.509><c> be</c>

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shouted<00:22:46.910><c> from</c><00:22:47.470><c> housetops.</c>

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And<00:22:49.230><c> whatever</c><00:22:49.630><c> it</c><00:22:49.869><c> is</c><00:22:50.410><c> that</c><00:22:50.650><c> we</c><00:22:51.309><c> take</c><00:22:51.630><c> to</c><00:22:51.869><c> ourselves</c>

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and<00:22:52.650><c> we</c><00:22:52.950><c> feel</c><00:22:53.250><c> is</c><00:22:53.609><c> worth</c><00:22:53.890><c> everything,</c><00:22:54.589><c> the</c><00:22:54.829><c> bushel</c><00:22:55.150><c> basket</c>

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and<00:22:55.950><c> the</c><00:22:56.210><c> beds,</c>

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now<00:22:58.009><c> those</c><00:22:58.150><c> are</c><00:22:58.390><c> things</c><00:22:58.609><c> that</c><00:22:58.890><c> will</c><00:22:59.109><c> not</c><00:22:59.569><c> continue</c><00:23:00.150><c> to</c><00:23:00.390><c> exist.</c>

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What<00:23:01.329><c> happens</c><00:23:02.089><c> if</c><00:23:02.990><c> you</c><00:23:03.230><c> put</c><00:23:03.789><c> a</c><00:23:04.549><c> lit</c><00:23:05.769><c> fire</c><00:23:06.670><c> underneath</c><00:23:07.710><c> a</c>

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bushel<00:23:08.609><c> basket</c>

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that's<00:23:09.730><c> made</c><00:23:10.009><c> of</c><00:23:10.829><c> some</c><00:23:11.190><c> kind</c><00:23:11.470><c> of</c><00:23:11.809><c> ignitable</c><00:23:12.170><c> material?</c>

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It<00:23:14.230><c> catches</c><00:23:14.589><c> fire.</c><00:23:15.450><c> It's</c><00:23:16.089><c> destroyed.</c>

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What<00:23:17.730><c> happens</c><00:23:18.150><c> if</c><00:23:18.289><c> you</c><00:23:18.450><c> put</c><00:23:18.869><c> a</c><00:23:19.289><c> lamp</c><00:23:19.630><c> underneath</c><00:23:20.190><c> a</c><00:23:20.490><c> bed</c>

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that's<00:23:21.130><c> low</c><00:23:21.349><c> and</c><00:23:21.509><c> made</c><00:23:21.670><c> of</c><00:23:21.829><c> wood</c><00:23:22.029><c> and</c><00:23:22.349><c> straw?</c>

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It<00:23:23.549><c> ignites.</c><00:23:24.750><c> It</c><00:23:25.029><c> catches</c><00:23:25.309><c> fire.</c>

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So<00:23:27.950><c> whatever</c><00:23:28.329><c> in</c><00:23:28.549><c> our</c><00:23:28.869><c> lives</c><00:23:29.690><c> is</c><00:23:30.289><c> connected</c><00:23:30.569><c> to</c><00:23:30.970><c> career,</c>

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money<00:23:32.890><c>-making,</c>

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investments,<00:23:36.009><c> house,</c><00:23:37.490><c> home,</c>

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whatever<00:23:40.109><c> in</c><00:23:40.349><c> our</c><00:23:40.630><c> lives</c><00:23:41.049><c> is</c><00:23:41.470><c> connected</c><00:23:41.730><c> to</c><00:23:42.009><c> leisure</c><00:23:42.329><c> activity,</c>

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sports,<00:23:45.230><c> entertainment,</c><00:23:46.329><c> television,</c>

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whatever<00:23:47.950><c> we</c><00:23:48.569><c> find</c><00:23:49.170><c> is</c><00:23:49.849><c> not</c><00:23:50.210><c> of</c><00:23:50.430><c> the</c><00:23:50.690><c> truth.</c>

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Well,<00:23:51.809><c> all</c><00:23:51.990><c> of</c><00:23:52.130><c> that's</c><00:23:52.349><c> going</c><00:23:52.450><c> to</c><00:23:52.569><c> be</c><00:23:52.730><c> destroyed</c><00:23:53.569><c> by</c><00:23:54.789><c> the</c>

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Gospel<00:23:55.369><c> truth,</c>

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by<00:23:56.930><c> the</c><00:23:57.109><c> Word</c><00:23:57.250><c> of</c><00:23:57.529><c> God</c><00:23:58.009><c> made</c><00:23:58.450><c> flesh</c><00:23:59.210><c> when</c><00:23:59.670><c> He</c><00:23:59.829><c> returns</c><00:24:00.210><c> to</c><00:24:00.450><c> the</c><00:24:00.589><c> earth,</c>

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the<00:24:01.049><c> Son</c><00:24:01.269><c> of</c><00:24:01.490><c> God,</c><00:24:02.910><c> the</c><00:24:03.109><c> Son</c><00:24:03.390><c> of</c><00:24:03.650><c> God,</c><00:24:05.450><c> our</c><00:24:05.710><c> Judge.</c>

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All<00:24:06.549><c> of</c><00:24:06.690><c> that</c><00:24:06.789><c> will</c><00:24:06.950><c> be</c><00:24:07.289><c> destroyed.</c>

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Well,<00:24:09.210><c> this</c><00:24:09.390><c> is</c><00:24:09.569><c> a</c><00:24:09.670><c> stern</c><00:24:09.829><c> message,</c><00:24:10.210><c> isn't</c><00:24:10.349><c> it,</c><00:24:10.529><c> brethren?</c>

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It<00:24:11.650><c> shakes</c><00:24:11.990><c> us</c><00:24:12.170><c> up</c><00:24:12.250><c> when</c><00:24:12.349><c> we</c><00:24:12.430><c> don't</c><00:24:12.710><c> like</c><00:24:12.930><c> it,</c>

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but<00:24:13.730><c> it</c><00:24:14.109><c> isn't</c><00:24:14.450><c> meant</c><00:24:14.730><c> to</c><00:24:14.930><c> make</c><00:24:15.029><c> us</c><00:24:15.269><c> comfortable</c><00:24:15.730><c> with</c><00:24:15.970><c> ourselves.</c>

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It's<00:24:17.450><c> meant</c><00:24:17.549><c> to</c><00:24:17.730><c> put</c><00:24:17.809><c> that</c><00:24:18.130><c> conflict</c><00:24:18.450><c> in</c><00:24:18.630><c> the</c><00:24:18.829><c> life</c><00:24:18.990><c> of</c><00:24:19.210><c> a</c><00:24:19.390><c> believer</c>

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that<00:24:19.970><c> must</c><00:24:20.289><c> always</c><00:24:20.869><c> be</c><00:24:21.170><c> going</c><00:24:21.390><c> on,</c>

00:24:22.130 --> 00:24:25.869
the<00:24:22.430><c> conflict</c><00:24:22.809><c> between</c><00:24:23.329><c> what</c><00:24:24.049><c> our</c><00:24:24.529><c> flesh</c><00:24:24.730><c> would</c><00:24:24.970><c> have</c><00:24:25.170><c> us</c><00:24:25.349><c> to</c><00:24:25.509><c> do</c>

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and<00:24:26.390><c> our</c><00:24:26.670><c> natural</c><00:24:27.109><c> base,</c><00:24:27.970><c> brutish</c><00:24:28.390><c> inclinations,</c>

00:24:30.289 --> 00:24:34.089
and<00:24:30.549><c> on</c><00:24:30.750><c> the</c><00:24:30.769><c> other</c><00:24:30.910><c> hand,</c><00:24:31.630><c> the</c><00:24:31.750><c> Word</c><00:24:31.930><c> of</c><00:24:32.250><c> God</c><00:24:32.549><c> which</c><00:24:32.750><c> is</c><00:24:33.109><c> inside</c><00:24:33.450><c> of</c><00:24:33.670><c> us</c>

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and<00:24:34.990><c> which</c><00:24:35.309><c> wrestles</c><00:24:35.809><c> against</c><00:24:36.190><c> everything</c><00:24:36.630><c> that</c><00:24:36.789><c> is</c><00:24:36.990><c> natural</c>

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to<00:24:37.470><c> us,</c>

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the<00:24:38.630><c> mind</c><00:24:38.849><c> of</c><00:24:39.009><c> Christ</c><00:24:39.549><c> that</c><00:24:40.230><c> slowly,</c><00:24:41.509><c> painfully,</c>

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with<00:24:42.829><c> patience</c><00:24:43.630><c> is</c><00:24:44.450><c> developing</c><00:24:44.829><c> in</c><00:24:45.089><c> us.</c>

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It<00:24:46.329><c> was</c><00:24:46.509><c> vital</c><00:24:46.869><c> that</c><00:24:47.029><c> the</c><00:24:47.130><c> Lord</c><00:24:47.289><c> Jesus</c><00:24:47.569><c> Christ</c><00:24:47.829><c> tell</c><00:24:48.009><c> them</c>

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those<00:24:48.450><c> things.</c>

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It<00:24:50.069><c> was</c><00:24:50.529><c> absolutely</c><00:24:51.230><c> essential</c><00:24:52.049><c> that</c><00:24:52.849><c> they</c><00:24:53.009><c> be</c><00:24:53.470><c> utterly</c><00:24:54.130><c> clear</c>

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in<00:24:54.990><c> their</c><00:24:55.289><c> understanding</c><00:24:55.869><c> of</c><00:24:56.289><c> the</c><00:24:56.529><c> difficulties</c><00:24:56.910><c> that</c><00:24:57.230><c> face</c><00:24:57.490><c> them.</c>

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Now,<00:24:59.329><c> brethren,</c><00:25:00.710><c> these</c><00:25:00.930><c> things</c><00:25:01.170><c> being</c><00:25:01.430><c> the</c><00:25:01.630><c> case,</c>

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we<00:25:03.450><c> must</c><00:25:03.650><c> realize</c><00:25:04.049><c> something,</c><00:25:04.470><c> mustn't</c><00:25:04.690><c> we?</c>

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The<00:25:06.410><c> Word</c><00:25:06.630><c> of</c><00:25:06.769><c> God</c><00:25:07.029><c> must</c><00:25:07.230><c> be</c><00:25:07.369><c> something</c><00:25:07.670><c> that</c><00:25:07.829><c> we</c><00:25:07.990><c> are</c><00:25:08.210><c> always</c><00:25:08.509><c> in</c>

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if<00:25:10.450><c> we</c><00:25:10.609><c> are</c><00:25:10.730><c> to</c><00:25:10.869><c> keep</c><00:25:11.029><c> ourselves</c><00:25:11.730><c> spiritually</c><00:25:12.289><c> alive</c>

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and<00:25:13.690><c> to</c><00:25:13.789><c> keep</c><00:25:13.970><c> our</c><00:25:14.150><c> brothers</c><00:25:14.369><c> and</c><00:25:14.630><c> sisters</c><00:25:14.869><c> alive.</c>

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The<00:25:17.029><c> earliest</c><00:25:17.710><c> writings</c><00:25:18.150><c> of</c><00:25:18.349><c> our</c><00:25:18.589><c> community</c><00:25:19.069><c> are</c><00:25:19.410><c> things</c><00:25:19.630><c> that</c><00:25:19.809><c> we</c>

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ought<00:25:20.130><c> to</c><00:25:20.349><c> know</c>

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because<00:25:21.589><c> if</c><00:25:21.769><c> we</c><00:25:21.890><c> don't</c><00:25:22.130><c> know,</c><00:25:22.309><c> we</c><00:25:22.430><c> don't</c><00:25:22.650><c> deserve</c><00:25:23.309><c> the</c><00:25:23.710><c> history</c><00:25:23.990><c> and</c><00:25:24.210><c> heritage</c><00:25:24.509><c> of</c>

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this<00:25:24.849><c> community.</c>

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A<00:25:26.529><c> people</c><00:25:26.710><c> that</c><00:25:26.910><c> is</c><00:25:27.069><c> unaware</c><00:25:27.450><c> of</c><00:25:27.710><c> its</c><00:25:27.930><c> heritage</c><00:25:28.769><c> quickly</c><00:25:29.630><c> loses</c><00:25:29.990><c> it.</c>

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Robert<00:25:31.390><c> Roberts</c><00:25:31.670><c> wrote</c><00:25:32.009><c> that</c><00:25:32.329><c> the</c><00:25:32.569><c> truth</c><00:25:32.930><c> has</c><00:25:33.490><c> been</c><00:25:33.650><c> a</c><00:25:33.910><c> difficult</c><00:25:34.309><c> thing</c>

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to<00:25:34.910><c> get</c><00:25:35.150><c> at.</c>

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It's<00:25:35.630><c> an</c><00:25:35.869><c> easy</c><00:25:36.130><c> thing</c><00:25:36.309><c> to</c><00:25:36.529><c> lose,</c><00:25:38.049><c> very</c><00:25:38.269><c> easy</c><00:25:38.509><c> to</c><00:25:38.730><c> lose.</c>

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Our<00:25:40.890><c> generation</c><00:25:41.730><c> is</c><00:25:42.710><c> a</c><00:25:42.869><c> generation</c><00:25:43.390><c> that</c><00:25:43.589><c> has</c><00:25:43.789><c> come</c><00:25:44.069><c> closest</c>

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to<00:25:44.730><c> losing</c><00:25:45.109><c> everything</c><00:25:45.690><c> that</c><00:25:45.869><c> we</c><00:25:46.009><c> have</c><00:25:46.130><c> always</c><00:25:46.410><c> believed.</c>

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What<00:25:48.529><c> about</c><00:25:48.750><c> the</c><00:25:48.970><c> young</c><00:25:49.150><c> people</c><00:25:49.410><c> that</c><00:25:49.569><c> we're</c><00:25:49.769><c> raising?</c>

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What<00:25:51.509><c> will</c><00:25:51.710><c> happen</c><00:25:51.990><c> then</c><00:25:52.589><c> if</c><00:25:53.450><c> the</c><00:25:53.630><c> Lord</c><00:25:53.890><c> is</c><00:25:54.309><c> not</c><00:25:54.509><c> here</c><00:25:54.750><c> soon?</c>

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And<00:25:57.029><c> so</c><00:25:57.190><c> he</c><00:25:57.369><c> resumes</c><00:25:57.910><c> the</c><00:25:58.250><c> parables</c><00:25:58.769><c> in</c><00:25:59.509><c> Matthew</c><00:25:59.890><c> chapter</c><00:26:00.210><c> 13,</c>

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having<00:26:05.210><c> told</c><00:26:05.490><c> them</c><00:26:05.630><c> about</c><00:26:05.869><c> the</c><00:26:06.190><c> bushel</c><00:26:06.509><c> basket,</c><00:26:07.109><c> the</c><00:26:07.309><c> bed,</c>

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and<00:26:07.910><c> the</c><00:26:08.289><c> lamp,</c>

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the<00:26:10.849><c> lamp</c><00:26:11.190><c> that</c><00:26:11.410><c> is</c><00:26:11.569><c> to</c><00:26:11.690><c> be</c><00:26:11.849><c> held</c><00:26:12.049><c> aloft</c><00:26:13.690><c> so</c><00:26:15.269><c> that</c><00:26:15.390><c> all</c><00:26:15.630><c> can</c><00:26:15.910><c> see</c>

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what<00:26:16.269><c> it</c><00:26:16.490><c> is.</c>

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We<00:26:18.329><c> go</c><00:26:18.710><c> back</c><00:26:19.069><c> to</c><00:26:19.230><c> chapter</c><00:26:19.490><c> 13</c><00:26:20.109><c> of</c><00:26:20.329><c> Matthew,</c><00:26:21.769><c> beginning</c><00:26:21.930><c> at</c><00:26:22.109><c> verse</c><00:26:22.309><c> 24.</c>

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Another<00:26:24.609><c> parable</c><00:26:25.069><c> put</c><00:26:25.349><c> he</c><00:26:25.609><c> forth</c><00:26:25.809><c> unto</c><00:26:26.029><c> them,</c><00:26:26.750><c> saying,</c>

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The<00:26:27.150><c> kingdom</c><00:26:27.529><c> of</c><00:26:27.829><c> heaven</c><00:26:28.410><c> is</c><00:26:29.230><c> likened</c><00:26:29.769><c> unto</c><00:26:30.250><c> a</c><00:26:30.849><c> man</c><00:26:31.049><c> which</c><00:26:31.390><c> sowed</c><00:26:31.730><c> good</c><00:26:32.069><c> seed</c><00:26:32.329><c> in</c>

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his<00:26:32.769><c> field.</c>

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You<00:26:34.109><c> might</c><00:26:34.309><c> ask</c><00:26:34.569><c> yourself,</c><00:26:34.869><c> why</c><00:26:34.970><c> is</c><00:26:35.130><c> he</c><00:26:35.210><c> talking</c><00:26:35.410><c> about</c><00:26:35.609><c> the</c>

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kingdom<00:26:36.009><c> of</c><00:26:36.269><c> heaven</c>

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as<00:26:37.210><c> if</c><00:26:37.289><c> it's</c><00:26:37.470><c> something</c><00:26:37.710><c> on</c><00:26:37.910><c> the</c><00:26:38.089><c> earth?</c>

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Isn't<00:26:39.849><c> that</c><00:26:40.430><c> something</c><00:26:40.750><c> that's</c><00:26:41.269><c> only</c><00:26:41.529><c> going</c><00:26:41.710><c> to</c><00:26:41.829><c> be</c><00:26:42.089><c> established</c>

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when<00:26:42.670><c> the</c><00:26:42.829><c> Lord</c><00:26:43.009><c> Jesus</c><00:26:43.410><c> Christ</c><00:26:43.730><c> comes</c><00:26:44.170><c> back</c><00:26:44.470><c> to</c><00:26:44.650><c> the</c><00:26:44.809><c> earth?</c>

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Brethren<00:26:47.309><c> and</c><00:26:47.609><c> sisters,</c><00:26:48.910><c> Robert</c><00:26:49.089><c> Roberts'</c><00:26:49.549><c> Nazareth</c><00:26:49.869><c> Revisited</c>

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is<00:26:50.490><c> the</c><00:26:50.670><c> finest</c><00:26:51.289><c> thing</c><00:26:51.910><c> that</c><00:26:52.029><c> has</c><00:26:52.210><c> ever</c><00:26:52.369><c> been</c><00:26:52.569><c> written</c><00:26:52.730><c> on</c><00:26:52.890><c> the</c>

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life<00:26:53.150><c> of</c><00:26:53.390><c> Christ.</c>

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And<00:26:54.910><c> the</c><00:26:55.089><c> little</c><00:26:55.309><c> tiny</c><00:26:55.630><c> section</c><00:26:55.990><c> that</c><00:26:56.109><c> he</c><00:26:56.190><c> has</c><00:26:56.349><c> in</c><00:26:56.509><c> the</c><00:26:56.750><c> parables</c><00:26:57.109><c> is</c>

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absolutely<00:26:59.049><c> beautiful.</c>

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When<00:27:00.769><c> you've</c><00:27:00.970><c> read</c><00:27:01.190><c> all</c><00:27:01.630><c> the</c><00:27:01.829><c> other</c><00:27:02.170><c> commentaries</c>

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and<00:27:02.890><c> whatever</c><00:27:03.230><c> anybody</c><00:27:03.609><c> else</c><00:27:03.849><c> has</c><00:27:04.069><c> said</c><00:27:04.150><c> in</c><00:27:04.309><c> the</c><00:27:04.470><c> Brotherhood</c>

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on<00:27:05.529><c> the</c><00:27:05.789><c> parables,</c>

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go<00:27:07.630><c> back</c><00:27:07.869><c> to</c><00:27:08.089><c> him,</c><00:27:09.130><c> read</c><00:27:09.329><c> him</c><00:27:09.630><c> first</c><00:27:09.990><c> and</c><00:27:10.130><c> read</c><00:27:10.289><c> him</c><00:27:10.470><c> last,</c>

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and<00:27:11.589><c> you'll</c><00:27:11.789><c> find</c><00:27:11.910><c> that</c><00:27:12.049><c> he</c><00:27:12.130><c> is</c><00:27:12.309><c> the</c><00:27:12.470><c> best.</c>

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Look<00:27:13.990><c> at</c><00:27:14.049><c> what</c><00:27:14.170><c> he</c><00:27:14.369><c> says</c><00:27:14.549><c> about</c><00:27:14.930><c> the</c><00:27:15.250><c> kingdom</c><00:27:15.470><c> of</c><00:27:15.769><c> God.</c>

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The<00:27:17.329><c> kingdom</c><00:27:17.630><c> of</c><00:27:17.829><c> God</c><00:27:18.069><c> is</c><00:27:18.390><c> not</c><00:27:18.769><c> exclusively</c><00:27:19.750><c> an</c><00:27:20.269><c> affair</c><00:27:20.730><c> of</c><00:27:21.150><c> futurity,</c>

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though<00:27:22.829><c> it</c><00:27:23.150><c> mostly</c><00:27:23.470><c> belongs</c><00:27:23.930><c> to</c><00:27:24.130><c> the</c><00:27:24.309><c> future.</c>

00:27:25.609 --> 00:27:28.250
The<00:27:25.690><c> foundation</c><00:27:26.190><c> of</c><00:27:26.390><c> it</c><00:27:26.650><c> has</c><00:27:26.869><c> been</c><00:27:27.130><c> laid</c><00:27:27.329><c> in</c><00:27:27.450><c> what</c><00:27:27.650><c> God</c><00:27:27.869><c> has</c>

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already<00:27:29.009><c> done</c><00:27:29.569><c> upon</c><00:27:29.950><c> the</c><00:27:30.190><c> earth.</c>

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His<00:27:31.369><c> work</c><00:27:31.549><c> with</c><00:27:31.849><c> Moses</c><00:27:32.450><c> by</c><00:27:32.890><c> Israel,</c><00:27:33.910><c> His</c><00:27:34.130><c> work</c><00:27:34.349><c> by</c><00:27:34.670><c> Christ,</c>

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have<00:27:35.829><c> both</c><00:27:36.109><c> contributed</c><00:27:36.869><c> important</c><00:27:37.750><c> and</c><00:27:38.309><c> powerful</c><00:27:38.890><c> elements.</c>

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Even<00:27:40.450><c> His</c><00:27:40.730><c> work</c><00:27:40.930><c> in</c><00:27:41.170><c> Providence</c><00:27:41.609><c> among</c><00:27:41.890><c> the</c><00:27:42.190><c> Gentile</c><00:27:42.809><c> nations</c>

00:27:43.430 --> 00:27:47.210
is<00:27:43.869><c> doing</c><00:27:44.289><c> something</c><00:27:45.009><c> towards</c><00:27:45.490><c> it</c><00:27:45.930><c> in</c><00:27:46.069><c> the</c><00:27:46.150><c> way</c><00:27:46.329><c> of</c><00:27:46.569><c> preparing</c>

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the<00:27:47.589><c> earth</c><00:27:47.869><c> and</c><00:27:48.170><c> mankind,</c>

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so<00:27:49.549><c> that</c><00:27:49.650><c> when</c><00:27:49.849><c> the</c><00:27:50.069><c> kingdom</c><00:27:50.269><c> is</c><00:27:50.750><c> finally</c><00:27:51.450><c> and</c><00:27:52.009><c> fully</c><00:27:52.250><c> established,</c>

00:27:53.289 --> 00:27:57.130
it<00:27:53.390><c> will</c><00:27:53.670><c> have</c><00:27:53.849><c> been</c><00:27:54.269><c> prepared</c><00:27:54.710><c> from</c><00:27:55.210><c> the</c><00:27:55.349><c> foundation</c><00:27:55.829><c> of</c><00:27:55.990><c> the</c><00:27:56.190><c> world.</c>

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So<00:27:57.710><c> everything</c><00:27:57.910><c> that</c><00:27:58.109><c> God</c><00:27:58.250><c> is</c><00:27:58.450><c> doing</c><00:27:58.589><c> right</c><00:27:58.930><c> now</c><00:27:59.910><c> involves</c>

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preparation<00:28:00.930><c> for</c><00:28:01.130><c> the</c><00:28:01.329><c> kingdom.</c>

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And<00:28:02.589><c> so</c><00:28:02.730><c> whatever</c><00:28:03.049><c> stage</c><00:28:03.529><c> we're</c><00:28:03.869><c> in</c><00:28:04.009><c> at</c><00:28:04.190><c> right</c><00:28:04.430><c> now</c><00:28:04.730><c> is</c><00:28:05.029><c> a</c><00:28:05.349><c> stage</c><00:28:05.789><c> of</c>

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preparation<00:28:07.450><c> for</c><00:28:07.690><c> the</c><00:28:07.890><c> kingdom.</c>

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It's<00:28:09.109><c> a</c><00:28:09.289><c> stage</c><00:28:09.829><c> of</c><00:28:10.130><c> the</c><00:28:10.309><c> kingdom.</c>

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We're<00:28:11.490><c> in</c><00:28:11.769><c> the</c><00:28:12.089><c> time</c><00:28:12.309><c> period</c><00:28:12.609><c> of</c><00:28:12.789><c> the</c><00:28:12.990><c> kingdom</c><00:28:13.390><c> of</c><00:28:13.670><c> man,</c><00:28:14.950><c> the</c>

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kingdom<00:28:15.309><c> of</c><00:28:15.650><c> flesh,</c>

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but<00:28:17.009><c> there</c><00:28:17.150><c> are</c><00:28:17.369><c> preparations</c><00:28:17.829><c> that</c><00:28:17.970><c> have</c><00:28:18.130><c> been</c><00:28:18.289><c> made</c><00:28:18.450><c> ever</c>

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since<00:28:18.890><c> the</c><00:28:19.009><c> Garden</c><00:28:19.289><c> of</c><00:28:19.549><c> Eden</c>

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when<00:28:20.690><c> the</c><00:28:20.970><c> Lord,</c><00:28:21.970><c> when</c><00:28:22.349><c> Yahweh</c><00:28:23.089><c> set</c><00:28:23.450><c> up</c><00:28:23.589><c> the</c><00:28:23.809><c> conflict</c><00:28:24.089><c> between</c><00:28:24.410><c> the</c><00:28:24.710><c> seed</c><00:28:24.849><c> of</c>

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the<00:28:25.130><c> woman</c>

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and<00:28:25.670><c> the</c><00:28:25.869><c> seed</c><00:28:25.990><c> of</c><00:28:26.190><c> the</c><00:28:26.329><c> serpent.</c>

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Already<00:28:27.809><c> the</c><00:28:28.509><c> kingdom</c><00:28:28.809><c> of</c><00:28:29.089><c> God</c><00:28:29.230><c> was</c><00:28:29.410><c> in</c><00:28:29.650><c> preparation</c><00:28:30.269><c> there.</c>

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So<00:28:31.970><c> right</c><00:28:32.230><c> now,</c><00:28:33.890><c> in</c><00:28:34.089><c> our</c><00:28:34.289><c> lives</c><00:28:34.549><c> today,</c><00:28:36.210><c> there</c><00:28:36.410><c> are</c><00:28:36.769><c> aspects</c>

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of<00:28:37.289><c> the</c><00:28:37.450><c> kingdom</c><00:28:37.710><c> of</c><00:28:37.990><c> God</c>

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that<00:28:38.569><c> are</c><00:28:38.829><c> reality</c><00:28:39.390><c> for</c><00:28:39.670><c> us,</c><00:28:39.990><c> aren't</c><00:28:40.009><c> they?</c><00:28:40.190><c> They</c><00:28:40.390><c> should</c><00:28:40.529><c> be</c>

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for<00:28:40.950><c> us.</c>

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There<00:28:42.289><c> is</c><00:28:42.809><c> the</c><00:28:43.069><c> reality</c><00:28:43.569><c> of</c><00:28:44.670><c> being</c><00:28:45.009><c> with</c><00:28:45.250><c> brethren</c><00:28:45.529><c> and</c><00:28:45.849><c> sisters</c>

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who<00:28:47.049><c> will</c><00:28:47.369><c> labor</c><00:28:47.630><c> with</c><00:28:47.910><c> us</c><00:28:48.369><c> in</c><00:28:48.730><c> the</c><00:28:48.930><c> kingdom.</c>

00:28:50.390 --> 00:28:54.750
That<00:28:50.609><c> is</c><00:28:50.809><c> our</c><00:28:50.990><c> hope.</c><00:28:52.049><c> We</c><00:28:52.230><c> are</c><00:28:52.589><c> with</c><00:28:52.990><c> people</c><00:28:53.789><c> from</c><00:28:54.109><c> the</c><00:28:54.329><c> kingdom</c>

00:28:54.750 --> 00:28:56.250
right<00:28:55.190><c> now.</c>

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There<00:28:57.269><c> is</c><00:28:57.490><c> the</c><00:28:57.670><c> Word</c><00:28:57.809><c> of</c><00:28:57.990><c> God,</c><00:28:59.329><c> which</c><00:28:59.450><c> has</c><00:28:59.809><c> everything</c><00:29:00.349><c> involving</c><00:29:00.890><c> the</c><00:29:01.190><c> kingdom</c><00:29:01.609><c> in</c><00:29:02.009><c> it.</c>

00:29:02.450 --> 00:29:05.549
So<00:29:02.990><c> there</c><00:29:03.170><c> is</c><00:29:03.369><c> the</c><00:29:03.509><c> Word</c><00:29:03.670><c> of</c><00:29:03.789><c> God</c><00:29:04.329><c> full</c><00:29:04.869><c> of</c><00:29:05.029><c> the</c><00:29:05.170><c> kingdom</c><00:29:05.369><c> of</c>

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God<00:29:05.730><c> right</c><00:29:06.089><c> here</c><00:29:06.369><c> with</c><00:29:06.589><c> us.</c>

00:29:09.150 --> 00:29:12.609
There<00:29:09.309><c> are</c><00:29:09.990><c> aspects</c><00:29:10.430><c> of</c><00:29:10.630><c> the</c><00:29:10.789><c> kingdom</c><00:29:11.309><c> now.</c>

00:29:12.930 --> 00:29:15.410
And<00:29:13.089><c> the</c><00:29:13.190><c> kingdom,</c><00:29:13.430><c> of</c><00:29:13.650><c> course,</c><00:29:14.190><c> is</c><00:29:14.210><c> being</c><00:29:14.490><c> prepared</c><00:29:15.009><c> for</c><00:29:15.269><c> in</c>

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God's<00:29:15.849><c> arrangement</c><00:29:16.490><c> of</c><00:29:17.049><c> history</c>

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and<00:29:18.289><c> his</c><00:29:18.569><c> arrangement</c><00:29:18.930><c> of</c><00:29:19.109><c> our</c><00:29:19.309><c> individual</c><00:29:19.710><c> lives</c><00:29:20.069><c> likewise.</c>

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The<00:29:22.369><c> kingdom</c><00:29:22.690><c> of</c><00:29:22.950><c> God,</c><00:29:23.170><c> he</c><00:29:23.430><c> says,</c><00:29:24.990><c> is</c><00:29:25.170><c> like</c><00:29:25.609><c> unto</c><00:29:26.009><c> a</c><00:29:26.349><c> man</c><00:29:26.569><c> which</c>

00:29:27.009 --> 00:29:29.410
sowed<00:29:27.849><c> good</c><00:29:28.150><c> seed</c><00:29:28.450><c> in</c><00:29:28.630><c> his</c><00:29:28.930><c> field.</c>

00:29:29.410 --> 00:29:33.529
But<00:29:30.390><c> while</c><00:29:30.690><c> men</c><00:29:30.990><c> slept,</c><00:29:31.490><c> his</c><00:29:31.630><c> enemy</c><00:29:31.930><c> came</c><00:29:32.309><c> and</c><00:29:32.549><c> sowed</c><00:29:32.950><c> tares</c>

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among<00:29:34.049><c> the</c><00:29:34.269><c> wheat</c><00:29:34.450><c> and</c><00:29:34.609><c> went</c><00:29:34.869><c> his</c><00:29:35.089><c> way.</c>

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But<00:29:36.589><c> when</c><00:29:36.710><c> the</c><00:29:36.910><c> blade</c><00:29:37.069><c> was</c><00:29:37.369><c> sprung</c><00:29:37.589><c> up</c><00:29:38.109><c> and</c><00:29:38.769><c> brought</c><00:29:39.049><c> forth</c>

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fruit,<00:29:40.490><c> then</c><00:29:40.690><c> appeared</c><00:29:40.930><c> the</c><00:29:41.210><c> tares</c><00:29:41.589><c> also.</c>

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So<00:29:43.509><c> the</c><00:29:43.730><c> servant</c><00:29:43.910><c> of</c><00:29:44.069><c> the</c><00:29:44.250><c> householder</c><00:29:44.670><c> came</c><00:29:44.849><c> and</c><00:29:44.970><c> said</c><00:29:45.089><c> unto</c><00:29:45.349><c> him,</c>

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Sir,<00:29:46.869><c> didst</c><00:29:47.210><c> not</c><00:29:47.230><c> thou</c><00:29:47.410><c> sow</c><00:29:47.609><c> good</c><00:29:48.049><c> seed</c><00:29:48.190><c> in</c><00:29:48.369><c> thy</c><00:29:48.509><c> field?</c><00:29:49.170><c> From</c>

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whence<00:29:49.730><c> then</c><00:29:49.910><c> hath</c><00:29:50.049><c> it</c><00:29:50.269><c> tares?</c>

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He<00:29:51.930><c> said</c><00:29:52.089><c> unto</c><00:29:52.329><c> them,</c><00:29:53.609><c> An</c><00:29:53.829><c> enemy</c><00:29:54.049><c> hath</c><00:29:54.250><c> done</c><00:29:54.470><c> this.</c>

00:29:54.910 --> 00:29:57.890
The<00:29:55.650><c> servant</c><00:29:55.930><c> said</c><00:29:56.130><c> unto</c><00:29:56.289><c> him,</c><00:29:56.910><c> Willst</c><00:29:57.150><c> thou</c><00:29:57.230><c> that</c><00:29:57.329><c> we</c><00:29:57.509><c> go</c><00:29:57.690><c> and</c>

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gather<00:29:58.089><c> them</c><00:29:58.289><c> up?</c>

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But<00:29:59.490><c> he</c><00:29:59.549><c> said,</c><00:29:59.869><c> Nay,</c><00:30:01.150><c> lest</c><00:30:01.309><c> while</c><00:30:01.470><c> ye</c><00:30:01.569><c> gather</c><00:30:01.829><c> up</c><00:30:02.009><c> the</c><00:30:02.250><c> tares,</c>

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ye<00:30:03.470><c> root</c><00:30:03.650><c> up</c><00:30:03.869><c> also</c><00:30:04.109><c> the</c><00:30:04.289><c> wheat</c><00:30:04.410><c> with</c><00:30:04.690><c> them.</c>

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Let<00:30:06.089><c> both</c><00:30:06.329><c> grow</c><00:30:06.569><c> together</c><00:30:06.910><c> until</c><00:30:07.130><c> the</c><00:30:07.390><c> harvest.</c>

00:30:08.289 --> 00:30:10.950
And<00:30:08.490><c> in</c><00:30:08.670><c> the</c><00:30:08.829><c> time</c><00:30:09.009><c> of</c><00:30:09.289><c> harvest</c><00:30:09.589><c> I</c><00:30:09.970><c> will</c><00:30:10.150><c> say</c><00:30:10.309><c> to</c><00:30:10.470><c> the</c><00:30:10.609><c> reapers,</c>

00:30:11.369 --> 00:30:16.150
Gather<00:30:11.630><c> ye</c><00:30:11.910><c> together</c><00:30:12.230><c> first</c><00:30:13.089><c> the</c><00:30:13.650><c> tares,</c><00:30:15.109><c> bind</c><00:30:15.269><c> them</c><00:30:15.490><c> in</c><00:30:15.630><c> bundles</c><00:30:15.970><c> to</c>

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burn<00:30:16.369><c> them,</c>

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but<00:30:17.950><c> gather</c><00:30:18.210><c> the</c><00:30:18.410><c> wheat</c><00:30:18.549><c> into</c><00:30:18.769><c> my</c><00:30:19.109><c> barn.</c>

00:30:20.789 --> 00:30:25.430
Robert<00:30:21.549><c> Roberts,</c><00:30:22.650><c> in</c><00:30:22.809><c> his</c><00:30:23.049><c> exposition</c><00:30:23.589><c> of</c><00:30:23.910><c> this</c><00:30:24.349><c> section,</c>

00:30:27.009 --> 00:30:30.650
shows<00:30:27.289><c> that</c><00:30:27.470><c> this</c><00:30:27.609><c> is</c><00:30:27.769><c> a</c><00:30:27.829><c> wonderful</c><00:30:28.329><c> prophecy</c><00:30:28.910><c> of</c><00:30:30.130><c> exactly</c>

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what<00:30:30.910><c> would</c><00:30:31.089><c> happen</c>

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to<00:30:32.250><c> the</c><00:30:32.490><c> people</c><00:30:32.869><c> who</c><00:30:33.109><c> had</c><00:30:33.269><c> the</c><00:30:33.490><c> privilege</c><00:30:33.789><c> and</c><00:30:33.970><c> the</c><00:30:34.130><c> honor</c><00:30:34.710><c> of</c>

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seeing<00:30:36.130><c> the</c><00:30:36.289><c> Lord</c><00:30:36.509><c> Jesus</c><00:30:36.890><c> Christ</c><00:30:37.369><c> when</c><00:30:38.069><c> he</c><00:30:38.150><c> was</c><00:30:38.269><c> on</c><00:30:38.470><c> the</c><00:30:38.609><c> earth.</c>

00:30:40.730 --> 00:30:44.650
He<00:30:41.490><c> put</c><00:30:42.250><c> his</c><00:30:43.210><c> seed</c><00:30:43.630><c> in</c><00:30:43.970><c> good</c><00:30:44.170><c> ground.</c>

00:30:44.650 --> 00:30:48.630
So<00:30:45.309><c> then</c><00:30:45.589><c> there's</c><00:30:46.170><c> the</c><00:30:46.390><c> focus</c><00:30:46.549><c> of</c><00:30:46.890><c> the</c><00:30:47.089><c> sower,</c><00:30:48.009><c> where</c><00:30:48.190><c> he</c><00:30:48.410><c> went</c>

00:30:48.630 --> 00:30:49.430
to<00:30:49.170><c> sow.</c>

00:30:49.809 --> 00:30:52.990
Now<00:30:50.150><c> he's</c><00:30:50.769><c> zeroed</c><00:30:51.089><c> in</c><00:30:51.250><c> on</c><00:30:51.509><c> the</c><00:30:51.809><c> good</c><00:30:52.049><c> ground.</c>

00:30:53.170 --> 00:30:56.369
So<00:30:53.329><c> there's</c><00:30:53.650><c> the</c><00:30:53.769><c> good</c><00:30:53.970><c> ground,</c><00:30:54.210><c> people</c><00:30:54.529><c> that</c><00:30:54.769><c> have</c><00:30:55.910><c> believed</c>

00:30:56.369 --> 00:30:57.650
the<00:30:56.730><c> truth.</c>

00:30:57.769 --> 00:31:00.089
It's<00:30:58.089><c> making</c><00:30:58.349><c> an</c><00:30:58.609><c> impact</c><00:30:58.970><c> on</c><00:30:59.170><c> them.</c>

00:31:00.289 --> 00:31:03.029
They're<00:31:00.789><c> attempting</c><00:31:01.130><c> to</c><00:31:01.390><c> hold</c><00:31:01.569><c> fast</c><00:31:01.829><c> to</c><00:31:02.049><c> the</c><00:31:02.210><c> word.</c>

00:31:03.470 --> 00:31:05.450
And<00:31:03.690><c> that's</c><00:31:03.910><c> what</c><00:31:03.990><c> was</c><00:31:04.170><c> going</c><00:31:04.369><c> on</c><00:31:04.549><c> right</c><00:31:04.710><c> in</c><00:31:04.869><c> his</c><00:31:05.049><c> day.</c>

00:31:05.789 --> 00:31:06.809
There<00:31:05.950><c> were</c><00:31:06.089><c> those</c><00:31:06.289><c> like</c><00:31:06.609><c> that.</c>

00:31:06.890 --> 00:31:08.829
Who<00:31:07.089><c> was</c><00:31:07.309><c> the</c><00:31:07.630><c> enemy</c><00:31:07.910><c> while</c><00:31:08.230><c> men</c><00:31:08.529><c> slept?</c>

00:31:08.869 --> 00:31:12.329
In<00:31:09.009><c> other</c><00:31:09.190><c> words,</c><00:31:09.569><c> when</c><00:31:09.710><c> they</c><00:31:09.930><c> weren't</c><00:31:10.049><c> on</c><00:31:10.230><c> their</c><00:31:10.509><c> guard,</c><00:31:11.630><c> that</c><00:31:11.869><c> went</c><00:31:12.109><c> and</c>

00:31:12.329 --> 00:31:13.150
sowed<00:31:12.710><c> tares.</c>

00:31:13.150 --> 00:31:19.990
Well,<00:31:14.569><c> it</c><00:31:14.569><c> was</c><00:31:14.750><c> the</c><00:31:14.930><c> Pharisees,</c><00:31:16.349><c> the</c><00:31:16.569><c> Sadducees,</c><00:31:17.970><c> the</c><00:31:18.130><c> Herodians,</c><00:31:19.750><c> the</c>

00:31:19.990 --> 00:31:22.670
scribes,<00:31:21.210><c> the</c><00:31:21.470><c> priests.</c>

00:31:22.950 --> 00:31:28.529
These<00:31:23.349><c> were</c><00:31:23.549><c> the</c><00:31:23.710><c> people</c><00:31:24.450><c> who</c><00:31:25.390><c> went</c><00:31:26.009><c> and</c><00:31:27.529><c> corrupted,</c>

00:31:28.670 --> 00:31:32.490
or<00:31:28.970><c> through</c><00:31:29.470><c> corrupting</c><00:31:30.470><c> influences,</c><00:31:31.730><c> in</c><00:31:31.890><c> what</c><00:31:32.089><c> he</c><00:31:32.289><c> had</c>

00:31:32.490 --> 00:31:33.950
already<00:31:32.890><c> sown.</c>

00:31:34.250 --> 00:31:36.769
Now<00:31:34.529><c> what's</c><00:31:34.789><c> a</c><00:31:35.009><c> tares,</c><00:31:35.470><c> brethren</c><00:31:35.630><c> and</c><00:31:35.849><c> sisters?</c>

00:31:37.509 --> 00:31:38.950
It's<00:31:37.690><c> a</c><00:31:37.809><c> particular</c><00:31:38.170><c> kind</c><00:31:38.509><c> of</c><00:31:38.789><c> plant.</c>

00:31:39.170 --> 00:31:40.789
It's<00:31:39.269><c> called</c><00:31:39.490><c> Darnell.</c>

00:31:40.990 --> 00:31:42.210
Darnell.

00:31:42.569 --> 00:31:44.950
It<00:31:42.950><c> only</c><00:31:43.329><c> grows</c><00:31:43.630><c> with</c><00:31:43.829><c> good</c><00:31:43.990><c> grain.</c>

00:31:45.329 --> 00:31:49.329
It<00:31:45.549><c> only</c><00:31:45.769><c> grows</c><00:31:46.049><c> with</c><00:31:46.349><c> things</c><00:31:46.509><c> like</c><00:31:46.789><c> wheat</c><00:31:47.190><c> or</c><00:31:48.230><c> barley.</c>

00:31:50.430 --> 00:31:54.750
Something<00:31:50.670><c> fascinating</c><00:31:51.269><c> about</c><00:31:51.650><c> Darnell,</c><00:31:52.509><c> it</c><00:31:53.170><c> looks</c><00:31:53.670><c> exactly</c>

00:31:54.750 --> 00:31:56.890
like<00:31:55.650><c> wheat.</c>

00:31:58.990 --> 00:32:02.950
Even<00:31:59.589><c> a</c><00:32:00.289><c> fully</c><00:32:00.490><c> experienced</c><00:32:01.150><c> farmer</c><00:32:01.529><c> cannot</c><00:32:01.809><c> tell</c><00:32:02.029><c> the</c><00:32:02.190><c> difference</c><00:32:02.430><c> between</c><00:32:02.730><c> the</c>

00:32:02.950 --> 00:32:05.170
two<00:32:03.289><c> when</c><00:32:03.890><c> they</c><00:32:04.130><c> are</c><00:32:04.329><c> growing.</c>

00:32:05.430 --> 00:32:09.609
The<00:32:06.049><c> only</c><00:32:06.289><c> time</c><00:32:06.529><c> you</c><00:32:06.609><c> can</c><00:32:06.829><c> tell</c><00:32:06.990><c> the</c><00:32:07.190><c> difference</c><00:32:07.569><c> is</c><00:32:08.589><c> when</c><00:32:09.190><c> the</c>

00:32:09.609 --> 00:32:11.210
fruit<00:32:09.730><c> is</c><00:32:09.970><c> produced,</c>

00:32:11.930 --> 00:32:13.950
when<00:32:12.089><c> the</c><00:32:12.329><c> grain</c><00:32:12.670><c> is</c><00:32:12.970><c> produced.</c>

00:32:14.369 --> 00:32:16.630
Then<00:32:14.529><c> it's</c><00:32:14.769><c> obvious</c><00:32:14.990><c> that</c><00:32:15.130><c> they</c><00:32:15.269><c> are</c><00:32:15.529><c> different.</c>

00:32:17.349 --> 00:32:22.150
In<00:32:17.829><c> Darnell,</c><00:32:18.630><c> in</c><00:32:19.289><c> the</c><00:32:19.650><c> grain,</c><00:32:20.690><c> there</c><00:32:20.950><c> is</c><00:32:21.150><c> a</c><00:32:21.329><c> particular</c><00:32:21.750><c> kind</c>

00:32:22.150 --> 00:32:24.289
of<00:32:22.470><c> fungus</c><00:32:22.829><c> that</c><00:32:23.029><c> is</c><00:32:23.329><c> poisonous.</c>

00:32:25.049 --> 00:32:26.890
It<00:32:25.289><c> can</c><00:32:25.569><c> cause</c><00:32:25.849><c> vomiting.</c>

00:32:27.309 --> 00:32:34.710
It<00:32:28.109><c> can</c><00:32:28.910><c> also</c><00:32:29.269><c> kill,</c><00:32:30.869><c> depending</c><00:32:31.410><c> on</c><00:32:31.690><c> how</c><00:32:31.950><c> much</c><00:32:32.230><c> of</c><00:32:32.390><c> it</c><00:32:32.950><c> has</c><00:32:33.410><c> been</c><00:32:33.789><c> milled</c><00:32:34.109><c> in</c>

00:32:34.710 --> 00:32:39.410
with<00:32:35.109><c> the</c><00:32:35.390><c> wheat</c><00:32:35.789><c> when</c><00:32:37.450><c> the</c><00:32:37.690><c> flour</c><00:32:37.890><c> is</c><00:32:38.150><c> being</c><00:32:38.410><c> made.</c>

00:32:40.769 --> 00:32:46.670
So<00:32:41.410><c> what</c><00:32:41.650><c> these</c><00:32:41.910><c> people</c><00:32:42.250><c> did</c><00:32:43.190><c> was</c><00:32:45.230><c> they</c><00:32:45.450><c> took</c><00:32:45.670><c> his</c><00:32:46.069><c> teachings</c>

00:32:46.670 --> 00:32:49.809
and<00:32:48.430><c> they</c><00:32:48.789><c> corrupted</c><00:32:49.130><c> them</c>

00:32:49.809 --> 00:32:56.309
by<00:32:50.430><c> sowing</c><00:32:51.450><c> into</c><00:32:52.309><c> the</c><00:32:52.910><c> population</c><00:32:53.789><c> that</c><00:32:54.450><c> Christ</c><00:32:54.750><c> had</c><00:32:55.049><c> preached</c><00:32:55.309><c> to,</c>

00:32:57.109 --> 00:33:00.349
ideas<00:32:57.670><c> that</c><00:32:58.230><c> were</c><00:32:58.509><c> corrupting</c><00:32:58.910><c> in</c><00:32:59.069><c> their</c><00:32:59.349><c> influence.</c>

00:33:02.549 --> 00:33:05.549
Now,<00:33:03.490><c> here</c><00:33:03.890><c> he</c><00:33:04.150><c> goes</c><00:33:04.410><c> on</c><00:33:04.710><c> further.</c>

00:33:05.789 --> 00:33:08.849
While<00:33:06.029><c> men</c><00:33:06.289><c> slept,</c><00:33:06.990><c> his</c><00:33:07.130><c> enemy</c><00:33:07.369><c> came</c><00:33:07.750><c> and</c><00:33:08.029><c> sowed</c><00:33:08.390><c> tares</c><00:33:08.609><c> among</c>

00:33:08.849 --> 00:33:10.230
the<00:33:09.029><c> wheat</c><00:33:09.150><c> and</c><00:33:09.250><c> went</c><00:33:09.470><c> his</c><00:33:09.670><c> way.</c>

00:33:10.569 --> 00:33:12.769
When<00:33:10.769><c> the</c><00:33:11.029><c> blade</c><00:33:11.210><c> was</c><00:33:11.470><c> sprung</c><00:33:11.650><c> up</c><00:33:11.829><c> and</c><00:33:11.970><c> brought</c><00:33:12.210><c> forth</c><00:33:12.490><c> fruit,</c>

00:33:13.029 --> 00:33:14.450
then<00:33:13.190><c> appeared</c><00:33:13.430><c> the</c><00:33:13.670><c> tares</c><00:33:13.930><c> also.</c>

00:33:14.670 --> 00:33:15.930
So<00:33:14.809><c> the</c><00:33:15.009><c> servants</c><00:33:15.289><c> of</c><00:33:15.470><c> the</c><00:33:15.650><c> householder,</c>

00:33:15.930 --> 00:33:20.089
and<00:33:16.650><c> Brother</c><00:33:16.950><c> Robert</c><00:33:17.309><c> sees</c><00:33:17.589><c> the</c><00:33:17.789><c> servants</c><00:33:17.990><c> of</c><00:33:18.170><c> the</c><00:33:18.289><c> householder</c><00:33:18.650><c> as</c><00:33:18.789><c> the</c><00:33:18.950><c> disciples,</c>

00:33:20.150 --> 00:33:22.150
those<00:33:20.390><c> who</c><00:33:20.529><c> were</c><00:33:20.750><c> closest</c><00:33:21.029><c> to</c><00:33:21.269><c> the</c><00:33:21.390><c> Lord</c><00:33:21.490><c> Jesus</c><00:33:21.809><c> Christ.</c>

00:33:22.329 --> 00:33:26.769
They<00:33:22.470><c> look</c><00:33:22.670><c> around</c><00:33:22.990><c> and</c><00:33:24.029><c> they</c><00:33:24.250><c> say,</c><00:33:24.509><c> look,</c><00:33:24.549><c> there's</c><00:33:24.869><c> tares</c><00:33:25.130><c> in</c><00:33:25.369><c> there.</c>

00:33:27.970 --> 00:33:32.910
And<00:33:28.450><c> they</c><00:33:28.690><c> ask</c><00:33:28.890><c> if</c><00:33:29.829><c> the</c><00:33:30.089><c> Lord</c><00:33:30.450><c> will</c><00:33:31.170><c> allow</c><00:33:31.529><c> them</c><00:33:31.789><c> to</c><00:33:32.470><c> root</c><00:33:32.670><c> up</c>

00:33:32.910 --> 00:33:33.470
the<00:33:33.130><c> tares.</c>

00:33:33.650 --> 00:33:40.009
But<00:33:33.769><c> they</c><00:33:33.970><c> can't,</c><00:33:35.390><c> because</c><00:33:35.730><c> the</c><00:33:36.089><c> roots</c><00:33:36.309><c> of</c><00:33:36.509><c> the</c><00:33:36.710><c> tares</c><00:33:36.869><c> are</c><00:33:37.269><c> interconnected</c><00:33:38.190><c> with</c><00:33:39.470><c> the</c><00:33:39.670><c> roots</c><00:33:39.789><c> of</c>

00:33:40.009 --> 00:33:40.970
the<00:33:40.170><c> wheat.</c>

00:33:41.049 --> 00:33:44.630
And<00:33:41.190><c> if</c><00:33:41.250><c> you</c><00:33:41.450><c> pull</c><00:33:41.569><c> up</c><00:33:41.710><c> the</c><00:33:41.910><c> tares,</c><00:33:42.230><c> you'll</c><00:33:42.509><c> destroy</c><00:33:42.849><c> the</c><00:33:43.049><c> wheat</c><00:33:43.170><c> also</c><00:33:43.549><c> likewise.</c>

00:33:45.150 --> 00:33:48.710
When<00:33:45.710><c> did</c><00:33:46.269><c> the</c><00:33:46.589><c> separation</c><00:33:47.029><c> of</c><00:33:47.210><c> the</c><00:33:47.329><c> two</c><00:33:47.430><c> take</c><00:33:47.730><c> place?</c>

00:33:49.009 --> 00:33:53.410
Well,<00:33:49.730><c> it</c><00:33:49.730><c> says,</c><00:33:50.569><c> verse</c><00:33:50.769><c> 30,</c><00:33:51.950><c> let</c><00:33:52.250><c> both</c><00:33:52.529><c> grow</c><00:33:52.750><c> together</c><00:33:53.170><c> until</c>

00:33:53.410 --> 00:33:54.670
the<00:33:53.670><c> harvest.</c>

00:33:54.769 --> 00:33:58.190
And<00:33:54.890><c> in</c><00:33:55.049><c> the</c><00:33:55.230><c> time</c><00:33:55.430><c> of</c><00:33:55.690><c> harvest,</c><00:33:56.210><c> I</c><00:33:56.470><c> will</c><00:33:56.710><c> say</c><00:33:56.869><c> to</c><00:33:57.029><c> the</c><00:33:57.190><c> reapers,</c>

00:33:58.210 --> 00:34:02.750
gather<00:33:58.390><c> ye</c><00:33:58.529><c> together</c><00:33:58.849><c> first</c><00:33:59.130><c> the</c><00:33:59.410><c> tares,</c><00:34:00.490><c> gather</c><00:34:00.809><c> them</c><00:34:01.369><c> first,</c>

00:34:03.309 --> 00:34:07.869
bind<00:34:03.569><c> them</c><00:34:03.789><c> in</c><00:34:03.950><c> bundles</c><00:34:04.210><c> and</c><00:34:04.509><c> burn</c><00:34:04.930><c> them,</c><00:34:06.369><c> but</c><00:34:06.529><c> gather</c><00:34:06.789><c> the</c><00:34:06.970><c> wheat</c><00:34:07.069><c> into</c><00:34:07.329><c> my</c><00:34:07.630><c> barn.</c>

00:34:08.070 --> 00:34:12.030
So<00:34:08.269><c> there's</c><00:34:08.530><c> the</c><00:34:08.690><c> emphasis</c><00:34:09.010><c> on</c><00:34:09.469><c> the</c><00:34:09.750><c> tares</c><00:34:09.989><c> being</c><00:34:10.309><c> dealt</c><00:34:10.530><c> with</c><00:34:10.869><c> first.</c>

00:34:14.130 --> 00:34:16.730
This<00:34:14.329><c> is</c><00:34:14.590><c> prophecy,</c><00:34:15.309><c> brethren</c><00:34:15.489><c> and</c><00:34:15.730><c> sisters.</c>

00:34:17.469 --> 00:34:21.909
The<00:34:17.690><c> very</c><00:34:18.050><c> people</c><00:34:18.389><c> that</c><00:34:18.670><c> rejected</c><00:34:19.309><c> Jesus,</c><00:34:21.130><c> that</c><00:34:21.389><c> corrupted</c>

00:34:21.909 --> 00:34:23.489
His<00:34:22.269><c> teachings,</c>

00:34:23.650 --> 00:34:27.809
that<00:34:23.829><c> added</c><00:34:24.150><c> their</c><00:34:24.630><c> poisonous</c><00:34:25.329><c> doctrines</c><00:34:26.469><c> to</c><00:34:27.190><c> the</c><00:34:27.469><c> truth</c><00:34:27.610><c> in</c>

00:34:27.809 --> 00:34:28.949
the<00:34:27.989><c> minds</c><00:34:28.150><c> of</c><00:34:28.329><c> the</c><00:34:28.570><c> population</c>

00:34:28.949 --> 00:34:32.050
and<00:34:29.710><c> made</c><00:34:29.949><c> many</c><00:34:30.690><c> fall</c><00:34:30.989><c> away.</c>

00:34:32.530 --> 00:34:36.849
Those<00:34:32.789><c> people,</c><00:34:34.429><c> well,</c><00:34:34.730><c> their</c><00:34:34.849><c> city</c><00:34:35.070><c> was</c><00:34:35.389><c> burned,</c><00:34:36.650><c> was</c>

00:34:36.849 --> 00:34:38.369
destroyed<00:34:37.329><c> utterly.</c>

00:34:38.909 --> 00:34:41.590
Many<00:34:39.130><c> of</c><00:34:39.269><c> them</c><00:34:39.369><c> were</c><00:34:39.670><c> bound,</c><00:34:40.349><c> taken</c><00:34:40.650><c> into</c><00:34:40.989><c> captivity.</c>

00:34:41.590 --> 00:34:45.650
Many<00:34:42.469><c> of</c><00:34:42.670><c> them</c><00:34:43.030><c> were</c><00:34:43.349><c> burned</c><00:34:43.570><c> to</c><00:34:43.829><c> death,</c><00:34:44.170><c> many</c><00:34:44.230><c> of</c><00:34:44.329><c> them</c><00:34:44.690><c> starved</c><00:34:45.429><c> to</c>

00:34:45.650 --> 00:34:48.369
death,<00:34:47.170><c> bundled.</c>

00:34:48.550 --> 00:34:50.449
So<00:34:48.789><c> that</c><00:34:48.949><c> was</c><00:34:49.210><c> many,</c><00:34:49.510><c> many</c><00:34:49.750><c> people.</c>

00:34:50.889 --> 00:34:56.230
And<00:34:51.070><c> over</c><00:34:51.250><c> a</c><00:34:51.349><c> million</c><00:34:51.550><c> people</c><00:34:51.909><c> died</c><00:34:52.690><c> in</c><00:34:53.510><c> Jerusalem</c><00:34:54.210><c> in</c><00:34:54.829><c> AD</c><00:34:55.110><c> 70.</c>

00:34:56.670 --> 00:34:58.969
But<00:34:56.829><c> gather</c><00:34:57.110><c> the</c><00:34:57.269><c> wheat</c><00:34:57.389><c> into</c><00:34:57.610><c> my</c><00:34:57.949><c> barn.</c>

00:35:00.329 --> 00:35:05.030
And<00:35:00.409><c> Brother</c><00:35:00.590><c> Roberts</c><00:35:01.489><c> sees</c><00:35:02.230><c> here</c><00:35:03.590><c> first</c><00:35:04.409><c> the</c><00:35:04.550><c> destruction</c>

00:35:05.030 --> 00:35:06.429
of<00:35:05.269><c> Jerusalem,</c>

00:35:06.489 --> 00:35:09.369
and<00:35:06.829><c> then</c><00:35:07.090><c> many,</c><00:35:07.469><c> many</c><00:35:07.650><c> years</c><00:35:08.010><c> after,</c><00:35:08.449><c> in</c><00:35:08.610><c> our</c><00:35:08.909><c> time,</c>

00:35:09.369 --> 00:35:15.230
the<00:35:10.090><c> gathering</c><00:35:10.590><c> together</c><00:35:12.010><c> and</c><00:35:13.570><c> the</c><00:35:13.769><c> giving</c><00:35:13.869><c> of</c><00:35:14.170><c> life</c>

00:35:15.389 --> 00:35:19.190
to<00:35:15.929><c> those</c><00:35:16.210><c> who</c><00:35:16.409><c> are</c><00:35:16.469><c> the</c><00:35:16.670><c> redeemed</c><00:35:17.349><c> when</c><00:35:17.789><c> Christ</c><00:35:18.090><c> returns.</c>

00:35:20.670 --> 00:35:22.269
So<00:35:20.730><c> there</c><00:35:20.869><c> is</c><00:35:20.989><c> a</c><00:35:21.070><c> wonderful</c><00:35:21.449><c> prophecy</c><00:35:21.829><c> in</c><00:35:22.050><c> there,</c>

00:35:22.409 --> 00:35:26.030
a<00:35:22.650><c> devastating</c><00:35:23.190><c> prophecy</c><00:35:23.750><c> to</c><00:35:24.309><c> the</c><00:35:24.550><c> people</c><00:35:24.710><c> that</c><00:35:24.849><c> were</c><00:35:25.070><c> assembled,</c>

00:35:26.210 --> 00:35:28.070
if<00:35:26.530><c> any</c><00:35:26.750><c> of</c><00:35:26.869><c> them</c><00:35:27.010><c> understood.</c>

00:35:28.949 --> 00:35:35.510
But<00:35:29.150><c> for</c><00:35:29.349><c> us,</c><00:35:29.710><c> brothers</c><00:35:29.710><c> and</c><00:35:29.949><c> sisters,</c><00:35:30.150><c> there's</c><00:35:30.409><c> also</c><00:35:30.969><c> another</c><00:35:32.170><c> exhortational</c><00:35:33.329><c> aspect,</c><00:35:34.030><c> isn't</c><00:35:34.090><c> there?</c>

00:35:36.050 --> 00:35:43.929
In<00:35:36.690><c> our</c><00:35:36.949><c> community</c><00:35:37.429><c> today,</c><00:35:39.690><c> there</c><00:35:39.769><c> are</c><00:35:40.190><c> ideas</c><00:35:40.929><c> that</c><00:35:42.230><c> look</c><00:35:42.449><c> like</c><00:35:42.690><c> the</c><00:35:42.909><c> truth.</c>

00:35:44.889 --> 00:35:46.110
They're<00:35:45.250><c> Darnell.</c>

00:35:47.489 --> 00:35:49.250
We<00:35:47.849><c> have</c><00:35:48.110><c> the</c><00:35:48.409><c> truth.</c>

00:35:49.789 --> 00:35:52.690
We<00:35:50.030><c> are</c><00:35:50.349><c> struggling</c><00:35:50.650><c> to</c><00:35:50.909><c> hold</c><00:35:51.150><c> fast</c><00:35:51.510><c> to</c><00:35:51.690><c> the</c><00:35:51.889><c> truth.</c>

00:35:52.949 --> 00:35:55.409
We<00:35:53.070><c> can</c><00:35:53.230><c> make</c><00:35:53.389><c> a</c><00:35:53.510><c> much</c><00:35:53.789><c> better</c><00:35:54.110><c> effort</c><00:35:54.429><c> at</c><00:35:54.670><c> understanding</c><00:35:55.190><c> and</c>

00:35:55.409 --> 00:35:56.969
holding<00:35:55.590><c> on</c><00:35:55.769><c> to</c><00:35:55.889><c> the</c><00:35:56.070><c> truth.</c>

00:35:57.130 --> 00:36:02.769
But<00:35:57.349><c> there</c><00:35:57.530><c> are</c><00:35:57.650><c> many</c><00:35:58.090><c> brilliant</c><00:35:58.630><c> brethren</c><00:35:59.250><c> with</c><00:36:00.929><c> wonderful</c><00:36:01.530><c> minds</c>

00:36:03.150 --> 00:36:08.670
who<00:36:03.889><c> have</c><00:36:04.210><c> sewn</c><00:36:04.570><c> Darnell</c><00:36:05.650><c> in</c><00:36:07.190><c> with</c><00:36:07.449><c> the</c><00:36:07.650><c> truth.</c>

00:36:09.409 --> 00:36:12.530
They<00:36:10.150><c> look</c><00:36:10.309><c> at</c><00:36:10.489><c> our</c><00:36:10.750><c> doctrines,</c><00:36:11.369><c> and</c><00:36:11.449><c> they</c><00:36:11.730><c> believe</c><00:36:11.929><c> that</c><00:36:12.130><c> some</c><00:36:12.369><c> of</c>

00:36:12.530 --> 00:36:16.170
them<00:36:12.750><c> are</c><00:36:13.130><c> no</c><00:36:13.449><c> longer</c><00:36:14.309><c> first</c><00:36:14.809><c> principles,</c>

00:36:18.110 --> 00:36:23.730
things<00:36:18.469><c> that</c><00:36:18.670><c> are</c><00:36:18.869><c> as</c><00:36:19.409><c> vital</c><00:36:19.849><c> as</c><00:36:20.949><c> the</c><00:36:21.550><c> death</c><00:36:22.250><c> of</c><00:36:23.429><c> the</c><00:36:23.570><c> Lord</c>

00:36:23.730 --> 00:36:24.849
Jesus<00:36:24.150><c> Christ</c>

00:36:24.849 --> 00:36:29.090
and<00:36:25.730><c> what</c><00:36:25.909><c> it</c><00:36:26.150><c> accomplished,</c><00:36:27.530><c> what</c><00:36:27.829><c> it</c><00:36:28.090><c> meant,</c>

00:36:29.389 --> 00:36:32.429
what<00:36:29.909><c> it</c><00:36:30.090><c> did</c><00:36:30.349><c> for</c><00:36:30.769><c> us</c><00:36:31.130><c> and</c><00:36:31.289><c> for</c><00:36:31.489><c> Him,</c>

00:36:32.849 --> 00:36:35.690
what<00:36:32.989><c> God</c><00:36:33.230><c> did</c><00:36:33.489><c> through</c><00:36:33.750><c> Him,</c><00:36:34.269><c> what</c><00:36:34.409><c> God</c><00:36:34.650><c> will</c><00:36:34.909><c> do</c><00:36:35.110><c> through</c><00:36:35.329><c> Him.</c>

00:36:35.949 --> 00:36:38.769
They<00:36:36.289><c> look</c><00:36:36.469><c> at</c><00:36:36.630><c> those</c><00:36:36.869><c> things</c><00:36:37.110><c> and</c><00:36:37.250><c> they</c><00:36:37.429><c> say,</c><00:36:38.130><c> well,</c><00:36:38.610><c> these</c>

00:36:38.769 --> 00:36:40.409
are<00:36:38.949><c> not</c><00:36:39.130><c> first</c><00:36:39.369><c> principles.</c>

00:36:40.489 --> 00:36:42.650
This<00:36:40.650><c> is</c><00:36:40.869><c> not</c><00:36:41.050><c> a</c><00:36:41.190><c> first</c><00:36:41.369><c> principle</c><00:36:41.670><c> issue.</c>

00:36:44.289 --> 00:36:53.510
There's<00:36:44.550><c> a</c><00:36:44.769><c> corruption</c><00:36:45.210><c> that</c><00:36:45.730><c> is</c><00:36:46.250><c> happening</c><00:36:46.730><c> within</c><00:36:47.829><c> the</c><00:36:48.809><c> doctrinal</c><00:36:49.750><c> structure</c><00:36:50.690><c> of</c><00:36:52.030><c> Christadelfia.</c>

00:36:53.929 --> 00:36:55.269
That's<00:36:54.230><c> always</c><00:36:54.409><c> been</c><00:36:54.610><c> the</c><00:36:54.710><c> case.</c>

00:36:55.269 --> 00:36:59.929
There<00:36:55.929><c> have</c><00:36:56.190><c> always</c><00:36:56.610><c> been</c><00:36:57.030><c> those</c><00:36:57.570><c> who</c><00:36:58.110><c> corrupted</c><00:36:58.530><c> the</c><00:36:58.949><c> doctrines</c>

00:37:00.090 --> 00:37:05.809
based<00:37:00.650><c> on</c><00:37:00.849><c> their</c><00:37:01.070><c> personal</c><00:37:01.650><c> interest,</c><00:37:03.489><c> based</c><00:37:03.769><c> on</c><00:37:04.610><c> their</c><00:37:05.409><c> self</c>

00:37:05.809 --> 00:37:07.289
-will<00:37:06.670><c> desire</c>

00:37:07.289 --> 00:37:14.050
to<00:37:08.170><c> independently</c><00:37:09.110><c> speak</c><00:37:10.210><c> and</c><00:37:11.250><c> believe</c><00:37:11.650><c> whatever</c><00:37:12.050><c> they</c><00:37:12.329><c> wanted</c><00:37:12.570><c> to,</c>

00:37:14.309 --> 00:37:16.750
no<00:37:14.510><c> matter</c><00:37:14.730><c> what</c><00:37:14.889><c> it</c><00:37:15.050><c> did</c><00:37:15.170><c> to</c><00:37:15.329><c> the</c><00:37:15.469><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:37:19.670 --> 00:37:25.210
And<00:37:20.150><c> these</c><00:37:20.449><c> things</c><00:37:20.670><c> become</c><00:37:21.070><c> intertwined</c><00:37:23.250><c> with</c><00:37:23.829><c> our</c><00:37:24.070><c> doctrines,</c>

00:37:25.869 --> 00:37:28.190
and<00:37:25.989><c> there</c><00:37:26.170><c> are</c><00:37:26.369><c> all</c><00:37:26.510><c> kinds</c><00:37:26.710><c> of</c><00:37:27.110><c> problems</c><00:37:27.449><c> that</c><00:37:27.789><c> result</c><00:37:27.989><c> in</c>

00:37:28.190 --> 00:37:29.409
our<00:37:28.349><c> Ecclesias.</c>

00:37:30.309 --> 00:37:32.949
If<00:37:30.510><c> that</c><00:37:30.690><c> is</c><00:37:30.849><c> happening</c><00:37:31.130><c> in</c><00:37:31.309><c> your</c><00:37:31.530><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:37:32.070><c> and</c><00:37:32.170><c> it</c><00:37:32.309><c> is</c><00:37:32.510><c> happening</c><00:37:32.730><c> in</c>

00:37:32.949 --> 00:37:33.869
North<00:37:33.130><c> America,</c>

00:37:35.309 --> 00:37:40.210
and<00:37:35.489><c> your</c><00:37:35.730><c> heart</c><00:37:36.409><c> is</c><00:37:37.989><c> wounded</c><00:37:38.309><c> as</c><00:37:38.630><c> a</c><00:37:38.710><c> result,</c><00:37:39.630><c> and</c><00:37:39.849><c> you</c><00:37:39.969><c> feel</c>

00:37:40.210 --> 00:37:42.230
frightened<00:37:40.809><c> and</c><00:37:41.090><c> anxious,</c>

00:37:42.369 --> 00:37:45.530
and<00:37:42.969><c> the</c><00:37:43.130><c> brethren</c><00:37:43.710><c> seem</c><00:37:44.170><c> as</c><00:37:44.309><c> if</c><00:37:44.449><c> they</c><00:37:44.590><c> are</c><00:37:44.690><c> unable</c><00:37:44.949><c> to</c><00:37:45.269><c> deal</c>

00:37:45.530 --> 00:37:45.909
with<00:37:45.789><c> these,</c>

00:37:46.070 --> 00:37:49.969
to<00:37:46.309><c> stem</c><00:37:46.489><c> the</c><00:37:46.789><c> tide</c><00:37:47.050><c> of</c><00:37:48.050><c> the</c><00:37:48.389><c> tears</c><00:37:48.670><c> that</c><00:37:48.849><c> have</c><00:37:49.050><c> been</c><00:37:49.409><c> put</c><00:37:49.750><c> in</c>

00:37:49.969 --> 00:37:52.170
together<00:37:50.329><c> with</c><00:37:50.630><c> the</c><00:37:50.769><c> wheat</c><00:37:50.909><c> of</c><00:37:51.090><c> the</c><00:37:51.289><c> truth,</c>

00:37:52.769 --> 00:37:59.550
remember<00:37:53.230><c> the</c><00:37:53.510><c> Lord</c><00:37:53.969><c> Jesus</c><00:37:54.530><c> Christ</c><00:37:55.389><c> is</c><00:37:57.610><c> watching</c><00:37:57.909><c> all</c><00:37:58.210><c> these</c><00:37:58.429><c> things.</c>

00:38:00.710 --> 00:38:06.530
God<00:38:00.909><c> is</c><00:38:01.130><c> in</c><00:38:01.329><c> control</c><00:38:02.010><c> of</c><00:38:03.750><c> what</c><00:38:04.170><c> will</c><00:38:04.829><c> happen</c><00:38:05.429><c> in</c><00:38:06.150><c> the</c><00:38:06.309><c> end.</c>

00:38:06.710 --> 00:38:10.170
The<00:38:06.949><c> truth</c><00:38:07.210><c> will</c><00:38:07.989><c> always</c><00:38:08.869><c> prevail.</c>

00:38:11.530 --> 00:38:16.530
Our<00:38:12.090><c> task</c><00:38:12.650><c> as</c><00:38:13.409><c> simple</c><00:38:13.730><c> brethren</c><00:38:14.010><c> and</c><00:38:14.309><c> sisters</c><00:38:14.670><c> is</c><00:38:15.590><c> to</c><00:38:15.789><c> hold</c><00:38:16.050><c> fast</c><00:38:16.329><c> to</c>

00:38:16.530 --> 00:38:18.190
the<00:38:16.650><c> word</c><00:38:16.789><c> itself,</c>

00:38:18.690 --> 00:38:25.190
to<00:38:18.889><c> not</c><00:38:19.170><c> allow</c><00:38:19.570><c> ourselves</c><00:38:20.289><c> to</c><00:38:20.789><c> be</c><00:38:21.050><c> corrupted</c><00:38:21.789><c> by</c><00:38:22.429><c> the</c><00:38:22.769><c> corrupters</c><00:38:23.409><c> of</c><00:38:23.670><c> our</c><00:38:23.969><c> doctrines,</c>

00:38:25.429 --> 00:38:27.050
and<00:38:25.670><c> to</c><00:38:25.769><c> be</c><00:38:25.909><c> prepared</c><00:38:26.170><c> to</c><00:38:26.469><c> defend</c><00:38:26.809><c> them.</c>

00:38:27.090 --> 00:38:29.469
To<00:38:27.309><c> defend</c><00:38:27.449><c> them</c><00:38:27.570><c> we've</c><00:38:27.789><c> got</c><00:38:27.949><c> to</c><00:38:28.110><c> know</c><00:38:28.289><c> them,</c><00:38:28.510><c> brethren.</c>

00:38:29.710 --> 00:38:32.849
We've<00:38:30.010><c> got</c><00:38:30.130><c> to</c><00:38:30.389><c> understand</c><00:38:31.289><c> why</c><00:38:31.670><c> we</c><00:38:31.909><c> believe</c><00:38:32.070><c> what</c><00:38:32.250><c> we</c><00:38:32.530><c> believe.</c>

00:38:33.269 --> 00:38:35.369
We<00:38:33.510><c> must</c><00:38:33.730><c> know</c><00:38:33.969><c> our</c><00:38:34.210><c> statement</c><00:38:34.469><c> of</c><00:38:34.849><c> faith.</c>

00:38:35.369 --> 00:38:39.429
We<00:38:36.190><c> must</c><00:38:36.429><c> understand</c><00:38:37.150><c> the</c><00:38:37.550><c> principles</c><00:38:38.130><c> that</c><00:38:38.530><c> Brother</c><00:38:38.750><c> Roberts</c><00:38:39.030><c> had</c><00:38:39.250><c> in</c>

00:38:39.429 --> 00:38:40.030
the<00:38:39.690><c> guide</c>

00:38:40.030 --> 00:38:43.510
to<00:38:40.329><c> the</c><00:38:40.530><c> formation</c><00:38:40.929><c> and</c><00:38:41.329><c> conduct</c><00:38:41.750><c> of</c><00:38:42.090><c> Ecclesias.</c>

00:38:43.789 --> 00:38:46.190
We<00:38:44.010><c> can't</c><00:38:44.269><c> just</c><00:38:44.510><c> be</c><00:38:44.829><c> managers</c><00:38:45.210><c> of</c><00:38:45.409><c> our</c><00:38:45.630><c> Ecclesias.</c>

00:38:46.369 --> 00:38:51.789
We've<00:38:46.690><c> got</c><00:38:46.809><c> to</c><00:38:46.989><c> know</c><00:38:47.090><c> what</c><00:38:47.250><c> the</c><00:38:47.449><c> truth</c><00:38:47.590><c> is,</c><00:38:48.710><c> so</c><00:38:48.869><c> that</c><00:38:49.010><c> we</c><00:38:49.130><c> can</c><00:38:49.889><c> enliven,</c>

00:38:52.090 --> 00:38:54.570
bring<00:38:52.230><c> to</c><00:38:52.489><c> life</c><00:38:52.710><c> the</c><00:38:52.969><c> lives</c><00:38:53.289><c> of</c><00:38:53.630><c> our</c><00:38:53.809><c> brethren</c><00:38:54.010><c> and</c><00:38:54.289><c> sisters</c>

00:38:54.570 --> 00:38:56.650
with<00:38:55.090><c> the</c><00:38:55.590><c> truth,</c>

00:38:56.949 --> 00:39:00.750
teaching<00:38:57.389><c> them,</c><00:38:59.150><c> breaking</c><00:38:59.469><c> it</c><00:38:59.789><c> down</c><00:39:00.130><c> simply,</c>

00:39:00.750 --> 00:39:05.590
but<00:39:01.570><c> always</c><00:39:02.409><c> giving</c><00:39:02.849><c> them</c><00:39:03.190><c> what</c><00:39:03.530><c> the</c><00:39:03.869><c> truth</c><00:39:04.150><c> is.</c>

00:39:05.829 --> 00:39:10.650
It<00:39:06.070><c> is</c><00:39:06.269><c> the</c><00:39:06.409><c> only</c><00:39:06.670><c> way</c><00:39:06.889><c> that</c><00:39:07.070><c> we</c><00:39:07.190><c> can</c><00:39:07.630><c> counteract</c><00:39:08.369><c> the</c><00:39:08.769><c> influence</c><00:39:09.050><c> of</c><00:39:09.389><c> powerful,</c>

00:39:11.010 --> 00:39:15.449
brilliant<00:39:11.650><c> brethren</c><00:39:12.289><c> whose</c><00:39:13.510><c> desire</c><00:39:14.030><c> it</c><00:39:14.250><c> is</c><00:39:14.369><c> to</c><00:39:14.730><c> open</c><00:39:14.969><c> up</c><00:39:15.230><c> the</c>

00:39:15.449 --> 00:39:16.710
doors<00:39:15.730><c> and</c><00:39:15.929><c> the</c><00:39:16.250><c> borders</c>

00:39:16.710 --> 00:39:18.210
of<00:39:17.510><c> our</c><00:39:17.750><c> community.</c>

00:39:18.289 --> 00:39:19.949
It's<00:39:18.610><c> the</c><00:39:18.710><c> only</c><00:39:18.949><c> way.</c>

00:39:20.150 --> 00:39:23.889
It<00:39:20.349><c> is</c><00:39:20.550><c> on</c><00:39:20.789><c> our</c><00:39:21.150><c> shoulders</c><00:39:21.650><c> as</c><00:39:21.909><c> arranging</c><00:39:22.309><c> brethren</c><00:39:22.829><c> to</c><00:39:23.250><c> do</c><00:39:23.489><c> that.</c>

00:39:24.170 --> 00:39:26.449
Are<00:39:24.489><c> we</c><00:39:24.769><c> doing</c><00:39:25.010><c> the</c><00:39:25.269><c> work</c><00:39:25.409><c> that</c><00:39:25.570><c> needs</c><00:39:25.750><c> to</c><00:39:25.909><c> be</c><00:39:26.070><c> done?</c>

00:39:26.449 --> 00:39:29.769
Are<00:39:27.110><c> we</c><00:39:27.250><c> doing</c><00:39:27.349><c> the</c><00:39:27.710><c> study</c><00:39:27.929><c> that</c><00:39:28.030><c> is</c><00:39:28.289><c> required</c><00:39:28.630><c> of</c><00:39:28.789><c> us?</c>

00:39:31.070 --> 00:39:36.329
Or<00:39:31.349><c> are</c><00:39:31.590><c> bushels</c><00:39:31.969><c> and</c><00:39:32.349><c> beds</c><00:39:32.809><c> what</c><00:39:33.889><c> we</c><00:39:34.070><c> are</c><00:39:34.409><c> focusing</c><00:39:34.730><c> our</c><00:39:35.030><c> minds</c><00:39:35.289><c> on?</c>

00:39:37.389 --> 00:39:40.789
Another<00:39:37.949><c> parable</c><00:39:38.510><c> putteth</c><00:39:38.969><c> forth</c><00:39:39.210><c> unto</c><00:39:39.429><c> them,</c><00:39:39.710><c> saying,</c>

00:39:40.929 --> 00:39:45.289
The<00:39:41.269><c> kingdom</c><00:39:41.570><c> of</c><00:39:41.789><c> heaven</c><00:39:42.130><c> is</c><00:39:42.789><c> like</c><00:39:43.010><c> to</c><00:39:43.210><c> a</c><00:39:43.369><c> grain</c><00:39:43.510><c> of</c><00:39:43.909><c> mustard</c><00:39:44.349><c> seed,</c>

00:39:45.329 --> 00:39:47.570
which<00:39:45.530><c> a</c><00:39:45.690><c> man</c><00:39:45.869><c> took</c><00:39:46.050><c> and</c><00:39:46.329><c> sowed</c><00:39:46.510><c> in</c><00:39:46.610><c> his</c><00:39:46.849><c> field,</c><00:39:47.030><c> which</c><00:39:47.269><c> indeed</c>

00:39:47.570 --> 00:39:49.329
is<00:39:48.030><c> the</c><00:39:48.190><c> least</c><00:39:48.349><c> of</c><00:39:48.570><c> all</c><00:39:48.889><c> seed.</c>

00:39:49.789 --> 00:39:52.650
But<00:39:50.050><c> when</c><00:39:50.250><c> it</c><00:39:50.409><c> is</c><00:39:50.590><c> grown,</c><00:39:51.269><c> it</c><00:39:51.409><c> is</c><00:39:51.610><c> the</c><00:39:51.849><c> greatest</c><00:39:52.070><c> among</c><00:39:52.369><c> herbs,</c>

00:39:52.650 --> 00:39:57.269
and<00:39:53.530><c> becomeeth</c><00:39:53.989><c> a</c><00:39:54.190><c> tree,</c><00:39:55.489><c> so</c><00:39:55.590><c> that</c><00:39:55.710><c> the</c><00:39:55.909><c> birds</c><00:39:56.110><c> of</c><00:39:56.250><c> the</c><00:39:56.389><c> air</c><00:39:56.670><c> come</c>

00:39:57.269 --> 00:39:59.710
and<00:39:58.130><c> lodge</c><00:39:58.429><c> in</c><00:39:58.610><c> the</c><00:39:58.809><c> branches</c><00:39:59.090><c> thereof.</c>

00:40:00.150 --> 00:40:03.269
Now,<00:40:00.329><c> the</c><00:40:00.469><c> mustard</c><00:40:00.650><c> seed</c><00:40:00.829><c> is</c><00:40:01.050><c> not</c><00:40:01.329><c> the</c><00:40:01.510><c> smallest</c><00:40:01.849><c> of</c><00:40:02.050><c> all</c><00:40:02.289><c> seeds.</c>

00:40:03.409 --> 00:40:07.510
And<00:40:03.510><c> when</c><00:40:03.590><c> it's</c><00:40:03.829><c> grown,</c><00:40:05.289><c> it</c><00:40:05.409><c> isn't</c><00:40:05.730><c> the</c><00:40:05.929><c> biggest</c><00:40:06.150><c> of</c><00:40:06.349><c> all</c><00:40:06.550><c> trees,</c>

00:40:07.969 --> 00:40:13.070
but<00:40:08.230><c> it</c><00:40:08.570><c> is</c><00:40:08.949><c> the</c><00:40:09.309><c> smallest</c><00:40:09.730><c> of</c><00:40:10.050><c> all</c><00:40:10.849><c> cultivated</c><00:40:11.710><c> seeds,</c>

00:40:13.190 --> 00:40:15.630
the<00:40:13.369><c> seeds</c><00:40:13.510><c> that</c><00:40:13.670><c> they</c><00:40:13.869><c> cultivated</c><00:40:14.289><c> at</c><00:40:14.530><c> that</c><00:40:14.750><c> time,</c>

00:40:15.630 --> 00:40:21.530
and<00:40:15.909><c> it</c><00:40:16.190><c> did</c><00:40:16.349><c> grow</c><00:40:16.570><c> to</c><00:40:16.730><c> be</c><00:40:17.010><c> the</c><00:40:17.230><c> greatest</c><00:40:17.590><c> of</c><00:40:17.889><c> all</c><00:40:18.610><c> cultivated</c><00:40:20.110><c> plants.</c>

00:40:21.750 --> 00:40:25.469
Notice,<00:40:22.710><c> cultivated,</c><00:40:24.250><c> someone</c><00:40:24.469><c> is</c><00:40:24.630><c> looking</c><00:40:24.849><c> after</c><00:40:25.190><c> it.</c>

00:40:25.650 --> 00:40:28.170
It's<00:40:25.750><c> not</c><00:40:25.929><c> like</c><00:40:26.110><c> that</c><00:40:26.289><c> which</c><00:40:26.449><c> grows</c><00:40:26.809><c> wild.</c>

00:40:28.349 --> 00:40:32.050
It's<00:40:28.650><c> cultivated,</c><00:40:30.570><c> the</c><00:40:30.710><c> mustard</c><00:40:31.050><c> seed.</c>

00:40:32.349 --> 00:40:35.349
The<00:40:32.510><c> kingdom</c><00:40:32.769><c> of</c><00:40:33.070><c> heaven</c><00:40:33.289><c> is</c><00:40:33.550><c> like</c><00:40:33.690><c> a</c><00:40:34.030><c> mustard</c><00:40:34.349><c> seed.</c>

00:40:36.130 --> 00:40:37.630
What<00:40:36.289><c> does</c><00:40:36.449><c> that</c><00:40:36.650><c> mean?</c>

00:40:38.449 --> 00:40:41.150
Something<00:40:39.090><c> small,</c><00:40:39.969><c> tiny.</c>

00:40:42.030 --> 00:40:45.849
The<00:40:42.130><c> Gospel</c><00:40:42.730><c> message</c><00:40:43.469><c> was</c><00:40:44.130><c> originally</c><00:40:44.570><c> entrenched</c><00:40:45.030><c> in</c><00:40:45.409><c> promises.</c>

00:40:46.150 --> 00:40:48.469
It<00:40:46.250><c> was</c><00:40:46.409><c> given</c><00:40:46.610><c> to</c><00:40:46.769><c> an</c><00:40:46.909><c> old</c><00:40:47.090><c> man,</c>

00:40:48.650 --> 00:40:52.710
an<00:40:49.130><c> old</c><00:40:49.429><c> man</c><00:40:49.949><c> who</c><00:40:50.650><c> looked</c><00:40:50.809><c> as</c><00:40:51.010><c> if</c><00:40:51.090><c> he</c><00:40:51.150><c> was</c><00:40:51.309><c> at</c><00:40:51.469><c> the</c><00:40:51.650><c> end</c><00:40:52.050><c> of</c><00:40:52.289><c> everything</c><00:40:52.550><c> in</c>

00:40:52.710 --> 00:40:53.889
his<00:40:52.889><c> life,</c>

00:40:54.150 --> 00:40:56.429
who<00:40:54.309><c> couldn't</c><00:40:54.550><c> really,</c><00:40:55.050><c> from</c><00:40:55.250><c> the</c><00:40:55.550><c> world's</c><00:40:55.909><c> point</c><00:40:56.050><c> of</c><00:40:56.210><c> view,</c>

00:40:56.630 --> 00:40:58.150
produce<00:40:57.070><c> anything.</c>

00:40:58.530 --> 00:41:00.570
He<00:40:58.650><c> might</c><00:40:58.829><c> have</c><00:40:58.969><c> been</c><00:40:59.329><c> considered</c><00:40:59.690><c> by</c><00:40:59.909><c> the</c><00:41:00.070><c> world</c><00:41:00.190><c> around</c><00:41:00.449><c> him</c>

00:41:00.570 --> 00:41:03.110
to<00:41:00.750><c> be</c><00:41:01.050><c> an</c><00:41:01.269><c> insane</c><00:41:01.710><c> old</c><00:41:01.989><c> man.</c>

00:41:03.309 --> 00:41:05.710
Ur<00:41:03.550><c> of</c><00:41:03.710><c> the</c><00:41:03.889><c> Chaldees,</c><00:41:04.389><c> he</c><00:41:04.530><c> leaves</c><00:41:04.730><c> all</c><00:41:04.949><c> that</c><00:41:05.130><c> behind,</c>

00:41:05.989 --> 00:41:09.650
and<00:41:06.050><c> he</c><00:41:06.130><c> grows</c><00:41:06.329><c> old,</c><00:41:06.849><c> wandering</c><00:41:07.369><c> in</c><00:41:08.289><c> a</c><00:41:08.429><c> place</c><00:41:08.630><c> where</c><00:41:08.909><c> he</c><00:41:09.070><c> doesn't</c><00:41:09.250><c> even</c><00:41:09.510><c> know</c>

00:41:09.650 --> 00:41:11.849
where<00:41:09.750><c> he's</c><00:41:10.010><c> going</c><00:41:10.150><c> to</c><00:41:10.510><c> lay</c><00:41:10.710><c> his</c><00:41:10.969><c> head.</c>

00:41:12.250 --> 00:41:16.789
But<00:41:12.429><c> there</c><00:41:12.550><c> are</c><00:41:12.909><c> promises</c><00:41:13.309><c> to</c><00:41:13.670><c> come,</c><00:41:14.030><c> and</c><00:41:14.289><c> from</c><00:41:14.489><c> that,</c><00:41:15.349><c> old</c><00:41:15.650><c> man,</c>

00:41:17.389 --> 00:41:21.889
old,<00:41:19.110><c> weak</c><00:41:19.269><c> and</c><00:41:19.630><c> frail</c><00:41:19.849><c> in</c><00:41:19.989><c> the</c><00:41:20.130><c> eyes</c><00:41:20.250><c> of</c><00:41:20.429><c> this</c><00:41:20.650><c> world,</c>

00:41:23.010 --> 00:41:27.190
must<00:41:23.110><c> produce</c><00:41:23.409><c> the</c><00:41:23.610><c> Jewish</c><00:41:23.869><c> people,</c><00:41:24.570><c> and</c><00:41:24.670><c> through</c><00:41:24.889><c> them,</c><00:41:26.230><c> the</c><00:41:26.469><c> Redeemer,</c>

00:41:27.329 --> 00:41:31.610
and<00:41:27.429><c> through</c><00:41:27.750><c> him,</c><00:41:28.889><c> all</c><00:41:29.449><c> that</c><00:41:29.809><c> would</c><00:41:30.010><c> be</c><00:41:30.309><c> redeemed,</c>

00:41:31.849 --> 00:41:36.710
and<00:41:31.989><c> through</c><00:41:32.190><c> him,</c><00:41:32.630><c> after</c><00:41:33.329><c> the</c><00:41:34.130><c> end</c><00:41:34.789><c> of</c><00:41:35.090><c> the</c><00:41:35.269><c> period</c><00:41:35.469><c> of</c><00:41:35.630><c> the</c><00:41:35.789><c> kingdom,</c>

00:41:36.730 --> 00:41:41.030
all<00:41:37.090><c> that</c><00:41:37.250><c> will</c><00:41:37.409><c> be</c><00:41:37.610><c> redeemed,</c><00:41:38.170><c> all</c><00:41:38.469><c> that</c><00:41:38.610><c> will</c><00:41:38.949><c> fully</c><00:41:39.289><c> manifest</c><00:41:40.150><c> God</c>

00:41:41.030 --> 00:41:42.289
through<00:41:41.570><c> him.</c>

00:41:42.289 --> 00:41:45.809
Little<00:41:42.989><c> things</c><00:41:43.289><c> now,</c><00:41:44.550><c> for</c><00:41:44.630><c> the</c><00:41:44.769><c> world</c><00:41:44.909><c> around</c><00:41:45.289><c> us,</c><00:41:45.550><c> the</c><00:41:45.690><c> truth</c>

00:41:45.809 --> 00:41:47.630
is<00:41:46.010><c> such</c><00:41:46.130><c> a</c><00:41:46.309><c> little</c><00:41:46.530><c> thing.</c>

00:41:48.050 --> 00:41:50.469
What<00:41:48.230><c> God</c><00:41:48.449><c> offers</c><00:41:48.750><c> is</c><00:41:48.949><c> a</c><00:41:49.110><c> little</c><00:41:49.329><c> thing,</c>

00:41:50.789 --> 00:41:54.909
and<00:41:50.949><c> everything</c><00:41:51.269><c> that</c><00:41:51.429><c> they</c><00:41:51.670><c> have</c><00:41:51.969><c> and</c><00:41:52.190><c> do</c><00:41:52.469><c> and</c><00:41:52.710><c> want</c><00:41:53.010><c> and</c><00:41:53.250><c> live</c><00:41:53.510><c> is</c><00:41:53.869><c> everything.</c>

00:41:56.489 --> 00:42:01.409
And<00:41:56.849><c> yet,</c><00:41:57.630><c> that</c><00:41:57.769><c> little</c><00:41:58.389><c> truth,</c><00:41:59.010><c> the</c><00:41:59.170><c> little</c><00:41:59.329><c> Gospel,</c><00:42:00.730><c> the</c><00:42:00.909><c> good</c><00:42:01.070><c> news</c><00:42:01.230><c> of</c>

00:42:01.409 --> 00:42:02.550
the<00:42:01.570><c> kingdom,</c>

00:42:02.750 --> 00:42:06.070
what<00:42:02.969><c> God</c><00:42:03.170><c> is</c><00:42:03.389><c> going</c><00:42:03.530><c> to</c><00:42:03.750><c> do,</c><00:42:05.010><c> will</c><00:42:05.110><c> fill</c><00:42:05.269><c> the</c><00:42:05.429><c> whole</c><00:42:05.630><c> earth</c>

00:42:06.070 --> 00:42:09.690
and<00:42:06.730><c> replace</c><00:42:07.190><c> everything</c><00:42:07.929><c> that</c><00:42:08.190><c> they</c><00:42:08.369><c> do</c><00:42:08.530><c> in</c><00:42:08.670><c> their</c><00:42:08.869><c> life</c><00:42:09.250><c> today.</c>

00:42:09.690 --> 00:42:15.230
The<00:42:10.849><c> little</c><00:42:11.210><c> stone</c><00:42:11.489><c> that</c><00:42:11.630><c> was</c><00:42:11.869><c> cut</c><00:42:12.010><c> out</c><00:42:12.190><c> without</c><00:42:12.510><c> hands</c><00:42:13.230><c> destroyed</c><00:42:14.369><c> that</c>

00:42:15.230 --> 00:42:17.130
huge<00:42:15.769><c> image,</c>

00:42:17.409 --> 00:42:23.269
crushed<00:42:17.769><c> it</c><00:42:17.989><c> up,</c><00:42:20.030><c> and</c><00:42:20.250><c> filled</c><00:42:20.429><c> the</c><00:42:20.650><c> earth,</c><00:42:21.789><c> became</c><00:42:22.030><c> a</c><00:42:22.230><c> mountain.</c>

00:42:24.389 --> 00:42:29.789
And<00:42:24.570><c> in</c><00:42:24.670><c> your</c><00:42:24.769><c> little</c><00:42:25.090><c> life,</c><00:42:27.530><c> we</c><00:42:27.630><c> all</c><00:42:28.130><c> feel</c><00:42:28.570><c> deep</c><00:42:28.989><c> down</c><00:42:29.210><c> inside</c>

00:42:29.789 --> 00:42:31.150
a<00:42:30.269><c> yearning</c>

00:42:31.150 --> 00:42:37.530
for<00:42:31.789><c> the</c><00:42:32.050><c> increase</c><00:42:32.949><c> of</c><00:42:34.150><c> faith,</c><00:42:35.429><c> of</c><00:42:35.530><c> the</c><00:42:35.829><c> Gospel</c><00:42:36.150><c> in</c><00:42:36.409><c> our</c><00:42:36.610><c> lives,</c>

00:42:37.889 --> 00:42:42.030
of<00:42:38.389><c> what</c><00:42:38.570><c> is</c><00:42:38.809><c> most</c><00:42:39.190><c> important</c><00:42:39.869><c> to</c><00:42:40.110><c> God</c><00:42:40.429><c> in</c><00:42:40.909><c> our</c><00:42:41.230><c> individual</c><00:42:41.750><c> lives.</c>

00:42:42.269 --> 00:42:44.690
We<00:42:42.429><c> all</c><00:42:42.690><c> feel</c><00:42:42.989><c> that</c><00:42:43.250><c> need,</c><00:42:43.750><c> that's</c><00:42:43.929><c> why</c><00:42:44.070><c> we're</c><00:42:44.510><c> here.</c>

00:42:45.170 --> 00:42:47.690
You<00:42:45.289><c> don't</c><00:42:45.389><c> go</c><00:42:45.590><c> to</c><00:42:45.730><c> Bible</c><00:42:45.969><c> school</c><00:42:46.269><c> unless</c><00:42:46.550><c> you</c><00:42:46.789><c> have</c><00:42:46.989><c> a</c><00:42:47.269><c> need</c>

00:42:47.690 --> 00:42:51.769
to<00:42:48.369><c> have</c><00:42:48.769><c> what</c><00:42:49.170><c> is</c><00:42:49.449><c> inside</c><00:42:49.730><c> of</c><00:42:49.889><c> you</c><00:42:50.150><c> filled</c><00:42:50.469><c> and</c><00:42:50.789><c> strengthened.</c>

00:42:51.909 --> 00:42:54.110
And<00:42:52.170><c> we</c><00:42:52.269><c> all</c><00:42:52.469><c> have</c><00:42:52.610><c> that</c><00:42:53.010><c> little</c><00:42:53.389><c> vacuum</c><00:42:53.789><c> inside.</c>

00:42:54.170 --> 00:42:56.309
We<00:42:54.289><c> want</c><00:42:54.489><c> it</c><00:42:54.670><c> filled</c><00:42:54.789><c> up</c><00:42:54.949><c> more</c><00:42:55.170><c> and</c><00:42:55.349><c> more.</c><00:42:55.789><c> We</c><00:42:55.869><c> want</c><00:42:56.030><c> the</c><00:42:56.190><c> Word</c>

00:42:56.309 --> 00:42:57.510
of<00:42:56.550><c> God.</c>

00:42:57.949 --> 00:43:00.949
We<00:42:58.210><c> have</c><00:42:58.389><c> to</c><00:42:58.650><c> fill</c><00:42:58.789><c> ourselves</c><00:42:59.349><c> with</c><00:42:59.489><c> the</c><00:42:59.650><c> Word</c><00:42:59.789><c> of</c><00:42:59.969><c> God.</c>

00:43:01.070 --> 00:43:03.789
Brother<00:43:01.230><c> Colin</c><00:43:01.489><c> pointed</c><00:43:01.769><c> out,</c><00:43:02.429><c> if</c><00:43:02.510><c> you</c><00:43:02.690><c> took</c><00:43:02.849><c> away</c><00:43:03.070><c> the</c><00:43:03.449><c> flesh</c>

00:43:03.789 --> 00:43:04.849
of<00:43:03.949><c> the</c><00:43:04.090><c> Lord</c><00:43:04.230><c> Jesus</c><00:43:04.570><c> Christ,</c>

00:43:04.849 --> 00:43:09.530
all<00:43:05.289><c> that</c><00:43:05.489><c> was</c><00:43:05.710><c> left</c><00:43:05.829><c> was</c><00:43:06.110><c> what?</c><00:43:07.929><c> The</c><00:43:08.070><c> Word</c><00:43:08.269><c> of</c><00:43:08.409><c> God.</c>

00:43:10.590 --> 00:43:12.849
And<00:43:10.929><c> that's</c><00:43:11.110><c> what</c><00:43:11.210><c> we're</c><00:43:11.369><c> struggling</c><00:43:11.670><c> to</c><00:43:11.949><c> do.</c>

00:43:13.150 --> 00:43:17.090
And<00:43:13.409><c> when</c><00:43:13.530><c> we</c><00:43:13.690><c> look</c><00:43:13.849><c> at</c><00:43:14.010><c> how</c><00:43:14.489><c> little</c><00:43:15.269><c> our</c><00:43:15.769><c> faith</c><00:43:15.989><c> is,</c>

00:43:17.309 --> 00:43:21.269
how<00:43:17.570><c> little</c><00:43:17.929><c> our</c><00:43:18.469><c> apprehension,</c><00:43:19.130><c> our</c><00:43:19.269><c> understanding,</c><00:43:20.409><c> our</c><00:43:20.570><c> comprehension</c>

00:43:21.269 --> 00:43:24.190
of<00:43:21.710><c> God's</c><00:43:22.190><c> ways</c><00:43:22.730><c> and</c><00:43:22.889><c> what</c><00:43:23.090><c> God</c><00:43:23.289><c> is</c><00:43:23.489><c> going</c><00:43:23.650><c> to</c><00:43:23.869><c> do,</c>

00:43:24.389 --> 00:43:29.710
how<00:43:24.849><c> little,</c><00:43:25.789><c> how</c><00:43:26.650><c> little</c><00:43:27.050><c> of</c><00:43:27.230><c> Christ's</c><00:43:27.849><c> character</c><00:43:28.170><c> is</c><00:43:28.489><c> in</c><00:43:28.510><c> us.</c>

00:43:31.550 --> 00:43:33.429
Let's<00:43:31.809><c> not</c><00:43:32.050><c> be</c><00:43:32.269><c> cast</c><00:43:32.570><c> down.</c>

00:43:34.030 --> 00:43:38.590
Let's<00:43:34.789><c> remember</c><00:43:35.110><c> that</c><00:43:35.429><c> through</c><00:43:36.269><c> the</c><00:43:36.630><c> Word</c><00:43:37.010><c> of</c><00:43:37.389><c> God,</c><00:43:38.289><c> the</c>

00:43:38.590 --> 00:43:40.070
Spirit<00:43:39.110><c> worked.</c>

00:43:40.550 --> 00:43:45.550
It<00:43:40.650><c> is</c><00:43:40.929><c> possible</c><00:43:41.389><c> for</c><00:43:41.570><c> us</c><00:43:42.269><c> by</c><00:43:43.110><c> reading</c><00:43:43.610><c> it</c><00:43:44.030><c> and</c><00:43:44.409><c> meditating</c><00:43:44.969><c> on</c><00:43:45.230><c> it</c>

00:43:45.550 --> 00:43:50.929
and<00:43:45.929><c> acting</c><00:43:46.369><c> upon</c><00:43:46.769><c> it</c><00:43:47.269><c> and</c><00:43:47.650><c> living</c><00:43:47.969><c> it</c><00:43:48.289><c> out</c><00:43:48.650><c> more</c><00:43:49.730><c> and</c><00:43:49.989><c> more</c><00:43:50.130><c> to</c><00:43:50.389><c> grow</c>

00:43:50.929 --> 00:43:54.289
so<00:43:51.269><c> that</c><00:43:51.550><c> the</c><00:43:51.670><c> little</c><00:43:51.909><c> mustard</c><00:43:52.329><c> face,</c><00:43:53.469><c> mustard</c><00:43:53.750><c> seed</c><00:43:54.090><c> that</c>

00:43:54.289 --> 00:43:55.670
you<00:43:54.409><c> may</c><00:43:54.570><c> have</c><00:43:54.909><c> now</c>

00:43:55.670 --> 00:43:59.789
will<00:43:56.530><c> grow</c><00:43:56.710><c> to</c><00:43:56.949><c> be</c><00:43:57.769><c> something</c><00:43:58.110><c> huge</c><00:43:58.570><c> and</c><00:43:58.809><c> mighty.</c>

00:44:01.570 --> 00:44:04.230
Wonderful<00:44:02.130><c> little</c><00:44:02.449><c> parable,</c><00:44:02.769><c> brothers</c><00:44:03.030><c> and</c><00:44:03.250><c> sisters.</c>

00:44:04.650 --> 00:44:07.289
When<00:44:04.809><c> the</c><00:44:04.949><c> Lord</c><00:44:05.090><c> Jesus</c><00:44:05.429><c> Christ</c><00:44:05.650><c> returns</c><00:44:05.969><c> to</c><00:44:06.190><c> the</c><00:44:06.369><c> earth,</c>

00:44:07.449 --> 00:44:10.750
from<00:44:07.590><c> a</c><00:44:07.789><c> political,</c><00:44:08.469><c> governmental,</c><00:44:09.510><c> world</c><00:44:09.710><c> news</c><00:44:10.010><c> point</c><00:44:10.309><c> of</c><00:44:10.449><c> view,</c>

00:44:11.170 --> 00:44:12.710
it'll<00:44:11.369><c> be</c><00:44:11.489><c> a</c><00:44:11.590><c> little</c><00:44:11.730><c> thing.</c>

00:44:13.329 --> 00:44:16.409
And<00:44:13.570><c> yet</c><00:44:13.710><c> from</c><00:44:14.010><c> that</c><00:44:14.349><c> little</c><00:44:14.670><c> return,</c><00:44:15.510><c> when</c><00:44:15.610><c> he</c><00:44:15.849><c> steals</c><00:44:16.150><c> into</c>

00:44:16.409 --> 00:44:18.429
the<00:44:16.650><c> earth</c><00:44:16.829><c> like</c><00:44:17.050><c> a</c><00:44:17.329><c> thief,</c>

00:44:19.090 --> 00:44:22.110
the<00:44:19.210><c> redeemed</c><00:44:19.730><c> come</c><00:44:20.050><c> with</c><00:44:20.309><c> him</c><00:44:20.550><c> as</c><00:44:20.949><c> armies,</c>

00:44:22.349 --> 00:44:24.949
and<00:44:22.469><c> he</c><00:44:22.690><c> fights</c><00:44:22.909><c> against</c><00:44:23.230><c> the</c><00:44:23.429><c> Gogian</c><00:44:23.750><c> forces.</c>

00:44:25.269 --> 00:44:28.869
He<00:44:25.489><c> fights</c><00:44:25.809><c> against</c><00:44:26.389><c> all</c><00:44:26.869><c> of</c><00:44:27.050><c> those</c><00:44:27.389><c> who</c><00:44:27.630><c> are</c><00:44:27.769><c> fighting</c><00:44:28.050><c> against</c><00:44:28.409><c> his</c><00:44:28.590><c> people</c>

00:44:28.869 --> 00:44:31.030
and<00:44:29.110><c> then</c><00:44:29.289><c> those</c><00:44:29.510><c> that</c><00:44:29.769><c> come</c><00:44:29.929><c> up</c><00:44:30.150><c> against</c><00:44:30.449><c> him</c>

00:44:31.030 --> 00:44:34.650
under<00:44:31.269><c> the</c><00:44:31.809><c> horribly</c><00:44:32.349><c> unholy</c><00:44:32.929><c> alliance</c><00:44:33.369><c> that</c><00:44:33.530><c> will</c><00:44:33.750><c> come.</c>

00:44:35.010 --> 00:44:37.269
And<00:44:35.150><c> when</c><00:44:35.269><c> all</c><00:44:35.530><c> of</c><00:44:35.670><c> these</c><00:44:35.809><c> forces</c><00:44:36.110><c> are</c><00:44:36.429><c> destroyed,</c>

00:44:37.769 --> 00:44:41.329
the<00:44:37.929><c> iniquity</c><00:44:38.289><c> of</c><00:44:39.010><c> the</c><00:44:39.110><c> nations</c><00:44:39.389><c> is</c><00:44:39.909><c> brought</c><00:44:40.250><c> under</c><00:44:40.630><c> his</c><00:44:40.929><c> power,</c>

00:44:41.829 --> 00:44:45.429
then<00:44:42.010><c> that</c><00:44:42.369><c> which</c><00:44:42.489><c> was</c><00:44:42.710><c> a</c><00:44:42.849><c> little</c><00:44:43.070><c> thing</c><00:44:43.590><c> will</c><00:44:44.030><c> be</c><00:44:44.289><c> everything.</c>

00:44:46.409 --> 00:44:51.989
And<00:44:46.610><c> then,</c><00:44:48.150><c> then</c><00:44:48.570><c> we</c><00:44:49.750><c> who</c><00:44:50.090><c> felt</c><00:44:50.230><c> ourselves</c><00:44:50.650><c> to</c><00:44:50.789><c> be</c><00:44:50.969><c> nothing,</c>

00:44:53.730 --> 00:44:57.449
then<00:44:53.929><c> we</c><00:44:54.170><c> shall</c><00:44:54.269><c> be</c><00:44:54.909><c> rulers,</c><00:44:55.809><c> kings</c><00:44:56.110><c> and</c><00:44:56.309><c> priests</c><00:44:56.670><c> with</c><00:44:56.909><c> him.</c>

00:44:57.929 --> 00:44:59.730
Wonderful<00:44:58.409><c> thing</c><00:44:58.610><c> to</c><00:44:58.690><c> look</c><00:44:58.929><c> forward</c><00:44:59.230><c> to.</c>

00:45:00.090 --> 00:45:02.889
What<00:45:00.250><c> we</c><00:45:00.449><c> are</c><00:45:00.570><c> looking</c><00:45:00.789><c> forward</c><00:45:01.309><c> to</c><00:45:01.750><c> is</c><00:45:02.090><c> what</c><00:45:02.269><c> we</c><00:45:02.469><c> ought</c><00:45:02.570><c> to</c><00:45:02.690><c> be</c>

00:45:02.889 --> 00:45:04.650
preparing<00:45:03.170><c> for</c><00:45:03.409><c> in</c><00:45:03.590><c> our</c><00:45:03.750><c> lives</c><00:45:03.949><c> today,</c>

00:45:05.150 --> 00:45:06.730
brethren<00:45:05.409><c> and</c><00:45:05.750><c> sisters.</c>

00:45:07.849 --> 00:45:12.809
Well,<00:45:08.329><c> then,</c><00:45:10.909><c> what</c><00:45:11.070><c> is</c><00:45:11.349><c> grown,</c><00:45:11.690><c> the</c><00:45:11.849><c> greatest</c><00:45:12.070><c> among</c><00:45:12.349><c> herbs,</c>

00:45:13.150 --> 00:45:15.889
becomeeth<00:45:13.389><c> a</c><00:45:13.590><c> tree</c><00:45:13.949><c> so</c><00:45:14.329><c> that</c><00:45:14.510><c> the</c><00:45:14.730><c> birds</c><00:45:14.949><c> of</c><00:45:15.110><c> the</c><00:45:15.250><c> air</c><00:45:15.369><c> come</c>

00:45:15.889 --> 00:45:18.150
and<00:45:16.369><c> lodge</c><00:45:16.550><c> in</c><00:45:16.690><c> the</c><00:45:16.849><c> branches</c><00:45:17.130><c> thereof.</c>

00:45:18.250 --> 00:45:20.730
And<00:45:18.469><c> that</c><00:45:18.630><c> doubtless</c><00:45:18.949><c> will</c><00:45:19.090><c> remind</c><00:45:19.369><c> you</c><00:45:19.510><c> of</c><00:45:19.590><c> Daniel</c><00:45:19.909><c> 4</c>

00:45:20.730 --> 00:45:22.869
and<00:45:21.050><c> the</c><00:45:21.210><c> image</c><00:45:21.329><c> of</c><00:45:21.610><c> Babylon</c><00:45:21.889><c> like</c><00:45:22.170><c> a</c><00:45:22.409><c> tree</c>

00:45:22.869 --> 00:45:28.050
with<00:45:23.289><c> all</c><00:45:23.570><c> of</c><00:45:23.789><c> the</c><00:45:24.230><c> birds</c><00:45:24.670><c> and</c><00:45:25.389><c> beasts</c><00:45:26.110><c> nesting</c><00:45:26.949><c> in</c><00:45:27.650><c> around</c>

00:45:28.050 --> 00:45:29.329
under<00:45:28.329><c> it.</c>

00:45:29.889 --> 00:45:35.789
So<00:45:30.090><c> there,</c><00:45:30.670><c> brethren</c><00:45:30.849><c> and</c><00:45:31.090><c> sisters,</c><00:45:32.650><c> that</c><00:45:33.010><c> was</c><00:45:33.949><c> the</c><00:45:34.489><c> sad</c><00:45:34.869><c> caricature.</c>

00:45:36.210 --> 00:45:38.250
That<00:45:36.309><c> was</c><00:45:36.570><c> man's</c><00:45:37.269><c> version.</c>

00:45:38.349 --> 00:45:42.449
This<00:45:38.570><c> is</c><00:45:39.090><c> God's</c><00:45:39.489><c> version,</c><00:45:40.650><c> God's</c><00:45:41.469><c> kingdom,</c>

00:45:42.610 --> 00:45:46.090
which<00:45:42.730><c> is</c><00:45:42.949><c> cultivated</c><00:45:43.530><c> like</c><00:45:44.070><c> the</c><00:45:44.309><c> mustard</c><00:45:44.530><c> seed</c><00:45:44.769><c> was</c><00:45:44.969><c> cultivated.</c>

00:45:46.250 --> 00:45:49.769
It's<00:45:46.349><c> not</c><00:45:46.590><c> wild,</c><00:45:47.510><c> doesn't</c><00:45:47.730><c> grow</c><00:45:47.909><c> by</c><00:45:48.289><c> human</c><00:45:48.630><c> fleshly</c><00:45:49.269><c> instinct.</c>

00:45:49.769 --> 00:45:53.030
It's<00:45:50.650><c> something</c><00:45:50.909><c> that</c><00:45:51.110><c> grows</c><00:45:51.329><c> up,</c><00:45:51.909><c> cultivated</c><00:45:52.389><c> by</c><00:45:52.710><c> God,</c>

00:45:53.469 --> 00:45:56.070
will<00:45:53.630><c> fill</c><00:45:53.769><c> the</c><00:45:54.010><c> earth</c><00:45:54.309><c> and</c><00:45:54.889><c> then</c><00:45:55.050><c> there</c><00:45:55.170><c> will</c><00:45:55.389><c> be</c><00:45:55.690><c> shelter</c>

00:45:56.070 --> 00:45:58.010
for<00:45:56.329><c> the</c><00:45:56.489><c> nations</c><00:45:56.750><c> under</c><00:45:56.989><c> it.</c>

00:45:58.050 --> 00:46:03.250
Then<00:45:58.269><c> there</c><00:45:58.389><c> will</c><00:45:58.590><c> be</c><00:45:58.769><c> shelter</c><00:45:59.289><c> for</c><00:45:59.889><c> those</c><00:46:00.409><c> who</c><00:46:00.929><c> are</c><00:46:01.250><c> poor</c><00:46:01.570><c> and</c><00:46:02.130><c> starving,</c>

00:46:03.610 --> 00:46:05.309
who<00:46:03.750><c> have</c><00:46:03.809><c> been</c><00:46:04.030><c> abused,</c>

00:46:05.329 --> 00:46:07.949
who<00:46:05.510><c> throughout</c><00:46:05.829><c> the</c><00:46:06.110><c> earth</c><00:46:06.349><c> have</c><00:46:06.730><c> been</c><00:46:06.929><c> taken</c><00:46:07.190><c> advantage</c><00:46:07.670><c> of</c>

00:46:07.949 --> 00:46:13.250
by<00:46:08.289><c> those</c><00:46:08.730><c> who</c><00:46:08.949><c> have</c><00:46:09.210><c> wielded</c><00:46:10.570><c> selfish,</c><00:46:11.730><c> greedy,</c><00:46:12.769><c> corrupt</c>

00:46:13.250 --> 00:46:14.489
authority<00:46:13.829><c> over</c><00:46:14.110><c> them.</c>

00:46:14.489 --> 00:46:20.969
That<00:46:15.389><c> kingdom</c><00:46:15.889><c> will</c><00:46:16.530><c> replace</c><00:46:16.949><c> the</c><00:46:17.389><c> sad</c><00:46:17.710><c> caricature</c><00:46:18.489><c> of</c><00:46:19.010><c> man's</c><00:46:19.969><c> kingdom.</c>

00:46:21.090 --> 00:46:22.949
And<00:46:21.170><c> so</c><00:46:21.289><c> he</c><00:46:21.389><c> continues,</c><00:46:21.849><c> brethren,</c><00:46:22.469><c> and</c><00:46:22.570><c> he</c><00:46:22.690><c> says,</c>

00:46:23.210 --> 00:46:25.610
the<00:46:23.210><c> kingdom</c><00:46:23.550><c> of</c><00:46:23.730><c> heaven</c><00:46:23.889><c> is</c><00:46:24.110><c> like</c><00:46:24.269><c> unto</c><00:46:24.650><c> leaven,</c>

00:46:25.849 --> 00:46:29.809
which<00:46:25.989><c> a</c><00:46:26.210><c> woman</c><00:46:26.429><c> took</c><00:46:26.789><c> and</c><00:46:27.110><c> hid</c><00:46:27.210><c> in</c><00:46:27.489><c> three</c><00:46:28.250><c> measures</c><00:46:28.809><c> of</c><00:46:29.389><c> meal,</c>

00:46:30.210 --> 00:46:32.230
till<00:46:30.289><c> the</c><00:46:30.550><c> whole</c><00:46:30.690><c> was</c><00:46:31.070><c> leavened.</c>

00:46:32.750 --> 00:46:34.570
Well,<00:46:32.929><c> is</c><00:46:33.090><c> leaven</c><00:46:33.230><c> a</c><00:46:33.409><c> bad</c><00:46:33.670><c> thing?</c>

00:46:34.809 --> 00:46:36.969
Not<00:46:35.030><c> in</c><00:46:35.250><c> this</c><00:46:35.409><c> instance,</c><00:46:35.909><c> though</c><00:46:36.050><c> it's</c><00:46:36.250><c> used</c><00:46:36.449><c> that</c><00:46:36.710><c> way</c><00:46:36.829><c> in</c>

00:46:36.969 --> 00:46:38.170
other<00:46:37.150><c> places,</c>

00:46:38.269 --> 00:46:40.469
because<00:46:38.510><c> it's</c><00:46:38.789><c> unlikely</c><00:46:39.050><c> that</c><00:46:39.250><c> a</c><00:46:39.349><c> woman</c><00:46:39.489><c> would</c><00:46:39.769><c> poison</c><00:46:40.230><c> her</c>

00:46:40.469 --> 00:46:43.269
family<00:46:41.150><c> by</c><00:46:41.889><c> making</c><00:46:42.170><c> bread.</c>

00:46:43.789 --> 00:46:47.389
So<00:46:44.349><c> she</c><00:46:44.590><c> is</c><00:46:44.769><c> making</c><00:46:45.150><c> something</c><00:46:45.730><c> that's</c><00:46:46.269><c> good.</c>

00:46:48.449 --> 00:46:52.789
The<00:46:48.590><c> kingdom</c><00:46:48.829><c> of</c><00:46:49.030><c> heaven,</c><00:46:50.570><c> that</c><00:46:50.849><c> little</c><00:46:51.349><c> thing</c><00:46:51.730><c> that</c><00:46:51.909><c> is</c><00:46:52.130><c> inserted</c><00:46:52.510><c> into</c>

00:46:52.789 --> 00:46:53.909
the<00:46:53.070><c> flour,</c>

00:46:55.710 --> 00:46:57.349
that<00:46:55.889><c> leavens</c><00:46:56.170><c> the</c><00:46:56.250><c> whole</c><00:46:56.409><c> lump.</c>

00:46:57.469 --> 00:47:01.809
Now<00:46:57.789><c> three</c><00:46:58.309><c> measures,</c><00:46:59.769><c> three</c><00:47:00.389><c> measures.</c>

00:47:02.530 --> 00:47:05.190
Brethren<00:47:02.789><c> and</c><00:47:02.969><c> sisters,</c><00:47:03.190><c> we're</c><00:47:03.329><c> going</c><00:47:03.429><c> to</c><00:47:03.530><c> end</c><00:47:03.730><c> our</c><00:47:03.929><c> class</c><00:47:04.170><c> now,</c>

00:47:05.630 --> 00:47:08.449
but<00:47:05.849><c> tomorrow</c><00:47:06.130><c> morning</c><00:47:06.449><c> we'll</c><00:47:06.849><c> pick</c><00:47:07.110><c> this</c><00:47:07.349><c> up</c><00:47:07.550><c> again.</c>

00:47:08.650 --> 00:47:11.530
Please<00:47:09.010><c> think</c><00:47:09.269><c> about</c><00:47:09.469><c> what</c><00:47:09.650><c> the</c><00:47:09.849><c> three</c><00:47:10.010><c> measures</c><00:47:10.309><c> are</c><00:47:10.449><c> all</c><00:47:10.650><c> about.</c>

00:47:11.909 --> 00:47:18.010
There<00:47:12.269><c> are</c><00:47:12.690><c> three</c><00:47:13.190><c> places</c><00:47:13.989><c> in</c><00:47:14.710><c> Scripture</c><00:47:15.190><c> where</c><00:47:16.130><c> this</c><00:47:16.769><c> measurement</c><00:47:17.190><c> is</c><00:47:17.510><c> used,</c>

00:47:18.449 --> 00:47:22.630
and<00:47:18.690><c> there</c><00:47:18.889><c> are</c><00:47:19.090><c> some</c><00:47:19.409><c> wonderful</c><00:47:19.889><c> ties</c><00:47:20.570><c> between</c><00:47:21.929><c> all</c><00:47:22.429><c> three</c>

00:47:22.630 --> 00:47:24.170
of<00:47:22.789><c> these</c><00:47:23.110><c> areas.</c>

00:47:25.170 --> 00:47:30.610
The<00:47:25.329><c> message</c><00:47:25.909><c> about</c><00:47:26.989><c> everything</c><00:47:27.349><c> else</c><00:47:27.610><c> that</c><00:47:27.750><c> we</c><00:47:27.849><c> must</c><00:47:28.050><c> end</c><00:47:28.409><c> on,</c><00:47:29.329><c> brothers</c><00:47:29.510><c> and</c><00:47:29.789><c> sisters,</c><00:47:30.429><c> is</c>

00:47:30.610 --> 00:47:35.530
that<00:47:31.530><c> the</c><00:47:31.670><c> kingdom</c><00:47:31.909><c> of</c><00:47:32.409><c> God</c><00:47:32.690><c> is</c><00:47:32.869><c> not</c><00:47:33.090><c> something</c><00:47:33.550><c> that</c><00:47:34.210><c> we</c><00:47:34.570><c> passively</c><00:47:35.210><c> sit</c>

00:47:35.530 --> 00:47:37.110
and<00:47:35.829><c> wait</c><00:47:36.110><c> for.</c>

00:47:37.480 --> 00:47:40.710
The<00:47:37.769><c> word</c><00:47:38.050><c> of</c><00:47:38.230><c> God</c><00:47:38.409><c> is</c><00:47:38.610><c> not</c><00:47:38.829><c> something</c><00:47:39.289><c> that</c><00:47:39.750><c> we</c><00:47:40.170><c> passively</c>

00:47:40.710 --> 00:47:43.510
sit<00:47:41.030><c> down</c><00:47:41.510><c> and</c><00:47:41.989><c> listen</c><00:47:42.489><c> to.</c>

00:47:43.909 --> 00:47:49.289
We<00:47:44.170><c> actively</c><00:47:44.969><c> seek</c><00:47:46.150><c> out</c><00:47:46.510><c> and</c><00:47:46.809><c> search</c><00:47:47.190><c> out</c><00:47:47.730><c> what</c><00:47:48.030><c> God</c><00:47:48.510><c> is,</c>

00:47:49.630 --> 00:47:53.909
what<00:47:49.809><c> He</c><00:47:50.030><c> requires</c><00:47:50.590><c> of</c><00:47:50.750><c> us,</c><00:47:51.150><c> who</c><00:47:51.389><c> He</c><00:47:51.610><c> is,</c><00:47:52.510><c> what</c><00:47:52.690><c> He</c><00:47:52.869><c> is</c><00:47:53.070><c> doing.</c>

00:47:54.010 --> 00:47:56.989
We<00:47:54.230><c> actively</c><00:47:54.550><c> search</c><00:47:54.889><c> out</c><00:47:55.090><c> what</c><00:47:55.230><c> the</c><00:47:55.369><c> Lord</c><00:47:55.530><c> Jesus</c><00:47:55.909><c> Christ</c><00:47:56.150><c> has</c><00:47:56.510><c> done,</c>

00:47:57.369 --> 00:48:01.110
who<00:47:57.590><c> He</c><00:47:57.869><c> is,</c><00:47:58.250><c> what</c><00:47:58.389><c> He</c><00:47:58.610><c> shall</c><00:47:58.869><c> be,</c><00:48:00.050><c> what</c><00:48:00.230><c> He</c><00:48:00.369><c> did</c><00:48:00.530><c> in</c><00:48:00.670><c> His</c><00:48:00.889><c> life</c>

00:48:01.110 --> 00:48:01.889
and<00:48:01.289><c> in</c><00:48:01.429><c> His</c><00:48:01.570><c> death.</c>

00:48:01.889 --> 00:48:06.630
We<00:48:02.769><c> must</c><00:48:03.090><c> actively</c><00:48:04.070><c> take</c><00:48:05.389><c> on</c><00:48:05.610><c> the</c><00:48:05.909><c> responsibility</c>

00:48:06.630 --> 00:48:11.469
of<00:48:07.750><c> coming</c><00:48:08.130><c> to</c><00:48:08.349><c> an</c><00:48:08.630><c> understanding</c><00:48:09.130><c> of</c><00:48:09.469><c> what</c><00:48:09.769><c> we</c><00:48:10.110><c> believe</c><00:48:10.289><c> and</c><00:48:10.530><c> why.</c>

00:48:11.570 --> 00:48:14.250
Go<00:48:11.769><c> back</c><00:48:12.090><c> to</c><00:48:12.190><c> what</c><00:48:12.329><c> we</c><00:48:12.530><c> learned</c><00:48:12.670><c> when</c><00:48:12.849><c> we</c><00:48:13.010><c> were</c><00:48:13.210><c> baptized,</c>

00:48:14.309 --> 00:48:17.170
and<00:48:14.429><c> learn</c><00:48:14.630><c> more,</c><00:48:15.510><c> and</c><00:48:15.889><c> deepen</c><00:48:16.170><c> the</c><00:48:16.489><c> understanding,</c>

00:48:17.530 --> 00:48:22.250
so<00:48:17.690><c> that</c><00:48:17.849><c> those</c><00:48:18.269><c> rich,</c><00:48:19.030><c> beautiful</c><00:48:19.550><c> principles</c><00:48:20.190><c> that</c><00:48:20.710><c> are</c><00:48:21.030><c> our</c><00:48:21.309><c> doctrines</c>

00:48:22.250 --> 00:48:26.369
begin<00:48:22.989><c> to</c><00:48:23.449><c> become</c><00:48:23.730><c> things</c><00:48:24.130><c> that</c><00:48:24.309><c> are</c><00:48:24.550><c> alive,</c><00:48:25.710><c> living</c><00:48:25.929><c> inside</c>

00:48:26.369 --> 00:48:27.469
of<00:48:26.590><c> us.</c>

00:48:27.949 --> 00:48:33.289
We've<00:48:28.550><c> got</c><00:48:28.630><c> to</c><00:48:28.670><c> take</c><00:48:28.869><c> the</c><00:48:29.130><c> word</c><00:48:29.429><c> and</c><00:48:30.389><c> make</c><00:48:30.710><c> it</c><00:48:31.809><c> our</c><00:48:32.190><c> life,</c>

00:48:33.349 --> 00:48:37.349
not<00:48:33.610><c> part</c><00:48:33.869><c> of</c><00:48:34.050><c> our</c><00:48:34.210><c> life,</c><00:48:35.289><c> so</c><00:48:35.429><c> that</c><00:48:35.550><c> we</c><00:48:35.710><c> live</c><00:48:35.909><c> out</c><00:48:36.389><c> the</c><00:48:36.710><c> word</c><00:48:37.070><c> in</c>

00:48:37.349 --> 00:48:38.530
our<00:48:37.570><c> lives,</c>

00:48:38.630 --> 00:48:42.570
so<00:48:38.769><c> that</c><00:48:38.949><c> we</c><00:48:39.230><c> fill</c><00:48:39.409><c> ourselves</c><00:48:39.869><c> up</c><00:48:40.150><c> with</c><00:48:40.369><c> it,</c><00:48:41.750><c> so</c><00:48:42.070><c> that</c><00:48:42.230><c> we</c><00:48:42.309><c> can</c>

00:48:42.570 --> 00:48:44.909
hold<00:48:42.909><c> fast</c><00:48:43.369><c> to</c><00:48:43.750><c> the</c><00:48:44.030><c> truth,</c>

00:48:45.329 --> 00:48:49.750
so<00:48:45.630><c> that</c><00:48:45.829><c> we</c><00:48:45.929><c> can</c><00:48:46.150><c> keep</c><00:48:46.429><c> our</c><00:48:46.849><c> ecclesias</c><00:48:47.610><c> alive</c><00:48:48.269><c> through</c><00:48:48.909><c> controversy,</c>

00:48:49.750 --> 00:48:56.550
so<00:48:50.869><c> that</c><00:48:51.090><c> we</c><00:48:51.190><c> can</c><00:48:52.010><c> have</c><00:48:52.409><c> the</c><00:48:53.289><c> hope</c><00:48:53.789><c> of</c><00:48:54.530><c> life</c><00:48:54.869><c> in</c><00:48:55.309><c> God's</c><00:48:55.710><c> Kingdom,</c>

00:48:56.869 --> 00:49:00.769
which<00:48:57.070><c> we</c><00:48:57.309><c> will</c><00:48:57.530><c> not</c><00:48:57.769><c> have</c><00:48:58.250><c> if</c><00:48:59.050><c> we</c><00:48:59.329><c> don't</c><00:48:59.630><c> make</c><00:48:59.809><c> an</c><00:49:00.030><c> effort.</c>