Warning: chmod(): Operation not permitted in /var/www/hopeinstoughton_www/wp-content/plugins/simple-universal-google-analytics/main.php on line 8 [0] in function chmod in /var/www/hopeinstoughton_www/wp-content/plugins/simple-universal-google-analytics/main.php on line 8 [1] in function include_once in /var/www/hopeinstoughton_www/wp-settings.php on line 560 [2] in function require_once in /var/www/hopeinstoughton_www/wp-config.php on line 85 [3] in function require_once in /var/www/hopeinstoughton_www/wp-load.php on line 50 [4] in function require_once in /var/www/hopeinstoughton_www/wp-blog-header.php on line 13 [5] in function require in /var/www/hopeinstoughton_www/index.php on line 17
| Server IP : 94.177.8.99 / Your IP : 216.73.217.165 Web Server : Apache/2.4.58 (Ubuntu) System : Linux aries 6.8.0-134-generic #134-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Fri Jun 26 18:43:11 UTC 2026 x86_64 User : www-data ( 33) PHP Version : 8.1.34 Disable Function : NONE MySQL : OFF | cURL : ON | WGET : ON | Perl : ON | Python : OFF | Sudo : ON | Pkexec : OFF Directory : /var/www/hopeinstoughton_cdn1/f/ |
Upload File : |
WEBVTT Kind: captions Language: en 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:24.019 Brother<00:00:01.080><c> and</c><00:00:01.100><c> sisters,</c><00:00:18.960><c> the</c><00:00:19.120><c> theme</c><00:00:20.000><c> of</c><00:00:21.339><c> Brother</c><00:00:21.620><c> Len</c><00:00:21.960><c> Richardson's</c><00:00:23.739><c> third</c> 00:00:24.019 --> 00:00:27.199 class<00:00:24.579><c> is</c><00:00:25.940><c> the</c><00:00:26.579><c> Acts</c><00:00:26.800><c> in</c><00:00:27.039><c> the</c> 00:00:27.199 --> 00:00:35.859 Pistols.<00:00:29.160><c> We</c><00:00:29.500><c> have</c><00:00:30.059><c> with</c><00:00:30.859><c> him</c><00:00:31.239><c> visualized</c><00:00:33.000><c> Saul</c><00:00:33.500><c> and</c><00:00:33.799><c> his</c><00:00:35.100><c> desecration</c><00:00:35.679><c> of</c> 00:00:35.859 --> 00:00:39.399 the<00:00:36.020><c> early</c><00:00:36.759><c> part</c><00:00:37.920><c> of</c><00:00:38.079><c> the</c><00:00:38.340><c> truth,</c> 00:00:39.420 --> 00:00:45.380 and<00:00:39.539><c> yet</c><00:00:39.719><c> seen</c><00:00:39.859><c> him</c><00:00:40.079><c> in</c><00:00:40.179><c> vision</c><00:00:40.380><c> in</c><00:00:40.640><c> the</c><00:00:40.859><c> kingdom</c><00:00:41.259><c> with</c><00:00:41.899><c> Stephen.</c><00:00:44.759><c> He's</c> 00:00:45.380 --> 00:00:46.979 talked<00:00:45.579><c> about</c><00:00:45.859><c> change</c><00:00:46.420><c> and</c><00:00:46.619><c> the</c><00:00:46.759><c> fact</c> 00:00:46.979 --> 00:00:59.119 that<00:00:48.079><c> you</c><00:00:49.219><c> and</c><00:00:49.399><c> I</c><00:00:49.560><c> can</c><00:00:50.359><c> repair</c><00:00:50.979><c> and</c><00:00:53.240><c> change</c><00:00:54.039><c> our</c><00:00:54.320><c> faults</c><00:00:54.740><c> and</c><00:00:56.020><c> develop</c><00:00:56.340><c> characteristics</c><00:00:57.179><c> in</c><00:00:58.939><c> a</c> 00:00:59.119 --> 00:01:00.560 proper<00:00:59.560><c> line</c> 00:01:01.079 --> 00:01:04.939 and<00:01:01.920><c> in</c><00:01:02.759><c> line</c><00:01:02.899><c> with</c><00:01:03.119><c> the</c><00:01:03.340><c> truth</c><00:01:03.700><c> as</c><00:01:04.120><c> we</c><00:01:04.340><c> understand</c><00:01:04.719><c> it</c><00:01:04.879><c> and</c> 00:01:04.939 --> 00:01:09.359 know<00:01:05.140><c> it.</c><00:01:07.819><c> And</c><00:01:08.099><c> today</c><00:01:08.560><c> Brother</c><00:01:08.980><c> Richardson</c> 00:01:09.359 --> 00:01:15.420 is<00:01:09.500><c> going</c><00:01:09.719><c> to</c><00:01:10.459><c> speak</c><00:01:10.680><c> to</c><00:01:10.859><c> us</c><00:01:11.019><c> on</c><00:01:11.959><c> the</c><00:01:12.459><c> Second</c><00:01:12.700><c> Missionary</c><00:01:13.219><c> Journey.</c><00:01:14.280><c> Brother</c><00:01:14.400><c> Len.</c> 00:01:29.260 --> 00:01:31.159 Hi. 00:01:43.099 --> 00:01:48.620 Well,<00:01:45.040><c> I</c><00:01:45.040><c> told</c><00:01:45.439><c> you,</c><00:01:45.980><c> didn't</c><00:01:45.980><c> I,</c><00:01:46.239><c> that</c><00:01:46.400><c> the</c><00:01:46.599><c> Missionary</c><00:01:47.099><c> Journeys</c><00:01:48.079><c> get</c><00:01:48.519><c> a</c> 00:01:48.620 --> 00:01:50.500 bit<00:01:48.939><c> complicated.</c><00:01:49.819><c> Well,</c><00:01:50.060><c> they</c><00:01:50.260><c> do</c> 00:01:50.500 --> 00:01:54.480 to<00:01:50.719><c> me</c><00:01:51.019><c> and</c><00:01:51.799><c> it's</c><00:01:52.439><c> taken</c><00:01:52.599><c> me</c><00:01:52.799><c> a</c><00:01:52.879><c> little</c><00:01:53.120><c> while</c><00:01:53.420><c> to</c><00:01:53.659><c> sort</c><00:01:53.819><c> them</c><00:01:54.019><c> out.</c><00:01:54.200><c> I</c> 00:01:54.480 --> 00:01:56.099 expect<00:01:54.640><c> I</c><00:01:54.859><c> ought</c><00:01:55.040><c> to</c><00:01:55.140><c> have</c><00:01:55.260><c> known</c><00:01:55.439><c> them</c> 00:01:56.219 --> 00:02:00.400 but<00:01:56.459><c> they</c><00:01:57.700><c> still</c><00:01:58.120><c> get</c><00:01:58.560><c> complicated</c><00:01:59.340><c> and</c><00:01:59.579><c> if</c><00:01:59.719><c> you</c><00:01:59.840><c> look</c><00:02:00.060><c> at</c><00:02:00.219><c> the</c> 00:02:00.400 --> 00:02:02.900 map<00:02:00.579><c> that</c><00:02:01.319><c> our</c><00:02:01.519><c> dear</c><00:02:01.760><c> brethren</c><00:02:02.120><c> have</c><00:02:02.500><c> projected</c> 00:02:02.900 --> 00:02:06.319 for<00:02:03.260><c> us,</c><00:02:03.439><c> how</c><00:02:03.620><c> they</c><00:02:03.879><c> managed</c><00:02:04.219><c> to</c><00:02:04.459><c> do</c><00:02:04.519><c> it</c><00:02:04.680><c> so</c><00:02:05.400><c> efficiently</c><00:02:06.000><c> all</c> 00:02:06.319 --> 00:02:09.740 the<00:02:06.459><c> time</c><00:02:06.640><c> I</c><00:02:06.760><c> don't</c><00:02:07.099><c> know,</c><00:02:07.579><c> but</c><00:02:08.219><c> you'll</c><00:02:08.919><c> find</c><00:02:09.159><c> that</c> 00:02:09.740 --> 00:02:14.939 now<00:02:10.319><c> we've</c><00:02:10.580><c> got</c><00:02:10.719><c> a</c><00:02:10.819><c> lot</c><00:02:10.979><c> more</c><00:02:11.340><c> lines</c><00:02:12.039><c> on</c><00:02:12.939><c> our</c><00:02:13.180><c> map.</c><00:02:14.219><c> When</c><00:02:14.400><c> we</c><00:02:14.620><c> come</c><00:02:14.740><c> to</c> 00:02:14.939 --> 00:02:16.900 the<00:02:15.180><c> third</c><00:02:15.439><c> journey</c><00:02:15.800><c> we</c><00:02:16.039><c> shall</c><00:02:16.219><c> have</c><00:02:16.439><c> more</c> 00:02:16.900 --> 00:02:21.219 still<00:02:17.379><c> and</c><00:02:18.219><c> they</c><00:02:18.520><c> tend</c><00:02:18.740><c> to</c><00:02:18.979><c> crisscross</c><00:02:19.539><c> about</c><00:02:19.960><c> so</c><00:02:20.319><c> that</c><00:02:21.039><c> the</c> 00:02:21.219 --> 00:02:23.319 poor<00:02:21.439><c> speaker</c><00:02:21.900><c> in</c><00:02:22.080><c> the</c><00:02:22.240><c> end</c><00:02:22.400><c> doesn't</c><00:02:22.620><c> know</c><00:02:22.740><c> which</c><00:02:23.039><c> way</c> 00:02:23.319 --> 00:02:28.879 he's<00:02:23.539><c> going.</c><00:02:25.699><c> Anyway,</c><00:02:26.240><c> we're</c><00:02:26.539><c> going</c><00:02:26.699><c> to</c><00:02:26.979><c> try</c><00:02:27.199><c> to</c><00:02:27.580><c> trace</c><00:02:28.120><c> the</c> 00:02:28.879 --> 00:02:33.020 course<00:02:29.300><c> of</c><00:02:29.960><c> Paul's</c><00:02:30.960><c> Second</c><00:02:31.219><c> Missionary</c><00:02:31.800><c> Journey</c><00:02:32.139><c> and</c> 00:02:33.460 --> 00:02:39.319 if<00:02:34.139><c> you</c><00:02:34.300><c> look</c><00:02:34.479><c> at</c><00:02:34.699><c> the</c><00:02:34.879><c> end</c><00:02:35.060><c> of</c><00:02:35.280><c> the</c><00:02:35.460><c> chapter</c><00:02:35.800><c> we</c><00:02:36.460><c> read</c><00:02:36.879><c> yesterday,</c><00:02:37.719><c> the</c><00:02:37.860><c> 15th</c><00:02:38.719><c> chapter</c><00:02:39.099><c> of</c> 00:02:39.319 --> 00:02:41.340 Acts,<00:02:40.180><c> after</c><00:02:40.699><c> the</c> 00:02:41.340 --> 00:02:46.539 split<00:02:41.639><c> between</c><00:02:42.139><c> Paul</c><00:02:42.439><c> and</c><00:02:42.699><c> Barnabas,</c><00:02:43.879><c> Paul</c><00:02:44.319><c> chose</c><00:02:44.800><c> Silas</c><00:02:46.159><c> and</c> 00:02:46.539 --> 00:02:49.580 departed<00:02:47.400><c> being</c><00:02:48.300><c> recommended</c><00:02:48.900><c> by</c><00:02:49.180><c> the</c><00:02:49.340><c> brethren</c> 00:02:49.580 --> 00:02:53.139 under<00:02:49.819><c> the</c><00:02:50.039><c> grace</c><00:02:50.219><c> of</c><00:02:50.479><c> God</c><00:02:50.780><c> and</c><00:02:51.240><c> he</c><00:02:51.460><c> went</c><00:02:51.759><c> through</c><00:02:52.219><c> Syria</c><00:02:52.780><c> and</c> 00:02:53.139 --> 00:02:57.379 Cilicia<00:02:54.340><c> confirming</c><00:02:55.139><c> the</c><00:02:55.560><c> churches.</c><00:02:56.280><c> So</c><00:02:56.860><c> he</c><00:02:57.180><c> went</c> 00:02:57.379 --> 00:03:04.800 over<00:02:57.699><c> the</c><00:02:57.900><c> same</c><00:02:58.099><c> ground,</c><00:02:58.580><c> first</c><00:02:58.960><c> of</c><00:02:59.159><c> all,</c><00:02:59.400><c> he</c><00:02:59.639><c> missed</c><00:02:59.879><c> out</c><00:03:00.379><c> Cyprus</c><00:03:00.960><c> deliberately</c><00:03:01.840><c> because</c><00:03:02.860><c> Barnabas</c><00:03:03.960><c> and</c><00:03:04.460><c> John</c> 00:03:04.800 --> 00:03:08.599 Mark<00:03:05.080><c> had</c><00:03:05.319><c> gone</c><00:03:05.479><c> to</c><00:03:05.800><c> Cyprus</c><00:03:06.199><c> so</c><00:03:06.639><c> tactfully,</c><00:03:07.379><c> as</c><00:03:07.659><c> I</c><00:03:08.159><c> think</c><00:03:08.360><c> we</c> 00:03:08.599 --> 00:03:12.159 may<00:03:08.800><c> say,</c><00:03:10.039><c> Paul</c><00:03:10.319><c> didn't</c><00:03:10.599><c> try</c><00:03:10.879><c> to</c><00:03:11.120><c> tread</c><00:03:11.300><c> on</c><00:03:11.539><c> their</c><00:03:11.819><c> toes</c> 00:03:12.159 --> 00:03:16.280 at<00:03:12.259><c> all,</c><00:03:13.020><c> he</c><00:03:13.180><c> left</c><00:03:13.460><c> out</c><00:03:13.900><c> Cyprus</c><00:03:14.219><c> but</c><00:03:14.460><c> otherwise</c><00:03:15.120><c> he</c><00:03:15.879><c> followed</c> 00:03:16.280 --> 00:03:19.310 the<00:03:16.560><c> route</c><00:03:16.979><c> that</c><00:03:17.759><c> they</c><00:03:18.020><c> had</c><00:03:18.240><c> taken</c><00:03:18.460><c> before,</c> 00:03:20.080 --> 00:03:27.520 confirming<00:03:20.599><c> the</c><00:03:21.139><c> churches</c><00:03:21.680><c> that</c><00:03:22.020><c> they'd</c><00:03:22.439><c> established</c><00:03:23.060><c> in</c><00:03:23.819><c> Syria</c><00:03:24.259><c> and</c><00:03:24.560><c> Cilicia</c><00:03:25.319><c> and</c><00:03:26.360><c> the</c><00:03:26.680><c> beginning</c><00:03:27.000><c> of</c><00:03:27.240><c> chapter</c> 00:03:27.520 --> 00:03:33.120 16,<00:03:28.759><c> then</c><00:03:29.020><c> came</c><00:03:29.379><c> he</c><00:03:29.680><c> to</c><00:03:29.879><c> Derby</c><00:03:30.460><c> and</c><00:03:30.719><c> Lystra</c><00:03:31.360><c> and</c><00:03:32.120><c> that</c><00:03:32.319><c> was</c><00:03:32.479><c> where</c><00:03:32.740><c> he</c> 00:03:33.120 --> 00:03:35.780 picked<00:03:33.419><c> up</c><00:03:33.719><c> Timothy,</c><00:03:34.319><c> if</c><00:03:34.500><c> you</c><00:03:34.699><c> remember,</c> 00:03:36.199 --> 00:03:40.319 and<00:03:36.860><c> Timothy</c><00:03:37.319><c> joined</c><00:03:37.900><c> the</c><00:03:38.199><c> party</c><00:03:38.560><c> at</c><00:03:38.740><c> that</c><00:03:39.039><c> point.</c><00:03:39.659><c> So</c><00:03:39.840><c> if</c><00:03:40.000><c> we</c> 00:03:40.319 --> 00:03:43.000 can<00:03:40.599><c> just</c><00:03:40.939><c> try</c><00:03:41.280><c> to</c><00:03:41.560><c> follow</c><00:03:41.840><c> the</c><00:03:42.120><c> route,</c> 00:03:43.759 --> 00:03:47.199 he<00:03:43.900><c> started</c><00:03:44.300><c> again</c><00:03:44.620><c> from</c><00:03:44.939><c> Antioch</c><00:03:45.960><c> and</c><00:03:46.300><c> he</c><00:03:46.479><c> went</c><00:03:46.599><c> this</c><00:03:46.900><c> way</c> 00:03:47.199 --> 00:03:51.180 round,<00:03:48.360><c> not</c><00:03:48.599><c> the</c><00:03:48.979><c> sea</c><00:03:49.280><c> voyage,</c><00:03:50.099><c> but</c><00:03:50.240><c> this</c><00:03:50.479><c> way</c><00:03:50.800><c> round</c> 00:03:51.180 --> 00:03:58.259 by<00:03:51.460><c> land</c><00:03:51.900><c> and</c><00:03:52.360><c> he</c><00:03:52.599><c> came</c><00:03:52.879><c> to</c><00:03:53.219><c> Derby</c><00:03:54.419><c> and</c><00:03:54.919><c> Lystra,</c><00:03:57.139><c> that's</c><00:03:57.560><c> his</c> 00:03:58.259 --> 00:04:02.020 third<00:03:58.900><c> visit,</c><00:03:59.439><c> wasn't</c><00:03:59.639><c> it,</c><00:03:59.840><c> to</c><00:04:00.060><c> Lystra,</c><00:04:01.699><c> remember</c> 00:04:02.020 --> 00:04:05.439 he<00:04:02.139><c> was</c><00:04:02.500><c> stoned</c><00:04:02.819><c> at</c><00:04:03.099><c> Lystra,</c><00:04:04.219><c> I'm</c><00:04:04.520><c> sure</c><00:04:04.740><c> I</c><00:04:05.000><c> should</c><00:04:05.159><c> have</c><00:04:05.280><c> said,</c> 00:04:05.460 --> 00:04:08.719 oh<00:04:05.639><c> give</c><00:04:05.800><c> it</c><00:04:06.000><c> a</c><00:04:06.139><c> miss,</c><00:04:06.879><c> but</c><00:04:07.120><c> he</c><00:04:07.319><c> didn't,</c><00:04:08.300><c> he</c><00:04:08.479><c> went</c> 00:04:08.719 --> 00:04:12.000 through<00:04:08.979><c> Lystra</c><00:04:09.400><c> for</c><00:04:09.639><c> the</c><00:04:09.860><c> third</c><00:04:10.159><c> time</c><00:04:10.780><c> and</c><00:04:11.439><c> then</c><00:04:11.759><c> followed</c> 00:04:12.000 --> 00:04:16.439 the<00:04:12.300><c> same</c><00:04:12.659><c> course</c><00:04:13.319><c> through</c><00:04:14.039><c> Antioch</c><00:04:15.259><c> and</c><00:04:15.659><c> from</c><00:04:15.939><c> there</c><00:04:16.279><c> he</c> 00:04:16.439 --> 00:04:21.759 went<00:04:16.779><c> all</c><00:04:17.120><c> the</c><00:04:17.180><c> way</c><00:04:17.360><c> round</c><00:04:17.860><c> this</c><00:04:18.300><c> way,</c><00:04:20.379><c> making</c><00:04:20.699><c> a</c><00:04:21.000><c> diversion,</c> 00:04:21.759 --> 00:04:26.259 it<00:04:22.139><c> appears,</c><00:04:23.300><c> into</c><00:04:23.660><c> Galatia,</c><00:04:24.620><c> into</c><00:04:24.800><c> the</c><00:04:25.079><c> parts</c><00:04:25.420><c> of</c> 00:04:26.860 --> 00:04:32.500 We're<00:04:27.540><c> not</c><00:04:27.819><c> told</c><00:04:28.120><c> of</c><00:04:28.459><c> actually</c><00:04:28.819><c> what</c><00:04:29.060><c> he</c><00:04:29.259><c> did</c><00:04:29.920><c> in</c><00:04:30.540><c> Galatia</c><00:04:32.120><c> but</c> 00:04:32.500 --> 00:04:35.000 we<00:04:32.720><c> must</c><00:04:33.060><c> assume</c><00:04:33.540><c> that</c><00:04:33.740><c> he</c><00:04:33.819><c> was</c><00:04:34.079><c> preaching</c><00:04:34.399><c> the</c><00:04:34.639><c> gospel</c> 00:04:35.000 --> 00:04:41.500 and<00:04:35.199><c> I</c><00:04:35.459><c> would</c><00:04:35.680><c> assume</c><00:04:36.480><c> that</c><00:04:37.079><c> he</c><00:04:37.259><c> was</c><00:04:37.579><c> establishing</c><00:04:38.319><c> little</c><00:04:38.839><c> ecclesias</c><00:04:39.560><c> there</c><00:04:40.060><c> because</c><00:04:41.160><c> we</c> 00:04:41.500 --> 00:04:42.399 read<00:04:41.800><c> the</c> 00:04:42.399 --> 00:04:47.500 epistles<00:04:42.879><c> of</c><00:04:43.079><c> the</c><00:04:43.300><c> Galatians</c><00:04:44.120><c> and</c><00:04:45.040><c> he</c><00:04:45.519><c> talks</c><00:04:45.819><c> about</c><00:04:46.040><c> his</c><00:04:46.279><c> first</c><00:04:46.699><c> visit</c><00:04:47.079><c> to</c> 00:04:47.500 --> 00:04:49.980 them<00:04:48.000><c> which</c><00:04:48.939><c> would</c><00:04:49.220><c> appear</c><00:04:49.480><c> to</c><00:04:49.660><c> be</c><00:04:49.740><c> on</c> 00:04:49.980 --> 00:04:53.319 this<00:04:50.319><c> journey</c><00:04:50.699><c> and</c><00:04:51.779><c> I</c><00:04:51.980><c> should</c><00:04:52.120><c> say</c><00:04:52.240><c> more</c><00:04:52.500><c> about</c><00:04:52.819><c> that</c><00:04:53.019><c> later</c> 00:04:53.319 --> 00:04:56.639 on,<00:04:53.620><c> so</c><00:04:53.879><c> we'll</c><00:04:54.379><c> pass</c><00:04:54.740><c> by</c><00:04:55.060><c> Galatia,</c><00:04:55.920><c> he</c><00:04:56.160><c> went</c><00:04:56.399><c> up</c> 00:04:56.639 --> 00:05:03.300 into<00:04:56.920><c> there,</c><00:04:57.500><c> how</c><00:04:57.819><c> far</c><00:04:58.120><c> we</c><00:04:58.319><c> don't</c><00:04:58.680><c> know,</c><00:04:59.439><c> what</c><00:04:59.680><c> exactly</c><00:05:00.180><c> he</c><00:05:00.360><c> did</c><00:05:00.540><c> there</c><00:05:00.800><c> we're</c><00:05:01.040><c> not</c><00:05:01.319><c> told</c><00:05:01.819><c> and</c><00:05:02.360><c> then</c><00:05:02.620><c> he</c><00:05:02.980><c> continued</c> 00:05:03.300 --> 00:05:08.000 his<00:05:03.579><c> journey,</c><00:05:04.379><c> he</c><00:05:04.560><c> was</c><00:05:04.740><c> not</c><00:05:04.920><c> allowed</c><00:05:05.279><c> to</c><00:05:05.560><c> come</c><00:05:05.839><c> south,</c><00:05:06.379><c> the</c><00:05:06.560><c> Holy</c><00:05:06.759><c> Spirit</c><00:05:07.579><c> in</c> 00:05:08.000 --> 00:05:10.600 some<00:05:08.240><c> way</c><00:05:08.480><c> directed</c><00:05:09.079><c> him</c><00:05:09.699><c> till</c><00:05:10.160><c> he</c><00:05:10.360><c> came</c> 00:05:10.600 --> 00:05:17.779 to<00:05:10.899><c> the</c><00:05:10.899><c> coast</c><00:05:11.360><c> at</c><00:05:11.759><c> Troas</c><00:05:12.939><c> and</c><00:05:13.639><c> there</c><00:05:14.579><c> he</c><00:05:15.420><c> saw</c><00:05:15.699><c> this</c><00:05:16.040><c> vision</c><00:05:16.639><c> of</c> 00:05:17.779 --> 00:05:21.319 a<00:05:17.939><c> man</c><00:05:18.079><c> of</c><00:05:18.339><c> Macedonia</c><00:05:19.120><c> beckoning,</c><00:05:20.339><c> now</c><00:05:20.579><c> Macedonia</c><00:05:21.120><c> was</c> 00:05:21.319 --> 00:05:25.120 in<00:05:21.540><c> Europe,</c><00:05:22.680><c> up</c><00:05:22.819><c> to</c><00:05:22.980><c> now</c><00:05:23.399><c> all</c><00:05:23.920><c> the</c><00:05:24.139><c> preaching</c><00:05:24.439><c> had</c><00:05:24.699><c> been</c><00:05:24.879><c> in</c> 00:05:25.120 --> 00:05:28.759 Asia,<00:05:25.560><c> what</c><00:05:25.680><c> was</c><00:05:25.899><c> called</c><00:05:26.180><c> Asia,</c><00:05:27.560><c> now</c><00:05:27.939><c> he's</c><00:05:28.180><c> going</c><00:05:28.459><c> into</c> 00:05:28.759 --> 00:05:35.579 Europe,<00:05:30.279><c> the</c><00:05:30.699><c> man</c><00:05:31.000><c> of</c><00:05:31.300><c> Macedonia</c><00:05:32.259><c> is</c><00:05:32.959><c> saying</c><00:05:33.279><c> come</c><00:05:33.620><c> into</c><00:05:33.879><c> Macedonia</c><00:05:34.879><c> and</c> 00:05:35.579 --> 00:05:37.339 help<00:05:35.839><c> us</c><00:05:36.160><c> and</c><00:05:36.279><c> that</c><00:05:36.540><c> meant</c><00:05:36.759><c> he</c><00:05:36.920><c> got</c><00:05:37.079><c> to</c> 00:05:37.339 --> 00:05:42.779 make<00:05:37.500><c> a</c><00:05:37.720><c> sea</c><00:05:38.019><c> voyage</c><00:05:38.699><c> across</c><00:05:39.259><c> here</c><00:05:39.699><c> and</c><00:05:40.259><c> he</c><00:05:40.399><c> went</c><00:05:40.540><c> up</c><00:05:40.819><c> to</c><00:05:41.079><c> Philippi</c><00:05:42.199><c> first</c> 00:05:42.779 --> 00:05:45.800 of<00:05:43.019><c> all</c><00:05:43.160><c> in</c><00:05:43.439><c> Macedonia,</c><00:05:44.680><c> we'll</c><00:05:45.620><c> deal</c> 00:05:45.800 --> 00:05:51.660 with<00:05:46.079><c> those</c><00:05:46.879><c> visits</c><00:05:47.439><c> in</c><00:05:48.120><c> more</c><00:05:48.379><c> detail</c><00:05:48.899><c> presently</c><00:05:49.899><c> but</c><00:05:50.459><c> for</c><00:05:50.699><c> the</c><00:05:50.920><c> time</c><00:05:51.160><c> being</c><00:05:51.439><c> I</c> 00:05:51.660 --> 00:05:54.180 just<00:05:51.959><c> want</c><00:05:52.199><c> to</c><00:05:53.120><c> get</c><00:05:53.439><c> imprinted</c><00:05:54.000><c> in</c> 00:05:54.180 --> 00:05:58.420 your<00:05:54.459><c> mind</c><00:05:55.040><c> the</c><00:05:55.620><c> difference</c><00:05:56.100><c> between</c><00:05:56.480><c> Macedonia</c><00:05:57.379><c> and</c><00:05:57.639><c> Dicaea,</c><00:05:58.339><c> they</c> 00:05:58.420 --> 00:06:00.420 were<00:05:58.639><c> both</c><00:05:59.079><c> parts</c><00:05:59.560><c> of</c><00:05:59.779><c> what</c><00:05:59.879><c> was</c><00:06:00.120><c> called</c> 00:06:00.420 --> 00:06:06.959 Greece<00:06:01.180><c> but</c><00:06:01.720><c> Macedonia</c><00:06:02.560><c> was</c><00:06:02.800><c> in</c><00:06:03.019><c> the</c><00:06:03.199><c> north</c><00:06:03.699><c> and</c><00:06:04.379><c> that</c><00:06:04.600><c> included</c><00:06:05.199><c> Thessalonica</c><00:06:06.519><c> and</c> 00:06:06.959 --> 00:06:08.959 Philippi<00:06:07.939><c> and</c><00:06:08.360><c> Dicaea</c> 00:06:08.959 --> 00:06:15.319 was<00:06:09.220><c> the</c><00:06:09.459><c> southern</c><00:06:09.740><c> part</c><00:06:10.319><c> in</c><00:06:10.819><c> which</c><00:06:11.019><c> were</c><00:06:11.279><c> Corinth</c><00:06:11.819><c> and</c><00:06:12.560><c> Athens,</c><00:06:13.759><c> so</c><00:06:14.220><c> when</c><00:06:15.040><c> we</c> 00:06:15.319 --> 00:06:18.139 read<00:06:15.540><c> for</c><00:06:15.839><c> example,</c><00:06:17.500><c> we</c><00:06:17.720><c> shall</c><00:06:17.879><c> be</c> 00:06:18.139 --> 00:06:24.160 looking<00:06:18.459><c> at</c><00:06:18.740><c> in</c><00:06:19.100><c> more</c><00:06:19.319><c> detail</c><00:06:19.779><c> later</c><00:06:20.720><c> where</c><00:06:21.939><c> Paul</c><00:06:22.199><c> writes</c><00:06:22.660><c> about</c><00:06:23.199><c> him,</c><00:06:24.160><c> I</c> 00:06:24.160 --> 00:06:26.879 have<00:06:24.339><c> boasted</c><00:06:24.800><c> of</c><00:06:25.100><c> you</c><00:06:25.779><c> to</c><00:06:26.339><c> the</c><00:06:26.500><c> men</c><00:06:26.620><c> of</c> 00:06:26.879 --> 00:06:31.339 Macedonia,<00:06:28.000><c> he's</c><00:06:28.540><c> making</c><00:06:28.959><c> a</c><00:06:29.240><c> little</c><00:06:29.620><c> competition</c><00:06:30.459><c> between</c> 00:06:31.339 --> 00:06:34.779 those<00:06:31.839><c> in</c><00:06:32.120><c> the</c><00:06:32.360><c> south</c><00:06:32.660><c> and</c><00:06:32.839><c> those</c><00:06:33.100><c> in</c><00:06:33.300><c> the</c><00:06:33.480><c> north</c><00:06:34.019><c> in</c> 00:06:34.779 --> 00:06:37.800 connection<00:06:35.180><c> with</c><00:06:35.439><c> the</c><00:06:35.759><c> collection</c><00:06:36.379><c> that</c><00:06:37.000><c> he's</c><00:06:37.199><c> making</c><00:06:37.560><c> for</c> 00:06:37.800 --> 00:06:40.779 the<00:06:37.959><c> saints</c><00:06:38.160><c> at</c><00:06:38.439><c> Jerusalem</c><00:06:38.899><c> but</c><00:06:39.079><c> that's</c><00:06:39.399><c> by</c><00:06:39.560><c> the</c><00:06:39.759><c> way,</c> 00:06:40.879 --> 00:06:44.000 it's<00:06:41.420><c> important</c><00:06:41.779><c> to</c><00:06:42.100><c> remember</c><00:06:42.459><c> the</c><00:06:42.759><c> difference</c><00:06:43.120><c> is</c><00:06:43.399><c> because</c> 00:06:44.000 --> 00:06:47.120 otherwise<00:06:45.100><c> you</c><00:06:45.379><c> don't</c><00:06:45.779><c> quite</c><00:06:46.160><c> get</c><00:06:46.420><c> the</c><00:06:46.660><c> picture</c> 00:06:47.120 --> 00:06:59.579 of<00:06:47.980><c> where</c><00:06:48.300><c> the</c><00:06:48.560><c> various</c><00:06:48.920><c> places</c><00:06:49.439><c> are,</c><00:06:51.240><c> so</c><00:06:51.579><c> right,</c><00:06:55.980><c> he</c><00:06:57.000><c> sees</c><00:06:57.420><c> this</c><00:06:58.480><c> vision</c><00:06:59.339><c> of</c> 00:06:59.579 --> 00:07:02.220 a<00:06:59.740><c> man</c><00:06:59.899><c> of</c><00:07:00.120><c> Macedonia</c><00:07:01.199><c> saying</c><00:07:01.759><c> come</c> 00:07:02.220 --> 00:07:07.860 into<00:07:02.480><c> Macedonia</c><00:07:03.339><c> and</c><00:07:03.720><c> help</c><00:07:03.939><c> us</c><00:07:04.600><c> and</c><00:07:06.000><c> then</c><00:07:06.259><c> we</c><00:07:06.579><c> come</c><00:07:06.939><c> to</c><00:07:07.379><c> a</c><00:07:07.480><c> very</c> 00:07:07.860 --> 00:07:11.800 important<00:07:08.399><c> verse</c><00:07:08.879><c> in</c><00:07:09.100><c> verse</c><00:07:09.480><c> 10,</c><00:07:10.500><c> you're</c><00:07:10.699><c> with</c><00:07:10.899><c> me</c> 00:07:12.720 --> 00:07:22.240 because<00:07:13.399><c> it's</c><00:07:13.899><c> the</c><00:07:14.060><c> first</c><00:07:14.579><c> we</c><00:07:14.959><c> passage,</c><00:07:15.899><c> we,</c><00:07:16.339><c> W</c><00:07:16.740><c>-E,</c><00:07:19.259><c> not</c><00:07:19.500><c> little,</c><00:07:20.379><c> it</c><00:07:20.439><c> means</c><00:07:20.959><c> this</c><00:07:22.000><c> is</c> 00:07:22.240 --> 00:07:24.639 where<00:07:22.420><c> Luke</c><00:07:23.660><c> appears</c><00:07:24.420><c> to</c> 00:07:24.639 --> 00:07:28.980 come<00:07:24.800><c> into</c><00:07:25.120><c> the</c><00:07:25.360><c> scene</c><00:07:25.759><c> and</c><00:07:27.139><c> after</c><00:07:27.579><c> he</c><00:07:27.819><c> had</c><00:07:28.019><c> seen</c><00:07:28.240><c> the</c><00:07:28.459><c> vision</c> 00:07:28.980 --> 00:07:33.120 immediately<00:07:30.319><c> we,</c><00:07:31.540><c> now</c><00:07:31.720><c> up</c><00:07:32.000><c> to</c><00:07:32.139><c> now</c><00:07:32.360><c> it's</c><00:07:32.660><c> been</c> 00:07:33.120 --> 00:07:38.160 they,<00:07:34.060><c> Paul</c><00:07:34.699><c> did</c><00:07:35.120><c> this,</c><00:07:35.399><c> they</c><00:07:35.759><c> did</c><00:07:36.120><c> that</c><00:07:36.660><c> but</c><00:07:37.180><c> now</c><00:07:37.560><c> Luke</c><00:07:37.899><c> has</c> 00:07:38.160 --> 00:07:41.139 joined<00:07:38.459><c> the</c><00:07:38.720><c> company</c><00:07:39.240><c> and</c><00:07:39.959><c> he</c><00:07:40.120><c> begins</c><00:07:40.379><c> to</c><00:07:40.699><c> write</c><00:07:40.899><c> in</c> 00:07:41.139 --> 00:07:46.060 the<00:07:41.399><c> first</c><00:07:41.759><c> person,</c><00:07:42.920><c> immediately</c><00:07:43.639><c> we</c><00:07:44.740><c> endeavour</c><00:07:45.319><c> to</c><00:07:45.519><c> go</c><00:07:45.779><c> into</c> 00:07:46.060 --> 00:07:49.300 Macedonia<00:07:47.339><c> assuredly</c><00:07:48.319><c> gathering</c><00:07:48.660><c> that</c><00:07:48.920><c> the</c><00:07:49.079><c> Lord</c> 00:07:49.300 --> 00:07:54.420 had<00:07:49.560><c> called</c><00:07:49.759><c> us</c><00:07:50.480><c> for</c><00:07:50.680><c> to</c><00:07:50.920><c> preach</c><00:07:51.100><c> the</c><00:07:51.360><c> gospel</c><00:07:51.879><c> unto</c><00:07:52.379><c> them,</c><00:07:53.519><c> this</c><00:07:54.160><c> is</c> 00:07:54.420 --> 00:07:57.779 an<00:07:54.740><c> important</c><00:07:55.199><c> verse</c><00:07:55.720><c> and</c><00:07:56.759><c> later</c><00:07:57.240><c> on</c><00:07:57.500><c> I</c><00:07:57.620><c> shall</c> 00:07:57.779 --> 00:08:01.980 have<00:07:57.959><c> more</c><00:07:58.100><c> to</c><00:07:58.279><c> say</c><00:07:58.500><c> about</c><00:07:58.819><c> it</c><00:07:58.980><c> in</c><00:07:59.100><c> one</c><00:07:59.180><c> of</c><00:07:59.339><c> the</c><00:07:59.439><c> latest</c><00:07:59.759><c> studies</c><00:08:00.319><c> because</c><00:08:01.319><c> I</c><00:08:01.540><c> think</c><00:08:01.680><c> it's</c> 00:08:01.980 --> 00:08:03.240 significant<00:08:02.759><c> that</c><00:08:03.100><c> it</c> 00:08:03.240 --> 00:08:09.860 was<00:08:03.399><c> at</c><00:08:03.699><c> this</c><00:08:04.019><c> point</c><00:08:04.620><c> that</c><00:08:05.480><c> Dr.</c><00:08:06.800><c> Luke</c><00:08:07.060><c> joined</c><00:08:07.620><c> the</c><00:08:07.939><c> party</c><00:08:08.459><c> and</c> 00:08:09.860 --> 00:08:12.959 although<00:08:10.160><c> it's</c><00:08:10.480><c> not</c><00:08:10.779><c> always</c><00:08:11.519><c> we</c><00:08:11.899><c> from</c><00:08:12.319><c> here</c><00:08:12.699><c> on,</c> 00:08:13.360 --> 00:08:18.199 you<00:08:13.579><c> can</c><00:08:14.019><c> see</c><00:08:14.339><c> the</c><00:08:14.620><c> comings</c><00:08:14.980><c> and</c><00:08:15.300><c> goings</c><00:08:15.720><c> of</c><00:08:15.860><c> Luke</c><00:08:16.360><c> by</c><00:08:16.980><c> the</c><00:08:17.240><c> pronouns</c><00:08:17.759><c> that</c><00:08:18.000><c> are</c> 00:08:18.199 --> 00:08:20.939 used<00:08:18.680><c> and</c><00:08:19.399><c> while</c><00:08:19.639><c> they</c><00:08:19.860><c> were</c><00:08:20.100><c> in</c> 00:08:21.199 --> 00:08:26.560 Macedonia<00:08:21.920><c> Luke</c><00:08:22.480><c> was</c><00:08:22.819><c> certainly</c><00:08:23.199><c> with</c><00:08:23.660><c> them</c><00:08:24.180><c> because</c><00:08:25.660><c> he</c><00:08:26.000><c> records</c><00:08:26.259><c> it</c> 00:08:26.560 --> 00:08:29.980 all<00:08:26.740><c> in</c><00:08:27.139><c> the</c><00:08:28.220><c> first</c><00:08:28.579><c> person,</c><00:08:28.939><c> we</c><00:08:29.339><c> did</c><00:08:29.639><c> this,</c> 00:08:30.000 --> 00:08:38.220 we<00:08:30.279><c> did</c><00:08:30.600><c> that,</c><00:08:32.740><c> it's</c><00:08:32.879><c> been</c><00:08:33.200><c> suggested,</c><00:08:35.100><c> nobody</c><00:08:35.539><c> knows</c><00:08:36.220><c> of</c><00:08:36.559><c> course</c><00:08:37.019><c> that</c><00:08:37.820><c> in</c> 00:08:38.220 --> 00:08:41.799 this<00:08:39.120><c> dream</c><00:08:39.679><c> vision</c><00:08:40.240><c> that</c><00:08:40.940><c> Paul</c><00:08:41.220><c> had</c><00:08:41.519><c> it</c> 00:08:41.799 --> 00:08:48.399 may<00:08:41.980><c> have</c><00:08:42.240><c> been</c><00:08:42.899><c> Luke</c><00:08:43.519><c> who</c><00:08:44.419><c> may</c><00:08:44.620><c> have</c><00:08:44.840><c> been</c><00:08:45.039><c> a</c><00:08:45.240><c> man</c><00:08:45.379><c> of</c><00:08:45.639><c> Macedonia</c><00:08:46.200><c> but</c><00:08:46.360><c> I</c><00:08:46.639><c> doubt</c><00:08:46.940><c> that</c><00:08:47.340><c> myself,</c><00:08:48.159><c> I</c> 00:08:48.399 --> 00:08:49.240 think<00:08:48.779><c> putting</c> 00:08:49.240 --> 00:08:53.220 too<00:08:49.519><c> much</c><00:08:49.879><c> on</c><00:08:50.220><c> to</c><00:08:50.399><c> it</c><00:08:50.980><c> because</c><00:08:51.480><c> it</c><00:08:51.720><c> says</c><00:08:51.860><c> a</c><00:08:52.059><c> man</c><00:08:52.240><c> of</c><00:08:52.440><c> Macedonia</c> 00:08:53.220 --> 00:08:55.259 he<00:08:53.539><c> saw</c><00:08:53.679><c> in</c><00:08:53.860><c> his</c><00:08:54.100><c> dream,</c><00:08:54.700><c> it</c><00:08:54.919><c> doesn't</c><00:08:55.039><c> mean</c> 00:08:55.259 --> 00:09:00.279 that<00:08:55.419><c> it</c><00:08:55.559><c> was</c><00:08:55.580><c> any</c><00:08:55.820><c> particular</c><00:08:56.539><c> man</c><00:08:57.139><c> and</c><00:08:57.820><c> what</c><00:08:58.039><c> is</c><00:08:58.379><c> interesting</c><00:08:59.179><c> to</c><00:08:59.480><c> me</c><00:08:59.779><c> is</c> 00:09:00.279 --> 00:09:02.799 that<00:09:00.779><c> as</c><00:09:00.940><c> soon</c><00:09:01.059><c> as</c><00:09:01.120><c> they</c><00:09:01.340><c> crossed</c><00:09:01.659><c> the</c><00:09:02.059><c> sea</c><00:09:02.559><c> and</c> 00:09:03.220 --> 00:09:06.740 made<00:09:03.419><c> their</c><00:09:03.639><c> way</c><00:09:03.820><c> to</c><00:09:04.159><c> Philippi</c><00:09:05.259><c> it</c><00:09:05.600><c> wasn't</c><00:09:05.899><c> a</c><00:09:06.059><c> man</c><00:09:06.240><c> it</c><00:09:06.340><c> was</c><00:09:06.580><c> a</c> 00:09:06.740 --> 00:09:12.240 woman<00:09:07.299><c> who</c><00:09:08.019><c> was</c><00:09:08.259><c> the</c><00:09:08.460><c> first</c><00:09:08.840><c> convert</c><00:09:09.600><c> in</c><00:09:10.259><c> Europe</c><00:09:11.059><c> and</c><00:09:12.000><c> that</c> 00:09:12.240 --> 00:09:16.559 of<00:09:12.679><c> course</c><00:09:12.679><c> was</c><00:09:13.179><c> Lydia</c><00:09:13.740><c> so</c><00:09:14.980><c> although</c><00:09:15.399><c> he</c><00:09:15.720><c> saw</c><00:09:15.940><c> in</c><00:09:16.059><c> his</c><00:09:16.320><c> vision</c> 00:09:16.559 --> 00:09:19.460 a<00:09:16.799><c> man</c><00:09:16.960><c> of</c><00:09:17.240><c> Macedonia</c><00:09:17.940><c> saying</c><00:09:18.320><c> come</c><00:09:18.919><c> over</c><00:09:19.200><c> into</c> 00:09:19.460 --> 00:09:25.399 Macedonia<00:09:20.220><c> and</c><00:09:20.539><c> help</c><00:09:20.679><c> us,</c><00:09:22.139><c> when</c><00:09:22.299><c> he</c><00:09:22.519><c> got</c><00:09:22.679><c> there</c><00:09:22.940><c> it</c><00:09:23.039><c> was</c><00:09:23.200><c> a</c><00:09:23.320><c> woman,</c><00:09:24.220><c> Lydia</c><00:09:24.700><c> down</c><00:09:25.179><c> by</c> 00:09:25.399 --> 00:09:27.460 the<00:09:25.539><c> river</c><00:09:26.059><c> whose</c><00:09:26.519><c> heart</c><00:09:27.200><c> the</c> 00:09:27.460 --> 00:09:33.019 Lord<00:09:27.940><c> opened,</c><00:09:29.240><c> we</c><00:09:29.440><c> don't</c><00:09:29.679><c> know</c><00:09:29.860><c> why</c><00:09:30.519><c> the</c><00:09:31.440><c> Jews</c><00:09:31.899><c> were</c><00:09:32.659><c> meeting</c> 00:09:33.019 --> 00:09:35.919 by<00:09:33.299><c> the</c><00:09:33.480><c> river</c><00:09:33.759><c> but</c><00:09:34.039><c> it's</c><00:09:34.340><c> been</c><00:09:34.779><c> said</c><00:09:35.120><c> by</c><00:09:35.559><c> people</c> 00:09:35.919 --> 00:09:39.519 who<00:09:36.120><c> know</c><00:09:36.600><c> which</c><00:09:37.240><c> doesn't</c><00:09:37.639><c> include</c><00:09:38.080><c> me</c><00:09:38.519><c> but</c><00:09:38.759><c> it's</c><00:09:38.960><c> been</c><00:09:39.279><c> said</c> 00:09:39.519 --> 00:09:42.539 by<00:09:39.799><c> people</c><00:09:40.159><c> who</c><00:09:40.419><c> know</c><00:09:40.840><c> that</c><00:09:41.320><c> there</c><00:09:41.519><c> was</c><00:09:41.720><c> no</c><00:09:42.019><c> synagogue</c> 00:09:42.539 --> 00:09:46.120 of<00:09:42.779><c> the</c><00:09:42.980><c> Jews</c><00:09:43.279><c> in</c><00:09:43.759><c> Philippi</c><00:09:44.159><c> at</c><00:09:44.360><c> the</c><00:09:44.559><c> time</c><00:09:44.960><c> because</c><00:09:45.559><c> it</c><00:09:45.759><c> was</c><00:09:45.940><c> a</c> 00:09:46.120 --> 00:09:49.460 Roman<00:09:46.559><c> colony</c><00:09:47.399><c> which</c><00:09:48.259><c> meant</c><00:09:48.539><c> it</c><00:09:48.700><c> was</c><00:09:48.899><c> a</c><00:09:49.019><c> little</c><00:09:49.240><c> bit</c> 00:09:49.460 --> 00:09:56.419 of<00:09:49.659><c> Rome</c><00:09:50.240><c> in</c><00:09:51.279><c> Europe</c><00:09:51.779><c> as</c><00:09:52.019><c> it</c><00:09:52.259><c> were</c><00:09:52.679><c> rather</c><00:09:53.940><c> like</c><00:09:54.820><c> the</c><00:09:55.860><c> British</c> 00:09:56.419 --> 00:09:58.899 when<00:09:57.179><c> they</c><00:09:57.379><c> were</c><00:09:57.519><c> in</c><00:09:57.700><c> India</c><00:09:58.080><c> they</c><00:09:58.419><c> preserved</c> 00:09:58.899 --> 00:10:02.379 the<00:09:59.100><c> Roman</c><00:09:59.500><c> customs</c><00:10:00.059><c> and</c><00:10:00.340><c> the</c><00:10:00.500><c> Roman</c><00:10:00.820><c> ways</c><00:10:01.240><c> and</c><00:10:01.840><c> the</c><00:10:02.039><c> British</c> 00:10:02.379 --> 00:10:06.139 Raj<00:10:03.039><c> tried</c><00:10:03.539><c> to</c><00:10:04.679><c> live</c><00:10:05.200><c> their</c><00:10:05.500><c> lives</c><00:10:05.840><c> as</c><00:10:06.039><c> though</c> 00:10:06.139 --> 00:10:12.519 they<00:10:06.259><c> were</c><00:10:06.460><c> still</c><00:10:06.639><c> in</c><00:10:06.860><c> England</c><00:10:07.639><c> and</c><00:10:09.320><c> so</c><00:10:09.639><c> it</c><00:10:09.960><c> said</c><00:10:10.320><c> a</c><00:10:11.240><c> Roman</c><00:10:11.659><c> colony</c><00:10:12.240><c> was</c> 00:10:12.519 --> 00:10:15.450 very<00:10:12.960><c> Romanised,</c><00:10:13.960><c> it</c><00:10:14.039><c> was</c><00:10:14.320><c> built</c><00:10:14.600><c> up</c> 00:10:15.740 --> 00:10:25.139 exactly<00:10:16.440><c> as</c><00:10:16.720><c> though</c><00:10:16.919><c> it</c><00:10:17.059><c> were</c><00:10:18.059><c> Rome</c><00:10:18.940><c> itself</c><00:10:19.799><c> and</c><00:10:20.940><c> therefore</c><00:10:21.419><c> it</c><00:10:21.779><c> suggested</c><00:10:22.320><c> that</c><00:10:23.340><c> the</c><00:10:23.740><c> Jews</c><00:10:23.980><c> didn't</c><00:10:24.299><c> have</c><00:10:24.600><c> a</c><00:10:24.779><c> synagogue</c> 00:10:25.139 --> 00:10:32.899 they<00:10:25.759><c> used</c><00:10:25.960><c> to</c><00:10:26.220><c> meet</c><00:10:26.340><c> by</c><00:10:26.559><c> the</c><00:10:26.799><c> riverside</c><00:10:28.240><c> and</c><00:10:29.179><c> presumably</c><00:10:30.100><c> because</c><00:10:31.399><c> they</c><00:10:31.820><c> segregated</c><00:10:32.600><c> men</c> 00:10:32.899 --> 00:10:33.960 and<00:10:33.100><c> women</c><00:10:33.419><c> in</c><00:10:33.740><c> the</c> 00:10:33.960 --> 00:10:38.600 synagogue<00:10:34.639><c> the</c><00:10:35.340><c> women</c><00:10:35.600><c> used</c><00:10:35.919><c> to</c><00:10:36.080><c> meet</c><00:10:36.340><c> separately</c><00:10:37.120><c> and</c><00:10:38.259><c> Paul</c> 00:10:38.600 --> 00:10:42.059 and<00:10:38.840><c> his</c><00:10:39.019><c> companions</c><00:10:39.759><c> went</c><00:10:40.399><c> down</c><00:10:40.799><c> and</c><00:10:41.120><c> they</c><00:10:41.639><c> found</c> 00:10:42.340 --> 00:10:49.240 there<00:10:43.000><c> a</c><00:10:43.899><c> group</c><00:10:44.159><c> of</c><00:10:44.440><c> women</c><00:10:44.860><c> in</c><00:10:45.639><c> prayer</c><00:10:46.039><c> and</c><00:10:47.299><c> it</c><00:10:47.679><c> says</c><00:10:48.340><c> whose</c> 00:10:49.240 --> 00:10:53.759 heart<00:10:49.799><c> the</c><00:10:50.080><c> Lord</c><00:10:50.799><c> opened</c><00:10:51.940><c> that</c><00:10:52.820><c> she</c><00:10:53.100><c> attended</c> 00:10:53.759 --> 00:11:00.639 unto<00:10:54.399><c> the</c><00:10:55.019><c> things</c><00:10:55.320><c> which</c><00:10:55.559><c> were</c><00:10:55.799><c> spoken</c><00:10:56.340><c> of</c><00:10:57.179><c> Paul</c><00:10:57.700><c> I</c><00:10:58.519><c> think</c><00:10:58.700><c> that's</c><00:10:59.059><c> a</c><00:10:59.220><c> significant</c><00:10:59.899><c> phrase</c><00:11:00.399><c> I</c> 00:11:00.639 --> 00:11:01.500 wouldn't<00:11:00.899><c> lay</c><00:11:01.159><c> too</c> 00:11:01.500 --> 00:11:05.320 much<00:11:01.840><c> store</c><00:11:02.139><c> by</c><00:11:02.480><c> it</c><00:11:02.759><c> but</c><00:11:03.120><c> I</c><00:11:03.580><c> think</c><00:11:03.720><c> it's</c><00:11:04.080><c> interesting</c><00:11:04.580><c> just</c><00:11:04.960><c> in</c> 00:11:05.320 --> 00:11:08.279 passing<00:11:05.940><c> to</c><00:11:06.659><c> notice</c><00:11:07.080><c> that</c><00:11:07.299><c> the</c><00:11:07.519><c> Lord</c><00:11:07.759><c> opened</c> 00:11:08.279 --> 00:11:12.179 her<00:11:08.700><c> heart</c><00:11:09.600><c> some</c><00:11:10.080><c> brethren</c><00:11:10.360><c> find</c><00:11:10.639><c> it</c><00:11:10.899><c> difficult</c><00:11:11.279><c> to</c><00:11:11.659><c> conceive</c> 00:11:12.179 --> 00:11:16.259 that<00:11:12.460><c> God</c><00:11:13.000><c> actually</c><00:11:13.899><c> helps</c><00:11:14.460><c> us</c><00:11:15.080><c> and</c><00:11:15.659><c> influences</c> 00:11:16.259 --> 00:11:21.419 us<00:11:16.940><c> other</c><00:11:17.419><c> than</c><00:11:17.620><c> by</c><00:11:17.980><c> the</c><00:11:18.179><c> Bible</c><00:11:18.639><c> but</c><00:11:19.679><c> her</c><00:11:20.340><c> heart</c><00:11:20.779><c> was</c><00:11:21.039><c> opened</c> 00:11:21.419 --> 00:11:25.200 by<00:11:21.700><c> the</c><00:11:21.919><c> Lord</c><00:11:22.340><c> so</c><00:11:23.080><c> that</c><00:11:23.240><c> she</c><00:11:23.480><c> attended</c><00:11:24.220><c> to</c><00:11:25.000><c> the</c> 00:11:25.200 --> 00:11:30.740 things<00:11:25.419><c> that</c><00:11:25.679><c> Paul</c><00:11:25.820><c> was</c><00:11:26.120><c> saying</c><00:11:26.519><c> the</c><00:11:27.320><c> Lord</c><00:11:27.700><c> as</c><00:11:27.919><c> it</c><00:11:28.139><c> were</c><00:11:28.620><c> helped</c><00:11:29.279><c> her</c><00:11:29.679><c> to</c><00:11:30.100><c> prepare</c><00:11:30.460><c> a</c> 00:11:30.740 --> 00:11:32.759 mind<00:11:31.360><c> so</c><00:11:32.000><c> that</c><00:11:32.159><c> when</c><00:11:32.399><c> Paul</c> 00:11:32.759 --> 00:11:44.440 came<00:11:33.139><c> along</c><00:11:33.700><c> she</c><00:11:34.519><c> was</c><00:11:34.720><c> ready</c><00:11:35.000><c> to</c><00:11:35.259><c> receive</c><00:11:35.500><c> his</c><00:11:35.740><c> message</c><00:11:36.820><c> no</c><00:11:38.940><c> doubt</c><00:11:39.399><c> she</c><00:11:40.559><c> was</c><00:11:41.340><c> seeking</c><00:11:42.059><c> after</c><00:11:42.600><c> God</c><00:11:43.159><c> and</c><00:11:44.039><c> it's</c><00:11:44.299><c> a</c> 00:11:44.440 --> 00:11:49.080 principle<00:11:45.000><c> isn't</c><00:11:45.279><c> it</c><00:11:45.460><c> it's</c><00:11:45.679><c> a</c><00:11:45.820><c> principle</c><00:11:46.139><c> of</c><00:11:46.379><c> old</c><00:11:46.580><c> and</c><00:11:46.840><c> New</c><00:11:47.059><c> Testament</c><00:11:47.559><c> that</c><00:11:48.559><c> if</c> 00:11:49.080 --> 00:11:50.799 men<00:11:49.340><c> and</c><00:11:49.539><c> women</c><00:11:49.960><c> are</c><00:11:50.460><c> seeking</c> 00:11:50.799 --> 00:11:57.100 after<00:11:51.320><c> God</c><00:11:51.740><c> he</c><00:11:52.559><c> will</c><00:11:52.840><c> help</c><00:11:53.100><c> them</c><00:11:53.320><c> in</c><00:11:53.559><c> their</c><00:11:53.799><c> search</c><00:11:54.580><c> there's</c><00:11:56.940><c> a</c> 00:11:57.100 --> 00:12:01.000 kind<00:11:57.299><c> of</c><00:11:57.580><c> reciprocity</c><00:11:58.620><c> between</c><00:11:59.440><c> God</c><00:11:59.759><c> and</c><00:12:00.039><c> men</c><00:12:00.360><c> when</c><00:12:00.700><c> men</c> 00:12:01.000 --> 00:12:06.960 want<00:12:01.379><c> God</c><00:12:01.759><c> he</c><00:12:02.080><c> wants</c><00:12:02.399><c> them</c><00:12:03.039><c> if</c><00:12:03.759><c> any</c><00:12:04.080><c> man</c><00:12:04.620><c> will</c><00:12:04.940><c> if</c><00:12:05.480><c> to</c><00:12:06.080><c> do</c><00:12:06.460><c> his</c> 00:12:06.960 --> 00:12:11.320 will<00:12:07.620><c> Jesus</c><00:12:08.419><c> said</c><00:12:08.799><c> he</c><00:12:09.639><c> shall</c><00:12:09.899><c> know</c><00:12:10.200><c> of</c><00:12:10.340><c> the</c><00:12:10.539><c> doctrine</c> 00:12:11.320 --> 00:12:14.600 whether<00:12:12.259><c> it</c><00:12:12.519><c> be</c><00:12:12.659><c> of</c><00:12:12.799><c> God</c><00:12:12.980><c> or</c><00:12:13.200><c> whether</c><00:12:13.360><c> it</c><00:12:13.580><c> be</c><00:12:13.720><c> of</c><00:12:13.919><c> men</c><00:12:14.139><c> anyway</c> 00:12:14.600 --> 00:12:18.679 this<00:12:14.940><c> woman's</c><00:12:15.480><c> heart</c><00:12:15.639><c> was</c><00:12:15.879><c> open</c><00:12:16.340><c> and</c><00:12:17.159><c> she</c><00:12:18.080><c> both</c> 00:12:18.679 --> 00:12:24.879 attended<00:12:19.440><c> to</c><00:12:20.139><c> what</c><00:12:20.519><c> Paul</c><00:12:20.779><c> was</c><00:12:21.080><c> saying</c><00:12:21.460><c> and</c><00:12:22.340><c> she</c><00:12:22.539><c> and</c><00:12:22.759><c> her</c><00:12:22.940><c> household</c><00:12:23.899><c> became</c><00:12:24.580><c> the</c> 00:12:24.879 --> 00:12:27.340 first<00:12:25.259><c> converts</c><00:12:26.039><c> to</c><00:12:26.559><c> Christianity</c> 00:12:27.340 --> 00:12:34.299 in<00:12:28.139><c> Europe</c><00:12:28.799><c> and</c><00:12:30.620><c> she</c><00:12:30.879><c> said</c><00:12:31.000><c> unto</c><00:12:31.299><c> them</c><00:12:31.539><c> in</c><00:12:31.720><c> verse</c><00:12:32.019><c> 15</c><00:12:32.860><c> when</c><00:12:34.100><c> she</c> 00:12:34.299 --> 00:12:38.200 was<00:12:34.539><c> baptized</c><00:12:35.399><c> notice</c><00:12:36.059><c> that</c><00:12:36.519><c> just</c><00:12:37.539><c> thrown</c><00:12:37.840><c> in</c> 00:12:38.200 --> 00:12:41.419 naturally<00:12:38.639><c> as</c><00:12:38.919><c> it</c><00:12:39.139><c> were</c><00:12:39.379><c> but</c><00:12:39.960><c> of</c><00:12:40.179><c> course</c><00:12:40.320><c> we</c><00:12:40.620><c> know</c><00:12:40.919><c> that</c><00:12:41.100><c> this</c> 00:12:41.419 --> 00:12:43.259 was<00:12:41.620><c> the</c><00:12:41.820><c> way</c><00:12:42.019><c> in</c><00:12:42.200><c> which</c><00:12:42.340><c> they</c><00:12:42.639><c> made</c><00:12:42.940><c> their</c> 00:12:43.259 --> 00:12:47.240 converts<00:12:43.600><c> they</c><00:12:43.899><c> preached</c><00:12:44.259><c> the</c><00:12:44.539><c> word</c><00:12:44.740><c> to</c><00:12:44.980><c> them</c><00:12:45.240><c> the</c><00:12:45.720><c> Lord</c><00:12:45.960><c> opened</c><00:12:46.360><c> their</c><00:12:46.679><c> hearts</c><00:12:47.080><c> and</c> 00:12:47.240 --> 00:12:48.639 they<00:12:47.480><c> received</c><00:12:47.960><c> the</c><00:12:48.179><c> message</c> 00:12:48.639 --> 00:12:51.639 and<00:12:49.179><c> when</c><00:12:49.419><c> they</c><00:12:49.679><c> received</c><00:12:50.120><c> the</c><00:12:50.379><c> message</c><00:12:50.620><c> they</c><00:12:50.840><c> were</c><00:12:51.039><c> baptized</c> 00:12:51.639 --> 00:12:54.360 it's<00:12:52.240><c> almost</c><00:12:52.659><c> like</c><00:12:52.960><c> we</c><00:12:53.159><c> would</c><00:12:53.379><c> call</c><00:12:53.519><c> a</c><00:12:53.820><c> throwaway</c> 00:12:54.360 --> 00:12:59.600 line<00:12:54.720><c> and</c><00:12:55.320><c> when</c><00:12:55.559><c> she</c><00:12:55.759><c> was</c><00:12:55.980><c> baptized</c><00:12:56.659><c> and</c><00:12:56.960><c> a</c><00:12:57.299><c> household</c><00:12:58.100><c> she</c><00:12:59.299><c> be</c> 00:12:59.600 --> 00:13:02.519 sought<00:12:59.820><c> as</c><00:13:00.100><c> saying</c><00:13:00.440><c> if</c><00:13:01.240><c> you</c><00:13:01.480><c> have</c><00:13:01.639><c> judged</c><00:13:01.860><c> me</c><00:13:02.100><c> to</c><00:13:02.240><c> be</c> 00:13:02.519 --> 00:13:09.679 the<00:13:03.120><c> Lord</c><00:13:03.519><c> come</c><00:13:04.279><c> into</c><00:13:04.500><c> my</c><00:13:04.779><c> house</c><00:13:05.039><c> and</c><00:13:05.299><c> abide</c><00:13:05.639><c> there</c><00:13:06.139><c> and</c><00:13:07.019><c> she</c><00:13:07.779><c> constrained</c><00:13:08.639><c> us</c><00:13:09.100><c> I</c> 00:13:09.679 --> 00:13:12.139 love<00:13:10.000><c> that</c><00:13:10.440><c> phrase</c><00:13:11.039><c> and</c><00:13:11.700><c> I</c><00:13:11.919><c> love</c> 00:13:12.139 --> 00:13:18.460 Lydia<00:13:12.580><c> too</c><00:13:13.299><c> she</c><00:13:13.960><c> was</c><00:13:14.159><c> a</c><00:13:14.360><c> wonderful</c><00:13:14.659><c> woman</c><00:13:15.419><c> she</c><00:13:17.799><c> wanted</c><00:13:18.159><c> them</c> 00:13:18.460 --> 00:13:22.200 all<00:13:18.799><c> in</c><00:13:19.539><c> all</c><00:13:20.519><c> of</c><00:13:20.779><c> you</c><00:13:20.919><c> there</c><00:13:21.100><c> was</c><00:13:21.259><c> more</c><00:13:21.559><c> than</c><00:13:21.879><c> one</c> 00:13:22.200 --> 00:13:26.740 there<00:13:22.399><c> was</c><00:13:22.679><c> certainly</c><00:13:23.179><c> Paul</c><00:13:24.139><c> and</c><00:13:24.860><c> there</c><00:13:24.980><c> was</c><00:13:25.179><c> now</c><00:13:25.440><c> Luke</c><00:13:26.259><c> and</c> 00:13:26.740 --> 00:13:30.100 there<00:13:26.840><c> was</c><00:13:27.200><c> Silas</c><00:13:27.759><c> and</c><00:13:28.679><c> Timotheus</c><00:13:29.600><c> and</c><00:13:29.779><c> there</c><00:13:29.960><c> may</c> 00:13:30.100 --> 00:13:34.960 have<00:13:30.399><c> been</c><00:13:30.399><c> others</c><00:13:30.919><c> never</c><00:13:31.860><c> mind</c><00:13:32.299><c> all</c><00:13:32.639><c> of</c><00:13:32.860><c> you</c><00:13:33.059><c> now</c><00:13:33.919><c> she</c><00:13:34.220><c> must</c><00:13:34.440><c> have</c><00:13:34.580><c> had</c><00:13:34.679><c> a</c> 00:13:34.960 --> 00:13:37.399 decent<00:13:35.220><c> sized</c><00:13:35.679><c> house</c><00:13:36.080><c> wasn't</c><00:13:36.399><c> she</c><00:13:36.720><c> we</c> 00:13:37.399 --> 00:13:41.299 sometimes<00:13:37.919><c> think</c><00:13:38.279><c> of</c><00:13:38.740><c> the</c><00:13:39.100><c> early</c><00:13:39.399><c> Christians</c><00:13:40.080><c> as</c><00:13:40.860><c> being</c><00:13:41.059><c> all</c> 00:13:41.299 --> 00:13:44.840 of<00:13:41.460><c> the</c><00:13:41.720><c> slave</c><00:13:42.100><c> and</c><00:13:42.480><c> servile</c><00:13:43.019><c> class</c><00:13:43.519><c> but</c><00:13:44.159><c> they</c><00:13:44.460><c> weren't</c> 00:13:44.840 --> 00:13:49.340 indeed<00:13:45.279><c> anything</c><00:13:45.879><c> of</c><00:13:46.100><c> the</c><00:13:46.340><c> kind</c><00:13:46.799><c> and</c><00:13:47.600><c> she</c><00:13:47.960><c> obviously</c><00:13:48.500><c> had</c><00:13:48.820><c> quite</c><00:13:49.100><c> a</c> 00:13:49.340 --> 00:13:53.259 large<00:13:49.580><c> household</c><00:13:50.440><c> we</c><00:13:52.379><c> don't</c><00:13:52.659><c> read</c><00:13:52.879><c> of</c><00:13:53.039><c> any</c> 00:13:53.259 --> 00:13:59.779 husband<00:13:54.620><c> so</c><00:13:55.200><c> she</c><00:13:55.480><c> was</c><00:13:55.679><c> either</c><00:13:56.039><c> a</c><00:13:56.279><c> widow</c><00:13:56.659><c> or</c><00:13:58.100><c> a</c><00:13:59.039><c> never</c><00:13:59.200><c> married</c> 00:13:59.779 --> 00:14:02.720 unmarried<00:14:00.399><c> woman</c><00:14:00.740><c> but</c><00:14:01.539><c> she</c><00:14:01.779><c> conducted</c><00:14:02.240><c> her</c><00:14:02.539><c> own</c> 00:14:02.720 --> 00:14:07.620 business<00:14:03.279><c> we're</c><00:14:03.679><c> told</c><00:14:04.000><c> she</c><00:14:04.639><c> was</c><00:14:04.860><c> an</c><00:14:05.200><c> importer</c><00:14:06.200><c> of</c><00:14:06.899><c> a</c><00:14:07.100><c> purple</c> 00:14:07.620 --> 00:14:12.159 dye<00:14:08.159><c> from</c><00:14:09.080><c> which</c><00:14:09.379><c> they</c><00:14:09.700><c> made</c><00:14:09.940><c> purple</c><00:14:10.559><c> cloth</c><00:14:11.159><c> which</c> 00:14:12.159 --> 00:14:17.399 was<00:14:12.399><c> very</c><00:14:12.799><c> valuable</c><00:14:13.340><c> in</c><00:14:13.679><c> the</c><00:14:14.139><c> Roman</c><00:14:14.500><c> times</c><00:14:15.179><c> and</c><00:14:16.220><c> I</c><00:14:16.659><c> would</c><00:14:16.940><c> suggest</c><00:14:17.220><c> she</c> 00:14:17.399 --> 00:14:20.840 was<00:14:17.700><c> a</c><00:14:18.120><c> very</c><00:14:18.460><c> well</c><00:14:18.759><c>-off</c><00:14:18.980><c> woman</c><00:14:19.559><c> with</c><00:14:20.379><c> a</c><00:14:20.600><c> good</c> 00:14:20.840 --> 00:14:25.460 home<00:14:21.360><c> slaves</c><00:14:22.960><c> that's</c><00:14:23.860><c> I</c><00:14:23.919><c> think</c><00:14:24.179><c> the</c><00:14:24.379><c> meaning</c><00:14:24.580><c> of</c><00:14:24.799><c> a</c><00:14:25.039><c> household</c> 00:14:25.460 --> 00:14:27.440 she<00:14:25.740><c> had</c><00:14:25.879><c> her</c><00:14:26.039><c> own</c><00:14:26.399><c> servants</c><00:14:26.899><c> as</c><00:14:27.139><c> we</c><00:14:27.279><c> should</c> 00:14:27.440 --> 00:14:31.559 call<00:14:27.659><c> them</c><00:14:27.860><c> today</c><00:14:28.240><c> and</c><00:14:29.100><c> she</c><00:14:29.299><c> had</c><00:14:29.440><c> a</c><00:14:29.639><c> house</c><00:14:29.840><c> big</c><00:14:30.159><c> enough</c><00:14:30.679><c> to</c><00:14:31.299><c> say</c> 00:14:31.559 --> 00:14:35.600 to<00:14:32.080><c> any</c><00:14:32.480><c> in</c><00:14:32.740><c> Paul's</c><00:14:33.220><c> party</c><00:14:33.759><c> come</c><00:14:34.580><c> on</c><00:14:34.879><c> in</c><00:14:35.200><c> and</c><00:14:35.379><c> stay</c> 00:14:35.600 --> 00:14:41.639 with<00:14:35.879><c> me</c><00:14:36.399><c> please</c><00:14:37.059><c> and</c><00:14:38.340><c> she</c><00:14:39.320><c> constrained</c><00:14:40.279><c> us</c><00:14:40.519><c> that</c><00:14:40.960><c> that's</c><00:14:41.519><c> a</c> 00:14:41.639 --> 00:14:50.220 lovely<00:14:41.919><c> word</c><00:14:42.419><c> she</c><00:14:42.740><c> she</c><00:14:43.139><c> wouldn't</c><00:14:43.360><c> take</c><00:14:43.679><c> no</c><00:14:43.919><c> for</c><00:14:44.200><c> an</c> 00:14:50.220 --> 00:14:59.019 Lydia<00:14:51.139><c> was</c><00:14:52.259><c> from</c><00:14:53.559><c> Thyatira</c><00:14:54.600><c> we</c><00:14:54.840><c> are</c><00:14:55.059><c> told</c><00:14:55.500><c> and</c><00:14:56.580><c> Thyatira</c><00:14:57.519><c> strangely</c><00:14:58.120><c> also</c> 00:14:59.019 --> 00:15:01.340 was<00:14:59.600><c> a</c><00:14:59.860><c> city</c><00:15:00.139><c> in</c><00:15:00.399><c> the</c><00:15:00.580><c> district</c><00:15:01.039><c> of</c> 00:15:01.340 --> 00:15:06.639 Lydia<00:15:01.679><c> itself</c><00:15:02.460><c> in</c><00:15:03.240><c> what</c><00:15:03.500><c> they</c><00:15:03.799><c> called</c><00:15:04.200><c> Asia</c><00:15:05.200><c> you</c><00:15:06.000><c> remember</c><00:15:06.279><c> one</c><00:15:06.500><c> of</c> 00:15:06.639 --> 00:15:09.159 the<00:15:06.779><c> letters</c><00:15:07.139><c> to</c><00:15:07.379><c> the</c><00:15:07.580><c> seven</c><00:15:07.799><c> churches</c><00:15:08.440><c> was</c> 00:15:09.159 --> 00:15:16.559 addressed<00:15:09.580><c> to</c><00:15:10.100><c> Thyatira</c><00:15:11.200><c> so</c><00:15:13.279><c> it's</c><00:15:14.720><c> been</c><00:15:14.860><c> suggested</c><00:15:15.519><c> that</c><00:15:15.860><c> perhaps</c><00:15:16.179><c> she</c> 00:15:16.559 --> 00:15:18.740 took<00:15:16.779><c> her</c><00:15:17.039><c> name</c><00:15:17.440><c> from</c><00:15:17.759><c> the</c><00:15:18.039><c> area</c><00:15:18.379><c> in</c><00:15:18.600><c> which</c> 00:15:18.740 --> 00:15:23.980 she<00:15:18.980><c> lived</c><00:15:19.480><c> and</c><00:15:20.399><c> one</c><00:15:20.779><c> commentator</c><00:15:21.480><c> even</c><00:15:21.960><c> made</c><00:15:22.299><c> the</c><00:15:22.600><c> suggestion</c><00:15:23.100><c> that</c><00:15:23.720><c> it</c> 00:15:23.980 --> 00:15:25.639 should<00:15:24.200><c> really</c><00:15:24.559><c> be</c><00:15:24.759><c> the</c><00:15:25.080><c> Lydian</c> 00:15:25.639 --> 00:15:31.559 she<00:15:26.139><c> was</c><00:15:26.379><c> a</c><00:15:26.559><c> Lydian</c><00:15:27.019><c> I</c><00:15:27.779><c> wouldn't</c><00:15:28.159><c> personally</c><00:15:28.799><c> think</c><00:15:29.100><c> that's</c><00:15:29.539><c> necessary</c><00:15:30.059><c> but</c><00:15:30.639><c> she</c><00:15:31.000><c> was</c><00:15:31.320><c> a</c> 00:15:31.559 --> 00:15:33.440 Lydian<00:15:32.740><c> and</c><00:15:33.279><c> her</c> 00:15:33.440 --> 00:15:38.740 name<00:15:33.639><c> is</c><00:15:33.980><c> Lydia</c><00:15:34.360><c> we</c><00:15:34.779><c> often</c><00:15:35.139><c> have</c><00:15:35.679><c> place</c><00:15:36.039><c> names</c><00:15:36.840><c> ourselves</c><00:15:37.799><c> don't</c><00:15:38.080><c> we</c> 00:15:38.740 --> 00:15:41.779 people<00:15:39.480><c> well</c><00:15:39.820><c> in</c><00:15:40.019><c> England</c><00:15:40.299><c> we</c><00:15:40.580><c> do</c><00:15:40.740><c> lots</c><00:15:41.039><c> of</c> 00:15:42.139 --> 00:15:49.360 which<00:15:42.879><c> are</c><00:15:43.299><c> also</c><00:15:43.759><c> names</c><00:15:44.100><c> of</c><00:15:44.399><c> places</c><00:15:44.980><c> and</c><00:15:45.940><c> Lydia</c><00:15:46.320><c> was</c><00:15:46.799><c> this</c><00:15:47.279><c> prosperous</c><00:15:47.740><c> business</c><00:15:48.379><c> woman</c><00:15:48.759><c> who</c> 00:15:49.360 --> 00:15:51.320 was<00:15:49.879><c> importing</c><00:15:50.720><c> the</c> 00:15:51.320 --> 00:15:56.159 guy<00:15:51.820><c> probably</c><00:15:53.120><c> also</c><00:15:53.580><c> I</c><00:15:53.740><c> would</c><00:15:53.980><c> think</c><00:15:54.120><c> the</c><00:15:54.399><c> purple</c><00:15:54.759><c> cloth</c><00:15:55.379><c> she</c> 00:15:56.159 --> 00:15:59.700 was<00:15:56.399><c> an</c><00:15:56.759><c> importer</c><00:15:57.419><c> and</c><00:15:58.159><c> she</c><00:15:58.399><c> sold</c><00:15:58.740><c> it</c><00:15:59.080><c> and</c><00:15:59.299><c> she</c><00:15:59.519><c> made</c> 00:15:59.700 --> 00:16:05.639 a<00:15:59.860><c> good</c><00:16:00.039><c> profit</c><00:16:00.379><c> on</c><00:16:00.600><c> it</c><00:16:00.940><c> and</c><00:16:01.860><c> she</c><00:16:02.019><c> was</c><00:16:02.259><c> able</c><00:16:02.580><c> to</c><00:16:02.899><c> offer</c><00:16:03.519><c> hospitality</c><00:16:04.559><c> to</c><00:16:05.379><c> Paul</c> 00:16:05.639 --> 00:16:07.230 and<00:16:05.840><c> his</c><00:16:05.960><c> little</c><00:16:06.320><c> band</c><00:16:06.860><c> of</c> 00:16:07.230 --> 00:16:12.269 Christian<00:16:07.929><c> disciples</c><00:16:08.850><c> and</c><00:16:09.409><c> she</c><00:16:09.629><c> goes</c><00:16:09.909><c> down</c><00:16:10.149><c> in</c><00:16:10.429><c> my</c><00:16:10.769><c> book</c><00:16:11.289><c> as</c> 00:16:12.269 --> 00:16:15.690 an<00:16:12.549><c> example</c><00:16:12.970><c> of</c><00:16:13.190><c> the</c><00:16:13.450><c> wise</c><00:16:13.769><c> youths</c><00:16:14.629><c> of</c><00:16:14.870><c> wealth</c> 00:16:17.110 --> 00:16:21.830 I<00:16:17.750><c> don't</c><00:16:18.029><c> think</c><00:16:18.149><c> you</c><00:16:18.450><c> have</c><00:16:18.570><c> it</c><00:16:18.769><c> so</c><00:16:18.970><c> much</c><00:16:19.210><c> in</c><00:16:19.470><c> America</c><00:16:19.889><c> but</c><00:16:20.110><c> in</c><00:16:20.389><c> England</c><00:16:20.809><c> we</c><00:16:21.149><c> have</c><00:16:21.370><c> a</c> 00:16:21.830 --> 00:16:23.590 kind<00:16:22.190><c> of</c><00:16:22.429><c> inbuilt</c><00:16:22.870><c> prejudice</c> 00:16:23.590 --> 00:16:27.549 somehow<00:16:24.149><c> against</c><00:16:24.649><c> wealth</c><00:16:25.409><c> as</c><00:16:26.230><c> though</c><00:16:26.450><c> a</c><00:16:26.570><c> Christian</c><00:16:26.889><c> can't</c><00:16:27.370><c> be</c> 00:16:27.549 --> 00:16:30.490 a<00:16:27.769><c> wealthy</c><00:16:28.129><c> man</c><00:16:28.509><c> at</c><00:16:28.809><c> the</c><00:16:28.870><c> same</c><00:16:29.230><c> time</c><00:16:29.649><c> we</c><00:16:30.009><c> know</c><00:16:30.250><c> there</c> 00:16:30.490 --> 00:16:34.389 are<00:16:30.889><c> some</c><00:16:31.049><c> of</c><00:16:31.409><c> course</c><00:16:31.750><c> and</c><00:16:32.009><c> we</c><00:16:32.110><c> don't</c><00:16:33.149><c> immediately</c><00:16:33.769><c> say</c><00:16:34.049><c> if</c><00:16:34.269><c> a</c> 00:16:34.389 --> 00:16:37.049 brother's<00:16:34.870><c> well</c><00:16:35.169><c> off</c><00:16:35.549><c> there</c><00:16:36.149><c> must</c><00:16:36.370><c> be</c><00:16:36.629><c> something</c> 00:16:37.049 --> 00:16:40.830 wrong<00:16:37.370><c> with</c><00:16:37.629><c> him</c><00:16:37.950><c> but</c><00:16:38.590><c> we</c><00:16:38.870><c> do</c><00:16:39.029><c> have</c><00:16:39.230><c> an</c><00:16:39.490><c> inbuilt</c><00:16:39.929><c> feeling</c><00:16:40.529><c> that</c> 00:16:40.830 --> 00:16:44.570 we<00:16:41.070><c> ought</c><00:16:41.269><c> to</c><00:16:41.529><c> be</c><00:16:41.990><c> poor</c><00:16:42.429><c> but</c><00:16:43.049><c> that</c><00:16:43.350><c> isn't</c><00:16:43.690><c> true</c><00:16:44.289><c> and</c> 00:16:44.570 --> 00:16:49.190 some<00:16:44.809><c> of</c><00:16:45.049><c> the</c><00:16:45.750><c> the</c><00:16:46.029><c> greatest</c><00:16:46.470><c> things</c><00:16:46.789><c> in</c><00:16:47.029><c> our</c><00:16:47.309><c> community</c><00:16:48.129><c> have</c> 00:16:49.190 --> 00:16:52.370 been<00:16:49.409><c> the</c><00:16:49.669><c> result</c><00:16:50.029><c> of</c><00:16:50.769><c> men</c><00:16:50.990><c> and</c><00:16:51.210><c> women</c><00:16:51.450><c> like</c><00:16:51.889><c> Lydia</c> 00:16:52.370 --> 00:16:59.350 who<00:16:53.169><c> were</c><00:16:53.610><c> prosperous</c><00:16:54.230><c> businessmen</c><00:16:55.049><c> and</c><00:16:55.330><c> women</c><00:16:55.850><c> and</c><00:16:56.490><c> have</c><00:16:56.769><c> used</c><00:16:57.169><c> their</c><00:16:57.549><c> wealth</c><00:16:58.029><c> for</c><00:16:58.789><c> the</c><00:16:59.009><c> good</c><00:16:59.129><c> of</c> 00:16:59.350 --> 00:17:00.129 the<00:16:59.590><c> truth</c> 00:17:00.129 --> 00:17:05.309 and<00:17:00.750><c> the</c><00:17:00.950><c> work</c><00:17:01.149><c> of</c><00:17:01.409><c> Christ</c><00:17:02.070><c> and</c><00:17:02.450><c> it's</c><00:17:02.690><c> a</c><00:17:02.870><c> very</c><00:17:03.250><c> commendable</c><00:17:04.029><c> thing</c><00:17:04.390><c> you</c><00:17:04.690><c> see</c><00:17:04.910><c> if</c> 00:17:05.309 --> 00:17:08.470 Lydia<00:17:05.670><c> hadn't</c><00:17:06.150><c> been</c><00:17:06.730><c> an</c><00:17:07.589><c> importer</c><00:17:08.089><c> of</c> 00:17:08.470 --> 00:17:12.950 purple<00:17:08.950><c> from</c><00:17:09.390><c> fire</c><00:17:09.789><c> Tyra</c><00:17:10.450><c> her</c><00:17:10.890><c> hometown</c><00:17:11.490><c> and</c><00:17:12.390><c> if</c><00:17:12.529><c> she</c><00:17:12.690><c> hadn't</c> 00:17:12.950 --> 00:17:15.490 been<00:17:13.269><c> a</c><00:17:13.569><c> prosperous</c><00:17:13.990><c> business</c><00:17:14.769><c> woman</c><00:17:15.170><c> which</c> 00:17:15.490 --> 00:17:20.470 she<00:17:16.009><c> clearly</c><00:17:16.509><c> was</c><00:17:17.009><c> she</c><00:17:17.750><c> wouldn't</c><00:17:18.069><c> have</c><00:17:18.309><c> been</c><00:17:18.529><c> able</c><00:17:18.930><c> to</c><00:17:19.250><c> say</c><00:17:19.650><c> to</c> 00:17:20.470 --> 00:17:23.630 the<00:17:20.890><c> disciples</c><00:17:21.509><c> come</c><00:17:22.269><c> into</c><00:17:22.549><c> my</c><00:17:22.910><c> house</c><00:17:23.190><c> and</c><00:17:23.369><c> I'll</c> 00:17:23.630 --> 00:17:29.970 look<00:17:23.849><c> after</c><00:17:24.269><c> you</c><00:17:24.589><c> see</c><00:17:24.829><c> I'm</c><00:17:25.549><c> so</c><00:17:25.869><c> grateful</c><00:17:26.269><c> to</c><00:17:26.490><c> have</c><00:17:26.670><c> learned</c><00:17:26.829><c> the</c><00:17:27.130><c> truth</c><00:17:27.450><c> will</c><00:17:27.950><c> you</c><00:17:28.269><c> please</c><00:17:28.569><c> abide</c><00:17:29.029><c> with</c><00:17:29.430><c> me</c> 00:17:29.970 --> 00:17:30.990 and<00:17:30.730><c> the</c> 00:17:30.990 --> 00:17:37.250 same<00:17:31.250><c> thing</c><00:17:31.549><c> goes</c><00:17:31.849><c> today</c><00:17:32.930><c> if</c><00:17:35.390><c> brethren</c><00:17:35.769><c> haven't</c><00:17:36.170><c> made</c><00:17:36.750><c> some</c> 00:17:37.250 --> 00:17:41.329 money<00:17:37.690><c> if</c><00:17:38.269><c> they</c><00:17:38.430><c> haven't</c><00:17:38.710><c> been</c><00:17:39.390><c> industrious</c><00:17:40.430><c> in</c> 00:17:42.309 --> 00:17:46.710 and<00:17:42.869><c> prosperous</c><00:17:43.430><c> in</c><00:17:43.710><c> their</c><00:17:43.950><c> businesses</c><00:17:44.509><c> I'm</c><00:17:45.490><c> not</c><00:17:45.670><c> one</c><00:17:45.910><c> of</c><00:17:46.150><c> them</c><00:17:46.329><c> but</c> 00:17:46.710 --> 00:17:51.009 I<00:17:47.250><c> honor</c><00:17:47.529><c> them</c><00:17:48.190><c> because</c><00:17:49.369><c> I</c><00:17:49.569><c> can</c><00:17:49.730><c> only</c><00:17:50.009><c> say</c><00:17:50.470><c> we</c> 00:17:51.009 --> 00:17:54.490 wouldn't<00:17:51.250><c> have</c><00:17:51.450><c> had</c><00:17:51.650><c> our</c><00:17:52.029><c> home</c><00:17:52.269><c> and</c><00:17:52.450><c> hospital</c><00:17:52.910><c> in</c><00:17:53.210><c> Britain</c><00:17:53.490><c> we</c> 00:17:54.490 --> 00:17:57.549 wouldn't<00:17:54.730><c> have</c><00:17:54.970><c> had</c><00:17:55.049><c> our</c><00:17:55.329><c> home</c><00:17:55.529><c> for</c><00:17:55.769><c> the</c><00:17:55.990><c> aged</c><00:17:56.289><c> if</c><00:17:57.289><c> it</c> 00:17:57.549 --> 00:18:01.549 hadn't<00:17:57.710><c> been</c><00:17:57.930><c> for</c><00:17:58.109><c> our</c><00:17:58.349><c> wealthier</c><00:17:58.890><c> brethren</c><00:17:59.430><c> who</c><00:18:00.650><c> use</c><00:18:01.150><c> their</c> 00:18:01.549 --> 00:18:05.509 wealth<00:18:02.109><c> like</c><00:18:02.829><c> Lydia</c><00:18:03.369><c> for</c><00:18:04.289><c> the</c><00:18:04.549><c> work</c><00:18:04.769><c> of</c><00:18:04.990><c> the</c><00:18:05.230><c> truth</c> 00:18:05.509 --> 00:18:10.269 and<00:18:06.289><c> the</c><00:18:06.609><c> furtherance</c><00:18:07.390><c> of</c><00:18:07.549><c> the</c><00:18:07.710><c> gospel</c><00:18:08.250><c> and</c><00:18:08.930><c> we</c><00:18:09.109><c> ought</c><00:18:09.230><c> to</c><00:18:09.470><c> honor</c><00:18:09.670><c> them</c><00:18:09.970><c> for</c> 00:18:10.269 --> 00:18:14.029 it<00:18:10.890><c> because</c><00:18:11.650><c> without</c><00:18:12.230><c> their</c><00:18:13.470><c> labors</c> 00:18:14.029 --> 00:18:18.190 and<00:18:14.450><c> contributions</c><00:18:15.490><c> a</c><00:18:16.410><c> great</c><00:18:16.630><c> deal</c><00:18:16.910><c> of</c><00:18:17.069><c> what</c><00:18:17.309><c> we</c><00:18:17.589><c> do</c><00:18:17.809><c> and</c><00:18:17.990><c> are</c> 00:18:18.190 --> 00:18:21.109 able<00:18:18.450><c> to</c><00:18:18.690><c> do</c><00:18:18.890><c> today</c><00:18:19.369><c> would</c><00:18:19.990><c> be</c><00:18:20.289><c> impossible</c><00:18:20.829><c> if</c> 00:18:21.109 --> 00:18:25.730 everybody<00:18:21.710><c> was</c><00:18:22.309><c> of</c><00:18:22.769><c> the</c><00:18:23.009><c> same</c><00:18:23.289><c> impercunious</c><00:18:24.130><c> nature</c><00:18:24.710><c> as</c><00:18:25.470><c> the</c> 00:18:25.730 --> 00:18:28.549 chapel<00:18:25.990><c> stands</c><00:18:26.289><c> in</c><00:18:26.549><c> front</c><00:18:26.690><c> of</c><00:18:26.829><c> you</c><00:18:26.930><c> at</c><00:18:27.069><c> this</c><00:18:27.309><c> moment</c> 00:18:30.430 --> 00:18:37.670 then<00:18:31.069><c> we</c><00:18:31.230><c> have</c><00:18:31.430><c> the</c><00:18:31.710><c> story</c><00:18:32.130><c> in</c><00:18:32.569><c> the</c><00:18:32.769><c> same</c><00:18:33.049><c> chapter</c><00:18:33.549><c> of</c><00:18:34.349><c> the</c><00:18:34.630><c> Philippian</c><00:18:35.269><c> jailer</c><00:18:35.809><c> being</c><00:18:36.109><c> converted</c><00:18:36.869><c> I'm</c><00:18:37.390><c> not</c> 00:18:37.670 --> 00:18:41.809 stopping<00:18:37.990><c> over</c><00:18:38.410><c> these</c><00:18:38.730><c> things</c><00:18:38.970><c> because</c><00:18:39.309><c> we're</c><00:18:39.690><c> concerned</c><00:18:40.190><c> with</c><00:18:40.809><c> other</c><00:18:41.089><c> matters</c><00:18:41.549><c> we</c> 00:18:41.809 --> 00:18:43.369 are<00:18:41.990><c> concerned</c><00:18:42.329><c> with</c><00:18:42.690><c> the</c> 00:18:43.369 --> 00:18:49.390 epistles<00:18:43.930><c> which</c><00:18:44.170><c> you'll</c><00:18:44.390><c> see</c><00:18:44.569><c> in</c><00:18:44.750><c> a</c><00:18:44.869><c> moment</c><00:18:45.309><c> and</c><00:18:45.950><c> how</c><00:18:46.150><c> they</c><00:18:46.369><c> were</c><00:18:46.569><c> beaten</c><00:18:47.089><c> and</c><00:18:47.529><c> imprisoned</c><00:18:48.150><c> which</c><00:18:49.089><c> we</c> 00:18:49.390 --> 00:18:50.009 find<00:18:49.710><c> a</c> 00:18:50.009 --> 00:18:53.269 reference<00:18:50.390><c> to</c><00:18:50.609><c> by</c><00:18:50.890><c> the</c><00:18:51.069><c> way</c><00:18:51.369><c> in</c><00:18:51.869><c> the</c><00:18:52.089><c> first</c><00:18:52.369><c> epistle</c><00:18:52.829><c> of</c><00:18:53.029><c> Paul</c> 00:18:53.269 --> 00:18:56.349 to<00:18:53.430><c> the</c><00:18:53.589><c> Thessalonians</c><00:18:54.230><c> chapter</c><00:18:54.569><c> 2</c><00:18:54.950><c> verse</c><00:18:55.269><c> 2</c><00:18:55.789><c> when</c> 00:18:56.349 --> 00:19:01.809 he<00:18:56.569><c> talks</c><00:18:56.809><c> of</c><00:18:57.069><c> being</c><00:18:57.569><c> shamefully</c><00:18:58.589><c> entreated</c><00:18:59.809><c> at</c><00:19:00.390><c> Philippi</c><00:19:01.289><c> so</c> 00:19:01.809 --> 00:19:04.789 he's<00:19:02.109><c> referring</c><00:19:02.430><c> back</c><00:19:02.829><c> to</c><00:19:03.009><c> this</c><00:19:03.250><c> you</c><00:19:03.509><c> see</c><00:19:03.849><c> it</c><00:19:04.410><c> was</c><00:19:04.650><c> still</c> 00:19:04.789 --> 00:19:08.269 in<00:19:04.869><c> his</c><00:19:05.150><c> mind</c><00:19:05.450><c> what</c><00:19:05.690><c> happened</c><00:19:06.029><c> to</c><00:19:06.190><c> him</c><00:19:06.390><c> at</c><00:19:06.569><c> Philippi</c><00:19:07.349><c> and</c><00:19:08.029><c> in</c> 00:19:08.269 --> 00:19:11.490 the<00:19:08.569><c> second</c><00:19:08.809><c> epistle</c><00:19:09.309><c> to</c><00:19:09.470><c> the</c><00:19:09.650><c> Corinthians</c><00:19:10.369><c> in</c> 00:19:11.630 --> 00:19:19.710 detailing<00:19:12.250><c> all</c><00:19:12.609><c> the</c><00:19:12.930><c> sufferings</c><00:19:13.369><c> he'd</c><00:19:13.789><c> undergone</c><00:19:14.289><c> for</c><00:19:14.849><c> the</c><00:19:15.049><c> gospel's</c><00:19:15.789><c> sake</c><00:19:16.069><c> he</c><00:19:16.710><c> talks</c><00:19:16.990><c> about</c><00:19:17.410><c> thrice</c><00:19:18.490><c> was</c><00:19:18.869><c> I</c> 00:19:19.990 --> 00:19:25.650 well<00:19:20.670><c> this</c><00:19:21.349><c> was</c><00:19:21.569><c> one</c><00:19:21.789><c> of</c><00:19:21.950><c> those</c><00:19:22.250><c> occasions</c><00:19:22.869><c> at</c><00:19:23.230><c> Philippi</c><00:19:24.289><c> when</c> 00:19:25.650 --> 00:19:28.950 he<00:19:26.009><c> and</c><00:19:26.349><c> Silas</c><00:19:27.069><c> were</c><00:19:27.450><c> beaten</c><00:19:27.809><c> with</c><00:19:28.170><c> rods</c><00:19:28.490><c> and</c><00:19:28.750><c> put</c> 00:19:28.950 --> 00:19:33.950 in<00:19:29.470><c> the</c><00:19:29.549><c> inner</c><00:19:29.809><c> jail</c><00:19:30.289><c> and</c><00:19:31.750><c> we</c><00:19:31.950><c> know</c><00:19:32.210><c> how</c><00:19:32.490><c> wonderfully</c><00:19:33.089><c> they</c> 00:19:33.950 --> 00:19:39.710 were<00:19:34.250><c> released</c><00:19:34.930><c> and</c><00:19:35.890><c> the</c><00:19:36.789><c> Roman</c><00:19:37.170><c> officer</c><00:19:38.009><c> just</c> 00:19:39.710 --> 00:19:43.150 a<00:19:39.930><c> little</c><00:19:40.109><c> footnote</c><00:19:40.450><c> there</c><00:19:40.829><c> too</c><00:19:41.349><c> he</c><00:19:41.670><c> wasn't</c><00:19:41.990><c> just</c><00:19:42.410><c> a</c><00:19:42.650><c> jailer</c> 00:19:43.150 --> 00:19:44.970 in<00:19:43.309><c> our</c><00:19:43.529><c> sense</c><00:19:43.829><c> of</c><00:19:44.069><c> the</c><00:19:44.210><c> word</c><00:19:44.329><c> he</c><00:19:44.450><c> was</c><00:19:44.650><c> an</c> 00:19:44.970 --> 00:19:50.470 officer<00:19:45.309><c> he</c><00:19:45.470><c> bore</c><00:19:45.710><c> a</c><00:19:45.950><c> sword</c><00:19:46.309><c> and</c><00:19:47.069><c> he</c><00:19:47.150><c> was</c><00:19:47.329><c> a</c><00:19:47.369><c> man</c><00:19:47.589><c> of</c><00:19:47.769><c> some</c><00:19:48.069><c> importance</c><00:19:48.930><c> and</c> 00:19:50.470 --> 00:19:52.630 he<00:19:50.710><c> was</c><00:19:50.990><c> converted</c><00:19:51.589><c> by</c><00:19:52.329><c> the</c> 00:19:52.630 --> 00:19:58.609 events<00:19:52.890><c> that</c><00:19:53.210><c> took</c><00:19:53.410><c> place</c><00:19:54.410><c> whether</c><00:19:54.869><c> any</c><00:19:55.190><c> of</c><00:19:55.349><c> the</c><00:19:55.529><c> prisoners</c><00:19:55.890><c> were</c><00:19:56.250><c> we're</c><00:19:56.529><c> not</c><00:19:56.750><c> told</c><00:19:57.390><c> but</c><00:19:58.029><c> I</c> 00:19:58.609 --> 00:19:59.710 referred<00:19:58.990><c> to</c><00:19:59.170><c> it</c><00:19:59.289><c> the</c><00:19:59.430><c> other</c> 00:19:59.710 --> 00:20:04.170 day<00:20:00.369><c> that</c><00:20:00.769><c> Paul</c><00:20:01.089><c> and</c><00:20:01.470><c> Silas</c><00:20:01.789><c> in</c><00:20:02.049><c> the</c><00:20:02.190><c> inner</c><00:20:02.470><c> prison</c><00:20:03.190><c> prayed</c> 00:20:04.170 --> 00:20:10.730 and<00:20:04.769><c> sang</c><00:20:05.089><c> hymns</c><00:20:06.170><c> unto</c><00:20:07.069><c> God</c><00:20:07.809><c> and</c><00:20:08.750><c> the</c><00:20:09.250><c> prisoners</c><00:20:09.890><c> heard</c> 00:20:10.730 --> 00:20:20.849 them<00:20:11.450><c> lovely</c><00:20:12.069><c> isn't</c><00:20:12.430><c> it</c><00:20:13.630><c> not</c><00:20:14.029><c> grumbling</c><00:20:14.529><c> and</c><00:20:14.990><c> complaining</c><00:20:15.450><c> about</c><00:20:15.970><c> their</c><00:20:16.470><c> pains</c><00:20:17.029><c> and</c><00:20:17.369><c> aches</c><00:20:18.369><c> but</c><00:20:18.750><c> singing</c><00:20:19.829><c> hymns</c><00:20:20.609><c> to</c> 00:20:20.849 --> 00:20:26.130 God<00:20:21.369><c> and</c><00:20:22.769><c> whether</c><00:20:23.089><c> that</c><00:20:23.450><c> influenced</c><00:20:24.269><c> any</c><00:20:24.710><c> of</c><00:20:24.849><c> the</c><00:20:24.990><c> other</c><00:20:25.230><c> prisoners</c><00:20:25.609><c> we're</c><00:20:25.950><c> not</c> 00:20:26.130 --> 00:20:28.970 told<00:20:26.650><c> but</c><00:20:27.430><c> certainly</c><00:20:27.950><c> the</c><00:20:28.589><c> events</c> 00:20:28.970 --> 00:20:34.849 of<00:20:29.130><c> their</c><00:20:29.450><c> release</c><00:20:30.190><c> influenced</c><00:20:31.490><c> the</c><00:20:32.410><c> Roman</c><00:20:32.789><c> officer</c><00:20:33.569><c> and</c><00:20:34.509><c> he</c> 00:20:34.849 --> 00:20:40.829 and<00:20:35.289><c> his</c><00:20:35.809><c> household</c><00:20:36.769><c> were</c><00:20:38.109><c> converted</c><00:20:38.869><c> again</c><00:20:40.349><c> you</c><00:20:40.670><c> see</c> 00:20:40.829 --> 00:20:46.549 the<00:20:41.190><c> inference</c><00:20:41.589><c> is</c><00:20:41.950><c> that</c><00:20:42.490><c> these</c><00:20:42.869><c> were</c><00:20:43.069><c> not</c><00:20:43.650><c> little</c><00:20:43.950><c> insignificant</c><00:20:44.829><c> people</c><00:20:45.329><c> these</c><00:20:45.650><c> were</c><00:20:45.809><c> people</c><00:20:46.109><c> with</c><00:20:46.329><c> a</c> 00:20:46.549 --> 00:20:50.950 household<00:20:47.069><c> with</c><00:20:47.369><c> their</c><00:20:47.630><c> servants</c><00:20:48.150><c> and</c><00:20:49.150><c> and</c><00:20:49.369><c> they</c><00:20:50.230><c> spread</c><00:20:50.670><c> the</c> 00:20:50.950 --> 00:20:55.890 word<00:20:51.150><c> around</c><00:20:51.690><c> and</c><00:20:52.029><c> their</c><00:20:52.849><c> those</c><00:20:53.569><c> retainers</c><00:20:55.109><c> in</c><00:20:55.630><c> their</c> 00:20:55.890 --> 00:21:00.190 household<00:20:56.630><c> were</c><00:20:57.470><c> also</c><00:20:57.930><c> converted</c><00:20:58.670><c> and</c><00:20:59.269><c> became</c><00:20:59.569><c> Christians</c> 00:21:00.190 --> 00:21:03.890 and<00:21:01.430><c> when</c><00:21:01.650><c> they</c><00:21:01.849><c> were</c><00:21:02.130><c> released</c><00:21:02.609><c> from</c><00:21:02.970><c> prison</c><00:21:03.289><c> the</c><00:21:03.529><c> next</c> 00:21:03.890 --> 00:21:10.049 day<00:21:04.309><c> this</c><00:21:04.930><c> was</c><00:21:05.150><c> one</c><00:21:05.250><c> of</c><00:21:05.390><c> the</c><00:21:05.609><c> occasions</c><00:21:06.130><c> if</c><00:21:06.349><c> you</c><00:21:06.529><c> remember</c><00:21:06.930><c> when</c><00:21:07.710><c> Paul</c><00:21:08.109><c> exercised</c><00:21:09.170><c> his</c> 00:21:10.049 --> 00:21:11.930 Roman<00:21:10.549><c> citizenship</c><00:21:11.309><c> I</c><00:21:11.670><c> always</c> 00:21:11.930 --> 00:21:16.930 loved<00:21:12.210><c> that</c><00:21:12.690><c> the</c><00:21:13.829><c> magistrates</c><00:21:14.809><c> sent</c><00:21:15.410><c> have</c><00:21:15.910><c> sent</c><00:21:16.130><c> to</c><00:21:16.430><c> let</c><00:21:16.569><c> you</c> 00:21:16.930 --> 00:21:20.470 go<00:21:17.170><c> that's</c><00:21:17.630><c> very</c><00:21:18.170><c> generous</c><00:21:18.829><c> of</c><00:21:19.369><c> them</c><00:21:19.549><c> isn't</c><00:21:19.789><c> it</c><00:21:20.069><c> they</c> 00:21:20.470 --> 00:21:24.970 the<00:21:20.670><c> keeper</c><00:21:20.990><c> of</c><00:21:21.150><c> the</c><00:21:21.329><c> prison</c><00:21:21.549><c> told</c><00:21:22.309><c> Paul</c><00:21:22.970><c> the</c><00:21:23.710><c> magistrates</c><00:21:24.230><c> have</c><00:21:24.529><c> sent</c><00:21:24.710><c> to</c> 00:21:24.970 --> 00:21:28.730 let<00:21:25.109><c> you</c><00:21:25.410><c> go</c><00:21:26.230><c> now</c><00:21:27.349><c> therefore</c><00:21:27.829><c> depart</c><00:21:28.569><c> and</c> 00:21:28.730 --> 00:21:35.569 go<00:21:28.970><c> in</c><00:21:29.269><c> peace</c><00:21:30.089><c> but</c><00:21:31.289><c> Paul</c><00:21:31.509><c> wasn't</c><00:21:31.789><c> having</c><00:21:31.950><c> any</c><00:21:32.269><c> of</c><00:21:32.470><c> that</c><00:21:33.130><c> you</c><00:21:34.349><c> may</c><00:21:34.670><c> wonder</c><00:21:35.130><c> whether</c><00:21:35.390><c> he</c> 00:21:35.569 --> 00:21:37.190 was<00:21:35.789><c> justified</c><00:21:36.410><c> I</c><00:21:36.650><c> think</c><00:21:36.890><c> he</c> 00:21:37.190 --> 00:21:41.910 was<00:21:37.630><c> not</c><00:21:38.089><c> only</c><00:21:38.329><c> why</c><00:21:38.589><c> in</c><00:21:38.730><c> a</c><00:21:38.910><c> moment</c><00:21:39.289><c> but</c><00:21:40.049><c> he</c><00:21:40.390><c> said</c><00:21:40.690><c> they</c><00:21:41.250><c> have</c><00:21:41.470><c> beaten</c><00:21:41.670><c> us</c> 00:21:41.910 --> 00:21:46.049 openly<00:21:42.410><c> uncondemned</c><00:21:43.829><c> being</c><00:21:44.230><c> Romans</c><00:21:44.990><c> and</c><00:21:45.789><c> have</c> 00:21:46.049 --> 00:21:53.650 cast<00:21:46.289><c> us</c><00:21:46.470><c> into</c><00:21:46.829><c> prison</c><00:21:47.490><c> and</c><00:21:48.289><c> do</c><00:21:48.470><c> they</c><00:21:48.849><c> now</c><00:21:49.349><c> thrust</c><00:21:49.710><c> us</c><00:21:49.970><c> out</c><00:21:50.269><c> pivilly</c><00:21:51.450><c> naively</c><00:21:52.589><c> but</c> 00:21:53.650 --> 00:21:55.369 let<00:21:53.849><c> them</c><00:21:54.029><c> come</c><00:21:54.269><c> themselves</c><00:21:54.950><c> and</c> 00:21:55.369 --> 00:21:59.690 fetch<00:21:55.569><c> us</c><00:21:55.869><c> out</c><00:21:56.410><c> and</c><00:21:57.470><c> sergeants</c><00:21:58.029><c> told</c><00:21:58.430><c> these</c><00:21:58.809><c> words</c><00:21:59.109><c> under</c><00:21:59.369><c> the</c> 00:21:59.690 --> 00:22:02.210 magistrates<00:22:00.269><c> and</c><00:22:00.490><c> they</c><00:22:00.809><c> feared</c><00:22:01.170><c> when</c><00:22:01.769><c> they</c><00:22:02.049><c> heard</c> 00:22:02.210 --> 00:22:06.829 that<00:22:02.470><c> they</c><00:22:02.630><c> were</c><00:22:02.869><c> Romans</c><00:22:03.289><c> and</c><00:22:03.509><c> they</c><00:22:04.170><c> came</c><00:22:04.609><c> and</c><00:22:05.670><c> please</c><00:22:06.410><c> sir</c><00:22:06.630><c> do</c> 00:22:06.829 --> 00:22:10.769 you<00:22:07.009><c> mind</c><00:22:07.630><c> besought</c><00:22:08.950><c> them</c><00:22:09.549><c> first</c><00:22:10.190><c> of</c><00:22:10.329><c> all</c><00:22:10.430><c> they</c><00:22:10.609><c> were</c> 00:22:10.769 --> 00:22:14.890 large<00:22:11.369><c>-heartedly</c><00:22:12.089><c> let</c><00:22:12.470><c> them</c><00:22:12.650><c> go</c><00:22:12.890><c> but</c><00:22:13.309><c> they</c><00:22:13.849><c> had</c><00:22:14.150><c> to</c><00:22:14.390><c> come</c><00:22:14.609><c> Paul</c> 00:22:14.890 --> 00:22:18.309 and<00:22:15.109><c> no</c><00:22:15.869><c> tell</c><00:22:16.170><c> them</c><00:22:16.349><c> to</c><00:22:16.630><c> come</c><00:22:17.069><c> themselves</c> 00:22:18.470 --> 00:22:22.069 and<00:22:18.930><c> fetch</c><00:22:19.089><c> us</c><00:22:19.349><c> out</c><00:22:19.529><c> we're</c><00:22:19.910><c> Roman</c><00:22:20.089><c> citizens</c><00:22:20.869><c> and</c><00:22:21.710><c> so</c><00:22:21.849><c> they</c><00:22:21.970><c> had</c> 00:22:22.069 --> 00:22:25.369 to<00:22:22.309><c> come</c><00:22:22.490><c> and</c><00:22:22.750><c> besiege</c><00:22:23.309><c> them</c><00:22:23.569><c> that</c><00:22:24.150><c> they</c><00:22:24.410><c> would</c><00:22:24.650><c> depart</c> 00:22:25.369 --> 00:22:29.690 well<00:22:25.849><c> now</c><00:22:25.990><c> you</c><00:22:26.230><c> may</c><00:22:26.430><c> say</c><00:22:27.089><c> wasn't</c><00:22:27.589><c> that</c><00:22:27.869><c> just</c><00:22:28.250><c> scoring</c><00:22:28.710><c> a</c><00:22:29.109><c> point</c> 00:22:29.690 --> 00:22:33.069 wasn't<00:22:30.690><c> Paul</c><00:22:30.930><c> really</c><00:22:31.349><c> just</c><00:22:31.849><c> to</c><00:22:32.549><c> well</c><00:22:32.650><c> you</c><00:22:32.869><c> might</c> 00:22:33.069 --> 00:22:36.250 say<00:22:33.329><c> getting</c><00:22:33.609><c> his</c><00:22:33.890><c> own</c><00:22:34.170><c> back</c><00:22:34.470><c> on</c><00:22:34.829><c> them</c><00:22:34.970><c> I</c><00:22:35.089><c> don't</c><00:22:35.349><c> think</c><00:22:35.490><c> he</c><00:22:35.769><c> was</c> 00:22:36.250 --> 00:22:38.690 I<00:22:37.069><c> think</c><00:22:37.170><c> he</c><00:22:37.410><c> would</c><00:22:37.529><c> probably</c><00:22:37.809><c> have</c><00:22:37.990><c> in</c><00:22:38.289><c> mind</c><00:22:38.529><c> that</c> 00:22:38.690 --> 00:22:44.029 there<00:22:38.829><c> might</c><00:22:39.289><c> be</c><00:22:39.789><c> other</c><00:22:40.109><c> cases</c><00:22:40.789><c> that</c><00:22:41.369><c> would</c><00:22:41.630><c> arise</c><00:22:42.150><c> and</c><00:22:42.789><c> he</c><00:22:42.910><c> would</c><00:22:43.130><c> make</c><00:22:43.410><c> them</c><00:22:43.950><c> a</c> 00:22:44.029 --> 00:22:46.089 little<00:22:44.329><c> more</c><00:22:44.750><c> careful</c> 00:22:46.190 --> 00:22:49.569 how<00:22:46.529><c> they</c><00:22:46.890><c> dealt</c><00:22:47.210><c> with</c><00:22:47.509><c> Christian</c><00:22:48.049><c> preachers</c><00:22:49.049><c> that</c><00:22:49.410><c> should</c> 00:22:49.569 --> 00:22:52.849 come<00:22:49.849><c> to</c><00:22:50.049><c> Philippi</c><00:22:50.589><c> in</c><00:22:50.809><c> future</c><00:22:51.190><c> you</c><00:22:51.529><c> see</c><00:22:51.789><c> so</c><00:22:52.430><c> by</c> 00:22:52.849 --> 00:22:56.069 standing<00:22:53.210><c> on</c><00:22:53.509><c> what</c><00:22:53.730><c> we</c><00:22:53.970><c> would</c><00:22:54.190><c> call</c><00:22:54.349><c> his</c><00:22:54.690><c> dignity</c><00:22:55.269><c> as</c><00:22:55.630><c> a</c><00:22:55.650><c> Roman</c> 00:22:56.069 --> 00:23:00.230 citizen<00:22:56.609><c> and</c><00:22:57.349><c> insisting</c><00:22:58.089><c> on</c><00:22:58.309><c> their</c><00:22:58.809><c> humiliation</c> 00:23:00.710 --> 00:23:04.329 it<00:23:01.390><c> was</c><00:23:01.470><c> in</c><00:23:01.589><c> a</c><00:23:01.750><c> sense</c><00:23:01.990><c> it</c><00:23:02.190><c> was</c><00:23:02.490><c> humiliating</c><00:23:03.470><c> the</c><00:23:03.690><c> magistrates</c> 00:23:04.329 --> 00:23:07.809 wasn't<00:23:04.569><c> it</c><00:23:05.069><c> and</c><00:23:05.589><c> he</c><00:23:05.710><c> was</c><00:23:05.930><c> making</c><00:23:06.509><c> sure</c><00:23:06.990><c> that</c><00:23:07.349><c> such</c><00:23:07.549><c> a</c><00:23:07.690><c> thing</c> 00:23:07.809 --> 00:23:11.690 shouldn't<00:23:08.170><c> occur</c><00:23:08.470><c> again</c><00:23:09.029><c> and</c><00:23:09.970><c> that</c><00:23:10.210><c> future</c><00:23:10.609><c> preachers</c><00:23:11.450><c> who</c> 00:23:11.690 --> 00:23:15.589 might<00:23:12.130><c> either</c><00:23:12.690><c> come</c><00:23:12.970><c> there</c><00:23:13.450><c> or</c><00:23:14.170><c> arise</c><00:23:14.569><c> among</c><00:23:14.930><c> them</c> 00:23:15.589 --> 00:23:23.990 would<00:23:16.269><c> be</c><00:23:16.609><c> treated</c><00:23:17.009><c> with</c><00:23:18.069><c> more</c><00:23:18.829><c> carefulness</c><00:23:20.029><c> than</c><00:23:20.750><c> he</c><00:23:20.990><c> and</c><00:23:21.210><c> Silas</c><00:23:21.509><c> had</c><00:23:21.750><c> been</c><00:23:21.890><c> anyway</c><00:23:22.450><c> they</c><00:23:23.170><c> went</c><00:23:23.390><c> out</c><00:23:23.650><c> of</c><00:23:23.789><c> the</c> 00:23:23.990 --> 00:23:27.950 prison<00:23:24.390><c> and</c><00:23:25.130><c> where</c><00:23:25.230><c> do</c><00:23:25.410><c> you</c><00:23:25.470><c> think</c><00:23:25.589><c> they</c><00:23:25.910><c> went</c><00:23:26.309><c> into</c><00:23:27.230><c> the</c><00:23:27.509><c> house</c><00:23:27.630><c> of</c> 00:23:27.950 --> 00:23:33.769 Lydia<00:23:28.329><c> that</c><00:23:31.390><c> was</c><00:23:31.589><c> their</c><00:23:31.829><c> headquarters</c><00:23:32.549><c> so</c><00:23:33.390><c> the</c> 00:23:33.769 --> 00:23:37.089 room<00:23:33.890><c> of</c><00:23:34.109><c> Lydia</c><00:23:34.470><c> seems</c><00:23:34.849><c> to</c><00:23:35.029><c> have</c><00:23:35.210><c> been</c><00:23:35.730><c> the</c><00:23:36.150><c> first</c><00:23:36.470><c> Christian</c> 00:23:37.089 --> 00:23:39.569 church<00:23:37.769><c> we</c><00:23:38.130><c> read</c><00:23:38.430><c> a</c><00:23:38.650><c> lot</c><00:23:38.950><c> in</c><00:23:39.210><c> the</c><00:23:39.329><c> new</c> 00:23:39.569 --> 00:23:46.009 testament<00:23:40.109><c> of</c><00:23:41.029><c> the</c><00:23:41.309><c> church</c><00:23:41.869><c> that</c><00:23:42.130><c> is</c><00:23:42.329><c> in</c><00:23:42.630><c> their</c><00:23:42.950><c> house</c><00:23:43.430><c> of</c><00:23:43.730><c> different</c><00:23:44.089><c> ones</c><00:23:44.529><c> and</c> 00:23:46.009 --> 00:23:48.029 it's<00:23:46.210><c> lovely</c><00:23:46.529><c> to</c><00:23:46.829><c> think</c><00:23:47.109><c> that</c> 00:23:48.089 --> 00:23:51.349 of<00:23:48.430><c> course</c><00:23:48.670><c> they</c><00:23:48.869><c> got</c><00:23:49.029><c> to</c><00:23:49.289><c> a</c><00:23:49.450><c> stage</c><00:23:49.869><c> and</c><00:23:50.410><c> of</c><00:23:50.569><c> course</c><00:23:50.730><c> they</c><00:23:51.069><c> grew</c> 00:23:51.349 --> 00:23:55.470 and<00:23:52.069><c> and</c><00:23:52.309><c> built</c><00:23:52.450><c> themselves</c><00:23:53.269><c> meeting</c><00:23:54.190><c> places</c> 00:23:55.529 --> 00:23:58.170 James<00:23:56.049><c> seems</c><00:23:56.329><c> to</c><00:23:56.589><c> refer</c><00:23:56.769><c> to</c><00:23:56.910><c> that</c><00:23:57.109><c> in</c><00:23:57.230><c> his</c><00:23:57.430><c> epistle</c><00:23:57.769><c> when</c><00:23:57.990><c> he</c> 00:23:58.170 --> 00:23:59.569 says<00:23:58.269><c> if</c><00:23:58.490><c> they</c><00:23:58.670><c> come</c><00:23:58.869><c> one</c><00:23:59.049><c> into</c><00:23:59.289><c> your</c> 00:23:59.569 --> 00:24:04.630 synagogue<00:24:00.849><c> he</c><00:24:01.410><c> is</c><00:24:01.569><c> the</c><00:24:01.750><c> word</c><00:24:01.890><c> he</c><00:24:02.150><c> uses</c><00:24:02.490><c> assembly</c><00:24:03.349><c> so</c><00:24:04.029><c> they</c><00:24:04.309><c> had</c> 00:24:04.630 --> 00:24:08.559 their<00:24:04.970><c> meeting</c><00:24:05.910><c> places</c><00:24:06.470><c> but</c><00:24:07.569><c> early</c><00:24:08.210><c> on</c> 00:24:09.049 --> 00:24:14.390 where<00:24:09.690><c> they'd</c><00:24:10.049><c> got</c><00:24:10.210><c> homes</c><00:24:10.650><c> large</c><00:24:11.109><c> enough</c><00:24:11.569><c> to</c><00:24:12.230><c> house</c><00:24:12.710><c> the</c><00:24:12.990><c> brethren</c><00:24:13.250><c> sisters</c><00:24:13.890><c> as</c> 00:24:14.390 --> 00:24:17.109 Lydia<00:24:14.710><c> had</c><00:24:15.470><c> that</c><00:24:16.250><c> home</c><00:24:16.490><c> became</c><00:24:16.829><c> the</c> 00:24:17.109 --> 00:24:21.450 headquarters<00:24:17.849><c> of</c><00:24:18.549><c> the</c><00:24:18.829><c> church</c><00:24:19.410><c> and</c><00:24:20.569><c> as</c><00:24:20.789><c> soon</c><00:24:20.910><c> as</c><00:24:21.089><c> they</c><00:24:21.230><c> were</c> 00:24:21.450 --> 00:24:25.559 released<00:24:22.089><c> they</c><00:24:22.769><c> knew</c><00:24:22.950><c> where</c><00:24:23.150><c> to</c><00:24:23.369><c> go</c><00:24:23.690><c> go</c><00:24:24.670><c> to</c><00:24:24.809><c> the</c><00:24:25.049><c> home</c><00:24:25.210><c> of</c> 00:24:25.559 --> 00:24:33.599 Lydia<00:24:26.000><c> now</c><00:24:29.859><c> I</c><00:24:30.140><c> want</c><00:24:30.299><c> you</c><00:24:30.480><c> to</c><00:24:30.579><c> look</c><00:24:30.740><c> into</c><00:24:30.960><c> the</c><00:24:31.279><c> epistles</c><00:24:31.859><c> and</c><00:24:32.859><c> see</c><00:24:33.079><c> some</c><00:24:33.359><c> of</c> 00:24:33.599 --> 00:24:35.819 what<00:24:33.759><c> I</c><00:24:34.160><c> think</c><00:24:34.400><c> are</c><00:24:34.559><c> the</c><00:24:34.799><c> related</c> 00:24:36.579 --> 00:24:41.819 repercussions<00:24:37.140><c> of</c><00:24:37.500><c> this</c><00:24:37.859><c> in</c><00:24:38.440><c> the</c><00:24:38.579><c> letter</c><00:24:38.880><c> to</c><00:24:39.140><c> the</c><00:24:39.359><c> Philippians</c><00:24:40.380><c> chapter</c><00:24:41.039><c> four</c> 00:24:50.480 --> 00:24:57.000 Paul<00:24:51.599><c> refers</c><00:24:52.160><c> back</c><00:24:52.660><c> to</c><00:24:53.660><c> these</c><00:24:54.140><c> early</c><00:24:54.700><c> days</c><00:24:55.359><c> and</c><00:24:56.259><c> he</c><00:24:56.559><c> says</c><00:24:56.740><c> in</c> 00:24:57.000 --> 00:25:01.579 verse<00:24:57.740><c> 15</c><00:24:58.660><c> now</c><00:24:59.599><c> ye</c><00:25:00.259><c> Philippians</c> 00:25:01.680 --> 00:25:06.319 know<00:25:02.480><c> also</c><00:25:02.920><c> that</c><00:25:03.079><c> in</c><00:25:03.460><c> the</c><00:25:03.519><c> beginning</c><00:25:03.839><c> of</c><00:25:04.099><c> the</c><00:25:04.299><c> gospel</c><00:25:04.940><c> when</c><00:25:06.039><c> I</c> 00:25:06.319 --> 00:25:10.559 departed<00:25:06.900><c> from</c><00:25:07.220><c> Macedonia</c><00:25:08.380><c> no</c><00:25:09.039><c> church</c><00:25:09.559><c> communicated</c> 00:25:10.559 --> 00:25:17.000 with<00:25:10.859><c> me</c><00:25:11.339><c> as</c><00:25:11.640><c> concerning</c><00:25:12.220><c> giving</c><00:25:12.619><c> and</c><00:25:13.000><c> receiving</c><00:25:13.680><c> but</c><00:25:14.720><c> ye</c><00:25:15.140><c> only</c><00:25:16.460><c> for</c> 00:25:17.000 --> 00:25:19.859 even<00:25:17.440><c> in</c><00:25:17.839><c> Thessalonica</c><00:25:18.900><c> which</c><00:25:19.220><c> was</c><00:25:19.640><c> his</c> 00:25:19.859 --> 00:25:27.519 next<00:25:20.160><c> port</c><00:25:20.420><c> of</c><00:25:20.700><c> call</c><00:25:21.720><c> ye</c><00:25:22.619><c> sent</c><00:25:22.900><c> once</c><00:25:23.380><c> and</c><00:25:23.680><c> again</c><00:25:24.420><c> unto</c><00:25:25.259><c> my</c><00:25:25.680><c> necessity</c><00:25:26.579><c> not</c> 00:25:27.519 --> 00:25:30.539 because<00:25:27.839><c> I</c><00:25:28.079><c> desire</c><00:25:28.539><c> a</c><00:25:28.779><c> gift</c><00:25:29.259><c> but</c><00:25:29.799><c> I</c><00:25:30.099><c> desire</c> 00:25:30.539 --> 00:25:39.720 fruit<00:25:31.299><c> that</c><00:25:31.880><c> may</c><00:25:32.099><c> abound</c><00:25:32.500><c> to</c><00:25:33.079><c> your</c><00:25:34.160><c> account</c><00:25:34.839><c> and</c><00:25:35.940><c> I</c><00:25:36.259><c> reckon</c><00:25:36.579><c> that</c><00:25:36.920><c> Lydia</c><00:25:37.220><c> was</c><00:25:37.519><c> behind</c><00:25:37.980><c> this</c><00:25:38.299><c> you</c><00:25:38.579><c> see</c><00:25:38.839><c> because</c><00:25:39.319><c> he</c><00:25:39.619><c> says</c> 00:25:39.720 --> 00:25:43.140 it<00:25:39.839><c> was</c><00:25:40.039><c> in</c><00:25:40.259><c> the</c><00:25:40.420><c> beginning</c><00:25:40.920><c> in</c><00:25:41.700><c> the</c><00:25:41.920><c> beginning</c><00:25:42.160><c> of</c><00:25:42.380><c> the</c><00:25:42.559><c> gospel</c><00:25:42.920><c> when</c> 00:25:43.140 --> 00:25:47.220 I<00:25:43.400><c> first</c><00:25:43.759><c> preached</c><00:25:44.440><c> and</c><00:25:45.960><c> when</c><00:25:46.180><c> I</c><00:25:46.440><c> left</c> 00:25:47.900 --> 00:25:53.140 Macedonia<00:25:48.460><c> you</c><00:25:49.019><c> were</c><00:25:49.240><c> the</c><00:25:49.440><c> people</c><00:25:49.900><c> you</c><00:25:50.279><c> Philippians</c><00:25:51.119><c> who</c><00:25:51.859><c> contributed</c><00:25:52.519><c> over</c><00:25:52.940><c> and</c> 00:25:53.140 --> 00:25:55.900 over<00:25:53.359><c> again</c><00:25:53.900><c> to</c><00:25:54.500><c> my</c><00:25:54.759><c> needs</c> 00:25:56.039 --> 00:25:59.920 and<00:25:56.359><c> I</c><00:25:56.640><c> can</c><00:25:56.839><c> see</c><00:25:57.019><c> this</c><00:25:57.319><c> dear</c><00:25:57.619><c> woman</c><00:25:58.059><c> when</c><00:25:58.299><c> they</c><00:25:58.599><c> left</c><00:25:58.859><c> her</c><00:25:59.220><c> house</c><00:25:59.700><c> to</c> 00:25:59.920 --> 00:26:02.940 go<00:26:00.079><c> on</c><00:26:00.279><c> their</c><00:26:00.480><c> journeys</c><00:26:00.960><c> packing</c><00:26:02.180><c> them</c><00:26:02.440><c> up</c><00:26:02.700><c> some</c> 00:26:02.940 --> 00:26:07.180 food<00:26:03.339><c> and</c><00:26:03.700><c> provisions</c><00:26:04.359><c> making</c><00:26:05.500><c> sure</c><00:26:05.880><c> they'd</c><00:26:06.240><c> got</c><00:26:06.380><c> money</c><00:26:06.839><c> because</c><00:26:07.019><c> she</c> 00:26:07.180 --> 00:26:09.700 was<00:26:07.339><c> a</c><00:26:07.519><c> wealthy</c><00:26:07.839><c> woman</c><00:26:08.359><c> and</c><00:26:09.200><c> sending</c><00:26:09.480><c> them</c> 00:26:09.700 --> 00:26:13.680 their<00:26:10.019><c> way</c><00:26:10.299><c> and</c><00:26:10.579><c> saying</c><00:26:10.740><c> now</c><00:26:11.000><c> look</c><00:26:11.299><c> I'll</c><00:26:11.920><c> get</c><00:26:12.079><c> somebody</c><00:26:12.460><c> to</c><00:26:12.759><c> bring</c><00:26:12.940><c> something</c><00:26:13.400><c> to</c> 00:26:13.680 --> 00:26:16.200 you<00:26:13.759><c> when</c><00:26:14.019><c> you</c><00:26:14.339><c> get</c><00:26:14.619><c> to</c><00:26:14.859><c> Thessalonica</c> 00:26:16.579 --> 00:26:19.920 I<00:26:16.900><c> don't</c><00:26:17.180><c> think</c><00:26:17.279><c> that's</c><00:26:17.660><c> too</c><00:26:17.900><c> imaginary</c><00:26:18.440><c> because</c><00:26:19.339><c> I</c><00:26:19.599><c> believe</c> 00:26:19.920 --> 00:26:22.420 this<00:26:20.359><c> the</c><00:26:20.859><c> influence</c><00:26:21.240><c> of</c><00:26:21.420><c> this</c><00:26:21.660><c> good</c><00:26:21.880><c> woman</c> 00:26:22.420 --> 00:26:26.680 would<00:26:23.119><c> have</c><00:26:23.480><c> set</c><00:26:23.759><c> a</c><00:26:24.079><c> standard</c><00:26:24.579><c> as</c><00:26:24.819><c> it</c><00:26:25.079><c> were</c><00:26:25.400><c> for</c><00:26:25.980><c> the</c><00:26:26.279><c> whole</c><00:26:26.460><c> of</c> 00:26:26.680 --> 00:26:30.039 the<00:26:26.900><c> church</c><00:26:27.440><c> of</c><00:26:27.960><c> the</c><00:26:28.279><c> Philippians</c><00:26:29.460><c> of</c><00:26:29.880><c> which</c> 00:26:30.039 --> 00:26:38.279 she<00:26:30.380><c> was</c><00:26:30.680><c> the</c><00:26:31.000><c> founder</c><00:26:31.279><c> member</c><00:26:31.920><c> and</c><00:26:33.579><c> her</c><00:26:34.720><c> home</c><00:26:35.079><c> was</c><00:26:35.299><c> its</c><00:26:35.599><c> original</c><00:26:36.920><c> dwelling</c><00:26:37.900><c> place</c> 00:26:38.279 --> 00:26:40.180 where<00:26:38.480><c> the</c><00:26:38.680><c> church</c><00:26:39.039><c> started</c> 00:26:40.230 --> 00:26:49.720 where<00:26:40.680><c> they</c><00:26:41.119><c> went</c><00:26:41.519><c> from</c><00:26:42.099><c> so</c><00:26:43.500><c> I</c><00:26:43.859><c> think</c><00:26:44.500><c> the</c><00:26:44.920><c> influence</c><00:26:45.380><c> of</c><00:26:45.660><c> Lydia</c><00:26:46.640><c> permeated</c><00:26:49.339><c> the</c> 00:26:49.720 --> 00:26:52.210 whole<00:26:49.980><c> ecclesia</c><00:26:50.599><c> as</c><00:26:50.839><c> it</c><00:26:51.099><c> grew</c><00:26:51.259><c> up</c> 00:26:52.440 --> 00:27:00.440 so<00:26:53.299><c> that</c><00:26:53.660><c> it</c><00:26:53.900><c> got</c><00:26:54.039><c> a</c><00:26:54.259><c> reputation</c><00:26:54.960><c> for</c><00:26:55.339><c> being</c><00:26:55.920><c> a</c><00:26:56.900><c> kindly</c><00:26:57.299><c> and</c><00:26:57.740><c> generous</c><00:26:58.480><c> ecclesia</c><00:26:59.400><c> and</c><00:27:00.279><c> I</c> 00:27:00.440 --> 00:27:03.839 think<00:27:00.740><c> her</c><00:27:02.000><c> early</c><00:27:02.480><c> influence</c> 00:27:04.039 --> 00:27:08.339 was<00:27:04.339><c> what</c><00:27:04.579><c> led</c><00:27:04.880><c> to</c><00:27:05.180><c> that</c><00:27:05.640><c> so</c><00:27:06.099><c> that</c><00:27:06.220><c> when</c><00:27:06.319><c> he</c><00:27:06.559><c> writes</c><00:27:06.819><c> of</c><00:27:07.019><c> the</c><00:27:07.200><c> Philippians</c><00:27:07.779><c> it</c> 00:27:08.339 --> 00:27:10.940 is<00:27:08.680><c> they</c><00:27:09.019><c> he</c><00:27:09.420><c> says</c><00:27:09.640><c> above</c><00:27:09.960><c> all</c><00:27:10.380><c> others</c> 00:27:10.940 --> 00:27:14.619 more<00:27:11.579><c> than</c><00:27:11.779><c> anybody</c><00:27:12.220><c> else</c><00:27:13.059><c> you</c><00:27:13.519><c> have</c><00:27:13.680><c> been</c><00:27:13.839><c> those</c><00:27:14.160><c> who</c><00:27:14.420><c> have</c> 00:27:14.619 --> 00:27:17.380 contributed<00:27:15.140><c> to</c><00:27:15.759><c> my</c><00:27:16.019><c> needs</c><00:27:16.519><c> and</c><00:27:16.920><c> when</c><00:27:17.039><c> we</c><00:27:17.220><c> come</c> 00:27:17.380 --> 00:27:22.859 over<00:27:17.720><c> into</c><00:27:17.920><c> the</c><00:27:18.119><c> book</c><00:27:18.339><c> of</c><00:27:19.000><c> revelation</c><00:27:19.799><c> of</c><00:27:21.380><c> course</c><00:27:21.559><c> things</c><00:27:21.839><c> have</c><00:27:22.119><c> developed</c><00:27:22.500><c> now</c> 00:27:22.859 --> 00:27:24.480 out<00:27:23.119><c> of</c><00:27:23.380><c> hand</c><00:27:23.720><c> and</c><00:27:24.019><c> things</c><00:27:24.220><c> have</c> 00:27:24.480 --> 00:27:30.599 changed<00:27:24.779><c> completely</c><00:27:25.539><c> and</c><00:27:26.480><c> the</c><00:27:26.700><c> original</c><00:27:27.779><c> simplicity</c><00:27:28.859><c> of</c><00:27:30.079><c> the</c> 00:27:30.599 --> 00:27:33.599 ecclesias<00:27:31.400><c> has</c><00:27:31.819><c> largely</c><00:27:32.299><c> disappeared</c> 00:27:33.619 --> 00:27:42.259 but<00:27:34.000><c> we</c><00:27:34.279><c> read</c><00:27:34.519><c> about</c><00:27:34.900><c> thiatira</c><00:27:36.079><c> now</c><00:27:37.180><c> Lydia</c><00:27:37.539><c> came</c><00:27:38.059><c> from</c><00:27:38.299><c> thiatira</c><00:27:39.460><c> and</c><00:27:40.099><c> I'm</c><00:27:40.420><c> going</c><00:27:40.579><c> to</c><00:27:40.880><c> presuppose</c> 00:27:42.440 --> 00:27:46.859 you<00:27:42.819><c> may</c><00:27:43.160><c> think</c><00:27:43.420><c> unjustly</c><00:27:44.380><c> that</c><00:27:44.740><c> she</c><00:27:44.920><c> went</c><00:27:45.160><c> back</c><00:27:45.519><c> there</c><00:27:45.779><c> eventually</c><00:27:46.339><c> because</c><00:27:46.619><c> that</c> 00:27:46.859 --> 00:27:48.319 was<00:27:47.019><c> her</c><00:27:47.359><c> home</c> 00:27:48.220 --> 00:27:53.400 and<00:27:48.619><c> I</c><00:27:48.900><c> reckon</c><00:27:49.279><c> she</c><00:27:49.500><c> took</c><00:27:49.759><c> the</c><00:27:50.140><c> influence</c><00:27:50.720><c> with</c><00:27:51.180><c> her</c><00:27:51.720><c> of</c><00:27:52.400><c> generosity</c><00:27:53.019><c> and</c> 00:27:53.400 --> 00:27:57.059 kindness<00:27:53.980><c> so</c><00:27:54.920><c> in</c><00:27:55.180><c> this</c><00:27:55.480><c> letter</c><00:27:55.980><c> of</c> 00:27:57.059 --> 00:28:02.579 Jesus<00:27:57.640><c> in</c><00:27:58.359><c> the</c><00:27:58.579><c> second</c><00:27:58.920><c> chapter</c><00:27:59.500><c> of</c><00:27:59.980><c> revelation</c><00:28:00.579><c> verse</c><00:28:00.980><c> 18</c><00:28:01.839><c> we</c> 00:28:02.579 --> 00:28:05.420 read<00:28:03.180><c> and</c><00:28:03.900><c> unto</c><00:28:04.079><c> the</c><00:28:04.339><c> angel</c><00:28:04.619><c> of</c><00:28:04.819><c> the</c><00:28:05.019><c> church</c> 00:28:05.420 --> 00:28:13.180 in<00:28:05.900><c> thiatira</c><00:28:07.200><c> write</c><00:28:08.059><c> these</c><00:28:09.059><c> things</c><00:28:09.500><c> said</c><00:28:09.740><c> the</c><00:28:09.980><c> son</c><00:28:10.200><c> of</c><00:28:10.420><c> god</c><00:28:10.980><c> who</c><00:28:11.680><c> had</c><00:28:11.859><c> the</c><00:28:12.140><c> eyes</c><00:28:12.400><c> like</c><00:28:12.680><c> unto</c><00:28:12.960><c> a</c> 00:28:13.180 --> 00:28:14.119 flame<00:28:13.380><c> of</c><00:28:13.720><c> fire</c> 00:28:14.119 --> 00:28:19.500 and<00:28:14.720><c> his</c><00:28:14.920><c> feet</c><00:28:15.099><c> are</c><00:28:15.339><c> like</c><00:28:15.539><c> fine</c><00:28:15.900><c> brass</c><00:28:16.559><c> I</c><00:28:17.680><c> know</c><00:28:18.119><c> thy</c><00:28:18.440><c> works</c><00:28:19.079><c> and</c> 00:28:19.500 --> 00:28:24.259 charity<00:28:20.259><c> and</c><00:28:21.539><c> service</c><00:28:22.240><c> and</c><00:28:22.660><c> faith</c><00:28:23.200><c> and</c><00:28:23.619><c> patience</c> 00:28:24.259 --> 00:28:37.759 and<00:28:24.940><c> thy</c><00:28:25.200><c> works</c><00:28:26.420><c> in</c><00:28:27.660><c> the</c><00:28:28.180><c> assistance</c><00:28:28.759><c> here</c><00:28:29.099><c> you</c><00:28:29.240><c> see</c><00:28:29.380><c> is</c><00:28:29.519><c> on</c><00:28:30.160><c> the</c><00:28:31.180><c> love</c><00:28:31.960><c> the</c><00:28:33.599><c> charity</c><00:28:34.339><c> the</c><00:28:35.539><c> works</c><00:28:35.880><c> of</c><00:28:36.200><c> kindness</c> 00:28:38.059 --> 00:28:44.220 at<00:28:38.640><c> thiatira</c><00:28:39.500><c> which</c><00:28:40.920><c> matches</c><00:28:41.440><c> up</c><00:28:41.779><c> to</c><00:28:42.019><c> me</c><00:28:42.500><c> the</c><00:28:42.940><c> thought</c><00:28:43.400><c> that</c> 00:28:44.220 --> 00:28:46.119 Lydia<00:28:44.559><c> came</c><00:28:44.960><c> from</c><00:28:45.200><c> thiatira</c> 00:28:46.119 --> 00:28:52.500 that<00:28:47.039><c> was</c><00:28:47.259><c> where</c><00:28:47.480><c> she</c><00:28:48.420><c> got</c><00:28:48.779><c> her</c><00:28:49.279><c> purple</c><00:28:49.740><c> dye</c><00:28:50.140><c> from</c><00:28:50.579><c> and</c><00:28:51.619><c> that</c><00:28:51.859><c> was</c><00:28:52.039><c> where</c><00:28:52.279><c> I</c> 00:28:52.500 --> 00:28:54.359 suggest<00:28:52.880><c> perhaps</c><00:28:53.200><c> she</c><00:28:53.900><c> eventually</c> 00:28:54.359 --> 00:29:01.059 she<00:28:54.740><c> retired</c><00:28:55.299><c> and</c><00:28:56.119><c> she</c><00:28:56.380><c> took</c><00:28:56.660><c> back</c><00:28:56.980><c> with</c><00:28:57.299><c> her</c><00:28:57.619><c> this</c><00:28:58.240><c> same</c><00:28:59.119><c> spirit</c><00:28:59.980><c> of</c> 00:29:01.059 --> 00:29:04.420 generosity<00:29:01.880><c> and</c><00:29:02.259><c> kindness</c><00:29:02.839><c> the</c><00:29:03.539><c> works</c><00:29:03.900><c> of</c> 00:29:04.420 --> 00:29:10.920 charity<00:29:05.079><c> were</c><00:29:06.240><c> still</c><00:29:06.619><c> lingering</c><00:29:07.039><c> on</c><00:29:07.619><c> well</c><00:29:08.359><c> that's</c><00:29:08.720><c> by</c><00:29:08.839><c> the</c><00:29:09.000><c> way</c><00:29:09.460><c> they</c><00:29:10.339><c> went</c><00:29:10.559><c> on</c> 00:29:10.920 --> 00:29:15.180 to<00:29:11.200><c> Athens</c><00:29:11.940><c> here</c><00:29:13.240><c> and</c><00:29:14.680><c> there</c><00:29:14.880><c> Paul</c> 00:29:15.180 --> 00:29:21.779 was<00:29:15.380><c> left</c><00:29:15.759><c> alone</c><00:29:16.119><c> at</c><00:29:16.480><c> Athens</c><00:29:17.259><c> he</c><00:29:17.960><c> refers</c><00:29:18.240><c> to</c><00:29:18.640><c> that</c><00:29:18.940><c> in</c><00:29:19.140><c> his</c><00:29:19.400><c> epistles</c><00:29:20.339><c> being</c><00:29:20.720><c> left</c><00:29:21.079><c> alone</c><00:29:21.420><c> at</c> 00:29:21.779 --> 00:29:23.279 Athens<00:29:22.180><c> and</c><00:29:22.759><c> we</c><00:29:22.980><c> know</c> 00:29:23.279 --> 00:29:28.119 there<00:29:23.920><c> how</c><00:29:24.640><c> he</c><00:29:25.740><c> went</c><00:29:26.140><c> about</c><00:29:26.480><c> first</c><00:29:26.819><c> to</c><00:29:27.019><c> the</c><00:29:27.200><c> Jewish</c><00:29:27.500><c> synagogue</c> 00:29:28.119 --> 00:29:31.400 and<00:29:28.880><c> then</c><00:29:29.099><c> he</c><00:29:29.380><c> encountered</c><00:29:29.940><c> in</c><00:29:30.359><c> the</c><00:29:30.640><c> marketplace</c> 00:29:31.400 --> 00:29:37.259 the<00:29:32.099><c> Epicureans</c><00:29:32.980><c> and</c><00:29:33.359><c> Stoics</c><00:29:34.380><c> the</c><00:29:35.019><c> Greek</c><00:29:35.299><c> philosophers</c><00:29:36.039><c> and</c> 00:29:37.259 --> 00:29:40.619 his<00:29:37.700><c> marvelous</c><00:29:38.240><c> speech</c><00:29:38.759><c> there</c><00:29:39.039><c> which</c><00:29:39.240><c> we</c><00:29:39.460><c> all</c><00:29:39.720><c> admire</c> 00:29:42.279 --> 00:29:45.720 Alfred<00:29:42.960><c> Norris</c><00:29:43.359><c> doesn't</c><00:29:43.640><c> agree</c><00:29:43.960><c> with</c><00:29:44.140><c> me</c><00:29:44.299><c> on</c><00:29:44.500><c> this</c><00:29:44.700><c> but</c><00:29:44.920><c> I</c><00:29:45.240><c> think</c><00:29:45.480><c> he</c> 00:29:45.720 --> 00:29:47.000 did<00:29:46.160><c> say</c> 00:29:47.640 --> 00:29:53.039 gentlemen<00:29:48.319><c> of</c><00:29:48.599><c> Athens</c><00:29:48.940><c> he</c><00:29:49.200><c> didn't</c><00:29:49.559><c> attack</c><00:29:50.160><c> them</c><00:29:50.799><c> he</c><00:29:51.839><c> didn't</c><00:29:52.039><c> go</c><00:29:52.220><c> like</c><00:29:52.559><c> a</c> 00:29:53.039 --> 00:29:54.599 bullet<00:29:53.299><c> a</c><00:29:53.539><c> gate</c><00:29:53.819><c> at</c><00:29:54.160><c> them</c> 00:29:54.599 --> 00:29:59.119 I<00:29:55.380><c> think</c><00:29:55.599><c> he</c><00:29:55.799><c> was</c><00:29:56.200><c> leading</c><00:29:56.779><c> them</c><00:29:57.119><c> on</c><00:29:57.559><c> gentlemen</c><00:29:58.119><c> of</c><00:29:58.440><c> Athens</c><00:29:58.779><c> he</c> 00:29:59.119 --> 00:30:02.680 said<00:29:59.700><c> everywhere</c><00:30:00.500><c> I</c><00:30:00.880><c> go</c><00:30:01.059><c> I</c><00:30:01.299><c> see</c><00:30:01.460><c> how</c><00:30:01.839><c> religious</c><00:30:02.279><c> you</c> 00:30:02.680 --> 00:30:06.339 are<00:30:03.180><c> you're</c><00:30:04.039><c> a</c><00:30:04.240><c> very</c><00:30:04.579><c> religious</c><00:30:05.079><c> people</c><00:30:05.539><c> that's</c><00:30:06.000><c> the</c><00:30:06.099><c> meaning</c> 00:30:06.339 --> 00:30:08.519 of<00:30:06.579><c> the</c><00:30:06.740><c> word</c><00:30:06.980><c> superstitious</c><00:30:07.960><c> really</c> 00:30:08.519 --> 00:30:14.799 very<00:30:09.420><c> religious</c><00:30:10.339><c> everywhere</c><00:30:11.400><c> I</c><00:30:11.700><c> go</c><00:30:11.880><c> I</c><00:30:12.200><c> see</c><00:30:13.259><c> altars</c><00:30:14.160><c> erected</c> 00:30:14.799 --> 00:30:17.019 to<00:30:15.000><c> this</c><00:30:15.319><c> god</c><00:30:15.539><c> and</c><00:30:15.819><c> that</c><00:30:16.119><c> god</c><00:30:16.339><c> which</c><00:30:16.720><c> proves</c> 00:30:17.019 --> 00:30:24.339 how<00:30:17.240><c> religious</c><00:30:17.759><c> you</c><00:30:18.119><c> are</c><00:30:18.660><c> but</c><00:30:19.839><c> I</c><00:30:20.619><c> saw</c><00:30:20.920><c> one</c><00:30:22.059><c> altar</c><00:30:22.519><c> to</c><00:30:23.440><c> the</c><00:30:23.640><c> unknown</c><00:30:24.119><c> god</c> 00:30:24.339 --> 00:30:26.240 now<00:30:24.559><c> there</c><00:30:24.700><c> were</c><00:30:24.880><c> many</c><00:30:25.200><c> altars</c><00:30:25.640><c> in</c> 00:30:26.240 --> 00:30:30.039 that<00:30:26.539><c> time</c><00:30:27.059><c> in</c><00:30:27.680><c> Roman</c><00:30:28.039><c> cities</c><00:30:28.440><c> to</c><00:30:28.680><c> the</c><00:30:28.859><c> unknown</c><00:30:29.279><c> god</c><00:30:29.599><c> and</c><00:30:29.799><c> this</c> 00:30:30.039 --> 00:30:33.019 was<00:30:30.259><c> only</c><00:30:30.460><c> one</c><00:30:30.700><c> of</c><00:30:30.920><c> many</c><00:30:31.140><c> but</c><00:30:31.700><c> he</c><00:30:32.140><c> picks</c><00:30:32.420><c> this</c><00:30:32.740><c> out</c> 00:30:33.019 --> 00:30:38.420 you<00:30:33.339><c> see</c><00:30:33.599><c> and</c><00:30:34.160><c> he</c><00:30:34.319><c> says</c><00:30:34.400><c> now</c><00:30:34.720><c> obviously</c><00:30:35.420><c> you</c><00:30:37.279><c> realize</c><00:30:38.119><c> there</c> 00:30:38.420 --> 00:30:41.220 is<00:30:38.619><c> some</c><00:30:38.779><c> greater</c><00:30:39.339><c> god</c><00:30:39.680><c> than</c><00:30:39.859><c> all</c><00:30:40.140><c> these</c><00:30:40.339><c> other</c> 00:30:41.019 --> 00:30:45.980 of<00:30:41.339><c> gods</c><00:30:41.960><c> that</c><00:30:42.579><c> you</c><00:30:42.880><c> worship</c><00:30:43.500><c> now</c><00:30:44.599><c> that's</c><00:30:45.099><c> the</c><00:30:45.220><c> god</c><00:30:45.359><c> I</c><00:30:45.519><c> want</c><00:30:45.700><c> to</c> 00:30:45.980 --> 00:30:47.099 tell<00:30:46.079><c> you</c><00:30:46.279><c> about</c> 00:30:47.240 --> 00:30:50.799 god<00:30:47.880><c> that</c><00:30:48.160><c> made</c><00:30:48.339><c> the</c><00:30:48.660><c> world</c><00:30:48.920><c> and</c><00:30:49.180><c> all</c><00:30:49.380><c> things</c><00:30:49.700><c> here</c><00:30:50.079><c> in</c><00:30:50.480><c> seeing</c> 00:30:50.799 --> 00:30:53.839 his<00:30:51.140><c> lord</c><00:30:51.380><c> and</c><00:30:51.779><c> so</c><00:30:51.980><c> he</c><00:30:52.220><c> leads</c><00:30:52.539><c> them</c><00:30:52.819><c> on</c><00:30:53.079><c> you</c><00:30:53.380><c> see</c> 00:30:53.839 --> 00:31:00.299 he<00:30:54.359><c> leads</c><00:30:54.700><c> them</c><00:30:55.019><c> on</c><00:30:55.519><c> as</c><00:30:56.059><c> he</c><00:30:56.359><c> tried</c><00:30:56.720><c> to</c><00:30:57.480><c> quoting</c><00:30:57.859><c> even</c><00:30:58.220><c> their</c><00:30:58.440><c> own</c><00:30:58.799><c> poets</c><00:30:59.400><c> we're</c><00:30:59.940><c> told</c><00:31:00.099><c> it</c> 00:31:00.299 --> 00:31:01.779 was<00:31:00.960><c> a</c><00:31:01.259><c> poet</c><00:31:01.440><c> named</c> 00:31:01.779 --> 00:31:10.680 Tartus<00:31:02.599><c> who</c><00:31:03.759><c> came</c><00:31:04.279><c> from</c><00:31:04.619><c> his</c><00:31:04.839><c> own</c><00:31:05.059><c> city</c><00:31:05.539><c> of</c><00:31:05.819><c> Tarsus</c><00:31:07.119><c> for</c><00:31:07.900><c> we</c><00:31:08.160><c> are</c><00:31:08.359><c> also</c><00:31:09.000><c> his</c><00:31:09.619><c> offspring</c><00:31:10.339><c> a</c> 00:31:10.680 --> 00:31:12.200 line<00:31:11.039><c> from</c><00:31:11.579><c> their</c><00:31:11.880><c> own</c> 00:31:12.200 --> 00:31:19.720 poets<00:31:12.960><c> now</c><00:31:14.640><c> it's</c><00:31:15.099><c> interesting</c><00:31:15.819><c> by</c><00:31:17.140><c> the</c><00:31:17.380><c> way</c><00:31:17.880><c> to</c><00:31:18.220><c> think</c><00:31:19.000><c> of</c> 00:31:19.720 --> 00:31:21.500 Paul<00:31:19.980><c> encountering</c><00:31:20.980><c> these</c> 00:31:21.500 --> 00:31:25.240 and<00:31:22.539><c> greek</c> 00:31:29.500 --> 00:31:32.660 epicureans<00:31:30.299><c> and</c><00:31:30.519><c> stoics</c><00:31:31.119><c> we're</c><00:31:31.539><c> told</c> 00:31:34.180 --> 00:31:37.839 the<00:31:34.579><c> one</c><00:31:34.980><c> believing</c><00:31:35.539><c> in</c><00:31:36.279><c> everything</c><00:31:36.680><c> that</c><00:31:36.940><c> was</c><00:31:37.119><c> good</c><00:31:37.339><c> in</c><00:31:37.539><c> this</c> 00:31:37.839 --> 00:31:41.079 life<00:31:38.099><c> the</c><00:31:38.380><c> epicureans</c><00:31:39.700><c> at</c><00:31:40.200><c> where</c><00:31:40.319><c> we</c><00:31:40.539><c> get</c><00:31:40.740><c> the</c> 00:31:41.079 --> 00:31:45.460 the<00:31:41.480><c> word</c><00:31:41.680><c> epicurean</c><00:31:42.599><c> as</c><00:31:42.819><c> an</c><00:31:43.180><c> adjective</c><00:31:43.980><c> meaning</c><00:31:44.920><c> somebody</c> 00:31:45.460 --> 00:31:49.859 who<00:31:45.880><c> enjoys</c><00:31:46.279><c> life</c><00:31:47.160><c> they</c><00:31:48.440><c> thought</c><00:31:48.599><c> everything</c><00:31:49.079><c> was</c><00:31:49.380><c> to</c><00:31:49.579><c> be</c> 00:31:49.859 --> 00:31:53.519 enjoyed<00:31:50.319><c> in</c><00:31:50.519><c> this</c><00:31:50.859><c> life</c><00:31:51.180><c> and</c><00:31:51.519><c> the</c><00:31:51.799><c> stoics</c><00:31:52.259><c> were</c><00:31:52.759><c> rather</c><00:31:53.259><c> the</c> 00:31:53.519 --> 00:31:57.220 opposite<00:31:54.019><c> so</c><00:31:54.440><c> we're</c><00:31:54.720><c> told</c><00:31:55.059><c> and</c><00:31:55.819><c> they</c><00:31:56.140><c> believed</c><00:31:56.500><c> in</c> 00:31:57.220 --> 00:32:03.319 self<00:31:57.619><c>-reliance</c><00:31:58.420><c> and</c><00:31:58.779><c> self</c><00:31:58.980><c>-control</c><00:31:59.500><c> and</c><00:31:59.920><c> self</c><00:32:00.180><c>-discipline</c><00:32:01.339><c> and</c><00:32:02.480><c> the</c><00:32:02.660><c> pride</c><00:32:03.039><c> of</c> 00:32:03.319 --> 00:32:05.539 humanity<00:32:03.680><c> almost</c><00:32:04.119><c> you</c><00:32:04.240><c> might</c><00:32:04.480><c> say</c><00:32:04.740><c> like</c> 00:32:05.539 --> 00:32:09.539 humanists<00:32:06.380><c> today</c><00:32:06.980><c> who</c><00:32:08.039><c> believe</c><00:32:08.420><c> that</c><00:32:08.640><c> it's</c><00:32:08.779><c> no</c><00:32:08.980><c> good</c><00:32:09.180><c> relying</c> 00:32:09.539 --> 00:32:13.079 on<00:32:09.960><c> gods</c><00:32:10.619><c> you've</c><00:32:11.640><c> got</c><00:32:11.720><c> to</c><00:32:11.819><c> do</c><00:32:11.980><c> it</c><00:32:12.220><c> yourself</c> 00:32:13.500 --> 00:32:17.960 uh<00:32:13.880><c> and</c><00:32:14.519><c> coney</c><00:32:14.839><c> barren</c><00:32:15.119><c> house</c><00:32:15.559><c> and</c><00:32:15.799><c> in</c><00:32:16.039><c> their</c><00:32:16.799><c> wonderful</c><00:32:17.480><c> work</c> 00:32:17.960 --> 00:32:19.619 of<00:32:18.160><c> the</c><00:32:18.380><c> life</c><00:32:18.599><c> and</c><00:32:18.819><c> epistles</c><00:32:19.220><c> of</c> 00:32:19.619 --> 00:32:23.319 st<00:32:19.859><c> paul</c><00:32:20.759><c> they</c><00:32:21.180><c> make</c><00:32:21.420><c> the</c><00:32:21.680><c> point</c><00:32:21.900><c> that</c><00:32:22.160><c> really</c><00:32:22.539><c> these</c><00:32:22.859><c> are</c><00:32:23.140><c> the</c> 00:32:23.319 --> 00:32:25.720 two<00:32:23.599><c> great</c><00:32:23.980><c> enemies</c><00:32:24.420><c> of</c><00:32:24.839><c> faith</c> 00:32:25.799 --> 00:32:30.819 pleasure<00:32:26.519><c> and</c><00:32:26.880><c> pride</c><00:32:27.920><c> epicureans</c><00:32:29.079><c> stood</c><00:32:29.319><c> for</c><00:32:29.599><c> pleasure</c><00:32:30.119><c> and</c> 00:32:30.819 --> 00:32:34.160 the<00:32:31.099><c> stoic</c><00:32:31.559><c> stood</c><00:32:31.880><c> for</c><00:32:32.319><c> pride</c><00:32:32.839><c> human</c><00:32:33.420><c> pride</c> 00:32:34.160 --> 00:32:40.700 and<00:32:35.059><c> these</c><00:32:35.359><c> are</c><00:32:35.660><c> the</c><00:32:35.880><c> two</c><00:32:36.740><c> great</c><00:32:37.359><c> enemies</c><00:32:38.180><c> and</c><00:32:39.440><c> paul's</c><00:32:40.220><c> famous</c> 00:32:40.700 --> 00:32:45.519 speech<00:32:41.380><c> to</c><00:32:42.519><c> these</c><00:32:43.720><c> educated</c><00:32:44.700><c> and</c><00:32:45.000><c> erudite</c> 00:32:45.519 --> 00:32:49.960 Greeks<00:32:46.099><c> is</c><00:32:47.180><c> a</c><00:32:47.420><c> wonderful</c><00:32:47.819><c> example</c><00:32:48.539><c> of</c><00:32:49.160><c> trying</c><00:32:49.400><c> to</c><00:32:49.640><c> meet</c><00:32:49.819><c> them</c> 00:32:49.960 --> 00:32:53.240 on<00:32:50.119><c> their</c><00:32:50.339><c> own</c><00:32:50.640><c> ground</c><00:32:51.140><c> as</c><00:32:51.339><c> it</c><00:32:51.619><c> were</c><00:32:51.920><c> and</c><00:32:52.599><c> even</c><00:32:52.940><c> quote</c> 00:32:53.240 --> 00:32:58.119 from<00:32:53.460><c> their</c><00:32:53.759><c> own</c><00:32:54.460><c> authorities</c><00:32:55.240><c> and</c><00:32:56.920><c> yet</c><00:32:57.059><c> he</c><00:32:57.180><c> didn't</c><00:32:57.420><c> get</c><00:32:57.700><c> much</c> 00:32:58.119 --> 00:33:04.140 success<00:32:58.660><c> did</c><00:32:58.839><c> he</c><00:32:58.980><c> even</c><00:32:59.200><c> when</c><00:32:59.420><c> he</c><00:32:59.619><c> spoke</c><00:32:59.880><c> on</c><00:33:00.059><c> the</c> 00:33:04.140 --> 00:33:10.799 told<00:33:04.859><c> clave</c><00:33:05.259><c> under</c><00:33:05.539><c> him</c><00:33:07.700><c> dianysius</c><00:33:09.299><c> the</c><00:33:09.539><c> areopagite</c><00:33:10.359><c> who</c><00:33:10.500><c> is</c> 00:33:10.799 --> 00:33:13.420 presumably<00:33:11.680><c> a</c><00:33:11.759><c> man</c><00:33:12.140><c> of</c><00:33:12.319><c> some</c><00:33:12.539><c> influence</c><00:33:12.960><c> on</c><00:33:13.180><c> the</c> 00:33:13.420 --> 00:33:19.640 council<00:33:14.059><c> and</c><00:33:15.259><c> the</c><00:33:15.359><c> woman</c><00:33:15.680><c> named</c><00:33:16.079><c> amaris</c><00:33:16.980><c> one</c><00:33:18.000><c> or</c><00:33:18.160><c> two</c><00:33:18.460><c> more</c><00:33:19.039><c> so</c> 00:33:19.640 --> 00:33:23.680 all<00:33:19.900><c> this</c><00:33:20.319><c> splendid</c><00:33:21.740><c> preaching</c> 00:33:24.200 --> 00:33:28.660 that<00:33:24.579><c> paul</c><00:33:24.920><c> had</c><00:33:25.140><c> done</c><00:33:25.859><c> didn't</c><00:33:26.680><c> seem</c><00:33:27.000><c> to</c><00:33:27.200><c> be</c><00:33:27.339><c> very</c><00:33:27.819><c> effective</c> 00:33:28.660 --> 00:33:32.039 now<00:33:29.740><c> i'm</c><00:33:30.019><c> not</c><00:33:30.259><c> going</c><00:33:30.440><c> to</c><00:33:30.680><c> press</c><00:33:30.940><c> this</c><00:33:31.339><c> point</c><00:33:31.640><c> but</c> 00:33:32.039 --> 00:33:36.400 it's<00:33:32.599><c> interesting</c><00:33:33.200><c> to</c><00:33:33.500><c> notice</c><00:33:33.940><c> when</c><00:33:34.099><c> he</c><00:33:34.299><c> wrote</c><00:33:34.539><c> to</c><00:33:34.799><c> the</c><00:33:35.000><c> corinthians</c><00:33:35.940><c> which</c> 00:33:36.400 --> 00:33:38.480 was<00:33:36.700><c> his</c><00:33:37.000><c> next</c><00:33:37.339><c> port</c><00:33:37.660><c> of</c><00:33:37.980><c> call</c> 00:33:38.480 --> 00:33:42.740 that<00:33:39.299><c> he</c><00:33:39.619><c> seems</c><00:33:39.940><c> to</c><00:33:40.279><c> say</c><00:33:40.799><c> in</c><00:33:41.140><c> the</c><00:33:41.380><c> letter</c><00:33:41.640><c> to</c><00:33:41.880><c> the</c><00:33:42.079><c> corinthians</c> 00:33:42.740 --> 00:33:46.140 that<00:33:43.180><c> he</c><00:33:43.519><c> changed</c><00:33:43.960><c> his</c><00:33:44.299><c> plan</c><00:33:44.640><c> of</c><00:33:44.920><c> action</c> 00:33:46.240 --> 00:33:49.339 if<00:33:46.579><c> you</c><00:33:46.740><c> look</c><00:33:46.880><c> with</c><00:33:47.059><c> me</c><00:33:47.279><c> at</c><00:33:47.380><c> chapter</c><00:33:47.660><c> two</c><00:33:48.039><c> of</c><00:33:48.279><c> corinthians</c> 00:33:52.339 --> 00:33:57.259 and<00:33:53.019><c> i</c><00:33:53.200><c> brother</c><00:33:53.539><c> enly</c><00:33:53.900><c> says</c><00:33:54.339><c> when</c><00:33:55.000><c> i</c><00:33:55.299><c> came</c><00:33:55.559><c> unto</c><00:33:55.819><c> you</c><00:33:56.559><c> came</c><00:33:56.980><c> not</c> 00:33:57.259 --> 00:34:00.200 with<00:33:57.579><c> excellency</c><00:33:58.200><c> of</c><00:33:58.579><c> speech</c><00:33:59.019><c> or</c><00:33:59.359><c> of</c><00:33:59.539><c> wisdom</c> 00:34:00.200 --> 00:34:05.039 declaring<00:34:01.220><c> unto</c><00:34:01.519><c> you</c><00:34:01.740><c> the</c><00:34:01.940><c> testament</c><00:34:02.339><c> of</c><00:34:02.559><c> god</c><00:34:03.059><c> for</c><00:34:03.599><c> i</c><00:34:03.859><c> determined</c><00:34:04.559><c> not</c><00:34:04.859><c> to</c> 00:34:05.039 --> 00:34:06.619 know<00:34:05.160><c> anything</c><00:34:05.579><c> among</c><00:34:06.000><c> you</c> 00:34:06.619 --> 00:34:12.420 save<00:34:06.960><c> jesus</c><00:34:07.660><c> christ</c><00:34:08.440><c> and</c><00:34:09.360><c> him</c><00:34:09.659><c> crucified</c><00:34:10.679><c> now</c><00:34:11.480><c> i</c><00:34:11.760><c> don't</c><00:34:12.079><c> think</c> 00:34:12.420 --> 00:34:15.739 i<00:34:12.699><c> would</c><00:34:12.840><c> be</c><00:34:13.119><c> justified</c><00:34:13.719><c> in</c><00:34:14.400><c> saying</c><00:34:14.519><c> i</c><00:34:14.900><c> proved</c><00:34:15.300><c> my</c> 00:34:15.739 --> 00:34:20.639 point<00:34:16.239><c> but</c><00:34:16.619><c> i</c><00:34:16.800><c> think</c><00:34:16.920><c> it's</c><00:34:17.280><c> interesting</c><00:34:18.019><c> that</c><00:34:18.780><c> possibly</c><00:34:19.840><c> paul</c> 00:34:20.639 --> 00:34:23.239 when<00:34:20.860><c> he</c><00:34:21.000><c> got</c><00:34:21.139><c> to</c><00:34:21.460><c> athens</c><00:34:21.820><c> and</c><00:34:22.079><c> he</c><00:34:22.260><c> met</c><00:34:22.400><c> all</c><00:34:22.719><c> these</c> 00:34:23.239 --> 00:34:31.000 clever<00:34:23.679><c> dicks</c><00:34:24.739><c> greek</c><00:34:27.239><c> educated</c><00:34:28.559><c> philosophers</c><00:34:29.599><c> he</c><00:34:30.559><c> met</c><00:34:30.820><c> them</c> 00:34:31.000 --> 00:34:33.280 on<00:34:31.139><c> their</c><00:34:31.400><c> own</c><00:34:31.679><c> ground</c><00:34:31.900><c> wonderfully</c><00:34:32.460><c> as</c><00:34:32.739><c> we</c><00:34:33.000><c> would</c> 00:34:33.280 --> 00:34:37.059 say<00:34:33.519><c> and</c><00:34:33.780><c> and</c><00:34:33.960><c> i</c><00:34:34.119><c> do</c><00:34:34.360><c> think</c><00:34:34.760><c> i</c><00:34:35.440><c> think</c><00:34:35.659><c> the</c><00:34:35.920><c> speech</c><00:34:36.099><c> on</c><00:34:36.480><c> mars</c><00:34:36.659><c> hill</c><00:34:36.900><c> is</c> 00:34:37.059 --> 00:34:39.840 a<00:34:37.300><c> wonderful</c><00:34:37.699><c> example</c><00:34:38.659><c> of</c><00:34:39.260><c> preaching</c><00:34:39.599><c> the</c> 00:34:39.840 --> 00:34:46.519 gospel<00:34:40.219><c> to</c><00:34:40.460><c> the</c><00:34:40.699><c> erudite</c><00:34:41.219><c> of</c><00:34:41.400><c> this</c><00:34:41.739><c> world</c><00:34:42.480><c> but</c><00:34:43.780><c> it</c><00:34:43.900><c> wasn't</c><00:34:44.099><c> very</c><00:34:44.519><c> effective</c><00:34:45.400><c> and</c> 00:34:46.519 --> 00:34:48.539 he<00:34:46.719><c> says</c><00:34:46.820><c> when</c><00:34:47.039><c> i</c><00:34:47.260><c> came</c><00:34:47.440><c> to</c><00:34:47.739><c> corinth</c> 00:34:50.639 --> 00:34:55.099 i<00:34:51.239><c> didn't</c><00:34:51.639><c> say</c><00:34:51.980><c> this</c><00:34:52.280><c> he</c><00:34:52.400><c> didn't</c><00:34:52.840><c> say</c><00:34:53.179><c> i'll</c><00:34:53.760><c> blow</c><00:34:53.900><c> all</c><00:34:54.300><c> that</c> 00:34:56.440 --> 00:35:05.340 i'll<00:34:57.039><c> get</c><00:34:57.260><c> down</c><00:34:57.539><c> to</c><00:34:57.719><c> the</c><00:34:57.920><c> basics</c><00:34:58.659><c> i'll</c><00:34:59.980><c> just</c><00:35:00.340><c> preach</c><00:35:00.860><c> jesus</c><00:35:01.579><c> christ</c><00:35:02.219><c> and</c><00:35:02.559><c> him</c><00:35:02.860><c> crucified</c><00:35:03.639><c> and</c><00:35:04.460><c> what</c><00:35:04.579><c> is</c><00:35:04.840><c> significant</c> 00:35:05.340 --> 00:35:08.340 of<00:35:05.619><c> course</c><00:35:05.820><c> is</c><00:35:06.039><c> that</c><00:35:06.239><c> in</c><00:35:06.440><c> current</c><00:35:06.599><c> i</c><00:35:06.760><c> know</c><00:35:06.980><c> it's</c><00:35:07.179><c> a</c><00:35:07.280><c> very</c><00:35:07.500><c> different</c><00:35:07.840><c> city</c> 00:35:08.340 --> 00:35:10.699 i<00:35:09.380><c> know</c><00:35:09.579><c> the</c><00:35:09.800><c> composition</c><00:35:10.340><c> of</c><00:35:10.539><c> his</c> 00:35:10.699 --> 00:35:13.800 audience<00:35:11.119><c> was</c><00:35:11.340><c> very</c><00:35:11.639><c> different</c><00:35:11.980><c> from</c><00:35:12.280><c> athens</c><00:35:12.719><c> but</c><00:35:13.320><c> he</c><00:35:13.480><c> got</c><00:35:13.559><c> a</c> 00:35:13.800 --> 00:35:15.840 tremendous<00:35:14.440><c> response</c><00:35:15.139><c> there</c><00:35:15.460><c> you</c><00:35:15.599><c> see</c> 00:35:15.840 --> 00:35:19.940 and<00:35:16.340><c> the</c><00:35:16.460><c> lord</c><00:35:16.699><c> told</c><00:35:16.900><c> him</c><00:35:17.079><c> i</c><00:35:17.159><c> have</c><00:35:17.340><c> much</c><00:35:17.679><c> people</c><00:35:18.420><c> in</c><00:35:18.840><c> this</c><00:35:19.119><c> city</c> 00:35:21.619 --> 00:35:27.139 and<00:35:22.219><c> while</c><00:35:22.440><c> he</c><00:35:22.599><c> was</c><00:35:22.780><c> there</c><00:35:23.079><c> of</c><00:35:23.360><c> course</c><00:35:23.820><c> we</c><00:35:24.599><c> know</c><00:35:24.920><c> that</c><00:35:25.420><c> he</c><00:35:26.400><c> worked</c><00:35:26.940><c> with</c> 00:35:27.139 --> 00:35:30.300 his<00:35:27.360><c> own</c><00:35:27.639><c> hands</c><00:35:28.260><c> and</c><00:35:28.920><c> he</c><00:35:29.059><c> met</c><00:35:29.219><c> up</c><00:35:29.500><c> with</c> 00:35:30.320 --> 00:35:34.420 this<00:35:30.599><c> famous</c><00:35:31.019><c> couple</c><00:35:31.980><c> aquila</c><00:35:32.960><c> and</c><00:35:33.260><c> priscilla</c><00:35:33.719><c> where</c><00:35:34.059><c> are</c><00:35:34.280><c> we</c> 00:35:34.420 --> 00:35:37.019 now<00:35:34.659><c> back</c><00:35:34.980><c> in</c><00:35:35.239><c> acts</c><00:35:35.559><c> if</c><00:35:35.840><c> you're</c><00:35:35.980><c> with</c><00:35:36.219><c> me</c> 00:35:37.039 --> 00:35:41.760 and<00:35:37.460><c> now</c><00:35:37.599><c> we</c><00:35:37.760><c> in</c><00:35:37.900><c> chapter</c><00:35:38.159><c> 18</c><00:35:38.800><c> now</c><00:35:39.119><c> we</c><00:35:39.360><c> should</c><00:35:39.579><c> be</c><00:35:41.039><c> following</c> 00:35:41.760 --> 00:35:45.420 the<00:35:43.199><c> second</c><00:35:43.780><c> missionary</c><00:35:44.239><c> journey</c> 00:35:45.880 --> 00:35:50.659 yes<00:35:46.619><c> he</c><00:35:46.760><c> found</c><00:35:47.079><c> a</c><00:35:47.300><c> certain</c><00:35:47.579><c> jew</c><00:35:47.760><c> named</c><00:35:48.179><c> aquila</c><00:35:48.659><c> born</c><00:35:49.039><c> in</c><00:35:49.340><c> pontus</c><00:35:50.340><c> with</c> 00:35:50.659 --> 00:35:52.360 his<00:35:50.860><c> wife</c><00:35:51.219><c> priscilla</c> 00:35:52.639 --> 00:36:00.139 because<00:35:53.380><c> claudius</c><00:35:53.940><c> had</c><00:35:54.199><c> commanded</c><00:35:54.559><c> all</c><00:35:54.940><c> jews</c><00:35:55.860><c> to</c><00:35:56.119><c> depart</c><00:35:56.539><c> from</c><00:35:56.860><c> rome</c><00:35:58.139><c> aquila</c><00:35:59.159><c> and</c><00:35:59.400><c> priscilla</c> 00:36:00.139 --> 00:36:03.199 now<00:36:00.820><c> whether</c><00:36:01.059><c> they</c><00:36:01.320><c> were</c><00:36:01.639><c> christians</c><00:36:02.179><c> already</c><00:36:02.659><c> we're</c><00:36:02.960><c> not</c> 00:36:03.199 --> 00:36:06.989 told<00:36:03.860><c> some</c><00:36:04.739><c> people</c><00:36:05.119><c> think</c><00:36:05.420><c> that</c><00:36:05.659><c> paul</c><00:36:05.920><c> converted</c><00:36:06.619><c> them</c> 00:36:07.480 --> 00:36:12.000 here<00:36:07.940><c> at</c><00:36:08.159><c> corinth</c><00:36:09.199><c> others</c><00:36:09.699><c> think</c><00:36:09.940><c> they</c><00:36:10.199><c> were</c><00:36:10.519><c> already</c><00:36:11.219><c> christians</c><00:36:11.800><c> who</c> 00:36:12.000 --> 00:36:14.000 had<00:36:12.019><c> been</c><00:36:12.320><c> banished</c><00:36:12.739><c> from</c><00:36:13.019><c> rome</c><00:36:13.539><c> and</c> 00:36:14.000 --> 00:36:18.699 come<00:36:14.380><c> to</c><00:36:14.639><c> corinth</c><00:36:15.059><c> but</c><00:36:15.300><c> whatever</c><00:36:16.280><c> paul</c><00:36:17.719><c> worked</c><00:36:18.039><c> at</c><00:36:18.199><c> the</c><00:36:18.420><c> same</c> 00:36:18.699 --> 00:36:22.619 trade<00:36:19.239><c> with</c><00:36:19.739><c> them</c><00:36:20.300><c> and</c><00:36:21.260><c> because</c><00:36:22.059><c> they</c><00:36:22.400><c> were</c> 00:36:22.619 --> 00:36:26.179 tent<00:36:22.960><c> makers</c><00:36:23.340><c> and</c><00:36:23.619><c> he</c><00:36:24.079><c> had</c><00:36:24.420><c> learned</c><00:36:24.760><c> this</c><00:36:25.179><c> trade</c><00:36:25.500><c> after</c><00:36:25.880><c> the</c> 00:36:26.179 --> 00:36:29.880 manner<00:36:26.559><c> of</c><00:36:27.199><c> jewish</c><00:36:27.619><c> boys</c><00:36:28.239><c> it</c><00:36:29.079><c> was</c><00:36:29.280><c> the</c><00:36:29.400><c> custom</c><00:36:29.659><c> of</c> 00:36:29.880 --> 00:36:33.900 the<00:36:30.039><c> jews</c><00:36:30.340><c> to</c><00:36:30.559><c> make</c><00:36:30.800><c> sure</c><00:36:31.059><c> their</c><00:36:31.280><c> boys</c><00:36:31.739><c> whoever</c><00:36:32.280><c> they</c><00:36:32.619><c> were</c><00:36:32.780><c> were</c><00:36:33.039><c> educated</c><00:36:33.559><c> in</c> 00:36:33.900 --> 00:36:35.900 some<00:36:34.239><c> kind</c><00:36:34.480><c> of</c><00:36:34.760><c> trade</c><00:36:35.119><c> so</c><00:36:35.800><c> that</c> 00:36:35.900 --> 00:36:38.400 they<00:36:35.980><c> could</c><00:36:36.159><c> always</c><00:36:36.480><c> earn</c><00:36:36.639><c> their</c><00:36:36.920><c> living</c><00:36:37.159><c> if</c><00:36:37.380><c> they</c><00:36:37.880><c> came</c><00:36:38.119><c> on</c> 00:36:38.400 --> 00:36:42.239 hard<00:36:38.739><c> times</c><00:36:39.079><c> he</c><00:36:39.760><c> joined</c><00:36:40.079><c> up</c><00:36:40.360><c> with</c><00:36:40.579><c> them</c><00:36:40.900><c> and</c><00:36:41.599><c> they</c> 00:36:42.239 --> 00:36:50.059 worked<00:36:42.739><c> together</c><00:36:43.260><c> in</c><00:36:44.400><c> the</c><00:36:44.639><c> business</c><00:36:45.500><c> but</c><00:36:48.000><c> aquila</c><00:36:48.699><c> and</c><00:36:49.039><c> priscilla</c><00:36:49.460><c> keep</c> 00:36:50.059 --> 00:36:53.400 reoccurring<00:36:51.420><c> in</c><00:36:51.840><c> the</c><00:36:52.179><c> epistles</c> 00:36:53.320 --> 00:36:57.820 we<00:36:53.760><c> met</c><00:36:54.059><c> meet</c><00:36:54.380><c> them</c><00:36:54.579><c> again</c><00:36:54.940><c> and</c><00:36:55.239><c> again</c><00:36:55.820><c> and</c><00:36:56.840><c> always</c><00:36:57.239><c> in</c><00:36:57.460><c> a</c><00:36:57.619><c> good</c> 00:36:57.820 --> 00:37:03.000 light<00:36:58.519><c> and</c><00:36:59.960><c> often</c><00:37:00.619><c> priscilla</c><00:37:01.639><c> sometimes</c><00:37:02.780><c> her</c> 00:37:03.000 --> 00:37:07.059 name<00:37:03.159><c> is</c><00:37:03.420><c> shortened</c><00:37:03.699><c> to</c><00:37:04.019><c> prisca</c><00:37:05.119><c> quite</c><00:37:05.920><c> contrary</c><00:37:06.420><c> to</c><00:37:06.619><c> roman</c> 00:37:07.059 --> 00:37:10.420 custom<00:37:07.619><c> at</c><00:37:07.860><c> the</c><00:37:08.079><c> time</c><00:37:08.579><c> is</c><00:37:09.239><c> mentioned</c><00:37:09.679><c> first</c><00:37:10.260><c> and</c> 00:37:10.420 --> 00:37:16.440 we<00:37:10.559><c> read</c><00:37:10.860><c> of</c><00:37:11.079><c> priscilla</c><00:37:11.599><c> and</c><00:37:12.780><c> aquila</c><00:37:14.079><c> her</c><00:37:14.519><c> husband</c><00:37:15.000><c> and</c><00:37:16.019><c> i</c><00:37:16.219><c> put</c> 00:37:16.440 --> 00:37:19.260 them<00:37:16.699><c> forward</c><00:37:17.059><c> to</c><00:37:17.280><c> you</c><00:37:17.500><c> brother</c><00:37:17.780><c> and</c><00:37:18.119><c> sisters</c> 00:37:19.380 --> 00:37:24.820 as<00:37:19.800><c> a</c><00:37:20.219><c> typical</c><00:37:20.699><c> husband</c><00:37:21.179><c> and</c><00:37:21.539><c> wife</c><00:37:22.079><c> team</c><00:37:22.840><c> of</c><00:37:24.260><c> which</c><00:37:24.400><c> we</c><00:37:24.619><c> have</c> 00:37:24.820 --> 00:37:26.880 many<00:37:25.199><c> in</c><00:37:25.380><c> our</c><00:37:25.639><c> community</c> 00:37:26.900 --> 00:37:30.679 they're<00:37:27.320><c> not</c><00:37:27.559><c> the</c><00:37:27.800><c> famous</c><00:37:28.219><c> preachers</c><00:37:29.480><c> aquila</c><00:37:29.980><c> and</c><00:37:30.199><c> priscilla</c> 00:37:30.679 --> 00:37:33.780 were<00:37:31.119><c> good</c><00:37:31.559><c> solid</c><00:37:32.539><c> christian</c><00:37:33.380><c> brethren</c> 00:37:33.780 --> 00:37:40.019 and<00:37:33.960><c> sisters</c><00:37:34.599><c> and</c><00:37:35.760><c> they</c><00:37:35.980><c> had</c><00:37:36.199><c> their</c><00:37:36.599><c> home</c><00:37:37.119><c> and</c><00:37:37.800><c> they</c><00:37:38.159><c> used</c><00:37:38.500><c> their</c><00:37:38.960><c> home</c><00:37:39.500><c> so</c> 00:37:40.019 --> 00:37:41.579 we<00:37:40.280><c> read</c><00:37:40.519><c> over</c><00:37:40.880><c> and</c><00:37:41.059><c> over</c><00:37:41.260><c> again</c> 00:37:41.579 --> 00:37:46.719 not<00:37:41.880><c> once</c><00:37:42.219><c> but</c><00:37:42.400><c> two</c><00:37:42.599><c> or</c><00:37:42.780><c> three</c><00:37:43.000><c> times</c><00:37:43.420><c> in</c><00:37:44.000><c> the</c><00:37:44.199><c> epistles</c><00:37:44.639><c> of</c><00:37:45.539><c> the</c><00:37:45.840><c> church</c><00:37:46.280><c> that</c><00:37:46.539><c> is</c> 00:37:46.719 --> 00:37:49.099 in<00:37:46.980><c> their</c><00:37:47.280><c> house</c><00:37:48.119><c> wherever</c> 00:37:49.099 --> 00:37:53.659 there<00:37:49.420><c> were</c><00:37:49.639><c> christians</c><00:37:51.280><c> aquila</c><00:37:52.119><c> and</c><00:37:52.400><c> priscilla</c><00:37:52.679><c> were</c><00:37:52.920><c> there</c> 00:37:53.659 --> 00:37:55.989 and<00:37:54.440><c> opened</c><00:37:54.719><c> their</c><00:37:54.940><c> doors</c><00:37:55.300><c> to</c><00:37:55.659><c> them</c> 00:37:55.989 --> 00:38:02.230 and<00:37:56.630><c> when</c><00:37:56.889><c> apollos</c><00:37:57.510><c> came</c><00:37:58.389><c> to</c><00:37:59.710><c> ephesus</c><00:38:00.349><c> if</c><00:38:00.590><c> you</c><00:38:00.769><c> remember</c><00:38:01.409><c> who</c> 00:38:02.230 --> 00:38:03.969 was<00:38:02.449><c> it</c><00:38:02.630><c> took</c><00:38:02.849><c> him</c><00:38:03.150><c> home</c> 00:38:04.610 --> 00:38:08.230 and<00:38:05.250><c> instructed</c><00:38:05.889><c> him</c><00:38:06.210><c> in</c><00:38:06.389><c> the</c><00:38:06.570><c> way</c><00:38:06.730><c> of</c><00:38:06.969><c> god</c><00:38:07.130><c> more</c><00:38:07.590><c> perfectly</c> 00:38:08.230 --> 00:38:12.190 it<00:38:09.210><c> was</c><00:38:09.449><c> this</c><00:38:09.869><c> couple</c><00:38:10.869><c> aquila</c> 00:38:12.190 --> 00:38:16.210 and<00:38:12.750><c> priscilla</c><00:38:13.250><c> and</c><00:38:14.409><c> when</c><00:38:14.610><c> we</c><00:38:14.889><c> come</c><00:38:15.090><c> to</c><00:38:15.269><c> the</c><00:38:15.449><c> epistle</c><00:38:15.809><c> to</c><00:38:16.010><c> the</c> 00:38:16.210 --> 00:38:20.130 romans<00:38:17.090><c> if</c><00:38:18.050><c> you'll</c><00:38:18.269><c> just</c><00:38:18.489><c> quickly</c><00:38:18.829><c> look</c><00:38:19.090><c> at</c><00:38:19.309><c> that</c> 00:38:20.409 --> 00:38:25.449 the<00:38:20.869><c> 16th</c><00:38:21.550><c> chapter</c><00:38:22.130><c> we</c><00:38:23.090><c> read</c><00:38:23.349><c> a</c><00:38:23.530><c> little</c><00:38:23.710><c> more</c><00:38:24.070><c> about</c><00:38:24.489><c> them</c> 00:38:30.909 --> 00:38:36.050 greet<00:38:31.670><c> verse</c><00:38:32.090><c> three</c><00:38:32.829><c> greet</c><00:38:33.250><c> priscilla</c><00:38:33.909><c> this</c><00:38:34.750><c> is</c><00:38:35.010><c> the</c><00:38:35.150><c> lady</c><00:38:35.449><c> first</c><00:38:35.789><c> by</c> 00:38:36.050 --> 00:38:37.349 the<00:38:36.230><c> way</c><00:38:36.489><c> priscilla</c> 00:38:37.349 --> 00:38:46.650 and<00:38:38.210><c> aquila</c><00:38:39.289><c> my</c><00:38:39.809><c> helpers</c><00:38:40.429><c> in</c><00:38:40.670><c> christ</c><00:38:41.050><c> jesus</c><00:38:41.750><c> who</c><00:38:42.489><c> have</c><00:38:42.710><c> my</c><00:38:43.210><c> life</c><00:38:44.289><c> laid</c><00:38:44.789><c> down</c><00:38:45.130><c> their</c><00:38:45.369><c> own</c><00:38:45.690><c> necks</c> 00:38:46.869 --> 00:38:53.869 under<00:38:47.329><c> whom</c><00:38:47.550><c> not</c><00:38:47.769><c> only</c><00:38:48.030><c> i</c><00:38:48.369><c> give</c><00:38:48.630><c> thanks</c><00:38:49.230><c> but</c><00:38:50.130><c> also</c><00:38:50.590><c> all</c><00:38:51.150><c> the</c><00:38:51.389><c> churches</c><00:38:52.050><c> of</c><00:38:52.730><c> god</c> 00:38:53.880 --> 00:38:58.010 now<00:38:54.230><c> we</c><00:38:54.389><c> don't</c><00:38:54.750><c> know</c><00:38:55.230><c> we're</c><00:38:55.650><c> not</c><00:38:55.809><c> told</c><00:38:56.070><c> the</c><00:38:56.469><c> circumstances</c><00:38:57.230><c> in</c> 00:38:58.010 --> 00:38:59.929 which<00:38:58.530><c> aquila</c><00:38:59.010><c> and</c><00:38:59.289><c> priscilla</c> 00:38:59.929 --> 00:39:04.349 had<00:39:00.289><c> risked</c><00:39:00.670><c> their</c><00:39:00.929><c> own</c><00:39:01.210><c> lives</c><00:39:01.989><c> for</c><00:39:02.630><c> paul</c><00:39:03.190><c> it</c><00:39:03.610><c> may</c><00:39:03.909><c> have</c><00:39:04.150><c> been</c> 00:39:04.349 --> 00:39:06.610 in<00:39:04.530><c> the</c><00:39:04.750><c> uproar</c><00:39:05.210><c> at</c><00:39:05.449><c> ephesus</c><00:39:05.849><c> because</c><00:39:06.210><c> they</c><00:39:06.389><c> were</c> 00:39:06.610 --> 00:39:10.750 certainly<00:39:06.949><c> there</c><00:39:07.289><c> at</c><00:39:07.449><c> that</c><00:39:07.769><c> time</c><00:39:08.389><c> we're</c><00:39:09.070><c> not</c><00:39:09.409><c> told</c><00:39:10.030><c> you</c><00:39:10.329><c> see</c> 00:39:10.750 --> 00:39:13.630 as<00:39:11.530><c> we're</c><00:39:11.769><c> not</c><00:39:11.969><c> told</c><00:39:12.269><c> about</c><00:39:12.550><c> many</c><00:39:12.889><c> of</c><00:39:13.070><c> the</c><00:39:13.230><c> other</c> 00:39:13.630 --> 00:39:17.010 sufferings<00:39:14.050><c> of</c><00:39:14.210><c> christ</c><00:39:14.570><c> if</c><00:39:15.230><c> you</c><00:39:15.449><c> look</c><00:39:15.670><c> through</c><00:39:16.030><c> of</c><00:39:16.309><c> paul</c><00:39:16.550><c> i</c><00:39:16.730><c> mean</c><00:39:16.849><c> if</c> 00:39:17.010 --> 00:39:20.110 you<00:39:17.110><c> look</c><00:39:17.369><c> through</c><00:39:17.989><c> the</c><00:39:18.329><c> list</c><00:39:18.769><c> of</c><00:39:19.050><c> paul's</c> 00:39:20.110 --> 00:39:24.349 sufferings<00:39:20.730><c> and</c><00:39:20.989><c> he</c><00:39:21.309><c> details</c><00:39:21.949><c> for</c><00:39:22.289><c> us</c><00:39:22.909><c> thrice</c><00:39:23.650><c> was</c><00:39:23.829><c> i</c><00:39:24.030><c> beaten</c> 00:39:24.349 --> 00:39:26.949 with<00:39:24.690><c> rods</c><00:39:25.030><c> we</c><00:39:25.230><c> only</c><00:39:25.449><c> know</c><00:39:25.730><c> of</c><00:39:25.929><c> once</c> 00:39:27.570 --> 00:39:30.849 how<00:39:28.210><c> many</c><00:39:28.510><c> times</c><00:39:28.869><c> was</c><00:39:29.050><c> he</c><00:39:29.289><c> shipwrecked</c><00:39:29.829><c> three</c><00:39:30.110><c> times</c><00:39:30.550><c> wasn't</c> 00:39:30.849 --> 00:39:34.349 it<00:39:31.130><c> we</c><00:39:31.449><c> only</c><00:39:31.690><c> know</c><00:39:31.929><c> of</c><00:39:32.130><c> one</c><00:39:32.730><c> a</c><00:39:33.289><c> lot</c><00:39:33.510><c> of</c><00:39:33.710><c> the</c> 00:39:34.349 --> 00:39:40.610 experiences<00:39:35.610><c> and</c><00:39:36.690><c> details</c><00:39:37.489><c> of</c><00:39:37.889><c> his</c><00:39:38.250><c> sufferings</c><00:39:38.949><c> in</c><00:39:39.190><c> his</c><00:39:39.369><c> journeys</c><00:39:39.889><c> are</c> 00:39:40.610 --> 00:39:41.969 not<00:39:40.789><c> recorded</c><00:39:41.289><c> for</c><00:39:41.610><c> us</c> 00:39:41.969 --> 00:39:48.550 but<00:39:42.530><c> we</c><00:39:42.809><c> do</c><00:39:43.090><c> know</c><00:39:43.289><c> that</c><00:39:43.590><c> this</c><00:39:44.030><c> dear</c><00:39:44.650><c> couple</c><00:39:45.429><c> were</c><00:39:47.210><c> always</c><00:39:47.670><c> there</c><00:39:48.269><c> when</c> 00:39:48.550 --> 00:39:50.090 he<00:39:48.789><c> needed</c><00:39:49.269><c> them</c> 00:39:50.610 --> 00:39:54.909 and<00:39:51.250><c> that</c><00:39:51.449><c> their</c><00:39:51.710><c> home</c><00:39:52.449><c> was</c><00:39:52.969><c> always</c><00:39:53.289><c> open</c><00:39:53.710><c> to</c><00:39:53.909><c> their</c><00:39:54.130><c> christian</c><00:39:54.590><c> brother</c> 00:39:54.909 --> 00:39:56.289 and<00:39:55.170><c> sisters</c> 00:39:56.449 --> 00:39:59.429 if<00:39:56.789><c> they</c><00:39:56.969><c> hadn't</c><00:39:57.090><c> got</c><00:39:57.349><c> anywhere</c><00:39:57.670><c> else</c><00:39:57.989><c> to</c><00:39:58.210><c> meet</c><00:39:58.610><c> they</c><00:39:59.210><c> could</c> 00:39:59.429 --> 00:40:03.090 meet<00:39:59.690><c> in</c><00:39:59.889><c> the</c><00:40:00.190><c> home</c><00:40:01.269><c> of</c><00:40:02.050><c> aquila</c><00:40:02.469><c> and</c><00:40:02.690><c> priscilla</c> 00:40:03.090 --> 00:40:07.449 the<00:40:03.429><c> church</c><00:40:04.130><c> that</c><00:40:04.590><c> is</c><00:40:04.769><c> in</c><00:40:04.909><c> their</c><00:40:05.170><c> house</c><00:40:06.349><c> and</c><00:40:06.670><c> when</c><00:40:06.909><c> paul</c><00:40:07.289><c> was</c> 00:40:07.449 --> 00:40:10.590 in<00:40:07.670><c> some</c><00:40:08.010><c> kind</c><00:40:08.269><c> of</c><00:40:08.449><c> danger</c><00:40:08.809><c> of</c><00:40:09.030><c> which</c><00:40:09.190><c> we</c><00:40:09.389><c> know</c><00:40:09.630><c> not</c> 00:40:10.510 --> 00:40:14.769 they<00:40:10.989><c> actually</c><00:40:11.590><c> laid</c><00:40:11.969><c> down</c><00:40:12.449><c> their</c><00:40:13.110><c> necks</c><00:40:13.670><c> he</c><00:40:13.769><c> says</c><00:40:14.130><c> for</c><00:40:14.369><c> my</c> 00:40:14.769 --> 00:40:18.949 sakes<00:40:16.150><c> and</c><00:40:16.769><c> yet</c><00:40:16.929><c> they're</c><00:40:17.469><c> unsung</c><00:40:18.210><c> heroes</c> 00:40:18.949 --> 00:40:23.309 really<00:40:19.650><c> aren't</c><00:40:20.030><c> they</c><00:40:20.710><c> like</c><00:40:21.269><c> so</c><00:40:21.670><c> many</c><00:40:22.150><c> of</c><00:40:22.489><c> our</c><00:40:22.690><c> brothers</c><00:40:22.949><c> and</c> 00:40:23.309 --> 00:40:26.449 sisters<00:40:23.670><c> today</c><00:40:24.269><c> so</c><00:40:25.570><c> many</c><00:40:25.969><c> homes</c> 00:40:26.949 --> 00:40:33.369 good<00:40:27.710><c> christadelphian</c><00:40:28.690><c> homes</c><00:40:29.650><c> that</c><00:40:30.010><c> are</c><00:40:30.250><c> used</c><00:40:30.730><c> in</c><00:40:30.949><c> the</c><00:40:31.210><c> service</c><00:40:31.550><c> of</c><00:40:31.769><c> the</c><00:40:31.989><c> truth</c><00:40:32.530><c> so</c> 00:40:33.369 --> 00:40:34.829 many<00:40:33.909><c> couples</c> 00:40:34.829 --> 00:40:40.309 good<00:40:35.750><c> christadelphian</c><00:40:36.750><c> couples</c><00:40:37.250><c> modern</c><00:40:37.829><c> day</c><00:40:38.809><c> aquila</c><00:40:39.369><c> and</c><00:40:39.750><c> priscilla</c><00:40:40.050><c> or</c> 00:40:40.309 --> 00:40:41.389 if<00:40:40.429><c> you</c><00:40:40.590><c> like</c><00:40:40.769><c> to</c><00:40:40.909><c> put</c><00:40:40.969><c> it</c><00:40:41.130><c> the</c><00:40:41.250><c> other</c> 00:40:41.389 --> 00:40:45.829 way<00:40:41.610><c> around</c><00:40:42.250><c> priscilla's</c><00:40:43.130><c> and</c><00:40:43.349><c> aquila's</c><00:40:44.929><c> are</c><00:40:45.250><c> there</c><00:40:45.610><c> when</c> 00:40:45.829 --> 00:40:49.449 they're<00:40:46.309><c> needed</c><00:40:46.670><c> they're</c><00:40:47.690><c> always</c><00:40:48.210><c> behind</c><00:40:48.969><c> everything</c> 00:40:49.449 --> 00:40:54.869 that's<00:40:49.809><c> done</c><00:40:50.449><c> their</c><00:40:50.869><c> home</c><00:40:51.210><c> is</c><00:40:51.449><c> always</c><00:40:51.809><c> open</c><00:40:52.510><c> to</c><00:40:52.909><c> their</c><00:40:53.130><c> brother</c><00:40:53.389><c> and</c><00:40:53.710><c> sisters</c><00:40:54.130><c> and</c><00:40:54.610><c> i</c> 00:40:54.869 --> 00:40:56.969 say<00:40:55.070><c> to</c><00:40:55.329><c> you</c><00:40:55.889><c> that</c><00:40:56.610><c> the</c> 00:40:56.969 --> 00:41:01.130 aquila's<00:40:57.809><c> and</c><00:40:58.030><c> priscilla's</c><00:40:58.590><c> of</c><00:40:58.710><c> today</c><00:40:59.190><c> as</c><00:40:59.809><c> these</c><00:41:00.170><c> dear</c><00:41:00.530><c> folk</c> 00:41:01.130 --> 00:41:03.460 that<00:41:01.530><c> paul</c><00:41:01.809><c> loves</c><00:41:02.170><c> so</c><00:41:02.590><c> much</c> 00:41:03.730 --> 00:41:08.670 are<00:41:04.230><c> the</c><00:41:04.429><c> backbone</c><00:41:05.110><c> of</c><00:41:06.090><c> our</c><00:41:06.309><c> community</c><00:41:07.070><c> and</c><00:41:07.789><c> he</c><00:41:07.969><c> says</c><00:41:08.150><c> i</c><00:41:08.409><c> don't</c> 00:41:08.670 --> 00:41:11.610 only<00:41:08.949><c> myself</c><00:41:09.710><c> give</c><00:41:10.050><c> thanks</c><00:41:10.409><c> to</c><00:41:10.630><c> god</c><00:41:10.849><c> for</c><00:41:11.210><c> them</c> 00:41:11.610 --> 00:41:15.889 but<00:41:12.269><c> all</c><00:41:12.570><c> the</c><00:41:12.769><c> churches</c><00:41:13.190><c> of</c><00:41:13.510><c> god</c><00:41:13.949><c> and</c><00:41:14.690><c> we</c><00:41:14.889><c> ought</c><00:41:15.070><c> to</c><00:41:15.349><c> ourselves</c> 00:41:15.889 --> 00:41:18.769 not<00:41:16.170><c> only</c><00:41:16.550><c> i</c><00:41:17.210><c> personally</c><00:41:17.809><c> thank</c><00:41:18.250><c> god</c> 00:41:18.769 --> 00:41:22.389 for<00:41:19.289><c> the</c><00:41:19.469><c> dear</c><00:41:19.670><c> brethren</c><00:41:20.070><c> sisters</c><00:41:20.469><c> whose</c><00:41:20.789><c> names</c><00:41:21.389><c> never</c><00:41:22.070><c> get</c> 00:41:22.389 --> 00:41:24.170 heard<00:41:22.849><c> of</c><00:41:23.050><c> they're</c><00:41:23.289><c> not</c><00:41:23.590><c> known</c> 00:41:24.170 --> 00:41:28.349 they're<00:41:24.849><c> the</c><00:41:25.030><c> little</c><00:41:25.389><c> people</c><00:41:25.869><c> of</c><00:41:26.090><c> god</c><00:41:26.369><c> as</c><00:41:26.530><c> i</c><00:41:26.789><c> call</c><00:41:27.030><c> them</c><00:41:27.829><c> but</c> 00:41:28.349 --> 00:41:32.730 god<00:41:28.670><c> knows</c><00:41:29.130><c> them</c><00:41:29.929><c> and</c><00:41:30.630><c> all</c><00:41:30.869><c> the</c><00:41:31.130><c> churches</c><00:41:31.570><c> of</c><00:41:31.889><c> god</c> 00:41:32.889 --> 00:41:35.250 should<00:41:33.429><c> give</c><00:41:33.690><c> thanks</c><00:41:34.130><c> for</c><00:41:34.409><c> them</c> 00:41:38.230 --> 00:41:42.369 i<00:41:38.909><c> don't</c><00:41:39.050><c> know</c><00:41:39.130><c> why</c><00:41:39.429><c> i</c><00:41:39.690><c> chose</c><00:41:40.429><c> i've</c><00:41:41.409><c> gone</c><00:41:41.530><c> off</c> 00:41:47.010 --> 00:41:47.650 so 00:41:47.650 --> 00:41:52.550 he<00:41:47.650><c> thought</c><00:41:47.849><c> i'd</c><00:41:48.969><c> finished</c><00:41:48.969><c> i</c><00:41:50.710><c> don't</c><00:41:50.969><c> know</c><00:41:51.110><c> why</c><00:41:51.429><c> i</c><00:41:51.730><c> chose</c><00:41:52.110><c> this</c> 00:41:52.550 --> 00:41:55.269 hymn<00:41:53.369><c> but</c><00:41:53.809><c> the</c><00:41:54.030><c> hymn</c><00:41:54.230><c> we're</c><00:41:54.570><c> going</c><00:41:54.610><c> to</c><00:41:54.869><c> sing</c><00:41:55.030><c> to</c> 00:41:55.269 --> 00:42:02.170 conclude<00:41:55.909><c> is</c><00:41:56.570><c> 141</c><00:41:58.530><c> perhaps</c><00:42:00.090><c> it's</c><00:42:00.349><c> just</c><00:42:00.590><c> that</c><00:42:00.809><c> i</c><00:42:01.030><c> liked</c><00:42:01.349><c> it</c> 00:42:04.849 --> 00:42:05.530 282 00:42:05.530 --> 00:42:08.250 no<00:42:05.530><c> it's</c><00:42:07.750><c> not</c> 00:42:09.309 --> 00:42:15.969 282<00:42:09.989><c> the</c><00:42:10.449><c> president</c><00:42:10.969><c> knows</c><00:42:11.409><c> you</c><00:42:11.750><c> see</c><00:42:12.090><c> it's</c><00:42:12.670><c> 282</c><00:42:14.090><c> the</c><00:42:15.369><c> other</c><00:42:15.570><c> one</c><00:42:15.769><c> is</c> 00:42:15.969 --> 00:42:17.530 tomorrow<00:42:16.469><c> god</c><00:42:16.789><c> really</c> 00:42:17.530 --> 00:42:21.829 ah<00:42:18.090><c> this</c><00:42:18.349><c> was</c><00:42:18.570><c> it</c><00:42:18.829><c> and</c><00:42:19.090><c> i</c><00:42:19.230><c> know</c><00:42:19.469><c> now</c><00:42:19.710><c> why</c><00:42:19.969><c> i</c><00:42:20.110><c> chose</c><00:42:20.510><c> it</c><00:42:21.190><c> take</c><00:42:21.530><c> up</c> 00:42:21.829 --> 00:42:25.469 thy<00:42:22.090><c> cross</c><00:42:22.889><c> the</c><00:42:23.610><c> savior</c><00:42:23.969><c> said</c><00:42:24.389><c> if</c><00:42:24.630><c> thou</c><00:42:24.869><c> was</c><00:42:25.110><c> my</c> 00:42:25.469 --> 00:42:32.269 disciple<00:42:26.070><c> be</c><00:42:26.889><c> deny</c><00:42:27.809><c> thyself</c><00:42:29.130><c> the</c><00:42:29.750><c> world</c><00:42:30.090><c> forsake</c><00:42:31.250><c> and</c><00:42:31.829><c> humbly</c> 00:42:32.269 --> 00:42:34.280 follow<00:42:32.710><c> after</c><00:42:33.170><c> me</c> 00:43:08.590 --> 00:43:10.489 so 00:43:19.769 --> 00:43:21.670 me 00:43:28.510 --> 00:43:36.090 Take<00:43:29.909><c> up</c><00:43:30.670><c> thy</c><00:43:31.250><c> cross,</c><00:43:32.730><c> let</c><00:43:33.050><c> not</c><00:43:33.809><c> his</c><00:43:34.570><c> weight,</c> 00:43:36.389 --> 00:43:42.750 And<00:43:36.829><c> bind</c><00:43:37.730><c> his</c><00:43:38.590><c> soul</c><00:43:39.309><c> with</c><00:43:40.170><c> faith</c><00:43:41.170><c> and</c><00:43:41.949><c> heart.</c> 00:43:42.750 --> 00:43:50.750 His<00:43:44.670><c> strength</c><00:43:45.389><c> shall</c><00:43:46.190><c> wear</c><00:43:46.889><c> thy</c><00:43:47.730><c> spirit</c><00:43:49.590><c> up,</c> 00:43:51.110 --> 00:43:58.650 And<00:43:51.429><c> raise</c><00:43:52.269><c> thy</c><00:43:53.409><c> heart</c><00:43:54.130><c> and</c><00:43:55.030><c> firm</c><00:43:55.730><c> thy</c><00:43:56.989><c> heart.</c> 00:44:00.150 --> 00:44:06.550 Take<00:44:00.909><c> up</c><00:44:01.809><c> thy</c><00:44:02.530><c> cross</c><00:44:03.250><c> for</c><00:44:04.269><c> he</c><00:44:04.909><c> does</c><00:44:05.710><c> shake,</c> 00:44:06.550 --> 00:44:15.369 And<00:44:07.889><c> let</c><00:44:08.510><c> thy</c><00:44:09.389><c> foolish</c><00:44:10.769><c> pride</c><00:44:11.989><c> be</c><00:44:12.969><c> stilled,</c> 00:44:15.690 --> 00:44:22.269 By<00:44:15.929><c> your</c><00:44:16.690><c> refuse</c><00:44:18.230><c> longing</c><00:44:19.869><c> to</c><00:44:21.030><c> die.</c>