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 Good morning, everyone. I wish that I could say that Nathan not being here today is the reason that I'm up here.

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! But that wouldn't be a sufficient excuse per se. I asked Nathan a couple months ago if he would allow me the privilege of preaching the Word of God again.

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 And as the week drew near, work was insanely busy. And even as the days drew near to today, I feared quite a bit about my preparation, it not being sufficient.

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 And I was really just afraid. So I had to go to Nathan and just seek counsel from him about this.

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 And he just continued to encourage me to rest on the Lord and lean on the Lord, because ultimately every man that comes up here in the pulpit has to find a sufficiency in Christ to preach his Word.

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 And my hope is that you'll bear witness of that today. And my hope is that I will bear witness of that today as well.

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 Let me go ahead and just open us up in prayer and we'll dive into the Word together.

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 Father, we praise you for this morning bringing together your children, brothers, sisters, families, husbands, and wives to hear the preaching of your Word.

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 I pray that that would happen today, that it would be heard in this building.

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 And I pray that it would also be heard in all of the other congregations that are gathering on this Sunday morning, Lord.

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 I pray that this would be true.

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 I pray that you would have us all understand what it means to see your young and early church and how that applies to us today,

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 even as your church continues to grow and spread throughout all of the world.

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 So let that be true today, Lord.

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 And we ask this in your name, Christ. Amen.

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 So open up with me to Acts.

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 As most of you know, we have been going through the book of Acts since the beginning of the year.

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 And this book can be, the title of the book can be somewhat misleading.

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 For example, in my version it says, The Acts of the Apostles.

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 It is true that this is a story, it's a written account written by Luke,

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 about what the apostles were doing after the ascension of Jesus Christ.

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 But I think, and others have mentioned this, that it's sufficient to say that this was the act of the Holy Spirit.

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 After Christ ascended, he said that he was going to send a helper.

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 And so only a couple of days later, when the disciples are gathering together, he sends the Holy Spirit to them.

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 And they begin proclaiming the word of God all throughout Jerusalem and eventually into Samaria.

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 And we're going to bear witnesses of that as you continue to come on Sundays,

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 as you continue to meet on Wednesday nights to discuss these things.

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 You're going to see that take place and unfold.

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 And that's going to lead us all the way up to where we are today.

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 Two thousand years later, you've all heard the gospel of Jesus Christ preached and proclaimed to you in some way or another.

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 So it's incredible to see that continuation of the church after this book concludes.

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 It's not the Acts of the Apostles, it is the Acts of the Spirit that's done that.

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 So here we are in Acts 6.1.

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 We kind of get to see a young child beginning to walk for the first time is how I like to imagine this.

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 It's the growth of the church or the organization of the church.

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 It is like a living, breathing organism, as I've heard it described.

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 It becomes mature.

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 It's understanding some of its faults and failures, how it can fine-tune itself by listening to the Spirit to serve others

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 and to preach the gospel louder and throughout other places.

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 And so what we're going to witness here in this text is a division that arises amongst the early church in Jerusalem

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 and how the Spirit allows them to approach that and reconcile it.

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 So read with me in Acts 6.1.

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 Now at this time, while the disciples were increasing in number,

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 a complaint arose on the part of the Hellenistic Jews against the native Jews

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 because their widows were being overlooked in the daily serving of food.

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 So the twelve summoned the congregation of the disciples and said,

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 It is not desirable for us to neglect the Word of God in order to serve tables.

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 Therefore, brethren, select from among you seven men of good reputation,

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 full of the Spirit and of wisdom,

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 whom we may be put in charge of this task.

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 But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the Word.

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 The statement found approval with the whole congregation,

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 and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit,

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 and Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolás,

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 a proselyte from Antioch.

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 And these they brought before the apostles,

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 and after praying, they laid their hands on them.

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 The Word of God kept on spreading,

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 and the number of the disciples continued to increase greatly in Jerusalem,

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 and a great many of the priests were becoming obedient to the faith.

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 So I want to just lay out and brief the characters that you see here in this part.

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 And we've got the disciples.

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 It's referring to all the Jews that have now become Christians in Jerusalem.

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 But we see two distinctions of Jews.

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 We see the Hellenistic Jews mentioned here and the native Hebrews.

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 Something I learned several weeks ago in Cog

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 was that these Hellenists were actually from the Despora,

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 which is the region outside of Jerusalem.

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 They had come to Jerusalem during Pentecost.

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 And at the time, they were heavily influenced by Greeks.

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 They all spoke Greek.

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 They partook in their culture.

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 They partook in their art.

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 All of these things that were very foreign to the native Hebrews.

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 And then, other characters that we see,

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 we've got the Twelve Apostles.

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 So when you see the Twelve, it's referencing the Twelve Apostles.

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 And then eventually, the Seven Appointed Deacons.

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 And I'll get into that a little bit more.

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 As I continue through this,

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 I'm going to give you just kind of a line-by-line,

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 verse-by-verse exposition.

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 That's how a lot of us like to do it here.

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 And there are six observances that I want you to make

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 as I'm going through this.

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 And you can write these down.

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 I'm not going to be going back and forth to these.

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 I just really want you to listen to the text

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 and find these as I'm preaching on it.

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 But these six observations

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 are the success of the church thus far.

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 So what have we seen?

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 What successes in the church have we seen

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 up to this point in Acts 6.1?

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 What I call Satan's third attack on the church.

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 Number three, the obedience of the apostles.

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 Number four, the spirit solution.

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 Five, the call to service.

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 And then six, the result.

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 And I'll go ahead and give that one away.

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 But it's a reconciled and powerful church

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 that we're going to see in Acts 6.7.

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 So as we go into Acts 6.1,

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 we see at this time,

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 while the disciples were increasing in number,

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 we believe this time is in a reference

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 to only a couple of months

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 since the ascension of Jesus Christ.

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 When it says increasing in number,

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 the word that they actually use for that is plethora.

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 And that's obviously where we get the word plethora.

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 It means a great many or a multitude of people.

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 And the estimates of this are upwards of 20,000 people.

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 Some even say that it could be up to 30,000 individuals

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 that have come to know Christ

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 through the preaching of the apostles

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 and the anointing of the Holy Spirit.

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 And it says,

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 A complaint arose on the part of the Hellenistic Jews

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 against the native Jews

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 because their widows were being overlooked in the daily food.

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 This complaint that arises,

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 this is an attack by Satan,

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 is what I believe it to be,

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 because we've seen that already happen

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 a couple of times in the church.

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 John's preached on it.

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 Nathan has preached on it.

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 We saw the persecution of John and Peter

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 and later the other apostles when they were beat.

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 That's what I believe to be the first.

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 Then we see sin that divides the church and the giving.

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 We see Ananias and Sapphira,

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 how they're struck down by God.

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 And then eventually we see this,

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 this dysfunction,

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 this disunity coming up in the church.

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 And this is all an attempt by Satan

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 to stop the growth of the church.

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 That's what he was always trying to do.

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 He was always trying to stop the Word of God

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 from being spoken.

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 In order to do this,

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 he tried to put Jesus Christ up on a cross,

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 but that was a plan all along,

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 is that he had to go to the cross.

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 He had to be crucified.

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 He had to bear the wrath of God.

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 Satan thinks that it's his plan,

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 but it wasn't,

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 hence the reason he rose from the dead.

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 So this is just another effort.

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 Now that Christ has ascended,

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 he says to himself,

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 how can I divide this church?

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 How can I break it up?

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 How can I make them less powerful than they are?

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 And we're going to see that result,

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 what happens from that.

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 On the part of the Hellenistic Jews

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 against the native Hebrews,

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 now as I said,

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 prior to knowing Christ,

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 these Hellenists were more Greek

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 than they were Jews.

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 Obviously this caused a great amount of division

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 when they came back to Jerusalem

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 to worship during Pentecost.

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 They tried to bring all of these foreign,

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 just foreign cultures with them.

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 So there were already divisions

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 between these Jews

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 prior to them being unified in Christ.

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 As a matter of fact,

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 the Hellenists were known

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 for wanting to translate

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 the Old Testament into Greek.

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 And the native Hebrews said,

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 no, this is specifically written in Hebrew.

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 This is what it should be.

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 This is what it should remain.

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 But that's how much they wanted

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 to somewhat be a part

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 of the Jewish culture.

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 And there was division because of that.

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 So this is why I believe

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 Satan chose these two groups of people

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 originally to attack and divide

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 because they already had

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 dysfunction amongst them

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 prior to coming to know the Lord.

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 So he simply says,

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 I'm just going to wedge myself back in there

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 and I'm going to divide them once again.

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 That didn't work despite his best efforts.

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 They complained.

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 They griped.

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 They said,

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 our widows are being overlooked

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 in the daily serving of food.

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 And I thought to myself,

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 I said, well, how is that happening?

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 I just tried to put myself

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 in the shoes of the apostles

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 or the people complaining.

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 And I read some things,

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 listened to things,

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 couldn't really understand

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 about how this conflict

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 is coming about.

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 How were people being overlooked?

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 And you would say,

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 well, there's 12 apostles,

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 there's 20,000 people.

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 Obviously, it'd be pretty easy

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 to overlook a group of people.

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 But we can see up to this point

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 that thousands of people

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 are being served

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 by the hands of the apostles.

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 And this is just a theory of my own,

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 so you can take it for what it is.

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 But it's quite possible

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 that in their gatherings,

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 in the servings of the tables,

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 they would have the men

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 come up and get the food

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 that was sufficient for their families,

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 that was sufficient for their wives,

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 that was sufficient for their children.

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 And the apostles would hand them out to them.

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 They'd hand them out

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 to all the men that came up.

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 Well, if you've got a group of widows,

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 that's the point,

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 is they don't have any young men

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 or any men

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 that are able to come up

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 and represent them.

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 So that's a possibility.

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 That is a theory

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 of the reason why

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 they could have been overlooked.

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 And the fact is

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 that they spoke Greek,

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 so it's not like they could come up

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 and tell the Aramaics,

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 the ones who spoke Aramaic,

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 that they were being neglected,

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 that they were not having food,

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 et cetera,

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 or that they needed food.

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 So, hence they're overlooked.

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 As some of you may remember,

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 I think John mentioned this last week,

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 or maybe a couple weeks earlier

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 from someone else,

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 but one of the duties

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 of the Christian church

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 that we're going to see

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 as it grows

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 is James says this

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 in James 1.27.

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 He says,

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 Pure and undefiled religion

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 in the sight of our God and Father

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 is this,

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 to visit orphans and widows

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 in their distress.

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 And so that's a very simple duty.

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 I think the apostles knew this,

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 that it was their duty

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 to be serving widows

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 who could not be served

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 in the home by men.

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 But when they're being neglected,

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 obviously the church is failing

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 to perform one of its functions.

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 So when they came together

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 and complained

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 to the apostles,

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 the apostles said to them,

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 they summoned the congregation

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 and the disciples

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 and said,

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 It is not desirable

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 for us to neglect

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 the word of God

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 in order to serve tables.

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 And that word that they use

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 for serve

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 is diakone.

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 And I'm going to explain that

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 a little bit later.

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 But that means to serve

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 or to be a servant of.

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 That's where we eventually

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 get the word deacon from.

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 And that's something

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 I'm going to be talking about

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 a little bit today.

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 But when I first read this,

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 and it says,

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 It is not desirable

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 for us to neglect

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 the word of God

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 in order to serve tables.

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 I said to myself,

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 Who are you as the apostles

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 who think that you're too high

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 to serve the low,

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 to serve the widows,

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 to serve the needy?

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 That's where my flesh went.

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 I've learned

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 from constantly reading scripture

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 that my flesh

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 is much more critical

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 than my spirit is

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 because it wants to find

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 a lot of faults

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 in the word of God.

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 So,

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 when I asked myself though,

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 when I prayed

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 and I said,

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 What do they mean by this?

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 They're simply saying

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 that it is their duty.

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 They were ordained

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 to preach

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 and minister

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 the word of God.

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 That up to this point,

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 they were able to serve

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 maybe 10,

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 maybe 15,000 people,

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 but eventually

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 it became too many

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 to serve on a weekly basis.

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 So they had to choose

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 one or the other.

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 They said,

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 We can either continue

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 preaching the word of God

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 or we can serve the tables.

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 They said,

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 It is not desirable

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 for us to neglect

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 the word of God

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 in order to serve tables.

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 And what I mean

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 by that ordination

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 that they have,

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 that duty that they had

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 to preach the word of God,

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 we see it a couple of times.

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 We see it at the very beginning

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 of Acts.

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 And I want you guys

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 to turn here with me.

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 Turn to Acts 1.

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 1.

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 I'm going to read through 2

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 and then I'm going to skip

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 to verse 8.

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 It says,

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 Verse 8,

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 And that's his direct decree

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 to the apostles,

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 that they would be witnesses

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 of the word of God

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 and what they've witnessed

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 in Jesus Christ

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 throughout Jerusalem

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 and the rest of the world.

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 It's also,

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 I'm not going to make you turn here,

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 but it's also an echo

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 of what Luke also recorded

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 in Luke 24, 44 through 48.

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 What we see in Matthew,

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 Matthew 28, 18 through 20.

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 All of you are familiar

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 with the Great Commission.

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 This is a parallel text

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 of where he's commissioning them

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 to go out

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 and be ministers of the word.

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 But someone pointed this out

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 to me recently.

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 It's not just,

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 this commission was not just

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 found here in the New Testament.

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 It was not just found

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 in the Gospels.

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 It was not just found in Acts.

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 But it's also a reference

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 to something in the Old Testament.

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 St. Augustine said

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 that the new is the old concealed

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 and the old is the new revealed.

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 That means that what we see

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 in the Old Testament

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 is a concealing

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 of what we now see

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 in the New Testament

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 and vice versa.

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 What we see in the New Testament

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 is revealed to us

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 of what was spoken of

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 in the Old Testament.

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 So turn with me

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 to Numbers 8, 14.

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 I'll give you all

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 some time to get there.

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 I'm going to read through verse 22.

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 And I want you to see

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 the parallels between

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 the Jesus ordaining

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 and blessing

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 the original apostles

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 and what we see

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 the Lord's commandment

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 for the Levites

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 here in the early church.

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 If you will.

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 Thus you shall separate

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 the Levites

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 from among the sons of Israel

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 and the Levites

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 shall be mine.

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 Then after that

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 the Levites

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 may go

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 and to serve

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 the tent of meeting.

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 But you shall cleanse them

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 and present them

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 as a way of offering

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 for they are wholly

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 given to me

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 from among the sons

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 of Israel.

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 I have taken them

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 for myself

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 instead of every first issue

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 of the womb.

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 The firstborn

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 of all the sons of Israel.

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 For every firstborn

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 among the sons of Israel

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 is mine

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 among the men

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 and among the animals

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 and on the day

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 that I struck down

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 all the firstborn

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 in the land of Egypt

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 I sanctified them

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 for myself

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 but I have taken

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 the Levites

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 instead of every firstborn

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 among the sons of Israel.

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 I have given

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 the Levites

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 as a gift to Aaron

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 and to his sons

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 from among the sons

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 of Israel

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 to perform the service

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 of the sons of Israel

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 at the tent of meeting

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 and to make atonement

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 on behalf

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 of the sons of Israel

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 so that there will be

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 no plague

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 among the sons of Israel

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 by their coming near

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 to the sanctuary.

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 Thus did Moses

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 and Aaron

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 and all the congregation

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 of the sons

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 of Israel

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 to the Levites

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 according to all

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 that the Lord

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 had commanded Moses

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 concerning the Levites

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 so the sons of Israel

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 did to them.

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 The Levites too

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 purified themselves

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 from sin

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 and washed their clothes

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 and Aaron presented them

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 as a way of offering

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 before the Lord.

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 Aaron also made atonement

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 for them

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 to cleanse them.

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 Then after the Levites

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 went in to perform

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 their service

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 in the tent of meeting

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 before Aaron

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 and before his sons

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 just as the Lord

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 had commanded Moses

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 concerning the Levites

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 so they did to them.

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 This is where he sets aside

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 people,

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 priests,

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 holy priests

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 to take care

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 of the sacrifices

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 that constantly

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 had to be made

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 for the sins of Israel

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 but this is also

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 the people

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 that he chose

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 to minister

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 the word of God

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 to his people

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 and eventually

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 God himself

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 ordains the prophets

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 to do the same

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 to speak about

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 the coming

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 of the Christ.

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 These are the men

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 that are set aside

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 and it's the same

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 for the apostles

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 in this era

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 that they were set aside

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 to minister

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 and to preach

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 the word of God

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 and they said that.

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 We can't neglect

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 the word of God.

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 This is of the utmost importance.

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 So their solution

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 is therefore brethren

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 select from among you

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 seven men

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 of good reputation

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 full of the spirit

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 and of wisdom

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 whom we may put

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 in charge

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 of the task.

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 And this goes back

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 to that word

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 that I used

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 for serve

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 earlier.

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 It's diakone.

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 It means to serve.

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 It means a servant of.

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 That's what they're looking for.

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 They're looking for servants.

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 People who know

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 how to serve

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 these widows

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 that are being neglected.

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 So there are

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 six qualifications

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 that I could come out of

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 or that I could pull

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 out of this text.

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 for these men.

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 The original deacons.

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 They say

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 select from among you.

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 So that means

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 the people

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 that were bringing

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 the complaints to them

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 they're saying

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 well what we want you to do

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 is we want you guys

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 to get together

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 talk to one another

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 nominate

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 seven individuals

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 that you believe

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 can best serve you.

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 The reason

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 they had to be among them

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 is because they spoke

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 their language

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 they knew their culture

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 they knew what

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 their needs were

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 which even obviously

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 the apostles

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 had a hard time

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 doing that.

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 They were still men

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 nonetheless

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 but it was best

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 that they found

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 someone who was

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 similar to them

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 people within

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 their community.

00:20:13.519 --> 00:20:14.559
 Another qualification

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 and I want you all

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 to take this loosely

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 and I'll explain why

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 is he says

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 seven men.

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 In this time

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 they were looking

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 for men

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 to serve the widows.

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 They didn't have

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 the husbands

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 as I mentioned

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 they didn't have

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 the sons

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 so they needed

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 men to step up

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 and serve these widows

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 but that doesn't

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 necessarily mean

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 that deacons

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 from this day forward

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 had to be men

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 and there is

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 lots of evidence

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 for that in the

00:20:37.460 --> 00:20:37.920
 New Testament.

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 We see that with Phoebe

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 I think in

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 Romans 16.1

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 we also see

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 a description

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 of what a deacon

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 should be

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 what they should look like

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 and I'm going to go to there

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 I'm going to have everybody

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 go to there

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 in a little bit

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 that's in 1 Timothy

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 so I think

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 that there is

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 sufficient evidence

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 to say that

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 women can also

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 be deacons

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 in many cases

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 and the more

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 struggles that the church

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 has

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 as it's growing

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 you're going to find

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 things that

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 really only women

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 can confront

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 and serve

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 they can serve

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 a lot better

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 in some ways

00:21:10.759 --> 00:21:11.840
 to men

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 you'll notice here

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 that we don't have

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 men throwing

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 baby showers

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 for people

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 it's because

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 women are best

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 qualified for

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 something like that

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 they're better

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 to serve

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 in that role

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 another

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 observation is

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 they had to be

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 of good reputation

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 and here I want you

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 to go ahead

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 and turn

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 to 1 Timothy 3

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 I'm going to start us

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 off in 7

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 where Paul

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 is actually

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 telling Timothy

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 what the leaders

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 and the elders

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 and the deacons

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 need to look like

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 in the church

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 so in verse 7

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 he's actually

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 describing

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 the overseers

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 kind of the elders

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 however

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 he uses

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 the same word

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 here

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 that Luke uses

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 for good reputation

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 he says in verse 7

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 and I'm going to read

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 all the way through 13

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 and he must have

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 a good reputation

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 with those

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 outside the church

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 so that he will not

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 fall into reproach

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 and the snare

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 of the devil

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 deacons likewise

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 must be then

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 of dignity

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 not double tongued

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 or addicted

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 to much wine

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 or fond of

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 sordid gain

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 but holding to

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 the mystery of the faith

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 with a clear conscience

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 these men must also

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 first be tested

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 then let them

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 serve as deacons

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 if they are

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 beyond reproach

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 women

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 must likewise

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 be dignified

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 not malicious

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 gossips

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 but temperate

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 faithful

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 in all things

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 deacons must be

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 husbands of only one wife

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 and good managers

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 of their children

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 and their households

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 for those who have

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 served well as deacons

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 obtain for themselves

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 a high standing

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 and great confidence

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 in the faith

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 that is in Christ Jesus

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 so we see there

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 what Paul lays out

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 is the specific

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 qualifications

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 of the deacons

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 but he's only going off

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 of what he saw

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 in the original church

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 the early church

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 that was set aside

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 by the twelve apostles

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 the next qualification

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 the fifth one

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 is that they must be

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 full of the spirit

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 they must be proven

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 to have the Holy Spirit

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 within them

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 and third

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 fifthly

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 sorry

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 yeah fifth

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 and of wisdom

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 they must have wisdom

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 and they must also

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 be leaders

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 and I pull that from

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 that they may be

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 put in charge

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 of this task

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 they weren't looking

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 for someone

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 who just simply

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 had a good reputation

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 they weren't looking

00:23:39.740 --> 00:23:40.880
 for just Greeks

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 for Hellenist Jews

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 they were looking

00:23:43.000 --> 00:23:43.519
 for men

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 who could step up

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 as leaders

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 to serve the church

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 and then they go back

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 to what they originally said

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 the apostles do

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 they said

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 but we will devote

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 ourselves to prayer

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 and to the ministry

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 of the word

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 this I believe

00:24:00.820 --> 00:24:01.600
 to be the crux

00:24:01.600 --> 00:24:02.700
 of this portion

00:24:02.700 --> 00:24:03.200
 of the text

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 or of this text

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 is that the apostles

00:24:06.759 --> 00:24:08.559
 are remaining obedient

00:24:08.559 --> 00:24:09.440
 to what they were

00:24:09.440 --> 00:24:10.319
 originally called to do

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 and they're not deviating

00:24:11.340 --> 00:24:11.779
 from that

00:24:11.779 --> 00:24:13.539
 despite the dysfunction

00:24:13.539 --> 00:24:14.299
 that they're seeing

00:24:14.299 --> 00:24:14.840
 in the church

00:24:14.840 --> 00:24:17.420
 the two things

00:24:17.420 --> 00:24:18.340
 that they mention here

00:24:18.340 --> 00:24:19.299
 are prayer

00:24:19.299 --> 00:24:20.779
 and the ministry

00:24:20.779 --> 00:24:21.380
 of the word

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 Jesus prays upwards

00:24:24.200 --> 00:24:24.860
 of or at least

00:24:24.860 --> 00:24:26.120
 what we see recorded

00:24:26.120 --> 00:24:26.980
 in the gospels

00:24:26.980 --> 00:24:28.279
 upwards of 30 times

00:24:28.279 --> 00:24:29.240
 throughout his ministry

00:24:29.240 --> 00:24:31.080
 that's not including

00:24:31.080 --> 00:24:31.980
 parallel texts

00:24:31.980 --> 00:24:33.640
 so that's single

00:24:33.640 --> 00:24:35.120
 accounts of what we have

00:24:35.120 --> 00:24:35.759
 of Jesus praying

00:24:35.759 --> 00:24:36.180
 and we know that

00:24:36.180 --> 00:24:36.720
 John says

00:24:36.720 --> 00:24:37.839
 he didn't even record

00:24:37.839 --> 00:24:38.920
 he didn't record

00:24:38.920 --> 00:24:39.579
 anywhere near

00:24:39.579 --> 00:24:40.539
 what he witnessed

00:24:40.539 --> 00:24:41.120
 Jesus do

00:24:41.120 --> 00:24:41.680
 in his three years

00:24:41.680 --> 00:24:42.480
 of ministry with him

00:24:42.480 --> 00:24:44.039
 so there's no telling

00:24:44.039 --> 00:24:44.680
 how many times

00:24:44.680 --> 00:24:45.819
 Jesus prayed it daily

00:24:45.819 --> 00:24:46.799
 by himself

00:24:46.799 --> 00:24:47.500
 and with others

00:24:47.500 --> 00:24:49.120
 that was constant

00:24:49.120 --> 00:24:51.180
 and so the apostles

00:24:51.180 --> 00:24:51.960
 eleven of which

00:24:51.960 --> 00:24:53.259
 are the original

00:24:53.259 --> 00:24:54.519
 disciples of Jesus Christ

00:24:54.519 --> 00:24:56.500
 they're just simply

00:24:56.500 --> 00:24:57.140
 copying that

00:24:57.140 --> 00:24:57.880
 they're mimicking that

00:24:57.880 --> 00:24:58.500
 because they know

00:24:58.500 --> 00:24:59.440
 that it has been fruitful

00:24:59.440 --> 00:25:00.480
 they know that they

00:25:00.480 --> 00:25:01.059
 need to call upon

00:25:01.059 --> 00:25:01.519
 the Lord

00:25:01.519 --> 00:25:04.840
 so they do that

00:25:04.840 --> 00:25:06.180
 they say we can't

00:25:06.180 --> 00:25:07.000
 neglect that

00:25:07.000 --> 00:25:09.000
 Martin Lloyd-Jones

00:25:09.000 --> 00:25:09.940
 says this about prayer

00:25:09.940 --> 00:25:11.220
 he says

00:25:11.220 --> 00:25:12.240
 prayer is beyond

00:25:12.240 --> 00:25:12.860
 any question

00:25:12.860 --> 00:25:13.420
 of the highest

00:25:13.420 --> 00:25:14.220
 activity of the

00:25:14.220 --> 00:25:14.799
 human soul

00:25:14.799 --> 00:25:16.559
 man is at his

00:25:16.559 --> 00:25:17.880
 greatest and highest

00:25:17.880 --> 00:25:19.340
 when upon his knees

00:25:19.340 --> 00:25:20.720
 he comes face to face

00:25:20.720 --> 00:25:21.740
 with God

00:25:21.740 --> 00:25:24.080
 that's absolutely

00:25:24.080 --> 00:25:24.840
 what the apostles

00:25:24.840 --> 00:25:25.380
 of this time

00:25:25.380 --> 00:25:25.740
 understood

00:25:25.740 --> 00:25:27.380
 that everything

00:25:27.380 --> 00:25:28.160
 that was happening

00:25:28.160 --> 00:25:28.940
 within the church

00:25:28.940 --> 00:25:29.420
 in Jerusalem

00:25:29.420 --> 00:25:30.259
 was not on their

00:25:30.259 --> 00:25:30.740
 own accord

00:25:30.740 --> 00:25:31.660
 it was by them

00:25:31.660 --> 00:25:32.600
 calling out to God

00:25:32.600 --> 00:25:33.400
 saying we want this

00:25:33.400 --> 00:25:33.800
 to happen

00:25:33.800 --> 00:25:34.460
 we know that you

00:25:34.460 --> 00:25:36.040
 desire for this

00:25:36.040 --> 00:25:36.480
 to happen

00:25:36.480 --> 00:25:37.840
 so please make it

00:25:37.840 --> 00:25:38.160
 happen

00:25:38.160 --> 00:25:41.480
 and then we see

00:25:41.480 --> 00:25:42.279
 the ministry of the

00:25:42.279 --> 00:25:42.600
 word

00:25:42.600 --> 00:25:44.240
 or preaching

00:25:44.240 --> 00:25:45.580
 that's how that can

00:25:45.580 --> 00:25:46.460
 be also translated

00:25:46.460 --> 00:25:49.620
 again

00:25:49.620 --> 00:25:50.860
 this is simply

00:25:50.860 --> 00:25:52.060
 mimicking what

00:25:52.060 --> 00:25:52.860
 Jesus Christ did

00:25:52.860 --> 00:25:54.400
 if you think that

00:25:54.400 --> 00:25:55.160
 these were the first

00:25:55.160 --> 00:25:55.720
 preachers

00:25:55.720 --> 00:25:57.100
 of the word

00:25:57.100 --> 00:25:57.759
 then you're wrong

00:25:57.759 --> 00:26:00.039
 turn with me to

00:26:00.039 --> 00:26:00.839
 Matthew 23

00:26:00.839 --> 00:26:02.160
 or Matthew 4

00:26:02.160 --> 00:26:03.200
 yeah

00:26:03.200 --> 00:26:04.259
 Matthew 4

00:26:04.259 --> 00:26:17.980
 I'm going to start

00:26:17.980 --> 00:26:18.779
 in verse 23

00:26:18.779 --> 00:26:26.019
 and read through

00:26:26.019 --> 00:26:26.319
 verse

00:26:26.319 --> 00:26:27.319
 chapter 5

00:26:27.319 --> 00:26:27.740
 verse 2

00:26:27.740 --> 00:26:34.460
 Jesus was going

00:26:34.460 --> 00:26:35.140
 throughout all

00:26:35.140 --> 00:26:35.620
 Galilee

00:26:35.620 --> 00:26:36.900
 teaching in their

00:26:36.900 --> 00:26:37.420
 synagogues

00:26:37.420 --> 00:26:38.120
 and proclaiming

00:26:38.120 --> 00:26:38.660
 the gospel

00:26:38.660 --> 00:26:39.400
 of the kingdom

00:26:39.400 --> 00:26:40.599
 and healing

00:26:40.599 --> 00:26:41.339
 every kind of

00:26:41.339 --> 00:26:41.700
 disease

00:26:41.700 --> 00:26:42.579
 and every kind

00:26:42.579 --> 00:26:42.960
 of sickness

00:26:42.960 --> 00:26:43.720
 among the people

00:26:43.720 --> 00:26:45.420
 the news about him

00:26:45.420 --> 00:26:46.420
 spread throughout

00:26:46.420 --> 00:26:47.720
 all Syria

00:26:47.720 --> 00:26:49.279
 and they brought

00:26:49.279 --> 00:26:49.819
 to him

00:26:49.819 --> 00:26:51.519
 all who were ill

00:26:51.519 --> 00:26:52.500
 those suffering

00:26:52.500 --> 00:26:53.400
 with various diseases

00:26:53.400 --> 00:26:54.039
 and pains

00:26:54.039 --> 00:26:54.940
 demonics

00:26:54.940 --> 00:26:55.680
 epiletics

00:26:55.680 --> 00:26:57.140
 paralytics

00:26:57.140 --> 00:26:58.620
 and he healed

00:26:58.620 --> 00:26:58.920
 them

00:26:58.920 --> 00:27:00.460
 large crowds

00:27:00.460 --> 00:27:01.140
 followed him

00:27:01.140 --> 00:27:01.800
 from Galilee

00:27:01.800 --> 00:27:02.380
 and the

00:27:02.380 --> 00:27:02.980
 Decapolis

00:27:02.980 --> 00:27:03.920
 and Jerusalem

00:27:03.920 --> 00:27:04.560
 and Judea

00:27:04.560 --> 00:27:05.800
 and from beyond

00:27:05.800 --> 00:27:06.240
 the Jordan

00:27:06.240 --> 00:27:08.300
 when Jesus

00:27:08.300 --> 00:27:09.520
 saw the crowds

00:27:09.520 --> 00:27:10.980
 he went up

00:27:10.980 --> 00:27:11.560
 on the mountain

00:27:11.560 --> 00:27:12.700
 and after he

00:27:12.700 --> 00:27:13.360
 sat down

00:27:13.360 --> 00:27:14.320
 his disciples

00:27:14.320 --> 00:27:15.060
 came to him

00:27:15.060 --> 00:27:16.440
 he opened

00:27:16.440 --> 00:27:17.180
 his mouth

00:27:17.180 --> 00:27:18.380
 and began

00:27:18.380 --> 00:27:19.580
 to teach them

00:27:19.579 --> 00:27:21.899
 it can't be

00:27:21.899 --> 00:27:22.399
 any more clear

00:27:22.399 --> 00:27:22.819
 than that

00:27:22.819 --> 00:27:24.019
 Matthew

00:27:24.019 --> 00:27:24.480
 even wants

00:27:24.480 --> 00:27:24.779
 to tell you

00:27:24.779 --> 00:27:25.059
 that he had

00:27:25.059 --> 00:27:25.279
 to open

00:27:25.279 --> 00:27:25.779
 his mouth

00:27:25.779 --> 00:27:26.199
 to preach

00:27:26.199 --> 00:27:26.579
 the word

00:27:26.579 --> 00:27:30.019
 some of you

00:27:30.019 --> 00:27:30.359
 may know

00:27:30.359 --> 00:27:30.759
 that right

00:27:30.759 --> 00:27:31.240
 after this

00:27:31.240 --> 00:27:31.659
 he goes

00:27:31.659 --> 00:27:32.259
 into what's

00:27:32.259 --> 00:27:32.579
 known as

00:27:32.579 --> 00:27:33.039
 the sermon

00:27:33.039 --> 00:27:33.619
 on the mount

00:27:33.619 --> 00:27:36.299
 every religious

00:27:36.299 --> 00:27:36.720
 scholar

00:27:36.720 --> 00:27:37.139
 whether they

00:27:37.139 --> 00:27:37.439
 study

00:27:37.439 --> 00:27:38.079
 Christianity

00:27:38.079 --> 00:27:38.619
 or something

00:27:38.619 --> 00:27:38.859
 else

00:27:38.859 --> 00:27:39.139
 or all

00:27:39.139 --> 00:27:39.519
 religions

00:27:39.519 --> 00:27:39.859
 they are

00:27:39.859 --> 00:27:40.500
 all familiar

00:27:40.500 --> 00:27:40.939
 with the

00:27:40.939 --> 00:27:41.119
 sermon

00:27:41.119 --> 00:27:41.599
 on the mount

00:27:41.599 --> 00:27:43.240
 it's considered

00:27:43.240 --> 00:27:43.579
 one of the

00:27:43.579 --> 00:27:44.139
 greatest sermons

00:27:44.139 --> 00:27:44.799
 ever preached

00:27:44.799 --> 00:27:48.039
 Jesus knew

00:27:48.039 --> 00:27:48.399
 that if he

00:27:48.399 --> 00:27:48.899
 called everybody

00:27:48.899 --> 00:27:49.419
 together by

00:27:49.419 --> 00:27:49.779
 healing

00:27:49.779 --> 00:27:50.319
 if he healed

00:27:50.319 --> 00:27:50.940
 a few people

00:27:50.940 --> 00:27:51.720
 word would get

00:27:51.720 --> 00:27:51.899
 out

00:27:51.899 --> 00:27:52.359
 everybody would

00:27:52.359 --> 00:27:52.980
 come to be

00:27:52.980 --> 00:27:53.319
 healed

00:27:53.319 --> 00:27:54.700
 he said

00:27:54.700 --> 00:27:55.240
 I'm not here

00:27:55.240 --> 00:27:55.619
 to heal

00:27:55.619 --> 00:27:56.059
 everybody

00:27:56.059 --> 00:27:56.539
 physically

00:27:56.539 --> 00:27:57.599
 I'm here

00:27:57.599 --> 00:27:57.919
 to save

00:27:57.919 --> 00:27:58.419
 their soul

00:27:58.419 --> 00:27:59.220
 I'm here

00:27:59.220 --> 00:27:59.839
 to tell them

00:27:59.839 --> 00:28:00.619
 how to get

00:28:00.619 --> 00:28:01.119
 to God

00:28:01.119 --> 00:28:02.899
 he concludes

00:28:02.899 --> 00:28:03.440
 that sermon

00:28:03.440 --> 00:28:03.899
 or he comes

00:28:03.899 --> 00:28:04.259
 close to

00:28:04.259 --> 00:28:04.579
 near the

00:28:04.579 --> 00:28:04.940
 conclusion

00:28:04.940 --> 00:28:05.279
 of that

00:28:05.279 --> 00:28:05.559
 sermon

00:28:05.559 --> 00:28:06.000
 on the mount

00:28:06.000 --> 00:28:07.139
 tells them

00:28:07.139 --> 00:28:07.319
 that you

00:28:07.319 --> 00:28:07.579
 have two

00:28:07.579 --> 00:28:07.879
 options

00:28:07.879 --> 00:28:08.119
 you can

00:28:08.119 --> 00:28:08.460
 go through

00:28:08.460 --> 00:28:08.859
 the narrow

00:28:08.859 --> 00:28:09.220
 gate

00:28:09.220 --> 00:28:10.259
 that path

00:28:10.259 --> 00:28:10.740
 is hard

00:28:10.740 --> 00:28:11.299
 it's on

00:28:11.299 --> 00:28:11.659
 the narrow

00:28:11.659 --> 00:28:12.019
 way

00:28:12.019 --> 00:28:12.980
 or

00:28:12.980 --> 00:28:14.079
 you can go

00:28:14.079 --> 00:28:14.220
 through

00:28:14.220 --> 00:28:14.599
 the broad

00:28:14.599 --> 00:28:14.879
 gate

00:28:14.879 --> 00:28:15.759
 via the

00:28:15.759 --> 00:28:16.139
 broad way

00:28:16.139 --> 00:28:16.500
 that everybody

00:28:16.500 --> 00:28:16.980
 else goes

00:28:16.980 --> 00:28:17.199
 to

00:28:17.199 --> 00:28:18.059
 only one

00:28:18.059 --> 00:28:18.259
 of them

00:28:18.259 --> 00:28:18.500
 reaches

00:28:18.500 --> 00:28:18.939
 to God

00:28:18.939 --> 00:28:20.199
 the other

00:28:20.199 --> 00:28:20.500
 will lead

00:28:20.500 --> 00:28:20.679
 you to

00:28:20.679 --> 00:28:20.879
 hell

00:28:20.879 --> 00:28:23.399
 that's what

00:28:23.399 --> 00:28:23.779
 he preaches

00:28:23.779 --> 00:28:24.099
 to these

00:28:24.099 --> 00:28:24.379
 people

00:28:24.379 --> 00:28:24.740
 who are

00:28:24.740 --> 00:28:25.079
 sick

00:28:25.079 --> 00:28:25.759
 who are

00:28:25.759 --> 00:28:26.019
 dying

00:28:26.019 --> 00:28:26.399
 who are

00:28:26.399 --> 00:28:26.639
 needy

00:28:26.639 --> 00:28:26.919
 who are

00:28:26.919 --> 00:28:27.220
 poor

00:28:27.220 --> 00:28:30.439
 so all

00:28:30.439 --> 00:28:30.720
 we see

00:28:30.720 --> 00:28:31.599
 the apostles

00:28:31.599 --> 00:28:32.099
 doing is

00:28:32.099 --> 00:28:32.419
 the exact

00:28:32.419 --> 00:28:33.019
 same thing

00:28:33.019 --> 00:28:35.919
 Jesus also

00:28:35.919 --> 00:28:36.439
 tells the

00:28:36.439 --> 00:28:37.039
 people why

00:28:37.039 --> 00:28:37.539
 it is that

00:28:37.539 --> 00:28:38.019
 he preaches

00:28:38.019 --> 00:28:38.299
 the word

00:28:38.299 --> 00:28:38.599
 of God

00:28:38.599 --> 00:28:38.879
 and why

00:28:38.879 --> 00:28:39.240
 they need

00:28:39.240 --> 00:28:39.599
 to truly

00:28:39.599 --> 00:28:40.059
 understand

00:28:40.059 --> 00:28:40.279
 the word

00:28:40.279 --> 00:28:40.619
 of God

00:28:40.619 --> 00:28:41.319
 he says

00:28:41.319 --> 00:28:41.460
 this

00:28:41.460 --> 00:28:41.599
 and you

00:28:41.599 --> 00:28:41.819
 don't have

00:28:41.819 --> 00:28:42.099
 to turn

00:28:42.099 --> 00:28:42.319
 here

00:28:42.319 --> 00:28:42.720
 he says

00:28:42.720 --> 00:28:43.019
 this in

00:28:43.019 --> 00:28:43.299
 John

00:28:43.299 --> 00:28:44.440
 539

00:28:44.440 --> 00:28:45.940
 many of you

00:28:45.940 --> 00:28:46.200
 I'm sure

00:28:46.200 --> 00:28:46.539
 are familiar

00:28:46.539 --> 00:28:46.859
 with this

00:28:46.859 --> 00:28:47.139
 text

00:28:47.139 --> 00:28:48.480
 he says

00:28:48.480 --> 00:28:49.019
 you search

00:28:49.019 --> 00:28:50.240
 the scriptures

00:28:50.240 --> 00:28:51.099
 so that in

00:28:51.099 --> 00:28:51.720
 them you think

00:28:51.720 --> 00:28:52.379
 that you have

00:28:52.379 --> 00:28:53.139
 eternal life

00:28:53.139 --> 00:28:56.680
 it is there

00:28:56.680 --> 00:28:57.419
 that they

00:28:57.419 --> 00:28:58.399
 testify about

00:28:58.399 --> 00:28:58.659
 me

00:28:58.659 --> 00:28:59.440
 the scriptures

00:28:59.440 --> 00:29:00.259
 testify about

00:29:00.259 --> 00:29:01.659
 me

00:29:01.659 --> 00:29:02.319
 the Christ

00:29:02.319 --> 00:29:05.440
 and you are

00:29:05.440 --> 00:29:05.839
 unwilling

00:29:05.839 --> 00:29:06.619
 to come to

00:29:06.619 --> 00:29:06.819
 me

00:29:06.819 --> 00:29:07.379
 so that you

00:29:07.379 --> 00:29:07.700
 may have

00:29:07.700 --> 00:29:08.059
 life

00:29:08.059 --> 00:29:10.720
 there

00:29:10.720 --> 00:29:11.519
 there's a

00:29:11.519 --> 00:29:12.200
 record

00:29:12.200 --> 00:29:12.539
 I can't

00:29:12.539 --> 00:29:12.779
 remember

00:29:12.779 --> 00:29:13.079
 in which

00:29:13.079 --> 00:29:13.399
 gospel

00:29:13.399 --> 00:29:13.720
 it is

00:29:13.720 --> 00:29:14.159
 there's

00:29:14.159 --> 00:29:14.440
 a record

00:29:14.440 --> 00:29:14.940
 of eight

00:29:14.940 --> 00:29:15.480
 lepers

00:29:15.480 --> 00:29:16.139
 that come

00:29:16.139 --> 00:29:16.539
 to be

00:29:16.539 --> 00:29:16.759
 healed

00:29:16.759 --> 00:29:17.359
 by Jesus

00:29:17.359 --> 00:29:19.179
 so that's

00:29:19.179 --> 00:29:19.720
 eight individuals

00:29:19.720 --> 00:29:20.039
 who need

00:29:20.039 --> 00:29:20.799
 physical healing

00:29:20.799 --> 00:29:22.519
 only one

00:29:22.519 --> 00:29:22.740
 of them

00:29:22.740 --> 00:29:23.319
 comes back

00:29:23.319 --> 00:29:23.779
 one of the

00:29:23.779 --> 00:29:23.940
 eight

00:29:23.940 --> 00:29:24.500
 comes back

00:29:24.500 --> 00:29:25.359
 and praises

00:29:25.359 --> 00:29:25.960
 Christ

00:29:25.960 --> 00:29:27.299
 because of

00:29:27.299 --> 00:29:27.559
 what he's

00:29:27.559 --> 00:29:27.799
 done

00:29:27.799 --> 00:29:29.319
 has faith

00:29:29.319 --> 00:29:29.579
 in him

00:29:29.579 --> 00:29:29.960
 that he

00:29:29.960 --> 00:29:30.419
 is the

00:29:30.419 --> 00:29:30.779
 Messiah

00:29:30.779 --> 00:29:33.119
 so it's

00:29:33.119 --> 00:29:33.559
 obvious that

00:29:33.559 --> 00:29:34.200
 Jesus Christ

00:29:34.200 --> 00:29:34.480
 was not

00:29:34.480 --> 00:29:35.059
 there just

00:29:35.059 --> 00:29:36.039
 to serve

00:29:36.039 --> 00:29:36.480
 people with

00:29:36.480 --> 00:29:36.859
 their physical

00:29:36.859 --> 00:29:37.279
 needs

00:29:37.279 --> 00:29:38.960
 nor are

00:29:38.960 --> 00:29:39.059
 the

00:29:39.059 --> 00:29:39.500
 apostles

00:29:39.500 --> 00:29:40.899
 they need

00:29:40.899 --> 00:29:41.299
 to be

00:29:41.299 --> 00:29:41.759
 constantly

00:29:41.759 --> 00:29:42.240
 devoting

00:29:42.240 --> 00:29:42.700
 themselves

00:29:42.700 --> 00:29:44.399
 to the

00:29:44.399 --> 00:29:44.700
 word

00:29:44.700 --> 00:29:47.240
 Paul

00:29:47.240 --> 00:29:47.599
 echoes

00:29:47.599 --> 00:29:47.839
 this

00:29:47.839 --> 00:29:48.299
 charge

00:29:48.299 --> 00:29:48.879
 and the

00:29:48.879 --> 00:29:49.119
 reason

00:29:49.119 --> 00:29:49.480
 for it

00:29:49.480 --> 00:29:49.819
 in Romans

00:29:49.819 --> 00:29:50.180
 10

00:29:50.180 --> 00:29:51.059
 I want

00:29:51.059 --> 00:29:51.279
 you to

00:29:51.279 --> 00:29:51.539
 go there

00:29:51.539 --> 00:29:52.460
 with me

00:29:52.460 --> 00:30:06.019
 I'm going

00:30:06.019 --> 00:30:06.299
 to read

00:30:06.299 --> 00:30:06.819
 Romans 10

00:30:06.819 --> 00:30:07.579
 1-4

00:30:07.579 --> 00:30:12.240
 and I'm

00:30:12.240 --> 00:30:12.379
 going to

00:30:12.379 --> 00:30:12.740
 skip to

00:30:12.740 --> 00:30:13.200
 14

00:30:13.200 --> 00:30:14.559
 I know

00:30:14.559 --> 00:30:14.799
 that I've

00:30:14.799 --> 00:30:15.059
 done that

00:30:15.059 --> 00:30:15.339
 a couple

00:30:15.339 --> 00:30:15.859
 of times

00:30:15.859 --> 00:30:16.399
 skipping

00:30:16.399 --> 00:30:16.839
 in between

00:30:16.839 --> 00:30:18.019
 but what's

00:30:18.019 --> 00:30:18.399
 in between

00:30:18.399 --> 00:30:18.740
 there is

00:30:18.740 --> 00:30:19.079
 just as

00:30:19.079 --> 00:30:19.319
 fruitful

00:30:19.319 --> 00:30:19.759
 I promise

00:30:19.759 --> 00:30:19.940
 you

00:30:19.940 --> 00:30:20.200
 but just

00:30:20.200 --> 00:30:20.460
 for the

00:30:20.460 --> 00:30:20.599
 sake

00:30:20.599 --> 00:30:20.980
 of time

00:30:20.980 --> 00:30:25.680
 Paul

00:30:25.680 --> 00:30:26.120
 says

00:30:26.120 --> 00:30:27.200
 brethren

00:30:27.200 --> 00:30:28.720
 my heart's

00:30:28.720 --> 00:30:29.140
 desire

00:30:29.140 --> 00:30:29.440
 and my

00:30:29.440 --> 00:30:29.680
 prayer

00:30:29.680 --> 00:30:30.160
 to God

00:30:30.160 --> 00:30:30.599
 for them

00:30:30.599 --> 00:30:31.019
 is for

00:30:31.019 --> 00:30:31.279
 their

00:30:31.279 --> 00:30:31.819
 salvation

00:30:31.819 --> 00:30:33.360
 for I

00:30:33.360 --> 00:30:33.839
 testify

00:30:33.839 --> 00:30:34.559
 about them

00:30:34.559 --> 00:30:35.240
 that they

00:30:35.240 --> 00:30:35.599
 have a

00:30:35.599 --> 00:30:35.900
 zeal

00:30:35.900 --> 00:30:36.519
 for God

00:30:36.519 --> 00:30:37.500
 but not

00:30:37.500 --> 00:30:37.960
 in accordance

00:30:37.960 --> 00:30:38.779
 with knowledge

00:30:38.779 --> 00:30:40.440
 for not

00:30:40.440 --> 00:30:41.039
 knowing about

00:30:41.039 --> 00:30:41.360
 God's

00:30:41.360 --> 00:30:41.819
 righteousness

00:30:41.819 --> 00:30:43.120
 and seeking

00:30:43.120 --> 00:30:43.759
 to establish

00:30:43.759 --> 00:30:44.360
 their own

00:30:44.360 --> 00:30:45.059
 they did

00:30:45.059 --> 00:30:45.579
 not subject

00:30:45.579 --> 00:30:46.019
 themselves

00:30:46.019 --> 00:30:46.360
 to the

00:30:46.360 --> 00:30:46.700
 righteousness

00:30:46.700 --> 00:30:47.259
 of God

00:30:47.259 --> 00:30:48.980
 for Christ

00:30:48.980 --> 00:30:50.000
 is the

00:30:50.000 --> 00:30:50.640
 end of

00:30:50.640 --> 00:30:51.059
 the law

00:30:51.059 --> 00:30:51.740
 for righteousness

00:30:51.740 --> 00:30:53.079
 to everyone

00:30:53.079 --> 00:30:54.400
 who believes

00:30:54.400 --> 00:30:56.059
 verse 14

00:30:56.059 --> 00:30:58.059
 how then

00:30:58.059 --> 00:30:58.359
 will they

00:30:58.359 --> 00:30:58.980
 call on

00:30:58.980 --> 00:30:59.220
 him

00:30:59.220 --> 00:30:59.519
 in whom

00:30:59.519 --> 00:30:59.799
 they have

00:30:59.799 --> 00:30:59.980
 not

00:30:59.980 --> 00:31:00.400
 believed

00:31:00.400 --> 00:31:01.980
 how

00:31:01.980 --> 00:31:02.140
 will

00:31:02.140 --> 00:31:02.279
 they

00:31:02.279 --> 00:31:02.599
 believe

00:31:02.599 --> 00:31:02.759
 in

00:31:02.759 --> 00:31:02.980
 him

00:31:02.980 --> 00:31:03.200
 whom

00:31:03.200 --> 00:31:03.319
 they

00:31:03.319 --> 00:31:03.440
 have

00:31:03.440 --> 00:31:03.640
 not

00:31:03.640 --> 00:31:04.079
 heard

00:31:04.079 --> 00:31:05.779
 and

00:31:05.779 --> 00:31:05.960
 how

00:31:05.960 --> 00:31:06.140
 will

00:31:06.140 --> 00:31:06.299
 they

00:31:06.299 --> 00:31:06.720
 hear

00:31:06.720 --> 00:31:07.660
 without

00:31:07.660 --> 00:31:07.879
 a

00:31:07.879 --> 00:31:08.180
 preacher

00:31:08.180 --> 00:31:09.619
 and

00:31:09.619 --> 00:31:09.759
 how

00:31:09.759 --> 00:31:09.879
 will

00:31:09.879 --> 00:31:10.000
 they

00:31:10.000 --> 00:31:10.379
 preach

00:31:10.379 --> 00:31:10.619
 unless

00:31:10.619 --> 00:31:10.779
 they

00:31:10.779 --> 00:31:10.920
 are

00:31:10.920 --> 00:31:11.240
 sent

00:31:11.240 --> 00:31:12.460
 just

00:31:12.460 --> 00:31:12.619
 as

00:31:12.619 --> 00:31:12.740
 it

00:31:12.740 --> 00:31:12.859
 is

00:31:12.859 --> 00:31:13.140
 written

00:31:13.140 --> 00:31:14.000
 how

00:31:14.000 --> 00:31:14.379
 beautiful

00:31:14.379 --> 00:31:14.599
 are

00:31:14.599 --> 00:31:14.720
 the

00:31:14.720 --> 00:31:14.940
 feet

00:31:14.940 --> 00:31:15.059
 of

00:31:15.059 --> 00:31:15.299
 those

00:31:15.299 --> 00:31:15.440
 who

00:31:15.440 --> 00:31:15.660
 bring

00:31:15.660 --> 00:31:15.859
 good

00:31:15.859 --> 00:31:16.140
 news

00:31:16.140 --> 00:31:16.279
 of

00:31:16.279 --> 00:31:16.440
 good

00:31:16.440 --> 00:31:16.900
 things

00:31:16.900 --> 00:31:18.600
 however

00:31:18.600 --> 00:31:19.740
 they

00:31:19.740 --> 00:31:19.860
 did

00:31:19.860 --> 00:31:20.000
 not

00:31:20.000 --> 00:31:20.180
 all

00:31:20.180 --> 00:31:20.420
 heed

00:31:20.420 --> 00:31:20.560
 the

00:31:20.560 --> 00:31:20.720
 good

00:31:20.720 --> 00:31:21.060
 news

00:31:21.060 --> 00:31:21.540
 for

00:31:21.540 --> 00:31:21.780
 Isaiah

00:31:21.780 --> 00:31:22.180
 says

00:31:22.180 --> 00:31:22.780
 Lord

00:31:22.780 --> 00:31:23.620
 who

00:31:23.620 --> 00:31:23.780
 has

00:31:23.780 --> 00:31:24.100
 believed

00:31:24.100 --> 00:31:24.280
 our

00:31:24.280 --> 00:31:24.640
 report

00:31:24.640 --> 00:31:25.860
 so

00:31:25.860 --> 00:31:26.120
 faith

00:31:26.120 --> 00:31:26.400
 comes

00:31:26.400 --> 00:31:26.600
 from

00:31:26.600 --> 00:31:26.980
 hearing

00:31:26.980 --> 00:31:27.900
 and

00:31:27.900 --> 00:31:28.240
 hearing

00:31:28.240 --> 00:31:28.840
 by

00:31:28.840 --> 00:31:28.980
 the

00:31:28.980 --> 00:31:29.240
 word

00:31:29.240 --> 00:31:29.560
 of

00:31:29.560 --> 00:31:29.920
 Christ

00:31:29.920 --> 00:31:32.259
 it's

00:31:32.259 --> 00:31:32.420
 right

00:31:32.420 --> 00:31:32.759
 there

00:31:32.759 --> 00:31:35.880
 that's

00:31:35.880 --> 00:31:36.000
 why

00:31:36.000 --> 00:31:36.100
 I

00:31:36.100 --> 00:31:36.320
 believe

00:31:36.320 --> 00:31:36.440
 it

00:31:36.440 --> 00:31:36.540
 is

00:31:36.540 --> 00:31:36.640
 of

00:31:36.640 --> 00:31:36.759
 the

00:31:36.759 --> 00:31:36.980
 utmost

00:31:36.980 --> 00:31:37.420
 importance

00:31:37.420 --> 00:31:37.600
 that

00:31:37.600 --> 00:31:37.780
 these

00:31:37.780 --> 00:31:38.019
 men

00:31:38.019 --> 00:31:38.140
 do

00:31:38.140 --> 00:31:38.300
 not

00:31:38.300 --> 00:31:38.519
 stop

00:31:38.519 --> 00:31:38.640
 what

00:31:38.640 --> 00:31:38.740
 they're

00:31:38.740 --> 00:31:38.940
 doing

00:31:38.940 --> 00:31:39.100
 to

00:31:39.100 --> 00:31:39.259
 serve

00:31:39.259 --> 00:31:39.400
 the

00:31:39.400 --> 00:31:39.759
 tables

00:31:39.759 --> 00:31:41.380
 doesn't

00:31:41.380 --> 00:31:41.519
 mean

00:31:41.519 --> 00:31:41.640
 that

00:31:41.640 --> 00:31:41.840
 the

00:31:41.840 --> 00:31:42.640
 serving

00:31:42.640 --> 00:31:42.759
 of

00:31:42.759 --> 00:31:42.880
 the

00:31:42.880 --> 00:31:43.140
 tables

00:31:43.140 --> 00:31:43.300
 is

00:31:43.300 --> 00:31:43.480
 not

00:31:43.480 --> 00:31:43.840
 important

00:31:43.840 --> 00:31:44.560
 they

00:31:44.560 --> 00:31:44.780
 knew

00:31:44.780 --> 00:31:44.940
 that

00:31:44.940 --> 00:31:45.060
 it

00:31:45.060 --> 00:31:45.380
 was

00:31:45.380 --> 00:31:47.040
 if

00:31:47.040 --> 00:31:47.200
 they've

00:31:47.200 --> 00:31:47.400
 stopped

00:31:47.400 --> 00:31:47.880
 fulfilling

00:31:47.880 --> 00:31:48.140
 the

00:31:48.140 --> 00:31:48.380
 reason

00:31:48.380 --> 00:31:48.540
 that

00:31:48.540 --> 00:31:48.680
 they're

00:31:48.680 --> 00:31:49.080
 preaching

00:31:49.080 --> 00:31:50.240
 if

00:31:50.240 --> 00:31:50.660
 they

00:31:50.660 --> 00:31:50.960
 stopped

00:31:50.960 --> 00:31:51.380
 serving

00:31:51.380 --> 00:31:51.620
 others

00:31:51.620 --> 00:31:51.820
 like

00:31:51.820 --> 00:31:52.180
 Christ

00:31:52.180 --> 00:31:52.520
 served

00:31:52.520 --> 00:31:52.920
 others

00:31:52.920 --> 00:31:54.160
 what's

00:31:54.160 --> 00:31:54.280
 the

00:31:54.280 --> 00:31:54.560
 point

00:31:54.560 --> 00:31:55.800
 they're

00:31:55.800 --> 00:31:56.020
 wasting

00:31:56.020 --> 00:31:56.220
 their

00:31:56.220 --> 00:31:56.560
 time

00:31:56.560 --> 00:31:58.260
 so

00:31:58.259 --> 00:32:00.859
 back

00:32:00.859 --> 00:32:01.039
 to

00:32:01.039 --> 00:32:01.400
 Acts

00:32:01.400 --> 00:32:02.619
 the

00:32:02.619 --> 00:32:02.940
 statement

00:32:02.940 --> 00:32:03.279
 found

00:32:03.279 --> 00:32:04.140
 approval

00:32:04.140 --> 00:32:04.379
 with

00:32:04.379 --> 00:32:04.480
 the

00:32:04.480 --> 00:32:04.960
 congregation

00:32:04.960 --> 00:32:06.059
 this

00:32:06.059 --> 00:32:06.240
 is a

00:32:06.240 --> 00:32:06.480
 great

00:32:06.480 --> 00:32:06.680
 thing

00:32:06.680 --> 00:32:06.879
 because

00:32:06.879 --> 00:32:07.059
 now

00:32:07.059 --> 00:32:07.200
 they're

00:32:07.200 --> 00:32:07.339
 getting

00:32:07.339 --> 00:32:07.619
 to see

00:32:07.619 --> 00:32:08.160
 reconciliation

00:32:08.160 --> 00:32:08.160


00:32:08.160 --> 00:32:08.559
 right

00:32:08.559 --> 00:32:08.819
 before

00:32:08.819 --> 00:32:09.039
 them

00:32:09.039 --> 00:32:10.140
 those

00:32:10.140 --> 00:32:10.259
 who

00:32:10.259 --> 00:32:10.359
 were

00:32:10.359 --> 00:32:10.819
 complaining

00:32:10.819 --> 00:32:11.440
 they're

00:32:11.440 --> 00:32:11.660
 told

00:32:11.660 --> 00:32:11.839
 this

00:32:11.839 --> 00:32:12.000
 by

00:32:12.000 --> 00:32:12.140
 the

00:32:12.140 --> 00:32:12.539
 apostles

00:32:12.539 --> 00:32:12.740
 and

00:32:12.740 --> 00:32:12.839
 they

00:32:12.839 --> 00:32:12.960
 say

00:32:12.960 --> 00:32:13.200
 okay

00:32:13.200 --> 00:32:14.359
 yeah

00:32:14.359 --> 00:32:14.559
 this

00:32:14.559 --> 00:32:15.519
 makes

00:32:15.519 --> 00:32:15.879
 sense

00:32:15.879 --> 00:32:17.359
 and

00:32:17.359 --> 00:32:17.500
 they

00:32:17.500 --> 00:32:17.980
 chose

00:32:17.980 --> 00:32:18.980
 the

00:32:18.980 --> 00:32:19.220
 seven

00:32:19.220 --> 00:32:20.859
 they

00:32:20.859 --> 00:32:21.079
 chose

00:32:21.079 --> 00:32:21.480
 Stephen

00:32:21.480 --> 00:32:22.819
 a man

00:32:22.819 --> 00:32:23.180
 full

00:32:23.180 --> 00:32:23.779
 of the

00:32:23.779 --> 00:32:23.940
 Holy

00:32:23.940 --> 00:32:24.299
 Spirit

00:32:24.299 --> 00:32:25.099
 even

00:32:25.099 --> 00:32:25.240
 though

00:32:25.240 --> 00:32:25.359
 it

00:32:25.359 --> 00:32:25.500
 says

00:32:25.500 --> 00:32:25.640
 that

00:32:25.640 --> 00:32:25.900
 Stephen

00:32:25.900 --> 00:32:26.379
 specifically

00:32:26.379 --> 00:32:26.519
 is

00:32:26.519 --> 00:32:26.660
 full

00:32:26.660 --> 00:32:26.799
 of the

00:32:26.799 --> 00:32:26.980
!

00:32:26.980 --> 00:32:27.259
 Spirit

00:32:27.259 --> 00:32:27.680
 we've

00:32:27.680 --> 00:32:27.779
 got

00:32:27.779 --> 00:32:27.860
 to

00:32:27.860 --> 00:32:27.940
 go

00:32:27.940 --> 00:32:28.079
 back

00:32:28.079 --> 00:32:28.200
 to

00:32:28.200 --> 00:32:28.299
 the

00:32:28.299 --> 00:32:28.860
 qualifications

00:32:28.860 --> 00:32:29.120
 of

00:32:29.120 --> 00:32:29.220
 what

00:32:29.220 --> 00:32:29.360
 they

00:32:29.360 --> 00:32:29.700
 say

00:32:29.700 --> 00:32:29.920
 that

00:32:29.920 --> 00:32:30.039
 they

00:32:30.039 --> 00:32:30.240
 need

00:32:30.240 --> 00:32:30.339
 to

00:32:30.339 --> 00:32:30.660
 have

00:32:30.660 --> 00:32:31.640
 all

00:32:31.640 --> 00:32:31.759
 of

00:32:31.759 --> 00:32:31.900
 these

00:32:31.900 --> 00:32:32.039
 were

00:32:32.039 --> 00:32:32.259
 full

00:32:32.259 --> 00:32:32.360
 of

00:32:32.360 --> 00:32:32.460
 the

00:32:32.460 --> 00:32:32.700
 Spirit

00:32:32.700 --> 00:32:33.140
 but

00:32:33.140 --> 00:32:33.220
 I

00:32:33.220 --> 00:32:33.380
 believe

00:32:33.380 --> 00:32:33.519
 the

00:32:33.519 --> 00:32:33.720
 reason

00:32:33.720 --> 00:32:33.920
 that

00:32:33.920 --> 00:32:34.220
 Luke

00:32:34.220 --> 00:32:34.799
 emphasizes

00:32:34.799 --> 00:32:35.259
 Stephen

00:32:35.259 --> 00:32:35.420
 is

00:32:35.420 --> 00:32:35.599
 full

00:32:35.599 --> 00:32:35.700
 of

00:32:35.700 --> 00:32:35.799
 the

00:32:35.799 --> 00:32:36.059
 Spirit

00:32:36.059 --> 00:32:36.660
 is

00:32:36.660 --> 00:32:36.880
 because

00:32:36.880 --> 00:32:37.059
 what

00:32:37.059 --> 00:32:37.160
 we're

00:32:37.160 --> 00:32:37.319
 going

00:32:37.319 --> 00:32:37.440
 to

00:32:37.440 --> 00:32:37.720
 see

00:32:37.720 --> 00:32:37.960
 in

00:32:37.960 --> 00:32:38.079
 the

00:32:38.079 --> 00:32:38.400
 next

00:32:38.400 --> 00:32:38.920
 few

00:32:38.920 --> 00:32:39.380
 chapters

00:32:39.380 --> 00:32:39.720
 or

00:32:39.720 --> 00:32:39.860
 the

00:32:39.860 --> 00:32:40.039
 next

00:32:40.039 --> 00:32:40.360
 chapter

00:32:40.360 --> 00:32:40.720
 or two

00:32:40.720 --> 00:32:41.900
 as

00:32:41.900 --> 00:32:42.160
 we go

00:32:42.160 --> 00:32:42.380
 on

00:32:42.380 --> 00:32:42.640
 through

00:32:42.640 --> 00:32:43.680
 the

00:32:43.680 --> 00:32:43.860
 study

00:32:43.860 --> 00:32:44.019
 of

00:32:44.019 --> 00:32:44.319
 Acts

00:32:44.319 --> 00:32:45.220
 you're

00:32:45.220 --> 00:32:45.339
 going to

00:32:45.339 --> 00:32:45.480
 see

00:32:45.480 --> 00:32:45.620
 that

00:32:45.620 --> 00:32:45.740
 you

00:32:45.740 --> 00:32:45.860
 see

00:32:45.860 --> 00:32:45.980
 the

00:32:56.980 --> 00:32:57.680
 goes

00:32:57.680 --> 00:32:57.819
 on

00:32:57.819 --> 00:32:57.940
 to

00:32:57.940 --> 00:32:58.140
 save

00:32:58.140 --> 00:32:58.259
 an

00:32:58.259 --> 00:32:58.740
 Ethiopian

00:32:58.740 --> 00:32:58.900
 or

00:32:58.900 --> 00:32:59.099
 brings

00:32:59.099 --> 00:32:59.299
 the

00:32:59.299 --> 00:32:59.940
 Ethiopian

00:32:59.940 --> 00:33:00.120
 to

00:33:00.120 --> 00:33:00.519
 salvation

00:33:00.519 --> 00:33:02.039
 the

00:33:02.039 --> 00:33:02.220
 other

00:33:02.220 --> 00:33:02.680
 five

00:33:02.680 --> 00:33:04.259
 I

00:33:04.259 --> 00:33:04.420
 already

00:33:04.420 --> 00:33:04.620
 read

00:33:04.620 --> 00:33:04.799
 those

00:33:04.799 --> 00:33:05.019
 names

00:33:05.019 --> 00:33:05.160
 to

00:33:05.160 --> 00:33:05.319
 you

00:33:05.319 --> 00:33:05.900
 I'm

00:33:05.900 --> 00:33:06.019
 not

00:33:06.019 --> 00:33:06.120
 going

00:33:06.120 --> 00:33:06.180
 to

00:33:06.180 --> 00:33:06.279
 do

00:33:06.279 --> 00:33:06.360
 it

00:33:06.360 --> 00:33:06.559
 again

00:33:06.559 --> 00:33:08.200
 however

00:33:08.200 --> 00:33:09.160
 we

00:33:09.160 --> 00:33:09.299
 don't

00:33:09.299 --> 00:33:09.500
 see

00:33:09.500 --> 00:33:09.680
 them

00:33:09.680 --> 00:33:09.960
 mentioned

00:33:09.960 --> 00:33:10.480
 anymore

00:33:10.480 --> 00:33:12.200
 in

00:33:12.200 --> 00:33:12.880
 the

00:33:12.880 --> 00:33:13.019
 book

00:33:13.019 --> 00:33:13.160
 of

00:33:13.160 --> 00:33:13.440
 Acts

00:33:13.440 --> 00:33:14.980
 I

00:33:14.980 --> 00:33:15.099
 don't

00:33:15.099 --> 00:33:15.220
 know

00:33:15.220 --> 00:33:15.339
 the

00:33:15.339 --> 00:33:15.519
 reason

00:33:15.519 --> 00:33:15.680
 for

00:33:15.680 --> 00:33:15.900
 that

00:33:15.900 --> 00:33:16.860
 I

00:33:16.860 --> 00:33:17.120
 didn't

00:33:17.120 --> 00:33:17.440
 take

00:33:17.440 --> 00:33:17.579
 the

00:33:17.579 --> 00:33:17.740
 time

00:33:17.740 --> 00:33:17.880
 to

00:33:17.880 --> 00:33:18.240
 speculate

00:33:18.240 --> 00:33:19.339
 so

00:33:19.339 --> 00:33:19.480
 it's

00:33:19.480 --> 00:33:19.759
 probably

00:33:19.759 --> 00:33:20.000
 not

00:33:20.000 --> 00:33:20.180
 that

00:33:20.180 --> 00:33:20.460
 important

00:33:20.460 --> 00:33:23.680
 and

00:33:23.680 --> 00:33:23.980
 these

00:33:23.980 --> 00:33:24.140
 they

00:33:24.140 --> 00:33:24.360
 brought

00:33:24.360 --> 00:33:24.660
 before

00:33:24.660 --> 00:33:24.839
 the

00:33:24.839 --> 00:33:25.319
 apostles

00:33:25.319 --> 00:33:26.400
 and

00:33:26.400 --> 00:33:26.599
 after

00:33:26.599 --> 00:33:27.019
 praying

00:33:27.019 --> 00:33:27.199
 they

00:33:27.199 --> 00:33:27.379
 laid

00:33:27.379 --> 00:33:27.699
 hands

00:33:27.699 --> 00:33:27.899
 on

00:33:27.899 --> 00:33:28.099
 them

00:33:28.099 --> 00:33:31.459
 so

00:33:31.459 --> 00:33:31.559
 when

00:33:31.559 --> 00:33:31.659
 they

00:33:31.659 --> 00:33:32.099
 nominated

00:33:32.099 --> 00:33:32.419
 these

00:33:32.419 --> 00:33:32.719
 men

00:33:32.719 --> 00:33:33.519
 they

00:33:33.519 --> 00:33:33.679
 took

00:33:33.679 --> 00:33:33.819
 them

00:33:33.819 --> 00:33:34.059
 back

00:33:34.059 --> 00:33:34.179
 to

00:33:34.179 --> 00:33:34.279
 the

00:33:34.279 --> 00:33:34.699
 apostles

00:33:34.699 --> 00:33:35.579
 knowing

00:33:35.579 --> 00:33:35.759
 that

00:33:35.759 --> 00:33:36.000
 these

00:33:36.000 --> 00:33:36.819
 apostles

00:33:36.819 --> 00:33:37.159
 needed

00:33:37.159 --> 00:33:37.359
 to

00:33:37.359 --> 00:33:37.799
 approve

00:33:37.799 --> 00:33:38.539
 they

00:33:38.539 --> 00:33:38.740
 needed

00:33:38.740 --> 00:33:38.879
 to

00:33:38.879 --> 00:33:39.039
 see

00:33:39.039 --> 00:33:39.219
 that

00:33:39.219 --> 00:33:39.399
 these

00:33:39.399 --> 00:33:39.619
 men

00:33:39.619 --> 00:33:39.879
 had

00:33:39.879 --> 00:33:40.079
 those

00:33:40.079 --> 00:33:40.259
 six

00:33:40.259 --> 00:33:40.899
 qualifications

00:33:40.899 --> 00:33:41.659
 of

00:33:41.659 --> 00:33:41.759
 the

00:33:41.759 --> 00:33:42.139
 deacons

00:33:42.139 --> 00:33:42.659
 they

00:33:42.659 --> 00:33:42.859
 needed

00:33:42.859 --> 00:33:42.980
 to

00:33:42.980 --> 00:33:43.099
 know

00:33:43.099 --> 00:33:43.259
 that

00:33:43.259 --> 00:33:43.539
 these

00:33:43.539 --> 00:33:43.899
 men

00:33:43.899 --> 00:33:44.379
 were

00:33:44.379 --> 00:33:44.799
 capable

00:33:44.799 --> 00:33:45.079
 of

00:33:45.079 --> 00:33:45.439
 serving

00:33:45.439 --> 00:33:45.619
 the

00:33:45.619 --> 00:33:46.039
 widows

00:33:46.039 --> 00:33:48.240
 so

00:33:48.240 --> 00:33:48.359
 when

00:33:48.359 --> 00:33:48.459
 it

00:33:48.459 --> 00:33:48.619
 says

00:33:48.619 --> 00:33:48.740
 they

00:33:48.740 --> 00:33:48.919
 laid

00:33:48.919 --> 00:33:49.199
 hands

00:33:49.199 --> 00:33:49.319
 on

00:33:49.319 --> 00:33:49.399
 them

00:33:49.399 --> 00:33:49.519
 we

00:33:49.519 --> 00:33:49.659
 see

00:33:49.659 --> 00:33:49.779
 that

00:33:49.779 --> 00:33:49.879
 a

00:33:49.879 --> 00:33:50.059
 couple

00:33:50.059 --> 00:33:50.159
 of

00:33:50.159 --> 00:33:50.339
 times

00:33:50.339 --> 00:33:50.480
 we

00:33:50.480 --> 00:33:50.599
 see

00:33:50.599 --> 00:33:50.719
 that

00:33:50.719 --> 00:33:50.879
 both

00:33:56.599 --> 00:33:56.859
 healing

00:33:56.859 --> 00:33:57.099
 that's

00:33:57.099 --> 00:33:57.219
 when

00:33:57.219 --> 00:33:57.599
 hands

00:33:57.599 --> 00:33:57.740
 were

00:33:57.740 --> 00:33:57.879
 laid

00:33:57.879 --> 00:33:58.039
 on

00:33:58.039 --> 00:33:58.339
 people

00:33:58.339 --> 00:33:59.159
 sometimes

00:33:59.159 --> 00:33:59.339
 it

00:33:59.339 --> 00:33:59.439
 was

00:33:59.439 --> 00:33:59.599
 for

00:33:59.599 --> 00:33:59.879
 prayer

00:33:59.879 --> 00:34:00.740
 in

00:34:00.740 --> 00:34:00.939
 this

00:34:00.939 --> 00:34:01.299
 case

00:34:01.299 --> 00:34:02.059
 it's

00:34:02.059 --> 00:34:02.259
 really

00:34:02.259 --> 00:34:02.459
 the

00:34:02.459 --> 00:34:02.799
 leaders

00:34:02.799 --> 00:34:04.000
 what

00:34:04.000 --> 00:34:04.179
 I

00:34:04.179 --> 00:34:04.359
 see

00:34:04.359 --> 00:34:04.480
 is

00:34:04.480 --> 00:34:04.639
 kind

00:34:04.639 --> 00:34:04.740
 of

00:34:04.740 --> 00:34:04.859
 the

00:34:04.859 --> 00:34:05.359
 knighting

00:34:05.359 --> 00:34:05.740
 the

00:34:05.740 --> 00:34:06.179
 deacons

00:34:06.179 --> 00:34:07.219
 saying

00:34:07.219 --> 00:34:07.339
 they

00:34:07.339 --> 00:34:07.539
 laid

00:34:07.539 --> 00:34:07.819
 hands

00:34:07.819 --> 00:34:07.939
 on

00:34:07.939 --> 00:34:08.059
 them

00:34:08.059 --> 00:34:08.199
 I'm

00:34:08.199 --> 00:34:08.319
 sure

00:34:08.319 --> 00:34:08.440
 they

00:34:08.440 --> 00:34:08.699
 prayed

00:34:08.699 --> 00:34:08.920
 over

00:34:08.920 --> 00:34:09.179
 them

00:34:09.179 --> 00:34:09.739
 and

00:34:09.739 --> 00:34:09.839
 they

00:34:09.839 --> 00:34:10.099
 blessed

00:34:10.099 --> 00:34:10.360
 them

00:34:10.360 --> 00:34:10.779
 to

00:34:10.779 --> 00:34:10.920
 go

00:34:10.920 --> 00:34:11.139
 back

00:34:11.139 --> 00:34:11.319
 out

00:34:11.319 --> 00:34:11.400
 and

00:34:11.400 --> 00:34:11.659
 serve

00:34:11.659 --> 00:34:11.779
 the

00:34:11.779 --> 00:34:12.159
 widows

00:34:12.159 --> 00:34:16.279
 and

00:34:16.279 --> 00:34:16.380
 then

00:34:16.380 --> 00:34:16.539
 we

00:34:16.539 --> 00:34:16.900
 have

00:34:16.900 --> 00:34:17.659
 the

00:34:17.659 --> 00:34:18.079
 result

00:34:18.079 --> 00:34:18.299
 of

00:34:18.299 --> 00:34:18.619
 this

00:34:18.619 --> 00:34:20.619
 reconciliation

00:34:20.619 --> 00:34:21.039
 this

00:34:21.039 --> 00:34:21.299
 coming

00:34:21.299 --> 00:34:21.639
 together

00:34:21.639 --> 00:34:21.779
 of

00:34:21.779 --> 00:34:21.880
 the

00:34:21.880 --> 00:34:22.219
 church

00:34:22.219 --> 00:34:23.159
 this

00:34:23.159 --> 00:34:23.519
 agreement

00:34:23.519 --> 00:34:23.699
 that

00:34:23.699 --> 00:34:23.840
 they

00:34:23.840 --> 00:34:24.179
 have

00:34:24.179 --> 00:34:24.900
 the

00:34:24.900 --> 00:34:25.280
 election

00:34:25.280 --> 00:34:25.460
 of

00:34:25.460 --> 00:34:25.599
 these

00:34:25.599 --> 00:34:25.860
 seven

00:34:25.860 --> 00:34:26.400
 deacons

00:34:26.400 --> 00:34:27.759
 we

00:34:27.759 --> 00:34:27.900
 have

00:34:27.900 --> 00:34:28.039
 the

00:34:28.039 --> 00:34:28.239
 word

00:34:28.239 --> 00:34:28.380
 of

00:34:28.380 --> 00:34:28.639
 God

00:34:28.639 --> 00:34:28.960
 kept

00:34:28.960 --> 00:34:29.179
 on

00:34:29.179 --> 00:34:29.599
 spreading

00:34:29.599 --> 00:34:30.539
 and

00:34:30.539 --> 00:34:30.659
 the

00:34:30.659 --> 00:34:30.840
 number

00:34:30.840 --> 00:34:30.960
 of

00:34:30.960 --> 00:34:31.039
 the

00:34:31.039 --> 00:34:31.400
 disciples

00:34:31.400 --> 00:34:31.880
 continued

00:34:31.880 --> 00:34:32.079
 to

00:34:32.079 --> 00:34:32.440
 increase

00:34:32.440 --> 00:34:32.800
 greatly

00:34:32.800 --> 00:34:33.000
 in

00:34:33.000 --> 00:34:33.380
 Jerusalem

00:34:33.380 --> 00:34:34.480
 and

00:34:34.480 --> 00:34:34.599
 a

00:34:34.599 --> 00:34:34.820
 great

00:34:34.820 --> 00:34:35.000
 many

00:34:35.000 --> 00:34:35.139
 of

00:34:35.139 --> 00:34:35.239
 the

00:34:35.239 --> 00:34:35.559
 priests

00:34:35.559 --> 00:34:35.719
 were

00:34:35.719 --> 00:34:36.039
 becoming

00:34:36.039 --> 00:34:36.400
 obedient

00:34:36.400 --> 00:34:36.659
 to

00:34:36.659 --> 00:34:36.780
 the

00:34:36.780 --> 00:34:37.079
 faith

00:34:37.079 --> 00:34:39.500
 so

00:34:39.500 --> 00:34:39.599
 the

00:34:39.599 --> 00:34:40.039
 ESV

00:34:40.039 --> 00:34:40.219
 I

00:34:40.219 --> 00:34:40.380
 think

00:34:40.380 --> 00:34:40.719
 says

00:34:40.719 --> 00:34:41.139
 that

00:34:41.139 --> 00:34:41.460
 the

00:34:41.460 --> 00:34:41.860
 word

00:34:41.860 --> 00:34:43.480
 of

00:34:43.480 --> 00:34:43.699
 God

00:34:43.699 --> 00:34:43.880
 was

00:34:43.880 --> 00:34:44.360
 increasing

00:34:44.360 --> 00:34:45.679
 in

00:34:45.679 --> 00:34:45.800
 the

00:34:45.800 --> 00:34:46.340
 NSB

00:34:46.340 --> 00:34:46.480
 it

00:34:46.480 --> 00:34:46.639
 does

00:34:46.639 --> 00:34:46.780
 say

00:34:46.780 --> 00:34:46.940
 the

00:34:46.940 --> 00:34:47.179
 word

00:34:47.179 --> 00:34:47.340
 of

00:34:47.340 --> 00:34:47.579
 God

00:34:47.579 --> 00:34:47.920
 kept

00:34:47.920 --> 00:34:47.920


00:34:47.920 --> 00:34:48.380
 spreading

00:34:48.380 --> 00:34:50.259
 because

00:34:50.259 --> 00:34:50.579
 people

00:34:50.579 --> 00:34:50.820
 kept

00:34:50.820 --> 00:34:51.120
 preaching

00:34:51.120 --> 00:34:51.380
 it

00:34:51.380 --> 00:34:52.280
 kept

00:34:52.280 --> 00:34:52.539
 spreading

00:34:52.539 --> 00:34:52.800
 because

00:34:52.800 --> 00:34:53.059
 people

00:34:53.059 --> 00:34:53.380
 kept

00:34:53.380 --> 00:34:54.000
 talking

00:34:54.000 --> 00:34:54.280
 about

00:34:54.280 --> 00:34:54.539
 it

00:34:54.539 --> 00:34:56.000
 twelve

00:34:56.000 --> 00:34:56.360
 apostles

00:34:56.360 --> 00:34:56.680
 were not

00:34:56.680 --> 00:34:56.960
 the only

00:34:56.960 --> 00:34:57.160
 ones

00:34:57.160 --> 00:34:57.360
 that were

00:34:57.360 --> 00:34:57.800
 preaching

00:34:57.800 --> 00:34:58.100
 the word

00:34:58.100 --> 00:34:58.400
 of God

00:34:58.400 --> 00:34:59.160
 were ministering

00:34:59.160 --> 00:34:59.380
 the word

00:34:59.380 --> 00:34:59.720
 of God

00:34:59.720 --> 00:35:00.320
 those

00:35:00.320 --> 00:35:00.519
 who were

00:35:00.519 --> 00:35:00.740
 being

00:35:00.740 --> 00:35:01.000
 healed

00:35:01.000 --> 00:35:01.300
 would go

00:35:01.300 --> 00:35:01.480
 back

00:35:01.480 --> 00:35:01.640
 to

00:35:01.640 --> 00:35:02.039
 Samaria

00:35:02.039 --> 00:35:02.840
 and tell

00:35:02.840 --> 00:35:03.200
 everyone

00:35:03.200 --> 00:35:04.200
 you've

00:35:04.200 --> 00:35:04.380
 got to

00:35:04.380 --> 00:35:04.500
 know

00:35:04.500 --> 00:35:04.680
 about

00:35:04.680 --> 00:35:04.860
 this

00:35:04.860 --> 00:35:05.280
 Christ

00:35:05.280 --> 00:35:07.460
 he's

00:35:07.460 --> 00:35:07.780
 come

00:35:07.780 --> 00:35:09.580
 believe

00:35:09.580 --> 00:35:09.800
 it or

00:35:09.800 --> 00:35:10.019
 not

00:35:10.019 --> 00:35:10.240
 the

00:35:10.240 --> 00:35:10.440
 Jews

00:35:10.440 --> 00:35:10.980
 crucified

00:35:10.980 --> 00:35:11.280
 him

00:35:11.280 --> 00:35:13.420
 but

00:35:13.420 --> 00:35:13.539
 he

00:35:13.539 --> 00:35:13.720
 rose

00:35:13.720 --> 00:35:13.920
 again

00:35:13.920 --> 00:35:14.080
 from

00:35:14.080 --> 00:35:14.200
 the

00:35:14.200 --> 00:35:14.420
 dead

00:35:14.420 --> 00:35:18.780
 and so

00:35:18.780 --> 00:35:19.400
 the result

00:35:19.400 --> 00:35:20.280
 of the

00:35:20.280 --> 00:35:20.440
 word

00:35:20.440 --> 00:35:20.740
 of God

00:35:20.740 --> 00:35:21.159
 spreading

00:35:21.159 --> 00:35:23.639
 is the

00:35:23.639 --> 00:35:23.880
 number

00:35:23.880 --> 00:35:24.019
 of

00:35:24.019 --> 00:35:24.360
 disciples

00:35:24.360 --> 00:35:24.820
 continued

00:35:24.820 --> 00:35:25.059
 to

00:35:25.059 --> 00:35:25.460
 increase

00:35:25.460 --> 00:35:25.920
 greatly

00:35:25.920 --> 00:35:26.159
 in

00:35:26.159 --> 00:35:26.539
 Jerusalem

00:35:26.539 --> 00:35:27.680
 and a

00:35:27.680 --> 00:35:27.960
 great

00:35:27.960 --> 00:35:28.320
 many

00:35:28.320 --> 00:35:28.659
 of the

00:35:28.659 --> 00:35:29.039
 priests

00:35:29.039 --> 00:35:29.680
 were

00:35:29.680 --> 00:35:29.980
 becoming

00:35:29.980 --> 00:35:30.320
 obedient

00:35:30.320 --> 00:35:30.900
 to the

00:35:30.900 --> 00:35:31.159
 faith

00:35:31.159 --> 00:35:35.240
 it's

00:35:35.240 --> 00:35:35.519
 obvious

00:35:35.519 --> 00:35:35.720
 that

00:35:35.720 --> 00:35:36.059
 Satan's

00:35:36.059 --> 00:35:36.440
 efforts

00:35:36.440 --> 00:35:37.280
 were

00:35:37.280 --> 00:35:37.539
 throtted

00:35:37.539 --> 00:35:37.860
 here

00:35:37.860 --> 00:35:39.700
 everybody

00:35:39.700 --> 00:35:40.079
 came

00:35:40.079 --> 00:35:40.480
 together

00:35:40.480 --> 00:35:41.900
 and they

00:35:41.900 --> 00:35:42.059
 went

00:35:42.059 --> 00:35:42.280
 back

00:35:42.280 --> 00:35:42.579
 out

00:35:42.579 --> 00:35:43.240
 and we

00:35:43.240 --> 00:35:43.639
 see that

00:35:43.639 --> 00:35:43.860
 word

00:35:43.860 --> 00:35:44.079
 used

00:35:44.079 --> 00:35:44.319
 again

00:35:44.319 --> 00:35:44.480
 that

00:35:44.480 --> 00:35:45.139
 pletheno

00:35:45.139 --> 00:35:45.819
 where

00:35:45.819 --> 00:35:45.920
 we

00:35:45.920 --> 00:35:46.019
 get

00:35:46.019 --> 00:35:46.460
 plethora

00:35:46.460 --> 00:35:47.880
 continued

00:35:47.880 --> 00:35:48.119
 to

00:35:48.119 --> 00:35:48.500
 increase

00:35:48.500 --> 00:35:48.940
 greatly

00:35:48.940 --> 00:35:49.739
 a great

00:35:49.739 --> 00:35:50.139
 multitude

00:35:50.139 --> 00:35:50.340
 of

00:35:50.340 --> 00:35:50.579
 people

00:35:50.579 --> 00:35:51.179
 more

00:35:51.179 --> 00:35:51.340
 than

00:35:51.340 --> 00:35:51.940
 20,000

00:35:51.940 --> 00:35:52.259
 people

00:35:52.259 --> 00:35:52.420
 were

00:35:52.420 --> 00:35:52.659
 coming

00:35:52.659 --> 00:35:52.840
 to

00:35:52.840 --> 00:35:53.000
 know

00:35:53.000 --> 00:35:53.440
 Christ

00:35:53.440 --> 00:35:56.659
 that's

00:35:56.659 --> 00:35:56.759
 a

00:35:56.759 --> 00:35:56.960
 wonderful

00:35:56.960 --> 00:35:57.299
 thing

00:35:57.299 --> 00:35:57.579
 when you

00:35:57.579 --> 00:35:57.940
 see

00:35:57.940 --> 00:35:59.139
 the

00:35:59.139 --> 00:35:59.519
 obedience

00:35:59.519 --> 00:35:59.880
 of the

00:35:59.880 --> 00:36:00.259
 apostles

00:36:00.259 --> 00:36:01.539
 and the

00:36:01.539 --> 00:36:01.840
 service

00:36:01.840 --> 00:36:02.099
 of the

00:36:02.099 --> 00:36:02.360
 deacons

00:36:02.360 --> 00:36:02.759
 together

00:36:02.759 --> 00:36:05.840
 what I

00:36:05.840 --> 00:36:06.219
 want to

00:36:06.219 --> 00:36:06.639
 exhort

00:36:06.639 --> 00:36:06.960
 or

00:36:06.960 --> 00:36:07.380
 challenge

00:36:07.380 --> 00:36:07.880
 this

00:36:07.880 --> 00:36:08.139
 body

00:36:08.139 --> 00:36:08.440
 to do

00:36:08.440 --> 00:36:08.619
 with

00:36:08.619 --> 00:36:08.880
 that

00:36:08.880 --> 00:36:09.519
 is

00:36:09.519 --> 00:36:09.659
 that

00:36:09.659 --> 00:36:09.860
 some

00:36:09.860 --> 00:36:10.000
 of

00:36:10.000 --> 00:36:10.119
 you

00:36:10.119 --> 00:36:10.299
 know

00:36:10.299 --> 00:36:10.440
 that

00:36:10.440 --> 00:36:10.579
 we're

00:36:10.579 --> 00:36:10.739
 going

00:36:10.739 --> 00:36:10.960
 to be

00:36:10.960 --> 00:36:11.380
 multiplying

00:36:11.380 --> 00:36:11.619
 and

00:36:11.619 --> 00:36:11.860
 creating

00:36:11.860 --> 00:36:12.139
 a new

00:36:12.139 --> 00:36:12.380
 body

00:36:12.380 --> 00:36:12.559
 here

00:36:12.559 --> 00:36:12.739
 pretty

00:36:12.739 --> 00:36:13.119
 soon

00:36:13.119 --> 00:36:14.139
 an

00:36:14.139 --> 00:36:14.479
 extension

00:36:14.479 --> 00:36:14.779
 or a

00:36:14.779 --> 00:36:15.019
 branch

00:36:15.019 --> 00:36:15.159
 of

00:36:15.159 --> 00:36:15.459
 Christ's

00:36:15.459 --> 00:36:15.779
 family

00:36:15.779 --> 00:36:16.399
 in

00:36:16.399 --> 00:36:16.779
 flowery

00:36:16.779 --> 00:36:17.139
 branch

00:36:17.139 --> 00:36:19.079
 I think

00:36:19.079 --> 00:36:19.299
 it's in

00:36:19.299 --> 00:36:19.539
 flowery

00:36:19.539 --> 00:36:19.759
 branch

00:36:19.759 --> 00:36:20.059
 or is it

00:36:20.059 --> 00:36:20.319
 in

00:36:20.319 --> 00:36:20.839
 Gainesville

00:36:20.839 --> 00:36:23.179
 Oakwood

00:36:23.179 --> 00:36:24.039
 right in

00:36:24.039 --> 00:36:24.299
 between

00:36:24.300 --> 00:36:28.680
 so as

00:36:28.680 --> 00:36:28.980
 we go

00:36:28.980 --> 00:36:29.240
 and do

00:36:29.240 --> 00:36:29.560
 that

00:36:29.560 --> 00:36:31.240
 these

00:36:31.240 --> 00:36:31.400
 are the

00:36:31.400 --> 00:36:31.539
 two

00:36:31.539 --> 00:36:31.800
 things

00:36:31.800 --> 00:36:32.019
 that you

00:36:32.019 --> 00:36:32.320
 cannot

00:36:32.320 --> 00:36:32.800
 neglect

00:36:32.800 --> 00:36:33.620
 it's

00:36:33.620 --> 00:36:33.760
 the

00:36:33.760 --> 00:36:34.019
 preaching

00:36:34.019 --> 00:36:34.240
 of the

00:36:34.240 --> 00:36:34.519
 word

00:36:34.519 --> 00:36:35.360
 and

00:36:35.360 --> 00:36:35.680
 prayer

00:36:35.680 --> 00:36:36.760
 it's

00:36:36.760 --> 00:36:37.140
 designated

00:36:37.140 --> 00:36:37.580
 for men

00:36:37.580 --> 00:36:37.840
 to be

00:36:37.840 --> 00:36:38.140
 doing

00:36:38.140 --> 00:36:40.340
 praying

00:36:40.340 --> 00:36:40.900
 faithfully

00:36:40.900 --> 00:36:41.560
 and often

00:36:41.560 --> 00:36:43.180
 and then

00:36:43.180 --> 00:36:43.800
 the service

00:36:43.800 --> 00:36:44.760
 to those

00:36:44.760 --> 00:36:45.080
 people

00:36:45.080 --> 00:36:46.019
 that are

00:36:46.019 --> 00:36:46.300
 coming

00:36:46.300 --> 00:36:47.200
 coming to

00:36:47.200 --> 00:36:47.580
 hear the

00:36:47.580 --> 00:36:47.840
 word of

00:36:47.840 --> 00:36:48.100
 God

00:36:48.100 --> 00:36:49.120
 they're

00:36:49.120 --> 00:36:49.220
 not

00:36:49.220 --> 00:36:49.400
 going to

00:36:49.400 --> 00:36:49.980
 be

00:36:49.980 --> 00:36:50.320
 saved

00:36:50.320 --> 00:36:50.460
 they're

00:36:50.460 --> 00:36:50.580
 not

00:36:50.580 --> 00:36:50.780
 going to

00:36:50.780 --> 00:36:51.120
 know

00:36:51.120 --> 00:36:51.500
 who the

00:36:51.500 --> 00:36:51.740
 Christ

00:36:51.740 --> 00:36:51.940
 is

00:36:51.940 --> 00:36:52.140
 unless

00:36:52.140 --> 00:36:52.340
 they

00:36:52.340 --> 00:36:52.519
 hear

00:36:52.519 --> 00:36:52.760
 it

00:36:52.760 --> 00:36:56.900
 when

00:36:56.900 --> 00:36:57.020
 you

00:36:57.020 --> 00:36:57.180
 think

00:36:57.180 --> 00:36:57.380
 about

00:36:57.380 --> 00:36:57.540
 who

00:36:57.540 --> 00:36:57.740
 can

00:36:57.740 --> 00:36:58.140
 serve

00:36:58.140 --> 00:36:59.220
 I

00:36:59.220 --> 00:36:59.480
 guarantee

00:36:59.480 --> 00:36:59.660
 you

00:36:59.660 --> 00:36:59.880
 almost

00:36:59.880 --> 00:37:00.180
 everybody

00:37:00.180 --> 00:37:00.660
 in this

00:37:00.660 --> 00:37:00.920
 room

00:37:00.920 --> 00:37:01.220
 everybody

00:37:01.220 --> 00:37:01.540
 I

00:37:01.540 --> 00:37:01.740
 believe

00:37:01.740 --> 00:37:02.000
 has

00:37:02.000 --> 00:37:02.780
 something

00:37:02.780 --> 00:37:03.400
 to give

00:37:03.400 --> 00:37:03.960
 to the

00:37:03.960 --> 00:37:04.240
 body

00:37:04.240 --> 00:37:05.020
 we saw

00:37:05.020 --> 00:37:05.320
 this in

00:37:05.320 --> 00:37:05.600
 the early

00:37:05.600 --> 00:37:06.040
 church

00:37:06.040 --> 00:37:06.920
 I think

00:37:06.920 --> 00:37:07.560
 Daniel preached

00:37:07.560 --> 00:37:08.080
 on this

00:37:08.080 --> 00:37:10.500
 that they're

00:37:10.500 --> 00:37:10.960
 coming together

00:37:10.960 --> 00:37:11.460
 they're selling

00:37:11.460 --> 00:37:11.760
 all their

00:37:11.760 --> 00:37:12.160
 possessions

00:37:12.160 --> 00:37:12.460
 or they're

00:37:12.460 --> 00:37:12.720
 giving

00:37:12.720 --> 00:37:12.940
 they're

00:37:12.940 --> 00:37:13.200
 divvying

00:37:13.200 --> 00:37:13.580
 out all

00:37:13.580 --> 00:37:13.720
 their

00:37:13.720 --> 00:37:14.100
 possessions

00:37:14.100 --> 00:37:14.620
 to whoever

00:37:14.620 --> 00:37:14.860
 had

00:37:14.860 --> 00:37:15.160
 need

00:37:15.160 --> 00:37:18.340
 so when

00:37:18.340 --> 00:37:18.780
 that happens

00:37:18.780 --> 00:37:19.080
 there's a

00:37:19.080 --> 00:37:19.720
 great service

00:37:19.720 --> 00:37:20.140
 that's going

00:37:20.140 --> 00:37:20.580
 on to these

00:37:20.580 --> 00:37:21.020
 people that

00:37:21.020 --> 00:37:21.260
 are in

00:37:21.260 --> 00:37:21.480
 need

00:37:21.480 --> 00:37:23.719
 and we're

00:37:23.719 --> 00:37:24.099
 able to be

00:37:24.099 --> 00:37:24.559
 those people

00:37:24.559 --> 00:37:24.800
 too

00:37:24.800 --> 00:37:27.400
 I want to

00:37:27.400 --> 00:37:27.780
 read to you

00:37:27.780 --> 00:37:28.320
 from a quote

00:37:28.320 --> 00:37:29.599
 or a quote

00:37:29.599 --> 00:37:29.880
 from

00:37:29.880 --> 00:37:30.780
 Dietrich Bonhoeffer

00:37:30.780 --> 00:37:31.219
 from a book

00:37:31.219 --> 00:37:31.740
 that several

00:37:31.740 --> 00:37:32.099
 of us have

00:37:32.099 --> 00:37:32.519
 been reading

00:37:32.519 --> 00:37:33.219
 called

00:37:33.219 --> 00:37:33.760
 Life Together

00:37:33.760 --> 00:37:36.960
 he says

00:37:36.960 --> 00:37:37.559
 that the church

00:37:37.559 --> 00:37:38.480
 does not need

00:37:38.480 --> 00:37:39.079
 brilliant

00:37:39.079 --> 00:37:39.940
 personalities

00:37:39.940 --> 00:37:42.440
 but faithful

00:37:42.440 --> 00:37:42.980
 servants

00:37:42.980 --> 00:37:44.039
 of Jesus

00:37:44.039 --> 00:37:45.219
 and the

00:37:45.219 --> 00:37:45.519
 brethren

00:37:45.519 --> 00:37:47.780
 those who

00:37:47.780 --> 00:37:48.119
 are seeking

00:37:48.119 --> 00:37:48.559
 to serve

00:37:48.559 --> 00:37:49.019
 Christ

00:37:49.019 --> 00:37:50.440
 and those

00:37:50.440 --> 00:37:50.619
 who are

00:37:50.619 --> 00:37:51.259
 seeking

00:37:51.259 --> 00:37:51.780
 to serve

00:37:51.780 --> 00:37:51.960
 their

00:37:51.960 --> 00:37:52.219
 brothers

00:37:52.219 --> 00:37:52.519
 around

00:37:52.519 --> 00:37:52.780
 them

00:37:52.780 --> 00:37:53.579
 this is

00:37:53.579 --> 00:37:53.699
 what

00:37:53.699 --> 00:37:53.940
 Christ

00:37:53.940 --> 00:37:54.340
 says

00:37:54.340 --> 00:37:55.139
 love

00:37:55.139 --> 00:37:55.280
 your

00:37:55.280 --> 00:37:55.559
 brothers

00:37:55.559 --> 00:37:55.860
 as you

00:37:55.860 --> 00:37:56.019
 love

00:37:56.019 --> 00:37:56.440
 yourself

00:37:56.440 --> 00:38:00.860
 that's

00:38:00.860 --> 00:38:01.159
 all that

00:38:01.159 --> 00:38:01.480
 we need

00:38:01.480 --> 00:38:01.820
 to do

00:38:01.820 --> 00:38:03.400
 we don't

00:38:03.400 --> 00:38:03.579
 need to

00:38:03.579 --> 00:38:03.699
 have

00:38:03.699 --> 00:38:04.360
 programs

00:38:04.360 --> 00:38:05.900
 if it

00:38:05.900 --> 00:38:06.199
 ends up

00:38:06.199 --> 00:38:06.460
 being

00:38:06.460 --> 00:38:06.980
 ten of

00:38:06.980 --> 00:38:07.340
 you guys

00:38:07.340 --> 00:38:07.579
 in a

00:38:07.579 --> 00:38:07.780
 room

00:38:07.780 --> 00:38:08.340
 in Oakwood

00:38:08.340 --> 00:38:09.900
 be

00:38:09.900 --> 00:38:10.280
 faithful

00:38:10.280 --> 00:38:11.039
 to preach

00:38:11.039 --> 00:38:11.340
 the word

00:38:11.340 --> 00:38:11.759
 of God

00:38:11.759 --> 00:38:14.000
 be

00:38:14.000 --> 00:38:14.380
 faithful

00:38:14.380 --> 00:38:15.500
 to know

00:38:15.500 --> 00:38:16.059
 the needs

00:38:16.059 --> 00:38:16.800
 of those

00:38:16.800 --> 00:38:17.119
 there

00:38:17.119 --> 00:38:17.880
 and serve

00:38:17.880 --> 00:38:18.119
 them

00:38:18.119 --> 00:38:20.460
 now we're

00:38:20.460 --> 00:38:20.779
 kind of

00:38:20.779 --> 00:38:21.059
 hindered

00:38:21.059 --> 00:38:21.339
 here

00:38:21.339 --> 00:38:21.639
 in my

00:38:21.639 --> 00:38:21.980
 opinion

00:38:21.980 --> 00:38:22.359
 that we

00:38:22.359 --> 00:38:22.599
 don't have

00:38:22.599 --> 00:38:22.779
 a lot

00:38:22.779 --> 00:38:23.480
 of diversity

00:38:23.480 --> 00:38:24.559
 in this

00:38:24.559 --> 00:38:24.779
 church

00:38:24.779 --> 00:38:25.059
 and when I

00:38:25.059 --> 00:38:25.759
 say diversity

00:38:25.759 --> 00:38:26.199
 I mean

00:38:26.199 --> 00:38:27.819
 different

00:38:27.819 --> 00:38:28.559
 ethnicities

00:38:28.559 --> 00:38:29.359
 you're going

00:38:29.359 --> 00:38:29.559
 to look

00:38:29.559 --> 00:38:29.980
 around you

00:38:29.980 --> 00:38:30.460
 the majority

00:38:30.460 --> 00:38:30.980
 of us

00:38:30.980 --> 00:38:33.259
 I'm going

00:38:33.259 --> 00:38:33.659
 to be so

00:38:33.659 --> 00:38:34.099
 bold to say

00:38:34.099 --> 00:38:34.739
 all of us

00:38:34.739 --> 00:38:36.079
 are white

00:38:36.079 --> 00:38:37.440
 Caucasians

00:38:37.440 --> 00:38:38.480
 that doesn't

00:38:38.480 --> 00:38:38.859
 mean that you

00:38:38.859 --> 00:38:39.400
 come from

00:38:39.400 --> 00:38:39.980
 the same

00:38:39.980 --> 00:38:40.319
 types of

00:38:40.319 --> 00:38:40.639
 backgrounds

00:38:40.639 --> 00:38:41.039
 some of

00:38:41.039 --> 00:38:41.119
 you

00:38:41.119 --> 00:38:41.420
 many of

00:38:41.420 --> 00:38:41.519
 you

00:38:41.519 --> 00:38:41.819
 come from

00:38:41.819 --> 00:38:42.079
 broken

00:38:42.079 --> 00:38:42.500
 homes

00:38:42.500 --> 00:38:43.500
 many of

00:38:43.500 --> 00:38:43.779
 you come

00:38:43.779 --> 00:38:44.159
 from poor

00:38:44.159 --> 00:38:44.500
 homes

00:38:44.500 --> 00:38:44.960
 it's

00:38:44.960 --> 00:38:45.299
 absolutely

00:38:45.299 --> 00:38:45.659
 true

00:38:45.659 --> 00:38:47.119
 but when

00:38:47.119 --> 00:38:47.420
 you get

00:38:47.420 --> 00:38:47.879
 amongst a

00:38:47.879 --> 00:38:48.159
 group of

00:38:48.159 --> 00:38:48.379
 people

00:38:48.379 --> 00:38:48.759
 like those

00:38:48.759 --> 00:38:49.199
 in Oakwood

00:38:49.199 --> 00:38:49.859
 and Gainesville

00:38:49.859 --> 00:38:51.019
 they come

00:38:51.019 --> 00:38:51.339
 from those

00:38:51.339 --> 00:38:51.519
 same

00:38:51.519 --> 00:38:51.879
 backgrounds

00:38:51.879 --> 00:38:52.219
 but they

00:38:52.219 --> 00:38:52.639
 also have

00:38:52.639 --> 00:38:52.879
 something

00:38:52.879 --> 00:38:53.119
 that the

00:38:53.119 --> 00:38:53.379
 Hellenist

00:38:53.379 --> 00:38:53.559
 Jews

00:38:53.559 --> 00:38:53.839
 had

00:38:53.839 --> 00:38:54.420
 they have

00:38:54.420 --> 00:38:54.679
 a different

00:38:54.679 --> 00:38:55.099
 language

00:38:55.099 --> 00:38:56.399
 they have

00:38:56.399 --> 00:38:56.739
 a totally

00:38:56.739 --> 00:38:56.980
 different

00:38:56.980 --> 00:38:57.379
 culture

00:38:57.379 --> 00:38:59.179
 those are

00:38:59.179 --> 00:38:59.379
 the ones

00:38:59.379 --> 00:38:59.619
 that I'm

00:38:59.619 --> 00:39:00.000
 hoping

00:39:00.000 --> 00:39:01.139
 that we're

00:39:01.139 --> 00:39:01.440
 able to

00:39:01.440 --> 00:39:01.719
 reach

00:39:01.719 --> 00:39:02.139
 with the

00:39:02.139 --> 00:39:02.440
 gospel

00:39:02.440 --> 00:39:02.799
 of Jesus

00:39:02.799 --> 00:39:03.219
 Christ

00:39:03.219 --> 00:39:06.379
 you

00:39:06.379 --> 00:39:06.980
 have to

00:39:06.980 --> 00:39:07.139
 be

00:39:07.139 --> 00:39:07.440
 faithful

00:39:07.440 --> 00:39:07.779
 we

00:39:07.779 --> 00:39:08.219
 have to

00:39:08.219 --> 00:39:08.359
 be

00:39:08.359 --> 00:39:08.659
 faithful

00:39:08.659 --> 00:39:09.279
 to

00:39:09.279 --> 00:39:09.539
 serve

00:39:09.539 --> 00:39:09.779
 them

00:39:09.780 --> 00:39:15.920
 I want

00:39:15.920 --> 00:39:16.460
 to close

00:39:16.460 --> 00:39:18.519
 with

00:39:18.519 --> 00:39:19.820
 a

00:39:19.820 --> 00:39:20.160
 passage

00:39:20.160 --> 00:39:20.440
 from

00:39:20.440 --> 00:39:21.100
 1 Corinthians

00:39:21.100 --> 00:39:23.000
 13

00:39:23.000 --> 00:39:30.380
 I'll take

00:39:30.380 --> 00:39:30.780
 that back

00:39:30.780 --> 00:39:32.320
 1 Corinthians

00:39:32.320 --> 00:39:32.740
 12

00:39:32.740 --> 00:39:36.640
 there's

00:39:36.640 --> 00:39:36.840
 great

00:39:36.840 --> 00:39:37.300
 application

00:39:37.300 --> 00:39:37.680
 that goes

00:39:37.680 --> 00:39:37.960
 on

00:39:37.960 --> 00:39:38.180
 into

00:39:38.179 --> 00:39:39.639
 chapter

00:39:39.639 --> 00:39:40.139
 13

00:39:40.139 --> 00:39:41.940
 and I'm

00:39:41.940 --> 00:39:42.419
 sure that

00:39:42.419 --> 00:39:42.759
 everybody

00:39:42.759 --> 00:39:43.099
 in here

00:39:43.099 --> 00:39:43.299
 that's

00:39:43.299 --> 00:39:43.440
 been

00:39:43.440 --> 00:39:43.759
 married

00:39:43.759 --> 00:39:43.960
 or

00:39:43.960 --> 00:39:44.419
 is

00:39:44.419 --> 00:39:44.739
 married

00:39:44.739 --> 00:39:45.139
 in a

00:39:45.139 --> 00:39:45.419
 ceremony

00:39:45.419 --> 00:39:45.759
 has heard

00:39:45.759 --> 00:39:45.960
 this

00:39:45.960 --> 00:39:46.139
 verse

00:39:46.139 --> 00:39:46.299
 but

00:39:46.299 --> 00:39:46.799
 that's

00:39:46.799 --> 00:39:47.139
 one

00:39:47.139 --> 00:39:47.279
 of the

00:39:47.279 --> 00:39:47.440
 reasons

00:39:47.440 --> 00:39:47.619
 I'm

00:39:47.619 --> 00:39:47.739
 not

00:39:47.739 --> 00:39:47.839
 going

00:39:47.839 --> 00:39:47.899
 to

00:39:47.899 --> 00:39:48.059
 read

00:39:48.059 --> 00:39:48.379
 it

00:39:48.379 --> 00:39:51.019
 instead

00:39:51.019 --> 00:39:52.279
 I'm

00:39:52.279 --> 00:39:52.419
 going

00:39:52.419 --> 00:39:52.639
 to read

00:39:52.639 --> 00:39:52.759
 the

00:39:52.759 --> 00:39:53.259
 context

00:39:53.259 --> 00:39:55.059
 and that's

00:39:55.059 --> 00:39:55.639
 prior

00:39:55.639 --> 00:39:56.500
 to that

00:39:56.500 --> 00:39:57.759
 so

00:39:57.759 --> 00:39:59.399
 in

00:39:59.399 --> 00:39:59.619
 chapter

00:39:59.619 --> 00:40:00.119
 12

00:40:00.119 --> 00:40:01.399
 verse

00:40:01.399 --> 00:40:01.839
 14

00:40:01.839 --> 00:40:05.059
 listen

00:40:05.059 --> 00:40:05.440
 carefully

00:40:05.440 --> 00:40:05.839
 so this

00:40:05.839 --> 00:40:06.539
 applies

00:40:06.539 --> 00:40:06.779
 to

00:40:06.779 --> 00:40:07.259
 everyone

00:40:07.260 --> 00:40:08.120
 everyone

00:40:08.120 --> 00:40:08.460
 that's

00:40:08.460 --> 00:40:08.720
 in this

00:40:08.720 --> 00:40:09.000
 room

00:40:09.000 --> 00:40:10.840
 if you

00:40:10.840 --> 00:40:10.960
 are

00:40:10.960 --> 00:40:11.200
 serving

00:40:11.200 --> 00:40:11.480
 Christ

00:40:11.480 --> 00:40:11.680
 if you

00:40:11.680 --> 00:40:11.860
 know

00:40:11.860 --> 00:40:12.200
 Christ

00:40:12.200 --> 00:40:12.440
 if you

00:40:12.440 --> 00:40:12.780
 confess

00:40:12.780 --> 00:40:13.160
 with your

00:40:13.160 --> 00:40:13.460
 mouth

00:40:13.460 --> 00:40:14.180
 and believe

00:40:14.180 --> 00:40:14.400
 in your

00:40:14.400 --> 00:40:14.640
 heart

00:40:14.640 --> 00:40:15.180
 that Jesus

00:40:15.180 --> 00:40:15.460
 Christ

00:40:15.460 --> 00:40:15.880
 is Lord

00:40:15.880 --> 00:40:16.860
 all of

00:40:16.860 --> 00:40:17.040
 you

00:40:17.040 --> 00:40:18.560
 are one

00:40:18.560 --> 00:40:18.800
 of these

00:40:18.800 --> 00:40:19.160
 members

00:40:19.160 --> 00:40:19.920
 of the

00:40:19.920 --> 00:40:20.140
 body

00:40:20.139 --> 00:40:23.339
 for the

00:40:23.340 --> 00:40:23.660
 body

00:40:23.660 --> 00:40:24.720
 is not

00:40:24.720 --> 00:40:24.900
 one

00:40:24.900 --> 00:40:25.200
 member

00:40:25.200 --> 00:40:25.579
 but

00:40:25.579 --> 00:40:25.840
 many

00:40:25.840 --> 00:40:27.400
 if

00:40:27.400 --> 00:40:27.519
 the

00:40:27.519 --> 00:40:27.680
 foot

00:40:27.680 --> 00:40:28.140
 says

00:40:28.140 --> 00:40:29.480
 because

00:40:29.480 --> 00:40:29.680
 I

00:40:29.680 --> 00:40:29.800
 am

00:40:29.800 --> 00:40:29.920
 not

00:40:29.920 --> 00:40:30.039
 a

00:40:30.039 --> 00:40:30.400
 hand

00:40:30.400 --> 00:40:31.680
 I

00:40:31.680 --> 00:40:31.760
 am

00:40:31.760 --> 00:40:31.880
 not

00:40:31.880 --> 00:40:31.980
 a

00:40:31.980 --> 00:40:32.100
 part

00:40:32.100 --> 00:40:32.200
 of

00:40:32.200 --> 00:40:32.280
 the

00:40:32.280 --> 00:40:32.500
 body

00:40:32.500 --> 00:40:33.600
 it

00:40:33.600 --> 00:40:33.720
 is

00:40:33.720 --> 00:40:33.940
 not

00:40:33.940 --> 00:40:34.079
 for

00:40:34.079 --> 00:40:34.260
 this

00:40:34.260 --> 00:40:34.620
 reason

00:40:34.620 --> 00:40:34.980
 any

00:40:34.980 --> 00:40:35.160
 the

00:40:35.160 --> 00:40:35.380
 less

00:40:35.380 --> 00:40:35.559
 a

00:40:35.559 --> 00:40:35.720
 part

00:40:35.720 --> 00:40:35.800
 of

00:40:35.800 --> 00:40:35.900
 the

00:40:35.900 --> 00:40:36.120
 body

00:40:36.120 --> 00:40:37.460
 and

00:40:37.460 --> 00:40:37.620
 if

00:40:37.620 --> 00:40:37.760
 the

00:40:37.760 --> 00:40:37.960
 ear

00:40:37.960 --> 00:40:38.400
 says

00:40:38.400 --> 00:40:39.400
 because

00:40:39.400 --> 00:40:39.559
 I

00:40:39.559 --> 00:40:39.680
 am

00:40:39.680 --> 00:40:39.820
 not

00:40:39.820 --> 00:40:39.960
 an

00:40:39.960 --> 00:40:40.180
 eye

00:40:40.180 --> 00:40:41.100
 I

00:40:41.100 --> 00:40:41.200
 am

00:40:41.200 --> 00:40:41.360
 not

00:40:41.360 --> 00:40:41.519
 a

00:40:41.519 --> 00:40:41.760
 part

00:40:41.760 --> 00:40:41.860
 of

00:40:41.860 --> 00:40:41.960
 the

00:40:41.960 --> 00:40:42.220
 body

00:40:42.220 --> 00:40:43.340
 it

00:40:43.340 --> 00:40:43.440
 is

00:40:43.440 --> 00:40:43.600
 not

00:40:43.600 --> 00:40:43.740
 for

00:40:43.740 --> 00:40:43.900
 this

00:40:43.900 --> 00:40:44.360
 reason

00:40:44.360 --> 00:40:44.400
!

00:40:44.400 --> 00:40:44.740
 any

00:40:44.740 --> 00:40:44.900
 the

00:40:44.900 --> 00:40:44.960
!

00:40:44.960 --> 00:40:45.260
 less

00:40:45.260 --> 00:40:45.500
 a

00:40:45.500 --> 00:40:45.740
 part

00:40:45.740 --> 00:40:45.880
 of

00:40:45.880 --> 00:40:45.960
 the

00:40:45.960 --> 00:40:46.240
!

00:40:46.239 --> 00:40:48.579
 If

00:40:48.579 --> 00:40:48.699
 the

00:40:48.699 --> 00:40:48.919
 whole

00:40:48.919 --> 00:40:49.279
 body

00:40:49.279 --> 00:40:49.500
 were

00:40:49.500 --> 00:40:49.659
 an

00:40:49.659 --> 00:40:49.899
 eye

00:40:49.899 --> 00:40:50.939
 where

00:40:50.939 --> 00:40:51.139
 would

00:40:51.139 --> 00:40:51.259
 the

00:40:51.259 --> 00:40:51.479
 hearing

00:40:51.479 --> 00:40:51.759
 be?

00:40:53.199 --> 00:40:53.679
 If

00:40:53.679 --> 00:40:53.799
 the

00:40:53.799 --> 00:40:53.979
 whole

00:40:53.979 --> 00:40:54.119
 were

00:40:54.119 --> 00:40:54.479
 hearing

00:40:54.479 --> 00:40:55.479
 where

00:40:55.479 --> 00:40:55.599
 would

00:40:55.599 --> 00:40:55.699
 the

00:40:55.699 --> 00:40:55.859
 sense

00:40:55.859 --> 00:40:55.979
 of

00:40:55.979 --> 00:40:56.179
 smell

00:40:56.179 --> 00:40:56.399
 be?

00:40:57.479 --> 00:40:57.779
 But

00:40:57.779 --> 00:40:57.919
 now

00:40:57.919 --> 00:40:58.279
 God

00:40:58.279 --> 00:40:58.459
 has

00:40:58.459 --> 00:40:58.679
 placed

00:40:58.679 --> 00:40:58.839
 the

00:40:58.839 --> 00:40:59.199
 members

00:40:59.199 --> 00:40:59.959
 each

00:40:59.959 --> 00:41:00.159
 one

00:41:00.159 --> 00:41:00.299
 of

00:41:00.299 --> 00:41:00.500
 them

00:41:00.500 --> 00:41:00.779
 in

00:41:00.779 --> 00:41:00.919
 the

00:41:00.919 --> 00:41:01.199
 body

00:41:01.199 --> 00:41:01.699
 just

00:41:01.699 --> 00:41:01.839
 as

00:41:01.839 --> 00:41:01.959
 he

00:41:01.959 --> 00:41:02.419
 desired

00:41:02.419 --> 00:41:03.959
 if

00:41:03.959 --> 00:41:04.579
 they

00:41:04.579 --> 00:41:04.699
 were

00:41:04.699 --> 00:41:04.899
 all

00:41:04.899 --> 00:41:05.099
 one

00:41:05.099 --> 00:41:05.379
 member

00:41:05.379 --> 00:41:06.839
 where

00:41:06.839 --> 00:41:07.019
 would

00:41:07.019 --> 00:41:07.219
 the

00:41:07.219 --> 00:41:08.139
 body

00:41:08.139 --> 00:41:08.399
 be?

00:41:09.439 --> 00:41:09.739
 But

00:41:09.739 --> 00:41:10.019
 now

00:41:10.019 --> 00:41:10.359
 there

00:41:10.359 --> 00:41:10.459
 are

00:41:10.459 --> 00:41:10.639
 many

00:41:10.639 --> 00:41:11.139
 members

00:41:11.139 --> 00:41:11.679
 but

00:41:11.679 --> 00:41:11.819
 one

00:41:11.819 --> 00:41:12.159
 body

00:41:12.159 --> 00:41:13.619
 and

00:41:13.619 --> 00:41:13.739
 the

00:41:13.739 --> 00:41:13.959
 eye

00:41:13.959 --> 00:41:14.179
 cannot

00:41:14.179 --> 00:41:14.439
 say

00:41:14.439 --> 00:41:14.579
 to

00:41:14.579 --> 00:41:14.699
 the

00:41:14.699 --> 00:41:15.000
 hand

00:41:15.000 --> 00:41:15.139
 I

00:41:15.139 --> 00:41:15.279
 have

00:41:15.279 --> 00:41:15.399
 no

00:41:16.239 --> 00:41:18.179
 need

00:41:18.179 --> 00:41:19.319
 of

00:41:19.319 --> 00:41:19.519
 you

00:41:19.519 --> 00:41:20.679
 on

00:41:20.679 --> 00:41:20.799
 the

00:41:20.799 --> 00:41:21.219
 contrary

00:41:21.219 --> 00:41:22.739
 it

00:41:22.739 --> 00:41:22.819
 is

00:41:22.819 --> 00:41:23.039
 much

00:41:23.039 --> 00:41:23.519
 truer

00:41:23.519 --> 00:41:23.959
 that

00:41:23.959 --> 00:41:24.079
 the

00:41:24.079 --> 00:41:24.319
 members

00:41:24.319 --> 00:41:24.459
 of

00:41:24.459 --> 00:41:24.539
 the

00:41:24.539 --> 00:41:24.819
 body

00:41:24.819 --> 00:41:25.439
 which

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 seem

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 to

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 be

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 weaker

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 are

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 necessary

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 and

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 those

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 members

00:41:29.399 --> 00:41:29.539
 of

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 the

00:41:29.619 --> 00:41:29.899
 body

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 which

00:41:30.279 --> 00:41:30.419
 we

00:41:30.419 --> 00:41:30.659
 deem

00:41:30.659 --> 00:41:30.839
 less

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 honorable

00:41:31.239 --> 00:41:32.139
 on

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 these

00:41:32.339 --> 00:41:32.479
 we

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 bestow

00:41:32.839 --> 00:41:33.079
 more

00:41:33.079 --> 00:41:33.459
 abundant

00:41:33.459 --> 00:41:33.879
 honor

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 and

00:41:34.759 --> 00:41:34.859
 are

00:41:34.859 --> 00:41:35.059
 less

00:41:35.059 --> 00:41:35.559
 presentable

00:41:35.559 --> 00:41:36.399
 and

00:41:36.399 --> 00:41:36.699
 our

00:41:36.699 --> 00:41:36.959
 less

00:41:36.959 --> 00:41:37.359
 presentable

00:41:37.359 --> 00:41:37.759
 members

00:41:37.759 --> 00:41:38.699
 become

00:41:38.699 --> 00:41:38.979
 much

00:41:38.979 --> 00:41:39.179
 more

00:41:39.179 --> 00:41:39.659
 presentable

00:41:39.659 --> 00:41:40.659
 whereas

00:41:40.659 --> 00:41:40.939
 our

00:41:40.939 --> 00:41:41.159
 more

00:41:41.159 --> 00:41:41.559
 presentable

00:41:41.559 --> 00:41:41.859
 members

00:41:41.859 --> 00:41:42.079
 have

00:41:42.079 --> 00:41:42.219
 no

00:41:42.219 --> 00:41:42.379
 need

00:41:42.379 --> 00:41:42.500
 of

00:41:42.500 --> 00:41:42.679
 it

00:41:42.679 --> 00:41:44.279
 but

00:41:44.279 --> 00:41:44.500
 God

00:41:44.500 --> 00:41:44.659
 has

00:41:44.659 --> 00:41:44.839
 so

00:41:44.839 --> 00:41:45.179
 composed

00:41:45.179 --> 00:41:45.179


00:41:46.239 --> 00:41:46.299
 more

00:41:46.299 --> 00:41:46.659
 abundant

00:41:46.659 --> 00:41:47.139
 honor

00:41:47.139 --> 00:41:48.099
 to

00:41:48.099 --> 00:41:48.299
 that

00:41:48.299 --> 00:41:48.599
 member

00:41:48.599 --> 00:41:48.819
 which

00:41:48.819 --> 00:41:49.199
 lacked

00:41:49.199 --> 00:41:50.119
 so

00:41:50.119 --> 00:41:50.239
 that

00:41:50.239 --> 00:41:50.379
 there

00:41:50.379 --> 00:41:50.579
 may

00:41:50.579 --> 00:41:50.699
 be

00:41:50.699 --> 00:41:50.899
 no

00:41:50.899 --> 00:41:51.319
 division

00:41:51.319 --> 00:41:51.639
 in the

00:41:51.639 --> 00:41:51.939
 body

00:41:51.939 --> 00:41:53.500
 that

00:41:53.500 --> 00:41:53.679
 the

00:41:53.679 --> 00:41:54.059
 members

00:41:54.059 --> 00:41:54.459
 may

00:41:54.459 --> 00:41:55.219
 have

00:41:55.219 --> 00:41:55.419
 the

00:41:55.419 --> 00:41:55.639
 same

00:41:55.639 --> 00:41:55.919
 care

00:41:55.919 --> 00:41:56.079
 for

00:41:56.079 --> 00:41:56.219
 one

00:41:56.219 --> 00:41:56.519
 another

00:41:56.519 --> 00:41:58.159
 and

00:41:58.159 --> 00:41:58.339
 if

00:41:58.339 --> 00:41:58.659
 one

00:41:58.659 --> 00:41:58.919
 member

00:41:58.919 --> 00:41:59.500
 suffers

00:41:59.500 --> 00:42:00.599
 all

00:42:00.599 --> 00:42:00.759
 the

00:42:00.759 --> 00:42:01.000
 members

00:42:01.000 --> 00:42:01.299
 suffer

00:42:01.299 --> 00:42:01.559
 with

00:42:01.559 --> 00:42:01.739
 it

00:42:01.739 --> 00:42:03.000
 if

00:42:03.000 --> 00:42:03.279
 one

00:42:03.279 --> 00:42:03.519
 member

00:42:03.519 --> 00:42:03.739
 is

00:42:03.739 --> 00:42:04.039
 honored

00:42:04.039 --> 00:42:05.459
 all

00:42:05.459 --> 00:42:05.619
 the

00:42:05.619 --> 00:42:05.899
 members

00:42:05.899 --> 00:42:06.279
 rejoice

00:42:06.279 --> 00:42:06.519
 with

00:42:06.519 --> 00:42:06.759
 it

00:42:06.760 --> 00:42:08.900
 let

00:42:08.900 --> 00:42:09.200
!

00:42:09.200 --> 00:42:08.900
 let

00:42:08.900 --> 00:42:09.020
 me

00:42:09.020 --> 00:42:09.200
 pray

00:42:09.199 --> 00:42:09.939
 to

00:42:09.939 --> 00:42:09.939


00:42:09.939 --> 00:42:09.939


00:42:09.939 --> 00:42:09.939


00:42:09.939 --> 00:42:09.939


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