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 For those of you who are new to the church, maybe watching at home or Zoom, my name is

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 Sean.

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 I'm one of the pastors of Trinity Cambridge Church, and it's my joy and privilege to preach

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 God's Word to you this evening.

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 Let me pray and seek God's help before we start.

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 Heavenly Father, we come together as Christians.

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 We are not called by the name of any other, but by the name of Christ, our Savior, our

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 Lord.

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 And as such, as Christians, we want to be about Christ's business.

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 We want to be characterized by Christ's likeness.

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 We want to be driven by Christ's passion, His priority.

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 And to that end, we need the help of your Holy Spirit.

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 So please help us now this evening as we incline our ears, incline our hearts toward you, toward

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 your Word.

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 Speak to us.

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 We are desperate to hear from you.

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 We need your Word.

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 Guide us.

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 Affect our hearts, our minds.

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 In Jesus' name we pray.

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 Amen.

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 Philippians chapter 1, verses 12 to 26.

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 I want you to know, brothers, that what has happened to me has really served to advance

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 the gospel, so that it has become known throughout the Holy Imperial Guard and to all the rest that

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 my imprisonment is for Christ.

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 And most of the brothers, having become confident in the Lord by my imprisonment, are much more

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 bold to speak the Word without fear.

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 Some indeed preach Christ from envy and rivalry, but others from goodwill.

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 The latter do it out of love, knowing that I am put here for defense of the gospel.

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 The former proclaim Christ out of selfish ambition, not sincerely, but thinking to afflict me in

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 my imprisonment.

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 What then?

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 Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is proclaimed, and in

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 that I rejoice.

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 Yes, and I will rejoice, for I know that through your prayers and the help of the Spirit of Jesus

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 Christ, this will turn out for my deliverance.

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 As it is my eager expectation and hope that I will not be at all ashamed, but that with full

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 courage now as always, Christ will be honored in my body, whether by life or by death.

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 For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

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 If I am to live in the flesh, that means fruitful labor for me, yet which I shall choose, I cannot

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 tell.

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 I am hard-pressed between the two.

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 My desire is to depart and be with Christ, for that is far better.

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 But to remain in the flesh is more necessary on your account.

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 Convinced of this, I know that I will remain and continue with you all for your progress and joy in

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 the faith, so that in me you may have ample cause to glory in Christ Jesus because of my coming to you

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 again.

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 This is God's holy and authoritative word.

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 The name of the Midwestern state, Nebraska, comes from the Native American Oto language,

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 word that means flat river.

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 That's because there's a prominent river that runs through the state that's very shallow.

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 The river was named Platte River by French explorers because the French word for plat,

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 flat is plat.

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 And this is the river that was made famous by the American journalist Edgar Nye, who described

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 this river in 1889 as being a mile wide and an inch deep.

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 Since then, the expression has been used by, in a pejorative way, by many people to describe

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 those who seem to have only superficial knowledge about many things.

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 And this seems to be an apt description of our world, of the world we live in.

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 In the world full of, I guess, the internet and Wikipedia, many people's knowledge is a mile

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 wide but an inch deep.

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 In the world of social media, many people's relationships are a mile wide but an inch deep.

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 In the world of YouTube and TikTok, many people's interests are a mile wide but an inch deep.

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 As Christians, we too run this risk in our relationship with and service to Jesus Christ.

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 We can be a Christian for many years and yet have very little depth.

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 We can be a Christian for many years and yet have very little impact.

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 And how can we avoid this?

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 Philippians 1, 12-26 commends the example of the Apostle Paul to us and teaches us that

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 we should live with single-minded devotion to the advance of the gospel in and through us.

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 The entire book of Philippians can be outlined in terms of single-minded devotion to Christ.

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 Theologian Norman Geisler provides a useful outline in his popular survey of the New Testament.

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 Chapter 1 speaks of the philosophy of Christian living, Christ our life.

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 It says, to live is Christ and to die is gain.

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 Chapter 2 speaks of the pattern of Christian living, Christ our mind.

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 Have this mind among yourselves which is yours in Christ Jesus.

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 Chapter 3 speaks of the prize of Christian living, Christ our goal.

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 I press on toward the goal to win the prize of the upper call in Christ Jesus.

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 Chapter 4 speaks of the power of Christian living, Christ our strength.

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 I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

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 And in our passage today, we see how Christ was Paul's life.

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 In verses 12 to 18, we see how Paul lived solely for the advance of the gospel.

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 And in verses 18 to 26, we see how Paul lived for the Philippians' advance in the gospel.

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 So let's first look at how Paul lived for the advance of the gospel with single-minded devotion.

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 It was customary in ancient letters of friendship to begin with a greeting,

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 as Matt preached on verses 1 to 11 last week,

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 and then to address the recipients.

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 That happened all in the first 11 verses.

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 But usually what follows in letters of friendship in the ancient world,

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 after the greeting and the address,

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 is the update, the personal update.

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 You tell them about how you're doing, what your condition's like.

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 And that begins usually with this exact phrase that Paul uses at the beginning of verse 12.

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 I want you to know that...

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 So this is a very formal part of the way ancient people wrote letters.

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 So this is the section that deals with Paul's personal update,

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 which is why it's not surprising that he is telling them about his imprisonment.

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 But interestingly, even though that's the section he's in,

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 Paul mentions very little about his living conditions,

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 how he is doing, his needs, how the guards are treating him.

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 He says nothing about his health.

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 But he has one overriding concern in this section,

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 something he wants to make sure that all the Philippian believers know,

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 and that is this, I want you to know, brothers,

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 and that's brothers and sisters, because it's plural, including, inclusive.

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 I want you to know, brothers and sisters,

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 that what has happened to me has really served to advance the gospel.

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 That's what Paul wants the Philippian believers to know.

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 Above all else, I want you to know that this has served the advance of the gospel.

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 What has happened to Paul, of course, is his imprisonment.

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 Most likely in Rome, where Paul was under house arrest from 60 to 62 A.D.,

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 as recorded in Acts 28.

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 This is probably corroborated by verse 13, which mentions the imperial guard,

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 and also chapter 4, verse 22, where Paul relays the greetings of the Caesar's household

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 to the Philippian church.

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 So then, if he's in prison in Rome, this was a fulfillment.

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 Being in Rome was a fulfillment of a long-held desire of Paul's

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 to visit the church in Rome and minister to them.

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 He talked about this openly in his letter to Romans, chapter 1, 9 to 12.

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 But of course, he had envisioned ministering to the Roman believers

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 in much different circumstances,

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 being able to visit the churches,

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 to speak in the synagogues,

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 to visit houses.

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 But instead, he is in Rome as a prisoner,

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 without the freedom to do any such thing.

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 Nevertheless, Paul reassures the Philippian brothers and sisters

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 that despite expectations to the contrary,

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 what has happened to him has meant,

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 has served the advance of the gospel.

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 This advance has happened in two ways.

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 First, Paul says in verse 13,

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 so that it has become known throughout the whole imperial guard

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 and to all the rest that my imprisonment is for Christ.

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 The imperial guard in charge of Paul would have been on a rotation,

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 which means Paul would have had access to many different guards.

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 And eventually, through word of mouth,

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 he came to be known to the entire imperial guard

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 and to all the rest, others who work in that area,

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 that Paul's imprisonment is for Christ.

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 At the very least, this means that everyone around Paul

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 came to learn that Paul was arrested

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 he was in serving time in prison because of his faith in Jesus

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 and because of his ministry on behalf of Jesus

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 for the sake of Christ.

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 But likely, Paul means something more than that also

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 because the literal translation of the phrase is,

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 my imprisonment is in Christ.

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 It doesn't say for Christ in the Greek.

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 It's literally in Christ.

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 And that's one of Paul's favorite expressions

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 that occurs numerous times in almost all of his letters

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 and ten times in the book of Philippians alone.

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 It captures the idea that a Christian is united with Christ

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 through faith in him,

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 that the church is the body of Christ,

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 the one body that's governed by

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 and follows the pattern of its head, Jesus Christ.

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 So later in chapter 3, verses 10 to 11,

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 Paul speaks of sharing Christ's sufferings,

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 becoming like him in his death,

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 that by any means possible he may attain the resurrection from the dead.

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 In other words, Paul sees his suffering

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 as following the pattern of Christ,

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 as a necessary part of following in the footsteps of his master.

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 As 1 Peter 2, 21 puts it,

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 For to this you have been called,

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 because Christ also suffered for you,

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 leaving you an example,

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 so that you might follow in his steps.

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 The word example refers to the alphabet stencil

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 that children use to learn how to write the alphabet

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 that the kids use.

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 So Christ is the stencil,

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 the pattern that we're supposed to,

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 that our lives are supposed to be written over.

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 And Paul sees his imprisonment,

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 his imprisonment as depicting

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 the gospel of the suffering Messiah.

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 And he loses no time telling the guards about it.

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 And Paul's not just saying this to save face

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 in light of an embarrassing imprisonment.

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 The gospel really did advance during Paul's imprisonment.

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 Because as I mentioned earlier,

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 he relays a greeting from Caesar's household

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 in chapter 4, verse 22.

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 I want us to think about that for a moment.

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 Because pride is endemic to humanity.

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 Because of that, we tend to assume

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 that the greatest triumphs of our lives

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 are when God is most active in our lives.

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 We tend to assume that because of our pride.

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 But often, the lowest moments of your life,

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 when you're most broken,

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 when you're most desperate,

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 when you're at the end of your rope,

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 when you're most humiliated,

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 they are precisely the moments

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 when God is doing His greatest work.

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 In the weakest parts of your life,

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 your illness, your infirmity,

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 your incapability,

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 God's power is made perfect.

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 So let's not assume that just because

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 we can't discern what God is doing,

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 that God's doing nothing.

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 God is at work.

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 He was moving in a powerful way

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 during Paul's imprisonment.

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 The human eye, I hear,

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 sees only about 0.0035%

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 of the electromagnetic spectrum.

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 What is true in the physical realm

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 is also true in the spiritual realm.

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 Though hidden from the view of many,

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 the gospel was advancing

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 among the imperial guard

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 through Paul's imprisonment.

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 The gospel also advanced in the second way

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 during Paul's imprisonment.

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 It says in verse 14,

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 And most of the brothers,

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 having become confident in the Lord

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 by my imprisonment,

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 are much more bold to speak the word

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 without fear.

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 Instead of cowering under persecution,

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 it says most of the Christian

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 brothers and sisters,

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 they grew in their confidence in the Lord,

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 in watching their fellow brothers suffer

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 for Christ's sake.

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 They said to themselves,

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 If our brother Paul,

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 even under Caesar's custody in Rome,

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 is not cowering in fear,

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 but boldly declaring the gospel,

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 we who are free

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 should all the more

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 proclaim the gospel.

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 So most of the believers

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 became much more bold,

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 it says,

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 to speak the word

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 without fear.

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 Quite far from silencing the church,

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 which was probably the intention,

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 Paul's imprisonment spurred on

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 the believers

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 to bolder witness.

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 As we can see,

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 Paul conceives of the events

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 of the gospel

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 in terms of speaking the word.

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 There's a lot of speaking words

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 used in this passage,

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 speak,

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 preach,

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 proclaim,

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 and that's because

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 the gospel literally means

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 good news.

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 It is news of the person

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 and work of Jesus,

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 the messianic king.

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 And like all news,

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 it needs to be spoken.

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 It has to be relayed to others.

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 That's precisely what evangelism is.

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 The word evangelism

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 is a transliteration

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 of the Greek word for gospel.

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 And this is what Paul lived for

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 and died for.

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 Unfortunately,

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 in our day and age,

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 as Bible commentator Gordon Fee observes,

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 quote,

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 evangelism has become

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 something of a dirty word.

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 They say,

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 who are you to impose

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 your beliefs on me?

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 Keep your religious views

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 to yourself.

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 People say,

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 but these things,

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 but the reality is,

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 even in our relativistic culture,

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 people get downright dogmatic

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 when what they deem to be

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 a universal truth

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 is questioned.

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 Quoting Bernard Baruch,

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 they say,

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 every man has the right

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 to an opinion,

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 but no man has the right

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 to be wrong in his facts.

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 Haven't you heard that before?

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 This contradicted response

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 stems from the fact

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 that since the Enlightenment,

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 religious truth claims

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 have been relegated

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 to the realm of private opinion

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 rather than public fact.

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 But that the Son of God

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 took on human flesh

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 and was born,

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 that He died on the cross

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 for our sins,

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 that He was raised

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 on the third day

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 to give us eternal life.

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 This is not a matter

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 of private opinion

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 or personal preference.

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 this is a matter

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 of reality,

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 what is true.

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 And for that reason,

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 Paul devoted his life

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 telling others about it

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 unapologetically,

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 unabashedly.

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 unabashedly.

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 Notice all the words

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 related to the way

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 we ought to proclaim

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 the gospel.

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 Verse 14,

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 confident in the Lord.

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 Verse 14,

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 much more bold,

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 without fear.

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 Verse 20,

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 with full courage.

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 This is the way

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 we ought to proclaim

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 the gospel,

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 brothers and sisters.

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 Do not be ashamed

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 of the gospel

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 for it is the power

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 of God for salvation

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 for those who believe.

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 It's curious to me

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 that some evangelical Christians

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 who on the one hand

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 vehemently denounce

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 the prosperity gospel,

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 saying that that's

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 a false gospel,

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 arguing that God

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 does not promise

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 to make us healthy

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 and wealthy

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 for following Him

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 and being faithful to Him.

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 They do that on the one hand,

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 but then on the other hand,

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 they live like promoting

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 other people's health

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 and wealth

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 is the gospel.

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 That is not the gospel.

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 That is good work,

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 yes,

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 that every true Christian

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 should do,

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 but that's not

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 the good news

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 No matter how much

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 social justice

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 prevails on earth,

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 no matter how much

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 wealth is spread out

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 among the poor

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 throughout the world,

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 no matter how much

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 people's health

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 is improved

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 by advances

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 in medicine,

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 if people do not

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 hear and believe

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 the good news

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 of Jesus Christ,

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 they will perish forever.

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 And for us,

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 as Christians

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 who are the unique

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 bearers of this message,

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 we have a responsibility

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 to tell people

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 about this.

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 we should live

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 with the single-minded

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 devotion that Paul had

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 for the advance

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 of the gospel.

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 But as the phrase

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 most of the brothers

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 in verse 14

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 conveys,

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 not all of the brothers

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 were speaking the gospel

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 out of growing confidence

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 in the Lord.

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 Some of them

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 were driven

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 by baser motives.

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 And that's what Paul

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 addresses in verses

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 15 to 18.

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 He writes,

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 Some indeed

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 preach Christ

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 from envy and rivalry,

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 but others

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 from goodwill.

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 The latter do it

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 out of love,

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 knowing that I am put here

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 for the defense

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 of the gospel.

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 The former

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 proclaim Christ

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 out of selfish ambition,

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 not sincerely,

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 but thinking to afflict

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 me in my imprisonment.

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 While some of the believers

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 preach Christ

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 out of goodwill,

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 out of love,

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 in truth for Paul,

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 trying to pick up

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 his slack

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 while he is in prison,

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 other believers

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 preach Christ

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 out of envy and rivalry,

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 out of selfish ambition,

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 in pretense.

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 They deemed Paul's absence

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 to be a great opportunity

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 for themselves,

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 to elevate their own profiles,

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 and to enlarge

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 their own followings,

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 steal Paul's sheep,

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 so to speak.

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 And since both categories

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 of these people

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 belong to the category

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 of brothers,

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 in verse 14,

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 these insincere people

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 Paul has in mind

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 are not the opponents

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 that he speaks later of

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 in verses 28 to 30

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 and in other parts

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 of this letter.

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 They're not enemies.

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 They're immature believers,

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 motivated by selfish ambition,

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 but they're believers

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 nonetheless.

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 And for that reason,

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 Paul chooses

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 not to be petty,

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 but large-hearted

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 in his perspective

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 concerning them.

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 He says in verse 18,

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 what then?

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 Only that in every way,

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 whether in pretense

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 or in truth,

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 Christ is proclaimed,

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 and in that

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 I rejoice.

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 In essence,

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 he's saying,

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 so what?

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 So what?

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 That they're in it

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 for personal gain.

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 They're doing it

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 to kick me

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 when I'm down.

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 Sure,

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 but so what?

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 At least they're

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 proclaiming Christ.

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 At least people

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 are hearing the gospel

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 because of them.

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 Let's be sure

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 Paul's not a masochist.

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 He's not enjoying the pain.

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 I'm sure this hurts him.

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 It hurts him

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 that people

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 who should love him

00:22:01.559 --> 00:22:02.180
 and support him

00:22:02.180 --> 00:22:03.560
 are seeking to undermine him.

00:22:04.039 --> 00:22:04.820
 It hurts.

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 But nonetheless,

00:22:07.539 --> 00:22:08.259
 because Paul

00:22:08.259 --> 00:22:09.279
 is not concerned

00:22:09.279 --> 00:22:10.900
 for his own glory,

00:22:11.299 --> 00:22:12.340
 but for the glory

00:22:12.340 --> 00:22:13.120
 of Christ,

00:22:13.720 --> 00:22:14.640
 because Paul's

00:22:14.640 --> 00:22:15.360
 not looking out

00:22:15.360 --> 00:22:16.220
 for his own interest,

00:22:16.320 --> 00:22:17.460
 but for the interest

00:22:17.460 --> 00:22:18.500
 of his Savior,

00:22:19.500 --> 00:22:20.400
 he rejoices

00:22:20.400 --> 00:22:20.940
 in the fact

00:22:20.940 --> 00:22:21.480
 that Christ

00:22:21.480 --> 00:22:22.080
 is proclaimed.

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 It's easy for us,

00:22:25.840 --> 00:22:26.380
 brothers and sisters,

00:22:26.480 --> 00:22:27.240
 as Christians

00:22:27.240 --> 00:22:28.539
 living for the Lord,

00:22:28.900 --> 00:22:29.840
 to conflate

00:22:29.840 --> 00:22:31.700
 our personal agendas

00:22:31.700 --> 00:22:33.200
 with that of Christ.

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 A good indicator

00:22:36.740 --> 00:22:37.600
 that that's happening

00:22:37.600 --> 00:22:38.880
 is when we're disappointed

00:22:38.880 --> 00:22:41.140
 to see the gospel advance,

00:22:41.380 --> 00:22:43.019
 to see Christ honored

00:22:43.019 --> 00:22:44.279
 without us.

00:22:44.279 --> 00:22:47.839
 when others are used

00:22:47.839 --> 00:22:48.379
 by God,

00:22:48.599 --> 00:22:49.839
 when others have

00:22:49.839 --> 00:22:50.740
 a more prominent

00:22:50.740 --> 00:22:53.819
 place,

00:22:54.160 --> 00:22:54.519
 role

00:22:54.519 --> 00:22:55.359
 in the service

00:22:55.359 --> 00:22:55.839
 of God,

00:22:56.839 --> 00:22:57.740
 do you still

00:22:57.740 --> 00:22:58.240
 rejoice

00:22:58.240 --> 00:22:58.700
 that God

00:22:58.700 --> 00:22:59.379
 is glorified?

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 Paul did.

00:23:04.339 --> 00:23:05.680
 Even when people

00:23:05.680 --> 00:23:06.180
 were preaching

00:23:06.180 --> 00:23:06.619
 the gospel

00:23:06.619 --> 00:23:07.460
 and gaining followers

00:23:07.460 --> 00:23:08.680
 at his expense,

00:23:09.740 --> 00:23:10.359
 even when people

00:23:10.359 --> 00:23:10.920
 were doing this

00:23:10.920 --> 00:23:11.500
 intentionally

00:23:11.500 --> 00:23:12.680
 to spite him,

00:23:13.059 --> 00:23:14.140
 Paul rejoiced

00:23:14.140 --> 00:23:15.259
 because he had

00:23:15.259 --> 00:23:16.160
 a joy rooted

00:23:16.160 --> 00:23:16.700
 in Christ

00:23:16.700 --> 00:23:17.799
 that transcended

00:23:17.799 --> 00:23:18.660
 his ego.

00:23:20.440 --> 00:23:21.640
 And that kind

00:23:21.640 --> 00:23:22.000
 of joy

00:23:22.000 --> 00:23:23.039
 belongs only

00:23:23.039 --> 00:23:23.539
 to those

00:23:23.539 --> 00:23:24.000
 who live

00:23:24.000 --> 00:23:24.900
 with single-minded

00:23:24.900 --> 00:23:25.519
 devotion

00:23:25.519 --> 00:23:26.779
 to the advance

00:23:26.779 --> 00:23:27.539
 of the gospel.

00:23:30.779 --> 00:23:31.619
 Paul lived

00:23:31.619 --> 00:23:32.140
 like this

00:23:32.140 --> 00:23:33.240
 because he understood

00:23:33.240 --> 00:23:33.900
 that he was

00:23:33.900 --> 00:23:34.440
 a servant

00:23:34.440 --> 00:23:35.319
 of Christ Jesus,

00:23:36.319 --> 00:23:37.039
 which is the way

00:23:37.039 --> 00:23:38.000
 he identified himself

00:23:38.000 --> 00:23:38.559
 at the beginning

00:23:38.559 --> 00:23:39.299
 of this letter.

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 the translation

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 servant

00:23:41.200 --> 00:23:42.339
 moderates the word

00:23:42.339 --> 00:23:42.859
 a little bit

00:23:42.859 --> 00:23:43.740
 because the actual

00:23:43.740 --> 00:23:44.960
 word is slave.

00:23:45.899 --> 00:23:47.099
 Paul calls himself

00:23:47.099 --> 00:23:47.859
 a slave

00:23:47.859 --> 00:23:48.659
 of Christ.

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 While it's true

00:23:50.680 --> 00:23:51.779
 that in the New

00:23:51.779 --> 00:23:52.659
 Testament times

00:23:52.659 --> 00:23:53.319
 the slavery

00:23:53.319 --> 00:23:55.019
 differed greatly

00:23:55.019 --> 00:23:56.279
 from modern

00:23:56.279 --> 00:23:57.220
 translating slavery

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 in important ways,

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 one thing

00:23:59.240 --> 00:23:59.899
 that they had

00:23:59.899 --> 00:24:00.519
 in common

00:24:00.519 --> 00:24:01.639
 was that a slave

00:24:01.639 --> 00:24:02.359
 was someone

00:24:02.359 --> 00:24:03.559
 whose person

00:24:03.559 --> 00:24:04.359
 and service

00:24:04.359 --> 00:24:05.519
 belonged wholly

00:24:05.519 --> 00:24:06.480
 to another.

00:24:06.480 --> 00:24:09.299
 that's the way

00:24:09.299 --> 00:24:13.319
 a slave

00:24:13.319 --> 00:24:14.279
 is defined

00:24:14.279 --> 00:24:14.779
 in the book,

00:24:14.839 --> 00:24:15.420
 a New Testament

00:24:15.420 --> 00:24:15.880
 metaphor,

00:24:16.240 --> 00:24:16.920
 slave of Christ,

00:24:17.019 --> 00:24:17.420
 a New Testament

00:24:17.420 --> 00:24:18.200
 metaphor for total

00:24:18.200 --> 00:24:19.079
 devotion to Christ.

00:24:20.420 --> 00:24:21.200
 Some might say

00:24:21.200 --> 00:24:21.759
 that that's too

00:24:21.759 --> 00:24:22.360
 demeaning,

00:24:22.500 --> 00:24:23.180
 but for Paul

00:24:23.180 --> 00:24:23.960
 it was an honor

00:24:23.960 --> 00:24:24.500
 that he wore

00:24:24.500 --> 00:24:25.000
 proudly.

00:24:26.319 --> 00:24:27.180
 Bible scholar

00:24:27.180 --> 00:24:28.180
 Murray Harris

00:24:28.180 --> 00:24:29.240
 in his book

00:24:29.240 --> 00:24:29.620
 that I just

00:24:29.620 --> 00:24:30.059
 mentioned

00:24:30.059 --> 00:24:32.519
 analyzes

00:24:32.519 --> 00:24:33.259
 all the texts

00:24:33.259 --> 00:24:34.360
 describing the slave

00:24:34.360 --> 00:24:35.000
 using the metaphor

00:24:35.000 --> 00:24:35.599
 of the slave

00:24:35.599 --> 00:24:36.259
 and he comes up

00:24:36.259 --> 00:24:36.779
 with three

00:24:36.779 --> 00:24:37.480
 characteristics

00:24:37.480 --> 00:24:38.379
 of a slave,

00:24:39.240 --> 00:24:39.719
 in particular

00:24:39.719 --> 00:24:41.039
 slave of Christ.

00:24:42.139 --> 00:24:43.159
 Humble submission

00:24:43.159 --> 00:24:44.099
 to the person

00:24:44.099 --> 00:24:44.679
 of Christ.

00:24:45.339 --> 00:24:46.059
 This involves,

00:24:46.259 --> 00:24:46.959
 I'm reading

00:24:46.959 --> 00:24:47.959
 from the quote

00:24:47.959 --> 00:24:48.139
 here,

00:24:48.199 --> 00:24:48.879
 this involves

00:24:48.879 --> 00:24:49.599
 an acknowledgement

00:24:49.599 --> 00:24:50.679
 that a supreme

00:24:50.679 --> 00:24:51.159
 Lord,

00:24:51.259 --> 00:24:52.179
 he has absolute

00:24:52.179 --> 00:24:53.299
 and exclusive

00:24:53.299 --> 00:24:54.339
 rights to the

00:24:54.339 --> 00:24:55.459
 will and affections

00:24:55.459 --> 00:24:56.139
 and energy

00:24:56.139 --> 00:24:57.139
 now and forever.

00:24:58.399 --> 00:24:59.219
 It is the case

00:24:59.219 --> 00:24:59.819
 of the devotion

00:24:59.819 --> 00:25:00.819
 of the whole person

00:25:00.819 --> 00:25:01.619
 for the whole life.

00:25:02.579 --> 00:25:02.839
 Second,

00:25:03.039 --> 00:25:04.399
 unquestioning obedience

00:25:04.399 --> 00:25:05.539
 to the master's will.

00:25:06.500 --> 00:25:06.939
 Slavery,

00:25:07.079 --> 00:25:07.379
 we say,

00:25:07.459 --> 00:25:08.559
 involves subjection

00:25:08.559 --> 00:25:09.539
 to another's will,

00:25:10.000 --> 00:25:10.980
 voluntarily or

00:25:10.980 --> 00:25:11.819
 involuntarily.

00:25:12.339 --> 00:25:13.480
 The faithful slave

00:25:13.480 --> 00:25:14.240
 is basically

00:25:14.240 --> 00:25:15.519
 the obedient slave,

00:25:15.939 --> 00:25:17.139
 just as the first

00:25:17.139 --> 00:25:17.879
 requirement for

00:25:17.879 --> 00:25:18.759
 commendable military

00:25:18.759 --> 00:25:19.879
 service is compliance

00:25:19.879 --> 00:25:20.639
 with commands.

00:25:22.019 --> 00:25:22.439
 Third,

00:25:22.579 --> 00:25:23.500
 an exclusive

00:25:23.500 --> 00:25:24.559
 preoccupation

00:25:24.559 --> 00:25:25.599
 with pleasing

00:25:25.599 --> 00:25:26.139
 Christ.

00:25:26.819 --> 00:25:27.179
 Believers

00:25:27.179 --> 00:25:28.459
 give satisfaction

00:25:28.459 --> 00:25:29.399
 to their master

00:25:29.399 --> 00:25:30.679
 not only by obeying

00:25:30.679 --> 00:25:30.879
 him,

00:25:30.959 --> 00:25:32.139
 but also by devising

00:25:32.139 --> 00:25:32.939
 innovative ways

00:25:32.939 --> 00:25:33.879
 of pleasing him.

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 We make it

00:25:34.920 --> 00:25:35.520
 our ambition,

00:25:35.780 --> 00:25:36.240
 says Paul,

00:25:36.320 --> 00:25:37.120
 to be constantly

00:25:37.120 --> 00:25:38.360
 pleasing to him.

00:25:39.000 --> 00:25:40.080
 This was Paul's

00:25:40.080 --> 00:25:41.560
 magnificent obsession,

00:25:42.060 --> 00:25:42.580
 an obsession

00:25:42.580 --> 00:25:43.800
 that had the effect

00:25:43.800 --> 00:25:45.220
 of expelling

00:25:45.220 --> 00:25:46.320
 inferior

00:25:46.320 --> 00:25:47.580
 albeit legitimate

00:25:47.580 --> 00:25:48.660
 pursuits.

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 Brothers and sisters,

00:25:51.280 --> 00:25:52.500
 that is what

00:25:52.500 --> 00:25:53.320
 we are,

00:25:54.320 --> 00:25:55.620
 slaves of Christ.

00:25:57.160 --> 00:25:58.240
 What honor.

00:25:58.240 --> 00:26:02.039
 Yes,

00:26:02.120 --> 00:26:02.839
 we're more than

00:26:02.839 --> 00:26:03.279
 slaves.

00:26:03.420 --> 00:26:04.420
 Jesus called us

00:26:04.420 --> 00:26:05.220
 his friends.

00:26:06.180 --> 00:26:06.420
 Yes,

00:26:06.480 --> 00:26:07.240
 we are adopted

00:26:07.240 --> 00:26:08.140
 children of God.

00:26:08.220 --> 00:26:09.079
 They are all true.

00:26:09.380 --> 00:26:10.200
 But those truths

00:26:10.200 --> 00:26:11.019
 do not negate

00:26:11.019 --> 00:26:11.779
 this truth

00:26:11.779 --> 00:26:12.460
 that we are

00:26:12.460 --> 00:26:13.819
 slaves of Christ.

00:26:14.420 --> 00:26:15.140
 Paul says

00:26:15.140 --> 00:26:16.079
 in 1 Corinthians 7,

00:26:16.160 --> 00:26:16.940
 22-23

00:26:16.940 --> 00:26:17.620
 that a Christian

00:26:17.620 --> 00:26:18.880
 is a slave

00:26:18.880 --> 00:26:19.440
 of Christ.

00:26:19.539 --> 00:26:20.099
 The same word

00:26:20.099 --> 00:26:20.579
 used here.

00:26:21.019 --> 00:26:21.480
 He continues,

00:26:21.599 --> 00:26:22.420
 you are bought

00:26:22.420 --> 00:26:23.480
 with a price.

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 Do not become

00:26:25.140 --> 00:26:26.620
 slaves of men.

00:26:26.619 --> 00:26:30.039
 Brothers and sisters,

00:26:30.179 --> 00:26:30.719
 we have been

00:26:30.719 --> 00:26:31.559
 bought with the

00:26:31.559 --> 00:26:32.839
 precious blood

00:26:32.839 --> 00:26:33.519
 of Jesus.

00:26:34.559 --> 00:26:35.359
 We belong

00:26:35.359 --> 00:26:36.339
 wholly to him

00:26:36.339 --> 00:26:37.399
 because he paid

00:26:37.399 --> 00:26:38.439
 the price.

00:26:39.139 --> 00:26:39.859
 And so we cannot

00:26:39.859 --> 00:26:40.819
 belong to another.

00:26:41.779 --> 00:26:42.819
 We cannot serve

00:26:42.819 --> 00:26:43.219
 another.

00:26:43.699 --> 00:26:44.399
 We cannot be

00:26:44.399 --> 00:26:45.759
 slaves to another.

00:26:46.439 --> 00:26:47.419
 We only have

00:26:47.419 --> 00:26:48.099
 one master.

00:26:52.059 --> 00:26:53.000
 What is the

00:26:53.000 --> 00:26:53.739
 ultimate aim

00:26:53.739 --> 00:26:54.379
 of your life?

00:26:55.379 --> 00:26:56.099
 Whom do you

00:26:56.099 --> 00:26:56.500
 seek to

00:26:56.500 --> 00:26:57.039
 please

00:26:57.039 --> 00:26:57.420
 with your

00:26:57.420 --> 00:26:57.819
 life?

00:26:58.819 --> 00:26:59.119
 Is it

00:26:59.119 --> 00:26:59.680
 yourself?

00:27:02.019 --> 00:27:03.099
 Your spouse?

00:27:03.940 --> 00:27:04.619
 Your boyfriend?

00:27:05.059 --> 00:27:05.559
 Girlfriend?

00:27:06.259 --> 00:27:07.000
 Your boss?

00:27:11.099 --> 00:27:12.079
 We should live

00:27:12.079 --> 00:27:13.019
 with single-minded

00:27:13.019 --> 00:27:13.559
 devotion

00:27:13.559 --> 00:27:15.500
 to the advance

00:27:15.500 --> 00:27:16.019
 of the gospel.

00:27:19.619 --> 00:27:20.400
 Paul gave

00:27:20.400 --> 00:27:20.819
 his life

00:27:20.819 --> 00:27:21.180
 for this

00:27:21.180 --> 00:27:21.640
 and he also

00:27:21.640 --> 00:27:22.039
 sought

00:27:22.039 --> 00:27:22.660
 the Philippian

00:27:22.660 --> 00:27:23.180
 believers'

00:27:23.519 --> 00:27:23.960
 advance

00:27:23.960 --> 00:27:24.980
 in the gospel

00:27:24.980 --> 00:27:25.960
 as well.

00:27:25.960 --> 00:27:26.340
 That's what we

00:27:26.340 --> 00:27:26.700
 see in the

00:27:26.700 --> 00:27:27.039
 rest of the

00:27:27.039 --> 00:27:27.440
 passage.

00:27:28.740 --> 00:27:29.600
 Paul just

00:27:29.600 --> 00:27:30.640
 said in the

00:27:30.640 --> 00:27:31.340
 first half of

00:27:31.340 --> 00:27:31.759
 verse 18

00:27:31.759 --> 00:27:32.640
 that he rejoices

00:27:32.640 --> 00:27:33.120
 in the fact

00:27:33.120 --> 00:27:33.600
 that Christ

00:27:33.600 --> 00:27:34.100
 is proclaimed.

00:27:35.100 --> 00:27:35.640
 And then he

00:27:35.640 --> 00:27:36.620
 says again,

00:27:37.340 --> 00:27:37.640
 yes,

00:27:37.779 --> 00:27:38.680
 and I will

00:27:38.680 --> 00:27:39.220
 rejoice

00:27:39.220 --> 00:27:40.079
 anticipating the

00:27:40.079 --> 00:27:40.420
 future.

00:27:41.340 --> 00:27:42.039
 And then he

00:27:42.039 --> 00:27:42.660
 gives the

00:27:42.660 --> 00:27:43.779
 reason for his

00:27:43.779 --> 00:27:44.920
 future rejoicing

00:27:44.920 --> 00:27:45.740
 in verses 19

00:27:45.740 --> 00:27:46.220
 to 20.

00:27:46.220 --> 00:27:48.220
 for I know

00:27:48.220 --> 00:27:48.740
 that through

00:27:48.740 --> 00:27:49.539
 your prayers

00:27:49.539 --> 00:27:50.120
 and the

00:27:50.120 --> 00:27:50.720
 help of the

00:27:50.720 --> 00:27:51.319
 spirit of

00:27:51.319 --> 00:27:52.200
 Jesus Christ

00:27:52.200 --> 00:27:52.920
 this will

00:27:52.920 --> 00:27:53.480
 turn out

00:27:53.480 --> 00:27:53.880
 for my

00:27:53.880 --> 00:27:54.579
 deliverance

00:27:54.579 --> 00:27:55.680
 as it is

00:27:55.680 --> 00:27:56.380
 my eager

00:27:56.380 --> 00:27:57.360
 expectation

00:27:57.360 --> 00:27:58.140
 and hope

00:27:58.140 --> 00:27:58.900
 that I will

00:27:58.900 --> 00:27:59.579
 not be

00:27:59.579 --> 00:28:00.019
 at all

00:28:00.019 --> 00:28:00.680
 ashamed

00:28:00.680 --> 00:28:01.519
 but that

00:28:01.519 --> 00:28:02.259
 with full

00:28:02.259 --> 00:28:02.839
 courage

00:28:02.839 --> 00:28:03.740
 now as

00:28:03.740 --> 00:28:04.400
 always

00:28:04.400 --> 00:28:05.059
 Christ

00:28:05.059 --> 00:28:05.440
 will be

00:28:05.440 --> 00:28:05.759
 honored

00:28:05.759 --> 00:28:06.140
 in my

00:28:06.140 --> 00:28:06.519
 body

00:28:06.519 --> 00:28:06.980
 whether

00:28:06.980 --> 00:28:07.779
 by life

00:28:07.779 --> 00:28:08.440
 or by

00:28:08.440 --> 00:28:08.819
 death.

00:28:09.860 --> 00:28:10.559
 The word

00:28:10.559 --> 00:28:11.299
 deliverance

00:28:11.299 --> 00:28:11.680
 is the

00:28:11.680 --> 00:28:12.180
 same word

00:28:12.180 --> 00:28:12.700
 that's often

00:28:12.700 --> 00:28:13.220
 translated

00:28:13.220 --> 00:28:14.059
 salvation

00:28:14.059 --> 00:28:15.740
 which makes

00:28:15.740 --> 00:28:16.079
 the meaning

00:28:16.079 --> 00:28:16.480
 of this

00:28:16.480 --> 00:28:16.900
 verse a

00:28:16.900 --> 00:28:17.220
 little bit

00:28:17.220 --> 00:28:17.620
 ambiguous.

00:28:18.700 --> 00:28:18.960
 Is Paul

00:28:18.960 --> 00:28:19.519
 speaking of

00:28:19.519 --> 00:28:20.000
 deliverance

00:28:20.000 --> 00:28:20.640
 from prison

00:28:20.640 --> 00:28:22.120
 or is he

00:28:22.120 --> 00:28:22.620
 speaking of

00:28:22.620 --> 00:28:23.200
 his eternal

00:28:23.200 --> 00:28:23.819
 salvation?

00:28:26.420 --> 00:28:27.440
 Is Paul

00:28:27.440 --> 00:28:28.420
 anticipating

00:28:28.420 --> 00:28:28.880
 that he

00:28:28.880 --> 00:28:29.100
 will be

00:28:29.100 --> 00:28:29.579
 declared

00:28:29.579 --> 00:28:30.079
 innocent

00:28:30.079 --> 00:28:30.779
 and released

00:28:30.779 --> 00:28:31.360
 from prison

00:28:31.360 --> 00:28:32.579
 or is he

00:28:32.579 --> 00:28:33.180
 speaking of

00:28:33.180 --> 00:28:33.680
 his ultimate

00:28:33.680 --> 00:28:34.220
 salvation

00:28:34.220 --> 00:28:34.819
 after

00:28:34.819 --> 00:28:35.240
 bearing

00:28:35.240 --> 00:28:36.319
 faithful

00:28:36.319 --> 00:28:36.660
 witness

00:28:36.660 --> 00:28:37.160
 to Jesus

00:28:37.160 --> 00:28:38.120
 whether it

00:28:38.120 --> 00:28:38.500
 ends in

00:28:38.500 --> 00:28:38.880
 his

00:28:38.880 --> 00:28:39.660
 acquittal

00:28:39.660 --> 00:28:40.279
 or execution?

00:28:41.480 --> 00:28:42.240
 I think

00:28:42.240 --> 00:28:42.720
 the answer

00:28:42.720 --> 00:28:43.600
 is both.

00:28:43.779 --> 00:28:43.980
 I think

00:28:43.980 --> 00:28:44.539
 Paul left

00:28:44.539 --> 00:28:44.860
 that

00:28:44.860 --> 00:28:45.299
 ambiguous

00:28:45.299 --> 00:28:46.059
 intentionally

00:28:46.059 --> 00:28:47.100
 because there

00:28:47.100 --> 00:28:47.319
 is a

00:28:47.319 --> 00:28:47.700
 tension

00:28:47.700 --> 00:28:48.259
 that runs

00:28:48.259 --> 00:28:48.680
 through

00:28:48.680 --> 00:28:49.400
 verses 19

00:28:49.400 --> 00:28:50.140
 to 26

00:28:50.140 --> 00:28:50.940
 all throughout

00:28:50.940 --> 00:28:51.539
 between

00:28:51.539 --> 00:28:52.259
 Paul's

00:28:52.259 --> 00:28:53.160
 anticipation

00:28:53.160 --> 00:28:54.600
 of his

00:28:54.600 --> 00:28:55.120
 release

00:28:55.120 --> 00:28:56.579
 and

00:28:56.579 --> 00:28:57.559
 his

00:28:57.559 --> 00:28:58.059
 the

00:28:58.059 --> 00:28:58.559
 possibility

00:28:58.559 --> 00:28:59.400
 of execution.

00:29:00.360 --> 00:29:00.980
 He

00:29:00.980 --> 00:29:01.620
 expects

00:29:01.620 --> 00:29:01.940
 to be

00:29:01.940 --> 00:29:02.339
 released

00:29:02.339 --> 00:29:03.059
 for the

00:29:03.059 --> 00:29:03.339
 good of

00:29:03.339 --> 00:29:03.460
 the

00:29:03.460 --> 00:29:03.980
 Philippians

00:29:03.980 --> 00:29:04.539
 but he

00:29:04.539 --> 00:29:04.860
 knows

00:29:04.860 --> 00:29:05.299
 that his

00:29:05.299 --> 00:29:05.819
 death

00:29:05.819 --> 00:29:06.299
 will mean

00:29:06.299 --> 00:29:06.980
 ultimate

00:29:06.980 --> 00:29:07.420
 gain

00:29:07.420 --> 00:29:07.660
 his

00:29:07.660 --> 00:29:08.079
 ultimate

00:29:08.079 --> 00:29:08.640
 salvation

00:29:08.640 --> 00:29:09.779
 and so

00:29:09.779 --> 00:29:10.299
 basically

00:29:10.299 --> 00:29:10.880
 Paul's

00:29:10.880 --> 00:29:11.180
 saying

00:29:11.180 --> 00:29:11.740
 hey

00:29:11.740 --> 00:29:12.039
 it's a

00:29:12.039 --> 00:29:12.460
 win-win

00:29:12.460 --> 00:29:13.099
 situation

00:29:13.099 --> 00:29:13.599
 for me

00:29:13.599 --> 00:29:15.639
 whether

00:29:15.639 --> 00:29:16.139
 I am

00:29:16.139 --> 00:29:16.740
 vindicated

00:29:16.740 --> 00:29:17.539
 or executed

00:29:17.539 --> 00:29:19.460
 I expect

00:29:19.460 --> 00:29:20.539
 salvation

00:29:20.539 --> 00:29:23.680
 in saying

00:29:23.680 --> 00:29:23.899
 this

00:29:23.899 --> 00:29:24.359
 he's also

00:29:24.359 --> 00:29:24.799
 echoing

00:29:24.799 --> 00:29:25.980
 Job 13

00:29:25.980 --> 00:29:26.379
 15

00:29:26.379 --> 00:29:26.859
 to 16

00:29:26.859 --> 00:29:28.019
 in the

00:29:28.019 --> 00:29:28.259
 Greek

00:29:28.259 --> 00:29:28.759
 translation

00:29:28.759 --> 00:29:29.059
 of the

00:29:29.059 --> 00:29:29.539
 Old Testament

00:29:29.539 --> 00:29:30.200
 which Paul

00:29:30.200 --> 00:29:30.440
 would have

00:29:30.440 --> 00:29:30.899
 been familiar

00:29:30.899 --> 00:29:31.159
 with

00:29:31.159 --> 00:29:31.759
 the phrase

00:29:31.759 --> 00:29:32.579
 this will

00:29:32.579 --> 00:29:33.240
 turn out

00:29:33.240 --> 00:29:33.559
 for my

00:29:33.559 --> 00:29:34.099
 deliverance

00:29:34.099 --> 00:29:34.599
 is found

00:29:34.599 --> 00:29:35.059
 in its

00:29:35.059 --> 00:29:35.559
 exact

00:29:35.559 --> 00:29:35.960
 form

00:29:35.960 --> 00:29:36.339
 in Job

00:29:36.339 --> 00:29:36.839
 13

00:29:36.839 --> 00:29:37.299
 16

00:29:37.299 --> 00:29:38.700
 where Job

00:29:38.700 --> 00:29:38.980
 says

00:29:38.980 --> 00:29:39.379
 this

00:29:39.380 --> 00:29:40.100
 though

00:29:40.100 --> 00:29:40.980
 he slay

00:29:40.980 --> 00:29:41.200
 me

00:29:41.200 --> 00:29:41.600
 I will

00:29:41.600 --> 00:29:41.960
 hope

00:29:41.960 --> 00:29:42.460
 in him

00:29:42.460 --> 00:29:43.180
 yet

00:29:43.180 --> 00:29:43.440
 I will

00:29:43.440 --> 00:29:43.740
 argue

00:29:43.740 --> 00:29:44.320
 my ways

00:29:44.320 --> 00:29:44.680
 to his

00:29:44.680 --> 00:29:45.140
 face

00:29:45.140 --> 00:29:46.180
 this

00:29:46.180 --> 00:29:46.560
 will

00:29:46.560 --> 00:29:46.920
 turn

00:29:46.920 --> 00:29:47.160
 out

00:29:47.160 --> 00:29:47.340
 for

00:29:47.340 --> 00:29:47.560
 my

00:29:47.560 --> 00:29:48.140
 salvation

00:29:48.140 --> 00:29:48.820
 that

00:29:48.820 --> 00:29:49.000
 the

00:29:49.000 --> 00:29:49.540
 godless

00:29:49.540 --> 00:29:49.900
 shall

00:29:49.900 --> 00:29:50.320
 not

00:29:50.320 --> 00:29:50.760
 come

00:29:50.760 --> 00:29:51.160
 before

00:29:51.160 --> 00:29:51.520
 him

00:29:51.520 --> 00:29:52.920
 Job

00:29:52.920 --> 00:29:53.800
 in the

00:29:53.800 --> 00:29:54.180
 midst

00:29:54.180 --> 00:29:54.560
 of his

00:29:54.560 --> 00:29:55.040
 suffering

00:29:55.040 --> 00:29:55.960
 which he

00:29:55.960 --> 00:29:56.440
 knows

00:29:56.440 --> 00:29:57.000
 is happening

00:29:57.000 --> 00:29:57.800
 under God's

00:29:57.800 --> 00:29:58.380
 sovereign

00:29:58.380 --> 00:29:59.000
 jurisdiction

00:29:59.000 --> 00:30:00.220
 nonetheless

00:30:00.220 --> 00:30:01.160
 entrusts

00:30:01.160 --> 00:30:01.640
 himself

00:30:01.640 --> 00:30:02.740
 to God

00:30:02.740 --> 00:30:03.660
 his

00:30:03.660 --> 00:30:04.080
 righteous

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 judgment

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 and he

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 anticipates

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 that when

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 he does

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 he will

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 ultimately

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 be

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 vindicated

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 the

00:30:12.039 --> 00:30:12.400
 language

00:30:12.400 --> 00:30:12.819
 of his

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 hope

00:30:13.140 --> 00:30:13.379
 not

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 being

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 ashamed

00:30:14.079 --> 00:30:14.740
 also

00:30:14.740 --> 00:30:15.059
 echoes

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 Romans

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 5

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 5

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 which

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 says

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 hope

00:30:17.220 --> 00:30:17.559
 in the

00:30:17.559 --> 00:30:17.819
 glory

00:30:17.819 --> 00:30:18.180
 of God

00:30:18.180 --> 00:30:18.359
 does

00:30:18.359 --> 00:30:18.579
 not

00:30:18.579 --> 00:30:18.819
 put

00:30:18.819 --> 00:30:18.940
 us

00:30:18.940 --> 00:30:19.119
 to

00:30:19.119 --> 00:30:19.599
 shame

00:30:19.599 --> 00:30:20.160
 because

00:30:20.160 --> 00:30:20.539
 God's

00:30:20.539 --> 00:30:20.879
 love

00:30:20.879 --> 00:30:21.200
 has been

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 poured

00:30:21.539 --> 00:30:21.819
 out

00:30:21.819 --> 00:30:22.000
 into

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 our

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 hearts

00:30:22.400 --> 00:30:22.559
 through

00:30:22.559 --> 00:30:22.740
 the

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 Holy

00:30:22.980 --> 00:30:23.400
 Spirit

00:30:23.400 --> 00:30:23.879
 who

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 has

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 been

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 given

00:30:24.519 --> 00:30:24.839
 to

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 us

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 if

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 Paul

00:30:27.200 --> 00:30:27.500
 had

00:30:27.500 --> 00:30:27.619
 been

00:30:27.619 --> 00:30:28.059
 hoping

00:30:28.059 --> 00:30:28.539
 merely

00:30:28.539 --> 00:30:28.799
 for

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 acquittal

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 and

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 survival

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 then

00:30:30.799 --> 00:30:31.119
 this

00:30:31.119 --> 00:30:31.440
 hope

00:30:31.440 --> 00:30:31.640
 could

00:30:31.640 --> 00:30:32.059
 easily

00:30:32.059 --> 00:30:32.319
 have

00:30:32.319 --> 00:30:32.440
 been

00:30:32.440 --> 00:30:32.940
 disappointed

00:30:32.940 --> 00:30:34.220
 but

00:30:34.220 --> 00:30:34.599
 that's

00:30:34.599 --> 00:30:34.900
 not

00:30:34.900 --> 00:30:35.299
 what

00:30:35.299 --> 00:30:35.700
 Paul

00:30:35.700 --> 00:30:35.920
 was

00:30:35.920 --> 00:30:36.240
 hoping

00:30:36.240 --> 00:30:36.599
 for

00:30:36.599 --> 00:30:37.420
 his

00:30:37.420 --> 00:30:37.859
 hope

00:30:37.859 --> 00:30:38.059
 was

00:30:38.059 --> 00:30:38.159
 that

00:30:38.159 --> 00:30:38.259
 he

00:30:38.259 --> 00:30:38.399
 would

00:30:38.399 --> 00:30:38.699
 bear

00:30:38.699 --> 00:30:39.439
 faithful

00:30:39.439 --> 00:30:40.179
 witness

00:30:40.179 --> 00:30:40.439
 to

00:30:40.439 --> 00:30:40.819
 Jesus

00:30:40.819 --> 00:30:41.199
 till

00:30:41.199 --> 00:30:41.379
 the

00:30:41.379 --> 00:30:41.699
 end

00:30:41.699 --> 00:30:42.259
 with

00:30:42.259 --> 00:30:42.619
 full

00:30:42.619 --> 00:30:43.159
 courage

00:30:43.159 --> 00:30:44.219
 and

00:30:44.219 --> 00:30:44.439
 so

00:30:44.439 --> 00:30:44.619
 that

00:30:44.619 --> 00:30:45.179
 always

00:30:45.179 --> 00:30:45.559
 Christ

00:30:45.559 --> 00:30:45.719
 will

00:30:45.719 --> 00:30:45.859
 be

00:30:45.859 --> 00:30:46.240
 honored

00:30:46.240 --> 00:30:46.459
 in

00:30:46.459 --> 00:30:46.599
 his

00:30:46.599 --> 00:30:46.879
 body

00:30:46.879 --> 00:30:47.059
 whether

00:30:47.059 --> 00:30:47.259
 by

00:30:47.259 --> 00:30:47.639
 life

00:30:47.639 --> 00:30:47.939
 or

00:30:47.939 --> 00:30:48.159
 by

00:30:48.159 --> 00:30:48.519
 death

00:30:48.519 --> 00:30:49.519
 and

00:30:49.519 --> 00:30:49.959
 this

00:30:49.959 --> 00:30:50.399
 hope

00:30:50.399 --> 00:30:50.619
 for

00:30:50.619 --> 00:30:50.979
 Christ

00:30:50.979 --> 00:30:51.459
 honor

00:30:51.459 --> 00:30:51.839
 which

00:30:51.839 --> 00:30:52.139
 will

00:30:52.139 --> 00:30:52.439
 end

00:30:52.439 --> 00:30:52.599
 in

00:30:52.599 --> 00:30:52.979
 Paul's

00:30:52.979 --> 00:30:53.519
 salvation

00:30:53.519 --> 00:30:54.459
 whether

00:30:54.459 --> 00:30:54.659
 in

00:30:54.659 --> 00:30:54.839
 life

00:30:54.839 --> 00:30:55.019
 or

00:30:55.019 --> 00:30:55.319
 death

00:30:55.319 --> 00:30:55.679
 will

00:30:55.679 --> 00:30:55.859
 not

00:30:55.859 --> 00:30:55.979
 be

00:30:55.979 --> 00:30:56.419
 disappointed

00:30:56.419 --> 00:30:58.399
 the

00:30:58.399 --> 00:30:58.579
 word

00:30:58.579 --> 00:30:59.019
 honor

00:30:59.019 --> 00:30:59.919
 means

00:30:59.919 --> 00:31:00.059
 to

00:31:00.059 --> 00:31:00.759
 magnify

00:31:00.759 --> 00:31:01.119
 something

00:31:01.119 --> 00:31:01.399
 here

00:31:01.399 --> 00:31:02.179
 to

00:31:02.179 --> 00:31:02.959
 enlarge

00:31:02.959 --> 00:31:03.519
 something

00:31:03.519 --> 00:31:04.000
 Paul

00:31:04.000 --> 00:31:04.559
 once

00:31:04.559 --> 00:31:05.099
 whatever

00:31:05.099 --> 00:31:05.740
 happens

00:31:05.740 --> 00:31:05.939
 to

00:31:05.939 --> 00:31:06.240
 him

00:31:06.240 --> 00:31:07.019
 whether

00:31:07.019 --> 00:31:07.819
 it's

00:31:07.819 --> 00:31:08.599
 vindication

00:31:08.599 --> 00:31:08.980
 or

00:31:08.980 --> 00:31:09.559
 execution

00:31:09.559 --> 00:31:10.200
 to

00:31:10.200 --> 00:31:10.579
 serve

00:31:10.579 --> 00:31:10.900
 as

00:31:10.900 --> 00:31:11.099
 a

00:31:11.099 --> 00:31:11.779
 magnifying

00:31:11.779 --> 00:31:12.279
 glass

00:31:12.279 --> 00:31:12.740
 that

00:31:12.740 --> 00:31:13.539
 enlarges

00:31:13.539 --> 00:31:14.039
 God

00:31:14.039 --> 00:31:14.240
 in

00:31:14.240 --> 00:31:14.379
 the

00:31:14.379 --> 00:31:14.639
 view

00:31:14.639 --> 00:31:14.819
 of

00:31:14.819 --> 00:31:15.099
 his

00:31:15.099 --> 00:31:15.539
 observers

00:31:15.539 --> 00:31:17.639
 that

00:31:17.639 --> 00:31:18.019
 is

00:31:18.019 --> 00:31:18.339
 once

00:31:18.339 --> 00:31:18.639
 again

00:31:18.639 --> 00:31:19.279
 Paul's

00:31:19.279 --> 00:31:19.819
 all

00:31:19.819 --> 00:31:20.579
 consuming

00:31:20.579 --> 00:31:21.639
 desire

00:31:21.639 --> 00:31:22.819
 to

00:31:22.819 --> 00:31:23.599
 glorify

00:31:23.599 --> 00:31:24.220
 God

00:31:24.220 --> 00:31:24.420
 to

00:31:24.420 --> 00:31:24.599
 bring

00:31:24.599 --> 00:31:25.099
 attention

00:31:25.099 --> 00:31:25.740
 to

00:31:25.740 --> 00:31:26.200
 God

00:31:26.200 --> 00:31:26.559
 even

00:31:26.559 --> 00:31:26.980
 at

00:31:26.980 --> 00:31:27.139
 the

00:31:27.139 --> 00:31:27.639
 expense

00:31:27.639 --> 00:31:28.119
 of

00:31:28.119 --> 00:31:28.500
 his

00:31:28.500 --> 00:31:29.079
 own

00:31:29.079 --> 00:31:29.500
 life

00:31:29.500 --> 00:31:32.779
 and

00:31:32.779 --> 00:31:33.180
 Paul's

00:31:33.180 --> 00:31:33.720
 confident

00:31:33.720 --> 00:31:34.079
 of

00:31:34.079 --> 00:31:34.900
 this

00:31:34.900 --> 00:31:35.460
 outcome

00:31:35.460 --> 00:31:36.779
 not

00:31:36.779 --> 00:31:37.140
 because

00:31:37.140 --> 00:31:37.319
 he

00:31:37.319 --> 00:31:37.440
 has

00:31:37.440 --> 00:31:37.579
 such

00:31:37.579 --> 00:31:37.680
 a

00:31:37.680 --> 00:31:37.839
 high

00:31:37.839 --> 00:31:38.019
 view

00:31:38.019 --> 00:31:38.140
 of

00:31:38.140 --> 00:31:38.559
 himself

00:31:38.559 --> 00:31:39.480
 not

00:31:39.480 --> 00:31:39.759
 because

00:31:39.759 --> 00:31:39.920
 he

00:31:39.920 --> 00:31:40.259
 trusts

00:31:40.259 --> 00:31:40.519
 so

00:31:40.519 --> 00:31:40.759
 much

00:31:40.759 --> 00:31:40.880
 in

00:31:40.880 --> 00:31:41.119
 his

00:31:41.119 --> 00:31:41.759
 willpower

00:31:41.759 --> 00:31:41.940
 or

00:31:41.940 --> 00:31:42.359
 resolve

00:31:42.359 --> 00:31:42.579
 or

00:31:42.579 --> 00:31:42.740
 in

00:31:42.740 --> 00:31:42.920
 his

00:31:42.920 --> 00:31:43.579
 eloquence

00:31:43.579 --> 00:31:44.700
 but

00:31:44.700 --> 00:31:45.000
 because

00:31:45.000 --> 00:31:45.200
 he

00:31:45.200 --> 00:31:45.660
 trusts

00:31:45.660 --> 00:31:46.319
 in

00:31:46.319 --> 00:31:46.519
 the

00:31:46.519 --> 00:31:46.779
 Lord

00:31:46.779 --> 00:31:48.059
 he

00:31:48.059 --> 00:31:48.240
 says

00:31:48.240 --> 00:31:48.380
 in

00:31:48.380 --> 00:31:48.539
 verse

00:31:48.539 --> 00:31:49.059
 19

00:31:49.059 --> 00:31:49.640
 for

00:31:49.640 --> 00:31:50.420
 I

00:31:50.420 --> 00:31:50.980
 know

00:31:50.980 --> 00:31:51.859
 that

00:31:51.859 --> 00:31:52.220
 through

00:31:52.220 --> 00:31:52.779
 your

00:31:52.779 --> 00:31:53.519
 prayers

00:31:53.519 --> 00:31:54.460
 and

00:31:54.460 --> 00:31:54.619
 the

00:31:54.619 --> 00:31:54.940
 help

00:31:54.940 --> 00:31:55.099
 of

00:31:55.099 --> 00:31:55.279
 the

00:31:55.279 --> 00:31:55.640
 spirit

00:31:55.640 --> 00:31:55.839
 of

00:31:55.839 --> 00:31:56.099
 Jesus

00:31:56.099 --> 00:31:56.680
 Christ

00:31:56.680 --> 00:31:57.319
 this

00:31:57.319 --> 00:31:57.480
 will

00:31:57.480 --> 00:31:57.759
 turn

00:31:57.759 --> 00:31:57.940
 out

00:31:57.940 --> 00:31:58.119
 for

00:31:58.119 --> 00:31:58.319
 my

00:31:58.319 --> 00:31:58.940
 deliverance

00:31:58.940 --> 00:32:00.640
 Paul

00:32:00.640 --> 00:32:01.100
 understood

00:32:01.100 --> 00:32:01.500
 well

00:32:01.500 --> 00:32:01.700
 the

00:32:01.700 --> 00:32:02.019
 connection

00:32:02.019 --> 00:32:02.400
 between

00:32:02.400 --> 00:32:02.880
 prayer

00:32:02.880 --> 00:32:03.740
 and

00:32:03.740 --> 00:32:03.980
 the

00:32:03.980 --> 00:32:04.360
 power

00:32:04.360 --> 00:32:04.539
 of

00:32:04.539 --> 00:32:04.640
 the

00:32:04.640 --> 00:32:04.820
 Holy

00:32:04.820 --> 00:32:05.160
 Spirit

00:32:05.160 --> 00:32:06.259
 because

00:32:06.259 --> 00:32:06.380
 it

00:32:06.380 --> 00:32:06.500
 was

00:32:06.500 --> 00:32:06.820
 when

00:32:06.820 --> 00:32:07.400
 Ananias

00:32:07.400 --> 00:32:07.940
 prayed

00:32:07.940 --> 00:32:08.160
 for

00:32:08.160 --> 00:32:08.440
 him

00:32:08.440 --> 00:32:08.920
 that

00:32:08.920 --> 00:32:09.000
 he

00:32:09.000 --> 00:32:09.180
 was

00:32:09.180 --> 00:32:09.620
 filled

00:32:09.620 --> 00:32:09.799
 with

00:32:09.799 --> 00:32:09.900
 the

00:32:09.900 --> 00:32:10.080
 Holy

00:32:10.080 --> 00:32:10.420
 Spirit

00:32:10.420 --> 00:32:10.600
 in

00:32:10.600 --> 00:32:10.840
 Acts

00:32:10.840 --> 00:32:11.440
 chapter

00:32:11.440 --> 00:32:11.779
 9

00:32:11.779 --> 00:32:13.340
 we

00:32:13.340 --> 00:32:13.539
 see

00:32:13.539 --> 00:32:13.720
 this

00:32:13.720 --> 00:32:14.039
 connection

00:32:14.039 --> 00:32:14.380
 over

00:32:14.380 --> 00:32:14.519
 and

00:32:14.519 --> 00:32:14.720
 over

00:32:14.720 --> 00:32:14.940
 again

00:32:14.940 --> 00:32:15.200
 throughout

00:32:15.200 --> 00:32:15.680
 scripture

00:32:15.680 --> 00:32:16.000
 Acts

00:32:16.000 --> 00:32:16.420
 4

00:32:16.420 --> 00:32:16.900
 it

00:32:16.900 --> 00:32:17.000
 was

00:32:17.000 --> 00:32:17.120
 when

00:32:17.120 --> 00:32:17.279
 the

00:32:17.279 --> 00:32:17.620
 believers

00:32:17.620 --> 00:32:18.160
 raised

00:32:18.160 --> 00:32:18.380
 their

00:32:18.380 --> 00:32:18.759
 voices

00:32:18.759 --> 00:32:19.340
 together

00:32:19.340 --> 00:32:19.580
 in

00:32:19.580 --> 00:32:19.900
 prayer

00:32:19.900 --> 00:32:20.140
 to

00:32:20.140 --> 00:32:20.480
 God

00:32:20.480 --> 00:32:21.160
 it

00:32:21.160 --> 00:32:21.340
 says

00:32:21.340 --> 00:32:21.480
 they

00:32:21.480 --> 00:32:21.620
 were

00:32:21.620 --> 00:32:22.039
 all

00:32:22.039 --> 00:32:22.519
 filled

00:32:22.519 --> 00:32:22.779
 with

00:32:22.779 --> 00:32:22.960
 the

00:32:22.960 --> 00:32:23.220
 Holy

00:32:23.220 --> 00:32:23.600
 Spirit

00:32:23.600 --> 00:32:23.900
 and

00:32:23.900 --> 00:32:24.360
 spoke

00:32:24.360 --> 00:32:24.640
 the

00:32:24.640 --> 00:32:24.860
 word

00:32:24.859 --> 00:32:25.019
 of

00:32:25.019 --> 00:32:25.319
 God

00:32:25.319 --> 00:32:26.059
 boldly

00:32:26.059 --> 00:32:28.219
 Paul

00:32:28.219 --> 00:32:28.539
 knew

00:32:28.539 --> 00:32:28.779
 that

00:32:28.779 --> 00:32:29.059
 Jesus

00:32:29.059 --> 00:32:29.619
 had

00:32:29.619 --> 00:32:30.099
 promised

00:32:30.099 --> 00:32:30.319
 in

00:32:30.319 --> 00:32:30.500
 Luke

00:32:30.500 --> 00:32:30.919
 12

00:32:30.919 --> 00:32:31.699
 to

00:32:31.699 --> 00:32:32.179
 send

00:32:32.179 --> 00:32:32.359
 the

00:32:32.359 --> 00:32:32.539
 Holy

00:32:32.539 --> 00:32:32.839
 Spirit

00:32:32.839 --> 00:32:33.039
 to

00:32:33.039 --> 00:32:33.359
 teach

00:32:33.359 --> 00:32:33.500
 him

00:32:33.500 --> 00:32:33.619
 what

00:32:33.619 --> 00:32:33.759
 to

00:32:33.759 --> 00:32:34.019
 speak

00:32:34.019 --> 00:32:34.199
 when

00:32:34.199 --> 00:32:34.319
 they

00:32:34.319 --> 00:32:34.399
 are

00:32:34.399 --> 00:32:34.619
 under

00:32:34.619 --> 00:32:35.099
 trial

00:32:35.099 --> 00:32:35.319
 by

00:32:35.319 --> 00:32:35.979
 authorities

00:32:35.979 --> 00:32:38.199
 in

00:32:38.199 --> 00:32:38.619
 summary

00:32:38.619 --> 00:32:38.859
 then

00:32:38.859 --> 00:32:39.159
 Paul

00:32:39.159 --> 00:32:39.959
 anticipates

00:32:39.959 --> 00:32:40.159
 that

00:32:40.159 --> 00:32:40.439
 through

00:32:40.439 --> 00:32:40.719
 the

00:32:40.719 --> 00:32:41.159
 prayers

00:32:41.159 --> 00:32:41.539
 of

00:32:41.539 --> 00:32:41.719
 the

00:32:41.719 --> 00:32:42.179
 Philippian

00:32:42.179 --> 00:32:42.699
 believers

00:32:42.699 --> 00:32:43.899
 God

00:32:43.899 --> 00:32:44.139
 will

00:32:44.139 --> 00:32:44.679
 supply

00:32:44.679 --> 00:32:44.939
 the

00:32:44.939 --> 00:32:45.359
 Spirit

00:32:45.359 --> 00:32:45.559
 of

00:32:45.559 --> 00:32:45.819
 Jesus

00:32:45.819 --> 00:32:46.399
 Christ

00:32:46.399 --> 00:32:47.039
 his

00:32:47.039 --> 00:32:47.519
 helper

00:32:47.519 --> 00:32:48.139
 so

00:32:48.139 --> 00:32:48.319
 that

00:32:48.319 --> 00:32:48.539
 with

00:32:48.539 --> 00:32:49.079
 full

00:32:49.079 --> 00:32:49.759
 courage

00:32:49.759 --> 00:32:50.740
 now

00:32:50.740 --> 00:32:51.000
 as

00:32:51.000 --> 00:32:51.559
 always

00:32:51.559 --> 00:32:51.939
 Christ

00:32:51.939 --> 00:32:52.099
 will

00:32:52.099 --> 00:32:52.240
 be

00:32:52.240 --> 00:32:52.579
 honored

00:32:52.579 --> 00:32:52.759
 in

00:32:52.759 --> 00:32:52.899
 his

00:32:52.899 --> 00:32:53.199
 body

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 if

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 you

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 want

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 the

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 help

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 of

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 the

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 Spirit

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 of

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 Jesus

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 Christ

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 that

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 Paul

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 was

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 banking

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 on

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 you

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 must

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 pray

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 you

00:33:04.220 --> 00:33:04.880
 need

00:33:04.880 --> 00:33:05.519
 others

00:33:05.519 --> 00:33:05.740
 to

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 pray

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 for

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 you

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 I'm

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 so

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 grateful

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 to

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 God

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 that

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 we

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 have

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 many

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 people

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 in

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 our

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 church

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 who

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 are

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 eager

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 to

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 pray

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 and

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 desires

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 to

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 see

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 our

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 church

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 pray

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 more

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 in

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 Ephesians

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 6

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 18

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 to

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 20

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 Paul

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 asks

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 the

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 Ephesian

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 church

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 pray

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 also

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 for

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 me

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 that

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 words

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 may

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 be

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 given

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 to

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 me

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 in

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 opening

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 my

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 mouth

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 boldly

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 to

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 proclaim

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 the

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 mystery

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 of

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 the

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 gospel

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 for

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 which

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 I

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 am

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 an

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 ambassador

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 in

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 chains

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 that

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 I

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 may

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 declare

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 it

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 boldly

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 as

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 I

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 ought

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 to

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 speak

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 if

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 you

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 want

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 powerful

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 preaching

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 from

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 the

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 pulpit

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 you

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 must

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 pray

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 if

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 you

00:33:42.619 --> 00:33:42.960
 want

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 to

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 see

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 the

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 power

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 of

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 the

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 Holy

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 Spirit

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 active

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 in

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 our

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 church

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 you

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 must

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 pray

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 all

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 powerless

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 lives

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 are

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 prayerless

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 lives

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 19th

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 century

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 Anglican

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 pastor

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 J.C.

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 Ryle

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 writes in

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 his book

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 A Call

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 to Prayer

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 Tell

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 me

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 one

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 of

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 all

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 the

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 goodly

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 fellowship

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 of

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 saints

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 and

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 martyrs

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 who

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 has

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 not

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 had

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 this

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 mark

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 most

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 prominently

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 he

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 was

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 a

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 man

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 of

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 prayer

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 depend

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 upon

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 it

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 prayer

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 is

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 power

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 prayer

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 obtains

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 fresh

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 and

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 continued

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 outpourings

00:34:20.800 --> 00:34:21.059
 of the

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 spirit

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 he

00:34:22.219 --> 00:34:22.759
 alone

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 begins

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 the

00:34:23.460 --> 00:34:23.699
 work

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 of

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 grace

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 in

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 a

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 man's

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 heart

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 he

00:34:25.659 --> 00:34:26.139
 alone

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 can

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 carry

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 it

00:34:26.960 --> 00:34:27.340
 forward

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 and

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 make

00:34:28.059 --> 00:34:28.219
 it

00:34:28.219 --> 00:34:28.739
 prosper

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 but

00:34:29.460 --> 00:34:29.619
 the

00:34:29.619 --> 00:34:29.860
 good

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 spirit

00:34:30.400 --> 00:34:31.239
 loves

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 to

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 be

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 entreated

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 and

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 those

00:34:33.900 --> 00:34:34.120
 who

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 ask

00:34:34.700 --> 00:34:35.440
 most

00:34:35.440 --> 00:34:35.960
 will

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 have

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 most

00:34:36.900 --> 00:34:37.380
 of

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 his

00:34:37.599 --> 00:34:38.420
 influence

00:34:38.420 --> 00:34:41.760
 if

00:34:41.760 --> 00:34:41.900
 you

00:34:41.900 --> 00:34:42.300
 struggle

00:34:42.300 --> 00:34:42.500
 in

00:34:42.500 --> 00:34:42.640
 your

00:34:42.640 --> 00:34:42.860
 prayer

00:34:42.860 --> 00:34:43.140
 life

00:34:43.140 --> 00:34:43.460
 join

00:34:43.460 --> 00:34:43.700
 up

00:34:43.700 --> 00:34:43.840
 with

00:34:43.840 --> 00:34:44.099
 others

00:34:44.099 --> 00:34:44.300
 to

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 pray

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 come

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 to

00:34:46.539 --> 00:34:46.660
 our

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 midweek

00:34:47.000 --> 00:34:47.300
 prayer

00:34:47.300 --> 00:34:47.700
 service

00:34:47.700 --> 00:34:48.039
 join

00:34:48.039 --> 00:34:48.320
 via

00:34:48.320 --> 00:34:48.700
 zoom

00:34:48.700 --> 00:34:48.880
 if

00:34:48.880 --> 00:34:49.000
 you

00:34:49.000 --> 00:34:49.280
 want

00:34:49.280 --> 00:34:50.019
 come

00:34:50.019 --> 00:34:50.180
 to

00:34:50.180 --> 00:34:50.380
 pray

00:34:50.380 --> 00:34:50.940
 before

00:34:50.940 --> 00:34:51.380
 our

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 Sunday

00:34:51.660 --> 00:34:52.099
 service

00:34:52.099 --> 00:34:52.400
 pray

00:34:52.400 --> 00:34:52.720
 stay

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 to

00:34:52.900 --> 00:34:53.099
 pray

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 after

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 pray

00:34:54.340 --> 00:34:54.460
 in

00:34:54.460 --> 00:34:54.579
 the

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 morning

00:34:54.980 --> 00:34:55.960
 pray

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 at

00:34:56.160 --> 00:34:56.519
 night

00:34:56.519 --> 00:34:56.900
 pray

00:34:56.900 --> 00:34:57.019
 in

00:34:57.019 --> 00:34:57.140
 your

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 bed

00:34:57.539 --> 00:34:58.280
 pray

00:34:58.280 --> 00:34:58.440
 when

00:34:58.440 --> 00:34:58.599
 you're

00:34:58.599 --> 00:34:59.120
 driving

00:34:59.120 --> 00:35:00.340
 pray

00:35:00.340 --> 00:35:00.700
 without

00:35:00.700 --> 00:35:01.340
 ceasing

00:35:01.340 --> 00:35:06.160
 Jesus

00:35:06.160 --> 00:35:06.780
 promises

00:35:06.780 --> 00:35:07.320
 us

00:35:07.320 --> 00:35:08.180
 how

00:35:08.180 --> 00:35:08.539
 much

00:35:08.539 --> 00:35:08.860
 more

00:35:08.860 --> 00:35:09.059
 will

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 your

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 heavenly

00:35:09.559 --> 00:35:10.200
 father

00:35:10.200 --> 00:35:10.480
 who

00:35:10.480 --> 00:35:10.800
 loves

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 you

00:35:11.140 --> 00:35:12.140
 give

00:35:12.140 --> 00:35:12.360
 the

00:35:12.360 --> 00:35:12.640
 holy

00:35:12.640 --> 00:35:13.079
 spirit

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 to

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 those

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 who

00:35:13.600 --> 00:35:13.900
 ask

00:35:13.900 --> 00:35:14.180
 him

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 and

00:35:18.600 --> 00:35:18.800
 then

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 in

00:35:18.980 --> 00:35:19.180
 verses

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 21

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 to

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 24

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 Paul

00:35:20.760 --> 00:35:21.440
 explains

00:35:21.440 --> 00:35:21.920
 why

00:35:21.920 --> 00:35:22.220
 he

00:35:22.220 --> 00:35:22.400
 is

00:35:22.400 --> 00:35:22.519
 in

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 a

00:35:22.640 --> 00:35:22.820
 win

00:35:22.820 --> 00:35:23.019
 win

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 situation

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 and

00:35:25.180 --> 00:35:25.380
 why

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 he

00:35:25.539 --> 00:35:26.120
 expects

00:35:26.120 --> 00:35:26.960
 deliverance

00:35:26.960 --> 00:35:28.120
 he

00:35:28.120 --> 00:35:28.320
 says

00:35:28.320 --> 00:35:28.440
 in

00:35:28.440 --> 00:35:28.559
 verse

00:35:28.559 --> 00:35:29.059
 21

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 for

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 to

00:35:31.840 --> 00:35:32.239
 me

00:35:32.239 --> 00:35:33.279
 to

00:35:33.279 --> 00:35:33.900
 live

00:35:33.900 --> 00:35:34.739
 is

00:35:34.739 --> 00:35:35.239
 Christ

00:35:35.239 --> 00:35:36.019
 and

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 to

00:35:36.159 --> 00:35:36.779
 die

00:35:36.779 --> 00:35:37.719
 is

00:35:37.719 --> 00:35:38.299
 gain

00:35:38.299 --> 00:35:40.019
 that's

00:35:40.019 --> 00:35:40.159
 a

00:35:40.159 --> 00:35:41.039
 beautiful

00:35:41.039 --> 00:35:41.500
 verse

00:35:41.500 --> 00:35:44.219
 I'm

00:35:44.219 --> 00:35:44.679
 not a

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 I'm

00:35:45.299 --> 00:35:45.619
 not a

00:35:45.619 --> 00:35:46.199
 tattooing

00:35:46.199 --> 00:35:46.480
 man

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 but if

00:35:46.900 --> 00:35:47.360
 I were

00:35:47.360 --> 00:35:47.759
 that's

00:35:47.759 --> 00:35:47.960
 what I

00:35:47.960 --> 00:35:48.059
 would

00:35:48.059 --> 00:35:48.320
 tattoo

00:35:48.320 --> 00:35:48.519
 on

00:35:48.519 --> 00:35:48.659
 my

00:35:48.659 --> 00:35:48.980
 body

00:35:48.980 --> 00:35:53.820
 to

00:35:53.820 --> 00:35:54.340
 live

00:35:54.340 --> 00:35:55.460
 Christ

00:35:55.460 --> 00:35:56.159
 to

00:35:56.159 --> 00:35:56.699
 die

00:35:56.699 --> 00:35:57.759
 gain

00:35:57.760 --> 00:35:59.540
 he

00:35:59.540 --> 00:36:00.100
 unpacks

00:36:00.100 --> 00:36:00.220
 it

00:36:00.220 --> 00:36:00.320
 in

00:36:00.320 --> 00:36:00.520
 verses

00:36:00.520 --> 00:36:00.960
 22

00:36:00.960 --> 00:36:01.120
 to

00:36:01.120 --> 00:36:01.620
 24

00:36:01.620 --> 00:36:02.640
 if

00:36:02.640 --> 00:36:02.980
 I

00:36:02.980 --> 00:36:03.180
 am

00:36:03.180 --> 00:36:03.340
 to

00:36:03.340 --> 00:36:03.680
 live

00:36:03.680 --> 00:36:03.880
 in

00:36:03.880 --> 00:36:04.040
 the

00:36:04.040 --> 00:36:04.480
 flesh

00:36:04.480 --> 00:36:04.840
 that

00:36:04.840 --> 00:36:05.180
 means

00:36:05.180 --> 00:36:05.740
 fruitful

00:36:05.740 --> 00:36:06.180
 labor

00:36:06.180 --> 00:36:06.440
 for

00:36:06.440 --> 00:36:06.720
 me

00:36:06.720 --> 00:36:07.500
 yet

00:36:07.500 --> 00:36:07.760
 which

00:36:07.760 --> 00:36:08.000
 I

00:36:08.000 --> 00:36:08.280
 shall

00:36:08.280 --> 00:36:08.780
 choose

00:36:08.780 --> 00:36:08.940
 I

00:36:08.940 --> 00:36:09.200
 cannot

00:36:09.200 --> 00:36:09.620
 tell

00:36:09.620 --> 00:36:10.680
 I

00:36:10.680 --> 00:36:10.820
 am

00:36:10.820 --> 00:36:11.160
 hard

00:36:11.160 --> 00:36:11.520
 pressed

00:36:11.520 --> 00:36:11.860
 between

00:36:11.860 --> 00:36:12.060
 the

00:36:12.060 --> 00:36:12.340
 two

00:36:12.340 --> 00:36:13.760
 my

00:36:13.760 --> 00:36:14.260
 desire

00:36:14.260 --> 00:36:14.500
 is

00:36:14.500 --> 00:36:14.640
 to

00:36:14.640 --> 00:36:15.120
 depart

00:36:15.120 --> 00:36:15.480
 and

00:36:15.480 --> 00:36:15.700
 be

00:36:15.700 --> 00:36:15.920
 with

00:36:15.920 --> 00:36:16.420
 Christ

00:36:16.420 --> 00:36:17.320
 and

00:36:17.320 --> 00:36:17.460
 be

00:36:17.460 --> 00:36:17.680
 with

00:36:17.680 --> 00:36:17.960
 Christ

00:36:17.960 --> 00:36:18.100
 for

00:36:18.100 --> 00:36:18.260
 that

00:36:18.260 --> 00:36:18.380
 is

00:36:18.380 --> 00:36:18.840
 far

00:36:18.840 --> 00:36:19.240
 better

00:36:19.240 --> 00:36:20.040
 but

00:36:20.040 --> 00:36:20.180
 to

00:36:20.180 --> 00:36:20.600
 remain

00:36:20.600 --> 00:36:20.780
 in

00:36:20.780 --> 00:36:20.900
 the

00:36:20.900 --> 00:36:21.140
 flesh

00:36:21.140 --> 00:36:21.300
 is

00:36:21.300 --> 00:36:21.520
 more

00:36:21.520 --> 00:36:21.980
 necessary

00:36:21.980 --> 00:36:22.280
 on

00:36:22.280 --> 00:36:22.480
 your

00:36:22.480 --> 00:36:22.920
 account

00:36:22.920 --> 00:36:23.920
 this

00:36:23.920 --> 00:36:24.280
 dilemma

00:36:24.280 --> 00:36:24.540
 is

00:36:24.540 --> 00:36:25.040
 hypothetical

00:36:25.040 --> 00:36:25.340
 of

00:36:25.340 --> 00:36:25.540
 course

00:36:25.539 --> 00:36:25.940
 Paul

00:36:25.940 --> 00:36:26.179
 is

00:36:26.179 --> 00:36:26.320
 a

00:36:26.320 --> 00:36:26.579
 prisoner

00:36:26.579 --> 00:36:26.820
 and

00:36:26.820 --> 00:36:27.000
 he

00:36:27.000 --> 00:36:27.219
 has

00:36:27.219 --> 00:36:27.480
 no

00:36:27.480 --> 00:36:27.860
 choice

00:36:27.860 --> 00:36:27.980
 in

00:36:27.980 --> 00:36:28.079
 the

00:36:28.079 --> 00:36:28.279
 matter

00:36:28.279 --> 00:36:28.539
 of

00:36:28.539 --> 00:36:28.800
 what's

00:36:28.800 --> 00:36:28.900
 going

00:36:28.900 --> 00:36:28.960
 to

00:36:28.960 --> 00:36:29.179
 happen

00:36:29.179 --> 00:36:29.400
 to

00:36:29.400 --> 00:36:29.599
 him

00:36:29.599 --> 00:36:30.199
 he

00:36:30.199 --> 00:36:30.340
 is

00:36:30.340 --> 00:36:30.699
 totally

00:36:30.699 --> 00:36:31.199
 disposed

00:36:31.199 --> 00:36:31.340
 to

00:36:31.340 --> 00:36:31.460
 the

00:36:31.460 --> 00:36:31.639
 will

00:36:31.639 --> 00:36:31.759
 of

00:36:31.759 --> 00:36:32.039
 another

00:36:32.039 --> 00:36:33.619
 but

00:36:33.619 --> 00:36:33.739
 he

00:36:33.739 --> 00:36:33.880
 is

00:36:33.880 --> 00:36:34.119
 still

00:36:34.119 --> 00:36:34.599
 going

00:36:34.599 --> 00:36:34.820
 through

00:36:34.820 --> 00:36:35.039
 this

00:36:35.039 --> 00:36:35.340
 mental

00:36:35.340 --> 00:36:35.940
 exercise

00:36:35.940 --> 00:36:36.500
 whether

00:36:36.500 --> 00:36:36.659
 or

00:36:36.659 --> 00:36:36.759
 not

00:36:36.759 --> 00:36:36.860
 he

00:36:36.860 --> 00:36:36.940
 will

00:36:36.940 --> 00:36:37.019
 be

00:36:37.019 --> 00:36:37.300
 acquitted

00:36:37.300 --> 00:36:37.480
 or

00:36:37.480 --> 00:36:37.920
 executed

00:36:37.920 --> 00:36:38.380
 what

00:36:38.380 --> 00:36:38.519
 he

00:36:38.519 --> 00:36:38.659
 would

00:36:38.659 --> 00:36:38.900
 choose

00:36:38.900 --> 00:36:39.079
 if

00:36:39.079 --> 00:36:39.199
 he

00:36:39.199 --> 00:36:39.400
 had

00:36:39.400 --> 00:36:39.519
 a

00:36:39.519 --> 00:36:39.880
 choice

00:36:39.880 --> 00:36:40.739
 and

00:36:40.739 --> 00:36:40.880
 he

00:36:40.880 --> 00:36:41.039
 has

00:36:41.039 --> 00:36:41.219
 two

00:36:41.219 --> 00:36:41.659
 genuinely

00:36:41.659 --> 00:36:41.960
 good

00:36:41.960 --> 00:36:42.380
 options

00:36:42.380 --> 00:36:42.719
 before

00:36:42.719 --> 00:36:43.039
 him

00:36:43.039 --> 00:36:43.779
 because

00:36:43.779 --> 00:36:43.940
 he

00:36:43.940 --> 00:36:44.059
 is

00:36:44.059 --> 00:36:44.340
 not

00:36:44.340 --> 00:36:44.500
 a

00:36:44.500 --> 00:36:44.800
 man

00:36:44.800 --> 00:36:45.360
 fearing

00:36:45.360 --> 00:36:45.659
 for

00:36:45.659 --> 00:36:45.879
 his

00:36:45.879 --> 00:36:46.299
 life

00:36:46.299 --> 00:36:46.559
 and

00:36:46.559 --> 00:36:47.219
 pleading

00:36:47.219 --> 00:36:47.799
 desperately

00:36:47.799 --> 00:36:48.139
 for

00:36:48.139 --> 00:36:48.319
 his

00:36:48.319 --> 00:36:48.819
 release

00:36:48.819 --> 00:36:50.839
 on the

00:36:50.839 --> 00:36:51.059
 one

00:36:51.059 --> 00:36:51.319
 hand

00:36:51.319 --> 00:36:51.460
 if

00:36:51.460 --> 00:36:51.559
 he

00:36:51.559 --> 00:36:51.699
 is

00:36:51.699 --> 00:36:52.159
 executed

00:36:52.159 --> 00:36:52.359
 he

00:36:52.359 --> 00:36:52.480
 will

00:36:52.480 --> 00:36:52.639
 get

00:36:52.639 --> 00:36:52.819
 to

00:36:52.819 --> 00:36:53.339
 depart

00:36:53.339 --> 00:36:54.019
 and

00:36:54.019 --> 00:36:54.279
 be

00:36:54.279 --> 00:36:54.559
 with

00:36:54.559 --> 00:36:55.119
 Christ

00:36:55.119 --> 00:36:57.739
 which

00:36:57.739 --> 00:36:57.899
 is

00:36:57.899 --> 00:36:58.279
 far

00:36:58.279 --> 00:36:58.679
 better

00:36:58.679 --> 00:37:01.500
 on the

00:37:01.500 --> 00:37:01.699
 other

00:37:01.699 --> 00:37:01.960
 hand

00:37:01.960 --> 00:37:02.119
 if

00:37:02.119 --> 00:37:02.239
 he

00:37:02.239 --> 00:37:02.359
 is

00:37:02.359 --> 00:37:02.960
 released

00:37:02.960 --> 00:37:03.500
 he

00:37:03.500 --> 00:37:03.619
 will

00:37:03.619 --> 00:37:03.739
 get

00:37:03.739 --> 00:37:03.899
 to

00:37:03.899 --> 00:37:04.299
 continue

00:37:04.299 --> 00:37:04.500
 in

00:37:04.500 --> 00:37:04.920
 fruitful

00:37:04.920 --> 00:37:05.420
 labor

00:37:05.420 --> 00:37:05.899
 for

00:37:05.899 --> 00:37:06.420
 Christ

00:37:06.420 --> 00:37:06.879
 which

00:37:06.879 --> 00:37:07.039
 is

00:37:07.039 --> 00:37:07.259
 more

00:37:07.259 --> 00:37:07.940
 necessary

00:37:07.940 --> 00:37:10.039
 this

00:37:10.039 --> 00:37:10.500
 passage

00:37:10.500 --> 00:37:11.059
 is so

00:37:11.059 --> 00:37:11.699
 instructive

00:37:11.699 --> 00:37:11.899
 for us

00:37:11.899 --> 00:37:12.000
 it

00:37:12.000 --> 00:37:12.420
 tells us

00:37:12.420 --> 00:37:12.920
 what happens

00:37:12.920 --> 00:37:13.279
 when we

00:37:13.279 --> 00:37:13.539
 die

00:37:13.539 --> 00:37:13.739
 as

00:37:13.739 --> 00:37:14.099
 Christians

00:37:14.099 --> 00:37:14.799
 we

00:37:14.799 --> 00:37:14.940
 will

00:37:14.940 --> 00:37:15.339
 depart

00:37:15.339 --> 00:37:15.539
 and

00:37:15.539 --> 00:37:15.699
 be

00:37:15.699 --> 00:37:15.900
 with

00:37:15.900 --> 00:37:16.360
 Christ

00:37:16.360 --> 00:37:18.420
 some

00:37:18.420 --> 00:37:18.759
 Christians

00:37:18.759 --> 00:37:19.159
 believe

00:37:19.159 --> 00:37:19.339
 in

00:37:19.339 --> 00:37:19.539
 what

00:37:19.539 --> 00:37:19.839
 they

00:37:19.839 --> 00:37:20.059
 call

00:37:20.059 --> 00:37:20.480
 soul

00:37:20.480 --> 00:37:20.839
 sleep

00:37:20.839 --> 00:37:21.059
 where

00:37:21.059 --> 00:37:21.259
 our

00:37:21.259 --> 00:37:21.579
 souls

00:37:21.579 --> 00:37:22.019
 are

00:37:22.019 --> 00:37:22.440
 believed

00:37:22.440 --> 00:37:22.739
 to be

00:37:22.739 --> 00:37:23.400
 asleep

00:37:23.400 --> 00:37:23.719
 within

00:37:23.719 --> 00:37:23.940
 our

00:37:23.940 --> 00:37:24.339
 bodies

00:37:24.339 --> 00:37:24.539
 when

00:37:24.539 --> 00:37:24.699
 we

00:37:24.699 --> 00:37:25.019
 die

00:37:25.019 --> 00:37:26.019
 waiting

00:37:26.019 --> 00:37:26.279
 to

00:37:26.279 --> 00:37:26.460
 be

00:37:26.460 --> 00:37:26.940
 awakened

00:37:26.940 --> 00:37:27.339
 at

00:37:27.339 --> 00:37:27.500
 the

00:37:27.500 --> 00:37:27.819
 resurrection

00:37:27.819 --> 00:37:28.079
 of

00:37:28.079 --> 00:37:28.179
 the

00:37:28.179 --> 00:37:28.460
 dead

00:37:28.460 --> 00:37:29.000
 but

00:37:29.000 --> 00:37:29.159
 that

00:37:29.159 --> 00:37:29.460
 idea

00:37:29.460 --> 00:37:29.819
 doesn't

00:37:29.819 --> 00:37:30.099
 fit

00:37:30.099 --> 00:37:30.299
 with

00:37:30.299 --> 00:37:30.819
 Philippians

00:37:30.819 --> 00:37:31.159
 1

00:37:31.159 --> 00:37:31.579
 21

00:37:31.579 --> 00:37:31.759
 to

00:37:31.759 --> 00:37:32.279
 24

00:37:32.279 --> 00:37:34.380
 Paul

00:37:34.380 --> 00:37:34.900
 clearly

00:37:34.900 --> 00:37:36.099
 contrasts

00:37:36.099 --> 00:37:36.539
 remaining

00:37:36.539 --> 00:37:37.019
 in the

00:37:37.019 --> 00:37:37.440
 flesh

00:37:37.440 --> 00:37:38.139
 with

00:37:38.139 --> 00:37:38.839
 departing

00:37:38.839 --> 00:37:39.079
 and

00:37:39.079 --> 00:37:39.360
 being

00:37:39.360 --> 00:37:39.679
 with

00:37:39.679 --> 00:37:40.159
 Christ

00:37:40.159 --> 00:37:40.960
 when

00:37:40.960 --> 00:37:41.119
 a

00:37:41.119 --> 00:37:41.380
 Christian

00:37:41.380 --> 00:37:41.839
 dies

00:37:41.839 --> 00:37:42.079
 his

00:37:42.079 --> 00:37:42.539
 soul

00:37:42.539 --> 00:37:43.360
 departs

00:37:43.360 --> 00:37:43.539
 to

00:37:43.539 --> 00:37:43.819
 be

00:37:43.820 --> 00:37:44.080
 with

00:37:44.080 --> 00:37:44.500
 Christ

00:37:44.500 --> 00:37:44.920
 it

00:37:44.920 --> 00:37:45.300
 leaves

00:37:45.300 --> 00:37:45.440
 the

00:37:45.440 --> 00:37:45.780
 body

00:37:45.780 --> 00:37:46.960
 this

00:37:46.960 --> 00:37:47.100
 is

00:37:47.100 --> 00:37:47.340
 why

00:37:47.340 --> 00:37:47.940
 it's

00:37:47.940 --> 00:37:48.140
 called

00:37:48.140 --> 00:37:48.340
 the

00:37:48.340 --> 00:37:49.039
 intermediate

00:37:49.039 --> 00:37:49.440
 state

00:37:49.440 --> 00:37:49.680
 because

00:37:49.680 --> 00:37:49.820
 it's

00:37:49.820 --> 00:37:50.019
 not

00:37:50.019 --> 00:37:50.240
 the

00:37:50.240 --> 00:37:50.640
 ultimate

00:37:50.640 --> 00:37:51.140
 state

00:37:51.140 --> 00:37:52.600
 and

00:37:52.600 --> 00:37:52.720
 then

00:37:52.720 --> 00:37:52.840
 it's

00:37:52.840 --> 00:37:53.039
 when

00:37:53.039 --> 00:37:53.420
 Christ

00:37:53.420 --> 00:37:54.059
 returns

00:37:54.059 --> 00:37:54.300
 and

00:37:54.300 --> 00:37:54.500
 our

00:37:54.500 --> 00:37:54.960
 bodies

00:37:54.960 --> 00:37:55.160
 are

00:37:55.160 --> 00:37:55.660
 resurrected

00:37:55.660 --> 00:37:56.059
 again

00:37:56.059 --> 00:37:56.220
 that

00:37:56.220 --> 00:37:56.340
 we

00:37:56.340 --> 00:37:56.640
 become

00:37:56.640 --> 00:37:57.120
 whole

00:37:57.120 --> 00:37:58.680
 reunited

00:37:58.680 --> 00:37:59.100
 with

00:37:59.100 --> 00:37:59.500
 soul

00:37:59.500 --> 00:37:59.680
 and

00:37:59.680 --> 00:38:00.039
 body

00:38:00.039 --> 00:38:01.920
 fully

00:38:01.920 --> 00:38:02.559
 redeemed

00:38:02.559 --> 00:38:05.219
 and

00:38:05.219 --> 00:38:05.480
 that's

00:38:05.480 --> 00:38:05.639
 when

00:38:05.639 --> 00:38:05.779
 our

00:38:05.779 --> 00:38:06.159
 last

00:38:06.159 --> 00:38:06.480
 enemy

00:38:06.480 --> 00:38:06.900
 death

00:38:06.900 --> 00:38:07.079
 is

00:38:07.079 --> 00:38:07.480
 ultimately

00:38:07.480 --> 00:38:08.000
 defeated

00:38:08.000 --> 00:38:12.340
 for

00:38:12.340 --> 00:38:12.699
 Paul

00:38:12.699 --> 00:38:12.980
 this

00:38:12.980 --> 00:38:13.139
 is

00:38:13.139 --> 00:38:13.619
 far

00:38:13.619 --> 00:38:14.019
 better

00:38:14.019 --> 00:38:15.299
 than

00:38:15.299 --> 00:38:15.719
 remaining

00:38:15.719 --> 00:38:16.099
 alive

00:38:16.099 --> 00:38:16.340
 in the

00:38:16.340 --> 00:38:16.719
 flesh

00:38:16.719 --> 00:38:18.579
 can

00:38:18.579 --> 00:38:18.759
 you

00:38:18.759 --> 00:38:18.980
 say

00:38:18.980 --> 00:38:19.199
 that

00:38:19.199 --> 00:38:19.420
 about

00:38:19.420 --> 00:38:19.739
 your

00:38:19.739 --> 00:38:20.159
 impending

00:38:20.159 --> 00:38:20.519
 death

00:38:20.519 --> 00:38:24.559
 I

00:38:24.559 --> 00:38:24.799
 say

00:38:24.799 --> 00:38:25.480
 impending

00:38:25.480 --> 00:38:27.019
 intentionally

00:38:27.019 --> 00:38:27.579
 because

00:38:27.579 --> 00:38:28.320
 death

00:38:28.320 --> 00:38:28.880
 is

00:38:28.880 --> 00:38:29.779
 impending

00:38:29.780 --> 00:38:30.540
 for

00:38:30.540 --> 00:38:30.800
 all

00:38:30.800 --> 00:38:30.940
 of

00:38:30.940 --> 00:38:31.340
 us

00:38:31.340 --> 00:38:33.740
 unless

00:38:33.740 --> 00:38:34.120
 Christ

00:38:34.120 --> 00:38:34.519
 returns

00:38:34.519 --> 00:38:34.820
 before

00:38:34.820 --> 00:38:35.100
 that

00:38:35.100 --> 00:38:37.640
 we

00:38:37.640 --> 00:38:37.820
 will

00:38:37.820 --> 00:38:38.040
 all

00:38:38.040 --> 00:38:38.320
 die

00:38:38.320 --> 00:38:38.660
 sooner

00:38:38.660 --> 00:38:38.880
 or

00:38:38.880 --> 00:38:39.100
 later

00:38:39.100 --> 00:38:39.560
 maybe

00:38:39.560 --> 00:38:40.080
 tomorrow

00:38:40.080 --> 00:38:40.920
 maybe

00:38:40.920 --> 00:38:41.340
 70

00:38:41.340 --> 00:38:41.620
 years

00:38:41.620 --> 00:38:41.780
 from

00:38:41.780 --> 00:38:42.060
 now

00:38:42.060 --> 00:38:43.400
 unless

00:38:43.400 --> 00:38:44.620
 Christ

00:38:44.620 --> 00:38:45.040
 returns

00:38:45.040 --> 00:38:45.500
 before

00:38:45.500 --> 00:38:45.720
 that

00:38:45.720 --> 00:38:46.280
 regardless

00:38:46.280 --> 00:38:46.780
 of how

00:38:46.780 --> 00:38:47.060
 long

00:38:47.060 --> 00:38:47.260
 we

00:38:47.260 --> 00:38:47.660
 live

00:38:47.660 --> 00:38:48.340
 compared

00:38:48.340 --> 00:38:48.920
 to

00:38:48.920 --> 00:38:49.560
 eternity

00:38:49.560 --> 00:38:50.000
 with

00:38:50.000 --> 00:38:50.440
 God

00:38:50.440 --> 00:38:51.920
 our

00:38:51.920 --> 00:38:52.280
 lives

00:38:52.280 --> 00:38:52.440
 are

00:38:52.440 --> 00:38:52.600
 but

00:38:52.600 --> 00:38:52.720
 a

00:38:52.720 --> 00:38:53.080
 breath

00:38:53.080 --> 00:38:54.980
 and

00:38:54.980 --> 00:38:55.220
 one

00:38:55.220 --> 00:38:55.500
 thing

00:38:55.500 --> 00:38:55.640
 that

00:38:55.640 --> 00:38:55.780
 I'm

00:38:55.780 --> 00:38:56.060
 grateful

00:38:56.060 --> 00:38:56.260
 to

00:38:56.260 --> 00:38:56.460
 God

00:38:56.460 --> 00:38:56.700
 for

00:38:56.700 --> 00:38:56.940
 about

00:38:56.940 --> 00:38:57.240
 COVID

00:38:57.240 --> 00:38:57.620
 19

00:38:57.620 --> 00:38:58.400
 is

00:38:58.400 --> 00:38:58.540
 that

00:38:58.540 --> 00:38:58.660
 it

00:38:58.660 --> 00:38:58.840
 has

00:38:58.840 --> 00:38:59.420
 awakened

00:38:59.420 --> 00:38:59.800
 us

00:38:59.800 --> 00:39:00.039
 to

00:39:00.039 --> 00:39:00.400
 this

00:39:00.400 --> 00:39:01.380
 reality

00:39:01.380 --> 00:39:02.119
 of

00:39:02.119 --> 00:39:02.280
 the

00:39:02.280 --> 00:39:03.099
 universality

00:39:03.099 --> 00:39:03.440
 and

00:39:03.440 --> 00:39:03.619
 the

00:39:03.619 --> 00:39:04.539
 inevitability

00:39:04.539 --> 00:39:05.220
 of

00:39:05.220 --> 00:39:05.599
 death

00:39:05.599 --> 00:39:07.380
 and

00:39:07.380 --> 00:39:07.599
 this

00:39:07.599 --> 00:39:08.159
 creates

00:39:08.159 --> 00:39:08.400
 an

00:39:08.400 --> 00:39:08.980
 opportunity

00:39:08.980 --> 00:39:09.280
 for

00:39:09.280 --> 00:39:09.440
 us

00:39:09.440 --> 00:39:09.619
 to

00:39:09.619 --> 00:39:09.940
 witness

00:39:09.940 --> 00:39:10.200
 to

00:39:10.200 --> 00:39:10.460
 others

00:39:10.460 --> 00:39:10.760
 about

00:39:10.760 --> 00:39:11.220
 Christ

00:39:11.220 --> 00:39:11.599
 who

00:39:11.599 --> 00:39:11.760
 is

00:39:11.760 --> 00:39:11.940
 the

00:39:11.940 --> 00:39:12.440
 resurrection

00:39:12.440 --> 00:39:12.800
 and

00:39:12.800 --> 00:39:12.900
 the

00:39:12.900 --> 00:39:13.260
 life

00:39:13.260 --> 00:39:14.300
 because

00:39:14.300 --> 00:39:14.619
 people

00:39:14.619 --> 00:39:14.780
 of

00:39:14.780 --> 00:39:14.960
 this

00:39:14.960 --> 00:39:15.280
 world

00:39:15.280 --> 00:39:16.119
 tremble

00:39:16.119 --> 00:39:16.880
 with

00:39:16.880 --> 00:39:17.320
 fear

00:39:17.320 --> 00:39:17.480
 at

00:39:17.480 --> 00:39:17.599
 the

00:39:17.599 --> 00:39:17.960
 prospect

00:39:17.960 --> 00:39:18.180
 of

00:39:18.180 --> 00:39:18.539
 death

00:39:18.539 --> 00:39:20.480
 why

00:39:20.480 --> 00:39:20.840
 because

00:39:20.840 --> 00:39:21.240
 they

00:39:21.240 --> 00:39:21.740
 love

00:39:21.740 --> 00:39:22.119
 this

00:39:22.119 --> 00:39:22.639
 life

00:39:22.639 --> 00:39:23.579
 because

00:39:23.579 --> 00:39:23.780
 they

00:39:23.780 --> 00:39:24.260
 love

00:39:24.260 --> 00:39:24.820
 this

00:39:24.820 --> 00:39:25.240
 world

00:39:25.240 --> 00:39:26.700
 but

00:39:26.700 --> 00:39:26.940
 we

00:39:26.940 --> 00:39:27.320
 have

00:39:27.320 --> 00:39:27.780
 nothing

00:39:27.780 --> 00:39:28.159
 to

00:39:28.159 --> 00:39:28.659
 fear

00:39:28.659 --> 00:39:29.279
 in

00:39:29.279 --> 00:39:29.699
 death

00:39:29.699 --> 00:39:31.639
 because

00:39:31.639 --> 00:39:31.899
 we

00:39:31.899 --> 00:39:32.199
 are

00:39:32.199 --> 00:39:32.359
 a

00:39:32.359 --> 00:39:32.719
 people

00:39:32.719 --> 00:39:33.239
 who

00:39:33.239 --> 00:39:33.440
 have

00:39:33.440 --> 00:39:34.179
 forsaken

00:39:34.179 --> 00:39:34.480
 this

00:39:34.480 --> 00:39:34.899
 life

00:39:34.899 --> 00:39:35.599
 because

00:39:35.599 --> 00:39:35.779
 we

00:39:35.779 --> 00:39:35.920
 are

00:39:35.920 --> 00:39:36.079
 a

00:39:36.079 --> 00:39:36.460
 people

00:39:36.460 --> 00:39:36.940
 who

00:39:36.940 --> 00:39:37.079
 have

00:39:37.079 --> 00:39:37.679
 forsaken

00:39:37.679 --> 00:39:38.259
 the

00:39:38.259 --> 00:39:38.719
 world

00:39:38.719 --> 00:39:39.179
 to

00:39:39.179 --> 00:39:39.599
 follow

00:39:39.599 --> 00:39:40.279
 Christ

00:39:40.279 --> 00:39:43.099
 Philippians

00:39:43.099 --> 00:39:43.460
 3

00:39:43.460 --> 00:39:43.819
 7

00:39:43.820 --> 00:39:44.180
 8

00:39:44.180 --> 00:39:44.200
 8

00:40:13.820 --> 00:40:14.460
 this

00:40:14.460 --> 00:40:14.900
 is

00:40:14.900 --> 00:40:15.320
 the

00:40:15.320 --> 00:40:15.760
 most

00:40:15.760 --> 00:40:16.500
 important

00:40:16.500 --> 00:40:17.220
 cost

00:40:17.220 --> 00:40:17.800
 benefit

00:40:17.800 --> 00:40:18.420
 analysis

00:40:18.420 --> 00:40:18.720
 that

00:40:18.720 --> 00:40:19.039
 any

00:40:19.039 --> 00:40:19.380
 human

00:40:19.380 --> 00:40:19.660
 being

00:40:19.660 --> 00:40:19.880
 can

00:40:19.880 --> 00:40:20.120
 do

00:40:20.120 --> 00:40:22.760
 the

00:40:22.760 --> 00:40:23.180
 world

00:40:23.180 --> 00:40:23.760
 is

00:40:23.760 --> 00:40:24.000
 all

00:40:24.000 --> 00:40:24.360
 glitter

00:40:24.360 --> 00:40:26.200
 it's

00:40:26.200 --> 00:40:26.539
 shiny

00:40:26.539 --> 00:40:26.800
 but

00:40:26.800 --> 00:40:27.320
 worthless

00:40:27.320 --> 00:40:29.100
 Jesus

00:40:29.100 --> 00:40:29.380
 is

00:40:29.380 --> 00:40:29.800
 gold

00:40:29.800 --> 00:40:33.760
 gold

00:40:33.760 --> 00:40:33.980
 of

00:40:33.980 --> 00:40:34.740
 surpassing

00:40:34.740 --> 00:40:35.140
 worth

00:40:35.140 --> 00:40:36.800
 if

00:40:36.800 --> 00:40:36.920
 you

00:40:36.920 --> 00:40:37.260
 fear

00:40:37.260 --> 00:40:37.760
 death

00:40:37.760 --> 00:40:38.640
 a

00:40:38.640 --> 00:40:38.920
 helpful

00:40:38.920 --> 00:40:39.340
 question

00:40:39.340 --> 00:40:39.520
 to

00:40:39.520 --> 00:40:39.820
 ask

00:40:39.820 --> 00:40:40.200
 yourself

00:40:40.200 --> 00:40:40.400
 is

00:40:40.400 --> 00:40:40.740
 this

00:40:40.740 --> 00:40:41.960
 what

00:40:41.960 --> 00:40:42.160
 do

00:40:42.160 --> 00:40:42.320
 you

00:40:42.320 --> 00:40:42.760
 fear

00:40:42.760 --> 00:40:43.000
 to

00:40:43.000 --> 00:40:43.340
 lose

00:40:43.340 --> 00:40:43.520
 in

00:40:43.520 --> 00:40:43.720
 this

00:40:43.720 --> 00:40:44.100
 life

00:40:44.100 --> 00:40:44.300
 and

00:40:44.300 --> 00:40:44.440
 in

00:40:44.440 --> 00:40:44.600
 this

00:40:44.600 --> 00:40:44.940
 world

00:40:44.940 --> 00:40:48.960
 do

00:40:48.960 --> 00:40:49.100
 you

00:40:49.100 --> 00:40:49.400
 fear

00:40:49.400 --> 00:40:49.700
 losing

00:40:49.700 --> 00:40:49.900
 your

00:40:49.900 --> 00:40:50.320
 spouse

00:40:50.320 --> 00:40:50.540
 or

00:40:50.540 --> 00:40:50.960
 children

00:40:50.960 --> 00:40:52.140
 do

00:40:52.140 --> 00:40:52.220
 you

00:40:52.220 --> 00:40:52.400
 think

00:40:52.400 --> 00:40:52.560
 that

00:40:52.560 --> 00:40:52.780
 God

00:40:52.780 --> 00:40:53.200
 almighty

00:40:53.200 --> 00:40:54.020
 can't

00:40:54.020 --> 00:40:54.240
 take

00:40:54.240 --> 00:40:54.480
 care

00:40:54.480 --> 00:40:54.600
 of

00:40:54.600 --> 00:40:54.720
 them

00:40:54.720 --> 00:40:54.920
 without

00:40:54.920 --> 00:40:55.280
 your

00:40:55.280 --> 00:40:55.620
 help

00:40:55.620 --> 00:40:59.080
 do

00:40:59.080 --> 00:40:59.220
 you

00:40:59.220 --> 00:40:59.500
 fear

00:40:59.500 --> 00:40:59.800
 losing

00:40:59.800 --> 00:41:00.000
 your

00:41:00.000 --> 00:41:00.400
 career

00:41:00.400 --> 00:41:01.700
 the

00:41:01.700 --> 00:41:02.280
 possibility

00:41:02.280 --> 00:41:02.560
 of

00:41:02.560 --> 00:41:03.260
 accomplishing

00:41:03.260 --> 00:41:03.940
 something

00:41:03.940 --> 00:41:04.340
 great

00:41:04.340 --> 00:41:04.500
 and

00:41:04.500 --> 00:41:04.740
 making

00:41:04.740 --> 00:41:04.900
 a

00:41:04.900 --> 00:41:05.100
 name

00:41:05.100 --> 00:41:05.280
 for

00:41:05.280 --> 00:41:05.700
 yourself

00:41:05.699 --> 00:41:08.559
 do

00:41:08.559 --> 00:41:08.699
 you

00:41:08.699 --> 00:41:09.079
 fear

00:41:09.079 --> 00:41:09.480
 missing

00:41:09.480 --> 00:41:09.839
 out

00:41:09.839 --> 00:41:09.960
 on

00:41:09.960 --> 00:41:10.079
 the

00:41:10.079 --> 00:41:10.439
 pleasures

00:41:10.439 --> 00:41:10.679
 that

00:41:10.679 --> 00:41:10.879
 this

00:41:10.879 --> 00:41:11.139
 world

00:41:11.139 --> 00:41:11.379
 has

00:41:11.379 --> 00:41:11.539
 to

00:41:11.539 --> 00:41:11.879
 offer

00:41:11.879 --> 00:41:13.939
 then

00:41:13.939 --> 00:41:14.039
 you

00:41:14.039 --> 00:41:14.159
 need

00:41:14.159 --> 00:41:14.299
 to

00:41:14.299 --> 00:41:14.719
 count

00:41:14.719 --> 00:41:15.000
 the

00:41:15.000 --> 00:41:15.500
 cost

00:41:15.500 --> 00:41:15.839
 and

00:41:15.839 --> 00:41:16.239
 remember

00:41:16.239 --> 00:41:16.460
 that

00:41:16.460 --> 00:41:16.619
 to

00:41:16.619 --> 00:41:16.919
 follow

00:41:16.919 --> 00:41:17.439
 Christ

00:41:17.439 --> 00:41:17.939
 is

00:41:17.939 --> 00:41:18.059
 to

00:41:18.059 --> 00:41:18.460
 suffer

00:41:18.460 --> 00:41:18.699
 the

00:41:18.699 --> 00:41:18.960
 loss

00:41:18.960 --> 00:41:19.099
 of

00:41:19.099 --> 00:41:19.259
 all

00:41:19.259 --> 00:41:19.679
 things

00:41:19.679 --> 00:41:21.779
 you

00:41:21.779 --> 00:41:21.899
 need

00:41:21.899 --> 00:41:22.000
 to

00:41:22.000 --> 00:41:22.319
 recognize

00:41:22.319 --> 00:41:22.559
 that

00:41:22.559 --> 00:41:22.699
 you

00:41:22.699 --> 00:41:22.919
 have

00:41:22.919 --> 00:41:23.059
 to

00:41:23.059 --> 00:41:23.519
 gain

00:41:23.519 --> 00:41:24.000
 what

00:41:24.000 --> 00:41:24.179
 you

00:41:24.179 --> 00:41:24.399
 have

00:41:24.399 --> 00:41:24.559
 to

00:41:24.559 --> 00:41:24.839
 gain

00:41:24.839 --> 00:41:25.019
 in

00:41:25.019 --> 00:41:25.339
 Christ

00:41:25.339 --> 00:41:25.579
 is

00:41:25.579 --> 00:41:26.239
 infinitely

00:41:26.239 --> 00:41:26.659
 more

00:41:26.659 --> 00:41:27.259
 valuable

00:41:27.259 --> 00:41:27.939
 than

00:41:27.939 --> 00:41:28.259
 any

00:41:28.259 --> 00:41:28.460
 of

00:41:28.460 --> 00:41:28.659
 these

00:41:28.659 --> 00:41:29.159
 things

00:41:29.159 --> 00:41:31.000
 think

00:41:31.000 --> 00:41:31.279
 about

00:41:31.279 --> 00:41:31.399
 it

00:41:31.399 --> 00:41:31.599
 brothers

00:41:31.599 --> 00:41:31.799
 and

00:41:31.799 --> 00:41:32.079
 sisters

00:41:32.079 --> 00:41:32.639
 Jesus

00:41:32.639 --> 00:41:33.379
 who

00:41:33.379 --> 00:41:33.919
 loved

00:41:33.919 --> 00:41:34.199
 you

00:41:34.199 --> 00:41:34.439
 and

00:41:34.439 --> 00:41:34.919
 called

00:41:34.919 --> 00:41:35.079
 you

00:41:35.079 --> 00:41:35.279
 his

00:41:35.699 --> 00:41:36.359
 the

00:41:36.359 --> 00:41:36.919
 redeemer

00:41:36.919 --> 00:41:37.219
 who

00:41:37.219 --> 00:41:37.619
 paid

00:41:37.619 --> 00:41:37.919
 your

00:41:37.919 --> 00:41:38.239
 debt

00:41:38.239 --> 00:41:38.419
 of

00:41:38.419 --> 00:41:38.739
 sin

00:41:38.739 --> 00:41:39.239
 and

00:41:39.239 --> 00:41:40.219
 emancipated

00:41:40.219 --> 00:41:40.419
 you

00:41:40.419 --> 00:41:40.799
 freed

00:41:40.799 --> 00:41:41.000
 you

00:41:41.000 --> 00:41:41.199
 from

00:41:41.199 --> 00:41:41.379
 your

00:41:41.379 --> 00:41:41.819
 slavery

00:41:41.819 --> 00:41:42.359
 the

00:41:42.359 --> 00:41:42.819
 savior

00:41:42.819 --> 00:41:43.079
 who

00:41:43.079 --> 00:41:43.519
 rescued

00:41:43.519 --> 00:41:43.819
 you

00:41:43.819 --> 00:41:44.059
 from

00:41:44.059 --> 00:41:44.279
 the

00:41:44.279 --> 00:41:44.699
 fires

00:41:44.699 --> 00:41:44.899
 of

00:41:44.899 --> 00:41:45.219
 hell

00:41:45.219 --> 00:41:46.079
 the

00:41:46.079 --> 00:41:46.579
 warrior

00:41:46.579 --> 00:41:46.839
 who

00:41:46.839 --> 00:41:47.179
 stared

00:41:47.179 --> 00:41:47.579
 death

00:41:47.579 --> 00:41:47.719
 in

00:41:47.719 --> 00:41:47.839
 the

00:41:47.839 --> 00:41:48.259
 face

00:41:48.259 --> 00:41:48.699
 and

00:41:48.699 --> 00:41:49.139
 fought

00:41:49.139 --> 00:41:49.299
 it

00:41:49.299 --> 00:41:49.480
 and

00:41:49.480 --> 00:41:49.960
 defeated

00:41:49.960 --> 00:41:50.239
 it

00:41:50.239 --> 00:41:50.699
 on

00:41:50.699 --> 00:41:51.000
 your

00:41:51.000 --> 00:41:51.659
 behalf

00:41:51.659 --> 00:41:52.779
 the

00:41:52.779 --> 00:41:53.159
 Lord

00:41:53.159 --> 00:41:53.339
 who

00:41:53.339 --> 00:41:54.139
 vanquished

00:41:54.139 --> 00:41:55.119
 Satan

00:41:55.119 --> 00:41:55.460
 our

00:41:55.460 --> 00:41:56.019
 hateful

00:41:56.019 --> 00:41:56.379
 enemy

00:41:56.379 --> 00:41:58.219
 the

00:41:58.219 --> 00:41:58.699
 king

00:41:58.699 --> 00:41:59.139
 who

00:41:59.139 --> 00:41:59.799
 graciously

00:41:59.799 --> 00:42:00.339
 called

00:42:00.339 --> 00:42:00.559
 you

00:42:00.559 --> 00:42:01.099
 into

00:42:01.099 --> 00:42:01.359
 his

00:42:01.359 --> 00:42:01.839
 service

00:42:01.839 --> 00:42:02.319
 the

00:42:02.319 --> 00:42:02.819
 friend

00:42:02.819 --> 00:42:03.039
 who

00:42:03.039 --> 00:42:03.359
 laid

00:42:03.359 --> 00:42:03.799
 down

00:42:03.799 --> 00:42:04.219
 his

00:42:04.219 --> 00:42:04.659
 life

00:42:04.659 --> 00:42:04.859
 for

00:42:04.859 --> 00:42:05.199
 you

00:42:05.199 --> 00:42:05.719
 and

00:42:05.719 --> 00:42:05.879
 who

00:42:05.879 --> 00:42:06.000
 has

00:42:06.000 --> 00:42:06.419
 never

00:42:06.419 --> 00:42:06.799
 left

00:42:06.799 --> 00:42:07.000
 your

00:42:07.000 --> 00:42:07.500
 side

00:42:07.500 --> 00:42:08.119
 the

00:42:08.119 --> 00:42:08.679
 master

00:42:08.679 --> 00:42:08.899
 who

00:42:08.899 --> 00:42:09.019
 has

00:42:09.019 --> 00:42:09.460
 provided

00:42:09.460 --> 00:42:10.299
 everything

00:42:10.299 --> 00:42:10.619
 you

00:42:10.619 --> 00:42:10.899
 have

00:42:10.899 --> 00:42:11.179
 ever

00:42:11.179 --> 00:42:11.699
 needed

00:42:11.699 --> 00:42:14.199
 Jesus

00:42:14.199 --> 00:42:14.639
 is

00:42:14.639 --> 00:42:15.000
 waiting

00:42:15.000 --> 00:42:15.759
 for you

00:42:15.760 --> 00:42:17.340
 and

00:42:17.340 --> 00:42:17.640
 do you

00:42:17.640 --> 00:42:18.200
 regret

00:42:18.200 --> 00:42:18.860
 death

00:42:18.860 --> 00:42:23.880
 brothers

00:42:23.880 --> 00:42:25.020
 sisters

00:42:25.020 --> 00:42:25.680
 our

00:42:25.680 --> 00:42:26.160
 deepest

00:42:26.160 --> 00:42:27.360
 this

00:42:27.360 --> 00:42:27.660
 should

00:42:27.660 --> 00:42:27.840
 be

00:42:27.840 --> 00:42:28.080
 our

00:42:28.080 --> 00:42:28.460
 deepest

00:42:28.460 --> 00:42:29.000
 longing

00:42:29.000 --> 00:42:29.900
 to be

00:42:29.900 --> 00:42:30.140
 with

00:42:30.140 --> 00:42:30.480
 Christ

00:42:30.480 --> 00:42:30.860
 forever

00:42:30.860 --> 00:42:32.440
 this

00:42:32.440 --> 00:42:32.960
 must

00:42:32.960 --> 00:42:33.320
 not

00:42:33.320 --> 00:42:33.620
 be

00:42:33.620 --> 00:42:33.820
 an

00:42:33.820 --> 00:42:34.460
 afterthought

00:42:34.460 --> 00:42:34.720
 in the

00:42:34.720 --> 00:42:35.140
 Christian's

00:42:35.140 --> 00:42:35.480
 life

00:42:35.480 --> 00:42:36.480
 death

00:42:36.480 --> 00:42:41.980
 if

00:42:41.980 --> 00:42:42.119
 we

00:42:42.119 --> 00:42:42.460
 live

00:42:42.460 --> 00:42:42.639
 as

00:42:42.639 --> 00:42:42.900
 Paul

00:42:42.900 --> 00:42:43.159
 did

00:42:43.159 --> 00:42:43.340
 with

00:42:43.340 --> 00:42:43.639
 single

00:42:43.639 --> 00:42:43.920
 minded

00:42:43.920 --> 00:42:44.400
 devotion

00:42:44.400 --> 00:42:44.639
 to

00:42:44.639 --> 00:42:44.740
 the

00:42:44.740 --> 00:42:45.019
 advance

00:42:45.019 --> 00:42:45.119
 of

00:42:45.119 --> 00:42:45.219
 the

00:42:45.219 --> 00:42:45.500
 gospel

00:42:45.500 --> 00:42:45.699
 we

00:42:45.699 --> 00:42:45.840
 will

00:42:45.840 --> 00:42:46.059
 not

00:42:46.059 --> 00:42:46.360
 dread

00:42:46.360 --> 00:42:46.760
 death

00:42:46.760 --> 00:42:48.860
 instead

00:42:48.860 --> 00:42:49.079
 we'll

00:42:49.079 --> 00:42:49.360
 see it

00:42:49.360 --> 00:42:49.599
 as a

00:42:49.599 --> 00:42:50.119
 fulfillment

00:42:50.119 --> 00:42:50.639
 of our

00:42:50.639 --> 00:42:51.219
 lifelong

00:42:51.219 --> 00:42:51.659
 pursuit

00:42:51.659 --> 00:42:51.840
 of

00:42:51.840 --> 00:42:52.199
 Christ

00:42:52.199 --> 00:42:56.280
 still

00:42:56.280 --> 00:42:56.559
 others

00:42:56.559 --> 00:42:56.860
 in this

00:42:56.860 --> 00:42:57.059
 world

00:42:57.059 --> 00:42:57.300
 fear

00:42:57.300 --> 00:42:57.679
 death

00:42:57.679 --> 00:42:58.559
 not so

00:42:58.559 --> 00:42:58.740
 much

00:42:58.740 --> 00:42:58.960
 because

00:42:58.960 --> 00:42:59.099
 they

00:42:59.099 --> 00:42:59.340
 love

00:42:59.340 --> 00:42:59.500
 the

00:42:59.500 --> 00:42:59.679
 world

00:42:59.679 --> 00:42:59.840
 but

00:42:59.840 --> 00:43:00.079
 because

00:43:00.079 --> 00:43:00.280
 they

00:43:00.280 --> 00:43:00.599
 fear

00:43:00.599 --> 00:43:00.780
 the

00:43:00.780 --> 00:43:01.179
 unknown

00:43:01.179 --> 00:43:03.699
 they

00:43:03.699 --> 00:43:03.839
 don't

00:43:03.839 --> 00:43:03.980
 know

00:43:03.980 --> 00:43:04.199
 what's

00:43:04.199 --> 00:43:04.339
 going

00:43:04.339 --> 00:43:04.480
 to

00:43:04.480 --> 00:43:04.739
 happen

00:43:04.739 --> 00:43:04.919
 to

00:43:04.919 --> 00:43:05.079
 them

00:43:05.079 --> 00:43:05.279
 after

00:43:05.279 --> 00:43:05.460
 they

00:43:05.460 --> 00:43:05.739
 die

00:43:05.739 --> 00:43:07.059
 but

00:43:07.059 --> 00:43:07.339
 we

00:43:07.339 --> 00:43:07.659
 have

00:43:07.659 --> 00:43:08.059
 nothing

00:43:08.059 --> 00:43:08.379
 to

00:43:08.379 --> 00:43:08.799
 fear

00:43:08.799 --> 00:43:11.859
 because

00:43:11.859 --> 00:43:12.419
 people

00:43:12.419 --> 00:43:12.659
 of

00:43:12.659 --> 00:43:13.099
 faith

00:43:13.099 --> 00:43:14.019
 for

00:43:14.019 --> 00:43:14.440
 us

00:43:14.440 --> 00:43:15.399
 the

00:43:15.399 --> 00:43:15.699
 outcome

00:43:15.699 --> 00:43:15.879
 of

00:43:15.879 --> 00:43:16.019
 our

00:43:16.019 --> 00:43:16.279
 death

00:43:16.279 --> 00:43:16.460
 is

00:43:16.460 --> 00:43:16.619
 a

00:43:16.619 --> 00:43:17.059
 certainty

00:43:17.059 --> 00:43:18.779
 pastor

00:43:18.779 --> 00:43:19.219
 Donald

00:43:19.219 --> 00:43:19.500
 Gray

00:43:19.500 --> 00:43:20.079
 Barnhouse

00:43:20.079 --> 00:43:20.819
 from

00:43:20.819 --> 00:43:20.960
 the

00:43:20.960 --> 00:43:21.099
 mid

00:43:21.099 --> 00:43:21.679
 20th

00:43:21.679 --> 00:43:22.019
 century

00:43:22.019 --> 00:43:22.379
 was

00:43:22.379 --> 00:43:23.119
 driving

00:43:23.119 --> 00:43:23.379
 his

00:43:23.379 --> 00:43:23.779
 children

00:43:23.779 --> 00:43:25.059
 after

00:43:25.059 --> 00:43:25.259
 his

00:43:25.259 --> 00:43:25.500
 wife

00:43:25.500 --> 00:43:25.940
 passed

00:43:25.940 --> 00:43:26.319
 to

00:43:26.319 --> 00:43:26.500
 his

00:43:26.500 --> 00:43:26.859
 wife's

00:43:26.859 --> 00:43:27.179
 funeral

00:43:27.179 --> 00:43:28.039
 when

00:43:28.039 --> 00:43:28.159
 they

00:43:28.159 --> 00:43:28.279
 were

00:43:28.279 --> 00:43:28.599
 stopped

00:43:28.599 --> 00:43:28.759
 at

00:43:28.759 --> 00:43:28.879
 a

00:43:28.879 --> 00:43:29.219
 traffic

00:43:29.219 --> 00:43:29.619
 light

00:43:29.619 --> 00:43:31.139
 ahead

00:43:31.139 --> 00:43:31.359
 of

00:43:31.359 --> 00:43:31.559
 them

00:43:31.559 --> 00:43:31.799
 was

00:43:31.799 --> 00:43:31.980
 a

00:43:31.980 --> 00:43:32.579
 huge

00:43:32.579 --> 00:43:33.099
 truck

00:43:33.099 --> 00:43:33.759
 and

00:43:33.759 --> 00:43:33.920
 the

00:43:33.920 --> 00:43:34.159
 sun

00:43:34.159 --> 00:43:34.359
 was

00:43:34.359 --> 00:43:34.679
 shining

00:43:34.679 --> 00:43:34.880
 at

00:43:34.880 --> 00:43:35.079
 such

00:43:35.079 --> 00:43:35.219
 an

00:43:35.219 --> 00:43:35.539
 angle

00:43:35.539 --> 00:43:35.819
 that

00:43:35.819 --> 00:43:36.039
 that

00:43:36.039 --> 00:43:36.299
 huge

00:43:36.299 --> 00:43:36.559
 truck

00:43:36.559 --> 00:43:36.719
 in

00:43:36.719 --> 00:43:36.900
 front

00:43:36.900 --> 00:43:37.019
 of

00:43:37.019 --> 00:43:37.159
 them

00:43:37.159 --> 00:43:37.359
 was

00:43:37.359 --> 00:43:37.739
 casting

00:43:37.739 --> 00:43:38.099
 this

00:43:38.099 --> 00:43:38.679
 enormous

00:43:38.679 --> 00:43:39.219
 shadow

00:43:39.219 --> 00:43:39.779
 on

00:43:39.779 --> 00:43:39.920
 a

00:43:39.920 --> 00:43:40.259
 snowy

00:43:40.259 --> 00:43:40.639
 field

00:43:40.639 --> 00:43:41.119
 beside

00:43:41.119 --> 00:43:41.400
 it

00:43:41.400 --> 00:43:43.059
 and

00:43:43.059 --> 00:43:43.400
 seeing

00:43:43.400 --> 00:43:43.599
 an

00:43:43.599 --> 00:43:44.059
 opportunity

00:43:44.059 --> 00:43:44.319
 to

00:43:44.319 --> 00:43:44.719
 instruct

00:43:44.719 --> 00:43:44.920
 his

00:43:44.920 --> 00:43:45.219
 children

00:43:45.219 --> 00:43:45.480
 and

00:43:45.480 --> 00:43:45.759
 comfort

00:43:45.759 --> 00:43:46.099
 them

00:43:46.099 --> 00:43:46.500
 he

00:43:46.500 --> 00:43:46.759
 said

00:43:46.759 --> 00:43:47.000
 this

00:43:47.000 --> 00:43:47.219
 look

00:43:47.219 --> 00:43:47.339
 at

00:43:47.339 --> 00:43:47.480
 the

00:43:47.480 --> 00:43:47.859
 shadow

00:43:47.859 --> 00:43:48.079
 of

00:43:48.079 --> 00:43:48.239
 that

00:43:48.239 --> 00:43:48.599
 truck

00:43:48.599 --> 00:43:48.900
 on

00:43:48.900 --> 00:43:49.039
 the

00:43:49.039 --> 00:43:49.279
 field

00:43:49.279 --> 00:43:49.659
 children

00:43:49.659 --> 00:43:50.659
 if

00:43:50.659 --> 00:43:50.779
 you

00:43:50.779 --> 00:43:51.019
 have

00:43:51.019 --> 00:43:51.139
 to

00:43:51.139 --> 00:43:51.259
 be

00:43:51.259 --> 00:43:51.539
 run

00:43:51.539 --> 00:43:51.900
 over

00:43:51.900 --> 00:43:52.639
 would

00:43:52.639 --> 00:43:52.739
 you

00:43:52.739 --> 00:43:52.960
 rather

00:43:52.960 --> 00:43:53.139
 be

00:43:53.139 --> 00:43:53.359
 run

00:43:53.359 --> 00:43:53.559
 over

00:43:53.559 --> 00:43:53.739
 by

00:43:53.739 --> 00:43:53.900
 the

00:43:53.900 --> 00:43:54.279
 truck

00:43:54.279 --> 00:43:54.900
 or

00:43:54.900 --> 00:43:55.159
 by

00:43:55.159 --> 00:43:55.380
 its

00:43:55.380 --> 00:43:55.739
 shadow

00:43:55.739 --> 00:43:57.480
 the

00:43:57.480 --> 00:43:57.799
 youngest

00:43:57.799 --> 00:43:58.440
 responded

00:43:58.440 --> 00:43:58.980
 first

00:43:58.980 --> 00:43:59.519
 the

00:43:59.519 --> 00:43:59.940
 shadow

00:43:59.940 --> 00:44:00.820
 it

00:44:00.820 --> 00:44:01.019
 couldn't

00:44:01.019 --> 00:44:01.219
 hurt

00:44:01.219 --> 00:44:01.699
 anybody

00:44:01.699 --> 00:44:03.059
 that's

00:44:03.059 --> 00:44:03.440
 right

00:44:03.440 --> 00:44:04.400
 continued

00:44:04.400 --> 00:44:05.039
 barnhouse

00:44:05.039 --> 00:44:05.860
 and

00:44:05.860 --> 00:44:06.219
 remember

00:44:06.219 --> 00:44:06.699
 children

00:44:06.699 --> 00:44:07.159
 Jesus

00:44:07.159 --> 00:44:07.699
 let

00:44:07.699 --> 00:44:08.019
 the

00:44:08.019 --> 00:44:08.420
 truck

00:44:08.420 --> 00:44:08.739
 of

00:44:08.739 --> 00:44:09.159
 death

00:44:09.159 --> 00:44:09.860
 strike

00:44:09.860 --> 00:44:10.320
 him

00:44:10.320 --> 00:44:10.900
 so

00:44:10.900 --> 00:44:11.019
 that

00:44:11.019 --> 00:44:11.119
 he

00:44:11.119 --> 00:44:11.279
 could

00:44:11.279 --> 00:44:11.619
 never

00:44:11.619 --> 00:44:12.400
 destroy

00:44:12.400 --> 00:44:13.000
 us

00:44:13.000 --> 00:44:14.119
 mother

00:44:14.119 --> 00:44:14.619
 lives

00:44:14.619 --> 00:44:14.880
 with

00:44:14.880 --> 00:44:15.259
 Jesus

00:44:15.259 --> 00:44:15.679
 now

00:44:15.679 --> 00:44:16.679
 and

00:44:16.679 --> 00:44:17.000
 only

00:44:17.000 --> 00:44:17.219
 the

00:44:17.219 --> 00:44:17.639
 shadow

00:44:17.639 --> 00:44:17.900
 of

00:44:17.900 --> 00:44:18.239
 death

00:44:18.239 --> 00:44:18.799
 has

00:44:18.799 --> 00:44:19.139
 passed

00:44:19.139 --> 00:44:19.420
 over

00:44:19.420 --> 00:44:19.739
 her

00:44:19.739 --> 00:44:23.000
 that's

00:44:23.000 --> 00:44:23.239
 the

00:44:23.239 --> 00:44:23.599
 great

00:44:23.599 --> 00:44:24.159
 reality

00:44:24.159 --> 00:44:24.399
 that

00:44:24.399 --> 00:44:24.679
 we

00:44:24.679 --> 00:44:25.859
 know

00:44:25.859 --> 00:44:26.919
 and

00:44:26.919 --> 00:44:27.579
 have

00:44:27.579 --> 00:44:31.799
 the

00:44:31.799 --> 00:44:32.179
 death

00:44:32.179 --> 00:44:32.439
 that

00:44:32.439 --> 00:44:32.759
 comes

00:44:32.759 --> 00:44:32.979
 to

00:44:32.979 --> 00:44:33.359
 us

00:44:33.359 --> 00:44:33.699
 has

00:44:33.699 --> 00:44:34.239
 lost

00:44:34.239 --> 00:44:34.579
 its

00:44:34.579 --> 00:44:35.059
 sting

00:44:35.059 --> 00:44:38.519
 because

00:44:38.519 --> 00:44:38.979
 Jesus

00:44:38.979 --> 00:44:39.419
 has

00:44:39.419 --> 00:44:39.579
 been

00:44:39.579 --> 00:44:39.979
 raised

00:44:39.979 --> 00:44:40.219
 from

00:44:40.219 --> 00:44:40.379
 the

00:44:40.379 --> 00:44:40.699
 dead

00:44:40.699 --> 00:44:45.579
 whoever

00:44:45.579 --> 00:44:46.299
 believes

00:44:46.299 --> 00:44:46.699
 in

00:44:46.699 --> 00:44:47.259
 me

00:44:47.259 --> 00:44:47.519
 though

00:44:47.519 --> 00:44:47.719
 he

00:44:47.719 --> 00:44:48.159
 die

00:44:48.159 --> 00:44:48.439
 yet

00:44:48.439 --> 00:44:48.719
 shall

00:44:48.719 --> 00:44:48.919
 he

00:44:48.919 --> 00:44:49.279
 live

00:44:49.280 --> 00:44:49.720
 Jesus

00:44:49.720 --> 00:44:50.100
 said

00:44:50.100 --> 00:44:55.400
 in

00:44:55.400 --> 00:44:56.420
 1839

00:44:56.420 --> 00:44:58.140
 London

00:44:58.140 --> 00:44:58.680
 missionaries

00:44:58.680 --> 00:44:59.000
 John

00:44:59.000 --> 00:44:59.420
 Williams

00:44:59.420 --> 00:44:59.620
 and

00:44:59.620 --> 00:44:59.880
 James

00:44:59.880 --> 00:45:00.380
 Harris

00:45:00.380 --> 00:45:01.140
 traveled

00:45:01.140 --> 00:45:01.360
 to

00:45:01.360 --> 00:45:01.600
 New

00:45:01.600 --> 00:45:02.060
 Hebrides

00:45:02.060 --> 00:45:02.860
 modern

00:45:02.860 --> 00:45:03.240
 day

00:45:03.240 --> 00:45:03.860
 Vanuatu

00:45:03.860 --> 00:45:05.420
 located

00:45:05.420 --> 00:45:05.660
 about

00:45:05.660 --> 00:45:06.140
 a thousand

00:45:06.140 --> 00:45:06.519
 miles

00:45:06.519 --> 00:45:06.920
 east

00:45:06.920 --> 00:45:07.160
 of

00:45:07.160 --> 00:45:07.500
 northern

00:45:07.500 --> 00:45:08.140
 Australia

00:45:08.140 --> 00:45:09.120
 South

00:45:09.120 --> 00:45:09.420
 Pacific

00:45:09.420 --> 00:45:09.760
 Ocean

00:45:09.760 --> 00:45:10.780
 the

00:45:10.780 --> 00:45:11.060
 island

00:45:11.060 --> 00:45:11.240
 had

00:45:11.240 --> 00:45:11.360
 been

00:45:11.360 --> 00:45:11.700
 discovered

00:45:11.700 --> 00:45:12.240
 230

00:45:12.240 --> 00:45:12.700
 years

00:45:12.700 --> 00:45:13.019
 earlier

00:45:13.019 --> 00:45:13.400
 by a

00:45:13.400 --> 00:45:13.700
 Spanish

00:45:13.700 --> 00:45:14.180
 explorer

00:45:14.180 --> 00:45:14.460
 but

00:45:14.460 --> 00:45:15.280
 they

00:45:15.280 --> 00:45:15.440
 were

00:45:15.440 --> 00:45:15.600
 the

00:45:15.600 --> 00:45:15.860
 first

00:45:15.860 --> 00:45:16.080
 to

00:45:16.080 --> 00:45:16.360
 travel

00:45:16.360 --> 00:45:16.580
 there

00:45:16.580 --> 00:45:16.780
 to

00:45:16.780 --> 00:45:17.160
 preach

00:45:17.160 --> 00:45:17.320
 the

00:45:17.320 --> 00:45:17.720
 gospel

00:45:17.719 --> 00:45:19.500
 unfortunately

00:45:19.500 --> 00:45:19.899
 only

00:45:19.899 --> 00:45:20.779
 minutes

00:45:20.779 --> 00:45:21.099
 after

00:45:21.099 --> 00:45:21.459
 landing

00:45:21.459 --> 00:45:21.939
 ashore

00:45:21.939 --> 00:45:22.319
 they

00:45:22.319 --> 00:45:22.480
 were

00:45:22.480 --> 00:45:22.799
 killed

00:45:22.799 --> 00:45:22.980
 and

00:45:22.980 --> 00:45:23.199
 eaten

00:45:23.199 --> 00:45:23.599
 by

00:45:23.599 --> 00:45:23.980
 the

00:45:23.980 --> 00:45:24.379
 natives

00:45:24.379 --> 00:45:24.619
 who

00:45:24.619 --> 00:45:24.739
 were

00:45:24.739 --> 00:45:25.339
 cannibals

00:45:25.339 --> 00:45:29.239
 in

00:45:29.239 --> 00:45:29.399
 that

00:45:29.399 --> 00:45:29.639
 way

00:45:29.639 --> 00:45:29.839
 the

00:45:29.839 --> 00:45:30.099
 blood

00:45:30.099 --> 00:45:30.239
 of

00:45:30.239 --> 00:45:30.359
 the

00:45:30.359 --> 00:45:30.759
 martyrs

00:45:30.759 --> 00:45:30.919
 the

00:45:30.919 --> 00:45:31.239
 seeds

00:45:31.239 --> 00:45:31.439
 were

00:45:31.439 --> 00:45:31.619
 already

00:45:31.619 --> 00:45:31.959
 laid

00:45:31.959 --> 00:45:33.799
 19

00:45:33.799 --> 00:45:34.119
 years

00:45:34.119 --> 00:45:34.439
 later

00:45:34.439 --> 00:45:34.839
 John

00:45:34.839 --> 00:45:35.079
 G.

00:45:35.199 --> 00:45:35.459
 Patton

00:45:35.459 --> 00:45:35.739
 and his

00:45:35.739 --> 00:45:36.059
 wife

00:45:36.059 --> 00:45:36.399
 Mary

00:45:36.399 --> 00:45:36.819
 Patton

00:45:36.819 --> 00:45:37.059
 set

00:45:37.059 --> 00:45:37.379
 sail

00:45:37.379 --> 00:45:37.579
 for

00:45:37.579 --> 00:45:37.799
 new

00:45:37.799 --> 00:45:38.159
 Hebrides

00:45:38.159 --> 00:45:38.599
 as

00:45:38.599 --> 00:45:39.319
 missionaries

00:45:39.319 --> 00:45:40.599
 but

00:45:40.599 --> 00:45:40.759
 their

00:45:40.759 --> 00:45:41.199
 decision

00:45:41.199 --> 00:45:41.919
 understandably

00:45:41.919 --> 00:45:42.619
 was derided

00:45:42.619 --> 00:45:43.000
 by

00:45:43.000 --> 00:45:43.599
 many

00:45:43.599 --> 00:45:43.839
 as

00:45:43.839 --> 00:45:44.279
 foolish

00:45:44.280 --> 00:45:45.280
 on

00:45:45.280 --> 00:45:45.519
 one

00:45:45.519 --> 00:45:46.000
 occasion

00:45:46.000 --> 00:45:46.640
 a

00:45:46.640 --> 00:45:47.100
 respected

00:45:47.100 --> 00:45:47.560
 gentleman

00:45:47.560 --> 00:45:47.920
 and

00:45:47.920 --> 00:45:48.240
 older

00:45:48.240 --> 00:45:48.540
 gentleman

00:45:48.540 --> 00:45:48.800
 from

00:45:48.800 --> 00:45:49.120
 church

00:45:49.120 --> 00:45:49.460
 Mr.

00:45:49.580 --> 00:45:49.900
 Dixon

00:45:49.900 --> 00:45:51.519
 tried to

00:45:51.519 --> 00:45:52.019
 dissuade

00:45:52.019 --> 00:45:52.340
 them

00:45:52.340 --> 00:45:52.900
 he said

00:45:52.900 --> 00:45:53.280
 to them

00:45:53.280 --> 00:45:53.760
 the

00:45:53.760 --> 00:45:54.700
 cannibals

00:45:54.700 --> 00:45:55.740
 you will

00:45:55.740 --> 00:45:56.180
 be eaten

00:45:56.180 --> 00:45:56.500
 by

00:45:56.500 --> 00:45:57.500
 cannibals

00:45:57.500 --> 00:45:59.420
 but

00:45:59.420 --> 00:45:59.780
 to this

00:45:59.780 --> 00:46:00.160
 Patton

00:46:00.160 --> 00:46:00.740
 responded

00:46:00.740 --> 00:46:01.480
 Mr.

00:46:01.600 --> 00:46:01.920
 Dixon

00:46:01.920 --> 00:46:06.360
 it's

00:46:06.360 --> 00:46:06.940
 kind of

00:46:06.940 --> 00:46:07.180
 funny

00:46:07.180 --> 00:46:07.440
 but

00:46:07.440 --> 00:46:09.560
 I think

00:46:09.560 --> 00:46:09.960
 he probably

00:46:09.960 --> 00:46:10.360
 said it

00:46:10.360 --> 00:46:11.100
 in all

00:46:11.100 --> 00:46:11.640
 seriousness

00:46:11.640 --> 00:46:12.740
 I think

00:46:12.740 --> 00:46:13.060
 they used

00:46:13.060 --> 00:46:13.420
 to speak

00:46:13.420 --> 00:46:13.620
 like

00:46:13.620 --> 00:46:13.840
 this

00:46:13.840 --> 00:46:14.620
 Mr.

00:46:14.740 --> 00:46:15.019
 Dixon

00:46:15.019 --> 00:46:15.940
 you are

00:46:15.940 --> 00:46:16.400
 advanced

00:46:16.400 --> 00:46:16.880
 in years

00:46:16.880 --> 00:46:17.240
 now

00:46:17.240 --> 00:46:17.920
 and

00:46:17.920 --> 00:46:18.120
 your

00:46:18.120 --> 00:46:18.380
 own

00:46:18.380 --> 00:46:18.840
 prospect

00:46:18.840 --> 00:46:19.120
 is

00:46:19.120 --> 00:46:19.260
 soon

00:46:19.260 --> 00:46:19.380
 to

00:46:19.380 --> 00:46:19.500
 be

00:46:19.500 --> 00:46:19.700
 laid

00:46:19.700 --> 00:46:19.820
 in

00:46:19.820 --> 00:46:19.920
 the

00:46:19.920 --> 00:46:20.360
 grave

00:46:20.360 --> 00:46:21.180
 there

00:46:21.180 --> 00:46:21.360
 to

00:46:21.360 --> 00:46:21.500
 be

00:46:21.500 --> 00:46:21.700
 eaten

00:46:21.700 --> 00:46:22.000
 by

00:46:22.000 --> 00:46:22.500
 worms

00:46:22.500 --> 00:46:24.519
 I

00:46:24.519 --> 00:46:24.880
 confess

00:46:24.880 --> 00:46:25.140
 to

00:46:25.140 --> 00:46:25.480
 you

00:46:25.480 --> 00:46:26.180
 that

00:46:26.180 --> 00:46:26.500
 if

00:46:26.500 --> 00:46:26.760
 I

00:46:26.760 --> 00:46:27.000
 can

00:46:27.000 --> 00:46:27.340
 but

00:46:27.340 --> 00:46:27.860
 live

00:46:27.860 --> 00:46:28.360
 and

00:46:28.360 --> 00:46:28.780
 die

00:46:28.780 --> 00:46:29.420
 serving

00:46:29.420 --> 00:46:29.740
 and

00:46:29.740 --> 00:46:30.240
 honoring

00:46:30.240 --> 00:46:30.519
 the

00:46:30.519 --> 00:46:30.780
 Lord

00:46:30.780 --> 00:46:31.260
 Jesus

00:46:31.260 --> 00:46:32.120
 it

00:46:32.120 --> 00:46:32.240
 will

00:46:32.240 --> 00:46:32.480
 make

00:46:32.480 --> 00:46:32.880
 no

00:46:32.880 --> 00:46:33.260
 difference

00:46:33.260 --> 00:46:33.440
 to

00:46:33.440 --> 00:46:33.700
 me

00:46:33.700 --> 00:46:33.940
 whether

00:46:33.940 --> 00:46:34.160
 I

00:46:34.160 --> 00:46:34.280
 am

00:46:34.280 --> 00:46:34.440
 eaten

00:46:34.440 --> 00:46:34.680
 by

00:46:34.680 --> 00:46:35.400
 cannibals

00:46:35.400 --> 00:46:35.920
 or

00:46:35.920 --> 00:46:36.240
 by

00:46:36.240 --> 00:46:36.680
 worms

00:46:36.680 --> 00:46:38.760
 and

00:46:38.760 --> 00:46:38.920
 in

00:46:38.920 --> 00:46:39.079
 the

00:46:39.079 --> 00:46:39.420
 great

00:46:39.420 --> 00:46:39.860
 day

00:46:39.860 --> 00:46:40.420
 my

00:46:40.420 --> 00:46:40.980
 resurrection

00:46:40.980 --> 00:46:41.600
 body

00:46:41.600 --> 00:46:41.860
 will

00:46:41.860 --> 00:46:42.320
 rise

00:46:42.320 --> 00:46:42.519
 as

00:46:42.519 --> 00:46:42.980
 fair

00:46:42.980 --> 00:46:43.199
 as

00:46:43.199 --> 00:46:43.500
 yours

00:46:43.500 --> 00:46:43.699
 in

00:46:43.699 --> 00:46:43.840
 the

00:46:43.840 --> 00:46:44.360
 likeness

00:46:44.360 --> 00:46:44.840
 of

00:46:44.840 --> 00:46:45.039
 our

00:46:45.039 --> 00:46:45.539
 risen

00:46:45.539 --> 00:46:46.800
 redeemer

00:46:46.800 --> 00:46:49.579
 to

00:46:49.579 --> 00:46:50.079
 live

00:46:50.079 --> 00:46:50.500
 is

00:46:50.500 --> 00:46:51.039
 Christ

00:46:51.039 --> 00:46:51.860
 to

00:46:51.860 --> 00:46:52.440
 die

00:46:52.440 --> 00:46:53.039
 is

00:46:53.039 --> 00:46:53.579
 gain

00:46:53.579 --> 00:46:58.260
 although

00:46:58.260 --> 00:46:58.579
 Paul

00:46:58.579 --> 00:46:59.039
 considered

00:46:59.039 --> 00:46:59.800
 death to be the

00:46:59.800 --> 00:47:00.579
 far better

00:47:00.579 --> 00:47:00.980
 alternative

00:47:00.980 --> 00:47:01.440
 he didn't

00:47:01.440 --> 00:47:01.820
 ultimately

00:47:01.820 --> 00:47:02.619
 choose that

00:47:02.619 --> 00:47:03.039
 option

00:47:03.039 --> 00:47:06.480
 because

00:47:06.480 --> 00:47:07.119
 he believed

00:47:07.119 --> 00:47:07.400
 that it

00:47:07.400 --> 00:47:08.059
 was more

00:47:08.059 --> 00:47:08.719
 necessary

00:47:08.719 --> 00:47:09.759
 for him

00:47:09.759 --> 00:47:10.340
 to remain

00:47:10.340 --> 00:47:11.059
 alive

00:47:11.059 --> 00:47:12.019
 and continue

00:47:12.019 --> 00:47:12.579
 to minister

00:47:12.579 --> 00:47:13.099
 to God's

00:47:13.099 --> 00:47:13.360
 people

00:47:13.360 --> 00:47:13.800
 including

00:47:13.800 --> 00:47:14.000
 the

00:47:14.000 --> 00:47:14.380
 Philippian

00:47:14.380 --> 00:47:14.800
 church

00:47:14.800 --> 00:47:15.840
 he knew

00:47:15.840 --> 00:47:16.199
 that it

00:47:16.199 --> 00:47:16.400
 would

00:47:16.400 --> 00:47:17.039
 be selfish

00:47:17.039 --> 00:47:17.639
 of him

00:47:17.639 --> 00:47:23.800
 in light

00:47:23.800 --> 00:47:24.019
 of these

00:47:24.019 --> 00:47:24.599
 considerations

00:47:24.599 --> 00:47:25.219
 Paul says

00:47:25.219 --> 00:47:25.579
 in verses

00:47:25.579 --> 00:47:26.259
 25 to

00:47:26.259 --> 00:47:26.820
 26

00:47:26.820 --> 00:47:27.880
 convinced

00:47:27.880 --> 00:47:28.320
 of this

00:47:28.320 --> 00:47:28.820
 I know

00:47:28.820 --> 00:47:29.179
 that I

00:47:29.179 --> 00:47:29.759
 will remain

00:47:29.759 --> 00:47:30.639
 and continue

00:47:30.639 --> 00:47:31.139
 with you

00:47:31.139 --> 00:47:31.500
 all

00:47:31.500 --> 00:47:32.239
 for your

00:47:32.239 --> 00:47:32.739
 progress

00:47:32.739 --> 00:47:33.480
 and joy

00:47:33.480 --> 00:47:33.739
 in the

00:47:33.739 --> 00:47:34.019
 faith

00:47:34.019 --> 00:47:35.119
 so that

00:47:35.119 --> 00:47:35.799
 in me

00:47:35.799 --> 00:47:36.199
 you may

00:47:36.199 --> 00:47:36.539
 have

00:47:36.539 --> 00:47:37.079
 ample

00:47:37.079 --> 00:47:37.559
 cause

00:47:37.559 --> 00:47:37.719
 to

00:47:37.719 --> 00:47:38.059
 glory

00:47:38.059 --> 00:47:38.339
 in

00:47:38.339 --> 00:47:38.699
 Christ

00:47:38.699 --> 00:47:39.119
 Jesus

00:47:39.119 --> 00:47:39.659
 because

00:47:39.659 --> 00:47:40.039
 of my

00:47:40.039 --> 00:47:40.400
 coming

00:47:40.400 --> 00:47:40.819
 to you

00:47:40.819 --> 00:47:41.219
 again

00:47:41.219 --> 00:47:44.039
 are you

00:47:44.039 --> 00:47:44.420
 growing

00:47:44.420 --> 00:47:44.879
 as a

00:47:44.879 --> 00:47:45.199
 Christian

00:47:45.199 --> 00:47:47.960
 are you

00:47:47.960 --> 00:47:48.219
 more

00:47:48.219 --> 00:47:48.900
 joyful

00:47:48.900 --> 00:47:49.319
 now

00:47:49.319 --> 00:47:49.779
 than you

00:47:49.779 --> 00:47:50.159
 were

00:47:50.159 --> 00:47:50.839
 before

00:47:50.839 --> 00:47:55.599
 if you

00:47:55.599 --> 00:47:55.839
 are

00:47:55.839 --> 00:47:56.460
 walking

00:47:56.460 --> 00:47:56.799
 with the

00:47:56.799 --> 00:47:56.980
 Lord

00:47:56.980 --> 00:47:57.359
 Jesus

00:47:57.359 --> 00:47:57.779
 and

00:47:57.779 --> 00:47:58.339
 keeping

00:47:58.340 --> 00:47:59.600
 step

00:47:59.600 --> 00:47:59.800
 with

00:47:59.800 --> 00:47:59.980
 the

00:47:59.980 --> 00:48:00.380
 spirit

00:48:00.380 --> 00:48:01.960
 then

00:48:01.960 --> 00:48:02.140
 our

00:48:02.140 --> 00:48:02.480
 lives

00:48:02.480 --> 00:48:02.660
 should

00:48:02.660 --> 00:48:02.840
 be

00:48:02.840 --> 00:48:03.320
 marked

00:48:03.320 --> 00:48:03.840
 by

00:48:03.840 --> 00:48:04.539
 progress

00:48:04.539 --> 00:48:05.019
 and

00:48:05.019 --> 00:48:05.519
 joy

00:48:05.519 --> 00:48:05.700
 in

00:48:05.700 --> 00:48:05.800
 the

00:48:05.800 --> 00:48:06.100
 faith

00:48:06.100 --> 00:48:10.460
 and

00:48:10.460 --> 00:48:10.960
 Paul

00:48:10.960 --> 00:48:11.720
 lived

00:48:11.720 --> 00:48:12.760
 selflessly

00:48:12.760 --> 00:48:13.760
 to

00:48:13.760 --> 00:48:14.460
 produce

00:48:14.460 --> 00:48:14.760
 this

00:48:14.760 --> 00:48:15.320
 progress

00:48:15.320 --> 00:48:16.260
 and joy

00:48:16.260 --> 00:48:16.840
 in the

00:48:16.840 --> 00:48:17.260
 lives

00:48:17.260 --> 00:48:17.500
 of

00:48:17.500 --> 00:48:17.800
 fellow

00:48:17.800 --> 00:48:18.200
 believers

00:48:18.200 --> 00:48:20.380
 and that

00:48:20.380 --> 00:48:20.760
 brings us

00:48:20.760 --> 00:48:21.340
 once again

00:48:21.340 --> 00:48:21.680
 to the

00:48:21.680 --> 00:48:22.140
 main point

00:48:22.140 --> 00:48:22.380
 of this

00:48:22.380 --> 00:48:22.660
 passage

00:48:22.660 --> 00:48:23.140
 that we

00:48:23.140 --> 00:48:23.420
 should

00:48:23.420 --> 00:48:23.760
 live

00:48:23.760 --> 00:48:23.920
 with

00:48:23.920 --> 00:48:24.360
 single

00:48:24.360 --> 00:48:24.680
 minded

00:48:24.680 --> 00:48:25.240
 devotion

00:48:25.240 --> 00:48:25.820
 to the

00:48:25.820 --> 00:48:26.300
 advance

00:48:26.300 --> 00:48:26.559
 of the

00:48:26.559 --> 00:48:26.920
 gospel

00:48:26.920 --> 00:48:27.360
 in

00:48:27.360 --> 00:48:27.659
 and

00:48:27.659 --> 00:48:27.920
 through

00:48:27.920 --> 00:48:28.400
 us

00:48:28.400 --> 00:48:29.420
 in

00:48:29.420 --> 00:48:29.700
 verse

00:48:29.700 --> 00:48:30.119
 12

00:48:30.119 --> 00:48:30.300
 he

00:48:30.300 --> 00:48:30.659
 spoke

00:48:30.659 --> 00:48:31.000
 about

00:48:31.000 --> 00:48:31.820
 his

00:48:31.820 --> 00:48:32.079
 all

00:48:32.079 --> 00:48:32.480
 consuming

00:48:32.480 --> 00:48:32.840
 zeal

00:48:32.840 --> 00:48:33.019
 for

00:48:33.019 --> 00:48:33.180
 the

00:48:33.180 --> 00:48:33.700
 advance

00:48:33.700 --> 00:48:33.860
 of

00:48:33.860 --> 00:48:33.960
 the

00:48:33.960 --> 00:48:34.360
 gospel

00:48:34.360 --> 00:48:35.000
 now

00:48:35.000 --> 00:48:35.139
 he

00:48:35.139 --> 00:48:36.039
 concludes

00:48:36.039 --> 00:48:36.639
 that

00:48:36.639 --> 00:48:36.760
 he

00:48:36.760 --> 00:48:36.880
 will

00:48:36.880 --> 00:48:37.240
 remain

00:48:37.240 --> 00:48:37.420
 and

00:48:37.420 --> 00:48:37.780
 continue

00:48:37.780 --> 00:48:37.900
 in

00:48:37.900 --> 00:48:38.019
 his

00:48:38.019 --> 00:48:38.280
 fruitful

00:48:38.280 --> 00:48:38.680
 labor

00:48:38.680 --> 00:48:39.240
 for

00:48:39.240 --> 00:48:39.539
 your

00:48:39.539 --> 00:48:40.400
 progress

00:48:40.400 --> 00:48:40.880
 and

00:48:40.880 --> 00:48:41.159
 joy

00:48:41.159 --> 00:48:41.260
 in

00:48:41.260 --> 00:48:41.360
 the

00:48:41.360 --> 00:48:41.599
 faith

00:48:41.599 --> 00:48:42.400
 the

00:48:42.400 --> 00:48:42.579
 word

00:48:42.579 --> 00:48:43.139
 progress

00:48:43.139 --> 00:48:43.340
 is

00:48:43.340 --> 00:48:43.500
 the

00:48:43.500 --> 00:48:43.840
 same

00:48:43.840 --> 00:48:44.099
 word

00:48:44.099 --> 00:48:44.280
 that

00:48:44.280 --> 00:48:44.480
 was

00:48:44.480 --> 00:48:44.880
 translated

00:48:44.880 --> 00:48:45.159
 early

00:48:45.159 --> 00:48:45.280
 in

00:48:45.280 --> 00:48:45.420
 verse

00:48:45.420 --> 00:48:45.740
 12

00:48:45.740 --> 00:48:46.039
 as

00:48:46.039 --> 00:48:46.659
 advance

00:48:46.659 --> 00:48:48.800
 this

00:48:48.800 --> 00:48:50.760
 caps

00:48:50.760 --> 00:48:51.059
 it

00:48:51.059 --> 00:48:51.480
 opens

00:48:51.480 --> 00:48:51.720
 and

00:48:51.720 --> 00:48:52.159
 closes

00:48:52.159 --> 00:48:52.900
 this

00:48:52.900 --> 00:48:53.420
 entire

00:48:53.420 --> 00:48:53.980
 passage

00:48:53.980 --> 00:48:54.800
 the

00:48:54.800 --> 00:48:55.099
 idea

00:48:55.099 --> 00:48:55.260
 of

00:48:55.260 --> 00:48:55.900
 advance

00:48:55.900 --> 00:48:56.220
 in

00:48:56.220 --> 00:48:56.340
 the

00:48:56.340 --> 00:48:56.700
 gospel

00:48:56.699 --> 00:48:57.480
 advance

00:48:57.480 --> 00:48:57.899
 in

00:48:57.899 --> 00:48:58.079
 the

00:48:58.079 --> 00:48:58.359
 faith

00:48:58.359 --> 00:48:58.939
 that's

00:48:58.939 --> 00:48:59.139
 what

00:48:59.139 --> 00:48:59.480
 Paul

00:48:59.480 --> 00:48:59.899
 gave

00:48:59.899 --> 00:49:00.119
 his

00:49:00.119 --> 00:49:00.500
 life

00:49:00.500 --> 00:49:00.739
 to

00:49:00.739 --> 00:49:02.119
 he

00:49:02.119 --> 00:49:02.339
 didn't

00:49:02.339 --> 00:49:02.599
 have

00:49:02.599 --> 00:49:02.739
 a

00:49:02.739 --> 00:49:03.019
 death

00:49:03.019 --> 00:49:03.299
 wish

00:49:03.299 --> 00:49:03.539
 he

00:49:03.539 --> 00:49:04.219
 expected

00:49:04.219 --> 00:49:04.460
 to

00:49:04.460 --> 00:49:04.639
 and

00:49:04.639 --> 00:49:05.079
 planned

00:49:05.079 --> 00:49:05.359
 to be

00:49:05.359 --> 00:49:05.659
 released

00:49:05.659 --> 00:49:05.879
 from

00:49:05.879 --> 00:49:06.219
 prison

00:49:06.219 --> 00:49:06.460
 to

00:49:06.460 --> 00:49:06.779
 continue

00:49:06.779 --> 00:49:06.919
 in

00:49:06.919 --> 00:49:07.019
 his

00:49:07.019 --> 00:49:07.359
 ministry

00:49:07.359 --> 00:49:09.119
 and

00:49:09.119 --> 00:49:09.279
 he

00:49:09.279 --> 00:49:09.460
 was

00:49:09.460 --> 00:49:09.739
 right

00:49:09.739 --> 00:49:09.859
 in

00:49:09.859 --> 00:49:10.000
 his

00:49:10.000 --> 00:49:10.579
 anticipation

00:49:10.579 --> 00:49:11.639
 according

00:49:11.639 --> 00:49:11.960
 to

00:49:11.960 --> 00:49:12.539
 tradition

00:49:12.539 --> 00:49:12.839
 handed

00:49:12.839 --> 00:49:13.119
 down

00:49:13.119 --> 00:49:13.299
 to

00:49:13.299 --> 00:49:13.480
 us

00:49:13.480 --> 00:49:13.619
 through

00:49:13.619 --> 00:49:13.899
 church

00:49:13.899 --> 00:49:14.379
 history

00:49:14.379 --> 00:49:16.460
 third

00:49:16.460 --> 00:49:16.879
 century

00:49:16.879 --> 00:49:17.199
 church

00:49:17.199 --> 00:49:17.539
 history

00:49:17.539 --> 00:49:17.659
 in

00:49:17.659 --> 00:49:18.099
 Eusebius

00:49:18.099 --> 00:49:18.439
 writes

00:49:18.439 --> 00:49:18.599
 that

00:49:18.599 --> 00:49:18.899
 after

00:49:18.899 --> 00:49:19.259
 pleading

00:49:19.259 --> 00:49:19.439
 his

00:49:19.439 --> 00:49:19.739
 cause

00:49:19.739 --> 00:49:20.039
 Paul

00:49:20.039 --> 00:49:20.219
 is

00:49:20.219 --> 00:49:20.419
 said

00:49:20.419 --> 00:49:20.539
 to

00:49:20.539 --> 00:49:20.659
 have

00:49:20.659 --> 00:49:20.799
 been

00:49:20.799 --> 00:49:21.079
 sent

00:49:21.079 --> 00:49:21.399
 again

00:49:21.399 --> 00:49:21.659
 upon

00:49:21.659 --> 00:49:21.839
 the

00:49:21.839 --> 00:49:22.299
 ministry

00:49:22.300 --> 00:49:22.519
 of

00:49:22.519 --> 00:49:22.880
 preaching

00:49:22.880 --> 00:49:24.539
 fourth

00:49:24.539 --> 00:49:24.880
 century

00:49:24.880 --> 00:49:25.200
 pastor

00:49:25.200 --> 00:49:25.700
 Jerome

00:49:25.700 --> 00:49:26.060
 writes

00:49:26.060 --> 00:49:26.320
 this

00:49:26.320 --> 00:49:26.519
 as

00:49:26.519 --> 00:49:26.700
 well

00:49:26.700 --> 00:49:27.039
 Paul

00:49:27.039 --> 00:49:27.240
 was

00:49:27.240 --> 00:49:27.640
 dismissed

00:49:27.640 --> 00:49:27.920
 by

00:49:27.920 --> 00:49:28.200
 Nero

00:49:28.200 --> 00:49:28.460
 that

00:49:28.460 --> 00:49:28.600
 the

00:49:28.600 --> 00:49:28.860
 gospel

00:49:28.860 --> 00:49:29.039
 of

00:49:29.039 --> 00:49:29.280
 Christ

00:49:29.280 --> 00:49:29.480
 be

00:49:29.480 --> 00:49:29.760
 preached

00:49:29.760 --> 00:49:30.140
 also

00:49:30.140 --> 00:49:30.340
 in

00:49:30.340 --> 00:49:30.440
 the

00:49:30.440 --> 00:49:30.780
 west

00:49:30.780 --> 00:49:32.280
 so

00:49:32.280 --> 00:49:32.460
 then

00:49:32.460 --> 00:49:32.700
 Paul

00:49:32.700 --> 00:49:33.160
 was

00:49:33.160 --> 00:49:33.720
 released

00:49:33.720 --> 00:49:34.140
 after

00:49:34.140 --> 00:49:34.480
 spending

00:49:34.480 --> 00:49:34.720
 two

00:49:34.720 --> 00:49:34.960
 years

00:49:34.960 --> 00:49:35.080
 in

00:49:35.080 --> 00:49:35.360
 house

00:49:35.360 --> 00:49:35.660
 arrest

00:49:35.660 --> 00:49:35.880
 in

00:49:35.880 --> 00:49:36.280
 Rome

00:49:36.280 --> 00:49:37.260
 he

00:49:37.260 --> 00:49:37.680
 continued

00:49:37.680 --> 00:49:37.900
 to

00:49:37.900 --> 00:49:38.140
 preach

00:49:38.140 --> 00:49:38.280
 the

00:49:38.280 --> 00:49:38.640
 gospel

00:49:38.640 --> 00:49:38.920
 for

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 another

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 two

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 years

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 until

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 he

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 was

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 imprisoned

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 again

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 and

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 at

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 that

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 time

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 executed

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 by

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 Nero

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 in

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 64

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 AD

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 Paul

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 was

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 a

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 man

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 of

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 singular

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 focus

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 when

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 the

00:49:55.940 --> 00:49:56.200
 light

00:49:56.200 --> 00:49:56.320
 of

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 the

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 sun

00:49:56.760 --> 00:49:57.000
 is

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 focused

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 by

00:49:58.140 --> 00:49:58.320
 a

00:49:58.320 --> 00:49:58.860
 magnifying

00:49:58.860 --> 00:49:59.440
 glass

00:49:59.440 --> 00:50:00.019
 it

00:50:00.019 --> 00:50:00.180
 can

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 concentrate

00:50:00.760 --> 00:50:01.100
 the

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 sun's

00:50:01.440 --> 00:50:01.960
 radiation

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 so

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 that

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 even

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 to

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 start

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 a

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 fire

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 likewise

00:50:07.559 --> 00:50:08.080
 God

00:50:08.080 --> 00:50:08.320
 can

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 use

00:50:08.960 --> 00:50:09.539
 men

00:50:09.539 --> 00:50:09.920
 and

00:50:09.920 --> 00:50:10.340
 women

00:50:10.340 --> 00:50:10.860
 of

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 singular

00:50:11.559 --> 00:50:12.080
 passion

00:50:12.080 --> 00:50:12.700
 for

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 the

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 advance

00:50:13.300 --> 00:50:13.460
 of

00:50:13.460 --> 00:50:13.580
 the

00:50:13.580 --> 00:50:13.940
 gospel

00:50:13.940 --> 00:50:14.180
 to

00:50:14.180 --> 00:50:14.680
 ignite

00:50:14.680 --> 00:50:15.580
 revival

00:50:15.580 --> 00:50:16.300
 in

00:50:16.300 --> 00:50:16.620
 our

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 time

00:50:17.059 --> 00:50:20.760
 and

00:50:20.760 --> 00:50:21.380
 only

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 men

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 and

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 women

00:50:22.720 --> 00:50:22.980
 who

00:50:22.980 --> 00:50:23.559
 cherish

00:50:23.559 --> 00:50:24.080
 Christ

00:50:24.080 --> 00:50:24.559
 as

00:50:24.559 --> 00:50:24.760
 their

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 singular

00:50:25.360 --> 00:50:26.260
 treasure

00:50:26.260 --> 00:50:27.220
 can

00:50:27.220 --> 00:50:27.640
 live

00:50:27.640 --> 00:50:28.019
 with

00:50:28.019 --> 00:50:28.320
 this

00:50:28.320 --> 00:50:28.940
 singular

00:50:28.940 --> 00:50:29.760
 passion

00:50:29.760 --> 00:50:30.280
 for

00:50:30.280 --> 00:50:30.440
 the

00:50:30.440 --> 00:50:30.820
 advance

00:50:30.820 --> 00:50:30.960
 of

00:50:30.960 --> 00:50:31.080
 the

00:50:31.080 --> 00:50:31.480
 gospel

00:50:31.480 --> 00:50:33.400
 so

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 then

00:50:33.559 --> 00:50:33.680
 in

00:50:33.680 --> 00:50:33.820
 order

00:50:33.820 --> 00:50:34.120
 to

00:50:34.119 --> 00:50:34.679
 pursue

00:50:34.679 --> 00:50:34.880
 the

00:50:34.880 --> 00:50:35.219
 advance

00:50:35.219 --> 00:50:35.500
 of

00:50:35.500 --> 00:50:35.659
 the

00:50:35.659 --> 00:50:36.059
 gospel

00:50:36.059 --> 00:50:36.500
 we

00:50:36.500 --> 00:50:37.000
 ourselves

00:50:37.000 --> 00:50:37.299
 need

00:50:37.299 --> 00:50:37.460
 to

00:50:37.460 --> 00:50:37.920
 advance

00:50:37.920 --> 00:50:38.500
 in

00:50:38.500 --> 00:50:38.659
 the

00:50:38.659 --> 00:50:39.079
 gospel

00:50:39.079 --> 00:50:43.799
 so

00:50:43.799 --> 00:50:44.000
 to

00:50:44.000 --> 00:50:44.199
 that

00:50:44.199 --> 00:50:44.420
 end

00:50:44.420 --> 00:50:44.659
 let's

00:50:44.659 --> 00:50:44.900
 make

00:50:44.900 --> 00:50:45.179
 this

00:50:45.179 --> 00:50:45.559
 prayer

00:50:45.559 --> 00:50:46.299
 a

00:50:46.299 --> 00:50:46.579
 prayer

00:50:46.579 --> 00:50:46.839
 that

00:50:46.839 --> 00:50:47.359
 Patrick

00:50:47.359 --> 00:50:47.619
 the

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 5th

00:50:47.839 --> 00:50:48.159
 century

00:50:48.159 --> 00:50:48.480
 missionary

00:50:48.480 --> 00:50:48.719
 to

00:50:48.719 --> 00:50:49.079
 Ireland

00:50:49.079 --> 00:50:49.839
 prayed

00:50:49.839 --> 00:50:50.880
 our

00:50:50.880 --> 00:50:51.279
 prayer

00:50:51.279 --> 00:50:53.380
 Christ

00:50:53.380 --> 00:50:53.779
 with

00:50:53.779 --> 00:50:54.119
 me

00:50:54.119 --> 00:50:55.259
 Christ

00:50:55.259 --> 00:50:55.719
 before

00:50:55.719 --> 00:50:56.059
 me

00:50:56.059 --> 00:50:57.119
 Christ

00:50:57.119 --> 00:50:57.619
 behind

00:50:57.619 --> 00:50:58.039
 me

00:50:58.039 --> 00:50:59.079
 Christ

00:50:59.079 --> 00:50:59.539
 in

00:50:59.539 --> 00:50:59.920
 me

00:50:59.920 --> 00:51:00.739
 Christ

00:51:00.739 --> 00:51:01.279
 beneath

00:51:01.279 --> 00:51:01.679
 me

00:51:01.679 --> 00:51:02.500
 Christ

00:51:02.500 --> 00:51:02.980
 above

00:51:02.980 --> 00:51:03.299
 me

00:51:03.300 --> 00:51:04.420
 Christ

00:51:04.420 --> 00:51:04.600
 on

00:51:04.600 --> 00:51:04.780
 my

00:51:04.780 --> 00:51:05.220
 right

00:51:05.220 --> 00:51:05.920
 Christ

00:51:05.920 --> 00:51:06.180
 on

00:51:06.180 --> 00:51:06.360
 my

00:51:06.360 --> 00:51:06.760
 left

00:51:06.760 --> 00:51:07.539
 Christ

00:51:07.539 --> 00:51:07.760
 when

00:51:07.760 --> 00:51:07.880
 I

00:51:07.880 --> 00:51:08.100
 lie

00:51:08.100 --> 00:51:08.560
 down

00:51:08.560 --> 00:51:08.760
 and

00:51:08.760 --> 00:51:09.180
 Christ

00:51:09.180 --> 00:51:09.440
 when

00:51:09.440 --> 00:51:09.580
 I

00:51:09.580 --> 00:51:09.920
 sit

00:51:09.920 --> 00:51:10.340
 down

00:51:10.340 --> 00:51:11.200
 Christ

00:51:11.200 --> 00:51:11.360
 in

00:51:11.360 --> 00:51:11.519
 the

00:51:11.519 --> 00:51:11.840
 heart

00:51:11.840 --> 00:51:12.039
 of

00:51:12.039 --> 00:51:12.420
 every

00:51:12.420 --> 00:51:12.800
 man

00:51:12.800 --> 00:51:13.000
 who

00:51:13.000 --> 00:51:13.460
 thinks

00:51:13.460 --> 00:51:13.640
 of

00:51:13.640 --> 00:51:13.840
 me

00:51:13.840 --> 00:51:14.560
 Christ

00:51:14.560 --> 00:51:14.760
 in

00:51:14.760 --> 00:51:14.900
 the

00:51:14.900 --> 00:51:15.220
 mouth

00:51:15.220 --> 00:51:15.440
 of

00:51:15.440 --> 00:51:15.800
 every

00:51:15.800 --> 00:51:16.180
 man

00:51:16.180 --> 00:51:16.400
 who

00:51:16.400 --> 00:51:16.900
 speaks

00:51:16.900 --> 00:51:17.120
 of

00:51:17.120 --> 00:51:17.340
 me

00:51:17.340 --> 00:51:18.019
 Christ

00:51:18.019 --> 00:51:18.200
 in

00:51:18.200 --> 00:51:18.320
 the

00:51:18.320 --> 00:51:18.660
 eye

00:51:18.660 --> 00:51:18.900
 that

00:51:18.900 --> 00:51:19.300
 sees

00:51:19.300 --> 00:51:19.580
 me

00:51:19.580 --> 00:51:20.280
 Christ

00:51:20.280 --> 00:51:20.460
 in

00:51:20.460 --> 00:51:20.600
 the

00:51:20.600 --> 00:51:21.019
 ear

00:51:21.019 --> 00:51:21.640
 that

00:51:21.640 --> 00:51:22.000
 hears

00:51:22.000 --> 00:51:22.340
 me

00:51:22.340 --> 00:51:24.940
 Amen

00:51:24.940 --> 00:51:34.480
 Oh

00:51:34.480 --> 00:51:34.820
 Lord

00:51:34.820 --> 00:51:35.320
 let

00:51:35.320 --> 00:51:35.559
 that

00:51:35.559 --> 00:51:35.820
 be

00:51:35.820 --> 00:51:39.440
 let

00:51:39.440 --> 00:51:39.940
 Christ

00:51:39.940 --> 00:51:40.480
 be

00:51:40.480 --> 00:51:40.820
 all

00:51:40.820 --> 00:51:41.019
 in

00:51:41.019 --> 00:51:41.360
 all

00:51:41.360 --> 00:51:42.860
 let

00:51:42.860 --> 00:51:43.380
 Christ

00:51:43.380 --> 00:51:43.820
 be

00:51:43.820 --> 00:51:44.280
 everything

00:51:44.280 --> 00:51:50.940
 let

00:51:50.940 --> 00:51:51.200
 our

00:51:51.200 --> 00:51:51.679
 names

00:51:51.679 --> 00:51:52.380
 fade

00:51:52.380 --> 00:51:52.639
 from

00:51:52.639 --> 00:51:52.800
 the

00:51:52.800 --> 00:51:53.139
 memory

00:51:53.139 --> 00:51:53.440
 of

00:51:53.440 --> 00:51:53.720
 loved

00:51:53.719 --> 00:51:54.119
 ones

00:51:54.119 --> 00:51:56.199
 let

00:51:56.199 --> 00:51:56.379
 our

00:51:56.379 --> 00:51:56.719
 names

00:51:56.719 --> 00:51:57.000
 be

00:51:57.000 --> 00:51:57.379
 blotted

00:51:57.379 --> 00:51:57.639
 out

00:51:57.639 --> 00:51:57.819
 from

00:51:57.819 --> 00:51:57.939
 the

00:51:57.939 --> 00:51:58.199
 history

00:51:58.199 --> 00:51:58.599
 books

00:51:58.599 --> 00:51:59.439
 let

00:51:59.439 --> 00:51:59.639
 the

00:51:59.639 --> 00:52:00.039
 name

00:52:00.039 --> 00:52:00.239
 of

00:52:00.239 --> 00:52:00.679
 Christ

00:52:00.679 --> 00:52:00.919
 be

00:52:00.919 --> 00:52:01.319
 exalted

00:52:01.319 --> 00:52:08.980
 in

00:52:08.980 --> 00:52:09.279
 Jesus

00:52:09.279 --> 00:52:09.539
 name

00:52:09.539 --> 00:52:09.699
 we

00:52:09.699 --> 00:52:09.939
 pray

00:52:09.939 --> 00:52:11.319
 Amen

00:52:11.320 --> 00:52:16.000
 we