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  Speaker 1: Hello, I'm James. Thanks for joining me tonight for sleep
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  Speaker 1: scriptures as we hear the Book of Colossians in the
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  Speaker 1: New International version. The book was written by Paul from
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  Speaker 1: prison to the Church of Colise. Paul thanks God that
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  Speaker 1: the Colossians have been faithful, showing love for God and
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  Speaker 1: others because of the hope they have in Jesus. He
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  Speaker 1: prays that they would grow in their wisdom about Jesus
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  Speaker 1: and share that Jesus is the human image of God
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  Speaker 1: who brings a new creation. Paul relates his imprisonment to
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  Speaker 1: participating in the suffering of Jesus. He believes that his
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  Speaker 1: punishment for preaching that Jesus is the Messiah is not
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  Speaker 1: a sign of defeat, but a cause for joy, the
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  Speaker 1: joy we have in a new way of living through
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  Speaker 1: Christ because of his resurrection. The cultural pressure to resist
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  Speaker 1: this gospel message was strong in Calisse. They felt pressure
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  Speaker 1: to either worship Jesus as one of many gods or
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  Speaker 1: to adhere to the old laws of the Torah. Paul
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  Speaker 1: tells the Colossians that giving into either of these pressures
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  Speaker 1: would deny the message of the gospel that Jesus is
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  Speaker 1: the only way by which we are saved. Following Jesus
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  Speaker 1: means following his new kind of humanity. Paul encourages the
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  Speaker 1: Colossians to live as part of God's people, transcending our culture.
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  Speaker 1: Paul uses the image of the Roman household to contrast
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  Speaker 1: how household ruled by Jesus self giving love would look
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  Speaker 1: like something radically different to the culture of the day.
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  Speaker 1: The Book of Colossians reveals that no part of human
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  Speaker 1: existence remains untouched by the love and freedom of Christ.
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  Speaker 1: Invite the transforming power of Jesus into your heart now
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  Speaker 1: to continue to make you more and more like him.
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  Speaker 1: Colossians three, verse one says, since then you have been
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  Speaker 1: raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above where
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  Speaker 1: Christ is seated at the right hand of God. The
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  Speaker 1: verse does not mean that we are to focus on
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  Speaker 1: our future in heaven, but rather to live now as
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  Speaker 1: we have truly been resurrected with Christ, transformed by His
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  Speaker 1: power and God's authority. Submit to God's authority. Now, let
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  Speaker 1: his sovereignty produce peace in your mind, trusting his plan
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  Speaker 1: for humanity. Breathe in the truth of the Gospel, and
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  Speaker 1: let it relax your whole body. You don't need to
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  Speaker 1: conform to the culture or pressures of this world. All
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  Speaker 1: you need to do is rest in the knowledge of
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  Speaker 1: the new creation you are in Christ. Breathe in the
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  Speaker 1: transformative power of the Gospel, and breathe out the pressures
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  Speaker 1: of the world. Set your heart on things above.
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  Speaker 2: God.
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  Speaker 1: We ask now for your wisdom. Teach us what it
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  Speaker 1: means to live a life transformed by the reality of
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  Speaker 1: the Gospel. Help us to see our sufferings as joy.
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  Speaker 1: Forgive us for giving into the pressures of this world,
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  Speaker 1: for bowing to our culture instead of you, for trying
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  Speaker 1: to earn our salvation, instead of trusting that the Gospel
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  Speaker 1: lacks nothing. Give us a perspective that transforms us into
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  Speaker 1: your new creation. Nothing is untouched by your love and freedom.
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  Speaker 1: We rest in that now that Jesus is the answer.
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  Speaker 1: Let that truth transform your child as they sleep to night.
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  Speaker 1: I pray that they are faithful, full of love and
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  Speaker 1: hope in You.
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  Speaker 2: In Jesus name, Amen.
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  Speaker 1: Colossians, Chapter one, Paul, an apostle of Christ. Jesus by
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  Speaker 1: the will of God and timidly our brother to God's
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  Speaker 1: Holy people in CALLISEI the faithful brothers and sisters in Christ,
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  Speaker 1: grace and peace to you from God, our Father. We
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  Speaker 1: always thank God, the Father of our Lord, Jesus Christ,
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  Speaker 1: when we pray for you, because we have heard of
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  Speaker 1: your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love you
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  Speaker 1: have for all God's people, the faith and love that
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  Speaker 1: spring from the hopes stored up for you in heaven,
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  Speaker 1: and about which you have already heard in the true
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  Speaker 1: message of the Gospel that has come to you. In
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  Speaker 1: the same way, the Gospel is bearing fruit and growing
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  Speaker 1: throughout the whole world, just as it has been doing
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  Speaker 1: among you since the day you heard it and truly
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  Speaker 1: understood God's grace. You learned it from Epiphras, our dear
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  Speaker 1: fellow servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on
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  Speaker 1: our behalf, and who also told us of your love
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  Speaker 1: and the Spirit. For this reason, since the day we
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  Speaker 1: heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you.
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  Speaker 1: We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge
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  Speaker 1: of His will through all the wisdom and understanding that
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  Speaker 1: the Spirit gives, so that you may live a life
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  Speaker 1: worthy of the Lord and please Him in every way,
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  Speaker 1: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge
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  Speaker 1: of God, being strengthened with all power according to His
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  Speaker 1: glorious might, so that you may have great endurance and patience,
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  Speaker 1: and giving joyful thanks to the Father who has qualified
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  Speaker 1: you to share in the inheritance of His Holy people
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  Speaker 1: in the Kingdom of Light. For He has rescued us
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  Speaker 1: from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the
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  Speaker 1: kingdom of the Son he loves, in whom we have redemption,
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  Speaker 1: the forgiveness of sins. The Son is the image of
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  Speaker 1: the invisible God, the first born over all creation. For
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  Speaker 1: in him all things were created, things in heaven and
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  Speaker 1: on earth, visible and invisible, whether throne or powers, or
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  Speaker 1: rulers or authorities, all things have been created through him
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  Speaker 1: and for him. He is before all things, and in
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  Speaker 1: him all things hold together. And he is the head
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  Speaker 1: of the body the Church. He is the beginning and
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  Speaker 1: the first born from among the dead, so that in everything.
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  Speaker 2: He might have the supremacy.
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  Speaker 1: For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell
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  Speaker 1: in him and through him, to reconcile to himself all things,
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  Speaker 1: whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making
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  Speaker 1: peace through his blood shed on the cross. Once you
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  Speaker 1: were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds
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  Speaker 1: because of your evil behavior. But now He has reconciled
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  Speaker 1: you by Christ's physical body through death, to present you
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  Speaker 1: wholly in His sight, without blemish and free from accusation.
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  Speaker 1: If you continue in your faith, established and firm, do
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  Speaker 1: not move from the hope held.
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  Speaker 2: Out in the Gospel.
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  Speaker 1: This is the gospel that you heard, and that has
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  Speaker 1: been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul,
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  Speaker 1: have become a servant. Now I rejoice in what I
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  Speaker 1: am suffering for you, and I fillip in my flesh
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  Speaker 1: what is still lacking in regard to Christ's afflictions. For
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  Speaker 1: the sake of His body, which is the Church, I
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  Speaker 1: have become its servant by the commission God gave me
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  Speaker 1: to present to you the word of God in its fullness,
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  Speaker 1: the mystery that has been kept hidden for ages and generations,
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  Speaker 1: but is now disclosed to the Lord's people. To them,
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  Speaker 1: God has chosen to make known among the gentiles the
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  Speaker 1: glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you,
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  Speaker 1: the hope of glory. He is the one we proclaim,
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  Speaker 1: admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we
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  Speaker 1: may present everyone fully.
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  Speaker 2: Mature in Christ.
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  Speaker 1: To this end, I strenuously contend with all the energy
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  Speaker 1: Christ so powerfully works in me Colossians chapter two. I
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  Speaker 1: want you to know how hard I am contending for you,
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  Speaker 1: and for those at Laodicea, and for all who have
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  Speaker 1: not met me personally. My goal is that they may
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  Speaker 1: be encouraged in heart and united in love, so that
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  Speaker 1: they may have the full riches of complete understanding, in
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  Speaker 1: order that they may know the mystery of God, namely Christ,
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  Speaker 1: in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
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  Speaker 1: I tell you this so that no one may deceive
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  Speaker 1: you by fine sounding arguments. For though I am absent
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  Speaker 1: from you and body, I am present with you in
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  Speaker 1: spirit and delight to see how disciplined you are and
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  Speaker 1: how firm your faith in Christ is. So then, just
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  Speaker 1: as you received Christ, Jesus's Lord, continue to live your
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  Speaker 1: lives in Him, rooted and built up in Him, strengthened
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  Speaker 1: in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.
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  Speaker 1: See to it that no one takes you captive through
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  Speaker 1: hollow and deceptive philosophy which depends on human tradition and
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  Speaker 1: the elemental spiritual forces of this world, rather than on Christ.
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  Speaker 1: For in Christ all the fullness of the deity lives
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  Speaker 1: in bodily form, and in Christ you have been brought
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  Speaker 1: to fullness. He is the head over every power and authority.
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  Speaker 1: In Him, you were also circumcised, with the circumcision not
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  Speaker 1: performed by human hands. Your whole self, ruled by the flesh,
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  Speaker 1: was put off when you were circumcised by Christ, having
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  Speaker 1: been buried with Him in.
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  Speaker 2: Baptism, in which you were also raised with.
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  Speaker 1: Him through your faith in the working of God, who
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  Speaker 1: raised him from the dead. When you were dead in
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  Speaker 1: your sins, and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, God
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  Speaker 1: made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins.
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  Speaker 1: Having canceled the charge of our legal indebtness, which stood
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  Speaker 1: against us and condemned us, He has taken it away,
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  Speaker 1: nailing it to the cross, and having disarmed the powers
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  Speaker 1: and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing
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  Speaker 1: over them by the cross. Therefore, do not let anyone
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  Speaker 1: judge you by what you eat or drink, or with
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  Speaker 1: regard to a religious festival, a new moon celebration, or
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  Speaker 1: a Sabbath day. These are a shadow of the things
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  Speaker 1: that were to come. The reality, however, is found in Christ.
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  Speaker 1: Do not let anyone who delights in false humility and
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  Speaker 1: the worship of angels disqualify you. Such a person also
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  Speaker 1: goes into great detail about what they have seen. They
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  Speaker 1: are puffed up with idleness notions by their unspiritual mind.
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  Speaker 1: They have lost connection with the Head, from whom the
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  Speaker 1: whole body, supported and held together by its ligaments and sinews,
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  Speaker 1: grows as God causes it to grow. Since you died
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  Speaker 1: with Christ to the elemental spiritual forces of this world,
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  Speaker 1: why as though you still belong to the world, do
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  Speaker 1: you submit to its rules? Do not handle, do not taste,
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  Speaker 1: do not touch. These rules, which have to do with
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  Speaker 1: things that are all destined to perish with use, are
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  Speaker 1: based on merely human commands and teachings. Such regulations indeed
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  Speaker 1: have an appearance of wisdom with their self imposed worship,
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  Speaker 1: their false humility, and their harsh treatment of the body,
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  Speaker 1: but they lack any value in restraining sensual indulgence. Colossians
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  Speaker 1: chapter three. Since then you have been raised with Christ,
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  Speaker 1: set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated
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  Speaker 1: at the right hand of God. Set your minds on
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  Speaker 1: things above, not on earthly things. For you died and
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  Speaker 1: your life is now hidden with Christ and God. When Christ,
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  Speaker 1: who is your life, appears, then you also will appear
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  Speaker 1: with him in glory. Put to death. Therefore, whatever belongs
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  Speaker 1: to your earthly nature, sexual, immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires,
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  Speaker 1: and greed, which is idolatry. Because of these, the wrath
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  Speaker 1: of God is coming. You used to walk in these
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  Speaker 1: ways and the life you once lived. But now you
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  Speaker 1: must also rid yourselves of all such things as these anger, rage, malice, slander,
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  Speaker 1: and filthy language from your lips. Do not lie to
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  Speaker 1: each other, since you have taken off your old self
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  Speaker 1: with its practices, and have put on the new self,
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  Speaker 1: which is being renewed and knowledge in the image of
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  Speaker 1: its creator. Here there is no gentile or Jew, circumcised
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  Speaker 1: or uncircumcised, Barbarian, Scythian, slave or free. But Christ is
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  Speaker 1: all and is in all. Therefore, as God's chosen people,
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  Speaker 1: holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness,
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  Speaker 1: and patience. Bear with each other and forgive one another.
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  Speaker 1: If any of you has a grievance against someone.
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  Speaker 2: Forgive as the Lord forgave you.
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  Speaker 1: And over all these virtues, put on love, which binds
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  Speaker 1: them all together in perfect unity.
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  Speaker 2: Let the peace of Christ rule.
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  Speaker 1: In your hearts, since as members of one body, you
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  Speaker 1: were called to peace and be thankful. Let the message
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  Speaker 1: of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and
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  Speaker 1: admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns and
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  Speaker 1: songs from the Spirit, singing to God, with gratitude in
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  Speaker 1: your hearts. And whatever you do, whether in word or deed,
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  Speaker 1: do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus,
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  Speaker 1: giving thanks to God the Father through him. Wives, submit
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  Speaker 1: yourselves to your husbands as is fitting in the Lord. Husbands.
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  Speaker 1: Love your wives, and do not be harsh with them.
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  Speaker 2: Children.
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  Speaker 1: Obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord. Fathers.
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  Speaker 1: Do not embitter your children, or they will become discouraged.
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  Speaker 2: Slaves.
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  Speaker 1: Obey your earthly masters and everything, and do it not
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  Speaker 1: only when their eye is on you and to curry
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  Speaker 1: their favor, but with sincerity of heart and reverence for
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  Speaker 1: the Lord. Whatever you do, work at it with all
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  Speaker 1: your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters,
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  Speaker 1: since you know that you will receive an inheritance from
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  Speaker 1: the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ
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  Speaker 1: you are serving. Any One who does wrong will be
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  Speaker 1: repaid for their wrongs, and there is no favoritism Colossians
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  Speaker 1: chapter four. Masters, provide your slaves with what is right
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  Speaker 1: and fair, because you know that you also have a
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  Speaker 1: master in heaven. Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful,
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  Speaker 1: and pray for us too, that God may open a
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  Speaker 1: door for our message, so that we may proclaim the
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  Speaker 1: mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains. Pray
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  Speaker 1: that I may proclaim it clearly as I should. Be
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  Speaker 1: wise in the way you act toward outsiders. Make the
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  Speaker 1: most of every opportunity. Let your conversation be always full
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  Speaker 1: of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know
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  Speaker 1: how to answer everyone. Tikacus will tell you all the
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  Speaker 1: news about me. He is a dear brother, a faithful minister,
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  Speaker 1: and fellow servant in the Lord. I am sending him
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  Speaker 1: to you for the express purpose that you may know
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  Speaker 1: about our circumstances, and that he may encourage your hearts.
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  Speaker 1: He is coming with Onesimus, our faithful and dear brother,
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  Speaker 1: who is one of you. They will tell you everything
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  Speaker 1: that is happening here. My fellow prisoner, Aristarchus sends you
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  Speaker 1: his greetings, as does Mark, the cousin of Barnabas you
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  Speaker 1: have received instructions about him. If he comes to you,
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  Speaker 1: welcome him. Jesus, who is called Justice, also sends greetings.
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  Speaker 1: These are the only Jews among the coworkers or the
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  Speaker 1: Kingdom of God, and they have proved a comfort to me. Epiphas,
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  Speaker 1: who is one of you and a servant of Christ,
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  Speaker 1: Jesus sends greetings. He is always wrestling in prayer for you,
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  Speaker 1: that you may stand firm in all the will of God,
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  Speaker 1: mature and fully assured. I vouch for him that he
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  Speaker 1: is working hard for you and for those at Laodicea
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  Speaker 1: in Hyropolis. Our dear friend, Luke, the Doctor and Demus
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  Speaker 1: send greetings. Give my greetings to the brothers and sisters
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  Speaker 1: at Laodicea, and to Nympha and the church in her house.
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  Speaker 1: After this letter has been read to you, see that
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  Speaker 1: it is also read in the church of the Laodoceans,
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  Speaker 1: and that you in turn read the letter from Laodicea.
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  Speaker 1: Tell our Kippus see to it that you complete the
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  Speaker 1: ministry you have received in the Lord. I Paul write
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  Speaker 1: this greeting in my own hand. Remember my chains grace
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  Speaker 1: be with you, Father. I pray that your child will
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  Speaker 1: be transformed by the power of the risen Messiah, that
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  Speaker 1: they would live a life radically different from the culture
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  Speaker 1: of the world. That they would embrace your new way
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  Speaker 1: of being, a human, one full of self giving love
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  Speaker 1: for all people. Transform this child now, help them to
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  Speaker 1: let go of anything they may still be trying to
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  Speaker 1: hold on. To send your spirit into those places and
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  Speaker 1: transform their whole being into one fully submitted to you.
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  Speaker 1: I thank you for this child, for the power of
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  Speaker 1: Christ in their life. Let them wake tomorrow as a
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  Speaker 1: new creation in You. I pray for your power to
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  Speaker 1: be strengthened in them, that they could live a life
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  Speaker 1: transformed by You and your Son's name. I pray Amen.
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  Speaker 1: Calassians chapter three, verse one says, since then you have
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  Speaker 1: been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above,
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  Speaker 1: where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.
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  Speaker 1: Set your heart on things above. As we dive into
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  Speaker 1: the scriptures of Colossians again, Colossians chapter one Paul an
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  Speaker 1: apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and
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  Speaker 1: Timothy our brother to God's Holy people, and callosei the
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  Speaker 1: faithful brothers and sisters in Christ, grace and peace to
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  Speaker 1: you from God our Father. We always thank God, the
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  Speaker 1: Father of our Lord, Jesus Christ, when we pray for you,
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  Speaker 1: because we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus,
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  Speaker 1: and of the love you have for all God's people,
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  Speaker 1: the faith and love that spring from the hopes stored
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  Speaker 1: up for you in heaven, and about which you have
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  Speaker 1: already heard in the true message of the Gospel that
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  Speaker 1: has come to you. In the same way, the Gospel
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  Speaker 1: is bearing fruit and growing throughout the whole world, just
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  Speaker 1: as it has been doing among you since the day
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  Speaker 1: you heard it and truly understood God's grace. You learned
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  Speaker 1: it from Epiphras, our dear fellow servant, who is a
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  Speaker 1: faithful minister of Christ on our behalf, and who also
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  Speaker 1: told us of your love and the Spirit. For this reason,
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  Speaker 1: since the day we heard about you, we have not
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  Speaker 1: stopped praying for you. We continually ask God to fill
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  Speaker 1: you with the knowledge of His will through all the
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  Speaker 1: wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives, so that you
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  Speaker 1: may live a life worthy of the Lord and please
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  Speaker 1: Him in every way, bearing f root in every good work,
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  Speaker 1: growing in the knowledge of God, being strengthened with all
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  Speaker 1: power according to His glorious might, so that you may
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  Speaker 1: have great endurance and patience, and giving joyful thanks to
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  Speaker 1: the Father who has qualified you to share in the
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  Speaker 1: inheritance of His Holy people in the Kingdom of Light.
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  Speaker 1: For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness
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  Speaker 1: and brought us into the Kingdom of the Sun. He loves,
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  Speaker 1: in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. The
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  Speaker 1: Son is the image of the invisible God, the first
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  Speaker 1: born over all creation. For in him all things were created,
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  Speaker 1: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether
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  Speaker 1: thrones or powers, or rulers or authorities, all things have
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  Speaker 1: been created through him and for him. He is before
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  Speaker 1: all things, and in him all things hold together. And
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  Speaker 1: he is the head of the body the Church. He
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  Speaker 1: is the beginning and the first born from among the dead,
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  Speaker 1: so that in everything he might have the supremacy. For
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  Speaker 1: God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in
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  Speaker 1: him and through him, to reconcile to himself all things,
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  Speaker 1: whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making
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  Speaker 1: peace through His blood shed on the cross. Once you
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  Speaker 1: were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds
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  Speaker 1: because of your evil behavior. But now He has reconciled
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  Speaker 1: you by Christ's physical body through death, to present you
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  Speaker 1: wholly in His sight, without blemish and free from accusation.
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  Speaker 1: If you continue in your faith, established and firm, do
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  Speaker 1: not move from the.
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  Speaker 2: Hope held out in the Gospel.
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  Speaker 1: This is the gospel that you heard, and that has
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  Speaker 1: been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul,
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  Speaker 1: have become a servant. Now I rejoice in what I
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  Speaker 1: am suffering for you, and I filip in my flesh
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  Speaker 1: what is still lacking in regard to Christ's afflictions. For
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  Speaker 1: the sake of His body, which is the Church, I
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  Speaker 1: have become its servant by the commission God gave me
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  Speaker 1: to present to you the word of God in its fullness,
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  Speaker 1: the mystery that has been kept hidden for ages and generations,
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  Speaker 1: but is now disclosed to the Lord's people. To them,
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  Speaker 1: God has chosen to make known among the gentiles the
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  Speaker 1: glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you,
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  Speaker 1: the hope of glory. He is the one we proclaim,
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  Speaker 1: admonishing and teaching every one with all wisdom, so that
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  Speaker 1: we may present every one fully mature in Christ. To
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  Speaker 1: this end, I strenuously contend with all the energy Christ
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  Speaker 1: so powerfully works in me.
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  Speaker 3: Colossians chapter two.
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  Speaker 1: I want you to know how hard I am contending
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  Speaker 1: for you, and for those at Laodicea, and for all
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  Speaker 1: who have not met me personally. My goal is that
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  Speaker 1: they may be encouraged in heart and united in love,
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  Speaker 1: so that they may have the full riches of complete understanding,
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  Speaker 1: in order that they may know the mystery of God,
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  Speaker 1: namely Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of
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  Speaker 1: wisdom and knowledge. I tell you this so that no
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  Speaker 1: one may deceive you by fine sounding arguments. For though
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  Speaker 1: I am absent from you in body, I am present
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  Speaker 1: with you in spirit and delight to see how disciplined
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  Speaker 1: you are and how firm your faith in Christ is.
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  Speaker 1: So then, just as you received Christ, Jesus's Lord, continue
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  Speaker 1: to live your lives in Him, rooted and built up
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  Speaker 1: in Him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught,
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  Speaker 1: and overflowing with thankfulness. See to it that no one
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  Speaker 1: takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy which depends
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  Speaker 1: on human tradition and the elemental spiritual forces of this world,
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  Speaker 1: rather than on Christ. For in Christ all the fullness
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  Speaker 1: of the deity lives in bodily form, and in Christ
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  Speaker 1: you have been brought to fullness. He is the head
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  Speaker 1: over every power and authority. In Him, you were also circumcised,
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  Speaker 1: with the circumcision not performed by human hands. Your whole self,
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  Speaker 1: ruled by the flesh, was put off when you were
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  Speaker 1: circumcised by Christ, having been buried with him in baptism,
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  Speaker 1: in which you were also raised with Him through your
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  Speaker 1: faith in the working of God, who raised him from
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  Speaker 1: the dead. When you were dead in your sins, and
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  Speaker 1: in the uncircumcision of your flesh.
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  Speaker 2: God made you alive with Christ.
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  Speaker 1: He forgave us all our sins, having canceled the charge
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  Speaker 1: of our legal indentness, which stood against us and condemn us.
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  Speaker 1: He has taken it away, nailing it to the cross,
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  Speaker 1: and having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a
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  Speaker 1: public spectacle of them, triumphing.
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  Speaker 2: Over them by the cross.
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  Speaker 1: Therefore, do not let any one judge you by what
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  Speaker 1: you eat or drink, or with regard to a religious festival,
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  Speaker 1: a new moon celebration, or.
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  Speaker 2: A Sabbath day.
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  Speaker 1: These are a shadow of the things that were to come.
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  Speaker 1: The reality, however, is found in Christ. Do not let
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  Speaker 1: any one who delights in false humility and the worship
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  Speaker 1: of angels disqualify you. Such a person also goes into
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  Speaker 1: great detail about what they have seen.
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  Speaker 2: They are puffed up.
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  Speaker 1: With idle notions by their unspiritual mind. They have lost
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  Speaker 1: connection with the Head, from whom the whole body, supported
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  Speaker 1: and held together by its ligaments and sinews, grows as
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  Speaker 1: God causes it to grow. Since you died with Christ
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  Speaker 1: to the elemental spiritual forces of this world, why as
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  Speaker 1: though you still belong to the world, do you submit
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  Speaker 1: to its rules? Do not handle, do not taste, do
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  Speaker 1: not touch. These rules, which have to do with things
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  Speaker 1: that are all destined to perish with use, are based
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  Speaker 1: on merely human commands and teachings.
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  Speaker 2: Such regulations indeed have.
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  Speaker 1: An appearance of wisdom with their self imposed worship, their
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  Speaker 1: false humility, and their harsh treatment of the body, but
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  Speaker 1: they lack any value in restraining sensual indulgence. Colossians chapter three.
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  Speaker 1: Since then you have been raised with Christ, set your
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  Speaker 1: hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the
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  Speaker 1: right hand of God. Set your minds on things above,
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  Speaker 1: not on earth, things for you died, and your life
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  Speaker 1: is now hidden with Christ and God. When Christ, who
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  Speaker 1: is your life, appears, then you also will appear with
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  Speaker 1: him in glory. Put to death. Therefore, whatever belongs to
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  Speaker 1: your earthly nature, sexual, immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed,
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  Speaker 1: which is idolatry. Because of these, the wrath of God
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  Speaker 1: is coming. You used to walk in these ways and
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  Speaker 1: the life you once lived. But now you must also
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  Speaker 1: rid yourselves of all such things as these, anger, rage, malice, slander,
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  Speaker 1: and filthy language from your lips. Do not lie to
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  Speaker 1: each other, since you have taken off your old self
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  Speaker 1: with its practices, and have put on the new self,
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  Speaker 1: which is being renewed and knowledge in the image of
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  Speaker 1: its creator. Here there is no gentile or Jew, circumcised
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  Speaker 1: or uncircumcised, Barbarian, Scythian, slave or free. But Christ is
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  Speaker 1: all and is in all. Therefore, as God's chosen people,
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  Speaker 1: holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness,
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  Speaker 1: and patience. Bear with each other and forgive one another.
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  Speaker 1: If any of you has a grievance against someone, forgive
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  Speaker 1: as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues.
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  Speaker 1: Put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.
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  Speaker 1: Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since
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  Speaker 1: as members of one body, you were called to peace
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  Speaker 1: and be thankful. Let the message of Christ dwell among
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  Speaker 1: you richly as you teach and admonish one another with
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  Speaker 1: all wisdom through psalms, hymns and songs from the Spirit,
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  Speaker 1: singing to God, with gratitude in your hearts. And whatever
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  Speaker 1: you do, whether in word or deed, do it all
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  Speaker 1: in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to
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  Speaker 1: God the Father through him. Wives, submit yourselves to your
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  Speaker 1: husbands as is fitting in the Lord.
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  Speaker 2: Husbands.
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  Speaker 1: Love your wives, and do not be harsh with them.
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  Speaker 2: Children.
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  Speaker 1: Obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord.
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  Speaker 2: Fathers. Do not embitter your children, or they will become
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  Speaker 2: discouraged slaves.
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  Speaker 1: Obey your earthly masters and everything, and do it not
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  Speaker 1: only when their eye is on you and to curry
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  Speaker 1: their favor, but with sincerity of heart and reverence for
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  Speaker 1: the Lord. Whatever you do, work at it with all
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  Speaker 1: your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters,
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  Speaker 1: since you know that you will receive an inheritance from
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  Speaker 1: the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ
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  Speaker 1: you are serving. Anyone who does wrong will be repaid
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  Speaker 1: for their wrongs, and there is no favoritism Colossians chapter four. Masters,
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  Speaker 1: provide your slaves with what is right and fair, because
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  Speaker 1: you know that you also have a master in heaven.
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  Speaker 2: Devote yourselves to.
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  Speaker 1: Prayer, being watchful and thankful, and pray for us too,
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  Speaker 1: that God may open a door for our message, so
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  Speaker 1: that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which
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  Speaker 1: I am in chains. Pray that I may proclaim it
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  Speaker 1: clearly as I should. Be wise in the way you
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  Speaker 1: act toward outsiders. Make the most of every opportunity. Let
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  Speaker 1: your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt,
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  Speaker 1: so that you may know how to answer everyone. Tikacus
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  Speaker 1: will tell you all the news about me. He is
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  Speaker 1: a dear brother, a faithful minister, and fellow servant in
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  Speaker 1: the Lord. I am sending him to you for the
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  Speaker 1: express purpose that you may know about our circumstances, and
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  Speaker 1: that he may encourage your hearts. He is coming with Onesimus,
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  Speaker 1: our faithful and dear brother, who is one of you.
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  Speaker 1: They will tell you everything that is happening here. My
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  Speaker 1: fellow prisoner, Aristarchus sends you his greetings, as does Mark,
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  Speaker 1: the cousin of Barnabas you have received instructions about him.
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  Speaker 1: If he comes to you, welcome him. Jesus, who is
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  Speaker 1: called Justice, also sends greetings. These are the only Jews
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  Speaker 1: among the co workers for the Kingdom of God, and
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  Speaker 1: they have proved a comfort to me. Epiphas, who is
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  Speaker 1: one of you and a servant of Christ, Jesus sends greetings.
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  Speaker 1: He has always wrestling and prayer for you, that you
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  Speaker 1: may stand firm in all the will of God, mature
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  Speaker 1: and fully assured. I vouch for him that he is
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  Speaker 1: working hard for you and for those at Laodicea in Hyropolis.
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  Speaker 1: Our dear friend, Luke, the Doctor and Demus send greetings.
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  Speaker 1: Give my greetings to the brothers and sisters at Laodicea,
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  Speaker 1: and to Nympha and the church in her house. After
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  Speaker 1: this letter has been read to you, see that it
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  Speaker 1: is also read in the church of the Laodiceans, and
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  Speaker 1: that you in turn read the letter from Laodicea. Tell
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  Speaker 1: our Kippis see to it that you complete the ministry
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  Speaker 1: you have received in the Lord. I Paul write this
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  Speaker 1: greeting in my own hand, remember my chains.
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  Speaker 2: Grace be with you. Father.
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  Speaker 1: I pray that your child will be transformed by the
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  Speaker 1: power of the risen Messiah, that they would live a
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  Speaker 1: life radically different from the culture of the world. That
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  Speaker 1: they would embrace your new way of being, a human,
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  Speaker 1: one full of self giving love for all people. Transform
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  Speaker 1: this child. Now, help them to let go of anything
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  Speaker 1: they may still be trying to hold on. To send
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  Speaker 1: your spirit into those places and transform their whole being
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  Speaker 1: into one fully submitted to You. I thank you for
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  Speaker 1: this child, for the power of Christ in their life.
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  Speaker 1: Let them wake tomorrow as a new creation in you.
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  Speaker 1: I pray for your power to be strengthened in them,
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  Speaker 1: that they could live a life transformed by You and
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  Speaker 1: your Son's name. I pray Amen. Coalassians Chapter three, verse
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  Speaker 1: one says, then you have been raised with Christ. Set
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  Speaker 1: your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at
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  Speaker 1: the right hand of God. Set your heart on things above.
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  Speaker 1: Let the Holy Spirit transform your mind as you abide
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  Speaker 1: in Christ. Now listen to another sleep Scriptures story. This
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  Speaker 1: time we'll learn about the Book of Galatians. The book
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  Speaker 1: was written by Paul as a letter to a number
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  Speaker 1: of churches in Galatia, where he had traveled doing missionary work.
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  Speaker 1: Paul was deeply concerned, even frustrated, about the state of
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  Speaker 1: the church in Galatia, where Jewish Christians in the region
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  Speaker 1: were pushing for strict adherents to the laws and practices
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  Speaker 1: commanded in the Torah. He is bewildered by the fact
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  Speaker 1: that the Galatians have embraced a version of the Gospel
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  Speaker 1: that denies Jesus free gift of grace. He believed strongly
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  Speaker 1: that holding gentiles to the old laws would betray the
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  Speaker 1: message of the Gospel that we are justified and declared
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  Speaker 1: righteous only by jesus sacrifice and our acceptance of Him
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  Speaker 1: as Messiah, not by our own works or observance of law.
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  Speaker 1: It's only through our belief in Jesus that his resurrection
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  Speaker 1: power can transform us so we can belong to His family.
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  Speaker 1: The whole message of the Book of Galatians is grace.
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  Speaker 1: What a freeing, beautiful message for us to day. Galatians
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  Speaker 1: Chapter two, verse twenty says, I have been crucified with Christ,
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  Speaker 1: and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me.
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  Speaker 1: The life I now live in the body I live
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  Speaker 1: by faith in the Son of God who loved me
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  Speaker 1: and gave himself for me. And then verse twenty one
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  Speaker 1: gives the gospel message even more strength. I do not
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  Speaker 1: nullify the grace of God, for if righteousness were through
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  Speaker 1: the law, then Christ died for no purpose. That's unthinkable
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  Speaker 1: that our Lord would have died for no purpose. We
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  Speaker 1: are free from the law because we now live under
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  Speaker 1: the law of grace. It's a mystery that we cannot
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  Speaker 1: fully understand, but that will lead you into deep, peaceful
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  Speaker 1: sleep tonight. So breathe deeply and accept God's free gift. Now,
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  Speaker 1: allow all your concerns to drift away in the light
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  Speaker 1: of the amazing truth Paul shares with the Galatians. Let
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  Speaker 1: the tension of the day's strivings melt away. Hand over
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  Speaker 1: to God any moments you try to earn his love
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  Speaker 1: or favor, and freely accept His gift of salvation. Breathe
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  Speaker 1: in Christ's salvation and breathe out the stress of trying
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  Speaker 1: to earn that salvation on your own. God, we come
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  Speaker 1: to you now as imperfect people, much like the Galatians,
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  Speaker 1: we try to earn our salvation. Forgive us for neglecting
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  Speaker 1: the message of the Gospel that Jesus is the Messiah,
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  Speaker 1: and that through Jesus you've created a new family, and
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  Speaker 1: you are our new father. When we accept the gift
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  Speaker 1: of your son, we are transformed by the power of
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  Speaker 1: your spirit. Let us never forget that this is what
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  Speaker 1: the Bible is all about. Help this beloved child of
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  Speaker 1: yours to soak in these scriptures as they fall asleep
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  Speaker 1: to the reading of your word. Let your peace fill
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  Speaker 1: their heart as they place their faith in You alone
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  Speaker 1: in Jesus name.
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  Speaker 2: Amen.
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  Speaker 1: Galatians Chapter one Paul an apostle sent not from men
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  Speaker 1: nor by a man, but by Jesus Christ and God,
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  Speaker 1: the Father who raised him from the dead, and all
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  Speaker 1: the brothers and sisters with me to the churches in glacia.
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  Speaker 1: Grace in peace to you from God, our Father, and
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  Speaker 1: the Lord Jesus Christ, who gave himself for our sins,
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  Speaker 1: to rescue us from the present evil age, according to
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  Speaker 1: the will of our God and Father, to whom be
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  Speaker 1: glory forever and ever.
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  Speaker 2: Amen.
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  Speaker 1: I am astonish that you are so quickly deserting the
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  Speaker 1: one who called you to live in the grace of Christ,
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  Speaker 1: and are turning to a different gospel, which is really
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  Speaker 1: no gospel at all.
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  Speaker 2: Evidently, some people.
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  Speaker 1: Are throwing you into confusion and are trying to pervert
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  Speaker 1: the Gospel of Christ. But even if we or an
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  Speaker 1: angel from Heaven should preach a gospel other than the
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  Speaker 1: one we preach to you, let them be under God's curse.
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  Speaker 1: As we have already said, so, now I say again,
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  Speaker 1: if anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than
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  Speaker 1: what you accepted, let them be under God's curse. Am
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  Speaker 1: I now trying to win the approval of human beings
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  Speaker 1: or of God? Or am I trying to please people?
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  Speaker 1: If I were still trying to please people, I would
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  Speaker 1: not be a servant of Christ. I want you to know,
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  Speaker 1: brothers and sisters, that the gospel I preached is not
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  Speaker 1: of human origin. I did not receive it from any man,
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  Speaker 1: nor was I taught it. Rather, I received it by
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  Speaker 1: revelation from Jesus Christ. For you have heard of my
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  Speaker 1: previous way of life in Judaism, how inten I persecuted
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  Speaker 1: the Church of God and tried to destroy it. I
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  Speaker 1: was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my own age
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  Speaker 1: among my people, and was extremely zealous for the traditions
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  Speaker 1: of my fathers. But when God, who set me apart
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  Speaker 1: from my mother's womb and called me by his grace.
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  Speaker 1: Was pleased to reveal his son in me so that
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  Speaker 1: I might preach him among the gentiles. My immediate response
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  Speaker 1: was not to consult any human being. I did not
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  Speaker 1: go up to Jerusalem to see those who were apostles
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  Speaker 1: before I was, but I went into Arabia. Later I
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  Speaker 1: returned to Damascus. Then, after three years, I went up
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  Speaker 1: to Jerusalem to get acquainted with Cephus and stayed with
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  Speaker 1: him fifteen days. I saw none of the other apostles,
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  Speaker 1: only James, the Lord's brother. I assure you before God
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  Speaker 1: that what I am writing you is no lie. Then
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  Speaker 1: I went to Syria and Cilicia. I was personally unknown
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  Speaker 1: to the churches of Judea that are in christ. They
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  Speaker 1: only heard the report the man who formerly persecuted us
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  Speaker 1: as now preaching the faith he once tried to destroy,
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  Speaker 1: and they praised God because of me Galatians Chapter two. Then,
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  Speaker 1: after fourteen years, I went up again to Jerusalem, this
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  Speaker 1: time with Barnabas. I took Titus along also. I went
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  Speaker 1: in response to a revelation and meeting privately with those
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  Speaker 1: esteemed as leaders, I presented to them the gospel that
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  Speaker 1: I preach among the gentiles. I wanted to be sure
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  Speaker 1: I was not running and had not been running my
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  Speaker 1: race in vain. Yet not even Titus, who was with me,
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  Speaker 1: was compelled to be circumcised, even though he was a Greek.
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  Speaker 1: This matter arose because some false believers had infiltrated our
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  Speaker 1: ranks to spy on the freedom we have in Christ Jesus,
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  Speaker 1: and to make us slaves. We did not give into
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  Speaker 1: them for a moment, so that the truth of the
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  Speaker 1: Gospel might be preserved for you. As for those who
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  Speaker 1: were held in high esteem, whatever they were, makes no
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  Speaker 1: difference to me. God does not show favoritism. They added
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  Speaker 1: nothing to my message. On the contrary, they recognized that
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  Speaker 1: I had been entrusted with the task of preaching the
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  Speaker 1: gospel to the uncircumcised, just as Peter had been to
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  Speaker 1: the circumcised.
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  Speaker 2: For God who was at work.
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  Speaker 1: In Peter as an apostle to the circumcised, was also
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  Speaker 1: at work in me as an apostle to the gentiles. James, Cephus,
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  Speaker 1: and John, those esteemed as pillars, gave Me and Barnabas
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  Speaker 1: the right hand of fellowship. When they recognized the grace
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  Speaker 1: given to me. They agreed that we should go to
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  Speaker 1: the gentiles, and they to the circumcised. All they asked
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  Speaker 1: was that that we should continue to remember the poor,
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  Speaker 1: the very thing I had been eager to do all along.
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  Speaker 1: When Cephis came to Antioch, I opposed him to his
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  Speaker 1: face because he stood condemned. For before certain men came
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  Speaker 1: from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles, But
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  Speaker 1: when they arrived, he began to draw back and separate
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  Speaker 1: himself from the Gentiles because he was afraid of those
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  Speaker 1: who belonged to the circumcision group. The other Jews joined
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  Speaker 1: him in his hypocrisy, so that by their hypocrisy even
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  Speaker 1: Barnabas was led astray. When I saw that they were
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  Speaker 1: not acting in line with the truth of the Gospel,
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  Speaker 1: I said to Cephis in front of them all, you
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  Speaker 1: are a Jew, yet you live like a gentile and
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  Speaker 1: not like a Jew. How is it then that you
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  Speaker 1: forced Gentiles to follow Jewish customs. We who are Jews
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  Speaker 1: by birth and not sinful Gentiles, know that a person
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  Speaker 1: is not justified by the works of the law, but
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  Speaker 1: by faith in Jesus Christ. So we too have put
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  Speaker 1: our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be justified
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  Speaker 1: by faith in Christ and not by the works of
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  Speaker 1: the law, because by the works of the law no
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  Speaker 1: one will be justified. But if in seeking to be
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  Speaker 1: justified in Christ, we Jews find ourselves also among the sinners,
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  Speaker 1: doesn't that mean that Christ promotes sin? Absolutely not. If
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  Speaker 1: I rebuild what I destroyed, then I really would be
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  Speaker 1: a lawbreaker. For through the law I die to the
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  Speaker 1: law so that I might live for God. I have
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  Speaker 1: been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but
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  Speaker 1: Christ lives in me the life I now live in
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  Speaker 1: the body. I live by faith in the Son of God,
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  Speaker 1: who loved me and gave himself for me. I do
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  Speaker 1: not set aside the grace of God. For if righteousness
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  Speaker 1: could be gained through the law, Christ died for nothing.
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  Speaker 1: Galatians Chapter three, You foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you?
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  Speaker 1: Before your very eyes? Jesus, Christ was clearly portrayed as crucified.
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  Speaker 1: I would like to learn just one thing from you.
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  Speaker 1: Did you receive the spirit by the works of the
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  Speaker 1: law or by believing what you heard? Are you so
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  Speaker 1: foolish after beginning by means of the spirit? Are you
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  Speaker 1: now trying to finish by means of the flesh. Have
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  Speaker 1: you experienced so much in vain? If it really was
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  Speaker 1: in vain? So again I ask, does God give you
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  Speaker 1: His spirit and work miracles among you by the works
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  Speaker 1: of the law, or by your believing what you heard?
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  Speaker 1: So also Abraham believed God, and it was credited to
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  Speaker 1: him as righteousness. Understand then, that those who have faith
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  Speaker 1: are children of Abraham. Scripture foresaw that God would justify
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  Speaker 1: the gentiles by faith and announce the Gospel in advance
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  Speaker 1: to Abraham. All nations will be blessed through you. So
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  Speaker 1: those who rely on faith are blessed along with Abraham,
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  Speaker 1: the man of faith. For all who rely on the
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  Speaker 1: works of the Law are under a curse. As it
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  Speaker 1: is written, cursed is everyone who does not continue to
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  Speaker 1: do everything written in the book of the Law. Clearly,
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  Speaker 1: no one who relies on the law is justified before God,
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  Speaker 1: because the righteous will live by faith. The law is
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  Speaker 1: not based on faith. On the contrary, it says, the
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  Speaker 1: person who does these things will live by them. Christ
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  Speaker 1: redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming
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  Speaker 1: a curse for us. For it is written, cursed is
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  Speaker 1: everyone who was hung on a pole. He redeemed us
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  Speaker 1: in order that the bless using given to Abraham might
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  Speaker 1: come to the gentiles through Christ Jesus, so that by
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  Speaker 1: faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit. Brothers
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  Speaker 1: and sisters, Let me take an example from everyday life.
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  Speaker 1: Just as no one can set aside or add to
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  Speaker 1: a human covenant that has been duly established, so it
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  Speaker 1: is in this case. The promises were spoken to Abraham
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  Speaker 1: and to his seed. Scripture does not say and to
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  Speaker 1: seeds meaning many people, but and to your seed, meaning
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  Speaker 1: one person who is Christ. What I mean is this
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  Speaker 1: The law introduced four hundred and thirty years later does
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  Speaker 1: not set aside the covenant previously established by God and
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  Speaker 1: thus do away with the promise. For if the inheritance
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  Speaker 1: depends on the law, then it no longer depends on
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  Speaker 1: the promise. But God and his grace gave it to
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  Speaker 1: Abraham through a promise. Why then was the law given
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  Speaker 1: at all? It was added because of transgressions until the
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  Speaker 1: seed to whom the promise preferred had come. The law
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  Speaker 1: was given through angels and entrusted to a mediator. A mediator, however,
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  Speaker 1: implies more than one party. But God is one. Is
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  Speaker 1: the law therefore opposed to the promises of God absolutely not.
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  Speaker 1: For if a law had been given that could impart life,
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  Speaker 1: then righteousness would certainly have come by the law. But
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  Speaker 1: Scripture has locked up everything under the control of sin,
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  Speaker 1: so that what was promised being given through faith in
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  Speaker 1: Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe. Before
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  Speaker 1: the coming of this faith, we were held in custody
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  Speaker 1: under the law, locked up until the faith that was
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  Speaker 1: to come would be revealed. So the law was our
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  Speaker 1: guardian until Christ came, that we might be justified by faith.
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  Speaker 1: Now that this faith has come, we are no longer
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  Speaker 1: under a guardian. So in Christ Jesus you are all
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  Speaker 1: children of God through faith. For all of you who
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  Speaker 1: are baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There
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  Speaker 1: is neither jew nor gentile, neither slave nor free, nor
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  Speaker 1: is there male and female, For you are all one
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  Speaker 1: in Christ Jesus. If you belong to Christ, then you
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  Speaker 1: are Abraham's seed and heirs according to the promise Galatians
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  Speaker 1: chapter four. What I am saying is that as long
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  Speaker 1: as an heir is under age, he is no different
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  Speaker 1: from a slave, although he owns the whole estate. The
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  Speaker 1: heir is subject to guardians and trustees until the time
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  Speaker 1: set by his father. So also when we were under age,
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  Speaker 1: we were in slavery under the elemental spiritual forces of
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  Speaker 1: the world. But when the said time had fully come,
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  Speaker 1: God sent his son, born of a woman, born under
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  Speaker 1: the law, to redeem those under the law, that we
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  Speaker 1: might receive adoption to sonship. Because you are His sons,
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  Speaker 1: God sent the spirit of his Son into our hearts,
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  Speaker 1: the spirit who calls out Abbah, Father. So you are
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  Speaker 1: no longer a slave, but God's child. And since you
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  Speaker 1: are his child, God has made you also an error. Formerly,
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  Speaker 1: when you did not know God, you were slaves did
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  Speaker 1: those who by nature are not God's. But now that
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  Speaker 1: you know God, or rather are known by God, how
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  Speaker 1: is it that you are turning back to those weak
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  Speaker 1: and miserable forces. Do you wish to be enslaved by
• 52:52
  Speaker 1: them all over again? You are observing special days and months,
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  Speaker 1: and seasons and years. I fear for you, you that
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  Speaker 1: somehow I have wasted my efforts on you. I plead
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  Speaker 1: with you, brothers and sisters, become like me, For I
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  Speaker 1: became like you.
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  Speaker 2: You did me no wrong.
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  Speaker 1: As you know, it was because of an illness that
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  Speaker 1: I first preached the Gospel to you, And even though
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  Speaker 1: my illness was a trial to you, you did not
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  Speaker 1: treat me with contempt or scorn. Instead, you welcomed me
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  Speaker 1: as if I were an angel of God, as if
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  Speaker 1: I were Christ Jesus himself.
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  Speaker 2: Where then, is your blessing of me? Now?
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  Speaker 1: I can testify that if you could have done so,
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  Speaker 1: you would have torn out your eyes and given them
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  Speaker 1: to me. Have I now become your enemy by telling
• 53:43
  Speaker 1: you the truth? Those people are zealous to win you over,
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  Speaker 1: but for no good. What they want is to alienate
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  Speaker 1: you from us so that you may have zeal for them.
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  Speaker 1: It is fine to be zealous, provided the purpose is good,
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  Speaker 1: and to be so always, not just when I am
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  Speaker 1: with you, my dear children, for who I am again
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  Speaker 1: in the pains of childbirth, until Christ is formed in you.
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  Speaker 1: How I wish I could be with you now and
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  Speaker 1: change my tone, because I am perplexed about you. Tell me,
• 54:17
  Speaker 1: you who want to be under the law? Are you
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  Speaker 1: not aware of what the law says? For it is
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  Speaker 1: written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave
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  Speaker 1: woman and the other by the free woman. His son
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  Speaker 1: by the slave woman was born according to the flesh,
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  Speaker 1: But his son by the free woman was born as
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  Speaker 1: a result of a divine promise. These things are being
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  Speaker 1: taken figuratively. The women represent two covenants. One covenant is
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  Speaker 1: from Mount Sinai and bears children who are to be slaves.
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  Speaker 1: This is Hagar. Now Hagar stands from Mount Sinai in
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  Speaker 1: Arabia and corresponds to the present city of Jerusalem, because
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  Speaker 1: she is in slavery with her children. But the Jerusalem
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  Speaker 1: that is above is free, and she is our mother.
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  Speaker 1: For it is written, be glad, barren women, you who
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  Speaker 1: never bore a child. Shout for joy and cry aloud,
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  Speaker 1: you who were never in labor, Because more are the
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  Speaker 1: children of the desolate woman than of her who has
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  Speaker 1: a husband. Now, you, brothers and sisters, like Isaac, are
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  Speaker 1: children of promise. At that time, the son born according
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  Speaker 1: to the flesh persecuted the son born by the power
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  Speaker 1: of the spirit. It is the same now. But what
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  Speaker 1: does scriptures say, get rid of the slave woman and
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  Speaker 1: her son. For the slave woman's son will never share
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  Speaker 1: in the inheritance with the free woman son. Therefore, brothers
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  Speaker 1: and sisters, we are not children of the slave woman,
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  Speaker 1: but of the free woman. Galatians Chapter It is for
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  Speaker 1: freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then,
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  Speaker 1: and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a
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  Speaker 1: yoke of slavery. Mark my words, I, Paul tell you
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  Speaker 1: that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be
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  Speaker 1: of no value to you at all. Again, I declare
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  Speaker 1: to every man who lets himself be circumcised that he
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  Speaker 1: is obligated to obey the whole law. You, who are
• 56:30
  Speaker 1: trying to be justified by the law, have been alienated
• 56:33
  Speaker 1: from Christ. You have fallen away from grace. For through
• 56:38
  Speaker 1: the Spirit we eagerly await by faith the righteousness from
• 56:41
  Speaker 1: which we hope for in Christ Jesus. Neither circumcision nor
• 56:46
  Speaker 1: uncircumcision has any value. The only thing that counts is
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  Speaker 1: faith expressing itself through love. You are running a good race.
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  Speaker 1: Who cut in on you to keep you from obeying
• 56:58
  Speaker 1: the truth. That kind of persuasion does not come from
• 57:02
  Speaker 1: the one who calls you a little yeast works through
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  Speaker 1: the whole.
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  Speaker 2: Batch of dough.
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  Speaker 1: I am confident in the Lord that you will take
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  Speaker 1: no other view. The one who was throwing you into confusion.
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  Speaker 1: Whoever that may be, will have to pay the penalty.
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  Speaker 1: Brothers and sisters, if I am still preaching circumcision, why
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  Speaker 1: am I still being persecuted? In that case, the offense
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  Speaker 1: of the cross has been abolished. As for those agitators,
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  Speaker 1: I wish they would go the whole way and emasculate themselves. You,
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  Speaker 1: my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But
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  Speaker 1: do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh. Rather
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  Speaker 1: serve one another humbly in love, For the entire law
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  Speaker 1: is fulfilled in keeping this one command. Love your neighbor
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  Speaker 1: as yourself. If you bite it and devour each other,
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  Speaker 1: watch out, or you will be destroyed by each other.
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  Speaker 1: So I say, walk by the spirit, and you will
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  Speaker 1: not gratify the desires of the flesh. For the flesh
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  Speaker 1: desires what is contrary to the spirit. And the spirit
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  Speaker 1: what is contrary to the flesh. They are in conflict
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  Speaker 1: with each other, so that you are not to do
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  Speaker 1: whatever you want. But if you are led by the spirit,
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  Speaker 1: you are not under the law. The acts of the
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  Speaker 1: flesh are obvious. Sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery, idolatry and witchcraft, hatred, discord, jealousy,
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  Speaker 1: fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions and envy, drunkenness, orgies,
• 58:45
  Speaker 1: and the like. I warn you, as I did before,
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  Speaker 1: that those who live like this will not inherit the
• 58:51
  Speaker 1: Kingdom of God. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, gold, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness,
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  Speaker 1: and self control. Against such things, there is no law.
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  Speaker 1: Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh
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  Speaker 1: with its passions and desires. Since we live by the spirit,
• 59:16
  Speaker 1: let us keep in step with the spirit. Let us
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  Speaker 1: not become conceited, provoking and envying each other. Galatians chapter six.
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  Speaker 1: Brothers and sisters, if someone is caught in a sin,
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  Speaker 1: you who live by the spirit, should restore that person gently.
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  Speaker 1: But watch yourselves, or you also may be tempted carry
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  Speaker 1: each other's burdens. And in this way you will fulfill
• 59:45
  Speaker 1: the law of Christ. If anyone thinks they are something
• 59:49
  Speaker 1: when they are not, they deceive themselves. Each one should
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  Speaker 1: test their own actions. Then they can take pride in
• 59:57
  Speaker 1: themselves alone, without comparing them themselves to someone else. For
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  Speaker 1: each one should carry their own load. Nevertheless, the one
• 1:00:06
  Speaker 1: who receives instruction, and the Word should share all good
• 1:00:10
  Speaker 1: things with their instructor. Do not be deceived. God cannot
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  Speaker 1: be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. Whoever sows
• 1:00:19
  Speaker 1: to please their flesh from the flesh will reap destruction.
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  Speaker 1: Whoever sows to please the spirit, from the spirit will
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  Speaker 1: reap eternal life. Let us not become weary in doing good,
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  Speaker 1: for at the proper time we will reap a harvest
• 1:00:35
  Speaker 1: if we do not give up. Therefore, as we have opportunity,
• 1:00:40
  Speaker 1: let us do good to all people, especially to those
• 1:00:43
  Speaker 1: who belong to the family of believers. See what large
• 1:00:47
  Speaker 1: letters I use as I write to you with my
• 1:00:49
  Speaker 1: own hand. Those who want to impress people by means
• 1:00:53
  Speaker 1: of the flesh are trying to compel you to be circumcised.
• 1:00:57
  Speaker 1: The only reason they do this is to avoid being
• 1:00:59
  Speaker 1: percycuted for the Cross of Christ. Not even those who
• 1:01:03
  Speaker 1: are circumcised to keep the law. Yet they want you
• 1:01:06
  Speaker 1: to be circumcised, that they may boast about your circumcision
• 1:01:09
  Speaker 1: and the flesh. May I never boast except in the
• 1:01:13
  Speaker 1: cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world
• 1:01:17
  Speaker 1: has been crucified to me and I to the world.
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  Speaker 1: Neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything. What counts is the
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  Speaker 1: New Creation. Peace and mercy to all who follow this rule,
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  Speaker 1: to the Israel of God. From now on, Let no
• 1:01:35
  Speaker 1: one cause me trouble, for I bear on my body
• 1:01:39
  Speaker 1: the marks of Jesus, the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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  Speaker 1: Be with your spirit, brothers and sisters. Amen, Father God,
• 1:01:51
  Speaker 1: thank you for this gift of grace, of salvation, the
• 1:01:55
  Speaker 1: promise of eternity. With you as your child sleeps tonight,
• 1:02:00
  Speaker 1: Give them dreams that remind them of your great love
• 1:02:03
  Speaker 1: for them. Let them be enfolded into Your grace, so
• 1:02:07
  Speaker 1: that no matter which way they turn, that's all they
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  Speaker 1: see all around them. They are saved by grace, They
• 1:02:16
  Speaker 1: are rooted in grace. They grow in grace. May that
• 1:02:23
  Speaker 1: be something that they never ever forget. We ask this
• 1:02:27
  Speaker 1: in the precious powerful name of Jesus.
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  Speaker 2: Amen.
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  Speaker 1: The book was written by Paul from prison to the
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  Speaker 1: Church of Consei. Paul thanks God that the Colossians have
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  Speaker 1: been faithful showing love for God and others because of
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  Speaker 1: the hope they have in Jesus. He prays that they
• 1:02:53
  Speaker 1: would grow in their wisdom about Jesus and share that
• 1:02:56
  Speaker 1: Jesus is the human image of God who brings a
• 1:02:59
  Speaker 1: new creation. Paul relates his imprisonment to participating in the
• 1:03:05
  Speaker 1: suffering of Jesus. He believes that his punishment for preaching
• 1:03:10
  Speaker 1: that Jesus is the Messiah is not a sign of defeat,
• 1:03:13
  Speaker 1: but a cause for joy, the joy we have in
• 1:03:17
  Speaker 1: a new way of living through Christ because of his resurrection.
• 1:03:23
  Speaker 1: The cultural pressure to resist this gospel message was strong
• 1:03:27
  Speaker 1: in Calisse. They felt pressure to either worship Jesus as
• 1:03:31
  Speaker 1: one of many gods or to adhere to the old
• 1:03:34
  Speaker 1: laws of the Torah. Paul tells the Colossians that giving
• 1:03:39
  Speaker 1: into either of these pressures would deny the message of
• 1:03:42
  Speaker 1: the gospel that Jesus is the only way by which
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  Speaker 1: we are saved. Following Jesus means following his new kind
• 1:03:51
  Speaker 1: of humanity. Paul encourages the Colossians to live as part
• 1:03:56
  Speaker 1: of God's people, transcending our culture. Paul uses the image
• 1:04:01
  Speaker 1: of the Roman household to contrast how household ruled by
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  Speaker 1: Jesus self giving love would look like something radically different
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  Speaker 1: to the culture.
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  Speaker 2: Of the day.
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  Speaker 1: The Book of Colossians reveals that no part of human
• 1:04:16
  Speaker 1: existence remains untouched by the love and freedom of Christ.
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  Speaker 1: Invite the transforming power of Jesus into your heart now
• 1:04:26
  Speaker 1: to continue to make you more and more like him.
• 1:04:31
  Speaker 1: Colossians chapter three, Verse one says, since then you have
• 1:04:36
  Speaker 1: been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above,
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  Speaker 1: where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.
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  Speaker 1: The verse does not mean that we are to focus
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  Speaker 1: on our future in heaven, but rather to live now
• 1:04:52
  Speaker 1: as we have truly been resurrected with Christ, transformed by
• 1:04:57
  Speaker 1: His power and God's authority. Submit to God's authority now,
• 1:05:06
  Speaker 1: let his sovereignty produce peace in your mind, trusting his
• 1:05:11
  Speaker 1: plan for humanity. Breathe in the truth of the Gospel
• 1:05:17
  Speaker 1: and let it relax your whole body. You don't need
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  Speaker 1: to conform to the culture or pressures of this world.
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  Speaker 1: All you need to do is rest in the knowledge
• 1:05:29
  Speaker 1: of the new creation you are in Christ. Breathe in
• 1:05:34
  Speaker 1: the transformative power of the Gospel, and breathe out the
• 1:05:39
  Speaker 1: pressures of the world. Set your heart on things above. God,
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  Speaker 1: we ask now for your wisdom. Teach us what it
• 1:05:53
  Speaker 1: means to live a life transformed by the reality of
• 1:05:56
  Speaker 1: the Gospel. Help us to see oursels sufferings is joy.
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  Speaker 1: Forgive us for giving into the pressures of this world,
• 1:06:06
  Speaker 1: for bowing to our culture instead of you, for trying
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  Speaker 1: to earn our salvation, instead of trusting that the Gospel
• 1:06:16
  Speaker 1: lacks nothing. Give us a perspective that transforms us into
• 1:06:21
  Speaker 1: your new creation. Nothing is untouched by your love and freedom.
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  Speaker 1: We rest in that now that Jesus is the answer.
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  Speaker 1: Let that truth transform your child as they sleep tonight.
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  Speaker 1: I pray that they are faithful, full of love and
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  Speaker 1: hope in You in Jesus' name, Amen. Colossians Chapter one,
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  Speaker 1: Paul an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God,
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  Speaker 1: and Timothy our brother to God's holy people in callose
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  Speaker 1: the faithful brothers and sisters in Christ. Grace and peace
• 1:07:08
  Speaker 1: to you from God our Father. We always thank God,
• 1:07:13
  Speaker 1: the Father of our Lord, Jesus Christ, when we pray
• 1:07:16
  Speaker 1: for you, because we have heard of your faith in
• 1:07:20
  Speaker 1: Christ Jesus, and of the love you have for all
• 1:07:23
  Speaker 1: God's people, the faith and love that spring from the
• 1:07:26
  Speaker 1: hopes stored up for you in Heaven, and about which
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  Speaker 1: you have already heard in the true message of the
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  Speaker 1: Gospel that has come to you in the same way,
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  Speaker 1: the Gospel is bearing fruit and growing throughout the whole world,
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  Speaker 1: just as it has been doing among you since the
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  Speaker 1: day you heard it and truly understood God's grace. You
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  Speaker 1: learned it from Epiphras, our dear fellow servant, who is
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  Speaker 1: a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf, and who
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  Speaker 1: also told us of your love and the Spirit. For
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  Speaker 1: this reason, since the day we heard about you, we
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  Speaker 1: have not stopped praying for you. We continually ask God
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  Speaker 1: to fill you with the knowledge of His will through
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  Speaker 1: all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives, so
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  Speaker 1: that you may live a life worthy of the Lord
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  Speaker 1: and please Him in every way, bearing fruit in every
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  Speaker 1: good work, growing in the knowledge of God, being strengthened
• 1:08:26
  Speaker 1: with all power according to His glorious might, so that
• 1:08:30
  Speaker 1: you may have great endurance and patience, and giving joyful
• 1:08:34
  Speaker 1: thanks to the Father who has qualified you to share
• 1:08:38
  Speaker 1: in the inheritance of His holy people in the Kingdom
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  Speaker 1: of Light, for He has rescued us from the dominion
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  Speaker 1: of darkness and brought us into the Kingdom.
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  Speaker 2: Of the Sun.
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  Speaker 1: He loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
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  Speaker 1: The Son is the image of the invisible God, the
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  Speaker 1: first overall creation. For in him all things were created,
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  Speaker 1: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether
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  Speaker 1: thrones or powers, or rulers or authorities, all things have
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  Speaker 1: been created through him and for him. He is before
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  Speaker 1: all things, and in him all things hold together. And
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  Speaker 1: he is the head of the body the Church. He
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  Speaker 1: is the beginning and the first born from among the dead,
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  Speaker 1: so that in everything he might have the supremacy. For
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  Speaker 1: God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in
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  Speaker 1: him and through him, to reconcile to himself all things,
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  Speaker 1: whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making
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  Speaker 1: peace through his blood shed on the cross. Once you
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  Speaker 1: were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds
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  Speaker 1: because of your evil behavior. But now He has reconciled
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  Speaker 1: you by Christ's fa physical body through death, to present
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  Speaker 1: you wholly in His sight, without blemish and free from accusation.
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  Speaker 1: If you continue in your faith, established and firm, do
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  Speaker 1: not move from the hope held out in the Gospel.
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  Speaker 1: This is the gospel that you heard, and that has
• 1:10:18
  Speaker 1: been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul,
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  Speaker 1: have become a servant now I rejoice in what I
• 1:10:28
  Speaker 1: am suffering for you, and I fill up in my
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  Speaker 1: flesh what is still lacking in regard to Christ's afflictions.
• 1:10:35
  Speaker 1: For the sake of His body, which is the Church,
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  Speaker 1: I have become its servant by the commission God gave
• 1:10:42
  Speaker 1: me to present to you the Word of God in
• 1:10:44
  Speaker 1: its fullness, the mystery that has been kept hidden for
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  Speaker 1: ages and generations, but is now disclosed to the Lord's people.
• 1:10:54
  Speaker 1: To them, God has chosen to make known among the
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  Speaker 1: gentiles the glorious riches of this misty, which is Christ
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  Speaker 1: in you, the hope of glory. He is the one
• 1:11:06
  Speaker 1: we proclaim, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so
• 1:11:11
  Speaker 1: that we may present everyone fully mature in Christ. To
• 1:11:15
  Speaker 1: this end, I strenuously contend with all the energy Christ
• 1:11:19
  Speaker 1: so powerfully works in me Colossians chapter two. I want
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  Speaker 1: you to know how hard I am contending for you,
• 1:11:30
  Speaker 1: and for those at Laodicea, and for all who have
• 1:11:34
  Speaker 1: not met me personally. My goal is that they may
• 1:11:37
  Speaker 1: be encouraged in heart and united in love, so that
• 1:11:41
  Speaker 1: they may have the full riches of complete understanding, in
• 1:11:45
  Speaker 1: order that they may know the mystery of God.
• 1:11:48
  Speaker 2: Namely Christ, in whom.
• 1:11:50
  Speaker 1: Are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. I
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  Speaker 1: tell you this so that no one may deceive you
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  Speaker 1: by fine sounding arguments. For though I am absent from
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  Speaker 1: you and body, I am present with you in spirit
• 1:12:03
  Speaker 1: and delight to see how disciplined you are and how
• 1:12:06
  Speaker 1: firm your faith in Christ is. So then, just as
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  Speaker 1: you received Christ, Jesus's Lord, continue to live your lives
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  Speaker 1: in Him, rooted and built up in Him, strengthened in
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  Speaker 1: the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.
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  Speaker 1: See to it that no one takes you captive through
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  Speaker 1: hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and
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  Speaker 1: the elemental spiritual forces of this world, rather than on Christ.
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  Speaker 1: For in Christ all the fullness of the deity lives
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  Speaker 1: in bodily form, and in Christ you have been brought
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  Speaker 1: to fullness. He is the head over every power and authority.
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  Speaker 1: In Him you are also circumcised, with a circumcision not
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  Speaker 1: performed by human hands. Your whole self, ruled by the flesh,
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  Speaker 1: was put off when you were circumcised by Christ, having
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  Speaker 1: been buried with Him in baptism, in which you were
• 1:13:05
  Speaker 1: also raised with Him through your faith in the working
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  Speaker 1: of God, who raised him from the dead. When you
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  Speaker 1: were dead in your sins, and in the uncircumcision of
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  Speaker 1: your flesh, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave
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  Speaker 1: us all our sins. Having canceled the charge of our
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  Speaker 1: legal indebtness, which stood against us and condemned us. He
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  Speaker 1: has taken it away, nailing it to the cross, and
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  Speaker 1: having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public
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  Speaker 1: spectacle of them, triumphing.
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  Speaker 2: Over them by the cross.
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  Speaker 1: Therefore, do not let anyone judge you by what you
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  Speaker 1: eat or drink, or with regard to a religious festival,
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  Speaker 1: a new moon celebration, or a Sabbath day. These are
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  Speaker 1: a shadow of the things that were to come. The reality, however,
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  Speaker 1: is found in Christ. Do not let anyone who delights
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  Speaker 1: in face, false humility and the worship of angels disqualify you.
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  Speaker 1: Such a person also goes into great detail about what
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  Speaker 1: they have seen. They are puffed up with idle notions
• 1:14:10
  Speaker 1: by their unspiritual mind. They have lost connection with the Head,
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  Speaker 1: from whom the whole body, supported and held together by
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  Speaker 1: its ligaments and sinews, grows as God causes it to grow.
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  Speaker 1: Since you died with Christ to the elemental spiritual forces
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  Speaker 1: of this world, Why, as though you still belong to
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  Speaker 1: the world, do you submit to its rules. Do not handle,
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  Speaker 1: do not taste, do not touch. These rules, which have
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  Speaker 1: to do with things that are all destined to perish
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  Speaker 1: with use, are based on merely human commands and teachings.
• 1:14:48
  Speaker 1: Such regulations indeed have an appearance of wisdom with their
• 1:14:52
  Speaker 1: self imposed worship, their false humility, and their harsh treatment
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  Speaker 1: of the body, but they lack any value and training
• 1:15:00
  Speaker 1: sensual indulgence Colossians chapter three. Since then you have been
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  Speaker 1: raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where
• 1:15:14
  Speaker 1: Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Set
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  Speaker 1: your minds on things above, not on earthly things. For
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  Speaker 1: you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ
• 1:15:26
  Speaker 1: in God. When Christ, who is your life, appears, then
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  Speaker 1: you also will appear with him in glory.
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  Speaker 2: Put to death.
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  Speaker 1: Therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature sexual immorality, impurity, lust,
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  Speaker 1: evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry. Because of these
• 1:15:50
  Speaker 1: the wrath of God is coming. You used to walk
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  Speaker 1: in these ways and the life you once lived, But
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  Speaker 1: now you must also rid yourselves of all such things
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  Speaker 1: as these anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from
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  Speaker 1: your lips. Do not lie to each other, since you
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  Speaker 1: have taken off your old self with its practices, and
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  Speaker 1: have put on the new self, which is being renewed
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  Speaker 1: and knowledge in the image of its creator. Here there
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  Speaker 1: is no gentile or jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, Barbarian, Scythian,
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  Speaker 1: slave or free. But Christ is all and is in all. Therefore,
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  Speaker 1: as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves
• 1:16:39
  Speaker 1: with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. Bear with each
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  Speaker 1: other and forgive one another. If any of you has
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  Speaker 1: a grievance against someone, forgive as the Lord forgave you.
• 1:16:54
  Speaker 1: And over all these virtues put on love, which binds
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  Speaker 1: them all together in perfect unity. Let the peace of
• 1:17:03
  Speaker 1: Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body,
• 1:17:07
  Speaker 1: you were called to peace and be thankful. Let the
• 1:17:12
  Speaker 1: message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach
• 1:17:16
  Speaker 1: and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns
• 1:17:20
  Speaker 1: and songs from the spirit, singing to God with gratitude
• 1:17:24
  Speaker 1: in your hearts. And whatever you do, whether in word
• 1:17:28
  Speaker 1: or deed. Do it all in the name of the
• 1:17:31
  Speaker 1: Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. Wives,
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  Speaker 1: submit yourselves to your husbands as is fitting in the Lord. Husbands.
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  Speaker 1: Love your wives, and do not be harsh with them.
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  Speaker 2: Children.
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  Speaker 1: Obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord.
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  Speaker 2: Fathers.
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  Speaker 1: Do not embitter your children, or they will become discouraged.
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  Speaker 2: Slaves.
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  Speaker 1: Obey your earthly masters and everything, and do it not
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  Speaker 1: only when their eye is on you and to curry
• 1:18:09
  Speaker 1: their favor, but with sincerity of heart and reverence for
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  Speaker 1: the Lord. Whatever you do, work at it with all
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  Speaker 1: your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters,
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  Speaker 1: since you know that you will receive an inheritance from
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  Speaker 1: the Lord as a reward.
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  Speaker 2: It is the Lord Christ you are serving.
• 1:18:29
  Speaker 1: Anyone who does wrong will be repaid for their wrongs,
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  Speaker 1: and there is no favoritism Colossians chapter four. Masters, provide
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  Speaker 1: your slaves with what is right and fair, because you
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  Speaker 1: know that you also have a master in heaven. Devote
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  Speaker 1: yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful, and pray for
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  Speaker 1: us too, that God may open a door for our message,
• 1:18:59
  Speaker 1: so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for
• 1:19:02
  Speaker 1: which I am in chains. Pray that I may proclaim
• 1:19:06
  Speaker 1: it clearly as I should.
• 1:19:09
  Speaker 2: Be.
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  Speaker 1: Wise in the way you act toward outsiders. Make the
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  Speaker 1: most of every opportunity. Let your conversation be always full
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  Speaker 1: of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know
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  Speaker 1: how to answer everyone. Tikachus will tell you all the
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  Speaker 1: news about me. He is a dear brother, a faithful minister,
• 1:19:30
  Speaker 1: and fellow servant in the Lord. I am sending him
• 1:19:34
  Speaker 1: to you for the express purpose that you may know
• 1:19:36
  Speaker 1: about our circumstances, and that he may encourage your hearts.
• 1:19:41
  Speaker 1: He is coming with Onesimus, our faithful and dear brother,
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  Speaker 1: who is.
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  Speaker 2: One of you.
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  Speaker 1: They will tell you everything that is happening here. My
• 1:19:50
  Speaker 1: fellow prisoner, Aristarchus sends you his greetings, as does Mark,
• 1:19:55
  Speaker 1: the cousin of Barnabas you have received instructions about him,
• 1:20:00
  Speaker 1: comes to you, welcome him. Jesus, who is called Justice,
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  Speaker 1: also sends greetings. These are the only Jews among the
• 1:20:09
  Speaker 1: co workers for the Kingdom of God, and they have
• 1:20:12
  Speaker 1: proved a comfort to me. Epiphas, who is one of
• 1:20:16
  Speaker 1: you and a servant of Christ, Jesus sends greetings. He
• 1:20:20
  Speaker 1: is always wrestling in prayer for you, that you may
• 1:20:23
  Speaker 1: stand firm in all the will of God, which sure
• 1:20:26
  Speaker 1: and fully assured. I vouch for him that he is
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  Speaker 1: working hard for you and for those at Laodicea in Hyropolis.
• 1:20:36
  Speaker 1: Our dear friend, Luke, the Doctor and Demus send greetings.
• 1:20:41
  Speaker 1: Give my greetings to the brothers and sisters at Laodicea,
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  Speaker 1: and to Nympha and the church in her house. After
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  Speaker 1: this letter has been read to you, see that it
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  Speaker 1: is also read in the church of the Laodoceans, and
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  Speaker 1: that you in turn read the letter from Laodicea. Tell
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  Speaker 1: our Kippis see to it that you complete the ministry
• 1:21:02
  Speaker 1: you have received in the Lord. I Paul write this
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  Speaker 1: greeting in my own hand, remember my chains.
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  Speaker 2: Grace be with you. Father.
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  Speaker 1: I pray that your child will be transformed by the
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  Speaker 1: power of the risen Messiah, that they would live a
• 1:21:23
  Speaker 1: life radically different from the culture of the world. That
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  Speaker 1: they would embrace your new way of being, a human,
• 1:21:30
  Speaker 1: one full of self giving love for all people. Transform
• 1:21:35
  Speaker 1: this child now, help them to let go of anything
• 1:21:39
  Speaker 1: they may still be trying to hold on. To send
• 1:21:43
  Speaker 1: your spirit into those places and transform their whole being
• 1:21:47
  Speaker 1: into one fully submitted to You. I thank you for
• 1:21:53
  Speaker 1: this child, for the power of Christ in their life.
• 1:21:57
  Speaker 1: Let them wake tomorrow as a new creation in You.
• 1:22:02
  Speaker 1: I pray for your power to be strengthened in them,
• 1:22:05
  Speaker 1: that they could live a life transformed by You and
• 1:22:10
  Speaker 1: your Son's name. I pray Amen. Kalassians chapter three, verse
• 1:22:18
  Speaker 1: one says, since then you have been raised with Christ,
• 1:22:24
  Speaker 1: set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated
• 1:22:28
  Speaker 1: at the right hand of God. Set your heart on
• 1:22:33
  Speaker 1: things above. As we dive into the scriptures of Colossians again,
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  Speaker 1: Colassians chapter one Paul an apostle of Christ Jesus by
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  Speaker 1: the will of God, and Timothy our brother to God's
• 1:22:51
  Speaker 1: Holy people, and callosei the faithful brothers and sisters in Christ.
• 1:22:56
  Speaker 1: Grace and peace to you from God our Father. We
• 1:23:01
  Speaker 1: always thank God, the Father of our Lord, Jesus Christ,
• 1:23:05
  Speaker 1: when we pray for you, because we have heard of
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  Speaker 1: your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love you
• 1:23:11
  Speaker 1: have for all God's people, the faith and love that
• 1:23:15
  Speaker 1: spring from the hopes stored up for you in Heaven,
• 1:23:18
  Speaker 1: and about which you have already heard in the true
• 1:23:21
  Speaker 1: message of the Gospel that has come to you in
• 1:23:24
  Speaker 1: the same way. The Gospel is bearing fruit and growing
• 1:23:28
  Speaker 1: throughout the whole world, just as it has been doing
• 1:23:31
  Speaker 1: among you since the day you heard it and truly
• 1:23:35
  Speaker 1: understood God's grace. You learned it from Epiphras, our dear
• 1:23:40
  Speaker 1: fellow servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on
• 1:23:44
  Speaker 1: our behalf, and who also told us of your love
• 1:23:47
  Speaker 1: and the Spirit. For this reason, since the day we
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  Speaker 1: heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you.
• 1:23:56
  Speaker 1: We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge
• 1:23:59
  Speaker 1: of His will through all the wisdom and understanding that
• 1:24:02
  Speaker 1: the Spirit gives, so that you may live a life
• 1:24:05
  Speaker 1: worthy of the Lord and please Him in every way,
• 1:24:09
  Speaker 1: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge
• 1:24:13
  Speaker 1: of God, being strengthened with all power according to His
• 1:24:17
  Speaker 1: glorious might, so that you may have great endurance and patience,
• 1:24:22
  Speaker 1: and giving joyful thanks to the Father who has qualified
• 1:24:26
  Speaker 1: you to share in the inheritance of His holy people
• 1:24:29
  Speaker 1: in the Kingdom of Light, for He has rescued us
• 1:24:33
  Speaker 1: from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the
• 1:24:37
  Speaker 1: Kingdom of the Sun. He loves, in whom we have redemption,
• 1:24:41
  Speaker 1: the forgiveness of sins, the Son is the image of
• 1:24:46
  Speaker 1: the invisible God, the first born over all creation. For
• 1:24:51
  Speaker 1: in him all things were created, things in heaven and
• 1:24:54
  Speaker 1: on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or power, or
• 1:25:00
  Speaker 1: rulers or authorities, all things have been created through him
• 1:25:04
  Speaker 1: and for him. He is before all things, and in
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  Speaker 1: him all things hold together. And he is the head
• 1:25:12
  Speaker 1: of the body the Church. He is the beginning and
• 1:25:16
  Speaker 1: the first born from among the dead, so that in
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  Speaker 1: everything he might have the supremacy. For God was pleased
• 1:25:24
  Speaker 1: to have all his fullness dwell in him and through him,
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  Speaker 1: to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth
• 1:25:32
  Speaker 1: or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood
• 1:25:36
  Speaker 1: shed on the cross. Once you were alienated from God
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  Speaker 1: and were enemies in your minds because of your evil behavior.
• 1:25:46
  Speaker 1: But now He has reconciled you by Christ's physical body
• 1:25:49
  Speaker 1: through death, to present you wholly in His sight, without
• 1:25:53
  Speaker 1: blemish and free from accusation. If you continue in your faith,
• 1:25:59
  Speaker 1: established in firm do not move from the hope held.
• 1:26:02
  Speaker 2: Out in the Gospel.
• 1:26:04
  Speaker 1: This is the gospel that you heard, and that has
• 1:26:07
  Speaker 1: been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul,
• 1:26:12
  Speaker 1: have become a servant. Now I rejoice in what I
• 1:26:17
  Speaker 1: am suffering for you, and I fillip in my flesh
• 1:26:20
  Speaker 1: what is still lacking in regard to Christ's afflictions. For
• 1:26:24
  Speaker 1: the sake of His body, which is the Church, I
• 1:26:28
  Speaker 1: have become its servant by the commission God gave me
• 1:26:31
  Speaker 1: to present to you the Word of God in its fullness,
• 1:26:35
  Speaker 1: the mystery that has been kept hidden for ages and generations,
• 1:26:40
  Speaker 1: but is now disclosed to the Lord's people. To them,
• 1:26:44
  Speaker 1: God has chosen to make known among the gentiles the
• 1:26:47
  Speaker 1: glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you,
• 1:26:51
  Speaker 1: the hope of glory. He is the one we proclaim,
• 1:26:56
  Speaker 1: admonishing and teaching every one with all wisdom, so that
• 1:27:00
  Speaker 1: we may present everyone fully.
• 1:27:02
  Speaker 2: Mature in Christ.
• 1:27:04
  Speaker 1: To this end, I strenuously contend with all the energy
• 1:27:08
  Speaker 1: Christ so powerfully works in me. Colossians chapter two. I
• 1:27:17
  Speaker 1: want you to know how hard I am contending for you,
• 1:27:19
  Speaker 1: and for those at Laodicea, and for all who have
• 1:27:23
  Speaker 1: not met me personally. My goal is that they may
• 1:27:26
  Speaker 1: be encouraged in heart and united in love, so that
• 1:27:30
  Speaker 1: they may have the full riches of complete understanding, in
• 1:27:34
  Speaker 1: order that they may know the mystery of God, namely Christ,
• 1:27:38
  Speaker 1: in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
• 1:27:43
  Speaker 1: I tell you this so that no one may deceive
• 1:27:45
  Speaker 1: you by fine sounding arguments. For though I am absent
• 1:27:49
  Speaker 1: from you and body, I am present with you in
• 1:27:52
  Speaker 1: spirit and delight to see how disciplined you are and
• 1:27:55
  Speaker 1: how firm your faith in Christ is. So then, just
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  Speaker 1: as you received Christ, Jesus's Lord, continue to live your
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  Speaker 1: lives in Him, rooted and built up in Him, strengthened
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  Speaker 1: in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.
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  Speaker 1: See to it that no one takes you captive through
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  Speaker 1: hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and
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  Speaker 1: the elemental spiritual forces of this world.
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  Speaker 2: Rather than on Christ.
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  Speaker 1: For in Christ all the fullness of the deity lives
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  Speaker 1: in bodily form, and in Christ you have been brought
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  Speaker 1: to fullness. He is the head over every power and authority.
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  Speaker 1: In Him, you were also circumcised, with the circumcision not
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  Speaker 1: performed by human hands. Your whole self, ruled by the flesh,
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  Speaker 1: was put off when you were circumcised by Christ, having
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  Speaker 1: been buried with Him in baptism, in which you were
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  Speaker 1: also raised with Him through your faith in the working
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  Speaker 1: of God, who raised him from the dead. When you
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  Speaker 1: were dead in your sins, and in the uncircumcision of
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  Speaker 1: your flesh, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave
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  Speaker 1: us all our sins. Having canceled the charge of our
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  Speaker 1: legal indebtness, which stood against us and condemned us. He
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  Speaker 1: has taken it away, nailing it to the cross, and
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  Speaker 1: having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public
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  Speaker 1: spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.
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  Speaker 2: Therefore, do not let anyone judge you by what you
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  Speaker 2: eat or drink, or with.
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  Speaker 1: Regard to a religious festival, a new moon celebration, or
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  Speaker 1: a Sabbath day. These are a shadow of the things
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  Speaker 1: that were to come. The reality, however, is found in Christ.
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  Speaker 1: Do not let anyone who delights in false humility and
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  Speaker 1: the worship of angels disqualify you. Such a person also
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  Speaker 1: goes into great detail about what they have seen. They
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  Speaker 1: are puffed up with idle notions by the their unspiritual mind.
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  Speaker 1: They have lost connection with the Head, from whom the
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  Speaker 1: whole body, supported and held together by its ligaments and sinews,
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  Speaker 1: grows as God causes it to grow. Since you died
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  Speaker 1: with Christ to the elemental spiritual forces of this world, why,
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  Speaker 1: as though you still belong to the world, do you
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  Speaker 1: submit to its rules. Do not handle, do not taste,
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  Speaker 1: do not touch. These rules, which have to do with
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  Speaker 1: things that are all destined to perish with use, are
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  Speaker 1: based on merely human commands and teachings. Such regulations indeed
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  Speaker 1: have an appearance of wisdom with their self imposed worship,
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  Speaker 1: their false humility, and their harsh treatment of the body,
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  Speaker 1: but they lack any value in restraining sensual indulgence.
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  Speaker 3: Colossians chapter three.
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  Speaker 1: Since then you have been raised with Christ, set your
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  Speaker 1: hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the
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  Speaker 1: right hand of God. Set your minds on things above,
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  Speaker 1: not on earthly things. For you died, and your life
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  Speaker 1: is now hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, who
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  Speaker 1: is your life, appears, then you also will appear with
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  Speaker 1: him in glory. Put to death. Therefore, whatever belongs to
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  Speaker 1: your earthly nature sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed,
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  Speaker 1: which is idolatry. Because of these the wrath of God
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  Speaker 1: is coming. You used to walk in these ways and
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  Speaker 1: the life you once lived, but now you must also
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  Speaker 1: rid yourselves of all such things as these anger, rage, malice, slander,
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  Speaker 1: and filthy language from your lips. Do not lie to
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  Speaker 1: each other, since you have taken off your old self
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  Speaker 1: with its practices, and have put on the new self,
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  Speaker 1: which is being renewed and knowledge in the image of
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  Speaker 1: its creator. Here there is no gentile or jew, circumcised
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  Speaker 1: or uncircumcised, Barbarian, Scythian, slave or free. But Christ is
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  Speaker 1: all and is in all. Therefore, as God's chosen people,
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  Speaker 1: holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness,
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  Speaker 1: and patience. Bear with each other and forgive one another.
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  Speaker 1: If any of you has a grievance against someone, forgive
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  Speaker 1: as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues
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  Speaker 1: put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.
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  Speaker 1: Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since
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  Speaker 1: as members of one body, you were called to peace
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  Speaker 1: and be thankful. Let the message of Christ dwell among
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  Speaker 1: you richly as you teach and admonish one another with
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  Speaker 1: all wisdom through psalms, hymns and songs from the spirit,
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  Speaker 1: singing to God with gratitude in your hearts and Whatever
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  Speaker 1: you do, whether in word or deed, do it all
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  Speaker 1: in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to
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  Speaker 1: God the Father through him. Wives, submit yourselves to your
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  Speaker 1: husbands as is fitting in the Lord. Husbands. Love your wives,
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  Speaker 1: and do not be harsh with them.
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  Speaker 2: Children.
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  Speaker 1: Obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord.
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  Speaker 2: Fathers.
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  Speaker 1: Do not embitter your children, or they will become discouraged.
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  Speaker 2: Slaves.
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  Speaker 1: Obey your earthly masters and everything, and do it not
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  Speaker 1: only when their eye is on you and to curry
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  Speaker 1: their favor, but with since of heart and reverence for
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  Speaker 1: the Lord. Whatever you do, work at it with all
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  Speaker 1: your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters,
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  Speaker 1: since you know that you will receive an inheritance from
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  Speaker 1: the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ
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  Speaker 1: you are serving. Anyone who does wrong will be repaid
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  Speaker 1: for their wrongs, and there is no favoritism Colossians chapter four. Masters,
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  Speaker 1: provide your slaves with what is right and fair, because
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  Speaker 1: you know that you also have a master in heaven.
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  Speaker 1: Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful, and pray
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  Speaker 1: for us too, that God may open a door for
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  Speaker 1: our message, so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ,
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  Speaker 1: for which I am in chains. Pray that I may
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  Speaker 1: proclaim it clearly, as I should be wise in the
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  Speaker 1: way you act in too works outsiders. Make the most
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  Speaker 1: of every opportunity. Let your conversation be always full of grace,
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  Speaker 1: seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to
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  Speaker 1: answer everyone. Tikacus will tell you all the news about me.
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  Speaker 1: He is a dear brother, a faithful minister, and fellow
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  Speaker 1: servant in the Lord. I am sending him to you
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  Speaker 1: for the express purpose that you may know about our circumstances,
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  Speaker 1: and that he may encourage your hearts. He is coming
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  Speaker 1: with Onesimus, our faithful and dear brother, who is one
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  Speaker 1: of you. They will tell you everything that is happening here.
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  Speaker 1: My fellow prisoner, Aristarchus sends you his greetings, as does Mark,
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  Speaker 1: the cousin of Barnabas you have received instructions about him.
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  Speaker 1: If he comes to you, welcome him. Jesus, who is
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  Speaker 1: called Justice, also sends greetings. These are the only Jews
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  Speaker 1: among the coworkers for the Kingdom of God God, and
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  Speaker 1: they have proved a comfort to me. Epiphas, who is
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  Speaker 1: one of you and a servant of Christ, Jesus sends greetings.
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  Speaker 1: He is always wrestling in prayer for you, that you
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  Speaker 1: may stand firm in all the will of.
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  Speaker 2: God, mature and fully assured.
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  Speaker 1: I vouch for him that he is working hard for
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  Speaker 1: you and for those at Laodicea in Hyropolis. Our dear friend, Luke,
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  Speaker 1: the Doctor and Demus send greetings. Give my greetings to
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  Speaker 1: the brothers and sisters at Laodicea, and to Nympha and
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  Speaker 1: the church in her house. After this letter has been
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  Speaker 1: read to you, see that it is also read in
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  Speaker 1: the church of the Laodoceans, and that you in turn
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  Speaker 1: read the letter from Laodicea. Tell our Kippus see to
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  Speaker 1: it that you complete the ministry you have received in
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  Speaker 1: the Lord. I Paul write this greeting in my own hand,
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  Speaker 1: remember my chains.
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  Speaker 2: Grace be with you.
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  Speaker 3: Father.
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  Speaker 1: I pray that your child will be transformed by the
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  Speaker 1: power of the risen Messiah, that they would live a
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  Speaker 1: life radically different from the culture of the world. That
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  Speaker 1: they would embrace your new way of being, a human,
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  Speaker 1: one full of self giving love for all people. Transform
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  Speaker 1: this child. Now, help them to let go of anything
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  Speaker 1: they may still be trying to hold on. To send
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  Speaker 1: your spirit into those places and transform their whole being
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  Speaker 1: into one fully submitted to You. I thank you for
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  Speaker 1: this child, for the power of Christ in their life.
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  Speaker 1: Let them wake tomorrow as a new creation in You.
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  Speaker 1: I pray for your power to be strengthened in them,
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  Speaker 1: that they could live a life transformed by You. In
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  Speaker 1: your Son's name, I pray Amen. Kalassians three, verse one says,
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  Speaker 1: since then you have been raised with Christ, set your
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  Speaker 1: hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the
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  Speaker 1: right hand of God. Set your heart on things above.
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  Speaker 1: Let the Holy Spirit transform your mind as you abide
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  Speaker 1: in Christ. Now listen to another sleep Scriptures story. This
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  Speaker 1: time we'll learn about the Book of Galatians. The book
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  Speaker 1: was written by Paul as a letter to a number
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  Speaker 1: of churches in Galicia, where he had traveled doing missionary work.
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  Speaker 1: Paul was deeply concerned, even frustrated, about the state of
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  Speaker 1: the church in Galatia, where Jewish Christians in the region
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  Speaker 1: were pushing for strict adherents to the laws and practices
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  Speaker 1: commanded in the He is bewildered by the fact that
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  Speaker 1: the Galatians have embraced a version of the Gospel that
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  Speaker 1: denies Jesus free gift of grace. He believed strongly that
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  Speaker 1: holding gentiles to the old laws would betray the message
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  Speaker 1: of the Gospel that we are justified and declared righteous
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  Speaker 1: only by jesus sacrifice and our acceptance of Him as Messiah,
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  Speaker 1: not by our own works or observance of law. It's
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  Speaker 1: only through our belief in Jesus that his resurrection power
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  Speaker 1: can transform us so we can belong to his family.
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  Speaker 1: The whole message of the book of Galatians is grace.
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  Speaker 1: What a freeing, beautiful message for us today. Galatians Chapter two,
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  Speaker 1: Verse twenty says, I have been crucified with Christ, and
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  Speaker 1: I no longer live what Christ lives in me. The
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  Speaker 1: life I now live in the body I live by
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  Speaker 1: faith in the Son of God who loved me and
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  Speaker 1: gave himself for me. And then verse twenty one gives
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  Speaker 1: the gospel message even more strength. I do not nullify
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  Speaker 1: the grace of God. For if righteousness were through the law,
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  Speaker 1: then Christ died for no purpose. That's unthinkable that our
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  Speaker 1: Lord would have died for no purpose. We are free
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  Speaker 1: from the law because we now live under the law
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  Speaker 1: of grace. It's a mystery that we cannot fully understand,
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  Speaker 1: but that will lead you into deep, peaceful sleep tonight.
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  Speaker 1: So breathe deeply and accept God's free gift. Now, allow
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  Speaker 1: all your concerns to drift away in the light of
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  Speaker 1: the amazing truth Paul shares with the Galatians. Let the
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  Speaker 1: tension of the day's strivings melt away. Hand over to
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  Speaker 1: God any moments you try to earn his love or favor,
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  Speaker 1: and freely accept His gift of salvation. Breathe in Christ's
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  Speaker 1: salvation and breathe out the stress of trying to earn
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  Speaker 1: that salvation on your own. God, we come to you
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  Speaker 1: now as imperfect people, much like the Galatians, we try
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  Speaker 1: to earn our salvation. Forgive us for neglecting the message
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  Speaker 1: of the Gospel that Jesus is the Messiah, and that
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  Speaker 1: through Jesus you've created a new family, and you are
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  Speaker 1: our new Father. When we accept the gift of your Son,
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  Speaker 1: we are transformed by the power of your spirit. Let
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  Speaker 1: us never forget that this is what the Bible is
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  Speaker 1: all about. Help this beloved child of yours to soak
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  Speaker 1: in these scriptures as they fall asleep to the reading
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  Speaker 1: of your word. Let your peace fill their heart, as
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  Speaker 1: they place their faith in you alone, in Jesus'.
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  Speaker 2: Name, Amen.
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  Speaker 1: Galatians Chapter one, Paul an apostle sent not from men
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  Speaker 1: nor by a man, but by Jesus Christ and God,
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  Speaker 1: the Father who raised him from the dead. And all
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  Speaker 1: the brothers and sisters with me to the churches in Glacia.
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  Speaker 1: Grace and peace to you from God, our Father, and
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  Speaker 1: the Lord Jesus Christ, who gave himself for our sins,
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  Speaker 1: to rescue us from the present evil age, according to
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  Speaker 1: the will of our God and Father, to whom be
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  Speaker 1: glory forever and ever. Amen. I'm astonished that you are
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  Speaker 1: so quickly deserting the one who called you to live
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  Speaker 1: in the grace of Christ, and are turning to a
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  Speaker 1: different gospel, which is really no gospel at all. Evidently
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  Speaker 1: some people are throwing you into confusion and are trying
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  Speaker 1: to pervert the Gospel of Christ. But even if we
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  Speaker 1: or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other
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  Speaker 1: than the one we preach to you, let them be
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  Speaker 1: under God's curse.
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  Speaker 2: As we have already.
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  Speaker 1: Said, so, now I say again, if anybody is preaching
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  Speaker 1: to you a gospel other than what you accepted, let
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  Speaker 1: them be under God's curse. Am I now trying to
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  Speaker 1: win the approval of human beings or of God? Or
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  Speaker 1: am I trying to please people? If I were still
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  Speaker 1: trying to please people, I would not be a servant
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  Speaker 1: of Christ. I want you to know, brothers and sisters,
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  Speaker 1: that the gospel I preached is not of human origin.
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  Speaker 1: I did not receive it from any man, nor was
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  Speaker 1: I taught it. Rather, I received it by revelation from
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  Speaker 1: Jesus Christ. For you have heard of my previous way
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  Speaker 1: of life in Judaism, how intensely I persecuted the Church
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  Speaker 1: of God and tried to destroy it. I was advancing
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  Speaker 1: in Judaism beyond many of my own age among my people,
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  Speaker 1: and was extremely zealous for the traditions of my fathers.
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  Speaker 1: But when God, who set me apart from my mother's
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  Speaker 1: womb and called me by his grace, was pleased to
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  Speaker 1: reveal his son in me so that I might preach
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  Speaker 1: him among the gentiles, my immediate response was not to
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  Speaker 1: consult any human being. I did not go up to
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  Speaker 1: Jerusalem to see those who were apostles before I was,
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  Speaker 1: but I went into Arabia. Later I returned to Damascus. Then,
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  Speaker 1: after three years I went up to Jerusalem to get
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  Speaker 1: acquainted with Cephus and stayed with him fifteen days. I
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  Speaker 1: saw none of the other apostles, only James, the Lord's brother.
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  Speaker 1: I assure you before God that what I am writing
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  Speaker 1: you is no lie. Then I went to Syria and Cilicia.
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  Speaker 1: I was personally unknown to the churches of Judea that
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  Speaker 1: are in Christ. They only heard the report the man
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  Speaker 1: who formerly persecuted us as now preaching the faith he
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  Speaker 1: once tried to destroy, and they praised God because of
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  Speaker 1: me Galatians chapter two. Then, after fourteen years, I went
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  Speaker 1: up again to Jerusalem, this time with Barnabas. I took
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  Speaker 1: Titus along also. I went in response to a revelation,
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  Speaker 1: and meeting privately with those esteemed as leaders, I presented
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  Speaker 1: to them the gospel that I preach among the gentiles.
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  Speaker 1: I wanted to be sure I was not running and
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  Speaker 1: had not been running my race in vain. Yet not
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  Speaker 1: even Titus, who was with me, was compelled to be circumcised,
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  Speaker 1: even though he was a Greek. This matter arose because
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  Speaker 1: some false believers had infiltrated our ranks to spy on
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  Speaker 1: the freedom we have in Christ Jesus, and to make
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  Speaker 1: us slaves. We did not give in to them for
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  Speaker 1: a moment, so that the truth of the Gospel might
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  Speaker 1: be preserved for you. As for those who were held
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  Speaker 1: in high esteem, whatever they were, makes no difference to me.
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  Speaker 1: God does not show favoritism. They added nothing to my message.
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  Speaker 1: On the contrary, they recognized that I had been entrusted
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  Speaker 1: with the task of preaching the Gospel to the uncircumcised,
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  Speaker 1: just as Peter had been to the circumcised. For God
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  Speaker 1: who was at work in Peter as an apostle to
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  Speaker 1: the circumcised, was also at work in me as an
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  Speaker 1: apostle to the gentiles. James, Cephus, and John, those esteemed
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  Speaker 1: as pillars, gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship.
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  Speaker 1: When they recognized the grace given to me, they agreed
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  Speaker 1: that we should go to the gentiles, and they to
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  Speaker 1: the circumcised. All they asked was that we should continue
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  Speaker 1: to remember the poor, the very thing I had been
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  Speaker 1: eager to do all along. When Cephis came to Antioch,
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  Speaker 1: I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned
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  Speaker 1: for before certain men came from James. He used to
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  Speaker 1: eat with the gentiles. But when they arrived, he began
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  Speaker 1: to draw back and separate himself from the Gentiles because
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  Speaker 1: he was afraid of those who belonged to the circumcision group.
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  Speaker 1: The other Jews joined him in his hypocrisy, so that
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  Speaker 1: by their hypocrisy even Barnabas was led astray. When I
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  Speaker 1: saw that they were not acting in line with the
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  Speaker 1: truth of the Gospel, I said to Cephis in front
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  Speaker 1: of them all, you are a Jew, yet you live
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  Speaker 1: like a gentile and not like a Jew. How is
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  Speaker 1: it then that you forced Gentiles to follow Jewish customs.
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  Speaker 1: We who are Jews by birth and not sinful gentiles,
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  Speaker 1: know that a person is not justified by the works
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  Speaker 1: of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So
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  Speaker 1: we too have put our faith in Christ Jesus, that
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  Speaker 1: we may be justified by faith in Christ and not
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  Speaker 1: by the works of the law. Because by the works
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  Speaker 1: of the law, no one will be justified. But if
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  Speaker 1: in seeking to be justified in Christ, we Jews find
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  Speaker 1: ourselves also among the sinners, doesn't that mean that Christ
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  Speaker 1: promotes sin?
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely not.
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  Speaker 1: If I rebuild what I destroyed, then I really would
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  Speaker 1: be a lawbreaker, for through the law I die to
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  Speaker 1: the law so that I might live for God. I
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  Speaker 1: have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live,
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  Speaker 1: but Christ lives in me the life I now live
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  Speaker 1: in the body. I live by faith in the Son
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  Speaker 1: of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
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  Speaker 1: I do not set aside the grace of God. For
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  Speaker 1: if righteousness could be gained through the law, Christ died
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  Speaker 1: for nothing. Galatians chapter three, You foolish Galatians, who has
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  Speaker 1: bewitched you before your very eyes? Jesus Christ was clearly
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  Speaker 1: portrayed as crucified. I would like to learn just one
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  Speaker 1: thing from you. Did you receive the spirit by the
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  Speaker 1: works of the law or by believing what you heard?
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  Speaker 1: Are you so foolish after beginning by means of the spirit?
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  Speaker 1: Are you now trying to finish by means of the flesh?
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  Speaker 1: Have you experienced so much in vain? If it really
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  Speaker 1: was in vain? So again I ask, does God give
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  Speaker 1: you His spirit and work miracles among you by the
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  Speaker 1: works of the law or by your believing what you heard?
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  Speaker 1: So also Abraham believed God, and it was credited to
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  Speaker 1: him as righteousness. Understand then, that those who have faith
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  Speaker 1: are children of Abraham. Scripture foresaw that God would justify
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  Speaker 1: the gentiles by faith and announce the Gospel in advance
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  Speaker 1: to Abraham. All nations will be blessed through you. So
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  Speaker 1: those who rely on faith are blessed along with Abraham,
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  Speaker 1: the man of faith. For all who rely on the
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  Speaker 1: works of the Law are under a curse. As it
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  Speaker 1: is written, cursed is every one who does not continue
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  Speaker 1: to do everything written in the book of the Law. Clearly,
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  Speaker 1: no one who relies on the law is justified before God,
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  Speaker 1: because the righteous will live by faith. The law is
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  Speaker 1: not based on faith. On the contrary, it says, the
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  Speaker 1: person who does these things will live by them. Christ
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  Speaker 1: redeemed us from the curse of the Law by becoming
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  Speaker 1: a curse for us. For it is written, cursed is
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  Speaker 1: everyone who was hung on a pole. He redeemed us
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  Speaker 1: in order that the blessing given to Abraham might come
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  Speaker 1: to the gentiles through Christ Jesus, so that by faith
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  Speaker 1: we might receive the promise of the Spirit. Brothers and sisters,
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  Speaker 1: let me take an example from everyday life. Just as
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  Speaker 1: no one can set aside or add to a human
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  Speaker 1: covenant that has been duly established, so it is in
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  Speaker 1: this case the promises were spoken to Abraham and to
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  Speaker 1: his seed. Scripture does not say and to seeds meaning
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  Speaker 1: many people, but and to your seed, meaning one person
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  Speaker 1: who is Christ. What I mean is this The law
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  Speaker 1: introduced four hundred and thirty years later, does not set
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  Speaker 1: aside the covenant previously established by God, and thus do
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  Speaker 1: away with the promise. For ridance depends on the law,
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  Speaker 1: then it no longer depends on the promise. But God
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  Speaker 1: and his grace gave it to Abraham through a promise.
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  Speaker 1: Why then was the law given at all? It was
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  Speaker 1: added because of transgressions until the seed to whom the
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  Speaker 1: promise referred had come. The law was given through angels
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  Speaker 1: and entrusted to a mediator. A mediator, however, implies more
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  Speaker 1: than one party. But God is one. Is the law
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  Speaker 1: therefore opposed to the promises of God? Absolutely not. For
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  Speaker 1: if a law had been given that it could impart life,
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  Speaker 1: then righteousness would certainly have come by the law. But
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  Speaker 1: Scripture has locked up everything under the control of sin,
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  Speaker 1: so that what was promised being given through faith in
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  Speaker 1: Jesus Christ, might be given to those who believe. Before
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  Speaker 1: the coming of this faith, we were held in custody
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  Speaker 1: under the law, locked up until the faith that was
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  Speaker 1: to come would be revealed. So the law was our
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  Speaker 1: guardian until Christ came, that we might be justified by faith.
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  Speaker 1: Now that this faith has come, we are no longer
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  Speaker 1: under a guardian. So in Christ Jesus, you are all
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  Speaker 1: children of God through faith. For all of you who
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  Speaker 1: are baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There
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  Speaker 1: is neither jew nor gentile, neither slave nor free, nor
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  Speaker 1: is there male and female. For you are all one
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  Speaker 1: in Christ Jesus. If you belong to Christ, then you
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  Speaker 1: are Abraham's seed and heirs. According to the promise Galatians
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  Speaker 1: chapter four. What I am saying is that as long
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  Speaker 1: as an heir is under age, he is no different
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  Speaker 1: from a slave. Although he owns the whole estate, the
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  Speaker 1: heir is subject to guardians and trustees, and until the
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  Speaker 1: time set by his father. So also, when we were
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  Speaker 1: under age, we were in slavery under the elemental spiritual
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  Speaker 1: forces of the world. But when the said time had
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  Speaker 1: fully come, God sent his son, born of a woman,
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  Speaker 1: born under the law, to redeem those under the law,
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  Speaker 1: that we might receive adoption to sonship. Because you are
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  Speaker 1: His sons. God sent the spirit of his Son into
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  Speaker 1: our hearts, the spirit who calls out Abbah, Father. So
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  Speaker 1: you are no longer a slave, but God's child. And
• 1:54:38
  Speaker 1: since you are his child, God has made you also
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  Speaker 1: an error. Formerly, when you did not know God, you
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  Speaker 1: were slaves did those who by nature are not God's.
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  Speaker 1: But now that you know God, or rather are known
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  Speaker 1: by God, how is it that you are turning back
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  Speaker 1: to those weak and miserable forces? Do you wish to
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  Speaker 1: be enslaved by them all over again? You are observing
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  Speaker 1: special days and months, and seasons and years. I fear
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  Speaker 1: for you that somehow I have wasted my efforts on you.
• 1:55:14
  Speaker 1: I plead with you, brothers and sisters, become like me,
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  Speaker 1: For I became like you.
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  Speaker 2: You did me no wrong.
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  Speaker 1: As you know, it was because of an illness that
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  Speaker 1: I first preached the Gospel to you. And even though
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  Speaker 1: my illness was a trial to you, you did not
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  Speaker 1: treat me with contempt or scorn. Instead, you welcomed me
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  Speaker 1: as if I were an angel of God, as if
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  Speaker 1: I were Christ Jesus himself.
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  Speaker 2: Where then is your blessing of me? Now?
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  Speaker 1: I can testify that if you could have done so,
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  Speaker 1: you would have torn out your eyes and given them
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  Speaker 1: to me. Have I now become your enemy by telling
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  Speaker 1: you the truth? Those people are zealous to win you over,
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  Speaker 1: but for no good. What they want is to ailienate
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  Speaker 1: you from us, so that you may have zeal for them.
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  Speaker 1: It is fine to be zealous, provided the purpose is good,
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  Speaker 1: and to be so always, not just when I am
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  Speaker 1: with you, my dear children, for whom I am again
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  Speaker 1: in the pains of childbirth, until Christ is formed in you.
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  Speaker 1: How I wish I could be with you now and
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  Speaker 1: change my tone, because I am perplexed about you. Tell me,
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  Speaker 1: you who want to be under the law? Are you
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  Speaker 1: not aware of what the law says? For it is
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  Speaker 1: written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave
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  Speaker 1: woman and the other by the free woman. His son
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  Speaker 1: by the slave woman was born according to the flesh,
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  Speaker 1: but his son by the free woman was born as
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  Speaker 1: a result of a divine promise. These things are being
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  Speaker 1: taken figuratively. The women represent two covenants. One covenant is
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  Speaker 1: from Mount Sinai and bears children who are to be.
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  Speaker 2: This is Hagar. Now.
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  Speaker 1: Hagar stands from Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to
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  Speaker 1: the present city of Jerusalem, because she is in slavery
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  Speaker 1: with her children. But the Jerusalem that is above is free,
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  Speaker 1: and she is our mother. For it is written, Be glad,
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  Speaker 1: barren women, you who never bore a child. Shout for
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  Speaker 1: joy and cry aloud, you who were never in labor,
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  Speaker 1: because more are the children of the desolate woman than
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  Speaker 1: of her who has a husband. Now, you, brothers and sisters,
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  Speaker 1: like Isaac, are children of promise. At that time, the
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  Speaker 1: son born according to the flesh persecuted the son born
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  Speaker 1: by the power of the spirit. It is the same now.
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  Speaker 1: But what does scriptures say, get rid of the slave
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  Speaker 1: woman and her son. For the slave woman's son will
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  Speaker 1: never share in the inheritance with the free woman's son. Therefore,
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  Speaker 1: brothers and sisters, we are not children of the slave woman,
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  Speaker 1: but of the free woman. Galatians chapter five. It is
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  Speaker 1: for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then,
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  Speaker 1: and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a
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  Speaker 1: yoke of slavery.
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  Speaker 2: Mark my words, I paull tell.
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  Speaker 1: You that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will
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  Speaker 1: be of no value to you at all. Again, I
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  Speaker 1: declare to every man who lets himself be circumcised, that
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  Speaker 1: he is.
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  Speaker 2: Obligated to obey the whole law.
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  Speaker 1: You, who are trying to be justified by the law,
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  Speaker 1: have been alienated from Christ. You have fallen away from grace,
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  Speaker 1: for through the Spirit we eagerly await by faith the
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  Speaker 1: righteousness from which we hope for in Christ Jesus. Neither
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  Speaker 1: circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. The only thing that
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  Speaker 1: counts as faith expressing itself through love. You were running
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  Speaker 1: a good race. Who cut in on you to keep
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  Speaker 1: you from obeying the truth. That kind of persuasion does
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  Speaker 1: not come from the one who calls you a little
• 1:59:15
  Speaker 1: yeast works through the whole batch of dough. I am
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  Speaker 1: confident in the Lord that you will take no other view.
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  Speaker 1: The one who was throwing you into confusion, whoever that
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  Speaker 1: may be, will have to pay the penalty. Brothers and sisters,
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  Speaker 1: If I am still preaching circumcision, why am I still
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  Speaker 1: being persecuted? In that case, the offense of the cross
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  Speaker 1: has been abolished. As for those agitators, I wish they
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  Speaker 1: would go the whole way and emasculate themselves. You, my
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  Speaker 1: brothers and sisters, were called to be free, but do
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  Speaker 1: not use your freedom to indulge the flesh. Rather serve
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  Speaker 1: one another humbly in love for the The entire law
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  Speaker 1: is fulfilled in keeping this one command. Love your neighbor
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  Speaker 1: as yourself. If you bite it and devour each other,
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  Speaker 1: watch out, or you will be destroyed by each other.
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  Speaker 1: So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will
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  Speaker 1: not gratify the desires of the flesh. For the flesh
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  Speaker 1: desires what is contrary to the spirit, and the spirit
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  Speaker 1: what is contrary to the flesh. They are in conflict
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  Speaker 1: with each other, so that you are not to do
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  Speaker 1: whatever you want. But if you are led by the spirit,
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  Speaker 1: you are not under the law. The acts of the
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  Speaker 1: flesh are obvious sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery, idolatry and witchcraft, hatred, discord, jealousy,
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  Speaker 1: fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions and envy, drunkenness, orgies,
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  Speaker 1: and the like. I warn you, as I did before,
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  Speaker 1: that those who live like this will not inherit the
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  Speaker 1: Kingdom of God.
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  Speaker 2: But the fruit of the Spirit is love.
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  Speaker 1: Joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self control.
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  Speaker 1: Against such things, there is no law. Those who belong
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  Speaker 1: to Christ. Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions
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  Speaker 1: and desires. Since we live by the spirit, let us
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  Speaker 1: keep in step with the spirit. Let us not become
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  Speaker 1: conceited provoking and envying each other Galatians chapter six. Brothers
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  Speaker 1: and sisters, if someone is caught in a sin, you,
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  Speaker 1: who live by the spirit, should restore that person gently.
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  Speaker 1: But watch yourselves, or you also may be tempted carry
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  Speaker 1: each other's burdens, And in this way you will fulfill
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  Speaker 1: the law of Christ. If anyone thinks they are something
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  Speaker 1: when they are not, they deceive themselves. Each one should
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  Speaker 1: test their own actions. Then they can take pride in
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  Speaker 1: themselves alone, without comparing themselves to someone else. For each
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  Speaker 1: one should carry their own load. Nevertheless, the one who
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  Speaker 1: receives instruction and the word should share all good things
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  Speaker 1: with their instructor. Do not be deceived. God cannot be mocked.
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  Speaker 1: A man reaps what he sows. Whoever sows to please
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  Speaker 1: their flesh from the flesh will reap destruction. Whoever sows
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  Speaker 1: to please the Spirit from the spirit will reap eternal life.
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  Speaker 1: Let us not become weary in doing good, for at
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  Speaker 1: the proper time we will reap a harvest if we
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  Speaker 1: do not give up. Therefore, as we have opportunity, let
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  Speaker 1: us do good to all people, especially to those who
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  Speaker 1: belong to the family of believers. See what large letters
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  Speaker 1: I use as I write to you with my own hand.
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  Speaker 1: And those who want to impress people by means of
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  Speaker 1: the flesh are trying to compel you to be circumcised.
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  Speaker 1: The only reason they do this is to avoid being
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  Speaker 1: persecuted for the Cross of Christ. Not even those who
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  Speaker 1: are circumcised keep the law. Yet they want you to
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  Speaker 1: be circumcised, that they may boast about your circumcision and
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  Speaker 1: the flesh. May I never boast except in the cross
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  Speaker 1: of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has
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  Speaker 1: been crucified. To me and I to the world. Neither
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  Speaker 1: circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything. What counts is the New creation,
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  Speaker 1: Peace and mercy to all who follow this rule to
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  Speaker 1: the Israel of God. From now on, let no one
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  Speaker 1: cause me trouble, for I bear on my body the
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  Speaker 1: marks of Jesus. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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  Speaker 1: Be with your spirit, brothers and sisters. Amen, Father God,
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  Speaker 1: thank you for this gift of grace of salvation, the
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  Speaker 1: promise of eternity with you as your child sleeps tonight.
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  Speaker 1: Give them dreams that remind them of your great love
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  Speaker 1: for them. Let them be enfolded into Your grace, so
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  Speaker 1: that no matter which way they turn, that's all they
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  Speaker 1: see all around them. They are saved by grace, They
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  Speaker 1: are rooted in grace. They grow in grace. May that
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  Speaker 1: be something that they never ever forget. We ask this
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  Speaker 1: in the precious, powerful name of Jesus Amen. The book
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  Speaker 1: was written by Paul from prison to the Church of Calse.
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  Speaker 1: Paul thanks God that the Colossians have been faithful, showing
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  Speaker 1: love for God and others because of the hope they
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  Speaker 1: have in Jesus. He prays that they would grow in
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  Speaker 1: their wisdom about Jesus and share that Jesus is the
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  Speaker 1: human image of God who brings a new creation. Paul
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  Speaker 1: relates his imprisonment to participating in the suffering of Jesus.
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  Speaker 1: He believes that his punishment for preaching that Jesus is
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  Speaker 1: the Messiah is not a sign of defeat, but a
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  Speaker 1: cause for joy. The joy we have in a new
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  Speaker 1: way of living through Christ because of his resurrection. The
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  Speaker 1: cultural pressure to resist This gospel message was strong in Calisse.
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  Speaker 1: They felt pressure to either worship Jesus as one of
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  Speaker 1: many gods or to adhere to the old laws of
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  Speaker 1: the Torah. Paul tells the Colossians that giving into either
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  Speaker 1: of these pressures would deny the message of the gospel
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  Speaker 1: that Jesus is the only way by which we are saved.
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  Speaker 1: Following Jesus means following his new kind of humanity. Paul
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  Speaker 1: encourages the Colossians to live as part of God's people,
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  Speaker 1: transcending our culture. Paul uses the image of the Roman
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  Speaker 1: household to contrast how household ruled by Jesus self giving
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  Speaker 1: love would look like something radically different to the culture
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  Speaker 1: of the day. The Book of Colossians reveals that no
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  Speaker 1: part of human existence remains untouched by the love and
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  Speaker 1: freedom of Christ. Invite the transforming power of Jesus into
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  Speaker 1: your heart now to continue to make you more and
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  Speaker 1: more like him. Colossians Chapter three, verse one says, since
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  Speaker 1: then you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts
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  Speaker 1: on things above where Christ is seated at the.
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  Speaker 2: Right hand of God.
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  Speaker 1: The verse does not mean that we are to focus
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  Speaker 1: on our future heaven, but rather to live now as
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  Speaker 1: we have truly been resurrected with Christ, transformed by His
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  Speaker 1: power and God's authority. Submit to God's authority. Now, let
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  Speaker 1: his sovereignty produce peace in your mind, trusting his plan
• 2:07:22
  Speaker 1: for humanity. Breathe in the truth of the Gospel and
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  Speaker 1: let it relax your whole body. You don't need to
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  Speaker 1: conform to the culture or pressures of this world. All
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  Speaker 1: you need to do is rest in the knowledge of
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  Speaker 1: the new creation you are in Christ. Breathe in the
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  Speaker 1: transformative power of the Gospel, and breathe out the pressures
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  Speaker 1: of the world. Set your heart on things above.
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  Speaker 2: God. We ask now for your wisdom.
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  Speaker 1: Teach us what it means to live a life transformed
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  Speaker 1: by the reality of the Gospel. Help us to see
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  Speaker 1: our sufferings as joy. Forgive us for giving into the
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  Speaker 1: pressures of this world, for bowing to our culture instead
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  Speaker 1: of you, for trying to earn our salvation instead of
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  Speaker 1: trusting that the Gospel lacks nothing. Give us a perspective
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  Speaker 1: that transforms us into your new creation. Nothing is untouched
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  Speaker 1: by your love and freedom. We rest in that now
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  Speaker 1: that Jesus is the answer. Let that truth transform your
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  Speaker 1: child as they sleep Tonight I pray that they are faithful,
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  Speaker 1: full of love and hope in you.
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  Speaker 2: In Jesus's name, Amen.
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  Speaker 1: Colossians Chapter one, Paul an apostle of Christ Jesus by
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  Speaker 1: the will of God, and Timothy our brother to God's
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  Speaker 1: Holy people in callose the faithful brothers and sisters in Christ.
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  Speaker 1: Grace and peace to you from God our Father. We
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  Speaker 1: always thank God, the Father of our Lord, Jesus Christ,
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  Speaker 1: when we pray for you, because we have heard of
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  Speaker 1: your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love you
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  Speaker 1: have for all God's people, the faith and love that
• 2:09:36
  Speaker 1: spring from the hopes stored up for you in heaven,
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  Speaker 1: and about which you have already heard in the true
• 2:09:42
  Speaker 1: message of the Gospel that has come to you. In
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  Speaker 1: the same way, the Gospel is bearing fruit and growing
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  Speaker 1: throughout the whole world, just as it has been doing
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  Speaker 1: among you since the day you heard it and truly
• 2:09:56
  Speaker 1: understood God's grace. You learned it from Epiphras, our dear
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  Speaker 1: fellow servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on
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  Speaker 1: our behalf, and who also told us of your love
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  Speaker 1: and the spirit. For this reason, since the day we
• 2:10:13
  Speaker 1: heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you.
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  Speaker 1: We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge
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  Speaker 1: of his will through all the wisdom and understanding that
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  Speaker 1: the Spirit gives, so that you may live a life
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  Speaker 1: worthy of the Lord and please Him in every way,
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  Speaker 1: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge
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  Speaker 1: of God, being strengthened with all power according to His
• 2:10:38
  Speaker 1: glorious might, so that you may have great endurance and patience,
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  Speaker 1: and giving joyful thanks to the Father who has qualified
• 2:10:48
  Speaker 1: you to share in the inheritance of His Holy people
• 2:10:51
  Speaker 1: in the Kingdom of Light, for He has rescued us
• 2:10:55
  Speaker 1: from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the
• 2:10:58
  Speaker 1: Kingdom of the Sun, in whom we have redemption, the
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  Speaker 1: forgiveness of sins. The Sun is the image of the
• 2:11:08
  Speaker 1: Invisible God, the first born over all creation. For in
• 2:11:13
  Speaker 1: him all things were created, things in heaven and on earth,
• 2:11:17
  Speaker 1: visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers, or rulers or authorities,
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  Speaker 1: all things have been created through him and for him.
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  Speaker 1: He is before all things, and in him all things
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  Speaker 1: hold together. And he is the head of the body
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  Speaker 1: the Church. He is the beginning and the first born
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  Speaker 1: from among the dead, so that in everything he might
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  Speaker 1: have the supremacy, for God was pleased to have all
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  Speaker 1: his fondness dwell in him and through him, to reconcile
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  Speaker 1: to himself all things, whether things on earth or things
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  Speaker 1: in heaven, by making peace through His blood shed.
• 2:11:58
  Speaker 2: On the cross.
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  Speaker 1: Once you were alienated from God and were enemies in
• 2:12:04
  Speaker 1: your minds because of your evil behavior. But now He
• 2:12:08
  Speaker 1: has reconciled you by Christ's physical body through death, to
• 2:12:12
  Speaker 1: present you wholly in His sight, without blemish and free
• 2:12:16
  Speaker 1: from accusation. If you continue in your faith, established and firm,
• 2:12:22
  Speaker 1: do not move from the hope.
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  Speaker 2: Held out in the Gospel.
• 2:12:26
  Speaker 1: This is the gospel that you heard, and that has
• 2:12:29
  Speaker 1: been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which.
• 2:12:33
  Speaker 2: I, Paul, have become a servant.
• 2:12:37
  Speaker 1: Now I rejoice in what I am suffering for you,
• 2:12:40
  Speaker 1: and I fillip in my flesh what is still lacking
• 2:12:43
  Speaker 1: in regard to Christ's afflictions for the sake of His body,
• 2:12:47
  Speaker 1: which is the Church. I have become its servant by
• 2:12:51
  Speaker 1: the commission God gave me to present to you the
• 2:12:54
  Speaker 1: Word of God and its fullness, the mystery that has
• 2:12:57
  Speaker 1: been kept hidden for ages and generations, but is now
• 2:13:02
  Speaker 1: disclosed to the Lord's people.
• 2:13:05
  Speaker 2: To them.
• 2:13:05
  Speaker 1: God has chosen to make known among the gentiles the
• 2:13:08
  Speaker 1: glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you,
• 2:13:13
  Speaker 1: the hope of glory. He is the one we proclaim,
• 2:13:18
  Speaker 1: admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we
• 2:13:22
  Speaker 1: may present everyone fully mature in Christ. To this end,
• 2:13:27
  Speaker 1: I strenuously contend with all the energy Christ so powerfully
• 2:13:31
  Speaker 1: works in me Colossians chapter two. I want you to
• 2:13:39
  Speaker 1: know how hard I am contending for you, and for
• 2:13:41
  Speaker 1: those at Laodicea, and for all who have not met
• 2:13:45
  Speaker 1: me personally.
• 2:13:46
  Speaker 2: My goal is that they may be.
• 2:13:48
  Speaker 1: Encouraged in heart and united in love, so that they
• 2:13:52
  Speaker 1: may have the full riches of complete understanding, in order
• 2:13:56
  Speaker 1: that they may know the mystery of God, namely Christ,
• 2:14:00
  Speaker 1: in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
• 2:14:04
  Speaker 1: I tell you this so that no one may deceive
• 2:14:06
  Speaker 1: you by fine sounding arguments. For though I am absent
• 2:14:10
  Speaker 1: from you in body, I am present with you in
• 2:14:13
  Speaker 1: spirit and delight to see how disciplined you are and
• 2:14:17
  Speaker 1: how firm your faith in Christ is. So then, just
• 2:14:21
  Speaker 1: as you received Christ, Jesus's Lord, continue to live your
• 2:14:25
  Speaker 1: lives in Him, rooted and built up in Him, strengthened
• 2:14:29
  Speaker 1: in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.
• 2:14:35
  Speaker 1: See to it that no one takes you captive through
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  Speaker 1: hollow and deceptive philosophy which depends on human tradition and
• 2:14:43
  Speaker 1: the elemental spiritual forces of this world, rather than on Christ.
• 2:14:49
  Speaker 1: For in Christ all the fullness of the deity lives
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  Speaker 1: in bodily form, and in Christ you have been brought
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  Speaker 1: to fullness. He is the head over every power and thor.
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  Speaker 1: In Him you were also circumcised, with a circumcision not
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  Speaker 1: performed by human hands. Your whole self, ruled by the flesh,
• 2:15:09
  Speaker 1: was put off when you were circumcised by Christ, having
• 2:15:13
  Speaker 1: been buried with Him in baptism, in which you were
• 2:15:16
  Speaker 1: also raised with Him through your faith in the working
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  Speaker 1: of God who raised Him from the dead. When you
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  Speaker 1: were dead in your sins, and in the uncircumcision of
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  Speaker 1: your flesh, God made you alive with Christ.
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  Speaker 2: He forgave us.
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  Speaker 1: All our sins, having canceled the charge of our legal indebtness,
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  Speaker 1: which stood against us and condemned us. He has taken
• 2:15:39
  Speaker 1: it away, nailing it to the cross, and having disarmed
• 2:15:43
  Speaker 1: the powers and authorities he made a public spectacle of them,
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  Speaker 1: triumphing over them by the cross. Therefore, do not let
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  Speaker 1: anyone judge you by what you eat or drink, or
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  Speaker 1: with regard to a religious festival, a new moon celebration,
• 2:15:59
  Speaker 1: or or Sabbath day. These are a shadow of the
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  Speaker 1: things that were to come. The reality, however, is found
• 2:16:07
  Speaker 1: in Christ. Do not let anyone who delights in false
• 2:16:10
  Speaker 1: humility and the worship of angels disqualify you. Such a
• 2:16:15
  Speaker 1: person also goes into great detail about what they have seen.
• 2:16:19
  Speaker 1: They are puffed up with idle notions by their unspiritual mind.
• 2:16:23
  Speaker 1: They have lost connection with the Head, from whom the
• 2:16:26
  Speaker 1: whole body, supported and held together by its ligaments and sinews,
• 2:16:32
  Speaker 1: grows as God causes it to grow. Since you died
• 2:16:36
  Speaker 1: with Christ to the elemental spiritual forces of this world, why,
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  Speaker 1: as though you still belong to the world, do you
• 2:16:43
  Speaker 1: submit to its rules? Do not handle, do not taste,
• 2:16:47
  Speaker 1: do not touch. These rules, which have to do with
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  Speaker 1: things that are all destined to perish with use, are
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  Speaker 1: based on merely human commands and teachings. Such regulations and
• 2:16:59
  Speaker 1: deeds have an appearance of wisdom with their self imposed worship,
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  Speaker 1: their false humility, and their harsh treatment of the body.
• 2:17:08
  Speaker 1: But they lack any value in restraining sensual indulgence. Colossians
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  Speaker 1: chapter three. Since then you have been raised with Christ,
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  Speaker 1: set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated
• 2:17:26
  Speaker 1: at the right hand of God. Set your minds on
• 2:17:29
  Speaker 1: things above, not on earthly things. For you died, and
• 2:17:34
  Speaker 1: your life is now hidden with Christ in God. When Christ,
• 2:17:39
  Speaker 1: who is your life, appears, then you also will appear
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  Speaker 1: with him in glory. Put to death. Therefore, whatever belongs
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  Speaker 1: to your earthly nature sexual, immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires,
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  Speaker 1: and greed, which is idolatry. Because of this, please, the
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  Speaker 1: wrath of God is coming. You used to walk in
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  Speaker 1: these ways and the life you once lived. But now
• 2:18:08
  Speaker 1: you must also rid yourselves of all such things as
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  Speaker 1: these anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language.
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  Speaker 2: From your lips.
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  Speaker 1: Do not lie to each other, since you have taken
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  Speaker 1: off your old self with its practices, and have put
• 2:18:24
  Speaker 1: on the new self, which is being renewed and knowledge
• 2:18:27
  Speaker 1: in the image of its creator. Here there is no
• 2:18:31
  Speaker 1: gentile or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, Barbarian, Scythian, slave or free.
• 2:18:39
  Speaker 1: But Christ is all and is in all. Therefore, as
• 2:18:44
  Speaker 1: God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness,
• 2:18:53
  Speaker 1: and patience. Bear with each other and forgive one another.
• 2:18:58
  Speaker 1: If any of you has a grievance against someone, forgive
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  Speaker 1: as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues
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  Speaker 1: put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.
• 2:19:13
  Speaker 1: Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since
• 2:19:16
  Speaker 1: as members of one body, you were called to peace
• 2:19:20
  Speaker 1: and be thankful. Let the message of Christ dwell among
• 2:19:24
  Speaker 1: you richly, as you teach and admonish one another with
• 2:19:28
  Speaker 1: all wisdom through psalms, hymns and songs from the Spirit,
• 2:19:32
  Speaker 1: singing to God, with gratitude in your hearts. And whatever
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  Speaker 1: you do, whether in word or deed, do it all
• 2:19:40
  Speaker 1: in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to
• 2:19:44
  Speaker 1: God the Father through him. Wives, submit yourselves to your
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  Speaker 1: husbands as is fitting in the Lord Husbands. Love your wives,
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  Speaker 1: and do not be harsh with them.
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  Speaker 2: Children.
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  Speaker 1: Obey your parents and everything, for this pleases the Lord. Fathers.
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  Speaker 1: Do not embitter your children, or they will become discouraged.
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  Speaker 2: Slaves.
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  Speaker 1: Obey your earthly masters and everything, and do it not
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  Speaker 1: only when their eye is on you and to curry
• 2:20:19
  Speaker 1: their favor, but with sincerity of heart and reverence for
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  Speaker 1: the Lord. Whatever you do, work at it with all
• 2:20:27
  Speaker 1: your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters,
• 2:20:32
  Speaker 1: since you know that you will receive an inheritance from
• 2:20:35
  Speaker 1: the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ
• 2:20:38
  Speaker 1: you are serving. Any One who does wrong will be
• 2:20:42
  Speaker 1: repaid for their wrongs, and there is no favoritism Colossians
• 2:20:49
  Speaker 1: chapter four. Masters, provide your slaves with what is right
• 2:20:54
  Speaker 1: and fair, because you know that you also have a
• 2:20:58
  Speaker 1: master in heaven. Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful,
• 2:21:05
  Speaker 1: and pray for us too, that God may open a
• 2:21:08
  Speaker 1: door for our message, so that we may proclaim the
• 2:21:11
  Speaker 1: mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains. Pray
• 2:21:16
  Speaker 1: that I may proclaim it clearly as I should. Be
• 2:21:20
  Speaker 1: wise in the way you act toward outsiders. Make the
• 2:21:23
  Speaker 1: most of every opportunity. Let your conversation be always full
• 2:21:28
  Speaker 1: of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know
• 2:21:32
  Speaker 1: how to answer every one. Tikachus will tell you all
• 2:21:36
  Speaker 1: the news about me. He is a dear brother, a
• 2:21:39
  Speaker 1: faithful minister, and fellow servant.
• 2:21:42
  Speaker 2: In the Lord.
• 2:21:43
  Speaker 1: I am sending him to you for the express purpose
• 2:21:46
  Speaker 1: that you may know about our circumstances, and that he
• 2:21:49
  Speaker 1: may encourage your hearts. He is coming with Onesimus, our
• 2:21:54
  Speaker 1: faithful and dear brother, who is.
• 2:21:56
  Speaker 2: One of you.
• 2:21:57
  Speaker 1: They will tell you everything that is happening here. My
• 2:22:01
  Speaker 1: fellow prisoner, Aristarchis sends you his greetings, as does Mark,
• 2:22:05
  Speaker 1: the cousin of Barnabas you have received instructions about him.
• 2:22:10
  Speaker 1: If he comes to you, welcome him. Jesus, who is
• 2:22:14
  Speaker 1: called Justice, also sends greetings. These are the only Jews
• 2:22:19
  Speaker 1: among the co workers for the Kingdom of God, and
• 2:22:22
  Speaker 1: they have proved a comfort to me. Epiphas, who is
• 2:22:26
  Speaker 1: one of you and a servant of Christ, Jesus sends greetings.
• 2:22:31
  Speaker 1: He is always wrestling in prayer for you, that you
• 2:22:34
  Speaker 1: may stand firm in all the will of God, mature
• 2:22:37
  Speaker 1: and fully assured. I vouch for him that he is
• 2:22:41
  Speaker 1: working hard for you and for those at Laodicea in Hyropolis.
• 2:22:46
  Speaker 1: Our dear friend, Luke, the Doctor and Demus send greetings.
• 2:22:51
  Speaker 1: Give my greetings to the brothers and sisters at Laodicea,
• 2:22:55
  Speaker 1: and to Nympha and the church in her house. After
• 2:22:59
  Speaker 1: this letter has been read to you, see that it
• 2:23:02
  Speaker 1: is also read in the church of the Laodiceans, and
• 2:23:05
  Speaker 1: that you in turn read the letter from Laodicea. Tell
• 2:23:09
  Speaker 1: our Kippis, see to it that you complete the ministry
• 2:23:12
  Speaker 1: you have received in the Lord. I Paul write this
• 2:23:16
  Speaker 1: greeting in my own hand. Remember my chains. Grace be
• 2:23:21
  Speaker 1: with you.
• 2:23:25
  Speaker 2: Father.
• 2:23:26
  Speaker 1: I pray that your child will be transformed by the
• 2:23:29
  Speaker 1: power of the risen Messiah, that they would live a
• 2:23:33
  Speaker 1: life radically different from the culture of the world. That
• 2:23:37
  Speaker 1: they would embrace your new way of being, a human
• 2:23:41
  Speaker 1: one full of self giving love for all people. Transform
• 2:23:46
  Speaker 1: this child now, help them to let go of anything
• 2:23:50
  Speaker 1: they may still be trying to hold on. To send
• 2:23:53
  Speaker 1: your spirit into those places and transform their whole being
• 2:23:58
  Speaker 1: into one fully to you. I thank you for this child,
• 2:24:04
  Speaker 1: for the power of Christ in their life. Let them
• 2:24:08
  Speaker 1: wake tomorrow as a new creation in you. I pray
• 2:24:13
  Speaker 1: for your power to be strengthened in them, that they
• 2:24:16
  Speaker 1: could live a life transformed by You and your Son's name.
• 2:24:21
  Speaker 1: I pray Amen. Klassians Chapter three, verse one says, since
• 2:24:32
  Speaker 1: then you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts
• 2:24:35
  Speaker 1: on things above where Christ is seated at the right
• 2:24:39
  Speaker 1: hand of God. Set your heart on things above, as
• 2:24:45
  Speaker 1: we dive into the scriptures of Colossians again Colossians Chapter one.
• 2:24:54
  Speaker 1: Paul an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God,
• 2:24:58
  Speaker 1: and Timothy, our brother to God's Holy people in callose
• 2:25:03
  Speaker 1: the faithful brothers and sisters in Christ. Grace and peace
• 2:25:07
  Speaker 1: to you from God our Father. We always thank God,
• 2:25:13
  Speaker 1: the Father of our Lord, Jesus Christ, when we pray
• 2:25:16
  Speaker 1: for you, because we have heard of your faith in
• 2:25:19
  Speaker 1: Christ Jesus, and of the love you have for all
• 2:25:22
  Speaker 1: God's people, the faith and love that spring from the
• 2:25:26
  Speaker 1: hopes stored up for you in Heaven, and about which
• 2:25:29
  Speaker 1: you have already heard in the true message of the
• 2:25:32
  Speaker 1: Gospel that has come to you. In the same way,
• 2:25:36
  Speaker 1: the Gospel is bearing fruit and growing throughout the whole world,
• 2:25:41
  Speaker 1: just as it has been doing among you since the
• 2:25:43
  Speaker 1: day you heard it and truly understood God's grace. You
• 2:25:48
  Speaker 1: learned it from Epiphras, our dear fellow servant, who is
• 2:25:52
  Speaker 1: a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf, and who
• 2:25:56
  Speaker 1: also told us of your love and the spirit. For
• 2:26:00
  Speaker 1: this reason, since the day we heard about you, we
• 2:26:04
  Speaker 1: have not stopped praying for you. We continually ask God
• 2:26:08
  Speaker 1: to fill you with the knowledge of his will through
• 2:26:10
  Speaker 1: all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives, so
• 2:26:14
  Speaker 1: that you may live a life worthy of the Lord
• 2:26:17
  Speaker 1: and please Him in every way, bearing fruit in every
• 2:26:21
  Speaker 1: good work, growing in the knowledge of God, being strengthened
• 2:26:25
  Speaker 1: with all power according to His glorious might, so that
• 2:26:29
  Speaker 1: you may have great endurance and patience, and giving joyful
• 2:26:34
  Speaker 1: thanks to the Father who has qualified you to share
• 2:26:37
  Speaker 1: in the inheritance of His Holy people in the Kingdom
• 2:26:40
  Speaker 1: of Light, For He has rescued us from the dominion
• 2:26:45
  Speaker 1: of darkness and brought us into the Kingdom of the Sun.
• 2:26:48
  Speaker 1: He loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
• 2:26:55
  Speaker 1: The Son is the image of the invisible God, the
• 2:26:59
  Speaker 1: first born over all creation. For in him all things
• 2:27:03
  Speaker 1: were created, things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible,
• 2:27:08
  Speaker 1: Whether thrones or powers, or rulers or authorities, all things
• 2:27:13
  Speaker 1: have been created through him and for him. He is
• 2:27:17
  Speaker 1: before all things, and in him all things hold together.
• 2:27:22
  Speaker 1: And he is the head of the body the Church.
• 2:27:25
  Speaker 1: He is the beginning and the first born from among
• 2:27:28
  Speaker 1: the dead, so that in everything.
• 2:27:30
  Speaker 2: He might have the supremacy.
• 2:27:33
  Speaker 1: For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell
• 2:27:36
  Speaker 1: in him and through him, to reconcile to himself all things,
• 2:27:41
  Speaker 1: whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making
• 2:27:45
  Speaker 1: peace through His blood shed on the cross. Once you
• 2:27:50
  Speaker 1: were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds
• 2:27:54
  Speaker 1: because of your evil behavior. But now He has reconciled
• 2:27:58
  Speaker 1: you by Christ's physical body body through death, to present
• 2:28:02
  Speaker 1: you wholly in His sight, without blemish and free from accusation.
• 2:28:07
  Speaker 1: If you continue in your faith, established and firm, do
• 2:28:11
  Speaker 1: not move from the hope held out in the Gospel.
• 2:28:15
  Speaker 1: This is the gospel that you heard, and that has
• 2:28:18
  Speaker 1: been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul,
• 2:28:23
  Speaker 1: have become a servant. Now I rejoice in what I
• 2:28:27
  Speaker 1: am suffering for you, and I fillip in my flesh
• 2:28:31
  Speaker 1: what is still lacking in regard to Christ's afflictions for
• 2:28:35
  Speaker 1: the sake of His body, which is the Church. I
• 2:28:39
  Speaker 1: have become its servant by the commission God gave me
• 2:28:42
  Speaker 1: to present to you the Word of God in its fullness,
• 2:28:45
  Speaker 1: the mystery that has been kept hidden for ages and generations,
• 2:28:50
  Speaker 1: but is now disclosed to the Lord's people. To them,
• 2:28:54
  Speaker 1: God has chosen to make known among the gentiles the
• 2:28:57
  Speaker 1: glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you,
• 2:29:02
  Speaker 1: the hope of glory. He is the one we proclaim,
• 2:29:07
  Speaker 1: admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we
• 2:29:11
  Speaker 1: may present everyone fully mature in Christ. To this end,
• 2:29:15
  Speaker 1: I strenuously contend with all the energy Christ so powerfully
• 2:29:19
  Speaker 1: works in me Colossians chapter two. I want you to
• 2:29:28
  Speaker 1: know how hard I am contending for you, and for
• 2:29:30
  Speaker 1: those at Laodicea, and for all who have not met
• 2:29:34
  Speaker 1: me personally. My goal is that they may be encouraged
• 2:29:38
  Speaker 1: in heart and united in love, so that they may
• 2:29:41
  Speaker 1: have the full riches of complete understanding, in order that
• 2:29:45
  Speaker 1: they may know the mystery of God, namely Christ, in
• 2:29:49
  Speaker 1: whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
• 2:29:53
  Speaker 1: I tell you this so that no one may deceive
• 2:29:55
  Speaker 1: you by fine sounding arguments. For though I am absent
• 2:29:59
  Speaker 1: from you and body, I am present with you in
• 2:30:02
  Speaker 1: spirit and delight to see how disciplined you are and
• 2:30:06
  Speaker 1: how firm your faith in Christ is. So then, just
• 2:30:10
  Speaker 1: as you received Christ, Jesus's Lord, continue to live your
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  Speaker 1: lives in Him, rooted and built up in Him, strengthened
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  Speaker 1: in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.
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  Speaker 1: See to it that no one takes you captive through
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  Speaker 1: hollow and deceptive philosophy which depends on human tradition and
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  Speaker 1: the elemental spiritual forces of this world, rather than on Christ.
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  Speaker 1: For in Christ all the fullness of the deity lives
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  Speaker 1: in bodily form, and in Christ you have been brought
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  Speaker 1: to fullness. He is the head over every power and authority.
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  Speaker 1: In Him, you were also circumcised, with the circumcision not
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  Speaker 1: performed by human hands. Your whole self, ruled by the flesh,
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  Speaker 1: was put off when you were circle sized by Christ,
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  Speaker 1: having been buried with Him in baptism, in which you
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  Speaker 1: were also raised with Him through your faith in the
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  Speaker 1: working of God who raised Him from the dead. When
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  Speaker 1: you were dead in your sins, and in the uncircumcision
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  Speaker 1: of your flesh, God made you alive with Christ. He
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  Speaker 1: forgave us all our sins, having canceled the charge of
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  Speaker 1: our legal indebtness, which stood against us and condemned us.
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  Speaker 1: He has taken it away, nailing it to the cross,
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  Speaker 1: and having disarmed the powers and authorities, He made a
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  Speaker 1: public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the Cross. Therefore,
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  Speaker 1: do not let anyone judge you by what you eat
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  Speaker 1: or drink, or with regard to a religious festival, a
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  Speaker 1: new moon celebration, or a Sabbath day. These are a
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  Speaker 1: shadow of the things that were to come. The reality, however,
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  Speaker 1: is found in Christ. Do not let anyone who delights
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  Speaker 1: in false humans and the worship of angels disqualify you.
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  Speaker 1: Such a person also goes into great detail about what
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  Speaker 1: they have seen. They are puffed up with idle notions
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  Speaker 1: by their unspiritual mind. They have lost connection with the Head,
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  Speaker 1: from whom the whole body, supported and held together by
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  Speaker 1: its ligaments and sinews, grows as God causes it to grow.
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  Speaker 1: Since you died with Christ to the elemental spiritual forces
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  Speaker 1: of this world, why as though you still belong to
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  Speaker 1: the world, do you submit to its rules? Do not handle,
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  Speaker 1: do not taste, do not touch. These rules, which have
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  Speaker 1: to do with things that are all destined to perish
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  Speaker 1: with use, are based on merely human commands and teachings.
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  Speaker 1: Such regulations, indeed have an appearance of wisdom with their
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  Speaker 1: self imposed worship, their false humility, and their harsh treatment
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  Speaker 1: of the body. But they lack any value in restraining
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  Speaker 1: sense viual indulgence.
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  Speaker 3: Colossians, chapter three.
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  Speaker 1: Since then you have been raised with Christ, set your
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  Speaker 1: hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the
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  Speaker 1: right hand of God. Set your minds on things above,
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  Speaker 1: not on earthly things. For you died, and your life
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  Speaker 1: is now hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, who
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  Speaker 1: is your life, appears, then you also will appear with
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  Speaker 1: him in glory.
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  Speaker 2: Put to death.
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  Speaker 1: Therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature sexual, immorality, impurity, lust, evil, desires,
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  Speaker 1: and greed, which is idolatry. Because of these the wrath
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  Speaker 1: of God is coming. You used to walk in these
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  Speaker 1: ways and the life you once lived. But now you
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  Speaker 1: must also rid yourselves of all such things as the lease, anger, rage, malice, slander,
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  Speaker 1: and filthy language from your lips. Do not lie to
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  Speaker 1: each other, since you have taken off your old self
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  Speaker 1: with its practices, and have put on the new self,
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  Speaker 1: which is being renewed and knowledge in the image of
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  Speaker 1: its creator. Here there is no gentile or Jew, circumcised
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  Speaker 1: or uncircumcised, Barbarian Scythian slave, or free. But Christ is
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  Speaker 1: all and is in all. Therefore, as God's chosen people,
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  Speaker 1: holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness,
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  Speaker 1: and patience. Bear with each other and forgive one another.
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  Speaker 1: If any of you has a grievance against someone, forgive.
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  Speaker 2: As the Lord forgave you.
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  Speaker 1: And over all these virtues put on love, which binds
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  Speaker 1: them all together in perfect unity. Let the peace of
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  Speaker 1: Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body,
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  Speaker 1: you were called to peace and be thankful. Let the
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  Speaker 1: message of Christ dwell among you richly, as you teach
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  Speaker 1: and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns
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  Speaker 1: and songs from the Spirit, singing to God, with gratitude
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  Speaker 1: in your hearts. And whatever you do, whether in word
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  Speaker 1: or deed, do it all in the name of the
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  Speaker 1: Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. Wives,
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  Speaker 1: submit yourselves to your husbands as is fitting.
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  Speaker 2: In the Lord. Husbands. Love your wives, and do not
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  Speaker 2: be harsh with them. Children.
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  Speaker 1: Obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord. Fathers.
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  Speaker 1: Do not embitter your children, or they will become discouraged.
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  Speaker 2: Slaves.
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  Speaker 1: Obey your earthly masters in everything, and do it not
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  Speaker 1: only when their eye is on you and to curry
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  Speaker 1: their favor, but with sincerity of heart and reverence for
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  Speaker 1: the Lord. Whatever you do, work at it with all
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  Speaker 1: your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters,
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  Speaker 1: since you know that you will receive an inheritance from
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  Speaker 1: the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ
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  Speaker 1: you are serving. Any One who does wrong will be
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  Speaker 1: repaid for their wrongs, and there is no favoritism Colossians
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  Speaker 1: chapter four. Masters, provide your slaves with what is right
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  Speaker 1: and fair, because you know that you also have a
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  Speaker 1: master in heaven. Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful,
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  Speaker 1: and pray for us too, that God may open a
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  Speaker 1: door for our message, so that we may proclaim the
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  Speaker 1: mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains. Pray
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  Speaker 1: that I may proclaim it clearly as I should. Be
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  Speaker 1: wise in the way you act toward outsiders. Make the
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  Speaker 1: most of every opportunity. Let your conversation be always full
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  Speaker 1: of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know
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  Speaker 1: how to answer everyone. Tikacus will tell you all the
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  Speaker 1: news about me. He is a dear brother, a faithful minister,
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  Speaker 1: and fellow servant in the Lord. I am sending him
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  Speaker 1: to you for the express purpose that you may know
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  Speaker 1: about our circumstances and that he may encourage your hearts.
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  Speaker 1: He is coming with Onesimus, our faithful and dear brother,
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  Speaker 1: who is.
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  Speaker 2: One of you.
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  Speaker 1: They will tell you everything that is happening here. My
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  Speaker 1: fellow prisoner, Aristarchus sends you his greetings, as does Mark,
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  Speaker 1: the cousin of Barnabas you have received instructions about him.
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  Speaker 2: If he comes to you, welcome him. Jesus, who is.
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  Speaker 1: Called Justice, also sends greetings. These are the only Jews
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  Speaker 1: among the coworkers for the Kingdom of God, and they
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  Speaker 1: have proved a comfort to me. Epiphas, who is one
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  Speaker 1: of you and a servant of Christ Jesus, sends greetings.
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  Speaker 1: He is always wrestling in prayer for you, that you
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  Speaker 1: may stand firm in all the will of God, mature
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  Speaker 1: and fully assured. I vouch for him that he is
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  Speaker 1: working hard for you and for those at Laodicea in Hyropolis.
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  Speaker 1: Our dear friend, Luke, the Doctor and Demus send greetings.
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  Speaker 1: Give my greetings to the brothers and sisters at Laodicea,
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  Speaker 1: and to Nympha and the church in her house. After
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  Speaker 1: this letter has been read to you, see that it
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  Speaker 1: is also read in the church of the Laodoceans, and
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  Speaker 1: that you in turn read the letter from Laodicea. Tell
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  Speaker 1: our Kippus see to it that you complete the ministry
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  Speaker 1: you have received in the Lord. I Paul write this
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  Speaker 1: greeting in my own hand. Remember my chains. Grace be
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  Speaker 1: with you, Father. I pray that your child will be
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  Speaker 1: transformed by the power of the risen Messiah, that they
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  Speaker 1: would live a life radically different from the culture of
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  Speaker 1: the world. That they would embrace your new way of being,
• 2:39:28
  Speaker 1: a human, one full of self giving love for all people.
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  Speaker 1: Transform this child now, help them to let go of
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  Speaker 1: anything they may still be trying to hold on. To
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  Speaker 1: send your spirit into those places and transform their whole
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  Speaker 1: being into one fully submitted to you. I thank you
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  Speaker 1: for this child, for the power of Christ in their life.
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  Speaker 1: Let them wake tomorrow as a new creation in you.
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  Speaker 1: I pray for your power to be strengthened in them,
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  Speaker 1: that they could live a life transformed by You and
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  Speaker 1: your son's name. I pray Amen. Kalassians three, verse one says,
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  Speaker 1: since then you have been raised with Christ, set your
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  Speaker 1: hearts on things above where Christ is seated at the
• 2:40:28
  Speaker 1: right hand of God. Set your heart on things above.
• 2:40:34
  Speaker 1: Let the Holy Spirit transform your mind as you abide
• 2:40:39
  Speaker 1: in Christ. Now listen to another Sleep Scriptures story. This
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  Speaker 1: time we'll learn about the Book of Galatians. The book
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  Speaker 1: was written by Paul as a letter to a number
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  Speaker 1: of churches in Galatia, where he had traveled doing missionary work.
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  Speaker 1: Paul was deeply con concerned, even frustrated, about the state
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  Speaker 1: of the church in Galicia, where Jewish Christians in the
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  Speaker 1: region were pushing for strict adherents to the laws and
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  Speaker 1: practices commanded.
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  Speaker 2: In the Torah.
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  Speaker 1: He is bewildered by the fact that the Galatians have
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  Speaker 1: embraced a version of the Gospel that denies Jesus free
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  Speaker 1: gift of grace. He believed strongly that holding Gentiles to
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  Speaker 1: the old laws would portray the message of the Gospel
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  Speaker 1: that we are justified and declared righteous only by jesus
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  Speaker 1: sacrifice and our acceptance of Him as Messiah, not by
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  Speaker 1: our own works or observance of law. It's only through
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  Speaker 1: our belief in Jesus that his resurrection power can transform us,
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  Speaker 1: so we can belong to his family. The whole message
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  Speaker 1: of the Book of Galatians is grace. What a freeing,
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  Speaker 1: beautiful message for us today. Galatians Verse twenty says, I
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  Speaker 1: have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live,
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  Speaker 1: but Christ lives in me the life I now live
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  Speaker 1: in the body. I live by faith in the Son
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  Speaker 1: of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
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  Speaker 1: And then verse twenty one gives the gospel message even
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  Speaker 1: more strength. I do not nullify the grace of God.
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  Speaker 1: For if righteousness were through the law, then Christ died
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  Speaker 1: for no purpose. That's unthinkable that our Lord would have
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  Speaker 1: died for no purpose. We are free from the law
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  Speaker 1: because we now live under the law of grace. It's
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  Speaker 1: a mystery that we cannot fully understand, but that will
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  Speaker 1: lead you into deep, peaceful sleep tonight. So breathe deeply
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  Speaker 1: and accept God's free gift. Now, allow all your concerns
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  Speaker 1: to drift away in the light of the amazing truth
• 2:43:03
  Speaker 1: Paul shares with the Galatians. Let the tension of the
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  Speaker 1: day's strivings melt away. Hand over to God any moments
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  Speaker 1: you try to earn his love or favor, and freely
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  Speaker 1: accept his gift of salvation. Breathe in Christ's salvation and
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  Speaker 1: breathe out the stress of trying to earn that salvation
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  Speaker 1: on your own. God, we come to you now as
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  Speaker 1: imperfect people. Much like the Galatians, we try to earn
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  Speaker 1: our salvation. Forgive us for neglecting the message of the
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  Speaker 1: gospel that Jesus is the Messiah, and that through Jesus
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  Speaker 1: you've created a new family, and you are our new father.
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  Speaker 1: When we accept the gift of your son, we are
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  Speaker 1: transformed by the power of your spirit. Let us never
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  Speaker 1: forget that this is what the Bible is all about.
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  Speaker 1: Help this beloved child of yours to soak in these
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  Speaker 1: scriptures as they fall asleep to the reading of your word.
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  Speaker 1: Let Your peace fill their heart as they place their
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  Speaker 1: faith in You alone in Jesus' name, Amen. Galatians Chapter one.
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  Speaker 1: Paul an apostle sent not from men nor by a man,
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  Speaker 1: but by Jesus Christ and God, the Father who raised
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  Speaker 1: him from the dead, and all the brothers and sisters
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  Speaker 1: with me to the churches in Glacia. Grace and peace
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  Speaker 1: to you from God, our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ,
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  Speaker 1: who gave himself for our sins. To rescue us from
• 2:44:54
  Speaker 1: the present evil age, according to the will of our
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  Speaker 1: God and Father, to whom be glory forever and ever.
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  Speaker 2: Amen.
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  Speaker 1: I'm astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one
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  Speaker 1: who called you to live in the grace of Christ,
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  Speaker 1: and are turning to a different gospel, which is really
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  Speaker 1: no gospel at all. Evidently some people are throwing you
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  Speaker 1: into confusion and are trying to pervert the Gospel of Christ.
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  Speaker 1: But even if we or an angel from heaven should
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  Speaker 1: preach a gospel other than the one we preach to you,
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  Speaker 1: let them be under God's curse. As we have already said,
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  Speaker 1: so now I say again, if anybody is preaching to
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  Speaker 1: you a gospel other than what you accepted, let them
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  Speaker 1: be under God's curse. Am I now trying to win
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  Speaker 1: the approval of human beings or of God? Or am
• 2:45:51
  Speaker 1: I trying to please people? If I were still trying
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  Speaker 1: to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ.
• 2:46:00
  Speaker 1: I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that the
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  Speaker 1: gospel I preached is not of human origin. I did
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  Speaker 1: not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it. Rather,
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  Speaker 1: I received it by revelation from Jesus Christ, for you
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  Speaker 1: have heard of my previous way of life in Judaism,
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  Speaker 1: how intensely I persecuted the Church of God and tried
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  Speaker 1: to destroy it. I was advancing in Judaism beyond many
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  Speaker 1: of my own age among my people, and was extremely
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  Speaker 1: zealous for the traditions of my fathers. But when God,
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  Speaker 1: who set me apart from my mother's womb and called
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  Speaker 1: me by his grace, was pleased to reveal his son
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  Speaker 1: in me so that I might preach him among the gentiles,
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  Speaker 1: my immediate response was not to consult any human being.
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  Speaker 1: I did not go up to Jerusalem to see those
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  Speaker 1: who were apostles before I was, but I went into Arabia.
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  Speaker 1: Later I returned to Damascus. Then after after three years,
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  Speaker 1: I went up to Jerusalem to get acquainted with Cephus
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  Speaker 1: and stayed with him fifteen days. I saw none of
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  Speaker 1: the other apostles, only James, the Lord's brother. I assure
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  Speaker 1: you before God that what I am writing you is
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  Speaker 1: no lie. Then I went to Syria and Cilicia. I
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  Speaker 1: was personally unknown to the churches of Judea that are
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  Speaker 1: in Christ. They only heard the report the man who
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  Speaker 1: formerly persecuted us is now preaching the faith he once
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  Speaker 1: tried to destroy, and they praised God because of me
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  Speaker 1: Galatians Chapter two. Then, after fourteen years, I went up
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  Speaker 1: again to Jerusalem, this time with Barnabas. I took Titus
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  Speaker 1: along also. I went in response to a revelation, and
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  Speaker 1: meeting privately with those esteemed as leaders, I presented to
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  Speaker 1: them the gospel that I preach among the gentiles. I
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  Speaker 1: wanted to be sure I was not running, and had
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  Speaker 1: not been running my race in vain. Yet not even Titus,
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  Speaker 1: who was with me, was compelled to be circumcised, even
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  Speaker 1: though he was a Greek. This matter arose because some
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  Speaker 1: false believers had infiltrated our ranks to spy on the
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  Speaker 1: freedom we have in Christ Jesus, and to make us slaves.
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  Speaker 1: We did not give in to them for a moment,
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  Speaker 1: so that the truth of the Gospel might be preserved
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  Speaker 1: for you. As for those who were held in high esteem,
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  Speaker 1: whatever they were makes no difference to me. God does
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  Speaker 1: not show favoritism. They added nothing to my message. On
• 2:48:42
  Speaker 1: the contrary, they recognized that I had been entrusted with
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  Speaker 1: the task of preaching the Gospel to the uncircumcised, just
• 2:48:50
  Speaker 1: as Peter had been to the circumcised. For God, who
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  Speaker 1: was at work in Peter as an apostle to the circumcised,
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  Speaker 1: was also at work in me as an apostle to
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  Speaker 1: the gentiles. James, Cephus, and John, those esteemed as pillars,
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  Speaker 1: gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship. When
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  Speaker 1: they recognized the grace given to me, they agreed that
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  Speaker 1: we should go to the gentiles, and they to the circumcised.
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  Speaker 1: All they asked was that we should continue to remember
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  Speaker 1: the poor, the very thing I had been eager to
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  Speaker 1: do all along. When Cephus came to Antioch, I opposed
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  Speaker 1: him to his face because he stood condemned. For before
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  Speaker 1: certain men came from James, he used to eat with
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  Speaker 1: the gentiles, But when they arrived, he began to draw
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  Speaker 1: back and separate himself from the Gentiles because he was
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  Speaker 1: afraid of those who belonged to the circumcision group. The
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  Speaker 1: other Jews joined him in his hypocrisy, so that by
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  Speaker 1: their hypocrisy even Barnabas was led astray. When I saw
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  Speaker 1: that they were not acting in line with the truth
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  Speaker 1: of the God Gospel, I said to Cephis in front
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  Speaker 1: of them, all you are a Jew, yet you live
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  Speaker 1: like a gentile and not like a Jew. How is
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  Speaker 1: it then that you force gentiles to follow Jewish customs.
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  Speaker 1: We who are Jews by birth and not sinful gentiles,
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  Speaker 1: know that a person is not justified by the works
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  Speaker 1: of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So
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  Speaker 1: we too have put our faith in Christ Jesus, that
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  Speaker 1: we may be justified by faith in Christ and not
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  Speaker 1: by the works of the law. Because by the works
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  Speaker 1: of the law, no one will be justified. But if
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  Speaker 1: in seeking to be justified in Christ, we Jews find
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  Speaker 1: ourselves also among the sinners, doesn't that mean that Christ
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  Speaker 1: promotes sin?
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely not.
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  Speaker 1: If I rebuild what I destroyed, then I really would
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  Speaker 1: be a lawbreaker. For through the law I died to
• 2:50:57
  Speaker 1: the law so that I might live for God. I
• 2:51:00
  Speaker 1: have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live,
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  Speaker 1: But Christ lives in me the life I now live
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  Speaker 1: in the body. I live by faith in the Son
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  Speaker 1: of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
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  Speaker 1: I do not set aside the grace of God. For
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  Speaker 1: if righteousness could be gained through the law, Christ died
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  Speaker 1: for nothing. Galatians chapter three you, foolish Galatians, who has
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  Speaker 1: bewitched you before your very eyes? Jesus Christ was clearly
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  Speaker 1: portrayed as crucified. I would like to learn just one
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  Speaker 1: thing from you. Did you receive the spirit by the
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  Speaker 1: works of the law or by believing what you heard?
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  Speaker 1: Are you so foolish after beginning by means of the spirit?
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  Speaker 1: Are you now trying to finish by means of the flesh?
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  Speaker 1: Have you experienced so much in vain? If it really
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  Speaker 1: was in vain? So again I ask, does God give
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  Speaker 1: you His spirit and work miracles among you by the
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  Speaker 1: works of the law or by your believing what you heard?
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  Speaker 1: So also Abraham believed God, and it was credited to
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  Speaker 1: him as righteousness. Understand then that those who have faith
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  Speaker 1: are children of Abraham. Scripture foresaw that God would justify
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  Speaker 1: the gentiles by faith and announce the Gospel in advance
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  Speaker 1: to Abraham. All nations will be blessed through you. So
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  Speaker 1: those who rely on faith are blessed along with Abraham,
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  Speaker 1: the man of faith. For all who rely on the
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  Speaker 1: works of the law are under a curse. As it
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  Speaker 1: is written, cursed is everyone who does not continue to
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  Speaker 1: do everything written in the book of the law. Clearly,
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  Speaker 1: no one who relies on the law is justified before God,
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  Speaker 1: because the righteous will live by faith. The law is
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  Speaker 1: not based on faith. On the contrary, it says, the
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  Speaker 1: person who does these things will live by them. Christ
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  Speaker 1: redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming
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  Speaker 1: a curse for us, For it is written, cursed is
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  Speaker 1: everyone who was hung on a pole. He redeemed us
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  Speaker 1: in order that the blessing given to Abraham might come
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  Speaker 1: to the gentiles through Christ Jesus, so that by faith
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  Speaker 1: we might receive the promise of the Spirit. Brothers and sisters,
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  Speaker 1: let me take an example from everyday life. Just as
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  Speaker 1: no one can set aside or add to a human
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  Speaker 1: covenant that has been duly established, so it is in
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  Speaker 1: this case the promises were spoken to Abraham and to
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  Speaker 1: his seed. Scripture does not say and to seeds meaning
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  Speaker 1: many people, but and to your seed, meaning one person
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  Speaker 1: who is Christ. What I mean is this, the law
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  Speaker 1: introduced four hundred and thirty years later does not set
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  Speaker 1: aside the covenant previously established by God and thus do
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  Speaker 1: away with the promise. For if the inheritance depends on
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  Speaker 1: the law, then it no longer depends on the promise.
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  Speaker 1: But God, in his grace gave it to Abraham through
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  Speaker 1: a promise. Why then was the law given at all?
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  Speaker 1: It was added because of transgressions until the seed to
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  Speaker 1: whom the promise referred had come. The law was given
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  Speaker 1: through angels and entrusted to a mediator. A mediator, however,
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  Speaker 1: implies more than one party. But God is one. Is
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  Speaker 1: the law therefore opposed to the promises of God, absolutely not.
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  Speaker 1: For if a law had been given that it could
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  Speaker 1: impart life, then righteousness would certainly have come by the law.
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  Speaker 1: But Scripture has locked up everything under the control of sin,
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  Speaker 1: so that what was promised being given through faith in
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  Speaker 1: Jesus Christ, might be given to those who believe. Before
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  Speaker 1: the coming of this faith, we were held in custody
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  Speaker 1: under the law, locked up until the faith that was
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  Speaker 1: to come would be revealed. So the law was our
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  Speaker 1: guardian until Christ came that we might be justified by faith.
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  Speaker 1: Now that this faith has come, we are no longer
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  Speaker 1: under a guardian. So in Christ Jesus you are all
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  Speaker 1: children of God through faith. For all of you who
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  Speaker 1: are baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There
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  Speaker 1: is neither jew nor gentile, neither slave nor free. Nor
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  Speaker 1: is there male and female, For you are all one
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  Speaker 1: in Christ Jesus. If you belong to Christ, then you
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  Speaker 1: are Abraham's seed and heirs according to the promise Galatians
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  Speaker 1: chapter four. What I am saying is that as long
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  Speaker 1: as as an heir is under age, he is no
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  Speaker 1: different from a slave. Although he owns the whole estate,
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  Speaker 1: the heir is subject to guardians and trustees until the
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  Speaker 1: time set by his father. So also, when we were
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  Speaker 1: under age, we were in slavery under the elemental spiritual
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  Speaker 1: forces of the world.
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  Speaker 2: But when the.
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  Speaker 1: Said time had fully come, God sent his son, born
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  Speaker 1: of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those
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  Speaker 1: under the law, that we might receive adoption to sonship.
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  Speaker 1: Because you are His sons, God sent the spirit of
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  Speaker 1: his Son into our hearts, the spirit who calls out Abbah, Father.
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  Speaker 1: So you are no longer a slave but God's child.
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  Speaker 1: And since you are his child, God has made you
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  Speaker 1: also an heir. Formerly, when you did not know God,
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  Speaker 1: you were slaves did those who by nature.
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  Speaker 2: Or are not God's.
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  Speaker 1: But now that you know God, or rather are known
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  Speaker 1: by God, how is it that you are turning back
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  Speaker 1: to those weak and miserable forces. Do you wish to
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  Speaker 1: be enslaved by them all over again? You are observing
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  Speaker 1: special days and months, and seasons and years. I fear
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  Speaker 1: for you that somehow I have wasted my efforts on you.
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  Speaker 1: I plead with you, brothers and sisters, become like me,
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  Speaker 1: For I became like you.
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  Speaker 2: You did me no wrong.
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  Speaker 1: As you know, it was because of an illness that
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  Speaker 1: I first preached the Gospel to you. And even though
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  Speaker 1: my illness was a trial to you, you did not
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  Speaker 1: treat me with contempt or scorn. Instead, you welcomed me
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  Speaker 1: as if I were an Angel of God, as if
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  Speaker 1: I were Christ Jesus himself.
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  Speaker 2: Where then is your blessing of me? Now?
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  Speaker 1: I can testify that if you could have done so,
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  Speaker 1: you would have torn out your eyes and give them
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  Speaker 1: to me. Have I now become your enemy by telling
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  Speaker 1: you the truth. Those people are zealous to win you over,
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  Speaker 1: but for no good. What they want is to alienate
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  Speaker 1: you from us, so that you may have zeal for them.
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  Speaker 1: It is fine to be zealous, provided the purpose is good,
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  Speaker 1: and to be so always, not just when I am
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  Speaker 1: with you, my dear children. For whom I am again
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  Speaker 1: in the pains of childbirth until Christ is formed in you.
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  Speaker 1: How I wish I could be with you now and
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  Speaker 1: change my tone, because I am perplexed about you. Tell me,
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  Speaker 1: you who want to be under the law, are you
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  Speaker 1: not aware of what the law says? For it is
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  Speaker 1: written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave
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  Speaker 1: woman and the other by the free woman. His son
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  Speaker 1: by the slave woman was born according to the flesh,
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  Speaker 1: but his son by the free woman was born as
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  Speaker 1: a result of a divine promise. These things are being
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  Speaker 1: taken figuratively. The women represent two covenants. One covenant is
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  Speaker 1: from Mount Sinai and bears children who are to be slaves.
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  Speaker 2: This is Hagar.
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  Speaker 1: Now Hagar stands from Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds
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  Speaker 1: to the present city of Jerusalem, because she is in
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  Speaker 1: slavery with her children.
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  Speaker 2: But the Jerusalem that is above is free, and she
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  Speaker 2: is our mother. For it is.
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  Speaker 1: Written, be glad bearn women, you who never bore a child.
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  Speaker 1: Shout for joy, and cry aloud, you who were never
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  Speaker 1: in labor, because more are the children of the desolate
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  Speaker 1: woman than of her who has a husband. Now, you
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  Speaker 1: brothers and sisters like Isaac are children of promise. At
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  Speaker 1: that time, the sun born, according to the flesh, persecuted
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  Speaker 1: the sun borne by the power of the spirit. It
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  Speaker 1: is the same now. But what does scriptures say, get
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  Speaker 1: rid of the slave woman and her son. For the
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  Speaker 1: slave woman's son will never share in the inheritance with
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  Speaker 1: the free woman's son. Therefore, brothers and sisters, we are
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  Speaker 1: not children of the slave woman, but of the free woman.
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  Speaker 1: Galatians chapter five. It is for freedom that Christ has
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  Speaker 1: set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let
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  Speaker 1: yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.
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  Speaker 2: Mark my words, I, Paul tell you.
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  Speaker 1: That if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be
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  Speaker 1: of no value to you at all. Again, I declare
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  Speaker 1: to every man who lets himself be circumcised, that he
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  Speaker 1: is obligated to obey the whole law. You, who are
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  Speaker 1: trying to be justified by the law, have been alienated
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  Speaker 1: from Christ. You have fallen away from grace. For through
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  Speaker 1: the Spirit we eagerly await by faith the righteousness from
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  Speaker 1: which we hope for in Christ Jesus, neither circumcision nor
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  Speaker 1: uncircumcision has any value. The only thing that counts is
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  Speaker 1: faith expressing itself through love. You are running a good race.
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  Speaker 1: Who cut in on you to keep you from obeying
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  Speaker 1: the truth. That kind of persuasion does not come from
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  Speaker 1: the one who calls you a little yeast works through
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  Speaker 1: the whole batch of doe. I am confident in the
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  Speaker 1: Lord that you will take no other view. The one
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  Speaker 1: who was throwing you into confusion, whoever that may be,
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  Speaker 1: will have to pay the penalty. Brothers and sisters, If
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  Speaker 1: I am still preaching circumcision, why am I still being persecuted?
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  Speaker 1: In that case, the offense of the cross has been abolished.
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  Speaker 1: As for those agitators, I wish they would go the
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  Speaker 1: whole way and emasculate themselves. You, my brothers and sisters,
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  Speaker 1: were called to be free. But do not use your
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  Speaker 1: freedom to indulge the flesh. Rather serve one another humbly
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  Speaker 1: in love, for the entire law is fulfilled in keeping
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  Speaker 1: this one command, love your neighbor as yourself. If you
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  Speaker 1: bite it and devour each other, watch out, or you
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  Speaker 1: will be destroyed by each other. So I say, walk
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  Speaker 1: by the spirit, and you will not gratify the desires.
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  Speaker 2: Of the flesh.
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  Speaker 1: For the flesh desires what is contrary to the spirit,
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  Speaker 1: and the spirit what is contrary.
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  Speaker 2: To the flesh.
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  Speaker 1: They are in conflict with each other, so that you
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  Speaker 1: are not to do whatever you want. But if you
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  Speaker 1: are led by the spirit, you are not under the law.
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  Speaker 1: The acts of the flesh are obvious sexual immorality, impurity
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  Speaker 1: and debauchery, idolatry and witchcraft, hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage,
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  Speaker 1: selfish ambition, dissensions, factions and envy, drunkenness, orgies, and the like.
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  Speaker 1: I warn you, as I did before, that those who
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  Speaker 1: live like this will not inherit the Kingdom of God.
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  Speaker 2: But the fruit of the Spirit is.
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  Speaker 1: Love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self control.
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  Speaker 1: Against such things, there is no law. Those who belong
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  Speaker 1: to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions
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  Speaker 1: and desires. Since we live by the spirit, let us
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  Speaker 1: keep in step with the spirit. Let us not become conceited,
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  Speaker 1: provoking and envying each other. Galatians chapter six. Brothers and sisters,
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  Speaker 1: if someone is caught in a sin, you who live
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  Speaker 1: by the spirit, should restore that person gently. But watch yourselves,
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  Speaker 1: or you also may be tempted carry each other's burdens.
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  Speaker 1: And in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.
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  Speaker 1: If anyone thinks they are something when they are not,
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  Speaker 1: they deceive themselves. Each one should test their own actions.
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  Speaker 1: Then they can take pride in themselves alone, without comparing
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  Speaker 1: themselves to some one else. For each one should carry
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  Speaker 1: their own load. Nevertheless, the one who receives instruction in
• 3:04:28
  Speaker 1: the Word should share all good things with their instructor.
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  Speaker 1: Do not be deceived. God cannot be mocked. A man
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  Speaker 1: reaps what he sows. Whoever sows to please their flesh,
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  Speaker 1: from the flesh will reap destruction. Whoever sows to please
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  Speaker 1: the spirit, from the spirit will reap eternal life. Let
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  Speaker 1: us not become weary in doing good, for at the
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  Speaker 1: proper time we will reap a harvest if we do
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  Speaker 1: not give up. Therefore, as we have opportunit unity, let
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  Speaker 1: us do good to all people, especially to those who
• 3:05:04
  Speaker 1: belong to the family of believers. See what large letters
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  Speaker 1: I use as I write to you with my own hand.
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  Speaker 1: Those who want to impress people by means of the
• 3:05:14
  Speaker 1: flesh are trying to compel you to be circumcised.
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  Speaker 2: The only reason they do.
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  Speaker 1: This is to avoid being persecuted for the Cross of Christ,
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  Speaker 1: not even those who are circumcised to keep the law.
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  Speaker 1: Yet they want you to be circumcised, that they may
• 3:05:29
  Speaker 1: boast about your circumcision and the flesh. May I never
• 3:05:32
  Speaker 1: boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ,
• 3:05:36
  Speaker 1: through which the world has been crucified. To me and
• 3:05:40
  Speaker 1: I to the world. Neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything.
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  Speaker 1: What counts is the New Creation. Peace and mercy to
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  Speaker 1: all who follow this rule, to the Israel of God.
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  Speaker 1: From now on, let no one cause me trouble, for
• 3:05:58
  Speaker 1: I bear on my body the marks of Jesus, the
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  Speaker 1: grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. Be with your spirit,
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  Speaker 1: brothers and sisters. Amen, Father God, thank you for this
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  Speaker 1: gift of grace, of salvation, the promise of eternity. With
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  Speaker 1: you as your child sleeps tonight, Give them dreams that
• 3:06:22
  Speaker 1: remind them of your great love for them. Let them
• 3:06:26
  Speaker 1: be enfolded into your grace, so that no matter which
• 3:06:29
  Speaker 1: way they turn, that's all they see all around them.
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  Speaker 1: They are saved by grace, They are rooted in grace,
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  Speaker 1: They grow in grace. May that be something that they
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  Speaker 1: never ever forget. We ask this in the precious, powerful
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  Speaker 1: name of Jesus Amen.