The things I once
hated, I now love.
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And the things I
once loved, I now hate.
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Interesting words
from the Apostle Paul,
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but can those
changes really occur
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in a person's life?
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Stay tuned, you'll find out.
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The Apostle Paul
sailed the Aegean Sea,
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landed here at Ephesus.
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It's long since silted
in because of so many years,
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but this was the
harbor, this was the area
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that all the sailors and
the Apostle Paul walked up
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these areas here
amongst these columns.
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Why did he come?
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I believe he came because
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this was a
Seatown, a town that people
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from all over the world came to.
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And Paul was no
dummy, he understood that
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if he shared the
gospel of Jesus Christ here,
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it would go to all the world.
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And certainly, Paul made
a stir here in this area.
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The Grand
Amphitheater of the Ephesians,
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a place that held,
23,000- 24,000 people.
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Imagine, they
would come out here
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on a regular
basis and at this time
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to hear the Greek plays,
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because the Greeks
controled the whole area.
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The Greeks built this as
their theater for their arts,
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for their
enjoyment, for the plays,
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but then something
different happened,
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the Romans took over.
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The Romans beat them back,
and now under Roman control,
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they take out the
first group of seats, why?
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So they can
have gladiator games.
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They need an area
to place the tigers
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and the lions and
all of the other things
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that would actually
devour people of all things.
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But then something
very interesting occurred,
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the Apostle Paul
came to town one day,
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the little Roman, the
intelligent little Roman,
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he began talking with people.
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And soon Demetrius, we're told
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in the Book of
Acts is not happy,
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because you see
Demetrius is a silversmith.
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And the trade is
having problems because
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Paul is preaching against
all the other Gods so much,
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so much that now their money,
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their monitory situation
is going down, down, down
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because nobody is buying
Gods any longer for their home.
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What happens?
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Demetrius comes here,
calls everybody from the city
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and begins
complaining and shouting
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to all of these
people, who by the way,
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from right down here
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the person in the farthest row
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can hear your voice perfectly.
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And I just imagine
Demetrius standing here
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and yelling at the
Apostle Paul saying,
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we need to do
something about this man,
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we've got to do something.
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And soon they
take a hold of Paul,
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and they're ready
to tear him apart,
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ready to tear him
apart, but God intervenes
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and finally, a
little difference away
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they take him to a prison,
where Paul literally raised
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the roof with his singing.
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The history of Ephesus began
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in the Mid-seventh Century BC.
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It was attacked by
Samarians, but unlike
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its neighbor Magnesia,
Ephesus survived the attack.
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For a while it
was ruled by tyrants,
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allied by marriage
to the King of Lydia
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and was conquered by Croesus,
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who rebuilt the
Temple of Artemis,
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bringing in many large columns
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and golden
calves for the temple.
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Ephesus was not only
the most magnificent,
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but the most corrupt
of the cities of Asia.
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Superstition and
sensual pleasure held
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its way over her
teaming population,
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under the shadow of her temples,
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criminals of every
grade found shelter.
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And the most
degrading vices flourished.
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It's so incredible
to open the word of God.
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To read in the Book of
Acts, the Book of Ephesians
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and realize I'm
standing in the very places,
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the very location
where the Apostle Paul
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preached so many sermons,
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where he labored
for the word of God.
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The giant of God
himself walked down the street,
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went down to the harbor
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to where all the fisherman work,
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watch them
offload their catches,
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talked with these men.
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Two hundred and
fifty thousand people
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lived in the city and soon
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because of Paul's work
in Acts 19 Verse 20 it says,
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"So mightily grew the
word of God and prevailed."
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Because of Paul, because of
Paul's relationship with God,
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he spread the word
throughout Ephesus.
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He raised up a
church, he raised up a work
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that spreads
throughout the world. Wow!
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One can only get a
taste of the former glory
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by looking around
that the pieces of pillars
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that lie in this
main thoroughfare.
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The area from
the library to town,
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or from the theater back
up this way to the library,
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it's all marble, you
can see slight tracks
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from the Roman chariots.
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What's most
interesting to me however
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is that they had a
drainage system here,
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so when the rains came,
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it all dropped into
the sewerage system.
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Credible
ingenuity by the Romans.
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We're forever tempted
to think that these people
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were not extremely intelligent
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in how they constructed
and what they constructed.
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This library right behind
me should remove all doubt.
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These people
did a marvelous job,
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a beautiful and exquisite job.
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However, this library
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only lasted for about 40 years.
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It was destroyed by earthquakes.
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And it was rebuilt in the 1970s,
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originally from the
Second century however,
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it housed a
great deal of knowledge
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of the then known world.
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It was about the
third largest library
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in existence at that time.
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Below it we're told
there just a little peep hole,
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but supposedly the
governor is buried down there,
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that existed
earlier during that time.
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The building may be considered
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important today
because it is one
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of the few remained examples
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of an ancient
Roman influence library.
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It also shows
how public libraries
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were not only
built in Rome itself,
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but also throughout the empire.
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The people that
constructed this library
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were so
intelligent about the design
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that they actually
created a doubled-wall system
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in order to eliminate humidity.
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Not only that, but
they created a roof design
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that eliminated all the elements
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but allowed in the most white,
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that people might
still be able to read.
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Now that's intelligent.
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The Library of Celsus was built
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to store 12,000 scrolls
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and it serves a
monumental tomb to Celsus.
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It was unusual to be
buried within a library
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or even within city limits.
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So this was a
special honor for Celsus.
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I'm told this is the place
where the Governor's buried.
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How do they know that?
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Well, some years ago,
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I guess they took
mirrors and they put them
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way over the
edge to check it out
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and they could
actually see some type of casket
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or coffin or
sarcophagus down there.
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But over the years
it's kind of caved in so,
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this is all we
get is a hole now,
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I guess and I belief
that, that's where it is.
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Well, I spend some
time this afternoon
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jostling elbow to
elbow in the market
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with 20,000 or
30,000 people it seems.
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I've got my spices,
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I've got my linens for my wife.
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I got the fish
that were just delivered
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right from the ocean fresh.
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And now I think I'll
go check out the library.
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Well, at least,
that's my active imagination
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for what it must have
been like at the time.
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Right behind me
here is the market place
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of the great city of Ephesus.
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People from all
over brought their wares
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from the then
known Roman Empire.
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Spices and
various things to trade.
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I can imagine now Apostle Paul
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walking through
from stall to stall.
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Pointing these Romans to
the one and only true God,
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Jesus Christ. What a scene?
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What a time in our history?
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The roots of Christianity
growing up right here.
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As a communist, she thought that
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there just must be
more to life than this.
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But what was it?
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Jesus told the
Ephesians to persevere
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and that's exactly what she did.
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She persevered until she found
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that loving
relationship with Jesus Christ.
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Stay tuned to find out more.
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Kaluram was a poor field laborer
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after listening for a few days,
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So, your name is Lidia.
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Foreign language
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Lidia, what type of
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Foreign language
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I was a stay at home mother,
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and did the
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and I have two children.
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Foreign language
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My job was the
family, house, and children.
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I was interested in Bible.
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My grandparents was Christians.
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Foreign language
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My grandfather had a Bible.
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When I was a little
girl, I looked at the Bible,
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it was such a large
book with the big letters.
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Foreign language
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My grandparents
always prayed for me
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and I think that is why
I was interested in Bible.
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I have always been interested
in religious radio programs.
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I listened to
anything that spoke about God,
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even Muslim programs.
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Foreign language
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So you always had this
desire from young person
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to get, know
more about religion.
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Foreign language
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So how long was your search?
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Foreign language
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I was trying to read the Bible,
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but we move to Novomoskovsk
and the Bible stayed
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with my
grandparents in the Khalkhas.
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So we had no Bible to read
and we forgot all about it.
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So you did your
searching started out
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during the time of communism?
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Yes, during that
time it was forbidden
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to have a Bible in the house.
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We found a really
old and tattered Bible.
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Somebody had
given it to my parents.
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We were afraid to
show it to anyone.
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We weren't really interested
in reading it at that time.
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It's hard for me to imagine
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that reading the
Bible is a hard thing to do
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or a dangerous thing to do.
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Can you tell me a
little more about that?
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Where did you go, how
did you find the Bible
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or study or do
anything like that?
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Yes, we were
trying to read the Bible,
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but if anyone
knocked at the door,
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we would quickly hide the Bible.
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So no one would
know what we were doing.
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Immediately behind me is
where they kept the lions.
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The lions for
what you ask, well,
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what concerns me is the
lions for the Christians,
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because the Christians
died for their faiths,
00:14:02.60\00:14:04.83
on this spot.
00:14:04.83\00:14:07.73
It's hard to
imagine that the Christians
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who would not give
allegiance to another God,
00:14:11.03\00:14:14.80
stood here on this location
00:14:14.80\00:14:17.00
and they let the
lions right out of that area
00:14:17.00\00:14:20.56
and they were very hungry lions
00:14:20.56\00:14:22.33
and these people died for
their faith in Jesus Christ.
00:14:22.33\00:14:24.90
But the good news
is, it's only momentary,
00:14:24.90\00:14:29.50
because the Bible says, O death,
00:14:29.50\00:14:30.86
where is thy sting?
00:14:30.86\00:14:31.86
O grave, where is thy victory?
00:14:31.86\00:14:33.93
There is a home
waiting for those people soon
00:14:33.93\00:14:36.60
when Jesus Christ return.
00:14:36.60\00:14:39.23
He's waiting for you and me too,
00:14:39.23\00:14:41.16
to give our hearts
and life fully to Him,
00:14:41.16\00:14:43.60
fully to Him.
00:14:43.60\00:14:44.93
We'll have the
courage and the strength
00:14:44.93\00:14:46.33
to follow him
every moment of everyday.
00:14:46.33\00:14:48.66
We're not exactly sure
who came through the corridor,
00:14:55.23\00:14:57.53
whether it was the
lions or the Christians.
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But one thing is for certain,
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the outcome was always the same.
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A few miles out it's
the Island of Patmos,
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it's a quaint and
beautiful island really.
00:15:14.80\00:15:18.13
But it was a prison for John
00:15:18.13\00:15:21.00
and on the island
as you go up the hill,
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and there's a cave
there and they think
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that that's where
the Apostle John stayed
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and probably had a
lot of meditative time
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and quite time to
write the Book of Revelation.
00:15:34.20\00:15:38.80
But Praise the Lord,
he wasn't exiled forever.
00:15:38.80\00:15:40.96
Yes. Came back
here to, apparently,
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the place where we are now. Yes.
00:15:43.43\00:15:46.00
This little old
city of Ephesus is nearby
00:15:46.00\00:15:49.83
and that's the place where
John spent many, many years.
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He was actually
the pastor of Ephesus.
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Really? I never knew that.
00:15:56.40\00:15:58.70
Of the church there
in Ephesus. Okay, okay.
00:15:58.70\00:16:01.23
And he, he is a
unique disciple of Jesus.
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He was at that time
one of the younger ones.
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Peter was an older person
00:16:10.06\00:16:12.63
and I think of the time
00:16:12.63\00:16:14.73
when just before
the resurrection,
00:16:14.73\00:16:17.10
or at the time
of the resurrection,
00:16:17.10\00:16:19.80
they were running to
the tomb and John ran,
00:16:19.80\00:16:23.03
but Peter was having a hard time
00:16:23.03\00:16:25.70
keeping up with him,
00:16:25.70\00:16:27.06
but John
respectfully waited until Peter,
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the elder one got there
before they did anything.
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I can almost start
appreciating that nowadays.
00:16:32.40\00:16:34.20
Yes. Being behind
just a little bit.
00:16:34.20\00:16:37.56
Well, John was known
as the Apostle of love.
00:16:37.56\00:16:41.33
And his gospel is a little
different than the others.
00:16:41.33\00:16:44.50
It is. The three
gospels Matthew, Mark, and Luke
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are more narrative in story.
00:16:47.66\00:16:50.80
John's is more theological.
00:16:50.80\00:16:52.93
He talks about
faith and the Holy Spirit
00:16:52.93\00:16:56.00
and love and in
all of his writings
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that theme of love
seems to come through.
00:16:59.13\00:17:02.10
And I love the way he was
so humble in his writings,
00:17:02.10\00:17:04.33
he never referred to himself,
00:17:04.33\00:17:06.50
only the one
Jesus loved or-- Yes.
00:17:06.50\00:17:09.86
Always diverted
attention away from himself.
00:17:09.86\00:17:12.10
That's right.
00:17:12.10\00:17:13.53
Now, John, John
was also a person
00:17:13.53\00:17:17.60
that lived the longest.
00:17:17.60\00:17:20.23
He was, it was almost to the end
00:17:20.23\00:17:23.70
of the first
century before he died.
00:17:23.70\00:17:26.53
Of course he spent many
years on Patmos in exile,
00:17:26.53\00:17:30.73
but apparently after that exile
00:17:30.73\00:17:33.16
he was able to come
back here to Ephesus
00:17:33.16\00:17:36.23
and to this area.
00:17:36.23\00:17:37.76
And apparently it seemed liked
00:17:37.76\00:17:39.00
he lived down his life here
00:17:39.00\00:17:40.53
and then actually
the tomb is up over here,
00:17:40.53\00:17:42.96
what they say he's buried. Yes.
00:17:42.96\00:17:44.80
But this is a very
sacred site to Catholics,
00:17:44.80\00:17:46.76
I know, because two
popes have visited this area.
00:17:46.76\00:17:49.43
Yes. And also there
is a place nearby here,
00:17:49.43\00:17:55.93
I understand, it
is a place where Mary,
00:17:55.93\00:17:59.56
Jesus' mother lived and
of course Jesus asked John
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to take care of His mother,
00:18:04.63\00:18:06.23
when He was
hanging on the cross.
00:18:06.23\00:18:07.60
That's right and of
course John loving Jesus so much
00:18:07.60\00:18:10.03
would have done exactly that.
00:18:10.03\00:18:11.70
Apparently right
through to the end.
00:18:11.70\00:18:14.13
To think that this could
be the place John is buried,
00:18:14.13\00:18:17.36
you think of all the
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We started to listen
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I was really
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It was by chance.
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Tell me about that first time,
00:19:52.90\00:19:54.10
when you found it by chance?
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Foreign language
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I was so happy that
we had the radio station.
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It was a pleasure to listen,
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I don't know how to explain it,
00:20:05.60\00:20:07.50
but it was so pleasant to listen
00:20:07.50\00:20:10.03
and learn more about Jesus
00:20:10.03\00:20:12.30
and I really
wanted to learn more.
00:20:12.30\00:20:15.00
Foreign language
00:20:15.00\00:20:19.66
You said you accidentally
came across the program
00:20:19.66\00:20:22.16
the first time but why
didn't you keep the dial there,
00:20:22.16\00:20:24.96
what, what tweaked
your interest to stay,
00:20:24.96\00:20:28.13
stay right there?
00:20:28.13\00:20:29.43
Foreign language
00:20:29.43\00:20:34.40
I was always interested
in a program like this.
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Foreign language
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That's what feed my
soul, it was like bread.
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It was so nice, I was happy
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to get something to feed myself.
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It was so close to my heart.
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Foreign language
00:20:54.23\00:20:59.23
So you wrote down the address,
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you sent for the
Bible lessons and then what?
00:21:02.06\00:21:06.00
Foreign language
00:21:06.00\00:21:10.23
I was really interested
and was searching the Bible
00:21:10.23\00:21:13.50
to see if it was
really right to keep Saturday.
00:21:13.50\00:21:17.26
I was attending
the Orthodox Church
00:21:17.26\00:21:19.76
and I was asking the
priest and the people
00:21:19.76\00:21:23.50
and even went to confession
and ask about Saturday.
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I felt like it was
a big sin in my heart
00:21:27.70\00:21:30.96
because I wasn't
keeping Saturday as the Sabbath.
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Foreign language
00:21:35.16\00:21:40.10
The priest told me,
00:21:40.10\00:21:41.40
I forgive you all of your sins,
00:21:41.40\00:21:43.86
but I was waiting
for more information
00:21:43.86\00:21:46.60
for the answer to my question,
00:21:46.60\00:21:49.30
but he didn't explain anything.
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I was asking
around about Saturday,
00:21:51.43\00:21:53.70
but no one was keeping
Saturday as the Sabbath.
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When I read the
Bible and saw those words,
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I started to keep
the Sabbath myself.
00:22:00.06\00:22:02.70
Foreign language
00:22:02.70\00:22:07.70
But where did you
get your first Bible?
00:22:07.96\00:22:10.40
Communism it was
illegal, how did you get it?
00:22:10.40\00:22:13.06
My aunt sent us a
Bible from Khalkhas.
00:22:13.06\00:22:16.26
This Bible
belonged to some church.
00:22:16.26\00:22:18.46
My aunt was losing her
sight and couldn't read anymore
00:22:18.46\00:22:22.50
because it has small letters,
00:22:22.50\00:22:25.30
so she sent the Bible to us
00:22:25.30\00:22:27.80
and we started
reading this Bible.
00:22:27.80\00:22:30.26
Then you mentioned in the card,
00:22:38.10\00:22:39.56
then we didn't have time to
finish it but a story about,
00:22:39.56\00:22:42.83
yes, Eusebius had shared it.
00:22:42.83\00:22:45.10
Yes, Eusebius is one of
the early church historians
00:22:45.10\00:22:49.00
and he writes
about the Apostle John
00:22:49.00\00:22:51.66
in one of his chapters.
00:22:51.66\00:22:53.13
He tells the story of
how John had been away
00:22:53.13\00:22:56.70
from Ephesus
for quite some time,
00:22:56.70\00:22:59.10
of the church
that he founded here.
00:22:59.10\00:23:01.76
And when he came
back to visit one time,
00:23:01.76\00:23:05.23
he discovered that
one of the young man
00:23:05.23\00:23:08.00
that he personally had led
to Christ had been following in
00:23:08.00\00:23:12.93
with bad company
and had gone with them
00:23:12.93\00:23:15.23
and they had become bandits,
00:23:15.23\00:23:17.53
they wandered
around in the hills here
00:23:17.53\00:23:20.40
and would attack
travelers and so on.
00:23:20.40\00:23:23.60
And when he heard
that this young man
00:23:23.60\00:23:25.73
had forsaken Christ,
00:23:25.73\00:23:27.10
then had gone off with this,
00:23:27.10\00:23:28.76
he could hardly contain himself.
00:23:28.76\00:23:31.33
And so as the story
goes, though he was an old man,
00:23:31.33\00:23:34.73
gray haired, he took
off climbing the hills,
00:23:34.73\00:23:39.43
looking all around to see if
he could find this young man.
00:23:39.43\00:23:43.23
Well, when he got near the cave,
00:23:43.23\00:23:45.76
that of course the
bandits had guards all around
00:23:45.76\00:23:48.03
and they took him
prisoner and into the cave,
00:23:48.03\00:23:51.20
but the young man knew him
00:23:51.20\00:23:52.43
and told the
guards that it was okay.
00:23:52.43\00:23:55.53
And the Apostle John,
that apostle of love plead
00:23:55.53\00:24:00.63
with this young man to
come back to Jesus Christ.
00:24:00.63\00:24:05.06
Why would he leave
what he had learned,
00:24:05.06\00:24:07.56
and he just
used every persuasion
00:24:07.56\00:24:11.26
that he could think of,
00:24:11.26\00:24:12.80
and finally what
could the young man do,
00:24:12.80\00:24:15.13
but respond to
his spiritual father,
00:24:15.13\00:24:18.70
the Apostle John,
00:24:18.70\00:24:20.20
and come back to the
church of Ephesus with him.
00:24:20.20\00:24:23.60
And you know,
that's such an example
00:24:23.60\00:24:26.06
of the Old Apostle,
the Apostle of Love.
00:24:26.06\00:24:30.33
What an example
for you and for me,
00:24:30.33\00:24:32.16
you know to never let
a soul go. That's right.
00:24:32.16\00:24:34.76
Because it means
eternal life or eternal love.
00:24:34.76\00:24:37.76
John was really
serious about that,
00:24:37.76\00:24:39.96
he, too often I think we
kind of let people drift away
00:24:39.96\00:24:44.40
and don't do anything about it,
00:24:44.40\00:24:45.90
but John was
intense about maintaining
00:24:45.90\00:24:49.66
and keeping this
young man in the fold. Amen.
00:24:49.66\00:24:53.33
In the second chapter,
the Book of Revelation,
00:24:58.50\00:25:00.60
God specifically writes
to the church here at Ephesus
00:25:00.60\00:25:04.90
"Unto the angel of the
church of Ephesus write,
00:25:04.90\00:25:07.30
these things saith he
that holdeth the seven stars
00:25:07.30\00:25:09.86
in his right hand,
00:25:09.86\00:25:11.06
who walketh in the midst of
the seven golden candlesticks.
00:25:11.06\00:25:14.50
I know thy works, and thy labor,
00:25:14.50\00:25:16.70
and thy patience, and how
thou canst not bear with them
00:25:16.70\00:25:20.00
which are evil."
00:25:20.00\00:25:21.46
And he goes on to say.
00:25:21.46\00:25:22.76
"Nevertheless I have
somewhat against thee,
00:25:22.76\00:25:26.23
because thou hast
left thy first love.
00:25:26.23\00:25:29.33
Remember therefore
from whence thou art fallen,
00:25:29.33\00:25:31.33
and repent, and
do thy first works
00:25:31.33\00:25:33.86
and here is the
reward of those for doing
00:25:33.86\00:25:36.80
the first works To
Him that overcometh,
00:25:36.80\00:25:39.26
will I give to eat
of the tree of life,
00:25:39.26\00:25:42.60
which is in the midst
of the paradise of God."
00:25:42.60\00:25:45.16
What an exciting point.
00:25:45.16\00:25:46.96
Since you found Jesus Christ now
00:25:48.83\00:25:50.80
and the fullness of His love,
00:25:50.80\00:25:52.96
what does that mean to you?
00:25:52.96\00:25:55.20
Foreign language
00:25:55.20\00:25:58.73
I'm really peaceful in my soul
00:25:58.73\00:26:00.90
and I hope that somebody will
take care of me and help me.
00:26:00.90\00:26:05.10
Foreign language
00:26:05.10\00:26:09.16
Lidia, I want to thank
you so much for sharing today
00:26:09.16\00:26:12.10
and being in the rain
out here but still staying,
00:26:12.10\00:26:14.80
thank you so much. Thank you.
00:26:14.80\00:26:18.23
It's going to be fun
to be with you in heaven.
00:26:18.23\00:26:20.90
Foreign language
00:26:20.90\00:26:25.83
In that Church of Ephesus,
00:26:25.83\00:26:27.10
so many years ago
in New Testament times,
00:26:27.10\00:26:29.73
the Christians did have
some challenges in their faith.
00:26:29.73\00:26:33.80
We've heard those stories
as they've been repeated.
00:26:33.80\00:26:37.23
We also saw in today's program,
00:26:37.23\00:26:39.53
the story of Lidia in Russia.
00:26:39.53\00:26:42.20
Lidia was a
person who all her life
00:26:42.20\00:26:44.33
had sought to learn more
about the Christian faith.
00:26:44.33\00:26:47.83
The Apostle John in
the Book of Revelation
00:26:47.83\00:26:50.86
wrote letters to
the seven churches.
00:26:50.86\00:26:53.20
The first Church was Ephesus,
00:26:53.20\00:26:55.30
this place where
we're standing right now
00:26:55.30\00:26:58.16
and the counsel
that Jesus Christ gives
00:26:58.16\00:27:00.73
to the church of Ephesus.
00:27:00.73\00:27:02.53
Part of it says, I know
that you have persevered,
00:27:02.53\00:27:06.80
even though you have
suffered greatly for my name,
00:27:06.80\00:27:10.26
but you have not grown
weary, Chapter 2 Verse 3.
00:27:10.26\00:27:14.63
That is the
characteristic both of Lidia
00:27:14.63\00:27:17.83
and the people here in Ephesus.
00:27:17.83\00:27:20.50
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00:27:20.50\00:27:23.56
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join us again for another
exciting gospel adventure,
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because around the
world, AWR is making waves.
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