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saints here this morning? Say "Amen" if

you're a saint. Ladies you can say it too. Are

you saints? Okay. Now, notice he says that

as we become saints, here are some things

we've got to get rid of. He said in verse 4,

“Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking” — All

you hear in the world and in most churches

today is foolish talking — “nor jesting,

which are not convenient: but rather giving

of thanks.” Do you know what jesting is?

Jesting is laughter at the expense of

decency. You get together with the

brethren to have fellowship with one

another and there's criticism and always

cutting down and joking and things like

that, and there's no edification in it

whatsoever. And this doesn't mean we can't

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