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and<00:15:11.399><c> many</c><00:15:11.580><c> who</c><00:15:11.840><c> heard</c><00:15:11.960><c> him</c><00:15:12.259><c> were</c><00:15:12.539><c> astonished,</c><00:15:13.360><c> saying,</c>

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given<00:15:18.179><c> to</c><00:15:18.419><c> him?</c><00:15:19.399><c> What</c><00:15:19.620><c> mighty</c><00:15:19.879><c> works</c><00:15:20.259><c> are</c><00:15:20.580><c> wrought</c><00:15:20.740><c> by</c><00:15:20.980><c> his</c><00:15:21.240><c> hands?</c>

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Is<00:15:23.179><c> not</c><00:15:23.419><c> this</c><00:15:23.659><c> the</c><00:15:23.879><c> carpenter,</c><00:15:24.340><c> the</c><00:15:24.419><c> son</c><00:15:24.539><c> of</c><00:15:24.720><c> Mary,</c><00:15:25.100><c> and</c><00:15:25.299><c> brother</c><00:15:25.519><c> of</c>

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James<00:15:26.360><c> and</c><00:15:26.879><c> Joses</c><00:15:27.320><c> and</c><00:15:27.580><c> Judas</c><00:15:27.940><c> and</c><00:15:28.340><c> Simon,</c><00:15:29.279><c> and</c><00:15:29.700><c> are</c><00:15:29.879><c> not</c><00:15:30.059><c> his</c>

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sisters<00:15:30.919><c> here</c><00:15:31.559><c> with</c><00:15:32.080><c> us?</c>

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And<00:15:33.700><c> they</c><00:15:33.940><c> took</c><00:15:34.539><c> offense</c><00:15:35.159><c> at</c><00:15:35.500><c> him.</c>

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Now<00:15:39.340><c> there's</c><00:15:39.500><c> just</c><00:15:39.679><c> two</c><00:15:39.799><c> or</c><00:15:39.879><c> three</c><00:15:40.100><c> ideas</c><00:15:40.659><c> that</c><00:15:41.159><c> I</c><00:15:41.279><c> want</c><00:15:41.399><c> to</c>

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take<00:15:41.740><c> from</c><00:15:41.919><c> this</c><00:15:42.200><c> passage</c><00:15:42.679><c> which</c><00:15:43.200><c> deal</c><00:15:43.740><c> with</c><00:15:44.159><c> his</c><00:15:44.659><c> upbringing.</c>

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He<00:15:48.539><c> went</c><00:15:48.759><c> away</c><00:15:49.000><c> from</c><00:15:49.200><c> there</c><00:15:49.480><c> and</c><00:15:49.659><c> came</c><00:15:50.019><c> to</c><00:15:50.220><c> his</c><00:15:50.379><c> own</c><00:15:50.740><c> country.</c>

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Where<00:15:52.960><c> was</c><00:15:53.100><c> his</c><00:15:53.279><c> own</c><00:15:53.480><c> country?</c><00:15:55.340><c> His</c><00:15:55.519><c> own</c><00:15:55.799><c> country</c><00:15:56.179><c> was</c><00:15:57.019><c> Galilee.</c>

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It<00:15:59.100><c> was</c><00:15:59.539><c> Nazareth.</c>

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And<00:16:02.679><c> you</c><00:16:02.759><c> know,</c><00:16:02.940><c> brothers</c><00:16:03.100><c> and</c><00:16:03.320><c> sisters,</c><00:16:03.620><c> we've</c><00:16:03.960><c> come</c><00:16:04.100><c> to</c><00:16:04.320><c> know</c><00:16:04.559><c> that</c><00:16:05.200><c> so</c>

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well<00:16:05.639><c> that</c><00:16:05.860><c> we</c><00:16:06.000><c> just</c><00:16:06.320><c> pass</c><00:16:06.519><c> it</c><00:16:06.720><c> by</c><00:16:06.919><c> that</c><00:16:07.039><c> Jesus</c><00:16:07.440><c> grew</c><00:16:07.679><c> up.</c>

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His<00:16:08.159><c> upbringing</c><00:16:08.539><c> was</c><00:16:08.840><c> spent</c><00:16:09.120><c> in</c><00:16:10.179><c> Nazareth</c><00:16:10.799><c> of</c><00:16:12.059><c> Galilee.</c>

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And<00:16:14.179><c> we</c><00:16:14.360><c> forget</c><00:16:14.539><c> that</c><00:16:14.700><c> this</c><00:16:14.980><c> is,</c><00:16:15.259><c> in</c><00:16:15.360><c> a</c><00:16:15.500><c> way,</c><00:16:15.840><c> rather</c><00:16:16.019><c> extraordinary</c><00:16:16.620><c> in</c><00:16:16.820><c> itself.</c>

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That<00:16:17.919><c> Jerusalem</c><00:16:18.620><c> must</c><00:16:19.080><c> surely</c><00:16:19.440><c> have</c><00:16:19.659><c> been</c><00:16:19.740><c> the</c><00:16:19.980><c> place</c><00:16:20.220><c> where</c>

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we<00:16:20.919><c> would</c><00:16:21.039><c> have</c><00:16:21.259><c> expected</c><00:16:21.580><c> the</c><00:16:21.740><c> Lord</c><00:16:21.840><c> Jesus</c><00:16:22.120><c> to</c><00:16:22.279><c> have</c><00:16:22.379><c> been</c>

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brought<00:16:22.700><c> up.</c>

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Amongst<00:16:23.759><c> the</c><00:16:23.840><c> rabbis,</c><00:16:25.539><c> amongst</c><00:16:25.679><c> the</c><00:16:25.960><c> sacred</c><00:16:26.320><c> temple,</c><00:16:27.639><c> amongst</c><00:16:27.940><c> all</c><00:16:28.440><c> the</c><00:16:29.139><c> wonder</c><00:16:29.440><c> of</c>

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that<00:16:29.919><c> place,</c><00:16:30.379><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:16:32.080><c> the</c><00:16:32.200><c> center</c><00:16:32.440><c> of</c><00:16:32.659><c> so</c><00:16:32.860><c> much</c><00:16:33.120><c> of</c>

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Jewish<00:16:33.659><c> history.</c>

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But<00:16:36.679><c> that,</c><00:16:36.940><c> in</c><00:16:37.059><c> a</c><00:16:37.139><c> sense,</c><00:16:37.399><c> was</c><00:16:37.539><c> not</c><00:16:37.779><c> his</c><00:16:37.960><c> own</c><00:16:38.259><c> country.</c><00:16:39.720><c> His</c>

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own<00:16:40.200><c> country</c><00:16:40.600><c> was</c><00:16:41.440><c> despised</c><00:16:42.879><c> Nazareth.</c>

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Inconsequential<00:16:45.899><c> Galilee.</c><00:16:48.259><c> A</c><00:16:48.399><c> nondescript</c><00:16:48.919><c> of</c><00:16:49.080><c> a</c><00:16:49.240><c> place.</c><00:16:50.779><c> A</c>

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nothing.<00:16:52.440><c> Could</c><00:16:52.679><c> anything,</c><00:16:53.419><c> any</c><00:16:53.679><c> good</c><00:16:53.980><c> thing</c><00:16:54.200><c> come</c><00:16:54.419><c> out</c><00:16:54.720><c> of</c><00:16:55.519><c> Galilee?</c>

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And<00:16:57.440><c> when</c><00:16:57.600><c> you</c><00:16:57.740><c> come</c><00:16:57.899><c> to</c><00:16:58.200><c> just</c><00:16:58.440><c> sit</c><00:16:58.620><c> and</c><00:16:58.799><c> think</c><00:16:58.980><c> of</c><00:16:59.080><c> this,</c><00:16:59.379><c> brothers</c><00:16:59.480><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:17:00.240><c> it's</c><00:17:00.559><c> remarkable</c><00:17:01.240><c> that</c><00:17:01.740><c> Jesus</c><00:17:02.320><c> was</c><00:17:03.399><c> brought</c><00:17:03.700><c> up</c><00:17:03.960><c> in</c>

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a<00:17:04.279><c> place</c><00:17:04.539><c> which</c><00:17:04.839><c> was</c><00:17:05.140><c> of</c><00:17:05.359><c> no</c><00:17:05.720><c> spiritual</c><00:17:06.200><c> consequence.</c>

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His<00:17:08.920><c> own</c><00:17:09.279><c> country</c><00:17:09.900><c> was</c><00:17:10.480><c> not</c><00:17:10.700><c> in</c><00:17:10.859><c> the</c><00:17:11.059><c> sophisticated</c><00:17:11.980><c> sort</c><00:17:12.519><c> of</c>

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rabbinical<00:17:13.619><c> area</c><00:17:14.000><c> of</c><00:17:14.240><c> learning.</c>

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Not<00:17:15.759><c> in</c><00:17:15.900><c> the</c><00:17:16.079><c> place</c><00:17:16.299><c> which</c><00:17:16.559><c> you</c><00:17:16.759><c> would</c><00:17:16.859><c> have</c><00:17:17.160><c> expected</c><00:17:17.980><c> to</c><00:17:19.980><c> have</c><00:17:20.220><c> been</c><00:17:20.640><c> sort</c><00:17:20.900><c> of</c>

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He<00:17:24.400><c> was</c><00:17:24.579><c> brought</c><00:17:24.759><c> up</c><00:17:25.160><c> in</c><00:17:26.240><c> a</c><00:17:26.640><c> mundane</c><00:17:27.180><c> place,</c><00:17:28.779><c> Galilee.</c>

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And<00:17:31.140><c> this</c><00:17:31.339><c> was</c><00:17:31.559><c> not</c><00:17:31.880><c> by</c><00:17:32.859><c> chance,</c><00:17:33.460><c> my</c><00:17:33.460><c> dear</c><00:17:33.579><c> brothers</c><00:17:33.799><c> and</c><00:17:33.980><c> sisters.</c><00:17:34.559><c> It</c>

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So<00:17:40.180><c> Jesus</c><00:17:40.460><c> was</c><00:17:40.720><c> not</c><00:17:40.920><c> brought</c><00:17:41.160><c> up</c><00:17:42.559><c> in</c><00:17:43.460><c> cloistered</c><00:17:43.920><c> walls</c><00:17:44.140><c> in</c><00:17:44.319><c> a</c><00:17:44.400><c> temple.</c>

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He<00:17:45.319><c> was</c><00:17:45.519><c> not</c><00:17:45.740><c> brought</c><00:17:45.960><c> up,</c><00:17:47.140><c> perhaps</c><00:17:47.240><c> surprisingly,</c><00:17:48.039><c> at</c><00:17:48.079><c> the</c>

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feet<00:17:48.400><c> of</c><00:17:48.859><c> the</c><00:17:49.000><c> rabbis,</c><00:17:49.519><c> the</c><00:17:49.680><c> famous</c><00:17:50.039><c> rabbis</c><00:17:50.599><c> in</c><00:17:50.779><c> Jerusalem</c><00:17:51.119><c> at</c>

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But<00:17:53.319><c> he</c><00:17:53.440><c> was</c><00:17:53.660><c> brought</c><00:17:53.839><c> up</c><00:17:54.079><c> amongst</c><00:17:54.339><c> the</c><00:17:54.619><c> ordinary</c><00:17:54.960><c> common</c><00:17:55.220><c> people.</c>

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And,<00:17:58.640><c> brothers</c><00:17:58.660><c> and</c><00:17:58.900><c> sisters,</c><00:17:59.599><c> how</c><00:17:59.940><c> much</c><00:18:00.599><c> this</c><00:18:00.960><c> must</c><00:18:01.180><c> have</c><00:18:01.420><c> served</c><00:18:01.720><c> him</c><00:18:02.019><c> in</c>

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his<00:18:02.559><c> subsequent</c><00:18:02.960><c> years</c><00:18:03.339><c> during</c><00:18:03.579><c> his</c><00:18:03.859><c> ministry.</c>

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That<00:18:05.099><c> the</c><00:18:05.400><c> people</c><00:18:05.720><c> could</c><00:18:06.019><c> relate</c><00:18:07.039><c> to</c><00:18:07.960><c> Jesus.</c>

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He<00:18:10.460><c> was</c><00:18:10.680><c> not</c><00:18:10.859><c> a</c><00:18:11.059><c> person</c><00:18:11.500><c> who</c><00:18:11.980><c> spoke</c><00:18:12.319><c> in</c><00:18:12.559><c> abstractions,</c><00:18:13.759><c> in</c>

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learned<00:18:14.240><c> theological</c><00:18:14.819><c> terms.</c>

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He<00:18:17.480><c> understood</c><00:18:18.079><c> their</c><00:18:19.259><c> ordinary</c><00:18:19.819><c> everyday</c><00:18:20.279><c> background.</c>

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And<00:18:22.420><c> it</c><00:18:22.559><c> must</c><00:18:22.740><c> have</c><00:18:22.859><c> been</c><00:18:23.039><c> an</c><00:18:23.319><c> extraordinary</c><00:18:24.299><c> fresh</c><00:18:24.900><c> of</c><00:18:25.160><c> wind</c>

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when<00:18:26.500><c> people</c><00:18:27.539><c> heard</c><00:18:28.359><c> him</c><00:18:28.619><c> speak.</c>

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and<00:18:36.859><c> all</c><00:18:37.079><c> sorts</c><00:18:37.339><c> of</c><00:18:37.980><c> arcane</c><00:18:38.480><c> points</c><00:18:38.859><c> of</c><00:18:39.339><c> whether</c><00:18:39.420><c> it</c><00:18:39.480><c> be</c><00:18:39.759><c> linguistics</c><00:18:40.279><c> or</c><00:18:40.660><c> points</c><00:18:40.940><c> of</c>

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law<00:18:41.339><c> or</c><00:18:41.500><c> whatever</c><00:18:41.700><c> it</c><00:18:41.859><c> might</c><00:18:42.039><c> be.</c>

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What<00:18:42.779><c> a</c><00:18:43.099><c> refreshing</c><00:18:43.359><c> thing</c><00:18:43.640><c> it</c><00:18:43.720><c> must</c><00:18:43.960><c> have</c><00:18:44.140><c> been</c><00:18:44.299><c> to</c><00:18:44.480><c> have</c><00:18:44.660><c> heard</c><00:18:44.900><c> Jesus</c><00:18:45.259><c> speak</c><00:18:45.660><c> about</c><00:18:46.019><c> the</c>

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parable<00:18:46.500><c> of</c><00:18:46.700><c> the</c><00:18:46.819><c> lost</c><00:18:47.019><c> coin.</c>

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The<00:18:48.579><c> parable</c><00:18:49.180><c> of</c><00:18:50.140><c> the</c><00:18:50.420><c> lost</c><00:18:50.640><c> sheep,</c><00:18:51.160><c> the</c><00:18:51.220><c> 99</c><00:18:51.539><c> that</c><00:18:51.700><c> were</c><00:18:51.940><c> found</c>

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but<00:18:52.339><c> the</c><00:18:52.480><c> one</c><00:18:52.680><c> that</c><00:18:52.940><c> remained</c><00:18:53.200><c> lost.</c>

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He<00:18:58.940><c> was</c><00:18:59.160><c> a</c><00:18:59.319><c> person</c><00:18:59.700><c> who</c><00:19:00.359><c> was</c><00:19:00.900><c> speaking</c><00:19:01.160><c> the</c><00:19:01.400><c> language</c><00:19:01.740><c> of</c>

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common<00:19:02.220><c> experience</c>

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remote<00:19:09.779><c> from</c><00:19:10.619><c> human</c><00:19:10.839><c> experience.</c>

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Religion<00:19:12.400><c> and</c><00:19:13.500><c> the</c><00:19:13.799><c> Christian</c><00:19:14.119><c> religion,</c><00:19:15.019><c> the</c><00:19:15.180><c> basis</c><00:19:15.519><c> of</c><00:19:15.720><c> what</c><00:19:15.880><c> he</c>

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stood<00:19:16.319><c> for,</c>

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is<00:19:17.519><c> really</c><00:19:17.900><c> manifesting</c><00:19:18.619><c> the</c><00:19:19.000><c> name</c><00:19:19.140><c> of</c><00:19:19.400><c> God</c><00:19:19.660><c> in</c><00:19:20.200><c> the</c><00:19:20.460><c> common</c><00:19:20.619><c> place.</c>

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And<00:19:23.220><c> I</c><00:19:23.339><c> do</c><00:19:23.500><c> believe</c><00:19:23.799><c> very</c><00:19:24.900><c> strongly,</c><00:19:25.440><c> as</c><00:19:25.519><c> I'm</c><00:19:25.640><c> sure</c><00:19:25.819><c> you</c><00:19:25.960><c> do</c>

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yourselves,<00:19:26.720><c> brothers</c><00:19:26.799><c> and</c><00:19:26.940><c> sisters,</c>

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that<00:19:27.359><c> his</c><00:19:27.559><c> upbringing</c><00:19:28.059><c> in</c><00:19:28.960><c> Nazareth,</c><00:19:29.720><c> in</c><00:19:29.859><c> Galilee</c><00:19:30.859><c> must</c><00:19:31.319><c> have</c>

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given<00:19:31.640><c> him</c><00:19:32.559><c> this</c><00:19:33.420><c> common</c><00:19:33.819><c> touch</c>

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which<00:19:35.059><c> was</c><00:19:35.559><c> in</c><00:19:35.700><c> a</c><00:19:35.880><c> sense</c><00:19:36.000><c> to</c><00:19:36.160><c> be</c><00:19:36.339><c> magic</c><00:19:36.599><c> to</c><00:19:36.759><c> those</c><00:19:37.000><c> who</c><00:19:37.180><c> listened</c><00:19:37.339><c> to</c><00:19:37.440><c> him.</c>

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Because<00:19:37.880><c> multitudes</c><00:19:38.839><c> came</c><00:19:39.900><c> to</c><00:19:40.079><c> listen</c><00:19:40.240><c> to</c><00:19:40.440><c> him.</c>

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They<00:19:42.160><c> just</c><00:19:42.400><c> couldn't</c><00:19:42.559><c> leave</c><00:19:42.740><c> him</c><00:19:42.960><c> alone</c><00:19:43.319><c> because</c><00:19:43.579><c> he</c><00:19:43.779><c> spoke</c><00:19:44.059><c> a</c>

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spiritual<00:19:44.859><c> language</c><00:19:45.259><c> which</c><00:19:45.519><c> they,</c>

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if<00:19:46.460><c> they</c><00:19:46.599><c> didn't</c><00:19:46.839><c> even</c><00:19:47.140><c> understand</c><00:19:47.480><c> it</c><00:19:47.740><c> fully,</c><00:19:48.140><c> which</c><00:19:48.299><c> they</c>

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of<00:19:48.619><c> course</c><00:19:48.740><c> did</c><00:19:49.000><c> not,</c>

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they<00:19:49.839><c> could</c><00:19:51.140><c> realise</c><00:19:51.799><c> that</c><00:19:52.059><c> here</c><00:19:52.240><c> is</c><00:19:52.980><c> one</c><00:19:53.339><c> who</c><00:19:53.619><c> speaks</c><00:19:53.880><c> with</c><00:19:54.160><c> authority.</c>

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And<00:19:58.599><c> Nazareth</c><00:19:58.920><c> of</c><00:19:59.140><c> course</c><00:19:59.339><c> is</c><00:19:59.559><c> a</c><00:19:59.720><c> beautiful</c><00:20:00.200><c> part</c><00:20:01.240><c> of</c><00:20:02.599><c> Israel</c>

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or<00:20:03.339><c> Palestine</c><00:20:03.740><c> then.</c>

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Jesus<00:20:05.240><c> was</c><00:20:05.420><c> brought</c><00:20:05.640><c> up</c><00:20:05.799><c> in</c><00:20:05.900><c> a</c><00:20:06.019><c> beautiful</c><00:20:06.400><c> location.</c>

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I'm<00:20:07.140><c> sure</c><00:20:07.339><c> many</c><00:20:07.599><c> of</c><00:20:07.720><c> us</c><00:20:07.880><c> here</c><00:20:07.980><c> in</c><00:20:08.059><c> this</c><00:20:08.180><c> audience</c><00:20:08.460><c> have</c><00:20:08.720><c> been</c>

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to<00:20:09.920><c> Galilee,</c><00:20:10.799><c> been</c><00:20:11.119><c> to</c><00:20:11.319><c> Nazareth.</c>

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It's<00:20:13.500><c> a</c><00:20:13.640><c> beautiful</c><00:20:13.960><c> part,</c><00:20:14.279><c> perhaps</c><00:20:14.460><c> one</c><00:20:14.640><c> of</c><00:20:14.720><c> the</c><00:20:14.819><c> most</c><00:20:14.980><c> beautiful</c><00:20:15.259><c> parts</c>

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of<00:20:15.740><c> the</c><00:20:15.819><c> whole</c><00:20:16.279><c> of</c><00:20:16.759><c> Israel.</c>

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And<00:20:18.380><c> Jesus</c><00:20:18.660><c> must</c><00:20:19.000><c> have</c><00:20:19.460><c> looked</c><00:20:19.720><c> at</c><00:20:19.880><c> the</c><00:20:20.059><c> lake,</c><00:20:21.099><c> looked</c><00:20:21.339><c> at</c><00:20:21.539><c> the</c>

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lilies<00:20:21.880><c> of</c><00:20:22.039><c> the</c><00:20:22.200><c> field</c><00:20:22.400><c> growing.</c>

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He<00:20:24.160><c> must</c><00:20:24.400><c> have</c><00:20:24.660><c> surely</c><00:20:24.960><c> enjoyed</c><00:20:25.359><c> in</c><00:20:25.539><c> his</c><00:20:25.700><c> early</c><00:20:25.940><c> years,</c><00:20:26.279><c> he</c><00:20:26.380><c> must</c><00:20:26.640><c> have</c><00:20:26.859><c> enjoyed</c><00:20:27.200><c> the</c><00:20:27.480><c> beauty</c><00:20:27.700><c> of</c>

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God's<00:20:28.220><c> handiwork.</c>

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And<00:20:29.259><c> he</c><00:20:29.380><c> was</c><00:20:29.579><c> so</c><00:20:29.799><c> perceptive,</c><00:20:30.559><c> brothers</c><00:20:30.680><c> and</c><00:20:30.880><c> sisters,</c>

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that<00:20:31.839><c> he</c><00:20:31.960><c> was</c><00:20:32.160><c> able</c><00:20:32.440><c> to</c><00:20:32.740><c> use</c><00:20:33.019><c> all</c><00:20:33.359><c> these</c><00:20:33.839><c> things</c><00:20:34.119><c> which</c><00:20:34.339><c> we</c><00:20:34.599><c> saw,</c><00:20:34.900><c> the</c>

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beauties<00:20:35.319><c> of</c><00:20:35.460><c> the</c><00:20:35.599><c> world</c><00:20:35.740><c> around</c><00:20:36.000><c> him.</c>

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He<00:20:36.619><c> could</c><00:20:36.759><c> use</c><00:20:37.000><c> them</c><00:20:37.240><c> to</c><00:20:37.819><c> lift</c><00:20:38.180><c> people</c><00:20:38.500><c> up</c><00:20:38.779><c> to</c><00:20:38.980><c> a</c><00:20:39.140><c> higher</c><00:20:39.339><c> spiritual</c><00:20:39.779><c> domain,</c><00:20:40.759><c> to</c><00:20:40.940><c> a</c>

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spiritual<00:20:41.339><c> dimension</c>

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where<00:20:42.279><c> even</c><00:20:42.579><c> the</c><00:20:42.819><c> smallest</c><00:20:43.240><c> lily</c><00:20:43.480><c> of</c><00:20:43.599><c> the</c><00:20:43.759><c> field</c><00:20:44.200><c> could</c><00:20:44.720><c> capture</c><00:20:45.160><c> vistas</c><00:20:45.559><c> of</c><00:20:45.859><c> the</c><00:20:46.059><c> kingdom</c><00:20:46.319><c> of</c><00:20:46.559><c> God.</c>

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Consider<00:20:48.519><c> the</c><00:20:48.720><c> lilies</c><00:20:48.940><c> of</c><00:20:49.180><c> the</c><00:20:49.279><c> field.</c>

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They<00:20:50.220><c> told</c><00:20:50.480><c> not,</c><00:20:50.839><c> neither</c><00:20:50.940><c> did</c><00:20:51.140><c> they</c><00:20:51.400><c> spin,</c><00:20:52.259><c> yet</c><00:20:52.319><c> Solomon</c><00:20:52.680><c> in</c>

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all<00:20:53.000><c> his</c><00:20:53.220><c> glory</c><00:20:53.400><c> was</c><00:20:53.599><c> not</c><00:20:53.799><c> arrayed</c><00:20:53.980><c> like</c><00:20:54.220><c> one</c><00:20:54.440><c> of</c><00:20:54.660><c> these.</c>

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All<00:20:55.940><c> this,</c><00:20:56.160><c> I</c><00:20:56.279><c> think,</c><00:20:56.519><c> he</c><00:20:56.700><c> learned</c><00:20:56.900><c> in</c><00:20:57.759><c> Nazareth</c><00:20:58.220><c> of</c><00:20:58.859><c> Galilee.</c>

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Nazareth<00:21:05.099><c> also,</c><00:21:05.480><c> of</c><00:21:05.680><c> course,</c><00:21:05.920><c> was</c><00:21:06.099><c> a</c><00:21:06.200><c> very</c><00:21:06.599><c> important</c>

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commercial<00:21:07.460><c> center.</c>

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Probably<00:21:09.539><c> more</c><00:21:09.779><c> important,</c><00:21:10.299><c> we</c><00:21:10.299><c> gather,</c><00:21:10.799><c> than</c><00:21:10.859><c> Jerusalem</c><00:21:11.240><c> itself.</c>

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All<00:21:13.440><c> the</c><00:21:13.740><c> caravans</c><00:21:14.079><c> used</c><00:21:14.259><c> to</c><00:21:14.380><c> come</c><00:21:14.559><c> down</c><00:21:14.819><c> from</c><00:21:15.039><c> the</c><00:21:15.279><c> Middle</c>

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East,<00:21:15.740><c> from</c><00:21:15.900><c> the</c><00:21:16.079><c> North,</c><00:21:16.359><c> from</c><00:21:16.640><c> the</c><00:21:17.240><c> Northeast,</c>

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and<00:21:18.119><c> they</c><00:21:18.220><c> would</c><00:21:18.319><c> go</c><00:21:18.539><c> through</c><00:21:19.420><c> Galilee</c><00:21:20.240><c> as</c><00:21:20.400><c> they</c><00:21:20.559><c> went</c><00:21:20.700><c> down</c>

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into<00:21:21.200><c> southern</c><00:21:21.559><c> Israel</c><00:21:22.099><c> and</c><00:21:22.319><c> down</c><00:21:22.460><c> into</c><00:21:22.619><c> Egypt.</c>

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And<00:21:24.339><c> so</c><00:21:24.519><c> in</c><00:21:24.839><c> a</c><00:21:25.079><c> certain</c><00:21:25.259><c> sense,</c><00:21:26.359><c> Jesus</c><00:21:26.660><c> was</c><00:21:26.900><c> brought</c><00:21:27.140><c> up</c><00:21:27.299><c> in</c><00:21:27.440><c> a</c>

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cosmopolitan<00:21:28.480><c> environment.</c>

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He<00:21:30.480><c> was</c><00:21:30.700><c> used</c><00:21:31.019><c> to</c><00:21:31.259><c> the</c><00:21:31.480><c> transit.</c>

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He<00:21:32.480><c> was</c><00:21:32.640><c> used</c><00:21:32.900><c> to</c><00:21:33.319><c> people</c><00:21:33.640><c> coming</c><00:21:33.960><c> and</c><00:21:34.220><c> going.</c>

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He'd<00:21:34.559><c> go</c><00:21:34.700><c> up</c><00:21:34.839><c> to</c><00:21:34.940><c> the</c><00:21:35.059><c> hills</c><00:21:35.299><c> of</c><00:21:36.160><c> Galilee</c><00:21:36.500><c> and</c><00:21:36.599><c> he</c><00:21:36.680><c> would</c><00:21:36.799><c> see</c>

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these<00:21:37.279><c> caravans.</c>

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And<00:21:39.079><c> he</c><00:21:39.160><c> would</c><00:21:39.400><c> see</c><00:21:39.559><c> a</c><00:21:39.839><c> wider</c><00:21:40.079><c> world,</c><00:21:40.839><c> certainly</c><00:21:41.279><c> a</c><00:21:41.660><c> wider</c><00:21:41.940><c> world</c><00:21:42.240><c> than</c><00:21:42.400><c> people</c><00:21:42.680><c> saw</c>

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when<00:21:43.119><c> they</c><00:21:43.539><c> were</c><00:21:43.660><c> in</c><00:21:43.980><c> the</c><00:21:44.319><c> city</c><00:21:44.579><c> of</c><00:21:44.759><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:21:46.420><c> in</c><00:21:47.599><c> a</c><00:21:47.759><c> certain</c><00:21:47.920><c> sense.</c>

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He<00:21:48.599><c> was</c><00:21:48.779><c> not,</c><00:21:48.980><c> as</c><00:21:49.180><c> I</c><00:21:49.299><c> said,</c><00:21:49.440><c> brought</c><00:21:49.660><c> up</c><00:21:49.920><c> in</c><00:21:50.240><c> a</c><00:21:50.380><c> sort</c><00:21:50.500><c> of</c>

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monastic<00:21:51.200><c> background.</c>

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He<00:21:52.519><c> was</c><00:21:52.920><c> able</c><00:21:53.259><c> to</c><00:21:53.480><c> sort</c><00:21:53.599><c> of</c><00:21:53.880><c> comprehend</c><00:21:54.259><c> and</c><00:21:54.460><c> to</c><00:21:54.720><c> sense</c><00:21:54.960><c> the</c><00:21:55.259><c> world</c><00:21:55.400><c> about</c><00:21:55.680><c> him</c><00:21:55.980><c> in</c>

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all<00:21:56.660><c> its</c><00:21:56.859><c> many</c><00:21:57.140><c> facets,</c>

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be<00:21:57.839><c> it</c><00:21:58.059><c> secular,</c><00:21:58.619><c> be</c><00:21:58.660><c> it</c><00:21:59.480><c> physical</c><00:21:59.900><c> world,</c><00:22:00.720><c> be</c><00:22:00.839><c> it</c><00:22:00.980><c> the</c><00:22:01.079><c> beauty</c>

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of<00:22:01.420><c> the</c><00:22:01.579><c> natural</c><00:22:01.819><c> creation,</c><00:22:02.359><c> whatever</c><00:22:02.680><c> it</c><00:22:02.940><c> was.</c>

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He<00:22:03.660><c> was</c><00:22:03.900><c> such</c><00:22:04.119><c> an</c><00:22:04.440><c> extraordinarily</c><00:22:04.920><c> perceptive</c><00:22:05.440><c> child,</c><00:22:05.880><c> as</c>

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we<00:22:06.259><c> well</c><00:22:06.480><c> know</c><00:22:06.579><c> from</c><00:22:06.779><c> Scripture,</c>

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that<00:22:07.779><c> all</c><00:22:08.119><c> these</c><00:22:08.759><c> experiences</c><00:22:09.460><c> must</c><00:22:09.880><c> have</c><00:22:10.619><c> sort</c><00:22:10.960><c> of</c><00:22:11.140><c> impinged</c>

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upon<00:22:11.759><c> him</c><00:22:11.960><c> as</c><00:22:12.099><c> he</c><00:22:12.240><c> grew</c><00:22:12.400><c> up.</c>

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And<00:22:13.660><c> he</c><00:22:13.779><c> was</c><00:22:13.960><c> to</c><00:22:14.880><c> use</c><00:22:15.039><c> them</c><00:22:15.259><c> later</c><00:22:15.579><c> in</c><00:22:15.700><c> his</c><00:22:15.819><c> later</c><00:22:16.099><c> years,</c><00:22:16.559><c> those</c><00:22:16.619><c> three</c><00:22:16.980><c> marvelous</c><00:22:17.400><c> years</c><00:22:17.680><c> of</c>

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his<00:22:18.059><c> ministry,</c>

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to<00:22:18.900><c> demonstrate</c><00:22:19.460><c> the</c><00:22:19.759><c> truths</c><00:22:19.960><c> of</c><00:22:20.140><c> the</c><00:22:20.259><c> Kingdom</c><00:22:20.460><c> of</c><00:22:20.680><c> God.</c>

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So<00:22:23.480><c> there</c><00:22:23.859><c> was</c><00:22:24.099><c> this</c><00:22:24.720><c> sort</c><00:22:24.920><c> of</c><00:22:25.799><c> cosmopolitan</c><00:22:26.640><c> flavor</c><00:22:27.200><c> to</c><00:22:27.420><c> his</c><00:22:27.619><c> upbringing.</c>

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It<00:22:33.019><c> seems,</c><00:22:33.500><c> although</c><00:22:33.680><c> we're</c><00:22:33.819><c> not</c><00:22:34.039><c> sure</c><00:22:34.240><c> about</c><00:22:34.440><c> this,</c><00:22:34.740><c> but</c><00:22:34.859><c> it</c>

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seems<00:22:35.240><c> that</c><00:22:35.440><c> Joseph</c><00:22:35.759><c> by</c><00:22:35.980><c> this</c><00:22:36.180><c> time</c><00:22:36.359><c> was</c><00:22:36.619><c> dead.</c>

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For<00:22:38.700><c> example,</c><00:22:39.279><c> in</c><00:22:39.279><c> the</c><00:22:39.480><c> beginning</c><00:22:39.799><c> of</c><00:22:39.940><c> his</c><00:22:40.160><c> ministry</c><00:22:40.519><c> in</c><00:22:41.839><c> the</c>

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second<00:22:42.259><c> chapter</c><00:22:42.559><c> of</c><00:22:42.759><c> John,</c>

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it's<00:22:43.220><c> very</c><00:22:43.480><c> striking</c><00:22:43.799><c> that</c><00:22:44.019><c> Joseph</c><00:22:44.299><c> was</c><00:22:44.519><c> not</c><00:22:44.680><c> at</c><00:22:44.799><c> the</c><00:22:44.940><c> first</c>

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miracle<00:22:46.279><c> at</c><00:22:47.099><c> the</c><00:22:47.200><c> wedding</c><00:22:47.380><c> of</c><00:22:48.019><c> Cana</c><00:22:48.319><c> of</c><00:22:48.500><c> Galilee.</c>

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And<00:22:49.680><c> so</c><00:22:49.819><c> there's</c><00:22:50.119><c> a</c><00:22:50.259><c> suggestion</c><00:22:50.660><c> that</c><00:22:51.339><c> Jesus</c><00:22:51.640><c> also</c><00:22:52.039><c> had</c><00:22:52.220><c> some</c>

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of<00:22:52.539><c> the</c><00:22:52.680><c> responsibility</c><00:22:53.119><c> for</c><00:22:53.279><c> bringing</c><00:22:53.519><c> up</c><00:22:53.759><c> the</c><00:22:53.940><c> family.</c>

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We<00:22:55.339><c> can't</c><00:22:55.519><c> be</c><00:22:55.740><c> sure</c><00:22:55.859><c> about</c><00:22:56.059><c> this.</c><00:22:56.259><c> This</c><00:22:56.359><c> is</c><00:22:56.400><c> some</c><00:22:56.559><c> speculation.</c>

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But<00:22:57.500><c> certainly</c><00:22:57.900><c> his</c><00:22:58.140><c> parables</c><00:22:58.839><c> suggest</c><00:22:59.359><c> that</c><00:22:59.519><c> he</c><00:22:59.599><c> was</c><00:22:59.779><c> familiar</c><00:23:00.460><c> with</c>

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everyday<00:23:01.339><c> life.</c>

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And<00:23:03.000><c> it</c><00:23:03.119><c> may</c><00:23:03.240><c> well</c><00:23:03.420><c> be</c><00:23:03.599><c> that</c><00:23:03.720><c> he</c><00:23:03.859><c> had</c><00:23:04.180><c> special</c><00:23:04.680><c> responsibilities</c><00:23:05.480><c> which</c><00:23:06.200><c> bore</c>

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upon<00:23:06.660><c> him,</c>

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because<00:23:07.460><c> Joseph</c><00:23:07.819><c> may</c><00:23:09.640><c> well</c><00:23:10.019><c> have</c><00:23:10.200><c> died</c><00:23:10.359><c> at</c><00:23:10.500><c> an</c><00:23:10.619><c> early</c><00:23:10.819><c> age.</c>

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And<00:23:18.579><c> so,</c><00:23:18.740><c> brethren</c><00:23:19.019><c> and</c><00:23:19.180><c> sisters,</c><00:23:19.400><c> just</c><00:23:19.599><c> to</c><00:23:19.740><c> sum</c><00:23:19.900><c> up</c><00:23:20.119><c> this</c><00:23:20.380><c> sort</c><00:23:20.539><c> of</c>

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idea<00:23:20.940><c> of</c><00:23:21.079><c> Jesus</c><00:23:21.440><c> coming</c><00:23:21.740><c> from</c><00:23:21.980><c> Nazareth</c><00:23:22.420><c> of</c><00:23:22.700><c> Galilee,</c>

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we<00:23:25.579><c> want</c><00:23:25.700><c> to</c><00:23:25.880><c> remember</c><00:23:26.200><c> that</c><00:23:28.279><c> Jesus</c><00:23:29.859><c> did</c><00:23:33.240><c> not</c><00:23:33.579><c> present,</c><00:23:33.980><c> and</c><00:23:34.119><c> this</c><00:23:34.279><c> is</c><00:23:34.519><c> obvious,</c><00:23:34.759><c> as</c><00:23:34.900><c> we'll</c><00:23:35.119><c> see</c><00:23:35.319><c> I</c>

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think<00:23:35.579><c> in</c><00:23:35.759><c> our</c><00:23:35.920><c> later</c><00:23:36.119><c> classes,</c>

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he<00:23:36.819><c> did</c><00:23:37.000><c> not</c><00:23:37.140><c> present</c><00:23:37.440><c> the</c><00:23:37.680><c> message</c><00:23:38.039><c> of</c><00:23:38.279><c> salvation</c><00:23:38.920><c> in</c><00:23:40.559><c> terms</c>

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of<00:23:41.579><c> concepts</c><00:23:42.000><c> so</c><00:23:42.299><c> much.</c>

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I<00:23:43.140><c> know</c><00:23:43.259><c> we</c><00:23:43.400><c> have</c><00:23:43.559><c> to</c><00:23:43.720><c> qualify</c><00:23:44.059><c> this</c><00:23:44.299><c> a</c><00:23:44.400><c> little.</c>

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It<00:23:45.339><c> was</c><00:23:45.539><c> left</c><00:23:45.700><c> to</c><00:23:45.839><c> the</c><00:23:45.980><c> great</c><00:23:46.200><c> exposers</c><00:23:46.700><c> like</c><00:23:46.920><c> the</c><00:23:47.059><c> Apostle</c><00:23:47.460><c> Paul</c><00:23:47.779><c> who</c><00:23:48.079><c> expound</c><00:23:49.099><c> the</c><00:23:49.440><c> ideas</c><00:23:49.759><c> of</c>

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justification,<00:23:50.900><c> of</c><00:23:51.019><c> redemption,</c><00:23:51.599><c> and</c><00:23:51.700><c> of</c><00:23:51.900><c> atonement.</c>

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Jesus,<00:23:54.880><c> while</c><00:23:55.180><c> of</c><00:23:55.339><c> course</c><00:23:55.539><c> he</c><00:23:55.799><c> understood</c><00:23:56.220><c> fully</c><00:23:56.640><c> those</c><00:23:57.000><c> words,</c><00:23:58.799><c> actually</c><00:23:59.119><c> his</c>

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life<00:23:59.960><c> and</c><00:24:00.339><c> his</c><00:24:00.980><c> speaking</c><00:24:01.279><c> was</c><00:24:01.559><c> living</c><00:24:01.779><c> out</c><00:24:02.160><c> these</c><00:24:02.440><c> ideas.</c>

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He<00:24:03.680><c> was</c><00:24:04.220><c> living</c><00:24:04.400><c> out</c><00:24:04.660><c> the</c><00:24:04.859><c> atonement.</c><00:24:05.660><c> He</c><00:24:05.759><c> was</c><00:24:05.839><c> living</c><00:24:06.039><c> out</c><00:24:06.380><c> the</c><00:24:06.519><c> idea</c><00:24:06.839><c> of</c>

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justification,<00:24:07.859><c> of</c><00:24:07.960><c> holiness.</c>

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And<00:24:10.220><c> it</c><00:24:10.319><c> was</c><00:24:10.440><c> left</c><00:24:10.599><c> to</c><00:24:10.819><c> others,</c><00:24:11.119><c> the</c><00:24:11.259><c> Apostle</c><00:24:11.680><c> Paul,</c><00:24:11.859><c> to</c><00:24:12.099><c> expound</c><00:24:12.400><c> them.</c>

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And<00:24:13.180><c> his</c><00:24:13.400><c> language,</c><00:24:13.960><c> the</c><00:24:14.140><c> language</c><00:24:14.460><c> of</c><00:24:15.240><c> the</c><00:24:15.319><c> Lord</c><00:24:15.500><c> Jesus,</c><00:24:17.099><c> was</c>

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in<00:24:17.579><c> a</c><00:24:17.740><c> certain</c><00:24:17.920><c> sense</c><00:24:18.319><c> more</c><00:24:18.839><c> of</c><00:24:19.099><c> the</c><00:24:19.319><c> vernacular.</c>

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Now<00:24:25.039><c> the</c><00:24:25.079><c> second</c><00:24:25.359><c> point,</c><00:24:26.059><c> my</c><00:24:26.420><c> first</c><00:24:26.619><c> point</c><00:24:26.839><c> being</c><00:24:27.079><c> the</c><00:24:27.720><c> issue</c>

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of<00:24:28.019><c> his</c><00:24:28.119><c> being</c><00:24:28.339><c> brought</c><00:24:28.519><c> up</c><00:24:28.700><c> in</c><00:24:28.859><c> Nazareth</c><00:24:29.200><c> and</c><00:24:29.759><c> the</c><00:24:29.940><c> sort</c><00:24:30.059><c> of</c>

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commonplace<00:24:30.579><c> heritage</c><00:24:30.980><c> that</c><00:24:31.160><c> he</c><00:24:31.279><c> had.</c>

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The<00:24:32.599><c> second</c><00:24:32.880><c> point</c><00:24:33.299><c> I</c><00:24:34.839><c> like</c><00:24:35.059><c> to</c><00:24:35.519><c> make</c><00:24:35.759><c> by</c><00:24:36.039><c> way</c><00:24:36.259><c> of</c><00:24:37.099><c> sort</c><00:24:37.259><c> of</c><00:24:37.480><c> reflecting</c><00:24:37.799><c> on</c>

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Jesus'<00:24:38.779><c> personal</c><00:24:39.119><c> characteristics</c><00:24:39.759><c> and</c><00:24:39.920><c> his</c><00:24:40.039><c> upbringing</c>

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is<00:24:42.099><c> how</c><00:24:42.400><c> extraordinary</c><00:24:42.880><c> it</c><00:24:43.099><c> is</c><00:24:44.440><c> that</c><00:24:45.200><c> we're</c><00:24:46.119><c> given</c><00:24:46.339><c> no</c><00:24:47.220><c> indication</c><00:24:47.880><c> of</c><00:24:48.579><c> what</c><00:24:49.019><c> he</c>

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looked<00:24:49.359><c> like,</c><00:24:51.039><c> of</c><00:24:51.240><c> his</c><00:24:51.420><c> appearance.</c>

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And<00:24:55.940><c> it</c><00:24:56.099><c> is</c><00:24:56.380><c> extraordinary</c><00:24:57.200><c> because</c><00:24:57.480><c> when</c><00:24:57.660><c> we</c><00:24:57.900><c> read</c><00:24:58.160><c> in</c><00:24:58.339><c> the</c>

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Old<00:24:58.640><c> Testament</c><00:24:58.920><c> scriptures,</c><00:25:01.079><c> we</c><00:25:01.140><c> read</c><00:25:01.440><c> of</c><00:25:01.880><c> the</c><00:25:02.339><c> appearance</c>

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of<00:25:02.799><c> Absalom,</c><00:25:03.539><c> of</c><00:25:03.779><c> Saul,</c><00:25:04.220><c> of</c><00:25:04.940><c> David.</c>

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We're<00:25:07.099><c> given</c><00:25:07.319><c> descriptions</c><00:25:07.819><c> of</c><00:25:08.019><c> these</c><00:25:08.180><c> people,</c><00:25:08.539><c> not</c><00:25:08.720><c> all</c><00:25:08.940><c> of</c>

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them<00:25:09.119><c> of</c><00:25:09.299><c> course,</c><00:25:09.519><c> but</c><00:25:09.680><c> many</c><00:25:09.940><c> were</c><00:25:10.180><c> given</c><00:25:10.500><c> descriptions.</c>

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But<00:25:13.019><c> when</c><00:25:13.200><c> it</c><00:25:13.299><c> comes</c><00:25:13.539><c> to</c><00:25:13.720><c> the</c><00:25:13.759><c> Lord</c><00:25:13.920><c> Jesus,</c><00:25:15.140><c> the</c><00:25:15.240><c> absence</c><00:25:15.720><c> of</c>

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exposition<00:25:17.799><c> or</c><00:25:17.980><c> even</c><00:25:18.319><c> statement</c><00:25:18.619><c> about</c><00:25:18.980><c> the</c><00:25:19.119><c> appearance</c><00:25:19.299><c> of</c>

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Jesus<00:25:19.740><c> is</c><00:25:20.059><c> absolutely</c><00:25:20.559><c> striking.</c>

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It's<00:25:23.440><c> as</c><00:25:23.640><c> though</c><00:25:23.819><c> his</c><00:25:24.019><c> appearance</c><00:25:24.579><c> has</c><00:25:26.539><c> absolutely</c><00:25:27.119><c> no</c><00:25:27.619><c> significance.</c>

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There<00:25:30.200><c> are</c><00:25:30.420><c> sort</c><00:25:30.619><c> of</c><00:25:31.619><c> innuendos</c><00:25:32.160><c> or</c><00:25:32.619><c> sort</c><00:25:32.799><c> of</c><00:25:32.980><c> suggestions</c><00:25:33.539><c> of</c>

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his<00:25:34.019><c> appearance</c><00:25:34.519><c> when</c><00:25:35.920><c> he</c><00:25:36.119><c> was</c><00:25:36.579><c> in</c><00:25:36.599><c> his</c><00:25:36.940><c> extremity</c><00:25:37.240><c> on</c><00:25:37.440><c> the</c><00:25:37.579><c> cross.</c>

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That<00:25:38.900><c> his</c><00:25:39.119><c> visage</c><00:25:39.640><c> was</c><00:25:40.220><c> marred</c><00:25:40.579><c> more</c><00:25:40.900><c> than</c><00:25:41.000><c> the</c><00:25:41.160><c> sons</c><00:25:41.319><c> of</c><00:25:41.559><c> men.</c>

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But<00:25:42.220><c> there's</c><00:25:42.420><c> no,</c><00:25:43.079><c> we</c><00:25:43.299><c> have</c><00:25:43.480><c> no</c><00:25:43.680><c> idea</c><00:25:44.559><c> of</c><00:25:46.180><c> scripture,</c><00:25:46.819><c> in</c><00:25:47.039><c> scripture,</c><00:25:48.099><c> as</c>

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to<00:25:48.319><c> what</c><00:25:48.420><c> he</c><00:25:48.519><c> looked</c><00:25:48.720><c> like.</c><00:25:50.059><c> Why?</c>

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We<00:25:52.400><c> don't</c><00:25:52.559><c> know</c><00:25:52.660><c> what</c><00:25:52.799><c> he</c><00:25:52.920><c> looked</c><00:25:53.140><c> like</c><00:25:53.299><c> as</c><00:25:53.500><c> a</c><00:25:53.940><c> young</c><00:25:54.099><c> person</c>

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growing<00:25:54.680><c> up,</c><00:25:54.980><c> even</c><00:25:55.160><c> what</c><00:25:55.299><c> he</c><00:25:55.420><c> looked</c><00:25:55.579><c> like</c><00:25:55.759><c> when</c><00:25:55.880><c> he</c><00:25:55.960><c> was</c><00:25:56.099><c> 12</c>

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years<00:25:56.440><c> of</c><00:25:56.599><c> age</c><00:25:56.759><c> going</c><00:25:56.960><c> to</c><00:25:57.079><c> the</c><00:25:57.240><c> temple.</c>

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When<00:25:58.660><c> he</c><00:25:58.799><c> was</c><00:25:58.920><c> an</c><00:25:59.140><c> adult,</c><00:25:59.480><c> when</c><00:25:59.700><c> he</c><00:26:00.039><c> spoke</c><00:26:00.500><c> during</c><00:26:01.500><c> his</c><00:26:01.660><c> three</c>

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years<00:26:02.000><c> of</c><00:26:02.160><c> ministry,</c><00:26:02.380><c> we</c><00:26:02.500><c> have</c><00:26:02.700><c> no</c><00:26:02.960><c> idea</c><00:26:03.380><c> what</c><00:26:03.539><c> he</c><00:26:03.680><c> looked</c><00:26:03.880><c> like.</c>

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And<00:26:07.980><c> therefore</c><00:26:08.299><c> there's</c><00:26:08.579><c> a</c><00:26:08.740><c> certain</c><00:26:08.920><c> sense,</c><00:26:09.440><c> brethren</c><00:26:09.559><c> and</c><00:26:09.759><c> sisters,</c><00:26:09.920><c> that</c><00:26:10.039><c> when</c><00:26:10.400><c> we</c><00:26:10.680><c> see</c><00:26:10.859><c> him</c><00:26:11.039><c> in</c><00:26:11.180><c> the</c><00:26:11.319><c> kingdom,</c><00:26:11.599><c> which</c><00:26:12.140><c> is</c><00:26:12.559><c> a</c>

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thought<00:26:12.940><c> which</c><00:26:13.160><c> I</c><00:26:13.380><c> find</c><00:26:13.559><c> quite</c><00:26:13.920><c> staggering,</c>

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it<00:26:16.319><c> will</c><00:26:16.559><c> be</c><00:26:17.240><c> an</c><00:26:17.660><c> extraordinary</c><00:26:17.900><c> new</c><00:26:18.140><c> experience</c><00:26:18.559><c> for</c><00:26:18.779><c> us.</c><00:26:19.119><c> We</c>

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will<00:26:19.339><c> see</c><00:26:19.519><c> him</c><00:26:20.259><c> and</c><00:26:21.180><c> we</c><00:26:21.359><c> have</c><00:26:21.559><c> no</c><00:26:21.819><c> idea,</c>

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despite<00:26:23.119><c> all</c><00:26:23.460><c> the</c><00:26:23.700><c> creative</c><00:26:23.960><c> ideas</c><00:26:24.339><c> of</c><00:26:24.480><c> the</c><00:26:24.700><c> artists</c><00:26:25.259><c> and</c><00:26:26.480><c> others</c><00:26:27.279><c> to</c>

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make,<00:26:29.920><c> to</c><00:26:30.099><c> give</c><00:26:30.180><c> us</c><00:26:30.299><c> some</c><00:26:30.440><c> impression</c><00:26:30.799><c> of</c><00:26:30.960><c> his</c><00:26:31.079><c> appearance.</c>

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Because<00:26:31.759><c> we</c><00:26:32.279><c> don't,</c><00:26:33.019><c> when</c><00:26:33.180><c> we</c><00:26:33.380><c> see</c><00:26:33.559><c> him,</c><00:26:33.960><c> brethren</c><00:26:34.119><c> and</c><00:26:34.339><c> sisters,</c><00:26:36.019><c> it</c><00:26:36.180><c> will</c><00:26:36.279><c> be</c>

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for<00:26:36.519><c> the</c><00:26:36.640><c> first</c><00:26:36.880><c> time.</c>

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Now<00:26:40.359><c> what</c><00:26:40.480><c> has</c><00:26:40.619><c> this</c><00:26:40.819><c> got</c><00:26:40.980><c> to</c><00:26:41.180><c> do</c><00:26:41.359><c> with</c><00:26:41.559><c> his</c><00:26:42.859><c> personal</c><00:26:43.359><c> upbringing</c><00:26:43.779><c> and</c><00:26:46.839><c> with</c><00:26:47.220><c> his</c>

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spiritual<00:26:47.680><c> qualities?</c>

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Brethren<00:26:49.839><c> and</c><00:26:50.039><c> sisters,</c><00:26:50.259><c> I</c><00:26:50.420><c> think</c><00:26:50.599><c> it's</c><00:26:50.960><c> absolutely</c><00:26:51.940><c> in</c><00:26:52.440><c> tandem</c><00:26:52.720><c> with</c>

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what<00:26:53.119><c> he</c><00:26:53.339><c> stood</c><00:26:53.500><c> for.</c>

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Because<00:26:55.339><c> with</c><00:26:55.640><c> the</c><00:26:55.740><c> Lord</c><00:26:55.900><c> Jesus,</c><00:26:56.279><c> it</c><00:26:56.380><c> doesn't</c><00:26:56.680><c> matter</c><00:26:56.980><c> at</c><00:26:57.259><c> all</c>

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what<00:26:59.099><c> a</c><00:26:59.299><c> person</c><00:26:59.440><c> looks</c><00:26:59.700><c> like.</c>

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They<00:27:01.799><c> can</c><00:27:01.920><c> be</c><00:27:02.059><c> the</c><00:27:02.119><c> most</c><00:27:02.380><c> handsome</c><00:27:02.660><c> person</c><00:27:03.019><c> around</c><00:27:03.339><c> or</c><00:27:03.480><c> the</c>

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ugliest<00:27:04.000><c> person</c><00:27:04.319><c> around.</c>

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Personal<00:27:06.400><c> appearance,</c><00:27:07.500><c> no</c><00:27:07.579><c> matter</c><00:27:07.740><c> how</c><00:27:08.000><c> much</c><00:27:08.440><c> the</c><00:27:08.759><c> idea</c><00:27:09.079><c> is</c>

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exploited<00:27:11.500><c> in</c><00:27:11.960><c> the</c><00:27:12.119><c> 20th</c><00:27:12.440><c> century,</c><00:27:13.740><c> it</c><00:27:13.880><c> has</c><00:27:14.140><c> absolutely</c><00:27:14.440><c> nothing</c><00:27:14.680><c> to</c>

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do<00:27:14.880><c> with</c><00:27:15.000><c> his</c><00:27:15.200><c> teaching.</c>

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Jesus<00:27:16.319><c> is</c><00:27:16.640><c> concerned</c><00:27:16.980><c> with</c><00:27:17.799><c> qualities</c><00:27:18.279><c> that</c><00:27:18.539><c> are</c><00:27:18.680><c> within.</c>

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Everything<00:27:21.420><c> we</c><00:27:21.700><c> learn</c><00:27:21.799><c> about</c><00:27:22.079><c> him</c><00:27:22.559><c> is</c><00:27:23.079><c> about</c><00:27:23.319><c> what</c><00:27:23.460><c> goes</c><00:27:23.720><c> on</c><00:27:24.240><c> inside.</c>

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It's<00:27:26.700><c> what</c><00:27:26.940><c> he</c><00:27:27.259><c> thinks</c><00:27:27.539><c> about,</c><00:27:28.420><c> what</c><00:27:28.559><c> he</c><00:27:28.799><c> prays</c><00:27:29.119><c> about.</c><00:27:30.880><c> These</c>

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are<00:27:31.279><c> what</c><00:27:31.400><c> matter.</c>

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And<00:27:32.779><c> I</c><00:27:33.160><c> believe</c><00:27:33.440><c> it</c><00:27:33.579><c> is</c><00:27:33.720><c> not</c><00:27:33.880><c> by</c><00:27:34.119><c> accident</c><00:27:34.599><c> that</c><00:27:35.559><c> his</c><00:27:35.920><c> personal</c>

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appearance<00:27:36.759><c> is</c><00:27:37.000><c> not</c><00:27:37.700><c> even</c><00:27:38.539><c> remotely</c><00:27:38.940><c> suggested</c><00:27:39.299><c> that</c><00:27:39.480><c> in</c><00:27:39.640><c> Scripture.</c>

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I<00:27:41.140><c> think</c><00:27:41.259><c> it's</c><00:27:41.400><c> because</c><00:27:41.619><c> when</c><00:27:41.819><c> we</c><00:27:42.019><c> come</c><00:27:42.140><c> to</c><00:27:42.279><c> the</c><00:27:42.319><c> Lord</c><00:27:42.460><c> Jesus,</c>

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we're<00:27:43.619><c> coming</c><00:27:43.839><c> to</c><00:27:44.079><c> somebody</c><00:27:44.359><c> so</c><00:27:44.680><c> special</c>

00:27:45.140 --> 00:27:49.220
that<00:27:46.019><c> it's</c><00:27:46.319><c> only</c><00:27:46.859><c> what</c><00:27:47.440><c> is</c><00:27:47.680><c> happening</c><00:27:47.940><c> within</c><00:27:48.299><c> that</c><00:27:48.559><c> really</c><00:27:48.740><c> matters.</c>

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And<00:27:49.759><c> that</c><00:27:50.559><c> should</c><00:27:51.059><c> be</c><00:27:51.859><c> the</c><00:27:52.039><c> criterion</c><00:27:52.380><c> for</c><00:27:52.619><c> us.</c>

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A<00:27:57.319><c> point</c><00:27:57.480><c> of</c><00:27:57.740><c> consequence,</c><00:27:58.240><c> what</c><00:27:58.579><c> our</c><00:27:58.759><c> brothers</c><00:27:58.940><c> and</c><00:27:59.119><c> sisters</c>

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really<00:27:59.539><c> look</c><00:27:59.740><c> like,</c><00:27:59.940><c> or</c><00:28:00.059><c> even</c><00:28:00.200><c> our</c><00:28:00.359><c> friends</c><00:28:00.640><c> look</c><00:28:00.880><c> like,</c>

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it's<00:28:02.019><c> what</c><00:28:02.380><c> they</c><00:28:02.940><c> have</c><00:28:03.220><c> spiritually</c><00:28:03.559><c> within</c><00:28:04.019><c> and</c><00:28:04.680><c> what</c><00:28:04.859><c> they</c>

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have<00:28:05.259><c> as</c><00:28:05.440><c> a</c><00:28:05.559><c> capacity</c><00:28:05.980><c> to</c><00:28:06.480><c> develop</c><00:28:07.019><c> spiritually</c><00:28:07.680><c> within</c><00:28:08.279><c> that</c><00:28:08.700><c> matters.</c>

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Now<00:28:11.079><c> I</c><00:28:11.180><c> did</c><00:28:11.359><c> find</c><00:28:11.500><c> it</c><00:28:11.700><c> interesting,</c><00:28:11.940><c> and</c><00:28:12.099><c> I'll</c><00:28:12.220><c> just</c><00:28:12.359><c> make</c><00:28:12.539><c> a</c>

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point<00:28:13.160><c> of</c><00:28:13.339><c> this</c><00:28:13.539><c> before</c><00:28:13.799><c> concluding</c><00:28:14.299><c> on</c><00:28:14.440><c> his</c><00:28:14.640><c> appearance.</c>

00:28:15.200 --> 00:28:19.680
I<00:28:15.400><c> did</c><00:28:15.599><c> find</c><00:28:15.799><c> it</c><00:28:16.039><c> interesting</c><00:28:16.359><c> to</c><00:28:16.640><c> read</c><00:28:16.960><c> that</c><00:28:17.240><c> there</c><00:28:17.420><c> have</c><00:28:17.599><c> been</c><00:28:18.160><c> descriptions</c><00:28:18.900><c> given</c><00:28:19.500><c> of</c>

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the<00:28:19.779><c> Lord</c><00:28:19.940><c> Jesus</c>

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in<00:28:20.519><c> letters</c><00:28:20.960><c> such</c><00:28:21.319><c> as</c><00:28:21.480><c> the</c><00:28:21.579><c> letter</c><00:28:21.839><c> of</c><00:28:22.099><c> Lentilus,</c><00:28:23.519><c> who</c><00:28:23.680><c> apparently</c><00:28:24.000><c> was</c><00:28:24.220><c> the</c><00:28:24.420><c> governor</c><00:28:24.680><c> of</c><00:28:25.799><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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But<00:28:27.759><c> it</c><00:28:27.880><c> turns</c><00:28:28.099><c> out</c><00:28:28.400><c> when</c><00:28:28.539><c> one</c><00:28:28.720><c> looks</c><00:28:28.880><c> at</c><00:28:29.059><c> these</c><00:28:29.220><c> things</c><00:28:29.339><c> that</c>

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they're<00:28:29.720><c> forgeries</c><00:28:30.059><c> and</c><00:28:30.220><c> they're</c><00:28:30.440><c> acknowledged</c><00:28:30.759><c> as</c><00:28:30.980><c> being</c><00:28:31.220><c> forgeries.</c>

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And<00:28:33.819><c> so</c><00:28:33.980><c> through</c><00:28:35.299><c> the</c><00:28:35.519><c> years</c><00:28:35.640><c> there</c><00:28:35.720><c> have</c><00:28:35.920><c> been</c><00:28:36.079><c> these</c><00:28:36.319><c> attempts</c><00:28:36.640><c> to</c><00:28:37.519><c> give</c><00:28:37.799><c> a</c><00:28:38.039><c> face</c><00:28:38.319><c> to</c><00:28:38.559><c> the</c><00:28:38.579><c> Lord</c><00:28:38.759><c> Jesus,</c><00:28:39.599><c> a</c>

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physical<00:28:40.059><c> face.</c>

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But<00:28:42.839><c> this,</c><00:28:43.240><c> brothers</c><00:28:43.240><c> and</c><00:28:43.400><c> sisters,</c><00:28:43.660><c> that</c><00:28:43.779><c> we</c><00:28:43.940><c> say</c><00:28:44.140><c> is</c><00:28:44.259><c> not</c><00:28:44.460><c> of</c>

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any<00:28:44.779><c> matter.</c>

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It's<00:28:46.380><c> what</c><00:28:46.579><c> happens</c><00:28:47.839><c> spiritually</c><00:28:48.440><c> within</c><00:28:48.799><c> that</c><00:28:49.220><c> is</c><00:28:49.500><c> of</c><00:28:50.039><c> concern</c><00:28:50.380><c> to</c><00:28:50.500><c> us</c>

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when<00:28:50.759><c> we</c><00:28:50.920><c> try</c><00:28:51.119><c> to</c><00:28:51.359><c> think</c><00:28:51.759><c> of</c><00:28:52.180><c> the</c><00:28:52.420><c> personality</c><00:28:52.900><c> of</c><00:28:53.059><c> the</c><00:28:53.180><c> Lord</c><00:28:53.299><c> Jesus.</c>

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I'd<00:28:59.980><c> like</c><00:28:59.980><c> you</c><00:29:00.099><c> to</c><00:29:00.180><c> turn</c><00:29:00.339><c> now,</c><00:29:00.579><c> if</c><00:29:00.640><c> you</c><00:29:00.759><c> would,</c><00:29:00.920><c> to</c><00:29:01.140><c> the</c><00:29:01.480><c> second</c>

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chapter<00:29:02.240><c> of</c><00:29:02.740><c> Luke's</c><00:29:03.200><c> Gospel,</c>

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where<00:29:06.500><c> we</c><00:29:06.779><c> have</c><00:29:07.000><c> the</c><00:29:07.319><c> first</c><00:29:08.559><c> instances</c><00:29:10.039><c> we</c><00:29:10.319><c> well</c><00:29:10.599><c> know,</c><00:29:10.759><c> I'm</c>

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sure,<00:29:11.920><c> in</c><00:29:12.079><c> the</c><00:29:12.220><c> life</c><00:29:12.400><c> of</c><00:29:12.539><c> the</c><00:29:12.640><c> Lord</c><00:29:12.799><c> Jesus</c><00:29:13.099><c> apart</c><00:29:13.500><c> from</c><00:29:13.819><c> the</c>

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birth<00:29:14.920><c> narratives.</c>

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How<00:29:17.480><c> we</c><00:29:17.619><c> would</c><00:29:17.859><c> love,</c><00:29:18.279><c> brothers</c><00:29:18.420><c> and</c><00:29:18.599><c> sisters,</c><00:29:18.740><c> to</c><00:29:18.940><c> know</c><00:29:19.079><c> more.</c>

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Wouldn't<00:29:20.299><c> we</c><00:29:20.539><c> just</c><00:29:20.799><c> love</c><00:29:20.940><c> to</c><00:29:21.099><c> know</c><00:29:21.220><c> more</c><00:29:21.480><c> about</c><00:29:21.799><c> the</c><00:29:21.980><c> Lord</c><00:29:22.140><c> Jesus</c><00:29:22.400><c> when</c><00:29:22.559><c> he</c>

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was<00:29:22.799><c> growing</c><00:29:23.019><c> up,</c><00:29:23.740><c> when</c><00:29:23.940><c> he</c><00:29:24.019><c> was</c><00:29:24.240><c> eight,</c><00:29:24.500><c> nine,</c><00:29:25.039><c> ten,</c><00:29:25.960><c> in</c><00:29:26.059><c> his</c>

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teens,<00:29:27.279><c> in</c><00:29:27.359><c> his</c><00:29:27.500><c> twenties.</c>

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But<00:29:29.819><c> we've</c><00:29:30.000><c> just</c><00:29:30.200><c> got</c><00:29:30.319><c> one</c><00:29:30.619><c> glimpse.</c><00:29:30.940><c> The</c><00:29:31.079><c> door</c><00:29:31.359><c> of</c><00:29:31.539><c> Scripture</c>

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is<00:29:32.019><c> open</c><00:29:32.240><c> for</c><00:29:32.440><c> us</c><00:29:32.700><c> just</c><00:29:33.000><c> once,</c><00:29:33.920><c> apart</c><00:29:34.180><c> from</c><00:29:34.400><c> the</c><00:29:34.519><c> infancy</c><00:29:34.779><c> narratives,</c><00:29:35.200><c> as</c><00:29:35.339><c> I</c><00:29:35.480><c> say.</c>

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And<00:29:36.380><c> we</c><00:29:36.460><c> just</c><00:29:36.660><c> see</c><00:29:36.799><c> him</c><00:29:37.680><c> before</c><00:29:38.240><c> he</c><00:29:38.619><c> entered</c><00:29:38.779><c> his</c><00:29:39.140><c> ministry</c><00:29:39.460><c> at</c>

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the<00:29:39.759><c> age</c><00:29:39.940><c> of</c><00:29:40.160><c> 30.</c>

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I'd<00:29:42.740><c> like</c><00:29:42.819><c> us</c><00:29:43.019><c> to</c><00:29:43.240><c> look</c><00:29:43.420><c> at</c><00:29:43.559><c> this</c><00:29:43.940><c> unique</c><00:29:44.299><c> account</c><00:29:44.579><c> in</c><00:29:44.799><c> Scripture,</c><00:29:45.900><c> Luke</c><00:29:46.140><c> chapter</c><00:29:46.460><c> 2,</c>

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from<00:29:47.319><c> verse</c><00:29:47.579><c> 41.</c>

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Jesus<00:29:49.839><c> at</c><00:29:50.140><c> the</c><00:29:50.339><c> age</c><00:29:51.299><c> of</c><00:29:51.799><c> 12.</c>

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Now<00:29:58.900><c> his</c><00:29:59.079><c> parents,</c><00:29:59.420><c> and</c><00:29:59.539><c> I'll</c><00:29:59.700><c> read</c><00:29:59.799><c> this</c><00:30:00.579><c> passage</c><00:30:00.859><c> very</c><00:30:01.140><c> quickly</c><00:30:01.420><c> just</c>

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to<00:30:01.819><c> refresh</c><00:30:02.000><c> your</c><00:30:02.220><c> memories.</c>

00:30:03.000 --> 00:30:05.619
His<00:30:03.160><c> parents</c><00:30:03.500><c> went</c><00:30:03.740><c> to</c><00:30:03.920><c> Jerusalem</c><00:30:04.259><c> every</c><00:30:04.599><c> year</c><00:30:04.940><c> at</c><00:30:05.339><c> the</c><00:30:05.480><c> feast</c>

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of<00:30:05.740><c> the</c><00:30:05.920><c> Passover.</c>

00:30:06.359 --> 00:30:08.980
And<00:30:06.500><c> when</c><00:30:06.599><c> he</c><00:30:06.740><c> was</c><00:30:06.920><c> 12</c><00:30:07.220><c> years</c><00:30:07.500><c> old,</c><00:30:08.220><c> they</c><00:30:08.339><c> went</c><00:30:08.539><c> up</c><00:30:08.740><c> according</c>

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to<00:30:09.160><c> the</c><00:30:09.319><c> custom.</c>

00:30:09.660 --> 00:30:12.420
And<00:30:09.819><c> when</c><00:30:10.000><c> the</c><00:30:10.180><c> feast</c><00:30:10.380><c> was</c><00:30:10.940><c> ended,</c><00:30:11.640><c> as</c><00:30:11.819><c> they</c><00:30:12.019><c> were</c><00:30:12.200><c> returning,</c>

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the<00:30:12.680><c> boy</c><00:30:12.880><c> Jesus</c><00:30:13.279><c> stayed</c><00:30:13.559><c> behind</c><00:30:13.920><c> in</c><00:30:14.140><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:30:14.980><c> and</c><00:30:15.319><c> his</c><00:30:15.500><c> parents</c><00:30:15.779><c> did</c>

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not<00:30:16.140><c> know</c><00:30:16.259><c> it.</c>

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But<00:30:17.420><c> supposing</c><00:30:17.779><c> him</c><00:30:17.960><c> to</c><00:30:18.079><c> be</c><00:30:18.180><c> in</c><00:30:18.279><c> the</c><00:30:18.480><c> company,</c><00:30:18.680><c> they</c><00:30:18.839><c> went</c><00:30:19.000><c> a</c>

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day's<00:30:19.440><c> journey,</c><00:30:19.720><c> and</c><00:30:19.859><c> they</c><00:30:20.099><c> sought</c><00:30:20.220><c> him</c><00:30:20.400><c> among</c><00:30:20.599><c> their</c><00:30:20.819><c> kinsfolk</c><00:30:21.259><c> and</c><00:30:21.480><c> acquaintances.</c>

00:30:22.460 --> 00:30:26.619
And<00:30:22.779><c> when</c><00:30:22.900><c> they</c><00:30:23.039><c> did</c><00:30:23.220><c> not</c><00:30:23.400><c> find</c><00:30:23.640><c> him,</c><00:30:24.200><c> they</c><00:30:24.420><c> returned</c><00:30:24.740><c> to</c><00:30:24.960><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:30:25.380><c> seeking</c><00:30:25.660><c> him.</c>

00:30:26.680 --> 00:30:29.200
After<00:30:26.940><c> three</c><00:30:27.180><c> days,</c><00:30:27.480><c> they</c><00:30:27.640><c> found</c><00:30:27.900><c> him</c><00:30:28.019><c> in</c><00:30:28.160><c> the</c><00:30:28.359><c> temple,</c><00:30:28.819><c> sitting</c><00:30:28.980><c> among</c>

00:30:29.200 --> 00:30:32.079
the<00:30:29.420><c> teachers,</c><00:30:29.839><c> listening</c><00:30:30.140><c> to</c><00:30:30.339><c> them,</c><00:30:30.779><c> and</c><00:30:31.000><c> asking</c><00:30:31.220><c> them</c><00:30:31.460><c> questions.</c>

00:30:32.500 --> 00:30:37.019
And<00:30:32.779><c> all</c><00:30:33.039><c> who</c><00:30:33.259><c> heard</c><00:30:33.420><c> him</c><00:30:33.579><c> were</c><00:30:33.779><c> amazed</c><00:30:34.319><c> at</c><00:30:34.680><c> his</c><00:30:34.920><c> understanding</c><00:30:35.440><c> and</c><00:30:35.779><c> his</c><00:30:35.980><c> answers.</c>

00:30:37.259 --> 00:30:40.140
And<00:30:37.559><c> when</c><00:30:37.720><c> they</c><00:30:37.940><c> saw</c><00:30:38.119><c> him,</c><00:30:38.319><c> they</c><00:30:38.480><c> were</c><00:30:38.740><c> astonished.</c>

00:30:40.420 --> 00:30:44.259
And<00:30:40.700><c> his</c><00:30:40.859><c> mother</c><00:30:41.039><c> said</c><00:30:41.259><c> unto</c><00:30:41.440><c> him,</c><00:30:41.859><c> Son,</c><00:30:42.259><c> why</c><00:30:42.519><c> have</c><00:30:42.680><c> you</c><00:30:42.819><c> treated</c><00:30:43.019><c> us</c><00:30:43.380><c> so?</c>

00:30:44.279 --> 00:30:47.259
Behold,<00:30:44.839><c> your</c><00:30:44.940><c> father</c><00:30:45.279><c> and</c><00:30:45.440><c> I</c><00:30:45.619><c> have</c><00:30:45.799><c> been</c><00:30:45.940><c> looking</c><00:30:46.160><c> for</c><00:30:46.339><c> you</c><00:30:46.500><c> anxiously.</c>

00:30:47.900 --> 00:30:50.240
And<00:30:48.140><c> he</c><00:30:48.240><c> said</c><00:30:48.359><c> unto</c><00:30:48.559><c> them,</c><00:30:48.859><c> How</c><00:30:49.039><c> is</c><00:30:49.220><c> it</c><00:30:49.339><c> that</c><00:30:49.440><c> you</c><00:30:49.599><c> sought</c><00:30:49.799><c> me?</c>

00:30:50.640 --> 00:30:54.279
Did<00:30:50.859><c> you</c><00:30:51.000><c> not</c><00:30:51.180><c> know</c><00:30:51.420><c> that</c><00:30:51.559><c> I</c><00:30:52.200><c> must</c><00:30:52.400><c> be</c><00:30:52.660><c> in</c><00:30:52.759><c> my</c><00:30:52.960><c> father's</c><00:30:53.299><c> house?</c>

00:30:54.579 --> 00:30:56.759
And<00:30:55.019><c> they</c><00:30:55.160><c> did</c><00:30:55.339><c> not</c><00:30:55.480><c> understand</c><00:30:55.859><c> the</c><00:30:56.099><c> saying</c><00:30:56.240><c> which</c><00:30:56.400><c> he</c><00:30:56.539><c> spoke</c>

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unto<00:30:56.980><c> them.</c>

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And<00:30:57.960><c> he</c><00:30:58.039><c> went</c><00:30:58.200><c> down</c><00:30:58.460><c> with</c><00:30:58.640><c> them</c><00:30:58.779><c> and</c><00:30:58.880><c> came</c><00:30:59.140><c> to</c><00:30:59.319><c> Nazareth,</c><00:31:00.079><c> and</c>

00:31:00.200 --> 00:31:01.339
was<00:31:00.380><c> obedient</c><00:31:00.759><c> to</c><00:31:00.920><c> them.</c>

00:31:01.640 --> 00:31:04.720
And<00:31:01.900><c> his</c><00:31:02.059><c> mother</c><00:31:02.279><c> kept</c><00:31:02.500><c> all</c><00:31:02.779><c> these</c><00:31:03.099><c> sayings</c><00:31:03.440><c> in</c><00:31:03.579><c> her</c><00:31:03.859><c> heart.</c>

00:31:04.920 --> 00:31:07.920
And<00:31:05.180><c> Jesus</c><00:31:05.460><c> increased</c><00:31:05.859><c> in</c><00:31:06.039><c> wisdom</c><00:31:06.339><c> and</c><00:31:06.519><c> in</c><00:31:06.759><c> stature,</c><00:31:07.539><c> and</c><00:31:07.680><c> in</c>

00:31:07.920 --> 00:31:10.359
favor<00:31:08.119><c> with</c><00:31:08.420><c> God</c><00:31:08.960><c> and</c><00:31:09.420><c> man.</c>

00:31:11.519 --> 00:31:15.660
Now,<00:31:12.059><c> we</c><00:31:12.160><c> could</c><00:31:12.339><c> spend</c><00:31:12.500><c> a</c><00:31:12.599><c> whole</c><00:31:12.740><c> week,</c><00:31:13.119><c> brethren</c><00:31:13.240><c> and</c><00:31:13.480><c> sisters,</c><00:31:13.500><c> on</c><00:31:13.720><c> this</c><00:31:14.079><c> section,</c><00:31:14.400><c> I'm</c><00:31:14.819><c> sure.</c>

00:31:16.099 --> 00:31:19.859
But<00:31:16.359><c> I</c><00:31:16.460><c> just</c><00:31:16.599><c> want</c><00:31:16.720><c> to</c><00:31:16.859><c> bring</c><00:31:16.960><c> out</c><00:31:17.119><c> a</c><00:31:17.240><c> few</c><00:31:17.400><c> features</c><00:31:17.759><c> of</c><00:31:18.079><c> the</c><00:31:18.700><c> personal</c><00:31:19.079><c> upbringing</c><00:31:19.559><c> of</c>

00:31:19.859 --> 00:31:21.180
Jesus<00:31:20.160><c> here.</c>

00:31:23.339 --> 00:31:29.839
Don't<00:31:23.759><c> you</c><00:31:24.000><c> think</c><00:31:24.880><c> that</c><00:31:25.960><c> Jesus</c><00:31:26.240><c> must</c><00:31:26.500><c> have</c><00:31:26.660><c> been</c><00:31:26.920><c> exceptionally</c><00:31:27.599><c> excited</c><00:31:28.380><c> about</c><00:31:29.599><c> the</c>

00:31:29.839 --> 00:31:32.039
prospect<00:31:30.319><c> of</c><00:31:30.519><c> going</c><00:31:30.819><c> to</c><00:31:31.099><c> Jerusalem?</c>

00:31:33.980 --> 00:31:38.579
He'd<00:31:34.500><c> read</c><00:31:34.740><c> in</c><00:31:35.079><c> Scriptures.</c><00:31:35.480><c> He'd</c><00:31:35.640><c> been</c><00:31:35.839><c> taught</c><00:31:36.039><c> in</c><00:31:36.259><c> Scriptures</c><00:31:36.539><c> about</c><00:31:37.539><c> the</c><00:31:37.759><c> city</c><00:31:37.980><c> of</c><00:31:38.160><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:31:38.579 --> 00:31:42.559
He'd<00:31:39.640><c> been</c><00:31:39.799><c> taught</c><00:31:40.079><c> about</c><00:31:40.359><c> the</c><00:31:40.599><c> Passover,</c><00:31:42.039><c> the</c><00:31:42.180><c> feast</c><00:31:42.400><c> of</c>

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unleavened<00:31:43.000><c> bread.</c>

00:31:44.220 --> 00:31:46.319
Don't<00:31:44.400><c> you</c><00:31:44.539><c> think</c><00:31:44.680><c> there</c><00:31:44.759><c> must</c><00:31:45.000><c> have</c><00:31:45.119><c> been</c><00:31:45.339><c> a</c><00:31:45.519><c> great</c><00:31:45.799><c> sense</c><00:31:46.039><c> of</c>

00:31:46.319 --> 00:31:51.099
expectation<00:31:46.980><c> of</c><00:31:47.319><c> Jesus</c><00:31:47.720><c> at</c><00:31:47.900><c> the</c><00:31:48.039><c> age</c><00:31:48.200><c> of</c><00:31:48.420><c> 12</c><00:31:48.960><c> to</c><00:31:50.420><c> go</c><00:31:50.700><c> and</c><00:31:50.940><c> see</c>

00:31:51.099 --> 00:31:52.240
the<00:31:51.299><c> city?</c>

00:31:53.240 --> 00:31:58.819
And<00:31:53.460><c> as</c><00:31:53.619><c> you</c><00:31:53.740><c> know,</c><00:31:54.099><c> the</c><00:31:54.279><c> schools</c><00:31:54.640><c> just</c><00:31:54.940><c> before</c><00:31:55.279><c> Passover,</c><00:31:56.339><c> the</c><00:31:56.579><c> instruction</c><00:31:57.079><c> was</c><00:31:57.339><c> focused</c><00:31:57.799><c> almost</c><00:31:58.079><c> entirely</c><00:31:58.579><c> on</c>

00:31:58.819 --> 00:32:01.720
the<00:31:59.019><c> Passover</c><00:31:59.380><c> and</c><00:31:59.619><c> the</c><00:31:59.920><c> significance</c><00:32:00.119><c> of</c><00:32:00.660><c> the</c><00:32:00.880><c> Passover.</c>

00:32:01.799 --> 00:32:05.079
The<00:32:01.900><c> roads</c><00:32:02.119><c> to</c><00:32:02.319><c> Jerusalem</c><00:32:02.759><c> had</c><00:32:03.039><c> the</c><00:32:03.519><c> rocks</c><00:32:04.000><c> painted</c><00:32:04.740><c> over</c>

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with<00:32:05.500><c> white.</c>

00:32:05.839 --> 00:32:10.259
But<00:32:06.079><c> it</c><00:32:07.220><c> was</c><00:32:07.400><c> a</c><00:32:07.779><c> major</c><00:32:08.059><c> event,</c><00:32:08.380><c> and</c><00:32:08.579><c> at</c><00:32:08.759><c> last</c><00:32:09.180><c> the</c><00:32:09.359><c> Lord</c><00:32:09.559><c> Jesus</c>

00:32:10.259 --> 00:32:14.700
was<00:32:10.900><c> to</c><00:32:11.099><c> go</c><00:32:11.380><c> through</c><00:32:12.299><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:32:12.779><c> this</c><00:32:13.019><c> 12</c><00:32:13.339><c>-year</c><00:32:13.539><c>-old</c><00:32:13.640><c> boy,</c>

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with<00:32:16.099><c> his</c><00:32:16.299><c> parents.</c>

00:32:18.680 --> 00:32:20.519
And<00:32:18.940><c> he</c><00:32:19.019><c> went</c><00:32:19.180><c> through</c><00:32:19.380><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:32:21.539 --> 00:32:24.960
And<00:32:21.740><c> he</c><00:32:21.819><c> must</c><00:32:22.079><c> have</c><00:32:23.039><c> walked</c><00:32:23.380><c> around</c><00:32:23.599><c> the</c><00:32:23.779><c> city,</c><00:32:24.460><c> seen</c><00:32:24.640><c> all</c><00:32:24.839><c> the</c>

00:32:24.960 --> 00:32:27.500
famous<00:32:25.200><c> places,</c><00:32:25.880><c> remembered</c><00:32:26.119><c> what</c><00:32:26.400><c> happened</c><00:32:26.599><c> there,</c><00:32:27.299><c> what</c>

00:32:27.500 --> 00:32:28.460
happened<00:32:27.779><c> there.</c>

00:32:28.460 --> 00:32:32.680
And<00:32:28.960><c> then</c><00:32:29.059><c> he</c><00:32:29.319><c> gravitated,</c><00:32:30.519><c> as</c><00:32:30.920><c> surely</c><00:32:31.180><c> he</c><00:32:31.400><c> must,</c><00:32:32.279><c> to</c><00:32:32.440><c> those</c>

00:32:32.680 --> 00:32:33.900
who<00:32:32.920><c> taught.</c>

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The<00:32:37.279><c> great</c><00:32:37.539><c> leaders,</c><00:32:38.440><c> and</c><00:32:38.680><c> it</c><00:32:38.819><c> seems</c><00:32:39.019><c> that</c><00:32:39.200><c> some</c><00:32:39.400><c> of</c><00:32:39.539><c> the</c><00:32:39.640><c> rabbis</c><00:32:39.960><c> who</c>

00:32:40.079 --> 00:32:42.799
were<00:32:40.240><c> teaching</c><00:32:40.480><c> at</c><00:32:40.660><c> that</c><00:32:40.799><c> time</c><00:32:40.940><c> were</c><00:32:41.079><c> the</c><00:32:41.259><c> famous</c><00:32:41.579><c> names.</c>

00:32:44.819 --> 00:32:49.039
And<00:32:44.960><c> Jesus</c><00:32:45.220><c> at</c><00:32:45.460><c> 12</c><00:32:46.079><c> went,</c><00:32:47.359><c> and</c><00:32:47.559><c> I</c><00:32:47.720><c> don't</c><00:32:48.019><c> think,</c><00:32:48.440><c> I</c><00:32:48.559><c> don't</c><00:32:48.759><c> read</c>

00:32:49.039 --> 00:32:51.559
this<00:32:49.279><c> text</c><00:32:49.539><c> as</c><00:32:49.759><c> saying</c><00:32:49.900><c> that</c><00:32:50.039><c> he</c><00:32:50.160><c> went</c><00:32:50.380><c> to</c><00:32:50.660><c> trip</c><00:32:50.779><c> them</c><00:32:51.000><c> up</c><00:32:51.259><c> or</c>

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to<00:32:52.500><c> sort</c><00:32:52.759><c> of</c><00:32:52.920><c> outsmart</c><00:32:53.440><c> them</c>

00:32:53.700 --> 00:32:56.740
or<00:32:53.839><c> to</c><00:32:54.079><c> show</c><00:32:54.220><c> what</c><00:32:54.440><c> an</c><00:32:54.940><c> extraordinary</c><00:32:55.500><c> child</c><00:32:55.880><c> prodigy</c><00:32:56.240><c> he</c><00:32:56.400><c> was.</c>

00:32:56.740 --> 00:33:03.220
I<00:32:57.519><c> think</c><00:32:57.720><c> Jesus</c><00:32:58.799><c> went</c><00:32:59.579><c> because</c><00:33:00.720><c> he</c><00:33:00.940><c> wanted</c><00:33:01.160><c> to</c><00:33:01.359><c> be</c><00:33:02.440><c> taught</c><00:33:02.859><c> by</c><00:33:03.099><c> them.</c>

00:33:03.220 --> 00:33:05.039
He<00:33:03.319><c> wanted</c><00:33:03.539><c> to</c><00:33:03.740><c> listen</c><00:33:03.960><c> to</c><00:33:04.039><c> what</c><00:33:04.200><c> these</c><00:33:04.420><c> great</c><00:33:04.619><c> leaders</c><00:33:04.859><c> had</c>

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to<00:33:05.279><c> say.</c>

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This<00:33:07.079><c> was</c><00:33:07.279><c> part</c><00:33:07.460><c> of</c><00:33:07.579><c> his</c><00:33:07.720><c> upbringing,</c><00:33:08.380><c> this</c><00:33:08.819><c> sort</c><00:33:09.160><c> of</c><00:33:09.160><c> great</c>

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moment<00:33:09.980><c> when</c><00:33:11.359><c> he</c><00:33:11.460><c> not</c><00:33:11.559><c> only</c><00:33:11.799><c> saw</c><00:33:12.019><c> Jerusalem</c><00:33:12.500><c> but</c><00:33:12.759><c> saw</c><00:33:13.140><c> and</c><00:33:13.559><c> heard</c><00:33:13.720><c> the</c>

00:33:13.859 --> 00:33:17.619
great<00:33:14.099><c> exponents</c><00:33:14.980><c> of</c><00:33:16.180><c> the</c><00:33:16.400><c> Jewish</c><00:33:16.680><c> law.</c>

00:33:18.539 --> 00:33:20.480
And<00:33:18.819><c> he</c><00:33:18.900><c> asked</c><00:33:19.140><c> them</c><00:33:19.279><c> questions.</c>

00:33:21.839 --> 00:33:25.180
And<00:33:22.440><c> Scripture</c><00:33:22.640><c> doesn't</c><00:33:22.940><c> tell</c><00:33:23.160><c> us</c><00:33:23.279><c> what</c><00:33:23.440><c> these</c><00:33:23.640><c> questions</c><00:33:24.059><c> were.</c>

00:33:26.039 --> 00:33:30.019
I'm<00:33:26.359><c> sure,</c><00:33:27.259><c> I'm</c><00:33:27.720><c> sure</c><00:33:28.019><c> from</c><00:33:28.619><c> his</c><00:33:29.019><c> subsequent</c><00:33:29.400><c> teachings</c><00:33:29.779><c> that</c>

00:33:30.019 --> 00:33:35.079
they<00:33:30.079><c> were</c><00:33:30.259><c> not</c><00:33:30.480><c> about</c><00:33:31.720><c> arcane</c><00:33:32.579><c> sort</c><00:33:32.819><c> of</c><00:33:33.759><c> theoretical</c><00:33:34.160><c> questions</c><00:33:34.660><c> which</c>

00:33:35.079 --> 00:33:36.759
many<00:33:35.319><c> of</c><00:33:35.480><c> these</c><00:33:35.720><c> rabbis</c><00:33:36.059><c> would</c><00:33:36.220><c> have</c><00:33:36.380><c> debated.</c>

00:33:37.099 --> 00:33:41.599
He<00:33:37.279><c> would</c><00:33:37.440><c> have</c><00:33:37.559><c> wanted</c><00:33:37.720><c> to</c><00:33:38.019><c> hear</c><00:33:38.259><c> them</c><00:33:38.460><c> speak</c><00:33:38.720><c> about</c><00:33:39.019><c> essential</c><00:33:39.539><c> elements</c><00:33:40.019><c> of</c><00:33:40.259><c> justice,</c><00:33:41.440><c> of</c>

00:33:41.599 --> 00:33:45.259
mercy,<00:33:41.960><c> of</c><00:33:42.140><c> peace,</c><00:33:42.940><c> on</c><00:33:43.039><c> the</c><00:33:43.240><c> real</c><00:33:43.460><c> significance</c><00:33:43.980><c> of</c><00:33:44.160><c> the</c><00:33:44.339><c> Passover.</c>

00:33:45.599 --> 00:33:49.799
And<00:33:46.160><c> even</c><00:33:46.619><c> perhaps</c><00:33:47.700><c> to</c><00:33:48.380><c> have</c><00:33:48.619><c> reflected</c><00:33:48.960><c> and</c><00:33:49.220><c> talked</c><00:33:49.440><c> about</c>

00:33:49.799 --> 00:33:53.220
the<00:33:50.880><c> Lamb,</c><00:33:51.779><c> the</c><00:33:51.980><c> Lamb</c><00:33:52.119><c> of</c><00:33:52.359><c> God.</c>

00:33:53.279 --> 00:33:55.619
And<00:33:53.460><c> who</c><00:33:53.559><c> can</c><00:33:53.779><c> tell</c><00:33:53.980><c> whether</c><00:33:54.200><c> by</c><00:33:54.480><c> this</c><00:33:54.660><c> age</c><00:33:54.960><c> when</c><00:33:55.119><c> he</c><00:33:55.240><c> was</c><00:33:55.359><c> just</c>

00:33:55.619 --> 00:34:00.380
12<00:33:56.180><c> he</c><00:33:56.779><c> began</c><00:33:57.180><c> or</c><00:33:57.799><c> perhaps</c><00:33:58.019><c> had</c><00:33:58.220><c> already</c><00:33:58.720><c> realised</c><00:33:59.559><c> that</c><00:34:00.160><c> he</c>

00:34:00.380 --> 00:34:03.019
was<00:34:02.000><c> the</c><00:34:02.420><c> Saviour.</c>

00:34:03.079 --> 00:34:05.420
He<00:34:03.440><c> was</c><00:34:04.099><c> the</c><00:34:04.460><c> Lamb.</c>

00:34:06.740 --> 00:34:09.219
Perhaps<00:34:07.039><c> this</c><00:34:07.240><c> was</c><00:34:07.380><c> even</c><00:34:07.579><c> in</c><00:34:07.799><c> his</c><00:34:08.079><c> mind</c><00:34:08.300><c> as</c><00:34:08.460><c> he</c><00:34:08.679><c> talked</c><00:34:08.880><c> to</c><00:34:09.079><c> the</c>

00:34:09.219 --> 00:34:12.880
rabbis<00:34:09.920><c> when</c><00:34:10.400><c> he</c><00:34:10.880><c> asked</c><00:34:11.179><c> them</c><00:34:11.380><c> about</c><00:34:11.820><c> the</c><00:34:12.199><c> significance</c><00:34:12.659><c> of</c>

00:34:12.880 --> 00:34:14.320
the<00:34:13.139><c> slaughtering</c><00:34:13.440><c> all</c><00:34:13.639><c> around</c><00:34:13.860><c> him.</c>

00:34:14.320 --> 00:34:17.500
The<00:34:14.940><c> animals</c><00:34:15.300><c> being</c><00:34:15.579><c> slaughtered,</c><00:34:16.039><c> the</c><00:34:16.219><c> sheep,</c><00:34:16.539><c> the</c><00:34:16.659><c> goats.</c>

00:34:17.559 --> 00:34:20.800
And<00:34:17.780><c> we</c><00:34:17.980><c> read</c><00:34:18.159><c> in</c><00:34:18.420><c> some</c><00:34:18.940><c> contemporary</c><00:34:19.559><c> commentaries</c><00:34:20.059><c> that</c><00:34:20.199><c> there</c><00:34:20.320><c> were</c><00:34:20.619><c> at</c>

00:34:20.800 --> 00:34:24.199
this<00:34:21.000><c> time</c><00:34:21.260><c> about</c><00:34:21.639><c> 250</c><00:34:22.300><c>,000</c><00:34:22.800><c> sheep</c><00:34:23.039><c> being</c><00:34:23.380><c> slaughtered.</c>

00:34:24.260 --> 00:34:27.079
Quarter<00:34:24.480><c> of</c><00:34:24.679><c> a</c><00:34:24.719><c> million</c><00:34:24.900><c> sheep</c><00:34:25.139><c> being</c><00:34:25.420><c> slaughtered</c><00:34:26.739><c> in</c><00:34:26.920><c> the</c>

00:34:27.079 --> 00:34:28.699
city,<00:34:27.840><c> in</c><00:34:27.980><c> the</c><00:34:28.119><c> Temple</c><00:34:28.239><c> of</c><00:34:28.440><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:34:28.780 --> 00:34:31.559
Don't<00:34:29.019><c> you</c><00:34:29.239><c> think</c><00:34:29.679><c> Jesus</c><00:34:30.159><c> would</c><00:34:30.300><c> have</c><00:34:30.440><c> asked</c><00:34:30.619><c> what</c><00:34:30.760><c> it</c><00:34:30.920><c> all</c><00:34:31.119><c> means?</c>

00:34:31.840 --> 00:34:32.760
What<00:34:32.000><c> has</c><00:34:32.159><c> all</c><00:34:32.280><c> this</c><00:34:32.519><c> been?</c>

00:34:33.260 --> 00:34:34.340
What<00:34:33.500><c> does</c><00:34:33.659><c> it</c><00:34:33.780><c> mean</c><00:34:33.880><c> in</c><00:34:34.079><c> Scripture?</c>

00:34:34.400 --> 00:34:37.900
He's<00:34:34.619><c> not</c><00:34:34.820><c> interested</c><00:34:35.219><c> in</c><00:34:35.559><c> hearing,</c><00:34:37.019><c> debating</c><00:34:37.280><c> how</c><00:34:37.579><c> far</c><00:34:37.760><c> you</c>

00:34:37.900 --> 00:34:39.820
could<00:34:38.019><c> walk</c><00:34:38.260><c> on</c><00:34:38.460><c> the</c><00:34:38.639><c> Sabbath</c><00:34:38.860><c> or</c><00:34:39.139><c> all</c><00:34:39.320><c> these</c><00:34:39.519><c> things.</c>

00:34:39.820 --> 00:34:40.800
What<00:34:40.199><c> does</c><00:34:40.380><c> it</c><00:34:40.519><c> mean?</c>

00:34:40.860 --> 00:34:46.980
What<00:34:40.960><c> is</c><00:34:41.139><c> the</c><00:34:41.300><c> essence</c><00:34:42.079><c> of</c><00:34:43.480><c> sacrifice,</c><00:34:45.079><c> of</c><00:34:45.239><c> spilling</c><00:34:45.500><c> of</c><00:34:45.800><c> blood,</c><00:34:46.860><c> of</c>

00:34:46.980 --> 00:34:48.760
these<00:34:47.179><c> lambs</c><00:34:47.460><c> being</c><00:34:47.739><c> here?</c>

00:34:48.880 --> 00:34:52.539
And<00:34:49.099><c> as</c><00:34:49.380><c> he</c><00:34:49.460><c> asked</c><00:34:49.699><c> these</c><00:34:49.920><c> questions,</c><00:34:50.519><c> I</c><00:34:50.579><c> can't</c><00:34:51.219><c> help</c><00:34:51.480><c> but</c><00:34:51.659><c> think</c><00:34:52.019><c> that</c><00:34:52.400><c> in</c>

00:34:52.539 --> 00:34:57.860
the<00:34:52.639><c> back</c><00:34:52.800><c> of</c><00:34:52.940><c> his</c><00:34:53.119><c> mind</c><00:34:53.659><c> he</c><00:34:54.059><c> knew</c><00:34:54.739><c> that</c><00:34:56.219><c> he</c><00:34:56.840><c> was</c><00:34:57.380><c> the</c><00:34:57.519><c> Lamb</c><00:34:57.639><c> of</c>

00:34:57.860 --> 00:35:00.719
God<00:34:58.059><c> that</c><00:34:58.219><c> would</c><00:34:58.400><c> take</c><00:34:58.639><c> away</c><00:34:58.900><c> the</c><00:34:59.139><c> sins</c><00:34:59.360><c> of</c><00:34:59.539><c> the</c><00:34:59.719><c> world.</c>

00:35:03.559 --> 00:35:10.219
In<00:35:04.199><c> fact,</c><00:35:06.539><c> we're</c><00:35:06.860><c> told</c><00:35:06.860><c> there,</c><00:35:07.079><c> if</c><00:35:07.159><c> you</c><00:35:07.219><c> look</c><00:35:07.780><c> closely</c><00:35:08.300><c> at</c><00:35:08.519><c> verse</c><00:35:08.880><c> 46,</c>

00:35:12.019 --> 00:35:14.980
that<00:35:12.179><c> as</c><00:35:12.300><c> he</c><00:35:12.380><c> was</c><00:35:12.559><c> sitting</c><00:35:12.760><c> among</c><00:35:13.139><c> the</c><00:35:13.639><c> teachers,</c><00:35:14.659><c> listening</c>

00:35:14.980 --> 00:35:16.719
to<00:35:15.179><c> them</c><00:35:15.280><c> and</c><00:35:15.460><c> asking</c><00:35:15.679><c> them</c><00:35:15.860><c> questions,</c>

00:35:17.760 --> 00:35:20.639
notice<00:35:18.320><c> particularly</c><00:35:18.860><c> verse</c><00:35:19.099><c> 47,</c><00:35:19.739><c> which</c><00:35:19.760><c> I</c><00:35:20.019><c> find</c><00:35:20.179><c> just</c><00:35:20.440><c> a</c>

00:35:20.639 --> 00:35:22.679
rather<00:35:21.059><c> extraordinary</c><00:35:21.619><c> verse.</c>

00:35:23.440 --> 00:35:26.019
All<00:35:23.480><c> who</c><00:35:23.920><c> heard</c><00:35:24.139><c> him</c><00:35:24.420><c> were</c><00:35:24.780><c> amazed,</c><00:35:25.320><c> and</c><00:35:25.420><c> the</c><00:35:25.559><c> Greek</c><00:35:25.679><c> actually</c>

00:35:26.019 --> 00:35:26.860
means<00:35:26.260><c> bewitched.</c>

00:35:27.139 --> 00:35:31.039
They<00:35:27.300><c> were</c><00:35:27.519><c> mesmerised</c><00:35:28.260><c> by</c><00:35:28.460><c> this</c><00:35:28.699><c> young</c><00:35:29.039><c> 12</c><00:35:29.260><c>-year</c><00:35:29.440><c>-old</c><00:35:29.980><c> asking</c>

00:35:31.039 --> 00:35:32.360
these<00:35:31.340><c> questions.</c>

00:35:32.719 --> 00:35:40.860
But<00:35:32.920><c> then</c><00:35:33.219><c> not</c><00:35:33.460><c> only</c><00:35:33.739><c> were</c><00:35:33.920><c> they</c><00:35:35.139><c> bewitched</c><00:35:36.119><c> at</c><00:35:36.659><c> his</c><00:35:36.900><c> understanding,</c><00:35:38.139><c> but,</c><00:35:38.219><c> notice,</c><00:35:39.739><c> Jesus</c><00:35:40.099><c> provided,</c><00:35:40.639><c> it</c>

00:35:40.860 --> 00:35:43.280
seems,<00:35:41.159><c> the</c><00:35:41.280><c> answers</c><00:35:41.679><c> to</c><00:35:41.880><c> his</c><00:35:42.000><c> own</c><00:35:42.219><c> questions.</c>

00:35:44.179 --> 00:35:47.179
He<00:35:44.619><c> asked</c><00:35:44.900><c> the</c><00:35:45.099><c> questions,</c><00:35:46.199><c> and</c><00:35:46.300><c> then</c><00:35:46.440><c> it</c><00:35:46.619><c> says</c><00:35:46.760><c> at</c><00:35:46.920><c> the</c><00:35:46.940><c> end</c>

00:35:47.179 --> 00:35:52.260
of<00:35:47.280><c> verse</c><00:35:47.480><c> 47</c><00:35:48.179><c> that</c><00:35:48.679><c> it</c><00:35:48.880><c> seems</c><00:35:49.119><c> he</c><00:35:50.420><c> provided</c><00:35:50.920><c> the</c><00:35:51.179><c> answers.</c>

00:35:53.800 --> 00:35:57.659
And<00:35:53.900><c> so</c><00:35:54.000><c> I</c><00:35:54.139><c> take</c><00:35:54.400><c> it,</c><00:35:54.719><c> and</c><00:35:54.860><c> tell</c><00:35:55.019><c> me</c><00:35:55.099><c> if</c><00:35:55.199><c> I'm</c><00:35:55.320><c> wrong</c><00:35:55.599><c> about</c><00:35:55.800><c> this,</c><00:35:56.639><c> my</c><00:35:56.699><c> dear</c><00:35:56.840><c> brothers</c><00:35:57.099><c> and</c><00:35:57.300><c> sisters,</c><00:35:57.519><c> I</c>

00:35:57.659 --> 00:36:03.579
do<00:35:57.940><c> take</c><00:35:58.159><c> it</c><00:35:58.639><c> that</c><00:35:58.860><c> Jesus'</c><00:35:59.739><c> visit</c><00:36:00.260><c> to</c><00:36:01.360><c> Jerusalem</c><00:36:01.739><c> as</c><00:36:01.940><c> a</c><00:36:02.159><c> 12</c><00:36:02.360><c>-year</c><00:36:02.579><c>-old</c>

00:36:03.579 --> 00:36:06.179
must<00:36:04.280><c> have</c><00:36:04.400><c> been</c><00:36:04.539><c> an</c><00:36:04.840><c> extremely</c><00:36:05.199><c> exhilarating</c><00:36:05.760><c> experience</c>

00:36:06.179 --> 00:36:06.679
for<00:36:06.340><c> him,</c>

00:36:06.679 --> 00:36:12.300
but<00:36:07.099><c> I</c><00:36:07.219><c> think</c><00:36:07.360><c> it</c><00:36:07.460><c> must</c><00:36:07.659><c> have</c><00:36:07.800><c> been</c><00:36:08.019><c> an</c><00:36:08.239><c> extraordinary</c><00:36:09.480><c> disillusionment</c><00:36:10.820><c> when</c>

00:36:12.300 --> 00:36:15.320
he<00:36:12.500><c> saw</c><00:36:12.719><c> for</c><00:36:12.900><c> the</c><00:36:13.079><c> first</c><00:36:13.260><c> time,</c><00:36:13.579><c> or</c><00:36:13.679><c> perhaps</c><00:36:13.880><c> in</c><00:36:14.739><c> its</c><00:36:15.039><c> fully</c>

00:36:15.320 --> 00:36:16.760
developed<00:36:15.760><c> state,</c>

00:36:16.860 --> 00:36:23.440
he<00:36:16.900><c> saw</c><00:36:17.280><c> hypocrisy,</c><00:36:19.119><c> money</c><00:36:19.300><c> changes,</c><00:36:20.820><c> emptiness</c><00:36:21.059><c> of</c><00:36:21.340><c> spiritual</c><00:36:21.739><c> thought,</c><00:36:22.719><c> and</c><00:36:22.960><c> even</c><00:36:23.159><c> when</c><00:36:23.280><c> he</c>

00:36:23.440 --> 00:36:26.139
came<00:36:23.679><c> to</c><00:36:23.900><c> ask</c><00:36:24.079><c> questions</c><00:36:24.519><c> of</c><00:36:24.699><c> the</c><00:36:24.840><c> rabbis,</c><00:36:25.260><c> the</c><00:36:25.380><c> best</c><00:36:25.679><c> rabbis</c>

00:36:26.139 --> 00:36:26.920
in<00:36:26.300><c> the</c><00:36:26.460><c> land,</c>

00:36:26.920 --> 00:36:30.860
that<00:36:27.699><c> couldn't</c><00:36:27.940><c> even</c><00:36:28.199><c> answer</c><00:36:28.480><c> his</c><00:36:28.699><c> questions,</c><00:36:30.440><c> and</c><00:36:30.579><c> he</c><00:36:30.659><c> had</c>

00:36:30.860 --> 00:36:33.019
to<00:36:31.039><c> provide</c><00:36:31.320><c> the</c><00:36:31.539><c> answers</c><00:36:31.780><c> himself.</c>

00:36:34.179 --> 00:36:38.079
What<00:36:34.400><c> a</c><00:36:34.639><c> marvellous</c><00:36:35.679><c> person</c><00:36:36.019><c> he</c><00:36:36.280><c> was,</c><00:36:36.639><c> even</c><00:36:36.900><c> at</c><00:36:37.119><c> 12.</c>

00:36:41.840 --> 00:36:44.619
What<00:36:42.360><c> perception</c><00:36:42.880><c> he</c><00:36:43.119><c> had,</c><00:36:43.559><c> brothers</c><00:36:43.679><c> and</c><00:36:43.860><c> sisters,</c><00:36:44.239><c> when</c><00:36:44.460><c> he</c>

00:36:44.619 --> 00:36:45.940
was<00:36:44.800><c> so</c><00:36:45.079><c> young.</c>

00:36:46.079 --> 00:36:48.340
This<00:36:46.199><c> is</c><00:36:46.239><c> what</c><00:36:46.360><c> we</c><00:36:46.539><c> were</c><00:36:46.659><c> telling</c><00:36:46.900><c> the</c><00:36:47.460><c> young</c><00:36:47.739><c> people</c><00:36:48.059><c> in</c><00:36:48.219><c> the</c>

00:36:48.340 --> 00:36:49.440
first<00:36:48.539><c> class</c><00:36:48.860><c> this</c><00:36:49.119><c> morning.</c>

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There's<00:36:50.039><c> no</c><00:36:50.480><c> substitute</c><00:36:51.039><c> for</c><00:36:52.059><c> coming</c><00:36:52.340><c> to</c><00:36:52.539><c> grips</c><00:36:52.780><c> with</c><00:36:53.199><c> Scripture</c><00:36:53.679><c> at</c><00:36:54.000><c> the</c>

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earliest<00:36:54.619><c> possible</c><00:36:55.039><c> age.</c>

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In<00:36:56.239><c> your</c><00:36:56.500><c> earliest</c><00:36:56.820><c> years,</c><00:36:57.900><c> here</c><00:36:58.139><c> is</c><00:36:58.340><c> the</c><00:36:58.500><c> example,</c><00:36:59.500><c> make</c><00:36:59.760><c> sure</c><00:37:00.340><c> you</c>

00:37:00.920 --> 00:37:04.960
understand<00:37:01.860><c> the</c><00:37:02.280><c> real</c><00:37:02.679><c> basic</c><00:37:03.280><c> meaning</c><00:37:03.760><c> of</c><00:37:04.260><c> the</c><00:37:04.420><c> Gospel</c><00:37:04.739><c> when</c>

00:37:04.960 --> 00:37:06.199
you're<00:37:05.239><c> young.</c>

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We<00:37:07.860><c> can</c><00:37:08.000><c> never,</c><00:37:08.320><c> obviously,</c><00:37:08.980><c> hope</c><00:37:09.340><c> to</c><00:37:09.699><c> attain</c><00:37:09.980><c> the</c><00:37:10.940><c> stature</c>

00:37:11.280 --> 00:37:16.219
of<00:37:11.440><c> the</c><00:37:11.519><c> Lord</c><00:37:11.659><c> Jesus</c><00:37:12.000><c> even</c><00:37:12.260><c> in</c><00:37:12.599><c> his</c><00:37:12.719><c> early</c><00:37:13.019><c> years,</c><00:37:13.760><c> but</c><00:37:13.880><c> he</c><00:37:14.079><c> will</c><00:37:14.360><c> always</c><00:37:14.719><c> remain,</c><00:37:15.840><c> even</c><00:37:16.059><c> at</c>

00:37:16.219 --> 00:37:21.400
the<00:37:16.300><c> age</c><00:37:16.440><c> of</c><00:37:16.639><c> 12,</c><00:37:18.099><c> the</c><00:37:18.219><c> guide,</c><00:37:19.420><c> the</c><00:37:19.639><c> paragon,</c><00:37:20.199><c> the</c><00:37:20.360><c> example.</c>

00:37:25.239 --> 00:37:28.800
And<00:37:25.679><c> finally,</c><00:37:26.079><c> on</c><00:37:26.099><c> this</c><00:37:26.280><c> point,</c><00:37:26.659><c> brothers</c><00:37:26.719><c> and</c><00:37:26.940><c> sisters,</c><00:37:28.019><c> Mary,</c><00:37:28.579><c> and</c>

00:37:28.800 --> 00:37:37.380
no<00:37:28.960><c> doubt</c><00:37:29.199><c> the</c><00:37:29.380><c> rest</c><00:37:29.619><c> of</c><00:37:29.800><c> the</c><00:37:29.960><c> family,</c><00:37:31.460><c> were</c><00:37:31.719><c> sort</c><00:37:31.960><c> of</c><00:37:32.300><c> astonished</c><00:37:33.300><c> when</c><00:37:34.980><c> they</c><00:37:35.199><c> must</c><00:37:35.360><c> have</c><00:37:35.519><c> heard</c><00:37:36.099><c> about</c><00:37:36.719><c> the</c><00:37:36.940><c> wonder</c><00:37:37.159><c> of</c>

00:37:37.380 --> 00:37:39.360
these<00:37:37.639><c> exchanges</c><00:37:38.039><c> in</c><00:37:38.280><c> the</c><00:37:38.440><c> temple.</c>

00:37:42.860 --> 00:37:44.840
There<00:37:43.000><c> must</c><00:37:43.219><c> have</c><00:37:43.320><c> been</c><00:37:43.420><c> a</c><00:37:43.500><c> little</c><00:37:43.719><c> cut</c><00:37:43.920><c> in</c><00:37:44.099><c> her</c><00:37:44.260><c> own</c><00:37:44.539><c> heart,</c><00:37:44.820><c> I</c>

00:37:44.840 --> 00:37:46.780
think,<00:37:45.119><c> Mary's</c><00:37:45.519><c> heart,</c><00:37:46.340><c> when</c><00:37:46.460><c> she</c><00:37:46.619><c> said,</c>

00:37:46.780 --> 00:37:49.980
My<00:37:46.780><c> son,</c><00:37:47.119><c> why</c><00:37:47.280><c> have</c><00:37:47.519><c> you</c><00:37:47.639><c> treated</c><00:37:47.880><c> us</c><00:37:48.239><c> so?</c><00:37:49.059><c> Behold,</c><00:37:49.420><c> your</c><00:37:49.599><c> father</c><00:37:49.840><c> and</c>

00:37:49.980 --> 00:37:52.000
I<00:37:50.059><c> have</c><00:37:50.179><c> been</c><00:37:50.320><c> looking</c><00:37:50.480><c> for</c><00:37:50.619><c> you</c><00:37:50.780><c> anxiously.</c>

00:37:52.739 --> 00:37:58.280
And<00:37:52.940><c> Jesus</c><00:37:53.199><c> must</c><00:37:53.480><c> have</c><00:37:53.860><c> made</c><00:37:54.059><c> a</c><00:37:54.260><c> statement</c><00:37:54.400><c> which</c><00:37:54.619><c> is</c><00:37:55.480><c> exceptionally</c><00:37:55.900><c> profound</c><00:37:56.420><c> for</c><00:37:56.719><c> a</c><00:37:56.820><c> 12</c><00:37:56.960><c>-year</c><00:37:57.119><c>-old,</c><00:37:57.699><c> and</c><00:37:57.880><c> in</c><00:37:58.139><c> a</c>

00:37:58.280 --> 00:38:01.099
certain<00:37:58.440><c> sense</c><00:37:58.679><c> must</c><00:37:58.980><c> have</c><00:37:59.219><c> been</c><00:37:59.480><c> a</c><00:37:59.679><c> skewer,</c><00:38:00.400><c> a</c><00:38:00.519><c> knife,</c><00:38:01.000><c> in</c><00:38:01.019><c> a</c>

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way,<00:38:02.059><c> in</c><00:38:02.239><c> Mary's</c><00:38:02.780><c> heart,</c>

00:38:03.539 --> 00:38:05.400
although<00:38:03.739><c> she</c><00:38:03.920><c> would</c><00:38:04.119><c> later</c><00:38:04.380><c> surely</c><00:38:04.719><c> have</c><00:38:04.920><c> understood</c><00:38:05.199><c> the</c>

00:38:05.400 --> 00:38:08.360
significance<00:38:05.840><c> of</c><00:38:05.980><c> what</c><00:38:06.099><c> he</c><00:38:06.239><c> was</c><00:38:06.420><c> saying,</c><00:38:07.420><c> when</c><00:38:07.480><c> he</c><00:38:07.619><c> said,</c><00:38:08.079><c> How</c>

00:38:08.360 --> 00:38:10.300
is<00:38:08.559><c> it</c><00:38:08.659><c> that</c><00:38:08.780><c> you</c><00:38:09.000><c> sought</c><00:38:09.159><c> me?</c>

00:38:10.780 --> 00:38:16.019
Did<00:38:11.340><c> you</c><00:38:11.539><c> not</c><00:38:11.760><c> know</c><00:38:12.179><c> that</c><00:38:12.539><c> I</c><00:38:12.679><c> must</c><00:38:12.940><c> be</c><00:38:13.300><c> in</c><00:38:14.219><c> my</c><00:38:14.559><c> father's</c><00:38:15.079><c> house?</c>

00:38:16.320 --> 00:38:20.800
Where<00:38:16.539><c> else</c><00:38:16.820><c> would</c><00:38:16.960><c> I</c><00:38:17.079><c> ever</c><00:38:17.280><c> want</c><00:38:17.420><c> to</c><00:38:17.579><c> be</c><00:38:18.199><c> but</c><00:38:19.019><c> in</c><00:38:19.179><c> my</c><00:38:19.420><c> father's</c><00:38:19.820><c> house?</c>

00:38:21.420 --> 00:38:26.679
What<00:38:21.980><c> a</c><00:38:22.539><c> profound</c><00:38:23.179><c> spiritual</c><00:38:23.739><c> statement,</c><00:38:24.300><c> brothers</c><00:38:24.380><c> and</c><00:38:24.599><c> sisters,</c><00:38:26.360><c> from</c><00:38:26.559><c> the</c>

00:38:26.679 --> 00:38:28.019
Lord<00:38:26.820><c> Jesus</c><00:38:27.159><c> at</c><00:38:27.420><c> the</c><00:38:27.500><c> age</c><00:38:27.659><c> of</c><00:38:27.860><c> 12.</c>

00:38:28.079 --> 00:38:31.940
Where<00:38:28.280><c> else</c><00:38:28.639><c> would</c><00:38:28.820><c> we</c><00:38:29.119><c> want</c><00:38:29.300><c> to</c><00:38:29.500><c> be?</c><00:38:31.059><c> Wherever</c><00:38:31.420><c> else</c><00:38:31.780><c> would</c>

00:38:31.940 --> 00:38:36.320
we<00:38:32.079><c> want</c><00:38:32.199><c> to</c><00:38:32.380><c> be</c><00:38:32.739><c> other</c><00:38:33.119><c> than</c><00:38:33.420><c> in</c><00:38:34.519><c> our</c><00:38:34.780><c> father's</c><00:38:35.300><c> house?</c>

00:38:37.619 --> 00:38:40.619
It's<00:38:38.139><c> a</c><00:38:38.659><c> phrase</c><00:38:38.980><c> or</c><00:38:39.159><c> an</c><00:38:39.380><c> answer</c><00:38:39.559><c> which</c><00:38:39.820><c> is</c><00:38:40.059><c> sort</c><00:38:40.300><c> of</c><00:38:40.320><c> pregnant</c>

00:38:40.619 --> 00:38:45.539
or<00:38:41.920><c> full</c><00:38:42.599><c> of</c><00:38:42.840><c> meaning</c><00:38:43.320><c> for</c><00:38:44.480><c> us.</c>

00:38:48.880 --> 00:38:53.280
So<00:38:49.059><c> Jesus,</c><00:38:49.500><c> brothers</c><00:38:49.679><c> and</c><00:38:49.860><c> sisters,</c><00:38:50.280><c> at</c><00:38:50.400><c> the</c><00:38:50.519><c> age</c><00:38:50.659><c> of</c><00:38:50.900><c> 12</c><00:38:51.780><c> was</c>

00:38:53.280 --> 00:38:57.340
clearly<00:38:53.579><c> developing</c><00:38:54.840><c> spiritually.</c>

00:38:58.519 --> 00:39:01.920
He<00:38:59.039><c> was</c><00:38:59.219><c> clearly</c><00:38:59.480><c> developing</c><00:38:59.900><c> in</c><00:39:00.079><c> a</c><00:39:00.159><c> way</c><00:39:00.300><c> where</c><00:39:00.440><c> he</c><00:39:00.619><c> understood</c><00:39:01.000><c> the</c><00:39:01.239><c> basic</c>

00:39:01.920 --> 00:39:04.460
ideas<00:39:02.420><c> of</c><00:39:02.639><c> sacrifice</c><00:39:03.179><c> and</c><00:39:03.320><c> of</c><00:39:03.579><c> service.</c>

00:39:07.860 --> 00:39:10.619
And<00:39:08.400><c> that,</c><00:39:08.679><c> I</c><00:39:08.679><c> think,</c><00:39:08.840><c> is</c><00:39:09.079><c> the</c><00:39:09.320><c> essence</c><00:39:09.739><c> of</c><00:39:09.940><c> his</c><00:39:10.139><c> upbringing</c>

00:39:10.619 --> 00:39:14.260
in<00:39:12.340><c> his</c><00:39:12.519><c> early</c><00:39:12.780><c> years,</c><00:39:13.019><c> even</c><00:39:13.199><c> though</c><00:39:13.360><c> we're</c><00:39:13.559><c> told</c><00:39:13.820><c> so</c><00:39:14.000><c> little.</c>

00:39:14.760 --> 00:39:18.780
What<00:39:15.059><c> really</c><00:39:15.539><c> matters,</c><00:39:16.780><c> what</c><00:39:17.139><c> really</c><00:39:17.460><c> matters</c><00:39:17.840><c> is</c><00:39:18.159><c> being</c><00:39:18.519><c> in</c>

00:39:18.780 --> 00:39:19.480
God's<00:39:19.119><c> house.</c>

00:39:19.960 --> 00:39:22.800
What<00:39:20.219><c> really</c><00:39:20.519><c> matters</c><00:39:20.880><c> is</c><00:39:21.219><c> understanding</c><00:39:21.840><c> these</c><00:39:22.340><c> spiritual</c>

00:39:22.800 --> 00:39:26.460
values<00:39:23.380><c> and</c><00:39:24.099><c> everything</c><00:39:24.380><c> else,</c><00:39:24.699><c> it</c><00:39:24.840><c> seems,</c><00:39:25.300><c> is</c><00:39:25.460><c> extraneous.</c>

00:39:26.719 --> 00:39:29.500
Everything<00:39:27.000><c> else</c><00:39:27.340><c> has</c><00:39:28.099><c> significance</c><00:39:28.699><c> for</c><00:39:28.920><c> us</c><00:39:29.079><c> in</c><00:39:29.219><c> the</c><00:39:29.340><c> things</c>

00:39:29.500 --> 00:39:31.420
we<00:39:29.719><c> do,</c><00:39:29.920><c> where</c><00:39:30.059><c> we</c><00:39:30.300><c> work</c><00:39:30.559><c> and</c><00:39:30.699><c> so</c><00:39:30.920><c> on.</c>

00:39:31.420 --> 00:39:35.719
But<00:39:32.139><c> in</c><00:39:32.920><c> Jesus,</c><00:39:33.980><c> we</c><00:39:34.199><c> can</c><00:39:34.480><c> see</c><00:39:34.659><c> that</c><00:39:34.980><c> it's</c><00:39:35.139><c> only</c><00:39:35.300><c> the</c><00:39:35.480><c> way</c><00:39:35.619><c> in</c>

00:39:35.719 --> 00:39:36.639
which<00:39:35.860><c> they're</c><00:39:36.239><c> channeled,</c>

00:39:36.639 --> 00:39:41.360
these<00:39:36.780><c> things</c><00:39:36.940><c> are</c><00:39:37.179><c> channeled</c><00:39:38.099><c> into</c><00:39:38.420><c> spiritual</c><00:39:39.179><c> ideals</c><00:39:39.800><c> that</c>

00:39:41.360 --> 00:39:42.440
have<00:39:41.619><c> worth.</c>

00:39:45.340 --> 00:39:47.860
So<00:39:45.539><c> we</c><00:39:45.900><c> jump</c><00:39:46.119><c> on</c><00:39:46.380><c> now</c><00:39:46.579><c> in</c><00:39:46.739><c> terms</c><00:39:46.960><c> of</c><00:39:47.139><c> his</c><00:39:47.280><c> upbringing</c><00:39:47.559><c> in</c><00:39:47.739><c> his</c>

00:39:47.860 --> 00:39:48.440
early<00:39:48.099><c> years.</c>

00:39:48.619 --> 00:39:50.840
We<00:39:48.860><c> have</c><00:39:49.059><c> to</c><00:39:49.219><c> jump</c><00:39:49.420><c> on,</c><00:39:49.739><c> necessarily</c><00:39:50.159><c> so,</c><00:39:50.460><c> because</c><00:39:50.639><c> there's</c>

00:39:50.840 --> 00:39:54.239
no<00:39:51.019><c> other</c><00:39:51.199><c> evidence</c><00:39:51.760><c> in</c><00:39:52.000><c> Scripture</c><00:39:52.380><c> to</c><00:39:53.239><c> his</c><00:39:53.500><c> baptism</c><00:39:53.880><c> of</c><00:39:54.099><c> John</c>

00:39:54.239 --> 00:39:55.320
the<00:39:54.400><c> Baptist.</c>

00:39:57.820 --> 00:40:01.780
Now<00:39:58.420><c> here</c><00:39:58.579><c> again,</c><00:39:59.639><c> the</c><00:39:59.780><c> initiation</c><00:40:00.260><c> is</c><00:40:00.659><c> extraordinary.</c>

00:40:03.539 --> 00:40:05.940
Who<00:40:04.139><c> would</c><00:40:04.340><c> have</c><00:40:04.460><c> thought</c><00:40:04.639><c> that</c><00:40:04.840><c> the</c><00:40:04.980><c> initiation</c><00:40:05.480><c> of</c><00:40:05.639><c> Jesus'</c>

00:40:06.360 --> 00:40:11.159
ministry<00:40:06.460><c> would</c><00:40:07.380><c> have</c><00:40:07.659><c> started</c><00:40:08.099><c> in</c><00:40:09.280><c> a</c><00:40:09.480><c> little</c><00:40:10.059><c> river,</c>

00:40:14.119 --> 00:40:17.780
the<00:40:14.280><c> River</c><00:40:14.460><c> Jordan,</c><00:40:16.039><c> and</c><00:40:16.280><c> baptized</c><00:40:16.760><c> by</c><00:40:17.199><c> John</c><00:40:17.380><c> the</c><00:40:17.539><c> Baptist,</c>

00:40:17.840 --> 00:40:21.300
somebody<00:40:18.199><c> who</c><00:40:18.400><c> is</c><00:40:18.500><c> really,</c><00:40:19.059><c> one</c><00:40:19.260><c> would</c><00:40:19.480><c> seem,</c><00:40:20.800><c> strange.</c>

00:40:24.840 --> 00:40:28.619
But<00:40:25.280><c> we</c><00:40:25.440><c> know</c><00:40:25.559><c> that</c><00:40:25.699><c> was</c><00:40:25.860><c> the</c><00:40:25.960><c> way</c><00:40:26.099><c> it</c><00:40:26.199><c> was</c><00:40:26.380><c> chosen</c><00:40:26.619><c> of</c><00:40:26.840><c> God,</c><00:40:27.179><c> brothers</c><00:40:27.300><c> and</c><00:40:27.440><c> sisters,</c><00:40:27.559><c> that</c><00:40:27.760><c> was</c><00:40:28.000><c> again</c><00:40:28.360><c> a</c>

00:40:28.619 --> 00:40:30.300
part<00:40:28.840><c> of</c><00:40:29.079><c> his</c><00:40:29.320><c> upbringing,</c>

00:40:30.480 --> 00:40:35.900
a<00:40:30.480><c> part</c><00:40:30.699><c> of</c><00:40:30.840><c> his,</c><00:40:31.980><c> partly,</c><00:40:32.440><c> I</c><00:40:32.639><c> think,</c><00:40:33.019><c> to</c><00:40:34.699><c> make</c><00:40:35.039><c> it</c><00:40:35.280><c> quite</c><00:40:35.460><c> clear</c><00:40:35.679><c> that</c>

00:40:35.900 --> 00:40:37.960
in<00:40:36.099><c> him</c><00:40:36.280><c> there</c><00:40:36.400><c> was</c><00:40:36.539><c> a</c><00:40:36.699><c> complete</c><00:40:36.900><c> break.</c>

00:40:38.179 --> 00:40:42.019
There<00:40:38.340><c> was</c><00:40:38.460><c> a</c><00:40:38.659><c> break</c><00:40:38.860><c> from</c><00:40:39.079><c> the</c><00:40:39.260><c> traditions</c><00:40:39.760><c> of</c><00:40:41.119><c> the</c><00:40:41.360><c> old</c><00:40:41.639><c> code,</c>

00:40:42.260 --> 00:40:44.360
especially<00:40:42.579><c> as</c><00:40:42.739><c> it</c><00:40:42.880><c> had</c><00:40:42.940><c> been</c><00:40:43.119><c> developed</c><00:40:43.420><c> by</c><00:40:43.760><c> the</c><00:40:43.940><c> Pharisees</c>

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and<00:40:44.460><c> the</c><00:40:44.599><c> Sadducees</c><00:40:45.019><c> and</c><00:40:45.159><c> the</c><00:40:45.380><c> Scribes.</c>

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He<00:40:46.320><c> was</c><00:40:46.539><c> a</c><00:40:46.739><c> completely</c><00:40:47.340><c> new</c><00:40:48.320><c> order.</c>

00:40:48.719 --> 00:40:55.079
He<00:40:49.820><c> was</c><00:40:50.019><c> fulfilling</c><00:40:50.500><c> the</c><00:40:50.760><c> law,</c><00:40:51.599><c> yes,</c><00:40:53.199><c> but</c><00:40:53.539><c> he</c><00:40:53.800><c> was</c><00:40:54.659><c> absolutely</c>

00:40:55.079 --> 00:40:58.940
different<00:40:55.539><c> in</c><00:40:55.760><c> his</c><00:40:55.920><c> upbringing</c><00:40:56.280><c> and</c><00:40:57.219><c> in</c><00:40:57.440><c> his</c><00:40:58.019><c> baptism.</c>

00:40:59.440 --> 00:41:03.119
He<00:40:59.519><c> was</c><00:40:59.760><c> baptized</c><00:41:00.179><c> by</c><00:41:00.559><c> a</c><00:41:00.599><c> wild</c><00:41:00.960><c> man,</c><00:41:01.300><c> not</c><00:41:01.500><c> by</c><00:41:01.719><c> a</c><00:41:01.760><c> rabbi</c><00:41:02.519><c> with</c><00:41:02.820><c> a</c>

00:41:03.119 --> 00:41:04.440
cloth<00:41:03.360><c> or</c><00:41:03.599><c> a</c><00:41:03.699><c> robe</c><00:41:03.920><c> or</c><00:41:04.079><c> whatever.</c>

00:41:04.820 --> 00:41:10.179
He<00:41:05.019><c> was</c><00:41:05.260><c> baptized</c><00:41:05.860><c> by</c><00:41:06.260><c> John</c><00:41:06.500><c> the</c><00:41:06.679><c> Baptist,</c><00:41:08.320><c> this</c><00:41:08.559><c> one</c><00:41:08.760><c> who</c><00:41:09.079><c> looked</c><00:41:09.320><c> strange,</c><00:41:10.019><c> who</c>

00:41:10.179 --> 00:41:13.059
was<00:41:10.500><c> dressed</c><00:41:10.840><c> in</c><00:41:11.320><c> a</c><00:41:11.420><c> most</c><00:41:11.539><c> peculiar</c><00:41:11.980><c> way,</c>

00:41:13.239 --> 00:41:16.500
and<00:41:13.360><c> who</c><00:41:13.679><c> invaded</c><00:41:13.980><c> heavily</c><00:41:14.420><c> against</c><00:41:14.820><c> the</c><00:41:15.039><c> religious</c><00:41:15.340><c> establishment,</c>

00:41:16.860 --> 00:41:20.460
a<00:41:17.380><c> generation</c><00:41:17.519><c> of</c><00:41:17.860><c> vipers</c><00:41:18.440><c> who</c><00:41:18.880><c> had</c><00:41:19.039><c> warned</c><00:41:19.360><c> you</c><00:41:19.619><c> of</c><00:41:19.760><c> the</c><00:41:19.900><c> wrath</c><00:41:20.039><c> to</c><00:41:20.300><c> come.</c>

00:41:20.619 --> 00:41:25.099
This<00:41:20.840><c> strange</c><00:41:21.099><c> man</c><00:41:22.000><c> was</c><00:41:22.500><c> the</c><00:41:22.639><c> one</c><00:41:23.159><c> chosen</c><00:41:23.500><c> of</c><00:41:23.719><c> God</c><00:41:23.940><c> to</c><00:41:24.119><c> baptize</c>

00:41:25.099 --> 00:41:25.940
the<00:41:25.280><c> Lord</c><00:41:25.440><c> Jesus</c>

00:41:25.940 --> 00:41:29.659
and<00:41:26.599><c> a</c><00:41:26.780><c> public</c><00:41:27.000><c> witness</c><00:41:27.440><c> to</c><00:41:27.739><c> the</c><00:41:27.920><c> commencement</c><00:41:28.260><c> of</c><00:41:28.480><c> his</c><00:41:28.679><c> ministry.</c>

00:41:31.219 --> 00:41:34.900
So<00:41:31.440><c> Matthew</c><00:41:31.679><c> chapter</c><00:41:31.960><c> 3,</c><00:41:33.360><c> verse</c><00:41:33.579><c> 17.</c>

00:41:48.059 --> 00:41:51.659
Verse<00:41:48.739><c> 13,</c><00:41:49.199><c> Matthew</c><00:41:49.500><c> chapter</c><00:41:49.780><c> 3.</c>

00:41:53.280 --> 00:41:56.780
Jesus<00:41:53.440><c> came</c><00:41:53.800><c> from</c><00:41:54.039><c> Galilee,</c><00:41:55.420><c> to</c><00:41:55.699><c> repeat</c><00:41:55.980><c> again,</c><00:41:56.380><c> but</c><00:41:56.460><c> I</c><00:41:56.500><c> think</c>

00:41:56.780 --> 00:41:57.539
very<00:41:57.119><c> important,</c>

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from<00:41:57.739><c> nondescript</c><00:41:58.260><c> Galilee</c><00:41:58.980><c> to</c><00:41:59.480><c> Jordan,</c><00:41:59.840><c> not</c><00:42:00.099><c> to</c><00:42:00.300><c> Jerusalem,</c>

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to<00:42:01.599><c> John,</c>

00:42:03.440 --> 00:42:07.340
this<00:42:03.780><c> strange</c><00:42:04.320><c> prophet</c><00:42:04.780><c> who</c><00:42:05.519><c> invoked</c><00:42:06.099><c> all</c><00:42:06.380><c> the</c><00:42:06.579><c> memories</c><00:42:06.960><c> of</c>

00:42:07.340 --> 00:42:11.480
the<00:42:07.780><c> prophets</c><00:42:08.039><c> of</c><00:42:08.300><c> times</c><00:42:08.539><c> past</c><00:42:08.920><c> like</c><00:42:09.219><c> Elijah</c><00:42:09.760><c> and</c><00:42:10.059><c> Ezekiel,</c>

00:42:11.900 --> 00:42:15.880
these<00:42:12.300><c> outspoken</c><00:42:12.699><c> prophets</c><00:42:13.440><c> who</c><00:42:14.280><c> witnessed</c><00:42:14.579><c> to</c><00:42:14.780><c> God,</c><00:42:15.719><c> and</c><00:42:15.760><c> he</c>

00:42:15.880 --> 00:42:17.679
was<00:42:16.039><c> baptized</c><00:42:16.420><c> of</c><00:42:16.599><c> him.</c>

00:42:18.320 --> 00:42:20.079
And<00:42:18.460><c> John</c><00:42:18.579><c> the</c><00:42:18.739><c> Baptist</c><00:42:19.000><c> would</c><00:42:19.199><c> have</c><00:42:19.340><c> prevented</c><00:42:19.619><c> him</c><00:42:19.840><c> saying,</c>

00:42:20.199 --> 00:42:24.300
I<00:42:20.199><c> need</c><00:42:20.400><c> to</c><00:42:20.539><c> be</c><00:42:20.719><c> baptized</c><00:42:21.079><c> of</c><00:42:21.300><c> you</c><00:42:21.800><c> until</c><00:42:22.340><c> you</c><00:42:22.539><c> come</c><00:42:23.019><c> to</c><00:42:23.340><c> me.</c>

00:42:24.960 --> 00:42:28.139
But<00:42:25.119><c> Jesus</c><00:42:25.380><c> answered</c><00:42:25.619><c> him,</c><00:42:25.880><c> let</c><00:42:26.000><c> it</c><00:42:26.480><c> be</c><00:42:26.639><c> so</c><00:42:26.840><c> now,</c><00:42:27.739><c> for</c><00:42:27.860><c> thus</c><00:42:28.000><c> it</c>

00:42:28.139 --> 00:42:30.480
is<00:42:28.320><c> fitting</c><00:42:28.519><c> for</c><00:42:28.699><c> us</c><00:42:28.900><c> to</c><00:42:29.059><c> fulfill</c><00:42:29.340><c> all</c><00:42:29.559><c> righteousness.</c>

00:42:30.579 --> 00:42:34.519
Then<00:42:30.719><c> he</c><00:42:30.900><c> consented,</c><00:42:32.679><c> and</c><00:42:32.920><c> when</c><00:42:33.099><c> Jesus</c><00:42:33.400><c> was</c><00:42:33.719><c> baptized,</c><00:42:34.139><c> he</c><00:42:34.239><c> went</c><00:42:34.420><c> up</c>

00:42:34.519 --> 00:42:35.460
immediately<00:42:34.920><c> from</c><00:42:35.139><c> the</c><00:42:35.300><c> water,</c>

00:42:35.519 --> 00:42:40.739
and<00:42:35.699><c> behold,</c><00:42:36.659><c> the</c><00:42:36.780><c> heavens</c><00:42:36.960><c> were</c><00:42:37.280><c> opened,</c><00:42:38.260><c> and</c><00:42:38.659><c> he</c><00:42:38.780><c> saw</c><00:42:38.920><c> the</c><00:42:39.119><c> Spirit</c><00:42:39.360><c> of</c><00:42:39.500><c> God</c><00:42:39.699><c> descending</c><00:42:40.079><c> like</c><00:42:40.380><c> a</c><00:42:40.539><c> dove</c>

00:42:40.739 --> 00:42:44.760
and<00:42:40.880><c> alighting</c><00:42:41.280><c> on</c><00:42:41.460><c> him,</c><00:42:43.199><c> and</c><00:42:43.280><c> lo,</c><00:42:43.500><c> a</c><00:42:43.619><c> voice</c><00:42:43.840><c> from</c><00:42:44.059><c> heaven</c><00:42:44.340><c> saying,</c>

00:42:44.860 --> 00:42:50.840
this<00:42:45.420><c> is</c><00:42:46.300><c> my</c><00:42:46.480><c> beloved</c><00:42:46.760><c> son,</c><00:42:48.099><c> with</c><00:42:48.300><c> whom</c><00:42:48.679><c> I</c><00:42:49.360><c> am</c><00:42:49.519><c> well</c><00:42:49.840><c> pleased.</c>

00:42:53.420 --> 00:42:57.460
In<00:42:54.059><c> a</c><00:42:54.219><c> certain</c><00:42:54.400><c> sense,</c><00:42:54.800><c> I</c><00:42:55.000><c> believe</c><00:42:55.400><c> this</c><00:42:56.119><c> was</c><00:42:56.699><c> a</c><00:42:56.900><c> culmination</c>

00:42:57.460 --> 00:42:58.739
of<00:42:57.619><c> his</c><00:42:57.820><c> upbringing.</c>

00:42:59.920 --> 00:43:05.280
This<00:43:00.320><c> is</c><00:43:01.039><c> a</c><00:43:01.219><c> moment</c><00:43:01.519><c> to</c><00:43:01.739><c> which</c><00:43:02.539><c> Jesus</c><00:43:03.019><c> had</c><00:43:03.199><c> been</c><00:43:03.519><c> readied,</c>

00:43:06.699 --> 00:43:13.619
when<00:43:07.300><c> his</c><00:43:07.900><c> mission</c><00:43:08.340><c> would</c><00:43:08.639><c> be</c><00:43:09.800><c> beginning,</c><00:43:11.380><c> and</c><00:43:11.679><c> when</c><00:43:11.820><c> he</c><00:43:11.980><c> would</c><00:43:12.179><c> be</c><00:43:12.360><c> proclaimed.</c>

00:43:17.719 --> 00:43:22.159
And<00:43:17.780><c> it</c><00:43:17.900><c> was</c><00:43:19.639><c> witnessed</c><00:43:20.039><c> publicly,</c><00:43:20.719><c> as</c><00:43:20.719><c> we</c><00:43:20.880><c> know</c><00:43:21.059><c> here</c><00:43:21.460><c> in</c><00:43:21.679><c> a</c>

00:43:22.159 --> 00:43:23.260
reading<00:43:22.440><c> from</c><00:43:22.659><c> this</c><00:43:22.840><c> chapter,</c>

00:43:23.699 --> 00:43:28.500
is<00:43:23.800><c> witnessed</c><00:43:24.119><c> by</c><00:43:24.519><c> the</c><00:43:25.280><c> descent</c><00:43:25.599><c> of</c><00:43:25.900><c> the</c><00:43:26.159><c> Spirit</c><00:43:26.360><c> like</c><00:43:26.599><c> a</c><00:43:26.780><c> dove,</c><00:43:27.940><c> alighting</c><00:43:28.260><c> upon</c>

00:43:28.500 --> 00:43:29.539
him,<00:43:29.239><c> and</c><00:43:29.420><c> saying,</c>

00:43:29.619 --> 00:43:31.119
this<00:43:29.860><c> is</c><00:43:30.159><c> my</c><00:43:30.320><c> beloved</c><00:43:30.639><c> son.</c>

00:43:31.119 --> 00:43:34.639
Now<00:43:32.039><c> just</c><00:43:32.639><c> purely</c><00:43:32.920><c> as</c><00:43:33.159><c> an</c><00:43:33.340><c> expositional</c><00:43:33.840><c> point,</c><00:43:34.179><c> and</c><00:43:34.340><c> I</c><00:43:34.400><c> just</c>

00:43:34.639 --> 00:43:38.380
sort<00:43:34.800><c> of</c><00:43:35.199><c> put</c><00:43:35.340><c> this</c><00:43:35.599><c> in</c><00:43:35.780><c> parenthetic,</c><00:43:37.280><c> parenthetically,</c>

00:43:39.139 --> 00:43:41.519
it's<00:43:39.500><c> very</c><00:43:39.760><c> interesting</c><00:43:40.119><c> that</c><00:43:40.300><c> in</c><00:43:40.440><c> Matthew</c><00:43:40.699><c> chapter</c><00:43:40.980><c> 3</c><00:43:41.300><c> verse</c>

00:43:41.519 --> 00:43:42.780
17<00:43:41.940><c> it</c><00:43:42.099><c> says,</c>

00:43:43.519 --> 00:43:46.179
this<00:43:44.039><c> is</c><00:43:44.559><c> my</c><00:43:44.780><c> beloved</c><00:43:45.059><c> son.</c>

00:43:46.940 --> 00:43:51.139
As<00:43:47.099><c> though,</c><00:43:47.840><c> look</c><00:43:47.920><c> you</c><00:43:48.099><c> people</c><00:43:48.340><c> around,</c><00:43:49.280><c> here</c><00:43:49.500><c> is</c><00:43:49.659><c> the</c><00:43:49.820><c> one</c><00:43:49.980><c> now</c><00:43:50.239><c> who</c><00:43:50.440><c> is</c>

00:43:51.139 --> 00:43:52.739
the<00:43:51.360><c> beloved</c><00:43:51.599><c> son.</c>

00:43:53.760 --> 00:43:57.380
Whereas<00:43:53.980><c> Mark</c><00:43:54.260><c> chapter</c><00:43:54.500><c> 1</c><00:43:54.760><c> verse</c><00:43:54.980><c> 11</c><00:43:55.280><c> and</c><00:43:55.440><c> Luke</c><00:43:55.639><c> chapter</c><00:43:55.900><c> 3</c><00:43:56.159><c> verse</c><00:43:56.340><c> 22</c><00:43:56.880><c> say,</c>

00:43:57.380 --> 00:44:00.980
thou<00:43:58.079><c> art</c><00:43:58.679><c> my</c><00:43:59.599><c> beloved</c><00:43:59.920><c> son.</c>

00:44:01.679 --> 00:44:04.659
It's<00:44:01.840><c> as</c><00:44:01.960><c> if</c><00:44:02.059><c> in</c><00:44:02.280><c> Matthew</c><00:44:02.599><c> the</c><00:44:02.820><c> emphasis</c><00:44:03.039><c> is</c><00:44:03.280><c> on</c><00:44:03.480><c> the</c><00:44:04.059><c> public</c><00:44:04.300><c> witness.</c>

00:44:04.980 --> 00:44:07.380
This<00:44:05.539><c> one</c><00:44:05.800><c> here</c><00:44:06.079><c> is</c><00:44:06.260><c> my</c><00:44:06.440><c> beloved</c><00:44:06.699><c> son.</c>

00:44:07.820 --> 00:44:10.960
Whereas<00:44:08.019><c> in</c><00:44:08.239><c> Mark</c><00:44:08.460><c> and</c><00:44:08.639><c> Luke</c><00:44:09.159><c> the</c><00:44:09.480><c> emphasis</c><00:44:09.699><c> is</c><00:44:09.940><c> on</c><00:44:10.099><c> you,</c><00:44:10.820><c> Lord</c>

00:44:10.960 --> 00:44:13.380
Jesus,<00:44:11.719><c> you</c><00:44:12.019><c> my</c><00:44:12.280><c> son.</c>

00:44:14.480 --> 00:44:17.099
After<00:44:14.780><c> these</c><00:44:15.039><c> years</c><00:44:15.320><c> of</c><00:44:15.539><c> upbringing,</c><00:44:16.000><c> after</c><00:44:16.239><c> these</c><00:44:16.519><c> 30</c><00:44:16.739><c> years</c>

00:44:17.099 --> 00:44:18.500
of<00:44:17.380><c> preparation,</c>

00:44:19.900 --> 00:44:25.239
you<00:44:20.460><c> are</c><00:44:20.739><c> now</c><00:44:20.920><c> being</c><00:44:21.239><c> publicly</c><00:44:21.699><c> proclaimed</c><00:44:22.340><c> as</c><00:44:23.420><c> my</c><00:44:24.360><c> beloved</c><00:44:24.699><c> son,</c>

00:44:25.239 --> 00:44:29.079
in<00:44:26.260><c> whom</c><00:44:26.679><c> I'm</c><00:44:27.679><c> well</c><00:44:27.980><c> pleased.</c>

00:44:33.320 --> 00:44:39.739
And<00:44:33.440><c> therefore,</c><00:44:33.780><c> brethren</c><00:44:33.920><c> and</c><00:44:34.159><c> sisters,</c><00:44:34.420><c> Jesus</c><00:44:34.980><c> had</c><00:44:36.380><c> a</c><00:44:37.219><c> background</c><00:44:37.820><c> that</c>

00:44:39.739 --> 00:44:43.579
developed<00:44:40.599><c> a</c><00:44:41.400><c> totally</c><00:44:42.059><c> sinless</c><00:44:42.699><c> youth.</c>

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We<00:44:46.539><c> cannot</c><00:44:46.840><c> suppose</c><00:44:47.199><c> otherwise.</c>

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It<00:44:48.059><c> would</c><00:44:48.260><c> be</c><00:44:48.880><c> out</c><00:44:50.179><c> of</c><00:44:50.360><c> touch</c><00:44:50.599><c> or</c><00:44:50.860><c> out</c><00:44:51.059><c> of</c><00:44:51.860><c> consistency</c><00:44:52.280><c> with</c>

00:44:52.519 --> 00:44:54.519
Scripture<00:44:52.900><c> if</c><00:44:53.820><c> we</c><00:44:53.940><c> saw</c><00:44:54.099><c> otherwise.</c>

00:44:54.519 --> 00:44:58.960
But<00:44:54.659><c> Jesus'</c><00:44:55.880><c> youth</c><00:44:56.000><c> was</c><00:44:56.820><c> absolutely</c><00:44:57.519><c> without</c><00:44:57.940><c> sin.</c>

00:45:00.840 --> 00:45:03.820
He<00:45:00.940><c> had</c><00:45:01.219><c> an</c><00:45:01.460><c> upbringing</c><00:45:01.719><c> which</c><00:45:02.059><c> gave</c><00:45:02.280><c> him</c><00:45:02.500><c> all</c><00:45:02.840><c> the</c><00:45:03.380><c> ability</c>

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to<00:45:04.579><c> perceive</c><00:45:04.940><c> things</c><00:45:05.219><c> around</c><00:45:05.539><c> him</c>

00:45:05.760 --> 00:45:08.320
and<00:45:05.900><c> see</c><00:45:06.059><c> the</c><00:45:06.239><c> wonder</c><00:45:06.460><c> of</c><00:45:06.559><c> God's</c><00:45:06.960><c> work,</c><00:45:07.360><c> to</c><00:45:07.539><c> view</c><00:45:07.739><c> the</c><00:45:07.960><c> temple,</c>

00:45:08.800 --> 00:45:11.619
to<00:45:08.980><c> see</c><00:45:09.159><c> the</c><00:45:09.500><c> scribes</c><00:45:09.920><c> and</c><00:45:10.059><c> the</c><00:45:10.280><c> Pharisees.</c>

00:45:12.059 --> 00:45:16.280
God<00:45:12.699><c> had</c><00:45:13.019><c> shaped</c><00:45:13.400><c> his</c><00:45:13.719><c> first</c><00:45:14.599><c> 30</c><00:45:14.880><c> years</c><00:45:15.219><c> to</c><00:45:15.659><c> give</c><00:45:15.840><c> him</c><00:45:16.039><c> all</c>

00:45:16.280 --> 00:45:18.199
these<00:45:16.639><c> varied</c><00:45:16.860><c> opportunities.</c>

00:45:21.739 --> 00:45:26.039
But<00:45:22.199><c> it</c><00:45:22.320><c> was</c><00:45:22.480><c> all</c><00:45:22.699><c> together</c><00:45:23.500><c> without</c><00:45:25.119><c> sin.</c>

00:45:26.760 --> 00:45:32.500
He<00:45:26.940><c> never</c><00:45:27.300><c> sinned</c><00:45:29.559><c> up</c><00:45:30.280><c> to</c><00:45:30.460><c> the</c><00:45:30.619><c> point</c><00:45:30.820><c> of</c><00:45:30.980><c> his</c><00:45:31.199><c> 30</c><00:45:31.360><c> years.</c>

00:45:32.840 --> 00:45:37.119
He<00:45:33.300><c> was</c><00:45:33.760><c> one</c><00:45:34.219><c> who</c><00:45:34.420><c> was</c><00:45:35.119><c> perfectly</c><00:45:35.500><c> close</c><00:45:35.880><c> to</c><00:45:36.119><c> God.</c>

00:45:38.679 --> 00:45:41.739
So<00:45:38.840><c> it's</c><00:45:38.940><c> not</c><00:45:39.159><c> just</c><00:45:39.380><c> in</c><00:45:39.559><c> his</c><00:45:39.780><c> three</c><00:45:40.239><c> years</c><00:45:40.639><c> that</c><00:45:40.840><c> he</c><00:45:41.019><c> was</c><00:45:41.199><c> without</c><00:45:41.519><c> sin,</c>

00:45:41.860 --> 00:45:42.400
brethren<00:45:42.000><c> and</c><00:45:42.159><c> sisters.</c>

00:45:42.480 --> 00:45:44.119
It's<00:45:42.940><c> as</c><00:45:43.099><c> a</c><00:45:43.260><c> youth.</c>

00:45:44.440 --> 00:45:48.980
His<00:45:44.780><c> perspective,</c><00:45:45.719><c> his</c><00:45:45.780><c> sense</c><00:45:46.039><c> of</c><00:45:46.400><c> priorities,</c><00:45:47.980><c> his</c><00:45:48.139><c> understanding</c><00:45:48.699><c> of</c><00:45:48.860><c> what</c>

00:45:48.980 --> 00:45:50.679
really<00:45:49.260><c> mattered</c><00:45:49.500><c> in</c><00:45:49.840><c> spiritual</c><00:45:50.239><c> things</c>

00:45:50.679 --> 00:45:55.079
was<00:45:51.039><c> so</c><00:45:51.320><c> developed,</c><00:45:52.380><c> was</c><00:45:52.599><c> so</c><00:45:53.400><c> guided</c><00:45:53.860><c> and</c><00:45:54.260><c> shaped</c><00:45:54.440><c> by</c><00:45:54.679><c> God's</c>

00:45:55.079 --> 00:45:59.059
Spirit<00:45:55.440><c> that</c><00:45:56.159><c> he</c><00:45:56.500><c> was</c><00:45:57.119><c> absolutely</c><00:45:57.659><c> without</c><00:45:58.579><c> sin.</c>

00:45:59.360 --> 00:46:02.739
And<00:45:59.500><c> so</c><00:45:59.619><c> God</c><00:45:59.880><c> could</c><00:46:00.239><c> truthfully</c><00:46:00.639><c> witness,</c><00:46:01.039><c> this</c><00:46:01.340><c> is</c><00:46:01.599><c> my</c><00:46:01.820><c> beloved</c><00:46:02.119><c> son,</c>

00:46:03.039 --> 00:46:04.900
in<00:46:03.219><c> whom</c><00:46:03.340><c> I</c><00:46:03.559><c> am</c><00:46:03.659><c> well</c><00:46:03.960><c> pleased.</c>

00:46:10.119 --> 00:46:17.219
Now<00:46:10.559><c> as</c><00:46:10.739><c> a</c><00:46:10.780><c> last</c><00:46:10.980><c> point</c><00:46:11.559><c> for</c><00:46:12.219><c> this</c><00:46:12.420><c> morning,</c><00:46:12.719><c> I'd</c><00:46:12.960><c> just</c><00:46:13.079><c> like</c><00:46:13.280><c> to</c><00:46:15.719><c> mention</c><00:46:16.280><c> one</c><00:46:16.480><c> other</c><00:46:16.679><c> thing</c><00:46:16.820><c> which</c><00:46:17.000><c> I</c>

00:46:17.219 --> 00:46:18.000
found<00:46:17.360><c> very</c><00:46:17.639><c> interesting.</c>

00:46:18.099 --> 00:46:23.219
And<00:46:18.179><c> that</c><00:46:18.280><c> is</c><00:46:18.440><c> that</c><00:46:18.739><c> during</c><00:46:19.119><c> these</c><00:46:20.159><c> 30</c><00:46:20.860><c> years,</c><00:46:22.420><c> we</c><00:46:22.559><c> know</c><00:46:22.820><c> Jesus</c>

00:46:23.219 --> 00:46:28.159
had<00:46:23.519><c> a</c><00:46:23.699><c> vocation,</c><00:46:26.280><c> a</c><00:46:26.400><c> secular</c><00:46:26.619><c> vocation.</c>

00:46:28.920 --> 00:46:31.179
Because<00:46:29.400><c> in</c><00:46:29.880><c> the</c><00:46:29.920><c> sixth</c><00:46:30.119><c> chapter</c><00:46:30.380><c> of</c><00:46:30.500><c> Mark's</c><00:46:30.760><c> Gospel,</c><00:46:30.960><c> verse</c>

00:46:31.179 --> 00:46:36.800
three,<00:46:32.179><c> we</c><00:46:32.320><c> read</c><00:46:32.519><c> that</c><00:46:32.699><c> he,</c><00:46:33.219><c> who</c><00:46:33.300><c> is</c><00:46:33.440><c> this</c><00:46:33.699><c> carpenter,</c><00:46:35.440><c> we</c><00:46:35.780><c> read.</c>

00:46:37.219 --> 00:46:39.159
And<00:46:37.300><c> again,</c><00:46:38.039><c> I</c><00:46:38.159><c> found</c><00:46:38.320><c> it</c><00:46:38.420><c> very</c><00:46:38.559><c> interesting</c><00:46:38.800><c> that</c><00:46:38.920><c> when</c><00:46:39.039><c> you</c>

00:46:39.159 --> 00:46:40.260
look<00:46:39.320><c> at</c><00:46:39.480><c> the</c><00:46:39.619><c> word</c><00:46:39.880><c> carpenter,</c>

00:46:40.340 --> 00:46:45.019
which<00:46:40.460><c> only</c><00:46:40.760><c> appears</c><00:46:41.039><c> twice</c><00:46:41.380><c> in</c><00:46:42.460><c> the</c><00:46:42.480><c> New</c><00:46:42.679><c> Testament,</c><00:46:43.900><c> the</c><00:46:43.900><c> carpenter</c><00:46:44.780><c> is</c>

00:46:45.019 --> 00:46:49.460
somebody<00:46:45.360><c> not</c><00:46:45.619><c> just</c><00:46:45.960><c> who</c><00:46:46.239><c> shapes</c><00:46:46.599><c> a</c><00:46:48.079><c> furniture</c><00:46:48.440><c> or</c><00:46:48.639><c> whatever.</c>

00:46:51.800 --> 00:46:54.320
A<00:46:52.139><c> carpenter</c><00:46:52.380><c> is</c><00:46:52.599><c> somebody</c><00:46:52.800><c> who</c><00:46:52.960><c> goes</c><00:46:53.159><c> right</c><00:46:53.440><c> from</c><00:46:53.599><c> the</c><00:46:53.699><c> process</c><00:46:54.119><c> of</c>

00:46:54.320 --> 00:46:55.860
cutting<00:46:54.500><c> the</c><00:46:54.760><c> wood,</c><00:46:55.079><c> selecting</c><00:46:55.380><c> the</c><00:46:55.659><c> tree,</c>

00:46:55.860 --> 00:47:00.300
cutting<00:46:56.119><c> the</c><00:46:56.360><c> wood,</c><00:46:56.840><c> bringing</c><00:46:57.099><c> it</c><00:46:57.280><c> in,</c><00:46:57.559><c> shaping</c><00:46:57.719><c> it,</c><00:46:58.219><c> and</c><00:46:58.320><c> eventually</c><00:46:58.699><c> selling</c><00:46:58.980><c> it.</c>

00:47:01.239 --> 00:47:03.380
So<00:47:01.460><c> when</c><00:47:01.599><c> it</c><00:47:01.780><c> says</c><00:47:01.920><c> that</c><00:47:02.099><c> he</c><00:47:02.159><c> was</c><00:47:02.360><c> a</c><00:47:02.559><c> carpenter,</c><00:47:03.019><c> brethren</c><00:47:03.199><c> and</c>

00:47:03.380 --> 00:47:08.480
sisters,<00:47:04.039><c> I</c><00:47:04.199><c> think</c><00:47:04.360><c> it</c><00:47:04.539><c> means</c><00:47:04.739><c> that</c><00:47:05.719><c> he</c><00:47:06.280><c> had</c><00:47:06.539><c> a</c><00:47:06.760><c> full</c><00:47:06.940><c> range</c><00:47:07.280><c> of</c><00:47:07.559><c> activities.</c>

00:47:08.500 --> 00:47:13.900
He<00:47:08.599><c> was</c><00:47:08.820><c> very</c><00:47:09.000><c> practical,</c><00:47:10.099><c> perhaps</c><00:47:10.260><c> he</c><00:47:10.360><c> was</c><00:47:10.599><c> quite,</c><00:47:10.940><c> in</c><00:47:11.239><c> a</c><00:47:11.320><c> sense,</c><00:47:11.699><c> perhaps</c><00:47:11.739><c> physically</c><00:47:12.639><c> strong</c><00:47:13.699><c> and</c>

00:47:13.900 --> 00:47:16.179
able<00:47:14.059><c> to</c><00:47:14.440><c> do</c><00:47:14.679><c> the</c><00:47:14.820><c> work</c><00:47:14.960><c> of</c><00:47:15.119><c> a</c><00:47:15.300><c> carpenter.</c>

00:47:16.579 --> 00:47:19.320
And<00:47:16.920><c> even</c><00:47:17.119><c> he</c><00:47:17.239><c> had</c><00:47:17.599><c> familiarity</c><00:47:18.099><c> with</c><00:47:18.400><c> commerce.</c>

00:47:20.679 --> 00:47:23.480
So<00:47:21.119><c> Jesus</c><00:47:21.480><c> had</c><00:47:21.699><c> this</c><00:47:21.960><c> sort</c><00:47:22.059><c> of</c><00:47:22.260><c> background.</c><00:47:22.679><c> He</c><00:47:22.780><c> was</c><00:47:22.960><c> a</c><00:47:23.199><c> carpenter.</c>

00:47:23.500 --> 00:47:29.599
He<00:47:23.559><c> was</c><00:47:23.719><c> not</c><00:47:23.880><c> a</c><00:47:24.000><c> rabbi</c><00:47:25.440><c> in</c><00:47:26.320><c> a</c><00:47:27.239><c> sense</c><00:47:27.340><c> in</c><00:47:27.440><c> his</c><00:47:27.559><c> profession.</c><00:47:28.099><c> He</c><00:47:28.199><c> was</c><00:47:28.360><c> a</c><00:47:28.559><c> carpenter.</c>

00:47:30.280 --> 00:47:35.579
In<00:47:30.280><c> other</c><00:47:30.780><c> words,</c><00:47:31.039><c> in</c><00:47:31.099><c> all</c><00:47:31.280><c> these</c><00:47:31.559><c> facets</c><00:47:31.980><c> of</c><00:47:33.619><c> secular</c><00:47:34.260><c> life,</c>

00:47:36.719 --> 00:47:39.119
he<00:47:36.780><c> was</c><00:47:37.059><c> altogether,</c><00:47:37.639><c> brethren</c><00:47:37.820><c> and</c><00:47:38.019><c> sisters,</c><00:47:38.260><c> without</c><00:47:38.699><c> sin.</c>

00:47:39.139 --> 00:47:42.920
This<00:47:39.300><c> is</c><00:47:39.480><c> my</c><00:47:39.679><c> point.</c><00:47:40.760><c> He</c><00:47:41.000><c> was</c><00:47:41.320><c> able</c><00:47:41.619><c> to</c><00:47:41.840><c> work</c><00:47:42.079><c> as</c><00:47:42.300><c> a</c><00:47:42.539><c> carpenter.</c>

00:47:42.920 --> 00:47:50.960
He<00:47:43.480><c> was</c><00:47:43.699><c> able</c><00:47:43.800><c> to</c><00:47:43.900><c> go</c><00:47:44.079><c> through</c><00:47:44.219><c> the</c><00:47:44.420><c> whole</c><00:47:44.679><c> business</c><00:47:45.260><c> of</c><00:47:49.139><c> business</c><00:47:49.960><c> life,</c>

00:47:50.980 --> 00:47:53.800
as<00:47:51.179><c> it</c><00:47:51.340><c> was</c><00:47:51.480><c> then,</c><00:47:51.860><c> of</c><00:47:51.860><c> course,</c><00:47:53.239><c> as</c><00:47:53.400><c> a</c><00:47:53.679><c> carpenter,</c>

00:47:53.860 --> 00:47:56.659
right<00:47:54.099><c> through</c><00:47:54.300><c> into</c><00:47:54.480><c> the</c><00:47:54.639><c> marketplace,</c><00:47:55.159><c> selling</c><00:47:55.420><c> his</c><00:47:55.719><c> produce.</c>

00:47:57.500 --> 00:48:01.179
So<00:47:57.860><c> it</c><00:47:58.119><c> wasn't</c><00:47:58.420><c> just</c><00:47:58.900><c> in</c><00:47:59.219><c> spiritual</c><00:47:59.639><c> thought</c><00:47:59.980><c> or</c><00:48:00.239><c> in</c><00:48:00.420><c> spiritual</c><00:48:00.699><c> demeanour</c><00:48:01.039><c> that</c><00:48:01.119><c> he</c>

00:48:01.179 --> 00:48:01.780
was<00:48:01.420><c> faultless.</c>

00:48:01.980 --> 00:48:07.639
He<00:48:02.119><c> was</c><00:48:02.400><c> faultless</c><00:48:02.780><c> in</c><00:48:03.039><c> every</c><00:48:03.340><c> other</c><00:48:03.619><c> respect,</c><00:48:04.079><c> as</c><00:48:04.360><c> a</c><00:48:04.559><c> carpenter,</c><00:48:05.579><c> as</c><00:48:05.739><c> a</c><00:48:05.880><c> secular</c><00:48:06.159><c> person</c><00:48:07.519><c> in</c>

00:48:07.639 --> 00:48:09.400
a<00:48:08.019><c> way</c><00:48:08.139><c> living</c><00:48:08.320><c> in</c><00:48:08.500><c> a</c><00:48:08.639><c> secular</c><00:48:08.920><c> world,</c>

00:48:09.400 --> 00:48:13.460
as<00:48:10.039><c> a</c><00:48:10.139><c> person</c><00:48:10.539><c> who</c><00:48:10.780><c> was</c><00:48:11.079><c> in</c><00:48:11.260><c> the</c><00:48:11.440><c> flesh</c><00:48:11.619><c> as</c><00:48:11.840><c> we</c><00:48:12.019><c> are.</c>

00:48:14.139 --> 00:48:19.000
And<00:48:14.280><c> that,</c><00:48:14.579><c> I</c><00:48:14.679><c> feel,</c><00:48:15.679><c> adds</c><00:48:16.179><c> a</c><00:48:16.519><c> special</c><00:48:16.840><c> wonder</c><00:48:17.139><c> to</c><00:48:17.460><c> the</c><00:48:17.980><c> accomplishment</c><00:48:18.599><c> of</c><00:48:18.920><c> the</c>

00:48:19.000 --> 00:48:22.000
Lord<00:48:19.159><c> Jesus</c><00:48:19.500><c> Christ</c><00:48:19.840><c> by</c><00:48:20.019><c> the</c><00:48:20.199><c> power</c><00:48:20.360><c> of</c><00:48:20.559><c> the</c><00:48:20.639><c> Holy</c><00:48:20.820><c> Spirit,</c>

00:48:23.139 --> 00:48:31.480
that<00:48:23.380><c> in</c><00:48:23.619><c> every</c><00:48:23.980><c> facet</c><00:48:24.280><c> of</c><00:48:24.400><c> his</c><00:48:24.599><c> life</c><00:48:25.300><c> he</c><00:48:27.159><c> was</c><00:48:27.420><c> able</c><00:48:27.679><c> to</c><00:48:28.360><c> see</c><00:48:28.739><c> what</c><00:48:28.980><c> mattered</c><00:48:29.539><c> and</c><00:48:31.260><c> to</c>

00:48:31.480 --> 00:48:33.199
use<00:48:31.699><c> his</c><00:48:31.940><c> upbringing</c><00:48:32.440><c> fruitfully</c>

00:48:33.199 --> 00:48:36.079
so<00:48:33.980><c> that</c><00:48:34.079><c> when</c><00:48:34.280><c> he</c><00:48:34.480><c> was</c><00:48:34.639><c> brought</c><00:48:34.820><c> to</c><00:48:34.960><c> this</c><00:48:35.159><c> great</c><00:48:35.380><c> moment</c><00:48:35.820><c> of</c>

00:48:36.079 --> 00:48:38.000
the<00:48:36.260><c> beginning</c><00:48:36.500><c> of</c><00:48:36.679><c> his</c><00:48:36.860><c> ministry,</c>

00:48:39.840 --> 00:48:45.039
God<00:48:40.079><c> was</c><00:48:40.280><c> able</c><00:48:40.519><c> to</c><00:48:41.139><c> proclaim</c><00:48:41.539><c> from</c><00:48:41.780><c> heaven,</c><00:48:43.559><c> without</c><00:48:43.679><c> any</c><00:48:44.079><c> fear</c><00:48:44.320><c> of</c><00:48:44.639><c> contradiction,</c>

00:48:45.199 --> 00:48:47.519
there<00:48:45.219><c> was</c><00:48:45.360><c> nobody</c><00:48:45.659><c> who</c><00:48:46.139><c> could</c><00:48:46.400><c> come</c><00:48:46.699><c> forward</c><00:48:46.980><c> and</c><00:48:47.179><c> give</c><00:48:47.260><c> an</c>

00:48:47.519 --> 00:48:51.559
instance<00:48:47.900><c> of</c><00:48:48.119><c> how</c><00:48:49.460><c> this</c><00:48:49.980><c> could</c><00:48:50.179><c> be</c><00:48:50.420><c> contradicted.</c>

00:48:52.719 --> 00:48:58.619
God<00:48:52.960><c> could</c><00:48:53.179><c> say</c><00:48:53.320><c> from</c><00:48:53.519><c> heaven,</c><00:48:54.460><c> without</c><00:48:54.719><c> risk,</c><00:48:55.260><c> any</c><00:48:55.480><c> risk</c><00:48:56.219><c> of</c><00:48:58.199><c> contradiction,</c>

00:48:58.619 --> 00:49:02.440
he<00:48:58.719><c> could</c><00:48:58.920><c> say,</c><00:48:59.599><c> this</c><00:48:59.760><c> is</c><00:49:00.019><c> my</c><00:49:00.179><c> beloved</c><00:49:00.519><c> son</c><00:49:01.159><c> in</c><00:49:02.000><c> whom</c><00:49:02.159><c> I</c><00:49:02.340><c> am</c>

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well<00:49:02.699><c> pleased.</c>

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So<00:49:07.179><c> we'll</c><00:49:07.320><c> leave</c><00:49:07.460><c> it</c><00:49:07.599><c> at</c><00:49:07.679><c> that</c><00:49:07.860><c> now,</c><00:49:08.340><c> brothers</c><00:49:08.420><c> and</c><00:49:08.639><c> sisters,</c>

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and<00:49:09.039><c> we'll</c><00:49:09.260><c> continue</c><00:49:09.719><c> tomorrow</c><00:49:10.219><c> morning,</c>

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trying<00:49:11.460><c> to</c><00:49:11.800><c> develop</c><00:49:12.099><c> further</c><00:49:12.780><c> the</c><00:49:13.480><c> idea</c><00:49:13.719><c> of</c><00:49:13.880><c> Jesus'</c><00:49:14.500><c> upbringing,</c><00:49:15.099><c> particularly</c><00:49:15.440><c> interesting</c><00:49:15.980><c> points</c><00:49:16.360><c> like,</c>

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what<00:49:17.420><c> was</c><00:49:17.619><c> the</c><00:49:17.780><c> language</c><00:49:18.139><c> that</c><00:49:18.360><c> he</c><00:49:18.519><c> used?</c><00:49:21.199><c> What</c><00:49:21.619><c> sort</c><00:49:21.760><c> of</c><00:49:21.960><c> accent</c><00:49:22.199><c> did</c>

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he<00:49:22.500><c> have?</c>

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What<00:49:23.719><c> sort</c><00:49:24.719><c> of</c><00:49:25.300><c> phrases</c><00:49:25.639><c> did</c><00:49:25.840><c> he</c><00:49:26.059><c> use?</c><00:49:26.559><c> What</c><00:49:26.719><c> was</c><00:49:26.860><c> his</c><00:49:27.019><c> style</c>

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of<00:49:27.619><c> speaking?</c>

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There<00:49:29.539><c> are</c><00:49:29.719><c> many,</c><00:49:29.880><c> many</c><00:49:30.159><c> interesting</c><00:49:30.519><c> aspects</c><00:49:30.900><c> about</c><00:49:31.179><c> his</c>

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personal<00:49:32.880><c> upbringing</c><00:49:33.380><c> and</c><00:49:33.719><c> background,</c>

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which<00:49:34.519><c> we</c><00:49:34.679><c> can</c><00:49:34.920><c> catch</c><00:49:35.400><c> and</c><00:49:35.880><c> which</c><00:49:36.079><c> I</c><00:49:36.219><c> think</c><00:49:36.599><c> add</c><00:49:36.840><c> to</c><00:49:37.039><c> a</c><00:49:37.239><c> dimension</c><00:49:37.639><c> of</c><00:49:37.880><c> his</c><00:49:38.079><c> character,</c>

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as<00:49:39.480><c> we</c><00:49:39.840><c> try</c><00:49:40.360><c> to</c><00:49:40.599><c> look</c><00:49:40.780><c> as</c><00:49:41.039><c> close</c><00:49:41.239><c> as</c><00:49:41.380><c> we</c><00:49:41.639><c> can</c><00:49:41.900><c> at</c><00:49:42.480><c> the</c><00:49:42.579><c> altogether</c><00:49:42.960><c> lovely</c><00:49:43.300><c> one</c><00:49:43.480><c> of</c><00:49:43.719><c> God.</c>

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Thank<00:50:07.860><c> you.</c>