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for<00:14:36.879><c> connection,</c><00:14:37.299><c> to</c><00:14:37.299><c> give</c><00:14:37.539><c> knowledge</c><00:14:37.940><c> of</c>

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whereby<00:14:45.399><c> the</c><00:14:45.820><c> day</c><00:14:46.159><c> spring</c><00:14:46.539><c> from</c><00:14:46.879><c> on</c><00:14:47.279><c> high</c><00:14:47.940><c> hath</c><00:14:48.399><c> visited</c><00:14:48.940><c> us.</c>

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Now,<00:14:52.019><c> this</c><00:14:52.620><c> word</c><00:14:53.259><c> day</c><00:14:53.980><c> spring,</c><00:14:56.080><c> we</c><00:14:56.399><c> get</c><00:14:56.620><c> a</c><00:14:56.899><c> sense</c><00:14:57.139><c> of</c>

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whereby<00:15:00.340><c> the</c><00:15:00.659><c> day</c><00:15:00.860><c> spring</c><00:15:01.120><c> from</c><00:15:01.360><c> on</c><00:15:01.639><c> high</c><00:15:01.879><c> have</c>

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and<00:15:28.340><c> again,</c><00:15:29.340><c> that</c><00:15:29.539><c> last</c><00:15:29.899><c> chapter,</c><00:15:30.600><c> I'll</c><00:15:30.779><c> just</c><00:15:31.340><c> read</c><00:15:31.720><c> it</c><00:15:31.960><c> to</c><00:15:32.100><c> you.</c><00:15:32.240><c> The</c><00:15:32.360><c> words</c><00:15:32.559><c> are</c><00:15:32.799><c> so</c>

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my<00:16:17.139><c> mind</c><00:16:17.379><c> goes</c><00:16:17.679><c> back</c><00:16:18.320><c> to</c><00:16:18.720><c> the</c><00:16:18.960><c> time</c><00:16:19.879><c> of</c><00:16:20.480><c> Balaam,</c>

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again,<00:17:01.120><c> familiar</c><00:17:01.480><c> words</c><00:17:01.840><c> from</c><00:17:02.120><c> the</c><00:17:02.299><c> Old</c><00:17:02.480><c> Testament</c><00:17:03.019><c> in</c><00:17:03.840><c> the</c>

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us<00:17:08.019><c> could</c><00:17:08.180><c> recite.</c><00:17:10.779><c> And</c><00:17:10.940><c> the</c><00:17:11.119><c> spirit</c><00:17:11.400><c> of</c><00:17:11.579><c> the</c><00:17:11.700><c> Lord</c><00:17:11.880><c> shall</c><00:17:12.119><c> rest</c><00:17:12.359><c> upon</c><00:17:12.700><c> him,</c><00:17:12.980><c> the</c>

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spirit<00:17:13.440><c> of</c><00:17:13.660><c> wisdom</c><00:17:13.940><c> and</c>

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understanding,<00:17:14.880><c> the</c><00:17:15.079><c> spirit</c><00:17:15.319><c> of</c><00:17:15.579><c> counsel</c><00:17:15.880><c> and</c><00:17:16.140><c> might,</c><00:17:16.740><c> the</c>

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spirit<00:17:17.200><c> of</c><00:17:17.460><c> knowledge</c><00:17:17.740><c> and</c><00:17:17.960><c> of</c><00:17:18.099><c> the</c><00:17:18.299><c> fear</c><00:17:18.480><c> of</c><00:17:18.660><c> the</c>

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Lord.<00:17:20.079><c> But</c><00:17:20.359><c> it's</c><00:17:20.539><c> the</c><00:17:20.740><c> words</c><00:17:20.940><c> that</c><00:17:21.220><c> go</c><00:17:21.359><c> before</c><00:17:21.880><c> that,</c><00:17:22.119><c> that</c><00:17:22.420><c> remind</c><00:17:22.660><c> us</c>

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of<00:17:23.039><c> this</c><00:17:23.559><c> bursting</c><00:17:24.259><c> forth</c><00:17:24.839><c> of</c><00:17:25.940><c> a</c><00:17:27.019><c> leaf</c>

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or<00:17:27.819><c> a</c><00:17:28.059><c> root.</c><00:17:29.019><c> There</c><00:17:29.160><c> shall</c><00:17:29.339><c> come</c><00:17:29.700><c> forth</c><00:17:29.920><c> a</c><00:17:30.220><c> rod</c><00:17:30.519><c> out</c><00:17:30.900><c> of</c><00:17:31.059><c> the</c><00:17:31.200><c> stem</c><00:17:31.380><c> of</c>

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Jesse,<00:17:32.400><c> and</c><00:17:32.700><c> a</c><00:17:32.960><c> branch</c><00:17:33.700><c> shall</c><00:17:34.079><c> grow</c><00:17:34.319><c> out</c><00:17:34.599><c> of</c><00:17:34.759><c> his</c>

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roots.<00:17:36.920><c> So</c><00:17:37.140><c> when</c><00:17:37.359><c> we</c><00:17:37.599><c> read</c><00:17:37.839><c> that</c><00:17:38.440><c> verse</c><00:17:39.579><c> 78</c><00:17:41.220><c> in</c><00:17:43.220><c> Luke</c><00:17:43.640><c> chapter</c>

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1,<00:17:44.339><c> then</c><00:17:44.559><c> we</c><00:17:44.740><c> have</c><00:17:44.920><c> this,</c><00:17:45.920><c> the</c><00:17:45.980><c> day</c><00:17:46.400><c> spring</c><00:17:46.799><c> from</c><00:17:47.180><c> on</c><00:17:47.539><c> high</c>

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have<00:17:48.619><c> visited</c><00:17:49.099><c> us.</c><00:17:51.319><c> So</c><00:17:51.559><c> we</c><00:17:51.720><c> have</c><00:17:51.900><c> both</c><00:17:52.259><c> senses</c><00:17:52.680><c> of</c><00:17:52.920><c> the</c><00:17:53.099><c> meaning</c><00:17:53.319><c> of</c><00:17:53.539><c> the</c>

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word,<00:17:54.619><c> the</c><00:17:54.859><c> rising</c><00:17:55.380><c> of</c><00:17:56.140><c> this</c><00:17:57.359><c> great</c><00:17:58.099><c> star,</c>

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the<00:17:59.019><c> Lord</c><00:17:59.259><c> Jesus</c><00:17:59.720><c> Christ,</c><00:18:00.279><c> the</c><00:18:00.440><c> star</c><00:18:00.779><c> out</c><00:18:01.000><c> of</c><00:18:01.220><c> Jacob,</c><00:18:02.140><c> and</c><00:18:02.299><c> then</c><00:18:02.440><c> on</c>

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the<00:18:02.740><c> other</c><00:18:02.940><c> hand,</c><00:18:03.599><c> the</c><00:18:03.779><c> branch</c><00:18:04.400><c> growing</c><00:18:05.059><c> out</c><00:18:05.380><c> of</c>

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his<00:18:05.740><c> roots.</c><00:18:07.880><c> And</c><00:18:08.140><c> I</c><00:18:08.279><c> suppose</c><00:18:08.819><c> just</c><00:18:09.400><c> to</c><00:18:09.619><c> sort</c><00:18:09.759><c> of</c><00:18:10.279><c> complete</c><00:18:10.700><c> the</c>

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thought,<00:18:11.539><c> and</c><00:18:11.720><c> until</c><00:18:12.019><c> we</c><00:18:12.660><c> think</c><00:18:13.039><c> of</c><00:18:13.220><c> something</c><00:18:13.480><c> else</c>

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that<00:18:13.980><c> comes</c><00:18:14.240><c> along</c><00:18:14.539><c> with</c><00:18:14.779><c> this,</c><00:18:15.539><c> we</c><00:18:15.980><c> have</c><00:18:16.180><c> the</c><00:18:16.460><c> fulfillment</c>

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of<00:18:18.220><c> the</c><00:18:18.480><c> prophecy</c><00:18:18.779><c> recorded</c><00:18:19.359><c> for</c><00:18:19.660><c> us</c><00:18:19.859><c> in</c><00:18:19.980><c> Matthew</c><00:18:20.400><c> chapter</c>

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2.<00:18:22.480><c> And</c><00:18:22.640><c> he</c><00:18:22.799><c> came</c><00:18:23.299><c> and</c><00:18:23.940><c> dwelt</c><00:18:24.200><c> in</c><00:18:24.359><c> a</c><00:18:24.519><c> city</c><00:18:24.700><c> called</c><00:18:25.000><c> Nazareth,</c>

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that<00:18:26.519><c> it</c><00:18:26.720><c> might</c><00:18:26.920><c> be</c><00:18:27.220><c> fulfilled,</c><00:18:27.680><c> which</c><00:18:27.880><c> was</c><00:18:28.099><c> spoken</c><00:18:28.359><c> by</c><00:18:28.660><c> the</c>

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prophets,<00:18:29.720><c> he</c><00:18:29.960><c> shall</c><00:18:30.200><c> be</c><00:18:30.539><c> called</c><00:18:30.859><c> a</c><00:18:31.180><c> Nazarene.</c><00:18:32.180><c> And</c><00:18:32.460><c> that</c><00:18:32.640><c> word</c><00:18:32.819><c> Nazarene,</c><00:18:33.920><c> netzer,</c><00:18:35.019><c> meaning</c><00:18:35.740><c> a</c><00:18:36.119><c> root,</c><00:18:37.680><c> a</c>

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branch.<00:18:38.880><c> And</c>

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we're<00:18:39.319><c> back</c><00:18:39.480><c> with</c><00:18:39.700><c> Isaiah</c><00:18:40.299><c> chapter</c><00:18:41.099><c> 11</c><00:18:41.660><c> and</c><00:18:42.259><c> verse</c><00:18:42.579><c> 1.</c><00:18:45.279><c> Now</c>

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the<00:18:45.599><c> thing</c><00:18:45.819><c> is,</c><00:18:46.160><c> brethren</c><00:18:46.279><c> and</c><00:18:46.480><c> sisters,</c><00:18:46.839><c> that</c><00:18:47.400><c> all</c><00:18:48.980><c> those</c>

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thoughts<00:18:49.640><c> are</c><00:18:49.980><c> packed</c><00:18:50.259><c> into</c><00:18:50.519><c> that</c><00:18:50.880><c> one</c><00:18:51.160><c> little</c><00:18:51.480><c> word.</c><00:18:53.279><c> And</c><00:18:53.819><c> surely</c><00:18:54.039><c> that</c><00:18:54.259><c> is</c>

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the<00:18:54.660><c> thing</c><00:18:54.819><c> which</c><00:18:55.140><c> so</c><00:18:55.519><c> delights</c><00:18:55.900><c> us</c><00:18:56.160><c> about</c>

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the<00:18:57.180><c> scriptures,</c><00:18:59.700><c> full</c><00:19:00.059><c> of</c><00:19:00.240><c> wonderful</c><00:19:00.759><c> ideas.</c><00:19:02.960><c> And</c><00:19:03.079><c> as</c><00:19:03.279><c> we</c><00:19:03.440><c> grow</c><00:19:03.579><c> older</c><00:19:03.880><c> in</c>

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the<00:19:04.299><c> truth,</c><00:19:05.420><c> so</c><00:19:05.519><c> those</c><00:19:06.119><c> ideas</c><00:19:06.660><c> by</c><00:19:07.000><c> our</c><00:19:07.279><c> reading,</c>

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by<00:19:08.980><c> our</c><00:19:09.259><c> discussing</c><00:19:09.599><c> with</c><00:19:09.859><c> one</c><00:19:10.059><c> another,</c><00:19:11.339><c> those</c><00:19:11.680><c> ideas</c><00:19:12.160><c> are</c>

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exchanged<00:19:13.000><c> amongst</c><00:19:13.420><c> us</c><00:19:13.920><c> and</c><00:19:14.519><c> our</c><00:19:14.720><c> appreciation</c><00:19:15.519><c> of</c><00:19:16.539><c> the</c>

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word<00:19:16.920><c> of</c><00:19:17.119><c> God</c><00:19:17.400><c> increases.</c><00:19:21.319><c> What</c><00:19:21.799><c> was</c><00:19:22.079><c> it</c><00:19:22.259><c> that</c><00:19:22.420><c> John</c><00:19:22.660><c> the</c><00:19:22.839><c> Baptist,</c><00:19:23.299><c> when</c>

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he<00:19:23.680><c> came</c><00:19:23.940><c> to</c><00:19:24.180><c> manhood,</c><00:19:24.799><c> did?</c><00:19:24.880><c> Well,</c><00:19:25.099><c> the</c><00:19:25.240><c> first</c>

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thing<00:19:25.579><c> is,</c><00:19:25.839><c> he</c><00:19:26.000><c> got</c><00:19:26.180><c> out</c><00:19:26.420><c> of</c><00:19:26.539><c> the</c><00:19:26.720><c> cities.</c><00:19:28.019><c> There's</c><00:19:28.180><c> only</c><00:19:28.440><c> one</c>

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city<00:19:28.940><c> that's</c><00:19:29.339><c> spoken</c><00:19:29.539><c> of</c><00:19:29.779><c> in</c><00:19:29.960><c> any</c><00:19:30.220><c> good</c><00:19:30.440><c> light</c><00:19:30.759><c> in</c>

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scripture,<00:19:31.740><c> and</c><00:19:31.880><c> that's</c><00:19:32.180><c> Jerusalem.</c><00:19:34.079><c> Cities</c><00:19:34.420><c> are</c><00:19:34.799><c> usually</c>

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places<00:19:35.640><c> of</c><00:19:36.240><c> wickedness,</c><00:19:38.339><c> of</c><00:19:38.740><c> slight</c><00:19:39.000><c> for</c><00:19:39.299><c> the</c><00:19:39.460><c> name</c><00:19:39.619><c> of</c>

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God.<00:19:41.519><c> John</c><00:19:41.819><c> went</c><00:19:42.079><c> into</c><00:19:42.339><c> the</c><00:19:42.539><c> wilderness.</c><00:19:45.680><c> People</c><00:19:46.039><c> soon</c><00:19:46.400><c> became</c><00:19:47.319><c> aware</c>

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of<00:19:48.200><c> this</c><00:19:48.660><c> Elijah</c><00:19:49.200><c>-type</c><00:19:49.500><c> man</c><00:19:50.279><c> who</c><00:19:50.920><c> was</c><00:19:51.200><c> in</c>

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the<00:19:52.019><c> wilderness</c><00:19:52.019><c> preaching</c><00:19:52.480><c> to</c><00:19:52.799><c> them.</c><00:19:53.000><c> And</c><00:19:53.079><c> the</c><00:19:53.279><c> people</c><00:19:53.559><c> flocked</c><00:19:54.500><c> to</c>

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hear<00:19:54.880><c> him.</c><00:19:55.339><c> They</c><00:19:55.900><c> yearned</c><00:19:56.500><c> somehow</c><00:19:57.019><c> for</c><00:19:57.559><c> renewal.</c>

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Brother<00:19:58.799><c> Roger</c><00:19:59.200><c> mentioned</c><00:19:59.680><c> to</c><00:19:59.920><c> us</c><00:20:00.180><c> yesterday,</c><00:20:01.400><c> and</c><00:20:01.779><c> indeed</c>

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it's<00:20:02.940><c> in</c><00:20:03.079><c> our</c><00:20:03.279><c> reading</c><00:20:03.559><c> today,</c><00:20:04.099><c> isn't</c><00:20:04.200><c> it?</c><00:20:04.420><c> Verse</c><00:20:04.640><c> 15</c><00:20:05.079><c> of</c><00:20:05.279><c> our</c><00:20:05.480><c> reading</c>

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today,<00:20:06.180><c> chapter</c><00:20:06.359><c> 3.</c><00:20:06.980><c> And</c><00:20:07.119><c> as</c><00:20:07.380><c> the</c><00:20:07.579><c> people</c><00:20:07.839><c> were</c><00:20:08.200><c> in</c><00:20:08.680><c> expectation,</c><00:20:10.680><c> because</c>

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they<00:20:11.359><c> knew</c><00:20:11.619><c> Daniel's</c><00:20:12.299><c> 70</c><00:20:12.579><c>-week</c>

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prophecy,<00:20:13.779><c> the</c><00:20:14.039><c> time</c><00:20:14.279><c> was</c><00:20:14.619><c> ripe.</c><00:20:16.000><c> And</c><00:20:16.380><c> they</c><00:20:16.619><c> were</c><00:20:16.839><c> in</c><00:20:17.059><c> expectation.</c><00:20:18.519><c> And</c><00:20:18.799><c> they</c><00:20:19.000><c> heard</c><00:20:19.279><c> of</c>

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this<00:20:19.640><c> prophet</c><00:20:19.940><c> and</c><00:20:20.119><c> they</c>

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thought,<00:20:20.519><c> I</c><00:20:21.200><c> wonder</c><00:20:21.539><c> if</c><00:20:21.700><c> this</c><00:20:21.940><c> is</c><00:20:22.099><c> him?</c><00:20:22.980><c> And</c><00:20:23.259><c> they</c><00:20:23.380><c> went</c><00:20:23.619><c> out</c>

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to<00:20:24.579><c> listen</c><00:20:24.799><c> to</c><00:20:25.039><c> him.</c><00:20:28.440><c> The</c><00:20:28.619><c> Jewish</c><00:20:28.940><c> leaders</c><00:20:29.279><c> also</c><00:20:29.680><c> went</c><00:20:29.900><c> out</c><00:20:30.180><c> to</c>

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listen<00:20:30.480><c> to</c><00:20:30.680><c> him,</c><00:20:30.920><c> didn't</c><00:20:31.059><c> they?</c><00:20:33.980><c> And</c><00:20:34.559><c> how</c><00:20:34.779><c> did</c><00:20:34.940><c> he</c><00:20:35.160><c> greet</c><00:20:35.359><c> them?</c><00:20:37.200><c> Well,</c><00:20:37.480><c> he</c>

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had<00:20:37.859><c> scathing</c><00:20:38.299><c> words</c><00:20:38.599><c> for</c><00:20:38.819><c> them,</c><00:20:38.960><c> as</c><00:20:39.119><c> we</c><00:20:39.319><c> know,</c>

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the<00:20:40.240><c> formalism</c><00:20:40.960><c> of</c><00:20:41.319><c> the</c><00:20:42.160><c> Pharisees</c><00:20:42.799><c> with</c><00:20:43.059><c> their</c><00:20:43.400><c> pernicketyness</c><00:20:44.339><c> and</c><00:20:45.559><c> the</c>

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Sadducees<00:20:46.559><c> with</c><00:20:46.940><c> their</c><00:20:47.819><c> affluence,</c>

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their<00:20:48.920><c> obsession</c><00:20:49.539><c> with</c><00:20:49.940><c> affluence.</c><00:20:51.819><c> And</c><00:20:52.059><c> he</c><00:20:52.339><c> derided</c><00:20:52.839><c> them</c><00:20:53.059><c> in</c><00:20:53.240><c> the</c><00:20:53.420><c> most</c><00:20:54.720><c> strong</c><00:20:56.180><c> terms.</c><00:20:58.559><c> He's</c><00:20:59.220><c> a</c>

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bit<00:20:59.420><c> like</c><00:20:59.619><c> the</c><00:20:59.859><c> prophet</c><00:21:00.039><c> Amos</c>

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in<00:21:00.779><c> the</c><00:21:01.000><c> 8th</c><00:21:01.380><c> century</c><00:21:01.720><c> BC.</c><00:21:03.779><c> Yes,</c><00:21:04.019><c> John</c><00:21:04.400><c> certainly</c><00:21:05.279><c> greets</c><00:21:05.859><c> the</c>

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leaders<00:21:07.740><c> of</c><00:21:08.059><c> the</c><00:21:08.240><c> Jews</c><00:21:08.460><c> with</c><00:21:08.799><c> words</c><00:21:09.079><c> that</c><00:21:09.240><c> they</c>

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wouldn't<00:21:09.640><c> expect.</c><00:21:10.160><c> He</c><00:21:10.359><c> called</c><00:21:10.500><c> them</c><00:21:10.700><c> a</c><00:21:10.980><c> generation</c><00:21:11.880><c> of</c><00:21:12.779><c> vipers.</c><00:21:13.740><c> They</c>

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have<00:21:50.200><c> Abraham</c><00:21:50.759><c> to</c><00:21:51.059><c> our</c><00:21:51.279><c> father.</c>

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did<00:21:59.680><c> he</c><00:21:59.960><c> mean</c><00:22:00.539><c> of</c><00:22:02.819><c> these</c><00:22:03.619><c> stones</c><00:22:04.539><c> to</c><00:22:05.200><c> raise</c><00:22:05.500><c> up</c><00:22:05.799><c> children</c><00:22:06.319><c> unto</c>

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Abraham?<00:22:08.440><c> Well,</c><00:22:09.500><c> come</c><00:22:09.819><c> back</c><00:22:10.359><c> to</c><00:22:10.700><c> Isaiah</c><00:22:11.079><c> chapter</c><00:22:11.460><c> 5,</c>

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vineyard.<00:22:33.710><c> My</c><00:22:34.009><c> well</c><00:22:34.250><c>-beloved</c><00:22:34.690><c> had</c><00:22:34.890><c> a</c><00:22:35.069><c> vineyard</c><00:22:35.509><c> in</c><00:22:35.690><c> a</c><00:22:35.849><c> very</c><00:22:36.170><c> fruitful</c><00:22:36.509><c> hill,</c><00:22:36.869><c> and</c><00:22:36.950><c> he</c>

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fenced<00:22:37.410><c> it</c><00:22:38.109><c> and</c><00:22:39.569><c> gathered</c><00:22:39.950><c> out</c>

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me.<00:23:08.150><c> We</c><00:23:08.329><c> are</c><00:23:08.609><c> the</c><00:23:08.710><c> Gentiles</c><00:23:09.710><c> outside</c><00:23:10.910><c> the</c><00:23:11.730><c> covenants</c>

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course,<00:23:27.829><c> immediately</c><00:23:28.269><c> our</c><00:23:28.529><c> minds</c><00:23:28.769><c> go</c>

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expression<00:23:38.069><c> by</c><00:23:39.529><c> John</c><00:23:40.069><c> Baptist.</c><00:23:44.329><c> Now,</c><00:23:45.430><c> he</c><00:23:45.990><c> says</c><00:23:46.250><c> that</c><00:23:46.869><c> the</c><00:23:47.109><c> kingdom</c><00:23:47.650><c> of</c>

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heaven,<00:23:49.670><c> the</c><00:23:50.029><c> kingdom</c><00:23:50.329><c> of</c><00:23:50.670><c> God</c><00:23:51.109><c> is</c><00:23:52.509><c> at</c><00:23:53.829><c> hand.</c>

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that,<00:24:03.630><c> brethren</c><00:24:03.769><c> and</c><00:24:04.089><c> sisters,</c><00:24:04.930><c> lies</c>

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Baptist.<00:24:41.410><c> And</c><00:24:41.869><c> from</c><00:24:42.150><c> the</c><00:24:42.329><c> days</c><00:24:42.569><c> of</c><00:24:42.750><c> John</c><00:24:42.990><c> the</c><00:24:43.170><c> Baptist,</c><00:24:43.690><c> verse</c>

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suffereth<00:24:46.809><c> violence,</c><00:24:47.369><c> and</c><00:24:47.549><c> the</c><00:24:47.750><c> violent</c><00:24:48.049><c> take</c><00:24:48.369><c> it</c><00:24:48.529><c> by</c><00:24:48.869><c> force.</c>

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have<00:25:09.549><c> forced</c><00:25:09.849><c> the</c><00:25:10.109><c> kingdom</c><00:25:10.329><c> of</c><00:25:10.569><c> God</c><00:25:10.890><c> to</c><00:25:11.329><c> have</c><00:25:11.549><c> come</c>

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did<00:25:28.230><c> it</c><00:25:28.470><c> mean?</c><00:25:31.170><c> Well,</c><00:25:31.470><c> the</c><00:25:31.750><c> ministry</c><00:25:32.150><c> of</c><00:25:32.470><c> John</c><00:25:32.710><c> the</c>

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Baptist<00:25:33.500><c> marked</c><00:25:34.720><c> a</c><00:25:36.059><c> really</c><00:25:37.759><c> important</c><00:25:39.819><c> change</c><00:25:41.059><c> in</c><00:25:41.900><c> the</c><00:25:42.079><c> way</c>

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in<00:25:43.000><c> which</c><00:25:43.460><c> the</c><00:25:43.740><c> Lord</c><00:25:43.980><c> God</c><00:25:44.480><c> was</c><00:25:45.019><c> dealing.</c><00:25:47.140><c> You</c><00:25:47.140><c> see,</c>

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salvation<00:25:49.519><c> in</c><00:25:50.099><c> Christ,</c><00:25:51.420><c> which</c><00:25:51.619><c> was</c><00:25:51.880><c> a</c><00:25:52.019><c> mystery</c><00:25:52.299><c> which</c><00:25:52.599><c> had</c><00:25:52.779><c> been</c><00:25:53.039><c> hidden</c><00:25:53.319><c> until</c><00:25:53.700><c> this</c><00:25:54.000><c> time,</c><00:25:54.799><c> was</c><00:25:54.980><c> about</c><00:25:55.299><c> to</c><00:25:55.500><c> be</c>

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revealed.<00:25:57.019><c> And</c><00:25:57.200><c> it</c><00:25:57.259><c> was</c><00:25:57.480><c> John</c><00:25:57.779><c> who</c><00:25:58.099><c> prepared</c><00:25:58.480><c> the</c><00:25:58.660><c> way</c><00:25:58.839><c> for</c><00:25:59.119><c> it,</c><00:25:59.740><c> for</c><00:25:59.960><c> all</c><00:26:00.259><c> who</c><00:26:00.519><c> had</c><00:26:00.779><c> ears</c><00:26:01.160><c> to</c>

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hear<00:26:01.579><c> to</c><00:26:01.819><c> receive</c><00:26:02.200><c> the</c>

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gospel.<00:26:03.759><c> John</c><00:26:04.299><c> pointed</c><00:26:05.259><c> the</c><00:26:05.500><c> way</c><00:26:05.720><c> by</c><00:26:06.019><c> bringing</c><00:26:06.380><c> a</c><00:26:06.700><c> leveler</c><00:26:07.079><c> to</c>

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the<00:26:07.420><c> Jews.</c><00:26:08.539><c> Mountains</c><00:26:09.180><c> brought</c><00:26:09.680><c> low,</c><00:26:10.920><c> valleys</c><00:26:11.299><c> lifted</c>

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up.<00:26:12.980><c> All</c><00:26:13.279><c> of</c><00:26:13.480><c> mankind</c><00:26:14.160><c> now</c><00:26:14.740><c> on</c><00:26:15.400><c> the</c><00:26:15.720><c> same</c><00:26:16.039><c> level</c><00:26:16.420><c> as</c><00:26:16.680><c> it</c><00:26:16.920><c> were.</c>

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And<00:26:17.440><c> again,</c><00:26:17.740><c> we're</c><00:26:18.039><c> reminded</c><00:26:18.480><c> of</c><00:26:18.720><c> those</c><00:26:18.960><c> last</c><00:26:19.259><c> few</c>

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verses<00:26:19.940><c> in</c><00:26:20.480><c> Galatians</c><00:26:21.000><c> chapter</c><00:26:21.440><c> three.</c><00:26:21.880><c> There</c><00:26:22.079><c> is</c><00:26:22.319><c> neither</c>

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Jew<00:26:22.880><c> nor</c><00:26:23.140><c> Greek.</c><00:26:23.799><c> There</c><00:26:23.940><c> is</c><00:26:24.180><c> neither</c><00:26:24.420><c> bond</c><00:26:24.740><c> nor</c><00:26:25.059><c> free.</c>

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There<00:26:25.839><c> is</c><00:26:26.079><c> neither</c><00:26:26.299><c> male</c><00:26:26.660><c> nor</c><00:26:26.940><c> female.</c><00:26:27.799><c> For</c><00:26:28.019><c> ye</c><00:26:28.240><c> are</c><00:26:28.400><c> all</c><00:26:28.740><c> one</c>

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in<00:26:29.140><c> Christ</c><00:26:29.440><c> Jesus.</c><00:26:30.619><c> Although</c><00:26:30.859><c> those</c><00:26:31.319><c> distinctions</c>

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still<00:26:32.839><c> of</c><00:26:32.980><c> course</c><00:26:33.400><c> pertain,</c><00:26:35.220><c> the</c><00:26:35.359><c> important</c><00:26:35.859><c> thing</c><00:26:36.119><c> in</c><00:26:36.359><c> Christ</c><00:26:36.920><c> is</c><00:26:37.559><c> that</c><00:26:38.160><c> whether</c><00:26:38.359><c> we</c>

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are<00:26:38.880><c> Jew</c><00:26:38.960><c> or</c><00:26:39.220><c> Greek,</c>

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whether<00:26:40.099><c> we</c><00:26:40.359><c> are</c><00:26:40.539><c> bond</c><00:26:40.740><c> or</c><00:26:40.940><c> free,</c><00:26:41.660><c> whether</c><00:26:41.880><c> we</c><00:26:42.119><c> are</c><00:26:42.279><c> male</c><00:26:42.519><c> or</c>

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female,<00:26:43.660><c> every</c><00:26:44.160><c> single</c><00:26:44.599><c> one</c><00:26:44.819><c> of</c><00:26:44.920><c> us</c><00:26:45.240><c> is</c><00:26:45.579><c> in</c><00:26:45.900><c> need</c><00:26:46.660><c> of</c>

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forgiveness.<00:26:49.799><c> That</c><00:26:50.119><c> is</c><00:26:50.380><c> the</c><00:26:50.660><c> great</c><00:26:50.940><c> leveler</c><00:26:51.839><c> for</c><00:26:52.079><c> the</c><00:26:52.279><c> whole</c>

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of<00:26:52.799><c> mankind.</c><00:26:54.359><c> The</c><00:26:54.660><c> crooked</c><00:26:55.099><c> ways</c><00:26:55.579><c> of</c><00:26:55.859><c> the</c><00:26:56.119><c> Jews,</c>

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the<00:26:56.980><c> way</c><00:26:57.259><c> in</c><00:26:57.420><c> which</c><00:26:57.579><c> they</c><00:26:57.819><c> had</c><00:26:58.119><c> so</c><00:26:58.579><c> perverted</c><00:26:59.140><c> the</c><00:26:59.420><c> word</c><00:26:59.940><c> of</c><00:27:00.119><c> God,</c><00:27:01.140><c> the</c><00:27:01.440><c> crooked</c><00:27:01.799><c> ways</c><00:27:02.180><c> of</c>

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the<00:27:02.640><c> Jews</c><00:27:02.940><c> would</c><00:27:03.460><c> be</c><00:27:03.700><c> made</c>

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straight.<00:27:08.180><c> And</c><00:27:08.339><c> the</c><00:27:09.079><c> Jews</c><00:27:09.559><c> themselves</c><00:27:10.700><c> first</c><00:27:11.599><c> were</c><00:27:12.079><c> about</c><00:27:12.440><c> to</c>

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see<00:27:13.220><c> the</c><00:27:13.740><c> glory</c><00:27:14.039><c> of</c><00:27:14.319><c> God</c><00:27:14.680><c> in</c><00:27:15.240><c> the</c><00:27:15.480><c> face</c><00:27:15.740><c> of</c><00:27:15.960><c> Jesus</c>

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Christ.<00:27:16.859><c> You</c><00:27:16.880><c> know,</c><00:27:17.599><c> John</c><00:27:17.839><c> chapter</c><00:27:18.200><c> one,</c><00:27:18.740><c> and</c><00:27:19.079><c> we</c><00:27:19.299><c> beheld</c><00:27:19.920><c> his</c>

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glory<00:27:20.900><c> as</c><00:27:21.480><c> of</c><00:27:21.640><c> the</c><00:27:21.920><c> only</c><00:27:22.299><c> begotten</c><00:27:22.819><c> of</c><00:27:22.980><c> the</c><00:27:23.220><c> Father,</c>

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full<00:27:24.359><c> of</c><00:27:24.660><c> grace</c><00:27:25.299><c> and</c><00:27:26.519><c> truth.</c><00:27:28.859><c> And</c><00:27:29.319><c> I</c><00:27:29.799><c> mustn't</c><00:27:30.279><c> digress</c><00:27:30.799><c> too</c>

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much,<00:27:31.660><c> but</c><00:27:31.740><c> having</c><00:27:32.119><c> read</c><00:27:32.539><c> that,</c><00:27:33.380><c> brethren</c><00:27:33.500><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:27:35.200><c> just</c><00:27:35.579><c> turn</c><00:27:35.940><c> back</c><00:27:36.279><c> a</c><00:27:36.480><c> page</c><00:27:36.720><c> to</c><00:27:36.940><c> Luke</c><00:27:37.200><c> chapter</c><00:27:37.640><c> two.</c>

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And<00:27:39.259><c> we</c><00:27:39.480><c> have</c><00:27:39.660><c> these</c><00:27:41.059><c> wonderful</c><00:27:41.700><c> words</c><00:27:42.099><c> from</c><00:27:42.400><c> another</c>

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old<00:27:43.940><c> man,</c><00:27:45.059><c> Simeon,</c><00:27:46.619><c> who</c><00:27:46.940><c> was,</c><00:27:47.200><c> as</c><00:27:47.400><c> we</c><00:27:47.579><c> read</c><00:27:47.759><c> in</c><00:27:47.940><c> verse</c><00:27:48.140><c> 25</c><00:27:48.779><c> of</c>

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chapter<00:27:49.279><c> two,</c><00:27:50.240><c> waiting</c><00:27:50.640><c> for</c><00:27:51.059><c> the</c><00:27:51.380><c> consolation</c><00:27:52.220><c> of</c>

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Israel,<00:27:53.880><c> and</c><00:27:54.200><c> the</c><00:27:54.420><c> Holy</c><00:27:54.680><c> Spirit</c><00:27:55.099><c> was</c><00:27:55.339><c> upon</c><00:27:55.619><c> him.</c><00:27:58.339><c> And</c><00:27:58.559><c> this</c><00:27:59.140><c> little</c><00:27:59.759><c> child</c><00:28:00.200><c> of</c>

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six<00:28:00.680><c> weeks</c><00:28:01.000><c> old</c><00:28:01.359><c> is</c><00:28:01.599><c> brought</c><00:28:01.900><c> to</c><00:28:02.180><c> him.</c>

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And<00:28:03.920><c> how</c><00:28:04.200><c> does</c><00:28:04.359><c> he</c><00:28:04.619><c> say,</c><00:28:04.980><c> verse</c><00:28:05.200><c> 29,</c><00:28:06.559><c> Lord,</c><00:28:07.700><c> now</c><00:28:07.960><c> let</c><00:28:08.180><c> us</c><00:28:08.440><c> thy</c>

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servant<00:28:09.799><c> to</c><00:28:10.180><c> depart</c><00:28:10.420><c> in</c><00:28:10.759><c> peace</c><00:28:11.319><c> according</c><00:28:11.980><c> to</c><00:28:12.380><c> thy</c><00:28:12.599><c> word,</c>

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for<00:28:14.160><c> mine</c><00:28:14.480><c> eyes</c><00:28:14.920><c> have</c><00:28:15.480><c> seen</c><00:28:16.519><c> thy</c><00:28:17.079><c> salvation.</c><00:28:18.619><c> And</c><00:28:18.900><c> all</c><00:28:19.079><c> he'd</c><00:28:19.339><c> done,</c><00:28:19.559><c> as</c><00:28:19.720><c> I</c>

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say,<00:28:20.180><c> was</c><00:28:20.299><c> to</c><00:28:20.559><c> hold</c><00:28:20.720><c> in</c><00:28:20.920><c> his</c><00:28:21.200><c> arms</c><00:28:21.519><c> a</c><00:28:22.140><c> little</c>

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baby<00:28:23.319><c> of</c><00:28:23.680><c> six</c><00:28:23.940><c> weeks</c><00:28:24.220><c> old.</c><00:28:25.400><c> How</c><00:28:25.660><c> could</c><00:28:25.880><c> he</c><00:28:26.180><c> say,</c><00:28:27.119><c> mine</c><00:28:27.140><c> eyes</c><00:28:27.519><c> have</c><00:28:27.819><c> seen</c><00:28:28.640><c> thy</c><00:28:29.420><c> salvation?</c><00:28:31.160><c> Well,</c><00:28:31.420><c> of</c><00:28:31.599><c> course,</c>

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the<00:28:32.359><c> answer</c><00:28:32.740><c> is</c><00:28:33.200><c> in</c><00:28:33.500><c> verse</c><00:28:33.759><c> six</c><00:28:34.099><c> of</c><00:28:34.339><c> chapter</c><00:28:34.579><c> three</c><00:28:34.900><c> that</c><00:28:35.079><c> we</c>

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read<00:28:35.460><c> today.</c><00:28:37.160><c> And</c><00:28:37.240><c> all</c><00:28:37.819><c> flesh</c><00:28:38.640><c> shall</c><00:28:39.220><c> see</c><00:28:39.960><c> the</c><00:28:40.519><c> salvation</c>

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of<00:28:41.539><c> God.</c><00:28:43.180><c> It's</c><00:28:43.480><c> wonderful,</c><00:28:43.960><c> isn't</c><00:28:44.119><c> it,</c><00:28:44.339><c> how</c><00:28:44.880><c> when</c><00:28:45.279><c> those</c><00:28:45.619><c> words</c><00:28:46.059><c> quoted,</c><00:28:46.700><c> of</c>

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course,<00:28:47.259><c> from</c><00:28:47.460><c> Isaiah,</c><00:28:48.440><c> as</c><00:28:48.880><c> indeed</c>

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they<00:28:49.460><c> are,</c><00:28:50.359><c> from</c><00:28:50.619><c> Isaiah</c><00:28:51.039><c> chapter</c><00:28:51.440><c> 40,</c><00:28:52.039><c> it</c><00:28:52.240><c> says,</c><00:28:53.140><c> and</c><00:28:53.140><c> all</c><00:28:53.440><c> flesh</c><00:28:54.039><c> shall</c><00:28:54.500><c> see</c><00:28:54.740><c> it</c>

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together.<00:28:55.400><c> That</c><00:28:55.640><c> is</c><00:28:55.880><c> the</c><00:28:56.099><c> glory</c>

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of<00:28:56.599><c> God.</c><00:28:57.380><c> And</c><00:28:57.640><c> the</c><00:28:57.960><c> glory</c><00:28:58.279><c> of</c><00:28:58.539><c> God,</c><00:28:58.819><c> brethren</c><00:28:58.980><c> and</c><00:28:59.220><c> sisters,</c>

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is<00:29:00.660><c> his</c><00:29:01.519><c> salvation</c><00:29:02.380><c> to</c><00:29:02.859><c> be</c><00:29:03.160><c> seen</c><00:29:03.400><c> in</c><00:29:03.579><c> the</c><00:29:03.819><c> face</c><00:29:04.059><c> of</c><00:29:04.240><c> Jesus</c>

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Christ.<00:29:05.759><c> In</c><00:29:06.140><c> that</c><00:29:06.559><c> sense,</c><00:29:07.319><c> the</c><00:29:07.519><c> kingdom</c><00:29:07.799><c> of</c><00:29:08.059><c> God</c><00:29:08.279><c> is</c><00:29:08.480><c> at</c><00:29:08.720><c> hand.</c>

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The<00:29:09.579><c> age</c><00:29:10.119><c> of</c><00:29:10.420><c> the</c><00:29:10.680><c> kingdom</c><00:29:11.140><c> has</c><00:29:11.619><c> been</c><00:29:11.980><c> declared.</c>

00:29:12.680 --> 00:29:17.740
Not<00:29:13.940><c> the</c><00:29:14.099><c> kingdom</c><00:29:14.539><c> of</c><00:29:14.819><c> Israel</c><00:29:15.279><c> of</c><00:29:15.519><c> old,</c><00:29:16.240><c> with</c><00:29:16.380><c> Saul</c><00:29:16.900><c> and</c><00:29:17.259><c> David</c>

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and<00:29:18.019><c> Solomon</c><00:29:18.460><c> and</c><00:29:18.759><c> Hezekiah,</c><00:29:19.460><c> not</c><00:29:19.960><c> that</c><00:29:20.839><c> kingdom</c>

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as<00:29:21.440><c> it</c><00:29:21.599><c> was</c><00:29:21.880><c> then,</c><00:29:23.180><c> but</c><00:29:23.339><c> the</c><00:29:23.559><c> kingdom</c><00:29:23.839><c> of</c><00:29:24.140><c> God</c><00:29:24.759><c> as</c><00:29:25.799><c> it</c><00:29:25.980><c> is</c><00:29:26.200><c> to</c><00:29:26.380><c> be</c>

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in<00:29:26.740><c> its</c><00:29:27.019><c> next</c><00:29:27.380><c> stage,</c><00:29:27.839><c> that</c><00:29:28.119><c> is,</c><00:29:28.700><c> open</c><00:29:29.059><c> to</c><00:29:29.700><c> the</c><00:29:30.099><c> whole</c>

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of<00:29:31.640><c> mankind.</c><00:29:38.859><c> When,</c><00:29:39.319><c> of</c><00:29:39.519><c> course,</c><00:29:40.460><c> all</c><00:29:40.740><c> the</c><00:29:41.240><c> true</c><00:29:41.859><c> children</c><00:29:42.420><c> of</c>

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Abraham<00:29:44.000><c> will</c><00:29:44.660><c> be</c><00:29:44.859><c> kings</c><00:29:45.920><c> and</c><00:29:46.559><c> priests</c><00:29:47.480><c> therein.</c>

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Now,<00:29:53.000><c> there</c><00:29:53.180><c> was</c><00:29:53.420><c> to</c><00:29:53.619><c> be</c><00:29:53.759><c> a</c><00:29:53.920><c> baptism,</c><00:29:54.319><c> of</c><00:29:54.640><c> course,</c><00:29:55.880><c> and</c><00:29:56.319><c> it</c><00:29:56.559><c> was,</c><00:29:56.799><c> as</c>

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we<00:29:57.200><c> read</c><00:29:57.359><c> in</c><00:29:57.539><c> verse</c><00:29:57.759><c> three</c><00:29:58.000><c> of</c><00:29:58.180><c> our</c><00:29:58.339><c> chapter</c>

00:29:58.660 --> 00:30:04.180
today,<00:29:59.720><c> a</c><00:29:59.880><c> baptism</c><00:30:00.400><c> of</c><00:30:00.940><c> repentance.</c><00:30:01.859><c> Not,</c><00:30:02.279><c> of</c><00:30:02.460><c> course,</c><00:30:02.839><c> a</c><00:30:03.019><c> baptism</c><00:30:03.519><c> into</c><00:30:03.880><c> the</c>

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death<00:30:04.619><c> and</c><00:30:05.000><c> the</c><00:30:05.259><c> resurrection</c>

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of<00:30:05.960><c> the</c><00:30:06.099><c> Lord</c><00:30:06.279><c> Jesus</c><00:30:06.680><c> Christ,</c><00:30:07.019><c> because</c><00:30:07.500><c> that</c><00:30:07.980><c> had</c><00:30:08.240><c> not</c><00:30:08.480><c> yet</c><00:30:08.720><c> happened.</c><00:30:09.980><c> Oh,</c><00:30:10.279><c> no.</c><00:30:11.359><c> It's</c><00:30:11.779><c> a</c>

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baptism<00:30:12.460><c> of</c><00:30:12.960><c> renewal,</c>

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a<00:30:14.359><c> baptism</c><00:30:14.880><c> of</c><00:30:15.640><c> repentance,</c><00:30:18.319><c> a</c><00:30:18.680><c> changing</c><00:30:19.019><c> of</c><00:30:19.380><c> the</c><00:30:19.799><c> outlook</c><00:30:20.160><c> of</c>

00:30:20.440 --> 00:30:23.079
the<00:30:20.660><c> person</c><00:30:20.980><c> concerned,</c><00:30:21.599><c> a</c><00:30:21.880><c> changing</c><00:30:22.200><c> of</c><00:30:22.420><c> the</c><00:30:22.640><c> mind,</c>

00:30:23.079 --> 00:30:30.559
a<00:30:23.720><c> changing</c><00:30:24.099><c> of</c><00:30:24.339><c> the</c><00:30:24.480><c> purpose.</c><00:30:28.539><c> And</c><00:30:28.859><c> when</c><00:30:29.099><c> that</c><00:30:29.440><c> happened,</c><00:30:29.880><c> the</c><00:30:30.039><c> Lord,</c><00:30:30.400><c> in</c>

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order<00:30:30.839><c> to</c><00:30:31.240><c> identify</c><00:30:31.980><c> himself</c><00:30:32.759><c> with</c><00:30:33.920><c> the</c>

00:30:34.160 --> 00:30:39.680
human<00:30:34.460><c> race,</c><00:30:35.559><c> he</c><00:30:35.900><c> himself</c><00:30:36.660><c> was</c><00:30:37.660><c> baptized,</c><00:30:38.920><c> wasn't</c><00:30:39.180><c> he?</c><00:30:39.480><c> Look</c>

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at<00:30:39.880><c> verse</c><00:30:40.119><c> 21</c><00:30:40.599><c> of</c><00:30:40.819><c> our</c><00:30:40.960><c> reading</c><00:30:41.299><c> for</c><00:30:41.579><c> today,</c><00:30:42.240><c> of</c>

00:30:42.400 --> 00:30:47.299
chapter<00:30:42.680><c> three</c><00:30:42.940><c> of</c><00:30:43.140><c> Luke.</c><00:30:44.220><c> Now,</c><00:30:45.759><c> when</c><00:30:46.220><c> all</c><00:30:46.599><c> the</c><00:30:46.740><c> people</c><00:30:46.960><c> were</c>

00:30:47.299 --> 00:30:50.130
baptized,<00:30:47.900><c> it</c><00:30:48.099><c> came</c><00:30:48.299><c> to</c><00:30:48.500><c> pass</c><00:30:48.720><c> that</c><00:30:48.940><c> Jesus</c><00:30:49.339><c> also,</c>

00:30:50.529 --> 00:30:58.230
being<00:30:51.130><c> baptized</c><00:30:51.730><c> and</c><00:30:52.150><c> praying,</c><00:30:53.190><c> the</c><00:30:53.369><c> heaven</c><00:30:54.269><c> was</c><00:30:54.809><c> opened.</c><00:30:57.430><c> You</c><00:30:57.690><c> see,</c><00:30:58.069><c> up</c>

00:30:58.230 --> 00:30:59.990
until<00:30:58.630><c> this</c><00:30:59.109><c> very</c><00:30:59.589><c> time,</c>

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brethren<00:31:00.289><c> and</c><00:31:00.509><c> sisters,</c><00:31:00.970><c> the</c><00:31:01.109><c> Lord</c><00:31:01.369><c> Jesus</c><00:31:01.809><c> Christ</c><00:31:02.309><c> had</c><00:31:02.769><c> been</c>

00:31:03.069 --> 00:31:06.890
brought<00:31:03.329><c> up</c><00:31:03.549><c> in</c><00:31:03.769><c> obscurity</c><00:31:04.509><c> in</c><00:31:04.890><c> Nazareth.</c><00:31:06.410><c> He</c><00:31:06.670><c> was</c>

00:31:06.890 --> 00:31:10.150
the<00:31:07.109><c> son</c><00:31:07.250><c> of</c><00:31:07.430><c> a</c><00:31:07.690><c> carpenter</c><00:31:08.109><c>-cum</c><00:31:08.390><c>-builder,</c><00:31:09.170><c> what</c><00:31:09.369><c> we</c><00:31:09.630><c> would</c><00:31:09.930><c> in</c>

00:31:10.150 --> 00:31:13.130
England<00:31:10.490><c> call</c><00:31:10.789><c> a</c><00:31:11.029><c> jobbing</c><00:31:11.509><c> builder,</c><00:31:12.450><c> someone</c><00:31:12.730><c> who</c><00:31:12.950><c> took</c>

00:31:13.130 --> 00:31:18.730
on<00:31:13.309><c> any</c><00:31:13.609><c> sort</c><00:31:13.829><c> of</c><00:31:14.009><c> work</c><00:31:14.170><c> to</c><00:31:14.369><c> do</c><00:31:14.490><c> with</c><00:31:14.670><c> building.</c><00:31:16.750><c> Jesus</c><00:31:17.170><c> was</c><00:31:17.490><c> the</c><00:31:17.730><c> son</c><00:31:18.309><c> of</c>

00:31:18.730 --> 00:31:20.730
such<00:31:18.930><c> and</c><00:31:19.150><c> one.</c><00:31:20.089><c> So,</c><00:31:20.369><c> of</c><00:31:20.569><c> course,</c>

00:31:20.730 --> 00:31:30.109
it<00:31:20.890><c> was</c><00:31:21.130><c> thought.</c><00:31:22.430><c> But</c><00:31:22.589><c> then</c><00:31:22.829><c> he</c><00:31:23.009><c> came</c><00:31:23.630><c> to</c><00:31:24.549><c> John</c><00:31:24.869><c> Baptist</c><00:31:25.349><c> in</c><00:31:25.569><c> the</c><00:31:25.730><c> wilderness</c><00:31:26.170><c> and</c><00:31:26.710><c> was</c><00:31:27.049><c> baptized.</c><00:31:28.730><c> This</c><00:31:29.130><c> is</c><00:31:29.569><c> a</c>

00:31:30.109 --> 00:31:36.250
great<00:31:30.509><c> turning</c><00:31:30.910><c> point</c><00:31:31.390><c> in</c><00:31:31.950><c> the</c><00:31:32.269><c> ministry</c><00:31:32.809><c> of</c><00:31:33.150><c> our</c><00:31:33.369><c> Lord,</c><00:31:33.690><c> because,</c><00:31:34.549><c> verse</c><00:31:34.990><c> 22,</c>

00:31:36.509 --> 00:31:43.609
the<00:31:36.690><c> Holy</c><00:31:37.049><c> Spirit</c><00:31:37.470><c> descended</c><00:31:38.170><c> in</c><00:31:43.109><c> a</c>

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dove.<00:31:46.109><c> The</c><00:31:46.349><c> sign</c><00:31:46.630><c> of</c><00:31:46.789><c> the</c><00:31:46.890><c> prophet</c><00:31:47.269><c> Jonah,</c><00:31:47.990><c> remember</c><00:31:48.369><c> Jonah</c><00:31:48.730><c> means</c><00:31:49.089><c> a</c>

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dove?<00:31:51.589><c> See,</c><00:31:51.849><c> Jonah,</c><00:31:52.269><c> it's</c><00:31:52.890><c> a</c><00:31:53.009><c> double</c><00:31:53.430><c> sign,</c>

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really.<00:31:55.789><c> Not</c><00:31:56.029><c> only</c><00:31:56.450><c> as</c><00:31:56.950><c> Jonah</c><00:31:57.230><c> was</c><00:31:57.730><c> three</c><00:31:58.049><c> days</c><00:31:58.450><c> and</c><00:31:58.789><c> three</c><00:31:59.069><c> nights</c><00:31:59.490><c> in</c>

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the<00:32:00.250><c> whale's</c><00:32:00.690><c> belly,</c><00:32:02.089><c> and</c><00:32:02.329><c> that</c><00:32:02.490><c> was</c><00:32:02.910><c> a</c><00:32:03.430><c> sign</c>

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of<00:32:03.910><c> the</c><00:32:04.150><c> resurrection</c><00:32:04.710><c> of</c><00:32:04.970><c> the</c><00:32:05.130><c> Lord,</c><00:32:06.309><c> but</c><00:32:06.490><c> the</c><00:32:06.750><c> Holy</c><00:32:07.009><c> Spirit</c>

00:32:07.349 --> 00:32:10.890
came<00:32:07.670><c> upon</c><00:32:07.950><c> him</c><00:32:08.529><c> like</c><00:32:09.150><c> a</c><00:32:09.470><c> dove.</c><00:32:10.309><c> And</c><00:32:10.569><c> we</c><00:32:10.630><c> must</c>

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remember<00:32:11.349><c> that,</c><00:32:11.670><c> that</c><00:32:11.990><c> Jonah</c><00:32:12.190><c> takes</c><00:32:12.589><c> a</c><00:32:12.849><c> double</c><00:32:13.269><c> part</c><00:32:13.930><c> in</c><00:32:14.109><c> the</c>

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life<00:32:14.490><c> of</c><00:32:14.710><c> our</c><00:32:14.890><c> Lord.</c><00:32:16.369><c> And</c><00:32:16.990><c> there</c><00:32:17.769><c> came</c><00:32:18.190><c> a</c><00:32:18.490><c> voice</c>

00:32:18.769 --> 00:32:25.450
from<00:32:19.069><c> heaven.</c><00:32:22.029><c> There</c><00:32:22.250><c> had</c><00:32:22.490><c> been</c><00:32:22.670><c> no</c><00:32:23.009><c> voice</c><00:32:23.289><c> from</c><00:32:23.569><c> heaven</c><00:32:24.390><c> for</c>

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hundreds<00:32:25.849><c> of</c><00:32:26.150><c> years,</c><00:32:26.690><c> 400</c><00:32:27.049><c> years</c><00:32:27.509><c> in</c><00:32:27.710><c> Israel.</c><00:32:30.650><c> It's</c>

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very<00:32:31.450><c> easy</c><00:32:31.690><c> for</c><00:32:31.950><c> us,</c><00:32:32.130><c> you</c><00:32:32.190><c> know,</c><00:32:32.470><c> living</c><00:32:32.930><c> as</c><00:32:33.730><c> long</c><00:32:33.930><c> after</c><00:32:34.289><c> these</c><00:32:34.549><c> events</c><00:32:34.910><c> as</c>

00:32:35.109 --> 00:32:37.359
we<00:32:35.309><c> do,</c><00:32:36.269><c> because</c><00:32:36.650><c> we</c><00:32:36.890><c> know</c><00:32:37.049><c> what's</c>

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going<00:32:37.500><c> to</c><00:32:37.579><c> come</c><00:32:37.819><c> next,</c><00:32:38.240><c> and</c><00:32:38.380><c> what's</c><00:32:38.599><c> going</c><00:32:38.740><c> to</c><00:32:38.839><c> come</c><00:32:38.980><c> after</c>

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that,<00:32:39.640><c> and</c><00:32:39.799><c> then</c><00:32:39.960><c> after</c><00:32:40.240><c> that,</c><00:32:40.519><c> and</c><00:32:40.640><c> then</c><00:32:40.839><c> after</c>

00:32:41.119 --> 00:32:45.720
that.<00:32:41.720><c> It's</c><00:32:42.059><c> very</c><00:32:42.299><c> difficult</c><00:32:42.740><c> for</c><00:32:43.019><c> us</c><00:32:43.619><c> to</c><00:32:44.119><c> catch</c><00:32:44.539><c> the</c><00:32:45.000><c> impact</c>

00:32:45.720 --> 00:32:50.880
on<00:32:46.339><c> those</c><00:32:46.680><c> who</c><00:32:47.160><c> first</c><00:32:48.099><c> heard</c><00:32:49.000><c> this</c><00:32:49.640><c> voice</c><00:32:50.240><c> from</c>

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heaven<00:32:51.259><c> saying,</c><00:32:53.279><c> thou</c><00:32:53.539><c> art</c><00:32:53.920><c> my</c><00:32:54.299><c> beloved</c><00:32:54.779><c> son,</c><00:32:56.240><c> in</c><00:32:56.640><c> thee</c><00:32:57.039><c> I</c><00:32:57.559><c> am</c>

00:32:57.759 --> 00:33:00.720
well<00:32:58.140><c> pleased.</c><00:32:59.000><c> They</c><00:32:59.319><c> must</c><00:32:59.619><c> have</c><00:32:59.859><c> been</c><00:33:00.299><c> frightened</c>

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to<00:33:00.960><c> death,</c><00:33:01.380><c> brethren</c><00:33:01.539><c> and</c><00:33:01.779><c> sisters.</c><00:33:02.619><c> And</c><00:33:02.880><c> the</c><00:33:03.119><c> news</c><00:33:03.400><c> would</c><00:33:04.000><c> spread</c><00:33:04.400><c> like</c><00:33:05.059><c> wildfire</c><00:33:05.960><c> in</c>

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that<00:33:07.500><c> area</c><00:33:07.980><c> of</c><00:33:08.279><c> Judea,</c>

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and<00:33:09.619><c> then</c><00:33:09.920><c> back</c><00:33:10.420><c> throughout</c><00:33:10.960><c> the</c><00:33:11.160><c> whole</c><00:33:11.359><c> of</c><00:33:11.559><c> the</c><00:33:11.700><c> land</c><00:33:11.940><c> of</c><00:33:12.240><c> Palestine.</c><00:33:14.839><c> This</c><00:33:15.500><c> is</c>

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my<00:33:16.079><c> beloved</c><00:33:16.519><c> son,</c><00:33:17.579><c> or</c><00:33:17.720><c> as</c><00:33:18.420><c> the</c><00:33:19.000><c> one</c>

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translation<00:33:20.119><c> puts</c><00:33:20.599><c> it,</c><00:33:21.339><c> on</c><00:33:21.680><c> whom</c><00:33:22.319><c> my</c><00:33:23.339><c> favor</c><00:33:23.980><c> rests.</c><00:33:26.900><c> The</c><00:33:27.279><c> works</c><00:33:27.599><c> of</c>

00:33:27.819 --> 00:33:30.140
the<00:33:27.980><c> law</c><00:33:28.240><c> could</c><00:33:28.500><c> make</c><00:33:28.859><c> no</c><00:33:29.259><c> one</c><00:33:29.460><c> who</c><00:33:29.700><c> came</c><00:33:29.940><c> to</c>

00:33:30.140 --> 00:33:34.980
them<00:33:30.220><c> perfect.</c><00:33:31.880><c> And</c><00:33:31.880><c> the</c><00:33:33.240><c> teaching</c><00:33:33.680><c> of</c><00:33:33.940><c> the</c><00:33:34.119><c> Jewish</c><00:33:34.400><c> leaders</c>

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had<00:33:35.680><c> perverted</c><00:33:36.200><c> the</c><00:33:36.480><c> law</c><00:33:36.740><c> and</c><00:33:37.380><c> everything</c>

00:33:37.940 --> 00:33:45.880
that<00:33:38.160><c> it</c><00:33:38.359><c> stood</c><00:33:38.619><c> for.</c><00:33:39.660><c> It</c><00:33:39.880><c> was</c><00:33:40.839><c> about</c><00:33:41.700><c> to</c><00:33:42.559><c> die.</c><00:33:44.200><c> Just</c><00:33:44.559><c> come</c><00:33:44.819><c> back</c><00:33:45.019><c> again</c><00:33:45.359><c> to</c>

00:33:45.880 --> 00:33:47.980
Mark<00:33:46.339><c> chapter</c><00:33:46.759><c> 1.</c><00:33:47.279><c> We've</c><00:33:47.500><c> turned</c><00:33:47.779><c> to</c>

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that<00:33:48.180><c> already.</c><00:33:51.900><c> Where</c><00:33:52.119><c> are</c><00:33:52.359><c> we?</c><00:33:52.680><c> Yes,</c><00:33:53.680><c> verse</c><00:33:54.019><c> 14.</c><00:33:55.940><c> Now</c><00:33:56.160><c> after</c>

00:33:56.460 --> 00:33:58.599
that<00:33:56.720><c> John</c><00:33:56.880><c> was</c><00:33:57.119><c> put</c><00:33:57.319><c> in</c><00:33:57.559><c> prison,</c><00:33:57.900><c> Jesus</c><00:33:58.259><c> came</c>

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into<00:33:58.880><c> Galilee</c><00:33:59.299><c> preaching</c><00:33:59.759><c> the</c><00:34:00.119><c> gospel</c><00:34:00.539><c> of</c><00:34:00.799><c> the</c><00:34:01.000><c> kingdom</c><00:34:01.279><c> of</c>

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God<00:34:01.759><c> and</c><00:34:02.119><c> saying,</c><00:34:03.079><c> the</c><00:34:03.319><c> time</c><00:34:03.940><c> is</c><00:34:04.539><c> fulfilled,</c><00:34:07.059><c> and</c><00:34:07.420><c> the</c>

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kingdom<00:34:07.960><c> of</c><00:34:08.199><c> God</c><00:34:08.360><c> is</c><00:34:08.559><c> at</c><00:34:08.820><c> hand.</c><00:34:09.139><c> Repent</c><00:34:09.619><c> ye</c><00:34:09.760><c> and</c><00:34:09.900><c> believe</c><00:34:10.260><c> the</c>

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gospel.<00:34:12.559><c> Now</c><00:34:12.820><c> we've</c><00:34:13.320><c> mentioned</c><00:34:13.760><c> repent</c><00:34:14.659><c> ye</c><00:34:14.820><c> and</c>

00:34:14.980 --> 00:34:17.619
believe<00:34:15.199><c> the</c><00:34:15.400><c> gospel.</c><00:34:16.219><c> We've</c><00:34:16.659><c> mentioned</c><00:34:16.900><c> the</c><00:34:17.119><c> way</c><00:34:17.320><c> in</c><00:34:17.460><c> which</c>

00:34:17.619 --> 00:34:20.940
the<00:34:17.880><c> kingdom</c><00:34:18.119><c> of</c><00:34:18.460><c> God</c><00:34:18.639><c> was</c><00:34:18.860><c> at</c><00:34:19.119><c> hand.</c><00:34:20.000><c> The</c><00:34:20.079><c> kingdom</c>

00:34:21.170 --> 00:34:27.119
age<00:34:21.539><c> was</c><00:34:21.940><c> about</c><00:34:22.300><c> to</c><00:34:22.519><c> be</c><00:34:22.659><c> declared.</c><00:34:25.099><c> But</c><00:34:25.260><c> when</c><00:34:25.500><c> it</c><00:34:25.760><c> says</c><00:34:26.059><c> the</c><00:34:26.440><c> time</c><00:34:26.739><c> is</c>

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fulfilled,<00:34:29.199><c> for</c><00:34:29.300><c> the</c><00:34:29.619><c> Jews,</c><00:34:30.179><c> as</c><00:34:30.340><c> we</c><00:34:30.659><c> express</c><00:34:31.119><c> it,</c>

00:34:31.320 --> 00:34:35.679
for<00:34:31.559><c> the</c><00:34:31.860><c> Jews</c><00:34:32.159><c> and</c><00:34:32.420><c> the</c><00:34:32.599><c> Jewish</c><00:34:32.920><c> dispensation,</c><00:34:34.840><c> their</c><00:34:35.239><c> time</c>

00:34:35.679 --> 00:34:43.199
was<00:34:35.980><c> up.</c><00:34:38.119><c> Their</c><00:34:38.500><c> time</c><00:34:38.880><c> was</c><00:34:39.159><c> over.</c><00:34:40.639><c> That</c><00:34:41.039><c> time</c><00:34:42.039><c> was</c>

00:34:43.199 --> 00:34:49.539
fulfilled.<00:34:45.820><c> The</c><00:34:46.260><c> crooked</c><00:34:46.639><c> ways</c><00:34:47.079><c> would</c><00:34:47.340><c> be</c><00:34:47.579><c> replaced</c><00:34:48.119><c> by</c><00:34:49.019><c> the</c>

00:34:49.539 --> 00:34:52.800
way.<00:34:49.980><c> You</c><00:34:50.239><c> remember</c><00:34:50.500><c> how</c><00:34:50.760><c> it's</c><00:34:51.260><c> expressed</c><00:34:51.539><c> in</c><00:34:51.860><c> John,</c>

00:34:53.880 --> 00:34:58.659
thou<00:34:54.099><c> art</c><00:34:54.380><c> the</c><00:34:54.619><c> way,</c><00:34:55.360><c> the</c><00:34:55.699><c> truth,</c><00:34:56.079><c> and</c><00:34:56.320><c> the</c><00:34:56.480><c> life.</c><00:34:56.719><c> One</c><00:34:56.960><c> translation</c><00:34:57.599><c> says,</c>

00:34:58.699 --> 00:35:01.719
thou<00:34:58.980><c> art</c><00:34:59.320><c> the</c><00:34:59.719><c> true</c><00:35:00.159><c> and</c><00:35:00.699><c> living</c><00:35:00.980><c> way,</c>

00:35:01.719 --> 00:35:07.480
not<00:35:02.480><c> a</c><00:35:02.880><c> crooked</c><00:35:03.179><c> way,</c><00:35:04.199><c> a</c><00:35:04.800><c> straight</c><00:35:05.139><c> way</c><00:35:05.780><c> back</c><00:35:06.500><c> to</c><00:35:06.719><c> the</c><00:35:06.960><c> things</c>

00:35:07.480 --> 00:35:14.360
of<00:35:08.280><c> God.</c><00:35:11.699><c> And</c><00:35:11.699><c> look</c><00:35:12.659><c> at</c><00:35:13.179><c> verse</c><00:35:13.440><c> 2</c><00:35:13.719><c> of</c><00:35:13.840><c> this</c><00:35:14.039><c> chapter</c>

00:35:14.360 --> 00:35:18.579
we're<00:35:14.579><c> looking</c><00:35:14.840><c> at.</c><00:35:15.199><c> Behold,</c><00:35:15.559><c> I</c><00:35:15.780><c> send</c><00:35:15.980><c> my</c><00:35:16.579><c> messenger</c><00:35:17.400><c> before</c>

00:35:18.579 --> 00:35:23.300
thy<00:35:19.360><c> face,</c><00:35:20.980><c> which</c><00:35:21.159><c> shall</c><00:35:21.440><c> prepare</c><00:35:22.179><c> thy</c><00:35:22.900><c> way</c>

00:35:23.300 --> 00:35:31.019
before<00:35:24.500><c> thee.</c><00:35:25.880><c> Yes,</c><00:35:26.579><c> Jesus</c><00:35:26.900><c> really</c><00:35:27.440><c> is</c><00:35:28.139><c> Immanuel,</c><00:35:29.559><c> God</c><00:35:30.019><c> with</c>

00:35:31.019 --> 00:35:37.599
them.<00:35:35.800><c> Now</c><00:35:35.980><c> the</c><00:35:36.159><c> baptism</c><00:35:36.539><c> through</c><00:35:36.880><c> the</c><00:35:37.000><c> Lord</c><00:35:37.219><c> Jesus,</c>

00:35:37.599 --> 00:35:42.780
of<00:35:37.900><c> course,</c><00:35:38.239><c> was</c><00:35:38.460><c> quite</c><00:35:38.780><c> different</c><00:35:39.260><c> from</c><00:35:39.619><c> that</c><00:35:39.880><c> of</c><00:35:40.139><c> John.</c><00:35:41.460><c> This</c><00:35:42.139><c> prophecy</c><00:35:42.579><c> of</c>

00:35:42.780 --> 00:35:44.719
John<00:35:43.019><c> that</c><00:35:43.219><c> we</c><00:35:43.420><c> read</c><00:35:43.579><c> in</c><00:35:44.300><c> the</c><00:35:44.500><c> third</c>

00:35:44.719 --> 00:35:52.059
chapter<00:35:45.119><c> and</c><00:35:45.280><c> verse</c><00:35:45.500><c> 16,</c><00:35:48.739><c> better</c><00:35:49.019><c> just</c><00:35:49.440><c> remind</c><00:35:49.800><c> ourselves</c><00:35:51.780><c> of</c>

00:35:52.059 --> 00:35:56.079
that,<00:35:52.699><c> because</c><00:35:52.780><c> John</c><00:35:54.179><c> talks</c><00:35:54.559><c> about</c><00:35:55.099><c> the</c><00:35:55.639><c> baptism</c>

00:35:56.079 --> 00:36:04.639
that<00:35:56.420><c> Jesus</c><00:35:56.860><c> himself</c><00:35:57.840><c> would</c><00:35:58.559><c> bring.</c><00:36:01.340><c> Luke</c><00:36:01.519><c> chapter</c><00:36:01.900><c> 3</c><00:36:03.019><c> and</c>

00:36:04.639 --> 00:36:09.300
verse<00:36:04.940><c> 16,</c><00:36:07.639><c> John</c><00:36:07.980><c> answered</c><00:36:08.420><c> and</c><00:36:08.659><c> said</c><00:36:08.820><c> unto</c><00:36:09.019><c> them,</c>

00:36:09.300 --> 00:36:15.239
I<00:36:09.739><c> indeed</c><00:36:10.199><c> baptize</c><00:36:10.840><c> you</c><00:36:10.960><c> with</c><00:36:11.159><c> water,</c><00:36:12.199><c> but</c><00:36:12.360><c> one</c><00:36:12.659><c> mightier</c><00:36:13.059><c> than</c><00:36:13.199><c> I</c><00:36:13.480><c> cometh,</c><00:36:13.860><c> the</c><00:36:14.019><c> latchet</c><00:36:14.340><c> of</c><00:36:14.480><c> whose</c><00:36:14.659><c> shoes</c><00:36:14.960><c> I</c>

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am<00:36:15.420><c> not</c>

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worthy<00:36:15.880><c> to</c><00:36:16.139><c> unloose,</c><00:36:16.780><c> he</c><00:36:17.119><c> shall</c><00:36:17.480><c> baptize</c><00:36:18.219><c> you</c><00:36:18.780><c> with</c><00:36:19.099><c> the</c><00:36:19.380><c> Holy</c>

00:36:19.639 --> 00:36:24.320
Spirit<00:36:20.460><c> and</c><00:36:21.380><c> with</c><00:36:21.719><c> fire.</c><00:36:22.599><c> And</c><00:36:22.920><c> we</c><00:36:23.179><c> think</c><00:36:23.500><c> of</c><00:36:23.820><c> the</c><00:36:24.119><c> day</c>

00:36:24.320 --> 00:36:28.920
of<00:36:24.559><c> Pentecost.</c><00:36:26.820><c> Now</c><00:36:27.300><c> I</c><00:36:27.699><c> don't</c><00:36:27.980><c> know,</c><00:36:28.340><c> brethren</c><00:36:28.460><c> and</c><00:36:28.659><c> sisters,</c>

00:36:28.980 --> 00:36:32.559
how<00:36:29.199><c> much</c><00:36:29.440><c> your</c><00:36:29.800><c> minds</c><00:36:30.139><c> are</c><00:36:30.539><c> colored</c><00:36:30.920><c> by</c><00:36:32.260><c> the</c>

00:36:32.559 --> 00:36:40.360
paintings<00:36:33.400><c> by</c><00:36:34.320><c> medieval</c><00:36:34.880><c> artists</c><00:36:35.719><c> who</c><00:36:36.400><c> picture</c><00:36:36.900><c> in</c><00:36:37.639><c> this</c><00:36:39.260><c> baptism</c><00:36:39.940><c> of</c>

00:36:40.360 --> 00:36:46.000
fire<00:36:40.860><c> a</c><00:36:41.360><c> sort</c><00:36:41.500><c> of</c><00:36:41.840><c> small</c><00:36:44.059><c> flame</c><00:36:44.860><c> split</c><00:36:45.639><c> down</c>

00:36:46.000 --> 00:36:48.860
the<00:36:46.139><c> middle,</c><00:36:46.719><c> cloven</c><00:36:47.059><c> tongs,</c><00:36:47.619><c> you</c><00:36:47.639><c> know,</c><00:36:47.780><c> you</c><00:36:47.900><c> get</c><00:36:48.059><c> this</c><00:36:48.280><c> picture</c><00:36:48.519><c> of</c><00:36:48.719><c> a</c>

00:36:48.860 --> 00:36:50.920
flame<00:36:49.039><c> sort</c><00:36:49.239><c> of</c><00:36:49.579><c> split</c><00:36:49.739><c> down</c><00:36:50.039><c> the</c><00:36:50.179><c> middle,</c>

00:36:50.940 --> 00:36:54.960
resting<00:36:51.179><c> as</c><00:36:51.500><c> it</c><00:36:51.760><c> were</c><00:36:52.079><c> on</c><00:36:52.559><c> the</c><00:36:52.820><c> head</c><00:36:53.179><c> of</c><00:36:53.500><c> each</c><00:36:53.699><c> of</c><00:36:53.840><c> the</c><00:36:54.019><c> disciples.</c><00:36:54.559><c> I</c><00:36:54.739><c> must</c>

00:36:54.960 --> 00:36:56.559
admit<00:36:55.219><c> those</c><00:36:55.599><c> pictures</c><00:36:56.039><c> are</c><00:36:56.280><c> so</c>

00:36:56.559 --> 00:36:58.519
common<00:36:56.820><c> that</c><00:36:57.000><c> it's</c><00:36:57.219><c> easy</c><00:36:57.420><c> to</c><00:36:57.679><c> think</c><00:36:57.800><c> that</c><00:36:57.980><c> that</c><00:36:58.139><c> was</c><00:36:58.239><c> what</c><00:36:58.380><c> it</c>

00:36:58.519 --> 00:37:00.920
was<00:36:58.699><c> like.</c><00:36:58.960><c> Well,</c><00:36:59.559><c> those</c><00:36:59.840><c> who</c><00:37:00.039><c> know</c><00:37:00.239><c> tell</c><00:37:00.420><c> me</c><00:37:00.579><c> that</c><00:37:00.739><c> it</c>

00:37:00.920 --> 00:37:03.539
isn't<00:37:01.039><c> like</c><00:37:01.360><c> that.</c><00:37:01.639><c> The</c><00:37:01.699><c> word</c><00:37:02.019><c> cloven</c><00:37:02.539><c> really</c><00:37:02.880><c> means</c><00:37:03.199><c> spread</c>

00:37:03.539 --> 00:37:06.519
around.<00:37:04.539><c> It's</c><00:37:04.659><c> just</c><00:37:04.920><c> as</c><00:37:05.059><c> if</c><00:37:05.219><c> a</c><00:37:05.559><c> sheet</c><00:37:05.699><c> of</c><00:37:06.019><c> flame</c>

00:37:06.519 --> 00:37:10.139
shot<00:37:07.239><c> over</c><00:37:07.559><c> the</c><00:37:07.719><c> heads</c><00:37:07.860><c> of</c><00:37:08.179><c> all</c><00:37:08.400><c> the</c><00:37:08.599><c> disciples</c><00:37:09.260><c> and</c><00:37:09.880><c> settled</c>

00:37:10.139 --> 00:37:13.179
upon<00:37:10.460><c> them.</c><00:37:11.340><c> It's</c><00:37:11.739><c> rather</c><00:37:12.000><c> more</c><00:37:12.320><c> dramatic</c>

00:37:13.179 --> 00:37:17.099
than<00:37:13.699><c> the</c><00:37:14.380><c> sort</c><00:37:14.599><c> of</c><00:37:15.039><c> the</c><00:37:15.260><c> little</c><00:37:15.539><c> tiny</c><00:37:15.920><c> sort</c><00:37:16.159><c> of</c><00:37:16.420><c> candle</c><00:37:16.760><c> flame</c>

00:37:17.099 --> 00:37:20.360
like<00:37:17.480><c> thing</c><00:37:17.760><c> split</c><00:37:18.059><c> down</c><00:37:18.340><c> the</c><00:37:18.480><c> middle.</c><00:37:19.300><c> A</c><00:37:19.500><c> dramatic</c>

00:37:20.360 --> 00:37:28.059
baptizing<00:37:21.139><c> with</c><00:37:21.340><c> the</c><00:37:21.500><c> Holy</c><00:37:21.719><c> Spirit</c><00:37:22.179><c> and</c><00:37:23.219><c> with</c><00:37:24.639><c> fire.</c><00:37:27.380><c> There</c><00:37:27.519><c> was</c><00:37:27.659><c> to</c><00:37:27.820><c> be</c><00:37:27.940><c> a</c>

00:37:28.059 --> 00:37:30.119
time<00:37:28.260><c> of</c><00:37:28.460><c> judgment</c><00:37:28.780><c> for</c><00:37:29.059><c> jury</c><00:37:29.420><c> by</c>

00:37:30.119 --> 00:37:33.880
the<00:37:30.159><c> work</c><00:37:30.460><c> of</c><00:37:30.659><c> the</c><00:37:30.800><c> Lordess.</c><00:37:31.820><c> Yes,</c><00:37:32.739><c> the</c><00:37:32.960><c> coming</c><00:37:33.199><c> of</c><00:37:33.380><c> the</c><00:37:33.559><c> Lord</c>

00:37:33.880 --> 00:37:36.179
brought<00:37:34.400><c> a</c><00:37:34.619><c> judgment</c><00:37:34.900><c> upon</c><00:37:35.179><c> them.</c><00:37:35.760><c> Some</c><00:37:36.000><c> would</c>

00:37:36.179 --> 00:37:40.179
use<00:37:36.380><c> him</c><00:37:36.719><c> and</c><00:37:37.639><c> then</c><00:37:37.920><c> they</c><00:37:38.179><c> themselves</c><00:37:38.679><c> would</c><00:37:38.980><c> be</c><00:37:39.099><c> used.</c><00:37:40.000><c> The</c>

00:37:40.179 --> 00:37:47.639
Jewish<00:37:40.559><c> tree,</c><00:37:45.360><c> it</c><00:37:45.360><c> doesn't</c><00:37:46.659><c> mean</c><00:37:46.880><c> of</c><00:37:47.059><c> course</c><00:37:47.300><c> that</c>

00:37:47.639 --> 00:37:51.119
the<00:37:47.920><c> literal,</c><00:37:48.300><c> as</c><00:37:48.519><c> I</c><00:37:49.260><c> said</c><00:37:49.699><c> a</c><00:37:50.000><c> little</c><00:37:50.139><c> earlier,</c><00:37:50.599><c> the</c><00:37:50.699><c> literal</c>

00:37:51.119 --> 00:37:53.199
kingdom<00:37:51.480><c> of</c><00:37:51.679><c> God</c><00:37:51.900><c> was</c><00:37:52.119><c> about</c><00:37:52.400><c> to</c><00:37:52.559><c> be</c><00:37:52.780><c> established</c>

00:37:53.199 --> 00:37:56.559
on<00:37:53.440><c> the</c><00:37:53.639><c> earth</c><00:37:53.800><c> with</c><00:37:54.380><c> Jerusalem</c><00:37:54.860><c> as</c><00:37:55.079><c> its</c><00:37:55.280><c> capital.</c><00:37:55.659><c> No,</c><00:37:56.239><c> it's</c>

00:37:56.559 --> 00:37:59.179
just<00:37:56.780><c> that</c><00:37:57.059><c> the</c><00:37:57.280><c> kingdom</c><00:37:57.579><c> age,</c><00:37:58.360><c> the</c><00:37:58.559><c> concept</c><00:37:58.980><c> of</c>

00:37:59.179 --> 00:38:04.659
kingdom<00:37:59.599><c> of</c><00:37:59.739><c> God</c><00:38:00.059><c> being</c><00:38:00.360><c> open</c><00:38:00.699><c> to</c><00:38:01.019><c> all</c><00:38:01.679><c> mankind,</c><00:38:03.780><c> that</c><00:38:03.920><c> the</c><00:38:04.119><c> children</c><00:38:04.400><c> of</c>

00:38:04.659 --> 00:38:07.400
Abraham<00:38:05.000><c> are</c><00:38:05.280><c> not</c><00:38:05.619><c> just</c><00:38:06.000><c> necessarily</c>

00:38:07.400 --> 00:38:13.139
his<00:38:07.840><c> natural</c><00:38:08.239><c> descendants,</c><00:38:09.980><c> but</c><00:38:10.059><c> that</c><00:38:10.280><c> all</c><00:38:10.639><c> might</c><00:38:10.940><c> become</c><00:38:11.619><c> children</c><00:38:12.599><c> of</c>

00:38:13.139 --> 00:38:16.559
Abraham.<00:38:15.159><c> Some</c><00:38:15.500><c> of</c><00:38:15.639><c> them</c><00:38:15.840><c> of</c><00:38:15.920><c> course</c><00:38:16.179><c> wanted</c>

00:38:16.559 --> 00:38:19.619
that<00:38:16.940><c> kingdom</c><00:38:17.179><c> immediately,</c><00:38:18.019><c> didn't</c><00:38:18.099><c> they?</c><00:38:18.860><c> And</c><00:38:19.139><c> they</c><00:38:19.380><c> tried</c>

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to<00:38:19.900><c> force</c><00:38:20.079><c> Jesus</c><00:38:20.559><c> into</c><00:38:20.920><c> that</c><00:38:21.219><c> mold.</c><00:38:21.519><c> I've</c><00:38:21.860><c> referred</c>

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to<00:38:22.320><c> that</c><00:38:22.400><c> already</c><00:38:23.079><c> in</c><00:38:23.480><c> John</c><00:38:23.739><c> chapter</c><00:38:24.079><c> 6.</c><00:38:25.340><c> But</c><00:38:25.539><c> they'd</c><00:38:25.780><c> have</c><00:38:25.900><c> to</c>

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wait.<00:38:27.960><c> The</c><00:38:28.179><c> great</c><00:38:28.500><c> time</c><00:38:28.880><c> in</c><00:38:29.059><c> God's</c><00:38:29.460><c> purpose</c><00:38:29.800><c> was</c>

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not<00:38:30.300><c> yet.</c><00:38:32.380><c> But</c><00:38:32.539><c> God</c><00:38:32.840><c> himself</c><00:38:33.420><c> vouched</c><00:38:33.820><c> for</c><00:38:34.019><c> his</c><00:38:34.300><c> son</c><00:38:34.719><c> as</c><00:38:36.119><c> he</c><00:38:36.340><c> began</c><00:38:36.619><c> his</c><00:38:36.980><c> ministry.</c><00:38:38.860><c> This</c><00:38:39.360><c> is</c>

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my<00:38:40.059><c> beloved</c><00:38:40.500><c> son</c><00:38:41.239><c> in</c><00:38:42.079><c> whom</c>

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I<00:38:43.260><c> am</c><00:38:43.460><c> well</c><00:38:43.800><c> pleased.</c><00:38:45.639><c> And</c><00:38:45.639><c> then,</c><00:38:47.980><c> as</c><00:38:48.179><c> I</c><00:38:48.480><c> referred</c><00:38:48.699><c> to</c><00:38:48.860><c> at</c><00:38:49.039><c> the</c>

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beginning<00:38:49.460><c> of</c><00:38:49.679><c> my</c><00:38:49.880><c> remarks,</c><00:38:51.119><c> John</c><00:38:51.380><c> then</c><00:38:51.679><c> makes</c><00:38:51.980><c> this</c>

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pronouncement<00:38:52.940><c> about</c><00:38:53.280><c> the</c><00:38:53.440><c> Lord</c><00:38:53.639><c> Jesus</c><00:38:54.079><c> Christ.</c><00:38:55.719><c> Behold,</c><00:38:57.500><c> the</c><00:38:57.519><c> Lamb</c><00:38:57.760><c> of</c>

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God,<00:38:59.639><c> which</c><00:39:00.039><c> beareth</c><00:39:00.519><c> away,</c>

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beareth<00:39:09.420><c> away</c><00:39:09.920><c> the</c><00:39:10.219><c> sin</c><00:39:10.420><c> of</c><00:39:10.619><c> the</c><00:39:10.820><c> world.</c><00:39:11.719><c> This</c>

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glory.<00:39:23.460><c> The</c><00:39:23.659><c> kingdom</c><00:39:23.980><c> of</c><00:39:24.239><c> God</c><00:39:24.380><c> of</c><00:39:24.559><c> the</c>

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teach.<00:39:31.900><c> But</c><00:39:32.219><c> even</c><00:39:32.559><c> then</c><00:39:32.840><c> began</c><00:39:33.199><c> the</c><00:39:33.460><c> age</c><00:39:33.679><c> in</c><00:39:33.880><c> which</c><00:39:34.039><c> men</c><00:39:34.280><c> and</c>

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women<00:39:34.659><c> of</c><00:39:34.880><c> all</c><00:39:35.099><c> nations</c><00:39:35.679><c> and</c><00:39:36.420><c> peoples</c><00:39:37.059><c> and</c><00:39:38.039><c> tongs</c>

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could<00:39:39.559><c> understand</c><00:39:40.119><c> the</c><00:39:40.360><c> salvation</c><00:39:40.820><c> of</c><00:39:41.019><c> God</c><00:39:41.179><c> in</c><00:39:41.440><c> Christ,</c><00:39:42.719><c> if</c><00:39:42.920><c> only</c><00:39:43.360><c> they</c><00:39:43.960><c> had</c><00:39:44.199><c> ears</c><00:39:44.519><c> to</c><00:39:44.800><c> hear.</c><00:39:47.059><c> And</c><00:39:47.659><c> I</c>

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shall<00:39:49.079><c> never</c>

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we<00:39:53.099><c> are,</c><00:39:54.980><c> you</c><00:39:55.380><c> in</c><00:39:55.619><c> America,</c><00:39:56.800><c> and</c><00:39:57.039><c> me</c><00:39:57.199><c> back</c><00:39:57.460><c> in</c><00:39:57.599><c> that</c>

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tiny<00:39:59.099><c> country</c><00:39:59.539><c> just</c><00:39:59.860><c> off</c><00:40:00.059><c> Europe,</c><00:40:01.820><c> that</c><00:40:01.920><c> would</c><00:40:02.059><c> love</c><00:40:02.219><c> to</c><00:40:02.619><c> float</c><00:40:02.820><c> away</c>

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from<00:40:03.340><c> Europe</c><00:40:03.719><c> really,</c><00:40:04.099><c> but</c><00:40:04.460><c> that's</c><00:40:04.880><c> another</c>

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story.<00:40:07.500><c> Here</c><00:40:07.980><c> you</c><00:40:08.199><c> are</c><00:40:08.380><c> in</c><00:40:08.599><c> America,</c><00:40:09.800><c> and</c><00:40:10.019><c> I'm</c><00:40:10.179><c> back</c><00:40:10.400><c> in</c><00:40:10.559><c> the</c>

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UK.<00:40:14.079><c> And</c><00:40:14.320><c> yet</c><00:40:14.460><c> the</c><00:40:14.659><c> Lord</c><00:40:15.139><c> has</c><00:40:15.559><c> spoken</c><00:40:15.900><c> to</c><00:40:16.119><c> us</c><00:40:16.360><c> through</c>

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the<00:40:17.480><c> Gospel.</c><00:40:19.519><c> Jesus</c><00:40:19.960><c> Christ</c><00:40:20.420><c> is</c><00:40:20.639><c> the</c><00:40:20.800><c> Lamb</c><00:40:20.960><c> of</c><00:40:21.159><c> God,</c><00:40:21.519><c> which</c><00:40:21.820><c> taketh</c><00:40:22.059><c> away</c><00:40:22.420><c> the</c><00:40:22.639><c> sin</c><00:40:22.780><c> of</c>

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the<00:40:23.099><c> world.</c><00:40:24.460><c> But</c><00:40:24.619><c> the</c>

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thing<00:40:24.960><c> that</c><00:40:25.179><c> always</c><00:40:25.559><c> leaves</c><00:40:25.880><c> me</c><00:40:26.739><c> so</c><00:40:27.159><c> grateful</c><00:40:27.599><c> is</c><00:40:28.760><c> that</c><00:40:28.980><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:40:29.300><c> Jesus</c><00:40:29.800><c> Christ</c><00:40:30.519><c> is</c><00:40:30.900><c> the</c><00:40:31.079><c> Lamb</c><00:40:31.239><c> of</c><00:40:31.460><c> God,</c><00:40:32.280><c> who</c><00:40:32.420><c> takes</c>

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away<00:40:33.320><c> my</c><00:40:33.860><c> sin</c><00:40:34.340><c> and</c><00:40:36.380><c> your</c><00:40:36.719><c> sin.</c><00:40:38.960><c> Thank</c><00:40:39.260><c> you</c><00:40:39.420><c> for</c><00:40:39.539><c> listening.</c>