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I<00:12:55.639><c> think</c><00:12:55.860><c> that</c><00:12:55.980><c> when</c><00:12:56.120><c> she</c><00:12:56.320><c> was</c><00:12:56.559><c> faced</c><00:12:56.759><c> with</c><00:12:56.960><c> this</c><00:12:57.240><c> great</c><00:12:57.460><c> miracle,</c><00:12:58.919><c> she</c>

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must<00:12:59.440><c> have</c><00:12:59.580><c> wondered,</c><00:13:00.080><c> who</c>

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will<00:13:00.539><c> I</c><00:13:00.659><c> tell,</c><00:13:01.039><c> and</c><00:13:01.179><c> who</c><00:13:01.299><c> will</c><00:13:01.559><c> believe</c><00:13:01.820><c> me?</c>

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And<00:13:02.679><c> finally,</c><00:13:02.980><c> in</c><00:13:03.139><c> her</c><00:13:03.440><c> mind,</c><00:13:03.799><c> she</c><00:13:04.480><c> reasoned</c><00:13:04.919><c> this</c><00:13:05.120><c> out.</c>

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She<00:13:06.100><c> knew,</c><00:13:06.279><c> of</c><00:13:06.460><c> course,</c><00:13:06.679><c> that</c><00:13:06.899><c> Elizabeth</c><00:13:07.340><c> and</c><00:13:07.580><c> Zacharias</c><00:13:08.100><c> understood</c><00:13:08.639><c> because</c><00:13:09.000><c> the</c>

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angel<00:13:09.419><c> had</c><00:13:09.700><c> told</c><00:13:09.879><c> her.</c>

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not<00:13:13.519><c> be</c><00:13:13.720><c> the</c><00:13:13.960><c> prudent</c><00:13:14.200><c> thing</c><00:13:14.500><c> to</c><00:13:14.639><c> go</c><00:13:14.820><c> and</c>

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tell<00:13:15.460><c> everyone</c><00:13:15.960><c> around</c><00:13:16.379><c> her</c><00:13:16.519><c> what</c><00:13:16.639><c> had</c><00:13:16.879><c> happened.</c>

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And<00:13:19.740><c> I</c><00:13:20.019><c> would</c><00:13:20.179><c> just</c><00:13:20.340><c> suggest</c><00:13:20.720><c> that</c><00:13:20.840><c> this</c><00:13:21.039><c> is</c><00:13:21.159><c> what</c><00:13:21.299><c> she</c><00:13:21.500><c> must</c>

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have<00:13:21.919><c> thought,</c><00:13:22.500><c> that</c><00:13:22.899><c> if</c><00:13:23.399><c> God</c><00:13:23.860><c> has</c><00:13:24.779><c> chosen</c>

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me<00:13:25.580><c> in</c><00:13:25.840><c> this</c><00:13:26.120><c> special</c><00:13:26.440><c> way</c><00:13:26.759><c> to</c><00:13:26.919><c> be</c><00:13:27.220><c> used</c><00:13:27.460><c> as</c><00:13:27.639><c> the</c><00:13:27.820><c> mother</c><00:13:28.200><c> of</c><00:13:28.659><c> the</c><00:13:28.779><c> Messiah,</c><00:13:29.799><c> then</c><00:13:30.019><c> God</c><00:13:30.360><c> in</c>

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will<00:13:31.840><c> also</c><00:13:32.200><c> reveal</c><00:13:32.659><c> to</c><00:13:32.879><c> others,</c><00:13:33.759><c> and</c><00:13:33.940><c> God</c><00:13:34.299><c> will</c><00:13:35.000><c> pave</c><00:13:35.379><c> the</c><00:13:35.620><c> way</c>

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over<00:13:36.879><c> the</c><00:13:37.139><c> rough</c><00:13:37.279><c> places</c><00:13:37.679><c> and</c><00:13:37.860><c> the</c><00:13:38.120><c> difficulties</c>

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and<00:13:38.820><c> bring</c><00:13:39.039><c> me</c><00:13:39.299><c> at</c><00:13:39.419><c> last</c><00:13:39.799><c> into</c><00:13:40.720><c> a</c><00:13:41.379><c> safe</c><00:13:41.620><c> situation.</c>

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And<00:13:43.019><c> probably</c><00:13:43.340><c> she</c><00:13:43.500><c> didn't</c><00:13:43.679><c> know</c><00:13:43.860><c> what</c><00:13:43.980><c> it</c><00:13:44.080><c> would</c><00:13:44.259><c> be.</c>

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I<00:13:45.519><c> feel</c><00:13:45.820><c> that</c><00:13:46.559><c> she</c><00:13:46.980><c> would</c><00:13:47.139><c> have</c><00:13:47.299><c> doubted</c><00:13:47.740><c> very</c><00:13:48.039><c> much</c><00:13:48.299><c> whether</c>

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or<00:13:48.700><c> not</c><00:13:48.980><c> Joseph</c><00:13:49.379><c> would</c><00:13:49.659><c> accept</c><00:13:50.059><c> her.</c>

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But<00:13:50.980><c> she</c><00:13:51.240><c> left</c><00:13:51.539><c> it</c><00:13:51.740><c> in</c><00:13:51.879><c> God's</c><00:13:52.379><c> hands.</c>

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There<00:13:53.379><c> was</c><00:13:53.620><c> nothing</c><00:13:53.860><c> she</c><00:13:54.080><c> could</c><00:13:54.259><c> do</c><00:13:54.519><c> but</c><00:13:54.700><c> go</c><00:13:54.980><c> forward</c><00:13:55.440><c> as</c><00:13:55.879><c> God</c>

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Himself,<00:13:59.740><c> reveal</c><00:13:59.960><c> His</c><00:14:00.159><c> purpose,</c><00:14:00.559><c> and</c><00:14:00.700><c> act</c><00:14:00.960><c> in</c><00:14:01.200><c> such</c><00:14:01.340><c> a</c><00:14:01.519><c> way</c><00:14:01.799><c> that</c><00:14:02.240><c> the</c><00:14:02.480><c> difficulties</c><00:14:02.960><c> would</c><00:14:03.179><c> be</c><00:14:03.460><c> removed.</c>

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And<00:14:04.480><c> if</c><00:14:04.620><c> the</c><00:14:04.879><c> difficulties</c><00:14:05.340><c> weren't</c><00:14:05.659><c> removed,</c><00:14:06.600><c> they</c><00:14:06.740><c> would</c>

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simply<00:14:07.240><c> have</c><00:14:07.480><c> to</c><00:14:07.639><c> be</c><00:14:08.039><c> accepted</c><00:14:08.559><c> and</c>

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taken<00:14:09.899><c> in</c><00:14:10.399><c> their</c><00:14:10.659><c> place</c><00:14:10.919><c> as</c><00:14:11.100><c> a</c><00:14:11.240><c> part</c><00:14:11.360><c> of</c><00:14:11.559><c> the</c><00:14:11.779><c> sufferings</c><00:14:12.620><c> that</c>

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were<00:14:13.220><c> necessary.</c>

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I<00:14:14.240><c> think</c><00:14:14.440><c> Mary</c><00:14:14.720><c> was</c><00:14:14.940><c> fully</c><00:14:15.179><c> prepared</c><00:14:15.620><c> for</c><00:14:15.820><c> this.</c>

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So<00:14:16.720><c> she</c><00:14:16.840><c> comes</c><00:14:17.120><c> back</c><00:14:17.500><c> to</c><00:14:18.000><c> Nazareth,</c><00:14:18.639><c> and</c><00:14:18.860><c> she</c><00:14:19.059><c> is</c><00:14:19.379><c> found</c><00:14:19.659><c> with</c>

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child<00:14:20.340><c> then.</c>

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Perhaps<00:14:21.480><c> her</c><00:14:21.659><c> family</c><00:14:22.039><c> realizes</c><00:14:22.639><c> the</c><00:14:22.879><c> situation,</c><00:14:24.019><c> and</c><00:14:24.059><c> then</c>

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of<00:14:24.259><c> course</c><00:14:24.559><c> Joseph</c><00:14:24.960><c> comes</c><00:14:25.279><c> to</c><00:14:25.500><c> find</c><00:14:25.720><c> out.</c>

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Now,<00:14:27.600><c> an</c><00:14:27.860><c> interesting</c><00:14:28.159><c> point</c><00:14:28.419><c> in</c><00:14:28.559><c> verse</c><00:14:28.799><c> 18.</c>

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She<00:14:29.460><c> was</c><00:14:29.720><c> found</c><00:14:29.960><c> with</c><00:14:30.200><c> child</c><00:14:30.559><c> of</c><00:14:30.740><c> the</c><00:14:30.899><c> Holy</c><00:14:31.139><c> Spirit.</c>

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We<00:14:32.200><c> have</c><00:14:32.379><c> to</c><00:14:32.639><c> recognize</c><00:14:33.100><c> here</c><00:14:33.519><c> that</c><00:14:33.799><c> this</c><00:14:34.059><c> is</c><00:14:34.379><c> Matthew's</c><00:14:35.080><c> account</c><00:14:35.399><c> after</c><00:14:35.820><c> the</c><00:14:36.080><c> fact.</c>

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What<00:14:36.840><c> Matthew</c><00:14:37.240><c> is</c><00:14:37.580><c> saying</c><00:14:37.840><c> is,</c><00:14:38.860><c> we</c><00:14:38.940><c> of</c><00:14:39.179><c> course</c><00:14:39.460><c> know</c><00:14:39.879><c> this</c><00:14:40.220><c> child</c><00:14:40.559><c> was</c>

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But<00:14:45.879><c> he</c><00:14:46.559><c> is</c><00:14:46.840><c> also</c><00:14:47.240><c> saying</c><00:14:47.539><c> that</c><00:14:47.740><c> she</c><00:14:47.940><c> was</c><00:14:48.200><c> found</c><00:14:48.460><c> with</c><00:14:48.720><c> child</c>

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and<00:14:49.259><c> no</c><00:14:49.580><c> one</c><00:14:50.120><c> understood</c><00:14:50.759><c> why.</c>

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So<00:14:52.360><c> from</c><00:14:52.620><c> Joseph's</c><00:14:53.220><c> viewpoint,</c><00:14:54.039><c> from</c><00:14:54.220><c> the</c><00:14:54.379><c> viewpoint</c><00:14:54.679><c> of</c><00:14:54.899><c> the</c>

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people<00:14:55.220><c> in</c><00:14:55.419><c> the</c><00:14:55.559><c> village</c><00:14:55.940><c> of</c><00:14:56.240><c> Nazareth,</c>

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here<00:14:58.360><c> was</c><00:14:58.580><c> a</c><00:14:58.679><c> woman</c><00:14:59.080><c> who</c><00:15:00.480><c> had</c><00:15:00.740><c> apparently</c><00:15:01.539><c> violated</c><00:15:02.899><c> her</c><00:15:03.419><c> vow</c>

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of<00:15:03.879><c> purity</c><00:15:04.200><c> to</c><00:15:04.480><c> her</c><00:15:04.679><c> husband,</c><00:15:05.500><c> or</c><00:15:05.639><c> her</c>

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betrothed<00:15:06.419><c> husband.</c>

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She<00:15:07.860><c> was</c><00:15:08.159><c> found</c><00:15:08.759><c> with</c><00:15:09.279><c> child.</c>

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So<00:15:17.860><c> we</c><00:15:18.059><c> come</c><00:15:18.220><c> to</c><00:15:18.419><c> Joseph,</c><00:15:19.159><c> and</c><00:15:19.259><c> as</c><00:15:19.379><c> I</c><00:15:19.580><c> said,</c><00:15:19.840><c> we're</c><00:15:19.919><c> looking</c><00:15:20.240><c> at</c>

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this<00:15:21.200><c> particular</c><00:15:21.700><c> incident</c><00:15:22.179><c> through</c>

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the<00:15:23.200><c> eyes</c><00:15:23.820><c> of</c><00:15:24.259><c> Joseph.</c>

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What<00:15:26.500><c> would</c><00:15:26.679><c> be</c><00:15:26.860><c> done</c><00:15:27.120><c> now</c><00:15:27.440><c> with</c><00:15:27.659><c> those</c><00:15:27.940><c> vows</c><00:15:28.259><c> of</c><00:15:28.539><c> chastity,</c>

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of<00:15:30.340><c> pure</c><00:15:30.600><c> love</c><00:15:31.019><c> that</c><00:15:31.159><c> was</c><00:15:31.419><c> held</c><00:15:31.659><c> up</c><00:15:32.039><c> in</c>

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store<00:15:32.679><c> for</c><00:15:33.480><c> the</c><00:15:33.720><c> one</c><00:15:34.080><c> person,</c><00:15:34.899><c> the</c><00:15:35.100><c> beloved,</c><00:15:35.919><c> the</c><00:15:36.159><c> bridegroom?</c>

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What<00:15:41.139><c> would</c><00:15:41.360><c> Joseph</c><00:15:41.700><c> do</c><00:15:41.919><c> now?</c>

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I<00:15:43.559><c> think</c><00:15:43.679><c> it's</c><00:15:43.860><c> a</c><00:15:43.940><c> good</c><00:15:44.080><c> question.</c>

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I<00:15:44.519><c> think</c><00:15:44.639><c> it's</c><00:15:44.840><c> a</c><00:15:44.960><c> question</c><00:15:45.240><c> that</c><00:15:45.720><c> relates</c><00:15:46.080><c> to</c><00:15:46.360><c> all</c><00:15:46.539><c> of</c><00:15:46.659><c> us</c><00:15:46.799><c> in</c>

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many<00:15:47.200><c> circumstances</c><00:15:47.879><c> of</c><00:15:48.139><c> life,</c><00:15:49.740><c> because</c>

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just<00:15:55.460><c> man,</c><00:15:57.059><c> and</c><00:15:57.240><c> that</c><00:15:57.440><c> word</c><00:15:57.659><c> means</c><00:15:57.919><c> righteous.</c>

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He<00:15:59.700><c> says</c><00:16:00.059><c> at</c><00:16:00.620><c> the</c><00:16:00.759><c> very</c><00:16:00.980><c> beginning</c><00:16:01.360><c> to</c><00:16:01.580><c> set</c><00:16:01.779><c> up</c><00:16:01.919><c> the</c><00:16:02.100><c> whole</c><00:16:02.299><c> situation,</c><00:16:03.340><c> Joseph</c><00:16:03.759><c> wasn't</c><00:16:04.039><c> an</c><00:16:04.259><c> ordinary</c>

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man,<00:16:05.259><c> he</c><00:16:05.539><c> was</c><00:16:05.899><c> a</c><00:16:06.299><c> righteous</c><00:16:06.679><c> man.</c>

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And<00:16:09.240><c> the</c><00:16:09.399><c> question</c><00:16:09.720><c> then</c><00:16:09.980><c> comes</c><00:16:10.220><c> to</c><00:16:10.440><c> all</c><00:16:10.639><c> of</c><00:16:10.779><c> us,</c><00:16:10.940><c> and</c><00:16:11.080><c> we</c><00:16:11.259><c> see</c>

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it<00:16:11.620><c> reflected</c><00:16:11.940><c> in</c><00:16:12.259><c> the</c><00:16:12.799><c> attitude</c><00:16:13.179><c> and</c>

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the<00:16:13.840><c> actions</c><00:16:13.840><c> of</c><00:16:14.059><c> Joseph.</c>

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What<00:16:15.220><c> does</c><00:16:15.460><c> a</c><00:16:15.679><c> righteous</c><00:16:16.039><c> man</c><00:16:16.419><c> do</c><00:16:17.080><c> when</c><00:16:17.460><c> he's</c><00:16:17.779><c> confronted</c><00:16:18.200><c> with</c><00:16:18.500><c> the</c>

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sin<00:16:19.000><c> of</c><00:16:19.200><c> someone</c><00:16:19.519><c> who</c><00:16:19.679><c> is</c><00:16:19.899><c> close</c><00:16:20.100><c> to</c><00:16:20.340><c> him?</c>

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When<00:16:21.779><c> in</c><00:16:22.039><c> fact</c><00:16:22.299><c> he</c><00:16:22.759><c> realizes,</c><00:16:23.360><c> and</c><00:16:23.580><c> this</c><00:16:23.779><c> was</c><00:16:24.100><c> all</c><00:16:24.320><c> the</c><00:16:24.500><c> knowledge</c><00:16:24.779><c> that</c>

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Joseph<00:16:25.259><c> had</c><00:16:25.440><c> at</c><00:16:25.620><c> the</c><00:16:25.779><c> time,</c>

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seeing<00:16:26.840><c> it</c><00:16:27.059><c> through</c><00:16:27.279><c> his</c><00:16:27.559><c> eyes,</c><00:16:28.000><c> when</c><00:16:28.159><c> in</c><00:16:28.360><c> fact</c><00:16:28.539><c> he</c><00:16:28.799><c> realized</c>

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that<00:16:29.399><c> he</c><00:16:29.620><c> was</c><00:16:29.820><c> the</c><00:16:29.980><c> one</c><00:16:30.179><c> who</c><00:16:30.360><c> was</c><00:16:30.679><c> grievously</c>

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sinned<00:16:31.759><c> against,</c><00:16:33.080><c> that</c><00:16:33.259><c> he</c><00:16:33.460><c> was</c><00:16:33.620><c> the</c><00:16:33.779><c> one</c><00:16:33.940><c> who</c><00:16:34.080><c> would</c><00:16:34.279><c> become</c>

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a<00:16:34.759><c> laughing</c><00:16:35.100><c> stock</c><00:16:35.440><c> in</c><00:16:35.700><c> Nazareth,</c><00:16:37.019><c> that</c>

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here<00:16:37.419><c> was</c><00:16:37.639><c> the</c><00:16:37.840><c> man</c><00:16:38.100><c> whose</c><00:16:38.379><c> wife</c><00:16:38.860><c> had</c><00:16:39.500><c> turned</c><00:16:39.720><c> away</c><00:16:40.000><c> from</c><00:16:40.200><c> him.</c>

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What<00:16:41.539><c> does</c><00:16:41.720><c> a</c><00:16:41.899><c> righteous</c><00:16:42.179><c> man</c><00:16:42.500><c> do</c><00:16:42.980><c> in</c><00:16:43.440><c> that</c><00:16:43.720><c> case?</c>

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What<00:16:45.379><c> would</c><00:16:45.539><c> we</c><00:16:45.759><c> do?</c>

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Does<00:16:54.179><c> a</c><00:16:54.340><c> righteous</c><00:16:54.639><c> man</c><00:16:55.440><c> rebuke?</c>

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Does<00:16:57.259><c> he</c><00:16:57.419><c> punish?</c>

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Does<00:16:59.240><c> he</c><00:16:59.320><c> go</c><00:16:59.519><c> to</c><00:16:59.639><c> the</c><00:16:59.840><c> courts</c><00:17:00.080><c> and</c><00:17:00.259><c> the</c><00:17:00.419><c> judges</c><00:17:00.720><c> and</c><00:17:00.919><c> say,</c><00:17:01.299><c> This</c>

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woman<00:17:01.759><c> has</c><00:17:03.080><c> offended</c><00:17:03.419><c> against</c><00:17:03.740><c> me</c><00:17:03.960><c> greatly.</c>

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She<00:17:05.240><c> should</c><00:17:05.440><c> be</c><00:17:05.720><c> punished</c><00:17:06.019><c> to</c><00:17:06.200><c> the</c><00:17:06.519><c> full</c><00:17:06.779><c> extent</c><00:17:07.160><c> of</c><00:17:07.319><c> the</c><00:17:07.460><c> law.</c>

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This<00:17:08.940><c> sort</c><00:17:09.279><c> of</c><00:17:09.460><c> thing</c><00:17:09.660><c> cannot</c><00:17:09.980><c> be</c><00:17:10.279><c> tolerated</c><00:17:10.799><c> in</c><00:17:10.960><c> Israel.</c>

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Sometimes<00:17:16.980><c> God</c><00:17:17.240><c> is</c><00:17:17.420><c> testing</c><00:17:17.700><c> our</c><00:17:17.980><c> reactions.</c>

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Are<00:17:19.160><c> we</c><00:17:19.299><c> too</c><00:17:19.660><c> quick</c><00:17:19.859><c> to</c><00:17:20.119><c> pass</c><00:17:20.339><c> judgment?</c>

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Do<00:17:22.140><c> we</c><00:17:22.359><c> always</c><00:17:22.680><c> know</c><00:17:22.900><c> all</c><00:17:23.140><c> the</c><00:17:23.339><c> facts?</c>

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Do<00:17:25.940><c> we</c><00:17:26.119><c> stand</c><00:17:26.380><c> up</c><00:17:26.559><c> for</c><00:17:26.740><c> our</c><00:17:26.940><c> rights</c><00:17:27.559><c> as</c><00:17:28.259><c> though</c><00:17:28.420><c> we</c><00:17:28.579><c> had</c><00:17:28.779><c> any,</c>

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or<00:17:29.720><c> do</c><00:17:29.940><c> we</c><00:17:30.140><c> instead</c><00:17:30.539><c> seek</c><00:17:30.839><c> to</c><00:17:31.160><c> cover</c><00:17:31.339><c> the</c>

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sins<00:17:31.859><c> of</c><00:17:32.039><c> others?</c>

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Do<00:17:38.779><c> any</c><00:17:38.980><c> of</c><00:17:39.119><c> us</c><00:17:40.039><c> know</c><00:17:40.440><c> this</c><00:17:40.700><c> sort</c><00:17:40.920><c> of</c><00:17:41.079><c> man?</c>

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I<00:17:42.380><c> think</c><00:17:42.539><c> we</c><00:17:42.720><c> do.</c>

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I<00:17:44.819><c> think</c><00:17:45.000><c> sometimes</c><00:17:45.579><c> when</c><00:17:46.259><c> I'm</c><00:17:46.619><c> shaving</c><00:17:46.859><c> in</c><00:17:47.039><c> the</c><00:17:47.140><c> morning,</c><00:17:47.400><c> I</c>

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see<00:17:47.700><c> him</c><00:17:47.819><c> in</c><00:17:47.940><c> the</c><00:17:48.039><c> mirror.</c>

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The<00:17:49.900><c> man</c><00:17:50.140><c> who</c><00:17:50.299><c> would</c><00:17:50.539><c> say,</c><00:17:51.420><c> Oh,</c><00:17:51.539><c> I</c><00:17:51.619><c> know</c><00:17:51.839><c> God</c><00:17:52.180><c> can</c><00:17:52.539><c> forgive,</c><00:17:53.839><c> but</c><00:17:54.420><c> he</c>

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didn't<00:17:54.640><c> give</c><00:17:54.779><c> us</c><00:17:55.039><c> the</c><00:17:55.220><c> prerogative.</c>

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The<00:17:57.500><c> man</c><00:17:57.779><c> who</c><00:17:57.960><c> might</c><00:17:58.240><c> say,</c><00:17:58.680><c> God</c><00:17:59.299><c> can</c><00:17:59.539><c> have</c><00:17:59.759><c> mercy</c><00:18:00.259><c> on</c><00:18:00.920><c> that</c><00:18:01.200><c> poor</c><00:18:01.460><c> sinner,</c><00:18:02.799><c> but</c>

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that's<00:18:03.200><c> certainly</c>

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not<00:18:03.559><c> for</c><00:18:03.720><c> me</c><00:18:03.900><c> to</c><00:18:04.140><c> say</c><00:18:04.539><c> that</c><00:18:05.660><c> that</c><00:18:05.940><c> sinner</c><00:18:06.119><c> could</c><00:18:06.359><c> be</c><00:18:06.599><c> forgiven.</c>

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Do<00:18:09.079><c> we</c><00:18:09.180><c> know</c><00:18:09.339><c> such</c><00:18:09.519><c> a</c><00:18:09.680><c> man</c><00:18:09.799><c> as</c><00:18:10.019><c> that?</c>

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Do<00:18:13.039><c> we</c><00:18:13.140><c> know</c><00:18:13.339><c> such</c><00:18:13.559><c> a</c><00:18:13.740><c> man</c><00:18:13.940><c> as</c><00:18:14.119><c> that</c><00:18:14.299><c> who</c><00:18:14.420><c> might</c><00:18:14.779><c> stand</c><00:18:15.079><c> up</c><00:18:15.240><c> in</c>

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the<00:18:15.559><c> Ecclesia</c><00:18:15.960><c> and</c><00:18:16.200><c> say,</c><00:18:16.599><c> There</c><00:18:17.200><c> is</c><00:18:17.480><c> sin</c><00:18:17.759><c> here.</c>

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We<00:18:18.519><c> must</c><00:18:18.759><c> take</c><00:18:19.039><c> these</c><00:18:19.359><c> sinners</c><00:18:19.640><c> and</c><00:18:19.920><c> make</c><00:18:20.180><c> public</c><00:18:20.539><c> examples</c>

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of<00:18:21.299><c> them</c><00:18:21.640><c> so</c><00:18:21.900><c> that</c><00:18:22.140><c> others</c><00:18:22.359><c> will</c><00:18:22.599><c> not</c><00:18:22.759><c> be</c>

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led<00:18:23.079><c> astray.</c>

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We<00:18:24.180><c> must</c><00:18:24.500><c> use</c><00:18:24.960><c> the</c><00:18:25.240><c> full</c><00:18:25.539><c> extent</c><00:18:25.960><c> of</c><00:18:26.140><c> the</c><00:18:26.259><c> law.</c>

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Wise<00:18:29.640><c> men</c><00:18:29.900><c> once</c><00:18:30.180><c> said</c><00:18:30.519><c> that</c><00:18:32.220><c> most</c><00:18:32.720><c> men</c><00:18:33.000><c> want</c><00:18:33.319><c> justice</c><00:18:33.839><c> for</c><00:18:34.160><c> others</c><00:18:35.299><c> and</c>

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mercy<00:18:36.980><c> for</c><00:18:37.200><c> themselves.</c>

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Are<00:18:41.000><c> we</c><00:18:41.140><c> that</c><00:18:41.319><c> sort</c><00:18:41.519><c> of</c><00:18:41.680><c> men?</c>

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Was<00:18:43.740><c> Joseph?</c>

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Joseph<00:18:45.619><c> was</c><00:18:45.900><c> a</c><00:18:46.119><c> righteous</c><00:18:46.460><c> man.</c>

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What<00:18:48.140><c> does</c><00:18:48.339><c> righteous</c><00:18:48.720><c> mean?</c>

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Does<00:18:50.700><c> it</c><00:18:50.839><c> mean</c><00:18:51.220><c> strong</c><00:18:51.819><c> and</c><00:18:52.319><c> decent</c><00:18:52.700><c> and</c><00:18:53.420><c> kind</c><00:18:53.859><c> and</c><00:18:54.640><c> merciful</c>

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and<00:18:55.559><c> considerate,</c><00:18:56.880><c> or</c><00:18:57.779><c> does</c><00:18:57.960><c> it</c><00:18:58.119><c> mean</c>

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harsh<00:18:58.839><c> and</c><00:18:59.319><c> arrogant?</c>

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What<00:19:02.000><c> is</c><00:19:02.200><c> righteous?</c>

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Joseph<00:19:06.900><c> was</c><00:19:07.140><c> righteous.</c>

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Joseph<00:19:11.039><c> looked</c><00:19:11.279><c> back</c><00:19:11.619><c> at</c><00:19:11.799><c> his</c><00:19:12.259><c> ancestry.</c>

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I<00:19:13.400><c> can</c><00:19:13.599><c> imagine</c><00:19:13.920><c> this</c><00:19:14.140><c> very</c><00:19:14.480><c> easily.</c>

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He<00:19:15.519><c> looked</c><00:19:15.740><c> back</c><00:19:16.059><c> at</c><00:19:16.359><c> the</c><00:19:16.759><c> other</c><00:19:16.940><c> men</c><00:19:17.160><c> in</c><00:19:17.299><c> his</c><00:19:17.559><c> line,</c><00:19:18.359><c> and</c><00:19:18.599><c> we</c>

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can<00:19:18.940><c> look</c><00:19:19.119><c> with</c><00:19:19.339><c> him.</c>

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There<00:19:20.740><c> were</c><00:19:20.880><c> men</c><00:19:21.099><c> there</c><00:19:21.420><c> who</c><00:19:21.559><c> were</c><00:19:21.779><c> righteous.</c>

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There<00:19:23.019><c> are,</c><00:19:23.519><c> in</c><00:19:23.519><c> fact,</c><00:19:23.819><c> in</c><00:19:23.940><c> this</c><00:19:24.160><c> genealogy</c><00:19:24.700><c> in</c><00:19:24.819><c> Matthew,</c><00:19:26.140><c> the</c>

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names<00:19:26.680><c> of</c><00:19:27.079><c> four</c><00:19:27.339><c> women,</c><00:19:28.500><c> and</c><00:19:28.720><c> each</c><00:19:28.900><c> one</c><00:19:29.019><c> of</c><00:19:29.079><c> these</c>

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women<00:19:29.480><c> was</c><00:19:29.920><c> extraordinary</c><00:19:30.720><c> in</c><00:19:30.940><c> one</c><00:19:31.119><c> way</c><00:19:31.299><c> or</c><00:19:31.500><c> another.</c>

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And<00:19:32.660><c> these</c><00:19:32.880><c> four</c><00:19:33.180><c> women</c><00:19:33.460><c> illustrate</c><00:19:34.680><c> certain</c><00:19:35.259><c> things</c><00:19:35.799><c> that</c>

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we've<00:19:36.240><c> just</c><00:19:36.420><c> been</c><00:19:36.599><c> speaking</c><00:19:36.960><c> of,</c><00:19:37.539><c> of</c><00:19:37.819><c> judgment</c>

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and<00:19:38.720><c> mercy,</c><00:19:39.980><c> of</c><00:19:40.180><c> understanding,</c><00:19:41.619><c> of</c><00:19:41.880><c> harshness.</c>

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Let's<00:19:45.440><c> look</c><00:19:45.660><c> at</c><00:19:45.819><c> them.</c>

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Matthew<00:19:48.259><c> 1</c><00:19:48.579><c> in</c><00:19:48.700><c> verse</c><00:19:48.940><c> 3,</c><00:19:50.000><c> and</c><00:19:50.140><c> Judah</c><00:19:50.440><c> begat</c><00:19:50.799><c> Phares</c><00:19:51.319><c> and</c><00:19:51.660><c> Zerah</c><00:19:51.960><c> of</c><00:19:52.279><c> Tamar.</c>

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Now,<00:19:53.200><c> we</c><00:19:53.240><c> won't</c><00:19:53.400><c> look</c><00:19:53.619><c> up</c><00:19:53.799><c> the</c><00:19:54.000><c> incidents</c><00:19:54.299><c> in</c><00:19:54.539><c> Genesis</c><00:19:54.880><c> chapter</c><00:19:55.299><c> 38,</c>

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but<00:19:56.259><c> what</c><00:19:56.519><c> happened</c><00:19:56.779><c> there?</c>

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Tamar<00:19:58.200><c> had</c><00:19:58.380><c> been</c><00:19:58.559><c> the</c><00:19:58.759><c> wife</c><00:19:59.180><c> of</c><00:19:59.799><c> one</c><00:20:00.059><c> of</c><00:20:00.240><c> Judah's</c><00:20:00.640><c> sons,</c><00:20:01.200><c> and</c><00:20:01.339><c> then</c><00:20:01.480><c> he</c><00:20:01.579><c> died,</c><00:20:02.039><c> the</c><00:20:02.279><c> wife</c><00:20:02.500><c> of</c><00:20:02.680><c> a</c><00:20:02.839><c> second</c>

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son,<00:20:03.500><c> and</c><00:20:03.680><c> then</c><00:20:03.839><c> he</c><00:20:04.059><c> died.</c>

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And<00:20:04.779><c> finally,</c><00:20:05.960><c> Tamar</c><00:20:06.140><c> was</c><00:20:06.420><c> left</c><00:20:06.700><c> without</c><00:20:07.140><c> seed,</c><00:20:08.579><c> knowing</c><00:20:08.960><c> that,</c><00:20:09.779><c> according</c><00:20:10.119><c> to</c>

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the<00:20:10.500><c> law,</c><00:20:10.779><c> she</c><00:20:11.059><c> was</c>

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supposed<00:20:11.740><c> to</c><00:20:11.980><c> bring</c><00:20:12.160><c> forth</c><00:20:12.420><c> a</c><00:20:12.680><c> son</c><00:20:13.160><c> to</c><00:20:14.339><c> perpetuate</c><00:20:15.039><c> the</c><00:20:15.319><c> name</c>

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of<00:20:15.759><c> the</c><00:20:15.900><c> house</c><00:20:16.160><c> of</c><00:20:16.380><c> Judah.</c>

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One<00:20:21.599><c> day,</c><00:20:21.900><c> Judah</c><00:20:22.160><c> decided</c><00:20:22.759><c> to</c><00:20:23.859><c> turn</c><00:20:24.160><c> aside</c><00:20:24.759><c> and</c><00:20:26.299><c> go</c><00:20:26.539><c> in</c><00:20:26.720><c> into</c><00:20:26.960><c> a</c><00:20:27.160><c> harlot.</c>

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He<00:20:28.960><c> had</c><00:20:29.339><c> refused</c><00:20:29.740><c> all</c><00:20:30.059><c> along,</c><00:20:30.359><c> if</c><00:20:30.579><c> I'm</c><00:20:31.140><c> backtracking</c><00:20:31.579><c> here</c><00:20:31.799><c> a</c>

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little<00:20:32.039><c> bit,</c><00:20:32.200><c> that's</c><00:20:32.460><c> the</c><00:20:32.660><c> case,</c><00:20:33.000><c> he</c><00:20:33.259><c> had</c>

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refused<00:20:33.880><c> all</c><00:20:34.240><c> along</c><00:20:34.500><c> to</c><00:20:34.680><c> take</c><00:20:34.920><c> Tamar</c><00:20:35.400><c> and</c><00:20:35.859><c> give</c><00:20:36.039><c> her</c><00:20:36.339><c> to</c><00:20:37.039><c> another</c><00:20:37.359><c> son,</c>

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or<00:20:38.299><c> to</c><00:20:38.440><c> make</c><00:20:38.579><c> any</c><00:20:38.859><c> provisions</c>

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by<00:20:39.559><c> which</c><00:20:39.720><c> the</c><00:20:39.960><c> line</c><00:20:40.140><c> would</c><00:20:40.339><c> be</c><00:20:40.599><c> continued.</c>

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And<00:20:41.720><c> then,</c><00:20:42.599><c> one</c><00:20:42.839><c> day,</c><00:20:43.119><c> he</c><00:20:43.240><c> goes</c><00:20:43.500><c> into</c><00:20:43.759><c> a</c><00:20:43.920><c> harlot,</c><00:20:46.759><c> the</c><00:20:46.900><c> incidents</c><00:20:47.259><c> done</c>

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and<00:20:47.960><c> passed</c><00:20:48.200><c> and</c><00:20:48.480><c> forgotten.</c>

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Months<00:20:50.140><c> and</c><00:20:50.140><c> months</c><00:20:50.460><c> later,</c><00:20:51.220><c> he</c><00:20:51.440><c> finds</c><00:20:51.799><c> that</c><00:20:51.980><c> his</c><00:20:52.140><c> daughter</c><00:20:52.380><c>-in</c><00:20:52.579><c>-law</c><00:20:52.680><c> Tamar</c><00:20:53.759><c> has</c><00:20:54.420><c> lain</c><00:20:54.619><c> with</c><00:20:54.880><c> a</c><00:20:55.019><c> man</c>

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and<00:20:55.420><c> has</c><00:20:55.680><c> conceived</c><00:20:56.099><c> seed,</c><00:20:56.440><c> and</c><00:20:56.559><c> it</c><00:20:56.700><c> isn't,</c><00:20:57.059><c> according</c><00:20:57.400><c> to</c><00:20:57.579><c> the</c><00:20:57.720><c> law,</c><00:20:58.000><c> or</c>

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so<00:20:58.240><c> he</c><00:20:58.500><c> thinks.</c>

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And<00:20:59.359><c> Judah</c><00:20:59.619><c> immediately</c><00:21:00.319><c> says,</c><00:21:01.160><c> let</c><00:21:01.279><c> her</c><00:21:01.480><c> be</c><00:21:01.740><c> punished,</c><00:21:02.460><c> let</c>

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her<00:21:02.839><c> be</c><00:21:03.039><c> put</c><00:21:03.180><c> to</c><00:21:03.400><c> death,</c><00:21:04.359><c> a</c><00:21:04.579><c> very</c><00:21:04.799><c> righteous</c>

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man,<00:21:05.440><c> a</c><00:21:05.579><c> very</c><00:21:05.839><c> righteous</c><00:21:06.200><c> attitude,</c><00:21:07.339><c> of</c><00:21:07.500><c> course,</c><00:21:07.680><c> no</c><00:21:07.819><c> one</c><00:21:07.980><c> knew</c><00:21:08.180><c> about</c><00:21:08.400><c> his</c><00:21:08.660><c> sin.</c>

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And<00:21:11.200><c> then</c><00:21:11.440><c> Tamar</c><00:21:11.819><c> says,</c><00:21:12.819><c> the</c><00:21:12.900><c> man</c><00:21:13.220><c> who</c><00:21:13.480><c> owns</c><00:21:13.740><c> these</c><00:21:14.059><c> particular</c><00:21:14.500><c> items</c><00:21:14.859><c> is</c>

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the<00:21:15.160><c> one</c><00:21:15.299><c> that</c><00:21:15.460><c> I</c><00:21:15.640><c> lay</c><00:21:15.759><c> with.</c>

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And<00:21:16.220><c> Judah</c><00:21:16.440><c> recognizes</c><00:21:17.259><c> that</c><00:21:18.619><c> it</c><00:21:18.740><c> was</c><00:21:18.859><c> himself,</c><00:21:19.839><c> and</c><00:21:20.160><c> he</c><00:21:20.380><c> says,</c><00:21:20.559><c> she</c>

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is<00:21:20.960><c> more</c><00:21:21.220><c> righteous</c><00:21:21.619><c> than</c><00:21:21.819><c> I.</c>

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Another<00:21:27.039><c> incident</c><00:21:27.500><c> we</c><00:21:27.799><c> see</c><00:21:28.579><c> mentioned</c><00:21:29.140><c> in</c><00:21:29.299><c> verse</c><00:21:29.539><c> 6,</c><00:21:30.500><c> David</c>

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the<00:21:30.960><c> king</c><00:21:31.779><c> begat</c><00:21:32.279><c> Solomon</c><00:21:32.740><c> of</c><00:21:32.980><c> her</c><00:21:33.140><c> that</c>

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had<00:21:33.420><c> been</c><00:21:33.519><c> the</c><00:21:33.720><c> wife</c><00:21:34.079><c> of</c><00:21:34.359><c> Uriah,</c><00:21:35.059><c> that</c><00:21:35.200><c> is</c><00:21:35.420><c> Bathsheba.</c>

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David<00:21:36.779><c> was</c><00:21:37.000><c> a</c><00:21:37.140><c> righteous</c><00:21:37.380><c> man,</c><00:21:37.660><c> we</c><00:21:37.799><c> know</c><00:21:37.980><c> that.</c>

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He<00:21:38.220><c> was</c><00:21:38.400><c> a</c><00:21:38.539><c> man</c><00:21:38.700><c> after</c><00:21:38.980><c> God's</c><00:21:39.380><c> own</c><00:21:39.640><c> heart,</c><00:21:40.279><c> and</c><00:21:40.599><c> yet</c><00:21:40.720><c> he</c><00:21:40.819><c> didn't</c>

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always<00:21:41.400><c> behave</c><00:21:41.720><c> in</c><00:21:41.900><c> a</c><00:21:41.980><c> righteous</c><00:21:42.279><c> way.</c>

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And<00:21:43.240><c> this</c><00:21:43.400><c> particular</c><00:21:43.839><c> portion</c><00:21:44.160><c> of</c><00:21:44.319><c> the</c><00:21:44.480><c> genealogy</c><00:21:45.220><c> is</c><00:21:46.279><c> a</c><00:21:46.940><c> portion</c><00:21:47.220><c> that</c><00:21:47.500><c> reveals</c><00:21:47.859><c> the</c>

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shame<00:21:48.720><c> and</c><00:21:49.279><c> the</c>

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sin<00:21:49.680><c> of</c><00:21:49.859><c> David.</c>

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David<00:21:53.599><c> took</c><00:21:54.220><c> the</c><00:21:54.980><c> wife</c><00:21:55.240><c> of</c><00:21:55.480><c> Uriah</c><00:21:55.920><c> and</c><00:21:56.319><c> committed</c><00:21:56.579><c> adultery,</c>

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and<00:21:58.880><c> then</c><00:21:59.000><c> it</c><00:21:59.059><c> was</c><00:21:59.339><c> forgotten</c><00:21:59.660><c> about</c>

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her.

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At<00:22:00.140><c> least</c><00:22:00.359><c> he</c><00:22:00.500><c> tried</c><00:22:00.740><c> to</c><00:22:00.980><c> cover</c><00:22:01.119><c> it</c><00:22:01.319><c> up.</c>

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Maybe<00:22:02.000><c> his</c><00:22:02.220><c> conscience</c><00:22:02.599><c> bothered</c><00:22:02.960><c> him,</c><00:22:03.160><c> but</c><00:22:03.240><c> he</c><00:22:03.480><c> pushed</c><00:22:03.640><c> it</c><00:22:03.900><c> aside.</c>

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And<00:22:05.160><c> finally,</c><00:22:07.000><c> some</c><00:22:07.240><c> time</c><00:22:07.519><c> later,</c><00:22:08.440><c> the</c><00:22:08.619><c> prophet</c><00:22:08.900><c> Nathan</c><00:22:09.299><c> came</c>

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to<00:22:09.839><c> David,</c><00:22:10.180><c> and</c><00:22:10.240><c> he</c><00:22:10.420><c> says,</c><00:22:10.859><c> I</c><00:22:11.000><c> have</c>

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a<00:22:11.359><c> story</c><00:22:11.539><c> to</c><00:22:11.759><c> tell</c><00:22:11.900><c> you.</c>

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There<00:22:14.099><c> was</c><00:22:14.279><c> a</c><00:22:14.440><c> man</c><00:22:14.599><c> with</c><00:22:14.920><c> one</c><00:22:15.240><c> ewe</c><00:22:15.599><c> lamb</c><00:22:15.859><c> that</c><00:22:16.279><c> he</c><00:22:16.599><c> cherished</c>

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greatly,<00:22:17.799><c> and</c><00:22:18.160><c> there</c><00:22:18.259><c> was</c><00:22:18.460><c> another</c><00:22:18.680><c> man</c>

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with<00:22:19.160><c> many</c><00:22:19.759><c> lambs,</c><00:22:20.660><c> and</c><00:22:21.140><c> he</c><00:22:21.319><c> came</c><00:22:21.700><c> and</c><00:22:22.019><c> stole</c><00:22:22.259><c> away</c><00:22:22.599><c> the</c><00:22:22.819><c> one</c>

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lamb<00:22:23.480><c> of</c><00:22:24.140><c> that</c><00:22:24.380><c> man,</c><00:22:25.779><c> and</c><00:22:25.980><c> he</c><00:22:26.240><c> violated</c>

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that<00:22:27.519><c> man's</c><00:22:28.039><c> interests</c><00:22:28.359><c> and</c><00:22:28.640><c> property.</c>

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And<00:22:30.440><c> David</c><00:22:30.619><c> was</c><00:22:30.960><c> righteous</c><00:22:31.420><c> and</c><00:22:31.660><c> vindictive,</c><00:22:32.200><c> and</c><00:22:32.319><c> he</c><00:22:32.519><c> said,</c>

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the<00:22:33.200><c> man</c><00:22:33.500><c> who</c><00:22:33.640><c> has</c><00:22:33.839><c> done</c><00:22:34.079><c> that</c><00:22:34.859><c> deserves</c>

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to<00:22:35.839><c> die.</c>

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Was<00:22:38.400><c> that</c><00:22:38.599><c> righteous?</c>

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It<00:22:40.140><c> was</c><00:22:40.299><c> the</c><00:22:40.460><c> law.</c>

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Was<00:22:42.140><c> it</c><00:22:42.299><c> righteous?</c>

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And<00:22:43.960><c> Nathan</c><00:22:44.339><c> said,</c><00:22:45.160><c> you</c><00:22:45.420><c> are</c><00:22:45.599><c> the</c><00:22:45.779><c> man.</c>

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And<00:22:49.339><c> David</c><00:22:49.559><c> recognized</c><00:22:50.180><c> that</c><00:22:50.339><c> he</c><00:22:50.440><c> wasn't</c><00:22:50.660><c> being</c><00:22:50.940><c> righteous</c>

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after<00:22:51.720><c> all,</c><00:22:53.220><c> but</c><00:22:53.359><c> that</c><00:22:53.480><c> he</c><00:22:53.559><c> was</c><00:22:53.700><c> being</c>

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jealous<00:22:54.460><c> and</c><00:22:54.900><c> harsh</c><00:22:55.539><c> and</c><00:22:56.319><c> hard</c><00:22:56.960><c> and</c><00:22:57.519><c> vindictive.</c>

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Now,<00:23:02.960><c> there</c><00:23:03.099><c> are</c><00:23:03.119><c> two</c><00:23:03.339><c> other</c><00:23:03.519><c> women</c><00:23:03.700><c> in</c><00:23:03.880><c> the</c><00:23:04.059><c> line</c><00:23:04.599><c> of</c>

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Matthew's<00:23:06.579><c> genealogy.</c>

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They're<00:23:08.079><c> mentioned</c><00:23:08.339><c> in</c><00:23:08.460><c> verse</c><00:23:08.740><c> 5.</c>

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Salmon<00:23:10.160><c> begat</c><00:23:10.599><c> Boaz</c><00:23:11.240><c> of</c><00:23:12.059><c> Rahab.</c>

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Rahab<00:23:14.000><c> was</c><00:23:14.200><c> a</c><00:23:14.359><c> harlot.</c>

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Rahab<00:23:15.720><c> was</c><00:23:15.920><c> a</c><00:23:16.039><c> woman</c><00:23:16.240><c> who</c><00:23:16.440><c> didn't</c><00:23:16.660><c> belong</c><00:23:17.119><c> in</c><00:23:17.259><c> the</c><00:23:17.420><c> house</c><00:23:17.599><c> of</c><00:23:17.799><c> Israel.</c>

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She<00:23:18.640><c> was</c><00:23:18.880><c> a</c><00:23:19.140><c> great</c><00:23:19.420><c> sinner,</c><00:23:20.980><c> and</c><00:23:21.180><c> yet</c><00:23:21.339><c> despite</c><00:23:21.799><c> that</c><00:23:22.119><c> sin</c><00:23:22.319><c> and</c>

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despite<00:23:22.900><c> that</c><00:23:23.599><c> degraded</c><00:23:24.259><c> condition</c><00:23:24.680><c> in</c>

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which<00:23:24.960><c> she</c><00:23:25.119><c> was</c><00:23:25.319><c> found,</c><00:23:25.579><c> she</c><00:23:25.799><c> had</c><00:23:26.059><c> faith.</c>

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And<00:23:28.140><c> Salmon,</c><00:23:29.380><c> who</c><00:23:29.640><c> no</c><00:23:29.839><c> doubt</c><00:23:30.099><c> came</c><00:23:30.400><c> into</c><00:23:30.599><c> the</c><00:23:30.799><c> land</c><00:23:31.119><c> with</c><00:23:31.339><c> Joshua,</c><00:23:32.519><c> took</c>

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this<00:23:32.940><c> woman</c><00:23:33.359><c> who</c><00:23:33.759><c> had</c><00:23:33.880><c> the</c><00:23:34.059><c> great</c>

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faith,<00:23:35.119><c> and</c><00:23:35.259><c> yet</c><00:23:35.380><c> the</c><00:23:35.599><c> great</c><00:23:35.859><c> sin</c><00:23:36.240><c> and</c><00:23:36.660><c> the</c><00:23:36.839><c> great</c><00:23:37.160><c> shadow</c><00:23:37.480><c> that</c><00:23:37.720><c> hung</c><00:23:37.859><c> over</c><00:23:38.119><c> her,</c><00:23:38.720><c> he</c>

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took<00:23:39.240><c> this</c><00:23:39.500><c> woman</c>

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and<00:23:40.319><c> he</c><00:23:40.579><c> covered</c><00:23:40.759><c> her</c><00:23:41.079><c> sins,</c><00:23:42.099><c> and</c><00:23:42.220><c> he</c><00:23:42.359><c> brought</c><00:23:42.500><c> her</c><00:23:42.640><c> into</c><00:23:42.839><c> his</c>

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house<00:23:43.579><c> and</c><00:23:43.980><c> married</c><00:23:44.299><c> her.</c>

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Was<00:23:47.140><c> that</c><00:23:47.339><c> righteous?</c>

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We're<00:23:49.500><c> just</c><00:23:49.740><c> asking.</c>

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And<00:23:53.019><c> finally,</c><00:23:53.319><c> the</c><00:23:53.480><c> fourth</c><00:23:53.700><c> one,</c><00:23:54.880><c> Boaz</c><00:23:55.720><c> begat</c><00:23:56.700><c> Obed</c><00:23:57.319><c> of</c><00:23:57.799><c> Ruth.</c>

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Ruth<00:23:59.220><c> was</c><00:23:59.440><c> a</c><00:23:59.579><c> Moabitess.</c>

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Ruth<00:24:01.279><c> came</c><00:24:01.700><c> back</c><00:24:02.000><c> into</c><00:24:02.200><c> the</c><00:24:02.299><c> land</c><00:24:02.539><c> of</c><00:24:02.720><c> Israel</c><00:24:03.099><c> with</c><00:24:03.279><c> her</c><00:24:03.480><c> mother</c><00:24:03.700><c>-in</c>

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-law,<00:24:04.220><c> Naomi,</c><00:24:05.119><c> and</c><00:24:05.299><c> she</c><00:24:05.480><c> was</c><00:24:05.779><c> rejected</c>

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by<00:24:07.140><c> the</c><00:24:07.359><c> nearest</c><00:24:07.720><c> kinsman,</c><00:24:09.779><c> probably</c><00:24:10.059><c> because</c><00:24:10.480><c> she</c><00:24:10.740><c> was</c><00:24:11.039><c> a</c><00:24:11.200><c> Moabitess,</c><00:24:12.579><c> probably</c><00:24:13.019><c> because</c><00:24:13.440><c> he</c><00:24:13.640><c> felt</c>

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she<00:24:14.140><c> wasn't</c><00:24:14.519><c> worthy</c><00:24:15.119><c> of</c><00:24:15.720><c> his</c><00:24:16.000><c> inheritance</c><00:24:16.559><c> to</c><00:24:17.400><c> bear</c><00:24:17.599><c> children</c>

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through<00:24:18.359><c> him,</c><00:24:18.859><c> despite</c><00:24:19.220><c> what</c><00:24:19.400><c> the</c><00:24:19.559><c> law</c>

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said.

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This<00:24:20.460><c> was</c><00:24:20.640><c> a</c><00:24:20.799><c> Moabitess,</c><00:24:21.660><c> and</c><00:24:21.759><c> she</c><00:24:21.900><c> was</c><00:24:22.099><c> not</c><00:24:22.279><c> a</c><00:24:22.460><c> Jewess,</c><00:24:23.000><c> and</c>

00:24:23.140 --> 00:24:25.920
she<00:24:23.319><c> was</c><00:24:23.519><c> to</c><00:24:23.680><c> be</c><00:24:23.940><c> shunned</c><00:24:24.339><c> and</c><00:24:24.460><c> put</c><00:24:24.660><c> aside,</c><00:24:25.619><c> never</c>

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mind<00:24:26.420><c> that</c><00:24:26.960><c> she</c><00:24:27.519><c> claimed</c><00:24:27.759><c> to</c><00:24:27.960><c> have</c><00:24:28.140><c> faith</c><00:24:28.420><c> in</c><00:24:28.579><c> the</c><00:24:28.720><c> God</c><00:24:28.880><c> of</c><00:24:29.119><c> Israel.</c>

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And<00:24:30.160><c> so</c><00:24:30.420><c> Boaz,</c><00:24:30.799><c> who</c><00:24:30.940><c> was</c><00:24:31.099><c> not</c><00:24:31.240><c> even</c><00:24:31.420><c> the</c><00:24:31.559><c> nearest</c><00:24:31.859><c> kinsman,</c>

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stepped<00:24:33.200><c> forward</c><00:24:33.759><c> and</c><00:24:34.279><c> took</c><00:24:34.480><c> this</c><00:24:34.720><c> woman</c>

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under<00:24:35.519><c> his</c><00:24:35.839><c> care,</c><00:24:37.680><c> married</c><00:24:38.019><c> her,</c><00:24:39.259><c> and</c><00:24:39.440><c> begot</c><00:24:39.779><c> a</c><00:24:40.099><c> child</c><00:24:40.640><c> through</c><00:24:41.599><c> the</c>

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royal<00:24:42.160><c> line</c><00:24:42.460><c> that</c><00:24:42.660><c> continued</c><00:24:43.059><c> the</c>

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line<00:24:43.420><c> of</c><00:24:43.640><c> David</c><00:24:44.039><c> going</c><00:24:44.559><c> on</c><00:24:44.799><c> to</c><00:24:44.920><c> the</c><00:24:45.059><c> Messiah.</c>

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Who<00:24:49.700><c> is</c><00:24:49.900><c> righteous?</c>

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What<00:24:53.640><c> would</c><00:24:53.960><c> Joseph</c><00:24:54.400><c> do</c><00:24:55.240><c> since</c><00:24:56.259><c> he</c><00:24:56.539><c> is</c><00:24:56.859><c> called</c><00:24:57.180><c> a</c><00:24:57.480><c> righteous</c><00:24:57.779><c> man?</c>

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He<00:25:00.319><c> has</c><00:25:00.640><c> found</c><00:25:00.920><c> his</c><00:25:01.240><c> wife</c><00:25:01.519><c> to</c><00:25:01.680><c> be</c><00:25:01.799><c> with</c><00:25:02.019><c> child.</c>

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He<00:25:02.980><c> knows</c><00:25:03.259><c> it</c><00:25:03.420><c> isn't</c><00:25:03.619><c> his</c><00:25:03.920><c> child.</c>

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What<00:25:05.160><c> will</c><00:25:05.319><c> he</c><00:25:05.440><c> do</c><00:25:05.599><c> now?</c>

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Let's<00:25:07.799><c> look</c><00:25:07.980><c> at</c><00:25:08.079><c> the</c><00:25:08.240><c> law.</c>

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Deuteronomy<00:25:10.440><c> 22,</c><00:25:11.619><c> verse</c><00:25:11.859><c> 13,</c><00:25:13.720><c> If</c><00:25:13.960><c> any</c><00:25:14.200><c> man</c><00:25:14.380><c> take</c><00:25:14.640><c> a</c><00:25:14.799><c> wife</c><00:25:15.000><c> and</c>

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go<00:25:15.359><c> in</c><00:25:15.519><c> unto</c><00:25:15.740><c> her</c><00:25:16.079><c> and</c><00:25:16.259><c> hate</c><00:25:16.420><c> her</c><00:25:16.660><c> and</c>

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give<00:25:16.980><c> occasions</c><00:25:17.440><c> of</c><00:25:17.700><c> speech</c><00:25:17.900><c> against</c><00:25:18.240><c> her</c><00:25:18.420><c> and</c><00:25:18.539><c> bring</c><00:25:18.720><c> up</c><00:25:18.859><c> an</c>

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evil<00:25:19.259><c> name</c><00:25:19.559><c> upon</c><00:25:19.819><c> her</c><00:25:20.059><c> and</c><00:25:20.299><c> say,</c><00:25:20.779><c> I</c><00:25:20.920><c> took</c><00:25:21.140><c> this</c>

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woman<00:25:21.599><c> when</c><00:25:21.779><c> I</c><00:25:21.980><c> came</c><00:25:22.279><c> to</c><00:25:22.460><c> her,</c><00:25:22.579><c> I</c><00:25:22.740><c> found</c><00:25:22.960><c> her</c><00:25:23.160><c> not</c><00:25:23.339><c> a</c><00:25:23.519><c> maid.</c>

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Skip<00:25:26.339><c> to</c><00:25:26.500><c> verse</c><00:25:26.700><c> 21.</c>

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Then<00:25:28.519><c> they</c><00:25:28.799><c> shall</c><00:25:28.940><c> bring</c><00:25:29.240><c> out</c><00:25:29.480><c> the</c><00:25:29.720><c> damsel</c><00:25:30.079><c> to</c><00:25:30.259><c> the</c><00:25:30.420><c> door</c><00:25:30.559><c> of</c>

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her<00:25:30.900><c> father's</c><00:25:31.339><c> house,</c><00:25:31.960><c> and</c><00:25:32.240><c> the</c><00:25:32.359><c> men</c><00:25:32.500><c> of</c>

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her<00:25:32.859><c> city</c><00:25:33.059><c> shall</c><00:25:33.380><c> stone</c><00:25:33.740><c> her</c><00:25:34.019><c> with</c><00:25:34.380><c> stones</c><00:25:34.759><c> that</c><00:25:34.980><c> she</c><00:25:35.319><c> die,</c><00:25:36.019><c> because</c><00:25:36.319><c> she</c><00:25:36.539><c> hath</c><00:25:36.720><c> wrought</c><00:25:36.980><c> folly</c><00:25:37.339><c> in</c>

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Israel<00:25:37.839><c> to</c><00:25:38.059><c> play</c><00:25:38.240><c> the</c><00:25:38.500><c> whore</c><00:25:38.940><c> in</c><00:25:39.259><c> her</c><00:25:39.500><c> father's</c><00:25:40.000><c> house.</c>

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So<00:25:41.000><c> shalt</c><00:25:41.220><c> thou</c><00:25:41.400><c> put</c><00:25:41.700><c> evil</c><00:25:41.980><c> away</c><00:25:42.380><c> from</c><00:25:42.619><c> among</c><00:25:42.880><c> you.</c>

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Let<00:25:44.880><c> her</c><00:25:45.099><c> be</c><00:25:45.380><c> stoned.</c>

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Maybe<00:25:48.559><c> this</c><00:25:48.740><c> wasn't</c><00:25:48.960><c> any</c><00:25:49.200><c> longer</c><00:25:49.480><c> carried</c><00:25:49.759><c> out.</c>

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Maybe<00:25:50.480><c> the</c><00:25:50.660><c> Roman</c><00:25:50.859><c> law</c><00:25:51.079><c> didn't</c><00:25:51.299><c> permit</c><00:25:51.599><c> it.</c>

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But<00:25:52.079><c> at</c><00:25:52.259><c> the</c><00:25:52.500><c> very</c><00:25:52.940><c> least,</c><00:25:54.299><c> what</c><00:25:54.420><c> Joseph</c><00:25:54.880><c> could</c><00:25:55.299><c> have</c><00:25:55.599><c> righteously</c><00:25:56.119><c> asked</c>

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for<00:25:56.880><c> was</c><00:25:57.339><c> that</c><00:25:57.559><c> this</c><00:25:57.779><c> woman</c>

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who<00:25:58.259><c> had</c><00:25:58.619><c> so</c><00:25:59.039><c> desecrated</c><00:25:59.859><c> his</c><00:26:00.200><c> name</c><00:26:00.500><c> and</c><00:26:00.680><c> his</c><00:26:00.960><c> character</c><00:26:01.420><c> should</c><00:26:01.900><c> be</c>

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cast<00:26:02.500><c> out</c><00:26:02.700><c> of</c><00:26:02.859><c> Israel,</c><00:26:03.799><c> should</c><00:26:03.920><c> be</c><00:26:04.180><c> given</c>

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proverbially<00:26:05.400><c> what</c><00:26:05.599><c> we</c><00:26:05.940><c> call</c><00:26:06.160><c> the</c><00:26:06.380><c> scarlet</c><00:26:06.839><c> letter,</c><00:26:07.579><c> and</c><00:26:07.759><c> should</c><00:26:07.980><c> be</c>

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shunned<00:26:08.599><c> from</c><00:26:08.799><c> the</c><00:26:09.039><c> company</c><00:26:09.440><c> of</c>

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all<00:26:10.220><c> those</c><00:26:10.500><c> who</c><00:26:10.759><c> called</c><00:26:10.940><c> upon</c><00:26:11.180><c> the</c><00:26:11.339><c> name</c><00:26:11.500><c> of</c><00:26:11.759><c> God.</c>

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This<00:26:12.940><c> woman</c><00:26:13.319><c> was</c><00:26:13.579><c> an</c><00:26:13.759><c> adulteress.</c>

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Why<00:26:20.720><c> didn't</c><00:26:20.920><c> Joseph</c><00:26:21.200><c> do</c><00:26:21.380><c> that?</c>

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Well,<00:26:23.960><c> I</c><00:26:24.059><c> can</c><00:26:24.259><c> imagine</c><00:26:24.640><c> that</c><00:26:24.819><c> he</c><00:26:25.380><c> looked</c><00:26:25.700><c> about</c><00:26:26.059><c> because</c><00:26:27.019><c> he</c><00:26:28.319><c> was</c><00:26:28.880><c> a</c>

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righteous<00:26:29.500><c> man,</c><00:26:30.160><c> and</c><00:26:30.220><c> he</c><00:26:30.299><c> was</c><00:26:30.519><c> a</c><00:26:30.740><c> kind</c>

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and<00:26:31.440><c> a</c><00:26:31.619><c> decent</c><00:26:31.839><c> man,</c><00:26:32.539><c> and</c><00:26:32.819><c> he</c><00:26:32.980><c> understood</c><00:26:33.599><c> through</c><00:26:34.900><c> his</c><00:26:35.079><c> own</c>

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weakness,<00:26:35.640><c> no</c><00:26:35.880><c> doubt,</c><00:26:37.660><c> that</c><00:26:37.779><c> anyone</c><00:26:38.099><c> is</c>

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capable<00:26:38.680><c> of</c><00:26:38.960><c> sin.</c>

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And<00:26:40.380><c> so</c><00:26:40.579><c> he</c><00:26:40.700><c> looked</c><00:26:40.880><c> about,</c><00:26:41.200><c> I</c><00:26:41.339><c> would</c><00:26:41.539><c> imagine,</c><00:26:43.339><c> for</c><00:26:43.339><c> other</c><00:26:43.839><c> possibilities,</c><00:26:44.680><c> and</c><00:26:44.720><c> we</c>

00:26:44.900 --> 00:26:45.599
read<00:26:45.019><c> of</c><00:26:45.180><c> them.</c>

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Deuteronomy<00:26:46.200><c> 22</c><00:26:46.759><c> and</c><00:26:46.920><c> verse</c><00:26:47.180><c> 25.</c>

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But<00:26:48.559><c> if</c><00:26:48.740><c> a</c><00:26:48.940><c> man</c><00:26:49.180><c> find</c><00:26:49.480><c> a</c><00:26:49.640><c> betrothed</c><00:26:50.180><c> damsel</c><00:26:50.460><c> in</c><00:26:50.579><c> the</c><00:26:50.779><c> field,</c>

00:26:51.039 --> 00:26:52.960
and<00:26:51.160><c> the</c><00:26:51.299><c> man</c><00:26:51.500><c> force</c><00:26:51.839><c> her</c><00:26:52.200><c> and</c><00:26:52.559><c> lie</c><00:26:52.759><c> with</c>

00:26:52.960 --> 00:26:55.660
her,<00:26:53.519><c> then</c><00:26:53.680><c> the</c><00:26:53.859><c> man</c><00:26:54.119><c> only</c><00:26:54.480><c> that</c><00:26:54.660><c> lay</c><00:26:54.819><c> with</c><00:26:55.000><c> her</c><00:26:55.180><c> shall</c><00:26:55.339><c> die,</c>

00:26:55.680 --> 00:26:57.400
but<00:26:55.799><c> unto</c><00:26:56.019><c> the</c><00:26:56.240><c> damsel</c><00:26:56.519><c> thou</c><00:26:56.720><c> shalt</c><00:26:56.900><c> do</c><00:26:57.160><c> nothing.</c>

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And<00:26:58.000><c> perhaps</c><00:26:58.339><c> he</c><00:26:58.460><c> must</c><00:26:58.700><c> have</c><00:26:58.859><c> thought,</c><00:26:59.420><c> just</c><00:26:59.680><c> perhaps,</c><00:27:00.440><c> this</c>

00:27:00.559 --> 00:27:01.220
is<00:27:00.720><c> what</c><00:27:00.920><c> happened.</c>

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And<00:27:01.539><c> if</c><00:27:01.660><c> it</c><00:27:01.900><c> didn't,</c><00:27:03.460><c> why</c><00:27:03.700><c> not</c><00:27:04.000><c> give</c><00:27:04.259><c> the</c><00:27:04.460><c> benefit</c><00:27:04.700><c> of</c><00:27:04.859><c> the</c><00:27:05.019><c> doubt</c><00:27:05.259><c> to</c><00:27:05.500><c> Mary?</c>

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Or<00:27:07.000><c> even</c><00:27:07.259><c> a</c><00:27:07.440><c> third</c><00:27:07.640><c> possibility,</c><00:27:08.519><c> verses</c><00:27:08.839><c> 28</c><00:27:09.299><c> and</c><00:27:09.460><c> 29.</c>

00:27:10.299 --> 00:27:13.099
If<00:27:10.500><c> a</c><00:27:10.720><c> man</c><00:27:10.920><c> find</c><00:27:11.299><c> a</c><00:27:11.519><c> damsel</c><00:27:11.799><c> that</c><00:27:11.960><c> is</c><00:27:12.119><c> a</c><00:27:12.240><c> virgin,</c><00:27:12.539><c> which</c><00:27:12.680><c> is</c><00:27:12.880><c> not</c>

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betrothed,<00:27:13.700><c> and</c><00:27:13.819><c> lay</c><00:27:14.000><c> hold</c><00:27:14.240><c> on</c><00:27:14.440><c> her,</c><00:27:15.059><c> and</c>

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lie<00:27:15.420><c> with</c><00:27:15.559><c> her,</c><00:27:15.779><c> and</c><00:27:15.900><c> they</c><00:27:16.000><c> be</c><00:27:16.220><c> found,</c><00:27:16.839><c> then</c><00:27:17.000><c> the</c><00:27:17.180><c> man</c><00:27:17.359><c> that</c>

00:27:17.559 --> 00:27:18.720
lay<00:27:17.660><c> with</c><00:27:17.859><c> her</c><00:27:18.079><c> shall</c><00:27:18.200><c> give</c><00:27:18.380><c> unto</c><00:27:18.519><c> the</c>

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damsel's<00:27:19.140><c> father</c><00:27:19.579><c> fifty</c><00:27:20.079><c> shekels</c><00:27:20.519><c> of</c><00:27:20.660><c> silver,</c><00:27:20.960><c> and</c><00:27:21.119><c> she</c><00:27:21.299><c> shall</c><00:27:21.420><c> be</c>

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his<00:27:21.799><c> wife.</c>

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Now,<00:27:23.640><c> just</c><00:27:23.920><c> possibly,</c><00:27:25.279><c> perhaps</c><00:27:25.619><c> Joseph</c><00:27:25.960><c> thinks</c><00:27:26.339><c> this</c><00:27:26.920><c> child</c>

00:27:27.259 --> 00:27:29.599
was<00:27:27.559><c> conceived</c><00:27:27.920><c> even</c><00:27:28.240><c> before</c><00:27:28.579><c> the</c><00:27:28.839><c> betrothal.</c>

00:27:29.700 --> 00:27:32.740
And<00:27:29.960><c> if</c><00:27:30.099><c> that's</c><00:27:30.440><c> the</c><00:27:30.559><c> case,</c><00:27:31.259><c> then</c><00:27:31.460><c> Joseph</c><00:27:31.819><c> contrives</c><00:27:32.359><c> in</c><00:27:32.500><c> his</c>

00:27:32.740 --> 00:27:35.279
mind<00:27:33.099><c> how</c><00:27:33.779><c> this</c><00:27:34.160><c> difficulty</c><00:27:34.660><c> may</c><00:27:34.900><c> be</c><00:27:35.119><c> gotten</c>

00:27:35.279 --> 00:27:39.940
around,<00:27:36.259><c> that</c><00:27:36.480><c> he</c><00:27:36.619><c> will</c><00:27:36.920><c> give</c><00:27:37.559><c> Mary</c><00:27:37.960><c> a</c><00:27:38.279><c> private</c><00:27:38.759><c> bill</c><00:27:39.000><c> of</c><00:27:39.240><c> divorcement.</c>

00:27:40.099 --> 00:27:44.240
He<00:27:40.279><c> won't</c><00:27:40.579><c> use</c><00:27:41.019><c> the</c><00:27:41.240><c> full</c><00:27:41.660><c> power</c><00:27:42.140><c> of</c><00:27:42.359><c> the</c><00:27:42.460><c> law</c><00:27:42.759><c> to</c><00:27:42.980><c> punish</c><00:27:43.259><c> her,</c>

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but<00:27:44.539><c> he</c><00:27:44.660><c> will</c><00:27:44.880><c> forgive.</c>

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And<00:27:46.059><c> he</c><00:27:46.099><c> will</c><00:27:46.299><c> give</c><00:27:46.420><c> her</c><00:27:46.660><c> a</c><00:27:46.740><c> private</c><00:27:47.200><c> bill</c><00:27:47.460><c> of</c><00:27:47.680><c> divorcement</c><00:27:48.180><c> so</c>

00:27:48.319 --> 00:27:50.799
that<00:27:48.460><c> she</c><00:27:48.559><c> might</c><00:27:48.799><c> go</c><00:27:49.059><c> away</c><00:27:49.299><c> quietly,</c><00:27:50.259><c> which</c><00:27:50.440><c> allows</c>

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for<00:27:51.000><c> two</c><00:27:51.180><c> possibilities.</c>

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If<00:27:52.519><c> the</c><00:27:52.680><c> father</c><00:27:53.000><c> of</c><00:27:53.160><c> the</c><00:27:53.299><c> child</c><00:27:53.619><c> is</c><00:27:53.900><c> known,</c><00:27:54.799><c> then</c><00:27:55.220><c> she</c><00:27:55.539><c> might</c>

00:27:55.819 --> 00:27:58.519
go<00:27:56.460><c> and</c><00:27:56.779><c> marry</c><00:27:57.220><c> that</c><00:27:57.579><c> man.</c>

00:27:59.000 --> 00:28:01.680
And<00:27:59.380><c> if</c><00:27:59.539><c> the</c><00:27:59.680><c> child</c><00:28:00.000><c> of</c><00:28:00.140><c> the</c><00:28:00.259><c> father</c><00:28:00.519><c> is</c><00:28:00.720><c> not</c><00:28:00.960><c> known</c><00:28:01.180><c> or</c><00:28:01.319><c> not</c><00:28:01.539><c> to</c>

00:28:01.680 --> 00:28:03.359
be<00:28:01.900><c> found,</c><00:28:02.460><c> then</c><00:28:02.599><c> at</c><00:28:02.799><c> least</c><00:28:02.980><c> she</c><00:28:03.140><c> might</c>

00:28:03.359 --> 00:28:11.779
go<00:28:03.660><c> away</c><00:28:04.000><c> in</c><00:28:04.380><c> privacy</c><00:28:04.900><c> to</c><00:28:05.339><c> have</c><00:28:05.579><c> this</c><00:28:05.839><c> child</c><00:28:06.299><c> and</c><00:28:06.839><c> not</c><00:28:07.140><c> be</c><00:28:07.619><c> a</c><00:28:07.940><c> public</c><00:28:08.359><c> scandal</c><00:28:09.160><c> and</c><00:28:09.660><c> a</c><00:28:09.859><c> rebuke.</c>

00:28:15.400 --> 00:28:18.619
So<00:28:16.000><c> we</c><00:28:16.359><c> see</c><00:28:16.660><c> what</c><00:28:16.859><c> a</c><00:28:17.000><c> righteous</c><00:28:17.259><c> man</c><00:28:17.500><c> has</c><00:28:17.799><c> chosen.</c>

00:28:18.720 --> 00:28:21.299
Now<00:28:19.180><c> I'd</c><00:28:19.599><c> like</c><00:28:19.619><c> to</c><00:28:19.839><c> leave</c><00:28:20.019><c> Matthew</c><00:28:20.400><c> for</c><00:28:20.599><c> just</c><00:28:20.779><c> a</c><00:28:20.960><c> moment</c><00:28:21.119><c> and</c>

00:28:21.299 --> 00:28:23.059
go<00:28:21.519><c> over</c><00:28:21.759><c> to</c><00:28:21.940><c> John</c><00:28:22.299><c> chapter</c><00:28:22.740><c> 8.</c>

00:28:23.279 --> 00:28:25.259
I<00:28:23.440><c> want</c><00:28:23.599><c> to</c><00:28:23.740><c> read</c><00:28:23.819><c> a</c><00:28:24.000><c> few</c><00:28:24.119><c> verses,</c><00:28:24.539><c> and</c><00:28:24.880><c> then</c><00:28:24.980><c> I'm</c><00:28:25.099><c> going</c><00:28:25.200><c> to</c>

00:28:25.259 --> 00:28:26.779
put<00:28:25.420><c> these</c><00:28:25.700><c> two</c><00:28:26.000><c> incidents</c><00:28:26.299><c> together,</c>

00:28:26.779 --> 00:28:30.259
Matthew<00:28:27.259><c> 1</c><00:28:27.880><c> and</c><00:28:28.119><c> John</c><00:28:28.500><c> 8.</c>

00:28:34.859 --> 00:28:37.740
John<00:28:35.259><c> 8,</c><00:28:35.880><c> beginning</c><00:28:36.180><c> with</c><00:28:36.380><c> verse</c><00:28:36.660><c> 2,</c><00:28:37.160><c> and</c><00:28:37.240><c> I'm</c><00:28:37.380><c> going</c><00:28:37.500><c> to</c><00:28:37.500><c> read</c>

00:28:37.740 --> 00:28:38.440
through<00:28:37.920><c> verse</c><00:28:38.160><c> 11.</c>

00:28:38.559 --> 00:28:42.539
I'll<00:28:38.640><c> just</c><00:28:38.819><c> read</c><00:28:38.980><c> the</c><00:28:39.119><c> whole</c><00:28:39.339><c> incident</c><00:28:39.819><c> so</c><00:28:40.200><c> it'll</c><00:28:40.380><c> be</c><00:28:40.720><c> familiar</c><00:28:41.079><c> in</c><00:28:41.380><c> our</c><00:28:41.579><c> minds.</c>

00:28:45.039 --> 00:28:47.259
And<00:28:45.140><c> early</c><00:28:45.400><c> in</c><00:28:45.539><c> the</c><00:28:45.640><c> morning</c><00:28:45.880><c> he</c><00:28:46.019><c> came</c><00:28:46.240><c> again</c><00:28:46.519><c> into</c><00:28:46.720><c> the</c><00:28:46.880><c> temple,</c><00:28:47.140><c> and</c>

00:28:47.259 --> 00:28:50.000
all<00:28:47.500><c> the</c><00:28:47.660><c> people</c><00:28:48.619><c> came</c><00:28:49.259><c> unto</c><00:28:49.579><c> him,</c>

00:28:50.039 --> 00:28:51.740
and<00:28:50.180><c> he</c><00:28:50.359><c> sat</c><00:28:50.579><c> down</c><00:28:50.920><c> and</c><00:28:51.160><c> taught</c><00:28:51.339><c> them.</c>

00:28:51.880 --> 00:28:54.079
And<00:28:52.140><c> the</c><00:28:52.339><c> scribes</c><00:28:52.660><c> and</c><00:28:52.759><c> the</c><00:28:52.940><c> Pharisees</c><00:28:53.359><c> brought</c><00:28:53.579><c> unto</c><00:28:53.759><c> him</c><00:28:53.940><c> a</c>

00:28:54.079 --> 00:28:56.019
woman<00:28:54.339><c> taken</c><00:28:54.720><c> in</c><00:28:54.940><c> adultery,</c><00:28:55.619><c> and</c><00:28:55.859><c> when</c>

00:28:56.019 --> 00:29:00.140
they<00:28:56.119><c> had</c><00:28:56.240><c> set</c><00:28:56.500><c> her</c><00:28:56.720><c> in</c><00:28:56.799><c> the</c><00:28:56.940><c> midst,</c><00:28:57.660><c> they</c><00:28:57.819><c> say</c><00:28:58.059><c> unto</c><00:28:58.420><c> him,</c><00:28:58.759><c> Master,</c><00:28:59.519><c> this</c><00:28:59.720><c> woman</c><00:28:59.920><c> was</c>

00:29:00.140 --> 00:29:00.940
taken<00:29:00.380><c> in</c><00:29:00.619><c> adultery</c>

00:29:00.940 --> 00:29:02.019
in<00:29:01.099><c> the</c><00:29:01.240><c> very</c><00:29:01.539><c> act.</c>

00:29:02.519 --> 00:29:05.099
Now<00:29:02.660><c> Moses</c><00:29:03.000><c> in</c><00:29:03.160><c> the</c><00:29:03.299><c> law</c><00:29:03.500><c> commanded</c><00:29:03.940><c> us</c><00:29:04.220><c> that</c><00:29:04.420><c> such</c><00:29:04.579><c> should</c><00:29:04.799><c> be</c>

00:29:05.099 --> 00:29:07.200
stoned,<00:29:05.759><c> but</c><00:29:05.880><c> what</c><00:29:06.059><c> do</c><00:29:06.160><c> you</c><00:29:06.359><c> say?</c>

00:29:08.099 --> 00:29:14.319
This<00:29:08.460><c> they</c><00:29:08.799><c> said,</c><00:29:09.400><c> tempting</c><00:29:09.740><c> him</c><00:29:10.259><c> that</c><00:29:11.019><c> they</c><00:29:11.220><c> might</c><00:29:11.500><c> have</c><00:29:11.740><c> occasion,</c><00:29:12.640><c> that</c><00:29:12.759><c> they</c><00:29:12.920><c> might</c><00:29:13.359><c> have</c><00:29:13.740><c> to</c><00:29:14.039><c> accuse</c>

00:29:14.319 --> 00:29:14.900
him.

00:29:15.339 --> 00:29:17.779
But<00:29:15.539><c> Jesus</c><00:29:15.940><c> stooped</c><00:29:16.319><c> down</c><00:29:16.599><c> and</c><00:29:16.740><c> with</c><00:29:16.859><c> his</c><00:29:17.059><c> finger</c><00:29:17.339><c> wrote</c><00:29:17.559><c> on</c>

00:29:17.779 --> 00:29:18.980
the<00:29:17.940><c> ground</c><00:29:18.160><c> as</c><00:29:18.319><c> though</c><00:29:18.440><c> he</c><00:29:18.539><c> heard</c><00:29:18.740><c> them</c>

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not.

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So<00:29:19.980><c> when</c><00:29:20.119><c> they</c><00:29:20.279><c> continued</c><00:29:20.640><c> asking</c><00:29:20.980><c> him,</c><00:29:21.259><c> he</c><00:29:21.420><c> lifted</c><00:29:21.599><c> up</c><00:29:21.799><c> himself</c><00:29:22.180><c> and</c>

00:29:22.339 --> 00:29:23.740
said<00:29:22.480><c> unto</c><00:29:22.660><c> them,</c><00:29:23.039><c> He</c><00:29:23.420><c> that</c><00:29:23.500><c> is</c>

00:29:23.740 --> 00:29:28.200
without<00:29:24.059><c> sin</c><00:29:24.519><c> among</c><00:29:24.839><c> you,</c><00:29:25.640><c> let</c><00:29:25.799><c> him</c><00:29:26.079><c> first</c><00:29:26.640><c> cast</c><00:29:27.079><c> a</c><00:29:27.319><c> stone</c><00:29:27.519><c> at</c><00:29:27.640><c> her.</c>

00:29:28.420 --> 00:29:31.920
And<00:29:28.640><c> again</c><00:29:28.859><c> he</c><00:29:29.079><c> stooped</c><00:29:29.299><c> down</c><00:29:29.599><c> and</c><00:29:29.720><c> wrote</c><00:29:29.880><c> on</c><00:29:30.079><c> the</c><00:29:30.240><c> ground,</c><00:29:31.039><c> and</c><00:29:31.160><c> they</c><00:29:31.400><c> which</c><00:29:31.579><c> heard</c><00:29:31.740><c> it</c>

00:29:31.920 --> 00:29:32.559
being<00:29:32.160><c> convicted</c>

00:29:32.559 --> 00:29:35.839
by<00:29:32.779><c> their</c><00:29:32.980><c> own</c><00:29:33.220><c> conscience</c><00:29:33.579><c> went</c><00:29:33.779><c> out</c><00:29:34.099><c> one</c><00:29:34.359><c> by</c><00:29:34.640><c> one,</c><00:29:35.279><c> beginning</c><00:29:35.480><c> at</c><00:29:35.660><c> the</c>

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eldest<00:29:36.140><c> even</c><00:29:36.460><c> unto</c><00:29:36.660><c> the</c><00:29:36.880><c> last.</c>

00:29:37.240 --> 00:29:40.180
And<00:29:37.380><c> Jesus</c><00:29:37.640><c> was</c><00:29:37.839><c> left</c><00:29:38.079><c> alone</c><00:29:38.579><c> and</c><00:29:39.119><c> the</c><00:29:39.259><c> woman</c><00:29:39.539><c> standing</c><00:29:39.940><c> in</c>

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the<00:29:40.259><c> midst.</c>

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When<00:29:41.859><c> Jesus</c><00:29:42.240><c> had</c><00:29:42.500><c> lifted</c><00:29:42.680><c> up</c><00:29:42.880><c> himself</c><00:29:43.279><c> and</c><00:29:43.420><c> saw</c><00:29:43.660><c> none</c><00:29:43.920><c> but</c><00:29:44.059><c> the</c>

00:29:44.200 --> 00:29:46.059
woman,<00:29:44.440><c> he</c><00:29:44.519><c> said</c><00:29:44.700><c> unto</c><00:29:44.940><c> her,</c><00:29:45.440><c> Woman,</c><00:29:45.839><c> where</c>

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are<00:29:46.160><c> those</c><00:29:46.440><c> thine</c><00:29:46.680><c> accusers?</c>

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Hath<00:29:48.000><c> no</c><00:29:48.200><c> man</c><00:29:48.460><c> condemned</c><00:29:48.880><c> thee?</c>

00:29:49.880 --> 00:29:52.539
She<00:29:50.180><c> said,</c><00:29:51.180><c> No</c><00:29:51.420><c> man,</c><00:29:51.680><c> Lord.</c>

00:29:52.680 --> 00:29:56.619
And<00:29:53.119><c> Jesus</c><00:29:53.480><c> said</c><00:29:53.680><c> unto</c><00:29:53.859><c> her,</c><00:29:54.220><c> Neither</c><00:29:54.319><c> do</c><00:29:54.599><c> I</c><00:29:54.940><c> condemn</c><00:29:55.640><c> thee.</c>

00:29:57.000 --> 00:30:00.420
Go<00:29:57.339><c> and</c><00:29:58.799><c> sin</c><00:29:58.940><c> no</c><00:29:59.240><c> more.</c>

00:30:03.019 --> 00:30:07.359
Notice<00:30:03.359><c> the</c><00:30:03.619><c> parallel</c><00:30:04.000><c> between</c><00:30:04.400><c> John</c><00:30:04.779><c> chapter</c><00:30:05.160><c> 8</c><00:30:05.539><c> and</c><00:30:05.819><c> Matthew</c><00:30:06.259><c> chapter</c><00:30:06.660><c> 1.</c>

00:30:07.660 --> 00:30:11.079
Here<00:30:07.819><c> is</c><00:30:08.019><c> a</c><00:30:08.079><c> woman</c><00:30:08.359><c> obviously</c><00:30:09.119><c> caught</c><00:30:09.619><c> in</c><00:30:10.000><c> the</c><00:30:10.119><c> act</c><00:30:10.299><c> of</c><00:30:10.539><c> adultery.</c>

00:30:11.579 --> 00:30:15.000
There<00:30:11.759><c> is</c><00:30:12.079><c> no</c><00:30:12.380><c> defense,</c><00:30:13.380><c> really</c><00:30:13.619><c> and</c><00:30:13.859><c> truly</c><00:30:14.039><c> is</c><00:30:14.319><c> there,</c><00:30:14.740><c> no</c>

00:30:15.000 --> 00:30:16.859
defense<00:30:15.400><c> for</c><00:30:15.559><c> that</c><00:30:15.700><c> situation.</c>

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In<00:30:17.099><c> each</c><00:30:17.500><c> case</c><00:30:18.099><c> we</c><00:30:18.559><c> have</c><00:30:18.839><c> a</c><00:30:19.039><c> man</c><00:30:19.279><c> who</c><00:30:19.500><c> is</c><00:30:19.819><c> thoroughly</c><00:30:20.119><c> in</c><00:30:20.359><c> a</c><00:30:20.519><c> position</c><00:30:20.900><c> to</c><00:30:21.619><c> know.</c>

00:30:23.000 --> 00:30:25.799
Jesus<00:30:23.339><c> certainly</c><00:30:23.779><c> was</c><00:30:24.140><c> by</c><00:30:24.339><c> the</c><00:30:24.720><c> great</c><00:30:24.900><c> divine</c><00:30:25.319><c> power</c><00:30:25.700><c> that</c>

00:30:25.799 --> 00:30:26.660
was<00:30:26.000><c> given</c><00:30:26.200><c> him.</c>

00:30:27.039 --> 00:30:29.519
Joseph<00:30:27.420><c> certainly</c><00:30:27.859><c> was</c><00:30:28.200><c> because</c><00:30:28.500><c> he</c><00:30:28.680><c> knew</c><00:30:28.839><c> nothing</c><00:30:29.140><c> of</c><00:30:29.319><c> the</c>

00:30:29.519 --> 00:30:31.460
miraculous<00:30:30.000><c> conception,</c><00:30:30.779><c> and</c><00:30:31.039><c> he</c><00:30:31.259><c> knew</c>

00:30:31.460 --> 00:30:33.740
that<00:30:31.619><c> he</c><00:30:31.799><c> wasn't</c><00:30:32.119><c> the</c><00:30:32.299><c> father</c><00:30:32.559><c> of</c><00:30:32.759><c> the</c><00:30:32.920><c> child.</c>

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So<00:30:34.180><c> Joseph</c><00:30:34.559><c> was</c><00:30:34.759><c> in</c><00:30:34.920><c> a</c><00:30:35.059><c> position</c><00:30:35.440><c> that</c><00:30:35.940><c> he</c><00:30:36.140><c> could</c><00:30:36.359><c> know</c><00:30:36.579><c> for</c><00:30:36.880><c> sure,</c><00:30:37.119><c> at</c>

00:30:37.220 --> 00:30:38.480
least<00:30:37.420><c> with</c><00:30:37.900><c> the</c><00:30:38.160><c> knowledge</c>

00:30:38.480 --> 00:30:42.440
that<00:30:38.920><c> any</c><00:30:39.119><c> man</c><00:30:39.319><c> might</c><00:30:39.599><c> have,</c><00:30:40.460><c> that</c><00:30:40.660><c> this</c><00:30:41.000><c> woman</c><00:30:41.240><c> was</c><00:30:41.480><c> a</c><00:30:41.660><c> sinner.</c>

00:30:45.220 --> 00:30:48.380
What<00:30:45.700><c> do</c><00:30:45.839><c> we</c><00:30:46.039><c> have</c><00:30:46.359><c> in</c><00:30:46.579><c> these</c><00:30:46.799><c> two</c><00:30:47.059><c> parallel</c><00:30:47.359><c> accounts?</c>

00:30:48.539 --> 00:30:51.440
We<00:30:48.740><c> have</c><00:30:48.980><c> a</c><00:30:49.140><c> hasty</c><00:30:49.579><c> condemnation</c><00:30:50.180><c> on</c><00:30:50.319><c> the</c><00:30:50.480><c> part</c><00:30:50.599><c> of</c><00:30:50.880><c> some,</c><00:30:51.259><c> I</c>

00:30:51.440 --> 00:30:53.579
can<00:30:51.640><c> imagine</c><00:30:51.940><c> that</c><00:30:52.160><c> very</c><00:30:52.480><c> easily,</c><00:30:53.420><c> Mary</c>

00:30:53.579 --> 00:30:56.019
in<00:30:53.700><c> this</c><00:30:53.920><c> obvious</c><00:30:54.339><c> state</c><00:30:54.559><c> of</c><00:30:54.819><c> pregnancy</c><00:30:55.140><c> returning</c><00:30:55.599><c> to</c><00:30:55.859><c> the</c>

00:30:56.019 --> 00:30:57.900
village<00:30:56.339><c> and</c><00:30:56.720><c> all</c><00:30:56.960><c> the</c><00:30:57.119><c> villagers</c><00:30:57.400><c> tongues</c>

00:30:57.900 --> 00:31:00.380
wagging<00:30:58.339><c> back</c><00:30:58.619><c> and</c><00:30:58.839><c> forth</c><00:30:59.019><c> and</c><00:30:59.160><c> the</c><00:30:59.359><c> gossip</c><00:30:59.660><c> that</c><00:30:59.900><c> went</c><00:31:00.000><c> about.</c>

00:31:00.799 --> 00:31:04.140
Obvious<00:31:01.279><c> condemnation</c><00:31:02.079><c> for</c><00:31:02.279><c> this</c><00:31:02.480><c> woman,</c><00:31:03.000><c> but</c><00:31:03.579><c> the</c><00:31:03.759><c> man</c><00:31:03.980><c> who</c>

00:31:04.140 --> 00:31:05.980
was<00:31:04.279><c> in</c><00:31:04.359><c> a</c><00:31:04.539><c> true</c><00:31:04.680><c> position</c><00:31:05.079><c> to</c><00:31:05.319><c> know</c><00:31:05.619><c> did</c>

00:31:05.980 --> 00:31:07.180
not<00:31:06.259><c> condemn.</c>

00:31:07.380 --> 00:31:12.900
He<00:31:07.940><c> said</c><00:31:08.319><c> in</c><00:31:08.559><c> effect,</c><00:31:09.380><c> I</c><00:31:09.519><c> am</c><00:31:09.720><c> not</c><00:31:09.880><c> without</c><00:31:10.220><c> sin</c><00:31:10.440><c> myself</c><00:31:11.339><c> and</c><00:31:12.619><c> I</c>

00:31:12.900 --> 00:31:15.200
will<00:31:13.099><c> try</c><00:31:13.339><c> to</c><00:31:13.539><c> find</c><00:31:13.720><c> a</c><00:31:13.920><c> way</c><00:31:14.119><c> to</c><00:31:14.400><c> forgive</c><00:31:14.859><c> and</c>

00:31:15.200 --> 00:31:18.039
to<00:31:15.420><c> cover</c><00:31:15.579><c> the</c><00:31:15.859><c> sins</c><00:31:16.299><c> of</c><00:31:16.940><c> this</c><00:31:17.119><c> woman.</c>

00:31:20.279 --> 00:31:26.200
I<00:31:20.279><c> would</c><00:31:20.519><c> suggest</c><00:31:20.940><c> to</c><00:31:21.220><c> you</c><00:31:22.319><c> that</c><00:31:23.799><c> God</c><00:31:24.180><c> acts</c><00:31:24.579><c> in</c><00:31:24.980><c> many</c><00:31:25.220><c> ways,</c>

00:31:26.400 --> 00:31:29.000
that<00:31:26.619><c> God</c><00:31:27.019><c> prepared</c><00:31:27.660><c> his</c><00:31:28.079><c> son</c><00:31:28.359><c> for</c><00:31:28.559><c> the</c><00:31:28.779><c> purpose</c>

00:31:29.000 --> 00:31:33.400
that<00:31:29.180><c> he</c><00:31:29.279><c> would</c><00:31:29.480><c> fulfill</c><00:31:30.079><c> in</c><00:31:31.160><c> more</c><00:31:31.420><c> ways</c><00:31:31.740><c> than</c><00:31:31.980><c> simply</c><00:31:32.920><c> giving</c>

00:31:33.400 --> 00:31:35.299
him<00:31:33.779><c> a</c><00:31:34.059><c> revelation</c><00:31:34.519><c> of</c><00:31:34.740><c> the</c><00:31:34.940><c> truth.</c>

00:31:35.299 --> 00:31:39.960
I<00:31:35.940><c> would</c><00:31:36.200><c> suggest</c><00:31:36.720><c> that</c><00:31:36.900><c> God</c><00:31:37.240><c> prepared</c><00:31:37.700><c> his</c><00:31:38.039><c> son</c><00:31:38.460><c> as</c><00:31:39.059><c> he</c><00:31:39.259><c> prepares</c><00:31:39.640><c> all</c>

00:31:39.960 --> 00:31:41.779
of<00:31:40.099><c> us</c><00:31:40.220><c> for</c><00:31:40.359><c> his</c><00:31:40.599><c> kingdom</c><00:31:40.960><c> in</c>

00:31:41.779 --> 00:31:46.019
such<00:31:42.140><c> a</c><00:31:42.359><c> way</c><00:31:42.539><c> that</c><00:31:42.720><c> the</c><00:31:42.960><c> affairs</c><00:31:43.279><c> of</c><00:31:43.539><c> life,</c><00:31:44.200><c> the</c><00:31:44.380><c> daily</c><00:31:45.059><c> circumstances</c><00:31:45.779><c> that</c>

00:31:46.019 --> 00:31:47.079
we<00:31:46.180><c> run</c><00:31:46.319><c> across</c><00:31:46.779><c> and</c><00:31:46.940><c> that</c>

00:31:47.079 --> 00:31:51.940
we<00:31:47.200><c> learn</c><00:31:47.400><c> of</c><00:31:47.799><c> might</c><00:31:48.259><c> direct</c><00:31:48.740><c> our</c><00:31:49.059><c> minds</c><00:31:49.720><c> toward</c><00:31:50.539><c> true</c><00:31:50.859><c> principles.</c>

00:31:52.440 --> 00:31:54.279
So<00:31:52.579><c> there</c><00:31:52.700><c> are</c><00:31:52.799><c> two</c><00:31:53.000><c> ways</c><00:31:53.299><c> in</c><00:31:53.420><c> which</c><00:31:53.559><c> God</c><00:31:53.819><c> teaches.</c>

00:31:54.519 --> 00:31:58.339
God<00:31:54.839><c> gives</c><00:31:55.119><c> us</c><00:31:55.319><c> his</c><00:31:55.519><c> law,</c><00:31:56.200><c> but</c><00:31:56.420><c> then</c><00:31:56.900><c> in</c><00:31:57.480><c> his</c><00:31:57.819><c> providence</c><00:31:58.220><c> he</c>

00:31:58.339 --> 00:32:00.200
gives<00:31:58.559><c> us</c><00:31:58.759><c> the</c><00:31:59.000><c> circumstances</c><00:31:59.559><c> of</c><00:31:59.839><c> life</c><00:32:00.079><c> that</c>

00:32:00.200 --> 00:32:03.599
we<00:32:00.339><c> can</c><00:32:00.519><c> take</c><00:32:00.740><c> that</c><00:32:01.019><c> law</c><00:32:01.380><c> and</c><00:32:01.819><c> apply</c><00:32:02.160><c> it</c><00:32:02.319><c> to</c><00:32:02.440><c> those</c><00:32:02.660><c> circumstances,</c><00:32:03.319><c> that</c><00:32:03.440><c> we</c>

00:32:03.599 --> 00:32:04.680
can<00:32:03.779><c> make</c><00:32:04.019><c> decisions,</c>

00:32:04.680 --> 00:32:08.779
that<00:32:05.079><c> we</c><00:32:05.200><c> can</c><00:32:05.500><c> understand</c><00:32:06.180><c> as</c><00:32:06.799><c> events</c><00:32:07.119><c> work</c><00:32:07.559><c> out</c><00:32:07.900><c> what</c><00:32:08.339><c> God's</c>

00:32:08.779 --> 00:32:09.920
purpose<00:32:09.059><c> really</c><00:32:09.420><c> is</c><00:32:09.579><c> and</c><00:32:09.700><c> that</c><00:32:09.819><c> we</c>

00:32:09.920 --> 00:32:13.779
come<00:32:10.119><c> to</c><00:32:10.279><c> know</c><00:32:10.440><c> more</c><00:32:10.740><c> and</c><00:32:10.920><c> more</c><00:32:11.259><c> of</c><00:32:11.740><c> that</c><00:32:11.980><c> purpose</c><00:32:12.420><c> and</c><00:32:12.740><c> that</c><00:32:12.980><c> will.</c>

00:32:14.299 --> 00:32:17.579
I<00:32:14.599><c> believe</c><00:32:14.940><c> that</c><00:32:15.079><c> this</c><00:32:15.220><c> is</c><00:32:15.400><c> the</c><00:32:15.480><c> very</c><00:32:15.700><c> thing</c><00:32:15.880><c> that</c><00:32:16.000><c> was</c><00:32:16.180><c> happening</c><00:32:16.460><c> here,</c>

00:32:17.740 --> 00:32:19.519
that<00:32:17.940><c> as</c><00:32:18.220><c> Jesus</c><00:32:18.640><c> grew</c><00:32:18.980><c> older</c>

00:32:19.519 --> 00:32:22.400
he<00:32:19.980><c> must</c><00:32:20.259><c> have</c><00:32:20.500><c> recognized,</c><00:32:20.920><c> because</c><00:32:21.299><c> you</c><00:32:21.500><c> can't</c><00:32:21.759><c> hide</c><00:32:22.119><c> this</c>

00:32:22.400 --> 00:32:24.220
sort<00:32:22.579><c> of</c><00:32:22.779><c> thing,</c><00:32:23.299><c> that</c><00:32:23.420><c> as</c><00:32:23.579><c> Jesus</c><00:32:23.960><c> grew</c>

00:32:24.220 --> 00:32:28.160
older<00:32:24.599><c> he</c><00:32:25.059><c> recognized</c><00:32:25.619><c> in</c><00:32:25.779><c> his</c><00:32:25.960><c> father</c><00:32:26.259><c> Joseph</c><00:32:26.740><c> as</c><00:32:27.319><c> he</c><00:32:27.579><c> thought</c><00:32:27.759><c> then</c>

00:32:28.160 --> 00:32:29.940
until<00:32:28.779><c> God</c><00:32:29.160><c> revealed</c><00:32:29.559><c> himself</c>

00:32:29.940 --> 00:32:33.559
as<00:32:30.079><c> his</c><00:32:30.240><c> true</c><00:32:30.480><c> father,</c><00:32:31.140><c> that</c><00:32:31.259><c> Jesus</c><00:32:31.640><c> saw</c><00:32:32.039><c> in</c><00:32:32.240><c> this</c><00:32:32.519><c> man</c><00:32:32.799><c> Joseph,</c><00:32:33.319><c> who</c>

00:32:33.559 --> 00:32:35.299
called<00:32:33.759><c> himself</c><00:32:34.140><c> his</c><00:32:34.380><c> father,</c>

00:32:35.420 --> 00:32:40.359
a<00:32:35.619><c> righteous</c><00:32:35.960><c> man,</c><00:32:36.819><c> but</c><00:32:36.900><c> a</c><00:32:37.019><c> man</c><00:32:37.220><c> of</c><00:32:37.740><c> kindness</c><00:32:38.220><c> and</c><00:32:38.460><c> understanding,</c><00:32:39.740><c> a</c><00:32:39.960><c> man</c><00:32:40.200><c> who</c>

00:32:40.359 --> 00:32:41.279
had<00:32:40.599><c> taken</c><00:32:40.799><c> his</c><00:32:41.059><c> mother</c>

00:32:41.279 --> 00:32:45.740
in<00:32:41.859><c> and</c><00:32:42.460><c> Jesus</c><00:32:43.759><c> must</c><00:32:44.359><c> have</c><00:32:44.500><c> wondered</c><00:32:44.779><c> of</c><00:32:44.960><c> the</c><00:32:45.180><c> circumstances</c>

00:32:45.740 --> 00:32:49.380
until<00:32:46.539><c> finally</c><00:32:47.099><c> he</c><00:32:47.539><c> understood</c><00:32:48.220><c> and</c><00:32:48.779><c> he</c><00:32:49.039><c> understood</c>

00:32:49.380 --> 00:32:54.019
the<00:32:49.640><c> great</c><00:32:50.019><c> love</c><00:32:50.839><c> that</c><00:32:51.220><c> Joseph</c><00:32:51.559><c> had</c><00:32:51.819><c> for</c><00:32:52.079><c> Mary</c><00:32:52.480><c> that</c><00:32:53.180><c> would</c><00:32:53.420><c> permit</c><00:32:53.640><c> him</c><00:32:53.859><c> to</c>

00:32:54.019 --> 00:32:55.579
do<00:32:54.140><c> such</c><00:32:54.380><c> a</c><00:32:54.519><c> thing.</c>

00:32:56.980 --> 00:33:00.519
And<00:32:57.460><c> so</c><00:32:57.619><c> I</c><00:32:57.720><c> can</c><00:32:57.920><c> also</c><00:32:58.180><c> imagine</c><00:32:58.559><c> that</c><00:32:58.740><c> in</c><00:32:58.859><c> this</c><00:32:59.119><c> incident</c><00:32:59.640><c> there</c>

00:33:00.519 --> 00:33:02.740
were<00:33:00.740><c> the</c><00:33:00.980><c> enemies</c><00:33:01.220><c> of</c><00:33:01.460><c> Jesus</c><00:33:01.799><c> who</c><00:33:01.960><c> had</c><00:33:02.200><c> contrived</c>

00:33:02.740 --> 00:33:05.819
this<00:33:02.960><c> very</c><00:33:03.240><c> circumstance,</c><00:33:04.279><c> or</c><00:33:04.480><c> at</c><00:33:04.640><c> least</c><00:33:04.920><c> who</c><00:33:05.079><c> were</c><00:33:05.299><c> happy</c><00:33:05.539><c> to</c>

00:33:05.819 --> 00:33:07.400
find<00:33:06.119><c> this</c><00:33:06.400><c> circumstance</c><00:33:06.920><c> happening</c>

00:33:07.400 --> 00:33:09.660
of<00:33:07.819><c> the</c><00:33:07.960><c> woman</c><00:33:08.160><c> taken</c><00:33:08.460><c> in</c><00:33:08.700><c> adultery</c><00:33:08.980><c> that</c><00:33:09.079><c> they</c><00:33:09.240><c> could</c><00:33:09.400><c> bring</c>

00:33:09.660 --> 00:33:11.779
to<00:33:09.880><c> Jesus</c><00:33:10.259><c> and</c><00:33:10.559><c> they</c><00:33:10.740><c> could</c><00:33:10.920><c> say,</c><00:33:11.440><c> what</c><00:33:11.579><c> should</c>

00:33:11.779 --> 00:33:12.660
be<00:33:11.960><c> done</c><00:33:12.140><c> with</c><00:33:12.319><c> this</c><00:33:12.500><c> woman?</c>

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Because<00:33:12.980><c> they</c><00:33:13.240><c> knew</c><00:33:13.380><c> if</c><00:33:13.559><c> Jesus</c><00:33:14.160><c> abode</c><00:33:14.680><c> by</c><00:33:14.940><c> the</c><00:33:15.140><c> letter</c><00:33:15.319><c> of</c><00:33:15.519><c> the</c>

00:33:15.599 --> 00:33:17.460
law<00:33:15.819><c> he</c><00:33:15.940><c> would</c><00:33:16.119><c> say,</c><00:33:16.420><c> let</c><00:33:16.519><c> her</c><00:33:16.700><c> be</c><00:33:16.960><c> stoned.</c>

00:33:17.500 --> 00:33:20.839
And<00:33:17.759><c> if</c><00:33:17.940><c> he</c><00:33:18.140><c> had</c><00:33:18.440><c> said</c><00:33:18.720><c> such</c><00:33:19.019><c> a</c><00:33:19.200><c> thing</c><00:33:19.519><c> then</c><00:33:20.019><c> their</c><00:33:20.299><c> response</c>

00:33:20.839 --> 00:33:23.480
might<00:33:21.099><c> very</c><00:33:21.500><c> well</c><00:33:21.700><c> have</c><00:33:21.920><c> been,</c><00:33:22.960><c> what</c><00:33:23.259><c> should</c>

00:33:23.480 --> 00:33:25.519
be<00:33:23.619><c> done</c><00:33:23.980><c> with</c><00:33:24.259><c> your</c><00:33:24.599><c> mother?</c>

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In<00:33:26.720><c> fact,</c><00:33:26.960><c> this</c><00:33:27.140><c> comes</c><00:33:27.440><c> out</c><00:33:27.700><c> in</c><00:33:27.799><c> John</c><00:33:28.119><c> chapter</c><00:33:28.500><c> 8</c><00:33:29.160><c> and</c><00:33:29.480><c> verse</c>

00:33:29.920 --> 00:33:32.720
19,<00:33:31.079><c> for</c><00:33:31.279><c> they</c><00:33:31.579><c> say</c><00:33:31.819><c> unto</c><00:33:32.059><c> him</c><00:33:32.359><c> after</c>

00:33:32.720 --> 00:33:36.299
this<00:33:32.960><c> incident,</c><00:33:34.680><c> where</c><00:33:34.859><c> is</c><00:33:35.079><c> thy</c><00:33:35.279><c> father?</c>

00:33:37.299 --> 00:33:41.519
It<00:33:37.599><c> sounds</c><00:33:37.900><c> as</c><00:33:38.099><c> though</c><00:33:38.220><c> they</c><00:33:38.460><c> knew</c><00:33:38.680><c> something</c><00:33:39.200><c> about</c><00:33:39.839><c> the</c><00:33:40.059><c> unusual</c><00:33:40.619><c> circumstances</c><00:33:41.299><c> of</c>

00:33:41.519 --> 00:33:42.480
Jesus'<00:33:42.119><c> birth.</c>

00:33:42.980 --> 00:33:45.799
And<00:33:43.220><c> finally</c><00:33:43.440><c> they</c><00:33:43.680><c> say</c><00:33:43.859><c> in</c><00:33:43.960><c> verse</c><00:33:44.220><c> 41</c><00:33:44.660><c> of</c><00:33:44.839><c> the</c><00:33:44.960><c> same</c><00:33:45.160><c> chapter,</c>

00:33:46.299 --> 00:33:48.940
we<00:33:46.519><c> be</c><00:33:46.759><c> not</c><00:33:47.000><c> born</c><00:33:47.240><c> of</c><00:33:47.440><c> fornication,</c><00:33:48.720><c> and</c>

00:33:48.940 --> 00:33:52.500
if<00:33:49.059><c> you</c><00:33:49.220><c> put</c><00:33:49.420><c> stress</c><00:33:49.740><c> on</c><00:33:49.960><c> the</c><00:33:50.180><c> we</c><00:33:50.460><c> I</c><00:33:50.799><c> think</c><00:33:50.980><c> you</c><00:33:51.119><c> get</c><00:33:51.279><c> the</c><00:33:51.440><c> implication.</c>

00:33:52.440 --> 00:33:54.920
They<00:33:52.680><c> are</c><00:33:52.859><c> looking</c><00:33:53.099><c> at</c><00:33:53.279><c> Jesus,</c><00:33:53.700><c> a</c><00:33:53.839><c> man</c><00:33:54.079><c> who</c><00:33:54.220><c> had</c><00:33:54.339><c> been</c><00:33:54.519><c> born</c><00:33:54.680><c> in</c>

00:33:54.920 --> 00:33:56.420
questionable<00:33:55.299><c> circumstances,</c><00:33:56.059><c> and</c><00:33:56.180><c> they</c>

00:33:56.420 --> 00:33:59.319
said,<00:33:57.099><c> this</c><00:33:57.160><c> man</c><00:33:57.559><c> proclaims</c><00:33:58.099><c> to</c><00:33:58.180><c> be</c><00:33:58.339><c> a</c><00:33:58.519><c> teacher</c><00:33:58.759><c> in</c><00:33:58.940><c> Israel?</c>

00:33:59.680 --> 00:34:01.539
This<00:33:59.980><c> man</c><00:34:00.279><c> proclaims</c><00:34:00.779><c> himself</c><00:34:01.119><c> righteous?</c>

00:34:01.740 --> 00:34:03.500
We<00:34:02.039><c> don't</c><00:34:02.259><c> know</c><00:34:02.440><c> who</c><00:34:02.559><c> his</c><00:34:02.779><c> father</c><00:34:03.119><c> is.</c>

00:34:03.740 --> 00:34:05.539
We<00:34:04.019><c> were</c><00:34:04.240><c> not</c><00:34:04.460><c> born</c><00:34:04.680><c> of</c><00:34:04.880><c> fornication.</c>

00:34:05.759 --> 00:34:08.279
Who<00:34:05.940><c> does</c><00:34:06.160><c> this</c><00:34:06.420><c> man</c><00:34:06.660><c> think</c><00:34:06.920><c> he</c><00:34:07.180><c> is?</c>

00:34:14.619 --> 00:34:21.900
This<00:34:15.260><c> was</c><00:34:15.900><c> the</c><00:34:16.380><c> trap</c><00:34:16.719><c> that</c><00:34:16.940><c> Jesus</c><00:34:17.219><c> avoided</c><00:34:17.780><c> because</c><00:34:18.880><c> Jesus</c><00:34:20.420><c> usurped</c><00:34:21.119><c> the</c><00:34:21.320><c> power</c><00:34:21.659><c> of</c>

00:34:21.900 --> 00:34:23.280
the<00:34:21.980><c> law</c><00:34:22.360><c> with</c><00:34:23.039><c> the</c>

00:34:23.280 --> 00:34:27.980
mercy<00:34:23.639><c> that</c><00:34:23.940><c> comes</c><00:34:24.179><c> from</c><00:34:24.400><c> God,</c><00:34:25.159><c> which</c><00:34:25.280><c> is</c><00:34:25.460><c> all</c><00:34:25.760><c>-powerful,</c><00:34:26.780><c> which</c><00:34:27.039><c> covers</c><00:34:27.500><c> a</c>

00:34:27.980 --> 00:34:30.340
multitude<00:34:28.380><c> of</c><00:34:28.679><c> sins,</c><00:34:29.659><c> and</c><00:34:29.820><c> Jesus</c>

00:34:30.340 --> 00:34:33.179
gave<00:34:30.699><c> us</c><00:34:30.920><c> a</c><00:34:31.059><c> principle</c><00:34:31.380><c> by</c><00:34:31.699><c> which</c><00:34:31.860><c> we</c><00:34:31.980><c> can</c><00:34:32.199><c> live.</c>

00:34:33.349 --> 00:34:36.699
Let<00:34:33.639><c> him</c><00:34:34.019><c> who</c><00:34:34.139><c> is</c><00:34:34.400><c> without</c><00:34:34.739><c> sin</c><00:34:35.039><c> cast</c><00:34:35.400><c> the</c><00:34:35.559><c> first</c><00:34:35.840><c> stone.</c>

00:34:37.440 --> 00:34:40.119
And<00:34:37.539><c> we</c><00:34:37.599><c> look</c><00:34:37.760><c> around</c><00:34:38.079><c> us</c><00:34:38.219><c> and</c><00:34:38.340><c> we</c><00:34:38.460><c> see</c><00:34:38.639><c> no</c><00:34:38.840><c> man</c><00:34:39.059><c> without</c><00:34:39.440><c> sin</c>

00:34:40.119 --> 00:34:42.440
except<00:34:41.199><c> Jesus.</c>

00:34:43.940 --> 00:34:47.320
And<00:34:44.199><c> he</c><00:34:44.440><c> declines</c><00:34:45.380><c> to</c><00:34:45.940><c> cast</c><00:34:46.139><c> that</c><00:34:46.420><c> stone.</c>

00:34:48.460 --> 00:34:51.699
And<00:34:48.599><c> he</c><00:34:48.699><c> says,</c><00:34:49.059><c> go,</c><00:34:49.880><c> your</c><00:34:50.079><c> sins</c><00:34:50.360><c> are</c><00:34:50.659><c> forgiven.</c>

00:34:55.579 --> 00:34:57.800
Thank<00:34:55.880><c> God</c><00:34:56.219><c> for</c><00:34:56.480><c> such</c><00:34:56.639><c> a</c><00:34:56.820><c> man.</c>

00:35:01.980 --> 00:35:16.820
Back<00:35:02.579><c> to</c><00:35:02.760><c> Matthew</c><00:35:03.139><c> chapter</c><00:35:03.579><c> 1,</c><00:35:14.159><c> verse</c><00:35:14.440><c> 20,</c><00:35:15.880><c> while</c><00:35:16.420><c> he</c><00:35:16.639><c> thought</c>

00:35:16.820 --> 00:35:18.199
on<00:35:16.980><c> these</c><00:35:17.280><c> things,</c><00:35:17.920><c> wondering</c><00:35:17.940><c> what</c>

00:35:18.199 --> 00:35:23.079
he<00:35:18.400><c> should</c><00:35:18.559><c> do,</c><00:35:20.199><c> Joseph</c><00:35:20.440><c> received</c><00:35:21.059><c> a</c><00:35:21.340><c> vision</c><00:35:21.639><c> and</c><00:35:21.940><c> a</c><00:35:22.159><c> dream.</c>

00:35:24.059 --> 00:35:28.679
He<00:35:24.579><c> is</c><00:35:24.900><c> asked</c><00:35:25.300><c> now</c><00:35:25.760><c> to</c><00:35:26.460><c> accept</c><00:35:26.940><c> Jesus</c><00:35:27.460><c> as</c><00:35:27.699><c> his</c><00:35:27.960><c> child</c><00:35:28.320><c> and</c><00:35:28.480><c> take</c>

00:35:28.679 --> 00:35:29.639
him<00:35:28.800><c> into</c><00:35:29.000><c> his</c><00:35:29.199><c> house.</c>

00:35:30.079 --> 00:35:33.360
When<00:35:30.199><c> that</c><00:35:30.519><c> child</c><00:35:30.840><c> is</c><00:35:31.159><c> born,</c><00:35:31.820><c> it</c><00:35:32.039><c> will</c><00:35:32.280><c> be</c><00:35:32.519><c> the</c><00:35:32.699><c> son</c><00:35:32.880><c> of</c><00:35:33.099><c> Joseph</c>

00:35:33.360 --> 00:35:35.079
because<00:35:33.679><c> he</c><00:35:33.880><c> is</c><00:35:34.039><c> told</c><00:35:34.300><c> this</c><00:35:34.500><c> is</c><00:35:34.659><c> a</c><00:35:34.840><c> special</c>

00:35:35.079 --> 00:35:35.579
child.

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And<00:35:36.059><c> just</c><00:35:36.260><c> like</c><00:35:36.519><c> Mary</c><00:35:36.820><c> now,</c><00:35:37.079><c> he</c><00:35:37.219><c> is</c><00:35:37.500><c> brought</c><00:35:37.780><c> into</c><00:35:38.659><c> the</c><00:35:39.139><c> sanctity</c><00:35:39.599><c> of</c><00:35:39.760><c> this</c><00:35:40.000><c> covenant</c><00:35:40.400><c> to</c><00:35:40.940><c> understand</c>

00:35:41.539 --> 00:35:45.599
that<00:35:41.699><c> he</c><00:35:41.860><c> has</c><00:35:42.019><c> been</c><00:35:42.219><c> given</c><00:35:42.519><c> a</c><00:35:42.900><c> great</c><00:35:43.119><c> privilege,</c><00:35:44.000><c> an</c><00:35:44.199><c> opportunity,</c><00:35:45.000><c> but</c><00:35:45.239><c> also</c>

00:35:45.599 --> 00:35:46.699
a<00:35:45.780><c> great</c><00:35:46.000><c> responsibility,</c>

00:35:46.780 --> 00:35:50.219
that<00:35:46.920><c> he</c><00:35:47.099><c> is</c><00:35:47.300><c> the</c><00:35:47.480><c> one</c><00:35:47.820><c> who</c><00:35:48.199><c> will</c><00:35:48.380><c> be</c><00:35:48.599><c> the</c><00:35:48.860><c> father</c><00:35:49.380><c> of</c><00:35:49.940><c> the</c><00:35:50.019><c> Son</c>

00:35:50.219 --> 00:35:51.460
of<00:35:50.420><c> God.</c>

00:35:51.719 --> 00:35:53.039
And<00:35:51.980><c> he</c><00:35:52.159><c> accepts</c><00:35:52.599><c> it.</c>

00:35:53.059 --> 00:35:56.360
He<00:35:53.320><c> accepts</c><00:35:53.619><c> it</c><00:35:53.920><c> willingly</c><00:35:54.219><c> and</c><00:35:54.460><c> takes</c><00:35:54.679><c> her</c><00:35:54.880><c> into</c><00:35:55.039><c> his</c><00:35:55.260><c> house.</c>

00:35:56.699 --> 00:36:00.480
He<00:35:56.960><c> willingly</c><00:35:57.360><c> bears</c><00:35:57.760><c> the</c><00:35:58.119><c> shame</c><00:35:58.420><c> and</c><00:35:58.719><c> contempt</c><00:35:59.159><c> of</c><00:35:59.380><c> Nazareth.</c>

00:36:00.820 --> 00:36:03.139
Because<00:36:01.139><c> if</c><00:36:01.340><c> we</c><00:36:01.480><c> look</c><00:36:01.619><c> at</c><00:36:01.780><c> it</c><00:36:01.880><c> from</c><00:36:02.059><c> the</c><00:36:02.239><c> outside</c><00:36:02.699><c> and</c><00:36:02.880><c> we</c><00:36:03.019><c> look</c>

00:36:03.139 --> 00:36:04.579
upon<00:36:03.340><c> this</c><00:36:03.599><c> incident,</c><00:36:04.380><c> and</c><00:36:04.460><c> it's</c>

00:36:04.579 --> 00:36:08.099
been<00:36:04.780><c> enacted,</c><00:36:05.099><c> I'm</c><00:36:05.320><c> sure,</c><00:36:05.500><c> many</c><00:36:05.760><c> times</c><00:36:06.320><c> in</c><00:36:06.739><c> varying</c><00:36:07.079><c> ways</c><00:36:07.519><c> in</c>

00:36:08.099 --> 00:36:09.840
human<00:36:08.420><c> life,</c><00:36:09.039><c> in</c><00:36:09.239><c> every</c><00:36:09.500><c> place.</c>

00:36:10.239 --> 00:36:12.900
We<00:36:10.400><c> look</c><00:36:10.579><c> at</c><00:36:10.739><c> this</c><00:36:10.940><c> incident</c><00:36:11.260><c> as</c><00:36:11.519><c> we</c><00:36:11.760><c> imagine</c><00:36:12.159><c> other</c><00:36:12.599><c> people</c>

00:36:12.900 --> 00:36:14.199
might<00:36:13.159><c> have.</c>

00:36:14.539 --> 00:36:19.119
And<00:36:14.780><c> we</c><00:36:14.980><c> conclude,</c><00:36:15.920><c> looking</c><00:36:16.179><c> at</c><00:36:16.440><c> Joseph</c><00:36:16.719><c> in</c><00:36:16.920><c> these</c><00:36:17.079><c> circumstances,</c><00:36:17.840><c> well,</c><00:36:18.760><c> there's</c><00:36:19.019><c> a</c>

00:36:19.119 --> 00:36:19.519
man<00:36:19.239><c> who</c><00:36:19.380><c> was</c>

00:36:19.519 --> 00:36:23.360
very<00:36:19.760><c> weak</c><00:36:20.340><c> or</c><00:36:21.239><c> he</c><00:36:21.320><c> was</c><00:36:21.880><c> else</c><00:36:22.079><c> a</c><00:36:22.480><c> fool.</c>

00:36:24.159 --> 00:36:26.420
And<00:36:24.280><c> that's</c><00:36:24.400><c> what</c><00:36:24.599><c> Joseph</c><00:36:24.860><c> was</c><00:36:25.059><c> asked</c><00:36:25.219><c> to</c><00:36:25.460><c> accept.</c>

00:36:26.500 --> 00:36:30.320
Either<00:36:26.860><c> the</c><00:36:27.679><c> suggestion</c><00:36:28.139><c> that</c><00:36:28.300><c> he</c><00:36:28.400><c> was</c><00:36:28.599><c> a</c><00:36:28.739><c> weak</c><00:36:28.900><c> man</c><00:36:29.400><c> who</c><00:36:29.780><c> couldn't</c><00:36:30.019><c> wait</c>

00:36:30.320 --> 00:36:31.380
until<00:36:30.539><c> his</c><00:36:30.760><c> true</c><00:36:30.960><c> marriage</c>

00:36:31.380 --> 00:36:34.360
before<00:36:31.800><c> consummating</c><00:36:32.420><c> it,</c><00:36:33.059><c> a</c><00:36:33.139><c> man</c><00:36:33.340><c> who</c><00:36:33.539><c> brought</c><00:36:33.760><c> shame</c><00:36:34.139><c> upon</c>

00:36:34.360 --> 00:36:36.940
himself<00:36:34.820><c> and</c><00:36:34.980><c> his</c><00:36:35.119><c> wife,</c><00:36:36.280><c> or</c><00:36:36.559><c> else,</c>

00:36:37.139 --> 00:36:40.500
even<00:36:37.480><c> worse,</c><00:36:38.219><c> he</c><00:36:38.340><c> was</c><00:36:38.539><c> such</c><00:36:38.739><c> a</c><00:36:39.019><c> fool</c><00:36:39.280><c> that</c><00:36:39.500><c> he</c><00:36:39.599><c> was</c><00:36:39.960><c> duped</c><00:36:40.300><c> into</c>

00:36:40.500 --> 00:36:42.099
raising<00:36:40.920><c> the</c><00:36:41.159><c> son</c><00:36:41.320><c> of</c><00:36:41.460><c> another</c><00:36:41.639><c> man</c>

00:36:42.099 --> 00:36:44.099
and<00:36:42.340><c> he</c><00:36:42.460><c> didn't</c><00:36:42.579><c> even</c><00:36:42.820><c> know</c><00:36:42.960><c> any</c><00:36:43.179><c> better.</c>

00:36:45.400 --> 00:36:48.639
That's<00:36:45.880><c> what</c><00:36:46.039><c> Joseph</c><00:36:46.440><c> lived</c><00:36:46.739><c> with</c><00:36:47.159><c> and</c><00:36:47.739><c> he</c><00:36:48.119><c> accepted</c><00:36:48.400><c> it.</c>

00:36:48.639 --> 00:36:51.800
And<00:36:48.780><c> he</c><00:36:48.900><c> couldn't</c><00:36:49.159><c> even</c><00:36:49.480><c> explain</c><00:36:49.940><c> it</c><00:36:50.719><c> because</c><00:36:51.179><c> no</c><00:36:51.440><c> one</c><00:36:51.559><c> would</c>

00:36:51.800 --> 00:36:52.280
believe<00:36:52.099><c> him.</c>

00:36:52.480 --> 00:36:56.920
And<00:36:52.679><c> he</c><00:36:52.940><c> lived</c><00:36:53.380><c> with</c><00:36:53.960><c> that</c><00:36:54.280><c> sort</c><00:36:54.420><c> of</c><00:36:54.579><c> a</c><00:36:54.739><c> circumstance,</c><00:36:55.500><c> the</c><00:36:55.780><c> scandal</c><00:36:56.139><c> and</c><00:36:56.320><c> the</c><00:36:56.500><c> gossip</c><00:36:56.760><c> of</c>

00:36:56.920 --> 00:36:58.340
a<00:36:57.119><c> small</c><00:36:57.360><c> town.</c>

00:36:58.480 --> 00:37:00.380
And<00:36:58.599><c> if</c><00:36:58.719><c> you've</c><00:36:58.880><c> ever</c><00:36:59.059><c> lived</c><00:36:59.179><c> in</c><00:36:59.340><c> a</c><00:36:59.519><c> small</c><00:36:59.739><c> town,</c><00:37:00.079><c> you</c><00:37:00.199><c> know</c>

00:37:00.380 --> 00:37:02.219
that<00:37:00.579><c> people</c><00:37:00.780><c> never</c><00:37:01.239><c> forget.</c>

00:37:02.320 --> 00:37:06.400
Twenty<00:37:02.639><c> and</c><00:37:02.880><c> thirty</c><00:37:03.219><c> and</c><00:37:03.460><c> fifty</c><00:37:03.760><c> years</c><00:37:04.039><c> later,</c><00:37:04.340><c> they</c><00:37:04.559><c> remember</c><00:37:04.940><c> what</c><00:37:05.260><c> happened.</c>

00:37:12.860 --> 00:37:16.000
Joseph<00:37:13.239><c> is</c><00:37:13.500><c> told</c><00:37:13.699><c> in</c><00:37:13.820><c> verse</c><00:37:14.099><c> 21,</c><00:37:14.699><c> And</c><00:37:14.900><c> thou</c><00:37:15.239><c> shalt</c><00:37:15.460><c> call</c><00:37:15.800><c> his</c>

00:37:16.000 --> 00:37:16.619
name<00:37:16.239><c> Jesus.</c>

00:37:16.619 --> 00:37:22.300
This<00:37:16.880><c> was</c><00:37:17.119><c> the</c><00:37:17.219><c> very</c><00:37:17.440><c> thing</c><00:37:17.619><c> I'm</c><00:37:17.840><c> saying,</c><00:37:18.519><c> that</c><00:37:18.960><c> in</c><00:37:19.219><c> doing</c><00:37:19.500><c> this,</c><00:37:20.000><c> Joseph</c><00:37:20.480><c> accepted</c><00:37:21.360><c> as</c>

00:37:22.300 --> 00:37:23.480
a<00:37:22.519><c> public</c><00:37:22.860><c> proclamation</c>

00:37:23.480 --> 00:37:26.300
that<00:37:23.639><c> he</c><00:37:23.820><c> was</c><00:37:24.019><c> the</c><00:37:24.260><c> father</c><00:37:24.559><c> of</c><00:37:24.760><c> this</c><00:37:24.960><c> son,</c><00:37:25.539><c> of</c><00:37:25.699><c> this</c><00:37:25.940><c> child.</c>

00:37:26.719 --> 00:37:30.039
He<00:37:27.000><c> accepts</c><00:37:27.440><c> the</c><00:37:27.679><c> position</c><00:37:28.219><c> and</c><00:37:28.599><c> interestingly</c><00:37:29.199><c> enough</c><00:37:29.539><c> points</c><00:37:29.820><c> out</c>

00:37:30.039 --> 00:37:31.940
another<00:37:30.639><c> aspect</c><00:37:31.579><c> and</c><00:37:31.760><c> that</c>

00:37:31.940 --> 00:37:35.679
is<00:37:32.360><c> that</c><00:37:33.340><c> Jesus</c><00:37:33.820><c> would</c><00:37:34.099><c> not</c><00:37:34.280><c> be</c><00:37:34.559><c> recognized</c><00:37:35.019><c> as</c><00:37:35.199><c> the</c><00:37:35.400><c> Messiah</c>

00:37:35.679 --> 00:37:37.059
from<00:37:35.860><c> his</c><00:37:36.039><c> very</c><00:37:36.360><c> birth,</c><00:37:36.639><c> but</c><00:37:36.739><c> he</c><00:37:36.860><c> would</c>

00:37:37.059 --> 00:37:40.679
grow<00:37:37.300><c> up</c><00:37:37.599><c> as</c><00:37:37.860><c> though</c><00:37:38.159><c> he</c><00:37:38.380><c> were</c><00:37:38.539><c> an</c><00:37:38.739><c> ordinary</c><00:37:39.519><c> child</c><00:37:40.139><c> and</c><00:37:40.480><c> an</c>

00:37:40.679 --> 00:37:42.760
ordinary<00:37:41.019><c> man</c><00:37:41.400><c> and</c><00:37:41.679><c> his</c><00:37:41.980><c> Messiahship</c><00:37:42.559><c> would</c>

00:37:42.760 --> 00:37:43.260
be<00:37:42.980><c> hidden.</c>

00:37:43.260 --> 00:37:45.320
I<00:37:43.619><c> think</c><00:37:43.780><c> that's</c><00:37:43.920><c> very</c><00:37:44.179><c> important</c><00:37:44.579><c> in</c><00:37:44.739><c> the</c><00:37:44.940><c> development</c><00:37:45.179><c> of</c>

00:37:45.320 --> 00:37:46.000
God's<00:37:45.719><c> purpose.</c>

00:37:46.300 --> 00:37:50.260
Though<00:37:46.460><c> Jesus</c><00:37:46.880><c> was</c><00:37:47.199><c> divinely</c><00:37:47.679><c> conceived,</c><00:37:48.679><c> though</c><00:37:48.900><c> he</c><00:37:49.079><c> was</c><00:37:49.340><c> literally</c><00:37:49.719><c> the</c><00:37:49.920><c> Son</c><00:37:50.039><c> of</c>

00:37:50.260 --> 00:37:51.480
God,<00:37:50.719><c> he</c><00:37:50.960><c> grew</c><00:37:51.179><c> up</c>

00:37:51.480 --> 00:37:55.960
as<00:37:51.760><c> a</c><00:37:51.920><c> man</c><00:37:52.119><c> like</c><00:37:52.360><c> any</c><00:37:52.579><c> other</c><00:37:52.800><c> man</c><00:37:53.159><c> and</c><00:37:53.599><c> no</c><00:37:54.659><c> observer</c><00:37:55.300><c> knew</c><00:37:55.639><c> any</c>

00:37:55.960 --> 00:37:58.219
different<00:37:56.239><c> and</c><00:37:56.599><c> he</c><00:37:56.840><c> became</c><00:37:57.340><c> one</c><00:37:57.880><c> of</c><00:37:58.039><c> us</c>

00:37:58.219 --> 00:37:58.940
in<00:37:58.420><c> that</c><00:37:58.639><c> sense.</c>

00:37:59.260 --> 00:38:02.460
And<00:37:59.420><c> his</c><00:37:59.719><c> divine</c><00:38:00.179><c> parentage</c><00:38:00.800><c> then</c><00:38:01.099><c> would</c><00:38:01.480><c> be</c><00:38:01.820><c> established</c><00:38:02.219><c> by</c>

00:38:02.460 --> 00:38:04.460
the<00:38:02.679><c> works</c><00:38:02.900><c> that</c><00:38:03.099><c> he</c><00:38:03.219><c> did</c><00:38:03.420><c> and</c><00:38:03.639><c> finally,</c><00:38:04.119><c> as</c><00:38:04.199><c> Paul</c>

00:38:04.460 --> 00:38:07.380
says<00:38:04.679><c> in</c><00:38:04.860><c> Romans</c><00:38:05.159><c> chapter</c><00:38:05.639><c> 1,</c><00:38:06.119><c> he</c><00:38:06.300><c> would</c><00:38:06.500><c> be</c><00:38:06.679><c> confirmed</c><00:38:07.119><c> to</c><00:38:07.280><c> be</c>

00:38:07.380 --> 00:38:09.480
the<00:38:07.559><c> Son</c><00:38:07.679><c> of</c><00:38:07.880><c> God</c><00:38:08.219><c> by</c><00:38:08.539><c> the</c><00:38:08.780><c> resurrection</c><00:38:09.199><c> from</c>

00:38:09.480 --> 00:38:10.460
the<00:38:09.960><c> dead.</c>

00:38:10.960 --> 00:38:15.039
Not<00:38:11.239><c> that</c><00:38:11.679><c> he</c><00:38:11.840><c> could</c><00:38:12.099><c> call</c><00:38:12.400><c> himself</c><00:38:12.860><c> the</c><00:38:13.019><c> Son</c><00:38:13.199><c> of</c><00:38:13.360><c> God</c><00:38:13.719><c> who</c><00:38:14.079><c> claimed</c><00:38:14.539><c> this</c><00:38:14.860><c> as</c>

00:38:15.039 --> 00:38:16.480
a<00:38:15.159><c> right</c><00:38:15.460><c> because</c><00:38:16.039><c> of</c>

00:38:16.480 --> 00:38:17.000
his<00:38:16.699><c> birth.</c>

00:38:17.300 --> 00:38:20.820
He<00:38:17.480><c> had</c><00:38:17.780><c> to</c><00:38:18.079><c> prove</c><00:38:18.320><c> his</c><00:38:18.659><c> right</c><00:38:19.059><c> to</c><00:38:19.320><c> be</c><00:38:19.440><c> the</c><00:38:19.599><c> Son</c><00:38:19.760><c> of</c><00:38:19.900><c> God</c><00:38:20.360><c> by</c><00:38:20.679><c> the</c>

00:38:20.820 --> 00:38:22.300
life<00:38:21.079><c> that</c><00:38:21.260><c> he</c><00:38:21.460><c> lived.</c>

00:38:23.820 --> 00:38:27.699
And<00:38:24.159><c> so</c><00:38:24.420><c> now</c><00:38:24.719><c> Mary</c><00:38:25.000><c> must</c><00:38:25.239><c> go</c><00:38:25.519><c> quietly</c><00:38:26.039><c> to</c><00:38:26.239><c> the</c><00:38:26.360><c> house</c><00:38:26.559><c> of</c><00:38:26.739><c> Joseph.</c>

00:38:29.199 --> 00:38:32.739
There<00:38:29.440><c> will</c><00:38:29.599><c> be</c><00:38:29.699><c> no</c><00:38:29.840><c> happy</c><00:38:30.139><c> wedding,</c><00:38:30.760><c> no</c><00:38:31.000><c> bridesmaids</c><00:38:31.739><c> and</c><00:38:32.000><c> feasts,</c><00:38:32.519><c> no</c>

00:38:32.739 --> 00:38:34.159
laughing<00:38:33.139><c> children</c><00:38:33.599><c> around</c><00:38:33.920><c> the</c>

00:38:34.159 --> 00:38:35.880
bride<00:38:34.400><c> and</c><00:38:34.539><c> the</c><00:38:34.739><c> bridegroom.</c>

00:38:35.960 --> 00:38:39.039
There<00:38:36.440><c> will</c><00:38:36.659><c> instead</c><00:38:36.980><c> be</c><00:38:37.199><c> a</c><00:38:37.360><c> cloud</c><00:38:37.519><c> of</c><00:38:37.820><c> suspicion</c><00:38:38.219><c> and</c><00:38:38.820><c> they</c>

00:38:39.039 --> 00:38:41.059
couldn't<00:38:39.420><c> explain</c><00:38:39.780><c> it</c><00:38:40.019><c> away.</c>

00:38:41.800 --> 00:38:54.059
Peter<00:38:41.840><c> talks</c><00:38:42.139><c> about</c><00:38:42.420><c> this,</c><00:38:43.920><c> 1</c><00:38:43.980><c> Peter</c><00:38:44.239><c> chapter</c><00:38:44.760><c> 2,</c><00:38:53.679><c> he</c><00:38:53.679><c> says</c><00:38:53.960><c> in</c>

00:38:54.059 --> 00:38:56.159
1<00:38:54.300><c> Peter</c><00:38:54.500><c> 2</c><00:38:54.820><c> and</c><00:38:54.960><c> 20,</c><00:38:55.320><c> For</c><00:38:55.460><c> what</c><00:38:55.760><c> glory</c>

00:38:56.159 --> 00:38:58.679
is<00:38:56.420><c> it</c><00:38:56.539><c> if</c><00:38:56.699><c> when</c><00:38:56.940><c> ye</c><00:38:57.099><c> be</c><00:38:57.300><c> buffeted</c><00:38:57.659><c> for</c><00:38:57.880><c> your</c><00:38:58.119><c> faults</c><00:38:58.380><c> ye</c><00:38:58.579><c> shall</c>

00:38:58.679 --> 00:38:59.480
take<00:38:58.900><c> it</c><00:38:59.119><c> patiently?</c>

00:38:59.840 --> 00:39:02.780
But<00:38:59.960><c> if</c><00:39:00.179><c> when</c><00:39:00.360><c> ye</c><00:39:00.500><c> do</c><00:39:00.699><c> well</c><00:39:01.019><c> and</c><00:39:01.199><c> suffer</c><00:39:01.480><c> for</c><00:39:01.699><c> it</c><00:39:01.820><c> ye</c><00:39:01.960><c> take</c><00:39:02.179><c> it</c><00:39:02.420><c> patiently?</c>

00:39:02.780 --> 00:39:05.739
This<00:39:03.559><c> is</c><00:39:03.900><c> acceptable</c><00:39:04.519><c> unto</c><00:39:04.739><c> God.</c>

00:39:05.820 --> 00:39:06.539
Now<00:39:05.960><c> what</c><00:39:06.039><c> is</c><00:39:06.199><c> he</c><00:39:06.380><c> saying?</c>

00:39:06.599 --> 00:39:08.840
He's<00:39:06.780><c> talking</c><00:39:07.059><c> about</c><00:39:07.420><c> the</c><00:39:07.599><c> very</c><00:39:07.780><c> sort</c><00:39:07.960><c> of</c><00:39:08.199><c> circumstance</c><00:39:08.659><c> of</c>

00:39:08.840 --> 00:39:10.119
Joseph<00:39:09.159><c> and</c><00:39:09.360><c> Mary.</c>

00:39:10.139 --> 00:39:12.619
Neither<00:39:10.380><c> one</c><00:39:10.699><c> had</c><00:39:11.039><c> sinned</c><00:39:11.239><c> in</c><00:39:11.400><c> this</c><00:39:11.579><c> instance</c><00:39:11.900><c> and</c><00:39:12.119><c> yet</c><00:39:12.300><c> they</c>

00:39:12.619 --> 00:39:14.860
were<00:39:12.800><c> being</c><00:39:13.099><c> punished</c><00:39:13.599><c> by</c><00:39:14.320><c> the</c><00:39:14.619><c> thoughts</c>

00:39:14.860 --> 00:39:17.420
and<00:39:15.039><c> the</c><00:39:15.360><c> accusations</c><00:39:15.800><c> and</c><00:39:16.000><c> the</c><00:39:16.219><c> innuendos</c><00:39:16.719><c> of</c><00:39:16.840><c> their</c><00:39:17.079><c> friends.</c>

00:39:17.699 --> 00:39:20.039
They<00:39:17.840><c> were</c><00:39:18.099><c> forced</c><00:39:18.400><c> to</c><00:39:18.559><c> live</c><00:39:18.679><c> under</c><00:39:18.960><c> a</c><00:39:19.139><c> cloud</c><00:39:19.340><c> of</c><00:39:19.679><c> suspicion</c>

00:39:20.039 --> 00:39:23.179
and<00:39:20.639><c> they</c><00:39:20.820><c> were</c><00:39:21.099><c> forced,</c><00:39:22.400><c> they</c><00:39:22.920><c> felt</c>

00:39:23.179 --> 00:39:27.420
that<00:39:23.440><c> they</c><00:39:23.760><c> must</c><00:39:24.360><c> take</c><00:39:25.659><c> this</c><00:39:26.099><c> cloud</c><00:39:26.400><c> of</c><00:39:26.719><c> suspicion</c><00:39:27.019><c> and</c><00:39:27.280><c> live</c>

00:39:27.420 --> 00:39:29.159
under<00:39:27.699><c> it</c><00:39:28.079><c> in</c><00:39:28.260><c> a</c><00:39:28.340><c> peaceable</c><00:39:28.659><c> and</c><00:39:28.860><c> righteous</c>

00:39:29.159 --> 00:39:32.679
way<00:39:29.420><c> and</c><00:39:29.579><c> never</c><00:39:29.820><c> complain</c><00:39:30.420><c> and</c><00:39:30.960><c> never</c><00:39:31.260><c> fight</c><00:39:31.519><c> back</c><00:39:32.000><c> and</c><00:39:32.360><c> never</c>

00:39:32.679 --> 00:39:35.639
argue<00:39:33.199><c> and</c><00:39:33.639><c> never</c><00:39:33.980><c> explain</c><00:39:34.559><c> but</c><00:39:35.159><c> accept.</c>

00:39:35.719 --> 00:39:38.260
And<00:39:35.840><c> they</c><00:39:35.920><c> were</c><00:39:36.219><c> buffeted</c><00:39:36.519><c> for</c><00:39:36.719><c> their</c><00:39:36.940><c> faults</c><00:39:37.260><c> and</c><00:39:37.719><c> Jesus</c><00:39:38.079><c> as</c>

00:39:38.260 --> 00:39:40.119
he<00:39:38.460><c> grew</c><00:39:38.599><c> up</c><00:39:38.820><c> must</c><00:39:39.059><c> have</c><00:39:39.260><c> recognized</c><00:39:39.760><c> this</c>

00:39:40.119 --> 00:39:44.099
and<00:39:40.440><c> he</c><00:39:40.559><c> must</c><00:39:40.719><c> have</c><00:39:40.960><c> seen,</c><00:39:41.619><c> as</c><00:39:41.780><c> I</c><00:39:42.059><c> said,</c><00:39:42.360><c> God</c><00:39:42.639><c> develops</c><00:39:43.099><c> his</c><00:39:43.539><c> Son</c><00:39:43.940><c> in</c>

00:39:44.099 --> 00:39:45.400
this<00:39:44.260><c> way</c><00:39:44.400><c> and</c><00:39:44.519><c> he</c><00:39:44.719><c> develops</c><00:39:44.940><c> all</c><00:39:45.280><c> of</c>

00:39:45.400 --> 00:39:47.980
us<00:39:45.539><c> in</c><00:39:45.679><c> this</c><00:39:45.880><c> way</c><00:39:46.239><c> by</c><00:39:46.579><c> the</c><00:39:46.900><c> circumstances</c><00:39:47.360><c> of</c><00:39:47.639><c> life.</c>

00:39:48.239 --> 00:39:54.460
Jesus<00:39:48.719><c> must</c><00:39:49.179><c> have</c><00:39:49.380><c> seen</c><00:39:49.599><c> in</c><00:39:49.780><c> Joseph</c><00:39:50.159><c> and</c><00:39:50.400><c> Mary</c><00:39:51.099><c> the</c><00:39:53.039><c> careful,</c>

00:39:54.659 --> 00:39:57.820
patient<00:39:55.139><c> suffering,</c><00:39:56.760><c> the</c><00:39:57.039><c> grace</c><00:39:57.360><c> under</c>

00:39:57.820 --> 00:40:03.320
pressure<00:39:58.320><c> that</c><00:39:59.539><c> he</c><00:39:59.860><c> later</c><00:40:00.360><c> exemplified</c><00:40:01.360><c> in</c><00:40:01.480><c> his</c><00:40:01.679><c> own</c><00:40:01.900><c> life</c><00:40:02.280><c> and</c><00:40:02.619><c> brought</c><00:40:02.840><c> out</c><00:40:03.099><c> to</c>

00:40:03.320 --> 00:40:04.239
perfection<00:40:03.719><c> and</c>

00:40:04.239 --> 00:40:09.219
thereby<00:40:04.619><c> through</c><00:40:04.980><c> Joseph</c><00:40:05.400><c> and</c><00:40:05.599><c> Mary</c><00:40:05.800><c> and</c><00:40:05.940><c> their</c><00:40:06.119><c> circumstances</c><00:40:06.780><c> God</c><00:40:07.440><c> was</c><00:40:08.219><c> preparing</c><00:40:08.739><c> his</c>

00:40:09.219 --> 00:40:10.219
Son<00:40:09.659><c> to</c>

00:40:10.219 --> 00:40:14.440
face<00:40:10.440><c> the</c><00:40:10.599><c> same</c><00:40:10.940><c> thing,</c><00:40:11.519><c> to</c><00:40:11.619><c> face</c><00:40:11.900><c> slander,</c><00:40:12.860><c> to</c><00:40:12.920><c> face</c><00:40:13.199><c> punishment,</c><00:40:14.059><c> to</c><00:40:14.159><c> face</c>

00:40:14.440 --> 00:40:16.239
persecution<00:40:15.199><c> because</c><00:40:15.960><c> of</c>

00:40:16.239 --> 00:40:18.960
imagined<00:40:16.619><c> sins</c><00:40:16.920><c> that</c><00:40:17.079><c> he</c><00:40:17.159><c> didn't</c><00:40:17.380><c> have</c><00:40:17.880><c> and</c><00:40:18.260><c> always</c><00:40:18.579><c> to</c><00:40:18.820><c> turn</c>

00:40:18.960 --> 00:40:20.239
the<00:40:19.119><c> other</c><00:40:19.340><c> cheek.</c>

00:40:20.659 --> 00:40:25.039
And<00:40:20.840><c> so</c><00:40:21.019><c> we</c><00:40:21.219><c> read,</c><00:40:21.840><c> for</c><00:40:22.000><c> even</c><00:40:22.400><c> hereunto</c><00:40:22.960><c> were</c><00:40:23.280><c> ye</c><00:40:23.500><c> called</c><00:40:23.820><c> because</c><00:40:24.260><c> Christ</c><00:40:24.739><c> has</c>

00:40:25.039 --> 00:40:25.880
suffered<00:40:25.239><c> for</c><00:40:25.500><c> us,</c>

00:40:25.880 --> 00:40:28.679
leaving<00:40:26.420><c> us</c><00:40:26.659><c> an</c><00:40:26.860><c> example</c><00:40:27.239><c> that</c><00:40:27.380><c> ye</c><00:40:27.579><c> should</c><00:40:27.760><c> follow</c><00:40:28.039><c> his</c><00:40:28.320><c> steps</c>

00:40:28.679 --> 00:40:30.500
and<00:40:29.079><c> Jesus</c><00:40:29.500><c> followed</c><00:40:29.840><c> the</c><00:40:30.039><c> steps</c><00:40:30.300><c> of</c>

00:40:30.500 --> 00:40:34.219
Joseph<00:40:30.840><c> and</c><00:40:31.059><c> Mary</c><00:40:31.340><c> and</c><00:40:31.679><c> we</c><00:40:31.940><c> follow</c><00:40:32.159><c> the</c><00:40:32.340><c> steps</c><00:40:32.579><c> of</c><00:40:32.780><c> Jesus</c><00:40:33.300><c> and</c>

00:40:34.219 --> 00:40:36.559
that<00:40:34.739><c> patient</c><00:40:35.199><c> suffering</c><00:40:35.739><c> and</c><00:40:36.039><c> well</c><00:40:36.320><c>-doing</c>

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that<00:40:36.780><c> Joseph</c><00:40:37.099><c> and</c><00:40:37.320><c> Mary</c><00:40:37.679><c> were</c><00:40:38.460><c> capable</c><00:40:39.039><c> of</c><00:40:39.820><c> doing</c><00:40:40.079><c> under</c><00:40:40.420><c> God's</c><00:40:40.900><c> grace</c><00:40:41.460><c> didn't</c><00:40:42.300><c> end</c>

00:40:42.559 --> 00:40:43.159
with<00:40:42.820><c> them.</c>

00:40:43.579 --> 00:40:47.460
It<00:40:43.760><c> had</c><00:40:43.940><c> its</c><00:40:44.159><c> outcome</c><00:40:44.559><c> in</c><00:40:44.760><c> the</c><00:40:44.960><c> cross</c><00:40:45.360><c> when</c><00:40:45.900><c> Jesus</c><00:40:46.320><c> died,</c><00:40:47.219><c> when</c>

00:40:47.460 --> 00:40:50.119
Jesus<00:40:48.039><c> who</c><00:40:48.480><c> had</c><00:40:48.679><c> no</c><00:40:48.940><c> guile</c><00:40:49.280><c> and</c><00:40:49.460><c> no</c><00:40:49.719><c> sin</c>

00:40:50.119 --> 00:40:54.420
turned<00:40:50.719><c> the</c><00:40:50.880><c> other</c><00:40:51.139><c> cheek</c><00:40:51.559><c> and</c><00:40:52.099><c> submitted</c><00:40:52.420><c> himself</c><00:40:52.880><c> to</c><00:40:53.139><c> a</c><00:40:53.340><c> cruel</c><00:40:53.579><c> death</c><00:40:53.900><c> upon</c><00:40:54.119><c> the</c>

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cross,<00:40:55.659><c> following</c>

00:40:56.260 --> 00:40:59.619
on<00:40:56.760><c> in</c><00:40:56.920><c> the</c><00:40:57.139><c> same</c><00:40:57.500><c> actions,</c><00:40:57.980><c> in</c><00:40:58.139><c> the</c><00:40:58.280><c> same</c><00:40:58.480><c> way</c><00:40:58.659><c> of</c><00:40:58.900><c> life</c><00:40:59.260><c> that</c>

00:40:59.619 --> 00:41:01.019
he<00:40:59.840><c> learned</c><00:41:00.019><c> from</c><00:41:00.199><c> his</c><00:41:00.420><c> father</c><00:41:00.659><c> and</c><00:41:00.820><c> his</c>

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mother.

00:41:01.800 --> 00:41:04.800
I<00:41:01.920><c> think</c><00:41:02.059><c> it's</c><00:41:02.280><c> a</c><00:41:02.360><c> tremendous</c><00:41:02.800><c> exhortation</c><00:41:03.880><c> to</c><00:41:04.280><c> fathers</c><00:41:04.599><c> and</c>

00:41:04.800 --> 00:41:07.260
mothers<00:41:05.099><c> today</c><00:41:05.619><c> that</c><00:41:06.139><c> if</c><00:41:06.360><c> we</c><00:41:06.639><c> do</c><00:41:06.840><c> the</c><00:41:07.039><c> right</c>

00:41:07.260 --> 00:41:11.679
things<00:41:07.599><c> now,</c><00:41:08.420><c> there</c><00:41:08.599><c> might</c><00:41:08.860><c> be</c><00:41:09.119><c> some</c><00:41:09.500><c> strange</c><00:41:10.059><c> way</c><00:41:10.460><c> years</c><00:41:11.000><c> from</c><00:41:11.260><c> now</c>

00:41:11.679 --> 00:41:12.940
when<00:41:11.940><c> that</c><00:41:12.260><c> righteous</c><00:41:12.579><c> action</c>

00:41:12.940 --> 00:41:15.699
is<00:41:13.239><c> reproduced</c><00:41:13.699><c> in</c><00:41:13.860><c> our</c><00:41:14.079><c> children</c><00:41:14.340><c> because</c><00:41:14.659><c> children</c><00:41:15.079><c> watch</c>

00:41:15.699 --> 00:41:18.480
and<00:41:16.380><c> children</c><00:41:16.780><c> learn</c><00:41:17.360><c> from</c><00:41:17.880><c> what</c><00:41:18.019><c> they</c><00:41:18.260><c> see</c>

00:41:18.480 --> 00:41:20.260
their<00:41:18.840><c> parents</c><00:41:19.039><c> do.</c>

00:41:22.860 --> 00:41:24.940
And<00:41:22.960><c> so</c><00:41:23.139><c> we</c><00:41:23.320><c> conclude</c><00:41:23.679><c> with</c><00:41:23.920><c> Joseph.</c>

00:41:26.880 --> 00:41:30.119
Mary<00:41:27.179><c> is</c><00:41:27.460><c> rightfully</c><00:41:27.920><c> prominent</c><00:41:28.320><c> in</c><00:41:28.539><c> God's</c><00:41:29.000><c> plan,</c><00:41:29.820><c> but</c><00:41:29.980><c> we</c>

00:41:30.119 --> 00:41:31.260
shouldn't<00:41:30.340><c> obscure</c><00:41:30.739><c> Joseph.</c>

00:41:31.679 --> 00:41:34.880
Joseph<00:41:32.119><c> was</c><00:41:32.340><c> the</c><00:41:32.519><c> one</c><00:41:32.699><c> whom</c><00:41:32.900><c> God</c><00:41:33.280><c> chose</c><00:41:33.780><c> to</c><00:41:33.960><c> be</c><00:41:34.119><c> the</c><00:41:34.360><c> father</c><00:41:34.659><c> of</c>

00:41:34.880 --> 00:41:37.679
his<00:41:35.119><c> son,</c><00:41:36.219><c> not</c><00:41:36.500><c> the</c><00:41:36.719><c> biological</c><00:41:37.280><c> father</c>

00:41:37.679 --> 00:41:40.760
but<00:41:37.860><c> the</c><00:41:38.059><c> spiritual</c><00:41:38.519><c> father,</c><00:41:39.239><c> the</c><00:41:39.440><c> one</c><00:41:39.679><c> who</c><00:41:39.860><c> was</c><00:41:40.159><c> given</c><00:41:40.420><c> the</c>

00:41:40.760 --> 00:41:42.960
responsibility<00:41:41.380><c> of</c><00:41:41.599><c> instructing</c><00:41:42.219><c> this</c>

00:41:43.000 --> 00:41:45.559
and<00:41:43.440><c> raising</c><00:41:43.880><c> it</c><00:41:44.099><c> up.</c>

00:41:46.300 --> 00:41:50.000
As<00:41:46.500><c> Jesus</c><00:41:46.880><c> would</c><00:41:47.019><c> be</c><00:41:47.199><c> a</c><00:41:47.260><c> little</c><00:41:47.539><c> toddler</c><00:41:47.900><c> in</c><00:41:48.139><c> the</c><00:41:48.280><c> home,</c><00:41:49.320><c> he</c><00:41:49.420><c> would</c><00:41:49.579><c> look</c><00:41:49.800><c> to</c>

00:41:50.000 --> 00:41:51.539
this<00:41:50.219><c> man,</c><00:41:51.039><c> strong</c><00:41:51.239><c> and</c>

00:41:51.539 --> 00:41:54.900
kind<00:41:51.940><c> and</c><00:41:52.119><c> righteous,</c><00:41:53.099><c> and</c><00:41:53.179><c> he</c><00:41:53.219><c> would</c><00:41:53.420><c> call</c><00:41:53.639><c> him</c><00:41:53.860><c> father.</c>

00:41:56.239 --> 00:41:58.619
And<00:41:56.400><c> I</c><00:41:56.460><c> think</c><00:41:56.619><c> it's</c><00:41:56.840><c> a</c><00:41:57.079><c> remarkable</c><00:41:57.440><c> thing.</c>

00:42:00.000 --> 00:42:02.239
This<00:42:00.159><c> is</c><00:42:00.300><c> what</c><00:42:00.420><c> a</c><00:42:00.579><c> man</c><00:42:00.760><c> should</c><00:42:00.940><c> teach</c><00:42:01.159><c> his</c><00:42:01.360><c> family.</c>

00:42:02.679 --> 00:42:05.480
He<00:42:02.880><c> can</c><00:42:03.059><c> do</c><00:42:03.159><c> it</c><00:42:03.300><c> with</c><00:42:03.460><c> his</c><00:42:03.699><c> works</c><00:42:03.920><c> as</c><00:42:04.159><c> well</c><00:42:04.300><c> as</c><00:42:04.400><c> his</c><00:42:04.579><c> words,</c><00:42:05.239><c> and</c>

00:42:05.480 --> 00:42:07.119
he<00:42:05.559><c> can</c><00:42:05.800><c> raise</c><00:42:06.039><c> up</c><00:42:06.260><c> his</c><00:42:06.460><c> children</c><00:42:06.840><c> so</c>

00:42:07.119 --> 00:42:10.300
that<00:42:07.239><c> when</c><00:42:07.380><c> they</c><00:42:07.639><c> see</c><00:42:07.900><c> him</c><00:42:08.179><c> and</c><00:42:08.260><c> they</c><00:42:08.559><c> call</c><00:42:08.699><c> him</c><00:42:09.019><c> father,</c><00:42:10.000><c> they</c>

00:42:10.300 --> 00:42:12.440
are<00:42:10.460><c> being</c><00:42:10.800><c> prepared</c><00:42:11.260><c> to</c><00:42:11.519><c> accept</c><00:42:11.920><c> their</c><00:42:12.159><c> heavenly</c>

00:42:12.440 --> 00:42:13.440
father.

00:42:13.659 --> 00:42:20.139
And<00:42:13.800><c> they</c><00:42:14.039><c> see</c><00:42:14.300><c> in</c><00:42:14.460><c> the</c><00:42:14.719><c> character</c><00:42:15.019><c> and</c><00:42:15.219><c> the</c><00:42:15.420><c> attitudes</c><00:42:15.960><c> of</c><00:42:16.780><c> their</c><00:42:17.000><c> human</c><00:42:17.300><c> father</c><00:42:17.800><c> the</c><00:42:18.619><c> reflection</c><00:42:19.340><c> of</c><00:42:19.920><c> the</c>

00:42:20.139 --> 00:42:22.500
love<00:42:20.300><c> and</c><00:42:20.460><c> the</c><00:42:20.619><c> mercy</c><00:42:20.880><c> and</c><00:42:21.019><c> the</c><00:42:21.340><c> understanding</c><00:42:21.699><c> and</c><00:42:21.880><c> the</c><00:42:22.079><c> power</c><00:42:22.300><c> of</c>

00:42:22.500 --> 00:42:25.139
God<00:42:23.000><c> who</c><00:42:23.420><c> is</c><00:42:23.559><c> their</c><00:42:23.739><c> heavenly</c><00:42:24.099><c> father.</c>

00:42:25.199 --> 00:42:30.019
It's<00:42:25.460><c> a</c><00:42:25.579><c> tremendous</c><00:42:26.039><c> responsibility</c><00:42:27.079><c> that</c><00:42:28.099><c> fathers</c><00:42:28.420><c> have</c><00:42:29.260><c> to</c>

00:42:30.019 --> 00:42:33.340
reflect<00:42:30.619><c> God</c><00:42:31.659><c> to</c><00:42:32.139><c> their</c><00:42:32.380><c> children.</c>

00:42:35.340 --> 00:42:37.079
What<00:42:35.639><c> do</c><00:42:35.820><c> we</c><00:42:35.820><c> know</c><00:42:35.980><c> of</c><00:42:36.079><c> Joseph?</c>

00:42:37.579 --> 00:42:40.039
We<00:42:37.900><c> know</c><00:42:38.119><c> that</c><00:42:38.280><c> Joseph</c><00:42:38.599><c> wasn't</c><00:42:38.900><c> wealthy.</c>

00:42:40.360 --> 00:42:42.860
We<00:42:40.659><c> know</c><00:42:40.940><c> that</c><00:42:41.079><c> he</c><00:42:41.079><c> wasn't</c><00:42:41.420><c> a</c><00:42:41.420><c> great</c><00:42:41.800><c> scholar.</c>

00:42:44.639 --> 00:42:48.719
We<00:42:44.719><c> know</c><00:42:44.960><c> that</c><00:42:45.079><c> he</c><00:42:45.139><c> wasn't</c><00:42:45.480><c> influential,</c><00:42:47.940><c> but</c><00:42:48.059><c> we</c><00:42:48.239><c> know</c><00:42:48.559><c> that</c>

00:42:48.719 --> 00:42:50.019
he<00:42:48.780><c> was</c><00:42:49.019><c> righteous.</c>

00:42:50.460 --> 00:42:54.000
We<00:42:50.619><c> know</c><00:42:50.940><c> that</c><00:42:51.119><c> he</c><00:42:51.199><c> did</c><00:42:51.460><c> his</c><00:42:51.780><c> part</c><00:42:52.000><c> faithfully</c><00:42:52.500><c> and</c><00:42:52.699><c> without</c><00:42:52.980><c> complaint.</c>

00:42:54.820 --> 00:42:59.260
We<00:42:55.000><c> know</c><00:42:55.300><c> that</c><00:42:55.420><c> when</c><00:42:55.599><c> God</c><00:42:55.920><c> called</c><00:42:56.260><c> upon</c><00:42:56.599><c> him,</c><00:42:57.800><c> he</c><00:42:58.019><c> was</c><00:42:58.260><c> ready.</c>

00:43:02.159 --> 00:43:05.539
There's<00:43:02.420><c> a</c><00:43:02.480><c> man</c><00:43:02.619><c> like</c><00:43:02.880><c> Joseph</c><00:43:03.300><c> in</c><00:43:03.880><c> every</c><00:43:04.219><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:43:05.179><c> or</c><00:43:05.480><c> at</c>

00:43:05.539 --> 00:43:07.400
least<00:43:05.719><c> there</c><00:43:05.900><c> should</c><00:43:06.159><c> be.</c>

00:43:07.579 --> 00:43:10.059
He's<00:43:08.139><c> quiet</c><00:43:08.559><c> and</c><00:43:08.860><c> dependable</c><00:43:09.300><c> and</c><00:43:09.599><c> kind.</c>

00:43:10.539 --> 00:43:12.260
He<00:43:10.639><c> doesn't</c><00:43:10.860><c> get</c><00:43:11.019><c> any</c><00:43:11.219><c> headlines.</c>

00:43:13.139 --> 00:43:15.840
He's<00:43:13.440><c> not</c><00:43:13.679><c> called</c><00:43:13.940><c> off</c><00:43:14.199><c> to</c><00:43:14.440><c> speaking</c><00:43:14.800><c> engagements.</c>

00:43:17.780 --> 00:43:20.539
He's<00:43:18.340><c> not</c><00:43:18.619><c> called</c><00:43:18.880><c> to</c><00:43:19.099><c> serve</c><00:43:19.340><c> on</c><00:43:19.639><c> committees</c><00:43:19.960><c> and</c><00:43:20.159><c> take</c><00:43:20.320><c> a</c>

00:43:20.539 --> 00:43:22.340
prominent<00:43:20.820><c> place.</c>

00:43:23.079 --> 00:43:26.940
He<00:43:23.639><c> just</c><00:43:23.980><c> does</c><00:43:24.380><c> what</c><00:43:24.579><c> he</c><00:43:24.719><c> is</c><00:43:24.980><c> called</c><00:43:25.179><c> upon</c><00:43:25.460><c> to</c><00:43:25.679><c> do</c><00:43:26.159><c> in</c><00:43:26.539><c> the</c><00:43:26.699><c> best</c>

00:43:26.940 --> 00:43:28.920
way<00:43:27.159><c> that</c><00:43:27.300><c> he</c><00:43:27.380><c> knows</c><00:43:27.639><c> how.</c>

00:43:29.179 --> 00:43:30.920
He<00:43:29.480><c> sweeps</c><00:43:29.739><c> the</c><00:43:29.960><c> floors.</c>

00:43:31.320 --> 00:43:33.099
He<00:43:31.559><c> turns</c><00:43:31.800><c> off</c><00:43:32.039><c> the</c><00:43:32.219><c> lights.</c>

00:43:33.280 --> 00:43:37.800
He<00:43:33.840><c> closes</c><00:43:34.219><c> the</c><00:43:34.440><c> doors</c><00:43:34.739><c> when</c><00:43:34.920><c> other</c><00:43:35.159><c> people</c><00:43:35.380><c> are</c><00:43:35.579><c> gone,</c><00:43:37.059><c> and</c>

00:43:37.800 --> 00:43:39.460
he's<00:43:37.920><c> always</c><00:43:38.300><c> there.</c>

00:43:40.500 --> 00:43:45.159
He<00:43:40.639><c> does</c><00:43:40.920><c> the</c><00:43:41.179><c> little</c><00:43:41.460><c> things,</c><00:43:43.559><c> which,</c><00:43:43.920><c> after</c><00:43:44.159><c> all,</c><00:43:44.920><c> aren't</c>

00:43:45.159 --> 00:43:48.019
really<00:43:45.440><c> so</c><00:43:45.659><c> little</c><00:43:45.840><c> after</c><00:43:46.199><c> all,</c><00:43:46.440><c> are</c><00:43:46.579><c> they?</c>

00:43:51.440 --> 00:43:56.480
Jesus<00:43:51.960><c> says,</c><00:43:52.659><c> of</c><00:43:53.000><c> such</c><00:43:53.199><c> as</c><00:43:53.440><c> this</c><00:43:53.820><c> is</c><00:43:54.800><c> the</c><00:43:54.960><c> kingdom</c><00:43:55.199><c> of</c><00:43:55.400><c> heaven.</c>

00:43:58.760 --> 00:44:11.039
We<00:43:59.199><c> look</c><00:43:59.639><c> at</c><00:43:59.719><c> Matthew</c><00:44:00.380><c> chapter</c><00:44:01.260><c> 1,</c><00:44:08.900><c> verses</c><00:44:08.900><c> 24</c><00:44:09.480><c> and</c><00:44:09.639><c> 25.</c>

00:44:11.360 --> 00:44:13.539
Then<00:44:11.420><c> Joseph,</c><00:44:12.039><c> being</c><00:44:12.159><c> raised</c><00:44:12.420><c> up</c><00:44:12.599><c> from</c><00:44:12.840><c> sleep,</c><00:44:13.219><c> did</c><00:44:13.239><c> as</c><00:44:13.380><c> the</c>

00:44:13.539 --> 00:44:15.480
angel<00:44:13.840><c> of</c><00:44:13.980><c> the</c><00:44:14.059><c> Lord</c><00:44:14.260><c> had</c><00:44:14.460><c> bidden</c><00:44:14.639><c> him,</c><00:44:15.320><c> and</c>

00:44:15.480 --> 00:44:19.019
took<00:44:15.619><c> unto</c><00:44:15.820><c> him</c><00:44:16.000><c> his</c><00:44:16.179><c> wife,</c><00:44:17.139><c> and</c><00:44:17.219><c> knew</c><00:44:17.400><c> her</c><00:44:17.619><c> not,</c><00:44:18.519><c> until</c><00:44:18.820><c> she</c>

00:44:19.019 --> 00:44:20.360
had<00:44:19.219><c> brought</c><00:44:19.400><c> forth</c><00:44:19.659><c> her</c><00:44:19.860><c> firstborn</c>

00:44:20.360 --> 00:44:22.619
son,<00:44:21.119><c> and</c><00:44:21.340><c> he</c><00:44:21.579><c> called</c><00:44:21.739><c> his</c><00:44:21.900><c> name</c><00:44:22.139><c> Jesus.</c>

00:44:22.619 --> 00:44:25.539
And,<00:44:23.260><c> of</c><00:44:23.380><c> course,</c><00:44:23.880><c> with</c><00:44:24.099><c> these</c><00:44:24.300><c> verses</c><00:44:24.639><c> we're</c><00:44:24.920><c> carried</c><00:44:25.179><c> over</c>

00:44:25.539 --> 00:44:28.300
into<00:44:26.659><c> the</c><00:44:27.000><c> third</c><00:44:27.320><c> session,</c><00:44:27.800><c> which</c><00:44:27.980><c> will</c><00:44:28.139><c> be</c>

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tomorrow,<00:44:29.159><c> the</c><00:44:29.360><c> trip</c><00:44:29.559><c> to</c><00:44:29.760><c> Bethlehem,</c><00:44:30.820><c> the</c><00:44:30.940><c> birth</c><00:44:31.159><c> of</c><00:44:31.380><c> Jesus,</c>

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the<00:44:32.360><c> coming</c><00:44:32.559><c> of</c><00:44:32.739><c> the</c><00:44:32.900><c> shepherds.</c>

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Now,<00:44:35.840><c> I'd</c><00:44:36.079><c> like</c><00:44:36.099><c> to</c><00:44:36.360><c> close</c><00:44:36.639><c> our</c><00:44:36.940><c> session</c><00:44:37.199><c> this</c><00:44:37.460><c> morning</c><00:44:37.920><c> with</c>

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a<00:44:38.519><c> brief</c><00:44:38.679><c> prayer.</c>

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Our<00:44:43.760><c> Father</c><00:44:44.059><c> in</c><00:44:44.280><c> heaven,</c><00:44:45.280><c> may</c><00:44:45.420><c> we</c><00:44:45.599><c> always</c><00:44:45.980><c> be</c><00:44:46.300><c> strengthened</c>

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by<00:44:46.900><c> the</c><00:44:47.119><c> example</c><00:44:47.500><c> of</c><00:44:47.719><c> thy</c><00:44:47.880><c> Son,</c>

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by<00:44:49.280><c> all</c><00:44:49.579><c> the</c><00:44:49.860><c> examples</c><00:44:50.239><c> of</c><00:44:50.420><c> the</c><00:44:50.539><c> righteous</c><00:44:50.820><c> men</c><00:44:51.059><c> and</c><00:44:51.159><c> women</c><00:44:51.360><c> of</c>

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Scripture,<00:44:52.940><c> that</c><00:44:53.199><c> we</c><00:44:53.420><c> might</c><00:44:53.840><c> consecrate</c>

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our<00:44:54.940><c> bodies</c><00:44:55.260><c> and</c><00:44:55.440><c> our</c><00:44:55.679><c> minds</c><00:44:55.940><c> and</c><00:44:56.079><c> our</c><00:44:56.360><c> spirits</c><00:44:56.619><c> to</c><00:44:56.840><c> thy</c><00:44:57.019><c> service,</c><00:44:58.219><c> that</c>

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we<00:44:58.579><c> might</c><00:44:58.840><c> understand</c><00:44:59.519><c> more</c><00:44:59.880><c> of</c><00:45:00.099><c> thee</c>

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and<00:45:00.820><c> thy</c><00:45:01.039><c> purpose,</c><00:45:02.119><c> that</c><00:45:02.300><c> we</c><00:45:02.480><c> might</c><00:45:02.699><c> make</c><00:45:03.380><c> your</c><00:45:03.860><c> character</c><00:45:04.519><c> our</c><00:45:05.360><c> characters,</c><00:45:06.420><c> that</c><00:45:06.639><c> we</c>

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might<00:45:07.119><c> be</c>

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more<00:45:08.119><c> and</c><00:45:08.219><c> more</c><00:45:08.420><c> like</c><00:45:08.800><c> thee</c><00:45:08.960><c> as</c><00:45:09.119><c> we</c><00:45:09.400><c> see</c><00:45:09.599><c> the</c><00:45:09.800><c> reflection</c><00:45:10.219><c> of</c>

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thy<00:45:10.579><c> glory</c><00:45:11.159><c> in</c><00:45:11.760><c> the</c><00:45:11.920><c> face</c><00:45:12.079><c> of</c><00:45:12.300><c> thy</c><00:45:12.480><c> Son.</c>

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In<00:45:13.840><c> his</c><00:45:14.099><c> name</c><00:45:14.320><c> we</c><00:45:14.519><c> offer</c><00:45:14.780><c> this</c><00:45:15.079><c> prayer.</c><00:45:16.820><c> Amen.</c>