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And<00:10:14.600><c> those</c><00:10:15.720><c> who</c><00:10:15.980><c> practice</c><00:10:16.440><c> violence</c><00:10:17.399><c> grab</c><00:10:18.519><c> their</c><00:10:18.799><c> victims</c><00:10:19.519><c> by</c>

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We<00:10:26.700><c> are</c><00:10:27.039><c> defenseless</c><00:10:28.000><c> in</c><00:10:28.779><c> the</c><00:10:29.000><c> presence</c><00:10:29.379><c> of</c><00:10:29.700><c> God,</c>

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and<00:10:31.340><c> nothing</c><00:10:31.700><c> can</c><00:10:32.159><c> be</c><00:10:32.440><c> hid</c><00:10:32.720><c> from</c><00:10:33.019><c> his</c><00:10:33.379><c> discerning</c><00:10:33.799><c> eyes.</c>

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seeing<00:10:43.399><c> that</c><00:10:43.580><c> we</c><00:10:43.779><c> have</c><00:10:44.000><c> a</c><00:10:44.240><c> great</c><00:10:44.580><c> high</c><00:10:44.940><c> priest</c><00:10:45.519><c> that</c><00:10:46.179><c> is</c><00:10:46.519><c> passed</c><00:10:47.320><c> into</c>

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and<00:10:49.460><c> that</c><00:10:50.100><c> should</c><00:10:50.320><c> be</c><00:10:50.620><c> rendered</c><00:10:51.039><c> through</c><00:10:51.679><c> the</c><00:10:51.899><c> heavens</c><00:10:52.440><c> instead</c><00:10:53.580><c> of</c><00:10:53.840><c> into,</c>

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though<00:10:54.620><c> we</c><00:10:54.799><c> know</c><00:10:55.059><c> that</c><00:10:55.259><c> Jesus</c><00:10:55.600><c> has</c><00:10:56.039><c> passed</c><00:10:56.419><c> into</c><00:10:56.799><c> the</c><00:10:57.039><c> presence</c><00:10:57.340><c> of</c><00:10:57.600><c> God,</c>

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let<00:11:01.039><c> us</c><00:11:01.779><c> hold</c><00:11:02.320><c> fast</c><00:11:02.740><c> our</c><00:11:03.200><c> profession.</c>

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You<00:11:04.899><c> remember</c><00:11:05.220><c> the</c><00:11:05.419><c> Levitical</c><00:11:05.919><c> high</c><00:11:06.259><c> priest</c><00:11:06.600><c> on</c><00:11:06.860><c> the</c><00:11:07.019><c> day</c><00:11:07.240><c> of</c><00:11:07.480><c> atonement</c>

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where<00:11:14.019><c> the</c><00:11:15.159><c> presence</c><00:11:15.539><c> of</c><00:11:15.779><c> God</c><00:11:16.039><c> was</c><00:11:16.340><c> symbolized</c><00:11:17.120><c> by</c><00:11:17.399><c> the</c><00:11:17.700><c> glory</c>

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over<00:11:18.720><c> the</c><00:11:18.960><c> mercy</c><00:11:19.299><c> seat</c><00:11:19.659><c> and</c><00:11:19.919><c> between</c><00:11:20.320><c> the</c><00:11:20.580><c> cherubim.</c>

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So<00:11:23.340><c> Jesus</c><00:11:23.840><c> has</c><00:11:24.480><c> done</c><00:11:24.960><c> the</c><00:11:25.379><c> same</c><00:11:25.720><c> thing.</c>

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He<00:11:30.259><c> says,</c><00:11:30.340><c> let</c><00:11:30.559><c> us</c><00:11:30.759><c> hold</c><00:11:31.220><c> fast</c><00:11:31.759><c> our</c><00:11:32.700><c> profession,</c><00:11:33.840><c> our</c><00:11:34.100><c> profession</c><00:11:34.620><c> of</c><00:11:34.980><c> faith,</c>

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with<00:11:40.820><c> the</c><00:11:40.960><c> feeling</c><00:11:41.240><c> of</c><00:11:41.480><c> our</c><00:11:41.759><c> infirmities,</c>

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but<00:11:43.820><c> was</c><00:11:44.240><c> in</c><00:11:44.360><c> all</c><00:11:44.799><c> points</c><00:11:45.600><c> tempted</c><00:11:46.460><c> like</c><00:11:47.039><c> as</c><00:11:47.700><c> we</c><00:11:47.960><c> are,</c><00:11:49.379><c> yet</c>

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without<00:11:50.799><c> sin.</c>

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So<00:11:53.220><c> therefore</c><00:11:53.720><c> our</c><00:11:54.460><c> high</c><00:11:54.879><c> priest</c><00:11:55.820><c> knows</c><00:11:56.639><c> full</c><00:11:57.059><c> well</c>

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what<00:11:58.179><c> we</c><00:11:58.500><c> are</c><00:11:58.779><c> going</c><00:11:59.039><c> through</c><00:11:59.620><c> in</c><00:11:59.960><c> the</c><00:12:00.080><c> way</c><00:12:00.299><c> of</c><00:12:00.519><c> temptation.</c>

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He<00:12:02.700><c> understands</c><00:12:03.419><c> fully</c><00:12:03.919><c> because</c><00:12:04.659><c> he</c><00:12:05.019><c> himself</c><00:12:05.500><c> has</c><00:12:05.720><c> been</c><00:12:05.960><c> through</c><00:12:06.220><c> it.</c>

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However,<00:12:10.399><c> of</c><00:12:10.580><c> course,</c><00:12:10.799><c> he</c><00:12:11.019><c> was</c><00:12:11.240><c> able</c><00:12:11.600><c> to</c><00:12:11.960><c> overcome</c>

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temptation<00:12:13.000><c> perfectly,</c>

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and<00:12:13.799><c> we</c><00:12:14.120><c> cannot,</c><00:12:15.360><c> and</c><00:12:15.559><c> yet</c><00:12:15.840><c> he</c><00:12:16.259><c> is</c><00:12:16.620><c> merciful.</c>

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And<00:12:18.580><c> it</c><00:12:18.700><c> was</c><00:12:18.879><c> of</c><00:12:19.039><c> God's</c><00:12:19.480><c> mercy</c><00:12:19.820><c> that</c><00:12:20.059><c> he</c><00:12:21.200><c> be</c><00:12:22.039><c> raised</c><00:12:22.440><c> up</c><00:12:22.940><c> and</c>

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sent<00:12:23.539><c> for</c><00:12:23.960><c> this</c><00:12:24.179><c> purpose.</c>

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With<00:12:27.740><c> this</c><00:12:28.259><c> access</c><00:12:29.139><c> then</c><00:12:30.200><c> into</c><00:12:30.840><c> the</c><00:12:31.080><c> presence</c><00:12:31.460><c> of</c><00:12:31.820><c> God</c><00:12:32.480><c> through</c><00:12:33.419><c> Jesus</c><00:12:34.019><c> Christ,</c>

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let<00:12:38.659><c> us</c><00:12:39.200><c> therefore</c><00:12:39.759><c> come</c><00:12:40.419><c> boldly</c><00:12:41.279><c> unto</c><00:12:41.960><c> the</c><00:12:42.419><c> throne</c><00:12:42.740><c> of</c><00:12:43.019><c> grace,</c>

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and<00:12:44.259><c> boldly</c><00:12:44.799><c> doesn't</c><00:12:45.200><c> mean</c><00:12:45.860><c> presumptuously,</c>

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but<00:12:47.080><c> with</c><00:12:47.779><c> confidence</c><00:12:48.679><c> unto</c><00:12:49.779><c> the</c><00:12:49.960><c> throne</c><00:12:50.279><c> of</c><00:12:50.539><c> grace,</c>

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that<00:12:52.539><c> we</c><00:12:52.700><c> may</c><00:12:53.000><c> obtain</c><00:12:53.740><c> mercy</c><00:12:54.500><c> and</c><00:12:55.759><c> find</c><00:12:56.419><c> grace</c><00:12:57.039><c> to</c><00:12:57.419><c> help</c><00:12:57.860><c> in</c><00:12:58.279><c> time</c><00:12:58.639><c> of</c><00:12:58.919><c> need.</c>

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And<00:13:00.639><c> in</c><00:13:00.820><c> a</c><00:13:00.980><c> normal</c><00:13:01.240><c> life</c><00:13:01.860><c> in</c><00:13:02.700><c> the</c><00:13:03.019><c> truth,</c>

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there<00:13:04.159><c> will</c><00:13:04.399><c> be</c><00:13:04.899><c> many</c><00:13:05.240><c> times</c><00:13:05.879><c> of</c><00:13:06.200><c> need</c><00:13:06.659><c> when</c><00:13:07.220><c> we</c><00:13:07.500><c> shall</c><00:13:08.139><c> need</c>

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And<00:13:32.100><c> just</c><00:13:32.940><c> as</c><00:13:33.620><c> the</c><00:13:33.820><c> Levitical</c><00:13:34.559><c> high</c><00:13:34.980><c> priest</c><00:13:35.740><c> had</c><00:13:37.419><c> his</c><00:13:37.799><c> weaknesses,</c>

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he<00:13:39.940><c> was</c><00:13:40.159><c> supposed</c><00:13:40.679><c> to</c><00:13:41.779><c> have</c><00:13:42.360><c> compassion</c><00:13:43.120><c> on</c><00:13:43.960><c> other</c><00:13:44.659><c> people</c><00:13:45.120><c> with</c><00:13:45.440><c> weaknesses</c><00:13:45.980><c> or</c><00:13:46.559><c> infirmity.</c>

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Also,<00:13:50.759><c> by</c><00:13:51.039><c> reason</c><00:13:51.399><c> of</c><00:13:51.600><c> his</c><00:13:51.879><c> weaknesses</c><00:13:52.360><c> and</c><00:13:53.820><c> the</c><00:13:54.759><c> typical</c>

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it<00:13:58.340><c> was</c><00:13:58.580><c> necessary</c><00:13:59.500><c> to</c><00:14:01.100><c> offer</c><00:14:01.960><c> for</c><00:14:03.320><c> his</c><00:14:03.779><c> own</c><00:14:04.220><c> sins.</c>

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In<00:14:06.620><c> the</c><00:14:06.759><c> case</c><00:14:07.039><c> of</c><00:14:07.200><c> Jesus,</c><00:14:07.919><c> he</c><00:14:08.080><c> had</c><00:14:08.379><c> no</c><00:14:08.919><c> personal</c><00:14:09.559><c> sins</c><00:14:10.120><c> to</c><00:14:10.460><c> offer,</c>

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but<00:14:12.059><c> nevertheless</c><00:14:12.600><c> in</c><00:14:12.799><c> order</c><00:14:13.100><c> to</c><00:14:13.440><c> complete</c><00:14:13.659><c> the</c><00:14:13.940><c> tithe,</c>

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he<00:14:15.080><c> had</c><00:14:15.340><c> to</c><00:14:15.580><c> offer</c><00:14:16.000><c> because</c><00:14:16.580><c> he</c><00:14:16.860><c> did</c><00:14:17.159><c> have</c><00:14:17.659><c> a</c><00:14:18.179><c> connection</c><00:14:18.519><c> with</c><00:14:18.860><c> sin,</c>

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because<00:14:20.399><c> he</c><00:14:20.720><c> bore</c><00:14:21.100><c> the</c><00:14:21.820><c> body</c><00:14:22.320><c> in</c><00:14:22.720><c> which</c><00:14:23.200><c> sin</c><00:14:23.580><c> dwells.</c>

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And<00:14:25.159><c> as</c><00:14:25.299><c> we</c><00:14:25.500><c> explained,</c><00:14:26.940><c> it</c><00:14:27.039><c> was</c><00:14:27.320><c> necessary</c><00:14:27.899><c> that</c><00:14:28.120><c> he</c><00:14:28.299><c> bear</c><00:14:28.600><c> such</c><00:14:28.940><c> a</c><00:14:29.159><c> body</c>

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in<00:14:29.639><c> order</c><00:14:30.000><c> to</c><00:14:30.259><c> be</c><00:14:30.500><c> able</c><00:14:30.879><c> to</c><00:14:31.299><c> defeat</c><00:14:31.720><c> sin</c><00:14:32.639><c> where</c><00:14:33.299><c> it</c><00:14:33.759><c> dwells.</c>

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On<00:14:35.220><c> its</c><00:14:35.379><c> own</c><00:14:35.659><c> home</c><00:14:35.919><c> ground.</c>

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Then<00:14:39.820><c> he</c><00:14:39.940><c> points</c><00:14:40.200><c> out</c><00:14:40.460><c> in</c><00:14:40.600><c> the</c><00:14:40.759><c> fourth</c><00:14:41.039><c> verse</c><00:14:41.720><c> that</c><00:14:43.679><c> this</c><00:14:44.820><c> honor</c><00:14:45.500><c> one</c>

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doesn't<00:14:47.000><c> presume</c><00:14:47.559><c> to</c><00:14:47.879><c> take</c><00:14:48.120><c> upon</c><00:14:48.399><c> himself,</c>

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Moses<00:14:55.460><c> and</c><00:14:55.799><c> Aaron,</c>

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and<00:14:57.360><c> suffered</c><00:14:57.779><c> for</c><00:14:58.039><c> their</c><00:14:58.279><c> presumption.</c>

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Aaron<00:15:01.840><c> was</c><00:15:02.139><c> indeed</c><00:15:02.659><c> the</c><00:15:03.080><c> appointed</c><00:15:03.559><c> high</c><00:15:03.980><c> priest,</c>

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and<00:15:05.220><c> Moses</c><00:15:05.820><c> the</c><00:15:06.500><c> prince</c><00:15:07.059><c> of</c><00:15:07.740><c> the</c><00:15:07.879><c> people,</c><00:15:08.799><c> the</c><00:15:08.940><c> first</c><00:15:09.200><c> of</c>

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He<00:15:21.019><c> says,</c><00:15:21.159><c> So</c><00:15:21.440><c> Christ</c><00:15:21.919><c> glorified</c><00:15:22.659><c> not</c><00:15:22.980><c> himself</c><00:15:23.679><c> to</c><00:15:24.179><c> be</c><00:15:24.399><c> made</c><00:15:24.700><c> a</c>

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high<00:15:25.159><c> priest,</c>

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but<00:15:26.279><c> he</c><00:15:26.679><c> that</c><00:15:26.860><c> is</c><00:15:27.100><c> God</c><00:15:27.480><c> that</c><00:15:27.860><c> said</c><00:15:28.000><c> unto</c><00:15:28.259><c> him,</c><00:15:29.419><c> Thou</c><00:15:29.720><c> art</c><00:15:29.960><c> my</c><00:15:30.360><c> son,</c><00:15:31.639><c> this</c><00:15:31.960><c> day</c><00:15:32.639><c> have</c><00:15:33.000><c> I</c>

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begotten<00:15:34.019><c> thee.</c>

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And<00:15:34.700><c> that</c><00:15:34.879><c> you</c><00:15:35.059><c> recognize</c><00:15:35.779><c> is</c><00:15:36.120><c> a</c><00:15:36.259><c> quotation</c><00:15:36.679><c> from</c><00:15:37.000><c> the</c><00:15:37.220><c> second</c><00:15:37.519><c> Psalm.</c>

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As<00:15:39.600><c> he</c><00:15:39.820><c> says</c><00:15:39.940><c> also</c><00:15:40.580><c> in</c><00:15:40.840><c> another</c><00:15:41.159><c> place,</c><00:15:41.759><c> meaning</c><00:15:41.899><c> the</c><00:15:42.139><c> 110th</c><00:15:42.960><c> Psalm,</c>

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Thou<00:15:44.899><c> art</c><00:15:45.279><c> a</c><00:15:45.559><c> priest</c><00:15:46.039><c> forever</c><00:15:46.879><c> after</c><00:15:48.179><c> the</c><00:15:48.539><c> order</c><00:15:49.039><c> of</c><00:15:49.460><c> Melchizedek.</c>

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Now<00:15:52.240><c> we</c><00:15:52.820><c> shall</c><00:15:53.220><c> postpone</c><00:15:54.019><c> until</c><00:15:54.399><c> we</c><00:15:54.580><c> get</c><00:15:54.820><c> to</c><00:15:55.039><c> the</c><00:15:55.200><c> seventh</c><00:15:55.519><c> chapter,</c>

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the<00:15:56.620><c> significance</c><00:15:57.399><c> of</c><00:15:58.320><c> Melchizedek.</c>

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But<00:16:03.879><c> this</c><00:16:04.720><c> was</c><00:16:05.019><c> the</c><00:16:05.259><c> prophecy</c><00:16:05.700><c> made.</c>

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You<00:16:07.340><c> may</c><00:16:07.559><c> remember</c><00:16:08.019><c> of</c><00:16:08.200><c> course</c><00:16:08.440><c> that</c><00:16:08.659><c> Melchizedek</c><00:16:10.019><c> was</c><00:16:10.820><c> the</c>

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priest<00:16:12.039><c> of</c><00:16:12.399><c> God</c>

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whom<00:16:14.500><c> Abraham</c><00:16:15.519><c> met</c><00:16:15.840><c> when</c><00:16:16.039><c> he</c><00:16:16.340><c> returned</c><00:16:16.720><c> from</c><00:16:16.980><c> the</c><00:16:17.200><c> slaughter</c>

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of<00:16:17.659><c> the</c><00:16:17.860><c> kings</c>

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and<00:16:19.139><c> offered</c><00:16:19.519><c> tithes</c><00:16:20.299><c> to</c><00:16:20.500><c> Melchizedek.</c>

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Who,<00:16:23.960><c> that</c><00:16:24.039><c> is</c><00:16:24.259><c> speaking</c><00:16:24.539><c> of</c><00:16:25.059><c> Jesus,</c><00:16:25.860><c> the</c><00:16:26.059><c> appointed</c><00:16:26.500><c> high</c><00:16:26.820><c> priest,</c>

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in<00:16:29.399><c> the</c><00:16:29.580><c> days</c><00:16:29.879><c> of</c><00:16:30.039><c> his</c><00:16:30.419><c> flesh,</c><00:16:30.700><c> that</c><00:16:31.000><c> is</c><00:16:31.240><c> before</c><00:16:31.639><c> he</c><00:16:31.919><c> became</c><00:16:32.379><c> a</c>

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high<00:16:32.960><c> priest,</c>

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in<00:16:35.340><c> the</c><00:16:35.519><c> days</c><00:16:35.720><c> of</c><00:16:35.879><c> his</c><00:16:36.139><c> preparation</c><00:16:36.799><c> to</c><00:16:37.059><c> be</c><00:16:37.340><c> high</c><00:16:37.679><c> priest,</c>

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when<00:16:39.740><c> he</c><00:16:39.899><c> had</c><00:16:40.220><c> offered</c><00:16:40.360><c> up</c><00:16:40.639><c> prayers</c><00:16:41.159><c> and</c><00:16:41.500><c> supplications</c>

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with<00:16:43.000><c> strong</c><00:16:43.519><c> crying</c><00:16:44.059><c> and</c><00:16:44.480><c> tears</c><00:16:44.860><c> unto</c><00:16:45.120><c> him</c><00:16:45.379><c> that</c><00:16:45.539><c> was</c><00:16:45.779><c> able</c>

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to<00:16:46.460><c> save</c><00:16:46.620><c> him</c><00:16:46.820><c> from</c><00:16:47.059><c> death</c>

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and<00:16:48.679><c> was</c><00:16:49.100><c> heard</c><00:16:49.480><c> in</c><00:16:49.840><c> that</c><00:16:50.000><c> he</c><00:16:50.539><c> feared.</c>

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No<00:16:52.460><c> presumption</c><00:16:53.080><c> there,</c><00:16:55.139><c> but</c><00:16:55.440><c> in</c><00:16:55.860><c> the</c><00:16:56.059><c> Psalms</c><00:16:56.580><c> we</c><00:16:56.740><c> can</c><00:16:56.980><c> read</c>

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of<00:16:57.860><c> his</c><00:16:58.159><c> anxiety</c>

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that<00:16:59.340><c> he</c><00:16:59.519><c> might</c><00:17:00.179><c> possibly</c><00:17:00.899><c> fail</c><00:17:01.600><c> in</c><00:17:02.779><c> the</c><00:17:03.000><c> great</c><00:17:03.279><c> and</c><00:17:03.679><c> difficult</c><00:17:04.079><c> task</c><00:17:04.619><c> that</c><00:17:04.880><c> was</c>

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assigned<00:17:05.500><c> to</c><00:17:05.740><c> him.</c>

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We<00:17:07.039><c> haven't</c><00:17:07.319><c> time</c><00:17:07.619><c> to</c><00:17:07.720><c> go</c><00:17:07.920><c> into</c><00:17:08.099><c> those</c><00:17:08.359><c> now.</c>

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Though<00:17:11.079><c> he</c><00:17:11.299><c> were</c><00:17:12.099><c> a</c><00:17:12.440><c> son,</c><00:17:13.799><c> an</c><00:17:13.940><c> only</c><00:17:14.180><c> begotten,</c><00:17:15.019><c> beloved</c><00:17:15.440><c> son</c>

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of<00:17:16.680><c> whom</c><00:17:17.119><c> the</c><00:17:17.619><c> Father</c><00:17:17.880><c> had</c><00:17:18.140><c> testified,</c>

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this<00:17:19.220><c> is</c><00:17:19.539><c> my</c><00:17:19.759><c> beloved</c><00:17:20.140><c> son</c><00:17:20.460><c> in</c><00:17:20.720><c> whom</c><00:17:20.980><c> I</c><00:17:21.299><c> am</c><00:17:21.539><c> well</c><00:17:21.940><c> pleased.</c>

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Nevertheless,<00:17:24.779><c> he</c><00:17:24.960><c> didn't</c><00:17:25.240><c> presume</c><00:17:25.740><c> on</c><00:17:26.220><c> this.</c>

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Yet<00:17:29.200><c> learned</c><00:17:29.599><c> he</c><00:17:30.059><c> obedience</c><00:17:30.859><c> by</c><00:17:31.500><c> the</c><00:17:31.740><c> things</c><00:17:32.220><c> which</c><00:17:32.519><c> he</c><00:17:33.180><c> suffered.</c>

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And<00:17:35.359><c> so</c><00:17:35.619><c> he</c><00:17:35.819><c> had</c><00:17:36.059><c> to</c><00:17:36.180><c> go</c><00:17:36.440><c> through</c><00:17:36.680><c> the</c><00:17:36.920><c> same</c><00:17:37.160><c> process</c><00:17:37.859><c> that</c><00:17:38.180><c> we</c><00:17:38.480><c> do,</c>

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except<00:17:39.539><c> in</c><00:17:39.920><c> a</c><00:17:40.140><c> far</c><00:17:40.380><c> more</c><00:17:40.960><c> concentrated</c><00:17:41.720><c> and</c><00:17:42.480><c> difficult</c><00:17:43.000><c> form</c>

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than<00:17:44.779><c> his</c><00:17:45.279><c> brethren.</c>

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And<00:17:48.220><c> being</c><00:17:48.559><c> made</c><00:17:49.400><c> perfect</c><00:17:49.920><c> or</c><00:17:50.380><c> complete</c><00:17:51.059><c> through</c><00:17:52.319><c> these</c><00:17:52.720><c> sufferings,</c><00:17:53.339><c> of</c><00:17:53.519><c> course,</c>

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he<00:17:55.180><c> became</c><00:17:55.759><c> the</c><00:17:56.519><c> author</c><00:17:56.839><c> or</c><00:17:57.339><c> the</c><00:17:57.660><c> originator</c><00:17:58.599><c> of</c><00:17:59.819><c> eternal</c><00:18:00.380><c> salvation</c>

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unto<00:18:02.039><c> all</c><00:18:02.759><c> them</c><00:18:03.359><c> that</c><00:18:03.700><c> obey</c><00:18:04.039><c> him.</c>

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And<00:18:05.880><c> that's</c><00:18:06.119><c> why</c><00:18:06.400><c> we</c><00:18:06.599><c> read</c><00:18:06.900><c> there</c><00:18:07.160><c> in</c><00:18:07.319><c> that</c><00:18:07.619><c> first</c><00:18:08.079><c> chapter</c><00:18:08.539><c> of</c><00:18:08.799><c> Hebrews</c>

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that<00:18:10.200><c> he</c><00:18:10.920><c> has</c><00:18:11.519><c> laid</c><00:18:11.779><c> the</c><00:18:12.140><c> foundations</c><00:18:13.079><c> of</c><00:18:14.180><c> the</c><00:18:14.559><c> new</c><00:18:14.779><c> heavens</c>

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and<00:18:15.619><c> the</c><00:18:15.819><c> new</c><00:18:16.019><c> earth,</c>

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or<00:18:17.539><c> the</c><00:18:17.740><c> household</c><00:18:18.259><c> of</c><00:18:18.519><c> God.</c>

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He<00:18:22.319><c> became</c><00:18:22.660><c> the</c><00:18:22.980><c> author</c><00:18:23.299><c> of</c><00:18:23.920><c> eternal</c><00:18:24.279><c> salvation</c><00:18:24.940><c> unto</c><00:18:25.259><c> all</c>

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them<00:18:26.259><c> that</c><00:18:26.619><c> obey</c><00:18:27.140><c> him.</c>

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And<00:18:29.140><c> apart</c><00:18:29.460><c> from</c><00:18:29.839><c> obedience</c><00:18:30.460><c> to</c><00:18:30.740><c> him,</c><00:18:31.279><c> since</c><00:18:31.640><c> his</c><00:18:31.940><c> work</c><00:18:32.140><c> was</c><00:18:32.480><c> done,</c>

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there<00:18:33.160><c> is</c><00:18:33.819><c> no</c><00:18:34.180><c> way,</c><00:18:34.660><c> as</c><00:18:34.880><c> he</c><00:18:35.119><c> says,</c>

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no<00:18:37.259><c> man</c><00:18:38.119><c> cometh</c><00:18:38.579><c> to</c><00:18:38.839><c> God</c><00:18:39.180><c> but</c><00:18:39.980><c> by</c><00:18:40.779><c> or</c><00:18:41.319><c> through,</c><00:18:42.059><c> is</c><00:18:42.380><c> a</c><00:18:42.500><c> better</c>

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rendering,<00:18:45.220><c> me.</c>

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Called<00:18:47.519><c> or</c><00:18:47.839><c> named</c><00:18:48.339><c> of</c><00:18:48.720><c> God</c><00:18:49.299><c> an</c><00:18:49.720><c> high</c><00:18:50.059><c> priest</c><00:18:50.380><c> after</c><00:18:50.940><c> the</c><00:18:51.319><c> order</c>

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of<00:18:52.259><c> Melchizedek.</c>

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He<00:18:54.660><c> says</c><00:18:54.859><c> of</c><00:18:55.059><c> whom</c><00:18:55.220><c> we</c><00:18:55.440><c> have</c><00:18:55.640><c> many</c><00:18:55.980><c> things</c><00:18:56.380><c> to</c><00:18:56.640><c> say,</c>

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hard<00:18:58.819><c> to</c><00:18:59.000><c> be</c><00:18:59.240><c> uttered,</c><00:19:00.200><c> better</c><00:19:00.440><c> rendered</c><00:19:00.839><c> difficult</c><00:19:01.500><c> of</c><00:19:01.880><c> interpretation,</c>

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seeing<00:19:04.799><c> that</c><00:19:05.039><c> ye</c><00:19:05.420><c> are</c><00:19:05.740><c> dull</c><00:19:06.099><c> of</c><00:19:06.480><c> hearing.</c>

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Now<00:19:09.259><c> he</c><00:19:09.339><c> had</c><00:19:09.619><c> called</c><00:19:09.779><c> them</c><00:19:10.000><c> holy</c><00:19:10.380><c> brethren,</c><00:19:11.420><c> partakers</c><00:19:11.859><c> of</c><00:19:12.180><c> an</c>

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heavenly<00:19:12.779><c> calling,</c>

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but<00:19:14.599><c> yet</c><00:19:14.779><c> they</c><00:19:15.019><c> weren't</c><00:19:15.759><c> as</c><00:19:17.599><c> nearly</c><00:19:18.359><c> complete</c><00:19:19.519><c> as</c><00:19:20.000><c> they</c><00:19:20.299><c> should</c><00:19:20.480><c> have</c><00:19:20.700><c> been.</c>

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And<00:19:21.599><c> here</c><00:19:21.880><c> he</c><00:19:22.000><c> takes</c><00:19:22.339><c> them</c><00:19:22.579><c> to</c><00:19:22.900><c> task.</c>

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It's<00:19:24.839><c> always</c><00:19:25.299><c> easy</c><00:19:25.900><c> to</c><00:19:26.359><c> leave</c><00:19:26.519><c> our</c><00:19:26.859><c> first</c><00:19:27.160><c> love</c><00:19:27.460><c> and</c><00:19:27.680><c> to</c><00:19:27.880><c> slip</c>

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back<00:19:28.400><c> into</c><00:19:28.799><c> our</c><00:19:29.099><c> old</c><00:19:29.279><c> ways,</c>

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and<00:19:29.859><c> this</c><00:19:30.099><c> is</c><00:19:30.259><c> what</c><00:19:30.579><c> the</c><00:19:30.900><c> apostle</c><00:19:31.319><c> is</c><00:19:32.480><c> trying</c><00:19:33.119><c> to</c><00:19:34.680><c> convince</c><00:19:35.359><c> them</c><00:19:35.859><c> of</c>

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and<00:19:36.819><c> show</c><00:19:37.039><c> them</c><00:19:37.279><c> that</c><00:19:37.420><c> they</c><00:19:37.880><c> should</c><00:19:38.099><c> go</c><00:19:38.400><c> on</c><00:19:38.880><c> and</c><00:19:39.859><c> learn</c><00:19:40.279><c> more.</c>

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He<00:19:42.720><c> says,</c><00:19:42.980><c> for</c><00:19:43.180><c> when</c><00:19:43.460><c> for</c><00:19:43.660><c> the</c><00:19:43.900><c> time</c><00:19:44.420><c> ye</c><00:19:44.720><c> ought</c><00:19:44.940><c> to</c><00:19:45.099><c> be</c><00:19:45.279><c> teachers,</c>

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ye<00:19:46.940><c> have</c><00:19:47.160><c> need</c><00:19:47.440><c> that</c><00:19:47.640><c> one</c><00:19:47.880><c> teach</c><00:19:48.200><c> you</c><00:19:48.779><c> again,</c>

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which<00:19:49.599><c> be</c><00:19:49.880><c> the</c><00:19:50.119><c> first</c><00:19:50.380><c> principles</c><00:19:50.960><c> of</c><00:19:51.220><c> the</c><00:19:51.420><c> oracles</c><00:19:51.819><c> of</c><00:19:52.160><c> God.</c>

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In<00:19:53.619><c> other</c><00:19:53.859><c> words,</c><00:19:55.259><c> they</c><00:19:55.599><c> had</c><00:19:56.299><c> become</c><00:19:57.119><c> confused,</c><00:19:58.940><c> befuddled</c>

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in<00:19:59.480><c> their</c><00:19:59.900><c> thinking,</c>

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and<00:20:01.559><c> they</c><00:20:01.740><c> were</c><00:20:02.900><c> missing,</c><00:20:03.619><c> stumbling</c><00:20:03.980><c> over</c><00:20:04.480><c> some</c><00:20:04.759><c> of</c><00:20:04.880><c> the</c>

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most<00:20:05.359><c> elementary</c><00:20:05.920><c> things.</c>

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And<00:20:07.980><c> this</c><00:20:08.099><c> is</c><00:20:08.279><c> a</c><00:20:08.339><c> peculiar</c><00:20:08.740><c> thing</c><00:20:09.220><c> about</c><00:20:09.680><c> human</c><00:20:10.000><c> nature.</c>

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the<00:20:15.000><c> most</c><00:20:15.440><c> difficult</c><00:20:15.920><c> things</c><00:20:16.400><c> or</c><00:20:16.740><c> the</c><00:20:16.940><c> simplest</c><00:20:17.400><c> things?</c>

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I<00:20:19.339><c> think</c><00:20:19.599><c> in</c><00:20:19.900><c> the</c><00:20:20.099><c> simplest</c><00:20:20.559><c> things.</c>

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In<00:20:23.180><c> other</c><00:20:23.380><c> words,</c><00:20:23.980><c> they</c><00:20:24.339><c> had</c><00:20:24.640><c> fully</c><00:20:25.119><c> grasped</c><00:20:25.819><c> the</c><00:20:26.000><c> first</c><00:20:26.259><c> principles</c>

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and<00:20:29.119><c> have</c><00:20:29.339><c> become</c><00:20:29.599><c> such</c><00:20:29.900><c> as</c><00:20:30.119><c> have</c><00:20:30.480><c> need</c><00:20:30.740><c> of</c><00:20:31.039><c> milk</c><00:20:31.339><c> and</c><00:20:31.660><c> not</c><00:20:32.039><c> of</c>

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strong<00:20:33.220><c> meat.</c>

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And<00:20:35.039><c> of</c><00:20:35.180><c> course</c><00:20:35.319><c> he's</c><00:20:35.500><c> not</c><00:20:35.779><c> talking</c><00:20:36.099><c> about</c><00:20:37.339><c> food</c><00:20:37.960><c> that</c><00:20:38.599><c> you</c>

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take<00:20:39.039><c> into</c><00:20:39.440><c> your</c><00:20:40.039><c> mouth,</c>

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but<00:20:41.859><c> into</c><00:20:42.380><c> your</c><00:20:42.680><c> mind.</c>

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For<00:20:45.140><c> every</c><00:20:45.559><c> one</c><00:20:45.980><c> that</c><00:20:46.299><c> useth</c><00:20:46.680><c> milk</c><00:20:47.019><c> is</c><00:20:47.299><c> unskillful</c><00:20:48.500><c> in</c><00:20:48.980><c> the</c><00:20:49.200><c> word</c><00:20:49.579><c> of</c><00:20:49.880><c> righteousness,</c>

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for<00:20:51.200><c> he</c><00:20:51.460><c> is</c><00:20:51.599><c> obeyed.</c>

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But<00:20:55.059><c> strong</c><00:20:55.359><c> meat</c><00:20:56.140><c> belongeth</c><00:20:56.920><c> to</c><00:20:57.059><c> them</c><00:20:57.339><c> that</c><00:20:57.619><c> are</c><00:20:57.980><c> of</c><00:20:58.240><c> full</c><00:20:58.640><c> age,</c>

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even<00:21:00.980><c> those</c><00:21:01.359><c> who</c><00:21:01.660><c> by</c><00:21:02.000><c> reason</c><00:21:02.599><c> of</c><00:21:02.940><c> use,</c><00:21:03.400><c> that</c><00:21:03.759><c> is,</c><00:21:04.099><c> of</c><00:21:04.400><c> strong</c><00:21:04.680><c> meat,</c>

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have<00:21:06.240><c> their</c><00:21:06.519><c> senses</c><00:21:07.079><c> exercised</c><00:21:08.420><c> to</c><00:21:08.759><c> discern</c><00:21:09.380><c> good</c><00:21:10.000><c> and</c><00:21:10.640><c> evil.</c>

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And<00:21:12.960><c> this,</c><00:21:13.700><c> brothers</c><00:21:13.859><c> and</c><00:21:14.119><c> sisters,</c><00:21:15.480><c> is</c><00:21:15.619><c> why</c><00:21:16.279><c> we</c><00:21:17.099><c> need</c><00:21:17.599><c> to</c><00:21:17.980><c> study,</c>

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to<00:21:19.500><c> have</c><00:21:19.900><c> our</c><00:21:20.359><c> senses</c><00:21:20.900><c> exercised</c><00:21:22.019><c> to</c><00:21:22.319><c> discern</c><00:21:22.940><c> good</c><00:21:23.799><c> and</c><00:21:24.299><c> evil.</c>

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Jesus<00:21:26.140><c> commanded</c><00:21:26.619><c> the</c><00:21:26.880><c> same</c><00:21:27.220><c> thing.</c>

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He<00:21:28.460><c> said,</c><00:21:29.140><c> Be</c><00:21:29.339><c> ye</c><00:21:29.799><c> wise</c><00:21:30.420><c> as</c><00:21:30.880><c> serpents,</c><00:21:32.180><c> and</c><00:21:32.460><c> harmless</c><00:21:32.920><c> as</c><00:21:33.480><c> doves.</c>

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Now,<00:21:36.059><c> to</c><00:21:36.279><c> be</c><00:21:36.660><c> wise</c><00:21:37.319><c> as</c><00:21:37.700><c> a</c><00:21:37.920><c> serpent</c><00:21:38.339><c> doesn't</c><00:21:39.039><c> mean</c><00:21:39.519><c> to</c><00:21:39.960><c> be</c><00:21:40.480><c> serpentine</c><00:21:41.000><c> in</c>

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your<00:21:41.440><c> behavior,</c>

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but<00:21:42.880><c> rather</c><00:21:43.259><c> to</c><00:21:43.480><c> know</c><00:21:43.859><c> what</c><00:21:44.420><c> the</c><00:21:45.099><c> serpentine</c><00:21:45.660><c> behavior</c><00:21:46.200><c> is</c>

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so<00:21:47.579><c> that</c><00:21:47.779><c> you</c><00:21:47.960><c> can</c><00:21:48.640><c> detect</c><00:21:49.099><c> it</c><00:21:49.420><c> and</c><00:21:49.599><c> avoid</c><00:21:49.900><c> it.</c>

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It's<00:21:54.039><c> very</c><00:21:54.400><c> easy</c><00:21:54.759><c> for</c><00:21:55.079><c> us,</c><00:21:55.519><c> if</c><00:21:55.720><c> we</c><00:21:56.019><c> are</c><00:21:56.799><c> naive</c><00:21:57.599><c> in</c><00:21:58.299><c> a</c><00:21:58.500><c> spiritual</c><00:21:58.960><c> sense,</c>

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to<00:22:00.660><c> fall</c><00:22:00.940><c> into</c><00:22:01.859><c> temptations</c><00:22:03.180><c> and</c><00:22:04.279><c> to</c><00:22:04.500><c> be</c><00:22:04.660><c> led</c><00:22:04.880><c> astray.</c>

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And<00:22:07.299><c> this</c><00:22:07.839><c> is</c><00:22:08.740><c> what</c><00:22:09.279><c> the</c><00:22:09.480><c> Apostle</c><00:22:09.839><c> Paul</c><00:22:10.099><c> had</c><00:22:10.400><c> to</c><00:22:10.660><c> contend</c><00:22:11.019><c> with</c>

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throughout<00:22:11.900><c> his</c><00:22:12.220><c> whole</c><00:22:12.779><c> ministry.</c>

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If<00:22:15.119><c> you</c><00:22:15.480><c> will</c><00:22:16.039><c> remember</c><00:22:16.759><c> what</c><00:22:17.019><c> he</c><00:22:17.400><c> wrote</c><00:22:17.680><c> to</c><00:22:18.460><c> the</c><00:22:19.259><c> brethren</c><00:22:19.720><c> of</c><00:22:20.140><c> Galatia.</c>

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That<00:22:21.779><c> was</c><00:22:22.559><c> an</c><00:22:22.819><c> area</c><00:22:23.240><c> in</c><00:22:23.559><c> Asia</c><00:22:23.900><c> Minor.</c><00:22:24.279><c> It</c><00:22:24.420><c> wasn't</c><00:22:24.920><c> a</c><00:22:25.299><c> city.</c>

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He<00:22:27.380><c> says</c><00:22:27.799><c> at</c><00:22:28.079><c> the</c><00:22:28.099><c> beginning</c><00:22:28.359><c> of</c><00:22:28.559><c> the</c><00:22:28.619><c> third</c><00:22:28.880><c> chapter,</c>

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O<00:22:30.440><c> foolish</c><00:22:31.359><c> Galatians,</c><00:22:33.200><c> who</c><00:22:33.500><c> hath</c><00:22:33.880><c> bewitched</c><00:22:34.519><c> you,</c><00:22:35.839><c> or</c><00:22:36.119><c> who</c>

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has<00:22:37.359><c> confused</c><00:22:38.000><c> you,</c>

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that<00:22:40.559><c> ye</c><00:22:40.779><c> should</c><00:22:41.019><c> not</c><00:22:41.380><c> obey</c><00:22:41.799><c> the</c><00:22:42.119><c> truth,</c><00:22:43.680><c> before</c><00:22:43.980><c> whose</c><00:22:44.440><c> eyes</c>

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Jesus<00:22:45.460><c> Christ</c>

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hath<00:22:46.160><c> been</c><00:22:46.500><c> evidently</c><00:22:47.819><c> set</c><00:22:48.099><c> forth,</c><00:22:48.839><c> crucified,</c><00:22:51.119><c> that</c><00:22:51.240><c> is,</c><00:22:51.599><c> set</c><00:22:51.660><c> forth</c><00:22:52.579><c> as</c>

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crucified<00:22:53.940><c> among</c><00:22:54.480><c> them.</c>

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And<00:22:57.180><c> what</c><00:22:57.420><c> was</c><00:22:57.619><c> their</c><00:22:57.819><c> problem?</c>

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The<00:22:59.180><c> same</c><00:22:59.400><c> kind</c><00:22:59.640><c> of</c><00:22:59.859><c> problem</c><00:23:00.140><c> that</c><00:23:00.359><c> the</c><00:23:00.559><c> Hebrew</c><00:23:00.819><c> brethren</c>

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would<00:23:01.440><c> have.</c>

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Undoubtedly,<00:23:02.559><c> there</c><00:23:02.640><c> were</c><00:23:02.859><c> a</c><00:23:02.880><c> number</c><00:23:03.119><c> of</c><00:23:03.420><c> Hebrews</c><00:23:03.660><c> among</c><00:23:04.019><c> them,</c>

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but<00:23:04.700><c> the</c><00:23:05.200><c> Ecclesiastes</c><00:23:05.640><c> in</c><00:23:06.059><c> Galatia</c><00:23:06.599><c> were,</c><00:23:07.299><c> by</c><00:23:07.680><c> and</c><00:23:07.900><c> large,</c>

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Gentile<00:23:09.240><c> Ecclesiastes.</c>

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But<00:23:11.500><c> because</c><00:23:12.119><c> the</c><00:23:12.420><c> Jews</c><00:23:12.880><c> had</c><00:23:13.940><c> such</c><00:23:14.500><c> a</c><00:23:15.279><c> pride</c><00:23:15.700><c> in</c><00:23:16.180><c> their</c><00:23:16.700><c> own</c><00:23:17.339><c> law,</c>

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their<00:23:19.079><c> own</c><00:23:19.380><c> law</c><00:23:19.640><c> in</c><00:23:19.900><c> the</c><00:23:20.099><c> sense</c><00:23:20.279><c> that</c><00:23:20.460><c> they</c><00:23:20.700><c> claimed</c><00:23:20.940><c> that</c><00:23:21.220><c> the</c>

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law<00:23:21.559><c> of</c><00:23:21.680><c> Moses</c><00:23:21.980><c> was</c><00:23:22.319><c> theirs,</c>

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they<00:23:25.000><c> were</c><00:23:25.680><c> making</c><00:23:26.880><c> use</c><00:23:27.220><c> of</c><00:23:27.420><c> this</c><00:23:27.759><c> as</c><00:23:28.140><c> a</c><00:23:28.299><c> means</c><00:23:28.559><c> of</c><00:23:28.900><c> trying</c><00:23:29.140><c> to</c>

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reinforce<00:23:30.140><c> their</c><00:23:30.759><c> illusion</c><00:23:31.220><c> of</c><00:23:31.559><c> superiority</c>

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and<00:23:33.240><c> to</c><00:23:33.480><c> try</c><00:23:33.680><c> to</c><00:23:34.180><c> convince</c><00:23:34.680><c> the</c><00:23:34.940><c> Gentiles</c><00:23:35.660><c> that</c><00:23:35.859><c> they</c><00:23:36.119><c> should,</c>

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after<00:23:36.740><c> all,</c><00:23:36.980><c> look</c><00:23:37.240><c> to</c><00:23:37.440><c> them,</c>

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because<00:23:39.079><c> they</c><00:23:39.299><c> are</c><00:23:39.460><c> saying,</c><00:23:40.140><c> even</c><00:23:40.599><c> today,</c>

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what<00:23:41.779><c> do</c><00:23:41.980><c> you</c><00:23:42.079><c> know</c><00:23:42.299><c> about</c><00:23:42.819><c> the</c><00:23:43.640><c> Old</c><00:23:43.859><c> Testament</c><00:23:44.339><c> Scriptures?</c>

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We're<00:23:46.079><c> the</c><00:23:46.200><c> ones</c><00:23:46.519><c> that</c><00:23:46.859><c> understand</c><00:23:47.240><c> them.</c><00:23:47.359><c> You</c><00:23:47.480><c> can't</c><00:23:47.759><c> even</c>

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read<00:23:48.180><c> Hebrew.</c>

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Well,<00:23:50.099><c> it's</c><00:23:50.319><c> true.</c><00:23:50.839><c> We</c><00:23:51.019><c> can't</c><00:23:51.420><c> read</c><00:23:51.619><c> Hebrew.</c>

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But<00:23:52.359><c> fortunately,</c><00:23:53.319><c> there</c><00:23:53.519><c> have</c><00:23:53.720><c> been</c><00:23:54.000><c> enough</c><00:23:54.660><c> capable</c><00:23:55.339><c> scribes</c>

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so<00:23:56.160><c> that</c><00:23:56.319><c> it</c><00:23:56.440><c> isn't</c><00:23:56.660><c> essential</c><00:23:57.180><c> that</c><00:23:57.440><c> we</c><00:23:57.619><c> learn</c><00:23:57.880><c> Hebrew.</c>

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It's<00:23:59.220><c> not</c><00:23:59.480><c> the</c><00:23:59.660><c> form</c><00:24:00.319><c> of</c><00:24:00.680><c> language</c><00:24:01.019><c> that's</c><00:24:01.359><c> important.</c><00:24:01.720><c> It's</c>

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the<00:24:02.140><c> meaning</c><00:24:02.539><c> that's</c><00:24:03.140><c> important.</c>

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And<00:24:04.519><c> meaning</c><00:24:04.779><c> can</c><00:24:05.019><c> be</c><00:24:05.400><c> expressed</c><00:24:06.019><c> in</c><00:24:08.220><c> whatever</c><00:24:08.799><c> language</c><00:24:09.660><c> means</c><00:24:10.500><c> most</c><00:24:11.160><c> to</c>

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us,<00:24:12.880><c> most</c><00:24:13.279><c> effectively.</c>

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As<00:24:15.220><c> Brother</c><00:24:15.619><c> Plough</c><00:24:16.660><c> used</c><00:24:17.200><c> to</c><00:24:17.859><c> quote</c><00:24:18.279><c> about</c><00:24:18.880><c> the</c><00:24:19.259><c> old</c><00:24:19.460><c> lady</c>

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who<00:24:20.140><c> said</c>

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that<00:24:21.519><c> the</c><00:24:21.720><c> King</c><00:24:21.980><c> James</c><00:24:22.299><c> Version</c><00:24:22.640><c> was</c><00:24:22.859><c> good</c><00:24:23.079><c> enough</c><00:24:23.259><c> for</c><00:24:23.440><c> Paul</c>

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and<00:24:24.019><c> Silas,</c><00:24:24.319><c> it</c><00:24:24.440><c> was</c><00:24:24.619><c> good</c><00:24:24.819><c> enough</c><00:24:25.019><c> for</c><00:24:25.180><c> her.</c>

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So<00:24:29.119><c> therefore,</c><00:24:31.619><c> we</c><00:24:31.940><c> shouldn't</c><00:24:32.359><c> fear</c><00:24:32.700><c> other</c><00:24:33.119><c> translations,</c>

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but<00:24:34.200><c> we</c><00:24:35.799><c> must</c><00:24:36.119><c> always</c><00:24:37.319><c> make</c><00:24:38.119><c> comparison</c><00:24:38.859><c> to</c><00:24:39.140><c> see</c><00:24:39.579><c> whether</c><00:24:39.839><c> they</c><00:24:40.119><c> have</c><00:24:40.299><c> the</c>

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ring<00:24:40.660><c> of</c><00:24:40.980><c> truth.</c>

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Philip's<00:24:43.440><c> translation,</c><00:24:43.980><c> for</c><00:24:44.220><c> example,</c><00:24:44.619><c> is</c><00:24:44.839><c> excellent</c><00:24:45.140><c> in</c>

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certain<00:24:45.680><c> respects,</c>

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but<00:24:46.579><c> Philip</c><00:24:47.539><c> tends</c><00:24:49.160><c> to</c><00:24:49.480><c> get</c><00:24:49.759><c> carried</c><00:24:50.039><c> away</c><00:24:50.359><c> sometimes</c><00:24:51.099><c> and</c><00:24:51.640><c> to</c>

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elaborate<00:24:53.099><c> a</c><00:24:53.220><c> little</c><00:24:53.420><c> too</c><00:24:53.700><c> much</c><00:24:53.880><c> on</c><00:24:54.119><c> it.</c>

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So<00:24:55.180><c> therefore,</c><00:24:57.279><c> by</c><00:24:57.660><c> intercomparison</c><00:24:58.519><c> of</c><00:24:58.700><c> a</c><00:24:58.839><c> number</c><00:24:59.119><c> of</c><00:24:59.359><c> versions,</c>

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we<00:24:59.900><c> can</c><00:25:00.599><c> pretty</c><00:25:00.859><c> well</c><00:25:01.180><c> get</c><00:25:01.680><c> the</c><00:25:02.859><c> real</c><00:25:03.359><c> meanings</c><00:25:03.980><c> that</c><00:25:04.319><c> were</c><00:25:04.720><c> intended.</c>

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So<00:25:09.160><c> then,</c><00:25:10.180><c> having</c><00:25:10.640><c> upbraided</c><00:25:11.440><c> them</c><00:25:11.859><c> for</c><00:25:12.480><c> their</c><00:25:13.240><c> lack</c><00:25:13.680><c> of</c><00:25:14.099><c> skill</c><00:25:14.500><c> in</c>

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the<00:25:15.279><c> word,</c>

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he<00:25:17.319><c> says,</c><00:25:19.160><c> therefore</c><00:25:19.839><c> leaving</c><00:25:20.920><c> the</c><00:25:21.599><c> principles</c><00:25:22.180><c> or</c><00:25:22.599><c> the</c><00:25:22.880><c> first</c><00:25:23.119><c> principles</c><00:25:23.839><c> of</c>

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the<00:25:25.140><c> doctrine</c><00:25:25.500><c> of</c><00:25:25.759><c> Christ,</c>

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and<00:25:27.420><c> when</c><00:25:27.559><c> he</c><00:25:27.740><c> says</c><00:25:27.880><c> leaving,</c><00:25:28.420><c> he</c><00:25:28.420><c> doesn't</c><00:25:28.660><c> mean</c><00:25:28.960><c> abandoning,</c>

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but<00:25:30.609><c> going</c><00:25:31.329><c> beyond</c><00:25:32.130><c> the</c><00:25:33.950><c> first</c><00:25:34.269><c> principles,</c><00:25:35.890><c> he</c><00:25:36.130><c> says,</c><00:25:36.589><c> let</c>

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us<00:25:36.849><c> go</c><00:25:37.170><c> on</c><00:25:37.569><c> unto</c><00:25:38.130><c> perfection</c><00:25:38.789><c> or</c><00:25:39.230><c> completeness,</c>

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completeness<00:25:41.490><c> of</c><00:25:41.750><c> scriptural</c><00:25:42.289><c> knowledge,</c><00:25:43.190><c> completeness</c><00:25:43.829><c> in</c>

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spiritual<00:25:44.750><c> growth,</c>

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not<00:25:47.369><c> laying</c><00:25:47.730><c> again</c><00:25:48.210><c> the</c><00:25:48.390><c> foundation</c><00:25:49.130><c> of</c><00:25:49.390><c> repentance</c><00:25:49.829><c> from</c>

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dead<00:25:50.490><c> works</c><00:25:50.789><c> and</c><00:25:50.970><c> the</c><00:25:51.190><c> faith</c><00:25:51.410><c> toward</c><00:25:51.690><c> God</c>

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of<00:25:52.190><c> the</c><00:25:52.390><c> doctrine</c><00:25:52.690><c> of</c><00:25:52.950><c> baptism</c><00:25:53.470><c> and</c><00:25:53.869><c> of</c><00:25:54.049><c> laying</c><00:25:54.230><c> on</c><00:25:54.509><c> of</c><00:25:54.730><c> hands</c>

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and<00:25:55.289><c> of</c><00:25:55.430><c> the</c><00:25:55.650><c> resurrection</c><00:25:56.109><c> of</c><00:25:56.349><c> the</c><00:25:56.490><c> dead</c>

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and<00:25:56.990><c> of</c><00:25:57.170><c> eternal</c><00:25:57.630><c> judgment.</c>

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In<00:25:59.329><c> other</c><00:25:59.589><c> words,</c><00:26:00.430><c> these</c><00:26:00.750><c> were</c><00:26:01.049><c> basic</c><00:26:01.549><c> things</c><00:26:02.049><c> which</c><00:26:02.250><c> they</c>

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should<00:26:02.789><c> know</c><00:26:03.509><c> very</c><00:26:04.430><c> well,</c>

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and<00:26:06.109><c> he</c><00:26:06.289><c> shouldn't</c><00:26:06.529><c> have</c><00:26:06.869><c> to</c><00:26:07.089><c> be,</c><00:26:07.349><c> as</c><00:26:07.569><c> we</c><00:26:07.789><c> say</c><00:26:07.950><c> in</c><00:26:08.130><c> the</c><00:26:08.289><c> vernacular,</c><00:26:09.130><c> reinventing</c><00:26:09.609><c> the</c><00:26:09.769><c> wheel</c><00:26:10.049><c> all</c>

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the<00:26:10.690><c> time</c>

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in<00:26:13.390><c> its</c><00:26:13.670><c> scriptural</c><00:26:14.109><c> analogy,</c><00:26:15.390><c> but</c><00:26:15.690><c> they</c><00:26:15.990><c> should</c><00:26:16.250><c> go</c><00:26:16.569><c> on</c>

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beyond<00:26:17.430><c> that.</c>

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Ralph<00:26:19.410><c> Howe's</c><00:26:19.970><c> time.</c>

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It<00:26:24.710><c> isn't</c><00:26:24.970><c> that</c><00:26:25.170><c> these</c><00:26:25.430><c> things</c><00:26:25.730><c> are</c><00:26:25.930><c> not</c><00:26:26.190><c> important,</c><00:26:26.630><c> they</c><00:26:26.970><c> are</c><00:26:27.589><c> of</c>

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fundamental<00:26:28.349><c> importance,</c>

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but<00:26:30.450><c> if</c><00:26:30.650><c> we</c><00:26:30.970><c> keep</c><00:26:31.450><c> just</c><00:26:32.269><c> stirring</c><00:26:32.569><c> the</c><00:26:32.869><c> same</c><00:26:33.069><c> old</c><00:26:33.410><c> fundamental</c>

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things<00:26:34.289><c> around</c><00:26:34.750><c> over</c><00:26:35.130><c> and</c><00:26:35.250><c> over</c><00:26:35.609><c> and</c><00:26:35.789><c> over</c>

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and<00:26:36.190><c> we</c><00:26:36.329><c> never</c><00:26:36.569><c> hear</c><00:26:36.849><c> anything</c><00:26:37.410><c> but</c><00:26:37.750><c> those</c><00:26:38.190><c> fundamentals,</c><00:26:39.750><c> we</c>

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tend<00:26:40.670><c> to</c><00:26:41.009><c> remain</c><00:26:41.529><c> babies</c><00:26:42.349><c> spiritually.</c>

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We<00:26:45.230><c> need</c><00:26:45.589><c> to</c><00:26:46.049><c> keep</c><00:26:46.269><c> digging</c><00:26:46.750><c> and</c><00:26:47.470><c> to</c><00:26:47.690><c> dig</c><00:26:47.869><c> deeper</c><00:26:48.250><c> and</c><00:26:48.549><c> deeper</c>

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all<00:26:49.190><c> the</c><00:26:49.390><c> time.</c>

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So<00:26:52.269><c> he</c><00:26:52.410><c> says,</c><00:26:52.930><c> and</c><00:26:53.109><c> this</c><00:26:53.390><c> we</c><00:26:53.670><c> will,</c><00:26:53.950><c> that</c><00:26:54.130><c> is,</c><00:26:54.450><c> go</c><00:26:54.609><c> on</c><00:26:55.210><c> toward</c><00:26:56.089><c> a</c>

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more<00:26:56.829><c> complete</c><00:26:57.230><c> knowledge,</c><00:26:58.670><c> if</c><00:26:58.890><c> God</c><00:26:59.349><c> permit.</c>

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Maybe<00:27:05.470><c> we</c><00:27:05.670><c> should</c><00:27:05.869><c> change</c><00:27:06.170><c> over</c><00:27:06.430><c> here,</c><00:27:06.930><c> Ralph.</c>

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Because<00:27:17.009><c> we</c><00:27:17.529><c> are</c><00:27:17.970><c> now</c><00:27:18.190><c> beginning</c><00:27:18.589><c> a</c><00:27:18.930><c> new</c><00:27:19.109><c> argument.</c>

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For<00:27:21.130><c> it</c><00:27:21.309><c> is</c><00:27:21.589><c> impossible</c><00:27:22.269><c> for</c><00:27:22.849><c> those</c><00:27:23.329><c> who</c><00:27:23.829><c> were</c><00:27:24.109><c> once</c><00:27:24.809><c> enlightened</c><00:27:25.609><c> and</c><00:27:26.829><c> have</c>

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tasted<00:27:27.589><c> of</c><00:27:27.910><c> the</c><00:27:28.049><c> heavenly</c><00:27:28.609><c> gift</c>

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and<00:27:30.589><c> were</c><00:27:30.849><c> made</c><00:27:31.289><c> partakers</c><00:27:32.049><c> of</c><00:27:32.430><c> the</c><00:27:32.609><c> Holy</c><00:27:32.869><c> Spirit</c><00:27:33.609><c> and</c><00:27:35.029><c> have</c>

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tasted<00:27:35.670><c> the</c><00:27:35.930><c> good</c><00:27:36.170><c> word</c><00:27:36.430><c> of</c><00:27:36.630><c> God</c>

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and<00:27:37.769><c> of</c><00:27:37.930><c> the</c><00:27:38.150><c> powers</c><00:27:38.650><c> of</c><00:27:38.930><c> the</c><00:27:39.130><c> world</c><00:27:39.509><c> to</c><00:27:39.829><c> come,</c><00:27:41.430><c> if</c><00:27:41.710><c> they</c><00:27:42.069><c> shall</c>

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fall<00:27:43.170><c> away</c><00:27:43.829><c> to</c><00:27:44.970><c> renew</c><00:27:45.369><c> them</c><00:27:45.930><c> again</c><00:27:46.470><c> unto</c><00:27:46.930><c> repentance.</c>

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In<00:27:50.710><c> other</c><00:27:50.950><c> words,</c><00:27:53.470><c> if</c><00:27:53.569><c> one</c><00:27:54.589><c> departs</c><00:27:55.650><c> from</c><00:27:56.170><c> the</c><00:27:56.509><c> truth,</c><00:27:58.289><c> having</c>

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once<00:27:59.369><c> learned</c><00:28:00.289><c> all</c><00:28:00.630><c> these</c><00:28:01.049><c> good</c><00:28:01.309><c> things,</c>

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in<00:28:03.150><c> particular,</c><00:28:04.130><c> if</c><00:28:04.170><c> we</c><00:28:04.769><c> can</c><00:28:04.990><c> understand</c><00:28:05.569><c> that</c><00:28:05.789><c> if</c><00:28:05.890><c> they</c><00:28:06.089><c> had</c>

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been<00:28:06.750><c> made</c><00:28:07.009><c> partakers</c><00:28:07.509><c> of</c><00:28:07.710><c> the</c><00:28:07.890><c> Holy</c><00:28:08.170><c> Spirit,</c>

00:28:08.710 --> 00:28:16.890
that<00:28:08.890><c> is,</c><00:28:09.890><c> had</c><00:28:10.089><c> had</c><00:28:10.730><c> some</c><00:28:11.009><c> of</c><00:28:11.230><c> the</c><00:28:11.289><c> Spirit</c><00:28:11.569><c> gifts</c><00:28:12.130><c> given</c><00:28:12.470><c> to</c><00:28:12.710><c> them,</c><00:28:15.769><c> the</c><00:28:15.869><c> heavenly</c><00:28:16.349><c> gift</c><00:28:16.670><c> he</c>

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calls<00:28:17.369><c> here,</c>

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after<00:28:21.069><c> all</c><00:28:21.829><c> these</c><00:28:22.349><c> wonderful</c><00:28:22.809><c> things</c><00:28:23.430><c> and</c><00:28:23.710><c> this</c><00:28:23.829><c> wonderful</c>

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knowledge<00:28:24.890><c> had</c><00:28:25.309><c> come</c><00:28:25.549><c> to</c><00:28:25.710><c> them,</c>

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then<00:28:27.170><c> they</c><00:28:27.349><c> were</c><00:28:27.589><c> to</c><00:28:27.809><c> fall</c><00:28:28.029><c> away,</c><00:28:28.650><c> in</c><00:28:28.829><c> other</c><00:28:29.089><c> words,</c><00:28:29.890><c> give</c><00:28:30.009><c> it</c><00:28:30.170><c> up.</c>

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He<00:28:31.390><c> says,</c><00:28:32.910><c> it's</c><00:28:33.150><c> impossible</c><00:28:33.869><c> to</c><00:28:34.630><c> renew</c><00:28:34.930><c> them</c><00:28:35.410><c> again</c><00:28:36.049><c> to</c><00:28:36.430><c> repentance.</c>

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And<00:28:38.630><c> he</c><00:28:38.950><c> explains,</c><00:28:40.369><c> seeing</c><00:28:40.650><c> they</c><00:28:41.029><c> crucify</c><00:28:41.869><c> to</c><00:28:42.109><c> themselves</c><00:28:42.809><c> the</c><00:28:43.069><c> Son</c><00:28:43.309><c> of</c>

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God<00:28:43.849><c> afresh</c><00:28:44.509><c> and</c><00:28:45.650><c> puteth</c><00:28:45.990><c> him</c><00:28:46.230><c> to</c><00:28:46.450><c> an</c><00:28:46.589><c> open</c><00:28:46.990><c> shame.</c>

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We,<00:28:50.829><c> of</c><00:28:50.930><c> course,</c><00:28:52.250><c> are</c><00:28:52.990><c> baptized</c><00:28:53.910><c> into</c><00:28:55.130><c> the</c><00:28:55.329><c> name</c><00:28:55.809><c> of</c><00:28:56.069><c> Jesus</c><00:28:56.509><c> Christ.</c>

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We<00:28:59.430><c> undergo</c><00:28:59.970><c> a</c><00:29:00.569><c> symbolic</c><00:29:01.450><c> death.</c>

00:29:03.869 --> 00:29:09.230
We<00:29:04.789><c> become</c><00:29:05.869><c> identified</c><00:29:07.390><c> with</c><00:29:08.150><c> him.</c>

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We<00:29:09.789><c> become</c><00:29:10.789><c> bearers</c><00:29:11.769><c> of</c><00:29:12.049><c> his</c><00:29:12.349><c> name.</c>

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And<00:29:13.549><c> this,</c><00:29:13.890><c> again,</c><00:29:14.450><c> brings</c><00:29:15.089><c> us</c><00:29:15.329><c> back</c><00:29:15.670><c> to</c><00:29:16.089><c> the</c><00:29:16.390><c> importance</c><00:29:16.869><c> of</c>

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a<00:29:17.390><c> name</c><00:29:17.730><c> and</c><00:29:18.230><c> its</c><00:29:18.509><c> significance.</c>

00:29:21.849 --> 00:29:26.630
God<00:29:22.150><c> had</c><00:29:22.450><c> said,</c><00:29:23.930><c> back</c><00:29:24.089><c> in</c><00:29:24.849><c> the</c><00:29:25.029><c> wilderness,</c><00:29:25.809><c> thou</c><00:29:25.849><c> shalt</c><00:29:26.109><c> not</c>

00:29:26.630 --> 00:29:30.130
take<00:29:27.009><c> the</c><00:29:27.190><c> name</c><00:29:27.630><c> of</c><00:29:27.869><c> the</c><00:29:28.049><c> Lord</c><00:29:28.269><c> thy</c><00:29:28.609><c> God</c><00:29:28.930><c> in</c><00:29:29.309><c> vain.</c>

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In<00:29:31.190><c> other</c><00:29:31.450><c> words,</c><00:29:33.789><c> as</c><00:29:33.990><c> Moses</c><00:29:34.410><c> said,</c><00:29:34.769><c> a</c><00:29:34.890><c> great</c><00:29:35.269><c> and</c><00:29:35.730><c> terrible</c>

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name,<00:29:37.109><c> and</c><00:29:37.269><c> not</c><00:29:37.529><c> to</c><00:29:37.730><c> be</c><00:29:37.950><c> taken</c><00:29:38.410><c> lightly.</c>

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If<00:29:41.470><c> one,</c><00:29:42.230><c> having</c><00:29:42.470><c> taken</c><00:29:42.930><c> it,</c><00:29:44.329><c> then</c><00:29:45.430><c> esteems</c><00:29:45.910><c> it</c><00:29:46.190><c> lightly,</c><00:29:47.269><c> departs</c><00:29:48.069><c> from</c><00:29:48.309><c> it.</c>

00:29:49.769 --> 00:29:54.690
This<00:29:50.210><c> is</c><00:29:50.630><c> a</c><00:29:50.789><c> great</c><00:29:51.730><c> shame</c><00:29:52.470><c> and,</c><00:29:52.970><c> as</c><00:29:53.150><c> we</c><00:29:53.309><c> might</c><00:29:53.509><c> say,</c><00:29:53.910><c> an</c><00:29:54.049><c> insult</c>

00:29:54.690 --> 00:29:56.730
to<00:29:55.250><c> the</c><00:29:55.410><c> holy</c><00:29:55.690><c> name.</c>

00:29:58.230 --> 00:30:01.930
And<00:29:58.450><c> God</c><00:29:58.690><c> doesn't</c><00:29:59.309><c> pardon</c><00:29:59.970><c> this</c><00:30:00.490><c> sort</c><00:30:00.869><c> of</c><00:30:01.089><c> thing.</c>

00:30:02.430 --> 00:30:08.630
Now<00:30:03.250><c> we</c><00:30:03.390><c> know</c><00:30:03.890><c> that</c><00:30:04.170><c> it</c><00:30:04.250><c> is</c><00:30:04.569><c> possible</c><00:30:04.990><c> that</c><00:30:05.250><c> some</c><00:30:06.150><c> may</c><00:30:07.569><c> wander</c>

00:30:08.630 --> 00:30:13.990
a<00:30:09.289><c> bit</c><00:30:10.109><c> out</c><00:30:10.589><c> of</c><00:30:10.750><c> the</c><00:30:10.849><c> way</c><00:30:11.250><c> and</c><00:30:11.869><c> be</c><00:30:12.329><c> brought</c><00:30:12.670><c> back,</c>

00:30:14.089 --> 00:30:18.670
as<00:30:14.309><c> the</c><00:30:14.470><c> Apostle</c><00:30:15.289><c> Paul</c><00:30:15.670><c> speaks</c><00:30:16.170><c> of</c><00:30:16.809><c> snatching</c><00:30:17.369><c> some,</c><00:30:18.289><c> as</c><00:30:18.509><c> it</c>

00:30:18.670 --> 00:30:20.670
were,<00:30:18.930><c> out</c><00:30:19.170><c> of</c><00:30:19.309><c> the</c><00:30:19.529><c> fire.</c>

00:30:21.309 --> 00:30:29.150
But<00:30:22.190><c> where</c><00:30:22.490><c> there</c><00:30:22.750><c> has</c><00:30:23.069><c> been</c><00:30:24.509><c> an</c><00:30:25.789><c> effectively</c><00:30:26.630><c> complete</c><00:30:27.549><c> renunciation</c><00:30:28.670><c> of</c>

00:30:29.150 --> 00:30:33.390
the<00:30:29.410><c> truth,</c><00:30:30.450><c> then</c><00:30:30.769><c> it</c><00:30:31.569><c> is</c><00:30:31.849><c> not</c><00:30:32.289><c> possible.</c>

00:30:33.569 --> 00:30:38.609
This<00:30:33.890><c> is</c><00:30:34.109><c> what</c><00:30:35.210><c> the</c><00:30:35.609><c> Apostle</c><00:30:36.049><c> John</c><00:30:36.430><c> calls</c><00:30:37.190><c> sinning</c><00:30:37.950><c> a</c><00:30:38.230><c> sin</c>

00:30:38.609 --> 00:30:40.269
unto<00:30:39.089><c> death.</c>

00:30:40.589 --> 00:30:46.150
In<00:30:40.710><c> other</c><00:30:40.910><c> words,</c><00:30:41.549><c> following</c><00:30:41.890><c> a</c><00:30:42.190><c> life</c><00:30:42.430><c> of</c><00:30:42.769><c> sin</c><00:30:43.769><c> right</c><00:30:45.190><c> unto</c><00:30:45.529><c> death.</c>

00:30:46.150 --> 00:30:50.349
And<00:30:46.910><c> he</c><00:30:47.089><c> says</c><00:30:47.369><c> we</c><00:30:47.589><c> shouldn't</c><00:30:47.890><c> pray</c><00:30:48.369><c> for</c><00:30:49.009><c> such.</c>

00:30:50.829 --> 00:30:55.369
However,<00:30:51.609><c> we</c><00:30:51.829><c> are</c><00:30:52.970><c> admonished</c><00:30:53.509><c> to</c><00:30:53.769><c> pray</c><00:30:54.150><c> for</c><00:30:54.410><c> those</c><00:30:54.789><c> who</c><00:30:55.049><c> do</c>

00:30:55.369 --> 00:31:00.130
slip,<00:30:57.029><c> as</c><00:30:57.230><c> long</c><00:30:57.490><c> as</c><00:30:57.630><c> they</c><00:30:57.849><c> have</c><00:30:58.089><c> not</c><00:30:58.450><c> gone</c><00:30:58.829><c> the</c><00:30:59.269><c> limit.</c>

00:31:02.390 --> 00:31:07.569
Then<00:31:02.630><c> he</c><00:31:02.710><c> uses</c><00:31:03.009><c> the</c><00:31:03.390><c> analogy</c><00:31:03.849><c> here</c><00:31:04.450><c> of</c><00:31:04.990><c> the</c><00:31:05.289><c> ground,</c><00:31:06.130><c> where</c><00:31:06.250><c> he</c><00:31:06.430><c> says,</c>

00:31:07.829 --> 00:31:11.670
For<00:31:08.490><c> the</c><00:31:08.769><c> earth</c><00:31:09.289><c> which</c><00:31:09.990><c> drinketh</c><00:31:10.509><c> in</c><00:31:10.730><c> the</c><00:31:10.910><c> rain</c><00:31:11.150><c> that</c><00:31:11.369><c> cometh</c>

00:31:11.670 --> 00:31:15.430
oft<00:31:11.890><c> upon</c><00:31:12.250><c> it,</c><00:31:12.470><c> and</c><00:31:12.609><c> bringeth</c><00:31:12.950><c> forth</c><00:31:13.269><c> herbs</c><00:31:13.970><c> or</c><00:31:14.849><c> vegetables</c>

00:31:15.430 --> 00:31:16.890
or<00:31:15.670><c> fruits,</c>

00:31:17.170 --> 00:31:22.190
meet<00:31:17.349><c> for</c><00:31:17.589><c> them</c><00:31:17.950><c> by</c><00:31:18.309><c> whom</c><00:31:18.490><c> it</c><00:31:18.730><c> is</c><00:31:18.950><c> dressed</c><00:31:19.309><c> receiveth</c><00:31:20.089><c> blessing</c><00:31:20.609><c> from</c><00:31:21.150><c> God.</c>

00:31:23.009 --> 00:31:28.470
And<00:31:23.250><c> of</c><00:31:23.470><c> course,</c><00:31:24.130><c> unless</c><00:31:24.849><c> the</c><00:31:25.990><c> earth</c><00:31:26.269><c> does</c><00:31:26.849><c> receive</c><00:31:27.430><c> God's</c><00:31:27.950><c> blessing</c><00:31:28.230><c> in</c>

00:31:28.470 --> 00:31:33.130
the<00:31:28.630><c> form</c><00:31:28.789><c> of</c><00:31:29.069><c> rain</c><00:31:29.309><c> and</c><00:31:29.630><c> sunshine,</c><00:31:30.930><c> it</c><00:31:31.170><c> can't</c><00:31:31.750><c> bring</c><00:31:32.029><c> forth.</c>

00:31:34.009 --> 00:31:39.309
He<00:31:34.730><c> says,</c><00:31:35.630><c> But</c><00:31:35.630><c> that</c><00:31:35.970><c> which</c><00:31:36.210><c> beareth</c><00:31:36.730><c> thorns</c><00:31:37.490><c> and</c><00:31:37.829><c> briars</c><00:31:38.529><c> is</c>

00:31:39.309 --> 00:31:43.910
rejected,<00:31:40.230><c> and</c><00:31:40.329><c> nigh</c><00:31:40.589><c> unto</c><00:31:40.789><c> cursing,</c><00:31:41.349><c> whose</c><00:31:41.589><c> end</c><00:31:42.089><c> is</c><00:31:42.509><c> to</c><00:31:42.650><c> be</c><00:31:42.890><c> burned.</c>

00:31:45.369 --> 00:31:54.269
And<00:31:45.750><c> of</c><00:31:45.970><c> course,</c><00:31:47.329><c> as</c><00:31:47.329><c> we</c><00:31:47.490><c> know,</c><00:31:48.170><c> thorns</c><00:31:48.789><c> and</c><00:31:49.069><c> thistles</c><00:31:49.710><c> or</c><00:31:50.069><c> briars</c><00:31:51.009><c> have</c><00:31:51.950><c> been</c><00:31:52.269><c> brought</c><00:31:52.549><c> upon</c><00:31:53.190><c> the</c><00:31:53.470><c> earth.</c>

00:31:54.630 --> 00:31:59.630
The<00:31:54.849><c> creation</c><00:31:55.289><c> has</c><00:31:55.630><c> been</c><00:31:56.190><c> subjected</c><00:31:56.769><c> to</c><00:31:57.069><c> vanity,</c><00:31:57.789><c> not</c><00:31:57.950><c> willingly,</c><00:31:58.529><c> as</c><00:31:58.789><c> Paul</c><00:31:59.049><c> says</c><00:31:59.410><c> in</c>

00:31:59.630 --> 00:32:00.589
Romans<00:32:00.089><c> 8,</c>

00:32:00.589 --> 00:32:05.789
but<00:32:01.849><c> rather</c><00:32:02.349><c> in</c><00:32:02.829><c> hope</c><00:32:03.210><c> for</c><00:32:03.710><c> what</c><00:32:03.869><c> it</c><00:32:04.170><c> can</c><00:32:04.490><c> bring</c><00:32:04.849><c> forth.</c>

00:32:08.029 --> 00:32:16.549
But<00:32:08.789><c> if</c><00:32:09.549><c> it</c><00:32:09.789><c> has</c><00:32:10.430><c> gone</c><00:32:10.809><c> completely</c><00:32:11.630><c> to</c><00:32:14.069><c> a</c><00:32:15.130><c> disorganized</c><00:32:16.190><c> and</c>

00:32:16.549 --> 00:32:18.329
uncultivated<00:32:17.390><c> state,</c>

00:32:20.130 --> 00:32:23.309
then<00:32:20.890><c> about</c><00:32:21.309><c> the</c><00:32:21.609><c> only</c><00:32:21.789><c> thing</c><00:32:21.950><c> you</c><00:32:22.109><c> can</c><00:32:22.289><c> do</c><00:32:22.470><c> is</c><00:32:22.670><c> to</c><00:32:22.910><c> clear</c><00:32:23.029><c> it</c>

00:32:23.309 --> 00:32:26.630
off<00:32:23.609><c> or</c><00:32:24.170><c> burn</c><00:32:24.410><c> it</c><00:32:24.650><c> off,</c><00:32:24.910><c> as</c><00:32:25.069><c> it</c><00:32:25.329><c> indicates</c><00:32:25.710><c> here.</c>

00:32:27.970 --> 00:32:34.630
So<00:32:28.650><c> in</c><00:32:29.329><c> this</c><00:32:29.970><c> analogy,</c><00:32:31.309><c> then,</c><00:32:31.630><c> between</c><00:32:32.150><c> one</c><00:32:32.910><c> who</c><00:32:33.769><c> has</c><00:32:34.130><c> had</c><00:32:34.410><c> the</c>

00:32:34.630 --> 00:32:36.849
good<00:32:34.930><c> seed</c><00:32:35.390><c> sown</c><00:32:35.829><c> in</c><00:32:36.069><c> his</c><00:32:36.349><c> heart,</c>

00:32:37.329 --> 00:32:42.789
but<00:32:37.529><c> has</c><00:32:37.750><c> rather</c><00:32:38.089><c> brought</c><00:32:38.430><c> forth</c><00:32:38.970><c> the</c><00:32:39.569><c> weeds</c><00:32:40.049><c> of</c><00:32:40.630><c> human</c><00:32:41.390><c> sensuality,</c><00:32:42.529><c> the</c>

00:32:42.789 --> 00:32:44.569
works<00:32:43.109><c> of</c><00:32:43.390><c> the</c><00:32:43.609><c> flesh,</c>

00:32:45.470 --> 00:32:50.509
one<00:32:45.750><c> can</c><00:32:46.049><c> reach</c><00:32:46.309><c> the</c><00:32:46.529><c> point</c><00:32:46.730><c> of</c><00:32:46.930><c> no</c><00:32:47.170><c> return,</c><00:32:48.630><c> and</c><00:32:49.349><c> the</c><00:32:50.009><c> end</c><00:32:50.250><c> of</c>

00:32:50.509 --> 00:32:52.809
such,<00:32:50.769><c> of</c><00:32:51.069><c> course,</c><00:32:51.450><c> is</c><00:32:51.589><c> perdition.</c>

00:32:54.490 --> 00:32:58.529
He<00:32:55.069><c> says,</c><00:32:55.250><c> But,</c><00:32:55.630><c> beloved,</c><00:32:56.990><c> we</c><00:32:57.230><c> are</c><00:32:57.230><c> persuaded</c><00:32:57.750><c> better</c><00:32:58.089><c> things</c>

00:32:58.529 --> 00:33:02.569
of<00:32:58.690><c> you,</c><00:32:59.849><c> and</c><00:33:00.049><c> things</c><00:33:00.529><c> that</c><00:33:00.809><c> accompany</c><00:33:01.210><c> salvation,</c><00:33:02.289><c> though</c>

00:33:02.569 --> 00:33:03.569
we<00:33:02.869><c> thus</c><00:33:03.069><c> speak.</c>

00:33:03.970 --> 00:33:06.970
In<00:33:04.210><c> other</c><00:33:04.430><c> words,</c><00:33:04.609><c> he's</c><00:33:04.890><c> given</c><00:33:05.130><c> them</c><00:33:05.470><c> a</c><00:33:05.630><c> pretty</c><00:33:05.890><c> dire</c><00:33:06.529><c> warning</c>

00:33:06.970 --> 00:33:08.869
here,<00:33:07.630><c> has</c><00:33:07.789><c> he</c><00:33:07.950><c> not?</c>

00:33:08.950 --> 00:33:12.329
And<00:33:09.230><c> he's</c><00:33:09.410><c> saying</c><00:33:09.930><c> that</c><00:33:10.430><c> we</c><00:33:10.549><c> don't</c><00:33:10.869><c> think</c><00:33:11.089><c> you've</c><00:33:11.329><c> gone</c><00:33:11.849><c> to</c>

00:33:12.329 --> 00:33:13.970
that<00:33:12.950><c> extreme.</c>

00:33:15.690 --> 00:33:21.230
He<00:33:16.250><c> says,</c><00:33:16.609><c> For</c><00:33:16.609><c> God</c><00:33:16.930><c> is</c><00:33:17.170><c> not</c><00:33:17.609><c> unrighteous</c><00:33:18.609><c> to</c><00:33:19.150><c> forget</c><00:33:19.529><c> your</c><00:33:19.950><c> work</c><00:33:20.190><c> and</c><00:33:20.450><c> labor</c><00:33:20.710><c> of</c><00:33:20.990><c> love,</c>

00:33:21.309 --> 00:33:24.589
which<00:33:21.490><c> he</c><00:33:21.730><c> has</c><00:33:21.809><c> shown</c><00:33:22.170><c> toward</c><00:33:22.490><c> his</c><00:33:22.809><c> name,</c><00:33:23.430><c> in</c><00:33:23.609><c> that</c><00:33:23.890><c> ye</c><00:33:24.309><c> have</c>

00:33:24.589 --> 00:33:27.190
ministered<00:33:25.069><c> to</c><00:33:25.289><c> the</c><00:33:25.450><c> saints</c><00:33:25.730><c> and</c><00:33:25.950><c> do</c><00:33:26.130><c> minister.</c>

00:33:28.809 --> 00:33:32.190
God<00:33:29.150><c> takes</c><00:33:29.549><c> all</c><00:33:29.990><c> things</c><00:33:30.569><c> into</c><00:33:31.029><c> account.</c>

00:33:33.130 --> 00:33:36.650
And<00:33:33.289><c> I</c><00:33:33.430><c> think</c><00:33:33.609><c> one</c><00:33:33.829><c> of</c><00:33:33.990><c> the</c><00:33:34.049><c> reasons</c><00:33:34.490><c> why</c><00:33:35.430><c> such</c><00:33:35.789><c> prominence</c><00:33:36.390><c> is</c>

00:33:36.650 --> 00:33:39.750
given<00:33:36.829><c> in</c><00:33:37.049><c> the</c><00:33:37.250><c> Scriptures</c><00:33:37.589><c> to</c><00:33:38.109><c> David's</c><00:33:39.049><c> great</c><00:33:39.309><c> sin</c>

00:33:39.750 --> 00:33:45.289
is<00:33:40.910><c> to</c><00:33:41.210><c> show</c><00:33:41.549><c> the</c><00:33:41.910><c> extent</c><00:33:42.430><c> of</c><00:33:42.730><c> God's</c><00:33:43.210><c> mercy</c><00:33:43.589><c> and</c><00:33:44.170><c> forgiveness.</c>

00:33:47.069 --> 00:33:52.250
God<00:33:47.609><c> didn't</c><00:33:47.890><c> let</c><00:33:48.349><c> David</c><00:33:48.750><c> go</c><00:33:49.069><c> unpunished,</c><00:33:50.670><c> but</c><00:33:50.890><c> nevertheless,</c>

00:33:52.289 --> 00:33:56.450
he<00:33:52.589><c> assured</c><00:33:53.089><c> David</c><00:33:53.690><c> of</c><00:33:53.990><c> his</c><00:33:54.529><c> personal</c><00:33:55.109><c> salvation.</c>

00:33:58.509 --> 00:34:04.750
And<00:33:58.809><c> he</c><00:33:58.930><c> takes</c><00:33:59.390><c> all</c><00:33:59.950><c> things</c><00:34:00.450><c> into</c><00:34:00.910><c> account,</c><00:34:02.750><c> both</c><00:34:03.069><c> our</c><00:34:03.789><c> spiritual</c><00:34:04.369><c> ups</c>

00:34:04.750 --> 00:34:07.230
and<00:34:05.130><c> our</c><00:34:05.349><c> spiritual</c><00:34:05.990><c> downs.</c>

00:34:09.269 --> 00:34:12.369
So<00:34:09.909><c> then</c><00:34:10.090><c> we</c><00:34:10.210><c> desire</c><00:34:10.650><c> that</c><00:34:10.949><c> every</c><00:34:11.250><c> one</c><00:34:11.409><c> of</c><00:34:11.550><c> you</c><00:34:11.690><c> do</c><00:34:11.849><c> show</c><00:34:12.130><c> the</c>

00:34:12.369 --> 00:34:18.250
same<00:34:12.650><c> diligence</c><00:34:13.309><c> to</c><00:34:14.190><c> the</c><00:34:14.369><c> full</c><00:34:14.710><c> assurance</c><00:34:15.269><c> of</c><00:34:15.530><c> hope</c><00:34:15.789><c> unto</c><00:34:16.389><c> the</c><00:34:16.989><c> end.</c>

00:34:20.349 --> 00:34:25.809
Learning<00:34:20.989><c> to</c><00:34:21.630><c> walk</c><00:34:22.070><c> spiritually</c><00:34:22.730><c> is</c><00:34:23.150><c> very</c><00:34:23.429><c> much</c><00:34:23.630><c> like</c><00:34:23.929><c> a</c><00:34:24.449><c> little</c><00:34:24.670><c> child</c><00:34:25.110><c> learning</c><00:34:25.530><c> to</c>

00:34:25.809 --> 00:34:27.090
walk<00:34:26.030><c> physically.</c>

00:34:27.710 --> 00:34:32.909
He<00:34:28.010><c> falls</c><00:34:28.389><c> flat</c><00:34:28.690><c> on</c><00:34:28.909><c> his</c><00:34:29.170><c> face</c><00:34:29.449><c> time</c><00:34:29.829><c> and</c><00:34:30.070><c> time</c><00:34:30.269><c> again,</c><00:34:31.869><c> but</c><00:34:31.989><c> does</c><00:34:32.269><c> he</c>

00:34:32.909 --> 00:34:34.090
stay<00:34:33.369><c> sprawled</c><00:34:33.750><c> out?</c>

00:34:34.090 --> 00:34:39.550
No,<00:34:35.849><c> he</c><00:34:36.010><c> gets</c><00:34:36.309><c> up</c><00:34:36.750><c> and</c><00:34:36.989><c> tries</c><00:34:37.309><c> it</c><00:34:37.630><c> again</c><00:34:37.989><c> and</c><00:34:38.409><c> again</c><00:34:38.849><c> and</c><00:34:39.110><c> again,</c>

00:34:39.590 --> 00:34:44.090
and<00:34:39.989><c> finally</c><00:34:40.329><c> he</c><00:34:41.090><c> attains</c><00:34:41.590><c> the</c><00:34:42.590><c> balance</c><00:34:42.969><c> and</c><00:34:43.289><c> stability</c><00:34:43.789><c> that</c>

00:34:44.090 --> 00:34:47.329
has<00:34:44.329><c> enabled</c><00:34:44.909><c> him</c><00:34:45.230><c> to</c><00:34:46.030><c> keep</c><00:34:46.469><c> going.</c>

00:34:47.349 --> 00:34:51.050
We've<00:34:47.650><c> all</c><00:34:47.849><c> been</c><00:34:48.070><c> through</c><00:34:48.309><c> that</c><00:34:48.570><c> physical</c><00:34:49.010><c> process,</c><00:34:50.230><c> and</c><00:34:50.409><c> there</c><00:34:50.710><c> is</c>

00:34:51.050 --> 00:34:54.110
a<00:34:51.389><c> spiritual</c><00:34:51.789><c> counterpart</c><00:34:52.369><c> to</c><00:34:52.670><c> it.</c>

00:34:56.630 --> 00:35:01.190
However,<00:34:57.090><c> Paul</c><00:34:57.570><c> issues</c><00:34:58.130><c> another</c><00:34:58.510><c> warning</c><00:34:59.050><c> that</c><00:35:00.329><c> ye</c><00:35:00.610><c> be</c><00:35:00.829><c> not</c>

00:35:01.190 --> 00:35:02.789
slothful<00:35:01.869><c> or</c><00:35:02.230><c> lazy.</c>

00:35:02.789 --> 00:35:06.449
As<00:35:03.550><c> we</c><00:35:03.769><c> said</c><00:35:04.030><c> yesterday,</c><00:35:04.590><c> we</c><00:35:04.750><c> can't</c><00:35:05.190><c> drift</c><00:35:05.550><c> into</c><00:35:05.909><c> the</c><00:35:06.130><c> kingdom</c>

00:35:06.449 --> 00:35:08.150
of<00:35:06.690><c> God,</c>

00:35:10.230 --> 00:35:15.070
but<00:35:10.590><c> followers</c><00:35:11.190><c> of</c><00:35:11.489><c> them</c><00:35:11.829><c> who,</c><00:35:12.230><c> through</c><00:35:12.550><c> faith</c><00:35:13.070><c> and</c><00:35:13.610><c> patience,</c><00:35:14.610><c> inherit</c>

00:35:15.070 --> 00:35:16.530
the<00:35:15.469><c> promises.</c>

00:35:17.510 --> 00:35:20.090
And<00:35:17.849><c> this</c><00:35:18.090><c> is</c><00:35:18.429><c> the</c><00:35:18.769><c> important</c><00:35:19.090><c> thing.</c>

00:35:20.469 --> 00:35:29.170
To<00:35:20.730><c> be</c><00:35:20.969><c> an</c><00:35:21.329><c> inheritor</c><00:35:21.750><c> of</c><00:35:21.969><c> the</c><00:35:22.250><c> promises</c><00:35:22.849><c> means</c><00:35:24.010><c> to</c><00:35:24.809><c> work</c><00:35:26.610><c> toward</c><00:35:27.289><c> being</c><00:35:28.070><c> qualified</c><00:35:28.809><c> to</c>

00:35:29.170 --> 00:35:31.250
inherit<00:35:29.730><c> the</c><00:35:30.170><c> promises.</c>

00:35:33.050 --> 00:35:37.530
And<00:35:33.809><c> to</c><00:35:34.170><c> emulate</c><00:35:34.789><c> those</c><00:35:35.510><c> examples</c><00:35:36.329><c> that</c><00:35:36.690><c> we</c><00:35:36.889><c> have</c><00:35:37.050><c> been</c><00:35:37.269><c> given</c>

00:35:37.530 --> 00:35:39.829
in<00:35:37.949><c> rich</c><00:35:38.150><c> abundance</c><00:35:38.750><c> in</c><00:35:39.070><c> the</c><00:35:39.289><c> scriptures</c>

00:35:39.829 --> 00:35:44.110
of<00:35:40.590><c> some</c><00:35:40.949><c> people</c><00:35:41.349><c> who</c><00:35:41.889><c> succeeded</c><00:35:42.449><c> and</c><00:35:42.909><c> some</c><00:35:43.309><c> who</c><00:35:43.690><c> failed.</c>

00:35:44.530 --> 00:35:49.289
And<00:35:44.690><c> in</c><00:35:44.869><c> the</c><00:35:45.030><c> eleventh</c><00:35:45.409><c> chapter</c><00:35:45.869><c> he</c><00:35:46.190><c> has</c><00:35:46.510><c> a</c><00:35:46.730><c> long</c><00:35:47.510><c> list</c><00:35:48.010><c> or</c><00:35:48.329><c> catalog</c><00:35:48.809><c> of</c>

00:35:49.289 --> 00:35:51.489
those<00:35:49.710><c> who</c><00:35:50.070><c> succeeded.</c>

00:35:53.150 --> 00:35:58.150
It<00:35:53.210><c> says,</c><00:35:53.530><c> For</c><00:35:53.530><c> when</c><00:35:53.789><c> God</c><00:35:54.190><c> made</c><00:35:54.590><c> promise</c><00:35:55.030><c> to</c><00:35:55.289><c> Abraham,</c><00:35:56.710><c> because</c><00:35:57.210><c> he,</c><00:35:57.789><c> that</c><00:35:57.929><c> is</c>

00:35:58.150 --> 00:36:00.050
God,<00:35:58.610><c> could</c><00:35:58.789><c> swear</c><00:35:59.050><c> by</c><00:35:59.349><c> no</c><00:35:59.630><c> greater,</c>

00:36:00.050 --> 00:36:04.369
since<00:36:01.230><c> there</c><00:36:01.449><c> isn't</c><00:36:01.730><c> anyone</c><00:36:02.050><c> greater</c><00:36:02.429><c> than</c><00:36:02.650><c> God,</c><00:36:03.849><c> he</c><00:36:04.150><c> sweared</c>

00:36:04.369 --> 00:36:06.889
by<00:36:04.610><c> himself,</c><00:36:05.949><c> saying,</c>

00:36:07.530 --> 00:36:12.849
Surely<00:36:08.409><c> blessing</c><00:36:09.289><c> I</c><00:36:09.969><c> will</c><00:36:10.489><c> bless</c><00:36:10.869><c> thee,</c><00:36:11.650><c> and</c><00:36:11.889><c> multiplying</c><00:36:12.389><c> I</c>

00:36:12.849 --> 00:36:14.769
will<00:36:13.070><c> multiply</c><00:36:13.610><c> thee.</c>

00:36:15.750 --> 00:36:20.489
Now<00:36:15.949><c> what</c><00:36:16.010><c> was</c><00:36:16.269><c> required</c><00:36:16.650><c> of</c><00:36:16.869><c> Abraham</c><00:36:17.409><c> after</c><00:36:19.889><c> he</c><00:36:20.150><c> had</c>

00:36:20.489 --> 00:36:22.929
patiently<00:36:21.389><c> endured?</c>

00:36:23.550 --> 00:36:31.190
The<00:36:24.409><c> word</c><00:36:25.050><c> endure</c><00:36:25.889><c> in</c><00:36:27.170><c> French,</c><00:36:28.030><c> dur,</c><00:36:28.889><c> means</c><00:36:29.409><c> hard.</c><00:36:30.570><c> To</c><00:36:30.769><c> endure</c>

00:36:31.190 --> 00:36:33.769
means<00:36:31.650><c> to</c><00:36:32.090><c> go</c><00:36:32.269><c> through</c><00:36:32.610><c> hardship.</c>

00:36:35.210 --> 00:36:38.789
And<00:36:35.449><c> we</c><00:36:35.570><c> know</c><00:36:35.769><c> some</c><00:36:36.010><c> of</c><00:36:36.130><c> the</c><00:36:36.289><c> hardships</c><00:36:36.670><c> that</c><00:36:37.030><c> Abraham</c><00:36:37.389><c> went</c><00:36:37.710><c> through.</c>

00:36:39.590 --> 00:36:44.510
After<00:36:39.849><c> he</c><00:36:40.070><c> had</c><00:36:40.309><c> patiently</c><00:36:40.909><c> endured,</c><00:36:41.630><c> he</c><00:36:42.030><c> obtained</c><00:36:42.710><c> the</c><00:36:43.190><c> promise.</c>

00:36:45.250 --> 00:36:52.829
It<00:36:46.130><c> says,</c><00:36:47.309><c> For</c><00:36:47.309><c> verily</c><00:36:47.730><c> or</c><00:36:47.989><c> truly,</c><00:36:50.570><c> for</c><00:36:51.010><c> men</c><00:36:51.309><c> verily</c><00:36:51.809><c> swear</c><00:36:52.210><c> by</c>

00:36:52.829 --> 00:36:54.070
the<00:36:53.130><c> greater,</c>

00:36:54.590 --> 00:37:00.829
and<00:36:54.809><c> an</c><00:36:55.030><c> oath</c><00:36:55.289><c> for</c><00:36:55.650><c> confirmation</c><00:36:56.329><c> is</c><00:36:57.230><c> to</c><00:36:57.369><c> them</c><00:36:57.750><c> an</c><00:36:58.170><c> end</c><00:36:58.690><c> of</c><00:36:59.030><c> all</c><00:36:59.489><c> strife.</c>

00:37:01.030 --> 00:37:09.369
And<00:37:01.849><c> this,</c><00:37:02.230><c> of</c><00:37:02.230><c> course,</c><00:37:02.489><c> is</c><00:37:02.829><c> the</c><00:37:03.010><c> purpose</c><00:37:03.449><c> of</c><00:37:05.789><c> the</c><00:37:07.289><c> use</c><00:37:07.570><c> of</c><00:37:07.949><c> oaths</c><00:37:08.789><c> in</c>

00:37:09.369 --> 00:37:11.230
legal<00:37:09.989><c> proceedings.</c>

00:37:11.750 --> 00:37:18.869
In<00:37:12.510><c> other</c><00:37:12.789><c> words,</c><00:37:13.929><c> supposedly</c><00:37:14.329><c> the</c><00:37:15.250><c> one</c><00:37:15.550><c> who</c><00:37:15.730><c> is</c><00:37:16.010><c> giving</c><00:37:16.309><c> testimony</c><00:37:17.190><c> is</c>

00:37:18.869 --> 00:37:23.030
invoking<00:37:20.829><c> God's</c><00:37:21.670><c> anger</c><00:37:22.110><c> upon</c><00:37:22.489><c> him</c>

00:37:23.030 --> 00:37:26.489
should<00:37:23.389><c> he</c><00:37:23.849><c> not</c><00:37:24.210><c> tell</c><00:37:24.690><c> the</c><00:37:24.969><c> truth,</c><00:37:25.250><c> the</c><00:37:25.409><c> whole</c><00:37:25.670><c> truth,</c><00:37:26.369><c> and</c>

00:37:26.489 --> 00:37:28.250
nothing<00:37:26.730><c> but</c><00:37:27.070><c> the</c><00:37:27.309><c> truth.</c>

00:37:29.969 --> 00:37:35.730
Now,<00:37:30.250><c> of</c><00:37:30.429><c> course,</c><00:37:31.150><c> if</c><00:37:32.409><c> God</c><00:37:32.789><c> has</c><00:37:33.269><c> promised</c><00:37:33.710><c> something,</c><00:37:35.730><c> that</c>

00:37:35.730 --> 00:37:37.590
ordinarily<00:37:36.590><c> should</c><00:37:36.849><c> be</c><00:37:37.130><c> enough,</c>

00:37:37.590 --> 00:37:42.150
because<00:37:38.710><c> there</c><00:37:38.929><c> is</c><00:37:39.090><c> no</c><00:37:39.409><c> equivocation,</c><00:37:40.170><c> whatever,</c><00:37:40.710><c> with</c><00:37:40.949><c> God.</c>

00:37:42.909 --> 00:37:48.150
But<00:37:43.110><c> God</c><00:37:43.750><c> wanted</c><00:37:44.409><c> to</c><00:37:44.610><c> make</c><00:37:44.730><c> it</c><00:37:44.929><c> very</c><00:37:45.389><c> clear</c><00:37:45.849><c> to</c><00:37:47.090><c> those</c><00:37:47.550><c> who</c><00:37:47.750><c> would</c><00:37:47.949><c> be</c>

00:37:48.150 --> 00:37:52.010
his<00:37:48.429><c> children</c><00:37:49.090><c> that</c><00:37:49.710><c> he</c><00:37:49.929><c> meant</c><00:37:50.389><c> what</c><00:37:50.690><c> he</c><00:37:50.929><c> said.</c>

00:37:54.050 --> 00:37:59.449
So<00:37:54.349><c> it</c><00:37:54.550><c> says,</c><00:37:55.309><c> wherein</c><00:37:55.489><c> God,</c><00:37:57.030><c> willing</c><00:37:57.429><c> or</c><00:37:57.769><c> wishing</c><00:37:58.170><c> more</c><00:37:58.670><c> abundantly</c><00:37:59.210><c> to</c>

00:37:59.449 --> 00:38:01.630
show<00:37:59.750><c> unto</c><00:38:00.030><c> the</c><00:38:00.349><c> heirs</c><00:38:00.710><c> of</c><00:38:01.130><c> promise,</c>

00:38:02.090 --> 00:38:06.789
and<00:38:02.210><c> that</c><00:38:02.489><c> includes</c><00:38:03.489><c> Abraham's</c><00:38:04.630><c> seed</c><00:38:04.909><c> as</c><00:38:05.230><c> well</c><00:38:05.469><c> as</c><00:38:05.730><c> Abraham,</c>

00:38:07.289 --> 00:38:13.369
the<00:38:07.849><c> immutability</c><00:38:08.889><c> or</c><00:38:09.429><c> unchangeability</c><00:38:10.710><c> of</c><00:38:10.969><c> his</c><00:38:11.250><c> counsel</c><00:38:11.789><c> or</c>

00:38:13.369 --> 00:38:14.590
purpose<00:38:13.369><c> confirmed</c><00:38:14.130><c> it,</c>

00:38:14.590 --> 00:38:21.989
that<00:38:14.849><c> is</c><00:38:15.110><c> the</c><00:38:15.349><c> promise,</c><00:38:16.829><c> by</c><00:38:17.329><c> an</c><00:38:17.670><c> oath,</c><00:38:19.610><c> that</c><00:38:19.750><c> by</c><00:38:20.210><c> two</c><00:38:20.889><c> immutable</c><00:38:21.570><c> or</c>

00:38:21.989 --> 00:38:23.690
unchangeable<00:38:22.889><c> things</c>

00:38:23.690 --> 00:38:28.889
in<00:38:24.429><c> which</c><00:38:24.710><c> it</c><00:38:25.269><c> was</c><00:38:25.489><c> impossible</c><00:38:26.150><c> for</c><00:38:26.489><c> God</c><00:38:26.769><c> to</c><00:38:27.030><c> lie,</c><00:38:28.210><c> the</c><00:38:28.650><c> two</c>

00:38:28.889 --> 00:38:32.550
immutable<00:38:29.309><c> things</c><00:38:29.750><c> are</c><00:38:30.130><c> the</c><00:38:30.309><c> promise</c><00:38:30.789><c> and</c><00:38:31.329><c> the</c><00:38:31.610><c> oath.</c>

00:38:34.349 --> 00:38:40.409
We<00:38:35.269><c> might</c><00:38:35.570><c> have</c><00:38:35.949><c> strong</c><00:38:36.630><c> consolation</c><00:38:37.829><c> who</c><00:38:38.289><c> have</c><00:38:38.610><c> fled</c><00:38:38.949><c> for</c><00:38:39.489><c> refuge</c><00:38:39.969><c> to</c>

00:38:40.409 --> 00:38:43.789
lay<00:38:40.650><c> hold</c><00:38:41.110><c> upon</c><00:38:41.469><c> the</c><00:38:41.670><c> hope</c><00:38:42.030><c> set</c><00:38:42.369><c> before</c><00:38:42.829><c> us.</c>

00:38:45.489 --> 00:38:49.989
So<00:38:45.849><c> we</c><00:38:46.070><c> have</c><00:38:46.849><c> God's</c><00:38:47.550><c> word</c><00:38:48.289><c> given</c><00:38:48.610><c> to</c><00:38:48.889><c> us.</c>

00:38:50.690 --> 00:38:54.710
We<00:38:50.909><c> have</c><00:38:51.250><c> given</c><00:38:51.489><c> to</c><00:38:51.710><c> us</c><00:38:52.010><c> through</c><00:38:52.489><c> Abraham,</c><00:38:53.809><c> the</c><00:38:54.030><c> father</c><00:38:54.469><c> of</c>

00:38:54.710 --> 00:39:01.030
all<00:38:55.050><c> the</c><00:38:55.269><c> faithful,</c><00:38:57.369><c> God's</c><00:38:57.869><c> promise</c><00:38:58.630><c> and</c><00:38:59.429><c> God's</c><00:39:00.010><c> oath,</c>

00:39:03.190 --> 00:39:09.170
then<00:39:03.809><c> a</c><00:39:04.429><c> strong</c><00:39:05.190><c> refuge,</c><00:39:06.650><c> something</c><00:39:07.070><c> that</c><00:39:07.329><c> we</c><00:39:07.550><c> can</c><00:39:07.909><c> count</c><00:39:08.230><c> upon.</c>

00:39:10.329 --> 00:39:14.610
Why<00:39:10.650><c> are</c><00:39:11.429><c> the</c><00:39:11.650><c> people</c><00:39:11.929><c> of</c><00:39:12.090><c> the</c><00:39:12.250><c> world,</c><00:39:12.550><c> as</c><00:39:12.750><c> we</c><00:39:12.969><c> say</c><00:39:13.269><c> in</c><00:39:13.449><c> the</c><00:39:13.630><c> vernacular,</c><00:39:14.389><c> so</c>

00:39:14.610 --> 00:39:16.159
shook<00:39:14.809><c> up</c><00:39:15.349><c> today?</c>

00:39:17.570 --> 00:39:20.070
It's<00:39:17.789><c> because</c><00:39:18.110><c> they</c><00:39:18.349><c> realize</c><00:39:18.889><c> they</c><00:39:19.090><c> have</c><00:39:19.369><c> nothing</c><00:39:19.670><c> that</c><00:39:19.909><c> they</c>

00:39:20.070 --> 00:39:23.489
can<00:39:20.409><c> really</c><00:39:21.190><c> count</c><00:39:21.409><c> upon,</c><00:39:22.230><c> depend</c><00:39:22.510><c> upon.</c>

00:39:23.840 --> 00:39:29.190
All<00:39:24.289><c> the</c><00:39:24.909><c> props</c><00:39:25.250><c> are</c><00:39:25.469><c> being</c><00:39:25.949><c> cut</c><00:39:26.210><c> out</c><00:39:26.530><c> from</c><00:39:26.730><c> under</c><00:39:27.070><c> them</c><00:39:27.550><c> by</c><00:39:28.130><c> all</c><00:39:28.469><c> kinds</c><00:39:28.869><c> of</c>

00:39:29.190 --> 00:39:32.469
doubt<00:39:29.530><c> being</c><00:39:30.170><c> sown</c><00:39:30.690><c> in</c><00:39:30.909><c> people's</c><00:39:31.489><c> minds,</c>

00:39:33.050 --> 00:39:40.949
by<00:39:33.289><c> all</c><00:39:33.590><c> kinds</c><00:39:34.110><c> of</c><00:39:36.530><c> failure</c><00:39:37.130><c> to</c><00:39:37.469><c> live</c><00:39:37.730><c> up</c><00:39:38.050><c> to</c><00:39:38.369><c> promises,</c><00:39:40.250><c> by</c>

00:39:40.949 --> 00:39:44.269
broken<00:39:41.429><c> treaties</c><00:39:42.010><c> and</c><00:39:42.269><c> things</c><00:39:42.610><c> like</c><00:39:43.030><c> that.</c>

00:39:44.769 --> 00:39:52.809
But<00:39:45.329><c> those</c><00:39:45.969><c> who</c><00:39:46.530><c> have</c><00:39:47.190><c> put</c><00:39:47.429><c> their</c><00:39:48.250><c> trust</c><00:39:48.769><c> in</c><00:39:49.130><c> God</c><00:39:49.750><c> and</c><00:39:50.130><c> his</c><00:39:50.429><c> promises</c><00:39:51.110><c> are</c>

00:39:52.809 --> 00:39:55.690
in<00:39:53.190><c> no</c><00:39:53.510><c> sense</c><00:39:53.869><c> without</c><00:39:54.409><c> a</c><00:39:54.550><c> foundation.</c>

00:39:56.690 --> 00:40:01.550
The<00:39:56.869><c> only</c><00:39:57.170><c> limitation</c><00:39:57.750><c> they</c><00:39:58.130><c> have</c><00:39:58.369><c> is</c><00:39:58.630><c> their</c><00:39:59.050><c> ability</c><00:39:59.630><c> to</c><00:40:00.070><c> believe</c><00:40:00.449><c> and</c>

00:40:01.550 --> 00:40:05.130
obey<00:40:02.090><c> and</c><00:40:02.510><c> act</c><00:40:02.849><c> upon</c><00:40:03.469><c> these</c><00:40:04.349><c> sure</c><00:40:04.710><c> promises</c>

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in<00:40:05.869><c> which</c><00:40:06.070><c> it</c><00:40:06.230><c> is</c><00:40:06.489><c> impossible</c><00:40:07.329><c> for</c><00:40:08.030><c> God</c><00:40:08.250><c> to</c><00:40:08.510><c> lie.</c>

00:40:10.630 --> 00:40:16.429
This<00:40:11.389><c> is</c><00:40:12.150><c> then</c><00:40:13.130><c> a</c><00:40:14.329><c> strong</c><00:40:15.210><c> consolation.</c>

00:40:18.429 --> 00:40:22.550
For<00:40:18.690><c> in</c><00:40:19.269><c> the</c><00:40:19.389><c> words</c><00:40:19.590><c> of</c><00:40:19.769><c> Jesus,</c><00:40:20.570><c> it</c><00:40:20.789><c> enables</c><00:40:21.230><c> us</c><00:40:21.469><c> to</c><00:40:21.690><c> build</c><00:40:22.090><c> our</c>

00:40:22.550 --> 00:40:24.989
house<00:40:23.130><c> upon</c><00:40:23.690><c> a</c><00:40:24.090><c> rock,</c>

00:40:26.170 --> 00:40:30.969
the<00:40:26.329><c> rock</c><00:40:26.730><c>-like</c><00:40:26.969><c> confession</c><00:40:27.570><c> that</c><00:40:27.829><c> Peter</c><00:40:28.090><c> made,</c><00:40:28.909><c> Thou</c><00:40:29.150><c> art</c><00:40:29.429><c> the</c><00:40:29.630><c> Christ,</c><00:40:30.150><c> the</c><00:40:30.389><c> Son</c><00:40:30.769><c> of</c>

00:40:30.969 --> 00:40:32.449
the<00:40:31.090><c> living</c><00:40:31.329><c> God.</c>

00:40:33.650 --> 00:40:40.210
He<00:40:34.489><c> says,</c><00:40:35.150><c> which</c><00:40:35.250><c> hope</c><00:40:35.630><c> we</c><00:40:36.010><c> have</c><00:40:36.309><c> as</c><00:40:36.889><c> an</c><00:40:37.190><c> anchor</c><00:40:37.670><c> of</c><00:40:39.070><c> the</c><00:40:39.309><c> soul.</c>

00:40:41.389 --> 00:40:46.510
In<00:40:41.650><c> other</c><00:40:41.869><c> words,</c><00:40:43.190><c> something</c><00:40:43.610><c> that</c><00:40:44.050><c> we</c><00:40:44.210><c> can</c><00:40:44.429><c> really</c><00:40:45.210><c> tie</c><00:40:45.469><c> ourselves</c><00:40:46.090><c> up</c>

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to<00:40:47.090><c> and</c><00:40:47.889><c> be</c><00:40:48.210><c> confident,</c>

00:40:49.590 --> 00:40:54.829
knowing<00:40:50.070><c> that</c><00:40:51.329><c> if</c><00:40:51.449><c> we</c><00:40:51.650><c> can</c><00:40:51.849><c> qualify,</c><00:40:52.969><c> we</c><00:40:53.309><c> can't</c><00:40:53.909><c> lose.</c>

00:40:57.090 --> 00:41:01.130
But<00:40:57.730><c> as</c><00:40:58.230><c> far</c><00:40:58.409><c> as</c><00:40:58.550><c> the</c><00:40:58.730><c> world</c><00:40:58.949><c> is</c><00:40:59.250><c> concerned,</c><00:41:00.250><c> it's</c><00:41:00.289><c> very</c><00:41:00.730><c> easy</c>

00:41:01.130 --> 00:41:02.809
to<00:41:01.309><c> be</c><00:41:01.510><c> a</c><00:41:01.670><c> loser.</c>

00:41:04.889 --> 00:41:08.510
An<00:41:05.070><c> anchor</c><00:41:05.389><c> for</c><00:41:05.630><c> the</c><00:41:05.829><c> soul,</c><00:41:06.369><c> both</c><00:41:06.510><c> sure</c><00:41:06.829><c> and</c><00:41:07.230><c> steadfast,</c><00:41:08.369><c> and</c>

00:41:08.510 --> 00:41:12.170
which<00:41:08.849><c> entereth</c><00:41:09.469><c> into</c><00:41:09.869><c> that</c><00:41:10.449><c> within</c><00:41:11.050><c> the</c><00:41:11.309><c> veil.</c>

00:41:12.670 --> 00:41:15.929
And<00:41:12.829><c> of</c><00:41:13.010><c> course,</c><00:41:13.429><c> that</c><00:41:13.809><c> within</c><00:41:14.110><c> the</c><00:41:14.329><c> veil</c><00:41:14.730><c> is</c><00:41:15.369><c> the</c><00:41:15.610><c> presence</c>

00:41:15.929 --> 00:41:17.309
of<00:41:16.150><c> God.</c>

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Whither<00:41:19.130><c> the</c><00:41:19.570><c> forerunner</c><00:41:20.230><c> is</c><00:41:20.730><c> for</c><00:41:20.949><c> us</c><00:41:21.150><c> entered,</c><00:41:22.590><c> he</c><00:41:22.929><c> is</c><00:41:23.250><c> there</c>

00:41:23.610 --> 00:41:28.389
in<00:41:23.929><c> God's</c><00:41:24.530><c> presence</c><00:41:24.909><c> to</c><00:41:26.130><c> plead</c><00:41:26.550><c> our</c><00:41:27.210><c> case.</c>

00:41:30.230 --> 00:41:36.969
To<00:41:30.670><c> he</c><00:41:30.909><c> has</c><00:41:31.369><c> a</c><00:41:31.630><c> name</c><00:41:32.190><c> which</c><00:41:32.590><c> will</c><00:41:33.309><c> be</c><00:41:33.829><c> acceptable</c><00:41:34.610><c> in</c><00:41:35.090><c> God's</c><00:41:35.909><c> presence.</c>

00:41:38.110 --> 00:41:45.090
In<00:41:39.110><c> the</c><00:41:39.550><c> courts</c><00:41:40.050><c> of</c><00:41:40.829><c> human</c><00:41:41.150><c> governments,</c><00:41:42.869><c> there</c><00:41:43.969><c> are</c><00:41:44.349><c> what</c><00:41:44.530><c> we</c>

00:41:45.090 --> 00:41:46.989
call<00:41:45.409><c> ambassadors.</c>

00:41:48.530 --> 00:41:54.510
The<00:41:48.769><c> ambassador</c><00:41:49.469><c> of</c><00:41:50.289><c> a</c><00:41:50.530><c> country</c><00:41:51.510><c> comes</c><00:41:52.769><c> in</c><00:41:53.329><c> the</c><00:41:53.489><c> name</c><00:41:53.929><c> of</c><00:41:54.329><c> the</c>

00:41:54.510 --> 00:41:57.210
government<00:41:54.949><c> of</c><00:41:55.309><c> that</c><00:41:55.650><c> particular</c><00:41:56.210><c> country.</c>

00:41:57.630 --> 00:42:04.670
He<00:41:57.989><c> can</c><00:41:58.289><c> speak</c><00:41:58.869><c> for</c><00:41:59.650><c> the</c><00:41:59.909><c> country</c><00:42:00.489><c> and</c><00:42:01.110><c> its</c><00:42:01.769><c> inhabitants</c><00:42:02.369><c> insofar</c><00:42:03.289><c> as</c><00:42:03.469><c> it</c><00:42:03.570><c> is</c><00:42:03.730><c> possible</c><00:42:04.150><c> for</c><00:42:04.510><c> a</c>

00:42:04.670 --> 00:42:07.110
human<00:42:05.030><c> being</c><00:42:05.429><c> to</c><00:42:05.670><c> speak</c><00:42:05.889><c> for</c><00:42:06.190><c> others.</c>

00:42:09.110 --> 00:42:10.969
He<00:42:09.510><c> is</c><00:42:10.030><c> accepted.</c>

00:42:11.909 --> 00:42:16.070
If<00:42:12.150><c> we</c><00:42:12.369><c> were</c><00:42:12.530><c> to</c><00:42:12.710><c> try</c><00:42:12.849><c> to</c><00:42:13.090><c> walk</c><00:42:13.289><c> into</c><00:42:13.630><c> the</c><00:42:13.929><c> court</c><00:42:14.110><c> of</c><00:42:15.170><c> St.</c><00:42:15.570><c> James</c>

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in<00:42:16.949><c> England,</c><00:42:17.869><c> we'd</c><00:42:18.429><c> be</c><00:42:18.789><c> bounced</c><00:42:19.150><c> out</c><00:42:19.530><c> by</c><00:42:19.909><c> the</c><00:42:20.130><c> bouncer,</c>

00:42:22.929 --> 00:42:29.030
because<00:42:23.769><c> we</c><00:42:24.610><c> cannot</c><00:42:25.949><c> enter</c><00:42:26.369><c> there</c><00:42:26.829><c> in</c><00:42:27.409><c> our</c><00:42:27.690><c> own</c><00:42:27.949><c> name.</c>

00:42:29.690 --> 00:42:32.269
And<00:42:29.829><c> the</c><00:42:29.989><c> ambassador</c><00:42:30.449><c> couldn't</c><00:42:30.769><c> either,</c><00:42:31.210><c> unless</c><00:42:31.550><c> he</c><00:42:31.750><c> came</c><00:42:32.070><c> in</c>

00:42:32.269 --> 00:42:36.289
the<00:42:32.349><c> name</c><00:42:32.750><c> of</c><00:42:32.969><c> the</c><00:42:33.130><c> government</c><00:42:33.550><c> of</c><00:42:33.789><c> the</c><00:42:33.909><c> United</c><00:42:34.309><c> States</c><00:42:34.889><c> or</c><00:42:35.510><c> of</c><00:42:35.789><c> Canada,</c>

00:42:36.730 --> 00:42:39.269
for<00:42:36.889><c> those</c><00:42:37.329><c> of</c><00:42:37.769><c> you</c><00:42:37.929><c> who</c><00:42:37.929><c> are</c><00:42:38.170><c> Canadians.</c>

00:42:40.269 --> 00:42:45.590
So<00:42:40.610><c> also,</c><00:42:41.889><c> we</c><00:42:42.130><c> cannot</c><00:42:42.510><c> come</c><00:42:43.369><c> before</c><00:42:43.929><c> the</c><00:42:44.210><c> presence</c><00:42:44.550><c> of</c><00:42:44.829><c> God</c><00:42:45.170><c> in</c>

00:42:45.590 --> 00:42:47.949
our<00:42:46.050><c> own</c><00:42:46.929><c> name.</c>

00:42:49.389 --> 00:42:55.429
Jesus<00:42:50.389><c> promises</c><00:42:51.190><c> that</c><00:42:51.750><c> those</c><00:42:52.150><c> who</c><00:42:52.469><c> overcome</c><00:42:53.190><c> will</c><00:42:54.250><c> receive</c><00:42:55.130><c> a</c>

00:42:55.429 --> 00:42:56.789
new<00:42:55.769><c> name.</c>

00:42:57.750 --> 00:43:01.869
But<00:42:58.210><c> at</c><00:42:59.030><c> present,</c><00:43:00.250><c> we</c><00:43:00.309><c> don't</c><00:43:00.590><c> have</c><00:43:00.889><c> one.</c>

00:43:01.929 --> 00:43:07.489
We<00:43:02.190><c> have</c><00:43:02.510><c> to</c><00:43:02.710><c> depend</c><00:43:03.090><c> upon</c><00:43:03.650><c> the</c><00:43:03.949><c> name</c><00:43:04.630><c> of</c><00:43:04.969><c> Jesus</c><00:43:05.409><c> Christ</c><00:43:06.170><c> to</c><00:43:07.010><c> be</c>

00:43:07.489 --> 00:43:12.489
our<00:43:08.289><c> advocate,</c><00:43:09.590><c> as</c><00:43:09.829><c> John</c><00:43:10.429><c> says</c><00:43:10.869><c> in</c><00:43:11.050><c> his</c><00:43:11.309><c> first</c><00:43:11.690><c> epistle.</c>

00:43:12.489 --> 00:43:18.250
And<00:43:13.570><c> an</c><00:43:13.969><c> advocate</c><00:43:14.409><c> is</c><00:43:14.590><c> one</c><00:43:14.989><c> who</c><00:43:15.730><c> pleads</c><00:43:16.570><c> one's</c><00:43:17.250><c> cause.</c>

00:43:19.489 --> 00:43:24.750
So<00:43:19.630><c> therefore,</c><00:43:20.309><c> whether</c><00:43:20.429><c> that</c><00:43:20.710><c> is</c><00:43:21.170><c> in</c><00:43:21.829><c> to</c><00:43:22.829><c> the</c><00:43:24.030><c> presence</c><00:43:24.429><c> of</c>

00:43:24.750 --> 00:43:32.230
God,<00:43:26.230><c> Jesus</c><00:43:26.829><c> has</c><00:43:27.849><c> entered</c><00:43:28.469><c> for</c><00:43:29.469><c> us</c><00:43:29.849><c> or</c><00:43:30.150><c> on</c><00:43:30.429><c> our</c><00:43:30.750><c> account,</c>

00:43:32.789 --> 00:43:36.730
made<00:43:32.969><c> a</c><00:43:33.130><c> high</c><00:43:33.429><c> priest</c><00:43:33.789><c> after</c><00:43:34.329><c> the</c><00:43:34.630><c> order</c><00:43:35.190><c> of</c><00:43:35.769><c> Melchizedek.</c>

00:43:36.730 --> 00:43:42.030
And<00:43:37.489><c> now</c><00:43:38.050><c> we</c><00:43:38.510><c> have</c><00:43:38.809><c> about</c><00:43:39.190><c> three</c><00:43:39.590><c> minutes</c><00:43:40.010><c> left,</c><00:43:40.429><c> as</c><00:43:40.690><c> I</c><00:43:40.929><c> understand.</c>

00:43:42.469 --> 00:43:47.829
We'll<00:43:42.769><c> just</c><00:43:43.050><c> get</c><00:43:43.250><c> a</c><00:43:43.550><c> start</c><00:43:43.789><c> on</c><00:43:44.210><c> this</c><00:43:45.289><c> seventh</c><00:43:45.650><c> chapter,</c><00:43:46.110><c> because</c><00:43:46.610><c> we</c>

00:43:47.829 --> 00:43:51.010
can't<00:43:50.150><c> dally</c><00:43:50.469><c> too</c><00:43:50.809><c> long.</c>

00:43:51.050 --> 00:43:53.329
We've<00:43:51.309><c> got</c><00:43:51.389><c> to</c><00:43:51.530><c> make</c><00:43:51.710><c> use</c><00:43:51.949><c> of</c><00:43:52.170><c> our</c><00:43:52.409><c> time.</c>

00:43:53.989 --> 00:43:58.510
He<00:43:54.130><c> says,</c><00:43:54.469><c> For</c><00:43:54.469><c> this</c><00:43:54.789><c> Melchizedek,</c><00:43:56.389><c> King</c><00:43:56.690><c> of</c><00:43:56.989><c> Salem,</c><00:43:57.949><c> priest</c>

00:43:58.510 --> 00:44:00.949
of<00:43:58.949><c> the</c><00:43:59.090><c> Most</c><00:43:59.449><c> High</c><00:44:00.030><c> God.</c>

00:44:01.050 --> 00:44:04.170
And<00:44:01.690><c> you</c><00:44:02.050><c> can</c><00:44:02.210><c> read</c><00:44:02.429><c> about</c><00:44:02.730><c> him</c><00:44:02.949><c> in</c><00:44:03.110><c> the</c><00:44:03.289><c> fourteenth</c><00:44:03.750><c> chapter</c>

00:44:04.170 --> 00:44:04.809
of<00:44:04.409><c> Genesis.</c>

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We<00:44:05.070><c> haven't</c><00:44:05.349><c> time.</c><00:44:06.429><c> I'm</c><00:44:06.849><c> going</c><00:44:06.989><c> to</c><00:44:07.190><c> depend</c><00:44:07.369><c> on</c><00:44:07.650><c> you</c><00:44:07.829><c> to</c><00:44:08.030><c> pick</c>

00:44:08.190 --> 00:44:10.250
up<00:44:08.349><c> that</c><00:44:08.590><c> bit</c><00:44:08.769><c> of</c><00:44:09.010><c> history.</c>

00:44:11.230 --> 00:44:16.429
King<00:44:11.829><c> of</c><00:44:12.150><c> Salem,</c><00:44:13.469><c> priest</c><00:44:13.849><c> of</c><00:44:14.130><c> the</c><00:44:14.250><c> Most</c><00:44:14.610><c> High</c><00:44:14.909><c> God,</c><00:44:16.110><c> who</c><00:44:16.250><c> met</c>

00:44:16.429 --> 00:44:19.409
Abraham,<00:44:17.289><c> returning</c><00:44:17.750><c> from</c><00:44:18.090><c> the</c><00:44:18.349><c> slaughter</c><00:44:18.630><c> of</c><00:44:18.849><c> the</c><00:44:19.030><c> kings</c>

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and<00:44:19.710><c> blessed</c><00:44:19.969><c> him,</c>

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to<00:44:21.590><c> whom</c><00:44:21.769><c> also</c><00:44:22.329><c> Abraham</c><00:44:22.809><c> gave</c><00:44:23.230><c> a</c><00:44:23.489><c> tenth</c><00:44:23.690><c> part</c><00:44:23.989><c> of</c><00:44:24.210><c> all,</c><00:44:25.809><c> being</c>

00:44:26.030 --> 00:44:28.730
first<00:44:26.409><c> by</c><00:44:26.730><c> interpretation</c><00:44:27.590><c> King</c><00:44:27.889><c> of</c><00:44:28.090><c> Righteousness,</c>

00:44:28.730 --> 00:44:33.010
and<00:44:29.010><c> after</c><00:44:29.309><c> that</c><00:44:29.690><c> also</c><00:44:30.190><c> King</c><00:44:30.449><c> of</c><00:44:30.730><c> Salem,</c><00:44:31.750><c> which</c><00:44:31.949><c> is</c><00:44:32.429><c> King</c><00:44:32.769><c> of</c>

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Peace,<00:44:33.489><c> because</c><00:44:33.849><c> Salem</c><00:44:34.590><c> is</c><00:44:35.130><c> one</c><00:44:35.449><c> form</c><00:44:35.809><c> of</c><00:44:36.070><c> shalom,</c><00:44:36.869><c> which</c>

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means<00:44:37.489><c> peace.</c>

00:44:43.090 --> 00:44:49.429
Now,<00:44:43.730><c> it</c><00:44:44.369><c> says,</c><00:44:44.750><c> Without</c><00:44:45.230><c> father,</c><00:44:46.389><c> without</c><00:44:46.849><c> mother,</c><00:44:47.789><c> without</c><00:44:48.269><c> descent,</c>

00:44:49.769 --> 00:44:52.690
having<00:44:49.949><c> neither</c><00:44:50.250><c> beginning</c><00:44:50.769><c> of</c><00:44:51.130><c> days</c><00:44:51.449><c> nor</c><00:44:51.630><c> end</c><00:44:51.949><c> of</c><00:44:52.210><c> life,</c><00:44:52.550><c> but</c>

00:44:52.690 --> 00:44:57.269
made<00:44:52.909><c> like</c><00:44:53.170><c> unto</c><00:44:53.429><c> the</c><00:44:53.690><c> Son</c><00:44:53.849><c> of</c><00:44:54.090><c> God,</c><00:44:55.190><c> abideth</c><00:44:55.510><c> a</c><00:44:55.809><c> priest</c><00:44:56.110><c> continually.</c>

00:44:58.369 --> 00:45:05.170
Now,<00:45:00.530><c> at</c><00:45:00.690><c> first</c><00:45:01.050><c> blush,</c><00:45:02.989><c> this</c><00:45:03.409><c> might</c><00:45:03.889><c> sound</c><00:45:04.409><c> as</c><00:45:04.730><c> though</c><00:45:04.969><c> that</c>

00:45:05.170 --> 00:45:08.010
Melchizedek<00:45:05.869><c> arrived</c><00:45:06.329><c> on</c><00:45:06.630><c> the</c><00:45:06.809><c> scene</c><00:45:06.989><c> without</c><00:45:07.369><c> being</c><00:45:07.710><c> born</c>

00:45:08.010 --> 00:45:10.010
in<00:45:08.230><c> the</c><00:45:08.429><c> natural</c><00:45:08.849><c> way,</c>

00:45:10.510 --> 00:45:16.929
which<00:45:10.829><c> is,</c><00:45:11.210><c> of</c><00:45:11.309><c> course,</c><00:45:11.789><c> not</c><00:45:12.150><c> true.</c><00:45:14.050><c> It's</c><00:45:14.889><c> talking,</c><00:45:15.309><c> of</c><00:45:16.309><c> course,</c><00:45:16.610><c> about</c>

00:45:16.929 --> 00:45:19.550
Melchizedek's<00:45:18.389><c> priesthood.</c>

00:45:20.150 --> 00:45:26.289
How<00:45:20.530><c> did</c><00:45:20.710><c> one</c><00:45:21.289><c> become</c><00:45:22.030><c> a</c><00:45:22.510><c> high</c><00:45:22.869><c> priest</c><00:45:23.469><c> in</c><00:45:24.369><c> the</c><00:45:24.809><c> Aaronic</c><00:45:25.289><c> order?</c>

00:45:26.769 --> 00:45:34.090
Only<00:45:27.349><c> by</c><00:45:27.750><c> descent,</c><00:45:28.809><c> direct</c><00:45:28.969><c> descent</c><00:45:29.469><c> from</c><00:45:29.929><c> Aaron.</c><00:45:30.389><c> So</c><00:45:30.710><c> who</c><00:45:31.269><c> his</c><00:45:31.710><c> daddy</c><00:45:31.989><c> was,</c><00:45:32.449><c> was</c><00:45:32.710><c> all</c><00:45:32.989><c> important</c><00:45:33.550><c> as</c>

00:45:34.090 --> 00:45:37.110
to<00:45:34.250><c> his</c><00:45:34.510><c> qualification</c><00:45:35.170><c> for</c><00:45:35.449><c> being</c><00:45:35.750><c> a</c><00:45:35.949><c> high</c><00:45:36.190><c> priest.</c>

00:45:37.710 --> 00:45:41.150
And<00:45:37.849><c> if</c><00:45:37.949><c> you</c><00:45:38.130><c> remember</c><00:45:38.889><c> in</c><00:45:39.289><c> reading</c><00:45:39.630><c> in</c><00:45:39.989><c> Ezra</c><00:45:40.389><c> and</c><00:45:40.590><c> Nehemiah,</c>

00:45:41.150 --> 00:45:43.429
after<00:45:41.550><c> the</c><00:45:42.110><c> captives</c><00:45:42.530><c> returned,</c>

00:45:44.309 --> 00:45:48.030
the<00:45:44.849><c> priests</c><00:45:45.190><c> had</c><00:45:45.889><c> problems</c><00:45:46.590><c> because</c><00:45:47.170><c> they</c><00:45:47.469><c> hadn't</c><00:45:47.769><c> kept</c>

00:45:48.030 --> 00:45:49.929
their<00:45:48.429><c> genealogies</c><00:45:49.489><c> clear.</c>

00:45:49.929 --> 00:45:54.849
And<00:45:51.309><c> so,</c><00:45:51.909><c> in</c><00:45:51.929><c> the</c><00:45:52.110><c> Levitical</c><00:45:52.570><c> order,</c><00:45:53.690><c> genealogy</c><00:45:54.449><c> was</c>

00:45:54.849 --> 00:45:57.309
absolutely<00:45:55.949><c> essential.</c>

00:45:58.889 --> 00:46:02.750
As<00:45:59.070><c> far</c><00:45:59.329><c> as</c><00:45:59.469><c> Melchizedek's</c><00:46:00.389><c> priesthood,</c><00:46:01.789><c> it</c><00:46:01.869><c> didn't</c><00:46:02.190><c> depend</c>

00:46:02.750 --> 00:46:04.789
on<00:46:03.309><c> genealogy.</c>

00:46:04.849 --> 00:46:09.369
Now,<00:46:06.190><c> who</c><00:46:06.449><c> Melchizedek</c><00:46:07.329><c> was</c><00:46:07.730><c> has</c><00:46:08.050><c> been</c><00:46:08.349><c> argued</c><00:46:08.730><c> and</c><00:46:08.989><c> argued</c>

00:46:09.369 --> 00:46:12.329
and<00:46:09.570><c> argued,</c><00:46:10.789><c> odd</c><00:46:10.949><c> infinitum.</c>

00:46:13.369 --> 00:46:18.190
There<00:46:14.070><c> are</c><00:46:14.630><c> several</c><00:46:15.050><c> theories.</c><00:46:16.750><c> The</c><00:46:17.050><c> one</c><00:46:17.309><c> that</c><00:46:17.510><c> I</c><00:46:17.750><c> think</c><00:46:17.969><c> is</c>

00:46:18.190 --> 00:46:19.769
the<00:46:18.369><c> most</c><00:46:18.650><c> plausible</c>

00:46:19.929 --> 00:46:25.750
for<00:46:20.230><c> several</c><00:46:20.530><c> reasons</c><00:46:21.250><c> is</c><00:46:22.210><c> that</c><00:46:22.929><c> maybe</c><00:46:23.230><c> Melchizedek</c><00:46:24.030><c> was</c><00:46:24.730><c> Shem,</c>

00:46:26.150 --> 00:46:34.489
who<00:46:26.250><c> was</c><00:46:26.769><c> the</c><00:46:27.690><c> progenitor</c><00:46:28.449><c> of</c><00:46:28.929><c> the</c><00:46:29.489><c> Semites,</c><00:46:30.210><c> of</c><00:46:30.429><c> which</c><00:46:30.690><c> Abraham</c><00:46:31.269><c> was</c><00:46:32.389><c> a</c><00:46:33.809><c> part.</c>

00:46:35.650 --> 00:46:40.449
And<00:46:35.969><c> if</c><00:46:36.150><c> you</c><00:46:36.530><c> check</c><00:46:36.789><c> through</c><00:46:37.429><c> the</c><00:46:38.789><c> genealogies</c><00:46:39.690><c> in</c><00:46:40.030><c> the</c><00:46:40.210><c> Old</c>

00:46:40.449 --> 00:46:42.949
Testament<00:46:41.150><c> and</c><00:46:41.909><c> the</c><00:46:42.130><c> dates</c><00:46:42.449><c> given,</c>

00:46:42.949 --> 00:46:48.409
you<00:46:43.710><c> will</c><00:46:44.070><c> find</c><00:46:44.630><c> that</c><00:46:45.070><c> Abraham</c><00:46:45.530><c> and</c><00:46:45.889><c> Melchizedek</c><00:46:46.710><c> were</c><00:46:47.210><c> indeed,</c><00:46:47.969><c> for</c><00:46:48.269><c> a</c>

00:46:48.409 --> 00:46:51.309
portion<00:46:48.650><c> of</c><00:46:48.929><c> Abraham's</c><00:46:49.429><c> life,</c><00:46:50.210><c> contemporaries.</c>

00:46:52.210 --> 00:46:58.710
Now,<00:46:53.769><c> the</c><00:46:54.469><c> priesthood</c><00:46:55.429><c> in</c><00:46:56.809><c> ancient</c><00:46:57.230><c> times</c><00:46:57.610><c> was</c><00:46:57.969><c> accorded</c><00:46:58.449><c> to</c>

00:46:58.710 --> 00:47:00.869
the<00:46:58.909><c> oldest</c><00:46:59.369><c> in</c><00:46:59.630><c> the</c><00:46:59.829><c> family.</c>

00:47:01.550 --> 00:47:05.010
And<00:47:01.789><c> Shem</c><00:47:01.989><c> was</c><00:47:02.250><c> certainly</c><00:47:02.670><c> the</c><00:47:02.929><c> oldest</c><00:47:03.369><c> in</c><00:47:03.750><c> the</c><00:47:04.090><c> family</c><00:47:04.570><c> of</c>

00:47:05.010 --> 00:47:08.190
the<00:47:05.190><c> Semites</c><00:47:05.849><c> during</c><00:47:06.769><c> his</c><00:47:07.150><c> lifetime.</c>

00:47:11.369 --> 00:47:17.309
And<00:47:12.050><c> he</c><00:47:12.730><c> is</c><00:47:13.030><c> singled</c><00:47:13.309><c> out</c><00:47:13.730><c> in</c><00:47:14.170><c> the</c><00:47:14.369><c> Scriptures</c><00:47:14.809><c> for</c><00:47:15.590><c> particular</c><00:47:16.469><c> honor.</c>

00:47:19.230 --> 00:47:23.329
So<00:47:19.409><c> therefore,</c><00:47:20.329><c> this</c><00:47:20.670><c> is,</c><00:47:21.170><c> I</c><00:47:21.489><c> think,</c><00:47:21.929><c> a</c><00:47:22.090><c> tenable</c><00:47:22.550><c> hypothesis,</c>

00:47:23.429 --> 00:47:25.789
but<00:47:23.630><c> we</c><00:47:23.809><c> can't</c><00:47:24.489><c> say</c><00:47:24.829><c> it</c><00:47:25.050><c> is</c><00:47:25.309><c> a</c><00:47:25.550><c> proof.</c>

00:47:25.869 --> 00:47:30.090
It<00:47:26.010><c> is</c><00:47:26.369><c> merely</c><00:47:26.730><c> a</c><00:47:27.269><c> hypothesis</c><00:47:27.929><c> that</c><00:47:28.389><c> agrees</c><00:47:28.690><c> with</c><00:47:29.030><c> the</c><00:47:29.230><c> facts.</c>

00:47:30.369 --> 00:47:36.030
Well,<00:47:31.550><c> according</c><00:47:32.010><c> to</c><00:47:32.550><c> what</c><00:47:32.869><c> is</c><00:47:34.210><c> reported</c><00:47:34.550><c> to</c><00:47:34.789><c> be</c><00:47:34.909><c> the</c><00:47:35.130><c> official</c><00:47:35.489><c> time,</c><00:47:35.829><c> I</c>

00:47:36.030 --> 00:47:38.349
believe<00:47:36.389><c> my</c><00:47:36.949><c> official</c><00:47:37.329><c> time</c><00:47:37.710><c> is</c><00:47:37.969><c> up,</c>

00:47:38.690 --> 00:47:43.570
so<00:47:38.969><c> we</c><00:47:39.210><c> will</c><00:47:39.510><c> continue</c><00:47:40.170><c> talking</c><00:47:40.650><c> about</c><00:47:41.289><c> Melchizedek</c><00:47:42.110><c> and</c><00:47:42.969><c> so</c>

00:47:43.570 --> 00:47:44.889
forth<00:47:43.889><c> tomorrow.</c>

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Thank<00:48:01.150><c> you.</c>