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and<00:11:29.500><c> turned</c><00:11:29.879><c> water</c><00:11:30.299><c> into</c><00:11:30.639><c> blood.</c>

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abundant<00:11:52.039><c> blessing.</c>

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We're<00:12:08.399><c> going</c><00:12:08.500><c> to</c><00:12:08.659><c> spend</c><00:12:08.860><c> a</c><00:12:09.000><c> little</c><00:12:09.200><c> time</c><00:12:09.820><c> looking</c><00:12:10.399><c> in</c><00:12:10.779><c> particular</c>

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you<00:12:33.000><c> notice</c><00:12:33.279><c> a</c><00:12:33.519><c> sense</c><00:12:33.720><c> in</c><00:12:33.860><c> which</c><00:12:34.059><c> there</c><00:12:34.340><c> are</c><00:12:35.139><c> discourses</c>

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are<00:12:46.879><c> teachings</c><00:12:47.639><c> which</c><00:12:49.179><c> grow</c><00:12:49.940><c> out</c><00:12:50.620><c> of</c>

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just<00:12:59.279><c> what</c><00:12:59.559><c> it</c><00:12:59.860><c> was</c><00:13:00.200><c> then</c><00:13:00.679><c> that</c><00:13:01.080><c> was</c><00:13:01.279><c> taking</c><00:13:01.559><c> place.</c>

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Let's<00:13:02.419><c> have</c><00:13:02.559><c> a</c><00:13:02.639><c> look</c><00:13:02.759><c> at</c><00:13:02.879><c> John</c><00:13:03.139><c> chapter</c><00:13:03.480><c> 2</c>

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day<00:14:18.340><c> of</c><00:14:18.500><c> that</c><00:14:18.799><c> sequence,</c>

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You<00:14:50.120><c> can</c><00:14:50.399><c> find</c><00:14:50.700><c> the</c><00:14:51.039><c> first</c><00:14:51.399><c> week</c><00:14:51.820><c> and</c><00:14:52.480><c> the</c><00:14:52.799><c> second</c><00:14:53.139><c> week.</c>

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And<00:14:54.559><c> so</c><00:14:54.820><c> by</c><00:14:55.159><c> the</c><00:14:55.340><c> time</c><00:14:55.500><c> we</c><00:14:55.659><c> have</c><00:14:55.860><c> come</c><00:14:56.059><c> to</c><00:14:56.340><c> the</c><00:14:56.879><c> seventh</c><00:14:57.440><c> day,</c>

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beginning<00:14:58.720><c> with</c><00:14:59.000><c> the</c><00:14:59.200><c> sequence</c><00:14:59.559><c> in</c><00:14:59.840><c> John</c><00:15:00.100><c> 1</c><00:15:00.580><c> verse</c><00:15:00.980><c> 28,</c>

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we<00:15:02.019><c> have</c><00:15:02.299><c> come</c><00:15:02.519><c> to</c><00:15:02.700><c> what</c><00:15:02.899><c> we</c><00:15:03.100><c> might</c><00:15:03.279><c> expect,</c>

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a<00:15:04.539><c> prototype</c><00:15:05.220><c> of</c><00:15:05.679><c> the</c><00:15:05.919><c> marriage</c><00:15:06.279><c> supper</c><00:15:06.639><c> of</c><00:15:06.899><c> the</c><00:15:07.100><c> Lamb</c>

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and<00:15:08.200><c> the</c><00:15:08.500><c> family</c><00:15:08.879><c> of</c><00:15:09.100><c> the</c><00:15:09.240><c> Lord</c><00:15:09.500><c> Jesus</c><00:15:09.940><c> Christ</c><00:15:10.279><c> are</c><00:15:10.539><c> there.</c>

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But<00:15:12.899><c> at</c><00:15:13.500><c> this</c><00:15:13.700><c> particular</c><00:15:14.259><c> marriage</c><00:15:14.860><c> there</c><00:15:15.399><c> are</c><00:15:15.620><c> problems.</c>

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Verse<00:15:17.019><c> 3,</c><00:15:18.860><c> And</c><00:15:18.879><c> when</c><00:15:19.120><c> they</c><00:15:19.340><c> wanted</c><00:15:19.860><c> wine,</c>

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the<00:15:21.200><c> mother</c><00:15:21.419><c> of</c><00:15:21.559><c> Jesus</c><00:15:22.000><c> saith</c><00:15:22.279><c> unto</c><00:15:22.519><c> him,</c><00:15:23.940><c> They</c><00:15:24.059><c> have</c><00:15:24.379><c> no</c><00:15:24.659><c> wine.</c>

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Jesus<00:15:26.879><c> saith</c><00:15:27.139><c> unto</c><00:15:27.399><c> her,</c><00:15:27.919><c> Woman,</c><00:15:28.620><c> what</c><00:15:28.860><c> have</c><00:15:29.000><c> I</c><00:15:29.159><c> to</c><00:15:29.299><c> do</c><00:15:29.399><c> with</c><00:15:29.659><c> thee?</c>

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Mine<00:15:31.019><c> hour</c><00:15:31.299><c> is</c><00:15:31.539><c> not</c><00:15:31.820><c> yet</c><00:15:32.139><c> come.</c>

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Clearly<00:15:33.919><c> then</c><00:15:34.179><c> the</c><00:15:34.320><c> Lord</c><00:15:34.620><c> who</c><00:15:34.960><c> lived</c><00:15:35.259><c> upon</c><00:15:35.840><c> such</c><00:15:36.259><c> a</c><00:15:36.559><c> high</c><00:15:36.840><c> level</c>

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of<00:15:37.440><c> understanding</c><00:15:38.120><c> and</c><00:15:38.720><c> anticipation</c>

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saw<00:15:40.440><c> at</c><00:15:40.779><c> once</c><00:15:41.039><c> that</c><00:15:41.240><c> this</c><00:15:41.500><c> was</c><00:15:42.659><c> expressive</c>

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in<00:15:44.460><c> some</c><00:15:44.720><c> way</c><00:15:44.899><c> of</c><00:15:45.120><c> the</c><00:15:45.379><c> greatness</c><00:15:45.740><c> of</c><00:15:46.000><c> the</c><00:15:46.159><c> work</c><00:15:46.379><c> that</c><00:15:46.840><c> was</c><00:15:47.200><c> to</c>

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be<00:15:47.620><c> done</c>

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at<00:15:48.360><c> the</c><00:15:48.580><c> marriage</c><00:15:48.899><c> supper</c><00:15:49.159><c> of</c><00:15:49.360><c> the</c><00:15:49.559><c> Lamb,</c>

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and<00:15:50.179><c> that</c><00:15:50.539><c> time</c><00:15:50.779><c> was</c><00:15:51.000><c> not</c><00:15:51.279><c> yet</c><00:15:51.620><c> come.</c>

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But<00:15:52.600><c> you'll</c><00:15:52.820><c> see</c><00:15:53.000><c> as</c><00:15:53.159><c> well,</c><00:15:53.519><c> won't</c><00:15:53.679><c> you,</c>

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how<00:15:54.220><c> He</c><00:15:54.480><c> had</c><00:15:54.639><c> been</c><00:15:54.899><c> such</c><00:15:55.139><c> a</c><00:15:55.340><c> help</c><00:15:55.559><c> to</c><00:15:55.820><c> Mary</c><00:15:56.019><c> in</c><00:15:56.279><c> time</c><00:15:56.519><c> past.</c>

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She<00:15:57.259><c> could</c><00:15:57.460><c> turn</c><00:15:57.679><c> to</c><00:15:57.799><c> Him</c><00:15:58.039><c> naturally.</c>

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There<00:15:59.100><c> were</c><00:15:59.340><c> problems</c><00:15:59.779><c> and</c><00:16:00.320><c> naturally</c>

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she<00:16:01.460><c> went</c><00:16:01.840><c> to</c><00:16:02.200><c> her</c><00:16:02.600><c> elder</c><00:16:02.940><c> son.</c>

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Mother,<00:16:06.460><c> what</c><00:16:06.639><c> have</c><00:16:06.799><c> I</c><00:16:06.940><c> to</c><00:16:07.080><c> do</c><00:16:07.240><c> with</c><00:16:07.559><c> thee?</c>

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Mine<00:16:08.799><c> hour</c><00:16:09.220><c> is</c><00:16:09.500><c> not</c><00:16:09.740><c> yet</c><00:16:10.039><c> come.</c>

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Intriguing,<00:16:10.860><c> it</c><00:16:10.860><c> doesn't</c><00:16:11.080><c> say</c><00:16:11.340><c> that,</c><00:16:11.580><c> does</c><00:16:11.639><c> it?</c>

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Never<00:16:12.639><c> once</c><00:16:13.080><c> is</c><00:16:15.360><c> Mary</c><00:16:15.759><c> called</c>

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the<00:16:16.580><c> mother</c><00:16:16.919><c> of</c><00:16:17.139><c> the</c><00:16:17.279><c> Lord</c><00:16:17.580><c> Jesus</c><00:16:18.000><c> Christ,</c>

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but<00:16:19.259><c> here</c><00:16:19.620><c> she</c><00:16:19.759><c> is</c><00:16:19.980><c> described</c><00:16:20.580><c> as</c><00:16:21.240><c> woman.</c>

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Not<00:16:22.360><c> that</c><00:16:22.519><c> that</c><00:16:22.679><c> was</c><00:16:22.899><c> in</c><00:16:23.019><c> any</c><00:16:23.360><c> way</c><00:16:23.620><c> disrespectful,</c>

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but<00:16:25.019><c> nevertheless</c><00:16:25.379><c> there</c><00:16:25.620><c> is</c><00:16:25.980><c> no</c><00:16:26.360><c> foothold</c><00:16:27.000><c> given</c>

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within<00:16:27.919><c> the</c><00:16:28.179><c> Gospel</c><00:16:28.639><c> for</c><00:16:29.100><c> the</c><00:16:29.320><c> worship</c><00:16:29.700><c> of</c><00:16:30.379><c> Mary.</c>

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She<00:16:31.980><c> was</c><00:16:32.200><c> put,</c><00:16:32.419><c> as</c><00:16:32.559><c> it</c><00:16:32.679><c> were,</c><00:16:32.940><c> in</c><00:16:33.019><c> her</c><00:16:33.539><c> correct</c><00:16:33.960><c> place,</c>

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and<00:16:35.179><c> that's</c><00:16:35.460><c> a</c><00:16:35.460><c> very</c><00:16:35.799><c> honorable</c><00:16:36.320><c> place.</c>

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Mary<00:16:38.080><c> wasn't</c><00:16:38.360><c> put</c><00:16:38.620><c> off,</c><00:16:38.879><c> was</c><00:16:39.000><c> she,</c>

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by<00:16:39.620><c> the</c><00:16:39.919><c> response</c><00:16:40.360><c> that</c><00:16:40.580><c> she</c><00:16:40.740><c> had</c><00:16:40.940><c> received</c><00:16:41.220><c> from</c><00:16:41.440><c> Jesus,</c>

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because<00:16:42.740><c> her</c><00:16:43.299><c> answer</c><00:16:43.659><c> to</c><00:16:43.879><c> the</c><00:16:44.120><c> servants</c><00:16:44.440><c> was,</c>

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whatsoever<00:16:45.440><c> He</c><00:16:45.840><c> saith</c><00:16:46.039><c> unto</c><00:16:46.220><c> you,</c><00:16:46.419><c> do</c><00:16:46.600><c> it.</c>

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And<00:16:47.340><c> now</c><00:16:47.600><c> look</c><00:16:47.759><c> at</c><00:16:47.879><c> the</c><00:16:48.120><c> comment</c><00:16:48.399><c> that</c><00:16:48.639><c> John</c><00:16:48.899><c> inserts</c><00:16:49.340><c> there</c>

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at<00:16:49.779><c> verse</c><00:16:50.000><c> 6.</c>

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And<00:16:51.679><c> there</c><00:16:51.820><c> were</c><00:16:52.080><c> set</c><00:16:52.320><c> there</c><00:16:52.980><c> six</c><00:16:53.600><c> waterpots</c><00:16:54.279><c> of</c><00:16:54.620><c> stone</c>

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after<00:16:55.620><c> the</c><00:16:55.960><c> manner</c><00:16:56.179><c> of</c><00:16:56.399><c> the</c><00:16:56.700><c> purifying</c><00:16:57.220><c> of</c><00:16:57.419><c> the</c><00:16:57.659><c> Jews,</c>

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containing<00:16:59.059><c> two</c><00:16:59.379><c> or</c><00:16:59.620><c> three</c><00:17:00.080><c> firkins</c><00:17:00.759><c> apiece.</c>

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Now<00:17:03.139><c> why</c><00:17:03.320><c> is</c><00:17:03.519><c> it</c><00:17:03.639><c> that</c><00:17:03.799><c> John</c><00:17:03.980><c> suddenly</c><00:17:04.480><c> inserts</c><00:17:05.099><c> that</c><00:17:05.440><c> sort</c><00:17:05.680><c> of</c><00:17:05.960><c> detail?</c>

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I've<00:17:07.119><c> been</c><00:17:07.220><c> arguing,</c><00:17:07.700><c> after</c><00:17:07.859><c> all,</c>

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that<00:17:08.319><c> he</c><00:17:08.519><c> was</c><00:17:08.720><c> predominantly</c><00:17:09.380><c> writing</c><00:17:09.839><c> for</c><00:17:10.279><c> Jews.</c>

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He<00:17:11.180><c> would</c><00:17:11.299><c> have</c><00:17:11.440><c> thought</c><00:17:11.619><c> that</c><00:17:11.819><c> they</c><00:17:12.019><c> would</c><00:17:12.180><c> have</c><00:17:12.380><c> known</c>

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what<00:17:13.200><c> the</c><00:17:13.480><c> manner</c><00:17:13.680><c> of</c><00:17:13.859><c> the</c><00:17:14.119><c> purifying</c><00:17:14.559><c> was</c><00:17:14.859><c> amongst</c><00:17:15.240><c> them.</c>

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Why<00:17:16.000><c> should</c><00:17:16.180><c> they</c><00:17:16.460><c> suddenly</c><00:17:16.839><c> need</c><00:17:17.099><c> this</c><00:17:17.420><c> detail?</c>

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Well,<00:17:18.859><c> bear</c><00:17:19.039><c> in</c><00:17:19.180><c> mind</c><00:17:19.339><c> that</c><00:17:19.619><c> it</c><00:17:20.000><c> was</c><00:17:20.180><c> not</c><00:17:20.380><c> only</c><00:17:20.720><c> for</c><00:17:20.920><c> the</c><00:17:21.140><c> Jews</c>

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of<00:17:21.799><c> Jerusalem</c>

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that<00:17:22.839><c> John</c><00:17:23.059><c> was</c><00:17:23.299><c> writing,</c>

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but<00:17:24.759><c> also,</c><00:17:25.579><c> and</c><00:17:25.700><c> perhaps</c><00:17:25.980><c> more</c><00:17:26.460><c> particularly,</c>

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for<00:17:27.680><c> the</c><00:17:27.900><c> Jews</c><00:17:28.079><c> of</c><00:17:28.299><c> the</c><00:17:28.619><c> diaspora,</c>

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both<00:17:30.039><c> those</c><00:17:30.299><c> who</c><00:17:30.420><c> were</c><00:17:30.680><c> dispersed</c><00:17:31.240><c> in</c><00:17:31.779><c> the</c><00:17:32.279><c> Gentile</c><00:17:32.859><c> world</c>

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and<00:17:33.339><c> those,</c><00:17:33.660><c> indeed,</c><00:17:34.059><c> who</c><00:17:34.140><c> were</c><00:17:34.380><c> dispersed</c><00:17:34.900><c> at</c><00:17:35.140><c> Babylon.</c>

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And<00:17:36.259><c> they</c><00:17:36.559><c> would</c><00:17:36.779><c> have</c><00:17:36.940><c> been</c><00:17:37.200><c> less</c><00:17:37.519><c> acquainted</c>

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with<00:17:38.619><c> the</c><00:17:38.960><c> circumstances</c><00:17:39.619><c> and</c><00:17:40.240><c> situation</c><00:17:40.819><c> in</c><00:17:41.059><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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That's<00:17:42.200><c> one</c><00:17:42.420><c> aspect,</c><00:17:42.779><c> but</c><00:17:42.920><c> there's</c><00:17:43.180><c> another.</c>

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Someone<00:17:45.720><c> has</c><00:17:45.940><c> said</c><00:17:46.099><c> that</c><00:17:46.319><c> John's</c><00:17:46.799><c> Gospel</c>

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is<00:17:47.200><c> the</c><00:17:47.299><c> most</c><00:17:47.640><c> anti</c><00:17:48.039><c>-Semitic</c><00:17:48.420><c> of</c><00:17:48.539><c> all</c><00:17:48.759><c> the</c><00:17:48.960><c> Gospels.</c>

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What<00:17:50.740><c> they</c><00:17:50.960><c> mean</c><00:17:51.099><c> by</c><00:17:51.319><c> that</c><00:17:51.539><c> is</c>

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that<00:17:52.119><c> he</c><00:17:52.359><c> writes</c><00:17:52.640><c> very</c><00:17:53.119><c> critically</c><00:17:53.900><c> concerning</c><00:17:54.720><c> the</c><00:17:55.099><c> Jews</c>

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and<00:17:55.960><c> the</c><00:17:56.140><c> Jewish</c><00:17:56.500><c> establishment.</c>

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Now,<00:17:58.059><c> come</c><00:17:58.240><c> to</c><00:17:58.400><c> this</c><00:17:58.660><c> verse</c><00:17:58.839><c> with</c><00:17:59.019><c> that</c><00:17:59.259><c> particular</c><00:17:59.720><c> edge.</c>

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And<00:18:00.799><c> there</c><00:18:00.920><c> were</c><00:18:01.180><c> set</c><00:18:01.420><c> there</c><00:18:01.960><c> six</c><00:18:02.460><c> waterpots</c><00:18:03.079><c> of</c><00:18:03.420><c> stone</c>

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after<00:18:04.539><c> the</c><00:18:04.900><c> manner</c><00:18:05.220><c> of</c><00:18:05.440><c> the</c><00:18:05.799><c> purifying</c><00:18:06.380><c> of</c><00:18:06.579><c> the</c><00:18:06.900><c> Jews.</c>

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This<00:18:07.660><c> had</c><00:18:07.819><c> nothing</c><00:18:08.059><c> to</c><00:18:08.240><c> do</c><00:18:08.299><c> with</c><00:18:08.519><c> God.</c>

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This<00:18:09.420><c> was</c><00:18:09.599><c> not</c><00:18:09.819><c> God's</c><00:18:10.380><c> requirement.</c>

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It<00:18:11.220><c> was</c><00:18:11.380><c> not</c><00:18:11.660><c> God</c><00:18:11.920><c> who</c><00:18:12.140><c> required</c><00:18:12.500><c> that</c><00:18:12.640><c> they</c><00:18:12.819><c> should</c><00:18:12.940><c> have</c>

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120<00:18:13.720><c> gallons</c><00:18:14.140><c> of</c><00:18:14.359><c> water</c><00:18:14.640><c> there</c><00:18:14.940><c> when</c><00:18:15.200><c> it</c><00:18:15.380><c> came</c><00:18:15.559><c> to</c><00:18:15.720><c> a</c><00:18:15.880><c> wedding.</c>

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This<00:18:16.519><c> was</c><00:18:16.799><c> a</c><00:18:17.059><c> Jewish</c><00:18:17.440><c> provision.</c>

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But<00:18:18.519><c> my,</c><00:18:19.400><c> how</c><00:18:20.019><c> Jesus</c><00:18:21.059><c> observes</c><00:18:22.059><c> their</c><00:18:22.480><c> need</c><00:18:23.079><c> of</c><00:18:23.779><c> purification.</c>

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You<00:18:25.680><c> see,</c><00:18:25.759><c> if</c><00:18:25.859><c> you</c><00:18:25.940><c> look</c><00:18:26.079><c> at</c><00:18:26.160><c> it</c><00:18:26.259><c> from</c><00:18:26.400><c> that</c><00:18:26.599><c> point</c><00:18:26.859><c> of</c><00:18:27.000><c> view,</c>

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the<00:18:27.500><c> Lord</c><00:18:27.759><c> comes</c><00:18:28.160><c> past</c><00:18:28.700><c> and</c><00:18:29.039><c> He</c><00:18:29.200><c> walks</c><00:18:29.559><c> into</c><00:18:29.859><c> a</c><00:18:30.099><c> dirty</c><00:18:30.440><c> people.</c>

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Well,<00:18:32.000><c> they</c><00:18:32.380><c> recognized</c><00:18:32.819><c> themselves</c><00:18:33.240><c> to</c><00:18:33.420><c> be</c><00:18:33.599><c> dirty.</c>

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They<00:18:34.440><c> had</c><00:18:34.500><c> 120</c><00:18:35.119><c> gallons</c><00:18:35.460><c> of</c><00:18:35.700><c> water</c><00:18:35.920><c> just</c><00:18:36.579><c> for</c><00:18:36.819><c> the</c><00:18:37.039><c> washing.</c>

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Wash<00:18:38.880><c> ye</c><00:18:39.619><c> and</c><00:18:40.420><c> be</c><00:18:41.000><c> clean,</c><00:18:42.319><c> Isaiah</c><00:18:42.660><c> had</c><00:18:43.000><c> said.</c>

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Jeremiah<00:18:44.140><c> had</c><00:18:44.380><c> said,</c>

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Though<00:18:44.579><c> you</c><00:18:44.880><c> wash</c><00:18:45.180><c> you</c><00:18:45.380><c> with</c><00:18:45.779><c> soap,</c>

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yet<00:18:46.519><c> you</c><00:18:46.640><c> cannot</c><00:18:47.059><c> cleanse</c><00:18:47.519><c> yourselves</c><00:18:48.039><c> from</c><00:18:48.319><c> your</c><00:18:48.599><c> iniquities.</c>

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And<00:18:50.259><c> Zechariah</c><00:18:50.700><c> had</c><00:18:50.920><c> said,</c>

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A<00:18:51.259><c> fountain</c><00:18:51.700><c> shall</c><00:18:51.920><c> be</c><00:18:52.140><c> opened</c><00:18:52.539><c> for</c><00:18:52.940><c> the</c><00:18:53.119><c> house</c><00:18:53.400><c> of</c><00:18:53.640><c> David,</c>

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for<00:18:54.579><c> sin</c><00:18:54.960><c> and</c><00:18:55.319><c> for</c><00:18:55.619><c> iniquity.</c>

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And<00:18:56.859><c> still</c><00:18:57.259><c> they</c><00:18:57.460><c> were</c><00:18:57.759><c> unclean.</c>

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There<00:19:00.099><c> were</c><00:19:00.339><c> six</c><00:19:01.140><c> waterpots</c><00:19:01.900><c> of</c><00:19:02.220><c> stone.</c>

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And<00:19:03.099><c> again,</c><00:19:03.720><c> mark</c><00:19:03.839><c> well</c><00:19:04.059><c> the</c><00:19:04.240><c> symbology.</c>

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Six,<00:19:05.240><c> the</c><00:19:05.299><c> number</c><00:19:05.519><c> of</c><00:19:05.799><c> man.</c>

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Stone,<00:19:07.440><c> the</c><00:19:07.759><c> representation</c><00:19:08.480><c> of</c><00:19:08.980><c> their</c><00:19:09.299><c> hearts</c><00:19:09.740><c> of</c><00:19:10.099><c> stone,</c>

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of<00:19:11.079><c> the</c><00:19:11.700><c> law</c><00:19:12.119><c> engraved</c><00:19:12.980><c> in</c><00:19:13.359><c> stone</c>

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that<00:19:14.059><c> stood</c><00:19:14.500><c> against</c><00:19:15.119><c> them</c><00:19:15.460><c> and</c><00:19:15.920><c> condemned</c><00:19:16.480><c> them.</c>

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And<00:19:17.140><c> now</c><00:19:17.640><c> what</c><00:19:18.000><c> could</c><00:19:18.220><c> it</c><00:19:18.420><c> do</c><00:19:18.640><c> for</c><00:19:18.960><c> them?</c>

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Well,<00:19:22.019><c> with</c><00:19:22.299><c> the</c><00:19:22.519><c> Lord</c><00:19:22.880><c> Jesus</c><00:19:23.420><c> Christ,</c>

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it<00:19:24.960><c> could</c><00:19:25.220><c> do</c><00:19:25.579><c> everything</c><00:19:26.140><c> that</c><00:19:26.460><c> they</c><00:19:26.779><c> needed.</c>

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Jesus<00:19:30.119><c> saith</c><00:19:30.480><c> unto</c><00:19:30.720><c> them,</c><00:19:31.220><c> verse</c><00:19:31.680><c> 7,</c>

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Fill<00:19:33.819><c> the</c><00:19:34.099><c> waterpots</c><00:19:34.740><c> with</c><00:19:35.039><c> water,</c>

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and<00:19:36.720><c> they</c><00:19:37.140><c> filled</c><00:19:37.519><c> them</c><00:19:38.119><c> up</c><00:19:38.460><c> to</c><00:19:38.660><c> the</c><00:19:38.900><c> brim.</c>

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Catch<00:19:40.900><c> that</c><00:19:41.180><c> picture</c><00:19:41.460><c> in</c><00:19:41.640><c> your</c><00:19:41.839><c> mind's</c><00:19:42.180><c> eye</c><00:19:42.279><c> then.</c>

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That<00:19:43.059><c> which</c><00:19:43.279><c> had</c><00:19:43.420><c> been</c><00:19:43.700><c> a</c><00:19:43.900><c> symbol</c><00:19:44.299><c> of</c><00:19:44.940><c> purification</c>

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is<00:19:46.559><c> now</c><00:19:47.240><c> filled</c><00:19:47.960><c> up</c><00:19:48.640><c> to</c><00:19:48.940><c> the</c><00:19:49.220><c> brim.</c>

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The<00:19:50.160><c> Lord</c><00:19:50.380><c> had</c><00:19:50.619><c> not</c><00:19:50.940><c> come</c><00:19:51.299><c> to</c><00:19:51.680><c> destroy</c><00:19:52.220><c> the</c><00:19:52.460><c> law,</c>

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but<00:19:53.119><c> to</c><00:19:53.700><c> fulfil</c><00:19:54.279><c> it.</c>

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And<00:19:55.420><c> now</c><00:19:55.779><c> the</c><00:19:56.019><c> cup</c><00:19:56.180><c> is,</c><00:19:56.319><c> as</c><00:19:56.480><c> it</c><00:19:56.599><c> were,</c><00:19:57.119><c> running</c><00:19:57.519><c> over.</c>

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There<00:19:59.140><c> is</c><00:19:59.339><c> that</c><00:19:59.579><c> which</c><00:19:59.839><c> is</c><00:20:00.420><c> pure</c><00:20:00.859><c> and</c><00:20:01.980><c> complete.</c>

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And<00:20:05.359><c> suddenly</c><00:20:05.940><c> the</c><00:20:06.220><c> change</c><00:20:06.500><c> occurs.</c>

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And<00:20:08.420><c> he</c><00:20:08.700><c> saith</c><00:20:08.920><c> unto</c><00:20:09.119><c> them,</c>

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Draw<00:20:10.900><c> out</c><00:20:11.440><c> now,</c>

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and<00:20:13.200><c> bear</c><00:20:13.559><c> unto</c><00:20:13.900><c> the</c><00:20:14.119><c> governor</c><00:20:14.460><c> of</c><00:20:14.680><c> the</c><00:20:14.900><c> feast,</c>

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and<00:20:15.380><c> they</c><00:20:15.759><c> bear</c><00:20:16.000><c> it.</c>

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When<00:20:17.539><c> the</c><00:20:17.720><c> ruler</c><00:20:18.019><c> of</c><00:20:18.200><c> the</c><00:20:18.420><c> feast</c><00:20:18.640><c> had</c><00:20:18.859><c> tasted</c><00:20:19.240><c> the</c><00:20:19.480><c> water</c>

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that<00:20:19.960><c> was</c><00:20:20.200><c> made</c><00:20:20.480><c> wine,</c>

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and<00:20:21.559><c> knew</c><00:20:21.720><c> not</c><00:20:21.980><c> whence</c><00:20:22.279><c> it</c><00:20:22.480><c> was,</c>

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but<00:20:22.980><c> the</c><00:20:23.299><c> servants</c><00:20:23.640><c> which</c><00:20:23.940><c> drew</c><00:20:24.160><c> the</c><00:20:24.400><c> water</c><00:20:24.720><c> knew,</c>

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the<00:20:25.880><c> governor</c><00:20:26.259><c> of</c><00:20:26.440><c> the</c><00:20:26.640><c> feast</c><00:20:26.859><c> called</c><00:20:27.200><c> the</c><00:20:27.460><c> bridegroom</c>

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and<00:20:28.160><c> saith</c><00:20:28.299><c> unto</c><00:20:28.519><c> him,</c>

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Every<00:20:29.400><c> man</c><00:20:29.599><c> at</c><00:20:29.740><c> the</c><00:20:29.920><c> beginning</c><00:20:30.420><c> doth</c><00:20:30.700><c> set</c><00:20:31.000><c> forth</c><00:20:31.380><c> good</c><00:20:31.720><c> wine,</c>

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and<00:20:32.599><c> when</c><00:20:32.819><c> men</c><00:20:33.099><c> have</c><00:20:33.380><c> well</c><00:20:33.759><c> drunk,</c>

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then<00:20:34.680><c> that</c><00:20:34.920><c> which</c><00:20:35.099><c> is</c><00:20:35.359><c> worse.</c>

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But<00:20:36.359><c> thou</c><00:20:37.019><c> hast</c><00:20:37.539><c> kept</c><00:20:37.839><c> to</c><00:20:37.980><c> the</c><00:20:38.220><c> good</c><00:20:38.460><c> wine</c><00:20:38.759><c> until</c><00:20:39.119><c> now.</c>

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This<00:20:40.819><c> beginning</c><00:20:41.160><c> of</c><00:20:41.440><c> miracles</c><00:20:41.880><c> did</c><00:20:42.140><c> Jesus</c><00:20:42.599><c> in</c><00:20:43.039><c> Cana</c><00:20:43.319><c> of</c><00:20:43.559><c> Galilee,</c>

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and<00:20:44.799><c> manifested</c><00:20:45.319><c> forth</c><00:20:45.680><c> his</c><00:20:45.940><c> glory,</c>

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and<00:20:47.019><c> his</c><00:20:47.259><c> disciples</c><00:20:47.799><c> believed</c><00:20:48.359><c> on</c><00:20:48.619><c> him.</c>

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And<00:20:49.339><c> have</c><00:20:49.599><c> you</c><00:20:49.779><c> noticed</c><00:20:50.140><c> then</c><00:20:50.400><c> the</c><00:20:50.660><c> transformation?</c>

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You<00:20:52.660><c> see,</c><00:20:53.720><c> these</c><00:20:54.619><c> water</c><00:20:55.180><c> pots,</c>

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which<00:20:56.519><c> the</c><00:20:56.819><c> Jews</c><00:20:57.160><c> had</c><00:20:57.779><c> prepared,</c>

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were<00:20:59.140><c> designed</c><00:20:59.859><c> for</c><00:21:01.299><c> outward</c><00:21:01.940><c> cleansing.</c>

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And<00:21:04.440><c> in</c><00:21:04.940><c> truth,</c><00:21:05.180><c> they</c><00:21:05.359><c> could</c><00:21:05.539><c> do</c><00:21:05.799><c> that.</c>

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You<00:21:06.599><c> could</c><00:21:06.920><c> draw</c><00:21:07.240><c> out</c><00:21:07.579><c> and</c><00:21:07.839><c> pour</c><00:21:08.099><c> water</c><00:21:08.500><c> over</c><00:21:08.680><c> your</c><00:21:08.940><c> hands,</c>

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and<00:21:09.519><c> it</c><00:21:09.759><c> would</c><00:21:10.039><c> leave</c><00:21:10.400><c> your</c><00:21:10.720><c> hands</c><00:21:11.119><c> clean.</c>

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But<00:21:13.359><c> they</c><00:21:13.660><c> did</c><00:21:14.019><c> not</c><00:21:14.339><c> touch</c><00:21:14.799><c> within.</c>

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There<00:21:16.880><c> was</c><00:21:17.079><c> no</c><00:21:17.400><c> sense</c><00:21:17.839><c> in</c><00:21:18.059><c> which</c>

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the<00:21:18.819><c> outward</c><00:21:19.400><c> requirements</c><00:21:20.099><c> of</c><00:21:20.339><c> the</c><00:21:20.519><c> law</c>

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were<00:21:21.359><c> able</c><00:21:21.720><c> to</c><00:21:22.099><c> penetrate,</c>

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so<00:21:24.200><c> as</c><00:21:24.400><c> to</c><00:21:24.700><c> make</c><00:21:24.940><c> the</c><00:21:25.220><c> man</c><00:21:25.420><c> and</c><00:21:25.619><c> woman</c><00:21:26.279><c> inwardly</c><00:21:27.740><c> refreshed.</c>

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And<00:21:29.420><c> now</c><00:21:29.619><c> the</c><00:21:29.740><c> work</c><00:21:29.960><c> of</c><00:21:30.180><c> the</c><00:21:30.279><c> Lord</c><00:21:30.500><c> Jesus</c><00:21:30.920><c> Christ</c>

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has<00:21:31.859><c> that</c><00:21:33.180><c> dramatic</c><00:21:34.039><c> change.</c>

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It<00:21:35.579><c> is</c><00:21:35.960><c> effective</c><00:21:36.660><c> now</c><00:21:37.440><c> to</c><00:21:38.460><c> cleanse</c>

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and<00:21:39.940><c> to</c><00:21:40.319><c> refresh</c><00:21:40.900><c> that</c><00:21:41.559><c> which</c><00:21:41.779><c> is</c><00:21:42.039><c> within.</c>

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Now,<00:21:44.079><c> that</c><00:21:44.259><c> you</c><00:21:44.359><c> might</c><00:21:44.539><c> remember</c><00:21:44.859><c> is</c><00:21:45.119><c> the</c><00:21:45.599><c> hub</c>

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of<00:21:46.799><c> the</c><00:21:47.099><c> description</c><00:21:47.440><c> of</c><00:21:47.640><c> the</c><00:21:47.920><c> new</c><00:21:48.259><c> covenant,</c>

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spoken<00:21:49.559><c> of</c><00:21:49.740><c> in</c><00:21:49.920><c> Jeremiah</c><00:21:50.359><c> and</c><00:21:50.579><c> Ezekiel,</c>

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and<00:21:51.940><c> carefully</c><00:21:52.259><c> developed</c><00:21:52.720><c> in</c><00:21:53.200><c> Hebrews</c><00:21:53.579><c> chapters</c><00:21:53.940><c> 9</c><00:21:54.240><c> and</c><00:21:54.380><c> 10,</c>

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that<00:21:55.460><c> the</c><00:21:55.819><c> old</c><00:21:56.319><c> covenant</c><00:21:57.019><c> stood</c><00:21:57.579><c> outside</c><00:21:58.519><c> man.</c>

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It<00:21:59.819><c> stood</c><00:22:00.119><c> outside</c><00:22:00.819><c> him</c><00:22:01.099><c> to</c><00:22:01.339><c> condemn</c><00:22:01.799><c> him,</c>

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but<00:22:02.619><c> the</c><00:22:02.960><c> new</c><00:22:03.220><c> covenant</c><00:22:03.779><c> had</c><00:22:04.259><c> to</c><00:22:04.460><c> do</c><00:22:04.559><c> with</c><00:22:04.700><c> a</c><00:22:05.000><c> change</c><00:22:05.259><c> of</c><00:22:05.579><c> nature.</c>

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It<00:22:06.559><c> had</c><00:22:06.799><c> to</c><00:22:07.019><c> do</c><00:22:07.140><c> with</c><00:22:07.319><c> a</c><00:22:07.559><c> change</c><00:22:07.779><c> of</c><00:22:08.160><c> attitude.</c>

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It<00:22:09.279><c> touched</c><00:22:09.660><c> the</c><00:22:10.059><c> heart.</c><00:22:10.839><c> It</c><00:22:11.240><c> transformed</c><00:22:11.859><c> the</c><00:22:12.180><c> mind.</c>

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Now,<00:22:14.119><c> we</c><00:22:14.240><c> spent</c><00:22:14.420><c> a</c><00:22:14.519><c> bit</c><00:22:14.619><c> of</c><00:22:14.779><c> time</c><00:22:14.920><c> looking</c><00:22:15.160><c> at</c><00:22:15.339><c> that</c><00:22:15.819><c> first</c><00:22:16.279><c> sign,</c>

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but<00:22:16.940><c> let's</c><00:22:17.319><c> see</c><00:22:17.579><c> how</c><00:22:17.920><c> the</c><00:22:18.400><c> discourse</c><00:22:19.339><c> interrelates,</c>

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the<00:22:21.220><c> sense</c><00:22:21.420><c> then</c><00:22:21.640><c> in</c><00:22:21.759><c> which</c><00:22:22.180><c> all</c><00:22:22.559><c> those</c><00:22:22.819><c> things</c>

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are<00:22:23.299><c> now</c><00:22:23.660><c> amplified</c><00:22:24.440><c> and</c><00:22:25.160><c> considered,</c>

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as<00:22:26.279><c> John</c><00:22:26.579><c> goes</c><00:22:26.839><c> on</c><00:22:27.259><c> in</c><00:22:27.539><c> his</c><00:22:27.759><c> Gospel</c><00:22:28.119><c> record.</c>

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The<00:22:32.460><c> words</c><00:22:32.700><c> that</c><00:22:33.039><c> follow</c><00:22:33.240><c> before</c><00:22:33.599><c> the</c><00:22:34.099><c> next</c><00:22:35.180><c> sign</c><00:22:35.779><c> comes</c>

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are<00:22:37.539><c> words</c><00:22:37.839><c> that</c><00:22:38.079><c> have</c><00:22:38.259><c> to</c><00:22:38.420><c> do</c><00:22:38.799><c> with</c><00:22:39.519><c> cleansing</c><00:22:40.380><c> once</c><00:22:41.099><c> more.</c>

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This<00:22:42.160><c> time</c><00:22:42.359><c> the</c><00:22:42.480><c> Lord</c><00:22:42.720><c> Jesus</c><00:22:43.119><c> Christ</c><00:22:43.420><c> is</c><00:22:43.619><c> in</c><00:22:43.759><c> the</c><00:22:43.960><c> temple,</c>

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and<00:22:44.900><c> the</c><00:22:45.079><c> temple</c><00:22:45.579><c> is</c><00:22:46.140><c> defiled</c><00:22:46.819><c> and</c><00:22:47.180><c> is</c><00:22:47.380><c> in</c><00:22:47.559><c> need</c><00:22:47.740><c> of</c><00:22:48.039><c> cleansing.</c>

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You<00:22:49.180><c> remember</c><00:22:49.319><c> that</c><00:22:49.480><c> He</c><00:22:49.539><c> goes</c><00:22:49.799><c> in</c><00:22:50.019><c> and</c><00:22:50.140><c> He</c><00:22:50.380><c> turns</c><00:22:50.660><c> over</c><00:22:50.940><c> the</c><00:22:51.140><c> tables</c>

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of<00:22:51.599><c> the</c><00:22:51.759><c> money</c><00:22:52.059><c> changers,</c><00:22:52.700><c> and</c><00:22:52.839><c> He</c><00:22:53.059><c> casts</c><00:22:53.420><c> out</c><00:22:53.720><c> them</c>

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that<00:22:54.339><c> were</c><00:22:54.519><c> making</c><00:22:54.880><c> it</c><00:22:55.180><c> a</c><00:22:55.319><c> place</c><00:22:55.539><c> of</c><00:22:55.960><c> merchandise,</c>

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and<00:22:57.099><c> He</c><00:22:57.480><c> declares</c><00:22:57.799><c> then</c><00:22:58.079><c> that</c><00:22:58.440><c> the</c><00:22:58.579><c> house</c><00:22:58.839><c> of</c><00:22:59.039><c> God</c><00:22:59.220><c> should</c><00:22:59.420><c> be</c><00:22:59.759><c> clean.</c>

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Let's<00:23:01.359><c> pick</c><00:23:01.480><c> the</c><00:23:01.660><c> record</c><00:23:01.900><c> up</c><00:23:02.079><c> again.</c>

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In<00:23:03.660><c> the</c><00:23:03.920><c> later</c><00:23:04.119><c> part</c><00:23:04.420><c> of</c><00:23:04.539><c> John</c><00:23:04.779><c> chapter</c><00:23:05.140><c> 2,</c><00:23:06.759><c> there</c><00:23:07.019><c> at</c><00:23:07.160><c> verse</c><00:23:07.299><c> 17,</c>

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His<00:23:08.400><c> disciples</c><00:23:08.900><c> remembered</c><00:23:09.579><c> that</c><00:23:09.980><c> it</c><00:23:10.099><c> was</c><00:23:10.359><c> written,</c>

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The<00:23:11.220><c> zeal</c><00:23:11.660><c> of</c><00:23:11.839><c> thine</c><00:23:12.019><c> house</c><00:23:12.400><c> hath</c><00:23:12.680><c> eaten</c><00:23:13.200><c> me</c><00:23:13.539><c> up.</c>

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Then<00:23:14.519><c> answered</c><00:23:14.779><c> the</c><00:23:15.000><c> Jews</c><00:23:15.200><c> and</c><00:23:15.680><c> said</c><00:23:15.960><c> unto</c><00:23:16.140><c> Him,</c>

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What<00:23:16.960><c> sign</c><00:23:17.500><c> showest</c><00:23:17.940><c> thou</c><00:23:18.079><c> unto</c><00:23:18.339><c> us,</c>

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seeing<00:23:18.779><c> that</c><00:23:19.000><c> thou</c><00:23:19.259><c> doest</c><00:23:19.700><c> these</c><00:23:20.000><c> things?</c>

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Jesus<00:23:21.140><c> answered</c><00:23:21.599><c> and</c><00:23:21.779><c> said</c><00:23:22.000><c> unto</c><00:23:22.200><c> them,</c>

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Destroy<00:23:23.619><c> this</c><00:23:24.220><c> temple,</c><00:23:25.059><c> and</c><00:23:25.339><c> in</c><00:23:25.660><c> three</c><00:23:26.059><c> days</c><00:23:26.599><c> I</c><00:23:27.039><c> will</c><00:23:27.259><c> raise</c>

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it<00:23:27.779><c> up.</c>

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Then<00:23:28.819><c> said</c><00:23:28.980><c> the</c><00:23:29.160><c> Jews,</c><00:23:29.400><c> forty</c><00:23:29.680><c> and</c><00:23:29.900><c> six</c><00:23:30.119><c> years</c><00:23:30.400><c> was</c><00:23:30.599><c> this</c><00:23:30.880><c> temple</c><00:23:31.240><c> in</c><00:23:31.460><c> building,</c>

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and<00:23:32.319><c> wilt</c><00:23:32.519><c> thou</c><00:23:32.920><c> rear</c><00:23:33.240><c> it</c><00:23:33.460><c> up</c><00:23:33.599><c> in</c><00:23:33.880><c> three</c><00:23:34.180><c> days?</c>

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But<00:23:36.859><c> He</c><00:23:37.420><c> spake</c><00:23:38.019><c> of</c><00:23:38.160><c> the</c><00:23:38.420><c> temple,</c><00:23:38.819><c> the</c><00:23:39.019><c> sanctuary</c><00:23:39.759><c> of</c><00:23:40.200><c> His</c><00:23:40.460><c> body.</c>

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So<00:23:41.839><c> you</c><00:23:41.960><c> see</c><00:23:42.140><c> again</c><00:23:42.440><c> the</c><00:23:42.799><c> sense</c><00:23:43.039><c> in</c><00:23:43.200><c> which</c><00:23:43.420><c> now</c><00:23:43.619><c> the</c><00:23:43.839><c> temple</c><00:23:44.299><c> at</c><00:23:44.619><c> Jerusalem,</c>

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which<00:23:45.759><c> was</c><00:23:46.299><c> defiled,</c><00:23:47.400><c> just</c><00:23:47.599><c> as</c><00:23:47.900><c> their</c><00:23:48.640><c> ways</c><00:23:49.099><c> of</c><00:23:49.559><c> purification</c>

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had<00:23:50.980><c> failed</c><00:23:51.599><c> to</c><00:23:52.039><c> purify,</c><00:23:52.859><c> and</c><00:23:53.079><c> in</c><00:23:53.259><c> the</c><00:23:53.420><c> end</c><00:23:53.680><c> how</c><00:23:54.099><c> their</c><00:23:55.299><c> wine</c>

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and<00:23:56.059><c> their</c><00:23:56.440><c> oil</c><00:23:56.940><c> and</c><00:23:57.559><c> their</c><00:23:57.940><c> bread</c><00:23:58.420><c> had</c><00:23:59.059><c> run</c><00:23:59.460><c> out,</c>

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was<00:24:00.960><c> now</c><00:24:01.420><c> something</c><00:24:01.720><c> that</c><00:24:01.960><c> the</c><00:24:02.119><c> Lord</c><00:24:02.460><c> Jesus</c><00:24:02.980><c> Christ</c>

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and<00:24:03.480><c> He</c><00:24:04.119><c> alone</c><00:24:04.539><c> could</c><00:24:04.920><c> cleanse.</c>

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And<00:24:06.220><c> He</c><00:24:06.319><c> was</c><00:24:06.519><c> not</c><00:24:06.819><c> only</c><00:24:07.500><c> thinking</c><00:24:07.980><c> in</c><00:24:08.440><c> terms</c><00:24:08.819><c> of</c><00:24:09.140><c> outward</c><00:24:09.579><c> ritual,</c>

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but<00:24:11.000><c> He</c><00:24:11.119><c> was</c><00:24:11.339><c> more</c><00:24:11.740><c> precisely</c><00:24:12.380><c> thinking</c><00:24:13.059><c> again</c>

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in<00:24:13.759><c> terms</c><00:24:14.220><c> of</c><00:24:14.539><c> the</c><00:24:14.779><c> inner</c><00:24:15.180><c> man,</c><00:24:16.019><c> the</c><00:24:16.180><c> man</c><00:24:16.579><c> of</c><00:24:16.859><c> the</c><00:24:17.119><c> spirit,</c>

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the<00:24:17.599><c> woman</c><00:24:17.980><c> of</c><00:24:18.279><c> the</c><00:24:18.519><c> spirit.</c>

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He<00:24:19.259><c> was</c><00:24:19.500><c> thinking</c><00:24:19.799><c> in</c><00:24:20.000><c> terms</c><00:24:20.359><c> of</c><00:24:20.720><c> that</c><00:24:21.000><c> which</c><00:24:21.259><c> needed</c><00:24:21.619><c> to</c><00:24:21.880><c> be</c><00:24:22.259><c> cleansed,</c>

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which<00:24:23.180><c> was</c><00:24:23.519><c> within,</c><00:24:24.599><c> so</c><00:24:24.839><c> that</c><00:24:25.019><c> God</c><00:24:25.299><c> could</c><00:24:25.759><c> dwell</c>

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at<00:24:26.759><c> the</c><00:24:26.900><c> very</c><00:24:27.180><c> centre</c><00:24:27.539><c> of</c><00:24:27.740><c> the</c><00:24:27.920><c> life.</c>

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And<00:24:29.259><c> straightway</c><00:24:29.579><c> then</c><00:24:29.740><c> the</c><00:24:29.900><c> record</c><00:24:30.299><c> proceeds</c><00:24:31.079><c> to</c><00:24:31.579><c> talk</c><00:24:31.859><c> to</c><00:24:32.079><c> us</c>

00:24:32.380 --> 00:24:34.859
about<00:24:32.759><c> Nicodemus</c><00:24:33.400><c> who</c><00:24:33.579><c> comes</c><00:24:33.839><c> under</c><00:24:34.160><c> cover</c><00:24:34.380><c> of</c><00:24:34.619><c> night</c>

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and<00:24:35.059><c> who</c><00:24:35.259><c> says</c><00:24:35.400><c> to</c><00:24:35.599><c> Jesus,</c>

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We<00:24:36.299><c> know</c><00:24:36.500><c> that</c><00:24:36.660><c> you're</c><00:24:36.839><c> a</c><00:24:36.980><c> teacher</c><00:24:37.220><c> sent</c><00:24:37.440><c> from</c><00:24:37.579><c> God,</c>

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no<00:24:38.000><c> man</c><00:24:38.160><c> could</c><00:24:38.319><c> do</c><00:24:38.519><c> these</c><00:24:39.039><c> miracles</c><00:24:39.480><c> that</c><00:24:39.680><c> you</c><00:24:39.940><c> do,</c>

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except<00:24:40.680><c> God</c><00:24:40.980><c> was</c><00:24:41.200><c> with</c><00:24:41.380><c> him.</c>

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And<00:24:41.980><c> Jesus</c><00:24:42.299><c> says,</c><00:24:43.160><c> you</c><00:24:43.160><c> need</c><00:24:43.400><c> to</c><00:24:43.579><c> be</c><00:24:43.759><c> born</c><00:24:43.900><c> again.</c>

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He's<00:24:45.319><c> straight</c><00:24:45.579><c> in,</c><00:24:45.759><c> isn't</c><00:24:45.960><c> He,</c><00:24:46.099><c> to</c><00:24:46.259><c> the</c><00:24:46.660><c> heart</c><00:24:47.019><c> of</c><00:24:47.220><c> the</c><00:24:47.359><c> issue.</c>

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He<00:24:48.099><c> wrong</c><00:24:48.460><c>-footed</c><00:24:48.759><c> Nicodemus.</c>

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Nicodemus<00:24:50.160><c> is</c><00:24:50.720><c> completely</c><00:24:51.240><c> thrown</c><00:24:51.980><c> by</c><00:24:52.400><c> that</c><00:24:52.640><c> situation.</c>

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He<00:24:54.259><c> can't</c><00:24:54.680><c> cope</c><00:24:55.099><c> with</c><00:24:55.579><c> the</c><00:24:55.759><c> way</c><00:24:55.980><c> in</c><00:24:56.119><c> which</c><00:24:56.380><c> the</c><00:24:56.920><c> life</c>

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and<00:24:57.720><c> the</c><00:24:58.319><c> thinking</c><00:24:58.640><c> of</c><00:24:58.839><c> the</c><00:24:58.980><c> Lord</c><00:24:59.140><c> Jesus</c><00:24:59.599><c> Christ</c>

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is<00:25:00.099><c> at</c><00:25:00.539><c> such</c><00:25:00.740><c> a</c><00:25:00.980><c> high</c><00:25:01.240><c> level</c><00:25:01.680><c> when</c><00:25:02.079><c> He</c><00:25:02.460><c> is</c><00:25:02.839><c> a</c><00:25:02.960><c> mere</c><00:25:03.259><c> mortal</c>

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who<00:25:03.980><c> is</c><00:25:04.299><c> groveling</c><00:25:04.819><c> down</c><00:25:05.039><c> in</c><00:25:05.220><c> the</c><00:25:05.380><c> dust</c>

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and<00:25:06.079><c> the</c><00:25:06.279><c> Lord</c><00:25:06.599><c> seeks</c><00:25:06.980><c> to</c><00:25:07.259><c> bring</c><00:25:07.359><c> Him</c><00:25:07.559><c> up.</c>

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We<00:25:08.400><c> must,</c><00:25:08.759><c> He</c><00:25:08.900><c> says,</c><00:25:09.140><c> be</c><00:25:09.380><c> born</c><00:25:09.720><c> from</c><00:25:10.079><c> above.</c>

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We<00:25:10.940><c> must</c><00:25:11.339><c> be</c><00:25:11.720><c> born</c><00:25:12.039><c> again,</c>

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except<00:25:13.380><c> a</c><00:25:13.559><c> man</c><00:25:13.700><c> be</c><00:25:13.980><c> born</c><00:25:14.279><c> of</c><00:25:14.680><c> water</c><00:25:15.240><c> and</c><00:25:15.960><c> of</c><00:25:16.259><c> the</c><00:25:16.519><c> Spirit.</c>

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Now<00:25:17.359><c> see</c><00:25:17.480><c> the</c><00:25:17.700><c> sense</c><00:25:17.839><c> in</c><00:25:18.000><c> which</c><00:25:18.380><c> the</c><00:25:18.779><c> thread</c><00:25:19.079><c> that</c><00:25:19.200><c> was</c><00:25:19.460><c> begun</c><00:25:19.700><c> there</c>

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is<00:25:20.420><c> running</c><00:25:20.900><c> all</c><00:25:21.480><c> the</c><00:25:21.559><c> way</c><00:25:21.720><c> down</c><00:25:22.019><c> the</c><00:25:22.259><c> discourse</c><00:25:22.720><c> that</c><00:25:23.039><c> follows.</c>

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Except<00:25:23.920><c> a</c><00:25:24.119><c> man</c><00:25:24.220><c> be</c><00:25:24.500><c> born</c><00:25:24.700><c> of</c><00:25:25.019><c> water</c><00:25:25.660><c> and</c><00:25:26.079><c> of</c><00:25:26.279><c> the</c><00:25:26.519><c> Spirit,</c>

00:25:26.980 --> 00:25:29.500
he<00:25:27.200><c> cannot</c><00:25:27.539><c> enter</c><00:25:28.059><c> into</c><00:25:28.519><c> the</c><00:25:28.660><c> Kingdom</c><00:25:28.940><c> of</c><00:25:29.140><c> God.</c>

00:25:29.960 --> 00:25:34.059
The<00:25:30.140><c> Lord</c><00:25:30.339><c> is</c><00:25:30.579><c> telling</c><00:25:30.759><c> us</c><00:25:31.039><c> then</c><00:25:31.220><c> that</c><00:25:31.500><c> we</c><00:25:31.839><c> need</c><00:25:32.559><c> outward</c><00:25:33.299><c> cleansing,</c>

00:25:34.460 --> 00:25:36.039
that<00:25:34.660><c> we</c><00:25:34.900><c> have</c><00:25:35.180><c> to</c><00:25:35.359><c> be</c><00:25:35.640><c> washed.</c>

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It's<00:25:36.460><c> quite</c><00:25:36.740><c> clear</c><00:25:36.920><c> that</c><00:25:37.119><c> the</c><00:25:37.339><c> birth</c><00:25:37.720><c> of</c><00:25:38.059><c> water,</c>

00:25:38.559 --> 00:25:42.299
in<00:25:38.799><c> that</c><00:25:39.059><c> sense,</c><00:25:39.700><c> is</c><00:25:40.099><c> the</c><00:25:40.460><c> birth</c><00:25:40.880><c> by</c><00:25:41.660><c> baptism.</c>

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Indeed,<00:25:43.039><c> if</c><00:25:43.160><c> Nicodemus</c><00:25:43.619><c> had</c><00:25:43.799><c> only</c><00:25:44.059><c> stopped</c><00:25:44.299><c> to</c><00:25:44.480><c> think</c><00:25:44.660><c> about</c><00:25:44.900><c> it,</c>

00:25:45.220 --> 00:25:47.579
he<00:25:45.460><c> knew</c><00:25:45.900><c> full</c><00:25:46.299><c> well</c><00:25:46.539><c> that</c><00:25:46.740><c> was</c><00:25:47.019><c> the</c><00:25:47.220><c> case.</c>

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The<00:25:48.160><c> rabbis</c><00:25:48.519><c> said</c><00:25:48.779><c> themselves</c>

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that<00:25:49.660><c> when</c><00:25:49.880><c> a</c><00:25:50.160><c> proselyte</c><00:25:50.640><c> came</c><00:25:50.880><c> to</c><00:25:51.119><c> accept</c><00:25:51.460><c> the</c><00:25:51.640><c> Jewish</c><00:25:51.920><c> faith</c>

00:25:52.319 --> 00:25:54.759
and<00:25:52.799><c> when</c><00:25:53.039><c> he</c><00:25:53.259><c> was</c><00:25:53.619><c> immersed,</c>

00:25:54.839 --> 00:25:57.319
do<00:25:55.000><c> you</c><00:25:55.000><c> remember</c><00:25:55.180><c> when</c><00:25:55.500><c> they</c><00:25:55.960><c> excavated</c><00:25:56.619><c> Masada,</c>

00:25:57.660 --> 00:26:00.559
they<00:25:57.859><c> found</c><00:25:58.200><c> right</c><00:25:58.440><c> at</c><00:25:58.640><c> the</c><00:25:58.799><c> top</c><00:25:59.019><c> of</c><00:25:59.460><c> Herod's</c><00:26:00.099><c> stronghold</c>

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a<00:26:00.920><c> baptismal</c><00:26:01.900><c> bath.</c>

00:26:02.839 --> 00:26:05.279
The<00:26:03.119><c> rabbis</c><00:26:03.559><c> did</c><00:26:03.900><c> used</c><00:26:04.220><c> to</c><00:26:04.500><c> baptize</c>

00:26:05.279 --> 00:26:07.940
when<00:26:05.660><c> they</c><00:26:05.880><c> had</c><00:26:06.180><c> proselytes</c><00:26:06.839><c> who</c><00:26:07.019><c> came</c><00:26:07.240><c> into</c><00:26:07.539><c> Jewry.</c>

00:26:07.940 --> 00:26:12.140
And<00:26:08.299><c> the</c><00:26:08.460><c> rabbis</c><00:26:08.799><c> had</c><00:26:08.960><c> a</c><00:26:09.200><c> saying</c><00:26:09.460><c> that</c><00:26:10.039><c> when</c><00:26:10.539><c> a</c><00:26:10.839><c> man</c><00:26:11.079><c> was</c><00:26:11.460><c> baptized</c>

00:26:12.140 --> 00:26:14.039
into<00:26:12.480><c> the</c><00:26:12.700><c> Jewish</c><00:26:12.980><c> faith,</c>

00:26:14.240 --> 00:26:17.279
then<00:26:14.240><c> he</c><00:26:15.099><c> was</c><00:26:15.299><c> like</c><00:26:15.599><c> a</c><00:26:15.799><c> little</c><00:26:16.079><c> child.</c>

00:26:17.500 --> 00:26:21.619
And<00:26:17.660><c> the</c><00:26:17.799><c> Lord</c><00:26:18.000><c> was</c><00:26:18.359><c> really</c><00:26:18.940><c> drawing</c><00:26:19.339><c> upon</c><00:26:20.019><c> this</c><00:26:20.839><c> understanding</c>

00:26:21.619 --> 00:26:23.319
that<00:26:21.900><c> was</c><00:26:22.180><c> there</c><00:26:22.500><c> in</c><00:26:22.819><c> Jewry,</c>

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but<00:26:23.680><c> was</c><00:26:24.059><c> now</c><00:26:24.559><c> transforming</c><00:26:25.420><c> it</c><00:26:25.819><c> into</c><00:26:26.519><c> that</c><00:26:26.819><c> which</c><00:26:26.980><c> had</c><00:26:27.220><c> to</c><00:26:27.440><c> do</c>

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with<00:26:28.240><c> rebirth</c><00:26:28.960><c> into</c><00:26:29.599><c> the</c><00:26:29.779><c> Kingdom</c><00:26:30.059><c> of</c><00:26:30.279><c> God.</c>

00:26:31.880 --> 00:26:36.039
John,<00:26:32.180><c> of</c><00:26:32.279><c> course,</c><00:26:32.559><c> was</c><00:26:32.759><c> baptizing</c><00:26:33.319><c> in</c><00:26:33.640><c> Eden</c><00:26:34.960><c> near</c><00:26:35.500><c> to</c><00:26:35.799><c> Salem,</c>

00:26:36.039 --> 00:26:40.380
and<00:26:36.559><c> therefore</c><00:26:36.900><c> John's</c><00:26:37.740><c> baptism</c><00:26:38.259><c> was</c><00:26:39.079><c> side</c><00:26:39.619><c> by</c><00:26:39.940><c> side</c>

00:26:40.380 --> 00:26:42.319
with<00:26:40.839><c> the</c><00:26:41.059><c> discourse</c><00:26:41.480><c> with</c><00:26:41.700><c> Nicodemus,</c>

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a<00:26:42.839><c> reminder</c><00:26:43.200><c> of</c><00:26:43.440><c> the</c><00:26:43.680><c> significance</c><00:26:44.140><c> of</c><00:26:44.380><c> the</c><00:26:44.539><c> rebirth</c><00:26:44.960><c> by</c><00:26:45.319><c> water.</c>

00:26:46.200 --> 00:26:49.220
But<00:26:46.200><c> the</c><00:26:46.579><c> Lord</c><00:26:46.759><c> was</c><00:26:46.980><c> also</c><00:26:47.400><c> talking</c><00:26:47.839><c> about</c><00:26:48.440><c> the</c><00:26:48.859><c> transformation</c>

00:26:49.599 --> 00:26:51.779
that<00:26:49.880><c> was</c><00:26:50.079><c> to</c><00:26:50.259><c> be</c><00:26:50.500><c> affected</c><00:26:50.839><c> within.</c>

00:26:51.880 --> 00:26:55.200
I<00:26:52.000><c> know</c><00:26:52.180><c> that</c><00:26:52.380><c> ultimately</c><00:26:52.799><c> we</c><00:26:53.000><c> are</c><00:26:53.200><c> to</c><00:26:53.339><c> be</c><00:26:53.579><c> reborn</c><00:26:54.079><c> in</c><00:26:54.559><c> the</c><00:26:54.839><c> spirit</c>

00:26:55.200 --> 00:26:58.279
by<00:26:56.039><c> having</c><00:26:56.640><c> a</c><00:26:57.380><c> spirit</c><00:26:57.700><c> body,</c>

00:26:58.339 --> 00:27:01.160
but<00:26:59.059><c> it</c><00:26:59.240><c> seems</c><00:26:59.460><c> to</c><00:26:59.599><c> me</c><00:26:59.720><c> that</c><00:26:59.900><c> the</c><00:27:00.059><c> Lord</c><00:27:00.200><c> is</c><00:27:00.460><c> also</c><00:27:00.839><c> saying</c>

00:27:01.160 --> 00:27:03.519
that<00:27:01.579><c> the</c><00:27:01.960><c> process</c><00:27:02.539><c> of</c><00:27:02.920><c> rebirth</c>

00:27:03.519 --> 00:27:06.700
through<00:27:04.299><c> the</c><00:27:04.599><c> working</c><00:27:04.960><c> of</c><00:27:05.220><c> the</c><00:27:05.460><c> Word</c><00:27:05.799><c> in</c><00:27:06.079><c> our</c><00:27:06.319><c> lives,</c>

00:27:07.019 --> 00:27:10.700
the<00:27:07.299><c> inner</c><00:27:07.759><c> transformation</c><00:27:08.680><c> that</c><00:27:09.220><c> must</c><00:27:09.619><c> be</c><00:27:10.019><c> taking</c><00:27:10.220><c> place,</c>

00:27:11.079 --> 00:27:15.420
is<00:27:11.220><c> itself</c><00:27:11.880><c> the</c><00:27:12.299><c> work</c><00:27:12.680><c> of</c><00:27:13.059><c> God</c><00:27:13.420><c> in</c><00:27:14.019><c> the</c><00:27:14.279><c> life</c><00:27:14.680><c> of</c><00:27:15.079><c> man,</c>

00:27:15.900 --> 00:27:19.700
and<00:27:16.200><c> that</c><00:27:16.400><c> we</c><00:27:16.680><c> must</c><00:27:17.299><c> now</c><00:27:18.000><c> be</c><00:27:18.940><c> transformed</c>

00:27:19.700 --> 00:27:21.920
by<00:27:20.099><c> the</c><00:27:20.380><c> renewing</c><00:27:20.900><c> of</c><00:27:21.160><c> our</c><00:27:21.420><c> minds</c>

00:27:21.920 --> 00:27:25.900
to<00:27:22.460><c> prove</c><00:27:22.880><c> what</c><00:27:23.099><c> is</c><00:27:23.339><c> that</c><00:27:23.599><c> perfect</c><00:27:24.019><c> and</c><00:27:24.400><c> acceptable</c><00:27:25.000><c> will</c><00:27:25.359><c> of</c><00:27:25.599><c> God,</c>

00:27:26.059 --> 00:27:28.920
and<00:27:26.339><c> that</c><00:27:26.579><c> day</c><00:27:26.819><c> by</c><00:27:27.059><c> day</c><00:27:27.339><c> that</c><00:27:27.660><c> process</c><00:27:28.119><c> of</c><00:27:28.440><c> change</c>

00:27:28.920 --> 00:27:30.839
must<00:27:29.539><c> be</c><00:27:30.000><c> taking</c><00:27:30.339><c> place.</c>

00:27:30.839 --> 00:27:34.039
That's<00:27:31.500><c> why</c><00:27:31.660><c> the</c><00:27:31.839><c> Word</c><00:27:32.019><c> of</c><00:27:32.119><c> God</c><00:27:32.339><c> is</c><00:27:32.539><c> such</c><00:27:32.759><c> a</c><00:27:32.960><c> vital</c><00:27:33.359><c> component</c>

00:27:34.039 --> 00:27:35.480
in<00:27:34.500><c> the</c><00:27:34.700><c> way</c><00:27:34.880><c> we</c><00:27:35.119><c> live.</c>

00:27:35.839 --> 00:27:38.460
It<00:27:35.960><c> has</c><00:27:36.279><c> to</c><00:27:36.500><c> be</c><00:27:36.740><c> lodged</c><00:27:37.460><c> firmly</c><00:27:37.960><c> within</c>

00:27:38.460 --> 00:27:43.359
so<00:27:38.920><c> that</c><00:27:39.079><c> it</c><00:27:39.240><c> can</c><00:27:39.940><c> take</c><00:27:40.700><c> the</c><00:27:41.200><c> changes</c><00:27:41.940><c> in</c><00:27:42.599><c> our</c><00:27:42.900><c> lives</c>

00:27:43.359 --> 00:27:44.920
that<00:27:43.720><c> are</c><00:27:44.019><c> so</c><00:27:44.339><c> necessary</c>

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so<00:27:45.460><c> that</c><00:27:45.740><c> God</c><00:27:46.440><c> clothes</c><00:27:47.339><c> upon</c>

00:27:48.400 --> 00:27:51.880
that<00:27:48.940><c> which</c><00:27:49.180><c> we</c><00:27:49.480><c> have</c><00:27:49.680><c> been</c><00:27:49.980><c> doing</c><00:27:50.339><c> with</c><00:27:51.019><c> immortality</c>

00:27:51.880 --> 00:27:55.859
when<00:27:52.299><c> the</c><00:27:52.759><c> completeness</c><00:27:53.180><c> of</c><00:27:53.400><c> that</c><00:27:53.880><c> rebirth</c><00:27:54.480><c> process</c><00:27:55.000><c> takes</c><00:27:55.359><c> place.</c>

00:27:56.339 --> 00:27:58.079
And<00:27:56.500><c> as</c><00:27:56.740><c> the</c><00:27:56.960><c> discourse</c><00:27:57.319><c> proceeds,</c>

00:27:58.440 --> 00:27:59.799
what<00:27:58.539><c> do</c><00:27:58.720><c> we</c><00:27:58.839><c> come</c><00:27:59.059><c> across</c><00:27:59.400><c> now?</c>

00:27:59.799 --> 00:28:01.519
But<00:28:00.299><c> John</c><00:28:00.799><c> the</c><00:28:00.980><c> Baptist,</c>

00:28:02.000 --> 00:28:04.220
and<00:28:02.259><c> look</c><00:28:02.500><c> at</c><00:28:02.619><c> the</c><00:28:02.759><c> record</c><00:28:03.019><c> there.</c>

00:28:04.660 --> 00:28:08.059
John<00:28:04.819><c> chapter</c><00:28:05.119><c> 3</c><00:28:05.440><c> and</c><00:28:05.619><c> there</c><00:28:05.799><c> at</c><00:28:06.000><c> verse</c><00:28:06.839><c> 28,</c>

00:28:08.759 --> 00:28:11.000
the<00:28:08.839><c> words</c><00:28:09.200><c> of</c><00:28:09.519><c> John</c><00:28:09.740><c> the</c><00:28:09.960><c> Baptist,</c>

00:28:11.160 --> 00:28:13.619
Ye<00:28:11.339><c> yourselves</c><00:28:12.039><c> bear</c><00:28:12.319><c> me</c><00:28:12.519><c> witness</c><00:28:12.900><c> that</c><00:28:13.099><c> I</c><00:28:13.400><c> said,</c>

00:28:13.960 --> 00:28:17.160
I<00:28:14.180><c> am</c><00:28:14.359><c> not</c><00:28:14.599><c> the</c><00:28:14.859><c> Christ,</c><00:28:15.539><c> but</c><00:28:15.680><c> that</c><00:28:15.839><c> I</c><00:28:15.960><c> am</c><00:28:16.119><c> sent</c><00:28:16.380><c> before</c><00:28:16.859><c> Him.</c>

00:28:17.500 --> 00:28:21.420
He<00:28:17.759><c> that</c><00:28:17.980><c> hath</c><00:28:18.200><c> the</c><00:28:18.619><c> bride</c><00:28:19.200><c> is</c><00:28:19.720><c> the</c><00:28:20.019><c> bridegroom.</c>

00:28:24.960 --> 00:28:27.700
The<00:28:25.240><c> bridegroom,</c><00:28:25.900><c> which</c><00:28:26.319><c> standeth</c><00:28:26.779><c> and</c><00:28:27.000><c> heareth</c><00:28:27.240><c> him,</c>

00:28:27.700 --> 00:28:32.180
rejoiceth<00:28:28.539><c> greatly</c><00:28:29.240><c> because</c><00:28:30.039><c> of</c><00:28:30.240><c> the</c><00:28:30.519><c> bridegroom's</c><00:28:31.339><c> vice.</c>

00:28:32.240 --> 00:28:34.119
This<00:28:32.380><c> my</c><00:28:32.720><c> joy</c><00:28:32.960><c> therefore</c><00:28:33.339><c> is</c><00:28:33.640><c> fulfilled.</c>

00:28:34.480 --> 00:28:37.339
He<00:28:34.740><c> must</c><00:28:35.000><c> increase,</c><00:28:35.839><c> but</c><00:28:36.019><c> I</c><00:28:36.299><c> must</c><00:28:36.619><c> decrease.</c>

00:28:37.720 --> 00:28:40.720
See,<00:28:38.099><c> interestingly</c><00:28:38.460><c> slipped</c><00:28:38.819><c> in</c><00:28:39.140><c> then</c><00:28:39.259><c> to</c><00:28:39.400><c> this</c><00:28:39.759><c> particular</c><00:28:40.259><c> record</c>

00:28:40.720 --> 00:28:44.559
is<00:28:41.440><c> a</c><00:28:41.920><c> comment</c><00:28:42.180><c> to</c><00:28:42.460><c> the</c><00:28:42.720><c> effect</c><00:28:42.960><c> that</c><00:28:43.339><c> the</c><00:28:43.660><c> marriage</c><00:28:44.160><c> supper</c>

00:28:44.559 --> 00:28:46.059
to<00:28:45.160><c> which</c><00:28:45.339><c> we</c><00:28:45.519><c> are</c><00:28:45.660><c> looking</c>

00:28:46.059 --> 00:28:48.700
is<00:28:46.519><c> not</c><00:28:46.799><c> the</c><00:28:46.940><c> one</c><00:28:47.099><c> that</c><00:28:47.299><c> was</c><00:28:47.539><c> in</c><00:28:47.779><c> Cana</c><00:28:48.000><c> of</c><00:28:48.200><c> Galilee,</c>

00:28:49.000 --> 00:28:50.339
whoever's<00:28:49.440><c> marriage</c><00:28:49.680><c> that</c><00:28:49.980><c> was,</c>

00:28:50.680 --> 00:28:53.960
but<00:28:50.920><c> is</c><00:28:51.259><c> the</c><00:28:51.680><c> marriage</c><00:28:52.099><c> when</c><00:28:52.319><c> the</c><00:28:52.539><c> Lord</c><00:28:52.900><c> Jesus</c><00:28:53.380><c> Christ</c>

00:28:53.960 --> 00:28:55.279
is<00:28:54.380><c> the</c><00:28:54.619><c> bridegroom,</c>

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and<00:28:55.859><c> his</c><00:28:56.180><c> bride</c><00:28:57.119><c> hath</c><00:28:57.519><c> made</c><00:28:57.960><c> herself</c><00:28:58.859><c> ready.</c>

00:29:00.059 --> 00:29:02.240
And<00:29:00.319><c> the</c><00:29:00.539><c> sequence</c><00:29:00.880><c> is</c><00:29:01.299><c> carried</c><00:29:01.539><c> right</c><00:29:02.059><c> through</c>

00:29:02.240 --> 00:29:04.960
as<00:29:02.400><c> the</c><00:29:02.559><c> Lord</c><00:29:02.779><c> must</c><00:29:03.279><c> needs</c><00:29:03.559><c> go</c><00:29:03.880><c> through</c><00:29:04.259><c> Samaria,</c>

00:29:05.160 --> 00:29:07.839
and<00:29:05.259><c> goes</c><00:29:05.539><c> then</c><00:29:05.859><c> to</c><00:29:06.039><c> meet</c><00:29:06.279><c> with</c><00:29:06.640><c> the</c><00:29:06.759><c> woman</c><00:29:07.099><c> at</c><00:29:07.400><c> the</c><00:29:07.599><c> well</c>

00:29:07.839 --> 00:29:11.579
who<00:29:08.420><c> declares</c><00:29:09.319><c> that</c><00:29:09.799><c> she</c><00:29:10.220><c> desires</c><00:29:10.779><c> that</c><00:29:11.119><c> water</c>

00:29:11.579 --> 00:29:14.880
so<00:29:12.119><c> that</c><00:29:12.400><c> she</c><00:29:12.579><c> could</c><00:29:12.740><c> have</c><00:29:12.859><c> as</c><00:29:13.000><c> it</c><00:29:13.140><c> were</c><00:29:13.299><c> a</c><00:29:13.539><c> tap</c><00:29:13.819><c> in</c><00:29:14.259><c> her</c><00:29:14.500><c> house</c>

00:29:14.880 --> 00:29:17.559
instead<00:29:15.480><c> of</c><00:29:15.680><c> trudging</c><00:29:15.980><c> backwards</c><00:29:16.339><c> and</c><00:29:16.640><c> forwards</c><00:29:16.960><c> to</c><00:29:17.160><c> the</c><00:29:17.339><c> well.</c>

00:29:17.779 --> 00:29:20.180
And<00:29:18.140><c> instantly</c><00:29:18.640><c> Jesus</c><00:29:19.039><c> is</c><00:29:19.319><c> talking</c><00:29:19.599><c> to</c><00:29:19.859><c> her</c>

00:29:20.180 --> 00:29:23.079
about<00:29:20.619><c> the</c><00:29:20.900><c> well</c><00:29:21.259><c> of</c><00:29:21.720><c> inner</c><00:29:22.279><c> refreshment,</c>

00:29:23.079 --> 00:29:25.660
about<00:29:23.740><c> that</c><00:29:24.000><c> which</c><00:29:24.500><c> flows</c><00:29:25.039><c> within,</c>

00:29:26.059 --> 00:29:29.539
about<00:29:26.420><c> that</c><00:29:26.680><c> which</c><00:29:26.940><c> brings</c><00:29:27.519><c> lasting</c><00:29:28.240><c> satisfaction.</c>

00:29:29.980 --> 00:29:32.380
So<00:29:30.180><c> you</c><00:29:30.339><c> see</c><00:29:30.519><c> the</c><00:29:30.720><c> sense,</c><00:29:31.099><c> and</c><00:29:31.279><c> we</c><00:29:31.440><c> did</c><00:29:31.619><c> spend</c><00:29:31.839><c> quite</c><00:29:32.079><c> a</c><00:29:32.220><c> long</c>

00:29:32.380 --> 00:29:33.220
time<00:29:32.819><c> there</c>

00:29:33.220 --> 00:29:37.119
looking<00:29:33.660><c> at</c><00:29:33.900><c> just</c><00:29:34.500><c> one</c><00:29:34.980><c> sign</c><00:29:35.380><c> and</c><00:29:35.740><c> its</c><00:29:35.980><c> matching</c><00:29:36.400><c> discourse,</c>

00:29:37.599 --> 00:29:41.319
you<00:29:37.759><c> see</c><00:29:37.920><c> the</c><00:29:38.160><c> sense</c><00:29:38.339><c> then</c><00:29:38.660><c> in</c><00:29:38.799><c> which</c><00:29:39.140><c> the</c><00:29:39.880><c> sign</c><00:29:40.359><c> itself</c>

00:29:41.319 --> 00:29:44.819
gives<00:29:42.180><c> birth</c><00:29:43.019><c> to</c><00:29:43.980><c> the</c><00:29:44.420><c> teaching</c>

00:29:44.819 --> 00:29:48.599
and<00:29:45.400><c> to</c><00:29:45.640><c> the</c><00:29:45.920><c> themes</c><00:29:46.339><c> that</c><00:29:46.819><c> it's</c><00:29:47.180><c> connected</c><00:29:47.579><c> with.</c>

00:29:49.119 --> 00:29:50.460
Now<00:29:49.339><c> not</c><00:29:49.460><c> all</c><00:29:49.720><c> of</c><00:29:49.880><c> those,</c><00:29:50.039><c> of</c><00:29:50.279><c> course,</c>

00:29:50.460 --> 00:29:53.700
have<00:29:50.839><c> quite</c><00:29:51.420><c> such</c><00:29:51.779><c> a</c><00:29:52.339><c> careful</c><00:29:52.880><c> symmetry</c>

00:29:53.700 --> 00:29:56.500
for<00:29:54.240><c> the</c><00:29:54.420><c> simple</c><00:29:54.640><c> reason</c><00:29:54.980><c> that</c><00:29:55.240><c> signs</c><00:29:55.480><c> two</c><00:29:55.759><c> and</c><00:29:55.920><c> three,</c>

00:29:56.960 --> 00:29:59.819
the<00:29:57.680><c> miracle</c><00:29:58.099><c> concerning</c><00:29:58.619><c> the</c><00:29:58.940><c> nobleman's</c><00:29:59.599><c> son</c>

00:29:59.819 --> 00:30:03.279
and<00:30:00.299><c> that</c><00:30:00.539><c> of</c><00:30:00.720><c> the</c><00:30:00.880><c> impotent</c><00:30:01.359><c> man,</c><00:30:01.980><c> are</c><00:30:02.259><c> side</c><00:30:02.559><c> by</c><00:30:02.859><c> side.</c>

00:30:03.680 --> 00:30:06.420
But<00:30:03.880><c> the</c><00:30:04.160><c> discourse</c><00:30:04.900><c> that</c><00:30:05.440><c> then</c><00:30:05.920><c> comes</c>

00:30:06.420 --> 00:30:09.799
is<00:30:06.819><c> one</c><00:30:07.059><c> that</c><00:30:07.480><c> follows</c><00:30:07.920><c> those</c><00:30:08.599><c> two</c><00:30:08.880><c> particular</c><00:30:09.339><c> signs.</c>

00:30:10.119 --> 00:30:12.019
And<00:30:10.240><c> let's</c><00:30:10.579><c> just</c><00:30:10.900><c> spend</c><00:30:11.079><c> a</c><00:30:11.240><c> moment</c><00:30:11.440><c> or</c><00:30:11.579><c> two</c>

00:30:12.019 --> 00:30:14.519
pondering<00:30:12.660><c> what</c><00:30:12.839><c> was</c><00:30:13.079><c> happening</c><00:30:13.359><c> there.</c>

00:30:14.920 --> 00:30:17.339
So<00:30:15.180><c> far</c><00:30:15.420><c> as</c><00:30:15.599><c> the</c><00:30:15.819><c> nobleman's</c><00:30:16.420><c> son</c><00:30:16.519><c> was</c><00:30:16.839><c> concerned,</c>

00:30:17.599 --> 00:30:19.440
there<00:30:17.819><c> came</c><00:30:18.160><c> someone</c><00:30:18.619><c> from</c><00:30:19.019><c> afar.</c>

00:30:19.440 --> 00:30:24.099
Well,<00:30:20.200><c> Capernaum</c><00:30:20.519><c> was</c><00:30:20.700><c> 16</c><00:30:21.099><c> miles</c><00:30:21.440><c> or</c><00:30:21.619><c> so</c><00:30:21.759><c> away</c><00:30:22.019><c> from</c><00:30:23.039><c> Canaan.</c>

00:30:24.200 --> 00:30:28.019
And<00:30:24.440><c> along</c><00:30:24.660><c> came</c><00:30:24.900><c> this</c><00:30:25.180><c> man</c><00:30:25.339><c> to</c><00:30:25.599><c> say</c><00:30:25.859><c> that</c><00:30:26.240><c> his</c><00:30:26.799><c> son</c><00:30:27.200><c> was</c><00:30:27.700><c> sick</c>

00:30:28.019 --> 00:30:28.720
of<00:30:28.259><c> a</c><00:30:28.500><c> fever</c>

00:30:28.720 --> 00:30:30.779
and<00:30:28.980><c> would</c><00:30:29.240><c> Jesus</c><00:30:29.660><c> come?</c>

00:30:32.339 --> 00:30:38.220
Jesus,<00:30:33.019><c> having</c><00:30:33.700><c> heard</c><00:30:34.980><c> his</c><00:30:36.279><c> cry</c><00:30:36.839><c> of</c><00:30:37.259><c> help,</c>

00:30:38.240 --> 00:30:39.460
was<00:30:38.400><c> able</c><00:30:38.680><c> to</c><00:30:38.920><c> say</c><00:30:39.079><c> to</c><00:30:39.160><c> him,</c>

00:30:39.700 --> 00:30:43.119
at<00:30:39.799><c> the</c><00:30:40.140><c> seventh</c><00:30:40.380><c> hour</c><00:30:40.920><c> your</c><00:30:41.380><c> son</c><00:30:42.000><c> was</c><00:30:42.680><c> healed</c>

00:30:43.119 --> 00:30:45.480
and<00:30:43.619><c> he</c><00:30:43.920><c> returned</c><00:30:44.380><c> believing.</c>

00:30:46.500 --> 00:30:49.220
The<00:30:46.940><c> impotent</c><00:30:47.380><c> man</c><00:30:47.579><c> is</c><00:30:47.740><c> in</c><00:30:47.859><c> a</c><00:30:47.980><c> rather</c><00:30:48.240><c> different</c><00:30:48.500><c> situation.</c>

00:30:49.640 --> 00:30:51.119
Let's<00:30:49.720><c> pick</c><00:30:49.859><c> the</c><00:30:50.059><c> record</c><00:30:50.259><c> up</c><00:30:50.480><c> concerning</c><00:30:50.900><c> him</c>

00:30:51.559 --> 00:30:54.980
before<00:30:52.000><c> we</c><00:30:52.160><c> look</c><00:30:52.339><c> at</c><00:30:52.440><c> the</c><00:30:52.579><c> two</c><00:30:52.759><c> of</c><00:30:52.920><c> them</c><00:30:53.180><c> together.</c>

00:30:55.779 --> 00:30:56.740
John<00:30:55.920><c> chapter</c><00:30:56.220><c> five.</c>

00:30:57.000 --> 00:31:00.440
I<00:30:57.059><c> want</c><00:30:57.180><c> you</c><00:30:57.299><c> to</c><00:30:57.500><c> watch</c><00:30:57.720><c> for</c><00:30:57.940><c> a</c><00:30:58.319><c> particular</c><00:30:58.680><c> detail</c><00:30:59.220><c> here.</c>

00:31:01.940 --> 00:31:03.799
After<00:31:02.059><c> this</c><00:31:02.299><c> there</c><00:31:02.440><c> was</c><00:31:02.599><c> a</c><00:31:02.779><c> feast</c><00:31:02.960><c> of</c><00:31:03.160><c> the</c><00:31:03.359><c> Jews.</c>

00:31:04.200 --> 00:31:06.960
Catch<00:31:04.400><c> the</c><00:31:04.660><c> echo.</c><00:31:05.579><c> A</c><00:31:05.779><c> feast</c><00:31:06.019><c> of</c><00:31:06.279><c> the</c><00:31:06.519><c> Jews.</c>

00:31:07.460 --> 00:31:09.740
They<00:31:07.579><c> were</c><00:31:07.700><c> not</c><00:31:07.880><c> the</c><00:31:08.099><c> feasts</c><00:31:08.319><c> of</c><00:31:08.579><c> God</c><00:31:08.759><c> that</c><00:31:08.900><c> they</c><00:31:09.059><c> were</c><00:31:09.200><c> keeping</c><00:31:09.500><c> now,</c>

00:31:09.740 --> 00:31:11.240
but<00:31:09.839><c> they</c><00:31:09.960><c> were</c><00:31:10.119><c> doing</c><00:31:10.279><c> it</c><00:31:10.599><c> their</c><00:31:10.859><c> way.</c>

00:31:11.519 --> 00:31:13.480
And<00:31:11.740><c> Jesus</c><00:31:12.000><c> went</c><00:31:12.259><c> up</c><00:31:12.539><c> to</c><00:31:12.740><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:31:13.480 --> 00:31:18.880
Now<00:31:14.279><c> there</c><00:31:14.779><c> is</c><00:31:15.599><c> at</c><00:31:16.400><c> Jerusalem</c><00:31:17.140><c> by</c><00:31:17.859><c> the</c><00:31:18.099><c> sheep</c><00:31:18.319><c> market</c>

00:31:18.880 --> 00:31:22.559
a<00:31:19.640><c> pool</c><00:31:19.880><c> which</c><00:31:20.119><c> is</c><00:31:20.380><c> called</c><00:31:20.559><c> in</c><00:31:20.680><c> the</c><00:31:20.880><c> Hebrew</c><00:31:21.160><c> tongue</c><00:31:21.500><c> Bethesda,</c>

00:31:22.559 --> 00:31:24.299
having<00:31:22.980><c> five</c><00:31:23.539><c> porches.</c>

00:31:24.799 --> 00:31:29.019
See,<00:31:25.099><c> I</c><00:31:25.279><c> laid</c><00:31:25.539><c> careful</c><00:31:25.940><c> stress</c><00:31:26.259><c> upon</c><00:31:26.660><c> the</c><00:31:27.180><c> present</c><00:31:27.640><c> tense</c><00:31:28.000><c> there.</c>

00:31:29.960 --> 00:31:31.319
John<00:31:30.259><c> does</c><00:31:30.619><c> not</c><00:31:30.900><c> record,</c>

00:31:31.519 --> 00:31:35.400
now<00:31:31.640><c> there</c><00:31:31.799><c> was</c><00:31:32.140><c> at</c><00:31:32.319><c> Jerusalem</c><00:31:32.960><c> by</c><00:31:33.380><c> the</c><00:31:33.619><c> sheep</c><00:31:33.779><c> market</c><00:31:34.119><c> a</c><00:31:34.259><c> pool.</c>

00:31:35.839 --> 00:31:39.559
Seemingly<00:31:36.559><c> an</c><00:31:36.839><c> indication</c><00:31:37.400><c> that</c><00:31:37.599><c> the</c><00:31:37.740><c> Gospel</c><00:31:38.059><c> was</c><00:31:38.319><c> written</c><00:31:38.700><c> earlier</c>

00:31:39.559 --> 00:31:40.900
rather<00:31:40.119><c> than</c><00:31:40.420><c> later.</c>

00:31:40.900 --> 00:31:43.599
Written<00:31:41.500><c> in</c><00:31:41.740><c> fact</c><00:31:41.859><c> before</c><00:31:42.539><c> AD</c><00:31:42.980><c> 70.</c>

00:31:43.960 --> 00:31:46.079
Now<00:31:44.039><c> I</c><00:31:44.119><c> know</c><00:31:44.259><c> it's</c><00:31:44.539><c> widely</c><00:31:44.759><c> supposed</c><00:31:45.220><c> that</c><00:31:45.460><c> John</c><00:31:45.660><c> was</c><00:31:45.880><c> the</c>

00:31:46.079 --> 00:31:47.200
last<00:31:46.779><c> Gospel</c>

00:31:47.200 --> 00:31:50.740
to<00:31:47.420><c> have</c><00:31:47.559><c> been</c><00:31:47.759><c> written</c><00:31:48.119><c> and</c><00:31:48.539><c> that</c><00:31:48.640><c> it</c><00:31:48.700><c> was</c><00:31:48.880><c> written</c><00:31:49.180><c> in</c><00:31:49.779><c> AD</c><00:31:50.000><c> 90</c>

00:31:50.740 --> 00:31:53.539
or<00:31:51.039><c> thereabouts</c><00:31:51.640><c> right</c><00:31:52.140><c> at</c><00:31:52.299><c> the</c><00:31:52.460><c> end</c><00:31:52.640><c> of</c><00:31:52.839><c> the</c><00:31:53.119><c> century</c>

00:31:53.539 --> 00:31:56.619
and<00:31:53.759><c> that</c><00:31:54.200><c> John</c><00:31:54.380><c> was</c><00:31:54.559><c> the</c><00:31:54.740><c> oldest</c><00:31:55.019><c> of</c><00:31:55.220><c> the</c><00:31:55.380><c> surviving</c><00:31:56.000><c> apostles</c>

00:31:56.619 --> 00:31:58.619
and<00:31:56.839><c> that</c><00:31:57.039><c> you</c><00:31:57.200><c> could</c><00:31:57.420><c> understand</c><00:31:57.799><c> it</c><00:31:57.940><c> on</c><00:31:58.079><c> that</c><00:31:58.299><c> basis.</c>

00:31:59.119 --> 00:32:02.000
But<00:31:59.200><c> bear</c><00:31:59.480><c> in</c><00:31:59.619><c> mind</c><00:31:59.700><c> that</c><00:31:59.980><c> many</c><00:32:00.279><c> of</c><00:32:00.480><c> the</c><00:32:00.660><c> people</c><00:32:01.039><c> who</c><00:32:01.440><c> in</c><00:32:01.680><c> fact</c>

00:32:02.000 --> 00:32:03.480
argue<00:32:02.700><c> like</c><00:32:03.119><c> that</c>

00:32:03.480 --> 00:32:07.839
are<00:32:03.900><c> really</c><00:32:04.359><c> saying</c><00:32:04.759><c> that</c><00:32:05.299><c> John</c><00:32:05.759><c> was</c><00:32:06.259><c> addressing</c><00:32:06.799><c> his</c><00:32:07.299><c> Gospel</c>

00:32:07.839 --> 00:32:09.579
to<00:32:08.420><c> the</c><00:32:08.740><c> Gnostics,</c>

00:32:09.579 --> 00:32:13.119
to<00:32:10.140><c> those</c><00:32:10.420><c> people</c><00:32:10.839><c> who</c><00:32:11.220><c> were</c><00:32:11.420><c> to</c><00:32:11.640><c> believe</c><00:32:11.920><c> that</c><00:32:12.220><c> matter</c><00:32:12.460><c> was</c><00:32:12.720><c> evil</c>

00:32:13.119 --> 00:32:16.740
and<00:32:13.480><c> that</c><00:32:13.759><c> God</c><00:32:13.980><c> was</c><00:32:14.319><c> only</c><00:32:14.619><c> able</c><00:32:14.839><c> to</c><00:32:15.059><c> act</c><00:32:15.359><c> through</c><00:32:15.700><c> intermediaries,</c>

00:32:16.880 --> 00:32:18.660
none<00:32:16.940><c> of</c><00:32:17.039><c> the</c><00:32:17.079><c> way</c><00:32:17.200><c> in</c><00:32:17.299><c> which</c><00:32:17.440><c> Brother</c><00:32:17.680><c> Ernie</c><00:32:17.960><c> was</c><00:32:18.140><c> going</c><00:32:18.339><c> to</c>

00:32:18.660 --> 00:32:20.019
pass<00:32:18.900><c> the</c><00:32:19.019><c> message</c><00:32:19.259><c> on</c><00:32:19.420><c> to</c><00:32:19.519><c> Brother</c><00:32:19.720><c> John</c>

00:32:20.019 --> 00:32:22.460
and<00:32:20.380><c> Brother</c><00:32:20.619><c> Reuben</c><00:32:20.940><c> and</c><00:32:21.059><c> he</c><00:32:21.200><c> would</c><00:32:21.400><c> pass</c><00:32:21.619><c> it</c><00:32:21.740><c> to</c><00:32:21.920><c> someone</c><00:32:22.119><c> else.</c>

00:32:22.799 --> 00:32:28.779
Now<00:32:23.059><c> that</c><00:32:23.319><c> was</c><00:32:23.539><c> the</c><00:32:23.839><c> second</c><00:32:24.099><c> century</c><00:32:24.680><c> by</c><00:32:25.200><c> the</c><00:32:25.380><c> time</c><00:32:25.559><c> that</c><00:32:25.880><c> those</c><00:32:26.500><c> thought</c><00:32:26.900><c> forms</c><00:32:27.380><c> really</c><00:32:27.980><c> got</c><00:32:28.319><c> going.</c>

00:32:29.240 --> 00:32:32.420
And<00:32:29.599><c> people</c><00:32:29.819><c> who</c><00:32:30.079><c> say</c><00:32:30.220><c> John</c><00:32:30.500><c> was</c><00:32:30.740><c> really</c><00:32:31.140><c> attacking</c><00:32:31.579><c> those</c>

00:32:32.420 --> 00:32:34.019
thought<00:32:32.759><c> forms</c><00:32:33.160><c> and</c><00:32:33.359><c> those</c><00:32:33.640><c> alone</c>

00:32:34.019 --> 00:32:37.559
are<00:32:34.519><c> necessarily</c><00:32:35.240><c> required</c><00:32:36.019><c> to</c><00:32:36.299><c> believe</c><00:32:36.500><c> that</c><00:32:36.700><c> John</c><00:32:36.900><c> was</c><00:32:37.160><c> writing</c><00:32:37.400><c> at</c>

00:32:37.559 --> 00:32:38.900
the<00:32:37.799><c> latest</c><00:32:38.119><c> possible</c><00:32:38.640><c> date</c>

00:32:38.900 --> 00:32:39.819
that<00:32:39.019><c> he</c><00:32:39.119><c> could</c><00:32:39.339><c> have</c><00:32:39.519><c> done.</c>

00:32:40.019 --> 00:32:42.779
Hence<00:32:40.259><c> the</c><00:32:40.480><c> idea</c><00:32:40.799><c> that</c><00:32:41.200><c> John</c><00:32:41.420><c> was</c><00:32:41.660><c> writing</c><00:32:41.940><c> his</c><00:32:42.220><c> Gospel</c><00:32:42.500><c> right</c>

00:32:42.779 --> 00:32:44.740
at<00:32:43.000><c> the</c><00:32:43.099><c> end</c><00:32:43.539><c> of</c><00:32:43.880><c> the</c><00:32:44.000><c> first</c><00:32:44.319><c> century</c>

00:32:44.740 --> 00:32:47.440
if<00:32:44.960><c> indeed</c><00:32:45.359><c> it</c><00:32:45.720><c> was</c><00:32:46.000><c> considered</c><00:32:46.380><c> that</c><00:32:46.559><c> it</c><00:32:46.680><c> was</c><00:32:46.859><c> John</c><00:32:47.099><c> who</c><00:32:47.220><c> was</c>

00:32:47.440 --> 00:32:48.400
writing<00:32:47.680><c> it</c><00:32:47.940><c> at</c><00:32:48.160><c> all.</c>

00:32:48.859 --> 00:32:52.039
But<00:32:49.099><c> that</c><00:32:49.359><c> little</c><00:32:49.640><c> detail</c><00:32:50.220><c> seems</c><00:32:50.740><c> to</c><00:32:51.019><c> suggest</c><00:32:51.420><c> in</c><00:32:51.680><c> fact</c><00:32:51.839><c> that</c>

00:32:52.039 --> 00:32:53.279
the<00:32:52.279><c> Gospels</c><00:32:52.640><c> were</c><00:32:52.900><c> written</c>

00:32:53.279 --> 00:32:57.799
much<00:32:53.880><c> more</c><00:32:54.660><c> close</c><00:32:55.059><c> up</c><00:32:55.299><c> to</c><00:32:55.460><c> the</c><00:32:55.680><c> events</c><00:32:56.000><c> than</c><00:32:56.480><c> is</c><00:32:56.859><c> often</c><00:32:57.319><c> thought.</c>

00:32:58.299 --> 00:33:02.059
There<00:32:58.579><c> is</c><00:32:59.119><c> at</c><00:32:59.500><c> Jerusalem</c><00:33:00.160><c> by</c><00:33:00.700><c> the</c><00:33:00.920><c> sheep</c><00:33:01.119><c> market</c><00:33:01.460><c> a</c><00:33:01.759><c> pool</c>

00:33:02.059 --> 00:33:04.660
which<00:33:02.559><c> is</c><00:33:02.779><c> called</c><00:33:02.980><c> in</c><00:33:03.119><c> the</c><00:33:03.279><c> Hebrew</c><00:33:03.539><c> tongue</c><00:33:03.839><c> Bethesda.</c>

00:33:04.660 --> 00:33:08.099
And<00:33:05.019><c> notice</c><00:33:05.279><c> again</c><00:33:05.579><c> that</c><00:33:06.000><c> those</c><00:33:06.319><c> Jews</c><00:33:06.579><c> of</c><00:33:06.859><c> the</c><00:33:07.180><c> Diaspora</c><00:33:07.740><c> who</c>

00:33:08.099 --> 00:33:09.559
had<00:33:08.299><c> not</c><00:33:08.579><c> been</c><00:33:08.799><c> to</c><00:33:09.059><c> Jerusalem</c>

00:33:09.559 --> 00:33:12.660
would<00:33:09.779><c> be</c><00:33:10.059><c> grateful</c><00:33:10.420><c> for</c><00:33:10.619><c> that</c><00:33:10.859><c> particular</c><00:33:11.420><c> information.</c>

00:33:12.880 --> 00:33:17.140
It<00:33:13.519><c> was</c><00:33:13.759><c> widely</c><00:33:14.079><c> thought</c><00:33:14.440><c> that</c><00:33:14.720><c> the</c><00:33:15.039><c> five</c><00:33:15.460><c> porches</c><00:33:15.920><c> were</c><00:33:16.359><c> allegorical.</c>

00:33:17.599 --> 00:33:20.619
The<00:33:17.839><c> early</c><00:33:18.240><c> Church</c><00:33:18.640><c> Fathers</c><00:33:19.059><c> for</c><00:33:19.220><c> example</c><00:33:19.640><c> said</c><00:33:19.960><c> those</c><00:33:20.319><c> were</c>

00:33:20.619 --> 00:33:22.819
representative<00:33:21.200><c> of</c><00:33:21.480><c> the</c><00:33:21.700><c> five</c><00:33:21.920><c> books</c><00:33:22.140><c> of</c><00:33:22.319><c> the</c><00:33:22.500><c> Pentateuch</c>

00:33:23.240 --> 00:33:26.059
because<00:33:23.440><c> there</c><00:33:23.660><c> weren't</c><00:33:23.859><c> actually</c><00:33:24.299><c> five</c><00:33:24.940><c> porches</c><00:33:25.359><c> so</c><00:33:25.579><c> they</c><00:33:25.839><c> said.</c>

00:33:26.380 --> 00:33:28.660
It's<00:33:26.599><c> only</c><00:33:26.799><c> recently</c><00:33:27.200><c> that</c><00:33:27.500><c> archaeologists</c><00:33:28.119><c> have</c><00:33:28.339><c> actually</c>

00:33:28.660 --> 00:33:31.259
discovered<00:33:29.119><c> that</c><00:33:29.480><c> there</c><00:33:29.700><c> were</c><00:33:29.960><c> indeed</c><00:33:30.380><c> five</c><00:33:30.799><c> porches.</c>

00:33:31.259 --> 00:33:34.640
But<00:33:31.579><c> there</c><00:33:31.759><c> might</c><00:33:32.039><c> for</c><00:33:32.240><c> all</c><00:33:32.539><c> that</c><00:33:32.720><c> be</c><00:33:32.940><c> some</c><00:33:33.359><c> allegorical</c><00:33:33.960><c> significance.</c>

00:33:35.079 --> 00:33:39.359
In<00:33:35.339><c> these</c><00:33:36.000><c> lay</c><00:33:36.420><c> a</c><00:33:36.779><c> great</c><00:33:37.039><c> multitude</c><00:33:37.700><c> of</c><00:33:38.279><c> impotent</c><00:33:38.900><c> folk</c>

00:33:39.359 --> 00:33:44.619
of<00:33:40.119><c> blind,</c><00:33:41.759><c> halt,</c><00:33:42.160><c> withered,</c><00:33:43.039><c> waiting</c><00:33:43.380><c> for</c><00:33:43.759><c> the</c><00:33:43.960><c> moving</c><00:33:44.279><c> of</c>

00:33:44.619 --> 00:33:45.279
the<00:33:44.839><c> water.</c>

00:33:45.779 --> 00:33:47.559
And<00:33:45.980><c> again</c><00:33:46.240><c> notice</c><00:33:46.599><c> what</c><00:33:46.759><c> we've</c><00:33:46.980><c> come</c><00:33:47.200><c> across.</c>

00:33:48.039 --> 00:33:52.380
We've<00:33:48.259><c> come</c><00:33:48.420><c> across</c><00:33:48.619><c> a</c><00:33:48.859><c> situation</c><00:33:49.339><c> this</c><00:33:49.660><c> time</c><00:33:49.940><c> where</c><00:33:50.480><c> an</c><00:33:50.980><c> impotent</c><00:33:51.680><c> man</c>

00:33:52.380 --> 00:33:55.240
lies<00:33:53.000><c> cheek</c><00:33:53.380><c> by</c><00:33:53.779><c> jowl</c><00:33:54.339><c> with</c><00:33:54.599><c> the</c><00:33:54.859><c> temple.</c>

00:33:55.660 --> 00:33:59.500
The<00:33:55.859><c> temple</c><00:33:56.200><c> was</c><00:33:56.480><c> unable</c><00:33:56.839><c> to</c><00:33:57.119><c> do</c><00:33:57.359><c> anything</c><00:33:57.759><c> to</c><00:33:58.259><c> resolve</c><00:33:58.740><c> his</c><00:33:59.039><c> needs.</c>

00:33:59.500 --> 00:34:04.400
It<00:34:00.000><c> left</c><00:34:00.380><c> him</c><00:34:00.960><c> impotent.</c><00:34:02.180><c> It</c><00:34:02.319><c> left</c><00:34:02.680><c> him</c><00:34:03.200><c> unable.</c>

00:34:04.920 --> 00:34:07.299
Verse<00:34:05.039><c> four</c><00:34:05.380><c> isn't</c><00:34:05.660><c> in</c><00:34:05.980><c> the</c><00:34:06.140><c> best</c><00:34:06.480><c> manuscripts.</c>

00:34:07.559 --> 00:34:10.559
It<00:34:07.779><c> represents</c><00:34:08.260><c> a</c><00:34:08.639><c> certain</c><00:34:08.920><c> tradition</c><00:34:09.400><c> there</c><00:34:09.760><c> that</c><00:34:10.059><c> an</c><00:34:10.340><c> angel</c>

00:34:10.559 --> 00:34:12.000
came<00:34:10.840><c> down</c><00:34:11.079><c> and</c><00:34:11.280><c> moved</c><00:34:11.480><c> the</c><00:34:11.739><c> water.</c>

00:34:12.340 --> 00:34:14.840
The<00:34:12.480><c> greater</c><00:34:12.719><c> likelihood</c><00:34:13.239><c> was</c><00:34:13.739><c> that</c><00:34:13.880><c> there</c><00:34:14.099><c> was</c><00:34:14.260><c> in</c><00:34:14.360><c> fact</c><00:34:14.539><c> a</c>

00:34:14.840 --> 00:34:15.619
drainage<00:34:15.300><c> outflow</c>

00:34:16.019 --> 00:34:18.659
from<00:34:16.460><c> the</c><00:34:16.719><c> temple</c><00:34:17.099><c> into</c><00:34:17.579><c> this</c><00:34:17.800><c> particular</c><00:34:18.280><c> pool.</c>

00:34:18.920 --> 00:34:22.760
And<00:34:19.119><c> that</c><00:34:19.300><c> now</c><00:34:19.420><c> and</c><00:34:19.559><c> again</c><00:34:19.760><c> discharges</c><00:34:20.619><c> to</c><00:34:20.820><c> do</c><00:34:20.960><c> with</c><00:34:21.119><c> the</c><00:34:21.539><c> sacrifice</c><00:34:22.059><c> and</c><00:34:22.380><c> offerings</c>

00:34:22.760 --> 00:34:25.500
brought<00:34:23.639><c> down</c><00:34:24.280><c> some</c><00:34:24.579><c> dirty</c><00:34:24.960><c> water.</c>

00:34:25.500 --> 00:34:29.760
And<00:34:26.099><c> what</c><00:34:26.340><c> a</c><00:34:26.719><c> sad</c><00:34:26.820><c> and</c><00:34:27.159><c> tragic</c><00:34:27.460><c> situation</c><00:34:28.079><c> it</c><00:34:28.179><c> would</c><00:34:28.420><c> be</c><00:34:28.719><c> if</c><00:34:29.099><c> that</c><00:34:29.380><c> was</c><00:34:29.579><c> in</c>

00:34:29.760 --> 00:34:30.519
fact<00:34:29.920><c> the</c><00:34:30.139><c> case.</c>

00:34:30.940 --> 00:34:34.559
That<00:34:31.179><c> people</c><00:34:31.460><c> were</c><00:34:31.679><c> waiting</c><00:34:32.059><c> for</c><00:34:32.360><c> the</c><00:34:32.679><c> refuse</c><00:34:33.300><c> from</c><00:34:33.820><c> the</c><00:34:34.099><c> temple</c><00:34:34.340><c> to</c>

00:34:34.559 --> 00:34:35.119
come<00:34:34.820><c> down</c>

00:34:35.119 --> 00:34:37.639
before<00:34:35.699><c> they</c><00:34:35.900><c> should</c><00:34:36.260><c> step</c><00:34:36.659><c> into</c><00:34:36.940><c> the</c><00:34:37.199><c> water.</c>

00:34:38.019 --> 00:34:40.219
You<00:34:38.119><c> see</c><00:34:38.159><c> the</c><00:34:38.360><c> picture</c><00:34:38.599><c> that</c><00:34:38.820><c> again</c><00:34:39.039><c> is</c><00:34:39.739><c> emerging.</c>

00:34:40.659 --> 00:34:45.320
That<00:34:40.880><c> the</c><00:34:41.179><c> law</c><00:34:41.559><c> was</c><00:34:42.219><c> not</c><00:34:42.820><c> now</c><00:34:43.139><c> in</c><00:34:43.420><c> the</c><00:34:43.559><c> way</c><00:34:43.699><c> it</c><00:34:43.760><c> was</c><00:34:43.980><c> being</c><00:34:44.340><c> administered</c><00:34:44.860><c> by</c>

00:34:45.320 --> 00:34:45.920
the<00:34:45.579><c> Jews</c>

00:34:45.920 --> 00:34:50.019
able<00:34:46.719><c> to</c><00:34:47.019><c> bring</c><00:34:47.300><c> cleansing</c><00:34:47.980><c> and</c><00:34:48.579><c> wholeness</c><00:34:49.280><c> and</c><00:34:49.679><c> life.</c>

00:34:50.019 --> 00:34:55.659
It<00:34:50.500><c> was</c><00:34:50.679><c> more</c><00:34:50.920><c> likely</c><00:34:51.260><c> to</c><00:34:52.539><c> leave</c><00:34:52.579><c> diseased</c><00:34:53.340><c> people</c><00:34:53.960><c> more</c><00:34:54.800><c> diseased.</c>

00:34:56.139 --> 00:34:57.659
Wise<00:34:56.300><c> is</c><00:34:56.480><c> the</c><00:34:56.619><c> record,</c><00:34:56.980><c> verse</c><00:34:57.199><c> five.</c>

00:34:57.780 --> 00:35:03.579
A<00:34:57.820><c> certain</c><00:34:58.199><c> man</c><00:34:58.519><c> was</c><00:34:58.800><c> there</c><00:34:59.159><c> which</c><00:34:59.519><c> had</c><00:34:59.760><c> an</c><00:35:00.099><c> infirmity</c><00:35:00.860><c> 38</c><00:35:01.920><c> years.</c>

00:35:04.219 --> 00:35:09.340
Intriguing<00:35:04.699><c> isn't</c><00:35:04.860><c> it</c><00:35:05.000><c> that</c><00:35:05.139><c> Israel</c><00:35:05.579><c> wandered</c><00:35:06.079><c> for</c><00:35:06.760><c> 38</c><00:35:07.840><c> years</c>

00:35:09.340 --> 00:35:12.260
impotent<00:35:10.559><c> in</c><00:35:11.039><c> the</c><00:35:11.219><c> wilderness.</c>

00:35:13.559 --> 00:35:17.900
When<00:35:14.059><c> Jesus</c><00:35:14.599><c> saw</c><00:35:14.940><c> him</c><00:35:15.320><c> lie</c><00:35:15.699><c> and</c><00:35:16.199><c> knew</c><00:35:16.440><c> that</c><00:35:16.679><c> he</c><00:35:16.800><c> had</c><00:35:17.019><c> been</c><00:35:17.360><c> now</c>

00:35:17.900 --> 00:35:19.880
a<00:35:18.199><c> long</c><00:35:18.579><c> time</c><00:35:18.920><c> in</c><00:35:19.099><c> that</c><00:35:19.400><c> case,</c>

00:35:19.880 --> 00:35:22.800
he<00:35:20.500><c> said</c><00:35:20.679><c> unto</c><00:35:20.920><c> him,</c>

00:35:23.420 --> 00:35:26.159
Wilt<00:35:23.739><c> thou</c><00:35:24.420><c> be</c><00:35:24.760><c> made</c><00:35:25.159><c> whole?</c>

00:35:26.820 --> 00:35:28.679
The<00:35:27.159><c> impotent</c><00:35:27.500><c> man</c><00:35:27.739><c> answered</c><00:35:28.059><c> him,</c>

00:35:28.880 --> 00:35:35.340
Sir,<00:35:30.940><c> I</c><00:35:31.320><c> have</c><00:35:31.639><c> no</c><00:35:31.980><c> man</c><00:35:32.559><c> when</c><00:35:33.260><c> the</c><00:35:33.500><c> water</c><00:35:33.739><c> is</c><00:35:34.000><c> troubled</c><00:35:34.420><c> to</c><00:35:35.119><c> put</c>

00:35:35.340 --> 00:35:36.900
me<00:35:35.559><c> into</c><00:35:35.739><c> the</c><00:35:36.000><c> pool.</c>

00:35:37.059 --> 00:35:41.760
But<00:35:37.400><c> while</c><00:35:37.679><c> I</c><00:35:37.840><c> am</c><00:35:38.039><c> coming</c><00:35:38.420><c> another</c><00:35:39.320><c> stepeth</c><00:35:39.840><c> down</c><00:35:40.199><c> before</c><00:35:40.619><c> me.</c>

00:35:41.920 --> 00:35:43.059
Jesus<00:35:42.260><c> said</c><00:35:42.480><c> unto</c><00:35:42.719><c> him,</c>

00:35:43.059 --> 00:35:47.440
Rise,<00:35:44.519><c> take</c><00:35:44.739><c> up</c><00:35:44.940><c> thy</c><00:35:45.179><c> bed</c><00:35:45.719><c> and</c><00:35:46.320><c> walk.</c>

00:35:47.599 --> 00:35:50.719
And<00:35:47.820><c> immediately</c><00:35:48.519><c> the</c><00:35:48.739><c> man</c><00:35:48.960><c> was</c><00:35:49.219><c> made</c><00:35:49.519><c> whole</c><00:35:49.940><c> and</c><00:35:50.360><c> took</c><00:35:50.539><c> up</c>

00:35:50.719 --> 00:35:52.099
his<00:35:50.940><c> bed</c><00:35:51.280><c> and</c><00:35:51.760><c> walked.</c>

00:35:52.099 --> 00:35:55.519
And<00:35:52.699><c> on</c><00:35:53.000><c> the</c><00:35:53.219><c> same</c><00:35:53.440><c> day</c><00:35:53.940><c> was</c><00:35:54.420><c> the</c><00:35:54.659><c> Sabbath.</c>

00:35:55.619 --> 00:36:00.860
This<00:35:55.860><c> was</c><00:35:56.099><c> the</c><00:35:56.280><c> Sabbath</c><00:35:56.519><c> then</c><00:35:56.760><c> in</c><00:35:56.820><c> which</c><00:35:57.019><c> the</c><00:35:57.159><c> Lord</c><00:35:57.420><c> Jesus</c><00:35:57.860><c> Christ</c><00:35:58.340><c> brought</c><00:35:58.980><c> life</c><00:35:59.579><c> and</c><00:35:59.940><c> liberty.</c>

00:36:00.880 --> 00:36:05.800
He<00:36:01.340><c> brought</c><00:36:01.960><c> mobility</c><00:36:02.880><c> to</c><00:36:03.619><c> one</c><00:36:04.000><c> who</c><00:36:04.239><c> had</c><00:36:04.480><c> been</c><00:36:04.980><c> immobile.</c>

00:36:06.139 --> 00:36:08.340
He<00:36:06.320><c> did</c><00:36:06.500><c> what</c><00:36:06.639><c> the</c><00:36:06.900><c> temple</c><00:36:07.119><c> was</c><00:36:07.360><c> unable</c><00:36:07.719><c> to</c><00:36:08.019><c> do.</c>

00:36:08.340 --> 00:36:12.539
He<00:36:08.820><c> was</c><00:36:09.019><c> able</c><00:36:09.239><c> to</c><00:36:09.679><c> transform</c><00:36:10.340><c> and</c><00:36:10.739><c> to</c><00:36:11.019><c> revive</c><00:36:11.360><c> a</c><00:36:11.739><c> man</c><00:36:11.940><c> who</c><00:36:12.159><c> was</c>

00:36:12.539 --> 00:36:14.719
otherwise<00:36:13.340><c> hopeless.</c>

00:36:15.199 --> 00:36:18.900
And<00:36:15.320><c> he</c><00:36:15.500><c> looked</c><00:36:15.920><c> and</c><00:36:17.039><c> there</c><00:36:17.219><c> was</c><00:36:17.480><c> no</c><00:36:17.900><c> man.</c>

00:36:19.320 --> 00:36:21.579
Therefore<00:36:19.679><c> his</c><00:36:19.960><c> own</c><00:36:20.239><c> arm</c><00:36:20.480><c> brought</c><00:36:20.840><c> salvation.</c>

00:36:21.960 --> 00:36:26.340
Remember<00:36:22.199><c> Isaiah</c><00:36:22.519><c> chapter</c><00:36:22.920><c> 59</c><00:36:23.500><c> speaks</c><00:36:23.980><c> of</c><00:36:24.159><c> God</c><00:36:24.420><c> who</c><00:36:24.659><c> looks</c><00:36:24.900><c> and</c><00:36:25.239><c> there</c><00:36:25.440><c> was</c><00:36:25.699><c> no</c><00:36:25.940><c> man.</c>

00:36:26.440 --> 00:36:28.059
And<00:36:26.679><c> so</c><00:36:26.800><c> it</c><00:36:26.920><c> was</c><00:36:27.119><c> God's</c><00:36:27.659><c> action.</c>

00:36:28.400 --> 00:36:30.679
And<00:36:28.539><c> now</c><00:36:28.719><c> the</c><00:36:28.820><c> Lord</c><00:36:29.039><c> Jesus</c><00:36:29.460><c> Christ</c><00:36:29.760><c> was</c><00:36:29.980><c> looking</c><00:36:30.260><c> and</c><00:36:30.420><c> this</c>

00:36:30.679 --> 00:36:31.119
man<00:36:30.860><c> said,</c>

00:36:31.500 --> 00:36:34.980
There<00:36:31.559><c> is</c><00:36:31.860><c> no</c><00:36:32.119><c> man</c><00:36:32.500><c> when</c><00:36:32.960><c> the</c><00:36:33.179><c> water</c><00:36:33.420><c> is</c><00:36:33.679><c> troubled</c><00:36:34.019><c> who</c><00:36:34.360><c> can</c><00:36:34.579><c> get</c><00:36:34.780><c> me</c>

00:36:34.980 --> 00:36:35.599
into<00:36:35.119><c> the</c><00:36:35.360><c> pool.</c>

00:36:35.599 --> 00:36:42.260
And<00:36:36.019><c> do</c><00:36:36.340><c> you</c><00:36:36.420><c> notice</c><00:36:36.699><c> too</c><00:36:37.139><c> that</c><00:36:38.119><c> this</c><00:36:38.420><c> man</c><00:36:38.599><c> had</c><00:36:38.900><c> some</c><00:36:39.179><c> difficulty</c><00:36:39.880><c> summoning</c><00:36:41.539><c> up</c><00:36:41.860><c> the</c>

00:36:42.260 --> 00:36:43.980
faith<00:36:42.639><c> that</c><00:36:43.139><c> was</c><00:36:43.400><c> required.</c>

00:36:44.380 --> 00:36:47.900
Wilt<00:36:45.179><c> thou</c><00:36:45.900><c> be</c><00:36:46.340><c> made</c><00:36:46.900><c> whole?</c>

00:36:48.059 --> 00:36:52.639
The<00:36:48.159><c> Lord</c><00:36:48.360><c> Jesus</c><00:36:48.719><c> Christ</c><00:36:49.039><c> was</c><00:36:49.420><c> and</c><00:36:49.920><c> still</c><00:36:50.219><c> is</c><00:36:50.639><c> inclined</c><00:36:51.260><c> to</c><00:36:51.940><c> look</c><00:36:52.420><c> to</c>

00:36:52.639 --> 00:36:57.539
men<00:36:52.860><c> and</c><00:36:53.059><c> women</c><00:36:53.400><c> for</c><00:36:54.159><c> their</c><00:36:54.559><c> desire</c><00:36:55.400><c> to</c><00:36:55.920><c> be</c><00:36:56.119><c> made</c><00:36:56.500><c> whole.</c>

00:36:57.760 --> 00:37:01.579
You<00:36:57.940><c> recall</c><00:36:58.099><c> the</c><00:36:58.320><c> incident</c><00:36:58.619><c> when</c><00:36:58.840><c> he</c><00:36:58.920><c> was</c><00:36:59.320><c> walking</c><00:36:59.699><c> near</c><00:37:00.039><c> Jericho</c><00:37:00.679><c> and</c>

00:37:01.579 --> 00:37:04.460
blind<00:37:02.119><c> Bartimaeus</c><00:37:02.920><c> came</c><00:37:03.199><c> to</c><00:37:03.440><c> him.</c>

00:37:05.059 --> 00:37:09.179
What<00:37:05.739><c> wilt</c><00:37:06.079><c> thou</c><00:37:06.400><c> that</c><00:37:06.599><c> I</c><00:37:06.840><c> should</c><00:37:07.019><c> do</c><00:37:07.260><c> unto</c><00:37:07.519><c> thee?</c><00:37:08.579><c> said</c><00:37:08.760><c> Jesus</c>

00:37:09.179 --> 00:37:10.539
to<00:37:09.460><c> him.</c>

00:37:10.860 --> 00:37:12.860
Now<00:37:11.179><c> Bartimaeus</c><00:37:11.519><c> was</c><00:37:11.820><c> blind.</c>

00:37:12.960 --> 00:37:15.719
It<00:37:13.280><c> was</c><00:37:13.599><c> blatantly</c><00:37:14.099><c> obvious</c><00:37:14.539><c> what</c><00:37:14.699><c> he</c><00:37:14.900><c> wanted.</c>

00:37:15.860 --> 00:37:20.019
But<00:37:16.079><c> the</c><00:37:16.239><c> Lord</c><00:37:16.420><c> says,</c><00:37:17.340><c> What</c><00:37:17.980><c> wilt</c><00:37:18.360><c> thou</c><00:37:18.840><c> that</c><00:37:19.400><c> I</c><00:37:19.659><c> should</c><00:37:19.820><c> do</c>

00:37:20.019 --> 00:37:21.219
unto<00:37:20.280><c> thee?</c>

00:37:21.500 --> 00:37:27.059
Lord,<00:37:22.500><c> said</c><00:37:22.579><c> Bartimaeus,</c><00:37:24.119><c> that</c><00:37:24.260><c> my</c><00:37:24.539><c> eyes</c><00:37:25.280><c> might</c><00:37:25.780><c> be</c><00:37:26.199><c> opened.</c>

00:37:28.079 --> 00:37:31.820
Now<00:37:28.679><c> the</c><00:37:28.900><c> Lord</c><00:37:29.179><c> was</c><00:37:29.980><c> straining</c><00:37:30.400><c> after</c><00:37:30.739><c> the</c><00:37:31.000><c> same</c><00:37:31.300><c> expressions</c>

00:37:31.820 --> 00:37:33.800
of<00:37:32.099><c> faith</c><00:37:32.380><c> in</c><00:37:32.940><c> this</c><00:37:33.199><c> instance.</c>

00:37:34.300 --> 00:37:37.679
And<00:37:34.900><c> the</c><00:37:35.239><c> man</c><00:37:35.579><c> gave</c><00:37:35.960><c> them</c><00:37:36.599><c> falteringly.</c>

00:37:38.159 --> 00:37:41.000
It<00:37:38.280><c> was</c><00:37:38.539><c> clear</c><00:37:38.820><c> that</c><00:37:39.019><c> he</c><00:37:39.139><c> wanted</c><00:37:39.639><c> to</c><00:37:40.119><c> be</c><00:37:40.300><c> made</c><00:37:40.619><c> whole.</c>

00:37:41.340 --> 00:37:45.340
But<00:37:41.480><c> he</c><00:37:41.599><c> could</c><00:37:41.800><c> only</c><00:37:42.139><c> see</c><00:37:42.380><c> the</c><00:37:42.599><c> problems</c><00:37:43.159><c> not</c><00:37:43.860><c> the</c><00:37:44.159><c> possibilities.</c>

00:37:46.440 --> 00:37:47.940
Do<00:37:46.579><c> you</c><00:37:46.739><c> want</c><00:37:47.019><c> to</c><00:37:47.239><c> be</c><00:37:47.380><c> made</c><00:37:47.659><c> whole?</c>

00:37:48.199 --> 00:37:51.780
Well<00:37:48.380><c> the</c><00:37:48.480><c> trouble</c><00:37:48.719><c> is</c><00:37:48.980><c> Lord</c><00:37:49.179><c> whenever</c><00:37:49.960><c> the</c><00:37:50.400><c> water</c><00:37:50.719><c> moves</c><00:37:51.380><c> you</c>

00:37:51.780 --> 00:37:53.900
see<00:37:51.900><c> he</c><00:37:52.079><c> had</c><00:37:52.260><c> only</c><00:37:52.860><c> one</c><00:37:53.440><c> view.</c>

00:37:53.900 --> 00:37:58.179
One<00:37:54.699><c> focus</c><00:37:55.260><c> and</c><00:37:55.460><c> the</c><00:37:55.659><c> focus</c><00:37:56.000><c> was</c><00:37:56.280><c> upon</c><00:37:56.619><c> what</c><00:37:57.260><c> might</c><00:37:57.679><c> be</c><00:37:57.940><c> done</c>

00:37:58.179 --> 00:38:00.039
within<00:37:58.579><c> his</c><00:37:58.940><c> existing</c><00:37:59.480><c> system.</c>

00:38:00.380 --> 00:38:02.719
Within<00:38:00.679><c> the</c><00:38:01.000><c> situation</c><00:38:01.480><c> in</c><00:38:01.679><c> which</c><00:38:01.820><c> he</c><00:38:01.980><c> found</c><00:38:02.219><c> himself.</c>

00:38:03.119 --> 00:38:08.079
He<00:38:03.280><c> failed</c><00:38:03.699><c> to</c><00:38:03.980><c> look</c><00:38:04.239><c> then</c><00:38:04.739><c> to</c><00:38:05.059><c> the</c><00:38:05.219><c> one</c><00:38:05.440><c> who</c><00:38:05.619><c> was</c><00:38:05.960><c> able</c><00:38:06.480><c> to</c><00:38:07.219><c> restore</c><00:38:07.760><c> him</c>

00:38:08.079 --> 00:38:09.820
to<00:38:08.360><c> wholeness</c><00:38:08.820><c> of</c><00:38:09.039><c> life.</c>

00:38:10.360 --> 00:38:13.860
But<00:38:10.599><c> still</c><00:38:11.019><c> the</c><00:38:11.179><c> Lord</c><00:38:11.420><c> Jesus</c><00:38:11.860><c> Christ</c><00:38:12.159><c> acted</c><00:38:12.460><c> on</c><00:38:12.659><c> his</c><00:38:12.880><c> behalf.</c>

00:38:13.900 --> 00:38:18.519
And<00:38:14.320><c> still</c><00:38:14.739><c> the</c><00:38:15.059><c> Lord</c><00:38:15.480><c> responded</c><00:38:16.239><c> to</c><00:38:16.679><c> his</c><00:38:17.159><c> unspoken</c><00:38:18.079><c> need.</c>

00:38:18.519 --> 00:38:25.260
Now<00:38:19.639><c> just</c><00:38:20.320><c> ponder</c><00:38:20.659><c> then</c><00:38:20.880><c> how</c><00:38:21.079><c> those</c><00:38:21.460><c> two</c><00:38:21.880><c> signs</c><00:38:22.579><c> bear</c><00:38:23.320><c> upon</c><00:38:23.760><c> the</c><00:38:24.019><c> situation</c><00:38:24.639><c> so</c>

00:38:25.260 --> 00:38:27.860
far<00:38:25.599><c> as</c><00:38:26.239><c> the</c><00:38:26.559><c> Jews</c><00:38:26.900><c> were</c><00:38:27.260><c> concerned.</c>

00:38:27.940 --> 00:38:32.340
And<00:38:28.400><c> in</c><00:38:28.760><c> a</c><00:38:28.880><c> wider</c><00:38:29.099><c> circle</c><00:38:29.599><c> so</c><00:38:30.179><c> far</c><00:38:30.480><c> as</c><00:38:30.760><c> we</c><00:38:31.099><c> are</c><00:38:31.460><c> concerned</c><00:38:31.860><c> too.</c>

00:38:32.820 --> 00:38:37.780
We<00:38:33.000><c> would</c><00:38:33.380><c> make</c><00:38:33.659><c> a</c><00:38:34.099><c> great</c><00:38:34.460><c> mistake</c><00:38:34.980><c> if</c><00:38:35.260><c> we</c><00:38:35.760><c> merely</c><00:38:36.300><c> stopped</c><00:38:37.159><c> at</c>

00:38:37.780 --> 00:38:39.760
the<00:38:38.039><c> analysis</c><00:38:38.519><c> concerning</c><00:38:39.119><c> the</c><00:38:39.480><c> Jew.</c>

00:38:40.119 --> 00:38:43.260
Whether<00:38:40.360><c> it</c><00:38:40.579><c> be</c><00:38:40.760><c> the</c><00:38:41.079><c> outward</c><00:38:41.480><c> and</c><00:38:41.800><c> the</c><00:38:41.960><c> inner</c><00:38:42.400><c> transformation.</c>

00:38:43.260 --> 00:38:47.860
Or<00:38:43.699><c> whether</c><00:38:43.920><c> it</c><00:38:44.119><c> be</c><00:38:44.280><c> in</c><00:38:44.420><c> this</c><00:38:44.639><c> instance</c><00:38:45.159><c> the</c><00:38:45.539><c> work</c><00:38:45.840><c> of</c><00:38:46.019><c> the</c><00:38:46.159><c> Lord</c><00:38:46.420><c> Jesus</c><00:38:46.900><c> Christ</c><00:38:47.340><c> in</c>

00:38:47.860 --> 00:38:50.679
reviving<00:38:48.380><c> us</c><00:38:48.820><c> and</c><00:38:49.320><c> drawing</c><00:38:49.639><c> us</c><00:38:49.960><c> to</c><00:38:50.179><c> himself.</c>

00:38:51.039 --> 00:38:53.019
These<00:38:51.340><c> things</c><00:38:51.639><c> speak</c><00:38:51.940><c> to</c><00:38:52.139><c> us.</c>

00:38:53.440 --> 00:38:57.980
We<00:38:53.519><c> who</c><00:38:53.820><c> need</c><00:38:54.059><c> the</c><00:38:54.400><c> outward</c><00:38:54.820><c> washing,</c><00:38:55.820><c> need</c><00:38:56.079><c> the</c><00:38:56.420><c> inner</c><00:38:56.840><c> cleansing,</c><00:38:57.699><c> the</c>

00:38:57.980 --> 00:39:00.340
inner<00:38:58.619><c> refreshment</c><00:38:59.300><c> too.</c>

00:39:00.559 --> 00:39:08.719
And<00:39:01.320><c> we</c><00:39:02.519><c> who</c><00:39:03.880><c> are</c><00:39:04.099><c> afar</c><00:39:04.599><c> off</c><00:39:05.360><c> are</c><00:39:06.340><c> made</c><00:39:06.699><c> nigh</c><00:39:07.139><c> by</c><00:39:07.699><c> the</c><00:39:07.880><c> blood</c><00:39:08.039><c> of</c><00:39:08.199><c> Christ.</c>

00:39:08.719 --> 00:39:12.559
You<00:39:09.340><c> see</c><00:39:09.539><c> that</c><00:39:09.739><c> man,</c><00:39:10.500><c> the</c><00:39:10.860><c> nobleman,</c><00:39:11.559><c> had</c><00:39:11.639><c> come</c><00:39:11.880><c> on</c><00:39:12.059><c> behalf</c><00:39:12.360><c> of</c>

00:39:12.559 --> 00:39:15.639
his<00:39:12.760><c> son</c><00:39:13.019><c> who</c><00:39:13.360><c> was</c><00:39:13.699><c> afar</c><00:39:14.039><c> off</c><00:39:14.300><c> from</c><00:39:14.519><c> the</c><00:39:14.659><c> Lord</c><00:39:14.840><c> Jesus</c><00:39:15.320><c> Christ.</c>

00:39:15.820 --> 00:39:19.539
Sixteen<00:39:16.219><c> miles</c><00:39:16.539><c> away</c><00:39:16.820><c> but</c><00:39:17.119><c> what</c><00:39:17.380><c> was</c><00:39:17.539><c> the</c><00:39:17.639><c> difference</c><00:39:17.940><c> between</c><00:39:18.519><c> sixteen</c><00:39:19.320><c> and</c>

00:39:19.539 --> 00:39:20.619
sixteen<00:39:20.039><c> thousand?</c>

00:39:20.860 --> 00:39:23.820
He<00:39:21.039><c> was</c><00:39:21.300><c> nowhere</c><00:39:21.500><c> near</c><00:39:22.000><c> the</c><00:39:22.219><c> presence</c><00:39:22.500><c> of</c><00:39:22.699><c> the</c><00:39:22.820><c> Lord</c><00:39:23.019><c> Jesus</c><00:39:23.480><c> Christ.</c>

00:39:23.880 --> 00:39:27.940
But<00:39:24.260><c> he</c><00:39:24.559><c> was</c><00:39:24.800><c> healed</c><00:39:25.280><c> although</c><00:39:26.099><c> he</c><00:39:26.400><c> was</c><00:39:26.940><c> afar</c><00:39:27.480><c> off.</c>

00:39:28.280 --> 00:39:31.139
And<00:39:28.559><c> the</c><00:39:28.760><c> impotent</c><00:39:29.119><c> man</c><00:39:29.380><c> was</c><00:39:30.019><c> close</c><00:39:30.539><c> by.</c>

00:39:31.639 --> 00:39:34.440
To<00:39:31.699><c> him</c><00:39:31.920><c> that</c><00:39:32.079><c> is</c><00:39:32.239><c> afar</c><00:39:32.599><c> off</c><00:39:32.840><c> and</c><00:39:33.079><c> to</c><00:39:33.380><c> him</c><00:39:33.780><c> that</c><00:39:34.039><c> is</c><00:39:34.260><c> nigh.</c>

00:39:34.440 --> 00:39:38.400
He<00:39:34.699><c> was</c><00:39:35.280><c> cheek</c><00:39:35.639><c> by</c><00:39:36.139><c> jowl</c><00:39:36.840><c> with</c><00:39:37.079><c> the</c><00:39:37.320><c> temple.</c>

00:39:38.579 --> 00:39:44.539
And<00:39:38.880><c> yet</c><00:39:39.079><c> one</c><00:39:39.360><c> came</c><00:39:40.260><c> into</c><00:39:41.079><c> the</c><00:39:42.099><c> very</c><00:39:42.840><c> temple</c><00:39:43.500><c> precincts,</c><00:39:44.340><c> into</c>

00:39:44.539 --> 00:39:46.059
the<00:39:44.639><c> very</c><00:39:45.079><c> temple</c><00:39:45.420><c> area.</c>

00:39:46.440 --> 00:39:51.000
Who<00:39:46.599><c> was</c><00:39:46.940><c> able</c><00:39:47.480><c> to</c><00:39:48.179><c> bring</c><00:39:48.639><c> life</c><00:39:49.300><c> and</c><00:39:50.000><c> to</c><00:39:50.219><c> restore</c><00:39:50.659><c> him.</c>

00:39:51.340 --> 00:39:54.940
Who<00:39:51.519><c> was</c><00:39:51.900><c> able</c><00:39:52.380><c> to</c><00:39:52.840><c> fulfil</c><00:39:53.239><c> Isaiah</c><00:39:53.619><c> 35</c><00:39:54.320><c> for</c><00:39:54.559><c> example.</c>

00:39:55.099 --> 00:39:59.599
Even<00:39:55.460><c> as</c><00:39:55.739><c> the</c><00:39:55.860><c> Lord</c><00:39:56.179><c> Jesus</c><00:39:56.639><c> Christ</c><00:39:57.039><c> was</c><00:39:57.760><c> acting</c><00:39:58.400><c> and</c><00:39:59.159><c> speaking</c>

00:39:59.599 --> 00:40:00.960
to<00:39:59.920><c> that</c><00:40:00.199><c> impotent</c><00:40:00.659><c> man.</c>

00:40:00.960 --> 00:40:04.940
He<00:40:01.260><c> made</c><00:40:01.579><c> him</c><00:40:01.940><c> potent.</c><00:40:02.820><c> He</c><00:40:02.960><c> made</c><00:40:03.380><c> him</c><00:40:03.900><c> able.</c>

00:40:05.559 --> 00:40:08.880
Now<00:40:05.840><c> leaping</c><00:40:06.380><c> over</c><00:40:06.619><c> for</c><00:40:06.800><c> a</c><00:40:06.940><c> moment</c><00:40:07.159><c> the</c><00:40:07.860><c> signs</c><00:40:08.119><c> four</c><00:40:08.420><c> and</c><00:40:08.579><c> five</c>

00:40:08.880 --> 00:40:11.420
that<00:40:09.000><c> we</c><00:40:09.179><c> shall</c><00:40:09.300><c> come</c><00:40:09.579><c> back</c><00:40:09.760><c> to</c><00:40:09.900><c> God</c><00:40:10.079><c> willing</c><00:40:10.360><c> tomorrow.</c>

00:40:11.460 --> 00:40:15.179
Look<00:40:11.639><c> at</c><00:40:11.780><c> the</c><00:40:11.880><c> way</c><00:40:12.039><c> in</c><00:40:12.179><c> which</c><00:40:12.340><c> the</c><00:40:12.719><c> blind</c><00:40:13.199><c> man</c><00:40:13.820><c> who</c><00:40:14.500><c> was</c><00:40:14.900><c> sent</c>

00:40:15.179 --> 00:40:20.179
to<00:40:15.460><c> the</c><00:40:15.699><c> pool</c><00:40:16.019><c> of</c><00:40:16.480><c> Siloam</c><00:40:17.159><c> is</c><00:40:17.960><c> likewise</c><00:40:18.760><c> caught</c><00:40:19.199><c> up</c><00:40:19.639><c> in</c><00:40:19.940><c> the</c>

00:40:20.179 --> 00:40:22.340
same<00:40:20.480><c> challenge</c><00:40:20.920><c> and</c><00:40:21.159><c> given</c><00:40:21.300><c> the</c><00:40:21.559><c> same</c><00:40:21.760><c> opportunity.</c>

00:40:22.420 --> 00:40:24.960
But<00:40:22.760><c> not</c><00:40:23.059><c> before</c><00:40:23.280><c> we've</c><00:40:23.519><c> seen</c><00:40:23.739><c> a</c><00:40:23.960><c> detail.</c>

00:40:25.420 --> 00:40:27.559
Did<00:40:25.559><c> you</c><00:40:25.699><c> notice</c><00:40:25.960><c> that</c><00:40:26.119><c> it</c><00:40:26.280><c> was</c><00:40:26.460><c> the</c><00:40:26.800><c> Sabbath</c><00:40:27.059><c> day?</c>

00:40:27.559 --> 00:40:31.519
Well<00:40:28.340><c> now</c><00:40:28.659><c> a</c><00:40:28.900><c> whole</c><00:40:29.139><c> pattern</c><00:40:29.440><c> of</c><00:40:29.820><c> sevens</c><00:40:30.579><c> is</c><00:40:30.739><c> running</c><00:40:31.059><c> through</c>

00:40:31.519 --> 00:40:33.519
John's<00:40:32.039><c> Gospel</c><00:40:32.280><c> in</c><00:40:32.500><c> just</c><00:40:32.739><c> the</c><00:40:32.940><c> same</c><00:40:33.119><c> way.</c>

00:40:33.820 --> 00:40:39.780
The<00:40:33.920><c> water</c><00:40:34.239><c> into</c><00:40:34.860><c> wine</c><00:40:35.260><c> we</c><00:40:35.559><c> saw</c><00:40:35.820><c> was</c><00:40:36.980><c> effected</c><00:40:37.679><c> on</c><00:40:38.239><c> the</c><00:40:38.800><c> seventh</c><00:40:39.219><c> day</c>

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after<00:40:40.219><c> the</c><00:40:40.519><c> preceding</c><00:40:41.219><c> four.</c>

00:40:42.380 --> 00:40:46.440
The<00:40:42.659><c> nobleman's</c><00:40:43.400><c> son</c><00:40:43.519><c> was</c><00:40:44.280><c> healed</c><00:40:44.659><c> at</c><00:40:45.059><c> the</c><00:40:45.440><c> seventh</c><00:40:45.780><c> hour.</c>

00:40:46.820 --> 00:40:52.639
It<00:40:47.099><c> was</c><00:40:47.659><c> the</c><00:40:48.239><c> seventh</c><00:40:48.699><c> day</c><00:40:49.300><c> on</c><00:40:49.880><c> which</c><00:40:50.159><c> the</c><00:40:50.659><c> impotent</c><00:40:51.099><c> man</c><00:40:51.460><c> was</c><00:40:52.260><c> healed.</c>

00:40:52.639 --> 00:40:53.539
It<00:40:52.780><c> was</c><00:40:53.059><c> the</c><00:40:53.300><c> Sabbath.</c>

00:40:53.539 --> 00:40:56.579
And<00:40:53.860><c> immediately</c><00:40:54.539><c> that</c><00:40:54.800><c> work</c><00:40:55.079><c> of</c><00:40:55.280><c> restoration</c><00:40:55.900><c> brought</c><00:40:56.400><c> the</c>

00:40:56.579 --> 00:41:00.139
Lord<00:40:56.820><c> Jesus</c><00:40:57.280><c> Christ</c><00:40:57.500><c> into</c><00:40:57.900><c> conflict</c><00:40:58.599><c> with</c><00:40:59.039><c> the</c><00:40:59.260><c> Jews.</c>

00:41:00.179 --> 00:41:03.340
Their<00:41:00.320><c> response</c><00:41:00.860><c> was</c><00:41:01.300><c> not</c><00:41:01.639><c> to</c><00:41:01.920><c> rejoice</c><00:41:02.340><c> that</c><00:41:02.619><c> a</c><00:41:02.820><c> lost</c><00:41:03.139><c> sheep</c>

00:41:03.340 --> 00:41:04.239
had<00:41:03.480><c> been</c><00:41:03.800><c> found.</c>

00:41:04.440 --> 00:41:06.719
That<00:41:04.679><c> a</c><00:41:05.199><c> sick</c><00:41:05.380><c> man</c><00:41:05.699><c> had</c><00:41:05.900><c> been</c><00:41:06.099><c> made</c><00:41:06.420><c> whole.</c>

00:41:07.019 --> 00:41:09.460
But<00:41:07.239><c> to</c><00:41:07.539><c> take</c><00:41:07.739><c> issue</c><00:41:08.059><c> with</c><00:41:08.300><c> the</c><00:41:08.440><c> Lord</c><00:41:08.619><c> Jesus</c><00:41:09.139><c> Christ.</c>

00:41:09.760 --> 00:41:13.780
That<00:41:09.900><c> he</c><00:41:10.059><c> was</c><00:41:10.280><c> breaking</c><00:41:10.780><c> their</c><00:41:11.500><c> laws,</c><00:41:12.460><c> their</c><00:41:13.000><c> regulations</c>

00:41:13.780 --> 00:41:15.300
concerning<00:41:14.619><c> the</c><00:41:14.960><c> Sabbath.</c>

00:41:15.679 --> 00:41:20.260
This<00:41:15.880><c> man</c><00:41:16.159><c> was</c><00:41:16.579><c> bearing</c><00:41:16.960><c> up</c><00:41:17.260><c> his</c><00:41:17.559><c> bed</c><00:41:17.920><c> and</c><00:41:18.280><c> walking</c><00:41:18.619><c> which</c><00:41:19.139><c> they</c><00:41:19.559><c> had</c><00:41:19.840><c> forbidden.</c>

00:41:20.260 --> 00:41:25.079
And<00:41:21.019><c> the</c><00:41:21.480><c> blind</c><00:41:22.039><c> man</c><00:41:22.500><c> too</c><00:41:23.039><c> in</c><00:41:23.460><c> the</c><00:41:23.679><c> sixth</c><00:41:24.099><c> sign.</c>

00:41:25.119 --> 00:41:28.920
It<00:41:25.159><c> was</c><00:41:25.519><c> the</c><00:41:25.860><c> Sabbath</c><00:41:26.119><c> day</c><00:41:26.619><c> when</c><00:41:27.159><c> Jesus</c><00:41:27.539><c> made</c><00:41:27.820><c> the</c><00:41:28.159><c> clay</c><00:41:28.440><c> and</c>

00:41:28.920 --> 00:41:30.139
opened<00:41:29.360><c> his</c><00:41:29.699><c> eyes.</c>

00:41:30.639 --> 00:41:33.719
So<00:41:30.800><c> John</c><00:41:31.079><c> is</c><00:41:31.340><c> carefully</c><00:41:31.960><c> working</c><00:41:32.519><c> through</c><00:41:32.780><c> as</c><00:41:32.920><c> we</c><00:41:33.079><c> might</c><00:41:33.260><c> expect.</c>

00:41:34.059 --> 00:41:39.380
This<00:41:34.179><c> entire</c><00:41:34.579><c> idea</c><00:41:34.980><c> that</c><00:41:35.639><c> here</c><00:41:35.820><c> was</c><00:41:36.079><c> a</c><00:41:36.360><c> fullness</c><00:41:36.719><c> and</c><00:41:37.380><c> a</c><00:41:37.699><c> completeness</c><00:41:38.159><c> to</c><00:41:38.400><c> the</c><00:41:38.599><c> work</c><00:41:38.940><c> of</c>

00:41:39.380 --> 00:41:41.500
God<00:41:39.699><c> in</c><00:41:40.239><c> the</c><00:41:40.460><c> person</c><00:41:40.780><c> of</c><00:41:41.000><c> his</c><00:41:41.219><c> son.</c>

00:41:41.719 --> 00:41:43.099
The<00:41:41.880><c> Lord</c><00:41:42.239><c> Jesus</c><00:41:42.659><c> Christ.</c>

00:41:43.380 --> 00:41:47.900
And<00:41:43.579><c> he</c><00:41:43.739><c> the</c><00:41:43.900><c> Lord</c><00:41:44.340><c> of</c><00:41:44.659><c> the</c><00:41:44.900><c> Sabbath</c><00:41:45.199><c> was</c><00:41:45.840><c> bringing</c><00:41:46.300><c> men</c><00:41:46.599><c> and</c><00:41:46.780><c> women</c><00:41:47.059><c> to</c><00:41:47.360><c> a</c>

00:41:47.900 --> 00:41:49.420
wholeness<00:41:48.840><c> of</c><00:41:49.179><c> being.</c>

00:41:49.420 --> 00:41:53.639
And<00:41:50.059><c> what</c><00:41:50.300><c> a</c><00:41:51.340><c> lovely</c><00:41:51.440><c> witness</c><00:41:51.920><c> there</c><00:41:52.219><c> is</c><00:41:52.500><c> in</c><00:41:52.900><c> the</c><00:41:53.059><c> work</c><00:41:53.219><c> of</c><00:41:53.380><c> the</c>

00:41:53.639 --> 00:41:55.239
blind<00:41:54.079><c> man.</c>

00:41:55.280 --> 00:41:58.280
You<00:41:55.420><c> remember</c><00:41:55.539><c> how</c><00:41:55.860><c> simple</c><00:41:56.139><c> it</c><00:41:56.360><c> was</c><00:41:56.539><c> for</c><00:41:56.719><c> the</c><00:41:56.840><c> Lord</c><00:41:57.059><c> Jesus</c><00:41:57.460><c> Christ</c><00:41:57.860><c> to</c>

00:41:58.280 --> 00:42:01.780
restore<00:41:58.900><c> a</c><00:41:59.179><c> man</c><00:41:59.340><c> who</c><00:41:59.559><c> had</c><00:41:59.760><c> been</c><00:42:00.119><c> born</c><00:42:00.599><c> blind.</c>

00:42:02.340 --> 00:42:04.780
Born<00:42:02.820><c> blind</c><00:42:03.559><c> mind.</c>

00:42:04.920 --> 00:42:08.179
He<00:42:05.079><c> had</c><00:42:05.440><c> always</c><00:42:06.159><c> been</c><00:42:07.219><c> in</c><00:42:07.440><c> that</c><00:42:07.639><c> condition.</c>

00:42:08.480 --> 00:42:11.619
He<00:42:08.739><c> had</c><00:42:09.019><c> received</c><00:42:09.480><c> it</c><00:42:09.900><c> from</c><00:42:10.360><c> his</c><00:42:10.619><c> fathers.</c>

00:42:11.739 --> 00:42:15.340
A<00:42:11.820><c> man</c><00:42:12.099><c> that</c><00:42:12.280><c> is</c><00:42:12.519><c> called</c><00:42:12.800><c> Jesus</c><00:42:13.300><c> made</c><00:42:13.739><c> clay</c><00:42:14.280><c> and</c><00:42:14.920><c> anointed</c>

00:42:15.340 --> 00:42:16.179
mine<00:42:15.659><c> eyes.</c>

00:42:16.179 --> 00:42:21.280
And<00:42:16.539><c> said</c><00:42:16.860><c> unto</c><00:42:17.119><c> me,</c><00:42:17.820><c> go</c><00:42:18.000><c> to</c><00:42:18.239><c> the</c><00:42:18.440><c> pool</c><00:42:18.739><c> of</c><00:42:19.059><c> Siloam</c><00:42:19.719><c> and</c><00:42:20.300><c> wash.</c>

00:42:21.780 --> 00:42:25.360
And<00:42:22.139><c> here</c><00:42:22.440><c> is</c><00:42:22.539><c> the</c><00:42:22.820><c> simplicity</c><00:42:23.320><c> and</c><00:42:23.880><c> beauty</c><00:42:24.199><c> then</c><00:42:24.820><c> of</c><00:42:25.139><c> the</c>

00:42:25.360 --> 00:42:27.139
gospel<00:42:25.820><c> invitation.</c>

00:42:27.880 --> 00:42:33.679
I<00:42:28.059><c> went</c><00:42:28.760><c> and</c><00:42:30.219><c> washed</c><00:42:30.699><c> and</c><00:42:32.099><c> received</c><00:42:32.659><c> sight.</c>

00:42:34.059 --> 00:42:35.539
So<00:42:34.519><c> easy</c><00:42:34.820><c> isn't</c><00:42:35.059><c> it?</c>

00:42:35.619 --> 00:42:38.480
The<00:42:35.780><c> way</c><00:42:35.940><c> that</c><00:42:36.139><c> God</c><00:42:36.380><c> calls</c><00:42:36.940><c> us</c><00:42:37.199><c> to</c><00:42:37.420><c> himself.</c>

00:42:38.980 --> 00:42:41.099
Such<00:42:39.239><c> a</c><00:42:39.500><c> gracious</c><00:42:39.820><c> invitation.</c>

00:42:41.840 --> 00:42:43.300
Not<00:42:42.099><c> difficult.</c>

00:42:43.559 --> 00:42:47.260
And<00:42:44.119><c> yet</c><00:42:44.400><c> not</c><00:42:44.739><c> immediately</c><00:42:45.360><c> easy</c><00:42:45.920><c> either.</c>

00:42:48.400 --> 00:42:50.340
Here<00:42:48.460><c> was</c><00:42:48.639><c> a</c><00:42:48.820><c> man</c><00:42:48.960><c> who</c><00:42:49.179><c> had</c><00:42:49.360><c> been</c><00:42:49.619><c> born</c><00:42:49.900><c> blind.</c>

00:42:50.460 --> 00:42:53.119
Who<00:42:50.559><c> clearly</c><00:42:50.860><c> knew</c><00:42:51.059><c> his</c><00:42:51.320><c> way</c><00:42:51.539><c> around</c><00:42:51.860><c> the</c><00:42:52.039><c> city</c><00:42:52.239><c> to</c><00:42:52.440><c> some</c><00:42:52.639><c> extent.</c>

00:42:53.599 --> 00:42:56.460
And<00:42:53.599><c> suddenly</c><00:42:54.119><c> he</c><00:42:54.300><c> found</c><00:42:54.599><c> the</c><00:42:54.820><c> Lord</c><00:42:55.079><c> Jesus</c><00:42:55.519><c> Christ</c><00:42:55.880><c> taking</c><00:42:56.280><c> of</c>

00:42:56.460 --> 00:42:57.599
the<00:42:56.659><c> dust</c><00:42:56.880><c> of</c><00:42:57.059><c> the</c><00:42:57.280><c> ground.</c>

00:42:58.079 --> 00:43:00.099
Taking<00:42:58.320><c> of</c><00:42:58.519><c> the</c><00:42:58.659><c> dust</c><00:42:58.960><c> of</c><00:42:59.159><c> the</c><00:42:59.360><c> ground</c><00:42:59.639><c> mind.</c>

00:43:00.400 --> 00:43:03.760
Dust<00:43:00.840><c> thou</c><00:43:01.119><c> art</c><00:43:01.480><c> and</c><00:43:01.739><c> unto</c><00:43:02.280><c> dust</c><00:43:02.739><c> shalt</c><00:43:03.000><c> thou</c><00:43:03.239><c> return.</c>

00:43:04.079 --> 00:43:09.119
Taking<00:43:04.420><c> of</c><00:43:04.599><c> that</c><00:43:04.739><c> which</c><00:43:04.940><c> was</c><00:43:05.639><c> lifeless</c><00:43:06.420><c> and</c><00:43:07.679><c> spitting</c><00:43:08.239><c> into</c><00:43:08.619><c> it.</c>

00:43:09.119 --> 00:43:12.599
With<00:43:09.719><c> his</c><00:43:10.260><c> spittle</c><00:43:10.840><c> he</c><00:43:11.260><c> made</c><00:43:11.500><c> a</c><00:43:11.800><c> paste.</c>

00:43:12.719 --> 00:43:15.619
With<00:43:12.800><c> his</c><00:43:13.719><c> spittle.</c>

00:43:16.199 --> 00:43:18.519
Spittle<00:43:16.480><c> is</c><00:43:16.719><c> spoken</c><00:43:17.000><c> of</c><00:43:17.159><c> in</c><00:43:17.320><c> the</c><00:43:17.500><c> scriptures</c><00:43:17.739><c> as</c><00:43:17.960><c> the</c><00:43:18.179><c> symbol</c>

00:43:18.519 --> 00:43:19.139
of<00:43:18.800><c> life.</c>

00:43:19.480 --> 00:43:22.760
It's<00:43:19.739><c> Job</c><00:43:19.980><c> who</c><00:43:20.199><c> says,</c><00:43:20.619><c> leave</c><00:43:20.619><c> me</c><00:43:20.860><c> alone</c><00:43:21.119><c> until</c><00:43:21.340><c> I've</c><00:43:21.800><c> swallowed</c><00:43:21.980><c> my</c><00:43:22.400><c> spittle.</c>

00:43:23.199 --> 00:43:25.179
He<00:43:23.340><c> meant</c><00:43:23.539><c> leave</c><00:43:23.820><c> me</c><00:43:24.019><c> alone</c><00:43:24.239><c> until</c><00:43:24.480><c> I'm</c><00:43:24.820><c> dead.</c>

00:43:25.539 --> 00:43:27.760
That<00:43:25.699><c> was</c><00:43:25.940><c> Job</c><00:43:26.159><c> in</c><00:43:26.360><c> the</c><00:43:26.500><c> midst</c><00:43:26.760><c> of</c><00:43:26.940><c> his</c><00:43:27.179><c> complaints.</c>

00:43:28.179 --> 00:43:31.300
But<00:43:28.539><c> here</c><00:43:28.739><c> was</c><00:43:28.900><c> a</c><00:43:29.039><c> man</c><00:43:29.139><c> then</c><00:43:29.340><c> who</c><00:43:29.500><c> was</c><00:43:29.679><c> taking</c><00:43:30.019><c> of</c><00:43:30.179><c> his</c><00:43:30.420><c> own</c><00:43:30.719><c> life.</c>

00:43:31.480 --> 00:43:36.179
And<00:43:31.860><c> who</c><00:43:32.059><c> was</c><00:43:33.139><c> spitting</c><00:43:33.760><c> into</c><00:43:34.360><c> that</c><00:43:34.639><c> which</c><00:43:34.820><c> was</c><00:43:35.219><c> otherwise</c><00:43:35.599><c> dead.</c>

00:43:36.179 --> 00:43:41.019
And<00:43:36.920><c> so</c><00:43:37.079><c> the</c><00:43:37.340><c> life</c><00:43:37.840><c> of</c><00:43:38.139><c> the</c><00:43:38.340><c> Lord</c><00:43:38.639><c> Jesus</c><00:43:39.139><c> Christ</c><00:43:39.679><c> is</c><00:43:40.440><c> that</c><00:43:40.780><c> and</c>

00:43:41.019 --> 00:43:41.699
that<00:43:41.239><c> alone.</c>

00:43:41.980 --> 00:43:45.000
Which<00:43:42.380><c> gives</c><00:43:42.880><c> us</c><00:43:43.579><c> the</c><00:43:44.019><c> ability</c><00:43:44.420><c> to</c><00:43:44.760><c> see.</c>

00:43:45.300 --> 00:43:50.059
And<00:43:45.619><c> then</c><00:43:45.860><c> that</c><00:43:46.099><c> man</c><00:43:46.440><c> with</c><00:43:46.940><c> the</c><00:43:47.260><c> clay</c><00:43:47.659><c> daubed</c><00:43:48.460><c> upon</c><00:43:48.719><c> his</c><00:43:49.000><c> eyes.</c>

00:43:50.239 --> 00:43:53.460
Was<00:43:50.559><c> told</c><00:43:51.099><c> to</c><00:43:51.320><c> go</c><00:43:51.619><c> to</c><00:43:51.800><c> the</c><00:43:52.000><c> Pool</c><00:43:52.179><c> of</c><00:43:52.500><c> Siloam.</c>

00:43:53.739 --> 00:43:55.960
I<00:43:53.880><c> was</c><00:43:53.980><c> talking</c><00:43:54.139><c> to</c><00:43:54.300><c> Brother</c><00:43:54.539><c> Paul</c><00:43:54.880><c> Wade</c><00:43:55.219><c> yesterday.</c>

00:43:56.000 --> 00:43:57.980
Who's<00:43:56.179><c> been</c><00:43:56.500><c> to</c><00:43:56.800><c> the</c><00:43:57.000><c> Pool</c><00:43:57.199><c> of</c><00:43:57.480><c> Siloam.</c>

00:43:58.179 --> 00:43:59.940
And<00:43:58.320><c> he</c><00:43:58.480><c> tells</c><00:43:58.599><c> me</c><00:43:58.739><c> it's</c><00:43:58.880><c> quite</c><00:43:59.079><c> a</c><00:43:59.280><c> tricky</c><00:43:59.539><c> climb.</c>

00:44:00.219 --> 00:44:01.940
That<00:44:00.400><c> there</c><00:44:00.519><c> are</c><00:44:00.519><c> very</c><00:44:00.980><c> steep</c><00:44:01.340><c> steps.</c>

00:44:01.940 --> 00:44:03.699
And<00:44:02.400><c> that</c><00:44:02.500><c> the</c><00:44:02.719><c> temple</c><00:44:02.940><c> is</c><00:44:03.139><c> up</c><00:44:03.360><c> there.</c>

00:44:03.739 --> 00:44:06.340
And<00:44:04.059><c> the</c><00:44:04.159><c> Pool</c><00:44:04.380><c> of</c><00:44:04.619><c> Siloam</c><00:44:04.980><c> is</c><00:44:05.179><c> down</c><00:44:05.500><c> there.</c>

00:44:06.800 --> 00:44:08.760
Mark<00:44:07.039><c> again</c><00:44:07.420><c> the</c><00:44:07.840><c> contrast</c><00:44:08.340><c> there.</c>

00:44:09.079 --> 00:44:10.960
The<00:44:09.199><c> man</c><00:44:09.320><c> was</c><00:44:09.519><c> not</c><00:44:09.840><c> sent</c><00:44:10.119><c> to</c><00:44:10.360><c> the</c><00:44:10.519><c> temple.</c>

00:44:11.280 --> 00:44:14.039
Where<00:44:11.480><c> doubtless</c><00:44:11.840><c> someone</c><00:44:12.139><c> could</c><00:44:12.320><c> have</c><00:44:12.460><c> found</c><00:44:12.639><c> him</c><00:44:12.880><c> some</c><00:44:13.380><c> water</c><00:44:13.840><c> in</c>

00:44:14.039 --> 00:44:14.960
a<00:44:14.199><c> golden</c><00:44:14.519><c> vessel.</c>

00:44:15.179 --> 00:44:17.820
Which<00:44:15.360><c> could</c><00:44:15.539><c> have</c><00:44:15.699><c> been</c><00:44:15.940><c> used</c><00:44:16.380><c> if</c><00:44:16.940><c> it</c><00:44:17.099><c> hadn't</c><00:44:17.199><c> been</c><00:44:17.420><c> the</c><00:44:17.599><c> Sabbath.</c>

00:44:18.039 --> 00:44:20.420
He<00:44:18.219><c> was</c><00:44:18.519><c> sent</c><00:44:18.880><c> to</c><00:44:19.360><c> the</c><00:44:19.500><c> Pool</c><00:44:19.719><c> of</c><00:44:19.980><c> Siloam.</c>

00:44:20.440 --> 00:44:21.820
The<00:44:20.599><c> Pool</c><00:44:20.760><c> which</c><00:44:21.059><c> meant</c><00:44:21.360><c> sent.</c>

00:44:22.280 --> 00:44:23.539
He<00:44:22.420><c> was</c><00:44:22.599><c> a</c><00:44:22.860><c> sent</c><00:44:23.079><c> man.</c>

00:44:23.739 --> 00:44:27.320
Who<00:44:23.840><c> was</c><00:44:24.059><c> going</c><00:44:24.539><c> on</c><00:44:25.860><c> the</c><00:44:26.059><c> commandment</c><00:44:26.559><c> of</c><00:44:26.699><c> a</c><00:44:26.820><c> man</c><00:44:27.000><c> who</c><00:44:27.159><c> had</c>

00:44:27.320 --> 00:44:28.579
been<00:44:27.619><c> sent</c><00:44:27.940><c> from</c><00:44:28.159><c> God.</c>

00:44:28.860 --> 00:44:30.679
To<00:44:29.079><c> a</c><00:44:29.280><c> Pool</c><00:44:29.519><c> which</c><00:44:29.719><c> was</c><00:44:30.000><c> called</c><00:44:30.320><c> sent.</c>

00:44:30.679 --> 00:44:32.219
This<00:44:31.039><c> was</c><00:44:31.320><c> a</c><00:44:31.500><c> mission</c><00:44:31.800><c> then.</c>

00:44:32.420 --> 00:44:34.500
A<00:44:32.619><c> mission</c><00:44:33.099><c> that</c><00:44:33.460><c> he</c><00:44:33.619><c> must</c><00:44:33.900><c> fulfill.</c>

00:44:34.880 --> 00:44:36.960
And<00:44:35.059><c> carefully</c><00:44:35.360><c> we</c><00:44:35.559><c> can</c><00:44:35.840><c> see</c><00:44:35.960><c> him</c><00:44:36.059><c> in</c><00:44:36.179><c> our</c><00:44:36.440><c> minds</c><00:44:36.659><c> eye.</c>

00:44:37.239 --> 00:44:39.360
Going<00:44:37.539><c> down</c><00:44:38.199><c> the</c><00:44:38.480><c> steps.</c>

00:44:39.460 --> 00:44:41.659
And<00:44:39.860><c> ever</c><00:44:40.159><c> deeper</c><00:44:40.679><c> to</c><00:44:41.079><c> the</c><00:44:41.280><c> water.</c>

00:44:41.960 --> 00:44:46.239
That<00:44:42.119><c> was</c><00:44:42.360><c> to</c><00:44:42.639><c> bring</c><00:44:42.820><c> him</c><00:44:43.400><c> light</c><00:44:43.960><c> and</c><00:44:44.940><c> enlightenment.</c>

00:44:46.380 --> 00:44:48.860
I<00:44:46.539><c> went</c><00:44:47.039><c> and</c><00:44:47.639><c> I</c><00:44:47.940><c> washed.</c>

00:44:49.280 --> 00:44:51.320
And<00:44:49.480><c> I</c><00:44:49.739><c> received</c><00:44:50.239><c> sight.</c>

00:44:51.380 --> 00:44:54.280
And<00:44:51.599><c> so</c><00:44:51.760><c> God</c><00:44:51.960><c> has</c><00:44:52.219><c> called</c><00:44:52.400><c> each</c><00:44:52.659><c> of</c><00:44:52.820><c> us</c><00:44:53.079><c> in</c><00:44:53.420><c> faith.</c>

00:44:54.920 --> 00:44:57.019
The<00:44:55.059><c> life</c><00:44:55.340><c> of</c><00:44:55.559><c> the</c><00:44:55.699><c> Lord</c><00:44:55.980><c> Jesus</c><00:44:56.440><c> Christ.</c>

00:44:57.019 --> 00:45:01.559
Has<00:44:57.539><c> been</c><00:44:57.840><c> brought</c><00:44:58.179><c> into</c><00:44:58.639><c> our</c><00:44:59.519><c> mortal</c><00:45:00.059><c> experience.</c>

00:45:01.599 --> 00:45:05.719
His<00:45:01.719><c> life</c><00:45:02.320><c> has</c><00:45:03.239><c> combined</c><00:45:03.760><c> as</c><00:45:03.920><c> it</c><00:45:04.119><c> were</c><00:45:04.320><c> with</c><00:45:05.039><c> that</c><00:45:05.280><c> which</c><00:45:05.480><c> had</c>

00:45:05.719 --> 00:45:07.199
been<00:45:06.039><c> death</c><00:45:06.460><c> to</c><00:45:06.719><c> us.</c>

00:45:07.340 --> 00:45:10.460
And<00:45:07.820><c> He</c><00:45:08.019><c> has</c><00:45:08.159><c> made</c><00:45:08.340><c> it</c><00:45:08.599><c> possible</c><00:45:08.940><c> for</c><00:45:09.119><c> us</c><00:45:09.400><c> to</c><00:45:09.659><c> see.</c>

00:45:11.039 --> 00:45:15.599
And<00:45:11.679><c> the</c><00:45:12.019><c> man</c><00:45:12.179><c> of</c><00:45:12.360><c> course</c><00:45:12.699><c> was</c><00:45:13.340><c> then</c><00:45:13.699><c> to</c><00:45:14.360><c> give</c><00:45:14.519><c> a</c><00:45:14.840><c> testimony</c><00:45:15.340><c> to</c>

00:45:15.599 --> 00:45:16.820
the<00:45:15.719><c> Lord</c><00:45:15.960><c> Jesus</c><00:45:16.400><c> Christ.</c>

00:45:17.119 --> 00:45:19.940
Which<00:45:17.320><c> was</c><00:45:17.500><c> so</c><00:45:17.960><c> clear</c><00:45:18.420><c> and</c><00:45:19.380><c> potent.</c>

00:45:20.380 --> 00:45:21.699
Because<00:45:20.699><c> of</c><00:45:20.860><c> its</c><00:45:21.099><c> simplicity.</c>

00:45:22.000 --> 00:45:23.039
He<00:45:22.159><c> is</c><00:45:22.340><c> a</c><00:45:22.579><c> prophet.</c>

00:45:23.400 --> 00:45:25.659
Verse<00:45:23.780><c> 17</c><00:45:24.320><c> of</c><00:45:24.579><c> John</c><00:45:24.800><c> Chapter</c><00:45:25.119><c> 9.</c>

00:45:25.659 --> 00:45:29.179
All<00:45:26.639><c> I</c><00:45:26.880><c> know</c><00:45:27.079><c> is</c><00:45:27.300><c> that</c><00:45:27.539><c> whereas</c><00:45:27.780><c> I</c><00:45:27.980><c> was</c><00:45:28.239><c> blind.</c>

00:45:29.260 --> 00:45:30.900
Now<00:45:29.420><c> I</c><00:45:30.000><c> see.</c>

00:45:30.980 --> 00:45:32.940
Will<00:45:31.159><c> you</c><00:45:31.420><c> also</c><00:45:31.820><c> be</c><00:45:32.079><c> His</c><00:45:32.420><c> disciples?</c>

00:45:33.019 --> 00:45:35.980
And<00:45:33.280><c> you</c><00:45:33.559><c> remember</c><00:45:33.739><c> how</c><00:45:33.940><c> that</c><00:45:34.480><c> suddenly</c><00:45:34.940><c> lit</c><00:45:35.260><c> the</c><00:45:35.599><c> fuse.</c>

00:45:36.280 --> 00:45:38.159
As<00:45:36.460><c> far</c><00:45:36.699><c> as</c><00:45:36.840><c> the</c><00:45:37.059><c> Pharisees</c><00:45:37.420><c> were</c><00:45:37.639><c> concerned.</c>

00:45:38.480 --> 00:45:40.840
So<00:45:38.639><c> you</c><00:45:38.900><c> are</c><00:45:39.119><c> one</c><00:45:39.360><c> of</c><00:45:39.480><c> His</c><00:45:39.760><c> disciples</c><00:45:40.300><c> they</c><00:45:40.599><c> said.</c>

00:45:41.159 --> 00:45:42.739
Now<00:45:41.300><c> this</c><00:45:41.460><c> man</c><00:45:41.579><c> had</c><00:45:41.719><c> never</c><00:45:41.940><c> seen</c><00:45:42.239><c> Jesus.</c>

00:45:43.039 --> 00:45:45.059
He<00:45:43.199><c> had</c><00:45:43.300><c> only</c><00:45:43.739><c> heard</c><00:45:44.340><c> His</c><00:45:44.679><c> voice.</c>

00:45:45.079 --> 00:45:47.539
But<00:45:45.260><c> he</c><00:45:45.480><c> knew</c><00:45:45.659><c> that</c><00:45:45.860><c> if</c><00:45:46.039><c> this</c><00:45:46.360><c> man</c><00:45:46.519><c> were</c><00:45:46.760><c> not</c><00:45:46.980><c> of</c><00:45:47.199><c> God.</c>

00:45:47.760 --> 00:45:48.780
He<00:45:47.960><c> could</c><00:45:48.159><c> do</c><00:45:48.420><c> nothing.</c>

00:45:49.280 --> 00:45:52.880
The<00:45:49.500><c> pure,</c><00:45:50.019><c> the</c><00:45:50.260><c> sheer</c><00:45:50.519><c> logic</c><00:45:51.079><c> of</c><00:45:51.599><c> this</c><00:45:51.880><c> man's</c><00:45:52.280><c> position</c><00:45:52.599><c> then.</c>

00:45:52.880 --> 00:45:56.320
As<00:45:53.239><c> he</c><00:45:53.400><c> came</c><00:45:53.699><c> to</c><00:45:53.900><c> the</c><00:45:54.000><c> Lord</c><00:45:54.239><c> Jesus</c><00:45:54.679><c> Christ</c><00:45:55.079><c> with</c><00:45:55.280><c> the</c><00:45:55.420><c> words.</c>

00:45:56.900 --> 00:45:59.179
Lord<00:45:56.900><c> I</c><00:45:57.920><c> believe.</c>

00:45:59.340 --> 00:46:01.119
And<00:45:59.519><c> He</c><00:45:59.780><c> worshiped</c><00:46:00.219><c> Him.</c>

00:46:01.199 --> 00:46:03.139
These<00:46:01.400><c> things</c><00:46:01.599><c> are</c><00:46:01.800><c> written</c><00:46:01.980><c> that</c><00:46:02.159><c> we</c><00:46:02.360><c> might</c><00:46:02.619><c> believe.</c>

00:46:03.320 --> 00:46:04.780
That<00:46:03.539><c> Jesus</c><00:46:03.900><c> is</c><00:46:04.139><c> the</c><00:46:04.360><c> Christ.</c>

00:46:04.980 --> 00:46:05.860
The<00:46:05.099><c> Son</c><00:46:05.320><c> of</c><00:46:05.519><c> God.</c>

00:46:06.159 --> 00:46:07.559
And<00:46:06.380><c> that</c><00:46:06.679><c> believing.</c>

00:46:07.619 --> 00:46:09.460
We<00:46:08.039><c> might</c><00:46:08.519><c> have</c><00:46:09.019><c> life.</c>

00:46:09.780 --> 00:46:11.619
Through<00:46:10.239><c> His</c><00:46:10.719><c> name.</c>

00:46:12.239 --> 00:46:12.860
And<00:46:12.480><c> so.</c>

00:46:13.079 --> 00:46:14.800
The<00:46:13.340><c> signs</c><00:46:13.719><c> that</c><00:46:13.940><c> have</c><00:46:14.119><c> been</c><00:46:14.420><c> given.</c>

00:46:15.260 --> 00:46:17.579
Which<00:46:15.519><c> are</c><00:46:15.699><c> themselves</c><00:46:16.280><c> so</c><00:46:16.800><c> expressive.</c>

00:46:17.940 --> 00:46:19.380
Of<00:46:18.260><c> the</c><00:46:18.559><c> purpose</c><00:46:18.840><c> of</c><00:46:19.099><c> God.</c>

00:46:19.380 --> 00:46:23.159
As<00:46:20.059><c> the</c><00:46:20.340><c> work</c><00:46:20.639><c> of</c><00:46:20.820><c> God</c><00:46:21.119><c> was</c><00:46:21.820><c> continuing</c><00:46:22.360><c> through</c><00:46:22.719><c> the</c><00:46:22.820><c> Lord</c>

00:46:23.159 --> 00:46:24.139
Jesus<00:46:23.599><c> Christ.</c>

00:46:24.519 --> 00:46:28.579
Were<00:46:24.860><c> ever</c><00:46:25.300><c> addressing</c><00:46:25.960><c> an</c><00:46:26.539><c> increasing</c><00:46:27.280><c> need.</c>

00:46:29.320 --> 00:46:31.300
As<00:46:29.500><c> we</c><00:46:29.679><c> had</c><00:46:29.840><c> begun</c><00:46:30.099><c> with</c><00:46:30.300><c> the</c><00:46:30.500><c> water</c><00:46:30.739><c> into</c><00:46:30.980><c> wine.</c>

00:46:31.360 --> 00:46:35.000
We<00:46:31.480><c> had</c><00:46:31.699><c> found</c><00:46:32.159><c> those</c><00:46:33.139><c> at</c><00:46:33.400><c> the</c><00:46:33.539><c> wedding</c><00:46:33.880><c> thirsty.</c>

00:46:35.599 --> 00:46:38.840
The<00:46:35.780><c> nobles</c><00:46:36.159><c> man's</c><00:46:36.820><c> son</c><00:46:37.019><c> was</c><00:46:37.320><c> sick</c><00:46:37.559><c> unto</c><00:46:37.840><c> death.</c>

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The<00:46:39.559><c> impotent</c><00:46:39.940><c> man</c><00:46:40.199><c> was</c><00:46:40.739><c> helpless.</c>

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The<00:46:42.599><c> multitude</c><00:46:43.039><c> were</c><00:46:43.460><c> hungry.</c>

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The<00:46:45.119><c> disciples</c><00:46:45.699><c> they</c><00:46:46.380><c> were</c><00:46:46.500><c> getting</c><00:46:46.719><c> lost</c><00:46:47.119><c> at</c><00:46:47.480><c> sea.</c>

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The<00:46:48.699><c> blind</c><00:46:49.159><c> man.</c>

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Well.

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He<00:46:50.960><c> had</c><00:46:51.159><c> been</c><00:46:51.400><c> blind</c><00:46:52.099><c> from</c><00:46:53.000><c> birth.</c>

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And<00:46:55.659><c> Lazarus.</c>

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The<00:46:57.320><c> seventh</c><00:46:57.679><c> of</c><00:46:57.940><c> the</c><00:46:58.159><c> sign.</c>

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And<00:46:58.559><c> the</c><00:46:59.019><c> end</c><00:46:59.340><c> of</c><00:46:59.579><c> the</c><00:46:59.699><c> public</c><00:47:00.059><c> ministry</c><00:47:00.500><c> of</c><00:47:00.679><c> the</c><00:47:00.760><c> Lord</c><00:47:01.059><c> Jesus</c><00:47:01.460><c> Christ.</c>

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Lazarus<00:47:02.880><c> was</c><00:47:03.159><c> dead.</c>

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And<00:47:04.679><c> you</c><00:47:04.860><c> see</c><00:47:05.039><c> in</c><00:47:05.219><c> that</c><00:47:05.440><c> the</c><00:47:06.239><c> declining</c><00:47:06.980><c> situation</c><00:47:07.860><c> of</c><00:47:08.360><c> mankind.</c>

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As<00:47:10.360><c> well</c><00:47:10.579><c> as</c><00:47:10.800><c> the</c><00:47:11.059><c> deteriorating</c><00:47:11.860><c> situation</c><00:47:12.559><c> of</c><00:47:13.079><c> Israel.</c>

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Israel<00:47:15.039><c> who</c><00:47:15.219><c> had</c><00:47:15.380><c> been</c><00:47:15.639><c> thirsty</c><00:47:16.019><c> in</c><00:47:16.199><c> the</c><00:47:16.360><c> wilderness.</c>

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Who<00:47:16.940><c> had</c><00:47:17.119><c> been</c><00:47:17.659><c> sick.</c>

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Who<00:47:19.099><c> had</c><00:47:19.280><c> become</c><00:47:19.619><c> helpless.</c>

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Who<00:47:21.139><c> were</c><00:47:21.360><c> hungry</c><00:47:21.780><c> for</c><00:47:21.980><c> the</c><00:47:22.139><c> word</c><00:47:22.300><c> of</c><00:47:22.480><c> God.</c>

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Who<00:47:23.420><c> were</c><00:47:23.619><c> getting</c><00:47:23.920><c> nowhere.</c>

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In<00:47:25.039><c> their</c><00:47:25.320><c> attempts</c><00:47:25.679><c> to</c><00:47:26.039><c> work</c><00:47:26.400><c> their</c><00:47:26.699><c> way</c><00:47:27.019><c> back.</c>

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By<00:47:27.880><c> their</c><00:47:28.139><c> own</c><00:47:28.559><c> regulations.</c>

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Who<00:47:29.860><c> by</c><00:47:30.079><c> now</c><00:47:30.320><c> were</c><00:47:30.599><c> blind.</c>

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And<00:47:31.699><c> could</c><00:47:31.900><c> not</c><00:47:32.239><c> see.</c>

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Were<00:47:33.380><c> in</c><00:47:33.599><c> truth.</c>

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Dead.

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In<00:47:36.320><c> trespasses</c><00:47:36.880><c> and</c><00:47:37.219><c> sins.</c>

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And<00:47:39.800><c> we</c><00:47:39.960><c> ourselves</c><00:47:40.400><c> brothers</c><00:47:40.739><c> and</c><00:47:40.960><c> sisters.</c>

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Who<00:47:42.519><c> begin</c><00:47:42.840><c> to</c><00:47:43.360><c> hunger</c><00:47:43.659><c> and</c><00:47:44.000><c> thirst</c><00:47:44.239><c> after</c><00:47:44.579><c> righteousness.</c>

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Who<00:47:46.239><c> find</c><00:47:46.559><c> that</c><00:47:46.699><c> we</c><00:47:46.820><c> are</c><00:47:47.079><c> struck</c><00:47:47.320><c> with</c><00:47:47.559><c> malady.</c>

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Who<00:47:49.199><c> realize</c><00:47:49.559><c> that</c><00:47:49.760><c> without</c><00:47:50.000><c> God</c><00:47:50.280><c> we</c><00:47:50.420><c> are</c><00:47:50.639><c> helpless.</c>

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Need<00:47:52.780><c> to</c><00:47:53.139><c> realize</c><00:47:53.639><c> our</c><00:47:53.880><c> hunger.</c>

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Must<00:47:55.400><c> know</c><00:47:55.800><c> that</c><00:47:56.079><c> we</c><00:47:56.519><c> too</c><00:47:56.900><c> are</c><00:47:57.179><c> lost.</c>

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And<00:47:58.880><c> must</c><00:47:59.260><c> throw</c><00:47:59.420><c> ourselves</c><00:48:01.159><c> upon</c><00:48:01.480><c> the</c><00:48:01.719><c> God.</c>

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Who<00:48:02.400><c> is</c><00:48:02.599><c> able</c><00:48:02.860><c> to</c><00:48:03.139><c> bring</c><00:48:03.559><c> life</c><00:48:04.199><c> and</c><00:48:05.079><c> enlightenment</c><00:48:05.679><c> to</c><00:48:06.019><c> us.</c>

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Who<00:48:07.079><c> can</c><00:48:07.519><c> liberate</c><00:48:08.139><c> us</c><00:48:08.800><c> from</c><00:48:09.360><c> the</c><00:48:09.519><c> very</c><00:48:10.159><c> place</c><00:48:10.800><c> of</c><00:48:11.179><c> death</c><00:48:11.599><c> and</c><00:48:12.659><c> despair.</c>

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Those<00:48:15.239><c> signs</c><00:48:15.719><c> then</c><00:48:16.360><c> are</c><00:48:16.659><c> given</c><00:48:17.000><c> that</c><00:48:17.739><c> we</c><00:48:18.900><c> might</c><00:48:19.420><c> believe</c><00:48:20.159><c> that</c>

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Jesus<00:48:21.360><c> is</c><00:48:21.760><c> the</c><00:48:22.000><c> Christ.</c>

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And<00:48:23.559><c> that</c><00:48:23.880><c> believing</c><00:48:24.340><c> we</c><00:48:26.179><c> might</c><00:48:27.019><c> have</c><00:48:27.340><c> life</c><00:48:28.039><c> through</c><00:48:29.219><c> his</c><00:48:29.480><c> name.</c>

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Thank<00:48:53.199><c> you</c><00:48:53.199><c> for</c><00:48:53.199><c> watching.</c>