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where</c><00:10:25.879><c> he</c><00:10:26.039><c> ate,</c><00:10:26.539><c> where</c> 00:10:26.740 --> 00:10:28.139 he<00:10:26.960><c> lived</c><00:10:27.179><c> and</c><00:10:27.379><c> what</c><00:10:27.580><c> he</c><00:10:27.740><c> ate,</c> 00:10:28.559 --> 00:10:31.320 compared<00:10:28.799><c> with</c><00:10:29.019><c> what</c><00:10:29.139><c> a</c><00:10:29.379><c> priest</c><00:10:29.720><c> would</c><00:10:30.080><c> have</c><00:10:30.299><c> worn,</c><00:10:30.899><c> what</c><00:10:31.059><c> a</c> 00:10:31.320 --> 00:10:32.240 priest<00:10:31.519><c> would</c><00:10:31.720><c> have</c><00:10:31.899><c> eaten,</c> 00:10:32.659 --> 00:10:34.379 and<00:10:33.039><c> what</c><00:10:33.240><c> a</c><00:10:33.480><c> priest</c><00:10:33.700><c> would</c><00:10:33.899><c> have</c><00:10:34.039><c> done.</c> 00:10:34.379 --> 00:10:38.580 So<00:10:35.279><c> you</c><00:10:35.700><c> could</c><00:10:36.019><c> compare</c><00:10:36.419><c> perhaps</c><00:10:37.000><c> John</c><00:10:37.220><c> the</c><00:10:37.360><c> Baptist</c><00:10:37.879><c> as</c><00:10:38.379><c> one</c> 00:10:38.580 --> 00:10:39.720 of<00:10:38.659><c> these</c><00:10:38.879><c> great</c><00:10:39.279><c> ones</c> 00:10:39.720 --> 00:10:44.340 who<00:10:40.440><c> completely</c><00:10:41.360><c> was</c><00:10:42.159><c> killed</c><00:10:42.759><c> because</c><00:10:43.320><c> of</c><00:10:43.639><c> his</c><00:10:43.840><c> belief.</c> 00:10:44.759 --> 00:10:47.500 The<00:10:45.100><c> priesthood</c><00:10:45.860><c> was</c><00:10:46.340><c> going.</c> 00:10:48.899 --> 00:10:52.200 When<00:10:49.059><c> the</c><00:10:49.240><c> high</c><00:10:49.419><c> priest</c><00:10:50.539><c> stood</c><00:10:51.159><c> in</c><00:10:51.419><c> front</c><00:10:51.539><c> of</c><00:10:51.720><c> Jesus</c> 00:10:52.200 --> 00:10:55.779 and<00:10:53.279><c> listened</c><00:10:53.820><c> to</c><00:10:54.059><c> Jesus</c><00:10:54.419><c> saying</c><00:10:54.759><c> he</c><00:10:54.960><c> was</c><00:10:55.159><c> the</c><00:10:55.259><c> son</c><00:10:55.360><c> of</c><00:10:55.539><c> God,</c> 00:10:55.840 --> 00:10:58.539 what<00:10:56.019><c> did</c><00:10:56.179><c> the</c><00:10:56.279><c> high</c><00:10:56.460><c> priest</c><00:10:56.720><c> do?</c><00:10:57.500><c> Rent</c><00:10:57.720><c> his</c><00:10:58.019><c> clothes.</c> 00:10:58.980 --> 00:11:03.019 What<00:10:59.220><c> should</c><00:10:59.519><c> never</c><00:10:59.820><c> ever</c><00:11:00.500><c> a</c><00:11:00.519><c> high</c><00:11:00.820><c> priest</c><00:11:01.120><c> do?</c><00:11:02.039><c> Rent</c><00:11:02.299><c> his</c><00:11:02.600><c> clothes.</c> 00:11:03.019 --> 00:11:05.759 It<00:11:03.019><c> was</c><00:11:03.299><c> strictly</c><00:11:03.720><c> forbidden</c><00:11:04.399><c> in</c><00:11:04.720><c> Leviticus.</c> 00:11:05.980 --> 00:11:08.659 The<00:11:06.200><c> high</c><00:11:06.519><c> priest</c><00:11:06.799><c> in</c><00:11:07.080><c> front</c><00:11:07.240><c> of</c><00:11:07.440><c> Jesus,</c> 00:11:09.220 --> 00:11:10.919 Annas,<00:11:09.399><c> who</c><00:11:09.580><c> was</c><00:11:09.799><c> father</c><00:11:10.019><c>-in</c><00:11:10.179><c>-law</c><00:11:10.259><c> to</c><00:11:10.460><c> Caiaphas,</c> 00:11:11.279 --> 00:11:13.960 and<00:11:11.399><c> Caiaphas</c><00:11:11.840><c> was</c><00:11:12.139><c> a</c><00:11:12.299><c> brains</c><00:11:12.519><c> behind</c><00:11:12.940><c> the</c><00:11:13.159><c> scene.</c> 00:11:14.100 --> 00:11:16.200 After<00:11:14.539><c> he'd</c><00:11:14.779><c> been</c><00:11:15.019><c> deposed</c><00:11:15.360><c> from</c><00:11:15.519><c> being</c><00:11:15.679><c> high</c><00:11:15.960><c> priest,</c> 00:11:16.259 --> 00:11:18.779 he<00:11:16.379><c> got</c><00:11:16.580><c> five</c><00:11:16.940><c> of</c><00:11:17.100><c> his,</c><00:11:17.419><c> I</c><00:11:17.580><c> think</c><00:11:17.720><c> three</c><00:11:18.019><c> of</c><00:11:18.139><c> his</c><00:11:18.259><c> 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one,</c><00:11:29.019><c> Annas.</c> 00:11:30.000 --> 00:11:33.519 And<00:11:30.600><c> he</c><00:11:31.559><c> rent</c><00:11:31.860><c> his</c><00:11:32.159><c> clothes</c><00:11:32.580><c> in</c><00:11:33.159><c> symbol.</c> 00:11:33.620 --> 00:11:35.059 Here<00:11:33.899><c> goes</c><00:11:34.159><c> the</c><00:11:34.440><c> priesthood.</c> 00:11:35.279 --> 00:11:37.820 I'm<00:11:35.679><c> deferring</c><00:11:36.259><c> to</c><00:11:36.419><c> the</c><00:11:36.559><c> one</c><00:11:36.679><c> in</c><00:11:36.919><c> front</c><00:11:37.059><c> of</c><00:11:37.279><c> me.</c> 00:11:38.220 --> 00:11:40.740 And<00:11:38.299><c> I</c><00:11:38.360><c> mean</c><00:11:38.519><c> little</c><00:11:38.899><c> realising</c><00:11:39.740><c> that</c><00:11:39.940><c> what</c><00:11:40.059><c> he</c><00:11:40.220><c> was</c><00:11:40.399><c> doing,</c> 00:11:41.179 --> 00:11:44.179 it's<00:11:41.419><c> one</c><00:11:41.600><c> of</c><00:11:41.759><c> those</c><00:11:42.059><c> 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Jesus</c><00:12:27.639><c> say</c><00:12:28.000><c> twice</c><00:12:28.559><c> in</c><00:12:28.879><c> his</c><00:12:29.259><c> trial?</c> 00:12:31.100 --> 00:12:32.379 Psalm<00:12:31.740><c> 110.</c> 00:12:32.580 --> 00:12:34.639 Sit<00:12:32.840><c> on</c><00:12:33.080><c> my</c><00:12:33.299><c> right</c><00:12:33.659><c> hand.</c> 00:12:34.799 --> 00:12:38.220 Small<00:12:35.340><c> little</c><00:12:36.080><c> verses</c><00:12:36.639><c> in</c><00:12:36.879><c> the</c><00:12:37.120><c> small</c><00:12:37.340><c> little</c><00:12:37.700><c> Psalm.</c> 00:12:38.539 --> 00:12:42.639 Quote,<00:12:39.120><c> quote,</c><00:12:39.580><c> quote</c><00:12:40.080><c> by</c><00:12:40.620><c> Jesus</c><00:12:41.200><c> twice</c><00:12:41.840><c> in</c><00:12:42.039><c> his</c><00:12:42.320><c> trial.</c> 00:12:42.879 --> 00:12:45.679 And<00:12:43.259><c> now</c><00:12:43.500><c> by</c><00:12:43.740><c> this</c><00:12:43.960><c> writer</c><00:12:44.240><c> several</c><00:12:44.580><c> 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his</c><00:13:18.139><c> heart</c><00:13:18.500><c> out.</c> 00:13:20.259 --> 00:13:26.980 That<00:13:20.360><c> Jesus</c><00:13:21.039><c> begged</c><00:13:21.879><c> God</c><00:13:22.620><c> who</c><00:13:23.240><c> could</c><00:13:24.000><c> save</c><00:13:24.779><c> him</c><00:13:25.220><c> from</c><00:13:25.820><c> death.</c> 00:13:27.659 --> 00:13:33.299 God<00:13:28.019><c> had</c><00:13:28.299><c> the</c><00:13:28.519><c> power</c><00:13:28.820><c> to</c><00:13:29.159><c> grant</c><00:13:29.379><c> Jesus</c><00:13:30.220><c> exception</c><00:13:31.580><c> from</c><00:13:32.340><c> death.</c> 00:13:33.879 --> 00:13:35.340 It<00:13:34.059><c> wouldn't</c><00:13:34.320><c> have</c><00:13:34.500><c> pleased</c><00:13:34.740><c> God,</c> 00:13:35.779 --> 00:13:37.639 and<00:13:35.899><c> it</c><00:13:35.940><c> wouldn't</c><00:13:36.179><c> have</c><00:13:36.360><c> done</c><00:13:36.519><c> what</c><00:13:36.700><c> God</c><00:13:37.000><c> had</c><00:13:37.220><c> planned.</c> 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Garden</c><00:13:50.919><c> of</c><00:13:51.139><c> Eden</c><00:13:51.299><c> when</c><00:13:51.539><c> he</c><00:13:51.799><c> begged.</c> 00:13:53.659 --> 00:13:55.740 Though<00:13:53.919><c> he</c><00:13:54.200><c> were</c><00:13:54.559><c> a</c><00:13:54.740><c> son,</c> 00:13:56.120 --> 00:14:00.019 yet<00:13:56.299><c> learned</c><00:13:56.779><c> he</c><00:13:57.139><c> obedience</c><00:13:57.720><c> by</c><00:13:58.000><c> the</c><00:13:58.200><c> things</c><00:13:58.600><c> which</c><00:13:58.879><c> he</c><00:13:59.179><c> suffered.</c> 00:14:00.220 --> 00:14:04.980 If<00:14:00.460><c> you</c><00:14:00.720><c> want</c><00:14:01.039><c> to</c><00:14:01.340><c> meet</c><00:14:02.080><c> a</c><00:14:02.539><c> father</c><00:14:02.899><c> and</c><00:14:03.080><c> you</c><00:14:03.379><c> can't,</c><00:14:04.039><c> meet</c><00:14:04.320><c> his</c><00:14:04.720><c> son.</c> 00:14:05.000 --> 00:14:06.559 That's<00:14:05.320><c> the</c><00:14:05.519><c> next</c><00:14:05.860><c> best</c><00:14:06.179><c> thing.</c> 00:14:07.019 --> 00:14:09.519 I<00:14:07.240><c> say</c><00:14:07.340><c> that</c><00:14:07.519><c> to</c><00:14:07.679><c> my</c><00:14:07.919><c> shame</c><00:14:08.159><c> for</c><00:14:08.320><c> those</c><00:14:08.539><c> in</c><00:14:08.720><c> the</c><00:14:08.840><c> New</c><00:14:08.980><c> York</c><00:14:09.240><c> area</c> 00:14:09.519 --> 00:14:11.340 who<00:14:09.659><c> knew</c><00:14:09.720><c> my</c><00:14:10.059><c> son</c><00:14:10.200><c> for</c><00:14:10.440><c> a</c><00:14:10.539><c> year.</c> 00:14:13.620 --> 00:14:17.980 And<00:14:14.340><c> being</c><00:14:15.039><c> made</c><00:14:15.480><c> perfect,</c><00:14:16.139><c> being</c><00:14:16.299><c> made</c><00:14:16.600><c> complete,</c> 00:14:18.659 --> 00:14:24.539 he<00:14:18.899><c> became</c><00:14:19.659><c> the</c><00:14:20.279><c> author</c><00:14:20.679><c> of</c><00:14:20.960><c> eternal</c><00:14:21.840><c> salvation</c><00:14:22.840><c> unto</c><00:14:23.779><c> all</c> 00:14:24.539 --> 00:14:26.759 them<00:14:24.899><c> that</c><00:14:25.759><c> obey</c><00:14:26.200><c> him.</c> 00:14:27.059 --> 00:14:28.799 Not<00:14:27.559><c> just</c><00:14:28.299><c> the</c><00:14:28.580><c> Jews.</c> 00:14:29.059 --> 00:14:31.679 The<00:14:29.159><c> racial</c><00:14:29.659><c> discrimination</c><00:14:30.399><c> was</c><00:14:30.659><c> over.</c> 00:14:31.940 --> 00:14:35.799 Well,<00:14:32.220><c> God</c><00:14:32.500><c> had</c><00:14:33.019><c> racially</c><00:14:33.559><c> discriminated</c><00:14:34.399><c> in</c><00:14:34.860><c> favor</c><00:14:35.139><c> of</c><00:14:35.340><c> the</c><00:14:35.519><c> Jews.</c> 00:14:35.919 --> 00:14:36.940 Yes,<00:14:36.159><c> yes,</c><00:14:36.379><c> yes.</c> 00:14:37.379 --> 00:14:39.200 And<00:14:37.659><c> rightly</c><00:14:37.940><c> so.</c><00:14:38.279><c> God</c><00:14:38.500><c> could</c><00:14:38.700><c> do</c><00:14:38.840><c> anything.</c> 00:14:39.200 --> 00:14:42.879 God<00:14:39.700><c> wasn't</c><00:14:40.000><c> bound</c><00:14:40.320><c> by</c><00:14:40.559><c> the</c><00:14:40.779><c> earthly</c><00:14:41.059><c> laws</c><00:14:41.480><c> which</c><00:14:41.679><c> he'd</c><00:14:42.000><c> made.</c> 00:14:42.919 --> 00:14:45.419 But<00:14:43.080><c> when</c><00:14:43.460><c> he</c><00:14:43.799><c> said,</c><00:14:44.139><c> I'm</c><00:14:44.279><c> choosing</c><00:14:44.580><c> you</c><00:14:44.899><c> Jews,</c> 00:14:45.740 --> 00:14:47.620 he<00:14:45.840><c> said,</c><00:14:45.960><c> and</c><00:14:46.200><c> you</c><00:14:46.299><c> will</c><00:14:46.519><c> all</c><00:14:46.759><c> families</c><00:14:47.159><c> be</c><00:14:47.399><c> blessed.</c> 00:14:47.740 --> 00:14:49.620 Anybody<00:14:48.299><c> can</c><00:14:48.600><c> come.</c> 00:14:50.019 --> 00:14:54.299 And<00:14:50.620><c> the</c><00:14:50.799><c> same</c><00:14:50.960><c> goes</c><00:14:51.259><c> for</c><00:14:51.519><c> us</c><00:14:51.720><c> for</c><00:14:51.940><c> our</c><00:14:52.200><c> preaching</c><00:14:52.620><c> and</c><00:14:53.139><c> our</c><00:14:53.340><c> privilege.</c> 00:14:55.120 --> 00:14:59.399 He<00:14:55.159><c> was</c><00:14:55.460><c> called</c><00:14:55.820><c> of</c><00:14:56.059><c> God</c><00:14:56.539><c> and</c><00:14:57.159><c> high</c><00:14:57.500><c> priest</c><00:14:58.100><c> after</c><00:14:58.840><c> the</c><00:14:59.159><c> order</c> 00:14:59.399 --> 00:15:01.440 of<00:14:59.659><c> Melchizedek.</c> 00:15:03.460 --> 00:15:08.440 Verse<00:15:04.019><c> 14,</c><00:15:04.720><c> a</c><00:15:04.860><c> very</c><00:15:05.340><c> strange</c><00:15:05.980><c> sort</c><00:15:06.419><c> of</c><00:15:06.740><c> translation</c><00:15:07.179><c> here.</c> 00:15:09.940 --> 00:15:13.360 Strong<00:15:10.179><c> meat</c><00:15:10.840><c> belongeth</c><00:15:11.500><c> to</c><00:15:11.679><c> them</c><00:15:11.960><c> that</c><00:15:12.139><c> are</c><00:15:12.299><c> of</c><00:15:12.539><c> full</c><00:15:12.740><c> age.</c> 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exercised</c><00:15:26.120><c> to</c> 00:15:26.639 --> 00:15:28.240 discern<00:15:27.039><c> both</c><00:15:27.440><c> good</c><00:15:27.659><c> and</c><00:15:27.879><c> evil.</c> 00:15:28.240 --> 00:15:35.720 So<00:15:29.200><c> if</c><00:15:29.639><c> you</c><00:15:30.019><c> haven't</c><00:15:30.600><c> used</c><00:15:31.120><c> your</c><00:15:31.539><c> senses,</c><00:15:32.340><c> you</c><00:15:32.860><c> have</c><00:15:33.379><c> not</c><00:15:34.080><c> realized</c><00:15:34.759><c> your</c><00:15:35.080><c> potential.</c> 00:15:36.179 --> 00:15:38.940 And<00:15:36.399><c> every</c><00:15:36.740><c> single</c><00:15:37.179><c> body</c><00:15:37.519><c> and</c><00:15:37.759><c> every</c><00:15:38.000><c> single</c><00:15:38.379><c> chair</c><00:15:38.700><c> here</c> 00:15:38.940 --> 00:15:39.600 this<00:15:39.159><c> morning</c> 00:15:39.600 --> 00:15:43.240 has<00:15:40.320><c> been</c><00:15:40.759><c> noticed</c><00:15:41.179><c> by</c><00:15:41.519><c> 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another</c><00:16:55.879><c> free</c><00:16:56.100><c> lesson.</c> 00:16:57.519 --> 00:17:01.179 Do<00:16:57.600><c> you</c><00:16:57.620><c> know</c><00:16:57.759><c> that</c><00:16:57.960><c> woman</c><00:16:58.259><c> had</c><00:16:58.580><c> 12</c><00:16:59.080><c> baptisms</c><00:16:59.779><c> from</c><00:17:00.039><c> her</c><00:17:00.240><c> house?</c> 00:17:01.700 --> 00:17:04.019 And<00:17:01.840><c> it's</c><00:17:02.039><c> my</c><00:17:02.240><c> privilege</c><00:17:02.559><c> to</c><00:17:02.759><c> baptize</c><00:17:03.220><c> one</c><00:17:03.419><c> who</c><00:17:03.620><c> eventually</c> 00:17:04.019 --> 00:17:08.099 married<00:17:04.299><c> her</c><00:17:04.539><c> daughter</c><00:17:04.900><c> out</c><00:17:05.599><c> in</c><00:17:05.900><c> the</c><00:17:06.339><c> river</c><00:17:06.619><c> outside</c><00:17:07.059><c> the</c><00:17:07.279><c> house.</c> 00:17:09.299 --> 00:17:10.339 12<00:17:09.819><c> baptisms.</c> 00:17:10.660 --> 00:17:12.619 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a</c><00:17:25.059><c> piano</c><00:17:25.500><c> and</c><00:17:27.039><c> give</c><00:17:27.180><c> it</c><00:17:27.339><c> to</c><00:17:27.500><c> God.</c> 00:17:29.279 --> 00:17:32.140 Anybody<00:17:29.640><c> says</c><00:17:29.839><c> they</c><00:17:30.079><c> can't?</c> 00:17:32.519 --> 00:17:37.519 So<00:17:33.059><c> the</c><00:17:33.299><c> Lord</c><00:17:33.500><c> God</c><00:17:34.279><c> had</c><00:17:34.759><c> here</c><00:17:35.259><c> chosen</c><00:17:35.940><c> the</c><00:17:36.119><c> Lord</c><00:17:36.279><c> Jesus,</c><00:17:37.140><c> asked</c> 00:17:37.519 --> 00:17:39.059 him<00:17:37.880><c> to</c><00:17:38.119><c> do</c><00:17:38.279><c> this</c><00:17:38.559><c> duty.</c> 00:17:39.059 --> 00:17:41.720 Jesus<00:17:40.240><c> accepted.</c> 00:17:41.759 --> 00:17:48.400 He<00:17:42.019><c> became</c><00:17:42.799><c> the</c><00:17:43.339><c> one</c><00:17:43.660><c> who</c><00:17:44.259><c> had</c><00:17:44.700><c> to</c><00:17:45.000><c> die</c><00:17:45.500><c> because</c><00:17:46.819><c> humans</c><00:17:47.720><c> have</c> 00:17:48.400 --> 00:17:49.279 to<00:17:48.740><c> die.</c> 00:17:49.480 --> 00:17:52.099 Humans<00:17:50.019><c> can't</c><00:17:50.599><c> go</c><00:17:51.000><c> to</c><00:17:51.180><c> heaven.</c> 00:17:53.619 --> 00:17:56.420 I've<00:17:53.759><c> never</c><00:17:54.000><c> tried</c><00:17:54.359><c> this,</c><00:17:54.660><c> but</c><00:17:54.799><c> I'd</c><00:17:55.059><c> love</c><00:17:55.200><c> to.</c> 00:17:56.559 --> 00:18:00.759 If<00:17:56.779><c> you</c><00:17:56.980><c> know</c><00:17:57.140><c> anybody</c><00:17:57.579><c> who's</c><00:17:58.039><c> attached</c><00:17:58.240><c> to</c><00:17:58.359><c> the</c><00:17:58.440><c> Roman</c><00:17:58.700><c> Catholic</c><00:17:59.059><c> Church</c><00:17:59.660><c> who</c> 00:18:00.759 --> 00:18:03.200 venerates<00:18:01.440><c> Mary</c><00:18:02.119><c> so</c><00:18:02.640><c> much,</c> 00:18:03.680 --> 00:18:06.059 and<00:18:03.859><c> 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whichever</c><00:19:05.579><c> had</c><00:19:06.039><c> been.</c> 00:19:06.500 --> 00:19:11.519 And<00:19:07.299><c> the</c><00:19:07.400><c> Lord</c><00:19:07.660><c> Jesus</c><00:19:08.039><c> Christ</c><00:19:08.619><c> therefore</c><00:19:10.000><c> thought</c><00:19:10.839><c> this</c><00:19:11.059><c> out</c> 00:19:11.519 --> 00:19:17.420 and<00:19:12.000><c> realized</c><00:19:12.920><c> that</c><00:19:13.500><c> without</c><00:19:14.019><c> death</c><00:19:14.420><c> there</c><00:19:14.660><c> can</c><00:19:14.940><c> be</c><00:19:15.200><c> no</c><00:19:15.519><c> remission</c><00:19:16.019><c> of</c><00:19:16.319><c> sins.</c> 00:19:17.640 --> 00:19:19.220 Verse<00:19:17.720><c> 2</c><00:19:18.000><c> of</c><00:19:18.140><c> Chapter</c><00:19:18.400><c> 5,</c> 00:19:19.460 --> 00:19:22.720 The<00:19:19.599><c> high</c><00:19:20.079><c> priest</c><00:19:20.519><c> had</c><00:19:20.819><c> compassion</c><00:19:21.500><c> on</c><00:19:21.700><c> the</c><00:19:21.920><c> 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high</c><00:21:24.579><c> priests</c><00:21:25.099><c> which</c><00:21:25.500><c> have</c><00:21:25.900><c> infirmities.</c> 00:21:26.720 --> 00:21:30.299 Well,<00:21:27.740><c> that</c><00:21:28.039><c> really</c><00:21:28.319><c> means</c><00:21:28.480><c> weakness,</c><00:21:29.140><c> the</c><00:21:29.259><c> better</c><00:21:29.480><c> translation</c><00:21:30.000><c> is,</c> 00:21:30.359 --> 00:21:33.240 because<00:21:30.660><c> if</c><00:21:30.819><c> you</c><00:21:30.960><c> only</c><00:21:31.079><c> got</c><00:21:31.279><c> one</c><00:21:31.599><c> eye</c><00:21:31.859><c> or</c><00:21:32.259><c> a</c><00:21:32.720><c> wooden</c><00:21:32.900><c> leg,</c> 00:21:33.519 --> 00:21:36.259 you<00:21:33.599><c> couldn't</c><00:21:33.819><c> be</c><00:21:34.039><c> a</c><00:21:34.160><c> high</c><00:21:34.299><c> priest,</c><00:21:34.700><c> you</c><00:21:34.819><c> were</c><00:21:34.960><c> disqualified.</c> 00:21:36.680 --> 00:21:40.819 But<00:21:36.819><c> the</c><00:21:37.160><c> 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if</c><00:21:55.160><c> you</c><00:21:55.339><c> like.</c> 00:21:55.660 --> 00:21:59.480 You'll<00:21:56.559><c> find</c><00:21:56.740><c> B,</c><00:21:57.240><c> therefore,</c><00:21:57.660><c> perfect</c><00:21:58.160><c> in</c><00:21:58.299><c> Matthew.</c> 00:21:59.740 --> 00:22:04.420 1<00:21:59.900><c> Corinthians</c><00:22:00.339><c> 14</c><00:22:01.200><c> to</c><00:22:01.599><c> be</c><00:22:01.880><c> men</c><00:22:02.299><c> as</c><00:22:02.579><c> compared</c><00:22:02.960><c> with</c><00:22:03.200><c> children.</c> 00:22:04.619 --> 00:22:08.559 Hebrews<00:22:04.920><c> chapter</c><00:22:05.259><c> 5</c><00:22:05.819><c> to</c><00:22:06.079><c> be</c><00:22:06.299><c> of</c><00:22:06.779><c> full</c><00:22:07.119><c> age.</c> 00:22:09.140 --> 00:22:15.220 And<00:22:09.299><c> now,</c><00:22:10.880><c> chapter</c><00:22:11.880><c> 7,</c><00:22:13.819><c> verse</c><00:22:14.019><c> 28,</c> 00:22:15.319 --> 00:22:18.059 who<00:22:15.519><c> is</c><00:22:15.920><c> 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you</c><00:23:32.220><c> young</c><00:23:32.420><c> people.</c> 00:23:32.960 --> 00:23:35.140 Just,<00:23:33.099><c> oh,</c><00:23:33.240><c> I</c><00:23:33.380><c> don't</c><00:23:33.599><c> think</c><00:23:33.700><c> you'll</c><00:23:33.960><c> get</c><00:23:34.119><c> there.</c> 00:23:35.859 --> 00:23:38.420 God<00:23:36.279><c> allowed</c><00:23:36.740><c> Jesus,</c><00:23:37.400><c> he</c><00:23:37.400><c> asked</c><00:23:37.559><c> Jesus</c><00:23:37.920><c> to</c><00:23:38.180><c> die.</c> 00:23:38.480 --> 00:23:40.240 Jesus<00:23:38.799><c> said,</c><00:23:39.220><c> oh,</c><00:23:39.380><c> die</c><00:23:39.519><c> for</c><00:23:39.720><c> these</c><00:23:39.980><c> people.</c> 00:23:40.319 --> 00:23:42.819 The<00:23:40.579><c> angels</c><00:23:40.900><c> are</c><00:23:41.240><c> helping</c><00:23:41.680><c> us</c><00:23:41.960><c> into</c><00:23:42.200><c> the</c><00:23:42.420><c> kingdom.</c> 00:23:42.819 --> 00:23:46.319 And<00:23:43.180><c> every</c><00:23:43.539><c> agency</c><00:23:44.119><c> is</c><00:23:44.579><c> pulling</c><00:23:45.000><c> us</c><00:23:45.339><c> in.</c> 00:23:46.960 --> 00:23:49.059 It's<00:23:47.059><c> only</c><00:23:47.240><c> in</c><00:23:47.380><c> the</c><00:23:47.579><c> stupid</c><00:23:47.900><c> chap</c><00:23:48.119><c> you</c><00:23:48.339><c> see</c><00:23:48.480><c> when</c><00:23:48.619><c> you</c><00:23:48.759><c> look</c><00:23:48.940><c> in</c> 00:23:49.059 --> 00:23:49.440 the<00:23:49.200><c> mirror</c> 00:23:49.440 --> 00:23:51.119 who's<00:23:49.700><c> keeping</c><00:23:49.920><c> you</c><00:23:50.180><c> out.</c> 00:23:51.680 --> 00:23:55.680 And<00:23:52.000><c> everything</c><00:23:52.740><c> else</c><00:23:53.180><c> is</c><00:23:53.500><c> helping</c><00:23:54.000><c> you</c><00:23:54.339><c> to</c><00:23:54.460><c> the</c><00:23:54.660><c> kingdom.</c> 00:23:56.339 --> 00:23:59.900 There's<00:23:56.599><c> not</c><00:23:56.859><c> a</c><00:23:57.299><c> single</c><00:23:57.900><c> hand</c><00:23:58.759><c> apart</c><00:23:59.259><c> from</c><00:23:59.400><c> your</c><00:23:59.599><c> own</c> 00:23:59.900 --> 00:24:01.299 which<00:24:00.279><c> is</c><00:24:00.519><c> pushing</c><00:24:00.700><c> you</c><00:24:00.960><c> out.</c> 00:24:01.619 --> 00:24:03.539 It's<00:24:01.859><c> the</c><00:24:02.019><c> whole</c><00:24:02.380><c> purpose</c><00:24:02.920><c> of</c><00:24:03.180><c> God.</c> 00:24:03.920 --> 00:24:07.079 It's<00:24:04.079><c> God's</c><00:24:04.539><c> good</c><00:24:04.819><c> pleasure</c><00:24:05.440><c> to</c><00:24:05.740><c> give</c><00:24:05.859><c> you</c><00:24:06.000><c> the</c><00:24:06.200><c> kingdom.</c> 00:24:07.380 --> 00:24:09.920 Of<00:24:07.599><c> course,</c><00:24:07.779><c> we</c><00:24:07.900><c> can</c><00:24:08.059><c> come</c><00:24:08.339><c> back</c><00:24:08.880><c> if</c><00:24:09.240><c> we're</c><00:24:09.559><c> sorry.</c> 00:24:09.920 --> 00:24:13.359 And<00:24:10.700><c> if</c><00:24:10.900><c> we're</c><00:24:11.279><c> sorry,</c><00:24:11.799><c> in</c><00:24:12.799><c> God's</c><00:24:13.200><c> book,</c> 00:24:13.460 --> 00:24:15.259 it<00:24:13.460><c> probably</c><00:24:13.819><c> means</c><00:24:14.119><c> we</c><00:24:14.259><c> never</c><00:24:14.500><c> did</c><00:24:14.720><c> it.</c> 00:24:15.740 --> 00:24:19.160 Now,<00:24:16.220><c> you</c><00:24:16.460><c> can</c><00:24:16.640><c> do</c><00:24:16.819><c> something</c><00:24:17.079><c> against</c><00:24:17.480><c> me</c><00:24:17.839><c> and</c><00:24:18.339><c> magnanimously,</c> 00:24:19.299 --> 00:24:21.599 I<00:24:19.319><c> will</c><00:24:19.519><c> say</c><00:24:19.680><c> after</c><00:24:19.920><c> two</c><00:24:20.160><c> or</c><00:24:20.220><c> three</c><00:24:20.400><c> days</c><00:24:20.720><c> or</c><00:24:20.920><c> two</c><00:24:21.160><c> or</c><00:24:21.240><c> three</c><00:24:21.359><c> minutes,</c> 00:24:21.700 --> 00:24:24.579 okay,<00:24:22.059><c> I'll</c><00:24:22.339><c> forgive</c><00:24:22.559><c> you,</c><00:24:23.019><c> let's</c><00:24:23.359><c> forget</c><00:24:23.599><c> it.</c> 00:24:24.819 --> 00:24:28.359 Incidentally,<00:24:25.700><c> in</c><00:24:25.819><c> brackets,</c><00:24:27.200><c> if</c><00:24:27.319><c> you</c><00:24:27.539><c> find</c><00:24:27.680><c> it</c><00:24:27.859><c> very</c><00:24:28.140><c> hard</c> 00:24:28.359 --> 00:24:31.539 to<00:24:28.559><c> forgive</c><00:24:28.759><c> somebody,</c><00:24:29.880><c> in</c><00:24:30.039><c> the</c><00:24:30.240><c> truth</c><00:24:30.400><c> or</c><00:24:30.660><c> out,</c> 00:24:32.200 --> 00:24:35.279 my<00:24:32.460><c> advice</c><00:24:32.740><c> is</c><00:24:33.000><c> to</c><00:24:33.220><c> ask</c><00:24:33.539><c> God</c><00:24:33.839><c> every</c><00:24:34.359><c> single</c><00:24:34.720><c> time</c><00:24:34.940><c> you</c><00:24:35.099><c> say</c> 00:24:35.279 --> 00:24:37.279 the<00:24:35.440><c> Lord's</c><00:24:35.799><c> Prayer,</c><00:24:36.119><c> forgive</c><00:24:36.359><c> us</c><00:24:36.559><c> as</c><00:24:36.740><c> we</c><00:24:36.880><c> forgive,</c> 00:24:37.279 --> 00:24:40.240 please,<00:24:38.180><c> dear</c><00:24:38.200><c> Father,</c><00:24:38.539><c> help</c><00:24:38.819><c> me</c><00:24:39.079><c> to</c><00:24:39.220><c> forgive</c><00:24:39.460><c> so</c><00:24:39.720><c> and</c><00:24:39.839><c> so.</c> 00:24:40.720 --> 00:24:43.819 And<00:24:41.039><c> from</c><00:24:41.160><c> my</c><00:24:41.380><c> own</c><00:24:41.660><c> personal</c><00:24:42.019><c> and</c><00:24:42.299><c> humble</c><00:24:42.559><c> experience,</c> 00:24:43.920 --> 00:24:47.339 after<00:24:44.140><c> a</c><00:24:44.319><c> few</c><00:24:44.460><c> weeks</c><00:24:44.779><c> or</c><00:24:45.000><c> a</c><00:24:45.140><c> few</c><00:24:45.240><c> months</c><00:24:45.579><c> or</c><00:24:45.759><c> in</c><00:24:45.859><c> one</c><00:24:46.059><c> case</c><00:24:46.299><c> a</c><00:24:46.480><c> year,</c> 00:24:47.759 --> 00:24:50.200 I<00:24:48.000><c> was</c><00:24:48.220><c> able</c><00:24:48.500><c> not</c><00:24:48.700><c> to</c><00:24:48.900><c> say</c><00:24:49.059><c> that</c><00:24:49.240><c> anymore</c> 00:24:50.059 --> 00:24:52.140 because<00:24:50.319><c> I</c><00:24:50.559><c> suddenly</c><00:24:50.720><c> realized</c><00:24:51.119><c> I</c><00:24:51.400><c> didn't</c><00:24:51.640><c> hold</c><00:24:51.839><c> anything</c> 00:24:52.140 --> 00:24:53.660 against<00:24:52.519><c> them</c><00:24:52.700><c> anymore.</c> 00:24:53.859 --> 00:24:57.900 And<00:24:54.319><c> it's</c><00:24:54.660><c> very</c><00:24:54.960><c> hard,</c><00:24:55.519><c> very,</c><00:24:56.180><c> very</c><00:24:56.680><c> hard</c><00:24:57.039><c> on</c><00:24:57.240><c> occasions,</c> 00:24:58.299 --> 00:25:01.660 but<00:24:58.539><c> if</c><00:24:58.740><c> you</c><00:24:59.140><c> by</c><00:24:59.519><c> name</c><00:24:59.980><c> ask</c><00:25:00.200><c> God</c><00:25:00.400><c> to</c><00:25:00.660><c> help</c><00:25:00.839><c> you</c><00:25:01.079><c> to</c><00:25:01.200><c> forgive</c><00:25:01.420><c> so</c> 00:25:01.660 --> 00:25:02.200 and<00:25:01.799><c> so,</c> 00:25:02.519 --> 00:25:04.140 God<00:25:02.980><c> will.</c> 00:25:04.799 --> 00:25:08.279 Therefore,<00:25:06.759><c> well,</c><00:25:06.940><c> but</c><00:25:07.099><c> I'll</c><00:25:07.279><c> never</c><00:25:07.460><c> forget</c><00:25:07.859><c> it,</c> 00:25:08.660 --> 00:25:13.259 is<00:25:08.819><c> unfortunately</c><00:25:09.460><c> humanity</c><00:25:10.319><c> and</c><00:25:10.799><c> it's</c><00:25:11.380><c> ever</c><00:25:11.579><c> so,</c><00:25:11.940><c> ever</c><00:25:12.440><c> so</c><00:25:12.779><c> hard</c> 00:25:13.259 --> 00:25:15.940 to<00:25:13.680><c> not</c><00:25:13.940><c> ever</c><00:25:14.380><c> think</c><00:25:14.599><c> of</c><00:25:14.740><c> it</c><00:25:14.920><c> again.</c> 00:25:16.500 --> 00:25:18.299 But<00:25:16.779><c> if</c><00:25:17.099><c> you</c><00:25:17.359><c> do</c><00:25:17.559><c> something</c><00:25:17.920><c> wrong,</c> 00:25:18.359 --> 00:25:20.099 and<00:25:18.500><c> in</c><00:25:18.599><c> the</c><00:25:18.700><c> old</c><00:25:18.819><c> days</c><00:25:19.039><c> actually</c><00:25:19.440><c> there's</c><00:25:19.640><c> a</c><00:25:19.779><c> blackboard</c> 00:25:20.099 --> 00:25:20.700 behind<00:25:20.460><c> here</c> 00:25:20.700 --> 00:25:22.200 where<00:25:20.900><c> you</c><00:25:20.980><c> used</c><00:25:21.160><c> to</c><00:25:21.319><c> write</c><00:25:21.460><c> on</c><00:25:21.640><c> in</c><00:25:21.920><c> chalk,</c> 00:25:22.519 --> 00:25:24.539 or<00:25:22.680><c> if</c><00:25:22.819><c> you</c><00:25:22.980><c> use</c><00:25:23.079><c> the</c><00:25:23.299><c> overhead</c><00:25:23.460><c> projector</c><00:25:23.859><c> and</c><00:25:24.079><c> you</c><00:25:24.240><c> write</c> 00:25:24.539 --> 00:25:26.640 and<00:25:24.779><c> then</c><00:25:24.900><c> you</c><00:25:25.019><c> rub</c><00:25:25.079><c> it</c><00:25:25.299><c> out,</c><00:25:25.539><c> you</c><00:25:25.640><c> can</c><00:25:25.920><c> still</c><00:25:26.079><c> often</c><00:25:26.339><c> see</c> 00:25:26.640 --> 00:25:28.759 the<00:25:26.940><c> indentation</c><00:25:27.559><c> or</c><00:25:27.720><c> the</c><00:25:27.980><c> mark.</c> 00:25:29.259 --> 00:25:34.259 And<00:25:29.599><c> God,</c><00:25:31.980><c> he</c><00:25:32.279><c> doesn't</c><00:25:32.480><c> just</c><00:25:32.740><c> rub</c><00:25:32.859><c> it</c><00:25:33.079><c> out.</c> 00:25:34.480 --> 00:25:37.180 He<00:25:34.759><c> says,</c><00:25:35.259><c> you</c><00:25:35.579><c> didn't</c><00:25:35.779><c> do</c><00:25:35.980><c> it.</c> 00:25:37.240 --> 00:25:38.559 There's<00:25:37.440><c> nothing</c><00:25:37.640><c> wrong.</c> 00:25:38.640 --> 00:25:39.180 You're<00:25:38.960><c> okay.</c> 00:25:39.200 --> 00:25:40.920 You<00:25:39.299><c> didn't</c><00:25:39.519><c> do</c><00:25:39.759><c> it.</c> 00:25:40.960 --> 00:25:44.220 And<00:25:41.200><c> the</c><00:25:41.500><c> deed</c><00:25:41.680><c> is</c><00:25:41.960><c> completely</c><00:25:42.940><c> taken</c><00:25:43.279><c> away.</c> 00:25:44.839 --> 00:25:46.880 That's<00:25:45.400><c> real</c><00:25:45.819><c> forgiveness.</c> 00:25:47.700 --> 00:25:49.779 Like<00:25:47.819><c> you,</c><00:25:48.359><c> we</c><00:25:48.440><c> ought</c><00:25:48.460><c> to</c><00:25:48.640><c> learn</c><00:25:48.859><c> from</c><00:25:49.079><c> our</c><00:25:49.180><c> mistakes</c> 00:25:49.779 --> 00:25:53.220 and<00:25:50.900><c> treasure</c><00:25:51.299><c> them</c><00:25:51.779><c> and</c><00:25:52.240><c> use</c><00:25:52.619><c> them.</c> 00:25:53.660 --> 00:25:56.720 Peter,<00:25:54.299><c> you</c><00:25:54.900><c> deny</c><00:25:55.500><c> the</c><00:25:55.859><c> Holy</c><00:25:56.200><c> One.</c> 00:25:56.720 --> 00:25:59.700 And<00:25:57.900><c> Peter</c><00:25:58.240><c> had</c><00:25:58.519><c> denied</c><00:25:58.839><c> the</c><00:25:59.079><c> Holy</c><00:25:59.259><c> One,</c> 00:25:59.960 --> 00:26:02.160 but<00:26:00.119><c> he's</c><00:26:00.400><c> using</c><00:26:00.779><c> it</c><00:26:01.059><c> in</c><00:26:01.279><c> his</c><00:26:01.559><c> illustration</c> 00:26:02.160 --> 00:26:03.980 and<00:26:02.440><c> exhortation</c><00:26:03.099><c> to</c><00:26:03.240><c> the</c><00:26:03.359><c> people.</c> 00:26:04.240 --> 00:26:07.660 And<00:26:04.980><c> it's</c><00:26:05.319><c> very,</c><00:26:05.799><c> very</c><00:26:06.299><c> effective.</c> 00:26:08.779 --> 00:26:13.460 So,<00:26:09.579><c> verse</c><00:26:09.579><c> eight,</c><00:26:11.799><c> chapter</c><00:26:12.799><c> six,</c> 00:26:13.740 --> 00:26:18.700 that<00:26:14.119><c> which</c><00:26:14.779><c> bury</c><00:26:15.220><c> thorns</c><00:26:16.000><c> and</c><00:26:16.380><c> dryers</c><00:26:17.019><c> is</c><00:26:17.339><c> rejected</c> 00:26:18.720 --> 00:26:21.859 and<00:26:19.259><c> is</c><00:26:19.720><c> nigh</c><00:26:20.099><c> unto</c><00:26:20.480><c> cursing.</c> 00:26:22.440 --> 00:26:24.460 The<00:26:22.700><c> Spirit</c><00:26:22.920><c> comes</c><00:26:23.160><c> down,</c><00:26:23.420><c> he</c><00:26:23.599><c> says</c><00:26:23.740><c> in</c><00:26:23.900><c> verse</c><00:26:24.119><c> seven,</c> 00:26:24.460 --> 00:26:28.279 like<00:26:24.640><c> the</c><00:26:24.900><c> rain</c><00:26:25.240><c> and</c><00:26:25.480><c> is</c><00:26:25.900><c> soaked</c><00:26:26.259><c> in</c><00:26:26.900><c> and</c><00:26:27.299><c> brings</c><00:26:27.559><c> forth</c><00:26:27.940><c> fruit,</c> 00:26:28.579 --> 00:26:30.799 God's<00:26:29.059><c> power</c><00:26:29.460><c> and</c><00:26:29.759><c> help</c><00:26:30.019><c> through</c><00:26:30.200><c> the</c><00:26:30.400><c> Scriptures</c> 00:26:30.799 --> 00:26:32.440 and<00:26:31.039><c> through</c><00:26:31.220><c> his</c><00:26:31.440><c> angels.</c> 00:26:32.720 --> 00:26:35.799 And<00:26:32.720><c> if</c><00:26:33.059><c> you</c><00:26:33.400><c> firmly</c><00:26:33.720><c> believe,</c><00:26:34.819><c> lead</c><00:26:35.039><c> me,</c><00:26:35.299><c> Lord.</c> 00:26:36.180 --> 00:26:38.660 And<00:26:36.299><c> God</c><00:26:36.539><c> says,</c><00:26:36.839><c> okay,</c><00:26:37.380><c> read</c><00:26:37.539><c> Psalm</c><00:26:37.700><c> 94.</c> 00:26:39.019 --> 00:26:40.099 He<00:26:39.339><c> doesn't.</c> 00:26:40.240 --> 00:26:41.900 Of<00:26:40.680><c> course</c><00:26:40.960><c> he</c><00:26:41.099><c> will</c><00:26:41.259><c> help</c><00:26:41.519><c> you.</c> 00:26:42.039 --> 00:26:44.819 As<00:26:42.240><c> long</c><00:26:42.420><c> as</c><00:26:42.559><c> you</c><00:26:42.700><c> read</c><00:26:42.839><c> the</c><00:26:43.079><c> Psalms</c><00:26:43.380><c> and</c><00:26:43.740><c> give</c><00:26:43.900><c> yourself</c><00:26:44.259><c> diligently,</c> 00:26:45.059 --> 00:26:46.220 you<00:26:45.420><c> will</c><00:26:45.680><c> be</c><00:26:45.920><c> helped.</c> 00:26:46.279 --> 00:26:48.880 There's<00:26:46.579><c> no</c><00:26:46.859><c> doubt</c><00:26:47.119><c> about</c><00:26:47.400><c> the</c><00:26:47.539><c> answer</c><00:26:47.799><c> of</c><00:26:48.079><c> prayers.</c> 00:26:50.299 --> 00:26:53.619 That<00:26:50.759><c> which</c><00:26:51.319><c> bury</c><00:26:51.839><c> thorns</c><00:26:52.619><c> and</c><00:26:52.980><c> dryers</c> 00:26:53.619 --> 00:26:56.819 is<00:26:53.880><c> rejected</c><00:26:54.819><c> and</c><00:26:55.119><c> is</c><00:26:55.359><c> coming</c><00:26:55.680><c> to</c><00:26:56.000><c> cursing,</c> 00:26:57.220 --> 00:26:58.640 whose<00:26:57.259><c> end</c><00:26:57.720><c> is</c><00:26:58.000><c> to</c><00:26:58.119><c> be</c><00:26:58.319><c> burned.</c> 00:26:59.019 --> 00:27:00.640 This<00:26:59.119><c> is</c><00:26:59.359><c> the</c><00:26:59.480><c> nearest</c><00:26:59.799><c> reference</c><00:27:00.220><c> to</c><00:27:00.480><c> Adam</c> 00:27:00.640 --> 00:27:02.640 you'll<00:27:00.960><c> get</c><00:27:01.099><c> in</c><00:27:01.240><c> the</c><00:27:01.359><c> whole</c><00:27:01.500><c> of</c><00:27:01.740><c> Hebrews.</c> 00:27:03.500 --> 00:27:08.279 Because<00:27:03.980><c> of</c><00:27:04.480><c> Adam,</c><00:27:05.640><c> there</c><00:27:05.900><c> was</c><00:27:06.220><c> the</c><00:27:06.559><c> dryers</c><00:27:06.980><c> and</c><00:27:07.220><c> thorns.</c> 00:27:09.480 --> 00:27:10.940 And<00:27:09.759><c> the</c><00:27:10.019><c> dryers</c><00:27:10.420><c> and</c><00:27:10.619><c> thorns,</c> 00:27:10.980 --> 00:27:14.140 which<00:27:11.220><c> made</c><00:27:11.480><c> gardening</c><00:27:12.019><c> such</c><00:27:12.700><c> a</c><00:27:13.059><c> task,</c> 00:27:14.740 --> 00:27:16.519 led<00:27:14.980><c> Jesus</c><00:27:15.539><c> to</c><00:27:15.779><c> his</c><00:27:16.059><c> death.</c> 00:27:16.980 --> 00:27:20.319 And<00:27:17.339><c> the</c><00:27:17.680><c> very</c><00:27:17.980><c> thing</c><00:27:18.279><c> on</c><00:27:18.539><c> the</c><00:27:18.759><c> head</c><00:27:18.880><c> of</c><00:27:19.099><c> the</c><00:27:19.200><c> Lord</c><00:27:19.380><c> Jesus</c><00:27:19.779><c> Christ</c> 00:27:20.319 --> 00:27:22.519 was<00:27:20.940><c> the</c><00:27:21.420><c> crown</c><00:27:21.759><c> of</c><00:27:22.140><c> thorns,</c> 00:27:22.519 --> 00:27:24.259 the<00:27:22.839><c> dryers</c><00:27:23.420><c> and</c><00:27:23.579><c> the</c><00:27:23.819><c> thorns,</c> 00:27:24.559 --> 00:27:26.900 which<00:27:24.880><c> led</c><00:27:25.319><c> him</c><00:27:25.700><c> to</c><00:27:25.960><c> die.</c> 00:27:27.140 --> 00:27:31.680 And<00:27:27.720><c> taking</c><00:27:28.240><c> the</c><00:27:28.559><c> punishment</c><00:27:29.059><c> from</c><00:27:29.319><c> Adam</c><00:27:29.779><c> into</c><00:27:30.880><c> himself</c> 00:27:31.680 --> 00:27:35.339 and<00:27:32.380><c> then</c><00:27:33.140><c> taking</c><00:27:33.799><c> it</c><00:27:34.119><c> back</c><00:27:34.299><c> to</c><00:27:34.480><c> Mother</c><00:27:34.740><c> Earth</c> 00:27:35.339 --> 00:27:38.720 in<00:27:35.940><c> symbol</c><00:27:36.500><c> was</c><00:27:37.319><c> the</c><00:27:37.720><c> thorns</c><00:27:38.259><c> and</c><00:27:38.440><c> the</c><00:27:38.640><c> dryers.</c> 00:27:38.720 --> 00:27:41.099 And<00:27:39.000><c> check</c><00:27:39.160><c> it,</c><00:27:39.279><c> whenever</c><00:27:39.559><c> you</c><00:27:39.819><c> find</c><00:27:40.000><c> thorns</c><00:27:40.339><c> and</c><00:27:40.599><c> dryers,</c> 00:27:41.319 --> 00:27:43.779 and<00:27:41.500><c> almost</c><00:27:41.799><c> always</c><00:27:42.480><c> it</c><00:27:42.740><c> refers</c><00:27:43.000><c> back</c><00:27:43.319><c> to</c><00:27:43.500><c> Adam</c> 00:27:43.779 --> 00:27:45.839 and<00:27:44.299><c> forward</c><00:27:44.599><c> to</c><00:27:44.859><c> Christ,</c> 00:27:46.059 --> 00:27:49.599 is<00:27:46.299><c> the</c><00:27:46.880><c> sins</c><00:27:47.319><c> of</c><00:27:47.539><c> the</c><00:27:47.740><c> world</c><00:27:48.440><c> being</c><00:27:49.059><c> taken</c> 00:27:49.599 --> 00:27:51.160 by<00:27:50.019><c> the</c><00:27:50.160><c> Lord</c><00:27:50.319><c> Jesus</c><00:27:50.660><c> Christ.</c> 00:27:51.160 --> 00:27:54.880 For<00:27:51.960><c> himself,</c><00:27:53.000><c> yes,</c><00:27:53.579><c> because</c><00:27:53.900><c> he</c><00:27:54.000><c> was</c><00:27:54.160><c> of</c><00:27:54.339><c> Mary,</c> 00:27:55.339 --> 00:27:59.440 for<00:27:55.619><c> each</c><00:27:56.099><c> of</c><00:27:56.299><c> us,</c><00:27:56.880><c> if</c><00:27:57.279><c> we</c><00:27:57.559><c> accept</c><00:27:58.079><c> what</c><00:27:58.299><c> he's</c><00:27:58.539><c> done</c><00:27:58.759><c> for</c><00:27:59.059><c> us.</c> 00:27:59.720 --> 00:28:02.480 It<00:27:59.799><c> was</c><00:28:00.059><c> a</c><00:28:00.240><c> two</c><00:28:00.640><c>-fold</c><00:28:01.359><c> death.</c> 00:28:03.940 --> 00:28:05.059 Verse<00:28:04.140><c> 9,</c> 00:28:05.180 --> 00:28:07.940 We<00:28:05.500><c> are</c><00:28:05.759><c> persuaded</c><00:28:06.359><c> better</c><00:28:07.000><c> things</c><00:28:07.339><c> of</c><00:28:07.500><c> you,</c> 00:28:08.099 --> 00:28:10.480 says<00:28:08.299><c> probably</c><00:28:08.819><c> Paul</c><00:28:09.200><c> to</c><00:28:09.319><c> the</c><00:28:09.460><c> Jews</c><00:28:09.740><c> in</c><00:28:09.940><c> Jerusalem,</c> 00:28:10.880 --> 00:28:13.579 says<00:28:11.039><c> without</c><00:28:11.400><c> doubt</c><00:28:11.740><c> the</c><00:28:12.000><c> Holy</c><00:28:12.180><c> Spirit</c><00:28:12.559><c> to</c><00:28:12.720><c> you</c><00:28:12.900><c> and</c><00:28:12.960><c> me</c><00:28:13.099><c> today.</c> 00:28:13.759 --> 00:28:16.839 We<00:28:14.319><c> are</c><00:28:14.660><c> persuaded</c><00:28:15.220><c> better</c><00:28:15.819><c> things</c><00:28:16.140><c> of</c><00:28:16.359><c> you,</c> 00:28:17.279 --> 00:28:19.599 and<00:28:17.640><c> things</c><00:28:17.980><c> that</c><00:28:18.339><c> accompany</c><00:28:18.799><c> salvation,</c> 00:28:19.599 --> 00:28:21.140 though<00:28:20.380><c> we</c><00:28:20.660><c> speak</c><00:28:20.940><c> thus.</c> 00:28:21.200 --> 00:28:22.660 You<00:28:21.259><c> might</c><00:28:21.460><c> think</c><00:28:21.619><c> it's</c><00:28:21.779><c> a</c><00:28:21.819><c> bit</c><00:28:22.000><c> dismal,</c><00:28:22.319><c> he</c><00:28:22.480><c> says,</c> 00:28:22.700 --> 00:28:24.039 but<00:28:22.839><c> don't</c><00:28:23.119><c> worry.</c> 00:28:24.440 --> 00:28:26.720 For<00:28:24.559><c> God</c><00:28:24.900><c> is</c><00:28:25.259><c> not</c><00:28:25.799><c> unrighteous</c> 00:28:26.720 --> 00:28:29.099 to<00:28:26.960><c> forget</c><00:28:27.440><c> your</c><00:28:27.940><c> work</c><00:28:28.180><c> and</c><00:28:28.380><c> labour</c><00:28:28.660><c> of</c><00:28:28.920><c> love.</c> 00:28:29.339 --> 00:28:32.099 Of<00:28:29.779><c> course</c><00:28:30.079><c> you'll</c><00:28:30.500><c> be</c><00:28:30.819><c> noticed.</c> 00:28:33.140 --> 00:28:34.680 There's<00:28:33.359><c> a</c><00:28:33.480><c> little</c><00:28:33.539><c> verse</c><00:28:33.859><c> in</c><00:28:34.099><c> Colossians</c> 00:28:34.680 --> 00:28:38.940 which<00:28:34.900><c> says</c><00:28:35.259><c> that</c><00:28:36.240><c> our</c><00:28:36.940><c> lives</c><00:28:37.259><c> are</c><00:28:37.599><c> hid</c><00:28:37.759><c> with</c><00:28:37.980><c> Christ</c><00:28:38.319><c> in</c><00:28:38.619><c> God.</c> 00:28:39.220 --> 00:28:42.259 Then<00:28:39.559><c> when</c><00:28:40.099><c> Christ,</c><00:28:40.579><c> who</c><00:28:40.680><c> is</c><00:28:40.859><c> our</c><00:28:41.140><c> life,</c><00:28:41.559><c> shall</c><00:28:41.700><c> appear,</c> 00:28:42.660 --> 00:28:44.880 we<00:28:42.900><c> shall</c><00:28:43.099><c> appear</c><00:28:43.400><c> with</c><00:28:43.599><c> him</c><00:28:43.759><c> in</c><00:28:44.000><c> glory.</c> 00:28:44.960 --> 00:28:46.960 I<00:28:45.140><c> mean,</c><00:28:45.359><c> if</c><00:28:45.579><c> you've</c><00:28:45.779><c> done</c><00:28:45.859><c> something</c><00:28:46.140><c> really</c><00:28:46.559><c> nice,</c> 00:28:46.960 --> 00:28:49.920 it's<00:28:47.599><c> rather</c><00:28:47.839><c> nice</c><00:28:48.119><c> to</c><00:28:48.319><c> be</c><00:28:48.500><c> thanked</c><00:28:48.779><c> and</c><00:28:48.920><c> noticed</c><00:28:49.299><c> for</c><00:28:49.559><c> it.</c> 00:28:50.299 --> 00:28:53.259 But<00:28:50.519><c> the</c><00:28:50.779><c> praise</c><00:28:51.079><c> must</c><00:28:51.660><c> go</c><00:28:52.240><c> up.</c> 00:28:53.539 --> 00:28:55.920 And<00:28:53.839><c> it's</c><00:28:54.140><c> a</c><00:28:54.240><c> sort</c><00:28:54.680><c> of</c><00:28:55.180><c> anonymity.</c> 00:28:56.279 --> 00:28:57.420 Oh,<00:28:56.420><c> it's</c><00:28:56.500><c> not</c><00:28:56.660><c> me,</c><00:28:56.900><c> it's</c><00:28:57.079><c> Jesus.</c> 00:28:57.539 --> 00:29:00.240 I'm<00:28:57.880><c> simply</c><00:28:58.279><c> a</c><00:28:58.539><c> fingernail</c><00:28:59.400><c> or</c><00:28:59.619><c> a</c><00:28:59.900><c> toe,</c> 00:29:00.319 --> 00:29:03.400 or<00:29:00.920><c> my</c><00:29:01.220><c> privilege</c><00:29:01.559><c> at</c><00:29:01.759><c> the</c><00:29:01.900><c> moment</c><00:29:02.160><c> to</c><00:29:02.339><c> be</c><00:29:02.460><c> a</c><00:29:02.599><c> mouth.</c> 00:29:03.440 --> 00:29:04.539 Normally<00:29:03.880><c> it's</c><00:29:04.200><c> an</c><00:29:04.380><c> eye,</c> 00:29:04.740 --> 00:29:06.519 it's<00:29:04.940><c> normally</c><00:29:05.299><c> it's</c><00:29:05.599><c> another</c><00:29:05.799><c> part</c><00:29:06.079><c> of</c><00:29:06.240><c> the</c><00:29:06.339><c> body.</c> 00:29:06.819 --> 00:29:08.420 We<00:29:07.000><c> are</c><00:29:07.200><c> the</c><00:29:07.380><c> body</c><00:29:07.720><c> of</c><00:29:07.900><c> Christ,</c> 00:29:08.720 --> 00:29:11.279 and<00:29:09.000><c> therefore</c><00:29:09.380><c> the</c><00:29:09.640><c> glory</c><00:29:09.920><c> goes</c><00:29:10.240><c> to</c><00:29:10.400><c> the</c><00:29:10.559><c> whole</c><00:29:10.859><c> body,</c> 00:29:11.440 --> 00:29:13.420 to<00:29:11.680><c> Christ</c><00:29:12.079><c> and</c><00:29:12.319><c> the</c><00:29:12.519><c> saints.</c> 00:29:15.799 --> 00:29:18.339 Not<00:29:16.519><c> claim</c><00:29:16.859><c> it</c><00:29:17.099><c> for</c><00:29:17.259><c> ourselves.</c> 00:29:19.220 --> 00:29:22.099 And<00:29:19.220><c> here</c><00:29:19.779><c> is</c><00:29:20.299><c> the</c><00:29:21.140><c> power</c> 00:29:22.099 --> 00:29:24.279 of<00:29:22.380><c> what</c><00:29:22.619><c> the</c><00:29:22.700><c> Lord</c><00:29:22.900><c> Jesus</c><00:29:23.279><c> Christ</c><00:29:23.619><c> did</c> 00:29:24.279 --> 00:29:27.599 able<00:29:25.279><c> to</c><00:29:25.779><c> reward</c><00:29:26.259><c> us.</c> 00:29:27.680 --> 00:29:30.839 And<00:29:28.400><c> Hebrews</c><00:29:28.640><c> chapter</c><00:29:28.940><c> 12</c><00:29:29.420><c> does</c><00:29:29.779><c> say,</c> 00:29:30.859 --> 00:29:31.819 why<00:29:30.940><c> did</c><00:29:31.180><c> Jesus</c><00:29:31.420><c> die?</c> 00:29:31.920 --> 00:29:34.200 For<00:29:32.059><c> the</c><00:29:32.519><c> joy</c><00:29:32.819><c> that</c><00:29:33.019><c> was</c><00:29:33.240><c> set</c><00:29:33.380><c> before</c><00:29:33.740><c> him.</c> 00:29:34.440 --> 00:29:36.259 He<00:29:34.900><c> needed</c><00:29:35.460><c> a</c><00:29:35.779><c> reason.</c> 00:29:36.579 --> 00:29:40.359 When<00:29:36.839><c> he</c><00:29:37.039><c> was</c><00:29:37.619><c> desperate,</c><00:29:38.759><c> desperately</c><00:29:39.420><c> praying</c><00:29:39.819><c> to</c><00:29:40.039><c> God,</c> 00:29:40.359 --> 00:29:41.960 please<00:29:41.220><c> deliver</c><00:29:41.720><c> me.</c> 00:29:41.960 --> 00:29:44.680 And<00:29:42.019><c> it</c><00:29:42.099><c> was</c><00:29:42.339><c> like</c><00:29:42.619><c> blood</c><00:29:43.039><c> dropping</c><00:29:43.380><c> from</c><00:29:43.640><c> his</c><00:29:43.839><c> forehead.</c> 00:29:45.720 --> 00:29:49.339 He<00:29:45.720><c> was</c><00:29:46.319><c> saying,</c><00:29:47.539><c> not</c><00:29:47.640><c> my</c><00:29:48.099><c> will,</c><00:29:48.440><c> but</c><00:29:48.559><c> thine</c><00:29:48.859><c> be</c><00:29:49.059><c> done.</c> 00:29:49.660 --> 00:29:51.900 If<00:29:49.920><c> you</c><00:29:50.160><c> want</c><00:29:50.359><c> me</c><00:29:50.640><c> to,</c><00:29:50.960><c> Lord,</c><00:29:51.119><c> I'll</c><00:29:51.380><c> do</c><00:29:51.599><c> it.</c> 00:29:52.140 --> 00:29:54.000 I<00:29:52.660><c> want</c><00:29:53.000><c> to</c><00:29:53.240><c> get</c><00:29:53.440><c> to</c><00:29:53.640><c> heaven,</c> 00:29:54.460 --> 00:29:58.140 and<00:29:54.700><c> I</c><00:29:54.980><c> want</c><00:29:55.220><c> to</c><00:29:55.480><c> bring</c><00:29:55.660><c> heaven</c><00:29:56.039><c> to</c><00:29:56.339><c> earth</c><00:29:56.740><c> in</c><00:29:56.920><c> my</c><00:29:57.240><c> kingdom.</c> 00:29:58.460 --> 00:30:00.039 All<00:29:58.619><c> right,</c><00:29:58.940><c> Lord,</c><00:29:59.180><c> I'll</c><00:29:59.539><c> do</c><00:29:59.740><c> it.</c> 00:30:00.279 --> 00:30:02.380 But<00:30:00.640><c> please</c><00:30:01.039><c> help</c><00:30:01.339><c> me.</c> 00:30:02.819 --> 00:30:04.039 Thank<00:30:03.140><c> God</c><00:30:03.440><c> for</c><00:30:03.640><c> Jesus.</c> 00:30:04.140 --> 00:30:07.779 His<00:30:04.500><c> gift</c><00:30:05.059><c> was</c><00:30:06.079><c> unestimable.</c> 00:30:09.140 --> 00:30:13.000 Verse<00:30:10.019><c> 11,</c><00:30:10.660><c> we</c><00:30:11.019><c> desire</c><00:30:11.460><c> that</c><00:30:11.900><c> every</c><00:30:12.420><c> one</c><00:30:12.619><c> of</c><00:30:12.819><c> you</c> 00:30:13.000 --> 00:30:15.099 to<00:30:13.259><c> show</c><00:30:13.460><c> the</c><00:30:13.720><c> same</c><00:30:14.200><c> diligence</c> 00:30:15.099 --> 00:30:20.500 to<00:30:15.960><c> the</c><00:30:16.500><c> full</c><00:30:16.940><c> assurance</c><00:30:17.740><c> of</c><00:30:18.240><c> hope</c><00:30:18.880><c> unto</c><00:30:19.319><c> the</c><00:30:19.579><c> end.</c> 00:30:20.519 --> 00:30:26.500 Every<00:30:21.240><c> single</c><00:30:22.180><c> body</c><00:30:23.039><c> shows</c><00:30:23.960><c> this</c><00:30:24.660><c> same</c><00:30:25.180><c> diligence.</c> 00:30:27.079 --> 00:30:30.660 Probably,<00:30:29.000><c> when</c><00:30:29.140><c> you</c><00:30:29.279><c> go</c><00:30:29.480><c> back</c><00:30:29.700><c> to</c><00:30:29.859><c> Ecclesiastes,</c> 00:30:30.960 --> 00:30:34.000 you<00:30:31.220><c> can</c><00:30:31.480><c> take</c><00:30:31.779><c> something</c><00:30:32.140><c> of</c><00:30:32.339><c> a</c><00:30:32.559><c> splendid</c><00:30:32.859><c> weekend</c><00:30:33.319><c> together</c> 00:30:34.000 --> 00:30:35.339 back<00:30:34.680><c> to</c><00:30:34.960><c> them.</c> 00:30:35.339 --> 00:30:38.380 And<00:30:36.259><c> you</c><00:30:36.559><c> can</c><00:30:36.900><c> share</c><00:30:37.240><c> within</c><00:30:37.579><c> your</c><00:30:37.900><c> Ecclesiastes</c> 00:30:38.380 --> 00:30:42.019 next<00:30:38.619><c> time</c><00:30:38.880><c> you</c><00:30:39.059><c> meet</c><00:30:39.380><c> the</c><00:30:40.220><c> wonders</c><00:30:40.759><c> of</c><00:30:41.039><c> being</c><00:30:41.319><c> with</c><00:30:41.519><c> each</c><00:30:41.819><c> other</c> 00:30:42.019 --> 00:30:45.420 and<00:30:42.200><c> the</c><00:30:42.579><c> enthusiasm</c><00:30:43.319><c> gained</c><00:30:43.660><c> today</c><00:30:44.019><c> from</c><00:30:44.220><c> the</c><00:30:44.400><c> Scriptures.</c> 00:30:46.180 --> 00:30:47.579 Then<00:30:46.400><c> the</c><00:30:46.539><c> rest</c><00:30:46.700><c> of</c><00:30:46.859><c> the</c><00:30:47.000><c> brethren</c><00:30:47.160><c> and</c><00:30:47.420><c> sisters</c> 00:30:47.579 --> 00:30:49.259 will<00:30:47.759><c> be</c><00:30:47.920><c> better</c><00:30:48.140><c> for</c><00:30:48.380><c> it</c><00:30:48.700><c> next</c><00:30:49.099><c> year.</c> 00:30:49.259 --> 00:30:50.960 They<00:30:49.359><c> might</c><00:30:49.559><c> even</c><00:30:49.779><c> pay</c><00:30:50.000><c> for</c><00:30:50.140><c> you</c><00:30:50.240><c> to</c><00:30:50.359><c> come</c><00:30:50.539><c> here</c> 00:30:50.960 --> 00:30:54.200 so<00:30:51.880><c> you</c><00:30:52.019><c> can</c><00:30:52.220><c> take</c><00:30:52.380><c> something</c><00:30:52.660><c> better</c><00:30:53.160><c> back.</c> 00:30:54.779 --> 00:30:57.460 If<00:30:55.240><c> we</c><00:30:55.720><c> take</c><00:30:56.019><c> it</c><00:30:56.240><c> to</c><00:30:56.519><c> work</c><00:30:56.779><c> on</c><00:30:57.099><c> Monday</c> 00:30:57.460 --> 00:30:59.740 or<00:30:58.099><c> our</c><00:30:58.339><c> next</c><00:30:58.559><c> door</c><00:30:58.720><c> neighbors</c><00:30:59.079><c> or</c><00:30:59.319><c> the</c><00:30:59.559><c> shop</c> 00:30:59.740 --> 00:31:02.240 or<00:30:59.980><c> wherever</c><00:31:00.240><c> we</c><00:31:00.519><c> happen</c><00:31:00.680><c> to</c><00:31:00.900><c> meet</c><00:31:01.180><c> and</c><00:31:01.460><c> go</c><00:31:01.660><c> on</c><00:31:01.920><c> Monday,</c> 00:31:02.240 --> 00:31:05.200 then<00:31:03.180><c> we</c><00:31:03.500><c> can</c><00:31:03.799><c> let</c><00:31:04.119><c> our</c><00:31:04.420><c> light</c><00:31:04.599><c> shine.</c> 00:31:05.420 --> 00:31:07.880 I've<00:31:05.779><c> had</c><00:31:05.900><c> a</c><00:31:06.000><c> fantastic</c><00:31:06.720><c> weekend,</c><00:31:07.140><c> you</c><00:31:07.319><c> can</c><00:31:07.519><c> say.</c> 00:31:08.180 --> 00:31:10.079 I<00:31:08.299><c> was</c><00:31:08.359><c> with</c><00:31:08.519><c> a</c><00:31:08.660><c> whole</c><00:31:08.839><c> lot</c><00:31:08.980><c> of</c><00:31:09.160><c> people</c><00:31:09.359><c> reading</c><00:31:09.619><c> the</c><00:31:09.859><c> Bible</c> 00:31:10.079 --> 00:31:11.480 and<00:31:10.319><c> I</c><00:31:10.440><c> had</c><00:31:10.519><c> a</c><00:31:10.680><c> really</c><00:31:10.900><c> funny</c><00:31:11.079><c> joke.</c> 00:31:11.880 --> 00:31:14.119 And<00:31:12.119><c> if</c><00:31:12.339><c> you're</c><00:31:12.539><c> embarrassed,</c><00:31:12.940><c> you</c><00:31:13.039><c> can</c><00:31:13.259><c> tell</c><00:31:13.400><c> the</c><00:31:13.579><c> funny</c><00:31:13.799><c> joke</c> 00:31:14.119 --> 00:31:14.839 and<00:31:14.279><c> that's</c><00:31:14.599><c> it.</c> 00:31:15.099 --> 00:31:16.599 But<00:31:15.279><c> you've</c><00:31:15.660><c> mentioned</c><00:31:15.920><c> the</c><00:31:16.180><c> Bible.</c> 00:31:16.859 --> 00:31:19.839 Or<00:31:17.059><c> my</c><00:31:17.299><c> church</c><00:31:17.599><c> on</c><00:31:17.900><c> Sunday</c><00:31:18.200><c> had</c><00:31:18.619><c> a</c><00:31:18.839><c> Sunday</c><00:31:19.019><c> school</c><00:31:19.279><c> prize</c><00:31:19.640><c> giving.</c> 00:31:19.880 --> 00:31:21.339 You've<00:31:20.240><c> mentioned</c><00:31:20.460><c> the</c><00:31:20.619><c> word</c><00:31:20.859><c> church.</c> 00:31:21.680 --> 00:31:25.680 And<00:31:22.140><c> people</c><00:31:22.559><c> will</c><00:31:23.119><c> start</c><00:31:23.519><c> to</c><00:31:23.779><c> notice</c><00:31:24.099><c> that</c><00:31:24.420><c> you</c><00:31:24.759><c> are</c><00:31:25.099><c> religious,</c> 00:31:25.920 --> 00:31:28.079 that<00:31:26.319><c> you've</c><00:31:26.779><c> got</c><00:31:26.980><c> something</c><00:31:27.400><c> in</c><00:31:27.740><c> common</c> 00:31:28.079 --> 00:31:30.339 with<00:31:28.619><c> the</c><00:31:28.779><c> Lord</c><00:31:28.920><c> Jesus</c><00:31:29.279><c> Christ.</c> 00:31:31.599 --> 00:31:34.099 I<00:31:32.079><c> very</c><00:31:32.559><c> much</c><00:31:32.799><c> deprecate</c><00:31:33.279><c> my</c><00:31:33.559><c> own</c><00:31:33.759><c> behavior.</c> 00:31:34.160 --> 00:31:36.400 I<00:31:34.359><c> only</c><00:31:34.599><c> wish</c><00:31:34.799><c> I</c><00:31:35.000><c> was</c><00:31:35.119><c> a</c><00:31:35.299><c> better</c><00:31:35.539><c> preacher.</c> 00:31:36.740 --> 00:31:38.319 But<00:31:36.960><c> just</c><00:31:37.180><c> on</c><00:31:37.380><c> occasions</c><00:31:37.759><c> at</c><00:31:38.000><c> school,</c> 00:31:38.559 --> 00:31:40.660 somebody's<00:31:38.859><c> halfway</c><00:31:39.059><c> through</c><00:31:39.319><c> a</c><00:31:39.480><c> dirty</c><00:31:39.720><c> joke</c><00:31:39.980><c> in</c><00:31:40.140><c> the</c><00:31:40.319><c> staff</c><00:31:40.519><c> room.</c> 00:31:40.660 --> 00:31:43.099 I'm<00:31:40.880><c> sorry,</c><00:31:41.200><c> kids,</c><00:31:41.319><c> they</c><00:31:41.539><c> do</c><00:31:41.779><c> tell</c><00:31:41.920><c> dirty</c><00:31:42.200><c> jokes.</c> 00:31:43.640 --> 00:31:46.059 And<00:31:44.119><c> they'll</c><00:31:44.599><c> look</c><00:31:44.740><c> at</c><00:31:44.880><c> me</c><00:31:44.980><c> and</c><00:31:45.000><c> say,</c><00:31:45.119><c> oh,</c><00:31:45.440><c> sorry,</c><00:31:45.660><c> David.</c> 00:31:46.440 --> 00:31:48.359 And<00:31:46.759><c> then</c><00:31:46.900><c> I'll</c><00:31:47.200><c> continue</c><00:31:47.480><c> with</c><00:31:47.640><c> the</c><00:31:47.779><c> dirty</c><00:31:48.039><c> joke,</c> 00:31:48.660 --> 00:31:50.400 having<00:31:48.799><c> apologized</c><00:31:49.380><c> to</c><00:31:49.619><c> me.</c> 00:31:50.619 --> 00:31:51.579 I<00:31:51.019><c> hate</c><00:31:51.319><c> it.</c> 00:31:51.759 --> 00:31:54.359 It's<00:31:52.240><c> really</c><00:31:52.559><c> embarrassing</c><00:31:53.039><c> and</c><00:31:53.180><c> I</c><00:31:53.299><c> wish</c><00:31:53.420><c> they</c><00:31:53.619><c> wouldn't.</c> 00:31:54.839 --> 00:31:58.700 But<00:31:55.140><c> at</c><00:31:55.559><c> least</c><00:31:55.900><c> perhaps</c><00:31:56.339><c> a</c><00:31:56.460><c> little</c><00:31:56.700><c> something</c><00:31:57.099><c> has</c><00:31:57.279><c> got</c><00:31:57.519><c> through.</c> 00:31:59.000 --> 00:32:01.900 And<00:31:59.519><c> if</c><00:32:00.039><c> we'd</c><00:32:00.480><c> be</c><00:32:00.619><c> better,</c><00:32:00.940><c> if</c><00:32:01.039><c> they</c><00:32:01.180><c> thought</c><00:32:01.380><c> more</c><00:32:01.680><c> of</c><00:32:01.799><c> me,</c> 00:32:01.900 --> 00:32:03.059 they<00:32:01.980><c> wouldn't</c><00:32:02.180><c> say</c><00:32:02.380><c> it</c><00:32:02.519><c> at</c><00:32:02.720><c> all.</c> 00:32:03.400 --> 00:32:05.880 But<00:32:03.640><c> if</c><00:32:03.859><c> Jesus</c><00:32:04.220><c> was</c><00:32:04.519><c> there,</c><00:32:04.640><c> I'm</c><00:32:04.819><c> sure</c><00:32:05.019><c> they</c><00:32:05.180><c> wouldn't</c><00:32:05.400><c> say</c><00:32:05.660><c> it.</c> 00:32:05.960 --> 00:32:09.099 I'm<00:32:06.140><c> sure</c><00:32:06.319><c> we</c><00:32:06.559><c> wouldn't</c><00:32:06.779><c> even</c><00:32:07.200><c> think</c><00:32:07.460><c> it</c><00:32:07.640><c> if</c><00:32:07.759><c> he</c><00:32:07.900><c> was</c><00:32:08.000><c> in</c><00:32:08.200><c> the</c><00:32:08.339><c> room.</c> 00:32:09.220 --> 00:32:12.859 But<00:32:09.500><c> let's</c><00:32:09.940><c> make</c><00:32:10.240><c> sure</c><00:32:10.519><c> that</c><00:32:10.740><c> they</c><00:32:11.259><c> know</c><00:32:11.599><c> we've</c><00:32:11.920><c> been</c><00:32:12.140><c> with</c><00:32:12.339><c> Jesus,</c> 00:32:13.099 --> 00:32:15.559 that<00:32:13.359><c> our</c><00:32:13.619><c> lights</c><00:32:13.900><c> can</c><00:32:14.259><c> really</c><00:32:14.640><c> shine.</c> 00:32:16.460 --> 00:32:20.119 Please,<00:32:16.980><c> he</c><00:32:17.160><c> says</c><00:32:17.319><c> in</c><00:32:17.480><c> verse</c><00:32:17.680><c> 12,</c><00:32:18.119><c> don't</c><00:32:18.279><c> be</c><00:32:18.740><c> slothful.</c> 00:32:20.680 --> 00:32:25.019 But<00:32:21.200><c> followers</c><00:32:21.720><c> of</c><00:32:22.039><c> them</c><00:32:22.519><c> who</c><00:32:23.099><c> through</c><00:32:23.500><c> faith</c><00:32:23.980><c> and</c><00:32:24.400><c> patience</c> 00:32:25.019 --> 00:32:27.259 inherit<00:32:25.880><c> the</c><00:32:26.160><c> promises.</c> 00:32:27.660 --> 00:32:31.700 And<00:32:28.180><c> so</c><00:32:28.400><c> he</c><00:32:28.480><c> goes</c><00:32:28.680><c> on,</c><00:32:29.380><c> which</c><00:32:29.539><c> hope</c><00:32:29.799><c> we</c><00:32:30.119><c> have</c><00:32:30.359><c> as</c><00:32:30.619><c> an</c><00:32:31.000><c> anchor</c><00:32:31.460><c> to</c> 00:32:31.700 --> 00:32:32.880 the<00:32:31.900><c> soul.</c> 00:32:33.059 --> 00:32:37.259 And<00:32:33.079><c> he</c><00:32:33.279><c> comes</c><00:32:33.519><c> in</c><00:32:33.700><c> the</c><00:32:33.839><c> last</c><00:32:34.140><c> verse</c><00:32:34.420><c> to</c><00:32:34.759><c> talk</c><00:32:35.059><c> of</c><00:32:35.339><c> this</c><00:32:35.640><c> man</c><00:32:36.140><c> Melchizedek,</c> 00:32:38.880 --> 00:32:41.960 whether<00:32:39.140><c> the</c><00:32:39.420><c> forerunner</c><00:32:40.180><c> is</c><00:32:40.539><c> for</c><00:32:40.660><c> us</c><00:32:40.880><c> entered,</c><00:32:41.279><c> even</c><00:32:41.460><c> Jesus,</c> 00:32:42.200 --> 00:32:44.160 right<00:32:42.339><c> into</c><00:32:42.619><c> God's</c><00:32:43.160><c> presence,</c> 00:32:44.559 --> 00:32:49.759 made<00:32:44.759><c> a</c><00:32:45.059><c> high</c><00:32:45.380><c> priest</c><00:32:45.740><c> forever</c><00:32:46.519><c> after</c><00:32:47.660><c> the</c><00:32:47.940><c> order</c><00:32:48.140><c> of</c><00:32:48.339><c> Melchizedek.</c> 00:32:50.480 --> 00:32:52.880 For<00:32:50.640><c> those</c><00:32:50.839><c> who</c><00:32:51.079><c> know</c><00:32:51.279><c> this</c><00:32:51.579><c> well,</c><00:32:52.440><c> bear</c><00:32:52.500><c> with</c><00:32:52.700><c> us.</c> 00:32:52.900 --> 00:32:55.740 For<00:32:53.039><c> those</c><00:32:53.259><c> who</c><00:32:53.500><c> don't,</c><00:32:53.859><c> let's</c><00:32:54.259><c> have</c><00:32:54.420><c> a</c><00:32:54.579><c> very,</c><00:32:54.920><c> very</c><00:32:55.279><c> quick</c><00:32:55.420><c> journey</c> 00:32:55.740 --> 00:32:56.480 through<00:32:55.940><c> scripture.</c> 00:32:56.579 --> 00:32:58.420 It's<00:32:57.220><c> only</c><00:32:57.380><c> mentioned</c><00:32:57.759><c> twice.</c> 00:32:58.859 --> 00:33:01.000 Once,<00:32:59.319><c> of</c><00:32:59.519><c> course,</c><00:32:59.819><c> is</c><00:32:59.920><c> Genesis</c><00:33:00.259><c> 14,</c> 00:33:01.420 --> 00:33:04.400 when<00:33:01.640><c> the</c><00:33:01.920><c> account</c><00:33:02.299><c> actually</c><00:33:02.980><c> happens.</c> 00:33:06.059 --> 00:33:09.440 Melchizedek<00:33:06.700><c> was</c><00:33:07.160><c> the</c><00:33:07.660><c> king</c><00:33:08.079><c> of</c><00:33:08.619><c> Salem.</c> 00:33:09.680 --> 00:33:12.539 And<00:33:09.859><c> because</c><00:33:10.160><c> of</c><00:33:10.400><c> Psalm</c><00:33:10.640><c> 76,</c><00:33:11.440><c> Salem</c><00:33:11.839><c> is</c><00:33:12.099><c> Jerusalem.</c> 00:33:12.640 --> 00:33:13.960 There's<00:33:12.839><c> no</c><00:33:13.019><c> doubt</c><00:33:13.180><c> about</c><00:33:13.480><c> that.</c> 00:33:14.240 --> 00:33:18.539 Psalm<00:33:14.440><c> 76</c><00:33:16.720><c> verse</c><00:33:17.140><c> 2</c><00:33:17.400><c> tells</c><00:33:17.720><c> us.</c> 00:33:18.700 --> 00:33:21.180 So<00:33:19.180><c> back</c><00:33:19.559><c> in</c><00:33:19.740><c> the</c><00:33:19.819><c> days</c><00:33:20.000><c> of</c><00:33:20.259><c> Abraham,</c> 00:33:21.680 --> 00:33:24.359 there<00:33:21.799><c> was</c><00:33:21.980><c> a</c><00:33:22.180><c> man</c><00:33:22.440><c> who</c><00:33:22.740><c> was</c><00:33:23.000><c> king</c><00:33:23.400><c> in</c><00:33:23.779><c> Jerusalem,</c> 00:33:24.359 --> 00:33:28.059 who<00:33:25.319><c> was</c><00:33:25.640><c> so</c><00:33:26.099><c> pleased</c><00:33:26.480><c> like</c><00:33:26.880><c> was</c><00:33:27.099><c> the</c><00:33:27.259><c> king</c><00:33:27.440><c> of</c><00:33:27.720><c> Sodom.</c> 00:33:28.180 --> 00:33:30.759 And<00:33:28.279><c> you've</c><00:33:28.599><c> got</c><00:33:28.680><c> the</c><00:33:28.940><c> two</c><00:33:29.180><c> contrasts,</c><00:33:29.920><c> high</c><00:33:30.039><c> and</c><00:33:30.339><c> low,</c> 00:33:31.119 --> 00:33:32.660 Sodom<00:33:31.319><c> in</c><00:33:31.460><c> the</c><00:33:31.680><c> plain</c><00:33:31.880><c> of</c><00:33:32.039><c> the</c><00:33:32.240><c> Jordan,</c> 00:33:33.000 --> 00:33:36.579 Jerusalem<00:33:33.440><c> on</c><00:33:33.799><c> the</c><00:33:34.339><c> almost</c><00:33:34.700><c> 3</c><00:33:34.920><c>,000</c><00:33:35.339><c> feet</c><00:33:35.920><c> high</c><00:33:36.140><c> mountain,</c> 00:33:36.980 --> 00:33:39.599 who<00:33:37.299><c> was</c><00:33:37.599><c> so</c><00:33:37.920><c> pleased</c><00:33:38.119><c> to</c><00:33:38.339><c> see</c><00:33:38.500><c> Abraham</c><00:33:38.920><c> coming</c><00:33:39.279><c> back</c> 00:33:39.920 --> 00:33:43.380 with<00:33:40.460><c> recapturing</c><00:33:41.279><c> all</c><00:33:41.480><c> the</c><00:33:41.680><c> folks</c><00:33:42.019><c> who've</c><00:33:42.500><c> been</c><00:33:42.799><c> captured,</c> 00:33:43.839 --> 00:33:47.099 that<00:33:44.480><c> Sodom</c><00:33:45.039><c> and</c><00:33:45.339><c> Jerusalem</c><00:33:46.059><c> joined</c><00:33:46.640><c> together</c> 00:33:47.099 --> 00:33:49.420 as<00:33:47.420><c> sometimes</c><00:33:48.000><c> the</c><00:33:48.259><c> good</c><00:33:48.400><c> and</c><00:33:48.599><c> the</c><00:33:48.720><c> bad</c><00:33:48.920><c> do.</c> 00:33:49.779 --> 00:33:52.700 And<00:33:49.960><c> if</c><00:33:50.039><c> there's</c><00:33:50.279><c> a</c><00:33:50.539><c> collection</c><00:33:50.920><c> for</c><00:33:51.339><c> the</c><00:33:51.559><c> people</c><00:33:51.779><c> in</c><00:33:52.059><c> Afghanistan,</c> 00:33:52.700 --> 00:33:55.240 and<00:33:53.240><c> all</c><00:33:53.440><c> know,</c><00:33:53.859><c> of</c><00:33:54.019><c> course</c><00:33:54.259><c> you</c><00:33:54.400><c> can</c><00:33:54.700><c> give</c> 00:33:55.240 --> 00:33:56.900 if<00:33:55.799><c> you've</c><00:33:56.000><c> got</c><00:33:56.140><c> money</c><00:33:56.400><c> for</c><00:33:56.599><c> Chris,</c> 00:33:57.039 --> 00:33:58.380 or<00:33:57.119><c> if</c><00:33:57.140><c> you've</c><00:33:57.380><c> got</c><00:33:57.500><c> money</c><00:33:57.779><c> for</c><00:33:58.059><c> Halaadi,</c> 00:33:58.440 --> 00:34:00.240 you've<00:33:58.559><c> got</c><00:33:58.680><c> money</c><00:33:58.900><c> for</c><00:33:59.160><c> Afghanistan.</c> 00:34:00.299 --> 00:34:02.359 And<00:34:00.779><c> we</c><00:34:01.259><c> must</c><00:34:01.660><c> be</c><00:34:02.000><c> generous.</c> 00:34:02.400 --> 00:34:04.400 We<00:34:02.779><c> must</c><00:34:03.180><c> let</c><00:34:03.440><c> our</c><00:34:03.700><c> light</c><00:34:03.880><c> shine.</c> 00:34:04.660 --> 00:34:06.140 If<00:34:04.799><c> it's</c><00:34:04.920><c> for</c><00:34:05.099><c> the</c><00:34:05.259><c> Catholic</c><00:34:05.559><c> missions,</c> 00:34:06.440 --> 00:34:08.019 or<00:34:06.700><c> if</c><00:34:06.880><c> it's</c><00:34:07.059><c> for</c><00:34:07.279><c> the</c><00:34:07.460><c> war</c><00:34:07.619><c> widows,</c> 00:34:08.099 --> 00:34:09.699 you<00:34:08.260><c> might</c><00:34:08.579><c> wish</c><00:34:08.900><c> to</c><00:34:09.119><c> think</c><00:34:09.300><c> again.</c> 00:34:10.000 --> 00:34:12.159 But<00:34:10.159><c> of</c><00:34:10.599><c> course</c><00:34:10.940><c> we've</c><00:34:11.239><c> got</c><00:34:11.380><c> money</c><00:34:11.619><c> to</c><00:34:11.880><c> help.</c> 00:34:12.559 --> 00:34:13.699 Paul<00:34:12.699><c> says</c><00:34:12.940><c> to</c><00:34:13.099><c> the</c><00:34:13.219><c> Nicolaitans,</c> 00:34:13.860 --> 00:34:15.719 do<00:34:14.019><c> good</c><00:34:14.280><c> unto</c><00:34:14.480><c> all</c><00:34:14.800><c> men,</c> 00:34:15.920 --> 00:34:17.820 especially<00:34:16.400><c> those</c><00:34:16.719><c> of</c><00:34:16.900><c> the</c><00:34:16.980><c> household</c><00:34:17.260><c> of</c><00:34:17.500><c> faith.</c> 00:34:18.199 --> 00:34:19.860 So<00:34:18.420><c> if</c><00:34:18.539><c> you've</c><00:34:18.719><c> only</c><00:34:18.900><c> got</c><00:34:19.059><c> a</c><00:34:19.280><c> one</c><00:34:19.539><c> dollar,</c> 00:34:19.860 --> 00:34:22.699 and<00:34:20.739><c> you're</c><00:34:21.320><c> going</c><00:34:21.440><c> to</c><00:34:21.519><c> have</c><00:34:21.599><c> a</c><00:34:21.780><c> collection</c><00:34:22.099><c> that</c><00:34:22.380><c> day,</c> 00:34:22.860 --> 00:34:25.219 you<00:34:23.280><c> must</c><00:34:23.659><c> give</c><00:34:23.900><c> it</c><00:34:24.079><c> to</c><00:34:24.219><c> the</c><00:34:24.420><c> truth,</c> 00:34:25.239 --> 00:34:27.599 especially<00:34:25.679><c> those</c><00:34:26.079><c> the</c><00:34:26.280><c> household</c><00:34:26.559><c> of</c><00:34:26.820><c> faith.</c> 00:34:27.760 --> 00:34:30.019 But<00:34:27.980><c> if</c><00:34:28.159><c> you've</c><00:34:28.340><c> got</c><00:34:28.440><c> one</c><00:34:28.619><c> and</c><00:34:28.760><c> a</c><00:34:28.900><c> half,</c><00:34:29.199><c> or</c><00:34:29.320><c> one</c><00:34:29.519><c> and</c><00:34:29.679><c> a</c><00:34:29.780><c> bit,</c> 00:34:30.280 --> 00:34:31.980 you<00:34:30.440><c> can</c><00:34:30.639><c> give</c><00:34:30.840><c> something</c><00:34:31.179><c> to</c><00:34:31.420><c> the</c><00:34:31.579><c> Red</c><00:34:31.800><c> Cross,</c> 00:34:32.039 --> 00:34:35.059 or<00:34:32.139><c> the</c><00:34:32.300><c> outside,</c><00:34:33.400><c> and</c><00:34:33.860><c> something</c><00:34:34.320><c> for</c><00:34:34.699><c> God.</c> 00:34:35.199 --> 00:34:37.460 We<00:34:35.480><c> must</c><00:34:35.980><c> do</c><00:34:36.480><c> good</c><00:34:36.639><c> unto</c><00:34:36.840><c> all</c><00:34:37.159><c> men,</c> 00:34:37.599 --> 00:34:41.019 but<00:34:37.760><c> especially</c><00:34:38.460><c> those</c><00:34:39.039><c> of</c><00:34:39.460><c> the</c><00:34:39.639><c> household</c><00:34:40.000><c> of</c><00:34:40.219><c> faith.</c> 00:34:41.659 --> 00:34:43.900 And<00:34:42.099><c> the</c><00:34:42.280><c> good</c><00:34:42.400><c> and</c><00:34:42.559><c> the</c><00:34:42.699><c> bad,</c><00:34:43.139><c> Sodom</c><00:34:43.340><c> and</c><00:34:43.460><c> Jerusalem,</c> 00:34:44.000 --> 00:34:46.360 joined<00:34:44.239><c> together</c><00:34:44.619><c> to</c><00:34:44.860><c> welcome</c><00:34:45.119><c> back</c><00:34:45.340><c> Abraham.</c> 00:34:46.599 --> 00:34:48.960 King<00:34:46.820><c> of</c><00:34:47.039><c> Sodom</c><00:34:47.619><c> was</c><00:34:47.960><c> a</c><00:34:48.199><c> filthy</c><00:34:48.480><c> horror,</c> 00:34:48.960 --> 00:34:51.139 almost<00:34:49.440><c> certainly</c><00:34:49.940><c> homosexual,</c> 00:34:51.199 --> 00:34:53.840 almost<00:34:51.519><c> certainly</c><00:34:52.059><c> derived</c><00:34:52.440><c> from</c><00:34:52.659><c> the</c><00:34:52.840><c> giants.</c> 00:34:54.039 --> 00:34:57.199 And<00:34:54.599><c> he</c><00:34:55.219><c> wanted</c><00:34:55.719><c> just</c><00:34:56.159><c> to</c><00:34:56.360><c> have</c><00:34:56.519><c> the</c><00:34:56.780><c> persons,</c> 00:34:57.300 --> 00:34:58.139 verse<00:34:57.559><c> 21.</c> 00:34:58.480 --> 00:35:00.320 It's<00:34:58.659><c> almost</c><00:34:58.960><c> too</c><00:34:59.260><c> filthy</c><00:34:59.500><c> to</c><00:34:59.760><c> think</c><00:34:59.940><c> about.</c> 00:35:00.820 --> 00:35:02.500 And<00:35:00.880><c> the</c><00:35:00.980><c> king</c><00:35:01.199><c> of</c><00:35:01.500><c> Sodom</c><00:35:01.739><c> said</c><00:35:01.980><c> of</c><00:35:02.159><c> Abraham,</c> 00:35:02.719 --> 00:35:05.099 give<00:35:02.800><c> me</c><00:35:03.039><c> the</c><00:35:03.219><c> persons</c><00:35:03.619><c> and</c><00:35:03.820><c> take</c><00:35:04.059><c> the</c><00:35:04.239><c> goods.</c> 00:35:05.219 --> 00:35:07.019 It's<00:35:05.539><c> absolute</c><00:35:05.900><c> horrors.</c> 00:35:07.139 --> 00:35:09.920 But<00:35:07.559><c> the</c><00:35:07.960><c> king</c><00:35:08.219><c> of</c><00:35:08.619><c> Jerusalem,</c> 00:35:10.199 --> 00:35:13.039 who<00:35:10.440><c> was</c><00:35:10.860><c> priest</c><00:35:11.219><c> of</c><00:35:11.440><c> the</c><00:35:11.440><c> most</c><00:35:11.800><c> high</c><00:35:12.039><c> God,</c> 00:35:13.360 --> 00:35:14.980 he<00:35:13.860><c> blessed</c><00:35:14.320><c> Abraham.</c> 00:35:14.980 --> 00:35:18.920 And<00:35:15.539><c> Abraham</c><00:35:16.000><c> gave</c><00:35:16.300><c> him</c><00:35:16.599><c> a</c><00:35:16.780><c> tenth</c><00:35:17.139><c> of</c><00:35:17.699><c> everything.</c> 00:35:19.440 --> 00:35:22.260 And<00:35:19.460><c> that's</c><00:35:19.900><c> all</c><00:35:20.360><c> we</c><00:35:20.739><c> read</c><00:35:21.000><c> of</c><00:35:21.199><c> Melchizedek,</c> 00:35:22.539 --> 00:35:27.199 blessing<00:35:22.980><c> Abraham</c><00:35:23.699><c> and</c><00:35:24.219><c> Abraham</c><00:35:24.679><c> giving</c><00:35:25.039><c> him</c><00:35:25.679><c> a</c><00:35:26.179><c> tenth.</c> 00:35:28.300 --> 00:35:33.920 In<00:35:28.480><c> our</c><00:35:28.719><c> Psalm</c><00:35:28.920><c> 110,</c><00:35:30.559><c> and</c><00:35:30.820><c> yet</c><00:35:31.099><c> again</c><00:35:31.760><c> it's</c><00:35:32.260><c> Psalm</c><00:35:32.460><c> 110,</c> 00:35:34.099 --> 00:35:36.340 the<00:35:34.199><c> one</c><00:35:34.460><c> which</c><00:35:34.840><c> starts</c><00:35:35.260><c> off,</c> 00:35:36.360 --> 00:35:37.920 the<00:35:36.599><c> Lord</c><00:35:36.940><c> said</c><00:35:37.159><c> to</c><00:35:37.380><c> my</c><00:35:37.599><c> Lord,</c> 00:35:38.159 --> 00:35:40.079 sit<00:35:38.219><c> under</c><00:35:38.480><c> my</c><00:35:38.739><c> right</c><00:35:39.059><c> hand,</c> 00:35:40.119 --> 00:35:42.159 until<00:35:40.440><c> I</c><00:35:40.699><c> make</c><00:35:40.900><c> thy</c><00:35:41.119><c> foes</c><00:35:41.420><c> thy</c><00:35:41.599><c> footstool.</c> 00:35:42.159 --> 00:35:45.860 This<00:35:42.780><c> oft,</c><00:35:43.239><c> oft,</c><00:35:43.719><c> oft</c><00:35:44.039><c> quoted</c><00:35:44.480><c> Psalm,</c> 00:35:47.280 --> 00:35:52.219 the<00:35:48.159><c> Lord</c><00:35:48.619><c> hath</c><00:35:49.019><c> sworn,</c><00:35:49.599><c> Psalm</c><00:35:49.860><c> 110,</c><00:35:50.679><c> verse</c><00:35:50.920><c> four,</c> 00:35:52.400 --> 00:35:55.360 and<00:35:52.659><c> will</c><00:35:52.980><c> not</c><00:35:53.219><c> repent,</c><00:35:54.000><c> no</c><00:35:54.219><c> changing,</c> 00:35:55.980 --> 00:35:58.760 thou<00:35:56.360><c> art</c><00:35:56.900><c> a</c><00:35:57.219><c> priest</c><00:35:57.599><c> for</c><00:35:58.159><c> ever</c> 00:35:58.760 --> 00:36:01.980 after<00:35:59.739><c> the</c><00:36:00.019><c> order</c><00:36:00.199><c> of</c><00:36:00.400><c> Melchizedek,</c> 00:36:02.119 --> 00:36:04.699 plucked<00:36:02.619><c> right</c><00:36:03.000><c> out</c><00:36:03.260><c> of</c><00:36:03.400><c> the</c><00:36:03.579><c> blue</c> 00:36:05.179 --> 00:36:08.559 and<00:36:06.059><c> dropped</c><00:36:06.599><c> almost</c><00:36:07.260><c> immediately.</c> 00:36:09.400 --> 00:36:11.079 And<00:36:09.739><c> you</c><00:36:10.000><c> turn</c><00:36:10.360><c> to</c><00:36:10.619><c> Hebrews</c> 00:36:11.079 --> 00:36:13.699 and<00:36:11.480><c> it's</c><00:36:11.739><c> only</c><00:36:12.019><c> the</c><00:36:12.260><c> third</c><00:36:12.480><c> and</c><00:36:12.679><c> the</c><00:36:12.860><c> last</c><00:36:13.099><c> reference</c> 00:36:13.699 --> 00:36:15.239 to<00:36:14.219><c> Melchizedek.</c> 00:36:15.719 --> 00:36:18.219 So<00:36:16.019><c> the</c><00:36:16.440><c> little</c><00:36:16.980><c> king</c><00:36:17.400><c> of</c><00:36:17.739><c> Jerusalem,</c> 00:36:18.260 --> 00:36:20.760 who<00:36:18.360><c> was</c><00:36:18.539><c> a</c><00:36:18.780><c> priest</c><00:36:18.940><c> of</c><00:36:19.099><c> the</c><00:36:19.219><c> most</c><00:36:19.400><c> high</c><00:36:19.659><c> God,</c> 00:36:21.059 --> 00:36:22.360 Hebrews<00:36:21.260><c> chapter</c><00:36:21.599><c> seven</c><00:36:21.960><c> says,</c> 00:36:22.559 --> 00:36:24.739 we're<00:36:22.659><c> not</c><00:36:22.820><c> told</c><00:36:22.980><c> about</c><00:36:23.300><c> parents</c><00:36:23.800><c> and</c><00:36:24.139><c> descendants</c> 00:36:24.739 --> 00:36:26.599 because<00:36:25.239><c> they</c><00:36:25.440><c> don't</c><00:36:25.639><c> matter.</c> 00:36:27.400 --> 00:36:28.619 Of<00:36:27.780><c> course</c><00:36:27.940><c> he</c><00:36:28.079><c> had</c><00:36:28.280><c> them,</c> 00:36:28.760 --> 00:36:29.860 unless<00:36:29.000><c> he</c><00:36:29.179><c> was</c><00:36:29.320><c> an</c><00:36:29.559><c> angel,</c> 00:36:29.920 --> 00:36:31.079 and<00:36:30.099><c> some</c><00:36:30.280><c> people</c><00:36:30.500><c> think</c><00:36:30.639><c> he</c><00:36:30.840><c> was,</c> 00:36:31.139 --> 00:36:33.820 but<00:36:31.539><c> probably</c><00:36:31.980><c> he</c><00:36:32.119><c> was</c><00:36:32.219><c> an</c><00:36:32.420><c> ordinary</c><00:36:32.639><c> man.</c> 00:36:34.739 --> 00:36:37.119 Ancestors<00:36:35.179><c> and</c><00:36:35.420><c> descendants</c><00:36:35.780><c> don't</c><00:36:36.099><c> matter.</c> 00:36:37.380 --> 00:36:40.260 For<00:36:37.559><c> him</c><00:36:37.880><c> now</c><00:36:38.219><c> it</c><00:36:38.420><c> was</c><00:36:38.599><c> his</c><00:36:39.079><c> present</c><00:36:39.480><c> godliness.</c> 00:36:40.260 --> 00:36:44.039 And<00:36:41.059><c> he</c><00:36:41.440><c> represented</c><00:36:42.119><c> God</c><00:36:42.659><c> to</c><00:36:42.960><c> Abraham.</c> 00:36:44.139 --> 00:36:45.679 Abraham<00:36:44.619><c> gives</c><00:36:44.940><c> him</c><00:36:45.239><c> a</c><00:36:45.400><c> tenth</c> 00:36:45.679 --> 00:36:47.260 of<00:36:46.039><c> everything</c><00:36:46.500><c> he's</c><00:36:46.860><c> collected,</c> 00:36:47.719 --> 00:36:49.579 he<00:36:47.920><c> gives</c><00:36:48.179><c> Melchizedek</c><00:36:48.960><c> a</c><00:36:49.199><c> tenth.</c> 00:36:50.059 --> 00:36:51.900 And<00:36:50.440><c> you</c><00:36:50.639><c> can</c><00:36:50.900><c> almost</c><00:36:51.519><c> say,</c> 00:36:51.980 --> 00:36:54.280 he<00:36:52.199><c> says</c><00:36:52.400><c> over</c><00:36:52.820><c> in</c><00:36:53.099><c> verse</c><00:36:53.579><c> nine,</c> 00:36:54.780 --> 00:36:57.780 that<00:36:54.880><c> the</c><00:36:55.099><c> great</c><00:36:55.320><c> grandson</c><00:36:55.860><c> of</c><00:36:56.480><c> Abraham,</c><00:36:57.460><c> Levi,</c> 00:36:58.260 --> 00:36:59.760 who<00:36:58.440><c> received</c><00:36:58.860><c> all</c><00:36:59.179><c> the</c><00:36:59.380><c> tenths</c> 00:36:59.760 --> 00:37:00.760 because<00:36:59.940><c> he</c><00:37:00.079><c> was</c><00:37:00.280><c> priest,</c> 00:37:01.139 --> 00:37:03.099 he<00:37:01.440><c> therefore</c><00:37:01.840><c> gave</c><00:37:02.280><c> a</c><00:37:02.699><c> tenth.</c> 00:37:03.420 --> 00:37:05.780 So<00:37:03.599><c> Melchizedek</c><00:37:04.199><c> was</c><00:37:04.420><c> greater</c><00:37:04.699><c> than</c><00:37:04.920><c> Levi.</c> 00:37:06.039 --> 00:37:08.119 So<00:37:06.179><c> therefore</c><00:37:06.619><c> Levi,</c><00:37:07.159><c> who</c><00:37:07.239><c> was</c><00:37:07.380><c> the</c><00:37:07.659><c> priest,</c> 00:37:08.119 --> 00:37:10.840 who<00:37:08.659><c> was</c><00:37:08.880><c> a</c><00:37:09.260><c> huge</c><00:37:10.059><c> ancestor</c> 00:37:10.860 --> 00:37:13.440 of<00:37:11.360><c> those</c><00:37:11.619><c> who</c><00:37:11.860><c> represented</c><00:37:12.320><c> God</c><00:37:12.619><c> to</c><00:37:12.780><c> the</c><00:37:12.920><c> people,</c> 00:37:13.840 --> 00:37:16.340 was<00:37:13.920><c> actually</c><00:37:14.579><c> bowing</c><00:37:15.139><c> and</c><00:37:15.400><c> giving</c><00:37:15.679><c> a</c><00:37:15.980><c> tenth</c> 00:37:16.340 --> 00:37:18.400 to<00:37:16.739><c> this</c><00:37:16.960><c> man</c><00:37:17.199><c> greater</c><00:37:17.579><c> than</c><00:37:17.739><c> himself.</c> 00:37:18.820 --> 00:37:20.719 And<00:37:18.940><c> that's</c><00:37:19.159><c> the</c><00:37:19.260><c> whole</c><00:37:19.539><c> point</c><00:37:20.099><c> of</c><00:37:20.539><c> Paul</c> 00:37:20.719 --> 00:37:23.599 mentioning<00:37:21.179><c> this</c><00:37:21.639><c> time</c><00:37:22.079><c> and</c><00:37:22.239><c> time</c><00:37:22.460><c> again.</c> 00:37:24.400 --> 00:37:26.380 Verse<00:37:24.619><c> three</c><00:37:24.900><c> of</c><00:37:25.039><c> chapter</c><00:37:25.300><c> seven,</c> 00:37:27.079 --> 00:37:28.659 without<00:37:27.500><c> father,</c><00:37:28.039><c> without</c><00:37:28.360><c> mother,</c> 00:37:28.739 --> 00:37:29.639 without<00:37:29.119><c> descent,</c> 00:37:29.860 --> 00:37:31.159 having<00:37:29.980><c> neither</c><00:37:30.260><c> beginning</c><00:37:30.699><c> of</c><00:37:30.900><c> days</c> 00:37:31.159 --> 00:37:32.000 nor<00:37:31.380><c> end</c><00:37:31.599><c> of</c><00:37:31.800><c> life,</c> 00:37:32.099 --> 00:37:33.820 we're<00:37:32.179><c> not</c><00:37:32.380><c> told</c><00:37:32.539><c> of</c><00:37:32.659><c> his</c><00:37:32.860><c> birth</c><00:37:33.099><c> or</c><00:37:33.300><c> his</c><00:37:33.519><c> death,</c> 00:37:34.219 --> 00:37:36.719 you<00:37:34.559><c> can</c><00:37:35.039><c> take</c><00:37:35.380><c> it</c><00:37:35.619><c> literally</c><00:37:35.980><c> if</c><00:37:36.199><c> you</c><00:37:36.400><c> like.</c> 00:37:36.719 --> 00:37:38.519 It's<00:37:37.500><c> probably</c><00:37:37.960><c> meant</c><00:37:38.260><c> to</c><00:37:38.440><c> say</c> 00:37:38.519 --> 00:37:40.320 we're<00:37:38.699><c> not</c><00:37:38.960><c> told</c><00:37:39.239><c> about</c><00:37:39.579><c> such</c><00:37:39.840><c> things.</c> 00:37:40.579 --> 00:37:43.500 He<00:37:40.739><c> was</c><00:37:40.920><c> simply</c><00:37:41.280><c> a</c><00:37:41.599><c> character</c><00:37:41.980><c> for</c><00:37:42.400><c> the</c><00:37:42.679><c> then</c> 00:37:43.579 --> 00:37:46.920 and<00:37:43.900><c> the</c><00:37:44.239><c> rest</c><00:37:44.699><c> isn't</c><00:37:45.659><c> important.</c> 00:37:47.239 --> 00:37:51.260 But<00:37:47.500><c> he</c><00:37:47.679><c> was</c><00:37:47.980><c> made</c><00:37:48.460><c> like</c><00:37:48.880><c> unto</c><00:37:49.199><c> the</c><00:37:49.500><c> Son</c><00:37:49.739><c> of</c><00:37:50.039><c> God.</c> 00:37:52.500 --> 00:37:56.679 And<00:37:52.760><c> the</c><00:37:52.860><c> Son</c><00:37:53.039><c> of</c><00:37:53.260><c> God</c><00:37:53.679><c> abides</c><00:37:54.539><c> priest</c><00:37:55.159><c> continually.</c> 00:37:58.840 --> 00:38:00.539 This<00:37:59.480><c> is</c><00:37:59.760><c> hard</c><00:37:59.980><c> to</c><00:38:00.260><c> say,</c> 00:38:00.840 --> 00:38:02.820 and<00:38:01.159><c> please</c><00:38:01.460><c> don't</c><00:38:01.679><c> misunderstand.</c> 00:38:04.119 --> 00:38:06.539 When<00:38:04.599><c> God</c><00:38:05.019><c> chose</c><00:38:05.380><c> Abraham,</c> 00:38:07.500 --> 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picked</c><00:38:18.980><c> out</c><00:38:19.460><c> Abraham.</c> 00:38:21.119 --> 00:38:23.940 Presumably<00:38:21.599><c> it's</c><00:38:21.719><c> only</c><00:38:21.980><c> 500</c><00:38:22.300><c> years</c><00:38:22.639><c> after</c><00:38:22.920><c> the</c><00:38:23.119><c> flood.</c> 00:38:24.519 --> 00:38:26.239 Presumably<00:38:25.000><c> in</c><00:38:25.139><c> that</c><00:38:25.340><c> 500</c><00:38:25.719><c> years</c> 00:38:26.239 --> 00:38:28.539 they<00:38:26.440><c> had</c><00:38:26.920><c> so</c><00:38:27.420><c> corrupted</c><00:38:27.840><c> themselves.</c> 00:38:28.980 --> 00:38:29.760 If<00:38:29.079><c> you</c><00:38:29.159><c> look</c><00:38:29.320><c> in</c><00:38:29.420><c> a</c><00:38:29.599><c> map,</c> 00:38:29.940 --> 00:38:31.360 Ararat<00:38:30.179><c> is</c><00:38:30.460><c> right</c><00:38:30.599><c> at</c><00:38:30.719><c> the</c><00:38:30.960><c> north</c> 00:38:31.360 --> 00:38:33.139 of<00:38:31.619><c> what</c><00:38:31.840><c> 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top</c><00:38:41.940><c> of</c><00:38:42.119><c> the</c><00:38:42.199><c> Persian</c><00:38:42.400><c> Gulf.</c> 00:38:43.219 --> 00:38:44.599 They<00:38:43.440><c> got</c><00:38:43.619><c> to</c><00:38:43.719><c> the</c><00:38:43.860><c> big</c><00:38:44.179><c> plain,</c> 00:38:45.059 --> 00:38:46.880 some<00:38:45.300><c> of</c><00:38:45.480><c> them</c><00:38:45.860><c> then</c><00:38:46.099><c> built</c><00:38:46.280><c> a</c><00:38:46.500><c> tower</c> 00:38:46.880 --> 00:38:48.679 and<00:38:47.360><c> that's</c><00:38:47.739><c> Babylon</c><00:38:48.039><c> or</c><00:38:48.360><c> Babel</c> 00:38:48.679 --> 00:38:50.260 right<00:38:49.019><c> down</c><00:38:49.280><c> between</c><00:38:49.559><c> the</c><00:38:49.739><c> two</c><00:38:49.880><c> rivers.</c> 00:38:50.539 --> 00:38:51.860 They<00:38:50.699><c> were</c><00:38:50.920><c> probably</c><00:38:51.219><c> heading</c><00:38:51.559><c> back</c> 00:38:51.860 --> 00:38:53.659 to<00:38:52.039><c> where</c><00:38:52.159><c> they</c><00:38:52.400><c> started</c><00:38:52.780><c> from.</c> 00:38:54.039 --> 00:38:54.860 And<00:38:54.199><c> God</c><00:38:54.340><c> says</c><00:38:54.559><c> no</c> 00:38:54.860 --> 00:38:56.900 and<00:38:55.039><c> he</c><00:38:55.199><c> completely</c><00:38:55.760><c> disturbs</c><00:38:56.179><c> their</c><00:38:56.380><c> language.</c> 00:38:57.380 --> 00:39:00.360 Jumping<00:38:57.739><c> the</c><00:38:57.900><c> gun</c><00:38:58.940><c> on</c><00:38:59.219><c> the</c><00:38:59.300><c> day</c><00:38:59.440><c> of</c><00:38:59.559><c> Pentecost,</c> 00:39:00.360 --> 00:39:02.559 all<00:39:00.659><c> the</c><00:39:00.860><c> nations</c><00:39:01.119><c> had</c><00:39:01.300><c> come</c><00:39:01.440><c> back</c><00:39:01.659><c> again.</c> 00:39:02.599 --> 00:39:06.820 And<00:39:02.880><c> on</c><00:39:03.340><c> the</c><00:39:03.519><c> day</c><00:39:04.019><c> where</c><00:39:04.480><c> God</c><00:39:04.840><c> gave</c><00:39:05.300><c> them</c><00:39:05.559><c> this</c><00:39:06.079><c> foretaste,</c> 00:39:06.980 --> 00:39:08.800 the<00:39:07.099><c> earnest</c><00:39:07.400><c> of</c><00:39:07.679><c> the</c><00:39:07.880><c> spirit,</c> 00:39:08.880 --> 00:39:11.019 then<00:39:09.320><c> their</c><00:39:09.800><c> tongues</c><00:39:10.139><c> were</c><00:39:10.480><c> brought</c><00:39:10.719><c> back.</c> 00:39:11.159 --> 00:39:14.699 It<00:39:11.159><c> was</c><00:39:11.400><c> a</c><00:39:11.500><c> sort</c><00:39:11.699><c> of</c><00:39:11.840><c> vision</c><00:39:12.019><c> of</c><00:39:12.199><c> the</c><00:39:12.340><c> Kingdom</c><00:39:12.780><c> in</c><00:39:13.800><c> micro.</c> 00:39:15.260 --> 00:39:19.019 So<00:39:15.380><c> here</c><00:39:15.900><c> was</c><00:39:16.320><c> Melchizedek</c><00:39:17.019><c> now</c><00:39:17.320><c> coming</c><00:39:17.519><c> back</c><00:39:17.800><c> to</c><00:39:17.960><c> Chapter</c><00:39:18.159><c> 7</c> 00:39:19.019 --> 00:39:22.159 who<00:39:19.900><c> very,</c><00:39:21.179><c> very</c><00:39:21.480><c> important</c> 00:39:22.159 --> 00:39:27.099 had<00:39:22.820><c> been</c><00:39:23.360><c> overlooked</c><00:39:24.159><c> by</c><00:39:24.760><c> God</c><00:39:25.719><c> purposely.</c> 00:39:27.800 --> 00:39:29.519 God<00:39:28.000><c> didn't</c><00:39:28.300><c> say</c><00:39:28.579><c> Melchizedek.</c> 00:39:29.519 --> 00:39:32.079 I<00:39:29.900><c> will</c><00:39:30.039><c> make</c><00:39:30.300><c> of</c><00:39:30.440><c> you</c><00:39:30.579><c> a</c><00:39:30.739><c> great</c><00:39:30.900><c> nation.</c> 00:39:33.340 --> 00:39:34.679 The<00:39:33.400><c> second</c><00:39:33.679><c> difficult</c><00:39:34.079><c> thing</c><00:39:34.340><c> is</c> 00:39:34.679 --> 00:39:37.159 that<00:39:34.900><c> Melchizedek</c><00:39:35.500><c> must</c><00:39:35.719><c> have</c><00:39:35.840><c> been</c><00:39:35.980><c> a</c><00:39:36.099><c> Gentile</c> 00:39:37.159 --> 00:39:39.239 because<00:39:37.960><c> he</c><00:39:38.239><c> sure</c><00:39:38.420><c> wasn't</c><00:39:38.739><c> a</c><00:39:38.960><c> Jew</c> 00:39:39.239 --> 00:39:41.820 because<00:39:39.960><c> Abraham</c><00:39:40.300><c> was</c><00:39:40.500><c> the</c><00:39:40.679><c> first</c><00:39:40.940><c> Jew.</c> 00:39:41.880 --> 00:39:43.099 All<00:39:42.019><c> right,</c><00:39:42.340><c> correct</c><00:39:42.460><c> me</c><00:39:42.639><c> if</c><00:39:42.659><c> you</c><00:39:42.860><c> like,</c> 00:39:43.119 --> 00:39:44.360 he<00:39:43.260><c> was</c><00:39:43.460><c> the</c><00:39:43.619><c> first</c><00:39:43.880><c> Hebrew</c> 00:39:44.360 --> 00:39:46.280 and<00:39:44.599><c> then</c><00:39:44.800><c> later</c><00:39:45.320><c> became</c><00:39:45.800><c> the</c><00:39:45.980><c> Israelites</c> 00:39:46.280 --> 00:39:48.900 and<00:39:46.539><c> later</c><00:39:46.820><c> because</c><00:39:47.119><c> of</c><00:39:47.340><c> Judea</c><00:39:48.000><c> came</c><00:39:48.320><c> the</c><00:39:48.559><c> Jews</c> 00:39:48.900 --> 00:39:51.579 but<00:39:49.239><c> technically</c><00:39:49.760><c> Abraham</c><00:39:50.079><c> was</c><00:39:50.260><c> the</c><00:39:50.460><c> first</c><00:39:50.699><c> Jew.</c> 00:39:51.639 --> 00:39:53.900 So<00:39:52.019><c> he</c><00:39:52.199><c> was</c><00:39:52.599><c> not</c><00:39:52.900><c> of</c><00:39:53.219><c> the</c><00:39:53.460><c> promises.</c> 00:39:54.179 --> 00:39:56.460 He<00:39:54.400><c> was</c><00:39:54.719><c> exterior</c><00:39:55.519><c> to</c><00:39:55.760><c> the</c><00:39:56.059><c> promise</c> 00:39:56.460 --> 00:39:59.199 which<00:39:56.820><c> God</c><00:39:57.239><c> had</c><00:39:57.519><c> made</c><00:39:58.059><c> to</c><00:39:58.719><c> Abraham</c> 00:39:59.199 --> 00:40:00.800 and<00:39:59.340><c> was</c><00:39:59.599><c> making</c><00:39:59.980><c> to</c><00:40:00.239><c> Abraham.</c> 00:40:01.260 --> 00:40:04.199 And<00:40:01.599><c> so</c><00:40:02.179><c> God</c><00:40:02.780><c> chose</c><00:40:03.480><c> Abraham</c> 00:40:04.199 --> 00:40:07.699 in<00:40:05.539><c> complete</c><00:40:06.420><c> respect</c><00:40:06.960><c> to</c><00:40:07.179><c> all</c><00:40:07.360><c> the</c><00:40:07.500><c> others</c> 00:40:07.699 --> 00:40:11.079 but<00:40:08.000><c> in</c><00:40:08.260><c> deference</c><00:40:08.960><c> Melchizedek</c><00:40:09.760><c> wasn't</c><00:40:10.099><c> chosen.</c> 00:40:11.599 --> 00:40:14.260 When<00:40:11.940><c> Melchizedek</c><00:40:12.599><c> appears</c><00:40:12.940><c> on</c><00:40:13.119><c> the</c><00:40:13.320><c> scene,</c> 00:40:14.360 --> 00:40:17.460 Abraham<00:40:14.639><c> on</c><00:40:14.920><c> behalf</c><00:40:15.239><c> of</c><00:40:15.579><c> Levi</c><00:40:15.860><c> gave</c><00:40:16.619><c> him</c><00:40:16.860><c> the</c><00:40:17.139><c> tenth,</c> 00:40:17.900 --> 00:40:20.019 honored<00:40:18.079><c> him</c><00:40:18.340><c> as</c><00:40:18.519><c> a</c><00:40:18.699><c> priest</c><00:40:18.880><c> of</c><00:40:19.119><c> God.</c> 00:40:20.440 --> 00:40:24.000 And<00:40:20.940><c> the</c><00:40:21.340><c> priesthood</c><00:40:22.099><c> runs</c><00:40:22.719><c> not</c><00:40:23.139><c> from</c><00:40:23.440><c> Abraham,</c> 00:40:24.099 --> 00:40:26.840 Isaac,<00:40:24.780><c> Jacob,</c><00:40:26.320><c> Levi,</c> 00:40:26.840 --> 00:40:29.940 but<00:40:27.719><c> runs</c><00:40:28.159><c> from</c><00:40:28.420><c> Melchizedek.</c> 00:40:30.199 --> 00:40:34.760 The<00:40:30.539><c> kingship</c><00:40:31.579><c> runs</c><00:40:32.219><c> from</c><00:40:32.900><c> Israel,</c><00:40:33.699><c> Judah,</c> 00:40:34.800 --> 00:40:36.099 without<00:40:35.079><c> any</c><00:40:35.480><c> shadow</c><00:40:35.699><c> of</c><00:40:35.940><c> doubt</c> 00:40:36.099 --> 00:40:38.820 and<00:40:36.260><c> Jesus</c><00:40:36.639><c> was</c><00:40:36.940><c> born</c><00:40:37.119><c> in</c><00:40:37.320><c> the</c><00:40:37.480><c> line</c><00:40:37.639><c> of</c><00:40:37.860><c> Judah.</c> 00:40:39.320 --> 00:40:42.210 Melchizedek<00:40:40.099><c> was</c><00:40:40.340><c> outside</c><00:40:41.239><c> the</c><00:40:41.420><c> realm</c><00:40:41.659><c> of</c><00:40:41.820><c> Israel</c> 00:40:42.440 --> 00:40:45.699 and<00:40:43.119><c> therefore</c><00:40:43.780><c> for</c><00:40:44.280><c> some</c><00:40:44.739><c> reason</c><00:40:45.119><c> or</c><00:40:45.360><c> other,</c> 00:40:45.860 --> 00:40:48.000 and<00:40:45.900><c> please</c><00:40:46.340><c> talk</c><00:40:46.559><c> about</c><00:40:46.800><c> this</c><00:40:47.079><c> afterwards,</c> 00:40:48.320 --> 00:40:50.130 had<00:40:48.599><c> a</c><00:40:49.280><c> continuing</c><00:40:49.739><c> priesthood</c> 00:40:50.380 --> 00:40:54.039 which<00:40:50.920><c> was</c><00:40:51.179><c> then</c><00:40:51.500><c> brought</c><00:40:52.000><c> in</c><00:40:52.760><c> to</c><00:40:53.039><c> Israel's</c><00:40:53.639><c> line</c> 00:40:54.039 --> 00:40:56.320 until<00:40:55.159><c> the</c><00:40:55.519><c> Lord</c><00:40:55.760><c> Moses</c> 00:40:56.320 --> 00:40:58.420 which<00:40:56.719><c> took</c><00:40:57.119><c> away</c><00:40:57.559><c> their</c><00:40:57.960><c> priesthood,</c> 00:40:58.559 --> 00:41:00.599 no<00:40:58.760><c> priests</c><00:40:59.099><c> or</c><00:40:59.340><c> Levites</c><00:40:59.679><c> in</c><00:40:59.860><c> the</c><00:40:59.920><c> New</c><00:41:00.079><c> Testament,</c> 00:41:01.000 --> 00:41:02.599 took<00:41:01.239><c> away</c><00:41:01.960><c> the</c><00:41:02.280><c> priesthood</c> 00:41:02.880 --> 00:41:04.679 and<00:41:03.460><c> the</c><00:41:03.679><c> one</c><00:41:03.860><c> from</c><00:41:04.199><c> Judah</c> 00:41:04.679 --> 00:41:06.739 now<00:41:05.360><c> incorporates</c><00:41:05.900><c> the</c><00:41:06.239><c> priesthood</c> 00:41:06.739 --> 00:41:08.340 which<00:41:06.920><c> was</c><00:41:07.179><c> taken</c><00:41:07.420><c> away</c><00:41:07.699><c> from</c><00:41:07.980><c> Levi</c> 00:41:08.340 --> 00:41:10.239 with<00:41:08.780><c> the</c><00:41:08.900><c> high</c><00:41:09.079><c> priest</c><00:41:09.239><c> tearing</c><00:41:09.539><c> his</c><00:41:09.800><c> clothes,</c> 00:41:10.639 --> 00:41:13.440 with<00:41:10.800><c> a</c><00:41:11.019><c> temple</c><00:41:11.300><c> curtain</c><00:41:12.159><c> being</c><00:41:12.480><c> torn,</c> 00:41:13.519 --> 00:41:16.739 and<00:41:13.860><c> the</c><00:41:14.260><c> two</c><00:41:14.800><c> missions</c><00:41:15.260><c> are</c><00:41:15.519><c> now</c><00:41:15.780><c> welded</c><00:41:16.059><c> together.</c> 00:41:17.199 --> 00:41:18.579 Now<00:41:17.500><c> it's</c><00:41:17.659><c> a</c><00:41:17.739><c> bit</c><00:41:17.880><c> hard</c><00:41:18.119><c> to</c><00:41:18.320><c> swallow</c> 00:41:18.579 --> 00:41:20.559 that<00:41:18.860><c> Melchizedek</c><00:41:19.500><c> was</c><00:41:19.719><c> a</c><00:41:19.820><c> Gentile,</c> 00:41:20.880 --> 00:41:22.980 but<00:41:21.139><c> there's</c><00:41:21.519><c> exactly</c><00:41:22.059><c> the</c><00:41:22.320><c> same</c><00:41:22.579><c> idea</c> 00:41:22.980 --> 00:41:24.719 in<00:41:23.219><c> Romans</c><00:41:23.599><c> chapter</c><00:41:24.000><c> four.</c> 00:41:24.719 --> 00:41:28.269 When<00:41:26.159><c> was</c><00:41:26.500><c> Abraham</c><00:41:27.380><c> called?</c> 00:41:28.760 --> 00:41:32.840 Was<00:41:28.960><c> it</c><00:41:29.239><c> in</c><00:41:29.400><c> circumcision</c><00:41:30.179><c> or</c><00:41:30.920><c> uncircumcision?</c> 00:41:34.380 --> 00:41:35.940 In<00:41:35.159><c> uncircumcision</c> 00:41:35.940 --> 00:41:41.980 before<00:41:37.280><c> Abraham</c><00:41:38.159><c> became</c><00:41:39.280><c> participant</c><00:41:40.099><c> of</c><00:41:40.420><c> the</c><00:41:40.679><c> promises.</c> 00:41:44.159 --> 00:41:46.219 Romans<00:41:44.900><c> chapter</c><00:41:45.280><c> four,</c> 00:41:46.639 --> 00:41:47.780 Romans<00:41:47.039><c> is</c><00:41:47.280><c> fascinating,</c> 00:41:47.940 --> 00:41:49.500 it<00:41:48.000><c> says</c><00:41:48.199><c> virtually</c><00:41:48.699><c> the</c><00:41:48.860><c> same</c><00:41:49.000><c> as</c><00:41:49.179><c> Hebrews</c> 00:41:49.500 --> 00:41:51.179 but<00:41:49.820><c> to</c><00:41:50.019><c> Jews</c><00:41:50.179><c> and</c><00:41:50.480><c> Gentiles.</c> 00:41:51.559 --> 00:41:53.099 Hebrews<00:41:52.039><c> is</c><00:41:52.360><c> to</c><00:41:52.519><c> the</c><00:41:52.679><c> Jews</c> 00:41:53.099 --> 00:41:55.880 and<00:41:54.159><c> to</c><00:41:54.360><c> us.</c> 00:41:56.300 --> 00:41:57.800 Romans<00:41:56.480><c> chapter</c><00:41:56.739><c> four,</c><00:41:57.239><c> verse</c><00:41:57.360><c> ten,</c> 00:41:57.940 --> 00:41:59.940 and<00:41:58.039><c> he's</c><00:41:58.199><c> been</c><00:41:58.440><c> talking</c><00:41:58.699><c> about</c><00:41:58.980><c> the</c><00:41:59.219><c> blessing,</c> 00:42:00.340 --> 00:42:01.219 end<00:42:00.440><c> of</c><00:42:00.559><c> verse</c><00:42:00.739><c> nine,</c> 00:42:01.260 --> 00:42:03.679 for<00:42:01.360><c> we</c><00:42:01.619><c> say</c><00:42:01.800><c> that</c><00:42:02.099><c> faith</c><00:42:02.440><c> was</c><00:42:02.739><c> reckoned</c><00:42:03.000><c> of</c><00:42:03.199><c> Abraham</c> 00:42:03.679 --> 00:42:04.559 through<00:42:04.000><c> righteousness.</c> 00:42:04.940 --> 00:42:06.719 How<00:42:05.199><c> was</c><00:42:05.400><c> it</c><00:42:05.579><c> reckoned?</c> 00:42:06.739 --> 00:42:09.840 When<00:42:06.920><c> he</c><00:42:07.019><c> was</c><00:42:07.179><c> in</c><00:42:07.500><c> circumcision</c><00:42:08.099><c> or</c><00:42:08.320><c> in</c><00:42:08.579><c> uncircumcision?</c> 00:42:10.280 --> 00:42:12.460 Not<00:42:10.719><c> in</c><00:42:11.260><c> circumcision,</c> 00:42:12.679 --> 00:42:14.880 but<00:42:12.820><c> he</c><00:42:12.980><c> was</c><00:42:13.219><c> as</c><00:42:13.460><c> yet</c><00:42:13.719><c> uncircumcised.</c> 00:42:15.219 --> 00:42:17.159 Repeat<00:42:15.760><c> verse</c><00:42:16.139><c> eleven,</c> 00:42:17.400 --> 00:42:20.119 he<00:42:17.639><c> received</c><00:42:18.420><c> the</c><00:42:18.760><c> sign</c><00:42:18.960><c> of</c><00:42:19.280><c> circumcision</c> 00:42:20.119 --> 00:42:22.980 which<00:42:20.460><c> was</c><00:42:20.840><c> fourteen</c><00:42:21.519><c> years</c><00:42:22.119><c> after</c> 00:42:22.980 --> 00:42:26.400 he<00:42:23.619><c> had</c><00:42:24.019><c> the</c><00:42:24.340><c> faith</c><00:42:24.639><c> to</c><00:42:24.920><c> accept</c><00:42:25.260><c> God,</c> 00:42:26.679 --> 00:42:29.780 a<00:42:27.159><c> seal</c><00:42:27.619><c> of</c><00:42:28.139><c> the</c><00:42:28.340><c> righteousness</c><00:42:28.860><c> of</c><00:42:29.199><c> the</c><00:42:29.400><c> faith</c> 00:42:29.780 --> 00:42:33.460 which<00:42:30.360><c> he</c><00:42:30.599><c> had</c><00:42:30.980><c> yet</c><00:42:31.539><c> being</c><00:42:32.079><c> uncircumcised.</c> 00:42:33.579 --> 00:42:34.880 Why? 00:42:35.420 --> 00:42:37.820 So<00:42:35.699><c> that</c><00:42:36.019><c> he</c><00:42:36.320><c> might</c><00:42:36.679><c> be</c><00:42:36.980><c> the</c><00:42:37.380><c> father</c> 00:42:37.820 --> 00:42:40.519 of<00:42:38.480><c> all</c><00:42:39.119><c> them</c><00:42:39.480><c> that</c><00:42:39.980><c> believe,</c> 00:42:40.960 --> 00:42:43.179 though<00:42:41.139><c> like</c><00:42:41.500><c> us</c><00:42:42.099><c> we're</c><00:42:42.500><c> not</c><00:42:42.719><c> Jews</c> 00:42:43.179 --> 00:42:45.440 and<00:42:43.559><c> have</c><00:42:43.800><c> not</c><00:42:44.039><c> been</c><00:42:44.360><c> circumcised,</c> 00:42:45.840 --> 00:42:47.739 that<00:42:46.239><c> righteousness</c><00:42:46.860><c> might</c><00:42:47.400><c> be</c> 00:42:47.739 --> 00:42:50.619 contributed<00:42:48.079><c> unto</c><00:42:48.460><c> them</c><00:42:49.139><c> also.</c> 00:42:51.480 --> 00:42:53.940 But<00:42:51.860><c> for</c><00:42:52.360><c> those</c><00:42:52.659><c> in</c><00:42:52.900><c> middle</c><00:42:53.079><c> of</c><00:42:53.239><c> verse</c><00:42:53.440><c> twelve</c> 00:42:53.940 --> 00:42:56.539 who<00:42:54.320><c> walk</c><00:42:54.539><c> in</c><00:42:54.760><c> the</c><00:42:55.079><c> steps</c><00:42:55.380><c> of</c><00:42:55.639><c> that</c><00:42:55.980><c> faith</c> 00:42:56.539 --> 00:42:58.179 of<00:42:56.940><c> our</c><00:42:57.199><c> father</c><00:42:57.559><c> Abraham,</c> 00:42:58.400 --> 00:42:59.760 repeat,<00:42:58.840><c> repeat,</c><00:42:59.219><c> repeat,</c> 00:43:00.219 --> 00:43:04.320 which<00:43:00.380><c> he</c><00:43:00.739><c> had</c><00:43:01.099><c> being</c><00:43:01.679><c> yet</c><00:43:02.460><c> uncircumcised.</c> 00:43:04.719 --> 00:43:07.739 So<00:43:04.980><c> it's</c><00:43:05.320><c> not</c><00:43:05.840><c> a</c><00:43:06.219><c> new</c><00:43:06.579><c> idea.</c> 00:43:08.539 --> 00:43:11.900 Back<00:43:08.719><c> then</c><00:43:09.000><c> finally</c><00:43:09.480><c> to</c><00:43:10.059><c> Hebrews</c><00:43:10.440><c> chapter</c><00:43:10.860><c> seven</c> 00:43:12.440 --> 00:43:16.780 and<00:43:12.820><c> the</c><00:43:13.179><c> priesthood</c><00:43:14.260><c> from</c><00:43:14.820><c> exterior</c><00:43:16.099><c> sources</c> 00:43:16.780 --> 00:43:18.920 to<00:43:17.340><c> the</c><00:43:17.800><c> Israeli</c><00:43:18.420><c> tribe</c> 00:43:18.920 --> 00:43:21.320 and<00:43:19.360><c> a</c><00:43:19.739><c> fascinating</c><00:43:20.260><c> bit</c><00:43:20.519><c> of</c><00:43:20.679><c> Bible</c><00:43:20.880><c> study</c> 00:43:21.320 --> 00:43:22.739 if<00:43:21.719><c> this</c><00:43:22.019><c> proves</c><00:43:22.260><c> correct,</c> 00:43:22.840 --> 00:43:25.159 it's<00:43:23.019><c> only</c><00:43:23.219><c> a</c><00:43:23.340><c> suggestion</c><00:43:23.699><c> here</c><00:43:23.940><c> this</c><00:43:24.139><c> morning,</c> 00:43:25.340 --> 00:43:28.460 that<00:43:25.559><c> now</c><00:43:26.239><c> the</c><00:43:26.900><c> priesthood</c><00:43:27.559><c> from</c><00:43:27.860><c> exterior,</c> 00:43:28.760 --> 00:43:30.559 the<00:43:28.920><c> kingship</c><00:43:29.340><c> from</c><00:43:29.619><c> interior,</c> 00:43:31.019 --> 00:43:33.539 joins<00:43:31.260><c> together</c><00:43:31.900><c> and</c><00:43:32.360><c> the</c><00:43:32.539><c> Lord</c><00:43:32.719><c> Jesus</c><00:43:33.119><c> Christ</c> 00:43:33.539 --> 00:43:37.260 satisfies<00:43:34.420><c> that</c><00:43:35.179><c> which</c><00:43:35.460><c> came</c><00:43:35.820><c> from</c><00:43:36.579><c> outside</c> 00:43:37.260 --> 00:43:41.900 and<00:43:37.920><c> inside</c><00:43:38.599><c> of</c><00:43:39.820><c> Abraham</c><00:43:40.380><c> himself.</c> 00:43:43.059 --> 00:43:45.199 Verse<00:43:43.400><c> seventeen,</c><00:43:44.400><c> Hebrews</c><00:43:44.719><c> seven,</c> 00:43:45.199 --> 00:43:48.960 For<00:43:46.000><c> he</c><00:43:46.360><c> testifieth</c><00:43:47.119><c> thou</c><00:43:47.420><c> art</c><00:43:47.659><c> a</c><00:43:47.940><c> priest</c><00:43:48.199><c> forever,</c> 00:43:49.320 --> 00:43:51.280 Psalm<00:43:49.460><c> 110</c><00:43:50.159><c> yet</c><00:43:50.539><c> again</c> 00:43:51.280 --> 00:43:55.780 after<00:43:51.940><c> the</c><00:43:52.300><c> order</c><00:43:52.559><c> of</c><00:43:52.760><c> Melchizedek.</c> 00:43:55.820 --> 00:43:57.239 Verse<00:43:56.000><c> nineteen,</c> 00:43:57.280 --> 00:44:00.239 For<00:43:57.440><c> the</c><00:43:57.679><c> law</c><00:43:58.099><c> made</c><00:43:58.739><c> nothing</c><00:43:59.320><c> perfect,</c> 00:44:00.460 --> 00:44:01.460 nothing<00:44:00.800><c> complete.</c> 00:44:01.719 --> 00:44:03.960 You<00:44:02.119><c> couldn't</c><00:44:02.800><c> reach</c><00:44:03.260><c> the</c><00:44:03.579><c> kingdom</c> 00:44:03.960 --> 00:44:05.219 by<00:44:04.260><c> the</c><00:44:04.440><c> law</c><00:44:04.599><c> of</c><00:44:04.880><c> Moses.</c> 00:44:05.619 --> 00:44:08.280 It<00:44:06.099><c> didn't</c><00:44:06.679><c> promise</c><00:44:07.099><c> the</c><00:44:07.360><c> kingdom.</c> 00:44:08.920 --> 00:44:11.840 It<00:44:09.139><c> was</c><00:44:09.400><c> faith</c><00:44:09.760><c> under</c><00:44:10.159><c> the</c><00:44:10.500><c> era</c><00:44:10.800><c> of</c><00:44:11.019><c> the</c><00:44:11.139><c> law</c><00:44:11.280><c> of</c><00:44:11.559><c> Moses</c> 00:44:11.840 --> 00:44:13.619 which<00:44:12.320><c> lifted</c><00:44:12.679><c> you</c><00:44:12.920><c> out</c><00:44:13.179><c> of</c><00:44:13.400><c> that</c> 00:44:13.619 --> 00:44:14.860 and<00:44:13.980><c> showed</c><00:44:14.199><c> you</c><00:44:14.360><c> the</c><00:44:14.500><c> kingdom.</c> 00:44:15.079 --> 00:44:16.420 Of<00:44:15.079><c> that</c><00:44:15.280><c> there's</c><00:44:15.460><c> no</c><00:44:15.639><c> doubt</c><00:44:15.840><c> at</c><00:44:16.099><c> all.</c> 00:44:16.840 --> 00:44:18.539 That's<00:44:17.059><c> what</c><00:44:17.199><c> Hebrews</c><00:44:17.480><c> eleven</c><00:44:17.780><c> is</c><00:44:17.980><c> all</c><00:44:18.179><c> about.</c> 00:44:18.960 --> 00:44:19.840 It's<00:44:19.139><c> the</c><00:44:19.400><c> faith.</c> 00:44:20.099 --> 00:44:22.559 It's<00:44:20.380><c> not</c><00:44:20.579><c> the</c><00:44:20.920><c> deeds</c><00:44:21.260><c> of</c><00:44:21.519><c> the</c><00:44:21.679><c> law.</c> 00:44:22.679 --> 00:44:27.079 For<00:44:22.760><c> the</c><00:44:23.079><c> law</c><00:44:23.360><c> made</c><00:44:23.820><c> nothing</c><00:44:24.420><c> perfect,</c><00:44:26.480><c> complete.</c> 00:44:27.579 --> 00:44:31.079 But<00:44:27.820><c> the</c><00:44:28.099><c> bringing</c><00:44:28.380><c> in</c><00:44:28.900><c> of</c><00:44:29.079><c> a</c><00:44:29.400><c> better</c><00:44:29.739><c> hope</c><00:44:30.139><c> did</c> 00:44:31.400 --> 00:44:35.699 by<00:44:31.980><c> the</c><00:44:32.219><c> which</c><00:44:32.559><c> we</c><00:44:33.260><c> draw</c><00:44:33.699><c> nigh</c><00:44:34.300><c> unto</c><00:44:34.679><c> God.</c> 00:44:36.139 --> 00:44:38.280 So<00:44:36.320><c> there's</c><00:44:36.639><c> our</c><00:44:36.800><c> lesson</c><00:44:37.099><c> for</c><00:44:37.320><c> this</c><00:44:37.579><c> second</c><00:44:37.800><c> part</c> 00:44:38.280 --> 00:44:41.059 that<00:44:39.119><c> we,</c><00:44:39.880><c> not</c><00:44:40.019><c> through</c><00:44:40.139><c> the</c><00:44:40.280><c> law</c><00:44:40.420><c> of</c><00:44:40.619><c> Moses,</c> 00:44:41.059 --> 00:44:43.599 not<00:44:41.639><c> through</c><00:44:41.900><c> the</c><00:44:42.179><c> do's</c><00:44:42.519><c> and</c><00:44:42.659><c> the</c><00:44:42.820><c> don'ts,</c> 00:44:43.840 --> 00:44:47.380 not<00:44:44.139><c> even</c><00:44:44.820><c> perhaps</c><00:44:45.800><c> from</c><00:44:46.320><c> Abraham.</c> 00:44:47.639 --> 00:44:50.480 But<00:44:47.860><c> God's</c><00:44:48.440><c> plans</c><00:44:48.719><c> extend</c><00:44:49.340><c> to</c><00:44:49.519><c> the</c><00:44:49.639><c> whole</c><00:44:49.880><c> wide</c><00:44:50.179><c> world</c> 00:44:50.480 --> 00:44:52.039 and<00:44:50.599><c> that's</c><00:44:50.860><c> why</c><00:44:50.980><c> he</c><00:44:51.079><c> said</c><00:44:51.199><c> through</c><00:44:51.440><c> Abraham</c> 00:44:52.039 --> 00:44:54.159 all<00:44:52.820><c> nations</c><00:44:53.360><c> will</c><00:44:53.619><c> be</c><00:44:53.820><c> blessed.</c> 00:44:54.420 --> 00:44:56.960 We<00:44:54.699><c> must</c><00:44:55.159><c> embrace</c><00:44:55.760><c> the</c><00:44:55.960><c> promises</c><00:44:56.260><c> to</c><00:44:56.460><c> Abraham.</c> 00:44:57.400 --> 00:44:59.719 Remember<00:44:57.760><c> they're</c><00:44:58.099><c> the</c><00:44:58.219><c> ones</c><00:44:58.679><c> who</c><00:44:58.960><c> are</c><00:44:59.159><c> refocused</c> 00:44:59.719 --> 00:45:02.780 and<00:44:59.960><c> call</c><00:45:00.059><c> to</c><00:45:00.179><c> the</c><00:45:00.340><c> gospel</c><00:45:00.699><c> in</c><00:45:01.239><c> the</c><00:45:01.340><c> law</c><00:45:01.440><c> of</c><00:45:01.579><c> Jesus</c><00:45:01.780><c> Christ.</c> 00:45:03.639 --> 00:45:06.300 So<00:45:03.860><c> the</c><00:45:04.000><c> last</c><00:45:04.260><c> verse</c><00:45:04.739><c> in</c><00:45:05.119><c> chapter</c><00:45:05.360><c> seven,</c> 00:45:06.400 --> 00:45:08.380 For<00:45:06.440><c> the</c><00:45:06.659><c> law</c><00:45:06.920><c> maketh</c><00:45:07.380><c> men</c><00:45:07.699><c> high</c><00:45:08.019><c> priests</c> 00:45:08.380 --> 00:45:09.460 which<00:45:08.599><c> have</c><00:45:08.820><c> infirmity.</c> 00:45:09.460 --> 00:45:10.780 The<00:45:09.460><c> high</c><00:45:09.800><c> priesthood's</c><00:45:10.460><c> gone.</c> 00:45:10.940 --> 00:45:12.159 The<00:45:11.079><c> law</c><00:45:11.280><c> of</c><00:45:11.519><c> Moses</c><00:45:11.699><c> has</c><00:45:12.039><c> gone.</c> 00:45:12.179 --> 00:45:13.000 It's<00:45:12.519><c> redundant.</c> 00:45:13.159 --> 00:45:14.260 It's<00:45:13.360><c> been</c><00:45:13.739><c> closed.</c> 00:45:14.519 --> 00:45:16.699 It's<00:45:14.719><c> been</c><00:45:15.059><c> nailed</c><00:45:15.360><c> to</c><00:45:15.539><c> the</c><00:45:15.719><c> cross.</c> 00:45:17.679 --> 00:45:20.039 But<00:45:17.780><c> the</c><00:45:18.199><c> word</c><00:45:18.619><c> of</c><00:45:18.880><c> the</c><00:45:19.079><c> oath</c> 00:45:20.210 --> 00:45:23.300 which<00:45:20.539><c> was</c><00:45:20.940><c> since</c><00:45:21.500><c> the</c><00:45:21.760><c> law</c> 00:45:23.329 --> 00:45:26.340 maketh<00:45:23.659><c> the</c><00:45:24.019><c> son</c><00:45:24.519><c> who</c><00:45:25.719><c> is,</c> 00:45:26.579 --> 00:45:30.000 there's<00:45:26.920><c> our</c><00:45:27.099><c> word,</c><00:45:27.619><c> mature,</c><00:45:28.860><c> complete,</c> 00:45:31.840 --> 00:45:35.179 absolutely<00:45:32.500><c> consecrated</c><00:45:33.159><c> forevermore.</c> 00:45:35.719 --> 00:45:37.559 And<00:45:36.000><c> for</c><00:45:36.139><c> those</c><00:45:36.300><c> of</c><00:45:36.460><c> us</c><00:45:36.599><c> who</c><00:45:36.699><c> need</c><00:45:36.880><c> a</c><00:45:37.119><c> priest,</c> 00:45:37.559 --> 00:45:42.059 look<00:45:38.420><c> no</c><00:45:38.960><c> further</c><00:45:39.719><c> than</c><00:45:40.320><c> the</c><00:45:40.440><c> law</c><00:45:40.579><c> of</c><00:45:40.780><c> Jesus</c><00:45:40.940><c> Christ.</c> 00:45:51.219 --> 00:45:53.559 The<00:45:51.659><c> third</c><00:45:51.840><c> class</c><00:45:52.039><c> will</c><00:45:52.239><c> begin</c><00:45:52.440><c> promptly</c><00:45:52.719><c> at</c><00:45:52.880><c> 11</c><00:45:53.139><c> o</c><00:45:53.559><c>'clock.</c> 00:45:53.820 --> 00:45:56.119 Brothers<00:45:53.940><c> and</c><00:45:54.139><c> sisters</c><00:45:54.340><c> and</c><00:45:54.539><c> young</c><00:45:54.719><c> people,</c><00:45:55.400><c> please.</c> 00:46:14.159 --> 00:46:16.059 Thank<00:46:15.559><c> you.</c>