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except<00:11:24.029><c> the</c><00:11:24.830><c> scribes</c><00:11:25.509><c> and</c><00:11:25.710><c> the</c><00:11:25.970><c> Pharisees</c><00:11:26.610><c> and</c><00:11:26.750><c> the</c><00:11:26.970><c> Sadducees</c><00:11:27.629><c> and</c><00:11:27.789><c> the</c>

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doctors<00:11:28.269><c> of</c><00:11:28.529><c> the</c><00:11:28.710><c> law.</c><00:11:29.830><c> They</c><00:11:30.350><c> were</c><00:11:30.769><c> the</c>

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so<00:11:31.149><c>-called</c><00:11:31.389><c> deeply</c><00:11:31.870><c> religious</c><00:11:32.450><c> people,</c><00:11:33.809><c> pretending</c><00:11:34.250><c> to</c><00:11:34.590><c> a</c><00:11:34.850><c> righteousness</c><00:11:35.350><c> that</c><00:11:35.710><c> the</c><00:11:35.950><c> common</c><00:11:36.169><c> folk</c><00:11:36.450><c> looked</c><00:11:36.789><c> up</c><00:11:37.149><c> to,</c>

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worse,<00:11:45.769><c> because</c><00:11:46.190><c> they</c><00:11:46.389><c> were</c><00:11:46.590><c> only</c><00:11:47.049><c> play</c><00:11:47.409><c> actors,</c><00:11:47.970><c> which</c><00:11:48.190><c> is</c>

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what<00:11:48.610><c> the</c><00:11:48.710><c> word</c><00:11:48.889><c> hypocrite</c><00:11:49.429><c> means.</c><00:11:50.470><c> Play</c><00:11:50.889><c> actors,</c>

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just<00:11:52.029><c> pretending</c><00:11:52.830><c> to</c><00:11:53.210><c> a</c><00:11:53.470><c> righteousness</c><00:11:54.049><c> that</c><00:11:54.629><c> was</c><00:11:55.009><c> not</c><00:11:55.409><c> theirs.</c><00:11:58.230><c> And</c>

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throughout<00:11:58.710><c> the</c><00:11:58.970><c> scripture,</c>

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brethren<00:11:59.610><c> and</c><00:11:59.830><c> sisters,</c><00:12:00.110><c> we</c><00:12:00.409><c> have</c><00:12:00.750><c> numerous</c><00:12:01.190><c> examples</c><00:12:01.789><c> of</c><00:12:01.990><c> the</c><00:12:02.129><c> way</c><00:12:02.289><c> in</c>

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which<00:12:02.610><c> the</c><00:12:02.809><c> Word</c><00:12:02.970><c> of</c><00:12:03.210><c> God</c><00:12:03.529><c> is</c><00:12:04.029><c> quick</c><00:12:04.429><c> and</c>

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powerful,<00:12:05.750><c> sharper</c><00:12:05.970><c> than</c><00:12:06.190><c> any</c><00:12:06.470><c> two</c><00:12:06.649><c>-edged</c><00:12:07.009><c> sword,</c><00:12:08.330><c> to</c><00:12:08.629><c> pierce</c>

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through<00:12:09.269><c> this</c><00:12:09.549><c> kind</c><00:12:09.870><c> of</c><00:12:10.070><c> hypocrisy.</c><00:12:12.210><c> Just</c><00:12:12.450><c> cast</c>

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your<00:12:12.950><c> minds</c><00:12:13.129><c> back</c><00:12:13.450><c> a</c><00:12:13.629><c> moment</c><00:12:14.210><c> to</c><00:12:15.210><c> that</c><00:12:15.629><c> discreditable</c><00:12:16.590><c> little</c>

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story<00:12:17.509><c> of</c><00:12:17.789><c> Judah</c><00:12:18.070><c> and</c><00:12:18.429><c> Tamar</c><00:12:18.809><c> back</c><00:12:19.129><c> in</c><00:12:19.330><c> Genesis</c>

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38.<00:12:21.549><c> How</c><00:12:21.970><c> Tamar</c><00:12:22.610><c> felt</c><00:12:22.970><c> herself</c><00:12:23.450><c> to</c><00:12:23.710><c> have</c><00:12:23.870><c> been</c><00:12:24.190><c> ill</c><00:12:24.690><c>-used</c><00:12:25.070><c> by</c>

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her<00:12:25.649><c> father</c><00:12:25.990><c>-in</c><00:12:26.289><c>-law,</c><00:12:26.870><c> and</c><00:12:26.990><c> so</c><00:12:27.129><c> she</c><00:12:27.409><c> disguised</c><00:12:27.830><c> herself</c>

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as<00:12:28.330><c> a</c><00:12:28.590><c> prostitute.</c><00:12:30.389><c> And</c><00:12:30.590><c> Judah,</c><00:12:30.950><c> who</c><00:12:31.129><c> was</c><00:12:31.309><c> looking</c><00:12:31.570><c> for</c><00:12:31.750><c> some</c>

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pleasure,<00:12:32.389><c> the</c><00:12:32.570><c> record</c><00:12:33.009><c> says,</c><00:12:33.409><c> went</c><00:12:33.629><c> in</c><00:12:33.929><c> unto</c><00:12:34.169><c> her,</c>

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and<00:12:35.450><c> left</c><00:12:35.710><c> her</c><00:12:36.049><c> a</c><00:12:36.330><c> token</c><00:12:36.750><c> that</c><00:12:37.090><c> he</c><00:12:37.250><c> would</c><00:12:37.470><c> pay</c><00:12:37.769><c> her</c><00:12:38.129><c> in</c><00:12:38.330><c> due</c><00:12:38.610><c> course.</c><00:12:40.409><c> And</c>

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the<00:12:44.169><c> whole</c><00:12:44.529><c> village</c><00:12:44.970><c> was</c><00:12:45.250><c> in</c><00:12:45.389><c> an</c><00:12:45.649><c> uproar.</c><00:12:47.190><c> Tamar</c><00:12:47.529><c> is</c><00:12:47.750><c> with</c><00:12:48.049><c> child</c><00:12:48.450><c> by</c>

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prostitution.<00:12:50.629><c> Well,</c><00:12:51.289><c> bring</c><00:12:51.409><c> her</c><00:12:51.710><c> out</c><00:12:51.950><c> and</c>

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let<00:12:52.470><c> her</c><00:12:52.750><c> be</c><00:12:53.090><c> burnt,</c><00:12:54.450><c> says</c><00:12:54.610><c> the</c><00:12:54.909><c> self</c><00:12:55.250><c>-righteous</c><00:12:55.769><c> Judah,</c><00:12:57.789><c> until</c><00:12:58.409><c> she</c>

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produces<00:13:00.169><c> the</c><00:13:00.909><c> signet</c><00:13:01.789><c> and</c><00:13:02.169><c> the</c><00:13:02.470><c> bracelets</c>

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and<00:13:03.950><c> the</c><00:13:04.330><c> staff,</c><00:13:05.950><c> and</c><00:13:05.950><c> says,</c><00:13:07.409><c> By</c><00:13:07.629><c> the</c><00:13:07.909><c> man</c><00:13:08.350><c> whose</c><00:13:08.809><c> these</c><00:13:09.389><c> are,</c>

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am<00:13:11.129><c> I</c><00:13:11.309><c> with</c><00:13:11.629><c> child.</c><00:13:13.470><c> Ask</c><00:13:13.789><c> him</c><00:13:13.970><c> if</c><00:13:14.149><c> he</c><00:13:14.490><c> recognises</c><00:13:15.129><c> them.</c>

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Judah,<00:13:21.870><c> the</c><00:13:22.110><c> hypocrite,</c><00:13:23.309><c> stood</c><00:13:23.509><c> condemned.</c>

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First<00:13:25.529><c> cast</c><00:13:25.889><c> out</c><00:13:26.169><c> of</c><00:13:26.309><c> the</c><00:13:26.549><c> beam</c><00:13:26.789><c> out</c><00:13:26.990><c> of</c><00:13:27.169><c> thine</c><00:13:27.370><c> own</c><00:13:27.610><c> eye,</c><00:13:27.909><c> then</c>

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when<00:13:39.230><c> he</c><00:13:39.490><c> bottled</c><00:13:39.710><c> up</c><00:13:39.889><c> his</c><00:13:40.149><c> iniquity</c><00:13:40.590><c> after</c><00:13:40.850><c> the</c><00:13:41.129><c> encounter</c>

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He'll<00:14:00.590><c> die,</c><00:14:00.970><c> said</c><00:14:01.009><c> David,</c><00:14:01.409><c> he'll</c><00:14:01.730><c> die.</c><00:14:01.970><c> I'm</c><00:14:02.070><c> not</c><00:14:02.230><c> having</c><00:14:02.389><c> a</c><00:14:02.549><c> man</c><00:14:02.649><c> like</c><00:14:02.950><c> that</c><00:14:03.070><c> in</c>

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but<00:14:10.570><c> he</c><00:14:10.850><c> couldn't</c><00:14:11.149><c> recognise</c><00:14:11.690><c> it</c><00:14:11.929><c> in</c><00:14:12.169><c> himself.</c><00:14:14.509><c> But</c><00:14:15.029><c> you</c><00:14:15.649><c> are</c>

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the<00:14:16.409><c> man,</c><00:14:16.950><c> said</c><00:14:17.110><c> Nathan.</c>

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You're<00:14:19.149><c> the</c><00:14:19.289><c> man</c><00:14:19.490><c> I'm</c><00:14:19.690><c> talking</c><00:14:20.029><c> about,</c><00:14:20.529><c> you</c><00:14:20.830><c> hypocrite.</c><00:14:22.990><c> Now</c>

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that's<00:14:23.610><c> the</c><00:14:23.690><c> way</c><00:14:23.830><c> to</c><00:14:24.090><c> read</c><00:14:24.210><c> the</c><00:14:24.350><c> Bible,</c><00:14:24.690><c> brethren</c>

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sisters.<00:14:26.909><c> That's</c><00:14:27.230><c> what</c><00:14:27.429><c> God</c><00:14:27.629><c> is</c><00:14:27.850><c> trying</c><00:14:28.049><c> to</c><00:14:28.169><c> get</c><00:14:28.330><c> through</c><00:14:28.529><c> to</c>

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us.<00:14:28.870><c> We're</c><00:14:29.110><c> not</c><00:14:29.230><c> reading</c><00:14:29.509><c> about</c><00:14:29.789><c> other</c><00:14:30.029><c> men's</c><00:14:30.590><c> sins,</c>

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other<00:14:31.330><c> people's</c><00:14:31.870><c> foibles</c><00:14:32.269><c> and</c><00:14:32.490><c> these</c><00:14:32.710><c> little</c><00:14:32.990><c> stories.</c><00:14:35.129><c> You're</c><00:14:35.529><c> reading</c><00:14:35.950><c> about</c><00:14:36.610><c> yourself</c><00:14:37.470><c> in</c>

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talking<00:14:42.830><c> about</c><00:14:43.190><c> you</c><00:14:43.610><c> and</c><00:14:43.870><c> me.</c><00:14:45.049><c> You're</c><00:14:45.610><c> the</c><00:14:45.769><c> man.</c>

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He's<00:14:47.509><c> talking</c><00:14:47.789><c> about</c><00:14:48.129><c> people</c><00:14:48.429><c> who</c><00:14:48.769><c> often</c><00:14:49.230><c> do</c><00:14:49.549><c> things</c><00:14:49.929><c> like</c>

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that.<00:14:51.649><c> That's</c><00:14:51.990><c> you</c><00:14:52.190><c> and</c><00:14:52.350><c> me.</c>

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Now<00:14:54.850><c> Paul</c><00:14:55.049><c> makes</c><00:14:55.330><c> that</c><00:14:55.570><c> same</c><00:14:55.789><c> point</c><00:14:55.990><c> in</c><00:14:56.129><c> his</c><00:14:56.289><c> Roman</c><00:14:56.529><c> letter,</c>

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doesn't<00:14:57.129><c> he?</c><00:14:58.909><c> You</c><00:14:59.090><c> remember</c><00:14:59.269><c> having</c><00:14:59.549><c> described</c><00:15:00.070><c> all</c><00:15:00.450><c> the</c>

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sins<00:15:01.110><c> that</c><00:15:01.370><c> went</c><00:15:01.529><c> on</c><00:15:01.710><c> in</c><00:15:01.889><c> that</c><00:15:02.110><c> den</c><00:15:02.250><c> of</c><00:15:02.470><c> iniquity</c><00:15:02.889><c> that</c><00:15:03.049><c> was</c><00:15:03.250><c> the</c><00:15:03.389><c> city</c><00:15:03.590><c> of</c>

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Rome<00:15:04.029><c> in</c><00:15:04.190><c> the</c><00:15:04.330><c> first</c><00:15:04.509><c> century?</c>

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said,<00:15:09.590><c> Therefore</c><00:15:09.789><c> thou</c><00:15:10.029><c> art</c><00:15:10.389><c> inexcusable,</c>

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thou<00:15:15.649><c> judgest</c><00:15:15.990><c> another,</c><00:15:16.610><c> thou</c><00:15:16.830><c> condemnest</c><00:15:17.649><c> thyself,</c>

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he<00:15:38.230><c> had</c><00:15:38.429><c> described</c><00:15:38.870><c> in</c><00:15:39.190><c> Rome.</c><00:15:40.110><c> What</c><00:15:40.549><c> he</c><00:15:41.009><c> meant</c><00:15:41.269><c> was</c>

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that<00:15:43.250><c> they</c><00:15:43.429><c> were</c><00:15:43.710><c> committing</c><00:15:44.070><c> the</c><00:15:44.590><c> same</c><00:15:45.169><c> kind</c><00:15:45.710><c> of</c><00:15:46.049><c> sin</c><00:15:46.309><c> in</c>

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of<00:16:01.309><c> things</c><00:16:01.629><c> to</c><00:16:01.950><c> read,</c><00:16:02.909><c> to</c><00:16:03.269><c> watch,</c><00:16:04.250><c> to</c><00:16:04.370><c> talk</c><00:16:04.690><c> about.</c>

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It's<00:16:06.549><c> so</c><00:16:06.870><c> easy</c><00:16:07.169><c> to</c><00:16:07.490><c> do.</c><00:16:09.690><c> The</c><00:16:09.830><c> lessons</c><00:16:10.149><c> for</c><00:16:10.370><c> us,</c><00:16:11.970><c> we</c><00:16:12.049><c> may</c><00:16:12.549><c> roundly</c><00:16:13.149><c> condemn</c><00:16:13.590><c> sin</c><00:16:13.730><c> in</c>

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and<00:16:15.190><c> then</c><00:16:15.450><c> be</c><00:16:15.769><c> guilty</c><00:16:16.049><c> ourselves</c><00:16:16.570><c> of</c><00:16:16.870><c> perpetrating</c><00:16:17.370><c> it</c><00:16:17.570><c> in</c><00:16:17.750><c> another.</c>

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That's<00:16:22.149><c> one</c><00:16:22.350><c> of</c><00:16:22.549><c> the</c><00:16:22.850><c> flaws</c><00:16:23.129><c> of</c><00:16:23.389><c> the</c><00:16:23.649><c> nature</c><00:16:23.970><c> we</c><00:16:24.409><c> bear.</c><00:16:26.090><c> It's</c>

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so<00:16:26.549><c> easy</c><00:16:26.789><c> to</c><00:16:27.049><c> do.</c><00:16:28.149><c> And</c><00:16:28.269><c> so</c><00:16:28.389><c> in</c><00:16:28.590><c> general,</c>

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generosity<00:16:30.350><c> in</c><00:16:30.629><c> our</c><00:16:30.870><c> opinions</c><00:16:31.370><c> is</c><00:16:31.629><c> far</c><00:16:31.909><c> more</c><00:16:32.110><c> likely</c><00:16:32.389><c> to</c><00:16:32.549><c> be</c>

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appropriate<00:16:33.129><c> than</c><00:16:33.409><c> harshness.</c>

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Bearing<00:16:35.330><c> with</c><00:16:35.590><c> others</c><00:16:35.769><c> rather</c><00:16:36.190><c> than</c><00:16:36.350><c> sitting</c><00:16:36.590><c> in</c><00:16:36.830><c> judgment</c>

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Consider<00:16:39.909><c> thyself,</c><00:16:40.990><c> as</c><00:16:41.110><c> the</c><00:16:41.269><c> apostle</c><00:16:41.549><c> said</c><00:16:41.769><c> to</c><00:16:41.990><c> the</c><00:16:42.169><c> Galatians,</c><00:16:43.529><c> lest</c><00:16:43.850><c> thou</c><00:16:44.169><c> also</c><00:16:44.730><c> be</c><00:16:45.070><c> tempted.</c>

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Now<00:16:47.750><c> that</c><00:16:47.970><c> does</c><00:16:48.350><c> not</c><00:16:48.669><c> mean,</c><00:16:48.889><c> as</c><00:16:49.090><c> we</c><00:16:49.389><c> said,</c><00:16:49.950><c> that</c><00:16:50.070><c> we</c><00:16:50.250><c> don't</c><00:16:50.490><c> do</c>

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anything<00:16:50.929><c> about</c><00:16:51.370><c> situations</c><00:16:52.070><c> in</c><00:16:52.289><c> which</c><00:16:52.470><c> a</c><00:16:52.629><c> brother</c>

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or<00:16:52.990><c> sister</c><00:16:53.269><c> has</c><00:16:53.549><c> fallen</c><00:16:53.769><c> into</c><00:16:54.129><c> grievous</c><00:16:54.529><c> sin</c><00:16:54.990><c> and</c><00:16:55.809><c> saying,</c><00:16:56.129><c> oh</c>

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well,<00:16:57.309><c> we</c><00:16:57.509><c> mustn't</c><00:16:57.850><c> judge.</c><00:16:58.289><c> The</c><00:16:58.409><c> master</c><00:16:58.769><c> said,</c><00:16:59.230><c> sir,</c>

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of<00:17:00.590><c> course</c><00:17:00.889><c> we</c><00:17:01.190><c> must.</c><00:17:02.110><c> We</c><00:17:02.669><c> must</c><00:17:02.950><c> discern</c><00:17:03.309><c> between</c><00:17:03.710><c> good</c><00:17:03.929><c> and</c>

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evil<00:17:04.490><c> and</c><00:17:04.670><c> we</c><00:17:04.849><c> must</c><00:17:05.130><c> try</c><00:17:05.450><c> to</c><00:17:05.769><c> help</c>

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and<00:17:07.009><c> resolve</c><00:17:07.470><c> the</c><00:17:07.829><c> difficulty,</c><00:17:08.769><c> but</c><00:17:09.089><c> do</c><00:17:09.369><c> it</c><00:17:09.589><c> in</c><00:17:09.829><c> a</c><00:17:10.170><c> spirit</c><00:17:10.470><c> of</c>

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neatness,<00:17:12.670><c> says</c><00:17:12.809><c> both</c><00:17:13.089><c> Jesus</c><00:17:13.450><c> and</c><00:17:13.630><c> the</c><00:17:13.829><c> apostle,</c>

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remembering<00:17:15.470><c> the</c><00:17:15.730><c> words</c><00:17:15.910><c> of</c><00:17:16.109><c> the</c><00:17:16.230><c> well</c><00:17:16.490><c>-known</c><00:17:16.710><c> cliché,</c><00:17:17.309><c> that</c>

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there<00:17:18.190><c> but</c><00:17:19.009><c> for</c><00:17:19.190><c> the</c><00:17:19.349><c> grace</c><00:17:19.509><c> of</c><00:17:19.690><c> God</c><00:17:19.930><c> go</c><00:17:20.250><c> I.</c>

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There<00:17:22.049><c> but</c><00:17:22.210><c> for</c><00:17:22.390><c> the</c><00:17:22.529><c> grace</c><00:17:22.710><c> of</c><00:17:22.890><c> God</c><00:17:23.089><c> go</c><00:17:23.369><c> we</c><00:17:23.630><c> all,</c><00:17:23.950><c> brethren</c><00:17:24.269><c> and</c><00:17:24.529><c> sisters,</c><00:17:24.849><c> all</c><00:17:25.130><c> of</c><00:17:25.230><c> us.</c>

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And<00:17:28.029><c> then</c><00:17:28.170><c> in</c><00:17:28.430><c> the</c><00:17:29.970><c> 12th</c><00:17:30.490><c> verse</c><00:17:30.650><c> of</c><00:17:30.849><c> the</c><00:17:31.029><c> 7th</c><00:17:31.390><c> chapter,</c><00:17:32.230><c> Jesus</c>

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seems<00:17:32.910><c> to</c><00:17:33.190><c> summarize</c><00:17:33.609><c> all</c><00:17:33.990><c> these</c><00:17:34.250><c> thoughts</c><00:17:34.569><c> that</c>

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he's<00:17:34.930><c> putting</c><00:17:35.150><c> before</c><00:17:35.569><c> us</c><00:17:35.789><c> when</c><00:17:35.950><c> he</c><00:17:36.250><c> says,</c><00:17:38.269><c> Therefore,</c><00:17:39.490><c> all</c>

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things<00:17:40.329><c> whatsoever</c><00:17:40.890><c> ye</c><00:17:41.210><c> would</c><00:17:41.410><c> that</c><00:17:41.650><c> men</c><00:17:41.869><c> should</c>

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do<00:17:42.289><c> to</c><00:17:42.569><c> you,</c><00:17:44.170><c> do</c><00:17:44.509><c> ye</c><00:17:44.930><c> even</c><00:17:45.569><c> so</c><00:17:45.910><c> to</c><00:17:46.190><c> them.</c><00:17:46.849><c> For</c><00:17:47.190><c> this</c><00:17:47.869><c> is</c><00:17:48.470><c> the</c><00:17:48.690><c> law</c>

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and<00:17:49.789><c> the</c><00:17:50.009><c> prophets.</c><00:17:51.849><c> This</c><00:17:52.210><c> is</c><00:17:52.410><c> the</c><00:17:52.609><c> golden</c><00:17:52.890><c> rule,</c>

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we<00:17:53.309><c> might</c><00:17:53.569><c> say,</c><00:17:53.970><c> the</c><00:17:54.029><c> golden</c><00:17:54.569><c> rule</c><00:17:54.970><c> of</c><00:17:55.289><c> conduct.</c><00:17:57.150><c> Now</c><00:17:57.410><c> that</c><00:17:57.650><c> last</c><00:17:58.230><c> phrase</c><00:17:58.589><c> is</c>

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sessions<00:18:08.650><c> in</c><00:18:09.049><c> this</c><00:18:09.289><c> series.</c><00:18:10.950><c> Suppose</c><00:18:11.210><c> someone</c><00:18:11.650><c> said</c><00:18:12.049><c> to</c><00:18:12.349><c> you,</c>

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as<00:18:12.990><c> a</c><00:18:13.109><c> good</c><00:18:13.269><c> Christadelphian,</c>

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please<00:18:14.430><c> give</c><00:18:14.609><c> me</c><00:18:14.849><c> a</c><00:18:14.950><c> concise</c><00:18:15.470><c> summary</c><00:18:15.990><c> of</c><00:18:16.210><c> the</c><00:18:16.369><c> law</c><00:18:16.450><c> and</c><00:18:16.630><c> the</c>

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prophets.<00:18:17.170><c> What</c><00:18:17.410><c> would</c><00:18:17.690><c> you</c><00:18:18.049><c> say?</c>

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What<00:18:18.569><c> would</c><00:18:20.269><c> you</c><00:18:20.269><c> say?</c><00:18:20.349><c> Promises</c><00:18:20.849><c> to</c><00:18:21.089><c> Abraham?</c><00:18:22.630><c> Covenant</c>

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with<00:18:23.210><c> David?</c><00:18:24.930><c> Israel's</c><00:18:25.430><c> restoration</c>

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as<00:18:26.450><c> the</c><00:18:26.630><c> nucleus</c><00:18:27.069><c> of</c><00:18:27.289><c> the</c><00:18:27.410><c> coming</c><00:18:27.690><c> kingdom,</c><00:18:28.250><c> all</c><00:18:28.470><c> that</c><00:18:28.690><c> sort</c>

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of<00:18:29.009><c> thing?</c><00:18:31.349><c> Well,</c><00:18:31.670><c> Jesus'</c><00:18:32.029><c> summary</c><00:18:32.430><c> of</c><00:18:32.670><c> the</c><00:18:32.809><c> law</c>

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and<00:18:33.109><c> the</c><00:18:33.309><c> prophets</c><00:18:33.569><c> is</c><00:18:33.849><c> in</c><00:18:34.069><c> effect,</c><00:18:34.430><c> thou</c><00:18:34.630><c> shalt</c><00:18:34.910><c> love</c><00:18:35.289><c> thy</c><00:18:35.609><c> neighbour</c><00:18:36.009><c> as</c>

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thyself.<00:18:38.170><c> Do</c><00:18:38.289><c> unto</c><00:18:38.670><c> others</c><00:18:39.049><c> as</c><00:18:39.230><c> ye</c>

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It's<00:18:46.849><c> perfectly</c><00:18:47.190><c> true</c><00:18:47.509><c> and</c><00:18:47.630><c> I'm</c><00:18:47.750><c> sure</c><00:18:47.930><c> Jesus</c><00:18:48.289><c> himself</c><00:18:48.670><c> would</c>

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say<00:18:49.150><c> so.</c><00:18:50.349><c> The</c><00:18:50.430><c> promises</c><00:18:50.750><c> to</c><00:18:51.029><c> Abraham</c><00:18:51.390><c> are</c><00:18:51.690><c> vital.</c>

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prophets.<00:19:57.690><c> This</c><00:19:57.849><c> is</c><00:19:58.150><c> the</c><00:19:58.309><c> essence</c><00:19:59.009><c> of</c><00:19:59.549><c> the</c><00:19:59.670><c> law</c><00:19:59.750><c> and</c><00:19:59.970><c> the</c><00:20:00.250><c> prophets.</c><00:20:02.369><c> So</c>

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can<00:22:43.009><c> be</c><00:22:43.210><c> sure</c><00:22:43.390><c> of</c><00:22:43.670><c> that.</c><00:22:44.829><c> And</c><00:22:45.130><c> we</c><00:22:45.269><c> are</c><00:22:45.650><c> not</c><00:22:45.910><c> entitled</c><00:22:46.589><c> to</c>

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be<00:22:47.190><c> dismissive</c><00:22:47.869><c> of</c><00:22:48.130><c> people,</c><00:22:50.009><c> any</c><00:22:50.390><c> people.</c><00:22:51.849><c> Yet</c><00:22:52.009><c> sometimes</c><00:22:52.589><c> we</c>

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are,<00:22:53.509><c> brethren</c><00:22:53.710><c> and</c><00:22:53.990><c> sisters</c><00:22:54.150><c> as</c><00:22:54.390><c> a</c><00:22:54.589><c> community,</c>

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sometimes<00:22:56.670><c> we</c><00:22:56.849><c> are</c><00:22:57.109><c> far</c><00:22:57.509><c> too</c><00:22:57.849><c> dismissive</c><00:22:58.450><c> of</c><00:22:58.670><c> people.</c><00:22:59.789><c> And</c>

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you<00:23:00.109><c> hear</c><00:23:00.369><c> speakers</c><00:23:00.809><c> simply</c><00:23:01.369><c> wiping</c><00:23:01.930><c> other</c><00:23:02.250><c> people</c><00:23:02.589><c> away.</c>

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Pentecostals<00:23:05.309><c> and</c><00:23:05.609><c> evangelists,</c><00:23:06.549><c> useless.</c><00:23:08.109><c> You</c><00:23:08.250><c> can't</c><00:23:08.710><c> tell</c>

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them<00:23:09.289><c> anything.</c>

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And<00:23:11.069><c> with</c><00:23:11.289><c> one</c><00:23:11.730><c> sweep</c><00:23:11.970><c> of</c><00:23:12.150><c> the</c><00:23:12.329><c> hand</c><00:23:12.529><c> they're</c><00:23:12.789><c> consigned</c><00:23:13.170><c> to</c>

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the<00:23:13.490><c> waste</c><00:23:13.650><c> paper</c><00:23:13.890><c> basket.</c>

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Now<00:23:16.369><c> we</c><00:23:16.549><c> can't</c><00:23:17.150><c> be</c><00:23:17.470><c> like</c><00:23:17.809><c> that</c><00:23:18.049><c> with</c><00:23:18.369><c> people.</c><00:23:19.730><c> We</c><00:23:19.970><c> don't</c><00:23:20.490><c> start</c>

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by<00:23:21.289><c> assuming</c><00:23:21.670><c> it's</c><00:23:22.230><c> no</c><00:23:22.509><c> good</c><00:23:22.690><c> preaching</c><00:23:23.049><c> to</c><00:23:23.210><c> them</c>

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because<00:23:23.630><c> they</c><00:23:23.970><c> won't</c><00:23:24.309><c> listen.</c><00:23:25.950><c> We</c><00:23:26.390><c> don't</c><00:23:26.950><c> know.</c><00:23:28.170><c> We</c><00:23:28.529><c> do</c><00:23:29.029><c> not</c>

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know.<00:23:30.710><c> But</c><00:23:30.930><c> when</c><00:23:31.150><c> we've</c><00:23:31.589><c> tried</c><00:23:31.869><c> and</c><00:23:32.269><c> tested</c><00:23:32.630><c> them,</c>

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whether<00:23:34.170><c> small</c><00:23:34.630><c> or</c><00:23:34.890><c> great,</c><00:23:35.349><c> rich</c><00:23:35.569><c> or</c><00:23:35.930><c> poor,</c><00:23:36.369><c> bond</c><00:23:36.650><c> or</c><00:23:37.029><c> free,</c>

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then<00:23:38.410><c> there's</c><00:23:38.549><c> no</c><00:23:38.849><c> call</c><00:23:39.089><c> going</c><00:23:39.329><c> looking</c><00:23:39.710><c> for</c>

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trouble<00:23:40.289><c> by</c><00:23:40.670><c> persevering</c><00:23:41.289><c> where</c><00:23:41.450><c> you're</c><00:23:41.609><c> not</c><00:23:41.910><c> wanted.</c><00:23:43.230><c> Now</c><00:23:43.410><c> that's</c><00:23:43.670><c> the</c><00:23:43.910><c> general</c><00:23:44.289><c> sense</c><00:23:44.609><c> in</c><00:23:44.769><c> which</c><00:23:44.930><c> I</c><00:23:45.190><c> understand</c>

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this<00:23:45.990><c> verse,</c><00:23:46.490><c> although</c><00:23:46.690><c> you</c><00:23:46.869><c> may</c><00:23:47.130><c> not</c><00:23:47.390><c> agree.</c><00:23:48.089><c> And</c><00:23:48.250><c> I'm</c><00:23:48.390><c> well</c>

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aware<00:23:48.809><c> that</c><00:23:48.990><c> there</c><00:23:49.190><c> are</c><00:23:49.410><c> other</c><00:23:49.769><c> interpretations</c>

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taking<00:23:51.150><c> us</c><00:23:51.450><c> through</c><00:23:51.609><c> to</c><00:23:51.750><c> the</c><00:23:51.890><c> epistles</c><00:23:52.210><c> of</c><00:23:52.490><c> Peter.</c><00:23:53.950><c> But</c><00:23:54.349><c> I</c><00:23:54.529><c> think</c><00:23:54.750><c> those</c><00:23:55.250><c> interpretations</c><00:23:56.089><c> are</c><00:23:56.529><c> secondary.</c>

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There<00:24:00.490><c> is</c><00:24:00.750><c> a</c><00:24:00.970><c> related</c><00:24:01.329><c> message</c><00:24:02.029><c> in</c><00:24:02.349><c> the</c><00:24:02.509><c> passage</c><00:24:02.809><c> commencing</c>

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verse<00:24:03.549><c> 15.</c>

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Beware<00:24:06.690><c> of</c><00:24:06.950><c> false</c><00:24:07.210><c> prophets</c><00:24:07.569><c> which</c><00:24:07.849><c> come</c><00:24:08.049><c> to</c><00:24:08.190><c> you</c><00:24:08.329><c> in</c><00:24:08.490><c> sheep's</c><00:24:08.910><c> clothing.</c>

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Inwardly<00:24:10.869><c> they</c><00:24:11.049><c> are</c><00:24:11.309><c> ravening</c><00:24:11.750><c> wolves.</c><00:24:13.390><c> You</c><00:24:13.470><c> shall</c><00:24:13.589><c> know</c><00:24:13.750><c> them</c><00:24:13.950><c> by</c>

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their<00:24:14.490><c> fruits.</c><00:24:16.029><c> Do</c><00:24:16.069><c> men</c><00:24:16.289><c> gather</c><00:24:16.609><c> grapes</c><00:24:16.950><c> of</c>

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thorns<00:24:17.549><c> or</c><00:24:17.769><c> figs</c><00:24:18.089><c> of</c><00:24:18.269><c> thistles?</c><00:24:19.710><c> Even</c><00:24:20.009><c> so,</c><00:24:20.430><c> every</c><00:24:20.650><c> good</c><00:24:20.950><c> tree</c>

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bringeth<00:24:21.609><c> forth</c><00:24:21.789><c> good</c><00:24:22.250><c> fruit,</c><00:24:23.049><c> but</c><00:24:23.190><c> a</c><00:24:23.390><c> corrupt</c>

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tree<00:24:23.890><c> bringeth</c><00:24:24.250><c> forth</c><00:24:24.490><c> evil</c><00:24:24.990><c> fruit.</c><00:24:26.109><c> Verse</c><00:24:26.109><c> 20,</c><00:24:27.450><c> wherefore</c>

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by<00:24:28.849><c> their</c><00:24:29.210><c> fruits</c><00:24:29.930><c> ye</c><00:24:30.450><c> shall</c><00:24:30.730><c> know</c><00:24:30.990><c> them,</c>

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and<00:24:33.269><c> they</c><00:24:33.869><c> likewise</c><00:24:35.009><c> will</c><00:24:35.970><c> know</c><00:24:36.430><c> us</c><00:24:37.269><c> too.</c><00:24:39.289><c> It's</c><00:24:39.490><c> all</c><00:24:39.650><c> very</c><00:24:39.849><c> well</c><00:24:40.009><c> to</c>

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say,<00:24:40.970><c> by</c><00:24:41.309><c> their</c><00:24:41.670><c> fruits</c><00:24:42.029><c> ye</c><00:24:42.329><c> shall</c><00:24:42.630><c> know</c><00:24:42.950><c> them.</c>

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By<00:24:45.589><c> our</c><00:24:46.109><c> fruits,</c><00:24:47.309><c> outsiders</c><00:24:47.730><c> will</c><00:24:48.210><c> know</c><00:24:48.509><c> us</c><00:24:49.170><c> too.</c><00:24:50.349><c> It's</c><00:24:50.529><c> a</c><00:24:50.609><c> two</c>

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-edged<00:24:51.089><c> sword,</c><00:24:51.490><c> brethren</c><00:24:51.789><c> and</c><00:24:52.069><c> sisters.</c>

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You<00:24:54.130><c> sometimes</c><00:24:54.569><c> hear</c><00:24:54.789><c> it</c><00:24:55.049><c> said,</c><00:24:55.809><c> well,</c><00:24:55.849><c> you</c><00:24:56.049><c> know,</c><00:24:56.190><c> you</c><00:24:56.390><c> mustn't</c><00:24:56.710><c> judge</c>

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the<00:24:57.250><c> truth</c><00:24:57.430><c> by</c><00:24:57.710><c> the</c><00:24:58.009><c> Christadelphians.</c>

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When<00:25:00.589><c> perhaps</c><00:25:00.950><c> a</c><00:25:01.190><c> bad</c><00:25:01.430><c> report</c><00:25:01.950><c> has</c><00:25:02.150><c> been</c><00:25:02.470><c> made</c><00:25:02.730><c> of</c><00:25:02.869><c> the</c><00:25:03.049><c> behavior</c><00:25:03.349><c> of</c><00:25:03.549><c> some</c><00:25:03.710><c> brother</c><00:25:03.990><c> or</c>

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sister<00:25:04.630><c> or</c>

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someone<00:25:05.789><c> outside</c><00:25:06.630><c> has</c><00:25:06.930><c> made</c><00:25:07.210><c> critical</c><00:25:07.690><c> or</c><00:25:08.029><c> disparaging</c><00:25:08.750><c> remarks</c><00:25:09.250><c> about</c><00:25:09.650><c> us</c>

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with<00:25:10.150><c> some</c><00:25:10.470><c> justification,</c>

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and<00:25:12.450><c> we</c><00:25:12.630><c> say,</c><00:25:12.890><c> well,</c><00:25:13.170><c> you</c><00:25:13.269><c> mustn't</c><00:25:13.630><c> judge</c><00:25:13.950><c> the</c><00:25:14.289><c> truth</c><00:25:14.470><c> by</c><00:25:14.809><c> the</c>

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behavior<00:25:15.710><c> of</c><00:25:16.029><c> individual</c><00:25:16.690><c> members,</c>

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that's<00:25:19.210><c> exactly</c><00:25:19.930><c> what</c><00:25:20.329><c> you</c><00:25:20.589><c> have</c><00:25:20.930><c> to</c><00:25:21.170><c> do.</c><00:25:22.710><c> Our</c><00:25:22.769><c> Lord</c><00:25:23.029><c> says</c><00:25:23.369><c> here,</c><00:25:24.150><c> and</c>

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people<00:25:24.609><c> are</c><00:25:25.089><c> justified</c><00:25:25.869><c> in</c><00:25:26.349><c> doing</c><00:25:26.569><c> it.</c>

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By<00:25:28.289><c> our</c><00:25:28.789><c> fruits</c><00:25:29.089><c> we</c><00:25:29.450><c> shall</c><00:25:29.789><c> be</c><00:25:30.130><c> known</c><00:25:30.369><c> in</c><00:25:30.750><c> exactly</c><00:25:31.210><c> the</c><00:25:31.490><c> same</c>

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way<00:25:32.109><c> that</c><00:25:32.450><c> by</c><00:25:32.970><c> their</c><00:25:33.569><c> fruits</c><00:25:34.049><c> we</c><00:25:34.789><c> must</c><00:25:35.089><c> discern</c>

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the<00:25:35.869><c> moral</c><00:25:36.190><c> worth</c><00:25:36.430><c> of</c><00:25:36.690><c> other</c><00:25:36.950><c> people.</c><00:25:38.470><c> In</c><00:25:38.789><c> the</c><00:25:39.130><c> end,</c><00:25:40.410><c> it's</c><00:25:40.630><c> the</c>

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quality<00:25:41.190><c> of</c><00:25:41.470><c> life</c><00:25:42.470><c> that</c><00:25:42.930><c> shows</c><00:25:43.230><c> whether</c><00:25:43.509><c> or</c><00:25:43.710><c> not</c><00:25:43.869><c> we</c>

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are<00:25:47.450><c> BASF.</c><00:25:49.390><c> It's</c><00:25:49.750><c> not</c><00:25:50.009><c> our</c><00:25:50.269><c> book</c><00:25:50.529><c> learning</c><00:25:50.950><c> or</c><00:25:51.450><c> our</c><00:25:51.750><c> speaking</c>

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ability.<00:25:53.789><c> It's</c><00:25:54.230><c> the</c><00:25:54.549><c> quality</c><00:25:55.170><c> of</c><00:25:55.609><c> our</c><00:25:56.009><c> lives</c>

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which<00:25:57.690><c> is</c><00:25:57.910><c> our</c><00:25:58.089><c> daily</c><00:25:58.349><c> witness</c><00:25:58.670><c> to</c><00:25:58.869><c> the</c><00:25:59.029><c> world.</c><00:26:01.190><c> Now,</c><00:26:01.390><c> I</c><00:26:01.470><c> think</c>

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we<00:26:01.849><c> all</c><00:26:02.049><c> understand</c><00:26:02.990><c> that</c><00:26:03.730><c> there</c><00:26:03.930><c> may</c><00:26:04.210><c> well</c>

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be<00:26:04.710><c> occasions</c><00:26:05.150><c> when</c><00:26:05.369><c> we</c><00:26:05.529><c> would</c><00:26:05.730><c> want</c><00:26:05.930><c> to</c><00:26:06.130><c> say</c><00:26:06.289><c> to</c><00:26:06.470><c> others,</c><00:26:07.450><c> look,</c><00:26:08.009><c> you</c>

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shouldn't<00:26:08.470><c> judge</c><00:26:08.750><c> the</c><00:26:09.029><c> truth</c><00:26:09.210><c> by</c><00:26:09.450><c> the</c><00:26:09.630><c> behavior</c>

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of<00:26:10.230><c> individual</c><00:26:10.750><c> members,</c><00:26:11.450><c> particularly</c><00:26:11.950><c> when</c><00:26:12.210><c> we're</c><00:26:12.470><c> seeking</c><00:26:12.789><c> to</c><00:26:13.089><c> undo</c><00:26:13.430><c> the</c>

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damaged<00:26:14.130><c> cause</c><00:26:14.690><c> by</c><00:26:15.630><c> behavior</c>

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unworthy<00:26:17.210><c> of</c><00:26:17.430><c> the</c><00:26:17.569><c> name</c><00:26:17.769><c> of</c><00:26:18.049><c> Christ.</c><00:26:19.710><c> But</c><00:26:19.930><c> the</c><00:26:20.309><c> exhortation</c>

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here,<00:26:21.849><c> brethren</c><00:26:22.150><c> and</c><00:26:22.450><c> sisters,</c><00:26:23.009><c> is</c><00:26:23.230><c> to</c><00:26:23.589><c> make</c><00:26:23.990><c> sure</c>

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that<00:26:25.190><c> doesn't</c><00:26:26.069><c> happen.</c><00:26:27.769><c> The</c><00:26:28.069><c> fruits</c><00:26:28.369><c> must</c><00:26:28.710><c> be</c><00:26:29.269><c> right.</c><00:26:30.869><c> If</c><00:26:31.029><c> we</c>

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are<00:26:31.450><c> shining</c><00:26:31.769><c> as</c><00:26:32.049><c> lights</c><00:26:32.289><c> in</c><00:26:32.490><c> a</c><00:26:32.569><c> dark</c><00:26:32.910><c> world,</c>

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taking<00:26:33.769><c> Christ</c><00:26:34.170><c> with</c><00:26:34.410><c> us,</c><00:26:34.990><c> showing</c><00:26:35.309><c> him</c><00:26:35.549><c> to</c><00:26:35.769><c> our</c><00:26:35.990><c> contemporaries,</c><00:26:37.549><c> going</c><00:26:37.950><c> the</c>

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extra<00:26:38.710><c> mile,</c><00:26:39.809><c> we</c><00:26:40.089><c> need</c>

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not<00:26:40.650><c> fear</c><00:26:41.009><c> the</c><00:26:41.250><c> bad</c><00:26:41.549><c> report.</c><00:26:43.089><c> Men</c><00:26:43.329><c> will</c><00:26:43.650><c> see</c><00:26:43.869><c> our</c><00:26:44.130><c> good</c><00:26:44.430><c> works</c>

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and<00:26:45.349><c> glorify</c><00:26:46.049><c> our</c><00:26:46.269><c> Father</c><00:26:46.569><c> which</c><00:26:46.789><c> is</c><00:26:47.009><c> in</c><00:26:47.190><c> heaven,</c>

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and<00:26:48.349><c> they</c><00:26:48.549><c> will</c><00:26:48.869><c> say</c><00:26:49.269><c> these</c><00:26:49.630><c> men</c><00:26:49.890><c> have</c><00:26:50.130><c> been</c><00:26:50.369><c> with</c><00:26:50.630><c> Jesus</c><00:26:51.190><c> and</c>

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they<00:26:51.869><c> have</c><00:26:52.109><c> learned</c><00:26:52.450><c> of</c><00:26:52.589><c> him.</c>

00:26:56.089 --> 00:27:00.690
The<00:26:56.730><c> warning</c><00:26:57.210><c> against</c><00:26:57.670><c> wolves</c><00:26:58.029><c> in</c><00:26:58.329><c> sheep's</c><00:26:58.950><c> clothing,</c><00:26:59.609><c> these</c>

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false<00:27:01.069><c> prophets</c><00:27:01.430><c> and</c><00:27:01.750><c> teachers</c><00:27:02.029><c> he</c><00:27:02.230><c> has</c><00:27:02.450><c> in</c><00:27:02.710><c> mind,</c>

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is<00:27:04.329><c> then</c><00:27:04.670><c> amplified</c><00:27:05.289><c> in</c><00:27:05.569><c> verse</c><00:27:06.069><c> 21.</c><00:27:09.250><c> Not</c><00:27:09.609><c> everyone</c><00:27:10.190><c> that</c><00:27:10.509><c> saith</c><00:27:10.630><c> unto</c><00:27:10.869><c> me,</c>

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Lord,<00:27:11.970><c> Lord,</c><00:27:13.150><c> shall</c><00:27:13.210><c> enter</c><00:27:13.470><c> into</c><00:27:13.670><c> the</c><00:27:13.769><c> kingdom</c><00:27:14.069><c> of</c><00:27:14.269><c> heaven,</c>

00:27:15.269 --> 00:27:18.190
but<00:27:15.430><c> he</c><00:27:15.950><c> that</c><00:27:16.289><c> doeth</c><00:27:16.710><c> the</c><00:27:16.970><c> will</c><00:27:17.130><c> of</c><00:27:17.410><c> my</c><00:27:17.710><c> Father,</c>

00:27:18.269 --> 00:27:28.690
which<00:27:18.470><c> is</c><00:27:18.750><c> in</c><00:27:19.049><c> heaven.</c><00:27:26.970><c> Many</c><00:27:27.210><c> will</c><00:27:27.410><c> say</c><00:27:27.609><c> to</c><00:27:27.769><c> me</c><00:27:27.930><c> in</c><00:27:28.130><c> that</c><00:27:28.390><c> day,</c>

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Lord,<00:27:29.410><c> Lord,</c><00:27:29.789><c> haven't</c><00:27:30.009><c> we</c><00:27:30.349><c> prophesied</c><00:27:30.910><c> in</c><00:27:31.130><c> thy</c><00:27:31.349><c> name,</c>

00:27:32.420 --> 00:27:35.589
cast<00:27:32.769><c> out</c><00:27:33.289><c> devils,</c><00:27:33.750><c> and</c><00:27:33.849><c> in</c><00:27:33.990><c> thy</c><00:27:34.250><c> name</c><00:27:34.490><c> done</c><00:27:34.690><c> many</c><00:27:35.069><c> wonderful</c>

00:27:35.589 --> 00:27:39.650
works?<00:27:37.970><c> Then</c><00:27:38.329><c> will</c><00:27:38.529><c> I</c><00:27:38.690><c> profess</c><00:27:38.990><c> unto</c><00:27:39.269><c> them,</c>

00:27:40.069 --> 00:27:48.029
I<00:27:40.369><c> never</c><00:27:41.009><c> knew</c><00:27:41.369><c> you,</c><00:27:42.670><c> depart</c><00:27:42.930><c> from</c><00:27:43.390><c> me,</c><00:27:44.490><c> ye</c><00:27:44.609><c> that</c><00:27:44.869><c> work</c><00:27:45.109><c> in</c><00:27:45.349><c> equity.</c><00:27:47.130><c> That's</c><00:27:47.829><c> a</c>

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truly<00:27:48.309><c> frightening</c><00:27:48.869><c> passage,</c>

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isn't<00:27:49.609><c> it?</c><00:27:51.450><c> It's</c><00:27:52.049><c> terrifying</c><00:27:52.609><c> to</c><00:27:52.849><c> be</c><00:27:53.150><c> told</c><00:27:53.509><c> that</c><00:27:53.650><c> people</c><00:27:53.910><c> can</c>

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think<00:27:54.410><c> that</c><00:27:54.609><c> they</c><00:27:54.890><c> are</c><00:27:55.490><c> all</c><00:27:55.849><c> right</c><00:27:56.190><c> and</c><00:27:56.650><c> yet</c><00:27:56.890><c> be</c><00:27:57.289><c> so</c>

00:27:57.730 --> 00:28:02.150
hopelessly<00:27:58.470><c> wide</c><00:27:58.630><c> of</c><00:27:58.789><c> the</c><00:27:58.970><c> mark.</c><00:28:00.990><c> And</c><00:28:00.990><c> I</c><00:28:01.009><c> think</c><00:28:01.190><c> verse</c><00:28:01.430><c> 21</c><00:28:01.890><c> is</c>

00:28:02.150 --> 00:28:05.569
the<00:28:02.390><c> key</c><00:28:02.630><c> to</c><00:28:02.869><c> a</c><00:28:03.009><c> right</c><00:28:03.190><c> understanding</c><00:28:03.930><c> of</c><00:28:04.150><c> the</c><00:28:04.369><c> problem.</c>

00:28:06.609 --> 00:28:10.329
Not<00:28:06.710><c> everyone</c><00:28:07.190><c> that</c><00:28:07.690><c> saith,</c><00:28:08.809><c> Lord,</c><00:28:09.369><c> Lord,</c><00:28:09.809><c> will</c><00:28:09.930><c> enter</c><00:28:10.170><c> the</c>

00:28:10.329 --> 00:28:13.269
kingdom<00:28:10.569><c> of</c><00:28:10.769><c> heaven,</c><00:28:11.170><c> but</c><00:28:11.289><c> he</c><00:28:11.609><c> that</c><00:28:12.490><c> doeth</c>

00:28:13.710 --> 00:28:17.690
the<00:28:14.230><c> will</c><00:28:14.309><c> of</c><00:28:14.509><c> my</c><00:28:14.730><c> Father</c><00:28:15.109><c> in</c><00:28:15.349><c> heaven.</c><00:28:16.970><c> So</c><00:28:17.089><c> the</c><00:28:17.190><c> first</c><00:28:17.450><c> point</c>

00:28:17.690 --> 00:28:20.190
to<00:28:17.829><c> notice</c><00:28:18.089><c> once</c><00:28:18.410><c> again</c><00:28:18.730><c> is</c><00:28:19.009><c> that</c><00:28:19.349><c> doing</c><00:28:19.690><c> is</c><00:28:19.950><c> far</c>

00:28:20.190 --> 00:28:23.829
more<00:28:20.430><c> important</c><00:28:20.869><c> than</c><00:28:21.009><c> just</c><00:28:21.349><c> talking</c><00:28:21.690><c> about</c><00:28:22.190><c> religion.</c><00:28:23.650><c> As</c>

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we<00:28:24.009><c> said</c><00:28:24.150><c> earlier</c><00:28:24.450><c> this</c><00:28:24.670><c> morning,</c><00:28:25.529><c> religious</c><00:28:25.809><c> theory</c>

00:28:26.349 --> 00:28:30.390
is<00:28:26.809><c> useless</c><00:28:27.190><c> unless</c><00:28:27.509><c> it's</c><00:28:27.809><c> followed</c><00:28:28.049><c> by</c><00:28:28.369><c> action.</c><00:28:30.029><c> So</c><00:28:30.089><c> that's</c>

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the<00:28:30.569><c> first</c><00:28:30.849><c> lesson</c><00:28:31.190><c> from</c><00:28:31.410><c> that</c><00:28:31.730><c> passage.</c>

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But<00:28:33.450><c> there's</c><00:28:33.730><c> more,</c><00:28:35.589><c> because</c><00:28:35.750><c> the</c><00:28:35.990><c> people</c><00:28:36.309><c> described</c><00:28:36.990><c> here,</c>

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as<00:28:37.710><c> verse</c><00:28:37.930><c> 22</c><00:28:38.410><c> indicates,</c><00:28:39.450><c> were</c><00:28:39.750><c> doers</c><00:28:40.470><c> of</c><00:28:40.750><c> a</c><00:28:41.130><c> kind,</c>

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weren't<00:28:41.890><c> they?</c><00:28:44.529><c> Verse</c><00:28:44.769><c> 22,</c><00:28:46.170><c> have</c><00:28:46.329><c> we</c><00:28:46.470><c> not</c><00:28:46.710><c> prophesied</c><00:28:47.230><c> in</c><00:28:47.430><c> thy</c>

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name,<00:28:48.630><c> cast</c><00:28:48.930><c> out</c><00:28:49.250><c> devils,</c><00:28:49.950><c> done</c><00:28:50.130><c> many</c><00:28:50.430><c> wonderful</c>

00:28:51.009 --> 00:28:56.809
works?<00:28:52.609><c> So</c><00:28:52.910><c> what</c><00:28:53.089><c> had</c><00:28:53.329><c> gone</c><00:28:53.529><c> wrong?</c><00:28:55.829><c> Well,</c><00:28:55.950><c> the</c><00:28:56.029><c> answer</c><00:28:56.369><c> must</c>

00:28:56.809 --> 00:28:59.470
be<00:28:57.450><c> that</c><00:28:58.150><c> their</c><00:28:58.369><c> deeds</c><00:28:58.569><c> were</c><00:28:58.769><c> not</c><00:28:58.910><c> in</c><00:28:59.190><c> accordance</c>

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with<00:28:59.690><c> the</c><00:28:59.869><c> second</c><00:29:00.089><c> half</c><00:29:00.349><c> of</c><00:29:00.509><c> verse</c><00:29:00.710><c> 21.</c><00:29:01.829><c> They</c><00:29:01.990><c> were</c><00:29:02.329><c> not</c><00:29:02.769><c> doing</c>

00:29:03.130 --> 00:29:05.470
the<00:29:03.450><c> will</c><00:29:03.730><c> of</c><00:29:03.990><c> my</c><00:29:04.289><c> Father,</c><00:29:04.730><c> which</c><00:29:04.890><c> is</c><00:29:05.130><c> in</c><00:29:05.309><c> heaven.</c>

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Oh,<00:29:05.809><c> they</c><00:29:05.890><c> were</c><00:29:06.089><c> doing</c><00:29:06.309><c> things,</c><00:29:06.650><c> but</c><00:29:06.930><c> not</c><00:29:07.329><c> that.</c><00:29:10.289><c> And</c><00:29:10.529><c> that</c><00:29:10.769><c> brings</c><00:29:11.049><c> us</c>

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back<00:29:11.650><c> to</c><00:29:11.849><c> that</c><00:29:12.170><c> problem</c><00:29:12.490><c> which</c><00:29:12.690><c> we</c><00:29:12.950><c> discussed</c>

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yesterday,<00:29:14.410><c> the</c><00:29:14.569><c> problem</c><00:29:14.890><c> of</c><00:29:15.269><c> outward</c><00:29:15.750><c> appearances</c><00:29:16.609><c> versus</c>

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the<00:29:18.029><c> true</c><00:29:18.309><c> Spirit</c><00:29:18.710><c> of</c><00:29:18.930><c> Christ,</c><00:29:20.769><c> of</c><00:29:21.009><c> doing</c><00:29:21.269><c> things</c>

00:29:21.609 --> 00:29:29.210
for<00:29:21.930><c> personal</c><00:29:22.490><c> advantage</c><00:29:23.369><c> and</c><00:29:23.930><c> financial</c><00:29:24.609><c> gain</c><00:29:25.309><c> and</c><00:29:26.029><c> self</c><00:29:26.410><c>-aggrandizement</c><00:29:27.769><c> rather</c><00:29:28.829><c> than</c><00:29:29.049><c> to</c>

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the<00:29:29.410><c> glory</c><00:29:29.710><c> of</c>

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God.<00:29:31.289><c> The</c><00:29:31.549><c> hypocritical</c><00:29:32.269><c> purveyors</c><00:29:32.910><c> of</c><00:29:33.109><c> an</c><00:29:33.369><c> empty</c><00:29:33.769><c> religion</c>

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like<00:29:34.910><c> the</c><00:29:35.210><c> scribes</c><00:29:35.650><c> and</c><00:29:35.829><c> the</c><00:29:36.130><c> Pharisees</c>

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and<00:29:37.230><c> the</c><00:29:37.369><c> doctors</c><00:29:37.769><c> of</c><00:29:38.009><c> the</c><00:29:38.230><c> law</c><00:29:38.470><c> set</c><00:29:38.809><c> forward.</c><00:29:40.430><c> Totally</c><00:29:40.890><c> unacceptable</c><00:29:41.829><c> with</c>

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all<00:29:43.369><c> the</c><00:29:43.670><c> warnings</c><00:29:44.029><c> for</c><00:29:44.390><c> ourselves</c>

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in<00:29:45.829><c> these</c><00:29:46.170><c> last</c><00:29:46.650><c> days.</c><00:29:49.529><c> Jesus</c><00:29:49.890><c> now</c><00:29:50.210><c> brings</c><00:29:50.430><c> his</c><00:29:50.690><c> address</c><00:29:50.970><c> to</c><00:29:51.250><c> a</c>

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climax,<00:29:52.789><c> and</c><00:29:52.869><c> he</c><00:29:53.069><c> concludes</c><00:29:53.369><c> with</c><00:29:53.589><c> the</c><00:29:53.769><c> parable</c>

00:29:53.970 --> 00:29:56.849
of<00:29:54.150><c> the</c><00:29:54.349><c> two</c><00:29:54.569><c> builders</c><00:29:55.009><c> just</c><00:29:55.349><c> to</c><00:29:55.609><c> reinforce</c><00:29:56.089><c> what</c><00:29:56.309><c> he's</c><00:29:56.509><c> been</c>

00:29:56.849 --> 00:30:00.809
saying<00:29:57.109><c> to</c><00:29:57.369><c> us.</c><00:29:59.250><c> Verse</c><00:29:59.329><c> 24,</c>

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Verse<00:30:30.210><c> 25,</c>

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Now<00:30:39.849><c> I've</c><00:30:40.410><c> heard</c><00:30:40.549><c> it</c><00:30:40.890><c> said</c><00:30:41.230><c> that</c><00:30:41.730><c> this</c><00:30:41.930><c> little</c><00:30:42.210><c> parable</c><00:30:42.569><c> contrasts</c><00:30:43.450><c> the</c>

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difference<00:30:44.049><c> between</c><00:30:44.569><c> deep</c><00:30:44.930><c> and</c><00:30:45.250><c> shallow</c>

00:30:45.549 --> 00:30:50.170
knowledge.<00:30:47.970><c> That</c><00:30:48.150><c> is</c><00:30:48.329><c> to</c><00:30:48.470><c> say,</c><00:30:48.950><c> the</c><00:30:48.990><c> essential</c><00:30:49.609><c> difference</c>

00:30:50.170 --> 00:30:52.789
between<00:30:50.490><c> the</c><00:30:50.690><c> two</c><00:30:50.890><c> builders</c><00:30:51.250><c> was</c><00:30:52.009><c> that</c><00:30:52.230><c> the</c><00:30:52.410><c> one</c><00:30:52.549><c> had</c>

00:30:52.789 --> 00:30:56.410
laid<00:30:52.970><c> his</c><00:30:53.230><c> foundation</c><00:30:53.910><c> solidly</c><00:30:54.609><c> in</c><00:30:54.890><c> the</c><00:30:55.049><c> Word</c><00:30:55.210><c> of</c><00:30:55.490><c> God</c><00:30:55.769><c> and</c><00:30:55.890><c> had</c><00:30:56.130><c> got</c><00:30:56.269><c> a</c>

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good<00:30:56.670><c> grasp</c><00:30:57.089><c> of</c><00:30:57.329><c> things,</c><00:30:58.769><c> whereas</c><00:30:59.130><c> the</c><00:30:59.410><c> other</c>

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had<00:31:00.349><c> a</c><00:31:00.529><c> rather</c><00:31:01.210><c> shallow</c><00:31:01.809><c> knowledge.</c><00:31:02.309><c> He</c><00:31:02.410><c> was</c><00:31:02.569><c> a</c><00:31:02.589><c> bit</c><00:31:02.890><c> wishy</c><00:31:03.269><c>-washy</c><00:31:03.589><c> in</c>

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his<00:31:04.069><c> discipleship,</c>

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and<00:31:05.349><c> when</c><00:31:05.549><c> the</c><00:31:05.809><c> storm</c><00:31:06.029><c> came,</c><00:31:06.509><c> his</c><00:31:06.630><c> building</c><00:31:06.930><c> went</c><00:31:07.529><c> while</c><00:31:08.369><c> the</c>

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other<00:31:08.750><c> man</c><00:31:09.089><c> stood.</c>

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Perfectly<00:31:12.670><c> true,</c><00:31:12.930><c> of</c><00:31:12.930><c> course,</c><00:31:13.410><c> brethren</c><00:31:13.589><c> and</c><00:31:13.829><c> sisters,</c><00:31:14.210><c> that</c>

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the<00:31:14.609><c> deeper</c><00:31:14.869><c> our</c><00:31:15.170><c> understanding—and</c><00:31:16.809><c> I</c><00:31:16.970><c> say</c><00:31:17.089><c> that</c>

00:31:17.329 --> 00:31:23.890
rather<00:31:17.650><c> than</c><00:31:17.910><c> knowledge</c><00:31:18.450><c> because</c><00:31:18.869><c> there's</c><00:31:19.150><c> a</c><00:31:19.210><c> big</c><00:31:19.430><c> difference—the</c><00:31:21.690><c> deeper</c><00:31:22.230><c> our</c><00:31:22.730><c> understanding</c><00:31:23.589><c> of</c>

00:31:23.890 --> 00:31:27.609
the<00:31:24.250><c> Word</c><00:31:24.250><c> of</c><00:31:24.450><c> God,</c><00:31:24.990><c> the</c><00:31:25.150><c> better</c><00:31:25.509><c> our</c><00:31:25.829><c> building</c><00:31:26.289><c> is</c><00:31:26.670><c> likely</c><00:31:27.190><c> to</c>

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be.<00:31:29.450><c> I</c><00:31:29.569><c> think</c><00:31:29.730><c> that's</c><00:31:30.089><c> a</c><00:31:30.230><c> general</c><00:31:30.769><c> truism,</c>

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and<00:31:33.849><c> it's</c><00:31:34.069><c> an</c><00:31:34.250><c> exhortation</c><00:31:34.769><c> which</c><00:31:34.950><c> does</c><00:31:35.210><c> come</c><00:31:35.529><c> through</c><00:31:35.849><c> in</c><00:31:36.069><c> many</c><00:31:36.309><c> parts</c><00:31:36.690><c> of</c>

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Scripture<00:31:37.170><c> very</c><00:31:37.730><c> clearly.</c>

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But<00:31:39.730><c> I</c><00:31:39.849><c> would</c><00:31:40.069><c> submit</c><00:31:40.430><c> to</c><00:31:40.650><c> you</c><00:31:40.829><c> that</c><00:31:40.990><c> is</c><00:31:41.490><c> not</c><00:31:42.089><c> what</c><00:31:42.549><c> Jesus</c><00:31:43.049><c> is</c>

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saying<00:31:44.069><c> here.</c><00:31:45.369><c> He</c><00:31:45.630><c> may</c><00:31:45.769><c> say</c><00:31:45.950><c> it</c><00:31:46.109><c> in</c><00:31:46.230><c> other</c><00:31:46.410><c> places</c>

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of<00:31:50.950><c> this</c><00:31:51.250><c> parable.</c><00:31:53.329><c> What</c><00:31:53.569><c> Jesus</c><00:31:53.990><c> is</c><00:31:54.410><c> contrasting</c>

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is<00:31:56.069><c> not</c><00:31:56.430><c> two</c><00:31:56.809><c> men,</c><00:31:57.890><c> one</c><00:31:58.109><c> of</c><00:31:58.289><c> whom</c><00:31:58.430><c> had</c><00:31:58.690><c> a</c><00:31:58.829><c> meager</c><00:31:59.109><c> grasp</c><00:31:59.430><c> of</c><00:31:59.670><c> Scripture</c><00:31:59.970><c> and</c>

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the<00:32:00.349><c> other</c><00:32:00.529><c> a</c><00:32:00.769><c> deep</c><00:32:01.029><c> knowledge</c><00:32:01.490><c> of</c><00:32:01.710><c> it.</c>

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He's<00:32:02.829><c> saying</c><00:32:03.490><c> the</c><00:32:04.250><c> differences</c><00:32:04.789><c> between</c><00:32:05.490><c> the</c><00:32:05.990><c> man</c><00:32:06.329><c> who</c><00:32:06.750><c> hears</c>

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my<00:32:07.589><c> saying</c><00:32:07.950><c> and</c><00:32:08.650><c> does</c><00:32:09.029><c> them,</c>

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and<00:32:10.730><c> the</c><00:32:10.930><c> man</c><00:32:11.109><c> who</c><00:32:11.369><c> hears</c><00:32:11.609><c> these</c><00:32:11.970><c> sayings</c><00:32:12.329><c> of</c><00:32:12.609><c> mine</c><00:32:12.829><c> and</c><00:32:13.369><c> doesn't</c><00:32:13.890><c> do</c><00:32:14.210><c> them.</c>

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He<00:32:15.569><c> doesn't</c><00:32:16.029><c> comment</c><00:32:16.630><c> on</c><00:32:17.329><c> the</c><00:32:17.690><c> relative</c><00:32:18.049><c> intelligence</c><00:32:18.589><c> or</c><00:32:18.809><c> level</c><00:32:19.049><c> of</c>

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understanding<00:32:19.950><c> of</c><00:32:20.170><c> those</c><00:32:20.490><c> two</c><00:32:20.730><c> men.</c>

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They<00:32:21.309><c> might</c><00:32:21.509><c> have</c><00:32:21.650><c> been</c><00:32:21.829><c> equal</c><00:32:22.150><c> for</c><00:32:22.390><c> all</c><00:32:22.589><c> we</c><00:32:22.869><c> know.</c><00:32:23.609><c> They</c><00:32:23.690><c> may</c>

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have<00:32:23.930><c> been</c><00:32:24.109><c> brilliant,</c><00:32:24.609><c> both</c><00:32:24.910><c> of</c><00:32:25.150><c> them.</c>

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He's<00:32:26.849><c> simply</c><00:32:27.609><c> underlining</c><00:32:29.069><c> the</c><00:32:29.650><c> value</c><00:32:30.210><c> of</c><00:32:30.730><c> hearing</c><00:32:31.230><c> and</c><00:32:32.410><c> doing.</c>

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So<00:32:34.609><c> don't</c><00:32:34.789><c> let's</c><00:32:35.109><c> underestimate</c><00:32:35.769><c> the</c><00:32:36.170><c> importance</c><00:32:36.710><c> of</c><00:32:37.670><c> turning</c><00:32:37.930><c> these</c>

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sayings<00:32:38.569><c> of</c><00:32:38.730><c> Jesus</c><00:32:39.109><c> into</c><00:32:39.470><c> reality</c>

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and<00:32:40.349><c> practicing</c><00:32:40.730><c> what</c><00:32:41.029><c> we</c><00:32:41.349><c> preach</c><00:32:41.769><c> in</c><00:32:42.309><c> the</c><00:32:42.549><c> true</c><00:32:42.750><c> Spirit</c><00:32:43.089><c> of</c>

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Christ<00:32:43.890><c> without</c><00:32:44.369><c> any</c><00:32:44.750><c> hypocrisy</c><00:32:45.369><c> or</c><00:32:45.730><c> sham.</c>

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Absolutely<00:32:47.670><c> essential,</c><00:32:48.470><c> brethren</c><00:32:48.630><c> and</c><00:32:48.869><c> sisters,</c><00:32:49.410><c> if</c><00:32:49.650><c> we</c><00:32:49.869><c> would</c><00:32:50.130><c> see</c>

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the<00:32:51.150><c> Kingdom</c><00:32:51.549><c> of</c><00:32:51.769><c> God.</c>

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The<00:32:55.730><c> manifesto</c><00:32:56.529><c> of</c><00:32:56.690><c> the</c><00:32:56.910><c> King</c><00:32:57.390><c> began</c><00:32:58.029><c> with</c><00:32:58.329><c> a</c><00:32:58.490><c> declaration</c><00:32:59.109><c> of</c>

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the<00:32:59.630><c> principles</c><00:33:00.269><c> on</c><00:33:00.970><c> which</c><00:33:01.210><c> the</c><00:33:01.410><c> Kingdom</c><00:33:01.670><c> of</c><00:33:01.890><c> God</c><00:33:01.990><c> is</c>

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founded.<00:33:03.430><c> The</c><00:33:03.849><c> Beatitudes,</c><00:33:05.829><c> the</c><00:33:06.029><c> character</c><00:33:06.430><c> of</c><00:33:06.630><c> men</c><00:33:06.789><c> and</c><00:33:06.950><c> women</c><00:33:07.210><c> of</c>

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God,<00:33:08.329><c> the</c><00:33:08.509><c> kind</c><00:33:08.710><c> of</c><00:33:08.869><c> people</c><00:33:09.069><c> God's</c><00:33:09.430><c> looking</c>

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for<00:33:10.089><c> for</c><00:33:10.210><c> his</c><00:33:10.450><c> kingdom.</c><00:33:13.430><c> Jesus</c><00:33:13.609><c> then</c><00:33:13.910><c> went</c><00:33:14.210><c> on</c><00:33:14.849><c> to</c><00:33:15.069><c> give</c><00:33:15.190><c> us</c><00:33:15.410><c> some</c><00:33:15.730><c> examples</c><00:33:16.430><c> of</c>

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the<00:33:16.809><c> way</c><00:33:17.009><c> citizens</c><00:33:17.450><c> of</c><00:33:17.650><c> the</c><00:33:17.809><c> Kingdom</c>

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will<00:33:18.369><c> behave.</c><00:33:20.029><c> Not</c><00:33:20.230><c> a</c><00:33:20.549><c> law</c><00:33:20.809><c> saying</c><00:33:21.190><c> do</c><00:33:21.529><c> this,</c><00:33:21.910><c> do</c><00:33:22.150><c> that,</c><00:33:22.529><c> do</c>

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the<00:33:22.809><c> next</c><00:33:23.069><c> thing,</c><00:33:24.029><c> but</c><00:33:24.529><c> illustrative</c><00:33:25.569><c> examples,</c>

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expounding<00:33:28.529><c> the</c><00:33:28.829><c> principles</c><00:33:29.349><c> of</c><00:33:29.710><c> righteousness</c><00:33:30.329><c> and</c><00:33:30.829><c> goodness,</c><00:33:32.250><c> holiness</c><00:33:32.509><c> and</c><00:33:33.329><c> love,</c><00:33:34.650><c> which</c><00:33:35.369><c> we</c>

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all<00:33:36.089><c> have</c>

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to<00:33:36.529><c> then</c><00:33:36.650><c> interpret</c><00:33:37.210><c> for</c><00:33:37.509><c> ourselves</c><00:33:38.190><c> and</c><00:33:38.710><c> apply</c><00:33:39.250><c> conscientiously</c><00:33:40.329><c> in</c><00:33:40.549><c> our</c>

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daily<00:33:41.049><c> lives.</c>

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The<00:33:44.089><c> manifesto</c><00:33:44.849><c> is</c><00:33:45.150><c> now</c><00:33:45.509><c> concluded</c><00:33:46.390><c> with</c><00:33:46.970><c> a</c><00:33:47.269><c> warning</c><00:33:47.869><c> that</c><00:33:49.430><c> lip</c><00:33:49.769><c> service</c><00:33:50.329><c> is</c>

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no<00:33:50.970><c> substitute</c><00:33:51.609><c> for</c><00:33:51.869><c> loyalty.</c>

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No<00:33:54.569><c> substitute</c><00:33:55.230><c> for</c><00:33:55.549><c> loyalty</c><00:33:55.910><c> to</c><00:33:56.170><c> the</c><00:33:56.390><c> standards</c><00:33:56.750><c> of</c><00:33:57.009><c> the</c><00:33:57.170><c> King.</c><00:33:58.630><c> It's</c><00:33:58.930><c> not</c>

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sufficient<00:33:59.630><c> merely</c><00:33:59.990><c> to</c><00:34:00.269><c> say</c><00:34:00.450><c> I</c><00:34:00.789><c> have</c>

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listed<00:34:01.430><c> in</c><00:34:01.609><c> the</c><00:34:01.769><c> King's</c><00:34:02.170><c> army,</c><00:34:02.990><c> I've</c><00:34:03.329><c> joined</c><00:34:03.630><c> the</c><00:34:03.869><c> band</c><00:34:04.069><c> of</c><00:34:04.369><c> disciples,</c><00:34:05.089><c> I've</c><00:34:05.470><c> done</c><00:34:05.650><c> what</c><00:34:05.869><c> is</c><00:34:06.190><c> necessary.</c>

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It's<00:34:07.990><c> being</c><00:34:08.429><c> a</c><00:34:08.869><c> good</c><00:34:09.230><c> soldier</c><00:34:09.710><c> of</c><00:34:10.010><c> Christ</c><00:34:10.449><c> year</c><00:34:10.909><c> in</c><00:34:11.150><c> and</c><00:34:11.389><c> year</c>

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out,<00:34:12.510><c> that's</c><00:34:12.909><c> what</c><00:34:13.150><c> really</c><00:34:13.550><c> counts.</c>

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Warring<00:34:15.349><c> a</c><00:34:15.630><c> good</c><00:34:15.829><c> warfare,</c><00:34:16.829><c> to</c><00:34:17.070><c> use</c><00:34:18.090><c> Paul's</c><00:34:19.190><c> term</c><00:34:19.409><c> in</c><00:34:19.590><c> his</c><00:34:19.809><c> letter</c><00:34:20.050><c> to</c><00:34:20.269><c> Timothy.</c>

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And<00:34:22.789><c> so</c><00:34:23.010><c> each</c><00:34:23.309><c> generation</c><00:34:23.949><c> of</c><00:34:24.329><c> believers</c><00:34:24.630><c> has</c><00:34:24.949><c> to</c><00:34:25.170><c> work</c><00:34:25.409><c> out</c>

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the<00:34:25.829><c> application</c><00:34:26.389><c> of</c><00:34:26.630><c> the</c><00:34:26.909><c> principles</c><00:34:27.230><c> embodied</c><00:34:27.769><c> in</c>

00:34:28.090 --> 00:34:32.050
the<00:34:28.269><c> Sermon</c><00:34:28.449><c> on</c><00:34:28.590><c> the</c><00:34:28.789><c> Mount</c><00:34:29.070><c> in</c><00:34:29.889><c> the</c><00:34:30.210><c> context</c><00:34:31.090><c> of</c><00:34:31.329><c> the</c><00:34:31.550><c> society</c>

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in<00:34:32.250><c> which</c><00:34:32.449><c> they</c><00:34:32.710><c> live.</c><00:34:34.469><c> Now</c><00:34:34.670><c> that</c><00:34:34.829><c> context</c>

00:34:35.289 --> 00:34:39.190
changes<00:34:35.809><c> from</c><00:34:36.150><c> time</c><00:34:36.409><c> to</c><00:34:36.570><c> time</c><00:34:36.789><c> doesn't</c><00:34:37.050><c> it?</c><00:34:38.250><c> And</c><00:34:38.510><c> we</c><00:34:38.690><c> have</c><00:34:38.969><c> to</c>

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adapt<00:34:39.610><c> our</c><00:34:39.969><c> approach</c><00:34:40.349><c> accordingly.</c>

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We<00:34:42.590><c> may</c><00:34:42.849><c> not</c><00:34:43.030><c> always</c><00:34:43.389><c> agree</c><00:34:43.710><c> on</c><00:34:43.909><c> the</c><00:34:44.170><c> application,</c><00:34:45.369><c> but</c><00:34:45.550><c> we</c><00:34:45.750><c> must</c><00:34:46.110><c> all</c><00:34:46.670><c> try</c><00:34:47.309><c> to</c>

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apply<00:34:48.309><c> these</c><00:34:48.690><c> principles</c>

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and<00:34:50.429><c> interpret</c><00:34:51.030><c> life</c><00:34:51.650><c> in</c><00:34:52.269><c> the</c><00:34:52.469><c> light</c><00:34:52.670><c> of</c><00:34:52.869><c> the</c><00:34:53.010><c> King's</c><00:34:53.469><c> manifesto.</c>

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We've<00:34:56.230><c> got</c><00:34:56.389><c> to</c><00:34:56.469><c> do</c><00:34:56.710><c> that</c><00:34:57.090><c> so</c><00:34:57.309><c> that</c><00:34:57.469><c> we</c><00:34:57.530><c> can</c><00:34:57.769><c> all</c><00:34:58.090><c> reach</c><00:34:58.489><c> upward</c>

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towards<00:34:59.530><c> the</c><00:34:59.849><c> maturity</c><00:35:00.469><c> of</c><00:35:01.170><c> the</c><00:35:01.409><c> children</c><00:35:01.750><c> of</c>

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God.<00:35:03.269><c> Indicated</c><00:35:03.849><c> by</c><00:35:04.190><c> Jesus</c><00:35:04.570><c> in</c><00:35:04.769><c> those</c><00:35:05.070><c> words</c><00:35:05.289><c> at</c><00:35:05.530><c> the</c><00:35:05.590><c> end</c><00:35:05.789><c> of</c>

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chapter<00:35:06.329><c> 5.</c><00:35:07.869><c> Be</c><00:35:07.869><c> ye</c><00:35:08.170><c> therefore</c><00:35:08.750><c> perfect,</c>

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even<00:35:10.630><c> as</c><00:35:10.889><c> your</c><00:35:11.150><c> Father</c><00:35:11.849><c> which</c><00:35:12.510><c> is</c><00:35:12.750><c> in</c><00:35:12.989><c> heaven</c><00:35:13.449><c> is</c><00:35:14.030><c> perfect.</c><00:35:17.670><c> Then</c><00:35:18.309><c> when</c><00:35:18.510><c> the</c><00:35:18.710><c> kingdom</c><00:35:18.929><c> is</c>

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finally<00:35:19.610><c> established</c><00:35:20.469><c> and</c>

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Lord<00:35:21.050><c> has</c><00:35:21.289><c> come</c><00:35:21.449><c> in</c><00:35:21.750><c> power</c><00:35:22.010><c> and</c><00:35:22.369><c> glory</c><00:35:22.710><c> and</c><00:35:22.969><c> the</c><00:35:23.110><c> earth</c><00:35:23.269><c> is</c><00:35:23.610><c> ruled</c><00:35:23.869><c> from</c><00:35:24.230><c> Jerusalem.</c><00:35:25.829><c> I</c>

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believe<00:35:26.329><c> that</c><00:35:26.590><c> these</c><00:35:26.969><c> same</c>

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principles<00:35:28.210><c> embodied</c><00:35:28.809><c> in</c><00:35:29.010><c> the</c><00:35:29.170><c> Sermon</c><00:35:29.389><c> on</c><00:35:29.550><c> the</c><00:35:29.750><c> Mount</c><00:35:29.929><c> will</c>

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permeate<00:35:30.909><c> society</c><00:35:31.690><c> throughout</c><00:35:32.469><c> the</c><00:35:32.789><c> kingdom</c><00:35:33.070><c> of</c>

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God.<00:35:34.150><c> These</c><00:35:34.510><c> are</c><00:35:34.750><c> the</c><00:35:34.949><c> principles</c><00:35:35.630><c> of</c><00:35:36.130><c> eternal</c><00:35:36.730><c> life.</c><00:35:39.150><c> Now</c>

00:35:39.429 --> 00:35:41.909
I'm<00:35:39.630><c> aware</c><00:35:40.150><c> that</c><00:35:40.409><c> there</c><00:35:40.630><c> are</c><00:35:40.849><c> those</c><00:35:41.170><c> who</c><00:35:41.510><c> think</c><00:35:41.710><c> that</c>

00:35:41.909 --> 00:35:47.809
the<00:35:42.030><c> law</c><00:35:42.190><c> of</c><00:35:42.429><c> Moses</c><00:35:42.710><c> is</c><00:35:43.010><c> going</c><00:35:43.110><c> to</c><00:35:43.309><c> be</c><00:35:43.570><c> reintroduced</c><00:35:44.349><c> in</c><00:35:44.530><c> the</c><00:35:44.730><c> kingdom.</c><00:35:47.349><c> I</c>

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don't<00:35:48.110><c> myself</c><00:35:48.750><c> feel</c><00:35:49.269><c> this</c><00:35:49.630><c> to</c><00:35:49.849><c> be</c><00:35:50.170><c> true.</c>

00:35:51.789 --> 00:35:55.090
I<00:35:52.309><c> think</c><00:35:52.469><c> the</c><00:35:52.730><c> Sermon</c><00:35:52.969><c> on</c><00:35:53.110><c> the</c><00:35:53.309><c> Mount</c><00:35:53.550><c> is</c><00:35:53.809><c> going</c><00:35:53.989><c> to</c><00:35:54.190><c> be</c><00:35:54.309><c> the</c><00:35:54.409><c> new</c><00:35:54.710><c> law</c><00:35:54.889><c> of</c>

00:35:55.090 --> 00:35:58.730
the<00:35:55.269><c> kingdom.</c><00:35:56.929><c> But</c><00:35:57.110><c> there</c><00:35:57.349><c> may</c><00:35:57.650><c> of</c><00:35:57.969><c> course</c>

00:35:59.650 --> 00:36:04.610
be<00:36:00.170><c> a</c><00:36:00.369><c> new</c><00:36:00.530><c> law</c><00:36:00.710><c> altogether.</c><00:36:02.110><c> Or</c><00:36:02.389><c> it</c><00:36:02.630><c> may</c><00:36:02.969><c> be</c><00:36:03.429><c> that</c><00:36:03.590><c> in</c><00:36:03.789><c> the</c><00:36:03.949><c> wisdom</c><00:36:04.250><c> of</c>

00:36:04.610 --> 00:36:07.130
God<00:36:05.050><c> aspects</c><00:36:05.769><c> of</c><00:36:06.030><c> the</c><00:36:06.210><c> Mosaic</c><00:36:06.670><c> law</c>

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will<00:36:07.550><c> be</c><00:36:07.929><c> reintroduced</c><00:36:08.869><c> for</c><00:36:09.090><c> their</c><00:36:09.409><c> teaching</c><00:36:09.909><c> value.</c><00:36:10.989><c> Because</c><00:36:11.250><c> I'm</c><00:36:11.469><c> aware</c><00:36:11.809><c> of</c>

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those<00:36:12.329><c> prophecies</c><00:36:12.849><c> which</c><00:36:13.090><c> speak</c>

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of<00:36:13.510><c> sacrifice.</c><00:36:15.610><c> They</c><00:36:15.849><c> will</c><00:36:16.070><c> be</c><00:36:16.369><c> reintroduced</c><00:36:17.369><c> for</c><00:36:18.230><c> the</c><00:36:18.570><c> nations</c><00:36:18.909><c> of</c><00:36:19.130><c> the</c><00:36:19.329><c> world</c><00:36:19.610><c> so</c>

00:36:19.829 --> 00:36:20.710
that<00:36:19.909><c> they</c><00:36:20.050><c> might</c><00:36:20.269><c> be</c><00:36:20.610><c> taught</c>

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the<00:36:20.909><c> ways</c><00:36:21.170><c> of</c><00:36:21.389><c> God</c><00:36:21.769><c> and</c><00:36:22.010><c> for</c><00:36:22.170><c> the</c><00:36:22.309><c> Jewish</c><00:36:22.550><c> people.</c><00:36:23.829><c> In</c><00:36:23.969><c> other</c><00:36:24.130><c> words</c><00:36:24.309><c> a</c>

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blend<00:36:24.849><c> of</c><00:36:25.070><c> the</c><00:36:25.269><c> old</c><00:36:25.469><c> and</c><00:36:25.730><c> new</c><00:36:25.889><c> together.</c>

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Yes,<00:36:28.550><c> I</c><00:36:28.590><c> would</c><00:36:28.909><c> concede</c><00:36:29.269><c> that.</c><00:36:31.190><c> Certainly</c><00:36:31.550><c> it</c><00:36:31.809><c> appears</c><00:36:32.449><c> that</c>

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there<00:36:33.289><c> will</c><00:36:33.449><c> be</c><00:36:33.610><c> the</c><00:36:33.849><c> centre</c><00:36:34.090><c> of</c><00:36:34.309><c> worship</c><00:36:34.590><c> and</c>

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instruction<00:36:35.309><c> in</c><00:36:35.570><c> Jerusalem</c><00:36:36.150><c> with</c><00:36:36.710><c> all</c><00:36:37.170><c> nations</c><00:36:37.730><c> flowing</c><00:36:38.190><c> to</c>

00:36:38.489 --> 00:36:41.469
the<00:36:38.690><c> city</c><00:36:38.989><c> and</c><00:36:39.349><c> saying</c><00:36:39.590><c> he'll</c><00:36:40.090><c> teach</c><00:36:40.309><c> us</c><00:36:40.510><c> of</c><00:36:40.690><c> his</c><00:36:40.969><c> ways.</c>

00:36:41.670 --> 00:36:46.349
We<00:36:41.849><c> will</c><00:36:42.070><c> walk</c><00:36:42.329><c> in</c><00:36:42.530><c> his</c><00:36:42.929><c> paths</c><00:36:43.550><c> for</c><00:36:43.889><c> out</c><00:36:44.110><c> of</c><00:36:44.329><c> Zion</c><00:36:44.610><c> shall</c><00:36:44.809><c> go</c><00:36:45.070><c> forth</c><00:36:45.309><c> the</c><00:36:45.570><c> law</c><00:36:45.730><c> and</c><00:36:45.929><c> the</c><00:36:46.070><c> word</c><00:36:46.190><c> of</c>

00:36:46.349 --> 00:36:47.130
the<00:36:46.530><c> Lord</c><00:36:46.750><c> from</c>

00:36:47.130 --> 00:36:53.150
Jerusalem.<00:36:49.010><c> But</c><00:36:49.210><c> what</c><00:36:49.570><c> are</c><00:36:49.909><c> his</c><00:36:50.210><c> ways?</c><00:36:51.750><c> What</c><00:36:51.949><c> are</c><00:36:52.369><c> his</c><00:36:52.710><c> paths</c>

00:36:53.150 --> 00:36:55.429
brethren<00:36:53.510><c> and</c><00:36:53.769><c> sisters?</c><00:36:54.769><c> Are</c><00:36:54.929><c> they</c><00:36:55.110><c> not</c>

00:36:55.429 --> 00:37:00.750
clearly<00:36:55.829><c> revealed</c><00:36:56.309><c> in</c><00:36:56.530><c> this</c><00:36:56.869><c> manifesto?</c><00:36:59.230><c> And</c><00:36:59.489><c> what</c><00:36:59.690><c> will</c><00:36:59.849><c> society</c><00:37:00.409><c> be</c>

00:37:00.750 --> 00:37:03.090
like<00:37:01.269><c> when</c><00:37:01.730><c> the</c><00:37:01.929><c> Lord</c><00:37:02.090><c> is</c><00:37:02.289><c> in</c><00:37:02.489><c> control</c><00:37:02.949><c> and</c>

00:37:03.090 --> 00:37:08.230
the<00:37:03.250><c> whole</c><00:37:03.449><c> earth</c><00:37:03.630><c> is</c><00:37:03.889><c> filled</c><00:37:04.110><c> with</c><00:37:04.329><c> his</c><00:37:04.550><c> glory?</c><00:37:06.050><c> Surely</c><00:37:06.469><c> these</c><00:37:07.170><c> principles</c><00:37:07.829><c> of</c>

00:37:08.230 --> 00:37:11.670
kindness,<00:37:09.769><c> gentleness,</c><00:37:10.789><c> benevolence,</c>

00:37:11.670 --> 00:37:18.030
humility,<00:37:13.250><c> love,</c><00:37:14.449><c> surely</c><00:37:14.710><c> these</c><00:37:15.130><c> things</c><00:37:15.409><c> will</c><00:37:15.690><c> reign</c><00:37:15.949><c> supreme.</c><00:37:17.570><c> God's</c>

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ideas<00:37:18.349><c> will</c><00:37:18.570><c> be</c><00:37:18.849><c> paramount</c>

00:37:19.710 --> 00:37:22.829
and<00:37:20.090><c> his</c><00:37:20.389><c> son's</c><00:37:20.829><c> righteous</c><00:37:21.130><c> rule</c><00:37:21.489><c> will</c><00:37:21.829><c> fill</c><00:37:22.070><c> the</c><00:37:22.289><c> earth</c><00:37:22.469><c> with</c>

00:37:22.829 --> 00:37:25.409
sunshine<00:37:23.449><c> as</c><00:37:24.050><c> we</c><00:37:24.289><c> walk</c><00:37:24.489><c> in</c><00:37:24.690><c> the</c><00:37:24.849><c> light</c><00:37:25.030><c> of</c><00:37:25.210><c> his</c>

00:37:25.409 --> 00:37:33.389
countenance.<00:37:28.289><c> But</c><00:37:28.809><c> we've</c><00:37:29.389><c> got</c><00:37:29.650><c> to</c><00:37:30.030><c> start</c><00:37:30.449><c> now</c><00:37:31.110><c> you</c><00:37:31.510><c> see.</c><00:37:32.869><c> That's</c><00:37:33.210><c> what</c>

00:37:33.389 --> 00:37:36.010
Jesus<00:37:33.750><c> is</c><00:37:34.070><c> saying</c><00:37:34.210><c> to</c><00:37:34.389><c> us</c><00:37:34.550><c> in</c><00:37:34.670><c> his</c><00:37:34.949><c> manifesto.</c>

00:37:36.289 --> 00:37:39.909
The<00:37:36.889><c> citizens</c><00:37:37.429><c> and</c><00:37:37.670><c> the</c><00:37:37.889><c> administrators</c><00:37:38.570><c> of</c><00:37:38.869><c> the</c><00:37:38.989><c> future</c><00:37:39.329><c> kingdom</c><00:37:39.670><c> are</c>

00:37:39.909 --> 00:37:41.130
being<00:37:40.250><c> prepared</c>

00:37:41.130 --> 00:37:45.590
now.<00:37:43.449><c> As</c><00:37:43.550><c> Paul</c><00:37:43.730><c> says</c><00:37:43.929><c> in</c><00:37:44.090><c> his</c><00:37:44.250><c> Roman</c><00:37:44.570><c> letter,</c><00:37:44.969><c> the</c><00:37:45.010><c> kingdom</c><00:37:45.329><c> of</c>

00:37:45.590 --> 00:37:47.809
God<00:37:45.829><c> is</c><00:37:46.030><c> not</c><00:37:46.269><c> meat</c><00:37:46.570><c> and</c><00:37:46.889><c> drink.</c>

00:37:48.469 --> 00:37:52.849
It's<00:37:48.690><c> not</c><00:37:48.849><c> an</c><00:37:49.050><c> order</c><00:37:49.230><c> of</c><00:37:49.449><c> things</c><00:37:49.670><c> based</c><00:37:50.130><c> on</c><00:37:50.510><c> carnal</c><00:37:50.909><c> principles</c><00:37:51.630><c> but</c><00:37:52.449><c> on</c>

00:37:52.849 --> 00:37:55.130
righteousness,<00:37:53.989><c> peace</c><00:37:54.510><c> and</c>

00:37:55.130 --> 00:38:03.369
joy<00:37:55.610><c> in</c><00:37:55.829><c> the</c><00:37:55.989><c> Holy</c><00:37:56.269><c> Spirit.</c><00:37:58.309><c> And</c><00:37:58.590><c> we</c><00:37:58.730><c> have</c><00:37:58.929><c> to</c><00:37:59.170><c> start</c><00:37:59.449><c> living</c><00:37:59.769><c> the</c><00:38:00.090><c> life</c><00:38:00.349><c> of</c><00:38:00.570><c> the</c><00:38:00.750><c> kingdom</c><00:38:01.250><c> now.</c><00:38:03.190><c> A</c>

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life<00:38:03.610><c> which</c>

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reflects<00:38:04.670><c> these</c><00:38:05.050><c> eternal</c><00:38:05.550><c> qualities</c><00:38:06.050><c> to</c><00:38:06.289><c> the</c><00:38:06.469><c> best</c><00:38:06.710><c> of</c><00:38:06.949><c> our</c>

00:38:07.190 --> 00:38:10.530
ability.<00:38:08.849><c> So</c><00:38:09.070><c> that</c><00:38:09.170><c> when</c><00:38:09.349><c> the</c><00:38:09.550><c> King</c><00:38:09.730><c> comes</c><00:38:10.150><c> he</c><00:38:10.329><c> will</c>

00:38:10.530 --> 00:38:14.030
see<00:38:10.750><c> something</c><00:38:11.130><c> of</c><00:38:11.309><c> himself</c><00:38:11.670><c> in</c><00:38:11.869><c> each</c><00:38:12.150><c> one</c><00:38:12.329><c> of</c><00:38:12.510><c> us</c><00:38:13.050><c> and</c><00:38:13.710><c> invite</c>

00:38:14.030 --> 00:38:15.949
us<00:38:14.230><c> to</c><00:38:14.469><c> share</c><00:38:14.630><c> the</c><00:38:14.909><c> blessings</c><00:38:15.230><c> of</c><00:38:15.449><c> the</c><00:38:15.630><c> kingdom,</c>

00:38:16.269 --> 00:38:24.269
to<00:38:16.469><c> live</c><00:38:16.630><c> in</c><00:38:16.789><c> it,</c><00:38:17.190><c> to</c><00:38:17.389><c> enjoy</c><00:38:17.869><c> it</c><00:38:18.190><c> forever.</c><00:38:21.349><c> That's</c><00:38:21.909><c> God's</c><00:38:22.510><c> gracious</c><00:38:22.809><c> purpose</c><00:38:23.690><c> made</c>

00:38:24.269 --> 00:38:26.489
known<00:38:24.650><c> to</c><00:38:24.929><c> us</c><00:38:25.170><c> in</c><00:38:25.409><c> his</c><00:38:25.710><c> Son.</c>

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Shall<00:38:27.730><c> we</c><00:38:27.969><c> be</c><00:38:28.190><c> with</c><00:38:28.429><c> him</c><00:38:28.650><c> in</c><00:38:28.889><c> that</c><00:38:29.230><c> day?</c><00:38:31.150><c> One</c><00:38:31.570><c> thing</c><00:38:32.070><c> is</c><00:38:32.530><c> certain</c><00:38:32.829><c> brethren</c><00:38:33.250><c> and</c><00:38:33.510><c> sisters,</c><00:38:34.510><c> we</c>

00:38:34.889 --> 00:38:38.369
make<00:38:35.309><c> the</c><00:38:35.829><c> answer</c><00:38:36.769><c> now.</c>