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of<00:19:18.529><c> faith</c><00:19:18.990><c> as</c><00:19:20.029><c> the</c><00:19:20.289><c> basis</c><00:19:20.769><c> of</c><00:19:21.289><c> righteousness.</c>

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So<00:19:23.369><c> that's</c><00:19:23.890><c> his</c><00:19:24.069><c> dilemma.</c><00:19:25.029><c> That's</c><00:19:25.730><c> his</c><00:19:26.029><c> concern.</c><00:19:27.289><c> It's</c><00:19:27.589><c> a</c><00:19:27.910><c> crisis,</c><00:19:28.890><c> and</c>

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Paul,<00:19:29.930><c> through</c><00:19:30.170><c> inspiration,</c>

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is<00:19:31.529><c> trying</c><00:19:31.789><c> to</c><00:19:32.049><c> reason</c><00:19:32.289><c> this</c><00:19:32.529><c> out</c><00:19:32.769><c> with</c><00:19:32.990><c> them.</c><00:19:34.470><c> So</c><00:19:35.009><c> in</c><00:19:35.369><c> doing</c>

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so,<00:19:37.130><c> he</c><00:19:37.369><c> appeals</c><00:19:37.849><c> to</c><00:19:38.230><c> logic,</c>

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and<00:19:39.490><c> he</c><00:19:39.730><c> appeals</c><00:19:40.049><c> to</c><00:19:40.369><c> Scripture.</c><00:19:42.069><c> The</c><00:19:42.849><c> law</c><00:19:43.630><c> of</c><00:19:44.230><c> righteousness</c>

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on<00:19:45.650><c> the</c><00:19:45.910><c> basis</c><00:19:46.250><c> of</c><00:19:46.750><c> works</c>

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is<00:19:48.089><c> first</c><00:19:48.549><c> a</c><00:19:48.869><c> quotation</c><00:19:49.410><c> from</c><00:19:49.829><c> Leviticus</c><00:19:50.450><c> 18,</c><00:19:52.250><c> but</c><00:19:52.670><c> he</c><00:19:52.970><c> says,</c>

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the<00:19:54.309><c> law</c><00:19:54.930><c> of</c><00:19:55.529><c> faith</c><00:19:56.130><c> speaketh</c><00:19:57.309><c> on</c><00:19:57.490><c> this</c><00:19:57.930><c> wise,</c>

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verse<00:19:58.869><c> 6,</c><00:19:59.430><c> and</c><00:19:59.589><c> he</c><00:19:59.849><c> quotes</c><00:20:00.049><c> from</c><00:20:00.309><c> Deuteronomy.</c><00:20:02.069><c> Is</c><00:20:02.450><c> there</c><00:20:02.690><c> something</c><00:20:03.029><c> that</c><00:20:03.529><c> strikes</c><00:20:03.809><c> you</c>

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as<00:20:04.490><c> peculiar</c>

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about<00:20:05.910><c> that</c><00:20:06.210><c> kind</c><00:20:06.609><c> of</c><00:20:06.829><c> appeal?</c><00:20:09.769><c> What</c><00:20:10.490><c> is</c><00:20:10.690><c> Paul</c><00:20:10.910><c> trying</c><00:20:11.130><c> to</c><00:20:11.390><c> show?</c>

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That<00:20:13.670><c> the</c><00:20:14.210><c> law</c><00:20:14.690><c> of</c><00:20:15.289><c> faith</c><00:20:15.609><c> is</c><00:20:15.950><c> the</c><00:20:16.170><c> basis</c><00:20:16.470><c> of</c><00:20:16.809><c> righteousness</c>

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as<00:20:19.690><c> opposed</c><00:20:20.170><c> to</c><00:20:20.390><c> the</c><00:20:20.529><c> law</c><00:20:20.809><c> of</c><00:20:21.170><c> works,</c>

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and<00:20:23.829><c> he's</c><00:20:24.069><c> trying</c><00:20:24.250><c> to</c><00:20:24.450><c> show</c><00:20:24.569><c> the</c><00:20:24.890><c> contrast</c><00:20:25.650><c> to</c><00:20:26.470><c> people</c><00:20:26.829><c> who</c>

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are<00:20:27.329><c> law</c><00:20:27.710><c> keepers.</c>

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First<00:20:30.490><c> quotation</c><00:20:31.069><c> comes</c><00:20:31.509><c> from</c><00:20:31.890><c> where?</c><00:20:32.869><c> Leviticus</c><00:20:33.230><c> 18.</c><00:20:34.670><c> Second</c><00:20:35.029><c> quotation</c><00:20:35.609><c> comes</c>

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from<00:20:36.329><c> where?</c><00:20:37.490><c> Deuteronomy</c>

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chapter<00:20:38.869><c> 30.</c><00:20:40.789><c> But</c><00:20:40.970><c> aren't</c><00:20:41.190><c> they</c><00:20:41.430><c> both</c><00:20:41.670><c> from</c><00:20:41.950><c> the</c><00:20:42.130><c> law?</c><00:20:44.390><c> Are</c>

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they<00:20:44.950><c> not</c><00:20:45.250><c> both</c><00:20:45.569><c> quotes</c><00:20:45.789><c> from</c><00:20:46.009><c> the</c><00:20:46.150><c> law?</c>

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It's<00:20:49.130><c> rather</c><00:20:49.369><c> peculiar</c><00:20:49.869><c> that.</c><00:20:51.990><c> Wouldn't</c><00:20:52.289><c> a</c><00:20:52.529><c> Jew</c><00:20:52.730><c> justifiably</c>

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say<00:20:54.210><c> in</c><00:20:55.130><c> criticism,</c>

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but<00:20:55.869><c> Paul,</c><00:20:56.309><c> both</c><00:20:56.609><c> of</c><00:20:56.809><c> your</c><00:20:56.990><c> points</c><00:20:57.250><c> are</c><00:20:57.450><c> from</c><00:20:57.630><c> the</c><00:20:57.829><c> law.</c><00:20:58.589><c> Are</c><00:20:58.910><c> you</c><00:20:59.089><c> really</c><00:20:59.410><c> setting</c><00:20:59.569><c> up</c><00:20:59.789><c> a</c><00:21:00.150><c> contrast</c>

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because<00:21:01.509><c> both</c><00:21:01.950><c> of</c><00:21:02.130><c> your</c><00:21:02.349><c> quotations</c><00:21:03.190><c> come</c><00:21:03.730><c> from</c><00:21:03.970><c> the</c><00:21:04.109><c> law</c><00:21:04.289><c> of</c>

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Moses?<00:21:06.349><c> And</c><00:21:06.549><c> Paul</c><00:21:06.730><c> would</c><00:21:06.950><c> have</c><00:21:07.049><c> to</c><00:21:07.269><c> say</c><00:21:07.450><c> exactly.</c>

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Exactly.<00:21:11.390><c> What</c><00:21:11.569><c> he</c><00:21:11.869><c> said</c><00:21:11.990><c> in</c><00:21:12.269><c> Romans</c><00:21:12.529><c> 3,</c><00:21:13.369><c> therefore,</c><00:21:13.930><c> has</c><00:21:14.230><c> a</c>

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bearing<00:21:14.630><c> on</c><00:21:14.869><c> this</c><00:21:15.049><c> issue,</c>

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which<00:21:15.470><c> we</c><00:21:15.690><c> read</c><00:21:15.869><c> previously,</c><00:21:17.470><c> that</c><00:21:17.670><c> the</c><00:21:18.049><c> law</c><00:21:18.690><c> of</c><00:21:19.250><c> faith</c><00:21:19.670><c> was</c>

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witnessed<00:21:21.269><c> in</c><00:21:22.170><c> the</c><00:21:22.450><c> law</c><00:21:22.950><c> and</c><00:21:23.710><c> in</c><00:21:23.930><c> the</c><00:21:24.210><c> prophets.</c>

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Here's<00:21:26.390><c> a</c><00:21:26.549><c> case</c><00:21:26.789><c> in</c><00:21:27.029><c> point,</c><00:21:27.809><c> therefore,</c><00:21:29.109><c> that</c><00:21:29.269><c> the</c><00:21:29.609><c> law</c><00:21:30.230><c> of</c><00:21:30.910><c> faith</c><00:21:31.309><c> as</c>

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the<00:21:31.990><c> basis</c><00:21:32.329><c> for</c><00:21:32.710><c> righteousness</c>

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was<00:21:33.970><c> indeed</c><00:21:34.609><c> witnessed</c><00:21:35.230><c> in</c><00:21:35.890><c> the</c><00:21:36.269><c> law</c><00:21:36.849><c> as</c><00:21:37.369><c> well</c><00:21:37.589><c> as</c><00:21:37.710><c> in</c><00:21:37.809><c> the</c><00:21:38.009><c> prophets.</c><00:21:39.569><c> The</c>

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law<00:21:40.230><c> had</c><00:21:40.549><c> an</c><00:21:40.890><c> internal</c><00:21:41.230><c> witness.</c>

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It<00:21:43.190><c> wasn't</c><00:21:43.430><c> a</c><00:21:43.630><c> matter</c><00:21:43.930><c> of</c><00:21:44.250><c> the</c><00:21:44.490><c> apostles</c><00:21:44.890><c> and</c><00:21:45.089><c> Jesus</c><00:21:45.470><c> Christ</c>

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stepping<00:21:46.109><c> outside</c><00:21:46.730><c> of</c><00:21:46.910><c> the</c><00:21:47.069><c> law</c>

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and<00:21:47.789><c> having</c><00:21:48.009><c> to</c><00:21:48.309><c> force</c><00:21:48.529><c> something</c><00:21:48.869><c> on</c><00:21:49.170><c> it</c><00:21:49.309><c> that</c><00:21:49.490><c> wasn't</c><00:21:49.750><c> there.</c><00:21:51.109><c> It</c><00:21:51.390><c> wasn't</c><00:21:51.630><c> a</c>

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matter<00:21:52.029><c> of</c><00:21:52.309><c> Jews</c>

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having<00:21:52.990><c> to</c><00:21:53.210><c> take</c><00:21:53.410><c> the</c><00:21:53.650><c> apostles</c><00:21:54.049><c> word</c><00:21:54.410><c> for</c><00:21:54.710><c> it.</c><00:21:56.970><c> Rather,</c><00:21:58.309><c> law</c>

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abiding<00:21:59.289><c> Jews</c><00:21:59.809><c> who</c><00:22:00.390><c> had</c><00:22:00.710><c> deep</c><00:22:01.049><c> respect</c><00:22:01.549><c> for</c><00:22:01.769><c> those</c>

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five<00:22:02.369><c> books</c><00:22:02.690><c> of</c><00:22:02.890><c> the</c><00:22:03.089><c> Torah</c><00:22:03.509><c> could</c><00:22:04.130><c> go</c><00:22:04.430><c> back</c><00:22:04.690><c> to</c><00:22:04.849><c> those</c><00:22:05.130><c> five</c>

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books<00:22:05.849><c> and</c><00:22:06.509><c> within</c><00:22:06.890><c> those</c><00:22:07.309><c> books</c><00:22:07.789><c> find</c><00:22:08.569><c> the</c><00:22:08.930><c> reasoning.</c>

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Within<00:22:10.609><c> those</c><00:22:11.029><c> fine</c><00:22:11.309><c> books,</c><00:22:12.089><c> find</c><00:22:12.369><c> the</c><00:22:12.670><c> clues.</c><00:22:14.109><c> Who</c><00:22:14.609><c> was</c><00:22:14.910><c> the</c>

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first<00:22:15.390><c> man</c><00:22:15.690><c> that's</c><00:22:16.049><c> declared</c><00:22:16.349><c> righteous?</c>

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Abraham.<00:22:18.809><c> When</c><00:22:19.170><c> did</c><00:22:19.369><c> he</c><00:22:19.670><c> have</c><00:22:19.910><c> the</c><00:22:20.150><c> attribution</c><00:22:20.789><c> of</c><00:22:20.990><c> righteousness?</c><00:22:22.309><c> Before</c>

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he<00:22:22.829><c> was</c><00:22:23.130><c> circumcised</c><00:22:23.809><c> or</c><00:22:24.109><c> after</c>

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before<00:22:25.309><c> he</c><00:22:25.490><c> was</c><00:22:25.670><c> circumcised?</c><00:22:27.450><c> Point.</c><00:22:28.410><c> Therefore,</c><00:22:29.670><c> therefore,</c><00:22:30.289><c> is</c><00:22:30.609><c> works</c>

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the<00:22:31.329><c> basis</c><00:22:31.650><c> of</c><00:22:31.950><c> righteousness,</c>

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like<00:22:33.069><c> circumcision?</c><00:22:34.410><c> Answer,</c><00:22:35.089><c> no.</c><00:22:37.029><c> Did</c><00:22:37.190><c> he</c><00:22:37.450><c> earn</c><00:22:37.690><c> righteousness?</c><00:22:38.769><c> Answer,</c><00:22:39.589><c> no.</c><00:22:39.990><c> It</c>

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was<00:22:40.650><c> accounted</c><00:22:41.230><c> to</c><00:22:41.509><c> him.</c>

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What<00:22:43.490><c> was</c><00:22:43.789><c> the</c><00:22:43.930><c> basis</c><00:22:44.250><c> of</c><00:22:44.490><c> righteousness?</c><00:22:45.769><c> His</c><00:22:46.170><c> faith</c><00:22:46.630><c> was</c><00:22:46.970><c> the</c><00:22:47.150><c> basis</c><00:22:47.529><c> of</c>

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righteousness.<00:22:48.809><c> The</c><00:22:49.069><c> three</c><00:22:49.349><c> points.</c>

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So<00:22:51.710><c> within</c><00:22:52.470><c> the</c><00:22:52.789><c> five</c><00:22:53.049><c> books,</c><00:22:53.390><c> there</c><00:22:53.609><c> was</c><00:22:53.829><c> that</c><00:22:54.069><c> to</c><00:22:54.269><c> draw</c><00:22:54.509><c> from.</c><00:22:55.470><c> But</c>

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also,<00:22:56.329><c> brothers</c><00:22:56.430><c> and</c><00:22:56.690><c> sisters,</c><00:22:57.549><c> our</c><00:22:57.809><c> point</c>

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this<00:22:58.410><c> week</c><00:22:58.690><c> in</c><00:22:58.930><c> studying</c><00:22:59.190><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:22:59.970><c> is</c><00:23:00.990><c> that</c><00:23:01.170><c> as</c><00:23:01.349><c> Paul</c><00:23:01.670><c> said</c><00:23:01.890><c> in</c>

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Romans<00:23:02.410><c> three,</c><00:23:03.190><c> there</c><00:23:03.369><c> was</c><00:23:03.630><c> a</c><00:23:03.910><c> witness</c><00:23:04.289><c> indeed</c>

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within<00:23:05.250><c> the</c><00:23:05.549><c> law.</c><00:23:07.329><c> Apart</c><00:23:07.809><c> from</c><00:23:08.049><c> the</c><00:23:08.170><c> case</c><00:23:08.390><c> of</c><00:23:08.630><c> Abraham</c><00:23:09.069><c> and</c>

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Genesis,<00:23:11.210><c> apart</c><00:23:11.430><c> from</c><00:23:11.869><c> the</c><00:23:12.329><c> clues</c><00:23:12.690><c> within</c><00:23:13.009><c> the</c>

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rituals<00:23:13.750><c> of</c><00:23:14.170><c> the</c><00:23:14.329><c> law,</c><00:23:15.630><c> there</c><00:23:15.809><c> were</c><00:23:16.069><c> definite</c><00:23:16.490><c> clues</c><00:23:17.009><c> in</c><00:23:17.470><c> books</c><00:23:17.769><c> like</c>

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Deuteronomy,<00:23:20.349><c> which</c><00:23:20.670><c> point</c><00:23:21.029><c> as</c><00:23:21.450><c> the</c><00:23:21.670><c> apostle</c>

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is<00:23:22.269><c> about</c><00:23:22.490><c> to</c><00:23:22.789><c> show</c><00:23:22.950><c> us</c><00:23:23.789><c> to</c><00:23:24.410><c> the</c><00:23:24.650><c> basis</c><00:23:25.109><c> of</c><00:23:25.609><c> righteousness</c><00:23:26.190><c> being</c><00:23:27.150><c> faith.</c><00:23:28.650><c> And</c>

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thus<00:23:29.009><c> our</c><00:23:29.309><c> point</c><00:23:29.529><c> yesterday</c><00:23:30.250><c> was</c>

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important<00:23:31.410><c> to</c><00:23:31.710><c> notice</c><00:23:32.170><c> that</c><00:23:33.170><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:23:33.890><c> 32</c><00:23:34.490><c> and</c><00:23:34.750><c> verse</c><00:23:35.009><c> 20</c>

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is<00:23:36.549><c> the</c><00:23:36.950><c> only</c><00:23:37.410><c> place</c><00:23:37.890><c> outside</c><00:23:38.470><c> of</c><00:23:38.750><c> Habakkuk</c><00:23:39.289><c> in</c><00:23:39.710><c> all</c>

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the<00:23:40.289><c> Old</c><00:23:40.509><c> Testament</c><00:23:41.089><c> where</c><00:23:41.849><c> we</c><00:23:42.349><c> find</c><00:23:42.730><c> a</c><00:23:43.150><c> reference</c><00:23:43.569><c> to</c><00:23:43.970><c> faith.</c>

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And<00:23:44.849><c> it's</c><00:23:45.130><c> in</c><00:23:45.369><c> conjunction</c><00:23:45.869><c> with</c><00:23:46.170><c> the</c><00:23:46.450><c> children</c>

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of<00:23:46.990><c> God.</c><00:23:48.130><c> And</c><00:23:48.329><c> it</c><00:23:48.650><c> includes</c><00:23:49.109><c> the</c><00:23:49.410><c> opportunity</c><00:23:49.930><c> of</c><00:23:50.130><c> the</c><00:23:50.250><c> Gentiles.</c><00:23:51.509><c> It</c><00:23:52.349><c> reinforces</c><00:23:53.609><c> the</c>

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importance<00:23:54.589><c> of</c>

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today's<00:23:55.650><c> observation.</c><00:23:57.650><c> Let's</c><00:23:57.950><c> continue,</c><00:23:58.789><c> however,</c><00:23:58.809><c> in</c><00:23:58.950><c> this</c><00:23:59.130><c> context.</c>

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Leviticus<00:24:03.650><c> 18,</c><00:24:04.970><c> which</c><00:24:05.210><c> the</c><00:24:05.450><c> apostle</c><00:24:05.910><c> quotes,</c><00:24:07.750><c> speaketh</c><00:24:08.029><c> on</c>

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this<00:24:08.609><c> wise,</c><00:24:09.670><c> that</c><00:24:09.809><c> the</c><00:24:10.089><c> man</c><00:24:10.410><c> which</c>

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doeth<00:24:11.289><c> those</c><00:24:11.670><c> things</c><00:24:11.990><c> shall</c><00:24:12.309><c> live</c><00:24:12.670><c> by</c><00:24:13.009><c> them.</c><00:24:15.589><c> But</c><00:24:16.049><c> then</c><00:24:16.789><c> what</c>

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does<00:24:17.950><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:24:18.609><c> 30</c><00:24:19.049><c> have</c><00:24:19.309><c> to</c><00:24:19.569><c> say,</c>

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which<00:24:20.589><c> Paul</c><00:24:20.930><c> says</c><00:24:21.609><c> is</c><00:24:22.490><c> the</c><00:24:22.769><c> righteousness</c><00:24:23.390><c> of</c><00:24:23.869><c> faith,</c><00:24:24.289><c> which</c>

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speaketh<00:24:24.990><c> on</c><00:24:25.170><c> this</c><00:24:25.529><c> wise.</c>

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Let's<00:24:26.970><c> turn</c><00:24:27.269><c> to</c><00:24:27.509><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:24:28.069><c> rather</c><00:24:28.390><c> than</c><00:24:28.589><c> reading</c><00:24:28.769><c> it</c><00:24:29.009><c> here</c>

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in<00:24:29.390><c> Romans.</c><00:24:30.269><c> So</c><00:24:30.650><c> let's</c><00:24:30.970><c> go</c><00:24:31.250><c> over</c><00:24:31.829><c> to</c><00:24:32.410><c> Paul's</c>

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quotation.<00:24:34.549><c> He</c><00:24:35.009><c> quotes</c><00:24:35.250><c> from</c><00:24:35.529><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:24:36.230><c> chapter</c><00:24:36.710><c> 30.</c><00:24:38.130><c> It's</c><00:24:38.869><c> a</c>

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little<00:24:39.170><c> easier</c><00:24:39.589><c> to</c><00:24:40.210><c> reason</c><00:24:40.529><c> it</c><00:24:40.809><c> out</c><00:24:41.009><c> from</c><00:24:41.269><c> here.</c>

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Deuteronomy<00:24:43.920><c> chapter</c><00:24:44.420><c> 30.</c>

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We<00:24:59.059><c> come</c><00:24:59.279><c> down</c><00:24:59.900><c> to</c><00:25:00.579><c> verse</c><00:25:01.140><c> 11.</c><00:25:04.299><c> When</c><00:25:04.480><c> you</c><00:25:04.640><c> get</c><00:25:04.900><c> to</c><00:25:05.400><c> verse</c><00:25:05.680><c> 11</c><00:25:06.059><c> and</c><00:25:06.259><c> 12,</c><00:25:06.640><c> if</c>

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you<00:25:06.940><c> look</c><00:25:07.140><c> over</c><00:25:07.339><c> to</c><00:25:07.500><c> your</c><00:25:07.740><c> margin,</c>

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you<00:25:08.799><c> should</c><00:25:09.059><c> see</c><00:25:09.299><c> one</c><00:25:09.480><c> of</c><00:25:09.559><c> those</c><00:25:09.839><c> references</c><00:25:10.279><c> that</c><00:25:10.519><c> we</c><00:25:10.779><c> referred</c><00:25:11.059><c> to</c><00:25:11.299><c> the</c>

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other<00:25:11.640><c> day,</c><00:25:12.759><c> where</c><00:25:12.839><c> it</c><00:25:13.059><c> says,</c>

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cited<00:25:14.000><c> generally</c><00:25:14.720><c> from</c><00:25:15.220><c> Romans</c><00:25:15.539><c> 10,</c><00:25:16.039><c> 6</c><00:25:16.299><c> to</c><00:25:16.420><c> 8.</c><00:25:17.440><c> So</c><00:25:17.599><c> this</c><00:25:17.740><c> is</c>

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where<00:25:18.039><c> Paul's</c><00:25:18.460><c> quoting</c><00:25:18.680><c> from.</c>

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Let's<00:25:19.200><c> read</c><00:25:19.339><c> it</c><00:25:19.559><c> together.</c><00:25:20.259><c> Verse</c><00:25:20.500><c> 11.</c><00:25:22.359><c> For</c><00:25:22.579><c> this</c><00:25:22.920><c> commandment,</c><00:25:23.960><c> which</c><00:25:24.160><c> I</c>

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command<00:25:24.980><c> thee</c><00:25:25.079><c> this</c><00:25:25.380><c> day,</c>

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is<00:25:26.599><c> not</c><00:25:26.859><c> hidden</c><00:25:27.160><c> from</c><00:25:27.519><c> thee,</c><00:25:28.599><c> neither</c><00:25:28.900><c> is</c><00:25:29.180><c> it</c><00:25:29.680><c> far</c><00:25:30.000><c> off.</c><00:25:31.559><c> It</c><00:25:31.859><c> is</c>

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not<00:25:32.259><c> in</c><00:25:32.519><c> heaven</c><00:25:32.900><c> that</c><00:25:33.299><c> thou</c><00:25:33.500><c> should</c><00:25:33.799><c> say,</c>

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Who<00:25:34.819><c> shall</c><00:25:35.220><c> go</c><00:25:35.500><c> up</c><00:25:35.880><c> for</c><00:25:36.299><c> us</c><00:25:36.519><c> to</c><00:25:36.700><c> heaven</c><00:25:37.039><c> and</c><00:25:37.700><c> bring</c><00:25:37.859><c> it</c><00:25:38.079><c> unto</c><00:25:38.240><c> us,</c><00:25:38.759><c> that</c><00:25:38.779><c> we</c>

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may<00:25:39.319><c> hear</c><00:25:39.740><c> it</c><00:25:40.240><c> and</c><00:25:40.380><c> do</c><00:25:40.619><c> it.</c>

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Neither<00:25:42.579><c> is</c><00:25:42.859><c> it</c><00:25:43.079><c> beyond</c><00:25:43.400><c> the</c><00:25:43.779><c> sea</c><00:25:44.140><c> that</c><00:25:44.700><c> thou</c><00:25:44.980><c> should</c><00:25:45.279><c> say,</c><00:25:46.099><c> Who</c><00:25:46.640><c> shall</c><00:25:47.039><c> go</c>

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over<00:25:47.640><c> the</c><00:25:47.880><c> sea</c><00:25:48.099><c> for</c><00:25:48.380><c> us</c><00:25:48.779><c> and</c><00:25:49.140><c> bring</c><00:25:49.319><c> it</c>

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unto<00:25:49.799><c> us,</c><00:25:50.680><c> that</c><00:25:50.779><c> we</c><00:25:50.980><c> may</c><00:25:51.420><c> hear</c><00:25:51.759><c> it</c><00:25:52.279><c> and</c><00:25:52.400><c> do</c><00:25:52.640><c> it.</c><00:25:54.119><c> No,</c><00:25:55.259><c> but</c><00:25:55.559><c> the</c>

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word<00:25:56.380><c> is</c><00:25:56.859><c> very</c><00:25:57.299><c> nigh</c><00:25:57.559><c> unto</c><00:25:57.880><c> thee</c><00:25:58.599><c> in</c><00:25:59.220><c> thy</c><00:25:59.500><c> mouth</c>

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and<00:26:00.599><c> in</c><00:26:01.099><c> thy</c><00:26:01.440><c> heart,</c><00:26:02.680><c> that</c><00:26:02.799><c> thou</c><00:26:03.079><c> mayest</c><00:26:03.680><c> do</c><00:26:04.039><c> it.</c><00:26:05.680><c> Well,</c><00:26:05.900><c> what's</c><00:26:06.180><c> the</c><00:26:06.420><c> point?</c>

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The<00:26:08.160><c> apostle</c><00:26:08.720><c> reasons</c><00:26:09.220><c> in</c><00:26:09.480><c> Romans</c><00:26:09.859><c> chapter</c><00:26:10.380><c> 10</c><00:26:11.259><c> that</c><00:26:11.859><c> verses</c>

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12<00:26:12.900><c> and</c><00:26:13.079><c> 13,</c><00:26:14.299><c> in</c><00:26:14.700><c> fact,</c><00:26:16.279><c> describe</c><00:26:16.640><c> the</c><00:26:17.000><c> basis</c>

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of<00:26:17.900><c> righteousness.</c><00:26:19.619><c> And</c><00:26:20.140><c> of</c><00:26:20.480><c> course,</c><00:26:20.740><c> he's</c><00:26:21.079><c> reasoning,</c><00:26:21.859><c> they</c>

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hint<00:26:22.339><c> as</c><00:26:22.660><c> to</c><00:26:22.779><c> what</c><00:26:22.920><c> the</c><00:26:23.160><c> basis</c><00:26:23.480><c> isn't.</c><00:26:25.279><c> In</c><00:26:25.559><c> other</c>

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words,<00:26:26.480><c> if</c><00:26:26.640><c> you</c><00:26:26.880><c> put</c><00:26:27.119><c> emphasis</c><00:26:27.799><c> on</c><00:26:28.279><c> the</c><00:26:28.440><c> word</c><00:26:28.700><c> who,</c><00:26:30.059><c> you</c><00:26:30.299><c> have</c>

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the<00:26:30.799><c> secret</c><00:26:31.180><c> to</c><00:26:31.380><c> the</c><00:26:31.539><c> meaning.</c><00:26:33.619><c> Righteousness,</c>

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the<00:26:35.099><c> commandment,</c><00:26:36.359><c> the</c><00:26:36.539><c> way</c><00:26:36.700><c> to</c><00:26:37.000><c> salvation,</c><00:26:38.299><c> the</c><00:26:38.480><c> way</c><00:26:38.680><c> to</c><00:26:38.960><c> God</c>

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and<00:26:39.619><c> reconciliation,</c><00:26:41.339><c> fellowship</c><00:26:41.700><c> with</c><00:26:41.980><c> him,</c>

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is<00:26:43.420><c> not</c><00:26:43.680><c> achieved</c><00:26:44.240><c> on</c><00:26:44.539><c> the</c><00:26:44.779><c> basis</c><00:26:45.099><c> of</c><00:26:45.319><c> this</c><00:26:45.559><c> reasoning.</c><00:26:46.960><c> Who</c>

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among<00:26:48.079><c> human</c><00:26:48.460><c> beings</c><00:26:48.980><c> will</c><00:26:49.359><c> go</c><00:26:49.619><c> up</c><00:26:49.839><c> for</c><00:26:50.019><c> us</c><00:26:50.259><c> to</c><00:26:50.480><c> heaven</c>

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and<00:26:52.059><c> bring</c><00:26:52.339><c> it</c><00:26:52.559><c> unto</c><00:26:52.859><c> us,</c><00:26:53.259><c> that</c><00:26:53.359><c> we</c><00:26:53.539><c> may</c><00:26:53.799><c> hear</c><00:26:54.059><c> it</c><00:26:54.279><c> and</c><00:26:54.400><c> do</c><00:26:54.579><c> it.</c>

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Verse<00:26:56.539><c> 13,</c><00:26:57.680><c> neither</c><00:26:58.140><c> is</c><00:26:58.460><c> it</c><00:26:58.579><c> on</c><00:26:58.779><c> the</c><00:26:58.940><c> basis</c><00:26:59.480><c> of</c><00:27:00.200><c> who</c><00:27:00.579><c> among</c><00:27:00.940><c> human</c><00:27:01.319><c> beings</c><00:27:01.900><c> shall</c><00:27:02.359><c> go</c>

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over<00:27:02.940><c> the</c><00:27:03.220><c> sea</c><00:27:03.380><c> for</c><00:27:03.640><c> us</c>

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and<00:27:04.359><c> bring</c><00:27:04.559><c> it</c><00:27:04.779><c> unto</c><00:27:05.000><c> us,</c><00:27:06.099><c> that</c><00:27:06.240><c> we</c><00:27:06.400><c> may</c><00:27:06.680><c> hear</c><00:27:06.920><c> it</c><00:27:07.220><c> and</c><00:27:07.380><c> do</c><00:27:07.579><c> it.</c>

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It's<00:27:09.640><c> not</c><00:27:09.799><c> a</c><00:27:09.960><c> matter</c><00:27:10.200><c> of</c><00:27:10.759><c> who</c><00:27:11.259><c> among</c><00:27:11.740><c> us</c><00:27:12.160><c> will</c><00:27:12.440><c> do</c><00:27:12.680><c> it,</c>

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that<00:27:13.559><c> we</c><00:27:13.779><c> might</c><00:27:14.059><c> hear</c><00:27:14.339><c> it</c><00:27:14.539><c> and</c><00:27:14.680><c> do</c><00:27:14.859><c> it.</c><00:27:15.880><c> It's</c><00:27:16.279><c> not</c><00:27:16.380><c> a</c><00:27:16.519><c> matter</c><00:27:16.680><c> of</c>

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who<00:27:17.019><c> will</c><00:27:17.279><c> go</c><00:27:17.480><c> for</c><00:27:17.759><c> us.</c>

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No,<00:27:20.319><c> it's</c><00:27:20.799><c> already,</c><00:27:21.420><c> verse</c><00:27:21.839><c> 14,</c><00:27:23.940><c> near</c><00:27:24.220><c> you.</c><00:27:25.160><c> And</c><00:27:25.359><c> what</c><00:27:25.599><c> is</c><00:27:25.819><c> it?</c>

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The<00:27:27.380><c> word</c><00:27:27.900><c> is</c><00:27:28.400><c> near</c><00:27:28.660><c> unto</c><00:27:28.940><c> thee</c>

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in<00:27:30.200><c> thy</c><00:27:30.460><c> mouth,</c><00:27:31.259><c> in</c><00:27:31.579><c> thy</c><00:27:31.859><c> heart,</c><00:27:32.640><c> that</c><00:27:32.759><c> you</c><00:27:32.980><c> may</c><00:27:33.200><c> do</c><00:27:33.480><c> it.</c><00:27:34.539><c> The</c>

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point<00:27:35.160><c> is</c><00:27:35.420><c> it's</c><00:27:35.720><c> not</c><00:27:35.940><c> by</c><00:27:36.259><c> works</c><00:27:36.740><c> and</c><00:27:37.400><c> it's</c><00:27:37.759><c> not</c><00:27:37.940><c> by</c>

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human<00:27:38.579><c> endeavor.</c><00:27:39.980><c> Don't</c><00:27:40.279><c> ask</c><00:27:40.740><c> who</c><00:27:41.299><c> among</c><00:27:41.680><c> you</c><00:27:41.900><c> will</c><00:27:42.119><c> do</c><00:27:42.380><c> it.</c><00:27:43.900><c> God</c><00:27:44.299><c> says</c><00:27:44.839><c> it's</c><00:27:45.460><c> my</c><00:27:45.779><c> word</c><00:27:46.299><c> and</c><00:27:47.420><c> I</c>

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will<00:27:48.019><c> give</c><00:27:48.220><c> you</c><00:27:48.480><c> my</c>

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word<00:27:49.099><c> and</c><00:27:49.400><c> I</c><00:27:49.539><c> will</c><00:27:49.779><c> put</c><00:27:50.059><c> my</c><00:27:50.500><c> word</c><00:27:50.839><c> in</c><00:27:51.319><c> your</c><00:27:51.619><c> mouth</c><00:27:51.920><c> and</c><00:27:52.299><c> in</c><00:27:52.539><c> your</c>

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heart<00:27:53.259><c> that</c><00:27:53.680><c> you</c><00:27:53.980><c> may</c><00:27:54.339><c> do</c><00:27:54.700><c> it.</c><00:27:55.240><c> It'll</c><00:27:55.599><c> be</c><00:27:55.940><c> me</c><00:27:56.500><c> that</c>

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will<00:27:57.059><c> help</c><00:27:57.319><c> you.</c><00:27:58.380><c> I</c><00:27:58.799><c> will</c><00:27:59.079><c> give</c><00:27:59.259><c> you</c><00:27:59.440><c> the</c><00:27:59.740><c> power</c><00:28:00.339><c> through</c><00:28:00.720><c> my</c><00:28:01.059><c> word.</c><00:28:01.960><c> I</c>

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will<00:28:02.599><c> put</c><00:28:02.759><c> it</c><00:28:02.980><c> in</c><00:28:03.140><c> your</c><00:28:03.440><c> mouth.</c><00:28:03.880><c> It</c><00:28:04.019><c> will</c><00:28:04.240><c> come</c>

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from<00:28:04.579><c> my</c><00:28:04.980><c> mouth</c><00:28:05.480><c> and</c><00:28:06.039><c> I</c><00:28:06.359><c> will</c><00:28:06.539><c> put</c><00:28:06.740><c> it</c><00:28:06.819><c> in</c><00:28:06.940><c> your</c><00:28:07.279><c> heart</c><00:28:07.680><c> and</c><00:28:08.299><c> that</c><00:28:08.740><c> will</c><00:28:09.039><c> be</c>

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the<00:28:09.819><c> source</c><00:28:10.220><c> of</c><00:28:10.500><c> power</c>

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and<00:28:12.119><c> that</c><00:28:12.440><c> will</c><00:28:12.599><c> be</c><00:28:12.779><c> the</c><00:28:13.000><c> source</c><00:28:13.259><c> of</c><00:28:13.519><c> conversion.</c><00:28:15.460><c> Psalm</c><00:28:15.579><c> 19,</c>

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the<00:28:17.960><c> law</c><00:28:18.500><c> of</c><00:28:18.900><c> the</c><00:28:19.140><c> Lord,</c><00:28:19.779><c> the</c><00:28:20.059><c> testimonies</c><00:28:20.799><c> of</c><00:28:21.019><c> the</c>

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Lord,<00:28:21.720><c> the</c><00:28:22.039><c> statutes</c><00:28:22.559><c> of</c><00:28:22.759><c> the</c><00:28:22.960><c> Lord.</c><00:28:23.900><c> What</c><00:28:24.180><c> do</c><00:28:24.339><c> they</c><00:28:24.519><c> do?</c><00:28:25.000><c> They</c>

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make<00:28:25.539><c> wise</c><00:28:26.019><c> the</c><00:28:26.279><c> simple.</c><00:28:27.039><c> They</c><00:28:27.359><c> convert</c><00:28:27.880><c> the</c><00:28:28.299><c> soul.</c>

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They<00:28:29.299><c> enlighten</c><00:28:29.960><c> the</c><00:28:30.220><c> eyes.</c><00:28:31.880><c> Psalm</c><00:28:31.880><c> 119,</c><00:28:33.240><c> wherewithal</c><00:28:34.039><c> shall</c>

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a<00:28:34.480><c> young</c><00:28:34.680><c> man</c><00:28:35.019><c> cleanse</c><00:28:35.420><c> his</c><00:28:35.680><c> way</c>

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by<00:28:37.279><c> taking</c><00:28:37.740><c> heed</c><00:28:38.119><c> thereto</c><00:28:38.660><c> according</c><00:28:39.039><c> to</c><00:28:39.279><c> thy</c><00:28:39.500><c> word.</c><00:28:41.200><c> And</c><00:28:41.559><c> Psalm</c><00:28:41.720><c> 119</c>

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continues,<00:28:43.960><c> thy</c><00:28:44.319><c> word</c><00:28:44.960><c> have</c><00:28:45.279><c> I</c><00:28:45.519><c> hid</c><00:28:45.640><c> in</c><00:28:45.819><c> my</c><00:28:46.180><c> heart</c>

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that<00:28:48.059><c> I</c><00:28:48.279><c> might</c><00:28:48.440><c> not</c><00:28:48.759><c> sin</c><00:28:48.940><c> against</c><00:28:49.380><c> thee.</c><00:28:50.799><c> Thy</c><00:28:51.299><c> word</c><00:28:51.920><c> have</c><00:28:52.859><c> I</c><00:28:53.240><c> hid</c><00:28:53.500><c> in</c>

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my<00:28:54.319><c> heart</c><00:28:54.799><c> that</c><00:28:55.259><c> I</c><00:28:55.440><c> might</c><00:28:55.660><c> not</c><00:28:55.920><c> sin</c><00:28:56.140><c> against</c><00:28:56.539><c> thee.</c>

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It<00:28:57.880><c> is</c><00:28:58.140><c> God's</c><00:28:58.720><c> word</c><00:28:59.259><c> which</c><00:28:59.619><c> is</c><00:28:59.900><c> very</c><00:29:00.160><c> near</c><00:29:00.480><c> you</c><00:29:00.880><c> and</c><00:29:01.440><c> you</c><00:29:01.599><c> don't</c>

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need<00:29:02.079><c> to</c><00:29:02.319><c> ask</c><00:29:02.680><c> who's</c><00:29:03.140><c> going</c><00:29:03.220><c> to</c><00:29:03.299><c> do</c><00:29:03.480><c> this</c><00:29:03.720><c> and</c><00:29:03.920><c> who's</c>

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going<00:29:04.359><c> to</c><00:29:04.400><c> do</c><00:29:04.640><c> that</c><00:29:05.099><c> and</c><00:29:05.279><c> who</c><00:29:05.480><c> will</c><00:29:05.640><c> go</c><00:29:05.839><c> there</c><00:29:06.279><c> and</c><00:29:06.460><c> who</c><00:29:06.619><c> will</c>

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go<00:29:06.920><c> here.</c><00:29:08.140><c> The</c><00:29:08.420><c> word</c><00:29:08.960><c> is</c><00:29:09.400><c> given</c><00:29:09.619><c> by</c><00:29:09.960><c> God.</c><00:29:10.579><c> He</c><00:29:10.859><c> says,</c>

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I<00:29:11.299><c> will</c><00:29:11.519><c> put</c><00:29:11.700><c> it</c><00:29:11.819><c> in</c><00:29:11.920><c> your</c><00:29:12.140><c> mouth.</c><00:29:12.680><c> I</c><00:29:12.799><c> will</c><00:29:13.019><c> put</c><00:29:13.220><c> it</c><00:29:13.359><c> in</c><00:29:13.460><c> your</c>

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heart<00:29:14.119><c> and</c><00:29:15.799><c> the</c><00:29:17.220><c> salvation</c><00:29:18.119><c> that</c><00:29:18.880><c> comes</c><00:29:19.180><c> from</c><00:29:19.480><c> that</c>

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will<00:29:20.220><c> be</c><00:29:20.480><c> of</c><00:29:20.759><c> me,</c><00:29:21.619><c> not</c><00:29:21.779><c> of</c><00:29:22.039><c> works.</c><00:29:23.700><c> That's</c><00:29:23.980><c> why</c><00:29:24.279><c> Paul</c><00:29:24.640><c> says</c><00:29:25.200><c> when</c><00:29:25.559><c> he</c>

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contrasts<00:29:26.599><c> those</c><00:29:26.819><c> two</c><00:29:27.140><c> quotes,</c><00:29:28.400><c> Leviticus</c>

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chapter<00:29:29.359><c> 18</c><00:29:29.920><c> speaks</c><00:29:30.319><c> about</c><00:29:31.420><c> the</c><00:29:32.000><c> righteousness</c><00:29:32.640><c> based</c><00:29:33.140><c> on</c><00:29:33.460><c> law</c><00:29:33.859><c> and</c><00:29:34.180><c> works.</c><00:29:35.420><c> The</c><00:29:35.559><c> man</c><00:29:35.839><c> that</c><00:29:36.119><c> doeth</c><00:29:36.380><c> them,</c><00:29:36.799><c> he</c><00:29:37.019><c> shall</c>

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live<00:29:37.420><c> in</c><00:29:37.559><c> them.</c><00:29:38.720><c> In</c><00:29:39.140><c> contrast</c><00:29:39.799><c> to</c><00:29:40.000><c> the</c><00:29:40.240><c> quote</c><00:29:40.619><c> in</c><00:29:40.980><c> Deuteronomy</c>

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30<00:29:42.440><c> which</c><00:29:43.079><c> speaks</c><00:29:43.440><c> about</c><00:29:43.799><c> the</c><00:29:44.059><c> law</c><00:29:44.400><c> of</c><00:29:44.799><c> faith,</c>

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the<00:29:46.480><c> basis</c><00:29:46.880><c> of</c><00:29:47.200><c> righteousness.</c><00:29:49.220><c> Now</c><00:29:49.359><c> lest</c><00:29:49.599><c> you</c><00:29:49.799><c> think</c><00:29:50.039><c> that</c>

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perhaps<00:29:50.619><c> the</c><00:29:50.920><c> apostle</c><00:29:51.400><c> is</c><00:29:52.279><c> squeezing</c><00:29:52.720><c> his</c><00:29:53.220><c> point,</c>

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go<00:29:54.960><c> back</c><00:29:55.400><c> to</c><00:29:55.640><c> verse</c><00:29:55.940><c> 6.</c><00:29:57.359><c> Look</c><00:29:57.660><c> at</c><00:29:57.900><c> this.</c><00:29:59.559><c> Lest</c><00:29:59.839><c> you</c><00:30:00.059><c> think</c><00:30:00.339><c> that</c>

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perhaps<00:30:01.279><c> this</c><00:30:02.240><c> is</c><00:30:02.740><c> torturing</c><00:30:03.380><c> the</c><00:30:03.680><c> context</c><00:30:04.299><c> and</c>

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making<00:30:04.859><c> something</c><00:30:05.380><c> that's</c><00:30:05.940><c> rather</c><00:30:06.220><c> obscure</c><00:30:07.099><c> into</c><00:30:08.940><c> a</c><00:30:09.500><c> point</c><00:30:09.819><c> for</c><00:30:10.279><c> the</c><00:30:10.440><c> purpose</c><00:30:10.740><c> of</c><00:30:11.000><c> advantage.</c><00:30:12.140><c> Look</c><00:30:12.380><c> at</c><00:30:12.559><c> verse</c><00:30:12.799><c> 6</c><00:30:13.180><c> of</c>

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Deuteronomy<00:30:13.900><c> 30.</c><00:30:16.799><c> And</c><00:30:16.880><c> the</c><00:30:17.160><c> Lord</c><00:30:17.420><c> thy</c><00:30:17.779><c> God</c><00:30:18.460><c> will</c><00:30:19.000><c> circumcise</c>

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thine<00:30:20.299><c> heart</c><00:30:21.279><c> and</c><00:30:23.059><c> the</c><00:30:23.240><c> heart</c><00:30:23.460><c> of</c><00:30:23.660><c> thy</c><00:30:23.900><c> seed,</c>

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to<00:30:25.619><c> love</c><00:30:26.039><c> the</c><00:30:26.299><c> Lord</c><00:30:26.519><c> thy</c><00:30:26.859><c> God</c><00:30:27.200><c> with</c><00:30:27.519><c> all</c><00:30:27.799><c> thine</c><00:30:28.059><c> heart</c><00:30:28.740><c> and</c><00:30:29.160><c> with</c><00:30:29.440><c> all</c>

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thy<00:30:29.940><c> soul</c>

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that<00:30:32.559><c> thou</c><00:30:32.779><c> mayest</c><00:30:33.220><c> live.</c><00:30:34.619><c> Who</c><00:30:35.460><c> is</c><00:30:35.980><c> the</c><00:30:36.440><c> circumciser?</c><00:30:38.700><c> What</c>

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is<00:30:39.660><c> to</c><00:30:39.819><c> be</c><00:30:40.160><c> circumcised?</c><00:30:41.440><c> The</c><00:30:41.680><c> Jew</c><00:30:41.859><c> missed</c><00:30:42.099><c> it.</c>

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Circumcision<00:30:44.700><c> was</c><00:30:45.160><c> not,</c><00:30:45.740><c> as</c><00:30:46.019><c> Paul</c><00:30:46.339><c> explains</c><00:30:46.940><c> in</c><00:30:47.220><c> Romans,</c><00:30:48.339><c> of</c>

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the<00:30:48.920><c> flesh.</c><00:30:50.880><c> He</c><00:30:50.900><c> is</c><00:30:51.200><c> a</c><00:30:51.460><c> Jew,</c><00:30:51.880><c> said</c><00:30:51.980><c> Paul,</c><00:30:52.519><c> who</c><00:30:52.660><c> was</c><00:30:52.900><c> one</c>

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inwardly<00:30:54.140><c> and</c><00:30:54.640><c> circumcision,</c><00:30:55.420><c> said</c><00:30:55.680><c> Paul,</c><00:30:56.220><c> is</c><00:30:56.319><c> of</c><00:30:56.500><c> the</c><00:30:56.799><c> heart,</c><00:30:57.720><c> not</c>

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of<00:30:58.200><c> the</c><00:30:58.440><c> flesh.</c><00:31:00.079><c> The</c><00:31:00.319><c> Jew</c><00:31:00.500><c> looked</c><00:31:00.859><c> at</c>

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circumcision<00:31:01.839><c> as</c><00:31:02.339><c> a</c><00:31:02.740><c> badge,</c><00:31:03.980><c> a</c><00:31:04.339><c> physical</c><00:31:04.799><c> token</c><00:31:05.440><c> that</c><00:31:05.940><c> he</c><00:31:06.299><c> was</c>

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one<00:31:07.059><c> of</c><00:31:07.180><c> God's</c><00:31:07.720><c> people.</c><00:31:08.220><c> If</c><00:31:08.480><c> you're</c><00:31:08.859><c> circumcised,</c>

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then<00:31:10.160><c> you're</c><00:31:10.440><c> one</c><00:31:10.640><c> of</c><00:31:10.759><c> God's</c><00:31:11.200><c> people.</c><00:31:11.579><c> You're</c><00:31:11.700><c> a</c><00:31:11.859><c> child</c><00:31:12.059><c> of</c><00:31:12.240><c> Abraham.</c><00:31:12.960><c> If</c>

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you're<00:31:13.279><c> not,</c>

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you're<00:31:13.819><c> a</c><00:31:13.940><c> Gentile</c><00:31:14.440><c> dog</c><00:31:14.720><c> and</c><00:31:14.819><c> you</c><00:31:14.980><c> have</c><00:31:15.160><c> no</c><00:31:15.400><c> covenant.</c><00:31:17.039><c> They</c>

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missed<00:31:17.420><c> the</c><00:31:17.680><c> point.</c><00:31:19.640><c> Circumcision</c><00:31:20.200><c> here</c>

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is<00:31:22.000><c> shown</c><00:31:22.299><c> in</c><00:31:22.519><c> its</c><00:31:22.920><c> true</c><00:31:23.140><c> spirit</c><00:31:23.759><c> to</c><00:31:24.119><c> be</c><00:31:24.339><c> something</c><00:31:24.839><c> that</c><00:31:25.099><c> was</c>

00:31:25.380 --> 00:31:28.720
to<00:31:25.740><c> point</c><00:31:26.099><c> to</c><00:31:26.519><c> the</c><00:31:26.799><c> heart</c><00:31:27.180><c> and</c><00:31:27.759><c> what</c><00:31:28.059><c> needed</c><00:31:28.319><c> to</c><00:31:28.559><c> be</c>

00:31:28.720 --> 00:31:39.460
done<00:31:29.000><c> inside.</c><00:31:30.819><c> So</c><00:31:31.099><c> then</c><00:31:31.380><c> what?</c><00:31:32.079><c> It's</c><00:31:32.420><c> a</c><00:31:32.500><c> matter</c><00:31:32.680><c> of</c><00:31:32.819><c> pulling</c><00:31:33.099><c> ourselves</c><00:31:33.579><c> up</c><00:31:33.759><c> by</c><00:31:33.940><c> the</c><00:31:34.079><c> bootstraps.</c><00:31:36.980><c> I</c><00:31:37.539><c> must</c>

00:31:39.460 --> 00:31:44.500
the<00:31:39.700><c> right</c><00:31:39.940><c> thoughts.</c><00:31:40.859><c> I</c><00:31:41.059><c> must</c><00:31:41.319><c> make</c><00:31:41.519><c> myself</c><00:31:41.960><c> have</c><00:31:42.299><c> faith.</c><00:31:43.680><c> Then</c><00:31:43.859><c> we're</c><00:31:44.079><c> back</c><00:31:44.259><c> to</c>

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salvation<00:31:44.960><c> by</c><00:31:45.279><c> works.</c>

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Looking<00:31:46.599><c> at</c><00:31:46.799><c> the</c><00:31:47.039><c> heart</c><00:31:47.259><c> is</c><00:31:47.500><c> still</c><00:31:47.680><c> not</c><00:31:47.900><c> the</c><00:31:48.059><c> whole</c><00:31:48.299><c> point.</c><00:31:50.460><c> Who</c><00:31:50.900><c> is</c>

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the<00:31:51.819><c> circumciser</c><00:31:52.559><c> of</c><00:31:52.859><c> the</c><00:31:53.180><c> heart?</c>

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How<00:31:54.319><c> will</c><00:31:54.539><c> it</c><00:31:54.700><c> be</c><00:31:54.859><c> done</c><00:31:55.200><c> successfully?</c><00:31:56.680><c> Who</c><00:31:57.059><c> can</c><00:31:57.519><c> successfully</c><00:31:58.299><c> circumcise</c>

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the<00:32:00.599><c> fleshly</c><00:32:01.019><c> heart?</c>

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Not<00:32:02.440><c> man,</c><00:32:03.460><c> not</c><00:32:03.559><c> yourself.</c>

00:32:06.339 --> 00:32:11.240
The<00:32:06.460><c> Lord</c><00:32:06.960><c> thy</c><00:32:07.319><c> God</c><00:32:07.920><c> will</c><00:32:08.839><c> circumcise</c><00:32:09.700><c> thine</c><00:32:09.980><c> heart</c><00:32:10.539><c> and</c><00:32:11.019><c> the</c>

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heart<00:32:11.500><c> of</c><00:32:11.680><c> thy</c><00:32:11.980><c> seed.</c><00:32:12.599><c> And</c><00:32:12.859><c> what</c><00:32:13.099><c> will</c><00:32:13.460><c> accrue</c>

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from<00:32:14.319><c> that?</c><00:32:15.039><c> Look</c><00:32:15.180><c> at</c><00:32:15.339><c> the</c><00:32:15.740><c> following</c><00:32:16.119><c> point.</c><00:32:17.440><c> The</c><00:32:17.559><c> Lord</c><00:32:17.940><c> thy</c>

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God<00:32:18.640><c> will</c><00:32:19.039><c> circumcise</c><00:32:19.819><c> thine</c><00:32:20.160><c> heart</c><00:32:20.660><c> and</c><00:32:20.980><c> the</c><00:32:21.220><c> heart</c>

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of<00:32:21.640><c> thy</c><00:32:21.960><c> seed</c><00:32:22.319><c> to</c><00:32:23.099><c> love</c><00:32:23.700><c> the</c><00:32:24.240><c> Lord</c><00:32:24.480><c> thy</c><00:32:24.839><c> God.</c><00:32:25.779><c> Now</c><00:32:26.180><c> we</c><00:32:26.460><c> burst</c><00:32:26.759><c> into</c><00:32:27.099><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:32:27.759><c> 6,</c>

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the<00:32:28.779><c> Shema,</c><00:32:29.519><c> the</c><00:32:29.740><c> famous</c>

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expression<00:32:30.660><c> of</c><00:32:30.859><c> faith</c><00:32:31.200><c> and</c><00:32:31.480><c> love</c><00:32:31.920><c> to</c><00:32:32.559><c> love</c><00:32:32.819><c> the</c><00:32:33.019><c> Lord</c><00:32:33.200><c> thy</c><00:32:33.480><c> God</c>

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with<00:32:33.980><c> all</c><00:32:34.220><c> thine</c><00:32:34.400><c> heart,</c><00:32:34.900><c> with</c><00:32:34.960><c> all</c><00:32:35.140><c> thy</c><00:32:35.380><c> soul.</c>

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Have<00:32:37.460><c> you</c><00:32:37.640><c> thought</c><00:32:37.839><c> of</c><00:32:37.980><c> that?</c><00:32:39.519><c> God</c><00:32:40.039><c> will</c><00:32:40.779><c> circumcise</c><00:32:41.859><c> not</c><00:32:43.119><c> the</c>

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flesh,<00:32:44.200><c> but</c><00:32:44.380><c> the</c><00:32:44.640><c> heart.</c><00:32:45.759><c> That's</c><00:32:46.079><c> not</c><00:32:46.259><c> all.</c>

00:32:47.200 --> 00:32:52.619
God<00:32:47.680><c> will</c><00:32:48.140><c> circumcise</c><00:32:48.799><c> the</c><00:32:49.240><c> heart</c><00:32:49.640><c> to</c><00:32:50.180><c> make</c><00:32:50.400><c> way</c><00:32:50.660><c> for</c><00:32:51.000><c> love.</c><00:32:52.339><c> I</c>

00:32:52.619 --> 00:32:56.880
will<00:32:52.859><c> circumcise</c><00:32:53.539><c> your</c><00:32:53.900><c> heart</c><00:32:54.519><c> to</c><00:32:55.160><c> allow</c><00:32:55.519><c> you</c><00:32:55.839><c> to</c><00:32:56.079><c> love.</c>

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We<00:32:57.799><c> don't</c><00:32:58.160><c> really</c><00:32:58.880><c> and</c><00:32:59.259><c> very</c><00:32:59.619><c> frequently</c><00:33:00.000><c> bring</c><00:33:00.299><c> those</c><00:33:00.599><c> thoughts</c><00:33:00.819><c> together,</c><00:33:01.460><c> do</c><00:33:01.519><c> we?</c>

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It's<00:33:03.140><c> the</c><00:33:03.339><c> kind</c><00:33:03.519><c> of</c><00:33:03.700><c> thing</c><00:33:03.819><c> that's</c><00:33:04.140><c> worth</c><00:33:04.319><c> reading</c><00:33:04.660><c> over</c><00:33:05.160><c> and</c>

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over<00:33:05.759><c> to</c><00:33:05.960><c> get</c><00:33:06.160><c> the</c><00:33:06.440><c> sense.</c>

00:33:08.180 --> 00:33:14.420
God<00:33:08.440><c> will</c><00:33:08.839><c> circumcise</c><00:33:09.859><c> the</c><00:33:10.380><c> heart</c><00:33:10.880><c> to</c><00:33:12.019><c> love</c><00:33:12.660><c> the</c><00:33:13.039><c> Lord</c><00:33:13.279><c> thy</c><00:33:13.539><c> God.</c><00:33:14.160><c> He</c>

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will<00:33:14.720><c> help</c><00:33:15.019><c> us</c><00:33:15.279><c> to</c><00:33:15.579><c> love.</c><00:33:16.279><c> He</c><00:33:16.500><c> will</c><00:33:16.779><c> teach</c><00:33:17.099><c> us</c>

00:33:17.339 --> 00:33:22.079
how<00:33:17.599><c> to</c><00:33:17.839><c> love.</c><00:33:19.220><c> He</c><00:33:19.519><c> will</c><00:33:19.880><c> help</c><00:33:20.220><c> to</c><00:33:20.559><c> deal</c><00:33:20.700><c> with</c><00:33:20.940><c> the</c><00:33:21.259><c> flesh,</c><00:33:21.880><c> the</c>

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carnal<00:33:22.440><c> mind,</c><00:33:23.160><c> the</c><00:33:23.380><c> weaknesses</c><00:33:23.819><c> and</c><00:33:24.119><c> the</c><00:33:24.319><c> infirmities</c>

00:33:25.240 --> 00:33:29.339
of<00:33:25.559><c> our</c><00:33:25.920><c> fleshly</c><00:33:26.400><c> nature</c><00:33:26.799><c> and</c><00:33:27.079><c> our</c><00:33:27.380><c> carnal</c><00:33:27.700><c> being.</c><00:33:28.480><c> He</c><00:33:29.119><c> will</c>

00:33:29.339 --> 00:33:32.119
help<00:33:29.599><c> us.</c><00:33:30.640><c> He</c><00:33:30.880><c> will</c><00:33:31.119><c> give</c><00:33:31.220><c> us</c><00:33:31.420><c> the</c><00:33:31.720><c> power.</c>

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And<00:33:32.579><c> how</c><00:33:32.799><c> does</c><00:33:32.960><c> it</c><00:33:33.200><c> come?</c><00:33:34.440><c> Well,</c><00:33:35.039><c> back</c><00:33:35.220><c> down</c><00:33:35.460><c> to</c><00:33:35.619><c> verse</c><00:33:35.779><c> 14.</c><00:33:38.339><c> But</c><00:33:38.519><c> the</c><00:33:39.039><c> word</c><00:33:39.619><c> is</c>

00:33:40.180 --> 00:33:42.519
very<00:33:40.660><c> nigh</c><00:33:40.940><c> unto</c><00:33:41.220><c> thee.</c><00:33:41.460><c> This</c><00:33:41.680><c> isn't</c>

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a<00:33:43.259><c> message</c><00:33:43.640><c> of</c><00:33:43.960><c> self</c><00:33:44.259><c>-help.</c><00:33:45.559><c> The</c><00:33:45.940><c> word</c><00:33:46.339><c> is</c><00:33:46.660><c> very</c><00:33:47.019><c> nigh</c><00:33:47.279><c> unto</c><00:33:47.579><c> thee</c><00:33:48.119><c> in</c>

00:33:48.799 --> 00:33:53.359
thy<00:33:49.440><c> mouth</c><00:33:50.079><c> and</c><00:33:50.579><c> in</c><00:33:51.259><c> thy</c><00:33:51.680><c> heart.</c><00:33:52.680><c> Now</c><00:33:53.000><c> the</c><00:33:53.140><c> next</c>

00:33:53.359 --> 00:34:00.660
point<00:33:53.700><c> that</c><00:33:55.240><c> thou</c><00:33:55.619><c> mayest</c><00:33:56.240><c> do</c><00:33:56.579><c> it.</c><00:33:58.619><c> Those</c><00:33:59.039><c> from</c><00:33:59.539><c> Sinai</c><00:34:00.299><c> said</c>

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we<00:34:00.900><c> have</c><00:34:01.259><c> heard</c><00:34:01.779><c> and</c><00:34:02.240><c> we</c><00:34:02.460><c> will</c><00:34:02.740><c> do.</c>

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Some<00:34:05.859><c> were</c><00:34:06.119><c> saying</c><00:34:06.539><c> who</c><00:34:07.019><c> will</c><00:34:07.259><c> go</c><00:34:07.480><c> up</c><00:34:07.680><c> for</c><00:34:07.940><c> us.</c><00:34:08.420><c> Others</c><00:34:08.699><c> were</c>

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saying<00:34:09.179><c> who</c><00:34:09.480><c> will</c><00:34:09.639><c> go</c><00:34:09.880><c> down</c><00:34:10.159><c> for</c><00:34:10.440><c> us</c><00:34:10.719><c> that</c><00:34:11.019><c> we</c><00:34:11.199><c> may</c>

00:34:11.480 --> 00:34:18.840
hear<00:34:11.699><c> it</c><00:34:12.219><c> and</c><00:34:12.380><c> do</c><00:34:12.619><c> it.</c><00:34:13.460><c> Not</c><00:34:13.719><c> the</c><00:34:13.980><c> point.</c><00:34:15.500><c> Rather,</c><00:34:17.559><c> the</c><00:34:17.820><c> righteousness</c><00:34:18.380><c> based</c>

00:34:18.840 --> 00:34:22.059
on<00:34:19.320><c> faith</c><00:34:20.019><c> focuses</c><00:34:21.099><c> on</c><00:34:21.559><c> God</c>

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and<00:34:22.659><c> his</c><00:34:22.960><c> power</c><00:34:23.460><c> and</c><00:34:24.400><c> his</c><00:34:24.699><c> ability</c><00:34:25.199><c> to</c><00:34:25.440><c> enable</c><00:34:25.820><c> us.</c><00:34:27.019><c> And</c><00:34:27.199><c> it</c><00:34:27.320><c> looks</c><00:34:27.519><c> upon</c><00:34:27.860><c> God</c><00:34:28.159><c> as</c>

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the<00:34:28.659><c> circumciser.</c>

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And<00:34:30.559><c> it</c><00:34:30.679><c> looks</c><00:34:30.940><c> upon</c><00:34:31.400><c> the</c><00:34:31.980><c> heart</c><00:34:32.320><c> as</c><00:34:32.599><c> the</c><00:34:32.780><c> subject</c><00:34:33.119><c> of</c><00:34:33.480><c> circumcision,</c><00:34:34.320><c> not</c><00:34:34.579><c> the</c>

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flesh.<00:34:36.440><c> And</c><00:34:37.000><c> what's</c><00:34:37.659><c> the</c><00:34:37.840><c> benefit?</c>

00:34:39.159 --> 00:34:44.820
Back<00:34:39.400><c> to</c><00:34:39.579><c> verse</c><00:34:39.800><c> six.</c><00:34:41.980><c> The</c><00:34:42.179><c> Lord</c><00:34:42.519><c> thy</c><00:34:42.760><c> God</c><00:34:43.219><c> will</c><00:34:43.840><c> circumcise</c>

00:34:44.820 --> 00:34:47.239
thine<00:34:45.139><c> heart</c><00:34:45.780><c> and</c><00:34:46.059><c> the</c><00:34:46.260><c> heart</c><00:34:46.400><c> of</c><00:34:46.599><c> thy</c><00:34:46.820><c> seed</c>

00:34:47.239 --> 00:34:52.460
to<00:34:48.000><c> love</c><00:34:48.440><c> the</c><00:34:48.840><c> Lord</c><00:34:49.019><c> thy</c><00:34:49.320><c> God</c><00:34:49.800><c> with</c><00:34:50.619><c> all</c><00:34:51.000><c> thine</c><00:34:51.340><c> heart,</c><00:34:52.159><c> with</c>

00:34:52.460 --> 00:34:57.219
all<00:34:52.800><c> thy</c><00:34:53.139><c> soul.</c><00:34:54.019><c> Here</c><00:34:54.619><c> it</c><00:34:54.780><c> is</c><00:34:55.760><c> that</c><00:34:56.099><c> thou</c><00:34:56.380><c> mayest</c>

00:34:57.559 --> 00:35:03.659
live.<00:34:59.480><c> Life</c><00:35:00.159><c> comes</c><00:35:00.940><c> from</c><00:35:01.260><c> circumcision.</c><00:35:02.880><c> But</c><00:35:02.980><c> what</c><00:35:03.219><c> kind</c><00:35:03.440><c> of</c>

00:35:03.659 --> 00:35:06.199
circumcision?<00:35:04.940><c> Circumcision</c><00:35:05.480><c> of</c><00:35:05.659><c> the</c><00:35:05.900><c> heart.</c>

00:35:06.659 --> 00:35:12.079
On<00:35:06.860><c> what</c><00:35:07.059><c> basis?</c><00:35:07.900><c> Salvation</c><00:35:08.400><c> by</c><00:35:08.639><c> works?</c><00:35:09.239><c> What</c><00:35:09.360><c> I</c><00:35:09.539><c> do</c><00:35:09.639><c> to</c><00:35:09.820><c> myself?</c><00:35:10.860><c> How</c><00:35:11.079><c> much</c><00:35:11.300><c> I</c>

00:35:12.079 --> 00:35:13.559
give<00:35:12.260><c> a</c><00:35:12.559><c> program</c><00:35:12.880><c> to</c><00:35:13.119><c> myself</c>

00:35:13.559 --> 00:35:19.920
where<00:35:13.739><c> each</c><00:35:14.000><c> day</c><00:35:14.260><c> I</c><00:35:14.639><c> better</c><00:35:14.820><c> myself</c><00:35:15.420><c> bit</c><00:35:15.719><c> by</c><00:35:15.960><c> bit?</c><00:35:17.139><c> No.</c><00:35:19.000><c> Salvation</c><00:35:19.519><c> comes</c>

00:35:19.920 --> 00:35:22.460
from<00:35:20.139><c> God.</c><00:35:21.699><c> Salvation</c><00:35:22.239><c> is</c>

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centered<00:35:22.679><c> in</c><00:35:22.880><c> the</c><00:35:23.059><c> heart.</c><00:35:24.400><c> Transformation</c><00:35:25.119><c> is</c><00:35:25.480><c> the</c><00:35:25.679><c> mind.</c><00:35:26.840><c> A</c>

00:35:27.000 --> 00:35:30.960
new<00:35:27.260><c> creature</c><00:35:27.739><c> in</c><00:35:28.079><c> other</c><00:35:28.300><c> words.</c><00:35:29.679><c> It's</c><00:35:30.099><c> the</c><00:35:30.360><c> gospel</c>

00:35:30.960 --> 00:35:37.199
of<00:35:31.559><c> the</c><00:35:31.780><c> new</c><00:35:32.039><c> creation.</c><00:35:34.280><c> Something</c><00:35:34.659><c> is</c><00:35:34.940><c> put</c><00:35:35.139><c> to</c><00:35:35.440><c> death.</c><00:35:36.039><c> Circumcision.</c><00:35:37.019><c> What</c>

00:35:37.199 --> 00:35:39.500
is<00:35:37.400><c> it?</c><00:35:37.960><c> The</c><00:35:38.320><c> heart,</c><00:35:38.780><c> the</c><00:35:39.059><c> natural</c>

00:35:39.500 --> 00:35:43.219
heart<00:35:39.739><c> of</c><00:35:39.900><c> man.</c><00:35:40.880><c> The</c><00:35:40.960><c> carnal</c><00:35:41.500><c> fleshly</c><00:35:42.139><c> heart,</c><00:35:42.559><c> Romans</c><00:35:42.920><c> eight,</c>

00:35:43.579 --> 00:35:46.639
is<00:35:43.800><c> put</c><00:35:44.000><c> to</c><00:35:44.239><c> death.</c><00:35:45.239><c> For</c><00:35:45.420><c> Paul</c><00:35:45.739><c> reasoned,</c>

00:35:46.639 --> 00:35:51.099
in<00:35:46.800><c> Romans</c><00:35:47.079><c> chapter</c><00:35:47.480><c> eight,</c><00:35:48.179><c> they</c><00:35:48.440><c> that</c><00:35:48.619><c> are</c><00:35:48.980><c> carnally</c><00:35:49.280><c> minded,</c><00:35:50.679><c> well,</c>

00:35:51.260 --> 00:35:52.719
they<00:35:51.460><c> are</c><00:35:51.579><c> individuals</c><00:35:52.059><c> of</c><00:35:52.340><c> death.</c>

00:35:53.139 --> 00:35:57.280
To<00:35:53.340><c> be</c><00:35:53.619><c> carnally</c><00:35:54.000><c> minded</c><00:35:54.360><c> is</c><00:35:54.739><c> death.</c><00:35:55.300><c> To</c><00:35:55.400><c> be</c><00:35:55.719><c> spiritually</c><00:35:56.099><c> minded,</c><00:35:56.699><c> says</c><00:35:56.780><c> Paul</c><00:35:57.119><c> in</c>

00:35:57.280 --> 00:35:58.679
Romans<00:35:57.599><c> eight,</c><00:35:58.119><c> is</c><00:35:58.280><c> life.</c>

00:35:59.179 --> 00:36:03.559
How<00:35:59.420><c> do</c><00:35:59.599><c> we</c><00:35:59.800><c> become</c><00:36:00.300><c> spiritually</c><00:36:00.840><c> minded?</c><00:36:02.460><c> By</c><00:36:02.780><c> having</c><00:36:03.000><c> the</c><00:36:03.219><c> mind</c><00:36:03.360><c> of</c>

00:36:03.559 --> 00:36:06.780
Christ.<00:36:04.940><c> Who</c><00:36:05.239><c> works</c><00:36:05.619><c> on</c><00:36:05.980><c> the</c><00:36:06.179><c> mind</c><00:36:06.380><c> and</c><00:36:06.539><c> the</c>

00:36:06.780 --> 00:36:13.079
heart<00:36:07.039><c> to</c><00:36:07.280><c> bring</c><00:36:07.500><c> about</c><00:36:07.880><c> the</c><00:36:08.019><c> mind</c><00:36:08.300><c> of</c><00:36:08.480><c> Christ?</c><00:36:09.239><c> God</c><00:36:09.500><c> does,</c><00:36:10.099><c> through</c><00:36:10.380><c> Christ.</c><00:36:12.320><c> It's</c><00:36:12.579><c> not</c><00:36:12.940><c> a</c>

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program<00:36:13.539><c> of</c>

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self<00:36:14.119><c>-help.</c><00:36:15.119><c> It's</c><00:36:15.340><c> on</c><00:36:15.559><c> the</c><00:36:15.699><c> basis</c><00:36:16.039><c> of</c><00:36:16.360><c> faith</c><00:36:16.699><c> and</c><00:36:17.159><c> cooperation</c>

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with<00:36:18.159><c> the</c><00:36:18.360><c> father</c><00:36:18.679><c> and</c><00:36:18.880><c> his</c><00:36:19.159><c> son.</c>

00:36:20.260 --> 00:36:24.579
And<00:36:20.619><c> it's</c><00:36:20.800><c> on</c><00:36:20.960><c> the</c><00:36:21.159><c> basis</c><00:36:21.699><c> of</c><00:36:22.019><c> a</c><00:36:22.260><c> new</c><00:36:22.440><c> creation,</c><00:36:23.699><c> circumcising</c>

00:36:24.579 --> 00:36:26.599
something<00:36:25.119><c> and</c><00:36:25.820><c> allowing</c><00:36:26.199><c> something</c>

00:36:26.599 --> 00:36:30.920
else<00:36:26.920><c> to</c><00:36:27.159><c> take</c><00:36:27.300><c> its</c><00:36:27.559><c> place.</c><00:36:28.840><c> And</c><00:36:29.059><c> what</c><00:36:29.179><c> is</c><00:36:29.320><c> it?</c><00:36:30.420><c> It's</c><00:36:30.679><c> the</c><00:36:30.820><c> love</c>

00:36:30.920 --> 00:36:34.619
of<00:36:31.159><c> God.</c><00:36:32.179><c> And</c><00:36:32.440><c> where</c><00:36:32.679><c> is</c><00:36:32.860><c> it</c><00:36:33.099><c> seated?</c><00:36:33.800><c> The</c><00:36:34.079><c> heart</c><00:36:34.340><c> of</c>

00:36:34.619 --> 00:36:38.559
man,<00:36:34.960><c> or</c><00:36:35.179><c> the</c><00:36:35.400><c> mind.</c><00:36:36.699><c> Is</c><00:36:36.820><c> there</c><00:36:37.059><c> conversion?</c><00:36:37.960><c> Indeed,</c><00:36:38.559><c> there</c>

00:36:38.559 --> 00:36:42.519
is.<00:36:39.440><c> Circumcision</c><00:36:40.119><c> implies</c><00:36:40.960><c> putting</c><00:36:41.300><c> to</c><00:36:41.559><c> death.</c>

00:36:42.960 --> 00:36:47.159
And<00:36:43.119><c> what's</c><00:36:43.500><c> left</c><00:36:43.880><c> is</c><00:36:44.400><c> a</c><00:36:44.619><c> new</c><00:36:44.780><c> mind</c><00:36:45.239><c> and</c><00:36:45.519><c> a</c><00:36:45.659><c> new</c><00:36:45.840><c> creation</c><00:36:46.460><c> which</c><00:36:46.900><c> is</c>

00:36:47.159 --> 00:36:51.800
fostered.<00:36:49.099><c> You</c><00:36:49.400><c> see,</c><00:36:50.199><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:36:50.860><c> 30</c><00:36:51.380><c> is</c>

00:36:51.800 --> 00:36:57.559
preaching<00:36:52.139><c> the</c><00:36:52.380><c> gospel.</c><00:36:53.800><c> It's</c><00:36:54.059><c> all</c><00:36:54.340><c> there,</c><00:36:54.940><c> brothers</c><00:36:55.119><c> and</c><00:36:55.400><c> sisters.</c><00:36:56.159><c> That's</c><00:36:56.579><c> why</c><00:36:56.820><c> Paul</c><00:36:57.119><c> said</c><00:36:57.360><c> in</c>

00:36:57.559 --> 00:36:58.679
Romans<00:36:57.900><c> three,</c>

00:36:58.679 --> 00:37:04.099
that<00:36:59.039><c> the</c><00:36:59.300><c> law</c><00:36:59.840><c> of</c><00:37:00.699><c> righteousness</c><00:37:01.380><c> by</c><00:37:02.039><c> faith</c><00:37:02.480><c> is</c><00:37:03.420><c> witnessed</c>

00:37:04.099 --> 00:37:07.460
in<00:37:04.820><c> the</c><00:37:05.099><c> law</c><00:37:05.579><c> and</c><00:37:06.079><c> in</c><00:37:06.280><c> the</c><00:37:06.519><c> prophets.</c>

00:37:07.760 --> 00:37:12.280
And<00:37:08.019><c> here</c><00:37:08.179><c> it</c><00:37:08.360><c> is,</c><00:37:09.219><c> lo</c><00:37:09.400><c> and</c><00:37:09.539><c> behold,</c><00:37:10.219><c> in</c><00:37:10.400><c> the</c><00:37:10.559><c> law.</c><00:37:11.820><c> Back</c><00:37:12.099><c> to</c>

00:37:12.280 --> 00:37:13.519
Romans<00:37:12.639><c> 10.</c>

00:37:15.400 --> 00:37:20.820
The<00:37:15.480><c> law</c><00:37:15.920><c> of</c><00:37:16.280><c> works</c><00:37:16.860><c> speaketh</c><00:37:17.480><c> on</c><00:37:17.679><c> this</c><00:37:18.059><c> wise</c><00:37:18.480><c> by</c><00:37:18.860><c> Moses,</c><00:37:20.719><c> that</c>

00:37:20.820 --> 00:37:24.199
the<00:37:21.039><c> man</c><00:37:21.300><c> that</c><00:37:21.659><c> doeth</c><00:37:21.980><c> them</c><00:37:23.000><c> shall</c><00:37:23.480><c> live</c><00:37:23.699><c> in</c><00:37:23.880><c> them,</c>

00:37:24.199 --> 00:37:30.739
shall<00:37:24.860><c> live</c><00:37:25.219><c> in</c><00:37:25.480><c> them.</c><00:37:26.940><c> Can</c><00:37:26.980><c> you</c><00:37:27.199><c> do</c><00:37:27.400><c> the</c><00:37:27.639><c> law?</c><00:37:28.960><c> Can</c><00:37:29.179><c> you</c><00:37:29.360><c> do</c><00:37:29.559><c> it</c><00:37:29.820><c> perfectly?</c>

00:37:33.139 --> 00:37:37.420
But<00:37:33.659><c> the</c><00:37:34.179><c> righteousness</c><00:37:34.800><c> which</c><00:37:35.380><c> is</c><00:37:35.599><c> of</c><00:37:35.960><c> faith</c><00:37:36.539><c> speaketh</c><00:37:37.219><c> on</c>

00:37:37.420 --> 00:37:40.139
this<00:37:37.840><c> wise.</c><00:37:38.599><c> Don't</c><00:37:38.960><c> say</c><00:37:39.199><c> who</c><00:37:39.400><c> will</c><00:37:39.619><c> do</c><00:37:39.820><c> this.</c>

00:37:40.360 --> 00:37:45.699
Don't<00:37:40.679><c> say</c><00:37:40.940><c> who</c><00:37:41.179><c> will</c><00:37:41.360><c> do</c><00:37:41.579><c> that.</c><00:37:43.300><c> Focus</c><00:37:43.820><c> on</c><00:37:44.940><c> the</c><00:37:45.139><c> one</c><00:37:45.320><c> who</c><00:37:45.519><c> will</c>

00:37:45.699 --> 00:37:48.519
do<00:37:45.920><c> it,</c><00:37:47.239><c> namely</c><00:37:47.480><c> the</c><00:37:47.719><c> one</c><00:37:47.900><c> who</c><00:37:48.059><c> will</c><00:37:48.199><c> do</c><00:37:48.320><c> the</c>

00:37:48.519 --> 00:37:53.280
circumcising,<00:37:50.199><c> namely</c><00:37:50.599><c> the</c><00:37:51.239><c> one</c><00:37:51.400><c> who</c><00:37:51.539><c> is</c><00:37:51.760><c> the</c><00:37:52.019><c> creator,</c><00:37:53.099><c> who</c>

00:37:53.280 --> 00:37:56.400
will<00:37:53.679><c> circumcise</c><00:37:54.360><c> the</c><00:37:54.679><c> heart</c><00:37:55.019><c> and</c><00:37:55.440><c> bring</c><00:37:55.719><c> about</c><00:37:56.079><c> a</c>

00:37:56.400 --> 00:38:01.079
new<00:37:56.639><c> creation</c><00:37:57.239><c> inside.</c><00:37:59.300><c> Now</c><00:37:59.619><c> that,</c><00:38:00.340><c> brothers</c><00:38:00.340><c> and</c><00:38:00.639><c> sisters,</c>

00:38:01.219 --> 00:38:03.480
that<00:38:01.579><c> reasoning</c><00:38:02.000><c> and</c><00:38:02.440><c> the</c><00:38:02.699><c> choice</c><00:38:02.960><c> of</c><00:38:03.159><c> those</c>

00:38:03.480 --> 00:38:08.360
terms,<00:38:04.139><c> the</c><00:38:04.519><c> heart,</c><00:38:05.380><c> circumcision,</c><00:38:06.519><c> faith,</c><00:38:07.420><c> righteousness,</c>

00:38:09.059 --> 00:38:12.639
are<00:38:09.320><c> master</c><00:38:10.000><c> keys</c><00:38:10.460><c> to</c><00:38:10.780><c> understand</c><00:38:11.980><c> Jeremiah.</c>

00:38:12.639 --> 00:38:21.239
Would<00:38:13.260><c> you</c><00:38:14.199><c> come</c><00:38:14.380><c> there</c><00:38:14.599><c> now?</c><00:38:16.000><c> Jeremiah</c><00:38:16.480><c> has</c><00:38:18.340><c> numerous</c><00:38:19.179><c> connections</c><00:38:19.760><c> with</c><00:38:20.019><c> Deuteronomy.</c>

00:38:22.159 --> 00:38:24.679
In<00:38:22.239><c> fact,</c><00:38:22.480><c> we</c><00:38:22.619><c> would</c><00:38:22.780><c> suggest</c><00:38:23.179><c> there's</c><00:38:23.559><c> well</c><00:38:23.820><c> over</c><00:38:24.139><c> a</c><00:38:24.300><c> hundred</c>

00:38:24.679 --> 00:38:28.480
tie<00:38:25.159><c>-ins</c><00:38:25.639><c> between</c><00:38:26.480><c> Jeremiah</c><00:38:27.239><c> and</c><00:38:27.739><c> Deuteronomy</c>

00:38:28.480 --> 00:38:32.179
by<00:38:28.780><c> using</c><00:38:29.099><c> marginal</c><00:38:29.619><c> quotations.</c><00:38:31.139><c> But</c><00:38:31.300><c> now</c><00:38:31.519><c> would</c><00:38:31.659><c> you</c><00:38:31.840><c> turn</c>

00:38:32.179 --> 00:38:36.219
to<00:38:32.360><c> this</c><00:38:32.619><c> very</c><00:38:33.300><c> important</c><00:38:33.940><c> passage</c><00:38:34.500><c> in</c><00:38:35.159><c> Jeremiah?</c>

00:38:36.449 --> 00:38:41.820
It's<00:38:37.019><c> found</c><00:38:37.679><c> in</c><00:38:38.920><c> Jeremiah</c><00:38:39.519><c> chapter</c><00:38:40.619><c> 31.</c>

00:38:43.340 --> 00:38:51.719
This<00:38:43.539><c> passage</c><00:38:44.059><c> is</c><00:38:44.400><c> quoted</c><00:38:44.619><c> by</c><00:38:44.860><c> the</c><00:38:45.059><c> apostle</c><00:38:45.480><c> Paul</c><00:38:46.019><c> in</c><00:38:46.900><c> the</c><00:38:47.019><c> New</c><00:38:47.179><c> Testament.</c>

00:39:00.619 --> 00:39:08.099
Verse<00:39:01.300><c> 31</c><00:39:01.920><c> of</c><00:39:02.199><c> Jeremiah</c><00:39:02.820><c> 31.</c>

00:39:09.460 --> 00:39:15.719
Behold,<00:39:10.420><c> verse</c><00:39:10.659><c> 31,</c><00:39:11.679><c> Jeremiah</c><00:39:12.059><c> 31.</c><00:39:13.440><c> Behold,</c><00:39:14.860><c> the</c><00:39:15.000><c> days</c><00:39:15.300><c> come,</c>

00:39:15.880 --> 00:39:18.840
saith<00:39:15.980><c> the</c><00:39:16.219><c> Lord,</c><00:39:17.019><c> that</c><00:39:17.159><c> I</c><00:39:17.320><c> will</c><00:39:17.460><c> make</c><00:39:17.760><c> a</c><00:39:18.159><c> new</c><00:39:18.380><c> covenant</c>

00:39:18.840 --> 00:39:22.260
with<00:39:19.099><c> the</c><00:39:19.300><c> house</c><00:39:19.599><c> of</c><00:39:19.780><c> Israel</c><00:39:20.199><c> and</c><00:39:20.500><c> with</c><00:39:20.699><c> the</c><00:39:20.820><c> house</c><00:39:21.099><c> of</c><00:39:21.320><c> Judah,</c>

00:39:22.639 --> 00:39:24.519
not<00:39:22.800><c> according</c><00:39:23.239><c> to</c><00:39:23.440><c> the</c><00:39:23.739><c> covenant</c><00:39:23.940><c> that</c><00:39:24.139><c> I</c><00:39:24.280><c> made</c>

00:39:24.519 --> 00:39:27.820
with<00:39:24.699><c> their</c><00:39:24.980><c> fathers</c><00:39:25.639><c> in</c><00:39:26.300><c> the</c><00:39:26.500><c> day</c><00:39:26.659><c> that</c><00:39:26.840><c> I</c><00:39:26.980><c> took</c><00:39:27.159><c> them</c><00:39:27.320><c> by</c><00:39:27.539><c> the</c>

00:39:27.820 --> 00:39:31.039
hand<00:39:28.179><c> to</c><00:39:28.579><c> bring</c><00:39:28.860><c> them</c><00:39:29.099><c> out</c><00:39:29.360><c> of</c><00:39:29.480><c> the</c><00:39:29.619><c> land</c><00:39:29.840><c> of</c><00:39:30.079><c> Egypt,</c>

00:39:31.619 --> 00:39:36.500
which<00:39:31.840><c> my</c><00:39:32.280><c> covenant</c><00:39:32.599><c> they</c><00:39:32.920><c> break,</c><00:39:34.559><c> although</c><00:39:34.719><c> I</c><00:39:34.920><c> wasn't</c><00:39:35.159><c> a</c><00:39:35.280><c> husband</c><00:39:35.519><c> unto</c><00:39:35.739><c> them,</c><00:39:36.179><c> saith</c><00:39:36.300><c> the</c>

00:39:36.500 --> 00:39:38.460
Lord,<00:39:37.519><c> a</c><00:39:37.860><c> new</c><00:39:38.139><c> covenant,</c>

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brothers<00:39:38.780><c> and</c><00:39:39.019><c> sisters,</c><00:39:40.039><c> and</c><00:39:40.380><c> it's</c><00:39:40.699><c> here</c><00:39:41.079><c> witnessed</c><00:39:41.760><c> in</c><00:39:42.199><c> the</c>

00:39:42.539 --> 00:39:45.159
prophets.<00:39:43.760><c> First</c><00:39:44.039><c> we've</c><00:39:44.300><c> seen</c><00:39:44.420><c> it</c><00:39:44.579><c> in</c><00:39:44.679><c> the</c><00:39:44.840><c> law,</c>

00:39:45.159 --> 00:39:48.980
now<00:39:45.539><c> it's</c><00:39:45.760><c> in</c><00:39:45.920><c> the</c><00:39:46.139><c> prophets.</c><00:39:47.360><c> This</c><00:39:47.780><c> new</c><00:39:48.099><c> covenant</c><00:39:48.480><c> will</c><00:39:48.780><c> not</c>

00:39:48.980 --> 00:39:50.460
be<00:39:49.219><c> according</c><00:39:49.519><c> to</c><00:39:49.739><c> the</c><00:39:49.900><c> old</c><00:39:50.119><c> covenant,</c>

00:39:50.579 --> 00:39:57.739
which<00:39:50.699><c> he</c><00:39:50.900><c> made</c><00:39:51.059><c> with</c><00:39:51.219><c> Israel.</c><00:39:53.739><c> But,</c><00:39:54.179><c> verse</c><00:39:54.460><c> 33,</c><00:39:55.860><c> but</c><00:39:56.420><c> this</c><00:39:57.360><c> shall</c><00:39:57.539><c> be</c>

00:39:57.739 --> 00:39:59.619
the<00:39:58.019><c> covenant</c><00:39:58.280><c> that</c><00:39:58.480><c> I</c><00:39:58.639><c> will</c><00:39:58.860><c> make</c><00:39:59.179><c> with</c><00:39:59.380><c> the</c>

00:39:59.619 --> 00:40:06.179
house<00:39:59.800><c> of</c><00:40:00.019><c> Israel.</c><00:40:01.539><c> After</c><00:40:02.039><c> those</c><00:40:02.539><c> days,</c><00:40:03.440><c> saith</c><00:40:03.559><c> the</c><00:40:03.880><c> Lord,</c><00:40:05.219><c> I</c>

00:40:06.179 --> 00:40:12.000
will<00:40:07.039><c> put</c><00:40:07.599><c> my</c><00:40:08.159><c> law</c><00:40:08.699><c> in</c><00:40:09.760><c> their</c><00:40:10.400><c> inward</c><00:40:10.860><c> parts.</c>

00:40:12.219 --> 00:40:18.380
And<00:40:12.900><c> we</c><00:40:13.199><c> could</c><00:40:13.440><c> interpose,</c><00:40:15.239><c> I</c><00:40:15.239><c> will</c><00:40:15.780><c> write</c><00:40:16.139><c> it</c><00:40:16.480><c> in</c><00:40:16.659><c> their</c><00:40:17.039><c> hearts</c><00:40:17.599><c> and</c>

00:40:18.380 --> 00:40:20.139
will<00:40:18.659><c> be</c><00:40:18.940><c> their</c><00:40:19.300><c> God's,</c>

00:40:20.280 --> 00:40:27.099
their<00:40:20.619><c> God,</c><00:40:21.480><c> and</c><00:40:21.719><c> they</c><00:40:22.179><c> shall</c><00:40:22.519><c> be</c><00:40:23.159><c> my</c><00:40:23.900><c> people.</c><00:40:25.320><c> And</c><00:40:25.800><c> they</c><00:40:26.079><c> shall</c><00:40:26.280><c> teach</c><00:40:26.760><c> no</c>

00:40:27.099 --> 00:40:28.900
more<00:40:27.400><c> every</c><00:40:27.719><c> man</c><00:40:27.980><c> his</c><00:40:28.239><c> neighbor</c><00:40:28.599><c> and</c>

00:40:28.900 --> 00:40:32.139
every<00:40:29.199><c> man</c><00:40:29.400><c> his</c><00:40:29.659><c> brother</c><00:40:30.000><c> saying,</c><00:40:30.599><c> know</c><00:40:30.619><c> the</c><00:40:30.880><c> Lord,</c><00:40:31.739><c> for</c><00:40:31.900><c> they</c>

00:40:32.139 --> 00:40:35.119
shall<00:40:32.280><c> all</c><00:40:33.179><c> know</c><00:40:33.539><c> me.</c><00:40:34.039><c> That</c><00:40:34.260><c> by</c><00:40:34.460><c> the</c><00:40:34.559><c> way</c><00:40:34.659><c> implies</c>

00:40:35.119 --> 00:40:41.719
you<00:40:35.340><c> and</c><00:40:35.380><c> Gentile</c><00:40:36.199><c> from</c><00:40:36.639><c> the</c><00:40:36.860><c> least</c><00:40:37.079><c> of</c><00:40:37.260><c> them</c><00:40:37.420><c> unto</c><00:40:37.599><c> the</c><00:40:37.900><c> greatest</c><00:40:38.199><c> of</c><00:40:38.420><c> them,</c><00:40:38.719><c> saith</c><00:40:38.960><c> the</c><00:40:39.199><c> Lord</c><00:40:39.860><c> for</c><00:40:40.820><c> I</c>

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will<00:40:42.380><c> forgive</c>

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their<00:40:43.559><c> iniquity</c><00:40:44.280><c> and</c><00:40:45.340><c> I</c><00:40:46.159><c> will</c><00:40:46.579><c> remember</c><00:40:47.340><c> their</c><00:40:47.980><c> sin</c><00:40:48.440><c> no</c><00:40:49.179><c> more.</c>

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What's<00:40:51.179><c> the</c><00:40:51.320><c> basis</c><00:40:51.800><c> of</c><00:40:52.539><c> the</c><00:40:52.699><c> new</c><00:40:52.880><c> covenant?</c>

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It's<00:40:54.659><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:40:55.300><c> chapter</c><00:40:55.880><c> 30.</c><00:40:56.800><c> In</c><00:40:56.800><c> other</c><00:40:57.099><c> words,</c>

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I<00:40:59.440><c> will</c><00:41:00.519><c> put</c><00:41:01.059><c> my</c><00:41:01.980><c> law</c><00:41:02.519><c> in</c><00:41:03.599><c> their</c><00:41:04.360><c> inward</c><00:41:04.860><c> parts.</c><00:41:06.260><c> Deuteronomy</c>

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30<00:41:07.039><c> said,</c><00:41:07.440><c> I</c><00:41:07.659><c> will</c><00:41:07.980><c> circumcise</c><00:41:08.519><c> your</c><00:41:08.820><c> heart</c>

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and<00:41:11.019><c> I</c><00:41:11.199><c> will</c><00:41:11.440><c> write</c><00:41:11.659><c> it</c><00:41:11.800><c> in</c><00:41:11.880><c> their</c><00:41:12.159><c> hearts</c><00:41:12.559><c> and</c><00:41:13.000><c> will</c><00:41:13.219><c> be</c><00:41:13.440><c> their</c>

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God<00:41:14.039><c> and</c><00:41:14.300><c> they</c><00:41:14.599><c> shall</c><00:41:14.800><c> be</c><00:41:15.079><c> my</c><00:41:15.440><c> people.</c>

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Here<00:41:19.599><c> in</c><00:41:19.940><c> Jeremiah,</c><00:41:20.800><c> you</c><00:41:21.099><c> have</c><00:41:21.559><c> no</c><00:41:21.960><c> doubt</c><00:41:22.340><c> an</c><00:41:23.480><c> allusion</c><00:41:24.019><c> to</c><00:41:24.199><c> that</c><00:41:24.460><c> passage</c><00:41:24.900><c> that</c><00:41:25.139><c> we</c>

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looked<00:41:25.519><c> at</c><00:41:25.739><c> earlier</c><00:41:26.119><c> in</c><00:41:26.300><c> the</c>

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week.<00:41:27.900><c> In</c><00:41:28.019><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:41:28.559><c> 29,</c><00:41:29.300><c> that</c><00:41:29.500><c> began</c><00:41:29.820><c> by</c><00:41:30.239><c> saying,</c><00:41:30.960><c> this</c>

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is<00:41:31.480><c> the</c><00:41:31.780><c> covenant</c><00:41:32.119><c> which</c><00:41:32.739><c> God</c><00:41:33.059><c> made</c><00:41:33.340><c> with</c><00:41:33.559><c> the</c>

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people<00:41:33.960><c> of</c><00:41:34.139><c> Israel</c><00:41:34.679><c> beside</c><00:41:35.940><c> the</c><00:41:37.119><c> covenant</c><00:41:37.539><c> which</c><00:41:37.920><c> he</c><00:41:38.139><c> made</c><00:41:38.340><c> with</c><00:41:38.579><c> them</c><00:41:38.780><c> at</c>

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Horeb,<00:41:40.380><c> the</c><00:41:40.719><c> foreshadowing</c><00:41:41.519><c> of</c><00:41:41.940><c> another</c>

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covenant<00:41:42.820><c> on</c><00:41:44.019><c> eternal</c><00:41:44.719><c> principles</c><00:41:45.420><c> based</c><00:41:46.679><c> on</c><00:41:47.119><c> faith,</c><00:41:47.920><c> not</c><00:41:48.500><c> based</c><00:41:49.139><c> on</c><00:41:49.679><c> works.</c>

00:41:54.000 --> 00:41:57.820
Would<00:41:54.159><c> you</c><00:41:54.340><c> turn</c><00:41:54.699><c> to</c><00:41:55.039><c> second</c><00:41:55.360><c> Corinthians</c><00:41:55.840><c> chapter</c><00:41:56.320><c> three?</c>

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Second<00:42:12.960><c> Corinthians</c><00:42:13.519><c> chapter</c><00:42:14.179><c> three.</c>

00:42:18.619 --> 00:42:24.340
Now<00:42:19.000><c> this</c><00:42:19.420><c> background</c><00:42:20.079><c> from</c><00:42:20.400><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:42:21.420><c> makes</c><00:42:22.260><c> sense</c><00:42:23.139><c> in</c><00:42:24.099><c> a</c>

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very<00:42:24.820><c> profound</c><00:42:25.360><c> way</c><00:42:26.059><c> along</c><00:42:26.679><c> with</c><00:42:26.880><c> the</c><00:42:27.039><c> Jeremiah</c>

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passage<00:42:28.199><c> of</c><00:42:29.139><c> what</c><00:42:29.340><c> the</c><00:42:29.559><c> apostle</c><00:42:30.000><c> reasons</c><00:42:30.460><c> here</c><00:42:30.900><c> in</c><00:42:31.159><c> second</c>

00:42:31.440 --> 00:42:35.260
Corinthians<00:42:31.920><c> chapter</c><00:42:32.400><c> three.</c><00:42:34.099><c> Verse</c><00:42:34.280><c> two,</c>

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Ye<00:42:36.699><c> are</c><00:42:37.420><c> our</c><00:42:37.840><c> epistle,</c><00:42:39.380><c> written</c><00:42:39.719><c> in</c><00:42:40.420><c> our</c><00:42:40.900><c> hearts,</c><00:42:41.940><c> known</c><00:42:42.179><c> and</c>

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read<00:42:42.679><c> of</c><00:42:42.920><c> all</c><00:42:43.179><c> men,</c><00:42:44.619><c> for</c><00:42:44.800><c> as</c><00:42:45.039><c> much</c><00:42:45.380><c> as</c><00:42:45.679><c> ye</c>

00:42:45.840 --> 00:42:50.360
are<00:42:46.159><c> manifestly</c><00:42:46.960><c> declared</c><00:42:47.559><c> to</c><00:42:48.280><c> be</c><00:42:48.500><c> the</c><00:42:48.800><c> epistle</c><00:42:49.599><c> of</c><00:42:49.940><c> Christ,</c>

00:42:50.400 --> 00:42:54.059
the<00:42:50.539><c> letter</c><00:42:50.840><c> of</c><00:42:51.059><c> Christ,</c><00:42:52.800><c> ministered</c><00:42:53.340><c> by</c><00:42:53.699><c> us,</c>

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written<00:42:54.820><c> not</c><00:42:55.199><c> with</c><00:42:55.519><c> ink,</c><00:42:56.739><c> but</c><00:42:56.900><c> with</c><00:42:57.119><c> the</c><00:42:57.480><c> spirit</c><00:42:57.739><c> of</c><00:42:57.960><c> the</c><00:42:58.119><c> living</c><00:42:58.380><c> God,</c>

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not<00:43:00.920><c> in</c><00:43:01.260><c> tables</c><00:43:01.639><c> of</c><00:43:01.980><c> stone,</c>

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but<00:43:03.559><c> in</c><00:43:03.760><c> the</c><00:43:04.139><c> fleshly</c><00:43:04.719><c> tables</c><00:43:05.139><c> of</c><00:43:05.420><c> the</c><00:43:05.739><c> heart.</c><00:43:07.460><c> A</c><00:43:07.659><c> letter,</c><00:43:08.579><c> a</c>

00:43:08.780 --> 00:43:12.739
letter<00:43:09.039><c> of</c><00:43:09.320><c> Christ,</c><00:43:10.679><c> written</c><00:43:10.800><c> not</c><00:43:11.360><c> on</c><00:43:11.719><c> tables</c><00:43:12.059><c> of</c><00:43:12.400><c> stone,</c>

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but<00:43:13.320><c> written</c><00:43:13.980><c> as</c><00:43:14.460><c> an</c><00:43:14.699><c> epistle</c><00:43:15.039><c> of</c><00:43:15.300><c> Christ</c><00:43:15.840><c> in</c><00:43:16.320><c> the</c><00:43:16.739><c> fleshly</c><00:43:17.380><c> tables</c><00:43:17.820><c> of</c>

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the<00:43:18.539><c> heart.</c>

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Verse<00:43:20.199><c> four,</c><00:43:21.139><c> in</c><00:43:21.280><c> such</c><00:43:21.519><c> trust</c><00:43:21.920><c> have</c><00:43:22.179><c> we</c><00:43:22.460><c> through</c><00:43:22.739><c> Christ</c><00:43:23.199><c> to</c><00:43:23.480><c> Godward.</c>

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Not<00:43:26.659><c> that</c><00:43:26.840><c> we</c><00:43:27.000><c> are</c><00:43:27.380><c> sufficient</c><00:43:28.039><c> of</c><00:43:28.400><c> ourselves</c><00:43:29.199><c> to</c><00:43:29.739><c> think</c><00:43:29.920><c> of</c>

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anything<00:43:30.579><c> as</c><00:43:31.000><c> of</c><00:43:31.239><c> ourselves,</c>

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but<00:43:32.619><c> our</c><00:43:33.039><c> sufficiency</c><00:43:33.639><c> is</c><00:43:34.599><c> of</c><00:43:35.059><c> God,</c><00:43:36.280><c> who</c><00:43:36.420><c> also</c><00:43:36.900><c> hath</c><00:43:37.300><c> made</c><00:43:37.739><c> us,</c>

00:43:38.320 --> 00:43:42.239
God<00:43:38.719><c> has</c><00:43:39.440><c> made</c><00:43:40.219><c> us</c><00:43:40.719><c> able</c><00:43:41.119><c> ministers</c><00:43:41.599><c> of</c><00:43:41.860><c> the</c><00:43:42.039><c> New</c>

00:43:42.239 --> 00:43:46.079
Testament,<00:43:43.280><c> not</c><00:43:43.480><c> of</c><00:43:43.599><c> the</c><00:43:43.780><c> letter,</c><00:43:44.420><c> but</c><00:43:44.559><c> of</c><00:43:44.719><c> the</c><00:43:44.980><c> spirit,</c><00:43:45.980><c> for</c>

00:43:46.079 --> 00:43:50.760
the<00:43:46.280><c> letter</c><00:43:46.519><c> killeth,</c><00:43:47.860><c> but</c><00:43:48.000><c> the</c><00:43:48.280><c> spirit</c><00:43:48.940><c> giveth</c><00:43:49.699><c> life.</c>

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Brothers<00:43:51.880><c> and</c><00:43:52.159><c> sisters,</c><00:43:54.099><c> if</c><00:43:54.119><c> that</c><00:43:54.579><c> is</c><00:43:54.880><c> the</c><00:43:54.960><c> way</c><00:43:55.099><c> of</c><00:43:55.360><c> salvation,</c><00:43:56.400><c> we</c><00:43:56.599><c> have</c><00:43:56.780><c> a</c>

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great<00:43:57.380><c> deal</c><00:43:57.920><c> to</c><00:43:58.400><c> rejoice</c><00:43:58.840><c> over.</c>

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The<00:44:00.820><c> new</c><00:44:01.119><c> motive</c><00:44:01.599><c> is</c><00:44:02.599><c> love.</c><00:44:04.099><c> God</c><00:44:04.460><c> has</c><00:44:05.179><c> loved</c><00:44:05.460><c> us</c><00:44:05.840><c> as</c><00:44:06.059><c> he</c><00:44:06.320><c> loved</c>

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the<00:44:06.739><c> fathers,</c><00:44:07.559><c> and</c><00:44:08.519><c> he's</c><00:44:08.780><c> willing</c><00:44:09.019><c> on</c><00:44:09.300><c> that</c><00:44:09.579><c> basis</c>

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to<00:44:10.420><c> work</c><00:44:10.679><c> with</c><00:44:10.920><c> us</c><00:44:11.159><c> and</c><00:44:11.480><c> transform</c><00:44:12.039><c> us,</c><00:44:13.159><c> and</c><00:44:13.579><c> that</c><00:44:13.739><c> he</c><00:44:13.920><c> wishes</c>

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to<00:44:14.800><c> circumcise</c><00:44:15.500><c> our</c><00:44:15.960><c> hearts,</c><00:44:16.800><c> that</c><00:44:17.000><c> we</c><00:44:17.340><c> might</c>

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love,<00:44:18.780><c> that</c><00:44:19.400><c> we</c><00:44:19.579><c> might</c><00:44:19.920><c> love</c><00:44:20.400><c> the</c><00:44:20.719><c> one</c><00:44:21.280><c> who</c><00:44:21.760><c> first</c><00:44:22.460><c> loved</c><00:44:22.820><c> us.</c>

00:44:24.159 --> 00:44:28.019
We<00:44:24.619><c> love,</c><00:44:25.079><c> says</c><00:44:25.440><c> the</c><00:44:25.719><c> apostle,</c><00:44:26.619><c> because</c><00:44:27.079><c> he</c><00:44:27.480><c> first</c>

00:44:28.019 --> 00:44:33.659
loved<00:44:28.400><c> us.</c><00:44:29.840><c> Our</c><00:44:30.219><c> response</c><00:44:31.079><c> is</c><00:44:31.579><c> a</c><00:44:31.739><c> response</c><00:44:32.300><c> that</c><00:44:32.559><c> is</c><00:44:32.760><c> in</c><00:44:33.039><c> love</c>

00:44:33.659 --> 00:44:37.579
to<00:44:34.139><c> love,</c><00:44:35.920><c> and</c><00:44:36.179><c> therefore</c><00:44:36.500><c> it's</c><00:44:36.699><c> not</c><00:44:36.900><c> of</c><00:44:37.119><c> law,</c>

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and<00:44:38.139><c> therefore</c><00:44:38.400><c> it's</c><00:44:38.559><c> not</c><00:44:38.760><c> on</c><00:44:38.900><c> the</c><00:44:39.039><c> basis</c><00:44:39.320><c> of</c><00:44:39.619><c> works,</c><00:44:40.460><c> it's</c><00:44:40.780><c> a</c>

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love<00:44:41.460><c> response</c><00:44:42.280><c> to</c><00:44:42.719><c> love.</c><00:44:43.900><c> We</c><00:44:44.280><c> love</c><00:44:44.820><c> because</c><00:44:45.480><c> he</c><00:44:45.739><c> first</c>

00:44:46.019 --> 00:44:50.039
loved<00:44:46.239><c> us.</c><00:44:47.239><c> Moreover,</c><00:44:47.739><c> brothers</c><00:44:47.840><c> and</c><00:44:48.099><c> sisters,</c><00:44:49.000><c> he</c><00:44:49.199><c> will</c><00:44:49.500><c> help</c><00:44:49.760><c> us</c>

00:44:50.039 --> 00:44:53.420
to<00:44:50.300><c> love</c><00:44:50.699><c> by</c><00:44:51.300><c> circumcising</c><00:44:52.119><c> our</c><00:44:52.519><c> hearts.</c>