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And<00:12:47.559><c> we</c><00:12:47.700><c> know</c><00:12:48.159><c> the</c><00:12:48.539><c> various</c><00:12:49.080><c> applications</c><00:12:49.840><c> of</c><00:12:50.779><c> that</c><00:12:51.039><c> prophecy</c>

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But<00:12:55.620><c> there's</c><00:12:55.820><c> also</c><00:12:56.100><c> the</c><00:12:56.340><c> promise,</c><00:12:56.659><c> isn't</c><00:12:56.879><c> there,</c><00:12:57.100><c> in</c><00:12:57.240><c> the</c>

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The<00:13:00.620><c> reminder</c><00:13:01.120><c> of</c><00:13:01.320><c> God's</c><00:13:02.000><c> care</c><00:13:02.340><c> of</c><00:13:02.500><c> Israel.</c>

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As<00:13:04.139><c> a</c><00:13:04.360><c> child</c><00:13:04.679><c> I</c><00:13:05.080><c> loved</c><00:13:05.299><c> him.</c>

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Out<00:13:06.019><c> of</c><00:13:06.179><c> Egypt</c><00:13:06.559><c> I</c><00:13:07.059><c> called</c><00:13:07.259><c> my</c><00:13:07.580><c> son.</c>

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Just<00:13:11.179><c> two</c><00:13:11.379><c> examples</c><00:13:11.899><c> of</c><00:13:12.080><c> many</c><00:13:12.340><c> of</c><00:13:13.419><c> this</c><00:13:14.399><c> balance.</c>

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Those<00:13:17.480><c> two</c><00:13:18.200><c> aspects.</c>

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The<00:13:20.919><c> judgment</c><00:13:21.240><c> of</c><00:13:21.500><c> God</c><00:13:21.940><c> on</c><00:13:22.320><c> the</c><00:13:22.440><c> one</c><00:13:22.639><c> hand.</c>

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And<00:13:25.240><c> his</c><00:13:25.799><c> grace</c><00:13:26.700><c> and</c><00:13:28.980><c> mercy</c><00:13:29.480><c> on</c><00:13:30.320><c> the</c><00:13:30.519><c> other.</c>

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Inseparable,<00:13:32.179><c> always.</c>

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Now,<00:13:37.080><c> imagine</c><00:13:37.500><c> also,</c><00:13:39.139><c> for</c><00:13:40.179><c> the</c><00:13:40.440><c> people</c><00:13:40.840><c> of</c><00:13:41.379><c> that</c><00:13:41.700><c> time,</c><00:13:42.639><c> the</c>

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tension<00:13:43.360><c> that</c><00:13:44.340><c> there</c><00:13:44.519><c> must</c><00:13:44.779><c> have</c><00:13:44.940><c> been.</c>

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The<00:13:45.440><c> expectation.</c>

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For<00:13:47.039><c> instance,</c><00:13:47.399><c> we</c><00:13:47.519><c> read</c><00:13:47.700><c> in</c><00:13:47.820><c> the</c><00:13:47.960><c> nineteenth</c><00:13:48.379><c> chapter</c><00:13:48.759><c> of</c><00:13:48.899><c> Luke's</c><00:13:49.259><c> Gospel</c><00:13:49.519><c> in</c>

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verse<00:13:49.919><c> eleven.</c>

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I'm<00:13:50.460><c> just</c><00:13:50.500><c> going</c><00:13:50.659><c> to</c><00:13:50.799><c> mention</c><00:13:50.960><c> it</c><00:13:51.179><c> in</c><00:13:51.320><c> passing.</c>

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That<00:13:52.259><c> the</c><00:13:53.039><c> people</c><00:13:53.299><c> thought</c><00:13:53.620><c> that</c><00:13:53.840><c> the</c><00:13:53.960><c> kingdom</c><00:13:54.220><c> of</c><00:13:54.460><c> God</c><00:13:54.600><c> was</c>

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going<00:13:55.080><c> to</c><00:13:55.460><c> appear</c><00:13:55.679><c> at</c><00:13:56.080><c> once.</c>

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As<00:13:57.059><c> he</c><00:13:57.320><c> began</c><00:13:57.659><c> to</c><00:13:57.960><c> enter</c><00:13:58.340><c> into</c><00:13:58.700><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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And<00:14:00.659><c> then</c><00:14:00.759><c> there</c><00:14:00.919><c> was</c><00:14:01.080><c> that</c><00:14:01.659><c> triumphal</c><00:14:02.279><c> entry.</c>

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With<00:14:03.419><c> the</c><00:14:03.659><c> crowds</c><00:14:04.000><c> shouting.</c>

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With<00:14:06.200><c> people</c><00:14:06.879><c> casting</c><00:14:07.440><c> branches</c><00:14:07.960><c> in</c><00:14:08.220><c> the</c><00:14:08.259><c> way.</c>

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Their<00:14:08.620><c> clothes</c><00:14:09.059><c> in</c><00:14:09.299><c> the</c><00:14:09.419><c> way.</c>

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What<00:14:13.080><c> an</c><00:14:13.759><c> uproar</c><00:14:14.440><c> there</c><00:14:14.700><c> was.</c>

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And<00:14:17.480><c> there</c><00:14:18.120><c> was</c><00:14:18.379><c> the</c><00:14:19.019><c> cleansing</c><00:14:19.340><c> of</c><00:14:19.539><c> the</c><00:14:19.700><c> temple.</c>

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That<00:14:23.440><c> must</c><00:14:23.659><c> have</c><00:14:23.860><c> been</c><00:14:24.340><c> a</c><00:14:24.700><c> terrifying</c><00:14:25.120><c> sight,</c><00:14:25.600><c> the</c><00:14:25.740><c> cleansing</c>

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of<00:14:26.240><c> the</c><00:14:26.379><c> temple.</c>

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The<00:14:28.840><c> Lord</c><00:14:29.100><c> and</c><00:14:30.820><c> his</c><00:14:31.720><c> righteous</c><00:14:32.440><c> zeal</c><00:14:32.919><c> for</c><00:14:33.100><c> his</c><00:14:33.399><c> father's</c><00:14:33.879><c> house.</c>

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Going<00:14:34.980><c> in</c><00:14:35.259><c> and</c><00:14:35.539><c> casting</c><00:14:35.840><c> out</c><00:14:36.100><c> those</c><00:14:36.440><c> who</c><00:14:36.620><c> were</c><00:14:36.779><c> polluting</c><00:14:37.080><c> it.</c>

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With<00:14:38.220><c> their</c><00:14:38.539><c> vile</c><00:14:38.820><c> practices</c><00:14:39.320><c> and</c><00:14:39.659><c> their</c><00:14:39.980><c> mercenariness.</c>

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Turning<00:14:41.960><c> it</c><00:14:42.179><c> into</c><00:14:42.379><c> a</c><00:14:42.559><c> place</c><00:14:42.759><c> of</c><00:14:43.279><c> sale.</c>

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And<00:14:46.759><c> if</c><00:14:47.000><c> we</c><00:14:47.240><c> turn</c><00:14:47.480><c> to</c><00:14:47.940><c> the</c><00:14:48.100><c> twenty</c><00:14:48.440><c>-first</c><00:14:49.600><c> chapter</c><00:14:50.139><c> of</c><00:14:50.299><c> Matthew.</c>

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And<00:14:53.059><c> the</c><00:14:53.299><c> twelfth</c><00:14:53.600><c> verse</c><00:14:53.820><c> of</c><00:14:53.980><c> that</c><00:14:54.220><c> chapter.</c>

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One<00:14:56.860><c> can</c><00:14:57.159><c> feel</c><00:14:57.460><c> behind</c><00:14:58.059><c> it</c><00:14:58.379><c> the</c><00:14:58.659><c> outrage</c><00:14:59.159><c> and</c><00:14:59.379><c> the</c><00:14:59.620><c> shock.</c>

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Which<00:15:01.320><c> many</c><00:15:01.700><c> must</c><00:15:02.320><c> have</c><00:15:02.519><c> felt</c><00:15:02.779><c> at</c><00:15:03.120><c> that</c><00:15:03.379><c> time.</c>

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There<00:15:08.879><c> is</c><00:15:09.080><c> the</c><00:15:09.259><c> account</c><00:15:09.539><c> of</c><00:15:09.779><c> the</c><00:15:11.159><c> cleansing.</c>

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He<00:15:13.000><c> overturned</c><00:15:13.620><c> the</c><00:15:13.759><c> tables</c><00:15:14.039><c> of</c><00:15:14.200><c> the</c><00:15:14.320><c> money</c><00:15:14.559><c> changers.</c>

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And<00:15:16.500><c> the</c><00:15:16.600><c> benches</c><00:15:16.879><c> of</c><00:15:17.080><c> those</c><00:15:17.320><c> selling</c><00:15:17.639><c> doves.</c>

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And<00:15:19.820><c> you</c><00:15:19.899><c> can</c><00:15:20.080><c> imagine</c><00:15:20.659><c> what</c><00:15:21.480><c> the</c><00:15:21.820><c> temple</c><00:15:22.039><c> authorities</c><00:15:22.639><c> would</c>

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have<00:15:23.220><c> felt</c><00:15:23.460><c> about</c><00:15:23.820><c> this.</c>

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These<00:15:24.899><c> were</c><00:15:25.159><c> actions,</c><00:15:25.759><c> they'd</c><00:15:26.039><c> have</c><00:15:26.179><c> said,</c><00:15:26.500><c> against</c><00:15:27.139><c> the</c>

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holy<00:15:27.799><c> things.</c>

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Because<00:15:30.639><c> that's</c><00:15:31.019><c> precisely</c><00:15:31.419><c> the</c><00:15:31.639><c> danger</c><00:15:31.940><c> of</c><00:15:32.240><c> making</c><00:15:32.519><c> things</c>

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or<00:15:33.379><c> practices</c><00:15:34.080><c> holy.</c>

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In<00:15:35.500><c> the</c><00:15:35.679><c> wrong</c><00:15:35.899><c> sense.</c>

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And<00:15:38.899><c> we've</c><00:15:39.460><c> already</c><00:15:39.919><c> thought</c><00:15:40.299><c> about</c><00:15:40.580><c> that</c><00:15:40.820><c> a</c><00:15:40.960><c> little</c><00:15:41.059><c> in</c><00:15:41.220><c> the</c>

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last<00:15:41.519><c> few</c><00:15:41.700><c> days.</c>

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And<00:15:44.899><c> I</c><00:15:45.059><c> suppose</c><00:15:45.440><c> one</c><00:15:45.799><c> of</c><00:15:45.940><c> the</c><00:15:46.059><c> questions</c><00:15:46.379><c> we</c><00:15:46.539><c> need</c><00:15:46.679><c> to</c><00:15:46.940><c> ask</c><00:15:47.120><c> ourselves.</c>

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Parallel<00:15:48.240><c> to</c><00:15:48.379><c> that</c><00:15:48.559><c> one</c><00:15:48.720><c> I</c><00:15:48.919><c> asked</c><00:15:49.600><c> a</c><00:15:50.059><c> little</c><00:15:50.220><c> while</c><00:15:50.460><c> ago</c><00:15:50.779><c> is.</c>

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Are<00:15:52.000><c> we</c><00:15:52.460><c> free</c><00:15:52.960><c> from</c><00:15:54.539><c> that</c><00:15:55.259><c> kind</c><00:15:55.600><c> of</c><00:15:55.860><c> practice</c><00:15:56.460><c> ourselves.</c>

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In<00:15:59.120><c> our</c><00:15:59.399><c> walk</c><00:15:59.679><c> before</c><00:16:00.100><c> God.</c>

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Now<00:16:04.240><c> the</c><00:16:04.980><c> challenge</c><00:16:05.419><c> which</c><00:16:05.720><c> Jesus</c><00:16:06.100><c> presented</c><00:16:06.620><c> to</c><00:16:06.840><c> the</c><00:16:07.100><c> authorities.</c>

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Must<00:16:09.539><c> have</c><00:16:09.820><c> been,</c><00:16:10.600><c> well</c><00:16:10.779><c> if</c><00:16:10.879><c> you</c><00:16:11.019><c> were</c><00:16:11.139><c> the</c><00:16:11.220><c> Roman</c><00:16:11.519><c> governor.</c>

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I<00:16:12.639><c> should</c><00:16:12.820><c> imagine</c><00:16:13.200><c> you'd</c><00:16:13.759><c> be</c><00:16:13.960><c> very</c><00:16:14.240><c> worried.</c>

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There'd<00:16:15.720><c> be</c><00:16:15.879><c> no</c><00:16:16.740><c> leave</c><00:16:16.980><c> out</c><00:16:17.679><c> for</c><00:16:18.179><c> legionaries</c><00:16:19.100><c> in</c><00:16:19.600><c> Jerusalem</c>

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at<00:16:21.019><c> that</c><00:16:21.299><c> time.</c>

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And<00:16:23.399><c> as</c><00:16:24.000><c> far</c><00:16:24.179><c> as</c><00:16:24.440><c> the</c><00:16:25.039><c> Jewish</c><00:16:25.259><c> authorities</c><00:16:25.860><c> were</c><00:16:26.100><c> concerned.</c>

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There<00:16:27.419><c> were,</c><00:16:27.960><c> we</c><00:16:28.220><c> know,</c><00:16:29.080><c> meetings</c><00:16:29.200><c> and</c><00:16:30.639><c> discussions.</c>

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How<00:16:32.259><c> were</c><00:16:32.879><c> they</c><00:16:33.019><c> going</c><00:16:33.220><c> to</c><00:16:33.539><c> contain</c><00:16:34.240><c> this</c><00:16:35.299><c> man?</c>

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And<00:16:36.639><c> the</c><00:16:36.840><c> resentment.</c>

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And<00:16:39.200><c> yet</c><00:16:39.340><c> at</c><00:16:39.519><c> the</c><00:16:39.659><c> same</c><00:16:39.940><c> time.</c>

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Their<00:16:41.279><c> inability</c><00:16:41.779><c> to</c><00:16:42.100><c> resist</c><00:16:42.500><c> the</c><00:16:42.779><c> authority</c><00:16:43.360><c> which</c><00:16:44.840><c> this</c>

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man<00:16:46.059><c> had.</c>

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Now.

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They<00:16:53.200><c> might,</c><00:16:54.179><c> our</c><00:16:54.299><c> two</c><00:16:54.519><c> friends,</c><00:16:55.059><c> at</c><00:16:55.220><c> this</c><00:16:55.460><c> stage.</c>

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Because<00:16:57.700><c> what</c><00:16:58.019><c> has</c><00:16:58.299><c> happened</c><00:16:58.519><c> as</c><00:16:58.759><c> a</c><00:16:58.899><c> result</c><00:16:59.100><c> of</c><00:16:59.279><c> all</c><00:16:59.440><c> that</c><00:16:59.639><c> tension.</c>

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It's<00:17:02.480><c> all</c><00:17:02.940><c> fizzled</c><00:17:03.360><c> out,</c><00:17:03.740><c> hasn't</c><00:17:03.919><c> it?</c>

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Imagine<00:17:06.839><c> Jerusalem</c><00:17:07.440><c> the</c><00:17:08.559><c> day</c><00:17:08.759><c> after</c><00:17:09.039><c> the</c><00:17:09.240><c> crucifixion.</c>

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The<00:17:10.700><c> day</c><00:17:11.039><c> in</c><00:17:11.240><c> which</c><00:17:11.619><c> we</c><00:17:11.980><c> have</c><00:17:12.259><c> set,</c><00:17:12.859><c> as</c><00:17:13.160><c> it</c><00:17:13.339><c> were,</c><00:17:13.779><c> this</c><00:17:14.640><c> thought.</c>

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There's<00:17:19.599><c> nothing</c><00:17:19.839><c> worse</c><00:17:20.140><c> than</c><00:17:20.339><c> anti</c><00:17:20.539><c>-climax,</c><00:17:21.220><c> is</c><00:17:21.279><c> there?</c>

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There's<00:17:24.440><c> a</c><00:17:24.819><c> sense</c><00:17:25.000><c> of</c><00:17:25.119><c> being</c><00:17:25.599><c> drained.</c>

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A<00:17:27.660><c> sense</c><00:17:27.859><c> of</c><00:17:28.279><c> purposelessness.</c>

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A<00:17:30.039><c> sense</c><00:17:30.160><c> of</c><00:17:30.380><c> lost</c><00:17:30.640><c> direction.</c>

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And<00:17:34.700><c> the</c><00:17:35.420><c> faithful</c><00:17:35.799><c> would</c><00:17:36.039><c> have</c><00:17:36.200><c> been</c><00:17:36.559><c> scattered</c><00:17:36.920><c> about</c><00:17:37.420><c> in</c><00:17:37.980><c> fear.</c>

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Waiting<00:17:40.299><c> for</c><00:17:40.940><c> a</c><00:17:41.140><c> knock</c><00:17:41.240><c> at</c><00:17:41.420><c> the</c><00:17:41.579><c> door.</c>

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Dreading<00:17:42.480><c> the</c><00:17:42.819><c> sound</c><00:17:43.019><c> of</c><00:17:43.220><c> the</c><00:17:43.400><c> tramp</c><00:17:43.559><c> of</c><00:17:43.759><c> the</c><00:17:43.880><c> legionaries</c><00:17:44.380><c> outside.</c>

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Uncertain<00:17:46.980><c> of</c><00:17:47.460><c> where</c><00:17:47.740><c> they</c><00:17:47.900><c> were</c><00:17:48.099><c> going</c><00:17:48.240><c> to</c><00:17:48.460><c> go.</c>

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What<00:17:49.500><c> was</c><00:17:49.779><c> going</c><00:17:49.920><c> to</c><00:17:50.160><c> happen.</c>

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And<00:17:52.779><c> just</c><00:17:52.940><c> think</c><00:17:53.119><c> of</c><00:17:53.460><c> some</c><00:17:53.680><c> of</c><00:17:53.839><c> the</c><00:17:54.660><c> evidence.</c>

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Which<00:17:56.480><c> they</c><00:17:56.660><c> had</c><00:17:56.900><c> heard,</c><00:17:57.140><c> which</c><00:17:57.339><c> our</c><00:17:57.599><c> two</c><00:17:57.779><c> friends</c><00:17:58.039><c> would</c><00:17:58.240><c> now</c>

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be<00:17:58.640><c> weighing</c><00:17:58.839><c> up.</c>

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For<00:17:59.500><c> instance,</c><00:18:00.319><c> the</c><00:18:00.460><c> account</c><00:18:00.839><c> that</c><00:18:01.480><c> they</c><00:18:01.660><c> had</c><00:18:01.900><c> heard,</c><00:18:02.160><c> perhaps,</c><00:18:02.839><c> from</c>

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Mary<00:18:03.480><c> of</c><00:18:04.200><c> Jesus'</c><00:18:04.819><c> birth.</c>

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And<00:18:05.779><c> the</c><00:18:05.920><c> things</c><00:18:06.099><c> that</c><00:18:06.299><c> led</c><00:18:06.380><c> up</c><00:18:06.619><c> to</c><00:18:06.759><c> it.</c>

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For<00:18:09.299><c> instance,</c><00:18:10.519><c> her</c><00:18:10.960><c> celebration</c><00:18:11.500><c> in</c><00:18:12.259><c> her</c><00:18:12.619><c> song</c><00:18:12.920><c> of</c><00:18:13.619><c> praise.</c>

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That<00:18:15.779><c> God</c><00:18:16.200><c> had</c><00:18:16.660><c> helped</c><00:18:17.000><c> his</c><00:18:17.420><c> servant</c><00:18:17.700><c> Israel</c><00:18:18.420><c> as</c><00:18:18.980><c> he</c><00:18:19.180><c> had</c><00:18:19.480><c> promised</c><00:18:19.960><c> to</c>

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their<00:18:21.539><c> fathers.</c>

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And<00:18:24.599><c> that</c><00:18:25.259><c> help</c><00:18:25.660><c> could</c><00:18:26.240><c> only</c><00:18:26.559><c> be</c><00:18:26.740><c> the</c><00:18:26.900><c> Messiah.</c>

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The<00:18:28.940><c> promises</c><00:18:29.259><c> of</c><00:18:29.680><c> the</c><00:18:29.880><c> angel</c><00:18:30.140><c> before</c><00:18:30.480><c> his</c><00:18:30.759><c> birth</c><00:18:30.980><c> that</c><00:18:31.380><c> he</c><00:18:31.640><c> would</c><00:18:31.859><c> be</c>

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given<00:18:32.339><c> the</c><00:18:32.799><c> throne</c><00:18:33.099><c> of</c><00:18:33.500><c> his</c><00:18:33.700><c> father</c><00:18:33.980><c> David.</c>

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And<00:18:34.539><c> he</c><00:18:34.640><c> would</c><00:18:35.160><c> rule</c><00:18:35.440><c> over</c><00:18:36.099><c> the</c><00:18:36.559><c> house</c><00:18:37.140><c> of</c><00:18:37.440><c> Israel</c><00:18:37.980><c> forever.</c>

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Of<00:18:41.920><c> what</c><00:18:42.079><c> Mary</c><00:18:42.319><c> might</c><00:18:42.539><c> have</c><00:18:42.700><c> told</c><00:18:42.900><c> them</c><00:18:43.099><c> of</c><00:18:43.480><c> the</c><00:18:43.599><c> words</c><00:18:43.880><c> of</c><00:18:44.119><c> Simeon.</c>

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He<00:18:45.880><c> who</c><00:18:46.019><c> was</c><00:18:46.460><c> waiting</c><00:18:46.819><c> for</c><00:18:47.099><c> the</c><00:18:47.359><c> consolation</c><00:18:47.839><c> of</c><00:18:48.059><c> Israel.</c>

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And<00:18:50.700><c> who</c><00:18:50.880><c> had</c><00:18:51.119><c> seen</c><00:18:51.519><c> as</c><00:18:52.119><c> he</c><00:18:52.259><c> took</c><00:18:52.400><c> up</c><00:18:52.599><c> the</c><00:18:52.839><c> child</c><00:18:53.160><c> brought</c><00:18:53.440><c> to</c>

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the<00:18:53.799><c> temple</c><00:18:54.119><c> in</c><00:18:55.339><c> the</c><00:18:55.779><c> manner</c><00:18:56.000><c> which</c><00:18:56.380><c> was</c><00:18:56.759><c> required.</c>

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That<00:19:00.519><c> consolation</c><00:19:01.160><c> made</c><00:19:01.839><c> flesh.</c>

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But<00:19:05.920><c> at</c><00:19:06.259><c> the</c><00:19:06.380><c> same</c><00:19:06.640><c> time,</c><00:19:07.700><c> at</c><00:19:07.700><c> this</c><00:19:07.960><c> stage,</c><00:19:08.440><c> no</c><00:19:08.539><c> doubt,</c><00:19:09.599><c> Mary's</c>

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mind<00:19:10.339><c> would</c><00:19:10.660><c> turn</c><00:19:10.920><c> to</c><00:19:11.140><c> other</c><00:19:11.400><c> words</c><00:19:11.720><c> of</c><00:19:11.960><c> Simeon.</c>

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Of<00:19:12.960><c> that</c><00:19:13.319><c> sword</c><00:19:13.720><c> which</c><00:19:14.700><c> would</c><00:19:14.880><c> pierce.</c>

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Of<00:19:16.900><c> the</c><00:19:17.079><c> sorrow</c><00:19:17.339><c> that</c><00:19:17.519><c> would</c><00:19:17.740><c> come.</c>

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Let's<00:19:21.480><c> think</c><00:19:21.740><c> for</c><00:19:22.140><c> a</c><00:19:22.200><c> moment</c><00:19:22.460><c> of</c><00:19:22.720><c> the</c><00:19:23.220><c> words</c><00:19:23.440><c> of</c><00:19:23.740><c> the</c><00:19:23.960><c> prophet</c><00:19:24.180><c> Micah.</c>

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In<00:19:26.579><c> the</c><00:19:26.759><c> fifth</c><00:19:26.980><c> chapter</c><00:19:27.339><c> which</c><00:19:27.559><c> is</c><00:19:28.220><c> quoted</c><00:19:28.640><c> for</c><00:19:29.440><c> us</c><00:19:30.000><c> in</c><00:19:31.019><c> the</c><00:19:31.480><c> second</c><00:19:31.880><c> chapter</c><00:19:32.259><c> of</c>

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Matthew<00:19:32.759><c> in</c><00:19:32.940><c> verse</c><00:19:33.119><c> 6.</c>

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But<00:19:33.559><c> let's</c><00:19:33.779><c> turn</c><00:19:33.980><c> to</c><00:19:34.140><c> the</c><00:19:34.339><c> Micah</c><00:19:34.500><c> reference</c><00:19:34.819><c> because</c><00:19:35.299><c> we</c><00:19:35.660><c> want</c>

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the<00:19:36.079><c> context</c><00:19:36.579><c> which</c><00:19:36.980><c> these</c><00:19:37.279><c> people</c><00:19:37.579><c> would</c><00:19:37.819><c> perhaps</c><00:19:38.119><c> be</c><00:19:38.359><c> thinking</c><00:19:38.619><c> of</c><00:19:38.799><c> it</c><00:19:38.960><c> in.</c>

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And<00:19:42.000><c> the</c><00:19:42.519><c> second</c><00:19:42.839><c> verse</c><00:19:43.140><c> of</c><00:19:43.420><c> Micah</c><00:19:43.779><c> 5.</c>

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But<00:19:48.900><c> you,</c><00:19:49.519><c> Bethlehem</c><00:19:49.900><c> of</c><00:19:50.039><c> Frater,</c><00:19:51.279><c> though</c><00:19:52.000><c> you</c><00:19:53.119><c> are</c><00:19:53.359><c> small</c><00:19:53.660><c> among</c><00:19:53.940><c> the</c><00:19:54.140><c> clans</c><00:19:54.359><c> of</c><00:19:54.599><c> Judah,</c>

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out<00:19:55.319><c> of</c><00:19:55.480><c> you</c><00:19:55.599><c> will</c><00:19:55.819><c> come</c><00:19:56.059><c> for</c><00:19:56.319><c> me</c><00:19:56.740><c> one</c><00:19:57.059><c> who</c><00:19:57.220><c> will</c><00:19:57.480><c> be</c><00:19:57.680><c> ruler</c><00:19:57.920><c> over</c><00:19:58.240><c> Israel,</c><00:19:59.059><c> whose</c><00:19:59.319><c> origins</c><00:19:59.779><c> are</c>

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from<00:20:00.299><c> of</c><00:20:00.500><c> old,</c><00:20:00.799><c> from</c><00:20:01.000><c> ancient</c><00:20:01.400><c> times.</c>

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Therefore<00:20:03.819><c> Israel</c><00:20:04.380><c> will</c><00:20:04.640><c> be</c><00:20:04.940><c> abandoned</c><00:20:05.539><c> until</c><00:20:06.200><c> the</c><00:20:06.500><c> time</c><00:20:06.880><c> when</c><00:20:07.240><c> she</c>

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who<00:20:07.680><c> is</c><00:20:07.940><c> in</c><00:20:08.099><c> labor</c><00:20:08.319><c> gives</c><00:20:08.619><c> birth</c><00:20:09.079><c> and</c><00:20:09.539><c> the</c><00:20:09.640><c> rest</c><00:20:09.900><c> of</c><00:20:10.019><c> his</c><00:20:10.220><c> brothers</c><00:20:10.480><c> return</c><00:20:11.059><c> to</c>

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join<00:20:11.759><c> the</c><00:20:12.099><c> Israelites.</c>

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Well,<00:20:13.819><c> when</c><00:20:14.039><c> we</c><00:20:14.299><c> see</c><00:20:14.440><c> a</c><00:20:14.660><c> passage</c><00:20:14.880><c> like</c><00:20:15.299><c> that,</c><00:20:15.519><c> we</c><00:20:15.680><c> can</c><00:20:15.960><c> understand</c><00:20:16.579><c> why</c><00:20:17.140><c> there</c><00:20:17.539><c> would</c><00:20:17.839><c> be</c>

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confusion<00:20:19.420><c> and</c><00:20:20.339><c> despair.</c>

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Why<00:20:21.940><c> there</c><00:20:22.119><c> would</c><00:20:22.359><c> be</c><00:20:23.000><c> misunderstanding.</c>

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But<00:20:28.319><c> what</c><00:20:29.079><c> were</c><00:20:29.200><c> they</c><00:20:29.339><c> to</c><00:20:29.579><c> do</c><00:20:29.799><c> with</c><00:20:30.059><c> this</c><00:20:31.380><c> manifestation</c><00:20:32.180><c> that</c>

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they<00:20:32.680><c> had</c><00:20:33.519><c> had</c><00:20:33.779><c> before</c><00:20:34.140><c> them?</c>

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They<00:20:35.680><c> might</c><00:20:35.900><c> remember,</c><00:20:36.319><c> for</c><00:20:36.480><c> instance,</c><00:20:37.420><c> Peter's</c><00:20:37.759><c> declaration</c><00:20:38.359><c> in</c><00:20:38.619><c> the</c><00:20:38.960><c> 16th</c><00:20:39.619><c> chapter</c><00:20:40.019><c> of</c>

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Matthew<00:20:42.660><c> that</c><00:20:44.559><c> Jesus</c><00:20:45.619><c> was</c><00:20:46.400><c> the</c><00:20:46.759><c> Christ,</c><00:20:47.160><c> the</c><00:20:47.279><c> Son</c><00:20:47.500><c> of</c><00:20:47.680><c> God.</c>

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And<00:20:49.420><c> at</c><00:20:49.539><c> the</c><00:20:49.660><c> same</c><00:20:49.940><c> time,</c><00:20:50.960><c> no</c><00:20:51.059><c> sooner</c><00:20:51.259><c> had</c><00:20:51.539><c> Peter</c><00:20:51.900><c> made</c><00:20:52.440><c> that</c><00:20:52.799><c> declaration,</c>

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and<00:20:54.160><c> it's</c><00:20:54.539><c> very</c><00:20:54.859><c> interesting</c><00:20:55.180><c> to</c><00:20:55.420><c> see</c><00:20:55.579><c> in</c><00:20:55.839><c> the</c><00:20:56.140><c> gospel</c><00:20:56.460><c> record</c>

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how<00:20:57.359><c> the</c><00:20:57.759><c> two</c><00:20:57.920><c> things</c><00:20:58.180><c> are</c><00:20:58.500><c> placed</c><00:20:59.160><c> side</c><00:20:59.859><c> by</c><00:21:00.140><c> side,</c>

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as<00:21:01.240><c> if</c><00:21:01.400><c> to</c><00:21:01.740><c> challenge</c><00:21:02.779><c> the</c><00:21:03.460><c> thought</c><00:21:03.839><c> of</c><00:21:04.380><c> those</c><00:21:04.960><c> who</c><00:21:05.700><c> were</c><00:21:06.819><c> there</c><00:21:07.039><c> at</c>

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the<00:21:07.400><c> time</c><00:21:07.640><c> and</c><00:21:07.940><c> those</c><00:21:08.420><c> like</c><00:21:08.839><c> us</c><00:21:09.099><c> who</c><00:21:09.380><c> follow</c><00:21:09.660><c> and</c><00:21:10.039><c> read.</c>

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It's<00:21:11.799><c> in</c><00:21:11.980><c> the</c><00:21:12.059><c> 16th</c><00:21:12.480><c> chapter</c><00:21:12.859><c> of</c><00:21:13.200><c> Matthew's</c><00:21:13.680><c> gospel.</c>

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And<00:21:17.779><c> verse</c><00:21:18.000><c> 21</c><00:21:18.380><c> is</c><00:21:18.640><c> the</c><00:21:19.920><c> is</c><00:21:19.920><c> the</c><00:21:21.180><c> explanation</c><00:21:21.900><c> of</c><00:21:22.180><c> Jesus</c><00:21:22.559><c> to</c><00:21:22.839><c> his</c><00:21:23.059><c> disciples</c><00:21:23.519><c> that</c><00:21:23.680><c> he</c>

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must<00:21:24.099><c> go</c><00:21:24.299><c> to</c><00:21:24.519><c> Jerusalem</c>

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and<00:21:25.380><c> suffer</c><00:21:25.599><c> many</c><00:21:25.900><c> things</c><00:21:26.200><c> at</c><00:21:26.359><c> the</c><00:21:26.480><c> hands</c><00:21:26.700><c> of</c><00:21:26.859><c> the</c><00:21:27.019><c> elders,</c><00:21:27.440><c> the</c><00:21:27.559><c> chief</c><00:21:27.799><c> priests</c><00:21:28.140><c> and</c><00:21:28.339><c> the</c><00:21:28.480><c> teachers</c><00:21:28.720><c> of</c>

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the<00:21:29.059><c> law,</c>

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and<00:21:29.779><c> that</c><00:21:29.859><c> he</c><00:21:29.920><c> must</c><00:21:30.119><c> be</c><00:21:30.400><c> killed</c><00:21:30.740><c> and</c><00:21:31.140><c> on</c><00:21:31.259><c> the</c><00:21:31.420><c> third</c><00:21:31.700><c> day</c><00:21:32.200><c> raised</c><00:21:32.700><c> to</c><00:21:32.980><c> life.</c>

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And<00:21:34.420><c> Peter</c><00:21:34.680><c> takes</c><00:21:35.220><c> him</c><00:21:35.500><c> aside.</c><00:21:37.279><c> He</c><00:21:37.660><c> doesn't</c><00:21:37.960><c> want</c><00:21:38.319><c> to</c><00:21:40.400><c> rebuke</c>

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the<00:21:40.980><c> Lord</c><00:21:41.180><c> in</c><00:21:43.259><c> public.</c>

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Wouldn't<00:21:44.539><c> be</c><00:21:44.819><c> quite</c><00:21:45.079><c> right,</c><00:21:45.460><c> would</c><00:21:45.519><c> it?</c>

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And<00:21:46.680><c> tries</c><00:21:46.980><c> to</c><00:21:47.619><c> put</c><00:21:47.839><c> him</c><00:21:48.059><c> right.</c><00:21:48.359><c> He</c><00:21:48.460><c> says,</c>

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Never,<00:21:50.400><c> Lord,</c><00:21:50.859><c> this</c><00:21:51.099><c> shall</c><00:21:51.380><c> never</c><00:21:51.640><c> happen</c><00:21:51.940><c> to</c><00:21:52.160><c> you.</c>

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Why?<00:21:55.279><c> Because</c><00:21:56.000><c> it</c><00:21:56.220><c> wouldn't</c><00:21:56.539><c> fit,</c><00:21:57.099><c> would</c><00:21:57.099><c> it?</c>

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That<00:21:58.339><c> this</c><00:21:58.599><c> should</c><00:21:58.799><c> happen</c><00:21:59.279><c> to</c><00:21:59.819><c> him</c><00:22:00.019><c> as</c><00:22:00.200><c> far</c><00:22:00.400><c> as</c><00:22:00.500><c> he</c><00:22:00.680><c> understood</c><00:22:01.099><c> it.</c>

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And<00:22:03.539><c> the</c><00:22:03.839><c> words</c><00:22:04.220><c> of</c><00:22:04.460><c> Jesus</c><00:22:04.799><c> are</c><00:22:05.200><c> necessarily</c><00:22:05.900><c> sharp</c><00:22:06.880><c> and</c><00:22:07.420><c> to</c>

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the<00:22:07.740><c> point.</c>

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Peter,<00:22:10.960><c> instead</c><00:22:11.359><c> of</c><00:22:11.599><c> being</c><00:22:12.099><c> an</c><00:22:12.559><c> example</c><00:22:12.920><c> of</c><00:22:13.240><c> faith,</c>

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which<00:22:15.900><c> is</c><00:22:16.200><c> the</c><00:22:16.460><c> essential</c><00:22:16.900><c> for</c><00:22:17.819><c> the</c><00:22:18.059><c> building</c><00:22:18.440><c> of</c><00:22:18.880><c> the</c><00:22:19.039><c> Ecclesia,</c>

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turns<00:22:21.339><c> out</c><00:22:21.740><c> to</c><00:22:22.000><c> be</c><00:22:22.839><c> the</c><00:22:23.660><c> adversary,</c><00:22:24.220><c> the</c><00:22:24.460><c> stumbling</c><00:22:24.900><c> block,</c>

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not<00:22:26.140><c> a</c><00:22:26.400><c> stone</c><00:22:27.000><c> of</c><00:22:28.640><c> foundation,</c><00:22:30.039><c> but</c><00:22:30.180><c> a</c><00:22:30.420><c> stone</c><00:22:31.259><c> of</c><00:22:33.900><c> stumbling.</c>

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And<00:22:37.619><c> is</c><00:22:38.240><c> necessarily</c><00:22:39.279><c> rebuked.</c>

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Then<00:22:44.319><c> turn</c><00:22:45.160><c> on</c><00:22:45.579><c> a</c><00:22:45.759><c> chapter</c><00:22:46.059><c> or</c><00:22:46.319><c> two</c>

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and<00:22:51.900><c> look</c><00:22:52.180><c> at</c><00:22:52.720><c> the</c><00:22:53.099><c> account</c><00:22:53.380><c> of</c><00:22:53.619><c> that</c><00:22:53.900><c> entry</c><00:22:54.220><c> into</c><00:22:54.440><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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The<00:22:57.640><c> shouts</c><00:22:57.940><c> of</c><00:22:58.140><c> the</c><00:22:58.319><c> crowd,</c><00:22:58.759><c> Hosanna</c><00:22:59.119><c> to</c><00:22:59.299><c> the</c><00:22:59.420><c> son</c><00:22:59.559><c> of</c><00:22:59.720><c> David,</c>

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Blessed<00:23:01.460><c> is</c><00:23:01.680><c> he</c><00:23:01.859><c> who</c><00:23:01.980><c> comes</c><00:23:02.299><c> in</c><00:23:02.460><c> the</c><00:23:02.539><c> name</c><00:23:02.740><c> of</c><00:23:02.900><c> the</c><00:23:03.039><c> Lord,</c>

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Hosanna<00:23:05.579><c> in</c><00:23:05.759><c> the</c><00:23:05.940><c> highest.</c>

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It<00:23:09.420><c> seems</c><00:23:09.779><c> as</c><00:23:09.980><c> if</c><00:23:10.119><c> it's</c><00:23:10.319><c> quite</c><00:23:10.640><c> clear.</c>

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The<00:23:12.480><c> city</c><00:23:13.259><c> rushes</c><00:23:14.380><c> out</c><00:23:14.500><c> and</c><00:23:14.720><c> is</c><00:23:15.039><c> stirred,</c>

00:23:15.559 --> 00:23:18.700
and<00:23:15.660><c> you</c><00:23:15.819><c> remember</c><00:23:16.380><c> Brother</c><00:23:16.779><c> Roy's</c><00:23:17.539><c> explanation</c><00:23:18.039><c> of</c><00:23:18.259><c> that</c>

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word<00:23:18.960><c> yesterday,</c>

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and<00:23:20.519><c> asks,</c><00:23:21.279><c> Who</c><00:23:21.380><c> is</c><00:23:21.619><c> this?</c>

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And<00:23:23.480><c> the</c><00:23:23.619><c> crowd</c><00:23:23.779><c> answers,</c>

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This<00:23:25.700><c> is</c><00:23:25.920><c> Jesus,</c><00:23:27.079><c> the</c><00:23:27.319><c> prophet</c><00:23:27.740><c> from</c><00:23:28.420><c> Nazareth</c><00:23:28.900><c> in</c><00:23:29.240><c> Galilee.</c>

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Now<00:23:31.299><c> there's</c><00:23:31.480><c> an</c><00:23:31.640><c> equivocation</c><00:23:32.240><c> there,</c><00:23:32.559><c> isn't</c><00:23:32.680><c> there?</c>

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Because<00:23:34.339><c> in</c><00:23:34.940><c> one</c><00:23:35.140><c> way</c><00:23:35.480><c> it</c><00:23:35.740><c> seems</c><00:23:36.079><c> as</c><00:23:36.319><c> if</c><00:23:36.420><c> he's</c><00:23:37.079><c> being</c><00:23:37.420><c> looked</c>

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upon<00:23:38.099><c> as</c><00:23:38.880><c> the</c><00:23:39.079><c> king</c><00:23:39.380><c> entering,</c>

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and<00:23:40.720><c> then</c><00:23:41.400><c> in</c><00:23:42.259><c> the</c><00:23:42.380><c> next</c><00:23:42.680><c> breath</c><00:23:43.079><c> he's</c><00:23:44.859><c> just</c><00:23:45.140><c> a</c><00:23:45.339><c> prophet.</c>

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Perhaps<00:23:47.640><c> the</c><00:23:47.980><c> prophet,</c><00:23:48.420><c> that's</c><00:23:48.720><c> what</c><00:23:49.380><c> some</c><00:23:50.099><c> of</c><00:23:50.259><c> them</c><00:23:50.380><c> would</c>

00:23:50.559 --> 00:23:52.680
like<00:23:50.740><c> to</c><00:23:51.000><c> think,</c><00:23:51.859><c> but</c><00:23:52.099><c> not</c><00:23:52.319><c> all.</c>

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So<00:23:53.539><c> there's</c><00:23:53.819><c> vacillation,</c><00:23:54.720><c> isn't</c><00:23:54.779><c> there?</c>

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And<00:23:55.299><c> that's</c><00:23:55.500><c> the</c><00:23:55.619><c> point</c><00:23:55.779><c> I'm</c><00:23:56.000><c> trying</c><00:23:56.140><c> to</c><00:23:56.380><c> make</c>

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through<00:23:57.700><c> taking</c><00:23:58.000><c> you</c><00:23:58.200><c> through</c><00:23:58.380><c> these</c><00:23:58.660><c> references.</c>

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But<00:23:59.839><c> I</c><00:24:00.140><c> hope</c><00:24:00.299><c> you</c><00:24:00.519><c> see</c><00:24:00.680><c> why.</c>

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I'm<00:24:02.160><c> trying</c><00:24:02.319><c> to</c><00:24:02.440><c> get</c><00:24:02.640><c> you</c><00:24:02.839><c> to</c><00:24:03.059><c> put</c><00:24:03.259><c> your</c><00:24:03.559><c> minds</c><00:24:04.099><c> into</c><00:24:04.960><c> that</c><00:24:05.640><c> frame,</c>

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which<00:24:08.000><c> applied</c><00:24:08.559><c> at</c><00:24:08.819><c> that</c><00:24:09.059><c> time.</c>

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Then<00:24:13.599><c> think</c><00:24:14.160><c> of</c><00:24:14.500><c> the</c><00:24:15.819><c> account</c><00:24:16.160><c> in</c><00:24:17.180><c> the</c><00:24:17.380><c> seventh</c><00:24:17.640><c> chapter</c><00:24:18.119><c> of</c>

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Luke<00:24:19.140><c> and</c><00:24:19.500><c> verse</c><00:24:19.720><c> 16,</c>

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which<00:24:24.039><c> they</c><00:24:24.680><c> had</c><00:24:24.920><c> heard.</c>

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It<00:24:28.420><c> arises</c><00:24:28.700><c> out</c><00:24:28.960><c> of</c><00:24:29.140><c> the</c><00:24:29.279><c> thought</c><00:24:29.400><c> of</c><00:24:29.940><c> prophet,</c>

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where<00:24:33.240><c> after</c><00:24:33.559><c> the</c><00:24:33.880><c> raising</c><00:24:34.180><c> of</c><00:24:34.480><c> the</c><00:24:34.619><c> widow's</c><00:24:35.099><c> son,</c>

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the<00:24:38.599><c> people</c><00:24:39.240><c> are</c><00:24:41.740><c> filled</c><00:24:42.180><c> with</c><00:24:42.880><c> awe</c><00:24:43.279><c> and</c><00:24:43.680><c> praise</c><00:24:44.059><c> God,</c>

00:24:45.019 --> 00:24:48.000
and<00:24:45.279><c> they</c><00:24:45.539><c> say,</c><00:24:45.779><c> A</c><00:24:45.859><c> great</c><00:24:46.220><c> prophet</c><00:24:46.500><c> has</c><00:24:46.779><c> appeared</c><00:24:47.059><c> among</c><00:24:47.339><c> us.</c>

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God<00:24:48.700><c> has</c><00:24:49.180><c> come</c><00:24:49.640><c> to</c><00:24:50.059><c> help</c><00:24:50.380><c> his</c><00:24:50.720><c> people.</c>

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The<00:24:52.079><c> news</c><00:24:52.359><c> spreads</c><00:24:52.799><c> about.</c>

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God<00:24:54.680><c> has</c><00:24:55.000><c> come</c><00:24:55.259><c> to</c><00:24:55.400><c> help</c><00:24:55.599><c> his</c><00:24:55.920><c> people.</c>

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But<00:24:59.779><c> what's</c><00:25:00.119><c> happened</c><00:25:00.259><c> to</c><00:25:00.480><c> that</c><00:25:00.660><c> help?</c>

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You<00:25:03.220><c> see,</c><00:25:03.319><c> if</c><00:25:03.759><c> you</c><00:25:03.960><c> were</c><00:25:04.119><c> cynical</c><00:25:04.559><c> and</c><00:25:04.940><c> you</c><00:25:05.079><c> were</c><00:25:05.299><c> there</c><00:25:05.680><c> at</c>

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that<00:25:06.099><c> time,</c>

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you<00:25:06.359><c> might</c><00:25:06.599><c> say,</c><00:25:06.920><c> well,</c><00:25:07.839><c> that</c><00:25:08.099><c> was</c><00:25:08.240><c> all</c><00:25:08.400><c> very</c><00:25:08.660><c> well.</c>

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No<00:25:10.220><c> doubt,</c><00:25:11.259><c> scattered</c><00:25:11.579><c> about</c><00:25:11.960><c> in</c><00:25:12.900><c> the</c><00:25:13.180><c> land,</c>

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there<00:25:13.619><c> are</c><00:25:14.359><c> many</c><00:25:14.700><c> who</c><00:25:15.059><c> were</c><00:25:15.619><c> sick</c><00:25:16.140><c> and</c><00:25:16.880><c> who</c><00:25:17.079><c> are</c><00:25:17.240><c> now</c><00:25:17.460><c> whole.</c>

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Many<00:25:19.599><c> perhaps</c><00:25:20.099><c> know</c><00:25:20.420><c> more</c><00:25:20.680><c> about</c><00:25:21.660><c> God,</c>

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but<00:25:24.859><c> he's</c><00:25:25.079><c> dead.</c>

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And<00:25:28.960><c> no</c><00:25:29.140><c> doubt</c><00:25:29.359><c> they'd</c><00:25:29.640><c> have</c><00:25:29.779><c> heard</c><00:25:30.220><c> of</c><00:25:30.839><c> the</c><00:25:32.339><c> use</c><00:25:32.579><c> of</c><00:25:33.279><c> the</c><00:25:33.519><c> title,</c>

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the<00:25:34.019><c> King</c><00:25:34.220><c> of</c><00:25:34.400><c> the</c><00:25:34.559><c> Jews,</c><00:25:35.839><c> at</c><00:25:36.039><c> the</c><00:25:36.339><c> trial</c><00:25:36.559><c> of</c><00:25:36.740><c> Jesus</c><00:25:37.119><c> by</c><00:25:37.420><c> Pilate.</c>

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His<00:25:39.420><c> question,</c><00:25:39.880><c> Are</c><00:25:40.119><c> you</c><00:25:40.259><c> the</c><00:25:40.400><c> King</c><00:25:40.579><c> of</c><00:25:40.759><c> the</c><00:25:40.920><c> Jews?</c>

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And<00:25:42.960><c> then</c><00:25:43.359><c> finally</c><00:25:43.720><c> how</c><00:25:44.920><c> that</c><00:25:45.839><c> becomes</c><00:25:46.380><c> a</c><00:25:46.700><c> taunt,</c>

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a<00:25:48.380><c> kind</c><00:25:48.640><c> of</c><00:25:48.920><c> deliberate</c><00:25:49.579><c> national</c><00:25:50.380><c> insult</c><00:25:50.980><c> when</c><00:25:52.559><c> nailed</c><00:25:53.079><c> to</c>

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the<00:25:53.519><c> cross,</c>

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as<00:25:55.619><c> if</c><00:25:55.960><c> you</c><00:25:56.079><c> remember</c><00:25:56.720><c> back</c><00:25:57.140><c> to</c><00:25:57.319><c> the</c><00:25:57.420><c> first</c><00:25:57.740><c> day,</c>

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our<00:25:59.200><c> imagined</c><00:25:59.680><c> young</c><00:25:59.940><c> woman</c><00:26:00.259><c> would</c><00:26:00.460><c> have</c><00:26:00.599><c> seen</c><00:26:01.440><c> the</c><00:26:01.799><c> words,</c>

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the<00:26:02.460><c> inscription,</c>

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This<00:26:04.079><c> is</c><00:26:04.400><c> the</c><00:26:04.539><c> King</c><00:26:04.720><c> of</c><00:26:04.920><c> the</c><00:26:05.079><c> Jews.</c>

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And<00:26:07.880><c> she</c><00:26:08.079><c> would</c><00:26:08.220><c> have</c><00:26:08.380><c> heard</c><00:26:08.539><c> also</c><00:26:08.920><c> the</c><00:26:09.119><c> words</c><00:26:09.339><c> of</c><00:26:09.559><c> the</c><00:26:09.680><c> scoffers,</c>

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the<00:26:11.960><c> cruel</c><00:26:12.319><c> mockery</c><00:26:13.059><c> of</c><00:26:15.539><c> this</c><00:26:16.279><c> dying</c><00:26:16.619><c> man</c><00:26:17.299><c> in</c><00:26:17.940><c> whom</c><00:26:18.059><c> they</c><00:26:18.259><c> had</c>

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placed<00:26:18.700><c> so</c><00:26:18.940><c> much</c><00:26:19.119><c> faith.</c>

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And<00:26:21.000><c> it</c><00:26:21.079><c> must</c><00:26:21.319><c> have</c><00:26:21.559><c> seemed</c><00:26:21.900><c> bitterly</c><00:26:22.559><c> ironic,</c><00:26:23.579><c> that</c><00:26:23.759><c> inscription.</c>

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And<00:26:29.460><c> one</c><00:26:29.640><c> can</c><00:26:29.859><c> imagine</c><00:26:30.619><c> that</c><00:26:31.859><c> the</c><00:26:32.579><c> conclusion</c><00:26:33.039><c> they</c><00:26:33.259><c> might</c><00:26:33.500><c> come</c><00:26:33.759><c> to</c>

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is<00:26:34.160><c> that</c><00:26:34.339><c> if</c><00:26:34.519><c> that</c><00:26:34.740><c> was</c><00:26:34.980><c> the</c><00:26:35.160><c> case,</c><00:26:36.079><c> then</c><00:26:36.180><c> if</c><00:26:36.619><c> that</c><00:26:36.839><c> was</c><00:26:37.039><c> the</c><00:26:37.160><c> Messiah,</c>

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if<00:26:37.920><c> that</c><00:26:38.099><c> was</c><00:26:38.299><c> the</c><00:26:38.480><c> promised</c><00:26:38.700><c> one,</c><00:26:39.619><c> then</c><00:26:39.799><c> all</c><00:26:40.299><c> is</c><00:26:40.819><c> over</c><00:26:41.240><c> with</c>

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Israel<00:26:42.180><c> too.</c>

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Particularly<00:26:44.339><c> when</c><00:26:44.559><c> they</c><00:26:44.799><c> remembered</c><00:26:45.180><c> some</c><00:26:45.460><c> of</c><00:26:45.579><c> the</c><00:26:45.779><c> terrible</c><00:26:46.119><c> words</c>

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of<00:26:46.640><c> the</c><00:26:46.759><c> Lord</c><00:26:46.920><c> Jesus</c><00:26:47.359><c> Christ.</c>

00:26:49.240 --> 00:26:52.779
Do<00:26:49.460><c> you</c><00:26:49.559><c> know</c><00:26:49.700><c> these</c><00:26:49.940><c> words</c><00:26:50.799><c> so</c><00:26:51.740><c> well?</c>

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The<00:27:00.059><c> charges</c><00:27:00.819><c> against,</c><00:27:01.359><c> for</c><00:27:01.579><c> instance,</c><00:27:03.160><c> those</c><00:27:03.420><c> cities</c><00:27:03.799><c> which</c>

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refused<00:27:04.619><c> to</c><00:27:04.920><c> believe.</c>

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And<00:27:08.900><c> yet,</c><00:27:10.900><c> again,</c><00:27:12.480><c> what</c><00:27:12.680><c> did</c><00:27:12.859><c> Jesus</c><00:27:13.200><c> say</c><00:27:13.480><c> to</c><00:27:13.660><c> the</c><00:27:13.859><c> disciples?</c>

00:27:15.039 --> 00:27:18.140
And<00:27:15.220><c> no</c><00:27:15.359><c> doubt</c><00:27:15.599><c> that</c><00:27:15.920><c> must</c><00:27:16.140><c> have</c><00:27:16.279><c> been</c><00:27:16.599><c> a</c><00:27:16.980><c> talking</c><00:27:17.259><c> point.</c>

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Just<00:27:19.920><c> a</c><00:27:20.079><c> few</c><00:27:20.220><c> hours</c><00:27:20.519><c> before,</c><00:27:21.960><c> that</c><00:27:22.059><c> they</c><00:27:22.359><c> would</c><00:27:23.200><c> be</c><00:27:23.680><c> on</c><00:27:23.980><c> twelve</c><00:27:24.380><c> thrones</c>

00:27:24.920 --> 00:27:28.200
judging<00:27:25.460><c> the</c><00:27:26.200><c> twelve</c><00:27:26.460><c> tribes</c><00:27:26.799><c> of</c><00:27:27.000><c> Israel.</c>

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Well,<00:27:32.579><c> brethren</c><00:27:32.819><c> and</c><00:27:33.059><c> sisters,</c><00:27:35.599><c> when</c><00:27:35.779><c> we</c><00:27:35.940><c> look</c><00:27:36.140><c> at</c><00:27:37.420><c> the</c><00:27:37.420><c> seven</c>

00:27:37.900 --> 00:27:41.339
woes<00:27:38.440><c> in</c><00:27:38.920><c> the</c><00:27:39.359><c> 23rd</c><00:27:39.859><c> chapter</c><00:27:40.200><c> of</c><00:27:40.319><c> Matthew,</c>

00:27:41.839 --> 00:27:47.559
we<00:27:42.299><c> would</c><00:27:42.759><c> necessarily</c><00:27:43.579><c> come</c><00:27:43.880><c> to</c><00:27:44.480><c> a</c><00:27:44.720><c> rather</c><00:27:45.160><c> gloomy</c><00:27:45.559><c> conclusion</c>

00:27:47.559 --> 00:27:51.880
about<00:27:48.700><c> the</c><00:27:49.460><c> place</c><00:27:49.640><c> of</c><00:27:49.799><c> Israel</c><00:27:50.119><c> and</c><00:27:50.259><c> the</c><00:27:50.400><c> purpose</c><00:27:50.660><c> of</c><00:27:50.920><c> God.</c>

00:27:54.640 --> 00:27:58.980
Let's<00:27:55.019><c> turn</c><00:27:55.259><c> to</c><00:27:55.400><c> it</c><00:27:55.539><c> and</c><00:27:56.539><c> look</c><00:27:57.059><c> at</c><00:27:57.319><c> verse</c><00:27:57.720><c> 33.</c>

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The<00:28:00.759><c> Lord's</c><00:28:01.180><c> speaking</c><00:28:01.380><c> to</c><00:28:01.680><c> the</c><00:28:01.940><c> scribes</c><00:28:02.319><c> and</c><00:28:02.420><c> the</c><00:28:02.619><c> Pharisees,</c>

00:28:03.259 --> 00:28:08.000
but<00:28:03.440><c> he's</c><00:28:04.259><c> deliberately</c><00:28:04.980><c> making</c><00:28:05.640><c> them,</c><00:28:06.000><c> as</c><00:28:06.220><c> it</c><00:28:06.420><c> were,</c><00:28:07.079><c> representative.</c>

00:28:09.339 --> 00:28:12.680
He<00:28:09.859><c> says,</c><00:28:10.480><c> you</c><00:28:10.779><c> snakes,</c><00:28:11.640><c> you</c><00:28:11.799><c> brood</c><00:28:12.000><c> of</c><00:28:12.259><c> vipers,</c>

00:28:13.039 --> 00:28:15.960
how<00:28:13.220><c> will</c><00:28:13.440><c> you</c><00:28:13.619><c> escape</c><00:28:13.980><c> being</c><00:28:14.319><c> condemned</c><00:28:14.819><c> to</c><00:28:15.079><c> hell?</c>

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Therefore,<00:28:16.700><c> I</c><00:28:16.880><c> am</c><00:28:16.980><c> sending</c><00:28:17.279><c> you</c><00:28:17.579><c> prophets</c><00:28:17.900><c> and</c><00:28:18.180><c> wise</c><00:28:18.480><c> men</c><00:28:18.680><c> and</c><00:28:18.940><c> teachers.</c>

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Some<00:28:19.920><c> of</c><00:28:20.079><c> them</c><00:28:20.180><c> you</c><00:28:20.299><c> will</c><00:28:20.480><c> kill</c><00:28:20.680><c> and</c><00:28:20.920><c> crucify.</c>

00:28:21.539 --> 00:28:25.380
Others<00:28:21.759><c> you</c><00:28:21.940><c> will</c><00:28:22.200><c> flog</c><00:28:22.359><c> in</c><00:28:22.519><c> your</c><00:28:22.740><c> synagogues</c><00:28:23.240><c> and</c><00:28:23.420><c> pursue</c><00:28:23.759><c> from</c><00:28:24.059><c> town</c><00:28:24.319><c> to</c><00:28:24.539><c> town.</c>

00:28:25.420 --> 00:28:31.680
And<00:28:25.700><c> so,</c><00:28:26.579><c> upon</c><00:28:26.859><c> you</c><00:28:27.500><c> will</c><00:28:28.299><c> come</c><00:28:28.519><c> all</c><00:28:28.940><c> the</c><00:28:29.140><c> righteous</c><00:28:29.519><c> blood</c><00:28:29.799><c> that</c><00:28:29.940><c> has</c><00:28:30.160><c> been</c><00:28:30.359><c> shed</c><00:28:30.559><c> on</c><00:28:30.839><c> earth,</c>

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from<00:28:32.079><c> the</c><00:28:32.240><c> blood</c><00:28:32.359><c> of</c><00:28:32.539><c> the</c><00:28:32.640><c> righteous</c><00:28:33.019><c> Abel,</c><00:28:34.059><c> to</c><00:28:34.180><c> the</c><00:28:34.359><c> blood</c><00:28:34.559><c> of</c>

00:28:34.720 --> 00:28:36.420
Zechariah<00:28:35.240><c> the</c><00:28:35.380><c> son</c><00:28:35.559><c> of</c><00:28:35.700><c> Barakiah,</c>

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whom<00:28:36.759><c> you</c><00:28:37.079><c> murdered</c><00:28:37.420><c> between</c><00:28:37.819><c> the</c><00:28:38.039><c> temple</c><00:28:38.420><c> and</c><00:28:38.720><c> the</c><00:28:38.920><c> altar.</c>

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I<00:28:40.119><c> tell</c><00:28:40.279><c> you</c><00:28:40.460><c> the</c><00:28:40.680><c> truth,</c><00:28:41.200><c> all</c><00:28:41.579><c> this</c><00:28:41.839><c> will</c><00:28:42.099><c> come</c><00:28:42.319><c> upon</c><00:28:42.619><c> this</c><00:28:42.880><c> generation.</c>

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It's<00:28:45.460><c> as</c><00:28:45.660><c> if</c><00:28:46.559><c> they</c><00:28:47.160><c> are</c><00:28:47.559><c> a</c><00:28:47.680><c> kind</c><00:28:47.859><c> of</c><00:28:48.140><c> culmination</c><00:28:48.819><c> of</c><00:28:49.039><c> the</c><00:28:49.180><c> history</c><00:28:49.480><c> of</c><00:28:49.779><c> disobedience,</c>

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not<00:28:50.819><c> just</c><00:28:51.019><c> of</c><00:28:51.180><c> Israel,</c><00:28:51.900><c> but</c><00:28:52.019><c> you</c><00:28:52.140><c> notice</c><00:28:52.380><c> that</c><00:28:52.579><c> it</c><00:28:52.700><c> goes</c><00:28:52.960><c> right</c>

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back<00:28:53.599><c> to</c><00:28:53.880><c> Abel.</c>

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They<00:28:56.240><c> are</c><00:28:56.380><c> a</c><00:28:56.500><c> culmination,</c><00:28:57.960><c> a</c><00:28:58.240><c> representative</c><00:28:58.819><c> of</c><00:28:59.480><c> man</c><00:28:59.980><c> in</c>

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his<00:29:00.799><c> disobedience,</c>

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of<00:29:02.380><c> man</c><00:29:02.720><c> in</c><00:29:02.980><c> his</c><00:29:03.240><c> inability</c><00:29:03.680><c> to</c><00:29:03.960><c> respond</c><00:29:04.640><c> to</c><00:29:05.380><c> the</c><00:29:05.900><c> grace</c><00:29:06.160><c> and</c>

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mercy<00:29:06.660><c> of</c><00:29:06.920><c> God.</c>

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And<00:29:11.599><c> then</c><00:29:12.240><c> those</c><00:29:13.259><c> words</c><00:29:13.759><c> which</c><00:29:14.180><c> Jesus</c><00:29:15.079><c> said</c><00:29:15.779><c> over</c><00:29:16.099><c> Jerusalem,</c>

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the<00:29:18.359><c> yearning</c><00:29:18.839><c> words</c><00:29:19.299><c> of</c><00:29:19.519><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:29:20.180><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:29:20.900><c> you</c><00:29:21.019><c> who</c>

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kill<00:29:21.559><c> the</c><00:29:21.839><c> prophets</c><00:29:22.200><c> and</c><00:29:22.980><c> stone</c><00:29:23.339><c> those</c><00:29:23.720><c> sent</c><00:29:24.019><c> to</c><00:29:24.240><c> you,</c>

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how<00:29:25.200><c> often</c><00:29:25.559><c> have</c><00:29:25.799><c> I</c><00:29:26.039><c> longed</c><00:29:26.380><c> to</c><00:29:26.559><c> gather</c><00:29:26.720><c> your</c><00:29:27.000><c> children</c><00:29:27.319><c> together</c><00:29:27.720><c> as</c><00:29:27.940><c> a</c>

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hen<00:29:28.240><c> gathers</c><00:29:28.599><c> her</c><00:29:28.900><c> chicks</c><00:29:29.079><c> under</c><00:29:29.779><c> her</c><00:29:30.000><c> wings,</c>

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but<00:29:30.960><c> you</c><00:29:31.279><c> were</c><00:29:31.599><c> not</c><00:29:31.880><c> willing.</c><00:29:33.480><c> Look,</c><00:29:34.579><c> your</c><00:29:34.819><c> house</c><00:29:35.220><c> is</c><00:29:35.700><c> left</c><00:29:36.039><c> to</c>

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you<00:29:36.539><c> desolate.</c>

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He<00:29:38.039><c> went</c><00:29:38.640><c> on</c><00:29:38.920><c> to</c><00:29:39.160><c> talk</c><00:29:39.339><c> about</c><00:29:39.700><c> the</c><00:29:40.019><c> temple</c><00:29:40.319><c> buildings</c><00:29:40.819><c> and</c><00:29:41.119><c> say</c>

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that<00:29:41.640><c> not</c><00:29:41.900><c> one</c><00:29:42.259><c> stone</c><00:29:42.759><c> of</c><00:29:43.220><c> all</c><00:29:43.519><c> this</c><00:29:43.900><c> proud</c><00:29:44.240><c> building</c>

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of<00:29:44.799><c> which</c><00:29:44.980><c> Israel</c><00:29:45.799><c> felt</c><00:29:46.240><c> that</c><00:29:47.079><c> it</c><00:29:47.259><c> was</c><00:29:47.500><c> a</c><00:29:47.640><c> kind</c><00:29:47.799><c> of</c><00:29:48.180><c> expression</c>

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of<00:29:48.759><c> their</c><00:29:49.019><c> importance</c><00:29:49.660><c> before</c><00:29:50.559><c> God,</c>

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that<00:29:51.359><c> not</c><00:29:51.599><c> one</c><00:29:52.000><c> stone</c><00:29:52.259><c> would</c><00:29:52.420><c> be</c><00:29:52.640><c> left</c><00:29:52.859><c> upon</c><00:29:53.119><c> another.</c>

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Those<00:29:56.339><c> terrible</c><00:29:56.799><c> words</c><00:29:57.220><c> of</c><00:29:57.680><c> the</c><00:29:57.960><c> destruction</c><00:29:58.460><c> of</c><00:29:58.700><c> Jerusalem</c>

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that<00:29:59.319><c> it</c><00:29:59.440><c> would</c><00:29:59.619><c> be</c><00:29:59.859><c> trampled</c><00:30:00.200><c> on</c><00:30:00.400><c> by</c><00:30:00.700><c> the</c><00:30:00.880><c> Gentiles</c>

00:30:01.839 --> 00:30:05.119
until<00:30:02.359><c> the</c><00:30:02.599><c> time</c><00:30:02.960><c> of</c><00:30:03.359><c> the</c><00:30:03.480><c> Gentiles</c><00:30:03.940><c> was</c><00:30:04.200><c> fulfilled,</c><00:30:04.759><c> but</c><00:30:04.920><c> for</c>

00:30:05.119 --> 00:30:06.839
them<00:30:05.460><c> it</c><00:30:05.740><c> was</c><00:30:05.920><c> the</c><00:30:06.160><c> trampling</c><00:30:06.539><c> on</c>

00:30:06.839 --> 00:30:09.299
that<00:30:07.140><c> would</c><00:30:07.339><c> be</c><00:30:07.559><c> uppermost</c><00:30:07.960><c> in</c><00:30:08.140><c> their</c><00:30:08.359><c> minds.</c>

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Or<00:30:09.880><c> perhaps</c><00:30:10.220><c> the</c><00:30:10.539><c> words</c><00:30:11.079><c> to</c><00:30:12.119><c> the</c><00:30:12.319><c> daughters</c><00:30:12.579><c> of</c><00:30:12.819><c> Jerusalem</c><00:30:13.240><c> on</c>

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the<00:30:13.519><c> way</c><00:30:13.660><c> to</c><00:30:13.839><c> the</c><00:30:14.039><c> cross,</c>

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as<00:30:15.500><c> he</c><00:30:15.660><c> said</c><00:30:15.839><c> to</c><00:30:16.039><c> them,</c><00:30:17.059><c> weep</c><00:30:17.359><c> not</c><00:30:17.700><c> for</c><00:30:18.380><c> me,</c><00:30:18.740><c> but</c><00:30:18.900><c> weep</c><00:30:19.200><c> for</c><00:30:19.400><c> yourselves</c>

00:30:21.339 --> 00:30:25.259
and<00:30:22.119><c> for</c><00:30:22.900><c> the</c><00:30:23.160><c> destruction</c><00:30:23.599><c> to</c><00:30:24.359><c> come.</c>

00:30:27.200 --> 00:30:30.779
Well,<00:30:27.980><c> as</c><00:30:28.259><c> we</c><00:30:28.460><c> read</c><00:30:28.720><c> these,</c><00:30:29.279><c> how</c><00:30:29.660><c> comfortable</c><00:30:30.119><c> do</c><00:30:30.359><c> we</c><00:30:30.519><c> feel,</c>

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brethren<00:30:31.140><c> and</c><00:30:31.420><c> sisters?</c>

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Do<00:30:32.799><c> we</c><00:30:33.019><c> distance</c><00:30:33.460><c> ourselves</c><00:30:34.039><c> from</c><00:30:34.299><c> all</c><00:30:34.539><c> this</c><00:30:34.700><c> with</c><00:30:35.539><c> a</c>

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convenient<00:30:36.380><c> historical</c><00:30:37.119><c> perspective?</c>

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See,<00:30:39.500><c> that</c><00:30:40.140><c> kind</c><00:30:40.420><c> of</c><00:30:40.599><c> option</c><00:30:40.839><c> was</c><00:30:41.099><c> also</c><00:30:42.039><c> open</c><00:30:42.599><c> to</c><00:30:43.500><c> the</c><00:30:43.759><c> Jews</c><00:30:44.039><c> of</c>

00:30:44.339 --> 00:30:46.000
Jesus's<00:30:45.019><c> time.</c>

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And<00:30:48.720><c> once</c><00:30:49.460><c> we've</c><00:30:49.779><c> done</c><00:30:50.019><c> that</c><00:30:50.420><c> neat</c><00:30:50.720><c> trick</c><00:30:50.980><c> of</c><00:30:51.539><c> distancing</c><00:30:52.000><c> things,</c>

00:30:52.819 --> 00:30:57.819
do<00:30:52.980><c> we</c><00:30:53.180><c> assume</c><00:30:53.579><c> that</c><00:30:54.099><c> we</c><00:30:54.519><c> are</c><00:30:54.799><c> not</c><00:30:55.119><c> like</c><00:30:55.920><c> those</c><00:30:56.440><c> men</c><00:30:56.640><c> of</c><00:30:56.859><c> old,</c>

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that<00:30:59.579><c> we</c><00:31:00.079><c> know</c><00:31:01.019><c> the</c><00:31:01.640><c> Messiah?</c>

00:31:06.240 --> 00:31:11.819
I<00:31:07.039><c> sometimes</c><00:31:07.680><c> think</c><00:31:08.839><c> of</c><00:31:09.240><c> those</c><00:31:09.720><c> stories</c><00:31:10.240><c> that</c><00:31:11.220><c> hurt,</c><00:31:11.599><c> let's</c>

00:31:11.819 --> 00:31:12.519
call<00:31:12.079><c> them</c><00:31:12.279><c> that,</c>

00:31:12.519 --> 00:31:17.920
because<00:31:12.839><c> they</c><00:31:12.980><c> would</c><00:31:13.160><c> have</c><00:31:13.380><c> hurt</c><00:31:14.039><c> the</c><00:31:15.400><c> Jews</c><00:31:15.660><c> of</c><00:31:16.220><c> Jesus's</c><00:31:16.960><c> time.</c>

00:31:18.599 --> 00:31:22.440
And<00:31:19.140><c> they</c><00:31:19.339><c> ought</c><00:31:19.519><c> to</c><00:31:20.160><c> make</c><00:31:20.519><c> us</c><00:31:20.839><c> think,</c><00:31:22.000><c> they</c><00:31:22.119><c> ought</c><00:31:22.180><c> to</c><00:31:22.319><c> hurt</c>

00:31:22.440 --> 00:31:23.579
us<00:31:22.799><c> too.</c>

00:31:23.859 --> 00:31:28.519
Let's<00:31:24.240><c> turn</c><00:31:24.500><c> to</c><00:31:24.660><c> them</c><00:31:25.279><c> in</c><00:31:26.220><c> the</c><00:31:26.400><c> 21st</c><00:31:26.960><c> chapter</c><00:31:27.279><c> of</c><00:31:27.460><c> Matthew's</c><00:31:27.900><c> Gospel,</c><00:31:28.279><c> just</c><00:31:28.359><c> a</c>

00:31:28.519 --> 00:31:29.980
page<00:31:28.660><c> or</c><00:31:28.839><c> two</c><00:31:28.960><c> back,</c>

00:31:30.619 --> 00:31:34.180
and<00:31:30.759><c> it's</c><00:31:30.859><c> two</c><00:31:31.099><c> parables</c><00:31:31.420><c> that</c><00:31:31.660><c> you</c><00:31:32.559><c> know</c><00:31:32.839><c> very</c><00:31:33.160><c> well.</c>

00:31:34.259 --> 00:31:38.480
The<00:31:34.480><c> first</c><00:31:35.019><c> of</c><00:31:35.859><c> the</c><00:31:36.099><c> two</c><00:31:36.299><c> sons</c><00:31:36.579><c> working</c><00:31:37.079><c> in</c><00:31:37.619><c> the</c><00:31:37.779><c> vineyard</c><00:31:38.099><c> in</c>

00:31:38.480 --> 00:31:41.079
verse<00:31:38.740><c> 28</c><00:31:39.180><c> of</c><00:31:39.400><c> Matthew</c><00:31:39.740><c> 21.</c>

00:31:41.660 --> 00:31:46.200
I<00:31:42.220><c> think</c><00:31:42.400><c> the</c><00:31:43.000><c> context</c><00:31:43.460><c> of</c><00:31:43.660><c> these</c><00:31:43.880><c> parables</c><00:31:44.339><c> is</c><00:31:45.400><c> very</c><00:31:45.680><c> important</c>

00:31:46.200 --> 00:31:49.579
because<00:31:46.960><c> it's</c><00:31:47.819><c> within</c><00:31:48.079><c> the</c><00:31:48.339><c> context</c><00:31:48.660><c> of</c><00:31:48.880><c> the</c><00:31:49.079><c> great</c><00:31:49.279><c> events</c>

00:31:49.579 --> 00:31:50.759
that<00:31:49.740><c> we've</c><00:31:49.920><c> just</c><00:31:50.140><c> been</c><00:31:50.339><c> looking</c><00:31:50.579><c> at,</c>

00:31:50.779 --> 00:31:54.140
the<00:31:51.000><c> entry</c><00:31:51.240><c> into</c><00:31:51.460><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:31:52.359><c> the</c><00:31:52.559><c> cleansing</c><00:31:52.839><c> of</c><00:31:53.059><c> the</c><00:31:53.220><c> temple,</c>

00:31:54.180 --> 00:31:59.319
then<00:31:54.519><c> that</c><00:31:55.579><c> acted</c><00:31:56.160><c> parable</c><00:31:56.819><c> of</c><00:31:57.480><c> the</c><00:31:57.859><c> withered</c><00:31:58.220><c> fig</c><00:31:58.480><c> tree,</c>

00:32:00.019 --> 00:32:03.779
so<00:32:00.579><c> expressive</c><00:32:01.140><c> of</c><00:32:02.220><c> what</c><00:32:02.440><c> was</c><00:32:02.660><c> to</c><00:32:02.859><c> happen</c><00:32:03.039><c> to</c><00:32:03.220><c> the</c><00:32:03.339><c> nation</c><00:32:03.599><c> of</c>

00:32:03.779 --> 00:32:06.720
Israel<00:32:04.440><c> because</c><00:32:05.079><c> of</c><00:32:05.299><c> its</c><00:32:06.019><c> unfaithfulness,</c>

00:32:06.720 --> 00:32:11.460
a<00:32:07.119><c> dire</c><00:32:07.420><c> warning,</c><00:32:07.880><c> in</c><00:32:08.079><c> fact,</c><00:32:08.339><c> of</c><00:32:08.480><c> the</c><00:32:08.680><c> consequences</c><00:32:09.140><c> of</c><00:32:09.500><c> disobedience.</c>

00:32:11.759 --> 00:32:15.940
And<00:32:11.920><c> so</c><00:32:12.700><c> when</c><00:32:13.359><c> the</c><00:32:14.000><c> authority</c><00:32:14.559><c> of</c><00:32:14.799><c> Jesus</c><00:32:15.140><c> is</c><00:32:15.440><c> questioned,</c>

00:32:16.440 --> 00:32:19.420
it's<00:32:16.640><c> questioned</c><00:32:17.079><c> with</c><00:32:17.519><c> that</c><00:32:17.900><c> whole</c><00:32:18.299><c> weight</c><00:32:18.519><c> of</c><00:32:18.880><c> evidence</c>

00:32:19.420 --> 00:32:22.299
facing<00:32:20.799><c> these</c><00:32:21.160><c> people,</c>

00:32:23.059 --> 00:32:26.000
that<00:32:23.279><c> whole</c><00:32:23.599><c> weight</c><00:32:23.779><c> of</c><00:32:24.059><c> evidence</c><00:32:24.299><c> which</c><00:32:24.799><c> they</c><00:32:25.160><c> had</c><00:32:25.359><c> to</c><00:32:25.539><c> deal</c><00:32:25.779><c> with,</c>

00:32:26.059 --> 00:32:29.819
and<00:32:26.259><c> their</c><00:32:26.500><c> first</c><00:32:27.059><c> question</c><00:32:27.519><c> is,</c><00:32:28.440><c> by</c><00:32:28.700><c> what</c><00:32:28.980><c> authority</c><00:32:29.500><c> do</c><00:32:29.680><c> you</c>

00:32:29.819 --> 00:32:31.460
do<00:32:30.039><c> these</c><00:32:30.319><c> things?</c>

00:32:32.059 --> 00:32:35.700
And<00:32:32.460><c> when</c><00:32:32.680><c> they</c><00:32:32.900><c> are</c><00:32:33.099><c> put</c><00:32:33.279><c> on</c><00:32:33.460><c> the</c><00:32:33.740><c> spot</c><00:32:33.960><c> by</c><00:32:34.359><c> the</c><00:32:34.539><c> Lord</c><00:32:34.680><c> Jesus's</c><00:32:35.339><c> question,</c>

00:32:35.700 --> 00:32:40.500
their<00:32:36.680><c> first</c><00:32:37.279><c> reaction</c><00:32:37.960><c> is</c><00:32:38.700><c> to</c><00:32:39.160><c> evade.</c>

00:32:42.859 --> 00:32:51.640
Now,<00:32:44.299><c> in</c><00:32:44.859><c> each</c><00:32:45.440><c> section,</c><00:32:48.519><c> it's</c><00:32:50.099><c> not</c><00:32:50.259><c> a</c><00:32:50.440><c> question</c><00:32:50.819><c> of</c><00:32:51.319><c> a</c><00:32:51.480><c> lack</c>

00:32:51.640 --> 00:32:52.920
of<00:32:51.940><c> knowledge.</c>

00:32:53.859 --> 00:32:59.539
The<00:32:54.079><c> knowledge</c><00:32:54.279><c> of</c><00:32:54.519><c> a</c><00:32:54.660><c> kind</c><00:32:54.880><c> is</c><00:32:55.220><c> there,</c><00:32:56.920><c> but</c><00:32:57.299><c> of</c><00:32:57.539><c> a</c><00:32:57.660><c> lack</c><00:32:57.920><c> of</c><00:32:58.420><c> obedience.</c>

00:32:59.839 --> 00:33:05.579
And<00:33:00.200><c> that</c><00:33:00.599><c> first</c><00:33:00.980><c> parable</c><00:33:01.940><c> hammers</c><00:33:02.579><c> this</c><00:33:02.880><c> point</c><00:33:03.099><c> home,</c><00:33:04.000><c> a</c><00:33:04.079><c> lack</c><00:33:04.259><c> of</c><00:33:04.539><c> repentance.</c>

00:33:07.299 --> 00:33:09.079
The<00:33:07.740><c> two</c><00:33:08.000><c> sons.</c>

00:33:10.319 --> 00:33:14.599
The<00:33:10.440><c> first,</c><00:33:12.480><c> he</c><00:33:12.640><c> says</c><00:33:12.819><c> to</c><00:33:13.000><c> the</c><00:33:13.160><c> first,</c><00:33:13.519><c> son,</c><00:33:13.759><c> go</c><00:33:13.940><c> work</c><00:33:14.200><c> today</c>

00:33:14.599 --> 00:33:16.299
in<00:33:15.200><c> the</c><00:33:15.359><c> vineyard.</c>

00:33:16.799 --> 00:33:18.599
I<00:33:17.039><c> will</c><00:33:17.259><c> not,</c><00:33:17.539><c> says</c><00:33:17.640><c> the</c><00:33:17.859><c> son.</c>

00:33:19.519 --> 00:33:22.200
But<00:33:19.700><c> later</c><00:33:19.920><c> he</c><00:33:20.099><c> changes</c><00:33:20.420><c> his</c><00:33:20.720><c> mind</c><00:33:21.160><c> and</c><00:33:21.420><c> goes.</c>

00:33:23.200 --> 00:33:25.740
Then<00:33:23.420><c> the</c><00:33:23.619><c> father</c><00:33:23.819><c> says</c><00:33:24.140><c> to</c><00:33:24.339><c> the</c><00:33:24.559><c> other</c><00:33:24.759><c> son</c><00:33:24.920><c> the</c><00:33:25.099><c> same</c><00:33:25.359><c> thing.</c>

00:33:26.240 --> 00:33:30.740
He<00:33:26.420><c> answers,</c><00:33:27.400><c> I</c><00:33:27.539><c> will,</c><00:33:27.920><c> sir,</c><00:33:29.279><c> but</c><00:33:29.440><c> he</c><00:33:29.579><c> doesn't</c><00:33:29.779><c> go.</c>

00:33:31.680 --> 00:33:33.700
Now,<00:33:31.859><c> which</c><00:33:32.039><c> of</c><00:33:32.160><c> the</c><00:33:32.319><c> two</c><00:33:32.480><c> did</c><00:33:32.680><c> what</c><00:33:32.859><c> his</c><00:33:33.119><c> father</c><00:33:33.319><c> wanted?</c>

00:33:33.700 --> 00:33:37.220
And<00:33:34.619><c> they</c><00:33:34.839><c> say,</c><00:33:35.279><c> obviously,</c><00:33:36.019><c> the</c><00:33:36.220><c> first.</c>

00:33:39.680 --> 00:33:42.740
And<00:33:40.160><c> Jesus</c><00:33:40.640><c> then</c><00:33:40.960><c> says,</c><00:33:41.779><c> I</c><00:33:41.779><c> tell</c><00:33:42.059><c> you</c><00:33:42.279><c> the</c><00:33:42.500><c> truth,</c>

00:33:42.799 --> 00:33:45.619
the<00:33:43.039><c> tax</c><00:33:43.400><c> collectors</c><00:33:43.880><c> and</c><00:33:44.420><c> the</c><00:33:44.619><c> prostitutes</c><00:33:45.140><c> are</c><00:33:45.380><c> entering</c>

00:33:45.619 --> 00:33:47.799
the<00:33:45.859><c> kingdom</c><00:33:46.099><c> of</c><00:33:46.319><c> God</c><00:33:46.420><c> ahead</c><00:33:46.660><c> of</c><00:33:46.859><c> you.</c>

00:33:48.140 --> 00:33:50.059
For<00:33:48.299><c> John</c><00:33:48.539><c> came</c><00:33:48.779><c> to</c><00:33:48.980><c> show</c><00:33:49.099><c> you</c><00:33:49.240><c> the</c><00:33:49.359><c> way</c><00:33:49.500><c> of</c><00:33:49.740><c> righteousness</c>

00:33:50.059 --> 00:33:51.400
and<00:33:50.279><c> you</c><00:33:50.400><c> did</c><00:33:50.559><c> not</c><00:33:50.759><c> believe</c><00:33:51.019><c> him.</c>

00:33:51.720 --> 00:33:54.400
But<00:33:51.880><c> the</c><00:33:52.119><c> tax</c><00:33:52.339><c> collectors</c><00:33:52.700><c> and</c><00:33:52.920><c> the</c><00:33:53.140><c> prostitutes</c><00:33:53.599><c> did.</c>

00:33:54.480 --> 00:33:57.240
And<00:33:54.720><c> even</c><00:33:54.900><c> after</c><00:33:55.160><c> you</c><00:33:55.440><c> saw</c><00:33:55.700><c> this,</c><00:33:55.980><c> you</c><00:33:56.160><c> did</c><00:33:56.380><c> not</c><00:33:56.599><c> repent</c><00:33:56.960><c> and</c>

00:33:57.240 --> 00:33:58.599
believe<00:33:57.460><c> him.</c>

00:33:59.599 --> 00:34:03.759
That's<00:34:00.319><c> what</c><00:34:00.539><c> was</c><00:34:00.920><c> required</c><00:34:01.259><c> of</c><00:34:01.420><c> them,</c><00:34:02.700><c> repentance.</c>

00:34:08.360 --> 00:34:11.000
Both<00:34:08.699><c> sons</c><00:34:09.079><c> knew</c><00:34:09.460><c> what</c><00:34:09.679><c> was</c><00:34:09.960><c> required.</c>

00:34:11.260 --> 00:34:14.820
Both<00:34:11.539><c> sons</c><00:34:11.900><c> knew</c><00:34:12.280><c> what</c><00:34:12.760><c> work</c><00:34:13.019><c> there</c><00:34:13.320><c> was</c><00:34:13.500><c> to</c><00:34:13.679><c> be</c><00:34:13.860><c> done.</c>

00:34:15.480 --> 00:34:19.320
But<00:34:15.679><c> the</c><00:34:15.860><c> one</c><00:34:16.059><c> thought</c><00:34:16.380><c> he</c><00:34:16.599><c> was</c><00:34:17.320><c> secure</c><00:34:17.840><c> in</c><00:34:18.219><c> sonship.</c>

00:34:19.739 --> 00:34:23.960
The<00:34:20.019><c> other</c><00:34:20.199><c> came</c><00:34:20.480><c> to</c><00:34:20.760><c> recognize</c><00:34:21.280><c> his</c><00:34:21.659><c> fault</c><00:34:21.940><c> and</c><00:34:22.760><c> he</c><00:34:23.079><c> worked.</c>

00:34:24.039 --> 00:34:27.840
He<00:34:24.599><c> did</c><00:34:24.739><c> what</c><00:34:25.059><c> his</c><00:34:25.340><c> father</c><00:34:25.639><c> wanted</c><00:34:26.019><c> him</c><00:34:26.239><c> to</c><00:34:26.460><c> do.</c>

00:34:30.800 --> 00:34:33.139
Now,<00:34:31.360><c> let's</c><00:34:31.920><c> leave</c><00:34:32.099><c> that</c><00:34:32.340><c> there</c><00:34:32.519><c> for</c><00:34:32.699><c> a</c><00:34:32.820><c> moment</c>

00:34:33.139 --> 00:34:39.159
because<00:34:33.599><c> I</c><00:34:33.800><c> want</c><00:34:33.960><c> to</c><00:34:34.780><c> pick</c><00:34:34.940><c> that</c><00:34:35.179><c> up</c><00:34:36.320><c> if</c><00:34:36.719><c> I</c><00:34:36.880><c> have</c><00:34:37.019><c> time</c><00:34:37.719><c> in</c><00:34:38.179><c> conclusion.</c>

00:34:42.260 --> 00:34:48.119
When<00:34:42.460><c> we</c><00:34:42.639><c> come</c><00:34:42.739><c> to</c><00:34:42.900><c> the</c><00:34:43.000><c> next</c><00:34:45.219><c> parable,</c><00:34:46.659><c> we</c><00:34:46.880><c> feel</c><00:34:47.099><c> quite</c><00:34:47.440><c> confident</c><00:34:47.880><c> here.</c>

00:34:48.119 --> 00:34:51.079
We<00:34:48.320><c> feel</c><00:34:48.500><c> quite</c><00:34:48.800><c> comfortable</c><00:34:49.400><c> because</c><00:34:49.920><c> it</c><00:34:50.199><c> seems</c><00:34:50.400><c> to</c><00:34:50.639><c> be</c>

00:34:51.079 --> 00:34:55.440
quite<00:34:51.320><c> a</c><00:34:51.920><c> straightforward</c><00:34:52.500><c> historical</c><00:34:53.960><c> matter,</c><00:34:54.599><c> doesn't</c><00:34:54.860><c> it?</c>

00:34:55.760 --> 00:34:56.960
The<00:34:56.039><c> parable</c><00:34:56.280><c> of</c><00:34:56.460><c> the</c><00:34:56.639><c> tenants.</c>

00:34:57.440 --> 00:34:59.900
And<00:34:57.659><c> we</c><00:34:57.760><c> know</c><00:34:58.260><c> that</c><00:34:58.679><c> very</c><00:34:59.019><c> well.</c>

00:35:00.500 --> 00:35:04.719
The<00:35:00.860><c> landowner</c><00:35:01.340><c> who</c><00:35:01.940><c> establishes</c><00:35:02.619><c> the</c><00:35:02.800><c> vineyard,</c>

00:35:05.199 --> 00:35:07.480
puts<00:35:05.340><c> everything</c><00:35:05.719><c> there</c><00:35:05.940><c> that</c><00:35:06.059><c> is</c><00:35:06.260><c> necessary,</c>

00:35:07.539 --> 00:35:09.099
gives<00:35:07.639><c> it</c><00:35:07.880><c> out</c><00:35:08.019><c> to</c><00:35:08.239><c> tenants,</c>

00:35:09.440 --> 00:35:14.420
and<00:35:09.699><c> then</c><00:35:10.239><c> finds</c><00:35:10.539><c> that</c><00:35:10.820><c> they</c><00:35:11.239><c> refuse</c><00:35:11.760><c> to</c><00:35:12.780><c> give</c><00:35:12.960><c> him</c><00:35:13.519><c> his</c><00:35:14.019><c> share</c>

00:35:14.420 --> 00:35:15.420
of<00:35:14.880><c> the</c><00:35:15.099><c> fruits.</c>

00:35:15.420 --> 00:35:19.420
Very<00:35:16.500><c> interesting</c><00:35:17.059><c> that,</c><00:35:18.539><c> verse</c><00:35:18.920><c> 41,</c>

00:35:19.639 --> 00:35:23.559
his<00:35:20.179><c> share</c><00:35:20.719><c> of</c><00:35:21.480><c> the</c><00:35:21.699><c> crop</c><00:35:21.880><c> at</c><00:35:22.320><c> harvest</c><00:35:22.639><c> time.</c>

00:35:25.440 --> 00:35:30.900
Now,<00:35:25.940><c> we</c><00:35:26.400><c> have</c><00:35:26.639><c> a</c><00:35:27.119><c> very</c><00:35:27.460><c> comfortable,</c><00:35:28.059><c> rosy</c><00:35:28.840><c> glow</c><00:35:29.079><c> of</c><00:35:29.619><c> historical</c><00:35:30.099><c> perspective</c><00:35:30.639><c> here.</c>

00:35:31.400 --> 00:35:33.559
We<00:35:31.619><c> come</c><00:35:32.539><c> in</c><00:35:32.659><c> at</c><00:35:32.780><c> verse</c><00:35:33.000><c> 41.</c>

00:35:33.960 --> 00:35:37.840
Israel<00:35:34.320><c> rejected,</c><00:35:35.460><c> Gentiles</c><00:35:35.920><c> called,</c><00:35:37.000><c> confirmed</c><00:35:37.280><c> in</c><00:35:37.480><c> verses</c>

00:35:37.840 --> 00:35:39.260
43<00:35:38.380><c> to</c><00:35:38.599><c> 46,</c>

00:35:39.719 --> 00:35:41.860
where<00:35:39.940><c> the</c><00:35:40.099><c> Lord</c><00:35:40.300><c> says</c><00:35:40.579><c> that</c><00:35:40.780><c> the</c><00:35:40.900><c> Kingdom</c><00:35:41.139><c> of</c><00:35:41.300><c> God</c><00:35:41.440><c> will</c><00:35:41.639><c> be</c>

00:35:41.860 --> 00:35:42.480
taken<00:35:42.059><c> from</c><00:35:42.300><c> you</c>

00:35:42.480 --> 00:35:47.800
and<00:35:42.619><c> given</c><00:35:42.739><c> to</c><00:35:42.960><c> a</c><00:35:43.119><c> people</c><00:35:43.260><c> that</c><00:35:43.460><c> will</c><00:35:43.639><c> produce</c><00:35:43.940><c> the</c><00:35:44.219><c> fruit,</c><00:35:45.579><c> and</c><00:35:46.380><c> so</c><00:35:46.840><c> on.</c>

00:35:47.900 --> 00:35:52.079
And<00:35:48.179><c> the</c><00:35:48.679><c> chief</c><00:35:48.920><c> priests</c><00:35:49.219><c> understand</c><00:35:49.900><c> the</c><00:35:50.179><c> parable</c><00:35:50.480><c> perfectly</c><00:35:51.019><c> well</c>

00:35:52.360 --> 00:35:54.300
and<00:35:52.960><c> apply</c><00:35:53.380><c> it</c><00:35:53.599><c> to</c><00:35:53.719><c> themselves,</c>

00:35:54.699 --> 00:35:57.300
but<00:35:54.840><c> they</c><00:35:55.019><c> can't</c><00:35:55.280><c> do</c><00:35:55.460><c> anything</c><00:35:55.719><c> because</c><00:35:56.119><c> of</c><00:35:56.599><c> their</c><00:35:56.820><c> fear</c><00:35:57.079><c> of</c>

00:35:57.300 --> 00:35:58.300
the<00:35:57.500><c> people.</c>

00:36:00.440 --> 00:36:04.280
But<00:36:01.039><c> look</c><00:36:01.639><c> at</c><00:36:01.820><c> the</c><00:36:02.059><c> end</c><00:36:02.360><c> of</c><00:36:02.559><c> verse</c><00:36:02.739><c> 41,</c><00:36:03.440><c> brethren</c><00:36:03.579><c> and</c><00:36:03.860><c> sisters,</c>

00:36:04.579 --> 00:36:08.500
because<00:36:04.960><c> that</c><00:36:05.280><c> has</c><00:36:05.539><c> to</c><00:36:05.780><c> do</c><00:36:06.280><c> with</c><00:36:06.800><c> the</c><00:36:07.159><c> conditions</c><00:36:07.539><c> of</c><00:36:07.760><c> the</c><00:36:08.039><c> contract.</c>

00:36:08.500 --> 00:36:14.599
And<00:36:09.199><c> the</c><00:36:09.320><c> condition</c><00:36:09.739><c> of</c><00:36:09.920><c> the</c><00:36:10.159><c> contract</c><00:36:10.619><c> is</c><00:36:11.500><c> that</c><00:36:13.059><c> whoever</c><00:36:13.639><c> it</c><00:36:13.920><c> is</c>

00:36:14.599 --> 00:36:16.940
who<00:36:14.920><c> receives</c><00:36:15.380><c> the</c><00:36:15.659><c> vineyard</c><00:36:16.019><c> to</c><00:36:16.300><c> work,</c>

00:36:17.360 --> 00:36:20.420
gives<00:36:17.519><c> his</c><00:36:18.340><c> share</c><00:36:18.719><c> of</c><00:36:19.460><c> the</c><00:36:19.659><c> fruit.</c>

00:36:21.360 --> 00:36:27.360
And<00:36:21.480><c> if</c><00:36:21.659><c> we</c><00:36:22.000><c> claim</c><00:36:22.539><c> that</c><00:36:25.800><c> we</c><00:36:26.099><c> have</c><00:36:26.340><c> entered</c><00:36:26.559><c> into</c><00:36:26.880><c> that</c><00:36:27.159><c> work</c>

00:36:27.360 --> 00:36:29.219
in<00:36:27.519><c> the</c><00:36:27.679><c> vineyard,</c>

00:36:29.739 --> 00:36:33.559
the<00:36:29.900><c> question</c><00:36:30.699><c> must</c><00:36:31.500><c> inevitably</c><00:36:32.260><c> come</c><00:36:32.579><c> to</c><00:36:32.780><c> us,</c>

00:36:33.860 --> 00:36:36.559
are<00:36:34.360><c> we</c><00:36:34.739><c> rendering</c><00:36:35.300><c> fruit?</c>

00:36:37.840 --> 00:36:44.019
And<00:36:38.480><c> don't</c><00:36:38.900><c> forget</c><00:36:39.380><c> the</c><00:36:41.099><c> context</c><00:36:41.920><c> of</c><00:36:42.820><c> repentance</c>

00:36:45.059 --> 00:36:49.980
and<00:36:45.699><c> of</c><00:36:45.960><c> dedication</c><00:36:46.719><c> and</c><00:36:48.280><c> of</c><00:36:48.860><c> obedience.</c>

00:36:51.340 --> 00:36:53.340
And<00:36:51.539><c> so</c><00:36:51.679><c> I</c><00:36:51.780><c> suppose</c><00:36:52.119><c> we</c><00:36:52.300><c> have</c><00:36:52.480><c> to</c><00:36:52.639><c> ask</c><00:36:52.880><c> ourselves,</c>

00:36:53.420 --> 00:36:56.179
do<00:36:53.579><c> we</c><00:36:53.800><c> know</c><00:36:54.179><c> what</c><00:36:54.619><c> the</c><00:36:54.920><c> fruit</c><00:36:55.119><c> is?</c>

00:36:56.539 --> 00:36:58.960
Are<00:36:56.860><c> we</c><00:36:57.179><c> growing</c><00:36:57.460><c> the</c><00:36:57.880><c> right</c><00:36:58.159><c> kind</c><00:36:58.500><c> of</c><00:36:58.800><c> crop?</c>

00:36:59.380 --> 00:37:03.440
How<00:36:59.599><c> do</c><00:36:59.760><c> we</c><00:36:59.920><c> answer</c><00:37:00.260><c> to</c><00:37:00.539><c> that</c><00:37:01.219><c> ringing</c><00:37:01.760><c> question</c><00:37:02.300><c> of</c><00:37:02.480><c> the</c><00:37:02.659><c> Apostle</c><00:37:03.059><c> Peter</c><00:37:03.260><c> when</c>

00:37:03.440 --> 00:37:03.780
he<00:37:03.659><c> says,</c>

00:37:03.780 --> 00:37:07.000
in<00:37:04.099><c> what</c><00:37:04.099><c> manner</c><00:37:04.539><c> of</c><00:37:04.840><c> men</c><00:37:05.119><c> ought</c><00:37:05.480><c> we</c><00:37:05.719><c> to</c><00:37:05.960><c> be?</c>

00:37:08.719 --> 00:37:12.639
Well,<00:37:10.360><c> we'll</c><00:37:10.559><c> come</c><00:37:10.719><c> back</c><00:37:10.920><c> to</c><00:37:11.039><c> that</c><00:37:11.380><c> too.</c>

00:37:14.079 --> 00:37:17.840
One<00:37:14.300><c> of</c><00:37:14.440><c> the</c><00:37:14.579><c> things</c><00:37:14.780><c> which</c><00:37:15.119><c> they</c><00:37:15.360><c> might</c><00:37:15.699><c> also</c><00:37:16.420><c> be</c><00:37:16.679><c> considering</c>

00:37:19.340 --> 00:37:22.500
are<00:37:20.019><c> those</c><00:37:20.300><c> references</c><00:37:20.739><c> to</c><00:37:20.980><c> the</c><00:37:21.139><c> Gentiles</c><00:37:21.679><c> which</c><00:37:22.099><c> the</c><00:37:22.320><c> Lord</c>

00:37:22.500 --> 00:37:24.000
Jesus<00:37:22.860><c> made.</c>

00:37:24.400 --> 00:37:30.500
For<00:37:24.599><c> instance,</c><00:37:26.039><c> and</c><00:37:26.239><c> let's</c><00:37:26.500><c> just</c><00:37:27.199><c> refer</c><00:37:27.780><c> to</c><00:37:27.960><c> them</c><00:37:28.619><c> and</c><00:37:29.860><c> pass</c>

00:37:30.500 --> 00:37:32.159
through<00:37:30.780><c> fairly</c><00:37:31.099><c> quickly,</c>

00:37:32.420 --> 00:37:34.960
in<00:37:32.940><c> the</c><00:37:33.119><c> 10th</c><00:37:33.619><c> chapter</c><00:37:33.940><c> of</c><00:37:34.099><c> Matthew's</c><00:37:34.599><c> Gospel,</c>

00:37:35.199 --> 00:37:40.340
when<00:37:35.380><c> he</c><00:37:35.619><c> sent</c><00:37:35.860><c> out</c><00:37:36.119><c> the</c><00:37:38.980><c> twelve</c><00:37:39.139><c> to</c><00:37:39.400><c> preach,</c>

00:37:40.599 --> 00:37:43.199
he<00:37:40.739><c> gave</c><00:37:40.960><c> them</c><00:37:41.159><c> instructions</c><00:37:41.800><c> in</c><00:37:42.079><c> verse</c><00:37:42.440><c> 5,</c>

00:37:43.639 --> 00:37:48.400
do<00:37:43.780><c> not</c><00:37:44.000><c> go</c><00:37:44.219><c> among</c><00:37:44.440><c> the</c><00:37:44.639><c> Gentiles</c><00:37:45.139><c> or</c><00:37:46.360><c> enter</c><00:37:46.739><c> into</c><00:37:47.519><c> a</c><00:37:47.980><c> town</c><00:37:48.139><c> of</c>

00:37:48.400 --> 00:37:49.239
the<00:37:48.480><c> Samaritans,</c>

00:37:49.780 --> 00:37:52.980
go<00:37:50.199><c> rather</c><00:37:50.679><c> to</c><00:37:51.280><c> the</c><00:37:51.420><c> lost</c><00:37:51.639><c> sheep</c><00:37:51.840><c> of</c><00:37:52.000><c> Israel.</c>

00:37:53.079 --> 00:37:56.219
As<00:37:53.500><c> you</c><00:37:53.739><c> go,</c><00:37:54.099><c> preach</c><00:37:54.280><c> this</c><00:37:54.519><c> message,</c><00:37:55.099><c> the</c><00:37:55.280><c> kingdom</c><00:37:55.699><c> of</c><00:37:56.000><c> heaven</c>

00:37:56.219 --> 00:37:56.880
is<00:37:56.619><c> near.</c>

00:37:56.880 --> 00:38:00.420
And<00:37:57.659><c> then</c><00:37:58.079><c> there</c><00:37:58.619><c> are</c><00:37:58.780><c> the</c><00:37:59.039><c> signs</c><00:37:59.320><c> which</c><00:37:59.559><c> would</c><00:37:59.800><c> follow,</c><00:38:00.079><c> which</c><00:38:00.239><c> we</c>

00:38:00.420 --> 00:38:01.840
have<00:38:00.559><c> already</c><00:38:00.900><c> mentioned.</c>

00:38:02.559 --> 00:38:06.139
So<00:38:02.719><c> it</c><00:38:02.840><c> does</c><00:38:03.079><c> seem</c><00:38:03.480><c> as</c><00:38:03.880><c> if</c><00:38:04.300><c> they</c><00:38:04.559><c> were</c><00:38:04.739><c> sent</c><00:38:04.960><c> out</c><00:38:05.199><c> to</c><00:38:05.440><c> Israel</c><00:38:05.719><c> only,</c>

00:38:06.320 --> 00:38:11.019
and<00:38:07.019><c> it</c><00:38:07.659><c> was</c><00:38:07.900><c> of</c><00:38:08.159><c> course</c><00:38:08.420><c> that</c><00:38:09.019><c> one</c><00:38:09.260><c> of</c><00:38:09.460><c> those</c><00:38:10.239><c> opportunities,</c>

00:38:11.380 --> 00:38:17.000
last<00:38:11.699><c> opportunities</c><00:38:12.380><c> which</c><00:38:12.699><c> the</c><00:38:12.920><c> Lord</c><00:38:13.159><c> was</c><00:38:13.639><c> giving</c><00:38:14.000><c> to</c><00:38:14.719><c> Israel</c><00:38:15.219><c> to</c><00:38:15.980><c> repent.</c>

00:38:18.380 --> 00:38:22.119
And<00:38:18.699><c> there</c><00:38:18.860><c> is</c><00:38:19.199><c> even</c><00:38:19.679><c> in</c><00:38:20.280><c> that</c><00:38:20.679><c> sending</c><00:38:20.940><c> out</c><00:38:21.239><c> of</c><00:38:21.679><c> them</c><00:38:21.900><c> to</c>

00:38:22.119 --> 00:38:22.880
Israel<00:38:22.519><c> alone,</c>

00:38:22.900 --> 00:38:25.559
if<00:38:23.059><c> one</c><00:38:23.179><c> looks</c><00:38:23.380><c> ahead</c><00:38:23.639><c> to</c><00:38:23.860><c> verse</c><00:38:24.320><c> 16,</c>

00:38:25.840 --> 00:38:30.300
a<00:38:26.480><c> mention</c><00:38:26.920><c> of</c><00:38:27.480><c> what</c><00:38:28.360><c> this</c><00:38:28.920><c> preaching</c><00:38:29.280><c> would</c><00:38:29.539><c> amount</c><00:38:29.800><c> to.</c>

00:38:30.619 --> 00:38:33.900
It<00:38:30.840><c> would</c><00:38:31.000><c> be</c><00:38:31.260><c> also</c><00:38:31.679><c> a</c><00:38:31.900><c> witness</c><00:38:32.340><c> to</c><00:38:33.039><c> the</c><00:38:33.179><c> Gentiles.</c>

00:38:34.400 --> 00:38:38.300
And<00:38:34.639><c> presumably</c><00:38:35.059><c> a</c><00:38:35.639><c> witness</c><00:38:35.920><c> to</c><00:38:36.119><c> the</c><00:38:36.300><c> Gentiles</c><00:38:37.579><c> must</c><00:38:37.980><c> mean</c>

00:38:38.300 --> 00:38:39.139
that<00:38:38.500><c> the</c><00:38:38.699><c> Gentiles,</c>

00:38:39.179 --> 00:38:42.219
if<00:38:39.300><c> they</c><00:38:39.539><c> took</c><00:38:39.739><c> note,</c><00:38:40.300><c> could</c><00:38:40.440><c> do</c><00:38:40.659><c> something</c><00:38:40.960><c> about</c><00:38:41.260><c> it.</c>

00:38:43.000 --> 00:38:46.840
Then<00:38:43.500><c> think</c><00:38:44.019><c> of</c><00:38:44.719><c> the</c><00:38:45.739><c> number</c><00:38:46.019><c> of</c><00:38:46.320><c> occasions</c>

00:38:46.840 --> 00:38:52.780
in<00:38:48.079><c> which</c><00:38:48.300><c> the</c><00:38:48.519><c> Lord</c><00:38:48.800><c> commends</c><00:38:49.980><c> the</c><00:38:50.639><c> faith</c><00:38:51.199><c> of</c><00:38:52.039><c> those</c><00:38:52.340><c> who</c><00:38:52.539><c> were</c><00:38:52.659><c> not</c>

00:38:52.780 --> 00:38:53.920
of<00:38:52.920><c> Israel.</c>

00:38:54.139 --> 00:38:57.639
In<00:38:54.739><c> Matthew</c><00:38:55.159><c> chapter</c><00:38:55.539><c> 15,</c><00:38:56.019><c> in</c><00:38:56.199><c> verse</c><00:38:56.400><c> 24,</c>

00:38:57.699 --> 00:39:01.440
where<00:38:58.119><c> the</c><00:38:58.380><c> Canaanite</c><00:38:58.800><c> woman</c><00:38:59.340><c> comes</c><00:38:59.920><c> crying</c><00:39:01.019><c> to</c><00:39:01.239><c> Him,</c>

00:39:01.519 --> 00:39:05.400
and<00:39:01.639><c> the</c><00:39:01.840><c> disciples</c><00:39:02.239><c> find</c><00:39:02.579><c> her</c><00:39:03.599><c> terribly</c><00:39:04.260><c> embarrassing</c><00:39:05.019><c> and</c>

00:39:05.400 --> 00:39:07.639
want<00:39:05.760><c> her</c><00:39:06.059><c> to</c><00:39:06.219><c> be</c><00:39:06.320><c> sent</c><00:39:06.599><c> away.</c>

00:39:08.119 --> 00:39:13.260
And<00:39:08.719><c> the</c><00:39:08.860><c> Lord</c><00:39:09.019><c> Jesus</c><00:39:09.460><c> seems</c><00:39:10.039><c> for</c><00:39:11.000><c> a</c><00:39:11.219><c> moment</c><00:39:11.500><c> to</c><00:39:11.780><c> be,</c><00:39:11.960><c> as</c><00:39:12.159><c> it</c><00:39:12.360><c> were,</c>

00:39:13.460 --> 00:39:16.099
playing<00:39:13.639><c> the</c><00:39:13.920><c> same</c><00:39:14.239><c> game</c><00:39:14.579><c> as</c><00:39:14.780><c> the</c><00:39:14.940><c> disciples.</c>

00:39:16.619 --> 00:39:21.400
But<00:39:16.920><c> in</c><00:39:17.139><c> fact</c><00:39:17.360><c> what</c><00:39:17.579><c> He</c><00:39:17.760><c> is</c><00:39:17.980><c> doing</c><00:39:18.239><c> is</c><00:39:18.659><c> eliciting</c><00:39:19.199><c> from</c><00:39:19.460><c> her</c>

00:39:22.000 --> 00:39:28.880
that<00:39:22.559><c> repentance</c><00:39:23.119><c> and</c><00:39:24.139><c> faith</c><00:39:24.679><c> which</c><00:39:26.860><c> He</c><00:39:27.420><c> wished</c><00:39:27.639><c> to</c><00:39:27.940><c> find.</c>

00:39:29.500 --> 00:39:30.920
He<00:39:29.619><c> says</c><00:39:29.860><c> to</c><00:39:30.000><c> her</c><00:39:30.159><c> in</c><00:39:30.280><c> verse</c><00:39:30.500><c> 24,</c>

00:39:30.940 --> 00:39:33.940
I<00:39:31.079><c> was</c><00:39:31.300><c> sent</c><00:39:31.519><c> only</c><00:39:31.920><c> to</c><00:39:32.119><c> the</c><00:39:32.280><c> lost</c><00:39:32.519><c> sheep</c><00:39:32.719><c> of</c><00:39:32.900><c> Israel.</c>

00:39:34.340 --> 00:39:37.519
But<00:39:34.519><c> she</c><00:39:34.760><c> comes</c><00:39:35.519><c> and</c><00:39:36.260><c> cries</c><00:39:36.539><c> from</c><00:39:36.820><c> her</c><00:39:37.159><c> heart,</c>

00:39:37.880 --> 00:39:41.840
and<00:39:37.960><c> it's</c><00:39:38.219><c> a</c><00:39:38.380><c> cry</c><00:39:38.579><c> that</c><00:39:38.800><c> comes</c><00:39:39.059><c> from</c><00:39:40.000><c> someone</c><00:39:40.380><c> in</c><00:39:41.260><c> desperation</c>

00:39:41.840 --> 00:39:44.199
and<00:39:42.079><c> who</c><00:39:42.360><c> recognizes</c><00:39:43.019><c> what</c><00:39:43.780><c> she</c><00:39:44.039><c> is.</c>

00:39:44.219 --> 00:39:47.699
She<00:39:44.440><c> is</c><00:39:44.880><c> as</c><00:39:45.300><c> even</c><00:39:45.639><c> one</c><00:39:45.860><c> of</c><00:39:46.039><c> the</c><00:39:46.239><c> dogs</c><00:39:46.559><c> that</c><00:39:46.880><c> are</c><00:39:47.119><c> under</c><00:39:47.460><c> the</c>

00:39:47.699 --> 00:39:48.639
master's<00:39:48.300><c> table.</c>

00:39:48.639 --> 00:39:54.940
What<00:39:50.079><c> greater</c><00:39:51.059><c> humility</c><00:39:52.380><c> than</c><00:39:53.659><c> that</c><00:39:53.940><c> expression.</c>

00:39:55.400 --> 00:39:59.719
And<00:39:55.840><c> that</c><00:39:56.400><c> faith</c><00:39:56.780><c> is</c><00:39:57.119><c> what</c><00:39:57.500><c> brings</c><00:39:58.039><c> the</c><00:39:58.300><c> Lord's</c><00:39:58.760><c> gracious</c><00:39:59.019><c> return</c>

00:39:59.719 --> 00:40:03.820
and<00:40:00.880><c> the</c><00:40:01.780><c> performing</c><00:40:02.119><c> of</c><00:40:02.360><c> what</c><00:40:02.500><c> she</c><00:40:02.659><c> had</c><00:40:02.940><c> asked.</c>

00:40:05.480 --> 00:40:10.480
And<00:40:05.760><c> He</c><00:40:05.960><c> says,</c><00:40:07.019><c> you</c><00:40:07.099><c> have</c><00:40:07.440><c> great</c><00:40:07.780><c> faith,</c><00:40:08.260><c> what</c><00:40:08.500><c> a</c><00:40:08.699><c> commendation.</c>

00:40:12.699 --> 00:40:17.500
And<00:40:13.460><c> the</c><00:40:13.960><c> result</c><00:40:14.239><c> of</c><00:40:14.760><c> the</c><00:40:15.920><c> actions</c><00:40:16.380><c> of</c><00:40:16.559><c> the</c><00:40:16.699><c> Lord</c><00:40:16.860><c> at</c><00:40:17.039><c> that</c><00:40:17.300><c> point,</c>

00:40:17.500 --> 00:40:19.500
as<00:40:17.500><c> you</c><00:40:17.579><c> notice,</c><00:40:18.440><c> is</c><00:40:18.539><c> in</c><00:40:18.699><c> verse</c><00:40:18.920><c> 31,</c>

00:40:19.920 --> 00:40:23.239
that<00:40:20.460><c> when</c><00:40:20.880><c> the</c><00:40:21.119><c> people</c><00:40:21.400><c> saw</c><00:40:21.880><c> all</c><00:40:22.219><c> the</c><00:40:22.420><c> things</c><00:40:22.599><c> that</c><00:40:22.760><c> had</c><00:40:22.980><c> happened,</c>

00:40:23.400 --> 00:40:26.280
including<00:40:23.739><c> what</c><00:40:23.960><c> had</c><00:40:24.219><c> happened</c><00:40:24.400><c> to</c><00:40:24.639><c> this</c><00:40:25.159><c> woman</c><00:40:25.519><c> who</c><00:40:25.940><c> was</c><00:40:26.139><c> not</c>

00:40:26.280 --> 00:40:26.840
of<00:40:26.460><c> Israel,</c>

00:40:27.059 --> 00:40:29.639
they<00:40:27.539><c> praised</c><00:40:28.000><c> the</c><00:40:28.260><c> God</c><00:40:28.460><c> of</c><00:40:28.739><c> Israel.</c>

00:40:29.980 --> 00:40:35.519
And<00:40:30.119><c> if</c><00:40:30.219><c> you</c><00:40:30.320><c> think</c><00:40:30.500><c> back</c><00:40:30.800><c> to</c><00:40:32.400><c> the</c><00:40:33.239><c> purpose</c><00:40:33.860><c> of</c><00:40:35.019><c> Israel,</c>

00:40:35.739 --> 00:40:37.920
it<00:40:35.960><c> was</c><00:40:36.280><c> precisely</c><00:40:36.920><c> to</c><00:40:37.179><c> be</c><00:40:37.420><c> a</c><00:40:37.559><c> witness,</c>

00:40:38.039 --> 00:40:42.000
to<00:40:38.539><c> manifest</c><00:40:39.139><c> the</c><00:40:39.400><c> ways</c><00:40:39.599><c> of</c><00:40:39.860><c> God</c><00:40:40.079><c> to</c><00:40:40.260><c> those</c><00:40:40.539><c> about</c><00:40:40.860><c> them.</c>

00:40:44.420 --> 00:40:48.019
Well,<00:40:45.539><c> another</c><00:40:46.099><c> Gentile</c><00:40:47.000><c> who</c><00:40:47.159><c> is</c><00:40:47.380><c> commended,</c>

00:40:48.300 --> 00:40:52.820
going<00:40:48.559><c> back</c><00:40:48.960><c> to</c><00:40:49.340><c> chapter</c><00:40:49.699><c> 8,</c><00:40:50.800><c> the</c><00:40:51.000><c> centurion,</c>

00:40:53.360 --> 00:40:55.639
who<00:40:53.519><c> is</c><00:40:53.679><c> so</c><00:40:53.900><c> humble</c><00:40:54.199><c> he</c><00:40:54.420><c> says,</c>

00:40:56.679 --> 00:40:57.840
Lord,<00:40:57.019><c> you</c><00:40:57.179><c> need</c><00:40:57.340><c> not</c><00:40:57.619><c> come.</c>

00:40:58.099 --> 00:41:00.219
I'm<00:40:58.320><c> not</c><00:40:58.559><c> worthy</c><00:40:58.780><c> that</c><00:40:58.960><c> you</c><00:40:59.159><c> should</c><00:40:59.320><c> come</c><00:40:59.539><c> under</c><00:40:59.800><c> my</c><00:41:00.000><c> roof.</c>

00:41:00.559 --> 00:41:02.780
Speak<00:41:00.940><c> but</c><00:41:01.380><c> the</c><00:41:01.599><c> word.</c>

00:41:05.440 --> 00:41:10.159
And<00:41:06.019><c> Jesus</c><00:41:06.599><c> says</c><00:41:07.139><c> in</c><00:41:07.380><c> verse</c><00:41:07.659><c> 10</c><00:41:08.039><c> of</c><00:41:08.300><c> Matthew</c><00:41:08.659><c> chapter</c><00:41:09.000><c> 8,</c>

00:41:10.260 --> 00:41:14.480
I<00:41:10.780><c> tell</c><00:41:10.980><c> you</c><00:41:11.139><c> the</c><00:41:11.360><c> truth,</c><00:41:11.739><c> I</c><00:41:12.179><c> have</c><00:41:12.400><c> not</c><00:41:12.619><c> found</c><00:41:12.940><c> anyone</c><00:41:13.480><c> in</c><00:41:13.900><c> Israel</c>

00:41:14.480 --> 00:41:17.699
with<00:41:15.519><c> such</c><00:41:16.159><c> great</c><00:41:16.739><c> faith.</c>

00:41:18.659 --> 00:41:22.340
And<00:41:18.920><c> then</c><00:41:19.679><c> again</c><00:41:20.500><c> those</c><00:41:20.840><c> words</c><00:41:21.219><c> of</c><00:41:21.579><c> condemnation,</c>

00:41:22.440 --> 00:41:24.920
I<00:41:22.659><c> say</c><00:41:22.860><c> to</c><00:41:23.039><c> you</c><00:41:23.159><c> that</c><00:41:23.340><c> many</c><00:41:23.599><c> will</c><00:41:23.840><c> come</c><00:41:24.059><c> from</c><00:41:24.300><c> the</c><00:41:24.500><c> east</c><00:41:24.739><c> and</c>

00:41:24.920 --> 00:41:25.340
the<00:41:25.119><c> west</c>

00:41:25.340 --> 00:41:27.840
and<00:41:25.519><c> will</c><00:41:25.719><c> take</c><00:41:25.920><c> their</c><00:41:26.219><c> places</c><00:41:26.519><c> at</c><00:41:26.780><c> the</c><00:41:26.980><c> feast</c><00:41:27.199><c> with</c><00:41:27.400><c> Abraham,</c>

00:41:27.920 --> 00:41:28.940
Isaac,<00:41:28.320><c> and</c><00:41:28.579><c> Jacob</c>

00:41:28.940 --> 00:41:30.860
in<00:41:29.420><c> the</c><00:41:29.599><c> kingdom</c><00:41:29.820><c> of</c><00:41:30.059><c> heaven,</c>

00:41:31.159 --> 00:41:34.099
but<00:41:31.280><c> the</c><00:41:31.539><c> subjects</c><00:41:31.860><c> of</c><00:41:32.059><c> the</c><00:41:32.260><c> kingdom</c><00:41:32.539><c> will</c><00:41:32.780><c> be</c><00:41:33.000><c> thrown</c><00:41:33.219><c> outside</c><00:41:33.820><c> into</c>

00:41:34.099 --> 00:41:34.820
the<00:41:34.360><c> darkness</c>

00:41:34.820 --> 00:41:39.559
where<00:41:35.699><c> they</c><00:41:35.900><c> will</c><00:41:36.039><c> be</c><00:41:36.159><c> weeping</c><00:41:37.139><c> and</c><00:41:37.719><c> gnashing</c><00:41:38.000><c> of</c><00:41:38.300><c> teeth.</c>

00:41:42.599 --> 00:41:49.000
And<00:41:43.219><c> the</c><00:41:43.699><c> words</c><00:41:44.639><c> to</c><00:41:46.659><c> the</c><00:41:47.179><c> people</c><00:41:47.460><c> in</c><00:41:47.659><c> the</c><00:41:47.820><c> synagogue</c><00:41:48.119><c> at</c><00:41:48.420><c> Nazareth</c>

00:41:49.000 --> 00:41:55.199
where<00:41:49.860><c> the</c><00:41:50.059><c> Lord</c><00:41:50.260><c> reminds</c><00:41:50.880><c> them</c><00:41:51.579><c> that</c><00:41:52.920><c> it</c><00:41:53.900><c> was</c><00:41:54.139><c> to</c><00:41:54.360><c> the</c><00:41:54.519><c> woman</c>

00:41:55.199 --> 00:41:57.219
of<00:41:55.539><c> Zarephath</c>

00:41:57.860 --> 00:42:00.639
that<00:41:58.900><c> healing</c><00:41:59.320><c> came</c>

00:42:01.119 --> 00:42:03.300
and<00:42:01.639><c> to</c><00:42:01.900><c> Nerman</c><00:42:02.159><c> the</c><00:42:02.400><c> Syrian,</c>

00:42:04.460 --> 00:42:09.139
not<00:42:04.980><c> to</c><00:42:05.219><c> the</c><00:42:05.360><c> lepers</c><00:42:05.619><c> in</c><00:42:05.780><c> Israel</c><00:42:06.380><c> at</c><00:42:07.820><c> that</c><00:42:08.099><c> time.</c>

00:42:13.800 --> 00:42:16.900
Well,<00:42:14.320><c> let's</c><00:42:14.840><c> try</c><00:42:15.099><c> to</c><00:42:15.360><c> draw</c><00:42:15.559><c> a</c><00:42:15.780><c> few</c><00:42:15.960><c> conclusions</c><00:42:16.460><c> from</c><00:42:16.699><c> this,</c>

00:42:17.079 --> 00:42:19.539
brethren<00:42:17.179><c> and</c><00:42:17.460><c> sisters,</c><00:42:17.639><c> both</c><00:42:18.019><c> for</c><00:42:18.340><c> our</c><00:42:18.519><c> young</c><00:42:18.719><c> friends</c><00:42:19.139><c> and</c>

00:42:19.539 --> 00:42:20.880
for<00:42:19.820><c> ourselves.</c>

00:42:22.340 --> 00:42:27.519
The<00:42:22.679><c> first</c><00:42:22.860><c> is</c><00:42:23.099><c> that</c><00:42:23.400><c> there</c><00:42:23.619><c> would</c><00:42:23.780><c> have</c><00:42:23.920><c> to</c><00:42:24.039><c> be</c><00:42:24.179><c> a</c><00:42:24.320><c> basic</c><00:42:24.659><c> change</c><00:42:25.639><c> in</c><00:42:27.139><c> thought</c>

00:42:27.519 --> 00:42:30.900
if<00:42:28.519><c> the</c><00:42:28.679><c> Lord</c><00:42:28.860><c> Jesus</c><00:42:29.239><c> Christ</c><00:42:29.780><c> was</c><00:42:30.300><c> the</c><00:42:30.519><c> Messiah,</c>

00:42:31.340 --> 00:42:33.739
then<00:42:31.679><c> indeed</c><00:42:32.239><c> Israel's</c><00:42:32.840><c> hope</c><00:42:33.039><c> was</c><00:42:33.320><c> gone</c>

00:42:33.739 --> 00:42:38.780
and<00:42:34.420><c> the</c><00:42:34.639><c> pattern</c><00:42:34.860><c> of</c><00:42:35.139><c> Israel's</c><00:42:35.639><c> failure</c><00:42:36.179><c> had</c><00:42:37.139><c> culminated</c><00:42:38.000><c> in</c>

00:42:38.780 --> 00:42:40.480
that<00:42:39.039><c> crucifixion.</c>

00:42:40.539 --> 00:42:43.059
There<00:42:40.659><c> may</c><00:42:40.840><c> be</c><00:42:41.039><c> some</c><00:42:41.300><c> hope</c><00:42:41.480><c> of</c><00:42:41.719><c> some</c><00:42:41.960><c> remnant,</c>

00:42:43.280 --> 00:42:45.579
but<00:42:43.619><c> the</c><00:42:43.980><c> failure</c><00:42:44.219><c> in</c><00:42:44.579><c> purpose,</c>

00:42:46.460 --> 00:42:48.559
the<00:42:46.679><c> failure</c><00:42:46.860><c> to</c><00:42:47.059><c> do</c><00:42:47.139><c> what</c><00:42:47.280><c> they</c><00:42:47.480><c> were</c><00:42:47.760><c> supposed</c><00:42:48.059><c> to</c><00:42:48.280><c> do,</c>

00:42:48.760 --> 00:42:50.559
to<00:42:48.960><c> act</c><00:42:49.219><c> as</c><00:42:49.420><c> the</c><00:42:49.559><c> light</c><00:42:49.719><c> to</c><00:42:49.940><c> the</c><00:42:50.039><c> Gentiles,</c>

00:42:50.659 --> 00:42:56.360
that<00:42:51.219><c> withering</c><00:42:51.679><c> fig</c><00:42:51.980><c> tree</c><00:42:52.440><c> said</c><00:42:53.219><c> it</c><00:42:53.460><c> all</c><00:42:54.239><c> about</c><00:42:55.079><c> their</c><00:42:55.420><c> hopes.</c>

00:42:56.880 --> 00:43:02.420
And<00:42:57.639><c> what</c><00:42:58.179><c> they</c><00:42:58.920><c> would</c><00:42:59.300><c> perhaps</c><00:42:59.639><c> be</c><00:43:00.000><c> coming</c><00:43:00.219><c> to</c><00:43:01.099><c> see</c><00:43:01.519><c> more</c><00:43:02.260><c> and</c>

00:43:02.420 --> 00:43:02.980
more<00:43:02.659><c> clearly</c>

00:43:02.980 --> 00:43:05.219
is<00:43:03.199><c> that</c><00:43:03.380><c> the</c><00:43:03.559><c> purpose</c><00:43:03.840><c> of</c><00:43:04.079><c> God</c><00:43:04.219><c> included</c><00:43:04.679><c> all</c><00:43:04.980><c> men,</c>

00:43:05.300 --> 00:43:11.280
as<00:43:05.539><c> it</c><00:43:05.760><c> always</c><00:43:06.139><c> had</c><00:43:06.480><c> done</c><00:43:07.139><c> for</c><00:43:09.039><c> those</c><00:43:09.340><c> who</c><00:43:09.519><c> would</c><00:43:09.739><c> turn</c><00:43:09.960><c> to</c><00:43:10.119><c> him.</c>

00:43:12.019 --> 00:43:16.280
And<00:43:12.659><c> that</c><00:43:13.119><c> it</c><00:43:13.739><c> was</c><00:43:13.960><c> a</c><00:43:14.079><c> matter</c><00:43:14.340><c> of</c><00:43:14.820><c> individual</c><00:43:15.420><c> responsibility,</c>

00:43:16.699 --> 00:43:22.300
everyone<00:43:17.199><c> being</c><00:43:18.099><c> responsible</c><00:43:18.900><c> for</c><00:43:19.800><c> his</c><00:43:20.340><c> or</c><00:43:20.780><c> her</c><00:43:21.239><c> reaction</c>

00:43:22.639 --> 00:43:25.820
to<00:43:23.239><c> the</c><00:43:23.639><c> command</c><00:43:24.300><c> and</c><00:43:24.599><c> call</c><00:43:24.739><c> of</c><00:43:25.000><c> God.</c>

00:43:26.659 --> 00:43:30.320
And<00:43:27.199><c> for</c><00:43:27.400><c> them,</c><00:43:28.380><c> it</c><00:43:28.739><c> would</c><00:43:28.920><c> be</c><00:43:29.079><c> impossible</c><00:43:29.500><c> to</c><00:43:29.699><c> go</c><00:43:29.940><c> back</c><00:43:30.159><c> to</c>

00:43:30.320 --> 00:43:32.800
the<00:43:30.500><c> old</c><00:43:30.699><c> orthodox</c><00:43:31.300><c> Jewish</c><00:43:31.800><c> way.</c>

00:43:33.559 --> 00:43:35.840
It<00:43:33.780><c> was</c><00:43:34.039><c> demonstrably</c><00:43:34.719><c> over.</c>

00:43:37.460 --> 00:43:41.420
Now,<00:43:37.760><c> I</c><00:43:37.980><c> didn't</c><00:43:38.199><c> have</c><00:43:38.400><c> the</c><00:43:38.639><c> benefit</c><00:43:38.920><c> of</c><00:43:39.760><c> a</c><00:43:39.940><c> Christodelphian</c><00:43:40.519><c> upbringing.</c>

00:43:41.519 --> 00:43:43.780
I<00:43:41.820><c> came</c><00:43:42.059><c> in</c><00:43:42.280><c> from</c><00:43:42.480><c> outside,</c><00:43:42.980><c> as</c><00:43:43.179><c> it</c><00:43:43.380><c> were.</c>

00:43:43.780 --> 00:43:50.460
And<00:43:45.059><c> for</c><00:43:45.980><c> me,</c><00:43:47.860><c> I</c><00:43:48.119><c> envy</c><00:43:48.400><c> those</c><00:43:48.699><c> of</c><00:43:48.920><c> you</c><00:43:49.039><c> who</c><00:43:49.280><c> did,</c>

00:43:51.940 --> 00:43:55.920
but<00:43:52.739><c> just</c><00:43:53.139><c> imagine</c><00:43:53.699><c> the</c><00:43:54.000><c> thought</c><00:43:54.199><c> of</c><00:43:54.500><c> going</c><00:43:54.800><c> back</c><00:43:55.260><c> to</c><00:43:55.480><c> all</c>

00:43:55.920 --> 00:43:58.659
that<00:43:57.300><c> rubbish</c>

00:44:00.000 --> 00:44:03.079
to<00:44:00.800><c> speak</c><00:44:01.099><c> harshly,</c>

00:44:04.460 --> 00:44:09.219
when<00:44:04.739><c> the</c><00:44:05.179><c> truth</c><00:44:05.320><c> of</c><00:44:05.599><c> God</c><00:44:05.960><c> has</c><00:44:06.960><c> been</c><00:44:07.280><c> presented</c><00:44:07.619><c> to</c><00:44:07.920><c> you.</c>

00:44:11.079 --> 00:44:16.219
Now,<00:44:12.699><c> I've</c><00:44:13.300><c> put</c><00:44:13.460><c> it</c><00:44:13.739><c> that</c><00:44:14.019><c> way</c><00:44:14.539><c> for</c><00:44:15.400><c> several</c><00:44:15.719><c> reasons,</c>

00:44:16.440 --> 00:44:20.840
partly<00:44:16.739><c> because,</c><00:44:18.260><c> to</c><00:44:18.340><c> me,</c><00:44:19.519><c> what</c><00:44:19.659><c> I</c><00:44:19.900><c> found</c><00:44:20.059><c> interesting</c><00:44:20.480><c> going</c>

00:44:20.840 --> 00:44:22.159
through<00:44:21.219><c> this</c><00:44:21.500><c> exercise</c>

00:44:22.159 --> 00:44:24.599
was<00:44:22.780><c> the</c><00:44:23.000><c> perspective</c><00:44:23.519><c> it</c><00:44:23.739><c> gave</c><00:44:23.980><c> me.</c>

00:44:25.019 --> 00:44:27.780
And<00:44:25.179><c> I</c><00:44:25.260><c> want</c><00:44:25.380><c> to</c><00:44:25.559><c> try</c><00:44:25.699><c> to</c><00:44:26.019><c> integrate</c><00:44:26.460><c> it</c><00:44:26.860><c> a</c><00:44:27.000><c> little.</c>

00:44:28.079 --> 00:44:30.079
And<00:44:28.239><c> I'm</c><00:44:28.340><c> going</c><00:44:28.440><c> to</c><00:44:28.579><c> be</c><00:44:28.760><c> deliberately</c><00:44:29.159><c> blunt,</c>

00:44:30.320 --> 00:44:34.719
because<00:44:30.460><c> the</c><00:44:30.659><c> purpose</c><00:44:31.239><c> is</c><00:44:32.519><c> for</c><00:44:33.019><c> that</c><00:44:33.159><c> of</c><00:44:33.380><c> introspection</c><00:44:33.980><c> and</c>

00:44:34.719 --> 00:44:36.119
of<00:44:34.920><c> exhortation.</c>

00:44:36.920 --> 00:44:41.579
I<00:44:37.579><c> don't</c><00:44:37.780><c> want</c><00:44:37.920><c> you</c><00:44:38.079><c> to</c><00:44:38.199><c> take</c><00:44:38.320><c> me</c><00:44:38.519><c> amiss</c><00:44:39.219><c> if</c><00:44:39.659><c> I</c><00:44:39.880><c> say</c><00:44:40.059><c> hard</c><00:44:40.360><c> things.</c>

00:44:44.539 --> 00:44:46.800
I<00:44:44.800><c> wonder,</c><00:44:45.280><c> brethren</c><00:44:45.440><c> and</c><00:44:45.679><c> sisters,</c>

00:44:50.059 --> 00:44:53.699
whether<00:44:50.719><c> one</c><00:44:51.380><c> of</c><00:44:51.519><c> the</c><00:44:51.699><c> inherent</c><00:44:52.179><c> dangers</c><00:44:52.719><c> which</c><00:44:53.019><c> we</c><00:44:53.239><c> notice</c>

00:44:53.699 --> 00:44:56.320
in<00:44:55.099><c> Israel,</c>

00:44:56.519 --> 00:44:58.679
we've<00:44:56.860><c> noticed</c><00:44:57.119><c> in</c><00:44:57.300><c> this</c><00:44:57.519><c> process,</c>

00:44:59.159 --> 00:45:02.559
is<00:44:59.480><c> that</c><00:44:59.900><c> of</c><00:45:00.960><c> Pharisaism.</c>

00:45:02.679 --> 00:45:03.780
Pharisaism.

00:45:04.480 --> 00:45:06.179
Is<00:45:04.539><c> that</c><00:45:04.619><c> how</c><00:45:04.739><c> one</c><00:45:04.920><c> says</c><00:45:05.139><c> it?</c>

00:45:06.559 --> 00:45:08.159
I<00:45:06.840><c> ought</c><00:45:07.039><c> to</c><00:45:07.199><c> know.</c>

00:45:09.019 --> 00:45:10.119
I<00:45:09.139><c> can't</c><00:45:09.360><c> think</c><00:45:09.539><c> for</c><00:45:09.679><c> a</c><00:45:09.820><c> moment.</c>

00:45:10.360 --> 00:45:13.719
Anyway,<00:45:10.940><c> being</c><00:45:11.179><c> a</c><00:45:11.400><c> Pharisee.</c>

00:45:13.920 --> 00:45:19.980
And,<00:45:14.760><c> you</c><00:45:15.039><c> know,</c><00:45:16.000><c> if</c><00:45:16.739><c> physical</c><00:45:17.159><c> Israel</c><00:45:17.820><c> fell</c><00:45:18.500><c> into</c><00:45:18.800><c> that</c><00:45:19.139><c> trap,</c>

00:45:20.800 --> 00:45:26.320
then<00:45:21.039><c> we</c><00:45:21.639><c> as</c><00:45:22.659><c> spiritual</c><00:45:23.159><c> Israel,</c><00:45:24.159><c> as</c><00:45:24.360><c> we</c><00:45:24.539><c> pray</c><00:45:24.739><c> that</c><00:45:24.980><c> we</c><00:45:25.199><c> are,</c>

00:45:27.500 --> 00:45:33.159
must<00:45:28.300><c> likewise</c><00:45:29.099><c> guard</c><00:45:29.900><c> ourselves</c><00:45:30.699><c> very</c><00:45:31.480><c> carefully</c><00:45:31.960><c> from</c><00:45:32.239><c> it.</c>

00:45:33.519 --> 00:45:35.900
We<00:45:33.820><c> have</c><00:45:34.019><c> to</c><00:45:34.159><c> be</c><00:45:34.400><c> careful,</c><00:45:34.760><c> for</c><00:45:35.000><c> instance,</c><00:45:35.340><c> of</c><00:45:35.579><c> putting</c>

00:45:35.900 --> 00:45:37.780
fences<00:45:36.420><c> around</c><00:45:37.099><c> things,</c>

00:45:38.280 --> 00:45:42.579
fences<00:45:38.659><c> around</c><00:45:39.019><c> the</c><00:45:39.440><c> Word</c><00:45:39.639><c> of</c><00:45:39.860><c> God</c><00:45:40.219><c> behind</c><00:45:40.960><c> which</c><00:45:41.239><c> we</c><00:45:41.559><c> shelter,</c>

00:45:43.320 --> 00:45:46.199
regulations<00:45:43.940><c> we</c><00:45:44.260><c> promulgate,</c>

00:45:47.099 --> 00:45:52.760
abandoning<00:45:47.900><c> the</c><00:45:48.340><c> freedom</c><00:45:48.559><c> in</c><00:45:48.840><c> Christ</c><00:45:49.500><c> for</c><00:45:50.539><c> the</c><00:45:50.820><c> bondage</c><00:45:51.860><c> of</c><00:45:52.519><c> a</c>

00:45:52.760 --> 00:45:54.000
kind<00:45:52.960><c> of</c><00:45:53.219><c> law.</c>

00:45:56.900 --> 00:46:02.139
The<00:45:57.800><c> bondage</c><00:45:58.699><c> of</c><00:46:00.079><c> man</c><00:46:00.599><c>-made</c><00:46:00.860><c> authorities,</c>

00:46:03.280 --> 00:46:06.179
instead<00:46:03.380><c> of</c><00:46:03.579><c> the</c><00:46:03.800><c> test</c><00:46:04.280><c> of</c><00:46:05.099><c> the</c><00:46:05.280><c> Scriptures.</c>

00:46:07.340 --> 00:46:14.800
We<00:46:07.380><c> have</c><00:46:07.599><c> to</c><00:46:07.780><c> guard</c><00:46:07.940><c> against</c><00:46:08.420><c> rituals,</c><00:46:10.719><c> practices,</c><00:46:12.480><c> even</c><00:46:13.000><c> habits</c><00:46:13.500><c> of</c><00:46:13.880><c> thought.</c>

00:46:16.699 --> 00:46:21.820
We<00:46:16.800><c> have</c><00:46:17.039><c> to</c><00:46:17.219><c> guard</c><00:46:17.420><c> against</c><00:46:18.800><c> allowing</c><00:46:19.739><c> our</c><00:46:21.219><c> understanding</c>

00:46:21.820 --> 00:46:22.840
of<00:46:22.019><c> the</c><00:46:22.199><c> Word</c><00:46:22.380><c> of</c><00:46:22.659><c> God</c>

00:46:22.840 --> 00:46:28.360
and<00:46:23.000><c> of</c><00:46:23.099><c> His</c><00:46:23.340><c> demands</c><00:46:23.780><c> upon</c><00:46:24.639><c> us</c><00:46:25.139><c> to</c><00:46:25.579><c> solidify</c><00:46:26.380><c> into</c><00:46:26.940><c> dogmatism.</c>

00:46:28.380 --> 00:46:30.980
And<00:46:28.559><c> dogmatism</c><00:46:29.340><c> always,</c><00:46:30.219><c> brethren</c><00:46:30.360><c> and</c><00:46:30.599><c> sisters,</c>

00:46:31.480 --> 00:46:38.219
includes<00:46:31.860><c> a</c><00:46:32.400><c> large</c><00:46:32.780><c> measure</c><00:46:33.179><c> of</c><00:46:33.800><c> what</c><00:46:34.139><c> man</c><00:46:34.599><c> puts</c><00:46:34.920><c> into</c><00:46:35.300><c> it.</c>

00:46:40.440 --> 00:46:45.460
Of<00:46:41.340><c> surrendering</c><00:46:42.239><c> to</c><00:46:43.019><c> a</c><00:46:43.260><c> kind</c><00:46:43.519><c> of</c><00:46:43.739><c> orthodoxy.</c>

00:46:46.679 --> 00:46:51.679
And<00:46:47.579><c> it's</c><00:46:48.480><c> a</c><00:46:48.699><c> subtle</c><00:46:48.980><c> move</c><00:46:49.460><c> in</c><00:46:49.760><c> orthodoxy.</c>

00:46:52.039 --> 00:46:54.599
It's<00:46:52.760><c> not</c><00:46:52.900><c> a</c><00:46:53.000><c> good</c><00:46:53.159><c> word,</c><00:46:53.519><c> orthodoxy.</c>

00:46:55.039 --> 00:46:58.880
It<00:46:55.179><c> has</c><00:46:55.780><c> reverberations</c><00:46:56.679><c> which</c><00:46:56.960><c> are</c><00:46:57.840><c> unhappy.</c>

00:46:59.340 --> 00:47:03.599
But<00:46:59.739><c> a</c><00:46:59.880><c> part</c><00:47:00.039><c> of</c><00:47:00.179><c> it</c><00:47:00.360><c> is</c><00:47:00.559><c> often</c><00:47:00.840><c> that</c><00:47:01.199><c> it</c><00:47:01.420><c> is</c><00:47:01.880><c> man</c><00:47:02.420><c>-defined.</c>

00:47:05.780 --> 00:47:10.440
Against<00:47:06.219><c> that,</c><00:47:06.659><c> we</c><00:47:06.719><c> have</c><00:47:06.960><c> to</c><00:47:07.239><c> set</c><00:47:07.599><c> what</c><00:47:08.420><c> we</c><00:47:09.380><c> speak</c><00:47:09.659><c> about</c><00:47:10.059><c> often,</c>

00:47:10.820 --> 00:47:16.539
and<00:47:10.960><c> what</c><00:47:11.440><c> I</c><00:47:11.840><c> trust</c><00:47:12.119><c> we</c><00:47:12.760><c> strive</c><00:47:13.300><c> for</c><00:47:13.619><c> often,</c><00:47:14.139><c> and</c><00:47:14.260><c> that</c><00:47:14.440><c> is</c><00:47:14.860><c> purity</c><00:47:15.340><c> of</c><00:47:15.639><c> doctrine.</c>

00:47:16.940 --> 00:47:21.000
But<00:47:17.420><c> that</c><00:47:17.960><c> means</c><00:47:18.280><c> laying</c><00:47:18.699><c> ourselves</c><00:47:19.360><c> open</c><00:47:19.940><c> to</c><00:47:20.420><c> the</c><00:47:20.639><c> Scriptures</c>

00:47:21.000 --> 00:47:25.280
and<00:47:21.280><c> each</c><00:47:21.639><c> one</c><00:47:21.880><c> of</c><00:47:22.039><c> us</c><00:47:22.539><c> working</c><00:47:23.119><c> and</c><00:47:23.960><c> thinking</c><00:47:24.300><c> in</c><00:47:24.860><c> relation</c>

00:47:25.280 --> 00:47:27.380
to<00:47:25.500><c> the</c><00:47:25.659><c> Word</c><00:47:25.820><c> of</c><00:47:26.059><c> God.</c>

00:47:30.000 --> 00:47:36.059
Taking<00:47:30.960><c> ourselves</c><00:47:31.920><c> in</c><00:47:33.699><c> respect</c><00:47:34.139><c> to</c><00:47:34.340><c> the</c><00:47:34.519><c> Scriptures</c><00:47:35.000><c> with</c>

00:47:36.059 --> 00:47:37.840
absolute<00:47:36.679><c> seriousness.</c>

00:47:39.460 --> 00:47:46.139
Now,<00:47:40.460><c> there's</c><00:47:40.940><c> no</c><00:47:41.280><c> question</c><00:47:41.840><c> of</c><00:47:42.320><c> changing</c><00:47:42.940><c> or</c><00:47:44.260><c> of</c><00:47:44.539><c> lowering</c><00:47:44.920><c> standards.</c>

00:47:46.900 --> 00:47:48.519
That's<00:47:47.199><c> not</c><00:47:47.440><c> the</c><00:47:47.679><c> point.</c>

00:47:49.059 --> 00:47:54.840
The<00:47:49.239><c> standards</c><00:47:49.800><c> of</c><00:47:50.400><c> our</c><00:47:50.579><c> Lord</c><00:47:50.739><c> Jesus</c><00:47:51.179><c> Christ</c><00:47:51.659><c> are</c><00:47:52.980><c> infinitely</c><00:47:53.460><c> higher,</c>

00:47:55.440 --> 00:47:57.400
in<00:47:55.579><c> a</c><00:47:55.739><c> sense,</c><00:47:56.119><c> than</c><00:47:56.139><c> we</c><00:47:56.340><c> can</c><00:47:56.619><c> hope</c><00:47:56.820><c> to</c><00:47:57.139><c> attain.</c>

00:47:57.519 --> 00:47:59.880
But<00:47:57.679><c> we</c><00:47:57.860><c> have</c><00:47:58.099><c> always</c><00:47:58.500><c> to</c><00:47:58.780><c> strive</c><00:47:59.139><c> towards</c><00:47:59.579><c> them</c>

00:47:59.880 --> 00:48:03.159
and<00:48:00.179><c> to</c><00:48:00.400><c> make</c><00:48:00.579><c> sure</c><00:48:00.760><c> that</c><00:48:01.480><c> the</c><00:48:01.699><c> standards</c><00:48:02.000><c> we</c><00:48:02.179><c> are</c><00:48:02.480><c> striving</c><00:48:02.739><c> towards</c>

00:48:03.159 --> 00:48:05.920
are<00:48:03.460><c> His</c><00:48:03.719><c> standards,</c><00:48:04.199><c> are</c><00:48:04.320><c> the</c><00:48:04.460><c> right</c><00:48:04.739><c> standards.</c>

00:48:06.500 --> 00:48:08.840
And<00:48:07.139><c> it</c><00:48:07.300><c> comes</c><00:48:07.539><c> down,</c><00:48:08.159><c> basically,</c><00:48:08.420><c> doesn't</c><00:48:08.619><c> it,</c>

00:48:08.840 --> 00:48:11.780
brethren<00:48:09.000><c> and</c><00:48:09.280><c> sisters,</c><00:48:09.480><c> to</c><00:48:09.659><c> a</c><00:48:09.800><c> question</c><00:48:10.179><c> of</c><00:48:10.800><c> attitude.</c>

00:48:13.619 --> 00:48:18.440
You<00:48:13.639><c> know,</c><00:48:14.139><c> the</c><00:48:15.619><c> danger</c><00:48:15.960><c> of</c><00:48:16.239><c> any</c><00:48:16.539><c> kind</c><00:48:17.059><c> of</c><00:48:17.699><c> fanaticism,</c>

00:48:18.619 --> 00:48:26.320
and<00:48:18.980><c> we've</c><00:48:19.239><c> just</c><00:48:19.519><c> seen</c><00:48:19.679><c> it</c><00:48:19.860><c> in</c><00:48:20.079><c> that</c><00:48:20.699><c> quite</c><00:48:21.039><c> horrifying</c><00:48:21.880><c> emanation</c><00:48:25.820><c> in</c>

00:48:26.320 --> 00:48:28.880
the<00:48:27.219><c> Muslim</c><00:48:27.780><c> world,</c>

00:48:29.599 --> 00:48:33.920
is<00:48:30.239><c> that</c><00:48:30.559><c> the</c><00:48:30.860><c> fanatic</c><00:48:31.440><c> thinks</c><00:48:31.980><c> that</c><00:48:32.380><c> he</c><00:48:32.559><c> is</c><00:48:32.900><c> strong.</c>

00:48:34.960 --> 00:48:39.980
Because<00:48:35.559><c> he</c><00:48:35.760><c> has</c><00:48:36.099><c> defined</c><00:48:36.539><c> the</c><00:48:36.800><c> thing</c><00:48:37.000><c> down</c><00:48:37.679><c> to</c><00:48:38.139><c> a</c><00:48:38.239><c> very</c><00:48:38.559><c> neat</c><00:48:38.900><c> package,</c>

00:48:40.940 --> 00:48:44.119
which<00:48:41.179><c> is</c><00:48:41.820><c> then</c><00:48:42.460><c> all</c><00:48:42.900><c> complete.</c>

00:48:45.480 --> 00:48:47.940
And<00:48:45.659><c> he</c><00:48:45.800><c> thinks</c><00:48:46.059><c> that</c><00:48:46.340><c> anybody</c><00:48:46.639><c> who</c><00:48:46.940><c> doesn't</c><00:48:47.260><c> conform</c><00:48:47.760><c> to</c>

00:48:47.940 --> 00:48:49.360
that<00:48:48.199><c> package,</c>

00:48:49.860 --> 00:48:52.940
absolutely<00:48:50.219><c> as</c><00:48:50.400><c> he</c><00:48:50.599><c> has</c><00:48:50.820><c> defined</c><00:48:51.119><c> it,</c><00:48:51.739><c> is</c><00:48:51.960><c> weak.</c>

00:48:53.820 --> 00:48:55.820
Whereas,<00:48:54.059><c> in</c><00:48:54.139><c> fact,</c><00:48:54.340><c> he's</c><00:48:54.639><c> the</c><00:48:54.800><c> weak</c><00:48:54.960><c> one.</c>

00:48:56.139 --> 00:49:00.179
And<00:48:56.500><c> I</c><00:48:56.579><c> think</c><00:48:56.800><c> that</c><00:48:58.079><c> chapter</c><00:48:58.599><c> in</c><00:48:59.000><c> the</c><00:48:59.219><c> letter</c><00:48:59.400><c> to</c><00:48:59.619><c> the</c><00:48:59.739><c> Corinthians,</c>

00:49:00.179 --> 00:49:02.699
the<00:49:00.599><c> eighth</c><00:49:00.880><c> chapter</c><00:49:01.380><c> of</c><00:49:01.840><c> the</c><00:49:02.059><c> first</c><00:49:02.280><c> letter,</c>

00:49:03.039 --> 00:49:07.380
is<00:49:03.159><c> something</c><00:49:03.480><c> which</c><00:49:04.119><c> we</c><00:49:04.380><c> can</c><00:49:04.599><c> read</c><00:49:05.079><c> and</c><00:49:05.599><c> meditate</c><00:49:06.019><c> upon</c><00:49:06.380><c> often,</c>

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because<00:49:08.260><c> it</c><00:49:09.780><c> probes</c><00:49:10.320><c> into</c><00:49:11.039><c> what</c><00:49:11.519><c> is</c><00:49:12.000><c> faithfulness</c><00:49:12.780><c> and</c><00:49:13.239><c> what</c>

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is<00:49:13.960><c> attitude.</c>

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And<00:49:16.880><c> we</c><00:49:16.960><c> have</c><00:49:17.119><c> to</c><00:49:17.260><c> be</c><00:49:17.460><c> careful</c><00:49:17.820><c> that</c><00:49:18.219><c> we</c><00:49:18.539><c> do</c><00:49:18.800><c> not</c><00:49:19.079><c> replace</c>

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the<00:49:20.380><c> love</c><00:49:20.500><c> of</c><00:49:20.739><c> Christ</c><00:49:21.059><c> in</c><00:49:21.280><c> our</c><00:49:21.500><c> lives</c><00:49:22.000><c> with</c><00:49:23.699><c> something</c><00:49:24.440><c> else,</c>

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something<00:49:25.920><c> of</c><00:49:26.159><c> man.</c>

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And<00:49:30.260><c> I</c><00:49:30.460><c> think</c><00:49:30.920><c> sometimes,</c><00:49:33.099><c> what</c><00:49:33.420><c> does</c><00:49:33.800><c> the</c><00:49:34.000><c> Lord</c><00:49:34.199><c> think</c><00:49:34.480><c> of</c><00:49:34.639><c> us</c>

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as<00:49:35.039><c> he</c><00:49:35.340><c> looks</c><00:49:35.760><c> into</c><00:49:36.179><c> our</c><00:49:36.500><c> hearts,</c>

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as<00:49:38.980><c> he</c><00:49:39.079><c> looks</c><00:49:39.380><c> into</c><00:49:39.719><c> the</c><00:49:39.860><c> way</c><00:49:40.039><c> in</c><00:49:40.159><c> which</c><00:49:40.280><c> we</c><00:49:40.480><c> conduct</c><00:49:40.860><c> ourselves</c><00:49:41.420><c> and</c><00:49:41.619><c> our</c><00:49:41.840><c> ecclesias?</c>

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What<00:49:43.940><c> does</c><00:49:44.119><c> he</c><00:49:44.340><c> think?</c>

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Sometimes<00:49:47.059><c> I</c><00:49:47.340><c> feel</c><00:49:47.639><c> almost</c><00:49:48.179><c> fearful</c><00:49:48.579><c> of</c><00:49:48.820><c> judgment</c><00:49:49.320><c> for</c><00:49:50.440><c> our</c><00:49:50.639><c> community.</c>

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What<00:49:54.519><c> does</c><00:49:54.679><c> he</c><00:49:54.800><c> make</c><00:49:54.980><c> of</c><00:49:55.179><c> our</c><00:49:55.380><c> divisions,</c>

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of<00:49:58.940><c> our</c><00:49:59.719><c> sense</c><00:50:00.239><c> of</c><00:50:01.760><c> exclusiveness</c><00:50:02.699><c> of</c><00:50:03.300><c> the</c><00:50:03.500><c> wrong</c><00:50:03.760><c> kind?</c>

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Does<00:50:07.360><c> it</c><00:50:07.639><c> reflect</c><00:50:08.360><c> a</c><00:50:08.940><c> lack</c><00:50:09.139><c> of</c><00:50:09.420><c> love</c><00:50:09.599><c> for</c><00:50:09.800><c> one</c><00:50:10.019><c> another,</c><00:50:11.579><c> which</c>

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ought<00:50:12.039><c> to</c><00:50:12.219><c> be</c><00:50:12.480><c> there,</c>

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which<00:50:15.519><c> should</c><00:50:15.699><c> be</c><00:50:16.480><c> after</c><00:50:16.920><c> the</c><00:50:17.139><c> manner</c><00:50:17.280><c> of</c><00:50:17.460><c> the</c><00:50:17.559><c> love</c><00:50:17.659><c> of</c><00:50:17.820><c> Christ</c><00:50:18.119><c> for</c><00:50:18.340><c> us?</c>

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It<00:50:21.699><c> really</c><00:50:21.960><c> does</c><00:50:22.280><c> come</c><00:50:22.539><c> down,</c><00:50:23.059><c> brethren</c><00:50:23.199><c> and</c><00:50:23.480><c> sisters,</c><00:50:23.820><c> to</c><00:50:23.980><c> that</c><00:50:24.340><c> question</c><00:50:24.719><c> of</c><00:50:24.980><c> Peter,</c>

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what<00:50:26.380><c> manner</c><00:50:27.000><c> of</c><00:50:27.360><c> men</c><00:50:27.719><c> and</c><00:50:28.099><c> women</c><00:50:29.039><c> ought</c><00:50:29.619><c> we</c><00:50:30.019><c> to</c><00:50:30.280><c> be?</c>

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That's<00:50:34.000><c> the</c><00:50:34.079><c> lesson</c><00:50:34.239><c> of</c><00:50:34.380><c> Israel</c><00:50:34.719><c> for</c><00:50:34.920><c> me,</c><00:50:36.739><c> an</c><00:50:36.920><c> uncomfortable</c><00:50:37.420><c> one.</c>

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Well,<00:50:40.119><c> tomorrow,</c><00:50:41.400><c> God</c><00:50:41.599><c> willing,</c><00:50:43.019><c> we</c><00:50:43.099><c> will</c><00:50:43.219><c> pursue</c><00:50:43.800><c> the</c><00:50:44.119><c> matter</c><00:50:44.320><c> of</c>

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the<00:50:44.619><c> Kingdom.</c>

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Thank<00:50:58.139><c> you.</c>