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anything</c> 00:24:26.829 --> 00:24:31.769 that<00:24:27.210><c> Rome</c><00:24:27.509><c> could</c><00:24:27.829><c> offer.</c><00:24:29.450><c> And</c><00:24:29.869><c> this</c><00:24:30.630><c> was</c><00:24:31.049><c> the</c><00:24:31.289><c> citizenship</c> 00:24:31.769 --> 00:24:35.009 that<00:24:32.630><c> now</c><00:24:33.009><c> these</c><00:24:33.430><c> Gentiles</c><00:24:34.089><c> had</c><00:24:34.430><c> found</c> 00:24:35.009 --> 00:24:41.049 in<00:24:35.849><c> Ephesus.</c><00:24:37.430><c> Oh,</c><00:24:37.710><c> the</c><00:24:38.049><c> wonder</c><00:24:38.430><c> of</c><00:24:38.650><c> the</c><00:24:38.809><c> blessing</c><00:24:39.509><c> of</c><00:24:40.089><c> God.</c> 00:24:42.369 --> 00:24:46.309 And<00:24:42.470><c> then</c><00:24:42.670><c> he</c><00:24:42.829><c> says,</c><00:24:43.869><c> going</c><00:24:43.990><c> back</c><00:24:44.369><c> to</c><00:24:44.589><c> Ephesians</c><00:24:45.069><c> chapter</c><00:24:45.369><c> 2</c> 00:24:46.309 --> 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between</c><00:25:18.269><c> Jew</c><00:25:18.890><c> and</c><00:25:19.529><c> Gentile.</c> 00:25:21.049 --> 00:25:24.450 There<00:25:21.250><c> was</c><00:25:21.430><c> the</c><00:25:21.710><c> court</c><00:25:21.869><c> of</c><00:25:22.089><c> the</c><00:25:22.269><c> Gentiles.</c><00:25:23.390><c> They</c><00:25:23.569><c> could</c><00:25:23.710><c> go</c><00:25:23.970><c> so</c> 00:25:24.450 --> 00:25:29.569 far<00:25:24.970><c> in</c><00:25:26.289><c> that</c><00:25:26.549><c> temple,</c><00:25:27.950><c> and</c><00:25:28.269><c> no</c><00:25:28.549><c> further.</c> 00:25:30.170 --> 00:25:36.130 In<00:25:30.769><c> fact,</c><00:25:31.950><c> there</c><00:25:31.950><c> is</c><00:25:32.349><c> a</c><00:25:32.910><c> picture</c><00:25:33.170><c> I</c><00:25:33.349><c> have</c><00:25:33.569><c> here</c><00:25:34.490><c> of</c><00:25:35.529><c> a</c><00:25:35.829><c> warning</c> 00:25:36.130 --> 00:25:39.269 on<00:25:37.430><c> a</c><00:25:37.750><c> stone,</c><00:25:38.049><c> on</c><00:25:38.230><c> a</c><00:25:38.430><c> tablet</c><00:25:38.650><c> that's</c><00:25:38.809><c> been</c><00:25:39.049><c> found</c> 00:25:39.269 --> 00:25:45.349 that<00:25:39.430><c> was</c><00:25:39.630><c> in</c><00:25:39.769><c> Herod's</c><00:25:40.109><c> temple,</c><00:25:42.849><c> written</c><00:25:43.150><c> in</c><00:25:44.049><c> Greek.</c><00:25:44.930><c> And</c><00:25:45.130><c> it</c> 00:25:45.349 --> 00:25:48.150 said<00:25:45.750><c> this,</c><00:25:46.650><c> and</c><00:25:46.809><c> it</c><00:25:46.890><c> was</c><00:25:47.009><c> on</c><00:25:47.230><c> the</c><00:25:47.509><c> wall</c><00:25:47.710><c> that</c> 00:25:48.150 --> 00:25:53.450 separated<00:25:48.630><c> the</c><00:25:48.869><c> Gentiles</c><00:25:49.569><c> from</c><00:25:49.829><c> going</c><00:25:50.029><c> any</c><00:25:50.309><c> further.</c><00:25:52.329><c> Let</c><00:25:52.670><c> no</c> 00:25:53.450 --> 00:25:57.789 foreigner<00:25:54.190><c> note</c><00:25:55.910><c> the</c><00:25:56.390><c> word,</c><00:25:57.289><c> which</c><00:25:57.549><c> will</c><00:25:57.650><c> be</c> 00:25:57.789 --> 00:26:04.710 across<00:25:58.329><c> it</c><00:25:58.529><c> again</c><00:25:58.690><c> in</c><00:25:58.849><c> just</c><00:25:58.990><c> a</c><00:25:59.109><c> moment.</c><00:26:00.630><c> Let</c><00:26:00.690><c> no</c><00:26:01.450><c> foreigner</c><00:26:02.069><c> enter</c><00:26:03.589><c> inside</c><00:26:04.450><c> of</c> 00:26:04.710 --> 00:26:05.470 the<00:26:05.009><c> barrier</c> 00:26:05.470 --> 00:26:11.490 and<00:26:06.269><c> the</c><00:26:06.549><c> fence</c><00:26:06.829><c> around</c><00:26:07.190><c> the</c><00:26:07.509><c> sanctuary.</c><00:26:09.230><c> Whosoever</c><00:26:09.690><c> is</c><00:26:10.069><c> caught</c><00:26:10.690><c> will</c> 00:26:11.490 --> 00:26:14.769 be<00:26:11.690><c> the</c><00:26:12.009><c> cause</c><00:26:12.650><c> of</c><00:26:13.549><c> death</c><00:26:14.210><c> following</c> 00:26:14.769 --> 00:26:21.250 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the</c><00:26:36.589><c> cause</c><00:26:36.910><c> of</c><00:26:37.450><c> death</c><00:26:37.849><c> following</c><00:26:38.250><c> as</c><00:26:38.490><c> a</c> 00:26:38.549 --> 00:26:43.829 penalty.<00:26:40.750><c> To</c><00:26:40.869><c> go</c><00:26:41.170><c> through</c><00:26:42.130><c> brought</c><00:26:42.589><c> death.</c> 00:26:45.890 --> 00:26:52.849 Not<00:26:46.150><c> in</c><00:26:46.369><c> this</c><00:26:46.569><c> temple.</c><00:26:48.990><c> To</c><00:26:49.170><c> go</c><00:26:49.470><c> through</c><00:26:50.869><c> brought</c><00:26:51.690><c> life.</c> 00:26:55.130 --> 00:26:59.849 And<00:26:55.609><c> it's</c><00:26:55.869><c> this</c><00:26:56.210><c> play</c><00:26:56.430><c> on</c><00:26:56.710><c> words</c><00:26:57.049><c> and</c><00:26:57.329><c> ideas</c><00:26:57.650><c> that</c><00:26:57.849><c> the</c><00:26:57.990><c> apostle</c><00:26:58.269><c> is</c><00:26:58.470><c> using</c><00:26:58.650><c> here</c><00:26:58.849><c> that</c><00:26:58.990><c> would</c><00:26:59.109><c> mean</c><00:26:59.369><c> so</c> 00:26:59.849 --> 00:27:01.349 much<00:27:00.069><c> to</c><00:27:00.289><c> these</c><00:27:00.549><c> people.</c> 00:27:02.390 --> 00:27:08.069 To,<00:27:03.809><c> not</c><00:27:03.950><c> only</c><00:27:04.130><c> to</c><00:27:04.390><c> life,</c><00:27:04.670><c> but</c><00:27:04.750><c> a</c><00:27:04.970><c> way</c><00:27:05.170><c> of</c><00:27:05.390><c> life</c><00:27:05.549><c> that</c><00:27:05.769><c> was</c><00:27:05.970><c> eternal,</c><00:27:07.869><c> that</c> 00:27:08.069 --> 00:27:10.250 was<00:27:08.349><c> above.</c><00:27:09.430><c> The</c><00:27:09.789><c> standard</c><00:27:10.069><c> of</c> 00:27:10.250 --> 00:27:14.230 which<00:27:10.369><c> was</c><00:27:10.549><c> at</c><00:27:10.750><c> God's</c><00:27:11.089><c> right</c><00:27:11.349><c> hand.</c><00:27:13.250><c> That's</c><00:27:13.609><c> our</c><00:27:13.809><c> life,</c><00:27:14.170><c> says</c> 00:27:14.230 --> 00:27:18.170 Paul,<00:27:14.710><c> Christ.</c><00:27:16.390><c> And</c><00:27:16.509><c> one</c><00:27:16.650><c> day</c><00:27:16.789><c> He'll</c><00:27:17.089><c> appear.</c> 00:27:20.269 --> 00:27:25.529 Oh,<00:27:20.970><c> how</c><00:27:21.309><c> different</c><00:27:21.849><c> from</c><00:27:22.109><c> that</c><00:27:23.369><c> loathsome</c><00:27:24.809><c> temple</c><00:27:25.230><c> that</c><00:27:25.369><c> was</c> 00:27:25.529 --> 00:27:31.170 in<00:27:25.730><c> Ephesus</c><00:27:26.470><c> to</c><00:27:27.470><c> the</c><00:27:27.710><c> goddess</c><00:27:28.009><c> Diana</c><00:27:28.410><c> with</c><00:27:28.710><c> all</c><00:27:29.029><c> its</c><00:27:29.289><c> licentious</c><00:27:30.069><c> practices</c><00:27:30.630><c> and</c> 00:27:31.170 --> 00:27:32.789 filthy<00:27:31.549><c> ways.</c> 00:27:34.910 --> 00:27:37.809 What<00:27:35.089><c> a</c><00:27:35.390><c> contrast</c><00:27:35.829><c> the</c><00:27:36.170><c> Ephesians</c><00:27:36.690><c> would</c><00:27:36.890><c> have</c><00:27:37.009><c> in</c><00:27:37.170><c> their</c><00:27:37.410><c> mind</c><00:27:37.630><c> of</c> 00:27:37.809 --> 00:27:38.849 this<00:27:38.009><c> temple.</c> 00:27:42.829 --> 00:27:47.250 And<00:27:43.630><c> so</c><00:27:44.430><c> that</c><00:27:45.329><c> would</c><00:27:45.490><c> mean</c><00:27:45.650><c> so</c><00:27:45.930><c> much</c><00:27:46.069><c> to</c><00:27:46.309><c> them</c><00:27:46.430><c> in</c><00:27:46.589><c> verse</c><00:27:46.809><c> 14.</c> 00:27:47.450 --> 00:27:50.930 He<00:27:47.450><c> had</c><00:27:47.710><c> broken</c><00:27:48.390><c> down</c><00:27:49.089><c> that</c><00:27:49.529><c> middle</c><00:27:49.970><c> wall</c><00:27:50.289><c> of</c><00:27:50.589><c> petition.</c> 00:27:51.009 --> 00:27:56.069 There<00:27:51.089><c> was</c><00:27:51.269><c> no</c><00:27:51.670><c> placard</c><00:27:52.210><c> on</c><00:27:52.509><c> this</c><00:27:52.869><c> saying,</c><00:27:53.750><c> foreigners</c><00:27:54.349><c> keep</c><00:27:54.890><c> out.</c> 00:27:58.210 --> 00:28:03.390 Verse<00:27:58.430><c> 19,</c><00:27:59.490><c> now</c><00:27:59.849><c> therefore</c><00:28:00.549><c> you</c><00:28:01.170><c> know</c><00:28:01.410><c> more</c><00:28:01.930><c> strangers</c><00:28:02.470><c> and</c> 00:28:03.390 --> 00:28:06.410 foreigners<00:28:04.190><c> the</c><00:28:04.849><c> very</c><00:28:05.309><c> world.</c> 00:28:08.369 --> 00:28:11.170 Here<00:28:08.890><c> was</c><00:28:09.089><c> the</c><00:28:09.309><c> grace</c><00:28:09.630><c> of</c><00:28:09.849><c> God</c><00:28:10.009><c> that</c><00:28:10.190><c> had</c><00:28:10.210><c> been</c><00:28:10.529><c> extended</c><00:28:10.869><c> to</c> 00:28:11.170 --> 00:28:14.789 them.<00:28:12.509><c> You</c><00:28:12.569><c> know</c><00:28:12.730><c> more</c><00:28:13.089><c> strangers</c><00:28:13.470><c> and</c><00:28:13.750><c> foreigners,</c><00:28:14.609><c> but</c> 00:28:14.789 --> 00:28:19.529 fellow<00:28:15.450><c> citizens.</c><00:28:16.789><c> And</c><00:28:16.970><c> here</c><00:28:17.089><c> in</c><00:28:17.230><c> another</c><00:28:17.430><c> form</c><00:28:17.609><c> is</c><00:28:17.809><c> this</c><00:28:18.069><c> same</c><00:28:18.309><c> word.</c><00:28:18.750><c> He's</c><00:28:18.910><c> bashing</c><00:28:19.250><c> it</c> 00:28:19.529 --> 00:28:21.849 home.<00:28:20.470><c> This</c><00:28:20.690><c> is</c><00:28:20.829><c> your</c><00:28:21.049><c> citizenship</c><00:28:21.589><c> now.</c> 00:28:21.890 --> 00:28:26.089 This<00:28:22.069><c> is</c><00:28:22.289><c> your</c><00:28:22.589><c> life,</c><00:28:23.009><c> your</c><00:28:23.109><c> way</c><00:28:23.289><c> of</c><00:28:23.470><c> life</c><00:28:23.690><c> in</c><00:28:23.930><c> Christ.</c><00:28:25.809><c> Fellow</c> 00:28:26.089 --> 00:28:28.730 citizens<00:28:26.450><c> with</c><00:28:26.650><c> the</c><00:28:27.009><c> saints</c><00:28:27.250><c> and</c><00:28:27.390><c> of</c><00:28:27.549><c> the</c><00:28:27.789><c> household</c><00:28:28.069><c> of</c><00:28:28.430><c> God.</c> 00:28:29.210 --> 00:28:33.490 And<00:28:29.470><c> you're</c><00:28:29.809><c> built</c><00:28:30.069><c> upon</c><00:28:30.289><c> the</c><00:28:30.609><c> foundation,</c><00:28:32.349><c> not</c><00:28:32.529><c> the</c><00:28:32.650><c> Toucheikh.</c><00:28:33.069><c> Where's</c> 00:28:33.490 --> 00:28:35.890 the<00:28:34.150><c> temple</c><00:28:34.529><c> now?</c><00:28:35.029><c> The</c><00:28:35.250><c> great</c><00:28:35.710><c> goddess</c><00:28:35.890><c> of</c><00:28:35.890><c> the</c><00:28:35.890><c> temple?</c> 00:28:35.890 --> 00:28:38.390 Yes,<00:28:36.190><c> Diana,</c><00:28:36.470><c> where</c><00:28:36.710><c> is</c><00:28:36.930><c> it?</c> 00:28:42.329 --> 00:28:51.329 Gone.<00:28:44.170><c> Where</c><00:28:44.650><c> is</c><00:28:45.029><c> the</c><00:28:45.230><c> temple</c><00:28:46.029><c> in</c><00:28:46.910><c> Jerusalem</c><00:28:47.890><c> of</c><00:28:49.309><c> which</c><00:28:49.630><c> Christ</c><00:28:50.210><c> said,</c> 00:28:51.750 --> 00:28:55.529 there<00:28:51.849><c> shall</c><00:28:52.210><c> not</c><00:28:52.470><c> be</c><00:28:52.670><c> left</c><00:28:52.950><c> one</c><00:28:53.529><c> stone</c><00:28:54.230><c> upon</c><00:28:54.769><c> another</c> 00:28:55.529 --> 00:28:58.390 that<00:28:56.150><c> shall</c><00:28:56.309><c> not</c><00:28:56.529><c> be</c><00:28:56.690><c> cast</c><00:28:56.950><c> down?</c><00:28:57.329><c> Where</c><00:28:57.609><c> are</c><00:28:57.809><c> these</c><00:28:58.089><c> temples?</c> 00:28:58.470 --> 00:29:02.589 But<00:28:58.789><c> this</c><00:28:59.190><c> temple</c><00:28:59.990><c> had</c><00:29:01.190><c> foundations</c> 00:29:02.849 --> 00:29:06.750 that<00:29:03.470><c> would</c><00:29:03.690><c> never</c><00:29:03.950><c> be</c><00:29:04.190><c> shaken.</c><00:29:05.509><c> Built</c><00:29:05.829><c> upon</c><00:29:06.049><c> the</c><00:29:06.269><c> foundation</c> 00:29:06.750 --> 00:29:08.009 of<00:29:06.990><c> the</c><00:29:07.089><c> apostles</c><00:29:07.430><c> and</c><00:29:07.750><c> prophets,</c> 00:29:08.349 --> 00:29:11.750 Jesus<00:29:08.589><c> Christ</c><00:29:08.950><c> himself</c><00:29:09.589><c> being</c><00:29:10.130><c> the</c><00:29:10.430><c> chief</c><00:29:10.710><c> cornerstone</c><00:29:11.529><c> in</c> 00:29:11.750 --> 00:29:16.250 whom<00:29:11.950><c> all</c><00:29:12.349><c> the</c><00:29:12.670><c> building</c><00:29:13.190><c> fitly</c><00:29:14.130><c> framed</c><00:29:14.390><c> together</c><00:29:14.990><c> groweth.</c> 00:29:16.529 --> 00:29:19.750 It<00:29:16.710><c> was</c><00:29:16.950><c> a</c><00:29:17.309><c> living</c><00:29:17.650><c> temple.</c><00:29:18.630><c> The</c><00:29:18.730><c> apostle</c><00:29:18.970><c> Peter</c><00:29:19.230><c> wrote,</c><00:29:19.630><c> you</c> 00:29:19.750 --> 00:29:24.690 are<00:29:20.150><c> lively</c><00:29:20.569><c> stones,</c><00:29:21.609><c> living</c><00:29:21.950><c> stones.</c><00:29:23.210><c> It</c><00:29:23.410><c> was</c><00:29:23.690><c> growing.</c> 00:29:25.029 --> 00:29:27.990 It<00:29:25.150><c> was</c><00:29:25.309><c> not</c><00:29:25.430><c> going</c><00:29:25.589><c> to</c><00:29:25.750><c> decay</c><00:29:26.269><c> and</c><00:29:26.910><c> fall.</c><00:29:27.150><c> It</c><00:29:27.309><c> was</c><00:29:27.490><c> going</c><00:29:27.630><c> to</c> 00:29:27.990 --> 00:29:30.089 grow<00:29:28.150><c> and</c><00:29:28.390><c> nothing</c><00:29:28.630><c> would</c><00:29:28.970><c> stop</c><00:29:29.130><c> it.</c> 00:29:30.410 --> 00:29:34.410 All<00:29:31.089><c> the</c><00:29:31.410><c> assurance</c><00:29:32.029><c> for</c><00:29:32.230><c> these</c><00:29:32.470><c> believers</c><00:29:32.990><c> in</c><00:29:33.569><c> Ephesus.</c> 00:29:36.549 --> 00:29:39.509 In<00:29:36.549><c> whom</c><00:29:36.750><c> all</c><00:29:37.049><c> the</c><00:29:37.269><c> building</c><00:29:37.609><c> fitly</c><00:29:38.170><c> framed</c><00:29:38.390><c> together</c><00:29:38.829><c> groweth</c><00:29:39.329><c> unto</c> 00:29:39.509 --> 00:29:40.930 an<00:29:39.650><c> holy</c><00:29:39.970><c> temple</c><00:29:40.269><c> in</c><00:29:40.450><c> the</c><00:29:40.609><c> Lord,</c> 00:29:41.329 --> 00:29:45.829 in<00:29:41.430><c> whom</c><00:29:41.769><c> ye</c><00:29:42.289><c> also</c><00:29:42.730><c> are</c><00:29:43.170><c> builded</c><00:29:43.509><c> together</c><00:29:44.069><c> for</c><00:29:44.630><c> an</c><00:29:44.809><c> habitation</c><00:29:45.329><c> of</c><00:29:45.509><c> God</c> 00:29:45.829 --> 00:29:47.349 through<00:29:46.109><c> the</c><00:29:46.430><c> Spirit.</c> 00:29:47.589 --> 00:29:51.230 You're<00:29:47.829><c> becoming</c><00:29:48.210><c> part</c><00:29:48.809><c> of</c><00:29:48.970><c> God's</c><00:29:49.430><c> heritage,</c><00:29:49.750><c> he</c><00:29:50.009><c> says,</c><00:29:51.089><c> that</c> 00:29:51.230 --> 00:29:55.470 he<00:29:51.410><c> wants</c><00:29:51.730><c> for</c><00:29:51.970><c> himself</c><00:29:52.609><c> to</c><00:29:53.410><c> dwell</c><00:29:53.809><c> in</c><00:29:54.470><c> you.</c> 00:29:56.130 --> 00:30:02.349 This<00:29:56.670><c> then</c><00:29:57.170><c> was</c><00:29:57.809><c> the</c><00:29:58.130><c> temple</c><00:29:58.589><c> that</c><00:29:59.369><c> counted.</c><00:30:00.930><c> You</c><00:30:01.049><c> know,</c><00:30:01.349><c> I</c><00:30:01.349><c> think,</c><00:30:01.750><c> brethren</c><00:30:01.890><c> and</c><00:30:02.109><c> sisters,</c><00:30:02.170><c> we</c> 00:30:02.349 --> 00:30:03.809 don't<00:30:02.630><c> appreciate</c> 00:30:03.910 --> 00:30:07.009 all<00:30:04.450><c> that</c><00:30:04.650><c> these</c><00:30:04.849><c> things</c><00:30:05.029><c> would</c><00:30:05.309><c> mean</c><00:30:05.869><c> to</c><00:30:06.269><c> those</c><00:30:06.509><c> people</c><00:30:06.789><c> in</c> 00:30:07.009 --> 00:30:10.089 Ephesus<00:30:07.269><c> after</c><00:30:07.549><c> all</c><00:30:07.829><c> they'd</c><00:30:08.009><c> been</c><00:30:08.289><c> used</c><00:30:08.670><c> to.</c> 00:30:12.230 --> 00:30:16.869 For<00:30:12.589><c> this</c><00:30:12.910><c> cause,</c><00:30:13.230><c> he</c><00:30:13.450><c> said,</c><00:30:14.789><c> all</c><00:30:15.109><c> this</c><00:30:15.269><c> that</c><00:30:15.390><c> he's</c><00:30:15.549><c> been</c><00:30:15.809><c> writing</c><00:30:16.049><c> about,</c><00:30:16.670><c> for</c> 00:30:16.869 --> 00:30:18.769 this<00:30:17.170><c> very</c><00:30:17.569><c> cause,</c><00:30:18.230><c> so</c><00:30:18.410><c> that</c><00:30:18.589><c> you</c> 00:30:18.769 --> 00:30:25.490 could<00:30:18.890><c> be</c><00:30:19.089><c> part</c><00:30:19.309><c> of</c><00:30:19.509><c> this,</c><00:30:20.509><c> I</c><00:30:20.910><c> fall</c><00:30:21.150><c> the</c><00:30:21.529><c> prisoner</c><00:30:21.809><c> of</c><00:30:22.029><c> Jesus</c><00:30:22.430><c> Christ</c><00:30:22.829><c> for</c><00:30:23.130><c> you</c><00:30:23.329><c> Gentiles.</c><00:30:24.730><c> What</c><00:30:24.990><c> a</c><00:30:25.269><c> strange</c> 00:30:25.490 --> 00:30:29.950 expression<00:30:25.970><c> to</c><00:30:26.250><c> use.</c><00:30:27.210><c> The</c><00:30:27.589><c> prisoner</c><00:30:27.970><c> of</c><00:30:28.210><c> Jesus</c><00:30:28.730><c> Christ</c><00:30:29.569><c> for</c> 00:30:29.950 --> 00:30:37.369 you<00:30:30.230><c> Gentiles.</c><00:30:33.549><c> Had</c><00:30:33.750><c> he</c><00:30:33.910><c> not</c><00:30:34.250><c> brought</c><00:30:35.049><c> freedom</c><00:30:35.730><c> to</c><00:30:36.349><c> them?</c> 00:30:38.890 --> 00:30:42.769 But<00:30:39.009><c> he</c><00:30:39.109><c> said,</c><00:30:39.250><c> I</c><00:30:39.369><c> am</c><00:30:39.529><c> a</c><00:30:39.710><c> prisoner</c><00:30:40.029><c> for</c><00:30:40.549><c> you</c><00:30:40.750><c> Gentiles.</c><00:30:41.750><c> Just</c><00:30:42.009><c> turn</c><00:30:42.210><c> back</c><00:30:42.430><c> to</c><00:30:42.569><c> 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I've</c><00:31:01.049><c> nothing</c><00:31:01.289><c> to</c> 00:31:01.529 --> 00:31:04.970 glory<00:31:01.789><c> of,</c><00:31:02.230><c> for</c><00:31:02.430><c> necessity</c><00:31:03.089><c> is</c><00:31:03.430><c> laid</c><00:31:03.650><c> upon</c><00:31:03.930><c> me.</c><00:31:04.470><c> Yea,</c><00:31:04.710><c> woe</c><00:31:04.869><c> is</c> 00:31:04.970 --> 00:31:07.230 unto<00:31:05.130><c> me</c><00:31:05.269><c> if</c><00:31:05.410><c> I</c><00:31:05.609><c> preach</c><00:31:05.809><c> not</c><00:31:06.069><c> the</c><00:31:06.210><c> gospel.</c> 00:31:07.490 --> 00:31:10.710 For<00:31:07.630><c> if</c><00:31:07.809><c> I</c><00:31:07.990><c> do</c><00:31:08.130><c> this</c><00:31:08.349><c> thing</c><00:31:08.529><c> willingly,</c><00:31:08.990><c> I</c><00:31:09.150><c> have</c><00:31:09.329><c> a</c><00:31:09.529><c> reward.</c><00:31:10.269><c> But</c><00:31:10.450><c> if</c> 00:31:10.710 --> 00:31:13.109 against<00:31:11.089><c> my</c><00:31:11.450><c> 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asks</c><00:39:29.670><c> the</c><00:39:29.849><c> question,</c> 00:39:30.130 --> 00:39:35.130 how<00:39:30.449><c> is</c><00:39:30.710><c> it</c><00:39:31.090><c> that</c><00:39:31.510><c> this</c><00:39:31.849><c> book</c><00:39:32.110><c> of</c><00:39:32.349><c> 66</c><00:39:32.889><c> books,</c><00:39:34.309><c> fed</c><00:39:34.550><c> upon</c><00:39:34.869><c> daily,</c> 00:39:35.230 --> 00:39:39.630 can<00:39:35.449><c> start</c><00:39:35.769><c> to</c><00:39:36.050><c> change</c><00:39:36.269><c> a</c><00:39:36.449><c> man?</c><00:39:36.789><c> I</c><00:39:36.909><c> don't</c><00:39:37.090><c> know.</c> 00:39:40.530 --> 00:39:43.809 But<00:39:40.630><c> one</c><00:39:40.849><c> thing</c><00:39:41.010><c> is</c><00:39:41.269><c> certain,</c><00:39:42.510><c> these</c><00:39:42.690><c> two</c><00:39:42.909><c> ideas</c><00:39:43.289><c> must</c><00:39:43.590><c> come</c> 00:39:43.809 --> 00:39:45.989 together,<00:39:44.250><c> as</c><00:39:44.389><c> in</c><00:39:44.469><c> here</c><00:39:44.769><c> Isaiah</c><00:39:45.150><c> says,</c> 00:39:47.210 --> 00:39:52.510 for<00:39:47.349><c> consider</c><00:39:47.789><c> the</c><00:39:48.070><c> parable.</c><00:39:50.230><c> You</c><00:39:50.489><c> can</c><00:39:50.730><c> have</c><00:39:50.949><c> a</c><00:39:51.110><c> plot</c><00:39:51.250><c> of</c><00:39:51.489><c> earth,</c> 00:39:53.889 --> 00:39:57.769 and<00:39:54.409><c> you</c><00:39:54.550><c> can</c><00:39:54.869><c> have</c><00:39:55.269><c> some</c><00:39:55.610><c> seed</c><00:39:55.889><c> in</c><00:39:56.030><c> it</c><00:39:56.150><c> that</c><00:39:56.190><c> you</c><00:39:56.329><c> put</c><00:39:56.530><c> there,</c> 00:39:58.869 --> 00:40:02.889 and<00:39:58.949><c> if</c><00:39:59.329><c> it</c><00:39:59.489><c> receives</c><00:40:00.070><c> no</c><00:40:00.670><c> rain,</c><00:40:01.730><c> no</c><00:40:01.989><c> watering,</c> 00:40:02.949 --> 00:40:06.130 the<00:40:03.090><c> seed</c><00:40:03.449><c> will</c><00:40:03.789><c> not</c><00:40:03.969><c> grow.</c><00:40:04.369><c> There'll</c><00:40:04.489><c> be</c><00:40:04.630><c> no</c><00:40:04.889><c> growth,</c><00:40:05.829><c> and</c><00:40:05.929><c> there'll</c><00:40:06.010><c> be</c> 00:40:06.130 --> 00:40:07.130 no<00:40:06.329><c> fruit.</c> 00:40:09.989 --> 00:40:12.989 But<00:40:10.409><c> on</c><00:40:10.570><c> the</c><00:40:10.650><c> other</c><00:40:10.869><c> hand,</c><00:40:11.070><c> if</c><00:40:11.190><c> you've</c><00:40:11.409><c> got</c><00:40:11.550><c> a</c><00:40:11.690><c> plot</c><00:40:11.849><c> of</c><00:40:12.070><c> earth,</c> 00:40:13.610 --> 00:40:15.849 and<00:40:13.789><c> you</c><00:40:13.949><c> pour</c><00:40:14.130><c> buckets</c><00:40:14.550><c> and</c><00:40:14.829><c> buckets</c><00:40:15.150><c> of</c><00:40:15.409><c> rainwater</c> 00:40:15.849 --> 00:40:19.449 on<00:40:16.050><c> it,</c><00:40:16.269><c> and</c><00:40:16.389><c> there's</c><00:40:16.550><c> no</c><00:40:16.710><c> seed</c><00:40:16.929><c> there,</c><00:40:18.070><c> you'll</c><00:40:18.389><c> still</c><00:40:18.630><c> get</c><00:40:19.030><c> no</c> 00:40:19.449 --> 00:40:21.989 growth<00:40:19.829><c> and</c><00:40:20.210><c> no</c><00:40:20.489><c> fruit.</c><00:40:21.730><c> There</c><00:40:21.989><c> may</c><00:40:21.989><c> be</c><00:40:21.989><c> a</c><00:40:21.989><c> little</c><00:40:21.989><c> bit</c> 00:40:21.989 --> 00:40:28.510 but<00:40:21.989><c> there</c><00:40:21.989><c> must</c><00:40:22.269><c> be</c><00:40:22.590><c> both.</c><00:40:24.889><c> Thus</c><00:40:24.969><c> it</c><00:40:25.210><c> is</c><00:40:25.809><c> with</c><00:40:26.570><c> the</c><00:40:26.829><c> antitype.</c> 00:40:29.230 --> 00:40:31.409 The<00:40:29.409><c> word</c><00:40:29.750><c> or</c><00:40:29.969><c> the</c><00:40:30.309><c> seed</c> 00:40:32.710 --> 00:40:37.469 can<00:40:33.190><c> be</c><00:40:33.429><c> taken</c><00:40:33.670><c> in</c><00:40:33.909><c> by</c><00:40:34.150><c> anyone</c><00:40:34.610><c> and</c><00:40:35.329><c> read.</c><00:40:36.150><c> There</c><00:40:36.269><c> are</c><00:40:36.409><c> men</c><00:40:36.769><c> who</c> 00:40:37.469 --> 00:40:39.670 even<00:40:37.969><c> made</c><00:40:38.170><c> a</c><00:40:38.329><c> living</c><00:40:38.510><c> once</c><00:40:38.750><c> upon</c><00:40:38.929><c> a</c><00:40:39.110><c> time</c><00:40:39.230><c> by</c><00:40:39.469><c> being</c> 00:40:39.670 --> 00:40:43.030 able<00:40:39.889><c> to</c><00:40:40.070><c> recite</c><00:40:40.530><c> vast</c><00:40:41.070><c> sections</c><00:40:41.670><c> of</c><00:40:41.869><c> the</c><00:40:42.010><c> Bible</c><00:40:42.190><c> and</c><00:40:42.449><c> challenge</c><00:40:42.750><c> people</c> 00:40:43.030 --> 00:40:44.849 to<00:40:43.230><c> test</c><00:40:43.449><c> them.</c><00:40:43.989><c> And</c><00:40:44.130><c> like</c><00:40:44.349><c> a</c><00:40:44.590><c> parrot,</c> 00:40:45.030 --> 00:40:49.570 they<00:40:45.190><c> could</c><00:40:45.389><c> come</c><00:40:45.630><c> 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to</c><00:41:20.829><c> Abraham,</c><00:41:21.650><c> he</c><00:41:21.769><c> said</c><00:41:21.889><c> to</c><00:41:22.110><c> Moses</c><00:41:22.329><c> in</c><00:41:22.510><c> the</c> 00:41:22.650 --> 00:41:25.989 bush,<00:41:24.030><c> I</c><00:41:24.050><c> am</c><00:41:24.250><c> the</c><00:41:24.409><c> god</c><00:41:24.550><c> of</c><00:41:24.750><c> Abraham,</c><00:41:25.110><c> the</c><00:41:25.230><c> god</c><00:41:25.329><c> of</c><00:41:25.510><c> Isaac,</c><00:41:25.849><c> and</c> 00:41:25.989 --> 00:41:32.190 the<00:41:26.050><c> god</c><00:41:26.190><c> of</c><00:41:26.429><c> Jacob.</c><00:41:30.030><c> He's</c><00:41:30.469><c> not</c><00:41:30.670><c> the</c><00:41:30.789><c> god</c><00:41:30.929><c> of</c><00:41:31.090><c> the</c><00:41:31.309><c> dead,</c> 00:41:32.429 --> 00:41:36.269 but<00:41:32.590><c> of</c><00:41:32.750><c> the</c><00:41:32.909><c> living.</c><00:41:33.650><c> He</c><00:41:33.869><c> didn't</c><00:41:34.130><c> say,</c><00:41:34.969><c> 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one</c><00:53:07.789><c> and</c><00:53:07.929><c> he</c> 00:53:08.150 --> 00:53:10.050 cries<00:53:08.449><c> Abba,</c><00:53:08.849><c> father,</c> 00:53:10.190 --> 00:53:14.590 those<00:53:10.369><c> two</c><00:53:10.690><c> spirits</c><00:53:10.989><c> or</c><00:53:11.170><c> those</c><00:53:11.369><c> two</c><00:53:11.630><c> minds</c><00:53:11.909><c> reach</c><00:53:12.309><c> out</c><00:53:12.809><c> as</c><00:53:13.710><c> Christ</c><00:53:14.030><c> said</c><00:53:14.329><c> to</c> 00:53:14.590 --> 00:53:16.590 the<00:53:14.969><c> woman</c><00:53:15.250><c> of</c><00:53:15.510><c> Sychar,</c> 00:53:17.829 --> 00:53:22.849 the<00:53:18.010><c> hour</c><00:53:18.130><c> is</c><00:53:18.329><c> coming</c><00:53:18.469><c> and</c><00:53:18.690><c> now</c><00:53:18.929><c> is</c><00:53:19.369><c> when</c><00:53:19.690><c> the</c><00:53:20.030><c> true</c><00:53:20.250><c> worshipers</c><00:53:21.630><c> shall</c><00:53:22.090><c> worship</c><00:53:22.449><c> him</c> 00:53:22.849 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