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workplace.</c> 00:13:04.990 --> 00:13:08.870 And<00:13:05.110><c> their</c><00:13:05.289><c> workplace,</c><00:13:05.710><c> of</c><00:13:05.929><c> course,</c><00:13:06.570><c> is</c><00:13:06.850><c> on</c><00:13:07.129><c> their</c><00:13:07.309><c> boats</c><00:13:07.769><c> fishing</c><00:13:08.450><c> on</c> 00:13:08.870 --> 00:13:10.090 the<00:13:09.049><c> Sea</c><00:13:09.190><c> of</c><00:13:09.370><c> Galilee.</c> 00:13:10.370 --> 00:13:12.470 So<00:13:10.529><c> we</c><00:13:10.710><c> read</c><00:13:10.970><c> at</c><00:13:11.529><c> beginning</c><00:13:11.769><c> at</c><00:13:11.990><c> verse</c><00:13:12.250><c> 1.</c> 00:13:12.590 --> 00:13:16.769 It<00:13:12.590><c> came</c><00:13:12.909><c> to</c><00:13:13.169><c> pass</c><00:13:13.909><c> that</c><00:13:14.590><c> as</c><00:13:15.029><c> the</c><00:13:15.309><c> people</c><00:13:15.669><c> pressed</c><00:13:16.129><c> upon</c><00:13:16.490><c> him</c> 00:13:16.769 --> 00:13:17.970 to<00:13:16.909><c> hear</c><00:13:17.009><c> the</c><00:13:17.210><c> word</c><00:13:17.309><c> of</c><00:13:17.549><c> God,</c> 00:13:18.429 --> 00:13:20.769 he<00:13:18.629><c> stood</c><00:13:18.889><c> by</c><00:13:19.110><c> the</c><00:13:19.289><c> lake</c><00:13:19.450><c> of</c><00:13:19.649><c> Gennesaret.</c> 00:13:21.129 --> 00:13:24.009 And<00:13:21.450><c> he</c><00:13:21.690><c> saw</c><00:13:21.850><c> two</c><00:13:22.210><c> ships</c><00:13:22.669><c> standing</c><00:13:23.289><c> by</c><00:13:23.570><c> the</c><00:13:23.750><c> lake.</c> 00:13:24.009 --> 00:13:27.409 But<00:13:24.669><c> the</c><00:13:25.009><c> fishermen</c><00:13:25.389><c> were</c><00:13:25.730><c> gone</c><00:13:26.049><c> out</c><00:13:26.389><c> of</c><00:13:26.549><c> them</c><00:13:26.769><c> and</c><00:13:27.029><c> were</c> 00:13:27.409 --> 00:13:28.289 washing<00:13:27.769><c> their</c><00:13:28.070><c> nets.</c> 00:13:28.710 --> 00:13:30.509 And<00:13:28.830><c> when</c><00:13:28.950><c> 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anybody</c><00:15:55.970><c> like</c><00:15:56.309><c> him.</c> 00:15:56.870 --> 00:15:58.070 He<00:15:57.149><c> is</c><00:15:57.389><c> my</c><00:15:57.590><c> master.</c> 00:15:58.429 --> 00:16:01.450 When<00:15:58.549><c> it</c><00:15:58.690><c> comes</c><00:15:58.970><c> to</c><00:15:59.269><c> spiritual</c><00:15:59.610><c> things,</c><00:16:00.570><c> anything</c><00:16:00.830><c> he</c><00:16:01.149><c> says,</c> 00:16:01.649 --> 00:16:02.769 I<00:16:01.909><c> will</c><00:16:02.169><c> believe</c><00:16:02.409><c> it.</c> 00:16:02.950 --> 00:16:04.950 But<00:16:03.149><c> what</c><00:16:03.330><c> does</c><00:16:03.429><c> he</c><00:16:03.590><c> know</c><00:16:03.750><c> about</c><00:16:04.009><c> catching</c><00:16:04.330><c> fish?</c> 00:16:04.950 --> 00:16:07.529 What<00:16:05.690><c> does</c><00:16:05.850><c> he</c><00:16:05.929><c> know</c><00:16:06.070><c> about</c><00:16:06.250><c> my</c><00:16:06.529><c> workplace?</c> 00:16:08.289 --> 00:16:09.009 Really? 00:16:09.389 --> 00:16:09.690 Okay. 00:16:09.990 --> 00:16:12.870 Well,<00:16:10.250><c> verse</c><00:16:10.429><c> five,</c><00:16:10.870><c> Simon</c><00:16:11.149><c> answering</c><00:16:11.509><c> said,</c> 00:16:13.090 --> 00:16:16.970 Master,<00:16:14.710><c> we've</c><00:16:15.190><c> toiled</c><00:16:15.509><c> all</c><00:16:16.129><c> night.</c> 00:16:17.129 --> 00:16:19.269 I'm<00:16:17.350><c> sure</c><00:16:17.490><c> you</c><00:16:17.629><c> could</c><00:16:17.769><c> say</c><00:16:17.970><c> we're</c><00:16:18.269><c> tired,</c><00:16:18.649><c> we're</c><00:16:18.830><c> hungry,</c> 00:16:19.710 --> 00:16:21.049 probably<00:16:19.950><c> could</c><00:16:20.090><c> have</c><00:16:20.169><c> gone</c><00:16:20.309><c> on</c><00:16:20.509><c> for</c><00:16:20.690><c> a</c><00:16:20.809><c> while,</c> 00:16:21.070 --> 00:16:24.230 but<00:16:21.210><c> he</c><00:16:21.429><c> says,</c><00:16:22.529><c> and</c><00:16:22.529><c> we</c><00:16:22.669><c> have</c><00:16:22.929><c> taken</c><00:16:23.210><c> nothing.</c> 00:16:24.990 --> 00:16:29.509 Nevertheless,<00:16:27.110><c> nevertheless,</c><00:16:27.370><c> at</c><00:16:27.450><c> thy</c><00:16:27.909><c> word,</c><00:16:28.590><c> because</c><00:16:28.909><c> you're</c><00:16:29.129><c> telling</c><00:16:29.330><c> me</c> 00:16:29.509 --> 00:16:30.330 to<00:16:29.649><c> do</c><00:16:29.789><c> it,</c> 00:16:30.710 --> 00:16:32.309 I<00:16:31.029><c> will</c><00:16:31.309><c> let</c><00:16:31.570><c> down</c><00:16:31.909><c> the</c><00:16:32.090><c> net.</c> 00:16:32.309 --> 00:16:36.190 In<00:16:32.750><c> fact,</c><00:16:33.690><c> others,</c><00:16:33.690><c> other</c><00:16:34.110><c> versions</c><00:16:34.450><c> say</c><00:16:34.809><c> nets,</c><00:16:35.370><c> plural.</c> 00:16:37.509 --> 00:16:40.950 And<00:16:37.950><c> when</c><00:16:38.129><c> they</c><00:16:38.309><c> had</c><00:16:38.549><c> done,</c><00:16:39.250><c> when</c><00:16:39.409><c> they</c><00:16:39.590><c> had</c><00:16:39.710><c> done</c><00:16:39.830><c> this,</c> 00:16:41.090 --> 00:16:45.129 they<00:16:41.289><c> enclosed</c><00:16:41.710><c> a</c><00:16:42.210><c> great</c><00:16:42.490><c> multitude</c><00:16:43.049><c> of</c><00:16:43.350><c> fishes</c><00:16:43.710><c> and</c><00:16:44.929><c> their</c> 00:16:45.129 --> 00:16:46.370 net<00:16:45.370><c> break.</c> 00:16:46.870 --> 00:16:49.149 And<00:16:47.049><c> they</c><00:16:47.370><c> beckoned</c><00:16:47.690><c> unto</c><00:16:47.870><c> their</c><00:16:48.149><c> partners,</c><00:16:48.610><c> which</c><00:16:48.830><c> were</c><00:16:49.049><c> in</c> 00:16:49.149 --> 00:16:49.870 the<00:16:49.309><c> other</c><00:16:49.529><c> ship,</c> 00:16:50.169 --> 00:16:51.789 that<00:16:50.309><c> they</c><00:16:50.490><c> should</c><00:16:50.710><c> come</c><00:16:51.009><c> and</c><00:16:51.250><c> help</c><00:16:51.409><c> him.</c> 00:16:51.909 --> 00:16:55.009 And<00:16:52.129><c> they</c><00:16:52.330><c> came</c><00:16:52.610><c> and</c><00:16:52.929><c> filled</c><00:16:53.110><c> both</c><00:16:53.490><c> the</c><00:16:53.789><c> ships</c><00:16:54.129><c> so</c><00:16:54.669><c> that</c><00:16:54.789><c> they</c> 00:16:55.009 --> 00:16:56.549 began<00:16:55.350><c> to</c><00:16:55.730><c> sink.</c> 00:16:57.070 --> 00:17:00.169 When<00:16:57.350><c> Simon</c><00:16:57.730><c> Peter</c><00:16:58.009><c> saw</c><00:16:58.250><c> it,</c><00:16:58.470><c> he</c><00:16:58.529><c> fell</c><00:16:58.769><c> down</c><00:16:59.009><c> at</c><00:16:59.149><c> Jesus'</c><00:16:59.710><c> knees</c><00:16:59.889><c> saying,</c> 00:17:00.169 --> 00:17:04.070 Depart<00:17:00.730><c> from</c><00:17:00.950><c> me,</c><00:17:01.409><c> for</c><00:17:01.490><c> I</c><00:17:01.730><c> am</c><00:17:01.870><c> a</c><00:17:02.230><c> sinful</c><00:17:02.590><c> man,</c><00:17:03.009><c> O</c><00:17:03.210><c> Lord.</c> 00:17:04.109 --> 00:17:09.609 For<00:17:04.349><c> he</c><00:17:04.710><c> was</c><00:17:05.670><c> astonished,</c><00:17:07.049><c> and</c><00:17:07.710><c> all</c><00:17:07.990><c> that</c><00:17:08.150><c> were</c><00:17:08.329><c> with</c><00:17:08.569><c> him,</c> 00:17:09.710 --> 00:17:12.329 at<00:17:09.869><c> the</c><00:17:10.130><c> catch</c><00:17:10.309><c> of</c><00:17:10.549><c> fishes</c><00:17:10.789><c> which</c><00:17:11.089><c> they</c><00:17:11.230><c> had</c><00:17:11.509><c> taken.</c> 00:17:14.650 --> 00:17:15.170 Astonished. 00:17:15.650 --> 00:17:19.789 They<00:17:16.049><c> were</c><00:17:16.349><c> astonished</c><00:17:17.410><c> that</c><00:17:17.809><c> they</c><00:17:18.009><c> had</c><00:17:18.210><c> taken</c><00:17:18.369><c> this</c><00:17:18.670><c> huge</c><00:17:18.990><c> catch</c><00:17:19.230><c> of</c><00:17:19.450><c> fishes</c> 00:17:19.789 --> 00:17:24.390 by<00:17:20.549><c> a</c><00:17:20.829><c> carpenter</c><00:17:21.369><c> who</c><00:17:21.829><c> had</c><00:17:22.150><c> told</c><00:17:22.369><c> them</c><00:17:22.910><c> to</c><00:17:23.369><c> go</c><00:17:23.650><c> out</c><00:17:23.890><c> into</c><00:17:24.069><c> the</c><00:17:24.289><c> deep.</c> 00:17:24.410 --> 00:17:26.769 Now,<00:17:24.930><c> I</c><00:17:25.170><c> don't</c><00:17:25.349><c> know</c><00:17:25.569><c> enough</c><00:17:25.809><c> about</c><00:17:26.089><c> the</c><00:17:26.309><c> Sea</c><00:17:26.410><c> of</c><00:17:26.549><c> Galilee.</c> 00:17:26.769 --> 00:17:29.130 I'm<00:17:27.049><c> suspecting</c><00:17:27.829><c> that</c><00:17:27.990><c> the</c><00:17:28.190><c> deep</c><00:17:28.349><c> isn't</c><00:17:28.569><c> where</c><00:17:28.710><c> you</c><00:17:28.910><c> really</c> 00:17:29.130 --> 00:17:30.490 catch<00:17:29.470><c> fish</c><00:17:29.809><c> very</c><00:17:30.210><c> often.</c> 00:17:30.890 --> 00:17:33.890 The<00:17:31.089><c> fact</c><00:17:31.250><c> that</c><00:17:31.430><c> their</c><00:17:31.690><c> nets</c><00:17:31.869><c> were</c><00:17:32.210><c> torn</c><00:17:32.609><c> might</c><00:17:33.109><c> indicate</c><00:17:33.490><c> to</c><00:17:33.710><c> me</c> 00:17:33.890 --> 00:17:35.569 that<00:17:34.009><c> they</c><00:17:34.170><c> were</c><00:17:34.369><c> in</c><00:17:34.670><c> shallow</c><00:17:34.930><c> territory.</c> 00:17:36.069 --> 00:17:40.269 That's<00:17:36.430><c> where</c><00:17:36.569><c> they</c><00:17:36.690><c> would</c><00:17:36.930><c> regularly</c><00:17:37.390><c> look</c><00:17:39.109><c> for</c><00:17:39.410><c> fish.</c> 00:17:40.369 --> 00:17:42.049 But<00:17:40.589><c> he</c><00:17:40.769><c> tells</c><00:17:40.950><c> them</c><00:17:41.089><c> to</c><00:17:41.190><c> go</c><00:17:41.309><c> out</c><00:17:41.410><c> into</c><00:17:41.509><c> the</c><00:17:41.710><c> deep.</c> 00:17:42.430 --> 00:17:44.210 And<00:17:42.549><c> he</c><00:17:42.690><c> tells</c><00:17:42.849><c> them</c><00:17:43.009><c> to</c><00:17:43.230><c> lower</c><00:17:43.390><c> their</c><00:17:43.630><c> nets,</c><00:17:43.890><c> and</c><00:17:44.029><c> what</c><00:17:44.130><c> do</c> 00:17:44.210 --> 00:17:44.549 they<00:17:44.390><c> have?</c> 00:17:44.549 --> 00:17:47.950 They<00:17:44.710><c> have</c><00:17:44.890><c> this</c><00:17:45.210><c> enclosure</c><00:17:45.849><c> of</c><00:17:46.450><c> a</c><00:17:46.869><c> huge</c><00:17:47.130><c> number</c><00:17:47.450><c> of</c><00:17:47.690><c> fishes.</c> 00:17:48.309 --> 00:17:51.450 So<00:17:48.769><c> much</c><00:17:49.009><c> so</c><00:17:49.490><c> that</c><00:17:50.029><c> their</c><00:17:50.309><c> net</c><00:17:50.509><c> broke.</c> 00:17:51.829 --> 00:17:54.670 Now,<00:17:52.069><c> why</c><00:17:52.329><c> was</c><00:17:52.470><c> he</c><00:17:52.829><c> astonished</c><00:17:53.970><c> by</c><00:17:54.230><c> this?</c> 00:17:54.670 --> 00:18:00.349 Because,<00:17:55.750><c> you</c><00:17:55.750><c> see,</c><00:17:56.730><c> this</c><00:17:57.029><c> wasn't</c><00:17:57.289><c> accomplished</c><00:17:58.009><c> by</c><00:17:58.529><c> natural</c><00:17:59.210><c> means.</c> 00:18:01.509 --> 00:18:06.009 Either<00:18:01.829><c> Jesus</c><00:18:02.450><c> knew</c><00:18:03.170><c> where</c><00:18:03.809><c> the</c><00:18:04.109><c> fish</c><00:18:04.309><c> were,</c><00:18:04.990><c> literally,</c> 00:18:06.190 --> 00:18:13.230 or<00:18:06.769><c> he</c><00:18:07.250><c> detached</c><00:18:08.509><c> a</c><00:18:09.769><c> small</c><00:18:10.150><c> group</c><00:18:10.369><c> of</c><00:18:10.630><c> fishes</c><00:18:10.869><c> from</c><00:18:11.529><c> that</c><00:18:11.950><c> shoal</c><00:18:12.769><c> into</c> 00:18:13.230 --> 00:18:14.250 the<00:18:13.490><c> nets.</c> 00:18:15.170 --> 00:18:19.410 Perhaps<00:18:15.529><c> they</c><00:18:15.789><c> turned</c><00:18:16.049><c> one</c><00:18:16.329><c> direction</c><00:18:16.950><c> and</c><00:18:17.289><c> were</c><00:18:18.829><c> drawn</c><00:18:19.029><c> into</c> 00:18:19.410 --> 00:18:21.150 this<00:18:20.769><c> net.</c> 00:18:21.150 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what</c><00:25:00.650><c> is</c><00:25:00.809><c> it</c><00:25:00.910><c> that</c><00:25:01.049><c> Jesus</c><00:25:01.349><c> did?</c> 00:25:01.710 --> 00:25:07.769 Who<00:25:02.970><c> did</c><00:25:03.269><c> no</c><00:25:03.690><c> sin,</c><00:25:05.109><c> neither</c><00:25:05.269><c> was</c><00:25:05.750><c> guile</c><00:25:06.450><c> found</c><00:25:07.069><c> in</c><00:25:07.190><c> his</c><00:25:07.430><c> mouth.</c> 00:25:08.069 --> 00:25:11.609 When<00:25:08.329><c> he</c><00:25:08.630><c> was</c><00:25:08.990><c> reviled,</c><00:25:10.509><c> reviled</c><00:25:10.910><c> not</c><00:25:11.190><c> again.</c> 00:25:11.950 --> 00:25:15.690 When<00:25:12.230><c> he</c><00:25:12.650><c> suffered,</c><00:25:13.789><c> he</c><00:25:14.250><c> threatened</c><00:25:14.609><c> not.</c> 00:25:16.990 --> 00:25:23.329 And<00:25:17.269><c> again,</c><00:25:18.130><c> what</c><00:25:18.490><c> was</c><00:25:18.809><c> the</c><00:25:19.049><c> key</c><00:25:19.410><c> for</c><00:25:19.890><c> him</c><00:25:20.170><c> to</c><00:25:20.390><c> be</c><00:25:20.529><c> able</c><00:25:20.769><c> to</c><00:25:21.650><c> deal</c><00:25:21.930><c> with</c><00:25:22.190><c> the</c><00:25:22.470><c> insults?</c> 00:25:23.470 --> 00:25:27.910 Being<00:25:23.730><c> spit</c><00:25:24.130><c> upon,</c><00:25:25.230><c> being</c><00:25:25.650><c> smitten</c><00:25:25.970><c> with</c><00:25:26.190><c> the</c><00:25:26.430><c> hand,</c><00:25:27.250><c> being</c> 00:25:27.910 --> 00:25:29.869 ridiculed<00:25:28.549><c> by</c><00:25:28.869><c> people.</c> 00:25:30.130 --> 00:25:33.190 What<00:25:30.730><c> is</c><00:25:30.970><c> it</c><00:25:31.069><c> that</c><00:25:31.210><c> he</c><00:25:31.410><c> allowed</c><00:25:31.589><c> him</c><00:25:31.769><c> to</c><00:25:31.930><c> do</c><00:25:32.069><c> that</c><00:25:32.289><c> was</c><00:25:32.509><c> because</c> 00:25:33.190 --> 00:25:37.910 he<00:25:33.789><c> committed</c><00:25:34.210><c> himself</c><00:25:35.009><c> to</c><00:25:35.750><c> him</c><00:25:35.990><c> that</c><00:25:36.289><c> judgeth</c><00:25:36.730><c> righteously.</c> 00:25:38.670 --> 00:25:40.309 So<00:25:38.769><c> that's</c><00:25:39.049><c> it</c><00:25:39.150><c> for</c><00:25:39.309><c> us</c><00:25:39.490><c> brothers</c><00:25:39.730><c> and</c><00:25:40.009><c> sisters.</c> 00:25:40.430 --> 00:25:42.269 It's<00:25:40.769><c> our</c><00:25:41.049><c> ability</c><00:25:41.410><c> to</c><00:25:41.650><c> participate.</c> 00:25:42.710 --> 00:25:45.130 It's<00:25:42.890><c> our</c><00:25:43.130><c> ability</c><00:25:43.430><c> to</c><00:25:43.650><c> have</c><00:25:43.930><c> fellowship</c><00:25:44.329><c> together.</c> 00:25:45.269 --> 00:25:47.329 To<00:25:45.630><c> participate</c><00:25:46.269><c> in</c><00:25:46.549><c> the</c><00:25:46.809><c> atonement.</c> 00:25:47.670 --> 00:25:53.670 Which<00:25:47.950><c> is</c><00:25:48.569><c> for</c><00:25:48.970><c> us</c><00:25:49.670><c> to</c><00:25:51.069><c> commit</c><00:25:51.450><c> ourselves</c><00:25:52.150><c> and</c><00:25:52.410><c> our</c><00:25:52.670><c> causes</c><00:25:53.190><c> to</c> 00:25:53.670 --> 00:25:55.250 the<00:25:53.849><c> Lord</c><00:25:54.490><c> himself.</c> 00:25:55.250 --> 00:25:59.529 To<00:25:55.849><c> be</c><00:25:56.150><c> able</c><00:25:56.369><c> to</c><00:25:56.730><c> understand</c><00:25:57.289><c> that</c><00:25:57.589><c> in</c><00:25:57.849><c> all</c><00:25:58.130><c> aspects</c><00:25:58.549><c> of</c><00:25:58.730><c> things</c><00:25:58.869><c> we</c><00:25:59.150><c> face.</c> 00:25:59.829 --> 00:26:02.049 Whether<00:26:00.049><c> it</c><00:26:00.269><c> be</c><00:26:00.390><c> in</c><00:26:00.609><c> difficult</c><00:26:01.009><c> relationships</c><00:26:01.710><c> that</c><00:26:01.910><c> we're</c> 00:26:02.049 --> 00:26:03.609 having<00:26:02.309><c> in</c><00:26:02.710><c> our</c><00:26:02.869><c> own</c><00:26:03.130><c> families.</c> 00:26:04.109 --> 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great</c><00:27:20.309><c> burden</c><00:27:20.549><c> that's</c><00:27:20.890><c> lifted</c><00:27:21.029><c> off</c> 00:27:21.349 --> 00:27:21.670 of<00:27:21.490><c> us.</c> 00:27:21.750 --> 00:27:25.789 Because<00:27:22.069><c> we</c><00:27:22.309><c> have</c><00:27:22.589><c> now</c><00:27:23.450><c> given</c><00:27:23.869><c> it</c><00:27:24.049><c> to</c><00:27:24.230><c> our</c><00:27:24.390><c> Lord</c><00:27:24.730><c> who</c><00:27:25.230><c> has</c><00:27:25.509><c> said.</c> 00:27:25.910 --> 00:27:30.930 Come<00:27:26.190><c> unto</c><00:27:26.410><c> me</c><00:27:26.730><c> ye</c><00:27:27.049><c> who</c><00:27:27.710><c> are</c><00:27:28.529><c> laboring</c><00:27:29.730><c> and</c><00:27:30.049><c> are</c><00:27:30.250><c> heavy</c><00:27:30.430><c> laden.</c> 00:27:31.049 --> 00:27:32.650 And<00:27:31.230><c> I</c><00:27:31.289><c> will</c><00:27:31.490><c> give</c><00:27:31.630><c> you</c><00:27:31.789><c> rest.</c>