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Do<00:10:00.740><c> confess,</c><00:10:02.159><c> please.</c>

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Repent<00:10:03.000><c> means</c><00:10:03.480><c> to</c><00:10:04.139><c> turn</c><00:10:04.480><c> round.</c>

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Now,<00:10:23.460><c> why</c><00:10:23.700><c> did</c><00:10:23.940><c> God</c><00:10:24.159><c> forgive</c><00:10:24.519><c> them?</c>

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Nothing<00:11:00.139><c> to</c><00:11:00.399><c> eat</c><00:11:00.519><c> for</c><00:11:00.679><c> six</c><00:11:00.899><c> weeks?</c>

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No.

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We<00:12:06.399><c> can</c><00:12:06.740><c> confess</c><00:12:07.179><c> again</c><00:12:07.679><c> and</c><00:12:08.100><c> repent</c><00:12:08.600><c> again</c><00:12:08.980><c> and</c><00:12:09.379><c> start</c><00:12:09.899><c> again.</c>

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Confession<00:12:49.039><c> and</c><00:12:49.559><c> repentance.</c>

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Verse<00:12:56.259><c> 13</c><00:12:56.700><c> of</c><00:12:56.860><c> chapter</c><00:12:57.100><c> 3.</c>

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Then<00:12:59.279><c> cometh</c><00:12:59.620><c> Jesus</c><00:13:00.039><c> from</c><00:13:00.259><c> Galilee</c><00:13:00.700><c> to</c><00:13:00.879><c> Jordan</c><00:13:01.519><c> unto</c><00:13:01.899><c> John</c><00:13:02.519><c> to</c>

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be<00:13:03.799><c> baptized</c><00:13:04.240><c> of</c><00:13:04.419><c> him.</c>

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And<00:13:06.120><c> John</c><00:13:06.299><c> is</c><00:13:06.559><c> hurt</c><00:13:06.659><c> to</c><00:13:06.919><c> say,</c><00:13:07.299><c> I</c><00:13:07.299><c> have</c><00:13:07.559><c> need</c><00:13:07.679><c> to</c><00:13:07.860><c> be</c><00:13:08.000><c> baptized</c>

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of<00:13:08.600><c> thee,</c>

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and<00:13:09.200><c> cometh</c><00:13:09.360><c> thou</c><00:13:09.519><c> to</c><00:13:09.700><c> me.</c>

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How<00:13:10.460><c> well</c><00:13:10.799><c> do</c><00:13:11.039><c> you</c><00:13:11.279><c> think</c><00:13:11.580><c> John</c><00:13:11.960><c> knew</c><00:13:12.320><c> Jesus</c><00:13:13.120><c> before</c><00:13:14.159><c> they</c><00:13:14.399><c> met</c>

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on<00:13:14.740><c> the</c><00:13:14.860><c> bank</c><00:13:15.000><c> of</c><00:13:15.159><c> the</c><00:13:15.299><c> Jordan?</c>

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There<00:13:17.659><c> is</c><00:13:17.940><c> no</c><00:13:18.179><c> record</c><00:13:18.559><c> that</c><00:13:18.720><c> they</c><00:13:18.860><c> had</c><00:13:19.039><c> anything</c><00:13:19.360><c> to</c><00:13:19.559><c> do</c><00:13:19.639><c> with</c>

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each<00:13:20.039><c> other.</c>

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There<00:13:21.419><c> is</c><00:13:21.620><c> no</c><00:13:21.779><c> record</c><00:13:22.320><c> except</c><00:13:22.879><c> that</c><00:13:23.080><c> John</c><00:13:23.259><c> recognized</c><00:13:23.820><c> him</c>

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and<00:13:24.059><c> it</c><00:13:24.240><c> doesn't</c><00:13:24.440><c> occur</c><00:13:24.679><c> in</c><00:13:24.840><c> Matthew's</c><00:13:25.259><c> Gospel</c><00:13:25.580><c> when</c><00:13:26.080><c> he</c><00:13:26.340><c> said,</c>

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Behold<00:13:27.019><c> the</c><00:13:27.179><c> Lamb</c><00:13:27.360><c> of</c><00:13:27.559><c> God</c><00:13:27.679><c> that</c><00:13:27.960><c> taketh</c><00:13:28.139><c> away</c><00:13:28.360><c> the</c><00:13:28.580><c> sin</c><00:13:28.679><c> of</c>

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the<00:13:29.039><c> world.</c>

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Now<00:13:29.860><c> that's</c><00:13:30.159><c> a</c><00:13:30.340><c> very</c><00:13:30.720><c> strange</c><00:13:31.019><c> expression.</c>

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The<00:13:33.799><c> Lamb</c><00:13:33.940><c> of</c><00:13:34.139><c> God</c><00:13:34.240><c> that</c><00:13:34.480><c> taketh</c><00:13:34.679><c> away</c><00:13:34.860><c> the</c><00:13:35.000><c> sin</c><00:13:35.139><c> of</c><00:13:35.259><c> the</c><00:13:35.379><c> world.</c>

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You<00:13:36.259><c> know</c><00:13:37.240><c> what</c><00:13:37.399><c> John</c><00:13:37.600><c> is</c><00:13:37.779><c> saying,</c><00:13:38.620><c> hey?</c>

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He's<00:13:41.639><c> saying</c><00:13:41.879><c> here</c><00:13:42.159><c> is</c><00:13:42.480><c> someone</c><00:13:43.080><c> fulfilling</c><00:13:43.860><c> what</c><00:13:44.200><c> the</c><00:13:44.419><c> law</c>

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could<00:13:44.940><c> not</c><00:13:45.220><c> fulfill.</c>

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And<00:13:46.779><c> you</c><00:13:46.899><c> can</c><00:13:47.100><c> read</c><00:13:47.220><c> the</c><00:13:47.399><c> law</c><00:13:47.519><c> from</c><00:13:47.779><c> beginning</c><00:13:48.000><c> to</c><00:13:48.240><c> end.</c>

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You<00:13:48.460><c> will</c><00:13:48.740><c> never</c><00:13:49.039><c> ever</c><00:13:49.340><c> find</c><00:13:49.759><c> that</c><00:13:50.120><c> there</c><00:13:50.240><c> was</c><00:13:50.460><c> a</c><00:13:50.679><c> male</c><00:13:51.000><c> lamb</c><00:13:51.299><c> offered</c><00:13:51.740><c> as</c><00:13:52.100><c> a</c>

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sin<00:13:52.500><c> offering.</c>

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Plenty<00:13:53.279><c> of</c><00:13:53.519><c> male</c><00:13:53.659><c> lambs</c><00:13:53.879><c> offered.</c>

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But<00:13:55.240><c> not</c><00:13:55.419><c> as</c><00:13:55.620><c> a</c><00:13:55.700><c> sin</c><00:13:55.860><c> offering.</c>

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There<00:13:57.980><c> was</c><00:13:58.259><c> no</c><00:13:58.659><c> male</c><00:13:59.059><c> lamb</c><00:13:59.320><c> under</c><00:13:59.720><c> the</c><00:13:59.919><c> law</c><00:14:00.120><c> which</c><00:14:00.340><c> was</c><00:14:00.580><c> offered</c><00:14:00.799><c> for</c><00:14:01.019><c> a</c>

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sin<00:14:01.419><c> offering.</c>

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Which<00:14:02.320><c> is</c><00:14:02.500><c> why</c><00:14:02.700><c> John</c><00:14:02.919><c> said,</c><00:14:03.340><c> here</c><00:14:03.399><c> he</c><00:14:03.639><c> is.</c>

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The<00:14:04.500><c> Lamb</c><00:14:04.700><c> of</c><00:14:04.879><c> God</c><00:14:05.059><c> that</c><00:14:05.379><c> taketh</c><00:14:05.600><c> away</c><00:14:05.860><c> the</c><00:14:06.100><c> sin</c><00:14:06.179><c> of</c><00:14:06.320><c> the</c><00:14:06.519><c> world.</c>

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Here<00:14:07.220><c> is</c><00:14:07.419><c> the</c><00:14:07.620><c> one</c><00:14:07.779><c> who</c><00:14:07.940><c> will</c><00:14:08.220><c> fulfill</c><00:14:08.620><c> what</c><00:14:08.840><c> the</c><00:14:09.039><c> law</c><00:14:09.200><c> could</c>

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not<00:14:09.720><c> achieve.</c>

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Jesus,<00:14:12.299><c> the</c><00:14:12.460><c> Son</c><00:14:12.639><c> of</c><00:14:12.840><c> God.</c>

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And<00:14:16.200><c> there</c><00:14:16.320><c> was</c><00:14:16.419><c> no</c><00:14:16.620><c> confession.</c>

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Can<00:14:19.620><c> you</c><00:14:19.740><c> not</c><00:14:19.940><c> see</c><00:14:20.220><c> John</c><00:14:20.539><c> with</c><00:14:20.759><c> his</c><00:14:20.960><c> arm</c><00:14:21.100><c> around</c><00:14:21.340><c> the</c><00:14:21.460><c> Lord</c>

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Jesus<00:14:22.039><c> Christ</c>

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and<00:14:23.779><c> saying,</c><00:14:24.480><c> I</c><00:14:24.500><c> will</c><00:14:24.740><c> baptize</c><00:14:25.279><c> you.</c>

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What<00:14:28.399><c> precisely</c><00:14:28.940><c> are</c><00:14:29.220><c> you</c><00:14:29.440><c> confessing?</c>

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Jesus<00:14:33.080><c> would</c><00:14:33.299><c> be</c><00:14:33.519><c> compelled</c><00:14:33.899><c> to</c><00:14:34.179><c> say,</c><00:14:35.779><c> I</c><00:14:35.779><c> have</c><00:14:36.019><c> committed</c><00:14:36.340><c> no</c><00:14:36.639><c> sin.</c>

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And<00:14:41.820><c> John</c><00:14:42.039><c> knew</c><00:14:42.299><c> it</c><00:14:42.539><c> to</c><00:14:42.659><c> be</c><00:14:42.860><c> true.</c>

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And<00:14:43.960><c> he</c><00:14:44.059><c> said,</c><00:14:44.279><c> I</c><00:14:44.419><c> have</c><00:14:44.620><c> need</c><00:14:44.759><c> to</c><00:14:44.960><c> be</c><00:14:45.139><c> baptized</c><00:14:45.559><c> of</c><00:14:45.840><c> thee</c><00:14:46.200><c> and</c>

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comest<00:14:46.879><c> thou</c><00:14:47.059><c> to</c><00:14:47.240><c> me.</c>

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And<00:14:49.580><c> then,</c><00:14:51.399><c> do</c><00:14:51.580><c> you</c><00:14:51.759><c> like</c><00:14:51.940><c> to</c><00:14:53.419><c> read</c><00:14:53.679><c> between</c><00:14:54.399><c> the</c><00:14:54.740><c> lines</c><00:14:55.019><c> in</c><00:14:55.600><c> the</c><00:14:55.720><c> word</c><00:14:55.879><c> of</c><00:14:56.120><c> God?</c>

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It<00:14:56.399><c> doesn't</c><00:14:56.659><c> do</c><00:14:56.779><c> you</c><00:14:56.879><c> any</c><00:14:57.039><c> harm,</c><00:14:57.340><c> you</c><00:14:57.480><c> know.</c>

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Don't<00:14:58.500><c> be</c><00:14:58.740><c> foolish</c><00:14:59.100><c> about</c><00:14:59.440><c> it.</c>

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But<00:15:00.580><c> read,</c><00:15:00.799><c> sometimes</c><00:15:01.179><c> read</c><00:15:01.519><c> between</c><00:15:01.919><c> the</c><00:15:02.120><c> lines.</c>

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You<00:15:02.620><c> will</c><00:15:02.700><c> be</c><00:15:02.960><c> amazed</c><00:15:03.419><c> what</c><00:15:03.600><c> you</c><00:15:03.840><c> find</c><00:15:04.080><c> there.</c>

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Can<00:15:05.720><c> you</c><00:15:05.879><c> not</c><00:15:06.059><c> just</c><00:15:06.340><c> now</c><00:15:06.580><c> imagine</c><00:15:07.259><c> the</c><00:15:07.919><c> Lord</c><00:15:08.159><c> Jesus</c><00:15:08.519><c> Christ</c><00:15:08.820><c> having</c><00:15:09.120><c> confessed</c><00:15:09.539><c> no</c><00:15:09.879><c> sin</c>

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and<00:15:10.879><c> John</c><00:15:11.139><c> recognizing</c><00:15:11.740><c> that</c><00:15:11.980><c> he</c><00:15:12.059><c> was</c><00:15:12.379><c> sinless.</c>

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They<00:15:13.919><c> walk</c><00:15:14.159><c> out</c><00:15:14.399><c> into</c><00:15:14.580><c> the</c><00:15:14.740><c> water</c><00:15:14.940><c> together</c><00:15:15.720><c> and</c><00:15:17.659><c> baptize</c>

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each<00:15:18.419><c> other.</c>

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John's<00:15:21.080><c> words,</c><00:15:21.299><c> you</c><00:15:21.559><c> see,</c><00:15:21.899><c> I</c><00:15:22.080><c> have</c><00:15:22.320><c> need</c><00:15:22.519><c> to</c><00:15:22.740><c> be</c><00:15:22.879><c> baptized</c><00:15:23.299><c> of</c><00:15:23.639><c> thee.</c>

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Give<00:15:24.279><c> me</c><00:15:24.580><c> the</c><00:15:24.799><c> impression</c><00:15:25.139><c> that</c><00:15:25.320><c> he</c><00:15:25.419><c> hasn't</c><00:15:25.659><c> yet</c><00:15:25.860><c> been</c>

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baptized<00:15:26.440><c> himself.</c>

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Then<00:15:31.440><c> he</c><00:15:31.759><c> suffered</c><00:15:32.059><c> him.</c>

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And<00:15:33.840><c> maybe</c><00:15:34.059><c> after</c><00:15:34.419><c> that</c><00:15:34.659><c> the</c><00:15:34.759><c> Lord</c><00:15:35.080><c> Jesus</c><00:15:35.480><c> Christ</c><00:15:37.139><c> baptized</c><00:15:37.980><c> John.</c>

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John's<00:15:44.039><c> baptism</c><00:15:44.460><c> had</c><00:15:44.779><c> nothing</c><00:15:45.080><c> to</c><00:15:45.340><c> do</c><00:15:45.419><c> with</c><00:15:45.639><c> the</c><00:15:45.840><c> law.</c>

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In<00:15:47.379><c> fact,</c><00:15:47.600><c> as</c><00:15:47.720><c> we</c><00:15:47.940><c> say,</c><00:15:48.200><c> John</c><00:15:48.759><c> pointed</c><00:15:49.360><c> out</c><00:15:49.659><c> the</c><00:15:49.779><c> inadequacies</c>

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Behold<00:15:51.940><c> the</c><00:15:52.080><c> Lamb</c><00:15:52.299><c> of</c><00:15:52.580><c> God.</c>

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Why<00:15:54.139><c> then</c><00:15:54.460><c> was</c><00:15:54.759><c> Jesus</c><00:15:55.299><c> baptized?</c>

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You<00:15:58.220><c> were</c><00:15:58.480><c> baptized</c><00:15:58.940><c> for</c><00:15:59.159><c> the</c><00:15:59.379><c> sins</c><00:15:59.559><c> you</c><00:15:59.779><c> have</c><00:16:00.000><c> committed,</c><00:16:00.519><c> so</c>

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was<00:16:00.960><c> I.</c>

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And<00:16:02.820><c> in</c><00:16:02.980><c> the</c><00:16:03.080><c> Lord</c><00:16:03.259><c> Jesus</c><00:16:03.700><c> Christ</c><00:16:04.120><c> we</c><00:16:04.700><c> put</c><00:16:04.899><c> them</c><00:16:05.120><c> to</c><00:16:05.320><c> death.</c>

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Why<00:16:07.159><c> then</c><00:16:07.379><c> was</c><00:16:07.559><c> the</c><00:16:07.679><c> Lord</c><00:16:07.879><c> Jesus</c><00:16:08.340><c> Christ</c><00:16:08.620><c> baptized?</c>

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And<00:16:09.480><c> I</c><00:16:09.580><c> think,</c><00:16:09.899><c> brethren</c><00:16:10.139><c> and</c><00:16:10.320><c> sisters,</c><00:16:10.620><c> the</c><00:16:10.759><c> answer</c><00:16:11.159><c> is</c><00:16:11.559><c> in</c>

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Suffer<00:16:13.960><c> it</c><00:16:14.100><c> to</c><00:16:14.259><c> be</c><00:16:14.460><c> so</c><00:16:14.600><c> now,</c><00:16:15.379><c> for</c><00:16:15.539><c> thus</c><00:16:15.759><c> it</c><00:16:16.179><c> becometh</c><00:16:16.899><c> us.</c>

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Not<00:16:19.139><c> you</c><00:16:19.440><c> and</c><00:16:19.559><c> me,</c><00:16:19.940><c> John.</c>

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Thus<00:16:21.759><c> it</c><00:16:22.059><c> becometh</c><00:16:22.440><c> us,</c><00:16:23.419><c> all</c><00:16:23.879><c> the</c><00:16:24.059><c> people</c><00:16:24.340><c> who</c><00:16:24.539><c> are</c><00:16:24.620><c> on</c><00:16:24.759><c> the</c>

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bank<00:16:25.240><c> and</c><00:16:25.580><c> me.</c>

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Thus<00:16:27.000><c> it</c><00:16:27.220><c> becometh</c><00:16:27.700><c> us</c><00:16:28.379><c> to</c><00:16:28.799><c> fulfill</c><00:16:29.259><c> all</c><00:16:29.620><c> righteousness.</c>

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Jesus,<00:16:32.720><c> you</c><00:16:32.980><c> see,</c><00:16:33.759><c> identified</c><00:16:34.419><c> himself</c><00:16:35.000><c> with</c><00:16:35.480><c> those</c><00:16:35.799><c> who</c><00:16:36.059><c> submitted</c><00:16:36.419><c> to</c><00:16:36.679><c> baptism.</c>

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And<00:16:37.299><c> by</c><00:16:37.679><c> this</c><00:16:37.919><c> act</c><00:16:38.419><c> he</c><00:16:39.639><c> associated</c><00:16:40.440><c> himself</c><00:16:41.200><c> with</c><00:16:41.659><c> those</c><00:16:42.059><c> he</c>

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came<00:16:42.659><c> to</c><00:16:42.980><c> save.</c>

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By<00:16:45.220><c> it</c><00:16:45.440><c> he</c><00:16:45.700><c> proclaimed</c><00:16:46.360><c> the</c><00:16:46.840><c> oneness</c><00:16:47.179><c> of</c><00:16:47.399><c> his</c><00:16:47.620><c> nature.</c>

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He<00:16:49.340><c> said,</c><00:16:50.460><c> my</c><00:16:50.559><c> nature</c><00:16:51.159><c> is</c><00:16:51.759><c> in</c><00:16:52.039><c> need</c><00:16:52.179><c> of</c><00:16:52.480><c> salvation.</c>

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He<00:16:54.580><c> needed</c><00:16:54.960><c> baptism</c><00:16:55.580><c> inasmuch</c><00:16:58.179><c> as</c><00:16:58.320><c> he</c><00:16:58.360><c> was</c><00:16:58.539><c> a</c><00:16:58.679><c> member</c><00:16:59.039><c> of</c><00:16:59.379><c> the</c>

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fallen<00:16:59.840><c> human</c><00:17:00.259><c> race.</c>

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He<00:17:00.980><c> needed</c><00:17:01.419><c> redemption.</c>

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He<00:17:02.879><c> was</c><00:17:03.139><c> sinless,</c><00:17:03.860><c> but</c><00:17:04.039><c> he</c><00:17:04.140><c> was</c><00:17:04.400><c> temptable.</c><00:17:05.140><c> That's</c><00:17:05.339><c> the</c><00:17:05.460><c> point.</c>

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All<00:17:08.640><c> flesh</c><00:17:08.839><c> is</c><00:17:09.099><c> grass</c><00:17:09.640><c> applied</c><00:17:10.599><c> to</c><00:17:10.799><c> him</c><00:17:11.539><c> as</c><00:17:12.759><c> well</c><00:17:12.920><c> as</c><00:17:13.079><c> to</c><00:17:13.140><c> you</c>

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and<00:17:13.460><c> me.</c>

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By<00:17:17.180><c> his</c><00:17:17.380><c> act</c><00:17:17.599><c> of</c><00:17:17.799><c> baptism</c><00:17:18.380><c> Jesus</c><00:17:19.559><c> fulfilled</c><00:17:20.220><c> all</c><00:17:20.740><c> righteousness.</c>

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For<00:17:22.599><c> here</c><00:17:22.900><c> was</c><00:17:23.140><c> the</c><00:17:23.539><c> outward</c><00:17:23.980><c> symbol</c><00:17:24.660><c> of</c><00:17:25.400><c> his</c><00:17:25.720><c> death</c><00:17:26.240><c> and</c><00:17:26.839><c> of</c>

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his<00:17:27.319><c> resurrection.</c>

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And<00:17:29.000><c> he</c><00:17:29.180><c> submitted</c><00:17:29.599><c> to</c><00:17:29.859><c> it</c><00:17:30.519><c> for</c><00:17:31.259><c> righteousness'</c><00:17:32.339><c> sake.</c>

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Thus<00:17:33.579><c> it</c><00:17:33.920><c> becometh</c><00:17:34.359><c> us</c><00:17:35.200><c> to</c><00:17:35.559><c> fulfill</c><00:17:36.000><c> all</c><00:17:36.299><c> righteousness.</c>

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Because<00:17:37.660><c> I</c><00:17:37.900><c> belong</c><00:17:38.140><c> to</c><00:17:38.339><c> the</c><00:17:38.559><c> human</c><00:17:38.759><c> race</c><00:17:39.059><c> just</c><00:17:39.400><c> as</c><00:17:39.640><c> surely</c><00:17:39.839><c> as</c>

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you<00:17:40.299><c> do.</c>

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His<00:17:43.900><c> baptism,</c><00:17:45.299><c> right</c><00:17:45.700><c> at</c><00:17:45.880><c> the</c><00:17:46.059><c> beginning</c><00:17:46.500><c> of</c><00:17:46.720><c> his</c><00:17:46.920><c> preaching</c><00:17:47.299><c> work,</c>

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we<00:17:48.700><c> find</c><00:17:48.940><c> that</c><00:17:49.180><c> his</c><00:17:49.400><c> baptism</c><00:17:50.180><c> summed</c><00:17:50.799><c> up</c><00:17:51.220><c> all</c><00:17:51.740><c> his</c><00:17:52.160><c> redeeming</c><00:17:52.839><c> work</c>

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for<00:17:54.599><c> himself</c><00:17:55.299><c> as</c><00:17:56.359><c> well</c><00:17:56.559><c> as</c><00:17:56.720><c> for</c><00:17:56.900><c> those</c><00:17:57.140><c> who</c><00:17:57.400><c> love</c><00:17:57.519><c> him.</c>

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And<00:17:59.079><c> the</c><00:17:59.240><c> dove</c><00:17:59.400><c> descended,</c><00:18:00.019><c> I</c><00:18:00.160><c> believe</c><00:18:00.400><c> it</c><00:18:00.519><c> was</c><00:18:00.700><c> a</c><00:18:00.740><c> real</c><00:18:01.039><c> dove,</c>

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descended<00:18:03.440><c> and</c><00:18:04.140><c> lighted</c><00:18:04.440><c> on</c><00:18:04.619><c> his</c><00:18:04.880><c> shoulder.</c>

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Verse<00:18:06.759><c> 17</c><00:18:07.220><c> of</c><00:18:07.400><c> chapter</c><00:18:07.619><c> 3,</c>

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And<00:18:08.539><c> lower</c><00:18:08.740><c> voice</c><00:18:09.000><c> from</c><00:18:09.200><c> heaven</c><00:18:09.460><c> said,</c>

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This<00:18:10.440><c> is</c><00:18:10.680><c> my</c><00:18:10.960><c> beloved</c><00:18:11.500><c> son</c><00:18:12.180><c> in</c><00:18:13.579><c> whom</c><00:18:13.799><c> I</c><00:18:13.980><c> am</c><00:18:14.099><c> well</c><00:18:14.420><c> pleased.</c>

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And<00:18:15.839><c> immediately</c><00:18:16.380><c> after</c><00:18:16.859><c> his</c><00:18:17.359><c> baptism</c><00:18:17.940><c> the</c><00:18:18.660><c> Lord</c><00:18:18.940><c> Jesus</c><00:18:19.359><c> Christ</c><00:18:19.680><c> was</c><00:18:19.960><c> tempted,</c>

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driven<00:18:22.400><c> by</c><00:18:22.680><c> the</c><00:18:22.880><c> Spirit,</c><00:18:23.319><c> no</c><00:18:23.480><c> less,</c><00:18:23.700><c> into</c><00:18:23.859><c> the</c><00:18:24.039><c> wilderness</c><00:18:24.400><c> to</c>

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be<00:18:24.799><c> tempted.</c>

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Let<00:18:28.059><c> me</c><00:18:28.539><c> put</c><00:18:28.700><c> it</c><00:18:28.799><c> this</c><00:18:29.000><c> way.</c>

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Do<00:18:29.900><c> you</c><00:18:30.140><c> think</c><00:18:30.359><c> the</c><00:18:30.519><c> Lord</c><00:18:30.740><c> Jesus</c><00:18:31.180><c> Christ</c><00:18:31.500><c> was</c><00:18:31.700><c> not</c><00:18:31.960><c> tempted</c>

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before<00:18:32.660><c> his</c><00:18:32.859><c> baptism?</c>

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Do<00:18:36.259><c> you</c><00:18:36.259><c> think</c><00:18:36.359><c> he</c><00:18:36.480><c> had</c><00:18:36.660><c> no</c><00:18:36.900><c> temptation</c><00:18:37.579><c> before</c><00:18:38.599><c> his</c><00:18:38.839><c> immersion</c><00:18:39.200><c> by</c><00:18:39.440><c> John</c>

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in<00:18:39.859><c> the</c><00:18:40.019><c> Jordan?</c>

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Of<00:18:43.779><c> course</c><00:18:44.119><c> he</c><00:18:44.400><c> did.</c><00:18:45.980><c> It's</c><00:18:46.299><c> just</c><00:18:46.460><c> that</c><00:18:46.619><c> it's</c><00:18:46.839><c> not</c><00:18:47.039><c> recorded.</c>

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But<00:18:50.160><c> here</c><00:18:50.380><c> is</c><00:18:50.539><c> a</c><00:18:50.700><c> principle,</c><00:18:51.319><c> brethren</c><00:18:51.420><c> and</c><00:18:51.700><c> sisters.</c>

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You<00:18:52.660><c> cannot</c><00:18:53.039><c> live</c><00:18:53.279><c> a</c><00:18:53.460><c> life</c><00:18:53.900><c> fast</c><00:18:54.279><c> and</c><00:18:54.539><c> loose.</c>

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Submit<00:18:56.779><c> to</c><00:18:56.980><c> baptism</c><00:18:57.400><c> and</c><00:18:57.740><c> expect</c><00:18:58.099><c> a</c><00:18:58.220><c> miraculous</c><00:18:58.680><c> change</c><00:18:59.160><c> to</c>

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come<00:18:59.480><c> over</c><00:18:59.700><c> you.</c>

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It<00:19:00.119><c> doesn't</c><00:19:00.359><c> work</c><00:19:00.700><c> like</c><00:19:01.019><c> that.</c>

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And<00:19:01.579><c> we</c><00:19:01.700><c> should</c><00:19:01.819><c> be</c><00:19:02.039><c> telling</c><00:19:02.200><c> our</c><00:19:02.420><c> young</c><00:19:02.740><c> people</c><00:19:03.119><c> this.</c>

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The<00:19:05.960><c> process</c><00:19:06.359><c> of</c><00:19:06.660><c> baptism</c><00:19:07.240><c> begins</c><00:19:07.900><c> a</c><00:19:08.160><c> good</c><00:19:08.380><c> deal</c><00:19:08.599><c> before</c><00:19:08.920><c> the</c>

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day<00:19:09.299><c> of</c><00:19:09.440><c> one's</c><00:19:09.779><c> immersion.</c>

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The<00:19:12.559><c> Lord</c><00:19:12.819><c> Jesus</c><00:19:13.299><c> Christ</c><00:19:13.640><c> knew</c><00:19:13.900><c> temptation</c><00:19:14.539><c> in</c><00:19:15.099><c> his</c><00:19:15.799><c> father's</c>

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shop<00:19:16.920><c> and</c><00:19:17.720><c> in</c><00:19:17.920><c> the</c><00:19:18.039><c> workplace.</c>

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Do<00:19:19.880><c> you</c><00:19:19.880><c> think</c><00:19:20.000><c> he</c><00:19:20.160><c> wasn't</c><00:19:20.720><c> sorely</c><00:19:21.420><c> tempted?</c>

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Do<00:19:23.740><c> you</c><00:19:24.779><c> think</c><00:19:24.980><c> everybody</c><00:19:25.420><c> came</c><00:19:25.779><c> and</c><00:19:26.099><c> paid</c><00:19:26.259><c> their</c><00:19:26.559><c> bill</c><00:19:26.779><c> on</c><00:19:27.160><c> time?</c>

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Do<00:19:30.380><c> you</c><00:19:30.400><c> think</c><00:19:30.539><c> there</c><00:19:30.740><c> weren't</c><00:19:31.599><c> cheeks</c><00:19:31.960><c> around</c><00:19:32.400><c> then</c><00:19:32.579><c> as</c><00:19:32.720><c> there</c><00:19:32.920><c> are</c><00:19:33.140><c> now</c>

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who<00:19:34.299><c> wriggle</c><00:19:34.599><c> out</c><00:19:34.859><c> of</c><00:19:35.099><c> pain</c><00:19:35.339><c> what</c><00:19:35.539><c> they</c><00:19:37.240><c> legally</c><00:19:37.680><c> owe?</c>

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Oh,<00:19:41.279><c> he</c><00:19:41.279><c> was</c><00:19:41.839><c> tempted.</c>

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But<00:19:44.259><c> it's</c><00:19:44.480><c> how</c><00:19:44.740><c> he</c><00:19:45.039><c> handled</c><00:19:45.460><c> the</c><00:19:45.700><c> temptation</c><00:19:46.359><c> before</c><00:19:47.039><c> his</c><00:19:47.339><c> baptism</c>

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which<00:19:48.980><c> speaks</c><00:19:49.400><c> to</c><00:19:49.559><c> us</c><00:19:49.859><c> volumes</c><00:19:50.319><c> about</c><00:19:50.779><c> how</c><00:19:51.160><c> he</c><00:19:51.380><c> handled</c><00:19:51.759><c> the</c>

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tempter<00:19:52.359><c> after</c><00:19:52.880><c> his</c><00:19:53.140><c> baptism.</c>

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And<00:19:54.900><c> this</c><00:19:55.099><c> is</c><00:19:55.279><c> how</c><00:19:55.400><c> it</c><00:19:55.619><c> works.</c>

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There<00:19:57.619><c> is</c><00:19:57.839><c> not</c><00:19:58.059><c> one</c><00:19:58.380><c> line</c><00:19:58.680><c> you</c><00:19:58.859><c> can</c><00:19:59.140><c> play</c><00:19:59.339><c> fast</c><00:19:59.720><c> and</c><00:19:59.920><c> loose</c><00:20:00.039><c> up</c>

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to<00:20:00.440><c> here</c>

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and<00:20:01.400><c> after</c><00:20:01.700><c> that</c><00:20:02.819><c> behave</c><00:20:03.480><c> in</c><00:20:03.720><c> a</c><00:20:03.779><c> Christian</c><00:20:04.099><c> way.</c>

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And<00:20:08.920><c> so</c><00:20:09.140><c> he</c><00:20:09.279><c> was</c><00:20:09.420><c> led</c><00:20:09.559><c> of</c><00:20:09.700><c> the</c><00:20:09.940><c> Spirit</c><00:20:10.160><c> into</c><00:20:10.400><c> the</c><00:20:10.579><c> wilderness</c>

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and<00:20:11.099><c> there</c><00:20:11.259><c> he</c><00:20:11.380><c> was</c><00:20:11.579><c> tempted.</c>

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There<00:20:14.339><c> are</c><00:20:14.500><c> those,</c><00:20:14.720><c> of</c><00:20:14.880><c> course,</c><00:20:15.079><c> who</c><00:20:15.220><c> say</c><00:20:15.339><c> it</c><00:20:15.460><c> was</c><00:20:15.579><c> literally</c><00:20:16.000><c> Satan,</c>

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it<00:20:16.400><c> was</c><00:20:16.579><c> literally</c><00:20:16.900><c> the</c><00:20:17.099><c> devil</c><00:20:17.480><c> who</c><00:20:19.079><c> approached</c><00:20:20.319><c> him.</c>

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People<00:20:21.779><c> outside</c><00:20:22.200><c> this</c><00:20:22.420><c> house</c><00:20:22.759><c> and</c><00:20:23.380><c> who</c><00:20:23.519><c> worship</c><00:20:23.799><c> in</c><00:20:24.059><c> churches</c>

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down<00:20:24.579><c> the</c><00:20:24.720><c> road</c>

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will<00:20:25.140><c> tell</c><00:20:25.400><c> you</c><00:20:25.539><c> that</c><00:20:25.759><c> and</c><00:20:25.960><c> they</c><00:20:26.160><c> believe</c><00:20:26.339><c> it.</c>

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Well,<00:20:29.119><c> I</c><00:20:29.200><c> mean,</c><00:20:29.480><c> it</c><00:20:30.059><c> is</c><00:20:30.359><c> so</c><00:20:30.660><c> ridiculous</c><00:20:31.380><c> to</c><00:20:32.200><c> believe</c><00:20:32.519><c> that</c><00:20:32.720><c> this</c><00:20:32.880><c> was</c>

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a<00:20:33.220><c> real</c><00:20:33.599><c> demon,</c>

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a<00:20:34.140><c> real</c><00:20:34.420><c> Satan,</c><00:20:35.319><c> you</c><00:20:35.319><c> know,</c><00:20:35.599><c> a</c><00:20:35.640><c> chap</c><00:20:35.740><c> with</c><00:20:36.220><c> horns</c><00:20:36.480><c> on</c><00:20:36.640><c> and</c><00:20:36.740><c> perhaps</c><00:20:36.920><c> with</c>

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a<00:20:37.200><c> red</c><00:20:37.400><c> cloak</c><00:20:37.660><c> on</c>

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however<00:20:38.059><c> they</c><00:20:38.339><c> had</c><00:20:38.599><c> depicted.</c>

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It<00:20:40.339><c> just</c><00:20:40.839><c> beggars</c><00:20:41.180><c> belief.</c>

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You<00:20:42.319><c> can</c><00:20:42.579><c> blow</c><00:20:42.740><c> a</c><00:20:42.900><c> hole</c><00:20:43.019><c> in</c><00:20:43.200><c> that</c><00:20:43.359><c> with</c><00:20:44.000><c> any</c><00:20:44.259><c> of</c><00:20:44.420><c> the</c><00:20:44.599><c> words</c>

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which<00:20:46.119><c> follow.</c>

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No,<00:20:49.740><c> the</c><00:20:50.059><c> strength</c><00:20:50.440><c> of</c><00:20:50.740><c> temptation</c><00:20:51.480><c> lies</c><00:20:52.400><c> in</c><00:20:52.660><c> its</c><00:20:52.940><c> subtlety.</c>

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You<00:20:55.640><c> see,</c><00:20:56.700><c> I</c><00:20:57.079><c> won't</c><00:20:57.299><c> say</c><00:20:57.500><c> you,</c><00:20:57.819><c> I'll</c><00:20:58.119><c> talk</c><00:20:58.259><c> about</c><00:20:58.480><c> me.</c>

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If<00:20:59.119><c> temptation</c><00:20:59.660><c> comes</c><00:21:00.019><c> up</c><00:21:00.259><c> to</c><00:21:00.420><c> me</c><00:21:00.799><c> with</c><00:21:01.119><c> a</c><00:21:01.259><c> notice</c><00:21:01.579><c> round</c><00:21:01.900><c> its</c>

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neck<00:21:03.359><c> and</c><00:21:03.619><c> on</c><00:21:03.799><c> its</c><00:21:04.079><c> chest</c>

00:21:04.380 --> 00:21:10.799
and<00:21:04.839><c> says,</c><00:21:05.940><c> I</c><00:21:06.019><c> am</c><00:21:06.460><c> sin,</c><00:21:07.579><c> I</c><00:21:07.680><c> am</c><00:21:07.960><c> temptation,</c><00:21:08.940><c> and</c><00:21:09.319><c> if</c><00:21:09.519><c> you</c><00:21:09.779><c> meddle</c><00:21:10.079><c> with</c><00:21:10.380><c> me</c>

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I<00:21:11.039><c> will</c><00:21:11.380><c> severely</c><00:21:11.859><c> damage</c><00:21:12.420><c> your</c><00:21:12.799><c> hopes</c><00:21:13.039><c> of</c><00:21:13.339><c> eternal</c><00:21:13.619><c> life.</c>

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Hey,<00:21:16.180><c> that</c><00:21:16.759><c> would</c><00:21:16.960><c> be</c><00:21:17.180><c> a</c><00:21:17.319><c> wonderful</c><00:21:17.700><c> thing.</c>

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I<00:21:19.279><c> wish</c><00:21:19.400><c> it</c><00:21:19.579><c> happened</c><00:21:19.880><c> like</c><00:21:20.220><c> that.</c>

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Probably<00:21:20.819><c> it</c><00:21:21.099><c> doesn't.</c>

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Oh,<00:21:23.539><c> sin</c><00:21:23.660><c> is</c><00:21:24.059><c> far</c><00:21:24.359><c> too</c><00:21:24.640><c> subtle</c><00:21:24.859><c> for</c><00:21:25.140><c> that.</c>

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It<00:21:27.140><c> gets</c><00:21:27.539><c> me</c><00:21:27.799><c> just</c><00:21:29.380><c> when</c><00:21:30.680><c> I</c><00:21:31.380><c> think</c><00:21:31.640><c> I'm</c><00:21:31.819><c> safe.</c>

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And<00:21:33.980><c> it</c><00:21:34.079><c> never</c><00:21:34.319><c> attacks</c><00:21:34.680><c> me</c><00:21:34.920><c> in</c><00:21:35.000><c> my</c><00:21:35.240><c> strong</c><00:21:35.460><c> points.</c>

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Oh,<00:21:36.299><c> it's</c><00:21:36.539><c> very</c><00:21:37.000><c> clever,</c><00:21:37.240><c> very</c><00:21:37.539><c> subtle</c><00:21:37.859><c> is</c><00:21:38.119><c> sin.</c>

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Let<00:21:39.319><c> me</c><00:21:39.420><c> just</c><00:21:39.599><c> give</c><00:21:39.700><c> you</c><00:21:39.859><c> a</c><00:21:40.440><c> silly</c><00:21:40.779><c> example,</c><00:21:41.259><c> if</c><00:21:41.440><c> I</c><00:21:41.599><c> may.</c>

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I've<00:21:42.900><c> never</c><00:21:43.140><c> smoked</c><00:21:43.440><c> a</c><00:21:43.599><c> cigarette</c><00:21:43.779><c> in</c><00:21:43.960><c> my</c><00:21:44.079><c> whole</c><00:21:44.259><c> life.</c>

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I<00:21:45.019><c> don't</c><00:21:45.160><c> tell</c><00:21:45.319><c> you</c><00:21:45.400><c> that</c><00:21:45.539><c> because</c><00:21:45.680><c> I'm</c><00:21:45.859><c> a</c><00:21:45.960><c> clever</c><00:21:46.099><c> chap.</c>

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It's<00:21:46.759><c> just</c><00:21:46.980><c> the</c><00:21:47.099><c> way</c><00:21:47.220><c> things</c><00:21:47.460><c> happen.</c>

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So<00:21:49.240><c> that</c><00:21:49.339><c> if</c><00:21:49.460><c> somebody</c><00:21:49.720><c> says</c><00:21:49.960><c> to</c><00:21:50.140><c> me,</c><00:21:50.380><c> oh,</c><00:21:50.559><c> hello</c><00:21:50.759><c> Peter,</c><00:21:51.259><c> good</c>

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to<00:21:51.619><c> see</c><00:21:51.720><c> you.</c>

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Would<00:21:52.220><c> you</c><00:21:52.359><c> like</c><00:21:52.680><c> a</c><00:21:53.980><c> cigarette?</c>

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Absolutely<00:21:56.700><c> no</c><00:21:57.200><c> temptation.</c>

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It<00:22:00.319><c> doesn't</c><00:22:00.579><c> happen</c><00:22:00.920><c> like</c><00:22:01.299><c> that.</c>

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I<00:22:02.259><c> cannot</c><00:22:02.539><c> even</c><00:22:02.819><c> remember</c><00:22:03.140><c> being</c><00:22:03.380><c> offered</c><00:22:03.700><c> one.</c>

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It<00:22:05.859><c> doesn't</c><00:22:06.160><c> happen</c><00:22:06.460><c> like</c><00:22:06.740><c> that.</c>

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Oh,<00:22:09.319><c> brethren</c><00:22:09.359><c> and</c><00:22:09.619><c> sisters,</c><00:22:09.940><c> I</c><00:22:10.119><c> tell</c><00:22:10.279><c> you</c><00:22:10.460><c> what.</c>

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It<00:22:11.599><c> always</c><00:22:12.059><c> sorts</c><00:22:12.559><c> out</c><00:22:12.859><c> the</c><00:22:13.019><c> weakest</c><00:22:13.339><c> link</c><00:22:13.579><c> in</c><00:22:13.799><c> the</c><00:22:13.980><c> chain.</c>

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It<00:22:14.519><c> doesn't</c><00:22:14.640><c> waste</c><00:22:15.000><c> its</c><00:22:15.279><c> efforts</c><00:22:15.480><c> on</c><00:22:15.680><c> the</c><00:22:15.900><c> strongest</c><00:22:16.240><c> ones.</c>

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But<00:22:17.140><c> it</c><00:22:17.299><c> can</c><00:22:17.779><c> find</c><00:22:18.079><c> out</c><00:22:18.299><c> very</c><00:22:18.579><c> cleverly</c><00:22:18.920><c> the</c><00:22:19.039><c> weakest</c><00:22:19.359><c> ones</c>

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and<00:22:19.799><c> try</c><00:22:20.059><c> that.</c>

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That's<00:22:22.720><c> the</c><00:22:22.880><c> subtlety</c><00:22:23.200><c> of</c><00:22:23.380><c> temptation.</c>

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Every<00:22:24.519><c> man</c><00:22:24.700><c> is</c><00:22:24.960><c> tempted</c><00:22:25.339><c> when</c><00:22:25.700><c> he</c><00:22:25.900><c> is</c><00:22:26.099><c> drawn</c><00:22:26.339><c> away</c><00:22:26.640><c> of</c><00:22:26.759><c> his</c><00:22:27.039><c> own</c>

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lust<00:22:27.839><c> and</c><00:22:29.380><c> enticed.</c>

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And<00:22:31.059><c> as</c><00:22:31.180><c> you</c><00:22:31.259><c> know,</c><00:22:31.440><c> James</c><00:22:31.680><c> tells</c><00:22:31.920><c> us</c><00:22:32.119><c> that</c><00:22:32.259><c> it</c><00:22:32.380><c> leads</c><00:22:32.660><c> to</c><00:22:32.880><c> death.</c>

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The<00:22:35.220><c> fact</c><00:22:35.359><c> that</c><00:22:35.559><c> Matthew</c><00:22:36.000><c> and</c><00:22:36.420><c> Luke</c><00:22:36.880><c> record</c><00:22:37.779><c> the</c><00:22:38.039><c> temptations</c>

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in<00:22:38.940><c> different</c><00:22:39.380><c> orders</c><00:22:40.019><c> is</c><00:22:40.859><c> interesting.</c>

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And<00:22:41.759><c> it</c><00:22:41.920><c> actually</c><00:22:42.160><c> helps</c><00:22:42.480><c> us.</c>

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They<00:22:43.779><c> would</c><00:22:44.019><c> occur</c><00:22:44.339><c> with</c><00:22:44.539><c> these</c><00:22:44.759><c> temptations</c><00:22:45.480><c> again</c><00:22:45.880><c> and</c><00:22:46.099><c> again</c><00:22:46.279><c> over</c><00:22:46.539><c> a</c>

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period<00:22:46.900><c> of</c><00:22:47.160><c> 40</c><00:22:47.359><c> days,</c>

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as<00:22:48.099><c> the</c><00:22:48.240><c> Lord</c><00:22:48.420><c> Jesus</c><00:22:48.859><c> Christ</c><00:22:49.200><c> gradually</c><00:22:49.799><c> weakened.</c>

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And<00:22:52.259><c> if</c><00:22:52.460><c> you</c><00:22:52.619><c> think</c><00:22:52.839><c> about</c><00:22:53.119><c> this,</c><00:22:54.460><c> he</c><00:22:54.519><c> was</c><00:22:54.700><c> never</c><00:22:54.940><c> very</c><00:22:55.279><c> far</c><00:22:55.500><c> away</c><00:22:55.700><c> from</c><00:22:55.880><c> a</c><00:22:56.039><c> shop.</c>

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I<00:22:59.240><c> mean,</c><00:23:00.259><c> the</c><00:23:00.640><c> wilderness</c><00:23:01.000><c> in</c><00:23:01.240><c> which</c><00:23:01.380><c> he</c><00:23:01.480><c> was</c><00:23:01.680><c> tempted</c><00:23:01.880><c> is</c>

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fairly<00:23:02.480><c> big,</c>

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but<00:23:03.220><c> you</c><00:23:03.359><c> can</c><00:23:03.579><c> walk</c><00:23:03.839><c> across</c><00:23:04.099><c> it</c><00:23:04.279><c> in</c><00:23:04.420><c> a</c><00:23:04.539><c> couple</c><00:23:04.680><c> of</c><00:23:04.859><c> days.</c>

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Now,<00:23:10.240><c> these</c><00:23:10.720><c> temptations,</c><00:23:11.500><c> brethren</c><00:23:11.660><c> and</c><00:23:11.880><c> sisters,</c><00:23:12.619><c> would</c>

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occur<00:23:13.259><c> again</c><00:23:13.900><c> and</c><00:23:14.140><c> again,</c>

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increasing<00:23:16.220><c> in</c><00:23:16.460><c> their</c><00:23:16.819><c> intensity</c><00:23:17.519><c> as</c><00:23:18.000><c> the</c><00:23:18.180><c> 40</c><00:23:18.440><c> days</c><00:23:18.759><c> drew</c><00:23:18.980><c> to</c>

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an<00:23:19.319><c> end.</c>

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What<00:23:22.200><c> were</c><00:23:22.319><c> we</c><00:23:22.420><c> saying</c><00:23:22.539><c> to</c><00:23:22.720><c> the</c><00:23:22.839><c> young</c><00:23:22.980><c> people</c><00:23:23.200><c> last</c><00:23:23.500><c> night?</c>

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It's<00:23:25.420><c> Goliath</c><00:23:25.839><c> all</c><00:23:26.099><c> over</c><00:23:26.339><c> again.</c>

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Forty<00:23:28.960><c> days</c><00:23:29.259><c> he</c><00:23:29.480><c> challenged</c><00:23:29.859><c> them.</c>

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And<00:23:36.299><c> my</c><00:23:36.480><c> submission</c><00:23:36.859><c> to</c><00:23:37.039><c> you</c><00:23:37.140><c> this</c><00:23:37.339><c> morning</c><00:23:37.619><c> is</c><00:23:37.839><c> this,</c>

00:23:38.119 --> 00:23:41.799
that<00:23:38.299><c> the</c><00:23:38.380><c> Lord</c><00:23:38.559><c> Jesus</c><00:23:38.980><c> Christ</c><00:23:39.440><c> was</c><00:23:40.059><c> tempted</c><00:23:40.359><c> in</c><00:23:40.619><c> his</c><00:23:40.799><c> mind.</c>

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I'm<00:23:43.519><c> aware</c><00:23:43.880><c> that</c><00:23:44.279><c> there</c><00:23:44.359><c> are</c><00:23:44.539><c> those,</c><00:23:46.059><c> I</c><00:23:46.160><c> think</c><00:23:46.359><c> Brother</c><00:23:46.759><c> Thomas</c><00:23:47.180><c> is</c>

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among<00:23:47.779><c> them,</c>

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that<00:23:48.200><c> say,</c><00:23:48.579><c> no,</c><00:23:48.599><c> he</c><00:23:48.720><c> was</c><00:23:49.200><c> probably</c><00:23:49.640><c> tempted</c><00:23:49.900><c> by</c><00:23:50.119><c> an</c><00:23:50.319><c> angel</c>

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from<00:23:50.720><c> heaven,</c>

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who<00:23:51.339><c> was</c><00:23:51.519><c> sent</c><00:23:51.720><c> specifically</c><00:23:52.299><c> to</c><00:23:52.599><c> tempt</c><00:23:52.920><c> him.</c>

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Well,<00:23:54.579><c> that</c><00:23:54.720><c> might</c><00:23:54.960><c> very</c><00:23:55.200><c> well</c><00:23:55.299><c> be</c><00:23:55.519><c> the</c><00:23:55.660><c> case.</c>

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There<00:23:58.099><c> are</c><00:23:58.299><c> those</c><00:23:58.640><c> who</c><00:23:59.819><c> argue</c><00:24:00.759><c> and</c><00:24:01.000><c> debate</c><00:24:01.319><c> fiercely</c>

00:24:01.900 --> 00:24:05.799
that<00:24:02.079><c> the</c><00:24:02.180><c> Lord</c><00:24:02.380><c> Jesus</c><00:24:02.759><c> Christ</c><00:24:03.059><c> was</c><00:24:03.460><c> tempted</c><00:24:03.759><c> by</c><00:24:04.019><c> a</c><00:24:04.099><c> delegation</c><00:24:04.480><c> from</c><00:24:04.740><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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That<00:24:06.359><c> might</c><00:24:06.700><c> very</c><00:24:06.980><c> well</c><00:24:07.099><c> be</c><00:24:07.299><c> the</c><00:24:07.420><c> case.</c>

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And<00:24:08.319><c> if</c><00:24:08.400><c> that's</c><00:24:08.579><c> what</c><00:24:08.720><c> you</c><00:24:08.880><c> want</c><00:24:09.019><c> to</c><00:24:09.180><c> believe,</c><00:24:09.799><c> then</c><00:24:09.880><c> that's</c><00:24:10.680><c> okay.</c>

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But<00:24:11.319><c> I've</c><00:24:11.579><c> been</c><00:24:11.720><c> employed</c><00:24:12.079><c> to</c><00:24:12.279><c> stand</c><00:24:12.460><c> here</c><00:24:12.720><c> this</c><00:24:12.920><c> morning</c><00:24:13.099><c> and</c>

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tell<00:24:13.400><c> you</c><00:24:13.500><c> what</c><00:24:13.640><c> I</c><00:24:13.900><c> think.</c>

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So<00:24:16.160><c> I</c><00:24:16.579><c> say</c><00:24:16.920><c> it</c><00:24:17.059><c> and</c><00:24:17.119><c> you</c><00:24:17.279><c> listen.</c>

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And<00:24:19.420><c> I</c><00:24:20.299><c> think</c><00:24:20.519><c> that</c><00:24:20.720><c> the</c><00:24:20.799><c> Lord</c><00:24:20.980><c> Jesus</c><00:24:21.339><c> Christ</c><00:24:21.599><c> was</c><00:24:21.819><c> tempted</c><00:24:22.079><c> in</c>

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his<00:24:22.420><c> own</c><00:24:22.640><c> mind,</c>

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because<00:24:23.539><c> the</c><00:24:23.720><c> Word</c><00:24:23.859><c> of</c><00:24:23.960><c> God</c><00:24:24.119><c> tells</c><00:24:24.420><c> me</c><00:24:24.819><c> he</c><00:24:25.000><c> was</c><00:24:25.240><c> tempted</c><00:24:25.480><c> in</c><00:24:25.700><c> all</c><00:24:26.039><c> points</c><00:24:26.299><c> like</c><00:24:26.579><c> as</c>

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we<00:24:26.940><c> are.</c>

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I've<00:24:27.160><c> never</c><00:24:27.319><c> had</c><00:24:27.480><c> an</c><00:24:27.680><c> angel</c><00:24:27.859><c> come</c><00:24:28.079><c> knocking</c><00:24:28.299><c> on</c><00:24:28.519><c> my</c><00:24:28.740><c> door.</c>

00:24:30.900 --> 00:24:33.220
I've<00:24:31.079><c> never</c><00:24:31.279><c> had</c><00:24:31.440><c> a</c><00:24:31.619><c> delegation</c><00:24:32.059><c> from</c><00:24:32.319><c> anyone</c><00:24:32.579><c> in</c><00:24:32.799><c> authority</c>

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coming<00:24:33.700><c> to</c><00:24:33.940><c> tempt</c><00:24:34.099><c> me.</c>

00:24:34.140 --> 00:24:37.299
I<00:24:34.319><c> know</c><00:24:34.420><c> I</c><00:24:34.539><c> don't</c><00:24:34.660><c> have</c><00:24:34.819><c> the</c><00:24:35.019><c> power</c><00:24:35.259><c> of</c><00:24:35.440><c> Jesus,</c><00:24:36.480><c> but</c><00:24:36.619><c> the</c><00:24:36.799><c> principle</c><00:24:37.079><c> is</c>

00:24:37.299 --> 00:24:38.480
the<00:24:37.480><c> same.</c>

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He<00:24:39.539><c> was</c><00:24:39.740><c> tempted</c><00:24:39.980><c> in</c><00:24:40.180><c> all</c><00:24:40.380><c> points</c><00:24:40.619><c> like</c><00:24:40.799><c> as</c><00:24:40.980><c> we</c><00:24:41.140><c> are.</c>

00:24:41.660 --> 00:24:43.059
And<00:24:41.759><c> the</c><00:24:41.900><c> temptation</c><00:24:42.279><c> was</c><00:24:42.480><c> in</c><00:24:42.599><c> his</c><00:24:42.759><c> mind.</c>

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And<00:24:43.519><c> that,</c><00:24:44.599><c> that</c><00:24:45.059><c> is</c><00:24:45.619><c> not</c><00:24:46.200><c> sin.</c>

00:24:49.279 --> 00:24:52.660
When<00:24:49.500><c> you</c><00:24:49.720><c> receive</c><00:24:50.099><c> a</c><00:24:50.299><c> temptation,</c><00:24:50.900><c> it</c><00:24:51.119><c> is</c><00:24:51.539><c> not</c><00:24:51.859><c> sin.</c>

00:24:52.880 --> 00:24:56.440
What<00:24:53.259><c> happens</c><00:24:53.700><c> after</c><00:24:54.119><c> that</c><00:24:54.539><c> is</c><00:24:54.880><c> going</c><00:24:55.039><c> to</c><00:24:55.220><c> be</c><00:24:55.460><c> decisive.</c>

00:24:57.019 --> 00:25:02.619
You<00:24:57.200><c> can</c><00:24:57.440><c> either</c><00:24:58.019><c> encourage</c><00:24:58.740><c> it</c><00:24:59.420><c> or</c><00:25:00.440><c> you</c><00:25:00.619><c> can</c><00:25:01.079><c> strangle</c><00:25:01.359><c> it.</c>

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And<00:25:03.920><c> if</c><00:25:04.079><c> you</c><00:25:04.240><c> encourage</c><00:25:04.720><c> it,</c><00:25:05.480><c> it</c><00:25:05.779><c> becomes</c><00:25:06.140><c> sin.</c>

00:25:06.480 --> 00:25:10.039
Whether<00:25:06.940><c> or</c><00:25:07.220><c> not</c><00:25:07.420><c> it</c><00:25:07.880><c> becomes</c><00:25:08.400><c> action</c><00:25:08.880><c> has</c><00:25:09.420><c> nothing</c><00:25:09.799><c> to</c><00:25:10.019><c> do</c>

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with<00:25:10.259><c> it.</c>

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If<00:25:11.099><c> you</c><00:25:11.400><c> leave</c><00:25:11.619><c> it</c><00:25:11.839><c> in</c><00:25:11.940><c> your</c><00:25:12.240><c> mind</c><00:25:12.480><c> and</c><00:25:12.640><c> you</c><00:25:12.839><c> say,</c>

00:25:13.220 --> 00:25:16.240
well,<00:25:13.799><c> of</c><00:25:14.539><c> course</c><00:25:14.680><c> I'm</c><00:25:14.799><c> never</c><00:25:15.059><c> actually</c><00:25:15.400><c> going</c><00:25:15.519><c> to</c><00:25:15.779><c> do</c><00:25:16.000><c> this,</c>

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but<00:25:16.579><c> it's</c><00:25:16.940><c> very</c><00:25:17.180><c> nice</c><00:25:17.400><c> to</c><00:25:17.619><c> think</c><00:25:17.799><c> about</c><00:25:18.119><c> it.</c>

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And<00:25:19.019><c> that</c><00:25:20.359><c> is</c><00:25:20.660><c> sin,</c><00:25:20.839><c> brethren</c><00:25:21.119><c> and</c><00:25:21.359><c> sisters.</c>

00:25:23.240 --> 00:25:25.539
The<00:25:23.339><c> Lord</c><00:25:23.539><c> Jesus</c><00:25:23.920><c> Christ</c><00:25:24.220><c> is</c><00:25:24.380><c> on</c><00:25:24.579><c> record</c><00:25:24.819><c> as</c><00:25:25.019><c> saying</c><00:25:25.140><c> that.</c>

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Whosoever<00:25:26.460><c> looketh</c><00:25:26.839><c> upon</c><00:25:27.099><c> a</c><00:25:27.279><c> woman</c><00:25:27.519><c> to</c><00:25:27.859><c> lust</c><00:25:28.099><c> after</c><00:25:28.359><c> her</c>

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hath<00:25:29.019><c> committed</c><00:25:29.420><c> adultery</c><00:25:29.920><c> already</c><00:25:30.400><c> with</c><00:25:30.599><c> her</c><00:25:30.839><c> in</c><00:25:31.099><c> his</c><00:25:31.420><c> heart.</c>

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That<00:25:32.279><c> is</c><00:25:32.619><c> powerful.</c>

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It's<00:25:35.099><c> one</c><00:25:35.299><c> thing</c><00:25:35.500><c> to</c><00:25:35.720><c> say,</c><00:25:36.119><c> look,</c><00:25:36.859><c> we're</c><00:25:37.059><c> all</c><00:25:37.220><c> adults.</c>

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Let's<00:25:37.619><c> be</c><00:25:37.859><c> practical</c><00:25:38.180><c> about</c><00:25:38.440><c> it.</c>

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It's<00:25:39.099><c> one</c><00:25:39.359><c> thing</c><00:25:39.519><c> to</c><00:25:39.799><c> see</c><00:25:39.940><c> a</c><00:25:40.140><c> pretty</c><00:25:40.420><c> girl.</c>

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It's<00:25:41.700><c> another</c><00:25:41.880><c> thing</c><00:25:42.099><c> to</c><00:25:42.220><c> let</c><00:25:42.339><c> your</c><00:25:42.539><c> mind</c><00:25:42.700><c> go</c><00:25:42.940><c> further</c><00:25:43.259><c> than</c><00:25:43.539><c> that.</c>

00:25:44.019 --> 00:25:46.740
And<00:25:44.220><c> if</c><00:25:44.339><c> it</c><00:25:44.500><c> does,</c><00:25:44.880><c> that</c><00:25:45.259><c> is</c><00:25:45.900><c> sin.</c>

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And<00:25:47.640><c> while</c><00:25:47.859><c> it</c><00:25:48.059><c> remains</c><00:25:48.559><c> just</c><00:25:48.859><c> in</c><00:25:49.039><c> your</c><00:25:49.180><c> mind</c><00:25:49.319><c> as</c><00:25:49.480><c> a</c><00:25:49.640><c> temptation,</c><00:25:50.279><c> it</c><00:25:50.440><c> is</c><00:25:50.619><c> not</c><00:25:50.799><c> sin.</c>

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The<00:25:51.180><c> thing</c><00:25:51.319><c> is,</c><00:25:51.779><c> get</c><00:25:51.960><c> shut</c><00:25:52.180><c> of</c><00:25:52.319><c> it,</c><00:25:52.599><c> which</c><00:25:52.819><c> is</c><00:25:52.940><c> what</c><00:25:53.019><c> the</c><00:25:53.140><c> Lord</c>

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Jesus<00:25:53.759><c> Christ.</c>

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Get<00:25:54.859><c> thee</c><00:25:55.240><c> hence,</c><00:25:55.920><c> he</c><00:25:56.160><c> says.</c>

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Would<00:26:00.259><c> you</c><00:26:00.400><c> forgive</c><00:26:00.579><c> me</c><00:26:00.740><c> just</c><00:26:00.900><c> for</c><00:26:01.079><c> talking</c><00:26:01.279><c> to</c><00:26:01.460><c> the</c><00:26:01.539><c> young</c><00:26:01.660><c> people</c><00:26:01.900><c> for</c><00:26:02.039><c> a</c><00:26:02.140><c> moment?</c>

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Thank<00:26:03.180><c> you.</c>

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A<00:26:03.759><c> bit</c><00:26:03.980><c> like</c><00:26:04.779><c> Goliath</c><00:26:05.400><c> again,</c><00:26:05.839><c> you</c><00:26:05.960><c> see.</c>

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David<00:26:07.059><c> took</c><00:26:07.319><c> five</c><00:26:07.599><c> stones</c><00:26:07.880><c> and</c><00:26:08.059><c> only</c><00:26:08.259><c> used</c><00:26:08.480><c> one.</c>

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The<00:26:09.619><c> Lord</c><00:26:09.799><c> Jesus</c><00:26:10.180><c> Christ</c><00:26:10.460><c> took</c><00:26:10.680><c> five</c><00:26:10.980><c> books</c><00:26:11.259><c> and</c><00:26:11.440><c> only</c><00:26:11.640><c> used</c><00:26:11.859><c> one.</c>

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He<00:26:12.420><c> took</c><00:26:12.619><c> the</c><00:26:12.799><c> Pentateuch</c><00:26:13.319><c> and</c><00:26:13.460><c> only</c><00:26:13.700><c> used</c><00:26:13.900><c> Deuteronomy.</c>

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David<00:26:15.339><c> took</c><00:26:15.579><c> five</c><00:26:15.900><c> stones</c><00:26:16.160><c> and</c><00:26:16.380><c> only</c><00:26:16.740><c> used</c><00:26:16.940><c> one.</c>

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It's<00:26:18.180><c> all</c><00:26:18.400><c> there.</c>

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The<00:26:18.980><c> more</c><00:26:19.140><c> you</c><00:26:19.259><c> put</c><00:26:19.359><c> the</c><00:26:19.579><c> magnifying</c><00:26:19.980><c> glass</c><00:26:20.220><c> on</c><00:26:20.599><c> the</c><00:26:20.759><c> Word</c><00:26:20.940><c> of</c><00:26:21.180><c> God,</c>

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the<00:26:21.819><c> more</c><00:26:22.000><c> wonderful</c><00:26:22.539><c> the</c><00:26:22.859><c> lessons</c><00:26:23.119><c> become.</c>

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Thank<00:26:24.119><c> you.</c><00:26:24.299><c> I'm</c><00:26:24.420><c> back</c><00:26:24.579><c> to</c><00:26:24.759><c> the</c><00:26:25.799><c> class</c><00:26:26.039><c> now.</c>

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No,<00:26:28.119><c> we</c><00:26:28.539><c> should</c><00:26:28.779><c> not</c><00:26:29.460><c> flirt</c><00:26:30.099><c> with</c><00:26:30.599><c> sin.</c>

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Stones<00:26:33.059><c> to</c><00:26:33.339><c> bread,</c><00:26:33.779><c> jump</c><00:26:34.059><c> from</c><00:26:34.259><c> the</c><00:26:34.440><c> temple,</c>

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fall<00:26:36.160><c> down</c><00:26:36.400><c> and</c><00:26:36.559><c> worship</c><00:26:36.920><c> me.</c>

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It<00:26:39.500><c> was</c><00:26:39.920><c> the</c><00:26:40.140><c> faith</c><00:26:40.319><c> of</c><00:26:40.480><c> the</c><00:26:40.579><c> Lord</c><00:26:40.799><c> Jesus</c><00:26:41.140><c> Christ</c>

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that<00:26:41.660><c> was</c><00:26:41.880><c> on</c><00:26:42.019><c> trial,</c><00:26:42.319><c> brethren</c><00:26:42.460><c> and</c><00:26:42.680><c> sisters.</c>

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Ponder<00:26:44.299><c> this.</c>

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He's<00:26:45.900><c> in</c><00:26:46.059><c> the</c><00:26:46.200><c> wilderness</c><00:26:46.779><c> with</c><00:26:47.920><c> no</c><00:26:48.140><c> one</c><00:26:48.299><c> around</c>

00:26:49.079 --> 00:26:52.859
and<00:26:50.000><c> he</c><00:26:50.220><c> sees</c><00:26:50.420><c> stones</c><00:26:50.920><c> that</c><00:26:51.299><c> look</c><00:26:51.619><c> like</c><00:26:52.019><c> bread.</c>

00:26:53.980 --> 00:26:56.599
Make<00:26:54.460><c> these</c><00:26:54.839><c> stones</c><00:26:55.240><c> into</c><00:26:55.579><c> bread.</c>

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What<00:26:57.799><c> was</c><00:26:58.019><c> the</c><00:26:58.200><c> temptation?</c>

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The<00:26:59.400><c> temptation</c><00:26:59.960><c> was</c><00:27:00.339><c> this,</c><00:27:00.819><c> and</c><00:27:00.960><c> it's</c><00:27:01.380><c> subtle.</c>

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How<00:27:03.619><c> do</c><00:27:03.859><c> you</c><00:27:04.119><c> know</c><00:27:04.799><c> you</c><00:27:05.559><c> have</c><00:27:05.779><c> the</c><00:27:05.980><c> power</c><00:27:06.259><c> of</c><00:27:06.519><c> God?</c>

00:27:08.900 --> 00:27:11.680
I<00:27:09.380><c> know</c><00:27:09.859><c> the</c><00:27:10.099><c> dove</c><00:27:10.220><c> descended</c><00:27:10.559><c> and</c><00:27:10.779><c> you</c><00:27:10.960><c> felt</c><00:27:11.220><c> the</c><00:27:11.460><c> Spirit,</c>

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and<00:27:11.960><c> it</c><00:27:12.000><c> was</c><00:27:12.180><c> the</c><00:27:12.319><c> Spirit</c><00:27:12.579><c> that</c><00:27:12.900><c> drove</c><00:27:13.079><c> you</c><00:27:13.279><c> into</c><00:27:13.460><c> the</c><00:27:13.599><c> wilderness,</c>

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but<00:27:14.259><c> can</c><00:27:14.500><c> you</c><00:27:14.660><c> be</c><00:27:14.940><c> sure</c><00:27:15.119><c> that</c><00:27:15.299><c> you</c><00:27:15.420><c> have</c><00:27:15.579><c> the</c><00:27:15.960><c> power</c><00:27:16.259><c> of</c><00:27:16.500><c> God</c>

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to<00:27:17.099><c> perform</c><00:27:17.500><c> miracles,</c><00:27:18.079><c> no</c><00:27:18.299><c> less?</c>

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And<00:27:20.319><c> if</c><00:27:20.539><c> you</c><00:27:20.799><c> doubt</c><00:27:21.079><c> at</c><00:27:21.380><c> all,</c><00:27:21.940><c> why</c><00:27:22.140><c> not</c><00:27:22.380><c> try</c><00:27:22.599><c> it</c><00:27:22.740><c> with</c><00:27:22.900><c> these</c><00:27:23.079><c> stones?</c>

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Because<00:27:23.859><c> if</c><00:27:24.039><c> it</c><00:27:24.319><c> works,</c><00:27:24.539><c> you</c><00:27:24.640><c> can</c><00:27:24.859><c> eat</c><00:27:25.059><c> them.</c>

00:27:27.680 --> 00:27:29.519
God<00:27:28.140><c> has</c><00:27:28.339><c> given</c><00:27:28.500><c> man</c><00:27:28.740><c> bread</c><00:27:28.940><c> to</c><00:27:29.200><c> eat,</c>

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and<00:27:29.940><c> the</c><00:27:30.119><c> Psalm</c><00:27:30.299><c> tells</c><00:27:30.579><c> us</c><00:27:30.880><c> that</c><00:27:31.079><c> we're</c><00:27:31.339><c> made</c><00:27:31.559><c> strong</c><00:27:31.960><c> by</c><00:27:32.220><c> bread,</c>

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and<00:27:33.380><c> you</c><00:27:33.619><c> need</c><00:27:33.859><c> strength.</c>

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So<00:27:34.779><c> try</c><00:27:35.000><c> it</c><00:27:35.140><c> on</c><00:27:35.259><c> these</c><00:27:35.440><c> stones.</c>

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And<00:27:35.900><c> if</c><00:27:36.019><c> it</c><00:27:36.319><c> doesn't</c><00:27:36.619><c> work,</c>

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well,<00:27:38.559><c> there's</c><00:27:38.779><c> nobody</c><00:27:39.000><c> around</c><00:27:39.420><c> to</c><00:27:39.680><c> see</c><00:27:39.819><c> anyway.</c>

00:27:41.319 --> 00:27:44.599
And<00:27:41.720><c> there</c><00:27:41.920><c> was</c><00:27:42.119><c> the</c><00:27:42.319><c> temptation</c><00:27:42.759><c> for</c><00:27:42.940><c> the</c><00:27:43.039><c> Lord</c><00:27:43.180><c> Jesus</c><00:27:43.559><c> Christ.</c>

00:27:44.700 --> 00:27:45.660
Do<00:27:44.960><c> it.</c>

00:27:45.980 --> 00:27:47.640
If<00:27:46.200><c> it</c><00:27:46.420><c> works</c><00:27:46.799><c> all</c><00:27:47.180><c> well</c><00:27:47.339><c> and</c><00:27:47.519><c> good,</c>

00:27:47.640 --> 00:27:49.680
then<00:27:47.779><c> if</c><00:27:47.819><c> it</c><00:27:47.980><c> doesn't,</c><00:27:48.519><c> no</c><00:27:48.640><c> matter.</c>

00:27:51.220 --> 00:27:53.660
Get<00:27:51.599><c> thee</c><00:27:51.960><c> behind</c><00:27:52.519><c> me.</c>

00:27:53.700 --> 00:27:55.200
Get<00:27:53.900><c> away</c><00:27:54.259><c> from</c><00:27:54.500><c> me.</c>

00:27:55.519 --> 00:27:56.759
Immediately.

00:27:58.759 --> 00:28:01.960
If<00:27:59.519><c> only</c><00:27:59.960><c> the</c><00:28:00.200><c> clock</c><00:28:00.319><c> were</c><00:28:00.519><c> not</c><00:28:00.660><c> going</c><00:28:00.880><c> so</c><00:28:01.140><c> quickly.</c>

00:28:02.440 --> 00:28:07.019
Do<00:28:02.759><c> you</c><00:28:02.920><c> know</c><00:28:03.279><c> that</c><00:28:04.079><c> the</c><00:28:04.420><c> Father</c><00:28:04.799><c> loves</c><00:28:05.460><c> men</c><00:28:05.859><c> of</c><00:28:06.140><c> action?</c>

00:28:07.319 --> 00:28:09.519
When<00:28:07.559><c> we</c><00:28:07.779><c> say</c><00:28:07.940><c> men,</c><00:28:08.400><c> sisters,</c>

00:28:09.680 --> 00:28:12.240
we're<00:28:09.980><c> not</c><00:28:10.339><c> excluding</c><00:28:10.759><c> you.</c>

00:28:12.519 --> 00:28:17.000
Mankind,<00:28:13.619><c> men,</c><00:28:14.359><c> brethren,</c><00:28:15.200><c> is</c><00:28:15.359><c> a</c><00:28:15.880><c> generic</c><00:28:16.380><c> term,</c>

00:28:17.000 --> 00:28:19.440
which<00:28:17.640><c> encompasses</c><00:28:18.299><c> everybody.</c>

00:28:19.819 --> 00:28:21.279
So<00:28:19.960><c> we're</c><00:28:20.079><c> not</c><00:28:20.339><c> excluding</c><00:28:20.740><c> you.</c>

00:28:21.660 --> 00:28:23.579
God<00:28:21.960><c> loves</c><00:28:22.319><c> men</c><00:28:22.519><c> of</c><00:28:22.740><c> action.</c>

00:28:24.640 --> 00:28:26.579
Hezekiah<00:28:25.200><c> immediately</c><00:28:25.759><c> came</c><00:28:26.160><c> to</c><00:28:26.400><c> power</c>

00:28:26.579 --> 00:28:28.759
and<00:28:26.680><c> said,</c><00:28:26.859><c> let's</c><00:28:26.940><c> do</c><00:28:27.119><c> something</c><00:28:27.339><c> about</c><00:28:27.539><c> this</c><00:28:27.759><c> temple.</c>

00:28:29.680 --> 00:28:31.279
God<00:28:29.960><c> said</c><00:28:30.160><c> to</c><00:28:30.400><c> Abraham,</c>

00:28:32.500 --> 00:28:35.059
I<00:28:32.680><c> want</c><00:28:32.920><c> you</c><00:28:33.099><c> to</c><00:28:33.380><c> institute</c><00:28:33.799><c> circumcision.</c>

00:28:37.500 --> 00:28:39.960
Now,<00:28:38.000><c> if</c><00:28:38.119><c> that</c><00:28:38.259><c> had</c><00:28:38.420><c> happened</c><00:28:38.700><c> in</c><00:28:38.880><c> a</c><00:28:39.059><c> community</c><00:28:39.519><c> of</c><00:28:39.779><c> ours</c>

00:28:39.960 --> 00:28:42.000
with<00:28:40.259><c> 300</c><00:28:40.640><c> people,</c>

00:28:42.259 --> 00:28:44.200
we'd<00:28:42.440><c> have</c><00:28:42.500><c> had</c><00:28:42.759><c> committee</c><00:28:43.099><c> meetings,</c>

00:28:44.339 --> 00:28:45.940
make<00:28:44.460><c> sure</c><00:28:44.660><c> everything</c><00:28:44.960><c> was</c><00:28:45.339><c> sterile,</c>

00:28:45.940 --> 00:28:48.160
get<00:28:46.480><c> the</c><00:28:46.640><c> doctors</c><00:28:46.940><c> and</c><00:28:47.160><c> the</c><00:28:47.359><c> nurses</c><00:28:47.599><c> around,</c>

00:28:48.539 --> 00:28:51.039
and<00:28:48.619><c> then</c><00:28:48.920><c> slowly</c><00:28:49.200><c> start</c><00:28:49.559><c> performing</c><00:28:49.960><c> the</c><00:28:50.240><c> job.</c>

00:28:51.599 --> 00:28:52.380
Not<00:28:51.839><c> so</c><00:28:52.039><c> Abraham.</c>

00:28:52.599 --> 00:28:55.640
The<00:28:52.880><c> same</c><00:28:53.240><c> day</c><00:28:53.619><c> over</c><00:28:53.980><c> 300</c><00:28:54.420><c> were</c><00:28:54.740><c> circumcised.</c>

00:28:56.039 --> 00:28:58.160
He<00:28:56.220><c> hears</c><00:28:56.420><c> the</c><00:28:56.660><c> command,</c><00:28:57.079><c> let's</c><00:28:57.400><c> do</c><00:28:57.640><c> it.</c>

00:28:58.559 --> 00:29:00.180
Oh,<00:28:58.880><c> that's</c><00:28:59.319><c> a</c><00:28:59.480><c> man</c><00:28:59.619><c> of</c><00:29:00.000><c> God.</c>

00:29:00.359 --> 00:29:03.579
Come<00:29:00.759><c> on,</c><00:29:01.019><c> let's</c><00:29:01.220><c> get</c><00:29:01.500><c> shut</c><00:29:01.720><c> of</c><00:29:02.119><c> procrastination.</c>

00:29:04.980 --> 00:29:07.680
The<00:29:05.579><c> Lord</c><00:29:05.859><c> Jesus</c><00:29:06.279><c> Christ</c><00:29:06.660><c> says,</c>

00:29:08.480 --> 00:29:09.640
make<00:29:08.599><c> these</c><00:29:08.779><c> stones</c><00:29:09.039><c> ready</c><00:29:09.380><c> here.</c>

00:29:09.960 --> 00:29:11.500
Get<00:29:10.519><c> away</c><00:29:10.859><c> from</c><00:29:11.119><c> me.</c>

00:29:11.740 --> 00:29:13.500
Get<00:29:12.000><c> out</c><00:29:12.240><c> of</c><00:29:12.359><c> the</c><00:29:12.500><c> way.</c>

00:29:15.460 --> 00:29:17.160
Essentially,<00:29:16.460><c> temptation</c><00:29:16.519><c> is</c><00:29:16.740><c> no</c><00:29:16.920><c> temptation</c>

00:29:17.660 --> 00:29:19.759
unless<00:29:18.140><c> it</c><00:29:18.339><c> finds</c><00:29:18.660><c> a</c><00:29:18.980><c> responsive</c><00:29:19.380><c> cord</c>

00:29:19.759 --> 00:29:21.720
in<00:29:19.940><c> the</c><00:29:20.180><c> soul</c><00:29:20.339><c> of</c><00:29:20.579><c> the</c><00:29:20.779><c> individual.</c>

00:29:24.019 --> 00:29:27.240
Think<00:29:24.259><c> of</c><00:29:24.380><c> this</c><00:29:24.539><c> in</c><00:29:24.680><c> relation</c><00:29:25.039><c> to</c><00:29:25.240><c> your</c><00:29:25.440><c> own</c><00:29:25.660><c> problems</c><00:29:26.039><c> with</c><00:29:26.279><c> you.</c>

00:29:27.880 --> 00:29:29.740
When<00:29:28.019><c> this</c><00:29:28.200><c> happens,</c><00:29:28.700><c> a</c><00:29:28.759><c> decision</c><00:29:29.059><c> must</c><00:29:29.339><c> be</c><00:29:29.519><c> made.</c>

00:29:29.980 --> 00:29:31.400
So<00:29:30.180><c> far</c><00:29:30.359><c> we</c><00:29:30.519><c> say</c><00:29:30.660><c> there</c><00:29:30.819><c> is</c><00:29:30.920><c> no</c><00:29:31.099><c> sin.</c>

00:29:31.700 --> 00:29:37.319
Do<00:29:31.859><c> you</c><00:29:32.079><c> encourage</c><00:29:32.519><c> and</c><00:29:33.519><c> enjoy</c><00:29:34.440><c> the</c><00:29:36.240><c> temptation?</c>

00:29:38.019 --> 00:29:40.319
Whether<00:29:38.380><c> or</c><00:29:38.599><c> not</c><00:29:38.779><c> it</c><00:29:39.160><c> issues</c><00:29:39.500><c> into</c><00:29:39.799><c> action,</c>

00:29:40.319 --> 00:29:44.099
because<00:29:40.740><c> if</c><00:29:40.980><c> you</c><00:29:41.220><c> do,</c><00:29:42.880><c> it</c><00:29:42.980><c> is</c><00:29:43.200><c> sin.</c>

00:29:44.859 --> 00:29:47.640
Or<00:29:45.079><c> do</c><00:29:45.200><c> you</c><00:29:45.420><c> strangle</c><00:29:45.680><c> it</c><00:29:46.440><c> as</c><00:29:46.819><c> it</c><00:29:46.960><c> comes</c><00:29:47.240><c> there,</c>

00:29:47.740 --> 00:29:49.700
as<00:29:47.940><c> the</c><00:29:48.039><c> Lord</c><00:29:48.180><c> Jesus</c><00:29:48.519><c> Christ</c><00:29:48.779><c> did?</c>

00:29:50.019 --> 00:29:53.579
If<00:29:50.160><c> you</c><00:29:50.380><c> do,</c><00:29:52.180><c> that</c><00:29:52.339><c> is</c><00:29:52.500><c> not</c><00:29:52.779><c> sin.</c>

00:29:53.880 --> 00:29:56.200
He<00:29:54.059><c> was</c><00:29:54.400><c> sinless</c><00:29:55.240><c> in</c><00:29:55.720><c> temptation.</c>

00:29:56.539 --> 00:29:59.579
Just<00:29:56.740><c> very</c><00:29:57.059><c> quickly,</c><00:29:57.680><c> let's</c><00:29:58.119><c> see</c><00:29:58.440><c> how</c><00:29:58.680><c> this</c><00:29:59.019><c> applies</c>

00:29:59.579 --> 00:30:00.640
in<00:29:59.799><c> the</c><00:29:59.940><c> life</c><00:30:00.039><c> of</c><00:30:00.220><c> Jesus,</c>

00:30:00.920 --> 00:30:06.140
because<00:30:01.140><c> I'm</c><00:30:01.339><c> a</c><00:30:01.480><c> big</c><00:30:01.759><c> believer</c><00:30:02.200><c> in</c><00:30:04.380><c> overcoming</c><00:30:05.059><c> little</c><00:30:05.460><c> things</c>

00:30:06.140 --> 00:30:07.920
before<00:30:06.660><c> you</c><00:30:06.880><c> address</c><00:30:07.140><c> big</c><00:30:07.440><c> things.</c>

00:30:07.920 --> 00:30:11.019
If<00:30:08.980><c> you</c><00:30:09.380><c> think</c><00:30:09.819><c> that</c><00:30:10.140><c> in</c><00:30:10.359><c> your</c><00:30:10.660><c> life</c>

00:30:11.019 --> 00:30:13.859
you<00:30:11.299><c> can</c><00:30:11.559><c> play</c><00:30:11.799><c> fast</c><00:30:12.160><c> and</c><00:30:12.380><c> loose</c><00:30:12.519><c> with</c><00:30:12.720><c> little</c><00:30:12.980><c> temptations,</c>

00:30:14.140 --> 00:30:16.500
but<00:30:14.680><c> stand</c><00:30:14.960><c> strong</c><00:30:15.339><c> when</c><00:30:15.480><c> it</c><00:30:15.640><c> comes</c><00:30:15.859><c> to</c><00:30:16.059><c> big</c><00:30:16.200><c> ones,</c>

00:30:16.660 --> 00:30:20.059
let<00:30:16.839><c> me</c><00:30:17.000><c> tell</c><00:30:17.220><c> you,</c><00:30:17.980><c> you're</c><00:30:18.279><c> playing</c><00:30:18.579><c> with</c><00:30:18.900><c> fire.</c>

00:30:21.480 --> 00:30:24.319
You're<00:30:21.839><c> whistling</c><00:30:22.079><c> in</c><00:30:22.319><c> the</c><00:30:22.500><c> dark.</c><00:30:22.819><c> You</c><00:30:23.000><c> really</c><00:30:23.460><c> are.</c>

00:30:24.799 --> 00:30:26.920
Look<00:30:25.079><c> at</c><00:30:25.200><c> the</c><00:30:25.279><c> Lord</c><00:30:25.440><c> Jesus</c><00:30:25.839><c> Christ.</c>

00:30:27.700 --> 00:30:30.619
Make<00:30:28.079><c> these</c><00:30:28.339><c> stones</c><00:30:28.700><c> red.</c><00:30:29.660><c> No.</c>

00:30:31.339 --> 00:30:36.960
On<00:30:31.660><c> the</c><00:30:31.859><c> cross,</c><00:30:33.400><c> drink</c><00:30:33.680><c> this.</c><00:30:35.940><c> No.</c>

00:30:37.940 --> 00:30:39.619
See<00:30:38.359><c> how</c><00:30:38.539><c> they're</c><00:30:38.720><c> related?</c>

00:30:40.160 --> 00:30:42.619
And<00:30:40.200><c> my</c><00:30:40.359><c> suggestion</c><00:30:41.039><c> to</c><00:30:41.299><c> you</c><00:30:41.420><c> is</c><00:30:41.559><c> if</c><00:30:41.599><c> he'd</c><00:30:41.920><c> fallen</c><00:30:42.059><c> for</c><00:30:42.319><c> that</c><00:30:42.480><c> one,</c>

00:30:42.720 --> 00:30:44.480
which<00:30:42.900><c> is</c><00:30:43.140><c> the</c><00:30:43.319><c> smaller</c><00:30:43.480><c> one</c><00:30:43.640><c> of</c><00:30:43.779><c> the</c><00:30:43.900><c> two,</c><00:30:44.039><c> big</c><00:30:44.240><c> one,</c>

00:30:44.579 --> 00:30:46.099
but<00:30:44.839><c> smaller</c><00:30:45.119><c> than</c><00:30:45.319><c> this</c><00:30:45.599><c> one,</c>

00:30:46.440 --> 00:30:47.859
he<00:30:46.660><c> would</c><00:30:46.819><c> have</c><00:30:46.980><c> fallen</c><00:30:47.140><c> for</c><00:30:47.339><c> this</c><00:30:47.539><c> one.</c>

00:30:48.220 --> 00:30:49.339
Eat<00:30:48.400><c> this</c><00:30:48.599><c> bread?</c><00:30:49.000><c> No.</c>

00:30:49.480 --> 00:30:51.940
Drink<00:30:49.700><c> this?</c><00:30:51.019><c> No.</c>

00:30:52.359 --> 00:30:53.980
Worship<00:30:52.660><c> me?</c><00:30:53.059><c> No.</c>

00:30:54.000 --> 00:31:00.200
On<00:30:54.160><c> the</c><00:30:54.359><c> cross,</c><00:30:56.039><c> if</c><00:30:56.180><c> you</c><00:30:56.359><c> be</c><00:30:56.480><c> Christ,</c><00:30:57.400><c> save</c><00:30:57.660><c> yourself.</c><00:30:59.279><c> No.</c>

00:31:03.079 --> 00:31:07.240
In<00:31:03.500><c> the</c><00:31:03.599><c> wilderness,</c><00:31:05.819><c> jump</c><00:31:05.980><c> from</c><00:31:06.180><c> the</c><00:31:06.319><c> pinnacle</c><00:31:06.559><c> of</c><00:31:06.720><c> the</c><00:31:06.880><c> temple.</c>

00:31:07.240 --> 00:31:08.640
No.

00:31:08.859 --> 00:31:13.079
On<00:31:09.140><c> the</c><00:31:09.339><c> cross,</c><00:31:10.200><c> come</c><00:31:10.440><c> down.</c><00:31:12.160><c> No.</c>

00:31:14.700 --> 00:31:18.240
Do<00:31:15.079><c> you</c><00:31:15.259><c> see</c><00:31:15.400><c> the</c><00:31:15.619><c> relationship</c><00:31:16.140><c> between</c><00:31:16.900><c> the</c><00:31:17.099><c> temptations?</c>

00:31:18.339 --> 00:31:20.180
It<00:31:18.559><c> appeals</c><00:31:18.859><c> to</c><00:31:19.059><c> the</c><00:31:19.240><c> flesh.</c>

00:31:20.579 --> 00:31:22.220
There<00:31:20.740><c> is</c><00:31:20.920><c> no</c><00:31:21.200><c> shortcut.</c>

00:31:23.519 --> 00:31:26.160
It's<00:31:23.920><c> the</c><00:31:24.059><c> wrong</c><00:31:24.220><c> way.</c><00:31:24.559><c> There</c><00:31:24.660><c> is</c><00:31:24.859><c> no</c><00:31:25.000><c> faith</c><00:31:25.319><c> needed.</c>

00:31:26.440 --> 00:31:28.460
If<00:31:26.599><c> Jesus</c><00:31:26.900><c> jumped</c><00:31:27.180><c> from</c><00:31:27.400><c> the</c><00:31:27.519><c> pinnacle</c><00:31:27.740><c> of</c><00:31:27.900><c> the</c><00:31:28.059><c> temple</c>

00:31:28.460 --> 00:31:34.220
and<00:31:29.200><c> just</c><00:31:30.079><c> landed</c><00:31:30.720><c> gently</c><00:31:31.980><c> on</c><00:31:32.579><c> the</c><00:31:32.759><c> floor</c><00:31:33.039><c> of</c><00:31:33.920><c> the</c><00:31:34.059><c> temple,</c>

00:31:34.400 --> 00:31:35.500
everybody<00:31:34.700><c> would</c><00:31:34.880><c> have</c><00:31:34.980><c> been</c><00:31:35.119><c> amazed.</c>

00:31:35.500 --> 00:31:37.279
But<00:31:35.779><c> will</c><00:31:35.980><c> you</c><00:31:36.059><c> hear</c><00:31:36.160><c> this,</c><00:31:36.559><c> brethren</c><00:31:36.680><c> and</c><00:31:36.900><c> sisters?</c>

00:31:37.700 --> 00:31:39.900
Miracles<00:31:38.000><c> like</c><00:31:38.279><c> that</c><00:31:38.440><c> don't</c><00:31:38.660><c> stand</c><00:31:38.940><c> alone.</c>

00:31:39.980 --> 00:31:41.400
It<00:31:40.099><c> would</c><00:31:40.259><c> have</c><00:31:40.339><c> been</c><00:31:40.460><c> a</c><00:31:40.559><c> nine</c><00:31:40.839><c>-day</c><00:31:41.059><c> wonder,</c>

00:31:41.619 --> 00:31:44.019
and<00:31:42.119><c> within</c><00:31:42.339><c> a</c><00:31:42.519><c> week</c><00:31:42.660><c> you</c><00:31:42.740><c> would</c><00:31:42.920><c> have</c><00:31:43.000><c> had</c><00:31:43.140><c> to</c><00:31:43.339><c> perform</c><00:31:43.579><c> another</c><00:31:43.880><c> one,</c>

00:31:44.039 --> 00:31:45.299
even<00:31:44.299><c> greater.</c>

00:31:46.000 --> 00:31:48.859
And<00:31:46.180><c> there</c><00:31:46.319><c> is</c><00:31:46.660><c> no</c><00:31:46.960><c> faith</c><00:31:47.319><c> needed,</c><00:31:47.680><c> you</c><00:31:47.940><c> see.</c>

00:31:50.819 --> 00:31:52.640
Chapter<00:31:51.059><c> five,</c><00:31:51.539><c> please.</c>

00:31:54.519 --> 00:31:56.579
Now,<00:31:54.680><c> this</c><00:31:54.880><c> is</c><00:31:55.059><c> the</c><00:31:55.180><c> Sermon</c><00:31:55.359><c> on</c><00:31:55.500><c> the</c><00:31:55.579><c> Mount</c><00:31:55.759><c> Proper.</c>

00:31:56.819 --> 00:31:59.559
There<00:31:57.019><c> is</c><00:31:57.200><c> far</c><00:31:57.400><c> too</c><00:31:57.579><c> much</c><00:31:57.779><c> material</c><00:31:58.140><c> here</c><00:31:58.400><c> for</c><00:31:58.579><c> one</c><00:31:58.779><c> sermon.</c>

00:31:59.960 --> 00:32:03.099
My<00:32:00.180><c> suggestion</c><00:32:00.700><c> to</c><00:32:00.940><c> you</c><00:32:01.140><c> is</c><00:32:01.500><c> the</c><00:32:02.119><c> Lord</c><00:32:02.380><c> Jesus</c><00:32:02.799><c> Christ</c>

00:32:03.099 --> 00:32:05.740
didn't<00:32:03.339><c> sit</c><00:32:03.579><c> down</c><00:32:03.859><c> and</c><00:32:04.019><c> say</c><00:32:04.180><c> all</c><00:32:04.380><c> this</c><00:32:04.519><c> in</c><00:32:04.660><c> one</c><00:32:04.900><c> go.</c>

00:32:08.619 --> 00:32:09.960
We<00:32:08.940><c> can</c><00:32:09.200><c> read</c><00:32:09.440><c> it.</c>

00:32:10.200 --> 00:32:11.700
Of<00:32:10.400><c> course,</c><00:32:10.640><c> we</c><00:32:10.759><c> read</c><00:32:11.000><c> it</c><00:32:11.200><c> in</c><00:32:11.319><c> one</c><00:32:11.539><c> go,</c>

00:32:12.000 --> 00:32:13.960
and<00:32:12.180><c> we</c><00:32:12.359><c> go</c><00:32:12.619><c> back</c><00:32:12.880><c> and</c><00:32:13.079><c> we</c><00:32:13.359><c> read</c><00:32:13.559><c> it</c><00:32:13.799><c> again.</c>

00:32:14.079 --> 00:32:16.420
We<00:32:14.140><c> get</c><00:32:14.339><c> a</c><00:32:14.519><c> concordance</c><00:32:15.059><c> out</c><00:32:15.240><c> to</c><00:32:15.420><c> find</c><00:32:15.559><c> out</c><00:32:15.660><c> what</c><00:32:15.779><c> the</c><00:32:16.019><c> word</c><00:32:16.140><c> means.</c>

00:32:16.619 --> 00:32:17.059
That's<00:32:16.920><c> fine.</c>

00:32:17.200 --> 00:32:20.039
You<00:32:17.359><c> couldn't</c><00:32:17.599><c> do</c><00:32:17.799><c> that</c><00:32:17.980><c> in</c><00:32:18.140><c> the</c><00:32:18.220><c> day</c><00:32:18.359><c> of</c><00:32:18.500><c> the</c><00:32:18.599><c> Lord</c><00:32:18.779><c> Jesus</c><00:32:19.079><c> Christ.</c>

00:32:20.279 --> 00:32:21.619
You<00:32:20.460><c> would</c><00:32:20.599><c> have</c><00:32:20.680><c> been</c><00:32:20.880><c> exhausted</c>

00:32:21.619 --> 00:32:25.200
by<00:32:22.059><c> the</c><00:32:22.220><c> time</c><00:32:22.319><c> you</c><00:32:22.480><c> reached</c><00:32:22.720><c> the</c><00:32:22.880><c> end</c><00:32:23.079><c> of</c><00:32:23.779><c> these</c><00:32:24.000><c> Beatitudes.</c>

00:32:25.319 --> 00:32:27.339
No.<00:32:25.539><c> This</c><00:32:25.799><c> is</c><00:32:26.000><c> Matthew's</c><00:32:26.380><c> way</c><00:32:26.599><c> of</c><00:32:26.720><c> writing</c><00:32:27.019><c> again.</c>

00:32:27.519 --> 00:32:29.319
He<00:32:27.740><c> takes</c><00:32:27.980><c> it</c><00:32:28.160><c> from</c><00:32:28.339><c> here</c><00:32:28.759><c> and</c><00:32:29.019><c> there,</c>

00:32:29.420 --> 00:32:31.299
and<00:32:29.500><c> he's</c><00:32:29.640><c> put</c><00:32:29.819><c> it</c><00:32:29.960><c> in</c><00:32:30.140><c> a</c><00:32:30.240><c> nice</c><00:32:30.400><c> little</c><00:32:30.619><c> block</c><00:32:30.839><c> for</c><00:32:31.079><c> us,</c>

00:32:31.299 --> 00:32:32.859
and<00:32:31.559><c> he's</c><00:32:31.740><c> called</c><00:32:31.880><c> it</c><00:32:32.019><c> the</c><00:32:32.140><c> Sermon</c><00:32:32.380><c> on</c><00:32:32.539><c> the</c><00:32:32.660><c> Mount,</c>

00:32:33.079 --> 00:32:36.319
which<00:32:33.200><c> the</c><00:32:33.319><c> Lord</c><00:32:33.500><c> Jesus</c><00:32:33.880><c> Christ</c><00:32:34.220><c> preached</c><00:32:34.680><c> to</c><00:32:34.920><c> his</c><00:32:35.099><c> disciples.</c>

00:32:38.539 --> 00:32:41.019
Blessings,<00:32:39.200><c> eight</c><00:32:39.460><c> blessings</c><00:32:39.960><c> here,</c>

00:32:41.240 --> 00:32:43.220
and<00:32:41.480><c> therefore</c><00:32:41.839><c> his</c><00:32:42.119><c> disciples.</c>

00:32:43.559 --> 00:32:46.559
And<00:32:43.680><c> it</c><00:32:43.859><c> says,</c><00:32:44.640><c> we're</c><00:32:44.759><c> in</c><00:32:44.880><c> chapter</c><00:32:45.160><c> five,</c><00:32:45.559><c> aren't</c><00:32:45.759><c> we,</c><00:32:45.920><c> verse</c><00:32:46.140><c> two,</c>

00:32:46.700 --> 00:32:48.680
he<00:32:46.819><c> opened</c><00:32:47.180><c> his</c><00:32:47.480><c> mouth</c><00:32:47.799><c> and</c><00:32:48.160><c> taught</c><00:32:48.380><c> them.</c>

00:32:49.019 --> 00:32:54.380
Now,<00:32:49.279><c> this</c><00:32:49.500><c> is</c><00:32:49.859><c> not</c><00:32:50.180><c> a</c><00:32:50.640><c> decorative</c><00:32:51.140><c> way</c><00:32:52.039><c> of</c><00:32:52.460><c> saying</c><00:32:52.900><c> he</c><00:32:53.599><c> said.</c>

00:32:56.680 --> 00:32:58.500
I<00:32:56.940><c> mean,</c><00:32:57.640><c> let's</c><00:32:58.039><c> face</c><00:32:58.299><c> it,</c>

00:32:58.500 --> 00:33:00.859
you've<00:32:59.019><c> got</c><00:32:59.140><c> to</c><00:32:59.339><c> open</c><00:32:59.460><c> your</c><00:32:59.640><c> mouth</c><00:32:59.779><c> if</c><00:32:59.900><c> you</c><00:33:00.039><c> want</c><00:33:00.140><c> to</c><00:33:00.339><c> say</c><00:33:00.500><c> something,</c>

00:33:00.900 --> 00:33:01.299
haven't<00:33:01.059><c> you?</c>

00:33:01.420 --> 00:33:03.279
You<00:33:01.500><c> can't</c><00:33:01.779><c> say</c><00:33:01.920><c> something</c><00:33:02.200><c> with</c><00:33:02.380><c> your</c><00:33:02.500><c> mouth</c><00:33:02.720><c> closed.</c>

00:33:03.740 --> 00:33:06.640
So<00:33:03.859><c> why</c><00:33:04.079><c> does</c><00:33:04.259><c> the</c><00:33:04.400><c> word</c><00:33:04.539><c> of</c><00:33:04.740><c> God</c><00:33:04.900><c> say</c><00:33:05.200><c> he</c><00:33:05.420><c> opened</c><00:33:05.660><c> his</c><00:33:05.859><c> mouth?</c>

00:33:08.619 --> 00:33:10.960
It's<00:33:09.119><c> this</c><00:33:09.359><c> little</c><00:33:09.720><c> detail,</c><00:33:10.339><c> brethren</c><00:33:10.539><c> and</c><00:33:10.740><c> sisters,</c>

00:33:10.960 --> 00:33:12.980
that<00:33:11.140><c> we</c><00:33:11.299><c> read</c><00:33:11.500><c> so</c><00:33:11.880><c> often</c><00:33:12.119><c> and</c><00:33:12.559><c> overlook</c>

00:33:12.980 --> 00:33:16.900
without<00:33:13.720><c> really</c><00:33:14.119><c> giving</c><00:33:14.500><c> much</c><00:33:15.099><c> thought</c><00:33:15.380><c> to</c><00:33:15.599><c> it.</c>

00:33:17.359 --> 00:33:20.119
What<00:33:17.859><c> it</c><00:33:18.099><c> really</c><00:33:18.559><c> means</c><00:33:19.099><c> in</c><00:33:19.460><c> the</c><00:33:19.720><c> original</c>

00:33:20.119 --> 00:33:25.339
is<00:33:20.519><c> that</c><00:33:20.859><c> it</c><00:33:21.140><c> is</c><00:33:21.420><c> used</c><00:33:21.740><c> of</c><00:33:22.099><c> a</c><00:33:22.259><c> solemn,</c><00:33:23.079><c> grave,</c><00:33:23.839><c> and</c><00:33:24.000><c> dignified</c><00:33:24.740><c> utterance.</c>

00:33:25.460 --> 00:33:27.059
He<00:33:25.740><c> opened</c><00:33:26.240><c> his</c><00:33:26.660><c> mouth.</c>

00:33:27.059 --> 00:33:28.880
He<00:33:27.500><c> didn't</c><00:33:27.779><c> just</c><00:33:28.079><c> say</c><00:33:28.380><c> it.</c>

00:33:29.380 --> 00:33:35.339
It<00:33:29.559><c> is</c><00:33:29.880><c> a</c><00:33:30.039><c> solemn,</c><00:33:31.339><c> divine,</c><00:33:32.380><c> graceful,</c><00:33:33.420><c> dignified</c><00:33:34.339><c> speech.</c>

00:33:35.420 --> 00:33:39.440
This<00:33:35.680><c> sermon</c><00:33:36.220><c> is</c><00:33:36.900><c> the</c><00:33:37.240><c> concentrated</c><00:33:38.079><c> teaching</c><00:33:38.680><c> of</c><00:33:39.099><c> the</c><00:33:39.220><c> Lord</c>

00:33:39.440 --> 00:33:40.920
Jesus<00:33:39.839><c> Christ.</c>

00:33:41.180 --> 00:33:43.700
This<00:33:41.460><c> is</c><00:33:41.720><c> the</c><00:33:41.980><c> essence</c><00:33:42.539><c> of</c><00:33:43.000><c> his</c><00:33:43.279><c> teaching.</c>

00:33:44.099 --> 00:33:46.039
This<00:33:44.339><c> is</c><00:33:44.660><c> the</c><00:33:44.819><c> manifesto</c><00:33:45.400><c> of</c><00:33:45.599><c> the</c><00:33:45.799><c> King.</c>

00:33:46.220 --> 00:33:48.559
This<00:33:46.400><c> is</c><00:33:46.640><c> the</c><00:33:46.819><c> manifesto</c><00:33:47.299><c> of</c><00:33:47.460><c> the</c><00:33:47.680><c> Kingdom.</c>

00:33:49.200 --> 00:33:51.720
This<00:33:49.400><c> is</c><00:33:49.599><c> what</c><00:33:49.779><c> people</c><00:33:50.160><c> who</c><00:33:50.380><c> will</c><00:33:50.559><c> be</c><00:33:50.720><c> in</c><00:33:50.839><c> the</c><00:33:51.019><c> Kingdom</c><00:33:51.339><c> are</c>

00:33:51.720 --> 00:33:53.140
like<00:33:51.940><c> now.</c>

00:33:56.240 --> 00:33:57.900
First<00:33:56.819><c> lesson.</c>

00:33:58.539 --> 00:34:01.400
Nothing<00:33:58.920><c> that</c><00:33:59.180><c> we</c><00:33:59.420><c> have</c><00:33:59.579><c> is</c><00:33:59.740><c> of</c><00:33:59.900><c> any</c><00:34:00.140><c> value.</c>

00:34:02.740 --> 00:34:06.200
The<00:34:03.000><c> intellect</c><00:34:03.299><c> you</c><00:34:03.420><c> might</c><00:34:03.759><c> have,</c><00:34:04.640><c> the</c><00:34:04.839><c> ability</c><00:34:05.259><c> you</c><00:34:05.420><c> might</c><00:34:05.740><c> have,</c>

00:34:06.519 --> 00:34:09.539
the<00:34:06.720><c> funds</c><00:34:07.000><c> you</c><00:34:07.119><c> might</c><00:34:07.460><c> have,</c><00:34:08.099><c> the</c><00:34:08.300><c> possessions</c><00:34:08.739><c> you</c><00:34:08.880><c> might</c><00:34:09.179><c> have,</c>

00:34:09.800 --> 00:34:14.079
the<00:34:09.960><c> job</c><00:34:10.199><c> you</c><00:34:10.360><c> may</c><00:34:10.679><c> have,</c><00:34:12.000><c> are</c><00:34:12.739><c> valueless</c>

00:34:14.079 --> 00:34:18.719
unless<00:34:14.860><c> they</c><00:34:15.079><c> are</c><00:34:15.340><c> used</c><00:34:15.619><c> in</c><00:34:15.820><c> the</c><00:34:16.039><c> service</c><00:34:16.239><c> of</c><00:34:16.420><c> the</c><00:34:16.539><c> King</c><00:34:17.179><c> there.</c>

00:34:19.219 --> 00:34:23.000
Everything<00:34:19.800><c> must</c><00:34:20.079><c> be</c><00:34:20.340><c> set</c><00:34:20.599><c> against</c><00:34:21.360><c> service</c><00:34:21.840><c> for</c><00:34:22.019><c> the</c><00:34:22.179><c> King.</c>

00:34:23.159 --> 00:34:25.340
How<00:34:23.360><c> am</c><00:34:23.599><c> I</c><00:34:23.860><c> using</c><00:34:24.219><c> what</c><00:34:24.579><c> I</c><00:34:24.960><c> have?</c>

00:34:25.679 --> 00:34:29.480
Am<00:34:25.840><c> I</c><00:34:26.119><c> using</c><00:34:26.460><c> it</c><00:34:26.820><c> faithfully</c><00:34:27.400><c> in</c><00:34:27.659><c> the</c><00:34:27.920><c> service</c><00:34:28.139><c> of</c><00:34:28.300><c> the</c><00:34:28.440><c> King?</c>

00:34:31.539 --> 00:34:32.699
Verse<00:34:31.719><c> 3</c><00:34:31.980><c> then.</c>

00:34:32.980 --> 00:34:35.500
Blessed<00:34:33.079><c> are</c><00:34:33.320><c> the</c><00:34:33.480><c> poor</c><00:34:33.619><c> in</c><00:34:33.860><c> spirit,</c><00:34:34.239><c> for</c><00:34:34.239><c> theirs</c><00:34:34.480><c> is</c><00:34:34.679><c> the</c><00:34:34.760><c> Kingdom</c><00:34:35.059><c> of</c><00:34:35.239><c> Heaven.</c>

00:34:35.860 --> 00:34:38.559
This<00:34:36.079><c> actually</c><00:34:36.539><c> means</c><00:34:37.139><c> happy</c><00:34:37.699><c> is</c><00:34:37.960><c> the</c><00:34:38.159><c> man</c>

00:34:38.559 --> 00:34:41.719
who<00:34:39.300><c> realises</c><00:34:40.079><c> his</c><00:34:40.420><c> own</c><00:34:40.860><c> helplessness</c>

00:34:41.760 --> 00:34:44.260
and<00:34:42.280><c> who</c><00:34:42.579><c> puts</c><00:34:42.780><c> his</c><00:34:43.000><c> whole</c><00:34:43.320><c> trust</c><00:34:43.639><c> in</c><00:34:44.000><c> God.</c>

00:34:44.519 --> 00:34:46.579
It<00:34:44.820><c> must</c><00:34:45.260><c> come</c><00:34:45.880><c> first.</c>

00:34:46.579 --> 00:34:50.940
This<00:34:47.420><c> is</c><00:34:47.739><c> the</c><00:34:47.960><c> basis</c><00:34:48.500><c> of</c><00:34:49.139><c> all</c><00:34:49.440><c> of</c><00:34:49.619><c> the</c><00:34:49.760><c> other</c><00:34:49.960><c> blessings.</c>

00:34:52.559 --> 00:34:55.159
We<00:34:52.579><c> must</c><00:34:52.840><c> press</c><00:34:53.059><c> on.</c>

00:34:55.440 --> 00:34:56.519
Verse<00:34:55.659><c> 4.</c>

00:34:56.579 --> 00:35:00.599
Blessed<00:34:56.860><c> are</c><00:34:57.159><c> they</c><00:34:57.340><c> that</c><00:34:57.579><c> mourn,</c><00:34:59.280><c> for</c><00:34:59.519><c> they</c><00:34:59.719><c> shall</c><00:34:59.880><c> be</c><00:35:00.179><c> comforted.</c>

00:35:00.880 --> 00:35:02.739
What<00:35:01.400><c> a</c><00:35:01.659><c> paradox.</c>

00:35:03.760 --> 00:35:05.139
How<00:35:04.280><c> strange.</c>

00:35:05.480 --> 00:35:08.679
You<00:35:05.500><c> are</c><00:35:05.739><c> happy,</c><00:35:06.239><c> Jesus</c><00:35:06.599><c> is</c><00:35:06.820><c> saying</c><00:35:06.960><c> blessed</c><00:35:07.420><c> means</c><00:35:07.719><c> happy.</c>

00:35:08.920 --> 00:35:10.219
That's<00:35:09.219><c> what</c><00:35:09.400><c> Jesus</c><00:35:09.699><c> is</c><00:35:09.860><c> talking</c><00:35:10.039><c> about.</c>

00:35:10.280 --> 00:35:12.159
Being<00:35:10.519><c> happy</c><00:35:10.760><c> now</c><00:35:10.960><c> in</c><00:35:11.099><c> this</c><00:35:11.300><c> life.</c>

00:35:12.679 --> 00:35:14.539
He<00:35:12.800><c> says</c><00:35:12.860><c> you</c><00:35:13.019><c> are</c><00:35:13.019><c> happy</c><00:35:13.320><c> if</c><00:35:13.500><c> you</c><00:35:13.639><c> are</c><00:35:13.739><c> sad.</c>

00:35:15.119 --> 00:35:17.679
What<00:35:15.639><c> a</c><00:35:16.159><c> strange</c><00:35:16.360><c> thing</c><00:35:16.559><c> to</c><00:35:16.800><c> say.</c>

00:35:20.159 --> 00:35:21.880
The<00:35:20.320><c> Pentecostal,</c><00:35:21.099><c> brethren</c><00:35:21.360><c> and</c><00:35:21.619><c> sisters,</c>

00:35:22.000 --> 00:35:24.400
I'm<00:35:22.019><c> not</c><00:35:22.460><c> sure</c><00:35:22.659><c> how</c><00:35:22.800><c> they</c><00:35:22.960><c> operate</c><00:35:23.300><c> much</c><00:35:23.500><c> in</c><00:35:23.920><c> North</c><00:35:24.099><c> America,</c>

00:35:24.639 --> 00:35:26.699
but<00:35:24.760><c> in</c><00:35:24.940><c> the</c><00:35:25.059><c> United</c><00:35:25.360><c> Kingdom,</c><00:35:25.739><c> let</c><00:35:26.039><c> me</c><00:35:26.139><c> tell</c><00:35:26.360><c> you,</c>

00:35:26.760 --> 00:35:30.699
the<00:35:26.880><c> Pentecostal</c><00:35:27.760><c> has</c><00:35:28.079><c> no</c><00:35:28.420><c> room</c><00:35:28.679><c> for</c><00:35:28.880><c> the</c><00:35:29.019><c> word</c><00:35:29.300><c> mourn</c><00:35:29.659><c> in</c><00:35:29.840><c> his</c><00:35:30.079><c> vocabulary.</c>

00:35:31.179 --> 00:35:32.420
It<00:35:31.699><c> doesn't</c><00:35:32.039><c> occur.</c>

00:35:32.780 --> 00:35:35.539
All<00:35:32.960><c> he's</c><00:35:33.199><c> interested</c><00:35:33.559><c> is</c><00:35:33.780><c> in</c><00:35:34.019><c> playing</c><00:35:34.500><c> music,</c>

00:35:35.800 --> 00:35:38.099
clapping<00:35:36.000><c> his</c><00:35:36.260><c> hands</c><00:35:36.500><c> and</c><00:35:36.940><c> singing</c><00:35:37.340><c> simple</c><00:35:37.699><c> songs.</c>

00:35:38.340 --> 00:35:40.920
And<00:35:38.500><c> he</c><00:35:38.579><c> says</c><00:35:38.739><c> we're</c><00:35:39.139><c> praising</c><00:35:39.440><c> God</c><00:35:39.659><c> because</c><00:35:40.239><c> we're</c><00:35:40.579><c> happy.</c>

00:35:40.920 --> 00:35:44.219
He<00:35:41.820><c> has</c><00:35:42.099><c> no</c><00:35:42.380><c> room</c><00:35:42.659><c> in</c><00:35:42.840><c> his</c><00:35:43.119><c> life</c><00:35:43.519><c> for</c><00:35:43.840><c> mourning.</c>

00:35:44.480 --> 00:35:46.460
And<00:35:44.639><c> if</c><00:35:44.739><c> you</c><00:35:44.960><c> take</c><00:35:45.179><c> away</c><00:35:45.460><c> mourning,</c>

00:35:46.559 --> 00:35:48.920
you<00:35:46.699><c> take</c><00:35:46.980><c> away</c><00:35:47.159><c> the</c><00:35:47.320><c> very</c><00:35:47.519><c> essence</c><00:35:47.800><c> of</c><00:35:47.960><c> the</c><00:35:48.099><c> Gospel.</c>

00:35:49.719 --> 00:35:52.739
What<00:35:49.860><c> it</c><00:35:50.039><c> means</c><00:35:50.280><c> is,</c><00:35:50.820><c> happy</c><00:35:51.079><c> is</c><00:35:51.340><c> the</c><00:35:51.500><c> man</c><00:35:51.659><c> who</c><00:35:52.039><c> weeps</c>

00:35:52.739 --> 00:35:57.980
when<00:35:53.599><c> he</c><00:35:53.920><c> ponders</c><00:35:54.260><c> the</c><00:35:54.500><c> state</c><00:35:54.739><c> of</c><00:35:55.000><c> mankind</c><00:35:55.460><c> and</c><00:35:56.239><c> his</c><00:35:56.480><c> own</c><00:35:56.900><c> sinfulness.</c>

00:35:58.400 --> 00:36:01.280
And<00:35:58.800><c> if</c><00:35:58.940><c> you</c><00:35:59.119><c> want</c><00:35:59.239><c> the</c><00:35:59.539><c> awful</c><00:36:00.019><c> test</c><00:36:00.360><c> to</c><00:36:00.559><c> be</c><00:36:00.840><c> applied,</c>

00:36:01.619 --> 00:36:03.079
ask<00:36:02.000><c> yourself</c><00:36:02.400><c> this</c><00:36:02.699><c> question.</c>

00:36:03.280 --> 00:36:05.739
Please,<00:36:03.780><c> I'm</c><00:36:04.280><c> deadly</c><00:36:04.679><c> serious.</c>

00:36:06.719 --> 00:36:12.739
When<00:36:07.320><c> did</c><00:36:07.539><c> you</c><00:36:07.760><c> last</c><00:36:08.000><c> ponder</c><00:36:08.420><c> your</c><00:36:08.739><c> performance</c><00:36:09.440><c> and</c><00:36:10.480><c> weep?</c>

00:36:17.079 --> 00:36:18.539
When<00:36:17.400><c> did</c><00:36:17.599><c> you</c><00:36:17.800><c> last</c><00:36:18.179><c> think,</c>

00:36:18.780 --> 00:36:23.019
God,<00:36:19.619><c> help</c><00:36:19.940><c> me,</c><00:36:20.400><c> I</c><00:36:20.679><c> am</c><00:36:20.920><c> such</c><00:36:21.159><c> a</c><00:36:21.639><c> wretched</c><00:36:21.980><c> servant.</c>

00:36:24.920 --> 00:36:27.380
Because<00:36:25.219><c> if</c><00:36:25.420><c> you</c><00:36:25.639><c> mourn</c><00:36:25.900><c> because</c><00:36:26.199><c> of</c><00:36:26.420><c> that,</c>

00:36:27.840 --> 00:36:29.599
one<00:36:28.079><c> day</c><00:36:28.260><c> you</c><00:36:28.400><c> will</c><00:36:28.619><c> be</c><00:36:28.800><c> happy.</c>

00:36:30.539 --> 00:36:33.800
The<00:36:30.699><c> Lord</c><00:36:30.860><c> Jesus</c><00:36:31.260><c> Christ</c><00:36:31.579><c> wept</c><00:36:32.079><c> when</c><00:36:32.739><c> he</c><00:36:32.920><c> looked</c><00:36:33.139><c> at</c><00:36:33.360><c> Jerusalem</c>

00:36:33.800 --> 00:36:36.519
and<00:36:34.000><c> said,</c><00:36:34.280><c> look,</c><00:36:34.539><c> I've</c><00:36:34.800><c> come</c><00:36:35.000><c> to</c><00:36:35.340><c> save</c><00:36:35.719><c> you.</c>

00:36:36.860 --> 00:36:39.940
You're<00:36:37.380><c> throwing</c><00:36:37.639><c> my</c><00:36:37.880><c> message</c><00:36:38.239><c> back</c><00:36:38.559><c> in</c><00:36:38.719><c> my</c><00:36:38.960><c> face.</c>

00:36:41.840 --> 00:36:44.300
Sin<00:36:41.980><c> is</c><00:36:42.219><c> terrible,</c><00:36:43.139><c> brethren</c><00:36:43.260><c> and</c><00:36:43.500><c> sisters.</c>

00:36:44.699 --> 00:36:48.079
Sin<00:36:45.019><c> can</c><00:36:45.699><c> take</c><00:36:46.119><c> the</c><00:36:46.360><c> most</c><00:36:46.920><c> beautiful</c><00:36:47.539><c> life</c>

00:36:48.079 --> 00:36:50.239
and<00:36:48.699><c> smash</c><00:36:49.000><c> it</c><00:36:49.219><c> on</c><00:36:49.440><c> a</c><00:36:49.539><c> cross.</c>

00:36:50.280 --> 00:36:51.380
That's<00:36:50.659><c> what</c><00:36:50.900><c> sin</c><00:36:51.099><c> does.</c>

00:36:51.619 --> 00:36:53.920
If<00:36:51.780><c> you</c><00:36:51.940><c> want</c><00:36:52.079><c> to</c><00:36:52.320><c> ponder</c><00:36:52.559><c> sin,</c><00:36:53.059><c> that</c><00:36:53.300><c> is</c><00:36:53.579><c> sin.</c>

00:36:54.380 --> 00:36:56.739
The<00:36:54.579><c> most</c><00:36:54.920><c> beautiful</c><00:36:55.440><c> life</c><00:36:55.760><c> the</c><00:36:55.940><c> world</c><00:36:56.099><c> ever</c><00:36:56.440><c> saw</c>

00:36:56.739 --> 00:36:59.280
and<00:36:57.039><c> it's</c><00:36:57.619><c> smashed</c><00:36:57.860><c> against</c><00:36:58.239><c> a</c><00:36:58.440><c> cross.</c>

00:37:00.300 --> 00:37:03.739
The<00:37:00.940><c> man</c><00:37:01.179><c> who</c><00:37:01.380><c> is</c><00:37:02.039><c> terribly</c><00:37:02.440><c> sorry</c><00:37:02.820><c> for</c><00:37:03.119><c> his</c><00:37:03.420><c> sin</c>

00:37:03.739 --> 00:37:07.059
and<00:37:04.880><c> for</c><00:37:05.059><c> the</c><00:37:05.280><c> sins</c><00:37:05.579><c> and</c><00:37:06.139><c> state</c><00:37:06.340><c> of</c><00:37:06.519><c> the</c><00:37:06.739><c> world</c>

00:37:07.380 --> 00:37:09.619
will<00:37:07.940><c> one</c><00:37:08.179><c> day</c><00:37:08.639><c> find</c><00:37:09.019><c> happiness.</c>

00:37:10.099 --> 00:37:12.280
Verse<00:37:10.179><c> 5.</c>

00:37:13.019 --> 00:37:15.800
Blessed<00:37:13.039><c> are</c><00:37:13.239><c> the</c><00:37:13.400><c> meek,</c><00:37:13.599><c> for</c><00:37:13.679><c> they</c><00:37:13.900><c> shall</c><00:37:14.039><c> inherit</c><00:37:14.460><c> the</c><00:37:14.699><c> earth.</c>

00:37:16.619 --> 00:37:18.920
Meekness<00:37:16.940><c> today</c><00:37:17.260><c> is</c><00:37:18.199><c> considered</c><00:37:18.539><c> weak.</c>

00:37:19.380 --> 00:37:21.780
Meekness<00:37:19.920><c> is</c><00:37:20.340><c> thought</c><00:37:20.480><c> of</c><00:37:20.800><c> as</c><00:37:20.940><c> being</c><00:37:21.280><c> spineless.</c>

00:37:21.920 --> 00:37:22.800
It<00:37:21.920><c> means</c><00:37:22.199><c> this.</c>

00:37:23.019 --> 00:37:26.739
Blessed<00:37:23.320><c> is</c><00:37:23.559><c> the</c><00:37:23.719><c> man</c><00:37:24.400><c> who</c><00:37:24.800><c> is</c><00:37:25.179><c> totally</c><00:37:25.699><c> self</c><00:37:26.119><c>-controlled.</c>

00:37:26.739 --> 00:37:28.860
That's<00:37:27.480><c> what</c><00:37:27.619><c> meekness</c><00:37:27.980><c> is.</c>

00:37:28.920 --> 00:37:32.460
The<00:37:29.079><c> man</c><00:37:29.280><c> who</c><00:37:29.679><c> has</c><00:37:30.280><c> himself</c><00:37:30.760><c> under</c><00:37:31.099><c> control</c><00:37:31.519><c> all</c><00:37:31.920><c> the</c><00:37:32.139><c> time.</c>

00:37:32.719 --> 00:37:35.880
My<00:37:32.880><c> meekness</c><00:37:33.300><c> will</c><00:37:33.539><c> not</c><00:37:33.780><c> allow</c><00:37:34.059><c> me</c><00:37:34.320><c> to</c><00:37:34.599><c> say</c><00:37:34.820><c> that</c><00:37:35.119><c> to</c><00:37:35.380><c> you</c>

00:37:35.880 --> 00:37:38.480
because<00:37:36.639><c> I</c><00:37:36.860><c> am</c><00:37:36.980><c> under</c><00:37:37.260><c> control.</c>

00:37:39.599 --> 00:37:40.800
Moses<00:37:39.900><c> was</c><00:37:40.159><c> meek.</c>

00:37:41.079 --> 00:37:41.760
Do<00:37:41.199><c> you</c><00:37:41.199><c> know</c><00:37:41.260><c> what</c><00:37:41.300><c> it</c><00:37:41.460><c> means?</c>

00:37:42.119 --> 00:37:43.840
He<00:37:42.280><c> suffered</c><00:37:42.599><c> travail,</c><00:37:43.099><c> he</c><00:37:43.219><c> was</c><00:37:43.440><c> afflicted,</c>

00:37:43.840 --> 00:37:48.300
but<00:37:44.059><c> he</c><00:37:44.320><c> endured</c><00:37:44.519><c> all</c><00:37:44.840><c> of</c><00:37:45.019><c> this</c><00:37:45.300><c> because</c><00:37:45.920><c> he</c><00:37:46.579><c> controlled</c><00:37:47.119><c> himself.</c>

00:37:48.480 --> 00:37:49.460
It<00:37:48.480><c> is</c><00:37:48.719><c> not</c><00:37:49.000><c> flabbiness.</c>

00:37:49.579 --> 00:37:51.760
Meekness<00:37:49.960><c> is</c><00:37:50.119><c> not</c><00:37:50.300><c> flabbiness</c><00:37:50.659><c> of</c><00:37:50.940><c> character.</c>

00:37:51.800 --> 00:37:53.239
It's<00:37:52.059><c> not</c><00:37:52.219><c> lack</c><00:37:52.420><c> of</c><00:37:52.800><c> personality.</c>

00:37:53.239 --> 00:37:56.739
It's<00:37:53.719><c> not</c><00:37:53.940><c> indolence</c><00:37:54.639><c> and</c><00:37:54.880><c> it</c><00:37:55.159><c> certainly</c><00:37:55.559><c> isn't</c><00:37:55.920><c> laziness,</c>

00:37:57.079 --> 00:37:58.980
nor<00:37:57.219><c> is</c><00:37:57.440><c> it</c><00:37:57.780><c> gentleness.</c>

00:38:01.119 --> 00:38:03.079
For<00:38:01.280><c> this</c><00:38:01.500><c> is</c><00:38:01.699><c> often</c><00:38:01.960><c> passed</c><00:38:02.320><c> on</c><00:38:02.519><c> genetically.</c>

00:38:03.380 --> 00:38:07.960
You<00:38:03.519><c> can</c><00:38:03.699><c> be</c><00:38:03.880><c> a</c><00:38:04.059><c> gentle,</c><00:38:05.480><c> kind</c><00:38:05.699><c> person,</c><00:38:06.900><c> Sister</c><00:38:07.139><c> Jenny,</c>

00:38:08.920 --> 00:38:11.179
because<00:38:09.500><c> your</c><00:38:09.719><c> mum</c><00:38:09.860><c> and</c><00:38:09.980><c> dad</c><00:38:10.099><c> are.</c>

00:38:13.360 --> 00:38:16.300
And<00:38:14.000><c> that</c><00:38:14.159><c> isn't</c><00:38:14.360><c> what</c><00:38:14.760><c> meekness</c><00:38:15.219><c> means.</c>

00:38:16.860 --> 00:38:19.960
Meekness<00:38:17.219><c> is</c><00:38:17.440><c> not</c><00:38:17.619><c> inherited,</c><00:38:18.539><c> it's</c><00:38:18.840><c> worked</c><00:38:19.099><c> at.</c>

00:38:20.199 --> 00:38:24.900
Would<00:38:20.679><c> God,</c><00:38:21.119><c> I</c><00:38:21.440><c> could</c><00:38:21.659><c> have</c><00:38:22.719><c> inherited</c><00:38:23.219><c> the</c><00:38:24.079><c> self</c><00:38:24.420><c>-control</c>

00:38:24.900 --> 00:38:26.820
that<00:38:25.079><c> my</c><00:38:25.340><c> own</c><00:38:25.739><c> father</c><00:38:26.340><c> showed.</c>

00:38:27.059 --> 00:38:28.860
Would<00:38:27.280><c> God,</c><00:38:27.780><c> I</c><00:38:27.800><c> could,</c><00:38:27.980><c> but</c><00:38:28.159><c> I</c><00:38:28.239><c> can't.</c>

00:38:29.119 --> 00:38:31.460
No,<00:38:29.400><c> it</c><00:38:29.519><c> has</c><00:38:29.760><c> to</c><00:38:29.900><c> be</c><00:38:30.139><c> worked</c><00:38:30.400><c> at,</c><00:38:30.659><c> you</c><00:38:30.679><c> see,</c><00:38:31.019><c> meekness.</c>

00:38:31.780 --> 00:38:34.420
It<00:38:31.980><c> is</c><00:38:32.219><c> total</c><00:38:32.679><c> self</c><00:38:33.219><c>-control.</c>

00:38:34.860 --> 00:38:37.079
And<00:38:35.260><c> it</c><00:38:35.440><c> is</c><00:38:35.659><c> not</c><00:38:36.059><c> inherited.</c>

00:38:39.019 --> 00:38:40.480
Verse<00:38:39.500><c> 6.</c>

00:38:40.679 --> 00:38:42.760
Blessed<00:38:40.880><c> are</c><00:38:41.079><c> they</c><00:38:41.219><c> which</c><00:38:41.420><c> you</c><00:38:41.519><c> hunger</c><00:38:41.719><c> and</c><00:38:41.940><c> thirst</c><00:38:42.079><c> after</c><00:38:42.320><c> righteousness,</c>

00:38:42.860 --> 00:38:43.659
for<00:38:42.940><c> they</c><00:38:43.119><c> shall</c><00:38:43.239><c> be</c><00:38:43.480><c> filled.</c>

00:38:43.800 --> 00:38:46.320
It<00:38:43.980><c> means</c><00:38:44.320><c> happy</c><00:38:44.820><c> are</c><00:38:45.019><c> they</c><00:38:45.260><c> who</c><00:38:45.460><c> hunger</c><00:38:45.719><c> and</c><00:38:46.079><c> thirst</c>

00:38:46.320 --> 00:38:48.099
after<00:38:46.860><c> complete</c><00:38:47.519><c> righteousness.</c>

00:38:48.099 --> 00:38:50.280
We<00:38:49.239><c> never</c><00:38:49.800><c> do</c><00:38:50.059><c> this.</c>

00:38:50.400 --> 00:38:52.659
We're<00:38:50.900><c> satisfied</c><00:38:51.179><c> with</c><00:38:51.599><c> partial</c><00:38:52.159><c> righteousness.</c>

00:38:52.920 --> 00:38:53.420
Are<00:38:53.079><c> you?</c>

00:38:53.840 --> 00:38:55.760
You're<00:38:54.239><c> satisfied</c><00:38:54.500><c> with</c><00:38:54.739><c> sort</c><00:38:55.059><c> of</c><00:38:55.059><c> partial</c><00:38:55.360><c> righteousness?</c>

00:38:55.940 --> 00:38:57.219
I'm<00:38:56.139><c> a</c><00:38:56.239><c> bit</c><00:38:56.360><c> righteous.</c>

00:38:57.659 --> 00:39:01.400
The<00:38:57.780><c> Lord</c><00:38:57.940><c> Jesus</c><00:38:58.320><c> Christ</c><00:38:58.559><c> is</c><00:38:58.719><c> not</c><00:38:59.059><c> interested</c><00:38:59.599><c> in</c><00:38:59.980><c> partial</c><00:39:00.400><c> righteousness.</c>

00:39:01.460 --> 00:39:02.219
This<00:39:01.619><c> is</c><00:39:01.840><c> the</c><00:39:02.000><c> point.</c>

00:39:02.480 --> 00:39:07.739
We<00:39:02.739><c> have</c><00:39:03.019><c> no</c><00:39:03.320><c> notion</c><00:39:03.699><c> in</c><00:39:04.079><c> this</c><00:39:04.500><c> Western</c><00:39:04.840><c> world</c><00:39:05.340><c> of</c><00:39:05.960><c> hunger</c><00:39:06.340><c> and</c><00:39:06.820><c> thirst.</c>

00:39:08.679 --> 00:39:10.460
In<00:39:08.719><c> the</c><00:39:08.840><c> day</c><00:39:08.980><c> of</c><00:39:09.159><c> the</c><00:39:09.260><c> Lord</c><00:39:09.440><c> Jesus</c><00:39:09.940><c> Christ,</c>

00:39:10.699 --> 00:39:13.880
men<00:39:10.780><c> earned</c><00:39:11.340><c> five</c><00:39:12.000><c> cents</c><00:39:12.460><c> American</c><00:39:13.039><c> currency.</c>

00:39:14.059 --> 00:39:15.639
Five<00:39:14.519><c> cents</c><00:39:14.960><c> a</c><00:39:15.239><c> day.</c>

00:39:15.639 --> 00:39:17.760
And<00:39:16.280><c> I</c><00:39:16.380><c> know</c><00:39:16.679><c> values</c><00:39:17.199><c> have</c><00:39:17.519><c> changed,</c>

00:39:17.780 --> 00:39:19.860
and<00:39:17.900><c> you</c><00:39:18.000><c> can</c><00:39:18.179><c> do</c><00:39:18.280><c> more</c><00:39:18.480><c> with</c><00:39:18.659><c> it</c><00:39:18.760><c> than</c><00:39:18.900><c> you</c><00:39:19.320><c> can</c><00:39:19.559><c> now,</c>

00:39:20.039 --> 00:39:21.940
but<00:39:20.260><c> you</c><00:39:20.420><c> didn't</c><00:39:20.619><c> get</c><00:39:20.820><c> very</c><00:39:21.219><c> fat</c><00:39:21.380><c> on</c><00:39:21.599><c> that.</c>

00:39:22.159 --> 00:39:24.880
And<00:39:22.360><c> they</c><00:39:22.539><c> knew</c><00:39:22.719><c> what</c><00:39:23.059><c> hungering</c><00:39:23.360><c> and</c><00:39:23.699><c> thirsting</c><00:39:24.119><c> really</c><00:39:24.360><c> was</c><00:39:24.579><c> like.</c>

00:39:25.159 --> 00:39:28.320
In<00:39:25.539><c> the</c><00:39:25.800><c> desert</c><00:39:26.139><c> places,</c><00:39:26.860><c> when</c><00:39:27.059><c> you</c><00:39:27.179><c> were</c><00:39:27.380><c> travelling</c><00:39:27.760><c> anywhere,</c>

00:39:28.820 --> 00:39:32.440
you<00:39:28.960><c> didn't</c><00:39:29.280><c> carry</c><00:39:29.619><c> a</c><00:39:30.059><c> thermos</c><00:39:30.460><c> of</c><00:39:30.760><c> cool</c><00:39:30.940><c> water</c><00:39:31.300><c> with</c><00:39:31.539><c> you.</c>

00:39:33.880 --> 00:39:37.219
When<00:39:34.360><c> the</c><00:39:34.639><c> desert</c><00:39:34.860><c> wind</c><00:39:35.099><c> blew,</c><00:39:35.800><c> you'd</c><00:39:36.199><c> rub</c><00:39:36.219><c> the</c><00:39:36.719><c> cloak</c><00:39:36.860><c> around</c>

00:39:37.219 --> 00:39:37.659
your<00:39:37.460><c> head</c>

00:39:37.659 --> 00:39:40.139
and<00:39:38.199><c> sat</c><00:39:38.440><c> the</c><00:39:38.619><c> wind</c><00:39:38.820><c> out.</c>

00:39:41.280 --> 00:39:44.099
And<00:39:41.519><c> the</c><00:39:41.639><c> chances</c><00:39:41.900><c> are</c><00:39:42.139><c> you</c><00:39:42.219><c> might</c><00:39:42.599><c> die</c><00:39:42.920><c> of</c><00:39:43.179><c> thirst.</c>

00:39:44.320 --> 00:39:46.260
So<00:39:44.800><c> when</c><00:39:45.000><c> the</c><00:39:45.099><c> Lord</c><00:39:45.300><c> Jesus</c><00:39:45.699><c> Christ</c><00:39:46.019><c> said,</c>

00:39:46.539 --> 00:39:48.659
Blessed<00:39:46.559><c> are</c><00:39:46.780><c> they</c><00:39:46.940><c> that</c><00:39:47.300><c> hunger</c><00:39:47.619><c> and</c><00:39:47.860><c> thirst</c><00:39:48.079><c> have</c><00:39:48.260><c> to</c><00:39:48.400><c> write</c><00:39:48.539><c> you,</c>

00:39:48.699 --> 00:39:50.460
oh,<00:39:48.920><c> they</c><00:39:49.119><c> knew</c><00:39:49.320><c> what</c><00:39:49.480><c> he</c><00:39:49.699><c> meant.</c>

00:39:51.579 --> 00:39:53.059
And<00:39:51.739><c> you</c><00:39:51.860><c> and</c><00:39:52.019><c> me?</c>

00:39:53.179 --> 00:39:55.940
Well,<00:39:54.280><c> hunger</c><00:39:54.519><c> and</c><00:39:54.880><c> thirst,</c>

00:39:57.219 --> 00:40:01.000
you<00:39:57.380><c> go</c><00:39:57.780><c> to</c><00:39:57.960><c> the</c><00:39:58.099><c> nearest</c><00:39:58.340><c> coke</c><00:39:58.719><c> machine,</c><00:39:59.380><c> don't</c><00:39:59.480><c> you?</c>

00:40:01.179 --> 00:40:05.619
You<00:40:01.340><c> get</c><00:40:01.440><c> a</c><00:40:01.659><c> sandwich</c><00:40:01.920><c> or</c><00:40:02.599><c> whatever</c><00:40:02.880><c> they</c><00:40:03.219><c> are</c><00:40:03.440><c> from</c><00:40:03.960><c> McDonald's,</c><00:40:04.639><c> is</c><00:40:04.719><c> it?</c>

00:40:06.099 --> 00:40:08.659
We<00:40:06.579><c> haven't</c><00:40:06.739><c> an</c><00:40:06.960><c> inkling</c><00:40:07.320><c> of</c><00:40:07.420><c> what</c><00:40:07.559><c> it</c><00:40:07.699><c> means.</c>

00:40:09.699 --> 00:40:10.179
Starvation.

00:40:10.179 --> 00:40:13.760
It<00:40:10.480><c> was</c><00:40:11.699><c> real</c><00:40:12.059><c> to</c><00:40:12.300><c> them,</c><00:40:12.539><c> but</c><00:40:12.659><c> with</c><00:40:12.840><c> us.</c>

00:40:14.099 --> 00:40:15.719
And<00:40:14.159><c> they</c><00:40:14.380><c> therefore</c><00:40:14.739><c> could</c><00:40:15.000><c> readily</c><00:40:15.280><c> understand</c>

00:40:15.719 --> 00:40:17.079
what<00:40:15.920><c> the</c><00:40:15.960><c> Lord</c><00:40:16.159><c> Jesus</c><00:40:16.559><c> Christ</c><00:40:16.860><c> said.</c>

00:40:17.440 --> 00:40:19.320
And<00:40:17.519><c> Jesus</c><00:40:17.820><c> says,</c><00:40:18.280><c> you</c><00:40:18.340><c> know,</c><00:40:18.639><c> you</c><00:40:18.739><c> hunger</c><00:40:18.920><c> and</c><00:40:19.179><c> thirst</c>

00:40:19.320 --> 00:40:20.219
after<00:40:19.559><c> food</c><00:40:19.780><c> and</c><00:40:19.940><c> water,</c>

00:40:20.619 --> 00:40:22.840
that's<00:40:20.880><c> how</c><00:40:21.059><c> you</c><00:40:21.280><c> should</c><00:40:21.460><c> be</c><00:40:21.599><c> after</c><00:40:21.840><c> righteousness.</c>

00:40:22.900 --> 00:40:24.340
And<00:40:23.320><c> they</c><00:40:23.559><c> understood</c><00:40:23.960><c> it,</c>

00:40:24.380 --> 00:40:27.539
and<00:40:24.519><c> because</c><00:40:24.760><c> we</c><00:40:24.960><c> live</c><00:40:25.099><c> in</c><00:40:25.360><c> land</c><00:40:25.639><c> of</c><00:40:25.900><c> luxury,</c><00:40:26.219><c> we</c><00:40:26.460><c> don't.</c>

00:40:27.639 --> 00:40:29.039
Verse<00:40:27.880><c> seven.</c>

00:40:29.820 --> 00:40:31.539
Blessed<00:40:29.880><c> are</c><00:40:30.099><c> the</c><00:40:30.239><c> merciful,</c><00:40:30.639><c> happy</c><00:40:30.880><c> are</c><00:40:31.039><c> the</c><00:40:31.239><c> merciful.</c>

00:40:32.000 --> 00:40:34.780
Happy<00:40:32.300><c> is</c><00:40:32.579><c> the</c><00:40:32.760><c> man</c><00:40:33.079><c> who</c><00:40:33.380><c> can</c><00:40:33.659><c> sympathise</c><00:40:34.360><c> with</c><00:40:34.559><c> others.</c>

00:40:34.840 --> 00:40:36.119
That's<00:40:35.039><c> what</c><00:40:35.159><c> it</c><00:40:35.340><c> means.</c>

00:40:37.639 --> 00:40:41.119
He<00:40:38.199><c> wants</c><00:40:38.539><c> to</c><00:40:38.800><c> do</c><00:40:38.880><c> for</c><00:40:39.079><c> them</c><00:40:39.420><c> what</c><00:40:39.860><c> Jesus</c><00:40:40.400><c> Christ</c><00:40:40.739><c> has</c><00:40:40.960><c> done</c>

00:40:41.119 --> 00:40:42.500
for<00:40:41.380><c> him.</c>

00:40:43.219 --> 00:40:45.659
He<00:40:43.320><c> wants</c><00:40:43.539><c> to</c><00:40:43.719><c> show</c><00:40:43.920><c> love,</c><00:40:44.360><c> kindness</c><00:40:44.800><c> and</c><00:40:45.099><c> compassion.</c>

00:40:45.920 --> 00:40:48.300
That's<00:40:46.079><c> what</c><00:40:46.260><c> mercy</c><00:40:46.519><c> is.</c>

00:40:48.519 --> 00:40:49.579
Pristle.

00:40:50.139 --> 00:40:51.599
Verse<00:40:50.260><c> eight.</c>

00:40:51.980 --> 00:40:53.960
Blessed<00:40:52.039><c> are</c><00:40:52.260><c> the</c><00:40:52.420><c> pure</c><00:40:52.579><c> in</c><00:40:52.800><c> heart,</c><00:40:53.000><c> for</c><00:40:53.079><c> they</c><00:40:53.260><c> shall</c><00:40:53.420><c> see</c><00:40:53.659><c> God.</c>

00:40:54.360 --> 00:40:57.780
This<00:40:54.619><c> means,</c><00:40:55.199><c> this</c><00:40:55.519><c> demands</c><00:40:56.280><c> self</c><00:40:56.940><c>-examination.</c>

00:40:58.239 --> 00:41:00.860
To<00:40:58.239><c> be</c><00:40:58.820><c> pure</c><00:40:59.280><c> means</c><00:40:59.840><c> to</c><00:41:00.079><c> be</c><00:41:00.320><c> sincere.</c>

00:41:01.139 --> 00:41:04.000
To<00:41:01.239><c> be</c><00:41:01.519><c> sincere</c><00:41:01.960><c> means</c><00:41:02.239><c> to</c><00:41:02.440><c> be</c><00:41:02.579><c> without</c><00:41:02.860><c> a</c><00:41:03.199><c> crack.</c>

00:41:04.480 --> 00:41:08.260
Near<00:41:05.039><c> where</c><00:41:05.239><c> Sister</c><00:41:05.519><c> Carol</c><00:41:05.719><c> and</c><00:41:05.900><c> I</c><00:41:06.059><c> live</c><00:41:06.199><c> is</c><00:41:06.860><c> a</c><00:41:07.039><c> very</c><00:41:07.300><c> good,</c>

00:41:08.800 --> 00:41:10.800
very<00:41:09.139><c> beautiful</c><00:41:09.659><c> glasswork.</c>

00:41:10.980 --> 00:41:15.300
They<00:41:11.059><c> make</c><00:41:12.119><c> wonderful</c><00:41:13.300><c> glassware.</c>

00:41:15.820 --> 00:41:17.400
And<00:41:15.880><c> as</c><00:41:16.000><c> it</c><00:41:16.099><c> comes</c><00:41:16.380><c> out</c><00:41:16.679><c> of</c><00:41:16.880><c> the</c><00:41:17.039><c> furnace</c>

00:41:17.400 --> 00:41:20.860
and<00:41:18.119><c> is</c><00:41:18.380><c> blown</c><00:41:18.739><c> or</c><00:41:19.079><c> cut</c><00:41:19.639><c> with</c><00:41:20.320><c> the</c><00:41:20.559><c> cutter,</c>

00:41:21.280 --> 00:41:23.360
and<00:41:21.420><c> is</c><00:41:21.679><c> polished</c><00:41:22.099><c> and</c><00:41:22.599><c> then</c><00:41:22.880><c> dusted,</c>

00:41:23.800 --> 00:41:25.860
the<00:41:23.920><c> very</c><00:41:24.179><c> last</c><00:41:24.440><c> thing</c><00:41:24.659><c> before</c><00:41:24.900><c> it's</c><00:41:25.099><c> put</c><00:41:25.239><c> in</c><00:41:25.400><c> a</c><00:41:25.539><c> box,</c>

00:41:26.360 --> 00:41:29.719
a<00:41:26.500><c> man</c><00:41:26.699><c> will</c><00:41:26.980><c> hold</c><00:41:27.179><c> it</c><00:41:27.920><c> and</c><00:41:28.440><c> flick</c><00:41:28.639><c> the</c><00:41:28.880><c> rim.</c>

00:41:29.940 --> 00:41:34.400
And<00:41:30.539><c> if</c><00:41:30.699><c> it</c><00:41:31.000><c> rings,</c><00:41:32.599><c> it</c><00:41:32.739><c> is</c><00:41:33.199><c> sincere.</c>

00:41:35.380 --> 00:41:38.340
But<00:41:35.500><c> if</c><00:41:35.599><c> it</c><00:41:35.760><c> doesn't</c><00:41:36.079><c> ring,</c><00:41:37.320><c> somewhere</c><00:41:37.619><c> in</c><00:41:38.019><c> there,</c>

00:41:38.400 --> 00:41:40.079
there<00:41:38.579><c> is</c><00:41:38.940><c> a</c><00:41:39.159><c> flaw.</c>

00:41:41.179 --> 00:41:43.480
That<00:41:41.400><c> was</c><00:41:41.719><c> the</c><00:41:42.300><c> origin</c><00:41:42.659><c> of</c><00:41:43.139><c> the</c><00:41:43.139><c> word,</c>

00:41:43.480 --> 00:41:45.420
I'm<00:41:43.739><c> being</c><00:41:43.940><c> serious,</c><00:41:44.340><c> please</c><00:41:44.500><c> don't</c><00:41:44.659><c> laugh</c><00:41:44.900><c> at</c><00:41:45.000><c> me.</c>

00:41:45.719 --> 00:41:48.219
That<00:41:45.900><c> was</c><00:41:46.119><c> the</c><00:41:46.300><c> origin</c><00:41:46.500><c> of</c><00:41:46.699><c> the</c><00:41:46.800><c> word</c><00:41:47.059><c> crackpot.</c>

00:41:48.880 --> 00:41:50.760
The<00:41:49.039><c> man</c><00:41:49.159><c> is</c><00:41:49.380><c> a</c><00:41:49.599><c> crackpot.</c>

00:41:50.840 --> 00:41:52.659
He's<00:41:51.420><c> insincere.</c>

00:41:52.880 --> 00:41:55.679
He<00:41:53.099><c> doesn't</c><00:41:53.980><c> ring</c><00:41:54.460><c> true.</c>

00:41:56.539 --> 00:41:58.719
That<00:41:57.139><c> being</c><00:41:57.539><c> pure,</c><00:41:58.059><c> brethren</c><00:41:58.219><c> and</c><00:41:58.519><c> sisters,</c>

00:41:58.760 --> 00:41:59.599
to<00:41:58.900><c> be</c><00:41:59.119><c> sincere,</c>

00:41:59.980 --> 00:42:02.599
our<00:42:00.099><c> motive</c><00:42:00.400><c> should</c><00:42:00.659><c> be</c><00:42:00.820><c> of</c><00:42:00.960><c> the</c><00:42:01.280><c> purest</c><00:42:01.659><c> and</c><00:42:01.960><c> of</c><00:42:02.099><c> the</c><00:42:02.380><c> truest.</c>

00:42:02.880 --> 00:42:05.860
In<00:42:03.039><c> every</c><00:42:03.460><c> sphere</c><00:42:03.840><c> of</c><00:42:04.119><c> life</c><00:42:04.320><c> that</c><00:42:04.500><c> we</c><00:42:04.639><c> are</c><00:42:04.800><c> able</c><00:42:05.099><c> to</c><00:42:05.440><c> see,</c>

00:42:06.039 --> 00:42:11.519
those<00:42:06.380><c> of</c><00:42:07.079><c> a</c><00:42:07.380><c> filthy</c><00:42:07.780><c> mind</c><00:42:08.599><c> will</c><00:42:09.559><c> see</c><00:42:09.980><c> in</c><00:42:10.320><c> innocent</c><00:42:10.800><c> things</c>

00:42:11.519 --> 00:42:15.139
an<00:42:11.980><c> opportunity</c><00:42:12.659><c> for</c><00:42:13.079><c> rude</c><00:42:13.699><c> jesting.</c>

00:42:15.599 --> 00:42:16.739
They<00:42:15.800><c> will.</c>

00:42:17.400 --> 00:42:21.920
A<00:42:17.539><c> man</c><00:42:17.800><c> trying</c><00:42:18.239><c> to</c><00:42:18.420><c> be</c><00:42:18.679><c> pure</c><00:42:19.099><c> will</c><00:42:19.639><c> always</c><00:42:20.380><c> look</c><00:42:20.639><c> for</c><00:42:20.840><c> the</c><00:42:21.059><c> good.</c>

00:42:22.340 --> 00:42:23.780
So<00:42:22.460><c> that</c><00:42:22.599><c> if</c><00:42:22.739><c> there</c><00:42:22.880><c> is</c><00:42:23.119><c> an</c><00:42:23.260><c> opportunity</c>

00:42:23.780 --> 00:42:24.960
of<00:42:24.139><c> looking</c><00:42:24.139><c> at</c><00:42:24.380><c> things</c><00:42:24.519><c> from</c><00:42:24.760><c> two,</c>

00:42:25.059 --> 00:42:27.139
or<00:42:25.260><c> a</c><00:42:25.400><c> person's</c><00:42:26.000><c> actions</c><00:42:26.179><c> from</c><00:42:26.480><c> two</c><00:42:26.739><c> ways,</c>

00:42:27.440 --> 00:42:29.780
the<00:42:27.699><c> pure</c><00:42:27.960><c> man</c><00:42:28.539><c> will</c><00:42:28.900><c> try</c><00:42:29.159><c> to</c><00:42:29.440><c> believe</c>

00:42:29.780 --> 00:42:33.199
that<00:42:30.019><c> his</c><00:42:30.239><c> brother</c><00:42:30.519><c> or</c><00:42:30.840><c> sister</c><00:42:31.239><c> is</c><00:42:31.739><c> acting</c><00:42:32.039><c> out</c><00:42:32.340><c> of</c><00:42:32.619><c> pure</c><00:42:32.780><c> motives.</c>

00:42:33.519 --> 00:42:35.940
This<00:42:33.760><c> is</c><00:42:33.960><c> to</c><00:42:34.079><c> be</c><00:42:34.300><c> pure,</c><00:42:34.699><c> not</c><00:42:34.860><c> only</c><00:42:35.099><c> to</c><00:42:35.360><c> be</c><00:42:35.599><c> pure,</c>

00:42:36.139 --> 00:42:37.960
but<00:42:36.300><c> to</c><00:42:36.460><c> look</c><00:42:36.699><c> for</c><00:42:37.000><c> purity.</c>

00:42:38.539 --> 00:42:39.500
Verse<00:42:39.019><c> 9,</c>

00:42:39.719 --> 00:42:40.900
Blessed<00:42:39.960><c> are</c><00:42:40.159><c> the</c><00:42:40.320><c> peacemakers,</c>

00:42:41.119 --> 00:42:42.659
for<00:42:41.239><c> they</c><00:42:41.420><c> shall</c><00:42:41.539><c> be</c><00:42:41.760><c> called</c><00:42:41.880><c> the</c><00:42:42.079><c> children</c><00:42:42.320><c> of</c><00:42:42.480><c> God.</c>

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What<00:42:42.820><c> it</c><00:42:42.980><c> means</c><00:42:43.179><c> is,</c>

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happier<00:42:44.139><c> they</c><00:42:44.519><c> who</c><00:42:44.780><c> bring</c><00:42:45.119><c> men</c><00:42:45.420><c> together</c>

00:42:46.119 --> 00:42:49.480
so<00:42:46.539><c> that</c><00:42:46.780><c> a</c><00:42:46.960><c> right</c><00:42:47.159><c> relationship</c><00:42:47.820><c> exists</c><00:42:48.340><c> between</c><00:42:48.820><c> God</c><00:42:49.079><c> and</c><00:42:49.280><c> man.</c>

00:42:49.659 --> 00:42:51.780
They<00:42:49.880><c> are</c><00:42:50.159><c> preachers</c><00:42:50.639><c> and</c><00:42:50.840><c> lovers</c><00:42:51.099><c> of</c><00:42:51.440><c> peace</c>

00:42:51.780 --> 00:42:55.280
in<00:42:52.380><c> and</c><00:42:52.800><c> out</c><00:42:53.079><c> of</c><00:42:53.280><c> the</c><00:42:53.519><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:42:55.559 --> 00:42:56.219
Verse<00:42:55.679><c> 10,</c>

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Blessed<00:42:56.699><c> are</c><00:42:56.900><c> they</c><00:42:57.039><c> which</c><00:42:57.199><c> are</c><00:42:57.480><c> persecuted</c><00:42:57.940><c> for</c><00:42:58.159><c> righteousness'</c><00:42:59.059><c> sake.</c>

00:42:59.440 --> 00:43:03.239
Happy<00:42:59.719><c> are</c><00:42:59.880><c> they,</c><00:43:00.119><c> it</c><00:43:00.199><c> means,</c><00:43:00.739><c> who</c><00:43:00.880><c> will</c><00:43:01.179><c> submit</c><00:43:01.659><c> to</c><00:43:02.239><c> persecution</c><00:43:02.900><c> now.</c>

00:43:03.360 --> 00:43:04.840
Not<00:43:03.539><c> only</c><00:43:03.800><c> physical.</c>

00:43:05.179 --> 00:43:07.480
Persecution<00:43:05.699><c> can</c><00:43:05.940><c> come</c><00:43:06.119><c> in</c><00:43:06.280><c> many</c><00:43:06.500><c> ways.</c>

00:43:08.320 --> 00:43:09.900
When<00:43:08.480><c> we</c><00:43:08.659><c> stand</c><00:43:08.860><c> up</c><00:43:09.000><c> for</c><00:43:09.139><c> Jesus</c><00:43:09.519><c> Christ,</c>

00:43:09.920 --> 00:43:12.400
we<00:43:10.059><c> shall</c><00:43:10.219><c> often</c><00:43:10.400><c> be</c><00:43:10.699><c> scorned,</c><00:43:11.360><c> sometimes</c><00:43:11.800><c> ridiculed.</c>

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That's<00:43:12.760><c> persecution.</c>

00:43:13.480 --> 00:43:16.539
We<00:43:13.719><c> shall</c><00:43:13.920><c> be</c><00:43:14.300><c> persecuted</c><00:43:14.820><c> when</c><00:43:15.260><c> we</c><00:43:15.539><c> bring</c><00:43:15.699><c> men's</c><00:43:16.179><c> attention</c>

00:43:16.539 --> 00:43:18.300
to<00:43:16.719><c> the</c><00:43:16.880><c> demands</c><00:43:17.139><c> of</c><00:43:17.360><c> Jesus.</c>

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So<00:43:20.500><c> to</c><00:43:21.059><c> wind</c><00:43:21.320><c> up,</c>

00:43:21.940 --> 00:43:26.739
let's<00:43:22.239><c> just</c><00:43:22.820><c> consider</c><00:43:23.840><c> these</c><00:43:25.360><c> eight</c><00:43:25.940><c> blessings</c>

00:43:26.739 --> 00:43:29.300
and<00:43:27.559><c> see</c><00:43:27.840><c> how</c><00:43:28.019><c> they</c><00:43:28.159><c> will</c><00:43:28.420><c> be</c><00:43:28.679><c> exaggerated</c>

00:43:29.300 --> 00:43:30.480
come<00:43:29.599><c> the</c><00:43:29.719><c> day</c><00:43:29.840><c> of</c><00:43:29.980><c> the</c><00:43:30.139><c> King.</c>

00:43:30.860 --> 00:43:33.039
Blessed<00:43:31.079><c> are</c><00:43:31.280><c> the</c><00:43:31.480><c> poor</c><00:43:31.679><c> in</c><00:43:31.960><c> spirit,</c>

00:43:33.400 --> 00:43:35.260
theirs<00:43:33.559><c> is</c><00:43:33.820><c> the</c><00:43:33.940><c> kingdom</c><00:43:34.179><c> of</c><00:43:34.360><c> heaven.</c>

00:43:35.920 --> 00:43:37.760
Blessed<00:43:36.219><c> are</c><00:43:36.440><c> they</c><00:43:36.579><c> that</c><00:43:36.860><c> mourn,</c>

00:43:38.059 --> 00:43:39.739
they<00:43:38.340><c> will</c><00:43:38.559><c> be</c><00:43:38.760><c> happy.</c>

00:43:40.079 --> 00:43:42.500
Blessed<00:43:40.360><c> are</c><00:43:40.599><c> the</c><00:43:40.760><c> meek,</c><00:43:40.940><c> the</c><00:43:41.179><c> self</c><00:43:41.360><c>-controlled,</c>

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which<00:43:42.780><c> isn't</c><00:43:43.119><c> inherited.</c>

00:43:43.559 --> 00:43:48.000
They<00:43:44.239><c> will</c><00:43:44.480><c> be</c><00:43:44.659><c> given</c><00:43:44.860><c> the</c><00:43:45.179><c> earth</c><00:43:45.900><c> for</c><00:43:46.360><c> an</c><00:43:46.699><c> inheritance.</c>

00:43:48.980 --> 00:43:50.320
Blessed<00:43:49.019><c> are</c><00:43:49.219><c> they</c><00:43:49.360><c> that</c><00:43:49.539><c> hunger</c><00:43:49.739><c> and</c><00:43:50.059><c> thirst,</c>

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that<00:43:50.940><c> starve</c><00:43:51.139><c> themselves</c><00:43:51.699><c> for</c><00:43:52.079><c> righteousness.</c>

00:43:53.139 --> 00:43:56.099
You<00:43:53.239><c> will</c><00:43:53.460><c> be</c><00:43:53.860><c> filled</c><00:43:54.380><c> with</c><00:43:54.860><c> righteousness.</c>

00:43:56.519 --> 00:43:57.760
Blessed<00:43:56.679><c> are</c><00:43:56.920><c> they</c><00:43:57.079><c> that</c><00:43:57.360><c> show</c><00:43:57.500><c> mercy,</c>

00:43:58.260 --> 00:44:00.539
for<00:43:58.340><c> they</c><00:43:58.539><c> shall</c><00:43:58.760><c> receive</c><00:43:59.420><c> mercy.</c>

00:44:00.659 --> 00:44:02.239
Blessed<00:44:00.840><c> are</c><00:44:01.059><c> the</c><00:44:01.300><c> pure</c><00:44:01.519><c> in</c><00:44:01.760><c> heart,</c>

00:44:02.599 --> 00:44:04.679
for<00:44:02.760><c> they</c><00:44:03.039><c> will</c><00:44:03.380><c> see</c><00:44:03.659><c> God.</c>

00:44:05.059 --> 00:44:06.340
Blessed<00:44:05.260><c> are</c><00:44:05.460><c> the</c><00:44:05.719><c> peacemakers,</c>

00:44:06.480 --> 00:44:08.619
for<00:44:06.599><c> they</c><00:44:06.780><c> shall</c><00:44:06.900><c> be</c><00:44:07.099><c> called</c><00:44:07.260><c> the</c><00:44:07.659><c> children</c><00:44:07.920><c> of</c><00:44:08.119><c> God.</c>

00:44:09.079 --> 00:44:11.380
Blessed<00:44:09.360><c> are</c><00:44:09.619><c> those</c><00:44:09.800><c> who</c><00:44:09.980><c> are</c><00:44:10.260><c> persecuted,</c>

00:44:11.880 --> 00:44:14.840
for<00:44:12.400><c> the</c><00:44:12.599><c> kingdom</c><00:44:13.059><c> is</c><00:44:13.780><c> theirs,</c>

00:44:15.500 --> 00:44:19.099
and<00:44:15.719><c> in</c><00:44:15.860><c> the</c><00:44:16.059><c> kingdom</c><00:44:16.559><c> there</c><00:44:17.559><c> is</c><00:44:17.739><c> no</c><00:44:17.940><c> persecution.</c>

00:44:20.820 --> 00:44:23.039
It's<00:44:21.179><c> been</c><00:44:21.360><c> a</c><00:44:21.480><c> rush,</c><00:44:21.760><c> brethren</c><00:44:21.940><c> and</c><00:44:22.199><c> sisters.</c>

00:44:23.320 --> 00:44:25.860
As<00:44:23.579><c> always,</c><00:44:24.119><c> the</c><00:44:24.280><c> talk</c><00:44:24.440><c> has</c><00:44:24.619><c> been</c><00:44:24.739><c> very</c><00:44:25.059><c> badly</c><00:44:25.380><c> paced.</c>

00:44:26.280 --> 00:44:27.800
I<00:44:26.440><c> ask</c><00:44:26.659><c> you</c><00:44:26.840><c> to</c><00:44:27.159><c> forgive</c><00:44:27.440><c> me.</c>

00:44:28.119 --> 00:44:30.420
We'll<00:44:28.280><c> try</c><00:44:28.400><c> and</c><00:44:28.539><c> make</c><00:44:28.639><c> up</c><00:44:28.780><c> a</c><00:44:28.880><c> little</c><00:44:29.059><c> ground</c><00:44:29.519><c> tomorrow</c><00:44:30.059><c> by</c>

00:44:30.420 --> 00:44:31.579
your<00:44:30.639><c> grace.</c>

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But<00:44:31.780><c> meanwhile</c><00:44:32.000><c> we</c><00:44:32.280><c> say</c>

00:44:34.000 --> 00:44:36.000
conclusion<00:44:34.519><c> to</c><00:44:34.780><c> this</c><00:44:35.039><c> class</c>

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with<00:44:36.659><c> the</c><00:44:36.820><c> words</c><00:44:36.940><c> of</c><00:44:37.099><c> the</c><00:44:37.199><c> Lord</c><00:44:37.360><c> Jesus</c><00:44:37.800><c> Christ</c><00:44:38.099><c> in</c><00:44:38.300><c> our</c><00:44:38.519><c> minds,</c>

00:44:38.980 --> 00:44:43.920
and<00:44:39.900><c> we</c><00:44:40.079><c> are</c><00:44:40.280><c> happy</c><00:44:40.940><c> if</c><00:44:41.739><c> we</c><00:44:41.900><c> hear</c><00:44:42.119><c> them.</c>

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Amen.