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obligation.</c><00:11:02.919><c> I</c><00:11:03.059><c> don't</c><00:11:03.200><c> care</c><00:11:03.360><c> who</c> 00:11:03.559 --> 00:11:03.899 it<00:11:03.659><c> is.</c> 00:11:04.139 --> 00:11:06.179 Don't<00:11:04.419><c> tell</c><00:11:04.519><c> me</c><00:11:04.620><c> that</c><00:11:04.799><c> person</c><00:11:05.159><c> can't</c><00:11:05.500><c> understand</c><00:11:05.799><c> the</c><00:11:06.019><c> truth</c> 00:11:06.179 --> 00:11:07.320 because<00:11:06.360><c> God</c><00:11:06.620><c> can</c><00:11:06.899><c> teach</c><00:11:07.100><c> him.</c> 00:11:07.320 --> 00:11:09.559 Don't<00:11:07.840><c> tell</c><00:11:08.000><c> me</c><00:11:08.139><c> that</c><00:11:08.279><c> that</c><00:11:08.440><c> person</c><00:11:08.720><c> can</c><00:11:08.899><c> never</c><00:11:09.139><c> learn</c><00:11:09.340><c> the</c> 00:11:09.559 --> 00:11:10.740 truth<00:11:09.679><c> because</c><00:11:09.860><c> he's</c><00:11:10.159><c> pompous</c><00:11:10.500><c> pride,</c> 00:11:10.919 --> 00:11:12.600 because<00:11:11.000><c> God</c><00:11:11.220><c> can</c><00:11:11.480><c> level</c><00:11:11.659><c> him.</c> 00:11:12.840 --> 00:11:15.980 Civilized,<00:11:13.480><c> uncivilized,</c><00:11:14.360><c> wise</c><00:11:14.500><c> or</c><00:11:14.919><c> otherwise.</c> 00:11:16.179 --> 00:11:17.240 Doesn't<00:11:16.419><c> matter</c><00:11:16.620><c> to</c><00:11:16.779><c> the</c><00:11:16.919><c> apostle.</c> 00:11:17.539 --> 00:11:19.720 He<00:11:17.600><c> says,</c><00:11:17.940><c> I'm</c><00:11:18.039><c> under</c><00:11:18.240><c> an</c><00:11:18.440><c> obligation</c><00:11:18.799><c> to</c><00:11:19.080><c> all</c><00:11:19.320><c> men</c><00:11:19.460><c> because</c> 00:11:19.720 --> 00:11:22.860 of<00:11:19.899><c> the</c><00:11:20.120><c> enormous</c><00:11:20.559><c> power</c><00:11:21.159><c> that</c><00:11:21.419><c> I've</c><00:11:21.659><c> got</c><00:11:21.779><c> to</c><00:11:22.019><c> present</c><00:11:22.220><c> to</c><00:11:22.460><c> them.</c> 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there</c><00:11:33.840><c> were</c><00:11:33.840><c> only</c><00:11:34.080><c> two</c><00:11:34.299><c> classes</c><00:11:34.600><c> of</c><00:11:34.860><c> mankind.</c> 00:11:35.779 --> 00:11:39.279 And<00:11:36.259><c> the</c><00:11:36.460><c> Gentile</c><00:11:37.000><c> presented</c><00:11:37.399><c> a</c><00:11:37.600><c> picture,</c><00:11:38.019><c> brethren</c><00:11:38.159><c> and</c><00:11:38.480><c> sisters,</c><00:11:38.700><c> of</c> 00:11:39.279 --> 00:11:40.899 immoral<00:11:39.840><c> misery.</c> 00:11:42.019 --> 00:11:44.059 And<00:11:42.179><c> Paul</c><00:11:42.299><c> looked</c><00:11:42.539><c> at</c><00:11:42.720><c> the</c><00:11:42.820><c> degradation</c><00:11:43.340><c> of</c><00:11:43.500><c> the</c><00:11:43.620><c> Gentile</c><00:11:43.960><c> and</c> 00:11:44.059 --> 00:11:46.159 he<00:11:44.100><c> could</c><00:11:44.399><c> see</c><00:11:44.600><c> that</c><00:11:44.820><c> God</c><00:11:45.039><c> could</c><00:11:45.259><c> lift</c><00:11:45.379><c> him</c><00:11:45.559><c> above</c><00:11:45.860><c> that.</c> 00:11:46.639 --> 00:11:49.799 He<00:11:46.799><c> turned</c><00:11:47.019><c> on</c><00:11:47.200><c> the</c><00:11:47.320><c> other</c><00:11:47.519><c> hand</c><00:11:47.659><c> and</c><00:11:47.860><c> saw</c><00:11:48.220><c> the</c><00:11:49.000><c> pride</c><00:11:49.360><c> and</c><00:11:49.539><c> the</c> 00:11:49.799 --> 00:11:51.779 arrogance<00:11:50.120><c> of</c><00:11:50.340><c> Israel,</c><00:11:51.220><c> the</c><00:11:51.460><c> Jews,</c> 00:11:52.100 --> 00:11:54.799 who<00:11:52.139><c> were</c><00:11:52.399><c> elevated</c><00:11:52.740><c> in</c><00:11:52.899><c> their</c><00:11:53.139><c> own</c><00:11:53.460><c> position</c><00:11:54.039><c> where</c><00:11:54.500><c> they</c> 00:11:54.799 --> 00:11:58.200 thought<00:11:54.919><c> that</c><00:11:55.100><c> they</c><00:11:55.279><c> were</c><00:11:55.740><c> the</c><00:11:56.220><c> extra</c><00:11:56.779><c> super</c><00:11:57.259><c> among</c><00:11:57.980><c> the</c> 00:11:58.200 --> 00:11:58.820 human<00:11:58.440><c> race.</c> 00:11:59.019 --> 00:12:01.919 And<00:11:59.159><c> he</c><00:11:59.320><c> saw</c><00:11:59.500><c> that</c><00:11:59.700><c> God</c><00:11:59.960><c> was</c><00:12:00.240><c> able</c><00:12:00.460><c> to</c><00:12:00.679><c> level</c><00:12:00.840><c> them.</c> 00:12:02.100 --> 00:12:05.820 And<00:12:02.580><c> so</c><00:12:02.759><c> whether</c><00:12:02.980><c> they</c><00:12:03.320><c> were</c><00:12:03.659><c> Jew</c><00:12:03.940><c> or</c><00:12:04.200><c> otherwise,</c><00:12:05.320><c> Paul</c><00:12:05.379><c> had</c><00:12:05.559><c> a</c> 00:12:05.820 --> 00:12:06.779 power<00:12:06.059><c> to</c><00:12:06.299><c> bring</c><00:12:06.419><c> to</c><00:12:06.539><c> them.</c> 00:12:07.000 --> 00:12:09.299 And<00:12:07.159><c> he</c><00:12:07.460><c> looked</c><00:12:07.759><c> at</c><00:12:07.960><c> both</c><00:12:08.259><c> classes.</c> 00:12:09.480 --> 00:12:12.179 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they</c><00:13:57.879><c> ever</c><00:13:58.200><c> find</c><00:13:58.600><c> themselves</c><00:13:59.120><c> at</c><00:13:59.460><c> one</c><00:13:59.679><c> with</c><00:13:59.980><c> God?</c> 00:14:01.600 --> 00:14:04.500 Such<00:14:01.940><c> was</c><00:14:02.220><c> the</c><00:14:02.399><c> Gentile</c><00:14:02.899><c> world,</c><00:14:03.279><c> brethren</c><00:14:03.379><c> and</c><00:14:03.639><c> sisters.</c> 00:14:05.379 --> 00:14:08.960 And<00:14:05.480><c> so</c><00:14:05.720><c> Paul's</c><00:14:06.159><c> conclusion</c><00:14:06.519><c> is</c><00:14:06.799><c> that</c><00:14:06.919><c> they</c><00:14:07.220><c> need</c><00:14:07.519><c> the</c><00:14:07.840><c> righteousness</c><00:14:08.259><c> of</c><00:14:08.620><c> God.</c> 00:14:09.320 --> 00:14:12.879 They<00:14:09.559><c> have</c><00:14:09.799><c> failed.</c><00:14:10.679><c> They</c><00:14:10.940><c> have</c><00:14:11.179><c> never</c><00:14:11.500><c> lived</c><00:14:11.740><c> up</c><00:14:11.960><c> to</c><00:14:12.059><c> God's</c><00:14:12.500><c> righteousness.</c> 00:14:12.879 --> 00:14:17.419 They<00:14:13.440><c> need</c><00:14:13.799><c> another</c><00:14:14.320><c> form</c><00:14:14.659><c> of</c><00:14:14.919><c> righteousness,</c><00:14:15.559><c> God's</c><00:14:16.340><c> righteousness.</c> 00:14:17.620 --> 00:14:20.480 They<00:14:17.740><c> need</c><00:14:17.980><c> to</c><00:14:18.159><c> see</c><00:14:18.360><c> what</c><00:14:18.580><c> it</c><00:14:18.679><c> is</c><00:14:19.039><c> and</c><00:14:19.360><c> exercise</c><00:14:19.899><c> faith</c><00:14:20.220><c> in</c><00:14:20.360><c> it</c> 00:14:20.480 --> 00:14:22.159 and<00:14:20.580><c> let</c><00:14:20.899><c> God</c><00:14:21.240><c> work</c><00:14:21.519><c> in</c><00:14:21.659><c> their</c><00:14:21.879><c> lives</c> 00:14:22.159 --> 00:14:24.340 and<00:14:22.519><c> give</c><00:14:22.740><c> up</c><00:14:23.000><c> trying</c><00:14:23.240><c> to</c><00:14:23.399><c> work</c><00:14:23.539><c> their</c><00:14:23.720><c> way</c><00:14:23.840><c> to</c><00:14:23.980><c> the</c><00:14:24.100><c> kingdom</c> 00:14:24.340 --> 00:14:24.820 of<00:14:24.559><c> God</c> 00:14:24.820 --> 00:14:27.960 or<00:14:25.080><c> any</c><00:14:25.299><c> other</c><00:14:25.580><c> way</c><00:14:25.960><c> that</c><00:14:26.220><c> they'd</c><00:14:26.639><c> saw</c><00:14:26.759><c> for</c><00:14:26.899><c> themselves</c><00:14:27.340><c> in</c><00:14:27.659><c> life</c> 00:14:27.960 --> 00:14:31.039 because<00:14:28.320><c> it</c><00:14:28.460><c> only</c><00:14:28.639><c> produced</c><00:14:29.120><c> a</c><00:14:29.500><c> miserable</c><00:14:29.899><c> existence.</c> 00:14:31.259 --> 00:14:34.000 So<00:14:31.460><c> Paul</c><00:14:31.759><c> saw</c><00:14:32.220><c> the</c><00:14:32.679><c> Roman</c><00:14:33.019><c> world.</c> 00:14:34.779 --> 00:14:38.759 But<00:14:34.960><c> in</c><00:14:35.139><c> chapter</c><00:14:35.440><c> 2,</c><00:14:36.000><c> brethren</c><00:14:36.039><c> and</c><00:14:36.320><c> sisters,</c><00:14:37.639><c> he</c><00:14:37.879><c> turns</c><00:14:38.279><c> with</c> 00:14:38.759 --> 00:14:40.759 stinging<00:14:39.240><c> words</c><00:14:39.539><c> to</c><00:14:39.740><c> the</c><00:14:39.919><c> Jew.</c> 00:14:41.000 --> 00:14:46.320 Who<00:14:41.600><c> are</c><00:14:41.840><c> you,</c><00:14:43.279><c> O</c><00:14:43.559><c> man?</c><00:14:44.779><c> Who</c><00:14:45.059><c> are</c><00:14:45.259><c> you,</c><00:14:45.500><c> O</c><00:14:45.840><c> man?</c> 00:14:46.600 --> 00:14:49.000 Who<00:14:46.740><c> sort</c><00:14:46.860><c> of</c><00:14:47.000><c> thou</c><00:14:47.139><c> art</c><00:14:47.320><c> that</c><00:14:47.580><c> judgest</c><00:14:47.919><c> another?</c> 00:14:49.600 --> 00:14:53.000 And<00:14:50.000><c> the</c><00:14:50.179><c> man</c><00:14:50.480><c> that</c><00:14:50.600><c> he's</c><00:14:50.720><c> talking</c><00:14:51.000><c> about</c><00:14:51.179><c> is</c><00:14:51.360><c> the</c><00:14:51.620><c> Jewish</c><00:14:51.940><c> man.</c> 00:14:53.820 --> 00:14:56.440 And<00:14:54.019><c> Paul</c><00:14:54.179><c> points</c><00:14:54.539><c> out</c><00:14:54.820><c> his</c><00:14:55.039><c> attitude</c><00:14:55.440><c> of</c><00:14:55.679><c> mind</c><00:14:55.899><c> in</c><00:14:56.240><c> the</c> 00:14:56.440 --> 00:14:57.120 second<00:14:56.679><c> chapter</c> 00:14:57.120 --> 00:15:00.299 that<00:14:57.419><c> he</c><00:14:57.799><c> thought,</c><00:14:58.320><c> brethren</c><00:14:58.480><c> and</c><00:14:58.779><c> sisters,</c><00:14:59.320><c> that</c><00:14:59.519><c> God</c><00:14:59.980><c> was</c> 00:15:00.299 --> 00:15:01.320 highly<00:15:00.679><c> pleased</c> 00:15:01.320 --> 00:15:05.000 with<00:15:01.759><c> both</c><00:15:02.220><c> his</c><00:15:02.679><c> natural</c><00:15:03.279><c> descent</c><00:15:03.700><c> and</c><00:15:04.019><c> his</c><00:15:04.240><c> ability</c><00:15:04.620><c> to</c><00:15:04.820><c> live</c> 00:15:05.000 --> 00:15:05.679 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Paul</c><00:15:47.120><c> says</c><00:15:47.440><c> in</c><00:15:47.659><c> verse</c><00:15:47.919><c> 4,</c> 00:15:48.620 --> 00:15:51.940 or<00:15:48.820><c> despises</c><00:15:49.440><c> thou</c><00:15:49.759><c> the</c><00:15:49.960><c> riches</c><00:15:50.139><c> of</c><00:15:50.299><c> his</c><00:15:50.539><c> goodness</c><00:15:50.840><c> and</c><00:15:51.139><c> forbearance</c><00:15:51.700><c> and</c> 00:15:51.940 --> 00:15:52.700 long<00:15:52.240><c>-suffering,</c> 00:15:52.980 --> 00:15:55.240 not<00:15:53.399><c> knowing,</c><00:15:54.019><c> not</c><00:15:54.379><c> knowing</c><00:15:54.740><c> what,</c> 00:15:55.600 --> 00:15:59.500 that<00:15:55.799><c> the</c><00:15:56.120><c> goodness</c><00:15:56.500><c> of</c><00:15:56.759><c> God</c><00:15:57.159><c> leadeth</c><00:15:57.960><c> thee</c><00:15:58.200><c> to</c><00:15:58.419><c> repentance.</c> 00:16:00.659 --> 00:16:02.639 And<00:16:01.019><c> the</c><00:16:01.220><c> Jew</c><00:16:01.379><c> 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are</c><00:16:15.919><c> a</c><00:16:16.039><c> privileged</c><00:16:16.360><c> class,</c> 00:16:17.679 --> 00:16:20.820 that<00:16:17.899><c> God</c><00:16:18.220><c> has</c><00:16:18.460><c> an</c><00:16:18.600><c> obligation</c><00:16:19.120><c> to</c><00:16:19.460><c> bless</c><00:16:19.700><c> us,</c> 00:16:20.960 --> 00:16:24.559 and<00:16:21.379><c> we</c><00:16:21.659><c> use</c><00:16:22.080><c> his</c><00:16:22.399><c> riches</c><00:16:22.720><c> and</c><00:16:22.940><c> his</c><00:16:23.159><c> goodness</c><00:16:23.419><c> and</c><00:16:23.620><c> his</c><00:16:23.840><c> forbearance</c><00:16:24.360><c> and</c> 00:16:24.559 --> 00:16:25.740 long<00:16:24.879><c>-suffering,</c> 00:16:25.799 --> 00:16:28.240 use<00:16:26.220><c> it</c><00:16:26.360><c> up</c><00:16:26.500><c> to</c><00:16:26.620><c> the</c><00:16:26.720><c> extent</c><00:16:27.059><c> that</c><00:16:27.220><c> we</c><00:16:27.399><c> commit</c><00:16:27.600><c> little</c><00:16:27.960><c> sins</c> 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by</c><00:16:53.779><c> God's</c><00:16:54.200><c> goodness</c><00:16:54.419><c> to</c><00:16:54.659><c> repentance.</c> 00:16:55.159 --> 00:16:58.120 Well,<00:16:56.080><c> if</c><00:16:56.179><c> we</c><00:16:56.299><c> don't</c><00:16:56.440><c> do</c><00:16:56.620><c> that,</c><00:16:56.919><c> says</c><00:16:57.000><c> Paul,</c><00:16:57.320><c> all</c><00:16:57.539><c> we're</c><00:16:57.759><c> doing</c> 00:16:58.120 --> 00:17:00.399 is<00:16:58.700><c> abusing</c><00:16:59.240><c> our</c><00:16:59.539><c> privileges.</c> 00:17:00.440 --> 00:17:02.059 That's<00:17:00.639><c> what</c><00:17:00.820><c> the</c><00:17:00.960><c> Jew</c><00:17:01.080><c> had</c><00:17:01.259><c> done.</c> 00:17:02.480 --> 00:17:05.619 He<00:17:02.600><c> hadn't</c><00:17:02.899><c> seen</c><00:17:03.720><c> the</c><00:17:04.099><c> purpose</c><00:17:04.480><c> of</c><00:17:04.680><c> the</c><00:17:04.819><c> goodness</c><00:17:05.039><c> of</c><00:17:05.259><c> God</c><00:17:05.480><c> in</c> 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evil,</c> 00:17:21.180 --> 00:17:23.440 of<00:17:21.380><c> the</c><00:17:21.599><c> Jew</c><00:17:21.799><c> first</c><00:17:22.180><c> and</c><00:17:22.359><c> also</c><00:17:22.599><c> of</c><00:17:22.779><c> the</c><00:17:22.900><c> Gentile.</c> 00:17:23.440 --> 00:17:24.900 No<00:17:23.859><c> difference.</c> 00:17:25.059 --> 00:17:30.019 And<00:17:25.079><c> if</c><00:17:25.299><c> the</c><00:17:25.400><c> Jew</c><00:17:25.539><c> stood</c><00:17:25.759><c> up</c><00:17:25.980><c> and</c><00:17:26.180><c> clapped</c><00:17:26.400><c> his</c><00:17:26.599><c> hands</c><00:17:26.880><c> when</c><00:17:27.099><c> Paul</c><00:17:27.420><c> said</c><00:17:27.619><c> that</c><00:17:27.799><c> the</c><00:17:27.900><c> Gentile</c><00:17:28.440><c> world</c><00:17:28.680><c> was</c><00:17:29.019><c> debauched</c><00:17:29.599><c> in</c><00:17:29.880><c> sin,</c> 00:17:30.319 --> 00:17:32.799 yes,<00:17:30.640><c> Paul,</c><00:17:30.839><c> you're</c><00:17:31.180><c> right,</c><00:17:31.460><c> they're</c><00:17:31.759><c> no</c><00:17:31.960><c> good,</c><00:17:32.180><c> but</c><00:17:32.339><c> we</c><00:17:32.519><c> are.</c> 00:17:33.079 --> 00:17:39.460 Paul<00:17:33.380><c> talks</c><00:17:33.680><c> about</c><00:17:34.140><c> every</c><00:17:34.960><c> soul</c><00:17:35.460><c> of</c><00:17:35.759><c> man,</c><00:17:36.779><c> every</c><00:17:37.400><c> soul</c><00:17:38.240><c> of</c><00:17:38.420><c> man.</c> 00:17:40.019 --> 00:17:43.259 The<00:17:40.220><c> term</c><00:17:40.460><c> soul</c><00:17:40.799><c> there</c><00:17:41.039><c> means</c><00:17:41.259><c> the</c><00:17:41.619><c> whole</c><00:17:41.859><c> man,</c><00:17:42.619><c> of</c><00:17:42.779><c> the</c><00:17:42.960><c> whole</c> 00:17:43.259 --> 00:17:43.819 of<00:17:43.519><c> mankind.</c> 00:17:44.180 --> 00:17:45.839 There<00:17:44.319><c> is</c><00:17:44.559><c> no</c><00:17:44.779><c> difference.</c> 00:17:46.420 --> 00:17:48.680 And<00:17:46.619><c> because</c><00:17:46.940><c> one</c><00:17:47.119><c> had</c><00:17:47.299><c> greater</c><00:17:47.599><c> privileges</c><00:17:47.900><c> than</c><00:17:48.019><c> the</c><00:17:48.240><c> other,</c><00:17:48.480><c> they</c> 00:17:48.680 --> 00:17:50.160 will<00:17:48.920><c> answer</c><00:17:49.259><c> first</c><00:17:49.640><c> for</c><00:17:49.900><c> it.</c> 00:17:50.160 --> 00:17:51.500 And<00:17:50.420><c> they</c><00:17:50.640><c> did.</c> 00:17:51.900 --> 00:17:56.339 And<00:17:52.519><c> they</c><00:17:52.700><c> answered</c><00:17:53.039><c> for</c><00:17:53.259><c> it,</c><00:17:53.500><c> brethren</c><00:17:53.640><c> and</c><00:17:53.900><c> sisters,</c><00:17:54.339><c> nationally</c><00:17:54.819><c> in</c><00:17:56.019><c> AD</c> 00:17:56.339 --> 00:17:58.299 70,<00:17:57.059><c> 1900</c><00:17:57.480><c> years</c><00:17:57.940><c> ago.</c> 00:17:58.500 --> 00:18:02.640 They<00:17:58.759><c> answered</c><00:17:59.099><c> for</c><00:17:59.380><c> it</c><00:17:59.660><c> nationally</c><00:18:00.039><c> in</c><00:18:00.359><c> a</c><00:18:00.579><c> dreadful,</c><00:18:01.359><c> a</c><00:18:01.819><c> dreadful</c><00:18:02.259><c> way</c> 00:18:02.640 --> 00:18:04.019 to<00:18:03.039><c> the</c><00:18:03.279><c> Jew</c><00:18:03.500><c> first.</c> 00:18:04.440 --> 00:18:06.119 And<00:18:04.680><c> so</c><00:18:04.940><c> it</c><00:18:05.140><c> was.</c> 00:18:06.299 --> 00:18:07.859 He<00:18:06.420><c> had</c><00:18:06.660><c> knowledge.</c> 00:18:08.140 --> 00:18:11.339 Verse<00:18:08.460><c> 17,</c><00:18:09.640><c> he</c><00:18:09.740><c> was</c><00:18:10.039><c> called</c><00:18:10.240><c> a</c><00:18:10.460><c> Jew.</c> 00:18:11.900 --> 00:18:15.859 He<00:18:12.259><c> rested</c><00:18:12.599><c> in</c><00:18:12.779><c> the</c><00:18:12.980><c> law</c><00:18:13.460><c> and</c><00:18:14.500><c> he</c><00:18:14.700><c> made</c><00:18:14.900><c> a</c><00:18:15.099><c> boast</c><00:18:15.259><c> of</c><00:18:15.460><c> God</c><00:18:15.720><c> and</c> 00:18:15.859 --> 00:18:17.539 he<00:18:16.019><c> knew</c><00:18:16.140><c> God's</c><00:18:16.619><c> will.</c> 00:18:17.619 --> 00:18:21.759 But<00:18:18.140><c> his</c><00:18:18.319><c> knowledge</c><00:18:18.720><c> was</c><00:18:19.000><c> not</c><00:18:19.299><c> married</c><00:18:19.640><c> to</c><00:18:19.900><c> practice,</c><00:18:20.440><c> brethren</c><00:18:20.640><c> and</c><00:18:20.920><c> sisters.</c> 00:18:22.400 --> 00:18:25.000 He<00:18:22.500><c> trusted</c><00:18:22.880><c> in</c><00:18:23.160><c> those</c><00:18:23.480><c> privileges</c><00:18:23.819><c> that</c><00:18:24.059><c> he</c><00:18:24.119><c> had</c><00:18:24.460><c> and</c><00:18:24.740><c> felt</c> 00:18:25.000 --> 00:18:27.619 that<00:18:25.200><c> his</c><00:18:25.460><c> national</c><00:18:25.859><c> distinction</c><00:18:26.480><c> was</c><00:18:26.880><c> enough</c><00:18:27.200><c> to</c><00:18:27.420><c> commend</c> 00:18:27.619 --> 00:18:28.180 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judgment</c><00:18:39.599><c> of</c> 00:18:39.779 --> 00:18:41.920 God<00:18:40.019><c> is</c><00:18:40.299><c> according</c><00:18:40.640><c> to</c><00:18:41.000><c> truth.</c> 00:18:42.779 --> 00:18:45.259 You<00:18:42.900><c> know,</c><00:18:42.960><c> that's</c><00:18:43.200><c> a</c><00:18:43.380><c> wonderful</c><00:18:43.700><c> thing</c><00:18:43.900><c> to</c><00:18:44.019><c> think</c><00:18:44.140><c> about</c><00:18:44.380><c> that,</c><00:18:44.660><c> brethren</c><00:18:44.720><c> and</c><00:18:44.960><c> sisters.</c> 00:18:45.259 --> 00:18:49.200 We<00:18:45.700><c> are</c><00:18:46.059><c> sure,</c><00:18:46.420><c> he</c><00:18:46.619><c> said</c><00:18:46.859><c> back</c><00:18:47.099><c> in</c><00:18:47.279><c> verse</c><00:18:47.500><c> 3,</c><00:18:48.099><c> that</c><00:18:48.240><c> the</c><00:18:48.480><c> judgment</c><00:18:48.779><c> of</c><00:18:48.960><c> God</c> 00:18:49.200 --> 00:18:50.980 is<00:18:49.460><c> according</c><00:18:49.740><c> 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this</c><00:18:59.920><c> side</c><00:19:00.099><c> of</c><00:19:00.240><c> the</c><00:19:00.359><c> hall.</c> 00:19:01.079 --> 00:19:02.960 Coming<00:19:01.299><c> into</c><00:19:01.460><c> that</c><00:19:01.680><c> door</c><00:19:01.900><c> is</c><00:19:02.059><c> a</c><00:19:02.200><c> man</c><00:19:02.339><c> that's</c><00:19:02.539><c> just</c><00:19:02.700><c> come</c><00:19:02.839><c> into</c> 00:19:02.960 --> 00:19:05.380 the<00:19:03.240><c> truth,</c><00:19:03.519><c> been</c><00:19:03.660><c> picked</c><00:19:03.900><c> up</c><00:19:04.059><c> out</c><00:19:04.180><c> of</c><00:19:04.460><c> the</c><00:19:04.559><c> gutters</c><00:19:04.779><c> of</c><00:19:04.980><c> humanity</c><00:19:05.240><c> and</c> 00:19:05.380 --> 00:19:07.240 he<00:19:05.500><c> sits</c><00:19:05.599><c> on</c><00:19:05.819><c> that</c><00:19:06.000><c> side</c><00:19:06.220><c> of</c><00:19:06.359><c> the</c><00:19:06.480><c> hall.</c> 00:19:08.480 --> 00:19:12.000 And<00:19:08.619><c> Paul</c><00:19:08.779><c> tells</c><00:19:09.099><c> both</c><00:19:09.400><c> of</c><00:19:09.539><c> them</c><00:19:09.640><c> to</c><00:19:09.779><c> be</c><00:19:09.940><c> very</c><00:19:10.380><c> sure</c><00:19:10.940><c> that</c><00:19:11.700><c> the</c> 00:19:12.000 --> 00:19:14.460 judgment<00:19:12.240><c> of</c><00:19:12.420><c> God</c><00:19:12.599><c> is</c><00:19:12.859><c> according</c><00:19:13.140><c> to</c><00:19:13.519><c> truth.</c> 00:19:15.440 --> 00:19:23.440 That<00:19:16.119><c> is,</c><00:19:17.640><c> do</c><00:19:17.940><c> this</c><00:19:18.619><c> or</c><00:19:20.200><c> don't</c><00:19:20.599><c> do</c><00:19:20.839><c> that</c><00:19:21.160><c> applies</c><00:19:21.619><c> to</c><00:19:22.000><c> both</c><00:19:22.339><c> classes.</c> 00:19:23.619 --> 00:19:26.099 It's<00:19:24.019><c> a</c><00:19:24.019><c> very</c><00:19:24.539><c> simple</c><00:19:25.079><c> rule.</c> 00:19:26.859 --> 00:19:29.619 There's<00:19:27.200><c> the</c><00:19:27.380><c> example</c><00:19:27.740><c> of</c><00:19:27.880><c> the</c><00:19:27.980><c> Lord</c><00:19:28.119><c> Jesus</c><00:19:28.559><c> Christ.</c> 00:19:29.779 --> 00:19:31.720 There<00:19:30.119><c> are</c><00:19:30.619><c> no</c><00:19:30.839><c> privileges.</c> 00:19:32.019 --> 00:19:36.140 There's<00:19:32.400><c> the</c><00:19:32.619><c> example</c><00:19:33.039><c> and</c><00:19:33.359><c> the</c><00:19:33.619><c> judgment</c><00:19:33.920><c> will</c><00:19:34.140><c> be</c><00:19:34.319><c> according</c><00:19:34.700><c> to</c><00:19:35.180><c> truth.</c> 00:19:36.680 --> 00:19:39.259 The<00:19:36.839><c> only</c><00:19:37.039><c> thing</c><00:19:37.240><c> that</c><00:19:37.380><c> that</c><00:19:37.559><c> Christadelphian's</c><00:19:38.319><c> got</c><00:19:38.700><c> that</c> 00:19:39.259 --> 00:19:41.000 the<00:19:39.460><c> other</c><00:19:39.619><c> fellow</c><00:19:39.799><c> hasn't</c><00:19:40.079><c> got,</c><00:19:40.440><c> brethren</c><00:19:40.559><c> and</c><00:19:40.740><c> sisters,</c> 00:19:41.000 --> 00:19:44.960 is<00:19:41.299><c> a</c><00:19:41.539><c> greater</c><00:19:42.039><c> responsibility</c><00:19:42.960><c> and</c><00:19:43.779><c> a</c><00:19:44.160><c> greater</c><00:19:44.460><c> judgment</c><00:19:44.839><c> if</c> 00:19:44.960 --> 00:19:45.619 he<00:19:45.099><c> goes</c><00:19:45.339><c> wrong.</c> 00:19:45.720 --> 00:19:47.319 That's<00:19:46.000><c> his</c><00:19:46.140><c> only</c><00:19:46.319><c> privilege.</c> 00:19:48.079 --> 00:19:50.099 And<00:19:48.220><c> Paul</c><00:19:48.420><c> pointed</c><00:19:48.740><c> that</c><00:19:48.920><c> out</c><00:19:49.039><c> to</c><00:19:49.180><c> the</c><00:19:49.359><c> Jew.</c> 00:19:50.779 --> 00:19:52.380 You<00:19:50.900><c> knew</c><00:19:51.119><c> God's</c><00:19:51.579><c> will.</c> 00:19:52.740 --> 00:19:56.680 Then<00:19:52.859><c> he</c><00:19:52.980><c> lists</c><00:19:53.220><c> all</c><00:19:53.500><c> the</c><00:19:53.700><c> sins</c><00:19:53.900><c> of</c><00:19:54.200><c> Jewry</c><00:19:54.640><c> and</c><00:19:55.039><c> they</c><00:19:55.400><c> were</c><00:19:55.759><c> sins.</c> 00:19:57.839 --> 00:20:00.039 The<00:19:58.160><c> Jewish</c><00:19:58.440><c> world</c><00:19:58.680><c> was</c><00:19:58.880><c> full</c><00:19:59.079><c> of</c><00:19:59.180><c> them.</c> 00:20:00.740 --> 00:20:03.720 And<00:20:00.880><c> the</c><00:20:01.039><c> last</c><00:20:01.359><c> of</c><00:20:01.539><c> which</c><00:20:01.740><c> he</c><00:20:02.319><c> lists</c><00:20:02.559><c> in</c><00:20:02.799><c> verse</c><00:20:03.039><c> 22,</c> 00:20:03.720 --> 00:20:06.140 They'll<00:20:04.480><c> say</c><00:20:04.700><c> us</c><00:20:04.839><c> that</c><00:20:04.960><c> a</c><00:20:05.019><c> man</c><00:20:05.220><c> should</c><00:20:05.420><c> not</c><00:20:05.559><c> commit</c><00:20:05.759><c> adultery.</c> 00:20:06.319 --> 00:20:08.559 Do<00:20:06.519><c> you</c><00:20:06.759><c> commit</c><00:20:06.980><c> adultery?</c> 00:20:08.720 --> 00:20:12.819 Thou<00:20:08.839><c> that</c><00:20:09.019><c> abhors</c><00:20:09.480><c> idols,</c><00:20:10.519><c> dost</c><00:20:10.720><c> thou</c><00:20:10.920><c> commit</c><00:20:11.240><c> sacrilege?</c> 00:20:14.119 --> 00:20:17.220 And<00:20:14.299><c> the</c><00:20:14.480><c> Jew</c><00:20:14.799><c> who</c><00:20:15.000><c> lifted</c><00:20:15.220><c> up</c><00:20:15.420><c> his</c><00:20:15.640><c> nose</c><00:20:15.940><c> at</c><00:20:16.119><c> the</c><00:20:16.259><c> Gentile</c><00:20:16.980><c> and</c> 00:20:17.220 --> 00:20:18.220 would<00:20:17.299><c> have</c><00:20:17.440><c> nothing</c><00:20:17.640><c> to</c><00:20:17.859><c> do</c><00:20:17.900><c> with</c><00:20:18.000><c> him</c> 00:20:18.220 --> 00:20:20.599 and<00:20:18.480><c> when</c><00:20:18.599><c> you</c><00:20:18.740><c> looked</c><00:20:18.859><c> at</c><00:20:18.980><c> his</c><00:20:19.180><c> temple,</c><00:20:19.940><c> filled</c><00:20:20.079><c> with</c><00:20:20.380><c> idols,</c> 00:20:20.779 --> 00:20:21.319 brethren<00:20:20.900><c> and</c><00:20:21.119><c> sisters.</c> 00:20:21.559 --> 00:20:25.019 Oh,<00:20:22.299><c> why?</c><00:20:23.039><c> What?</c><00:20:23.839><c> To</c><00:20:23.960><c> go</c><00:20:24.160><c> near</c><00:20:24.359><c> that</c><00:20:24.660><c> place?</c> 00:20:25.380 --> 00:20:26.940 Oh,<00:20:25.920><c> he</c><00:20:26.140><c> wouldn't</c><00:20:26.420><c> dream</c><00:20:26.700><c> of</c><00:20:26.819><c> it.</c> 00:20:26.960 --> 00:20:28.940 They<00:20:27.380><c> robbed</c><00:20:27.740><c> him.</c> 00:20:29.960 --> 00:20:32.259 And<00:20:30.279><c> the</c><00:20:30.480><c> Acts</c><00:20:30.599><c> of</c><00:20:30.720><c> the</c><00:20:30.880><c> Apostles</c><00:20:31.279><c> says</c><00:20:31.460><c> they</c><00:20:31.740><c> did.</c> 00:20:32.259 --> 00:20:35.519 Because<00:20:32.940><c> when</c><00:20:33.140><c> they</c><00:20:33.359><c> apprehended</c><00:20:33.819><c> Paul</c><00:20:34.099><c> in</c><00:20:34.279><c> Ephesus,</c> 00:20:35.660 --> 00:20:38.640 they<00:20:35.799><c> pointed</c><00:20:36.079><c> out</c><00:20:36.259><c> that</c><00:20:36.339><c> he</c><00:20:36.359><c> was</c><00:20:36.579><c> not</c><00:20:36.859><c> a</c><00:20:37.039><c> robber</c><00:20:37.339><c> of</c><00:20:37.519><c> churches.</c> 00:20:39.799 --> 00:20:41.759 And<00:20:40.019><c> you</c><00:20:40.079><c> can</c><00:20:40.240><c> read</c><00:20:40.500><c> the</c><00:20:40.539><c> word</c><00:20:40.759><c> churches</c><00:20:41.099><c> in</c><00:20:41.259><c> that</c><00:20:41.440><c> place.</c> 00:20:41.880 --> 00:20:43.259 It's<00:20:41.940><c> not</c><00:20:42.140><c> Ecclesia.</c> 00:20:43.940 --> 00:20:46.000 It's<00:20:44.039><c> an</c><00:20:44.200><c> idol's</c><00:20:44.500><c> temple.</c><00:20:44.720><c> That's</c><00:20:45.000><c> a</c><00:20:45.119><c> church.</c> 00:20:46.480 --> 00:20:49.000 And<00:20:46.640><c> they</c><00:20:46.960><c> robbed</c><00:20:47.339><c> idols</c><00:20:47.779><c> churches.</c> 00:20:50.200 --> 00:20:53.660 And<00:20:50.279><c> yet</c><00:20:50.400><c> they</c><00:20:51.400><c> held</c><00:20:51.640><c> their</c><00:20:51.920><c> nose</c><00:20:52.160><c> against</c><00:20:52.500><c> those</c><00:20:52.859><c> things.</c> 00:20:54.119 --> 00:20:56.180 What<00:20:54.359><c> a</c><00:20:54.640><c> hypocritical</c><00:20:55.240><c> action</c><00:20:55.599><c> that</c><00:20:55.880><c> was.</c> 00:20:56.440 --> 00:20:59.660 And<00:20:56.660><c> therefore,</c><00:20:57.039><c> says</c><00:20:57.220><c> the</c><00:20:57.460><c> Apostle,</c><00:20:58.140><c> as</c><00:20:58.319><c> far</c><00:20:58.579><c> as</c><00:20:58.720><c> the</c><00:20:58.880><c> Jew</c><00:20:59.000><c> is</c><00:20:59.240><c> concerned,</c> 00:20:59.660 --> 00:21:04.420 he<00:21:00.039><c> had</c><00:21:00.420><c> blasphemed</c><00:21:01.859><c> the</c><00:21:02.079><c> name</c><00:21:02.359><c> of</c><00:21:02.559><c> God,</c><00:21:03.319><c> as</c><00:21:03.380><c> he</c><00:21:03.599><c> points</c><00:21:03.880><c> out</c> 00:21:04.420 --> 00:21:06.920 in<00:21:04.700><c> the</c><00:21:05.500><c> 24th</c><00:21:06.359><c> verse.</c> 00:21:07.000 --> 00:21:10.640 For<00:21:07.160><c> through</c><00:21:07.559><c> them,</c><00:21:08.160><c> the</c><00:21:08.319><c> name</c><00:21:08.640><c> of</c><00:21:08.880><c> God</c><00:21:09.079><c> had</c><00:21:09.319><c> been</c><00:21:09.740><c> blasphemed</c> 00:21:10.640 --> 00:21:11.680 among<00:21:10.940><c> the</c><00:21:11.160><c> Gentiles.</c> 00:21:11.920 --> 00:21:13.920 And<00:21:12.059><c> yet</c><00:21:12.220><c> all</c><00:21:12.519><c> the</c><00:21:12.680><c> way</c><00:21:12.900><c> through</c><00:21:13.140><c> that</c><00:21:13.380><c> chapter,</c><00:21:13.720><c> brethren</c> 00:21:13.920 --> 00:21:14.420 and<00:21:14.180><c> sisters,</c> 00:21:14.519 --> 00:21:17.480 Paul<00:21:14.779><c> is</c><00:21:15.039><c> laying</c><00:21:15.240><c> emphasis</c><00:21:15.640><c> upon</c><00:21:16.000><c> the</c><00:21:16.259><c> title</c><00:21:16.640><c> Jew,</c><00:21:17.259><c> which</c> 00:21:17.480 --> 00:21:19.279 means<00:21:17.900><c> praise.</c> 00:21:20.440 --> 00:21:24.059 And<00:21:20.559><c> instead</c><00:21:20.759><c> of</c><00:21:20.880><c> living</c><00:21:21.079><c> up</c><00:21:21.279><c> to</c><00:21:21.400><c> the</c><00:21:21.640><c> name</c><00:21:22.359><c> that</c><00:21:23.700><c> they</c><00:21:23.859><c> had</c> 00:21:24.059 --> 00:21:24.940 gotten<00:21:24.299><c> from</c><00:21:24.599><c> God,</c> 00:21:24.960 --> 00:21:27.079 because<00:21:25.200><c> it</c><00:21:25.339><c> was</c><00:21:25.480><c> a</c><00:21:25.660><c> contraction</c><00:21:25.980><c> of</c><00:21:26.319><c> Judah,</c> 00:21:27.500 --> 00:21:29.700 instead<00:21:28.000><c> of</c><00:21:28.119><c> living</c><00:21:28.359><c> up</c><00:21:28.539><c> to</c><00:21:28.660><c> the</c><00:21:28.779><c> name</c><00:21:28.960><c> that</c><00:21:29.059><c> they</c><00:21:29.279><c> should</c><00:21:29.480><c> be</c> 00:21:29.700 --> 00:21:31.759 a<00:21:29.940><c> name</c><00:21:30.160><c> and</c><00:21:30.400><c> a</c><00:21:30.759><c> praise,</c> 00:21:31.799 --> 00:21:36.460 as<00:21:31.880><c> Jeremiah</c><00:21:32.380><c> said,</c><00:21:33.220><c> they</c><00:21:33.460><c> had</c><00:21:33.920><c> blasphemed</c><00:21:34.660><c> God's</c><00:21:35.160><c> name</c><00:21:35.380><c> among</c><00:21:35.700><c> the</c><00:21:35.900><c> Gentiles.</c> 00:21:36.759 --> 00:21:39.019 And<00:21:36.880><c> the</c><00:21:37.119><c> privileges</c><00:21:37.440><c> that</c><00:21:37.700><c> God</c><00:21:37.819><c> had</c><00:21:38.019><c> given</c><00:21:38.140><c> them,</c><00:21:38.559><c> they</c><00:21:38.779><c> had</c> 00:21:39.019 --> 00:21:41.500 completely<00:21:39.680><c> and</c><00:21:39.980><c> utterly</c><00:21:40.319><c> reversed.</c> 00:21:43.039 --> 00:21:46.799 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mere</c><00:21:56.799><c> slit</c><00:21:57.259><c> in</c><00:21:58.559><c> flesh,</c><00:21:59.660><c> and</c><00:21:59.980><c> that</c><00:22:00.099><c> was</c><00:22:00.299><c> to</c><00:22:00.380><c> him</c><00:22:00.559><c> a</c> 00:22:00.900 --> 00:22:03.019 brand<00:22:01.539><c> of</c><00:22:02.059><c> distinction.</c> 00:22:04.339 --> 00:22:08.859 And<00:22:04.539><c> Paul's</c><00:22:04.960><c> point</c><00:22:05.099><c> is</c><00:22:05.359><c> this,</c><00:22:06.880><c> that</c><00:22:07.000><c> if</c><00:22:07.099><c> there</c><00:22:07.380><c> is</c><00:22:07.619><c> any</c><00:22:07.839><c> distinction</c><00:22:08.339><c> at</c><00:22:08.640><c> all</c> 00:22:08.859 --> 00:22:09.740 among<00:22:09.160><c> mankind,</c> 00:22:09.900 --> 00:22:12.980 it's<00:22:10.319><c> moral</c><00:22:10.880><c> and</c><00:22:11.500><c> not</c><00:22:12.000><c> physical.</c> 00:22:13.619 --> 00:22:17.619 If<00:22:13.799><c> there</c><00:22:14.000><c> has</c><00:22:14.319><c> to</c><00:22:14.500><c> be</c><00:22:14.680><c> distinctions</c><00:22:15.079><c> among</c><00:22:15.440><c> men,</c><00:22:15.680><c> he</c><00:22:15.880><c> says,</c><00:22:16.599><c> it's</c><00:22:17.380><c> a</c> 00:22:17.619 --> 00:22:19.000 moral<00:22:17.819><c> distinction.</c> 00:22:19.579 --> 00:22:22.960 Whereby<00:22:19.859><c> any</c><00:22:20.079><c> man</c><00:22:20.279><c> or</c><00:22:20.420><c> woman,</c><00:22:20.859><c> be</c><00:22:20.920><c> they</c><00:22:21.140><c> Jew</c><00:22:21.339><c> or</c><00:22:21.559><c> Greek,</c><00:22:21.799><c> becomes</c><00:22:22.180><c> allied</c><00:22:22.500><c> to</c><00:22:22.680><c> God,</c> 00:22:22.960 --> 00:22:25.819 then<00:22:23.119><c> they</c><00:22:23.339><c> are</c><00:22:23.480><c> distinguished,</c><00:22:24.740><c> for</c><00:22:24.880><c> he</c><00:22:24.980><c> is</c><00:22:25.099><c> not</c><00:22:25.319><c> a</c><00:22:25.500><c> Jew</c><00:22:25.680><c> who</c> 00:22:25.819 --> 00:22:27.460 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deals</c><00:22:38.779><c> with</c><00:22:38.980><c> the</c><00:22:39.160><c> Jew</c><00:22:39.279><c> and</c><00:22:39.480><c> finishes</c><00:22:39.779><c> with</c><00:22:40.059><c> that</c><00:22:40.299><c> note,</c><00:22:40.519><c> brothers</c><00:22:40.759><c> and</c><00:22:40.960><c> sisters.</c> 00:22:42.380 --> 00:22:45.500 And<00:22:42.539><c> we</c><00:22:42.640><c> had</c><00:22:42.900><c> caused</c><00:22:43.160><c> a</c><00:22:43.380><c> wonder</c><00:22:43.599><c> at</c><00:22:43.799><c> that</c><00:22:43.940><c> finish,</c><00:22:44.240><c> didn't</c><00:22:44.440><c> we?</c> 00:22:45.700 --> 00:22:48.579 At<00:22:45.859><c> a</c><00:22:45.960><c> little</c><00:22:46.180><c> point,</c><00:22:46.680><c> one</c><00:22:46.819><c> of</c><00:22:46.900><c> those</c><00:22:47.160><c> little</c><00:22:47.440><c> delicate</c><00:22:47.779><c> points</c><00:22:48.079><c> of</c><00:22:48.279><c> Scripture,</c> 00:22:48.660 --> 00:22:51.240 which<00:22:48.819><c> is</c><00:22:49.039><c> an</c><00:22:49.200><c> absolute</c><00:22:49.920><c> gem</c><00:22:50.460><c> of</c><00:22:50.700><c> Scripture,</c> 00:22:51.240 --> 00:22:54.980 that<00:22:52.180><c> when</c><00:22:52.400><c> Leah</c><00:22:52.599><c> named</c><00:22:52.980><c> her</c><00:22:53.180><c> first</c><00:22:53.519><c> four</c><00:22:53.839><c> boys,</c> 00:22:55.039 --> 00:22:58.740 Reuben,<00:22:55.579><c> see</c><00:22:55.720><c> your</c><00:22:55.900><c> son,</c><00:22:56.160><c> now</c><00:22:56.440><c> my</c><00:22:56.640><c> husband</c><00:22:56.839><c> will</c><00:22:57.039><c> love</c><00:22:57.259><c> me,</c><00:22:57.420><c> he</c><00:22:57.559><c> didn't.</c> 00:22:59.920 --> 00:23:03.740 Simeon,<00:23:00.660><c> hearing,</c><00:23:00.880><c> God</c><00:23:01.019><c> have</c><00:23:01.279><c> heard</c><00:23:01.420><c> me,</c><00:23:01.599><c> now</c><00:23:01.839><c> my</c><00:23:02.099><c> husband</c><00:23:02.259><c> will</c><00:23:02.460><c> love</c><00:23:02.640><c> me,</c><00:23:02.859><c> he</c><00:23:02.920><c> didn't.</c> 00:23:04.480 --> 00:23:09.039 Levi,<00:23:05.039><c> joined,</c><00:23:05.519><c> now</c><00:23:05.839><c> my</c><00:23:06.099><c> husband</c><00:23:06.240><c> will</c><00:23:06.440><c> be</c><00:23:06.700><c> joined</c><00:23:06.920><c> on</c><00:23:07.079><c> me,</c><00:23:07.200><c> he</c><00:23:07.359><c> wasn't.</c> 00:23:09.819 --> 00:23:12.940 Three<00:23:10.140><c> boys,</c><00:23:10.740><c> all</c><00:23:10.980><c> named,</c><00:23:11.759><c> four</c><00:23:11.940><c> Jacob.</c> 00:23:13.839 --> 00:23:15.359 Along<00:23:14.119><c> comes</c><00:23:14.359><c> Judah.</c> 00:23:16.319 --> 00:23:23.819 This<00:23:16.819><c> time,</c><00:23:18.819><c> I</c><00:23:18.920><c> will</c><00:23:19.279><c> praise</c><00:23:20.000><c> Yahweh,</c><00:23:22.779><c> whose</c><00:23:23.000><c> praise</c><00:23:23.400><c> is</c><00:23:23.599><c> not</c> 00:23:23.819 --> 00:23:26.740 of<00:23:23.900><c> men,</c><00:23:25.319><c> but</c><00:23:25.480><c> of</c><00:23:25.700><c> God.</c> 00:23:26.920 --> 00:23:29.099 And<00:23:27.140><c> right</c><00:23:27.359><c> back</c><00:23:27.559><c> at</c><00:23:27.720><c> the</c><00:23:27.940><c> infancy</c><00:23:28.259><c> of</c><00:23:28.420><c> their</c><00:23:28.640><c> nationhood,</c> 00:23:29.160 --> 00:23:29.819 brothers<00:23:29.319><c> and</c><00:23:29.480><c> sisters,</c> 00:23:29.920 --> 00:23:33.380 there<00:23:30.140><c> was</c><00:23:30.299><c> that</c><00:23:30.519><c> principle</c><00:23:30.980><c> in</c><00:23:31.640><c> a</c><00:23:31.859><c> woman's</c><00:23:32.400><c> heart.</c> 00:23:34.359 --> 00:23:38.200 And<00:23:34.599><c> bear</c><00:23:34.799><c> in</c><00:23:35.119><c> mind,</c><00:23:35.599><c> and</c><00:23:35.940><c> this</c><00:23:36.059><c> is</c><00:23:36.319><c> the</c><00:23:36.640><c> subtle</c><00:23:36.940><c> point</c><00:23:37.259><c> of</c><00:23:37.420><c> Paul's,</c><00:23:37.900><c> the</c> 00:23:38.200 --> 00:23:39.160 power<00:23:38.400><c> of</c><00:23:38.599><c> Paul's</c><00:23:39.039><c> point,</c> 00:23:39.160 --> 00:23:44.240 the<00:23:39.380><c> subtlety</c><00:23:39.799><c> of</c><00:23:39.960><c> it,</c><00:23:40.519><c> in</c><00:23:40.759><c> the</c><00:23:41.039><c> heart</c><00:23:41.519><c> of</c><00:23:41.920><c> one</c><00:23:42.220><c> despised.</c> 00:23:45.160 --> 00:23:45.839 Think<00:23:45.440><c> of</c><00:23:45.579><c> it.</c> 00:23:46.240 --> 00:23:50.599 In<00:23:46.519><c> the</c><00:23:46.740><c> heart</c><00:23:46.920><c> of</c><00:23:47.180><c> one</c><00:23:47.420><c> despised</c><00:23:49.000><c> was</c><00:23:49.440><c> the</c><00:23:49.660><c> very</c><00:23:50.039><c> principle</c> 00:23:50.599 --> 00:23:52.759 which<00:23:50.980><c> commanded</c><00:23:51.259><c> her</c><00:23:51.460><c> to</c><00:23:51.619><c> God.</c> 00:23:53.240 --> 00:23:55.099 Yet<00:23:53.319><c> she</c><00:23:53.440><c> was</c><00:23:53.619><c> the</c><00:23:53.740><c> lesser</c><00:23:53.940><c> of</c><00:23:54.099><c> the</c><00:23:54.319><c> wise.</c> 00:23:55.940 --> 00:23:57.480 Isn't<00:23:56.200><c> that</c><00:23:56.440><c> incredible?</c> 00:23:58.019 --> 00:24:00.859 And<00:23:58.200><c> by</c><00:23:58.359><c> a</c><00:23:58.480><c> very</c><00:23:58.819><c> subtle</c><00:23:59.039><c> point,</c><00:23:59.579><c> Paul</c><00:23:59.680><c> rules</c><00:24:00.140><c> that</c><00:24:00.440><c> point</c><00:24:00.599><c> off</c> 00:24:00.859 --> 00:24:01.940 the<00:24:01.079><c> jury.</c> 00:24:02.720 --> 00:24:05.579 And<00:24:02.900><c> leaves</c><00:24:03.140><c> all</c><00:24:03.640><c> mankind,</c><00:24:04.160><c> brothers</c><00:24:04.420><c> and</c><00:24:04.619><c> sisters,</c><00:24:05.059><c> in</c><00:24:05.299><c> one</c> 00:24:05.579 --> 00:24:06.859 melting<00:24:06.000><c> pot.</c> 00:24:07.160 --> 00:24:09.500 There's<00:24:07.599><c> none</c><00:24:07.819><c> good,</c><00:24:08.160><c> no,</c><00:24:08.619><c> not</c><00:24:08.619><c> one.</c> 00:24:09.720 --> 00:24:12.819 And<00:24:10.000><c> all,</c><00:24:10.480><c> every</c><00:24:10.500><c> one</c><00:24:10.640><c> of</c><00:24:10.720><c> them,</c><00:24:11.000><c> in</c><00:24:11.119><c> desperate</c><00:24:11.619><c> need</c><00:24:11.980><c> of</c><00:24:12.180><c> another</c><00:24:12.480><c> form</c> 00:24:12.819 --> 00:24:13.420 of<00:24:13.119><c> righteousness</c> 00:24:13.420 --> 00:24:16.460 other<00:24:14.039><c> than</c><00:24:14.319><c> that</c><00:24:14.559><c> which</c><00:24:14.720><c> they</c><00:24:14.980><c> could</c><00:24:15.220><c> concoct</c><00:24:15.619><c> in</c><00:24:15.740><c> their</c><00:24:15.960><c> own</c><00:24:16.180><c> life.</c> 00:24:16.680 --> 00:24:18.519 That's<00:24:17.019><c> Paul's</c><00:24:17.420><c> argument.</c> 00:24:18.799 --> 00:24:22.519 Chapter<00:24:18.940><c> 3,</c><00:24:19.460><c> therefore,</c><00:24:20.980><c> deals</c><00:24:21.180><c> in</c><00:24:21.380><c> the</c><00:24:21.519><c> first</c><00:24:21.779><c> few</c><00:24:21.980><c> verses</c> 00:24:22.519 --> 00:24:25.640 with<00:24:23.640><c> Jewish</c><00:24:23.960><c> objections</c><00:24:24.519><c> to</c><00:24:24.799><c> that.</c> 00:24:25.740 --> 00:24:28.019 The<00:24:25.880><c> Jew</c><00:24:25.960><c> wouldn't</c><00:24:26.200><c> have</c><00:24:26.460><c> a</c><00:24:26.579><c> bar</c><00:24:26.799><c> of</c><00:24:26.900><c> that</c><00:24:27.140><c> doctrine</c><00:24:27.400><c> of</c><00:24:27.579><c> the</c><00:24:27.740><c> apostle.</c> 00:24:28.259 --> 00:24:30.079 He<00:24:28.440><c> had</c><00:24:28.640><c> certain</c><00:24:29.019><c> questions</c><00:24:29.519><c> to</c><00:24:29.819><c> ask.</c> 00:24:30.259 --> 00:24:32.359 Well,<00:24:30.519><c> he</c><00:24:30.700><c> says</c><00:24:30.839><c> to</c><00:24:31.000><c> the</c><00:24:31.180><c> apostle,</c><00:24:31.480><c> if</c><00:24:31.579><c> you've</c><00:24:31.779><c> put</c><00:24:31.940><c> us</c><00:24:32.119><c> in</c><00:24:32.160><c> the</c> 00:24:32.359 --> 00:24:34.180 same<00:24:32.559><c> melting</c><00:24:32.839><c> pot</c><00:24:33.059><c> as</c><00:24:33.240><c> all</c><00:24:33.420><c> the</c><00:24:33.559><c> rest</c><00:24:33.680><c> of</c><00:24:33.839><c> the</c><00:24:33.980><c> world,</c> 00:24:34.180 --> 00:24:37.039 we've<00:24:34.539><c> got</c><00:24:34.819><c> no</c><00:24:35.019><c> advantages</c><00:24:35.440><c> at</c><00:24:35.660><c> all,</c><00:24:35.960><c> have</c><00:24:36.019><c> we?</c> 00:24:37.660 --> 00:24:38.759 Where<00:24:37.900><c> are</c><00:24:38.119><c> our</c><00:24:38.319><c> advantages?</c> 00:24:38.900 --> 00:24:40.940 What<00:24:39.099><c> advantages</c><00:24:39.500><c> then</c><00:24:39.779><c> hath</c><00:24:40.019><c> the</c><00:24:40.200><c> Jew?</c> 00:24:41.680 --> 00:24:43.519 Paul's<00:24:42.079><c> answer</c><00:24:42.259><c> to</c><00:24:42.380><c> that,</c><00:24:42.700><c> brothers</c><00:24:42.779><c> and</c><00:24:42.980><c> sisters,</c><00:24:43.279><c> was</c><00:24:43.359><c> that</c> 00:24:43.519 --> 00:24:45.200 you've<00:24:43.799><c> got</c><00:24:43.920><c> the</c><00:24:44.079><c> Bible.</c> 00:24:47.980 --> 00:24:51.380 That<00:24:48.119><c> was</c><00:24:48.279><c> an</c><00:24:48.440><c> awe</c><00:24:48.839><c>-inspiring</c><00:24:49.519><c> answer,</c><00:24:49.819><c> wasn't</c><00:24:50.059><c> it?</c> 00:24:51.500 --> 00:24:55.140 And<00:24:51.539><c> you</c><00:24:51.660><c> know,</c><00:24:51.819><c> in</c><00:24:51.940><c> these</c><00:24:52.180><c> first</c><00:24:52.619><c> few</c><00:24:52.799><c> verses</c><00:24:53.200><c> of</c><00:24:53.720><c> Romans</c><00:24:54.099><c> chapter</c><00:24:54.460><c> 3,</c> 00:24:55.259 --> 00:24:58.319 Paul<00:24:55.519><c> doesn't</c><00:24:56.000><c> dally</c><00:24:56.359><c> to</c><00:24:56.819><c> answer</c><00:24:57.160><c> their</c><00:24:57.420><c> questions</c><00:24:57.759><c> in</c><00:24:58.019><c> detail.</c> 00:24:58.380 --> 00:25:02.279 He<00:24:58.480><c> just</c><00:24:58.759><c> makes</c><00:24:59.039><c> broad,</c><00:25:00.039><c> sweeping,</c><00:25:00.700><c> general</c><00:25:01.160><c> statements.</c> 00:25:02.660 --> 00:25:04.339 Which<00:25:03.140><c> every</c><00:25:03.539><c> Jew</c><00:25:03.700><c> would</c><00:25:03.960><c> accept.</c> 00:25:04.519 --> 00:25:06.200 He<00:25:04.539><c> wouldn't</c><00:25:04.720><c> have</c><00:25:04.880><c> to</c><00:25:05.019><c> argue</c><00:25:05.319><c> about</c><00:25:05.619><c> them.</c> 00:25:06.599 --> 00:25:08.380 What<00:25:06.759><c> advantage</c><00:25:07.220><c> has</c><00:25:07.440><c> the</c><00:25:07.640><c> Jew?</c> 00:25:08.400 --> 00:25:09.579 The<00:25:08.660><c> law.</c> 00:25:10.240 --> 00:25:12.240 No<00:25:10.380><c> one</c><00:25:10.480><c> would</c><00:25:10.640><c> argue</c><00:25:10.859><c> with</c><00:25:11.079><c> that.</c> 00:25:13.079 --> 00:25:16.380 But<00:25:13.160><c> if</c><00:25:14.000><c> it</c><00:25:14.119><c> was</c><00:25:14.259><c> an</c><00:25:14.380><c> advantage,</c><00:25:14.960><c> brothers</c><00:25:15.079><c> and</c><00:25:15.319><c> sisters,</c><00:25:16.259><c> it</c> 00:25:16.380 --> 00:25:18.259 brought<00:25:16.539><c> an</c><00:25:16.720><c> awful</c><00:25:16.980><c> responsibility.</c> 00:25:19.619 --> 00:25:21.119 Incredible,<00:25:20.079><c> isn't</c><00:25:20.200><c> it?</c> 00:25:21.380 --> 00:25:25.980 And<00:25:21.480><c> then</c><00:25:21.619><c> the</c><00:25:21.680><c> next</c><00:25:21.900><c> point</c><00:25:22.140><c> was,</c><00:25:23.519><c> the</c><00:25:23.660><c> next</c><00:25:23.920><c> question</c><00:25:24.279><c> in</c><00:25:24.500><c> verse</c><00:25:24.740><c> 3.</c> 00:25:26.339 --> 00:25:28.299 Well,<00:25:26.460><c> what</c><00:25:26.640><c> if</c><00:25:26.680><c> some</c><00:25:26.900><c> did</c><00:25:27.099><c> not</c><00:25:27.339><c> believe?</c> 00:25:28.779 --> 00:25:31.000 Are<00:25:29.220><c> you</c><00:25:29.279><c> going</c><00:25:29.420><c> to</c><00:25:29.480><c> wipe</c><00:25:29.660><c> out</c><00:25:29.880><c> the</c><00:25:30.000><c> Jewish</c><00:25:30.220><c> race,</c><00:25:30.579><c> says</c><00:25:30.779><c> the</c> 00:25:31.000 --> 00:25:32.720 Jew,<00:25:31.519><c> because</c><00:25:31.759><c> of</c><00:25:31.920><c> their</c><00:25:32.119><c> unbelief?</c> 00:25:32.880 --> 00:25:35.599 Are<00:25:32.900><c> you</c><00:25:33.039><c> going</c><00:25:33.160><c> to</c><00:25:33.220><c> say</c><00:25:33.579><c> that</c><00:25:33.779><c> the</c><00:25:33.900><c> faith</c><00:25:34.180><c> of</c><00:25:34.299><c> God</c><00:25:34.579><c> is</c><00:25:34.779><c> now</c><00:25:35.000><c> nullified?</c> 00:25:35.900 --> 00:25:37.740 By<00:25:36.099><c> which</c><00:25:36.259><c> they</c><00:25:36.480><c> mean</c><00:25:36.680><c> this,</c><00:25:37.160><c> brothers</c><00:25:37.220><c> and</c><00:25:37.380><c> sisters,</c> 00:25:38.039 --> 00:25:41.720 that<00:25:38.259><c> God</c><00:25:38.660><c> had</c><00:25:38.960><c> guaranteed</c><00:25:39.859><c> the</c><00:25:40.660><c> existence</c><00:25:40.960><c> of</c><00:25:41.200><c> that</c><00:25:41.359><c> nation</c> 00:25:41.720 --> 00:25:43.119 by<00:25:41.940><c> His</c><00:25:42.180><c> very</c><00:25:42.460><c> existence.</c> 00:25:43.559 --> 00:25:45.920 And<00:25:43.640><c> now</c><00:25:43.839><c> they're</c><00:25:44.019><c> saying</c><00:25:44.200><c> to</c><00:25:44.339><c> the</c><00:25:44.460><c> apostle</c><00:25:44.799><c> that</c><00:25:45.079><c> you</c><00:25:45.299><c> come</c><00:25:45.579><c> along,</c> 00:25:46.220 --> 00:25:47.700 and<00:25:46.299><c> you're</c><00:25:46.539><c> going</c><00:25:46.619><c> to</c><00:25:46.779><c> challenge</c><00:25:47.059><c> God</c><00:25:47.339><c> Almighty.</c> 00:25:48.000 --> 00:25:49.960 Because<00:25:48.160><c> God</c><00:25:48.420><c> depends</c><00:25:48.799><c> upon</c><00:25:49.019><c> us,</c><00:25:49.299><c> don't</c><00:25:49.539><c> you</c><00:25:49.700><c> know?</c> 00:25:50.160 --> 00:25:51.819 We<00:25:50.339><c> are</c><00:25:50.599><c> the</c><00:25:50.740><c> indestructible</c><00:25:51.380><c> nation.</c> 00:25:52.019 --> 00:25:53.799 We<00:25:52.200><c> are</c><00:25:52.400><c> the</c><00:25:52.539><c> nation</c><00:25:52.759><c> that</c><00:25:52.839><c> can</c><00:25:53.000><c> never</c><00:25:53.200><c> go</c><00:25:53.460><c> wrong.</c> 00:25:53.980 --> 00:25:56.240 If<00:25:54.140><c> we</c><00:25:54.359><c> go</c><00:25:54.559><c> wrong,</c><00:25:55.000><c> Paul,</c><00:25:55.299><c> God</c><00:25:55.559><c> will</c><00:25:55.720><c> go</c><00:25:56.019><c> wrong.</c> 00:25:56.240 --> 00:25:58.480 That<00:25:56.480><c> was</c><00:25:56.680><c> what</c><00:25:56.779><c> they</c><00:25:56.960><c> said.</c> 00:25:59.240 --> 00:26:01.400 Paul's<00:25:59.640><c> argument,</c><00:26:00.099><c> or</c><00:26:00.220><c> the</c><00:26:00.359><c> answer,</c><00:26:00.799><c> brothers</c><00:26:00.799><c> and</c><00:26:00.839><c> sisters,</c> 00:26:01.759 --> 00:26:04.539 was<00:26:01.920><c> absolutely</c><00:26:03.140><c> devastating.</c> 00:26:05.380 --> 00:26:07.380 Let<00:26:05.579><c> God</c><00:26:05.859><c> be</c><00:26:06.140><c> true.</c> 00:26:07.599 --> 00:26:10.059 And<00:26:07.599><c> every</c><00:26:07.920><c> man</c><00:26:08.099><c> a</c><00:26:08.299><c> liar,</c><00:26:08.680><c> as</c><00:26:08.799><c> it</c><00:26:08.900><c> is</c><00:26:09.039><c> written,</c> 00:26:10.279 --> 00:26:12.200 that<00:26:10.359><c> thou</c><00:26:10.480><c> mightest</c><00:26:10.819><c> be</c><00:26:11.059><c> justified</c><00:26:11.519><c> in</c><00:26:11.700><c> thy</c><00:26:11.880><c> saying,</c> 00:26:12.299 --> 00:26:14.779 and<00:26:12.339><c> mightest</c><00:26:12.700><c> overcome</c><00:26:13.220><c> when</c><00:26:13.440><c> thou</c><00:26:13.579><c> art</c><00:26:13.740><c> judged.</c> 00:26:15.420 --> 00:26:17.440 In<00:26:15.579><c> other</c><00:26:15.720><c> words,</c><00:26:16.000><c> it's</c><00:26:16.099><c> a</c><00:26:16.180><c> simple</c><00:26:16.500><c> statement</c><00:26:16.880><c> taken</c><00:26:17.180><c> from</c> 00:26:17.440 --> 00:26:18.200 Psalm<00:26:17.680><c> 51,</c> 00:26:18.380 --> 00:26:20.359 which<00:26:18.440><c> says</c><00:26:18.660><c> God's</c><00:26:18.940><c> always</c><00:26:19.259><c> right.</c> 00:26:22.140 --> 00:26:24.819 But<00:26:22.259><c> you</c><00:26:22.359><c> see,</c><00:26:22.539><c> the</c><00:26:22.640><c> power</c><00:26:23.000><c> of</c><00:26:23.180><c> that</c><00:26:23.400><c> statement</c><00:26:23.640><c> is</c><00:26:23.880><c> this.</c> 00:26:25.140 --> 00:26:27.299 Here's<00:26:25.740><c> the</c><00:26:25.880><c> power</c><00:26:26.180><c> of</c><00:26:27.299><c> it.</c> 00:26:27.680 --> 00:26:30.180 It's<00:26:27.980><c> a</c><00:26:28.119><c> statement</c><00:26:28.420><c> made</c><00:26:28.720><c> by</c><00:26:29.039><c> David</c> 00:26:30.420 --> 00:26:34.019 after<00:26:31.019><c> he'd</c><00:26:31.500><c> committed</c><00:26:31.720><c> adultery</c><00:26:32.740><c> and</c><00:26:33.259><c> cold</c><00:26:33.660><c>-blooded</c> 00:26:34.019 --> 00:26:36.599 premeditated<00:26:34.960><c> murder.</c> 00:26:37.619 --> 00:26:41.880 And<00:26:37.720><c> God</c><00:26:37.960><c> said</c><00:26:38.180><c> to</c><00:26:38.339><c> him</c><00:26:38.980><c> that</c><00:26:39.819><c> the</c><00:26:40.059><c> judgment</c><00:26:40.319><c> of</c><00:26:40.539><c> God</c><00:26:40.779><c> was</c><00:26:41.019><c> according</c><00:26:41.319><c> to</c><00:26:41.619><c> truth,</c> 00:26:42.000 --> 00:26:43.819 and<00:26:42.059><c> David</c><00:26:42.339><c> found</c><00:26:42.619><c> that</c><00:26:42.819><c> out.</c> 00:26:44.099 --> 00:26:50.039 But<00:26:44.240><c> he</c><00:26:44.359><c> also</c><00:26:44.759><c> said,</c><00:26:45.940><c> my</c><00:26:46.099><c> mercy</c><00:26:46.759><c> shall</c><00:26:47.099><c> not</c><00:26:47.819><c> depart</c><00:26:48.440><c> from</c><00:26:49.119><c> him.</c> 00:26:51.660 --> 00:26:53.460 And<00:26:51.980><c> if</c><00:26:52.119><c> ever</c><00:26:52.279><c> there</c><00:26:52.380><c> was</c><00:26:52.579><c> a</c><00:26:52.700><c> case</c><00:26:52.900><c> in</c><00:26:53.079><c> the</c><00:26:53.240><c> world,</c> 00:26:53.460 --> 00:26:56.119 brothers<00:26:53.700><c> and</c><00:26:53.779><c> sisters,</c><00:26:54.259><c> when</c><00:26:54.420><c> justice</c><00:26:54.819><c> was</c><00:26:55.119><c> done,</c><00:26:55.519><c> and</c><00:26:55.700><c> seemed</c><00:26:55.960><c> to</c> 00:26:56.119 --> 00:26:57.500 be<00:26:56.259><c> done,</c> 00:26:57.920 --> 00:27:01.960 and<00:26:58.019><c> yet</c><00:26:58.259><c> God's</c><00:26:58.900><c> faithfulness</c><00:26:59.480><c> continued,</c><00:27:00.660><c> there</c><00:27:00.759><c> it</c><00:27:01.019><c> was.</c> 00:27:03.460 --> 00:27:05.960 And<00:27:03.579><c> the</c><00:27:03.819><c> cold</c><00:27:03.980><c> evidence</c><00:27:04.279><c> was</c><00:27:04.539><c> before</c><00:27:04.859><c> them</c><00:27:05.000><c> of</c><00:27:05.200><c> that.</c> 00:27:07.200 --> 00:27:10.339 So<00:27:07.519><c> the</c><00:27:07.859><c> fact</c><00:27:07.920><c> that</c><00:27:08.119><c> a</c><00:27:08.259><c> few</c><00:27:08.500><c> Jews</c><00:27:08.880><c> are</c><00:27:09.140><c> unfaithful</c><00:27:09.700><c> is</c><00:27:09.839><c> not</c><00:27:10.059><c> going</c><00:27:10.220><c> to</c> 00:27:10.339 --> 00:27:12.000 affect<00:27:10.579><c> God's</c><00:27:11.039><c> purpose.</c> 00:27:13.160 --> 00:27:15.859 Even<00:27:13.440><c> the</c><00:27:13.660><c> whole</c><00:27:13.920><c> of</c><00:27:14.099><c> the</c><00:27:14.200><c> Jewish</c><00:27:14.420><c> race</c><00:27:14.700><c> today</c><00:27:15.000><c> is</c><00:27:15.220><c> unfaithful,</c><00:27:15.799><c> brothers</c> 00:27:15.859 --> 00:27:16.319 and<00:27:16.039><c> sisters,</c> 00:27:16.380 --> 00:27:19.059 perhaps<00:27:16.660><c> for</c><00:27:16.819><c> a</c><00:27:17.000><c> few</c><00:27:17.200><c> Jews</c><00:27:17.539><c> scattered</c><00:27:17.859><c> throughout</c><00:27:18.119><c> the</c><00:27:18.319><c> world,</c><00:27:18.460><c> who</c><00:27:18.660><c> knows,</c> 00:27:19.519 --> 00:27:23.180 who<00:27:19.720><c> may</c><00:27:19.920><c> embrace</c><00:27:20.279><c> the</c><00:27:20.559><c> faith,</c><00:27:21.000><c> but</c><00:27:21.200><c> apart</c><00:27:21.539><c> from</c><00:27:21.700><c> those</c><00:27:22.299><c> minor</c><00:27:22.700><c> people,</c> 00:27:23.180 --> 00:27:25.099 what<00:27:23.980><c> about</c><00:27:24.220><c> the</c><00:27:24.359><c> rest</c><00:27:24.559><c> of</c><00:27:24.740><c> the</c><00:27:24.839><c> nation?</c> 00:27:25.519 --> 00:27:26.980 Absolutely<00:27:25.839><c> total</c><00:27:26.279><c> unbelief.</c> 00:27:27.180 --> 00:27:28.460 But<00:27:27.240><c> will</c><00:27:27.440><c> that</c><00:27:27.559><c> affect</c><00:27:27.819><c> God's</c><00:27:28.259><c> purpose?</c> 00:27:28.640 --> 00:27:32.440 No,<00:27:28.859><c> he</c><00:27:29.039><c> will</c><00:27:29.359><c> change</c><00:27:29.819><c> them,</c><00:27:31.039><c> for</c><00:27:31.200><c> God</c><00:27:31.380><c> is</c><00:27:31.619><c> able</c><00:27:31.799><c> to</c><00:27:32.039><c> change</c><00:27:32.220><c> them.</c> 00:27:32.460 --> 00:27:34.759 And<00:27:32.599><c> that's</c><00:27:32.720><c> what</c><00:27:32.880><c> they</c><00:27:33.140><c> didn't</c><00:27:33.400><c> see,</c><00:27:33.960><c> because</c><00:27:34.119><c> they</c><00:27:34.480><c> thought</c> 00:27:34.759 --> 00:27:36.640 that<00:27:35.079><c> if</c><00:27:35.220><c> Paul's</c><00:27:35.599><c> accusation</c><00:27:36.039><c> was</c><00:27:36.299><c> true,</c> 00:27:36.859 --> 00:27:39.680 and<00:27:37.039><c> the</c><00:27:37.259><c> Jew</c><00:27:37.440><c> had</c><00:27:37.700><c> not</c><00:27:37.940><c> changed</c><00:27:38.160><c> himself,</c><00:27:38.579><c> who</c><00:27:38.859><c> could?</c> 00:27:40.920 --> 00:27:43.359 Paul's<00:27:41.359><c> argument</c><00:27:41.519><c> was,</c><00:27:42.079><c> God</c><00:27:42.500><c> can.</c> 00:27:44.200 --> 00:27:47.400 Because<00:27:44.599><c> I'm</c><00:27:44.819><c> not</c><00:27:45.000><c> ashamed</c><00:27:45.380><c> of</c><00:27:45.519><c> the</c><00:27:45.680><c> Gospel,</c><00:27:46.279><c> it</c><00:27:46.279><c> is</c><00:27:46.619><c> God's</c> 00:27:47.400 --> 00:27:48.460 power<00:27:47.640><c> under</c><00:27:47.940><c> salvation</c> 00:27:48.460 --> 00:27:52.240 to<00:27:48.759><c> everyone</c><00:27:49.240><c> that</c><00:27:49.539><c> believes</c><00:27:49.779><c> it,</c><00:27:49.920><c> to</c><00:27:50.099><c> the</c><00:27:50.359><c> Jews</c><00:27:50.779><c> and</c><00:27:51.059><c> to</c><00:27:51.220><c> the</c><00:27:51.380><c> Greek.</c> 00:27:52.519 --> 00:27:54.519 And<00:27:53.000><c> they</c><00:27:53.180><c> had</c><00:27:53.339><c> forgotten,</c><00:27:53.660><c> brothers</c><00:27:54.000><c> and</c><00:27:54.200><c> sisters,</c><00:27:54.460><c> that</c> 00:27:54.519 --> 00:27:56.140 when<00:27:54.640><c> you</c><00:27:54.859><c> exhaust</c><00:27:55.220><c> human</c><00:27:55.619><c> power,</c> 00:27:56.420 --> 00:27:59.259 you're<00:27:56.480><c> only</c><00:27:56.660><c> beginning</c><00:27:57.220><c> to</c><00:27:57.900><c> tap</c><00:27:58.099><c> the</c><00:27:58.220><c> right</c><00:27:58.500><c> source</c><00:27:58.720><c> of</c><00:27:58.960><c> strength.</c> 00:27:59.539 --> 00:28:01.500 And<00:27:59.619><c> that's</c><00:27:59.759><c> what</c><00:27:59.920><c> they</c><00:28:00.200><c> hadn't</c><00:28:00.440><c> seen.</c> 00:28:02.440 --> 00:28:06.980 The<00:28:02.559><c> next</c><00:28:02.799><c> thing</c><00:28:03.000><c> was,</c><00:28:03.319><c> they</c><00:28:03.460><c> said,</c><00:28:03.819><c> well,</c><00:28:03.920><c> listen,</c><00:28:05.940><c> in</c><00:28:06.079><c> verse</c><00:28:06.339><c> 5,</c> 00:28:07.339 --> 00:28:11.140 if<00:28:07.460><c> our</c><00:28:07.980><c> unrighteousness</c><00:28:08.799><c> commends</c><00:28:09.299><c> the</c><00:28:09.559><c> righteousness</c><00:28:10.019><c> of</c><00:28:10.259><c> God,</c> 00:28:11.339 --> 00:28:14.039 what<00:28:11.559><c> should</c><00:28:11.680><c> we</c><00:28:11.900><c> say?</c><00:28:12.200><c> Is</c><00:28:12.299><c> God</c><00:28:12.539><c> unrighteous,</c><00:28:13.140><c> who</c><00:28:13.279><c> takes</c><00:28:13.539><c> his</c><00:28:13.740><c> vengeance?</c> 00:28:14.299 --> 00:28:16.900 In<00:28:14.440><c> other</c><00:28:14.599><c> words,</c><00:28:14.799><c> Paul</c><00:28:15.059><c> was</c><00:28:15.279><c> saying</c><00:28:15.619><c> that</c><00:28:15.960><c> because</c><00:28:16.420><c> of</c><00:28:16.680><c> the</c> 00:28:16.900 --> 00:28:17.880 unrighteousness<00:28:17.519><c> of</c><00:28:17.720><c> men,</c> 00:28:17.880 --> 00:28:21.980 it<00:28:18.299><c> commended,</c><00:28:19.140><c> by</c><00:28:19.559><c> contrast,</c><00:28:20.200><c> the</c><00:28:20.380><c> wonderful</c><00:28:20.980><c> righteousness</c><00:28:21.380><c> of</c><00:28:21.619><c> God.</c> 00:28:22.180 --> 00:28:24.460 Therefore,<00:28:22.480><c> they</c><00:28:22.660><c> say,</c><00:28:22.880><c> well,</c><00:28:23.140><c> the</c><00:28:23.259><c> worse</c><00:28:23.539><c> we</c><00:28:23.779><c> are,</c><00:28:23.980><c> the</c><00:28:24.039><c> better</c><00:28:24.279><c> they</c> 00:28:24.460 --> 00:28:25.759 make<00:28:24.619><c> God's</c><00:28:24.980><c> appear.</c> 00:28:25.960 --> 00:28:28.980 Why<00:28:26.220><c> then</c><00:28:26.440><c> should</c><00:28:26.579><c> he</c><00:28:26.799><c> exercise</c><00:28:27.240><c> judgment</c><00:28:27.640><c> upon</c><00:28:27.900><c> us,</c><00:28:28.460><c> to</c><00:28:28.579><c> which</c><00:28:28.700><c> the</c> 00:28:28.980 --> 00:28:31.059 apostle<00:28:29.339><c> answers</c><00:28:29.960><c> rightly,</c> 00:28:31.700 --> 00:28:34.339 how<00:28:31.980><c> shall</c><00:28:32.200><c> God</c><00:28:32.440><c> judge</c><00:28:32.740><c> the</c><00:28:33.019><c> world,</c><00:28:33.500><c> if</c><00:28:33.619><c> that's</c><00:28:33.960><c> the</c><00:28:34.039><c> way</c><00:28:34.220><c> that</c> 00:28:34.339 --> 00:28:36.079 he<00:28:34.559><c> exercises</c><00:28:34.940><c> his</c><00:28:35.279><c> judgment?</c> 00:28:37.000 --> 00:28:39.640 And<00:28:37.099><c> you</c><00:28:37.180><c> know,</c><00:28:37.440><c> brothers</c><00:28:37.579><c> and</c><00:28:37.839><c> sisters,</c><00:28:38.819><c> the</c><00:28:38.960><c> Jew</c><00:28:39.099><c> knew</c><00:28:39.259><c> where</c><00:28:39.420><c> that</c> 00:28:39.640 --> 00:28:41.279 one<00:28:39.779><c> came</c><00:28:39.960><c> from,</c><00:28:40.599><c> too.</c> 00:28:41.680 --> 00:28:45.240 It<00:28:41.859><c> was</c><00:28:42.039><c> an</c><00:28:42.259><c> unanswerable</c><00:28:42.900><c> statement,</c><00:28:43.900><c> because</c><00:28:44.059><c> it</c><00:28:44.240><c> came</c><00:28:44.519><c> from</c><00:28:44.799><c> the</c> 00:28:45.240 --> 00:28:46.740 lips<00:28:45.460><c> of</c><00:28:45.759><c> Abraham.</c> 00:28:47.359 --> 00:28:51.200 And<00:28:47.880><c> Abraham</c><00:28:48.339><c> was</c><00:28:48.519><c> on</c><00:28:48.680><c> the</c><00:28:48.920><c> heights</c><00:28:49.680><c> of</c><00:28:50.160><c> Bethel,</c><00:28:50.680><c> looking</c><00:28:50.740><c> down</c><00:28:51.019><c> to</c> 00:28:51.200 --> 00:28:53.000 the<00:28:51.339><c> depths</c><00:28:51.940><c> of</c><00:28:52.319><c> Sodom</c><00:28:52.579><c> and</c><00:28:52.660><c> Gomorrah,</c> 00:28:53.079 --> 00:28:57.259 and<00:28:53.119><c> he</c><00:28:53.259><c> said,</c><00:28:53.880><c> shall</c><00:28:54.099><c> not</c><00:28:54.319><c> the</c><00:28:54.519><c> judge</c><00:28:54.819><c> of</c><00:28:55.059><c> all</c><00:28:55.400><c> the</c><00:28:55.400><c> world</c><00:28:55.920><c> do</c><00:28:56.299><c> right?</c> 00:28:57.700 --> 00:28:59.380 And<00:28:58.220><c> he</c><00:28:58.380><c> did.</c> 00:29:00.500 --> 00:29:04.140 And<00:29:00.619><c> even</c><00:29:00.859><c> in</c><00:29:01.059><c> that</c><00:29:01.299><c> judgment,</c><00:29:01.819><c> brothers</c><00:29:01.900><c> and</c><00:29:02.059><c> sisters,</c><00:29:03.539><c> he</c><00:29:03.779><c> took</c><00:29:04.059><c> a</c> 00:29:04.140 --> 00:29:05.579 lot<00:29:04.259><c> out</c><00:29:04.420><c> of</c><00:29:04.500><c> that</c><00:29:04.660><c> Holocaust.</c> 00:29:06.819 --> 00:29:08.759 And<00:29:07.140><c> they</c><00:29:07.279><c> weren't</c><00:29:07.440><c> all</c><00:29:07.700><c> lost.</c> 00:29:09.779 --> 00:29:14.380 And<00:29:10.299><c> Abraham's</c><00:29:10.819><c> friend</c><00:29:11.119><c> and</c><00:29:11.759><c> his</c><00:29:12.079><c> relation</c><00:29:12.720><c> was</c><00:29:13.799><c> saved</c><00:29:14.220><c> out</c> 00:29:14.380 --> 00:29:15.319 of<00:29:14.460><c> that</c><00:29:14.579><c> situation.</c> 00:29:15.319 --> 00:29:18.559 And<00:29:15.799><c> yet</c><00:29:15.980><c> the</c><00:29:16.160><c> judge</c><00:29:16.359><c> of</c><00:29:16.500><c> the</c><00:29:16.640><c> earth</c><00:29:16.819><c> did</c><00:29:17.079><c> right.</c> 00:29:19.119 --> 00:29:21.240 And<00:29:19.119><c> nobody</c><00:29:19.660><c> would</c><00:29:19.900><c> question</c><00:29:20.240><c> that.</c> 00:29:22.460 --> 00:29:24.420 And<00:29:22.559><c> then,</c><00:29:22.779><c> of</c><00:29:22.880><c> course,</c><00:29:23.220><c> the</c><00:29:23.380><c> Jew</c><00:29:23.539><c> putting</c><00:29:23.799><c> the</c><00:29:24.039><c> question</c><00:29:24.259><c> in</c> 00:29:24.420 --> 00:29:24.859 the<00:29:24.539><c> negative.</c> 00:29:25.019 --> 00:29:28.099 In<00:29:25.019><c> verse</c><00:29:25.240><c> 7</c><00:29:25.519><c> says,</c><00:29:26.359><c> for</c><00:29:26.359><c> if</c><00:29:26.539><c> the</c><00:29:26.720><c> truth</c><00:29:26.920><c> of</c><00:29:27.160><c> God</c><00:29:27.460><c> has</c><00:29:27.720><c> abounded</c> 00:29:28.099 --> 00:29:30.339 through<00:29:28.420><c> my</c><00:29:28.759><c> lie</c><00:29:29.259><c> unto</c><00:29:29.660><c> his</c><00:29:29.940><c> glory,</c> 00:29:30.460 --> 00:29:32.339 why<00:29:30.700><c> am</c><00:29:30.900><c> I</c><00:29:31.059><c> judged</c><00:29:31.259><c> as</c><00:29:31.500><c> a</c><00:29:31.599><c> sinner?</c> 00:29:33.700 --> 00:29:37.200 In<00:29:33.859><c> other</c><00:29:33.960><c> words,</c><00:29:34.180><c> he</c><00:29:34.279><c> said,</c><00:29:34.559><c> if</c><00:29:34.779><c> by</c><00:29:35.079><c> going</c><00:29:35.319><c> on</c><00:29:35.960><c> doing</c><00:29:36.640><c> wrong,</c> 00:29:37.579 --> 00:29:38.740 it<00:29:37.640><c> gives</c><00:29:37.839><c> God</c><00:29:38.079><c> opportunity</c> 00:29:38.740 --> 00:29:42.880 to<00:29:39.440><c> show</c><00:29:39.640><c> his</c><00:29:39.839><c> grace</c><00:29:40.160><c> towards</c><00:29:40.500><c> me,</c><00:29:40.779><c> I'm</c><00:29:41.039><c> helping</c><00:29:41.359><c> God</c><00:29:41.640><c> to</c><00:29:41.880><c> exhibit</c><00:29:42.039><c> his</c><00:29:42.259><c> grace,</c> 00:29:42.880 --> 00:29:47.380 to<00:29:43.099><c> which</c><00:29:43.980><c> the</c><00:29:44.259><c> apostle</c><00:29:44.579><c> answers</c><00:29:45.099><c> with</c><00:29:45.359><c> a</c><00:29:45.359><c> great</c><00:29:45.799><c> deal</c><00:29:46.099><c> of</c><00:29:46.220><c> vehemence.</c> 00:29:48.099 --> 00:29:51.299 And<00:29:48.099><c> verse</c><00:29:48.420><c> 8,</c><00:29:48.740><c> and</c><00:29:48.740><c> not</c><00:29:49.019><c> rather,</c><00:29:49.799><c> as</c><00:29:49.819><c> we</c><00:29:50.160><c> slanderously</c><00:29:50.960><c> reported,</c> 00:29:51.460 --> 00:29:53.880 and<00:29:51.539><c> some</c><00:29:51.759><c> affirm</c><00:29:52.059><c> that</c><00:29:52.220><c> we</c><00:29:52.400><c> say,</c><00:29:52.940><c> let</c><00:29:53.039><c> us</c><00:29:53.200><c> do</c><00:29:53.339><c> evil</c><00:29:53.480><c> that</c><00:29:53.660><c> good</c> 00:29:53.880 --> 00:29:57.140 may<00:29:54.180><c> come,</c><00:29:54.700><c> whose</c><00:29:55.000><c> condemnation</c><00:29:55.859><c> is</c><00:29:56.160><c> just.</c> 00:29:57.579 --> 00:30:02.779 And<00:29:57.779><c> there,</c><00:29:58.140><c> brothers</c><00:29:58.240><c> and</c><00:29:58.480><c> sisters,</c><00:29:58.920><c> the</c><00:29:59.099><c> Jew</c><00:29:59.319><c> again</c><00:30:00.299><c> expresses</c><00:30:00.900><c> his</c><00:30:01.480><c> lack</c><00:30:01.759><c> of</c><00:30:02.140><c> appreciation</c> 00:30:02.779 --> 00:30:04.599 of<00:30:03.200><c> what</c><00:30:03.440><c> God</c><00:30:03.640><c> was</c><00:30:03.839><c> trying</c><00:30:04.059><c> to</c><00:30:04.220><c> do</c><00:30:04.279><c> with</c><00:30:04.460><c> him.</c> 00:30:04.740 --> 00:30:07.839 It<00:30:04.839><c> wasn't</c><00:30:05.160><c> a</c><00:30:05.339><c> question,</c><00:30:05.700><c> therefore,</c><00:30:06.440><c> of</c><00:30:06.680><c> Jewish</c><00:30:06.980><c> disobedience,</c> 00:30:08.039 --> 00:30:10.940 reflecting<00:30:08.500><c> upon</c><00:30:08.839><c> God</c><00:30:09.160><c> one</c><00:30:09.480><c> way</c><00:30:09.660><c> or</c><00:30:09.740><c> the</c><00:30:09.940><c> other.</c> 00:30:11.859 --> 00:30:15.920 It<00:30:12.420><c> was</c><00:30:12.680><c> a</c><00:30:12.720><c> question</c><00:30:13.200><c> of</c><00:30:13.380><c> the</c><00:30:13.579><c> Jew</c><00:30:13.740><c> failing</c><00:30:14.220><c> to</c><00:30:14.480><c> see</c><00:30:14.980><c> that</c><00:30:15.680><c> the</c> 00:30:15.920 --> 00:30:19.200 exercise<00:30:16.400><c> of</c><00:30:16.720><c> grace</c><00:30:17.160><c> in</c><00:30:17.420><c> one's</c><00:30:17.880><c> life</c> 00:30:20.259 --> 00:30:25.099 is<00:30:20.819><c> not</c><00:30:21.380><c> God's</c><00:30:22.519><c> winking</c><00:30:23.200><c> at</c><00:30:23.759><c> sin</c><00:30:23.960><c> at</c><00:30:24.240><c> all.</c> 00:30:25.339 --> 00:30:27.599 It's<00:30:25.460><c> not</c><00:30:25.700><c> the</c><00:30:25.920><c> exercise</c><00:30:26.359><c> of</c><00:30:26.559><c> grace,</c><00:30:27.099><c> brothers</c><00:30:27.180><c> and</c><00:30:27.299><c> sisters,</c> 00:30:27.700 --> 00:30:30.200 whereby<00:30:28.119><c> we</c><00:30:28.339><c> get</c><00:30:28.480><c> a</c><00:30:28.500><c> little</c><00:30:28.779><c> bit</c><00:30:29.019><c> more</c><00:30:29.359><c> rope</c><00:30:29.539><c> to</c><00:30:29.700><c> do</c><00:30:29.880><c> a</c><00:30:30.059><c> few</c> 00:30:30.200 --> 00:30:31.940 more<00:30:30.460><c> wrongs.</c> 00:30:32.400 --> 00:30:37.940 It's<00:30:32.680><c> the</c><00:30:32.900><c> exercise</c><00:30:33.380><c> of</c><00:30:33.700><c> grace</c><00:30:34.000><c> in</c><00:30:34.240><c> forgiving</c><00:30:34.519><c> us</c><00:30:35.019><c> that</c><00:30:35.400><c> God</c><00:30:35.819><c> may</c><00:30:36.319><c> induce</c><00:30:36.940><c> in</c><00:30:37.099><c> us</c><00:30:37.420><c> a</c> 00:30:37.940 --> 00:30:38.700 love<00:30:38.220><c> of</c><00:30:38.440><c> him</c> 00:30:38.700 --> 00:30:41.420 to<00:30:39.019><c> such</c><00:30:39.079><c> an</c><00:30:39.339><c> extent</c><00:30:39.579><c> that</c><00:30:39.740><c> we</c><00:30:39.920><c> would</c><00:30:40.200><c> not</c><00:30:40.420><c> do</c><00:30:40.599><c> it</c><00:30:40.680><c> anymore</c><00:30:41.180><c> for</c> 00:30:41.420 --> 00:30:42.579 his<00:30:41.819><c> sake.</c> 00:30:42.880 --> 00:30:45.259 But<00:30:42.980><c> that's</c><00:30:43.119><c> something</c><00:30:43.339><c> the</c><00:30:43.539><c> Jew</c><00:30:43.619><c> completely</c><00:30:44.279><c> missed.</c> 00:30:45.539 --> 00:30:47.519 Never<00:30:45.859><c> saw</c><00:30:46.180><c> that</c><00:30:46.400><c> at</c><00:30:46.619><c> all.</c> 00:30:48.039 --> 00:30:49.440 Never<00:30:48.339><c> did</c><00:30:48.660><c> see</c><00:30:48.880><c> it.</c> 00:30:49.640 --> 00:30:52.299 And<00:30:49.920><c> never</c><00:30:50.200><c> will</c><00:30:50.519><c> until</c><00:30:50.859><c> Christ</c><00:30:51.240><c> comes.</c> 00:30:52.440 --> 00:30:54.819 And<00:30:52.579><c> that's</c><00:30:52.700><c> what</c><00:30:52.900><c> the</c><00:30:53.099><c> apostle</c><00:30:53.380><c> Paul</c><00:30:53.900><c> was</c><00:30:54.259><c> trying</c><00:30:54.519><c> to</c><00:30:54.660><c> point</c> 00:30:54.819 --> 00:30:56.519 out<00:30:54.980><c> to</c><00:30:55.099><c> him,</c><00:30:55.299><c> brothers</c><00:30:55.440><c> and</c><00:30:55.660><c> sisters.</c> 00:30:58.519 --> 00:31:01.960 And<00:30:58.720><c> so</c><00:30:58.880><c> we</c><00:30:59.039><c> have</c><00:30:59.220><c> this</c><00:30:59.460><c> then,</c><00:31:00.079><c> the</c><00:31:00.079><c> summary,</c><00:31:00.599><c> up</c><00:31:00.720><c> to</c><00:31:00.839><c> this</c><00:31:01.059><c> point.</c> 00:31:02.299 --> 00:31:04.220 Gentiles<00:31:02.839><c> have</c><00:31:03.160><c> failed.</c> 00:31:04.259 --> 00:31:07.180 Jews<00:31:04.559><c> are</c><00:31:04.839><c> worse</c><00:31:05.240><c> because</c><00:31:05.619><c> they</c><00:31:05.779><c> had</c><00:31:05.980><c> moral</c><00:31:06.240><c> privileges.</c> 00:31:07.240 --> 00:31:09.779 So<00:31:07.680><c> all</c><00:31:08.000><c> men</c><00:31:08.180><c> are</c><00:31:08.319><c> in</c><00:31:08.359><c> a</c><00:31:08.619><c> hopeless</c><00:31:08.960><c> situation.</c> 00:31:10.259 --> 00:31:13.200 Jewish<00:31:10.559><c> objections</c><00:31:11.059><c> have</c><00:31:11.279><c> been</c><00:31:11.500><c> answered,</c><00:31:12.019><c> swept</c><00:31:12.259><c> to</c><00:31:12.460><c> one</c><00:31:12.779><c> side.</c> 00:31:13.579 --> 00:31:15.339 So<00:31:13.680><c> they're</c><00:31:13.779><c> in</c><00:31:13.980><c> the</c><00:31:14.140><c> melting</c><00:31:14.420><c> pot</c><00:31:14.619><c> with</c><00:31:14.839><c> the</c><00:31:14.940><c> Gentiles.</c> 00:31:15.579 --> 00:31:17.819 Nobody<00:31:16.019><c> can</c><00:31:16.279><c> work</c><00:31:16.500><c> their</c><00:31:16.640><c> way</c><00:31:16.759><c> to</c><00:31:16.900><c> the</c><00:31:17.000><c> kingdom</c><00:31:17.259><c> of</c><00:31:17.519><c> God.</c> 00:31:17.960 --> 00:31:19.200 What<00:31:18.220><c> then?</c> 00:31:20.180 --> 00:31:22.160 Well,<00:31:20.359><c> there's</c><00:31:20.500><c> one</c><00:31:20.660><c> argument</c><00:31:21.160><c> they</c><00:31:21.339><c> could</c><00:31:21.500><c> use</c><00:31:21.720><c> against</c><00:31:21.920><c> the</c> 00:31:22.160 --> 00:31:23.319 apostle<00:31:22.460><c> yet.</c> 00:31:23.960 --> 00:31:27.839 They<00:31:24.079><c> could</c><00:31:24.240><c> say,</c><00:31:24.480><c> well,</c><00:31:24.640><c> look,</c><00:31:25.000><c> all</c><00:31:25.140><c> you're</c><00:31:25.420><c> doing</c><00:31:25.680><c> is</c><00:31:25.960><c> arguing</c><00:31:26.180><c> on</c><00:31:26.359><c> the</c><00:31:26.519><c> basis</c><00:31:26.720><c> of</c><00:31:27.079><c> history.</c> 00:31:28.519 --> 00:31:30.380 History<00:31:28.799><c> is</c><00:31:28.940><c> not</c><00:31:29.099><c> a</c><00:31:29.220><c> bad</c><00:31:29.359><c> argument,</c><00:31:29.819><c> brothers</c><00:31:29.980><c> and</c><00:31:30.140><c> sisters.</c> 00:31:30.519 --> 00:31:33.619 A<00:31:30.599><c> man's</c><00:31:31.039><c> practice,</c><00:31:31.279><c> of</c><00:31:31.519><c> course,</c><00:31:31.720><c> is</c><00:31:31.940><c> always</c><00:31:32.339><c> indicative</c><00:31:33.319><c> of</c> 00:31:33.619 --> 00:31:34.859 his<00:31:34.019><c> moral</c><00:31:34.420><c> character.</c> 00:31:35.359 --> 00:31:38.740 It's<00:31:35.799><c> not</c><00:31:35.940><c> a</c><00:31:36.019><c> bad</c><00:31:36.259><c> argument,</c><00:31:36.640><c> but</c><00:31:36.819><c> Paul</c><00:31:36.980><c> doesn't</c><00:31:37.240><c> leave</c><00:31:37.519><c> it</c><00:31:37.680><c> there.</c> 00:31:39.240 --> 00:31:40.799 He<00:31:39.359><c> doesn't</c><00:31:39.599><c> leave</c><00:31:39.839><c> it</c><00:31:40.000><c> there.</c> 00:31:41.240 --> 00:31:44.420 But<00:31:41.339><c> he</c><00:31:41.400><c> says,</c><00:31:41.720><c> look,</c><00:31:43.259><c> in</c><00:31:43.400><c> verse</c><00:31:43.640><c> 9,</c><00:31:43.980><c> what</c><00:31:44.160><c> then?</c> 00:31:44.420 --> 00:31:46.019 Are<00:31:44.619><c> we</c><00:31:44.740><c> better</c><00:31:44.960><c> than</c><00:31:45.200><c> they?</c> 00:31:46.539 --> 00:31:47.500 No,<00:31:46.839><c> in</c><00:31:46.980><c> no</c><00:31:47.240><c> ways.</c> 00:31:47.599 --> 00:31:51.480 For<00:31:47.660><c> we</c><00:31:47.859><c> have</c><00:31:48.059><c> before</c><00:31:48.460><c> proved,</c><00:31:49.059><c> both</c><00:31:49.160><c> Jews</c><00:31:49.380><c> and</c><00:31:49.619><c> Gentiles,</c><00:31:50.039><c> that</c><00:31:50.140><c> they're</c><00:31:50.299><c> all</c><00:31:50.519><c> under</c><00:31:50.819><c> sin,</c><00:31:51.279><c> as</c> 00:31:51.480 --> 00:31:52.700 it<00:31:51.619><c> is</c><00:31:51.819><c> written.</c> 00:31:54.119 --> 00:31:56.000 And<00:31:54.460><c> now</c><00:31:54.559><c> he's</c><00:31:54.680><c> going</c><00:31:54.859><c> to</c><00:31:55.000><c> bring</c><00:31:55.119><c> the</c><00:31:55.319><c> bearer</c><00:31:55.619><c> of</c><00:31:55.740><c> Scriptures</c> 00:31:56.000 --> 00:31:56.859 upon<00:31:56.259><c> this</c><00:31:56.460><c> subject.</c> 00:31:57.160 --> 00:32:00.259 And<00:31:57.319><c> he's</c><00:31:57.519><c> going</c><00:31:57.640><c> to</c><00:31:58.200><c> prove,</c><00:31:58.960><c> brothers</c><00:31:59.000><c> and</c><00:31:59.240><c> sisters,</c><00:31:59.480><c> by</c><00:31:59.700><c> the</c><00:31:59.940><c> Scriptures,</c> 00:32:00.259 --> 00:32:04.519 that<00:32:00.619><c> there</c><00:32:00.799><c> is</c><00:32:01.099><c> none</c><00:32:01.519><c> righteous,</c><00:32:02.420><c> no,</c><00:32:03.000><c> not</c><00:32:03.440><c> one.</c> 00:32:05.500 --> 00:32:09.019 And<00:32:05.799><c> he</c><00:32:05.920><c> brings</c><00:32:06.119><c> forth</c><00:32:06.500><c> six</c><00:32:06.779><c> Scriptures</c><00:32:07.240><c> to</c><00:32:08.279><c> show</c><00:32:08.480><c> that</c><00:32:08.700><c> the</c> 00:32:09.019 --> 00:32:10.900 throat<00:32:09.299><c> of</c><00:32:09.619><c> man,</c><00:32:09.920><c> the</c><00:32:10.119><c> tongues</c><00:32:10.440><c> of</c><00:32:10.680><c> man,</c> 00:32:10.960 --> 00:32:13.779 the<00:32:11.140><c> lips</c><00:32:11.460><c> of</c><00:32:11.660><c> man,</c><00:32:11.980><c> the</c><00:32:12.140><c> mouth</c><00:32:12.440><c> of</c><00:32:12.700><c> man,</c><00:32:12.960><c> the</c><00:32:13.160><c> feet</c><00:32:13.380><c> of</c><00:32:13.619><c> man,</c> 00:32:13.839 --> 00:32:15.960 the<00:32:14.000><c> eyes</c><00:32:14.319><c> of</c><00:32:14.519><c> man</c><00:32:14.700><c> are</c><00:32:14.839><c> all</c><00:32:15.119><c> evil.</c> 00:32:16.480 --> 00:32:18.819 They're<00:32:16.660><c> all</c><00:32:16.839><c> mentioned</c><00:32:17.079><c> in</c><00:32:17.680><c> those</c><00:32:17.859><c> Scriptures.</c> 00:32:18.980 --> 00:32:21.400 His<00:32:19.299><c> throat,</c><00:32:19.660><c> his</c><00:32:19.839><c> tongue,</c><00:32:20.099><c> his</c><00:32:20.220><c> lips,</c><00:32:20.500><c> his</c><00:32:20.660><c> mouth,</c><00:32:20.920><c> his</c><00:32:21.079><c> feet,</c><00:32:21.279><c> and</c> 00:32:21.400 --> 00:32:23.200 his<00:32:21.579><c> eyes</c><00:32:21.779><c> are</c><00:32:21.940><c> all</c><00:32:22.220><c> evil.</c> 00:32:23.220 --> 00:32:25.920 And<00:32:23.400><c> there's</c><00:32:23.700><c> not</c><00:32:24.240><c> one</c><00:32:24.700><c> righteous.</c> 00:32:26.599 --> 00:32:29.859 And<00:32:26.980><c> he</c><00:32:27.099><c> brings</c><00:32:27.359><c> forth</c><00:32:27.740><c> six</c><00:32:28.079><c> Scriptures</c><00:32:28.460><c> to</c><00:32:28.720><c> prove</c><00:32:28.920><c> it.</c> 00:32:30.259 --> 00:32:33.019 Five<00:32:30.599><c> from</c><00:32:30.819><c> the</c><00:32:31.079><c> Psalms</c><00:32:31.339><c> and</c><00:32:31.500><c> one</c><00:32:31.759><c> from</c><00:32:31.980><c> Isaiah.</c> 00:32:33.079 --> 00:32:35.200 And<00:32:33.200><c> as</c><00:32:33.299><c> we</c><00:32:33.480><c> pointed</c><00:32:33.660><c> out</c><00:32:33.839><c> to</c><00:32:33.920><c> you</c><00:32:34.039><c> before,</c><00:32:34.779><c> if</c><00:32:34.859><c> you</c><00:32:34.980><c> were</c><00:32:35.079><c> to</c> 00:32:35.200 --> 00:32:35.900 turn<00:32:35.400><c> them</c><00:32:35.559><c> all</c><00:32:35.700><c> up,</c> 00:32:35.980 --> 00:32:38.119 you<00:32:36.019><c> would</c><00:32:36.279><c> read</c><00:32:36.460><c> in</c><00:32:36.640><c> all</c><00:32:37.079><c> of</c><00:32:37.279><c> those</c><00:32:37.440><c> Scriptures</c><00:32:37.740><c> that</c><00:32:37.880><c> there</c> 00:32:38.119 --> 00:32:39.720 are<00:32:38.279><c> people</c><00:32:38.539><c> who</c><00:32:38.720><c> are</c><00:32:38.839><c> righteous.</c> 00:32:40.660 --> 00:32:42.920 How<00:32:40.960><c> then</c><00:32:41.119><c> does</c><00:32:41.339><c> Paul</c><00:32:41.599><c> prove</c><00:32:41.859><c> his</c><00:32:42.160><c> point?</c> 00:32:43.660 --> 00:32:46.019 We're<00:32:44.019><c> not</c><00:32:44.140><c> going</c><00:32:44.279><c> to</c><00:32:44.400><c> turn</c><00:32:44.500><c> the</c><00:32:44.680><c> six</c><00:32:44.839><c> of</c><00:32:44.960><c> them</c><00:32:45.079><c> up.</c> 00:32:46.700 --> 00:32:48.660 But<00:32:46.839><c> if</c><00:32:46.960><c> we</c><00:32:47.079><c> did,</c><00:32:47.400><c> brothers</c><00:32:47.539><c> and</c><00:32:47.700><c> sisters,</c><00:32:47.920><c> and</c><00:32:48.059><c> I</c><00:32:48.119><c> hope</c><00:32:48.279><c> you</c> 00:32:48.660 --> 00:32:49.740 did<00:32:48.880><c> so</c><00:32:49.079><c> as</c><00:32:49.180><c> we</c><00:32:49.279><c> went</c><00:32:49.480><c> through,</c> 00:32:49.759 --> 00:32:52.160 you<00:32:49.900><c> would</c><00:32:50.059><c> have</c><00:32:50.180><c> had</c><00:32:50.299><c> a</c><00:32:50.700><c> rare</c><00:32:50.920><c> experience.</c> 00:32:52.579 --> 00:32:55.279 Because<00:32:53.059><c> you'd</c><00:32:53.380><c> have</c><00:32:53.460><c> seen</c><00:32:53.599><c> the</c><00:32:53.799><c> point</c><00:32:53.940><c> that</c><00:32:54.160><c> Paul's</c><00:32:54.420><c> making.</c> 00:32:55.900 --> 00:32:59.380 You<00:32:55.940><c> see,</c><00:32:56.240><c> because</c><00:32:56.519><c> when</c><00:32:56.799><c> you</c><00:32:57.039><c> read</c><00:32:57.299><c> those</c><00:32:57.640><c> Psalms,</c><00:32:57.960><c> for</c><00:32:58.160><c> example,</c><00:32:58.640><c> Psalm</c><00:32:58.839><c> 14,</c> 00:32:59.680 --> 00:33:02.140 you<00:32:59.819><c> read</c><00:33:00.000><c> about</c><00:33:00.200><c> the</c><00:33:00.519><c> fool,</c><00:33:00.779><c> the</c><00:33:01.000><c> unrighteous</c><00:33:01.460><c> man,</c><00:33:01.839><c> and</c><00:33:02.019><c> you</c> 00:33:02.140 --> 00:33:04.140 read<00:33:02.299><c> about</c><00:33:02.660><c> the</c><00:33:02.900><c> righteous</c><00:33:03.200><c> in</c><00:33:03.400><c> verse</c><00:33:03.640><c> 5.</c> 00:33:04.359 --> 00:33:05.619 So<00:33:04.480><c> there</c><00:33:04.599><c> is</c><00:33:04.880><c> righteous</c><00:33:05.299><c> men.</c> 00:33:05.900 --> 00:33:07.960 Paul<00:33:06.059><c> says</c><00:33:06.200><c> there's</c><00:33:06.519><c> no,</c><00:33:07.140><c> not</c><00:33:07.140><c> one.</c> 00:33:08.880 --> 00:33:10.299 What's<00:33:09.359><c> his</c><00:33:09.500><c> point?</c> 00:33:10.599 --> 00:33:14.099 The<00:33:10.900><c> point</c><00:33:11.140><c> is,</c><00:33:11.480><c> in</c><00:33:11.920><c> every</c><00:33:12.559><c> one</c><00:33:12.740><c> of</c><00:33:12.920><c> those</c><00:33:13.140><c> Scriptures,</c><00:33:13.660><c> as</c><00:33:13.900><c> in</c> 00:33:14.099 --> 00:33:15.619 all<00:33:14.500><c> the</c><00:33:14.740><c> Scriptures,</c> 00:33:15.660 --> 00:33:17.180 the<00:33:15.819><c> point</c><00:33:16.039><c> he's</c><00:33:16.160><c> making</c><00:33:16.440><c> is</c><00:33:16.720><c> this.</c> 00:33:17.180 --> 00:33:23.099 There<00:33:18.000><c> is</c><00:33:18.480><c> none</c><00:33:18.900><c> righteous,</c><00:33:19.960><c> no,</c><00:33:20.359><c> not</c><00:33:20.680><c> one,</c><00:33:21.319><c> without</c><00:33:21.859><c> God.</c> 00:33:24.059 --> 00:33:25.619 That's<00:33:24.460><c> his</c><00:33:24.619><c> point.</c> 00:33:26.299 --> 00:33:30.380 And<00:33:26.359><c> when</c><00:33:26.519><c> you</c><00:33:26.779><c> read</c><00:33:27.099><c> through</c><00:33:27.460><c> those</c><00:33:27.700><c> Scriptures,</c><00:33:29.559><c> every</c><00:33:29.880><c> single</c><00:33:30.240><c> one</c> 00:33:30.380 --> 00:33:32.480 of<00:33:30.440><c> them</c><00:33:31.099><c> mentions</c><00:33:31.599><c> two</c><00:33:31.960><c> factors.</c> 00:33:32.700 --> 00:33:33.500 Listen<00:33:32.940><c> to</c><00:33:33.039><c> them.</c> 00:33:33.759 --> 00:33:35.880 I've<00:33:33.920><c> epitomized</c><00:33:34.359><c> in</c><00:33:34.460><c> the</c><00:33:34.539><c> bottom</c><00:33:34.720><c> of</c><00:33:34.900><c> my</c><00:33:35.059><c> Bible.</c> 00:33:36.160 --> 00:33:38.819 Here<00:33:36.259><c> they</c><00:33:36.500><c> are,</c><00:33:37.299><c> and</c><00:33:37.420><c> I'll</c><00:33:37.579><c> read</c><00:33:37.660><c> them</c><00:33:37.839><c> quickly.</c> 00:33:38.839 --> 00:33:39.799 There's<00:33:39.039><c> six</c><00:33:39.279><c> of</c><00:33:39.380><c> them.</c> 00:33:40.200 --> 00:33:41.039 Here<00:33:40.299><c> are</c><00:33:40.420><c> the</c><00:33:40.599><c> statements.</c> 00:33:41.500 --> 00:33:45.180 Psalm<00:33:41.779><c> 14</c><00:33:42.220><c> says,</c><00:33:42.980><c> the</c><00:33:43.099><c> fool</c><00:33:43.420><c> says</c><00:33:43.640><c> in</c><00:33:43.759><c> his</c><00:33:43.980><c> heart,</c><00:33:44.480><c> no</c><00:33:44.740><c> God.</c> 00:33:45.180 --> 00:33:48.660 But<00:33:45.660><c> verse</c><00:33:46.000><c> 5</c><00:33:46.319><c> says,</c><00:33:47.079><c> God</c><00:33:47.099><c> is</c><00:33:47.519><c> in</c><00:33:48.019><c> the</c><00:33:48.299><c> righteous.</c> 00:33:49.039 --> 00:33:50.859 That's<00:33:49.220><c> what</c><00:33:49.380><c> makes</c><00:33:49.640><c> him</c><00:33:49.799><c> righteous.</c> 00:33:51.099 --> 00:33:51.960 God<00:33:51.299><c> is</c><00:33:51.500><c> in</c><00:33:51.660><c> him.</c> 00:33:52.380 --> 00:33:55.819 Take<00:33:52.579><c> God</c><00:33:52.839><c> out</c><00:33:53.019><c> of</c><00:33:53.079><c> him,</c><00:33:53.660><c> and</c><00:33:53.779><c> he's</c><00:33:53.980><c> no</c><00:33:54.279><c> better</c><00:33:54.539><c> than</c><00:33:54.859><c> the</c><00:33:55.160><c> fool.</c> 00:33:55.839 --> 00:33:57.119 He's<00:33:56.079><c> the</c><00:33:56.259><c> same.</c> 00:33:57.440 --> 00:34:00.359 So<00:33:57.539><c> the</c><00:33:57.779><c> fool</c><00:33:58.019><c> says</c><00:33:58.220><c> in</c><00:33:58.359><c> his</c><00:33:58.539><c> heart,</c><00:33:58.819><c> no</c><00:33:59.019><c> God,</c><00:33:59.579><c> but</c><00:33:59.819><c> God</c><00:34:00.099><c> is</c><00:34:00.240><c> in</c> 00:34:00.359 --> 00:34:01.440 the<00:34:00.539><c> righteous.</c> 00:34:02.140 --> 00:34:05.440 Psalm<00:34:02.380><c> 5,</c><00:34:02.819><c> his</c><00:34:02.900><c> next</c><00:34:03.160><c> quotation</c><00:34:03.599><c> says,</c><00:34:04.440><c> their</c><00:34:04.579><c> inward</c><00:34:05.059><c> part</c> 00:34:05.440 --> 00:34:07.460 is<00:34:05.819><c> very</c><00:34:06.200><c> wickedness.</c> 00:34:08.239 --> 00:34:13.219 But<00:34:08.420><c> the</c><00:34:08.579><c> same</c><00:34:08.860><c> Psalm</c><00:34:09.139><c> says,</c><00:34:10.239><c> lead</c><00:34:10.420><c> me</c><00:34:10.960><c> in</c><00:34:11.639><c> thy</c><00:34:12.179><c> righteousness.</c> 00:34:14.039 --> 00:34:18.639 Psalm<00:34:14.599><c> 140</c><00:34:15.159><c> says,</c><00:34:15.900><c> they</c><00:34:16.000><c> imagine</c><00:34:16.500><c> mischief</c><00:34:16.960><c> in</c><00:34:17.199><c> their</c><00:34:17.519><c> heart.</c> 00:34:19.659 --> 00:34:23.500 And<00:34:19.760><c> the</c><00:34:19.920><c> Psalm</c><00:34:20.059><c> goes</c><00:34:20.300><c> on</c><00:34:20.500><c> to</c><00:34:20.699><c> say,</c><00:34:21.780><c> oh</c><00:34:21.980><c> Yahweh,</c><00:34:22.820><c> thou</c><00:34:23.019><c> art</c><00:34:23.219><c> the</c> 00:34:23.500 --> 00:34:25.380 strength<00:34:23.820><c> of</c><00:34:24.119><c> my</c><00:34:24.380><c> salvation.</c> 00:34:26.199 --> 00:34:30.440 Psalm<00:34:26.500><c> 10</c><00:34:26.820><c> says,</c><00:34:27.639><c> he</c><00:34:27.860><c> said</c><00:34:28.019><c> in</c><00:34:28.159><c> his</c><00:34:28.460><c> heart,</c><00:34:28.940><c> God</c><00:34:29.159><c> hath</c><00:34:29.380><c> forgotten.</c> 00:34:31.780 --> 00:34:33.239 But<00:34:31.980><c> the</c><00:34:32.179><c> righteous</c><00:34:32.420><c> say,</c><00:34:32.739><c> no</c><00:34:32.860><c> he</c><00:34:33.000><c> hasn't.</c> 00:34:33.480 --> 00:34:36.579 He's<00:34:33.800><c> a</c><00:34:33.920><c> helper</c><00:34:34.320><c> of</c><00:34:35.019><c> the</c><00:34:35.440><c> fatherless.</c> 00:34:38.579 --> 00:34:42.659 Isaiah<00:34:39.059><c> 59</c><00:34:39.539><c> said,</c><00:34:40.260><c> they</c><00:34:40.420><c> uttered</c><00:34:41.019><c> from</c><00:34:41.139><c> the</c><00:34:41.440><c> heart</c><00:34:41.920><c> falsehood.</c> 00:34:44.000 --> 00:34:47.500 But<00:34:44.039><c> he</c><00:34:44.099><c> went</c><00:34:44.280><c> on</c><00:34:44.480><c> to</c><00:34:44.639><c> say,</c><00:34:45.179><c> concerning</c><00:34:45.579><c> God,</c><00:34:46.079><c> that</c><00:34:46.179><c> his</c><00:34:46.519><c> own</c> 00:34:47.500 --> 00:34:47.559 arm<00:34:47.559><c> brought</c><00:34:47.559><c> salvation.</c> 00:34:47.559 --> 00:34:53.579 Isaiah<00:34:47.559><c> 59</c><00:34:50.159><c> said,</c><00:34:51.099><c> they</c><00:34:51.340><c> uttered</c><00:34:51.860><c> from</c><00:34:51.920><c> the</c><00:34:52.219><c> heart</c><00:34:52.619><c> falsehood.</c> 00:34:54.860 --> 00:34:58.079 But<00:34:54.920><c> he</c><00:34:54.980><c> went</c><00:34:55.159><c> on</c><00:34:55.320><c> to</c><00:34:55.519><c> say,</c><00:34:56.340><c> concerning</c><00:34:56.500><c> God,</c><00:34:56.940><c> that</c><00:34:57.000><c> his</c><00:34:57.380><c> own</c> 00:34:58.079 --> 00:35:00.760 arm<00:34:58.980><c> brought</c><00:34:59.420><c> salvation.</c> 00:35:01.500 --> 00:35:04.719 And<00:35:01.579><c> in</c><00:35:01.780><c> the</c><00:35:01.840><c> last</c><00:35:02.239><c> Psalm</c><00:35:02.400><c> that</c><00:35:02.559><c> he</c><00:35:02.739><c> quotes,</c><00:35:03.139><c> he</c><00:35:03.139><c> says,</c><00:35:03.960><c> the</c><00:35:04.099><c> fool</c><00:35:04.380><c> has</c><00:35:04.559><c> said</c><00:35:04.659><c> in</c> 00:35:04.719 --> 00:35:05.139 his<00:35:04.980><c> heart,</c> 00:35:05.139 --> 00:35:07.300 there<00:35:05.280><c> is</c><00:35:05.500><c> no</c><00:35:05.820><c> fear</c><00:35:06.039><c> of</c><00:35:06.239><c> God.</c> 00:35:07.559 --> 00:35:11.480 But<00:35:07.739><c> the</c><00:35:07.980><c> Psalmist</c><00:35:08.320><c> said,</c><00:35:09.019><c> thy</c><00:35:09.199><c> righteousness</c><00:35:10.059><c> is</c><00:35:10.980><c> like</c><00:35:11.239><c> the</c> 00:35:11.480 --> 00:35:12.880 great<00:35:11.760><c> mountains.</c> 00:35:13.500 --> 00:35:16.039 Did<00:35:13.639><c> you</c><00:35:13.739><c> notice,</c><00:35:14.159><c> brothers</c><00:35:14.280><c> and</c><00:35:14.519><c> sisters,</c><00:35:15.239><c> that</c><00:35:15.400><c> in</c><00:35:15.500><c> every</c> 00:35:16.039 --> 00:35:17.320 one<00:35:16.239><c> of</c><00:35:16.340><c> those</c><00:35:16.599><c> six</c><00:35:16.940><c> references</c> 00:35:17.320 --> 00:35:21.039 is<00:35:17.739><c> filling</c><00:35:18.000><c> with</c><00:35:18.260><c> the</c><00:35:18.659><c> heart</c><00:35:19.420><c> of</c><00:35:20.039><c> man?</c> 00:35:22.960 --> 00:35:28.860 And<00:35:23.360><c> the</c><00:35:23.500><c> Lord</c><00:35:23.800><c> Jesus</c><00:35:24.340><c> Christ</c><00:35:24.780><c> taught</c><00:35:25.079><c> Paul</c><00:35:25.480><c> that</c><00:35:25.880><c> in</c><00:35:27.099><c> a</c><00:35:27.480><c> monumental</c><00:35:28.000><c> passage</c><00:35:28.400><c> of</c><00:35:28.619><c> Scripture</c> 00:35:28.860 --> 00:35:30.400 in<00:35:29.059><c> the</c><00:35:29.199><c> seventh</c><00:35:29.480><c> chapter</c><00:35:29.840><c> of</c><00:35:30.099><c> Mark.</c> 00:35:30.400 --> 00:35:35.860 For<00:35:31.239><c> out</c><00:35:31.659><c> of</c><00:35:31.880><c> the</c><00:35:32.139><c> heart</c><00:35:32.619><c> of</c><00:35:33.139><c> man</c><00:35:33.880><c> proceed</c><00:35:34.480><c> all</c><00:35:34.880><c> these</c><00:35:35.119><c> evil</c><00:35:35.360><c> things.</c> 00:35:36.139 --> 00:35:38.639 Paul<00:35:36.340><c> was</c><00:35:36.599><c> right,</c><00:35:37.139><c> as</c><00:35:37.340><c> the</c><00:35:37.420><c> Lord</c><00:35:37.619><c> Jesus</c><00:35:38.039><c> Christ</c><00:35:38.460><c> was.</c> 00:35:39.019 --> 00:35:41.659 And<00:35:39.119><c> because</c><00:35:39.440><c> the</c><00:35:39.599><c> heart</c><00:35:39.860><c> of</c><00:35:40.099><c> man</c><00:35:40.280><c> is</c><00:35:40.659><c> desperately</c><00:35:41.119><c> sick,</c><00:35:41.480><c> and</c> 00:35:41.659 --> 00:35:42.539 who<00:35:41.840><c> can</c><00:35:42.079><c> know</c><00:35:42.219><c> it?</c> 00:35:42.719 --> 00:35:45.719 There's<00:35:42.840><c> only</c><00:35:43.079><c> one</c><00:35:43.360><c> way</c><00:35:43.619><c> man</c><00:35:43.960><c> or</c><00:35:44.159><c> woman</c><00:35:44.400><c> can</c><00:35:44.760><c> ever</c><00:35:45.039><c> be</c><00:35:45.280><c> righteous,</c> 00:35:46.019 --> 00:35:48.940 and<00:35:46.199><c> that</c><00:35:46.280><c> is</c><00:35:46.480><c> to</c><00:35:46.860><c> take</c><00:35:47.260><c> God</c><00:35:47.860><c> into</c><00:35:48.159><c> their</c><00:35:48.420><c> life,</c> 00:35:49.219 --> 00:35:53.320 without<00:35:49.500><c> which</c><00:35:49.780><c> there</c><00:35:50.059><c> is</c><00:35:50.320><c> none</c><00:35:50.599><c> righteous,</c><00:35:51.559><c> no</c><00:35:51.840><c> not</c><00:35:52.420><c> one.</c> 00:35:54.559 --> 00:35:56.880 And<00:35:54.699><c> you</c><00:35:54.800><c> know,</c><00:35:54.980><c> brothers</c><00:35:55.179><c> and</c><00:35:55.400><c> sisters,</c><00:35:55.880><c> the</c><00:35:56.119><c> proof</c><00:35:56.300><c> of</c><00:35:56.480><c> that</c> 00:35:56.880 --> 00:36:00.659 is<00:35:57.500><c> the</c><00:35:57.699><c> proof</c><00:35:57.900><c> of</c><00:35:58.159><c> all</c><00:35:58.619><c> the</c><00:35:58.840><c> doctrines</c><00:35:59.159><c> of</c><00:35:59.360><c> God's</c><00:35:59.739><c> word.</c> 00:36:00.760 --> 00:36:03.099 Of<00:36:00.960><c> everything</c><00:36:01.260><c> we</c><00:36:01.480><c> do</c><00:36:01.659><c> in</c><00:36:01.900><c> life,</c><00:36:02.239><c> the</c><00:36:02.380><c> proof</c><00:36:02.539><c> is</c><00:36:02.780><c> the</c><00:36:02.880><c> Lord</c> 00:36:03.099 --> 00:36:04.099 Jesus<00:36:03.579><c> Christ.</c> 00:36:04.519 --> 00:36:06.960 Why<00:36:05.000><c> call</c><00:36:05.500><c> me</c><00:36:06.079><c> good?</c> 00:36:08.059 --> 00:36:12.219 There<00:36:08.300><c> is</c><00:36:08.780><c> none</c><00:36:09.280><c> good,</c><00:36:10.900><c> but</c><00:36:11.199><c> God.</c> 00:36:13.400 --> 00:36:17.579 He<00:36:13.639><c> knew,</c><00:36:15.179><c> he</c><00:36:15.500><c> knew</c><00:36:15.760><c> what</c><00:36:15.920><c> was</c><00:36:16.099><c> in</c><00:36:16.199><c> the</c><00:36:16.340><c> heart</c><00:36:16.480><c> of</c><00:36:16.739><c> flesh,</c> 00:36:17.900 --> 00:36:20.280 and<00:36:18.420><c> he</c><00:36:18.519><c> wouldn't</c><00:36:18.760><c> have</c><00:36:18.960><c> anything</c><00:36:19.260><c> else</c><00:36:19.400><c> to</c><00:36:19.559><c> do</c><00:36:19.719><c> with</c><00:36:19.880><c> it.</c> 00:36:20.340 --> 00:36:22.340 And<00:36:20.659><c> he</c><00:36:20.900><c> filled</c><00:36:21.079><c> his</c><00:36:21.320><c> heart</c><00:36:21.579><c> with</c><00:36:21.820><c> God.</c> 00:36:22.340 --> 00:36:26.619 And<00:36:23.340><c> that</c><00:36:23.519><c> made</c><00:36:23.860><c> him,</c><00:36:24.139><c> brothers</c><00:36:24.260><c> and</c><00:36:24.460><c> sisters,</c><00:36:24.940><c> a</c><00:36:25.079><c> perfect</c><00:36:25.619><c> man.</c> 00:36:27.400 --> 00:36:32.619 So<00:36:27.679><c> history</c><00:36:28.239><c> is</c><00:36:28.840><c> verified,</c><00:36:29.420><c> or</c><00:36:29.559><c> rather</c><00:36:29.860><c> Scripture</c><00:36:30.320><c> is</c><00:36:30.920><c> verified</c><00:36:31.360><c> by</c><00:36:31.639><c> history.</c> 00:36:32.760 --> 00:36:34.599 Paul<00:36:33.019><c> inverts</c><00:36:33.440><c> the</c><00:36:33.679><c> order,</c><00:36:33.880><c> but</c><00:36:34.039><c> so</c><00:36:34.320><c> what?</c> 00:36:35.099 --> 00:36:38.099 History<00:36:35.519><c> of</c><00:36:35.679><c> gentilism,</c><00:36:36.800><c> history</c><00:36:37.039><c> of</c><00:36:37.199><c> the</c><00:36:37.340><c> Jewish</c><00:36:37.579><c> nation,</c> 00:36:38.360 --> 00:36:40.559 verifies<00:36:38.980><c> exactly</c><00:36:39.599><c> what</c><00:36:39.780><c> the</c><00:36:39.980><c> Scripture</c><00:36:40.199><c> says.</c> 00:36:40.840 --> 00:36:43.599 But<00:36:40.920><c> you</c><00:36:41.079><c> take</c><00:36:41.360><c> God</c><00:36:41.579><c> out</c><00:36:41.739><c> of</c><00:36:41.840><c> a</c><00:36:41.960><c> nation,</c><00:36:42.559><c> take</c><00:36:42.780><c> God</c><00:36:42.960><c> out</c><00:36:43.119><c> of</c><00:36:43.199><c> the</c><00:36:43.380><c> world,</c> 00:36:43.719 --> 00:36:47.139 and<00:36:43.820><c> there</c><00:36:44.000><c> is</c><00:36:44.219><c> none</c><00:36:44.679><c> good,</c><00:36:45.619><c> not</c><00:36:46.139><c> one.</c> 00:36:47.500 --> 00:36:49.820 And<00:36:48.099><c> six</c><00:36:48.579><c> quotations.</c> 00:36:50.019 --> 00:36:52.559 Support<00:36:50.460><c> that</c><00:36:50.699><c> to</c><00:36:50.880><c> the</c><00:36:51.039><c> hilt,</c><00:36:51.420><c> brothers</c><00:36:51.519><c> and</c><00:36:51.739><c> sisters.</c> 00:36:53.139 --> 00:36:54.840 That's<00:36:53.440><c> an</c><00:36:53.579><c> incredible</c><00:36:53.940><c> thing.</c> 00:36:55.099 --> 00:36:56.420 Support<00:36:55.460><c> it</c><00:36:55.579><c> to</c><00:36:55.679><c> the</c><00:36:55.840><c> hilt.</c> 00:36:56.739 --> 00:36:59.099 Right<00:36:56.940><c> then,</c><00:36:57.119><c> having</c><00:36:57.460><c> proven</c><00:36:57.699><c> his</c><00:36:58.079><c> point,</c> 00:36:59.440 --> 00:37:02.739 now<00:36:59.599><c> he's</c><00:36:59.940><c> got</c><00:37:00.019><c> to</c><00:37:00.159><c> come</c><00:37:00.280><c> to</c><00:37:00.440><c> the</c><00:37:00.619><c> place</c><00:37:00.960><c> in</c><00:37:01.880><c> the</c><00:37:02.039><c> book</c><00:37:02.199><c> of</c><00:37:02.440><c> Romans</c> 00:37:02.739 --> 00:37:05.940 where<00:37:03.219><c> he's</c><00:37:03.440><c> got</c><00:37:03.539><c> to</c><00:37:03.679><c> begin</c><00:37:03.940><c> to</c><00:37:04.579><c> explain</c><00:37:05.039><c> in</c><00:37:05.420><c> detail</c> 00:37:05.940 --> 00:37:09.820 what<00:37:06.579><c> this</c><00:37:07.039><c> righteousness</c><00:37:07.619><c> of</c><00:37:08.320><c> faith</c><00:37:08.619><c> is.</c> 00:37:10.079 --> 00:37:13.079 Because<00:37:10.380><c> verse</c><00:37:10.699><c> 16</c><00:37:11.119><c> of</c><00:37:11.320><c> chapter</c><00:37:11.559><c> 1</c><00:37:11.800><c> is</c><00:37:12.039><c> a</c><00:37:12.239><c> bold</c><00:37:12.539><c> statement.</c> 00:37:13.519 --> 00:37:15.599 The<00:37:13.840><c> righteousness</c><00:37:14.300><c> of</c><00:37:14.639><c> faith</c><00:37:14.840><c> is</c><00:37:15.119><c> revealed.</c> 00:37:15.599 --> 00:37:17.280 But<00:37:15.960><c> what</c><00:37:16.199><c> is</c><00:37:16.380><c> it?</c> 00:37:17.940 --> 00:37:20.559 If<00:37:18.239><c> I</c><00:37:18.519><c> need</c><00:37:18.699><c> it,</c><00:37:18.880><c> if</c><00:37:19.059><c> you</c><00:37:19.260><c> need</c><00:37:19.460><c> it,</c><00:37:19.659><c> if</c><00:37:19.800><c> the</c><00:37:19.980><c> Jews</c><00:37:20.219><c> need</c><00:37:20.440><c> it,</c> 00:37:20.579 --> 00:37:22.820 the<00:37:20.699><c> gentiles</c><00:37:21.199><c> need</c><00:37:21.420><c> it,</c><00:37:21.579><c> what</c><00:37:21.780><c> is</c><00:37:21.980><c> it?</c> 00:37:23.840 --> 00:37:26.760 Well,<00:37:24.099><c> the</c><00:37:24.239><c> first</c><00:37:24.500><c> thing</c><00:37:24.739><c> that</c><00:37:24.920><c> Paul</c><00:37:25.079><c> says</c><00:37:25.320><c> about</c><00:37:25.599><c> that</c><00:37:25.860><c> righteousness</c><00:37:26.239><c> of</c><00:37:26.579><c> faith,</c> 00:37:26.880 --> 00:37:29.519 brothers<00:37:27.019><c> and</c><00:37:27.179><c> sisters,</c><00:37:27.860><c> in</c><00:37:28.039><c> chapter</c><00:37:28.300><c> 3</c><00:37:28.559><c> and</c><00:37:28.719><c> verse</c><00:37:28.980><c> 21,</c> 00:37:30.019 --> 00:37:34.480 is<00:37:30.099><c> that</c><00:37:30.260><c> it's</c><00:37:30.920><c> manifested</c><00:37:31.619><c> without</c><00:37:32.320><c> the</c><00:37:32.639><c> law,</c><00:37:33.539><c> apart</c><00:37:34.119><c> from</c> 00:37:34.480 --> 00:37:34.940 the<00:37:34.719><c> law.</c> 00:37:35.079 --> 00:37:37.460 You<00:37:35.260><c> won't</c><00:37:35.739><c> find</c><00:37:36.059><c> it</c><00:37:36.219><c> in</c><00:37:36.460><c> law.</c> 00:37:38.320 --> 00:37:40.880 And<00:37:38.500><c> Paul</c><00:37:38.639><c> doesn't</c><00:37:38.960><c> mean</c><00:37:39.179><c> only</c><00:37:39.420><c> the</c><00:37:39.579><c> law</c><00:37:39.739><c> of</c><00:37:39.960><c> Moses.</c> 00:37:40.960 --> 00:37:42.699 He<00:37:41.199><c> means</c><00:37:41.440><c> any</c><00:37:41.719><c> law.</c> 00:37:42.760 --> 00:37:47.079 You<00:37:43.320><c> won't</c><00:37:43.639><c> find</c><00:37:44.260><c> the</c><00:37:44.719><c> righteousness</c><00:37:45.099><c> of</c><00:37:45.460><c> faith</c><00:37:45.679><c> in</c><00:37:45.940><c> any</c><00:37:46.179><c> law.</c> 00:37:47.880 --> 00:37:49.380 It's<00:37:48.019><c> not</c><00:37:48.340><c> there.</c> 00:37:50.199 --> 00:37:53.139 Because<00:37:50.480><c> it's</c><00:37:50.739><c> got</c><00:37:50.880><c> nothing</c><00:37:51.139><c> to</c><00:37:51.420><c> do</c><00:37:51.619><c> with</c><00:37:51.820><c> law,</c><00:37:52.099><c> whatever.</c> 00:37:53.980 --> 00:37:56.880 Law<00:37:54.219><c> and</c><00:37:54.500><c> faith,</c><00:37:54.940><c> brothers</c><00:37:55.079><c> and</c><00:37:55.300><c> sisters,</c><00:37:55.920><c> are</c><00:37:56.099><c> opposites.</c> 00:37:57.400 --> 00:38:01.619 The<00:37:57.639><c> law</c><00:37:58.099><c> is</c><00:37:58.519><c> not</c><00:37:58.960><c> of</c><00:37:59.400><c> faith,</c><00:37:59.920><c> Paul</c><00:38:00.099><c> says</c><00:38:00.300><c> in</c><00:38:00.480><c> Galatians.</c> 00:38:02.079 --> 00:38:05.380 So<00:38:02.320><c> God's</c><00:38:03.000><c> righteousness</c><00:38:03.420><c> of</c><00:38:03.760><c> faith</c><00:38:04.000><c> is</c><00:38:04.300><c> nothing</c><00:38:04.519><c> to</c><00:38:04.780><c> do</c><00:38:04.900><c> with</c><00:38:05.099><c> law.</c> 00:38:05.699 --> 00:38:09.159 It's<00:38:05.960><c> got</c><00:38:06.039><c> to</c><00:38:06.219><c> be</c><00:38:06.360><c> seen</c><00:38:06.840><c> somewhere</c><00:38:07.320><c> apart</c><00:38:07.960><c> from</c><00:38:08.199><c> the</c><00:38:08.360><c> law.</c> 00:38:09.920 --> 00:38:12.659 And<00:38:10.480><c> you</c><00:38:10.619><c> know,</c><00:38:10.860><c> brothers</c><00:38:11.019><c> and</c><00:38:11.280><c> sisters,</c><00:38:11.500><c> he</c><00:38:11.639><c> says,</c> 00:38:13.920 --> 00:38:18.039 even<00:38:14.039><c> though</c><00:38:14.380><c> the</c><00:38:14.659><c> Jew</c><00:38:14.980><c> thought</c><00:38:15.559><c> that</c><00:38:16.400><c> he</c><00:38:16.460><c> had</c><00:38:16.719><c> the</c><00:38:17.000><c> righteousness</c><00:38:17.380><c> of</c><00:38:17.739><c> faith</c> 00:38:18.039 --> 00:38:19.039 in<00:38:18.360><c> mere</c><00:38:18.699><c> law,</c> 00:38:19.360 --> 00:38:21.179 he<00:38:19.500><c> shouldn't</c><00:38:19.760><c> have</c><00:38:19.960><c> thought</c><00:38:20.159><c> that</c><00:38:20.420><c> way,</c> 00:38:22.000 --> 00:38:24.960 because<00:38:22.000><c> the</c><00:38:22.460><c> fact</c><00:38:22.659><c> that</c><00:38:22.920><c> the</c><00:38:23.219><c> righteousness</c><00:38:23.639><c> of</c><00:38:23.980><c> God,</c> 00:38:25.119 --> 00:38:27.159 or<00:38:25.260><c> the</c><00:38:25.480><c> righteousness</c><00:38:25.840><c> of</c><00:38:26.079><c> faith,</c><00:38:26.360><c> call</c><00:38:26.519><c> it</c><00:38:26.679><c> what</c><00:38:26.739><c> you</c><00:38:26.940><c> like,</c> 00:38:27.300 --> 00:38:34.960 is<00:38:27.539><c> apart</c><00:38:27.860><c> from</c><00:38:28.119><c> law,</c><00:38:28.980><c> was</c><00:38:29.519><c> witnessed</c><00:38:30.599><c> by</c><00:38:32.780><c> the</c><00:38:33.059><c> law</c><00:38:33.400><c> and</c><00:38:33.880><c> the</c><00:38:34.159><c> prophets.</c> 00:38:36.219 --> 00:38:38.639 It<00:38:36.579><c> was</c><00:38:36.920><c> witnessed</c><00:38:37.599><c> by</c><00:38:38.420><c> the</c><00:38:38.559><c> law.</c> 00:38:38.739 --> 00:38:40.699 How<00:38:38.980><c> was</c><00:38:39.159><c> it</c><00:38:39.260><c> witnessed</c><00:38:39.539><c> by</c><00:38:39.800><c> the</c><00:38:39.960><c> law?</c> 00:38:41.460 --> 00:38:42.800 Well,<00:38:41.659><c> it</c><00:38:41.780><c> was</c><00:38:41.900><c> easy.</c> 00:38:43.139 --> 00:38:44.960 All<00:38:43.340><c> you</c><00:38:43.440><c> had</c><00:38:43.519><c> to</c><00:38:43.619><c> do</c><00:38:43.699><c> was</c><00:38:43.800><c> think</c><00:38:43.980><c> about</c><00:38:44.219><c> it.</c> 00:38:45.679 --> 00:38:48.900 The<00:38:45.800><c> law</c><00:38:46.039><c> told</c><00:38:46.420><c> them</c><00:38:46.699><c> that</c><00:38:46.840><c> they</c><00:38:46.960><c> could</c><00:38:47.179><c> never</c><00:38:47.539><c> be</c><00:38:48.480><c> righteous</c> 00:38:48.900 --> 00:38:50.239 before<00:38:49.320><c> God.</c> 00:38:50.639 --> 00:38:51.860 You<00:38:50.860><c> take</c><00:38:51.000><c> a</c><00:38:51.179><c> simple</c><00:38:51.420><c> fact.</c> 00:38:52.079 --> 00:38:53.219 This<00:38:52.260><c> is</c><00:38:52.380><c> just</c><00:38:52.599><c> one</c><00:38:52.739><c> illustration.</c> 00:38:53.559 --> 00:38:54.940 There<00:38:53.639><c> are</c><00:38:53.820><c> countless</c><00:38:54.280><c> illustrations.</c> 00:38:55.159 --> 00:38:56.820 This<00:38:55.340><c> is</c><00:38:55.500><c> one</c><00:38:55.639><c> of</c><00:38:55.760><c> the</c><00:38:55.920><c> best.</c> 00:38:56.880 --> 00:38:59.199 I'm<00:38:57.239><c> a</c><00:38:57.500><c> Jew</c><00:38:57.599><c> and</c><00:38:57.699><c> I'm</c><00:38:57.780><c> going</c><00:38:57.820><c> to</c><00:38:57.920><c> make</c><00:38:58.019><c> a</c><00:38:58.199><c> burned</c><00:38:58.380><c> offering.</c> 00:38:59.920 --> 00:39:01.139 I'm<00:39:00.280><c> going</c><00:39:00.400><c> to</c><00:39:00.480><c> make</c><00:39:00.579><c> a</c><00:39:00.739><c> burned</c><00:39:00.920><c> offering.</c> 00:39:01.139 --> 00:39:04.179 I'm<00:39:01.599><c> going</c><00:39:01.739><c> to</c><00:39:01.760><c> put</c><00:39:01.960><c> my</c><00:39:02.400><c> hand</c><00:39:02.639><c> upon</c><00:39:02.860><c> the</c><00:39:03.019><c> head</c><00:39:03.099><c> of</c><00:39:03.239><c> the</c><00:39:03.380><c> animal.</c> 00:39:04.400 --> 00:39:05.179 I'm<00:39:04.599><c> going</c><00:39:04.739><c> to</c><00:39:04.760><c> do</c><00:39:04.900><c> that.</c> 00:39:05.360 --> 00:39:09.519 So<00:39:05.460><c> that</c><00:39:05.639><c> my</c><00:39:05.880><c> hand</c><00:39:06.219><c> flowing</c><00:39:06.519><c> down</c><00:39:06.820><c> from</c><00:39:07.000><c> my</c><00:39:07.260><c> body</c><00:39:07.679><c> representing</c><00:39:08.280><c> me</c> 00:39:09.659 --> 00:39:11.360 is<00:39:10.019><c> going</c><00:39:10.159><c> to</c><00:39:10.239><c> go</c><00:39:10.320><c> on</c><00:39:10.380><c> the</c><00:39:10.519><c> head</c><00:39:10.679><c> of</c><00:39:10.780><c> the</c><00:39:11.000><c> animal</c> 00:39:11.360 --> 00:39:13.719 and<00:39:11.780><c> I'm</c><00:39:11.920><c> going</c><00:39:12.139><c> to</c><00:39:12.159><c> identify</c><00:39:12.719><c> myself</c><00:39:13.260><c> with</c><00:39:13.440><c> the</c><00:39:13.599><c> animal.</c> 00:39:13.780 --> 00:39:15.780 That's<00:39:14.019><c> with</c><00:39:14.159><c> the</c><00:39:14.380><c> case</c><00:39:14.539><c> of</c><00:39:14.780><c> the</c><00:39:15.059><c> holding</c><00:39:15.260><c> of</c><00:39:15.440><c> the</c><00:39:15.599><c> hands</c> 00:39:15.780 --> 00:39:16.619 from<00:39:15.940><c> the</c><00:39:16.039><c> head</c><00:39:16.119><c> of</c><00:39:16.239><c> the</c><00:39:16.380><c> animal,</c> 00:39:16.900 --> 00:39:19.219 the<00:39:17.019><c> same</c><00:39:17.179><c> as</c><00:39:17.559><c> the</c><00:39:17.820><c> putting</c><00:39:17.960><c> out</c><00:39:18.119><c> of</c><00:39:18.280><c> hands</c><00:39:18.400><c> in</c><00:39:18.559><c> the</c><00:39:18.659><c> New</c><00:39:18.860><c> Testament,</c> 00:39:19.559 --> 00:39:22.139 was<00:39:19.699><c> identification</c><00:39:20.460><c> with</c><00:39:20.719><c> the</c><00:39:20.940><c> person</c><00:39:21.119><c> concerned.</c> 00:39:22.239 --> 00:39:23.280 So<00:39:22.440><c> on</c><00:39:22.599><c> goes</c><00:39:22.820><c> my</c><00:39:23.159><c> hand.</c> 00:39:23.300 --> 00:39:24.119 That's<00:39:23.619><c> me</c><00:39:23.840><c> now.</c> 00:39:24.480 --> 00:39:26.119 So<00:39:24.619><c> God</c><00:39:24.820><c> says,</c><00:39:25.139><c> good,</c><00:39:25.500><c> that's</c><00:39:25.880><c> you.</c> 00:39:26.500 --> 00:39:27.780 Now<00:39:26.739><c> take</c><00:39:26.980><c> the</c><00:39:27.159><c> skin</c><00:39:27.260><c> off</c><00:39:27.440><c> the</c><00:39:27.599><c> animal.</c> 00:39:27.820 --> 00:39:28.579 I<00:39:28.000><c> don't</c><00:39:28.139><c> want</c><00:39:28.340><c> that.</c> 00:39:28.599 --> 00:39:29.119 Throw<00:39:28.800><c> it</c><00:39:28.960><c> away.</c> 00:39:29.179 --> 00:39:30.760 I'm<00:39:29.340><c> not</c><00:39:29.460><c> interested</c><00:39:29.719><c> in</c><00:39:29.760><c> what</c><00:39:29.880><c> you</c><00:39:30.019><c> look</c><00:39:30.159><c> like</c><00:39:30.380><c> outside.</c> 00:39:30.760 --> 00:39:31.679 I<00:39:30.900><c> couldn't</c><00:39:31.159><c> care</c><00:39:31.420><c> less.</c> 00:39:31.800 --> 00:39:33.019 How<00:39:31.900><c> you</c><00:39:32.059><c> appear</c><00:39:32.300><c> to</c><00:39:32.420><c> your</c><00:39:32.519><c> brothers</c><00:39:32.719><c> and</c><00:39:32.860><c> sisters.</c> 00:39:33.039 --> 00:39:34.360 I'll<00:39:33.219><c> look</c><00:39:33.420><c> inside.</c> 00:39:35.400 --> 00:39:37.719 The<00:39:35.519><c> priest</c><00:39:35.780><c> inspects</c><00:39:36.400><c> the</c><00:39:36.539><c> body</c><00:39:36.860><c> minutely.</c> 00:39:38.179 --> 00:39:40.260 It's<00:39:38.360><c> got</c><00:39:38.420><c> to</c><00:39:38.579><c> be</c><00:39:39.000><c> flawless.</c> 00:39:42.260 --> 00:39:43.119 Ah,<00:39:42.519><c> very</c><00:39:42.820><c> good.</c> 00:39:43.380 --> 00:39:44.400 No<00:39:43.619><c> external</c><00:39:44.159><c> flaw.</c> 00:39:44.519 --> 00:39:45.380 Now<00:39:44.679><c> we'll</c><00:39:44.840><c> cut</c><00:39:44.960><c> it</c><00:39:45.199><c> open.</c> 00:39:45.539 --> 00:39:48.480 So<00:39:45.719><c> he</c><00:39:45.780><c> takes</c><00:39:46.079><c> the</c><00:39:46.340><c> leg</c><00:39:46.639><c> and</c><00:39:47.320><c> he</c><00:39:47.599><c> cuts</c><00:39:47.780><c> the</c><00:39:48.039><c> legs</c><00:39:48.199><c> open</c> 00:39:48.480 --> 00:39:50.079 and<00:39:48.780><c> lays</c><00:39:49.059><c> the</c><00:39:49.340><c> flesh</c><00:39:49.539><c> all</c><00:39:49.760><c> out.</c> 00:39:50.239 --> 00:39:51.500 Flays<00:39:50.500><c> it,</c><00:39:50.679><c> as</c><00:39:50.800><c> the</c><00:39:50.960><c> scripture</c><00:39:51.179><c> says.</c> 00:39:51.780 --> 00:39:54.320 He<00:39:52.000><c> opens</c><00:39:52.239><c> up</c><00:39:52.500><c> the</c><00:39:52.739><c> intestines</c><00:39:53.199><c> and</c><00:39:53.380><c> looks</c><00:39:53.619><c> all</c><00:39:53.880><c> through</c><00:39:54.119><c> them.</c> 00:39:54.539 --> 00:39:56.980 The<00:39:54.760><c> thing</c><00:39:54.880><c> has</c><00:39:55.059><c> got</c><00:39:55.139><c> to</c><00:39:55.300><c> be</c><00:39:55.780><c> flawless.</c> 00:39:58.460 --> 00:39:59.699 Oh,<00:39:58.679><c> you</c><00:39:58.800><c> think,</c><00:39:58.920><c> well,</c><00:39:59.039><c> that's</c><00:39:59.300><c> far</c><00:39:59.440><c> enough.</c> 00:39:59.699 --> 00:40:00.739 No,<00:40:00.360><c> no.</c> 00:40:00.840 --> 00:40:02.840 Now<00:40:01.079><c> we've</c><00:40:01.280><c> determined</c><00:40:01.699><c> that</c><00:40:01.820><c> it's</c><00:40:01.940><c> got</c><00:40:02.099><c> no</c><00:40:02.400><c> blemish</c><00:40:02.659><c> in</c><00:40:02.739><c> it.</c> 00:40:02.840 --> 00:40:03.800 We've<00:40:03.019><c> got</c><00:40:03.079><c> to</c><00:40:03.260><c> wash</c><00:40:03.420><c> it.</c> 00:40:03.860 --> 00:40:06.320 So<00:40:03.980><c> we</c><00:40:04.179><c> wash</c><00:40:04.360><c> it</c><00:40:04.619><c> inside</c><00:40:05.059><c> and</c><00:40:05.300><c> outside.</c> 00:40:07.219 --> 00:40:08.539 And<00:40:07.500><c> then</c><00:40:07.599><c> we</c><00:40:07.739><c> put</c><00:40:07.820><c> it</c><00:40:07.940><c> upon</c><00:40:08.119><c> the</c><00:40:08.360><c> altar</c> 00:40:08.539 --> 00:40:09.760 and<00:40:08.820><c> we</c><00:40:08.980><c> don't</c><00:40:09.179><c> put</c><00:40:09.340><c> part</c><00:40:09.559><c> of</c><00:40:09.659><c> it.</c> 00:40:09.760 --> 00:40:11.239 We<00:40:09.920><c> put</c><00:40:10.119><c> the</c><00:40:10.480><c> lot.</c> 00:40:12.559 --> 00:40:14.599 And<00:40:12.860><c> I</c><00:40:13.099><c> suddenly</c><00:40:13.420><c> learned,</c><00:40:13.860><c> brothers</c><00:40:14.000><c> and</c><00:40:14.179><c> sisters,</c> 00:40:14.980 --> 00:40:17.739 that<00:40:15.199><c> I've</c><00:40:15.440><c> had</c><00:40:15.539><c> the</c><00:40:15.760><c> audacity</c><00:40:16.260><c> to</c><00:40:16.500><c> put</c><00:40:16.619><c> my</c><00:40:16.920><c> hand</c><00:40:17.099><c> upon</c><00:40:17.300><c> an</c><00:40:17.519><c> animal</c> 00:40:17.739 --> 00:40:20.320 and<00:40:17.960><c> I've</c><00:40:18.280><c> promised</c><00:40:18.500><c> to</c><00:40:18.739><c> God</c><00:40:18.840><c> that</c><00:40:19.019><c> I'm</c><00:40:19.320><c> perfect.</c> 00:40:22.900 --> 00:40:26.059 That<00:40:23.159><c> I</c><00:40:23.280><c> haven't</c><00:40:23.440><c> got</c><00:40:23.639><c> a</c><00:40:23.960><c> single,</c><00:40:24.659><c> single</c><00:40:25.500><c> blemish</c> 00:40:26.059 --> 00:40:28.000 in<00:40:26.280><c> my</c><00:40:26.659><c> whole</c><00:40:27.239><c> moral</c><00:40:27.619><c> life.</c> 00:40:28.000 --> 00:40:30.059 I<00:40:28.300><c> was</c><00:40:28.300><c> not</c><00:40:28.619><c> one.</c> 00:40:31.159 --> 00:40:33.239 And<00:40:31.599><c> I</c><00:40:31.699><c> ought</c><00:40:31.900><c> to</c><00:40:32.099><c> have</c><00:40:32.360><c> learned</c> 00:40:33.800 --> 00:40:35.780 that<00:40:34.239><c> the</c><00:40:34.519><c> law</c><00:40:34.780><c> was</c><00:40:35.139><c> witnessing</c> 00:40:35.780 --> 00:40:38.079 that<00:40:36.380><c> if</c><00:40:36.639><c> righteousness</c><00:40:37.019><c> comes</c><00:40:37.519><c> at</c><00:40:37.780><c> all,</c> 00:40:38.340 --> 00:40:39.579 it<00:40:38.360><c> comes</c><00:40:38.739><c> apart</c><00:40:39.179><c> from</c><00:40:39.420><c> law,</c> 00:40:39.699 --> 00:40:42.159 because<00:40:39.900><c> my</c><00:40:40.260><c> life</c><00:40:40.420><c> is</c><00:40:40.639><c> a</c><00:40:40.900><c> lie</c><00:40:41.119><c> to</c><00:40:41.340><c> that.</c> 00:40:43.360 --> 00:40:45.380 And<00:40:43.519><c> when</c><00:40:43.619><c> I</c><00:40:43.739><c> looked</c><00:40:43.960><c> across</c><00:40:44.360><c> to</c><00:40:44.519><c> the</c><00:40:44.679><c> altar</c><00:40:44.820><c> in</c><00:40:45.019><c> the</c><00:40:45.159><c> morning</c> 00:40:45.380 --> 00:40:48.840 and<00:40:45.539><c> I</c><00:40:45.719><c> saw</c><00:40:45.840><c> a</c><00:40:46.000><c> little</c><00:40:46.239><c> lamb</c><00:40:46.559><c> burning</c><00:40:46.980><c> on</c><00:40:47.199><c> the</c><00:40:47.420><c> altar</c><00:40:47.599><c> all</c><00:40:47.920><c> day,</c> 00:40:49.360 --> 00:40:51.460 and<00:40:49.539><c> I</c><00:40:49.599><c> went</c><00:40:49.760><c> back</c><00:40:50.000><c> at</c><00:40:50.199><c> evening</c><00:40:50.380><c> and</c><00:40:50.539><c> I</c><00:40:50.699><c> saw</c><00:40:50.800><c> him</c><00:40:50.960><c> change</c><00:40:51.320><c> it</c> 00:40:51.460 --> 00:40:54.039 and<00:40:51.480><c> put</c><00:40:51.639><c> another</c><00:40:51.920><c> lamb</c><00:40:52.139><c> there</c><00:40:52.320><c> and</c><00:40:52.440><c> he</c><00:40:52.559><c> burned</c><00:40:52.699><c> all</c><00:40:53.019><c> night,</c> 00:40:54.940 --> 00:40:56.760 I<00:40:55.139><c> ought</c><00:40:55.260><c> to</c><00:40:55.400><c> have</c><00:40:55.539><c> learned</c><00:40:55.559><c> the</c><00:40:55.840><c> fact</c> 00:40:56.820 --> 00:40:59.539 that<00:40:57.340><c> God</c><00:40:57.559><c> was</c><00:40:57.820><c> telling</c><00:40:58.000><c> me</c><00:40:58.239><c> that</c><00:40:58.320><c> there</c><00:40:58.500><c> would</c><00:40:58.760><c> come</c><00:40:59.000><c> one</c> 00:40:59.539 --> 00:41:02.400 who<00:40:59.960><c> all</c><00:41:00.340><c> his</c><00:41:00.619><c> life</c><00:41:01.000><c> would</c><00:41:01.360><c> be</c><00:41:01.619><c> dedicated</c><00:41:02.000><c> to</c><00:41:02.159><c> God,</c> 00:41:02.579 --> 00:41:04.780 but<00:41:02.780><c> I</c><00:41:03.000><c> couldn't</c><00:41:03.260><c> match</c><00:41:03.559><c> that.</c> 00:41:05.599 --> 00:41:07.219 And<00:41:05.820><c> David</c><00:41:06.079><c> saw</c><00:41:06.340><c> that,</c><00:41:06.719><c> brothers</c><00:41:06.780><c> and</c><00:41:07.039><c> sisters,</c> 00:41:07.239 --> 00:41:09.039 and<00:41:07.400><c> he</c><00:41:07.480><c> said</c><00:41:07.639><c> to</c><00:41:07.840><c> God,</c> 00:41:09.840 --> 00:41:12.360 build<00:41:10.199><c> thou</c><00:41:10.400><c> the</c><00:41:10.599><c> walls</c><00:41:11.019><c> of</c><00:41:11.239><c> Jerusalem.</c> 00:41:13.559 --> 00:41:15.739 Then<00:41:14.079><c> shall</c><00:41:14.380><c> we</c><00:41:14.539><c> offer</c><00:41:14.780><c> unto</c><00:41:15.039><c> thee</c> 00:41:15.739 --> 00:41:17.639 the<00:41:16.300><c> sacrifices</c><00:41:16.940><c> of</c><00:41:17.219><c> righteousness.</c> 00:41:17.900 --> 00:41:19.880 Then<00:41:18.400><c> shall</c><00:41:18.599><c> they</c><00:41:18.880><c> bring</c><00:41:19.159><c> burnt</c><00:41:19.559><c> offerings</c> 00:41:19.880 --> 00:41:21.960 and<00:41:20.179><c> whole</c><00:41:20.420><c> burnt</c><00:41:20.679><c> offerings</c><00:41:20.960><c> up</c><00:41:21.199><c> upon</c><00:41:21.460><c> thine</c><00:41:21.719><c> altar.</c> 00:41:22.079 --> 00:41:22.480 When? 00:41:22.639 --> 00:41:24.059 When<00:41:22.820><c> I'm</c><00:41:23.099><c> immortal.</c> 00:41:25.099 --> 00:41:27.460 When<00:41:25.699><c> I'm</c><00:41:25.980><c> immortal,</c><00:41:26.500><c> I'll</c><00:41:26.760><c> do</c><00:41:27.000><c> that.</c> 00:41:27.619 --> 00:41:29.059 Couldn't<00:41:27.900><c> do</c><00:41:28.019><c> it</c><00:41:28.159><c> before.</c> 00:41:29.340 --> 00:41:31.500 The<00:41:29.679><c> law</c><00:41:29.980><c> was</c><00:41:30.320><c> witnessing</c> 00:41:32.079 --> 00:41:34.760 that<00:41:32.679><c> righteousness</c><00:41:33.219><c> that</c><00:41:33.559><c> God</c><00:41:33.820><c> was</c><00:41:34.019><c> talking</c><00:41:34.260><c> about</c> 00:41:34.760 --> 00:41:37.119 wasn't<00:41:35.360><c> being</c><00:41:35.679><c> induced</c><00:41:36.079><c> in</c><00:41:36.260><c> me</c><00:41:36.420><c> by</c><00:41:36.780><c> law,</c> 00:41:37.340 --> 00:41:39.639 because<00:41:37.519><c> my</c><00:41:37.820><c> life</c><00:41:38.019><c> was</c><00:41:38.260><c> a</c><00:41:38.480><c> lie</c><00:41:38.679><c> to</c><00:41:38.900><c> that.</c> 00:41:40.320 --> 00:41:42.059 And<00:41:40.639><c> as</c><00:41:40.820><c> for</c><00:41:40.960><c> the</c><00:41:41.179><c> prophets,</c> 00:41:42.960 --> 00:41:45.000 no<00:41:43.360><c> weapon</c><00:41:43.760><c> that</c><00:41:43.920><c> is</c><00:41:44.139><c> formed</c><00:41:44.400><c> against</c><00:41:44.780><c> thee,</c> 00:41:45.159 --> 00:41:46.980 says<00:41:45.159><c> Isaiah,</c><00:41:45.780><c> shall</c><00:41:46.000><c> prosper.</c> 00:41:47.039 --> 00:41:49.920 And<00:41:47.380><c> every</c><00:41:47.780><c> tongue</c><00:41:48.059><c> that</c><00:41:48.239><c> is</c><00:41:48.440><c> raised</c><00:41:48.760><c> against</c><00:41:49.119><c> thee</c><00:41:49.380><c> in</c><00:41:49.539><c> judgment,</c> 00:41:50.219 --> 00:41:51.780 thou<00:41:50.400><c> shalt</c><00:41:50.780><c> condemn.</c> 00:41:52.280 --> 00:41:54.199 Could<00:41:52.679><c> you</c><00:41:52.840><c> do</c><00:41:53.000><c> that?</c> 00:41:56.199 --> 00:41:57.500 I<00:41:56.599><c> couldn't.</c> 00:41:57.960 --> 00:41:59.440 You<00:41:58.000><c> mightn't</c><00:41:58.440><c> use</c><00:41:58.599><c> weapons</c><00:41:58.940><c> against</c><00:41:59.260><c> me,</c> 00:41:59.500 --> 00:42:00.639 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things</c> 00:42:20.079 --> 00:42:22.619 if<00:42:20.219><c> you</c><00:42:20.260><c> read</c><00:42:20.440><c> my</c><00:42:20.659><c> mind,</c><00:42:21.179><c> and</c><00:42:21.320><c> you'd</c><00:42:21.519><c> be</c><00:42:21.739><c> right.</c> 00:42:22.699 --> 00:42:24.260 And<00:42:22.860><c> there's</c><00:42:23.039><c> no</c><00:42:23.260><c> way</c><00:42:23.400><c> in</c><00:42:23.539><c> the</c><00:42:23.719><c> wide</c><00:42:23.980><c> world</c> 00:42:24.260 --> 00:42:25.739 that<00:42:24.500><c> my</c><00:42:24.679><c> mouth</c><00:42:24.840><c> could</c><00:42:25.119><c> condemn</c><00:42:25.360><c> you.</c> 00:42:26.019 --> 00:42:27.840 What<00:42:26.219><c> does</c><00:42:26.440><c> Isaiah</c><00:42:26.760><c> say?</c> 00:42:28.239 --> 00:42:30.880 Every<00:42:28.719><c> weapon</c><00:42:29.019><c> that</c><00:42:29.179><c> is</c><00:42:29.400><c> formed</c><00:42:29.619><c> against</c><00:42:30.079><c> thee</c> 00:42:30.880 --> 00:42:32.739 won't<00:42:31.659><c> prosper.</c> 00:42:33.860 --> 00:42:35.519 And<00:42:34.219><c> every</c><00:42:34.679><c> word</c><00:42:34.940><c> of</c><00:42:35.239><c> judgment</c> 00:42:35.519 --> 00:42:37.099 that<00:42:35.659><c> is</c><00:42:35.880><c> raised</c><00:42:36.139><c> against</c><00:42:36.460><c> you,</c><00:42:36.820><c> he</c><00:42:36.820><c> says,</c> 00:42:37.360 --> 00:42:38.940 your<00:42:37.639><c> mouth</c><00:42:37.940><c> will</c><00:42:38.179><c> condemn</c><00:42:38.519><c> it,</c> 00:42:38.980 --> 00:42:41.820 because<00:42:39.840><c> their</c><00:42:41.159><c> righteousness</c> 00:42:41.820 --> 00:42:44.880 is<00:42:42.539><c> of</c><00:42:42.960><c> me,</c><00:42:43.860><c> says</c><00:42:44.079><c> God.</c> 00:42:45.980 --> 00:42:47.980 That's<00:42:46.420><c> a</c><00:42:46.539><c> different</c><00:42:46.760><c> matter.</c> 00:42:48.679 --> 00:42:50.059 And<00:42:48.780><c> unless</c><00:42:49.099><c> that's</c><00:42:49.579><c> the</c><00:42:49.719><c> righteousness</c> 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of</c><00:42:59.460><c> what</c><00:42:59.659><c> we</c><00:42:59.820><c> have</c><00:43:00.000><c> done,</c> 00:43:00.500 --> 00:43:01.880 what<00:43:00.800><c> the</c><00:43:01.079><c> brother</c><00:43:01.280><c> doesn't</c><00:43:01.619><c> know</c> 00:43:01.880 --> 00:43:03.940 is<00:43:02.059><c> that</c><00:43:02.239><c> God's</c><00:43:02.619><c> forgiven</c><00:43:02.880><c> us.</c> 00:43:04.699 --> 00:43:05.940 And<00:43:04.860><c> in</c><00:43:05.039><c> our</c><00:43:05.280><c> love</c><00:43:05.500><c> of</c><00:43:05.719><c> God</c> 00:43:05.940 --> 00:43:08.000 and<00:43:06.079><c> our</c><00:43:06.440><c> confidence</c><00:43:06.820><c> of</c><00:43:07.019><c> him</c><00:43:07.179><c> and</c><00:43:07.360><c> in</c><00:43:07.519><c> his</c><00:43:07.780><c> son,</c> 00:43:08.059 --> 00:43:09.559 we<00:43:08.159><c> can</c><00:43:08.500><c> stand</c><00:43:08.820><c> forth</c><00:43:09.099><c> and</c><00:43:09.280><c> say,</c> 00:43:09.920 --> 00:43:11.420 you're<00:43:10.139><c> wrong,</c><00:43:10.659><c> brother.</c> 00:43:11.940 --> 00:43:13.659 I<00:43:12.380><c> will</c><00:43:12.619><c> be</c><00:43:12.820><c> in</c><00:43:12.880><c> the</c><00:43:13.000><c> kingdom</c><00:43:13.260><c> of</c><00:43:13.519><c> God</c> 00:43:13.659 --> 00:43:15.539 by<00:43:13.920><c> God's</c><00:43:14.340><c> good</c><00:43:14.539><c> will</c><00:43:14.760><c> and</c><00:43:14.940><c> by</c><00:43:15.139><c> his</c><00:43:15.340><c> grace,</c> 00:43:15.739 --> 00:43:16.559 because<00:43:15.860><c> he</c><00:43:15.980><c> loves</c><00:43:16.260><c> me.</c> 00:43:16.760 --> 00:43:18.280 And<00:43:16.940><c> he</c><00:43:17.059><c> gave</c><00:43:17.280><c> his</c><00:43:17.460><c> only</c><00:43:17.679><c> begotten</c><00:43:18.099><c> son</c> 00:43:18.280 --> 00:43:19.940 that<00:43:18.400><c> I</c><00:43:18.579><c> might</c><00:43:18.820><c> have</c><00:43:19.119><c> life.</c> 00:43:20.119 --> 00:43:21.239 It<00:43:20.239><c> is</c><00:43:20.420><c> Christ</c><00:43:20.760><c> that</c><00:43:21.059><c> died.</c> 00:43:21.380 --> 00:43:22.739 It<00:43:21.460><c> is</c><00:43:21.679><c> God</c><00:43:21.880><c> that</c><00:43:22.260><c> justifies.</c> 00:43:23.139 --> 00:43:24.420 No<00:43:23.420><c> man</c><00:43:23.679><c> can</c><00:43:23.960><c> condemn</c><00:43:24.199><c> us.</c> 00:43:24.559 --> 00:43:26.400 We<00:43:24.719><c> are</c><00:43:24.840><c> more</c><00:43:25.119><c> than</c><00:43:25.380><c> conquerors</c><00:43:25.800><c> through</c><00:43:26.059><c> Christ</c> 00:43:26.400 --> 00:43:28.239 that<00:43:26.960><c> died</c><00:43:27.260><c> for</c><00:43:27.460><c> us</c><00:43:27.579><c> as</c><00:43:27.719><c> the</c><00:43:27.940><c> apostle.</c> 00:43:28.559 --> 00:43:30.179 And<00:43:28.719><c> though</c><00:43:28.840><c> we</c><00:43:29.019><c> are</c><00:43:29.179><c> slaughtered</c><00:43:29.480><c> every</c><00:43:29.760><c> day</c><00:43:30.000><c> long</c> 00:43:30.179 --> 00:43:31.300 as<00:43:30.340><c> the</c><00:43:30.559><c> sheep</c><00:43:30.739><c> are</c><00:43:30.920><c> slaughtered,</c> 00:43:31.460 --> 00:43:33.239 God<00:43:31.800><c> will</c><00:43:32.119><c> redeem</c><00:43:32.380><c> us</c><00:43:32.579><c> from</c><00:43:32.739><c> the</c><00:43:32.980><c> grave.</c> 00:43:33.539 --> 00:43:34.800 Yes,<00:43:33.739><c> we</c><00:43:33.880><c> can</c><00:43:34.139><c> open</c><00:43:34.380><c> our</c><00:43:34.619><c> mouth</c> 00:43:34.800 --> 00:43:36.880 and<00:43:35.059><c> condemn</c><00:43:35.320><c> ever</c><00:43:35.559><c> all</c><00:43:35.739><c> the</c><00:43:35.900><c> criticisms.</c> 00:43:36.940 --> 00:43:38.159 Only,<00:43:37.539><c> brethren</c><00:43:37.719><c> and</c><00:43:37.980><c> sisters,</c> 00:43:38.159 --> 00:43:41.019 if<00:43:38.360><c> we've</c><00:43:38.559><c> got</c><00:43:38.699><c> that</c><00:43:38.960><c> sort</c><00:43:39.139><c> of</c><00:43:39.360><c> righteousness</c><00:43:39.599><c> and</c><00:43:39.880><c> not</c><00:43:40.000><c> our</c><00:43:40.219><c> own.</c> 00:43:41.699 --> 00:43:43.059 So<00:43:41.920><c> there</c><00:43:42.079><c> was</c><00:43:42.340><c> a</c><00:43:42.599><c> witness</c> 00:43:43.059 --> 00:43:45.099 in<00:43:43.420><c> law</c><00:43:43.699><c> and</c><00:43:43.940><c> in</c><00:43:44.179><c> prophets</c> 00:43:45.280 --> 00:43:46.639 that<00:43:45.760><c> this</c><00:43:46.139><c> righteousness</c> 00:43:46.639 --> 00:43:48.260 of<00:43:46.900><c> which</c><00:43:47.059><c> the</c><00:43:47.260><c> apostle's</c><00:43:47.719><c> talking</c><00:43:47.960><c> about</c> 00:43:48.260 --> 00:43:50.659 is<00:43:48.579><c> quite</c><00:43:48.820><c> apart</c><00:43:49.280><c> from</c><00:43:49.559><c> law.</c> 00:43:51.519 --> 00:43:52.820 And<00:43:51.699><c> he</c><00:43:51.860><c> deals</c><00:43:52.119><c> with</c><00:43:52.300><c> the</c><00:43:52.460><c> way</c><00:43:52.599><c> in</c><00:43:52.699><c> which</c> 00:43:52.820 --> 00:43:54.179 it<00:43:52.920><c> was</c><00:43:53.179><c> manifested.</c> 00:43:55.119 --> 00:43:57.960 It<00:43:55.219><c> was</c><00:43:55.400><c> an</c><00:43:55.599><c> open</c><00:43:55.860><c> manifestation</c><00:43:56.599><c> of</c><00:43:56.880><c> righteousness.</c> 00:43:58.139 --> 00:43:58.900 For<00:43:58.260><c> all</c><00:43:58.480><c> have</c><00:43:58.699><c> sinned,</c> 00:43:58.900 --> 00:44:00.260 he<00:43:59.059><c> says</c><00:43:59.219><c> in</c><00:43:59.420><c> verse</c><00:43:59.639><c> 23,</c> 00:44:00.460 --> 00:44:02.360 and<00:44:00.659><c> come</c><00:44:00.840><c> short</c><00:44:01.079><c> of</c><00:44:01.219><c> the</c><00:44:01.360><c> glory</c><00:44:01.579><c> of</c><00:44:01.860><c> God,</c> 00:44:02.360 --> 00:44:05.280 being<00:44:03.019><c> justified</c><00:44:03.659><c> freely</c><00:44:04.380><c> by</c><00:44:04.659><c> his</c><00:44:04.920><c> grace.</c> 00:44:05.619 --> 00:44:06.880 It<00:44:05.639><c> isn't</c><00:44:05.880><c> something</c><00:44:06.139><c> we've</c><00:44:06.360><c> got</c><00:44:06.440><c> to</c><00:44:06.579><c> earn,</c> 00:44:07.079 --> 00:44:07.639 brethren<00:44:07.159><c> and</c><00:44:07.380><c> sisters.</c> 00:44:07.960 --> 00:44:09.260 It<00:44:08.000><c> isn't</c><00:44:08.360><c> cold</c><00:44:08.780><c> justice.</c> 00:44:09.579 --> 00:44:12.159 It's<00:44:09.980><c> a</c><00:44:10.260><c> free</c><00:44:10.840><c> justification.</c> 00:44:12.239 --> 00:44:14.760 The<00:44:12.380><c> word</c><00:44:12.579><c> in</c><00:44:12.960><c> the</c><00:44:13.139><c> Greek</c><00:44:13.260><c> means</c><00:44:13.500><c> it's</c><00:44:13.760><c> a</c><00:44:13.860><c> gift.</c> 00:44:15.800 --> 00:44:17.119 I<00:44:15.860><c> will</c><00:44:16.139><c> love</c><00:44:16.320><c> them</c><00:44:16.659><c> freely,</c> 00:44:17.320 --> 00:44:18.260 says<00:44:17.420><c> Hosea</c><00:44:17.780><c> the</c><00:44:18.000><c> prophet,</c> 00:44:18.480 --> 00:44:20.199 just<00:44:18.719><c> as</c><00:44:18.900><c> long</c><00:44:19.019><c> as</c><00:44:19.079><c> they</c><00:44:19.219><c> come</c><00:44:19.440><c> to</c><00:44:19.619><c> me</c><00:44:19.820><c> and</c><00:44:20.000><c> say</c> 00:44:20.199 --> 00:44:21.679 I'm<00:44:20.739><c> wrong.</c> 00:44:22.800 --> 00:44:24.400 That's<00:44:22.980><c> what</c><00:44:23.179><c> Hosea</c><00:44:23.539><c> said.</c> 00:44:24.639 --> 00:44:27.039 Don't<00:44:24.960><c> bring</c><00:44:25.179><c> me</c><00:44:25.420><c> bullocks.</c> 00:44:27.059 --> 00:44:29.079 Ten<00:44:27.320><c> thousand</c><00:44:27.679><c> rivers</c><00:44:28.000><c> of</c><00:44:28.239><c> oil.</c> 00:44:29.539 --> 00:44:30.840 The<00:44:29.760><c> firstborn</c><00:44:30.199><c> for</c><00:44:30.420><c> my</c><00:44:30.639><c> sin,</c> 00:44:30.840 --> 00:44:31.659 Micah<00:44:31.280><c> added.</c> 00:44:32.000 --> 00:44:33.059 I<00:44:32.159><c> don't</c><00:44:32.340><c> want</c><00:44:32.480><c> that,</c><00:44:32.719><c> says</c><00:44:32.780><c> God.</c> 00:44:33.239 --> 00:44:35.019 Just<00:44:33.539><c> say</c><00:44:33.800><c> I'm</c><00:44:34.119><c> wrong.</c> 00:44:35.639 --> 00:44:37.539 And<00:44:35.860><c> I'll</c><00:44:36.139><c> justify</c><00:44:36.599><c> you</c><00:44:37.119><c> freely,</c> 00:44:37.679 --> 00:44:38.519 he<00:44:37.880><c> told</c><00:44:38.079><c> Hosea.</c> 00:44:38.800 --> 00:44:40.300 That's<00:44:39.019><c> what</c><00:44:39.179><c> Paul's</c><00:44:39.599><c> quoting.</c> 00:44:41.460 --> 00:44:43.239 If<00:44:41.599><c> we</c><00:44:41.780><c> admit</c><00:44:41.980><c> we're</c><00:44:42.320><c> wrong,</c> 00:44:43.880 --> 00:44:45.000 and<00:44:44.000><c> in</c><00:44:44.159><c> order</c><00:44:44.260><c> that</c><00:44:44.420><c> we</c><00:44:44.480><c> might</c><00:44:44.699><c> admit,</c> 00:44:45.340 --> 00:44:47.380 brethren<00:44:45.340><c> and</c><00:44:45.639><c> sisters,</c><00:44:46.019><c> our</c><00:44:46.239><c> wrongs,</c> 00:44:47.400 --> 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mercy</c><00:45:00.119><c> seat.</c> 00:45:01.900 --> 00:45:02.760 But<00:45:02.019><c> he</c><00:45:02.119><c> talks</c><00:45:02.400><c> about</c> 00:45:02.760 --> 00:45:05.260 the<00:45:03.139><c> declaration</c><00:45:04.119><c> of</c><00:45:04.380><c> God's</c><00:45:04.860><c> righteousness.</c> 00:45:05.719 --> 00:45:07.119 Now<00:45:05.840><c> if</c><00:45:05.900><c> we</c><00:45:06.059><c> had</c><00:45:06.219><c> a</c><00:45:06.480><c> mercy</c><00:45:06.719><c> seat</c> 00:45:07.119 --> 00:45:08.880 to<00:45:07.559><c> declare</c><00:45:07.960><c> God's</c><00:45:08.420><c> righteousness,</c> 00:45:09.300 --> 00:45:11.019 it<00:45:09.420><c> wouldn't</c><00:45:09.639><c> be</c><00:45:09.920><c> possible.</c> 00:45:12.239 --> 00:45:13.300 See<00:45:12.420><c> the</c><00:45:12.519><c> point</c><00:45:12.739><c> he's</c><00:45:12.920><c> making,</c> 00:45:13.440 --> 00:45:15.460 where<00:45:13.659><c> did</c><00:45:13.780><c> you</c><00:45:13.900><c> find</c><00:45:14.139><c> the</c><00:45:14.420><c> mercy</c><00:45:14.639><c> seat?</c> 00:45:15.980 --> 00:45:17.079 Well<00:45:16.199><c> you</c><00:45:16.280><c> went</c><00:45:16.500><c> through</c><00:45:16.739><c> a</c><00:45:16.900><c> door</c> 00:45:17.079 --> 00:45:18.380 into<00:45:17.239><c> the</c><00:45:17.559><c> court.</c> 00:45:18.800 --> 00:45:19.880 And<00:45:18.880><c> you</c><00:45:19.000><c> walked</c><00:45:19.199><c> across</c><00:45:19.480><c> the</c><00:45:19.739><c> court,</c> 00:45:19.980 --> 00:45:20.800 you<00:45:20.039><c> came</c><00:45:20.219><c> to</c><00:45:20.380><c> the</c><00:45:20.519><c> tabernacle,</c> 00:45:20.880 --> 00:45:22.059 and<00:45:20.980><c> you</c><00:45:21.059><c> opened</c><00:45:21.219><c> another</c><00:45:21.539><c> curtain</c><00:45:21.860><c> door,</c> 00:45:22.099 --> 00:45:23.139 and<00:45:22.159><c> you</c><00:45:22.199><c> went</c><00:45:22.280><c> to</c><00:45:22.420><c> the</c><00:45:22.579><c> holy</c><00:45:22.760><c> place.</c> 00:45:23.139 --> 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state.</c><00:56:44.260><c> But</c><00:56:44.400><c> I</c><00:56:44.619><c> believe</c> 00:56:45.139 --> 00:56:47.260 that<00:56:45.320><c> God</c><00:56:45.519><c> can</c><00:56:45.739><c> do</c><00:56:45.940><c> it.</c> 00:56:47.760 --> 00:56:49.920 He<00:56:47.900><c> was</c><00:56:48.119><c> justified</c><00:56:48.579><c> by</c><00:56:48.840><c> his</c><00:56:49.079><c> faith.</c> 00:56:51.139 --> 00:56:52.659 Incredible<00:56:51.579><c> action,</c><00:56:52.139><c> brethren</c><00:56:52.280><c> and</c><00:56:52.480><c> sisters.</c> 00:56:52.860 --> 00:56:55.000 We<00:56:53.139><c> will</c><00:56:53.659><c> hardly</c><00:56:54.059><c> comprehend</c><00:56:54.619><c> this</c><00:56:54.880><c> side</c> 00:56:55.000 --> 00:56:57.400 of<00:56:55.139><c> the</c><00:56:55.280><c> kingdom.</c><00:56:55.539><c> He</c><00:56:55.739><c> believed</c><00:56:56.119><c> it.</c> 00:56:57.519 --> 00:56:59.179 He<00:56:58.019><c> believed</c><00:56:58.360><c> in</c><00:56:58.539><c> 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most</c><00:58:05.010><c> cold</c> 00:58:05.449 --> 00:58:07.329 and<00:58:05.809><c> calculating,</c><00:58:06.730><c> bloodthirsty</c> 00:58:07.329 --> 00:58:09.150 murderers<00:58:07.949><c> history's</c><00:58:08.389><c> ever</c><00:58:08.590><c> produced</c> 00:58:09.150 --> 00:58:11.190 and<00:58:09.809><c> worked</c><00:58:10.210><c> with</c><00:58:10.429><c> him</c><00:58:10.630><c> hand</c><00:58:10.829><c> in</c><00:58:11.010><c> glove</c> 00:58:11.190 --> 00:58:13.510 to<00:58:11.369><c> do</c><00:58:11.530><c> it,</c><00:58:12.150><c> far</c><00:58:12.369><c> be</c><00:58:12.530><c> it</c><00:58:12.670><c> from</c><00:58:12.809><c> me</c><00:58:12.929><c> to</c><00:58:13.070><c> deprecate</c> 00:58:13.510 --> 00:58:16.090 David's<00:58:14.050><c> character.</c><00:58:14.289><c> I'm</c><00:58:14.349><c> only</c><00:58:14.489><c> quoting</c><00:58:14.809><c> facts.</c> 00:58:16.909 --> 00:58:17.769 God<00:58:17.150><c> forgive</c><00:58:17.550><c> me,</c> 00:58:18.030 --> 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months</c><00:58:29.349><c> later,</c><00:58:29.690><c> and</c><00:58:29.889><c> David</c><00:58:30.170><c> still</c> 00:58:30.690 --> 00:58:33.349 hasn't<00:58:31.010><c> confessed</c><00:58:31.389><c> his</c><00:58:31.710><c> sin,</c><00:58:31.929><c> has</c><00:58:32.050><c> he?</c> 00:58:34.110 --> 00:58:34.710 And<00:58:34.449><c> Nathan</c> 00:58:34.710 --> 00:58:36.670 comes<00:58:35.030><c> in</c><00:58:35.550><c> and</c> 00:58:36.670 --> 00:58:38.969 convinces<00:58:37.210><c> David</c><00:58:37.670><c> of</c><00:58:37.909><c> his</c><00:58:38.150><c> sin.</c> 00:58:39.250 --> 00:58:40.369 He<00:58:39.570><c> still</c><00:58:39.769><c> hasn't</c><00:58:40.030><c> confessed</c> 00:58:40.369 --> 00:58:42.289 at<00:58:40.489><c> that</c><00:58:40.630><c> point</c><00:58:40.929><c> of</c><00:58:41.210><c> time.</c> 00:58:42.670 --> 00:58:44.550 And<00:58:42.909><c> Nathan</c><00:58:43.210><c> said</c><00:58:43.469><c> this,</c> 00:58:45.309 --> 00:58:46.710 thou<00:58:45.789><c> 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