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same</c><00:12:09.600><c> word</c><00:12:09.879><c> later</c><00:12:10.299><c> of</c><00:12:10.480><c> Israel,</c> 00:12:10.960 --> 00:12:14.320 This<00:12:11.259><c> people</c><00:12:11.860><c> have</c><00:12:12.419><c> I</c><00:12:12.919><c> formed</c><00:12:13.460><c> for</c><00:12:13.779><c> myself.</c> 00:12:14.700 --> 00:12:17.820 They<00:12:15.039><c> shall</c><00:12:15.299><c> show</c><00:12:15.580><c> forth</c><00:12:15.940><c> my</c><00:12:16.500><c> praise.</c> 00:12:19.500 --> 00:12:24.899 And<00:12:19.759><c> we</c><00:12:19.980><c> find</c><00:12:20.820><c> Adam</c><00:12:21.419><c> using</c><00:12:22.419><c> this</c><00:12:23.019><c> power</c><00:12:23.379><c> of</c><00:12:23.820><c> conceptual</c><00:12:24.460><c> thought.</c> 00:12:25.019 --> 00:12:29.259 The<00:12:25.220><c> first</c><00:12:25.480><c> thing</c><00:12:25.740><c> we</c><00:12:25.980><c> read</c><00:12:26.299><c> about</c><00:12:26.659><c> him</c><00:12:26.879><c> as</c><00:12:27.500><c> 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and</c><00:13:28.259><c> educable,</c> 00:13:29.500 --> 00:13:36.159 because<00:13:31.320><c> he</c><00:13:31.879><c> is</c><00:13:32.320><c> fitted</c><00:13:32.639><c> to</c><00:13:33.039><c> receive</c><00:13:33.659><c> God's</c><00:13:34.460><c> communication.</c> 00:13:39.480 --> 00:13:46.460 God<00:13:39.899><c> speaks</c><00:13:40.639><c> his</c><00:13:41.820><c> mind</c><00:13:42.799><c> and</c><00:13:44.399><c> makes</c><00:13:44.679><c> it</c><00:13:45.000><c> known</c><00:13:45.360><c> to</c><00:13:45.679><c> man,</c> 00:13:47.860 --> 00:13:54.480 and<00:13:48.019><c> so</c><00:13:48.779><c> influences</c><00:13:50.159><c> man,</c><00:13:52.899><c> the</c><00:13:53.240><c> mind</c><00:13:53.799><c> of</c><00:13:54.100><c> man.</c> 00:13:54.480 --> 00:14:00.679 And<00:13:55.440><c> so</c><00:13:55.679><c> he</c><00:13:55.879><c> is</c><00:13:56.120><c> fitted</c><00:13:56.559><c> to</c><00:13:57.659><c> receive</c><00:13:58.100><c> God's</c><00:13:58.600><c> law</c><00:13:59.080><c> and</c><00:14:00.159><c> to</c><00:14:00.419><c> learn</c> 00:14:00.679 --> 00:14:02.820 his<00:14:01.039><c> love.</c> 00:14:09.059 --> 00:14:13.840 Now<00:14:09.940><c> man</c><00:14:10.220><c> above</c><00:14:10.559><c> all</c><00:14:11.279><c> demonstrates</c><00:14:12.080><c> the</c><00:14:12.440><c> creation</c><00:14:12.940><c> as</c><00:14:13.419><c> a</c><00:14:13.620><c> work</c> 00:14:13.840 --> 00:14:15.080 of<00:14:14.120><c> God's</c><00:14:14.600><c> love.</c> 00:14:15.419 --> 00:14:20.960 And<00:14:16.299><c> it</c><00:14:16.460><c> is</c><00:14:16.720><c> very</c><00:14:17.159><c> beautifully</c><00:14:17.679><c> pictured</c><00:14:18.360><c> in</c><00:14:18.720><c> the</c><00:14:18.840><c> eighth</c><00:14:19.139><c> chapter</c><00:14:19.679><c> of</c><00:14:20.080><c> Proverbs,</c> 00:14:20.960 --> 00:14:25.659 with<00:14:22.000><c> that</c><00:14:22.299><c> personification</c><00:14:23.360><c> of</c><00:14:23.720><c> wisdom</c><00:14:24.220><c> who</c><00:14:24.519><c> was</c><00:14:24.860><c> with</c><00:14:25.279><c> God</c> 00:14:25.659 --> 00:14:28.919 in<00:14:25.899><c> the</c><00:14:26.200><c> beginning</c><00:14:26.519><c> of</c><00:14:26.799><c> his</c><00:14:27.100><c> way.</c> 00:14:30.899 --> 00:14:33.039 29th<00:14:31.500><c> verse</c><00:14:31.779><c> of</c><00:14:32.019><c> the</c><00:14:32.120><c> eighth</c><00:14:32.320><c> chapter,</c> 00:14:33.419 --> 00:14:36.820 When<00:14:33.980><c> he</c><00:14:34.159><c> gave</c><00:14:34.580><c> to</c><00:14:34.860><c> the</c><00:14:35.039><c> sea</c><00:14:35.259><c> his</c><00:14:35.480><c> decree</c><00:14:36.000><c> that</c><00:14:36.320><c> the</c><00:14:36.539><c> waters</c> 00:14:36.820 --> 00:14:38.600 should<00:14:37.120><c> not</c><00:14:37.399><c> pass</c><00:14:37.679><c> his</c><00:14:38.000><c> commandment,</c> 00:14:38.620 --> 00:14:41.600 when<00:14:38.740><c> he</c><00:14:38.980><c> appointed</c><00:14:39.299><c> 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should</c><00:15:22.879><c> not</c><00:15:23.100><c> pass</c><00:15:23.379><c> his</c><00:15:23.679><c> commandment.</c> 00:15:26.799 --> 00:15:30.639 And<00:15:27.059><c> it</c><00:15:27.299><c> was</c><00:15:27.559><c> then</c><00:15:28.019><c> that</c><00:15:28.379><c> wisdom</c><00:15:28.899><c> personified,</c><00:15:29.820><c> of</c><00:15:30.059><c> course,</c><00:15:30.580><c> a</c> 00:15:30.639 --> 00:15:33.460 personified<00:15:31.379><c> attribute</c><00:15:31.940><c> of</c><00:15:32.159><c> God</c><00:15:32.379><c> himself.</c> 00:15:33.919 --> 00:15:38.500 Wisdom<00:15:34.419><c> was</c><00:15:35.120><c> rejoicing</c><00:15:36.139><c> in</c><00:15:36.379><c> the</c><00:15:36.679><c> habitable</c><00:15:37.340><c> part</c><00:15:37.679><c> of</c><00:15:37.940><c> his</c><00:15:38.179><c> earth,</c> 00:15:38.500 --> 00:15:42.419 and<00:15:38.980><c> my</c><00:15:39.240><c> delights</c><00:15:39.879><c> were</c><00:15:40.120><c> with</c><00:15:40.399><c> 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weakens</c><00:17:40.900><c> and</c><00:17:41.319><c> falters</c><00:17:41.839><c> and</c> 00:17:41.980 --> 00:17:46.619 fails,<00:17:44.440><c> disobedience</c><00:17:45.079><c> will</c><00:17:45.420><c> follow.</c> 00:17:49.359 --> 00:17:58.680 Faith<00:17:50.400><c> alone</c><00:17:51.400><c> opens</c><00:17:52.700><c> the</c><00:17:53.099><c> two</c><00:17:53.559><c>-way</c><00:17:53.900><c> channel</c><00:17:54.420><c> of</c><00:17:54.940><c> communication</c><00:17:56.019><c> between</c><00:17:58.220><c> God</c> 00:17:58.680 --> 00:18:04.579 and<00:17:59.000><c> men</c><00:17:59.779><c> and</c><00:18:01.980><c> between</c><00:18:02.420><c> men</c><00:18:02.799><c> and</c><00:18:03.059><c> God.</c> 00:18:08.480 --> 00:18:15.980 Now<00:18:09.079><c> faith</c><00:18:09.339><c> was</c><00:18:09.619><c> denied</c><00:18:10.119><c> in</c><00:18:10.359><c> the</c><00:18:10.519><c> fall</c><00:18:10.680><c> of</c><00:18:15.480><c> man.</c> 00:18:17.299 --> 00:18:20.619 Hath<00:18:17.900><c> God</c><00:18:18.200><c> said,</c><00:18:18.680><c> You</c><00:18:18.740><c> shall</c><00:18:19.019><c> surely</c><00:18:19.500><c> die?</c> 00:18:22.119 --> 00:18:28.079 God<00:18:22.720><c> knows</c><00:18:23.319><c> that</c><00:18:25.920><c> in</c><00:18:26.200><c> the</c><00:18:26.339><c> day</c><00:18:26.680><c> ye</c><00:18:26.920><c> eat</c><00:18:27.160><c> of</c><00:18:27.400><c> the</c><00:18:27.640><c> fruit,</c> 00:18:28.079 --> 00:18:31.220 in<00:18:28.740><c> your</c><00:18:29.019><c> eyes</c><00:18:29.299><c> shall</c><00:18:29.480><c> be</c><00:18:29.680><c> opened,</c><00:18:30.279><c> and</c><00:18:30.299><c> ye</c><00:18:30.480><c> shall</c><00:18:30.660><c> be</c><00:18:30.839><c> as</c><00:18:31.000><c> the</c> 00:18:31.220 --> 00:18:34.059 gods,<00:18:32.099><c> knowing</c><00:18:32.400><c> good</c><00:18:32.759><c> and</c><00:18:33.079><c> evil.</c> 00:18:38.059 --> 00:18:43.359 Here<00:18:38.319><c> was</c><00:18:38.519><c> not</c><00:18:38.720><c> only</c><00:18:39.039><c> a</c><00:18:39.220><c> temptation</c><00:18:39.799><c> to</c><00:18:40.160><c> disobedience,</c><00:18:40.900><c> it</c><00:18:41.039><c> was</c><00:18:41.279><c> fundamentally</c><00:18:42.359><c> an</c> 00:18:43.359 --> 00:18:45.299 undermining<00:18:43.940><c> of</c><00:18:44.220><c> faith.</c> 00:18:47.700 --> 00:18:51.480 And<00:18:47.900><c> so</c><00:18:48.019><c> we'll</c><00:18:48.240><c> watch</c><00:18:48.619><c> the</c><00:18:49.059><c> stages</c><00:18:49.519><c> in</c><00:18:49.900><c> the</c><00:18:50.079><c> temptation,</c><00:18:50.920><c> we'll</c><00:18:51.160><c> just</c> 00:18:51.480 --> 00:18:53.839 review<00:18:51.799><c> them</c><00:18:52.079><c> very</c><00:18:52.480><c> briefly</c><00:18:52.900><c> and</c><00:18:53.200><c> rapidly,</c> 00:18:53.839 --> 00:18:57.420 as<00:18:54.880><c> time's</c><00:18:55.440><c> passing</c><00:18:55.759><c> all</c><00:18:56.039><c> too</c><00:18:56.380><c> fast.</c> 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tree</c><00:19:14.019><c> to</c><00:19:14.220><c> be</c><00:19:14.420><c> desired</c><00:19:14.880><c> to</c><00:19:15.099><c> make</c><00:19:15.380><c> one</c><00:19:15.740><c> wise.</c> 00:19:19.039 --> 00:19:22.779 And<00:19:19.640><c> the</c><00:19:19.839><c> motions</c><00:19:20.339><c> of</c><00:19:20.660><c> desire</c><00:19:21.059><c> came</c><00:19:21.559><c> and</c><00:19:21.740><c> she</c><00:19:21.980><c> took</c><00:19:22.299><c> thereof</c> 00:19:22.779 --> 00:19:24.619 and<00:19:23.000><c> did</c><00:19:23.180><c> eat.</c> 00:19:25.420 --> 00:19:29.880 It<00:19:26.019><c> aroused</c><00:19:26.619><c> when</c><00:19:27.619><c> she</c><00:19:27.960><c> saw,</c><00:19:28.480><c> remember</c><00:19:28.920><c> the</c><00:19:29.079><c> tree</c><00:19:29.319><c> was</c><00:19:29.599><c> in</c><00:19:29.779><c> the</c> 00:19:29.880 --> 00:19:33.599 midst<00:19:30.160><c> of</c><00:19:30.400><c> the</c><00:19:30.559><c> garden</c><00:19:30.859><c> so</c><00:19:31.140><c> she</c><00:19:31.319><c> must</c><00:19:31.559><c> have</c><00:19:31.720><c> gone</c><00:19:31.920><c> to</c><00:19:32.160><c> look,</c> 00:19:34.960 --> 00:19:38.900 which<00:19:35.160><c> is</c><00:19:35.359><c> the</c><00:19:35.500><c> first</c><00:19:35.839><c> step,</c><00:19:36.980><c> of</c><00:19:37.279><c> course</c><00:19:37.480><c> in</c><00:19:37.799><c> downfall.</c> 00:19:40.339 --> 00:19:44.099 It<00:19:40.960><c> aroused</c><00:19:41.500><c> the</c><00:19:41.819><c> desire</c><00:19:42.200><c> of</c><00:19:42.440><c> the</c><00:19:42.660><c> eyes,</c><00:19:43.079><c> the</c><00:19:43.240><c> desire</c><00:19:43.619><c> of</c><00:19:43.859><c> the</c> 00:19:44.099 --> 00:19:49.359 flesh,<00:19:44.519><c> and</c><00:19:44.619><c> the</c><00:19:44.960><c> pride</c><00:19:45.279><c> of</c><00:19:45.480><c> life</c><00:19:45.779><c> with</c><00:19:46.019><c> the</c><00:19:46.359><c> effect</c><00:19:46.740><c> of</c><00:19:47.660><c> self</c><00:19:48.160><c>-deception.</c> 00:19:52.519 --> 00:19:55.720 But<00:19:52.660><c> now</c><00:19:52.920><c> from</c><00:19:53.180><c> self</c><00:19:53.559><c>-deception</c><00:19:54.099><c> we</c><00:19:54.400><c> pass</c><00:19:54.759><c> on</c><00:19:55.059><c> to</c><00:19:55.240><c> the</c><00:19:55.420><c> third</c> 00:19:55.720 --> 00:19:59.119 stage,<00:19:56.420><c> which</c><00:19:56.420><c> was</c><00:19:56.740><c> deliberate</c><00:19:57.319><c> disobedience.</c> 00:20:01.779 --> 00:20:05.819 She<00:20:01.960><c> gave</c><00:20:02.319><c> also</c><00:20:02.799><c> unto</c><00:20:03.019><c> her</c><00:20:03.299><c> husband</c><00:20:03.799><c> with</c><00:20:04.079><c> her,</c><00:20:04.420><c> and</c><00:20:04.680><c> he</c><00:20:05.039><c> did</c><00:20:05.319><c> eat.</c> 00:20:05.819 --> 00:20:10.619 Now<00:20:06.380><c> nothing</c><00:20:06.720><c> is</c><00:20:06.960><c> said</c><00:20:07.160><c> about</c><00:20:07.500><c> the</c><00:20:07.720><c> man's</c><00:20:08.200><c> state</c><00:20:08.380><c> of</c><00:20:08.660><c> mind</c><00:20:09.140><c> when</c><00:20:10.160><c> she</c> 00:20:10.619 --> 00:20:13.099 gave<00:20:11.019><c> him</c><00:20:11.420><c> the</c><00:20:11.680><c> fruit</c><00:20:11.980><c> and</c><00:20:12.220><c> he</c><00:20:12.460><c> did</c><00:20:12.680><c> eat.</c> 00:20:13.339 --> 00:20:15.579 Nothing<00:20:13.640><c> is</c><00:20:13.900><c> said</c><00:20:14.119><c> in</c><00:20:14.440><c> Genesis.</c> 00:20:16.720 --> 00:20:21.420 The<00:20:16.859><c> gap</c><00:20:17.119><c> is</c><00:20:17.420><c> filled</c><00:20:17.700><c> by</c><00:20:18.059><c> Paul</c><00:20:18.460><c> in</c><00:20:18.759><c> 1</c><00:20:19.180><c> Timothy</c><00:20:19.660><c> and</c><00:20:20.220><c> Adam</c><00:20:20.640><c> was</c> 00:20:21.420 --> 00:20:23.339 not<00:20:21.940><c> deceived.</c> 00:20:24.519 --> 00:20:29.380 The<00:20:24.680><c> woman</c><00:20:25.339><c> being</c><00:20:26.160><c> deceived</c><00:20:27.000><c> was</c><00:20:27.920><c> in</c><00:20:28.259><c> the</c><00:20:28.559><c> transgression.</c> 00:20:29.819 --> 00:20:35.079 And<00:20:30.220><c> so</c><00:20:30.519><c> here</c><00:20:30.880><c> was</c><00:20:31.299><c> the</c><00:20:31.740><c> deliberate</c><00:20:32.380><c> act</c><00:20:32.940><c> of</c><00:20:33.559><c> disobedience.</c> 00:20:35.819 --> 00:20:39.839 Now<00:20:36.299><c> the</c><00:20:36.480><c> fourth</c><00:20:36.859><c> stage</c><00:20:37.579><c> came</c><00:20:38.240><c> as</c><00:20:38.460><c> the</c><00:20:38.839><c> consequence</c><00:20:39.319><c> of</c><00:20:39.579><c> that</c> 00:20:39.839 --> 00:20:43.640 act<00:20:40.119><c> and</c><00:20:40.339><c> it</c><00:20:40.519><c> was</c><00:20:40.759><c> the</c><00:20:41.000><c> breach</c><00:20:41.279><c> of</c><00:20:41.759><c> communion</c><00:20:42.319><c> with</c><00:20:42.640><c> God.</c> 00:20:45.619 --> 00:20:48.480 And<00:20:45.720><c> the</c><00:20:45.940><c> first</c><00:20:46.220><c> evidence</c><00:20:46.700><c> of</c><00:20:46.960><c> that</c><00:20:47.259><c> breach</c><00:20:47.539><c> was</c><00:20:47.900><c> their</c><00:20:48.119><c> sense</c> 00:20:48.480 --> 00:20:49.400 of<00:20:48.799><c> shame.</c> 00:20:49.900 --> 00:20:55.759 Their<00:20:50.039><c> eyes</c><00:20:50.359><c> were</c><00:20:50.579><c> opened</c><00:20:50.960><c> and</c><00:20:51.180><c> they</c><00:20:51.440><c> saw</c><00:20:51.720><c> that</c><00:20:51.980><c> they</c><00:20:52.079><c> were</c><00:20:52.279><c> naked</c><00:20:52.640><c> and</c><00:20:52.940><c> they</c><00:20:53.259><c> hid</c><00:20:53.599><c> themselves,</c><00:20:55.200><c> tried</c><00:20:55.440><c> to</c> 00:20:55.759 --> 00:20:58.420 hide<00:20:56.160><c> themselves</c><00:20:56.859><c> from</c><00:20:57.339><c> God.</c> 00:20:59.000 --> 00:21:03.140 And<00:20:59.339><c> so</c><00:20:59.680><c> came</c><00:20:59.980><c> the</c><00:21:00.220><c> final</c><00:21:00.700><c> stage</c><00:21:01.220><c> in</c><00:21:01.480><c> the</c><00:21:01.660><c> curse</c><00:21:01.920><c> which</c><00:21:02.180><c> was</c><00:21:02.559><c> passed</c><00:21:02.900><c> on</c> 00:21:03.140 --> 00:21:04.460 the<00:21:03.359><c> serpent,</c><00:21:03.880><c> on</c><00:21:04.019><c> the</c><00:21:04.180><c> woman,</c> 00:21:04.460 --> 00:21:06.680 and<00:21:05.059><c> finally</c><00:21:05.599><c> on</c><00:21:05.920><c> the</c><00:21:06.160><c> man.</c> 00:21:06.779 --> 00:21:09.619 Thou<00:21:07.059><c> shalt</c><00:21:07.420><c> surely</c><00:21:07.980><c> die,</c><00:21:08.480><c> it</c><00:21:08.680><c> should</c><00:21:08.819><c> be</c><00:21:09.140><c> said.</c> 00:21:10.039 --> 00:21:15.319 And<00:21:10.319><c> so</c><00:21:10.539><c> there</c><00:21:10.759><c> had</c><00:21:11.140><c> to</c><00:21:11.400><c> come</c><00:21:12.019><c> death</c><00:21:12.799><c> as</c><00:21:13.500><c> the</c><00:21:13.900><c> final</c><00:21:14.319><c> and</c><00:21:14.740><c> utter</c> 00:21:15.319 --> 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personality</c><00:21:41.299><c> and</c><00:21:41.859><c> source</c><00:21:42.180><c> of</c> 00:21:42.420 --> 00:21:43.859 all<00:21:42.799><c> that</c><00:21:43.039><c> is</c><00:21:43.200><c> in</c><00:21:43.500><c> man.</c> 00:21:44.359 --> 00:21:46.920 He<00:21:44.380><c> that</c><00:21:44.619><c> planted</c><00:21:45.000><c> the</c><00:21:45.299><c> eye</c><00:21:45.619><c> shall</c><00:21:45.980><c> he</c><00:21:46.299><c> not</c><00:21:46.640><c> hear.</c> 00:21:47.299 --> 00:21:51.759 He<00:21:47.440><c> that</c><00:21:49.660><c> planted</c><00:21:49.940><c> the</c><00:21:50.359><c> ear</c><00:21:50.700><c> shall</c><00:21:50.960><c> he</c><00:21:51.299><c> not</c><00:21:51.579><c> hear.</c> 00:21:51.839 --> 00:21:55.180 He<00:21:52.039><c> that</c><00:21:52.299><c> formed</c><00:21:52.599><c> the</c><00:21:52.940><c> eye</c><00:21:53.240><c> shall</c><00:21:53.519><c> he</c><00:21:53.839><c> not</c><00:21:54.240><c> see.</c> 00:21:55.220 --> 00:21:58.660 He<00:21:55.400><c> that</c><00:21:55.640><c> chastiseth</c><00:21:56.380><c> the</c><00:21:56.599><c> heathen</c><00:21:57.099><c> shall</c><00:21:57.440><c> not</c><00:21:57.759><c> he</c><00:21:58.079><c> correct.</c> 00:21:58.660 --> 00:22:03.940 He<00:21:59.579><c> that</c><00:21:59.819><c> teacheth</c><00:22:00.319><c> man</c><00:22:00.700><c> knowledge</c><00:22:01.180><c> shall</c><00:22:01.440><c> he</c><00:22:01.980><c> not</c><00:22:02.819><c> know.</c> 00:22:07.000 --> 00:22:14.460 And<00:22:07.619><c> God</c><00:22:07.859><c> declares</c><00:22:08.319><c> himself,</c><00:22:10.700><c> the</c><00:22:10.839><c> Lord,</c><00:22:11.180><c> the</c><00:22:11.380><c> Lord</c><00:22:11.680><c> God,</c><00:22:13.279><c> merciful</c><00:22:13.680><c> and</c> 00:22:14.460 --> 00:22:20.460 gracious,<00:22:15.859><c> long</c><00:22:16.259><c>-suffering</c><00:22:16.940><c> and</c><00:22:17.380><c> abundant</c><00:22:18.079><c> in</c><00:22:18.579><c> goodness</c><00:22:19.180><c> and</c><00:22:19.720><c> truth,</c> 00:22:20.460 --> 00:22:26.200 keeping<00:22:21.700><c> mercy</c><00:22:22.259><c> for</c><00:22:22.619><c> thousands,</c><00:22:24.059><c> forgiving</c><00:22:24.420><c> iniquity</c><00:22:25.460><c> and</c> 00:22:26.200 --> 00:22:29.259 transgression<00:22:27.140><c> and</c><00:22:28.380><c> sin.</c> 00:22:30.180 --> 00:22:33.319 And<00:22:30.359><c> yet</c><00:22:30.500><c> on</c><00:22:30.720><c> the</c><00:22:30.839><c> other</c><00:22:31.079><c> hand</c><00:22:31.400><c> his</c><00:22:31.680><c> severity</c><00:22:32.339><c> he</c><00:22:32.599><c> will</c><00:22:32.819><c> by</c><00:22:33.079><c> no</c> 00:22:33.319 --> 00:22:36.240 means<00:22:34.440><c> clear</c><00:22:34.980><c> the</c><00:22:35.240><c> guilty.</c> 00:22:37.180 --> 00:22:41.579 And<00:22:37.339><c> so</c><00:22:37.420><c> on</c><00:22:37.640><c> the</c><00:22:37.759><c> one</c><00:22:38.019><c> side</c><00:22:38.319><c> we</c><00:22:38.599><c> see</c><00:22:38.839><c> God,</c><00:22:39.380><c> the</c><00:22:39.660><c> supreme</c><00:22:40.160><c> personality.</c> 00:22:41.990 --> 00:22:49.200 But<00:22:42.319><c> a</c><00:22:42.700><c> personality</c><00:22:43.400><c> characterized</c><00:22:44.539><c> by</c><00:22:45.380><c> goodness,</c><00:22:46.220><c> by</c><00:22:46.559><c> mercy,</c><00:22:47.180><c> by</c><00:22:47.579><c> steadfast</c><00:22:48.279><c> love,</c><00:22:48.740><c> by</c> 00:22:49.200 --> 00:22:53.079 covenant<00:22:49.680><c> love</c><00:22:50.200><c> when</c><00:22:50.799><c> he</c><00:22:50.920><c> makes</c><00:22:51.220><c> his</c><00:22:51.519><c> covenant</c><00:22:51.859><c> with</c><00:22:52.240><c> man.</c> 00:22:53.660 --> 00:22:55.799 And<00:22:53.819><c> on</c><00:22:54.059><c> the</c><00:22:54.220><c> other</c><00:22:54.380><c> we</c><00:22:54.619><c> see</c><00:22:54.880><c> man.</c> 00:22:56.460 --> 00:22:59.420 The<00:22:56.480><c> Lord</c><00:22:56.920><c> knoweth</c><00:22:57.500><c> the</c><00:22:57.720><c> thoughts</c><00:22:58.119><c> of</c><00:22:58.359><c> man</c><00:22:58.660><c> that</c><00:22:58.819><c> they</c><00:22:59.079><c> are</c> 00:22:59.420 --> 00:23:01.759 vanity,<00:23:00.140><c> they</c><00:23:00.240><c> are</c><00:23:00.480><c> emptiness.</c> 00:23:01.839 --> 00:23:04.980 God<00:23:02.140><c> saw</c><00:23:02.460><c> the</c><00:23:02.680><c> wickedness</c><00:23:03.220><c> of</c><00:23:03.359><c> man</c><00:23:03.579><c> was</c><00:23:03.920><c> great</c><00:23:04.240><c> in</c><00:23:04.460><c> the</c><00:23:04.660><c> earth</c> 00:23:04.980 --> 00:23:09.420 and<00:23:05.220><c> that</c><00:23:05.640><c> every</c><00:23:06.200><c> imagination</c><00:23:07.359><c> of</c><00:23:07.720><c> the</c><00:23:08.019><c> thoughts</c><00:23:08.359><c> of</c><00:23:08.539><c> his</c><00:23:08.859><c> heart</c><00:23:09.119><c> was</c> 00:23:09.420 --> 00:23:10.279 only<00:23:09.880><c> evil.</c> 00:23:10.279 --> 00:23:17.160 Now<00:23:10.779><c> that</c><00:23:11.059><c> word</c><00:23:11.339><c> imagination</c><00:23:12.279><c> is</c><00:23:13.859><c> a</c><00:23:14.279><c> thing</c><00:23:14.599><c> framed,</c><00:23:15.640><c> yet</c><00:23:15.960><c> sir.</c> 00:23:17.259 --> 00:23:24.319 Everything<00:23:17.640><c> framed</c><00:23:18.420><c> in</c><00:23:18.619><c> his</c><00:23:18.940><c> mind</c><00:23:19.799><c> when</c><00:23:22.940><c> he</c><00:23:23.299><c> departed</c><00:23:23.779><c> from</c> 00:23:24.319 --> 00:23:28.859 communication<00:23:25.119><c> with</c><00:23:25.440><c> God,</c><00:23:26.859><c> when</c><00:23:27.039><c> he</c><00:23:27.240><c> was</c><00:23:27.440><c> not</c><00:23:27.680><c> receiving</c><00:23:28.200><c> the</c> 00:23:28.859 --> 00:23:29.839 mind<00:23:29.339><c> of</c><00:23:29.619><c> God,</c> 00:23:29.980 --> 00:23:34.099 everything<00:23:30.380><c> framed</c><00:23:30.900><c> in</c><00:23:31.099><c> his</c><00:23:31.339><c> own</c><00:23:31.660><c> mind</c><00:23:31.960><c> apart</c><00:23:32.380><c> from</c><00:23:32.680><c> God</c><00:23:33.059><c> was</c><00:23:33.539><c> evil.</c> 00:23:34.099 --> 00:23:39.740 And<00:23:34.900><c> the</c><00:23:35.099><c> consequence</c><00:23:35.720><c> was</c><00:23:36.400><c> degeneration</c><00:23:37.500><c> in</c><00:23:37.859><c> the</c><00:23:38.039><c> whole</c><00:23:38.680><c> order</c><00:23:39.079><c> of</c> 00:23:39.740 --> 00:23:42.210 human<00:23:40.119><c> life</c><00:23:40.480><c> upon</c><00:23:40.819><c> the</c><00:23:41.079><c> earth.</c> 00:23:43.000 --> 00:23:48.579 Man<00:23:43.079><c> without</c><00:23:43.539><c> God</c><00:23:44.200><c> and</c><00:23:44.900><c> in</c><00:23:45.220><c> himself</c><00:23:46.000><c> tends</c><00:23:47.019><c> to</c><00:23:47.440><c> degeneration</c> 00:23:48.579 --> 00:23:50.599 and<00:23:49.519><c> so</c><00:23:49.819><c> to</c><00:23:50.200><c> death.</c> 00:23:51.039 --> 00:23:58.680 And<00:23:51.440><c> regeneration</c><00:23:52.480><c> comes</c><00:23:53.660><c> from</c><00:23:54.099><c> God</c><00:23:54.940><c> who</c><00:23:55.779><c> sends</c><00:23:56.400><c> new</c><00:23:57.500><c> life.</c> 00:23:59.180 --> 00:24:03.700 And<00:23:59.819><c> he</c><00:24:00.180><c> sends</c><00:24:00.619><c> that</c><00:24:01.059><c> new</c><00:24:01.460><c> life</c><00:24:01.900><c> through</c><00:24:02.299><c> the</c><00:24:02.799><c> communication</c> 00:24:03.700 --> 00:24:15.819 of<00:24:04.059><c> himself,</c><00:24:06.299><c> the</c><00:24:06.500><c> communication</c><00:24:07.519><c> of</c><00:24:07.940><c> his</c><00:24:08.380><c> mind,</c><00:24:13.160><c> the</c><00:24:13.380><c> communication</c><00:24:14.160><c> of</c><00:24:14.460><c> his</c><00:24:14.720><c> spirit.</c> 00:24:17.859 --> 00:24:30.460 One<00:24:18.920><c> of</c><00:24:19.160><c> the</c><00:24:19.339><c> fundamental</c><00:24:19.960><c> ideas</c><00:24:20.539><c> of</c><00:24:20.940><c> spirit</c><00:24:21.400><c> is</c><00:24:22.819><c> the</c><00:24:24.200><c> consciousness,</c><00:24:25.240><c> the</c><00:24:26.079><c> mental</c><00:24:26.559><c> activity,</c><00:24:29.920><c> whether</c><00:24:30.200><c> of</c> 00:24:30.460 --> 00:24:32.720 man<00:24:30.779><c> or</c><00:24:30.980><c> of</c><00:24:31.220><c> God.</c> 00:24:37.099 --> 00:24:42.180 Paul<00:24:37.700><c> says</c><00:24:38.299><c> that</c><00:24:39.240><c> only</c><00:24:39.539><c> the</c><00:24:39.799><c> spirit</c><00:24:40.000><c> of</c><00:24:40.240><c> a</c><00:24:40.339><c> man</c><00:24:40.500><c> knows</c><00:24:40.880><c> the</c><00:24:41.119><c> things</c><00:24:41.420><c> that</c><00:24:41.680><c> are</c> 00:24:42.180 --> 00:24:44.019 within<00:24:42.519><c> him.</c> 00:24:44.799 --> 00:24:47.940 And<00:24:44.900><c> so</c><00:24:45.039><c> only</c><00:24:45.319><c> the</c><00:24:45.559><c> spirit</c><00:24:45.839><c> of</c><00:24:46.039><c> God</c><00:24:46.240><c> really</c><00:24:46.599><c> knows</c><00:24:47.119><c> the</c><00:24:47.720><c> mind</c> 00:24:47.940 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with</c><00:25:28.619><c> which</c><00:25:28.900><c> the</c><00:25:29.160><c> psalmist</c><00:25:29.619><c> is</c><00:25:29.940><c> dealing</c><00:25:30.299><c> is</c><00:25:30.559><c> the</c><00:25:30.799><c> folly</c><00:25:31.059><c> of</c><00:25:31.279><c> those</c><00:25:31.839><c> who</c><00:25:32.319><c> will</c><00:25:32.539><c> say,</c><00:25:32.980><c> yes,</c><00:25:33.160><c> I</c> 00:25:33.400 --> 00:25:34.779 know<00:25:33.720><c> there</c><00:25:33.940><c> is</c><00:25:34.200><c> a</c><00:25:34.400><c> God.</c> 00:25:35.220 --> 00:25:38.859 And<00:25:35.579><c> then</c><00:25:35.900><c> will</c><00:25:36.259><c> act</c><00:25:36.720><c> as</c><00:25:37.019><c> though</c><00:25:37.319><c> God</c><00:25:37.740><c> couldn't</c><00:25:38.220><c> see</c><00:25:38.579><c> and</c> 00:25:38.859 --> 00:25:40.519 didn't<00:25:39.319><c> exist.</c> 00:25:43.359 --> 00:25:50.119 That's<00:25:43.839><c> the</c><00:25:43.980><c> real</c><00:25:44.259><c> atheism,</c><00:25:45.859><c> the</c><00:25:46.400><c> unbelief,</c><00:25:48.940><c> the</c><00:25:49.380><c> practical</c> 00:25:50.119 --> 00:25:52.059 denial<00:25:50.700><c> of</c><00:25:51.039><c> faith.</c> 00:25:54.680 --> 00:26:01.559 And<00:25:55.500><c> so</c><00:25:55.859><c> man</c><00:25:56.460><c> removes</c><00:25:57.380><c> himself</c><00:25:58.240><c> from</c><00:25:59.400><c> receiving</c><00:26:00.359><c> the</c><00:26:00.839><c> mind</c><00:26:01.240><c> of</c> 00:26:01.559 --> 00:26:05.420 God<00:26:01.880><c> and</c><00:26:02.259><c> there</c><00:26:02.579><c> follows</c><00:26:03.259><c> inevitably</c><00:26:04.180><c> corruption.</c> 00:26:06.099 --> 00:26:08.619 And<00:26:06.240><c> so</c><00:26:06.339><c> we</c><00:26:06.539><c> see</c><00:26:06.700><c> it</c><00:26:06.900><c> in</c><00:26:07.140><c> the</c><00:26:07.259><c> history</c><00:26:07.859><c> of</c><00:26:08.279><c> man.</c> 00:26:08.619 --> 00:26:14.119 And<00:26:09.180><c> we</c><00:26:09.400><c> see</c><00:26:09.599><c> at</c><00:26:09.759><c> the</c><00:26:09.980><c> same</c><00:26:10.319><c> time</c><00:26:11.079><c> God</c><00:26:11.680><c> selecting</c><00:26:12.500><c> his</c><00:26:13.119><c> men</c><00:26:13.559><c> of</c> 00:26:14.119 --> 00:26:21.720 faith<00:26:14.720><c> to</c><00:26:15.700><c> whom</c><00:26:15.880><c> he</c><00:26:16.079><c> can</c><00:26:16.380><c> communicate</c><00:26:17.079><c> himself</c><00:26:18.099><c> as</c><00:26:20.500><c> the</c><00:26:20.799><c> starting</c><00:26:21.059><c> point</c> 00:26:21.720 --> 00:26:24.740 of<00:26:22.839><c> a</c><00:26:23.000><c> new</c><00:26:23.160><c> life</c><00:26:23.539><c> and</c><00:26:23.799><c> a</c><00:26:23.940><c> new</c><00:26:24.140><c> order.</c> 00:26:24.740 --> 00:26:27.660 The<00:26:25.660><c> flood,</c><00:26:26.839><c> Noah.</c> 00:26:28.019 --> 00:26:31.079 Babel,<00:26:29.240><c> the</c><00:26:29.359><c> seed</c><00:26:29.579><c> of</c><00:26:29.920><c> Shev.</c> 00:26:31.559 --> 00:26:35.880 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seed</c><00:26:53.039><c> of</c><00:26:53.319><c> faith.</c> 00:26:55.819 --> 00:27:00.119 And<00:26:55.839><c> this</c><00:26:56.059><c> is</c><00:26:56.279><c> the</c><00:26:56.480><c> reason</c><00:26:56.900><c> that</c><00:26:57.279><c> faith</c><00:26:57.700><c> is</c><00:26:58.160><c> counted</c><00:26:58.640><c> for</c><00:26:59.140><c> righteousness,</c><00:26:59.839><c> as</c> 00:27:00.119 --> 00:27:04.259 we're<00:27:00.380><c> told</c><00:27:00.700><c> by</c><00:27:01.039><c> Paul</c><00:27:01.480><c> in</c><00:27:02.099><c> the</c><00:27:02.299><c> epistle</c><00:27:02.740><c> to</c><00:27:03.000><c> the</c><00:27:03.200><c> Romans.</c> 00:27:06.200 --> 00:27:11.779 First<00:27:06.539><c> and</c><00:27:06.900><c> foremost,</c><00:27:07.500><c> faith</c><00:27:07.900><c> is</c><00:27:08.240><c> the</c><00:27:08.619><c> only</c><00:27:09.140><c> means</c><00:27:09.680><c> of</c><00:27:10.640><c> opening</c><00:27:11.200><c> up</c> 00:27:11.779 --> 00:27:14.140 communication<00:27:12.799><c> with</c><00:27:13.160><c> God.</c> 00:27:14.140 --> 00:27:21.380 And<00:27:15.859><c> so</c><00:27:16.319><c> secondly,</c><00:27:18.140><c> it</c><00:27:18.140><c> is</c><00:27:18.480><c> the</c><00:27:19.180><c> only</c><00:27:19.740><c> ground</c><00:27:20.440><c> for</c><00:27:20.920><c> bringing</c> 00:27:21.380 --> 00:27:26.440 forth<00:27:22.500><c> true</c><00:27:22.920><c> righteousness</c><00:27:23.700><c> by</c><00:27:24.299><c> transforming</c><00:27:25.359><c> man.</c> 00:27:29.180 --> 00:27:32.819 It<00:27:29.500><c> alone</c><00:27:29.980><c> can</c><00:27:30.420><c> bring</c><00:27:30.759><c> the</c><00:27:31.059><c> renewal</c><00:27:31.680><c> of</c><00:27:32.039><c> the</c><00:27:32.240><c> mind.</c> 00:27:33.000 --> 00:27:38.759 And<00:27:33.180><c> with</c><00:27:33.539><c> renewal</c><00:27:34.019><c> of</c><00:27:34.220><c> the</c><00:27:34.460><c> mind,</c><00:27:36.680><c> renewal</c><00:27:37.140><c> and</c><00:27:38.019><c> changing</c><00:27:38.480><c> of</c> 00:27:38.759 --> 00:27:42.779 the<00:27:39.059><c> direction</c><00:27:39.480><c> of</c><00:27:39.839><c> the</c><00:27:39.960><c> whole</c><00:27:40.220><c> personality,</c><00:27:41.900><c> the</c><00:27:42.019><c> whole</c><00:27:42.200><c> of</c><00:27:42.460><c> life.</c> 00:27:42.779 --> 00:27:46.019 And<00:27:43.539><c> so</c><00:27:43.859><c> the</c><00:27:44.039><c> bringing</c><00:27:44.359><c> of</c><00:27:44.660><c> obedience.</c> 00:27:46.460 --> 00:27:53.220 Faith<00:27:46.720><c> is</c><00:27:47.299><c> man's</c><00:27:48.059><c> response</c><00:27:48.960><c> of</c><00:27:49.440><c> mind</c><00:27:50.240><c> to</c><00:27:51.680><c> the</c><00:27:52.160><c> communication</c> 00:27:53.220 --> 00:27:57.920 of<00:27:54.619><c> mind</c><00:27:55.380><c> from</c><00:27:56.759><c> God.</c> 00:28:04.480 --> 00:28:10.019 We<00:28:04.700><c> cannot</c><00:28:05.279><c> hear</c><00:28:05.779><c> God</c><00:28:06.200><c> speaking</c><00:28:06.819><c> unless</c><00:28:07.319><c> we</c><00:28:07.980><c> have</c><00:28:08.000><c> faith</c><00:28:08.440><c> in</c><00:28:08.859><c> God.</c> 00:28:10.339 --> 00:28:15.299 Unless<00:28:11.140><c> we</c><00:28:11.500><c> believe</c><00:28:12.119><c> that</c><00:28:12.480><c> God</c><00:28:12.960><c> is.</c> 00:28:18.240 --> 00:28:24.880 Without<00:28:18.640><c> that</c><00:28:19.039><c> faith,</c><00:28:20.720><c> we</c><00:28:20.940><c> simply</c><00:28:21.579><c> have</c><00:28:22.160><c> not</c><00:28:22.900><c> ears</c><00:28:23.519><c> to</c><00:28:23.900><c> hear.</c> 00:28:27.359 --> 00:28:30.660 And<00:28:27.680><c> by</c><00:28:27.900><c> mind,</c><00:28:28.500><c> I</c><00:28:28.559><c> don't</c><00:28:28.759><c> mean</c><00:28:28.980><c> merely</c><00:28:29.319><c> the</c><00:28:29.720><c> intellect.</c> 00:28:33.220 --> 00:28:37.640 I<00:28:33.519><c> mean</c><00:28:33.920><c> all</c><00:28:34.319><c> that</c><00:28:34.559><c> is</c><00:28:34.779><c> said</c><00:28:35.099><c> in</c><00:28:35.359><c> the</c><00:28:35.599><c> first</c><00:28:36.019><c> and</c><00:28:36.339><c> great</c><00:28:36.720><c> commandment.</c> 00:28:37.640 --> 00:28:41.599 Thou<00:28:38.720><c> shalt</c><00:28:38.960><c> love</c><00:28:39.240><c> the</c><00:28:39.460><c> Lord</c><00:28:39.740><c> thy</c><00:28:40.019><c> God</c><00:28:40.299><c> with</c><00:28:40.579><c> all</c><00:28:40.839><c> thine</c><00:28:41.019><c> heart,</c><00:28:41.500><c> with</c> 00:28:41.599 --> 00:28:44.680 all<00:28:41.859><c> thy</c><00:28:42.119><c> soul,</c><00:28:43.200><c> with</c><00:28:43.319><c> all</c><00:28:43.599><c> thy</c><00:28:43.759><c> might.</c> 00:28:45.460 --> 00:28:48.920 And<00:28:45.680><c> these</c><00:28:45.940><c> words</c><00:28:46.359><c> which</c><00:28:46.640><c> I</c><00:28:46.900><c> command</c><00:28:47.259><c> thee</c><00:28:47.539><c> this</c><00:28:47.920><c> day</c><00:28:48.599><c> shall</c> 00:28:48.920 --> 00:28:51.079 be<00:28:49.240><c> in</c><00:28:49.500><c> thine</c><00:28:49.880><c> heart.</c> 00:28:56.859 --> 00:29:01.019 And<00:28:57.619><c> these</c><00:28:58.019><c> words</c><00:28:58.460><c> which</c><00:28:58.759><c> I</c><00:28:59.000><c> command</c><00:28:59.380><c> thee</c><00:28:59.640><c> this</c><00:29:00.019><c> day</c><00:29:00.680><c> shall</c> 00:29:01.019 --> 00:29:03.200 be<00:29:01.339><c> in</c><00:29:01.559><c> thine</c><00:29:01.960><c> heart.</c> 00:29:05.839 --> 00:29:10.059 Now<00:29:05.960><c> by</c><00:29:06.259><c> contrast,</c><00:29:06.980><c> sin,</c><00:29:08.400><c> as</c><00:29:08.700><c> we</c><00:29:08.859><c> have</c><00:29:09.059><c> already</c><00:29:09.460><c> indicated,</c> 00:29:10.359 --> 00:29:12.160 is<00:29:10.559><c> denial</c><00:29:11.140><c> of</c><00:29:11.440><c> God.</c> 00:29:12.160 --> 00:29:20.539 And<00:29:13.640><c> it</c><00:29:13.839><c> is</c><00:29:14.480><c> therefore</c><00:29:15.700><c> revolt</c><00:29:16.720><c> against</c><00:29:18.200><c> the</c><00:29:18.779><c> order</c><00:29:19.200><c> and</c><00:29:19.779><c> unity</c><00:29:20.240><c> of</c> 00:29:20.539 --> 00:29:22.380 God's<00:29:21.099><c> creation.</c> 00:29:23.480 --> 00:29:28.740 Against<00:29:24.319><c> that</c><00:29:24.700><c> unity</c><00:29:25.200><c> which</c><00:29:25.619><c> God</c><00:29:26.039><c> designed</c><00:29:26.839><c> as</c><00:29:27.160><c> the</c><00:29:27.460><c> end</c><00:29:27.960><c> and</c> 00:29:28.740 --> 00:29:30.880 purpose<00:29:29.200><c> of</c><00:29:29.500><c> his</c><00:29:29.759><c> creation.</c> 00:29:34.460 --> 00:29:37.519 And<00:29:34.599><c> so</c><00:29:34.819><c> sin</c><00:29:35.000><c> is</c><00:29:35.299><c> lawlessness,</c><00:29:36.160><c> which</c><00:29:36.420><c> is</c><00:29:36.579><c> what</c><00:29:36.839><c> John</c><00:29:37.119><c> calls</c> 00:29:37.519 --> 00:29:38.779 it<00:29:37.759><c> in</c><00:29:37.920><c> his</c><00:29:38.220><c> epistle.</c> 00:29:38.779 --> 00:29:44.400 King<00:29:40.039><c> James</c><00:29:40.519><c> Version,</c><00:29:41.440><c> sin</c><00:29:41.460><c> is</c><00:29:41.740><c> the</c><00:29:42.019><c> transgression</c><00:29:42.640><c> of</c><00:29:42.960><c> the</c><00:29:43.200><c> law.</c> 00:29:45.160 --> 00:29:50.259 More<00:29:45.480><c> strictly,</c><00:29:46.099><c> sin</c><00:29:46.420><c> is</c><00:29:47.240><c> lawlessness,</c><00:29:48.640><c> anomia.</c> 00:29:52.740 --> 00:30:01.680 The<00:29:53.019><c> whole</c><00:29:53.400><c> tendency</c><00:29:54.119><c> to</c><00:29:54.599><c> revolt</c><00:29:55.259><c> against</c><00:29:58.319><c> the</c><00:29:58.779><c> restraint</c><00:29:59.519><c> imposed</c><00:30:00.480><c> by</c> 00:30:01.680 --> 00:30:03.859 the<00:30:01.940><c> mind</c><00:30:02.240><c> of</c><00:30:02.460><c> God.</c> 00:30:05.099 --> 00:30:12.960 Revolt<00:30:05.960><c> against</c><00:30:06.539><c> God</c><00:30:07.200><c> by</c><00:30:08.099><c> man's</c><00:30:09.400><c> self</c><00:30:09.759><c>-assertion,</c><00:30:11.900><c> by</c><00:30:12.180><c> man's</c> 00:30:12.960 --> 00:30:17.680 following<00:30:13.299><c> his</c><00:30:13.740><c> own</c><00:30:14.079><c> lusts.</c> 00:30:18.099 --> 00:30:22.680 And<00:30:18.279><c> in</c><00:30:18.660><c> contrast</c><00:30:19.119><c> to</c><00:30:19.339><c> that,</c><00:30:20.440><c> the</c><00:30:20.519><c> end</c><00:30:20.859><c> of</c><00:30:21.079><c> the</c><00:30:21.279><c> creation</c><00:30:21.799><c> is</c> 00:30:22.680 --> 00:30:28.940 unity<00:30:23.240><c> and</c><00:30:23.859><c> order</c><00:30:24.259><c> as</c><00:30:24.619><c> the</c><00:30:25.019><c> full</c><00:30:25.480><c> expression</c><00:30:26.220><c> of</c><00:30:26.559><c> the</c><00:30:26.859><c> will</c><00:30:27.200><c> of</c><00:30:27.539><c> God.</c> 00:30:30.259 --> 00:30:34.940 As<00:30:30.859><c> we</c><00:30:31.119><c> quoted</c><00:30:31.380><c> from</c><00:30:31.680><c> the</c><00:30:31.980><c> 119th</c><00:30:33.160><c> Psalm,</c><00:30:33.940><c> the</c><00:30:34.019><c> universe</c><00:30:34.640><c> is</c> 00:30:34.940 --> 00:30:36.420 thy<00:30:35.200><c> servant.</c> 00:30:39.680 --> 00:30:43.859 As<00:30:40.400><c> Revelation</c><00:30:41.039><c> says,</c><00:30:41.579><c> thou</c><00:30:41.799><c> hast</c><00:30:42.200><c> created</c><00:30:42.720><c> all</c><00:30:43.119><c> things,</c><00:30:43.700><c> and</c> 00:30:43.859 --> 00:30:47.240 for<00:30:44.059><c> thy</c><00:30:44.839><c> pleasure,</c><00:30:45.960><c> says</c><00:30:45.960><c> the</c><00:30:46.200><c> King</c><00:30:46.460><c> James</c><00:30:46.880><c> Version,</c> 00:30:47.339 --> 00:30:51.500 for<00:30:47.640><c> thy</c><00:30:48.000><c> will,</c><00:30:48.619><c> says</c><00:30:48.740><c> the</c><00:30:49.000><c> Revised</c><00:30:49.559><c> Version,</c><00:30:50.099><c> they</c><00:30:50.599><c> are</c><00:30:51.220><c> and</c> 00:30:51.500 --> 00:30:53.279 were<00:30:51.799><c> created.</c> 00:31:00.200 --> 00:31:05.079 The<00:31:01.160><c> universe</c><00:31:02.079><c> is</c><00:31:03.480><c> thy</c><00:31:03.720><c> servant.</c> 00:31:08.000 --> 00:31:11.099 What<00:31:08.200><c> then</c><00:31:08.440><c> is</c><00:31:08.619><c> the</c><00:31:08.680><c> position</c><00:31:09.160><c> with</c><00:31:09.480><c> man</c><00:31:09.839><c> today?</c> 00:31:13.000 --> 00:31:23.779 Man,<00:31:14.299><c> as</c><00:31:14.660><c> he</c><00:31:14.900><c> exists</c><00:31:15.380><c> as</c><00:31:15.660><c> a</c><00:31:15.960><c> consequence</c><00:31:16.559><c> of</c><00:31:18.380><c> that</c><00:31:19.519><c> first</c><00:31:20.000><c> disobedience,</c><00:31:23.519><c> man</c> 00:31:23.779 --> 00:31:26.380 is<00:31:24.019><c> in</c><00:31:24.240><c> need</c><00:31:24.559><c> of</c><00:31:25.079><c> redemption.</c> 00:31:28.400 --> 00:31:39.079 There<00:31:29.279><c> must</c><00:31:29.839><c> come</c><00:31:31.019><c> the</c><00:31:31.579><c> redemption</c><00:31:32.220><c> of</c><00:31:32.640><c> man,</c><00:31:35.759><c> and</c><00:31:36.000><c> with</c><00:31:36.299><c> it</c><00:31:36.539><c> the</c><00:31:36.759><c> restoration</c><00:31:37.759><c> of</c> 00:31:39.079 --> 00:31:42.019 the<00:31:39.299><c> whole</c><00:31:39.839><c> system</c><00:31:40.519><c> of</c><00:31:40.920><c> creation.</c> 00:31:45.500 --> 00:31:50.180 For<00:31:45.619><c> the</c><00:31:45.819><c> creation</c><00:31:46.240><c> was</c><00:31:46.619><c> made</c><00:31:47.160><c> subject</c><00:31:47.700><c> to</c><00:31:48.279><c> vanity,</c><00:31:49.079><c> says</c><00:31:49.319><c> Paul,</c><00:31:49.819><c> to</c> 00:31:50.180 --> 00:31:54.599 futility,<00:31:51.140><c> to</c><00:31:51.259><c> frustration,</c><00:31:52.619><c> not</c><00:31:52.740><c> of</c><00:31:52.859><c> its</c><00:31:53.079><c> own</c><00:31:53.319><c> will.</c> 00:31:55.319 --> 00:32:02.119 But<00:31:56.059><c> by</c><00:31:56.460><c> reason</c><00:31:56.900><c> of</c><00:31:57.240><c> him</c><00:31:57.700><c> who</c><00:31:58.220><c> subjected</c><00:31:59.019><c> it,</c><00:32:01.240><c> in</c><00:32:01.500><c> hope</c><00:32:01.839><c> that</c> 00:32:02.119 --> 00:32:05.900 the<00:32:02.339><c> creation</c><00:32:02.759><c> itself</c><00:32:03.460><c> also</c><00:32:04.400><c> shall</c><00:32:04.700><c> be</c><00:32:04.960><c> delivered</c><00:32:05.359><c> from</c><00:32:05.700><c> the</c> 00:32:05.900 --> 00:32:07.640 bondage<00:32:06.380><c> of</c><00:32:06.599><c> corruption</c> 00:32:08.019 --> 00:32:12.420 into<00:32:08.759><c> the</c><00:32:09.059><c> liberty</c><00:32:09.460><c> of</c><00:32:09.759><c> the</c><00:32:10.019><c> glory</c><00:32:10.299><c> of</c><00:32:10.539><c> the</c><00:32:10.680><c> children</c><00:32:11.039><c> of</c><00:32:11.279><c> God.</c> 00:32:13.980 --> 00:32:16.940 That<00:32:14.480><c> is</c><00:32:14.720><c> the</c><00:32:14.880><c> object</c><00:32:15.220><c> of</c><00:32:15.440><c> God's</c><00:32:15.839><c> love.</c> 00:32:18.019 --> 00:32:21.200 And<00:32:18.759><c> to</c><00:32:18.940><c> fulfill</c><00:32:19.299><c> that</c><00:32:19.559><c> end</c><00:32:19.980><c> of</c><00:32:20.319><c> creation.</c> 00:32:22.299 --> 00:32:28.079 To<00:32:23.059><c> fulfill</c><00:32:23.819><c> that</c><00:32:24.700><c> joy</c><00:32:25.180><c> in</c><00:32:25.460><c> the</c><00:32:25.740><c> habitable</c><00:32:26.319><c> parts</c><00:32:26.779><c> of</c><00:32:27.059><c> the</c><00:32:27.240><c> earth,</c><00:32:27.599><c> which</c><00:32:27.720><c> was</c> 00:32:28.079 --> 00:32:31.660 foreseen<00:32:28.700><c> by</c><00:32:29.019><c> the</c><00:32:29.200><c> wisdom</c><00:32:29.480><c> of</c><00:32:29.700><c> God</c><00:32:29.960><c> in</c><00:32:30.180><c> the</c><00:32:30.400><c> beginning.</c> 00:32:32.740 --> 00:32:41.000 There<00:32:32.920><c> must</c><00:32:33.299><c> come</c><00:32:33.700><c> the</c><00:32:34.019><c> redemption</c><00:32:34.579><c> of</c><00:32:35.000><c> man,</c><00:32:35.460><c> and</c><00:32:35.619><c> it</c><00:32:35.859><c> must</c><00:32:36.240><c> come</c><00:32:37.000><c> through</c><00:32:39.180><c> the</c><00:32:39.640><c> communication</c><00:32:40.579><c> of</c> 00:32:41.000 --> 00:32:43.039 God's<00:32:41.680><c> mind.</c> 00:32:45.900 --> 00:32:49.819 It<00:32:46.460><c> requires</c><00:32:46.980><c> more</c><00:32:47.259><c> than</c><00:32:47.519><c> that,</c><00:32:47.799><c> it</c><00:32:47.900><c> requires</c><00:32:48.359><c> an</c><00:32:48.559><c> act</c><00:32:48.799><c> of</c><00:32:49.079><c> sacrifice,</c><00:32:49.640><c> as</c> 00:32:49.819 --> 00:32:51.380 we<00:32:50.000><c> shall</c><00:32:50.220><c> see.</c> 00:32:52.400 --> 00:32:56.539 But<00:32:52.599><c> an</c><00:32:52.839><c> essential</c><00:32:53.299><c> aspect</c><00:32:53.799><c> of</c><00:32:54.059><c> it,</c><00:32:54.920><c> indeed</c><00:32:55.240><c> the</c><00:32:55.380><c> very</c><00:32:55.660><c> purpose</c><00:32:56.059><c> of</c><00:32:56.299><c> the</c> 00:32:56.539 --> 00:32:58.119 sacrifice<00:32:57.019><c> itself,</c> 00:32:59.640 --> 00:33:06.220 is<00:32:59.799><c> that</c><00:32:59.980><c> there</c><00:33:00.180><c> shall</c><00:33:00.420><c> come</c><00:33:00.759><c> about</c><00:33:01.119><c> a</c><00:33:01.519><c> change,</c><00:33:02.259><c> a</c><00:33:02.440><c> transformation</c><00:33:03.339><c> of</c><00:33:04.339><c> the</c><00:33:04.579><c> mind</c><00:33:05.019><c> of</c><00:33:05.299><c> man.</c> 00:33:07.539 --> 00:33:13.859 And<00:33:08.440><c> to</c><00:33:08.640><c> achieve</c><00:33:09.200><c> the</c><00:33:09.480><c> end</c><00:33:09.839><c> of</c><00:33:10.200><c> creation,</c><00:33:11.519><c> man</c><00:33:11.599><c> must</c><00:33:12.019><c> be</c><00:33:12.500><c> redeemed</c><00:33:13.319><c> from</c> 00:33:13.859 --> 00:33:17.640 the<00:33:14.180><c> bondage</c><00:33:14.960><c> of</c><00:33:15.339><c> sin</c><00:33:15.839><c> and</c><00:33:16.400><c> death.</c> 00:33:17.799 --> 00:33:23.319 He<00:33:17.960><c> must</c><00:33:18.319><c> be</c><00:33:18.740><c> transformed</c><00:33:19.720><c> and</c><00:33:20.279><c> sanctified</c><00:33:21.200><c> by</c><00:33:21.500><c> the</c><00:33:21.859><c> power</c><00:33:22.240><c> of</c><00:33:22.539><c> faith.</c> 00:33:24.079 --> 00:33:30.980 He<00:33:24.319><c> must</c><00:33:24.680><c> be</c><00:33:25.599><c> glorified</c><00:33:26.900><c> by</c><00:33:27.779><c> being</c><00:33:28.160><c> received</c><00:33:28.859><c> into</c><00:33:29.279><c> the</c><00:33:29.539><c> divine</c><00:33:29.960><c> life.</c> 00:33:32.140 --> 00:33:44.000 And<00:33:33.259><c> so</c><00:33:33.599><c> here</c><00:33:34.500><c> is</c><00:33:35.480><c> the</c><00:33:35.640><c> purpose</c><00:33:36.480><c> of</c><00:33:38.059><c> bringing</c><00:33:38.880><c> many</c><00:33:40.299><c> sons</c><00:33:41.279><c> unto</c><00:33:42.460><c> glory,</c> 00:33:45.779 --> 00:33:50.599 through<00:33:46.039><c> that</c><00:33:46.380><c> captain</c><00:33:46.799><c> of</c><00:33:47.039><c> their</c><00:33:47.339><c> salvation</c><00:33:48.220><c> whom</c><00:33:48.880><c> God</c><00:33:49.200><c> has</c><00:33:49.599><c> given.</c> 00:33:51.519 --> 00:33:56.279 In<00:33:52.140><c> man,</c><00:33:53.200><c> the</c><00:33:53.319><c> whole</c><00:33:53.799><c> creation</c><00:33:54.480><c> must</c><00:33:54.960><c> attain</c><00:33:55.460><c> its</c><00:33:55.759><c> end.</c> 00:33:56.279 --> 00:34:02.460 And<00:33:57.380><c> only</c><00:33:57.900><c> then</c><00:33:58.420><c> can</c><00:33:58.920><c> creation</c><00:33:59.519><c> be</c><00:34:00.380><c> complete</c><00:34:01.200><c> and</c><00:34:01.720><c> perfected</c> 00:34:02.460 --> 00:34:04.420 as<00:34:02.680><c> a</c><00:34:02.819><c> work</c><00:34:03.019><c> of</c><00:34:03.319><c> God.</c> 00:34:04.539 --> 00:34:08.820 And<00:34:04.740><c> so</c><00:34:04.900><c> it's</c><00:34:05.180><c> got</c><00:34:05.359><c> to</c><00:34:05.599><c> be,</c><00:34:05.779><c> in</c><00:34:06.000><c> the</c><00:34:06.220><c> scriptural</c><00:34:06.740><c> terms,</c><00:34:07.180><c> a</c><00:34:07.380><c> new</c><00:34:07.619><c> creation.</c> 00:34:08.960 --> 00:34:11.460 Behold,<00:34:09.239><c> I</c><00:34:09.480><c> make</c><00:34:09.639><c> all</c><00:34:09.920><c> things</c><00:34:10.219><c> new.</c> 00:34:13.420 --> 00:34:16.300 Not<00:34:13.659><c> that</c><00:34:13.780><c> there</c><00:34:13.940><c> was</c><00:34:14.199><c> fault</c><00:34:14.440><c> in</c><00:34:14.699><c> the</c><00:34:14.840><c> old</c><00:34:15.119><c> creation.</c> 00:34:18.840 --> 00:34:24.199 But<00:34:19.059><c> with</c><00:34:19.400><c> the</c><00:34:19.719><c> failure</c><00:34:20.099><c> of</c><00:34:20.480><c> man</c><00:34:20.739><c> to</c><00:34:21.000><c> fulfill</c><00:34:21.480><c> his</c><00:34:21.820><c> destiny,</c><00:34:22.539><c> there</c><00:34:22.719><c> has</c><00:34:23.099><c> to</c><00:34:23.320><c> be</c><00:34:23.860><c> a</c> 00:34:24.199 --> 00:34:25.340 re<00:34:24.440><c>-creation.</c> 00:34:25.340 --> 00:34:31.320 A<00:34:26.119><c> new</c><00:34:26.460><c> creation</c><00:34:27.019><c> which</c><00:34:27.360><c> comes</c><00:34:27.820><c> by</c><00:34:28.219><c> the</c><00:34:29.000><c> communication</c><00:34:29.860><c> of</c><00:34:30.400><c> the</c><00:34:30.659><c> mind</c><00:34:31.019><c> of</c> 00:34:31.320 --> 00:34:37.179 God<00:34:31.820><c> transforming</c><00:34:32.960><c> the</c><00:34:34.500><c> mind</c><00:34:34.940><c> and</c><00:34:35.320><c> spirit</c><00:34:35.679><c> of</c><00:34:35.960><c> man.</c> 00:34:39.380 --> 00:34:44.579 And<00:34:39.559><c> so</c><00:34:39.800><c> only</c><00:34:40.960><c> creation</c><00:34:42.159><c> can</c><00:34:42.579><c> attain</c><00:34:43.059><c> its</c><00:34:43.360><c> end,</c> 00:34:44.960 --> 00:34:51.679 bringing<00:34:45.360><c> about</c><00:34:46.159><c> the</c><00:34:47.400><c> unhindered</c><00:34:48.860><c> living</c><00:34:49.380><c> relationship</c><00:34:50.400><c> between</c><00:34:51.079><c> man</c> 00:34:51.679 --> 00:34:53.219 and<00:34:52.139><c> God.</c> 00:34:53.719 --> 00:35:00.360 The<00:34:54.440><c> relationship</c><00:34:55.400><c> of</c><00:34:56.519><c> man</c><00:34:57.019><c> with</c><00:34:57.440><c> God</c><00:34:57.920><c> which</c><00:34:58.280><c> will</c><00:34:58.840><c> at</c><00:34:59.079><c> last</c> 00:35:00.360 --> 00:35:07.980 fulfill<00:35:01.679><c> God's</c><00:35:03.199><c> love</c><00:35:04.119><c> in</c><00:35:05.360><c> perfection,</c><00:35:06.239><c> in</c><00:35:06.539><c> completeness.</c> 00:35:09.199 --> 00:35:20.139 That<00:35:09.460><c> divine</c><00:35:10.000><c> love</c><00:35:10.659><c> which</c><00:35:12.119><c> will</c><00:35:12.360><c> be</c><00:35:12.659><c> expressed</c><00:35:13.280><c> in</c><00:35:13.679><c> the</c><00:35:14.760><c> glorious</c><00:35:15.340><c> liberty</c><00:35:16.400><c> of</c><00:35:18.039><c> the</c><00:35:18.300><c> sons</c><00:35:18.719><c> of</c><00:35:19.139><c> God.</c> 00:35:21.260 --> 00:35:24.400 Shall<00:35:21.860><c> we</c><00:35:22.019><c> just</c><00:35:22.460><c> join</c><00:35:22.679><c> in</c><00:35:22.880><c> a</c><00:35:22.960><c> word</c><00:35:23.159><c> of</c><00:35:23.420><c> prayer?</c> 00:35:29.699 --> 00:35:34.159 O<00:35:29.900><c> our</c><00:35:30.139><c> Father</c><00:35:30.360><c> which</c><00:35:30.639><c> art</c><00:35:30.800><c> in</c><00:35:31.159><c> heaven,</c><00:35:31.699><c> we</c><00:35:31.800><c> praise</c><00:35:32.340><c> and</c><00:35:32.719><c> magnify</c><00:35:33.440><c> thy</c><00:35:33.760><c> name,</c> 00:35:34.300 --> 00:35:38.880 for<00:35:34.380><c> the</c><00:35:34.599><c> wonder</c><00:35:34.960><c> of</c><00:35:35.260><c> thy</c><00:35:35.519><c> creation</c><00:35:36.179><c> and</c><00:35:36.519><c> above</c><00:35:36.820><c> all</c><00:35:37.159><c> for</c><00:35:37.420><c> thy</c><00:35:37.619><c> purpose,</c> 00:35:39.219 --> 00:35:43.179 which<00:35:39.360><c> is</c><00:35:39.639><c> in</c><00:35:39.880><c> that</c><00:35:40.159><c> creation</c><00:35:40.719><c> and</c><00:35:41.019><c> which</c><00:35:41.280><c> is</c><00:35:41.519><c> to</c><00:35:41.659><c> be</c><00:35:41.920><c> accomplished</c><00:35:42.480><c> in</c><00:35:42.800><c> that</c> 00:35:43.179 --> 00:35:44.639 son<00:35:43.679><c> of</c><00:35:44.000><c> man,</c> 00:35:44.639 --> 00:35:49.780 whom<00:35:45.760><c> thou</c><00:35:46.159><c> visitest</c><00:35:47.300><c> and</c><00:35:47.760><c> whom</c><00:35:47.960><c> thou</c><00:35:48.239><c> hast</c><00:35:48.659><c> given.</c> 00:35:51.280 --> 00:35:54.300 We<00:35:51.519><c> pray</c><00:35:51.780><c> thee</c><00:35:51.980><c> for</c><00:35:52.119><c> that</c><00:35:52.480><c> consummation,</c><00:35:53.400><c> we</c><00:35:53.559><c> pray</c><00:35:53.880><c> thee</c><00:35:54.139><c> for</c> 00:35:54.300 --> 00:35:56.260 his<00:35:54.619><c> coming</c><00:35:54.940><c> again.</c> 00:35:57.440 --> 00:36:01.460 We<00:35:57.659><c> pray</c><00:35:57.860><c> thee</c><00:35:58.079><c> for</c><00:35:58.280><c> the</c><00:35:58.519><c> end</c><00:35:59.019><c> of</c><00:35:59.280><c> the</c><00:35:59.500><c> long</c><00:35:59.800><c> age</c><00:36:00.179><c> of</c><00:36:00.519><c> sin</c><00:36:00.960><c> and</c> 00:36:01.460 --> 00:36:02.900 of<00:36:01.780><c> death.</c> 00:36:05.219 --> 00:36:08.780 We<00:36:05.659><c> pray</c><00:36:05.880><c> thee</c><00:36:06.059><c> that</c><00:36:06.300><c> we</c><00:36:06.719><c> who</c><00:36:06.920><c> are</c><00:36:07.099><c> here</c><00:36:07.360><c> gathered,</c> 00:36:09.679 --> 00:36:16.139 may<00:36:10.360><c> so</c><00:36:10.760><c> receive</c><00:36:12.219><c> thy</c><00:36:13.000><c> mind</c><00:36:13.559><c> and</c><00:36:13.840><c> the</c><00:36:14.199><c> communication</c><00:36:14.940><c> of</c><00:36:15.480><c> thy</c><00:36:15.719><c> word,</c> 00:36:16.159 --> 00:36:19.679 that<00:36:16.360><c> we</c><00:36:16.639><c> may</c><00:36:16.940><c> be</c><00:36:17.360><c> progressively</c><00:36:18.079><c> transformed.</c> 00:36:22.340 --> 00:36:25.619 That<00:36:22.480><c> we</c><00:36:22.719><c> may</c><00:36:23.000><c> so</c><00:36:23.280><c> come</c><00:36:23.539><c> to</c><00:36:23.840><c> know</c><00:36:24.119><c> thee,</c> 00:36:26.599 --> 00:36:31.000 we<00:36:26.860><c> shall</c><00:36:27.059><c> be</c><00:36:27.380><c> received</c><00:36:27.820><c> by</c><00:36:28.239><c> thy</c><00:36:28.440><c> dear</c><00:36:28.739><c> son</c><00:36:29.119><c> at</c><00:36:29.360><c> his</c><00:36:29.619><c> coming.</c> 00:36:32.260 --> 00:36:37.579 And<00:36:33.460><c> with</c><00:36:33.739><c> that</c><00:36:33.960><c> there</c><00:36:34.239><c> will</c><00:36:34.599><c> come</c><00:36:34.880><c> that</c><00:36:35.340><c> blessing</c><00:36:36.199><c> upon</c><00:36:37.139><c> all</c> 00:36:37.579 --> 00:36:39.000 the<00:36:37.780><c> earth,</c> 00:36:39.659 --> 00:36:46.940 this<00:36:39.920><c> earth</c><00:36:40.559><c> now</c><00:36:41.599><c> so</c><00:36:42.199><c> scarred</c><00:36:44.420><c> by</c><00:36:44.920><c> the</c><00:36:45.239><c> agonies</c><00:36:45.840><c> produced</c><00:36:46.559><c> by</c> 00:36:46.940 --> 00:36:49.719 evil,<00:36:48.500><c> by</c><00:36:48.500><c> sin.</c> 00:36:52.699 --> 00:36:58.840 And<00:36:53.340><c> there</c><00:36:53.579><c> may</c><00:36:53.840><c> come</c><00:36:54.099><c> blessing</c><00:36:54.579><c> and</c><00:36:54.980><c> peace</c><00:36:56.019><c> and</c><00:36:57.599><c> thy</c><00:36:57.860><c> glory</c> 00:36:58.840 --> 00:37:02.139 in<00:36:59.960><c> all</c><00:37:00.239><c> the</c><00:37:00.420><c> earth.</c> 00:37:03.820 --> 00:37:06.679 We<00:37:04.000><c> pray</c><00:37:04.260><c> thee</c><00:37:04.480><c> for</c><00:37:04.619><c> the</c><00:37:04.800><c> day</c><00:37:05.079><c> of</c><00:37:05.300><c> the</c><00:37:05.440><c> Lord's</c><00:37:05.940><c> coming</c><00:37:06.179><c> and</c><00:37:06.440><c> for</c> 00:37:06.679 --> 00:37:07.820 our<00:37:07.000><c> deliverance.</c> 00:37:09.559 --> 00:37:12.960 We<00:37:09.739><c> pray</c><00:37:10.079><c> thee</c><00:37:10.360><c> for</c><00:37:10.559><c> the</c><00:37:11.000><c> completion</c><00:37:11.340><c> in</c><00:37:11.679><c> his</c><00:37:12.079><c> reign</c><00:37:12.440><c> of</c><00:37:12.659><c> that</c> 00:37:12.960 --> 00:37:15.159 glorious<00:37:13.460><c> work</c><00:37:13.800><c> of</c><00:37:14.119><c> redemption.</c> 00:37:15.659 --> 00:37:22.079 We<00:37:17.139><c> pray</c><00:37:17.619><c> thee</c><00:37:17.880><c> for</c><00:37:18.099><c> the</c><00:37:18.420><c> consummation</c><00:37:19.099><c> of</c><00:37:19.380><c> thy</c><00:37:19.579><c> purpose</c><00:37:20.440><c> in</c> 00:37:22.079 --> 00:37:24.820 that<00:37:22.780><c> new</c><00:37:23.420><c> creation,</c> 00:37:26.179 --> 00:37:30.280 when<00:37:26.380><c> the</c><00:37:26.579><c> city</c><00:37:26.900><c> of</c><00:37:27.239><c> God</c><00:37:27.500><c> shall</c><00:37:27.780><c> descend</c><00:37:28.500><c> out</c><00:37:28.880><c> of</c><00:37:29.099><c> heaven,</c> 00:37:31.059 --> 00:37:40.619 perfect<00:37:31.760><c> in</c><00:37:33.460><c> all</c><00:37:33.800><c> its</c><00:37:35.059><c> pristine</c><00:37:35.900><c> glory,</c><00:37:38.320><c> transparent</c><00:37:39.079><c> as</c><00:37:39.440><c> gold.</c> 00:37:46.920 --> 00:37:51.280 When<00:37:47.679><c> thy</c><00:37:48.039><c> tabernacle</c><00:37:48.820><c> shall</c><00:37:49.139><c> be</c><00:37:49.480><c> with</c><00:37:49.860><c> men,</c> 00:37:52.900 --> 00:37:58.719 and<00:37:53.119><c> thou</c><00:37:53.300><c> shalt</c><00:37:53.639><c> dwell</c><00:37:54.019><c> with</c><00:37:54.400><c> them,</c><00:37:56.960><c> and</c><00:37:57.280><c> be</c><00:37:57.539><c> their</c><00:37:57.800><c> God.</c> 00:38:01.159 --> 00:38:05.880 We<00:38:01.420><c> ask</c><00:38:01.619><c> it,</c><00:38:01.840><c> O</c><00:38:02.019><c> Lord,</c><00:38:02.300><c> in</c><00:38:02.500><c> that</c><00:38:02.739><c> beloved</c><00:38:03.239><c> Son</c><00:38:03.760><c> whom</c><00:38:04.059><c> thou</c><00:38:04.380><c> hast</c><00:38:04.780><c> given,</c> 00:38:08.519 --> 00:38:12.360 even<00:38:08.880><c> in</c><00:38:09.239><c> Christ</c><00:38:09.619><c> Jesus.</c><00:38:11.440><c> Amen.</c> 00:38:14.659 --> 00:38:15.219 Thank<00:38:14.699><c> you.</c>