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Water<00:10:53.590><c> that</c><00:10:53.730><c> can</c><00:10:53.950><c> give</c><00:10:54.090><c> eternal</c><00:10:54.470><c> life</c><00:10:54.870><c> versus</c><00:10:55.330><c> water</c><00:10:55.649><c> that</c>

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can<00:10:56.029><c> merely</c><00:10:56.289><c> satisfy</c><00:10:56.750><c> the</c><00:10:57.009><c> thirst.</c>

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Now<00:10:58.370><c> the</c><00:10:58.610><c> disciples</c><00:10:58.970><c> introduce</c><00:10:59.490><c> the</c><00:10:59.730><c> subject</c><00:11:00.049><c> of</c><00:11:00.350><c> food</c><00:11:00.590><c> so</c><00:11:00.929><c> he</c>

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seizes<00:11:01.509><c> upon</c><00:11:01.809><c> that.</c>

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And<00:11:03.350><c> in</c><00:11:03.529><c> a</c><00:11:03.590><c> little</c><00:11:03.730><c> moment</c><00:11:04.009><c> he</c><00:11:04.250><c> introduces</c><00:11:04.730><c> yet</c><00:11:05.210><c> another</c><00:11:05.450><c> metaphor</c><00:11:05.929><c> and</c>

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The<00:11:10.649><c> grain</c><00:11:11.009><c> growing</c><00:11:11.330><c> in</c><00:11:11.529><c> the</c><00:11:11.669><c> fields</c><00:11:11.889><c> about</c><00:11:12.169><c> him.</c>

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He<00:11:16.110><c> seizes</c><00:11:16.529><c> upon</c><00:11:16.850><c> the</c><00:11:17.070><c> raising</c><00:11:17.450><c> of</c><00:11:17.769><c> the</c><00:11:17.909><c> subject</c><00:11:18.269><c> of</c><00:11:18.509><c> food.</c>

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And<00:11:20.110><c> he</c><00:11:20.389><c> shows</c><00:11:20.850><c> that</c><00:11:21.830><c> the</c><00:11:22.149><c> spiritual</c><00:11:22.490><c> man</c><00:11:22.769><c> is</c><00:11:23.110><c> satisfied</c><00:11:23.710><c> not</c>

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but<00:11:26.830><c> derives</c><00:11:27.350><c> his</c><00:11:27.669><c> satisfaction</c><00:11:28.269><c> in</c><00:11:28.570><c> life</c><00:11:29.110><c> from</c><00:11:29.970><c> striving</c><00:11:30.389><c> to</c>

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obey<00:11:31.370><c> the</c><00:11:32.149><c> will</c><00:11:32.269><c> of</c><00:11:32.490><c> God.</c>

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My<00:11:33.970><c> meat,</c><00:11:34.110><c> he</c><00:11:34.409><c> said,</c><00:11:34.970><c> is</c><00:11:35.129><c> to</c><00:11:35.409><c> do</c><00:11:35.590><c> the</c><00:11:35.769><c> will</c><00:11:35.870><c> of</c><00:11:36.070><c> him</c><00:11:36.429><c> that</c><00:11:37.049><c> sent</c><00:11:37.509><c> me.</c>

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In<00:11:38.549><c> other</c><00:11:38.769><c> words,</c><00:11:39.009><c> I</c><00:11:39.269><c> am</c><00:11:39.429><c> prepared</c><00:11:39.789><c> to</c><00:11:40.029><c> live</c><00:11:40.149><c> on</c><00:11:40.350><c> my</c><00:11:40.629><c> dedication</c><00:11:41.230><c> to</c><00:11:41.470><c> God.</c>

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And<00:11:43.289><c> now</c><00:11:43.570><c> we</c><00:11:43.830><c> see</c><00:11:43.990><c> what</c><00:11:44.149><c> was</c><00:11:44.429><c> produced</c><00:11:45.210><c> in</c><00:11:46.009><c> that</c><00:11:46.269><c> place</c><00:11:46.669><c> in</c><00:11:47.129><c> Samaria.</c>

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In<00:11:48.970><c> verse</c><00:11:49.389><c> 35.</c>

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Say<00:11:51.169><c> not</c><00:11:51.529><c> ye,</c><00:11:51.809><c> there</c><00:11:52.029><c> are</c><00:11:52.149><c> yet</c><00:11:52.409><c> four</c><00:11:52.629><c> months</c><00:11:53.070><c> and</c><00:11:53.350><c> then</c><00:11:53.610><c> cometh</c><00:11:53.870><c> harvest.</c>

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Behold<00:11:55.669><c> I</c><00:11:56.009><c> say</c><00:11:56.149><c> unto</c><00:11:56.389><c> you,</c><00:11:56.889><c> lift</c><00:11:57.230><c> up</c><00:11:57.450><c> your</c><00:11:57.710><c> eyes</c><00:11:58.110><c> and</c><00:11:58.470><c> look</c><00:11:58.769><c> on</c>

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And<00:12:04.029><c> he</c><00:12:04.309><c> that</c><00:12:04.529><c> reapeth</c><00:12:05.149><c> receiveth</c><00:12:05.730><c> wages</c><00:12:06.289><c> and</c><00:12:06.929><c> gathereth</c>

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fruit<00:12:07.830><c> unto</c><00:12:08.250><c> life</c><00:12:08.629><c> eternal</c>

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that<00:12:09.690><c> both</c><00:12:10.029><c> he</c><00:12:10.289><c> that</c><00:12:10.529><c> soweth</c><00:12:10.950><c> and</c><00:12:11.289><c> he</c><00:12:11.529><c> that</c><00:12:11.769><c> reapeth</c><00:12:12.169><c> may</c>

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rejoice<00:12:12.950><c> together.</c>

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Now<00:12:15.950><c> the</c><00:12:16.210><c> field</c><00:12:16.350><c> was</c><00:12:16.669><c> not</c><00:12:16.950><c> white</c><00:12:17.149><c> with</c><00:12:17.409><c> harvest.</c>

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There<00:12:18.629><c> was</c><00:12:18.929><c> four</c><00:12:19.149><c> months</c><00:12:19.389><c> to</c><00:12:19.690><c> go.</c>

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When<00:12:22.450><c> the</c><00:12:23.450><c> grain</c><00:12:23.769><c> is</c><00:12:23.950><c> ready</c><00:12:24.169><c> to</c><00:12:24.450><c> harvest</c><00:12:24.889><c> it</c><00:12:25.409><c> goes</c><00:12:25.649><c> a</c><00:12:25.809><c> beautiful</c><00:12:26.350><c> golden</c><00:12:26.830><c> color.</c>

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But<00:12:30.889><c> until</c><00:12:31.370><c> then</c><00:12:31.889><c> it</c><00:12:32.389><c> is</c><00:12:32.669><c> generally</c><00:12:33.070><c> a</c><00:12:33.309><c> very</c><00:12:33.809><c> rich</c><00:12:34.090><c> color.</c>

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At<00:12:37.230><c> least</c><00:12:37.470><c> it</c><00:12:37.610><c> is</c><00:12:37.730><c> in</c><00:12:37.830><c> the</c><00:12:37.909><c> Middle</c><00:12:38.129><c> East</c><00:12:38.309><c> and</c><00:12:38.450><c> it</c><00:12:38.610><c> is</c><00:12:38.929><c> in</c><00:12:39.070><c> our</c><00:12:39.269><c> climate</c><00:12:39.509><c> at</c><00:12:39.750><c> home.</c>

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And<00:12:40.629><c> I</c><00:12:40.730><c> should</c><00:12:40.850><c> imagine</c><00:12:41.210><c> the</c><00:12:41.389><c> Texas</c><00:12:41.710><c> climate</c><00:12:42.009><c> is</c><00:12:42.169><c> very</c><00:12:42.429><c> similar.</c>

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And<00:12:57.190><c> therefore</c><00:12:57.529><c> the</c><00:12:57.769><c> wheat</c><00:12:57.970><c> was</c><00:12:58.269><c> still</c><00:12:58.549><c> growing.</c>

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No<00:12:59.549><c> one</c><00:12:59.710><c> would</c><00:12:59.850><c> be</c><00:13:00.029><c> thinking</c><00:13:00.230><c> of</c><00:13:00.529><c> harvesting.</c>

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And<00:13:07.509><c> you</c><00:13:07.610><c> know</c><00:13:07.769><c> why?</c>

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Well<00:13:10.509><c> let's</c><00:13:10.690><c> look</c><00:13:10.889><c> at</c><00:13:10.990><c> two</c><00:13:11.250><c> things.</c>

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Was<00:13:36.049><c> there</c><00:13:36.210><c> any</c><00:13:36.470><c> stage</c><00:13:36.809><c> in</c><00:13:36.970><c> his</c><00:13:37.190><c> ministry</c><00:13:37.809><c> where</c><00:13:38.129><c> he</c><00:13:38.269><c> ever</c>

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Was<00:13:48.129><c> there</c><00:13:48.330><c> ever</c><00:13:48.570><c> a</c><00:13:48.629><c> time</c><00:13:48.789><c> when</c><00:13:48.929><c> he</c><00:13:49.029><c> said</c><00:13:49.149><c> well</c><00:13:49.309><c> look</c><00:13:49.389><c> I've</c><00:13:49.649><c> worked</c><00:13:49.769><c> very</c><00:13:50.049><c> very</c><00:13:50.269><c> hard</c><00:13:50.450><c> for</c>

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Do<00:14:14.710><c> you</c><00:14:14.730><c> know</c><00:14:14.850><c> why</c><00:14:14.990><c> he</c><00:14:15.129><c> said</c><00:14:15.309><c> that?</c>

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Because<00:14:16.629><c> the</c><00:14:16.970><c> disciples</c><00:14:17.470><c> were</c><00:14:17.789><c> facing</c><00:14:18.230><c> the</c><00:14:18.490><c> Lord</c><00:14:18.669><c> Jesus</c><00:14:19.090><c> Christ.</c>

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And<00:14:20.750><c> he</c><00:14:21.090><c> looked</c><00:14:21.330><c> over</c><00:14:21.710><c> their</c><00:14:21.950><c> shoulders.</c>

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And<00:14:24.389><c> he</c><00:14:24.830><c> saw</c><00:14:25.190><c> the</c><00:14:25.590><c> men</c><00:14:25.909><c> of</c><00:14:26.250><c> Sychar</c><00:14:26.789><c> coming</c><00:14:27.509><c> towards</c><00:14:28.090><c> him.</c>

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As<00:14:29.690><c> a</c><00:14:29.850><c> result</c><00:14:30.389><c> of</c><00:14:30.629><c> the</c><00:14:30.830><c> conviction</c><00:14:31.330><c> that</c><00:14:31.509><c> he</c><00:14:31.649><c> had</c><00:14:31.850><c> implanted</c>

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And<00:14:36.610><c> the</c><00:14:36.809><c> wording</c><00:14:37.009><c> indicates</c><00:14:37.710><c> that.</c>

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He<00:14:38.330><c> looks</c><00:14:38.590><c> beyond</c><00:14:38.970><c> the</c><00:14:39.230><c> disciples</c><00:14:39.649><c> and</c><00:14:40.009><c> he</c><00:14:40.409><c> sees</c><00:14:40.629><c> the</c><00:14:40.769><c> men</c><00:14:40.889><c> of</c>

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Sychar<00:14:41.490><c> coming.</c>

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What<00:14:42.330><c> were</c><00:14:42.429><c> they</c><00:14:42.710><c> coming</c><00:14:42.950><c> for?</c>

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They<00:14:43.610><c> were</c><00:14:43.850><c> coming</c><00:14:44.090><c> to</c><00:14:44.370><c> drink</c><00:14:44.549><c> from</c><00:14:44.769><c> the</c><00:14:45.129><c> well</c><00:14:45.509><c> that</c><00:14:46.409><c> would</c>

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give<00:14:46.850><c> them</c><00:14:47.029><c> eternal</c><00:14:47.450><c> life.</c>

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They<00:14:48.409><c> were</c><00:14:48.669><c> coming</c><00:14:48.889><c> to</c><00:14:49.090><c> be</c><00:14:49.450><c> fed</c><00:14:49.950><c> with</c><00:14:51.169><c> the</c><00:14:51.429><c> things</c><00:14:51.610><c> of</c><00:14:51.909><c> God.</c>

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He<00:14:53.269><c> saw</c><00:14:53.649><c> the</c><00:14:53.809><c> men</c><00:14:54.070><c> coming.</c>

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And<00:14:56.110><c> so</c><00:14:56.350><c> he</c><00:14:56.669><c> told</c><00:14:56.990><c> the</c><00:14:57.309><c> disciples</c><00:14:57.929><c> to</c><00:14:58.509><c> direct</c><00:14:58.750><c> their</c><00:14:59.129><c> gaze</c><00:14:59.509><c> at</c>

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the<00:15:00.190><c> fruits</c><00:15:00.409><c> of</c><00:15:00.610><c> his</c><00:15:00.909><c> labors.</c>

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Remember<00:15:02.789><c> what</c><00:15:02.970><c> we</c><00:15:03.230><c> said</c><00:15:03.409><c> about</c><00:15:03.610><c> that</c><00:15:03.830><c> woman</c><00:15:04.029><c> yesterday.</c>

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She<00:15:04.970><c> couldn't</c><00:15:05.350><c> understand.</c>

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And<00:15:06.269><c> the</c><00:15:06.389><c> Lord</c><00:15:06.549><c> could</c><00:15:06.769><c> have</c><00:15:06.850><c> very</c><00:15:07.090><c> well</c><00:15:07.309><c> just</c><00:15:07.710><c> written</c><00:15:07.909><c> her</c><00:15:08.129><c> off.</c>

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And<00:15:08.990><c> said</c><00:15:09.149><c> look</c><00:15:09.330><c> it's</c><00:15:09.610><c> no</c><00:15:09.750><c> good</c><00:15:09.889><c> talking</c><00:15:10.149><c> to</c><00:15:10.389><c> you.</c>

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Here<00:15:11.169><c> I</c><00:15:11.309><c> am</c><00:15:11.450><c> trying</c><00:15:11.570><c> to</c><00:15:11.809><c> speak</c><00:15:11.990><c> common</c><00:15:12.330><c> sense</c><00:15:12.570><c> to</c><00:15:12.830><c> you.</c>

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And<00:15:13.309><c> you</c><00:15:13.429><c> don't</c><00:15:13.649><c> understand.</c>

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Your<00:15:14.809><c> mind's</c><00:15:15.110><c> not</c><00:15:15.289><c> working</c><00:15:15.529><c> the</c><00:15:15.730><c> right</c><00:15:15.929><c> way.</c>

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Look<00:15:16.590><c> forget</c><00:15:16.950><c> it.</c>

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He<00:15:18.570><c> persevered</c><00:15:19.049><c> with</c><00:15:19.230><c> that</c><00:15:19.409><c> woman</c><00:15:19.610><c> and</c><00:15:19.929><c> he</c><00:15:20.289><c> educated</c><00:15:20.789><c> her</c><00:15:21.070><c> in</c>

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the<00:15:21.470><c> truth.</c>

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And<00:15:23.049><c> don't</c><00:15:23.289><c> misunderstand</c><00:15:23.909><c> me.</c>

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I'm<00:15:24.690><c> not</c><00:15:24.809><c> suggesting</c><00:15:25.389><c> that</c><00:15:25.710><c> we</c><00:15:25.870><c> should</c><00:15:25.990><c> ever</c><00:15:26.250><c> cast</c><00:15:26.549><c> pearls</c>

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before<00:15:27.370><c> swine.</c>

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That<00:15:29.029><c> the</c><00:15:29.269><c> Lord</c><00:15:29.470><c> knew</c><00:15:29.750><c> what</c><00:15:29.950><c> was</c><00:15:30.110><c> in</c><00:15:30.230><c> that</c><00:15:30.470><c> woman.</c>

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And<00:15:31.190><c> he</c><00:15:31.350><c> knew</c><00:15:31.470><c> that</c><00:15:31.590><c> there</c><00:15:31.730><c> was</c><00:15:31.889><c> a</c><00:15:31.970><c> capacity</c><00:15:32.450><c> there</c><00:15:32.750><c> to</c><00:15:33.110><c> absorb</c>

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Of<00:15:35.230><c> the</c><00:15:35.450><c> reality</c><00:15:35.909><c> of</c><00:15:36.370><c> who</c><00:15:36.549><c> he</c><00:15:36.769><c> was</c><00:15:37.090><c> and</c><00:15:37.370><c> what</c><00:15:37.529><c> he</c><00:15:37.769><c> represented.</c>

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And<00:15:39.610><c> remember</c><00:15:39.950><c> that</c><00:15:40.129><c> in</c><00:15:40.330><c> verse</c><00:15:40.570><c> 6</c><00:15:40.950><c> the</c><00:15:41.330><c> Lord</c><00:15:41.590><c> had</c><00:15:41.870><c> been</c><00:15:42.289><c> weary.</c>

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And<00:15:43.169><c> we</c><00:15:43.389><c> saw</c><00:15:43.549><c> that</c><00:15:43.730><c> that</c><00:15:43.970><c> word</c><00:15:44.149><c> means</c><00:15:44.490><c> exhausted.</c>

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He<00:15:45.610><c> was</c><00:15:45.889><c> worn</c><00:15:46.029><c> out</c><00:15:46.330><c> with</c><00:15:46.570><c> fatigue.</c>

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If<00:15:48.110><c> anyone</c><00:15:48.450><c> could</c><00:15:48.649><c> have</c><00:15:48.809><c> ever</c><00:15:49.110><c> begged</c><00:15:49.250><c> out</c><00:15:49.470><c> of</c><00:15:49.570><c> a</c><00:15:49.750><c> situation.</c>

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It<00:15:50.590><c> was</c><00:15:50.789><c> probably</c><00:15:51.129><c> him</c><00:15:51.409><c> at</c><00:15:51.610><c> that</c><00:15:51.870><c> time.</c>

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But<00:15:52.730><c> he</c><00:15:53.009><c> laid</c><00:15:53.210><c> it</c><00:15:53.450><c> on.</c>

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My<00:15:54.690><c> meat</c><00:15:54.870><c> is</c><00:15:55.129><c> to</c><00:15:55.409><c> do</c><00:15:55.730><c> the</c><00:15:55.950><c> will</c><00:15:56.090><c> of</c><00:15:56.309><c> my</c><00:15:56.570><c> father.</c>

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And<00:15:59.429><c> in</c><00:15:59.629><c> the</c><00:15:59.870><c> truth</c><00:16:00.190><c> that's</c><00:16:00.950><c> a</c><00:16:01.090><c> full</c><00:16:01.389><c> time</c><00:16:01.769><c> occupation.</c>

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It's<00:16:03.649><c> not</c><00:16:03.929><c> part</c><00:16:04.350><c> time.</c>

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My<00:16:06.649><c> meat</c><00:16:06.830><c> is</c><00:16:07.049><c> to</c><00:16:07.289><c> do</c><00:16:07.769><c> the</c><00:16:08.190><c> will</c><00:16:08.830><c> of</c><00:16:09.250><c> him</c><00:16:09.429><c> that</c><00:16:09.669><c> sent</c><00:16:09.909><c> me.</c>

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But<00:16:11.409><c> in</c><00:16:11.690><c> verse</c><00:16:11.970><c> 34</c><00:16:12.389><c> he</c><00:16:12.649><c> added</c><00:16:12.929><c> and</c><00:16:13.529><c> to</c><00:16:13.970><c> finish</c><00:16:14.309><c> his</c><00:16:14.730><c> work.</c>

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And<00:16:17.929><c> as</c><00:16:18.169><c> far</c><00:16:18.309><c> as</c><00:16:18.450><c> we</c><00:16:18.649><c> are</c><00:16:18.830><c> concerned</c><00:16:19.190><c> brethren</c><00:16:19.509><c> and</c><00:16:19.809><c> sisters.</c>

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Our<00:16:21.210><c> work</c><00:16:21.470><c> in</c><00:16:21.649><c> the</c><00:16:21.909><c> truth</c><00:16:22.070><c> will</c><00:16:22.429><c> not</c><00:16:22.629><c> be</c><00:16:22.970><c> finished.</c>

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Right<00:16:33.590><c> I've</c><00:16:33.730><c> done</c><00:16:33.929><c> that.</c><00:16:34.129><c> That's</c><00:16:34.490><c> fixed</c><00:16:34.629><c> up.</c>

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That's<00:16:38.470><c> the</c><00:16:38.610><c> principle</c><00:16:38.929><c> here.</c>

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He<00:16:40.730><c> was</c><00:16:40.889><c> the</c><00:16:41.029><c> one</c><00:16:41.129><c> who</c><00:16:41.210><c> was</c><00:16:41.409><c> greater</c><00:16:41.629><c> than</c><00:16:41.889><c> Jacob.</c>

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He<00:16:43.149><c> was</c><00:16:43.350><c> the</c><00:16:43.490><c> one</c><00:16:43.610><c> who</c><00:16:43.830><c> showed</c><00:16:44.090><c> everyone</c><00:16:44.529><c> else</c><00:16:45.309><c> the</c><00:16:45.769><c> way.</c>

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And<00:16:47.929><c> so</c><00:16:48.070><c> we</c><00:16:48.269><c> work.</c>

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And<00:16:49.289><c> so</c><00:16:49.470><c> we</c><00:16:49.649><c> labor.</c>

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And<00:16:51.110><c> our</c><00:16:51.409><c> greatest</c><00:16:51.870><c> work.</c>

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And<00:16:52.549><c> our</c><00:16:52.750><c> greatest</c><00:16:53.090><c> labor.</c>

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Is<00:16:55.370><c> to</c><00:16:55.649><c> permit.</c>

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Submissively.

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The<00:16:58.529><c> influence</c><00:16:58.950><c> of</c><00:16:59.190><c> God's</c><00:16:59.629><c> word.</c>

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To<00:17:00.889><c> develop</c><00:17:01.190><c> within</c><00:17:01.409><c> us.</c>

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The<00:17:02.649><c> character</c><00:17:03.090><c> of</c><00:17:03.610><c> his</c><00:17:03.850><c> son.</c>

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And<00:17:05.329><c> that's</c><00:17:05.650><c> a</c><00:17:05.769><c> very</c><00:17:06.130><c> great</c><00:17:06.430><c> privilege.</c>

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That<00:17:08.450><c> is</c><00:17:08.710><c> a</c><00:17:08.809><c> very</c><00:17:09.269><c> great</c><00:17:09.569><c> privilege.</c>

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It<00:17:11.210><c> should</c><00:17:11.470><c> not</c><00:17:11.730><c> be</c><00:17:11.950><c> looked</c><00:17:12.109><c> upon</c><00:17:12.390><c> as</c><00:17:12.589><c> a</c><00:17:12.869><c> chore.</c>

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It<00:17:13.910><c> should</c><00:17:14.089><c> be</c><00:17:14.369><c> looked</c><00:17:14.569><c> upon</c><00:17:15.029><c> as</c><00:17:15.509><c> a</c><00:17:15.789><c> responsibility.</c>

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And<00:17:17.329><c> an</c><00:17:17.589><c> awesome</c><00:17:18.170><c> privilege.</c>

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To<00:17:19.150><c> be</c><00:17:19.309><c> given</c><00:17:19.470><c> the</c><00:17:19.750><c> opportunity.</c>

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Of<00:17:21.930><c> learning</c><00:17:22.390><c> to</c><00:17:22.630><c> become</c><00:17:23.269><c> like</c><00:17:23.950><c> the</c><00:17:24.109><c> son</c><00:17:24.289><c> of</c><00:17:24.509><c> God.</c>

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Who<00:17:26.009><c> in</c><00:17:26.170><c> his</c><00:17:26.509><c> turn.</c>

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Was<00:17:27.730><c> like.</c>

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The<00:17:29.029><c> father.</c>

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And<00:17:31.170><c> so</c><00:17:31.289><c> what</c><00:17:31.430><c> a</c><00:17:31.589><c> wonderful</c><00:17:31.869><c> thing</c><00:17:32.089><c> was</c><00:17:32.349><c> taught</c><00:17:32.490><c> to</c><00:17:32.690><c> the</c><00:17:32.849><c> disciples</c><00:17:33.210><c> here.</c>

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They<00:17:34.650><c> themselves</c><00:17:35.150><c> have</c><00:17:35.430><c> taken</c><00:17:35.609><c> no</c><00:17:35.990><c> part.</c>

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Here<00:17:39.049><c> in</c><00:17:39.289><c> Samaria.</c>

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But<00:17:40.750><c> yet</c><00:17:40.890><c> they</c><00:17:41.109><c> were</c><00:17:41.210><c> to</c><00:17:41.410><c> carry</c><00:17:41.569><c> on</c><00:17:41.869><c> the</c><00:17:42.089><c> work</c><00:17:42.289><c> that</c><00:17:42.430><c> was</c><00:17:42.630><c> begun</c>

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by<00:17:43.410><c> the</c><00:17:43.549><c> Lord.</c>

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And<00:17:44.589><c> when</c><00:17:44.710><c> you</c><00:17:44.849><c> come</c><00:17:45.089><c> to</c><00:17:45.210><c> verse</c><00:17:45.410><c> 39</c><00:17:45.930><c> and</c><00:17:46.089><c> verse</c><00:17:46.369><c> 40</c><00:17:46.650><c> of</c><00:17:46.769><c> this</c><00:17:46.970><c> chapter.</c>

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And<00:17:47.910><c> we</c><00:17:48.170><c> read</c><00:17:48.329><c> that</c><00:17:48.529><c> many</c><00:17:48.769><c> of</c><00:17:48.890><c> the</c><00:17:49.069><c> Samaritans</c><00:17:49.509><c> of</c><00:17:49.630><c> that</c><00:17:49.849><c> city</c>

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believed<00:17:50.849><c> on</c><00:17:51.109><c> him.</c>

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For<00:17:52.089><c> the</c><00:17:52.490><c> sowing</c><00:17:52.789><c> of</c><00:17:53.089><c> the</c><00:17:53.390><c> woman.</c>

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Look<00:17:55.089><c> at</c><00:17:55.230><c> the</c><00:17:55.589><c> example</c><00:17:56.130><c> there.</c>

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That<00:17:57.109><c> we</c><00:17:57.329><c> can</c><00:17:57.490><c> be</c><00:17:57.670><c> to</c><00:17:57.890><c> others.</c>

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Both<00:17:58.710><c> within</c><00:17:59.029><c> the</c><00:17:59.250><c> body</c><00:17:59.410><c> as</c><00:17:59.630><c> well</c><00:17:59.809><c> as</c><00:17:59.950><c> without.</c>

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You<00:18:01.670><c> see</c><00:18:01.789><c> when</c><00:18:01.970><c> we</c><00:18:02.190><c> use</c><00:18:02.390><c> the</c><00:18:02.589><c> term</c><00:18:03.009><c> preaching</c><00:18:03.430><c> the</c><00:18:03.730><c> truth.</c>

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Unfortunately<00:18:05.569><c> we</c><00:18:05.910><c> tend</c><00:18:06.210><c> to</c><00:18:06.750><c> reserve</c><00:18:07.190><c> that</c><00:18:07.470><c> expression.</c>

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For<00:18:09.309><c> explaining</c><00:18:09.869><c> first</c><00:18:10.289><c> principles</c><00:18:10.769><c> of</c><00:18:10.950><c> the</c><00:18:11.150><c> faith</c><00:18:11.349><c> to</c><00:18:11.549><c> non</c><00:18:11.829><c>-believers.</c>

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But<00:18:14.089><c> in</c><00:18:14.329><c> actual</c><00:18:14.609><c> fact</c><00:18:14.829><c> the</c><00:18:15.069><c> work</c><00:18:15.269><c> of</c><00:18:15.549><c> preaching</c><00:18:15.910><c> the</c><00:18:16.230><c> truth.</c>

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Is<00:18:16.869><c> something</c><00:18:17.210><c> that</c><00:18:17.470><c> goes</c><00:18:17.710><c> on</c><00:18:18.069><c> every</c><00:18:18.690><c> time</c><00:18:19.009><c> we</c><00:18:19.210><c> open</c><00:18:19.509><c> our</c><00:18:19.769><c> mouths.</c>

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And<00:18:20.710><c> speak</c><00:18:21.150><c> the</c><00:18:21.349><c> things</c><00:18:21.529><c> of</c><00:18:21.789><c> God.</c>

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We<00:18:23.930><c> preach</c><00:18:24.269><c> the</c><00:18:24.609><c> truth</c><00:18:24.769><c> to</c><00:18:24.990><c> our</c><00:18:25.150><c> own</c><00:18:25.349><c> brethren</c><00:18:25.589><c> and</c><00:18:25.910><c> sisters.</c>

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They<00:18:27.029><c> may</c><00:18:27.230><c> be</c><00:18:27.410><c> at</c><00:18:27.529><c> one</c><00:18:27.630><c> with</c><00:18:27.849><c> us.</c>

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They<00:18:28.269><c> may</c><00:18:28.470><c> understand</c><00:18:28.910><c> what</c><00:18:29.029><c> we're</c><00:18:29.269><c> talking</c><00:18:29.569><c> about.</c>

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But<00:18:31.069><c> our</c><00:18:31.250><c> word</c><00:18:31.470><c> of</c><00:18:31.769><c> encouragement.</c>

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Our<00:18:33.150><c> word</c><00:18:33.329><c> of</c><00:18:33.589><c> enlightenment</c><00:18:34.009><c> on</c><00:18:34.230><c> a</c><00:18:34.430><c> particular</c><00:18:34.730><c> point.</c>

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Just<00:18:36.349><c> the</c><00:18:36.470><c> very</c><00:18:36.690><c> fact</c><00:18:36.890><c> of</c><00:18:37.210><c> speaking</c><00:18:37.529><c> to</c><00:18:37.750><c> our</c><00:18:37.970><c> brothers</c><00:18:38.190><c> and</c><00:18:38.470><c> sisters.</c>

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About<00:18:39.250><c> the</c><00:18:39.529><c> things</c><00:18:39.750><c> of</c><00:18:40.029><c> God.</c>

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Is<00:18:40.809><c> an</c><00:18:41.089><c> encouragement</c><00:18:41.490><c> both</c><00:18:41.789><c> to</c><00:18:41.950><c> them</c><00:18:42.109><c> and</c><00:18:42.230><c> to</c><00:18:42.349><c> us.</c>

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And<00:18:44.049><c> so</c><00:18:44.250><c> therefore</c><00:18:44.690><c> the</c><00:18:45.170><c> work</c><00:18:45.509><c> goes</c><00:18:45.890><c> on.</c>

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And<00:18:47.450><c> what</c><00:18:47.670><c> an</c><00:18:48.009><c> incredible</c><00:18:48.529><c> situation</c><00:18:49.130><c> there</c><00:18:49.329><c> was</c><00:18:49.509><c> here.</c>

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Many<00:18:50.769><c> of</c><00:18:50.950><c> the</c><00:18:51.130><c> Samaritans</c><00:18:51.549><c> of</c><00:18:51.670><c> that</c><00:18:51.930><c> city</c><00:18:52.170><c> believed</c><00:18:52.650><c> on</c><00:18:52.910><c> him.</c>

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For<00:18:53.589><c> the</c><00:18:53.950><c> sowing</c><00:18:54.150><c> of</c><00:18:54.329><c> the</c><00:18:54.509><c> woman.</c>

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Which<00:18:55.369><c> testified</c><00:18:56.029><c> he</c><00:18:56.569><c> told</c><00:18:56.970><c> me</c><00:18:57.289><c> all</c><00:18:57.630><c> that</c><00:18:57.869><c> ever</c><00:18:58.069><c> I</c><00:18:58.349><c> did.</c>

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So<00:18:59.670><c> when</c><00:19:00.190><c> the</c><00:19:00.369><c> Samaritans</c><00:19:00.849><c> would</c><00:19:01.069><c> come</c><00:19:01.250><c> unto</c><00:19:01.430><c> him.</c>

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They<00:19:02.569><c> besought</c><00:19:03.009><c> him</c><00:19:03.190><c> that</c><00:19:03.309><c> he</c><00:19:03.390><c> would</c><00:19:03.670><c> carry</c><00:19:03.930><c> with</c><00:19:04.170><c> them.</c>

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And<00:19:05.170><c> he</c><00:19:05.390><c> abode</c><00:19:05.730><c> there</c><00:19:06.210><c> two</c><00:19:06.789><c> days.</c>

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Just<00:19:09.490><c> think</c><00:19:09.750><c> of</c><00:19:09.930><c> that.</c>

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What<00:19:11.269><c> a</c><00:19:11.569><c> scene.</c>

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A<00:19:13.490><c> group</c><00:19:13.809><c> of</c><00:19:14.329><c> earnest</c><00:19:14.630><c> and</c><00:19:15.150><c> attentive.</c>

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Gentiles.

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Gather<00:19:20.130><c> around</c><00:19:20.690><c> Jacob's</c><00:19:21.509><c> world.</c>

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But<00:19:23.529><c> not</c><00:19:23.869><c> to</c><00:19:24.210><c> drink</c><00:19:24.390><c> of</c><00:19:24.529><c> the</c><00:19:24.769><c> water</c><00:19:25.109><c> of</c><00:19:25.410><c> the</c><00:19:25.670><c> world.</c>

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But<00:19:26.329><c> to</c><00:19:26.569><c> be</c><00:19:26.890><c> taught</c><00:19:27.109><c> by</c><00:19:27.450><c> the</c><00:19:27.750><c> Jewish</c><00:19:28.170><c> Messiah.</c>

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So<00:19:31.190><c> they</c><00:19:31.609><c> drank</c><00:19:32.089><c> from</c><00:19:32.470><c> a</c><00:19:32.730><c> true</c><00:19:32.910><c> Israelite.</c>

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Who<00:19:34.049><c> had</c><00:19:34.190><c> been</c><00:19:34.509><c> sent</c><00:19:34.690><c> into</c><00:19:34.849><c> the</c><00:19:35.109><c> world</c><00:19:35.289><c> to</c><00:19:35.529><c> become</c><00:19:35.910><c> a</c><00:19:36.589><c> prince</c>

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with<00:19:37.170><c> God.</c>

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And<00:19:38.430><c> to</c><00:19:38.650><c> draw</c><00:19:38.890><c> others</c><00:19:39.410><c> to</c><00:19:39.809><c> become</c><00:19:40.390><c> like</c><00:19:40.930><c> him.</c>

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So<00:19:42.509><c> the</c><00:19:42.730><c> Samaritans</c><00:19:43.309><c> expressed</c><00:19:43.789><c> a</c><00:19:44.029><c> desire.</c>

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For<00:19:44.970><c> a</c><00:19:45.309><c> closer</c><00:19:45.670><c> and</c><00:19:46.109><c> a</c><00:19:46.289><c> more</c><00:19:46.609><c> intimate</c><00:19:47.029><c> contact</c><00:19:47.569><c> with</c><00:19:47.789><c> the</c><00:19:47.970><c> Lord.</c>

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What<00:19:48.730><c> a</c><00:19:49.009><c> wonderful</c><00:19:49.650><c> spirit</c><00:19:50.130><c> in</c><00:19:50.329><c> those</c><00:19:50.569><c> people.</c>

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And<00:19:53.670><c> yet</c><00:19:53.869><c> think</c><00:19:54.089><c> of</c><00:19:54.230><c> this.</c>

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Isaiah<00:19:56.349><c> chapter</c><00:19:56.829><c> 53</c><00:19:57.670><c> and</c><00:19:58.470><c> verse</c><00:19:58.829><c> 1.</c>

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The<00:20:00.450><c> chapter</c><00:20:00.769><c> that</c><00:20:01.089><c> deals</c><00:20:01.289><c> so</c><00:20:01.869><c> movingly</c><00:20:02.450><c> and</c><00:20:02.690><c> so</c><00:20:03.210><c> graphically.</c>

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And<00:20:04.609><c> so</c><00:20:04.970><c> deeply</c><00:20:05.390><c> and</c><00:20:05.710><c> so</c><00:20:06.150><c> touchingly.</c>

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With<00:20:08.829><c> the</c><00:20:09.210><c> sacrifice</c><00:20:09.789><c> of</c><00:20:10.109><c> Christ.</c>

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He<00:20:11.190><c> was</c><00:20:11.569><c> despised</c><00:20:12.349><c> and</c><00:20:12.670><c> rejected</c><00:20:13.089><c> of</c><00:20:13.910><c> men.</c>

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He<00:20:15.029><c> bore</c><00:20:15.509><c> our</c><00:20:15.910><c> sins.</c>

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He<00:20:16.670><c> was</c><00:20:16.930><c> a</c><00:20:17.069><c> man</c><00:20:17.210><c> of</c><00:20:17.630><c> sorrow</c><00:20:17.890><c> and</c><00:20:18.170><c> acquainted</c><00:20:18.390><c> with</c><00:20:18.710><c> grief.</c>

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But<00:20:21.109><c> how</c><00:20:21.390><c> does</c><00:20:21.569><c> the</c><00:20:21.730><c> chapter</c><00:20:21.990><c> begin?</c>

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Who<00:20:24.690><c> hath</c><00:20:25.069><c> believed</c><00:20:25.529><c> our</c><00:20:25.829><c> report?</c>

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And<00:20:27.789><c> what</c><00:20:27.990><c> is</c><00:20:28.089><c> the</c><00:20:28.289><c> answer</c><00:20:28.569><c> here?</c>

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A<00:20:29.410><c> group</c><00:20:29.690><c> of</c><00:20:30.049><c> Gentiles.</c>

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Who<00:20:34.849><c> hath</c><00:20:35.250><c> believed</c><00:20:35.670><c> our</c><00:20:35.970><c> report?</c>

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A<00:20:37.950><c> group</c><00:20:38.170><c> of</c><00:20:38.430><c> Gentiles.</c>

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Basically<00:20:40.750><c> because</c><00:20:41.329><c> one</c><00:20:41.849><c> woman.</c>

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Was<00:20:43.809><c> amenable</c><00:20:44.430><c> to</c><00:20:44.609><c> the</c><00:20:44.769><c> things</c><00:20:44.930><c> of</c><00:20:45.269><c> God</c><00:20:45.549><c> and</c><00:20:45.730><c> of</c><00:20:45.990><c> Christ.</c>

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And<00:20:47.390><c> was</c><00:20:47.630><c> able</c><00:20:47.890><c> to</c><00:20:48.430><c> convincingly</c><00:20:49.130><c> and</c><00:20:49.549><c> powerfully</c><00:20:50.049><c> demonstrate.</c>

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Her<00:20:52.029><c> zeal,</c><00:20:52.430><c> her</c><00:20:52.730><c> enthusiasm,</c><00:20:53.769><c> her</c><00:20:54.089><c> faith.</c>

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To<00:20:55.910><c> lead</c><00:20:56.049><c> others</c><00:20:56.269><c> also</c><00:20:56.650><c> to</c><00:20:56.829><c> the</c><00:20:56.869><c> Lord</c><00:20:57.049><c> Jesus</c><00:20:57.470><c> Christ.</c>

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What<00:21:00.230><c> a</c><00:21:00.390><c> wonderful</c><00:21:00.670><c> woman.</c>

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What<00:21:03.789><c> would</c><00:21:04.009><c> Jacob</c><00:21:04.369><c> himself</c><00:21:04.970><c> have</c><00:21:05.210><c> thought</c><00:21:05.349><c> about</c><00:21:05.609><c> this</c><00:21:05.950><c> scene?</c>

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That<00:21:06.849><c> took</c><00:21:07.069><c> place</c><00:21:07.390><c> here</c><00:21:07.930><c> at</c><00:21:08.549><c> his</c><00:21:08.849><c> well.</c>

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Well<00:21:10.650><c> the</c><00:21:10.769><c> word</c><00:21:10.970><c> of</c><00:21:11.089><c> God</c><00:21:11.309><c> tells</c><00:21:11.609><c> us</c><00:21:11.769><c> what</c><00:21:11.890><c> he</c><00:21:12.009><c> would</c><00:21:12.109><c> have</c><00:21:12.289><c> thought.</c>

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Genesis<00:21:13.450><c> 49</c><00:21:14.029><c> and</c><00:21:14.269><c> verse</c><00:21:14.529><c> 9.</c>

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He<00:21:15.710><c> said,</c><00:21:16.730><c> the</c><00:21:16.730><c> scepter</c><00:21:17.329><c> shall</c><00:21:17.650><c> not</c><00:21:17.970><c> depart</c><00:21:18.529><c> from</c><00:21:19.049><c> Judah.</c>

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Nor<00:21:20.809><c> a</c><00:21:21.150><c> lawgiver</c><00:21:21.670><c> from</c><00:21:21.890><c> between</c><00:21:22.329><c> his</c><00:21:22.670><c> feet.</c>

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Unto<00:21:24.809><c> Shiloh</c><00:21:25.529><c> shall</c><00:21:26.029><c> come.</c>

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And<00:21:28.109><c> unto</c><00:21:28.509><c> him</c><00:21:29.089><c> shall</c><00:21:29.529><c> the</c><00:21:29.910><c> gathering</c><00:21:30.289><c> of</c><00:21:30.609><c> the</c><00:21:30.869><c> people</c><00:21:31.309><c> be.</c>

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And<00:21:34.589><c> here</c><00:21:34.769><c> it</c><00:21:35.049><c> was.</c>

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Don't<00:21:37.730><c> misunderstand</c><00:21:38.410><c> me.</c>

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I'm<00:21:39.369><c> not</c><00:21:39.529><c> suggesting</c><00:21:40.049><c> that</c><00:21:40.329><c> Genesis</c><00:21:40.650><c> 49</c><00:21:41.230><c> verse</c><00:21:41.549><c> 9</c><00:21:41.950><c> was</c><00:21:42.289><c> fulfilled.</c>

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Here<00:21:43.849><c> in</c><00:21:44.069><c> Samaria.</c>

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But<00:21:45.910><c> in</c><00:21:46.069><c> a</c><00:21:46.230><c> type</c><00:21:46.369><c> it</c><00:21:46.609><c> was.</c>

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In<00:21:48.710><c> a</c><00:21:48.930><c> type</c><00:21:49.069><c> it</c><00:21:49.289><c> was.</c>

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Because<00:21:50.049><c> here</c><00:21:50.309><c> is</c><00:21:50.450><c> the</c><00:21:50.569><c> one</c><00:21:50.670><c> of</c><00:21:50.829><c> whom</c><00:21:50.950><c> Nathaniel</c><00:21:51.430><c> had</c><00:21:51.670><c> said.</c>

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Thou<00:21:52.329><c> art</c><00:21:52.589><c> the</c><00:21:52.789><c> Son</c><00:21:52.990><c> of</c><00:21:53.170><c> God,</c><00:21:53.630><c> the</c><00:21:53.890><c> King</c><00:21:54.130><c> of</c><00:21:54.289><c> Israel.</c>

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And<00:21:55.369><c> he</c><00:21:55.569><c> was.</c>

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And<00:21:57.250><c> Jacob</c><00:21:57.569><c> prophesied.</c>

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The<00:21:58.809><c> scepter</c><00:21:59.109><c> shall</c><00:21:59.390><c> not</c><00:21:59.569><c> depart</c><00:21:59.990><c> from</c><00:22:00.289><c> Judah.</c>

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Nor<00:22:01.009><c> a</c><00:22:01.190><c> lawgiver</c><00:22:01.589><c> from</c><00:22:01.809><c> between</c><00:22:02.130><c> his</c><00:22:02.430><c> feet.</c>

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Unto<00:22:03.349><c> Shiloh</c><00:22:03.970><c> come.</c>

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And<00:22:05.410><c> unto</c><00:22:05.789><c> him</c><00:22:06.529><c> shall</c><00:22:06.930><c> the</c><00:22:07.230><c> gathering</c><00:22:07.609><c> of</c><00:22:07.809><c> the</c><00:22:08.009><c> people</c><00:22:08.269><c> be.</c>

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Now<00:22:10.509><c> we</c><00:22:10.630><c> know</c><00:22:10.829><c> that</c><00:22:10.950><c> that's</c><00:22:11.210><c> to</c><00:22:11.349><c> be</c><00:22:11.529><c> fulfilled</c><00:22:11.910><c> in</c><00:22:12.069><c> a</c><00:22:12.170><c> much</c>

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fuller,<00:22:13.369><c> richer,</c><00:22:13.730><c> complete</c><00:22:14.130><c> sense.</c>

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In<00:22:15.089><c> the</c><00:22:15.289><c> age</c><00:22:15.470><c> of</c><00:22:15.650><c> Messiah's</c><00:22:16.190><c> glory.</c>

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But<00:22:17.529><c> in</c><00:22:17.769><c> type</c><00:22:18.029><c> it</c><00:22:18.410><c> was</c><00:22:18.569><c> being</c><00:22:18.910><c> fulfilled</c><00:22:19.390><c> now.</c>

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And<00:22:21.210><c> look</c><00:22:21.349><c> at</c><00:22:21.470><c> this</c><00:22:21.710><c> remarkable</c><00:22:22.490><c> comment</c><00:22:22.950><c> in</c><00:22:23.509><c> the</c><00:22:23.630><c> end</c><00:22:23.970><c> of</c><00:22:24.210><c> verse</c><00:22:24.450><c> 40.</c>

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He<00:22:25.750><c> abode</c><00:22:26.230><c> there</c><00:22:27.029><c> two</c><00:22:28.109><c> days.</c>

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Why<00:22:30.890><c> two</c><00:22:31.150><c> days?</c>

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Well<00:22:33.450><c> I</c><00:22:33.650><c> believe</c><00:22:34.009><c> that</c><00:22:34.369><c> it</c><00:22:34.609><c> symbolized</c><00:22:35.150><c> the</c><00:22:35.349><c> fact.</c>

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That<00:22:36.410><c> for</c><00:22:36.750><c> two</c><00:22:37.329><c> one</c><00:22:37.869><c> thousand</c><00:22:38.289><c> year</c><00:22:38.609><c> days.</c>

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The<00:22:40.309><c> Lord</c><00:22:40.609><c> Jesus</c><00:22:41.089><c> would</c><00:22:41.430><c> dwell</c><00:22:41.869><c> among</c><00:22:42.670><c> the</c><00:22:42.890><c> Gentiles.</c>

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Having<00:22:44.509><c> been</c><00:22:44.829><c> rejected</c><00:22:45.269><c> by</c><00:22:45.589><c> the</c><00:22:45.769><c> Jews.</c>

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Because<00:22:47.329><c> that</c><00:22:47.549><c> is</c><00:22:47.769><c> exactly</c><00:22:48.130><c> what</c><00:22:48.309><c> has</c><00:22:48.529><c> happened.</c>

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But<00:22:50.109><c> after</c><00:22:50.470><c> the</c><00:22:50.789><c> completion</c><00:22:51.029><c> of</c><00:22:51.190><c> this</c><00:22:51.390><c> period.</c>

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He<00:22:52.849><c> will</c><00:22:53.009><c> return</c><00:22:53.349><c> to</c><00:22:53.509><c> the</c><00:22:53.630><c> Jewish</c><00:22:53.829><c> nation.</c>

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And<00:22:55.029><c> Hosea</c><00:22:55.410><c> puts</c><00:22:55.670><c> it</c><00:22:55.809><c> this</c><00:22:56.109><c> way.</c>

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In<00:22:56.750><c> chapter</c><00:22:57.049><c> 6</c><00:22:57.369><c> and</c><00:22:57.529><c> at</c><00:22:57.690><c> verse</c><00:22:57.950><c> 2.</c>

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After<00:22:59.849><c> two</c><00:23:00.289><c> days</c><00:23:00.890><c> he</c><00:23:01.609><c> will</c><00:23:02.009><c> revive</c><00:23:02.369><c> us.</c>

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In<00:23:04.430><c> the</c><00:23:04.890><c> third</c><00:23:05.150><c> day</c><00:23:05.750><c> he</c><00:23:06.170><c> will</c><00:23:06.609><c> raise</c><00:23:06.950><c> us</c><00:23:07.269><c> up.</c>

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And<00:23:08.089><c> we</c><00:23:08.549><c> shall</c><00:23:08.890><c> live</c><00:23:09.130><c> in</c><00:23:09.309><c> his</c><00:23:09.750><c> sight.</c>

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I<00:23:12.369><c> think</c><00:23:12.529><c> that's</c><00:23:12.890><c> magnificent.</c>

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To<00:23:15.490><c> let</c><00:23:15.650><c> our</c><00:23:15.950><c> minds</c><00:23:16.190><c> dwell</c><00:23:16.690><c> so</c><00:23:17.069><c> richly</c><00:23:17.450><c> upon</c><00:23:17.630><c> the</c><00:23:17.829><c> word</c><00:23:17.950><c> in</c>

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that<00:23:18.369><c> way.</c>

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Genesis,<00:23:19.609><c> the</c><00:23:19.670><c> words</c><00:23:19.910><c> of</c><00:23:20.190><c> Jacob.</c>

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Hosea,<00:23:21.450><c> the</c><00:23:21.569><c> words</c><00:23:21.789><c> of</c><00:23:22.069><c> prophecy</c><00:23:22.369><c> there.</c>

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The<00:23:23.430><c> type,</c><00:23:23.849><c> the</c><00:23:24.029><c> symbology.</c>

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In<00:23:25.150><c> John</c><00:23:25.470><c> chapter</c><00:23:25.769><c> 4.</c>

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In<00:23:26.470><c> the</c><00:23:26.589><c> Lord's</c><00:23:27.089><c> dealings</c><00:23:27.450><c> with</c><00:23:27.710><c> the</c><00:23:27.890><c> Samaritans.</c>

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And<00:23:29.950><c> so</c><00:23:30.170><c> now</c><00:23:30.450><c> we</c><00:23:30.710><c> find</c><00:23:31.089><c> that</c><00:23:31.450><c> Jesus</c><00:23:31.829><c> was</c><00:23:32.170><c> recognized.</c>

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Not<00:23:33.490><c> merely</c><00:23:33.990><c> as</c><00:23:34.430><c> a</c><00:23:34.730><c> prophet.</c>

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As<00:23:35.430><c> he</c><00:23:35.589><c> had</c><00:23:35.670><c> been</c><00:23:35.930><c> described</c><00:23:36.369><c> in</c><00:23:36.589><c> verse</c><00:23:36.829><c> 19.</c>

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But<00:23:37.910><c> in</c><00:23:38.250><c> verse</c><00:23:38.470><c> 42</c><00:23:38.990><c> he</c><00:23:39.250><c> is</c><00:23:39.470><c> recognized</c><00:23:40.069><c> as</c><00:23:40.609><c> the</c><00:23:41.029><c> savior</c><00:23:41.630><c> of</c><00:23:42.630><c> the</c><00:23:43.130><c> world.</c>

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And<00:23:45.049><c> that</c><00:23:45.269><c> is</c><00:23:45.509><c> quite</c><00:23:45.769><c> astonishing.</c>

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Verse<00:23:47.369><c> 41</c><00:23:47.829><c> says.</c>

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That<00:23:48.809><c> many</c><00:23:49.089><c> more</c><00:23:49.349><c> believed</c><00:23:49.789><c> because</c><00:23:50.710><c> of</c><00:23:51.269><c> his</c><00:23:51.569><c> own</c><00:23:52.170><c> word.</c>

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And<00:23:53.930><c> said</c><00:23:54.069><c> unto</c><00:23:54.250><c> the</c><00:23:54.410><c> woman.</c>

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Now<00:23:55.210><c> we</c><00:23:55.470><c> believe</c><00:23:55.910><c> not</c><00:23:56.549><c> because</c><00:23:57.130><c> of</c><00:23:57.750><c> thy</c><00:23:58.130><c> saying.</c>

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She<00:23:59.349><c> had</c><00:23:59.670><c> sown</c><00:23:59.930><c> the</c><00:24:00.170><c> seed.</c>

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She<00:24:00.910><c> had</c><00:24:01.130><c> generated</c><00:24:01.609><c> the</c><00:24:01.890><c> interest</c><00:24:02.109><c> and</c><00:24:02.269><c> the</c><00:24:02.549><c> enthusiasm.</c>

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Now<00:24:04.210><c> we</c><00:24:04.529><c> believe</c><00:24:04.890><c> not</c><00:24:05.369><c> because</c><00:24:05.750><c> of</c><00:24:05.950><c> thy</c><00:24:06.210><c> saying.</c>

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For<00:24:07.349><c> we</c><00:24:07.630><c> have</c><00:24:07.829><c> heard</c><00:24:08.130><c> him</c><00:24:08.849><c> ourselves.</c>

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And<00:24:11.049><c> know</c><00:24:11.430><c> that</c><00:24:11.769><c> this</c><00:24:12.049><c> is</c><00:24:12.329><c> indeed</c><00:24:13.109><c> the</c><00:24:14.109><c> anointed.</c>

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That<00:24:15.849><c> means</c><00:24:16.170><c> of</c><00:24:16.390><c> course</c><00:24:16.609><c> the</c><00:24:16.769><c> one</c><00:24:17.049><c> promised</c><00:24:17.309><c> to</c><00:24:17.549><c> David.</c>

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He<00:24:18.670><c> is</c><00:24:19.029><c> the</c><00:24:19.369><c> anointed.</c>

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The<00:24:20.990><c> savior</c><00:24:21.470><c> of</c><00:24:22.569><c> the</c><00:24:23.170><c> world.</c>

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And<00:24:25.849><c> we</c><00:24:26.109><c> can't</c><00:24:26.450><c> help</c><00:24:26.589><c> wondering</c><00:24:26.970><c> at</c><00:24:27.130><c> this</c><00:24:27.390><c> point.</c>

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Whether<00:24:29.109><c> the</c><00:24:30.490><c> Samaritans</c><00:24:31.009><c> had</c><00:24:31.230><c> in</c><00:24:31.490><c> mind.</c>

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That<00:24:33.029><c> which</c><00:24:33.490><c> God</c><00:24:33.869><c> had</c><00:24:34.190><c> promised</c><00:24:34.569><c> to</c><00:24:35.089><c> Abraham.</c>

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In<00:24:36.890><c> thee</c><00:24:37.450><c> and</c><00:24:38.710><c> in</c><00:24:38.930><c> thy</c><00:24:39.170><c> seed.</c>

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Through<00:24:40.970><c> thee</c><00:24:41.349><c> thy</c><00:24:41.690><c> faithfulness.</c>

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But<00:24:43.170><c> in</c><00:24:43.509><c> thy</c><00:24:43.829><c> seed</c><00:24:44.289><c> shall</c><00:24:45.210><c> all</c><00:24:45.789><c> families</c><00:24:46.250><c> of</c><00:24:46.430><c> the</c><00:24:46.589><c> earth</c><00:24:46.730><c> be</c><00:24:46.950><c> blessed.</c>

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That<00:24:49.190><c> is</c><00:24:49.410><c> yet</c><00:24:49.549><c> to</c><00:24:49.809><c> come.</c>

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He<00:24:51.269><c> came</c><00:24:51.569><c> as</c><00:24:51.769><c> the</c><00:24:52.009><c> savior</c><00:24:52.269><c> of</c><00:24:52.470><c> the</c><00:24:52.650><c> world.</c>

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But<00:24:53.670><c> the</c><00:24:53.930><c> world</c><00:24:54.250><c> repudiated</c><00:24:55.130><c> him</c><00:24:55.309><c> in</c><00:24:55.470><c> large</c><00:24:55.670><c> measure.</c>

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The<00:24:57.029><c> words</c><00:24:57.289><c> of</c><00:24:57.470><c> that</c><00:24:57.690><c> promise</c><00:24:57.950><c> in</c><00:24:58.130><c> Genesis</c><00:24:58.490><c> 12.</c>

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Will<00:24:59.390><c> not</c><00:24:59.670><c> be</c><00:24:59.950><c> fulfilled</c><00:25:00.470><c> until</c><00:25:01.049><c> the</c><00:25:01.210><c> Lord</c><00:25:01.410><c> comes</c><00:25:01.690><c> the</c><00:25:01.950><c> second</c><00:25:02.230><c> time.</c>

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Until<00:25:03.410><c> the</c><00:25:03.630><c> power</c><00:25:03.869><c> of</c><00:25:04.069><c> the</c><00:25:04.170><c> nations</c><00:25:04.470><c> has</c><00:25:04.730><c> been</c><00:25:05.009><c> absolutely</c><00:25:05.569><c> demolished.</c>

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Until<00:25:07.509><c> the</c><00:25:07.829><c> whole</c><00:25:08.049><c> earth</c><00:25:08.269><c> is</c><00:25:08.589><c> unified</c><00:25:09.130><c> under</c><00:25:09.630><c> one</c><00:25:09.950><c> divine</c><00:25:10.509><c> rule</c><00:25:11.009><c> in</c>

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the<00:25:11.549><c> kingdom</c><00:25:11.730><c> of</c><00:25:12.009><c> God.</c>

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Then<00:25:13.049><c> all</c><00:25:13.630><c> families</c><00:25:14.109><c> of</c><00:25:14.289><c> the</c><00:25:14.450><c> earth</c><00:25:14.589><c> shall</c><00:25:14.809><c> be</c><00:25:15.049><c> blessed.</c>

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All<00:25:15.849><c> families.</c>

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But<00:25:17.809><c> what</c><00:25:18.009><c> an</c><00:25:18.369><c> incredible</c><00:25:18.750><c> thing</c><00:25:19.170><c> that</c><00:25:19.529><c> the</c><00:25:19.829><c> Samaritans.</c>

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Could<00:25:21.369><c> recognize</c><00:25:22.289><c> that</c><00:25:22.809><c> he</c><00:25:23.150><c> was</c><00:25:23.410><c> the</c><00:25:23.630><c> one</c><00:25:23.910><c> to</c><00:25:24.190><c> bring</c><00:25:24.309><c> that</c><00:25:24.589><c> about.</c>

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The<00:25:25.710><c> savior</c><00:25:26.309><c> of</c><00:25:27.250><c> the</c><00:25:27.470><c> world.</c>

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And<00:25:29.130><c> it</c><00:25:29.309><c> means</c><00:25:29.509><c> that</c><00:25:29.710><c> the</c><00:25:29.789><c> men</c><00:25:29.910><c> of</c><00:25:30.130><c> Samaria</c><00:25:30.690><c> had</c><00:25:31.250><c> grasped</c><00:25:32.369><c> the</c><00:25:32.750><c> principles.</c>

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That<00:25:34.390><c> the</c><00:25:34.589><c> Lord</c><00:25:34.789><c> Jesus</c><00:25:35.250><c> Christ</c><00:25:35.829><c> had</c><00:25:36.210><c> been</c><00:25:36.490><c> teaching</c><00:25:36.890><c> to</c><00:25:37.230><c> them.</c>

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You<00:25:38.970><c> know</c><00:25:39.069><c> this</c><00:25:39.269><c> expression</c><00:25:39.750><c> occurs</c><00:25:40.230><c> in</c><00:25:40.750><c> only</c><00:25:41.109><c> one</c><00:25:41.549><c> other</c><00:25:41.890><c> place</c><00:25:42.369><c> in</c>

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the<00:25:43.190><c> entire</c><00:25:43.490><c> Bible.</c>

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And<00:25:44.910><c> it</c><00:25:45.150><c> shows</c><00:25:45.750><c> how</c><00:25:46.650><c> awesomely</c><00:25:47.710><c> John</c><00:25:48.150><c> himself</c><00:25:48.990><c> had</c><00:25:49.769><c> grasped</c>

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the<00:25:50.849><c> entire</c><00:25:51.289><c> purpose</c><00:25:51.710><c> of</c><00:25:51.910><c> the</c><00:25:52.109><c> narrative.</c>

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Of<00:25:53.250><c> this</c><00:25:53.529><c> particular</c><00:25:54.009><c> chapter</c><00:25:54.450><c> of</c><00:25:54.789><c> his</c><00:25:54.930><c> gospel.</c>

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Because<00:25:56.190><c> when</c><00:25:56.529><c> John</c><00:25:56.789><c> comes</c><00:25:57.089><c> to</c><00:25:57.309><c> use</c><00:25:57.490><c> the</c><00:25:57.710><c> term</c><00:25:57.869><c> the</c><00:25:58.130><c> second</c><00:25:58.390><c> time.</c>

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And<00:25:59.250><c> he</c><00:25:59.410><c> is</c><00:25:59.509><c> the</c><00:25:59.769><c> only</c><00:26:00.009><c> one</c><00:26:00.210><c> who</c><00:26:00.410><c> uses</c><00:26:00.589><c> this</c><00:26:00.869><c> phrase.</c>

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This<00:26:02.430><c> is</c><00:26:02.609><c> how</c><00:26:02.769><c> he</c><00:26:02.930><c> uses</c><00:26:03.210><c> it.</c>

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He<00:26:04.430><c> says</c><00:26:04.869><c> the</c><00:26:05.650><c> father</c><00:26:06.509><c> sent</c><00:26:07.410><c> the</c><00:26:07.690><c> son</c><00:26:08.170><c> to</c><00:26:08.910><c> be</c><00:26:09.170><c> the</c><00:26:09.609><c> savior</c><00:26:09.990><c> of</c>

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the<00:26:10.730><c> world.</c>

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Whosoever<00:26:12.849><c> shall</c><00:26:13.109><c> confess</c><00:26:13.710><c> that</c><00:26:14.009><c> Jesus</c><00:26:14.529><c> is</c><00:26:14.869><c> the</c><00:26:15.130><c> son</c><00:26:15.289><c> of</c><00:26:15.549><c> God.</c>

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God<00:26:17.289><c> dwelleth</c><00:26:17.869><c> in</c><00:26:18.130><c> him</c><00:26:18.549><c> and</c><00:26:18.950><c> he</c><00:26:19.390><c> in</c><00:26:19.750><c> God.</c>

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First<00:26:21.289><c> of</c><00:26:21.450><c> John</c><00:26:21.690><c> chapter</c><00:26:22.009><c> 4</c><00:26:22.529><c> verse</c><00:26:22.890><c> 14</c><00:26:23.369><c> and</c><00:26:23.529><c> 15.</c>

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In<00:26:25.490><c> other</c><00:26:25.670><c> words</c><00:26:25.869><c> he</c><00:26:26.089><c> is</c><00:26:26.269><c> saying</c><00:26:26.630><c> that</c><00:26:27.049><c> Jesus</c><00:26:27.430><c> having</c><00:26:27.710><c> come</c><00:26:28.130><c> then</c><00:26:28.269><c> as</c>

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the<00:26:28.670><c> savior</c><00:26:28.950><c> of</c><00:26:29.130><c> the</c><00:26:29.329><c> world.</c>

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Although<00:26:30.349><c> the</c><00:26:30.609><c> world</c><00:26:30.789><c> might</c><00:26:31.089><c> not</c><00:26:31.410><c> want</c><00:26:31.529><c> to</c><00:26:31.650><c> be</c><00:26:31.930><c> saved.</c>

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Although<00:26:33.430><c> the</c><00:26:33.670><c> world</c><00:26:33.849><c> might</c><00:26:34.109><c> repudiate</c><00:26:34.970><c> him.</c>

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Yet<00:26:35.670><c> those</c><00:26:36.170><c> that</c><00:26:36.549><c> receive</c><00:26:36.809><c> him</c><00:26:37.430><c> will</c><00:26:37.910><c> be</c><00:26:38.349><c> transformed</c><00:26:39.089><c> by</c><00:26:39.609><c> the</c>

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power<00:26:40.269><c> of</c><00:26:40.529><c> his</c><00:26:40.829><c> word</c><00:26:41.269><c> working</c><00:26:42.029><c> in</c><00:26:42.490><c> them.</c>

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And<00:26:45.190><c> the</c><00:26:45.289><c> word</c><00:26:45.750><c> savior</c><00:26:46.210><c> is</c><00:26:47.569><c> a</c><00:26:47.710><c> word</c><00:26:47.910><c> which</c><00:26:48.210><c> occurs</c><00:26:48.569><c> exactly</c><00:26:49.269><c> 24</c>

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times<00:26:50.670><c> in</c><00:26:51.069><c> the</c><00:26:51.170><c> New</c><00:26:51.369><c> Testament.</c>

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Savior.<00:26:53.410><c> What</c><00:26:53.589><c> an</c><00:26:53.890><c> incredible</c><00:26:54.230><c> thing.</c>

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24<00:26:55.490><c> times.</c>

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You<00:26:57.769><c> can</c><00:26:57.950><c> multiply</c><00:26:58.509><c> 6</c><00:26:59.069><c> by</c><00:26:59.430><c> 4.</c>

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3<00:27:01.289><c> by</c><00:27:01.670><c> 8.</c>

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2<00:27:03.309><c> times</c><00:27:03.829><c> 12.</c>

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That<00:27:05.470><c> is</c><00:27:05.470><c> that</c><00:27:05.470><c> significance.</c>

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And<00:27:06.750><c> the</c><00:27:06.950><c> numerical</c><00:27:07.390><c> significance</c><00:27:07.990><c> is</c><00:27:08.410><c> powerful</c><00:27:08.890><c> in</c><00:27:09.049><c> every</c>

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single<00:27:09.670><c> case.</c>

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You<00:27:11.009><c> think</c><00:27:11.210><c> about</c><00:27:11.470><c> the</c><00:27:11.869><c> numerical</c><00:27:12.269><c> significance</c><00:27:12.809><c> of</c><00:27:13.029><c> numbers</c>

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in<00:27:13.410><c> the</c><00:27:13.549><c> Bible.</c>

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6<00:27:14.549><c> times</c><00:27:14.990><c> 4.</c>

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3<00:27:16.069><c> times</c><00:27:16.690><c> 8.</c>

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2<00:27:17.869><c> times</c><00:27:18.430><c> 12.</c>

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And<00:27:19.769><c> you</c><00:27:20.049><c> see</c><00:27:20.309><c> the</c><00:27:20.630><c> importance</c><00:27:20.970><c> of</c><00:27:21.170><c> that</c><00:27:21.390><c> word</c><00:27:21.869><c> savior</c><00:27:22.430><c> in</c><00:27:22.990><c> its</c>

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24<00:27:24.029><c> occurrences.</c>

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And<00:27:25.730><c> it</c><00:27:25.869><c> is</c><00:27:26.069><c> only</c><00:27:26.390><c> ever</c><00:27:26.750><c> used</c><00:27:27.309><c> of</c><00:27:27.750><c> the</c><00:27:28.049><c> father</c><00:27:28.470><c> or</c><00:27:28.970><c> the</c><00:27:29.089><c> Lord</c>

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Jesus<00:27:29.710><c> Christ.</c>

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It<00:27:30.529><c> is</c><00:27:30.910><c> never</c><00:27:31.190><c> ever</c><00:27:31.650><c> used</c><00:27:32.049><c> of</c><00:27:32.490><c> anyone</c><00:27:32.769><c> else.</c>

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And<00:27:34.470><c> it</c><00:27:34.690><c> is</c><00:27:34.849><c> a</c><00:27:34.990><c> word</c><00:27:35.150><c> which</c><00:27:35.369><c> has</c><00:27:35.630><c> a</c><00:27:35.829><c> three</c><00:27:36.089><c>-fold</c><00:27:36.390><c> meaning.</c>

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It<00:27:37.769><c> means</c><00:27:38.049><c> to</c><00:27:38.349><c> save.</c>

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To<00:27:40.250><c> deliver.</c>

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To<00:27:42.289><c> preserve.</c>

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And<00:27:43.750><c> there</c><00:27:43.869><c> are</c><00:27:44.009><c> the</c><00:27:44.230><c> three</c><00:27:44.470><c> stages</c><00:27:44.869><c> to</c><00:27:45.069><c> our</c><00:27:45.269><c> own</c><00:27:45.430><c> redemption.</c>

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If<00:27:46.210><c> we</c><00:27:46.410><c> respond</c><00:27:47.029><c> like</c><00:27:47.289><c> the</c><00:27:47.470><c> people</c><00:27:47.690><c> of</c><00:27:47.869><c> Samaria</c><00:27:48.349><c> to</c><00:27:48.690><c> the</c><00:27:48.910><c> teaching</c><00:27:49.289><c> of</c><00:27:49.630><c> the</c><00:27:49.809><c> son</c><00:27:50.009><c> of</c><00:27:50.250><c> God.</c>

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He<00:27:51.190><c> will</c><00:27:51.470><c> save</c><00:27:51.750><c> us.</c>

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He<00:27:53.470><c> will</c><00:27:53.710><c> deliver</c><00:27:53.990><c> us.</c>

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And<00:27:55.490><c> he</c><00:27:55.529><c> will</c><00:27:55.789><c> preserve</c><00:27:56.289><c> us</c><00:27:56.650><c> ultimately</c><00:27:57.109><c> forever</c><00:27:57.769><c> and</c><00:27:58.109><c> all</c><00:27:58.329><c> eternity.</c>

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In<00:27:59.930><c> the</c><00:28:00.130><c> age</c><00:28:00.589><c> that</c><00:28:00.910><c> is</c><00:28:01.089><c> soon</c><00:28:01.269><c> to</c><00:28:01.410><c> come.</c>

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So<00:28:03.630><c> then</c><00:28:03.970><c> we</c><00:28:04.250><c> would</c><00:28:04.450><c> like</c><00:28:04.450><c> to</c><00:28:04.609><c> turn</c><00:28:04.809><c> back</c><00:28:05.049><c> now.</c>

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To<00:28:06.369><c> John</c><00:28:06.750><c> chapter</c><00:28:07.269><c> 3.</c>

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And<00:28:08.609><c> there</c><00:28:08.769><c> we</c><00:28:08.849><c> would</c><00:28:09.069><c> like</c><00:28:09.210><c> to</c><00:28:09.390><c> consider</c><00:28:09.809><c> a</c><00:28:10.109><c> few</c><00:28:10.269><c> thoughts</c>

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concerning<00:28:12.049><c> Nicodemus.</c>

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He<00:28:14.049><c> of</c><00:28:14.230><c> course</c><00:28:14.490><c> was</c><00:28:14.730><c> a</c><00:28:14.950><c> Jew.</c>

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And<00:28:15.789><c> not</c><00:28:15.910><c> only</c><00:28:16.150><c> a</c><00:28:16.369><c> Jew</c><00:28:16.490><c> but</c><00:28:16.690><c> a</c><00:28:16.750><c> prominent</c><00:28:17.109><c> one.</c>

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We<00:28:18.309><c> want</c><00:28:18.450><c> to</c><00:28:18.710><c> contrast</c><00:28:19.349><c> the</c><00:28:19.769><c> Samaritans.</c>

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Or<00:28:20.450><c> rather</c><00:28:20.650><c> not</c><00:28:20.869><c> contrast</c><00:28:21.269><c> that</c><00:28:21.450><c> is</c><00:28:21.529><c> not</c><00:28:21.730><c> the</c><00:28:21.769><c> right</c><00:28:21.990><c> word.</c>

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We<00:28:22.569><c> want</c><00:28:22.809><c> to</c><00:28:23.289><c> equate</c><00:28:24.109><c> the</c><00:28:24.390><c> Samaritans.</c>

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And<00:28:25.349><c> the</c><00:28:25.450><c> way</c><00:28:25.670><c> in</c><00:28:25.769><c> which</c><00:28:25.890><c> the</c><00:28:26.029><c> Lord</c><00:28:26.170><c> handled</c><00:28:26.569><c> them</c><00:28:26.930><c> with</c><00:28:27.329><c> this</c>

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man<00:28:28.049><c> Nicodemus.</c>

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Particularly<00:28:29.869><c> in</c><00:28:30.430><c> the</c><00:28:30.609><c> first</c><00:28:30.890><c> 14</c><00:28:31.250><c> verses.</c>

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And<00:28:32.470><c> all</c><00:28:32.569><c> we</c><00:28:32.690><c> are</c><00:28:32.789><c> going</c><00:28:32.789><c> to</c><00:28:32.910><c> do</c><00:28:32.990><c> this</c><00:28:33.170><c> morning</c><00:28:33.430><c> God</c><00:28:33.589><c> willing.</c>

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Is<00:28:34.309><c> to</c><00:28:34.470><c> just</c><00:28:34.690><c> touch</c><00:28:35.069><c> upon</c><00:28:35.549><c> some</c><00:28:35.789><c> of</c><00:28:35.910><c> the</c><00:28:36.309><c> basic</c><00:28:36.690><c> principles</c>

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that<00:28:37.670><c> are</c><00:28:37.950><c> stated</c><00:28:38.150><c> here.</c>

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You<00:28:39.670><c> see</c><00:28:39.950><c> in</c><00:28:40.190><c> John</c><00:28:40.430><c> chapter</c><00:28:40.789><c> 3.</c>

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And<00:28:41.869><c> particularly</c><00:28:42.329><c> verses</c><00:28:42.869><c> 1</c><00:28:43.430><c> to</c><00:28:43.509><c> 14.</c>

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We<00:28:45.269><c> will</c><00:28:45.390><c> have</c><00:28:45.509><c> verses</c><00:28:45.950><c> which</c><00:28:46.269><c> touch</c><00:28:46.849><c> exquisitely.</c>

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Upon<00:28:48.509><c> the</c><00:28:48.849><c> true</c><00:28:49.069><c> significance</c><00:28:49.710><c> of</c><00:28:50.309><c> conversion</c><00:28:50.849><c> to</c><00:28:51.089><c> the</c><00:28:51.349><c> truth.</c>

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And<00:28:52.450><c> of</c><00:28:52.990><c> baptism.</c>

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We<00:28:54.910><c> find</c><00:28:55.150><c> that</c><00:28:55.390><c> this</c><00:28:55.609><c> section</c><00:28:55.910><c> of</c><00:28:56.089><c> John's</c><00:28:56.490><c> gospel.</c>

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With<00:28:57.009><c> which</c><00:28:57.250><c> no</c><00:28:57.430><c> doubt</c><00:28:57.569><c> we</c><00:28:57.750><c> are</c><00:28:57.829><c> all</c><00:28:58.029><c> basically</c><00:28:58.470><c> familiar.</c>

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Revolves<00:29:00.049><c> largely</c><00:29:00.509><c> around</c><00:29:01.029><c> a</c><00:29:01.690><c> man</c><00:29:01.910><c> who</c><00:29:02.029><c> was</c><00:29:02.190><c> a</c><00:29:02.390><c> Pharisee.</c>

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Nicodemus.

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His<00:29:05.730><c> name</c><00:29:06.009><c> means</c><00:29:06.730><c> victor</c><00:29:07.609><c> of</c><00:29:07.970><c> the</c><00:29:08.190><c> people.</c>

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And<00:29:10.150><c> we</c><00:29:10.349><c> find</c><00:29:10.509><c> that</c><00:29:10.650><c> he</c><00:29:10.750><c> was</c><00:29:10.890><c> a</c><00:29:11.029><c> man</c><00:29:11.250><c> who</c><00:29:11.609><c> thoughtfully</c><00:29:12.069><c> and</c><00:29:12.269><c> carefully</c><00:29:12.690><c> pondered</c><00:29:13.130><c> the</c><00:29:13.289><c> teaching</c><00:29:13.529><c> of</c><00:29:13.750><c> Christ.</c>

00:29:15.910 --> 00:29:17.369
And<00:29:16.069><c> then</c><00:29:16.230><c> ultimately.</c>

00:29:18.490 --> 00:29:20.690
With<00:29:18.589><c> a</c><00:29:18.869><c> great</c><00:29:19.049><c> deal</c><00:29:19.269><c> of</c><00:29:19.650><c> courage.</c>

00:29:20.809 --> 00:29:22.789
That<00:29:20.910><c> was</c><00:29:21.109><c> demanded</c><00:29:21.509><c> of</c><00:29:21.690><c> this</c><00:29:21.910><c> man.</c>

00:29:22.990 --> 00:29:26.250
He<00:29:23.309><c> became</c><00:29:23.750><c> Christ's</c><00:29:24.849><c> devoted</c><00:29:25.470><c> disciple.</c>

00:29:27.230 --> 00:29:28.890
He<00:29:27.750><c> had</c><00:29:27.950><c> to</c><00:29:28.130><c> have</c><00:29:28.289><c> a</c><00:29:28.490><c> quality.</c>

00:29:29.369 --> 00:29:30.829
That<00:29:29.490><c> the</c><00:29:29.730><c> Samaritans</c><00:29:30.210><c> didn't</c><00:29:30.589><c> need.</c>

00:29:31.109 --> 00:29:32.910
They<00:29:31.289><c> needed</c><00:29:31.609><c> qualities</c><00:29:32.009><c> to</c><00:29:32.250><c> accept</c><00:29:32.509><c> Christ.</c>

00:29:33.190 --> 00:29:34.670
But<00:29:33.329><c> theirs</c><00:29:33.549><c> were</c><00:29:33.789><c> different.</c>

00:29:34.730 --> 00:29:36.910
One<00:29:34.789><c> of</c><00:29:34.890><c> the</c><00:29:35.130><c> greatest</c><00:29:35.529><c> that</c><00:29:35.750><c> Nicodemus</c><00:29:36.250><c> had</c><00:29:36.509><c> to</c><00:29:36.730><c> have.</c>

00:29:37.089 --> 00:29:38.990
Was<00:29:37.369><c> that</c><00:29:37.650><c> of</c><00:29:37.990><c> courage.</c>

00:29:39.549 --> 00:29:42.150
Because<00:29:39.970><c> he</c><00:29:40.089><c> was</c><00:29:40.289><c> a</c><00:29:40.430><c> man</c><00:29:40.529><c> of</c><00:29:40.789><c> considerable</c><00:29:41.410><c> prominence.</c>

00:29:42.309 --> 00:29:45.170
And<00:29:42.490><c> he</c><00:29:42.569><c> had</c><00:29:42.750><c> to</c><00:29:43.029><c> stand</c><00:29:43.329><c> apart</c><00:29:43.769><c> from</c><00:29:43.930><c> his</c><00:29:44.230><c> fellows.</c>

00:29:45.470 --> 00:29:47.390
And<00:29:45.890><c> repudiate</c><00:29:46.470><c> them.</c>

00:29:47.670 --> 00:29:49.829
That<00:29:47.849><c> he</c><00:29:47.950><c> might</c><00:29:48.210><c> accept</c><00:29:48.549><c> Christ.</c>

00:29:51.589 --> 00:29:53.069
Victor<00:29:52.109><c> of</c><00:29:52.529><c> the</c><00:29:52.730><c> people.</c>

00:29:53.369 --> 00:29:54.569
Is<00:29:53.609><c> the</c><00:29:53.710><c> meaning</c><00:29:53.930><c> of</c><00:29:54.089><c> his</c><00:29:54.309><c> name.</c>

00:29:54.569 --> 00:29:57.630
And<00:29:55.569><c> he</c><00:29:55.829><c> typifies</c><00:29:56.430><c> those</c><00:29:56.769><c> who</c><00:29:56.950><c> will</c><00:29:57.170><c> become.</c>

00:29:57.630 --> 00:30:00.009
The<00:29:58.269><c> glorified</c><00:29:59.029><c> bride</c><00:29:59.390><c> of</c><00:29:59.569><c> Christ.</c>

00:30:00.329 --> 00:30:01.809
In<00:30:00.430><c> the</c><00:30:00.609><c> kingdom</c><00:30:00.789><c> age.</c>

00:30:02.130 --> 00:30:04.809
He<00:30:02.349><c> typifies</c><00:30:03.109><c> a</c><00:30:03.829><c> class</c><00:30:04.089><c> of</c><00:30:04.410><c> people.</c>

00:30:05.049 --> 00:30:09.589
Who<00:30:05.269><c> will</c><00:30:05.670><c> thoughtfully</c><00:30:06.309><c> and</c><00:30:06.910><c> carefully</c><00:30:07.329><c> ponder</c><00:30:07.930><c> the</c><00:30:08.349><c> teaching</c><00:30:08.769><c> of</c><00:30:09.150><c> Christ.</c>

00:30:09.869 --> 00:30:11.769
And<00:30:10.230><c> then</c><00:30:10.529><c> humbly</c><00:30:10.990><c> acknowledge.</c>

00:30:12.269 --> 00:30:17.049
That<00:30:12.509><c> only</c><00:30:13.089><c> one</c><00:30:13.490><c> will</c><00:30:13.809><c> really</c><00:30:14.250><c> be</c><00:30:14.630><c> the</c><00:30:15.109><c> victor</c><00:30:15.710><c> of</c><00:30:15.970><c> the</c><00:30:16.190><c> people.</c>

00:30:17.109 --> 00:30:18.730
And<00:30:17.349><c> that</c><00:30:17.450><c> is</c><00:30:17.609><c> the</c><00:30:17.829><c> true</c><00:30:17.990><c> Israelite.</c>

00:30:18.750 --> 00:30:20.390
The<00:30:18.990><c> Lord</c><00:30:19.150><c> Jesus</c><00:30:19.509><c> Christ.</c>

00:30:21.690 --> 00:30:24.329
Nicodemus<00:30:22.289><c> also</c><00:30:22.789><c> presents</c><00:30:23.170><c> us</c><00:30:23.509><c> with</c><00:30:23.650><c> an</c><00:30:23.829><c> example.</c>

00:30:24.569 --> 00:30:28.549
Of<00:30:25.490><c> the</c><00:30:25.849><c> greatest</c><00:30:26.250><c> of</c><00:30:26.730><c> all</c><00:30:27.029><c> human</c><00:30:27.450><c> weaknesses.</c>

00:30:28.990 --> 00:30:30.750
Which<00:30:29.089><c> has</c><00:30:29.329><c> got</c><00:30:29.430><c> to</c><00:30:29.549><c> be</c><00:30:29.730><c> overcome.</c>

00:30:30.990 --> 00:30:33.289
Before<00:30:31.349><c> the</c><00:30:31.690><c> true</c><00:30:31.910><c> significance</c><00:30:32.509><c> of</c><00:30:32.789><c> baptism.</c>

00:30:33.789 --> 00:30:34.809
And<00:30:33.910><c> a</c><00:30:34.049><c> walk</c><00:30:34.170><c> in</c><00:30:34.309><c> the</c><00:30:34.529><c> truth.</c>

00:30:35.150 --> 00:30:37.390
Can<00:30:35.410><c> ever</c><00:30:35.730><c> be</c><00:30:36.210><c> really</c><00:30:36.549><c> manifested.</c>

00:30:37.509 --> 00:30:38.750
In<00:30:37.690><c> the</c><00:30:37.930><c> life</c><00:30:38.170><c> of</c><00:30:38.390><c> a</c><00:30:38.470><c> believer.</c>

00:30:39.089 --> 00:30:40.710
And<00:30:39.410><c> that</c><00:30:39.690><c> weakness.</c>

00:30:40.849 --> 00:30:42.890
Is<00:30:41.349><c> human</c><00:30:41.849><c> pride.</c>

00:30:44.230 --> 00:30:47.269
It's<00:30:44.549><c> my</c><00:30:44.750><c> own</c><00:30:44.990><c> experience</c><00:30:45.450><c> of</c><00:30:45.710><c> life</c><00:30:45.950><c> in</c><00:30:46.089><c> my</c><00:30:46.269><c> own</c><00:30:46.450><c> life.</c>

00:30:47.490 --> 00:30:49.190
It's<00:30:47.809><c> my</c><00:30:48.069><c> own</c><00:30:48.349><c> experience.</c>

00:30:49.390 --> 00:30:52.890
In<00:30:49.750><c> dealing</c><00:30:50.109><c> with</c><00:30:50.529><c> the</c><00:30:50.890><c> problems</c><00:30:51.269><c> of</c><00:30:51.730><c> many,</c><00:30:52.130><c> many</c><00:30:52.470><c> brethren</c>

00:30:52.890 --> 00:30:54.230
and<00:30:53.289><c> sisters.</c>

00:30:54.589 --> 00:30:58.339
That<00:30:55.250><c> the</c><00:30:55.710><c> greatest</c><00:30:56.289><c> of</c><00:30:56.630><c> all</c><00:30:57.069><c> human</c><00:30:57.509><c> weaknesses.</c>

00:30:58.970 --> 00:31:00.069
Is<00:30:58.970><c> pride.</c>

00:31:01.190 --> 00:31:05.509
We<00:31:01.269><c> know</c><00:31:01.549><c> that</c><00:31:01.930><c> sin</c><00:31:02.089><c> manifests</c><00:31:02.690><c> itself</c><00:31:03.170><c> in</c><00:31:03.450><c> three</c><00:31:03.890><c> particular</c><00:31:04.470><c> avenues.</c>

00:31:05.789 --> 00:31:07.210
There<00:31:05.890><c> is</c><00:31:06.109><c> the</c><00:31:06.250><c> lust</c><00:31:06.450><c> of</c><00:31:06.609><c> the</c><00:31:06.849><c> eye.</c>

00:31:07.670 --> 00:31:08.769
The<00:31:07.829><c> lust</c><00:31:08.089><c> of</c><00:31:08.329><c> the</c><00:31:08.470><c> flesh.</c>

00:31:09.170 --> 00:31:10.930
And<00:31:09.329><c> the</c><00:31:09.549><c> pride</c><00:31:09.869><c> of</c><00:31:10.029><c> life.</c>

00:31:11.990 --> 00:31:14.849
And<00:31:12.190><c> we</c><00:31:12.450><c> do</c><00:31:12.710><c> not</c><00:31:12.950><c> minimize</c><00:31:13.390><c> the</c><00:31:13.670><c> first</c><00:31:13.950><c> two.</c>

00:31:15.269 --> 00:31:17.289
But<00:31:15.470><c> we</c><00:31:15.789><c> do</c><00:31:16.029><c> suggest</c><00:31:16.450><c> to</c><00:31:16.769><c> you.</c>

00:31:17.430 --> 00:31:20.470
That<00:31:17.630><c> a</c><00:31:17.930><c> careful</c><00:31:18.269><c> thought</c><00:31:18.690><c> concerning</c><00:31:19.230><c> the</c><00:31:19.609><c> third.</c>

00:31:20.690 --> 00:31:23.369
Will<00:31:20.990><c> probably</c><00:31:21.430><c> arouse</c><00:31:21.910><c> in</c><00:31:22.069><c> your</c><00:31:22.329><c> mind</c><00:31:22.650><c> the</c><00:31:22.910><c> concept.</c>

00:31:23.369 --> 00:31:26.829
That<00:31:24.089><c> almost</c><00:31:24.769><c> every</c><00:31:25.549><c> sin</c><00:31:25.869><c> we</c><00:31:26.150><c> can</c><00:31:26.450><c> commit.</c>

00:31:27.029 --> 00:31:30.349
Will<00:31:27.630><c> in</c><00:31:28.029><c> some</c><00:31:28.289><c> way</c><00:31:28.450><c> be</c><00:31:28.730><c> related</c><00:31:28.990><c> to</c><00:31:29.369><c> pride.</c>

00:31:31.289 --> 00:31:34.109
Even<00:31:31.630><c> things</c><00:31:31.970><c> related</c><00:31:32.390><c> to</c><00:31:32.569><c> the</c><00:31:32.690><c> lust</c><00:31:32.869><c> of</c><00:31:33.009><c> the</c><00:31:33.210><c> eye</c><00:31:33.369><c> or</c><00:31:33.569><c> the</c><00:31:33.710><c> lust</c><00:31:33.869><c> of</c>

00:31:34.109 --> 00:31:34.650
the<00:31:34.250><c> flesh.</c>

00:31:35.089 --> 00:31:36.890
Can<00:31:35.349><c> come</c><00:31:35.650><c> to</c><00:31:35.890><c> fruition.</c>

00:31:36.910 --> 00:31:39.089
And<00:31:37.150><c> bring</c><00:31:37.509><c> sin</c><00:31:37.730><c> into</c><00:31:37.930><c> our</c><00:31:38.170><c> lives.</c>

00:31:39.329 --> 00:31:42.430
Because<00:31:39.650><c> of</c><00:31:39.890><c> the</c><00:31:40.029><c> fundamental</c><00:31:40.390><c> principle</c><00:31:40.970><c> of</c><00:31:41.390><c> pride.</c>

00:31:44.670 --> 00:31:45.769
Nicodemus.

00:31:45.910 --> 00:31:47.690
According<00:31:46.289><c> to</c><00:31:46.490><c> Jewish</c><00:31:46.710><c> tradition.</c>

00:31:47.809 --> 00:31:51.509
And<00:31:47.990><c> in</c><00:31:48.130><c> the</c><00:31:48.289><c> light</c><00:31:48.410><c> of</c><00:31:48.609><c> his</c><00:31:48.789><c> very</c><00:31:49.170><c> exalted</c><00:31:49.809><c> place</c><00:31:50.210><c> among</c><00:31:50.470><c> the</c><00:31:50.710><c> Jews.</c>

00:31:51.569 --> 00:31:54.369
Was<00:31:52.130><c> a</c><00:31:52.410><c> man</c><00:31:52.569><c> of</c><00:31:52.789><c> considerable</c><00:31:53.349><c> wealth.</c>

00:31:55.150 --> 00:31:56.849
And<00:31:55.410><c> when</c><00:31:55.569><c> we</c><00:31:55.829><c> add</c><00:31:55.970><c> that</c><00:31:56.230><c> to</c><00:31:56.369><c> the</c><00:31:56.569><c> fact.</c>

00:31:57.109 --> 00:32:00.450
That<00:31:57.230><c> he</c><00:31:57.349><c> was</c><00:31:57.569><c> a</c><00:31:57.769><c> member</c><00:31:57.990><c> of</c><00:31:58.250><c> the</c><00:31:58.529><c> supreme</c><00:31:59.089><c> council</c><00:31:59.609><c> of</c><00:31:59.890><c> Jewry.</c>

00:32:00.930 --> 00:32:02.470
The<00:32:01.210><c> Sanhedrin.</c>

00:32:02.549 --> 00:32:05.490
Then<00:32:02.730><c> we</c><00:32:02.990><c> come</c><00:32:03.250><c> face</c><00:32:03.609><c> to</c><00:32:03.829><c> face</c><00:32:04.069><c> with</c><00:32:04.269><c> a</c><00:32:04.490><c> man.</c>

00:32:05.789 --> 00:32:08.849
Who<00:32:06.109><c> had</c><00:32:06.470><c> everything</c><00:32:07.170><c> to</c><00:32:07.430><c> lose</c><00:32:07.589><c> in</c><00:32:07.750><c> this</c><00:32:07.990><c> life.</c>

00:32:08.950 --> 00:32:11.529
By<00:32:09.250><c> accepting</c><00:32:09.730><c> the</c><00:32:09.950><c> Lord</c><00:32:10.109><c> Jesus</c><00:32:10.509><c> Christ.</c>

00:32:11.769 --> 00:32:14.269
He<00:32:12.130><c> had</c><00:32:12.509><c> everything</c><00:32:13.069><c> to</c><00:32:13.349><c> lose.</c>

00:32:14.329 --> 00:32:17.390
And<00:32:14.589><c> he</c><00:32:14.670><c> had</c><00:32:14.990><c> absolutely</c><00:32:15.650><c> nothing</c><00:32:16.390><c> to</c><00:32:16.650><c> gain.</c>

00:32:18.410 --> 00:32:20.990
There<00:32:18.589><c> was</c><00:32:18.910><c> no</c><00:32:19.269><c> personal</c><00:32:19.809><c> advantage</c><00:32:20.369><c> in</c><00:32:20.609><c> this</c><00:32:20.910><c> life.</c>

00:32:21.009 --> 00:32:22.730
To<00:32:21.230><c> come</c><00:32:21.430><c> to</c><00:32:21.549><c> Nicodemus.</c>

00:32:22.829 --> 00:32:26.069
By<00:32:23.089><c> becoming</c><00:32:23.549><c> related</c><00:32:24.109><c> to</c><00:32:24.329><c> the</c><00:32:24.470><c> Lord</c><00:32:24.650><c> Jesus</c><00:32:25.069><c> Christ.</c>

00:32:27.349 --> 00:32:29.130
So<00:32:27.569><c> he</c><00:32:27.690><c> had</c><00:32:27.910><c> to</c><00:32:28.150><c> debase.</c>

00:32:29.289 --> 00:32:32.170
His<00:32:29.589><c> natural</c><00:32:30.410><c> fleshly</c><00:32:31.190><c> pride.</c>

00:32:32.630 --> 00:32:34.170
In<00:32:32.789><c> his</c><00:32:33.109><c> achievements.</c>

00:32:34.329 --> 00:32:35.849
In<00:32:34.430><c> his</c><00:32:34.650><c> possessions.</c>

00:32:36.109 --> 00:32:38.829
In<00:32:36.210><c> his</c><00:32:36.470><c> way</c><00:32:36.730><c> of</c><00:32:36.990><c> life</c><00:32:37.309><c> up</c><00:32:37.609><c> to</c><00:32:37.769><c> this</c><00:32:38.009><c> point.</c>

00:32:38.910 --> 00:32:42.549
And<00:32:39.150><c> he</c><00:32:39.349><c> had</c><00:32:39.569><c> to</c><00:32:39.869><c> learn</c><00:32:40.029><c> to</c><00:32:40.289><c> become</c><00:32:40.690><c> a</c><00:32:41.470><c> humble</c><00:32:41.890><c> follower</c><00:32:42.269><c> of</c>

00:32:42.549 --> 00:32:44.190
the<00:32:42.650><c> Lord</c><00:32:42.809><c> Jesus</c><00:32:43.250><c> Christ.</c>

00:32:45.769 --> 00:32:48.049
Now<00:32:45.990><c> perhaps</c><00:32:46.289><c> I</c><00:32:46.529><c> put</c><00:32:46.670><c> that</c><00:32:46.970><c> very</c><00:32:47.250><c> very</c><00:32:47.529><c> inadequately.</c>

00:32:48.069 --> 00:32:49.170
I<00:32:48.369><c> feel</c><00:32:48.589><c> that</c><00:32:48.789><c> I</c><00:32:48.970><c> have.</c>

00:32:49.170 --> 00:32:52.109
But<00:32:50.069><c> let</c><00:32:50.309><c> me</c><00:32:50.470><c> just</c><00:32:50.690><c> say</c><00:32:50.890><c> this.</c>

00:32:52.190 --> 00:32:53.940
That<00:32:52.309><c> we</c><00:32:52.569><c> learn</c><00:32:52.869><c> of</c><00:32:53.150><c> Nicodemus.</c>

00:32:54.289 --> 00:32:56.170
Only<00:32:54.589><c> in</c><00:32:54.750><c> the</c><00:32:54.869><c> Gospel</c><00:32:55.150><c> of</c><00:32:55.329><c> John.</c>

00:32:57.150 --> 00:33:00.029
And<00:32:57.329><c> I</c><00:32:57.529><c> believe</c><00:32:57.789><c> that</c><00:32:57.970><c> the</c><00:32:58.170><c> reasons</c><00:32:58.490><c> that</c><00:32:58.690><c> I've</c><00:32:59.049><c> tried</c><00:32:59.269><c> to</c>

00:33:00.029 --> 00:33:01.670
draw<00:33:00.289><c> around</c><00:33:00.710><c> that</c><00:33:00.990><c> man's</c><00:33:01.450><c> life.</c>

00:33:01.710 --> 00:33:03.470
And<00:33:01.829><c> his</c><00:33:02.029><c> basic</c><00:33:02.430><c> character.</c>

00:33:03.650 --> 00:33:05.630
Have<00:33:03.829><c> got</c><00:33:04.069><c> something</c><00:33:04.509><c> very</c><00:33:05.029><c> special.</c>

00:33:06.029 --> 00:33:07.710
In<00:33:06.369><c> relation</c><00:33:06.789><c> to</c><00:33:06.990><c> John's</c><00:33:07.369><c> Gospel.</c>

00:33:07.970 --> 00:33:10.670
And<00:33:08.309><c> that</c><00:33:08.470><c> is</c><00:33:08.630><c> why</c><00:33:08.849><c> it</c><00:33:09.009><c> was</c><00:33:09.190><c> left</c><00:33:09.410><c> to</c><00:33:09.750><c> John.</c>

00:33:10.809 --> 00:33:11.930
To<00:33:11.109><c> tell</c><00:33:11.349><c> us.</c>

00:33:12.130 --> 00:33:13.430
What<00:33:12.289><c> we</c><00:33:12.589><c> know.</c>

00:33:13.670 --> 00:33:15.190
About<00:33:13.990><c> Nicodemus.</c>

00:33:16.869 --> 00:33:20.009
We<00:33:17.630><c> find</c><00:33:17.970><c> that</c><00:33:18.289><c> Nicodemus</c><00:33:18.809><c> is</c><00:33:19.049><c> mentioned.</c>

00:33:20.170 --> 00:33:21.509
On<00:33:20.349><c> only</c><00:33:20.630><c> three</c><00:33:20.930><c> occasions.</c>

00:33:21.910 --> 00:33:23.190
In<00:33:21.910><c> John's</c><00:33:22.329><c> Gospel.</c>

00:33:24.109 --> 00:33:25.630
And<00:33:24.250><c> in</c><00:33:24.390><c> those</c><00:33:24.569><c> three</c><00:33:24.869><c> occasions.</c>

00:33:26.029 --> 00:33:27.690
He<00:33:26.329><c> typifies</c><00:33:26.910><c> the</c><00:33:27.170><c> attitude.</c>

00:33:28.069 --> 00:33:32.150
Of<00:33:28.329><c> the</c><00:33:28.710><c> truly</c><00:33:29.130><c> thoughtful</c><00:33:29.890><c> and</c><00:33:30.589><c> penitent</c><00:33:31.130><c> person.</c>

00:33:32.509 --> 00:33:35.650
Who<00:33:32.710><c> will</c><00:33:32.890><c> eventually</c><00:33:33.349><c> gain</c><00:33:34.029><c> eternal</c><00:33:34.670><c> life.</c>

00:33:36.690 --> 00:33:38.410
Here<00:33:36.829><c> we've</c><00:33:36.990><c> got</c><00:33:37.109><c> the</c><00:33:37.269><c> first</c><00:33:37.490><c> occurrence.</c>

00:33:39.069 --> 00:33:42.490
On<00:33:39.329><c> the</c><00:33:39.690><c> first</c><00:33:39.990><c> occurrence</c><00:33:40.490><c> of</c><00:33:40.730><c> a</c><00:33:40.849><c> mention</c><00:33:41.210><c> of</c><00:33:41.490><c> Nicodemus.</c>

00:33:42.589 --> 00:33:44.289
He<00:33:43.029><c> came</c><00:33:43.470><c> to</c><00:33:43.730><c> Christ.</c>

00:33:44.289 --> 00:33:48.549
That<00:33:45.430><c> he</c><00:33:45.650><c> might</c><00:33:45.990><c> learn</c><00:33:46.589><c> and</c><00:33:47.349><c> believe.</c>

00:33:49.509 --> 00:33:51.849
On<00:33:50.150><c> the</c><00:33:50.430><c> second</c><00:33:50.690><c> occasion.</c>

00:33:52.349 --> 00:33:55.509
He<00:33:52.630><c> spoke</c><00:33:52.990><c> in</c><00:33:53.349><c> Christ's</c><00:33:54.069><c> defense.</c>

00:33:55.670 --> 00:33:59.450
Indicating<00:33:56.309><c> that</c><00:33:56.750><c> he</c><00:33:56.849><c> had</c><00:33:57.170><c> espoused</c><00:33:57.630><c> the</c><00:33:58.049><c> cause</c><00:33:58.250><c> of</c><00:33:58.529><c> Christ.</c>

00:34:00.609 --> 00:34:02.650
And<00:34:00.769><c> on</c><00:34:00.990><c> the</c><00:34:01.130><c> third</c><00:34:01.650><c> occasion.</c>

00:34:02.910 --> 00:34:04.650
He<00:34:03.250><c> honored</c><00:34:03.569><c> Christ.</c>

00:34:04.730 --> 00:34:07.650
By<00:34:04.869><c> being</c><00:34:05.210><c> associated</c><00:34:06.009><c> with</c><00:34:06.329><c> Joseph</c><00:34:06.730><c> of</c><00:34:07.069><c> Arimathea.</c>

00:34:07.950 --> 00:34:10.469
In<00:34:08.309><c> removing</c><00:34:08.730><c> the</c><00:34:08.989><c> body</c><00:34:09.210><c> of</c><00:34:09.369><c> the</c><00:34:09.530><c> Lord</c><00:34:09.730><c> from</c><00:34:09.949><c> the</c><00:34:10.250><c> stake.</c>

00:34:10.650 --> 00:34:12.030
And<00:34:11.030><c> placing</c><00:34:11.289><c> it</c><00:34:11.489><c> in</c><00:34:11.570><c> the</c><00:34:11.809><c> tomb.</c>

00:34:12.230 --> 00:34:13.789
So<00:34:12.510><c> what</c><00:34:12.730><c> did</c><00:34:12.869><c> he</c><00:34:12.989><c> do?</c>

00:34:14.289 --> 00:34:15.809
He<00:34:14.289><c> went</c><00:34:14.429><c> to</c><00:34:14.650><c> Christ.</c>

00:34:16.570 --> 00:34:18.750
He<00:34:16.889><c> learned</c><00:34:17.309><c> and</c><00:34:17.550><c> he</c><00:34:17.829><c> believed.</c>

00:34:18.989 --> 00:34:20.849
He<00:34:19.250><c> spoke</c><00:34:19.610><c> in</c><00:34:19.789><c> defense</c><00:34:20.210><c> of</c><00:34:20.349><c> his</c><00:34:20.550><c> Lord.</c>

00:34:21.090 --> 00:34:23.010
And<00:34:21.449><c> finally</c><00:34:21.789><c> he</c><00:34:22.250><c> honored</c><00:34:22.550><c> him.</c>

00:34:23.090 --> 00:34:26.650
In<00:34:23.349><c> the</c><00:34:23.570><c> most</c><00:34:23.889><c> intimate</c><00:34:24.269><c> way</c><00:34:24.769><c> that</c><00:34:25.030><c> he</c><00:34:25.309><c> possibly</c><00:34:25.710><c> could.</c>

00:34:26.730 --> 00:34:29.449
When<00:34:26.889><c> the</c><00:34:27.130><c> Lord's</c><00:34:27.590><c> life</c><00:34:27.929><c> had</c><00:34:28.409><c> expired.</c>

00:34:30.630 --> 00:34:32.690
There<00:34:30.789><c> are</c><00:34:30.929><c> the</c><00:34:31.110><c> qualities</c><00:34:31.389><c> of</c><00:34:31.730><c> character.</c>

00:34:32.849 --> 00:34:35.030
That<00:34:32.909><c> were</c><00:34:33.090><c> developed</c><00:34:33.429><c> in</c><00:34:33.590><c> Nicodemus.</c>

00:34:35.210 --> 00:34:38.650
Through<00:34:35.409><c> the</c><00:34:35.710><c> power</c><00:34:36.190><c> of</c><00:34:36.750><c> the</c><00:34:37.010><c> influence</c><00:34:37.329><c> of</c><00:34:37.550><c> God's</c><00:34:37.909><c> word.</c>

00:34:39.110 --> 00:34:41.789
We've<00:34:39.389><c> seen</c><00:34:39.630><c> how</c><00:34:39.849><c> it</c><00:34:40.070><c> operated</c><00:34:40.349><c> upon</c><00:34:40.750><c> the</c><00:34:41.150><c> Samaritans.</c>

00:34:41.789 --> 00:34:47.349
We<00:34:42.230><c> can</c><00:34:43.489><c> learn</c><00:34:43.730><c> how</c><00:34:43.909><c> it</c><00:34:44.030><c> operated</c><00:34:44.750><c> upon</c><00:34:45.929><c> this</c><00:34:46.429><c> man.</c>

00:34:47.409 --> 00:34:48.510
Nicodemus.

00:34:49.110 --> 00:34:51.389
It<00:34:49.210><c> is</c><00:34:49.530><c> very,</c><00:34:49.929><c> very</c><00:34:50.230><c> significant.</c>

00:34:51.449 --> 00:34:52.849
That<00:34:51.590><c> this</c><00:34:51.949><c> should</c><00:34:52.110><c> be</c><00:34:52.349><c> the</c><00:34:52.510><c> man.</c>

00:34:53.030 --> 00:34:56.369
With<00:34:53.309><c> whom</c><00:34:53.550><c> the</c><00:34:53.769><c> Lord</c><00:34:54.070><c> should</c><00:34:54.389><c> so</c><00:34:54.690><c> deeply</c><00:34:55.110><c> converse.</c>

00:34:56.409 --> 00:34:58.070
In<00:34:56.690><c> regard</c><00:34:57.090><c> to</c><00:34:57.250><c> the</c><00:34:57.469><c> true</c><00:34:57.630><c> meaning.</c>

00:34:58.329 --> 00:35:01.110
And<00:34:58.510><c> the</c><00:34:58.730><c> significance</c><00:34:59.190><c> of</c><00:35:00.170><c> baptism.</c>

00:35:02.369 --> 00:35:04.630
And<00:35:02.489><c> I</c><00:35:02.610><c> believe</c><00:35:02.889><c> that</c><00:35:03.250><c> underlining</c><00:35:03.670><c> all</c><00:35:03.929><c> these</c><00:35:04.150><c> words.</c>

00:35:04.889 --> 00:35:06.969
Which<00:35:05.070><c> the</c><00:35:05.289><c> Lord</c><00:35:05.489><c> spoke</c><00:35:05.809><c> to</c><00:35:06.030><c> Nicodemus.</c>

00:35:07.210 --> 00:35:08.789
Here<00:35:07.369><c> in</c><00:35:07.550><c> John</c><00:35:07.789><c> chapter</c><00:35:08.110><c> 3.</c>

00:35:09.010 --> 00:35:10.909
Was<00:35:09.230><c> a</c><00:35:09.449><c> most</c><00:35:09.690><c> profound</c><00:35:10.389><c> truth.</c>

00:35:10.909 --> 00:35:16.070
That<00:35:11.590><c> Nicodemus</c><00:35:12.389><c> was</c><00:35:13.010><c> not</c><00:35:13.429><c> yet</c><00:35:13.750><c> really</c><00:35:14.429><c> ready</c><00:35:14.690><c> to</c><00:35:15.050><c> grasp.</c>

00:35:16.130 --> 00:35:19.369
And<00:35:16.309><c> he</c><00:35:16.530><c> didn't</c><00:35:16.789><c> grasp</c><00:35:17.230><c> it</c><00:35:17.449><c> until</c><00:35:17.710><c> after</c><00:35:18.190><c> the</c><00:35:18.449><c> resurrection.</c>

00:35:19.650 --> 00:35:22.809
Because<00:35:20.010><c> the</c><00:35:20.329><c> Lord</c><00:35:20.550><c> here</c><00:35:20.869><c> taught</c><00:35:21.190><c> Nicodemus.</c>

00:35:22.829 --> 00:35:26.889
That<00:35:22.949><c> it</c><00:35:23.130><c> was</c><00:35:23.690><c> absolutely</c><00:35:24.469><c> impossible</c><00:35:25.309><c> to</c><00:35:25.550><c> worship</c><00:35:25.849><c> God.</c>

00:35:27.050 --> 00:35:31.289
Other<00:35:27.489><c> than</c><00:35:27.929><c> through</c><00:35:28.449><c> being</c><00:35:29.010><c> born</c><00:35:29.510><c> from</c><00:35:30.130><c> above.</c>

00:35:31.929 --> 00:35:33.789
Now<00:35:32.110><c> you</c><00:35:32.230><c> know</c><00:35:32.429><c> that</c><00:35:32.570><c> it</c><00:35:32.750><c> says</c><00:35:32.889><c> in</c><00:35:33.070><c> verse</c><00:35:33.269><c> 3.</c>

00:35:34.090 --> 00:35:36.269
Except<00:35:34.429><c> a</c><00:35:34.650><c> man</c><00:35:34.829><c> be</c><00:35:35.130><c> born</c><00:35:35.469><c> again.</c>

00:35:36.510 --> 00:35:38.949
He<00:35:36.869><c> cannot</c><00:35:37.269><c> see</c><00:35:37.869><c> the</c><00:35:38.170><c> kingdom</c><00:35:38.409><c> of</c><00:35:38.710><c> God.</c>

00:35:38.949 --> 00:35:41.550
But<00:35:39.570><c> you'll</c><00:35:39.909><c> notice</c><00:35:40.050><c> that</c><00:35:40.269><c> your</c><00:35:40.449><c> margin</c><00:35:40.789><c> renders</c><00:35:41.170><c> it.</c>

00:35:41.610 --> 00:35:44.550
Except<00:35:42.090><c> a</c><00:35:42.329><c> man</c><00:35:42.630><c> be</c><00:35:43.130><c> born</c><00:35:43.489><c> from</c><00:35:44.050><c> above.</c>

00:35:44.989 --> 00:35:47.510
And<00:35:45.210><c> that</c><00:35:45.329><c> is</c><00:35:45.530><c> the</c><00:35:45.809><c> correct</c><00:35:46.250><c> translation.</c>

00:35:48.130 --> 00:35:50.929
Except<00:35:48.449><c> a</c><00:35:48.710><c> man</c><00:35:48.929><c> be</c><00:35:49.269><c> born</c><00:35:49.570><c> from</c><00:35:49.869><c> above.</c>

00:35:51.050 --> 00:35:54.769
He<00:35:51.289><c> cannot</c><00:35:51.750><c> see</c><00:35:52.329><c> the</c><00:35:52.909><c> kingdom</c><00:35:53.309><c> of</c><00:35:53.789><c> God.</c>

00:35:56.269 --> 00:35:58.690
And<00:35:56.449><c> Nicodemus</c><00:35:57.010><c> didn't</c><00:35:57.289><c> yet</c><00:35:57.570><c> understand.</c>

00:35:59.150 --> 00:36:01.769
And<00:35:59.329><c> what</c><00:35:59.489><c> all</c><00:35:59.789><c> the</c><00:35:59.929><c> other</c><00:36:00.190><c> disciples</c><00:36:00.590><c> didn't</c><00:36:00.869><c> yet</c><00:36:01.150><c> understand.</c>

00:36:01.909 --> 00:36:06.309
Was<00:36:02.489><c> that</c><00:36:03.389><c> the</c><00:36:03.769><c> way</c><00:36:03.989><c> to</c><00:36:04.230><c> be</c><00:36:04.510><c> born</c><00:36:04.690><c> from</c><00:36:05.050><c> above.</c>

00:36:06.750 --> 00:36:10.230
Requires<00:36:07.349><c> first</c><00:36:07.949><c> that</c><00:36:08.449><c> we</c><00:36:08.909><c> die.</c>

00:36:11.349 --> 00:36:15.150
That<00:36:11.510><c> the</c><00:36:11.829><c> way</c><00:36:12.050><c> to</c><00:36:12.349><c> life</c><00:36:12.769><c> is</c><00:36:13.710><c> through</c><00:36:14.090><c> death.</c>

00:36:16.349 --> 00:36:18.670
And<00:36:16.510><c> remember</c><00:36:16.789><c> that</c><00:36:16.989><c> every</c><00:36:17.230><c> day</c><00:36:17.369><c> of</c><00:36:17.510><c> his</c><00:36:17.710><c> life.</c>

00:36:18.750 --> 00:36:22.489
The<00:36:18.869><c> Lord</c><00:36:19.130><c> Jesus</c><00:36:19.610><c> Christ</c><00:36:20.230><c> put</c><00:36:20.650><c> to</c><00:36:20.949><c> death</c><00:36:21.210><c> the</c><00:36:21.570><c> flesh.</c>

00:36:23.329 --> 00:36:26.730
When<00:36:23.550><c> we</c><00:36:23.849><c> think</c><00:36:24.090><c> in</c><00:36:24.389><c> terms</c><00:36:24.710><c> of</c><00:36:24.889><c> the</c><00:36:25.090><c> sacrifice</c><00:36:25.550><c> of</c><00:36:25.789><c> Christ.</c>

00:36:27.309 --> 00:36:29.190
Let<00:36:27.409><c> us</c><00:36:27.730><c> not</c><00:36:27.989><c> be</c><00:36:28.250><c> so</c><00:36:28.449><c> unwise.</c>

00:36:29.670 --> 00:36:33.050
As<00:36:29.909><c> to</c><00:36:30.170><c> limit</c><00:36:30.409><c> our</c><00:36:30.769><c> conception</c><00:36:31.369><c> of</c><00:36:31.650><c> the</c><00:36:31.889><c> sacrifice</c><00:36:32.409><c> of</c><00:36:32.650><c> Christ.</c>

00:36:33.050 --> 00:36:36.710
To<00:36:33.510><c> those</c><00:36:33.750><c> hours</c><00:36:34.090><c> that</c><00:36:34.250><c> he</c><00:36:34.489><c> spent</c><00:36:34.769><c> nailed</c><00:36:35.150><c> up</c><00:36:35.349><c> on</c><00:36:35.489><c> that</c><00:36:35.769><c> stake.</c>

00:36:37.349 --> 00:36:42.570
The<00:36:37.670><c> sacrifice</c><00:36:38.349><c> of</c><00:36:38.690><c> Christ</c><00:36:39.170><c> did</c><00:36:39.690><c> not</c><00:36:40.010><c> last</c><00:36:40.449><c> 3</c><00:36:40.969><c> hours</c><00:36:41.329><c> or</c><00:36:41.570><c> 4</c><00:36:41.989><c> hours</c><00:36:42.269><c> or</c>

00:36:42.570 --> 00:36:43.449
5<00:36:42.949><c> hours.</c>

00:36:43.690 --> 00:36:47.789
It<00:36:44.050><c> lasted</c><00:36:44.610><c> 33</c><00:36:45.610><c> and</c><00:36:45.769><c> a</c><00:36:46.050><c> half</c><00:36:46.409><c> years.</c>

00:36:50.409 --> 00:36:54.050
Because<00:36:51.090><c> constantly</c><00:36:51.769><c> he</c><00:36:52.210><c> was</c><00:36:52.469><c> at</c><00:36:52.730><c> war</c><00:36:52.909><c> with</c><00:36:53.210><c> sin.</c>

00:36:54.989 --> 00:36:59.489
Never<00:36:55.389><c> once</c><00:36:55.909><c> was</c><00:36:56.469><c> sin</c><00:36:56.789><c> allowed</c><00:36:57.250><c> to</c><00:36:58.010><c> gain</c><00:36:58.190><c> control</c><00:36:59.010><c> of</c><00:36:59.289><c> either</c>

00:36:59.489 --> 00:37:00.750
his<00:36:59.849><c> mind</c><00:37:00.090><c> or</c><00:37:00.250><c> his</c><00:37:00.489><c> body.</c>

00:37:00.750 --> 00:37:03.429
He<00:37:01.349><c> was</c><00:37:01.650><c> a</c><00:37:02.190><c> sinless</c><00:37:02.610><c> man.</c>

00:37:04.369 --> 00:37:09.170
He<00:37:04.570><c> therefore</c><00:37:05.030><c> had</c><00:37:05.329><c> a</c><00:37:05.690><c> lifetime</c><00:37:06.250><c> of</c><00:37:07.110><c> conflict</c><00:37:07.550><c> with</c><00:37:07.769><c> the</c><00:37:07.909><c> force</c><00:37:08.070><c> of</c><00:37:08.389><c> sin.</c>

00:37:09.349 --> 00:37:13.070
The<00:37:09.670><c> propensities</c><00:37:10.369><c> from</c><00:37:10.610><c> within</c><00:37:10.929><c> and</c><00:37:11.369><c> the</c><00:37:11.610><c> pressures</c><00:37:11.909><c> from</c><00:37:12.170><c> without.</c>

00:37:14.389 --> 00:37:18.170
The<00:37:14.730><c> way</c><00:37:15.050><c> to</c><00:37:15.389><c> life</c><00:37:15.849><c> is</c><00:37:16.909><c> through</c><00:37:17.210><c> death.</c>

00:37:18.530 --> 00:37:21.690
And<00:37:18.889><c> that's</c><00:37:19.110><c> what</c><00:37:19.269><c> the</c><00:37:19.510><c> Lord</c><00:37:20.050><c> taught</c><00:37:20.489><c> Nicodemus.</c>

00:37:22.889 --> 00:37:25.309
You'll<00:37:23.130><c> notice</c><00:37:23.269><c> in</c><00:37:23.429><c> verse</c><00:37:23.670><c> 9</c><00:37:24.070><c> of</c><00:37:24.230><c> John</c><00:37:24.469><c> chapter</c><00:37:24.769><c> 3.</c>

00:37:25.590 --> 00:37:27.710
That<00:37:25.710><c> Nicodemus</c><00:37:26.190><c> answered</c><00:37:26.630><c> and</c><00:37:26.849><c> said</c><00:37:26.949><c> unto</c><00:37:27.150><c> him.</c>

00:37:27.710 --> 00:37:30.449
How<00:37:28.230><c> can</c><00:37:28.769><c> these</c><00:37:29.110><c> things</c><00:37:29.489><c> be?</c>

00:37:30.730 --> 00:37:33.030
And<00:37:31.010><c> remember</c><00:37:31.309><c> that</c><00:37:31.449><c> he</c><00:37:31.570><c> has</c><00:37:31.710><c> listened</c><00:37:31.909><c> very</c><00:37:32.289><c> carefully</c><00:37:32.710><c> to</c>

00:37:33.030 --> 00:37:34.190
all<00:37:33.230><c> that</c><00:37:33.369><c> the</c><00:37:33.530><c> Lord</c><00:37:33.670><c> has</c><00:37:33.969><c> said.</c>

00:37:34.369 --> 00:37:37.349
Has<00:37:34.630><c> recorded</c><00:37:35.070><c> particularly</c><00:37:35.789><c> in</c><00:37:36.250><c> verses</c><00:37:36.570><c> 3</c><00:37:36.969><c> to</c><00:37:37.110><c> 8.</c>

00:37:37.489 --> 00:37:39.869
How<00:37:37.829><c> can</c><00:37:38.150><c> these</c><00:37:38.489><c> things</c><00:37:38.849><c> be?</c>

00:37:39.909 --> 00:37:41.409
Or<00:37:40.010><c> as</c><00:37:40.210><c> Weymouth</c><00:37:40.570><c> translates</c><00:37:41.170><c> it.</c>

00:37:41.670 --> 00:37:44.110
How<00:37:41.989><c> is</c><00:37:42.389><c> all</c><00:37:42.670><c> this</c><00:37:42.929><c> possible?</c>

00:37:44.449 --> 00:37:47.190
So<00:37:44.650><c> he's</c><00:37:44.789><c> saying</c><00:37:45.130><c> I</c><00:37:45.429><c> don't</c><00:37:45.690><c> really</c><00:37:45.929><c> understand</c><00:37:46.349><c> what</c><00:37:46.530><c> you're</c><00:37:46.829><c> saying.</c>

00:37:47.389 --> 00:37:49.329
How<00:37:47.670><c> can</c><00:37:47.889><c> all</c><00:37:48.070><c> this</c><00:37:48.230><c> be</c><00:37:48.530><c> accomplished?</c>

00:37:50.710 --> 00:37:53.550
The<00:37:51.030><c> answer</c><00:37:51.329><c> really</c><00:37:51.650><c> comes</c><00:37:51.949><c> in</c><00:37:52.170><c> verse</c><00:37:52.349><c> 14.</c>

00:37:53.690 --> 00:37:58.130
And<00:37:54.250><c> as</c><00:37:54.530><c> Moses</c><00:37:55.250><c> lifted</c><00:37:55.809><c> up</c><00:37:56.050><c> the</c><00:37:56.369><c> serpent</c><00:37:56.690><c> in</c><00:37:56.929><c> the</c><00:37:57.070><c> wilderness.</c>

00:37:58.230 --> 00:38:02.949
Even<00:37:58.789><c> so</c><00:37:59.309><c> must</c><00:37:59.590><c> the</c><00:37:59.889><c> son</c><00:38:00.010><c> of</c><00:38:00.250><c> man</c><00:38:00.949><c> be</c><00:38:01.750><c> lifted</c><00:38:02.090><c> up.</c>

00:38:04.030 --> 00:38:06.010
We<00:38:04.070><c> might</c><00:38:04.230><c> have</c><00:38:04.389><c> a</c><00:38:04.449><c> look</c><00:38:04.550><c> at</c><00:38:04.710><c> that</c><00:38:04.909><c> a</c><00:38:05.030><c> little</c><00:38:05.170><c> later.</c>

00:38:06.250 --> 00:38:08.510
But<00:38:06.469><c> nevertheless</c><00:38:06.849><c> that</c><00:38:07.230><c> was</c><00:38:07.409><c> the</c><00:38:07.550><c> answer.</c>

00:38:09.170 --> 00:38:11.489
The<00:38:09.409><c> way</c><00:38:09.550><c> to</c><00:38:09.829><c> life</c><00:38:10.110><c> is</c><00:38:10.429><c> through</c><00:38:10.690><c> death.</c>

00:38:12.030 --> 00:38:14.030
The<00:38:12.250><c> son</c><00:38:12.449><c> of</c><00:38:12.630><c> man</c><00:38:12.769><c> had</c><00:38:12.909><c> to</c><00:38:13.070><c> be</c><00:38:13.250><c> lifted</c><00:38:13.489><c> up.</c>

00:38:14.329 --> 00:38:17.510
He<00:38:14.610><c> had</c><00:38:14.809><c> to</c><00:38:15.190><c> crucify</c><00:38:16.050><c> the</c><00:38:16.530><c> flesh.</c>

00:38:17.730 --> 00:38:20.469
As<00:38:18.030><c> he</c><00:38:18.190><c> had</c><00:38:18.349><c> done</c><00:38:18.489><c> it</c><00:38:18.710><c> day</c><00:38:18.969><c> by</c><00:38:19.289><c> day</c><00:38:19.530><c> throughout</c><00:38:19.849><c> his</c><00:38:20.150><c> life.</c>

00:38:20.469 --> 00:38:23.909
Now<00:38:20.989><c> he</c><00:38:21.150><c> was</c><00:38:21.409><c> to</c><00:38:21.550><c> do</c><00:38:21.630><c> it</c><00:38:21.909><c> finally</c><00:38:22.389><c> and</c><00:38:22.769><c> completely.</c>

00:38:24.010 --> 00:38:26.369
By<00:38:24.269><c> allowing</c><00:38:24.730><c> the</c><00:38:25.090><c> flesh</c><00:38:25.289><c> to</c><00:38:25.489><c> be</c><00:38:25.730><c> put</c><00:38:25.889><c> to</c><00:38:26.110><c> death.</c>

00:38:26.570 --> 00:38:29.710
To<00:38:26.909><c> show</c><00:38:27.329><c> that</c><00:38:27.690><c> only</c><00:38:28.170><c> God</c><00:38:28.409><c> is</c><00:38:28.610><c> righteous.</c>

00:38:29.929 --> 00:38:34.030
And<00:38:30.289><c> that</c><00:38:30.469><c> the</c><00:38:30.829><c> flesh</c><00:38:31.150><c> is</c><00:38:31.710><c> rightly</c><00:38:32.150><c> related</c><00:38:32.829><c> to</c><00:38:33.230><c> death.</c>

00:38:35.449 --> 00:38:38.849
Now<00:38:35.690><c> here</c><00:38:36.170><c> we</c><00:38:36.769><c> have</c><00:38:36.949><c> a</c><00:38:37.070><c> very</c><00:38:37.289><c> interesting</c><00:38:37.730><c> proposition.</c>

00:38:39.889 --> 00:38:41.409
In<00:38:40.150><c> verse</c><00:38:40.429><c> 11.</c>

00:38:41.510 --> 00:38:43.329
Verily,<00:38:42.010><c> verily,</c><00:38:42.289><c> I</c><00:38:42.550><c> say</c><00:38:42.710><c> unto</c><00:38:42.869><c> thee.</c>

00:38:43.590 --> 00:38:45.369
We<00:38:43.849><c> speak</c><00:38:44.150><c> that</c><00:38:44.449><c> we</c><00:38:44.789><c> do</c><00:38:45.050><c> know.</c>

00:38:45.530 --> 00:38:47.110
And<00:38:45.809><c> testify</c><00:38:46.289><c> that</c><00:38:46.449><c> we</c><00:38:46.570><c> have</c><00:38:46.809><c> seen.</c>

00:38:47.369 --> 00:38:48.789
And<00:38:47.550><c> ye</c><00:38:47.710><c> receive</c><00:38:48.050><c> not</c><00:38:48.230><c> our</c><00:38:48.409><c> witness.</c>

00:38:48.789 --> 00:38:50.909
There's<00:38:49.730><c> a</c><00:38:49.789><c> gentle</c><00:38:50.070><c> rebuke</c><00:38:50.550><c> there.</c>

00:38:51.269 --> 00:38:53.730
But<00:38:51.530><c> also</c><00:38:52.150><c> a</c><00:38:52.469><c> very</c><00:38:52.809><c> awesome</c><00:38:53.210><c> statement.</c>

00:38:54.150 --> 00:38:57.010
A<00:38:54.389><c> reminder</c><00:38:54.789><c> of</c><00:38:55.090><c> the</c><00:38:55.289><c> Lord's</c><00:38:55.710><c> own</c><00:38:55.969><c> intimate</c><00:38:56.369><c> understanding</c>

00:38:57.010 --> 00:38:58.650
of<00:38:57.250><c> divine</c><00:38:57.570><c> things.</c>

00:38:59.230 --> 00:39:01.650
He<00:38:59.409><c> knew</c><00:38:59.630><c> exactly</c><00:39:00.269><c> what</c><00:39:00.469><c> he</c><00:39:00.570><c> was</c><00:39:00.769><c> about.</c>

00:39:02.369 --> 00:39:04.550
He<00:39:02.570><c> knew</c><00:39:02.750><c> the</c><00:39:02.949><c> purpose</c><00:39:03.289><c> of</c><00:39:03.469><c> his</c><00:39:03.650><c> life.</c>

00:39:05.110 --> 00:39:06.570
He<00:39:05.349><c> knew</c><00:39:05.489><c> what</c><00:39:05.650><c> his</c><00:39:05.869><c> mission</c><00:39:06.150><c> was.</c>

00:39:06.849 --> 00:39:08.130
He<00:39:07.050><c> knew</c><00:39:07.210><c> what</c><00:39:07.369><c> he</c><00:39:07.530><c> had</c><00:39:07.670><c> to</c><00:39:07.869><c> do.</c>

00:39:08.309 --> 00:39:10.570
He<00:39:08.489><c> knew</c><00:39:08.590><c> what</c><00:39:08.889><c> had</c><00:39:09.070><c> to</c><00:39:09.210><c> be</c><00:39:09.429><c> accomplished.</c>

00:39:12.510 --> 00:39:14.690
Look<00:39:12.730><c> at</c><00:39:12.849><c> the</c><00:39:12.989><c> words</c><00:39:13.170><c> of</c><00:39:13.349><c> verse</c><00:39:13.550><c> 12.</c>

00:39:15.309 --> 00:39:17.130
If<00:39:15.429><c> I</c><00:39:15.610><c> have</c><00:39:15.809><c> told</c><00:39:16.050><c> you</c><00:39:16.250><c> earthly</c><00:39:16.510><c> things.</c>

00:39:17.130 --> 00:39:18.889
And<00:39:17.369><c> ye</c><00:39:17.550><c> believe</c><00:39:17.929><c> not.</c>

00:39:18.989 --> 00:39:23.489
How<00:39:19.269><c> shall</c><00:39:19.550><c> ye</c><00:39:19.730><c> believe</c><00:39:20.110><c> if</c><00:39:20.309><c> I</c><00:39:20.550><c> tell</c><00:39:20.769><c> you</c><00:39:21.130><c> of</c><00:39:21.829><c> heavenly</c><00:39:22.369><c> things?</c>

00:39:24.090 --> 00:39:26.949
You<00:39:24.230><c> notice</c><00:39:24.469><c> the</c><00:39:24.690><c> reference</c><00:39:24.969><c> back</c><00:39:25.489><c> to</c><00:39:25.809><c> the</c><00:39:25.989><c> basic</c><00:39:26.309><c> proposition.</c>

00:39:27.230 --> 00:39:29.630
Upon<00:39:27.550><c> which</c><00:39:27.789><c> the</c><00:39:28.050><c> entire</c><00:39:28.389><c> discourse</c><00:39:28.829><c> has</c><00:39:29.010><c> been</c><00:39:29.309><c> founded.</c>

00:39:29.949 --> 00:39:31.289
In<00:39:30.070><c> verse</c><00:39:30.309><c> 3.</c>

00:39:31.750 --> 00:39:36.070
Except<00:39:32.130><c> or</c><00:39:32.630><c> unless</c><00:39:33.230><c> a</c><00:39:34.130><c> man</c><00:39:34.329><c> be</c><00:39:34.610><c> born</c><00:39:34.849><c> from</c><00:39:35.110><c> above.</c>

00:39:36.969 --> 00:39:39.010
To<00:39:37.250><c> be</c><00:39:37.469><c> born</c><00:39:37.690><c> from</c><00:39:37.949><c> above.</c>

00:39:39.630 --> 00:39:41.690
To<00:39:39.829><c> be</c><00:39:40.090><c> born</c><00:39:40.289><c> in</c><00:39:40.570><c> a</c><00:39:40.690><c> way.</c>

00:39:41.849 --> 00:39:45.309
That<00:39:41.989><c> had</c><00:39:42.369><c> absolutely</c><00:39:43.309><c> no</c><00:39:44.309><c> connection</c><00:39:44.989><c> whatever.</c>

00:39:45.309 --> 00:39:47.969
Whatever<00:39:46.170><c> with</c><00:39:46.650><c> the</c><00:39:47.050><c> flesh.</c>

00:39:48.889 --> 00:39:51.389
To<00:39:48.929><c> be</c><00:39:49.329><c> born</c><00:39:49.750><c> from</c><00:39:50.369><c> above.</c>

00:39:52.369 --> 00:39:56.230
In<00:39:52.449><c> the</c><00:39:52.690><c> natural</c><00:39:53.070><c> sense</c><00:39:53.449><c> we</c><00:39:53.650><c> are</c><00:39:53.969><c> born</c><00:39:54.309><c> upon</c><00:39:54.889><c> the</c><00:39:55.130><c> earth.</c>

00:39:56.849 --> 00:39:58.550
Through<00:39:57.090><c> creatures</c><00:39:57.650><c> of</c><00:39:58.150><c> the</c><00:39:58.329><c> earth.</c>

00:39:58.630 --> 00:40:00.389
Which<00:39:58.829><c> we</c><00:39:59.070><c> are</c><00:39:59.210><c> ourselves.</c>

00:40:00.969 --> 00:40:02.710
But<00:40:01.150><c> to</c><00:40:01.369><c> be</c><00:40:01.670><c> born</c><00:40:01.909><c> from</c><00:40:02.210><c> above.</c>

00:40:02.849 --> 00:40:04.710
Means<00:40:03.170><c> to</c><00:40:03.449><c> be</c><00:40:03.670><c> born</c><00:40:03.969><c> in</c><00:40:04.250><c> a</c><00:40:04.409><c> way.</c>

00:40:04.869 --> 00:40:09.409
That<00:40:05.050><c> has</c><00:40:05.530><c> absolutely</c><00:40:06.250><c> no</c><00:40:06.889><c> connection</c><00:40:07.469><c> whatever</c><00:40:08.130><c> with</c><00:40:08.329><c> the</c><00:40:08.550><c> flesh.</c>

00:40:10.829 --> 00:40:11.750
On<00:40:11.070><c> the</c><00:40:11.289><c> contrary.</c>

00:40:12.230 --> 00:40:13.949
To<00:40:12.369><c> be</c><00:40:12.630><c> born</c><00:40:13.010><c> from</c><00:40:13.469><c> above.</c>

00:40:13.949 --> 00:40:15.969
Is<00:40:14.630><c> to</c><00:40:14.789><c> be</c><00:40:15.090><c> born</c><00:40:15.250><c> in</c><00:40:15.449><c> a</c><00:40:15.610><c> way.</c>

00:40:16.349 --> 00:40:20.289
Which<00:40:16.369><c> represents</c><00:40:17.110><c> a</c><00:40:17.849><c> repudiation</c><00:40:18.590><c> of</c><00:40:18.989><c> the</c><00:40:19.210><c> flesh.</c>

00:40:21.170 --> 00:40:24.010
And<00:40:21.309><c> until</c><00:40:21.550><c> a</c><00:40:21.750><c> man</c><00:40:21.909><c> or</c><00:40:22.090><c> a</c><00:40:22.230><c> woman</c><00:40:22.429><c> comes</c><00:40:22.730><c> to</c><00:40:22.969><c> see</c><00:40:23.170><c> that.</c>

00:40:24.050 --> 00:40:27.289
They<00:40:24.309><c> cannot</c><00:40:24.630><c> see</c><00:40:25.369><c> the</c><00:40:25.869><c> kingdom</c><00:40:26.130><c> of</c><00:40:26.349><c> God.</c>

00:40:27.650 --> 00:40:30.349
And<00:40:27.809><c> yet</c><00:40:28.030><c> is</c><00:40:28.230><c> it</c><00:40:28.789><c> not</c><00:40:28.949><c> an</c><00:40:29.289><c> incredible</c><00:40:29.869><c> thing.</c>

00:40:30.829 --> 00:40:33.969
That<00:40:31.010><c> in</c><00:40:31.230><c> verse</c><00:40:31.550><c> 1</c><00:40:31.889><c> and</c><00:40:32.150><c> verse</c><00:40:32.550><c> 2</c><00:40:33.070><c> of</c><00:40:33.289><c> this</c><00:40:33.530><c> chapter.</c>

00:40:34.050 --> 00:40:35.309
John<00:40:34.429><c> chapter</c><00:40:34.750><c> 3.</c>

00:40:35.389 --> 00:40:37.869
We<00:40:35.809><c> find</c><00:40:36.150><c> Nicodemus</c><00:40:36.750><c> making</c><00:40:37.110><c> a</c><00:40:37.409><c> confession.</c>

00:40:38.289 --> 00:40:41.949
That<00:40:38.409><c> at</c><00:40:38.650><c> that</c><00:40:38.929><c> point</c><00:40:39.150><c> he</c><00:40:39.409><c> didn't</c><00:40:39.630><c> even</c><00:40:39.989><c> really</c><00:40:40.329><c> understand</c><00:40:40.809><c> himself.</c>

00:40:42.369 --> 00:40:43.570
In<00:40:42.670><c> verse</c><00:40:43.010><c> 2.</c>

00:40:43.949 --> 00:40:45.750
He<00:40:44.150><c> came</c><00:40:44.469><c> to</c><00:40:44.650><c> Jesus</c><00:40:45.050><c> by</c><00:40:45.429><c> night.</c>

00:40:45.909 --> 00:40:46.869
Because<00:40:46.150><c> he</c><00:40:46.289><c> was</c><00:40:46.510><c> frightened.</c>

00:40:47.210 --> 00:40:48.909
And<00:40:47.329><c> said</c><00:40:47.489><c> unto</c><00:40:47.670><c> him,</c><00:40:47.929><c> Rabbi.</c>

00:40:49.050 --> 00:40:52.969
We<00:40:49.489><c> know</c><00:40:50.170><c> that</c><00:40:51.349><c> thou</c><00:40:51.570><c> art</c><00:40:51.849><c> a</c><00:40:52.010><c> teacher.</c>

00:40:53.909 --> 00:40:55.730
Come<00:40:54.250><c> from</c><00:40:54.909><c> God.</c>

00:40:57.670 --> 00:40:59.610
And<00:40:58.309><c> where</c><00:40:58.510><c> was</c><00:40:58.769><c> God?</c>

00:41:00.769 --> 00:41:02.349
God<00:41:01.070><c> was</c><00:41:01.349><c> above.</c>

00:41:03.929 --> 00:41:06.849
And<00:41:04.170><c> again</c><00:41:04.510><c> you</c><00:41:04.670><c> find</c><00:41:04.949><c> the</c><00:41:05.170><c> Lord</c><00:41:05.409><c> seizing</c><00:41:05.869><c> upon</c><00:41:06.190><c> a</c><00:41:06.369><c> metaphor.</c>

00:41:07.230 --> 00:41:09.130
Seizing<00:41:07.570><c> upon</c><00:41:07.849><c> a</c><00:41:07.989><c> situation.</c>

00:41:10.329 --> 00:41:13.489
And<00:41:10.550><c> so</c><00:41:10.989><c> Nicodemus</c><00:41:11.570><c> says</c><00:41:11.849><c> we</c><00:41:12.190><c> know</c><00:41:12.469><c> that</c><00:41:12.690><c> thou</c><00:41:12.789><c> art</c><00:41:12.989><c> a</c><00:41:13.150><c> teacher.</c>

00:41:13.949 --> 00:41:16.130
Come<00:41:14.349><c> from</c><00:41:14.869><c> God.</c>

00:41:17.110 --> 00:41:18.389
And<00:41:17.269><c> therefore</c><00:41:17.650><c> the</c><00:41:17.809><c> Lord</c><00:41:18.070><c> says.</c>

00:41:18.409 --> 00:41:20.929
Except<00:41:18.929><c> a</c><00:41:19.170><c> man</c><00:41:19.349><c> be</c><00:41:19.750><c> born</c><00:41:20.030><c> from</c><00:41:20.469><c> above.</c>

00:41:20.989 --> 00:41:21.969
Like<00:41:21.449><c> me.</c>

00:41:22.409 --> 00:41:24.349
He<00:41:22.750><c> cannot</c><00:41:23.150><c> see</c><00:41:23.510><c> the</c><00:41:23.690><c> kingdom</c><00:41:23.889><c> of</c><00:41:24.150><c> God.</c>

00:41:24.650 --> 00:41:27.809
What<00:41:24.829><c> an</c><00:41:25.269><c> incredibly</c><00:41:25.849><c> awesome</c><00:41:26.570><c> conversation.</c>

00:41:29.070 --> 00:41:31.449
And<00:41:29.369><c> how</c><00:41:29.949><c> later</c><00:41:30.329><c> in</c><00:41:30.650><c> life.</c>

00:41:32.510 --> 00:41:33.949
Maturer<00:41:33.110><c> in</c><00:41:33.389><c> the</c><00:41:33.690><c> truth.</c>

00:41:34.309 --> 00:41:35.510
A<00:41:34.469><c> deeper</c><00:41:34.829><c> understanding.</c>

00:41:35.809 --> 00:41:37.510
A<00:41:35.889><c> more</c><00:41:36.050><c> profound</c><00:41:36.710><c> view</c><00:41:36.989><c> of</c><00:41:37.250><c> faith.</c>

00:41:37.769 --> 00:41:40.090
How<00:41:38.010><c> Nicodemus</c><00:41:38.469><c> would</c><00:41:38.650><c> have</c><00:41:38.909><c> lived</c><00:41:39.150><c> with</c><00:41:39.329><c> this</c><00:41:39.489><c> conversation.</c>

00:41:40.349 --> 00:41:41.349
All<00:41:40.610><c> the</c><00:41:40.690><c> rest</c><00:41:40.849><c> of</c><00:41:40.989><c> his</c><00:41:41.150><c> life.</c>

00:41:41.349 --> 00:41:44.170
He<00:41:41.690><c> never</c><00:41:42.110><c> would</c><00:41:42.250><c> have</c><00:41:42.369><c> forgotten</c><00:41:42.690><c> this.</c>

00:41:46.130 --> 00:41:47.250
When<00:41:46.309><c> Nicodemus</c><00:41:46.809><c> said.</c>

00:41:47.630 --> 00:41:49.030
We<00:41:47.630><c> know</c><00:41:47.909><c> that</c><00:41:48.130><c> thou</c><00:41:48.289><c> art</c><00:41:48.389><c> a</c><00:41:48.550><c> man.</c>

00:41:49.329 --> 00:41:51.329
Come<00:41:49.610><c> from</c><00:41:50.230><c> God.</c>

00:41:52.289 --> 00:41:54.829
He<00:41:52.409><c> didn't</c><00:41:52.750><c> mean</c><00:41:52.969><c> that</c><00:41:53.170><c> the</c><00:41:53.309><c> Lord</c><00:41:53.449><c> had</c><00:41:53.650><c> come</c><00:41:53.769><c> from</c><00:41:53.989><c> heaven.</c>

00:41:56.309 --> 00:41:57.369
And<00:41:56.409><c> when</c><00:41:56.630><c> the</c><00:41:56.769><c> Lord</c><00:41:56.949><c> said.</c>

00:41:57.570 --> 00:41:59.929
Except<00:41:57.889><c> a</c><00:41:58.090><c> man</c><00:41:58.210><c> be</c><00:41:58.429><c> born</c><00:41:58.650><c> from</c><00:41:58.989><c> above.</c>

00:42:00.269 --> 00:42:01.050
He<00:42:00.469><c> didn't</c><00:42:00.769><c> mean.</c>

00:42:01.269 --> 00:42:02.329
That<00:42:01.389><c> we've</c><00:42:01.610><c> got</c><00:42:01.650><c> to</c><00:42:01.809><c> go</c><00:42:01.909><c> into</c><00:42:02.110><c> heaven.</c>

00:42:02.409 --> 00:42:03.010
Be<00:42:02.610><c> reborn.</c>

00:42:03.150 --> 00:42:04.510
And<00:42:03.250><c> then</c><00:42:03.409><c> come</c><00:42:03.530><c> back</c><00:42:03.730><c> down</c><00:42:03.909><c> to</c><00:42:04.030><c> earth</c><00:42:04.170><c> again.</c>

00:42:04.929 --> 00:42:05.829
We<00:42:05.150><c> know</c><00:42:05.269><c> what</c><00:42:05.429><c> he</c><00:42:05.610><c> meant.</c>

00:42:06.010 --> 00:42:07.829
We<00:42:06.150><c> know</c><00:42:06.309><c> what</c><00:42:06.510><c> Nicodemus</c><00:42:07.090><c> meant.</c>

00:42:11.349 --> 00:42:13.090
And<00:42:11.349><c> therefore</c><00:42:11.510><c> illustrates</c><00:42:12.230><c> the</c><00:42:12.670><c> truth.</c>

00:42:13.469 --> 00:42:15.849
And<00:42:13.630><c> it's</c><00:42:14.010><c> absolutely</c><00:42:14.590><c> magnificent.</c>

00:42:16.769 --> 00:42:19.010
Now<00:42:16.889><c> let's</c><00:42:17.110><c> look</c><00:42:17.309><c> at</c><00:42:17.469><c> verse</c><00:42:17.690><c> 13</c><00:42:18.050><c> again.</c>

00:42:19.389 --> 00:42:21.190
No<00:42:19.590><c> man</c><00:42:19.929><c> hath</c><00:42:20.150><c> ascended</c><00:42:20.449><c> up</c><00:42:20.670><c> to</c><00:42:20.809><c> heaven.</c>

00:42:21.610 --> 00:42:23.630
But<00:42:21.710><c> he</c><00:42:21.969><c> that</c><00:42:22.150><c> came</c><00:42:22.550><c> down</c><00:42:23.030><c> from</c><00:42:23.250><c> heaven.</c>

00:42:24.010 --> 00:42:26.929
Even<00:42:24.269><c> the</c><00:42:24.510><c> son</c><00:42:24.710><c> of</c><00:42:24.929><c> man</c><00:42:25.269><c> which</c><00:42:25.550><c> is</c><00:42:25.909><c> in</c><00:42:26.170><c> heaven.</c>

00:42:27.889 --> 00:42:30.190
It's<00:42:28.190><c> a</c><00:42:28.329><c> term</c><00:42:28.530><c> beloved</c><00:42:28.969><c> of</c><00:42:29.449><c> Trinitarians.</c>

00:42:30.349 --> 00:42:33.929
And<00:42:30.730><c> other</c><00:42:31.010><c> people</c><00:42:31.269><c> who</c><00:42:31.449><c> are</c><00:42:31.730><c> astray</c><00:42:32.050><c> from</c><00:42:32.210><c> a</c><00:42:32.650><c> beautiful</c><00:42:33.050><c> understanding</c><00:42:33.670><c> of</c>

00:42:33.929 --> 00:42:34.630
the<00:42:34.429><c> truth.</c>

00:42:34.710 --> 00:42:37.389
As<00:42:34.809><c> it</c><00:42:35.010><c> really</c><00:42:35.170><c> is</c><00:42:35.389><c> revealed</c><00:42:35.670><c> in</c><00:42:35.809><c> the</c><00:42:35.909><c> Lord</c><00:42:36.070><c> Jesus</c><00:42:36.429><c> Christ.</c>

00:42:37.690 --> 00:42:38.869
Take<00:42:37.889><c> those</c><00:42:38.150><c> words</c><00:42:38.409><c> literally.</c>

00:42:39.110 --> 00:42:41.250
And<00:42:39.230><c> they</c><00:42:39.409><c> become</c><00:42:39.670><c> absolutely</c><00:42:40.250><c> impossible.</c>

00:42:41.349 --> 00:42:43.130
And<00:42:41.349><c> then</c><00:42:41.510><c> the</c><00:42:41.710><c> people</c><00:42:41.909><c> try</c><00:42:42.230><c> to</c><00:42:42.369><c> take</c><00:42:42.550><c> them</c><00:42:42.730><c> literally.</c>

00:42:43.590 --> 00:42:46.150
The<00:42:43.610><c> answer</c><00:42:43.969><c> is</c><00:42:44.289><c> to</c><00:42:44.550><c> try</c><00:42:44.789><c> and</c><00:42:44.989><c> bolster</c><00:42:45.309><c> up</c><00:42:45.510><c> a</c><00:42:45.730><c> doctrine</c><00:42:45.969><c> that</c>

00:42:46.150 --> 00:42:47.250
is<00:42:46.349><c> false.</c>

00:42:47.690 --> 00:42:48.369
But<00:42:47.889><c> nevertheless.</c>

00:42:48.750 --> 00:42:50.309
Look<00:42:48.929><c> at</c><00:42:49.090><c> those</c><00:42:49.369><c> words.</c>

00:42:50.429 --> 00:42:53.210
Because<00:42:50.750><c> they</c><00:42:51.010><c> are</c><00:42:51.369><c> incredibly</c><00:42:51.929><c> profound.</c>

00:42:53.630 --> 00:42:56.550
Again<00:42:54.090><c> they</c><00:42:54.309><c> are</c><00:42:54.369><c> going</c><00:42:54.610><c> back</c><00:42:54.869><c> to</c><00:42:54.989><c> the</c><00:42:55.150><c> key</c><00:42:55.449><c> words.</c>

00:42:56.750 --> 00:42:59.590
We<00:42:56.889><c> know</c><00:42:57.329><c> that</c><00:42:57.809><c> thou</c><00:42:58.050><c> art</c><00:42:58.329><c> a</c><00:42:58.610><c> teacher.</c>

00:42:59.829 --> 00:43:01.929
Come<00:43:00.170><c> from</c><00:43:00.730><c> God.</c>

00:43:04.349 --> 00:43:05.650
Come<00:43:04.809><c> from.</c>

00:43:06.349 --> 00:43:09.590
It's<00:43:06.889><c> a</c><00:43:06.989><c> very</c><00:43:07.309><c> definite</c><00:43:07.630><c> statement</c><00:43:08.090><c> that</c><00:43:08.349><c> brethren</c><00:43:08.610><c> and</c><00:43:08.869><c> sisters.</c>

00:43:09.710 --> 00:43:12.429
You<00:43:10.269><c> know</c><00:43:10.469><c> very</c><00:43:10.730><c> often</c><00:43:11.050><c> little</c><00:43:11.349><c> words.</c>

00:43:12.530 --> 00:43:14.989
In<00:43:12.530><c> the</c><00:43:12.730><c> Greek</c><00:43:12.949><c> text</c><00:43:13.309><c> or</c><00:43:13.530><c> the</c><00:43:13.630><c> Hebrew</c><00:43:13.889><c> text</c><00:43:14.150><c> of</c><00:43:14.289><c> the</c><00:43:14.389><c> Old</c><00:43:14.590><c> Testament.</c>

00:43:15.269 --> 00:43:17.530
Are<00:43:15.469><c> very</c><00:43:15.750><c> very</c><00:43:16.090><c> powerful</c><00:43:16.369><c> in</c><00:43:16.550><c> their</c><00:43:16.690><c> meaning.</c>

00:43:17.710 --> 00:43:18.989
You<00:43:17.789><c> know</c><00:43:17.909><c> that</c><00:43:18.110><c> word</c><00:43:18.469><c> from.</c>

00:43:19.269 --> 00:43:21.690
Is<00:43:19.449><c> the</c><00:43:19.570><c> little</c><00:43:19.829><c> Greek</c><00:43:20.110><c> word</c><00:43:20.610><c> apo.</c>

00:43:21.710 --> 00:43:22.469
A<00:43:21.969><c> P</c><00:43:22.210><c> O.</c>

00:43:22.710 --> 00:43:24.489
And<00:43:22.869><c> it</c><00:43:23.010><c> does</c><00:43:23.269><c> mean</c><00:43:23.570><c> from.</c>

00:43:24.530 --> 00:43:25.989
But<00:43:24.730><c> it</c><00:43:24.989><c> means</c><00:43:25.349><c> from.</c>

00:43:26.369 --> 00:43:31.230
In<00:43:26.610><c> the</c><00:43:26.889><c> sense</c><00:43:27.190><c> of</c><00:43:27.889><c> coming</c><00:43:28.269><c> away</c><00:43:29.150><c> from</c><00:43:29.829><c> something</c><00:43:30.269><c> else.</c>

00:43:31.610 --> 00:43:35.369
It<00:43:31.869><c> means</c><00:43:32.429><c> motion</c><00:43:33.309><c> from</c><00:43:34.150><c> the</c><00:43:34.389><c> exterior.</c>

00:43:35.650 --> 00:43:37.010
As<00:43:35.869><c> Bullinger</c><00:43:36.210><c> puts</c><00:43:36.489><c> it.</c>

00:43:37.010 --> 00:43:40.210
And<00:43:37.389><c> so</c><00:43:37.570><c> therefore</c><00:43:37.909><c> it</c><00:43:38.110><c> is</c><00:43:38.309><c> quite</c><00:43:38.550><c> an</c><00:43:38.889><c> imperative</c><00:43:39.250><c> word.</c>

00:43:40.309 --> 00:43:43.489
You<00:43:40.409><c> have</c><00:43:40.809><c> come</c><00:43:41.429><c> from</c><00:43:42.150><c> God.</c>

00:43:44.170 --> 00:43:45.070
Wherever<00:43:44.469><c> God</c><00:43:44.750><c> is.</c>

00:43:45.190 --> 00:43:47.130
You<00:43:45.289><c> have</c><00:43:45.650><c> come</c><00:43:46.010><c> from</c><00:43:46.309><c> there.</c>

00:43:47.949 --> 00:43:49.150
And<00:43:48.090><c> of</c><00:43:48.289><c> course</c><00:43:48.409><c> we</c><00:43:48.670><c> know.</c>

00:43:49.329 --> 00:43:51.949
That<00:43:49.429><c> the</c><00:43:49.710><c> power</c><00:43:50.070><c> that</c><00:43:50.349><c> gave</c><00:43:50.530><c> Jesus</c><00:43:51.030><c> Christ</c><00:43:51.449><c> birth.</c>

00:43:52.050 --> 00:43:53.309
Came<00:43:52.510><c> from</c><00:43:52.730><c> on</c><00:43:53.010><c> high.</c>

00:43:53.510 --> 00:43:55.289
And<00:43:53.829><c> overshadowed</c><00:43:54.530><c> Mary.</c>

00:43:57.710 --> 00:43:59.650
But<00:43:58.030><c> we</c><00:43:58.289><c> know</c><00:43:58.489><c> that</c><00:43:58.690><c> more</c><00:43:58.849><c> particularly.</c>

00:43:59.829 --> 00:44:02.849
In<00:44:00.289><c> what</c><00:44:00.590><c> the</c><00:44:00.789><c> Lord</c><00:44:01.010><c> was</c><00:44:01.369><c> in</c><00:44:01.909><c> character.</c>

00:44:02.889 --> 00:44:04.670
He<00:44:03.110><c> had</c><00:44:03.349><c> been</c><00:44:03.730><c> born</c><00:44:04.010><c> from</c><00:44:04.289><c> above.</c>

00:44:04.670 --> 00:44:08.250
Because<00:44:05.510><c> he</c><00:44:05.989><c> was</c><00:44:06.630><c> heaven</c><00:44:07.050><c> on</c><00:44:07.469><c> earth.</c>

00:44:08.269 --> 00:44:09.710
If<00:44:08.349><c> we</c><00:44:08.550><c> like</c><00:44:08.690><c> to</c><00:44:08.869><c> put</c><00:44:08.969><c> it</c><00:44:09.070><c> that</c><00:44:09.329><c> way.</c>

00:44:09.989 --> 00:44:12.829
He<00:44:10.150><c> was</c><00:44:10.389><c> the</c><00:44:10.710><c> father's</c><00:44:11.349><c> character</c><00:44:11.690><c> in</c><00:44:12.250><c> the</c><00:44:12.550><c> flesh.</c>

00:44:13.170 --> 00:44:15.210
What<00:44:13.409><c> an</c><00:44:13.750><c> incredible</c><00:44:14.329><c> thing.</c>

00:44:15.690 --> 00:44:17.909
And<00:44:15.929><c> so</c><00:44:16.090><c> in</c><00:44:16.369><c> verse</c><00:44:16.670><c> 13.</c>

00:44:17.969 --> 00:44:19.710
What<00:44:18.090><c> the</c><00:44:18.309><c> Lord</c><00:44:18.510><c> was</c><00:44:18.789><c> teaching.</c>

00:44:19.949 --> 00:44:22.329
Was<00:44:20.110><c> that</c><00:44:20.289><c> the</c><00:44:20.690><c> spirit</c><00:44:21.090><c> descended.</c>

00:44:22.449 --> 00:44:24.389
And<00:44:22.630><c> a</c><00:44:22.909><c> son</c><00:44:23.110><c> was</c><00:44:23.449><c> born.</c>

00:44:24.550 --> 00:44:26.349
And<00:44:24.769><c> then</c><00:44:24.889><c> in</c><00:44:25.190><c> verse</c><00:44:25.510><c> 14.</c>

00:44:27.250 --> 00:44:30.389
The<00:44:27.690><c> poisonous</c><00:44:28.230><c> power</c><00:44:28.789><c> of</c><00:44:29.050><c> the</c><00:44:29.369><c> serpent.</c>

00:44:30.710 --> 00:44:32.130
Adamic<00:44:31.210><c> nature.</c>

00:44:32.389 --> 00:44:33.849
Was<00:44:32.670><c> arrested.</c>

00:44:34.670 --> 00:44:37.130
And<00:44:34.869><c> then</c><00:44:35.030><c> that</c><00:44:35.369><c> which</c><00:44:35.630><c> the</c><00:44:36.030><c> spirit</c><00:44:36.269><c> had</c><00:44:36.570><c> made.</c>

00:44:37.409 --> 00:44:39.250
Ascended<00:44:38.010><c> to</c><00:44:38.289><c> heaven.</c>

00:44:39.769 --> 00:44:42.309
The<00:44:40.050><c> creation</c><00:44:40.630><c> of</c><00:44:40.969><c> a</c><00:44:41.250><c> perfect</c><00:44:41.710><c> man.</c>

00:44:42.750 --> 00:44:45.110
Mentally,<00:44:43.510><c> morally</c><00:44:43.750><c> and</c><00:44:44.469><c> physically.</c>

00:44:45.469 --> 00:44:47.769
Having<00:44:45.690><c> been</c><00:44:45.989><c> accomplished</c><00:44:46.510><c> after</c><00:44:47.070><c> the</c><00:44:47.269><c> resurrection.</c>

00:44:47.769 --> 00:44:49.449
Of<00:44:48.090><c> the</c><00:44:48.269><c> son</c><00:44:48.429><c> of</c><00:44:48.670><c> God.</c>

00:44:50.730 --> 00:44:52.670
And<00:44:50.869><c> what</c><00:44:50.989><c> a</c><00:44:51.170><c> wonderful</c><00:44:51.489><c> thing</c><00:44:51.750><c> that</c><00:44:51.909><c> the</c><00:44:52.050><c> Lord</c><00:44:52.230><c> should</c><00:44:52.409><c> teach</c>

00:44:52.670 --> 00:44:54.010
Nicodemus<00:44:53.190><c> this.</c>

00:44:54.789 --> 00:44:57.230
Because<00:44:55.150><c> the</c><00:44:55.469><c> message</c><00:44:55.750><c> constantly</c><00:44:56.429><c> reiterated.</c>

00:44:57.630 --> 00:45:00.869
Throughout<00:44:57.889><c> the</c><00:44:58.110><c> word</c><00:44:58.289><c> of</c><00:44:58.510><c> God</c><00:44:58.690><c> in</c><00:44:58.829><c> the</c><00:44:58.989><c> gospel</c><00:44:59.309><c> narratives</c><00:44:59.730><c> is.</c>

00:45:00.989 --> 00:45:02.389
Let<00:45:01.289><c> a</c><00:45:01.530><c> man.</c>

00:45:02.989 --> 00:45:04.170
Take<00:45:03.289><c> up</c><00:45:03.469><c> his</c><00:45:03.690><c> cross.</c>

00:45:04.670 --> 00:45:07.010
And<00:45:05.590><c> deny</c><00:45:05.809><c> himself.</c>

00:45:07.750 --> 00:45:09.409
And<00:45:07.929><c> follow</c><00:45:08.449><c> me.</c>

00:45:11.710 --> 00:45:13.590
Nicodemus<00:45:12.150><c> understood</c><00:45:12.630><c> later.</c>

00:45:14.289 --> 00:45:16.349
The<00:45:14.489><c> disciples</c><00:45:14.849><c> understood</c><00:45:15.389><c> later.</c>

00:45:16.750 --> 00:45:19.630
And<00:45:17.670><c> we</c><00:45:17.849><c> must</c><00:45:18.050><c> understand</c><00:45:18.570><c> now.</c>

00:45:21.449 --> 00:45:22.389
Let<00:45:21.710><c> a</c><00:45:21.909><c> man.</c>

00:45:22.650 --> 00:45:24.349
Take<00:45:22.909><c> up</c><00:45:23.090><c> his</c><00:45:23.329><c> cross.</c>

00:45:25.210 --> 00:45:27.250
And<00:45:25.530><c> deny</c><00:45:25.949><c> himself.</c>

00:45:28.010 --> 00:45:30.090
The<00:45:28.230><c> word</c><00:45:28.429><c> more</c><00:45:28.750><c> literally</c><00:45:29.050><c> means.</c>

00:45:30.230 --> 00:45:31.550
Renounce<00:45:30.590><c> himself.</c>

00:45:32.210 --> 00:45:33.050
Where<00:45:32.409><c> am</c><00:45:32.630><c> I?</c>

00:45:33.050 --> 00:45:34.590
Nothing.

00:45:35.929 --> 00:45:37.070
What<00:45:36.389><c> am</c><00:45:36.550><c> I</c><00:45:36.730><c> worth?</c>

00:45:37.510 --> 00:45:38.570
Nothing.

00:45:39.889 --> 00:45:41.590
What<00:45:40.070><c> am</c><00:45:40.230><c> I</c><00:45:40.389><c> worthy</c><00:45:40.710><c> of?</c>

00:45:41.710 --> 00:45:42.309
Nothing.

00:45:42.670 --> 00:45:43.949
Save<00:45:42.889><c> death.</c>

00:45:44.750 --> 00:45:45.989
That's<00:45:44.969><c> what</c><00:45:45.110><c> I</c><00:45:45.289><c> am.</c>

00:45:46.530 --> 00:45:49.150
That's<00:45:46.889><c> the</c><00:45:47.030><c> disposition</c><00:45:47.510><c> that</c><00:45:47.730><c> I</c><00:45:47.789><c> have</c><00:45:47.969><c> to</c><00:45:48.269><c> try</c><00:45:48.489><c> and</c><00:45:48.789><c> renew</c>

00:45:49.150 --> 00:45:51.349
day<00:45:49.570><c> by</c><00:45:49.849><c> day</c><00:45:50.070><c> within</c><00:45:50.269><c> myself.</c>

00:45:52.969 --> 00:45:54.730
But<00:45:53.289><c> what</c><00:45:53.530><c> can</c><00:45:53.769><c> happen?</c>

00:45:55.010 --> 00:45:55.949
What<00:45:55.230><c> is</c><00:45:55.550><c> to</c><00:45:55.789><c> happen?</c>

00:45:56.210 --> 00:45:58.449
What<00:45:56.369><c> does</c><00:45:56.530><c> Christ</c><00:45:56.989><c> want</c><00:45:57.329><c> to</c><00:45:57.650><c> happen?</c>

00:45:58.489 --> 00:46:00.750
The<00:45:58.889><c> same</c><00:45:59.150><c> as</c><00:45:59.389><c> that</c><00:45:59.570><c> which</c><00:45:59.829><c> happened</c><00:46:00.030><c> to</c><00:46:00.250><c> himself.</c>

00:46:00.750 --> 00:46:04.929
Paul<00:46:01.570><c> says</c><00:46:01.869><c> in</c><00:46:02.090><c> Philippians</c><00:46:02.630><c> that</c><00:46:02.989><c> he</c><00:46:03.309><c> emptied</c><00:46:03.789><c> himself.</c>

00:46:05.130 --> 00:46:07.909
As<00:46:05.250><c> the</c><00:46:05.469><c> revised</c><00:46:05.789><c> version</c><00:46:06.329><c> more</c><00:46:06.750><c> correctly</c><00:46:07.070><c> translates</c><00:46:07.710><c> the</c>

00:46:07.909 --> 00:46:09.809
words<00:46:08.170><c> of</c><00:46:08.389><c> Paul</c><00:46:08.670><c> in</c><00:46:08.949><c> that</c><00:46:09.210><c> second</c><00:46:09.449><c> chapter.</c>

00:46:10.050 --> 00:46:11.929
He<00:46:10.269><c> emptied</c><00:46:10.809><c> himself.</c>

00:46:12.170 --> 00:46:14.590
But<00:46:12.250><c> he</c><00:46:12.349><c> did</c><00:46:12.630><c> not</c><00:46:12.829><c> remain</c><00:46:13.170><c> an</c><00:46:13.409><c> empty</c><00:46:13.670><c> vessel.</c>

00:46:14.650 --> 00:46:16.409
He<00:46:14.909><c> emptied</c><00:46:15.369><c> himself</c><00:46:15.869><c> of</c><00:46:16.190><c> self.</c>

00:46:16.630 --> 00:46:18.510
And<00:46:16.809><c> then</c><00:46:17.030><c> he</c><00:46:17.409><c> filled</c><00:46:17.690><c> himself.</c>

00:46:19.969 --> 00:46:21.590
With<00:46:20.090><c> the</c><00:46:20.289><c> things</c><00:46:20.429><c> of</c><00:46:20.670><c> God.</c>

00:46:22.250 --> 00:46:26.429
So<00:46:22.570><c> that</c><00:46:22.710><c> he</c><00:46:22.949><c> became</c><00:46:23.429><c> the</c><00:46:24.610><c> word</c><00:46:25.070><c> made</c><00:46:25.489><c> flesh.</c>

00:46:27.550 --> 00:46:29.710
And<00:46:27.789><c> that</c><00:46:27.989><c> is</c><00:46:28.170><c> what</c><00:46:28.409><c> we</c><00:46:28.750><c> become.</c>

00:46:29.889 --> 00:46:31.750
When<00:46:30.369><c> we</c><00:46:30.690><c> allow.</c>

00:46:32.010 --> 00:46:33.849
The<00:46:32.269><c> word</c><00:46:32.590><c> of</c><00:46:32.909><c> God.</c>

00:46:34.010 --> 00:46:35.269
To<00:46:34.309><c> dominate</c><00:46:34.710><c> us.</c>

00:46:35.610 --> 00:46:37.170
To<00:46:35.789><c> direct</c><00:46:36.010><c> our</c><00:46:36.309><c> lives.</c>

00:46:37.590 --> 00:46:40.929
To<00:46:37.769><c> cause</c><00:46:38.050><c> us</c><00:46:38.369><c> day</c><00:46:38.610><c> by</c><00:46:38.869><c> day</c><00:46:39.090><c> to</c><00:46:39.269><c> be</c><00:46:39.369><c> like</c><00:46:39.550><c> that</c><00:46:39.710><c> woman</c><00:46:39.929><c> of</c><00:46:40.190><c> Samalia.</c>

00:46:40.989 --> 00:46:43.710
Who<00:46:41.170><c> became</c><00:46:41.510><c> so</c><00:46:42.010><c> absolutely</c><00:46:42.730><c> involved.</c>

00:46:44.869 --> 00:46:46.710
In<00:46:45.050><c> her</c><00:46:45.349><c> mental</c><00:46:45.829><c> contemplation.</c>

00:46:47.289 --> 00:46:50.869
Of<00:46:47.530><c> the</c><00:46:47.829><c> wonders</c><00:46:48.110><c> associated</c><00:46:48.909><c> with</c><00:46:49.130><c> the</c><00:46:49.289><c> messiah</c><00:46:49.730><c> of</c><00:46:49.909><c> Israel.</c>

00:46:51.530 --> 00:46:53.309
That<00:46:51.710><c> she</c><00:46:51.869><c> forgot</c><00:46:52.150><c> her</c><00:46:52.349><c> water</c><00:46:52.590><c> pot.</c>

00:46:53.909 --> 00:46:56.070
And<00:46:54.150><c> she</c><00:46:54.389><c> plucked</c><00:46:54.650><c> up</c><00:46:54.809><c> the</c><00:46:55.010><c> courage</c><00:46:55.230><c> to</c><00:46:55.369><c> go</c><00:46:55.570><c> to</c><00:46:55.690><c> the</c><00:46:55.769><c> men</c><00:46:55.909><c> of</c>

00:46:56.070 --> 00:46:56.530
her<00:46:56.269><c> town.</c>

00:46:56.710 --> 00:46:58.989
At<00:46:56.889><c> the</c><00:46:57.070><c> time</c><00:46:57.269><c> of</c><00:46:57.409><c> the</c><00:46:57.510><c> day</c><00:46:57.630><c> when</c><00:46:57.750><c> they</c><00:46:57.889><c> would</c><00:46:58.070><c> be</c><00:46:58.230><c> resting.</c>

00:46:59.210 --> 00:47:01.150
The<00:46:59.210><c> last</c><00:46:59.349><c> thing</c><00:46:59.489><c> they</c><00:46:59.670><c> would</c><00:46:59.849><c> want</c><00:46:59.969><c> to</c><00:47:00.090><c> do</c><00:47:00.210><c> would</c><00:47:00.349><c> be</c><00:47:00.409><c> to</c><00:47:00.590><c> converse</c><00:47:00.989><c> with</c>

00:47:01.150 --> 00:47:02.670
a<00:47:01.250><c> woman</c><00:47:01.409><c> about</c><00:47:01.710><c> anything.</c>

00:47:03.349 --> 00:47:05.130
The<00:47:03.449><c> woman</c><00:47:03.650><c> was</c><00:47:03.989><c> changed.</c>

00:47:06.030 --> 00:47:07.840
Nicodemus<00:47:06.530><c> became</c><00:47:07.030><c> changed.</c>

00:47:09.369 --> 00:47:12.050
And<00:47:09.570><c> so</c><00:47:09.849><c> we</c><00:47:10.110><c> are</c><00:47:10.449><c> born</c><00:47:10.769><c> from</c><00:47:11.070><c> above.</c>

00:47:12.170 --> 00:47:15.849
When<00:47:12.309><c> we</c><00:47:12.590><c> allow</c><00:47:12.829><c> the</c><00:47:13.329><c> spirit</c><00:47:13.670><c> word</c><00:47:14.010><c> of</c><00:47:14.210><c> God</c><00:47:14.550><c> to</c><00:47:14.829><c> enter</c><00:47:15.110><c> within</c><00:47:15.369><c> us.</c>

00:47:16.170 --> 00:47:17.449
To<00:47:16.510><c> guide</c><00:47:16.849><c> our</c><00:47:17.130><c> intellect.</c>

00:47:17.690 --> 00:47:20.769
To<00:47:17.789><c> become</c><00:47:18.070><c> the</c><00:47:18.510><c> power</c><00:47:18.869><c> motivating</c><00:47:19.389><c> in</c><00:47:19.650><c> our</c><00:47:19.869><c> lives.</c>

00:47:20.989 --> 00:47:23.789
Our<00:47:21.250><c> lives</c><00:47:21.650><c> becoming</c><00:47:22.190><c> developed</c><00:47:22.969><c> in</c><00:47:23.389><c> harmony.</c>

00:47:24.050 --> 00:47:26.650
With<00:47:24.210><c> the</c><00:47:24.570><c> character</c><00:47:25.010><c> and</c><00:47:25.329><c> the</c><00:47:25.489><c> will</c><00:47:25.630><c> of</c><00:47:25.829><c> Almighty</c><00:47:26.170><c> God.</c>

00:47:26.650 --> 00:47:29.309
When<00:47:27.789><c> that</c><00:47:28.090><c> word</c><00:47:28.329><c> directs</c><00:47:28.989><c> us.</c>

00:47:29.349 --> 00:47:32.389
In<00:47:29.530><c> whatever</c><00:47:29.849><c> direction</c><00:47:30.289><c> or</c><00:47:30.530><c> purpose</c><00:47:30.949><c> God</c><00:47:31.510><c> determines.</c>

00:47:33.309 --> 00:47:36.829
And<00:47:33.530><c> leads</c><00:47:33.789><c> us</c><00:47:34.110><c> to</c><00:47:34.349><c> sacrifice</c><00:47:35.369><c> the</c><00:47:36.070><c> flesh.</c>

00:47:39.110 --> 00:47:41.969
Let<00:47:39.210><c> us</c><00:47:39.349><c> have</c><00:47:39.510><c> a</c><00:47:39.570><c> look</c><00:47:39.690><c> at</c><00:47:39.869><c> Mark</c><00:47:40.289><c> chapter</c><00:47:40.750><c> 15.</c>

00:47:42.130 --> 00:47:43.469
The<00:47:42.309><c> words</c><00:47:42.530><c> which</c><00:47:42.809><c> we</c><00:47:43.050><c> quote.</c>

00:47:43.949 --> 00:47:47.690
Constantly<00:47:44.690><c> and</c><00:47:45.210><c> consistently</c><00:47:45.690><c> in</c><00:47:46.369><c> public</c><00:47:46.710><c> lectures.</c>

00:47:48.230 --> 00:47:50.769
In<00:47:48.389><c> Mark</c><00:47:48.769><c> chapter</c><00:47:49.150><c> 16.</c>

00:47:51.309 --> 00:47:53.369
Verses<00:47:51.650><c> 15</c><00:47:52.210><c> and</c><00:47:52.489><c> 16.</c>

00:47:54.750 --> 00:47:57.750
We<00:47:55.230><c> would</c><00:47:55.489><c> like</c><00:47:55.489><c> to</c><00:47:55.650><c> leave</c><00:47:55.829><c> you</c><00:47:55.969><c> with</c><00:47:56.090><c> these</c><00:47:56.289><c> thoughts</c><00:47:56.530><c> this</c><00:47:56.809><c> morning.</c>

00:47:58.489 --> 00:48:00.150
In<00:47:58.550><c> regard</c><00:47:58.969><c> to</c><00:47:59.130><c> the</c><00:47:59.329><c> things</c><00:47:59.510><c> that</c><00:47:59.789><c> happened.</c>

00:48:00.570 --> 00:48:03.010
To<00:48:00.570><c> the</c><00:48:00.670><c> women</c><00:48:00.869><c> of</c><00:48:01.090><c> Samaria</c><00:48:01.469><c> and</c><00:48:01.610><c> the</c><00:48:01.670><c> men</c><00:48:01.829><c> of</c><00:48:01.949><c> Samaria.</c>

00:48:03.550 --> 00:48:06.590
In<00:48:03.690><c> regard</c><00:48:04.090><c> to</c><00:48:04.230><c> the</c><00:48:04.269><c> way</c><00:48:04.510><c> in</c><00:48:04.510><c> which</c><00:48:04.789><c> Nicodemus</c><00:48:05.409><c> listened</c><00:48:05.789><c> so</c><00:48:06.130><c> intently.</c>

00:48:06.989 --> 00:48:09.170
And<00:48:07.110><c> yet</c><00:48:07.230><c> not</c><00:48:07.530><c> really</c><00:48:07.809><c> grasping</c><00:48:08.309><c> until</c><00:48:08.550><c> much</c><00:48:08.789><c> later.</c>

00:48:09.429 --> 00:48:11.869
The<00:48:09.610><c> things</c><00:48:09.869><c> that</c><00:48:10.070><c> the</c><00:48:10.170><c> Lord</c><00:48:10.369><c> said</c><00:48:10.570><c> before</c><00:48:10.949><c> him.</c>

00:48:12.650 --> 00:48:16.550
Look<00:48:12.829><c> at</c><00:48:12.949><c> the</c><00:48:13.070><c> words</c><00:48:13.489><c> of</c><00:48:13.989><c> the</c><00:48:14.130><c> Lord</c><00:48:14.329><c> in</c><00:48:14.489><c> his</c><00:48:15.190><c> final</c><00:48:15.809><c> deliberations.</c>

00:48:17.269 --> 00:48:18.630
To<00:48:17.449><c> those</c><00:48:17.710><c> whom</c><00:48:17.849><c> he</c><00:48:17.969><c> left</c><00:48:18.150><c> behind.</c>

00:48:19.090 --> 00:48:20.789
In<00:48:19.289><c> verse</c><00:48:19.510><c> 15</c><00:48:19.949><c> he</c><00:48:20.150><c> said</c><00:48:20.309><c> under</c><00:48:20.530><c> them.</c>

00:48:20.789 --> 00:48:24.289
Go<00:48:21.530><c> ye</c><00:48:21.730><c> into</c><00:48:21.849><c> all</c><00:48:22.070><c> the</c><00:48:22.250><c> world</c><00:48:22.590><c> and</c><00:48:23.130><c> preach</c><00:48:23.469><c> the</c><00:48:23.670><c> gospel</c><00:48:24.050><c> to</c>

00:48:24.289 --> 00:48:25.610
every<00:48:24.630><c> creature.</c>

00:48:26.050 --> 00:48:29.349
He<00:48:26.130><c> that</c><00:48:26.469><c> believeth</c><00:48:26.909><c> and</c><00:48:27.150><c> is</c><00:48:27.349><c> baptized</c><00:48:28.010><c> shall</c><00:48:28.630><c> be</c><00:48:28.909><c> saved.</c>

00:48:29.809 --> 00:48:33.550
But<00:48:30.070><c> he</c><00:48:30.369><c> that</c><00:48:30.670><c> believeth</c><00:48:31.030><c> not</c><00:48:31.389><c> shall</c><00:48:32.090><c> be</c><00:48:32.530><c> condemned.</c>

00:48:33.710 --> 00:48:35.969
The<00:48:33.889><c> word</c><00:48:34.150><c> believeth</c><00:48:34.570><c> there</c><00:48:34.769><c> is</c><00:48:34.889><c> more</c><00:48:35.170><c> definite</c><00:48:35.429><c> in</c><00:48:35.610><c> the</c><00:48:35.769><c> Greek.</c>

00:48:36.289 --> 00:48:39.289
The<00:48:36.489><c> revised</c><00:48:36.809><c> version</c><00:48:37.150><c> renders</c><00:48:37.510><c> it</c><00:48:37.750><c> he</c><00:48:38.070><c> that</c><00:48:38.510><c> disbelieves.</c>

00:48:40.250 --> 00:48:43.070
And<00:48:40.530><c> it</c><00:48:40.750><c> defines</c><00:48:41.030><c> the</c><00:48:41.309><c> person</c><00:48:41.570><c> to</c><00:48:41.769><c> whom</c><00:48:41.869><c> the</c><00:48:42.090><c> gospel</c><00:48:42.329><c> is</c><00:48:42.630><c> preached.</c>

00:48:43.369 --> 00:48:45.570
And<00:48:43.510><c> who</c><00:48:43.610><c> has</c><00:48:43.829><c> the</c><00:48:43.989><c> opportunity</c><00:48:44.510><c> to</c><00:48:44.789><c> walk</c><00:48:44.969><c> in</c><00:48:45.130><c> the</c><00:48:45.269><c> footsteps</c>

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of<00:48:45.889><c> Christ.</c>

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But<00:48:46.630><c> denies</c><00:48:47.050><c> it.</c>

00:48:47.710 --> 00:48:50.489
Instead<00:48:48.150><c> of</c><00:48:48.329><c> denying</c><00:48:48.610><c> himself</c><00:48:49.190><c> he</c><00:48:49.369><c> denies</c><00:48:49.710><c> Christ.</c>

00:48:51.909 --> 00:48:54.530
But<00:48:52.510><c> let's</c><00:48:52.809><c> look</c><00:48:53.030><c> again</c><00:48:53.349><c> at</c><00:48:53.550><c> verse</c><00:48:53.730><c> 16.</c>

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He<00:48:55.429><c> that</c><00:48:55.889><c> believeth</c><00:48:56.329><c> the</c><00:48:56.550><c> gospel</c><00:48:57.030><c> and</c><00:48:57.889><c> is</c><00:48:58.230><c> baptized</c><00:48:59.030><c> shall</c><00:49:00.010><c> be</c><00:49:00.550><c> saved.</c>

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You<00:49:03.050><c> know</c><00:49:03.210><c> very</c><00:49:03.449><c> often</c><00:49:03.710><c> brethren</c><00:49:04.010><c> and</c><00:49:04.210><c> sisters</c><00:49:04.429><c> we</c><00:49:04.710><c> apologize</c>

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a<00:49:05.510><c> little</c><00:49:05.630><c> for</c><00:49:05.789><c> that</c><00:49:06.010><c> verse.</c>

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Perhaps<00:49:07.630><c> we</c><00:49:07.949><c> say</c><00:49:08.389><c> when</c><00:49:09.050><c> we</c><00:49:09.289><c> are</c><00:49:09.429><c> arguing</c><00:49:09.650><c> with</c><00:49:09.969><c> somebody</c><00:49:10.230><c> or</c>

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discussing<00:49:11.010><c> with</c><00:49:11.309><c> somebody.</c>

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Who<00:49:12.030><c> believes</c><00:49:12.329><c> that</c><00:49:12.489><c> he's</c><00:49:12.650><c> already</c><00:49:12.949><c> got</c><00:49:13.190><c> eternal</c><00:49:13.530><c> life.</c>

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He<00:49:15.170><c> says</c><00:49:15.409><c> well</c><00:49:15.809><c> there</c><00:49:16.030><c> you</c><00:49:16.230><c> are</c><00:49:16.369><c> if</c><00:49:16.510><c> you</c><00:49:16.690><c> believe</c><00:49:16.889><c> the</c><00:49:17.050><c> gospel</c>

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you're<00:49:17.730><c> going</c><00:49:17.789><c> to</c><00:49:17.909><c> be</c><00:49:18.150><c> saved.</c>

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So<00:49:18.829><c> you're</c><00:49:19.210><c> saved.</c>

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He<00:49:20.929><c> says</c><00:49:20.929><c> shall</c><00:49:21.269><c> be</c><00:49:21.510><c> saved.</c>

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So<00:49:22.329><c> we</c><00:49:22.469><c> don't</c><00:49:22.650><c> ever</c><00:49:22.829><c> need</c><00:49:22.949><c> to</c><00:49:23.130><c> worry</c><00:49:23.309><c> about</c><00:49:23.570><c> that</c><00:49:23.769><c> verse.</c>

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But<00:49:25.469><c> you</c><00:49:25.630><c> know</c><00:49:25.849><c> I</c><00:49:26.010><c> think</c><00:49:26.250><c> that</c><00:49:26.389><c> we</c><00:49:26.469><c> can</c><00:49:26.610><c> go</c><00:49:26.869><c> further</c><00:49:27.130><c> with</c><00:49:27.289><c> that</c><00:49:27.510><c> verse.</c>

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Because<00:49:29.230><c> it</c><00:49:29.610><c> really</c><00:49:29.869><c> is</c><00:49:30.250><c> an</c><00:49:30.710><c> unequivocal</c><00:49:31.590><c> statement.</c>

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Let's<00:49:32.670><c> look</c><00:49:32.909><c> at</c><00:49:32.989><c> it</c><00:49:33.170><c> again.</c>

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He<00:49:34.710><c> that</c><00:49:35.070><c> believeth</c><00:49:35.550><c> the</c><00:49:35.750><c> gospel</c><00:49:36.349><c> and</c><00:49:37.530><c> is</c><00:49:37.829><c> baptized</c><00:49:38.750><c> shall</c><00:49:40.090><c> be</c><00:49:40.849><c> saved.</c>

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And<00:49:44.309><c> that</c><00:49:44.449><c> was</c><00:49:44.610><c> the</c><00:49:44.769><c> message</c><00:49:45.010><c> to</c><00:49:45.210><c> Nicodemus.</c>

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There<00:49:48.130><c> is</c><00:49:48.309><c> the</c><00:49:48.489><c> message</c><00:49:48.849><c> for</c><00:49:49.190><c> us.</c>

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It's<00:49:50.510><c> a</c><00:49:50.650><c> fact.</c>

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He<00:49:51.809><c> that</c><00:49:52.309><c> believeth</c><00:49:52.789><c> the</c><00:49:52.929><c> gospel</c><00:49:53.530><c> and</c><00:49:54.150><c> is</c><00:49:54.469><c> baptized</c><00:49:55.269><c> shall</c><00:49:56.170><c> be</c><00:49:56.789><c> saved.</c>

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The<00:49:59.909><c> only</c><00:50:00.170><c> question</c><00:50:00.530><c> is</c><00:50:01.730><c> what</c><00:50:02.429><c> is</c><00:50:02.750><c> baptism?</c>

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I'm<00:50:06.650><c> afraid</c><00:50:07.050><c> that</c><00:50:07.210><c> we</c><00:50:07.349><c> tend</c><00:50:07.550><c> to</c><00:50:07.750><c> think</c><00:50:08.190><c> that</c><00:50:09.050><c> what</c><00:50:09.309><c> this</c><00:50:09.650><c> verse</c>

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is<00:50:10.090><c> saying</c><00:50:10.329><c> is.</c>

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Somebody<00:50:11.829><c> sits</c><00:50:12.090><c> down</c><00:50:12.469><c> with</c><00:50:12.610><c> us</c><00:50:12.849><c> and</c><00:50:12.969><c> teaches</c><00:50:13.210><c> us</c><00:50:13.449><c> the</c><00:50:13.570><c> first</c>

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principles<00:50:14.150><c> of</c><00:50:14.329><c> the</c><00:50:14.489><c> truth.</c>

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We<00:50:15.530><c> say</c><00:50:15.650><c> well</c><00:50:15.789><c> that's</c><00:50:16.070><c> marvelous.</c>

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We<00:50:16.630><c> see</c><00:50:16.829><c> that.</c><00:50:17.010><c> It's</c><00:50:17.170><c> very</c><00:50:17.449><c> clear.</c>

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We<00:50:17.969><c> believe</c><00:50:18.329><c> that.</c><00:50:18.550><c> We</c><00:50:18.670><c> accept</c><00:50:19.050><c> it.</c>

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Please<00:50:19.590><c> baptize</c><00:50:20.150><c> me.</c>

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Splosh.

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Under<00:50:23.389><c> the</c><00:50:23.590><c> water</c><00:50:23.730><c> we</c><00:50:24.010><c> go.</c>

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Up<00:50:25.170><c> we</c><00:50:25.469><c> come.</c>

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A<00:50:26.269><c> new</c><00:50:26.489><c> creature</c><00:50:26.969><c> says</c><00:50:27.269><c> the</c><00:50:27.449><c> Bible.</c>

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Very<00:50:28.289><c> right.</c>

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But<00:50:30.070><c> a</c><00:50:30.329><c> creature</c><00:50:30.829><c> that</c><00:50:32.269><c> has</c><00:50:32.550><c> now</c><00:50:32.789><c> got</c><00:50:32.969><c> to</c><00:50:33.150><c> listen</c><00:50:33.250><c> to</c><00:50:33.409><c> the</c><00:50:33.530><c> words</c><00:50:33.750><c> of</c>

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the<00:50:34.050><c> Lord.</c>

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And<00:50:35.849><c> he</c><00:50:36.070><c> says</c><00:50:36.230><c> to</c><00:50:36.429><c> people</c><00:50:36.730><c> who</c><00:50:36.909><c> have</c><00:50:36.969><c> been</c><00:50:37.230><c> baptized.</c>

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Let<00:50:39.750><c> a</c><00:50:39.949><c> man</c><00:50:40.170><c> take</c><00:50:40.489><c> up</c><00:50:40.630><c> his</c><00:50:40.889><c> cross</c><00:50:41.409><c> and</c><00:50:42.849><c> renounce</c><00:50:43.329><c> himself</c><00:50:43.889><c> and</c>

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follow<00:50:45.590><c> me.</c>

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Baptism<00:50:48.670><c> is</c><00:50:49.269><c> putting</c><00:50:49.570><c> to</c><00:50:49.829><c> death</c><00:50:50.110><c> the</c><00:50:50.409><c> flesh.</c>

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And<00:50:52.570><c> that</c><00:50:52.750><c> is</c><00:50:53.090><c> not</c><00:50:53.349><c> done</c><00:50:53.889><c> in</c><00:50:54.449><c> a</c><00:50:54.590><c> moment</c><00:50:54.829><c> of</c><00:50:55.030><c> being</c><00:50:55.429><c> dunked</c><00:50:55.909><c> in</c><00:50:56.090><c> a</c>

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bath<00:50:56.409><c> full</c><00:50:56.570><c> of</c><00:50:56.730><c> water.</c>

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That<00:50:58.809><c> is</c><00:50:59.030><c> a</c><00:50:59.389><c> struggle</c><00:50:59.670><c> through</c><00:50:59.949><c> life.</c>

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Because<00:51:02.050><c> in</c><00:51:02.389><c> putting</c><00:51:02.590><c> to</c><00:51:02.849><c> death</c><00:51:03.110><c> the</c><00:51:03.389><c> flesh</c><00:51:03.829><c> we</c><00:51:04.730><c> are</c><00:51:05.190><c> emptying</c>

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ourselves<00:51:06.170><c> as</c><00:51:06.510><c> did</c><00:51:06.710><c> Christ.</c>

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And<00:51:08.730><c> if</c><00:51:08.889><c> we</c><00:51:09.070><c> are</c><00:51:09.250><c> wise</c><00:51:09.590><c> in</c><00:51:09.809><c> putting</c><00:51:10.090><c> to</c><00:51:10.369><c> death</c><00:51:10.610><c> the</c><00:51:10.869><c> flesh</c><00:51:11.210><c> we</c>

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will<00:51:11.849><c> replace</c><00:51:12.349><c> it</c><00:51:13.389><c> with</c><00:51:13.710><c> the</c><00:51:14.050><c> characteristics</c><00:51:14.710><c> of</c><00:51:15.329><c> the</c><00:51:15.530><c> Son</c>

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of<00:51:15.909><c> God.</c>

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Paul<00:51:18.309><c> says</c><00:51:18.670><c> in</c><00:51:18.809><c> Galatians</c><00:51:19.369><c> chapter</c><00:51:19.730><c> 5</c><00:51:20.510><c> and</c><00:51:20.869><c> verse</c><00:51:21.130><c> 24.</c>

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That<00:51:22.809><c> those</c><00:51:23.309><c> who</c><00:51:23.750><c> are</c><00:51:24.050><c> Christ's</c><00:51:25.050><c> have</c><00:51:25.369><c> crucified</c><00:51:26.110><c> the</c><00:51:26.469><c> flesh</c>

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with<00:51:28.070><c> its</c><00:51:28.389><c> affections</c><00:51:28.929><c> and</c><00:51:29.170><c> lusts.</c>

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That's<00:51:31.309><c> a</c><00:51:31.449><c> full</c><00:51:31.590><c> time</c><00:51:31.909><c> job.</c>

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It's<00:51:33.489><c> a</c><00:51:33.610><c> lifetime</c><00:51:34.030><c> job.</c>

00:51:35.250 --> 00:51:38.570
And<00:51:35.449><c> that's</c><00:51:35.590><c> what</c><00:51:35.769><c> the</c><00:51:35.929><c> Lord</c><00:51:36.090><c> was</c><00:51:36.389><c> teaching</c><00:51:36.809><c> the</c><00:51:37.469><c> woman</c><00:51:37.789><c> of</c><00:51:38.050><c> Samaria.</c>

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When<00:51:38.969><c> he</c><00:51:39.230><c> said</c><00:51:39.429><c> that</c><00:51:39.769><c> God</c><00:51:40.190><c> seeks</c><00:51:40.750><c> true</c><00:51:41.150><c> worshipers.</c>

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And<00:51:43.150><c> that's</c><00:51:43.289><c> what</c><00:51:43.389><c> he</c><00:51:43.550><c> was</c><00:51:43.690><c> teaching</c><00:51:44.030><c> Nicodemus.</c>

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When<00:51:45.510><c> he</c><00:51:45.730><c> said</c><00:51:45.909><c> that</c><00:51:46.110><c> except</c><00:51:46.389><c> the</c><00:51:46.570><c> man</c><00:51:46.730><c> be</c><00:51:46.989><c> born</c><00:51:47.130><c> from</c><00:51:47.409><c> above</c>

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he<00:51:48.570><c> cannot</c><00:51:48.969><c> see</c><00:51:49.809><c> the</c><00:51:50.170><c> kingdom</c><00:51:50.449><c> of</c><00:51:50.650><c> God.</c>

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Thank<00:52:20.329><c> you</c><00:52:20.329><c> for</c><00:52:20.329><c> watching.</c>