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his</c><00:11:08.559><c> people.</c> 00:11:09.519 --> 00:11:13.700 And<00:11:09.659><c> there</c><00:11:09.740><c> were</c><00:11:09.860><c> just</c><00:11:10.159><c> five</c><00:11:11.200><c> memorial</c><00:11:11.820><c> wounds</c><00:11:12.240><c> to</c><00:11:12.519><c> prove</c><00:11:12.720><c> that.</c> 00:11:13.840 --> 00:11:16.620 That<00:11:13.960><c> he,</c><00:11:14.159><c> by</c><00:11:14.240><c> the</c><00:11:14.480><c> grace</c><00:11:14.740><c> of</c><00:11:14.960><c> God,</c><00:11:15.460><c> was</c><00:11:15.539><c> to</c><00:11:15.720><c> come</c><00:11:15.960><c> forth</c><00:11:16.320><c> and</c> 00:11:16.620 --> 00:11:18.139 to<00:11:16.940><c> suffer</c><00:11:17.139><c> for</c><00:11:17.340><c> these</c><00:11:17.639><c> people.</c> 00:11:18.500 --> 00:11:20.580 Preserve,<00:11:19.100><c> brothers</c><00:11:19.240><c> and</c><00:11:19.500><c> sisters,</c><00:11:19.799><c> for</c><00:11:20.019><c> posterity.</c> 00:11:20.679 --> 00:11:22.019 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sisters,</c><00:11:32.080><c> that</c><00:11:32.320><c> in</c> 00:11:32.600 --> 00:11:33.259 John's<00:11:33.019><c> record,</c> 00:11:33.299 --> 00:11:35.659 that<00:11:33.440><c> when</c><00:11:33.519><c> he</c><00:11:33.799><c> showed</c><00:11:33.960><c> them</c><00:11:34.179><c> those</c><00:11:34.500><c> wounds,</c><00:11:35.159><c> it</c><00:11:35.320><c> says</c><00:11:35.440><c> they</c> 00:11:35.659 --> 00:11:38.100 were<00:11:35.919><c> glad</c><00:11:36.340><c> to</c><00:11:36.600><c> see</c><00:11:36.779><c> them.</c> 00:11:38.259 --> 00:11:40.899 Because<00:11:38.659><c> it</c><00:11:39.059><c> was</c><00:11:39.500><c> the</c><00:11:39.600><c> beginning</c><00:11:39.840><c> of</c><00:11:40.000><c> the</c><00:11:40.240><c> proof,</c><00:11:40.460><c> wasn't</c><00:11:40.639><c> it?</c> 00:11:41.100 --> 00:11:42.200 It<00:11:41.360><c> really</c><00:11:41.659><c> must</c><00:11:41.899><c> be</c><00:11:42.080><c> him.</c> 00:11:42.279 --> 00:11:44.220 Look<00:11:42.460><c> 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but</c><00:12:31.360><c> who</c><00:12:31.960><c> is</c><00:12:32.259><c> he?</c> 00:12:33.480 --> 00:12:35.179 That's<00:12:33.899><c> who</c><00:12:34.000><c> I</c><00:12:34.120><c> am.</c> 00:12:35.799 --> 00:12:38.299 And<00:12:36.019><c> that</c><00:12:36.159><c> will</c><00:12:36.419><c> produce,</c><00:12:36.799><c> brothers</c><00:12:37.179><c> and</c><00:12:37.440><c> sisters,</c><00:12:37.740><c> not</c><00:12:38.000><c> joy.</c> 00:12:38.440 --> 00:12:40.700 Oh,<00:12:38.700><c> yes,</c><00:12:39.559><c> be</c><00:12:39.679><c> a</c><00:12:39.799><c> mixture,</c><00:12:40.100><c> I</c><00:12:40.220><c> suppose.</c> 00:12:40.700 --> 00:12:45.019 But<00:12:41.600><c> it</c><00:12:41.720><c> will</c><00:12:42.139><c> produce</c><00:12:42.580><c> tremendous</c><00:12:43.799><c> grief,</c> 00:12:45.799 --> 00:12:48.679 a<00:12:46.360><c> tremendous</c><00:12:46.919><c> feeling</c><00:12:47.340><c> of</c><00:12:47.600><c> guilt,</c> 00:12:48.820 --> 00:12:54.379 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who<00:16:52.259><c> worship</c><00:16:52.580><c> the</c><00:16:52.860><c> unknown</c><00:16:53.240><c> God,</c> 00:16:54.480 --> 00:16:56.820 speaking<00:16:54.759><c> about</c><00:16:55.139><c> our</c><00:16:55.460><c> God,</c><00:16:55.779><c> brothers</c><00:16:55.980><c> and</c><00:16:56.259><c> sisters,</c><00:16:56.519><c> the</c><00:16:56.620><c> God</c> 00:16:56.820 --> 00:16:57.220 of<00:16:56.940><c> Israel,</c> 00:16:57.299 --> 00:16:58.620 he<00:16:57.320><c> says</c><00:16:57.500><c> in</c><00:16:57.659><c> verse</c><00:16:57.940><c> 26,</c> 00:16:59.039 --> 00:17:01.659 He<00:16:59.039><c> hath</c><00:16:59.279><c> made</c><00:16:59.539><c> of</c><00:16:59.740><c> one</c><00:17:00.000><c> blood</c><00:17:00.240><c> of</c><00:17:00.460><c> all</c><00:17:00.779><c> nations</c><00:17:01.159><c> of</c><00:17:01.340><c> men,</c> 00:17:01.720 --> 00:17:03.519 for<00:17:01.820><c> to</c><00:17:02.000><c> dwell</c><00:17:02.159><c> on</c><00:17:02.340><c> the</c><00:17:02.500><c> face</c><00:17:02.740><c> of</c><00:17:02.919><c> all</c><00:17:03.080><c> the</c><00:17:03.259><c> earth,</c> 00:17:03.759 --> 00:17:06.019 and<00:17:03.899><c> hath</c><00:17:04.059><c> determined</c><00:17:04.579><c> the</c><00:17:04.839><c> times</c><00:17:05.119><c> before</c><00:17:05.559><c> appointed,</c> 00:17:06.299 --> 00:17:08.059 and<00:17:06.539><c> the</c><00:17:06.839><c> bounds</c><00:17:07.079><c> of</c><00:17:07.240><c> their</c><00:17:07.440><c> habitation,</c> 00:17:08.519 --> 00:17:10.259 that<00:17:08.660><c> they</c><00:17:08.839><c> should</c><00:17:09.140><c> seek</c><00:17:09.579><c> the</c><00:17:09.779><c> Lord,</c> 00:17:10.259 --> 00:17:13.940 that<00:17:10.440><c> if</c><00:17:10.759><c> happily</c><00:17:11.160><c> they</c><00:17:11.640><c> might</c><00:17:12.160><c> feel</c><00:17:12.920><c> after</c><00:17:13.599><c> him,</c> 00:17:13.980 --> 00:17:17.160 exactly<00:17:14.799><c> the</c><00:17:15.140><c> 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almost</c><00:17:28.019><c> irreverent</c><00:17:28.559><c> to</c><00:17:28.759><c> suggest</c><00:17:29.059><c> that.</c> 00:17:29.480 --> 00:17:31.799 That's<00:17:29.740><c> not</c><00:17:29.980><c> what</c><00:17:30.119><c> the</c><00:17:30.299><c> Apostle's</c><00:17:30.660><c> talking</c><00:17:30.960><c> about.</c> 00:17:32.019 --> 00:17:34.000 But<00:17:32.180><c> he</c><00:17:32.259><c> takes</c><00:17:32.519><c> that</c><00:17:32.759><c> expression,</c><00:17:33.359><c> brothers</c><00:17:33.480><c> and</c><00:17:33.759><c> sisters,</c> 00:17:34.000 --> 00:17:39.779 that<00:17:34.220><c> we</c><00:17:34.400><c> should</c><00:17:35.000><c> feel</c><00:17:35.700><c> after</c><00:17:36.220><c> God</c><00:17:36.579><c> and</c><00:17:36.880><c> actually</c><00:17:37.400><c> make</c><00:17:37.920><c> him</c><00:17:38.500><c> a</c><00:17:38.799><c> reality.</c> 00:17:41.119 --> 00:17:43.839 And,<00:17:41.339><c> you</c><00:17:41.339><c> know,</c><00:17:41.359><c> I</c><00:17:41.559><c> think</c><00:17:41.799><c> that</c><00:17:41.960><c> that's</c><00:17:42.160><c> a</c><00:17:42.200><c> very</c><00:17:42.500><c> powerful</c><00:17:42.940><c> thought.</c> 00:17:44.220 --> 00:17:47.599 It's<00:17:44.579><c> a</c><00:17:44.819><c> terribly</c><00:17:45.180><c> difficult</c><00:17:45.599><c> thing</c><00:17:45.880><c> for</c><00:17:46.140><c> finite</c><00:17:46.559><c> creatures,</c> 00:17:47.619 --> 00:17:50.980 who<00:17:47.700><c> themselves</c><00:17:48.200><c> are</c><00:17:48.440><c> subject</c><00:17:48.859><c> to</c><00:17:49.180><c> time</c><00:17:49.640><c> and</c><00:17:50.119><c> decay</c><00:17:50.500><c> in</c><00:17:50.720><c> every</c> 00:17:50.980 --> 00:17:51.740 facet<00:17:51.339><c> of</c><00:17:51.519><c> life.</c> 00:17:52.180 --> 00:17:54.099 Everything<00:17:52.779><c> gets</c><00:17:53.180><c> older,</c> 00:17:55.000 --> 00:17:58.359 be<00:17:55.119><c> it</c><00:17:55.319><c> material</c><00:17:55.700><c> 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very</c><00:19:24.660><c> source</c><00:19:25.039><c> of</c><00:19:25.279><c> life.</c> 00:19:25.720 --> 00:19:30.599 And<00:19:26.680><c> we</c><00:19:26.980><c> come</c><00:19:27.279><c> to</c><00:19:27.640><c> the</c><00:19:27.819><c> realization</c><00:19:28.420><c> that</c><00:19:28.660><c> there</c><00:19:28.900><c> is</c><00:19:29.099><c> a</c><00:19:29.200><c> God</c><00:19:29.359><c> in</c><00:19:29.700><c> reality.</c> 00:19:30.900 --> 00:19:32.559 Not<00:19:31.059><c> always</c><00:19:31.339><c> easy,</c><00:19:31.740><c> is</c><00:19:31.740><c> it,</c><00:19:31.880><c> brothers</c><00:19:32.079><c> and</c><00:19:32.319><c> sisters?</c> 00:19:32.980 --> 00:19:35.440 We<00:19:33.460><c> do</c><00:19:33.700><c> have</c><00:19:33.920><c> our</c><00:19:34.079><c> little</c><00:19:34.299><c> problems</c><00:19:34.640><c> and</c><00:19:34.799><c> our</c><00:19:34.880><c> little</c><00:19:35.079><c> doubts.</c> 00:19:35.940 --> 00:19:39.000 Let's<00:19:36.460><c> feel</c><00:19:36.740><c> after</c><00:19:37.019><c> him</c><00:19:37.299><c> as</c><00:19:37.539><c> they</c><00:19:37.819><c> did</c><00:19:37.960><c> and</c><00:19:38.180><c> come</c><00:19:38.440><c> forward</c><00:19:38.700><c> and</c> 00:19:39.000 --> 00:19:40.059 touch<00:19:39.339><c> him</c> 00:19:40.059 --> 00:19:42.119 in<00:19:40.319><c> that</c><00:19:40.599><c> spiritual</c><00:19:41.079><c> sense.</c> 00:19:42.700 --> 00:19:45.319 And<00:19:42.819><c> Jesus</c><00:19:43.079><c> said,</c><00:19:43.380><c> look,</c><00:19:43.920><c> and</c><00:19:44.019><c> when</c><00:19:44.079><c> they</c><00:19:44.279><c> felt</c><00:19:44.440><c> him,</c><00:19:44.619><c> he</c><00:19:44.619><c> said,</c> 00:19:45.420 --> 00:19:46.960 flesh<00:19:45.420><c> and</c><00:19:45.900><c> bones.</c> 00:19:47.839 --> 00:19:50.759 He<00:19:47.940><c> said,</c><00:19:48.079><c> a</c><00:19:48.339><c> spirit,</c><00:19:49.480><c> a</c><00:19:49.599><c> gust</c><00:19:49.839><c> of</c><00:19:50.140><c> air,</c> 00:19:50.759 --> 00:19:55.180 hasn't<00:19:51.519><c> got</c><00:19:51.859><c> flesh</c><00:19:52.259><c> and</c><00:19:52.720><c> bones</c><00:19:53.079><c> as</c><00:19:53.539><c> ye</c><00:19:53.740><c> see</c><00:19:53.980><c> me</c><00:19:54.220><c> have.</c> 00:19:55.920 --> 00:19:58.099 So<00:19:56.160><c> he</c><00:19:56.279><c> was</c><00:19:56.539><c> actually</c><00:19:57.039><c> flesh.</c> 00:19:58.700 --> 00:19:59.859 And<00:19:58.819><c> he</c><00:19:58.880><c> was</c><00:19:59.140><c> actually</c><00:19:59.539><c> bones.</c> 00:20:00.099 --> 00:20:00.539 They<00:20:00.140><c> were</c><00:20:00.339><c> bones.</c> 00:20:00.559 --> 00:20:01.140 He<00:20:00.640><c> was</c><00:20:00.819><c> a</c><00:20:00.940><c> man.</c> 00:20:01.359 --> 00:20:02.259 He<00:20:01.500><c> had</c><00:20:01.700><c> a</c><00:20:01.960><c> skeleton.</c> 00:20:02.380 --> 00:20:05.160 And<00:20:02.539><c> over</c><00:20:02.680><c> that</c><00:20:02.920><c> was</c><00:20:03.180><c> a</c><00:20:03.339><c> body,</c><00:20:03.940><c> like</c><00:20:04.019><c> we</c><00:20:04.279><c> are,</c><00:20:04.420><c> just</c><00:20:04.640><c> like</c><00:20:04.799><c> we</c><00:20:05.000><c> are.</c> 00:20:05.259 --> 00:20:06.640 Is<00:20:05.359><c> there</c><00:20:05.420><c> any</c><00:20:05.519><c> one</c><00:20:05.640><c> difference?</c> 00:20:07.740 --> 00:20:08.779 No<00:20:08.000><c> blood.</c> 00:20:10.160 --> 00:20:13.000 Flesh<00:20:10.460><c> and</c><00:20:10.720><c> blood,</c><00:20:11.140><c> brothers</c><00:20:11.380><c> and</c><00:20:11.700><c> sisters,</c><00:20:12.180><c> cannot</c><00:20:12.359><c> inherit</c> 00:20:13.000 --> 00:20:13.799 in<00:20:13.480><c> corruption.</c> 00:20:14.180 --> 00:20:15.720 He's<00:20:14.500><c> incorruptible.</c> 00:20:15.740 --> 00:20:18.039 So<00:20:16.140><c> it</c><00:20:16.140><c> certainly</c><00:20:16.299><c> wasn't</c><00:20:16.640><c> flesh</c><00:20:16.900><c> and</c><00:20:17.180><c> blood.</c> 00:20:18.920 --> 00:20:21.000 But<00:20:19.440><c> he</c><00:20:19.559><c> was</c><00:20:19.859><c> real.</c> 00:20:21.460 --> 00:20:23.619 And<00:20:21.599><c> that</c><00:20:21.779><c> tells</c><00:20:22.019><c> us</c><00:20:22.220><c> a</c><00:20:22.279><c> lot,</c><00:20:22.480><c> doesn't</c><00:20:22.720><c> it,</c><00:20:22.839><c> about</c><00:20:23.039><c> our</c><00:20:23.220><c> future.</c> 00:20:23.859 --> 00:20:26.099 It<00:20:23.940><c> might</c><00:20:24.160><c> seem</c><00:20:24.359><c> a</c><00:20:24.420><c> very</c><00:20:24.740><c> simple</c><00:20:25.000><c> thing</c><00:20:25.220><c> to</c><00:20:25.380><c> say</c><00:20:25.599><c> this.</c> 00:20:26.579 --> 00:20:28.460 But<00:20:26.680><c> you</c><00:20:26.759><c> know,</c><00:20:26.960><c> the</c><00:20:27.039><c> Bible</c><00:20:27.420><c> isn't</c><00:20:27.819><c> about</c><00:20:28.140><c> fiction.</c> 00:20:28.779 --> 00:20:31.819 It<00:20:28.819><c> isn't</c><00:20:29.099><c> 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brothers</c><00:20:41.500><c> and</c><00:20:41.740><c> sisters.</c> 00:20:42.200 --> 00:20:44.660 That<00:20:42.460><c> man</c><00:20:42.740><c> was</c><00:20:43.039><c> flesh</c><00:20:43.359><c> and</c><00:20:43.740><c> bone.</c> 00:20:45.900 --> 00:20:48.299 So<00:20:46.299><c> that</c><00:20:46.460><c> tells</c><00:20:46.720><c> us</c><00:20:46.920><c> a</c><00:20:47.000><c> lot,</c><00:20:47.440><c> doesn't</c><00:20:47.440><c> it?</c> 00:20:48.779 --> 00:20:50.279 That<00:20:48.920><c> we'll</c><00:20:49.140><c> meet</c><00:20:49.259><c> each</c><00:20:49.460><c> other</c><00:20:49.579><c> in</c><00:20:49.680><c> the</c><00:20:49.779><c> kingdom</c><00:20:50.000><c> of</c><00:20:50.180><c> God.</c> 00:20:50.299 --> 00:20:52.059 And<00:20:50.460><c> we</c><00:20:50.519><c> will</c><00:20:50.720><c> know</c><00:20:50.960><c> each</c><00:20:51.240><c> other.</c> 00:20:52.579 --> 00:20:54.839 We'll<00:20:52.700><c> be</c><00:20:52.819><c> as</c><00:20:53.279><c> 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whom</c><00:22:20.660><c> also</c><00:22:21.039><c> he</c><00:22:21.400><c> showed</c><00:22:21.640><c> himself</c><00:22:22.119><c> alive</c><00:22:22.880><c> after</c><00:22:23.259><c> his</c><00:22:23.640><c> passion</c><00:22:23.920><c> or</c><00:22:24.160><c> his</c><00:22:24.460><c> sufferings,</c> 00:22:25.519 --> 00:22:30.359 By<00:22:25.779><c> many</c><00:22:26.259><c> infallible</c><00:22:27.299><c> proofs,</c><00:22:28.839><c> being</c><00:22:29.119><c> seen</c><00:22:29.400><c> of</c><00:22:29.519><c> them</c><00:22:29.680><c> forty</c><00:22:29.980><c> days,</c> 00:22:30.480 --> 00:22:32.759 And<00:22:30.700><c> speaking</c><00:22:30.940><c> of</c><00:22:31.119><c> the</c><00:22:31.319><c> things</c><00:22:31.579><c> pertaining</c><00:22:32.079><c> to</c><00:22:32.319><c> the</c><00:22:32.480><c> kingdom</c> 00:22:32.759 --> 00:22:33.259 of<00:22:32.980><c> God.</c> 00:22:33.259 --> 00:22:36.119 Now,<00:22:33.680><c> one</c><00:22:33.900><c> of</c><00:22:33.960><c> those</c><00:22:34.420><c> infallible</c><00:22:35.079><c> proofs</c><00:22:35.440><c> would</c><00:22:35.559><c> be</c><00:22:35.759><c> the</c><00:22:35.900><c> fact</c> 00:22:36.119 --> 00:22:38.619 that<00:22:36.299><c> he</c><00:22:36.500><c> actually</c><00:22:37.460><c> ate</c><00:22:37.819><c> in</c><00:22:38.039><c> their</c><00:22:38.299><c> presence.</c> 00:22:38.740 --> 00:22:40.000 Now,<00:22:38.900><c> we</c><00:22:39.000><c> know</c><00:22:39.220><c> that's</c><00:22:39.539><c> a</c><00:22:39.660><c> fact.</c> 00:22:40.380 --> 00:22:43.180 Because<00:22:40.519><c> you</c><00:22:40.660><c> turn</c><00:22:40.880><c> to</c><00:22:41.019><c> Acts</c><00:22:41.180><c> chapter</c><00:22:41.500><c> 10.</c> 00:22:43.220 --> 00:22:45.259 Because<00:22:43.339><c> Peter</c><00:22:43.519><c> makes</c><00:22:43.880><c> reference</c><00:22:44.220><c> specifically</c><00:22:44.859><c> to</c><00:22:45.059><c> this</c> 00:22:45.259 --> 00:22:49.420 matter<00:22:45.640><c> amongst</c><00:22:46.599><c> the</c><00:22:46.900><c> infallible</c><00:22:47.420><c> proofs.</c> 00:22:49.640 --> 00:22:52.460 And<00:22:49.859><c> speaking</c><00:22:50.059><c> to</c><00:22:50.319><c> Cornelius,</c><00:22:50.839><c> this</c><00:22:50.960><c> is</c><00:22:51.079><c> what</c><00:22:51.420><c> Peter</c><00:22:51.680><c> had</c><00:22:51.880><c> to</c><00:22:52.160><c> say.</c> 00:22:52.460 --> 00:22:57.500 In<00:22:53.460><c> Acts</c><00:22:53.759><c> chapter</c><00:22:54.039><c> 10</c><00:22:54.319><c> and</c><00:22:54.500><c> verse</c><00:22:54.720><c> 41,</c><00:22:55.720><c> he</c><00:22:55.720><c> says,</c><00:22:56.880><c> verse</c><00:22:57.039><c> 40,</c> 00:22:57.640 --> 00:23:02.980 Him<00:22:58.019><c> God</c><00:22:58.339><c> raised</c><00:22:58.720><c> up</c><00:23:00.140><c> the</c><00:23:00.339><c> third</c><00:23:00.640><c> day</c><00:23:00.819><c> and</c><00:23:01.039><c> showed</c><00:23:01.319><c> himself</c><00:23:01.799><c> openly,</c> 00:23:03.460 --> 00:23:07.500 Not<00:23:03.799><c> to</c><00:23:03.960><c> all</c><00:23:04.259><c> the</c><00:23:04.440><c> people,</c><00:23:05.359><c> but</c><00:23:05.480><c> unto</c><00:23:05.740><c> witnesses</c><00:23:06.180><c> chosen</c><00:23:06.619><c> before</c><00:23:07.099><c> of</c><00:23:07.299><c> God,</c> 00:23:07.680 --> 00:23:12.579 Even<00:23:07.839><c> to</c><00:23:08.079><c> us,</c><00:23:08.299><c> who</c><00:23:08.539><c> did</c><00:23:08.940><c> eat</c><00:23:09.559><c> and</c><00:23:10.059><c> drink</c><00:23:10.660><c> with</c><00:23:11.000><c> him</c><00:23:11.579><c> after</c><00:23:12.339><c> he</c> 00:23:12.579 --> 00:23:13.420 rose<00:23:12.819><c> from</c><00:23:13.079><c> the</c><00:23:13.240><c> dead.</c> 00:23:13.740 --> 00:23:16.960 So<00:23:14.079><c> Peter</c><00:23:14.299><c> specifically</c><00:23:15.180><c> mentions</c><00:23:15.640><c> eating</c><00:23:16.140><c> and</c><00:23:16.400><c> drinking</c><00:23:16.660><c> as</c> 00:23:16.960 --> 00:23:20.900 being<00:23:17.259><c> among</c><00:23:17.799><c> the</c><00:23:18.240><c> many</c><00:23:18.680><c> infallible</c><00:23:19.700><c> proofs.</c> 00:23:20.900 --> 00:23:24.799 Now,<00:23:21.480><c> you</c><00:23:21.519><c> know,</c><00:23:22.039><c> you</c><00:23:22.180><c> try</c><00:23:22.559><c> and,</c><00:23:23.079><c> if</c><00:23:23.220><c> you</c><00:23:23.440><c> can,</c><00:23:24.380><c> put</c><00:23:24.519><c> yourself</c> 00:23:24.799 --> 00:23:26.200 in<00:23:24.900><c> that</c><00:23:25.039><c> situation.</c> 00:23:26.599 --> 00:23:28.460 When<00:23:26.819><c> I</c><00:23:26.980><c> did</c><00:23:27.099><c> this</c><00:23:27.319><c> study,</c><00:23:27.539><c> of</c><00:23:27.740><c> course</c><00:23:27.859><c> there's</c><00:23:28.039><c> any</c><00:23:28.220><c> study</c> 00:23:28.460 --> 00:23:28.759 you<00:23:28.640><c> do.</c> 00:23:28.960 --> 00:23:31.039 You<00:23:29.140><c> sort</c><00:23:29.359><c> of</c><00:23:29.819><c> project</c><00:23:30.160><c> your</c><00:23:30.559><c> mind</c><00:23:30.759><c> into</c><00:23:30.920><c> it.</c> 00:23:31.119 --> 00:23:33.759 You<00:23:31.240><c> sort</c><00:23:31.339><c> of</c><00:23:31.519><c> just</c><00:23:31.759><c> get</c><00:23:31.920><c> lost</c><00:23:32.160><c> in</c><00:23:32.279><c> it</c><00:23:32.400><c> and</c><00:23:32.819><c> you</c><00:23:33.079><c> try</c><00:23:33.359><c> and</c><00:23:33.619><c> sort</c> 00:23:33.759 --> 00:23:36.039 of<00:23:34.539><c> think</c><00:23:34.680><c> you</c><00:23:34.859><c> were</c><00:23:35.019><c> there.</c> 00:23:36.500 --> 00:23:40.839 And<00:23:36.740><c> I'm</c><00:23:36.960><c> watching</c><00:23:37.259><c> this,</c><00:23:37.740><c> sort</c><00:23:37.940><c> of</c><00:23:38.059><c> being,</c><00:23:38.440><c> sort</c><00:23:38.819><c> of</c><00:23:38.960><c> standing</c><00:23:39.259><c> off,</c><00:23:39.579><c> watching</c><00:23:39.980><c> the</c><00:23:40.180><c> whole</c><00:23:40.440><c> scene</c><00:23:40.660><c> as</c> 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takes</c><00:23:52.380><c> fish</c><00:23:53.099><c> and</c><00:23:53.660><c> a</c><00:23:53.759><c> honeycomb</c><00:23:54.200><c> and</c><00:23:54.500><c> they</c><00:23:54.599><c> watch</c><00:23:54.779><c> him</c> 00:23:55.140 --> 00:23:56.579 chew<00:23:55.380><c> it.</c> 00:23:57.579 --> 00:23:59.940 And<00:23:57.700><c> they</c><00:23:57.900><c> don't</c><00:23:58.220><c> see</c><00:23:58.599><c> it</c><00:23:59.000><c> once</c><00:23:59.259><c> it's</c><00:23:59.420><c> in</c><00:23:59.460><c> his</c><00:23:59.680><c> mouth.</c><00:23:59.900><c> It's</c> 00:23:59.940 --> 00:24:01.200 not<00:24:00.119><c> like</c><00:24:00.259><c> they</c><00:24:00.319><c> can</c><00:24:00.599><c> see</c><00:24:00.880><c> through</c><00:24:01.059><c> him.</c> 00:24:01.200 --> 00:24:04.839 It's<00:24:01.240><c> not</c><00:24:01.440><c> like</c><00:24:01.700><c> a</c><00:24:02.259><c> spirit</c><00:24:02.640><c> or</c><00:24:03.099><c> something</c><00:24:03.319><c> is</c><00:24:03.619><c> transparent.</c> 00:24:05.640 --> 00:24:10.940 He<00:24:05.640><c> chews</c><00:24:06.000><c> and</c><00:24:06.240><c> he</c><00:24:06.400><c> swallows.</c><00:24:07.799><c> He</c><00:24:08.019><c> drinks.</c><00:24:10.000><c> Amazing!</c> 00:24:11.720 --> 00:24:14.359 And<00:24:11.819><c> you</c><00:24:11.920><c> can</c><00:24:12.019><c> imagine,</c><00:24:12.279><c> every</c><00:24:12.579><c> eye</c><00:24:12.940><c> absolutely</c><00:24:13.779><c> fastened</c><00:24:14.220><c> on</c><00:24:14.299><c> him.</c> 00:24:14.359 --> 00:24:16.500 We<00:24:14.559><c> see</c><00:24:14.779><c> people</c><00:24:15.019><c> eat</c><00:24:15.160><c> every</c><00:24:15.460><c> day,</c><00:24:15.700><c> but</c><00:24:15.819><c> we</c><00:24:16.000><c> don't</c><00:24:16.140><c> look</c><00:24:16.299><c> like</c> 00:24:16.500 --> 00:24:17.039 that,<00:24:16.619><c> do</c><00:24:16.779><c> we?</c> 00:24:17.039 --> 00:24:19.440 But<00:24:17.380><c> by</c><00:24:17.759><c> heck,</c><00:24:18.220><c> their</c><00:24:18.400><c> eyes,</c><00:24:18.720><c> brothers</c><00:24:18.880><c> and</c><00:24:19.099><c> sisters,</c><00:24:19.240><c> would</c> 00:24:19.440 --> 00:24:21.059 be<00:24:19.660><c> riveted</c><00:24:19.880><c> on</c><00:24:20.039><c> him.</c> 00:24:21.240 --> 00:24:24.119 And<00:24:21.480><c> every</c><00:24:21.779><c> mouthful</c><00:24:22.140><c> he</c><00:24:22.240><c> took</c><00:24:22.519><c> was</c><00:24:22.740><c> an</c><00:24:23.160><c> infallible</c><00:24:23.759><c> proof</c> 00:24:24.119 --> 00:24:25.099 that<00:24:24.279><c> he's</c><00:24:24.700><c> there.</c> 00:24:25.180 --> 00:24:27.900 He's<00:24:25.660><c> absolutely</c><00:24:26.380><c> there.</c> 00:24:28.299 --> 00:24:31.480 Fish<00:24:28.700><c> and</c><00:24:28.940><c> honey,</c><00:24:29.460><c> products</c><00:24:29.640><c> of</c><00:24:29.839><c> the</c><00:24:29.980><c> earth</c><00:24:30.220><c> and</c><00:24:30.420><c> the</c><00:24:30.660><c> sea.</c> 00:24:32.759 --> 00:24:35.079 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these</c><00:24:45.740><c> are</c><00:24:45.920><c> the</c><00:24:46.019><c> words</c><00:24:46.240><c> which</c> 00:24:46.460 --> 00:24:48.099 I<00:24:46.660><c> spoke</c><00:24:46.900><c> unto</c><00:24:47.099><c> you</c><00:24:47.220><c> while</c><00:24:47.380><c> I</c><00:24:47.500><c> was</c><00:24:47.599><c> with</c><00:24:47.799><c> you.</c> 00:24:48.339 --> 00:24:49.980 I've<00:24:48.460><c> told</c><00:24:48.640><c> you</c><00:24:48.779><c> all</c><00:24:48.920><c> this.</c> 00:24:50.579 --> 00:24:52.660 That<00:24:50.740><c> all</c><00:24:50.920><c> things</c><00:24:51.240><c> must</c><00:24:51.500><c> be</c><00:24:51.759><c> fulfilled</c><00:24:52.160><c> which</c><00:24:52.359><c> were</c><00:24:52.519><c> written</c> 00:24:52.660 --> 00:24:53.559 in<00:24:52.819><c> the</c><00:24:52.940><c> law</c><00:24:53.059><c> of</c><00:24:53.259><c> Moses</c> 00:24:53.559 --> 00:24:55.599 and<00:24:53.759><c> in</c><00:24:53.900><c> the</c><00:24:54.079><c> 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about</c><00:25:43.960><c> that?</c> 00:25:44.980 --> 00:25:47.240 Look<00:25:45.099><c> at</c><00:25:45.240><c> this</c><00:25:45.420><c> method</c><00:25:45.660><c> here</c><00:25:46.019><c> and</c><00:25:46.359><c> take</c><00:25:46.599><c> you</c><00:25:46.720><c> through</c><00:25:46.940><c> those</c> 00:25:47.240 --> 00:25:48.519 things<00:25:47.440><c> methodically.</c> 00:25:48.940 --> 00:25:53.640 Ah,<00:25:49.160><c> now</c><00:25:49.480><c> you</c><00:25:49.720><c> see,</c><00:25:50.519><c> he's</c><00:25:51.220><c> opening</c><00:25:51.660><c> your</c><00:25:52.240><c> understanding</c><00:25:52.880><c> that</c> 00:25:53.640 --> 00:25:55.779 you<00:25:54.200><c> might</c><00:25:54.500><c> have</c><00:25:54.680><c> that</c><00:25:54.880><c> ability.</c> 00:25:57.920 --> 00:26:00.700 Now<00:25:58.359><c> that,</c><00:25:58.839><c> of</c><00:25:59.019><c> course,</c><00:25:59.259><c> would</c><00:25:59.380><c> have</c><00:25:59.519><c> been</c><00:25:59.740><c> 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couldn't</c><00:27:12.380><c> be</c> 00:27:12.599 --> 00:27:14.460 David<00:27:12.839><c> because</c><00:27:13.359><c> he</c><00:27:13.779><c> saw</c><00:27:14.019><c> corruption.</c> 00:27:14.779 --> 00:27:17.619 He<00:27:14.940><c> made</c><00:27:15.240><c> use</c><00:27:15.539><c> of</c><00:27:15.579><c> it,</c><00:27:15.839><c> he</c><00:27:16.380><c> pointed</c><00:27:16.559><c> out</c><00:27:16.720><c> the</c><00:27:17.019><c> practicalities</c> 00:27:17.619 --> 00:27:20.200 of<00:27:17.819><c> what</c><00:27:17.980><c> they</c><00:27:18.180><c> could</c><00:27:18.460><c> actually</c><00:27:18.880><c> go</c><00:27:19.119><c> and</c><00:27:19.380><c> check.</c> 00:27:20.960 --> 00:27:24.319 And<00:27:21.079><c> in</c><00:27:21.200><c> Acts</c><00:27:21.359><c> 13,</c><00:27:21.779><c> Peter</c><00:27:22.099><c> used</c><00:27:22.400><c> that</c><00:27:22.759><c> reference</c><00:27:23.019><c> in</c><00:27:23.440><c> exactly</c> 00:27:24.319 --> 00:27:25.660 the<00:27:24.619><c> 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be</c><00:27:40.359><c> saved.</c> 00:27:41.900 --> 00:27:44.619 But<00:27:42.039><c> now</c><00:27:42.279><c> both</c><00:27:42.619><c> those</c><00:27:42.859><c> apostles</c><00:27:43.240><c> used</c><00:27:43.559><c> that</c><00:27:43.920><c> reference</c><00:27:44.200><c> in</c> 00:27:44.619 --> 00:27:45.740 exactly<00:27:44.980><c> the</c><00:27:45.220><c> same</c><00:27:45.400><c> way</c> 00:27:45.740 --> 00:27:48.900 and<00:27:46.180><c> emphasized</c><00:27:46.660><c> the</c><00:27:46.859><c> word</c><00:27:47.099><c> whosoever</c><00:27:47.819><c> as</c><00:27:48.140><c> applying</c><00:27:48.359><c> to</c><00:27:48.599><c> all</c> 00:27:48.900 --> 00:27:49.880 men,<00:27:49.079><c> including</c><00:27:49.460><c> Gentiles.</c> 00:27:49.920 --> 00:27:51.380 Who<00:27:50.059><c> taught</c><00:27:50.299><c> them</c><00:27:50.480><c> that?</c> 00:27:52.099 --> 00:27:57.039 In<00:27:52.579><c> Isaiah</c><00:27:53.059><c> 55,</c><00:27:54.180><c> the</c><00:27:54.279><c> sure</c><00:27:54.559><c> mercies</c><00:27:54.920><c> of</c><00:27:55.059><c> David</c><00:27:55.420><c> are</c><00:27:55.740><c> dealt</c><00:27:55.920><c> with</c><00:27:56.240><c> exactly</c><00:27:56.859><c> the</c> 00:27:57.039 --> 00:27:58.420 same<00:27:57.279><c> way</c><00:27:57.500><c> by</c><00:27:57.680><c> both</c><00:27:57.920><c> apostles.</c> 00:27:58.759 --> 00:28:00.240 Who<00:27:58.880><c> taught</c><00:27:59.119><c> them</c><00:27:59.339><c> that?</c> 00:28:01.200 --> 00:28:02.900 And<00:28:01.339><c> it's</c><00:28:01.519><c> obvious</c><00:28:01.740><c> when</c><00:28:01.880><c> you</c><00:28:02.000><c> go</c><00:28:02.180><c> through</c><00:28:02.380><c> their</c><00:28:02.660><c> writings,</c> 00:28:03.099 --> 00:28:03.720 brothers<00:28:03.240><c> and</c><00:28:03.480><c> sisters,</c> 00:28:03.779 --> 00:28:05.660 and<00:28:03.940><c> their</c><00:28:04.180><c> speeches,</c><00:28:04.539><c> especially</c><00:28:04.920><c> in</c><00:28:05.119><c> the</c><00:28:05.259><c> Acts,</c><00:28:05.480><c> the</c><00:28:05.519><c> way</c> 00:28:05.660 --> 00:28:07.220 they<00:28:05.900><c> used</c><00:28:06.079><c> that</c><00:28:06.339><c> Bible,</c> 00:28:07.299 --> 00:28:10.880 there<00:28:07.380><c> was</c><00:28:07.680><c> a</c><00:28:07.900><c> commonality</c><00:28:08.299><c> of</c><00:28:08.640><c> approach,</c><00:28:09.960><c> a</c><00:28:10.220><c> commonality</c><00:28:10.660><c> of</c> 00:28:10.880 --> 00:28:12.680 view<00:28:11.019><c> as</c><00:28:11.180><c> to</c><00:28:11.299><c> how</c><00:28:11.519><c> certain</c><00:28:11.839><c> references</c><00:28:12.140><c> were</c><00:28:12.440><c> seen</c> 00:28:12.680 --> 00:28:15.059 and<00:28:12.819><c> in</c><00:28:13.019><c> what</c><00:28:13.259><c> context</c><00:28:13.660><c> they</c><00:28:13.839><c> were</c><00:28:13.960><c> to</c><00:28:14.119><c> be</c><00:28:14.359><c> quoted.</c> 00:28:16.660 --> 00:28:18.500 It<00:28:16.740><c> was</c><00:28:16.900><c> a</c><00:28:17.099><c> remarkable</c><00:28:17.559><c> thing.</c> 00:28:18.660 --> 00:28:22.099 And<00:28:19.119><c> the</c><00:28:19.259><c> most</c><00:28:19.619><c> quoted</c><00:28:19.920><c> reference</c><00:28:20.339><c> in</c><00:28:20.500><c> the</c><00:28:20.539><c> New</c><00:28:20.779><c> Testament</c><00:28:21.400><c> is</c> 00:28:22.099 --> 00:28:23.700 Psalm<00:28:22.339><c> 110,</c> 00:28:23.960 --> 00:28:26.359 which<00:28:24.160><c> the</c><00:28:24.279><c> Lord</c><00:28:24.519><c> himself</c><00:28:25.019><c> put</c><00:28:25.220><c> before</c><00:28:25.579><c> the</c><00:28:25.759><c> scribes</c><00:28:26.079><c> and</c><00:28:26.200><c> the</c> 00:28:26.359 --> 00:28:27.779 Pharisees<00:28:26.920><c> and</c><00:28:27.079><c> the</c><00:28:27.299><c> Sadducees,</c> 00:28:28.059 --> 00:28:30.299 and<00:28:28.059><c> they</c><00:28:28.319><c> could</c><00:28:28.700><c> not</c><00:28:29.039><c> answer</c><00:28:29.359><c> him</c><00:28:29.559><c> on</c><00:28:29.740><c> that</c><00:28:29.940><c> reference.</c> 00:28:30.539 --> 00:28:33.339 And<00:28:30.799><c> that's</c><00:28:31.099><c> the</c><00:28:31.220><c> one</c><00:28:31.319><c> the</c><00:28:31.539><c> apostles</c><00:28:31.859><c> kept</c><00:28:32.099><c> bringing</c><00:28:32.359><c> up</c><00:28:32.680><c> time</c> 00:28:33.339 --> 00:28:36.099 and<00:28:33.759><c> time</c><00:28:34.319><c> and</c><00:28:34.660><c> time</c><00:28:35.000><c> again</c> 00:28:36.559 --> 00:28:40.059 and<00:28:37.019><c> applying</c><00:28:37.319><c> it</c><00:28:37.500><c> in</c><00:28:37.640><c> exactly</c><00:28:38.240><c> the</c><00:28:38.460><c> same</c><00:28:38.640><c> way</c><00:28:38.799><c> as</c><00:28:38.940><c> the</c><00:28:39.039><c> Lord</c><00:28:39.200><c> did.</c> 00:28:40.460 --> 00:28:42.039 As<00:28:40.559><c> I</c><00:28:40.759><c> say,</c><00:28:40.900><c> you</c><00:28:40.960><c> might</c><00:28:41.119><c> think,</c><00:28:41.380><c> well,</c><00:28:41.380><c> that's</c><00:28:41.480><c> not</c><00:28:41.660><c> unusual.</c> 00:28:42.420 --> 00:28:44.380 But<00:28:42.559><c> it's</c><00:28:42.660><c> a</c><00:28:42.720><c> little</c><00:28:42.799><c> bit</c><00:28:42.960><c> unusual</c><00:28:43.240><c> when</c><00:28:43.400><c> you</c><00:28:43.539><c> see</c><00:28:43.660><c> it</c><00:28:43.940><c> done</c><00:28:44.160><c> in</c> 00:28:44.380 --> 00:28:45.779 exactly<00:28:44.980><c> the</c><00:28:45.180><c> same</c><00:28:45.380><c> fashion.</c> 00:28:45.779 --> 00:28:49.420 And<00:28:46.579><c> he'd</c><00:28:46.960><c> sat</c><00:28:47.099><c> them</c><00:28:47.359><c> down</c><00:28:47.880><c> and</c><00:28:48.440><c> taught</c><00:28:48.619><c> them</c><00:28:48.940><c> methodically</c> 00:28:49.420 --> 00:28:51.839 that<00:28:49.720><c> they</c><00:28:50.380><c> might</c><00:28:50.720><c> understand</c><00:28:51.400><c> the</c><00:28:51.640><c> Scripture.</c> 00:28:52.099 --> 00:28:54.779 They<00:28:52.480><c> might</c><00:28:52.799><c> have</c><00:28:53.019><c> the</c><00:28:53.160><c> ability</c><00:28:53.380><c> to</c><00:28:53.579><c> do</c><00:28:53.700><c> this.</c> 00:28:55.000 --> 00:28:59.000 And<00:28:55.140><c> that's</c><00:28:55.440><c> another</c><00:28:55.740><c> dimension</c><00:28:56.259><c> as</c><00:28:56.960><c> being</c><00:28:57.160><c> just</c><00:28:57.420><c> simply</c><00:28:57.700><c> told</c><00:28:58.220><c> what</c><00:28:58.779><c> the</c> 00:28:59.000 --> 00:29:00.220 Bible<00:28:59.220><c> means.</c> 00:29:00.839 --> 00:29:03.539 Now,<00:29:00.960><c> if</c><00:29:01.099><c> we</c><00:29:01.160><c> come</c><00:29:01.319><c> to</c><00:29:01.460><c> John</c><00:29:01.700><c> chapter</c><00:29:02.039><c> 20,</c><00:29:02.460><c> something</c><00:29:02.779><c> happened</c><00:29:03.119><c> at</c><00:29:03.299><c> this</c> 00:29:03.539 --> 00:29:05.799 point<00:29:03.720><c> which</c><00:29:03.900><c> is</c><00:29:04.099><c> not</c><00:29:04.259><c> recorded</c><00:29:04.660><c> in</c><00:29:04.920><c> Luke.</c> 00:29:06.259 --> 00:29:10.480 In<00:29:06.460><c> the</c><00:29:06.700><c> comparable</c><00:29:06.980><c> record</c><00:29:07.319><c> in</c><00:29:07.559><c> John,</c><00:29:09.640><c> this</c><00:29:09.839><c> is</c><00:29:10.140><c> recorded,</c> 00:29:10.700 --> 00:29:12.079 brothers<00:29:10.779><c> and</c><00:29:11.039><c> sisters.</c> 00:29:12.539 --> 00:29:18.640 In<00:29:12.859><c> John</c><00:29:13.220><c> chapter</c><00:29:13.519><c> 20</c><00:29:13.880><c> and</c><00:29:14.079><c> verse</c><00:29:14.299><c> 22,</c><00:29:16.259><c> when</c><00:29:16.480><c> he</c><00:29:16.640><c> had</c><00:29:16.940><c> said</c><00:29:17.099><c> this,</c> 00:29:18.880 --> 00:29:23.400 he<00:29:18.900><c> breathed</c><00:29:19.380><c> on</c><00:29:19.559><c> them</c><00:29:20.420><c> and</c><00:29:21.460><c> saith</c><00:29:21.660><c> unto</c><00:29:21.900><c> them,</c><00:29:22.420><c> receive</c><00:29:22.799><c> ye</c> 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00:29:39.880 --> 00:29:42.920 was<00:29:40.279><c> expressing</c><00:29:40.680><c> this</c><00:29:41.079><c> in</c><00:29:41.220><c> a</c><00:29:41.380><c> symbolic</c><00:29:41.960><c> gesture</c><00:29:42.380><c> of</c><00:29:42.579><c> what</c><00:29:42.720><c> was</c> 00:29:42.920 --> 00:29:44.240 going<00:29:43.079><c> to</c><00:29:43.319><c> happen.</c> 00:29:45.339 --> 00:29:47.839 I<00:29:45.440><c> mean,</c><00:29:45.559><c> he</c><00:29:45.579><c> could</c><00:29:45.740><c> have</c><00:29:45.900><c> just</c><00:29:46.079><c> as</c><00:29:46.299><c> easily</c><00:29:46.559><c> said,</c><00:29:47.559><c> receive</c> 00:29:47.839 --> 00:29:48.500 the<00:29:48.000><c> Holy</c><00:29:48.220><c> Spirit,</c> 00:29:48.579 --> 00:29:51.160 or<00:29:49.059><c> you</c><00:29:49.220><c> will</c><00:29:49.579><c> very</c><00:29:49.920><c> shortly</c><00:29:50.119><c> receive</c><00:29:50.519><c> the</c><00:29:50.700><c> Holy</c><00:29:50.940><c> Spirit,</c> 00:29:51.180 --> 00:29:54.480 because<00:29:51.279><c> he</c><00:29:51.440><c> told</c><00:29:51.680><c> them</c><00:29:51.819><c> to</c><00:29:52.099><c> stay</c><00:29:52.640><c> in</c><00:29:53.099><c> Jerusalem</c><00:29:53.599><c> until</c><00:29:53.900><c> it</c><00:29:54.119><c> came.</c> 00:29:54.700 --> 00:29:56.640 So<00:29:54.880><c> they</c><00:29:54.960><c> didn't</c><00:29:55.180><c> get</c><00:29:55.319><c> it</c><00:29:55.519><c> then,</c><00:29:55.740><c> did</c><00:29:55.819><c> they?</c> 00:29:56.900 --> 00:30:00.420 Because<00:29:57.099><c> he</c><00:29:57.240><c> told</c><00:29:57.420><c> them</c><00:29:57.559><c> in</c><00:29:57.660><c> Luke</c><00:29:57.819><c> 24,</c><00:29:58.660><c> don't</c><00:29:58.880><c> go</c><00:29:59.079><c> out</c><00:29:59.240><c> of</c><00:29:59.359><c> Jerusalem</c><00:29:59.640><c> until</c><00:29:59.839><c> that</c><00:30:00.059><c> happens.</c> 00:30:00.420 --> 00:30:04.700 So<00:30:01.240><c> they</c><00:30:01.380><c> didn't</c><00:30:01.599><c> immediately</c><00:30:02.039><c> get</c><00:30:02.200><c> the</c><00:30:02.400><c> Holy</c><00:30:02.559><c> Spirit</c><00:30:02.759><c> by</c><00:30:02.940><c> even</c><00:30:03.079><c> breathing</c><00:30:03.519><c> on</c><00:30:03.740><c> them.</c> 00:30:05.299 --> 00:30:06.579 What<00:30:05.460><c> was</c><00:30:05.599><c> that</c><00:30:05.799><c> doing?</c> 00:30:07.160 --> 00:30:10.900 That,<00:30:07.420><c> brothers</c><00:30:07.680><c> and</c><00:30:07.900><c> sisters,</c><00:30:08.220><c> was</c><00:30:08.640><c> a</c><00:30:09.140><c> symbolic</c><00:30:09.940><c> gesture,</c> 00:30:11.480 --> 00:30:14.099 but<00:30:11.680><c> not</c><00:30:12.059><c> just</c><00:30:12.559><c> a</c><00:30:12.740><c> symbolic</c><00:30:13.200><c> gesture.</c> 00:30:14.299 --> 00:30:17.500 It<00:30:14.420><c> was</c><00:30:14.619><c> one</c><00:30:15.000><c> charged</c><00:30:16.000><c> with</c><00:30:16.279><c> significance.</c> 00:30:18.140 --> 00:30:21.920 Now,<00:30:18.339><c> the</c><00:30:18.440><c> word</c><00:30:18.680><c> breath</c><00:30:19.019><c> there,</c><00:30:19.619><c> to</c><00:30:19.819><c> breathe</c><00:30:20.039><c> on</c><00:30:20.240><c> them,</c><00:30:20.440><c> is</c><00:30:20.559><c> only</c><00:30:20.839><c> used</c><00:30:21.119><c> there</c><00:30:21.619><c> in</c> 00:30:21.920 --> 00:30:23.319 the<00:30:22.019><c> New</c><00:30:22.200><c> Testament,</c><00:30:22.779><c> nowhere</c><00:30:22.980><c> else.</c> 00:30:23.380 --> 00:30:24.460 It's<00:30:23.640><c> just</c><00:30:23.980><c> there.</c> 00:30:24.900 --> 00:30:30.279 And<00:30:25.380><c> it</c><00:30:25.599><c> literally</c><00:30:25.900><c> means</c><00:30:26.519><c> to</c><00:30:26.960><c> puff,</c><00:30:28.500><c> to</c><00:30:28.980><c> puff</c><00:30:29.220><c> at</c><00:30:29.460><c> them.</c> 00:30:30.960 --> 00:30:34.319 And<00:30:31.400><c> he</c><00:30:31.559><c> went,</c><00:30:32.200><c> and</c><00:30:33.240><c> puffed</c><00:30:33.640><c> that</c><00:30:33.779><c> breath</c><00:30:33.980><c> at</c><00:30:34.180><c> them.</c> 00:30:34.380 --> 00:30:35.839 Now<00:30:34.539><c> he</c><00:30:34.579><c> said,</c><00:30:34.900><c> you</c><00:30:34.900><c> received</c><00:30:35.200><c> the</c><00:30:35.380><c> Holy</c><00:30:35.599><c> Spirit.</c> 00:30:35.900 --> 00:30:37.079 As<00:30:36.059><c> I</c><00:30:36.200><c> said,</c><00:30:36.279><c> they</c><00:30:36.380><c> didn't</c><00:30:36.599><c> get</c><00:30:36.759><c> it</c><00:30:36.940><c> then.</c> 00:30:37.240 --> 00:30:38.900 He<00:30:37.440><c> said,</c><00:30:38.000><c> wait</c><00:30:38.279><c> till</c><00:30:38.460><c> it</c><00:30:38.619><c> comes.</c> 00:30:39.240 --> 00:30:41.339 And<00:30:39.359><c> it</c><00:30:39.519><c> didn't</c><00:30:39.680><c> come</c><00:30:39.940><c> until</c><00:30:40.099><c> the</c><00:30:40.200><c> Day</c><00:30:40.359><c> of</c><00:30:40.400><c> Pentecost.</c> 00:30:41.779 --> 00:30:46.079 So<00:30:41.980><c> this</c><00:30:42.220><c> little</c><00:30:42.519><c> symbolic</c><00:30:43.000><c> gesture,</c><00:30:43.920><c> a</c><00:30:44.140><c> little</c><00:30:44.859><c> puff</c><00:30:45.240><c> of</c><00:30:45.500><c> wind</c><00:30:45.740><c> was</c> 00:30:46.079 --> 00:30:47.579 puffed<00:30:46.440><c> towards</c><00:30:46.700><c> them.</c> 00:30:47.599 --> 00:30:49.220 Let<00:30:47.720><c> me</c><00:30:47.819><c> talk</c><00:30:48.000><c> about</c><00:30:48.200><c> that</c><00:30:48.380><c> for</c><00:30:48.460><c> a</c><00:30:48.559><c> moment.</c> 00:30:49.460 --> 00:30:52.759 I'll<00:30:49.880><c> show</c><00:30:50.119><c> you</c><00:30:50.420><c> a</c><00:30:50.619><c> Greek</c><00:30:50.839><c> word,</c><00:30:51.299><c> which</c><00:30:51.299><c> is</c><00:30:51.519><c> not</c><00:30:51.859><c> exactly</c><00:30:52.380><c> this</c><00:30:52.640><c> word,</c> 00:30:52.779 --> 00:30:55.859 but<00:30:52.880><c> it's</c><00:30:53.039><c> the</c><00:30:53.119><c> most</c><00:30:53.440><c> closely</c><00:30:53.720><c> related</c><00:30:53.980><c> one</c><00:30:54.240><c> to</c><00:30:54.400><c> it,</c><00:30:54.579><c> very</c><00:30:54.900><c> closely</c><00:30:55.339><c> related,</c><00:30:55.700><c> is</c> 00:30:55.859 --> 00:30:57.779 in<00:30:56.220><c> James</c><00:30:56.559><c> 1.</c> 00:30:58.119 --> 00:31:01.460 In<00:30:58.440><c> James</c><00:30:58.779><c> chapter</c><00:30:59.160><c> 1,</c><00:30:59.700><c> you</c><00:30:59.740><c> have</c><00:30:59.940><c> a</c><00:31:00.099><c> very</c><00:31:00.539><c> closely</c><00:31:00.940><c> related</c> 00:31:01.460 --> 00:31:04.680 Greek<00:31:01.880><c> word</c><00:31:02.220><c> used</c><00:31:02.539><c> here</c><00:31:03.019><c> in</c><00:31:03.519><c> the</c><00:31:03.700><c> first</c><00:31:03.940><c> chapter</c><00:31:04.240><c> of</c><00:31:04.380><c> James,</c> 00:31:04.819 --> 00:31:09.880 in<00:31:04.940><c> verse</c><00:31:05.160><c> 21,</c><00:31:07.059><c> where</c><00:31:07.240><c> James</c><00:31:07.500><c> says,</c><00:31:08.940><c> James</c><00:31:09.160><c> 1,</c><00:31:09.500><c> 21,</c> 00:31:10.019 --> 00:31:12.579 Wherefore,<00:31:10.519><c> lay</c><00:31:10.619><c> apart</c><00:31:10.920><c> all</c><00:31:11.160><c> filthiness</c><00:31:11.640><c> and</c><00:31:11.900><c> superfluity</c> 00:31:12.579 --> 00:31:13.400 of<00:31:12.799><c> naughtiness,</c> 00:31:13.900 --> 00:31:17.980 and<00:31:14.039><c> receive</c><00:31:14.599><c> with</c><00:31:14.920><c> meekness</c><00:31:15.359><c> the</c><00:31:15.920><c> engrafted</c><00:31:17.019><c> word,</c><00:31:17.759><c> which</c> 00:31:17.980 --> 00:31:19.700 is<00:31:18.200><c> able</c><00:31:18.460><c> to</c><00:31:18.779><c> save</c><00:31:19.059><c> your</c><00:31:19.460><c> souls.</c> 00:31:19.880 --> 00:31:23.339 Now,<00:31:20.140><c> most</c><00:31:20.519><c> translators</c><00:31:21.220><c> say,</c><00:31:21.720><c> well,</c><00:31:22.039><c> engrafted</c><00:31:22.559><c> is</c><00:31:22.720><c> not</c><00:31:23.019><c> right,</c> 00:31:23.339 --> 00:31:27.220 and<00:31:23.859><c> most</c><00:31:24.460><c> of</c><00:31:24.680><c> them</c><00:31:24.819><c> talk</c><00:31:25.140><c> about</c><00:31:25.500><c> the</c><00:31:26.099><c> implanted</c><00:31:27.000><c> word,</c> 00:31:27.240 --> 00:31:30.960 and<00:31:27.319><c> that's</c><00:31:27.759><c> fairly</c><00:31:28.460><c> responsible</c><00:31:30.000><c> translation</c><00:31:30.579><c> anyway,</c> 00:31:31.000 --> 00:31:34.259 but<00:31:31.099><c> it's</c><00:31:31.339><c> a</c><00:31:31.500><c> very</c><00:31:31.940><c> closely</c><00:31:32.339><c> related</c><00:31:32.720><c> word</c><00:31:32.960><c> to</c><00:31:33.140><c> this</c><00:31:33.359><c> one,</c><00:31:33.660><c> brothers</c><00:31:33.759><c> and</c><00:31:34.019><c> sisters,</c> 00:31:34.279 --> 00:31:37.099 and<00:31:34.660><c> it</c><00:31:34.960><c> has</c><00:31:35.180><c> a</c><00:31:35.460><c> very</c><00:31:35.779><c> similar</c><00:31:36.039><c> meaning.</c> 00:31:37.559 --> 00:31:41.420 Rotherham<00:31:38.140><c> interestingly</c><00:31:38.720><c> renders</c><00:31:39.079><c> that</c><00:31:39.640><c> to</c><00:31:40.160><c> receive</c><00:31:40.779><c> the</c> 00:31:41.420 --> 00:31:44.500 word<00:31:42.000><c> fitted</c><00:31:42.400><c> for</c><00:31:42.960><c> inward</c><00:31:43.339><c> growth.</c> 00:31:46.000 --> 00:31:49.500 Now,<00:31:46.119><c> as</c><00:31:46.220><c> I</c><00:31:46.400><c> say,</c><00:31:47.039><c> most</c><00:31:47.299><c> translators</c><00:31:47.859><c> take</c><00:31:48.119><c> it</c><00:31:48.319><c> to</c><00:31:48.500><c> be</c><00:31:48.940><c> the</c> 00:31:49.500 --> 00:31:50.420 implanted<00:31:50.200><c> word,</c> 00:31:50.480 --> 00:31:51.819 like<00:31:50.579><c> you'd</c><00:31:50.819><c> put</c><00:31:51.099><c> seed</c><00:31:51.380><c> in</c><00:31:51.539><c> the</c><00:31:51.700><c> ground.</c> 00:31:51.819 --> 00:31:54.240 Well,<00:31:52.200><c> you</c><00:31:52.440><c> put</c><00:31:52.599><c> something</c><00:31:52.920><c> in</c><00:31:53.079><c> the</c><00:31:53.319><c> ground,</c><00:31:53.839><c> it's</c><00:31:54.019><c> fitted</c> 00:31:54.240 --> 00:31:55.359 for<00:31:54.640><c> growth,</c><00:31:55.000><c> isn't</c><00:31:55.160><c> it?</c> 00:31:55.380 --> 00:31:57.220 You<00:31:55.619><c> don't</c><00:31:55.859><c> intend</c><00:31:56.180><c> that</c><00:31:56.440><c> seed</c><00:31:56.599><c> to</c><00:31:56.779><c> stay</c><00:31:56.980><c> there.</c> 00:31:57.259 --> 00:32:01.319 You<00:31:57.559><c> want</c><00:31:57.700><c> it</c><00:31:57.839><c> to</c><00:31:58.039><c> grow,</c><00:31:59.460><c> and</c><00:31:59.900><c> it'll</c><00:32:00.160><c> grow</c><00:32:00.400><c> and</c><00:32:00.660><c> produce,</c><00:32:01.039><c> of</c> 00:32:01.319 --> 00:32:02.160 course,<00:32:01.480><c> its</c><00:32:01.660><c> own</c><00:32:01.920><c> kind.</c> 00:32:02.180 --> 00:32:03.099 That's<00:32:02.400><c> why</c><00:32:02.480><c> you</c><00:32:02.680><c> put</c><00:32:02.799><c> it</c><00:32:02.960><c> there.</c> 00:32:03.140 --> 00:32:06.579 So<00:32:03.319><c> it's</c><00:32:04.039><c> fitted</c><00:32:04.240><c> for</c><00:32:04.700><c> inward</c><00:32:05.000><c> growth</c><00:32:05.299><c> in</c><00:32:05.500><c> that</c><00:32:05.740><c> sense.</c> 00:32:06.640 --> 00:32:09.299 That's<00:32:07.079><c> a</c><00:32:07.200><c> very</c><00:32:07.599><c> closely</c><00:32:07.960><c> related</c><00:32:08.380><c> word</c><00:32:08.660><c> to</c><00:32:08.799><c> the</c><00:32:08.920><c> one</c><00:32:09.019><c> we've</c> 00:32:09.299 --> 00:32:11.880 read<00:32:09.400><c> about</c><00:32:09.619><c> that</c><00:32:10.400><c> puff</c><00:32:10.799><c> of</c><00:32:11.079><c> wind.</c> 00:32:12.519 --> 00:32:15.619 And<00:32:12.700><c> what</c><00:32:12.839><c> Jesus</c><00:32:13.279><c> was</c><00:32:13.640><c> fitting</c><00:32:13.880><c> them</c><00:32:14.119><c> to</c><00:32:14.380><c> do,</c><00:32:14.619><c> had</c><00:32:14.759><c> been</c><00:32:15.140><c> fitting</c><00:32:15.359><c> them</c> 00:32:15.619 --> 00:32:17.559 to<00:32:15.839><c> do</c><00:32:16.000><c> for</c><00:32:16.220><c> three</c><00:32:16.460><c> and</c><00:32:16.640><c> a</c><00:32:16.680><c> half</c><00:32:16.859><c> years,</c> 00:32:17.559 --> 00:32:20.940 was<00:32:18.279><c> fitting</c><00:32:18.819><c> them</c><00:32:19.119><c> for</c><00:32:19.480><c> inward</c><00:32:19.799><c> growth.</c> 00:32:22.259 --> 00:32:23.940 And<00:32:22.339><c> he's</c><00:32:22.460><c> doing</c><00:32:22.680><c> that</c><00:32:22.859><c> to</c><00:32:23.000><c> us,</c><00:32:23.299><c> brothers</c><00:32:23.480><c> and</c><00:32:23.720><c> sisters.</c> 00:32:23.940 --> 00:32:26.619 He's<00:32:24.240><c> been</c><00:32:24.380><c> doing</c><00:32:24.539><c> that</c><00:32:24.720><c> to</c><00:32:24.859><c> us</c><00:32:25.180><c> since</c><00:32:25.440><c> our</c><00:32:25.700><c> baptism.</c> 00:32:26.660 --> 00:32:30.119 And<00:32:26.819><c> we've</c><00:32:27.119><c> tried</c><00:32:27.380><c> in</c><00:32:27.519><c> this</c><00:32:27.819><c> class</c><00:32:28.099><c> to</c><00:32:28.839><c> bring</c><00:32:29.099><c> that</c><00:32:29.299><c> out</c><00:32:29.440><c> more</c><00:32:29.799><c> powerfully,</c> 00:32:30.380 --> 00:32:32.700 that<00:32:30.539><c> every</c><00:32:30.839><c> time</c><00:32:30.980><c> we</c><00:32:31.200><c> come</c><00:32:31.420><c> here</c><00:32:31.599><c> and</c><00:32:31.740><c> we</c><00:32:31.900><c> deal</c><00:32:32.000><c> with</c><00:32:32.140><c> the</c><00:32:32.339><c> life</c><00:32:32.480><c> of</c> 00:32:32.700 --> 00:32:33.220 the<00:32:32.920><c> Lord,</c> 00:32:33.460 --> 00:32:36.019 now<00:32:33.660><c> I'm</c><00:32:33.740><c> not</c><00:32:33.960><c> saying</c><00:32:34.160><c> that</c><00:32:34.480><c> other</c><00:32:34.680><c> classes</c><00:32:35.059><c> don't</c><00:32:35.619><c> deal</c><00:32:35.799><c> with</c><00:32:35.920><c> that,</c> 00:32:36.019 --> 00:32:38.099 but<00:32:36.160><c> when</c><00:32:36.339><c> we're</c><00:32:36.740><c> specifically</c><00:32:37.240><c> dealing</c><00:32:37.480><c> with</c><00:32:37.640><c> the</c><00:32:37.779><c> life</c><00:32:37.940><c> of</c> 00:32:38.099 --> 00:32:38.339 the<00:32:38.200><c> Lord,</c> 00:32:38.700 --> 00:32:42.339 he's<00:32:39.000><c> going,</c><00:32:39.700><c> ha,</c><00:32:40.200><c> to</c><00:32:40.380><c> every</c><00:32:40.579><c> one</c><00:32:40.680><c> of</c><00:32:40.819><c> us,</c><00:32:41.980><c> ha.</c> 00:32:42.680 --> 00:32:44.619 That<00:32:42.920><c> breath</c><00:32:43.140><c> is</c><00:32:43.339><c> coming</c><00:32:43.579><c> out,</c><00:32:43.799><c> isn't</c><00:32:43.980><c> it?</c> 00:32:44.900 --> 00:32:46.759 It<00:32:45.160><c> comes</c><00:32:45.259><c> out</c><00:32:45.420><c> of</c><00:32:45.500><c> his</c><00:32:45.700><c> mouth.</c> 00:32:46.940 --> 00:32:48.960 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come</c><00:32:56.640><c> upon</c><00:32:56.920><c> them,</c><00:32:57.200><c> brothers</c><00:32:57.259><c> and</c><00:32:57.480><c> sisters,</c> 00:32:57.779 --> 00:33:00.019 like<00:32:57.960><c> a</c><00:32:58.279><c> concordance</c><00:32:58.759><c> and</c><00:32:59.019><c> fill</c><00:32:59.140><c> their</c><00:32:59.400><c> head</c><00:32:59.519><c> with</c><00:32:59.740><c> Hebrew</c> 00:33:00.019 --> 00:33:01.059 and<00:33:00.299><c> Greek</c><00:33:00.500><c> and</c><00:33:00.660><c> all</c><00:33:00.759><c> the</c><00:33:00.900><c> meaning.</c> 00:33:01.259 --> 00:33:02.819 It<00:33:01.480><c> didn't</c><00:33:01.579><c> mean</c><00:33:01.779><c> that</c><00:33:01.980><c> at</c><00:33:02.140><c> all.</c> 00:33:03.599 --> 00:33:06.460 What<00:33:03.740><c> it</c><00:33:03.940><c> did</c><00:33:04.099><c> mean,</c><00:33:04.480><c> as</c><00:33:04.640><c> Jesus</c><00:33:04.920><c> said,</c><00:33:05.640><c> when</c><00:33:05.759><c> it</c><00:33:06.099><c> came,</c><00:33:06.319><c> what</c> 00:33:06.460 --> 00:33:07.180 was<00:33:06.599><c> it</c><00:33:06.680><c> going</c><00:33:06.759><c> to</c><00:33:06.920><c> do?</c> 00:33:07.420 --> 00:33:12.259 It<00:33:07.599><c> didn't</c><00:33:08.119><c> educate</c><00:33:08.740><c> them</c><00:33:08.940><c> in</c><00:33:09.099><c> that</c><00:33:09.359><c> sense,</c><00:33:10.619><c> in</c><00:33:10.660><c> the</c><00:33:10.940><c> absolute</c><00:33:11.839><c> sense.</c> 00:33:12.259 --> 00:33:18.339 It<00:33:13.059><c> brought</c><00:33:13.660><c> all</c><00:33:14.599><c> things</c><00:33:15.180><c> to</c><00:33:15.980><c> their</c><00:33:16.859><c> remembrance.</c> 00:33:20.799 --> 00:33:24.720 Now,<00:33:21.039><c> you</c><00:33:21.319><c> can</c><00:33:21.599><c> remember</c><00:33:22.140><c> nothing</c><00:33:22.700><c> you</c><00:33:23.359><c> haven't</c><00:33:23.720><c> learned.</c> 00:33:25.700 --> 00:33:28.519 If<00:33:25.859><c> you've</c><00:33:26.180><c> never</c><00:33:26.480><c> learned</c><00:33:26.720><c> it,</c><00:33:27.200><c> if</c><00:33:27.359><c> you've</c><00:33:27.720><c> never</c><00:33:28.000><c> known</c><00:33:28.160><c> it,</c> 00:33:28.740 --> 00:33:32.559 then<00:33:28.960><c> no</c><00:33:29.319><c> depth</c><00:33:29.599><c> of</c><00:33:29.900><c> memory</c><00:33:30.099><c> will</c><00:33:30.519><c> ever</c><00:33:30.960><c> produce</c><00:33:31.480><c> it.</c> 00:33:33.240 --> 00:33:36.779 So<00:33:33.480><c> the</c><00:33:33.680><c> Holy</c><00:33:33.940><c> Spirit</c><00:33:34.240><c> didn't</c><00:33:34.599><c> put</c><00:33:35.039><c> the</c><00:33:35.240><c> Bible</c><00:33:35.500><c> in</c><00:33:35.680><c> their</c><00:33:35.839><c> head,</c> 00:33:37.619 --> 00:33:40.240 but<00:33:37.920><c> it</c><00:33:38.019><c> was</c><00:33:38.160><c> an</c><00:33:38.380><c> assistance</c><00:33:38.740><c> to</c><00:33:39.000><c> those</c><00:33:39.299><c> early</c><00:33:39.579><c> disciples,</c><00:33:40.140><c> to</c> 00:33:40.240 --> 00:33:41.220 the<00:33:40.400><c> apostles</c><00:33:40.700><c> especially,</c> 00:33:41.220 --> 00:33:43.160 and<00:33:41.400><c> to</c><00:33:41.400><c> others</c><00:33:41.740><c> upon</c><00:33:42.019><c> whom</c><00:33:42.259><c> their</c><00:33:42.420><c> hands</c><00:33:42.660><c> were</c><00:33:42.880><c> laid,</c><00:33:43.059><c> and</c><00:33:43.119><c> we</c> 00:33:43.160 --> 00:33:44.259 haven't<00:33:43.400><c> got</c><00:33:43.579><c> that</c><00:33:43.779><c> today.</c> 00:33:44.759 --> 00:33:47.700 But<00:33:44.880><c> it</c><00:33:44.900><c> was</c><00:33:45.140><c> an</c><00:33:45.299><c> assistance</c><00:33:45.599><c> to</c><00:33:45.819><c> them</c><00:33:46.160><c> that</c><00:33:46.559><c> they</c><00:33:46.900><c> remembered</c> 00:33:47.700 --> 00:33:49.359 what<00:33:47.980><c> they</c><00:33:48.299><c> already</c><00:33:48.960><c> knew.</c> 00:33:49.640 --> 00:33:51.319 Now,<00:33:49.759><c> if</c><00:33:49.799><c> they</c><00:33:49.980><c> didn't</c><00:33:50.240><c> know</c><00:33:50.440><c> it,</c><00:33:50.720><c> brothers</c><00:33:50.839><c> and</c><00:33:51.079><c> sisters,</c> 00:33:51.559 --> 00:33:53.720 nothing<00:33:51.940><c> would</c><00:33:52.200><c> have</c><00:33:52.339><c> come</c><00:33:52.559><c> to</c><00:33:52.700><c> their</c><00:33:52.920><c> memory.</c> 00:33:54.460 --> 00:33:56.319 And<00:33:54.579><c> when</c><00:33:54.700><c> people</c><00:33:54.960><c> today</c><00:33:55.200><c> talk</c><00:33:55.420><c> about</c><00:33:55.660><c> the</c><00:33:55.900><c> gifts</c><00:33:56.019><c> of</c><00:33:56.200><c> the</c> 00:33:56.319 --> 00:33:56.819 Holy<00:33:56.539><c> Spirit</c> 00:33:56.819 --> 00:33:59.240 and<00:33:56.960><c> say</c><00:33:57.099><c> we've</c><00:33:57.259><c> got</c><00:33:57.319><c> the</c><00:33:57.579><c> Spirit</c><00:33:57.799><c> today,</c><00:33:58.619><c> and</c><00:33:58.880><c> out</c><00:33:59.000><c> of</c><00:33:59.079><c> their</c> 00:33:59.240 --> 00:34:00.400 mouth<00:33:59.460><c> comes</c><00:33:59.779><c> garbage,</c> 00:34:00.740 --> 00:34:03.700 and<00:34:01.019><c> they</c><00:34:01.220><c> know</c><00:34:01.440><c> nothing</c><00:34:01.759><c> about</c><00:34:02.019><c> the</c><00:34:02.220><c> Bible,</c><00:34:02.740><c> it</c><00:34:02.940><c> is</c><00:34:03.259><c> nonsense.</c> 00:34:03.920 --> 00:34:06.240 It<00:34:04.019><c> is</c><00:34:04.380><c> total</c><00:34:04.819><c> and</c><00:34:05.180><c> absolute</c><00:34:05.680><c> nonsense.</c> 00:34:06.640 --> 00:34:09.320 If<00:34:06.940><c> that</c><00:34:07.299><c> Spirit</c><00:34:07.539><c> was</c><00:34:07.759><c> available</c><00:34:08.139><c> today,</c><00:34:08.480><c> even</c><00:34:08.780><c> in</c><00:34:08.960><c> the</c><00:34:09.159><c> sense</c> 00:34:09.320 --> 00:34:10.619 of<00:34:09.500><c> coming</c><00:34:09.699><c> upon</c><00:34:09.940><c> an</c><00:34:10.179><c> individual,</c> 00:34:10.619 --> 00:34:13.219 then<00:34:11.059><c> out</c><00:34:11.320><c> of</c><00:34:11.360><c> their</c><00:34:11.519><c> mouth</c><00:34:11.800><c> would</c><00:34:11.960><c> come</c><00:34:12.179><c> all</c><00:34:12.440><c> that</c><00:34:12.579><c> they</c><00:34:12.800><c> knew</c> 00:34:13.219 --> 00:34:14.539 about<00:34:13.519><c> the</c><00:34:13.639><c> Bible.</c> 00:34:15.960 --> 00:34:17.780 But<00:34:16.079><c> all</c><00:34:16.219><c> we</c><00:34:16.360><c> get</c><00:34:16.480><c> from</c><00:34:16.739><c> them,</c><00:34:17.079><c> brothers</c><00:34:17.239><c> and</c><00:34:17.460><c> sisters,</c><00:34:17.639><c> is</c> 00:34:17.780 --> 00:34:19.480 about<00:34:18.400><c> pre</c><00:34:18.639><c>-existent</c><00:34:19.079><c> Christ</c> 00:34:19.480 --> 00:34:21.480 and<00:34:19.659><c> going</c><00:34:19.860><c> to</c><00:34:20.019><c> heaven</c><00:34:20.280><c> and</c><00:34:20.460><c> three</c><00:34:20.780><c> gods</c><00:34:21.039><c> in</c><00:34:21.280><c> one.</c> 00:34:21.739 --> 00:34:23.320 And<00:34:21.840><c> that's</c><00:34:22.019><c> not</c><00:34:22.219><c> in</c><00:34:22.380><c> the</c><00:34:22.460><c> Bible.</c> 00:34:23.420 --> 00:34:26.019 That's<00:34:23.679><c> got</c><00:34:23.900><c> nothing</c><00:34:24.179><c> to</c><00:34:24.400><c> do</c><00:34:24.480><c> with</c><00:34:24.619><c> the</c><00:34:24.760><c> Holy</c><00:34:25.039><c> Spirit.</c> 00:34:26.280 --> 00:34:29.320 And<00:34:26.440><c> so</c><00:34:26.599><c> here</c><00:34:26.940><c> it</c><00:34:27.039><c> was</c><00:34:27.219><c> a</c><00:34:27.300><c> case</c><00:34:27.599><c> where</c><00:34:27.800><c> Jesus</c><00:34:28.139><c> is</c><00:34:28.380><c> saying,</c> 00:34:30.059 --> 00:34:34.199 I've<00:34:30.219><c> told</c><00:34:30.500><c> you</c><00:34:30.699><c> all</c><00:34:30.820><c> this,</c><00:34:32.559><c> and</c><00:34:32.840><c> you're</c><00:34:33.019><c> going</c><00:34:33.119><c> to</c><00:34:33.199><c> get</c><00:34:33.420><c> assistance</c><00:34:33.820><c> to</c> 00:34:34.199 --> 00:34:35.659 remember<00:34:34.500><c> it.</c> 00:34:36.159 --> 00:34:37.260 That's<00:34:36.599><c> what</c><00:34:36.679><c> he</c><00:34:36.820><c> told</c><00:34:37.019><c> them.</c> 00:34:37.320 --> 00:34:39.599 It'll<00:34:37.579><c> bring</c><00:34:37.780><c> all</c><00:34:38.079><c> things</c><00:34:38.500><c> to</c><00:34:38.860><c> your</c><00:34:39.280><c> remembrance.</c> 00:34:39.599 --> 00:34:43.539 And<00:34:39.739><c> so</c><00:34:39.960><c> there</c><00:34:40.159><c> was</c><00:34:40.960><c> the</c><00:34:41.280><c> word</c><00:34:41.820><c> fitted</c><00:34:42.260><c> for</c><00:34:42.719><c> inward</c><00:34:43.059><c> growth.</c> 00:34:43.880 --> 00:34:45.500 It<00:34:43.900><c> was</c><00:34:44.079><c> already</c><00:34:44.599><c> fitted</c><00:34:44.840><c> in</c><00:34:45.079><c> there.</c> 00:34:45.820 --> 00:34:48.340 It<00:34:45.960><c> had</c><00:34:46.260><c> now</c><00:34:46.480><c> to</c><00:34:46.719><c> come</c><00:34:47.079><c> to</c><00:34:47.539><c> fruition.</c> 00:34:50.519 --> 00:34:52.699 Now<00:34:50.639><c> the</c><00:34:50.800><c> interesting</c><00:34:51.199><c> thing</c><00:34:51.420><c> is</c><00:34:51.599><c> this,</c><00:34:52.139><c> although</c><00:34:52.360><c> that's</c> 00:34:52.699 --> 00:34:53.739 the<00:34:52.900><c> only</c><00:34:53.139><c> occurrence</c> 00:34:53.739 --> 00:34:58.300 in<00:34:54.679><c> the</c><00:34:54.920><c> Greek</c><00:34:55.159><c> New</c><00:34:55.420><c> Testament</c><00:34:55.719><c> of</c><00:34:55.900><c> that</c><00:34:56.139><c> word</c><00:34:56.380><c> in</c><00:34:56.579><c> John</c><00:34:56.840><c> chapter</c><00:34:57.159><c> 20,</c> 00:34:58.360 --> 00:35:02.380 it's<00:34:58.679><c> used</c><00:34:59.039><c> in</c><00:34:59.219><c> the</c><00:34:59.340><c> Old</c><00:34:59.519><c> Testament</c><00:34:59.860><c> in</c><00:35:00.159><c> the</c><00:35:00.300><c> Septuagint</c><00:35:00.900><c> version,</c><00:35:01.440><c> brothers</c><00:35:01.760><c> and</c><00:35:01.820><c> sisters,</c> 00:35:02.380 --> 00:35:04.739 when<00:35:02.960><c> it</c><00:35:03.199><c> says</c><00:35:03.340><c> in</c><00:35:03.619><c> Genesis,</c> 00:35:05.219 --> 00:35:10.840 and<00:35:05.219><c> God</c><00:35:05.539><c> breathed</c><00:35:08.199><c> into</c><00:35:08.780><c> Adam's</c><00:35:09.199><c> nostrils,</c><00:35:09.599><c> he</c><00:35:09.739><c> became</c><00:35:10.280><c> a</c> 00:35:10.840 --> 00:35:12.500 living<00:35:11.280><c> soul.</c> 00:35:13.860 --> 00:35:19.400 So<00:35:13.980><c> God</c><00:35:14.199><c> went,</c><00:35:14.860><c> and</c><00:35:16.480><c> man</c><00:35:17.139><c> suddenly</c><00:35:18.579><c> lived.</c> 00:35:19.800 --> 00:35:21.900 He<00:35:20.039><c> was</c><00:35:20.400><c> fitted</c><00:35:20.679><c> for</c><00:35:21.039><c> growth.</c> 00:35:22.079 --> 00:35:24.320 Oh,<00:35:22.380><c> this</c><00:35:22.519><c> was</c><00:35:22.699><c> all</c><00:35:22.900><c> physical,</c><00:35:23.179><c> we</c><00:35:23.420><c> know.</c> 00:35:24.760 --> 00:35:28.139 But<00:35:24.800><c> it</c><00:35:24.860><c> was</c><00:35:25.179><c> extremely,</c><00:35:26.619><c> yes,</c><00:35:26.880><c> it</c><00:35:26.940><c> was</c><00:35:27.099><c> real,</c><00:35:27.739><c> but</c><00:35:27.860><c> it</c><00:35:27.940><c> was</c> 00:35:28.139 --> 00:35:29.420 also<00:35:28.400><c> symbolic.</c> 00:35:29.920 --> 00:35:33.219 Now<00:35:30.320><c> you</c><00:35:30.480><c> look</c><00:35:30.639><c> at</c><00:35:30.760><c> these</c><00:35:30.900><c> references,</c><00:35:31.659><c> Isaiah</c><00:35:32.000><c> 11.</c> 00:35:33.699 --> 00:35:35.699 Now<00:35:33.820><c> here's</c><00:35:34.019><c> the</c><00:35:34.139><c> new</c><00:35:34.440><c> creation,</c><00:35:35.099><c> brothers</c><00:35:35.219><c> and</c><00:35:35.500><c> sisters.</c> 00:35:35.739 --> 00:35:38.599 This<00:35:35.920><c> is</c><00:35:36.039><c> what</c><00:35:36.239><c> Jesus</c><00:35:36.639><c> was</c><00:35:36.880><c> doing</c><00:35:37.139><c> to</c><00:35:37.320><c> his</c><00:35:37.539><c> disciples.</c> 00:35:40.119 --> 00:35:42.219 He<00:35:40.239><c> had</c><00:35:40.400><c> it</c><00:35:40.559><c> done</c><00:35:40.719><c> to</c><00:35:40.860><c> himself.</c> 00:35:43.659 --> 00:35:45.860 His<00:35:43.900><c> father</c><00:35:44.280><c> had</c><00:35:44.519><c> done</c><00:35:44.619><c> it</c><00:35:44.820><c> to</c><00:35:44.900><c> him.</c> 00:35:47.760 --> 00:35:50.719 I<00:35:47.940><c> just</c><00:35:48.199><c> want</c><00:35:48.300><c> you</c><00:35:48.440><c> to</c><00:35:49.340><c> read</c><00:35:49.659><c> these</c><00:35:49.960><c> verses</c><00:35:50.219><c> with</c><00:35:50.420><c> me.</c> 00:35:50.860 --> 00:35:52.800 This<00:35:51.119><c> one</c><00:35:51.300><c> I'm</c><00:35:51.460><c> going</c><00:35:51.579><c> to</c><00:35:51.719><c> turn</c><00:35:51.900><c> to</c><00:35:52.000><c> the</c><00:35:52.099><c> one</c><00:35:52.179><c> in</c><00:35:52.340><c> the</c><00:35:52.420><c> New</c><00:35:52.619><c> Testament.</c> 00:35:53.000 --> 00:35:55.880 Now<00:35:53.179><c> you</c><00:35:53.260><c> just</c><00:35:53.500><c> have</c><00:35:53.739><c> a</c><00:35:54.059><c> look</c><00:35:54.219><c> at</c><00:35:54.360><c> the</c><00:35:54.440><c> way</c><00:35:54.539><c> this</c><00:35:54.760><c> is</c><00:35:55.019><c> put.</c> 00:35:56.239 --> 00:36:01.340 In<00:35:56.800><c> Isaiah</c><00:35:57.199><c> 11,</c><00:35:58.800><c> verse</c><00:35:59.059><c> 1,</c><00:35:59.300><c> they</c><00:35:59.380><c> shall</c><00:35:59.539><c> come</c><00:35:59.900><c> forth</c><00:36:00.539><c> a</c><00:36:00.960><c> rod</c><00:36:01.079><c> out</c><00:36:01.219><c> of</c> 00:36:01.340 --> 00:36:02.079 the<00:36:01.440><c> stem</c><00:36:01.599><c> of</c><00:36:01.860><c> Jesse,</c> 00:36:02.139 --> 00:36:04.440 that<00:36:02.300><c> is</c><00:36:02.519><c> a</c><00:36:02.699><c> descendant</c><00:36:03.199><c> of</c><00:36:03.440><c> David,</c> 00:36:05.880 --> 00:36:09.539 but<00:36:06.440><c> a</c><00:36:07.000><c> branch</c><00:36:07.400><c> shall</c><00:36:07.699><c> grow</c><00:36:07.900><c> out</c><00:36:08.079><c> of</c><00:36:08.159><c> his</c><00:36:08.420><c> roots,</c><00:36:08.900><c> the</c><00:36:09.199><c> Son</c><00:36:09.420><c> of</c> 00:36:09.539 --> 00:36:10.300 Almighty<00:36:09.940><c> God,</c> 00:36:10.380 --> 00:36:12.760 who<00:36:10.880><c> preceded,</c><00:36:11.400><c> of</c><00:36:11.539><c> course,</c><00:36:12.019><c> David.</c> 00:36:13.440 --> 00:36:17.739 And<00:36:13.659><c> the</c><00:36:14.000><c> spirit,</c><00:36:14.679><c> ruach,</c><00:36:15.099><c> the</c><00:36:15.360><c> breath</c><00:36:16.000><c> of</c><00:36:17.199><c> Yahweh</c><00:36:17.539><c> shall</c> 00:36:17.739 --> 00:36:19.280 rest<00:36:18.019><c> upon</c><00:36:18.300><c> him,</c> 00:36:19.619 --> 00:36:22.099 the<00:36:20.019><c> breath</c><00:36:20.300><c> of</c><00:36:20.559><c> wisdom</c><00:36:20.800><c> and</c><00:36:21.179><c> understanding,</c> 00:36:22.480 --> 00:36:25.159 the<00:36:22.960><c> breath</c><00:36:23.440><c> of</c><00:36:23.739><c> counsel</c><00:36:24.179><c> and</c><00:36:24.440><c> might,</c> 00:36:26.159 --> 00:36:28.400 the<00:36:26.340><c> breath</c><00:36:26.820><c> of</c><00:36:27.119><c> knowledge</c><00:36:27.400><c> and</c><00:36:27.599><c> of</c><00:36:27.820><c> fear</c><00:36:27.960><c> of</c><00:36:28.179><c> Yahweh.</c> 00:36:28.619 --> 00:36:30.599 Now<00:36:28.739><c> you</c><00:36:28.800><c> notice</c><00:36:29.019><c> it</c><00:36:29.280><c> doesn't</c><00:36:29.579><c> say,</c> 00:36:30.599 --> 00:36:32.579 there'll<00:36:31.019><c> rest</c><00:36:31.179><c> upon</c><00:36:31.440><c> him</c><00:36:31.619><c> wisdom</c><00:36:31.920><c> and</c><00:36:32.280><c> understanding,</c> 00:36:32.760 --> 00:36:34.780 counsel,<00:36:33.360><c> might,</c><00:36:33.659><c> knowledge</c><00:36:33.920><c> and</c><00:36:34.099><c> fear</c><00:36:34.340><c> of</c><00:36:34.559><c> Yahweh.</c> 00:36:34.860 --> 00:36:38.119 It<00:36:34.960><c> says,</c><00:36:35.679><c> the</c><00:36:35.679><c> spirit</c><00:36:36.260><c> of</c><00:36:36.460><c> it,</c><00:36:36.719><c> brothers</c><00:36:36.880><c> and</c><00:36:37.139><c> sisters.</c> 00:36:39.260 --> 00:36:41.019 And<00:36:39.500><c> that</c><00:36:39.659><c> word</c><00:36:39.840><c> is</c><00:36:40.059><c> ruach.</c> 00:36:41.739 --> 00:36:42.739 And<00:36:41.860><c> then</c><00:36:41.980><c> the</c><00:36:42.099><c> next</c><00:36:42.320><c> verse</c><00:36:42.500><c> says,</c> 00:36:42.960 --> 00:36:46.400 and<00:36:43.059><c> shall</c><00:36:43.280><c> make</c><00:36:43.639><c> him</c><00:36:43.940><c> of</c><00:36:44.320><c> quick</c><00:36:44.579><c> understanding</c><00:36:45.360><c> in</c><00:36:46.000><c> the</c><00:36:46.239><c> fear</c> 00:36:46.400 --> 00:36:47.099 of<00:36:46.639><c> Yahweh,</c> 00:36:47.280 --> 00:36:49.480 and<00:36:47.519><c> he</c><00:36:47.739><c> shall</c><00:36:47.860><c> not</c><00:36:48.159><c> judge</c><00:36:48.420><c> after</c><00:36:48.659><c> sight</c><00:36:48.900><c> of</c><00:36:49.059><c> his</c><00:36:49.239><c> eyes,</c> 00:36:49.480 --> 00:36:51.559 and<00:36:49.599><c> neither</c><00:36:49.820><c> approve</c><00:36:50.260><c> after</c><00:36:50.659><c> hearing</c><00:36:50.960><c> of</c><00:36:51.179><c> his</c><00:36:51.400><c> ears.</c> 00:36:51.900 --> 00:36:55.320 And<00:36:52.079><c> the</c><00:36:52.219><c> word</c><00:36:52.480><c> quick</c><00:36:52.780><c> understanding</c><00:36:53.400><c> does</c><00:36:53.599><c> a</c><00:36:53.679><c> little</c><00:36:54.019><c> marginal</c><00:36:54.480><c> rendition</c><00:36:54.960><c> for</c><00:36:55.179><c> that,</c> 00:36:55.400 --> 00:36:56.440 isn't<00:36:55.579><c> there?</c> 00:36:56.579 --> 00:36:58.159 The<00:36:56.880><c> translators</c><00:36:57.199><c> tell</c><00:36:57.420><c> us</c><00:36:57.599><c> in</c><00:36:57.699><c> the</c><00:36:57.900><c> margin,</c> 00:36:58.440 --> 00:37:00.780 Hebrew,<00:36:59.099><c> scent</c><00:36:59.320><c> or</c><00:36:59.760><c> smell.</c> 00:37:01.159 --> 00:37:02.099 Why? 00:37:02.320 --> 00:37:04.559 Because<00:37:02.699><c> the</c><00:37:02.900><c> word</c><00:37:03.119><c> is</c><00:37:03.500><c> ruach.</c> 00:37:06.119 --> 00:37:09.099 Now<00:37:06.280><c> you</c><00:37:06.380><c> know</c><00:37:06.559><c> the</c><00:37:06.760><c> Hebrew</c><00:37:07.039><c> only</c><00:37:07.420><c> has</c><00:37:07.719><c> consonants.</c> 00:37:09.639 --> 00:37:11.059 There<00:37:09.800><c> are</c><00:37:09.940><c> no</c><00:37:10.159><c> vowels</c><00:37:10.579><c> in</c><00:37:10.800><c> the</c><00:37:10.960><c> Hebrew.</c> 00:37:11.119 --> 00:37:13.219 So<00:37:11.239><c> how</c><00:37:11.360><c> do</c><00:37:11.440><c> you</c><00:37:11.539><c> pronounce</c><00:37:11.900><c> a</c><00:37:12.099><c> word</c><00:37:12.280><c> if</c><00:37:12.400><c> you</c><00:37:12.519><c> haven't</c><00:37:12.619><c> got</c><00:37:12.900><c> vowels?</c> 00:37:13.360 --> 00:37:14.139 A<00:37:13.559><c>-e</c><00:37:13.599><c>-i</c><00:37:13.719><c>-o</c><00:37:13.880><c>-u.</c> 00:37:14.400 --> 00:37:15.460 How<00:37:14.579><c> do</c><00:37:14.679><c> you</c><00:37:14.820><c> pronounce</c><00:37:15.179><c> it?</c> 00:37:15.460 --> 00:37:19.280 Well,<00:37:16.599><c> they</c><00:37:16.699><c> had</c><00:37:16.900><c> these</c><00:37:17.219><c> little</c><00:37:17.699><c> vowel</c><00:37:18.039><c> points.</c> 00:37:19.820 --> 00:37:21.460 So<00:37:19.900><c> they</c><00:37:20.039><c> would</c><00:37:20.340><c> point</c><00:37:20.519><c> them,</c><00:37:20.840><c> point</c><00:37:21.019><c> each</c><00:37:21.300><c> letter.</c> 00:37:21.539 --> 00:37:24.739 So<00:37:21.659><c> you</c><00:37:21.739><c> would</c><00:37:22.000><c> know</c><00:37:22.139><c> your</c><00:37:22.320><c> pronounce</c><00:37:22.539><c> with</c><00:37:22.739><c> an</c><00:37:23.039><c> A</c><00:37:23.260><c> or</c><00:37:23.400><c> an</c><00:37:23.619><c> E</c><00:37:23.760><c> or</c><00:37:23.880><c> whatever.</c> 00:37:26.440 --> 00:37:30.860 Now,<00:37:27.599><c> in</c><00:37:27.820><c> verse</c><00:37:28.079><c> 2,</c><00:37:28.539><c> the</c><00:37:28.579><c> word</c><00:37:28.860><c> ruach</c><00:37:29.320><c> is</c><00:37:29.699><c> vowel</c><00:37:29.980><c> pointed</c><00:37:30.260><c> to</c> 00:37:30.860 --> 00:37:33.679 read<00:37:31.260><c> it</c><00:37:31.460><c> as</c><00:37:31.639><c> if</c><00:37:31.800><c> one</c><00:37:32.059><c> breathed</c><00:37:32.659><c> out.</c> 00:37:35.019 --> 00:37:39.500 And<00:37:35.239><c> Yahweh</c><00:37:35.559><c> breathed</c><00:37:35.980><c> out</c><00:37:37.000><c> spirit,</c><00:37:38.920><c> understanding.</c> 00:37:39.719 --> 00:37:41.079 He<00:37:39.980><c> breathed</c><00:37:40.420><c> out</c><00:37:40.679><c> wisdom.</c> 00:37:41.460 --> 00:37:44.179 And<00:37:41.460><c> he</c><00:37:42.659><c> breathed</c><00:37:43.300><c> out</c><00:37:43.599><c> understanding.</c> 00:37:44.179 --> 00:37:46.119 He<00:37:44.619><c> breathed</c><00:37:45.340><c> out</c><00:37:45.719><c> counsel.</c> 00:37:46.400 --> 00:37:47.840 He<00:37:46.800><c> breathed</c><00:37:47.360><c> out</c><00:37:47.699><c> might.</c> 00:37:47.980 --> 00:37:49.500 He<00:37:48.019><c> kept</c><00:37:48.199><c> going</c><00:37:48.380><c> to</c><00:37:48.539><c> his</c><00:37:48.760><c> son.</c> 00:37:51.659 --> 00:37:54.780 And<00:37:52.219><c> the</c><00:37:52.420><c> father</c><00:37:52.659><c> was</c><00:37:53.099><c> breathing</c><00:37:53.480><c> that</c><00:37:53.699><c> at</c><00:37:53.780><c> him.</c> 00:37:55.679 --> 00:37:59.079 Verse<00:37:55.920><c> 3,</c><00:37:56.539><c> the</c><00:37:56.639><c> word</c><00:37:56.900><c> ruach</c><00:37:57.280><c> is</c><00:37:57.559><c> pointed,</c><00:37:58.059><c> brothers</c><00:37:58.199><c> and</c><00:37:58.460><c> sisters,</c><00:37:58.960><c> to</c> 00:37:59.079 --> 00:38:01.380 read,<00:37:59.739><c> to</c><00:38:00.079><c> breathe</c><00:38:00.440><c> in.</c> 00:38:01.880 --> 00:38:05.320 That's<00:38:02.099><c> why</c><00:38:02.239><c> the</c><00:38:02.480><c> margin</c><00:38:02.719><c> says</c><00:38:03.159><c> smell</c><00:38:04.039><c> or</c><00:38:04.539><c> scent.</c> 00:38:06.679 --> 00:38:11.539 And<00:38:06.860><c> the</c><00:38:07.039><c> son</c><00:38:07.159><c> was</c><00:38:07.400><c> going...</c> 00:38:11.539 --> 00:38:13.460 Here's<00:38:12.019><c> the</c><00:38:12.219><c> father</c><00:38:12.440><c> and</c><00:38:12.619><c> son.</c> 00:38:18.039 --> 00:38:20.139 And<00:38:18.159><c> that</c><00:38:18.420><c> word</c><00:38:18.780><c> is</c><00:38:19.019><c> talking</c><00:38:19.239><c> about</c><00:38:19.440><c> the</c><00:38:19.579><c> breath</c><00:38:19.780><c> of</c><00:38:19.960><c> God.</c> 00:38:20.179 --> 00:38:22.039 That's<00:38:20.360><c> what's</c><00:38:20.559><c> used</c><00:38:20.800><c> in</c><00:38:20.960><c> Genesis</c><00:38:21.340><c> chapter</c><00:38:21.719><c> 2.</c> 00:38:22.159 --> 00:38:23.739 The<00:38:22.159><c> father</c><00:38:22.460><c> went...</c> 00:38:23.739 --> 00:38:25.980 And<00:38:24.099><c> Adam's</c><00:38:24.380><c> body</c><00:38:24.579><c> went...</c> 00:38:25.980 --> 00:38:28.500 And<00:38:26.219><c> Adam</c><00:38:26.480><c> stood</c><00:38:26.780><c> up,</c><00:38:27.159><c> a</c><00:38:27.239><c> living</c><00:38:27.500><c> soul.</c> 00:38:29.219 --> 00:38:31.420 Now,<00:38:29.360><c> you</c><00:38:29.500><c> turn</c><00:38:29.679><c> to</c><00:38:29.840><c> the</c><00:38:29.940><c> 2</c><00:38:30.119><c> Timothy,</c><00:38:30.820><c> brothers</c><00:38:30.960><c> and</c><00:38:31.179><c> sisters,</c> 00:38:31.500 --> 00:38:32.780 have<00:38:31.619><c> a</c><00:38:31.679><c> look</c><00:38:31.800><c> at</c><00:38:31.800><c> this.</c> 00:38:33.320 --> 00:38:34.920 Just<00:38:33.519><c> look</c><00:38:33.659><c> at</c><00:38:33.760><c> the</c><00:38:33.840><c> way</c><00:38:34.000><c> Paul</c><00:38:34.260><c> puts</c><00:38:34.539><c> this.</c> 00:38:35.079 --> 00:38:37.260 You<00:38:35.260><c> know</c><00:38:35.460><c> this</c><00:38:35.719><c> reference,</c><00:38:36.000><c> but</c><00:38:36.199><c> just</c><00:38:36.420><c> look</c><00:38:36.539><c> at</c><00:38:36.619><c> this</c><00:38:36.820><c> context.</c> 00:38:37.539 --> 00:38:39.199 Look<00:38:37.639><c> at</c><00:38:37.739><c> it</c><00:38:37.860><c> in</c><00:38:37.920><c> this</c><00:38:38.079><c> context.</c> 00:38:39.420 --> 00:38:44.000 In<00:38:39.900><c> the</c><00:38:40.119><c> 2</c><00:38:40.300><c> Timothy</c><00:38:40.719><c> chapter</c><00:38:41.159><c> 3</c><00:38:41.500><c> and</c><00:38:41.699><c> verse</c><00:38:41.880><c> 16,</c> 00:38:49.519 --> 00:38:54.099 all<00:38:49.539><c> scripture</c><00:38:50.099><c> is</c><00:38:50.579><c> given</c><00:38:50.820><c> by</c><00:38:51.159><c> the</c><00:38:51.739><c> inspiration</c><00:38:52.579><c> of</c><00:38:53.079><c> God.</c> 00:38:54.340 --> 00:38:57.639 Now,<00:38:54.440><c> the</c><00:38:54.480><c> word</c><00:38:54.780><c> inspiration</c><00:38:55.340><c> of</c><00:38:55.579><c> God</c><00:38:55.800><c> is</c><00:38:56.139><c> one</c><00:38:56.599><c> word.</c> 00:38:57.860 --> 00:39:00.300 God<00:38:58.440><c> breathed.</c> 00:39:00.639 --> 00:39:04.480 All<00:39:01.119><c> scripture</c><00:39:01.739><c> is...</c> 00:39:04.519 --> 00:39:05.719 God<00:39:05.000><c> breathed.</c> 00:39:05.840 --> 00:39:06.420 What<00:39:06.139><c> for?</c> 00:39:06.420 --> 00:39:11.159 Well,<00:39:07.420><c> it's</c><00:39:07.639><c> profitable</c><00:39:07.940><c> for</c><00:39:08.260><c> doctrine,</c><00:39:09.159><c> for</c><00:39:09.460><c> reproof,</c><00:39:10.420><c> for</c><00:39:10.699><c> correction,</c> 00:39:11.480 --> 00:39:12.780 for<00:39:11.579><c> instruction</c><00:39:12.239><c> in</c><00:39:12.460><c> righteousness.</c> 00:39:13.099 --> 00:39:15.519 That's<00:39:13.659><c> breathed</c><00:39:14.000><c> out</c><00:39:14.159><c> of</c><00:39:14.280><c> the</c><00:39:14.360><c> mouth</c><00:39:14.500><c> of</c><00:39:14.739><c> God.</c> 00:39:15.699 --> 00:39:16.280 Now,<00:39:15.820><c> look</c><00:39:15.920><c> at</c><00:39:16.039><c> this.</c> 00:39:16.360 --> 00:39:18.280 Just<00:39:16.619><c> look</c><00:39:16.820><c> at</c><00:39:16.920><c> this</c><00:39:17.079><c> next</c><00:39:17.320><c> verse.</c> 00:39:19.460 --> 00:39:23.840 That<00:39:20.019><c> the</c><00:39:20.579><c> man</c><00:39:21.059><c> of</c><00:39:21.320><c> God</c><00:39:21.659><c> might</c><00:39:22.000><c> be</c><00:39:22.460><c> perfect,</c> 00:39:24.059 --> 00:39:26.440 throughly<00:39:24.500><c> furnished</c><00:39:24.920><c> unto</c><00:39:25.320><c> all</c><00:39:25.719><c> good</c><00:39:25.980><c> works.</c> 00:39:26.840 --> 00:39:30.599 Now,<00:39:26.920><c> you</c><00:39:26.920><c> notice</c><00:39:27.139><c> the</c><00:39:27.380><c> margin</c><00:39:27.699><c> for</c><00:39:28.360><c> throughly</c><00:39:28.800><c> furnished</c><00:39:29.039><c> is</c><00:39:29.320><c> perfected.</c> 00:39:31.280 --> 00:39:33.920 Now,<00:39:31.920><c> adiocs</c><00:39:32.239><c> and</c><00:39:32.420><c> ex</c><00:39:32.659><c>-adiocs,</c><00:39:33.099><c> it's</c><00:39:33.179><c> the</c><00:39:33.280><c> 2</c><00:39:33.420><c> Greek</c><00:39:33.639><c> words.</c> 00:39:33.980 --> 00:39:35.599 And<00:39:34.159><c> what</c><00:39:34.300><c> the</c><00:39:34.460><c> apostle's</c><00:39:34.739><c> saying</c><00:39:35.000><c> is</c><00:39:35.260><c> this.</c> 00:39:35.599 --> 00:39:36.199 You<00:39:35.920><c> listen.</c> 00:39:36.380 --> 00:39:40.940 He<00:39:36.380><c> says,</c><00:39:37.239><c> all</c><00:39:37.460><c> scripture,</c><00:39:38.179><c> the</c><00:39:38.280><c> Bible,</c><00:39:38.980><c> is</c><00:39:39.139><c> God</c><00:39:39.340><c> going...</c> 00:39:40.940 --> 00:39:48.159 before<00:39:41.440><c> that</c><00:39:42.400><c> the</c><00:39:42.699><c> man</c><00:39:42.920><c> of</c><00:39:43.119><c> God</c><00:39:43.260><c> might</c><00:39:43.539><c> be</c><00:39:44.019><c> made</c><00:39:44.780><c> and</c><00:39:45.920><c> then</c><00:39:46.739><c> finished.</c> 00:39:49.480 --> 00:39:53.099 Now,<00:39:49.739><c> what</c><00:39:49.800><c> God</c><00:39:49.960><c> did</c><00:39:50.139><c> with</c><00:39:50.360><c> Adam</c><00:39:50.679><c> was</c><00:39:51.500><c> to</c><00:39:52.219><c> breathe</c><00:39:52.679><c> into</c><00:39:52.880><c> his</c> 00:39:53.099 --> 00:39:55.019 nostrils<00:39:53.519><c> the</c><00:39:53.659><c> breath</c><00:39:53.800><c> of</c><00:39:54.079><c> life.</c> 00:39:55.139 --> 00:39:58.159 Adam<00:39:55.380><c> stood</c><00:39:55.639><c> up</c><00:39:55.860><c> in</c><00:39:56.079><c> life</c><00:39:56.239><c> and</c><00:39:56.460><c> actually</c><00:39:56.760><c> moved</c><00:39:57.119><c> and</c><00:39:57.280><c> was</c><00:39:57.500><c> animated</c><00:39:57.900><c> by</c> 00:39:58.159 --> 00:39:59.280 that<00:39:58.400><c> spirit.</c> 00:39:59.639 --> 00:40:01.360 Never<00:39:59.900><c> finished</c><00:40:00.280><c> it,</c><00:40:00.440><c> did</c><00:40:00.539><c> he?</c> 00:40:01.619 --> 00:40:03.599 He<00:40:02.139><c> never</c><00:40:02.320><c> went</c><00:40:02.519><c> on</c><00:40:02.760><c> breathing</c><00:40:03.019><c> with</c><00:40:03.280><c> God.</c> 00:40:03.599 --> 00:40:07.099 He<00:40:04.239><c> turned</c><00:40:04.460><c> away</c><00:40:04.739><c> from</c><00:40:04.940><c> his</c><00:40:05.139><c> God,</c><00:40:05.500><c> sinned</c><00:40:05.739><c> against</c><00:40:05.980><c> his</c><00:40:06.219><c> Creator,</c> 00:40:07.340 --> 00:40:10.480 and<00:40:07.480><c> cut</c><00:40:07.559><c> himself</c><00:40:07.920><c> off</c><00:40:08.179><c> and</c><00:40:08.360><c> aiding</c><00:40:08.619><c> at</c><00:40:08.739><c> himself</c><00:40:09.099><c> from</c><00:40:09.300><c> God.</c> 00:40:10.739 --> 00:40:14.119 And<00:40:11.260><c> ceased</c><00:40:11.659><c> to</c><00:40:11.940><c> breathe,</c><00:40:12.260><c> brothers</c><00:40:12.480><c> and</c><00:40:12.699><c> sisters,</c><00:40:12.940><c> in</c><00:40:13.139><c> the</c><00:40:13.260><c> end.</c> 00:40:14.860 --> 00:40:18.900 In<00:40:15.019><c> the</c><00:40:15.219><c> end,</c><00:40:15.679><c> he</c><00:40:15.800><c> ceased</c><00:40:16.300><c> to</c><00:40:16.559><c> breathe</c><00:40:17.119><c> and</c><00:40:17.800><c> he</c><00:40:18.019><c> died.</c> 00:40:19.599 --> 00:40:26.099 But<00:40:19.840><c> this</c><00:40:20.139><c> word</c><00:40:20.619><c> is</c><00:40:21.460><c> that</c><00:40:21.599><c> a</c><00:40:21.719><c> man</c><00:40:21.880><c> might</c><00:40:22.099><c> be</c><00:40:22.500><c> made</c><00:40:23.480><c> and</c><00:40:24.219><c> then</c><00:40:25.139><c> finished.</c> 00:40:26.539 --> 00:40:29.119 And<00:40:26.719><c> Jesus</c><00:40:27.059><c> went...</c> 00:40:29.599 --> 00:40:33.019 And<00:40:30.059><c> that</c><00:40:30.300><c> was</c><00:40:30.500><c> going</c><00:40:30.699><c> to</c><00:40:30.940><c> make</c><00:40:31.199><c> them,</c><00:40:31.500><c> brothers</c><00:40:31.639><c> and</c><00:40:31.920><c> sisters,</c><00:40:32.260><c> and</c><00:40:32.420><c> it's</c><00:40:32.639><c> going</c><00:40:32.800><c> to</c> 00:40:33.019 --> 00:40:34.340 finish<00:40:33.260><c> them.</c> 00:40:35.059 --> 00:40:38.900 And<00:40:35.179><c> so</c><00:40:35.300><c> the</c><00:40:35.599><c> breath</c><00:40:35.840><c> of</c><00:40:36.000><c> God</c><00:40:36.320><c> was</c><00:40:36.619><c> passed</c><00:40:37.000><c> on</c><00:40:37.159><c> in</c><00:40:37.320><c> a</c><00:40:37.480><c> spiritual</c><00:40:37.880><c> sense.</c> 00:40:39.000 --> 00:40:40.780 He<00:40:39.119><c> was</c><00:40:39.260><c> going</c><00:40:39.500><c> to</c><00:40:39.699><c> make</c><00:40:39.880><c> them</c><00:40:40.059><c> his</c><00:40:40.260><c> disciples,</c> 00:40:41.179 --> 00:40:43.039 bring<00:40:41.320><c> all</c><00:40:41.639><c> things</c><00:40:41.840><c> to</c><00:40:41.940><c> their</c><00:40:42.119><c> remembrance</c><00:40:42.480><c> that</c><00:40:42.619><c> they</c><00:40:42.800><c> might</c> 00:40:43.039 --> 00:40:43.699 teach<00:40:43.400><c> others,</c> 00:40:44.059 --> 00:40:46.659 and<00:40:44.099><c> the</c><00:40:44.400><c> very</c><00:40:44.739><c> things</c><00:40:45.059><c> that</c><00:40:45.199><c> they</c><00:40:45.360><c> would</c><00:40:45.559><c> remember</c><00:40:45.980><c> would</c><00:40:46.280><c> well</c><00:40:46.440><c> up</c> 00:40:46.659 --> 00:40:47.320 in<00:40:46.760><c> them</c> 00:40:47.320 --> 00:40:50.079 a<00:40:47.840><c> well</c><00:40:47.960><c> of</c><00:40:48.179><c> everlasting</c><00:40:48.699><c> life</c><00:40:49.000><c> that</c><00:40:49.139><c> in</c><00:40:49.280><c> the</c><00:40:49.460><c> end</c><00:40:49.619><c> they</c><00:40:49.840><c> would</c> 00:40:50.079 --> 00:40:53.019 go<00:40:50.300><c> on</c><00:40:50.679><c> breathing</c><00:40:51.139><c> forever</c><00:40:51.800><c> with</c><00:40:52.079><c> God.</c> 00:40:53.420 --> 00:40:55.539 That<00:40:53.619><c> was</c><00:40:53.780><c> the</c><00:40:53.980><c> purpose</c><00:40:54.320><c> of</c><00:40:54.519><c> that</c><00:40:54.760><c> breath.</c> 00:40:55.579 --> 00:40:56.280 Now,<00:40:55.760><c> what</c><00:40:55.980><c> happened?</c> 00:40:56.519 --> 00:40:57.960 What<00:40:56.820><c> happened</c><00:40:57.000><c> in</c><00:40:57.159><c> Acts</c><00:40:57.300><c> chapter</c><00:40:57.579><c> 2?</c> 00:40:57.960 --> 00:41:00.500 You<00:40:58.760><c> ever</c><00:40:59.260><c> look</c><00:40:59.320><c> what</c><00:40:59.500><c> happened,</c><00:40:59.880><c> brothers</c><00:41:00.039><c> and</c><00:41:00.260><c> sisters?</c> 00:41:00.539 --> 00:41:02.719 Just<00:41:00.739><c> look</c><00:41:00.880><c> what</c><00:41:01.179><c> happened.</c> 00:41:04.059 --> 00:41:06.619 It<00:41:04.059><c> says</c><00:41:04.659><c> in</c><00:41:04.780><c> Acts</c><00:41:05.019><c> chapter</c><00:41:05.300><c> 2,</c><00:41:05.599><c> verses</c><00:41:05.840><c> 1</c><00:41:06.119><c> and</c><00:41:06.239><c> 2,</c> 00:41:06.619 --> 00:41:10.440 And<00:41:06.719><c> when</c><00:41:06.860><c> the</c><00:41:07.000><c> day</c><00:41:07.239><c> of</c><00:41:07.400><c> Pentecost</c><00:41:07.880><c> was</c><00:41:08.139><c> fully</c><00:41:08.500><c> come,</c><00:41:08.840><c> they</c><00:41:09.039><c> were</c><00:41:09.440><c> with</c><00:41:09.679><c> one</c><00:41:09.880><c> accord</c><00:41:10.179><c> in</c> 00:41:10.440 --> 00:41:11.119 one<00:41:10.739><c> place.</c> 00:41:11.179 --> 00:41:14.139 They<00:41:11.360><c> were</c><00:41:11.579><c> there</c><00:41:12.099><c> in</c><00:41:12.840><c> peace.</c> 00:41:15.400 --> 00:41:16.880 Peace<00:41:15.920><c> be</c><00:41:16.219><c> unto</c><00:41:16.500><c> you.</c> 00:41:16.900 --> 00:41:18.099 Well,<00:41:17.079><c> here</c><00:41:17.219><c> it</c><00:41:17.400><c> is.</c> 00:41:18.300 --> 00:41:19.760 To<00:41:18.579><c> be</c><00:41:18.980><c> at</c><00:41:19.460><c> one.</c> 00:41:19.900 --> 00:41:22.460 So<00:41:20.099><c> here</c><00:41:20.300><c> they</c><00:41:20.559><c> are,</c><00:41:21.360><c> now</c><00:41:21.599><c> at</c><00:41:22.019><c> peace.</c> 00:41:22.920 --> 00:41:24.539 Because<00:41:22.980><c> they</c><00:41:23.199><c> understand</c><00:41:23.780><c> and</c><00:41:23.920><c> they're</c><00:41:24.000><c> all</c><00:41:24.199><c> together.</c> 00:41:24.940 --> 00:41:26.059 What<00:41:25.199><c> happens?</c> 00:41:26.119 --> 00:41:29.780 And<00:41:26.619><c> suddenly</c><00:41:27.079><c> there</c><00:41:27.400><c> came</c><00:41:27.619><c> a</c><00:41:27.900><c> sound</c><00:41:28.079><c> from</c><00:41:28.340><c> heaven</c><00:41:28.719><c> as</c><00:41:29.320><c> of</c><00:41:29.579><c> a</c> 00:41:29.780 --> 00:41:31.559 mighty<00:41:30.179><c> rushing,</c> 00:41:31.780 --> 00:41:36.119 or<00:41:32.000><c> a</c><00:41:32.099><c> rushing,</c><00:41:32.780><c> mighty</c><00:41:33.539><c> Greek</c><00:41:34.380><c> breath.</c> 00:41:38.460 --> 00:41:39.460 Breath. 00:41:40.159 --> 00:41:43.320 And<00:41:40.340><c> the</c><00:41:40.519><c> word</c><00:41:40.739><c> means</c><00:41:41.280><c> to</c><00:41:42.159><c> respire.</c> 00:41:44.460 --> 00:41:47.699 And<00:41:44.619><c> that</c><00:41:44.920><c> breath</c><00:41:45.199><c> came</c><00:41:45.440><c> in</c><00:41:45.639><c> that</c><00:41:45.900><c> door</c><00:41:46.159><c> through</c><00:41:46.460><c> the</c><00:41:46.619><c> windows,</c><00:41:47.039><c> brothers</c><00:41:47.139><c> and</c><00:41:47.400><c> sisters,</c> 00:41:47.760 --> 00:41:49.480 as<00:41:47.940><c> if</c><00:41:48.139><c> Jesus</c><00:41:48.460><c> had</c><00:41:48.800><c> puffed</c><00:41:49.099><c> it</c><00:41:49.260><c> at</c><00:41:49.320><c> them.</c> 00:41:49.519 --> 00:41:51.320 He<00:41:49.679><c> said,</c><00:41:49.840><c> now</c><00:41:50.019><c> here</c><00:41:50.179><c> it</c><00:41:50.380><c> comes.</c> 00:41:52.000 --> 00:41:53.260 And<00:41:52.059><c> it</c><00:41:52.260><c> caught</c><00:41:52.340><c> up</c><00:41:52.500><c> with</c><00:41:52.599><c> them</c><00:41:52.739><c> at</c><00:41:52.860><c> Pentecost.</c> 00:41:53.260 --> 00:41:59.500 So<00:41:53.360><c> when</c><00:41:53.440><c> it</c><00:41:53.539><c> came,</c><00:41:54.300><c> it</c><00:41:54.340><c> was</c><00:41:54.559><c> like</c><00:41:54.780><c> a</c><00:41:55.019><c> tornado</c><00:41:55.619><c> and</c><00:41:58.000><c> caught</c><00:41:58.199><c> them</c><00:41:58.420><c> all</c><00:41:58.679><c> up.</c> 00:41:59.920 --> 00:42:02.179 And<00:42:00.000><c> it</c><00:42:00.079><c> was</c><00:42:00.300><c> a</c><00:42:00.519><c> symbol</c><00:42:00.780><c> from</c><00:42:01.039><c> God</c><00:42:01.320><c> that</c><00:42:01.519><c> here</c><00:42:01.699><c> it</c><00:42:01.900><c> comes.</c> 00:42:02.599 --> 00:42:03.519 Here's<00:42:02.860><c> the</c><00:42:03.059><c> promise</c><00:42:03.280><c> of</c><00:42:03.400><c> the</c><00:42:03.440><c> Lord.</c> 00:42:03.539 --> 00:42:06.199 You<00:42:03.699><c> wait</c><00:42:03.860><c> in</c><00:42:04.059><c> Jerusalem</c><00:42:04.380><c> for</c><00:42:04.559><c> this,</c><00:42:04.840><c> what</c><00:42:04.860><c> I've</c><00:42:05.019><c> just</c><00:42:05.199><c> given</c><00:42:05.340><c> you.</c> 00:42:06.260 --> 00:42:11.099 And<00:42:06.380><c> that</c><00:42:06.860><c> small</c><00:42:07.179><c> breath</c><00:42:07.519><c> which</c><00:42:07.719><c> was</c><00:42:08.219><c> puffed</c><00:42:08.519><c> at</c><00:42:08.659><c> them</c><00:42:09.119><c> becomes</c><00:42:09.480><c> an</c><00:42:10.039><c> absolute</c><00:42:10.420><c> tornado</c><00:42:10.900><c> in</c> 00:42:11.099 --> 00:42:11.519 that<00:42:11.340><c> room,</c> 00:42:11.559 --> 00:42:13.599 brothers<00:42:11.739><c> and</c><00:42:11.860><c> sisters,</c><00:42:12.239><c> and</c><00:42:12.739><c> fills</c><00:42:12.960><c> them</c><00:42:13.139><c> with</c><00:42:13.280><c> the</c><00:42:13.460><c> power</c> 00:42:13.599 --> 00:42:14.179 of<00:42:13.840><c> the</c><00:42:13.960><c> Spirit.</c> 00:42:14.619 --> 00:42:16.980 Everything<00:42:15.039><c> is</c><00:42:15.320><c> now</c><00:42:15.679><c> crystal</c><00:42:16.039><c> clear</c><00:42:16.340><c> in</c><00:42:16.500><c> their</c><00:42:16.719><c> mind.</c> 00:42:17.460 --> 00:42:19.539 They've<00:42:17.659><c> got</c><00:42:17.739><c> the</c><00:42:17.920><c> power</c><00:42:18.079><c> to</c><00:42:18.380><c> speak</c><00:42:18.579><c> with</c><00:42:18.800><c> other</c><00:42:19.000><c> men's</c><00:42:19.460><c> tongues.</c> 00:42:19.599 --> 00:42:22.000 It<00:42:19.719><c> will</c><00:42:19.820><c> make</c><00:42:20.000><c> other</c><00:42:20.239><c> men</c><00:42:20.360><c> to</c><00:42:20.619><c> understand</c><00:42:21.019><c> their</c><00:42:21.400><c> different</c><00:42:21.780><c> tongues.</c> 00:42:22.000 --> 00:42:23.480 They've<00:42:22.460><c> got</c><00:42:22.519><c> this</c><00:42:22.699><c> power</c><00:42:23.019><c> within</c><00:42:23.280><c> them.</c> 00:42:23.599 --> 00:42:24.760 They<00:42:23.760><c> understand</c><00:42:24.300><c> perfectly.</c> 00:42:25.079 --> 00:42:27.659 And<00:42:25.099><c> they</c><00:42:25.219><c> stand</c><00:42:25.460><c> up</c><00:42:25.699><c> there</c><00:42:25.900><c> and</c><00:42:26.079><c> Peter</c><00:42:26.260><c> gives</c><00:42:26.500><c> a</c><00:42:26.760><c> first</c><00:42:27.260><c> class</c> 00:42:27.659 --> 00:42:30.460 exposition<00:42:28.280><c> of</c><00:42:28.500><c> so</c><00:42:28.840><c> many</c><00:42:29.079><c> passages</c><00:42:29.440><c> of</c><00:42:29.659><c> Scripture.</c> 00:42:30.619 --> 00:42:31.880 A<00:42:30.800><c> magnificent</c><00:42:31.559><c> speech.</c> 00:42:32.019 --> 00:42:34.440 One<00:42:32.179><c> of</c><00:42:32.300><c> the</c><00:42:32.420><c> most</c><00:42:32.599><c> magnificent</c><00:42:33.219><c> speeches</c><00:42:33.579><c> recorded</c><00:42:34.039><c> in</c><00:42:34.260><c> the</c> 00:42:34.440 --> 00:42:35.719 Bible<00:42:34.659><c> was</c><00:42:35.019><c> Peter's</c><00:42:35.519><c> speech,</c> 00:42:36.059 --> 00:42:38.400 which<00:42:36.239><c> is</c><00:42:36.539><c> absolutely</c><00:42:36.960><c> splendid</c><00:42:37.480><c> when</c><00:42:37.619><c> you</c><00:42:37.800><c> run</c><00:42:37.980><c> through</c><00:42:38.179><c> the</c> 00:42:38.400 --> 00:42:40.099 scriptures<00:42:38.619><c> that</c><00:42:39.179><c> he</c><00:42:39.519><c> drew</c><00:42:39.739><c> together</c> 00:42:40.099 --> 00:42:42.619 and<00:42:40.380><c> tied</c><00:42:40.599><c> them</c><00:42:40.780><c> all</c><00:42:40.920><c> together,</c><00:42:41.599><c> brilliantly</c><00:42:41.940><c> tied</c><00:42:42.179><c> them</c><00:42:42.380><c> together.</c> 00:42:42.900 --> 00:42:45.239 Luke<00:42:43.019><c> gives</c><00:42:43.260><c> you</c><00:42:43.559><c> sufficient</c><00:42:44.000><c> understanding</c><00:42:44.639><c> in</c><00:42:44.840><c> the</c><00:42:45.059><c> clues</c> 00:42:45.239 --> 00:42:47.219 that<00:42:45.400><c> he</c><00:42:45.500><c> gives</c><00:42:45.619><c> you</c><00:42:45.840><c> to</c><00:42:46.159><c> make</c><00:42:46.380><c> links</c><00:42:46.619><c> in</c><00:42:46.820><c> a</c><00:42:47.000><c> chain.</c> 00:42:47.500 --> 00:42:49.559 It's<00:42:47.760><c> an</c><00:42:47.920><c> absolute</c><00:42:48.260><c> magnificent</c><00:42:49.079><c> speech.</c> 00:42:49.559 --> 00:42:53.460 All<00:42:50.500><c> of</c><00:42:50.880><c> a</c><00:42:50.940><c> sudden</c><00:42:51.159><c> this</c><00:42:51.440><c> fisherman</c><00:42:51.739><c> who</c><00:42:52.380><c> couldn't</c><00:42:52.800><c> find</c><00:42:53.139><c> ways</c> 00:42:53.460 --> 00:42:54.260 to<00:42:53.659><c> express</c><00:42:53.980><c> himself</c> 00:42:54.260 --> 00:42:57.300 and<00:42:54.659><c> couldn't</c><00:42:55.019><c> find</c><00:42:55.340><c> a</c><00:42:55.420><c> need</c><00:42:55.579><c> to</c><00:42:55.900><c> get</c><00:42:56.099><c> over</c><00:42:56.380><c> his</c><00:42:56.619><c> unbelief</c><00:42:57.079><c> and</c> 00:42:57.300 --> 00:42:57.960 hardness<00:42:57.559><c> of</c><00:42:57.820><c> heart,</c> 00:42:58.039 --> 00:43:00.019 now<00:42:58.179><c> he's</c><00:42:58.699><c> fluent,</c><00:42:59.239><c> brothers</c><00:42:59.360><c> and</c><00:42:59.659><c> sisters.</c> 00:43:00.400 --> 00:43:03.139 Not<00:43:00.539><c> because</c><00:43:00.760><c> he'd</c><00:43:01.039><c> learnt</c><00:43:01.119><c> it</c><00:43:01.340><c> then,</c><00:43:02.639><c> but</c><00:43:02.719><c> because</c><00:43:02.860><c> now</c><00:43:03.000><c> it's</c> 00:43:03.139 --> 00:43:04.440 all<00:43:03.400><c> clear.</c> 00:43:05.840 --> 00:43:08.139 And<00:43:05.980><c> now</c><00:43:06.039><c> he's</c><00:43:06.440><c> breathing</c><00:43:06.739><c> with</c><00:43:06.980><c> God.</c> 00:43:08.920 --> 00:43:12.960 He's<00:43:09.440><c> breathing</c><00:43:09.719><c> in</c><00:43:09.960><c> that</c><00:43:10.179><c> wind</c><00:43:10.460><c> that</c><00:43:10.619><c> comes</c><00:43:10.980><c> roaring</c><00:43:11.360><c> in</c><00:43:12.179><c> and</c> 00:43:12.960 --> 00:43:14.239 filled<00:43:13.159><c> him</c><00:43:13.320><c> and</c><00:43:13.380><c> the</c><00:43:13.460><c> rest</c><00:43:13.639><c> of</c><00:43:13.800><c> the</c><00:43:13.920><c> apostles</c> 00:43:14.239 --> 00:43:15.900 and<00:43:14.480><c> they're</c><00:43:14.820><c> filled</c><00:43:14.980><c> with</c><00:43:15.159><c> the</c><00:43:15.320><c> power</c><00:43:15.460><c> of</c><00:43:15.639><c> the</c><00:43:15.739><c> Bible.</c> 00:43:15.900 --> 00:43:19.420 So,<00:43:16.460><c> you</c><00:43:16.460><c> know,</c><00:43:16.599><c> when</c><00:43:16.699><c> you</c><00:43:17.280><c> think</c><00:43:17.519><c> about</c><00:43:17.739><c> the</c><00:43:17.920><c> creation</c><00:43:18.320><c> of</c><00:43:18.539><c> Adam,</c><00:43:19.079><c> we're</c><00:43:19.260><c> a</c> 00:43:19.420 --> 00:43:20.579 new<00:43:19.599><c> creation.</c> 00:43:20.679 --> 00:43:23.400 Jesus,<00:43:21.320><c> he</c><00:43:21.320><c> says,</c><00:43:21.519><c> I</c><00:43:21.639><c> am</c><00:43:21.820><c> the</c><00:43:22.099><c> beginning</c><00:43:22.300><c> of</c><00:43:22.500><c> the</c><00:43:22.739><c> creation</c><00:43:23.059><c> of</c><00:43:23.300><c> God.</c> 00:43:23.480 --> 00:43:26.219 And<00:43:23.619><c> how</c><00:43:24.599><c> is</c><00:43:24.780><c> God's</c><00:43:25.219><c> spiritual</c><00:43:25.500><c> children</c><00:43:25.860><c> made?</c> 00:43:26.460 --> 00:43:28.539 By<00:43:26.739><c> God</c><00:43:27.380><c> breathing</c><00:43:28.019><c> on</c><00:43:28.300><c> them.</c> 00:43:28.840 --> 00:43:32.059 Doctrine,<00:43:29.699><c> correction,</c><00:43:30.500><c> instruction</c><00:43:30.820><c> in</c><00:43:31.079><c> righteousness.</c> 00:43:32.500 --> 00:43:35.019 And<00:43:32.679><c> all</c><00:43:32.820><c> those</c><00:43:33.039><c> things</c><00:43:33.280><c> that</c><00:43:33.500><c> come</c><00:43:34.039><c> out</c><00:43:34.380><c> of</c><00:43:34.500><c> his</c><00:43:34.679><c> mouth.</c> 00:43:35.320 --> 00:43:37.179 And<00:43:35.559><c> we</c><00:43:35.980><c> inhale</c><00:43:36.500><c> them,</c><00:43:36.820><c> brothers</c><00:43:36.940><c> and</c><00:43:37.159><c> sisters.</c> 00:43:37.199 --> 00:43:38.500 They<00:43:37.400><c> become</c><00:43:37.579><c> part</c><00:43:37.920><c> of</c><00:43:38.099><c> our</c><00:43:38.280><c> being.</c> 00:43:38.900 --> 00:43:42.119 And<00:43:39.079><c> they</c><00:43:39.639><c> cause</c><00:43:40.019><c> life</c><00:43:40.500><c> to</c><00:43:40.840><c> throb</c><00:43:41.039><c> within</c><00:43:41.380><c> our</c><00:43:41.679><c> hearts</c><00:43:41.940><c> and</c> 00:43:42.119 --> 00:43:42.539 our<00:43:42.300><c> minds.</c> 00:43:42.539 --> 00:43:46.599 And<00:43:42.980><c> they</c><00:43:43.179><c> bring</c><00:43:43.340><c> us</c><00:43:43.619><c> a</c><00:43:43.920><c> vital</c><00:43:44.179><c> interest</c><00:43:44.480><c> in</c><00:43:44.659><c> the</c><00:43:44.760><c> Bible</c><00:43:45.079><c> as</c><00:43:46.119><c> we</c> 00:43:46.599 --> 00:43:47.360 breathe<00:43:46.900><c> with</c><00:43:47.119><c> him.</c> 00:43:47.619 --> 00:43:49.019 It's<00:43:47.760><c> just</c><00:43:48.000><c> a</c><00:43:48.219><c> wonderful</c><00:43:48.599><c> idea.</c> 00:43:49.260 --> 00:43:51.440 And<00:43:49.340><c> that</c><00:43:49.519><c> little</c><00:43:49.980><c> gesture</c><00:43:50.340><c> in</c><00:43:50.539><c> that</c><00:43:50.699><c> upper</c><00:43:50.900><c> room</c><00:43:51.079><c> or</c><00:43:51.239><c> that</c> 00:43:51.440 --> 00:43:52.079 room<00:43:51.619><c> where</c><00:43:51.800><c> they</c><00:43:51.960><c> were,</c> 00:43:52.099 --> 00:43:55.039 where<00:43:52.219><c> he</c><00:43:52.599><c> breathed</c><00:43:52.880><c> on</c><00:43:53.079><c> them,</c><00:43:53.420><c> was</c><00:43:53.599><c> just</c><00:43:53.860><c> so</c><00:43:54.119><c> wonderful.</c> 00:43:55.159 --> 00:43:59.920 And<00:43:55.260><c> when</c><00:43:55.360><c> you</c><00:43:55.480><c> come</c><00:43:55.920><c> back</c><00:43:56.239><c> to</c><00:43:56.880><c> Luke</c><00:43:57.079><c> chapter</c><00:43:57.400><c> 24,</c><00:43:58.980><c> he</c><00:43:59.639><c> tells</c> 00:43:59.920 --> 00:44:03.519 them<00:44:00.739><c> what</c><00:44:01.679><c> that</c><00:44:01.920><c> would</c><00:44:02.099><c> do</c><00:44:02.260><c> for</c><00:44:02.480><c> them.</c> 00:44:04.599 --> 00:44:06.659 He<00:44:04.719><c> says</c><00:44:04.920><c> in</c><00:44:05.059><c> verse</c><00:44:05.340><c> 47,</c> 00:44:07.119 --> 00:44:10.340 And<00:44:07.639><c> that</c><00:44:07.860><c> repentance</c><00:44:08.440><c> and</c><00:44:08.960><c> remission</c><00:44:09.320><c> of</c><00:44:09.639><c> sins</c><00:44:09.860><c> should</c><00:44:10.079><c> be</c> 00:44:10.340 --> 00:44:11.579 preached<00:44:10.579><c> in</c><00:44:10.719><c> his</c><00:44:11.019><c> name</c> 00:44:11.579 --> 00:44:13.820 among<00:44:12.019><c> all</c><00:44:12.400><c> nations</c><00:44:12.760><c> beginning</c><00:44:13.159><c> at</c><00:44:13.420><c> Jerusalem.</c> 00:44:14.260 --> 00:44:17.679 Now,<00:44:14.420><c> in</c><00:44:14.539><c> John's</c><00:44:15.019><c> Gospel,</c><00:44:16.380><c> he</c><00:44:16.599><c> points</c><00:44:16.820><c> out</c><00:44:17.099><c> that,</c><00:44:17.380><c> you</c><00:44:17.460><c> know,</c> 00:44:18.019 --> 00:44:21.320 whosoever<00:44:18.460><c> sins</c><00:44:18.820><c> that</c><00:44:19.820><c> they</c><00:44:20.079><c> would</c><00:44:20.260><c> remit</c><00:44:20.539><c> would</c><00:44:20.719><c> be</c><00:44:20.960><c> remitted</c> 00:44:21.320 --> 00:44:23.739 and<00:44:21.760><c> whosoever</c><00:44:22.239><c> sins</c><00:44:22.500><c> that</c><00:44:22.699><c> they</c><00:44:22.820><c> would</c><00:44:23.059><c> retain,</c><00:44:23.380><c> they</c><00:44:23.519><c> would</c> 00:44:23.739 --> 00:44:24.360 be<00:44:24.019><c> retained.</c> 00:44:24.699 --> 00:44:26.260 Now,<00:44:24.940><c> if</c><00:44:25.159><c> you</c><00:44:25.199><c> read</c><00:44:25.300><c> that</c><00:44:25.480><c> in</c><00:44:25.639><c> John's</c><00:44:26.039><c> Gospel,</c> 00:44:26.300 --> 00:44:30.460 it<00:44:26.420><c> would</c><00:44:26.599><c> appear</c><00:44:27.039><c> that</c><00:44:27.280><c> Jesus</c><00:44:27.639><c> is</c><00:44:28.559><c> delegating</c><00:44:29.139><c> the</c><00:44:29.460><c> authority</c><00:44:29.840><c> of</c><00:44:29.980><c> the</c><00:44:30.159><c> apostles</c> 00:44:30.460 --> 00:44:32.880 to<00:44:30.699><c> make</c><00:44:30.880><c> decisions</c><00:44:31.400><c> about</c><00:44:31.739><c> whose</c><00:44:32.000><c> sins</c><00:44:32.219><c> are</c><00:44:32.460><c> forgiven</c><00:44:32.679><c> and</c> 00:44:32.880 --> 00:44:34.539 whose<00:44:33.059><c> sins</c><00:44:33.239><c> are</c><00:44:33.440><c> not</c><00:44:33.679><c> forgiven.</c> 00:44:34.739 --> 00:44:38.500 Brothers<00:44:35.260><c> and</c><00:44:35.519><c> sisters,</c><00:44:36.519><c> they</c><00:44:36.760><c> haven't</c><00:44:36.980><c> got</c><00:44:37.139><c> that</c><00:44:37.340><c> sort</c><00:44:37.500><c> of</c><00:44:37.699><c> authority.</c> 00:44:39.739 --> 00:44:42.840 But<00:44:39.800><c> you</c><00:44:39.960><c> see,</c><00:44:41.260><c> the</c><00:44:41.440><c> clue</c><00:44:41.639><c> is</c><00:44:41.840><c> here.</c> 00:44:42.880 --> 00:44:45.119 They<00:44:43.039><c> would</c><00:44:43.199><c> have</c><00:44:43.400><c> preached</c><00:44:43.599><c> repentance</c><00:44:44.179><c> and</c><00:44:44.460><c> remission</c><00:44:44.860><c> of</c> 00:44:45.119 --> 00:44:46.840 sins<00:44:45.420><c> in</c><00:44:46.099><c> his</c><00:44:46.579><c> name.</c> 00:44:46.960 --> 00:44:48.860 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don't</c><00:45:02.260><c> believe</c><00:45:02.559><c> that</c><00:45:03.519><c> and</c><00:45:04.000><c> approach</c><00:45:04.260><c> God</c><00:45:04.440><c> in</c> 00:45:04.579 --> 00:45:06.300 the<00:45:04.719><c> right</c><00:45:04.900><c> way</c><00:45:05.099><c> through</c><00:45:05.300><c> baptism,</c> 00:45:06.539 --> 00:45:07.960 they<00:45:06.699><c> won't</c><00:45:06.920><c> have</c><00:45:07.099><c> their</c><00:45:07.260><c> sins</c><00:45:07.519><c> forgiven.</c> 00:45:08.139 --> 00:45:11.059 We<00:45:08.340><c> haven't</c><00:45:08.519><c> got</c><00:45:08.719><c> the</c><00:45:08.880><c> power</c><00:45:09.099><c> to</c><00:45:09.320><c> forgive</c><00:45:09.559><c> sins</c><00:45:09.900><c> or</c><00:45:10.519><c> not</c><00:45:10.820><c> to</c> 00:45:11.059 --> 00:45:11.679 forgive<00:45:11.219><c> sins,</c> 00:45:11.820 --> 00:45:14.000 but<00:45:12.019><c> we've</c><00:45:12.280><c> got</c><00:45:12.360><c> the</c><00:45:12.539><c> power</c><00:45:12.760><c> to</c><00:45:12.980><c> direct</c><00:45:13.139><c> people</c><00:45:13.579><c> to</c><00:45:13.800><c> the</c><00:45:13.920><c> one</c> 00:45:14.000 --> 00:45:15.260 who<00:45:14.300><c> has.</c> 00:45:16.880 --> 00:45:18.260 And<00:45:17.139><c> we</c><00:45:17.239><c> don't</c><00:45:17.400><c> preach</c><00:45:17.619><c> in</c><00:45:17.739><c> their</c><00:45:17.900><c> own</c><00:45:18.079><c> name.</c> 00:45:18.260 --> 00:45:20.960 We<00:45:18.440><c> preach</c><00:45:18.679><c> in</c><00:45:18.820><c> his</c><00:45:19.119><c> name,</c><00:45:19.659><c> like</c><00:45:19.820><c> they</c><00:45:20.059><c> had</c><00:45:20.239><c> to.</c> 00:45:20.980 --> 00:45:22.940 They<00:45:21.159><c> didn't</c><00:45:21.320><c> have</c><00:45:21.460><c> to</c><00:45:21.579><c> make</c><00:45:21.760><c> independent</c><00:45:22.219><c> decisions</c><00:45:22.659><c> about</c> 00:45:22.940 --> 00:45:24.400 who<00:45:23.179><c> is</c><00:45:23.579><c> in</c><00:45:23.739><c> the</c><00:45:23.880><c> kingdom,</c><00:45:24.000><c> who's</c><00:45:24.260><c> not.</c> 00:45:24.440 --> 00:45:25.619 That<00:45:24.599><c> was</c><00:45:24.780><c> not</c><00:45:24.980><c> their</c><00:45:25.179><c> prerogative.</c> 00:45:26.039 --> 00:45:27.579 But<00:45:26.179><c> with</c><00:45:26.400><c> their</c><00:45:26.659><c> prerogative</c><00:45:27.039><c> to</c><00:45:27.239><c> tell</c><00:45:27.340><c> them,</c> 00:45:27.579 --> 00:45:29.800 unless<00:45:28.119><c> people</c><00:45:28.500><c> did</c><00:45:28.780><c> believe</c><00:45:29.059><c> that,</c><00:45:29.340><c> they</c><00:45:29.340><c> wouldn't</c><00:45:29.539><c> be</c><00:45:29.699><c> in</c> 00:45:29.800 --> 00:45:30.239 the<00:45:29.940><c> kingdom.</c> 00:45:30.719 --> 00:45:33.260 And<00:45:30.820><c> if</c><00:45:30.900><c> they</c><00:45:31.039><c> didn't</c><00:45:31.320><c> want</c><00:45:31.519><c> to</c><00:45:31.619><c> believe</c><00:45:31.800><c> it,</c><00:45:31.940><c> they</c><00:45:32.019><c> wouldn't</c><00:45:32.360><c> be.</c> 00:45:33.980 --> 00:45:35.380 And<00:45:34.119><c> that</c><00:45:34.420><c> wasn't</c><00:45:34.699><c> them</c><00:45:34.980><c> saying</c><00:45:35.199><c> it.</c> 00:45:35.380 --> 00:45:37.519 It<00:45:35.480><c> was</c><00:45:35.679><c> they</c><00:45:35.900><c> saying</c><00:45:36.039><c> it</c><00:45:36.219><c> in</c><00:45:36.380><c> his</c><00:45:36.659><c> name.</c> 00:45:37.800 --> 00:45:39.699 And<00:45:37.960><c> so</c><00:45:38.059><c> when</c><00:45:38.219><c> you</c><00:45:38.300><c> look</c><00:45:38.440><c> at</c><00:45:38.559><c> the</c><00:45:38.679><c> record,</c><00:45:38.980><c> what</c><00:45:39.159><c> John</c><00:45:39.440><c> says,</c> 00:45:39.760 --> 00:45:42.900 they<00:45:39.900><c> had</c><00:45:40.059><c> that</c><00:45:40.380><c> power</c><00:45:40.719><c> to</c><00:45:41.159><c> direct</c><00:45:41.400><c> people</c><00:45:41.719><c> to</c><00:45:41.960><c> truth</c><00:45:42.280><c> or</c><00:45:42.619><c> error.</c> 00:45:43.380 --> 00:45:44.960 The<00:45:43.599><c> choice</c><00:45:43.800><c> was</c><00:45:44.059><c> theirs.</c> 00:45:45.920 --> 00:45:48.440 And<00:45:46.079><c> when</c><00:45:46.219><c> people</c><00:45:46.440><c> took</c><00:45:46.699><c> that</c><00:45:46.980><c> choice,</c><00:45:47.780><c> they</c><00:45:48.039><c> sealed</c><00:45:48.179><c> their</c> 00:45:48.440 --> 00:45:49.679 own<00:45:48.679><c> fate</c><00:45:48.840><c> one</c><00:45:49.039><c> way</c><00:45:49.219><c> or</c><00:45:49.280><c> the</c><00:45:49.480><c> other.</c> 00:45:50.079 --> 00:45:52.219 The<00:45:50.219><c> apostles</c><00:45:50.519><c> had</c><00:45:50.719><c> the</c><00:45:51.000><c> power</c><00:45:51.219><c> to</c><00:45:51.579><c> preach</c><00:45:51.760><c> that,</c><00:45:52.099><c> brothers</c> 00:45:52.219 --> 00:45:52.679 and<00:45:52.480><c> sisters,</c> 00:45:52.699 --> 00:45:55.519 and<00:45:52.880><c> to</c><00:45:53.000><c> put</c><00:45:53.179><c> forth</c><00:45:53.460><c> that</c><00:45:53.599><c> there's</c><00:45:53.760><c> only</c><00:45:54.039><c> one</c><00:45:54.420><c> name</c><00:45:54.699><c> under</c><00:45:55.039><c> heaven</c> 00:45:55.519 --> 00:45:57.860 given<00:45:55.900><c> among</c><00:45:56.199><c> men</c><00:45:56.460><c> whereby</c><00:45:56.860><c> men</c><00:45:57.159><c> could</c><00:45:57.400><c> be</c><00:45:57.619><c> saved.</c> 00:45:58.079 --> 00:46:00.880 And<00:45:58.179><c> when</c><00:45:58.280><c> you</c><00:45:58.519><c> say</c><00:45:58.719><c> that,</c><00:45:59.460><c> you're</c><00:45:59.639><c> saying</c><00:46:00.059><c> there's</c><00:46:00.460><c> no</c><00:46:00.679><c> other</c> 00:46:00.880 --> 00:46:02.119 power<00:46:01.119><c> of</c><00:46:01.300><c> God</c><00:46:01.420><c> to</c><00:46:01.599><c> salvation.</c> 00:46:02.159 --> 00:46:04.260 And<00:46:02.460><c> there</c><00:46:02.599><c> isn't.</c> 00:46:04.559 --> 00:46:07.119 So<00:46:04.820><c> you're</c><00:46:05.079><c> directing</c><00:46:05.380><c> people</c><00:46:05.739><c> to</c><00:46:05.900><c> the</c><00:46:06.119><c> authority</c><00:46:06.420><c> that</c><00:46:06.679><c> you</c> 00:46:07.119 --> 00:46:08.619 believe<00:46:07.380><c> that</c><00:46:07.579><c> or</c><00:46:07.760><c> else.</c> 00:46:09.480 --> 00:46:12.500 So<00:46:09.659><c> John</c><00:46:09.860><c> says,</c><00:46:10.300><c> whoever</c><00:46:10.719><c> sins</c><00:46:10.980><c> you</c><00:46:11.260><c> remit,</c><00:46:11.619><c> they'll</c><00:46:11.739><c> be</c><00:46:11.860><c> remitted,</c><00:46:12.340><c> and</c> 00:46:12.500 --> 00:46:13.599 those<00:46:12.739><c> who</c><00:46:12.940><c> won't,</c><00:46:13.380><c> won't</c><00:46:13.440><c> be.</c> 00:46:13.739 --> 00:46:16.159 So<00:46:14.000><c> not</c><00:46:14.280><c> a</c><00:46:14.539><c> personal</c><00:46:14.900><c> decision,</c><00:46:15.280><c> individual</c><00:46:15.760><c> decision,</c> 00:46:16.559 --> 00:46:19.780 but<00:46:16.659><c> the</c><00:46:17.019><c> preachers</c><00:46:17.400><c> of</c><00:46:17.559><c> the</c><00:46:17.840><c> truth</c><00:46:18.039><c> in</c><00:46:18.219><c> the</c><00:46:18.440><c> name</c><00:46:18.679><c> of</c><00:46:18.940><c> Jesus</c><00:46:19.360><c> Christ.</c> 00:46:19.860 --> 00:46:21.159 That's<00:46:20.139><c> what</c><00:46:20.260><c> it</c><00:46:20.400><c> was.</c> 00:46:21.260 --> 00:46:25.119 Who<00:46:21.699><c> else</c><00:46:21.820><c> says,</c><00:46:22.320><c> Jesus,</c><00:46:22.980><c> this</c><00:46:23.199><c> is</c><00:46:23.340><c> going</c><00:46:23.460><c> to</c><00:46:23.559><c> be</c><00:46:23.659><c> among</c><00:46:23.860><c> all</c><00:46:24.139><c> nations?</c> 00:46:25.619 --> 00:46:26.559 Wow. 00:46:27.079 --> 00:46:29.320 Who's<00:46:27.300><c> been</c><00:46:27.460><c> told</c><00:46:27.719><c> this</c><00:46:27.920><c> by</c><00:46:28.139><c> the</c><00:46:28.239><c> risen</c><00:46:28.380><c> Lord?</c> 00:46:29.440 --> 00:46:31.360 Here's<00:46:29.820><c> confirmation</c><00:46:30.280><c> of</c><00:46:30.420><c> what</c><00:46:30.500><c> he's</c><00:46:30.719><c> been</c><00:46:30.920><c> trying</c><00:46:31.059><c> to</c><00:46:31.239><c> tell</c> 00:46:31.360 --> 00:46:32.559 them<00:46:31.519><c> all</c><00:46:31.619><c> along,</c><00:46:31.880><c> brothers</c><00:46:32.139><c> and</c><00:46:32.360><c> sisters,</c> 00:46:32.579 --> 00:46:36.559 that<00:46:32.739><c> God</c><00:46:33.119><c> does</c><00:46:33.480><c> not</c><00:46:33.699><c> view</c><00:46:33.960><c> mankind</c><00:46:34.420><c> as</c><00:46:34.780><c> being</c><00:46:35.079><c> one</c><00:46:35.780><c> class</c><00:46:36.059><c> of</c><00:46:36.320><c> citizens,</c> 00:46:36.619 --> 00:46:40.300 first<00:46:36.920><c> class</c><00:46:37.159><c> citizens,</c><00:46:37.760><c> and</c><00:46:37.980><c> the</c><00:46:38.119><c> other</c><00:46:38.340><c> second</c><00:46:38.559><c> class</c><00:46:38.760><c> citizens</c><00:46:39.139><c> at</c><00:46:39.400><c> all.</c> 00:46:41.599 --> 00:46:43.619 It's<00:46:42.000><c> an</c><00:46:42.199><c> insult</c><00:46:42.480><c> to</c><00:46:42.639><c> the</c><00:46:42.760><c> creator</c><00:46:43.039><c> to</c><00:46:43.239><c> think</c><00:46:43.340><c> that</c><00:46:43.460><c> he</c><00:46:43.539><c> could</c> 00:46:43.619 --> 00:46:44.320 even<00:46:43.840><c> do</c><00:46:44.039><c> that</c> 00:46:44.320 --> 00:46:48.059 because<00:46:44.719><c> you</c><00:46:44.980><c> see,</c><00:46:45.400><c> in</c><00:46:45.619><c> the</c><00:46:45.780><c> sight</c><00:46:45.920><c> of</c><00:46:46.159><c> God,</c><00:46:46.460><c> all</c><00:46:46.619><c> men</c><00:46:46.860><c> are</c><00:46:47.139><c> equal.</c> 00:46:48.960 --> 00:46:50.980 They're<00:46:49.480><c> all</c><00:46:49.699><c> decrepit.</c> 00:46:51.920 --> 00:46:54.780 Every<00:46:52.199><c> man,</c><00:46:52.500><c> woman,</c><00:46:52.840><c> and</c><00:46:53.019><c> child</c><00:46:53.139><c> is</c><00:46:53.400><c> decrepit</c><00:46:53.800><c> before</c><00:46:54.059><c> Almighty</c><00:46:54.519><c> God.</c> 00:46:54.960 --> 00:46:58.039 There<00:46:54.960><c> are</c><00:46:55.340><c> no</c><00:46:55.760><c> first</c><00:46:56.119><c> class</c><00:46:56.340><c> citizens</c><00:46:56.739><c> in</c><00:46:56.880><c> this</c><00:46:57.139><c> world,</c><00:46:57.519><c> brothers</c><00:46:57.559><c> and</c><00:46:57.860><c> sisters,</c> 00:46:58.119 --> 00:47:00.840 but<00:46:58.300><c> people</c><00:46:58.579><c> in</c><00:46:58.880><c> desperate</c><00:46:59.320><c> need</c><00:46:59.659><c> of</c><00:46:59.820><c> God's</c><00:47:00.199><c> salvation,</c><00:47:00.760><c> be</c> 00:47:00.840 --> 00:47:02.260 they<00:47:01.019><c> Jew</c><00:47:01.239><c> or</c><00:47:01.440><c> Greek.</c> 00:47:02.860 --> 00:47:06.360 All<00:47:03.380><c> distinctions</c><00:47:03.900><c> go</c><00:47:04.480><c> when</c><00:47:05.119><c> we</c><00:47:05.380><c> measure</c><00:47:05.599><c> ourselves</c><00:47:06.059><c> against</c> 00:47:06.360 --> 00:47:07.880 the<00:47:06.559><c> infinite,</c><00:47:07.139><c> brothers</c><00:47:07.219><c> and</c><00:47:07.539><c> sisters,</c> 00:47:08.320 --> 00:47:10.199 against<00:47:08.599><c> the</c><00:47:08.880><c> great</c><00:47:09.119><c> isle</c><00:47:09.340><c> and</c><00:47:09.519><c> the</c><00:47:09.659><c> heavens</c><00:47:09.840><c> above.</c> 00:47:10.480 --> 00:47:12.239 Where<00:47:10.920><c> are</c><00:47:11.300><c> distinctions</c><00:47:11.679><c> among</c><00:47:11.940><c> men?</c> 00:47:12.500 --> 00:47:15.460 And<00:47:12.619><c> Jesus</c><00:47:12.880><c> said,</c><00:47:13.239><c> you</c><00:47:13.300><c> go</c><00:47:13.559><c> and</c><00:47:13.780><c> tell</c><00:47:13.900><c> them</c><00:47:14.079><c> all,</c><00:47:14.460><c> everybody,</c><00:47:15.119><c> everywhere,</c> 00:47:15.460 --> 00:47:18.940 that<00:47:15.820><c> God</c><00:47:16.300><c> will</c><00:47:16.619><c> accept</c><00:47:16.840><c> anyone</c><00:47:17.440><c> who</c><00:47:17.699><c> repents</c><00:47:18.440><c> and</c><00:47:18.760><c> will</c> 00:47:18.940 --> 00:47:19.679 forgive<00:47:19.219><c> them,</c> 00:47:19.860 --> 00:47:24.320 from<00:47:20.099><c> all</c><00:47:20.380><c> nations,</c><00:47:22.579><c> and</c><00:47:22.820><c> start</c><00:47:23.139><c> with</c><00:47:23.400><c> Jerusalem.</c> 00:47:27.019 --> 00:47:28.820 Why<00:47:27.199><c> would</c><00:47:27.340><c> he</c><00:47:27.460><c> say</c><00:47:27.659><c> that?</c> 00:47:31.059 --> 00:47:32.980 Beginning<00:47:31.539><c> at</c><00:47:32.019><c> Jerusalem.</c> 00:47:34.119 --> 00:47:37.119 Well,<00:47:34.280><c> you</c><00:47:34.300><c> know,</c><00:47:35.500><c> if</c><00:47:35.679><c> you</c><00:47:35.800><c> didn't</c><00:47:35.960><c> think</c><00:47:36.139><c> about</c><00:47:36.380><c> it,</c> 00:47:37.380 --> 00:47:39.380 you<00:47:37.519><c> might</c><00:47:37.739><c> think</c><00:47:37.960><c> to</c><00:47:38.079><c> yourself,</c><00:47:38.539><c> oh,</c><00:47:38.559><c> to</c><00:47:38.679><c> the</c><00:47:38.840><c> Jew</c><00:47:39.000><c> first</c><00:47:39.260><c> and</c> 00:47:39.380 --> 00:47:39.920 the<00:47:39.519><c> Greek</c><00:47:39.699><c> after.</c> 00:47:39.960 --> 00:47:41.599 Well,<00:47:40.139><c> I</c><00:47:40.239><c> suppose</c><00:47:40.460><c> that's</c><00:47:40.760><c> true</c><00:47:41.000><c> too.</c> 00:47:41.599 --> 00:47:49.599 But<00:47:42.380><c> brothers</c><00:47:42.619><c> and</c><00:47:42.900><c> sisters,</c><00:47:43.179><c> when</c><00:47:43.320><c> you</c><00:47:43.539><c> talk</c><00:47:43.739><c> about</c><00:47:44.739><c> repentance</c><00:47:45.780><c> and</c><00:47:48.420><c> forgiveness,</c> 00:47:50.519 --> 00:47:55.219 Jerusalem<00:47:51.019><c> is</c><00:47:51.719><c> number</c><00:47:52.340><c> one</c><00:47:52.739><c> guilty</c><00:47:53.179><c> city</c><00:47:53.639><c> in</c><00:47:54.019><c> the</c><00:47:54.179><c> world.</c> 00:47:57.320 --> 00:48:00.940 They're<00:47:57.559><c> the</c><00:47:57.880><c> guiltiest</c><00:47:58.539><c> people</c><00:47:59.239><c> on</c><00:47:59.659><c> earth.</c> 00:48:02.599 --> 00:48:07.980 But<00:48:02.699><c> they</c><00:48:03.139><c> ganged</c><00:48:03.460><c> up</c><00:48:03.619><c> on</c><00:48:03.739><c> him</c><00:48:03.920><c> in</c><00:48:04.079><c> that</c><00:48:04.360><c> city,</c><00:48:06.579><c> and</c><00:48:06.760><c> by</c><00:48:07.079><c> unlawful</c><00:48:07.639><c> hands,</c> 00:48:07.980 --> 00:48:10.739 which<00:48:08.239><c> wicked</c><00:48:08.500><c> means</c><00:48:08.880><c> in</c><00:48:09.079><c> Acts</c><00:48:09.280><c> chapter</c><00:48:09.559><c> two,</c><00:48:10.099><c> by</c><00:48:10.099><c> taking</c> 00:48:10.739 --> 00:48:12.800 Romans<00:48:11.300><c> whom</c><00:48:11.519><c> they</c><00:48:11.860><c> hated,</c> 00:48:13.800 --> 00:48:17.280 employed<00:48:14.000><c> them</c><00:48:14.300><c> on</c><00:48:14.519><c> their</c><00:48:14.800><c> behalf</c><00:48:15.380><c> to</c><00:48:15.760><c> crucify</c><00:48:16.300><c> their</c><00:48:16.539><c> fellow</c><00:48:16.900><c> Jew.</c> 00:48:17.739 --> 00:48:21.719 They<00:48:17.900><c> were</c><00:48:18.199><c> as</c><00:48:18.579><c> guilty,</c><00:48:19.380><c> more</c><00:48:19.920><c> guilty</c><00:48:20.380><c> than</c><00:48:20.679><c> any</c><00:48:21.039><c> city</c><00:48:21.280><c> in</c><00:48:21.500><c> the</c><00:48:21.579><c> world.</c> 00:48:21.780 --> 00:48:25.579 And<00:48:21.960><c> you</c><00:48:22.099><c> can</c><00:48:22.519><c> start</c><00:48:22.920><c> right</c><00:48:23.559><c> there</c><00:48:24.019><c> that</c><00:48:24.260><c> people</c><00:48:24.639><c> can</c><00:48:24.960><c> repent</c> 00:48:25.579 --> 00:48:28.079 and<00:48:26.840><c> they</c><00:48:27.079><c> can</c><00:48:27.340><c> be</c><00:48:27.619><c> forgiven.</c> 00:48:28.480 --> 00:48:30.440 Here<00:48:29.039><c> in</c><00:48:29.400><c> Jerusalem.</c> 00:48:31.599 --> 00:48:33.800 It<00:48:31.719><c> wasn't</c><00:48:31.880><c> as</c><00:48:32.099><c> if</c><00:48:32.320><c> Jerusalem</c><00:48:32.739><c> was</c><00:48:32.940><c> number</c><00:48:33.199><c> one</c><00:48:33.380><c> and</c><00:48:33.559><c> all</c><00:48:33.719><c> the</c> 00:48:33.800 --> 00:48:34.619 rest<00:48:33.940><c> are</c><00:48:34.019><c> number</c><00:48:34.260><c> two.</c> 00:48:34.840 --> 00:48:37.239 That's<00:48:35.280><c> the</c><00:48:35.460><c> guiltiest</c><00:48:35.820><c> place</c><00:48:36.079><c> in</c><00:48:36.239><c> the</c><00:48:36.400><c> world.</c> 00:48:37.340 --> 00:48:39.880 Because<00:48:37.739><c> that's</c><00:48:38.119><c> where</c><00:48:38.300><c> the</c><00:48:38.539><c> crime</c><00:48:38.719><c> was</c><00:48:39.019><c> perpetrated.</c> 00:48:40.300 --> 00:48:42.420 And<00:48:40.320><c> the</c><00:48:40.519><c> grace</c><00:48:40.760><c> of</c><00:48:40.940><c> God,</c><00:48:41.139><c> brothers</c><00:48:41.440><c> and</c><00:48:41.659><c> sisters,</c><00:48:41.860><c> if</c><00:48:42.019><c> it</c><00:48:42.079><c> could</c><00:48:42.280><c> be</c> 00:48:42.420 --> 00:48:43.039 offered<00:48:42.539><c> to</c><00:48:42.760><c> anyone,</c> 00:48:43.139 --> 00:48:45.679 it<00:48:43.139><c> could</c><00:48:43.280><c> be</c><00:48:43.460><c> offered</c><00:48:43.579><c> to</c><00:48:43.780><c> them,</c><00:48:44.159><c> it</c><00:48:44.260><c> could</c><00:48:44.400><c> be</c><00:48:44.559><c> offered</c><00:48:44.679><c> to</c><00:48:44.880><c> anybody.</c> 00:48:46.800 --> 00:48:49.980 That's<00:48:47.059><c> what</c><00:48:47.199><c> the</c><00:48:47.320><c> Lord</c><00:48:47.460><c> Jesus</c><00:48:47.840><c> Christ</c><00:48:48.119><c> is</c><00:48:48.320><c> pointing</c><00:48:48.579><c> out</c><00:48:48.739><c> to</c><00:48:48.860><c> them.</c> 00:48:50.400 --> 00:48:53.219 And<00:48:50.460><c> he</c><00:48:50.579><c> says,</c><00:48:51.960><c> you're</c><00:48:52.079><c> my</c><00:48:52.280><c> witnesses.</c> 00:48:54.760 --> 00:48:57.539 He<00:48:54.940><c> goes</c><00:48:55.019><c> on</c><00:48:55.159><c> to</c><00:48:55.320><c> say,</c><00:48:55.480><c> you're</c><00:48:55.719><c> my</c><00:48:55.880><c> witnesses</c><00:48:56.179><c> of</c><00:48:56.420><c> these</c><00:48:56.619><c> things.</c> 00:48:58.239 --> 00:48:59.619 Now,<00:48:58.440><c> of</c><00:48:58.559><c> course</c><00:48:58.659><c> they</c><00:48:58.880><c> were.</c> 00:48:59.960 --> 00:49:02.420 Now,<00:49:00.099><c> you</c><00:49:00.139><c> know,</c><00:49:00.400><c> to</c><00:49:00.599><c> be</c><00:49:00.760><c> a</c><00:49:00.880><c> witness</c><00:49:01.199><c> of</c><00:49:01.420><c> the</c><00:49:01.579><c> death</c><00:49:01.719><c> and</c><00:49:01.940><c> resurrection</c><00:49:02.260><c> of</c> 00:49:02.420 --> 00:49:03.480 the<00:49:02.559><c> Lord,</c> 00:49:03.820 --> 00:49:05.440 there<00:49:03.900><c> had</c><00:49:03.960><c> to</c><00:49:04.079><c> be</c><00:49:04.260><c> a</c><00:49:04.480><c> qualification</c><00:49:04.960><c> for</c><00:49:05.199><c> that.</c> 00:49:05.440 --> 00:49:06.900 Come<00:49:06.039><c> to</c><00:49:06.199><c> Acts</c><00:49:06.360><c> chapter</c><00:49:06.639><c> one.</c> 00:49:06.940 --> 00:49:09.239 It<00:49:06.980><c> was</c><00:49:07.280><c> so</c><00:49:07.539><c> necessary</c><00:49:07.900><c> that</c><00:49:08.059><c> this</c><00:49:08.179><c> be</c><00:49:08.400><c> done.</c> 00:49:09.539 --> 00:49:11.320 Not<00:49:09.739><c> anybody</c><00:49:10.079><c> could</c><00:49:10.260><c> be</c><00:49:10.440><c> a</c><00:49:10.519><c> witness.</c> 00:49:12.380 --> 00:49:15.400 When<00:49:12.820><c> they</c><00:49:13.260><c> lost</c><00:49:13.519><c> Judas,</c><00:49:13.860><c> of</c><00:49:14.099><c> course,</c><00:49:14.320><c> they</c><00:49:14.440><c> had</c><00:49:14.639><c> to</c><00:49:14.820><c> appoint</c> 00:49:15.400 --> 00:49:17.679 another<00:49:15.699><c> disciple</c><00:49:16.139><c> in</c><00:49:16.400><c> his</c><00:49:16.659><c> place.</c> 00:49:19.460 --> 00:49:20.780 So<00:49:19.679><c> what</c><00:49:19.840><c> happens?</c> 00:49:22.880 --> 00:49:24.980 So<00:49:23.039><c> when</c><00:49:23.199><c> we</c><00:49:23.440><c> take</c><00:49:23.579><c> it</c><00:49:23.699><c> up</c><00:49:23.820><c> in</c><00:49:24.000><c> Acts</c><00:49:24.159><c> chapter</c><00:49:24.420><c> one</c><00:49:24.619><c> and</c><00:49:24.760><c> verse</c> 00:49:24.980 --> 00:49:27.340 21,<00:49:26.139><c> Peter</c><00:49:26.420><c> says,</c> 00:49:27.360 --> 00:49:29.239 when<00:49:27.420><c> they're</c><00:49:27.599><c> going</c><00:49:27.699><c> to</c><00:49:27.980><c> appoint</c><00:49:28.199><c> another</c><00:49:28.500><c> apostle,</c><00:49:29.059><c> he</c><00:49:29.119><c> says,</c> 00:49:29.239 --> 00:49:32.760 Therefore<00:49:29.639><c> of</c><00:49:29.920><c> these</c><00:49:30.400><c> men</c><00:49:30.760><c> which</c><00:49:31.099><c> have</c><00:49:31.400><c> company</c><00:49:31.679><c> with</c><00:49:31.940><c> us</c><00:49:32.360><c> all</c> 00:49:32.760 --> 00:49:33.300 the<00:49:32.980><c> time</c> 00:49:33.300 --> 00:49:36.559 that<00:49:33.500><c> the</c><00:49:33.619><c> Lord</c><00:49:33.880><c> Jesus</c><00:49:34.239><c> went</c><00:49:34.519><c> in</c><00:49:34.880><c> and</c><00:49:35.039><c> out</c><00:49:35.199><c> among</c><00:49:35.440><c> us,</c> 00:49:36.920 --> 00:49:38.320 beginning<00:49:37.059><c> from</c><00:49:37.320><c> the</c><00:49:37.440><c> baptism</c><00:49:37.800><c> of</c><00:49:38.019><c> John,</c> 00:49:38.360 --> 00:49:41.099 under<00:49:38.559><c> the</c><00:49:38.820><c> same</c><00:49:39.059><c> day</c><00:49:39.260><c> that</c><00:49:39.360><c> he</c><00:49:39.420><c> was</c><00:49:39.639><c> taken</c><00:49:39.880><c> up</c><00:49:40.199><c> from</c><00:49:40.719><c> us,</c> 00:49:41.420 --> 00:49:45.260 must<00:49:41.659><c> one</c><00:49:41.900><c> be</c><00:49:42.199><c> ordained</c><00:49:42.559><c> to</c><00:49:42.719><c> be</c><00:49:42.860><c> a</c><00:49:42.960><c> witness</c><00:49:43.219><c> with</c><00:49:43.440><c> us</c><00:49:43.679><c> of</c><00:49:43.880><c> his</c><00:49:44.260><c> resurrection.</c> 00:49:45.340 --> 00:49:47.420 Now,<00:49:45.599><c> that</c><00:49:45.780><c> is</c><00:49:46.019><c> so</c><00:49:46.199><c> logical,</c><00:49:46.599><c> brothers</c><00:49:46.900><c> and</c><00:49:47.179><c> sisters.</c> 00:49:47.500 --> 00:49:48.820 That<00:49:47.639><c> is</c><00:49:47.860><c> so</c><00:49:48.059><c> dreadfully</c><00:49:48.380><c> logical.</c> 00:49:49.099 --> 00:49:51.860 So<00:49:49.320><c> Peter</c><00:49:49.480><c> says,</c><00:49:49.760><c> look,</c><00:49:49.820><c> we've</c><00:49:50.019><c> got</c><00:49:50.099><c> to</c><00:49:50.219><c> get</c><00:49:50.300><c> a</c><00:49:50.500><c> man</c><00:49:51.039><c> that</c><00:49:51.500><c> was</c> 00:49:51.860 --> 00:49:54.380 there<00:49:52.260><c> at</c><00:49:52.559><c> the</c><00:49:52.820><c> very</c><00:49:53.239><c> beginning,</c> 00:49:55.519 --> 00:49:57.679 right<00:49:55.840><c> to</c><00:49:56.099><c> the</c><00:49:56.300><c> very</c><00:49:56.699><c> end.</c> 00:49:58.019 --> 00:49:59.980 And<00:49:58.420><c> he's</c><00:49:58.739><c> going</c><00:49:58.860><c> to</c><00:49:58.940><c> be</c><00:49:59.099><c> a</c><00:49:59.179><c> witness</c><00:49:59.420><c> of</c><00:49:59.679><c> what?</c> 00:50:00.260 --> 00:50:02.179 The<00:50:00.500><c> resurrection</c><00:50:00.960><c> of</c><00:50:01.099><c> the</c><00:50:01.179><c> Lord</c><00:50:01.360><c> Jesus</c><00:50:01.739><c> Christ.</c> 00:50:02.420 --> 00:50:06.960 Now,<00:50:02.559><c> what</c><00:50:02.639><c> would</c><00:50:02.800><c> be</c><00:50:02.940><c> the</c><00:50:03.119><c> good</c><00:50:03.420><c> of</c><00:50:04.679><c> somebody,</c><00:50:05.320><c> well</c><00:50:05.500><c>-meaning</c><00:50:05.739><c> person,</c> 00:50:07.079 --> 00:50:09.360 who'd<00:50:07.260><c> heard</c><00:50:07.420><c> about</c><00:50:07.619><c> the</c><00:50:07.800><c> Lord,</c><00:50:08.039><c> had</c><00:50:08.199><c> never</c><00:50:08.480><c> seen</c><00:50:08.739><c> him,</c> 00:50:09.619 --> 00:50:12.280 but<00:50:09.800><c> heard</c><00:50:10.000><c> about</c><00:50:10.219><c> him</c><00:50:10.400><c> and</c><00:50:10.659><c> became</c><00:50:10.880><c> an</c><00:50:11.539><c> avid</c><00:50:11.780><c> believer</c><00:50:12.059><c> of</c> 00:50:12.280 --> 00:50:12.599 the<00:50:12.420><c> truth,</c> 00:50:12.699 --> 00:50:14.800 what<00:50:12.820><c> would</c><00:50:12.980><c> be</c><00:50:13.119><c> the</c><00:50:13.280><c> good</c><00:50:13.480><c> of</c><00:50:13.780><c> that</c><00:50:14.019><c> man</c><00:50:14.199><c> coming</c><00:50:14.460><c> forward</c><00:50:14.679><c> to</c> 00:50:14.800 --> 00:50:17.039 be<00:50:14.960><c> a</c><00:50:15.039><c> witness</c><00:50:15.239><c> of</c><00:50:15.440><c> his</c><00:50:16.000><c> resurrection?</c> 00:50:17.460 --> 00:50:20.500 Because<00:50:17.679><c> the</c><00:50:17.880><c> first</c><00:50:18.119><c> question</c><00:50:18.400><c> he's</c><00:50:18.659><c> going</c><00:50:18.760><c> to</c><00:50:18.840><c> get</c><00:50:19.000><c> asked</c><00:50:19.219><c> is,</c> 00:50:20.800 --> 00:50:23.320 you<00:50:21.199><c> saw</c><00:50:21.559><c> him,</c><00:50:22.000><c> yeah,</c><00:50:22.300><c> I</c><00:50:22.460><c> saw</c><00:50:22.539><c> him,</c><00:50:22.679><c> I</c><00:50:22.800><c> saw</c><00:50:22.980><c> him.</c> 00:50:23.320 --> 00:50:25.760 I<00:50:23.519><c> was</c><00:50:23.679><c> there</c><00:50:24.019><c> when</c><00:50:24.239><c> he</c><00:50:24.360><c> was</c><00:50:24.539><c> with</c><00:50:24.679><c> us</c><00:50:24.800><c> and</c><00:50:24.900><c> I</c><00:50:25.079><c> saw</c><00:50:25.199><c> him</c><00:50:25.440><c> resurrected.</c> 00:50:25.760 --> 00:50:28.139 Did<00:50:26.320><c> you</c><00:50:26.440><c> ever</c><00:50:26.579><c> know</c><00:50:26.739><c> him</c><00:50:26.820><c> before?</c> 00:50:29.579 --> 00:50:31.019 Well,<00:50:30.019><c> I</c><00:50:30.460><c> heard</c><00:50:30.719><c> about</c><00:50:30.940><c> him.</c> 00:50:31.039 --> 00:50:31.659 No,<00:50:31.219><c> no,</c><00:50:31.280><c> no.</c> 00:50:31.699 --> 00:50:34.000 Did<00:50:32.039><c> you</c><00:50:32.179><c> ever</c><00:50:32.519><c> see</c><00:50:32.719><c> him</c><00:50:32.960><c> before?</c> 00:50:34.019 --> 00:50:35.380 Well,<00:50:34.260><c> not</c><00:50:34.440><c> really.</c> 00:50:36.039 --> 00:50:38.179 Well,<00:50:36.179><c> how</c><00:50:36.380><c> did</c><00:50:36.500><c> you</c><00:50:36.519><c> know</c><00:50:36.659><c> that</c><00:50:36.820><c> was</c><00:50:37.039><c> the</c><00:50:37.119><c> same</c><00:50:37.219><c> man?</c> 00:50:38.719 --> 00:50:40.780 You<00:50:39.159><c> wouldn't,</c><00:50:39.760><c> would</c><00:50:39.920><c> you?</c> 00:50:41.820 --> 00:50:43.500 See<00:50:42.260><c> how</c><00:50:42.480><c> logical</c><00:50:42.780><c> that</c><00:50:43.019><c> was.</c> 00:50:43.880 --> 00:50:46.440 So<00:50:44.099><c> the</c><00:50:44.300><c> apostles,</c><00:50:44.679><c> you</c><00:50:44.840><c> see,</c><00:50:45.199><c> to</c><00:50:45.280><c> be</c><00:50:45.420><c> witnesses,</c><00:50:46.159><c> had</c><00:50:46.260><c> to</c> 00:50:46.440 --> 00:50:48.119 know<00:50:46.539><c> him.</c> 00:50:48.440 --> 00:50:51.500 Now,<00:50:48.619><c> you</c><00:50:48.619><c> see,</c><00:50:50.119><c> Paul</c><00:50:50.320><c> was</c><00:50:50.539><c> an</c><00:50:50.659><c> apostle.</c> 00:50:53.000 --> 00:50:54.760 There's<00:50:53.440><c> no</c><00:50:53.639><c> record,</c><00:50:54.199><c> brothers</c><00:50:54.360><c> and</c><00:50:54.500><c> sisters,</c> 00:50:54.880 --> 00:50:59.440 that<00:50:55.599><c> he</c><00:50:55.800><c> actually</c><00:50:56.219><c> saw</c><00:50:56.480><c> the</c><00:50:56.639><c> Lord</c><00:50:56.960><c> in,</c><00:50:57.280><c> as</c><00:50:57.559><c> I</c><00:50:57.659><c> say,</c><00:50:57.880><c> a</c><00:50:57.880><c> historical</c><00:50:58.380><c> fact.</c> 00:50:59.500 --> 00:51:01.380 But,<00:50:59.639><c> you</c><00:50:59.739><c> know,</c><00:50:59.800><c> he</c><00:50:59.920><c> did</c><00:51:00.179><c> see</c><00:51:00.400><c> him.</c> 00:51:01.820 --> 00:51:03.280 He<00:51:01.980><c> made</c><00:51:02.239><c> reference</c><00:51:02.480><c> to</c><00:51:02.619><c> that</c><00:51:02.719><c> in</c><00:51:02.880><c> Corinthians.</c> 00:51:03.440 --> 00:51:07.699 He<00:51:03.480><c> said,</c><00:51:03.639><c> though</c><00:51:03.840><c> we</c><00:51:04.019><c> have</c><00:51:04.320><c> known</c><00:51:05.119><c> the</c><00:51:06.860><c> Lord</c><00:51:07.079><c> Jesus</c><00:51:07.460><c> Christ</c> 00:51:07.699 --> 00:51:08.199 in<00:51:07.880><c> the</c><00:51:08.039><c> flesh,</c> 00:51:08.280 --> 00:51:10.380 now<00:51:08.440><c> we</c><00:51:08.699><c> know</c><00:51:08.920><c> him</c><00:51:09.159><c> no</c><00:51:09.440><c> more.</c> 00:51:11.079 --> 00:51:14.300 He<00:51:11.519><c> would</c><00:51:11.679><c> have</c><00:51:11.800><c> been</c><00:51:12.000><c> in</c><00:51:12.239><c> the</c><00:51:12.539><c> forefront</c><00:51:12.880><c> of</c><00:51:13.099><c> that</c><00:51:13.340><c> crowd,</c> 00:51:14.960 --> 00:51:17.500 who<00:51:15.019><c> were</c><00:51:15.219><c> in</c><00:51:15.340><c> opposition</c><00:51:15.679><c> to</c><00:51:15.860><c> the</c><00:51:15.920><c> Lord,</c><00:51:16.139><c> a</c><00:51:16.320><c> young,</c><00:51:17.159><c> virile,</c> 00:51:17.659 --> 00:51:18.880 young,<00:51:17.940><c> energetic</c><00:51:18.440><c> mind,</c> 00:51:18.880 --> 00:51:21.260 who<00:51:19.199><c> was</c><00:51:19.460><c> top</c><00:51:19.719><c> of</c><00:51:19.860><c> the</c><00:51:20.059><c> class,</c><00:51:20.400><c> he</c><00:51:20.460><c> told</c><00:51:20.679><c> the</c><00:51:20.880><c> Galatians,</c> 00:51:21.420 --> 00:51:23.760 of<00:51:21.519><c> top</c><00:51:21.800><c> of</c><00:51:22.019><c> the</c><00:51:22.159><c> class</c><00:51:22.639><c> with</c><00:51:22.860><c> Gamaliel,</c> 00:51:24.000 --> 00:51:26.920 one<00:51:24.139><c> of</c><00:51:24.239><c> the</c><00:51:24.659><c> highest</c><00:51:25.099><c> education</c><00:51:25.900><c> systems</c><00:51:26.320><c> of</c><00:51:26.500><c> rabbinical</c> 00:51:26.920 --> 00:51:27.960 law<00:51:27.239><c> ever</c><00:51:27.699><c> known,</c> 00:51:28.260 --> 00:51:29.079 top<00:51:28.500><c> of</c><00:51:28.659><c> the</c><00:51:28.840><c> class.</c> 00:51:29.340 --> 00:51:31.099 He'd<00:51:29.500><c> have</c><00:51:29.579><c> been</c><00:51:29.679><c> in</c><00:51:29.820><c> the</c><00:51:29.980><c> forefront,</c><00:51:30.260><c> brothers</c><00:51:30.659><c> and</c><00:51:30.900><c> sisters,</c> 00:51:31.099 --> 00:51:33.000 of<00:51:31.320><c> all</c><00:51:31.480><c> that</c><00:51:31.679><c> argumentation.</c> 00:51:33.480 --> 00:51:35.000 He'd<00:51:33.699><c> have</c><00:51:33.800><c> known</c><00:51:33.900><c> the</c><00:51:34.059><c> Lord</c><00:51:34.280><c> through</c><00:51:34.619><c> and</c><00:51:34.840><c> through.</c> 00:51:35.139 --> 00:51:37.199 And<00:51:35.199><c> when</c><00:51:35.780><c> he</c><00:51:36.039><c> heard</c><00:51:36.340><c> that</c><00:51:36.639><c> voice</c><00:51:36.780><c> from</c><00:51:37.019><c> heaven</c> 00:51:37.199 --> 00:51:39.300 and<00:51:37.340><c> when</c><00:51:37.440><c> he</c><00:51:37.619><c> saw</c><00:51:37.780><c> the</c><00:51:37.960><c> Lord,</c><00:51:38.239><c> though,</c><00:51:38.320><c> he'd</c><00:51:38.500><c> know</c><00:51:38.719><c> exactly</c> 00:51:39.300 --> 00:51:39.800 who<00:51:39.500><c> it</c><00:51:39.679><c> was.</c> 00:51:39.840 --> 00:51:41.699 He<00:51:39.940><c> was</c><00:51:40.119><c> an</c><00:51:40.320><c> accredited</c><00:51:40.719><c> witness.</c> 00:51:42.480 --> 00:51:44.719 But<00:51:42.539><c> they</c><00:51:42.679><c> had</c><00:51:42.800><c> to</c><00:51:42.920><c> be</c><00:51:43.059><c> witnesses.</c><00:51:43.460><c> They</c><00:51:43.579><c> had</c><00:51:43.760><c> to</c><00:51:43.920><c> know.</c> 00:51:44.940 --> 00:51:47.579 So<00:51:45.039><c> there</c><00:51:45.119><c> had</c><00:51:45.239><c> to</c><00:51:45.340><c> be</c><00:51:45.480><c> a</c><00:51:45.599><c> man</c><00:51:45.800><c> that</c><00:51:46.019><c> knew</c><00:51:46.159><c> from</c><00:51:46.780><c> beginning</c><00:51:47.000><c> to</c><00:51:47.199><c> end.</c> 00:51:47.579 --> 00:51:50.000 And<00:51:48.360><c> they</c><00:51:48.500><c> appointed,</c><00:51:48.840><c> of</c><00:51:49.000><c> course,</c><00:51:49.639><c> Matthias.</c> 00:51:50.320 --> 00:51:52.420 And<00:51:50.539><c> the</c><00:51:50.659><c> act</c><00:51:50.880><c> says,</c><00:51:51.519><c> with</c><00:51:51.519><c> great</c><00:51:52.000><c> power,</c> 00:51:52.699 --> 00:51:54.519 they<00:51:52.760><c> gave</c><00:51:52.980><c> witness</c><00:51:53.360><c> to</c><00:51:53.539><c> the</c><00:51:53.679><c> resurrection</c><00:51:54.059><c> of</c><00:51:54.219><c> the</c><00:51:54.340><c> Lord,</c> 00:51:54.579 --> 00:51:56.360 with<00:51:54.820><c> great</c><00:51:55.260><c> power</c><00:51:55.579><c> and</c><00:51:55.860><c> force,</c> 00:51:56.780 --> 00:51:58.800 because<00:51:56.880><c> they'd</c><00:51:57.059><c> been</c><00:51:57.260><c> with</c><00:51:57.440><c> him</c><00:51:57.579><c> then</c><00:51:58.099><c> and</c><00:51:58.380><c> they've</c><00:51:58.639><c> seen</c> 00:51:58.800 --> 00:52:00.099 him<00:51:59.019><c> now.</c> 00:52:01.119 --> 00:52:03.079 But<00:52:01.280><c> there's</c><00:52:01.460><c> one</c><00:52:01.639><c> haven't</c><00:52:02.000><c> seen</c><00:52:02.119><c> him,</c><00:52:02.260><c> and</c><00:52:02.380><c> that's</c><00:52:02.599><c> Thomas.</c> 00:52:03.420 --> 00:52:06.519 I<00:52:03.579><c> want</c><00:52:03.699><c> you</c><00:52:03.840><c> to</c><00:52:03.980><c> come</c><00:52:04.079><c> with</c><00:52:04.239><c> me</c><00:52:04.380><c> to</c><00:52:04.539><c> John</c><00:52:04.719><c> chapter</c><00:52:05.000><c> 20.</c> 00:52:09.639 --> 00:52:11.079 Dear<00:52:09.840><c> old</c><00:52:10.039><c> Thomas,</c> 00:52:14.039 --> 00:52:18.659 he<00:52:14.519><c> wasn't</c><00:52:14.840><c> there</c><00:52:15.280><c> on</c><00:52:16.519><c> that</c><00:52:16.699><c> occasion,</c><00:52:17.280><c> brothers</c><00:52:17.360><c> and</c><00:52:17.619><c> sisters.</c> 00:52:19.340 --> 00:52:21.719 And<00:52:19.460><c> so</c><00:52:19.559><c> now</c><00:52:19.719><c> it</c><00:52:19.860><c> comes</c><00:52:20.119><c> his</c><00:52:20.440><c> turn</c><00:52:20.679><c> to</c><00:52:21.000><c> hear</c><00:52:21.199><c> that</c><00:52:21.380><c> the</c><00:52:21.539><c> Lord</c> 00:52:21.719 --> 00:52:23.639 has<00:52:21.880><c> actually</c><00:52:22.139><c> been</c><00:52:22.420><c> seen</c><00:52:22.639><c> by</c><00:52:22.860><c> the</c><00:52:23.000><c> group</c><00:52:23.119><c> of</c><00:52:23.320><c> disciples.</c> 00:52:23.780 --> 00:52:27.420 And<00:52:23.880><c> so</c><00:52:23.980><c> in</c><00:52:24.179><c> John</c><00:52:24.360><c> chapter</c><00:52:24.639><c> 20</c><00:52:24.920><c> and</c><00:52:25.099><c> verse</c><00:52:25.260><c> 24,</c><00:52:25.699><c> we</c><00:52:25.840><c> read</c><00:52:26.019><c> about</c><00:52:26.400><c> Thomas.</c> 00:52:27.440 --> 00:52:31.079 Now,<00:52:27.659><c> Thomas'</c><00:52:28.059><c> name</c><00:52:28.460><c> in</c><00:52:28.860><c> the</c><00:52:29.059><c> Greek</c><00:52:29.239><c> means</c><00:52:29.780><c> a</c><00:52:30.300><c> twin.</c> 00:52:31.699 --> 00:52:34.940 And<00:52:31.920><c> he</c><00:52:32.019><c> had</c><00:52:32.159><c> a</c><00:52:32.300><c> nickname</c><00:52:32.639><c> which</c><00:52:32.960><c> was</c><00:52:33.360><c> Didymus,</c><00:52:34.059><c> which</c><00:52:34.300><c> means</c> 00:52:34.940 --> 00:52:36.380 a<00:52:35.579><c> double.</c> 00:52:37.079 --> 00:52:41.500 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Precious</c><00:52:48.480><c> little.</c> 00:52:49.280 --> 00:52:50.340 And<00:52:49.559><c> you've</c><00:52:49.699><c> sort</c><00:52:49.800><c> of</c><00:52:49.900><c> got</c><00:52:49.980><c> to</c><00:52:50.079><c> hang</c><00:52:50.219><c> on.</c> 00:52:50.360 --> 00:52:52.659 Every<00:52:50.519><c> bit</c><00:52:50.639><c> of</c><00:52:50.840><c> scrap</c><00:52:50.980><c> of</c><00:52:51.119><c> information</c><00:52:51.559><c> you</c><00:52:51.739><c> get</c><00:52:51.880><c> about</c><00:52:52.099><c> them.</c> 00:52:52.900 --> 00:52:54.659 The<00:52:53.039><c> little</c><00:52:53.199><c> bit</c><00:52:53.320><c> of</c><00:52:53.440><c> information</c><00:52:53.820><c> we've</c><00:52:54.000><c> got</c><00:52:54.059><c> about</c><00:52:54.300><c> Thomas,</c> 00:52:54.719 --> 00:52:59.699 brothers<00:52:54.940><c> and</c><00:52:55.179><c> sisters,</c><00:52:56.059><c> reveals</c><00:52:56.300><c> him</c><00:52:56.940><c> as</c><00:52:57.320><c> being</c><00:52:57.480><c> of</c><00:52:57.679><c> a</c><00:52:57.860><c> very</c><00:52:58.380><c> practical</c> 00:53:00.280 --> 00:53:04.940 and<00:53:00.699><c> a</c><00:53:00.800><c> very</c><00:53:02.559><c> desponding</c><00:53:03.440><c> frame</c><00:53:03.760><c> of</c><00:53:04.059><c> mind.</c> 00:53:05.170 --> 00:53:07.820 You<00:53:05.460><c> know</c><00:53:05.860><c> how</c><00:53:06.000><c> practical</c><00:53:06.340><c> people</c><00:53:06.639><c> are.</c> 00:53:08.099 --> 00:53:09.159 They're<00:53:08.420><c> terribly</c><00:53:08.599><c> practical.</c> 00:53:09.480 --> 00:53:14.139 They<00:53:09.780><c> think</c><00:53:10.059><c> of</c><00:53:10.199><c> everything</c><00:53:10.599><c> in</c><00:53:11.179><c> the</c><00:53:11.380><c> terms</c><00:53:11.659><c> of</c><00:53:12.599><c> practicalities.</c> 00:53:14.679 --> 00:53:17.780 Anything<00:53:14.960><c> emotional</c><00:53:15.579><c> or</c><00:53:15.860><c> anything</c><00:53:16.159><c> that</c><00:53:16.760><c> touches</c><00:53:17.159><c> 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this</c><00:53:43.239><c> attitude.</c> 00:53:46.920 --> 00:53:50.960 When<00:53:47.360><c> Jesus</c><00:53:47.679><c> was</c><00:53:47.900><c> about</c><00:53:48.159><c> the</c><00:53:48.400><c> visit</c><00:53:48.659><c> to</c><00:53:49.960><c> raise</c><00:53:50.300><c> Lazarus</c><00:53:50.739><c> from</c> 00:53:50.960 --> 00:53:51.340 the<00:53:51.139><c> dead</c> 00:53:51.340 --> 00:53:53.960 and<00:53:51.619><c> they</c><00:53:51.820><c> all</c><00:53:52.019><c> thought</c><00:53:52.139><c> he's</c><00:53:52.679><c> going</c><00:53:52.920><c> into</c><00:53:53.079><c> death,</c><00:53:53.340><c> he's</c><00:53:53.500><c> walking</c><00:53:53.760><c> into</c> 00:53:53.960 --> 00:53:54.380 a<00:53:54.179><c> trap.</c> 00:53:54.579 --> 00:53:56.179 This<00:53:54.719><c> is</c><00:53:54.880><c> stupid,</c><00:53:55.179><c> they</c><00:53:55.440><c> thought.</c> 00:53:56.699 --> 00:53:59.480 What<00:53:56.860><c> was</c><00:53:57.019><c> Thomas'</c><00:53:57.440><c> attitude?</c><00:53:58.059><c> Verse</c><00:53:58.280><c> 16.</c> 00:53:59.639 --> 00:54:02.059 Then<00:53:59.880><c> said</c><00:54:00.079><c> Thomas,</c><00:54:00.460><c> which</c><00:54:00.619><c> is</c><00:54:00.860><c> called</c><00:54:01.000><c> Didymus,</c><00:54:01.639><c> under</c><00:54:01.840><c> his</c> 00:54:02.059 --> 00:54:02.840 fellow<00:54:02.300><c> disciples,</c> 00:54:02.840 --> 00:54:05.340 let<00:54:03.539><c> us</c><00:54:03.760><c> also</c><00:54:04.099><c> go</c><00:54:04.300><c> that</c><00:54:04.420><c> we</c><00:54:04.579><c> may</c><00:54:04.699><c> die</c><00:54:04.940><c> with</c><00:54:05.119><c> him.</c> 00:54:05.480 --> 00:54:07.659 That's<00:54:05.820><c> typical.</c><00:54:06.280><c> See,</c><00:54:06.440><c> two</c><00:54:06.659><c> things,</c><00:54:07.099><c> very</c><00:54:07.340><c> practical.</c> 00:54:08.139 --> 00:54:10.239 So<00:54:08.260><c> what</c><00:54:08.380><c> do</c><00:54:08.460><c> we</c><00:54:08.559><c> do?</c><00:54:08.900><c> We</c><00:54:09.019><c> go</c><00:54:09.219><c> with</c><00:54:09.380><c> him.</c><00:54:09.500><c> Why?</c><00:54:09.780><c> We</c><00:54:09.940><c> might</c><00:54:10.099><c> as</c> 00:54:10.239 --> 00:54:11.179 well<00:54:10.239><c> die.</c> 00:54:12.119 --> 00:54:15.280 So<00:54:12.360><c> you</c><00:54:12.500><c> see</c><00:54:12.599><c> how</c><00:54:12.760><c> that</c><00:54:13.179><c> practical</c><00:54:13.780><c> frame</c><00:54:14.239><c> of</c><00:54:14.539><c> mind</c><00:54:14.739><c> was</c><00:54:15.019><c> there.</c> 00:54:15.559 --> 00:54:17.539 He<00:54:15.679><c> was</c><00:54:15.840><c> also</c><00:54:16.300><c> not</c><00:54:16.800><c> quick</c><00:54:16.960><c> on</c><00:54:17.119><c> the</c><00:54:17.260><c> uptake.</c> 00:54:17.800 --> 00:54:19.920 In<00:54:17.940><c> John</c><00:54:18.260><c> chapter</c><00:54:18.579><c> 14,</c><00:54:19.300><c> brothers</c><00:54:19.440><c> and</c><00:54:19.699><c> sisters,</c> 00:54:20.280 --> 00:54:22.760 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you</c><00:54:33.860><c> know,</c><00:54:34.019><c> and</c><00:54:34.159><c> the</c><00:54:34.300><c> way</c> 00:54:34.519 --> 00:54:35.639 you<00:54:34.719><c> know.</c> 00:54:36.239 --> 00:54:39.239 Thomas<00:54:36.559><c> said</c><00:54:36.739><c> unto</c><00:54:36.980><c> him,</c><00:54:37.199><c> Lord,</c><00:54:37.480><c> we</c><00:54:37.659><c> know</c><00:54:37.900><c> not</c><00:54:38.139><c> whither</c><00:54:38.340><c> thou</c><00:54:38.940><c> goest,</c> 00:54:39.260 --> 00:54:40.980 and<00:54:39.420><c> how</c><00:54:39.579><c> can</c><00:54:39.659><c> we</c><00:54:39.719><c> know</c><00:54:39.900><c> the</c><00:54:40.079><c> way?</c> 00:54:41.159 --> 00:54:42.900 See<00:54:41.559><c> the</c><00:54:41.739><c> practical</c><00:54:42.199><c> frame</c><00:54:42.460><c> of</c><00:54:42.719><c> mind?</c> 00:54:43.280 --> 00:54:45.300 See,<00:54:43.480><c> there</c><00:54:43.500><c> would</c><00:54:43.679><c> never</c><00:54:43.920><c> be,</c><00:54:44.320><c> in</c><00:54:44.559><c> Thomas'</c><00:54:45.019><c> thinking,</c> 00:54:45.440 --> 00:54:48.800 that<00:54:45.840><c> this</c><00:54:46.079><c> could</c><00:54:46.280><c> be</c><00:54:46.460><c> understood</c><00:54:46.739><c> in</c><00:54:46.900><c> any</c><00:54:47.039><c> other</c><00:54:47.340><c> sense</c><00:54:47.500><c> but</c><00:54:47.820><c> practicalities.</c> 00:54:49.179 --> 00:54:52.039 So<00:54:49.400><c> Jesus</c><00:54:49.699><c> says,</c><00:54:50.460><c> Where</c><00:54:50.699><c> I'm</c><00:54:50.960><c> going</c><00:54:51.179><c> you</c><00:54:51.420><c> know,</c><00:54:51.639><c> and</c><00:54:51.780><c> you</c><00:54:51.880><c> know</c> 00:54:52.039 --> 00:54:52.679 the<00:54:52.239><c> way</c><00:54:52.360><c> I'm</c><00:54:52.519><c> going.</c> 00:54:52.880 --> 00:54:54.280 Lord,<00:54:53.079><c> we</c><00:54:53.260><c> don't</c><00:54:53.400><c> know</c><00:54:53.480><c> where</c><00:54:53.579><c> you're</c><00:54:53.719><c> going,</c><00:54:53.960><c> and</c><00:54:54.079><c> how</c><00:54:54.179><c> can</c> 00:54:54.280 --> 00:54:55.500 we<00:54:54.300><c> know</c><00:54:54.480><c> the</c><00:54:54.639><c> way?</c> 00:54:56.739 --> 00:54:58.340 See<00:54:56.980><c> that</c><00:54:57.159><c> frame</c><00:54:57.380><c> of</c><00:54:57.679><c> mind?</c> 00:54:58.739 --> 00:55:02.960 Now<00:54:59.260><c> that</c><00:54:59.519><c> frame</c><00:54:59.780><c> of</c><00:55:00.039><c> mind</c><00:55:00.380><c> takes</c><00:55:01.420><c> an</c><00:55:01.619><c> awful</c><00:55:01.760><c> lot</c><00:55:01.920><c> of</c><00:55:02.179><c> convincing.</c> 00:55:04.360 --> 00:55:07.980 The<00:55:04.519><c> goodness</c><00:55:04.880><c> about</c><00:55:05.179><c> that</c><00:55:05.400><c> mind</c><00:55:05.619><c> is</c><00:55:06.460><c> that</c><00:55:06.900><c> once</c><00:55:07.119><c> it</c><00:55:07.260><c> is</c><00:55:07.519><c> convinced,</c> 00:55:08.199 --> 00:55:11.139 brothers<00:55:08.360><c> and</c><00:55:08.599><c> 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20,</c><00:55:22.159><c> this</c><00:55:22.340><c> is</c><00:55:22.579><c> Thomas.</c> 00:55:25.059 --> 00:55:27.719 We<00:55:25.460><c> read</c><00:55:25.699><c> about</c><00:55:25.860><c> him</c><00:55:26.000><c> in</c><00:55:26.139><c> verse</c><00:55:26.320><c> 24,</c><00:55:26.760><c> we've</c><00:55:27.000><c> just</c><00:55:27.179><c> read</c><00:55:27.340><c> there,</c> 00:55:27.920 --> 00:55:30.440 and<00:55:28.019><c> he</c><00:55:28.079><c> wasn't</c><00:55:28.340><c> with</c><00:55:28.539><c> Jesus</c><00:55:28.800><c> when</c><00:55:28.980><c> the</c><00:55:29.039><c> others</c><00:55:29.179><c> came.</c> 00:55:31.460 --> 00:55:33.380 And<00:55:31.519><c> we</c><00:55:31.639><c> read</c><00:55:31.840><c> here</c><00:55:32.199><c> in</c><00:55:32.400><c> verse</c><00:55:32.940><c> 25,</c> 00:55:33.440 --> 00:55:35.480 The<00:55:33.480><c> other</c><00:55:33.659><c> disciples</c><00:55:34.119><c> therefore</c><00:55:34.559><c> said</c><00:55:34.760><c> unto</c><00:55:34.920><c> him,</c><00:55:35.300><c> We've</c> 00:55:35.480 --> 00:55:36.960 seen<00:55:35.679><c> the</c><00:55:35.840><c> Lord.</c> 00:55:37.360 --> 00:55:40.980 But<00:55:37.460><c> he</c><00:55:37.699><c> said</c><00:55:37.860><c> unto</c><00:55:38.079><c> them,</c><00:55:38.840><c> Except</c><00:55:39.119><c> I</c><00:55:39.360><c> shall</c><00:55:39.519><c> see</c><00:55:39.739><c> in</c><00:55:39.860><c> his</c><00:55:40.059><c> hands</c><00:55:40.679><c> the</c> 00:55:40.980 --> 00:55:41.760 print<00:55:41.139><c> of</c><00:55:41.260><c> the</c><00:55:41.420><c> nails,</c> 00:55:42.260 --> 00:55:44.000 and<00:55:42.380><c> put</c><00:55:42.539><c> my</c><00:55:42.860><c> finger</c><00:55:43.099><c> into</c><00:55:43.280><c> the</c><00:55:43.420><c> print</c><00:55:43.539><c> of</c><00:55:43.659><c> the</c><00:55:43.800><c> nails,</c> 00:55:44.159 --> 00:55:46.699 and<00:55:44.280><c> thrust</c><00:55:44.519><c> my</c><00:55:44.780><c> hand</c><00:55:44.940><c> into</c><00:55:45.099><c> his</c><00:55:45.300><c> side,</c><00:55:45.480><c> I</c><00:55:45.599><c> will</c><00:55:45.880><c> not</c><00:55:46.219><c> believe.</c> 00:55:46.940 --> 00:55:48.440 See<00:55:47.099><c> the</c><00:55:47.360><c> practical</c><00:55:47.699><c> frame</c><00:55:47.960><c> of</c><00:55:48.219><c> mind?</c> 00:55:48.800 --> 00:55:49.980 No,<00:55:48.920><c> no,</c><00:55:49.039><c> no,</c><00:55:49.119><c> he's</c><00:55:49.260><c> got</c><00:55:49.380><c> to</c><00:55:49.599><c> see</c><00:55:49.739><c> them.</c> 00:55:50.159 --> 00:55:51.679 No,<00:55:50.420><c> no,</c><00:55:50.800><c> no</c><00:55:51.039><c> good</c><00:55:51.280><c> seeing</c><00:55:51.500><c> them.</c> 00:55:51.679 --> 00:55:56.059 I<00:55:51.940><c> want</c><00:55:52.179><c> to</c><00:55:52.300><c> get</c><00:55:52.360><c> my</c><00:55:52.659><c> finger</c><00:55:53.019><c> and</c><00:55:53.440><c> I</c><00:55:53.559><c> want</c><00:55:53.800><c> to</c><00:55:54.039><c> poke</c><00:55:54.219><c> them</c><00:55:54.699><c> in</c><00:55:55.099><c> the</c><00:55:55.380><c> hollow</c><00:55:55.719><c> of</c> 00:55:56.059 --> 00:55:56.599 those<00:55:56.340><c> nails.</c> 00:55:56.679 --> 00:55:59.559 I<00:55:57.039><c> want</c><00:55:57.260><c> to</c><00:55:57.380><c> actually</c><00:55:57.800><c> put</c><00:55:58.019><c> my</c><00:55:58.219><c> finger</c><00:55:58.420><c> in</c><00:55:58.539><c> it.</c> 00:56:00.300 --> 00:56:02.900 Not<00:56:00.480><c> only</c><00:56:00.619><c> that,</c><00:56:00.960><c> brothers</c><00:56:01.119><c> and</c><00:56:01.340><c> sisters,</c><00:56:02.380><c> when</c><00:56:02.539><c> he</c><00:56:02.679><c> said</c><00:56:02.780><c> I</c> 00:56:02.900 --> 00:56:03.659 will<00:56:03.119><c> not</c><00:56:03.320><c> believe,</c> 00:56:03.739 --> 00:56:05.480 it's<00:56:04.039><c> a</c><00:56:04.159><c> double</c><00:56:04.519><c> negative.</c> 00:56:05.940 --> 00:56:08.880 I<00:56:06.260><c> will</c><00:56:06.619><c> never,</c><00:56:07.300><c> never</c><00:56:07.840><c> believe.</c> 00:56:09.739 --> 00:56:10.639 That's<00:56:10.000><c> how</c><00:56:10.079><c> he</c><00:56:10.199><c> would</c><00:56:10.300><c> have</c><00:56:10.400><c> put</c><00:56:10.480><c> it.</c> 00:56:10.659 --> 00:56:13.159 It's<00:56:10.920><c> a</c><00:56:11.059><c> double</c><00:56:11.340><c> negative</c><00:56:11.980><c> in</c><00:56:12.760><c> the</c><00:56:12.920><c> Greek.</c> 00:56:13.559 --> 00:56:16.539 I<00:56:13.739><c> will</c><00:56:14.119><c> never,</c><00:56:15.199><c> never</c><00:56:15.480><c> believe.</c> 00:56:17.960 --> 00:56:24.519 Well,<00:56:20.360><c> verse</c><00:56:20.519><c> 26</c><00:56:21.039><c> says,</c><00:56:22.679><c> And</c><00:56:22.679><c> after</c><00:56:23.000><c> eight</c><00:56:23.239><c> days.</c> 00:56:25.440 --> 00:56:28.440 Now<00:56:25.619><c> by</c><00:56:26.099><c> inclusive</c><00:56:26.960><c> reckoning,</c><00:56:27.400><c> that</c><00:56:27.539><c> is</c><00:56:27.679><c> by</c><00:56:27.920><c> making</c><00:56:28.219><c> the</c> 00:56:28.440 --> 00:56:29.880 days<00:56:28.599><c> inclusive,</c> 00:56:29.960 --> 00:56:31.699 that<00:56:30.139><c> would</c><00:56:30.320><c> have</c><00:56:30.500><c> brought</c><00:56:30.659><c> them,</c><00:56:31.079><c> brothers</c><00:56:31.159><c> and</c><00:56:31.440><c> sisters,</c> 00:56:31.980 --> 00:56:35.340 back<00:56:32.320><c> on</c><00:56:32.860><c> the</c><00:56:33.000><c> next</c><00:56:33.400><c> first</c><00:56:33.920><c> day</c><00:56:34.179><c> of</c><00:56:34.320><c> the</c><00:56:34.400><c> week.</c> 00:56:36.019 --> 00:56:38.480 Because<00:56:36.300><c> the</c><00:56:36.539><c> first</c><00:56:36.780><c> appearance,</c><00:56:37.179><c> you'll</c><00:56:37.460><c> note</c><00:56:37.559><c> in</c><00:56:37.739><c> verse</c><00:56:37.960><c> 19,</c> 00:56:38.719 --> 00:56:41.380 was<00:56:38.860><c> the</c><00:56:39.059><c> same</c><00:56:39.320><c> evening</c><00:56:39.579><c> on</c><00:56:39.800><c> the</c><00:56:39.960><c> first</c><00:56:40.179><c> day</c><00:56:40.360><c> of</c><00:56:40.480><c> the</c><00:56:40.559><c> week.</c> 00:56:41.420 --> 00:56:43.920 The<00:56:41.579><c> disciples</c><00:56:41.860><c> had</c><00:56:42.059><c> come</c><00:56:42.239><c> back</c><00:56:42.440><c> from</c><00:56:42.639><c> Emmaus</c><00:56:42.980><c> on</c><00:56:43.199><c> that</c><00:56:43.440><c> day.</c> 00:56:43.920 --> 00:56:46.719 It<00:56:44.480><c> was</c><00:56:44.719><c> still</c><00:56:45.000><c> the</c><00:56:45.159><c> first</c><00:56:45.380><c> day</c><00:56:45.559><c> of</c><00:56:45.679><c> the</c><00:56:45.719><c> week,</c><00:56:46.260><c> so</c><00:56:46.420><c> the</c><00:56:46.559><c> Lord</c> 00:56:46.719 --> 00:56:47.880 met<00:56:47.019><c> them</c><00:56:47.159><c> on</c><00:56:47.320><c> that</c><00:56:47.480><c> day.</c> 00:56:48.139 --> 00:56:50.559 And<00:56:48.199><c> now</c><00:56:48.400><c> it's</c><00:56:48.559><c> eight</c><00:56:48.800><c> days</c><00:56:49.059><c> later,</c><00:56:49.500><c> and</c><00:56:49.619><c> I</c><00:56:49.800><c> say</c><00:56:49.940><c> by</c><00:56:50.159><c> including</c> 00:56:50.559 --> 00:56:52.079 that<00:56:50.820><c> day</c><00:56:51.000><c> and</c><00:56:51.159><c> the</c><00:56:51.340><c> seventh</c><00:56:51.480><c> of</c><00:56:51.639><c> the</c><00:56:51.820><c> week,</c> 00:56:52.300 --> 00:56:55.239 we're<00:56:52.679><c> back</c><00:56:52.900><c> again</c><00:56:53.380><c> on</c><00:56:53.679><c> the</c><00:56:53.960><c> first</c><00:56:54.440><c> day</c><00:56:54.760><c> of</c><00:56:54.980><c> the</c><00:56:55.119><c> week.</c> 00:56:55.300 --> 00:56:56.619 Isn't<00:56:55.460><c> that</c><00:56:55.639><c> interesting?</c> 00:56:58.219 --> 00:57:01.199 Why<00:56:58.480><c> would</c><00:56:58.699><c> John</c><00:56:58.920><c> not</c><00:56:59.320><c> say,</c><00:56:59.639><c> therefore,</c><00:57:00.159><c> the</c><00:57:00.300><c> next</c><00:57:00.739><c> first</c><00:57:01.059><c> day</c> 00:57:01.199 --> 00:57:02.320 of<00:57:01.320><c> the</c><00:57:01.420><c> week?</c> 00:57:03.239 --> 00:57:05.519 Because<00:57:03.539><c> it's</c><00:57:03.920><c> eight</c><00:57:04.380><c> days.</c> 00:57:06.860 --> 00:57:09.780 And<00:57:07.159><c> while</c><00:57:07.340><c> seven</c><00:57:07.639><c> might</c><00:57:07.900><c> be</c><00:57:08.119><c> the</c><00:57:08.260><c> number</c><00:57:08.440><c> of</c><00:57:08.820><c> completion,</c> 00:57:09.940 --> 00:57:12.619 eight,<00:57:10.820><c> brothers</c><00:57:10.820><c> and</c><00:57:11.119><c> sisters,</c><00:57:11.539><c> is</c><00:57:11.679><c> the</c><00:57:11.780><c> number</c><00:57:12.139><c> of</c> 00:57:12.619 --> 00:57:14.139 absolute<00:57:13.539><c> perfection.</c> 00:57:14.420 --> 00:57:16.920 It's<00:57:14.579><c> the</c><00:57:14.739><c> day</c><00:57:14.940><c> when</c><00:57:15.300><c> flesh</c><00:57:15.559><c> is</c><00:57:15.780><c> cut</c><00:57:15.980><c> off</c><00:57:16.199><c> in</c><00:57:16.500><c> circumcision.</c> 00:57:17.199 --> 00:57:19.260 It's<00:57:17.400><c> the</c><00:57:17.539><c> day</c><00:57:17.739><c> of</c><00:57:18.119><c> absolute</c><00:57:18.739><c> perfection.</c> 00:57:19.639 --> 00:57:23.280 And<00:57:19.760><c> on</c><00:57:19.940><c> the</c><00:57:20.139><c> day</c><00:57:20.420><c> which</c><00:57:20.699><c> symbolised</c><00:57:21.340><c> absolute</c><00:57:22.119><c> perfection,</c> 00:57:23.360 --> 00:57:25.260 mentally,<00:57:23.860><c> morally,</c><00:57:24.219><c> and</c><00:57:24.320><c> now</c><00:57:24.760><c> physically,</c> 00:57:25.639 --> 00:57:27.000 Thomas<00:57:25.940><c> is</c><00:57:26.139><c> going</c><00:57:26.239><c> to</c><00:57:26.400><c> meet</c><00:57:26.420><c> his</c><00:57:26.679><c> Lord</c><00:57:26.820><c> there.</c> 00:57:27.079 --> 00:57:30.360 And<00:57:27.280><c> he's</c><00:57:27.719><c> never,</c><00:57:28.219><c> never</c><00:57:28.679><c> going</c><00:57:28.880><c> to</c><00:57:29.099><c> believe</c><00:57:29.380><c> until</c><00:57:29.940><c> he</c><00:57:30.179><c> puts</c> 00:57:30.360 --> 00:57:32.260 his<00:57:30.659><c> finger</c><00:57:31.000><c> in</c><00:57:31.519><c> those</c><00:57:31.880><c> prints.</c> 00:57:32.539 --> 00:57:33.800 Well,<00:57:32.719><c> we'll</c><00:57:32.980><c> see.</c> 00:57:35.099 --> 00:57:36.940 This<00:57:35.340><c> is</c><00:57:35.539><c> the</c><00:57:35.699><c> setting</c><00:57:35.860><c> then,</c><00:57:36.119><c> brothers</c><00:57:36.320><c> and</c><00:57:36.639><c> sisters.</c> 00:57:36.940 --> 00:57:38.840 So<00:57:37.760><c> what</c><00:57:38.000><c> happens</c><00:57:38.300><c> then?</c> 00:57:39.280 --> 00:57:41.800 So<00:57:39.420><c> Thomas</c><00:57:39.639><c> is</c><00:57:39.880><c> with</c><00:57:40.019><c> them.</c> 00:57:42.099 --> 00:57:44.880 And<00:57:42.199><c> verse</c><00:57:42.360><c> 26,</c><00:57:42.900><c> and</c><00:57:43.059><c> after</c><00:57:43.280><c> eight</c><00:57:43.500><c> days,</c><00:57:43.920><c> again</c><00:57:44.059><c> his</c><00:57:44.300><c> disciples</c><00:57:44.679><c> were</c> 00:57:44.880 --> 00:57:46.019 within<00:57:45.139><c> and</c><00:57:45.340><c> Thomas</c><00:57:45.579><c> with</c><00:57:45.739><c> them.</c> 00:57:46.260 --> 00:57:48.880 Then<00:57:46.480><c> came</c><00:57:46.840><c> Jesus,</c><00:57:47.300><c> the</c><00:57:47.420><c> door</c><00:57:47.659><c> was</c><00:57:47.719><c> being</c><00:57:48.099><c> shut,</c><00:57:48.619><c> so</c><00:57:48.739><c> it's</c> 00:57:48.880 --> 00:57:50.079 still<00:57:49.099><c> locked.</c> 00:57:50.679 --> 00:57:52.820 Stood<00:57:51.039><c> in</c><00:57:51.159><c> the</c><00:57:51.280><c> midst</c><00:57:51.440><c> and</c><00:57:51.659><c> says,</c><00:57:52.199><c> Peace</c><00:57:52.199><c> be</c><00:57:52.420><c> unto</c><00:57:52.579><c> you.</c> 00:57:52.960 --> 00:57:55.619 He<00:57:53.139><c> repeats,</c><00:57:53.699><c> brothers</c><00:57:53.780><c> and</c><00:57:54.059><c> sisters,</c><00:57:54.480><c> that</c><00:57:54.659><c> greeting.</c> 00:57:56.219 --> 00:58:01.659 And<00:57:56.300><c> then</c><00:57:56.599><c> turns</c><00:57:56.880><c> straight</c><00:57:57.380><c> to</c><00:57:57.639><c> Thomas</c><00:57:58.320><c> and</c><00:58:00.420><c> says,</c><00:58:01.159><c> Thomas,</c> 00:58:01.940 --> 00:58:02.300 he<00:58:01.940><c> says,</c> 00:58:02.300 --> 00:58:06.179 Reach<00:58:02.960><c> hither</c><00:58:03.219><c> thy</c><00:58:03.460><c> finger,</c><00:58:03.960><c> and</c><00:58:04.059><c> behold</c><00:58:04.280><c> my</c><00:58:04.619><c> hands,</c><00:58:05.119><c> and</c><00:58:05.199><c> reach</c><00:58:05.400><c> hither</c><00:58:05.639><c> thy</c><00:58:05.960><c> hand,</c> 00:58:06.360 --> 00:58:09.139 and<00:58:06.440><c> thrust</c><00:58:06.639><c> it</c><00:58:06.760><c> into</c><00:58:06.900><c> my</c><00:58:07.159><c> side,</c><00:58:07.460><c> and</c><00:58:07.599><c> be</c><00:58:07.760><c> not</c><00:58:08.119><c> faithless,</c><00:58:08.760><c> but</c> 00:58:09.139 --> 00:58:10.539 believe<00:58:09.500><c> it.</c> 00:58:11.179 --> 00:58:13.920 Now<00:58:11.460><c> you</c><00:58:11.619><c> see,</c><00:58:12.000><c> brothers</c><00:58:12.179><c> and</c><00:58:12.440><c> sisters,</c><00:58:12.679><c> you</c><00:58:12.860><c> know</c><00:58:12.960><c> that</c><00:58:13.199><c> did.</c> 00:58:14.659 --> 00:58:18.860 That<00:58:14.940><c> revealed</c><00:58:15.320><c> to</c><00:58:15.619><c> Thomas</c><00:58:15.980><c> that</c><00:58:17.460><c> the</c><00:58:17.679><c> Lord</c><00:58:17.880><c> knew</c><00:58:18.099><c> exactly</c> 00:58:18.860 --> 00:58:19.820 what<00:58:19.199><c> he'd</c><00:58:19.360><c> been</c><00:58:19.559><c> thinking.</c> 00:58:19.920 --> 00:58:21.420 Now<00:58:20.019><c> that</c><00:58:20.199><c> door's</c><00:58:20.579><c> locked.</c> 00:58:21.579 --> 00:58:23.659 He's<00:58:21.920><c> never</c><00:58:22.199><c> seen</c><00:58:22.500><c> the</c><00:58:22.679><c> risen</c><00:58:22.840><c> Lord.</c> 00:58:24.139 --> 00:58:26.579 He's<00:58:24.480><c> there</c><00:58:24.699><c> saying,</c><00:58:25.139><c> I'm</c><00:58:25.280><c> never,</c><00:58:25.619><c> never</c><00:58:26.019><c> going</c><00:58:26.199><c> to</c><00:58:26.420><c> believe.</c> 00:58:26.619 --> 00:58:28.840 And<00:58:26.739><c> the</c><00:58:26.880><c> Lord</c><00:58:27.119><c> comes</c><00:58:27.579><c> into</c><00:58:27.760><c> that</c><00:58:28.039><c> room</c><00:58:28.320><c> with</c><00:58:28.500><c> that</c><00:58:28.699><c> door</c> 00:58:28.840 --> 00:58:29.300 being<00:58:29.119><c> locked,</c> 00:58:29.300 --> 00:58:31.599 and<00:58:29.420><c> looks</c><00:58:29.579><c> him</c><00:58:29.760><c> in</c><00:58:29.860><c> the</c><00:58:30.000><c> eye</c><00:58:30.179><c> and</c><00:58:30.219><c> says,</c><00:58:30.599><c> Thomas,</c><00:58:31.219><c> put</c><00:58:31.460><c> your</c> 00:58:31.599 --> 00:58:33.320 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00:58:42.300 They'd<00:58:41.699><c> all</c><00:58:41.820><c> been</c><00:58:41.960><c> there</c><00:58:42.079><c> together.</c> 00:58:42.519 --> 00:58:43.260 No<00:58:42.639><c> one</c><00:58:42.739><c> walked</c><00:58:43.000><c> out.</c> 00:58:43.360 --> 00:58:44.659 The<00:58:43.440><c> door</c><00:58:43.619><c> was</c><00:58:43.860><c> locked.</c> 00:58:44.860 --> 00:58:46.780 But<00:58:44.980><c> here's</c><00:58:45.179><c> a</c><00:58:45.260><c> man</c><00:58:45.440><c> standing</c><00:58:45.780><c> in</c><00:58:46.000><c> front</c><00:58:46.119><c> of</c><00:58:46.219><c> him</c><00:58:46.360><c> and</c><00:58:46.619><c> telling</c> 00:58:46.780 --> 00:58:48.460 him<00:58:46.920><c> what</c><00:58:47.019><c> he'd</c><00:58:47.159><c> just</c><00:58:47.340><c> been</c><00:58:47.579><c> saying.</c> 00:58:49.539 --> 00:58:50.840 What<00:58:49.719><c> he'd</c><00:58:49.840><c> been</c><00:58:50.000><c> thinking.</c> 00:58:51.760 --> 00:58:53.820 You<00:58:51.840><c> know,</c><00:58:51.980><c> it's</c><00:58:52.139><c> frightening,</c><00:58:52.719><c> brothers</c><00:58:52.800><c> and</c><00:58:53.059><c> sisters,</c><00:58:53.460><c> to</c> 00:58:53.820 --> 00:58:55.000 contemplate<00:58:54.300><c> this.</c> 00:58:55.000 --> 00:58:59.460 You<00:58:55.500><c> know,</c><00:58:56.980><c> in</c><00:58:57.079><c> John</c><00:58:57.300><c> chapter</c><00:58:57.639><c> 2</c><00:58:57.940><c> and</c><00:58:58.119><c> verse</c><00:58:58.300><c> 23,</c><00:58:58.960><c> it</c><00:58:58.980><c> says</c><00:58:59.219><c> this.</c> 00:58:59.559 --> 00:59:02.559 This<00:58:59.619><c> is</c><00:58:59.920><c> before</c><00:59:00.659><c> the</c><00:59:00.900><c> Lord</c><00:59:01.099><c> was</c><00:59:01.340><c> immortalised.</c> 00:59:02.980 --> 00:59:07.480 It<00:59:02.980><c> says,</c><00:59:03.579><c> He</c><00:59:03.579><c> needeth</c><00:59:04.079><c> not</c><00:59:04.219><c> that</c><00:59:04.380><c> any</c><00:59:04.519><c> should</c><00:59:04.760><c> testify</c><00:59:05.300><c> of</c><00:59:05.659><c> man,</c><00:59:07.139><c> for</c><00:59:07.219><c> he</c> 00:59:07.480 --> 00:59:09.460 knew<00:59:07.920><c> what</c><00:59:08.199><c> was</c><00:59:08.500><c> in</c><00:59:08.960><c> man.</c> 00:59:09.559 --> 00:59:11.500 End<00:59:09.900><c> of</c><00:59:10.079><c> John</c><00:59:10.219><c> chapter</c><00:59:10.559><c> 2.</c> 00:59:12.119 --> 00:59:13.420 Beginning<00:59:12.300><c> of</c><00:59:12.460><c> John</c><00:59:12.659><c> chapter</c><00:59:12.940><c> 3.</c> 00:59:13.780 --> 00:59:17.460 There<00:59:13.860><c> was</c><00:59:14.260><c> a</c><00:59:14.679><c> man</c><00:59:15.139><c> of</c><00:59:15.480><c> the</c><00:59:15.719><c> Pharisees</c><00:59:16.159><c> named</c><00:59:16.360><c> Nicodemus.</c> 00:59:17.480 --> 00:59:19.980 And<00:59:17.579><c> he</c><00:59:17.739><c> saw</c><00:59:17.980><c> right</c><00:59:18.239><c> to</c><00:59:18.360><c> him</c><00:59:18.440><c> like</c><00:59:18.599><c> a</c><00:59:18.760><c> pane</c><00:59:18.900><c> of</c><00:59:18.980><c> glass.</c> 00:59:20.199 --> 00:59:23.039 Now,<00:59:20.440><c> John</c><00:59:20.679><c> made</c><00:59:20.900><c> that</c><00:59:21.239><c> statement</c><00:59:21.500><c> in</c><00:59:21.719><c> chapter</c><00:59:21.920><c> 2</c><00:59:22.159><c> and</c><00:59:22.300><c> verse</c><00:59:22.460><c> 23.</c> 00:59:23.039 --> 00:59:25.460 Chapter<00:59:23.480><c> 2</c><00:59:24.179><c> and</c><00:59:24.500><c> verse</c><00:59:24.719><c> 23.</c> 00:59:25.820 --> 00:59:26.920 Chapter<00:59:26.099><c> 1.</c> 00:59:27.019 --> 00:59:27.800 Up<00:59:27.179><c> comes</c><00:59:27.480><c> Peter.</c> 00:59:28.019 --> 00:59:28.760 Didn't<00:59:28.260><c> open</c><00:59:28.360><c> his</c><00:59:28.559><c> mouth.</c> 00:59:29.099 --> 00:59:30.460 And<00:59:29.239><c> the</c><00:59:29.300><c> Lord</c><00:59:29.460><c> says,</c><00:59:29.780><c> Your</c><00:59:29.800><c> name's</c><00:59:30.119><c> Peter.</c> 00:59:30.820 --> 00:59:31.619 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the</c><00:59:42.059><c> life</c><00:59:42.219><c> of</c><00:59:42.480><c> Jacob.</c> 00:59:42.739 --> 00:59:43.760 You<00:59:43.019><c> did?</c> 00:59:44.800 --> 00:59:46.980 Comes<00:59:45.019><c> to</c><00:59:45.139><c> the</c><00:59:45.199><c> woman</c><00:59:45.380><c> of</c><00:59:45.559><c> Samaria</c><00:59:45.880><c> after</c><00:59:46.260><c> John</c><00:59:46.539><c> chapter</c><00:59:46.800><c> 3</c> 00:59:46.980 --> 00:59:48.159 and<00:59:47.079><c> said,</c><00:59:47.239><c> You've</c><00:59:47.440><c> had</c><00:59:47.559><c> five</c><00:59:47.840><c> husbands.</c> 00:59:48.219 --> 00:59:49.719 And<00:59:48.340><c> he</c><00:59:48.519><c> whom</c><00:59:48.699><c> they</c><00:59:48.880><c> now</c><00:59:48.960><c> host</c><00:59:49.119><c> is</c><00:59:49.280><c> not</c><00:59:49.500><c> your</c><00:59:49.599><c> husband.</c> 00:59:49.900 --> 00:59:50.500 Have<00:59:50.139><c> I?</c> 00:59:50.920 --> 00:59:52.219 How<00:59:51.099><c> do</c><00:59:51.179><c> 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these</c><01:09:35.859><c> signs,</c><01:09:36.199><c> you</c><01:09:36.399><c> see,</c> 01:09:36.600 --> 01:09:38.479 and<01:09:36.720><c> he</c><01:09:36.800><c> said,</c><01:09:37.359><c> whatever</c><01:09:37.539><c> else</c><01:09:37.840><c> they</c><01:09:38.039><c> may</c><01:09:38.180><c> have</c><01:09:38.359><c> meant,</c> 01:09:38.500 --> 01:09:40.479 and<01:09:38.640><c> they</c><01:09:38.739><c> did</c><01:09:38.899><c> have</c><01:09:39.140><c> various</c><01:09:39.539><c> meanings,</c> 01:09:40.500 --> 01:09:41.939 one<01:09:40.739><c> thing</c><01:09:40.920><c> I</c><01:09:41.000><c> want</c><01:09:41.100><c> you</c><01:09:41.260><c> to</c><01:09:41.399><c> understand,</c><01:09:41.819><c> he</c><01:09:41.819><c> said,</c> 01:09:42.020 --> 01:09:45.520 I<01:09:42.159><c> want</c><01:09:42.220><c> you</c><01:09:42.479><c> to</c><01:09:42.479><c> believe</c><01:09:42.979><c> that</c><01:09:43.479><c> Jesus</c><01:09:43.960><c> is</c><01:09:44.340><c> the</c><01:09:44.699><c> Christ,</c><01:09:45.300><c> the</c> 01:09:45.520 --> 01:09:46.140 Son<01:09:45.739><c> of</c><01:09:45.960><c> God.</c> 01:09:46.140 --> 01:09:50.159 The<01:09:46.520><c> last</c><01:09:46.920><c> thing</c><01:09:47.119><c> he's</c><01:09:47.420><c> told</c><01:09:47.579><c> us</c><01:09:47.819><c> was</c><01:09:48.819><c> Thomas</c><01:09:49.199><c> saying,</c> 01:09:50.840 --> 01:09:55.220 my<01:09:50.859><c> Lord,</c><01:09:51.399><c> Messiah,</c><01:09:52.500><c> the</c><01:09:52.659><c> Christ,</c><01:09:54.119><c> my</c><01:09:54.279><c> God.</c> 01:09:57.100 --> 01:09:58.779 That's<01:09:57.439><c> the</c><01:09:57.539><c> last</c><01:09:57.800><c> thing</c><01:09:58.060><c> that</c><01:09:58.180><c> John</c><01:09:58.300><c> records</c> 01:09:58.779 --> 01:10:00.539 before<01:09:59.140><c> he</c><01:09:59.300><c> makes</c><01:09:59.460><c> that</c><01:09:59.720><c> statement.</c> 01:10:00.840 --> 01:10:02.619 I've<01:10:01.039><c> written</c><01:10:01.199><c> that</c><01:10:01.439><c> so</c><01:10:01.619><c> you</c><01:10:01.640><c> can</c><01:10:01.800><c> see</c><01:10:01.880><c> what</c><01:10:02.100><c> Thomas</c><01:10:02.399><c> did.</c> 01:10:02.880 --> 01:10:04.180 I<01:10:02.880><c> want</c><01:10:03.180><c> you</c><01:10:03.340><c> to</c><01:10:03.439><c> see</c><01:10:03.520><c> what</c><01:10:03.699><c> Thomas</c><01:10:04.020><c> did.</c> 01:10:04.520 --> 01:10:06.100 So,<01:10:04.539><c> you</c><01:10:04.539><c> know,</c><01:10:04.939><c> brothers</c><01:10:05.100><c> and</c><01:10:05.340><c> sisters,</c> 01:10:06.220 --> 01:10:08.340 if<01:10:06.319><c> doubting</c><01:10:06.619><c> Thomas</c><01:10:06.920><c> has</c><01:10:07.100><c> he</c><01:10:07.220><c> been</c><01:10:07.439><c> called,</c> 01:10:09.600 --> 01:10:11.939 this<01:10:10.060><c> dear</c><01:10:10.319><c> old</c><01:10:10.520><c> fellow</c><01:10:10.680><c> that,</c><01:10:11.060><c> or</c><01:10:11.300><c> fellow</c><01:10:11.500><c> that</c><01:10:11.640><c> might</c><01:10:11.739><c> be</c> 01:10:11.939 --> 01:10:12.220 too<01:10:12.119><c> old,</c> 01:10:12.319 --> 01:10:14.640 but<01:10:12.399><c> this</c><01:10:12.619><c> fellow</c><01:10:12.779><c> that</c><01:10:13.220><c> was</c><01:10:13.500><c> so</c><01:10:14.140><c> practical,</c> 01:10:14.640 --> 01:10:17.020 we<01:10:15.020><c> sort</c><01:10:15.300><c> of</c><01:10:15.399><c> couldn't</c><01:10:15.619><c> see</c><01:10:15.979><c> either</c><01:10:16.340><c> side</c><01:10:16.479><c> of</c><01:10:16.619><c> that,</c><01:10:16.819><c> and</c><01:10:16.920><c> yet</c> 01:10:17.020 --> 01:10:18.539 he<01:10:17.100><c> did.</c> 01:10:19.220 --> 01:10:21.899 John's<01:10:19.539><c> recorded</c><01:10:19.859><c> that,</c><01:10:20.260><c> but</c><01:10:20.359><c> we</c><01:10:20.659><c> might</c><01:10:20.880><c> believe</c> 01:10:22.100 --> 01:10:24.779 that<01:10:22.579><c> Jesus</c><01:10:23.000><c> Christ</c><01:10:23.380><c> is</c><01:10:23.579><c> the</c><01:10:23.699><c> Son</c><01:10:23.840><c> of</c><01:10:24.039><c> God.</c> 01:10:24.960 --> 01:10:27.760 Now,<01:10:25.060><c> you</c><01:10:25.199><c> know,</c><01:10:25.199><c> I</c><01:10:25.380><c> believe</c><01:10:25.640><c> that</c><01:10:26.140><c> this</c><01:10:26.359><c> is</c><01:10:26.600><c> the</c><01:10:26.739><c> end</c><01:10:26.899><c> of</c> 01:10:27.760 --> 01:10:29.039 John's<01:10:28.199><c> Gospel,</c> 01:10:29.460 --> 01:10:33.460 formally<01:10:29.720><c> that</c><01:10:29.960><c> is,</c><01:10:30.840><c> because</c><01:10:31.079><c> it</c><01:10:31.300><c> opens</c><01:10:31.520><c> up</c><01:10:31.779><c> with</c><01:10:32.479><c> a</c><01:10:32.680><c> prologue.</c> 01:10:33.520 --> 01:10:36.539 There's<01:10:33.659><c> a</c><01:10:33.720><c> sort</c><01:10:33.859><c> of</c><01:10:33.979><c> an</c><01:10:34.140><c> introduction</c><01:10:34.659><c> to</c><01:10:34.859><c> the</c><01:10:34.979><c> Gospel</c><01:10:35.300><c> in</c><01:10:35.500><c> Chapter</c><01:10:35.760><c> 1,</c> 01:10:36.640 --> 01:10:39.859 and<01:10:37.279><c> it</c><01:10:37.380><c> will</c><01:10:37.539><c> finish</c><01:10:38.100><c> with</c><01:10:38.359><c> an</c><01:10:38.539><c> epilogue</c><01:10:38.920><c> in</c><01:10:39.140><c> Chapter</c><01:10:39.420><c> 21.</c> 01:10:40.180 --> 01:10:42.520 But<01:10:40.399><c> John</c><01:10:40.680><c> formally</c><01:10:41.100><c> signs</c><01:10:41.420><c> off</c><01:10:41.659><c> here.</c> 01:10:42.800 --> 01:10:44.479 Many<01:10:43.199><c> other</c><01:10:43.479><c> things</c><01:10:43.659><c> might</c><01:10:43.899><c> be</c><01:10:44.060><c> written,</c><01:10:44.420><c> he</c><01:10:44.420><c> says,</c> 01:10:44.619 --> 01:10:45.979 but<01:10:44.699><c> these</c><01:10:44.920><c> are</c><01:10:45.060><c> written</c><01:10:45.220><c> as</c><01:10:45.359><c> you</c><01:10:45.420><c> might</c><01:10:45.640><c> believe</c> 01:10:45.979 --> 01:10:47.640 that<01:10:46.199><c> Jesus</c><01:10:46.500><c> Christ</c><01:10:46.859><c> is</c><01:10:47.060><c> the</c><01:10:47.159><c> Son</c><01:10:47.300><c> of</c><01:10:47.520><c> God</c> 01:10:47.640 --> 01:10:49.640 and<01:10:48.239><c> virtually</c><01:10:48.640><c> signs</c><01:10:49.000><c> himself</c><01:10:49.399><c> off.</c> 01:10:49.960 --> 01:10:51.520 And<01:10:50.239><c> we'll</c><01:10:50.439><c> come</c><01:10:50.619><c> back,</c><01:10:50.979><c> brothers</c><01:10:51.020><c> and</c><01:10:51.279><c> sisters,</c> 01:10:51.739 --> 01:10:54.340 to<01:10:51.819><c> have</c><01:10:51.939><c> a</c><01:10:52.000><c> look</c><01:10:52.079><c> at</c><01:10:52.239><c> the</c><01:10:52.399><c> epilogue</c><01:10:52.739><c> on</c><01:10:53.199><c> our</c><01:10:53.319><c> next</c><01:10:53.479><c> occasion.</c>