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is<00:10:06.200><c> separate</c><00:10:06.539><c> from</c><00:10:07.539><c> parish.</c>

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were<00:10:12.259><c> totally</c><00:10:12.940><c> different</c><00:10:13.679><c> than</c>

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everybody<00:10:14.360><c> else.</c><00:10:15.259><c> That's</c><00:10:15.559><c> what</c><00:10:15.759><c> a</c><00:10:15.919><c> Pharisee</c><00:10:16.320><c> was.</c><00:10:17.100><c> The</c><00:10:17.220><c> other</c>

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belonged<00:10:19.419><c> to</c><00:10:19.639><c> a</c><00:10:19.759><c> system.</c><00:10:20.620><c> The</c><00:10:20.820><c> word</c><00:10:21.039><c> really</c><00:10:21.399><c> indicates</c><00:10:21.899><c> a</c><00:10:22.320><c> tax</c>

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farmer.<00:10:24.460><c> You</c><00:10:24.480><c> see,</c>

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brothers<00:10:24.960><c> and</c><00:10:25.220><c> sisters,</c><00:10:25.620><c> it</c><00:10:25.840><c> wasn't</c><00:10:26.159><c> just</c><00:10:26.559><c> a</c><00:10:26.779><c> question</c><00:10:27.220><c> of</c><00:10:27.820><c> collecting</c><00:10:28.159><c> taxes.</c><00:10:29.120><c> He</c>

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taxes.<00:10:41.200><c> But</c><00:10:41.340><c> the</c><00:10:41.679><c> system,</c><00:10:42.200><c> they</c><00:10:42.620><c> hated</c><00:10:42.879><c> the</c><00:10:43.179><c> system.</c><00:10:44.360><c> And</c><00:10:44.500><c> the</c>

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system<00:10:45.019><c> was</c><00:10:45.440><c> called</c><00:10:45.580><c> the</c>

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farming<00:10:46.360><c> system.</c><00:10:46.820><c> So</c><00:10:46.980><c> these</c><00:10:47.159><c> were</c><00:10:47.480><c> tax</c><00:10:47.980><c> farmers.</c><00:10:49.279><c> And</c><00:10:49.360><c> it</c><00:10:49.480><c> went</c><00:10:49.500><c> like</c><00:10:49.779><c> this.</c><00:10:50.779><c> That</c><00:10:50.919><c> the</c>

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big<00:10:51.320><c> boy</c>

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you<00:10:54.799><c> give</c><00:10:54.879><c> it.</c><00:10:55.620><c> That's</c><00:10:55.879><c> what</c><00:10:56.000><c> I</c>

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want.<00:10:57.440><c> Whatever</c><00:10:57.720><c> else</c><00:10:57.899><c> you</c><00:10:58.019><c> get,</c><00:10:58.379><c> it's</c><00:10:58.440><c> up</c><00:10:58.580><c> to</c><00:10:58.720><c> you.</c><00:10:59.639><c> But</c><00:10:59.799><c> I've</c>

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got<00:11:00.120><c> to</c><00:11:00.220><c> have</c><00:11:00.460><c> X</c><00:11:00.840><c> amount,</c>

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right?<00:11:01.779><c> That's</c><00:11:02.139><c> mine.</c><00:11:03.279><c> So</c><00:11:03.379><c> the</c><00:11:03.500><c> next</c><00:11:03.679><c> fellow</c><00:11:03.919><c> down,</c><00:11:05.080><c> the</c><00:11:05.279><c> next</c>

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he<00:11:07.179><c> says,</c><00:11:07.940><c> well,</c><00:11:08.059><c> he</c><00:11:08.259><c> wants</c><00:11:08.460><c> so</c><00:11:08.759><c> much.</c><00:11:08.879><c> I</c><00:11:09.120><c> want</c><00:11:09.539><c> so</c><00:11:09.860><c> much.</c><00:11:11.539><c> And</c>

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he<00:11:12.720><c> says,</c><00:11:12.899><c> how</c><00:11:13.059><c> you</c><00:11:13.340><c> get</c><00:11:13.480><c> that</c><00:11:13.720><c> for</c><00:11:13.879><c> me</c><00:11:14.080><c> and</c><00:11:14.179><c> him?</c><00:11:14.259><c> I</c><00:11:14.419><c> don't</c><00:11:14.700><c> care.</c><00:11:14.960><c> But</c>

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that's<00:11:15.279><c> what</c><00:11:15.399><c> I</c><00:11:15.620><c> want.</c>

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want<00:11:17.919><c> so</c><00:11:18.299><c> much.</c><00:11:19.080><c> And</c><00:11:19.200><c> so</c><00:11:19.360><c> I</c><00:11:19.480><c> went</c>

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down<00:11:20.159><c> through</c><00:11:20.580><c> the</c><00:11:20.820><c> various</c><00:11:21.080><c> graves</c><00:11:21.480><c> till</c><00:11:21.820><c> I</c><00:11:21.940><c> got</c><00:11:22.080><c> to</c><00:11:22.240><c> the</c><00:11:22.440><c> tax</c>

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gatherer.<00:11:24.080><c> He</c><00:11:24.399><c> knew</c><00:11:24.700><c> he</c><00:11:24.919><c> had</c>

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to<00:11:25.139><c> get</c><00:11:25.240><c> enough</c><00:11:25.539><c> for</c><00:11:25.799><c> number</c><00:11:26.100><c> one,</c><00:11:26.419><c> two,</c><00:11:26.879><c> three</c><00:11:27.159><c> or</c><00:11:27.340><c> whatever.</c>

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himself.<00:11:31.639><c> And</c><00:11:31.679><c> so</c><00:11:31.759><c> it</c><00:11:31.779><c> was</c><00:11:31.899><c> a</c><00:11:31.899><c> question</c><00:11:32.220><c> of</c><00:11:32.519><c> farming.</c><00:11:32.879><c> Everybody</c><00:11:33.200><c> was</c><00:11:33.639><c> farming</c><00:11:34.019><c> off</c>

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everybody<00:11:34.620><c> else.</c><00:11:36.039><c> And</c><00:11:36.179><c> so</c><00:11:36.360><c> the</c><00:11:36.539><c> taxation,</c><00:11:37.440><c> the</c><00:11:37.700><c> tax</c><00:11:37.899><c> was</c><00:11:38.159><c> exorbitant,</c><00:11:38.879><c> wasn't</c><00:11:38.980><c> it?</c>

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decreed,<00:11:42.659><c> because</c><00:11:42.879><c> everybody</c>

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else<00:11:43.639><c> up</c><00:11:43.840><c> top</c><00:11:44.080><c> wanted</c><00:11:44.299><c> his</c><00:11:44.580><c> bit</c><00:11:44.720><c> of</c><00:11:44.779><c> it,</c><00:11:44.899><c> you</c><00:11:45.080><c> see.</c><00:11:46.080><c> And</c><00:11:46.259><c> the</c>

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people<00:11:46.639><c> hated</c><00:11:47.019><c> that.</c><00:11:47.700><c> Who</c>

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wouldn't?<00:11:48.940><c> Absolutely</c><00:11:49.460><c> hated</c><00:11:49.820><c> it.</c><00:11:50.340><c> And</c><00:11:50.639><c> here</c><00:11:50.820><c> they</c><00:11:51.080><c> were</c><00:11:51.320><c> collecting</c><00:11:51.820><c> money</c><00:11:52.419><c> for</c><00:11:52.759><c> Romans.</c>

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that<00:11:58.019><c> the</c>

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brothers<00:12:02.580><c> and</c><00:12:02.820><c> sisters,</c>

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represented<00:12:03.899><c> the</c><00:12:04.460><c> ends</c><00:12:04.879><c> of</c><00:12:05.100><c> the</c><00:12:05.279><c> scale,</c><00:12:05.559><c> didn't</c><00:12:05.759><c> they?</c><00:12:07.519><c> Well,</c>

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temple<00:12:13.580><c> to</c><00:12:13.860><c> pray.</c><00:12:14.899><c> And</c><00:12:15.059><c> in</c><00:12:15.159><c> verse</c>

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11,<00:12:15.980><c> we</c><00:12:16.019><c> read</c><00:12:17.019><c> that</c><00:12:17.379><c> the</c><00:12:17.580><c> Pharisee</c><00:12:18.940><c> stood.</c><00:12:20.100><c> And</c><00:12:20.399><c> of</c><00:12:20.620><c> course,</c>

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it<00:13:07.580><c> signified</c><00:13:08.139><c> certain</c><00:13:08.519><c> things</c>

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doing<00:13:33.440><c> that.</c><00:13:35.080><c> What</c><00:13:35.259><c> an</c><00:13:35.559><c> abominable</c><00:13:36.000><c> thing</c><00:13:36.259><c> that</c><00:13:36.519><c> was.</c><00:13:37.000><c> And</c><00:13:37.159><c> so</c>

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himself.<00:14:34.120><c> Now,</c><00:14:34.360><c> what's</c><00:14:34.879><c> he</c><00:14:35.039><c> thinking?</c>

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Jacar.<00:15:23.480><c> We</c><00:15:23.600><c> read</c><00:15:23.840><c> about</c><00:15:24.039><c> him</c><00:15:24.220><c> in</c><00:15:24.340><c> verse</c><00:15:24.600><c> 1.</c>

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And<00:15:25.220><c> in</c><00:15:25.379><c> verse</c><00:15:25.559><c> 2,</c><00:15:25.779><c> he</c><00:15:25.799><c> says,</c><00:15:25.960><c> Surely</c><00:15:26.299><c> I</c><00:15:26.539><c> am</c><00:15:26.639><c> more</c><00:15:27.000><c> brutish</c><00:15:27.299><c> than</c><00:15:27.460><c> any</c>

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man.<00:15:28.120><c> The</c><00:15:28.320><c> word</c><00:15:28.480><c> brutish</c><00:15:28.799><c> means</c><00:15:29.080><c> thick,</c>

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ignorant.<00:15:30.759><c> He</c><00:15:30.860><c> doesn't</c><00:15:31.159><c> comprehend.</c><00:15:31.679><c> He</c><00:15:31.799><c> didn't</c><00:15:32.179><c> comprehend</c>

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things.<00:15:33.080><c> And</c><00:15:33.240><c> he</c><00:15:33.399><c> saw</c><00:15:33.580><c> himself,</c><00:15:34.159><c> brothers</c>

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and<00:15:34.539><c> sisters,</c><00:15:35.279><c> as</c><00:15:35.539><c> a</c><00:15:35.659><c> person</c><00:15:35.980><c> that</c><00:15:36.179><c> just</c><00:15:36.360><c> didn't</c><00:15:36.840><c> understand,</c>

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you<00:15:37.539><c> know,</c><00:15:38.039><c> all</c><00:15:38.279><c> this</c><00:15:38.480><c> highfalutin</c>

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stuff.<00:15:39.639><c> It</c><00:15:40.019><c> was</c><00:15:40.259><c> beyond</c><00:15:40.580><c> him.</c><00:15:40.899><c> It</c><00:15:40.980><c> was</c><00:15:41.159><c> like</c><00:15:41.299><c> an</c><00:15:41.480><c> old</c><00:15:41.740><c> farmer,</c>

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he<00:15:42.320><c> was,</c><00:15:42.519><c> you</c><00:15:42.659><c> know,</c><00:15:43.019><c> that</c><00:15:43.200><c> observed</c><00:15:43.620><c> things</c>

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that<00:15:44.039><c> went</c><00:15:44.120><c> around</c><00:15:44.360><c> about</c><00:15:44.679><c> him.</c><00:15:45.000><c> But</c><00:15:45.000><c> he</c><00:15:45.279><c> said,</c><00:15:45.340><c> I</c><00:15:45.460><c> don't</c><00:15:45.659><c> understand</c><00:15:46.000><c> all</c>

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this<00:15:46.340><c> highfalutin</c><00:15:46.879><c> stuff.</c><00:15:47.100><c> He</c><00:15:47.220><c> said,</c>

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I'm<00:15:48.360><c> pretty</c><00:15:48.620><c> thick,</c><00:15:48.980><c> I</c><00:15:49.080><c> am.</c><00:15:49.399><c> But</c><00:15:49.580><c> one</c><00:15:49.899><c> thing</c><00:15:50.100><c> he</c><00:15:50.259><c> could</c><00:15:50.500><c> do,</c><00:15:50.940><c> he</c>

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observed<00:15:51.820><c> human</c><00:15:52.220><c> nature.</c><00:15:53.139><c> He</c><00:15:53.440><c> was</c><00:15:54.100><c> wonderful</c><00:15:54.620><c> in</c><00:15:54.799><c> that</c>

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way.<00:15:55.580><c> It</c><00:15:55.639><c> was</c><00:15:55.740><c> like</c><00:15:55.860><c> an</c><00:15:56.019><c> old</c><00:15:56.259><c> farmer,</c><00:15:56.659><c> you</c><00:15:56.740><c> know,</c><00:15:56.980><c> looking</c><00:15:57.220><c> at</c>

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life<00:15:57.779><c> and</c><00:15:58.039><c> seeing</c><00:15:58.320><c> things</c><00:15:58.580><c> going</c><00:15:58.840><c> on</c><00:15:59.019><c> around</c><00:15:59.179><c> about</c>

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him.<00:15:59.779><c> And</c><00:15:59.779><c> he</c><00:16:00.080><c> saw,</c><00:16:00.600><c> brothers</c><00:16:00.740><c> and</c><00:16:01.019><c> sisters,</c><00:16:01.480><c> the</c><00:16:01.659><c> quirks</c><00:16:02.059><c> of</c>

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human<00:16:02.480><c> nature.</c><00:16:03.440><c> And</c><00:16:03.620><c> for</c><00:16:03.879><c> all</c><00:16:04.259><c> his</c><00:16:04.500><c> ignorance,</c>

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he<00:16:04.879><c> went</c><00:16:05.100><c> down</c><00:16:05.399><c> on</c><00:16:05.519><c> the</c><00:16:05.639><c> word</c><00:16:05.779><c> of</c><00:16:05.980><c> God</c><00:16:06.299><c> as</c><00:16:06.700><c> one</c><00:16:06.879><c> of</c><00:16:06.960><c> the</c><00:16:07.139><c> inspired</c><00:16:07.740><c> writers.</c><00:16:09.740><c> This</c><00:16:09.899><c> is</c>

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a<00:16:10.259><c> man</c><00:16:10.679><c> that</c><00:16:11.039><c> said</c><00:16:11.179><c> this</c>

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in<00:16:11.740><c> verses</c><00:16:12.019><c> 12</c><00:16:12.399><c> and</c><00:16:12.539><c> 13,</c><00:16:13.419><c> There</c><00:16:13.620><c> is</c><00:16:13.820><c> a</c><00:16:14.000><c> generation</c><00:16:14.600><c> that</c><00:16:14.759><c> are</c>

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pure<00:16:15.200><c> in</c><00:16:15.299><c> their</c><00:16:15.519><c> own</c><00:16:15.700><c> eyes,</c><00:16:18.000><c> and</c><00:16:18.080><c> yet</c><00:16:18.179><c> is</c><00:16:18.360><c> not</c><00:16:18.559><c> washed</c>

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from<00:16:18.960><c> their</c><00:16:19.179><c> filthiness.</c><00:16:21.080><c> There</c><00:16:21.360><c> is</c><00:16:21.580><c> a</c><00:16:21.720><c> generation</c><00:16:22.259><c> how</c><00:16:22.679><c> lofty</c><00:16:23.220><c> are</c>

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their<00:16:23.600><c> eyes,</c><00:16:24.480><c> and</c><00:16:24.639><c> their</c><00:16:24.840><c> eyelids</c><00:16:25.259><c> are</c><00:16:25.960><c> lifted</c>

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up.<00:16:27.019><c> And</c><00:16:27.240><c> lifting</c><00:16:27.419><c> up</c><00:16:27.659><c> his</c><00:16:27.840><c> eyes</c><00:16:28.120><c> to</c><00:16:28.320><c> heaven,</c><00:16:29.019><c> he</c><00:16:29.340><c> thanks</c><00:16:29.820><c> God</c>

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for<00:16:31.139><c> what</c><00:16:31.360><c> he</c><00:16:31.539><c> is,</c><00:16:31.919><c> brothers</c><00:16:32.039><c> and</c><00:16:32.340><c> sisters.</c><00:16:33.200><c> And</c>

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you<00:16:33.799><c> know,</c><00:16:34.500><c> he</c><00:16:34.840><c> congratulates</c><00:16:35.379><c> God,</c><00:16:36.299><c> because</c><00:16:36.700><c> what</c><00:16:36.960><c> a</c><00:16:37.120><c> wonderful</c><00:16:37.480><c> servant</c><00:16:37.799><c> you've</c>

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got.<00:16:38.740><c> And</c><00:16:39.059><c> there</c><00:16:39.200><c> he</c><00:16:39.279><c> is</c>

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telling<00:16:39.639><c> God,</c><00:16:39.940><c> you</c><00:16:40.080><c> know,</c><00:16:40.559><c> you've</c><00:16:41.460><c> done</c><00:16:41.580><c> marvellously</c><00:16:42.100><c> well</c>

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with<00:16:42.620><c> me,</c><00:16:42.860><c> you</c><00:16:42.879><c> know,</c><00:16:43.059><c> to</c><00:16:43.220><c> have</c><00:16:43.360><c> me</c><00:16:43.559><c> as</c><00:16:43.779><c> a</c><00:16:43.960><c> servant,</c>

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you've<00:16:44.340><c> done</c><00:16:44.539><c> extremely</c><00:16:45.240><c> well.</c><00:16:45.820><c> You</c><00:16:46.080><c> could</c><00:16:46.259><c> have</c><00:16:46.379><c> done</c><00:16:46.460><c> a</c><00:16:46.600><c> whole</c><00:16:46.759><c> lot</c>

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worse<00:16:47.139><c> than</c><00:16:47.340><c> having</c><00:16:47.480><c> me.</c>

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And<00:16:49.379><c> that</c><00:16:49.559><c> was</c><00:16:49.759><c> his</c><00:16:49.940><c> attitude.</c><00:16:50.919><c> And</c><00:16:51.139><c> the</c><00:16:51.299><c> thing</c><00:16:51.440><c> he</c><00:16:51.519><c> was</c><00:16:51.720><c> very</c>

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grateful<00:16:52.580><c> to</c><00:16:53.000><c> God</c><00:16:53.240><c> for,</c><00:16:53.639><c> brothers</c><00:16:53.759><c> and</c><00:16:54.080><c> sisters,</c>

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oh,<00:16:54.519><c> he</c><00:16:54.580><c> was</c><00:16:54.899><c> grateful</c><00:16:55.320><c> to</c><00:16:55.539><c> God,</c><00:16:55.899><c> you</c><00:16:55.899><c> know.</c><00:16:56.700><c> Oh,</c><00:16:56.960><c> his</c><00:16:57.220><c> heart</c>

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was<00:16:57.720><c> full</c><00:16:57.940><c> of</c><00:16:58.120><c> gratitude</c><00:16:58.659><c> that</c><00:16:59.059><c> he</c><00:16:59.139><c> was</c><00:16:59.340><c> not</c><00:16:59.519><c> like</c>

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other<00:16:59.899><c> men.</c><00:17:01.120><c> And</c><00:17:01.399><c> it's</c><00:17:01.659><c> the</c><00:17:01.840><c> same</c><00:17:02.639><c> Greek</c><00:17:03.139><c> word.</c><00:17:04.460><c> He</c><00:17:04.619><c> was</c><00:17:04.940><c> not</c>

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like<00:17:05.839><c> all</c><00:17:06.579><c> the</c><00:17:06.960><c> rest,</c><00:17:07.819><c> not</c><00:17:08.099><c> just</c><00:17:08.359><c> some</c><00:17:08.599><c> other</c><00:17:08.819><c> men.</c>

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He<00:17:11.059><c> wasn't</c><00:17:11.400><c> like</c><00:17:12.039><c> all</c><00:17:12.660><c> the</c><00:17:12.859><c> rest</c><00:17:13.240><c> of</c><00:17:13.539><c> mankind.</c><00:17:14.460><c> He</c><00:17:14.680><c> was</c><00:17:14.900><c> different.</c><00:17:16.160><c> He</c><00:17:16.380><c> belonged</c><00:17:16.599><c> to</c>

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a<00:17:16.779><c> little</c><00:17:16.980><c> class</c><00:17:17.299><c> of</c><00:17:17.519><c> people</c>

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who<00:17:18.740><c> were</c><00:17:19.019><c> different</c><00:17:19.440><c> than</c><00:17:20.160><c> everybody</c><00:17:21.200><c> else.</c><00:17:22.440><c> And</c><00:17:22.539><c> he</c><00:17:22.559><c> was</c><00:17:22.940><c> very,</c><00:17:23.539><c> very</c><00:17:24.180><c> thankful</c><00:17:24.619><c> to</c>

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his<00:17:25.079><c> God</c>

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that<00:17:26.220><c> he</c><00:17:26.380><c> had</c><00:17:26.539><c> reached</c><00:17:26.740><c> that</c><00:17:27.039><c> status</c><00:17:27.380><c> in</c><00:17:27.680><c> life.</c><00:17:29.259><c> Now</c><00:17:29.420><c> we</c><00:17:29.519><c> know</c>

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some<00:17:29.960><c> very</c><00:17:30.299><c> wonderful</c><00:17:30.680><c> men,</c><00:17:31.140><c> brothers</c><00:17:31.240><c> and</c><00:17:31.539><c> sisters,</c>

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who<00:17:33.039><c> were</c><00:17:33.299><c> truly</c><00:17:33.539><c> great,</c><00:17:34.500><c> who</c><00:17:34.640><c> never</c><00:17:34.920><c> had</c><00:17:35.059><c> that</c><00:17:35.279><c> attitude.</c><00:17:36.099><c> And</c><00:17:36.319><c> yet,</c><00:17:37.160><c> I</c>

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suppose,<00:17:38.079><c> from</c><00:17:38.279><c> our</c><00:17:38.579><c> point</c><00:17:38.759><c> of</c><00:17:38.859><c> view</c><00:17:38.960><c> at</c>

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least,<00:17:39.579><c> I</c><00:17:39.680><c> say</c><00:17:39.839><c> from</c><00:17:40.059><c> our</c><00:17:40.359><c> point</c><00:17:40.559><c> of</c><00:17:40.720><c> view,</c><00:17:41.140><c> they</c><00:17:41.299><c> would</c><00:17:41.460><c> have</c>

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been<00:17:41.700><c> justified</c><00:17:42.200><c> in</c><00:17:42.420><c> thinking</c><00:17:42.660><c> something</c><00:17:43.000><c> like</c>

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that,<00:17:43.460><c> wouldn't</c><00:17:43.720><c> they?</c><00:17:44.660><c> Let's</c><00:17:44.900><c> have</c><00:17:45.079><c> a</c><00:17:45.140><c> look</c><00:17:45.279><c> at</c><00:17:45.339><c> a</c><00:17:45.380><c> few</c><00:17:45.700><c> of</c><00:17:45.799><c> them.</c><00:17:46.339><c> Daniel</c><00:17:46.680><c> chapter</c><00:17:47.079><c> 9.</c>

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Wouldn't<00:17:48.079><c> you</c><00:17:48.240><c> think</c>

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that<00:17:48.759><c> Daniel</c><00:17:49.039><c> would</c><00:17:49.200><c> have</c><00:17:49.339><c> an</c><00:17:49.500><c> attitude</c><00:17:49.759><c> like</c><00:17:50.059><c> that?</c><00:17:52.259><c> Wouldn't</c><00:17:52.700><c> you</c><00:17:52.859><c> think</c><00:17:52.940><c> it</c>

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would<00:17:53.339><c> be</c><00:17:53.460><c> fair</c><00:17:53.680><c> enough</c><00:17:53.960><c> for</c>

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Daniel<00:17:54.440><c> to</c><00:17:54.599><c> see</c><00:17:54.839><c> himself</c><00:17:55.279><c> as</c><00:17:55.599><c> a</c><00:17:55.700><c> bit</c><00:17:55.819><c> better</c><00:17:56.079><c> than</c><00:17:56.220><c> the</c><00:17:56.440><c> rest?</c>

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Well,<00:17:59.039><c> look</c><00:17:59.140><c> what</c><00:17:59.240><c> he</c><00:17:59.440><c> said</c><00:17:59.619><c> in</c><00:17:59.779><c> his</c><00:18:00.000><c> prayer</c><00:18:00.140><c> to</c><00:18:00.380><c> God.</c>

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Chapter<00:18:01.859><c> 9</c><00:18:02.240><c> and</c><00:18:02.420><c> verse</c><00:18:02.640><c> 3,</c><00:18:03.940><c> he</c><00:18:04.099><c> says,</c><00:18:04.279><c> I</c><00:18:04.380><c> set</c><00:18:04.640><c> my</c><00:18:05.039><c> face</c><00:18:05.940><c> under</c>

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the<00:18:06.799><c> Lord</c><00:18:07.059><c> Yahweh</c><00:18:07.460><c> to</c><00:18:07.700><c> seek</c><00:18:08.079><c> by</c><00:18:08.819><c> prayer</c><00:18:09.319><c> and</c>

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supplication,<00:18:10.339><c> with</c><00:18:10.539><c> fasting</c><00:18:10.940><c> and</c><00:18:11.259><c> sackcloth</c><00:18:11.700><c> and</c><00:18:12.000><c> ashes.</c><00:18:13.140><c> And</c><00:18:13.319><c> I</c>

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prayed<00:18:13.680><c> unto</c><00:18:13.900><c> Yahweh,</c><00:18:14.299><c> my</c><00:18:14.579><c> God,</c>

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and<00:18:15.059><c> made</c><00:18:15.259><c> my</c><00:18:15.519><c> confession</c><00:18:16.259><c> and</c><00:18:17.599><c> said,</c><00:18:19.140><c> O</c><00:18:19.259><c> Lord,</c><00:18:19.599><c> the</c><00:18:19.599><c> great</c>

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and<00:18:20.180><c> dreadful</c><00:18:20.579><c> God,</c><00:18:20.960><c> keeping</c><00:18:21.180><c> the</c><00:18:21.500><c> covenant</c><00:18:21.700><c> and</c><00:18:21.920><c> mercy</c>

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to<00:18:22.240><c> them</c><00:18:22.420><c> that</c><00:18:22.740><c> love</c><00:18:22.859><c> him</c><00:18:23.339><c> and</c><00:18:23.619><c> to</c><00:18:23.740><c> them</c><00:18:23.880><c> that</c><00:18:24.200><c> keep</c><00:18:24.339><c> his</c><00:18:24.619><c> commandments,</c><00:18:25.099><c> we</c><00:18:25.660><c> have</c><00:18:26.400><c> sinned.</c><00:18:27.799><c> Not</c><00:18:28.140><c> they.</c><00:18:29.599><c> We</c><00:18:30.119><c> have</c>

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sinned<00:18:31.660><c> and</c><00:18:31.819><c> have</c><00:18:31.980><c> committed</c><00:18:32.220><c> iniquity</c><00:18:32.779><c> and</c><00:18:32.940><c> have</c><00:18:33.119><c> done</c><00:18:33.339><c> wickedly</c><00:18:34.240><c> and</c>

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have<00:18:34.920><c> rebelled,</c><00:18:36.380><c> even</c><00:18:36.559><c> by</c><00:18:36.799><c> departing</c>

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hearkened<00:18:42.059><c> unto</c><00:18:42.440><c> thy</c><00:18:42.720><c> servants</c><00:18:43.039><c> the</c><00:18:43.299><c> prophets</c>

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which<00:18:43.839><c> spake</c><00:18:44.140><c> in</c><00:18:44.319><c> thy</c><00:18:44.539><c> name,</c><00:18:44.779><c> to</c><00:18:44.940><c> our</c><00:18:45.160><c> kings,</c><00:18:45.500><c> our</c><00:18:45.700><c> princes,</c>

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and<00:18:46.140><c> our</c><00:18:46.359><c> fathers,</c><00:18:47.160><c> and</c><00:18:47.299><c> to</c><00:18:47.519><c> all</c><00:18:47.680><c> the</c><00:18:47.859><c> people</c><00:18:48.079><c> of</c><00:18:48.220><c> this</c><00:18:48.380><c> land.</c>

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O<00:18:49.140><c> Lord,</c><00:18:49.819><c> righteousness</c><00:18:50.220><c> belongeth</c><00:18:50.680><c> unto</c><00:18:50.920><c> thee,</c><00:18:51.460><c> but</c><00:18:51.599><c> unto</c>

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us<00:18:52.299><c> confusion</c><00:18:53.099><c> of</c><00:18:53.400><c> face</c><00:18:53.619><c> as</c><00:18:53.859><c> it</c><00:18:53.980><c> is</c><00:18:54.140><c> this</c><00:18:54.380><c> day.</c>

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people<00:18:59.220><c> would</c><00:18:59.460><c> say,</c><00:19:00.019><c> yes,</c><00:19:00.160><c> but</c><00:19:00.299><c> he</c><00:19:00.440><c> was</c>

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on<00:19:01.059><c> behalf</c><00:19:01.640><c> of</c><00:19:01.779><c> the</c><00:19:01.920><c> people.</c><00:19:02.700><c> Why</c><00:19:02.880><c> did</c><00:19:03.019><c> we</c><00:19:03.200><c> say</c><00:19:03.420><c> that?</c><00:19:04.680><c> And</c><00:19:04.680><c> if</c>

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this,<00:19:06.140><c> including</c><00:19:06.140><c> himself,</c><00:19:06.720><c> was</c><00:19:06.880><c> a</c><00:19:07.079><c> pseudo</c><00:19:07.319><c> thing,</c>

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you<00:19:07.819><c> know,</c><00:19:08.319><c> pseudo</c><00:19:08.519><c> humility</c><00:19:09.039><c> by</c><00:19:09.480><c> using</c><00:19:10.039><c> the</c><00:19:10.700><c> plural</c><00:19:10.980><c> thing,</c>

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saying<00:19:11.779><c> we,</c><00:19:12.319><c> if</c><00:19:12.559><c> that</c><00:19:12.740><c> was</c><00:19:12.920><c> pseudo,</c><00:19:13.460><c> brothers</c><00:19:13.559><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:19:13.900><c> who</c><00:19:14.079><c> does</c><00:19:14.220><c> he</c><00:19:14.319><c> think</c><00:19:14.460><c> he's</c><00:19:14.799><c> fooling</c><00:19:15.079><c> in</c><00:19:15.299><c> heaven?</c><00:19:16.380><c> He</c>

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thinking<00:19:16.799><c> he</c><00:19:17.279><c> can</c><00:19:17.500><c> fool</c><00:19:17.839><c> God</c><00:19:18.140><c> and</c><00:19:18.920><c> making</c><00:19:19.240><c> out</c><00:19:19.500><c> he's</c>

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humble?<00:19:21.259><c> Daniel</c><00:19:21.619><c> meant</c><00:19:22.000><c> that.</c><00:19:22.960><c> That's</c><00:19:23.259><c> how</c><00:19:23.400><c> he</c><00:19:23.700><c> saw</c><00:19:23.940><c> himself.</c>

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We<00:19:24.940><c> read</c><00:19:25.140><c> him</c><00:19:25.480><c> of</c><00:19:25.599><c> what's</c><00:19:25.859><c> in</c><00:19:25.940><c> the</c><00:19:26.099><c> record,</c>

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brothers<00:19:26.660><c> and</c><00:19:26.920><c> sisters.</c><00:19:27.720><c> We</c><00:19:28.019><c> see</c><00:19:28.319><c> him</c><00:19:28.500><c> as</c><00:19:28.640><c> a</c><00:19:28.779><c> hero</c><00:19:29.000><c> of</c><00:19:29.319><c> faith,</c>

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but<00:19:29.779><c> he</c><00:19:29.799><c> was</c><00:19:30.019><c> a</c><00:19:30.180><c> human</c><00:19:30.460><c> being.</c><00:19:31.960><c> And</c><00:19:32.099><c> though</c><00:19:32.259><c> his</c>

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imperfections<00:19:33.240><c> might</c><00:19:33.500><c> have</c><00:19:33.680><c> been</c><00:19:34.000><c> far</c><00:19:34.339><c> less</c><00:19:34.599><c> than</c><00:19:34.740><c> our</c><00:19:34.980><c> own,</c>

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he<00:19:35.680><c> was</c><00:19:36.000><c> acutely</c><00:19:36.480><c> aware</c><00:19:36.819><c> of</c><00:19:37.000><c> them</c><00:19:37.579><c> and</c><00:19:38.240><c> didn't</c><00:19:38.680><c> see</c>

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himself<00:19:39.380><c> as</c><00:19:39.700><c> better</c><00:19:40.579><c> than</c><00:19:40.779><c> the</c><00:19:40.940><c> rest</c><00:19:41.180><c> of</c><00:19:41.440><c> mankind.</c><00:19:42.940><c> No</c><00:19:43.180><c> way</c><00:19:43.339><c> did</c><00:19:43.519><c> he.</c><00:19:44.660><c> And</c><00:19:44.880><c> he</c>

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meant<00:19:45.279><c> what</c><00:19:45.480><c> he</c><00:19:45.700><c> said.</c>

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Incredible,<00:19:47.779><c> isn't</c><00:19:47.940><c> it?</c><00:19:49.200><c> He</c><00:19:49.619><c> really</c><00:19:49.920><c> meant</c><00:19:50.119><c> what</c><00:19:50.299><c> he</c><00:19:50.480><c> said.</c><00:19:50.660><c> Otherwise,</c><00:19:51.160><c> it</c><00:19:51.160><c> was</c><00:19:51.339><c> just</c><00:19:51.519><c> a</c>

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farce.<00:19:52.500><c> You</c><00:19:52.839><c> can't</c>

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fool<00:19:53.640><c> God,</c><00:19:54.059><c> brothers</c><00:19:54.220><c> and</c><00:19:54.480><c> sisters,</c><00:19:54.900><c> by</c><00:19:55.059><c> acting</c><00:19:55.539><c> out</c><00:19:56.119><c> humility.</c><00:19:57.140><c> And,</c>

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you<00:19:57.279><c> know,</c><00:19:57.940><c> when</c><00:19:58.079><c> you</c><00:19:58.220><c> think</c><00:19:58.420><c> about</c><00:19:58.640><c> it,</c>

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even<00:19:59.839><c> though</c><00:20:00.140><c> a</c><00:20:00.299><c> brother</c><00:20:01.480><c> may</c><00:20:02.519><c> think</c><00:20:03.400><c> in</c><00:20:03.980><c> an</c><00:20:04.119><c> ecclesia</c><00:20:04.460><c> that</c>

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he's<00:20:04.920><c> done</c><00:20:05.079><c> the</c><00:20:05.299><c> right</c><00:20:05.539><c> thing</c><00:20:05.740><c> and</c><00:20:06.460><c> he's</c><00:20:06.859><c> gone</c>

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around<00:20:07.359><c> warning</c><00:20:07.660><c> his</c><00:20:07.920><c> brothers</c><00:20:08.140><c> and</c><00:20:08.400><c> sisters,</c><00:20:08.940><c> and</c><00:20:09.099><c> they've</c>

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gone<00:20:09.579><c> astray</c><00:20:09.960><c> despite</c><00:20:10.380><c> what</c><00:20:10.579><c> he</c><00:20:10.839><c> said,</c>

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and<00:20:12.180><c> he</c><00:20:12.319><c> might</c><00:20:12.579><c> think,</c><00:20:13.000><c> brothers</c><00:20:13.119><c> and</c><00:20:13.400><c> sisters,</c><00:20:13.599><c> that</c><00:20:13.779><c> he's</c>

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then<00:20:14.259><c> exempt</c><00:20:14.599><c> from</c><00:20:14.819><c> the</c><00:20:15.019><c> problem</c><00:20:15.180><c> that</c><00:20:15.460><c> comes.</c>

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Think<00:20:15.900><c> again,</c><00:20:16.339><c> because,</c><00:20:16.660><c> you</c><00:20:16.819><c> know,</c><00:20:17.220><c> it's</c><00:20:17.799><c> no</c><00:20:18.160><c> good</c><00:20:18.519><c> running</c>

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around.<00:20:19.740><c> What's</c><00:20:20.259><c> the</c><00:20:20.480><c> good</c><00:20:20.640><c> of</c><00:20:20.799><c> me</c><00:20:21.039><c> running</c>

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and<00:20:24.460><c> done</c><00:20:24.539><c> that,</c><00:20:24.819><c> and</c><00:20:24.960><c> Enfield's</c><00:20:25.579><c> wrong?</c>

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life<00:20:28.140><c> in</c><00:20:28.460><c> truth.</c><00:20:30.000><c> And</c><00:20:30.160><c> if</c><00:20:30.400><c> our</c><00:20:30.619><c> ecclesia's</c><00:20:31.000><c> done</c><00:20:31.259><c> that,</c>

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then<00:20:32.079><c> I'm</c><00:20:32.440><c> just</c><00:20:32.839><c> as</c><00:20:33.079><c> much</c><00:20:33.599><c> at</c><00:20:33.880><c> fault,</c><00:20:34.119><c> if</c><00:20:34.339><c> not</c><00:20:34.599><c> more,</c><00:20:35.059><c> than</c><00:20:35.200><c> those</c><00:20:35.519><c> of</c>

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you<00:20:35.799><c> who</c><00:20:35.859><c> have</c><00:20:35.980><c> been</c><00:20:36.160><c> enlist</c><00:20:36.480><c> at</c>

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time.<00:20:37.859><c> Why</c><00:20:38.240><c> has</c><00:20:38.420><c> it</c><00:20:38.619><c> happened?</c><00:20:39.460><c> What</c><00:20:39.660><c> have</c><00:20:39.819><c> we</c><00:20:40.079><c> been</c><00:20:40.240><c> doing</c><00:20:40.579><c> for</c><00:20:40.859><c> that</c><00:20:41.079><c> to</c>

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happen?<00:20:41.740><c> What</c><00:20:41.920><c> have</c><00:20:42.039><c> we</c><00:20:42.299><c> not</c><00:20:42.539><c> been</c><00:20:42.799><c> doing</c>

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for<00:20:43.119><c> that</c><00:20:43.339><c> to</c><00:20:43.599><c> happen?</c><00:20:44.640><c> And</c><00:20:44.740><c> though</c><00:20:44.839><c> we</c><00:20:45.000><c> may</c><00:20:45.220><c> think</c><00:20:45.460><c> sometimes</c>

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that<00:20:46.160><c> we're</c><00:20:46.420><c> exempt</c><00:20:46.599><c> from</c><00:20:46.759><c> the</c><00:20:47.019><c> problem,</c>

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we<00:20:47.819><c> may</c><00:20:48.039><c> not</c><00:20:48.180><c> have</c><00:20:48.359><c> contributed</c><00:20:49.019><c> to</c><00:20:49.240><c> it,</c><00:20:49.500><c> brothers</c><00:20:49.539><c> and</c><00:20:49.799><c> sisters,</c><00:20:50.380><c> but</c>

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anything<00:20:52.339><c> positive.</c><00:20:52.980><c> Stop</c><00:20:53.200><c> it!</c><00:20:54.440><c> And</c><00:20:54.579><c> it's</c><00:20:54.880><c> our</c><00:20:55.019><c> ecclesia</c><00:20:55.460><c> after</c><00:20:55.740><c> all</c>

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not<00:21:01.660><c> them.</c><00:21:03.039><c> That's</c><00:21:03.119><c> what</c><00:21:03.279><c> Daniel</c><00:21:03.619><c> did.</c><00:21:04.480><c> Look</c><00:21:04.599><c> at</c>

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the<00:21:04.819><c> difference</c><00:21:05.059><c> with</c><00:21:05.259><c> that</c><00:21:05.440><c> Pharisee,</c><00:21:06.420><c> and</c><00:21:06.539><c> he</c><00:21:06.619><c> wouldn't</c><00:21:06.859><c> make</c><00:21:07.039><c> Daniel's</c><00:21:07.559><c> bootlace.</c><00:21:08.619><c> Now</c><00:21:08.720><c> you</c><00:21:08.839><c> look</c><00:21:08.940><c> at</c><00:21:09.079><c> Ezra</c>

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chapter<00:21:09.660><c> 9.</c><00:21:11.099><c> Here's</c><00:21:11.380><c> another</c><00:21:11.619><c> one.</c><00:21:12.599><c> Look</c><00:21:12.740><c> at</c><00:21:12.839><c> the</c><00:21:13.059><c> examples</c>

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we<00:21:13.559><c> got</c><00:21:13.619><c> in</c><00:21:13.779><c> the</c><00:21:13.940><c> Bible.</c><00:21:14.619><c> These</c><00:21:14.920><c> men</c><00:21:15.140><c> entered</c><00:21:15.400><c> into</c><00:21:15.619><c> the</c>

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spirit,<00:21:16.259><c> brothers</c><00:21:16.559><c> and</c><00:21:16.819><c> sisters,</c><00:21:17.099><c> of</c><00:21:17.220><c> their</c><00:21:17.440><c> people.</c><00:21:18.880><c> Ezra,</c>

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this<00:21:21.420><c> says</c><00:21:21.579><c> about</c><00:21:21.799><c> him</c><00:21:22.460><c> and</c><00:21:23.220><c> what</c><00:21:23.599><c> God</c><00:21:23.880><c> thought</c><00:21:24.119><c> of</c><00:21:24.220><c> him.</c><00:21:25.720><c> But</c>

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look<00:21:25.960><c> how</c><00:21:26.019><c> he</c><00:21:26.259><c> saw</c><00:21:26.480><c> it.</c><00:21:27.519><c> He</c><00:21:27.599><c> came</c><00:21:27.900><c> back</c><00:21:28.140><c> to</c><00:21:28.279><c> find</c><00:21:28.440><c> his</c>

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people,<00:21:29.980><c> had</c><00:21:30.099><c> married</c><00:21:30.339><c> the</c><00:21:30.640><c> heathen,</c><00:21:31.660><c> and</c><00:21:31.799><c> he</c><00:21:31.859><c> says</c><00:21:32.059><c> in</c><00:21:32.220><c> verse</c>

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6,<00:21:33.799><c> Oh</c><00:21:33.900><c> my</c><00:21:34.259><c> God,</c><00:21:34.519><c> I</c><00:21:34.680><c> am</c><00:21:34.819><c> ashamed</c><00:21:35.380><c> and</c><00:21:36.240><c> blushed</c><00:21:36.700><c> to</c>

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lift<00:21:36.920><c> up</c><00:21:37.160><c> my</c><00:21:37.420><c> face</c><00:21:37.680><c> to</c><00:21:37.819><c> thee,</c><00:21:38.000><c> my</c><00:21:38.299><c> God,</c><00:21:39.420><c> for</c><00:21:39.619><c> our</c><00:21:39.900><c> iniquities</c>

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are<00:21:40.440><c> increased</c><00:21:40.859><c> over</c><00:21:41.200><c> our</c><00:21:41.460><c> head</c><00:21:41.599><c> and</c><00:21:41.759><c> our</c><00:21:41.980><c> trespass</c><00:21:42.339><c> is</c>

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grown<00:21:42.759><c> up</c><00:21:42.920><c> under</c><00:21:43.099><c> the</c><00:21:43.259><c> heavens.</c><00:21:43.900><c> This</c><00:21:44.079><c> aged</c><00:21:44.460><c> man,</c><00:21:45.000><c> and</c><00:21:45.180><c> believe</c><00:21:45.420><c> me,</c><00:21:45.740><c> he</c>

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was<00:21:46.119><c> old,</c><00:21:47.240><c> who</c><00:21:47.359><c> was</c><00:21:47.740><c> the</c><00:21:48.000><c> father</c><00:21:48.400><c> of</c><00:21:48.579><c> this</c>

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whole<00:21:49.140><c> period</c><00:21:49.420><c> of</c><00:21:49.740><c> history.</c><00:21:50.200><c> He</c><00:21:50.420><c> can't</c><00:21:50.640><c> even</c><00:21:50.839><c> look</c><00:21:51.019><c> up</c><00:21:51.200><c> to</c><00:21:51.380><c> heaven,</c><00:21:53.000><c> but</c>

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everybody<00:21:53.460><c> else</c><00:21:53.700><c> saw</c><00:21:53.940><c> him</c><00:21:54.519><c> as</c><00:21:54.819><c> being</c><00:21:55.079><c> a</c><00:21:55.240><c> cut</c>

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above<00:21:55.619><c> the</c><00:21:55.799><c> rest.</c><00:21:56.160><c> They</c><00:21:56.359><c> all</c><00:21:56.579><c> saw</c><00:21:56.720><c> him</c><00:21:56.859><c> like</c><00:21:57.099><c> that.</c><00:21:57.599><c> This</c><00:21:57.779><c> was</c>

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a<00:21:58.099><c> man,</c><00:21:58.420><c> brothers</c><00:21:58.519><c> and</c><00:21:58.740><c> sisters,</c><00:21:59.279><c> that</c><00:21:59.420><c> when</c><00:21:59.559><c> he</c><00:21:59.759><c> stood</c>

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up<00:22:00.059><c> to</c><00:22:00.160><c> read</c><00:22:00.299><c> the</c><00:22:00.460><c> Bible,</c><00:22:01.000><c> everybody</c><00:22:01.240><c> stood</c><00:22:01.440><c> up</c><00:22:01.579><c> with</c><00:22:01.720><c> him.</c><00:22:02.799><c> They</c><00:22:03.000><c> felt</c><00:22:03.220><c> compelled</c><00:22:03.720><c> to</c>

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stand<00:22:04.099><c> on</c><00:22:04.259><c> their</c><00:22:04.480><c> feet.</c>

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The<00:22:05.680><c> whole</c><00:22:05.980><c> congregation</c><00:22:06.519><c> stood</c><00:22:06.980><c> with</c><00:22:07.160><c> him</c><00:22:07.500><c> out</c><00:22:07.720><c> of</c><00:22:08.099><c> sheer</c><00:22:08.359><c> respect</c><00:22:08.859><c> for</c><00:22:09.039><c> the</c><00:22:09.200><c> man,</c><00:22:09.440><c> but</c><00:22:09.779><c> he</c>

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can't<00:22:10.119><c> look</c><00:22:10.279><c> up</c><00:22:10.460><c> to</c><00:22:10.579><c> heaven.</c>

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He's<00:22:11.339><c> gone</c><00:22:11.440><c> all</c><00:22:11.700><c> red</c><00:22:11.819><c> to</c><00:22:11.960><c> the</c><00:22:12.140><c> gills.</c><00:22:12.619><c> He's</c><00:22:12.759><c> blushing</c><00:22:13.019><c> because</c>

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of<00:22:13.460><c> their</c><00:22:13.660><c> iniquities.</c><00:22:14.980><c> He</c><00:22:15.000><c> says</c><00:22:15.220><c> in</c><00:22:15.579><c> verse,</c>

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he<00:22:16.299><c> says,</c><00:22:16.819><c> for</c><00:22:16.859><c> our</c><00:22:17.299><c> iniquities,</c><00:22:17.799><c> not</c><00:22:18.140><c> theirs,</c><00:22:18.920><c> ours,</c><00:22:19.619><c> are</c><00:22:19.940><c> increased</c><00:22:20.279><c> over</c><00:22:20.599><c> our</c><00:22:20.799><c> head.</c><00:22:21.160><c> Our</c><00:22:21.500><c> trespass</c><00:22:21.880><c> is</c>

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grown<00:22:22.279><c> up</c><00:22:22.440><c> under</c><00:22:22.579><c> the</c><00:22:22.799><c> heavens.</c><00:22:23.859><c> Since</c><00:22:24.079><c> the</c><00:22:24.279><c> days</c><00:22:24.480><c> of</c><00:22:24.700><c> our</c><00:22:24.940><c> fathers</c><00:22:25.299><c> have</c><00:22:25.799><c> we</c>

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been<00:22:26.140><c> in</c><00:22:26.400><c> great</c><00:22:26.680><c> trespass</c><00:22:27.059><c> under</c><00:22:27.220><c> this</c>

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day<00:22:27.859><c> and</c><00:22:28.180><c> for</c><00:22:28.539><c> our</c><00:22:28.940><c> iniquities</c><00:22:29.519><c> have</c><00:22:29.940><c> we,</c><00:22:30.380><c> our</c><00:22:30.700><c> kings</c><00:22:31.059><c> and</c><00:22:31.319><c> our</c>

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priests,<00:22:31.900><c> been</c><00:22:32.119><c> delivered</c><00:22:32.380><c> into</c><00:22:32.539><c> the</c><00:22:32.799><c> hands</c><00:22:33.000><c> of</c><00:22:33.160><c> the</c>

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kings<00:22:33.519><c> of</c><00:22:33.700><c> the</c><00:22:33.839><c> lands,</c><00:22:34.140><c> the</c><00:22:34.319><c> sword</c><00:22:34.740><c> to</c><00:22:34.960><c> captivity</c><00:22:35.440><c> and</c><00:22:35.660><c> to</c><00:22:35.819><c> a</c>

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spoil<00:22:36.319><c> and</c><00:22:37.220><c> to</c><00:22:37.519><c> confusion</c><00:22:37.920><c> of</c><00:22:38.200><c> face</c><00:22:38.519><c> as</c><00:22:39.140><c> it</c><00:22:39.299><c> is</c><00:22:39.440><c> this</c><00:22:39.720><c> day.</c>

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That's<00:22:40.400><c> a</c><00:22:40.480><c> repetition</c><00:22:41.000><c> of</c><00:22:41.240><c> Daniel's</c><00:22:41.759><c> prayer,</c><00:22:42.059><c> isn't</c><00:22:43.039><c> it?</c><00:22:43.460><c> That's</c><00:22:43.779><c> almost</c><00:22:44.079><c> word</c><00:22:44.259><c> for</c>

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word<00:22:44.599><c> at</c><00:22:44.759><c> the</c><00:22:44.859><c> end,</c><00:22:45.160><c> isn't</c><00:22:45.160><c> it?</c>

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It<00:22:46.380><c> was</c><00:22:46.519><c> like</c><00:22:46.680><c> an</c><00:22:46.920><c> echo,</c><00:22:48.099><c> wasn't</c><00:22:49.119><c> it,</c><00:22:49.460><c> of</c><00:22:49.660><c> Daniel's</c><00:22:50.279><c> prayer</c>

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because<00:22:51.700><c> it's</c><00:22:51.960><c> the</c><00:22:52.099><c> same</c><00:22:52.359><c> spirit</c><00:22:52.880><c> that's</c><00:22:53.279><c> driving</c><00:22:53.519><c> the</c>

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two<00:22:53.940><c> men,</c><00:22:54.299><c> brothers</c><00:22:54.440><c> and</c><00:22:54.680><c> sisters.</c><00:22:54.859><c> They</c><00:22:55.000><c> were</c><00:22:55.339><c> part</c><00:22:55.700><c> and</c><00:22:55.920><c> parcel</c><00:22:56.140><c> of</c>

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their<00:22:56.539><c> people,</c><00:22:58.000><c> that</c><00:22:58.079><c> they</c><00:22:58.359><c> felt</c><00:22:58.779><c> part</c><00:22:59.500><c> of</c><00:22:59.720><c> it</c>

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and<00:23:00.319><c> they</c><00:23:00.619><c> felt</c><00:23:00.960><c> the</c><00:23:01.200><c> weakness.</c><00:23:02.079><c> Turn</c><00:23:02.259><c> the</c><00:23:02.460><c> page.</c><00:23:02.700><c> Nehemiah,</c>

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he<00:23:03.319><c> was</c><00:23:03.500><c> no</c><00:23:03.720><c> different.</c><00:23:05.160><c> If</c><00:23:05.440><c> ever</c><00:23:05.660><c> a</c><00:23:05.799><c> man</c>

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could<00:23:06.519><c> have</c><00:23:06.740><c> said,</c><00:23:07.220><c> I</c><00:23:07.460><c> thank</c><00:23:07.779><c> God</c><00:23:08.000><c> I'm</c><00:23:08.119><c> not</c><00:23:08.279><c> like</c><00:23:08.480><c> other</c><00:23:08.720><c> men.</c>

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Nobody<00:23:09.400><c> spent</c><00:23:09.660><c> as</c><00:23:09.880><c> much</c><00:23:10.019><c> time</c><00:23:10.200><c> on</c><00:23:10.339><c> the</c><00:23:10.480><c> wall</c><00:23:10.599><c> as</c><00:23:10.740><c> he</c>

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did.<00:23:12.380><c> Why?</c><00:23:12.500><c> They</c><00:23:12.700><c> said</c><00:23:12.759><c> he</c><00:23:12.880><c> never</c><00:23:13.119><c> slept.</c><00:23:13.799><c> They</c><00:23:13.880><c> reckon</c><00:23:14.000><c> he</c><00:23:14.119><c> never</c><00:23:14.359><c> took</c><00:23:14.519><c> off</c><00:23:14.700><c> his</c><00:23:14.920><c> clothes</c><00:23:15.119><c> to</c>

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wash<00:23:15.539><c> them.</c><00:23:15.799><c> No</c><00:23:15.799><c> one</c>

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ever<00:23:16.099><c> saw</c><00:23:16.240><c> him</c><00:23:16.400><c> up</c><00:23:16.460><c> in</c><00:23:16.579><c> a</c><00:23:16.779><c> bath.</c><00:23:17.200><c> They</c><00:23:17.359><c> never</c><00:23:17.579><c> saw</c><00:23:17.759><c> him</c><00:23:17.880><c> off</c><00:23:18.059><c> the</c>

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wall.<00:23:18.720><c> They</c><00:23:18.880><c> thought</c><00:23:19.019><c> he</c><00:23:19.140><c> was</c><00:23:19.359><c> superhuman.</c>

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But<00:23:21.960><c> he</c><00:23:22.200><c> says</c><00:23:22.339><c> in</c><00:23:22.539><c> verse</c><00:23:22.779><c> six,</c><00:23:23.579><c> look</c><00:23:23.759><c> at</c><00:23:23.839><c> his</c><00:23:24.359><c> prayer</c><00:23:24.680><c> to</c><00:23:24.920><c> God,</c>

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let<00:23:26.059><c> thine,</c><00:23:26.579><c> this</c><00:23:26.759><c> is</c><00:23:26.900><c> chapter</c><00:23:27.140><c> one</c><00:23:27.299><c> of</c><00:23:27.480><c> Nehemiah,</c>

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let<00:23:28.359><c> thine</c><00:23:28.660><c> ear</c><00:23:28.819><c> now</c><00:23:29.000><c> be</c><00:23:29.279><c> attentive</c><00:23:29.579><c> and</c><00:23:29.799><c> thine</c><00:23:30.000><c> eyes</c><00:23:30.279><c> open</c><00:23:30.660><c> that</c><00:23:30.799><c> thou</c><00:23:31.000><c> might</c><00:23:31.200><c> hear</c><00:23:31.519><c> the</c><00:23:31.700><c> prayer</c><00:23:31.880><c> of</c>

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thy<00:23:32.259><c> servant</c>

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which<00:23:32.759><c> I</c><00:23:33.000><c> pray</c><00:23:33.319><c> before</c><00:23:33.700><c> thee</c><00:23:33.960><c> now</c><00:23:34.240><c> day</c><00:23:34.960><c> and</c><00:23:35.119><c> night</c><00:23:35.440><c> for</c><00:23:35.740><c> the</c><00:23:35.960><c> children</c><00:23:36.180><c> of</c>

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Israel<00:23:36.599><c> thy</c><00:23:36.920><c> servants</c><00:23:37.440><c> and</c><00:23:37.960><c> confess</c>

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the<00:23:38.640><c> sins</c><00:23:39.079><c> of</c><00:23:39.400><c> the</c><00:23:39.579><c> children</c><00:23:39.839><c> of</c><00:23:40.000><c> Israel</c><00:23:40.440><c> which</c><00:23:40.819><c> we</c><00:23:41.619><c> have</c><00:23:42.019><c> sinned</c><00:23:42.359><c> against</c><00:23:42.700><c> thee</c>

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both<00:23:43.859><c> I</c><00:23:44.779><c> and</c><00:23:45.940><c> my</c><00:23:46.579><c> father's</c><00:23:47.299><c> house</c>

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have<00:23:48.579><c> sinned.</c><00:23:50.539><c> Now</c><00:23:50.920><c> it</c><00:23:50.920><c> wasn't</c><00:23:51.180><c> a</c><00:23:51.420><c> question</c><00:23:51.759><c> of</c><00:23:51.920><c> just</c><00:23:52.140><c> using</c>

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the<00:23:52.640><c> plural</c><00:23:52.859><c> now,</c><00:23:53.259><c> is</c><00:23:53.259><c> it?</c><00:23:54.720><c> Of</c><00:23:55.019><c> saying,</c><00:23:55.539><c> well,</c>

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a<00:23:55.700><c> bit</c><00:23:55.880><c> of</c><00:23:56.059><c> pseudo</c><00:23:56.359><c>-humility.</c><00:23:56.960><c> I'll</c><00:23:57.160><c> throw</c><00:23:57.259><c> myself</c><00:23:57.539><c> in</c><00:23:57.740><c> with</c>

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this<00:23:58.160><c> lot</c><00:23:58.259><c> and</c><00:23:58.480><c> make</c><00:23:58.759><c> out</c><00:23:58.960><c> that</c><00:23:59.099><c> I'm</c><00:23:59.359><c> humble.</c>

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Me,<00:24:00.640><c> he</c><00:24:00.940><c> says,</c><00:24:01.259><c> I've</c><00:24:01.660><c> done</c><00:24:01.859><c> it.</c><00:24:02.140><c> I've</c><00:24:02.619><c> sinned</c><00:24:03.019><c> and</c><00:24:03.240><c> my</c><00:24:03.480><c> father's</c><00:24:04.079><c> sinned.</c>

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We're<00:24:04.440><c> all</c><00:24:04.660><c> in</c><00:24:04.839><c> this.</c><00:24:05.980><c> That's</c><00:24:06.160><c> how</c>

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we<00:24:06.440><c> saw</c><00:24:06.619><c> it,</c><00:24:06.900><c> brothers</c><00:24:07.019><c> and</c><00:24:07.220><c> sisters.</c><00:24:07.839><c> We</c><00:24:07.859><c> have</c><00:24:08.160><c> dealt</c><00:24:08.339><c> very</c>

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corruptly<00:24:09.160><c> against</c><00:24:09.440><c> thee</c><00:24:09.779><c> and</c><00:24:10.099><c> have</c><00:24:10.319><c> not</c><00:24:10.559><c> kept</c>

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the<00:24:11.000><c> commandments</c><00:24:11.380><c> nor</c><00:24:11.700><c> statutes</c><00:24:12.240><c> nor</c><00:24:12.480><c> judgments</c><00:24:12.880><c> which</c><00:24:13.319><c> thou</c><00:24:13.519><c> commandest</c><00:24:14.119><c> thy</c>

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servant<00:24:14.619><c> Moses.</c><00:24:15.259><c> Now</c><00:24:15.460><c> look</c><00:24:15.619><c> at</c>

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those<00:24:15.980><c> examples</c><00:24:16.440><c> in</c><00:24:16.599><c> the</c><00:24:16.740><c> Old</c><00:24:16.940><c> Testament</c><00:24:17.240><c> scripture.</c><00:24:18.359><c> Look</c>

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at<00:24:18.680><c> those</c><00:24:18.980><c> men</c><00:24:19.299><c> and</c><00:24:20.279><c> this</c><00:24:20.500><c> Pharisee</c><00:24:20.900><c> could</c><00:24:21.000><c> lift</c>

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up<00:24:21.400><c> his</c><00:24:21.619><c> eye</c><00:24:21.759><c> to</c><00:24:21.960><c> heaven</c><00:24:22.180><c> and</c><00:24:22.400><c> says,</c><00:24:23.200><c> oh,</c><00:24:23.799><c> haven't</c><00:24:23.940><c> you</c><00:24:24.119><c> got</c><00:24:24.240><c> a</c>

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wonderful<00:24:24.859><c> servant</c><00:24:25.240><c> in</c><00:24:25.500><c> me?</c><00:24:26.019><c> Oh,</c><00:24:26.299><c> you're</c><00:24:26.680><c> a</c><00:24:27.019><c> fortunate</c>

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God<00:24:27.720><c> to</c><00:24:27.880><c> have</c><00:24:28.039><c> a</c><00:24:28.180><c> person</c><00:24:28.500><c> like</c><00:24:28.779><c> me.</c><00:24:29.319><c> You</c><00:24:29.539><c> won't</c><00:24:29.900><c> find</c><00:24:30.220><c> too</c><00:24:30.480><c> many</c>

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like<00:24:30.859><c> me.</c><00:24:31.279><c> Matter</c><00:24:31.460><c> of</c><00:24:31.619><c> fact,</c><00:24:31.819><c> apart</c><00:24:32.119><c> from</c><00:24:32.279><c> me</c><00:24:32.480><c> and</c>

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my<00:24:32.980><c> mates,</c><00:24:33.799><c> there's</c><00:24:33.940><c> nobody</c><00:24:34.319><c> like</c><00:24:34.660><c> us.</c><00:24:35.819><c> All</c><00:24:36.160><c> the</c><00:24:36.380><c> rest</c><00:24:36.680><c> are</c><00:24:36.880><c> different</c><00:24:37.240><c> and</c><00:24:37.960><c> we</c>

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thank<00:24:38.759><c> you</c><00:24:38.980><c> that</c><00:24:39.039><c> we're</c><00:24:39.240><c> different</c>

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from<00:24:39.799><c> them.</c><00:24:40.839><c> What</c><00:24:41.059><c> an</c><00:24:41.240><c> attitude</c><00:24:41.500><c> that</c><00:24:41.740><c> is,</c><00:24:42.079><c> brothers</c><00:24:42.180><c> and</c><00:24:42.480><c> sisters,</c><00:24:43.660><c> because</c><00:24:43.900><c> then</c><00:24:44.099><c> he</c>

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starts<00:24:44.640><c> to</c><00:24:45.019><c> talk</c><00:24:45.180><c> about</c><00:24:45.460><c> what</c>

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other<00:24:45.839><c> men</c><00:24:46.000><c> are</c><00:24:46.200><c> like</c><00:24:46.680><c> in</c><00:24:47.680><c> his</c><00:24:47.940><c> prayer</c><00:24:48.119><c> to</c><00:24:48.319><c> God.</c><00:24:50.259><c> He</c><00:24:50.680><c> says</c><00:24:50.940><c> in</c>

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verse<00:24:51.380><c> 11</c><00:24:51.660><c> of</c><00:24:51.880><c> Luke</c><00:24:52.180><c> 18,</c><00:24:53.380><c> why,</c><00:24:53.740><c> he</c><00:24:53.900><c> says,</c><00:24:54.779><c> all</c><00:24:55.099><c> other</c>

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men,<00:24:55.539><c> I'm</c><00:24:55.940><c> not</c><00:24:56.140><c> like</c><00:24:56.359><c> them</c><00:24:56.539><c> because</c><00:24:56.799><c> they</c><00:24:57.119><c> are</c><00:24:57.779><c> extortionists.</c><00:24:59.740><c> Well,</c><00:24:59.980><c> Jesus</c>

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told<00:25:00.599><c> the</c><00:25:00.880><c> Pharisees,</c>

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they<00:25:02.380><c> were</c><00:25:02.900><c> full</c><00:25:03.500><c> of</c><00:25:04.000><c> extortion.</c><00:25:05.440><c> Oh,</c><00:25:06.019><c> yeah,</c><00:25:06.160><c> he</c><00:25:06.279><c> wouldn't</c>

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extort<00:25:07.900><c> money</c><00:25:08.220><c> like</c><00:25:08.460><c> this</c><00:25:08.720><c> tax</c><00:25:08.980><c> gatherer.</c><00:25:09.460><c> That</c><00:25:09.619><c> is,</c>

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he<00:25:10.039><c> wouldn't</c><00:25:10.259><c> do</c><00:25:10.400><c> it</c><00:25:10.500><c> by</c><00:25:10.680><c> the</c><00:25:10.980><c> farming</c><00:25:11.299><c> system</c><00:25:11.660><c> because</c><00:25:11.940><c> that</c>

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was<00:25:12.559><c> so</c><00:25:12.960><c> obviously</c><00:25:13.500><c> corrupt.</c><00:25:14.240><c> But</c><00:25:14.359><c> I</c><00:25:14.480><c> tell</c><00:25:14.539><c> you</c>

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what<00:25:14.680><c> he</c><00:25:14.799><c> would</c><00:25:15.039><c> do,</c><00:25:15.599><c> he'd</c><00:25:15.759><c> do</c><00:25:15.779><c> the</c><00:25:16.059><c> same</c><00:25:16.339><c> thing</c><00:25:16.740><c> with</c><00:25:17.019><c> a</c><00:25:17.200><c> religious</c><00:25:17.559><c> veneer</c><00:25:17.980><c> over</c>

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it<00:25:18.500><c> because,</c><00:25:19.640><c> you</c><00:25:19.640><c> see,</c>

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he<00:25:20.339><c> was</c><00:25:20.700><c> part</c><00:25:21.019><c> and</c><00:25:21.240><c> parcel</c><00:25:21.539><c> with</c><00:25:22.339><c> the</c><00:25:22.579><c> Sadducees</c><00:25:23.079><c> that</c><00:25:23.380><c> they</c>

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may<00:25:23.779><c> not</c><00:25:23.920><c> have</c><00:25:24.039><c> got</c><00:25:24.180><c> on</c><00:25:24.319><c> too</c><00:25:24.599><c> well</c><00:25:24.859><c> over</c><00:25:25.140><c> many</c><00:25:25.359><c> matters,</c>

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brothers<00:25:25.900><c> and</c><00:25:26.180><c> sisters,</c><00:25:26.700><c> but</c><00:25:26.759><c> there's</c><00:25:27.279><c> always</c><00:25:27.559><c> agreement</c>

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over<00:25:28.160><c> money.</c><00:25:28.680><c> Oh,</c><00:25:29.160><c> yeah,</c><00:25:29.440><c> too</c><00:25:29.680><c> right.</c><00:25:30.559><c> Always</c>

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agreement<00:25:31.500><c> with</c><00:25:31.839><c> this</c><00:25:32.079><c> money</c><00:25:32.240><c> to</c><00:25:32.400><c> be</c><00:25:32.559><c> had.</c><00:25:33.140><c> You</c><00:25:33.279><c> know,</c><00:25:33.400><c> they</c>

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had<00:25:33.759><c> their</c><00:25:34.019><c> system</c><00:25:34.400><c> too,</c><00:25:34.759><c> didn't</c><00:25:34.880><c> they,</c><00:25:35.519><c> of</c><00:25:35.720><c> bringing</c>

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widows<00:25:36.460><c> there,</c><00:25:36.779><c> you</c><00:25:36.859><c> know,</c><00:25:37.619><c> the</c><00:25:37.759><c> devouring</c><00:25:38.259><c> widows'</c><00:25:38.839><c> houses.</c>

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So<00:25:40.420><c> a</c><00:25:40.559><c> widow</c><00:25:40.759><c> has</c><00:25:40.960><c> come</c><00:25:41.180><c> along</c><00:25:41.420><c> and</c><00:25:41.559><c> she's</c><00:25:41.779><c> lost</c>

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her<00:25:42.420><c> husband.</c><00:25:42.759><c> And</c><00:25:42.920><c> in</c><00:25:42.980><c> those</c><00:25:43.220><c> days,</c><00:25:43.500><c> that</c><00:25:43.740><c> was</c><00:25:44.099><c> a</c><00:25:44.259><c> loss.</c><00:25:45.339><c> There</c><00:25:45.359><c> wasn't</c><00:25:46.519><c> any</c>

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social<00:25:46.980><c> security</c>

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and<00:25:49.400><c> there</c><00:25:49.420><c> wasn't</c><00:25:49.819><c> any</c><00:25:50.519><c> women's</c><00:25:51.059><c> movement,</c><00:25:51.519><c> brothers</c><00:25:51.640><c> and</c><00:25:51.940><c> sisters.</c><00:25:52.299><c> A</c>

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widow<00:25:52.700><c> was</c><00:25:53.220><c> bereft</c>

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and<00:25:54.619><c> she</c><00:25:54.819><c> had</c><00:25:55.039><c> a</c><00:25:55.099><c> house</c><00:25:55.740><c> and</c><00:25:56.599><c> they</c><00:25:57.119><c> would</c><00:25:57.400><c> convince</c><00:25:57.799><c> her</c><00:25:58.279><c> that</c>

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to<00:25:59.319><c> do</c><00:25:59.500><c> the</c><00:25:59.700><c> right</c><00:25:59.960><c> thing</c><00:26:00.259><c> before</c><00:26:00.619><c> God,</c>

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God<00:26:02.400><c> is</c><00:26:02.660><c> above</c><00:26:02.920><c> all.</c><00:26:03.759><c> What</c><00:26:03.920><c> is</c><00:26:04.220><c> flesh</c><00:26:04.519><c> in</c><00:26:04.720><c> the</c><00:26:04.859><c> eyes</c><00:26:05.019><c> of</c><00:26:05.279><c> God?</c>

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What<00:26:06.160><c> are</c><00:26:06.400><c> relationships?</c><00:26:07.319><c> What</c><00:26:07.559><c> are</c><00:26:08.039><c> material</c>

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things?<00:26:09.119><c> Means</c><00:26:09.440><c> nothing.</c><00:26:10.460><c> Dedicate</c><00:26:11.000><c> your</c><00:26:11.240><c> house</c><00:26:11.519><c> to</c><00:26:11.720><c> God.</c>

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And<00:26:12.299><c> the</c><00:26:12.359><c> poor</c><00:26:12.559><c> widow</c><00:26:12.900><c> would</c><00:26:13.920><c> count</c><00:26:14.400><c> the</c><00:26:14.640><c> shekels</c><00:26:15.059><c> out</c>

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and<00:26:15.599><c> divide</c><00:26:16.019><c> the</c><00:26:16.319><c> spoil</c><00:26:16.579><c> and</c><00:26:17.059><c> she'd</c><00:26:17.460><c> sleep</c><00:26:17.680><c> in</c><00:26:17.819><c> the</c><00:26:17.980><c> gutter.</c>

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But<00:26:19.339><c> all</c><00:26:19.539><c> other</c><00:26:19.720><c> men</c><00:26:19.880><c> were</c><00:26:20.160><c> extortionists.</c>

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That<00:26:21.880><c> poor</c><00:26:22.079><c> woman</c><00:26:22.339><c> would</c><00:26:22.579><c> probably</c><00:26:22.940><c> sleep</c><00:26:23.240><c> in</c><00:26:23.420><c> the</c><00:26:23.579><c> gutter,</c>

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thankful<00:26:24.819><c> in</c><00:26:25.039><c> her</c><00:26:25.259><c> heart</c><00:26:25.660><c> that</c><00:26:26.039><c> she</c><00:26:26.200><c> was</c><00:26:26.500><c> suffering</c><00:26:26.920><c> for</c>

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her<00:26:27.900><c> heavenly</c><00:26:28.240><c> father's</c><00:26:29.019><c> sake</c><00:26:29.240><c> and</c><00:26:29.720><c> that</c><00:26:29.940><c> the</c><00:26:30.160><c> priest</c><00:26:30.359><c> had</c><00:26:30.619><c> assured</c><00:26:31.339><c> her</c><00:26:31.839><c> that</c><00:26:32.019><c> she</c><00:26:32.180><c> would</c><00:26:32.420><c> find</c><00:26:32.579><c> a</c>

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wonderful<00:26:33.519><c> reward</c>

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with<00:26:34.279><c> God.</c><00:26:35.500><c> You</c><00:26:35.640><c> devour</c><00:26:36.180><c> widows'</c><00:26:36.960><c> houses,</c><00:26:37.220><c> you're</c><00:26:37.759><c> full</c><00:26:38.259><c> of</c>

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extortion,<00:26:39.200><c> he</c><00:26:39.400><c> said</c><00:26:39.559><c> to</c><00:26:39.680><c> them.</c><00:26:40.319><c> But</c><00:26:40.480><c> it</c><00:26:40.539><c> was</c><00:26:40.680><c> all</c><00:26:40.960><c> painted</c>

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over<00:26:41.480><c> with</c><00:26:41.680><c> a</c><00:26:41.819><c> religious</c><00:26:42.160><c> veneer,</c><00:26:42.619><c> wasn't</c><00:26:42.880><c> it?</c><00:26:43.559><c> But</c><00:26:43.700><c> he</c><00:26:43.819><c> saw</c>

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this<00:26:44.940><c> public</c><00:26:45.240><c> and</c><00:26:45.440><c> he</c><00:26:45.720><c> thought,</c><00:26:45.920><c> what</c><00:26:46.299><c> an</c><00:26:46.579><c> extortioner</c>

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he<00:26:47.259><c> is.</c><00:26:48.539><c> Unjust,</c><00:26:49.259><c> he</c><00:26:49.259><c> says,</c><00:26:50.299><c> too.</c><00:26:51.259><c> Unjust.</c><00:26:52.839><c> In</c><00:26:52.940><c> Matthew</c><00:26:53.299><c> 23,</c><00:26:54.400><c> brothers</c><00:26:54.480><c> and</c><00:26:54.759><c> sisters,</c><00:26:55.279><c> in</c><00:26:55.279><c> a</c>

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blazing<00:26:56.140><c> indictment</c>

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of<00:26:56.740><c> his</c><00:26:57.099><c> class,</c><00:26:57.799><c> Jesus</c><00:26:58.220><c> pointed</c><00:26:58.559><c> out</c><00:26:58.859><c> that</c><00:26:59.000><c> if</c><00:26:59.079><c> there's</c><00:26:59.319><c> one</c>

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thing<00:26:59.779><c> that</c><00:27:00.400><c> made</c><00:27:00.819><c> them</c><00:27:01.119><c> stand</c><00:27:01.400><c> out</c><00:27:01.539><c> above</c><00:27:01.740><c> others</c>

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was<00:27:02.240><c> the</c><00:27:02.440><c> fact</c><00:27:02.599><c> that</c><00:27:02.700><c> they</c><00:27:02.839><c> were</c><00:27:03.059><c> unjust,</c><00:27:03.539><c> wasn't</c><00:27:03.819><c> he?</c><00:27:04.400><c> Why,</c>

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he<00:27:04.900><c> said,</c><00:27:05.299><c> so</c><00:27:05.819><c> unjust</c><00:27:06.160><c> were</c><00:27:06.420><c> they</c><00:27:06.700><c> that</c><00:27:06.940><c> every</c><00:27:07.240><c> drop</c>

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of<00:27:07.740><c> blood</c><00:27:07.880><c> from</c><00:27:08.180><c> Abel</c><00:27:08.519><c> way</c><00:27:08.859><c> back,</c><00:27:09.660><c> right</c><00:27:09.900><c> back</c><00:27:10.079><c> to</c><00:27:10.299><c> Abel,</c><00:27:10.599><c> would</c><00:27:10.700><c> come</c>

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upon<00:27:11.079><c> the</c><00:27:11.160><c> head</c><00:27:11.299><c> of</c><00:27:11.440><c> that</c><00:27:11.559><c> generation</c>

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because<00:27:12.480><c> they</c><00:27:13.059><c> were</c><00:27:13.299><c> part</c><00:27:13.619><c> and</c><00:27:13.819><c> parcel</c><00:27:13.980><c> of</c><00:27:14.240><c> a</c><00:27:14.380><c> class</c><00:27:14.619><c> of</c><00:27:14.859><c> people</c><00:27:15.160><c> known</c>

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in<00:27:15.799><c> the</c><00:27:15.980><c> Bible</c><00:27:16.180><c> as</c><00:27:16.380><c> the</c><00:27:16.619><c> seed</c><00:27:16.759><c> of</c><00:27:17.000><c> the</c>

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serpent.<00:27:19.059><c> And</c><00:27:19.339><c> they</c><00:27:19.519><c> would</c><00:27:19.680><c> become</c><00:27:19.940><c> the</c><00:27:20.240><c> federal</c><00:27:20.579><c> heads</c><00:27:20.980><c> of</c>

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the<00:27:21.359><c> seed</c><00:27:21.480><c> of</c><00:27:21.680><c> the</c><00:27:21.819><c> serpent</c><00:27:22.000><c> and</c><00:27:22.259><c> upon</c><00:27:22.460><c> them,</c><00:27:22.859><c> every</c>

00:27:23.299 --> 00:27:25.900
drop<00:27:23.539><c> of</c><00:27:23.920><c> blood</c><00:27:24.079><c> that</c><00:27:24.279><c> was</c><00:27:24.519><c> shed</c><00:27:24.700><c> unjustly</c><00:27:25.319><c> would</c><00:27:25.500><c> fall</c><00:27:25.680><c> on</c>

00:27:25.900 --> 00:27:28.420
them.<00:27:26.059><c> That's</c><00:27:26.319><c> how</c><00:27:26.500><c> unjust</c><00:27:26.779><c> Jesus</c><00:27:27.180><c> saw</c><00:27:27.440><c> them</c><00:27:27.660><c> as,</c>

00:27:28.460 --> 00:27:32.599
responsible<00:27:28.900><c> really</c><00:27:29.279><c> as</c><00:27:29.460><c> a</c><00:27:29.700><c> class</c><00:27:30.160><c> right</c><00:27:30.660><c> back.</c><00:27:32.259><c> For</c><00:27:32.319><c> their</c>

00:27:32.599 --> 00:27:34.759
class<00:27:32.980><c> had</c><00:27:33.240><c> multiplied</c><00:27:33.680><c> itself</c><00:27:34.079><c> until</c><00:27:34.319><c> it</c><00:27:34.500><c> came</c>

00:27:34.759 --> 00:27:38.240
to<00:27:35.039><c> them</c><00:27:35.220><c> who</c><00:27:35.339><c> were</c><00:27:35.539><c> a</c><00:27:35.680><c> generation</c><00:27:36.119><c> of</c><00:27:36.400><c> vipers</c><00:27:36.619><c> that</c><00:27:36.839><c> had</c><00:27:36.859><c> grown</c><00:27:37.099><c> up.</c>

00:27:38.319 --> 00:27:39.740
And<00:27:38.500><c> they</c><00:27:38.579><c> were</c><00:27:38.779><c> the</c><00:27:38.859><c> very</c><00:27:39.279><c> representatives</c>

00:27:39.740 --> 00:27:43.440
of<00:27:40.019><c> all</c><00:27:40.279><c> the</c><00:27:40.500><c> unjust</c><00:27:40.839><c> in</c><00:27:41.039><c> the</c><00:27:41.220><c> world.</c><00:27:41.960><c> And</c><00:27:42.019><c> as</c><00:27:42.160><c> for</c><00:27:42.319><c> adultery,</c>

00:27:44.500 --> 00:27:46.200
why,<00:27:44.660><c> he</c><00:27:44.839><c> says,</c><00:27:44.960><c> he</c><00:27:45.119><c> wasn't</c><00:27:45.359><c> an</c><00:27:45.680><c> adulterer.</c>

00:27:46.599 --> 00:27:50.720
Well,<00:27:46.819><c> you</c><00:27:46.940><c> know,</c><00:27:47.119><c> it</c><00:27:47.180><c> was</c><00:27:47.400><c> the</c><00:27:47.700><c> Pharisees</c><00:27:48.220><c> in</c><00:27:48.460><c> Matthew</c><00:27:48.940><c> 12</c><00:27:49.839><c> that</c><00:27:50.299><c> came</c><00:27:50.539><c> to</c>

00:27:50.720 --> 00:27:52.119
the<00:27:50.859><c> Lord</c><00:27:51.019><c> and</c><00:27:51.319><c> said,</c>

00:27:52.180 --> 00:27:57.480
we<00:27:52.259><c> would</c><00:27:52.500><c> see</c><00:27:52.680><c> a</c><00:27:52.960><c> sign.</c><00:27:53.819><c> And</c><00:27:54.019><c> he</c><00:27:54.200><c> said,</c><00:27:55.220><c> a</c><00:27:55.440><c> wicked</c><00:27:55.819><c> and</c><00:27:57.240><c> an</c>

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adulterous<00:27:58.079><c> generation</c>

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seeketh<00:28:00.559><c> for</c><00:28:00.839><c> a</c><00:28:00.940><c> sign.</c><00:28:02.240><c> And</c><00:28:02.539><c> it</c><00:28:02.619><c> was</c><00:28:02.839><c> the</c><00:28:03.079><c> Pharisees</c><00:28:03.619><c> that</c><00:28:03.779><c> came</c><00:28:03.980><c> to</c>

00:28:04.039 --> 00:28:05.500
him<00:28:04.180><c> with</c><00:28:04.359><c> that</c><00:28:04.559><c> request.</c>

00:28:06.180 --> 00:28:10.900
He<00:28:06.400><c> called</c><00:28:06.660><c> them</c><00:28:06.920><c> adulterers</c><00:28:07.640><c> publicly.</c><00:28:09.460><c> But</c><00:28:09.599><c> of</c><00:28:09.799><c> course,</c><00:28:10.819><c> no</c>

00:28:10.900 --> 00:28:13.420
one<00:28:11.019><c> else</c><00:28:11.279><c> would</c><00:28:11.500><c> know</c><00:28:11.700><c> that</c><00:28:12.059><c> except</c><00:28:12.380><c> the</c><00:28:12.619><c> Lord.</c>

00:28:14.180 --> 00:28:17.119
This<00:28:14.400><c> also</c><00:28:14.819><c> brothers</c><00:28:15.140><c> and</c><00:28:15.460><c> sisters</c><00:28:15.660><c> would</c><00:28:15.880><c> be</c><00:28:16.160><c> in</c><00:28:16.579><c> the</c><00:28:16.779><c> secret</c>

00:28:17.119 --> 00:28:19.180
realms.<00:28:17.559><c> There'd</c><00:28:17.799><c> be</c><00:28:17.900><c> money</c><00:28:18.200><c> passing</c><00:28:18.680><c> hands</c><00:28:19.000><c> if</c>

00:28:19.180 --> 00:28:22.119
anything<00:28:19.380><c> was</c><00:28:19.640><c> found</c><00:28:20.000><c> out.</c><00:28:20.539><c> Oh</c><00:28:20.859><c> no,</c><00:28:21.000><c> this</c><00:28:21.160><c> would</c><00:28:21.299><c> all</c><00:28:21.480><c> be</c><00:28:21.740><c> covered</c><00:28:21.880><c> up,</c>

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wouldn't<00:28:22.319><c> it?</c><00:28:23.119><c> And</c><00:28:23.299><c> so</c><00:28:23.420><c> they</c><00:28:23.519><c> would</c><00:28:23.779><c> appear</c>

00:28:25.819 --> 00:28:30.579
to<00:28:26.339><c> be</c><00:28:26.779><c> as</c><00:28:27.019><c> pure</c><00:28:27.420><c> as</c><00:28:27.720><c> the</c><00:28:27.839><c> driven</c><00:28:28.000><c> snow.</c><00:28:29.859><c> And</c><00:28:29.880><c> their</c><00:28:30.099><c> nose</c><00:28:30.440><c> is</c>

00:28:30.579 --> 00:28:32.940
in<00:28:30.759><c> the</c><00:28:30.819><c> air</c><00:28:31.119><c> about</c><00:28:31.380><c> other</c><00:28:31.660><c> people</c><00:28:32.099><c> whose</c><00:28:32.460><c> faults</c><00:28:32.680><c> were</c>

00:28:32.940 --> 00:28:36.400
obvious.<00:28:34.759><c> And</c><00:28:34.980><c> that's</c><00:28:35.240><c> a</c><00:28:35.400><c> human</c><00:28:35.619><c> trait,</c><00:28:35.960><c> isn't</c><00:28:36.059><c> it,</c><00:28:36.200><c> brothers</c>

00:28:36.400 --> 00:28:39.279
and<00:28:36.700><c> sisters?</c><00:28:37.940><c> You</c><00:28:38.259><c> know,</c><00:28:38.480><c> we</c><00:28:38.680><c> can</c><00:28:38.819><c> be</c><00:28:38.980><c> as</c>

00:28:39.279 --> 00:28:42.079
pure<00:28:39.539><c> as</c><00:28:39.759><c> the</c><00:28:39.920><c> driven</c><00:28:40.140><c> snow.</c><00:28:40.720><c> Some</c><00:28:41.059><c> hard</c><00:28:41.400><c> words</c><00:28:41.759><c> have</c><00:28:41.940><c> been</c>

00:28:42.079 --> 00:28:44.319
spoken<00:28:42.380><c> over</c><00:28:42.640><c> the</c><00:28:42.859><c> years</c><00:28:43.079><c> about</c><00:28:43.380><c> certain</c><00:28:43.740><c> brethren</c><00:28:44.039><c> and</c>

00:28:44.319 --> 00:28:47.960
sisters.<00:28:45.460><c> Would</c><00:28:45.619><c> you</c><00:28:45.819><c> like</c><00:28:45.980><c> your</c><00:28:46.279><c> mind</c><00:28:46.579><c> bent</c><00:28:46.839><c> open</c><00:28:47.259><c> and</c><00:28:47.759><c> show</c>

00:28:47.960 --> 00:28:49.740
the<00:28:48.160><c> brothers</c><00:28:48.380><c> and</c><00:28:48.640><c> sisters</c><00:28:48.799><c> how</c><00:28:48.980><c> you</c><00:28:49.279><c> think</c><00:28:49.440><c> during</c>

00:28:49.740 --> 00:28:55.059
the<00:28:50.420><c> day?</c><00:28:51.000><c> Or</c><00:28:51.059><c> you</c><00:28:51.160><c> might</c><00:28:51.539><c> say,</c><00:28:51.980><c> okay,</c><00:28:52.279><c> you</c><00:28:52.839><c> can</c><00:28:53.140><c> stand</c><00:28:53.339><c> that</c><00:28:53.619><c> scrutiny.</c><00:28:54.299><c> Congratulations.</c><00:28:54.859><c> I</c>

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wouldn't<00:28:55.279><c> want</c>

00:28:55.480 --> 00:28:58.839
that.<00:28:56.740><c> It's</c><00:28:57.019><c> all</c><00:28:57.140><c> very</c><00:28:57.400><c> well,</c><00:28:57.740><c> brothers</c><00:28:57.819><c> and</c><00:28:58.079><c> sisters,</c><00:28:58.440><c> to</c><00:28:58.559><c> point</c><00:28:58.720><c> to</c>

00:28:58.839 --> 00:29:00.640
the<00:28:59.000><c> obvious</c><00:28:59.339><c> faults</c><00:28:59.599><c> of</c><00:28:59.859><c> others.</c>

00:29:01.480 --> 00:29:03.720
The<00:29:01.779><c> adulterer,</c><00:29:02.099><c> we're</c><00:29:02.420><c> not</c><00:29:02.420><c> like</c><00:29:02.660><c> adulterers.</c><00:29:03.359><c> Nobody's</c>

00:29:03.720 --> 00:29:06.779
seen<00:29:03.980><c> that.</c><00:29:04.200><c> But</c><00:29:04.400><c> Jesus</c><00:29:04.660><c> did.</c><00:29:05.559><c> And</c><00:29:05.640><c> when</c><00:29:05.799><c> the</c><00:29:06.240><c> Pharisees</c>

00:29:06.779 --> 00:29:09.480
came,<00:29:07.019><c> he</c><00:29:07.180><c> said,</c><00:29:07.519><c> a</c><00:29:07.559><c> wicked</c><00:29:07.839><c> and</c><00:29:08.019><c> an</c><00:29:08.339><c> adulterous</c><00:29:08.859><c> generation</c>

00:29:09.480 --> 00:29:12.940
seeketh<00:29:09.920><c> after</c><00:29:10.220><c> a</c><00:29:10.460><c> sign.</c><00:29:11.900><c> He</c><00:29:12.160><c> could</c><00:29:12.339><c> see</c><00:29:12.480><c> what</c><00:29:12.599><c> other</c><00:29:12.779><c> men</c>

00:29:12.940 --> 00:29:16.140
could<00:29:13.180><c> not</c><00:29:13.440><c> see,</c><00:29:13.980><c> brothers</c><00:29:14.160><c> and</c><00:29:14.420><c> sisters.</c><00:29:15.480><c> And</c><00:29:15.619><c> of</c><00:29:15.819><c> course,</c>

00:29:16.299 --> 00:29:19.500
when<00:29:16.359><c> you</c><00:29:16.400><c> look</c><00:29:16.640><c> over,</c><00:29:17.200><c> you</c><00:29:17.200><c> see,</c><00:29:18.279><c> or</c><00:29:18.559><c> even</c><00:29:18.799><c> as</c>

00:29:19.720 --> 00:29:23.599
publican.<00:29:20.619><c> Now,</c><00:29:20.779><c> it's</c><00:29:20.859><c> one</c><00:29:21.119><c> thing.</c><00:29:22.400><c> It's</c><00:29:22.839><c> one</c><00:29:23.099><c> thing</c><00:29:23.339><c> to</c><00:29:23.460><c> look</c>

00:29:23.599 --> 00:29:27.119
at<00:29:23.740><c> a</c><00:29:23.880><c> person</c><00:29:24.160><c> like</c><00:29:24.460><c> that,</c><00:29:25.799><c> to</c><00:29:25.960><c> go</c><00:29:26.079><c> up</c><00:29:26.220><c> and</c><00:29:26.420><c> down,</c>

00:29:27.779 --> 00:29:31.519
psychoanalyse<00:29:28.220><c> them,</c><00:29:29.740><c> and</c><00:29:29.779><c> with</c><00:29:30.140><c> sneering</c><00:29:30.680><c> contempt</c><00:29:31.140><c> to</c><00:29:31.400><c> say</c>

00:29:31.519 --> 00:29:35.759
to<00:29:31.680><c> God,</c><00:29:32.500><c> oh</c><00:29:32.799><c> boy,</c><00:29:33.859><c> I'm</c><00:29:34.119><c> glad</c><00:29:34.240><c> I'm</c><00:29:34.440><c> not</c><00:29:34.660><c> like</c><00:29:34.980><c> him.</c>

00:29:36.240 --> 00:29:39.920
But<00:29:36.519><c> think,</c><00:29:36.880><c> brothers</c><00:29:37.039><c> and</c><00:29:37.299><c> sisters,</c><00:29:38.680><c> of</c><00:29:38.859><c> the</c><00:29:39.140><c> current</c><00:29:39.359><c> attitude</c><00:29:39.759><c> of</c>

00:29:39.920 --> 00:29:42.119
that<00:29:40.140><c> publican</c><00:29:41.059><c> who</c><00:29:41.420><c> was</c><00:29:41.619><c> way</c><00:29:41.880><c> over</c><00:29:42.039><c> the</c>

00:29:42.119 --> 00:29:44.619
other<00:29:42.339><c> side</c><00:29:42.559><c> somewhere.</c><00:29:43.339><c> The</c><00:29:43.559><c> record</c><00:29:43.720><c> says</c><00:29:43.859><c> he</c><00:29:44.039><c> stood</c><00:29:44.200><c> as</c><00:29:44.400><c> far</c>

00:29:44.619 --> 00:29:48.039
off.<00:29:44.880><c> He</c><00:29:44.900><c> was</c><00:29:45.019><c> a</c><00:29:45.119><c> long</c><00:29:45.299><c> way</c><00:29:45.519><c> away</c><00:29:45.759><c> because</c><00:29:45.940><c> he</c>

00:29:48.039 --> 00:29:52.220
didn't<00:29:48.200><c> feel</c><00:29:48.460><c> worthy</c><00:29:48.920><c> to</c><00:29:49.180><c> tread</c><00:29:49.380><c> within</c><00:29:49.640><c> those</c><00:29:50.000><c> courts.</c><00:29:51.240><c> Tears</c><00:29:51.680><c> running</c><00:29:52.000><c> down</c>

00:29:52.220 --> 00:29:53.539
his<00:29:52.460><c> face.</c><00:29:53.339><c> Carp</c>

00:29:53.539 --> 00:29:59.039
lifted<00:29:53.660><c> up</c><00:29:53.839><c> his</c><00:29:53.940><c> head</c><00:29:54.180><c> to</c><00:29:54.319><c> heaven,</c><00:29:54.940><c> shaking</c><00:29:55.220><c> like</c><00:29:55.559><c> a</c><00:29:55.680><c> leaf,</c><00:29:55.880><c> crying.</c><00:29:57.380><c> And</c><00:29:57.500><c> the</c><00:29:57.680><c> Pharisees</c><00:29:58.019><c> saw</c><00:29:58.319><c> him</c><00:29:58.579><c> in</c>

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that<00:29:59.519><c> attitude</c>

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and<00:30:00.519><c> despised</c><00:30:01.200><c> him.</c><00:30:02.380><c> It</c><00:30:02.440><c> wasn't</c><00:30:02.559><c> as</c><00:30:02.720><c> if</c><00:30:02.839><c> the</c><00:30:03.119><c> publican</c><00:30:03.339><c> was</c>

00:30:03.440 --> 00:30:06.180
going<00:30:03.660><c> around,</c><00:30:04.900><c> putting</c><00:30:05.019><c> his</c><00:30:05.259><c> hand</c><00:30:05.400><c> out</c><00:30:05.640><c> for</c><00:30:05.740><c> people</c><00:30:05.980><c> for</c>

00:30:06.180 --> 00:30:10.700
money,<00:30:06.859><c> threatening</c><00:30:07.140><c> a</c><00:30:07.339><c> punch</c><00:30:07.559><c> in</c><00:30:07.700><c> the</c><00:30:07.819><c> nose,</c><00:30:07.980><c> they</c><00:30:08.079><c> didn't</c><00:30:08.299><c> give</c><00:30:08.440><c> it.</c><00:30:09.980><c> He</c><00:30:10.160><c> was</c><00:30:10.339><c> in</c><00:30:10.420><c> a</c>

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deep<00:30:11.140><c> state</c><00:30:11.819><c> of</c><00:30:12.079><c> contrition.</c>

00:30:13.079 --> 00:30:17.599
He<00:30:13.359><c> looked</c><00:30:13.660><c> at</c><00:30:13.880><c> him</c><00:30:14.119><c> and</c><00:30:14.599><c> still</c><00:30:15.440><c> despised</c><00:30:16.119><c> him.</c><00:30:17.059><c> What</c><00:30:17.259><c> sort</c><00:30:17.480><c> of</c>

00:30:17.599 --> 00:30:20.460
an<00:30:17.740><c> attitude</c><00:30:17.980><c> is</c><00:30:18.240><c> that?</c><00:30:19.480><c> One</c><00:30:19.680><c> can</c><00:30:19.940><c> understand,</c>

00:30:20.460 --> 00:30:25.940
brothers<00:30:20.799><c> and</c><00:30:21.019><c> sisters,</c><00:30:21.380><c> at</c><00:30:21.460><c> times,</c><00:30:21.740><c> I</c><00:30:21.900><c> suppose,</c><00:30:22.619><c> when</c><00:30:22.779><c> people</c><00:30:23.299><c> manifest</c><00:30:23.839><c> a</c><00:30:24.140><c> brazen,</c><00:30:25.759><c> an</c>

00:30:25.940 --> 00:30:26.900
unrepentant<00:30:26.519><c> attitude,</c>

00:30:26.940 --> 00:30:31.660
an<00:30:27.200><c> arrogant</c><00:30:27.460><c> attitude,</c><00:30:27.980><c> one</c><00:30:28.220><c> perhaps</c><00:30:28.519><c> can</c><00:30:28.779><c> understand</c><00:30:29.460><c> people</c><00:30:30.079><c> thinking</c><00:30:30.640><c> contemptuously</c><00:30:31.440><c> of</c>

00:30:31.660 --> 00:30:33.359
them.<00:30:32.880><c> But</c><00:30:33.160><c> that</c>

00:30:33.359 --> 00:30:38.359
man<00:30:33.460><c> wasn't</c><00:30:33.700><c> like</c><00:30:34.000><c> that.</c><00:30:34.859><c> He</c><00:30:35.059><c> would</c><00:30:35.240><c> have</c><00:30:35.339><c> been</c><00:30:35.500><c> a</c><00:30:35.819><c> pitiful</c><00:30:36.279><c> sight.</c><00:30:37.660><c> And</c><00:30:37.940><c> he</c>

00:30:38.359 --> 00:30:40.740
still<00:30:38.799><c> despised</c><00:30:39.400><c> him.</c><00:30:40.319><c> He</c><00:30:40.500><c> just</c><00:30:40.599><c> goes,</c>

00:30:40.740 --> 00:30:43.700
it<00:30:40.880><c> wasn't</c><00:30:41.160><c> so</c><00:30:41.420><c> much</c><00:30:41.660><c> either</c><00:30:42.099><c> that</c><00:30:42.400><c> he</c><00:30:42.640><c> despised</c><00:30:43.059><c> him.</c><00:30:43.440><c> It</c><00:30:43.539><c> was</c>

00:30:43.700 --> 00:30:46.180
because<00:30:43.900><c> he</c><00:30:44.079><c> felt</c><00:30:44.279><c> so</c><00:30:44.619><c> highly</c><00:30:44.859><c> about</c><00:30:45.059><c> himself.</c>

00:30:46.559 --> 00:30:50.579
He<00:30:46.920><c> saw</c><00:30:47.180><c> that</c><00:30:47.640><c> other</c><00:30:47.819><c> man</c><00:30:48.039><c> by</c><00:30:48.400><c> contrast.</c><00:30:49.960><c> And</c><00:30:50.200><c> now</c><00:30:50.339><c> he's</c><00:30:50.460><c> going</c>

00:30:50.579 --> 00:30:53.200
to<00:30:50.740><c> tell</c><00:30:50.920><c> God</c><00:30:51.200><c> what</c><00:30:51.400><c> makes</c><00:30:52.279><c> him</c><00:30:52.480><c> such</c><00:30:52.680><c> a</c><00:30:52.839><c> wonderful</c>

00:30:53.200 --> 00:30:57.160
servant.<00:30:54.500><c> I</c><00:30:54.660><c> fast</c><00:30:54.920><c> twice</c><00:30:55.319><c> in</c><00:30:55.539><c> the</c><00:30:55.640><c> week.</c><00:30:56.700><c> You</c><00:30:56.819><c> know</c><00:30:56.940><c> what</c><00:30:56.960><c> that</c>

00:30:57.160 --> 00:30:59.920
did?<00:30:58.299><c> Well,</c><00:30:58.660><c> it</c><00:30:58.740><c> would</c><00:30:58.740><c> take</c><00:30:58.859><c> 52</c><00:30:59.279><c> weeks.</c><00:30:59.759><c> That's</c>

00:30:59.920 --> 00:31:04.880
104<00:31:00.420><c> times</c><00:31:00.980><c> he</c><00:31:01.200><c> fasted.</c><00:31:02.740><c> You</c><00:31:02.880><c> know</c><00:31:02.960><c> what</c><00:31:02.960><c> that</c><00:31:03.119><c> meant,</c><00:31:03.579><c> brothers</c><00:31:03.599><c> and</c><00:31:03.839><c> sisters?</c><00:31:04.420><c> That</c><00:31:04.680><c> he</c>

00:31:04.880 --> 00:31:07.099
had<00:31:05.180><c> fasted</c><00:31:05.859><c> 103</c><00:31:06.519><c> times</c>

00:31:07.099 --> 00:31:11.079
more<00:31:07.539><c> than</c><00:31:07.839><c> the</c><00:31:08.039><c> law</c><00:31:08.160><c> of</c><00:31:08.299><c> Moses</c><00:31:08.640><c> told</c><00:31:08.940><c> him</c><00:31:09.180><c> he</c><00:31:09.259><c> should.</c><00:31:10.839><c> He'd</c>

00:31:11.079 --> 00:31:13.059
done<00:31:11.099><c> 103</c><00:31:11.759><c> more</c><00:31:12.140><c> times</c><00:31:12.440><c> than</c><00:31:12.579><c> he</c><00:31:12.680><c> ought</c><00:31:12.859><c> to</c><00:31:12.940><c> have</c>

00:31:13.059 --> 00:31:16.619
done<00:31:13.200><c> it.</c><00:31:14.339><c> The</c><00:31:14.519><c> law</c><00:31:14.640><c> only</c><00:31:14.940><c> knew</c><00:31:15.079><c> of</c><00:31:15.279><c> one</c><00:31:15.539><c> fast,</c><00:31:16.380><c> and</c><00:31:16.460><c> that</c><00:31:16.480><c> was</c>

00:31:16.619 --> 00:31:19.960
the<00:31:16.700><c> Day</c><00:31:16.920><c> of</c><00:31:17.019><c> Atonement.</c><00:31:18.500><c> But</c><00:31:18.680><c> he's</c><00:31:18.799><c> done</c><00:31:18.980><c> 103</c><00:31:19.599><c> more</c>

00:31:19.960 --> 00:31:23.859
than<00:31:20.140><c> that.</c><00:31:21.299><c> So</c><00:31:21.440><c> he's</c><00:31:21.579><c> done</c><00:31:21.740><c> more</c><00:31:22.019><c> than</c><00:31:22.140><c> God's</c><00:31:22.559><c> asked</c><00:31:22.740><c> of</c><00:31:22.960><c> him.</c>

00:31:23.980 --> 00:31:26.059
He<00:31:24.200><c> really</c><00:31:24.500><c> felt</c><00:31:24.720><c> that</c><00:31:24.859><c> he</c><00:31:24.900><c> was</c><00:31:25.079><c> way</c><00:31:25.319><c> above</c><00:31:25.619><c> God's</c>

00:31:26.059 --> 00:31:29.619
law.<00:31:26.460><c> He</c><00:31:26.779><c> really</c><00:31:27.099><c> felt</c><00:31:27.359><c> that</c><00:31:27.539><c> he</c><00:31:28.240><c> went</c><00:31:28.380><c> beyond</c><00:31:28.759><c> the</c><00:31:29.019><c> bounds</c><00:31:29.259><c> of</c>

00:31:29.619 --> 00:31:33.640
duty.<00:31:31.380><c> And</c><00:31:31.619><c> why</c><00:31:31.779><c> did</c><00:31:31.859><c> they</c><00:31:32.079><c> fast</c><00:31:32.339><c> twice</c><00:31:32.640><c> a</c><00:31:32.859><c> week?</c>

00:31:34.500 --> 00:31:37.059
Well,<00:31:34.980><c> brothers</c><00:31:35.259><c> and</c><00:31:35.440><c> sisters,</c><00:31:35.640><c> they</c><00:31:35.839><c> fasted</c><00:31:36.160><c> on</c><00:31:36.339><c> Monday</c><00:31:36.740><c> and</c>

00:31:37.059 --> 00:31:38.539
Thursday,<00:31:37.579><c> you</c><00:31:37.759><c> see,</c><00:31:37.960><c> of</c><00:31:38.000><c> each</c><00:31:38.259><c> week,</c>

00:31:38.640 --> 00:31:41.940
did<00:31:38.819><c> the</c><00:31:39.079><c> Pharisees.</c><00:31:39.599><c> And</c><00:31:39.940><c> why</c><00:31:40.140><c> did</c><00:31:40.240><c> they</c><00:31:40.420><c> do</c><00:31:40.619><c> that?</c><00:31:41.599><c> Well,</c><00:31:41.819><c> it</c>

00:31:41.940 --> 00:31:46.079
was<00:31:42.160><c> a</c><00:31:42.359><c> celebration</c><00:31:43.059><c> by</c><00:31:44.299><c> that</c><00:31:44.539><c> fast</c><00:31:44.819><c> of</c><00:31:45.059><c> Moses</c>

00:31:46.180 --> 00:31:50.779
up<00:31:46.500><c> and</c><00:31:46.700><c> down</c><00:31:46.859><c> the</c><00:31:47.019><c> mountain,</c><00:31:47.339><c> you</c><00:31:47.500><c> see,</c><00:31:48.559><c> ascending</c><00:31:48.900><c> and</c><00:31:49.160><c> descending</c><00:31:49.619><c> Mount</c><00:31:49.920><c> Sinai,</c><00:31:50.400><c> which</c><00:31:50.599><c> he</c>

00:31:50.779 --> 00:31:52.279
did<00:31:51.079><c> seven</c><00:31:51.500><c> times.</c>

00:31:52.579 --> 00:31:57.900
And<00:31:52.920><c> on</c><00:31:53.019><c> one</c><00:31:53.220><c> occasion,</c><00:31:53.799><c> he</c><00:31:54.099><c> fasted</c><00:31:54.559><c> for</c><00:31:54.799><c> 40</c><00:31:55.079><c> days.</c><00:31:57.700><c> Wouldn't</c>

00:31:57.900 --> 00:32:00.000
you<00:31:58.140><c> think</c><00:31:58.380><c> the</c><00:31:58.680><c> Pharisee</c><00:31:58.980><c> would</c><00:31:59.140><c> think</c><00:31:59.359><c> to</c>

00:32:00.099 --> 00:32:05.119
himself<00:32:00.500><c> for</c><00:32:00.900><c> one</c><00:32:01.160><c> day</c><00:32:01.359><c> without</c><00:32:01.720><c> food</c><00:32:02.279><c> as</c><00:32:03.559><c> against</c><00:32:03.839><c> 40</c><00:32:04.200><c> days?</c>

00:32:06.279 --> 00:32:10.140
So<00:32:06.579><c> if</c><00:32:07.880><c> he</c><00:32:08.359><c> was</c><00:32:08.660><c> like</c><00:32:09.079><c> a</c><00:32:09.319><c> mathematician</c><00:32:09.799><c> saying,</c>

00:32:10.140 --> 00:32:14.480
well,<00:32:10.339><c> I've</c><00:32:10.519><c> done</c><00:32:10.640><c> 103</c><00:32:11.319><c> fasts</c><00:32:11.880><c> more</c><00:32:12.079><c> than</c><00:32:12.240><c> the</c><00:32:12.420><c> law</c><00:32:12.599><c> says.</c><00:32:13.380><c> Well,</c><00:32:13.500><c> Moses</c><00:32:13.940><c> had</c>

00:32:14.480 --> 00:32:17.220
39<00:32:15.059><c> extra</c><00:32:15.460><c> days</c><00:32:15.720><c> on</c><00:32:15.920><c> top</c><00:32:16.059><c> of</c><00:32:16.220><c> his</c><00:32:16.400><c> one.</c>

00:32:18.640 --> 00:32:20.900
I'm<00:32:19.039><c> the</c><00:32:19.119><c> sort</c><00:32:19.220><c> of</c><00:32:19.380><c> person</c><00:32:19.579><c> that</c><00:32:19.740><c> I</c><00:32:19.880><c> could</c><00:32:19.980><c> go</c><00:32:20.160><c> without</c><00:32:20.500><c> food</c><00:32:20.619><c> without</c><00:32:20.819><c> a</c>

00:32:20.900 --> 00:32:22.319
day<00:32:20.980><c> and</c><00:32:21.079><c> would</c><00:32:21.200><c> not</c><00:32:21.380><c> notice</c><00:32:21.619><c> it.</c><00:32:21.920><c> I</c>

00:32:22.319 --> 00:32:24.339
couldn't<00:32:22.519><c> care</c><00:32:22.700><c> less</c><00:32:22.940><c> for</c><00:32:23.160><c> food.</c><00:32:23.220><c> I</c><00:32:23.400><c> wouldn't</c><00:32:23.680><c> count</c><00:32:23.940><c> that</c><00:32:24.099><c> as</c>

00:32:24.339 --> 00:32:25.500
a<00:32:24.440><c> fast</c><00:32:24.619><c> at</c><00:32:24.940><c> all.</c><00:32:25.240><c> As</c><00:32:25.279><c> a</c><00:32:25.339><c> matter</c><00:32:25.359><c> of</c><00:32:25.460><c> fact,</c>

00:32:25.500 --> 00:32:32.220
count<00:32:25.900><c> as</c><00:32:26.160><c> a</c><00:32:26.220><c> blessing.</c><00:32:27.720><c> But</c><00:32:27.859><c> they</c><00:32:28.059><c> thought</c><00:32:28.200><c> that</c><00:32:28.359><c> was</c><00:32:28.519><c> wonderful,</c><00:32:30.059><c> absolutely</c><00:32:30.599><c> wonderful.</c><00:32:32.039><c> And</c>

00:32:32.220 --> 00:32:32.680
they<00:32:32.420><c> felt</c>

00:32:32.680 --> 00:32:35.299
that<00:32:32.900><c> they'd</c><00:32:33.180><c> gone</c><00:32:33.299><c> way</c><00:32:33.759><c> beyond</c><00:32:34.140><c> what</c><00:32:34.339><c> the</c><00:32:34.500><c> law</c><00:32:34.660><c> of</c><00:32:34.779><c> Moses</c><00:32:35.039><c> had</c>

00:32:35.299 --> 00:32:36.900
said.<00:32:35.640><c> You</c><00:32:35.740><c> know,</c><00:32:35.839><c> you</c><00:32:36.000><c> come</c><00:32:36.160><c> back</c><00:32:36.339><c> to</c><00:32:36.480><c> Zechariah</c>

00:32:36.900 --> 00:32:40.359
chapter<00:32:37.200><c> seven,</c><00:32:37.720><c> brothers</c><00:32:37.819><c> and</c><00:32:38.019><c> sisters,</c><00:32:38.380><c> you</c><00:32:38.660><c> imagine</c><00:32:39.220><c> this,</c><00:32:40.200><c> that</c>

00:32:40.359 --> 00:32:42.660
when<00:32:40.559><c> Israel</c><00:32:40.940><c> were</c><00:32:41.140><c> in</c><00:32:41.380><c> captivity,</c><00:32:42.059><c> how</c><00:32:42.259><c> they</c>

00:32:42.660 --> 00:32:45.940
thought<00:32:42.980><c> about</c><00:32:43.279><c> this.</c><00:32:43.720><c> They</c><00:32:43.980><c> added</c><00:32:44.400><c> three</c><00:32:44.900><c> more</c><00:32:45.319><c> fasts,</c><00:32:45.759><c> you</c>

00:32:45.940 --> 00:32:50.559
know,<00:32:47.359><c> of</c><00:32:47.660><c> their</c><00:32:47.900><c> own</c><00:32:48.180><c> making</c><00:32:48.599><c> and</c><00:32:49.940><c> kept</c><00:32:50.220><c> them</c>

00:32:50.559 --> 00:32:54.759
meticulously<00:32:51.299><c> in</c><00:32:51.579><c> captivity.</c><00:32:53.839><c> Now</c><00:32:53.920><c> you</c><00:32:54.079><c> think</c><00:32:54.279><c> about</c><00:32:54.539><c> this,</c>

00:32:54.799 --> 00:32:56.119
in<00:32:55.000><c> Zechariah</c><00:32:55.420><c> chapter</c><00:32:55.740><c> seven,</c>

00:32:56.279 --> 00:32:58.559
and<00:32:56.519><c> they</c><00:32:56.720><c> came</c><00:32:57.000><c> to</c><00:32:57.160><c> the</c><00:32:57.359><c> prophet,</c><00:32:57.579><c> they</c><00:32:57.759><c> thought,</c><00:32:58.099><c> we're</c><00:32:58.279><c> back</c><00:32:58.440><c> in</c>

00:32:58.559 --> 00:32:59.920
the<00:32:58.720><c> land</c><00:32:58.859><c> now,</c><00:32:59.099><c> perhaps</c><00:32:59.420><c> we</c><00:32:59.720><c> didn't</c>

00:32:59.920 --> 00:33:02.759
want<00:33:00.039><c> to</c><00:33:00.200><c> fast</c><00:33:00.440><c> anymore.</c><00:33:01.420><c> And</c><00:33:01.539><c> so</c><00:33:01.660><c> in</c><00:33:01.839><c> chapter</c><00:33:02.059><c> seven,</c><00:33:02.559><c> verses</c>

00:33:02.759 --> 00:33:05.700
four<00:33:03.079><c> to</c><00:33:03.200><c> six,</c><00:33:04.279><c> when</c><00:33:04.559><c> these</c><00:33:04.759><c> men</c><00:33:05.000><c> came</c><00:33:05.339><c> to</c><00:33:05.500><c> say,</c>

00:33:05.759 --> 00:33:08.500
should<00:33:05.920><c> we</c><00:33:06.160><c> fast,</c><00:33:06.980><c> take</c><00:33:07.200><c> verse</c><00:33:07.500><c> one,</c><00:33:07.700><c> and</c><00:33:07.839><c> it</c><00:33:07.940><c> came</c><00:33:08.119><c> to</c><00:33:08.339><c> pass</c>

00:33:08.500 --> 00:33:10.500
in<00:33:08.660><c> the</c><00:33:08.819><c> fourth</c><00:33:09.039><c> year</c><00:33:09.220><c> of</c><00:33:09.380><c> King</c><00:33:09.539><c> Darius,</c>

00:33:10.539 --> 00:33:13.299
that<00:33:10.619><c> the</c><00:33:10.740><c> word</c><00:33:10.900><c> of</c><00:33:11.119><c> Yahweh</c><00:33:11.359><c> came</c><00:33:11.619><c> unto</c><00:33:11.819><c> Zechariah</c><00:33:12.380><c> in</c><00:33:12.559><c> the</c><00:33:12.779><c> fourth</c><00:33:13.000><c> day</c><00:33:13.200><c> of</c>

00:33:13.299 --> 00:33:15.299
the<00:33:13.440><c> ninth</c><00:33:13.660><c> month</c><00:33:13.859><c> in</c><00:33:14.480><c> Chisleu,</c>

00:33:15.299 --> 00:33:17.819
when<00:33:15.599><c> they</c><00:33:15.779><c> had</c><00:33:15.980><c> sent</c><00:33:16.119><c> unto</c><00:33:16.319><c> the</c><00:33:16.619><c> house</c><00:33:16.880><c> of</c><00:33:17.079><c> God,</c><00:33:17.319><c> Shereezah</c>

00:33:17.819 --> 00:33:20.380
and<00:33:18.000><c> Rig</c><00:33:18.240><c> Emilek,</c><00:33:19.619><c> and</c><00:33:19.799><c> their</c><00:33:19.960><c> men</c><00:33:20.180><c> to</c>

00:33:20.380 --> 00:33:23.160
pray<00:33:20.640><c> before</c><00:33:21.079><c> Yahweh,</c><00:33:21.440><c> and</c><00:33:21.539><c> to</c><00:33:21.759><c> speak</c><00:33:22.000><c> unto</c><00:33:22.259><c> the</c><00:33:22.480><c> priests</c><00:33:22.700><c> which</c><00:33:22.859><c> were</c><00:33:23.039><c> in</c>

00:33:23.160 --> 00:33:24.779
the<00:33:23.319><c> house</c><00:33:23.599><c> of</c><00:33:23.779><c> Yahweh</c><00:33:24.200><c> of</c><00:33:24.440><c> armies,</c>

00:33:25.279 --> 00:33:27.799
and<00:33:25.480><c> to</c><00:33:25.640><c> the</c><00:33:25.819><c> prophet</c><00:33:25.980><c> saying,</c><00:33:26.539><c> should</c><00:33:26.799><c> I</c><00:33:27.079><c> weep</c><00:33:27.279><c> in</c><00:33:27.440><c> the</c><00:33:27.599><c> fifth</c>

00:33:27.799 --> 00:33:30.160
month,<00:33:28.640><c> separating</c><00:33:28.960><c> as</c><00:33:29.200><c> I</c><00:33:29.319><c> have</c><00:33:29.440><c> done</c><00:33:29.640><c> so</c><00:33:29.920><c> many</c>

00:33:30.160 --> 00:33:32.359
years,<00:33:30.420><c> and</c><00:33:30.640><c> so</c><00:33:30.819><c> on.</c><00:33:30.960><c> And</c><00:33:31.099><c> so</c><00:33:31.180><c> they</c><00:33:31.319><c> were</c><00:33:31.440><c> three</c><00:33:31.740><c> extra</c><00:33:32.180><c> fasts.</c>

00:33:32.380 --> 00:33:34.579
They<00:33:32.519><c> said,</c><00:33:32.920><c> look,</c><00:33:33.180><c> we've</c><00:33:33.500><c> been</c><00:33:33.859><c> fasting</c><00:33:34.259><c> in</c>

00:33:34.579 --> 00:33:37.980
captivity<00:33:34.940><c> because,</c><00:33:35.619><c> you</c><00:33:36.039><c> know,</c><00:33:36.400><c> we're</c><00:33:36.819><c> in</c><00:33:37.079><c> captivity,</c><00:33:37.559><c> we've</c><00:33:37.819><c> lost</c>

00:33:37.980 --> 00:33:39.440
our<00:33:38.259><c> city,</c><00:33:38.480><c> we've</c><00:33:38.720><c> lost</c><00:33:38.880><c> our</c><00:33:39.119><c> nation,</c>

00:33:39.599 --> 00:33:42.420
and<00:33:39.859><c> we've</c><00:33:40.240><c> fasted</c><00:33:40.539><c> before</c><00:33:40.920><c> God</c><00:33:41.140><c> to</c><00:33:41.339><c> impress</c><00:33:41.700><c> him</c><00:33:41.980><c> with</c><00:33:42.240><c> the</c>

00:33:42.420 --> 00:33:44.039
fact<00:33:42.579><c> that</c><00:33:42.720><c> we're</c><00:33:42.880><c> very,</c><00:33:43.140><c> very</c><00:33:43.400><c> sorry</c><00:33:43.619><c> about</c><00:33:43.859><c> this,</c>

00:33:44.039 --> 00:33:47.140
and<00:33:44.180><c> we're</c><00:33:44.299><c> looking</c><00:33:44.539><c> for</c><00:33:44.819><c> deliverance.</c><00:33:45.660><c> Now,</c><00:33:45.799><c> should</c><00:33:45.960><c> we</c><00:33:46.200><c> continue?</c><00:33:46.559><c> Because</c><00:33:46.680><c> here</c><00:33:46.859><c> we</c><00:33:47.039><c> are,</c>

00:33:47.200 --> 00:33:50.160
we're<00:33:47.319><c> back</c><00:33:47.480><c> in</c><00:33:47.559><c> the</c><00:33:47.759><c> land.</c><00:33:48.359><c> God's</c><00:33:48.720><c> answered</c><00:33:48.940><c> our</c><00:33:49.220><c> prayers.</c>

00:33:50.240 --> 00:33:53.839
This<00:33:50.460><c> is</c><00:33:50.640><c> the</c><00:33:50.819><c> answer</c><00:33:51.000><c> they</c><00:33:51.240><c> got.</c><00:33:52.500><c> Verse</c><00:33:52.740><c> four,</c>

00:33:54.059 --> 00:33:56.940
then<00:33:54.259><c> came</c><00:33:54.579><c> the</c><00:33:54.700><c> word</c><00:33:54.900><c> of</c><00:33:55.099><c> Yahweh</c><00:33:55.400><c> of</c><00:33:55.599><c> armies</c><00:33:55.819><c> unto</c><00:33:56.019><c> me</c><00:33:56.259><c> saying,</c><00:33:56.759><c> speak</c>

00:33:56.940 --> 00:33:58.339
unto<00:33:57.180><c> all</c><00:33:57.440><c> the</c><00:33:57.660><c> people</c><00:33:57.799><c> of</c><00:33:57.940><c> the</c><00:33:58.119><c> land,</c>

00:33:58.460 --> 00:34:01.519
and<00:33:58.500><c> to</c><00:33:58.640><c> the</c><00:33:58.859><c> priest</c><00:33:59.059><c> saying,</c><00:34:00.339><c> when</c><00:34:00.480><c> ye</c><00:34:00.720><c> fasted</c><00:34:01.180><c> and</c><00:34:01.359><c> mourned</c>

00:34:01.519 --> 00:34:03.640
in<00:34:01.700><c> the</c><00:34:01.880><c> fifth</c><00:34:02.240><c> and</c><00:34:02.700><c> in</c><00:34:02.920><c> the</c><00:34:03.039><c> seventh</c><00:34:03.279><c> month,</c>

00:34:03.779 --> 00:34:09.659
even<00:34:04.039><c> those</c><00:34:04.900><c> seventy</c><00:34:05.299><c> years,</c><00:34:07.240><c> did</c><00:34:07.539><c> ye</c><00:34:07.720><c> at</c><00:34:07.859><c> all</c><00:34:08.059><c> fast</c><00:34:08.380><c> unto</c><00:34:08.639><c> me,</c>

00:34:09.980 --> 00:34:14.519
even<00:34:10.360><c> to</c><00:34:10.679><c> me?</c><00:34:12.599><c> Imagine</c><00:34:13.059><c> the</c><00:34:13.280><c> revelation</c><00:34:13.719><c> of</c><00:34:13.980><c> that.</c>

00:34:15.360 --> 00:34:20.460
People<00:34:15.840><c> say,</c><00:34:16.659><c> the</c><00:34:16.960><c> Bible's</c><00:34:17.380><c> dramatic.</c><00:34:17.840><c> Is</c><00:34:17.980><c> it</c><00:34:18.139><c> ever</c><00:34:18.280><c> dramatic?</c><00:34:19.360><c> You</c><00:34:19.599><c> imagine</c><00:34:19.920><c> turning</c><00:34:20.260><c> up</c>

00:34:20.460 --> 00:34:21.719
in<00:34:20.579><c> the</c><00:34:20.760><c> temple,</c>

00:34:21.760 --> 00:34:25.539
Regan,<00:34:22.300><c> Melek,</c><00:34:22.599><c> and</c><00:34:22.840><c> Shariza,</c><00:34:23.320><c> the</c><00:34:23.519><c> two</c><00:34:23.699><c> men</c><00:34:23.980><c> sent</c><00:34:24.219><c> as</c><00:34:24.420><c> a</c><00:34:24.579><c> delegation</c><00:34:25.059><c> to</c>

00:34:25.539 --> 00:34:26.800
seek<00:34:25.800><c> the</c><00:34:26.000><c> word</c><00:34:26.099><c> of</c><00:34:26.260><c> the</c><00:34:26.480><c> priests</c><00:34:26.659><c> and</c>

00:34:26.800 --> 00:34:29.219
the<00:34:27.019><c> prophets.</c><00:34:27.860><c> Now,</c><00:34:28.079><c> look,</c><00:34:28.300><c> brethren,</c><00:34:28.500><c> we've</c><00:34:28.739><c> been</c><00:34:28.900><c> fasting</c>

00:34:29.219 --> 00:34:32.420
all<00:34:29.460><c> this</c><00:34:29.659><c> time</c><00:34:29.820><c> for</c><00:34:30.039><c> seventy</c><00:34:30.320><c> years.</c><00:34:31.860><c> Ask</c><00:34:32.139><c> God,</c>

00:34:32.679 --> 00:34:35.719
we<00:34:33.099><c> shouldn't</c><00:34:33.300><c> go</c><00:34:33.500><c> on</c><00:34:33.579><c> with</c><00:34:33.699><c> this,</c><00:34:34.019><c> should</c><00:34:34.019><c> we?</c><00:34:34.179><c> Because</c><00:34:34.659><c> we're</c><00:34:35.179><c> really</c><00:34:35.420><c> back</c>

00:34:35.719 --> 00:34:36.599
here<00:34:35.960><c> now</c><00:34:36.179><c> when</c><00:34:36.340><c> the</c>

00:34:36.599 --> 00:34:39.380
captivity's<00:34:37.179><c> over.</c><00:34:37.760><c> Perhaps</c><00:34:38.000><c> it's</c><00:34:38.320><c> incongruous</c><00:34:38.780><c> to</c><00:34:39.000><c> do</c><00:34:39.119><c> it.</c>

00:34:39.480 --> 00:34:43.780
And<00:34:39.639><c> the</c><00:34:39.800><c> answer</c><00:34:40.000><c> comes</c><00:34:40.320><c> back.</c><00:34:41.679><c> God</c><00:34:42.000><c> has</c><00:34:42.480><c> been</c><00:34:42.699><c> aware</c>

00:34:44.199 --> 00:34:48.019
He's<00:34:44.719><c> not</c><00:34:44.920><c> aware</c><00:34:45.360><c> that</c><00:34:45.579><c> you</c><00:34:45.699><c> were</c><00:34:45.920><c> fasting.</c><00:34:47.179><c> Seventy</c><00:34:47.599><c> years</c>

00:34:48.019 --> 00:34:51.860
wasted.<00:34:50.559><c> Seventy</c><00:34:51.079><c> years</c>

00:34:51.860 --> 00:34:58.420
for<00:34:52.500><c> nothing.</c><00:34:53.900><c> It's</c><00:34:54.099><c> like</c><00:34:54.280><c> going</c><00:34:54.599><c> to</c><00:34:54.800><c> the</c><00:34:54.960><c> judgment</c><00:34:55.280><c> seat,</c><00:34:55.699><c> brothers</c><00:34:55.820><c> and</c><00:34:56.099><c> sisters,</c><00:34:56.380><c> isn't</c><00:34:56.519><c> that?</c><00:34:57.880><c> And</c><00:34:58.019><c> saying</c><00:34:58.260><c> to</c>

00:34:58.420 --> 00:35:02.320
our<00:34:58.659><c> Lord,</c><00:35:00.300><c> like</c><00:35:00.500><c> in</c><00:35:00.800><c> my</c><00:35:00.960><c> own</c><00:35:01.139><c> case,</c><00:35:01.400><c> going</c><00:35:01.539><c> to</c><00:35:01.800><c> the</c><00:35:01.940><c> Lord</c><00:35:02.099><c> and</c>

00:35:02.320 --> 00:35:04.980
saying,<00:35:02.699><c> I've</c><00:35:02.960><c> been</c><00:35:03.280><c> forty</c><00:35:03.699><c> years,</c><00:35:04.239><c> three</c><00:35:04.539><c> years</c><00:35:04.820><c> in</c>

00:35:04.980 --> 00:35:09.019
the<00:35:05.219><c> truth</c><00:35:05.360><c> to</c><00:35:05.559><c> hear</c><00:35:05.659><c> the</c><00:35:05.860><c> words,</c><00:35:06.920><c> I</c><00:35:07.000><c> never</c><00:35:07.239><c> knew</c><00:35:07.480><c> you.</c><00:35:08.500><c> Forty</c>

00:35:09.019 --> 00:35:12.760
-three<00:35:09.260><c> years!</c><00:35:10.519><c> I've</c><00:35:10.880><c> been</c><00:35:11.000><c> deluded</c><00:35:11.400><c> all</c><00:35:11.639><c> that</c><00:35:11.860><c> time.</c>

00:35:13.019 --> 00:35:19.219
This<00:35:13.460><c> was</c><00:35:13.820><c> seventy</c><00:35:14.420><c> years!</c><00:35:15.800><c> And</c><00:35:15.860><c> here's</c><00:35:16.059><c> this</c><00:35:16.260><c> guy</c><00:35:16.579><c> telling</c><00:35:16.900><c> God</c><00:35:17.260><c> that</c><00:35:17.420><c> he's</c><00:35:17.659><c> fast</c><00:35:17.780><c> twice</c><00:35:18.139><c> a</c><00:35:18.340><c> week.</c>

00:35:19.400 --> 00:35:22.920
And<00:35:19.460><c> the</c><00:35:19.599><c> record</c><00:35:19.820><c> says</c><00:35:20.019><c> he's</c><00:35:20.260><c> talking</c><00:35:20.380><c> to</c><00:35:20.519><c> himself.</c><00:35:22.179><c> He'd</c><00:35:22.340><c> have</c><00:35:22.400><c> been</c><00:35:22.539><c> just</c><00:35:22.719><c> as</c>

00:35:22.920 --> 00:35:23.579
well<00:35:23.019><c> to</c><00:35:23.159><c> go</c><00:35:23.239><c> out</c><00:35:23.320><c> and</c><00:35:23.380><c> have</c><00:35:23.460><c> a</c>

00:35:23.579 --> 00:35:25.500
three<00:35:23.780><c>-course</c><00:35:24.019><c> meal</c><00:35:24.239><c> three</c><00:35:24.480><c> or</c><00:35:24.559><c> four</c><00:35:24.780><c> times</c><00:35:25.000><c> a</c><00:35:25.179><c> day,</c><00:35:25.440><c> wouldn't</c>

00:35:25.500 --> 00:35:27.659
he?<00:35:25.739><c> Wasting</c><00:35:26.139><c> time.</c><00:35:26.539><c> He's</c><00:35:26.820><c> just</c><00:35:27.000><c> wasting</c><00:35:27.340><c> his</c>

00:35:27.659 --> 00:35:31.199
time.<00:35:28.880><c> And</c><00:35:28.980><c> how</c><00:35:29.139><c> many</c><00:35:29.400><c> prayers,</c><00:35:29.780><c> brothers</c><00:35:30.139><c> and</c><00:35:30.400><c> sisters,</c><00:35:31.000><c> has</c>

00:35:31.199 --> 00:35:33.659
emanated<00:35:31.639><c> from</c><00:35:31.880><c> our</c><00:35:32.119><c> lips</c><00:35:32.380><c> that</c><00:35:32.719><c> have</c><00:35:32.900><c> never</c><00:35:33.179><c> reached</c>

00:35:33.659 --> 00:35:36.840
heaven,<00:35:34.539><c> that</c><00:35:34.699><c> have</c><00:35:34.800><c> never,</c><00:35:35.019><c> ever</c><00:35:35.179><c> been</c><00:35:35.480><c> heard?</c><00:35:36.360><c> How</c><00:35:36.579><c> many</c>

00:35:36.840 --> 00:35:38.880
prayers<00:35:37.199><c> from</c><00:35:37.480><c> this</c><00:35:37.699><c> platform</c><00:35:38.099><c> have</c><00:35:38.280><c> there</c><00:35:38.500><c> been</c>

00:35:38.880 --> 00:35:43.260
by<00:35:39.639><c> a</c><00:35:39.920><c> chairman</c><00:35:40.219><c> to</c><00:35:40.699><c> a</c><00:35:40.920><c> couple</c><00:35:41.139><c> of</c><00:35:41.300><c> hundred</c><00:35:41.480><c> people</c><00:35:41.860><c> out</c><00:35:42.079><c> there?</c><00:35:43.079><c> How</c>

00:35:43.260 --> 00:35:44.440
many<00:35:43.400><c> do</c><00:35:43.659><c> you</c><00:35:43.659><c> reckon,</c><00:35:43.920><c> on</c><00:35:44.099><c> average,</c>

00:35:44.639 --> 00:35:48.400
knowing<00:35:44.820><c> yourself,</c><00:35:45.699><c> would</c><00:35:45.820><c> be</c><00:35:46.039><c> with</c><00:35:46.280><c> that</c><00:35:46.599><c> chairman's</c><00:35:47.179><c> prayer</c><00:35:47.460><c> from</c>

00:35:48.400 --> 00:35:50.579
the<00:35:48.699><c> opening</c><00:35:48.920><c> syllable</c><00:35:49.280><c> to</c><00:35:49.460><c> the</c><00:35:49.639><c> last?</c>

00:35:50.880 --> 00:35:54.280
Answer<00:35:51.159><c> that</c><00:35:51.340><c> in</c><00:35:51.440><c> your</c><00:35:51.599><c> own</c><00:35:51.820><c> mind.</c><00:35:52.940><c> I</c><00:35:53.039><c> don't</c><00:35:53.320><c> know.</c><00:35:53.599><c> I</c><00:35:53.820><c> wouldn't</c><00:35:54.119><c> know.</c>

00:35:54.320 --> 00:35:55.840
I'm<00:35:54.519><c> not</c><00:35:54.619><c> here</c><00:35:54.840><c> to</c><00:35:55.400><c> judge</c><00:35:55.579><c> anyone.</c>

00:35:55.960 --> 00:35:58.619
I'm<00:35:56.099><c> just</c><00:35:56.300><c> saying,</c><00:35:56.679><c> I'm</c><00:35:56.860><c> asking</c><00:35:57.039><c> the</c><00:35:57.280><c> question.</c><00:35:57.739><c> How</c><00:35:57.900><c> many</c><00:35:58.119><c> prayers</c><00:35:58.480><c> do</c>

00:35:58.619 --> 00:35:59.960
you<00:35:58.739><c> reckon</c><00:35:59.159><c> that</c><00:35:59.480><c> God</c><00:35:59.599><c> has</c><00:35:59.840><c> heard</c>

00:35:59.960 --> 00:36:04.739
from<00:36:00.179><c> us</c><00:36:00.400><c> in</c><00:36:00.559><c> the</c><00:36:00.780><c> congregation</c><00:36:01.179><c> even?</c><00:36:02.239><c> How</c><00:36:02.420><c> many</c><00:36:02.619><c> prayers</c><00:36:02.860><c> have</c><00:36:03.059><c> you</c><00:36:03.260><c> seen</c><00:36:03.500><c> through</c><00:36:03.900><c> from</c><00:36:04.300><c> beginning</c><00:36:04.519><c> to</c>

00:36:04.739 --> 00:36:05.400
end?<00:36:05.219><c> Or</c>

00:36:05.400 --> 00:36:07.500
at<00:36:05.599><c> the</c><00:36:05.639><c> end,</c><00:36:05.960><c> perhaps,</c><00:36:06.219><c> you</c><00:36:06.239><c> might</c><00:36:06.500><c> just</c><00:36:06.860><c> join</c><00:36:07.019><c> in</c><00:36:07.199><c> to</c><00:36:07.320><c> say,</c>

00:36:07.519 --> 00:36:09.280
amen,<00:36:08.219><c> and</c><00:36:08.260><c> if</c><00:36:08.380><c> you</c><00:36:08.500><c> were</c><00:36:08.679><c> asked</c><00:36:08.780><c> what</c><00:36:08.940><c> the</c><00:36:09.139><c> brother</c>

00:36:09.280 --> 00:36:12.380
said,<00:36:09.500><c> you</c><00:36:09.579><c> wouldn't</c><00:36:09.780><c> have</c><00:36:09.940><c> a</c><00:36:10.199><c> clue.</c><00:36:11.519><c> That</c><00:36:11.679><c> would</c><00:36:11.920><c> never</c><00:36:12.179><c> be</c>

00:36:12.380 --> 00:36:14.619
heard<00:36:12.500><c> in</c><00:36:12.699><c> heaven,</c><00:36:12.920><c> would</c><00:36:13.019><c> it?</c><00:36:14.159><c> You</c><00:36:14.159><c> know,</c><00:36:14.480><c> brothers</c>

00:36:14.619 --> 00:36:16.599
and<00:36:14.820><c> sisters,</c><00:36:15.039><c> there's</c><00:36:15.199><c> got</c><00:36:15.340><c> to</c><00:36:15.420><c> be</c><00:36:15.559><c> a</c><00:36:15.679><c> sincerity</c><00:36:16.059><c> about</c><00:36:16.340><c> our</c>

00:36:16.599 --> 00:36:17.900
worship,<00:36:16.940><c> doesn't</c><00:36:17.059><c> it?</c><00:36:17.119><c> It's</c><00:36:17.260><c> got</c><00:36:17.320><c> to</c><00:36:17.440><c> come</c><00:36:17.579><c> from</c><00:36:17.719><c> in</c>

00:36:17.900 --> 00:36:23.460
here.<00:36:18.460><c> You've</c><00:36:18.639><c> got</c><00:36:18.639><c> to</c><00:36:18.820><c> mean</c><00:36:18.980><c> it.</c><00:36:20.760><c> These</c><00:36:21.099><c> fasts</c><00:36:21.659><c> are</c><00:36:21.800><c> just</c><00:36:22.159><c> useless.</c><00:36:23.300><c> God</c>

00:36:23.460 --> 00:36:25.099
says,<00:36:24.280><c> you</c><00:36:24.460><c> were</c><00:36:24.619><c> doing</c><00:36:24.719><c> it</c><00:36:24.980><c> to</c><00:36:24.980><c> me,</c>

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really<00:36:25.420><c> to</c><00:36:25.619><c> me,</c><00:36:25.860><c> were</c><00:36:25.940><c> you?</c><00:36:26.340><c> Oh,</c><00:36:27.320><c> I</c><00:36:27.320><c> wasn't</c><00:36:27.780><c> aware.</c><00:36:29.199><c> Seventy</c>

00:36:29.559 --> 00:36:32.679
years<00:36:30.059><c> of</c><00:36:30.300><c> it.</c><00:36:31.159><c> What</c><00:36:31.400><c> an</c><00:36:31.619><c> incredible</c><00:36:32.360><c> thing.</c>

00:36:32.679 --> 00:36:36.059
Now,<00:36:33.260><c> back</c><00:36:33.300><c> in</c><00:36:33.440><c> Luke</c><00:36:33.679><c> 18,</c><00:36:34.320><c> you</c><00:36:34.420><c> see</c><00:36:34.500><c> what</c><00:36:34.579><c> this</c><00:36:34.820><c> guy</c><00:36:34.960><c> was</c><00:36:35.159><c> saying?</c><00:36:35.480><c> He</c><00:36:35.480><c> said,</c><00:36:35.599><c> look,</c><00:36:35.860><c> I</c>

00:36:36.059 --> 00:36:36.980
fast<00:36:36.280><c> twice</c><00:36:36.619><c> in</c><00:36:36.800><c> a</c><00:36:36.880><c> week.</c>

00:36:37.179 --> 00:36:41.119
He<00:36:37.320><c> said,</c><00:36:37.460><c> I</c><00:36:37.619><c> give</c><00:36:37.860><c> tithes</c><00:36:38.179><c> of</c><00:36:38.300><c> all</c><00:36:38.519><c> I</c><00:36:38.780><c> possess.</c><00:36:40.039><c> The</c><00:36:40.360><c> Greek</c><00:36:40.500><c> really</c><00:36:40.780><c> means</c><00:36:40.960><c> of</c>

00:36:41.119 --> 00:36:43.599
all<00:36:41.340><c> I</c><00:36:41.699><c> acquire.</c><00:36:43.039><c> So</c><00:36:43.300><c> it</c><00:36:43.360><c> wasn't</c>

00:36:43.599 --> 00:36:46.440
only<00:36:43.880><c> what</c><00:36:43.980><c> he</c><00:36:44.179><c> possessed,</c><00:36:45.119><c> it's</c><00:36:45.260><c> his</c><00:36:45.500><c> income</c><00:36:45.760><c> and</c><00:36:45.920><c> everything,</c><00:36:46.099><c> what</c><00:36:46.219><c> he</c>

00:36:46.440 --> 00:36:47.539
acquired,<00:36:46.880><c> and</c><00:36:47.199><c> they</c><00:36:47.400><c> did,</c>

00:36:47.559 --> 00:36:50.139
brothers<00:36:47.860><c> and</c><00:36:48.079><c> sisters.</c><00:36:48.440><c> You</c><00:36:48.519><c> know,</c><00:36:48.639><c> they</c><00:36:48.820><c> did.</c><00:36:49.559><c> Why?</c><00:36:49.860><c> Jesus</c>

00:36:50.139 --> 00:36:52.920
said<00:36:50.340><c> in</c><00:36:50.460><c> Matthew</c><00:36:50.800><c> 23,</c><00:36:51.679><c> they</c><00:36:51.940><c> even</c><00:36:52.179><c> got</c><00:36:52.400><c> down</c><00:36:52.699><c> to</c>

00:36:52.920 --> 00:36:56.920
garden<00:36:53.300><c> herbs</c><00:36:53.880><c> to</c><00:36:54.679><c> tithe,</c><00:36:55.440><c> and</c><00:36:55.460><c> they</c><00:36:55.780><c> tithed</c><00:36:56.000><c> in</c><00:36:56.119><c> the</c><00:36:56.340><c> rue</c><00:36:56.500><c> and</c>

00:36:56.920 --> 00:37:01.840
the<00:36:57.239><c> common</c><00:36:57.500><c> and</c><00:36:57.719><c> all</c><00:36:58.739><c> sorts</c><00:36:59.019><c> of</c><00:36:59.960><c> little</c><00:37:00.179><c> tiny</c><00:37:00.940><c> garden</c>

00:37:02.219 --> 00:37:04.960
herbs,<00:37:02.619><c> grinding</c><00:37:03.019><c> up</c><00:37:03.340><c> leaves</c><00:37:03.559><c> and</c><00:37:03.719><c> little</c><00:37:03.960><c> pods</c><00:37:04.280><c> and</c><00:37:04.599><c> seeds,</c>

00:37:05.420 --> 00:37:07.019
and<00:37:05.539><c> hardly</c><00:37:05.780><c> see</c><00:37:06.019><c> them</c><00:37:06.159><c> with</c><00:37:06.340><c> an</c><00:37:06.480><c> naked</c><00:37:06.659><c> eye,</c>

00:37:07.179 --> 00:37:11.280
and<00:37:07.360><c> they</c><00:37:07.739><c> divided</c><00:37:08.059><c> them</c><00:37:08.300><c> into</c><00:37:08.480><c> a</c><00:37:08.739><c> tenth.</c><00:37:09.820><c> He</c><00:37:09.900><c> said,</c><00:37:10.099><c> oh,</c><00:37:10.539><c> I</c><00:37:11.039><c> go</c>

00:37:11.280 --> 00:37:13.739
beyond<00:37:11.619><c> the</c><00:37:11.860><c> law,</c><00:37:12.260><c> he</c><00:37:12.280><c> said.</c><00:37:12.880><c> I'm</c><00:37:13.280><c> not</c><00:37:13.360><c> one</c><00:37:13.480><c> of</c><00:37:13.539><c> these</c>

00:37:13.739 --> 00:37:17.340
people<00:37:13.960><c> that</c><00:37:14.119><c> just</c><00:37:14.340><c> give</c><00:37:14.460><c> to</c><00:37:14.639><c> God</c><00:37:14.739><c> what</c><00:37:14.920><c> he</c><00:37:15.119><c> wants.</c><00:37:15.579><c> I</c><00:37:15.980><c> give</c><00:37:16.219><c> him</c><00:37:16.519><c> more</c><00:37:16.960><c> than</c><00:37:17.139><c> he</c>

00:37:17.340 --> 00:37:19.079
wants.<00:37:18.360><c> The</c><00:37:18.559><c> law</c><00:37:18.739><c> has</c><00:37:18.940><c> said,</c>

00:37:19.099 --> 00:37:25.780
I<00:37:19.199><c> want</c><00:37:19.440><c> tithes</c><00:37:19.860><c> of</c><00:37:20.059><c> corn,</c><00:37:21.300><c> wine,</c><00:37:22.340><c> oil,</c><00:37:23.099><c> and</c><00:37:23.300><c> the</c><00:37:23.500><c> first</c><00:37:23.699><c> things</c><00:37:23.820><c> of</c><00:37:24.000><c> your</c><00:37:24.179><c> flock.</c><00:37:25.460><c> No,</c><00:37:25.659><c> in</c>

00:37:25.780 --> 00:37:26.519
the<00:37:25.920><c> Bible,</c><00:37:26.260><c> did</c><00:37:26.400><c> God</c>

00:37:26.519 --> 00:37:30.320
ask<00:37:26.840><c> them</c><00:37:27.239><c> to</c><00:37:27.599><c> divide</c><00:37:27.940><c> up</c><00:37:28.179><c> garden</c><00:37:28.539><c> herbs,</c><00:37:29.460><c> but</c><00:37:29.739><c> oh,</c><00:37:30.059><c> they're</c>

00:37:30.320 --> 00:37:32.300
so<00:37:30.559><c> tremendous,</c><00:37:31.179><c> these</c><00:37:31.300><c> people.</c>

00:37:33.679 --> 00:37:37.820
They<00:37:33.980><c> give</c><00:37:34.579><c> God</c><00:37:34.880><c> more</c><00:37:35.480><c> than</c><00:37:35.739><c> ever</c><00:37:36.239><c> he</c><00:37:36.539><c> expects</c><00:37:36.980><c> of</c><00:37:37.159><c> them.</c><00:37:37.559><c> Why,</c>

00:37:37.820 --> 00:37:41.679
God<00:37:38.119><c> would</c><00:37:38.400><c> be</c><00:37:38.900><c> absolutely</c><00:37:39.619><c> aghast</c><00:37:40.480><c> at</c><00:37:40.880><c> their</c>

00:37:42.280 --> 00:37:47.820
dedication<00:37:42.880><c> and</c><00:37:43.139><c> diligence.</c><00:37:44.380><c> That's</c><00:37:44.599><c> how</c><00:37:44.719><c> he</c><00:37:44.920><c> thought.</c><00:37:46.280><c> That's</c><00:37:46.559><c> what's</c><00:37:46.780><c> going</c><00:37:47.280><c> through</c><00:37:47.519><c> his</c>

00:37:47.820 --> 00:37:48.280
mind,<00:37:48.019><c> brothers</c>

00:37:48.280 --> 00:37:51.599
and<00:37:48.539><c> sisters.</c><00:37:49.780><c> And</c><00:37:49.920><c> then</c><00:37:50.019><c> we</c><00:37:50.139><c> read</c><00:37:50.239><c> about</c><00:37:50.500><c> the</c><00:37:50.679><c> public,</c><00:37:51.139><c> and</c>

00:37:51.599 --> 00:37:55.119
he<00:37:52.059><c> was</c><00:37:52.320><c> standing</c><00:37:52.619><c> afar</c><00:37:53.019><c> off.</c><00:37:54.340><c> He'd</c><00:37:54.679><c> come</c><00:37:54.840><c> in</c><00:37:54.960><c> there</c>

00:37:55.119 --> 00:37:59.900
cringing<00:37:55.519><c> and</c><00:37:55.619><c> looking</c><00:37:55.820><c> around</c><00:37:56.219><c> and</c><00:37:56.440><c> feeling</c><00:37:57.139><c> out</c><00:37:57.980><c> of</c><00:37:58.159><c> place,</c>

00:38:00.159 --> 00:38:03.400
trembling<00:38:00.380><c> all</c><00:38:00.679><c> inside,</c><00:38:02.579><c> knowing</c><00:38:02.820><c> that</c><00:38:03.000><c> his</c><00:38:03.179><c> life</c>

00:38:03.400 --> 00:38:09.300
was<00:38:03.599><c> not</c><00:38:03.800><c> what</c><00:38:03.940><c> it</c><00:38:04.039><c> ought</c><00:38:04.239><c> to</c><00:38:04.440><c> have</c><00:38:04.639><c> been.</c><00:38:06.000><c> And</c><00:38:06.139><c> like</c><00:38:06.380><c> Zacchaeus,</c><00:38:06.940><c> he'd</c><00:38:07.019><c> probably</c><00:38:07.340><c> been</c><00:38:08.639><c> dabbling</c><00:38:09.139><c> in</c>

00:38:09.300 --> 00:38:09.480
a<00:38:09.300><c> bit</c>

00:38:09.480 --> 00:38:13.460
of<00:38:09.659><c> corruption</c><00:38:09.920><c> himself,</c><00:38:10.460><c> and</c><00:38:10.599><c> if</c><00:38:10.780><c> he</c><00:38:11.000><c> wasn't,</c><00:38:11.460><c> he'd</c><00:38:11.659><c> be</c><00:38:12.119><c> in</c>

00:38:13.460 --> 00:38:16.760
the<00:38:14.300><c> group</c><00:38:15.460><c> that</c><00:38:15.639><c> he</c><00:38:15.840><c> moved</c><00:38:16.019><c> with.</c><00:38:16.219><c> It</c><00:38:16.239><c> would</c><00:38:16.480><c> almost</c>

00:38:16.760 --> 00:38:19.539
be<00:38:17.059><c> impossible,</c><00:38:17.820><c> brothers</c><00:38:17.920><c> and</c><00:38:18.179><c> sisters,</c><00:38:18.880><c> with</c><00:38:19.079><c> flesh</c><00:38:19.320><c> being</c>

00:38:19.539 --> 00:38:21.880
what<00:38:19.739><c> it</c><00:38:19.860><c> is,</c><00:38:20.019><c> not</c><00:38:20.239><c> to</c><00:38:20.380><c> be</c><00:38:20.519><c> mixed</c><00:38:20.800><c> up</c><00:38:20.980><c> in</c><00:38:21.119><c> it.</c>

00:38:22.460 --> 00:38:25.679
He<00:38:22.900><c> didn't</c><00:38:23.280><c> come</c><00:38:23.559><c> there</c><00:38:23.699><c> with</c><00:38:23.820><c> any</c><00:38:24.079><c> pseudo</c><00:38:24.340><c>-humility.</c><00:38:24.840><c> He</c><00:38:24.960><c> knew</c><00:38:25.340><c> what</c><00:38:25.500><c> he</c>

00:38:25.679 --> 00:38:26.420
was.<00:38:26.079><c> As</c><00:38:26.099><c> a</c><00:38:26.099><c> matter</c><00:38:26.179><c> of</c><00:38:26.320><c> fact,</c>

00:38:26.599 --> 00:38:29.460
you'd<00:38:26.760><c> be</c><00:38:26.820><c> surprised</c><00:38:27.360><c> at</c><00:38:27.480><c> what</c><00:38:27.559><c> his</c><00:38:27.780><c> late</c><00:38:27.940><c> ensued</c><00:38:28.159><c> was.</c><00:38:29.360><c> He</c>

00:38:29.460 --> 00:38:31.340
took<00:38:29.679><c> his</c><00:38:30.000><c> stand,</c><00:38:30.380><c> brothers</c><00:38:30.480><c> and</c><00:38:30.719><c> sisters,</c>

00:38:31.739 --> 00:38:37.079
afar<00:38:32.039><c> off.</c><00:38:33.559><c> But</c><00:38:33.699><c> the</c><00:38:33.840><c> funny</c><00:38:33.980><c> part</c><00:38:34.219><c> about</c><00:38:34.400><c> it</c><00:38:34.639><c> is</c><00:38:35.960><c> that</c><00:38:36.500><c> God</c><00:38:36.679><c> is</c>

00:38:37.079 --> 00:38:40.260
nigh<00:38:37.559><c> under</c><00:38:37.900><c> them</c><00:38:38.079><c> of</c><00:38:38.260><c> a</c><00:38:38.420><c> broken</c><00:38:38.659><c> heart,</c><00:38:38.960><c> isn't</c><00:38:39.159><c> he?</c>

00:38:40.559 --> 00:38:43.940
Yet<00:38:40.679><c> they</c><00:38:40.860><c> always</c><00:38:41.139><c> stand</c><00:38:41.340><c> afar</c><00:38:41.760><c> off,</c><00:38:42.320><c> but</c><00:38:42.500><c> God</c><00:38:42.699><c> moves</c><00:38:43.039><c> over</c><00:38:43.420><c> next</c><00:38:43.739><c> to</c>

00:38:43.940 --> 00:38:46.300
them.<00:38:44.179><c> Look,</c><00:38:44.480><c> in</c><00:38:44.679><c> Psalm</c><00:38:44.900><c> 34,</c><00:38:45.719><c> you</c><00:38:46.059><c> read</c>

00:38:46.300 --> 00:38:51.460
about<00:38:46.420><c> that,</c><00:38:46.500><c> don't</c><00:38:46.699><c> you?</c><00:38:47.699><c> The</c><00:38:48.179><c> psalm</c><00:38:48.559><c> of</c><00:38:48.659><c> the</c><00:38:48.880><c> poor</c><00:38:49.099><c> man,</c><00:38:50.800><c> they</c><00:38:51.219><c> may</c>

00:38:51.460 --> 00:38:53.800
take<00:38:51.699><c> their</c><00:38:52.000><c> stance</c><00:38:52.280><c> afar</c><00:38:52.800><c> off,</c>

00:38:54.639 --> 00:38:56.980
but<00:38:54.800><c> God</c><00:38:55.059><c> chooses</c><00:38:55.460><c> to</c><00:38:55.739><c> move</c><00:38:55.920><c> over</c><00:38:56.199><c> next</c><00:38:56.440><c> to</c><00:38:56.599><c> them,</c><00:38:56.719><c> brothers</c>

00:38:56.980 --> 00:38:59.019
and<00:38:57.239><c> sisters,</c><00:38:57.519><c> you</c><00:38:57.739><c> see,</c><00:38:58.059><c> doesn't</c><00:38:58.260><c> he?</c>

00:39:00.199 --> 00:39:04.619
And<00:39:00.420><c> he</c><00:39:00.559><c> says</c><00:39:00.699><c> in</c><00:39:00.860><c> the</c><00:39:01.039><c> 18th</c><00:39:01.519><c> verse</c><00:39:01.780><c> of</c><00:39:02.219><c> Psalm</c><00:39:02.579><c> 34,</c><00:39:03.920><c> Yahweh</c><00:39:04.320><c> is</c>

00:39:04.619 --> 00:39:07.539
nigh<00:39:04.920><c> under</c><00:39:05.139><c> them</c><00:39:05.440><c> that</c><00:39:05.639><c> are</c><00:39:05.760><c> of</c><00:39:05.900><c> a</c><00:39:06.039><c> broken</c><00:39:06.300><c> heart</c>

00:39:08.139 --> 00:39:12.639
and<00:39:08.659><c> savors</c><00:39:09.079><c> such</c><00:39:09.599><c> as</c><00:39:09.940><c> of</c><00:39:10.159><c> a</c><00:39:10.239><c> contrite</c><00:39:10.860><c> spirit.</c><00:39:12.099><c> And</c><00:39:12.360><c> if</c><00:39:12.519><c> ever</c>

00:39:12.639 --> 00:39:14.920
you<00:39:12.840><c> saw</c><00:39:12.960><c> a</c><00:39:13.119><c> broken</c><00:39:13.420><c> heart</c><00:39:13.679><c> in</c><00:39:13.860><c> the</c><00:39:14.039><c> parable</c><00:39:14.239><c> of</c>

00:39:14.920 --> 00:39:18.079
that<00:39:15.179><c> public</c><00:39:15.480><c> and</c><00:39:15.639><c> wasn't</c><00:39:16.119><c> absolutely</c><00:39:16.739><c> heartbroken,</c><00:39:18.000><c> well,</c>

00:39:18.079 --> 00:39:20.800
God<00:39:18.300><c> was</c><00:39:18.619><c> nigh</c><00:39:18.880><c> him,</c><00:39:19.019><c> but</c><00:39:19.119><c> he</c><00:39:19.280><c> was</c><00:39:19.480><c> afar</c><00:39:19.840><c> off.</c>

00:39:21.380 --> 00:39:25.199
Look<00:39:21.500><c> at</c><00:39:21.619><c> the</c><00:39:21.760><c> attitudes.</c><00:39:22.880><c> Psalm</c><00:39:23.239><c> Isaiah</c><00:39:23.639><c> 57,</c><00:39:24.780><c> brothers</c><00:39:24.940><c> and</c>

00:39:25.199 --> 00:39:27.460
sisters,<00:39:25.699><c> here's</c><00:39:26.480><c> a</c><00:39:26.539><c> very</c><00:39:26.840><c> interesting</c>

00:39:27.460 --> 00:39:31.980
reference<00:39:28.039><c> concerning</c><00:39:28.519><c> God's</c><00:39:28.980><c> attitude</c><00:39:29.260><c> to</c><00:39:29.539><c> the</c><00:39:29.860><c> contrite</c><00:39:30.380><c> spirit.</c><00:39:31.500><c> Matter</c><00:39:31.659><c> of</c><00:39:31.739><c> fact,</c><00:39:31.800><c> a</c>

00:39:31.980 --> 00:39:32.639
very<00:39:32.219><c> interesting</c>

00:39:32.639 --> 00:39:35.739
reference,<00:39:33.519><c> because</c><00:39:33.679><c> this</c><00:39:33.840><c> is</c><00:39:33.960><c> the</c><00:39:34.059><c> one</c><00:39:34.139><c> the</c><00:39:34.320><c> Lord</c><00:39:34.519><c> quotes</c><00:39:35.039><c> in</c>

00:39:35.739 --> 00:39:37.900
the<00:39:35.900><c> Discourse</c><00:39:36.280><c> on</c><00:39:36.480><c> the</c><00:39:36.679><c> Mount.</c><00:39:37.619><c> Blessed</c>

00:39:37.900 --> 00:39:40.380
are<00:39:38.059><c> the</c><00:39:38.320><c> poor</c><00:39:38.639><c> in</c><00:39:38.960><c> spirit,</c><00:39:39.280><c> but</c><00:39:39.420><c> theirs</c><00:39:39.619><c> is</c><00:39:39.840><c> the</c><00:39:39.980><c> kingdom</c><00:39:40.199><c> of</c>

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heaven.<00:39:40.659><c> I</c><00:39:40.900><c> believe</c><00:39:41.059><c> it</c><00:39:41.119><c> comes</c><00:39:41.320><c> from</c><00:39:41.619><c> here.</c><00:39:42.940><c> See</c><00:39:43.119><c> verse</c>

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15,<00:39:44.860><c> for</c><00:39:45.119><c> thus</c><00:39:45.380><c> set</c><00:39:45.460><c> the</c><00:39:45.760><c> high</c><00:39:45.920><c> and</c><00:39:46.079><c> the</c><00:39:46.260><c> lofty</c><00:39:46.559><c> one</c><00:39:46.679><c> that</c><00:39:46.880><c> inhabiteth</c><00:39:47.320><c> eternity.</c><00:39:47.780><c> Now</c>

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I'll<00:39:48.139><c> start</c><00:39:48.360><c> reading</c><00:39:48.599><c> it</c>

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again,<00:39:49.300><c> because</c><00:39:49.400><c> I</c><00:39:49.480><c> want</c><00:39:49.579><c> to</c><00:39:49.719><c> show</c><00:39:49.760><c> you</c><00:39:49.920><c> the</c><00:39:50.059><c> emphasis.</c><00:39:50.780><c> For</c>

00:39:50.820 --> 00:39:55.159
thus<00:39:51.099><c> set</c><00:39:51.239><c> the</c><00:39:51.679><c> high</c><00:39:52.340><c> and</c><00:39:53.099><c> the</c><00:39:53.539><c> lofty</c><00:39:54.260><c> one</c><00:39:54.639><c> that</c>

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inhabiteth<00:39:56.000><c> eternity,</c><00:39:58.039><c> whose</c><00:39:58.260><c> name</c><00:39:58.619><c> is</c><00:39:59.159><c> holy.</c><00:40:01.280><c> I</c><00:40:01.699><c> dwell</c><00:40:01.940><c> in</c>

00:40:02.119 --> 00:40:05.380
the<00:40:02.380><c> high</c><00:40:02.599><c> and</c><00:40:02.800><c> the</c><00:40:03.000><c> holy</c><00:40:03.300><c> place</c><00:40:03.980><c> with</c><00:40:04.559><c> him</c><00:40:04.780><c> also</c><00:40:05.199><c> that</c>

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is<00:40:05.539><c> of</c><00:40:05.820><c> a</c><00:40:06.059><c> contrite</c><00:40:06.559><c> and</c><00:40:06.719><c> a</c><00:40:06.880><c> humble</c><00:40:07.059><c> spirit.</c><00:40:07.659><c> So</c><00:40:07.840><c> the</c><00:40:08.039><c> contrite</c>

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and<00:40:08.500><c> the</c><00:40:08.619><c> humble</c><00:40:08.860><c> spirit</c><00:40:09.199><c> sees</c><00:40:09.480><c> him</c><00:40:09.619><c> as</c><00:40:09.780><c> the</c>

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high<00:40:10.619><c> and</c><00:40:10.800><c> the</c><00:40:10.960><c> lofty</c><00:40:11.420><c> one,</c><00:40:12.079><c> whose</c><00:40:12.260><c> habitation</c><00:40:13.179><c> is</c><00:40:13.960><c> eternity,</c>

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holy<00:40:16.300><c> eternity.</c><00:40:17.179><c> And</c><00:40:17.340><c> he</c><00:40:17.460><c> stands</c><00:40:17.739><c> afar</c>

00:40:18.159 --> 00:40:22.679
often<00:40:18.460><c> that</c><00:40:18.619><c> he</c><00:40:18.760><c> sees</c><00:40:18.920><c> a</c><00:40:19.199><c> contrast.</c><00:40:20.079><c> But</c><00:40:20.239><c> God</c><00:40:20.460><c> says,</c><00:40:22.159><c> I</c><00:40:22.300><c> dwell</c>

00:40:22.679 --> 00:40:27.079
with<00:40:22.940><c> him</c><00:40:24.500><c> that</c><00:40:25.000><c> is</c><00:40:25.059><c> of</c><00:40:25.280><c> a</c><00:40:25.440><c> contrite</c><00:40:26.280><c> and</c><00:40:26.719><c> a</c><00:40:26.880><c> humble</c>

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spirit.<00:40:28.199><c> And</c><00:40:28.380><c> he</c><00:40:28.460><c> says,</c><00:40:28.719><c> I</c><00:40:28.860><c> will</c><00:40:29.320><c> revive</c><00:40:30.000><c> the</c><00:40:30.239><c> spirit</c><00:40:30.440><c> of</c><00:40:30.599><c> the</c>

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humble<00:40:30.940><c> and</c><00:40:31.239><c> revive</c><00:40:31.639><c> the</c><00:40:31.860><c> heart</c><00:40:31.960><c> of</c><00:40:32.139><c> the</c><00:40:32.340><c> contrite</c>

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ones.<00:40:33.239><c> Now</c><00:40:33.539><c> here's</c><00:40:33.860><c> a</c><00:40:33.960><c> little</c><00:40:34.099><c> encouragement,</c><00:40:34.840><c> brothers</c><00:40:34.940><c> and</c>

00:40:35.039 --> 00:40:36.780
sisters.<00:40:35.320><c> Let</c><00:40:35.519><c> me</c><00:40:35.659><c> show</c><00:40:35.860><c> you</c><00:40:35.980><c> who</c><00:40:36.099><c> that</c><00:40:36.440><c> contrite</c>

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one<00:40:36.900><c> was,</c><00:40:37.460><c> what</c><00:40:37.659><c> sort</c><00:40:37.820><c> of</c><00:40:37.940><c> a</c><00:40:38.039><c> feller</c><00:40:38.179><c> he</c><00:40:38.280><c> was.</c><00:40:39.139><c> Do</c><00:40:39.380><c> you</c><00:40:39.400><c> reckon</c>

00:40:39.559 --> 00:40:42.280
he<00:40:39.639><c> was</c><00:40:40.000><c> born</c><00:40:40.320><c> like</c><00:40:40.619><c> that?</c><00:40:41.659><c> You</c><00:40:41.739><c> know,</c><00:40:41.980><c> there</c><00:40:42.099><c> are</c>

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people<00:40:42.760><c> who</c><00:40:43.199><c> are</c><00:40:43.519><c> born</c><00:40:43.920><c> into</c><00:40:44.280><c> certain</c><00:40:44.619><c> households</c><00:40:45.139><c> that</c><00:40:45.820><c> have</c>

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wonderful<00:40:47.000><c> genteel</c><00:40:48.840><c> characteristics,</c>

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and<00:40:49.780><c> they</c><00:40:49.980><c> grow</c><00:40:50.099><c> up</c><00:40:50.219><c> like</c><00:40:50.420><c> their</c><00:40:50.679><c> parents.</c><00:40:51.860><c> There</c><00:40:52.019><c> are</c><00:40:52.260><c> others</c>

00:40:52.480 --> 00:40:54.940
who<00:40:52.840><c> are</c><00:40:52.980><c> not</c><00:40:53.239><c> so</c><00:40:53.599><c> born</c><00:40:53.840><c> and</c><00:40:54.300><c> they</c><00:40:54.559><c> inherit</c>

00:40:54.940 --> 00:40:57.980
different<00:40:55.619><c> characteristics.</c><00:40:56.619><c> None</c><00:40:56.820><c> of</c><00:40:56.980><c> them</c><00:40:57.079><c> are</c><00:40:57.280><c> commendable</c><00:40:57.639><c> to</c><00:40:57.780><c> God.</c>

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It's<00:40:58.260><c> what's</c><00:40:58.619><c> developed</c><00:40:58.800><c> on</c>

00:40:59.059 --> 00:41:01.280
the<00:40:59.159><c> basis</c><00:40:59.360><c> of</c><00:40:59.719><c> truth,</c><00:41:00.000><c> not</c><00:41:00.199><c> what</c><00:41:00.260><c> we</c><00:41:00.400><c> get</c><00:41:00.500><c> from</c><00:41:00.739><c> our</c><00:41:00.960><c> parents.</c>

00:41:01.699 --> 00:41:03.960
But<00:41:01.840><c> there</c><00:41:02.000><c> are</c><00:41:02.179><c> people</c><00:41:02.619><c> who</c><00:41:02.940><c> are</c><00:41:03.440><c> rough</c><00:41:03.719><c> and</c>

00:41:04.380 --> 00:41:07.260
go<00:41:04.800><c> their</c><00:41:05.000><c> own</c><00:41:05.300><c> way,</c><00:41:05.940><c> but</c><00:41:05.940><c> God</c><00:41:06.199><c> can</c><00:41:06.559><c> change</c><00:41:06.780><c> them.</c><00:41:07.039><c> And</c><00:41:07.139><c> you</c>

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know,<00:41:07.420><c> when</c><00:41:07.619><c> Jesus</c><00:41:08.019><c> quoted</c><00:41:08.300><c> that,</c><00:41:08.780><c> you</c><00:41:08.820><c> know,</c>

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some<00:41:09.219><c> brothers</c><00:41:09.480><c> and</c><00:41:09.719><c> sisters</c><00:41:09.920><c> think,</c><00:41:10.179><c> well,</c><00:41:10.340><c> that</c><00:41:10.579><c> leads</c><00:41:10.820><c> me</c>

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out<00:41:11.099><c> of</c><00:41:11.219><c> the</c><00:41:11.360><c> kingdom</c><00:41:11.519><c> of</c><00:41:11.760><c> God.</c><00:41:12.159><c> I'm</c><00:41:12.519><c> not</c><00:41:12.860><c> having</c><00:41:13.019><c> a</c>

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humble<00:41:13.840><c> and</c><00:41:14.059><c> a</c><00:41:14.199><c> contrite</c><00:41:14.639><c> spirit</c><00:41:14.900><c> and</c><00:41:15.099><c> so</c><00:41:15.360><c> forth.</c><00:41:15.699><c> Well,</c><00:41:15.860><c> let</c>

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me<00:41:16.199><c> read</c><00:41:16.460><c> you</c><00:41:16.860><c> Isaiah's</c><00:41:17.659><c> prophecy</c><00:41:17.860><c> of</c><00:41:18.039><c> what</c><00:41:18.179><c> this</c>

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chap<00:41:18.659><c> used</c><00:41:19.159><c> to</c><00:41:19.340><c> be</c><00:41:19.519><c> like.</c><00:41:20.739><c> He</c><00:41:20.920><c> wasn't</c><00:41:21.280><c> always</c><00:41:21.920><c> like</c><00:41:22.320><c> this.</c><00:41:23.059><c> Let's</c><00:41:23.340><c> read</c><00:41:23.559><c> off.</c><00:41:24.840><c> Take</c><00:41:25.099><c> the</c>

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end<00:41:25.380><c> of</c><00:41:25.480><c> verse</c><00:41:25.679><c> 15,</c>

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to<00:41:26.519><c> revive</c><00:41:27.019><c> the</c><00:41:27.260><c> spirit</c><00:41:27.420><c> of</c><00:41:27.539><c> the</c><00:41:27.679><c> humble</c><00:41:27.840><c> and</c><00:41:28.179><c> to</c><00:41:28.400><c> revive</c><00:41:28.699><c> the</c>

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heart<00:41:29.000><c> of</c><00:41:29.159><c> the</c><00:41:29.300><c> contrite</c><00:41:29.760><c> ones.</c><00:41:30.119><c> For</c><00:41:30.239><c> I</c><00:41:30.440><c> will</c><00:41:30.659><c> not</c>

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tend<00:41:31.320><c> forever.</c><00:41:33.260><c> Neither</c><00:41:33.559><c> will</c><00:41:33.739><c> I</c><00:41:33.940><c> always</c><00:41:34.239><c> be</c><00:41:34.579><c> wrought,</c><00:41:35.679><c> for</c>

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the<00:41:36.059><c> spirit</c><00:41:36.320><c> should</c><00:41:36.599><c> fail</c><00:41:36.920><c> before</c><00:41:37.340><c> me</c><00:41:37.480><c> and</c><00:41:37.599><c> the</c>

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soul<00:41:37.960><c> which</c><00:41:38.139><c> I</c><00:41:38.300><c> have</c><00:41:38.440><c> made.</c><00:41:38.699><c> In</c><00:41:38.840><c> other</c><00:41:38.940><c> words,</c><00:41:39.099><c> God</c><00:41:39.260><c> said,</c><00:41:39.659><c> I</c>

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won't<00:41:39.900><c> get</c><00:41:40.139><c> too</c><00:41:40.360><c> angry</c><00:41:40.619><c> with</c><00:41:40.800><c> him,</c><00:41:40.900><c> otherwise</c><00:41:41.280><c> I'll</c>

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kill<00:41:41.719><c> him.</c><00:41:42.719><c> I</c><00:41:43.159><c> will</c><00:41:43.539><c> crush</c><00:41:44.159><c> his</c><00:41:44.500><c> spirit.</c><00:41:45.559><c> For</c><00:41:45.760><c> the</c><00:41:46.000><c> iniquity</c><00:41:46.539><c> of</c><00:41:46.739><c> his</c><00:41:47.039><c> covetousness</c><00:41:47.579><c> was</c><00:41:47.800><c> I</c><00:41:48.019><c> wrought</c>

00:41:48.780 --> 00:41:53.619
and<00:41:49.199><c> smote</c><00:41:49.559><c> him.</c><00:41:50.940><c> God</c><00:41:51.139><c> give</c><00:41:51.280><c> him</c><00:41:51.460><c> a</c><00:41:51.619><c> thrashing.</c><00:41:52.739><c> I</c><00:41:53.099><c> hit</c><00:41:53.320><c> me</c><00:41:53.539><c> and</c>

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was<00:41:53.800><c> wrought,</c><00:41:54.099><c> he</c><00:41:54.320><c> says,</c><00:41:54.820><c> and</c><00:41:55.059><c> he</c><00:41:55.260><c> went</c><00:41:55.400><c> on</c>

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inwardly<00:41:56.239><c> in</c><00:41:56.300><c> the</c><00:41:56.380><c> way</c><00:41:56.579><c> of</c><00:41:56.679><c> his</c><00:41:56.900><c> heart.</c><00:41:57.139><c> He</c><00:41:57.139><c> didn't</c><00:41:57.380><c> care.</c><00:41:58.940><c> He</c>

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shrugged<00:41:59.440><c> it</c><00:41:59.579><c> off</c><00:41:59.739><c> and</c><00:42:00.039><c> went</c><00:42:00.219><c> on</c><00:42:00.340><c> his</c><00:42:00.480><c> own</c><00:42:00.780><c> stupid</c><00:42:01.099><c> way,</c>

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although<00:42:01.860><c> God</c><00:42:02.099><c> was</c><00:42:02.280><c> trying</c><00:42:02.440><c> to</c><00:42:02.500><c> teach</c><00:42:02.780><c> him.</c><00:42:04.920><c> But</c><00:42:04.980><c> verse</c><00:42:05.280><c> 18</c><00:42:05.559><c> says,</c><00:42:05.940><c> I</c>

00:42:05.940 --> 00:42:07.719
have<00:42:06.159><c> seen</c><00:42:06.340><c> his</c><00:42:06.639><c> ways</c>

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and<00:42:08.360><c> I</c><00:42:08.579><c> will</c><00:42:08.760><c> heal</c><00:42:09.000><c> him.</c><00:42:10.380><c> I</c><00:42:10.400><c> will</c><00:42:10.639><c> lead</c><00:42:10.880><c> him</c><00:42:11.119><c> also</c><00:42:11.500><c> and</c><00:42:11.739><c> restore</c>

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comforts<00:42:13.199><c> unto</c><00:42:13.320><c> him</c><00:42:13.539><c> and</c><00:42:13.699><c> to</c><00:42:13.900><c> his</c><00:42:14.219><c> mourners.</c>

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And<00:42:14.940><c> the</c><00:42:15.079><c> next</c><00:42:15.260><c> thing</c><00:42:15.440><c> Jesus</c><00:42:15.780><c> said</c><00:42:16.000><c> was,</c><00:42:16.820><c> blessed</c><00:42:17.019><c> are</c><00:42:17.199><c> they</c>

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who<00:42:17.639><c> mourn,</c><00:42:17.980><c> for</c><00:42:18.079><c> they</c><00:42:18.300><c> shall</c><00:42:18.460><c> be</c><00:42:18.920><c> comforted.</c>

00:42:20.059 --> 00:42:25.880
So<00:42:20.460><c> you</c><00:42:20.639><c> see,</c><00:42:20.780><c> he</c><00:42:20.940><c> was</c><00:42:21.139><c> a</c><00:42:21.300><c> fellow</c><00:42:21.659><c> that</c><00:42:22.360><c> God</c><00:42:22.579><c> was</c><00:42:22.880><c> very</c><00:42:23.219><c> angry</c><00:42:23.460><c> with</c><00:42:23.679><c> him.</c><00:42:24.599><c> So</c><00:42:24.840><c> angry</c><00:42:25.219><c> that</c><00:42:25.440><c> like</c><00:42:25.739><c> a</c>

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father<00:42:26.119><c> with</c>

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a<00:42:26.539><c> child,</c><00:42:26.940><c> he</c><00:42:27.099><c> gave</c><00:42:27.280><c> him</c><00:42:27.480><c> a</c><00:42:27.679><c> thrashing.</c><00:42:28.800><c> And</c><00:42:28.900><c> the</c><00:42:29.079><c> kid</c><00:42:29.260><c> stuck</c>

00:42:29.579 --> 00:42:31.500
his<00:42:29.820><c> tongue</c><00:42:30.019><c> out</c><00:42:30.179><c> and</c><00:42:30.179><c> said,</c><00:42:30.579><c> yeah,</c><00:42:30.920><c> didn't</c><00:42:31.219><c> care</c>

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and<00:42:31.780><c> went</c><00:42:32.119><c> perversely</c><00:42:32.679><c> on</c><00:42:32.760><c> his</c><00:42:32.960><c> own</c><00:42:33.159><c> way,</c><00:42:33.480><c> fowardly,</c><00:42:34.739><c> arrogantly.</c><00:42:35.300><c> He</c><00:42:35.619><c> shrugged</c><00:42:35.820><c> it</c>

00:42:35.940 --> 00:42:36.400
off<00:42:36.039><c> as</c><00:42:36.139><c> if</c><00:42:36.199><c> it</c><00:42:36.239><c> was</c>

00:42:36.400 --> 00:42:38.619
nothing<00:42:36.639><c> and</c><00:42:37.280><c> God</c><00:42:37.539><c> kept</c><00:42:37.800><c> dealing</c><00:42:38.059><c> with</c><00:42:38.219><c> him.</c><00:42:38.320><c> But</c><00:42:38.380><c> he</c><00:42:38.460><c> said,</c><00:42:38.579><c> I</c>

00:42:38.619 --> 00:42:41.880
won't<00:42:38.780><c> hit</c><00:42:38.840><c> him</c><00:42:39.000><c> too</c><00:42:39.260><c> hard.</c><00:42:40.119><c> I'll</c><00:42:40.519><c> crush</c><00:42:41.239><c> his</c><00:42:41.579><c> spirit</c>

00:42:41.880 --> 00:42:45.219
because<00:42:42.300><c> I</c><00:42:42.519><c> know</c><00:42:42.699><c> him.</c><00:42:43.340><c> I've</c><00:42:43.719><c> seen</c><00:42:43.940><c> him,</c><00:42:44.139><c> I</c><00:42:44.340><c> know</c><00:42:44.519><c> him</c><00:42:44.679><c> and</c><00:42:44.800><c> I</c><00:42:44.940><c> know</c><00:42:45.079><c> I</c>

00:42:45.219 --> 00:42:47.659
can<00:42:45.380><c> get</c><00:42:45.519><c> him.</c><00:42:46.400><c> And</c><00:42:46.659><c> in</c><00:42:46.860><c> the</c><00:42:47.019><c> end</c><00:42:47.179><c> he</c><00:42:47.300><c> got</c><00:42:47.500><c> him,</c>

00:42:47.659 --> 00:42:51.320
and<00:42:48.440><c> he</c><00:42:48.539><c> became</c><00:42:48.860><c> a</c><00:42:49.000><c> man</c><00:42:49.340><c> of</c><00:42:49.659><c> a</c><00:42:49.860><c> poor</c><00:42:50.119><c> and</c><00:42:50.460><c> a</c><00:42:50.599><c> contrite</c><00:42:51.039><c> spirit.</c>

00:42:51.460 --> 00:42:53.579
He<00:42:51.460><c> wasn't</c><00:42:51.699><c> born</c><00:42:51.980><c> like</c><00:42:52.300><c> that.</c><00:42:53.199><c> Neither</c><00:42:53.400><c> was</c>

00:42:53.579 --> 00:42:57.119
that<00:42:53.880><c> public.</c><00:42:55.079><c> And</c><00:42:55.559><c> when</c><00:42:55.760><c> the</c><00:42:55.880><c> Pharisee</c><00:42:56.239><c> said</c><00:42:56.619><c> that</c><00:42:56.920><c> he</c><00:42:56.940><c> was</c>

00:42:57.119 --> 00:42:59.159
an<00:42:57.380><c> extortioner,</c><00:42:58.039><c> he</c><00:42:58.099><c> probably</c><00:42:58.440><c> was</c><00:42:58.719><c> right.</c>

00:42:59.639 --> 00:43:02.860
But<00:42:59.760><c> that's</c><00:42:59.920><c> not</c><00:43:00.159><c> the</c><00:43:00.320><c> point,</c><00:43:00.659><c> brothers</c><00:43:00.800><c> and</c><00:43:01.000><c> sisters,</c><00:43:01.219><c> is</c><00:43:01.380><c> it?</c><00:43:02.340><c> The</c><00:43:02.539><c> point</c><00:43:02.719><c> is</c>

00:43:02.860 --> 00:43:04.699
what<00:43:03.039><c> God</c><00:43:03.239><c> can</c><00:43:03.460><c> do</c><00:43:03.599><c> with</c><00:43:03.820><c> him.</c>

00:43:05.019 --> 00:43:07.440
It's<00:43:05.260><c> the</c><00:43:05.400><c> right</c><00:43:05.619><c> attitude</c><00:43:06.039><c> that's</c><00:43:06.360><c> necessary.</c><00:43:07.019><c> It's</c><00:43:07.260><c> the</c>

00:43:07.440 --> 00:43:08.780
humble<00:43:07.659><c> and</c><00:43:07.900><c> contrite</c><00:43:08.380><c> spirit.</c>

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It's<00:43:09.480><c> the</c><00:43:09.679><c> repentant</c><00:43:10.079><c> attitude</c><00:43:10.300><c> and</c><00:43:10.480><c> God</c><00:43:10.699><c> can</c><00:43:10.980><c> do</c><00:43:11.380><c> miracles</c>

00:43:11.860 --> 00:43:15.059
with<00:43:12.139><c> that.</c><00:43:13.380><c> That's</c><00:43:13.579><c> what</c><00:43:13.739><c> Isaiah</c><00:43:14.099><c> 57</c><00:43:14.619><c> said.</c>

00:43:15.059 --> 00:43:19.360
God<00:43:15.800><c> deals</c><00:43:16.119><c> with</c><00:43:16.300><c> people</c><00:43:16.599><c> like</c><00:43:16.840><c> that.</c><00:43:17.239><c> And</c><00:43:17.320><c> this</c><00:43:17.900><c> publican</c><00:43:18.400><c> would</c><00:43:18.699><c> not</c><00:43:19.079><c> so</c>

00:43:19.360 --> 00:43:20.699
much<00:43:19.519><c> as</c><00:43:19.780><c> lift</c><00:43:19.960><c> up</c><00:43:20.179><c> his</c><00:43:20.400><c> eyes.</c>

00:43:20.900 --> 00:43:25.239
Look<00:43:21.059><c> at</c><00:43:21.239><c> Psalm</c><00:43:21.599><c> 40,</c><00:43:22.179><c> brothers</c><00:43:22.340><c> and</c><00:43:22.599><c> sisters.</c><00:43:24.400><c> Famous</c><00:43:24.840><c> Psalm,</c>

00:43:25.360 --> 00:43:28.719
isn't<00:43:25.539><c> it?</c><00:43:26.500><c> I</c><00:43:26.679><c> come</c><00:43:26.960><c> to</c><00:43:27.099><c> do</c><00:43:27.199><c> thy</c><00:43:27.360><c> will,</c><00:43:27.639><c> O</c><00:43:27.840><c> God.</c>

00:43:28.880 --> 00:43:33.360
And<00:43:29.039><c> Psalm</c><00:43:29.340><c> 40</c><00:43:29.739><c> in</c><00:43:29.920><c> verse</c><00:43:30.219><c> 12,</c><00:43:31.699><c> for</c><00:43:31.920><c> innumerable</c><00:43:32.699><c> evils</c><00:43:33.099><c> have</c>

00:43:33.360 --> 00:43:36.579
compassed<00:43:33.659><c> me</c><00:43:33.920><c> about.</c><00:43:35.880><c> Mine</c><00:43:35.980><c> iniquities</c><00:43:36.340><c> have</c>

00:43:36.579 --> 00:43:40.460
taken<00:43:36.840><c> hold</c><00:43:37.119><c> upon</c><00:43:37.440><c> me</c><00:43:38.340><c> so</c><00:43:38.780><c> that</c><00:43:38.940><c> I</c><00:43:39.119><c> am</c><00:43:39.239><c> not</c><00:43:39.420><c> able</c><00:43:39.659><c> to</c><00:43:39.880><c> look</c><00:43:40.059><c> up.</c>

00:43:40.800 --> 00:43:42.579
They<00:43:41.019><c> are</c><00:43:41.019><c> more</c><00:43:41.300><c> than</c><00:43:41.480><c> the</c><00:43:41.659><c> heads</c><00:43:41.800><c> of</c><00:43:42.000><c> my</c><00:43:42.239><c> head.</c>

00:43:42.579 --> 00:43:49.360
Therefore<00:43:43.500><c> my</c><00:43:43.920><c> heart</c><00:43:45.239><c> fails</c><00:43:45.980><c> me.</c><00:43:46.820><c> He</c><00:43:46.980><c> was</c><00:43:47.340><c> so</c><00:43:47.900><c> overcome,</c><00:43:48.940><c> brothers</c><00:43:49.099><c> and</c>

00:43:49.360 --> 00:43:51.199
sisters,<00:43:49.639><c> with</c><00:43:49.760><c> his</c><00:43:49.980><c> own</c><00:43:50.239><c> weaknesses</c>

00:43:51.519 --> 00:43:54.800
that<00:43:52.000><c> his</c><00:43:52.239><c> head</c><00:43:52.420><c> was</c><00:43:52.800><c> bowed</c><00:43:53.019><c> down</c><00:43:53.239><c> to</c><00:43:53.400><c> the</c><00:43:53.599><c> ground</c><00:43:53.719><c> and</c><00:43:53.880><c> he</c><00:43:54.039><c> could</c><00:43:54.480><c> not</c>

00:43:54.800 --> 00:43:56.659
get<00:43:55.000><c> his</c><00:43:55.280><c> eyes</c><00:43:55.440><c> off</c><00:43:55.679><c> the</c><00:43:55.880><c> ground.</c>

00:43:56.679 --> 00:44:00.619
He<00:43:56.840><c> would</c><00:43:57.219><c> not</c><00:43:57.480><c> so</c><00:43:57.739><c> much</c><00:43:57.960><c> as</c><00:43:58.239><c> lift</c><00:43:58.380><c> up</c><00:43:58.619><c> his</c><00:43:58.980><c> eyes</c><00:43:59.380><c> to</c><00:43:59.599><c> heaven</c><00:43:59.760><c> but</c><00:44:00.099><c> smote</c><00:44:00.420><c> on</c>

00:44:00.619 --> 00:44:01.880
his<00:44:00.880><c> breast,</c><00:44:01.239><c> said</c><00:44:01.260><c> Jesus.</c>

00:44:02.280 --> 00:44:05.840
And<00:44:02.480><c> what</c><00:44:02.559><c> did</c><00:44:02.659><c> he</c><00:44:02.780><c> say</c><00:44:02.900><c> to</c><00:44:03.099><c> God</c><00:44:03.579><c> back</c><00:44:04.300><c> in</c><00:44:04.699><c> Luke</c><00:44:05.179><c> 18?</c><00:44:05.579><c> What</c><00:44:05.679><c> did</c>

00:44:05.840 --> 00:44:07.079
he<00:44:05.840><c> say</c><00:44:06.000><c> to</c><00:44:06.260><c> God?</c>

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God,<00:44:09.400><c> being</c><00:44:09.659><c> merciful</c><00:44:10.039><c> to</c><00:44:10.320><c> me,</c><00:44:11.920><c> a</c><00:44:12.139><c> sinner.</c><00:44:13.320><c> Now</c><00:44:13.500><c> two</c><00:44:13.719><c> things</c>

00:44:14.159 --> 00:44:15.139
in<00:44:14.280><c> that,</c><00:44:14.579><c> brothers</c><00:44:14.820><c> and</c><00:44:14.960><c> sisters,</c>

00:44:15.179 --> 00:44:19.619
are<00:44:15.300><c> very</c><00:44:15.559><c> important.</c><00:44:17.039><c> First</c><00:44:17.280><c> of</c><00:44:17.500><c> all,</c><00:44:18.679><c> the</c><00:44:18.840><c> publican</c><00:44:19.260><c> in</c><00:44:19.420><c> the</c>

00:44:19.619 --> 00:44:21.639
parable<00:44:19.840><c> of</c><00:44:20.019><c> the</c><00:44:20.159><c> Lord</c><00:44:20.400><c> uses</c><00:44:20.880><c> an</c><00:44:21.300><c> expression</c>

00:44:21.639 --> 00:44:25.199
for<00:44:21.940><c> merciful</c><00:44:22.360><c> which</c><00:44:22.639><c> means</c><00:44:22.960><c> to</c><00:44:23.360><c> propitiate.</c><00:44:24.440><c> It's</c><00:44:24.780><c> the</c><00:44:24.980><c> word</c>

00:44:25.199 --> 00:44:28.159
for<00:44:25.400><c> the</c><00:44:25.659><c> mercy</c><00:44:25.900><c> seat.</c><00:44:27.139><c> And</c><00:44:27.280><c> the</c><00:44:27.539><c> mercy</c><00:44:27.860><c> seat,</c>

00:44:28.360 --> 00:44:31.019
brothers<00:44:28.460><c> and</c><00:44:28.760><c> sisters,</c><00:44:29.099><c> was</c><00:44:29.280><c> that</c><00:44:29.760><c> which</c><00:44:30.179><c> was</c><00:44:30.440><c> between</c><00:44:30.739><c> the</c>

00:44:31.019 --> 00:44:36.260
Caribbean.<00:44:31.960><c> And</c><00:44:32.239><c> the</c><00:44:32.519><c> important</c><00:44:32.760><c> thing</c><00:44:33.099><c> about</c><00:44:33.340><c> the</c>

00:44:36.260 --> 00:44:39.639
important<00:44:36.820><c> thing</c><00:44:37.119><c> was</c><00:44:37.320><c> not</c><00:44:37.599><c> that</c><00:44:37.780><c> it</c><00:44:37.880><c> was</c><00:44:38.159><c> a</c><00:44:38.559><c> mercy</c><00:44:38.840><c> seat.</c><00:44:39.159><c> That</c><00:44:39.280><c> was</c>

00:44:39.639 --> 00:44:41.199
second<00:44:40.039><c> to</c><00:44:40.239><c> the</c><00:44:40.320><c> most</c><00:44:40.579><c> important</c><00:44:40.960><c> thing.</c>

00:44:41.519 --> 00:44:44.780
The<00:44:41.699><c> most</c><00:44:42.059><c> important</c><00:44:42.539><c> thing</c><00:44:42.760><c> about</c><00:44:43.000><c> the</c><00:44:43.300><c> mercy</c><00:44:43.500><c> seat</c><00:44:43.760><c> was</c><00:44:44.219><c> that</c><00:44:44.659><c> it</c>

00:44:44.780 --> 00:44:48.380
had<00:44:44.920><c> a</c><00:44:45.300><c> crown</c><00:44:45.920><c> around</c><00:44:46.579><c> it.</c><00:44:47.460><c> The</c><00:44:47.559><c> most</c><00:44:47.960><c> important</c>

00:44:48.380 --> 00:44:52.840
thing<00:44:48.579><c> about</c><00:44:48.820><c> that</c><00:44:49.260><c> seat</c><00:44:49.599><c> is</c><00:44:49.980><c> that</c><00:44:50.119><c> it</c><00:44:50.360><c> was</c><00:44:50.599><c> a</c><00:44:50.880><c> throne.</c><00:44:52.380><c> A</c><00:44:52.519><c> king</c>

00:44:52.840 --> 00:44:56.239
sat<00:44:53.159><c> there.</c><00:44:55.000><c> And</c><00:44:55.139><c> that's</c><00:44:55.300><c> how</c><00:44:55.440><c> the</c><00:44:55.659><c> publican</c><00:44:56.039><c> saw</c>

00:44:56.239 --> 00:44:58.920
him.<00:44:56.619><c> And</c><00:44:56.760><c> he</c><00:44:56.940><c> saw</c><00:44:57.119><c> that</c><00:44:57.400><c> there's</c><00:44:57.559><c> only</c><00:44:57.800><c> one</c><00:44:58.019><c> way</c><00:44:58.480><c> that</c><00:44:58.699><c> we're</c>

00:44:58.920 --> 00:45:00.320
ever<00:44:59.019><c> going</c><00:44:59.139><c> to</c><00:44:59.260><c> get</c><00:44:59.400><c> mercy,</c><00:44:59.960><c> brothers</c><00:45:00.059><c> and</c>

00:45:00.320 --> 00:45:03.659
sisters.<00:45:00.719><c> And</c><00:45:00.719><c> that's</c><00:45:01.000><c> first</c><00:45:01.539><c> and</c><00:45:01.840><c> foremost</c><00:45:02.460><c> to</c><00:45:03.019><c> acknowledge</c>

00:45:03.659 --> 00:45:06.460
that<00:45:04.139><c> the</c><00:45:04.440><c> king</c><00:45:04.760><c> is</c><00:45:05.099><c> right.</c><00:45:06.019><c> That's</c>

00:45:06.460 --> 00:45:09.760
the<00:45:06.579><c> way</c><00:45:06.679><c> to</c><00:45:06.900><c> go.</c><00:45:07.300><c> And</c><00:45:07.480><c> he</c><00:45:07.699><c> knew</c><00:45:07.860><c> the</c><00:45:08.059><c> way</c><00:45:08.199><c> to</c><00:45:08.380><c> go.</c><00:45:08.880><c> And</c><00:45:08.960><c> so</c><00:45:09.460><c> Paul</c>

00:45:09.760 --> 00:45:12.599
tells,<00:45:10.219><c> it</c><00:45:10.340><c> says,</c><00:45:10.519><c> we</c><00:45:10.639><c> come</c><00:45:10.840><c> to</c><00:45:11.019><c> the</c><00:45:11.420><c> throne</c>

00:45:12.639 --> 00:45:19.719
of<00:45:12.960><c> grace.</c><00:45:13.940><c> It's</c><00:45:14.360><c> got</c><00:45:14.400><c> to</c><00:45:14.519><c> be</c><00:45:14.699><c> a</c><00:45:14.780><c> question</c><00:45:15.079><c> of</c><00:45:15.460><c> God</c><00:45:15.780><c> being</c><00:45:16.239><c> right</c><00:45:16.739><c> first,</c><00:45:18.059><c> acknowledging</c><00:45:18.440><c> the</c><00:45:18.820><c> king.</c>

00:45:19.860 --> 00:45:23.320
But<00:45:20.019><c> of</c><00:45:20.199><c> course</c><00:45:20.340><c> the</c><00:45:20.559><c> king</c><00:45:20.860><c> sits</c><00:45:21.159><c> on</c><00:45:21.400><c> the</c><00:45:21.539><c> top</c><00:45:21.639><c> of</c><00:45:21.860><c> mercy,</c><00:45:22.239><c> doesn't</c><00:45:22.420><c> he?</c>

00:45:23.679 --> 00:45:25.380
And<00:45:23.960><c> the</c><00:45:24.079><c> very</c><00:45:24.320><c> name</c><00:45:24.599><c> of</c><00:45:24.780><c> the</c><00:45:25.000><c> mercy</c><00:45:25.239><c> seat</c>

00:45:25.380 --> 00:45:28.119
itself<00:45:25.820><c> is</c><00:45:26.059><c> saying</c><00:45:26.420><c> that</c><00:45:26.719><c> when</c><00:45:26.840><c> the</c><00:45:27.039><c> king</c><00:45:27.219><c> says</c><00:45:27.539><c> mercy</c><00:45:27.880><c> will</c>

00:45:28.119 --> 00:45:30.840
be<00:45:28.360><c> done,</c><00:45:28.960><c> brothers</c><00:45:29.079><c> and</c><00:45:29.360><c> sisters,</c><00:45:29.900><c> mercy</c><00:45:30.420><c> will</c>

00:45:30.840 --> 00:45:34.400
be<00:45:31.179><c> done.</c><00:45:31.900><c> Because</c><00:45:31.980><c> the</c><00:45:32.159><c> king</c><00:45:32.440><c> said</c><00:45:32.679><c> it.</c><00:45:33.619><c> Because</c><00:45:33.880><c> first</c><00:45:34.199><c> of</c>

00:45:34.400 --> 00:45:37.920
all,<00:45:34.719><c> the</c><00:45:34.820><c> king</c><00:45:35.800><c> is</c><00:45:36.300><c> acknowledged</c><00:45:36.619><c> as</c><00:45:36.940><c> king</c>

00:45:38.179 --> 00:45:42.360
to<00:45:38.699><c> declare</c><00:45:39.099><c> God's</c><00:45:39.639><c> righteousness,</c><00:45:40.159><c> that</c><00:45:40.320><c> he</c><00:45:40.519><c> might</c><00:45:40.719><c> be</c><00:45:41.000><c> just.</c><00:45:41.920><c> And</c>

00:45:42.360 --> 00:45:45.119
then<00:45:42.780><c> he</c><00:45:43.699><c> could</c><00:45:43.880><c> become</c><00:45:44.199><c> the</c><00:45:44.500><c> justifier</c>

00:45:45.119 --> 00:45:47.400
of<00:45:45.440><c> them</c><00:45:45.619><c> which</c><00:45:45.880><c> believe</c><00:45:46.119><c> in</c><00:45:46.320><c> Jesus.</c><00:45:46.739><c> That's</c><00:45:46.960><c> what</c><00:45:47.079><c> he</c><00:45:47.219><c> did.</c>

00:45:47.539 --> 00:45:49.539
So<00:45:47.679><c> he</c><00:45:47.760><c> came</c><00:45:47.960><c> before</c><00:45:48.219><c> the</c><00:45:48.440><c> mercy</c><00:45:48.719><c> seat</c><00:45:48.900><c> and</c><00:45:49.079><c> he</c><00:45:49.280><c> saw</c>

00:45:49.539 --> 00:45:53.460
principle.<00:45:50.719><c> Acknowledge</c><00:45:51.239><c> the</c><00:45:51.440><c> king</c><00:45:51.840><c> and</c><00:45:52.559><c> I</c><00:45:52.719><c> can</c><00:45:52.900><c> get</c><00:45:53.079><c> mercy.</c>

00:45:53.699 --> 00:45:55.920
And<00:45:53.860><c> then</c><00:45:54.019><c> he</c><00:45:54.139><c> said,</c><00:45:54.739><c> he</c><00:45:54.920><c> asked</c><00:45:55.199><c> to</c><00:45:55.360><c> be</c><00:45:55.539><c> merciful</c>

00:45:55.920 --> 00:46:00.400
to<00:45:56.239><c> him,</c><00:45:56.960><c> not</c><00:45:57.159><c> a</c><00:45:57.500><c> sinner,</c><00:45:57.960><c> brothers</c><00:45:58.159><c> and</c><00:45:58.400><c> sisters,</c><00:45:59.059><c> not</c><00:45:59.239><c> a</c><00:45:59.480><c> sinner.</c><00:46:00.179><c> In</c>

00:46:00.400 --> 00:46:05.960
the<00:46:00.639><c> Greek,</c><00:46:02.460><c> the</c><00:46:02.760><c> sinner,</c><00:46:04.300><c> the</c><00:46:04.920><c> sinner.</c>

00:46:06.400 --> 00:46:09.739
You<00:46:06.579><c> know</c><00:46:06.679><c> what</c><00:46:06.719><c> he</c><00:46:06.860><c> was</c><00:46:06.980><c> doing</c><00:46:07.119><c> about</c><00:46:07.320><c> that?</c><00:46:08.699><c> That</c><00:46:09.019><c> publican</c>

00:46:09.739 --> 00:46:13.039
believed<00:46:10.380><c> that</c><00:46:11.340><c> he</c><00:46:11.500><c> was</c><00:46:11.719><c> a</c><00:46:11.920><c> separate</c><00:46:12.119><c> one.</c>

00:46:13.239 --> 00:46:19.840
Just<00:46:13.800><c> like</c><00:46:14.000><c> the</c><00:46:14.179><c> Pharisee.</c><00:46:15.260><c> He</c><00:46:15.340><c> was</c><00:46:15.619><c> different</c><00:46:16.179><c> than</c><00:46:17.099><c> all</c><00:46:17.840><c> other</c><00:46:18.380><c> men.</c><00:46:19.719><c> He</c>

00:46:19.840 --> 00:46:21.800
was<00:46:20.079><c> the</c><00:46:20.380><c> worst</c><00:46:20.699><c> of</c><00:46:20.900><c> them.</c>

00:46:22.000 --> 00:46:26.800
He<00:46:22.179><c> was</c><00:46:22.739><c> the</c><00:46:23.199><c> sinner.</c><00:46:24.659><c> You</c><00:46:24.820><c> couldn't</c><00:46:25.059><c> get</c><00:46:25.360><c> two</c><00:46:25.659><c> minds</c><00:46:26.179><c> further</c>

00:46:26.800 --> 00:46:29.940
apart<00:46:27.199><c> than</c><00:46:27.480><c> that.</c><00:46:28.820><c> One</c><00:46:29.119><c> believing</c><00:46:29.719><c> that</c><00:46:29.900><c> he</c>

00:46:29.940 --> 00:46:32.840
was<00:46:30.119><c> better</c><00:46:30.340><c> than</c><00:46:30.599><c> all</c><00:46:30.920><c> other</c><00:46:31.159><c> men</c><00:46:31.519><c> and</c><00:46:31.820><c> the</c><00:46:31.940><c> other</c><00:46:32.079><c> one</c><00:46:32.320><c> believing</c><00:46:32.659><c> that</c>

00:46:32.840 --> 00:46:35.280
he<00:46:32.900><c> was</c><00:46:33.099><c> the</c><00:46:33.360><c> worst</c><00:46:33.639><c> of</c><00:46:33.940><c> all</c><00:46:34.199><c> other</c><00:46:34.500><c> men.</c>

00:46:35.739 --> 00:46:40.679
The<00:46:35.900><c> apostle</c><00:46:36.179><c> Paul</c><00:46:36.480><c> who</c><00:46:36.619><c> said</c><00:46:36.760><c> that</c><00:46:37.000><c> later,</c><00:46:37.500><c> didn't</c><00:46:37.500><c> he?</c><00:46:38.880><c> In</c><00:46:39.099><c> Timothy</c><00:46:39.380><c> that</c><00:46:40.119><c> this</c><00:46:40.360><c> is</c><00:46:40.559><c> a</c>

00:46:40.679 --> 00:46:41.579
true<00:46:40.860><c> saying</c><00:46:41.159><c> and</c><00:46:41.380><c> worthy</c>

00:46:41.579 --> 00:46:45.539
of<00:46:41.699><c> all</c><00:46:41.940><c> acceptation</c><00:46:42.880><c> that</c><00:46:43.380><c> Jesus</c><00:46:43.800><c> Christ</c><00:46:44.179><c> came</c><00:46:44.440><c> into</c><00:46:44.619><c> the</c><00:46:45.059><c> world</c><00:46:45.320><c> to</c>

00:46:45.539 --> 00:46:48.059
save<00:46:45.860><c> sinners</c><00:46:46.460><c> of</c><00:46:46.900><c> whom</c><00:46:47.099><c> I'm</c><00:46:47.400><c> the</c><00:46:47.659><c> first,</c>

00:46:48.400 --> 00:46:51.900
the<00:46:48.599><c> chief</c><00:46:48.820><c> of</c><00:46:48.940><c> them.</c><00:46:50.500><c> And</c><00:46:50.780><c> that's</c><00:46:50.980><c> how</c><00:46:51.059><c> the</c><00:46:51.239><c> publican</c><00:46:51.760><c> saw</c>

00:46:51.900 --> 00:46:53.320
himself,<00:46:52.559><c> brothers</c><00:46:52.679><c> and</c><00:46:52.940><c> sisters.</c>

00:46:53.800 --> 00:46:57.159
And<00:46:53.900><c> when</c><00:46:54.039><c> a</c><00:46:54.119><c> man</c><00:46:54.260><c> goes</c><00:46:54.559><c> before</c><00:46:54.880><c> the</c><00:46:55.039><c> throne</c><00:46:55.280><c> of</c><00:46:55.500><c> God</c><00:46:55.679><c> believing</c><00:46:56.119><c> that,</c>

00:46:57.239 --> 00:46:58.340
really<00:46:57.579><c> believing</c><00:46:58.019><c> that,</c>

00:46:58.360 --> 00:47:01.099
that<00:46:58.460><c> he</c><00:46:58.599><c> is</c><00:46:58.840><c> separate</c><00:46:59.019><c> from</c><00:46:59.239><c> all</c><00:46:59.400><c> other</c><00:46:59.579><c> men,</c><00:47:00.000><c> that</c><00:47:00.460><c> all</c><00:47:00.760><c> other</c><00:47:00.960><c> men</c>

00:47:01.099 --> 00:47:02.699
are<00:47:01.400><c> different</c><00:47:01.739><c> than</c><00:47:01.920><c> himself</c><00:47:02.260><c> because</c><00:47:02.519><c> he</c>

00:47:02.699 --> 00:47:05.840
is<00:47:02.880><c> the</c><00:47:03.239><c> worst</c><00:47:03.519><c> of</c><00:47:03.659><c> them</c><00:47:03.820><c> all</c><00:47:04.159><c> and</c><00:47:05.019><c> acknowledges</c><00:47:05.500><c> what</c><00:47:05.659><c> he's</c>

00:47:05.840 --> 00:47:07.940
done<00:47:06.079><c> before</c><00:47:06.360><c> the</c><00:47:06.579><c> king</c><00:47:06.840><c> and</c><00:47:07.079><c> pleads</c><00:47:07.380><c> for</c><00:47:07.619><c> mercy,</c>

00:47:07.940 --> 00:47:12.579
it's<00:47:08.440><c> inevitable</c><00:47:08.880><c> it's</c><00:47:09.119><c> going</c><00:47:09.219><c> to</c><00:47:09.380><c> happen.</c><00:47:10.199><c> He</c><00:47:10.559><c> gets</c><00:47:10.800><c> justified.</c><00:47:12.159><c> But</c><00:47:12.260><c> look</c><00:47:12.340><c> what</c><00:47:12.420><c> the</c>

00:47:12.579 --> 00:47:13.400
record<00:47:12.760><c> says</c><00:47:13.000><c> in</c><00:47:13.179><c> verse</c>

00:47:13.400 --> 00:47:18.760
14.<00:47:15.500><c> Jesus</c><00:47:15.760><c> said,</c><00:47:16.059><c> I</c><00:47:16.059><c> tell</c><00:47:16.260><c> you</c><00:47:16.380><c> this</c><00:47:16.559><c> man</c><00:47:16.960><c> went</c><00:47:17.480><c> down</c><00:47:18.119><c> to</c><00:47:18.539><c> his</c>

00:47:18.760 --> 00:47:21.599
house<00:47:19.340><c> justified.</c><00:47:20.619><c> In</c><00:47:20.800><c> other</c><00:47:20.940><c> words,</c><00:47:21.260><c> brothers</c><00:47:21.360><c> and</c>

00:47:21.599 --> 00:47:26.860
sisters,<00:47:23.000><c> the</c><00:47:23.260><c> important</c><00:47:23.519><c> thing</c><00:47:23.699><c> to</c><00:47:23.860><c> note</c><00:47:24.000><c> here</c><00:47:24.300><c> is</c><00:47:24.800><c> that</c><00:47:25.780><c> that</c><00:47:26.039><c> attitude</c><00:47:26.519><c> of</c>

00:47:26.860 --> 00:47:30.280
contrition,<00:47:28.559><c> of</c><00:47:28.639><c> a</c><00:47:28.860><c> broken</c><00:47:29.099><c> heart,</c>

00:47:30.940 --> 00:47:33.679
of<00:47:31.179><c> seeing</c><00:47:31.400><c> himself</c><00:47:31.679><c> as</c><00:47:31.880><c> the</c><00:47:32.039><c> worst</c><00:47:32.239><c> of</c><00:47:32.460><c> all</c><00:47:32.679><c> men</c><00:47:32.940><c> didn't</c><00:47:33.360><c> stop</c>

00:47:33.679 --> 00:47:37.559
in<00:47:33.860><c> the</c><00:47:34.019><c> temple,</c><00:47:34.780><c> it</c><00:47:35.059><c> went</c><00:47:35.460><c> with</c><00:47:35.780><c> him</c><00:47:36.179><c> to</c><00:47:36.420><c> his</c><00:47:36.679><c> home.</c>

00:47:38.300 --> 00:47:42.980
What<00:47:38.699><c> he</c><00:47:38.860><c> was</c><00:47:39.079><c> up</c><00:47:39.380><c> there,</c><00:47:40.460><c> he</c><00:47:40.659><c> was</c><00:47:40.880><c> the</c><00:47:41.039><c> same</c><00:47:41.340><c> down</c><00:47:41.619><c> there.</c><00:47:42.960><c> He</c>

00:47:42.980 --> 00:47:44.980
didn't<00:47:43.199><c> walk</c><00:47:43.440><c> out</c><00:47:43.599><c> of</c><00:47:43.679><c> that</c><00:47:43.840><c> temple</c><00:47:44.260><c> and</c><00:47:44.699><c> when</c><00:47:44.820><c> the</c>

00:47:44.980 --> 00:47:48.480
light<00:47:45.079><c> of</c><00:47:45.239><c> the</c><00:47:45.440><c> sun</c><00:47:45.719><c> and</c><00:47:46.559><c> go</c><00:47:46.760><c> home</c><00:47:47.000><c> and</c><00:47:47.139><c> think</c><00:47:47.260><c> to</c><00:47:47.400><c> himself,</c><00:47:48.320><c> well</c><00:47:48.400><c> I</c>

00:47:48.480 --> 00:47:50.199
put<00:47:48.659><c> one</c><00:47:48.820><c> over</c><00:47:49.059><c> God</c><00:47:49.260><c> that</c><00:47:49.539><c> time,</c><00:47:49.860><c> didn't</c><00:47:49.960><c> I?</c>

00:47:50.280 --> 00:47:52.780
I<00:47:50.679><c> really</c><00:47:50.900><c> impressed</c><00:47:51.239><c> him</c><00:47:51.460><c> with</c><00:47:51.659><c> what</c><00:47:51.840><c> a</c><00:47:52.039><c> terrible</c><00:47:52.280><c> sinner</c><00:47:52.519><c> I</c>

00:47:52.780 --> 00:47:55.440
was<00:47:53.059><c> and</c><00:47:53.579><c> then</c><00:47:53.739><c> forget</c><00:47:53.920><c> all</c><00:47:54.099><c> about</c><00:47:54.280><c> it.</c><00:47:54.440><c> Oh</c><00:47:54.579><c> no,</c><00:47:55.000><c> he</c><00:47:55.159><c> went</c>

00:47:55.440 --> 00:48:00.739
home<00:47:56.179><c> with</c><00:47:56.619><c> that</c><00:47:56.900><c> attitude.</c><00:47:58.159><c> You</c><00:47:58.280><c> see</c><00:47:58.380><c> the</c><00:47:58.579><c> point,</c><00:47:58.880><c> don't</c><00:47:59.000><c> you?</c><00:48:00.260><c> That's</c><00:48:00.659><c> the</c>

00:48:00.739 --> 00:48:01.840
attitude<00:48:00.940><c> we've</c><00:48:01.119><c> got</c><00:48:01.159><c> to</c><00:48:01.300><c> take</c><00:48:01.440><c> home</c>

00:48:01.840 --> 00:48:04.679
with<00:48:02.019><c> us,</c><00:48:02.360><c> brothers</c><00:48:02.380><c> and</c><00:48:02.639><c> sisters.</c><00:48:03.760><c> But</c><00:48:03.920><c> with</c><00:48:04.079><c> all</c><00:48:04.300><c> of</c><00:48:04.420><c> us,</c><00:48:04.599><c> I</c>

00:48:04.679 --> 00:48:06.380
think,<00:48:05.079><c> would</c><00:48:05.199><c> all</c><00:48:05.360><c> of</c><00:48:05.440><c> us</c><00:48:05.579><c> commiserate</c><00:48:06.039><c> with</c><00:48:06.179><c> each</c>

00:48:06.380 --> 00:48:09.400
other,<00:48:06.599><c> wouldn't</c><00:48:06.719><c> we,</c><00:48:07.239><c> that</c><00:48:07.400><c> the</c><00:48:07.780><c> very</c><00:48:08.079><c> best</c><00:48:08.400><c> exhortation</c><00:48:09.139><c> that</c><00:48:09.320><c> we</c>

00:48:09.400 --> 00:48:11.300
might<00:48:09.559><c> have</c><00:48:09.719><c> heard</c><00:48:09.840><c> for</c><00:48:10.059><c> some</c><00:48:10.340><c> time,</c><00:48:10.780><c> we</c><00:48:11.139><c> could</c>

00:48:11.300 --> 00:48:13.460
be<00:48:11.519><c> here</c><00:48:11.659><c> for</c><00:48:11.840><c> Sunday</c><00:48:12.099><c> morning</c><00:48:12.360><c> and</c><00:48:12.480><c> the</c><00:48:12.639><c> brother</c><00:48:12.780><c> could</c><00:48:13.260><c> lift</c>

00:48:13.460 --> 00:48:16.739
the<00:48:13.679><c> roof</c><00:48:13.920><c> off</c><00:48:14.099><c> and</c><00:48:14.780><c> make</c><00:48:15.219><c> our</c><00:48:15.519><c> spines</c><00:48:15.940><c> tingle</c><00:48:16.400><c> and</c>

00:48:16.739 --> 00:48:18.260
think<00:48:16.900><c> we've</c><00:48:17.199><c> got</c><00:48:17.280><c> to</c><00:48:17.420><c> do</c><00:48:17.519><c> better,</c><00:48:17.699><c> we've</c><00:48:17.940><c> got</c><00:48:17.960><c> to</c><00:48:18.079><c> do</c><00:48:18.179><c> better</c>

00:48:18.260 --> 00:48:19.840
in<00:48:18.420><c> the</c><00:48:18.599><c> service</c><00:48:18.840><c> of</c><00:48:19.019><c> God</c><00:48:19.119><c> and</c><00:48:19.239><c> we</c><00:48:19.320><c> know</c><00:48:19.460><c> it</c><00:48:19.639><c> happens</c>

00:48:19.840 --> 00:48:23.639
Monday.<00:48:21.199><c> It</c><00:48:21.400><c> doesn't</c><00:48:21.519><c> always</c><00:48:21.780><c> go</c><00:48:22.019><c> home</c><00:48:22.260><c> with</c><00:48:22.400><c> us,</c><00:48:22.559><c> does</c><00:48:22.719><c> it?</c>

00:48:24.320 --> 00:48:27.400
But<00:48:24.699><c> this</c><00:48:24.860><c> man</c><00:48:24.980><c> went</c><00:48:25.199><c> down</c><00:48:25.440><c> to</c><00:48:25.579><c> his</c><00:48:25.800><c> house.</c><00:48:26.880><c> His</c><00:48:27.099><c> attitude</c>

00:48:27.400 --> 00:48:31.960
was<00:48:27.599><c> no</c><00:48:27.840><c> different</c><00:48:28.179><c> home</c><00:48:28.539><c> than</c><00:48:28.659><c> it</c><00:48:28.820><c> was</c><00:48:29.000><c> there.</c><00:48:29.460><c> I</c><00:48:29.599><c> think</c><00:48:29.719><c> that's</c><00:48:30.019><c> important,</c><00:48:30.559><c> brothers</c><00:48:30.659><c> and</c><00:48:30.920><c> sisters.</c>

00:48:32.119 --> 00:48:35.579
And<00:48:32.579><c> he</c><00:48:32.639><c> was</c><00:48:32.860><c> justified.</c><00:48:34.199><c> You</c><00:48:34.219><c> know,</c><00:48:34.400><c> the</c><00:48:34.579><c> Greek</c><00:48:34.900><c> is</c><00:48:35.219><c> in</c><00:48:35.380><c> the</c>

00:48:35.579 --> 00:48:39.159
perfect<00:48:36.000><c> tense.</c><00:48:37.159><c> He</c><00:48:37.159><c> was</c><00:48:37.480><c> completely</c><00:48:38.260><c> pardoned</c>

00:48:40.039 --> 00:48:43.099
and<00:48:40.260><c> declared</c><00:48:40.739><c> to</c><00:48:40.960><c> be</c><00:48:41.139><c> righteous,</c><00:48:42.400><c> though</c><00:48:42.619><c> he</c><00:48:42.699><c> didn't</c><00:48:42.940><c> think</c>

00:48:43.099 --> 00:48:45.940
he<00:48:43.340><c> was.</c><00:48:44.679><c> And</c><00:48:44.860><c> righteousness,</c><00:48:45.500><c> brothers</c><00:48:45.639><c> and</c>

00:48:45.940 --> 00:48:50.539
sisters,<00:48:46.400><c> is</c><00:48:46.579><c> that</c><00:48:46.780><c> which</c><00:48:46.960><c> is</c><00:48:47.400><c> imputed</c><00:48:47.739><c> to</c><00:48:48.039><c> us.</c><00:48:50.159><c> People</c><00:48:50.340><c> are</c>

00:48:50.539 --> 00:48:51.559
difficulty<00:48:50.800><c> with</c><00:48:50.980><c> that.</c><00:48:51.300><c> They</c><00:48:51.300><c> think,</c>

00:48:52.000 --> 00:48:55.239
how<00:48:52.260><c> can</c><00:48:52.440><c> God</c><00:48:52.639><c> say</c><00:48:52.880><c> I'm</c><00:48:53.039><c> righteous</c><00:48:53.320><c> when</c><00:48:53.480><c> I'm</c><00:48:53.800><c> not?</c><00:48:54.880><c> Well,</c><00:48:55.059><c> you</c>

00:48:55.239 --> 00:48:56.960
see,<00:48:55.460><c> it's</c><00:48:55.619><c> in</c><00:48:55.780><c> Romans</c><00:48:56.019><c> 3,</c><00:48:56.400><c> isn't</c><00:48:56.599><c> it?</c>

00:48:56.960 --> 00:49:00.179
And<00:48:57.300><c> it's</c><00:48:57.579><c> like</c><00:48:57.820><c> this.</c><00:48:58.860><c> People</c><00:48:59.059><c> have</c><00:48:59.300><c> a</c><00:48:59.300><c> problem</c><00:48:59.579><c> with</c><00:48:59.820><c> this.</c>

00:49:00.380 --> 00:49:01.360
They're<00:49:00.480><c> not</c><00:49:00.519><c> going</c><00:49:00.679><c> to</c><00:49:00.880><c> understand</c><00:49:01.139><c> their</c>

00:49:01.360 --> 00:49:05.360
problem.<00:49:02.800><c> Romans</c><00:49:03.079><c> 4</c><00:49:03.420><c> rather,</c><00:49:03.760><c> not</c><00:49:03.960><c> Romans</c><00:49:04.260><c> 3,</c><00:49:04.800><c> but</c><00:49:04.980><c> it's</c><00:49:05.199><c> in</c>

00:49:05.360 --> 00:49:08.460
Romans<00:49:05.659><c> 4,</c><00:49:07.380><c> in</c><00:49:07.579><c> verse</c><00:49:07.840><c> 4.</c>

00:49:08.920 --> 00:49:11.119
Now,<00:49:09.039><c> to</c><00:49:09.039><c> him</c><00:49:09.260><c> that</c><00:49:09.539><c> worketh</c><00:49:09.860><c> is</c><00:49:10.059><c> the</c><00:49:10.239><c> reward</c><00:49:10.500><c> not</c><00:49:10.820><c> reckoned</c>

00:49:11.119 --> 00:49:14.400
of<00:49:11.360><c> grace,</c><00:49:11.960><c> but</c><00:49:12.019><c> of</c><00:49:12.300><c> debt.</c><00:49:13.340><c> But</c><00:49:13.599><c> to</c><00:49:13.800><c> him</c><00:49:13.960><c> that</c>

00:49:14.400 --> 00:49:19.000
worketh<00:49:14.920><c> not,</c><00:49:15.619><c> but</c><00:49:16.119><c> has</c><00:49:16.840><c> faith</c><00:49:17.320><c> on</c><00:49:17.719><c> him</c><00:49:17.940><c> that</c><00:49:18.260><c> justifies</c><00:49:18.800><c> the</c>

00:49:19.000 --> 00:49:22.639
ungodly,<00:49:19.940><c> his</c><00:49:20.500><c> faith</c><00:49:20.900><c> is</c><00:49:21.400><c> counted</c><00:49:21.699><c> for</c><00:49:22.179><c> righteousness,</c>

00:49:22.639 --> 00:49:28.079
even<00:49:23.480><c> as</c><00:49:24.420><c> David</c><00:49:24.960><c> also</c><00:49:25.820><c> describeth</c><00:49:26.739><c> the</c><00:49:27.000><c> blessedness</c><00:49:27.679><c> of</c><00:49:27.860><c> the</c>

00:49:28.079 --> 00:49:30.820
man<00:49:28.739><c> unto</c><00:49:29.059><c> whom</c><00:49:29.320><c> God</c><00:49:29.659><c> imputed</c><00:49:30.119><c> righteousness</c>

00:49:30.820 --> 00:49:36.360
without<00:49:31.360><c> works,</c><00:49:32.480><c> saying,</c><00:49:33.820><c> blessed</c><00:49:34.179><c> are</c><00:49:34.420><c> they</c><00:49:34.679><c> whose</c><00:49:34.920><c> iniquities</c><00:49:35.400><c> are</c><00:49:35.699><c> forgiven</c><00:49:36.019><c> and</c>

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whose<00:49:36.599><c> sins</c><00:49:36.980><c> are</c><00:49:37.440><c> covered.</c>

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Blessed<00:49:38.420><c> is</c><00:49:38.679><c> the</c><00:49:38.800><c> man</c><00:49:38.980><c> to</c><00:49:39.159><c> whom</c><00:49:39.300><c> the</c><00:49:39.480><c> Lord</c><00:49:39.639><c> will</c><00:49:40.079><c> not</c><00:49:40.679><c> impute</c>

00:49:41.360 --> 00:49:43.599
sin.<00:49:42.219><c> So</c><00:49:42.380><c> you</c><00:49:42.539><c> listen,</c><00:49:42.820><c> brothers</c><00:49:43.059><c> and</c><00:49:43.300><c> sisters,</c>

00:49:43.760 --> 00:49:46.920
just<00:49:43.980><c> listen</c><00:49:44.199><c> to</c><00:49:44.360><c> this</c><00:49:44.500><c> phrase.</c><00:49:45.579><c> Listen</c><00:49:45.800><c> to</c><00:49:45.980><c> it.</c><00:49:46.480><c> This</c><00:49:46.599><c> is</c><00:49:46.739><c> an</c>

00:49:46.920 --> 00:49:48.920
explanation<00:49:47.380><c> of</c><00:49:47.599><c> those</c><00:49:47.800><c> verses.</c><00:49:48.199><c> This</c><00:49:48.360><c> is</c><00:49:48.519><c> how</c><00:49:48.719><c> simple</c>

00:49:48.920 --> 00:49:55.179
it<00:49:49.000><c> is.</c><00:49:50.679><c> A</c><00:49:50.900><c> man</c><00:49:51.300><c> is</c><00:49:51.840><c> deemed</c><00:49:52.139><c> to</c><00:49:52.380><c> be</c><00:49:52.599><c> righteous</c><00:49:53.139><c> when</c><00:49:54.099><c> God</c><00:49:54.460><c> doesn't</c><00:49:54.840><c> hold</c>

00:49:55.179 --> 00:49:58.199
his<00:49:55.739><c> crimes</c><00:49:56.460><c> against</c><00:49:57.039><c> him.</c><00:49:57.900><c> That's</c><00:49:58.000><c> what</c>

00:49:58.199 --> 00:50:02.099
David<00:49:58.500><c> is</c><00:49:58.780><c> describing.</c><00:50:00.239><c> He</c><00:50:00.340><c> doesn't</c><00:50:00.579><c> say</c><00:50:00.840><c> David</c><00:50:01.260><c> said</c><00:50:01.619><c> that.</c>

00:50:02.480 --> 00:50:04.940
He<00:50:02.619><c> said</c><00:50:02.760><c> he</c><00:50:03.099><c> described</c><00:50:04.000><c> it.</c><00:50:04.400><c> How</c><00:50:04.619><c> could</c><00:50:04.760><c> he</c>

00:50:04.940 --> 00:50:07.940
describe<00:50:05.340><c> it?</c><00:50:05.820><c> Well,</c><00:50:06.019><c> here</c><00:50:06.179><c> he</c><00:50:06.280><c> is</c><00:50:06.500><c> sitting</c><00:50:06.739><c> on</c><00:50:06.920><c> his</c><00:50:07.179><c> throne.</c>

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In<00:50:08.840><c> comes</c><00:50:09.099><c> Nathan</c><00:50:09.480><c> about</c><00:50:09.820><c> the</c><00:50:10.079><c> parable</c><00:50:10.300><c> of</c>

00:50:10.460 --> 00:50:14.019
the<00:50:10.599><c> little</c><00:50:10.840><c> ewe</c><00:50:11.119><c> lamb</c><00:50:11.280><c> and</c><00:50:12.199><c> the</c><00:50:12.420><c> wayfaring</c><00:50:12.880><c> man,</c><00:50:13.219><c> the</c><00:50:13.480><c> traveller</c><00:50:13.719><c> that</c>

00:50:14.019 --> 00:50:15.940
came<00:50:14.280><c> and</c><00:50:15.099><c> demanded</c><00:50:15.480><c> this</c><00:50:15.719><c> little</c>

00:50:15.940 --> 00:50:19.360
ewe<00:50:16.239><c> lamb</c><00:50:16.460><c> when</c><00:50:16.599><c> he</c><00:50:16.679><c> had</c><00:50:16.980><c> flocks</c><00:50:17.280><c> of</c><00:50:17.400><c> his</c><00:50:17.599><c> own.</c><00:50:19.000><c> And</c><00:50:19.079><c> he</c><00:50:19.159><c> took</c>

00:50:19.360 --> 00:50:21.099
that<00:50:19.619><c> one</c><00:50:19.780><c> little</c><00:50:20.000><c> ewe</c><00:50:20.239><c> lamb</c><00:50:20.380><c> and</c><00:50:20.559><c> David</c><00:50:20.860><c> heard</c>

00:50:21.099 --> 00:50:24.019
that<00:50:21.400><c> parable</c><00:50:21.579><c> and</c><00:50:21.900><c> his</c><00:50:22.480><c> rage</c><00:50:22.880><c> coming</c><00:50:23.079><c> to</c><00:50:23.239><c> his</c><00:50:23.400><c> face.</c><00:50:23.619><c> He</c><00:50:23.619><c> said,</c><00:50:23.940><c> that</c>

00:50:24.019 --> 00:50:25.480
man<00:50:24.260><c> will</c><00:50:24.519><c> die.</c><00:50:24.900><c> And</c><00:50:25.039><c> Nathan</c><00:50:25.260><c> said,</c>

00:50:25.539 --> 00:50:29.820
you're<00:50:25.880><c> that</c><00:50:26.079><c> man.</c><00:50:27.260><c> And</c><00:50:27.420><c> in</c><00:50:27.639><c> the</c><00:50:27.699><c> next</c><00:50:28.119><c> breath,</c><00:50:29.119><c> in</c><00:50:29.340><c> the</c><00:50:29.480><c> very</c>

00:50:29.820 --> 00:50:32.719
next<00:50:30.280><c> breath,</c><00:50:31.159><c> said</c><00:50:31.320><c> Yahweh,</c><00:50:31.760><c> put</c><00:50:31.900><c> away</c><00:50:32.119><c> thy</c><00:50:32.420><c> sin</c>

00:50:32.719 --> 00:50:38.719
and<00:50:33.480><c> made</c><00:50:33.679><c> him</c><00:50:33.920><c> righteous</c><00:50:34.639><c> because</c><00:50:35.500><c> David</c><00:50:35.980><c> believed</c><00:50:36.579><c> that.</c><00:50:37.219><c> David</c><00:50:37.559><c> believed</c><00:50:38.219><c> he</c><00:50:38.340><c> was</c><00:50:38.559><c> a</c>

00:50:38.719 --> 00:50:40.619
sinner.<00:50:39.860><c> He</c><00:50:40.179><c> saw</c><00:50:40.400><c> the</c>

00:50:40.619 --> 00:50:44.920
of<00:50:41.199><c> what</c><00:50:41.420><c> he</c><00:50:41.500><c> had</c><00:50:41.659><c> done.</c><00:50:42.619><c> He</c><00:50:42.639><c> was</c><00:50:42.940><c> brokenhearted.</c><00:50:43.860><c> It</c><00:50:44.039><c> prostrated</c><00:50:44.460><c> him.</c>

00:50:45.420 --> 00:50:47.739
And<00:50:45.559><c> what</c><00:50:45.820><c> struck</c><00:50:46.360><c> David</c><00:50:46.840><c> with</c><00:50:47.320><c> more</c>

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force,<00:50:48.219><c> brothers</c><00:50:48.480><c> and</c><00:50:48.739><c> sisters,</c><00:50:49.460><c> with</c><00:50:49.699><c> greater</c><00:50:50.199><c> force</c><00:50:50.599><c> ever</c>

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than<00:50:51.519><c> his</c><00:50:51.739><c> own</c><00:50:52.059><c> contrition,</c><00:50:52.820><c> is</c><00:50:52.940><c> God's</c><00:50:53.340><c> goodness</c>

00:50:53.699 --> 00:50:57.719
in<00:50:54.179><c> forgiving</c><00:50:54.460><c> him</c><00:50:54.639><c> on</c><00:50:54.820><c> the</c><00:50:55.019><c> spot.</c><00:50:55.280><c> He</c><00:50:55.280><c> didn't</c><00:50:55.440><c> do</c><00:50:55.599><c> a</c><00:50:55.699><c> thing</c><00:50:55.820><c> about</c><00:50:56.079><c> it.</c><00:50:57.659><c> He</c>

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had<00:50:57.840><c> no</c><00:50:58.059><c> time</c><00:50:58.239><c> to</c><00:50:58.420><c> work.</c><00:50:58.719><c> He</c><00:50:58.739><c> had</c><00:50:58.800><c> no</c><00:50:59.039><c> time</c>

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to<00:50:59.340><c> go</c><00:50:59.400><c> and</c><00:50:59.460><c> put</c><00:50:59.559><c> it</c><00:50:59.739><c> right.</c><00:50:59.960><c> He</c><00:50:59.960><c> said,</c><00:51:00.380><c> Yahweh,</c><00:51:00.719><c> put</c><00:51:00.880><c> away</c><00:51:01.139><c> thy</c>

00:51:01.340 --> 00:51:04.980
sin.<00:51:01.760><c> That</c><00:51:02.079><c> flattened</c><00:51:02.539><c> David.</c><00:51:04.519><c> Absolutely</c>

00:51:04.980 --> 00:51:09.219
prostrated<00:51:05.659><c> him.</c><00:51:07.579><c> And</c><00:51:07.739><c> Yahweh</c><00:51:07.920><c> declared</c><00:51:08.300><c> him</c><00:51:08.480><c> to</c><00:51:08.519><c> be</c><00:51:08.760><c> righteous</c><00:51:09.079><c> because</c>

00:51:09.219 --> 00:51:10.780
he<00:51:09.360><c> didn't</c><00:51:09.599><c> hold</c><00:51:09.900><c> his</c><00:51:10.320><c> crimes</c>

00:51:10.780 --> 00:51:16.900
against<00:51:11.219><c> him.</c><00:51:12.500><c> And</c><00:51:12.659><c> that</c><00:51:12.920><c> publican</c><00:51:13.920><c> probably</c><00:51:14.300><c> was</c><00:51:14.539><c> an</c><00:51:14.800><c> extortioner.</c><00:51:16.800><c> May</c>

00:51:16.900 --> 00:51:18.039
have<00:51:17.059><c> even</c><00:51:17.199><c> been</c><00:51:17.340><c> the</c><00:51:17.539><c> other</c><00:51:17.719><c> things</c>

00:51:18.039 --> 00:51:20.820
that<00:51:18.260><c> the</c><00:51:18.440><c> Pharisees</c><00:51:18.880><c> said,</c><00:51:19.639><c> could</c><00:51:19.920><c> quite</c><00:51:20.119><c> possibly</c><00:51:20.559><c> have</c>

00:51:20.820 --> 00:51:23.440
been.<00:51:22.119><c> The</c><00:51:22.360><c> point</c><00:51:22.500><c> was,</c><00:51:22.880><c> though,</c><00:51:22.940><c> brothers</c><00:51:23.179><c> and</c>

00:51:23.440 --> 00:51:28.059
sisters,<00:51:23.699><c> he</c><00:51:23.860><c> knew</c><00:51:24.059><c> it,</c><00:51:24.860><c> was</c><00:51:25.159><c> aware</c><00:51:25.480><c> of</c><00:51:25.639><c> it,</c><00:51:26.639><c> and</c><00:51:26.920><c> was</c><00:51:27.219><c> heartbroken</c><00:51:27.760><c> about</c>

00:51:28.059 --> 00:51:29.699
it.<00:51:28.699><c> And</c><00:51:28.960><c> he</c><00:51:29.019><c> went</c><00:51:29.199><c> down</c><00:51:29.400><c> to</c><00:51:29.539><c> his</c>

00:51:29.699 --> 00:51:33.340
house,<00:51:30.179><c> in</c><00:51:30.619><c> God's</c><00:51:31.039><c> view,</c><00:51:31.619><c> a</c><00:51:31.800><c> righteous</c><00:51:32.239><c> man.</c><00:51:32.579><c> He</c><00:51:32.659><c> didn't</c><00:51:32.880><c> think</c><00:51:33.079><c> like</c>

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that,<00:51:33.840><c> though.</c>

00:51:35.079 --> 00:51:36.800
Now<00:51:35.219><c> what</c><00:51:35.320><c> should</c><00:51:35.500><c> happen</c><00:51:35.719><c> to</c><00:51:35.940><c> a</c><00:51:35.980><c> person</c><00:51:36.260><c> like</c><00:51:36.519><c> that?</c><00:51:36.659><c> Well,</c>

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they<00:51:36.840><c> don't</c><00:51:37.159><c> continue</c><00:51:37.599><c> unrighteousness,</c>

00:51:38.880 --> 00:51:42.280
do<00:51:39.039><c> they?</c><00:51:40.119><c> That</c><00:51:40.420><c> should</c><00:51:40.719><c> compel</c><00:51:41.119><c> a</c><00:51:41.320><c> person</c><00:51:41.579><c> to</c><00:51:41.760><c> do</c><00:51:41.860><c> the</c><00:51:42.039><c> right</c>

00:51:42.280 --> 00:51:44.960
thing,<00:51:42.619><c> shouldn't</c><00:51:42.880><c> it?</c><00:51:43.840><c> The</c><00:51:44.039><c> very</c><00:51:44.300><c> act</c><00:51:44.480><c> of</c><00:51:44.719><c> grace</c>

00:51:44.960 --> 00:51:47.800
and<00:51:45.119><c> the</c><00:51:45.199><c> act</c><00:51:45.400><c> of</c><00:51:45.599><c> love</c><00:51:45.719><c> should</c><00:51:45.960><c> be</c><00:51:46.480><c> like</c><00:51:46.840><c> an</c><00:51:47.079><c> electric</c><00:51:47.460><c> shock</c>

00:51:47.800 --> 00:51:49.800
to<00:51:48.019><c> a</c><00:51:48.199><c> person</c><00:51:48.360><c> that</c><00:51:48.539><c> goes</c><00:51:48.739><c> way</c><00:51:49.079><c> above</c><00:51:49.380><c> the</c><00:51:49.619><c> power</c>

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of<00:51:50.059><c> law,</c><00:51:50.460><c> brothers</c><00:51:50.559><c> and</c><00:51:50.840><c> sisters.</c><00:51:51.440><c> And</c><00:51:51.440><c> we</c><00:51:51.780><c> should</c><00:51:52.659><c> be</c><00:51:53.139><c> so</c><00:51:53.639><c> ensued</c><00:51:54.139><c> to</c>

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do<00:51:54.440><c> the</c><00:51:54.599><c> right</c><00:51:54.780><c> thing</c><00:51:54.940><c> to</c><00:51:55.099><c> show</c><00:51:55.260><c> that</c><00:51:55.420><c> we</c>

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appreciate<00:51:56.500><c> that.</c><00:51:56.760><c> That's</c><00:51:57.000><c> the</c><00:51:57.099><c> point</c><00:51:57.320><c> of</c><00:51:57.360><c> it,</c><00:51:57.500><c> isn't</c><00:51:57.699><c> it?</c><00:51:58.659><c> And</c><00:51:58.760><c> when</c><00:51:58.860><c> we</c>

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do,<00:51:59.539><c> we're</c><00:51:59.619><c> still</c><00:51:59.840><c> not</c><00:52:00.039><c> righteous.</c>

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All<00:52:01.320><c> we're</c><00:52:01.539><c> doing,</c><00:52:02.519><c> by</c><00:52:02.739><c> our</c><00:52:02.940><c> righteous</c><00:52:03.280><c> acts,</c><00:52:04.420><c> is</c><00:52:04.579><c> thanking</c>

00:52:04.960 --> 00:52:06.739
God<00:52:05.340><c> for</c><00:52:05.559><c> making</c><00:52:05.820><c> us</c><00:52:06.079><c> righteous</c><00:52:06.400><c> in</c><00:52:06.559><c> the</c>

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first<00:52:06.960><c> place</c><00:52:07.199><c> when</c><00:52:07.340><c> we</c><00:52:07.480><c> really</c><00:52:07.860><c> weren't.</c><00:52:08.780><c> And</c><00:52:08.980><c> he</c><00:52:09.039><c> went</c><00:52:09.239><c> down</c>

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into<00:52:09.679><c> his</c><00:52:09.880><c> house,</c><00:52:10.519><c> justified,</c>

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forgiven,<00:52:13.599><c> pardoned,</c><00:52:14.119><c> and</c><00:52:14.260><c> headed</c><00:52:14.400><c> for</c><00:52:14.619><c> the</c><00:52:14.699><c> kingdom</c><00:52:14.980><c> of</c><00:52:15.199><c> God.</c><00:52:16.800><c> And</c>

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Luke<00:52:17.860><c> 18</c><00:52:18.480><c> records</c><00:52:19.639><c> that</c><00:52:20.980><c> Jesus</c><00:52:21.380><c> said,</c>

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went<00:52:22.400><c> down</c><00:52:23.019><c> to</c><00:52:23.159><c> his</c><00:52:23.280><c> house,</c><00:52:24.079><c> justified,</c><00:52:25.039><c> rather</c><00:52:25.480><c> than</c><00:52:26.099><c> the</c><00:52:26.440><c> other.</c>

00:52:30.039 --> 00:52:32.380
Now<00:52:30.219><c> here's</c><00:52:30.719><c> an</c><00:52:30.880><c> interesting</c><00:52:31.280><c> thing.</c><00:52:31.619><c> This</c><00:52:31.800><c> is</c><00:52:32.019><c> a</c><00:52:32.019><c> different</c>

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word<00:52:32.599><c> this</c><00:52:32.900><c> time.</c><00:52:34.199><c> It</c><00:52:34.320><c> doesn't</c><00:52:34.599><c> mean</c><00:52:34.900><c> all</c>

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others.<00:52:36.480><c> This</c><00:52:36.699><c> is</c><00:52:36.900><c> singular.</c><00:52:38.159><c> This</c><00:52:38.400><c> in</c><00:52:38.480><c> the</c><00:52:38.659><c> Greek</c><00:52:38.820><c> means</c><00:52:39.199><c> rather</c><00:52:39.820><c> than</c><00:52:40.079><c> that</c><00:52:40.280><c> one.</c><00:52:42.119><c> The</c>

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Pharisees<00:52:43.079><c> said.</c><00:52:43.980><c> Now</c><00:52:44.239><c> why</c>

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does<00:52:44.440><c> it</c><00:52:44.619><c> change?</c><00:52:46.440><c> Why</c><00:52:46.699><c> does</c><00:52:46.900><c> the</c><00:52:47.039><c> word</c><00:52:47.179><c> change?</c><00:52:48.440><c> Rather</c><00:52:48.920><c> than</c>

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all<00:52:49.420><c> others.</c><00:52:50.699><c> Because</c><00:52:50.940><c> it's</c><00:52:51.099><c> just</c><00:52:51.280><c> not</c><00:52:51.539><c> true.</c>

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And<00:52:53.139><c> the</c><00:52:53.420><c> publican</c><00:52:53.760><c> would</c><00:52:53.980><c> never</c><00:52:54.320><c> believe.</c><00:52:55.360><c> He</c><00:52:55.500><c> would</c><00:52:55.699><c> never</c>

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have<00:52:56.139><c> gone</c><00:52:56.280><c> away</c><00:52:56.619><c> believing</c>

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that<00:52:58.420><c> he</c><00:52:58.539><c> was</c><00:52:58.860><c> justified</c><00:52:59.460><c> above</c><00:52:59.920><c> everybody</c><00:53:00.420><c> else.</c><00:53:02.239><c> See</c><00:53:02.360><c> the</c>

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point?<00:53:03.460><c> That</c><00:53:03.559><c> even</c><00:53:03.780><c> when</c><00:53:03.980><c> he</c><00:53:04.380><c> was</c><00:53:04.739><c> justified,</c>

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he<00:53:05.800><c> didn't</c><00:53:06.079><c> have</c><00:53:06.280><c> the</c><00:53:06.440><c> attitude</c><00:53:06.880><c> that</c><00:53:07.360><c> nobody</c><00:53:07.599><c> else</c><00:53:07.900><c> was.</c><00:53:08.739><c> So</c>

00:53:08.960 --> 00:53:10.780
God<00:53:09.139><c> said</c><00:53:09.340><c> he</c><00:53:09.460><c> went</c><00:53:09.659><c> down</c><00:53:09.840><c> to</c><00:53:09.960><c> his</c><00:53:10.119><c> house</c><00:53:10.280><c> justified</c>

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rather<00:53:11.139><c> than</c><00:53:11.599><c> that</c><00:53:11.920><c> one.</c><00:53:13.079><c> Not</c><00:53:13.280><c> everybody</c><00:53:13.699><c> else,</c><00:53:14.159><c> just</c><00:53:14.400><c> that</c>

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one.<00:53:15.320><c> So</c><00:53:15.579><c> even</c><00:53:15.760><c> when</c><00:53:15.980><c> God</c><00:53:16.199><c> declared</c><00:53:16.900><c> him</c><00:53:17.280><c> on</c><00:53:20.500><c> the</c>

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mercy.<00:53:21.500><c> Wonderful</c><00:53:21.940><c> parable</c><00:53:22.460><c> brothers</c><00:53:22.800><c> and</c><00:53:23.079><c> sisters.</c><00:53:24.300><c> And</c>

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Jesus<00:53:24.780><c> encapsulates</c><00:53:25.679><c> the</c><00:53:25.920><c> whole</c><00:53:26.119><c> principle</c><00:53:26.420><c> when</c>

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he<00:53:26.699><c> said,</c><00:53:27.519><c> for</c><00:53:27.579><c> everyone</c><00:53:27.900><c> that</c><00:53:28.199><c> exalts</c><00:53:28.440><c> himself</c><00:53:28.920><c> shall</c><00:53:29.159><c> be</c><00:53:29.360><c> abased</c><00:53:29.880><c> and</c><00:53:30.179><c> he</c>

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that<00:53:30.500><c> humbles</c><00:53:30.800><c> himself</c><00:53:31.300><c> shall</c><00:53:31.860><c> be</c>

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exalted.<00:53:33.519><c> And</c><00:53:33.719><c> that's</c><00:53:33.920><c> not</c><00:53:34.019><c> difficult</c><00:53:34.300><c> to</c><00:53:34.460><c> understand,</c><00:53:35.039><c> is</c>

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it<00:53:35.139><c> brothers</c><00:53:35.400><c> and</c><00:53:35.679><c> sisters?</c><00:53:36.440><c> The</c><00:53:36.539><c> only</c><00:53:36.719><c> problem</c><00:53:36.980><c> we</c>

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got<00:53:37.219><c> with</c><00:53:37.360><c> that</c><00:53:37.539><c> one</c><00:53:37.739><c> is</c><00:53:38.000><c> practicing</c><00:53:38.440><c> it.</c><00:53:38.980><c> And</c><00:53:39.059><c> as</c><00:53:39.239><c> Peter</c><00:53:39.460><c> says,</c><00:53:39.880><c> humble</c><00:53:40.059><c> yourselves</c><00:53:40.639><c> under</c><00:53:41.000><c> the</c>

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mighty<00:53:41.420><c> hand</c><00:53:41.639><c> of</c>

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God<00:53:42.260><c> that</c><00:53:42.659><c> he</c><00:53:42.820><c> may</c><00:53:43.079><c> exalt</c><00:53:43.340><c> you</c><00:53:43.880><c> in</c><00:53:44.179><c> due</c><00:53:44.360><c> time.</c>