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it<00:11:48.860><c> seems</c><00:11:49.080><c> a</c><00:11:49.240><c> long</c><00:11:49.399><c> time</c><00:11:49.600><c> ago</c><00:11:49.840><c> now,</c><00:11:50.120><c> doesn't</c><00:11:50.279><c> it?</c>

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To<00:12:11.139><c> him</c><00:12:11.320><c> that</c><00:12:11.480><c> is</c><00:12:11.639><c> humble</c><00:12:12.019><c> and</c><00:12:12.200><c> of</c><00:12:12.399><c> a</c><00:12:12.539><c> contrite</c><00:12:13.059><c> heart</c>

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There's<00:12:30.679><c> a</c><00:12:30.840><c> sense</c><00:12:30.940><c> in</c><00:12:31.059><c> which</c><00:12:31.220><c> He</c><00:12:31.320><c> isn't.</c>

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But<00:12:36.960><c> there</c><00:12:37.120><c> is</c><00:12:37.360><c> a</c><00:12:37.580><c> sense</c><00:12:37.779><c> in</c><00:12:37.980><c> which,</c><00:12:38.259><c> even</c><00:12:38.519><c> now,</c>

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we<00:12:39.080><c> enjoy</c><00:12:39.539><c> fellowship</c><00:12:40.200><c> with</c><00:12:40.539><c> God</c>

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through<00:12:41.480><c> Jesus</c><00:12:41.879><c> Christ</c><00:12:42.259><c> our</c><00:12:42.480><c> Lord.</c>

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We<00:12:47.980><c> have</c><00:12:48.480><c> fellowship</c><00:12:49.139><c> with</c><00:12:49.620><c> Him</c><00:12:50.240><c> now.</c>

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Come<00:12:51.879><c> over</c><00:12:52.139><c> to</c><00:12:52.740><c> 1</c><00:12:53.080><c> John</c><00:12:53.419><c> for</c><00:12:53.700><c> a</c><00:12:53.899><c> moment.</c>

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The<00:12:55.480><c> first</c><00:12:56.039><c> letter</c><00:12:56.299><c> of</c><00:12:56.480><c> John</c><00:12:56.820><c> and</c><00:12:57.299><c> chapter</c><00:12:57.659><c> 5,</c>

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where<00:13:02.559><c> John</c><00:13:02.820><c> mentions</c><00:13:03.299><c> this</c><00:13:03.620><c> at</c><00:13:03.860><c> verse</c><00:13:04.139><c> 11,</c>

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amongst<00:13:05.299><c> a</c><00:13:05.500><c> number</c><00:13:05.720><c> of</c><00:13:05.940><c> other</c><00:13:06.159><c> places,</c><00:13:06.500><c> incidentally.</c>

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This<00:13:07.279><c> is</c><00:13:07.519><c> by</c><00:13:07.679><c> no</c><00:13:07.879><c> means</c><00:13:08.399><c> a</c><00:13:09.019><c> unique</c><00:13:09.340><c> passage.</c>

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1<00:13:10.860><c> John</c><00:13:11.080><c> 5</c><00:13:11.519><c>.11</c>

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hath<00:13:14.580><c> given</c><00:13:14.940><c> to</c><00:13:15.240><c> us</c><00:13:15.620><c> eternal</c><00:13:16.220><c> life.</c>

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He<00:13:20.419><c> that</c><00:13:20.580><c> hath</c><00:13:20.679><c> the</c><00:13:20.980><c> Son</c><00:13:21.240><c> hath</c><00:13:21.500><c> life.</c>

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More<00:13:23.100><c> properly,</c><00:13:23.700><c> He</c><00:13:23.860><c> that</c><00:13:24.019><c> hath</c><00:13:24.139><c> the</c><00:13:24.320><c> Son</c>

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hath<00:13:25.179><c> the</c><00:13:25.740><c> life.</c>

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hath<00:13:29.519><c> not</c><00:13:29.980><c> the</c><00:13:30.259><c> life.</c>

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that<00:13:32.960><c> believe</c><00:13:33.379><c> on</c><00:13:33.580><c> the</c><00:13:33.659><c> name</c><00:13:33.840><c> of</c><00:13:33.980><c> the</c><00:13:34.039><c> Son</c><00:13:34.220><c> of</c><00:13:34.419><c> God,</c>

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that<00:13:35.000><c> ye</c><00:13:35.220><c> may</c><00:13:35.340><c> know</c><00:13:35.620><c> that</c><00:13:35.820><c> ye</c><00:13:36.100><c> have</c><00:13:36.460><c> eternal</c><00:13:37.179><c> life,</c>

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and<00:13:38.480><c> that</c><00:13:38.600><c> ye</c><00:13:38.759><c> may</c><00:13:38.899><c> believe</c><00:13:39.279><c> on</c><00:13:39.460><c> the</c><00:13:39.620><c> name</c>

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of<00:13:40.080><c> the</c><00:13:40.080><c> Son</c><00:13:40.279><c> of</c><00:13:40.539><c> God.</c>

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Now,<00:13:42.379><c> don't</c><00:13:42.720><c> misunderstand</c><00:13:43.440><c> this,</c>

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brethren<00:13:43.899><c> and</c><00:13:44.100><c> sisters.</c>

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He's<00:13:44.580><c> not</c><00:13:44.740><c> here</c><00:13:44.980><c> talking</c><00:13:45.240><c> about</c><00:13:45.500><c> immortality.</c>

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We<00:13:46.320><c> don't</c><00:13:46.600><c> have</c><00:13:46.860><c> immortality.</c>

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in<00:13:51.220><c> the</c><00:13:51.539><c> sense,</c><00:13:52.200><c> not</c><00:13:52.519><c> of</c><00:13:52.700><c> the</c><00:13:52.960><c> kingdom</c><00:13:53.360><c> sense,</c>

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not<00:13:54.019><c> of</c><00:13:54.200><c> the</c><00:13:54.399><c> sense</c><00:13:54.559><c> of</c><00:13:54.759><c> immortality.</c>

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We<00:13:55.779><c> have</c><00:13:56.000><c> eternal</c><00:13:56.539><c> life,</c><00:13:56.840><c> we</c><00:13:56.980><c> have</c><00:13:57.220><c> the</c><00:13:57.539><c> life,</c>

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in<00:13:58.200><c> the</c><00:13:58.399><c> sense</c><00:13:58.620><c> that</c><00:13:58.860><c> we</c><00:13:59.240><c> have</c><00:13:59.600><c> the</c><00:14:00.120><c> life</c><00:14:00.399><c> of</c><00:14:00.740><c> God,</c>

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the<00:14:01.879><c> life</c><00:14:02.120><c> which</c><00:14:02.440><c> God</c><00:14:02.879><c> has</c><00:14:03.240><c> given</c><00:14:03.460><c> us</c><00:14:03.700><c> in</c><00:14:04.000><c> Christ.</c>

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We<00:14:06.399><c> have</c><00:14:06.919><c> life.</c>

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Not<00:14:08.820><c> the</c><00:14:09.000><c> life</c><00:14:09.259><c> that</c><00:14:09.460><c> we</c><00:14:09.659><c> once</c><00:14:10.120><c> had,</c>

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which<00:14:10.720><c> was</c><00:14:10.960><c> no</c><00:14:11.200><c> life</c><00:14:11.480><c> at</c><00:14:11.740><c> all,</c><00:14:12.059><c> was</c><00:14:12.200><c> it,</c><00:14:12.500><c> really.</c>

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Then<00:14:13.600><c> we</c><00:14:13.799><c> were</c><00:14:14.179><c> dead.</c>

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We<00:14:14.740><c> were</c><00:14:15.080><c> dead</c><00:14:15.340><c> in</c><00:14:15.580><c> trespasses</c><00:14:16.080><c> and</c><00:14:16.360><c> sins.</c>

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Now<00:14:17.240><c> we</c><00:14:17.480><c> have</c><00:14:17.799><c> life.</c>

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Not<00:14:19.879><c> as</c><00:14:20.019><c> the</c><00:14:20.159><c> men</c><00:14:20.279><c> and</c><00:14:20.360><c> women</c><00:14:20.580><c> of</c><00:14:20.759><c> the</c><00:14:21.000><c> world</c>

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That's<00:14:24.159><c> only</c><00:14:24.379><c> a</c><00:14:24.740><c> shadow,</c><00:14:25.120><c> isn't</c><00:14:25.379><c> it?</c>

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We<00:14:26.379><c> have</c><00:14:26.740><c> life,</c><00:14:27.279><c> brethren</c><00:14:27.440><c> and</c><00:14:27.659><c> sisters.</c>

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He's<00:14:30.179><c> given</c><00:14:30.399><c> us</c><00:14:30.600><c> that</c><00:14:30.940><c> real</c><00:14:31.740><c> life,</c>

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life<00:14:33.200><c> that</c><00:14:33.379><c> has</c><00:14:33.620><c> an</c><00:14:33.899><c> eternal</c><00:14:34.220><c> quality</c>

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because<00:14:35.139><c> it</c><00:14:35.539><c> is</c><00:14:35.779><c> the</c><00:14:36.019><c> Christ</c><00:14:36.519><c> life.</c>

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manifest<00:14:40.620><c> in</c><00:14:40.840><c> Jesus</c><00:14:41.259><c> Christ,</c>

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which<00:14:42.539><c> we</c><00:14:42.940><c> share</c><00:14:43.259><c> with</c><00:14:43.539><c> him</c>

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following<00:14:44.679><c> our</c><00:14:44.980><c> baptism.</c>

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Now,<00:14:46.240><c> some</c><00:14:46.360><c> people</c><00:14:46.559><c> have</c><00:14:46.740><c> great</c><00:14:47.059><c> difficulty</c>

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with<00:14:47.879><c> these</c><00:14:48.100><c> verses,</c>

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and<00:14:48.720><c> we</c><00:14:49.000><c> really</c><00:14:49.340><c> shouldn't</c><00:14:49.639><c> have.</c>

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There's<00:14:50.200><c> nothing</c><00:14:50.480><c> here</c><00:14:50.980><c> to</c><00:14:51.179><c> be</c><00:14:51.399><c> afraid</c><00:14:51.799><c> of.</c>

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Verily,<00:15:10.899><c> verily,</c><00:15:11.179><c> I</c><00:15:11.460><c> say</c><00:15:11.639><c> unto</c><00:15:11.879><c> you,</c>

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when<00:15:16.399><c> the</c><00:15:16.720><c> dead</c><00:15:17.120><c> shall</c><00:15:17.399><c> hear</c><00:15:17.740><c> the</c><00:15:17.919><c> voice</c>

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It's<00:15:21.820><c> the</c><00:15:21.940><c> same</c><00:15:22.080><c> thing</c><00:15:22.279><c> in</c><00:15:22.620><c> the</c><00:15:22.720><c> letter,</c>

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hearing<00:15:35.700><c> and</c><00:15:35.980><c> doing</c><00:15:36.360><c> something</c><00:15:36.720><c> about</c><00:15:37.019><c> it,</c>

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He's<00:15:41.220><c> not</c><00:15:41.419><c> talking</c><00:15:41.659><c> about</c><00:15:41.960><c> literally</c><00:15:42.360><c> dead</c><00:15:42.580><c> people.</c>

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and<00:15:46.580><c> now</c><00:15:46.960><c> is,</c>

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in<00:15:48.220><c> the</c><00:15:48.419><c> days</c><00:15:48.679><c> of</c><00:15:48.879><c> Jesus'</c><00:15:49.539><c> ministry.</c>

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He<00:15:52.899><c> goes</c><00:15:53.080><c> on</c><00:15:53.279><c> to</c><00:15:53.460><c> say,</c>

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Marvel<00:15:55.580><c> not</c><00:15:55.779><c> at</c><00:15:55.980><c> this,</c>

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for<00:15:56.399><c> the</c><00:15:56.559><c> hour</c><00:15:56.720><c> is</c><00:15:57.039><c> coming.</c>

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There's<00:16:08.539><c> no</c><00:16:08.700><c> doubt</c><00:16:08.879><c> about</c><00:16:09.159><c> who</c><00:16:09.320><c> those</c><00:16:09.559><c> people</c><00:16:09.860><c> are.</c>

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They're<00:16:10.580><c> not</c><00:16:10.679><c> just</c><00:16:11.179><c> dead.</c>

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They're<00:16:11.899><c> in</c><00:16:12.139><c> the</c><00:16:12.399><c> graves.</c>

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They're<00:16:13.519><c> dead</c><00:16:13.740><c> and</c><00:16:13.960><c> have</c><00:16:14.120><c> breathed</c><00:16:14.419><c> their</c><00:16:14.700><c> last.</c>

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He's<00:16:15.679><c> talking</c><00:16:15.899><c> about</c><00:16:16.299><c> literally</c><00:16:16.740><c> dead</c><00:16:17.000><c> people</c><00:16:17.360><c> now,</c>

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Already,<00:16:24.940><c> the</c><00:16:25.080><c> hour</c><00:16:25.299><c> is</c><00:16:25.559><c> coming,</c>

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and<00:16:25.940><c> now</c><00:16:26.120><c> is,</c>

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we<00:16:36.279><c> have</c><00:16:36.480><c> been</c><00:16:36.700><c> privileged</c><00:16:37.080><c> to</c><00:16:37.500><c> hear</c>

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in<00:16:45.200><c> covenant</c><00:16:45.500><c> relationship</c><00:16:46.179><c> with</c><00:16:46.360><c> God,</c>

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it's<00:17:04.319><c> clear,</c><00:17:04.680><c> isn't</c><00:17:04.799><c> it,</c>

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there<00:17:12.480><c> remaineth</c><00:17:13.259><c> therefore</c>

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there<00:17:31.140><c> remaineth</c><00:17:32.059><c> therefore</c>

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let<00:17:38.180><c> us</c><00:17:38.579><c> labor</c><00:17:38.900><c> therefore</c>

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morning<00:17:53.279><c> attached</c><00:17:53.960><c> to</c><00:17:54.240><c> it.</c>

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and<00:17:57.940><c> the</c><00:17:58.180><c> evening</c><00:17:58.579><c> and</c><00:17:58.740><c> the</c><00:17:58.980><c> morning</c><00:17:59.339><c> were</c>

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and<00:18:02.059><c> so</c><00:18:02.259><c> on</c><00:18:02.539><c> through</c><00:18:02.700><c> to</c><00:18:02.900><c> the</c><00:18:03.140><c> sixth</c><00:18:03.460><c> day.</c>

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But<00:18:04.720><c> that</c><00:18:04.940><c> is</c><00:18:05.240><c> not</c><00:18:05.519><c> recorded</c><00:18:06.059><c> of</c><00:18:06.299><c> the</c><00:18:06.579><c> seventh.</c>

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that<00:18:29.900><c> seventh</c><00:18:30.380><c> day,</c>

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fittingly<00:18:33.640><c> prefiguring</c><00:18:34.480><c> the</c><00:18:34.740><c> Millennium</c>

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as<00:18:35.799><c> it</c><00:18:36.099><c> does,</c>

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without<00:18:37.859><c> evening</c><00:18:38.240><c> and</c><00:18:38.539><c> morning,</c>

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that<00:18:40.880><c> seventh</c><00:18:41.319><c> day</c><00:18:41.900><c> is</c><00:18:42.559><c> more</c><00:18:43.359><c> than</c><00:18:43.819><c> just</c>

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everlasting<00:18:46.480><c> life.</c>

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Sometimes<00:18:49.599><c> we</c><00:18:49.880><c> paint</c><00:18:50.099><c> a</c><00:18:50.319><c> picture</c>

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of<00:18:50.900><c> the</c><00:18:51.099><c> kingdom</c><00:18:51.519><c> for</c><00:18:51.920><c> our</c><00:18:52.220><c> friends</c>

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which<00:18:53.859><c> makes</c><00:18:54.359><c> it</c><00:18:54.759><c> sound</c><00:18:55.140><c> as</c><00:18:55.460><c> though</c>

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the<00:18:56.519><c> kingdom</c><00:18:56.859><c> will</c><00:18:57.140><c> be</c><00:18:57.420><c> just</c><00:18:58.119><c> living</c><00:18:58.720><c> forever.</c>

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And<00:19:01.200><c> I'm</c><00:19:01.339><c> sure</c><00:19:01.519><c> to</c><00:19:01.680><c> many</c><00:19:01.859><c> people</c>

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that<00:19:02.539><c> must</c><00:19:02.960><c> sound</c><00:19:03.440><c> extremely</c><00:19:04.319><c> boring.</c>

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They<00:19:06.619><c> can</c><00:19:06.839><c> only</c><00:19:07.240><c> conceive</c><00:19:08.099><c> of</c><00:19:08.420><c> life</c>

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as<00:19:09.160><c> it</c><00:19:09.400><c> is</c><00:19:09.660><c> now</c><00:19:10.259><c> going</c><00:19:10.779><c> on</c><00:19:11.220><c> forever</c><00:19:11.779><c> and</c><00:19:12.099><c> ever.</c>

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And<00:19:12.740><c> who</c><00:19:13.000><c> wants</c><00:19:13.420><c> that?</c>

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Perhaps,<00:19:16.759><c> brethren</c><00:19:16.940><c> and</c><00:19:17.140><c> sisters,</c>

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we<00:19:17.559><c> ought</c><00:19:17.720><c> rather</c><00:19:18.079><c> to</c><00:19:18.339><c> talk</c><00:19:18.500><c> in</c><00:19:18.660><c> terms</c><00:19:19.039><c> of</c>

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eternal<00:19:19.980><c> joy</c><00:19:20.559><c> or</c><00:19:20.920><c> eternal</c><00:19:21.460><c> happiness.</c>

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For<00:19:23.440><c> eternal</c><00:19:23.880><c> life</c><00:19:24.160><c> is</c><00:19:24.480><c> certainly</c><00:19:24.779><c> much</c><00:19:25.059><c> more</c>

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than<00:19:25.859><c> just</c><00:19:26.559><c> its</c><00:19:27.240><c> qualitative</c><00:19:28.019><c> measure.</c>

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It's<00:19:30.160><c> not</c><00:19:30.420><c> just</c><00:19:30.779><c> the</c><00:19:30.980><c> fact</c><00:19:31.140><c> that</c><00:19:31.319><c> it</c><00:19:31.420><c> goes</c><00:19:31.660><c> on</c><00:19:31.960><c> and</c><00:19:32.180><c> on.</c>

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Eternal<00:19:33.519><c> life</c><00:19:33.819><c> in</c><00:19:34.019><c> the</c><00:19:34.220><c> kingdom</c><00:19:34.700><c> is</c><00:19:35.279><c> again</c>

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that<00:19:36.180><c> life</c><00:19:36.500><c> of</c><00:19:36.740><c> the</c><00:19:37.140><c> quality</c><00:19:37.920><c> of</c><00:19:38.839><c> God's</c><00:19:39.460><c> life.</c>

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And<00:19:41.519><c> that's</c><00:19:42.079><c> different,</c><00:19:42.500><c> quite</c><00:19:42.819><c> different,</c><00:19:43.380><c> isn't</c><00:19:43.460><c> it?</c>

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That<00:19:43.940><c> belongs</c><00:19:44.400><c> to</c><00:19:44.900><c> immortality,</c>

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quite<00:19:46.259><c> different</c><00:19:46.599><c> from</c><00:19:46.859><c> anything</c><00:19:47.240><c> that</c><00:19:47.500><c> we</c><00:19:47.680><c> have</c><00:19:47.940><c> now.</c>

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That<00:19:49.240><c> life</c><00:19:49.559><c> is</c><00:19:49.759><c> a</c><00:19:49.920><c> life</c><00:19:50.200><c> in</c><00:19:50.500><c> which</c><00:19:50.660><c> we</c><00:19:50.819><c> shall</c><00:19:50.980><c> be</c>

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beyond<00:19:51.660><c> the</c><00:19:51.920><c> frustration</c><00:19:52.720><c> of</c><00:19:53.259><c> temptation</c><00:19:54.000><c> and</c><00:19:54.759><c> sin.</c>

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Those<00:19:55.859><c> things</c><00:19:56.119><c> that</c><00:19:56.539><c> drag</c><00:19:56.759><c> us</c><00:19:57.039><c> down</c><00:19:57.440><c> now</c>

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so<00:19:58.099><c> that</c><00:19:58.740><c> in</c><00:19:59.279><c> our</c><00:19:59.680><c> saner</c><00:20:00.000><c> moments</c>

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we<00:20:00.519><c> feel</c><00:20:00.740><c> like</c><00:20:00.960><c> the</c><00:20:01.119><c> Apostle</c><00:20:01.519><c> Paul.</c>

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And<00:20:02.259><c> the</c><00:20:02.380><c> good</c><00:20:02.480><c> that</c><00:20:02.640><c> we</c><00:20:02.920><c> would</c><00:20:03.140><c> do,</c><00:20:03.579><c> we</c><00:20:03.859><c> don't</c><00:20:04.259><c> do.</c>

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And<00:20:05.799><c> the</c><00:20:05.920><c> things</c><00:20:06.099><c> that</c><00:20:06.259><c> we</c><00:20:06.339><c> don't</c><00:20:06.619><c> want</c><00:20:06.839><c> to</c><00:20:07.059><c> do,</c>

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we<00:20:07.420><c> find</c><00:20:07.740><c> ourselves</c><00:20:08.259><c> persistently</c><00:20:09.319><c> doing,</c>

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dragged<00:20:10.519><c> back</c><00:20:11.059><c> by</c><00:20:11.400><c> this</c><00:20:12.140><c> flesh,</c>

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this<00:20:15.880><c> man</c><00:20:16.160><c> of</c><00:20:16.440><c> the</c><00:20:16.700><c> flesh,</c>

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this<00:20:17.859><c> sinful</c><00:20:18.400><c> nature</c><00:20:18.920><c> that</c><00:20:19.220><c> bedogs</c><00:20:19.859><c> us.</c>

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Brethren<00:20:22.299><c> and</c><00:20:22.420><c> sisters,</c>

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that's<00:20:23.700><c> what</c><00:20:23.940><c> eternal</c><00:20:24.440><c> life</c><00:20:24.859><c> is,</c><00:20:25.079><c> isn't</c><00:20:25.240><c> it?</c>

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To<00:20:25.599><c> be</c><00:20:26.059><c> beyond</c><00:20:26.599><c> that,</c>

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beyond<00:20:27.940><c> the</c><00:20:28.220><c> weariness</c><00:20:28.579><c> of</c><00:20:28.779><c> the</c><00:20:29.059><c> flesh,</c>

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beyond<00:20:30.400><c> tiredness</c><00:20:31.140><c> and</c><00:20:31.380><c> aching</c><00:20:31.839><c> limbs,</c>

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but<00:20:32.880><c> beyond</c><00:20:33.559><c> the</c><00:20:34.099><c> frustrations</c>

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that<00:20:35.819><c> our</c><00:20:36.059><c> own</c><00:20:36.460><c> human</c><00:20:36.880><c> nature</c>

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makes<00:20:38.140><c> us</c><00:20:38.400><c> only</c><00:20:38.660><c> too</c><00:20:38.940><c> well</c><00:20:39.180><c> acquainted</c><00:20:39.579><c> with.</c>

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We<00:20:42.099><c> shall</c><00:20:42.420><c> have</c><00:20:42.799><c> a</c><00:20:43.059><c> rest</c><00:20:43.660><c> from</c><00:20:44.559><c> our</c><00:20:44.799><c> natures</c>

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following<00:20:46.460><c> the</c><00:20:46.980><c> resurrection.</c>

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And<00:20:49.779><c> although</c><00:20:49.940><c> we</c><00:20:50.160><c> sometimes</c><00:20:50.720><c> paint</c><00:20:51.000><c> a</c><00:20:51.160><c> picture</c>

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of<00:20:51.619><c> the</c><00:20:51.779><c> Kingdom</c><00:20:52.059><c> as</c><00:20:52.319><c> being</c><00:20:52.500><c> like</c><00:20:52.799><c> the</c><00:20:53.059><c> Garden</c><00:20:53.359><c> of</c><00:20:53.619><c> Eden,</c>

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and<00:20:54.420><c> although</c><00:20:54.539><c> in</c><00:20:54.799><c> many</c><00:20:55.000><c> respects</c>

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it<00:20:55.980><c> will</c><00:20:56.339><c> be</c><00:20:56.640><c> like</c><00:20:57.079><c> that,</c>

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we<00:20:58.140><c> spoke</c><00:20:58.380><c> yesterday</c><00:20:58.980><c> of</c><00:20:59.220><c> it</c><00:20:59.819><c> as</c><00:21:00.299><c> the</c><00:21:00.519><c> day</c><00:21:00.740><c> of</c><00:21:01.059><c> restoration,</c>

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the<00:21:02.380><c> day</c><00:21:02.640><c> of</c><00:21:02.880><c> restitution</c><00:21:03.460><c> of</c><00:21:03.759><c> all</c><00:21:04.039><c> things</c>

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that<00:21:05.039><c> Acts</c><00:21:05.240><c> 3</c><00:21:05.519><c> mentions</c><00:21:06.079><c> in</c><00:21:06.359><c> Peter's</c><00:21:06.859><c> speech.</c>

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But<00:21:09.000><c> there</c><00:21:09.160><c> are</c><00:21:09.460><c> differences,</c><00:21:10.019><c> aren't</c><00:21:10.220><c> there?</c>

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The<00:21:11.440><c> Millennium</c><00:21:11.720><c> is</c><00:21:11.880><c> not</c><00:21:12.160><c> just</c><00:21:12.519><c> Eden</c><00:21:12.799><c> restored.</c>

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For<00:21:14.599><c> one</c><00:21:14.880><c> thing,</c><00:21:15.500><c> there</c><00:21:15.519><c> was</c><00:21:15.779><c> marriage</c><00:21:16.240><c> in</c><00:21:16.460><c> Eden,</c>

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and<00:21:17.279><c> there</c><00:21:17.500><c> is</c><00:21:17.640><c> no</c><00:21:17.880><c> marriage</c><00:21:18.319><c> in</c><00:21:18.500><c> the</c><00:21:18.619><c> Kingdom</c><00:21:18.839><c> of</c><00:21:19.039><c> God.</c>

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They<00:21:19.400><c> shall</c><00:21:19.559><c> neither</c><00:21:19.880><c> marry</c><00:21:20.200><c> nor</c><00:21:20.420><c> are</c><00:21:20.599><c> they</c><00:21:20.839><c> given</c><00:21:21.059><c> in</c><00:21:21.400><c> marriage,</c>

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except<00:21:22.599><c> brethren</c><00:21:22.940><c> and</c><00:21:23.119><c> sisters</c>

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in<00:21:23.759><c> that</c><00:21:24.180><c> spiritual</c><00:21:24.799><c> relationship</c>

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that<00:21:25.900><c> again</c><00:21:26.200><c> we</c><00:21:26.480><c> described</c><00:21:26.880><c> at</c><00:21:27.079><c> the</c><00:21:27.279><c> outset</c><00:21:27.680><c> of</c><00:21:27.920><c> these</c><00:21:28.200><c> talks.</c>

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When<00:21:29.880><c> bride</c><00:21:30.240><c> and</c><00:21:30.500><c> bridegroom</c><00:21:31.180><c> shall</c><00:21:31.460><c> be</c><00:21:31.940><c> united</c>

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to<00:21:33.059><c> produce</c><00:21:33.740><c> fruit</c><00:21:34.319><c> for</c><00:21:34.799><c> the</c><00:21:35.019><c> honor</c><00:21:35.220><c> and</c><00:21:35.440><c> the</c><00:21:35.759><c> glory</c><00:21:36.019><c> of</c><00:21:36.339><c> God,</c>

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only<00:21:37.579><c> in</c><00:21:37.799><c> that</c><00:21:38.160><c> one</c><00:21:38.559><c> marriage</c><00:21:39.319><c> spiritually</c>

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will<00:21:41.160><c> there</c><00:21:41.460><c> be</c><00:21:42.319><c> anything</c><00:21:42.900><c> like</c>

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the<00:21:44.940><c> pattern</c><00:21:45.380><c> of</c><00:21:45.640><c> the</c><00:21:45.859><c> Garden</c><00:21:46.119><c> of</c><00:21:46.319><c> Eden</c>

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which<00:21:47.279><c> Adam</c><00:21:47.680><c> and</c><00:21:47.900><c> Eve</c><00:21:48.160><c> portrayed</c><00:21:48.960><c> for</c><00:21:49.859><c> us</c>

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as<00:21:51.140><c> a</c><00:21:51.480><c> shadow,</c><00:21:52.319><c> as</c><00:21:52.519><c> a</c><00:21:52.819><c> type,</c>

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as<00:21:53.819><c> an</c><00:21:54.059><c> earnest</c><00:21:54.400><c> of</c><00:21:54.680><c> what</c><00:21:54.880><c> was</c><00:21:55.059><c> to</c><00:21:55.339><c> come.</c>

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So<00:21:57.380><c> there</c><00:21:57.579><c> are</c><00:21:57.819><c> differences</c><00:21:58.339><c> with</c><00:21:58.579><c> the</c><00:21:58.779><c> Garden</c><00:21:59.000><c> of</c><00:21:59.200><c> Eden.</c>

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We<00:21:59.819><c> should</c><00:21:59.980><c> be</c><00:22:00.299><c> aware</c><00:22:00.599><c> of</c><00:22:00.839><c> that</c>

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and<00:22:01.180><c> be</c><00:22:01.500><c> careful</c><00:22:01.859><c> in</c><00:22:02.059><c> the</c><00:22:02.240><c> way</c><00:22:02.720><c> that</c><00:22:03.099><c> we</c><00:22:03.299><c> describe</c><00:22:04.460><c> the</c><00:22:05.160><c> Kingdom.</c>

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Of<00:22:09.019><c> course,</c><00:22:09.940><c> the</c><00:22:10.079><c> Kingdom</c><00:22:10.339><c> in</c><00:22:10.500><c> a</c><00:22:10.819><c> sense</c><00:22:11.180><c> was</c><00:22:11.460><c> set</c><00:22:11.700><c> before</c><00:22:12.000><c> Israel.</c>

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And<00:22:14.039><c> we</c><00:22:15.059><c> have</c><00:22:15.400><c> reminded</c><00:22:15.740><c> ourselves</c><00:22:16.240><c> again</c>

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in<00:22:17.180><c> one</c><00:22:17.380><c> of</c><00:22:17.539><c> the</c><00:22:17.700><c> talks</c><00:22:17.960><c> about</c><00:22:18.359><c> Joshua</c>

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that<00:22:19.460><c> they</c><00:22:19.940><c> did</c><00:22:20.240><c> not</c><00:22:20.480><c> enter</c><00:22:20.779><c> into</c><00:22:21.160><c> rest.</c>

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And<00:22:21.819><c> that's</c><00:22:22.319><c> very</c><00:22:22.619><c> much</c><00:22:22.880><c> the</c><00:22:23.099><c> Apostles</c><00:22:23.519><c> point</c><00:22:23.839><c> again</c>

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here<00:22:24.799><c> in</c><00:22:25.039><c> Hebrews</c><00:22:25.440><c> 4.</c>

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Israel<00:22:27.680><c> didn't</c><00:22:28.180><c> enjoy</c><00:22:28.680><c> it.</c>

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They<00:22:30.000><c> couldn't</c><00:22:30.400><c> enter</c><00:22:30.759><c> into</c><00:22:31.059><c> the</c><00:22:31.279><c> rest</c><00:22:31.539><c> because</c><00:22:32.000><c> of</c><00:22:32.319><c> unbelief.</c>

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And<00:22:33.880><c> although</c><00:22:34.039><c> they</c><00:22:34.299><c> did</c><00:22:34.539><c> literally</c><00:22:34.940><c> enter</c><00:22:35.240><c> into</c><00:22:35.460><c> the</c><00:22:35.680><c> land,</c>

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and<00:22:36.759><c> although</c><00:22:36.940><c> we've</c><00:22:37.119><c> looked</c><00:22:37.279><c> at</c><00:22:37.420><c> a</c><00:22:37.500><c> whole</c><00:22:37.740><c> series</c><00:22:38.140><c> of</c><00:22:38.380><c> verses,</c>

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of<00:22:39.000><c> passages</c><00:22:39.339><c> this</c><00:22:39.640><c> week,</c>

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that<00:22:40.299><c> speak</c><00:22:40.579><c> of</c><00:22:40.779><c> the</c><00:22:41.019><c> rest</c><00:22:41.240><c> that</c><00:22:41.460><c> God</c><00:22:41.680><c> gave</c><00:22:42.000><c> them,</c>

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yet<00:22:42.779><c> the</c><00:22:43.019><c> Apostle</c><00:22:43.380><c> here</c><00:22:43.660><c> says</c>

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Joshua<00:22:45.299><c> could</c><00:22:45.680><c> not</c><00:22:45.920><c> give</c><00:22:46.119><c> them</c><00:22:46.380><c> rest.</c>

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And<00:22:48.319><c> maybe</c><00:22:48.500><c> that's</c><00:22:48.839><c> the</c><00:22:48.980><c> reason,</c><00:22:49.279><c> brethren</c><00:22:49.559><c> and</c><00:22:49.799><c> sisters,</c><00:22:50.319><c> why</c>

00:22:52.039 --> 00:22:55.579
when<00:22:52.559><c> the</c><00:22:52.700><c> Lord</c><00:22:52.859><c> Jesus</c><00:22:53.279><c> Christ</c><00:22:53.599><c> began</c><00:22:54.000><c> His</c><00:22:54.359><c> ministry,</c>

00:22:55.700 --> 00:22:59.539
He<00:22:56.259><c> began</c><00:22:56.700><c> it</c><00:22:57.119><c> as</c><00:22:57.339><c> the</c><00:22:57.579><c> New</c><00:22:57.819><c> Testament</c><00:22:58.380><c> Joshua,</c>

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and<00:22:59.559><c> He</c><00:23:00.000><c> came,</c><00:23:00.619><c> it</c><00:23:00.859><c> appears,</c><00:23:01.920><c> from</c><00:23:02.079><c> the</c><00:23:02.339><c> east</c>

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and<00:23:03.700><c> crossed</c><00:23:04.079><c> the</c><00:23:04.400><c> Jordan</c><00:23:04.859><c> to</c><00:23:05.339><c> begin</c><00:23:05.619><c> His</c><00:23:05.980><c> ministry.</c>

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That's<00:23:07.740><c> fascinating,</c><00:23:08.440><c> isn't</c><00:23:08.599><c> it?</c>

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It's<00:23:09.059><c> almost</c><00:23:09.319><c> as</c><00:23:09.519><c> though</c><00:23:09.599><c> Jesus</c><00:23:09.900><c> were</c><00:23:10.259><c> acting</c><00:23:10.700><c> out</c>

00:23:11.619 --> 00:23:14.019
in<00:23:12.220><c> figure</c><00:23:12.519><c> what</c><00:23:13.039><c> Joshua</c><00:23:13.500><c> had</c><00:23:13.779><c> done,</c>

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indicating<00:23:14.799><c> that</c><00:23:15.019><c> He</c><00:23:15.180><c> was</c><00:23:15.400><c> the</c><00:23:15.680><c> new</c><00:23:15.920><c> Joshua</c>

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to<00:23:16.819><c> lead</c><00:23:17.140><c> Israel</c><00:23:17.619><c> into</c><00:23:17.839><c> the</c><00:23:18.059><c> land.</c>

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The<00:23:20.339><c> evidence</c><00:23:20.660><c> for</c><00:23:20.859><c> that</c><00:23:21.039><c> is</c><00:23:21.220><c> in</c><00:23:21.380><c> John</c><00:23:21.640><c> chapter</c><00:23:22.039><c> 1.</c>

00:23:22.640 --> 00:23:23.980
Again,<00:23:22.940><c> you</c><00:23:23.079><c> needn't</c><00:23:23.400><c> turn</c><00:23:23.579><c> to</c><00:23:23.740><c> it.</c>

00:23:23.980 --> 00:23:26.359
I'll<00:23:24.619><c> read</c><00:23:24.900><c> the</c><00:23:25.099><c> verses</c><00:23:25.319><c> for</c><00:23:25.599><c> you</c><00:23:25.720><c> if</c><00:23:25.859><c> you</c><00:23:26.059><c> wish.</c>

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It's<00:23:26.859><c> John</c><00:23:27.119><c> chapter</c><00:23:27.480><c> 1</c><00:23:27.759><c> verses</c><00:23:28.059><c> 28</c><00:23:28.539><c> and</c><00:23:28.759><c> 29,</c>

00:23:29.400 --> 00:23:30.940
and<00:23:29.640><c> it</c><00:23:29.759><c> says</c><00:23:30.019><c> this.</c>

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These<00:23:31.480><c> things</c><00:23:32.059><c> concerning</c><00:23:32.799><c> John,</c>

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these<00:23:33.799><c> things</c><00:23:34.079><c> were</c><00:23:34.299><c> done</c><00:23:34.480><c> in</c><00:23:34.720><c> Bethabara</c>

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beyond<00:23:36.279><c> Jordan,</c><00:23:37.460><c> beyond</c><00:23:37.980><c> Jordan.</c>

00:23:39.140 --> 00:23:41.539
This<00:23:39.359><c> is</c><00:23:39.660><c> written</c><00:23:39.920><c> from</c><00:23:40.259><c> the</c><00:23:40.440><c> point</c><00:23:40.640><c> of</c><00:23:40.759><c> view</c><00:23:40.900><c> of</c><00:23:41.079><c> being</c><00:23:41.220><c> in</c>

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the<00:23:41.720><c> land,</c>

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and<00:23:42.559><c> beyond</c><00:23:42.900><c> Jordan</c><00:23:43.259><c> is</c><00:23:43.440><c> on</c><00:23:43.660><c> the</c><00:23:43.940><c> east</c><00:23:44.240><c> side</c><00:23:44.559><c> of</c><00:23:44.759><c> Jordan,</c>

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this<00:23:45.400><c> side</c><00:23:45.559><c> as</c><00:23:45.680><c> you</c><00:23:45.799><c> look</c><00:23:45.980><c> at</c><00:23:46.079><c> it.</c>

00:23:47.359 --> 00:23:50.839
These<00:23:47.920><c> things</c><00:23:48.240><c> were</c><00:23:48.500><c> done</c><00:23:48.759><c> in</c><00:23:49.039><c> Bethabara,</c><00:23:49.859><c> beyond</c><00:23:50.339><c> Jordan,</c>

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where<00:23:51.420><c> John</c><00:23:51.740><c> was</c><00:23:52.119><c> baptizing.</c>

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The<00:23:53.880><c> next</c><00:23:54.200><c> day,</c><00:23:54.680><c> John</c><00:23:54.920><c> seeth</c><00:23:55.200><c> Jesus</c><00:23:55.819><c> coming</c><00:23:56.220><c> unto</c><00:23:56.539><c> him,</c>

00:23:56.920 --> 00:23:58.680
and<00:23:57.039><c> saith,</c><00:23:57.440><c> Behold</c><00:23:57.819><c> the</c><00:23:57.980><c> Lamb</c><00:23:58.200><c> of</c><00:23:58.380><c> God,</c>

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which<00:23:59.140><c> taketh</c><00:23:59.440><c> away</c><00:23:59.920><c> the</c><00:24:00.200><c> sin</c><00:24:00.339><c> of</c><00:24:00.539><c> the</c><00:24:00.720><c> world.</c>

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It<00:24:02.579><c> seems,</c><00:24:03.079><c> brethren</c><00:24:03.200><c> and</c><00:24:03.400><c> sisters,</c>

00:24:03.759 --> 00:24:05.920
that<00:24:04.160><c> Jesus</c><00:24:04.539><c> must</c><00:24:04.799><c> have</c><00:24:04.960><c> come</c><00:24:05.180><c> from</c><00:24:05.400><c> Galilee,</c>

00:24:06.140 --> 00:24:08.259
either<00:24:06.460><c> around</c><00:24:06.839><c> the</c><00:24:07.079><c> top</c><00:24:07.279><c> of</c><00:24:07.480><c> the</c><00:24:07.579><c> Sea</c><00:24:07.779><c> of</c><00:24:07.900><c> Galilee,</c>

00:24:08.339 --> 00:24:10.279
or<00:24:08.519><c> crossed</c><00:24:08.839><c> the</c><00:24:09.119><c> Jordan</c><00:24:09.339><c> near</c><00:24:09.619><c> its</c><00:24:09.900><c> head,</c>

00:24:10.680 --> 00:24:12.519
and<00:24:10.839><c> come</c><00:24:11.000><c> down</c><00:24:11.279><c> the</c><00:24:11.539><c> eastern</c><00:24:11.980><c> side,</c>

00:24:12.619 --> 00:24:14.440
that<00:24:12.980><c> side</c><00:24:13.559><c> as</c><00:24:13.839><c> you</c><00:24:14.019><c> look</c><00:24:14.259><c> at</c><00:24:14.359><c> it,</c>

00:24:14.720 --> 00:24:17.240
and<00:24:15.140><c> crossed</c><00:24:15.460><c> over</c><00:24:15.799><c> the</c><00:24:16.019><c> Jordan</c><00:24:16.240><c> at</c><00:24:16.440><c> His</c><00:24:16.599><c> baptism,</c>

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coming<00:24:17.920><c> into</c><00:24:18.500><c> the</c><00:24:18.759><c> land,</c>

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as<00:24:19.480><c> though</c><00:24:19.619><c> He</c><00:24:19.680><c> were</c><00:24:19.859><c> leading</c><00:24:20.180><c> Israel</c><00:24:20.640><c> into</c><00:24:20.900><c> their</c><00:24:21.180><c> rest</c><00:24:21.599><c> spiritually,</c>

00:24:22.039 --> 00:24:24.960
as<00:24:22.880><c> the</c><00:24:23.460><c> new</c><00:24:23.799><c> Joshua,</c>

00:24:25.039 --> 00:24:27.059
bringing<00:24:25.380><c> them</c><00:24:25.660><c> in</c><00:24:26.140><c> in</c><00:24:26.319><c> a</c><00:24:26.519><c> sense</c><00:24:26.720><c> in</c><00:24:26.880><c> which</c>

00:24:27.059 --> 00:24:29.099
they<00:24:27.200><c> had</c><00:24:27.500><c> never</c><00:24:27.799><c> really</c><00:24:28.220><c> come</c><00:24:28.440><c> into</c><00:24:28.660><c> the</c><00:24:28.880><c> land,</c>

00:24:29.539 --> 00:24:32.319
for<00:24:29.660><c> spiritually</c><00:24:30.180><c> they</c><00:24:30.380><c> had</c><00:24:30.599><c> always</c><00:24:30.880><c> remained</c><00:24:31.339><c> outside</c><00:24:32.039><c> it,</c>

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hadn't<00:24:32.579><c> they?</c>

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Spiritually,<00:24:34.200><c> they</c><00:24:34.359><c> had</c><00:24:34.640><c> always</c><00:24:35.039><c> remained</c><00:24:35.519><c> outside</c><00:24:36.380><c> God's</c><00:24:37.180><c> land</c>

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and<00:24:37.859><c> God's</c><00:24:38.460><c> rest.</c>

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In<00:24:40.079><c> their</c><00:24:40.400><c> hearts,</c><00:24:40.880><c> they</c><00:24:41.160><c> never</c><00:24:41.519><c> really</c><00:24:42.519><c> entered</c><00:24:42.920><c> into</c><00:24:44.099><c> being</c>

00:24:44.700 --> 00:24:49.000
the<00:24:45.180><c> kingdom</c><00:24:45.559><c> of</c><00:24:45.839><c> God</c><00:24:46.200><c> as</c><00:24:46.640><c> He</c><00:24:46.940><c> intended</c><00:24:47.279><c> them</c><00:24:47.619><c> to</c><00:24:47.900><c> be.</c>

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But<00:24:52.599><c> the</c><00:24:52.839><c> Apostle's</c><00:24:53.400><c> point</c><00:24:53.619><c> in</c><00:24:53.819><c> Hebrews</c><00:24:54.259><c> 4</c><00:24:54.680><c> is</c><00:24:55.099><c> also,</c>

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brethren<00:24:56.059><c> and</c><00:24:56.319><c> sisters,</c>

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that<00:24:57.160><c> the</c><00:24:57.420><c> present</c><00:24:57.799><c> is</c><00:24:58.319><c> a</c><00:24:58.720><c> training</c><00:24:59.160><c> ground.</c>

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There<00:25:01.339><c> is</c><00:25:01.740><c> the</c><00:25:02.099><c> necessity</c><00:25:02.900><c> of</c><00:25:03.579><c> working,</c>

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of<00:25:05.460><c> toiling,</c><00:25:06.359><c> in</c><00:25:06.680><c> order</c><00:25:07.039><c> to</c><00:25:07.359><c> enjoy</c><00:25:08.079><c> rest.</c>

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Indeed,<00:25:09.779><c> there</c><00:25:09.920><c> is</c><00:25:10.119><c> a</c><00:25:10.299><c> sense</c><00:25:10.539><c> in</c><00:25:10.720><c> which</c>

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we<00:25:11.259><c> can</c><00:25:11.519><c> only</c><00:25:11.880><c> appreciate</c><00:25:12.420><c> rest</c>

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in<00:25:13.339><c> as</c><00:25:13.539><c> much</c><00:25:13.819><c> as</c><00:25:14.000><c> we</c><00:25:14.160><c> have</c><00:25:14.400><c> first</c><00:25:14.759><c> worked</c><00:25:15.319><c> and</c><00:25:15.839><c> laboured.</c>

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That's<00:25:17.220><c> why</c><00:25:17.380><c> he</c><00:25:17.539><c> says,</c><00:25:18.240><c> as</c><00:25:18.420><c> we</c><00:25:18.579><c> read</c><00:25:18.759><c> from</c><00:25:19.000><c> verse</c><00:25:19.259><c> 11,</c>

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Let<00:25:20.039><c> us</c><00:25:20.400><c> labour</c><00:25:20.839><c> therefore</c><00:25:21.539><c> to</c><00:25:21.819><c> enter</c><00:25:22.220><c> into</c><00:25:22.559><c> that</c><00:25:22.980><c> rest,</c>

00:25:23.819 --> 00:25:28.900
lest<00:25:24.140><c> any</c><00:25:24.519><c> man</c><00:25:24.839><c> fall</c><00:25:25.480><c> after</c><00:25:26.019><c> the</c><00:25:26.339><c> same</c><00:25:26.640><c> example</c><00:25:27.319><c> of</c><00:25:27.859><c> unbelief.</c>

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It's<00:25:29.299><c> as</c><00:25:29.440><c> though,</c><00:25:29.579><c> brethren</c><00:25:29.859><c> and</c><00:25:30.039><c> sisters,</c>

00:25:30.380 --> 00:25:32.160
the<00:25:30.559><c> present</c><00:25:30.740><c> is</c><00:25:30.960><c> a</c><00:25:31.240><c> training</c><00:25:31.579><c> ground,</c>

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as<00:25:32.660><c> though</c><00:25:32.819><c> the</c><00:25:33.059><c> six</c><00:25:33.380><c> days</c><00:25:33.859><c> of</c><00:25:34.099><c> our</c><00:25:34.400><c> present</c><00:25:34.839><c> life,</c>

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our<00:25:36.400><c> present</c><00:25:36.940><c> wilderness</c><00:25:37.619><c> wanderings,</c>

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are<00:25:39.000><c> a</c><00:25:39.299><c> training</c><00:25:39.640><c> ground</c><00:25:40.140><c> for</c><00:25:40.680><c> the</c><00:25:40.960><c> rest.</c>

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And<00:25:41.759><c> they</c><00:25:41.920><c> are</c><00:25:42.079><c> a</c><00:25:42.180><c> necessity</c><00:25:42.960><c> in</c><00:25:43.420><c> order</c>

00:25:43.720 --> 00:25:45.660
that<00:25:43.960><c> we</c><00:25:44.200><c> should</c><00:25:44.480><c> enter</c><00:25:44.819><c> into</c><00:25:45.059><c> that</c><00:25:45.420><c> rest.</c>

00:25:45.660 --> 00:25:49.819
Let<00:25:46.119><c> us</c><00:25:46.519><c> labour</c><00:25:46.880><c> therefore</c><00:25:47.740><c> to</c><00:25:48.099><c> enter</c><00:25:48.440><c> into</c><00:25:48.680><c> that</c><00:25:48.960><c> rest.</c>

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It's<00:25:50.240><c> almost</c><00:25:50.460><c> as</c><00:25:50.619><c> though</c><00:25:50.700><c> the</c><00:25:50.880><c> Apostle</c><00:25:51.140><c> is</c><00:25:51.380><c> implying</c>

00:25:51.819 --> 00:25:55.079
that<00:25:52.019><c> without</c><00:25:52.440><c> the</c><00:25:52.720><c> labour</c><00:25:53.000><c> there</c><00:25:53.319><c> can</c><00:25:53.619><c> be</c><00:25:53.819><c> no</c><00:25:54.099><c> rest.</c>

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Without<00:25:55.640><c> this</c><00:25:55.980><c> wilderness</c><00:25:56.380><c> pilgrimage,</c>

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without<00:25:57.539><c> this</c><00:25:57.859><c> time</c><00:25:58.200><c> of</c><00:25:58.799><c> probation</c><00:25:59.279><c> and</c><00:25:59.660><c> testing,</c>

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there<00:26:00.960><c> cannot</c><00:26:01.400><c> be</c><00:26:01.960><c> any</c><00:26:02.539><c> enjoyment</c><00:26:03.019><c> of</c><00:26:03.259><c> the</c><00:26:03.460><c> rest</c><00:26:03.660><c> which</c><00:26:03.940><c> is</c><00:26:04.099><c> to</c><00:26:04.339><c> come.</c>

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It<00:26:06.819><c> always</c><00:26:06.940><c> amuses</c><00:26:07.200><c> me</c><00:26:07.460><c> that</c><00:26:07.640><c> these</c><00:26:07.900><c> days</c>

00:26:08.200 --> 00:26:13.700
businesses<00:26:08.559><c> send</c><00:26:08.960><c> people</c><00:26:09.640><c> on</c><00:26:10.539><c> training</c><00:26:10.980><c> courses</c><00:26:11.539><c> for</c><00:26:12.480><c> retirement.</c>

00:26:15.099 --> 00:26:17.039
Apparently<00:26:15.619><c> you</c><00:26:15.940><c> have</c><00:26:16.140><c> to</c><00:26:16.279><c> be</c><00:26:16.579><c> trained</c>

00:26:17.039 --> 00:26:21.359
to<00:26:17.319><c> know</c><00:26:17.660><c> how</c><00:26:18.059><c> to</c><00:26:18.339><c> use</c><00:26:18.619><c> your</c><00:26:18.980><c> retirement</c><00:26:19.519><c> and</c><00:26:20.000><c> how</c><00:26:20.299><c> to</c><00:26:20.579><c> relax.</c>

00:26:21.799 --> 00:26:23.720
What<00:26:21.859><c> a</c><00:26:22.039><c> reflection</c><00:26:22.599><c> that</c><00:26:22.799><c> is,</c><00:26:23.200><c> brethren</c><00:26:23.339><c> and</c><00:26:23.519><c> sisters,</c>

00:26:23.779 --> 00:26:25.539
isn't<00:26:23.960><c> it,</c><00:26:24.039><c> of</c><00:26:24.220><c> our</c><00:26:24.559><c> world.</c>

00:26:25.700 --> 00:26:29.460
And<00:26:25.900><c> yet,</c><00:26:26.839><c> in</c><00:26:27.019><c> a</c><00:26:27.380><c> sense,</c><00:26:28.400><c> we,</c><00:26:28.720><c> of</c><00:26:28.880><c> all</c><00:26:29.099><c> people,</c>

00:26:29.480 --> 00:26:30.900
shouldn't<00:26:29.880><c> need</c><00:26:30.279><c> that,</c><00:26:30.680><c> should</c><00:26:30.759><c> we?</c>

00:26:30.920 --> 00:26:33.319
But<00:26:31.099><c> in</c><00:26:31.339><c> a</c><00:26:31.500><c> sense,</c><00:26:32.079><c> that's</c><00:26:32.339><c> what</c><00:26:32.519><c> life</c><00:26:32.779><c> is</c><00:26:33.019><c> about.</c>

00:26:33.519 --> 00:26:35.579
We're<00:26:33.720><c> being</c><00:26:34.079><c> trained</c><00:26:34.380><c> for</c><00:26:34.579><c> the</c><00:26:34.859><c> kingdom,</c><00:26:35.240><c> aren't</c><00:26:35.420><c> we?</c>

00:26:35.740 --> 00:26:38.380
We're<00:26:35.960><c> being</c><00:26:36.359><c> trained</c><00:26:36.720><c> for</c><00:26:36.980><c> the</c><00:26:37.299><c> rest.</c>

00:26:39.160 --> 00:26:41.440
Now,<00:26:39.359><c> I'm</c><00:26:39.460><c> not</c><00:26:39.700><c> implying</c><00:26:40.059><c> that</c><00:26:40.299><c> that</c><00:26:40.539><c> rest</c><00:26:40.720><c> will</c><00:26:40.920><c> be</c><00:26:41.200><c> idleness.</c>

00:26:41.440 --> 00:26:43.059
Yes,<00:26:41.579><c> it</c><00:26:41.720><c> will</c><00:26:41.980><c> not.</c>

00:26:43.779 --> 00:26:45.740
There<00:26:43.900><c> was</c><00:26:44.140><c> work</c><00:26:44.640><c> in</c><00:26:45.039><c> Eden.</c>

00:26:45.779 --> 00:26:48.960
That's<00:26:46.079><c> one</c><00:26:46.279><c> way</c><00:26:46.539><c> in</c><00:26:46.660><c> which</c><00:26:46.839><c> the</c><00:26:47.039><c> kingdom</c><00:26:47.299><c> will</c><00:26:47.579><c> be</c><00:26:47.779><c> like</c><00:26:48.079><c> Eden.</c>

00:26:49.740 --> 00:26:50.640
There<00:26:49.819><c> was</c><00:26:50.019><c> work</c><00:26:50.339><c> there.</c>

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Work<00:26:51.019><c> was</c><00:26:51.299><c> not</c><00:26:51.480><c> the</c><00:26:51.640><c> result</c><00:26:51.900><c> of</c><00:26:52.099><c> the</c><00:26:52.279><c> curse,</c><00:26:52.619><c> brethren</c><00:26:52.839><c> and</c><00:26:53.039><c> sisters.</c>

00:26:53.660 --> 00:26:56.799
Hard<00:26:54.140><c> work</c><00:26:54.660><c> in</c><00:26:55.180><c> the</c><00:26:55.359><c> sweat</c><00:26:55.480><c> of</c><00:26:55.640><c> your</c><00:26:55.920><c> face</c><00:26:56.180><c> to</c><00:26:56.400><c> earn</c><00:26:56.539><c> your</c>

00:26:56.799 --> 00:26:57.500
daily<00:26:57.099><c> crust</c>

00:26:57.500 --> 00:26:59.380
was<00:26:58.039><c> the</c><00:26:58.299><c> result</c><00:26:58.559><c> of</c><00:26:58.779><c> the</c><00:26:58.980><c> curse.</c>

00:26:59.880 --> 00:27:02.220
But<00:27:00.059><c> there</c><00:27:00.339><c> was</c><00:27:00.579><c> work</c><00:27:01.000><c> before</c><00:27:01.539><c> that.</c>

00:27:02.680 --> 00:27:05.940
God<00:27:02.980><c> put</c><00:27:03.259><c> Adam</c><00:27:03.519><c> in</c><00:27:03.720><c> the</c><00:27:03.920><c> garden</c><00:27:04.220><c> to</c><00:27:04.480><c> dress</c><00:27:04.740><c> it</c><00:27:05.000><c> and</c><00:27:05.140><c> to</c><00:27:05.339><c> keep</c><00:27:05.519><c> it.</c>

00:27:06.400 --> 00:27:09.140
And<00:27:06.579><c> we</c><00:27:06.680><c> shall</c><00:27:06.779><c> be</c><00:27:06.920><c> very</c><00:27:07.259><c> busy</c><00:27:07.619><c> people</c><00:27:08.000><c> in</c><00:27:08.200><c> the</c><00:27:08.380><c> kingdom</c><00:27:08.619><c> of</c><00:27:08.920><c> God.</c>

00:27:09.140 --> 00:27:11.940
There<00:27:09.500><c> will</c><00:27:09.720><c> be</c><00:27:09.920><c> much</c><00:27:10.220><c> work</c><00:27:10.619><c> to</c><00:27:10.920><c> do.</c>

00:27:12.099 --> 00:27:15.200
So<00:27:12.200><c> it's</c><00:27:12.440><c> not</c><00:27:12.759><c> idleness,</c><00:27:13.980><c> and</c><00:27:14.140><c> yet</c><00:27:14.279><c> there</c><00:27:14.480><c> is</c><00:27:14.700><c> a</c><00:27:14.880><c> sense</c>

00:27:15.200 --> 00:27:19.039
in<00:27:15.440><c> which</c><00:27:15.779><c> our</c><00:27:16.660><c> experience</c><00:27:17.359><c> now</c><00:27:17.799><c> is</c><00:27:18.299><c> training</c><00:27:18.599><c> us</c>

00:27:19.039 --> 00:27:24.119
for<00:27:19.779><c> the</c><00:27:20.259><c> work</c><00:27:20.519><c> we</c><00:27:20.759><c> shall</c><00:27:21.039><c> do</c><00:27:21.559><c> in</c><00:27:22.019><c> that</c><00:27:22.359><c> time</c><00:27:22.660><c> of</c><00:27:23.019><c> rest.</c>

00:27:24.279 --> 00:27:27.480
It's<00:27:24.759><c> rest</c><00:27:25.180><c> in</c><00:27:25.460><c> a</c><00:27:25.799><c> different</c><00:27:26.220><c> sense,</c><00:27:26.759><c> isn't</c><00:27:26.940><c> it?</c>

00:27:27.819 --> 00:27:32.839
It's<00:27:28.240><c> the</c><00:27:28.619><c> completion</c><00:27:29.380><c> of</c><00:27:30.039><c> the</c><00:27:30.319><c> rest</c><00:27:30.799><c> from</c><00:27:31.460><c> sin</c><00:27:32.059><c> again,</c>

00:27:33.339 --> 00:27:37.359
the<00:27:33.700><c> completion</c><00:27:34.220><c> of</c><00:27:34.460><c> the</c><00:27:34.720><c> rest</c><00:27:35.119><c> from</c><00:27:35.759><c> our</c><00:27:36.240><c> natures</c>

00:27:37.359 --> 00:27:41.519
that<00:27:37.720><c> Christ</c><00:27:38.259><c> has</c><00:27:38.660><c> given</c><00:27:38.920><c> us</c><00:27:39.640><c> through</c><00:27:39.960><c> His</c><00:27:40.220><c> sacrifice.</c>

00:27:41.579 --> 00:27:44.880
It's<00:27:41.779><c> the</c><00:27:42.059><c> completion</c><00:27:42.759><c> of</c><00:27:43.400><c> our</c><00:27:43.700><c> redemption.</c>

00:27:45.480 --> 00:27:47.140
And<00:27:45.700><c> maybe,</c><00:27:46.279><c> just</c><00:27:46.680><c> maybe,</c>

00:27:47.220 --> 00:27:49.960
and<00:27:47.599><c> we</c><00:27:47.700><c> can't</c><00:27:47.960><c> be</c><00:27:48.420><c> absolutely</c><00:27:49.079><c> certain</c><00:27:49.339><c> about</c><00:27:49.640><c> it,</c>

00:27:50.079 --> 00:27:53.480
I<00:27:50.279><c> can't</c><00:27:50.640><c> think</c><00:27:50.859><c> of</c><00:27:51.019><c> anything</c><00:27:51.279><c> in</c><00:27:51.579><c> Scripture</c><00:27:51.839><c> that</c><00:27:52.140><c> specifically</c><00:27:52.640><c> tells</c><00:27:53.019><c> us</c><00:27:53.259><c> this,</c>

00:27:53.740 --> 00:27:55.000
but<00:27:53.859><c> maybe,</c><00:27:54.339><c> brethren</c><00:27:54.480><c> and</c><00:27:54.720><c> sisters,</c>

00:27:55.299 --> 00:27:58.759
the<00:27:55.500><c> weekly</c><00:27:55.940><c> Sabbath</c><00:27:56.680><c> points</c><00:27:57.240><c> forward</c><00:27:57.839><c> to</c><00:27:58.140><c> our</c><00:27:58.420><c> rest</c>

00:27:58.759 --> 00:28:01.700
that<00:27:59.099><c> we</c><00:27:59.380><c> enjoy</c><00:27:59.759><c> in</c><00:28:00.039><c> Christ</c><00:28:00.480><c> now.</c>

00:28:01.779 --> 00:28:05.400
For<00:28:02.019><c> we</c><00:28:02.359><c> celebrate</c><00:28:02.940><c> the</c><00:28:03.339><c> rest</c><00:28:03.559><c> that</c><00:28:03.740><c> we</c><00:28:03.900><c> have</c><00:28:04.099><c> already</c><00:28:04.420><c> attained</c><00:28:05.000><c> to</c>

00:28:05.400 --> 00:28:06.700
in<00:28:05.660><c> the</c><00:28:05.859><c> breaking</c><00:28:06.039><c> of</c><00:28:06.380><c> bread.</c>

00:28:07.059 --> 00:28:09.059
We<00:28:07.180><c> remember,</c><00:28:07.980><c> through</c><00:28:08.299><c> the</c><00:28:08.480><c> breaking</c><00:28:08.680><c> of</c><00:28:08.920><c> bread,</c>

00:28:09.200 --> 00:28:12.599
the<00:28:09.339><c> sacrifice</c><00:28:09.920><c> of</c><00:28:10.119><c> Jesus,</c><00:28:10.720><c> which</c><00:28:10.920><c> has</c><00:28:11.220><c> taken</c><00:28:11.460><c> away</c><00:28:11.819><c> our</c><00:28:12.079><c> iniquities,</c>

00:28:12.859 --> 00:28:15.660
the<00:28:13.140><c> forgiveness</c><00:28:13.500><c> of</c><00:28:13.819><c> our</c><00:28:14.000><c> sins,</c><00:28:14.359><c> gives</c><00:28:14.579><c> us</c><00:28:14.799><c> that</c><00:28:15.200><c> rest.</c>

00:28:16.140 --> 00:28:19.180
Maybe<00:28:16.480><c> the</c><00:28:16.779><c> weekly</c><00:28:17.140><c> Sabbath</c><00:28:17.579><c> was</c><00:28:17.980><c> to</c><00:28:18.259><c> point</c><00:28:18.539><c> forward</c>

00:28:19.180 --> 00:28:21.079
to<00:28:19.779><c> our</c><00:28:20.019><c> breaking</c><00:28:20.339><c> of</c><00:28:20.680><c> bread,</c>

00:28:21.440 --> 00:28:23.799
which<00:28:21.660><c> is</c><00:28:21.980><c> not</c><00:28:22.200><c> held</c><00:28:22.460><c> on</c><00:28:22.680><c> a</c><00:28:22.859><c> Sabbath,</c><00:28:23.140><c> remember,</c>

00:28:23.960 --> 00:28:26.980
but<00:28:24.180><c> which</c><00:28:24.460><c> is</c><00:28:25.000><c> a</c><00:28:25.279><c> weekly</c><00:28:25.680><c> institution.</c>

00:28:28.180 --> 00:28:32.920
Maybe<00:28:28.619><c> the</c><00:28:28.980><c> Sabbath</c><00:28:29.380><c> year</c><00:28:29.940><c> then</c><00:28:31.039><c> speaks</c><00:28:31.700><c> not</c><00:28:32.079><c> now</c><00:28:32.420><c> of</c><00:28:32.680><c> our</c>

00:28:32.920 --> 00:28:34.099
rest<00:28:33.180><c> from</c><00:28:33.660><c> sin,</c>

00:28:34.099 --> 00:28:38.519
but<00:28:34.599><c> of</c><00:28:34.960><c> rest</c><00:28:35.220><c> from</c><00:28:35.579><c> our</c><00:28:35.900><c> sin</c><00:28:36.460><c> natures.</c>

00:28:38.599 --> 00:28:40.160
Maybe<00:28:38.880><c> the</c><00:28:39.220><c> Sabbath</c><00:28:39.480><c> year,</c>

00:28:40.420 --> 00:28:43.180
which<00:28:40.680><c> you</c><00:28:40.980><c> remember</c><00:28:41.279><c> we</c><00:28:41.559><c> said</c><00:28:41.759><c> was</c><00:28:42.000><c> about</c><00:28:42.400><c> release,</c>

00:28:43.559 --> 00:28:45.259
is<00:28:43.700><c> about</c><00:28:44.000><c> resurrection.</c>

00:28:45.720 --> 00:28:48.700
If<00:28:45.920><c> the</c><00:28:46.140><c> weekly</c><00:28:46.440><c> Sabbath</c><00:28:46.799><c> portrays</c><00:28:47.420><c> our</c><00:28:47.700><c> rest</c><00:28:48.019><c> in</c><00:28:48.299><c> Christ,</c>

00:28:49.000 --> 00:28:51.240
then<00:28:49.180><c> the</c><00:28:49.420><c> Sabbath</c><00:28:49.700><c> year</c><00:28:50.059><c> portrays</c><00:28:50.619><c> our</c><00:28:50.819><c> release</c>

00:28:51.240 --> 00:28:53.960
from<00:28:51.660><c> the</c><00:28:51.920><c> bondage</c><00:28:52.259><c> of</c><00:28:52.440><c> our</c><00:28:52.599><c> human</c><00:28:52.880><c> nature,</c>

00:28:54.480 --> 00:28:56.720
from<00:28:54.720><c> this</c><00:28:55.059><c> mortal</c><00:28:55.460><c> frame,</c>

00:28:56.839 --> 00:28:59.740
and<00:28:57.119><c> all</c><00:28:57.299><c> the</c><00:28:57.539><c> frustrations</c><00:28:58.140><c> of</c><00:28:58.319><c> it</c><00:28:58.420><c> which</c><00:28:58.559><c> we've</c><00:28:58.759><c> just</c><00:28:59.039><c> mentioned.</c>

00:28:59.740 --> 00:29:03.359
Maybe<00:29:00.619><c> the</c><00:29:00.940><c> Sabbath</c><00:29:01.220><c> year</c><00:29:01.940><c> speaks</c><00:29:02.440><c> of</c><00:29:02.740><c> resurrection</c>

00:29:03.359 --> 00:29:09.339
and<00:29:03.759><c> our</c><00:29:03.980><c> release</c><00:29:04.519><c> from</c><00:29:05.559><c> the</c><00:29:06.220><c> sinful</c><00:29:06.700><c> flesh</c><00:29:07.380><c> that</c><00:29:07.940><c> we</c><00:29:08.259><c> bear.</c>

00:29:10.039 --> 00:29:11.460
And<00:29:10.140><c> the</c><00:29:10.359><c> Jubilee?</c>

00:29:11.539 --> 00:29:14.740
Well,<00:29:11.759><c> we</c><00:29:11.900><c> said</c><00:29:12.079><c> the</c><00:29:12.240><c> Jubilee</c><00:29:12.660><c> was</c><00:29:12.880><c> about</c><00:29:13.240><c> restoration,</c>

00:29:14.839 --> 00:29:17.579
the<00:29:15.119><c> restoration</c><00:29:15.700><c> of</c><00:29:16.039><c> land,</c><00:29:16.539><c> of</c><00:29:17.059><c> inheritance,</c>

00:29:18.059 --> 00:29:19.579
that<00:29:18.380><c> then,</c><00:29:18.859><c> brethren</c><00:29:19.000><c> and</c><00:29:19.180><c> sisters,</c>

00:29:19.900 --> 00:29:23.440
is,<00:29:20.119><c> as</c><00:29:20.299><c> we</c><00:29:20.859><c> rightly</c><00:29:21.180><c> know,</c><00:29:22.019><c> the</c><00:29:22.240><c> Kingdom.</c>

00:29:27.420 --> 00:29:31.359
The<00:29:28.000><c> Jubilee,</c><00:29:28.680><c> the</c><00:29:28.799><c> year</c><00:29:29.019><c> of</c><00:29:29.259><c> Jubilee</c><00:29:29.640><c> is</c><00:29:29.920><c> the</c><00:29:30.160><c> millennial</c><00:29:30.720><c> age,</c>

00:29:31.720 --> 00:29:33.000
the<00:29:31.859><c> time</c><00:29:32.119><c> of</c><00:29:32.440><c> blessing,</c>

00:29:33.400 --> 00:29:35.900
the<00:29:33.559><c> time</c><00:29:33.740><c> of</c><00:29:33.940><c> the</c><00:29:34.180><c> restoration</c><00:29:34.700><c> of</c><00:29:34.920><c> God's</c><00:29:35.359><c> people</c>

00:29:35.900 --> 00:29:37.900
fully<00:29:36.440><c> to</c><00:29:36.940><c> their</c><00:29:37.259><c> land,</c>

00:29:38.039 --> 00:29:42.019
not<00:29:38.440><c> like</c><00:29:38.880><c> they're</c><00:29:39.119><c> there</c><00:29:39.319><c> now</c><00:29:40.119><c> in</c><00:29:40.740><c> iniquity,</c>

00:29:42.119 --> 00:29:45.180
but<00:29:42.319><c> when</c><00:29:42.559><c> God</c><00:29:42.900><c> shall</c><00:29:43.099><c> have</c><00:29:43.299><c> given</c><00:29:43.460><c> them</c><00:29:43.720><c> that</c><00:29:44.079><c> new</c><00:29:44.420><c> heart</c>

00:29:45.180 --> 00:29:48.579
and<00:29:46.039><c> established</c><00:29:46.400><c> with</c><00:29:46.579><c> him</c><00:29:46.759><c> his</c><00:29:47.059><c> new</c><00:29:47.339><c> covenant,</c>

00:29:48.980 --> 00:29:50.900
so<00:29:49.099><c> that</c><00:29:49.200><c> they</c><00:29:49.339><c> are</c><00:29:49.559><c> again</c><00:29:49.799><c> the</c><00:29:49.980><c> head</c><00:29:50.140><c> of</c><00:29:50.359><c> the</c><00:29:50.519><c> nations</c>

00:29:50.900 --> 00:29:52.799
and<00:29:51.200><c> not</c><00:29:51.420><c> the</c><00:29:51.720><c> tail.</c>

00:29:52.900 --> 00:29:56.380
The<00:29:53.500><c> Jubilee</c><00:29:53.880><c> is</c><00:29:54.039><c> a</c><00:29:54.259><c> time</c><00:29:54.680><c> of</c><00:29:55.079><c> restoration,</c>

00:29:56.559 --> 00:29:58.259
of<00:29:56.779><c> regeneration</c><00:29:57.500><c> for</c><00:29:57.799><c> the</c><00:29:58.019><c> earth,</c>

00:29:58.460 --> 00:30:01.019
when<00:29:58.579><c> it</c><00:29:58.680><c> will</c><00:29:58.880><c> be</c><00:29:59.200><c> spring</c><00:29:59.500><c>-cleaned</c><00:29:59.839><c> of</c><00:30:00.000><c> all</c><00:30:00.220><c> the</c><00:30:00.400><c> wickedness</c>

00:30:01.019 --> 00:30:03.119
with<00:30:01.200><c> which</c><00:30:01.420><c> now</c><00:30:01.640><c> it</c><00:30:01.819><c> is</c><00:30:02.140><c> full</c>

00:30:03.180 --> 00:30:05.279
and<00:30:03.480><c> filled</c><00:30:03.819><c> instead</c><00:30:04.299><c> with</c><00:30:04.619><c> righteousness</c>

00:30:05.279 --> 00:30:08.440
and<00:30:06.000><c> those</c><00:30:06.299><c> things</c><00:30:06.619><c> that</c><00:30:07.099><c> glorify</c><00:30:07.819><c> God</c>

00:30:08.440 --> 00:30:11.319
rather<00:30:09.099><c> than</c><00:30:09.440><c> that</c><00:30:09.839><c> grieve</c><00:30:10.279><c> him.</c>

00:30:13.640 --> 00:30:16.759
But<00:30:14.240><c> if</c><00:30:14.480><c> we</c><00:30:14.740><c> labor</c><00:30:15.039><c> for</c><00:30:15.299><c> that</c><00:30:15.599><c> time,</c><00:30:16.140><c> brethren</c><00:30:16.259><c> and</c><00:30:16.519><c> sisters,</c>

00:30:16.819 --> 00:30:18.960
there<00:30:17.059><c> can</c><00:30:17.359><c> be</c><00:30:17.579><c> at</c><00:30:17.680><c> the</c><00:30:17.920><c> present</c><00:30:18.200><c> at</c><00:30:18.480><c> least</c>

00:30:18.960 --> 00:30:22.180
no<00:30:19.460><c> relaxation</c><00:30:20.200><c> in</c><00:30:20.859><c> our</c><00:30:21.200><c> fight.</c>

00:30:22.680 --> 00:30:24.980
Until<00:30:23.200><c> the</c><00:30:23.559><c> land</c><00:30:23.880><c> has</c><00:30:24.200><c> its</c><00:30:24.519><c> Sabbath,</c>

00:30:25.460 --> 00:30:27.740
we<00:30:25.920><c> cannot</c><00:30:26.319><c> relax,</c>

00:30:27.839 --> 00:30:31.099
we<00:30:28.119><c> cannot</c><00:30:28.519><c> let</c><00:30:28.900><c> go</c><00:30:29.420><c> our</c><00:30:29.920><c> guard.</c>

00:30:31.319 --> 00:30:33.259
We<00:30:31.619><c> see</c><00:30:31.839><c> that</c><00:30:32.059><c> again</c><00:30:32.440><c> in</c><00:30:32.680><c> the</c><00:30:32.859><c> experience</c>

00:30:33.539 --> 00:30:35.319
of<00:30:34.099><c> Israel</c><00:30:34.579><c> and</c><00:30:34.839><c> Joshua.</c>

00:30:35.619 --> 00:30:37.039
Just<00:30:35.859><c> come</c><00:30:36.059><c> back</c><00:30:36.259><c> for</c><00:30:36.440><c> a</c><00:30:36.539><c> moment</c><00:30:36.720><c> quickly</c>

00:30:37.039 --> 00:30:39.559
to<00:30:37.220><c> Joshua</c><00:30:37.660><c> chapter</c><00:30:38.019><c> 9,</c>

00:30:41.859 --> 00:30:44.359
where<00:30:42.079><c> you</c><00:30:42.240><c> will</c><00:30:42.480><c> recall</c><00:30:42.900><c> a</c><00:30:43.500><c> little</c><00:30:43.779><c> incident</c>

00:30:44.359 --> 00:30:48.700
that<00:30:44.759><c> drives</c><00:30:45.220><c> home</c><00:30:45.720><c> the</c><00:30:46.279><c> importance</c><00:30:46.799><c> of</c><00:30:47.420><c> this</c><00:30:47.680><c> lesson.</c>

00:30:49.460 --> 00:30:52.900
It's<00:30:49.980><c> not</c><00:30:50.220><c> one</c><00:30:50.980><c> battle,</c><00:30:51.619><c> is</c><00:30:51.720><c> it?</c>

00:30:53.240 --> 00:30:54.759
We<00:30:53.359><c> don't</c><00:30:53.579><c> overcome</c><00:30:54.180><c> sin</c>

00:30:54.759 --> 00:30:58.220
and<00:30:55.200><c> then</c><00:30:55.660><c> find</c><00:30:56.279><c> that</c><00:30:56.500><c> we</c><00:30:56.680><c> have</c><00:30:56.900><c> our</c><00:30:57.220><c> rest.</c>

00:30:58.920 --> 00:31:01.299
We<00:30:58.940><c> don't</c><00:30:59.319><c> fight</c><00:30:59.720><c> one</c><00:31:00.099><c> battle</c><00:31:00.480><c> against</c><00:31:00.920><c> sin</c>

00:31:01.299 --> 00:31:04.180
and<00:31:01.519><c> then</c><00:31:01.680><c> have</c><00:31:01.880><c> done</c><00:31:02.079><c> forever,</c><00:31:02.680><c> do</c><00:31:02.759><c> we,</c><00:31:03.019><c> brethren</c><00:31:03.140><c> and</c><00:31:03.319><c> sisters?</c>

00:31:04.339 --> 00:31:05.940
Again,<00:31:04.779><c> we</c><00:31:04.920><c> said</c><00:31:05.019><c> it</c><00:31:05.220><c> the</c><00:31:05.299><c> other</c><00:31:05.559><c> day,</c>

00:31:06.079 --> 00:31:07.740
it's<00:31:06.299><c> dead</c><00:31:06.579><c> but</c><00:31:06.740><c> it</c><00:31:06.880><c> won't</c><00:31:07.119><c> lie</c><00:31:07.460><c> down.</c>

00:31:07.799 --> 00:31:09.380
It<00:31:07.960><c> keeps</c><00:31:08.319><c> coming</c><00:31:08.779><c> back.</c>

00:31:09.740 --> 00:31:12.440
It's<00:31:10.079><c> the</c><00:31:10.240><c> sustained</c><00:31:10.980><c> campaign.</c>

00:31:12.740 --> 00:31:14.539
And<00:31:12.940><c> it</c><00:31:13.019><c> looks</c><00:31:13.240><c> rather</c><00:31:13.480><c> from</c><00:31:13.759><c> Joshua</c><00:31:14.140><c> 9</c>

00:31:14.539 --> 00:31:16.319
and<00:31:14.720><c> the</c><00:31:14.920><c> incident</c><00:31:15.259><c> of</c><00:31:15.480><c> the</c><00:31:15.640><c> Gibeonites</c>

00:31:16.319 --> 00:31:18.539
as<00:31:16.700><c> though</c><00:31:16.960><c> Joshua</c><00:31:17.319><c> and</c><00:31:17.519><c> Israel</c><00:31:17.839><c> relaxed</c>

00:31:18.539 --> 00:31:21.400
just<00:31:18.980><c> that</c><00:31:19.240><c> little</c><00:31:19.519><c> bit</c><00:31:19.759><c> too</c><00:31:20.240><c> soon.</c>

00:31:22.579 --> 00:31:25.740
It<00:31:23.140><c> was</c><00:31:23.420><c> common</c><00:31:23.720><c> sense,</c><00:31:24.380><c> wasn't</c><00:31:24.599><c> it?</c>

00:31:26.559 --> 00:31:29.420
They<00:31:26.720><c> asked</c><00:31:27.140><c> not</c><00:31:27.460><c> counsel</c><00:31:28.019><c> at</c><00:31:28.259><c> the</c><00:31:28.460><c> mouth</c><00:31:28.700><c> of</c><00:31:28.960><c> the</c><00:31:29.119><c> Lord,</c>

00:31:29.480 --> 00:31:31.259
the<00:31:29.740><c> record</c><00:31:30.099><c> says.</c>

00:31:31.880 --> 00:31:33.660
But,<00:31:32.519><c> well,</c><00:31:32.660><c> you</c><00:31:32.759><c> didn't</c><00:31:33.019><c> need</c><00:31:33.400><c> to.</c>

00:31:33.680 --> 00:31:35.779
I<00:31:33.759><c> mean,</c><00:31:33.920><c> you</c><00:31:34.359><c> could</c><00:31:34.559><c> see</c><00:31:35.000><c> that</c><00:31:35.240><c> these</c><00:31:35.559><c> fellows</c>

00:31:35.779 --> 00:31:37.740
had<00:31:36.019><c> come</c><00:31:36.180><c> from</c><00:31:36.380><c> a</c><00:31:36.519><c> long</c><00:31:36.720><c> way.</c>

00:31:37.779 --> 00:31:40.059
You<00:31:38.039><c> could</c><00:31:38.319><c> see</c><00:31:38.539><c> that</c><00:31:38.720><c> these</c><00:31:39.079><c> guys</c><00:31:39.339><c> were</c><00:31:39.640><c> genuine.</c>

00:31:40.440 --> 00:31:42.480
Their<00:31:40.779><c> wine</c><00:31:41.180><c> skins</c><00:31:41.480><c> were</c><00:31:41.859><c> cracked</c>

00:31:42.480 --> 00:31:44.640
and<00:31:43.220><c> their</c><00:31:43.559><c> bread</c><00:31:43.819><c> was</c><00:31:44.200><c> moldy.</c>

00:31:44.640 --> 00:31:45.799
You<00:31:44.839><c> didn't</c><00:31:45.059><c> need</c><00:31:45.299><c> to</c><00:31:45.400><c> ask</c><00:31:45.660><c> God.</c>

00:31:45.880 --> 00:31:47.839
It<00:31:45.900><c> was</c><00:31:46.140><c> common</c><00:31:46.500><c> sense</c><00:31:46.900><c> that</c><00:31:47.259><c> they'd</c><00:31:47.720><c> come</c>

00:31:47.839 --> 00:31:50.180
on<00:31:48.039><c> a</c><00:31:48.279><c> tremendously</c><00:31:48.859><c> long</c><00:31:49.279><c> journey,</c><00:31:49.759><c> these</c><00:31:49.900><c> guys.</c>

00:31:50.640 --> 00:31:52.680
You<00:31:50.960><c> didn't</c><00:31:51.240><c> need</c><00:31:51.480><c> to</c><00:31:51.619><c> ask</c><00:31:51.819><c> God</c><00:31:52.019><c> about</c><00:31:52.400><c> that.</c>

00:31:52.759 --> 00:31:55.079
It<00:31:52.819><c> was</c><00:31:53.240><c> plain</c><00:31:53.480><c> as</c><00:31:53.720><c> a</c><00:31:53.880><c> pike</c><00:31:54.140><c> staff.</c>

00:31:57.500 --> 00:31:58.380
I<00:31:57.519><c> think,</c><00:31:57.880><c> brethren</c><00:31:58.059><c> and</c><00:31:58.200><c> sisters,</c>

00:31:58.420 --> 00:32:00.700
it<00:31:58.539><c> should</c><00:31:58.759><c> always</c><00:31:59.039><c> ring</c><00:31:59.339><c> alarm</c><00:31:59.819><c> bells</c><00:32:00.180><c> with</c><00:32:00.420><c> us</c>

00:32:00.700 --> 00:32:04.200
whenever<00:32:01.099><c> anyone</c><00:32:01.599><c> says</c><00:32:02.000><c> it's</c><00:32:02.559><c> common</c><00:32:02.920><c> sense.</c>

00:32:04.319 --> 00:32:06.599
That's<00:32:04.660><c> just</c><00:32:04.900><c> the</c><00:32:05.160><c> trouble</c><00:32:05.440><c> with</c><00:32:05.640><c> it,</c><00:32:05.799><c> isn't</c><00:32:05.960><c> it?</c>

00:32:06.920 --> 00:32:11.000
Common<00:32:07.359><c> sense</c><00:32:07.819><c> is</c><00:32:08.160><c> not</c><00:32:08.660><c> godly</c><00:32:09.579><c> sense.</c>

00:32:12.079 --> 00:32:14.960
And<00:32:12.519><c> here</c><00:32:12.960><c> it's</c><00:32:13.819><c> quite</c><00:32:14.140><c> evident,</c><00:32:14.660><c> isn't</c><00:32:14.779><c> it,</c>

00:32:14.960 --> 00:32:16.740
from<00:32:15.220><c> the</c><00:32:15.420><c> result</c><00:32:15.819><c> of</c><00:32:16.019><c> this</c><00:32:16.200><c> encounter</c>

00:32:16.740 --> 00:32:19.140
between<00:32:17.400><c> Israel</c><00:32:18.019><c> and</c><00:32:18.200><c> the</c><00:32:18.359><c> Gibeonites</c>

00:32:19.140 --> 00:32:22.000
that<00:32:19.980><c> Israel</c><00:32:20.519><c> sinned.</c>

00:32:22.319 --> 00:32:24.259
Joshua<00:32:22.660><c> made</c><00:32:23.019><c> a</c><00:32:23.220><c> mistake.</c>

00:32:24.339 --> 00:32:27.680
They<00:32:24.539><c> asked</c><00:32:24.940><c> not</c><00:32:25.240><c> counsel</c><00:32:25.680><c> at</c><00:32:25.900><c> the</c><00:32:26.079><c> mouth</c><00:32:26.279><c> of</c><00:32:26.539><c> the</c><00:32:26.680><c> Lord.</c>

00:32:27.799 --> 00:32:29.039
Now,<00:32:27.940><c> it's</c><00:32:28.000><c> very</c><00:32:28.200><c> easy</c><00:32:28.400><c> to</c><00:32:28.720><c> say</c><00:32:28.900><c> that.</c>

00:32:29.099 --> 00:32:30.400
It's<00:32:29.180><c> very</c><00:32:29.380><c> easy</c><00:32:29.599><c> for</c><00:32:29.740><c> us</c><00:32:30.000><c> to</c><00:32:30.180><c> say,</c>

00:32:30.519 --> 00:32:31.720
well,<00:32:30.619><c> they</c><00:32:30.759><c> should</c><00:32:30.960><c> have</c><00:32:31.119><c> prayed</c><00:32:31.359><c> about</c><00:32:31.619><c> it.</c>

00:32:31.720 --> 00:32:33.099
Of<00:32:31.920><c> course</c><00:32:32.119><c> they</c><00:32:32.279><c> should</c><00:32:32.460><c> have</c><00:32:32.579><c> prayed</c><00:32:32.759><c> about</c><00:32:33.000><c> it.</c>

00:32:33.099 --> 00:32:34.960
The<00:32:33.240><c> record</c><00:32:33.460><c> says</c><00:32:33.680><c> so.</c>

00:32:36.319 --> 00:32:38.099
But<00:32:36.519><c> how</c><00:32:36.759><c> often</c><00:32:36.980><c> you</c><00:32:37.180><c> and</c><00:32:37.380><c> I</c><00:32:37.759><c> fail</c>

00:32:38.099 --> 00:32:39.740
in<00:32:38.400><c> exactly</c><00:32:39.019><c> the</c><00:32:39.299><c> same</c><00:32:39.500><c> way,</c>

00:32:39.740 --> 00:32:41.220
brethren<00:32:40.000><c> and</c><00:32:40.240><c> sisters,</c><00:32:40.740><c> don't</c><00:32:40.740><c> we?</c>

00:32:41.519 --> 00:32:43.259
Just<00:32:41.819><c> the</c><00:32:42.059><c> same</c><00:32:42.259><c> way.</c>

00:32:44.059 --> 00:32:46.519
The<00:32:44.220><c> upshot</c><00:32:44.539><c> of</c><00:32:44.740><c> this</c><00:32:44.920><c> incident</c><00:32:45.259><c> is</c><00:32:45.539><c> this.</c>

00:32:46.720 --> 00:32:50.380
Where<00:32:47.000><c> God</c><00:32:47.380><c> has</c><00:32:47.779><c> commanded</c><00:32:48.480><c> destruction,</c>

00:32:52.460 --> 00:32:54.619
confederacy<00:32:53.059><c> is</c><00:32:53.660><c> sin.</c>

00:32:56.460 --> 00:32:58.000
Just<00:32:56.740><c> note</c><00:32:56.960><c> that.</c>

00:32:58.079 --> 00:33:00.480
It's<00:32:58.460><c> absolutely</c><00:32:58.940><c> true</c><00:32:59.339><c> in</c><00:32:59.579><c> our</c><00:32:59.799><c> own</c><00:33:00.079><c> natures</c>

00:33:00.480 --> 00:33:02.359
and<00:33:00.740><c> our</c><00:33:00.920><c> own</c><00:33:01.180><c> lives.</c>

00:33:02.539 --> 00:33:05.160
Where<00:33:02.779><c> God</c><00:33:03.079><c> has</c><00:33:03.720><c> commanded,</c><00:33:04.519><c> brethren</c><00:33:04.680><c> and</c><00:33:04.980><c> sisters,</c>

00:33:05.180 --> 00:33:07.079
that<00:33:05.339><c> we</c><00:33:05.599><c> cut</c><00:33:05.859><c> it</c><00:33:06.140><c> out,</c>

00:33:07.440 --> 00:33:09.279
we<00:33:08.000><c> circumcise</c><00:33:08.559><c> the</c><00:33:08.920><c> flesh,</c>

00:33:09.680 --> 00:33:12.140
we<00:33:09.880><c> cut</c><00:33:10.099><c> it</c><00:33:10.339><c> off</c><00:33:10.519><c> from</c><00:33:10.740><c> our</c><00:33:10.960><c> hearts</c><00:33:11.240><c> and</c><00:33:11.500><c> our</c><00:33:11.740><c> lives,</c>

00:33:12.539 --> 00:33:16.039
then<00:33:12.660><c> any</c><00:33:13.099><c> attempt</c><00:33:13.799><c> to</c><00:33:14.720><c> paper</c><00:33:15.079><c> over</c><00:33:15.359><c> the</c><00:33:15.660><c> cracks,</c>

00:33:16.400 --> 00:33:17.920
to<00:33:16.519><c> keep</c><00:33:16.700><c> a</c><00:33:16.880><c> foot</c><00:33:16.960><c> in</c><00:33:17.180><c> both</c><00:33:17.420><c> camps,</c>

00:33:18.240 --> 00:33:20.240
to<00:33:18.380><c> live</c><00:33:18.619><c> with</c><00:33:18.839><c> it,</c><00:33:19.160><c> to</c><00:33:19.279><c> serve</c><00:33:19.559><c> God</c><00:33:19.859><c> and</c><00:33:20.079><c> mammon,</c>

00:33:20.240 --> 00:33:21.680
you<00:33:20.380><c> can</c><00:33:20.619><c> put</c><00:33:20.720><c> it</c><00:33:20.859><c> how</c><00:33:21.000><c> you</c><00:33:21.339><c> like,</c>

00:33:21.920 --> 00:33:23.819
but<00:33:22.079><c> it</c><00:33:22.339><c> amounts</c><00:33:22.660><c> to</c><00:33:23.000><c> confederacy,</c>

00:33:23.920 --> 00:33:25.680
and<00:33:24.220><c> it</c><00:33:24.420><c> is</c><00:33:24.740><c> sin.</c>

00:33:26.180 --> 00:33:29.000
There<00:33:26.380><c> is</c><00:33:26.700><c> no</c><00:33:26.920><c> getting</c><00:33:27.160><c> away</c><00:33:27.480><c> from</c><00:33:27.700><c> it.</c>

00:33:30.180 --> 00:33:32.819
Where<00:33:30.559><c> God</c><00:33:30.900><c> has</c><00:33:31.200><c> commanded</c><00:33:31.660><c> its</c><00:33:32.099><c> destruction,</c>

00:33:32.819 --> 00:33:37.059
living<00:33:33.980><c> alongside</c><00:33:34.619><c> it</c><00:33:35.180><c> is</c><00:33:35.880><c> wrong.</c>

00:33:38.660 --> 00:33:41.500
That's<00:33:38.900><c> the</c><00:33:39.019><c> lesson</c><00:33:39.380><c> of</c><00:33:39.640><c> Joshua</c><00:33:39.980><c> chapter</c><00:33:40.380><c> 9,</c>

00:33:41.740 --> 00:33:44.500
and<00:33:41.819><c> it's</c><00:33:42.119><c> a</c><00:33:42.359><c> frightening</c><00:33:42.680><c> one,</c><00:33:43.140><c> brethren</c><00:33:43.279><c> and</c><00:33:43.579><c> sisters.</c>

00:33:44.599 --> 00:33:47.579
It<00:33:44.819><c> reminds</c><00:33:45.200><c> us</c><00:33:45.440><c> of</c><00:33:45.640><c> the</c><00:33:45.880><c> dangers</c><00:33:46.319><c> again,</c><00:33:46.880><c> doesn't</c><00:33:47.200><c> it,</c>

00:33:47.740 --> 00:33:49.660
of<00:33:47.980><c> being</c><00:33:48.400><c> unequally</c><00:33:49.180><c> yoked.</c>

00:33:49.819 --> 00:33:52.440
That's<00:33:50.220><c> not</c><00:33:50.500><c> just</c><00:33:50.779><c> a</c><00:33:50.980><c> phrase</c><00:33:51.200><c> that</c><00:33:51.519><c> applies</c><00:33:51.740><c> in</c><00:33:52.019><c> marriage.</c>

00:33:52.819 --> 00:33:56.240
It<00:33:53.059><c> applies</c><00:33:53.359><c> in</c><00:33:53.680><c> a</c><00:33:53.799><c> host</c><00:33:54.099><c> of</c><00:33:54.339><c> other</c><00:33:54.660><c> circumstances</c><00:33:55.339><c> as</c><00:33:55.720><c> well.</c>

00:33:56.660 --> 00:33:59.519
Perhaps<00:33:57.119><c> sadly</c><00:33:57.460><c> sometimes</c><00:33:58.000><c> we've</c><00:33:58.319><c> tended</c><00:33:58.619><c> to</c><00:33:58.960><c> apply</c><00:33:59.180><c> it</c>

00:33:59.519 --> 00:34:01.980
only<00:33:59.880><c> to</c><00:34:00.079><c> marriage,</c><00:34:00.420><c> but</c><00:34:00.559><c> it</c><00:34:00.859><c> applies</c><00:34:01.119><c> in</c><00:34:01.480><c> business</c>

00:34:01.980 --> 00:34:04.420
with<00:34:02.759><c> business</c><00:34:03.259><c> partners.</c>

00:34:05.079 --> 00:34:07.539
Their<00:34:05.440><c> aims</c><00:34:05.779><c> are</c><00:34:06.259><c> quite</c><00:34:06.700><c> different</c>

00:34:07.579 --> 00:34:10.599
from<00:34:08.260><c> the</c><00:34:08.500><c> aims</c><00:34:08.719><c> that</c><00:34:09.059><c> we</c><00:34:09.300><c> should</c><00:34:09.559><c> have,</c>

00:34:10.880 --> 00:34:13.619
who<00:34:11.239><c> have</c><00:34:11.679><c> laid</c><00:34:11.920><c> upon</c><00:34:12.260><c> us</c><00:34:12.579><c> in</c><00:34:12.820><c> the</c><00:34:12.960><c> New</c><00:34:13.159><c> Testament</c>

00:34:13.619 --> 00:34:16.239
the<00:34:14.139><c> obligation,</c><00:34:14.980><c> brethren</c><00:34:15.119><c> and</c><00:34:15.380><c> sisters,</c>

00:34:16.380 --> 00:34:18.579
of<00:34:16.659><c> working</c><00:34:17.039><c> in</c><00:34:17.320><c> order</c><00:34:17.599><c> to</c><00:34:17.900><c> earn</c><00:34:18.139><c> money,</c>

00:34:18.699 --> 00:34:21.980
in<00:34:19.000><c> order</c><00:34:19.280><c> that</c><00:34:19.519><c> we</c><00:34:19.699><c> might</c><00:34:20.019><c> assist</c><00:34:20.659><c> our</c><00:34:21.000><c> brethren,</c>

00:34:22.119 --> 00:34:23.000
help<00:34:22.420><c> one</c><00:34:22.699><c> another.</c>

00:34:23.199 --> 00:34:26.860
That's<00:34:23.659><c> what</c><00:34:23.920><c> our</c><00:34:24.360><c> material</c><00:34:24.880><c> resources</c><00:34:25.440><c> are</c><00:34:25.880><c> for.</c>

00:34:26.880 --> 00:34:28.159
That's<00:34:27.079><c> what</c><00:34:27.199><c> our</c><00:34:27.320><c> New</c><00:34:27.500><c> Testament</c><00:34:27.860><c> says,</c>

00:34:28.300 --> 00:34:30.820
Ephesians<00:34:28.739><c> 4</c><00:34:29.239><c> says</c><00:34:29.539><c> it</c><00:34:29.880><c> very</c><00:34:30.199><c> plainly.</c>

00:34:30.820 --> 00:34:33.440
We<00:34:31.199><c> are</c><00:34:31.460><c> to</c><00:34:31.699><c> labour</c><00:34:31.960><c> with</c><00:34:32.239><c> our</c><00:34:32.519><c> hands,</c>

00:34:33.539 --> 00:34:35.739
working<00:34:34.199><c> in</c><00:34:34.800><c> order</c><00:34:35.139><c> to</c><00:34:35.460><c> have,</c>

00:34:35.980 --> 00:34:38.460
to<00:34:35.980><c> help</c><00:34:36.260><c> our</c><00:34:36.559><c> brethren</c><00:34:36.940><c> and</c><00:34:37.280><c> sisters.</c>

00:34:39.920 --> 00:34:41.760
So<00:34:40.039><c> our</c><00:34:40.219><c> aims</c><00:34:40.440><c> are</c><00:34:40.659><c> quite</c><00:34:41.000><c> different.</c>

00:34:42.139 --> 00:34:43.940
Whether<00:34:42.360><c> it's</c><00:34:42.639><c> the</c><00:34:42.980><c> marriage,</c>

00:34:43.980 --> 00:34:44.940
whether<00:34:44.099><c> it's</c><00:34:44.320><c> the</c><00:34:44.539><c> home,</c>

00:34:45.219 --> 00:34:46.380
whether<00:34:45.400><c> it's</c><00:34:45.639><c> the</c><00:34:45.860><c> business,</c>

00:34:46.659 --> 00:34:50.320
whatever<00:34:46.940><c> it</c><00:34:47.199><c> is,</c><00:34:47.820><c> we</c><00:34:47.960><c> can</c><00:34:48.300><c> so</c><00:34:48.599><c> easily</c><00:34:48.940><c> be</c><00:34:49.400><c> unequally</c><00:34:49.980><c> yoked</c>

00:34:50.320 --> 00:34:50.980
with<00:34:50.519><c> others,</c>

00:34:51.300 --> 00:34:54.980
unless<00:34:51.639><c> we</c><00:34:51.880><c> are</c><00:34:52.179><c> aware</c><00:34:52.579><c> of</c><00:34:52.800><c> the</c><00:34:53.059><c> dangers</c><00:34:53.559><c> there.</c>

00:34:57.380 --> 00:35:02.159
The<00:34:57.940><c> full</c><00:34:58.219><c> cup</c><00:34:58.800><c> needs</c><00:35:00.280><c> a</c><00:35:01.039><c> steady</c><00:35:01.360><c> hand,</c>

00:35:02.639 --> 00:35:04.019
one<00:35:02.820><c> right</c><00:35:03.059><c> of</c><00:35:03.280><c> put.</c>

00:35:05.219 --> 00:35:06.920
I<00:35:05.380><c> like</c><00:35:05.579><c> that</c><00:35:05.739><c> expression,</c><00:35:06.360><c> brethren</c><00:35:06.480><c> and</c><00:35:06.679><c> sisters.</c>

00:35:06.960 --> 00:35:08.500
It's<00:35:07.300><c> absolutely</c><00:35:07.719><c> true,</c><00:35:08.179><c> isn't</c><00:35:08.360><c> it?</c>

00:35:08.519 --> 00:35:10.219
The<00:35:08.800><c> fuller</c><00:35:09.119><c> the</c><00:35:09.360><c> cup,</c>

00:35:10.340 --> 00:35:12.199
the<00:35:10.619><c> steadier</c><00:35:11.099><c> the</c><00:35:11.300><c> hand</c><00:35:11.519><c> required</c>

00:35:12.199 --> 00:35:15.739
to<00:35:12.719><c> get</c><00:35:12.920><c> it</c><00:35:13.139><c> to</c><00:35:13.260><c> the</c><00:35:13.480><c> mouth</c><00:35:13.699><c> without</c><00:35:14.199><c> spilling</c><00:35:14.599><c> a</c><00:35:14.840><c> drop.</c>

00:35:15.960 --> 00:35:17.739
And<00:35:16.159><c> our</c><00:35:16.440><c> cup</c><00:35:16.599><c> is</c><00:35:17.079><c> full,</c><00:35:17.300><c> isn't</c><00:35:17.539><c> it?</c>

00:35:17.860 --> 00:35:20.360
It's<00:35:18.420><c> overflowing</c><00:35:19.260><c> with</c><00:35:19.619><c> the</c><00:35:19.920><c> blessings</c>

00:35:20.360 --> 00:35:23.559
and<00:35:20.659><c> the</c><00:35:21.019><c> privileges</c><00:35:21.420><c> that</c><00:35:21.739><c> God</c><00:35:22.000><c> has</c><00:35:22.280><c> given</c><00:35:22.480><c> us.</c>

00:35:24.440 --> 00:35:27.440
And<00:35:25.019><c> it's</c><00:35:25.579><c> exactly</c><00:35:26.159><c> then</c>

00:35:27.619 --> 00:35:31.300
that<00:35:28.199><c> we</c><00:35:28.400><c> are</c><00:35:28.719><c> at</c><00:35:28.920><c> our</c><00:35:29.199><c> most</c><00:35:29.880><c> vulnerable.</c>

00:35:32.940 --> 00:35:34.320
Isn't<00:35:33.079><c> that</c><00:35:33.360><c> so?</c>

00:35:35.260 --> 00:35:37.559
Pride<00:35:35.599><c> comes</c><00:35:35.960><c> before</c><00:35:36.360><c> a</c><00:35:36.559><c> fall.</c>

00:35:38.380 --> 00:35:39.480
It's<00:35:38.539><c> just,</c><00:35:38.860><c> brethren</c><00:35:39.059><c> and</c><00:35:39.260><c> sisters,</c>

00:35:39.500 --> 00:35:41.480
when<00:35:39.719><c> things</c><00:35:39.960><c> are</c><00:35:40.159><c> going</c><00:35:40.360><c> so</c><00:35:40.900><c> swimmingly</c>

00:35:41.480 --> 00:35:43.579
as<00:35:41.639><c> they</c><00:35:41.860><c> were</c><00:35:42.059><c> here</c><00:35:42.380><c> for</c><00:35:42.559><c> Joshua</c><00:35:43.019><c> and</c><00:35:43.219><c> Israel.</c>

00:35:43.800 --> 00:35:45.360
That's<00:35:44.300><c> when</c><00:35:44.440><c> we're</c><00:35:44.639><c> most</c><00:35:44.980><c> vulnerable.</c>

00:35:45.519 --> 00:35:47.000
That's<00:35:45.920><c> when</c><00:35:46.079><c> we're</c><00:35:46.380><c> at</c><00:35:46.519><c> our</c><00:35:46.719><c> weakest.</c>

00:35:47.380 --> 00:35:49.719
Gibeon<00:35:47.840><c> caught</c><00:35:48.280><c> Joshua</c><00:35:48.840><c> off</c><00:35:49.260><c> guard.</c>

00:35:49.840 --> 00:35:51.820
That's<00:35:50.300><c> the</c><00:35:50.500><c> point,</c><00:35:50.840><c> isn't</c><00:35:51.019><c> it?</c>

00:35:51.820 --> 00:35:55.199
Easy<00:35:52.860><c> for</c><00:35:53.159><c> us</c><00:35:53.539><c> to</c><00:35:53.820><c> say</c><00:35:54.159><c> with</c><00:35:54.599><c> hindsight</c>

00:35:55.199 --> 00:35:56.659
and<00:35:55.500><c> the</c><00:35:55.760><c> benefit</c><00:35:56.019><c> of</c><00:35:56.219><c> the</c><00:35:56.380><c> record</c>

00:35:56.659 --> 00:35:58.760
what<00:35:56.960><c> Joshua</c><00:35:57.340><c> and</c><00:35:57.579><c> the</c><00:35:57.739><c> elders</c><00:35:57.960><c> should</c><00:35:58.199><c> have</c><00:35:58.420><c> done,</c>

00:35:59.059 --> 00:36:01.219
but<00:35:59.300><c> do</c><00:35:59.599><c> we</c><00:35:59.760><c> do</c><00:35:59.960><c> it?</c>

00:36:02.179 --> 00:36:05.719
Do<00:36:02.420><c> we</c><00:36:02.739><c> pray</c><00:36:03.119><c> about</c><00:36:03.500><c> every</c><00:36:03.920><c> issue</c><00:36:04.260><c> in</c><00:36:04.500><c> our</c><00:36:04.699><c> life?</c>

00:36:05.820 --> 00:36:07.119
There's<00:36:05.960><c> nothing</c><00:36:06.360><c> that</c><00:36:06.599><c> should</c><00:36:06.739><c> be</c><00:36:06.980><c> left</c>

00:36:07.119 --> 00:36:09.780
to<00:36:07.519><c> common</c><00:36:07.860><c> sense,</c><00:36:08.420><c> brethren</c><00:36:08.539><c> and</c><00:36:08.800><c> sisters.</c>

00:36:10.260 --> 00:36:13.340
It<00:36:10.400><c> is</c><00:36:10.780><c> godly</c><00:36:11.400><c> sense</c><00:36:11.739><c> that</c><00:36:11.920><c> is</c><00:36:12.179><c> required.</c>

00:36:14.199 --> 00:36:16.679
And<00:36:14.400><c> you</c><00:36:14.559><c> know</c><00:36:14.820><c> how</c><00:36:15.179><c> when</c><00:36:15.380><c> they</c><00:36:15.679><c> reached</c><00:36:15.940><c> the</c><00:36:16.300><c> land,</c>

00:36:16.960 --> 00:36:19.920
the<00:36:17.139><c> dynamism</c><00:36:17.699><c> went</c><00:36:17.940><c> out</c><00:36:18.239><c> of</c><00:36:18.440><c> Israel's</c><00:36:19.000><c> life,</c><00:36:19.400><c> didn't</c><00:36:19.579><c> it?</c>

00:36:19.920 --> 00:36:21.880
You<00:36:20.440><c> know</c><00:36:20.820><c> how</c><00:36:21.079><c> in</c><00:36:21.260><c> Judges</c><00:36:21.639><c> 1</c>

00:36:21.880 --> 00:36:25.980
there<00:36:22.099><c> is</c><00:36:22.300><c> that</c><00:36:22.719><c> sad</c><00:36:23.619><c> downwards</c><00:36:24.760><c> retrogression.</c>

00:36:26.139 --> 00:36:28.559
You<00:36:26.199><c> can't</c><00:36:26.500><c> call</c><00:36:26.739><c> it</c><00:36:26.940><c> progression,</c><00:36:27.719><c> can</c><00:36:27.820><c> you?</c>

00:36:28.719 --> 00:36:29.840
Retrogression.

00:36:29.920 --> 00:36:32.119
As<00:36:30.119><c> Israel</c><00:36:30.500><c> slipped</c><00:36:30.940><c> further</c><00:36:31.420><c> and</c><00:36:31.780><c> further</c>

00:36:32.119 --> 00:36:34.219
into<00:36:32.679><c> the</c><00:36:32.960><c> hands</c><00:36:33.199><c> of</c><00:36:33.480><c> the</c><00:36:33.659><c> Canaanites,</c>

00:36:34.440 --> 00:36:37.420
whom<00:36:34.579><c> they'd</c><00:36:34.940><c> been</c><00:36:35.300><c> commanded</c><00:36:35.840><c> to</c><00:36:36.159><c> destroy,</c>

00:36:37.480 --> 00:36:41.219
they<00:36:37.780><c> were</c><00:36:38.239><c> happy</c><00:36:38.619><c> to</c><00:36:38.960><c> accept</c><00:36:39.559><c> confederacy.</c>

00:36:42.420 --> 00:36:44.800
The<00:36:42.519><c> reason</c><00:36:42.880><c> was,</c><00:36:43.519><c> quite</c><00:36:43.639><c> simply,</c><00:36:44.139><c> brethren</c><00:36:44.320><c> and</c><00:36:44.539><c> sisters,</c>

00:36:44.880 --> 00:36:46.940
that<00:36:45.219><c> now</c><00:36:45.659><c> they</c><00:36:45.840><c> had</c><00:36:46.079><c> reached</c><00:36:46.400><c> the</c><00:36:46.639><c> land,</c>

00:36:47.039 --> 00:36:48.760
they<00:36:47.139><c> had</c><00:36:47.420><c> reached</c><00:36:47.800><c> their</c><00:36:48.239><c> rest,</c>

00:36:48.760 --> 00:36:51.320
in<00:36:49.219><c> a</c><00:36:49.519><c> sense,</c><00:36:50.300><c> God</c><00:36:50.340><c> had</c><00:36:50.579><c> given</c><00:36:50.760><c> them</c><00:36:51.059><c> rest</c>

00:36:51.320 --> 00:36:53.119
from<00:36:51.579><c> all</c><00:36:51.840><c> their</c><00:36:52.059><c> enemies</c><00:36:52.340><c> around</c><00:36:52.679><c> about</c><00:36:52.960><c> them,</c>

00:36:53.159 --> 00:36:56.059
as<00:36:53.320><c> all</c><00:36:53.500><c> those</c><00:36:53.780><c> passages</c><00:36:54.159><c> in</c><00:36:54.480><c> Joshua</c><00:36:54.900><c> say.</c>

00:36:58.320 --> 00:37:01.059
And<00:36:58.539><c> you</c><00:36:58.679><c> had</c><00:36:58.880><c> to</c><00:36:59.119><c> work</c><00:36:59.440><c> to</c><00:36:59.639><c> grow</c><00:36:59.820><c> the</c><00:37:00.019><c> food,</c>

00:37:01.460 --> 00:37:04.000
and<00:37:02.019><c> you</c><00:37:02.139><c> had</c><00:37:02.320><c> to</c><00:37:02.539><c> clothe</c><00:37:02.780><c> the</c><00:37:03.000><c> kids,</c>

00:37:04.179 --> 00:37:07.659
and<00:37:04.420><c> you</c><00:37:04.559><c> had</c><00:37:04.800><c> to</c><00:37:04.980><c> do</c><00:37:05.159><c> umpteen</c><00:37:05.960><c> other</c><00:37:06.300><c> things,</c><00:37:06.900><c> brethren</c><00:37:07.079><c> and</c><00:37:07.380><c> sisters,</c>

00:37:07.960 --> 00:37:12.340
which<00:37:08.320><c> just</c><00:37:08.860><c> crowded</c><00:37:09.300><c> out</c><00:37:10.280><c> the</c><00:37:10.840><c> things</c><00:37:11.119><c> of</c><00:37:11.340><c> God.</c>

00:37:12.679 --> 00:37:15.480
Nothing<00:37:13.019><c> wrong</c><00:37:13.420><c> with</c><00:37:13.619><c> any</c><00:37:13.900><c> of</c><00:37:14.039><c> those</c><00:37:14.239><c> things</c><00:37:14.579><c> of</c><00:37:14.780><c> themselves,</c>

00:37:15.480 --> 00:37:19.039
just<00:37:16.280><c> that</c><00:37:16.480><c> they</c><00:37:16.699><c> did</c><00:37:17.019><c> not</c><00:37:17.320><c> leave</c><00:37:17.679><c> time</c><00:37:18.199><c> for</c><00:37:18.559><c> God</c>

00:37:19.039 --> 00:37:20.980
and<00:37:19.619><c> the</c><00:37:19.880><c> ways</c><00:37:20.239><c> of</c><00:37:20.559><c> God.</c>

00:37:21.440 --> 00:37:23.480
That's<00:37:21.800><c> the</c><00:37:22.059><c> warning,</c><00:37:22.539><c> isn't</c><00:37:22.719><c> it?</c>

00:37:23.519 --> 00:37:25.860
That<00:37:23.659><c> we</c><00:37:23.880><c> just</c><00:37:24.099><c> become</c><00:37:24.480><c> so</c><00:37:24.860><c> busy,</c><00:37:25.199><c> so</c><00:37:25.380><c> taken</c><00:37:25.619><c> up</c>

00:37:25.860 --> 00:37:27.099
with<00:37:26.099><c> ordinary</c><00:37:26.480><c> everyday</c><00:37:26.880><c> life,</c>

00:37:27.199 --> 00:37:29.320
not<00:37:27.360><c> necessarily</c><00:37:28.000><c> sinful</c><00:37:28.480><c> things</c><00:37:28.860><c> at</c><00:37:29.119><c> all,</c>

00:37:29.460 --> 00:37:31.260
just<00:37:29.739><c> ordinary</c><00:37:30.239><c> everyday</c><00:37:30.820><c> things.</c>

00:37:31.500 --> 00:37:34.420
That's<00:37:31.840><c> why</c><00:37:32.059><c> the</c><00:37:32.280><c> Lord</c><00:37:32.500><c> said,</c><00:37:32.900><c> as</c><00:37:33.099><c> the</c><00:37:33.260><c> days</c><00:37:33.519><c> of</c><00:37:33.880><c> Noah</c><00:37:33.980><c> were,</c>

00:37:34.559 --> 00:37:39.239
He<00:37:34.699><c> didn't</c><00:37:34.980><c> talk</c><00:37:35.239><c> about</c><00:37:35.500><c> the</c><00:37:35.840><c> violence</c><00:37:36.579><c> of</c><00:37:38.139><c> Noah's</c><00:37:38.579><c> day,</c>

00:37:39.599 --> 00:37:40.840
though<00:37:39.699><c> we</c><00:37:39.820><c> know</c><00:37:40.000><c> that</c><00:37:40.280><c> existed.</c>

00:37:41.119 --> 00:37:43.480
He<00:37:41.340><c> didn't</c><00:37:41.519><c> talk</c><00:37:41.739><c> about</c><00:37:41.940><c> the</c><00:37:42.260><c> corruption</c><00:37:42.619><c> of</c><00:37:42.840><c> Noah's</c><00:37:43.219><c> day,</c>

00:37:43.480 --> 00:37:46.099
though<00:37:43.780><c> Genesis</c><00:37:44.159><c> 6</c><00:37:44.539><c> highlights</c><00:37:45.019><c> that.</c>

00:37:46.599 --> 00:37:50.860
He<00:37:46.699><c> talked</c><00:37:46.980><c> about</c><00:37:47.480><c> the</c><00:37:47.940><c> ordinary</c><00:37:48.460><c> everyday</c><00:37:49.059><c> things</c><00:37:49.440><c> of</c><00:37:49.739><c> life,</c>

00:37:51.199 --> 00:37:53.380
the<00:37:51.360><c> eating,</c><00:37:51.780><c> the</c><00:37:51.940><c> drinking,</c><00:37:52.380><c> the</c><00:37:52.519><c> buying,</c><00:37:52.980><c> the</c><00:37:53.179><c> selling,</c>

00:37:53.579 --> 00:37:55.500
the<00:37:53.719><c> building,</c><00:37:54.199><c> the</c><00:37:54.380><c> planting,</c>

00:37:56.539 --> 00:38:01.000
and<00:37:56.719><c> the</c><00:37:56.880><c> fact</c><00:37:57.099><c> that</c><00:37:57.480><c> these</c><00:37:57.800><c> things</c><00:37:58.300><c> crowded</c><00:37:58.679><c> out</c><00:37:59.059><c> the</c><00:37:59.300><c> knowledge</c><00:37:59.659><c> of</c><00:38:00.000><c> God.</c>

00:38:01.699 --> 00:38:04.280
The<00:38:01.980><c> dynamism</c><00:38:02.679><c> had</c><00:38:03.000><c> gone,</c><00:38:03.480><c> brethren</c><00:38:03.679><c> and</c><00:38:03.920><c> sisters,</c>

00:38:04.579 --> 00:38:07.420
from<00:38:04.820><c> Israel</c><00:38:05.360><c> in</c><00:38:05.619><c> Judges</c><00:38:06.019><c> Chapter</c><00:38:06.420><c> 1,</c>

00:38:07.880 --> 00:38:11.519
and<00:38:08.420><c> there</c><00:38:08.679><c> is</c><00:38:09.000><c> every</c><00:38:09.500><c> danger</c><00:38:10.079><c> and</c><00:38:10.380><c> every</c><00:38:10.780><c> possibility</c>

00:38:11.519 --> 00:38:14.400
that<00:38:11.800><c> having</c><00:38:12.179><c> attained</c><00:38:12.780><c> to</c><00:38:13.000><c> the</c><00:38:13.260><c> rest</c><00:38:13.559><c> in</c><00:38:13.900><c> Christ</c>

00:38:14.400 --> 00:38:16.300
with<00:38:14.800><c> which</c><00:38:15.039><c> you</c><00:38:15.300><c> and</c><00:38:15.500><c> I</c><00:38:15.679><c> are</c><00:38:15.940><c> blessed,</c>

00:38:16.440 --> 00:38:18.739
a<00:38:16.639><c> cup</c><00:38:16.800><c> that</c><00:38:17.260><c> runneth</c><00:38:17.519><c> over,</c>

00:38:20.039 --> 00:38:23.320
our<00:38:20.260><c> hands</c><00:38:20.639><c> might</c><00:38:20.960><c> not</c><00:38:21.219><c> be</c><00:38:21.619><c> steady</c><00:38:21.960><c> sufficiently.</c>

00:38:24.619 --> 00:38:27.639
We<00:38:24.980><c> might</c><00:38:25.340><c> attempt</c><00:38:25.940><c> confederacy.</c>

00:38:28.639 --> 00:38:31.860
We<00:38:28.980><c> might</c><00:38:29.280><c> allow</c><00:38:29.739><c> those</c><00:38:30.119><c> things</c><00:38:30.519><c> to</c><00:38:30.860><c> crowd</c><00:38:31.079><c> out</c>

00:38:31.860 --> 00:38:36.440
the<00:38:32.440><c> knowledge</c><00:38:33.079><c> and</c><00:38:33.719><c> the</c><00:38:34.000><c> service</c><00:38:34.800><c> of</c><00:38:35.280><c> God.</c>

00:38:40.440 --> 00:38:42.420
So,<00:38:41.460><c> brethren</c><00:38:41.579><c> and</c><00:38:41.840><c> sisters,</c>

00:38:42.739 --> 00:38:48.380
we<00:38:43.099><c> come</c><00:38:43.380><c> to</c><00:38:43.579><c> the</c><00:38:43.800><c> end</c><00:38:44.239><c> of</c><00:38:45.880><c> these</c><00:38:46.619><c> excitations,</c>

00:38:48.559 --> 00:38:52.480
drawn<00:38:48.760><c> from</c><00:38:49.079><c> the</c><00:38:49.300><c> idea</c><00:38:49.820><c> of</c><00:38:50.139><c> rest</c><00:38:50.559><c> and</c><00:38:50.860><c> release</c><00:38:51.340><c> and</c><00:38:51.679><c> restoration</c>

00:38:52.480 --> 00:38:56.639
and<00:38:53.260><c> that</c><00:38:53.579><c> very</c><00:38:54.199><c> acceptable</c><00:38:55.099><c> year</c><00:38:55.599><c> of</c><00:38:55.920><c> Jubilee,</c>

00:38:57.139 --> 00:39:00.579
the<00:38:57.440><c> acceptable</c><00:38:58.099><c> year</c><00:38:58.820><c> of</c><00:38:59.260><c> the</c><00:38:59.519><c> Lord.</c>

00:39:01.039 --> 00:39:05.559
We<00:39:01.880><c> have</c><00:39:02.159><c> seen</c><00:39:02.639><c> so</c><00:39:03.059><c> many</c><00:39:04.280><c> dangers</c>

00:39:06.039 --> 00:39:10.699
and<00:39:06.880><c> so</c><00:39:07.000><c> many</c><00:39:07.199><c> opportunities</c><00:39:07.880><c> and</c><00:39:08.320><c> blessings,</c><00:39:10.199><c> too.</c>

00:39:10.900 --> 00:39:17.280
The<00:39:11.000><c> difficulty</c><00:39:11.500><c> that</c><00:39:11.699><c> I</c><00:39:11.920><c> have</c><00:39:12.119><c> now</c><00:39:12.539><c> is</c><00:39:14.420><c> how</c><00:39:15.940><c> to</c><00:39:16.139><c> wind</c><00:39:16.400><c> up,</c><00:39:16.639><c> I</c><00:39:16.800><c> suppose,</c>

00:39:17.360 --> 00:39:21.099
how<00:39:17.659><c> to</c><00:39:18.559><c> drive</c><00:39:19.039><c> home</c><00:39:19.480><c> these</c><00:39:19.800><c> lessons.</c>

00:39:21.840 --> 00:39:24.239
We<00:39:22.159><c> all</c><00:39:22.420><c> agree</c><00:39:22.900><c> with</c><00:39:23.099><c> what's</c><00:39:23.400><c> been</c><00:39:23.820><c> said.</c>

00:39:24.239 --> 00:39:29.179
I<00:39:24.820><c> don't</c><00:39:25.079><c> pretend</c><00:39:25.559><c> that</c><00:39:25.780><c> I</c><00:39:25.940><c> have</c><00:39:26.059><c> said</c><00:39:26.199><c> anything</c><00:39:26.679><c> new</c><00:39:27.280><c> or</c><00:39:27.599><c> different.</c>

00:39:30.619 --> 00:39:31.860
Perhaps,<00:39:31.199><c> brethren</c><00:39:31.300><c> and</c><00:39:31.539><c> sisters,</c>

00:39:32.159 --> 00:39:35.000
in<00:39:32.420><c> attempting</c><00:39:33.019><c> to</c><00:39:33.440><c> drive</c><00:39:33.980><c> these</c><00:39:34.360><c> things</c><00:39:34.679><c> home,</c>

00:39:35.000 --> 00:39:36.559
because<00:39:35.300><c> that's</c><00:39:35.639><c> what's</c><00:39:35.920><c> important,</c><00:39:36.320><c> isn't</c><00:39:36.420><c> it?</c>

00:39:36.719 --> 00:39:39.179
What<00:39:37.059><c> difference</c><00:39:37.420><c> are</c><00:39:37.539><c> these</c><00:39:37.800><c> things</c><00:39:37.940><c> going</c><00:39:38.139><c> to</c><00:39:38.320><c> make</c><00:39:38.440><c> to</c><00:39:38.659><c> our</c><00:39:38.940><c> lives,</c>

00:39:39.219 --> 00:39:43.440
to<00:39:39.380><c> my</c><00:39:39.679><c> life,</c><00:39:40.239><c> when</c><00:39:40.380><c> we've</c><00:39:40.659><c> gone</c><00:39:40.900><c> away</c><00:39:41.440><c> from</c><00:39:41.960><c> Bible</c><00:39:42.420><c> school?</c>

00:39:43.619 --> 00:39:46.059
How<00:39:43.980><c> are</c><00:39:44.179><c> we</c><00:39:44.280><c> going</c><00:39:44.400><c> to</c><00:39:44.559><c> ensure</c><00:39:44.940><c> that</c><00:39:45.119><c> we</c><00:39:45.380><c> put</c><00:39:45.579><c> these</c><00:39:45.900><c> things</c>

00:39:46.059 --> 00:39:47.159
into<00:39:46.380><c> practice?</c>

00:39:47.639 --> 00:39:50.960
How<00:39:47.840><c> are</c><00:39:47.980><c> we</c><00:39:48.039><c> going</c><00:39:48.159><c> to</c><00:39:48.260><c> ensure</c><00:39:48.480><c> that</c><00:39:48.619><c> we</c><00:39:48.719><c> don't</c><00:39:49.000><c> leave</c><00:39:49.360><c> them</c><00:39:49.659><c> here,</c>

00:39:52.099 --> 00:39:56.400
that<00:39:52.500><c> we</c><00:39:52.679><c> carry</c><00:39:53.099><c> them</c><00:39:53.340><c> with</c><00:39:53.519><c> us</c><00:39:54.320><c> and</c><00:39:54.820><c> we</c><00:39:55.199><c> make</c><00:39:55.460><c> the</c><00:39:55.719><c> changes</c><00:39:56.119><c> to</c>

00:39:56.400 --> 00:39:58.039
our<00:39:56.539><c> daily</c><00:39:56.820><c> lives?</c>

00:39:59.460 --> 00:40:02.059
Maybe<00:39:59.699><c> I</c><00:39:59.820><c> can</c><00:40:00.039><c> ask</c><00:40:00.239><c> you</c><00:40:00.400><c> for</c><00:40:00.539><c> a</c><00:40:00.679><c> moment</c><00:40:00.900><c> to</c><00:40:01.159><c> indulge</c><00:40:01.480><c> in</c><00:40:01.619><c> a</c><00:40:01.659><c> little</c><00:40:01.860><c> bit</c>

00:40:02.059 --> 00:40:03.719
of<00:40:02.360><c> role</c><00:40:02.559><c> reversal.</c>

00:40:04.579 --> 00:40:08.179
Let's<00:40:04.719><c> suppose</c><00:40:05.159><c> that</c><00:40:05.360><c> I</c><00:40:05.480><c> was</c><00:40:05.659><c> down</c><00:40:05.960><c> there</c><00:40:06.260><c> and</c><00:40:06.500><c> you</c><00:40:06.719><c> were</c><00:40:06.940><c> up</c><00:40:07.199><c> here.</c>

00:40:08.480 --> 00:40:10.280
Now,<00:40:08.719><c> I</c><00:40:08.760><c> know</c><00:40:08.920><c> that</c><00:40:09.059><c> some</c><00:40:09.179><c> of</c><00:40:09.300><c> you</c><00:40:09.380><c> wouldn't</c><00:40:09.579><c> want</c><00:40:09.840><c> to</c><00:40:09.980><c> be</c><00:40:10.139><c> here</c>

00:40:10.280 --> 00:40:12.099
at<00:40:10.460><c> any</c><00:40:10.679><c> price.</c><00:40:10.960><c> That's</c><00:40:11.280><c> okay.</c>

00:40:12.480 --> 00:40:13.639
Some<00:40:12.699><c> of</c><00:40:12.820><c> you</c><00:40:12.920><c> would</c><00:40:13.079><c> want</c><00:40:13.260><c> to</c><00:40:13.360><c> be</c><00:40:13.500><c> here,</c>

00:40:13.659 --> 00:40:15.380
and<00:40:13.719><c> you</c><00:40:13.840><c> could</c><00:40:14.019><c> do</c><00:40:14.139><c> a</c><00:40:14.280><c> very</c><00:40:14.420><c> much</c><00:40:14.599><c> better</c><00:40:14.780><c> job</c><00:40:14.960><c> than</c><00:40:15.099><c> I've</c>

00:40:15.380 --> 00:40:17.280
done.<00:40:15.480><c> That's</c><00:40:15.840><c> okay,</c><00:40:16.780><c> too.</c>

00:40:18.099 --> 00:40:19.579
But<00:40:18.280><c> just</c><00:40:18.519><c> imagine,</c><00:40:19.039><c> brethren</c><00:40:19.219><c> and</c><00:40:19.380><c> sisters,</c>

00:40:19.579 --> 00:40:20.900
how<00:40:19.960><c> would</c><00:40:20.239><c> you</c><00:40:20.460><c> do</c><00:40:20.699><c> it?</c>

00:40:21.019 --> 00:40:23.599
How<00:40:21.119><c> would</c><00:40:21.320><c> you</c><00:40:21.559><c> go</c><00:40:21.760><c> about</c><00:40:22.079><c> driving</c><00:40:22.579><c> home</c><00:40:22.900><c> the</c><00:40:23.199><c> lessons</c>

00:40:23.599 --> 00:40:26.280
in<00:40:24.000><c> a</c><00:40:24.159><c> way</c><00:40:24.280><c> that</c><00:40:24.519><c> brethren</c><00:40:24.699><c> and</c><00:40:24.940><c> sisters</c><00:40:25.239><c> would</c><00:40:25.860><c> take</c><00:40:26.079><c> them</c>

00:40:26.280 --> 00:40:26.780
away<00:40:26.519><c> with</c><00:40:26.699><c> them,</c>

00:40:26.840 --> 00:40:29.360
in<00:40:26.900><c> a</c><00:40:27.000><c> way</c><00:40:27.099><c> that</c><00:40:27.179><c> they</c><00:40:27.340><c> would</c><00:40:27.619><c> stick</c><00:40:27.960><c> and</c><00:40:28.099><c> we'd</c><00:40:28.340><c> all</c><00:40:28.519><c> remember</c><00:40:29.099><c> them</c>

00:40:29.360 --> 00:40:32.659
and<00:40:29.699><c> actually</c><00:40:30.159><c> act</c><00:40:30.619><c> upon</c><00:40:30.960><c> them</c><00:40:31.219><c> and</c><00:40:31.460><c> do</c><00:40:31.820><c> them</c><00:40:31.980><c> that</c><00:40:32.400><c> we</c>

00:40:32.659 --> 00:40:33.659
wouldn't<00:40:33.079><c> forget,</c>

00:40:33.719 --> 00:40:35.780
as<00:40:33.860><c> we</c><00:40:34.079><c> always</c><00:40:34.480><c> forget?</c>

00:40:36.260 --> 00:40:39.920
Can<00:40:36.460><c> I</c><00:40:36.579><c> ask</c><00:40:36.840><c> you,</c><00:40:37.360><c> how</c><00:40:37.599><c> would</c><00:40:37.880><c> you</c><00:40:38.139><c> do</c><00:40:38.360><c> it</c><00:40:38.780><c> if</c><00:40:39.159><c> you</c><00:40:39.400><c> were</c><00:40:39.500><c> up</c><00:40:39.739><c> here?</c>

00:40:39.940 --> 00:40:42.900
How<00:40:40.119><c> would</c><00:40:40.380><c> you</c><00:40:40.699><c> drive</c><00:40:41.159><c> home</c><00:40:41.719><c> these</c><00:40:42.280><c> lessons?</c>

00:40:43.199 --> 00:40:46.559
What<00:40:43.440><c> would</c><00:40:43.760><c> you</c><00:40:44.179><c> say</c><00:40:44.619><c> in</c><00:40:45.260><c> order</c><00:40:45.539><c> that</c><00:40:45.780><c> brethren</c><00:40:46.019><c> and</c><00:40:46.300><c> sisters</c>

00:40:46.559 --> 00:40:47.300
would<00:40:46.820><c> be</c>

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so<00:40:47.539><c> impressed</c><00:40:48.300><c> by</c><00:40:48.619><c> these</c><00:40:48.940><c> things</c><00:40:49.300><c> that</c><00:40:49.639><c> they'd</c><00:40:50.099><c> never,</c><00:40:50.780><c> never</c>

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forget<00:40:52.139><c> them?</c>

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Because<00:40:55.619><c> that's</c><00:40:55.920><c> the</c><00:40:56.039><c> answer.</c>

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That's<00:40:58.440><c> what</c><00:40:58.599><c> you</c><00:40:58.800><c> have</c><00:40:59.039><c> to</c><00:40:59.239><c> do,</c>

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each<00:41:00.719><c> of</c><00:41:00.840><c> us</c><00:41:01.099><c> for</c><00:41:01.300><c> himself</c><00:41:01.940><c> and</c><00:41:02.880><c> herself.</c>

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You<00:41:06.639><c> see,</c><00:41:06.920><c> brethren</c><00:41:07.139><c> and</c><00:41:07.400><c> sisters,</c><00:41:07.860><c> the</c><00:41:08.059><c> sad</c><00:41:08.320><c> thing</c><00:41:08.559><c> is,</c>

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I<00:41:10.659><c> know,</c><00:41:12.300><c> as</c><00:41:12.519><c> you</c><00:41:12.780><c> know,</c>

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that<00:41:14.739><c> splendid</c><00:41:15.639><c> though</c><00:41:16.199><c> this</c><00:41:16.420><c> week</c><00:41:16.579><c> has</c><00:41:16.860><c> been</c><00:41:17.099><c> that</c><00:41:17.260><c> we've</c>

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enjoyed<00:41:17.880><c> together,</c>

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there<00:41:20.300><c> are</c><00:41:20.440><c> some</c><00:41:20.639><c> of</c><00:41:20.760><c> us</c><00:41:20.940><c> here</c>

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who<00:41:23.260><c> will</c><00:41:23.559><c> not</c><00:41:23.920><c> be</c><00:41:24.260><c> there</c><00:41:25.059><c> in</c><00:41:26.099><c> the</c><00:41:26.300><c> Kingdom</c><00:41:26.539><c> of</c><00:41:26.699><c> God.</c>

00:41:28.719 --> 00:41:31.719
That's<00:41:29.019><c> an</c><00:41:29.159><c> awful</c><00:41:29.400><c> thing</c><00:41:29.699><c> to</c><00:41:30.000><c> say,</c><00:41:30.340><c> isn't</c><00:41:30.460><c> it?</c>

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But<00:41:32.139><c> we</c><00:41:32.320><c> know</c><00:41:32.460><c> it's</c><00:41:32.780><c> right.</c>

00:41:35.000 --> 00:41:39.039
The<00:41:35.099><c> Lord</c><00:41:35.360><c> says</c><00:41:35.980><c> that</c><00:41:36.400><c> the</c><00:41:36.539><c> love</c><00:41:36.739><c> of</c><00:41:37.000><c> many</c><00:41:37.260><c> will</c><00:41:37.579><c> wax</c><00:41:37.960><c> cold,</c>

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that<00:41:40.099><c> faith</c><00:41:40.460><c> will</c><00:41:40.739><c> grow</c><00:41:40.980><c> dim.</c>

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In<00:41:42.059><c> fact,</c><00:41:42.320><c> he</c><00:41:42.400><c> asked</c><00:41:42.639><c> whether</c><00:41:42.840><c> he'll</c><00:41:43.219><c> find</c><00:41:43.480><c> faith</c><00:41:43.780><c> in</c><00:41:43.960><c> the</c><00:41:44.119><c> earth</c><00:41:44.239><c> at</c>

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his<00:41:44.519><c> return,</c>

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the<00:41:46.320><c> faith</c><00:41:46.699><c> of</c><00:41:47.179><c> the</c><00:41:47.420><c> parable</c><00:41:47.659><c> that</c><00:41:47.860><c> he</c><00:41:48.059><c> spoke</c><00:41:48.260><c> at</c><00:41:48.500><c> the</c><00:41:48.539><c> beginning</c><00:41:48.780><c> of</c><00:41:48.980><c> Luke</c><00:41:49.099><c> 18,</c>

00:41:49.800 --> 00:41:53.840
the<00:41:50.039><c> faith</c><00:41:50.239><c> that</c><00:41:50.400><c> goes</c><00:41:50.579><c> on</c><00:41:50.920><c> crying</c><00:41:51.280><c> to</c><00:41:51.639><c> him</c><00:41:51.860><c> in</c><00:41:52.219><c> a</c><00:41:52.440><c> time</c><00:41:52.559><c> of</c><00:41:52.860><c> trial</c><00:41:53.079><c> and</c><00:41:53.340><c> adversity.</c>

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We<00:41:54.539><c> shan't</c><00:41:54.880><c> prove</c><00:41:55.159><c> Jesus</c><00:41:55.619><c> wrong,</c><00:41:56.280><c> brethren</c><00:41:56.440><c> and</c><00:41:56.659><c> sisters.</c>

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He<00:41:57.980><c> will</c><00:41:58.199><c> be</c><00:41:58.519><c> right,</c><00:41:58.860><c> the</c><00:41:59.039><c> love</c><00:41:59.239><c> of</c><00:41:59.420><c> many</c><00:41:59.659><c> will</c><00:41:59.900><c> wax</c><00:42:00.199><c> cold,</c>

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and<00:42:00.860><c> there</c><00:42:01.059><c> are</c><00:42:01.199><c> some</c><00:42:01.420><c> of</c><00:42:01.519><c> us</c><00:42:01.639><c> who</c><00:42:01.840><c> are</c><00:42:01.940><c> here</c><00:42:02.139><c> now</c>

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who<00:42:02.760><c> will</c><00:42:03.059><c> not</c><00:42:03.300><c> be</c><00:42:03.639><c> there</c><00:42:04.260><c> in</c><00:42:04.719><c> the</c><00:42:04.880><c> Kingdom</c><00:42:05.099><c> of</c><00:42:05.340><c> God.</c>

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Will<00:42:08.760><c> it</c><00:42:08.880><c> be</c><00:42:09.019><c> me?</c>

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I<00:42:12.900><c> don't</c><00:42:13.139><c> know.</c>

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I<00:42:14.960><c> do</c><00:42:15.199><c> know</c><00:42:15.340><c> this,</c><00:42:15.800><c> brethren</c><00:42:15.880><c> and</c><00:42:16.059><c> sisters,</c>

00:42:16.360 --> 00:42:20.500
that<00:42:16.500><c> it's</c><00:42:16.760><c> quite</c><00:42:17.099><c> wrong</c><00:42:17.639><c> to</c><00:42:17.880><c> be</c><00:42:18.099><c> afraid</c><00:42:18.860><c> of</c><00:42:19.380><c> the</c><00:42:19.539><c> judgment.</c>

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We<00:42:21.079><c> should</c><00:42:21.300><c> never</c><00:42:21.539><c> be</c><00:42:21.800><c> afraid</c><00:42:22.059><c> of</c><00:42:22.239><c> the</c><00:42:22.420><c> judgment.</c>

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Perfect<00:42:25.179><c> love</c><00:42:25.940><c> casts</c><00:42:26.500><c> out</c><00:42:27.019><c> all</c><00:42:27.519><c> fear,</c>

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and<00:42:29.559><c> more</c><00:42:30.019><c> than</c><00:42:30.440><c> anything</c><00:42:30.860><c> else,</c>

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more<00:42:32.079><c> even</c><00:42:32.420><c> than</c><00:42:32.639><c> we</c><00:42:32.920><c> ourselves</c><00:42:33.599><c> desire</c><00:42:34.159><c> it,</c>

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God<00:42:35.820><c> wants</c><00:42:36.780><c> us</c><00:42:37.179><c> there.</c>

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He<00:42:38.800><c> wants</c><00:42:39.159><c> every</c><00:42:39.880><c> one</c><00:42:40.119><c> of</c><00:42:40.380><c> us</c><00:42:40.820><c> in</c><00:42:41.500><c> his</c><00:42:41.739><c> Kingdom.</c>

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So<00:42:45.960><c> what's</c><00:42:46.260><c> going</c><00:42:46.380><c> to</c><00:42:46.460><c> stop</c><00:42:46.659><c> it?</c>

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What<00:42:48.860><c> is</c><00:42:49.079><c> there</c><00:42:49.199><c> that</c><00:42:49.300><c> can</c><00:42:49.519><c> hinder</c><00:42:49.699><c> us?</c>

00:42:51.559 --> 00:42:53.639
He<00:42:51.739><c> who</c><00:42:51.920><c> has</c><00:42:52.059><c> not</c><00:42:52.239><c> withheld</c><00:42:52.599><c> even</c><00:42:52.880><c> his</c><00:42:53.119><c> only</c><00:42:53.420><c> Son,</c>

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how<00:42:53.880><c> shall</c><00:42:54.019><c> he</c><00:42:54.219><c> not</c><00:42:54.380><c> with</c><00:42:54.500><c> him</c><00:42:54.780><c> freely</c><00:42:55.059><c> give</c><00:42:55.239><c> us</c><00:42:55.440><c> all</c><00:42:55.800><c> things?</c>

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He<00:42:56.340><c> has</c><00:42:56.719><c> given</c><00:42:56.940><c> us</c><00:42:57.219><c> all</c><00:42:57.719><c> the</c><00:42:57.940><c> things</c><00:42:58.159><c> that</c><00:42:58.340><c> are</c><00:42:58.579><c> necessary,</c>

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brethren<00:42:59.480><c> and</c><00:42:59.699><c> sisters.</c>

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And<00:43:01.940><c> all</c><00:43:02.059><c> he</c><00:43:02.239><c> wants</c><00:43:02.780><c> is</c><00:43:03.739><c> that</c><00:43:03.940><c> you</c><00:43:04.099><c> and</c><00:43:04.380><c> I</c><00:43:05.300><c> be</c><00:43:05.940><c> there.</c>

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Brother,<00:43:11.000><c> sister,</c><00:43:13.400><c> please</c><00:43:13.900><c> be</c><00:43:15.719><c> there.</c>

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Be<00:43:18.780><c> there.</c>