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It's<00:11:42.639><c> like</c><00:11:43.059><c> drive</c><00:11:43.500><c> on</c><00:11:43.740><c> the</c><00:11:43.899><c> right</c><00:11:44.080><c>-hand</c><00:11:44.279><c> side</c><00:11:44.539><c> of</c><00:11:44.720><c> the</c><00:11:44.799><c> road</c><00:11:45.179><c> in</c><00:11:45.960><c> America.</c>

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Yes,<00:11:56.600><c> of</c><00:11:56.899><c> course</c><00:11:57.080><c> we</c><00:11:57.320><c> all</c><00:11:57.740><c> have.</c>

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The<00:12:05.899><c> purpose</c><00:12:06.360><c> is</c><00:12:06.700><c> for</c><00:12:07.059><c> safe</c><00:12:07.360><c> flow</c><00:12:07.659><c> of</c><00:12:07.960><c> traffic.</c>

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There<00:12:08.940><c> are</c><00:12:09.179><c> times</c><00:12:09.559><c> when</c><00:12:09.779><c> that</c><00:12:10.059><c> rule</c><00:12:10.379><c> is</c><00:12:10.740><c> explicitly</c><00:12:11.200><c> violated</c>

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Because<00:12:15.720><c> the</c><00:12:15.980><c> purpose,</c><00:12:16.700><c> even</c><00:12:16.960><c> in</c><00:12:17.500><c> a</c><00:12:18.059><c> rule</c><00:12:18.399><c>-bound</c><00:12:18.700><c> society</c><00:12:19.220><c> like</c><00:12:19.460><c> America,</c><00:12:20.500><c> the</c>

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purpose<00:12:21.419><c> trumps</c><00:12:21.799><c> the</c><00:12:22.039><c> rules.</c>

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That<00:12:42.539><c> you're</c><00:12:43.080><c> aware</c><00:12:43.460><c> of</c><00:12:43.779><c> the</c><00:12:44.039><c> presence</c><00:12:44.279><c> of</c><00:12:44.539><c> God.</c>

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That<00:12:44.820><c> you</c><00:12:45.100><c> take</c><00:12:45.440><c> time</c><00:12:46.059><c> out</c><00:12:46.399><c> of</c><00:12:46.539><c> your</c><00:12:46.779><c> life.</c>

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How<00:12:51.039><c> am</c><00:12:51.360><c> I</c><00:12:51.639><c> violating</c><00:12:52.240><c> that,</c><00:12:52.759><c> says</c><00:12:52.820><c> Jesus.</c>

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It's<00:13:03.639><c> taken</c><00:13:03.879><c> from</c><00:13:04.200><c> Hosea</c><00:13:04.759><c> 6,</c><00:13:05.419><c> verse</c><00:13:05.720><c> 6.</c>

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This<00:13:07.039><c> is</c><00:13:07.379><c> the</c><00:13:07.779><c> verse</c><00:13:08.139><c> in</c><00:13:08.419><c> the</c><00:13:08.500><c> Old</c><00:13:08.700><c> Testament</c><00:13:09.139><c> that</c><00:13:09.600><c> Jesus</c><00:13:10.039><c> quotes</c><00:13:10.399><c> more</c><00:13:10.840><c> than</c><00:13:11.059><c> any</c><00:13:11.279><c> other.</c>

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You<00:14:24.659><c> had</c><00:14:24.879><c> to</c><00:14:25.039><c> do</c><00:14:25.220><c> well</c><00:14:25.539><c> in</c><00:14:25.700><c> this</c><00:14:25.879><c> before</c><00:14:26.159><c> you</c><00:14:26.460><c> passed</c><00:14:26.679><c> the</c><00:14:26.940><c> class.</c>

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And<00:14:28.659><c> so</c><00:14:29.419><c> it</c><00:14:29.480><c> was</c><00:14:29.740><c> set</c><00:14:29.940><c> at</c><00:14:30.159><c> a</c><00:14:30.340><c> certain</c><00:14:30.519><c> time,</c>

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What<00:14:39.840><c> they</c><00:14:40.080><c> didn't</c><00:14:40.460><c> know</c><00:14:40.899><c> was</c><00:14:42.419><c> that</c><00:14:42.720><c> on</c><00:14:43.000><c> the</c><00:14:43.299><c> walk</c><00:14:43.600><c> from</c><00:14:43.919><c> the</c><00:14:44.179><c> dorm</c>

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especially<00:15:20.220><c> when</c><00:15:20.399><c> I've</c><00:15:20.600><c> got</c><00:15:20.740><c> a</c><00:15:20.940><c> speaking</c><00:15:21.179><c> appointment</c><00:15:21.620><c> or</c>

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something<00:15:22.059><c> like</c><00:15:22.399><c> that.</c>

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I<00:15:23.059><c> don't</c><00:15:23.299><c> want</c><00:15:23.500><c> to</c><00:15:23.700><c> disappoint</c><00:15:24.039><c> people.</c>

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I<00:15:24.480><c> have</c><00:15:24.700><c> to</c><00:15:24.860><c> be</c><00:15:25.019><c> there</c><00:15:25.200><c> on</c><00:15:25.519><c> time.</c>

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And<00:15:27.240><c> the</c><00:15:27.639><c> other</c><00:15:27.860><c> things</c><00:15:28.440><c> that</c><00:15:28.759><c> I'm</c><00:15:29.039><c> called</c><00:15:29.240><c> to,</c>

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to<00:15:29.960><c> be</c><00:15:30.320><c> aware</c><00:15:30.720><c> of</c><00:15:30.919><c> the</c><00:15:31.120><c> needs</c><00:15:31.279><c> of</c><00:15:31.419><c> those</c><00:15:31.659><c> around</c><00:15:31.899><c> me</c><00:15:32.080><c> just</c><00:15:32.320><c> go</c>

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way<00:15:32.919><c> out</c><00:15:33.080><c> of</c><00:15:33.200><c> my</c><00:15:33.440><c> head.</c>

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I<00:15:35.840><c> desire</c><00:15:36.399><c> mercy,</c><00:15:38.639><c> not</c><00:15:38.799><c> long</c><00:15:39.080><c>-winded</c><00:15:39.440><c> exhortations,</c><00:15:40.940><c> says</c><00:15:41.299><c> God.</c>

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Matthew<00:15:45.820><c> chapter</c><00:15:46.279><c> 5,</c><00:15:47.080><c> verse</c><00:15:47.259><c> 20.</c>

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Again,<00:15:59.019><c> this</c><00:15:59.220><c> is</c><00:15:59.360><c> going</c><00:15:59.539><c> back</c><00:15:59.820><c> to</c><00:16:00.039><c> the</c><00:16:00.340><c> Pharisees,</c><00:16:01.019><c> Jesus</c><00:16:01.519><c> here,</c><00:16:02.700><c> Matthew</c><00:16:03.000><c> 5</c>

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and<00:16:03.600><c> verse</c><00:16:03.820><c> 20.</c>

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He<00:16:06.960><c> says,</c><00:16:07.139><c> I</c><00:16:07.360><c> tell</c><00:16:07.679><c> you,</c><00:16:08.259><c> unless</c><00:16:08.759><c> your</c><00:16:09.200><c> righteousness</c><00:16:09.840><c> surpasses</c>

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that<00:16:10.980><c> of</c><00:16:11.179><c> the</c><00:16:11.440><c> Pharisees</c><00:16:12.080><c> and</c><00:16:12.200><c> the</c><00:16:12.419><c> teachers</c><00:16:12.720><c> of</c><00:16:12.960><c> the</c><00:16:13.159><c> law,</c>

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you<00:16:13.840><c> will</c><00:16:14.220><c> certainly</c><00:16:14.679><c> not</c><00:16:15.039><c> enter</c><00:16:15.299><c> the</c><00:16:15.500><c> kingdom</c><00:16:15.740><c> of</c><00:16:15.980><c> heaven.</c>

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They<00:16:19.159><c> must</c><00:16:19.379><c> have</c><00:16:19.539><c> been</c><00:16:19.840><c> stunned</c><00:16:20.200><c> because</c><00:16:20.639><c> here</c><00:16:20.980><c> are</c><00:16:21.200><c> these</c>

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supremely<00:16:22.899><c> religious</c><00:16:23.279><c> people</c>

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who<00:16:24.299><c> devote</c><00:16:24.919><c> their</c><00:16:25.259><c> lives</c><00:16:25.639><c> to</c><00:16:25.860><c> God.</c>

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I<00:16:28.700><c> mean,</c><00:16:28.840><c> they</c><00:16:29.120><c> even</c><00:16:29.620><c> tithe</c><00:16:30.039><c> mint</c><00:16:30.360><c> and</c><00:16:30.700><c> come</c><00:16:30.860><c> in,</c><00:16:31.080><c> for</c><00:16:31.279><c> goodness</c><00:16:31.559><c> sake.</c>

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And<00:16:35.659><c> Jesus</c><00:16:35.879><c> says,</c><00:16:37.139><c> no,</c><00:16:37.259><c> you</c><00:16:37.340><c> have</c><00:16:37.519><c> to</c><00:16:37.759><c> exceed</c><00:16:38.179><c> that.</c>

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And<00:16:40.460><c> you</c><00:16:40.679><c> can't</c><00:16:41.200><c> possibly</c><00:16:41.759><c> keep</c><00:16:42.080><c> more</c><00:16:42.519><c> rules</c><00:16:43.000><c> than</c><00:16:43.320><c> the</c><00:16:43.539><c> Pharisees</c><00:16:44.000><c> were</c><00:16:44.159><c> keeping.</c>

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They've<00:16:46.940><c> shown</c><00:16:47.100><c> us</c><00:16:48.279><c> spiritually</c><00:16:48.759><c> what</c><00:16:49.080><c> is</c><00:16:49.379><c> the</c><00:16:49.679><c> limit</c><00:16:50.139><c> of</c><00:16:50.740><c> the</c>

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rule<00:16:51.899><c>-based</c><00:16:52.240><c> approach</c><00:16:52.740><c> to</c><00:16:52.919><c> coming</c><00:16:53.120><c> to</c><00:16:53.379><c> God.</c>

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And<00:16:56.019><c> Jesus</c><00:16:56.340><c> says,</c><00:16:56.720><c> if</c><00:16:56.740><c> you</c><00:16:56.940><c> actually</c><00:16:57.320><c> measure</c><00:16:57.720><c> their</c><00:16:58.019><c> righteousness,</c>

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it's<00:17:00.700><c> not</c><00:17:00.960><c> sufficient</c><00:17:01.419><c> to</c><00:17:01.820><c> take</c><00:17:02.019><c> that</c><00:17:02.379><c> step</c><00:17:02.659><c> to</c><00:17:03.200><c> enter</c><00:17:03.559><c> the</c><00:17:03.779><c> kingdom</c><00:17:04.019><c> of</c><00:17:04.240><c> heaven.</c>

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He<00:17:06.700><c> gives</c><00:17:06.960><c> examples</c><00:17:07.400><c> of</c><00:17:07.559><c> it,</c><00:17:07.640><c> and</c><00:17:07.740><c> we're</c><00:17:07.880><c> familiar</c><00:17:08.160><c> with</c><00:17:08.299><c> them</c>

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in<00:17:08.539><c> Matthew</c><00:17:09.059><c> 23.</c>

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Let<00:17:10.440><c> me</c><00:17:10.579><c> just</c><00:17:10.799><c> read</c><00:17:11.039><c> a</c><00:17:11.339><c> couple</c><00:17:11.579><c> of</c><00:17:11.799><c> them</c><00:17:11.920><c> to</c><00:17:12.079><c> you</c><00:17:12.200><c> so</c><00:17:12.339><c> that</c><00:17:12.440><c> you</c>

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get<00:17:12.700><c> a</c><00:17:12.900><c> sense.</c>

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Woe<00:17:13.799><c> to</c><00:17:13.839><c> you,</c><00:17:14.140><c> blind</c><00:17:14.339><c> guides.</c>

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You<00:17:15.180><c> say,</c><00:17:15.400><c> if</c><00:17:15.400><c> anyone</c><00:17:15.700><c> swears</c><00:17:16.220><c> by</c><00:17:16.440><c> the</c><00:17:16.680><c> temple,</c><00:17:16.900><c> it</c><00:17:17.000><c> means</c><00:17:17.299><c> nothing.</c>

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But<00:17:18.099><c> if</c><00:17:18.259><c> anyone</c><00:17:18.559><c> swears</c><00:17:18.940><c> by</c><00:17:19.180><c> the</c><00:17:19.480><c> gold</c><00:17:19.779><c> of</c><00:17:19.980><c> the</c><00:17:20.180><c> temple,</c><00:17:20.680><c> he's</c>

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bound<00:17:21.539><c> by</c><00:17:21.920><c> his</c><00:17:22.240><c> oath.</c>

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Or<00:17:23.619><c> 23,</c><00:17:24.240><c> the</c><00:17:24.359><c> one</c><00:17:24.440><c> I</c><00:17:24.539><c> was</c><00:17:24.680><c> just</c><00:17:24.920><c> referring</c><00:17:25.240><c> to.</c>

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Woe<00:17:25.819><c> to</c><00:17:25.900><c> you,</c><00:17:26.240><c> teachers</c><00:17:26.500><c> of</c><00:17:26.700><c> the</c><00:17:26.880><c> law</c><00:17:27.059><c> and</c><00:17:27.359><c> Pharisees,</c><00:17:28.019><c> hypocrites.</c>

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You<00:17:29.000><c> give</c><00:17:29.299><c> a</c><00:17:29.579><c> tenth</c><00:17:29.779><c> of</c><00:17:29.980><c> your</c><00:17:30.220><c> spices,</c><00:17:31.039><c> mint,</c><00:17:31.400><c> dill,</c><00:17:31.640><c> and</c><00:17:31.839><c> come</c><00:17:32.000><c> in,</c>

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but<00:17:32.559><c> you've</c><00:17:32.880><c> neglected</c><00:17:33.359><c> the</c><00:17:33.640><c> more</c><00:17:33.960><c> important</c><00:17:34.359><c> matters</c><00:17:34.680><c> of</c>

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the<00:17:35.039><c> law,</c><00:17:35.319><c> justice,</c><00:17:36.359><c> mercy,</c><00:17:37.000><c> and</c><00:17:37.299><c> faithfulness.</c>

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Or<00:17:39.660><c> verse</c><00:17:39.859><c> 25,</c><00:17:40.339><c> woe</c><00:17:40.700><c> to</c><00:17:40.720><c> you,</c><00:17:40.940><c> teachers</c><00:17:41.160><c> of</c><00:17:41.339><c> the</c><00:17:41.460><c> law</c><00:17:41.579><c> and</c><00:17:41.779><c> Pharisees,</c><00:17:42.259><c> you</c><00:17:42.420><c> hypocrites.</c>

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You<00:17:43.400><c> claim</c><00:17:43.599><c> the</c><00:17:44.000><c> outside</c><00:17:44.680><c> of</c><00:17:44.880><c> the</c><00:17:45.099><c> cup</c><00:17:45.240><c> and</c><00:17:45.440><c> dish,</c>

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but<00:17:46.660><c> inside</c><00:17:47.500><c> they're</c><00:17:48.099><c> full</c><00:17:48.480><c> of</c><00:17:48.900><c> greed</c><00:17:49.319><c> and</c><00:17:50.099><c> self</c><00:17:50.480><c>-indulgence.</c>

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Or<00:17:53.180><c> verse</c><00:17:53.400><c> 27,</c><00:17:55.000><c> woe</c><00:17:55.119><c> to</c><00:17:55.240><c> you,</c><00:17:55.539><c> teachers</c><00:17:55.619><c> of</c><00:17:55.779><c> the</c><00:17:55.980><c> law</c><00:17:56.160><c> and</c><00:17:56.400><c> Pharisees,</c><00:17:56.900><c> you</c><00:17:57.039><c> hypocrites.</c>

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You're<00:17:58.019><c> like</c><00:17:58.440><c> whitewashed</c><00:17:59.079><c> tombs</c><00:17:59.839><c> which</c><00:18:00.200><c> look</c><00:18:00.500><c> beautiful</c><00:18:01.140><c> on</c>

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the<00:18:01.579><c> outside,</c>

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but<00:18:03.420><c> on</c><00:18:03.640><c> the</c><00:18:03.740><c> inside</c><00:18:04.299><c> are</c><00:18:04.940><c> full</c><00:18:05.200><c> of</c><00:18:05.339><c> dead</c><00:18:05.619><c> men's</c><00:18:06.059><c> bones</c><00:18:06.759><c> and</c>

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everything<00:18:08.400><c> unclean.</c>

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It's<00:18:13.680><c> rules</c><00:18:13.900><c> gone</c><00:18:14.140><c> wild.</c>

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They<00:18:15.319><c> lost</c><00:18:15.619><c> all</c><00:18:16.079><c> meaning,</c><00:18:16.680><c> all</c><00:18:16.940><c> purpose.</c>

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Verse<00:18:18.759><c> 13,</c><00:18:19.839><c> he</c><00:18:20.059><c> even</c><00:18:20.539><c> says,</c><00:18:20.900><c> woe</c><00:18:21.240><c> to</c><00:18:21.319><c> you,</c><00:18:21.619><c> teachers</c><00:18:21.859><c> of</c><00:18:22.019><c> the</c>

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law<00:18:22.279><c> and</c><00:18:22.539><c> Pharisees,</c><00:18:23.000><c> hypocrites.</c>

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You<00:18:23.839><c> shut</c><00:18:24.119><c> the</c><00:18:24.339><c> kingdom</c><00:18:24.599><c> of</c><00:18:24.799><c> heaven</c><00:18:24.960><c> in</c><00:18:25.180><c> men's</c><00:18:25.579><c> faces.</c>

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You<00:18:26.480><c> yourselves</c><00:18:27.019><c> do</c><00:18:27.279><c> not</c><00:18:27.500><c> enter,</c><00:18:28.380><c> nor</c><00:18:28.420><c> will</c><00:18:28.640><c> you</c><00:18:28.819><c> let</c><00:18:28.980><c> those</c>

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enter<00:18:30.019><c> who</c><00:18:30.420><c> are</c><00:18:30.720><c> trying</c><00:18:30.980><c> to.</c>

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Brothers<00:18:33.660><c> and</c><00:18:33.839><c> sisters,</c><00:18:34.200><c> here's</c><00:18:34.279><c> the</c><00:18:34.420><c> excitation.</c>

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This<00:18:37.200><c> is</c><00:18:37.559><c> not</c><00:18:37.960><c> just</c><00:18:38.420><c> about</c><00:18:38.759><c> the</c><00:18:39.059><c> Pharisees.</c>

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This<00:18:41.279><c> is</c><00:18:41.640><c> about</c><00:18:41.900><c> the</c><00:18:42.220><c> natural</c><00:18:42.779><c> human</c><00:18:43.299><c> tendency</c><00:18:43.960><c> to</c><00:18:45.200><c> put</c><00:18:45.619><c> rules</c>

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and<00:18:46.720><c> regulations</c><00:18:47.400><c> around</c><00:18:48.019><c> in</c><00:18:48.359><c> the</c><00:18:48.559><c> way</c><00:18:48.799><c> that</c><00:18:48.980><c> we</c><00:18:49.220><c> approach</c><00:18:49.579><c> God.</c>

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This<00:18:51.680><c> is</c><00:18:51.980><c> the</c><00:18:52.180><c> natural</c><00:18:52.640><c> human</c><00:18:52.980><c> tendency</c><00:18:53.400><c> that</c><00:18:53.619><c> we</c><00:18:53.900><c> see</c><00:18:54.160><c> in</c>

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every<00:18:54.920><c> religion</c>

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and<00:18:56.339><c> we</c><00:18:56.660><c> see</c><00:18:56.980><c> amongst</c><00:18:57.359><c> ourselves</c><00:18:58.299><c> to</c><00:19:00.259><c> substitute</c><00:19:00.980><c> rule</c><00:19:01.559><c> and</c>

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regulation<00:19:02.859><c> for</c><00:19:03.680><c> transformation</c><00:19:04.480><c> and</c><00:19:04.940><c> relationship</c><00:19:05.440><c> with</c><00:19:05.660><c> God.</c>

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And<00:19:07.299><c> Jesus</c><00:19:07.680><c> says,</c><00:19:08.839><c> it</c><00:19:09.079><c> shuts</c><00:19:09.400><c> the</c><00:19:09.740><c> kingdom</c><00:19:09.960><c> of</c><00:19:10.240><c> heaven,</c>

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both<00:19:11.480><c> from</c><00:19:11.779><c> yourself</c><00:19:12.440><c> and</c><00:19:13.180><c> from</c><00:19:13.460><c> those</c><00:19:13.799><c> others</c><00:19:14.079><c> who</c><00:19:14.319><c> are</c><00:19:14.380><c> trying</c><00:19:14.539><c> to</c>

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enter<00:19:15.000><c> into</c><00:19:15.279><c> it.</c>

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This<00:19:17.240><c> is</c><00:19:17.680><c> serious</c><00:19:18.079><c> stuff.</c>

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See,<00:19:20.940><c> there's</c><00:19:21.200><c> a</c><00:19:21.440><c> natural</c><00:19:21.940><c> view</c><00:19:22.259><c> amongst</c><00:19:22.619><c> humanity</c><00:19:23.339><c> of</c><00:19:24.099><c> a</c><00:19:24.599><c> simple</c><00:19:25.119><c> view</c><00:19:25.359><c> of</c>

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a<00:19:25.720><c> religious</c><00:19:26.019><c> life,</c>

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that<00:19:27.119><c> the</c><00:19:27.440><c> good</c><00:19:27.839><c> that</c><00:19:28.200><c> I</c><00:19:28.440><c> do</c><00:19:28.619><c> should</c><00:19:28.920><c> outweigh</c><00:19:29.359><c> the</c><00:19:29.660><c> evil</c><00:19:29.960><c> that</c>

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I<00:19:30.380><c> do.</c>

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It<00:19:31.160><c> goes</c><00:19:31.240><c> right</c><00:19:31.519><c> back</c><00:19:31.720><c> to</c><00:19:31.900><c> Egyptian</c><00:19:32.279><c> times</c><00:19:32.680><c> where</c><00:19:33.059><c> they</c><00:19:33.220><c> would</c>

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take<00:19:33.700><c> the</c><00:19:34.039><c> heart</c><00:19:34.299><c> and</c><00:19:34.680><c> they</c><00:19:34.779><c> would</c><00:19:35.119><c> weigh</c><00:19:35.380><c> the</c><00:19:35.759><c> heart</c><00:19:36.039><c> to</c><00:19:36.359><c> see,</c>

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is<00:19:37.279><c> there</c><00:19:37.480><c> good</c><00:19:37.700><c> in</c><00:19:37.859><c> this</c><00:19:38.160><c> heart</c><00:19:38.359><c> or</c><00:19:38.539><c> is</c><00:19:38.700><c> there</c><00:19:39.119><c> evil</c><00:19:39.400><c> in</c><00:19:39.579><c> this</c><00:19:39.880><c> heart?</c>

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This<00:19:42.440><c> is</c><00:19:42.759><c> so</c><00:19:43.079><c> against</c><00:19:43.480><c> what</c><00:19:43.680><c> we're</c><00:19:44.079><c> taught</c><00:19:44.200><c> in</c><00:19:44.480><c> Scripture.</c>

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This<00:19:45.500><c> is</c><00:19:45.779><c> salvation</c><00:19:46.519><c> by</c><00:19:47.000><c> works</c><00:19:47.380><c> that</c><00:19:47.920><c> I</c><00:19:48.319><c> earn</c><00:19:48.619><c> my</c><00:19:49.019><c> way</c><00:19:49.339><c> to</c><00:19:49.539><c> the</c><00:19:49.720><c> kingdom.</c>

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We<00:19:52.019><c> sort</c><00:19:52.200><c> of</c><00:19:52.380><c> joke</c><00:19:52.599><c> about</c><00:19:52.900><c> it,</c><00:19:53.119><c> oh,</c><00:19:53.400><c> I've</c><00:19:53.619><c> got</c><00:19:53.740><c> some</c><00:19:54.000><c> kingdom</c>

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points<00:19:54.619><c> there.</c>

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And<00:19:55.539><c> that's</c><00:19:55.799><c> a</c><00:19:55.940><c> good</c><00:19:56.099><c> joke</c><00:19:56.359><c> because</c><00:19:56.619><c> it</c><00:19:56.940><c> reminds</c><00:19:57.220><c> us</c><00:19:57.380><c> that</c><00:19:57.539><c> we</c>

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don't<00:19:58.140><c> earn</c><00:19:58.400><c> our</c><00:19:58.680><c> way</c><00:19:59.119><c> to</c><00:19:59.380><c> the</c><00:19:59.559><c> kingdom.</c>

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Here's<00:20:01.319><c> the</c><00:20:01.539><c> problem</c><00:20:01.759><c> with</c><00:20:02.000><c> it.</c>

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If<00:20:03.240><c> I</c><00:20:03.460><c> do</c><00:20:03.660><c> lots</c><00:20:04.019><c> of</c><00:20:04.279><c> good</c><00:20:04.460><c> now,</c><00:20:05.160><c> then</c><00:20:05.380><c> I</c><00:20:05.539><c> can</c><00:20:05.759><c> afford</c><00:20:06.140><c> some</c><00:20:06.380><c> evil.</c>

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Rules<00:20:13.420><c> lead</c><00:20:14.000><c> us</c><00:20:14.259><c> to</c><00:20:14.599><c> self</c><00:20:15.019><c>-righteousness.</c>

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Consider<00:20:16.980><c> the</c><00:20:17.259><c> Pharisee</c><00:20:17.700><c> and</c><00:20:17.819><c> the</c><00:20:18.039><c> tax</c><00:20:18.339><c> collector.</c>

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The<00:20:20.380><c> Pharisee</c><00:20:21.160><c> who</c><00:20:21.500><c> knows</c><00:20:21.839><c> that</c><00:20:22.039><c> he's</c><00:20:22.180><c> been</c><00:20:22.500><c> following</c><00:20:22.799><c> all</c>

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of<00:20:23.420><c> these</c><00:20:23.599><c> rules</c>

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and<00:20:24.480><c> he's</c><00:20:24.740><c> been</c><00:20:25.000><c> following</c><00:20:25.319><c> them</c><00:20:25.599><c> appropriately,</c><00:20:26.140><c> and</c><00:20:26.339><c> they're</c><00:20:26.500><c> God's</c><00:20:27.079><c> laws.</c>

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I<00:20:28.339><c> thank</c><00:20:28.640><c> you</c><00:20:28.839><c> that</c><00:20:28.960><c> I'm</c><00:20:29.119><c> not</c><00:20:29.319><c> like</c><00:20:29.579><c> other</c><00:20:29.819><c> men.</c>

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And<00:20:31.559><c> I</c><00:20:31.759><c> do</c><00:20:31.940><c> all</c><00:20:32.319><c> of</c><00:20:32.480><c> these</c><00:20:32.700><c> things</c><00:20:32.900><c> that</c><00:20:33.059><c> you</c><00:20:33.279><c> told</c><00:20:33.480><c> me</c><00:20:33.759><c> to.</c>

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It's<00:20:37.259><c> self</c><00:20:37.819><c>-righteousness.</c>

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And<00:20:41.279><c> if</c><00:20:41.440><c> we're</c><00:20:41.660><c> honest</c><00:20:41.799><c> with</c><00:20:42.079><c> ourselves,</c>

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I<00:20:43.900><c> think</c><00:20:44.079><c> there</c><00:20:44.299><c> are</c><00:20:44.500><c> times</c><00:20:44.740><c> when</c><00:20:44.960><c> we</c><00:20:45.039><c> can</c><00:20:45.359><c> see</c><00:20:45.680><c> echoes</c><00:20:46.220><c> of</c><00:20:46.759><c> this</c><00:20:46.980><c> in</c>

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ourselves<00:20:47.900><c> when</c><00:20:48.660><c> we</c><00:20:48.900><c> look</c><00:20:49.079><c> down</c><00:20:49.299><c> on</c><00:20:49.579><c> others.</c>

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That<00:20:51.700><c> we're</c><00:20:52.039><c> doing</c><00:20:52.200><c> what</c><00:20:52.440><c> God</c><00:20:52.680><c> wants,</c><00:20:53.079><c> but</c><00:20:53.339><c> I</c><00:20:53.539><c> can</c><00:20:53.779><c> see</c><00:20:53.900><c> that</c>

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that<00:20:54.359><c> person</c><00:20:54.640><c> isn't.</c>

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It's<00:20:56.299><c> self</c><00:20:56.640><c>-righteousness</c><00:20:57.779><c> because</c><00:20:58.180><c> we're</c><00:20:58.519><c> measuring</c><00:20:58.920><c> it</c><00:20:59.180><c> all</c><00:20:59.519><c> by</c>

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a<00:21:00.079><c> set</c><00:21:00.180><c> of</c><00:21:00.460><c> rules.</c>

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Paul<00:21:03.299><c> goes</c><00:21:03.579><c> on</c><00:21:03.819><c> even</c><00:21:04.279><c> more</c><00:21:04.819><c> strongly</c><00:21:05.119><c> in</c><00:21:05.440><c> Galatians.</c>

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Let's<00:21:06.519><c> look</c><00:21:06.720><c> at</c><00:21:06.920><c> Galatians</c><00:21:07.519><c> chapter</c><00:21:07.859><c> 3.</c>

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Galatians<00:21:20.220><c> 3</c><00:21:20.720><c> and</c><00:21:21.019><c> verse</c><00:21:21.359><c> 10.</c>

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All<00:21:23.380><c> who</c><00:21:23.799><c> rely</c><00:21:24.359><c> on</c><00:21:24.720><c> observing</c><00:21:25.299><c> the</c><00:21:25.700><c> law</c><00:21:26.059><c> are</c><00:21:26.759><c> under</c><00:21:27.259><c> a</c><00:21:27.680><c> curse.</c>

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He<00:21:30.700><c> goes</c><00:21:30.960><c> on</c><00:21:31.259><c> to</c><00:21:31.599><c> explain</c><00:21:32.000><c> it</c><00:21:32.180><c> in</c><00:21:32.319><c> more</c><00:21:32.519><c> details.</c>

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But<00:21:33.960><c> just</c><00:21:34.440><c> dwell</c><00:21:34.640><c> on</c><00:21:34.900><c> that.</c>

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If<00:21:36.400><c> you</c><00:21:36.819><c> rely</c><00:21:37.559><c> in</c><00:21:39.440><c> your</c><00:21:40.279><c> religious</c><00:21:40.720><c> walk</c><00:21:41.299><c> on</c><00:21:42.200><c> observing</c><00:21:42.940><c> law,</c>

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if<00:21:44.660><c> that's</c><00:21:45.119><c> your</c><00:21:45.420><c> measure,</c><00:21:47.579><c> Paul</c><00:21:47.920><c> says</c><00:21:48.500><c> you're</c><00:21:49.220><c> actually</c><00:21:49.819><c> under</c><00:21:50.460><c> a</c><00:21:50.740><c> curse.</c>

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Romans<00:21:57.960><c> chapter</c><00:21:58.460><c> 3,</c><00:21:58.880><c> verse</c><00:21:59.039><c> 20.</c>

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Paul<00:22:04.380><c> again</c><00:22:04.859><c> trying</c><00:22:05.319><c> to</c><00:22:05.759><c> explain</c><00:22:06.200><c> what</c><00:22:06.839><c> the</c><00:22:07.119><c> law</c><00:22:07.319><c> is</c><00:22:07.740><c> for.</c>

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If<00:22:08.519><c> it's</c><00:22:08.779><c> not</c><00:22:09.019><c> there</c><00:22:09.200><c> to</c><00:22:09.460><c> save</c><00:22:09.660><c> us,</c><00:22:09.940><c> what</c><00:22:10.160><c> is</c><00:22:10.339><c> it</c><00:22:10.599><c> actually</c><00:22:10.920><c> for?</c>

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What<00:22:11.480><c> do</c><00:22:11.660><c> we</c><00:22:11.799><c> get</c><00:22:12.220><c> by</c><00:22:12.539><c> it?</c>

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He<00:22:13.539><c> says</c><00:22:13.740><c> the</c><00:22:13.980><c> following.</c>

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This<00:22:18.079><c> is</c><00:22:18.420><c> Romans</c><00:22:18.640><c> 3,</c><00:22:18.940><c> verse</c><00:22:19.119><c> 20.</c>

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No<00:22:20.059><c> one</c><00:22:20.319><c> will</c><00:22:20.519><c> be</c><00:22:20.759><c> declared</c><00:22:21.240><c> religious.</c>

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We're<00:22:21.740><c> righteous</c><00:22:21.740><c> in</c><00:22:22.059><c> God's</c><00:22:22.680><c> sight</c><00:22:22.720><c> by</c><00:22:23.019><c> observing</c><00:22:23.500><c> the</c><00:22:23.859><c> law.</c>

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Rather<00:22:25.099><c> through</c><00:22:25.619><c> the</c><00:22:25.960><c> law</c><00:22:26.420><c> we</c><00:22:26.940><c> become</c><00:22:27.380><c> conscious</c><00:22:28.160><c> of</c><00:22:28.880><c> sin.</c>

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For<00:22:30.460><c> me</c><00:22:30.640><c> that's</c><00:22:31.720><c> a</c><00:22:31.839><c> pivotal</c><00:22:32.839><c> verse</c><00:22:33.420><c> making</c><00:22:34.380><c> two</c><00:22:34.839><c> points.</c>

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By<00:22:37.000><c> observing</c><00:22:37.480><c> the</c><00:22:37.759><c> law</c><00:22:37.940><c> it's</c><00:22:38.359><c> not</c><00:22:38.619><c> sufficient</c><00:22:39.140><c> to</c><00:22:39.420><c> be</c>

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declared<00:22:39.880><c> righteous.</c>

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The<00:22:41.500><c> Pharisees,</c><00:22:42.279><c> they</c><00:22:42.720><c> observed</c><00:22:43.200><c> the</c><00:22:43.460><c> law.</c>

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Jesus<00:22:44.440><c> said</c><00:22:45.000><c> they're</c><00:22:46.099><c> insufficient</c><00:22:46.920><c> in</c><00:22:47.720><c> their</c><00:22:47.920><c> righteousness.</c>

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It's<00:22:49.460><c> not</c><00:22:49.619><c> sufficient.</c>

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Nobody<00:22:51.819><c> will</c><00:22:52.119><c> be</c><00:22:52.359><c> declared</c><00:22:52.660><c> righteous</c><00:22:53.140><c> in</c><00:22:53.460><c> God's</c><00:22:53.819><c> sight</c><00:22:53.859><c> by</c>

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observing<00:22:54.500><c> the</c><00:22:54.759><c> law.</c>

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So<00:22:55.380><c> what</c><00:22:55.599><c> is</c><00:22:55.859><c> the</c><00:22:56.019><c> purpose</c><00:22:56.359><c> of</c><00:22:56.579><c> the</c><00:22:56.740><c> law?</c>

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Paul<00:22:57.519><c> says</c><00:22:57.880><c> in</c><00:22:58.079><c> the</c><00:22:58.319><c> second</c><00:22:58.519><c> part.</c>

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Through<00:22:59.960><c> the</c><00:23:00.299><c> law</c><00:23:00.680><c> we</c><00:23:01.319><c> become</c><00:23:01.740><c> conscious</c><00:23:02.500><c> of</c><00:23:02.980><c> sin.</c>

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So<00:23:03.859><c> law</c><00:23:04.119><c> has</c><00:23:04.420><c> a</c><00:23:04.599><c> purpose.</c>

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Rules<00:23:05.599><c> have</c><00:23:05.859><c> a</c><00:23:06.099><c> purpose.</c>

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But<00:23:06.859><c> it</c><00:23:07.000><c> is</c><00:23:07.259><c> not</c><00:23:07.460><c> to</c><00:23:07.779><c> save.</c>

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It<00:23:10.180><c> doesn't</c><00:23:10.539><c> accomplish</c><00:23:11.200><c> salvation.</c>

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But<00:23:12.440><c> it</c><00:23:12.680><c> does</c><00:23:13.039><c> have</c><00:23:13.279><c> a</c><00:23:13.339><c> purpose.</c>

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Now<00:23:18.980><c> I</c><00:23:19.039><c> think</c><00:23:19.279><c> sometimes</c><00:23:19.859><c> we</c><00:23:20.220><c> think</c><00:23:20.500><c> of</c><00:23:21.559><c> the</c><00:23:21.920><c> law</c><00:23:22.240><c> or</c><00:23:22.539><c> the</c><00:23:22.759><c> rules</c><00:23:23.160><c> as</c>

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defining<00:23:24.519><c> sin.</c>

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And<00:23:25.039><c> I'd</c><00:23:25.259><c> like</c><00:23:25.339><c> to</c><00:23:25.579><c> be</c><00:23:25.799><c> quite</c><00:23:26.599><c> crisp</c><00:23:27.119><c> here.</c>

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I<00:23:28.359><c> don't</c><00:23:28.680><c> believe</c><00:23:29.180><c> that</c><00:23:29.759><c> the</c><00:23:30.059><c> rules</c><00:23:30.440><c> define</c><00:23:31.380><c> sin.</c>

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I<00:23:32.640><c> think</c><00:23:32.859><c> we</c><00:23:33.059><c> often</c><00:23:33.299><c> make</c><00:23:33.619><c> that</c><00:23:33.779><c> mistake.</c>

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We<00:23:34.460><c> equate</c><00:23:34.980><c> sin</c><00:23:35.420><c> exactly</c><00:23:36.220><c> with</c><00:23:36.900><c> breaking</c><00:23:37.500><c> God's</c><00:23:37.980><c> commands.</c>

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But<00:23:39.680><c> I</c><00:23:39.880><c> think</c><00:23:40.140><c> scripture</c><00:23:40.599><c> actually</c><00:23:41.220><c> has</c><00:23:41.559><c> a</c><00:23:41.900><c> broader</c><00:23:42.220><c> notion</c>

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of<00:23:43.079><c> what</c><00:23:43.380><c> sin</c><00:23:43.579><c> is.</c>

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We'll<00:23:45.380><c> look</c><00:23:45.559><c> at</c><00:23:45.680><c> three</c><00:23:45.940><c> verses</c><00:23:46.319><c> quickly</c><00:23:47.000><c> in</c><00:23:47.720><c> succession.</c>

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1<00:23:48.740><c> John</c><00:23:48.960><c> 5</c><00:23:49.839><c> verse</c><00:23:50.119><c> 17.</c>

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1<00:23:53.880><c> John</c><00:23:54.059><c> 5</c><00:23:54.460><c> verse</c><00:23:54.640><c> 17.</c>

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And<00:23:56.460><c> the</c><00:23:57.059><c> apostle</c><00:23:57.440><c> says,</c><00:23:59.279><c> again,</c><00:24:00.380><c> we're</c><00:24:00.559><c> only</c><00:24:00.799><c> going</c><00:24:00.980><c> to</c><00:24:01.140><c> take</c>

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a<00:24:01.480><c> portion</c><00:24:01.700><c> of</c><00:24:01.900><c> this</c><00:24:02.160><c> verse</c><00:24:02.359><c> out.</c>

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There<00:24:02.700><c> is</c><00:24:02.900><c> more</c><00:24:03.240><c> context</c><00:24:03.700><c> and</c><00:24:03.900><c> lots</c><00:24:04.140><c> to</c><00:24:04.500><c> discuss</c><00:24:04.700><c> in</c><00:24:04.880><c> these</c><00:24:05.099><c> verses.</c>

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But<00:24:05.960><c> just</c><00:24:06.240><c> the</c><00:24:06.460><c> first</c><00:24:06.619><c> part</c><00:24:06.839><c> of</c><00:24:06.980><c> that</c><00:24:07.200><c> verse,</c><00:24:08.339><c> all</c><00:24:08.779><c> wrongdoing</c>

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is<00:24:10.460><c> sin.</c>

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So<00:24:13.920><c> that</c><00:24:14.339><c> sort</c><00:24:14.519><c> of</c><00:24:14.720><c> begs</c><00:24:15.019><c> the</c><00:24:15.180><c> question</c><00:24:15.519><c> as</c><00:24:15.759><c> to</c><00:24:15.900><c> how</c><00:24:16.039><c> do</c><00:24:16.220><c> you</c>

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define<00:24:16.799><c> wrongdoing?</c>

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What<00:24:17.900><c> is</c><00:24:18.380><c> wrongdoing?</c>

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Because<00:24:19.839><c> all</c><00:24:20.400><c> wrongdoing</c><00:24:21.019><c> is</c><00:24:21.359><c> sin.</c>

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But<00:24:23.200><c> it's</c><00:24:23.759><c> in</c><00:24:24.119><c> some</c><00:24:24.440><c> sense,</c><00:24:24.799><c> he's</c><00:24:25.079><c> trying</c><00:24:25.259><c> to</c><00:24:25.519><c> make</c><00:24:25.740><c> a</c><00:24:26.079><c> general</c><00:24:26.420><c> point.</c>

00:24:27.740 --> 00:24:34.160
Any<00:24:28.420><c> act</c><00:24:29.079><c> or</c><00:24:29.440><c> action</c><00:24:29.940><c> that</c><00:24:30.500><c> is</c><00:24:31.240><c> in</c><00:24:31.599><c> some</c><00:24:31.920><c> sense</c><00:24:32.259><c> wrong,</c><00:24:33.819><c> he's</c>

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describing<00:24:34.480><c> here</c><00:24:34.779><c> as</c><00:24:35.019><c> sin.</c>

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He<00:24:35.579><c> doesn't</c><00:24:35.900><c> say</c><00:24:36.299><c> whether</c><00:24:36.720><c> God</c><00:24:37.079><c> has</c><00:24:37.700><c> labeled</c><00:24:38.099><c> it</c><00:24:38.539><c> explicitly</c>

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in<00:24:39.359><c> a</c><00:24:39.579><c> commandment</c><00:24:40.000><c> or</c><00:24:40.220><c> not.</c>

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It's<00:24:42.140><c> the</c><00:24:42.339><c> wrongdoing</c><00:24:43.140><c> is</c><00:24:43.839><c> sin.</c>

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So<00:24:45.720><c> let's</c><00:24:46.119><c> get</c><00:24:46.380><c> a</c><00:24:46.500><c> little</c><00:24:46.720><c> more</c><00:24:47.019><c> detail,</c><00:24:47.500><c> this</c><00:24:47.700><c> time</c><00:24:47.880><c> from</c><00:24:48.200><c> James.</c>

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James<00:24:49.940><c> has</c><00:24:50.099><c> something</c><00:24:50.480><c> which</c><00:24:50.720><c> should</c><00:24:51.220><c> have</c><00:24:51.400><c> us</c><00:24:51.599><c> be</c><00:24:51.740><c> a</c><00:24:51.839><c> little</c><00:24:52.000><c> worried.</c>

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James<00:24:55.700><c> 4</c><00:24:56.000><c> verse</c><00:24:56.319><c> 14.</c>

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Anyone,<00:25:01.180><c> then,</c><00:25:01.960><c> who</c><00:25:02.180><c> knows</c><00:25:02.619><c> the</c><00:25:02.940><c> good</c><00:25:03.079><c> he</c><00:25:03.500><c> ought</c><00:25:03.819><c> to</c><00:25:04.039><c> do</c><00:25:04.759><c> and</c>

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doesn't<00:25:05.799><c> do</c><00:25:06.099><c> it,</c><00:25:07.440><c> sins.</c>

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If<00:25:09.940><c> you</c><00:25:10.079><c> have</c><00:25:10.240><c> an</c><00:25:10.420><c> opportunity</c><00:25:11.160><c> to</c><00:25:11.460><c> do</c><00:25:11.720><c> something</c><00:25:12.380><c> that</c><00:25:13.180><c> is</c><00:25:13.480><c> good</c><00:25:14.140><c> and</c><00:25:14.720><c> you</c><00:25:15.299><c> don't</c><00:25:16.579><c> do</c>

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it,<00:25:17.839><c> according</c><00:25:18.140><c> to</c><00:25:18.480><c> James</c><00:25:18.759><c> here,</c><00:25:19.519><c> that</c><00:25:19.740><c> is</c><00:25:20.039><c> sin.</c>

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You<00:25:20.460><c> haven't</c><00:25:21.019><c> broken</c><00:25:21.640><c> a</c><00:25:21.940><c> law.</c>

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It's<00:25:26.079><c> what</c><00:25:26.279><c> sometimes</c><00:25:26.720><c> gets</c><00:25:26.940><c> called</c><00:25:27.339><c> sins</c><00:25:27.640><c> of</c><00:25:27.859><c> omission,</c><00:25:28.519><c> but</c>

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for<00:25:29.480><c> me</c><00:25:29.640><c> that</c><00:25:29.880><c> phrase</c><00:25:30.220><c> isn't</c><00:25:30.480><c> actually</c><00:25:30.799><c> very</c><00:25:31.119><c> helpful.</c>

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I'm<00:25:33.420><c> sorry,</c><00:25:33.599><c> that</c><00:25:33.640><c> was</c><00:25:33.839><c> verse</c><00:25:34.000><c> 17</c><00:25:34.579><c> of</c><00:25:35.579><c> James</c><00:25:35.940><c> 4.</c>

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And<00:25:37.400><c> the</c><00:25:37.599><c> third</c><00:25:37.759><c> one</c><00:25:37.940><c> that</c><00:25:38.079><c> I'd</c><00:25:38.279><c> like</c><00:25:38.380><c> us</c><00:25:38.599><c> to</c><00:25:38.759><c> look</c><00:25:38.900><c> at</c><00:25:39.019><c> as</c><00:25:39.200><c> we're</c><00:25:39.440><c> blending</c><00:25:39.720><c> these</c><00:25:40.000><c> together</c><00:25:40.339><c> is</c><00:25:40.599><c> Romans</c><00:25:41.000><c> 7</c>

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verse<00:25:42.579><c> 7.</c>

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Given<00:25:46.759><c> what</c><00:25:47.039><c> I've</c><00:25:47.400><c> said,</c><00:25:47.740><c> we're</c><00:25:48.420><c> actually</c><00:25:48.740><c> landing</c><00:25:49.279><c> beautifully</c><00:25:49.839><c> on</c><00:25:50.079><c> this</c>

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verse,<00:25:52.519><c> because</c><00:25:52.819><c> the</c><00:25:53.039><c> verse</c><00:25:53.220><c> starts</c><00:25:53.539><c> out,</c>

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what<00:25:54.380><c> shall</c><00:25:54.599><c> we</c><00:25:54.839><c> say</c><00:25:55.039><c> then,</c><00:25:55.319><c> is</c><00:25:55.579><c> the</c><00:25:55.779><c> law</c><00:25:56.000><c> sin?</c>

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That<00:25:58.759><c> is,</c><00:25:58.940><c> if</c><00:25:59.140><c> it</c><00:25:59.380><c> doesn't</c><00:25:59.599><c> actually</c><00:26:00.099><c> save</c><00:26:00.420><c> us,</c><00:26:01.900><c> I</c><00:26:02.039><c> mean,</c><00:26:02.279><c> is</c>

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it<00:26:02.960><c> somehow</c><00:26:03.359><c> inherently</c><00:26:03.859><c> bad?</c>

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And<00:26:05.940><c> Paul</c><00:26:06.160><c> says,</c><00:26:06.420><c> certainly</c><00:26:06.799><c> not.</c>

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Indeed,<00:26:09.539><c> I</c><00:26:09.759><c> would</c><00:26:10.119><c> not</c><00:26:10.480><c> have</c><00:26:10.720><c> known</c><00:26:11.019><c> what</c><00:26:11.440><c> sin</c><00:26:11.759><c> was</c><00:26:12.859><c> except</c>

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through<00:26:14.000><c> the</c><00:26:14.220><c> law.</c>

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So<00:26:15.920><c> that's</c><00:26:16.220><c> really</c><00:26:16.519><c> quite</c><00:26:16.700><c> like</c><00:26:16.940><c> what</c><00:26:17.099><c> he</c><00:26:17.339><c> said</c><00:26:17.539><c> earlier,</c><00:26:18.400><c> where</c><00:26:18.519><c> he</c>

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says<00:26:19.059><c> the</c><00:26:19.400><c> purpose</c><00:26:19.779><c> of</c><00:26:20.000><c> the</c><00:26:20.140><c> law</c><00:26:20.279><c> is</c><00:26:20.519><c> to</c><00:26:20.720><c> make</c><00:26:20.859><c> us</c><00:26:21.480><c> conscious</c>

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of<00:26:23.000><c> sin.</c>

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And<00:26:24.059><c> so</c><00:26:24.319><c> here</c><00:26:24.579><c> he</c><00:26:24.740><c> says</c><00:26:25.079><c> the</c><00:26:25.579><c> law</c><00:26:26.140><c> demonstrates</c><00:26:27.119><c> sin.</c>

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And<00:26:28.500><c> I</c><00:26:28.619><c> think</c><00:26:28.740><c> there's</c><00:26:28.960><c> a</c><00:26:29.220><c> difference</c><00:26:29.480><c> between</c><00:26:30.240><c> showing</c><00:26:30.900><c> a</c>

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sin<00:26:31.480><c> and</c><00:26:31.839><c> demonstrating</c><00:26:32.480><c> sin</c><00:26:33.099><c> and</c><00:26:33.799><c> defining</c><00:26:34.640><c> sin.</c>

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It's<00:26:37.000><c> like,</c><00:26:38.240><c> let</c><00:26:38.819><c> me</c><00:26:39.259><c> take</c><00:26:39.640><c> an</c><00:26:39.839><c> example,</c><00:26:40.640><c> a</c><00:26:40.859><c> pregnancy</c><00:26:41.299><c> test.</c>

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A<00:26:42.819><c> pregnancy</c><00:26:43.259><c> test</c><00:26:43.900><c> will</c><00:26:44.380><c> indicate</c><00:26:45.400><c> whether</c><00:26:45.980><c> a</c><00:26:46.180><c> woman</c><00:26:46.319><c> is</c><00:26:46.559><c> pregnant.</c>

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It<00:26:48.019><c> doesn't</c><00:26:48.440><c> define</c><00:26:49.299><c> whether</c><00:26:49.819><c> she's</c><00:26:50.119><c> pregnant.</c>

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It's<00:26:50.619><c> quite</c><00:26:50.819><c> possible</c><00:26:51.319><c> to</c><00:26:51.599><c> be</c><00:26:51.799><c> pregnant</c><00:26:52.140><c> and</c><00:26:52.380><c> not</c><00:26:52.559><c> have</c><00:26:52.700><c> it</c><00:26:52.880><c> show</c><00:26:53.019><c> up</c>

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on<00:26:53.279><c> a</c><00:26:53.460><c> pregnancy</c><00:26:53.819><c> test,</c>

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or<00:26:54.779><c> vice</c><00:26:55.079><c> versa,</c><00:26:55.640><c> not</c><00:26:55.880><c> be</c><00:26:56.140><c> pregnant</c><00:26:56.440><c> and</c><00:26:56.740><c> have</c><00:26:56.880><c> it</c><00:26:57.099><c> show</c><00:26:57.240><c> up</c><00:26:57.420><c> on</c>

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a<00:26:57.680><c> pregnancy</c><00:26:58.019><c> test.</c>

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But<00:27:00.099><c> it's</c><00:27:00.440><c> a</c><00:27:00.539><c> very</c><00:27:01.160><c> useful</c><00:27:01.720><c> indication</c><00:27:02.559><c> that</c><00:27:03.980><c> somebody's</c><00:27:04.500><c> pregnant.</c>

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And<00:27:06.559><c> Paul</c><00:27:06.759><c> is</c><00:27:07.019><c> saying</c><00:27:07.559><c> law</c><00:27:08.279><c> is</c><00:27:08.920><c> like</c><00:27:09.259><c> that.</c>

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It<00:27:10.660><c> is</c><00:27:10.880><c> a</c><00:27:11.160><c> useful</c><00:27:11.660><c> test</c><00:27:12.380><c> to</c><00:27:13.019><c> let</c><00:27:13.180><c> us</c><00:27:13.559><c> know</c><00:27:14.140><c> whether</c><00:27:14.720><c> we're</c><00:27:14.980><c> heading</c><00:27:15.259><c> in</c><00:27:15.500><c> a</c>

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path<00:27:15.859><c> of</c><00:27:16.059><c> sin</c><00:27:16.200><c> or</c><00:27:16.400><c> not.</c>

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It<00:27:16.680><c> is</c><00:27:17.079><c> not</c><00:27:17.400><c> the</c><00:27:17.740><c> same</c><00:27:18.059><c> as</c><00:27:18.440><c> sin.</c><00:27:18.720><c> They're</c><00:27:18.799><c> not</c><00:27:19.079><c> equal.</c><00:27:19.799><c> It's</c><00:27:20.160><c> a</c>

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good<00:27:20.740><c> measure.</c>

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So<00:27:22.440><c> what</c><00:27:22.680><c> is</c><00:27:22.960><c> sin?</c><00:27:23.200><c> What</c><00:27:23.500><c> is</c><00:27:24.500><c> wrongdoing?</c>

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It<00:27:27.000><c> seems</c><00:27:27.259><c> to</c><00:27:27.480><c> me,</c><00:27:27.680><c> by</c><00:27:27.940><c> blending</c><00:27:28.240><c> these</c><00:27:28.599><c> and</c><00:27:28.779><c> other</c><00:27:28.940><c> passages,</c>

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that<00:27:30.460><c> sin</c><00:27:30.839><c> is</c><00:27:31.740><c> destructiveness.</c>

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It<00:27:32.900><c> is</c><00:27:33.299><c> hurting</c><00:27:33.539><c> ourselves.</c><00:27:34.400><c> It</c><00:27:34.539><c> is</c><00:27:34.900><c> hurting</c><00:27:35.259><c> others.</c>

00:27:36.599 --> 00:27:40.759
Sin<00:27:36.960><c> is</c><00:27:37.660><c> estrangement</c><00:27:38.380><c> from</c><00:27:38.660><c> God.</c><00:27:39.440><c> It's</c><00:27:39.880><c> estrangement</c><00:27:40.559><c> from</c>

00:27:40.759 --> 00:27:41.440
each<00:27:41.059><c> other.</c>

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Sin<00:27:42.240><c> is</c><00:27:42.900><c> anti</c><00:27:43.339><c>-love.</c><00:27:44.039><c> It</c><00:27:44.079><c> is</c><00:27:44.619><c> anti</c><00:27:45.119><c>-oneness.</c><00:27:46.240><c> It</c><00:27:46.380><c> is</c><00:27:46.759><c> selfishness.</c>

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That's<00:27:50.099><c> what</c><00:27:50.359><c> sin</c><00:27:50.559><c> is.</c>

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And<00:27:53.720><c> God</c><00:27:54.099><c> then</c><00:27:54.720><c> provided</c><00:27:55.259><c> many</c><00:27:55.759><c> laws</c><00:27:56.279><c> to</c><00:27:56.880><c> try</c><00:27:57.059><c> to</c><00:27:57.400><c> clarify</c><00:27:57.880><c> that</c><00:27:58.240><c> for</c><00:27:58.400><c> us,</c>

00:27:58.940 --> 00:28:03.099
so<00:27:58.980><c> that</c><00:27:59.200><c> we</c><00:27:59.319><c> would</c><00:27:59.539><c> have</c><00:27:59.859><c> concrete</c><00:28:00.380><c> indicators</c><00:28:01.039><c> when</c><00:28:01.619><c> we</c><00:28:02.059><c> were</c><00:28:02.460><c> in</c>

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anti<00:28:03.599><c>-love,</c>

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when<00:28:06.079><c> we</c><00:28:06.420><c> were</c><00:28:06.799><c> in</c><00:28:07.240><c> selfishness,</c><00:28:09.920><c> when</c><00:28:10.240><c> we</c><00:28:10.599><c> are</c><00:28:11.019><c> in</c><00:28:11.319><c> destruction,</c>

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in<00:28:14.000><c> damaging</c><00:28:14.319><c> ourselves</c><00:28:15.039><c> or</c><00:28:16.039><c> others.</c>

00:28:18.019 --> 00:28:22.940
Until<00:28:18.579><c> we</c><00:28:18.859><c> had</c><00:28:19.279><c> law,</c><00:28:20.299><c> we</c><00:28:20.319><c> were</c><00:28:20.660><c> ignorant</c><00:28:21.319><c> of</c><00:28:22.059><c> sin.</c>

00:28:24.619 --> 00:28:28.079
I<00:28:24.740><c> think</c><00:28:24.799><c> this</c><00:28:24.960><c> gives</c><00:28:25.160><c> us</c><00:28:25.440><c> good</c><00:28:25.720><c> insight</c><00:28:26.299><c> into</c><00:28:26.980><c> Genesis.</c>

00:28:29.839 --> 00:28:33.319
I<00:28:30.000><c> believe</c><00:28:30.279><c> that</c><00:28:30.599><c> Adam</c><00:28:30.819><c> and</c><00:28:31.019><c> Eve</c><00:28:31.299><c> were</c><00:28:31.960><c> spiritually</c><00:28:32.579><c> naked,</c>

00:28:33.799 --> 00:28:34.839
yet<00:28:34.019><c> unashamed.</c>

00:28:35.160 --> 00:28:37.039
I<00:28:35.319><c> mean,</c><00:28:35.319><c> they</c><00:28:35.440><c> may</c><00:28:35.599><c> have</c><00:28:35.740><c> been</c><00:28:35.859><c> physically</c><00:28:36.299><c> naked</c><00:28:36.640><c> as</c><00:28:36.880><c> well.</c>

00:28:37.039 --> 00:28:38.859
I<00:28:37.160><c> think</c><00:28:37.319><c> that's</c><00:28:37.680><c> kind</c><00:28:37.799><c> of</c><00:28:37.920><c> neither</c><00:28:38.099><c> here</c><00:28:38.359><c> nor</c><00:28:38.559><c> there.</c>

00:28:39.180 --> 00:28:41.759
I<00:28:39.460><c> suspect</c><00:28:39.819><c> that</c><00:28:40.000><c> they</c><00:28:40.180><c> were,</c><00:28:40.480><c> given</c><00:28:40.640><c> the</c><00:28:40.940><c> clothing</c><00:28:41.240><c> and</c><00:28:41.480><c> all</c>

00:28:41.759 --> 00:28:42.779
that<00:28:41.920><c> that</c><00:28:42.079><c> comes</c><00:28:42.259><c> later</c><00:28:42.559><c> on.</c>

00:28:42.779 --> 00:28:47.240
The<00:28:43.140><c> important</c><00:28:43.759><c> point</c><00:28:44.220><c> is</c><00:28:44.960><c> that</c><00:28:45.299><c> naked,</c><00:28:45.759><c> their</c><00:28:45.960><c> physical</c><00:28:46.539><c> nakedness,</c>

00:28:47.599 --> 00:28:50.700
was<00:28:47.779><c> a</c><00:28:48.039><c> metaphor</c><00:28:48.420><c> for</c><00:28:48.759><c> actually</c><00:28:49.180><c> how</c><00:28:49.599><c> they</c><00:28:49.819><c> were</c><00:28:50.160><c> spiritually.</c>

00:28:51.019 --> 00:28:54.599
They<00:28:51.220><c> were</c><00:28:51.640><c> spiritually</c><00:28:52.259><c> naked</c><00:28:52.720><c> and</c><00:28:52.940><c> they</c><00:28:53.240><c> didn't</c><00:28:53.559><c> get</c><00:28:53.880><c> it.</c>

00:28:54.880 --> 00:28:57.319
They<00:28:55.099><c> were</c><00:28:55.660><c> unashamed.</c>

00:28:58.680 --> 00:29:01.720
And<00:28:58.880><c> it</c><00:28:59.079><c> seems</c><00:28:59.339><c> to</c><00:28:59.539><c> me</c><00:28:59.759><c> that</c><00:28:59.980><c> the</c><00:29:00.299><c> act</c><00:29:00.599><c> of</c><00:29:00.920><c> transgression</c><00:29:01.500><c> that</c>

00:29:01.720 --> 00:29:02.579
we<00:29:01.960><c> read</c><00:29:02.200><c> about,</c>

00:29:02.720 --> 00:29:06.500
of<00:29:02.920><c> taking</c><00:29:03.299><c> a</c><00:29:03.619><c> fruit,</c><00:29:04.660><c> was</c><00:29:04.940><c> not</c><00:29:05.400><c> the</c><00:29:05.640><c> thing</c><00:29:05.799><c> that</c><00:29:06.160><c> separated</c>

00:29:06.500 --> 00:29:07.380
them<00:29:06.740><c> from</c><00:29:06.980><c> God.</c>

00:29:07.380 --> 00:29:11.759
It<00:29:08.200><c> was</c><00:29:08.519><c> the</c><00:29:08.779><c> symptom</c><00:29:09.259><c> that</c><00:29:09.740><c> they</c><00:29:09.920><c> were</c><00:29:10.299><c> already</c><00:29:11.140><c> separated</c>

00:29:11.759 --> 00:29:13.279
from<00:29:12.079><c> God.</c>

00:29:15.279 --> 00:29:20.799
That<00:29:15.900><c> in</c><00:29:16.259><c> their</c><00:29:16.619><c> heart,</c><00:29:17.539><c> they</c><00:29:17.819><c> were</c><00:29:18.299><c> not</c><00:29:18.759><c> united</c><00:29:19.440><c> with</c><00:29:19.779><c> God.</c>

00:29:21.339 --> 00:29:24.359
And<00:29:21.700><c> it</c><00:29:22.079><c> demonstrated</c><00:29:22.700><c> it</c><00:29:23.000><c> to</c><00:29:23.240><c> them</c><00:29:23.559><c> and</c><00:29:23.920><c> to</c><00:29:24.059><c> God.</c>

00:29:24.640 --> 00:29:30.920
It<00:29:24.799><c> was</c><00:29:25.079><c> the</c><00:29:25.440><c> external</c><00:29:26.099><c> manifestation</c><00:29:27.119><c> of</c><00:29:27.759><c> a</c><00:29:28.039><c> state</c><00:29:28.220><c> that</c><00:29:28.400><c> they</c><00:29:28.519><c> were</c><00:29:28.799><c> already</c><00:29:29.299><c> in</c><00:29:29.839><c> internally.</c>

00:29:31.900 --> 00:29:34.539
Let<00:29:32.079><c> me</c><00:29:32.180><c> take</c><00:29:32.460><c> a</c><00:29:32.680><c> parallel</c><00:29:32.960><c> from</c><00:29:33.539><c> marriage.</c>

00:29:35.009 --> 00:29:39.700
I<00:29:35.480><c> don't</c><00:29:35.779><c> think</c><00:29:36.500><c> somebody</c><00:29:37.079><c> will</c><00:29:37.359><c> go</c><00:29:37.559><c> out</c><00:29:38.539><c> and</c><00:29:38.779><c> commit</c><00:29:39.019><c> adultery</c>

00:29:39.700 --> 00:29:45.759
and<00:29:40.319><c> thereby</c><00:29:40.940><c> become</c><00:29:42.559><c> estranged</c><00:29:43.900><c> from</c><00:29:44.440><c> their</c><00:29:44.799><c> spouse.</c>

00:29:46.099 --> 00:29:48.279
I<00:29:46.200><c> think</c><00:29:46.400><c> they</c><00:29:46.640><c> go</c><00:29:46.859><c> out</c><00:29:47.220><c> and</c><00:29:47.420><c> commit</c><00:29:47.680><c> adultery</c>

00:29:48.279 --> 00:29:53.079
because<00:29:48.759><c> at</c><00:29:49.140><c> some</c><00:29:49.460><c> level</c><00:29:49.960><c> they</c><00:29:50.319><c> are</c><00:29:50.720><c> already</c><00:29:51.599><c> estranged</c><00:29:52.680><c> from</c>

00:29:53.079 --> 00:29:54.559
their<00:29:53.319><c> spouse.</c>

00:29:57.740 --> 00:30:01.279
Law<00:29:58.680><c> demonstrates</c><00:29:59.619><c> where</c><00:30:00.460><c> we</c><00:30:00.799><c> are.</c>

00:30:01.279 --> 00:30:05.599
It<00:30:01.700><c> shows</c><00:30:02.279><c> us.</c><00:30:02.680><c> It</c><00:30:02.940><c> makes</c><00:30:03.319><c> us</c><00:30:03.680><c> conscious</c><00:30:04.299><c> of</c><00:30:04.720><c> sin.</c>

00:30:06.579 --> 00:30:09.299
It<00:30:06.660><c> does</c><00:30:07.039><c> not</c><00:30:07.339><c> create</c><00:30:08.220><c> sin.</c>

00:30:09.380 --> 00:30:12.940
The<00:30:09.640><c> sin,</c><00:30:10.259><c> that</c><00:30:10.539><c> is</c><00:30:10.859><c> the</c><00:30:11.420><c> self</c><00:30:11.900><c>-orientation,</c>

00:30:13.259 --> 00:30:17.400
the<00:30:13.519><c> anti</c><00:30:13.980><c>-love,</c><00:30:14.400><c> the</c><00:30:14.640><c> anti</c><00:30:14.960><c>-unity</c><00:30:15.339><c> with</c><00:30:15.619><c> God,</c><00:30:16.059><c> the</c><00:30:16.319><c> anti</c><00:30:16.740><c>-unity</c><00:30:17.140><c> with</c>

00:30:17.400 --> 00:30:17.960
one<00:30:17.579><c> another,</c>

00:30:18.279 --> 00:30:19.500
is<00:30:18.539><c> already</c><00:30:19.079><c> there.</c>

00:30:19.880 --> 00:30:22.940
The<00:30:20.140><c> purpose</c><00:30:20.519><c> of</c><00:30:20.859><c> law</c><00:30:21.099><c> is</c><00:30:21.599><c> to</c><00:30:21.940><c> make</c><00:30:22.140><c> that</c><00:30:22.519><c> clear.</c>

00:30:23.279 --> 00:30:25.640
It's<00:30:23.599><c> to</c><00:30:23.819><c> wake</c><00:30:24.039><c> us</c><00:30:24.299><c> up.</c>

00:30:28.140 --> 00:30:30.200
Rules<00:30:28.539><c> can</c><00:30:29.000><c> show</c><00:30:29.259><c> us</c><00:30:29.660><c> failure.</c>

00:30:30.200 --> 00:30:33.440
They<00:30:30.960><c> do</c><00:30:31.359><c> not</c><00:30:31.599><c> define</c><00:30:32.119><c> success.</c>

00:30:33.900 --> 00:30:35.740
Think<00:30:34.079><c> about</c><00:30:34.299><c> the</c><00:30:34.500><c> rich</c><00:30:34.680><c> young</c><00:30:34.900><c> ruler.</c>

00:30:36.720 --> 00:30:38.880
How<00:30:37.180><c> do</c><00:30:37.299><c> I</c><00:30:37.400><c> get</c><00:30:37.599><c> eternal</c><00:30:37.920><c> life?</c>

00:30:38.920 --> 00:30:41.319
Well,<00:30:39.740><c> you</c><00:30:40.140><c> know</c><00:30:40.240><c> the</c><00:30:40.480><c> laws.</c>

00:30:41.519 --> 00:30:43.660
Yeah,<00:30:41.740><c> I</c><00:30:41.880><c> do.</c><00:30:42.099><c> Here</c><00:30:42.240><c> they</c><00:30:42.460><c> are.</c><00:30:42.579><c> Here</c><00:30:42.700><c> they</c><00:30:42.940><c> are.</c><00:30:43.119><c> Here</c><00:30:43.279><c> they</c><00:30:43.460><c> are.</c>

00:30:43.859 --> 00:30:46.839
Do<00:30:44.099><c> those.</c><00:30:44.599><c> Well,</c><00:30:44.740><c> I've</c><00:30:44.920><c> been</c><00:30:45.079><c> doing</c><00:30:45.220><c> them</c><00:30:45.440><c> all</c><00:30:45.640><c> of</c><00:30:45.799><c> my</c><00:30:46.000><c> life.</c>

00:30:47.160 --> 00:30:49.799
Then<00:30:47.519><c> you're</c><00:30:48.079><c> fine,</c><00:30:48.539><c> says</c><00:30:48.779><c> Jesus.</c>

00:30:50.460 --> 00:30:51.960
No,<00:30:50.660><c> he</c><00:30:50.740><c> doesn't.</c>

00:30:53.079 --> 00:30:55.559
He<00:30:53.559><c> looks</c><00:30:53.900><c> at</c><00:30:54.119><c> him.</c>

00:30:56.839 --> 00:30:58.779
Tell<00:30:57.299><c> you</c><00:30:57.400><c> what</c><00:30:57.579><c> you</c><00:30:57.819><c> need.</c>

00:31:00.200 --> 00:31:03.240
You<00:31:00.460><c> need</c><00:31:00.960><c> to</c><00:31:01.500><c> give</c><00:31:01.700><c> up</c><00:31:01.980><c> everything.</c>

00:31:04.059 --> 00:31:05.500
Follow<00:31:04.279><c> me.</c>

00:31:06.799 --> 00:31:08.599
That's<00:31:07.180><c> what</c><00:31:07.259><c> it</c><00:31:07.420><c> will</c><00:31:07.599><c> take.</c>

00:31:11.920 --> 00:31:14.359
Why<00:31:12.500><c> do</c><00:31:12.799><c> we</c><00:31:13.079><c> like</c><00:31:13.839><c> laws?</c>

00:31:14.480 --> 00:31:17.619
Because<00:31:14.859><c> we</c><00:31:15.099><c> are,</c><00:31:15.599><c> as</c><00:31:15.599><c> a</c><00:31:15.779><c> species,</c><00:31:16.180><c> just</c><00:31:16.559><c> attracted</c><00:31:17.099><c> to</c><00:31:17.339><c> them.</c>

00:31:17.880 --> 00:31:18.980
They're<00:31:18.220><c> just</c><00:31:18.619><c> great.</c>

00:31:19.140 --> 00:31:23.819
I<00:31:19.140><c> mean,</c><00:31:20.059><c> you</c><00:31:20.420><c> see</c><00:31:20.619><c> little</c><00:31:20.940><c> kids</c><00:31:21.380><c> making</c><00:31:22.339><c> laws</c><00:31:22.920><c> about</c><00:31:23.279><c> everything,</c>

00:31:24.039 --> 00:31:27.339
about<00:31:24.319><c> the</c><00:31:24.599><c> games</c><00:31:24.859><c> that</c><00:31:25.059><c> they</c><00:31:25.339><c> play</c><00:31:25.579><c> and</c><00:31:25.880><c> things</c><00:31:26.099><c> like</c><00:31:26.380><c> that.</c>

00:31:28.140 --> 00:31:31.440
We<00:31:28.640><c> like</c><00:31:29.079><c> them</c><00:31:29.319><c> because</c><00:31:29.700><c> they</c><00:31:29.920><c> can</c><00:31:30.160><c> be</c><00:31:30.500><c> measured.</c>

00:31:31.900 --> 00:31:36.119
You<00:31:32.039><c> can</c><00:31:32.480><c> measure</c><00:31:32.880><c> whether</c><00:31:33.240><c> somebody</c><00:31:33.619><c> has</c><00:31:33.980><c> broken</c><00:31:34.319><c> a</c><00:31:34.559><c> law</c><00:31:34.720><c> or</c><00:31:35.099><c> not.</c>

00:31:36.240 --> 00:31:39.019
And<00:31:36.380><c> if</c><00:31:36.519><c> you</c><00:31:36.680><c> can't</c><00:31:37.059><c> measure</c><00:31:37.279><c> it,</c><00:31:37.660><c> then</c><00:31:37.759><c> we</c><00:31:38.000><c> refine</c><00:31:38.500><c> the</c><00:31:38.779><c> law</c>

00:31:39.019 --> 00:31:41.660
so<00:31:39.380><c> that</c><00:31:39.559><c> you</c><00:31:39.740><c> can</c><00:31:40.019><c> measure</c><00:31:40.380><c> it.</c>

00:31:43.279 --> 00:31:47.180
The<00:31:43.519><c> downside</c><00:31:43.960><c> is,</c><00:31:44.420><c> it's</c><00:31:44.619><c> like</c><00:31:45.259><c> trying</c><00:31:45.700><c> to</c><00:31:45.900><c> lose</c><00:31:46.200><c> weight.</c>

00:31:48.440 --> 00:31:51.920
You<00:31:48.640><c> see,</c><00:31:49.119><c> we</c><00:31:49.279><c> have</c><00:31:49.500><c> this</c><00:31:49.680><c> idea</c><00:31:49.940><c> that</c><00:31:50.059><c> we</c><00:31:50.279><c> want</c><00:31:50.460><c> to</c><00:31:50.599><c> be</c><00:31:50.779><c> healthy,</c>

00:31:52.039 --> 00:31:55.980
and<00:31:52.279><c> so</c><00:31:52.500><c> we</c><00:31:53.039><c> think</c><00:31:53.279><c> that</c><00:31:53.500><c> the</c><00:31:53.720><c> way</c><00:31:53.880><c> to</c><00:31:54.019><c> be</c><00:31:54.220><c> healthy</c><00:31:54.579><c> is</c><00:31:54.900><c> to</c><00:31:55.180><c> lose</c><00:31:55.619><c> weight.</c>

00:31:55.980 --> 00:31:58.480
And<00:31:56.140><c> we</c><00:31:56.200><c> get</c><00:31:56.380><c> on</c><00:31:56.579><c> the</c><00:31:56.779><c> scales,</c><00:31:57.039><c> and</c><00:31:57.119><c> we</c><00:31:57.259><c> can</c><00:31:57.559><c> measure</c><00:31:58.059><c> weight.</c>

00:31:58.700 --> 00:32:00.940
And<00:31:58.900><c> so</c><00:31:58.980><c> we</c><00:31:59.119><c> do</c><00:31:59.359><c> all</c><00:31:59.640><c> sorts</c><00:31:59.900><c> of</c><00:32:00.099><c> things.</c>

00:32:01.059 --> 00:32:04.500
And<00:32:01.359><c> we</c><00:32:01.599><c> notice</c><00:32:01.960><c> that</c><00:32:02.299><c> if</c><00:32:02.440><c> we</c><00:32:02.700><c> don't</c><00:32:02.980><c> drink</c><00:32:03.299><c> water</c><00:32:03.640><c> the</c><00:32:03.920><c> previous</c><00:32:04.220><c> day,</c>

00:32:04.740 --> 00:32:06.900
hey,<00:32:04.940><c> I've</c><00:32:05.279><c> lost</c><00:32:05.519><c> five</c><00:32:05.960><c> pounds.</c>

00:32:11.700 --> 00:32:15.160
Sometimes<00:32:12.259><c> losing</c><00:32:12.819><c> weight</c><00:32:13.200><c> is</c><00:32:13.559><c> actually</c><00:32:13.859><c> an</c><00:32:14.119><c> indication</c><00:32:14.539><c> of</c>

00:32:15.160 --> 00:32:16.140
being<00:32:15.400><c> less</c><00:32:15.819><c> healthy.</c>

00:32:16.200 --> 00:32:20.380
We<00:32:16.319><c> might</c><00:32:16.579><c> have</c><00:32:16.900><c> a</c><00:32:17.920><c> worse</c><00:32:18.279><c> ratio</c><00:32:19.000><c> between</c><00:32:19.460><c> our</c><00:32:19.799><c> muscle</c><00:32:20.039><c> tissue</c>

00:32:20.380 --> 00:32:21.220
and<00:32:20.559><c> our</c><00:32:20.799><c> fat</c><00:32:20.960><c> tissue.</c>

00:32:21.299 --> 00:32:23.039
We<00:32:21.440><c> might</c><00:32:21.759><c> be</c><00:32:22.079><c> low</c><00:32:22.279><c> on</c><00:32:22.700><c> water.</c>

00:32:23.039 --> 00:32:27.599
There<00:32:23.359><c> might</c><00:32:23.619><c> be</c><00:32:23.900><c> other</c><00:32:24.299><c> balances</c><00:32:24.799><c> that</c><00:32:25.079><c> are</c><00:32:25.200><c> out</c><00:32:25.460><c> of</c><00:32:25.700><c> whack.</c>

00:32:27.740 --> 00:32:32.160
Losing<00:32:27.940><c> weight</c><00:32:28.319><c> is</c><00:32:28.740><c> known</c><00:32:29.180><c> not</c><00:32:29.740><c> to</c><00:32:30.000><c> be</c><00:32:30.779><c> a</c><00:32:31.200><c> great</c><00:32:31.539><c> measurement</c>

00:32:32.160 --> 00:32:33.400
of<00:32:32.480><c> health.</c>

00:32:33.720 --> 00:32:36.539
It's<00:32:34.359><c> a</c><00:32:34.599><c> useful</c><00:32:35.240><c> indicator,</c>

00:32:37.059 --> 00:32:39.799
but<00:32:37.140><c> it</c><00:32:37.359><c> should</c><00:32:37.640><c> not</c><00:32:37.880><c> be</c><00:32:38.140><c> seen</c><00:32:38.339><c> as</c><00:32:38.579><c> anything</c><00:32:39.019><c> more</c><00:32:39.420><c> than</c><00:32:39.559><c> a</c>

00:32:39.799 --> 00:32:41.400
useful<00:32:40.279><c> indicator.</c>

00:32:42.779 --> 00:32:46.259
But<00:32:43.039><c> if</c><00:32:43.259><c> we</c><00:32:43.519><c> focus</c><00:32:43.880><c> on</c><00:32:44.099><c> it,</c><00:32:44.539><c> that</c><00:32:44.799><c> leads</c><00:32:45.099><c> us</c><00:32:45.359><c> into</c><00:32:45.819><c> very</c>

00:32:46.259 --> 00:32:47.720
strange<00:32:46.680><c> behaviors.</c>

00:32:49.119 --> 00:32:51.460
Another<00:32:49.339><c> reason</c><00:32:49.700><c> we</c><00:32:49.920><c> like</c><00:32:50.160><c> rules</c><00:32:50.539><c> and</c><00:32:50.779><c> their</c><00:32:51.019><c> measurements</c>

00:32:51.460 --> 00:32:55.460
is<00:32:52.000><c> that</c><00:32:52.319><c> by</c><00:32:52.680><c> measuring</c><00:32:53.140><c> things,</c><00:32:54.019><c> by</c><00:32:54.299><c> having</c><00:32:54.579><c> these</c><00:32:54.980><c> rules,</c>

00:32:55.720 --> 00:32:58.220
it<00:32:56.000><c> lets</c><00:32:56.200><c> us</c><00:32:56.460><c> control</c><00:32:57.099><c> others.</c>

00:32:59.579 --> 00:33:03.220
It<00:32:59.759><c> lets</c><00:33:00.000><c> us</c><00:33:00.319><c> know</c><00:33:00.559><c> when</c><00:33:00.960><c> others</c><00:33:01.440><c> are</c><00:33:02.019><c> doing</c><00:33:02.240><c> what</c><00:33:02.440><c> they</c><00:33:02.700><c> should</c><00:33:02.940><c> do</c>

00:33:03.220 --> 00:33:05.079
or<00:33:03.440><c> not</c><00:33:03.759><c> doing</c><00:33:03.980><c> what</c><00:33:04.160><c> they</c><00:33:04.380><c> should</c><00:33:04.599><c> do.</c>

00:33:05.500 --> 00:33:08.660
And<00:33:05.680><c> if</c><00:33:05.799><c> you</c><00:33:06.000><c> think</c><00:33:06.200><c> about</c><00:33:06.599><c> what</c><00:33:07.000><c> the</c><00:33:07.319><c> essence</c><00:33:07.619><c> of</c><00:33:07.940><c> law</c><00:33:08.180><c> is,</c>

00:33:08.920 --> 00:33:12.539
it<00:33:09.079><c> is</c><00:33:09.440><c> about</c><00:33:10.039><c> control</c><00:33:10.940><c> of</c><00:33:11.299><c> other</c><00:33:11.539><c> people.</c>

00:33:13.000 --> 00:33:16.319
If<00:33:13.299><c> you</c><00:33:13.519><c> were</c><00:33:13.700><c> on</c><00:33:13.880><c> a</c><00:33:14.039><c> desert</c><00:33:14.299><c> island</c><00:33:14.819><c> by</c><00:33:15.160><c> yourself,</c>

00:33:16.480 --> 00:33:19.440
you<00:33:16.680><c> would</c><00:33:17.059><c> not</c><00:33:17.420><c> need</c><00:33:17.700><c> to</c><00:33:17.980><c> write</c><00:33:18.140><c> any</c><00:33:18.440><c> laws.</c>

00:33:22.119 --> 00:33:27.460
And<00:33:22.680><c> finally,</c><00:33:24.079><c> the</c><00:33:24.259><c> downside</c><00:33:24.819><c> of</c><00:33:25.079><c> these</c><00:33:25.299><c> rules</c><00:33:25.779><c> is</c><00:33:27.039><c> that</c><00:33:27.220><c> you</c>

00:33:27.460 --> 00:33:29.299
get<00:33:27.779><c> what</c><00:33:28.039><c> you</c><00:33:28.460><c> measure.</c>

00:33:29.640 --> 00:33:31.799
I<00:33:29.759><c> mean,</c><00:33:29.839><c> we</c><00:33:30.019><c> know</c><00:33:30.200><c> that</c><00:33:30.420><c> in</c><00:33:30.640><c> business</c><00:33:31.000><c> all</c><00:33:31.339><c> the</c><00:33:31.539><c> time.</c>

00:33:32.160 --> 00:33:35.619
Decide<00:33:32.539><c> to</c><00:33:32.819><c> measure</c><00:33:33.140><c> somebody's</c><00:33:34.279><c> productivity</c><00:33:34.819><c> one</c><00:33:35.279><c> way,</c>

00:33:36.000 --> 00:33:36.980
and<00:33:36.180><c> that's</c><00:33:36.380><c> what</c><00:33:36.519><c> they'll</c><00:33:36.799><c> do.</c>

00:33:37.079 --> 00:33:39.039
Measure<00:33:37.259><c> it</c><00:33:37.500><c> another</c><00:33:37.720><c> way,</c><00:33:37.980><c> that's</c><00:33:38.339><c> what</c><00:33:38.480><c> they'll</c><00:33:38.799><c> do.</c>

00:33:39.380 --> 00:33:41.740
You<00:33:39.579><c> have</c><00:33:39.740><c> to</c><00:33:39.880><c> be</c><00:33:40.119><c> really</c><00:33:40.440><c> careful</c><00:33:40.819><c> because</c><00:33:41.119><c> you</c><00:33:41.400><c> get</c><00:33:41.559><c> what</c>

00:33:41.740 --> 00:33:42.819
you<00:33:42.019><c> measure.</c>

00:33:43.720 --> 00:33:47.960
And<00:33:43.960><c> so</c><00:33:44.079><c> you</c><00:33:44.299><c> get</c><00:33:44.660><c> people</c><00:33:45.099><c> who</c><00:33:45.579><c> tithe</c><00:33:46.079><c> mint</c><00:33:46.519><c> and</c><00:33:47.140><c> cumin.</c>

00:33:48.619 --> 00:33:50.980
Five<00:33:49.079><c> seeds</c><00:33:49.380><c> for</c><00:33:49.559><c> me,</c><00:33:49.960><c> one</c><00:33:50.240><c> seed</c><00:33:50.500><c> for</c><00:33:50.700><c> God.</c>

00:33:50.980 --> 00:33:54.119
Five<00:33:51.420><c> seeds</c><00:33:51.740><c> for</c><00:33:51.900><c> me,</c><00:33:52.220><c> one</c><00:33:52.539><c> seed</c><00:33:52.759><c> for</c><00:33:52.980><c> God.</c>

00:33:55.200 --> 00:33:58.680
And<00:33:55.559><c> they</c><00:33:55.819><c> forget</c><00:33:56.259><c> about</c><00:33:56.740><c> mercy</c><00:33:57.279><c> and</c><00:33:57.700><c> fairness</c><00:33:58.039><c> because</c><00:33:58.440><c> how</c>

00:33:58.680 --> 00:34:00.180
do<00:33:58.839><c> you</c><00:33:59.000><c> measure</c><00:33:59.220><c> those?</c>

00:34:05.539 --> 00:34:08.079
So<00:34:06.200><c> is</c><00:34:06.319><c> it</c><00:34:06.500><c> possible</c><00:34:06.940><c> to</c><00:34:07.259><c> succeed</c><00:34:07.740><c> here?</c>

00:34:08.239 --> 00:34:10.860
I<00:34:08.260><c> mean,</c><00:34:08.719><c> what</c><00:34:09.199><c> I've</c><00:34:09.440><c> been</c><00:34:09.599><c> talking</c><00:34:09.820><c> about</c><00:34:10.019><c> is</c><00:34:10.219><c> pretty</c><00:34:10.539><c> bleak</c>

00:34:10.860 --> 00:34:12.139
so<00:34:11.219><c> far.</c>

00:34:12.940 --> 00:34:17.780
Is<00:34:13.139><c> it</c><00:34:13.400><c> possible</c><00:34:13.860><c> actually</c><00:34:14.420><c> to</c><00:34:14.760><c> be</c><00:34:15.000><c> righteous</c><00:34:15.800><c> before</c><00:34:16.639><c> God?</c>

00:34:18.159 --> 00:34:24.340
Everyone<00:34:18.800><c> who</c><00:34:19.440><c> follows</c><00:34:19.739><c> the</c><00:34:20.099><c> law,</c><00:34:20.440><c> who</c><00:34:20.619><c> is</c><00:34:21.219><c> relying</c><00:34:21.699><c> on</c><00:34:21.940><c> the</c><00:34:22.159><c> law,</c><00:34:22.800><c> is</c><00:34:22.920><c> under</c><00:34:23.239><c> a</c><00:34:23.400><c> curse.</c>

00:34:24.800 --> 00:34:26.280
We've<00:34:25.099><c> read</c><00:34:25.260><c> that.</c>

00:34:27.280 --> 00:34:30.239
So<00:34:27.619><c> is</c><00:34:27.820><c> it</c><00:34:28.039><c> possible</c><00:34:28.800><c> to</c><00:34:29.239><c> succeed?</c>

00:34:32.039 --> 00:34:35.380
I<00:34:32.159><c> think</c><00:34:32.340><c> it</c><00:34:32.699><c> helps,</c><00:34:33.059><c> first</c><00:34:33.340><c> of</c><00:34:33.460><c> all,</c><00:34:33.679><c> to</c><00:34:34.300><c> do</c><00:34:34.539><c> what</c><00:34:34.780><c> we've</c><00:34:35.000><c> been</c>

00:34:35.380 --> 00:34:36.000
exactly<00:34:35.760><c> doing</c>

00:34:36.000 --> 00:34:40.619
and<00:34:36.300><c> laying</c><00:34:36.559><c> aside</c><00:34:37.219><c> this</c><00:34:37.840><c> rule</c><00:34:38.340><c> orientation</c><00:34:39.119><c> to</c><00:34:39.460><c> salvation.</c>

00:34:42.780 --> 00:34:48.860
I<00:34:43.400><c> think</c><00:34:43.739><c> a</c><00:34:43.920><c> good</c><00:34:44.139><c> thing</c><00:34:44.340><c> to</c><00:34:44.679><c> bear</c><00:34:44.920><c> in</c><00:34:45.219><c> mind</c><00:34:45.500><c> also</c><00:34:46.159><c> is</c><00:34:46.860><c> that</c><00:34:47.460><c> Jesus</c><00:34:47.980><c> is</c><00:34:48.559><c> proof</c>

00:34:48.860 --> 00:34:54.139
that<00:34:49.119><c> a</c><00:34:49.420><c> human</c><00:34:49.780><c> being</c><00:34:50.440><c> can</c><00:34:51.480><c> be</c><00:34:51.820><c> righteous</c><00:34:52.260><c> in</c><00:34:52.639><c> God's</c><00:34:53.119><c> eyes.</c>

00:34:54.659 --> 00:34:57.400
He<00:34:54.800><c> is</c><00:34:55.000><c> our</c><00:34:55.199><c> brother,</c><00:34:55.480><c> he</c><00:34:55.579><c> was</c><00:34:55.820><c> made</c><00:34:56.079><c> like</c><00:34:56.380><c> us</c><00:34:56.579><c> in</c><00:34:56.900><c> every</c><00:34:57.219><c> way.</c>

00:34:57.480 --> 00:35:01.880
I<00:34:57.639><c> know</c><00:34:57.820><c> he</c><00:34:57.940><c> was</c><00:34:58.179><c> the</c><00:34:58.320><c> son</c><00:34:58.420><c> of</c><00:34:58.679><c> God,</c><00:34:59.320><c> yet</c><00:34:59.539><c> he</c><00:34:59.739><c> was</c><00:35:00.139><c> fully</c><00:35:00.480><c> human.</c>

00:35:03.300 --> 00:35:06.460
He<00:35:03.300><c> was</c><00:35:04.280><c> righteous</c><00:35:04.860><c> in</c><00:35:05.739><c> every</c><00:35:06.079><c> way.</c>

00:35:06.460 --> 00:35:16.679
It<00:35:07.260><c> seems</c><00:35:07.559><c> to</c><00:35:07.679><c> me</c><00:35:07.920><c> that</c><00:35:08.940><c> we</c><00:35:09.239><c> cannot</c><00:35:09.719><c> succeed</c><00:35:10.579><c> if</c><00:35:11.199><c> we</c><00:35:11.460><c> try</c><00:35:11.760><c> by</c><00:35:12.380><c> fighting</c><00:35:13.139><c> against</c><00:35:13.760><c> individual</c><00:35:14.559><c> sin</c><00:35:15.119><c> that</c><00:35:15.380><c> we</c><00:35:15.639><c> see.</c>

00:35:17.239 --> 00:35:21.539
I<00:35:17.239><c> have</c><00:35:17.500><c> this</c><00:35:17.760><c> weakness,</c><00:35:18.119><c> I</c><00:35:18.420><c> am</c><00:35:18.599><c> going</c><00:35:18.719><c> to</c><00:35:19.059><c> fight</c><00:35:19.420><c> against</c><00:35:19.880><c> it.</c>

00:35:22.400 --> 00:35:26.079
Willpower<00:35:23.119><c> is</c><00:35:23.739><c> not</c><00:35:24.000><c> enough</c><00:35:24.619><c> to</c><00:35:25.199><c> overcome</c><00:35:25.679><c> sin.</c>

00:35:26.280 --> 00:35:27.820
It<00:35:26.480><c> doesn't</c><00:35:26.840><c> work.</c>

00:35:27.920 --> 00:35:31.719
You<00:35:28.059><c> try</c><00:35:28.300><c> to</c><00:35:28.960><c> set</c><00:35:29.280><c> your</c><00:35:29.840><c> mind</c><00:35:30.219><c> to</c><00:35:30.440><c> do</c><00:35:30.679><c> something</c><00:35:31.039><c> and</c><00:35:31.420><c> you</c><00:35:31.579><c> try</c>

00:35:31.719 --> 00:35:32.500
and<00:35:31.900><c> work</c><00:35:32.099><c> hard</c>

00:35:32.500 --> 00:35:35.679
and<00:35:32.920><c> the</c><00:35:33.260><c> sin</c><00:35:33.619><c> finds</c><00:35:34.079><c> other</c><00:35:34.460><c> ways</c><00:35:34.760><c> to</c><00:35:35.000><c> get</c><00:35:35.179><c> into</c><00:35:35.420><c> you.</c>

00:35:35.679 --> 00:35:41.019
You<00:35:35.679><c> see,</c><00:35:36.380><c> what</c><00:35:36.519><c> you're</c><00:35:36.719><c> doing</c><00:35:36.980><c> when</c><00:35:37.300><c> you</c><00:35:37.920><c> are</c><00:35:38.219><c> determined</c><00:35:38.840><c> and</c><00:35:39.039><c> you</c><00:35:39.340><c> set</c><00:35:39.500><c> your</c><00:35:40.139><c> mind</c><00:35:40.460><c> to</c><00:35:40.659><c> something</c>

00:35:41.019 --> 00:35:44.980
is<00:35:41.320><c> you're</c><00:35:41.539><c> actually</c><00:35:42.019><c> fighting</c><00:35:42.519><c> flesh</c><00:35:43.059><c> with</c><00:35:43.699><c> flesh.</c>

00:35:46.519 --> 00:35:50.179
And<00:35:46.579><c> the</c><00:35:46.739><c> challenge</c><00:35:47.099><c> is,</c><00:35:47.559><c> flesh</c><00:35:47.900><c> is</c><00:35:48.139><c> where</c><00:35:48.320><c> the</c><00:35:48.500><c> problem</c><00:35:48.780><c> is.</c>

00:35:51.659 --> 00:35:55.340
Sin<00:35:52.300><c> and</c><00:35:52.940><c> righteousness</c><00:35:53.559><c> have</c><00:35:54.119><c> to</c><00:35:54.320><c> be</c><00:35:54.579><c> addressed</c><00:35:54.880><c> at</c><00:35:55.099><c> a</c>

00:35:55.340 --> 00:35:57.480
deeper<00:35:55.699><c> level.</c>

00:35:58.739 --> 00:36:02.579
Much<00:35:59.019><c> more</c><00:35:59.480><c> fundamentally</c><00:36:00.260><c> is</c><00:36:00.659><c> the</c><00:36:00.860><c> way</c><00:36:01.119><c> that</c><00:36:01.340><c> we</c><00:36:01.619><c> overcome.</c>

00:36:04.480 --> 00:36:06.519
We<00:36:05.119><c> have</c><00:36:05.340><c> to</c><00:36:05.500><c> do</c><00:36:05.579><c> two</c><00:36:06.019><c> things.</c>

00:36:06.940 --> 00:36:11.119
We<00:36:07.099><c> have</c><00:36:07.400><c> to</c><00:36:07.760><c> openly</c><00:36:08.340><c> accept</c><00:36:09.019><c> the</c><00:36:09.340><c> forgiveness</c><00:36:09.840><c> that</c><00:36:10.059><c> is</c><00:36:10.260><c> being</c><00:36:10.500><c> handed</c><00:36:10.820><c> out</c>

00:36:11.119 --> 00:36:11.920
to<00:36:11.300><c> us.</c>

00:36:12.219 --> 00:36:16.480
God<00:36:12.460><c> says</c><00:36:12.800><c> to</c><00:36:12.960><c> us,</c><00:36:13.539><c> I</c><00:36:13.539><c> don't</c><00:36:14.000><c> care</c><00:36:14.380><c> about</c><00:36:14.699><c> your</c><00:36:15.079><c> sins,</c><00:36:15.780><c> I</c><00:36:16.039><c> care</c>

00:36:16.480 --> 00:36:18.260
about<00:36:16.860><c> your</c><00:36:17.280><c> heart.</c>

00:36:19.739 --> 00:36:24.260
And<00:36:20.019><c> we</c><00:36:20.139><c> are</c><00:36:20.460><c> now</c><00:36:20.739><c> in</c><00:36:21.099><c> a</c><00:36:21.300><c> covenant</c><00:36:21.599><c> of</c><00:36:21.920><c> forgiveness,</c><00:36:23.960><c> whereby</c>

00:36:24.260 --> 00:36:27.260
our<00:36:24.699><c> sins</c><00:36:24.960><c> are</c><00:36:25.320><c> not</c><00:36:25.519><c> held</c><00:36:25.800><c> against</c><00:36:26.159><c> us.</c>

00:36:27.579 --> 00:36:31.400
So<00:36:28.340><c> the</c><00:36:28.599><c> first</c><00:36:28.860><c> thing</c><00:36:29.039><c> that</c><00:36:29.199><c> we</c><00:36:29.300><c> need</c><00:36:29.460><c> to</c><00:36:29.699><c> do</c><00:36:29.940><c> is</c><00:36:30.420><c> believe</c><00:36:31.019><c> the</c>

00:36:31.400 --> 00:36:34.539
promises<00:36:31.760><c> that</c><00:36:32.260><c> Jesus</c><00:36:32.619><c> makes</c><00:36:33.019><c> to</c><00:36:33.239><c> us</c><00:36:33.400><c> about</c><00:36:33.659><c> this.</c>

00:36:37.139 --> 00:36:41.260
That<00:36:37.699><c> he</c><00:36:37.920><c> is</c><00:36:38.480><c> able</c><00:36:39.000><c> to</c><00:36:39.500><c> present</c><00:36:39.900><c> us</c><00:36:40.280><c> faultless</c>

00:36:43.320 --> 00:36:48.599
of<00:36:44.079><c> all</c><00:36:44.539><c> the</c><00:36:44.739><c> things</c><00:36:45.139><c> that</c><00:36:45.980><c> hamper</c><00:36:46.260><c> us</c><00:36:46.480><c> having</c><00:36:46.679><c> been</c><00:36:46.980><c> taken</c><00:36:47.320><c> away.</c>

00:36:51.260 --> 00:36:56.519
So<00:36:51.539><c> we</c><00:36:51.820><c> have</c><00:36:52.079><c> to</c><00:36:53.280><c> openly</c><00:36:53.719><c> and</c><00:36:54.260><c> genuinely</c><00:36:54.699><c> accept</c><00:36:55.199><c> the</c><00:36:55.500><c> forgiveness.</c>

00:36:56.760 --> 00:36:57.800
That<00:36:56.940><c> is</c><00:36:57.159><c> there.</c>

00:36:58.119 --> 00:37:02.460
And<00:36:58.519><c> we</c><00:36:58.699><c> have</c><00:36:58.940><c> to</c><00:36:59.280><c> allow</c><00:36:59.760><c> ourselves</c><00:37:00.460><c> to</c><00:37:00.980><c> be</c><00:37:01.300><c> transformed.</c>

00:37:03.500 --> 00:37:08.199
I'd<00:37:03.679><c> like</c><00:37:03.679><c> to</c><00:37:03.820><c> go</c><00:37:04.019><c> back</c><00:37:04.260><c> to</c><00:37:04.880><c> Galatians</c><00:37:05.420><c> 3</c><00:37:06.179><c> and</c><00:37:06.539><c> verse</c><00:37:06.780><c> 23.</c>

00:37:13.880 --> 00:37:19.820
This<00:37:14.239><c> I</c><00:37:14.460><c> think</c><00:37:14.639><c> is</c><00:37:15.059><c> indicating</c><00:37:15.619><c> the</c><00:37:16.219><c> moment</c><00:37:17.460><c> where</c><00:37:18.260><c> we</c><00:37:18.539><c> go</c><00:37:18.880><c> from</c><00:37:19.340><c> law</c>

00:37:19.820 --> 00:37:21.559
to<00:37:20.420><c> Christ.</c>

00:37:24.039 --> 00:37:33.860
Galatians<00:37:24.760><c> 3</c><00:37:25.219><c> verse</c><00:37:25.900><c> 23</c><00:37:26.980><c> talks</c><00:37:28.300><c> about</c><00:37:28.739><c> the</c><00:37:29.880><c> righteousness</c><00:37:30.360><c> from</c><00:37:30.800><c> God</c><00:37:31.739><c> through</c><00:37:32.840><c> faith</c><00:37:33.199><c> in</c><00:37:33.460><c> Christ.</c>

00:37:34.219 --> 00:37:39.059
Verse<00:37:34.340><c> 23,</c><00:37:35.980><c> before</c><00:37:36.460><c> this</c><00:37:36.860><c> faith</c><00:37:37.059><c> came</c><00:37:37.380><c> we</c><00:37:37.599><c> were</c><00:37:37.860><c> held</c><00:37:38.079><c> prisoners</c><00:37:38.500><c> by</c><00:37:38.840><c> the</c>

00:37:39.059 --> 00:37:41.940
law,<00:37:39.539><c> locked</c><00:37:40.019><c> up</c><00:37:40.300><c> until</c><00:37:40.619><c> faith</c><00:37:41.000><c> should</c><00:37:41.199><c> be</c><00:37:41.480><c> revealed.</c>

00:37:42.400 --> 00:37:46.659
So<00:37:42.760><c> the</c><00:37:43.039><c> law</c><00:37:43.260><c> was</c><00:37:43.539><c> put</c><00:37:43.760><c> in</c><00:37:44.019><c> charge</c><00:37:44.260><c> to</c><00:37:44.579><c> lead</c><00:37:44.719><c> us</c><00:37:44.920><c> to</c><00:37:45.199><c> Christ,</c><00:37:46.360><c> that</c><00:37:46.440><c> we</c>

00:37:46.659 --> 00:37:48.639
might<00:37:46.860><c> be</c><00:37:47.280><c> justified</c><00:37:47.800><c> by</c><00:37:48.260><c> faith.</c>

00:37:48.639 --> 00:37:52.119
Now<00:37:49.280><c> that</c><00:37:49.539><c> faith</c><00:37:49.800><c> has</c><00:37:50.079><c> come</c><00:37:50.179><c> we're</c><00:37:50.440><c> no</c><00:37:50.659><c> longer</c><00:37:50.900><c> under</c><00:37:51.199><c> the</c><00:37:51.480><c> supervision</c><00:37:51.900><c> of</c>

00:37:52.119 --> 00:37:53.179
the<00:37:52.320><c> law.</c>

00:37:54.119 --> 00:37:58.920
Now<00:37:54.679><c> King</c><00:37:55.239><c> James</c><00:37:55.579><c> I</c><00:37:55.699><c> think</c><00:37:55.960><c> has</c><00:37:56.280><c> that</c><00:37:56.500><c> the</c><00:37:56.719><c> law</c><00:37:56.840><c> was</c><00:37:57.079><c> a</c><00:37:57.400><c> schoolmaster</c><00:37:58.039><c> to</c><00:37:58.599><c> bring</c><00:37:58.739><c> us</c>

00:37:58.920 --> 00:38:00.039
to<00:37:59.119><c> Christ.</c>

00:38:00.059 --> 00:38:02.679
And<00:38:00.239><c> I</c><00:38:00.380><c> think</c><00:38:00.599><c> that</c><00:38:00.820><c> that's</c><00:38:01.179><c> an</c><00:38:01.380><c> unhelpful</c><00:38:02.019><c> translation.</c>

00:38:03.079 --> 00:38:06.639
Because<00:38:03.500><c> it</c><00:38:03.860><c> makes</c><00:38:04.000><c> us</c><00:38:04.280><c> think</c><00:38:04.420><c> that</c><00:38:04.739><c> the</c><00:38:05.219><c> law</c><00:38:05.400><c> was</c><00:38:05.719><c> there</c><00:38:06.119><c> to</c>

00:38:06.639 --> 00:38:10.219
teach<00:38:06.920><c> us</c><00:38:07.519><c> our</c><00:38:07.960><c> ABCs,</c><00:38:08.679><c> how</c><00:38:08.860><c> to</c><00:38:09.039><c> read,</c><00:38:09.320><c> how</c><00:38:09.500><c> to</c><00:38:09.619><c> do</c><00:38:09.760><c> arithmetic,</c>

00:38:10.400 --> 00:38:12.280
in<00:38:10.519><c> terms</c><00:38:10.860><c> of</c><00:38:11.199><c> righteousness.</c>

00:38:12.920 --> 00:38:17.320
The<00:38:13.559><c> Greek</c><00:38:14.059><c> word</c><00:38:14.400><c> is</c><00:38:14.639><c> indeed</c><00:38:15.360><c> related</c><00:38:15.940><c> to</c><00:38:16.480><c> our</c><00:38:16.659><c> English</c><00:38:16.980><c> word</c>

00:38:17.320 --> 00:38:20.179
pedagogue,<00:38:18.280><c> which</c><00:38:18.480><c> in</c><00:38:18.619><c> English</c><00:38:18.960><c> does</c><00:38:19.360><c> mean</c><00:38:19.639><c> teacher.</c>

00:38:20.679 --> 00:38:23.760
But<00:38:20.880><c> in</c><00:38:21.239><c> Greek</c><00:38:21.500><c> it</c><00:38:21.619><c> was</c><00:38:21.900><c> not</c><00:38:22.179><c> used</c><00:38:22.500><c> for</c><00:38:22.699><c> the</c><00:38:22.920><c> teacher.</c>

00:38:23.860 --> 00:38:29.300
It<00:38:23.980><c> was</c><00:38:24.360><c> used</c><00:38:24.760><c> for</c><00:38:25.000><c> the</c><00:38:25.400><c> slave</c><00:38:25.880><c> who</c><00:38:26.400><c> would</c><00:38:26.760><c> take</c><00:38:27.079><c> the</c><00:38:27.320><c> young</c><00:38:27.599><c> man</c><00:38:27.920><c> and</c><00:38:28.380><c> make</c><00:38:28.639><c> sure</c><00:38:28.940><c> that</c><00:38:29.139><c> he</c>

00:38:29.300 --> 00:38:30.800
got<00:38:29.539><c> to</c><00:38:29.840><c> school.</c>

00:38:31.119 --> 00:38:33.519
That<00:38:31.300><c> he</c><00:38:31.519><c> didn't</c><00:38:31.840><c> run</c><00:38:32.239><c> off.</c>

00:38:33.699 --> 00:38:36.400
That<00:38:33.860><c> he</c><00:38:33.980><c> didn't</c><00:38:34.239><c> spend</c><00:38:34.539><c> the</c><00:38:34.739><c> day</c><00:38:34.900><c> in</c><00:38:35.059><c> the</c><00:38:35.239><c> marketplace.</c>

00:38:36.880 --> 00:38:42.300
So<00:38:37.219><c> I</c><00:38:39.119><c> think</c><00:38:39.239><c> a</c><00:38:39.440><c> good</c><00:38:39.579><c> translation</c><00:38:40.139><c> for</c><00:38:40.420><c> this</c><00:38:40.760><c> is</c><00:38:41.179><c> the</c><00:38:41.480><c> law</c><00:38:41.920><c> was</c>

00:38:42.300 --> 00:38:45.719
our<00:38:42.699><c> truant</c><00:38:43.019><c> officer</c><00:38:43.519><c> to</c><00:38:44.000><c> bring</c><00:38:44.139><c> us</c><00:38:44.340><c> to</c><00:38:44.579><c> Christ.</c>

00:38:47.840 --> 00:38:51.940
It<00:38:48.519><c> was</c><00:38:48.719><c> to</c><00:38:49.019><c> bound</c><00:38:49.280><c> us</c><00:38:49.559><c> in</c><00:38:50.039><c> until</c><00:38:50.639><c> Christ</c><00:38:51.139><c> would</c><00:38:51.440><c> be</c><00:38:51.659><c> there.</c>

00:38:52.280 --> 00:38:57.159
Romans,<00:38:52.599><c> I</c><00:38:52.719><c> mean</c><00:38:53.159><c> I</c><00:38:53.159><c> keep</c><00:38:53.400><c> saying</c><00:38:53.679><c> Romans,</c><00:38:54.260><c> Galatians</c><00:38:54.820><c> 4</c><00:38:55.320><c> verse</c><00:38:55.800><c> 19.</c>

00:38:57.780 --> 00:39:02.099
My<00:38:58.460><c> dear</c><00:38:58.920><c> children,</c><00:38:59.619><c> he</c><00:38:59.940><c> says,</c><00:39:00.800><c> for</c><00:39:00.920><c> whom</c><00:39:01.119><c> I</c><00:39:01.239><c> am</c><00:39:01.380><c> again</c><00:39:01.679><c> in</c><00:39:01.860><c> the</c>

00:39:02.099 --> 00:39:07.800
pains<00:39:02.320><c> of</c><00:39:02.699><c> childbirth</c><00:39:03.320><c> until</c><00:39:04.159><c> Christ</c><00:39:04.800><c> is</c><00:39:05.460><c> formed</c><00:39:05.920><c> in</c><00:39:06.659><c> you.</c>

00:39:10.340 --> 00:39:12.400
Jesus<00:39:10.719><c> says,</c><00:39:11.500><c> follow</c><00:39:11.760><c> me.</c>

00:39:12.739 --> 00:39:17.139
We<00:39:13.059><c> say,</c><00:39:13.800><c> no</c><00:39:13.980><c> Lord,</c><00:39:14.579><c> give</c><00:39:14.820><c> us</c><00:39:15.199><c> rules</c><00:39:15.579><c> to</c><00:39:15.860><c> follow</c><00:39:16.079><c> instead.</c>

00:39:17.480 --> 00:39:19.980
I<00:39:17.820><c> want</c><00:39:18.059><c> to</c><00:39:18.380><c> earn</c><00:39:18.619><c> the</c><00:39:18.880><c> right</c><00:39:19.039><c> to</c><00:39:19.260><c> be</c><00:39:19.360><c> in</c><00:39:19.519><c> the</c><00:39:19.679><c> kingdom.</c>

00:39:19.980 --> 00:39:25.099
We<00:39:20.860><c> have</c><00:39:21.239><c> this</c><00:39:21.500><c> idea</c><00:39:21.840><c> of</c><00:39:22.099><c> sin</c><00:39:22.460><c> loaded</c><00:39:23.199><c> with</c><00:39:23.480><c> legal</c><00:39:23.880><c> ideas</c><00:39:24.360><c> instead</c><00:39:24.880><c> of</c>

00:39:25.099 --> 00:39:27.519
thinking<00:39:25.420><c> of</c><00:39:25.639><c> it</c><00:39:25.780><c> as</c><00:39:26.179><c> spiritual</c><00:39:26.719><c> transformation.</c>

00:39:28.239 --> 00:39:31.260
How<00:39:28.440><c> can</c><00:39:28.739><c> we</c><00:39:28.880><c> reduce</c><00:39:29.340><c> the</c><00:39:29.579><c> riches</c><00:39:29.820><c> of</c><00:39:30.079><c> Jesus</c><00:39:30.460><c> whole</c><00:39:30.820><c> life</c><00:39:31.119><c> when</c>

00:39:31.260 --> 00:39:32.199
he<00:39:31.400><c> says</c><00:39:31.599><c> follow</c><00:39:31.940><c> me?</c>

00:39:32.360 --> 00:39:35.559
How<00:39:32.519><c> can</c><00:39:32.739><c> we</c><00:39:32.860><c> reduce</c><00:39:33.380><c> it</c><00:39:33.800><c> down</c><00:39:34.000><c> to</c><00:39:34.219><c> a</c><00:39:34.260><c> set</c><00:39:34.380><c> of</c><00:39:34.679><c> rules?</c>

00:39:36.119 --> 00:39:40.280
This<00:39:36.360><c> is</c><00:39:36.639><c> not</c><00:39:36.960><c> Christ</c><00:39:37.739><c> formed</c><00:39:38.380><c> within</c><00:39:38.860><c> us</c><00:39:39.519><c> that</c><00:39:39.860><c> Paul</c><00:39:40.079><c> is</c>

00:39:40.280 --> 00:39:41.559
talking<00:39:40.539><c> about</c><00:39:40.760><c> here.</c>

00:39:43.119 --> 00:39:47.199
He<00:39:43.119><c> wants</c><00:39:43.300><c> to</c><00:39:43.500><c> see</c><00:39:43.739><c> Christ</c><00:39:44.159><c> actually</c><00:39:44.900><c> manifest</c><00:39:45.820><c> in</c><00:39:46.579><c> each</c><00:39:46.980><c> one</c>

00:39:47.199 --> 00:39:48.239
of<00:39:47.340><c> us.</c>

00:39:48.559 --> 00:39:50.780
And<00:39:49.119><c> this</c><00:39:49.280><c> isn't</c><00:39:49.559><c> just</c><00:39:49.920><c> the</c><00:39:50.260><c> New</c><00:39:50.460><c> Testament.</c>

00:39:50.840 --> 00:39:52.800
This<00:39:51.019><c> is</c><00:39:51.539><c> Old</c><00:39:51.780><c> Testament</c><00:39:52.179><c> as</c><00:39:52.460><c> well.</c>

00:39:52.980 --> 00:39:55.940
And<00:39:53.420><c> we</c><00:39:53.639><c> don't</c><00:39:53.860><c> have</c><00:39:54.099><c> time</c><00:39:54.320><c> to</c><00:39:54.460><c> go</c><00:39:54.679><c> through</c><00:39:55.179><c> the</c><00:39:55.699><c> Old</c>

00:39:55.940 --> 00:39:56.659
Testament<00:39:56.219><c> passages.</c>

00:39:56.860 --> 00:39:59.719
There's<00:39:56.980><c> things</c><00:39:57.239><c> like</c><00:39:57.579><c> the</c><00:39:57.860><c> Psalm</c><00:39:58.000><c> 51</c><00:39:58.519><c> that</c><00:39:58.699><c> we</c><00:39:58.920><c> read</c><00:39:59.059><c> yesterday.</c>

00:40:00.119 --> 00:40:04.739
Even<00:40:00.639><c> Psalm</c><00:40:01.000><c> 119,</c><00:40:01.800><c> if</c><00:40:01.960><c> you</c><00:40:02.099><c> look</c><00:40:02.239><c> at</c><00:40:02.360><c> it,</c><00:40:02.639><c> isn't</c><00:40:02.960><c> about</c><00:40:03.340><c> rote</c><00:40:03.699><c> obedience.</c>

00:40:04.800 --> 00:40:09.079
Jeremiah<00:40:05.199><c> 31</c><00:40:05.860><c> talking</c><00:40:06.219><c> about</c><00:40:06.420><c> a</c><00:40:06.760><c> new</c><00:40:07.059><c> covenant,</c><00:40:07.780><c> which</c><00:40:07.960><c> is</c><00:40:08.199><c> the</c><00:40:08.380><c> covenant</c><00:40:08.659><c> that</c><00:40:08.840><c> we</c>

00:40:09.079 --> 00:40:10.260
have<00:40:09.300><c> in</c><00:40:09.980><c> Christ.</c>

00:40:10.500 --> 00:40:14.079
I'd<00:40:10.760><c> like</c><00:40:10.840><c> to</c><00:40:11.059><c> just</c><00:40:11.219><c> do</c><00:40:11.460><c> one,</c><00:40:11.780><c> however,</c><00:40:12.460><c> from</c><00:40:12.699><c> Isaiah</c><00:40:13.280><c> 28.</c>

00:40:14.079 --> 00:40:18.579
Look<00:40:14.559><c> at</c><00:40:14.780><c> Isaiah</c><00:40:15.079><c> 28</c><00:40:16.019><c> and</c><00:40:16.280><c> this</c><00:40:16.519><c> is</c><00:40:17.179><c> verse</c><00:40:17.500><c> 13.</c>

00:40:22.420 --> 00:40:26.079
Isaiah<00:40:22.699><c> 28</c><00:40:23.599><c> and</c><00:40:24.000><c> verse</c><00:40:24.280><c> 13.</c>

00:40:29.480 --> 00:40:33.840
So<00:40:29.619><c> then</c><00:40:29.920><c> the</c><00:40:30.119><c> word</c><00:40:30.440><c> of</c><00:40:30.639><c> the</c><00:40:30.800><c> Lord</c><00:40:31.079><c> will</c><00:40:31.360><c> become,</c><00:40:32.400><c> sorry,</c><00:40:33.159><c> verse</c><00:40:33.420><c> 13,</c>

00:40:33.920 --> 00:40:34.659
Isaiah<00:40:34.260><c> 28.</c>

00:40:35.000 --> 00:40:38.320
So<00:40:35.099><c> then</c><00:40:35.320><c> the</c><00:40:35.519><c> word</c><00:40:35.719><c> of</c><00:40:35.900><c> the</c><00:40:36.039><c> Lord</c><00:40:36.219><c> to</c><00:40:36.539><c> them</c><00:40:36.880><c> will</c><00:40:37.320><c> become</c><00:40:37.699><c> do</c>

00:40:38.320 --> 00:40:41.000
and<00:40:38.860><c> do,</c><00:40:39.719><c> do</c><00:40:40.079><c> and</c><00:40:40.519><c> do,</c>

00:40:41.000 --> 00:40:45.360
rule<00:40:41.579><c> on</c><00:40:42.019><c> rule,</c><00:40:42.719><c> rule</c><00:40:43.000><c> on</c><00:40:43.380><c> rule,</c><00:40:43.820><c> a</c><00:40:43.900><c> little</c><00:40:44.099><c> here,</c><00:40:44.599><c> a</c><00:40:44.699><c> little</c><00:40:44.920><c> there,</c>

00:40:45.599 --> 00:40:48.599
so<00:40:45.739><c> that</c><00:40:45.900><c> they</c><00:40:46.019><c> will</c><00:40:46.280><c> go</c><00:40:46.539><c> and</c><00:40:46.880><c> fall</c><00:40:47.179><c> backwards,</c><00:40:48.000><c> be</c><00:40:48.199><c> injured,</c>

00:40:48.880 --> 00:40:49.820
snared,<00:40:49.260><c> and</c><00:40:49.519><c> captured.</c>

00:40:49.920 --> 00:40:54.179
This<00:40:50.079><c> is</c><00:40:50.400><c> Old</c><00:40:50.699><c> Testament</c><00:40:51.239><c> telling</c><00:40:52.440><c> us</c><00:40:52.739><c> about</c><00:40:53.000><c> the</c><00:40:53.159><c> danger</c><00:40:53.599><c> of</c><00:40:53.980><c> rule,</c>

00:40:54.380 --> 00:40:58.340
do<00:40:54.579><c> and</c><00:40:54.980><c> do,</c><00:40:55.280><c> do</c><00:40:55.519><c> and</c><00:40:55.820><c> do,</c><00:40:56.179><c> rule</c><00:40:56.320><c> on</c><00:40:56.639><c> rule,</c><00:40:56.920><c> rule</c><00:40:57.179><c> on</c><00:40:57.480><c> rule.</c>

00:40:59.420 --> 00:41:03.639
And<00:40:59.579><c> the</c><00:40:59.780><c> Hebrew</c><00:41:00.019><c> apparently</c><00:41:00.800><c> has</c><00:41:01.139><c> a</c><00:41:01.300><c> kind</c><00:41:01.460><c> of</c><00:41:01.760><c> nonsense</c><00:41:02.179><c> sound</c><00:41:02.559><c> to</c><00:41:02.780><c> it.</c>

00:41:06.800 --> 00:41:10.000
It's<00:41:07.300><c> like</c><00:41:07.460><c> the</c><00:41:07.719><c> rule</c><00:41:07.880><c> is</c><00:41:08.119><c> yada,</c><00:41:08.480><c> yada,</c><00:41:08.739><c> yada,</c><00:41:09.199><c> blah,</c><00:41:09.519><c> blah,</c><00:41:09.840><c> blah.</c>

00:41:10.000 --> 00:41:14.059
And<00:41:10.099><c> you</c><00:41:10.199><c> have</c><00:41:10.420><c> these</c><00:41:10.719><c> rules</c><00:41:10.980><c> and</c><00:41:11.179><c> you</c><00:41:11.460><c> fall</c><00:41:11.760><c> back,</c><00:41:12.880><c> says</c><00:41:13.019><c> Isaiah.</c>

00:41:15.840 --> 00:41:18.980
But<00:41:16.099><c> you</c><00:41:16.300><c> have</c><00:41:16.599><c> to</c><00:41:16.880><c> draw</c><00:41:17.019><c> the</c><00:41:17.320><c> line</c><00:41:17.699><c> somewhere.</c>

00:41:21.840 --> 00:41:26.119
See,<00:41:22.119><c> if</c><00:41:22.280><c> you</c><00:41:22.500><c> look</c><00:41:22.659><c> at</c><00:41:22.860><c> the</c><00:41:23.159><c> spectrum</c><00:41:23.519><c> from</c><00:41:23.900><c> black</c><00:41:24.619><c> to</c><00:41:25.139><c> white,</c>

00:41:27.420 --> 00:41:29.500
where<00:41:27.719><c> will</c><00:41:27.900><c> he</c><00:41:28.159><c> draw</c><00:41:28.300><c> the</c><00:41:28.619><c> line?</c>

00:41:31.179 --> 00:41:35.179
There<00:41:31.679><c> is</c><00:41:32.179><c> no</c><00:41:32.699><c> line.</c><00:41:33.320><c> That</c><00:41:33.519><c> doesn't</c><00:41:33.760><c> mean</c><00:41:34.059><c> you</c><00:41:34.320><c> confuse</c><00:41:34.820><c> black</c>

00:41:35.179 --> 00:41:36.420
with<00:41:35.480><c> white.</c>

00:41:36.739 --> 00:41:43.119
You<00:41:37.480><c> just</c><00:41:37.880><c> have</c><00:41:38.099><c> to</c><00:41:38.239><c> give</c><00:41:38.440><c> up</c><00:41:38.699><c> the</c><00:41:38.880><c> idea</c><00:41:39.400><c> that</c><00:41:39.860><c> there</c><00:41:40.219><c> is</c><00:41:40.639><c> a</c><00:41:41.099><c> sharp</c><00:41:41.480><c> dividing</c><00:41:42.019><c> line</c><00:41:42.599><c> at</c>

00:41:43.119 --> 00:41:44.699
some<00:41:43.400><c> point.</c>

00:41:45.199 --> 00:41:50.579
Lines<00:41:45.659><c> are</c><00:41:45.980><c> about</c><00:41:46.380><c> bimodal</c><00:41:47.260><c> thinking.</c><00:41:48.239><c> This</c><00:41:48.460><c> is</c><00:41:48.780><c> pharisaical</c><00:41:49.559><c> thinking.</c>

00:41:51.440 --> 00:41:55.619
Again,<00:41:51.820><c> in</c><00:41:51.940><c> Galatians,</c><00:41:52.940><c> Paul</c><00:41:53.199><c> is</c><00:41:53.599><c> really</c><00:41:53.980><c> clear</c><00:41:54.239><c> to</c><00:41:54.420><c> them</c><00:41:54.820><c> in</c>

00:41:55.619 --> 00:41:57.320
chapter<00:41:55.980><c> five</c><00:41:56.480><c> and</c><00:41:56.699><c> verse</c><00:41:56.960><c> one.</c>

00:41:57.320 --> 00:42:01.219
He<00:41:57.500><c> says,</c><00:41:58.139><c> it</c><00:41:58.139><c> is</c><00:41:58.440><c> for</c><00:41:58.880><c> freedom</c><00:41:59.420><c> that</c><00:41:59.840><c> Christ</c><00:42:00.199><c> has</c><00:42:00.480><c> set</c><00:42:00.599><c> us</c><00:42:00.920><c> free.</c>

00:42:01.219 --> 00:42:05.500
Stand<00:42:01.940><c> firm</c><00:42:02.320><c> then</c><00:42:02.719><c> and</c><00:42:02.880><c> do</c><00:42:03.119><c> not</c><00:42:03.280><c> let</c><00:42:03.480><c> yourself</c><00:42:03.920><c> be</c><00:42:04.340><c> burdened</c><00:42:04.780><c> again</c><00:42:05.000><c> by</c><00:42:05.320><c> a</c>

00:42:05.500 --> 00:42:06.960
yoke<00:42:05.719><c> of</c><00:42:05.940><c> slavery.</c>

00:42:07.300 --> 00:42:12.159
It's<00:42:07.440><c> not</c><00:42:07.780><c> about</c><00:42:08.139><c> a</c><00:42:08.480><c> line.</c><00:42:09.360><c> It's</c><00:42:09.559><c> not</c><00:42:09.940><c> about</c><00:42:10.639><c> a</c><00:42:11.039><c> fence.</c>

00:42:14.900 --> 00:42:18.619
Consider<00:42:15.539><c> a</c><00:42:15.760><c> dog.</c><00:42:16.099><c> It's</c><00:42:16.340><c> not</c><00:42:16.679><c> about</c><00:42:17.099><c> the</c><00:42:17.460><c> chain</c><00:42:17.679><c> or</c><00:42:17.920><c> a</c><00:42:18.139><c> dog</c><00:42:18.380><c> fence.</c>

00:42:18.920 --> 00:42:22.019
It's<00:42:19.280><c> about</c><00:42:19.579><c> the</c><00:42:19.900><c> gentle</c><00:42:20.260><c> spirit</c><00:42:20.699><c> in</c><00:42:21.079><c> the</c><00:42:21.280><c> dog.</c>

00:42:22.099 --> 00:42:24.420
We've<00:42:22.400><c> lived</c><00:42:22.539><c> a</c><00:42:22.840><c> parable</c><00:42:23.199><c> of</c><00:42:23.719><c> three</c><00:42:24.039><c> dogs.</c>

00:42:24.679 --> 00:42:28.900
We<00:42:24.880><c> had</c><00:42:25.260><c> an</c><00:42:25.820><c> electric</c><00:42:26.639><c> fence</c><00:42:27.099><c> around</c><00:42:27.380><c> our</c><00:42:27.679><c> property</c><00:42:28.059><c> and</c><00:42:28.599><c> the</c>

00:42:28.900 --> 00:42:30.840
collar<00:42:29.099><c> that</c><00:42:29.420><c> sort</c><00:42:29.579><c> of</c><00:42:30.059><c> zaps</c><00:42:30.320><c> the</c><00:42:30.619><c> dog</c>

00:42:30.840 --> 00:42:33.559
I<00:42:30.840><c> feel</c><00:42:31.260><c> a</c><00:42:31.380><c> little</c><00:42:31.679><c> worried</c><00:42:32.159><c> about</c><00:42:32.460><c> saying</c><00:42:32.679><c> this,</c><00:42:32.920><c> but</c><00:42:33.280><c> you</c>

00:42:33.559 --> 00:42:34.519
know<00:42:33.760><c> the</c><00:42:33.880><c> one.</c>

00:42:34.840 --> 00:42:35.920
Apparently,<00:42:35.480><c> they're</c><00:42:35.659><c> humane.</c>

00:42:36.159 --> 00:42:41.579
We<00:42:36.260><c> had</c><00:42:36.440><c> one</c><00:42:36.739><c> dog,</c><00:42:37.199><c> Maggie,</c><00:42:38.579><c> who</c><00:42:39.400><c> walked</c><00:42:40.139><c> near</c><00:42:40.519><c> that</c><00:42:40.880><c> thing</c><00:42:41.019><c> and</c><00:42:41.199><c> there</c><00:42:41.300><c> was</c><00:42:41.480><c> a</c>

00:42:41.579 --> 00:42:43.940
little<00:42:41.820><c> pick</c><00:42:42.099><c> and</c><00:42:42.420><c> she</c><00:42:43.039><c> was</c><00:42:43.320><c> terrified.</c>

00:42:44.219 --> 00:42:49.440
Would<00:42:44.460><c> not</c><00:42:44.780><c> go</c><00:42:45.239><c> anywhere</c><00:42:45.739><c> near</c><00:42:46.360><c> that</c><00:42:46.960><c> line.</c><00:42:48.599><c> Just</c><00:42:48.880><c> absolutely</c>

00:42:49.440 --> 00:42:50.719
stayed<00:42:49.820><c> clear</c><00:42:50.159><c> of</c><00:42:50.340><c> it.</c>

00:42:51.139 --> 00:42:55.739
Then<00:42:51.360><c> we</c><00:42:51.599><c> had</c><00:42:51.860><c> Nina,</c><00:42:53.139><c> who</c><00:42:53.599><c> would</c><00:42:54.800><c> get</c><00:42:55.079><c> there</c><00:42:55.300><c> and</c><00:42:55.420><c> the</c><00:42:55.619><c> thing</c>

00:42:55.739 --> 00:42:57.099
is<00:42:55.860><c> going</c><00:42:56.119><c> beep</c><00:42:56.519><c> beep</c><00:42:56.880><c> beep</c>

00:42:57.099 --> 00:43:00.400
as<00:42:57.300><c> she's</c><00:42:57.500><c> getting</c><00:42:57.760><c> closer</c><00:42:58.179><c> and</c><00:42:58.480><c> closer</c><00:42:58.860><c> and</c><00:42:59.139><c> closer</c><00:42:59.480><c> and</c><00:42:59.599><c> she's</c><00:42:59.960><c> trying</c><00:43:00.119><c> to</c>

00:43:00.400 --> 00:43:03.059
take<00:43:00.599><c> the</c><00:43:00.780><c> pain</c><00:43:01.179><c> and</c><00:43:01.880><c> then</c><00:43:02.099><c> she</c><00:43:02.340><c> steps</c><00:43:02.579><c> back.</c>

00:43:03.320 --> 00:43:06.460
Then<00:43:03.840><c> a</c><00:43:04.260><c> few</c><00:43:04.340><c> days</c><00:43:04.599><c> later,</c><00:43:04.940><c> there's</c><00:43:05.199><c> another</c><00:43:05.519><c> dog</c><00:43:05.800><c> out</c><00:43:06.059><c> in</c><00:43:06.219><c> the</c>

00:43:06.460 --> 00:43:09.000
street<00:43:06.699><c> and</c><00:43:07.159><c> you</c><00:43:07.340><c> can</c><00:43:07.579><c> see</c><00:43:07.719><c> she</c><00:43:07.920><c> just</c><00:43:08.300><c> steals</c><00:43:08.559><c> herself</c>

00:43:09.000 --> 00:43:12.059
and<00:43:09.300><c> she</c><00:43:09.579><c> just</c><00:43:10.039><c> runs</c><00:43:10.480><c> for</c><00:43:10.719><c> it</c><00:43:10.900><c> and</c><00:43:11.000><c> goes</c><00:43:11.260><c> straight</c><00:43:11.760><c> through</c>

00:43:12.059 --> 00:43:14.739
that<00:43:12.300><c> and</c><00:43:12.760><c> takes</c><00:43:13.079><c> the</c><00:43:13.340><c> zap</c><00:43:13.559><c> and</c><00:43:13.820><c> everything.</c>

00:43:16.360 --> 00:43:20.440
That's<00:43:16.760><c> our</c><00:43:16.940><c> dogs</c><00:43:17.219><c> and</c><00:43:17.340><c> then</c><00:43:17.539><c> there's</c><00:43:17.760><c> the</c><00:43:17.940><c> neighbor's</c><00:43:18.400><c> dog,</c><00:43:19.599><c> Pete.</c>

00:43:20.699 --> 00:43:24.539
No<00:43:20.980><c> fence.</c><00:43:22.739><c> A</c><00:43:22.960><c> gentlest</c><00:43:23.400><c> dog</c><00:43:23.659><c> that</c><00:43:23.820><c> you</c><00:43:23.880><c> can</c><00:43:24.059><c> imagine.</c>

00:43:24.539 --> 00:43:29.219
Just<00:43:25.659><c> lies</c><00:43:25.980><c> in</c><00:43:26.179><c> the</c><00:43:26.360><c> yard,</c><00:43:27.420><c> wags</c><00:43:27.619><c> his</c><00:43:27.840><c> tail</c><00:43:28.019><c> when</c><00:43:28.179><c> people</c><00:43:28.480><c> come</c><00:43:28.760><c> by.</c>

00:43:29.639 --> 00:43:32.219
Just<00:43:29.880><c> this</c><00:43:30.239><c> happy,</c><00:43:30.880><c> happy</c><00:43:31.260><c> dog.</c>

00:43:33.659 --> 00:43:38.960
There<00:43:34.019><c> is</c><00:43:34.360><c> no</c><00:43:34.599><c> fence.</c><00:43:35.420><c> It's</c><00:43:35.800><c> not</c><00:43:36.079><c> needed</c><00:43:36.519><c> when</c><00:43:37.059><c> we're</c><00:43:37.579><c> transformed</c><00:43:37.960><c> within.</c>

00:43:39.579 --> 00:43:44.860
Closed<00:43:39.820><c> with</c><00:43:40.019><c> a</c><00:43:40.159><c> little</c><00:43:40.400><c> story</c><00:43:40.780><c> from</c><00:43:41.500><c> a</c><00:43:41.760><c> Native</c><00:43:42.000><c> American</c><00:43:42.559><c> who</c><00:43:44.039><c> said,</c>

00:43:45.380 --> 00:43:48.400
There<00:43:45.420><c> are</c><00:43:45.659><c> two</c><00:43:46.000><c> spirits</c><00:43:46.420><c> in</c><00:43:46.599><c> me</c><00:43:46.800><c> that</c><00:43:46.980><c> are</c><00:43:47.139><c> like</c><00:43:47.380><c> dogs.</c>

00:43:48.500 --> 00:43:52.519
One<00:43:48.780><c> of</c><00:43:48.940><c> them</c><00:43:49.099><c> is</c><00:43:49.400><c> vicious</c><00:43:49.840><c> and</c><00:43:50.900><c> one</c><00:43:51.119><c> of</c><00:43:51.219><c> them</c><00:43:51.340><c> is</c><00:43:51.599><c> gentle.</c>

00:43:53.539 --> 00:43:57.039
Someone<00:43:54.139><c> asked</c><00:43:54.480><c> him,</c><00:43:55.500><c> which</c><00:43:55.639><c> one</c><00:43:55.840><c> is</c><00:43:56.079><c> dominant?</c>

00:43:58.320 --> 00:44:00.199
He<00:43:58.639><c> paused</c><00:43:58.980><c> for</c><00:43:59.239><c> a</c><00:43:59.400><c> moment.</c>

00:44:01.480 --> 00:44:03.519
The<00:44:01.639><c> one</c><00:44:01.840><c> I</c><00:44:02.139><c> feed</c><00:44:02.320><c> the</c><00:44:02.519><c> most.</c>