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who's</c><00:10:50.059><c> wonderfully</c><00:10:50.340><c> encouraged</c><00:10:50.820><c> us,</c><00:10:51.480><c> has</c> 00:10:51.700 --> 00:10:54.480 now<00:10:51.919><c> told</c><00:10:52.279><c> us</c><00:10:52.620><c> that</c><00:10:53.139><c> we'll</c><00:10:53.419><c> be</c><00:10:53.600><c> rejected</c><00:10:53.980><c> from</c><00:10:54.139><c> the</c><00:10:54.320><c> presence</c> 00:10:54.480 --> 00:10:55.960 of<00:10:54.759><c> God?</c> 00:10:57.019 --> 00:11:02.720 Cast<00:10:57.360><c> out,</c><00:10:57.899><c> that's</c><00:10:58.320><c> the</c><00:10:58.539><c> language</c><00:10:59.100><c> of</c><00:10:59.320><c> Kings</c><00:10:59.580><c> and</c><00:10:59.799><c> Chronicles,</c><00:11:00.960><c> of</c><00:11:01.139><c> a</c><00:11:01.419><c> nation</c><00:11:02.000><c> that</c> 00:11:02.720 --> 00:11:04.899 was<00:11:03.120><c> cast</c><00:11:03.500><c> out</c><00:11:03.679><c> from</c><00:11:03.860><c> the</c><00:11:04.080><c> presence</c><00:11:04.279><c> of</c><00:11:04.559><c> God,</c> 00:11:05.320 --> 00:11:08.779 sent<00:11:05.419><c> into</c><00:11:05.620><c> exile,</c><00:11:07.139><c> scattered</c><00:11:07.259><c> amongst</c><00:11:07.559><c> the</c><00:11:07.740><c> nations.</c> 00:11:10.059 --> 00:11:12.159 Be<00:11:10.639><c> careful,</c><00:11:11.019><c> said</c><00:11:11.080><c> Jesus.</c> 00:11:13.320 --> 00:11:17.960 If<00:11:13.440><c> you</c><00:11:13.580><c> lose</c><00:11:13.799><c> that,</c><00:11:14.240><c> if</c><00:11:14.879><c> you</c><00:11:15.100><c> inherit</c><00:11:15.820><c> that</c><00:11:16.200><c> folly</c><00:11:16.440><c> and</c><00:11:16.679><c> foolishness,</c><00:11:17.279><c> as</c><00:11:17.399><c> the</c><00:11:17.559><c> word</c><00:11:17.700><c> is</c> 00:11:17.960 --> 00:11:19.820 also<00:11:18.740><c> translated</c><00:11:19.200><c> in</c><00:11:19.440><c> Romans,</c> 00:11:20.320 --> 00:11:22.379 then<00:11:20.759><c> you'll</c><00:11:21.240><c> be</c><00:11:21.480><c> trodden</c><00:11:21.679><c> underfoot</c><00:11:22.000><c> of</c><00:11:22.200><c> men.</c> 00:11:22.659 --> 00:11:23.860 Trodden<00:11:23.240><c> underfoot.</c> 00:11:24.200 --> 00:11:28.100 Jerusalem<00:11:24.639><c> shall</c><00:11:24.980><c> be</c><00:11:25.340><c> trodden</c><00:11:25.820><c> down</c><00:11:26.100><c> the</c><00:11:26.279><c> Gentiles</c><00:11:27.039><c> until</c><00:11:27.419><c> the</c><00:11:27.679><c> times</c><00:11:27.879><c> of</c> 00:11:28.100 --> 00:11:29.240 the<00:11:28.100><c> Gentiles</c><00:11:28.460><c> be</c><00:11:28.759><c> fulfilled.</c> 00:11:29.519 --> 00:11:31.759 It's<00:11:29.620><c> an</c><00:11:29.720><c> Old</c><00:11:29.960><c> Testament</c><00:11:30.320><c> phrase.</c> 00:11:31.799 --> 00:11:33.000 Take<00:11:31.919><c> it</c><00:11:32.000><c> from</c><00:11:32.080><c> Daniel,</c><00:11:32.720><c> actually.</c> 00:11:33.259 --> 00:11:34.620 Trodden<00:11:33.840><c> underfoot.</c> 00:11:34.620 --> 00:11:37.120 Cast<00:11:35.480><c> 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like</c><00:14:34.159><c> bees</c><00:14:34.500><c> to</c><00:14:34.740><c> honey.</c> 00:14:37.139 --> 00:14:40.500 Now<00:14:37.320><c> Jesus</c><00:14:37.500><c> said,</c><00:14:37.740><c> you're</c><00:14:37.860><c> like</c><00:14:37.980><c> that</c><00:14:38.440><c> back</c><00:14:38.799><c> in</c><00:14:38.940><c> Matthew</c><00:14:39.159><c> 5.</c> 00:14:42.259 --> 00:14:44.940 You<00:14:42.820><c> can't</c><00:14:43.139><c> hide</c><00:14:43.419><c> the</c><00:14:43.639><c> truth.</c> 00:14:45.639 --> 00:14:51.379 If<00:14:46.120><c> you</c><00:14:46.279><c> are</c><00:14:46.519><c> true,</c><00:14:47.679><c> an</c><00:14:47.899><c> honest</c><00:14:48.100><c> disciple,</c><00:14:50.940><c> people</c><00:14:51.139><c> ought</c><00:14:51.299><c> to</c> 00:14:51.379 --> 00:14:53.159 know<00:14:51.600><c> you're</c><00:14:51.779><c> Christophians.</c> 00:14:55.080 --> 00:14:58.059 People<00:14:55.279><c> ought</c><00:14:55.480><c> to</c><00:14:55.840><c> see</c><00:14:56.120><c> 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Lord.</c> 00:21:31.599 --> 00:21:34.680 And<00:21:31.819><c> Judas,</c><00:21:32.019><c> who</c><00:21:32.200><c> has</c><00:21:32.400><c> this</c><00:21:32.660><c> very,</c><00:21:33.200><c> very</c><00:21:33.680><c> calculating</c><00:21:34.240><c> mind,</c> 00:21:34.839 --> 00:21:37.440 you<00:21:34.940><c> know</c><00:21:34.980><c> this</c><00:21:35.160><c> kind</c><00:21:35.299><c> of</c><00:21:35.460><c> mind</c><00:21:35.660><c> that</c><00:21:36.559><c> can</c><00:21:36.759><c> put</c><00:21:36.880><c> a</c><00:21:37.059><c> money</c><00:21:37.279><c> value</c> 00:21:37.440 --> 00:21:38.440 on<00:21:37.619><c> anything,</c> 00:21:38.700 --> 00:21:43.079 you<00:21:38.759><c> know</c><00:21:38.799><c> those</c><00:21:38.920><c> kind</c><00:21:39.059><c> of</c><00:21:39.180><c> people,</c><00:21:41.359><c> what</c><00:21:41.519><c> a</c><00:21:41.640><c> waste,</c><00:21:42.839><c> absolute</c> 00:21:43.079 --> 00:21:48.460 waste,<00:21:44.920><c> a</c><00:21:45.160><c> 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but</c> 00:23:11.200 --> 00:23:12.160 God<00:23:11.440><c> gets</c><00:23:11.680><c> the</c><00:23:11.900><c> glory.</c> 00:23:12.460 --> 00:23:14.180 Now<00:23:12.640><c> how</c><00:23:12.700><c> do</c><00:23:12.819><c> you</c><00:23:12.839><c> get</c><00:23:12.980><c> that</c><00:23:13.279><c> right?</c> 00:23:16.059 --> 00:23:18.220 How<00:23:16.259><c> do</c><00:23:16.359><c> you</c><00:23:16.380><c> get</c><00:23:16.500><c> that</c><00:23:16.720><c> right,</c><00:23:16.980><c> brethren</c><00:23:17.099><c> and</c><00:23:17.299><c> sisters?</c> 00:23:20.420 --> 00:23:26.519 Where<00:23:20.920><c> the</c><00:23:21.180><c> deed</c><00:23:21.359><c> is</c><00:23:21.660><c> done</c><00:23:21.859><c> in</c><00:23:22.420><c> such</c><00:23:22.859><c> an</c><00:23:23.799><c> obtrusive,</c><00:23:24.579><c> unassuming</c><00:23:25.359><c> way,</c> 00:23:27.039 --> 00:23:30.579 that<00:23:27.519><c> everyone</c><00:23:27.940><c> sees</c><00:23:28.680><c> that</c><00:23:28.859><c> and</c><00:23:29.059><c> glorifies</c><00:23:29.480><c> God.</c> 00:23:33.539 --> 00:23:35.920 You<00:23:33.539><c> know,</c><00:23:33.779><c> all</c><00:23:33.859><c> of</c><00:23:33.940><c> us</c><00:23:34.039><c> like</c><00:23:34.240><c> to</c><00:23:34.500><c> receive</c><00:23:34.660><c> a</c><00:23:34.819><c> thank</c><00:23:34.980><c> you,</c><00:23:35.180><c> don't</c><00:23:35.259><c> we?</c> 00:23:36.519 --> 00:23:39.019 We<00:23:37.000><c> like</c><00:23:37.259><c> appreciation,</c><00:23:38.019><c> that</c><00:23:38.119><c> human</c><00:23:38.299><c> nature</c><00:23:38.519><c> is</c><00:23:38.660><c> like</c><00:23:38.779><c> that,</c> 00:23:39.140 --> 00:23:40.839 likes<00:23:39.400><c> to</c><00:23:39.559><c> be</c><00:23:39.759><c> appreciated.</c> 00:23:41.940 --> 00:23:46.299 And<00:23:42.039><c> the</c><00:23:42.059><c> temptation</c><00:23:42.539><c> is,</c><00:23:42.980><c> is</c><00:23:43.059><c> to</c><00:23:43.779><c> do</c><00:23:44.059><c> things</c><00:23:44.579><c> for</c><00:23:44.920><c> that</c><00:23:45.160><c> appreciation.</c> 00:23:46.359 --> 00:23:49.920 The<00:23:46.519><c> Lord</c><00:23:46.700><c> said,</c><00:23:48.200><c> the</c><00:23:48.299><c> obedience</c><00:23:48.700><c> of</c><00:23:48.920><c> your</c><00:23:49.220><c> faith</c><00:23:49.480><c> produces</c> 00:23:49.920 --> 00:23:52.319 light<00:23:50.240><c> to</c><00:23:50.400><c> the</c><00:23:50.579><c> house</c><00:23:50.779><c> and</c><00:23:51.000><c> God</c><00:23:51.359><c> receives</c><00:23:51.740><c> the</c><00:23:51.980><c> glory.</c> 00:23:52.720 --> 00:23:56.059 That's<00:23:53.140><c> difficult.</c><00:23:54.240><c> That</c><00:23:54.720><c> is</c><00:23:55.019><c> difficult.</c> 00:23:58.480 --> 00:24:02.259 So<00:23:59.039><c> hiding</c><00:23:59.460><c> your</c><00:23:59.759><c> bushel,</c><00:24:00.140><c> hiding</c><00:24:00.440><c> the</c><00:24:00.720><c> light</c><00:24:00.920><c> in</c><00:24:01.119><c> 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he</c><00:24:49.559><c> has</c><00:24:49.740><c> glorified.</c> 00:24:50.819 --> 00:24:54.299 Now<00:24:51.079><c> as</c><00:24:51.200><c> soon</c><00:24:51.299><c> as</c><00:24:51.400><c> the</c><00:24:51.539><c> Lord</c><00:24:51.700><c> introduced</c><00:24:52.480><c> works,</c> 00:24:56.900 --> 00:25:03.140 he's<00:24:57.420><c> going</c><00:24:57.599><c> to</c><00:24:57.859><c> come</c><00:24:58.019><c> in</c><00:24:59.920><c> confrontation</c><00:25:01.160><c> with</c><00:25:02.400><c> a</c><00:25:02.640><c> system</c><00:25:02.920><c> of</c> 00:25:03.140 --> 00:25:07.180 religion,<00:25:03.559><c> Judaism,</c><00:25:04.500><c> that</c><00:25:04.680><c> focused</c><00:25:05.119><c> everything</c><00:25:05.740><c> on</c><00:25:06.039><c> works.</c> 00:25:08.160 --> 00:25:11.279 And<00:25:08.500><c> he</c><00:25:08.759><c> anticipated</c><00:25:09.299><c> the</c><00:25:09.500><c> response</c><00:25:09.799><c> of</c><00:25:09.980><c> his</c><00:25:10.119><c> audience.</c> 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He's<00:25:25.519><c> talked</c><00:25:25.660><c> about</c><00:25:25.980><c> meekness</c><00:25:26.400><c> and</c><00:25:26.660><c> purity</c><00:25:27.000><c> and</c><00:25:27.319><c> peacemaking</c> 00:25:28.480 --> 00:25:30.640 and<00:25:29.660><c> mercy.</c> 00:25:31.980 --> 00:25:34.579 He<00:25:32.140><c> hasn't</c><00:25:32.420><c> mentioned</c><00:25:32.859><c> sacrifice</c><00:25:33.500><c> and</c><00:25:33.700><c> offering.</c> 00:25:35.220 --> 00:25:38.019 He<00:25:35.740><c> hasn't</c><00:25:35.940><c> mentioned</c><00:25:36.240><c> the</c><00:25:36.519><c> washings</c><00:25:36.819><c> of</c><00:25:36.920><c> the</c><00:25:37.099><c> law.</c> 00:25:38.759 --> 00:25:41.200 In<00:25:38.920><c> fact,</c><00:25:39.119><c> he's</c><00:25:39.299><c> mentioned</c><00:25:39.519><c> nothing</c><00:25:39.859><c> about</c><00:25:40.160><c> the</c><00:25:40.359><c> law.</c> 00:25:41.500 --> 00:25:45.539 And<00:25:41.660><c> when</c><00:25:41.759><c> he</c><00:25:41.880><c> talks</c><00:25:42.079><c> about</c><00:25:42.440><c> works,</c><00:25:42.799><c> he</c><00:25:42.980><c> talks</c><00:25:43.240><c> about</c><00:25:43.559><c> obedience</c><00:25:44.220><c> of</c><00:25:44.559><c> faith.</c> 00:25:46.799 --> 00:25:52.759 And<00:25:47.119><c> you</c><00:25:47.220><c> can</c><00:25:47.420><c> see</c><00:25:47.579><c> the</c><00:25:47.819><c> mind</c><00:25:48.000><c> thinking,</c><00:25:48.480><c> wow,</c><00:25:49.299><c> this</c><00:25:49.599><c> is</c><00:25:51.019><c> contrary</c><00:25:51.500><c> to</c><00:25:51.740><c> law.</c> 00:25:53.519 --> 00:25:55.759 Jesus,<00:25:54.039><c> I'm</c><00:25:54.220><c> not</c><00:25:54.420><c> come</c><00:25:54.539><c> to</c><00:25:54.640><c> destroy</c><00:25:55.000><c> it.</c> 00:25:57.640 --> 00:25:59.640 I'm<00:25:57.839><c> come</c><00:25:58.000><c> to</c><00:25:59.180><c> fulfill</c><00:25:59.539><c> it.</c> 00:25:59.700 --> 00:26:04.900 The<00:25:59.819><c> word</c><00:26:00.000><c> pleru</c><00:26:00.420><c> means</c><00:26:00.779><c> to</c><00:26:01.059><c> fill</c><00:26:01.240><c> up,</c><00:26:03.599><c> to</c><00:26:03.839><c> render</c><00:26:04.180><c> full.</c> 00:26:05.740 --> 00:26:08.819 You<00:26:05.880><c> see,</c><00:26:05.900><c> it</c><00:26:05.980><c> was</c><00:26:06.059><c> a</c><00:26:06.299><c> shadow</c><00:26:06.460><c> institution</c><00:26:07.160><c> and</c><00:26:08.339><c> he</c><00:26:08.500><c> was</c><00:26:08.599><c> to</c> 00:26:08.819 --> 00:26:10.839 provide<00:26:08.980><c> the</c><00:26:09.240><c> substance.</c> 00:26:16.180 --> 00:26:20.599 Immediately,<00:26:18.579><c> their</c><00:26:18.700><c> thoughts</c><00:26:18.960><c> would</c><00:26:19.079><c> have</c><00:26:19.240><c> gone</c><00:26:19.440><c> to</c><00:26:19.640><c> the</c><00:26:19.940><c> teachers</c><00:26:20.380><c> of</c> 00:26:20.599 --> 00:26:21.700 the<00:26:20.759><c> law.</c> 00:26:23.839 --> 00:26:26.279 I'm<00:26:24.319><c> not</c><00:26:24.519><c> come</c><00:26:24.680><c> to</c><00:26:24.819><c> destroy</c><00:26:25.200><c> the</c><00:26:25.420><c> law.</c> 00:26:27.079 --> 00:26:30.480 In<00:26:27.160><c> fact,</c><00:26:27.519><c> in</c><00:26:27.599><c> verse</c><00:26:27.799><c> 18,</c><00:26:28.720><c> verily</c><00:26:29.019><c> I</c><00:26:29.259><c> say</c><00:26:29.380><c> unto</c><00:26:29.559><c> you,</c><00:26:29.839><c> till</c><00:26:30.019><c> heaven</c><00:26:30.319><c> and</c> 00:26:30.480 --> 00:26:32.079 earth<00:26:30.660><c> pass</c><00:26:30.960><c> one</c><00:26:31.299><c> jot</c><00:26:31.519><c> or</c><00:26:31.640><c> one</c><00:26:31.880><c> tittle,</c> 00:26:32.160 --> 00:26:35.619 shall<00:26:32.279><c> no</c><00:26:32.519><c> wise</c><00:26:32.779><c> pass</c><00:26:33.200><c> from</c><00:26:33.380><c> the</c><00:26:33.539><c> law</c><00:26:33.779><c> till</c><00:26:34.079><c> all</c><00:26:34.319><c> be</c><00:26:34.519><c> fulfilled.</c> 00:26:37.140 --> 00:26:40.240 This<00:26:37.460><c> is</c><00:26:37.599><c> from</c><00:26:37.740><c> Isaiah</c><00:26:38.039><c> 2.</c><00:26:38.440><c> We</c><00:26:38.440><c> haven't</c><00:26:38.619><c> got</c><00:26:38.759><c> time</c><00:26:39.000><c> to</c><00:26:39.140><c> go</c><00:26:39.319><c> there.</c> 00:26:40.500 --> 00:26:42.259 But<00:26:40.619><c> this</c><00:26:40.740><c> is</c><00:26:40.819><c> talking</c><00:26:41.059><c> about</c><00:26:41.380><c> the</c><00:26:41.579><c> dissolution</c><00:26:42.000><c> of</c><00:26:42.160><c> the</c> 00:26:42.259 --> 00:26:43.799 Jewish<00:26:42.480><c> commonwealth.</c> 00:26:45.059 --> 00:26:49.160 Every<00:26:45.480><c> aspect</c><00:26:46.000><c> of</c><00:26:46.220><c> the</c><00:26:46.420><c> law</c><00:26:46.859><c> would</c><00:26:47.819><c> remain</c><00:26:48.240><c> in</c><00:26:48.539><c> place</c><00:26:48.839><c> until</c> 00:26:49.160 --> 00:26:52.059 it<00:26:49.299><c> was</c><00:26:49.640><c> removed</c><00:26:50.039><c> forcibly</c><00:26:50.980><c> by</c><00:26:51.579><c> the</c><00:26:51.759><c> Romans.</c> 00:26:52.059 --> 00:26:54.819 Heaven<00:26:52.359><c> and</c><00:26:52.420><c> earth</c><00:26:52.559><c> would</c><00:26:52.759><c> be</c><00:26:52.980><c> removed,</c><00:26:53.740><c> but</c><00:26:53.759><c> until</c><00:26:54.000><c> then,</c><00:26:54.819><c> it</c> 00:26:54.819 --> 00:26:56.660 will<00:26:55.059><c> stand</c><00:26:55.240><c> in</c><00:26:55.539><c> place.</c> 00:26:57.579 --> 00:27:03.259 I'm<00:26:57.819><c> come</c><00:26:57.900><c> to</c><00:26:58.039><c> give</c><00:26:58.140><c> it</c><00:26:58.319><c> substance,</c><00:27:00.440><c> to</c><00:27:00.579><c> fill</c><00:27:00.660><c> it</c><00:27:00.900><c> out,</c><00:27:02.579><c> to</c><00:27:02.779><c> take</c><00:27:02.920><c> the</c> 00:27:03.259 --> 00:27:05.039 intent<00:27:03.519><c> and</c><00:27:03.700><c> give</c><00:27:03.819><c> the</c><00:27:04.019><c> reality.</c> 00:27:05.819 --> 00:27:07.819 And<00:27:05.980><c> that</c><00:27:06.059><c> will</c><00:27:06.259><c> stay</c><00:27:06.440><c> in</c><00:27:06.640><c> place</c><00:27:06.819><c> until</c><00:27:07.039><c> this</c><00:27:07.240><c> whole</c><00:27:07.519><c> system</c> 00:27:07.819 --> 00:27:09.059 is<00:27:08.039><c> removed.</c> 00:27:12.059 --> 00:27:17.380 And<00:27:12.200><c> verse</c><00:27:12.400><c> 19,</c><00:27:14.759><c> you</c><00:27:14.980><c> have</c><00:27:15.220><c> out</c><00:27:15.440><c> there</c><00:27:15.740><c> teachers</c><00:27:16.119><c> of</c><00:27:16.319><c> the</c><00:27:16.460><c> law.</c> 00:27:18.940 --> 00:27:22.359 Let<00:27:19.380><c> me</c><00:27:19.500><c> give</c><00:27:19.599><c> you</c><00:27:19.700><c> this</c><00:27:19.859><c> warning</c><00:27:20.079><c> in</c><00:27:20.299><c> verse</c><00:27:20.480><c> 19,</c><00:27:21.099><c> that</c><00:27:21.240><c> whoever</c><00:27:21.599><c> therefore</c><00:27:22.119><c> shall</c> 00:27:22.359 --> 00:27:24.259 break<00:27:22.700><c> 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sidestep</c><00:28:06.299><c> their</c><00:28:06.559><c> responsibilities</c><00:28:07.119><c> in</c><00:28:07.339><c> another</c><00:28:07.559><c> law.</c> 00:28:08.000 --> 00:28:10.420 That's<00:28:08.420><c> typical</c><00:28:08.759><c> legal</c><00:28:09.460><c>-minded</c><00:28:09.799><c> approach.</c> 00:28:10.420 --> 00:28:13.839 You<00:28:10.900><c> invent</c><00:28:11.299><c> a</c><00:28:11.480><c> law,</c><00:28:11.880><c> you</c><00:28:12.000><c> can't</c><00:28:12.319><c> keep</c><00:28:12.460><c> the</c><00:28:12.640><c> law,</c><00:28:13.059><c> so</c><00:28:13.200><c> you</c><00:28:13.400><c> invent</c><00:28:13.640><c> a</c> 00:28:13.839 --> 00:28:15.000 bypass<00:28:14.299><c> round</c><00:28:14.660><c> the</c><00:28:14.859><c> law.</c> 00:28:15.059 --> 00:28:17.660 That's<00:28:15.319><c> the</c><00:28:15.460><c> problem</c><00:28:15.660><c> with</c><00:28:15.880><c> legal</c><00:28:16.259><c> type</c><00:28:16.500><c> of</c><00:28:16.700><c> thinking.</c> 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Ezra.</c><00:28:52.680><c> Ezra</c><00:28:53.119><c> chapter</c><00:28:53.440><c> 7.</c> 00:28:55.440 --> 00:28:57.319 You<00:28:55.579><c> know,</c><00:28:55.759><c> it's</c><00:28:56.000><c> wonderful</c><00:28:56.359><c> the</c><00:28:56.480><c> way</c><00:28:56.660><c> in</c><00:28:56.740><c> which</c><00:28:56.880><c> the</c><00:28:57.039><c> law</c><00:28:57.119><c> can</c> 00:28:57.319 --> 00:28:59.740 just<00:28:57.839><c> drop</c><00:28:58.140><c> a</c><00:28:58.420><c> phrase</c><00:28:58.619><c> in.</c> 00:29:01.480 --> 00:29:04.779 Do<00:29:01.920><c> and</c><00:29:02.359><c> teach.</c><00:29:03.500><c> Here</c><00:29:03.680><c> it</c><00:29:03.819><c> is.</c> 00:29:08.799 --> 00:29:14.339 Ezra<00:29:09.519><c> chapter</c><00:29:09.839><c> 7,</c><00:29:12.900><c> verse</c><00:29:13.259><c> 10.</c> 00:29:15.299 --> 00:29:22.140 For<00:29:16.019><c> Ezra</c><00:29:16.740><c> had</c><00:29:17.859><c> prepared</c><00:29:18.359><c> his</c><00:29:18.839><c> heart,</c><00:29:19.819><c> his</c><00:29:20.180><c> heart</c><00:29:20.380><c>-notice,</c><00:29:21.859><c> to</c> 00:29:22.140 --> 00:29:24.319 seek<00:29:22.460><c> the</c><00:29:22.799><c> law</c><00:29:22.980><c> of</c><00:29:23.220><c> Yahweh,</c> 00:29:25.039 --> 00:29:29.940 and<00:29:25.259><c> to</c><00:29:25.660><c> do</c><00:29:25.819><c> it,</c><00:29:27.400><c> and</c><00:29:27.619><c> to</c><00:29:27.940><c> teach</c><00:29:28.119><c> in</c><00:29:28.380><c> Israel</c><00:29:28.700><c> statutes</c><00:29:29.420><c> and</c><00:29:29.640><c> judgments.</c> 00:29:30.039 --> 00:29:33.099 That's<00:29:30.519><c> precisely</c><00:29:31.059><c> the</c><00:29:31.720><c> kind</c><00:29:32.000><c> of</c><00:29:32.200><c> individual</c><00:29:32.500><c> the</c><00:29:32.740><c> Lord</c><00:29:32.880><c> had</c> 00:29:33.099 --> 00:29:34.480 in<00:29:33.339><c> mind.</c> 00:29:35.640 --> 00:29:41.259 Ezra,<00:29:38.019><c> who</c><00:29:38.160><c> took</c><00:29:38.339><c> the</c><00:29:38.619><c> essence</c><00:29:38.799><c> of</c><00:29:39.000><c> the</c><00:29:39.180><c> law,</c><00:29:40.819><c> and</c><00:29:40.920><c> not</c><00:29:41.019><c> only</c> 00:29:41.259 --> 00:29:43.900 taught<00:29:41.539><c> it,</c><00:29:41.720><c> but</c><00:29:41.880><c> did</c><00:29:42.079><c> it.</c> 00:29:44.059 --> 00:29:47.740 Not<00:29:44.180><c> like</c><00:29:44.319><c> the</c><00:29:44.500><c> Pharisees</c><00:29:44.980><c> who</c><00:29:45.240><c> taught</c><00:29:45.880><c> and</c><00:29:46.359><c> didn't</c><00:29:46.680><c> do.</c> 00:29:49.500 --> 00:29:53.400 Ezra<00:29:49.819><c> was</c><00:29:50.039><c> the</c><00:29:50.220><c> man</c><00:29:50.460><c> who</c><00:29:51.500><c> broke</c><00:29:51.819><c> the</c><00:29:52.079><c> law</c><00:29:52.359><c> small.</c> 00:29:53.619 --> 00:29:57.079 Ezra<00:29:53.900><c> was</c><00:29:54.160><c> the</c><00:29:54.440><c> scribe</c><00:29:54.720><c> whose</c><00:29:54.960><c> heart</c><00:29:55.440><c> was</c><00:29:55.720><c> engaged,</c><00:29:56.819><c> in</c><00:29:56.920><c> which</c> 00:29:57.079 --> 00:29:58.500 the<00:29:57.380><c> essence</c><00:29:57.599><c> and</c><00:29:57.900><c> spirit</c><00:29:58.019><c> of</c><00:29:58.160><c> the</c><00:29:58.299><c> law,</c> 00:29:58.500 --> 00:30:02.579 as<00:29:58.880><c> well</c><00:29:59.039><c> as</c><00:29:59.240><c> the</c><00:29:59.500><c> actuality</c><00:30:00.119><c> of</c><00:30:00.259><c> the</c><00:30:00.400><c> law,</c><00:30:01.920><c> was</c><00:30:02.039><c> taught.</c><00:30:02.440><c> But</c> 00:30:02.579 --> 00:30:04.039 he<00:30:02.759><c> did</c><00:30:03.000><c> it.</c> 00:30:04.240 --> 00:30:07.380 So<00:30:04.359><c> back</c><00:30:04.480><c> in</c><00:30:04.579><c> Matthew</c><00:30:04.819><c> chapter</c><00:30:05.019><c> 5,</c><00:30:06.180><c> Jesus</c><00:30:06.380><c> is</c><00:30:06.880><c> contrasting</c> 00:30:07.380 --> 00:30:10.940 the<00:30:07.779><c> current</c><00:30:08.279><c> rulers</c><00:30:08.660><c> with</c><00:30:08.940><c> men</c><00:30:09.119><c> like</c><00:30:09.359><c> Ezra.</c> 00:30:11.579 --> 00:30:13.359 And<00:30:11.700><c> it</c><00:30:11.759><c> says</c><00:30:11.960><c> in</c><00:30:12.119><c> verse</c><00:30:12.299><c> 20</c><00:30:12.619><c> of</c><00:30:12.720><c> Matthew</c><00:30:13.039><c> 5,</c> 00:30:13.359 --> 00:30:16.099 What<00:30:13.359><c> do</c><00:30:13.420><c> I</c><00:30:13.500><c> say</c><00:30:13.740><c> to</c><00:30:13.960><c> you?</c> 00:30:16.380 --> 00:30:21.720 That<00:30:16.619><c> except</c><00:30:16.779><c> your</c><00:30:17.099><c> righteousness</c><00:30:17.920><c> should</c><00:30:20.240><c> exceed</c><00:30:20.720><c> the</c><00:30:21.019><c> righteousness</c><00:30:21.519><c> of</c> 00:30:21.720 --> 00:30:22.819 the<00:30:21.920><c> scribes</c><00:30:22.160><c> and</c><00:30:22.299><c> Pharisees,</c> 00:30:22.940 --> 00:30:26.660 you<00:30:23.059><c> shall</c><00:30:23.259><c> in</c><00:30:23.420><c> no</c><00:30:23.740><c> case</c><00:30:24.220><c> enter</c><00:30:24.980><c> into</c><00:30:25.519><c> the</c><00:30:25.640><c> kingdom</c><00:30:25.819><c> of</c><00:30:26.000><c> heaven.</c> 00:30:27.400 --> 00:30:29.160 Now<00:30:27.660><c> this</c><00:30:27.900><c> is</c><00:30:28.119><c> amazing.</c> 00:30:29.660 --> 00:30:32.940 Blessed<00:30:30.039><c> are</c><00:30:30.220><c> the</c><00:30:30.480><c> poor,</c><00:30:31.220><c> theirs</c><00:30:31.359><c> is</c><00:30:31.519><c> the</c><00:30:31.640><c> kingdom</c><00:30:31.859><c> of</c><00:30:32.039><c> heaven.</c> 00:30:33.079 --> 00:30:35.579 Blessed<00:30:33.319><c> are</c><00:30:33.440><c> those</c><00:30:33.660><c> who</c><00:30:33.880><c> are</c><00:30:34.019><c> persecuted,</c><00:30:35.099><c> theirs</c><00:30:35.279><c> is</c><00:30:35.460><c> the</c> 00:30:35.579 --> 00:30:36.880 kingdom<00:30:35.799><c> of</c><00:30:35.980><c> heaven.</c> 00:30:37.779 --> 00:30:42.859 If<00:30:38.420><c> you</c><00:30:38.720><c> minimize</c><00:30:39.440><c> these</c><00:30:40.099><c> commandments,</c><00:30:42.160><c> you'll</c><00:30:42.279><c> be</c><00:30:42.500><c> least</c> 00:30:42.859 --> 00:30:44.339 in<00:30:43.079><c> the</c><00:30:43.200><c> kingdom</c><00:30:43.339><c> of</c><00:30:43.500><c> heaven.</c> 00:30:44.579 --> 00:30:48.740 And<00:30:44.799><c> unless</c><00:30:45.039><c> your</c><00:30:45.319><c> righteousness</c><00:30:46.039><c> exceeds</c><00:30:47.400><c> the</c><00:30:47.720><c> righteousness</c><00:30:47.920><c> of</c><00:30:48.099><c> the</c><00:30:48.180><c> Pharisees,</c><00:30:48.640><c> you</c> 00:30:48.740 --> 00:30:51.400 won't<00:30:49.059><c> even</c><00:30:49.559><c> be</c><00:30:50.259><c> in</c><00:30:50.460><c> the</c><00:30:50.599><c> kingdom.</c> 00:30:54.140 --> 00:30:58.880 And<00:30:54.460><c> this</c><00:30:54.599><c> would</c><00:30:54.859><c> have</c><00:30:55.279><c> shocked</c><00:30:55.619><c> those</c><00:30:55.960><c> people</c><00:30:56.200><c> there,</c><00:30:56.900><c> scribes</c><00:30:57.359><c> and</c><00:30:57.579><c> Pharisees.</c> 00:31:00.640 --> 00:31:04.359 The<00:31:01.059><c> ruling</c><00:31:01.420><c> elite,</c><00:31:02.799><c> not</c><00:31:03.000><c> part</c><00:31:03.500><c> of</c><00:31:03.660><c> God's</c><00:31:04.039><c> kingdom.</c> 00:31:04.359 --> 00:31:08.640 And<00:31:05.200><c> the</c><00:31:05.440><c> challenge</c><00:31:05.920><c> of</c><00:31:06.079><c> that</c><00:31:06.259><c> would</c><00:31:06.500><c> have</c><00:31:06.660><c> just</c><00:31:06.839><c> been</c><00:31:07.259><c> overwhelming.</c> 00:31:10.839 --> 00:31:12.339 Absolutely<00:31:11.339><c> overwhelming.</c> 00:31:14.380 --> 00:31:16.339 Now<00:31:14.599><c> when</c><00:31:14.700><c> the</c><00:31:14.839><c> Lord</c><00:31:15.000><c> said</c><00:31:15.259><c> that</c><00:31:15.460><c> your</c><00:31:15.640><c> righteousness</c><00:31:15.960><c> must</c> 00:31:16.339 --> 00:31:18.440 exceed<00:31:16.859><c> the</c><00:31:17.160><c> righteousness</c><00:31:17.539><c> of</c><00:31:17.779><c> the</c><00:31:17.779><c> scribes</c><00:31:17.980><c> and</c><00:31:18.119><c> Pharisees,</c> 00:31:18.480 --> 00:31:22.980 he<00:31:18.660><c> didn't</c><00:31:19.019><c> mean</c><00:31:19.519><c> that</c><00:31:20.559><c> you</c><00:31:20.660><c> have</c><00:31:20.839><c> to</c><00:31:20.920><c> have</c><00:31:21.259><c> broader</c><00:31:21.519><c> phylacteries,</c> 00:31:23.079 --> 00:31:26.200 that<00:31:23.220><c> you</c><00:31:23.279><c> have</c><00:31:23.460><c> to</c><00:31:23.619><c> wash</c><00:31:23.779><c> your</c><00:31:24.039><c> hands</c><00:31:24.359><c> twice</c><00:31:24.759><c> as</c><00:31:25.000><c> much</c><00:31:25.180><c> as</c><00:31:25.359><c> a</c><00:31:25.539><c> Pharisee.</c> 00:31:26.299 --> 00:31:30.779 He's<00:31:26.759><c> talking</c><00:31:27.000><c> about</c><00:31:27.299><c> a</c><00:31:27.500><c> righteousness</c><00:31:27.920><c> which</c><00:31:28.240><c> is</c><00:31:28.680><c> far</c><00:31:29.119><c> in</c><00:31:29.400><c> excess</c><00:31:30.059><c> of</c> 00:31:30.779 --> 00:31:33.640 the<00:31:30.940><c> righteousness</c><00:31:31.380><c> of</c><00:31:31.579><c> the</c><00:31:31.680><c> scribes</c><00:31:31.900><c> and</c><00:31:32.099><c> Pharisees.</c> 00:31:34.359 --> 00:31:39.220 Not<00:31:34.539><c> the</c><00:31:34.799><c> same</c><00:31:35.099><c> kind</c><00:31:35.539><c> of</c><00:31:35.839><c> righteousness,</c><00:31:36.799><c> just</c><00:31:37.599><c> far</c><00:31:37.920><c> in</c><00:31:38.119><c> excess.</c> 00:31:39.859 --> 00:31:43.799 A<00:31:40.000><c> righteousness</c><00:31:40.759><c> which</c><00:31:41.720><c> is</c><00:31:41.880><c> beyond</c><00:31:42.480><c> self</c><00:31:42.960><c>-righteousness.</c> 00:31:44.039 --> 00:31:45.839 Now<00:31:44.140><c> where</c><00:31:44.220><c> does</c><00:31:44.339><c> all</c><00:31:44.480><c> this</c><00:31:44.599><c> come</c><00:31:44.859><c> from?</c> 00:31:46.500 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from</c><00:31:59.279><c> God</c><00:31:59.500><c> because</c> 00:31:59.740 --> 00:32:01.359 they<00:31:59.980><c> believe</c><00:32:00.480><c> the</c><00:32:00.640><c> things</c><00:32:00.839><c> that</c><00:32:00.980><c> God</c><00:32:01.099><c> has</c><00:32:01.240><c> given.</c> 00:32:01.440 --> 00:32:02.599 It's<00:32:01.640><c> imputed.</c> 00:32:03.700 --> 00:32:05.579 That's<00:32:04.259><c> the</c><00:32:04.400><c> righteousness</c><00:32:04.680><c> I</c><00:32:04.920><c> want</c><00:32:05.039><c> you</c><00:32:05.180><c> to</c><00:32:05.359><c> have.</c> 00:32:05.779 --> 00:32:08.839 It<00:32:06.140><c> exceeds</c><00:32:06.740><c> the</c><00:32:07.019><c> righteousness</c><00:32:07.400><c> of</c><00:32:07.619><c> the</c><00:32:07.740><c> scribes</c><00:32:07.960><c> and</c><00:32:08.059><c> Pharisees.</c> 00:32:09.940 --> 00:32:11.099 It's<00:32:10.099><c> different.</c> 00:32:11.940 --> 00:32:16.339 Because<00:32:12.160><c> it's</c><00:32:12.420><c> given</c><00:32:12.599><c> by</c><00:32:12.880><c> God</c><00:32:13.299><c> as</c><00:32:14.099><c> a</c><00:32:14.200><c> response</c><00:32:14.579><c> to</c><00:32:14.759><c> the</c><00:32:14.920><c> obedience</c><00:32:15.180><c> of</c><00:32:15.480><c> faith.</c> 00:32:19.640 --> 00:32:22.579 And<00:32:19.779><c> if</c><00:32:19.799><c> that</c><00:32:20.039><c> wasn't</c><00:32:21.079><c> shocking</c><00:32:21.460><c> enough,</c> 00:32:23.420 --> 00:32:27.400 we're<00:32:23.519><c> now</c><00:32:23.720><c> going</c><00:32:23.880><c> to</c><00:32:24.200><c> start</c><00:32:24.500><c> a</c><00:32:25.140><c> series</c><00:32:25.539><c> of</c><00:32:25.960><c> commentaries</c><00:32:26.519><c> where</c><00:32:27.140><c> the</c> 00:32:27.400 --> 00:32:28.599 Lord<00:32:27.599><c> deliberately</c> 00:32:30.240 --> 00:32:34.740 contrasts<00:32:30.799><c> the</c><00:32:31.039><c> interpretation</c><00:32:31.720><c> of</c><00:32:31.920><c> the</c><00:32:32.099><c> law</c><00:32:32.460><c> with</c><00:32:33.779><c> his</c><00:32:33.980><c> own</c><00:32:34.220><c> commands.</c> 00:32:34.960 --> 00:32:38.240 You've<00:32:35.380><c> heard</c><00:32:35.460><c> that</c><00:32:35.599><c> it's</c><00:32:35.680><c> been</c><00:32:35.980><c> said,</c><00:32:36.539><c> but</c><00:32:36.619><c> I</c><00:32:36.900><c> say</c><00:32:37.000><c> unto</c><00:32:37.180><c> you.</c> 00:32:39.119 --> 00:32:40.619 Who<00:32:39.460><c> is</c><00:32:39.640><c> this</c><00:32:39.839><c> man?</c> 00:32:43.099 --> 00:32:46.880 Who<00:32:43.259><c> is</c><00:32:43.400><c> this</c><00:32:43.680><c> carpenter,</c><00:32:44.180><c> this</c><00:32:44.440><c> tradesman</c><00:32:45.319><c> that</c><00:32:45.779><c> stands</c><00:32:46.160><c> up</c> 00:32:46.880 --> 00:32:50.299 and<00:32:47.440><c> says</c><00:32:47.680><c> that</c><00:32:47.920><c> you've</c><00:32:48.259><c> heard,</c><00:32:48.500><c> but</c><00:32:48.500><c> I</c><00:32:48.819><c> say</c><00:32:48.960><c> unto</c><00:32:49.160><c> you.</c> 00:32:50.440 --> 00:32:54.740 Not<00:32:50.680><c> thus</c><00:32:51.019><c> saith</c><00:32:51.160><c> the</c><00:32:51.380><c> Lord,</c><00:32:52.599><c> I</c><00:32:53.200><c> say</c><00:32:53.680><c> to</c><00:32:53.960><c> you.</c> 00:32:55.640 --> 00:32:59.819 This<00:32:56.079><c> man</c><00:32:56.319><c> speaks</c><00:32:56.619><c> with</c><00:32:56.839><c> absolute</c><00:32:57.480><c> authority</c><00:32:58.039><c> on</c><00:32:59.220><c> behalf</c><00:32:59.619><c> of</c> 00:32:59.819 --> 00:33:00.920 Almighty<00:33:00.200><c> God.</c> 00:33:03.160 --> 00:33:07.180 You<00:33:03.279><c> know,</c><00:33:03.539><c> this</c><00:33:03.640><c> would</c><00:33:03.779><c> have</c><00:33:03.880><c> been</c><00:33:04.099><c> exceedingly</c><00:33:04.500><c> challenging</c><00:33:05.180><c> for</c><00:33:05.859><c> these</c><00:33:06.079><c> people.</c> 00:33:09.619 --> 00:33:15.000 So<00:33:09.779><c> he's</c><00:33:09.960><c> first</c><00:33:10.279><c> going</c><00:33:10.420><c> to</c><00:33:10.579><c> talk</c><00:33:10.700><c> about</c><00:33:11.059><c> relationships</c><00:33:12.140><c> between</c><00:33:13.559><c> brethren</c><00:33:13.880><c> and</c><00:33:14.160><c> sisters.</c> 00:33:16.579 --> 00:33:18.279 You<00:33:16.799><c> are</c><00:33:16.960><c> the</c><00:33:17.099><c> salt</c><00:33:17.200><c> of</c><00:33:17.359><c> the</c><00:33:17.519><c> earth.</c><00:33:17.660><c> You</c><00:33:17.759><c> are</c><00:33:17.960><c> in</c><00:33:18.099><c> covenant</c> 00:33:18.279 --> 00:33:19.319 relationship<00:33:18.819><c> with</c><00:33:19.019><c> God.</c> 00:33:19.599 --> 00:33:22.579 You<00:33:19.720><c> are</c><00:33:19.880><c> also</c><00:33:20.359><c> in</c><00:33:20.720><c> covenant</c><00:33:20.880><c> relationship</c><00:33:21.259><c> with</c><00:33:21.400><c> each</c><00:33:21.619><c> other.</c> 00:33:23.299 --> 00:33:26.579 If<00:33:23.740><c> you</c><00:33:23.940><c> walk</c><00:33:24.119><c> in</c><00:33:24.259><c> the</c><00:33:24.400><c> light,</c><00:33:24.599><c> we</c><00:33:24.619><c> have</c><00:33:24.839><c> fellowship</c><00:33:25.200><c> with</c><00:33:25.420><c> God.</c> 00:33:29.259 --> 00:33:31.559 Now<00:33:29.440><c> you've</c><00:33:29.660><c> heard</c><00:33:29.779><c> in</c><00:33:29.940><c> verse</c><00:33:30.099><c> 21.</c> 00:33:34.200 --> 00:33:36.279 And<00:33:34.240><c> its</c><00:33:34.359><c> interpretation</c><00:33:34.660><c> was</c><00:33:34.839><c> very</c><00:33:35.099><c> simple.</c> 00:33:36.400 --> 00:33:39.799 Thou<00:33:36.539><c> shalt</c><00:33:36.779><c> not</c><00:33:37.099><c> kill,</c><00:33:38.539><c> and</c><00:33:38.660><c> whoever</c><00:33:38.900><c> shall</c><00:33:39.140><c> kill</c><00:33:39.440><c> shall</c><00:33:39.660><c> be</c> 00:33:39.799 --> 00:33:42.180 in<00:33:39.900><c> danger</c><00:33:40.579><c> of</c><00:33:41.119><c> the</c><00:33:41.319><c> judgment.</c> 00:33:43.079 --> 00:33:45.440 Now<00:33:43.339><c> the</c><00:33:43.420><c> word</c><00:33:43.619><c> judgment</c><00:33:44.000><c> there</c> 00:33:45.900 --> 00:33:55.440 is<00:33:46.539><c> used</c><00:33:47.099><c> of</c><00:33:47.759><c> the</c><00:33:49.180><c> College</c><00:33:49.500><c> of</c><00:33:49.759><c> Judges,</c><00:33:50.400><c> which</c><00:33:50.519><c> was</c><00:33:51.019><c> an</c><00:33:51.799><c> independent</c><00:33:52.400><c> tribunal</c><00:33:53.700><c> in</c><00:33:54.380><c> Judea.</c> 00:33:57.680 --> 00:33:59.259 Thea<00:33:57.779><c> tells</c><00:33:58.000><c> us</c><00:33:58.200><c> that.</c> 00:34:00.400 --> 00:34:02.359 It<00:34:00.480><c> was</c><00:34:00.660><c> the</c><00:34:00.839><c> lowest</c><00:34:01.099><c> Jewish</c><00:34:01.420><c> court.</c> 00:34:05.160 --> 00:34:07.380 Now<00:34:05.619><c> what</c><00:34:05.880><c> had</c><00:34:06.140><c> the</c><00:34:06.299><c> Jew</c><00:34:06.400><c> done?</c> 00:34:08.920 --> 00:34:12.119 Thou<00:34:09.119><c> shalt</c><00:34:09.380><c> not</c><00:34:09.659><c> kill,</c><00:34:10.300><c> we're</c><00:34:10.480><c> talking</c><00:34:10.760><c> about</c><00:34:11.059><c> murder.</c> 00:34:13.460 --> 00:34:20.099 And<00:34:14.139><c> they'd</c><00:34:14.619><c> taken</c><00:34:14.880><c> this</c><00:34:15.219><c> law,</c><00:34:17.579><c> the</c><00:34:17.800><c> forfeit</c><00:34:18.159><c> of</c><00:34:18.360><c> a</c><00:34:18.519><c> person's</c><00:34:18.980><c> life,</c> 00:34:20.579 --> 00:34:25.320 and<00:34:21.199><c> they</c><00:34:21.380><c> had</c><00:34:21.579><c> assigned</c><00:34:22.099><c> that</c><00:34:22.440><c> to</c><00:34:22.719><c> the</c><00:34:22.880><c> lowest</c><00:34:23.420><c> Jewish</c><00:34:24.219><c> court.</c> 00:34:27.099 --> 00:34:31.860 They<00:34:27.420><c> had</c><00:34:27.739><c> devalued</c><00:34:29.400><c> the</c><00:34:30.820><c> significance</c><00:34:31.179><c> of</c><00:34:31.380><c> that</c><00:34:31.539><c> law.</c> 00:34:32.019 --> 00:34:35.940 Murder<00:34:32.300><c> is</c><00:34:32.539><c> significant,</c><00:34:34.980><c> but</c><00:34:35.119><c> the</c><00:34:35.280><c> lowest</c><00:34:35.480><c> Jewish</c><00:34:35.719><c> court</c> 00:34:35.940 --> 00:34:37.139 handled<00:34:36.300><c> that.</c> 00:34:39.980 --> 00:34:42.780 But<00:34:40.440><c> I</c><00:34:40.659><c> say</c><00:34:40.760><c> to</c><00:34:40.880><c> you</c><00:34:41.039><c> in</c><00:34:41.159><c> verse</c><00:34:41.300><c> 22,</c> 00:34:44.159 --> 00:34:48.360 that<00:34:44.260><c> whosoever</c><00:34:44.719><c> is</c><00:34:45.139><c> angry</c><00:34:45.619><c> with</c><00:34:45.860><c> his</c><00:34:46.139><c> brother</c><00:34:46.639><c> without</c><00:34:47.539><c> a</c><00:34:47.780><c> cause</c><00:34:47.940><c> shall</c><00:34:48.199><c> be</c> 00:34:48.360 --> 00:34:49.519 in<00:34:48.480><c> danger</c><00:34:48.820><c> of</c><00:34:49.039><c> the</c><00:34:49.219><c> judgment.</c> 00:34:49.920 --> 00:34:52.599 That<00:34:50.039><c> word</c><00:34:50.239><c> judgment</c><00:34:50.500><c> is</c><00:34:50.699><c> the</c><00:34:50.900><c> lowest</c><00:34:51.280><c> Jewish</c><00:34:51.719><c> court.</c> 00:34:54.039 --> 00:34:57.360 And<00:34:54.119><c> whoever</c><00:34:54.280><c> shall</c><00:34:54.440><c> say</c><00:34:54.659><c> to</c><00:34:54.780><c> his</c><00:34:55.019><c> brother,</c><00:34:55.579><c> Raka,</c><00:34:56.559><c> vain</c><00:34:56.880><c> fellow,</c><00:34:57.199><c> shall</c><00:34:57.219><c> be</c> 00:34:57.360 --> 00:34:59.719 in<00:34:57.559><c> danger</c><00:34:57.780><c> of</c><00:34:58.039><c> the</c><00:34:58.280><c> Sanhedrin.</c> 00:34:59.780 --> 00:35:01.900 That's<00:35:00.039><c> the</c><00:35:00.239><c> highest</c><00:35:00.659><c> Jewish</c><00:35:01.019><c> court.</c> 00:35:02.320 --> 00:35:05.500 And<00:35:02.500><c> if</c><00:35:02.599><c> you</c><00:35:02.820><c> say</c><00:35:03.079><c> thou</c><00:35:03.260><c> fool,</c><00:35:03.940><c> thou</c><00:35:04.059><c> shalt</c><00:35:04.260><c> be</c><00:35:04.460><c> in</c><00:35:04.599><c> danger</c><00:35:04.840><c> of</c><00:35:05.179><c> Gehenna.</c> 00:35:05.500 --> 00:35:07.260 Now<00:35:05.780><c> what's</c><00:35:06.019><c> Jesus</c><00:35:06.360><c> done?</c> 00:35:10.179 --> 00:35:13.079 He's<00:35:10.380><c> gone</c><00:35:10.519><c> to</c><00:35:10.639><c> the</c><00:35:10.960><c> source</c><00:35:11.519><c> of</c><00:35:11.840><c> the</c><00:35:12.039><c> murder.</c> 00:35:13.800 --> 00:35:15.059 Anger. 00:35:18.099 --> 00:35:19.960 There's<00:35:18.400><c> the</c><00:35:18.539><c> problem.</c> 00:35:23.599 --> 00:35:27.500 That<00:35:23.920><c> belongs</c><00:35:24.559><c> to</c><00:35:26.219><c> a</c><00:35:26.360><c> Jewish</c><00:35:26.539><c> court.</c> 00:35:28.820 --> 00:35:30.639 Whoever<00:35:29.199><c> is</c><00:35:29.840><c> angry.</c> 00:35:32.980 --> 00:35:35.420 And<00:35:33.619><c> let</c><00:35:33.739><c> me</c><00:35:33.880><c> tell</c><00:35:33.940><c> you</c><00:35:33.980><c> something</c><00:35:34.199><c> else.</c> 00:35:36.980 --> 00:35:41.639 Angry<00:35:37.380><c> with</c><00:35:37.619><c> his</c><00:35:37.880><c> brother,</c><00:35:39.800><c> that's</c><00:35:40.119><c> Cain</c><00:35:40.260><c> and</c><00:35:40.400><c> Abel.</c> 00:35:45.340 --> 00:35:47.360 That's<00:35:45.619><c> the</c><00:35:45.719><c> lesson</c><00:35:45.840><c> back</c><00:35:46.059><c> in</c><00:35:46.260><c> Genesis.</c> 00:35:47.960 --> 00:35:50.579 That's<00:35:48.420><c> how</c><00:35:48.599><c> significant</c><00:35:49.059><c> this</c><00:35:49.400><c> crime</c><00:35:49.639><c> is.</c> 00:35:51.039 --> 00:35:52.719 Right<00:35:51.199><c> back</c><00:35:51.340><c> at</c><00:35:51.460><c> the</c><00:35:51.559><c> beginning.</c> 00:35:52.800 --> 00:35:56.519 It<00:35:53.059><c> blotted</c><00:35:53.380><c> God's</c><00:35:54.039><c> whole</c><00:35:54.820><c> purpose</c><00:35:55.340><c> of</c><00:35:55.960><c> reconciliation</c> 00:35:56.519 --> 00:35:58.019 after<00:35:56.800><c> Adam's</c><00:35:57.119><c> transgression.</c> 00:36:01.300 --> 00:36:04.119 But<00:36:01.780><c> if</c><00:36:01.940><c> you</c><00:36:02.059><c> say</c><00:36:02.159><c> to</c><00:36:02.239><c> your</c><00:36:02.360><c> brother,</c><00:36:02.960><c> Raka,</c><00:36:03.320><c> which</c><00:36:03.519><c> means</c> 00:36:04.119 --> 00:36:05.719 empty<00:36:04.659><c> head,</c> 00:36:06.099 --> 00:36:09.639 and<00:36:06.480><c> it's</c><00:36:06.820><c> really</c><00:36:07.059><c> a</c><00:36:07.199><c> term</c><00:36:07.320><c> of</c><00:36:07.519><c> reproach,</c> 00:36:11.840 --> 00:36:14.559 that<00:36:11.920><c> I</c><00:36:11.980><c> want</c><00:36:12.079><c> you</c><00:36:12.199><c> to</c><00:36:12.320><c> face</c><00:36:12.480><c> the</c><00:36:12.639><c> Sanhedrin.</c> 00:36:19.739 --> 00:36:20.719 Anger. 00:36:21.780 --> 00:36:22.760 Insult. 00:36:25.440 --> 00:36:28.880 And<00:36:25.559><c> the</c><00:36:25.659><c> Lord</c><00:36:25.860><c> said,</c><00:36:26.159><c> If</c><00:36:26.219><c> thou</c><00:36:26.500><c> say</c><00:36:26.920><c> thou</c><00:36:27.360><c> fool,</c> 00:36:29.300 --> 00:36:32.880 Strong<00:36:29.699><c> says</c><00:36:30.199><c> the</c><00:36:30.380><c> words</c><00:36:30.559><c> means</c><00:36:30.980><c> dull</c><00:36:31.360><c> or</c><00:36:31.619><c> stupid</c><00:36:31.920><c> or</c><00:36:32.219><c> blockhead,</c> 00:36:33.280 --> 00:36:38.119 but<00:36:33.860><c> it's</c><00:36:34.119><c> used</c><00:36:34.659><c> in</c><00:36:35.119><c> the</c><00:36:35.219><c> scriptures</c><00:36:35.579><c> of</c><00:36:36.000><c> a</c><00:36:36.559><c> person</c><00:36:36.880><c> who</c><00:36:37.219><c> is</c><00:36:37.820><c> an</c> 00:36:38.119 --> 00:36:39.239 impious<00:36:38.780><c> man,</c> 00:36:39.260 --> 00:36:41.219 who<00:36:39.380><c> no</c><00:36:39.559><c> longer</c><00:36:39.780><c> believes</c><00:36:40.039><c> in</c><00:36:40.300><c> God.</c> 00:36:41.980 --> 00:36:46.539 If<00:36:42.380><c> you</c><00:36:42.639><c> accuse</c><00:36:42.960><c> your</c><00:36:43.219><c> brother</c><00:36:43.739><c> of</c><00:36:44.659><c> that</c><00:36:45.119><c> kind</c><00:36:45.360><c> of</c><00:36:45.559><c> behaviour,</c> 00:36:47.300 --> 00:36:49.480 and<00:36:47.420><c> it's</c><00:36:47.559><c> not</c><00:36:47.800><c> warranted,</c> 00:36:50.179 --> 00:36:52.880 you'll<00:36:50.340><c> be</c><00:36:50.440><c> in</c><00:36:50.480><c> danger</c><00:36:50.900><c> of</c><00:36:51.340><c> Gehenna.</c> 00:36:54.340 --> 00:36:55.239 Anger. 00:36:55.780 --> 00:36:57.079 Insult. 00:36:58.380 --> 00:37:00.780 And<00:36:58.539><c> unwarranted</c><00:36:59.260><c> accusation.</c> 00:37:04.480 --> 00:37:10.840 I'm<00:37:04.820><c> sure</c><00:37:05.579><c> we</c><00:37:07.280><c> have</c><00:37:07.460><c> been</c><00:37:07.679><c> involved</c><00:37:08.340><c> in</c><00:37:08.960><c> one</c><00:37:09.400><c> or</c><00:37:09.599><c> two</c><00:37:10.119><c> or</c><00:37:10.420><c> three</c> 00:37:10.840 --> 00:37:13.440 of<00:37:10.920><c> those</c><00:37:11.280><c> transgressions</c><00:37:12.019><c> in</c><00:37:12.239><c> our</c><00:37:12.460><c> lifetime.</c> 00:37:19.139 --> 00:37:24.179 The<00:37:19.380><c> law</c><00:37:19.699><c> could</c><00:37:20.039><c> only</c><00:37:20.639><c> regulate</c><00:37:21.280><c> the</c><00:37:22.019><c> behaviour</c><00:37:22.460><c> after</c><00:37:23.079><c> the</c><00:37:23.519><c> source.</c> 00:37:24.179 --> 00:37:29.340 It<00:37:24.920><c> could</c><00:37:25.119><c> only</c><00:37:25.320><c> deal</c><00:37:25.519><c> with</c><00:37:26.420><c> the</c><00:37:26.739><c> man</c><00:37:26.900><c> in</c><00:37:27.099><c> hospital</c><00:37:27.460><c> after</c><00:37:27.639><c> being</c><00:37:27.880><c> wounded</c><00:37:28.099><c> through</c><00:37:28.360><c> a</c><00:37:28.539><c> fight.</c> 00:37:29.440 --> 00:37:32.300 It<00:37:29.539><c> could</c><00:37:29.699><c> only</c><00:37:30.019><c> deal</c><00:37:30.280><c> with</c><00:37:30.599><c> the</c><00:37:30.860><c> case</c><00:37:31.019><c> of</c><00:37:31.239><c> murder</c><00:37:31.420><c> after</c><00:37:31.820><c> the</c><00:37:32.079><c> event.</c> 00:37:32.579 --> 00:37:34.800 The<00:37:32.719><c> Lord</c><00:37:32.820><c> is</c><00:37:33.019><c> going</c><00:37:33.179><c> to</c><00:37:33.320><c> the</c><00:37:33.460><c> very</c><00:37:33.900><c> source</c><00:37:34.139><c> of</c><00:37:34.320><c> all</c><00:37:34.480><c> of</c><00:37:34.619><c> this</c> 00:37:34.800 --> 00:37:36.800 and<00:37:35.059><c> saying</c><00:37:35.159><c> you've</c><00:37:35.400><c> got</c><00:37:35.500><c> to</c><00:37:35.579><c> get</c><00:37:35.639><c> them</c><00:37:35.760><c> to</c><00:37:35.900><c> control.</c> 00:37:39.699 --> 00:37:40.639 Anger. 00:37:41.039 --> 00:37:41.980 Insult. 00:37:43.059 --> 00:37:43.940 Unwarranted<00:37:43.500><c> accusation.</c> 00:37:44.099 --> 00:37:47.139 How<00:37:44.300><c> are</c><00:37:44.460><c> we</c><00:37:44.539><c> fearing,</c><00:37:44.760><c> brethren</c><00:37:45.059><c> citizens,</c><00:37:45.360><c> in</c><00:37:45.579><c> this?</c> 00:37:50.679 --> 00:37:52.320 These<00:37:51.079><c> are</c><00:37:51.280><c> serious.</c> 00:37:52.900 --> 00:37:56.260 Gehenna<00:37:53.460><c> is</c><00:37:53.780><c> absolute</c><00:37:54.280><c> destruction.</c> 00:38:01.159 --> 00:38:03.300 She'll<00:38:01.239><c> be</c><00:38:01.320><c> in</c><00:38:01.420><c> danger</c><00:38:01.679><c> of</c><00:38:01.880><c> it.</c> 00:38:05.480 --> 00:38:07.800 Okay,<00:38:05.920><c> so</c><00:38:06.420><c> how</c><00:38:06.559><c> do</c><00:38:06.639><c> we</c><00:38:06.760><c> resolve</c><00:38:07.079><c> this?</c> 00:38:08.239 --> 00:38:12.199 Therefore,<00:38:09.059><c> so</c><00:38:09.380><c> the</c><00:38:09.500><c> Lord</c><00:38:09.639><c> gives</c><00:38:09.920><c> us</c><00:38:10.219><c> a</c><00:38:10.280><c> solution</c><00:38:10.699><c> to</c><00:38:10.920><c> this.</c> 00:38:12.800 --> 00:38:15.420 This<00:38:13.119><c> relationship</c><00:38:13.679><c> problem</c><00:38:13.960><c> that</c><00:38:14.099><c> we</c><00:38:14.360><c> have.</c> 00:38:16.920 --> 00:38:19.619 Therefore,<00:38:17.420><c> if</c><00:38:17.480><c> thou</c><00:38:17.679><c> bring</c><00:38:18.000><c> thy</c><00:38:18.239><c> gift</c><00:38:18.440><c> to</c><00:38:18.599><c> the</c><00:38:18.760><c> altar,</c> 00:38:19.900 --> 00:38:22.019 and<00:38:20.340><c> there</c><00:38:20.539><c> remember</c><00:38:20.860><c> us</c><00:38:20.940><c> that</c><00:38:21.039><c> thy</c><00:38:21.219><c> brother</c><00:38:21.539><c> hath</c><00:38:21.820><c> aught</c> 00:38:22.019 --> 00:38:22.599 against<00:38:22.420><c> thee,</c> 00:38:22.719 --> 00:38:25.980 leave<00:38:22.920><c> there</c><00:38:23.139><c> thy</c><00:38:23.400><c> gift</c><00:38:23.579><c> before</c><00:38:23.940><c> the</c><00:38:24.139><c> altar</c><00:38:24.300><c> and</c><00:38:24.500><c> go</c><00:38:24.619><c> thy</c><00:38:24.840><c> way.</c> 00:38:26.119 --> 00:38:28.559 First,<00:38:26.639><c> be</c><00:38:26.820><c> reconciled</c><00:38:27.280><c> to</c><00:38:27.440><c> thy</c><00:38:27.599><c> brother,</c> 00:38:29.039 --> 00:38:30.760 and<00:38:29.280><c> then</c><00:38:29.500><c> come</c><00:38:29.800><c> and</c><00:38:29.980><c> offer</c><00:38:30.059><c> thy</c><00:38:30.320><c> gift.</c> 00:38:31.219 --> 00:38:32.980 Thy<00:38:31.440><c> brother,</c><00:38:31.820><c> thy</c><00:38:32.059><c> brother,</c><00:38:32.519><c> thy</c><00:38:32.719><c> brother.</c> 00:38:33.039 --> 00:38:36.119 We<00:38:33.260><c> have</c><00:38:33.400><c> to</c><00:38:33.599><c> remember</c><00:38:34.039><c> that</c><00:38:34.880><c> we're</c><00:38:35.019><c> in</c><00:38:35.099><c> a</c><00:38:35.159><c> family</c><00:38:35.460><c> relationship.</c> 00:38:36.480 --> 00:38:39.940 That<00:38:36.599><c> the</c><00:38:36.820><c> God</c><00:38:37.039><c> who</c><00:38:37.239><c> has</c><00:38:37.480><c> called</c><00:38:37.719><c> you</c><00:38:38.019><c> has</c><00:38:38.260><c> called</c><00:38:38.460><c> me</c><00:38:38.719><c> as</c><00:38:38.920><c> well.</c> 00:38:40.679 --> 00:38:42.739 And<00:38:40.960><c> the</c><00:38:41.119><c> brother</c><00:38:41.260><c> and</c><00:38:41.420><c> the</c><00:38:41.480><c> sister</c><00:38:41.679><c> also</c><00:38:42.039><c> has</c><00:38:42.159><c> been</c><00:38:42.460><c> called</c> 00:38:42.739 --> 00:38:43.840 and<00:38:43.039><c> we're</c><00:38:43.199><c> in</c><00:38:43.300><c> the</c><00:38:43.519><c> family.</c> 00:38:44.119 --> 00:38:47.559 And<00:38:44.260><c> sometimes</c><00:38:44.400><c> we</c><00:38:44.539><c> forget</c><00:38:44.940><c> that</c><00:38:45.179><c> in</c><00:38:45.360><c> the</c><00:38:45.579><c> tension</c><00:38:45.860><c> of</c><00:38:46.159><c> argument,</c><00:38:46.480><c> don't</c><00:38:46.619><c> we?</c> 00:38:49.460 --> 00:38:51.599 We<00:38:49.980><c> forget</c><00:38:50.400><c> that.</c> 00:38:52.099 --> 00:38:54.940 The<00:38:52.199><c> Lord</c><00:38:52.300><c> is</c><00:38:52.500><c> very</c><00:38:52.840><c> clearly</c><00:38:53.059><c> saying,</c><00:38:53.400><c> thy</c><00:38:53.599><c> brother,</c><00:38:53.960><c> thy</c><00:38:54.139><c> brother,</c><00:38:54.460><c> thy</c><00:38:54.639><c> brother.</c> 00:38:55.019 --> 00:38:57.440 We<00:38:55.219><c> are</c><00:38:55.659><c> in</c><00:38:55.840><c> a</c><00:38:55.960><c> family</c><00:38:56.119><c> relationship.</c> 00:38:59.340 --> 00:39:01.739 That's<00:38:59.599><c> forgotten</c><00:38:59.940><c> in</c><00:39:00.179><c> the</c><00:39:00.400><c> heat</c><00:39:00.559><c> of</c><00:39:00.699><c> the</c><00:39:00.860><c> battle.</c> 00:39:04.579 --> 00:39:08.679 The<00:39:04.739><c> wrath</c><00:39:04.940><c> of</c><00:39:05.219><c> man,</c><00:39:05.579><c> says</c><00:39:05.679><c> James,</c><00:39:06.239><c> does</c><00:39:06.539><c> not</c><00:39:07.179><c> work</c><00:39:07.380><c> the</c><00:39:07.699><c> righteousness</c><00:39:08.079><c> of</c><00:39:08.420><c> God.</c> 00:39:09.099 --> 00:39:11.460 Anger<00:39:09.559><c> distorts</c><00:39:10.300><c> perception.</c> 00:39:14.619 --> 00:39:18.440 Anger<00:39:15.420><c> gives</c><00:39:15.619><c> you</c><00:39:15.960><c> a</c><00:39:16.360><c> slant</c><00:39:16.699><c> that</c><00:39:16.960><c> is</c><00:39:17.360><c> prejudiced</c><00:39:17.860><c> against</c> 00:39:18.440 --> 00:39:21.619 the<00:39:18.659><c> individual</c><00:39:18.980><c> you're</c><00:39:19.280><c> speaking</c><00:39:19.539><c> to.</c> 00:39:22.219 --> 00:39:28.699 The<00:39:22.380><c> proverb</c><00:39:22.539><c> says,</c><00:39:24.559><c> the</c><00:39:24.639><c> tongue</c><00:39:25.619><c> that</c><00:39:27.219><c> speaks</c><00:39:27.420><c> against</c><00:39:27.760><c> those</c><00:39:28.280><c> it</c> 00:39:28.699 --> 00:39:31.599 hates,<00:39:30.079><c> becomes</c><00:39:30.280><c> hateful.</c> 00:39:31.900 --> 00:39:35.920 It<00:39:32.300><c> has</c><00:39:33.059><c> this</c><00:39:33.340><c> predisposition</c><00:39:33.960><c> to</c><00:39:34.199><c> continue</c><00:39:34.760><c> the</c><00:39:34.980><c> hatred.</c> 00:39:36.500 --> 00:39:39.500 It<00:39:36.860><c> never</c><00:39:37.039><c> works</c><00:39:37.559><c> the</c><00:39:38.000><c> righteousness</c><00:39:38.380><c> of</c><00:39:38.679><c> God.</c> 00:39:40.579 --> 00:39:40.940 So<00:39:40.940><c> we've</c><00:39:40.940><c> got</c><00:39:40.940><c> to</c><00:39:40.940><c> remember</c><00:39:40.940><c> that.</c> 00:39:40.940 --> 00:39:42.599 We've<00:39:40.940><c> got</c><00:39:41.079><c> a</c><00:39:42.099><c> problem.</c> 00:39:43.440 --> 00:39:46.059 There's<00:39:43.539><c> an</c><00:39:43.699><c> issue</c><00:39:43.840><c> between</c><00:39:44.099><c> a</c><00:39:44.280><c> brother</c><00:39:44.519><c> and</c><00:39:45.099><c> brother,</c><00:39:45.340><c> or</c><00:39:45.480><c> sister</c><00:39:45.659><c> and</c><00:39:45.780><c> sister,</c><00:39:45.980><c> or</c> 00:39:46.059 --> 00:39:47.920 brother<00:39:46.239><c> and</c><00:39:46.400><c> sister.</c> 00:39:49.059 --> 00:39:52.960 The<00:39:49.139><c> Lord</c><00:39:49.199><c> is</c><00:39:49.380><c> warning</c><00:39:49.599><c> us</c><00:39:49.900><c> about</c><00:39:50.460><c> controlling</c><00:39:51.260><c> our</c><00:39:51.559><c> impulses.</c> 00:39:53.760 --> 00:39:57.000 Don't<00:39:54.139><c> lash</c><00:39:54.360><c> out,</c><00:39:54.559><c> don't</c><00:39:54.780><c> become</c><00:39:55.039><c> angry,</c><00:39:55.559><c> don't</c><00:39:55.739><c> become</c><00:39:55.980><c> insulting,</c><00:39:56.599><c> don't</c><00:39:56.820><c> make</c> 00:39:57.000 --> 00:39:58.380 false<00:39:57.239><c> accusations.</c> 00:40:02.360 --> 00:40:10.380 And<00:40:02.960><c> he</c><00:40:03.099><c> talks</c><00:40:03.300><c> about</c><00:40:03.519><c> an</c><00:40:03.639><c> individual,</c><00:40:04.139><c> in</c><00:40:04.360><c> a</c><00:40:04.460><c> very</c><00:40:04.800><c> exaggerated</c><00:40:05.380><c> way,</c><00:40:10.099><c> of</c><00:40:10.239><c> a</c> 00:40:10.380 --> 00:40:12.539 man<00:40:10.960><c> bringing</c><00:40:11.440><c> his</c><00:40:11.780><c> gift</c><00:40:12.059><c> to</c><00:40:12.239><c> the</c><00:40:12.400><c> altar.</c> 00:40:12.800 --> 00:40:15.840 He's<00:40:13.119><c> a</c><00:40:13.420><c> dedicated</c><00:40:14.000><c> brother.</c><00:40:14.400><c> It's</c><00:40:14.719><c> a</c><00:40:14.880><c> gift.</c> 00:40:18.119 --> 00:40:21.460 A<00:40:18.360><c> gift</c><00:40:18.619><c> is</c><00:40:19.199><c> an</c><00:40:19.559><c> offering</c><00:40:20.079><c> to</c><00:40:20.480><c> God.</c> 00:40:21.900 --> 00:40:25.719 Not<00:40:22.199><c> one</c><00:40:22.460><c> because</c><00:40:22.739><c> he's</c><00:40:23.639><c> transgressed,</c><00:40:24.380><c> but</c><00:40:24.579><c> an</c><00:40:24.880><c> offering</c><00:40:25.320><c> which</c><00:40:25.519><c> is</c> 00:40:25.719 --> 00:40:26.400 a<00:40:25.820><c> gift.</c> 00:40:26.400 --> 00:40:29.239 It<00:40:26.780><c> was</c><00:40:27.139><c> a</c><00:40:27.280><c> thanks</c><00:40:27.980><c> offering.</c> 00:40:34.739 --> 00:40:38.719 An<00:40:34.900><c> altar,</c><00:40:35.699><c> two</c><00:40:35.940><c> brethren,</c><00:40:36.679><c> a</c><00:40:36.820><c> gift.</c><00:40:37.039><c> This</c><00:40:37.179><c> is</c><00:40:37.340><c> Cated</c><00:40:37.519><c> Abel.</c> 00:40:41.079 --> 00:40:47.059 And<00:40:41.179><c> here</c><00:40:41.360><c> he</c><00:40:41.480><c> is,</c><00:40:44.099><c> lining</c><00:40:44.199><c> up</c><00:40:44.500><c> in</c><00:40:44.639><c> the</c><00:40:44.800><c> temple</c><00:40:45.199><c> to</c><00:40:45.659><c> offer</c><00:40:45.800><c> that</c><00:40:46.039><c> sacrifice.</c> 00:40:47.079 --> 00:40:50.820 And<00:40:47.119><c> he</c><00:40:47.360><c> remembers.</c><00:40:48.440><c> So</c><00:40:48.639><c> you</c><00:40:48.780><c> see,</c><00:40:48.940><c> his</c><00:40:49.239><c> conscience</c><00:40:49.960><c> is</c><00:40:50.260><c> at</c><00:40:50.500><c> work.</c> 00:40:51.239 --> 00:40:54.340 And<00:40:51.500><c> this</c><00:40:51.679><c> isn't</c><00:40:51.980><c> the</c><00:40:52.239><c> Jew</c><00:40:52.420><c> who</c><00:40:52.739><c> just</c><00:40:53.059><c> formally</c><00:40:53.420><c> dumps</c><00:40:53.900><c> the</c><00:40:54.039><c> offering</c><00:40:54.199><c> on</c> 00:40:54.340 --> 00:40:55.559 the<00:40:54.500><c> altar</c><00:40:54.719><c> and</c><00:40:54.960><c> disappears.</c> 00:40:55.559 --> 00:40:59.539 His<00:40:56.179><c> conscience</c><00:40:56.840><c> is</c><00:40:57.239><c> being</c><00:40:57.599><c> activated</c><00:40:58.099><c> and</c><00:40:58.380><c> he</c><00:40:58.679><c> remembers.</c> 00:40:59.900 --> 00:41:02.619 He's<00:41:00.300><c> thinking</c><00:41:00.760><c> about</c><00:41:01.139><c> his</c><00:41:01.420><c> relationship</c><00:41:01.940><c> with</c><00:41:02.119><c> other</c><00:41:02.280><c> people.</c> 00:41:02.840 --> 00:41:05.559 There's<00:41:03.099><c> something</c><00:41:03.440><c> on</c><00:41:03.579><c> his</c><00:41:03.860><c> mind</c><00:41:04.260><c> that</c><00:41:04.500><c> is</c><00:41:04.960><c> intruding</c><00:41:05.360><c> in</c> 00:41:05.559 --> 00:41:06.300 that<00:41:05.679><c> relationship.</c> 00:41:06.659 --> 00:41:09.219 And<00:41:06.719><c> it's</c><00:41:07.019><c> true,</c><00:41:07.380><c> Princess,</c><00:41:07.500><c> when</c><00:41:08.219><c> you've</c><00:41:08.739><c> had</c><00:41:08.780><c> an</c><00:41:08.940><c> argument</c> 00:41:09.219 --> 00:41:10.460 with<00:41:09.800><c> your</c><00:41:10.019><c> spouse,</c> 00:41:10.699 --> 00:41:13.380 it's<00:41:10.940><c> uncomfortable</c><00:41:11.500><c> and</c><00:41:11.699><c> you</c><00:41:11.820><c> don't</c><00:41:12.059><c> feel</c><00:41:12.340><c> right.</c> 00:41:13.880 --> 00:41:15.019 And<00:41:14.059><c> your</c><00:41:14.179><c> worship</c><00:41:14.380><c> is</c><00:41:14.579><c> affected.</c> 00:41:15.260 --> 00:41:16.860 And<00:41:15.400><c> it's</c><00:41:15.480><c> the</c><00:41:15.579><c> same</c><00:41:15.679><c> with</c><00:41:16.019><c> our</c><00:41:16.139><c> relationship</c><00:41:16.440><c> with</c><00:41:16.679><c> brethren</c> 00:41:16.860 --> 00:41:18.239 and<00:41:17.099><c> sisters.</c> 00:41:23.840 --> 00:41:27.559 And<00:41:24.320><c> there</c><00:41:24.440><c> they</c><00:41:24.619><c> remember</c><00:41:25.000><c> us,</c><00:41:25.639><c> that</c><00:41:25.780><c> thy</c><00:41:26.059><c> brother</c><00:41:26.460><c> hath</c> 00:41:27.559 --> 00:41:29.320 anything<00:41:28.340><c> against</c><00:41:28.900><c> thee.</c> 00:41:29.760 --> 00:41:32.800 That's<00:41:30.059><c> what</c><00:41:30.219><c> the</c><00:41:30.360><c> word</c><00:41:30.519><c> ought</c><00:41:30.800><c> means,</c><00:41:31.559><c> anything</c><00:41:32.159><c> against</c><00:41:32.639><c> thee.</c> 00:41:33.039 --> 00:41:36.900 Now,<00:41:33.480><c> this</c><00:41:33.760><c> could</c><00:41:33.980><c> be</c><00:41:34.639><c> a</c><00:41:34.880><c> reality</c><00:41:35.199><c> or</c><00:41:35.440><c> it</c><00:41:35.440><c> could</c><00:41:35.599><c> be</c><00:41:35.739><c> a</c><00:41:35.900><c> perception.</c> 00:41:39.199 --> 00:41:41.780 But<00:41:39.579><c> here</c><00:41:39.800><c> he</c><00:41:39.880><c> is,</c><00:41:39.980><c> that</c><00:41:40.079><c> he</c><00:41:40.219><c> knows,</c><00:41:40.579><c> he</c><00:41:40.960><c> knows</c><00:41:41.400><c> that</c><00:41:41.539><c> in</c><00:41:41.679><c> the</c> 00:41:41.780 --> 00:41:42.559 back<00:41:41.880><c> of</c><00:41:42.059><c> his</c><00:41:42.260><c> mind,</c> 00:41:42.699 --> 00:41:44.900 that<00:41:42.800><c> there</c><00:41:42.960><c> is</c><00:41:43.139><c> a</c><00:41:43.420><c> disruptive</c><00:41:43.659><c> relationship</c><00:41:44.300><c> between</c><00:41:44.679><c> him</c> 00:41:44.900 --> 00:41:46.320 and<00:41:45.059><c> somebody</c><00:41:45.280><c> else.</c> 00:41:51.059 --> 00:41:54.320 Leave<00:41:51.539><c> there</c><00:41:52.019><c> thy</c><00:41:52.539><c> gift</c><00:41:52.880><c> before</c><00:41:53.260><c> the</c><00:41:53.500><c> altar.</c> 00:41:54.940 --> 00:41:57.039 Go<00:41:55.059><c> thy</c><00:41:55.340><c> way,</c><00:41:55.639><c> first</c><00:41:55.800><c> be</c><00:41:56.019><c> reconciled</c><00:41:56.420><c> to</c><00:41:56.579><c> thy</c><00:41:56.739><c> brother.</c> 00:41:57.280 --> 00:41:59.219 So<00:41:57.420><c> you</c><00:41:57.539><c> can</c><00:41:57.639><c> imagine</c><00:41:57.820><c> the</c><00:41:58.000><c> picture</c><00:41:58.199><c> of</c><00:41:58.380><c> this</c><00:41:58.539><c> man</c><00:41:58.760><c> spending</c> 00:41:59.219 --> 00:41:59.900 half<00:41:59.539><c> an</c><00:41:59.760><c> hour,</c> 00:41:59.900 --> 00:42:02.480 an<00:42:00.079><c> hour</c><00:42:00.360><c> lining</c><00:42:00.880><c> up</c><00:42:01.079><c> in</c><00:42:01.219><c> the</c><00:42:01.360><c> sacrifice</c><00:42:01.739><c> and</c><00:42:01.980><c> finally</c><00:42:02.239><c> gets</c> 00:42:02.480 --> 00:42:03.079 to<00:42:02.679><c> the</c><00:42:02.780><c> altar</c> 00:42:03.079 --> 00:42:07.739 and<00:42:03.480><c> suddenly,</c><00:42:05.860><c> I</c><00:42:06.059><c> can't</c><00:42:06.559><c> go</c><00:42:06.760><c> through</c><00:42:06.920><c> with</c><00:42:07.119><c> that.</c> 00:42:07.960 --> 00:42:13.199 And<00:42:08.280><c> he</c><00:42:08.460><c> leaves</c><00:42:08.900><c> the</c><00:42:09.760><c> gift</c><00:42:10.199><c> there,</c><00:42:10.639><c> this</c><00:42:10.980><c> thank</c><00:42:11.360><c> offering</c><00:42:11.980><c> before</c><00:42:13.059><c> a</c> 00:42:13.199 --> 00:42:14.739 bewildered<00:42:13.639><c> priest.</c> 00:42:15.170 --> 00:42:24.739 And<00:42:15.659><c> goes</c><00:42:15.860><c> off</c><00:42:16.380><c> and</c><00:42:16.639><c> finds</c><00:42:16.960><c> that</c><00:42:17.199><c> brother,</c><00:42:18.780><c> finds</c><00:42:18.920><c> that</c><00:42:19.179><c> sister,</c><00:42:23.340><c> and</c><00:42:23.400><c> reconciles.</c> 00:42:26.840 --> 00:42:31.300 This<00:42:27.079><c> is</c><00:42:27.360><c> contrary</c><00:42:27.980><c> to</c><00:42:29.679><c> normal</c><00:42:30.019><c> human</c><00:42:30.320><c> behavior.</c> 00:42:34.239 --> 00:42:36.579 He's<00:42:34.860><c> upset</c><00:42:35.360><c> me.</c> 00:42:39.320 --> 00:42:41.760 He's<00:42:39.880><c> got</c><00:42:40.039><c> to</c><00:42:40.239><c> come</c><00:42:40.400><c> to</c><00:42:40.659><c> me.</c> 00:42:42.699 --> 00:42:45.159 She's<00:42:43.260><c> the</c><00:42:43.380><c> one</c><00:42:43.519><c> that</c><00:42:43.679><c> upset</c><00:42:43.960><c> me,</c><00:42:44.239><c> she's</c><00:42:44.619><c> the</c><00:42:44.760><c> one</c><00:42:44.880><c> that</c><00:42:45.019><c> has</c> 00:42:45.159 --> 00:42:45.820 to<00:42:45.400><c> apologize.</c> 00:42:46.199 --> 00:42:48.460 I'm<00:42:46.539><c> not</c><00:42:46.639><c> going</c><00:42:46.800><c> to</c><00:42:46.800><c> do</c><00:42:46.840><c> anything</c><00:42:47.119><c> until</c><00:42:47.440><c> he</c><00:42:47.679><c> or</c><00:42:47.820><c> she</c><00:42:48.019><c> comes.</c> 00:42:48.719 --> 00:42:54.159 That's<00:42:49.280><c> human</c><00:42:49.460><c> behavior,</c><00:42:50.159><c> that</c><00:42:50.440><c> is</c><00:42:50.900><c> not</c><00:42:51.199><c> the</c><00:42:51.440><c> behavior</c><00:42:51.860><c> of</c><00:42:52.519><c> the</c><00:42:52.739><c> family</c><00:42:53.000><c> of</c><00:42:53.280><c> God.</c> 00:42:58.619 --> 00:43:01.519 You<00:42:58.780><c> imagine</c><00:42:59.159><c> if</c><00:42:59.500><c> both</c><00:42:59.880><c> those</c><00:43:00.179><c> parties,</c><00:43:00.760><c> where</c><00:43:00.900><c> there's</c><00:43:01.079><c> this</c> 00:43:01.519 --> 00:43:03.980 breach<00:43:02.079><c> between</c><00:43:03.820><c> them,</c> 00:43:04.079 --> 00:43:06.699 are<00:43:04.239><c> both</c><00:43:04.579><c> having</c><00:43:04.840><c> the</c><00:43:05.079><c> same</c><00:43:05.260><c> disposition,</c><00:43:06.079><c> racing</c><00:43:06.340><c> towards</c> 00:43:06.699 --> 00:43:07.239 each<00:43:06.940><c> other</c> 00:43:07.239 --> 00:43:09.380 and<00:43:07.539><c> finding</c><00:43:07.739><c> each</c><00:43:08.039><c> other</c><00:43:08.340><c> and</c><00:43:08.739><c> reconciling.</c> 00:43:09.460 --> 00:43:11.760 Wow,<00:43:09.659><c> what</c><00:43:09.840><c> a</c><00:43:09.940><c> wonderful</c><00:43:10.219><c> ecclesia</c><00:43:10.500><c> we'd</c><00:43:10.820><c> have.</c> 00:43:12.340 --> 00:43:16.119 But<00:43:12.460><c> we</c><00:43:12.699><c> put</c><00:43:12.880><c> our</c><00:43:13.699><c> feet</c><00:43:13.900><c> to</c><00:43:14.059><c> the</c><00:43:14.239><c> ground</c><00:43:14.440><c> and</c><00:43:14.659><c> we</c><00:43:15.119><c> have</c><00:43:15.420><c> a</c><00:43:15.539><c> petulant</c><00:43:15.880><c> look</c> 00:43:16.119 --> 00:43:17.820 and<00:43:16.219><c> there's</c><00:43:16.539><c> no</c><00:43:16.679><c> way</c><00:43:16.780><c> in</c><00:43:16.940><c> the</c><00:43:17.079><c> world</c><00:43:17.239><c> I'm</c><00:43:17.440><c> going</c><00:43:17.519><c> to</c><00:43:17.579><c> go</c><00:43:17.699><c> back</c> 00:43:17.820 --> 00:43:18.320 to<00:43:17.920><c> that</c><00:43:18.059><c> person.</c> 00:43:18.340 --> 00:43:20.460 That's<00:43:18.659><c> not</c><00:43:18.940><c> what</c><00:43:19.179><c> Christ</c><00:43:19.420><c> is</c><00:43:19.659><c> saying.</c> 00:43:23.119 --> 00:43:25.820 If<00:43:23.380><c> you've</c><00:43:23.739><c> wronged</c><00:43:24.039><c> a</c><00:43:24.119><c> person,</c><00:43:24.440><c> make</c><00:43:24.639><c> restitution.</c> 00:43:27.059 --> 00:43:30.199 If<00:43:27.139><c> you</c><00:43:27.280><c> owe</c><00:43:27.400><c> him</c><00:43:27.559><c> a</c><00:43:27.619><c> debt,</c><00:43:29.360><c> pay</c><00:43:29.679><c> it.</c> 00:43:30.199 --> 00:43:35.920 If<00:43:30.820><c> you've</c><00:43:31.219><c> injured</c><00:43:31.420><c> his</c><00:43:31.760><c> character,</c><00:43:32.719><c> confess,</c><00:43:34.579><c> seek</c><00:43:34.900><c> pardon.</c> 00:43:37.280 --> 00:43:39.579 If<00:43:37.420><c> they've</c><00:43:37.780><c> injured</c><00:43:37.920><c> you,</c><00:43:38.260><c> forgive.</c> 00:43:42.019 --> 00:43:43.699 The<00:43:42.139><c> responsibility</c><00:43:42.500><c> is</c><00:43:42.619><c> on</c><00:43:42.760><c> us.</c> 00:43:48.699 --> 00:43:51.340 Then<00:43:48.960><c> you</c><00:43:49.059><c> can</c><00:43:49.239><c> come</c><00:43:49.460><c> back</c><00:43:49.619><c> to</c><00:43:49.739><c> the</c><00:43:49.860><c> altar</c><00:43:50.099><c> and</c><00:43:50.780><c> offer</c><00:43:50.900><c> your</c><00:43:51.079><c> gift.</c> 00:43:51.699 --> 00:43:54.159 Now,<00:43:51.920><c> brethren</c><00:43:51.980><c> and</c><00:43:52.119><c> sisters,</c><00:43:52.880><c> think</c><00:43:53.119><c> about</c><00:43:53.400><c> this</c><00:43:53.619><c> in</c><00:43:53.699><c> relation</c><00:43:53.960><c> to</c><00:43:54.099><c> the</c> 00:43:54.159 --> 00:43:55.380 memorial<00:43:54.340><c> meeting.</c> 00:43:57.059 --> 00:44:01.739 If<00:43:57.619><c> you</c><00:43:58.039><c> have</c><00:43:58.739><c> an</c><00:43:59.840><c> unresolved</c><00:44:00.320><c> issue</c><00:44:00.599><c> with</c><00:44:00.739><c> a</c><00:44:00.880><c> brother</c><00:44:01.019><c> or</c><00:44:01.099><c> sister,</c><00:44:01.659><c> it</c> 00:44:01.739 --> 00:44:03.400 must<00:44:02.099><c> be</c><00:44:02.440><c> fixed.</c> 00:44:03.679 --> 00:44:06.440 Otherwise,<00:44:04.139><c> your</c><00:44:04.380><c> worship</c><00:44:04.679><c> and</c><00:44:04.840><c> my</c><00:44:05.079><c> worship</c><00:44:05.360><c> is</c><00:44:05.739><c> hollow</c><00:44:06.119><c> on</c> 00:44:06.440 --> 00:44:07.179 that<00:44:06.579><c> Sunday</c><00:44:06.840><c> morning.</c> 00:44:07.300 --> 00:44:10.480 Think<00:44:07.559><c> about</c><00:44:07.860><c> that.</c><00:44:09.179><c> Think</c><00:44:09.420><c> about</c><00:44:09.699><c> that.</c> 00:44:11.960 --> 00:44:14.380 If<00:44:12.139><c> thy</c><00:44:12.340><c> brother</c><00:44:12.579><c> hath</c><00:44:12.860><c> ought</c><00:44:13.059><c> against</c><00:44:13.500><c> thee.</c> 00:44:16.139 --> 00:44:18.420 In<00:44:16.260><c> Matthew</c><00:44:16.440><c> 18,</c><00:44:16.760><c> it's</c><00:44:16.860><c> the</c><00:44:16.940><c> other</c><00:44:17.079><c> way</c><00:44:17.260><c> around.</c> 00:44:19.559 --> 00:44:22.119 But<00:44:19.639><c> we</c><00:44:19.699><c> go</c><00:44:19.860><c> and</c><00:44:20.000><c> see</c><00:44:20.079><c> a</c><00:44:20.219><c> brother</c><00:44:20.380><c> because</c><00:44:20.659><c> they've</c><00:44:20.980><c> offended</c><00:44:21.280><c> us.</c> 00:44:22.119 --> 00:44:27.320 But<00:44:22.760><c> here</c><00:44:23.039><c> in</c><00:44:23.159><c> Matthew</c><00:44:23.400><c> 5,</c><00:44:24.739><c> there's</c><00:44:24.800><c> something</c><00:44:25.059><c> that</c><00:44:25.500><c> intrudes</c><00:44:25.860><c> in</c><00:44:26.019><c> that</c><00:44:26.119><c> relationship.</c> 00:44:27.780 --> 00:44:29.659 We<00:44:27.900><c> may</c><00:44:28.139><c> or</c><00:44:28.260><c> may</c><00:44:28.260><c> not</c><00:44:28.320><c> be</c><00:44:28.440><c> the</c><00:44:28.659><c> cause</c><00:44:28.800><c> of</c><00:44:28.980><c> that,</c><00:44:29.059><c> but</c><00:44:29.179><c> we</c><00:44:29.360><c> know</c> 00:44:29.659 --> 00:44:30.480 it's<00:44:30.019><c> not</c><00:44:30.239><c> right.</c> 00:44:30.780 --> 00:44:32.219 Fix<00:44:31.059><c> it</c><00:44:31.280><c> up.</c> 00:44:33.400 --> 00:44:35.619 Now,<00:44:33.619><c> do</c><00:44:33.719><c> we</c><00:44:33.880><c> do</c><00:44:34.079><c> that?</c><00:44:34.280><c> No,</c><00:44:34.500><c> we</c><00:44:34.599><c> don't.</c> 00:44:39.460 --> 00:44:42.460 It's<00:44:39.900><c> embarrassing</c><00:44:40.340><c> and</c><00:44:40.639><c> humbling</c><00:44:41.099><c> and</c><00:44:41.559><c> confrontational</c><00:44:42.260><c> to</c> 00:44:42.460 --> 00:44:43.000 do<00:44:42.619><c> that.</c> 00:44:43.179 --> 00:44:45.039 It<00:44:43.280><c> doesn't</c><00:44:43.380><c> have</c><00:44:43.619><c> to</c><00:44:43.760><c> be,</c><00:44:44.539><c> though.</c> 00:44:45.980 --> 00:44:47.699 It<00:44:46.179><c> doesn't</c><00:44:46.280><c> have</c><00:44:46.539><c> to</c><00:44:46.699><c> be.</c> 00:44:48.219 --> 00:44:52.079 It<00:44:48.739><c> is</c><00:44:49.260><c> not</c><00:44:49.460><c> possible</c><00:44:49.739><c> to</c><00:44:49.900><c> worship</c><00:44:50.159><c> God</c><00:44:50.880><c> in</c><00:44:51.300><c> sincerity</c><00:44:51.639><c> and</c><00:44:51.840><c> in</c> 00:44:52.079 --> 00:44:55.659 truth<00:44:52.639><c> until</c><00:44:53.139><c> we</c><00:44:53.380><c> first</c><00:44:53.679><c> settle</c><00:44:53.980><c> that</c><00:44:54.219><c> problem</c><00:44:54.420><c> with</c><00:44:54.619><c> our</c><00:44:54.760><c> brother.</c> 00:44:55.820 --> 00:44:58.360 This<00:44:56.000><c> is</c><00:44:56.239><c> serious</c><00:44:56.519><c> stuff,</c><00:44:57.019><c> men</c><00:44:57.019><c> and</c><00:44:57.199><c> sisters.</c><00:44:57.480><c> This</c><00:44:57.699><c> is</c> 00:44:58.360 --> 00:45:00.940 exceedingly<00:44:59.099><c> serious</c><00:44:59.960><c> stuff.</c> 00:45:03.480 --> 00:45:04.840 How<00:45:03.679><c> do</c><00:45:03.800><c> we</c><00:45:03.920><c> go?</c> 00:45:07.920 --> 00:45:10.960 Then<00:45:08.099><c> in</c><00:45:08.219><c> verse</c><00:45:08.340><c> 25,</c><00:45:08.940><c> we</c><00:45:09.199><c> have</c><00:45:09.380><c> another</c><00:45:09.719><c> situation.</c> 00:45:12.780 --> 00:45:15.639 Agree<00:45:13.239><c> with</c><00:45:13.480><c> thine</c><00:45:13.760><c> adversary</c><00:45:14.320><c> quickly,</c><00:45:15.199><c> whilst</c><00:45:15.400><c> thou</c><00:45:15.559><c> art</c> 00:45:15.639 --> 00:45:16.619 in<00:45:15.820><c> the</c><00:45:15.920><c> way</c><00:45:16.059><c> with</c><00:45:16.239><c> him,</c> 00:45:16.820 --> 00:45:18.940 lest<00:45:16.920><c> at</c><00:45:17.059><c> any</c><00:45:17.360><c> time</c><00:45:17.539><c> the</c><00:45:17.739><c> adversary</c><00:45:18.000><c> deliver</c><00:45:18.320><c> thee</c><00:45:18.460><c> to</c><00:45:18.559><c> the</c><00:45:18.739><c> judge,</c> 00:45:18.980 --> 00:45:21.320 and<00:45:19.119><c> the</c><00:45:19.159><c> judge</c><00:45:19.320><c> deliver</c><00:45:19.599><c> thee</c><00:45:19.760><c> to</c><00:45:19.840><c> the</c><00:45:20.000><c> officer,</c><00:45:20.679><c> and</c><00:45:20.820><c> they'll</c><00:45:21.039><c> be</c> 00:45:21.320 --> 00:45:21.940 cast<00:45:21.519><c> into</c><00:45:21.679><c> prison.</c> 00:45:21.940 --> 00:45:23.340 What's<00:45:22.260><c> this</c><00:45:22.500><c> about?</c> 00:45:26.280 --> 00:45:29.760 Well,<00:45:26.519><c> it</c><00:45:26.579><c> was</c><00:45:26.800><c> notorious</c><00:45:27.760><c> amongst</c><00:45:28.739><c> the</c><00:45:28.940><c> Jewish</c><00:45:29.119><c> community</c> 00:45:29.760 --> 00:45:31.780 when<00:45:30.159><c> they</c><00:45:30.480><c> dealt</c><00:45:30.780><c> with</c><00:45:31.199><c> Gentiles.</c> 00:45:31.820 --> 00:45:35.699 They<00:45:32.019><c> had</c><00:45:32.280><c> this</c><00:45:32.719><c> thing</c><00:45:32.820><c> in</c><00:45:32.960><c> the</c><00:45:33.099><c> back</c><00:45:33.219><c> of</c><00:45:33.360><c> their</c><00:45:33.559><c> minds</c><00:45:33.840><c> saying,</c><00:45:34.599><c> I</c><00:45:34.860><c> don't</c><00:45:35.320><c> have</c> 00:45:35.699 --> 00:45:37.860 to<00:45:35.960><c> pay</c><00:45:36.340><c> my</c><00:45:36.800><c> bills.</c> 00:45:38.739 --> 00:45:41.619 Aren't<00:45:39.260><c> they</c><00:45:39.360><c> with</c><00:45:39.500><c> Gentiles?</c><00:45:40.059><c> Scum</c><00:45:40.239><c> of</c><00:45:40.400><c> the</c><00:45:40.579><c> earth.</c> 00:45:43.000 --> 00:45:47.800 And<00:45:43.179><c> they</c><00:45:43.519><c> justified</c><00:45:44.119><c> this</c><00:45:44.380><c> behaviour</c><00:45:45.099><c> on</c><00:45:47.219><c> the</c><00:45:47.400><c> fact</c><00:45:47.519><c> that</c> 00:45:47.800 --> 00:45:51.199 they<00:45:48.079><c> were</c><00:45:48.300><c> Jews</c><00:45:48.559><c> and</c><00:45:48.780><c> these</c><00:45:49.059><c> were</c><00:45:49.260><c> Gentiles.</c> 00:45:52.559 --> 00:45:54.940 See,<00:45:52.699><c> that</c><00:45:52.780><c> word</c><00:45:52.900><c> adversary</c><00:45:53.219><c> means</c><00:45:53.460><c> opponent</c><00:45:53.860><c> at</c><00:45:54.099><c> law.</c> 00:45:57.820 --> 00:46:00.599 And<00:45:57.960><c> there's</c><00:45:58.059><c> a</c><00:45:58.179><c> situation</c><00:45:58.639><c> where</c><00:45:58.900><c> we</c><00:45:59.199><c> have</c><00:45:59.679><c> not</c><00:46:00.119><c> a</c><00:46:00.340><c> brother</c> 00:46:00.599 --> 00:46:03.559 but<00:46:01.119><c> an</c><00:46:01.599><c> enemy,</c><00:46:01.760><c> an</c><00:46:02.000><c> opponent</c><00:46:02.239><c> at</c><00:46:02.519><c> law,</c> 00:46:04.199 --> 00:46:07.599 who<00:46:04.599><c> is,</c><00:46:04.880><c> as</c><00:46:05.119><c> a</c><00:46:05.199><c> creditor,</c><00:46:05.820><c> seeking</c><00:46:06.300><c> you</c><00:46:06.780><c> to</c><00:46:06.960><c> pay</c><00:46:07.079><c> the</c><00:46:07.280><c> bill.</c> 00:46:07.940 --> 00:46:09.820 You<00:46:08.139><c> haven't</c><00:46:08.280><c> paid</c><00:46:08.500><c> the</c><00:46:08.679><c> bill.</c> 00:46:14.099 --> 00:46:17.780 Here's<00:46:14.320><c> a</c><00:46:14.380><c> situation</c><00:46:14.699><c> where</c><00:46:14.840><c> someone</c><00:46:15.019><c> has</c><00:46:15.219><c> something</c><00:46:15.380><c> against</c><00:46:15.679><c> you.</c> 00:46:17.900 --> 00:46:19.460 Justifiably<00:46:18.300><c> so.</c> 00:46:22.800 --> 00:46:25.619 You're<00:46:23.039><c> clearly</c><00:46:23.159><c> in</c><00:46:23.260><c> the</c><00:46:23.380><c> wrong.</c><00:46:24.239><c> You</c><00:46:24.400><c> owe</c><00:46:24.539><c> the</c><00:46:24.679><c> money</c><00:46:24.880><c> but</c><00:46:24.980><c> you're</c><00:46:25.119><c> not</c><00:46:25.199><c> going</c><00:46:25.320><c> to</c><00:46:25.440><c> pay.</c> 00:46:25.820 --> 00:46:28.400 Well,<00:46:26.300><c> Jesus</c><00:46:26.420><c> said,</c><00:46:26.679><c> you</c><00:46:26.719><c> are</c><00:46:26.860><c> going</c><00:46:26.940><c> to</c><00:46:27.079><c> face</c><00:46:27.199><c> the</c><00:46:27.460><c> consequences</c><00:46:27.980><c> of</c><00:46:28.219><c> that.</c> 00:46:28.480 --> 00:46:30.460 You<00:46:28.719><c> will</c><00:46:29.039><c> face</c><00:46:29.239><c> the</c><00:46:29.460><c> consequences.</c> 00:46:33.139 --> 00:46:37.199 So<00:46:33.539><c> while</c><00:46:33.940><c> you're</c><00:46:34.139><c> in</c><00:46:34.360><c> the</c><00:46:34.539><c> way,</c><00:46:36.280><c> fix</c><00:46:36.340><c> the</c><00:46:36.599><c> problem</c><00:46:36.900><c> up.</c> 00:46:37.539 --> 00:46:41.340 And<00:46:37.659><c> what</c><00:46:37.760><c> he's</c><00:46:37.900><c> referring</c><00:46:38.219><c> to</c><00:46:38.480><c> is</c><00:46:38.960><c> the</c><00:46:39.199><c> practice</c><00:46:39.619><c> of</c><00:46:39.820><c> the</c><00:46:40.019><c> law,</c><00:46:40.800><c> which</c><00:46:41.119><c> the</c> 00:46:41.340 --> 00:46:42.460 creditor<00:46:41.559><c> could</c><00:46:41.800><c> grab</c><00:46:41.940><c> you</c><00:46:42.019><c> at</c><00:46:42.079><c> any</c><00:46:42.280><c> time</c> 00:46:42.460 --> 00:46:44.840 and<00:46:42.639><c> say,</c><00:46:42.960><c> we've</c><00:46:43.300><c> got</c><00:46:43.320><c> to</c><00:46:43.440><c> go</c><00:46:43.500><c> to</c><00:46:43.599><c> the</c><00:46:43.719><c> judge.</c><00:46:44.179><c> And</c><00:46:44.320><c> there's</c><00:46:44.559><c> a</c> 00:46:44.840 --> 00:46:46.199 brief<00:46:45.079><c> moment</c><00:46:45.440><c> of</c><00:46:45.760><c> time,</c> 00:46:46.420 --> 00:46:48.480 from<00:46:46.619><c> the</c><00:46:46.619><c> time</c><00:46:46.739><c> you</c><00:46:46.840><c> left</c><00:46:47.019><c> your</c><00:46:47.260><c> house</c><00:46:47.559><c> to</c><00:46:47.699><c> the</c><00:46:47.820><c> time</c><00:46:47.960><c> you</c><00:46:48.179><c> arrived</c><00:46:48.300><c> in</c> 00:46:48.480 --> 00:46:48.860 the<00:46:48.579><c> courtroom,</c> 00:46:49.219 --> 00:46:52.039 where<00:46:49.480><c> you</c><00:46:49.699><c> could</c><00:46:50.019><c> actually</c><00:46:50.599><c> resolve</c><00:46:51.179><c> the</c><00:46:51.480><c> issue</c><00:46:51.679><c> and</c><00:46:51.840><c> say,</c> 00:46:52.179 --> 00:46:52.639 I'm<00:46:52.260><c> paying.</c> 00:46:52.920 --> 00:46:54.679 It's<00:46:53.000><c> only</c><00:46:53.119><c> a</c><00:46:53.300><c> brief</c><00:46:53.480><c> period</c><00:46:53.719><c> of</c><00:46:53.980><c> time.</c> 00:46:56.159 --> 00:46:58.099 And<00:46:56.260><c> Jesus</c><00:46:56.400><c> said,</c><00:46:56.579><c> while</c><00:46:56.760><c> you're</c><00:46:56.880><c> in</c><00:46:57.000><c> the</c><00:46:57.139><c> way,</c><00:46:57.519><c> fix</c><00:46:57.800><c> it</c><00:46:57.980><c> up.</c> 00:46:58.099 --> 00:47:04.199 Because<00:46:58.219><c> I'll</c><00:46:58.400><c> tell</c><00:46:58.519><c> you</c><00:46:58.619><c> what,</c><00:46:59.079><c> if</c><00:46:59.239><c> you</c><00:46:59.360><c> get</c><00:46:59.460><c> into</c><00:46:59.639><c> court,</c><00:47:02.579><c> you</c><00:47:02.980><c> will</c><00:47:03.179><c> end</c><00:47:03.380><c> up</c> 00:47:04.199 --> 00:47:06.840 feeling<00:47:04.579><c> the</c><00:47:04.900><c> full</c><00:47:05.219><c> extent</c><00:47:05.679><c> of</c><00:47:05.840><c> the</c><00:47:06.000><c> law.</c> 00:47:08.539 --> 00:47:10.280 You'll<00:47:08.719><c> give</c><00:47:08.780><c> it</c><00:47:08.860><c> to</c><00:47:08.920><c> the</c><00:47:09.059><c> officer.</c><00:47:09.599><c> The</c><00:47:09.780><c> officer</c><00:47:10.059><c> will</c> 00:47:10.280 --> 00:47:11.079 execute<00:47:10.639><c> judgment.</c> 00:47:11.400 --> 00:47:13.179 The<00:47:11.559><c> law</c><00:47:11.659><c> is</c><00:47:11.780><c> very</c><00:47:12.139><c> clear.</c><00:47:12.320><c> You'll</c><00:47:12.539><c> end</c><00:47:12.599><c> up</c><00:47:12.719><c> in</c><00:47:12.940><c> prison.</c> 00:47:13.280 --> 00:47:16.179 And<00:47:13.500><c> you</c><00:47:13.639><c> won't</c><00:47:13.840><c> leave</c><00:47:14.079><c> prison</c><00:47:14.300><c> until</c><00:47:14.480><c> you've</c><00:47:14.719><c> paid</c><00:47:14.800><c> the</c><00:47:15.099><c> last</c><00:47:15.659><c> farthing.</c> 00:47:16.599 --> 00:47:18.619 Fix<00:47:16.599><c> it</c><00:47:16.760><c> up</c><00:47:16.920><c> while</c><00:47:17.079><c> you're</c><00:47:17.219><c> in</c><00:47:17.340><c> the</c><00:47:17.500><c> way.</c> 00:47:21.800 --> 00:47:24.739 The<00:47:21.920><c> difference</c><00:47:22.039><c> is</c><00:47:22.239><c> we</c><00:47:22.360><c> have</c><00:47:22.559><c> situations</c><00:47:23.119><c> where</c><00:47:24.400><c> brethren</c> 00:47:24.739 --> 00:47:26.039 work<00:47:25.119><c> for</c><00:47:25.380><c> other</c><00:47:25.579><c> brethren.</c> 00:47:26.039 --> 00:47:28.480 And<00:47:26.699><c> the</c><00:47:26.699><c> work's</c><00:47:27.980><c> done.</c> 00:47:29.980 --> 00:47:33.579 And<00:47:30.079><c> the</c><00:47:30.219><c> brother</c><00:47:30.400><c> who's</c><00:47:30.739><c> received</c><00:47:31.000><c> the</c><00:47:31.219><c> work</c><00:47:31.460><c> done</c><00:47:32.320><c> doesn't</c> 00:47:33.579 --> 00:47:35.219 pay<00:47:33.800><c> the</c><00:47:34.039><c> bill.</c> 00:47:37.559 --> 00:47:39.960 Or<00:47:37.840><c> haggles</c><00:47:38.280><c> over</c><00:47:38.539><c> the</c><00:47:38.840><c> price.</c> 00:47:41.480 --> 00:47:44.739 Or<00:47:41.619><c> has</c><00:47:41.760><c> everything</c><00:47:42.079><c> possible</c><00:47:42.480><c> to</c><00:47:42.820><c> wiggle</c><00:47:43.179><c> out</c><00:47:43.519><c> of</c><00:47:43.639><c> responsibility.</c> 00:47:46.820 --> 00:47:50.820 Is<00:47:47.500><c> that</c><00:47:47.840><c> acceptable</c><00:47:48.179><c> behavior?</c><00:47:49.699><c> No,</c><00:47:49.920><c> it's</c><00:47:50.019><c> not.</c> 00:47:53.800 --> 00:47:59.639 The<00:47:54.360><c> law</c><00:47:54.579><c> said,</c><00:47:55.000><c> if</c><00:47:55.039><c> you</c><00:47:55.260><c> try</c><00:47:55.539><c> and</c><00:47:55.820><c> use</c><00:47:56.880><c> your</c><00:47:57.960><c> so</c><00:47:58.179><c>-called</c><00:47:58.380><c> status</c><00:47:58.800><c> in</c><00:47:59.139><c> Christ</c><00:47:59.400><c> to</c> 00:47:59.639 --> 00:48:02.280 escape<00:47:59.980><c> your</c><00:48:00.440><c> legal</c><00:48:00.800><c> responsibilities,</c> 00:48:03.460 --> 00:48:08.480 when<00:48:03.579><c> the</c><00:48:03.739><c> law</c><00:48:03.900><c> catches</c><00:48:04.199><c> up</c><00:48:04.340><c> with</c><00:48:04.559><c> you,</c><00:48:07.139><c> you'll</c><00:48:07.380><c> pay</c><00:48:07.539><c> the</c><00:48:07.940><c> full</c> 00:48:08.480 --> 00:48:10.219 price<00:48:09.119><c> of</c><00:48:09.440><c> that</c><00:48:09.639><c> whole</c><00:48:09.780><c> arrangement.</c> 00:48:10.519 --> 00:48:11.880 So<00:48:10.760><c> fix</c><00:48:10.920><c> it</c><00:48:11.099><c> up.</c> 00:48:14.000 --> 00:48:16.019 There's<00:48:14.599><c> a</c><00:48:14.800><c> parable</c><00:48:15.000><c> in</c><00:48:15.219><c> here.</c> 00:48:17.539 --> 00:48:19.559 A<00:48:17.699><c> very</c><00:48:18.119><c> strong</c><00:48:18.440><c> parable.</c> 00:48:19.940 --> 00:48:22.199 Because<00:48:20.059><c> you</c><00:48:20.219><c> see</c><00:48:20.360><c> in</c><00:48:20.480><c> Isaiah</c><00:48:20.699><c> 63</c><00:48:21.159><c> and</c><00:48:21.360><c> verse</c><00:48:21.579><c> 10,</c><00:48:21.960><c> we</c><00:48:22.000><c> won't</c> 00:48:22.199 --> 00:48:27.500 turn<00:48:22.400><c> to</c><00:48:22.500><c> it,</c><00:48:22.679><c> but</c><00:48:22.900><c> God</c><00:48:23.280><c> is</c><00:48:23.860><c> called</c><00:48:24.500><c> Israel's</c><00:48:26.239><c> adversary.</c> 00:48:27.800 --> 00:48:29.820 It's<00:48:27.960><c> like</c><00:48:28.059><c> an</c><00:48:28.260><c> opponent</c><00:48:28.559><c> at</c><00:48:28.840><c> law.</c> 00:48:32.960 --> 00:48:39.500 And<00:48:33.559><c> he's</c><00:48:33.840><c> demanding</c><00:48:34.599><c> from</c><00:48:35.400><c> us</c><00:48:36.760><c> the</c><00:48:37.420><c> responsibilities</c><00:48:38.360><c> of</c> 00:48:39.500 --> 00:48:41.000 paying<00:48:39.739><c> what's</c><00:48:40.199><c> due.</c> 00:48:41.400 --> 00:48:43.780 It's<00:48:42.099><c> called</c><00:48:42.239><c> our</c><00:48:42.559><c> obedience.</c> 00:48:46.219 --> 00:48:49.579 And<00:48:46.380><c> no</c><00:48:46.559><c> one</c><00:48:46.699><c> wants</c><00:48:47.300><c> God</c><00:48:47.800><c> to</c><00:48:48.059><c> be</c><00:48:48.159><c> an</c><00:48:48.380><c> adversary</c><00:48:48.619><c> to</c><00:48:48.860><c> us.</c><00:48:49.320><c> Nobody</c> 00:48:49.579 --> 00:48:50.880 at<00:48:49.820><c> all.</c> 00:48:52.780 --> 00:48:54.480 So<00:48:53.079><c> reconcile</c><00:48:53.559><c> while</c><00:48:53.780><c> you</c><00:48:54.059><c> can.</c> 00:48:54.860 --> 00:49:00.880 Because<00:48:55.159><c> one</c><00:48:55.679><c> day</c><00:48:56.159><c> the</c><00:48:56.559><c> opportunity</c><00:48:56.980><c> for</c><00:48:57.280><c> reconciliation</c><00:48:57.860><c> will</c><00:48:58.539><c> not</c><00:48:59.119><c> be</c><00:48:59.780><c> available.</c> 00:49:01.079 --> 00:49:02.920 Fix<00:49:01.380><c> it</c><00:49:01.539><c> up</c><00:49:01.699><c> now.</c> 00:49:07.539 --> 00:49:11.400 This<00:49:08.420><c> would</c><00:49:08.679><c> have</c><00:49:08.900><c> been</c><00:49:09.780><c> exceedingly</c><00:49:10.679><c> penetrating</c><00:49:11.139><c> to</c><00:49:11.280><c> this</c> 00:49:11.400 --> 00:49:12.000 group<00:49:11.500><c> of</c><00:49:11.719><c> people.</c> 00:49:12.280 --> 00:49:14.159 I<00:49:12.280><c> mean,</c><00:49:12.440><c> this</c><00:49:12.599><c> was</c><00:49:12.840><c> counter</c><00:49:13.219><c>-cultural.</c> 00:49:18.539 --> 00:49:26.619 Peacemaking,<00:49:19.420><c> reconciling,</c><00:49:21.519><c> paying</c><00:49:21.800><c> what's</c><00:49:22.280><c> due,</c><00:49:25.760><c> curtailing</c><00:49:26.239><c> anger</c> 00:49:26.619 --> 00:49:29.119 and<00:49:26.900><c> insult,</c><00:49:27.900><c> false</c><00:49:28.179><c> accusation.</c> 00:49:30.579 --> 00:49:35.260 You<00:49:31.059><c> see,</c><00:49:31.739><c> this</c><00:49:31.980><c> is</c><00:49:32.179><c> the</c><00:49:32.420><c> harmony</c><00:49:32.739><c> that</c><00:49:33.019><c> keeps</c><00:49:33.239><c> the</c><00:49:33.519><c> family</c><00:49:33.739><c> together.</c> 00:49:39.280 --> 00:49:42.380 In<00:49:39.400><c> verse</c><00:49:39.539><c> 27,</c><00:49:40.219><c> you've</c><00:49:40.400><c> heard</c><00:49:40.519><c> it</c><00:49:40.780><c> said,</c><00:49:41.119><c> of</c><00:49:41.119><c> them</c><00:49:41.300><c> of</c><00:49:41.440><c> old</c><00:49:41.639><c> time,</c><00:49:41.900><c> thou</c><00:49:42.000><c> shalt</c><00:49:42.179><c> not</c> 00:49:42.380 --> 00:49:43.639 commit<00:49:42.619><c> adultery.</c> 00:49:45.900 --> 00:49:53.199 And<00:49:46.099><c> once</c><00:49:46.239><c> again,</c><00:49:47.179><c> the</c><00:49:47.280><c> law</c><00:49:47.780><c> could</c><00:49:49.440><c> only</c><00:49:50.159><c> handle</c><00:49:51.280><c> the</c><00:49:52.940><c> whole</c> 00:49:53.199 --> 00:49:55.840 tragedy<00:49:53.579><c> after</c><00:49:54.059><c> the</c><00:49:54.360><c> event</c><00:49:54.579><c> had</c><00:49:54.840><c> occurred.</c> 00:49:59.579 --> 00:50:04.960 But<00:50:00.099><c> I</c><00:50:00.360><c> say</c><00:50:00.480><c> to</c><00:50:00.599><c> you</c><00:50:00.739><c> in</c><00:50:00.840><c> verse</c><00:50:01.019><c> 28,</c><00:50:03.500><c> that</c><00:50:03.679><c> whoso</c><00:50:04.099><c> looketh</c><00:50:04.780><c> on</c><00:50:04.880><c> a</c> 00:50:04.960 --> 00:50:07.360 woman<00:50:05.099><c> to</c><00:50:05.300><c> lust</c><00:50:05.519><c> after</c><00:50:05.960><c> her,</c><00:50:06.300><c> hath</c><00:50:06.420><c> committed</c><00:50:06.659><c> adultery</c><00:50:07.119><c> with</c> 00:50:07.360 --> 00:50:10.599 her<00:50:07.900><c> already</c><00:50:08.599><c> in</c><00:50:09.239><c> his</c><00:50:09.679><c> heart.</c> 00:50:12.599 --> 00:50:18.159 You<00:50:12.860><c> see,</c><00:50:12.920><c> he</c><00:50:13.039><c> goes</c><00:50:13.380><c> to</c><00:50:13.679><c> the</c><00:50:14.119><c> source</c><00:50:14.380><c> of</c><00:50:14.539><c> the</c><00:50:14.739><c> problem,</c><00:50:15.420><c> unfaithfulness</c><00:50:16.260><c> in</c><00:50:16.800><c> the</c><00:50:17.119><c> heart.</c> 00:50:20.239 --> 00:50:22.380 Whoso<00:50:20.460><c> looketh</c><00:50:20.780><c> upon</c><00:50:20.940><c> a</c><00:50:21.119><c> woman</c><00:50:21.300><c> to</c><00:50:21.480><c> lust</c><00:50:21.800><c> after</c><00:50:22.159><c> her.</c> 00:50:22.380 --> 00:50:25.940 Now<00:50:22.639><c> he's</c><00:50:22.780><c> not</c><00:50:23.099><c> talking</c><00:50:23.380><c> about</c><00:50:23.760><c> the</c><00:50:24.539><c> casual</c><00:50:24.980><c> glance</c><00:50:25.260><c> at</c><00:50:25.420><c> a</c><00:50:25.519><c> woman</c><00:50:25.679><c> or</c> 00:50:25.940 --> 00:50:28.460 the<00:50:26.159><c> sudden</c><00:50:26.420><c> impulse</c><00:50:26.880><c> of</c><00:50:27.039><c> an</c><00:50:27.119><c> impure</c><00:50:27.559><c> thought.</c> 00:50:28.619 --> 00:50:31.840 That<00:50:28.900><c> has</c><00:50:29.119><c> to</c><00:50:29.280><c> be</c><00:50:29.440><c> immediately</c><00:50:30.179><c> cut</c><00:50:30.460><c> off</c><00:50:30.599><c> and</c><00:50:30.880><c> controlled.</c> 00:50:34.860 --> 00:50:37.019 All<00:50:35.059><c> brethren</c><00:50:35.320><c> know</c><00:50:35.619><c> that</c><00:50:35.820><c> these</c><00:50:36.079><c> thoughts</c><00:50:36.420><c> suddenly</c><00:50:36.780><c> appear</c> 00:50:37.019 --> 00:50:38.000 in<00:50:37.139><c> the</c><00:50:37.280><c> mind</c><00:50:37.400><c> from</c><00:50:37.679><c> nowhere.</c> 00:50:38.119 --> 00:50:40.820 They<00:50:38.239><c> need</c><00:50:38.400><c> to</c><00:50:38.519><c> be</c><00:50:38.699><c> immediately</c><00:50:39.219><c> extinguished.</c> 00:50:41.820 --> 00:50:45.119 But<00:50:41.940><c> the</c><00:50:42.059><c> law</c><00:50:42.139><c> is</c><00:50:42.260><c> talking</c><00:50:42.480><c> about</c><00:50:42.699><c> something</c><00:50:43.380><c> bigger</c><00:50:43.820><c> than</c><00:50:44.139><c> that.</c> 00:50:47.420 --> 00:50:51.559 He's<00:50:47.980><c> speaking</c><00:50:48.300><c> about</c><00:50:49.400><c> an</c><00:50:49.800><c> unlawful</c><00:50:50.360><c> desire.</c> 00:50:52.380 --> 00:50:56.880 That<00:50:52.880><c> is</c><00:50:53.159><c> nurtured</c><00:50:54.079><c> and</c><00:50:55.179><c> developed</c><00:50:55.539><c> into</c><00:50:55.780><c> lust.</c> 00:51:01.679 --> 00:51:07.139 He<00:51:01.719><c> that</c><00:51:02.059><c> looketh</c><00:51:02.940><c> on</c><00:51:03.880><c> a</c><00:51:04.019><c> woman</c><00:51:04.340><c> to</c><00:51:05.699><c> lust</c><00:51:06.019><c> after</c><00:51:06.320><c> her.</c> 00:51:07.519 --> 00:51:11.219 Now<00:51:07.659><c> in</c><00:51:07.780><c> Job</c><00:51:07.900><c> 31</c><00:51:08.260><c> verse</c><00:51:08.579><c> 1,</c><00:51:08.820><c> we</c><00:51:08.840><c> won't</c><00:51:09.039><c> turn</c><00:51:09.260><c> to</c><00:51:09.400><c> it.</c> 00:51:13.139 --> 00:51:18.360 But<00:51:13.860><c> Job</c><00:51:14.039><c> said</c><00:51:14.260><c> in</c><00:51:14.440><c> Job</c><00:51:14.639><c> 31</c><00:51:14.960><c> verse</c><00:51:15.300><c> 1,</c><00:51:17.300><c> I've</c><00:51:17.539><c> made</c><00:51:17.619><c> a</c><00:51:17.900><c> covenant</c> 00:51:18.360 --> 00:51:23.400 with<00:51:19.360><c> mine</c><00:51:19.619><c> eyes</c><00:51:20.300><c> not</c><00:51:20.699><c> to</c><00:51:21.039><c> look</c><00:51:21.900><c> upon</c><00:51:22.360><c> a</c><00:51:22.579><c> maid.</c> 00:51:23.980 --> 00:51:29.840 Now<00:51:24.239><c> that</c><00:51:24.260><c> was</c><00:51:24.480><c> a</c><00:51:24.719><c> deliberate</c><00:51:25.619><c> decision</c><00:51:26.960><c> of</c><00:51:27.960><c> a</c><00:51:28.340><c> married</c><00:51:28.880><c> man</c> 00:51:29.840 --> 00:51:33.039 in<00:51:31.320><c> relationship</c><00:51:31.659><c> to</c><00:51:31.840><c> his</c><00:51:31.960><c> wife.</c> 00:51:34.559 --> 00:51:36.639 Not<00:51:35.099><c> just</c><00:51:35.360><c> single</c><00:51:35.639><c> brethren.</c> 00:51:38.840 --> 00:51:41.519 It<00:51:39.400><c> was</c><00:51:39.679><c> disciplined,</c><00:51:40.159><c> it</c><00:51:40.260><c> was</c><00:51:40.500><c> deliberate.</c> 00:51:44.500 --> 00:51:47.079 Keep<00:51:44.699><c> thy</c><00:51:44.980><c> heart</c><00:51:45.500><c> with</c><00:51:45.780><c> all</c><00:51:45.960><c> diligence</c><00:51:46.340><c> for</c><00:51:46.559><c> out</c><00:51:46.679><c> of</c><00:51:46.760><c> it</c><00:51:46.880><c> are</c> 00:51:47.079 --> 00:51:49.119 the<00:51:47.360><c> issues</c><00:51:47.559><c> of</c><00:51:47.880><c> life.</c> 00:51:53.719 --> 00:52:02.420 This<00:51:54.280><c> problem</c><00:51:54.840><c> is</c><00:51:56.619><c> a</c><00:51:56.800><c> 21st</c><00:51:57.420><c> century</c><00:51:57.719><c> problem</c><00:51:58.739><c> exacerbated</c><00:52:01.199><c> by</c> 00:52:02.420 --> 00:52:04.880 the<00:52:02.699><c> click</c><00:52:02.920><c> of</c><00:52:03.119><c> a</c><00:52:03.239><c> button</c><00:52:03.460><c> on</c><00:52:03.719><c> a</c><00:52:03.860><c> mouse.</c> 00:52:07.000 --> 00:52:14.840 Where<00:52:07.400><c> brethren</c><00:52:07.679><c> have</c><00:52:08.019><c> access</c><00:52:08.880><c> to</c><00:52:10.159><c> a</c><00:52:10.380><c> world</c><00:52:10.619><c> full</c><00:52:10.880><c> of</c><00:52:10.960><c> pornography</c><00:52:11.760><c> and</c><00:52:13.619><c> evil.</c> 00:52:16.619 --> 00:52:21.440 That<00:52:16.800><c> attacks</c><00:52:17.360><c> the</c><00:52:18.340><c> very</c><00:52:18.800><c> core</c><00:52:19.320><c> fiber</c><00:52:20.000><c> of</c><00:52:20.460><c> life.</c> 00:52:22.179 --> 00:52:24.960 The<00:52:22.420><c> addiction</c><00:52:22.900><c> of</c><00:52:23.059><c> pornography</c><00:52:23.639><c> and</c><00:52:23.900><c> it</c><00:52:23.940><c> is</c><00:52:24.059><c> an</c><00:52:24.139><c> addiction.</c> 00:52:28.179 --> 00:52:31.699 This<00:52:28.380><c> world</c><00:52:28.780><c> does</c><00:52:28.940><c> everything</c><00:52:29.139><c> it</c><00:52:29.340><c> possibly</c><00:52:29.639><c> can</c><00:52:29.920><c> to</c><00:52:30.199><c> inflame</c><00:52:30.719><c> lust.</c> 00:52:34.139 --> 00:52:39.480 And<00:52:34.619><c> we</c><00:52:34.820><c> have</c><00:52:35.019><c> to</c><00:52:35.159><c> have</c><00:52:35.280><c> the</c><00:52:35.539><c> discipline</c><00:52:35.780><c> brethren</c><00:52:36.579><c> to</c><00:52:37.900><c> control</c><00:52:38.280><c> that.</c> 00:52:40.840 --> 00:52:43.599 To<00:52:40.920><c> give</c><00:52:41.059><c> your</c><00:52:41.280><c> wife</c><00:52:41.539><c> the</c><00:52:41.820><c> password</c><00:52:42.260><c> to</c><00:52:42.480><c> the</c><00:52:42.659><c> internet.</c> 00:52:45.139 --> 00:52:46.780 You<00:52:45.239><c> put</c><00:52:45.440><c> filters</c><00:52:45.760><c> on.</c> 00:52:48.139 --> 00:52:50.119 You<00:52:48.260><c> don't</c><00:52:48.420><c> put</c><00:52:48.579><c> yourself</c><00:52:48.840><c> in</c><00:52:49.059><c> that</c><00:52:49.360><c> kind</c><00:52:49.599><c> of</c><00:52:49.739><c> environment.</c> 00:52:50.519 --> 00:52:53.099 But<00:52:50.619><c> in</c><00:52:50.800><c> the</c><00:52:51.039><c> end</c><00:52:51.340><c> it</c><00:52:51.519><c> is</c><00:52:51.739><c> attitudinal</c><00:52:52.300><c> isn't</c><00:52:52.480><c> it?</c><00:52:52.699><c> You</c><00:52:52.820><c> don't</c> 00:52:53.099 --> 00:52:54.900 want<00:52:53.280><c> to</c><00:52:53.420><c> be</c><00:52:53.559><c> involved</c><00:52:53.820><c> in</c><00:52:53.960><c> that.</c> 00:52:55.440 --> 00:53:00.980 But<00:52:55.760><c> the</c><00:52:55.960><c> ease</c><00:52:56.099><c> of</c><00:52:56.420><c> access</c><00:52:57.480><c> challenges</c><00:52:58.880><c> the</c><00:52:59.119><c> very</c><00:52:59.420><c> fiber</c><00:52:59.639><c> of</c><00:52:59.940><c> discipleship.</c> 00:53:01.199 --> 00:53:05.360 It<00:53:01.260><c> is</c><00:53:01.440><c> an</c><00:53:01.579><c> addiction</c><00:53:01.980><c> that</c><00:53:02.639><c> has</c><00:53:02.980><c> destroyed</c><00:53:03.659><c> brethren,</c><00:53:05.119><c> young</c> 00:53:05.360 --> 00:53:06.840 and<00:53:05.719><c> old.</c> 00:53:09.019 --> 00:53:12.760 The<00:53:09.320><c> Lord</c><00:53:09.599><c> is</c><00:53:09.840><c> going</c><00:53:10.199><c> to</c><00:53:10.460><c> the</c><00:53:10.559><c> very</c><00:53:10.940><c> source</c><00:53:11.219><c> of</c><00:53:11.420><c> the</c><00:53:11.639><c> issue.</c> 00:53:15.119 --> 00:53:16.320 The<00:53:15.440><c> heart.</c> 00:53:18.360 --> 00:53:21.559 As<00:53:18.579><c> far</c><00:53:18.760><c> as</c><00:53:18.860><c> the</c><00:53:18.960><c> Lord</c><00:53:19.039><c> is</c><00:53:19.260><c> concerned</c><00:53:19.699><c> the</c><00:53:20.019><c> act</c><00:53:20.619><c> contemplated</c> 00:53:21.559 --> 00:53:26.059 in<00:53:21.900><c> Harvard</c><00:53:22.199><c> is</c><00:53:22.760><c> equivalent</c><00:53:23.519><c> to</c><00:53:24.059><c> the</c><00:53:24.340><c> deed</c><00:53:24.500><c> itself.</c> 00:53:30.380 --> 00:53:34.119 To<00:53:30.900><c> contemplate</c><00:53:31.420><c> that</c><00:53:31.960><c> is</c><00:53:32.360><c> to</c><00:53:32.440><c> be</c><00:53:32.539><c> unfaithful</c><00:53:32.960><c> to</c><00:53:33.079><c> your</c><00:53:33.260><c> wife</c> 00:53:34.119 --> 00:53:39.539 and<00:53:37.719><c> to</c><00:53:37.780><c> have</c><00:53:37.820><c> been</c><00:53:37.940><c> adulterated</c><00:53:38.260><c> in</c><00:53:38.360><c> your</c><00:53:38.519><c> heart.</c> 00:53:40.559 --> 00:53:43.679 So<00:53:40.820><c> the</c><00:53:40.920><c> Lord</c><00:53:41.079><c> has</c><00:53:41.280><c> turned</c><00:53:41.500><c> this</c><00:53:41.739><c> whole</c><00:53:42.219><c> situation</c><00:53:42.800><c> around.</c> 00:53:47.539 --> 00:53:51.139 If<00:53:47.960><c> thy</c><00:53:48.179><c> right</c><00:53:48.559><c> hand,</c><00:53:49.860><c> so</c><00:53:49.940><c> the</c><00:53:50.059><c> right</c><00:53:50.340><c> eye</c><00:53:50.599><c> offends</c><00:53:50.920><c> thee</c><00:53:51.039><c> in</c> 00:53:51.139 --> 00:53:53.579 verse<00:53:51.320><c> 29,</c><00:53:52.059><c> pluck</c><00:53:52.199><c> it</c><00:53:52.360><c> out</c><00:53:52.480><c> and</c><00:53:52.719><c> cast</c><00:53:52.900><c> it</c><00:53:53.079><c> from</c><00:53:53.280><c> thee.</c> 00:53:53.820 --> 00:53:55.820 For<00:53:53.880><c> it</c><00:53:54.099><c> is</c><00:53:54.199><c> profitable</c><00:53:54.440><c> for</c><00:53:54.639><c> thee</c><00:53:54.960><c> that</c><00:53:55.119><c> one</c><00:53:55.300><c> of</c><00:53:55.400><c> thy</c><00:53:55.539><c> members</c> 00:53:55.820 --> 00:53:58.139 should<00:53:56.019><c> perish</c><00:53:56.400><c> and</c><00:53:56.780><c> not</c><00:53:56.880><c> that</c><00:53:57.000><c> thy</c><00:53:57.119><c> whole</c><00:53:57.420><c> body</c><00:53:57.679><c> should</c><00:53:57.860><c> be</c> 00:53:58.139 --> 00:53:58.800 cast<00:53:58.360><c> into</c><00:53:58.579><c> hell.</c> 00:53:58.980 --> 00:54:01.719 Now<00:53:59.159><c> of</c><00:53:59.239><c> course</c><00:53:59.320><c> he</c><00:53:59.460><c> is</c><00:53:59.460><c> talking</c><00:53:59.739><c> figuratively.</c><00:54:00.739><c> You</c><00:54:00.820><c> can</c><00:54:00.980><c> still</c><00:54:01.199><c> lust</c><00:54:01.320><c> with</c><00:54:01.519><c> one</c> 00:54:01.719 --> 00:54:03.699 eye.<00:54:01.900><c> You</c><00:54:01.940><c> can</c><00:54:02.099><c> still</c><00:54:02.199><c> lust</c><00:54:02.340><c> with</c><00:54:02.519><c> no</c><00:54:02.760><c> eyes.</c> 00:54:05.960 --> 00:54:10.880 But<00:54:06.139><c> Jesus</c><00:54:06.360><c> is</c><00:54:06.599><c> asking</c><00:54:06.920><c> for</c><00:54:07.579><c> savage</c><00:54:08.559><c> reaction</c><00:54:09.719><c> to</c><00:54:09.960><c> this.</c> 00:54:12.159 --> 00:54:16.000 I<00:54:12.699><c> mean</c><00:54:13.139><c> the</c><00:54:13.360><c> horror</c><00:54:13.699><c> of</c><00:54:14.340><c> trying</c><00:54:14.579><c> to</c><00:54:14.800><c> grasp</c><00:54:15.000><c> your</c><00:54:15.219><c> eyeball</c><00:54:15.579><c> and</c> 00:54:16.000 --> 00:54:17.940 pulling<00:54:16.239><c> it</c><00:54:16.460><c> out</c><00:54:16.559><c> is</c><00:54:16.760><c> horrific.</c> 00:54:20.119 --> 00:54:23.239 But<00:54:20.239><c> you</c><00:54:20.340><c> see</c><00:54:20.340><c> the</c><00:54:20.460><c> Lord</c><00:54:20.559><c> is</c><00:54:20.920><c> trying</c><00:54:21.159><c> to,</c><00:54:21.760><c> in</c><00:54:21.880><c> this</c><00:54:22.059><c> very</c><00:54:22.420><c> gruesome</c><00:54:22.940><c> kind</c> 00:54:23.239 --> 00:54:26.480 of<00:54:23.480><c> parable,</c><00:54:23.960><c> trying</c><00:54:24.079><c> to</c><00:54:24.219><c> show</c><00:54:24.340><c> us</c><00:54:24.480><c> how</c><00:54:24.820><c> drastic</c><00:54:25.199><c> the</c><00:54:25.460><c> solution</c><00:54:25.699><c> has</c><00:54:25.960><c> to</c><00:54:26.159><c> be.</c> 00:54:26.860 --> 00:54:31.139 Don't<00:54:27.159><c> flirt</c><00:54:27.440><c> with</c><00:54:27.619><c> it.</c><00:54:28.559><c> Don't</c><00:54:28.820><c> pander</c><00:54:29.179><c> to</c><00:54:29.380><c> it.</c><00:54:30.380><c> Don't</c><00:54:30.820><c> nibble</c> 00:54:31.139 --> 00:54:35.110 round<00:54:31.320><c> the</c><00:54:31.500><c> edges.</c><00:54:33.800><c> Amputate</c><00:54:34.340><c> it.</c> 00:54:37.809 --> 00:54:41.750 Make<00:54:38.329><c> no</c><00:54:38.630><c> provision</c><00:54:39.190><c> for</c><00:54:40.010><c> the</c><00:54:40.230><c> flesh</c><00:54:40.630><c> to</c><00:54:40.909><c> fulfill</c><00:54:41.289><c> the</c><00:54:41.510><c> lust</c> 00:54:41.750 --> 00:54:43.269 thereof,<00:54:42.389><c> says</c><00:54:42.389><c> Paul.</c> 00:54:43.409 --> 00:54:47.809 So<00:54:43.570><c> you</c><00:54:43.789><c> avoid</c><00:54:44.250><c> going</c><00:54:44.510><c> to</c><00:54:44.769><c> places</c><00:54:45.030><c> which</c><00:54:46.510><c> display</c><00:54:46.969><c> that</c><00:54:47.269><c> stuff.</c><00:54:47.610><c> You</c> 00:54:47.809 --> 00:54:51.190 avoid<00:54:48.230><c> rematerial</c><00:54:49.090><c> that</c><00:54:49.590><c> displays</c><00:54:50.090><c> that</c><00:54:50.449><c> stuff.</c> 00:54:51.510 --> 00:54:55.730 You<00:54:52.030><c> prepare</c><00:54:52.550><c> your</c><00:54:53.130><c> advance</c><00:54:53.510><c> so</c><00:54:53.690><c> that</c><00:54:53.789><c> you</c><00:54:53.929><c> don't</c><00:54:54.070><c> get</c><00:54:54.269><c> involved</c><00:54:54.650><c> in</c><00:54:54.869><c> that.</c><00:54:55.409><c> You</c> 00:54:55.730 --> 00:54:57.429 crucify<00:54:56.170><c> the</c><00:54:56.409><c> flesh</c><00:54:56.530><c> with</c><00:54:56.730><c> the</c><00:54:56.869><c> affections</c><00:54:57.170><c> of</c><00:54:57.309><c> lust.</c> 00:54:57.550 --> 00:54:59.889 You<00:54:57.710><c> have</c><00:54:57.849><c> a</c><00:54:58.210><c> strategy</c><00:54:58.550><c> where</c><00:54:58.750><c> you're</c><00:54:58.869><c> not</c><00:54:58.969><c> going</c><00:54:59.070><c> to</c><00:54:59.130><c> get</c><00:54:59.309><c> involved</c><00:54:59.650><c> in</c> 00:54:59.889 --> 00:55:03.309 that.<00:55:00.250><c> That</c><00:55:00.510><c> takes</c><00:55:00.929><c> discipline.</c><00:55:01.849><c> It</c><00:55:01.989><c> takes</c><00:55:02.289><c> action.</c> 00:55:05.929 --> 00:55:09.809 I<00:55:06.690><c> don't</c><00:55:06.909><c> want</c><00:55:07.090><c> to</c><00:55:07.230><c> see</c><00:55:07.329><c> you</c><00:55:07.469><c> in</c><00:55:07.590><c> Gehenna,</c><00:55:08.630><c> said</c><00:55:08.710><c> Jesus.</c><00:55:09.550><c> So</c> 00:55:09.809 --> 00:55:13.429 deal<00:55:10.570><c> with</c><00:55:11.130><c> the</c><00:55:11.510><c> issue</c><00:55:12.030><c> now.</c> 00:55:15.750 --> 00:55:19.530 How<00:55:16.050><c> very</c><00:55:16.670><c> up</c><00:55:16.889><c>-to</c><00:55:17.050><c>-date</c><00:55:17.510><c> this</c><00:55:18.230><c> discourse</c><00:55:18.650><c> is.</c> 00:55:21.389 --> 00:55:27.849 Purity<00:55:22.150><c> of</c><00:55:22.489><c> heart,</c><00:55:24.349><c> meekness,</c><00:55:26.170><c> the</c><00:55:26.329><c> capacity</c><00:55:26.690><c> to</c><00:55:27.010><c> make</c><00:55:27.250><c> peace</c> 00:55:27.849 --> 00:55:30.969 are<00:55:28.510><c> qualities</c><00:55:28.969><c> which</c><00:55:29.210><c> the</c><00:55:29.369><c> Lord</c><00:55:29.570><c> seeks</c><00:55:29.969><c> in</c><00:55:30.150><c> his</c><00:55:30.510><c> family.</c> 00:55:30.969 --> 00:55:35.829 And<00:55:31.389><c> that</c><00:55:31.570><c> is</c><00:55:31.730><c> assailed</c><00:55:32.150><c> on</c><00:55:32.550><c> all</c><00:55:33.710><c> sides</c><00:55:34.269><c> by</c><00:55:34.590><c> temptations</c><00:55:35.469><c> and</c> 00:55:35.829 --> 00:55:40.210 difficulties<00:55:36.650><c> and</c><00:55:37.289><c> problems</c><00:55:37.849><c> and</c><00:55:38.389><c> breakup</c><00:55:38.650><c> of</c><00:55:38.969><c> relationships.</c> 00:55:42.409 --> 00:55:45.050 They<00:55:42.650><c> threaten</c><00:55:43.010><c> that</c><00:55:43.269><c> relationship</c><00:55:43.690><c> with</c><00:55:43.849><c> the</c><00:55:44.030><c> family.</c> 00:55:46.289 --> 00:55:51.070 We<00:55:46.409><c> are</c><00:55:46.570><c> the</c><00:55:46.809><c> salt</c><00:55:46.929><c> of</c><00:55:47.130><c> the</c><00:55:47.289><c> earth.</c><00:55:47.670><c> We</c><00:55:47.889><c> belong</c><00:55:48.510><c> to</c><00:55:48.929><c> the</c><00:55:49.070><c> covenants</c><00:55:49.349><c> of</c><00:55:49.630><c> promise.</c><00:55:50.530><c> Let's</c><00:55:50.809><c> not</c> 00:55:51.070 --> 00:55:52.590 lose<00:55:51.389><c> our</c><00:55:51.690><c> savor.</c> 00:55:53.489 --> 00:55:59.769 Let's<00:55:54.050><c> have</c><00:55:54.190><c> these</c><00:55:54.429><c> things</c><00:55:54.690><c> firmly</c><00:55:55.070><c> in</c><00:55:55.329><c> mind.</c><00:55:56.550><c> Let's</c><00:55:56.869><c> understand</c><00:55:57.369><c> that</c><00:55:57.650><c> the</c><00:55:57.969><c> word</c><00:55:58.190><c> upon</c><00:55:58.429><c> the</c><00:55:58.750><c> heart</c><00:55:59.190><c> is</c> 00:55:59.769 --> 00:56:01.889 the<00:55:59.969><c> way</c><00:56:00.090><c> to</c><00:56:00.369><c> purify</c><00:56:00.789><c> the</c><00:56:01.010><c> heart.</c> 00:56:03.269 --> 00:56:07.909 Let's<00:56:03.469><c> make</c><00:56:03.690><c> sure,</c><00:56:04.110><c> dear</c><00:56:04.130><c> sisters,</c><00:56:07.170><c> that</c><00:56:07.289><c> in</c><00:56:07.389><c> all</c><00:56:07.550><c> of</c><00:56:07.710><c> these</c> 00:56:07.909 --> 00:56:13.190 things<00:56:08.510><c> we</c><00:56:09.650><c> become</c><00:56:10.090><c> the</c><00:56:10.369><c> sons</c><00:56:10.530><c> and</c><00:56:10.769><c> daughters</c><00:56:11.210><c> of</c><00:56:11.849><c> the</c><00:56:12.030><c> living</c><00:56:12.269><c> God.</c>