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the</c><00:12:51.580><c> Apostles.</c> 00:12:52.000 --> 00:12:55.360 This<00:12:52.279><c> early</c><00:12:52.720><c> church,</c><00:12:53.899><c> which</c><00:12:54.139><c> sometimes</c><00:12:54.559><c> we</c><00:12:54.799><c> have</c><00:12:55.000><c> a</c><00:12:55.100><c> tendency</c> 00:12:55.360 --> 00:12:56.200 of<00:12:55.600><c> sort</c><00:12:55.759><c> of</c><00:12:55.960><c> taking</c> 00:12:56.200 --> 00:12:58.679 what<00:12:56.399><c> goes</c><00:12:56.620><c> on</c><00:12:56.840><c> at</c><00:12:56.940><c> the</c><00:12:57.019><c> beginning</c><00:12:57.399><c> and</c><00:12:57.879><c> then</c><00:12:58.139><c> getting</c><00:12:58.299><c> to</c><00:12:58.539><c> all</c> 00:12:58.679 --> 00:12:59.899 the<00:12:58.919><c> difficult</c><00:12:59.299><c> stuff</c><00:12:59.620><c> later</c> 00:12:59.899 --> 00:13:01.440 and<00:13:00.059><c> go,</c><00:13:00.179><c> oh,</c><00:13:00.419><c> they</c><00:13:00.620><c> struggled</c><00:13:00.899><c> with</c><00:13:01.100><c> this,</c><00:13:01.440><c> they</c><00:13:01.440><c> struggled</c> 00:13:01.440 --> 00:13:01.539 with<00:13:01.440><c> that.</c> 00:13:01.860 --> 00:13:04.259 The<00:13:02.159><c> early</c><00:13:02.480><c> church,</c><00:13:02.820><c> when</c><00:13:02.980><c> it</c><00:13:03.259><c> first</c><00:13:03.460><c> started</c><00:13:03.740><c> going</c><00:13:04.000><c> out,</c> 00:13:04.259 --> 00:13:07.340 both<00:13:04.519><c> at</c><00:13:04.799><c> Pentecost</c><00:13:05.279><c> and</c><00:13:05.480><c> now</c><00:13:05.759><c> here,</c><00:13:06.480><c> and</c><00:13:06.659><c> then</c><00:13:06.860><c> again</c><00:13:07.080><c> later</c> 00:13:07.340 --> 00:13:09.879 on,<00:13:08.000><c> it</c><00:13:08.299><c> is</c><00:13:08.759><c> exploding.</c> 00:13:10.000 --> 00:13:11.919 3<00:13:10.340><c>,000</c><00:13:10.639><c> people</c><00:13:11.000><c> after</c><00:13:11.220><c> Pentecost.</c> 00:13:12.220 --> 00:13:14.340 Anybody<00:13:12.539><c> know</c><00:13:12.700><c> how</c><00:13:12.919><c> many</c><00:13:13.059><c> after</c><00:13:13.320><c> this</c><00:13:13.580><c> event?</c> 00:13:16.599 --> 00:13:19.820 5<00:13:17.199><c>,000</c><00:13:17.799><c> people</c><00:13:18.299><c> put</c><00:13:18.519><c> on</c><00:13:18.840><c> Christ.</c> 00:13:20.299 --> 00:13:23.379 And<00:13:20.379><c> look,</c><00:13:20.960><c> and</c><00:13:21.419><c> consider</c><00:13:21.720><c> two</c><00:13:21.960><c> things</c><00:13:22.200><c> as</c><00:13:22.399><c> we</c><00:13:22.580><c> look</c><00:13:22.759><c> at</c><00:13:22.940><c> it.</c> 00:13:23.639 --> 00:13:27.379 These<00:13:23.940><c> people,</c><00:13:24.820><c> Peter</c><00:13:25.139><c> specifically</c><00:13:25.860><c> says,</c><00:13:26.639><c> you</c><00:13:26.960><c> are</c><00:13:27.220><c> the</c> 00:13:27.379 --> 00:13:29.620 ones<00:13:27.639><c> that</c><00:13:28.000><c> said,</c><00:13:28.120><c> crucify</c><00:13:28.799><c> him.</c> 00:13:30.860 --> 00:13:34.120 And<00:13:31.340><c> 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and</c><00:13:41.240><c> see</c><00:13:41.419><c> how</c><00:13:41.620><c> it</c><00:13:41.899><c> unfolds.</c> 00:13:42.799 --> 00:13:46.320 Any<00:13:43.279><c> comments</c><00:13:43.639><c> or</c><00:13:43.820><c> questions</c><00:13:44.179><c> before</c><00:13:44.519><c> we</c><00:13:45.139><c> take</c><00:13:45.320><c> a</c><00:13:45.379><c> look</c><00:13:45.480><c> specifically</c><00:13:46.019><c> at</c> 00:13:46.320 --> 00:13:47.720 how<00:13:46.620><c> this</c><00:13:46.879><c> happens?</c> 00:13:48.480 --> 00:13:51.360 Okay,<00:13:49.340><c> Acts</c><00:13:49.519><c> chapter</c><00:13:49.779><c> 3</c><00:13:50.500><c> verse</c><00:13:50.980><c> 2.</c> 00:13:51.500 --> 00:13:55.100 I<00:13:51.639><c> want</c><00:13:51.779><c> you</c><00:13:51.879><c> to</c><00:13:52.000><c> pay</c><00:13:52.139><c> attention</c><00:13:52.779><c> to</c><00:13:53.639><c> the</c><00:13:53.940><c> way</c><00:13:54.220><c> the</c><00:13:54.539><c> blind,</c><00:13:54.879><c> the</c> 00:13:55.100 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blind.</c> 00:14:10.759 --> 00:14:12.679 He<00:14:10.879><c> wasn't</c><00:14:11.220><c> blind</c><00:14:11.659><c> from</c><00:14:11.840><c> his</c><00:14:12.019><c> mother's</c><00:14:12.500><c> womb.</c> 00:14:12.840 --> 00:14:18.179 Why<00:14:13.259><c> specifically</c><00:14:14.259><c> would</c><00:14:15.340><c> it</c><00:14:15.639><c> say,</c><00:14:16.500><c> now,</c><00:14:16.940><c> we</c><00:14:17.700><c> won't</c><00:14:17.879><c> even</c><00:14:18.100><c> get</c> 00:14:18.179 --> 00:14:19.980 into<00:14:18.279><c> the</c><00:14:18.399><c> question,</c><00:14:18.659><c> how</c><00:14:18.820><c> do</c><00:14:18.940><c> they</c><00:14:19.059><c> know</c><00:14:19.240><c> that?</c> 00:14:22.059 --> 00:14:25.100 But,<00:14:22.580><c> well,</c><00:14:22.940><c> of</c><00:14:23.100><c> course,</c><00:14:23.240><c> because</c><00:14:23.440><c> he</c><00:14:23.559><c> was</c><00:14:23.720><c> born</c><00:14:23.879><c> that</c><00:14:24.139><c> way</c><00:14:24.259><c> 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says</c><00:14:33.059><c> he</c><00:14:33.200><c> was</c><00:14:33.620><c> lame</c><00:14:34.039><c> from</c><00:14:34.419><c> his</c> 00:14:34.679 --> 00:14:36.139 mother's<00:14:35.299><c> womb.</c> 00:14:37.460 --> 00:14:40.559 He<00:14:37.980><c> was</c><00:14:38.500><c> connected</c><00:14:39.019><c> to</c><00:14:39.299><c> his</c><00:14:39.639><c> mother.</c> 00:14:40.679 --> 00:14:43.940 In<00:14:40.899><c> other</c><00:14:41.200><c> words,</c><00:14:42.200><c> just</c><00:14:42.460><c> like</c><00:14:42.659><c> the</c><00:14:42.899><c> blind</c><00:14:43.100><c> man</c><00:14:43.299><c> who</c><00:14:43.460><c> was</c><00:14:43.679><c> born</c> 00:14:43.940 --> 00:14:46.879 blind,<00:14:44.659><c> this</c><00:14:44.960><c> is</c><00:14:45.360><c> not</c><00:14:45.600><c> about</c><00:14:46.000><c> sin.</c> 00:14:47.539 --> 00:14:51.159 This<00:14:47.860><c> is</c><00:14:48.120><c> going</c><00:14:48.259><c> to</c><00:14:48.500><c> be</c><00:14:48.759><c> about</c><00:14:49.059><c> that</c><00:14:49.460><c> sinful</c><00:14:49.940><c> flesh</c><00:14:50.559><c> that</c><00:14:50.860><c> we</c> 00:14:51.159 --> 00:14:53.059 inherit<00:14:51.539><c> thanks</c><00:14:51.919><c> to</c><00:14:52.240><c> Adam.</c> 00:14:54.019 --> 00:14:56.519 You<00:14:54.600><c> can't</c><00:14:54.940><c> get</c><00:14:55.120><c> away</c><00:14:55.299><c> from</c><00:14:55.480><c> that,</c><00:14:55.679><c> even</c><00:14:55.919><c> if</c><00:14:56.080><c> you</c><00:14:56.220><c> never</c> 00:14:56.519 --> 00:14:59.259 sinned,<00:14:58.159><c> right?</c> 00:15:00.419 --> 00:15:07.360 Jesus<00:15:00.899><c> bore</c><00:15:01.440><c> our</c><00:15:03.019><c> nature</c><00:15:03.820><c> from</c><00:15:04.860><c> his</c><00:15:05.700><c> very</c><00:15:05.960><c> conception</c><00:15:06.399><c> because</c><00:15:06.840><c> he</c><00:15:07.059><c> was</c> 00:15:07.360 --> 00:15:09.000 the<00:15:07.580><c> son</c><00:15:07.740><c> of</c><00:15:07.940><c> the</c><00:15:08.120><c> woman.</c> 00:15:10.820 --> 00:15:12.799 So<00:15:11.259><c> this</c><00:15:11.679><c> is</c><00:15:11.860><c> what</c><00:15:12.019><c> this</c><00:15:12.279><c> is</c><00:15:12.500><c> about.</c> 00:15:13.159 --> 00:15:16.500 It's<00:15:13.580><c> never,</c><00:15:14.080><c> ever,</c><00:15:14.360><c> ever</c><00:15:14.679><c> about</c><00:15:15.000><c> the</c><00:15:15.259><c> sins</c><00:15:15.500><c> that</c><00:15:15.740><c> this</c><00:15:15.919><c> man</c><00:15:16.139><c> commits.</c> 00:15:16.860 --> 00:15:20.519 Notice<00:15:17.159><c> in</c><00:15:17.360><c> his</c><00:15:17.659><c> case,</c><00:15:18.120><c> and</c><00:15:18.580><c> we</c><00:15:18.740><c> made</c><00:15:18.860><c> this</c><00:15:19.039><c> point</c><00:15:19.220><c> week</c><00:15:19.480><c> one,</c> 00:15:21.000 --> 00:15:22.440 it's<00:15:21.500><c> never</c><00:15:21.759><c> said</c><00:15:21.940><c> about</c><00:15:22.200><c> him.</c> 00:15:22.440 --> 00:15:25.879 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just</c><00:15:33.139><c> seen</c><00:15:33.299><c> as</c><00:15:33.559><c> deformed.</c> 00:15:34.799 --> 00:15:37.659 Somebody<00:15:35.059><c> who</c><00:15:35.220><c> was</c><00:15:35.360><c> born</c><00:15:35.600><c> blind</c><00:15:36.100><c> was</c><00:15:36.320><c> seen</c><00:15:36.519><c> as</c><00:15:36.860><c> cursed.</c> 00:15:38.039 --> 00:15:40.639 That<00:15:38.179><c> was</c><00:15:38.360><c> part</c><00:15:38.559><c> of</c><00:15:38.659><c> the</c><00:15:38.700><c> reason</c><00:15:38.919><c> why</c><00:15:39.100><c> they</c><00:15:39.279><c> never</c><00:15:39.519><c> saw</c><00:15:39.740><c> the</c><00:15:39.960><c> blind</c><00:15:40.179><c> man,</c><00:15:40.460><c> by</c> 00:15:40.639 --> 00:15:40.840 the<00:15:40.759><c> way.</c> 00:15:40.879 --> 00:15:43.139 They<00:15:41.019><c> never</c><00:15:41.259><c> looked</c><00:15:41.539><c> at</c><00:15:41.720><c> him</c><00:15:42.159><c> because</c><00:15:42.460><c> he</c><00:15:42.600><c> was</c><00:15:42.860><c> cursed.</c> 00:15:43.159 --> 00:15:45.460 You<00:15:43.279><c> don't</c><00:15:43.440><c> want</c><00:15:43.559><c> to</c><00:15:43.559><c> have</c><00:15:43.679><c> anything</c><00:15:43.879><c> to</c><00:15:44.100><c> do</c><00:15:44.200><c> with</c><00:15:44.360><c> that.</c> 00:15:45.480 --> 00:15:47.919 So<00:15:45.659><c> you</c><00:15:46.179><c> can</c><00:15:46.500><c> avoid</c><00:15:46.519><c> it,</c><00:15:46.720><c> and</c><00:15:46.840><c> you</c><00:15:47.019><c> can</c><00:15:47.240><c> avoid</c><00:15:47.539><c> it</c><00:15:47.740><c> because</c> 00:15:47.919 --> 00:15:48.519 he's<00:15:48.179><c> blind.</c> 00:15:48.519 --> 00:15:50.779 He<00:15:48.679><c> can't</c><00:15:49.000><c> see</c><00:15:49.220><c> you,</c><00:15:49.379><c> so</c><00:15:49.559><c> you</c><00:15:49.740><c> can</c><00:15:49.879><c> just</c><00:15:50.080><c> keep</c><00:15:50.279><c> on</c><00:15:50.580><c> walking.</c> 00:15:50.779 --> 00:15:54.679 Maybe<00:15:51.679><c> you</c><00:15:51.940><c> throw</c><00:15:52.120><c> down</c><00:15:52.500><c> a</c><00:15:53.440><c> few</c><00:15:53.659><c> shekels</c><00:15:54.159><c> because</c><00:15:54.340><c> you</c><00:15:54.539><c> feel</c> 00:15:54.679 --> 00:15:56.259 bad<00:15:55.000><c> for</c><00:15:55.320><c> him,</c> 00:15:56.759 --> 00:15:59.220 but<00:15:56.879><c> you</c><00:15:56.980><c> don't</c><00:15:57.159><c> have</c><00:15:57.340><c> any</c><00:15:57.659><c> connection</c><00:15:58.019><c> with</c><00:15:58.259><c> him.</c> 00:15:59.559 --> 00:16:02.799 The<00:15:59.700><c> people</c><00:15:59.860><c> are</c><00:16:00.259><c> very</c><00:16:00.940><c> connected</c><00:16:01.360><c> to</c><00:16:01.580><c> the</c><00:16:01.740><c> lame</c><00:16:01.940><c> man.</c> 00:16:03.000 --> 00:16:05.460 Not<00:16:03.279><c> like</c><00:16:03.620><c> friends</c><00:16:03.860><c> of</c><00:16:04.080><c> his</c><00:16:04.240><c> by</c><00:16:04.480><c> any</c><00:16:04.679><c> stretch</c><00:16:04.879><c> of</c><00:16:05.019><c> imagination,</c> 00:16:05.659 --> 00:16:08.700 but<00:16:05.779><c> what</c><00:16:06.100><c> he</c><00:16:06.500><c> represents,</c><00:16:07.019><c> and</c><00:16:07.200><c> we'll</c><00:16:07.399><c> continue</c><00:16:07.679><c> to</c><00:16:07.899><c> see</c><00:16:08.000><c> what</c><00:16:08.159><c> that</c><00:16:08.460><c> is.</c> 00:16:08.980 --> 00:16:13.559 So<00:16:09.200><c> that's</c><00:16:09.480><c> why</c><00:16:09.700><c> it</c><00:16:10.000><c> emphasizes</c><00:16:10.519><c> that</c><00:16:11.299><c> he</c><00:16:12.259><c> was</c><00:16:12.539><c> lame</c><00:16:12.860><c> from</c><00:16:13.100><c> his</c> 00:16:13.559 --> 00:16:15.000 mother's<00:16:14.259><c> womb.</c> 00:16:15.379 --> 00:16:16.820 Not<00:16:15.620><c> about</c><00:16:15.879><c> him.</c> 00:16:16.960 --> 00:16:18.779 It's<00:16:17.100><c> about</c><00:16:17.240><c> the</c><00:16:17.419><c> nature</c><00:16:17.659><c> he</c><00:16:17.960><c> bore.</c> 00:16:19.840 --> 00:16:21.519 Does<00:16:20.200><c> that</c><00:16:20.379><c> make</c><00:16:20.519><c> sense?</c> 00:16:22.620 --> 00:16:23.960 And<00:16:22.720><c> then</c><00:16:22.899><c> it</c><00:16:22.940><c> says,</c><00:16:23.080><c> thank</c><00:16:23.299><c> you</c><00:16:23.460><c> for</c><00:16:23.559><c> that,</c> 00:16:24.139 --> 00:16:25.340 because<00:16:24.279><c> I</c><00:16:24.399><c> want</c><00:16:24.480><c> to</c><00:16:24.580><c> make</c><00:16:24.639><c> sure</c><00:16:24.759><c> it's</c><00:16:24.840><c> coming</c><00:16:25.019><c> across.</c> 00:16:25.399 --> 00:16:26.960 And<00:16:25.539><c> then</c><00:16:25.659><c> it</c><00:16:25.720><c> says</c><00:16:25.899><c> this.</c> 00:16:28.439 --> 00:16:34.000 Who<00:16:28.799><c> was</c><00:16:29.159><c> carried</c><00:16:30.120><c> whom</c><00:16:31.360><c> they</c><00:16:31.919><c> laid</c><00:16:32.500><c> daily</c><00:16:33.259><c> at</c><00:16:33.559><c> the</c><00:16:33.740><c> gate</c><00:16:33.860><c> of</c> 00:16:34.000 --> 00:16:35.899 the<00:16:34.159><c> temple,</c><00:16:34.399><c> which</c><00:16:34.559><c> is</c><00:16:34.820><c> called</c><00:16:34.980><c> beautiful.</c> 00:16:36.220 --> 00:16:38.799 Now<00:16:36.559><c> again,</c><00:16:37.159><c> this</c><00:16:37.379><c> is</c><00:16:37.519><c> the</c><00:16:37.600><c> great</c><00:16:37.720><c> thing</c><00:16:37.860><c> about</c><00:16:38.080><c> having</c><00:16:38.299><c> the</c> 00:16:38.799 --> 00:16:39.519 man<00:16:39.000><c> born</c><00:16:39.179><c> blind,</c> 00:16:39.559 --> 00:16:40.779 because<00:16:39.679><c> you</c><00:16:39.840><c> can</c><00:16:39.980><c> make</c><00:16:40.120><c> the</c><00:16:40.360><c> comparison.</c> 00:16:41.240 --> 00:16:46.299 Notice<00:16:41.519><c> the</c><00:16:41.659><c> man</c><00:16:41.940><c> born</c><00:16:42.159><c> blind,</c><00:16:42.519><c> it</c><00:16:42.659><c> never</c><00:16:42.899><c> says,</c><00:16:43.179><c> well,</c><00:16:43.379><c> his</c><00:16:43.559><c> parents</c><00:16:43.860><c> had</c><00:16:44.039><c> to</c><00:16:44.399><c> walk</c><00:16:44.639><c> him</c><00:16:44.799><c> over</c><00:16:45.080><c> to</c><00:16:45.320><c> a</c><00:16:45.500><c> corner</c> 00:16:46.500 --> 00:16:49.620 and<00:16:46.799><c> sit</c><00:16:47.080><c> him</c><00:16:47.320><c> down</c><00:16:47.980><c> or</c><00:16:48.500><c> lay</c><00:16:48.820><c> him</c><00:16:49.100><c> down.</c> 00:16:49.919 --> 00:16:54.080 It's<00:16:50.360><c> very</c><00:16:50.700><c> much</c><00:16:51.019><c> emphasizing</c><00:16:51.759><c> the</c><00:16:52.580><c> patheticness</c><00:16:53.500><c> of</c><00:16:53.799><c> this</c> 00:16:54.080 --> 00:16:55.419 man's<00:16:54.500><c> situation.</c> 00:16:55.600 --> 00:16:57.759 That's<00:16:56.019><c> why</c><00:16:56.360><c> it's</c><00:16:56.679><c> put</c><00:16:56.919><c> in</c><00:16:57.200><c> this</c><00:16:57.480><c> way.</c> 00:16:58.039 --> 00:17:04.019 They<00:16:58.340><c> literally</c><00:16:58.720><c> got</c><00:16:58.919><c> to</c><00:16:59.399><c> carry</c><00:16:59.759><c> him</c><00:17:00.080><c> in</c><00:17:00.980><c> and</c><00:17:03.019><c> lay</c><00:17:03.500><c> him</c><00:17:03.779><c> down.</c> 00:17:04.079 --> 00:17:06.920 Not<00:17:04.319><c> even</c><00:17:04.680><c> like</c><00:17:05.200><c> let</c><00:17:05.359><c> him</c><00:17:05.720><c> sit,</c><00:17:05.940><c> which</c><00:17:06.140><c> is</c><00:17:06.299><c> how</c><00:17:06.420><c> most</c><00:17:06.640><c> of</c><00:17:06.779><c> the</c> 00:17:06.920 --> 00:17:07.779 pictures<00:17:07.160><c> would</c><00:17:07.440><c> show</c><00:17:07.599><c> it.</c> 00:17:07.900 --> 00:17:11.599 It<00:17:08.220><c> literally</c><00:17:08.539><c> uses</c><00:17:08.839><c> the</c><00:17:09.019><c> word</c><00:17:09.119><c> they</c><00:17:09.460><c> lay</c><00:17:09.599><c> him</c><00:17:09.839><c> down</c><00:17:10.279><c> like</c><00:17:11.259><c> a</c> 00:17:11.599 --> 00:17:12.740 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so</c><00:17:26.420><c> changed</c><00:17:27.180><c> when</c><00:17:27.799><c> he</c><00:17:27.960><c> is</c><00:17:28.200><c> healed.</c> 00:17:29.660 --> 00:17:36.559 So<00:17:29.980><c> it's</c><00:17:30.559><c> emphasizing</c><00:17:31.140><c> how</c><00:17:32.920><c> lowly</c><00:17:33.660><c> and</c><00:17:33.880><c> how</c><00:17:35.140><c> pathetic</c><00:17:35.940><c> this</c> 00:17:36.559 --> 00:17:37.660 man<00:17:36.740><c> is.</c> 00:17:39.920 --> 00:17:41.539 Notice<00:17:40.200><c> something</c><00:17:40.440><c> else</c><00:17:40.720><c> about</c><00:17:40.900><c> it,</c><00:17:41.000><c> by</c><00:17:41.180><c> the</c><00:17:41.319><c> way,</c> 00:17:41.619 --> 00:17:43.400 and<00:17:41.839><c> we've</c><00:17:42.339><c> talked</c><00:17:42.500><c> about</c><00:17:42.680><c> this</c><00:17:42.839><c> many</c><00:17:43.119><c> times.</c> 00:17:43.400 --> 00:17:46.460 Richard's<00:17:43.839><c> talked</c><00:17:44.019><c> about</c><00:17:44.200><c> it</c><00:17:44.339><c> as</c><00:17:44.500><c> well,</c><00:17:45.279><c> and</c><00:17:45.440><c> it's</c><00:17:45.640><c> this.</c> 00:17:47.119 --> 00:17:49.180 We're<00:17:47.339><c> never</c><00:17:47.619><c> told</c><00:17:47.880><c> the</c><00:17:48.059><c> man's</c><00:17:48.380><c> name.</c> 00:17:50.299 --> 00:17:53.980 It's<00:17:50.940><c> always</c><00:17:51.319><c> interesting</c><00:17:51.799><c> to</c><00:17:52.059><c> consider</c><00:17:52.700><c> why</c><00:17:53.319><c> these</c><00:17:53.660><c> people</c> 00:17:53.980 --> 00:17:55.720 who<00:17:54.279><c> play</c><00:17:54.539><c> such</c><00:17:54.819><c> a</c><00:17:55.160><c> huge</c><00:17:55.400><c> role</c> 00:17:55.720 --> 00:17:59.420 in<00:17:55.819><c> what</c><00:17:56.019><c> goes</c><00:17:56.319><c> on,</c><00:17:57.279><c> you're</c><00:17:57.500><c> not</c><00:17:57.839><c> told</c><00:17:58.099><c> their</c><00:17:58.400><c> names.</c> 00:18:00.659 --> 00:18:05.420 Like<00:18:01.299><c> the</c><00:18:01.940><c> other</c><00:18:02.119><c> person</c><00:18:02.359><c> on</c><00:18:02.539><c> the</c><00:18:02.640><c> road</c><00:18:02.740><c> to</c><00:18:02.940><c> Emmaus,</c><00:18:04.380><c> or</c><00:18:04.740><c> like</c> 00:18:05.420 --> 00:18:06.900 the<00:18:05.799><c> Samaritan</c><00:18:06.299><c> woman,</c> 00:18:07.240 --> 00:18:13.880 or<00:18:07.559><c> the</c><00:18:07.799><c> nobleman,</c><00:18:09.079><c> or</c><00:18:09.400><c> the</c><00:18:09.660><c> impotent</c><00:18:10.039><c> man,</c><00:18:11.420><c> or</c><00:18:12.200><c> the</c><00:18:12.599><c> man</c><00:18:12.819><c> born</c><00:18:13.059><c> blind.</c> 00:18:15.139 --> 00:18:17.059 We're<00:18:15.619><c> never</c><00:18:15.619><c> told</c><00:18:15.920><c> their</c><00:18:16.160><c> names,</c><00:18:16.380><c> even</c><00:18:16.619><c> though</c><00:18:16.799><c> we're</c><00:18:16.960><c> told</c> 00:18:17.059 --> 00:18:17.859 other<00:18:17.319><c> people's</c><00:18:17.720><c> names.</c> 00:18:17.880 --> 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people</c><00:18:30.339><c> are</c><00:18:31.000><c> representative</c><00:18:31.759><c> of</c><00:18:32.359><c> something.</c> 00:18:33.619 --> 00:18:38.440 You're<00:18:33.960><c> supposed</c><00:18:34.140><c> to</c><00:18:34.380><c> see</c><00:18:34.640><c> more</c><00:18:35.400><c> than</c><00:18:36.319><c> just</c><00:18:36.779><c> who</c><00:18:37.200><c> they</c><00:18:37.480><c> are</c><00:18:37.779><c> specifically.</c> 00:18:38.740 --> 00:18:41.240 You<00:18:39.079><c> have</c><00:18:39.400><c> to</c><00:18:39.599><c> want</c><00:18:39.740><c> to</c><00:18:39.940><c> look</c><00:18:40.099><c> at</c><00:18:40.279><c> what</c><00:18:40.480><c> they</c><00:18:40.779><c> represent.</c> 00:18:41.539 --> 00:18:43.779 And<00:18:41.660><c> I'll</c><00:18:41.779><c> give</c><00:18:41.859><c> you</c><00:18:41.980><c> a</c><00:18:42.059><c> couple</c><00:18:42.240><c> examples</c><00:18:42.680><c> of</c><00:18:42.940><c> that.</c> 00:18:44.959 --> 00:18:50.940 The<00:18:45.399><c> 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all</c><00:21:14.200><c> that</c><00:21:14.460><c> kind</c><00:21:14.680><c> of</c><00:21:14.859><c> stuff,</c> 00:21:15.240 --> 00:21:17.900 make<00:21:15.380><c> an</c><00:21:15.660><c> offering</c><00:21:16.019><c> and</c><00:21:16.200><c> get</c><00:21:16.359><c> your</c><00:21:16.579><c> sins</c><00:21:16.799><c> forgiven,</c> 00:21:18.160 --> 00:21:20.180 the<00:21:18.420><c> atonement</c><00:21:18.839><c> once</c><00:21:19.160><c> a</c><00:21:19.380><c> year,</c><00:21:19.599><c> all</c><00:21:19.859><c> of</c><00:21:20.019><c> that.</c> 00:21:20.400 --> 00:21:22.119 It<00:21:20.559><c> could</c><00:21:20.920><c> correct.</c> 00:21:23.220 --> 00:21:25.140 It<00:21:23.500><c> could</c><00:21:23.700><c> never</c><00:21:23.960><c> transform.</c> 00:21:25.720 --> 00:21:28.480 And<00:21:26.039><c> how</c><00:21:26.279><c> do</c><00:21:26.460><c> you</c><00:21:26.740><c> correct</c><00:21:27.160><c> a</c><00:21:27.400><c> man</c> 00:21:28.880 --> 00:21:32.059 who<00:21:29.440><c> is</c><00:21:29.880><c> not</c><00:21:30.160><c> crippled</c><00:21:30.660><c> because</c><00:21:31.039><c> of</c><00:21:31.380><c> sin,</c> 00:21:32.380 --> 00:21:34.240 because<00:21:32.720><c> of</c><00:21:32.940><c> his</c><00:21:33.220><c> sins?</c> 00:21:34.520 --> 00:21:38.839 The<00:21:35.140><c> law</c><00:21:35.440><c> offered</c><00:21:35.960><c> nothing</c><00:21:36.619><c> for</c><00:21:37.900><c> that.</c> 00:21:39.519 --> 00:21:42.700 And<00:21:39.799><c> that's</c><00:21:40.079><c> exactly</c><00:21:40.460><c> what</c><00:21:40.819><c> this</c><00:21:41.220><c> man</c><00:21:41.539><c> represents.</c> 00:21:43.319 --> 00:21:47.220 He<00:21:43.740><c> represents</c><00:21:44.180><c> the</c><00:21:44.640><c> failure</c><00:21:45.259><c> of</c><00:21:45.900><c> the</c><00:21:46.079><c> old</c><00:21:46.279><c> law.</c> 00:21:47.339 --> 00:21:49.579 From<00:21:47.599><c> the</c><00:21:47.819><c> very</c><00:21:48.160><c> foundation,</c> 00:21:49.920 --> 00:21:52.700 the<00:21:50.059><c> old</c><00:21:50.299><c> covenant</c><00:21:50.700><c> failed</c><00:21:51.299><c> in</c><00:21:51.539><c> that</c><00:21:51.720><c> regard.</c> 00:21:53.359 --> 00:21:56.819 And<00:21:53.619><c> yet</c><00:21:53.720><c> when</c><00:21:53.940><c> Jesus</c><00:21:54.319><c> comes</c><00:21:54.640><c> along,</c><00:21:56.059><c> everything</c><00:21:56.339><c> changes.</c> 00:21:56.920 --> 00:21:58.460 And<00:21:57.079><c> of</c><00:21:57.200><c> course</c><00:21:57.339><c> it's</c><00:21:57.519><c> Jesus</c><00:21:57.819><c> that</c><00:21:57.980><c> comes</c><00:21:58.200><c> along</c> 00:21:58.460 --> 00:22:01.660 because<00:21:58.640><c> they</c><00:21:58.859><c> say</c><00:21:59.039><c> in</c><00:21:59.279><c> the</c><00:21:59.400><c> name</c><00:21:59.579><c> of</c><00:21:59.759><c> Jesus</c><00:22:00.440><c> Christ.</c> 00:22:01.859 --> 00:22:03.640 So<00:22:02.140><c> that's</c><00:22:02.440><c> what</c><00:22:02.579><c> this</c><00:22:02.859><c> man's</c><00:22:03.299><c> representative,</c> 00:22:03.640 --> 00:22:05.599 and<00:22:03.819><c> you're</c><00:22:03.960><c> going</c><00:22:04.059><c> to</c><00:22:04.180><c> see</c><00:22:04.339><c> how</c><00:22:04.640><c> much</c><00:22:04.839><c> he</c><00:22:05.119><c> represents</c><00:22:05.460><c> it.</c> 00:22:05.920 --> 00:22:09.359 He<00:22:05.940><c> very</c><00:22:06.420><c> much</c><00:22:06.740><c> represents</c><00:22:07.160><c> that,</c><00:22:07.759><c> represents</c><00:22:08.240><c> that.</c> 00:22:09.420 --> 00:22:11.960 Because<00:22:09.700><c> remember,</c><00:22:11.180><c> we</c><00:22:11.279><c> find</c><00:22:11.539><c> out</c><00:22:11.759><c> later,</c> 00:22:11.980 --> 00:22:14.240 he's<00:22:12.400><c> over</c><00:22:12.779><c> 40</c><00:22:13.099><c> years</c><00:22:13.420><c> old.</c> 00:22:16.920 --> 00:22:18.339 Well,<00:22:17.119><c> actually,</c><00:22:17.539><c> we'll</c><00:22:17.660><c> look</c><00:22:17.819><c> at</c><00:22:17.920><c> that</c><00:22:18.059><c> in</c><00:22:18.140><c> a</c><00:22:18.200><c> minute.</c> 00:22:18.559 --> 00:22:19.740 I<00:22:18.900><c> don't</c><00:22:19.059><c> want</c><00:22:19.160><c> to</c><00:22:19.220><c> give</c><00:22:19.279><c> that</c><00:22:19.440><c> one</c><00:22:19.579><c> away.</c> 00:22:19.920 --> 00:22:20.880 Let's<00:22:20.180><c> look</c><00:22:20.339><c> at</c><00:22:20.440><c> that</c><00:22:20.559><c> in</c><00:22:20.700><c> a</c><00:22:20.720><c> minute.</c> 00:22:21.039 --> 00:22:24.420 Okay,<00:22:21.759><c> so</c><00:22:22.079><c> it</c><00:22:22.240><c> says</c><00:22:22.579><c> to</c><00:22:23.279><c> ask</c><00:22:23.579><c> alms</c><00:22:24.000><c> of</c><00:22:24.180><c> them</c> 00:22:24.420 --> 00:22:25.460 that<00:22:24.640><c> entered</c><00:22:24.819><c> into</c><00:22:25.079><c> the</c><00:22:25.299><c> temple.</c> 00:22:25.579 --> 00:22:26.920 Alms<00:22:25.940><c> begging,</c><00:22:26.440><c> basically.</c> 00:22:27.359 --> 00:22:30.480 Asking<00:22:27.759><c> for</c><00:22:28.000><c> help,</c><00:22:28.279><c> asking,</c><00:22:28.960><c> he's</c><00:22:29.359><c> pitiful.</c> 00:22:31.480 --> 00:22:33.319 Who's<00:22:31.660><c> seeing</c><00:22:31.940><c> Peter</c><00:22:32.279><c> and</c><00:22:32.500><c> John</c><00:22:32.599><c> go</c><00:22:32.759><c> into</c><00:22:32.960><c> the</c><00:22:33.140><c> temple,</c> 00:22:33.319 --> 00:22:35.220 asked<00:22:33.859><c> and</c><00:22:34.480><c> alms.</c> 00:22:36.440 --> 00:22:37.720 And<00:22:36.700><c> it</c><00:22:36.759><c> says</c><00:22:36.980><c> this.</c> 00:22:39.859 --> 00:22:45.519 And<00:22:40.339><c> Peter,</c><00:22:41.839><c> fastening</c><00:22:42.940><c> his</c><00:22:43.339><c> eyes</c><00:22:43.740><c> upon</c><00:22:44.119><c> him</c><00:22:44.420><c> with</c><00:22:44.779><c> John</c><00:22:45.200><c> said,</c> 00:22:46.019 --> 00:22:47.180 look<00:22:46.319><c> on</c><00:22:46.799><c> us.</c> 00:22:47.559 --> 00:22:49.480 Why<00:22:47.880><c> does</c><00:22:48.099><c> Peter</c><00:22:48.319><c> say</c><00:22:48.559><c> that?</c> 00:22:50.779 --> 00:22:54.700 First<00:22:51.039><c> of</c><00:22:51.220><c> all,</c><00:22:51.359><c> notice</c><00:22:51.680><c> he</c><00:22:52.519><c> fastens</c><00:22:53.240><c> his</c><00:22:53.519><c> eyes</c><00:22:53.839><c> on</c><00:22:54.119><c> him.</c> 00:22:55.019 --> 00:22:56.039 Makes<00:22:55.119><c> you</c><00:22:55.240><c> go</c><00:22:55.460><c> back</c><00:22:55.640><c> to</c><00:22:55.779><c> the</c><00:22:55.920><c> blind,</c> 00:22:56.039 --> 00:22:57.779 makes<00:22:56.240><c> me</c><00:22:56.539><c> at</c><00:22:56.619><c> least</c><00:22:56.740><c> go</c><00:22:56.920><c> back</c><00:22:57.099><c> to</c><00:22:57.200><c> the</c><00:22:57.400><c> blind</c><00:22:57.579><c> man.</c> 00:22:58.059 --> 00:23:00.480 But<00:22:58.059><c> if</c><00:22:58.900><c> you</c><00:22:58.980><c> know</c><00:22:59.059><c> how</c><00:22:59.339><c> often</c><00:22:59.420><c> I</c><00:22:59.599><c> talked</c><00:22:59.700><c> about</c><00:22:59.880><c> the</c><00:23:00.119><c> blind</c><00:23:00.299><c> man,</c> 00:23:00.539 --> 00:23:02.220 you<00:23:00.579><c> know</c><00:23:00.720><c> everything</c><00:23:01.000><c> makes</c><00:23:01.180><c> me</c><00:23:01.339><c> go</c><00:23:01.480><c> back</c><00:23:01.619><c> to</c><00:23:01.720><c> the</c><00:23:01.880><c> blind</c><00:23:02.079><c> man.</c> 00:23:02.220 --> 00:23:04.339 So<00:23:02.799><c> that</c><00:23:03.660><c> doesn't</c><00:23:03.819><c> really</c><00:23:04.059><c> count.</c> 00:23:04.599 --> 00:23:07.380 But<00:23:04.779><c> Peter</c><00:23:04.940><c> says</c><00:23:05.200><c> to</c><00:23:05.339><c> him,</c><00:23:06.240><c> look</c><00:23:06.319><c> at</c><00:23:06.519><c> us.</c> 00:23:07.799 --> 00:23:09.700 So<00:23:08.079><c> obviously</c><00:23:08.480><c> the</c><00:23:08.619><c> guy's</c><00:23:08.920><c> not</c><00:23:09.200><c> looking</c><00:23:09.400><c> at</c><00:23:09.599><c> him.</c> 00:23:09.700 --> 00:23:10.380 Why<00:23:09.900><c> not?</c> 00:23:10.819 --> 00:23:11.619 He<00:23:11.019><c> has</c><00:23:11.299><c> eyes.</c> 00:23:11.619 --> 00:23:12.339 He<00:23:11.740><c> can</c><00:23:12.000><c> see.</c> 00:23:12.680 --> 00:23:13.799 He<00:23:12.880><c> asked</c><00:23:13.220><c> alms.</c> 00:23:14.039 --> 00:23:17.200 Why<00:23:14.440><c> wasn't</c><00:23:14.740><c> he</c><00:23:15.039><c> looking</c><00:23:15.480><c> at</c><00:23:16.079><c> Peter</c><00:23:16.299><c> and</c><00:23:16.500><c> John?</c> 00:23:19.460 --> 00:23:21.559 Why<00:23:20.019><c> isn't</c><00:23:20.220><c> he</c><00:23:20.380><c> looking</c><00:23:20.640><c> at</c><00:23:20.839><c> him?</c> 00:23:21.920 --> 00:23:24.980 The<00:23:22.039><c> reason</c><00:23:22.200><c> he</c><00:23:22.339><c> isn't</c><00:23:22.440><c> looking</c><00:23:22.740><c> at</c><00:23:22.920><c> him</c><00:23:23.019><c> is</c><00:23:23.359><c> fear,</c><00:23:24.680><c> right?</c> 00:23:24.980 --> 00:23:27.039 That's<00:23:25.400><c> why</c><00:23:25.640><c> they</c><00:23:25.880><c> won't</c><00:23:26.180><c> look</c><00:23:26.420><c> at</c><00:23:26.599><c> you.</c> 00:23:27.259 --> 00:23:30.480 Because<00:23:27.579><c> these</c><00:23:27.960><c> people,</c><00:23:28.759><c> these</c><00:23:29.579><c> people</c><00:23:29.839><c> sounds</c><00:23:30.079><c> terrible.</c> 00:23:30.480 --> 00:23:36.119 Somebody<00:23:31.299><c> who</c><00:23:31.640><c> is</c><00:23:32.579><c> suffering</c><00:23:33.019><c> this</c><00:23:33.339><c> way</c><00:23:33.619><c> is</c><00:23:34.119><c> exceedingly</c><00:23:34.940><c> vulnerable.</c> 00:23:37.440 --> 00:23:38.980 Exceedingly<00:23:37.960><c> vulnerable.</c> 00:23:39.359 --> 00:23:41.259 So<00:23:39.539><c> they</c><00:23:39.880><c> don't</c><00:23:40.240><c> want</c><00:23:40.559><c> to</c><00:23:40.839><c> offend.</c> 00:23:41.420 --> 00:23:44.559 Because<00:23:41.640><c> if</c><00:23:41.839><c> they</c><00:23:42.099><c> offend,</c><00:23:43.220><c> that</c><00:23:43.440><c> person</c><00:23:43.720><c> comes</c><00:23:44.000><c> back</c><00:23:44.319><c> at</c><00:23:44.460><c> him</c> 00:23:44.559 --> 00:23:46.119 and<00:23:44.640><c> they</c><00:23:44.819><c> have</c><00:23:45.039><c> no</c><00:23:45.240><c> way</c><00:23:45.400><c> to</c><00:23:45.559><c> defend</c><00:23:45.759><c> themselves.</c> 00:23:46.220 --> 00:23:47.779 This<00:23:46.420><c> man</c><00:23:46.720><c> can't</c><00:23:47.519><c> duck.</c> 00:23:47.779 --> 00:23:48.799 He<00:23:48.059><c> can't</c><00:23:48.500><c> move.</c> 00:23:48.839 --> 00:23:50.460 He<00:23:49.000><c> can't</c><00:23:49.359><c> do</c><00:23:49.599><c> anything.</c> 00:23:51.359 --> 00:23:54.079 And<00:23:51.640><c> so</c><00:23:51.859><c> you</c><00:23:52.599><c> don't</c><00:23:52.980><c> look</c><00:23:53.220><c> somebody</c><00:23:53.539><c> in</c><00:23:53.720><c> the</c><00:23:53.880><c> eye</c> 00:23:54.079 --> 00:23:55.440 because<00:23:54.319><c> you</c><00:23:54.539><c> don't</c><00:23:54.799><c> want</c><00:23:54.980><c> to</c><00:23:55.140><c> offend</c><00:23:55.279><c> them.</c> 00:23:55.740 --> 00:23:57.460 You're<00:23:56.259><c> hoping</c><00:23:56.460><c> they'll</c><00:23:56.720><c> help</c><00:23:56.940><c> you.</c> 00:23:57.519 --> 00:23:59.160 But<00:23:57.700><c> you</c><00:23:57.880><c> keep</c><00:23:58.079><c> your</c><00:23:58.319><c> eyes</c><00:23:58.559><c> down.</c> 00:23:59.160 --> 00:24:00.980 That<00:23:59.920><c> way</c><00:24:00.099><c> there's</c><00:24:00.339><c> no</c><00:24:00.579><c> connection.</c> 00:24:01.039 --> 00:24:03.220 And<00:24:01.180><c> that</c><00:24:01.319><c> person</c><00:24:01.539><c> says,</c><00:24:01.819><c> don't</c><00:24:02.000><c> look</c><00:24:02.200><c> at</c><00:24:02.339><c> me.</c> 00:24:03.980 --> 00:24:08.329 And<00:24:04.200><c> so</c><00:24:04.460><c> what</c><00:24:05.839><c> Peter</c><00:24:06.640><c> is</c><00:24:06.920><c> saying</c><00:24:07.119><c> to</c><00:24:07.380><c> him</c><00:24:07.579><c> is,</c> 00:24:09.380 --> 00:24:12.059 look<00:24:09.579><c> me</c><00:24:10.160><c> directly</c><00:24:10.880><c> in</c><00:24:11.180><c> the</c><00:24:11.279><c> eye.</c> 00:24:12.079 --> 00:24:13.099 Look<00:24:12.359><c> up</c><00:24:12.559><c> at</c><00:24:12.779><c> me.</c> 00:24:13.380 --> 00:24:15.380 You<00:24:13.519><c> got</c><00:24:13.740><c> nothing</c><00:24:13.980><c> to</c><00:24:14.279><c> fear</c><00:24:14.460><c> here.</c> 00:24:16.240 --> 00:24:21.359 And<00:24:16.400><c> Peter</c><00:24:16.619><c> says</c><00:24:16.859><c> to</c><00:24:17.079><c> him,</c><00:24:18.339><c> silver</c><00:24:18.680><c> and</c><00:24:18.960><c> gold,</c><00:24:19.440><c> I</c><00:24:19.960><c> have</c><00:24:20.500><c> none.</c> 00:24:22.119 --> 00:24:22.460 Right? 00:24:22.559 --> 00:24:26.579 The<00:24:22.759><c> very</c><00:24:22.980><c> thing</c><00:24:23.160><c> when</c><00:24:23.319><c> we</c><00:24:23.400><c> go</c><00:24:23.599><c> back</c><00:24:23.799><c> to</c><00:24:24.380><c> our</c><00:24:24.759><c> 17</c><00:24:25.180><c> page</c><00:24:25.539><c> book,</c> 00:24:26.759 --> 00:24:28.059 you<00:24:27.259><c> had</c><00:24:27.460><c> to</c><00:24:27.619><c> have</c><00:24:27.759><c> money.</c> 00:24:28.059 --> 00:24:29.140 You<00:24:28.200><c> had</c><00:24:28.400><c> to</c><00:24:28.559><c> have</c><00:24:28.819><c> power.</c> 00:24:29.279 --> 00:24:32.119 You<00:24:29.279><c> had</c><00:24:29.500><c> to</c><00:24:29.640><c> have</c><00:24:29.799><c> those</c><00:24:30.140><c> things</c><00:24:30.420><c> in</c><00:24:30.599><c> order</c><00:24:30.839><c> for</c><00:24:31.220><c> a</c><00:24:31.400><c> church</c><00:24:31.579><c> to</c><00:24:31.819><c> work.</c> 00:24:32.400 --> 00:24:33.319 They<00:24:32.579><c> didn't</c><00:24:32.619><c> have</c><00:24:32.759><c> any</c><00:24:32.940><c> of</c><00:24:33.019><c> those</c><00:24:33.160><c> things.</c> 00:24:33.339 --> 00:24:35.140 They<00:24:33.420><c> didn't</c><00:24:33.660><c> need</c><00:24:33.779><c> any</c><00:24:34.000><c> of</c><00:24:34.019><c> those</c><00:24:34.259><c> things.</c> 00:24:35.900 --> 00:24:39.180 He<00:24:36.059><c> said,</c><00:24:36.220><c> silver</c><00:24:36.619><c> and</c><00:24:36.819><c> gold,</c><00:24:37.180><c> I</c><00:24:37.680><c> have</c><00:24:38.240><c> none.</c> 00:24:40.099 --> 00:24:44.920 But<00:24:40.359><c> what</c><00:24:40.559><c> I</c><00:24:40.779><c> do</c><00:24:41.039><c> have,</c><00:24:43.359><c> the</c><00:24:43.579><c> one</c><00:24:43.799><c> thing</c><00:24:43.940><c> I</c><00:24:44.099><c> do</c><00:24:44.319><c> have,</c> 00:24:45.420 --> 00:24:46.740 I<00:24:45.519><c> will</c><00:24:45.720><c> give</c><00:24:45.859><c> to</c><00:24:46.019><c> you.</c> 00:24:50.980 --> 00:24:56.119 In<00:24:51.299><c> the</c><00:24:51.440><c> name</c><00:24:51.599><c> of</c><00:24:51.819><c> Jesus</c><00:24:52.259><c> Christ</c><00:24:52.539><c> of</c><00:24:52.740><c> Nazareth,</c><00:24:54.519><c> rise</c><00:24:54.799><c> up</c><00:24:55.059><c> and</c><00:24:55.319><c> walk.</c> 00:24:56.559 --> 00:24:59.420 And<00:24:57.200><c> he</c><00:24:57.380><c> took</c><00:24:57.500><c> him</c><00:24:57.619><c> by</c><00:24:57.839><c> his</c><00:24:58.079><c> right</c><00:24:58.359><c> hand</c><00:24:58.619><c> and</c><00:24:58.819><c> lifted</c><00:24:59.000><c> him</c><00:24:59.220><c> up.</c> 00:24:59.700 --> 00:25:06.039 And<00:24:59.819><c> immediately</c><00:25:00.700><c> his</c><00:25:01.480><c> feet</c><00:25:01.940><c> and</c><00:25:02.460><c> ankle</c><00:25:02.859><c> bones</c><00:25:03.440><c> received</c><00:25:04.720><c> strength.</c> 00:25:07.019 --> 00:25:10.900 This<00:25:07.440><c> man,</c><00:25:08.559><c> who</c><00:25:08.740><c> under</c><00:25:09.019><c> the</c><00:25:09.240><c> law</c><00:25:09.539><c> could</c><00:25:09.880><c> never</c><00:25:10.339><c> be</c><00:25:10.680><c> healed,</c> 00:25:11.039 --> 00:25:14.619 could<00:25:11.220><c> never</c><00:25:11.539><c> be</c><00:25:11.880><c> forgiven</c><00:25:12.259><c> because</c><00:25:13.380><c> it</c><00:25:13.920><c> wasn't</c><00:25:14.299><c> forgiveness</c> 00:25:14.619 --> 00:25:15.720 he<00:25:14.920><c> needed.</c> 00:25:16.859 --> 00:25:22.440 All<00:25:17.099><c> of</c><00:25:17.259><c> a</c><00:25:17.339><c> sudden</c><00:25:17.539><c> now</c><00:25:18.660><c> can</c><00:25:20.680><c> stand</c><00:25:21.039><c> up</c><00:25:21.259><c> and</c><00:25:21.519><c> walk.</c> 00:25:22.680 --> 00:25:23.819 Why? 00:25:26.099 --> 00:25:29.640 Because<00:25:26.619><c> he</c><00:25:27.019><c> is</c><00:25:27.359><c> being</c><00:25:27.859><c> healed</c><00:25:28.359><c> by</c><00:25:28.680><c> the</c><00:25:28.940><c> one</c><00:25:29.140><c> person</c> 00:25:29.640 --> 00:25:32.960 who<00:25:30.019><c> has</c><00:25:30.200><c> the</c><00:25:30.539><c> power</c><00:25:31.319><c> over</c><00:25:31.779><c> mortality.</c> 00:25:33.599 --> 00:25:36.700 Who<00:25:33.839><c> has</c><00:25:34.079><c> the</c><00:25:34.359><c> power</c><00:25:34.619><c> over</c><00:25:34.960><c> all</c><00:25:35.339><c> those</c><00:25:35.720><c> things.</c> 00:25:36.839 --> 00:25:38.680 The<00:25:37.039><c> Lord</c><00:25:37.240><c> Jesus</c><00:25:37.640><c> Christ.</c> 00:25:38.700 --> 00:25:42.400 Remember<00:25:38.960><c> what</c><00:25:39.180><c> it</c><00:25:39.279><c> said,</c><00:25:41.460><c> what</c><00:25:41.579><c> John</c><00:25:41.779><c> the</c><00:25:41.900><c> Baptist</c><00:25:42.160><c> said</c> 00:25:42.400 --> 00:25:43.619 about<00:25:42.660><c> him.</c> 00:25:44.000 --> 00:25:46.279 John<00:25:44.220><c> the</c><00:25:44.359><c> Baptist</c><00:25:44.559><c> said</c><00:25:44.799><c> about</c><00:25:45.059><c> Jesus,</c><00:25:45.720><c> do</c><00:25:45.880><c> I</c><00:25:45.940><c> have</c><00:25:46.019><c> that</c><00:25:46.180><c> on</c> 00:25:46.279 --> 00:25:47.319 my<00:25:46.400><c> next</c><00:25:46.579><c> slide?</c> 00:25:47.420 --> 00:25:49.119 We<00:25:47.759><c> have</c><00:25:47.859><c> my</c><00:25:48.059><c> glasses</c><00:25:48.359><c> on.</c> 00:25:50.000 --> 00:25:50.839 No. 00:25:51.160 --> 00:25:53.339 John<00:25:51.380><c> the</c><00:25:51.599><c> Baptist</c><00:25:51.759><c> said</c><00:25:52.019><c> of</c><00:25:52.180><c> Jesus,</c> 00:25:53.380 --> 00:25:59.640 behold<00:25:53.900><c> the</c><00:25:54.140><c> Lamb</c><00:25:54.400><c> of</c><00:25:54.680><c> God</c><00:25:55.440><c> who</c><00:25:56.720><c> takes</c><00:25:56.980><c> away</c><00:25:57.259><c> the</c><00:25:57.700><c> sin</c><00:25:58.220><c> of</c><00:25:59.160><c> the</c><00:25:59.359><c> world.</c> 00:25:59.960 --> 00:26:03.180 Not<00:26:00.180><c> the</c><00:26:00.539><c> sins</c><00:26:01.079><c> of</c><00:26:02.200><c> the</c><00:26:02.400><c> world.</c> 00:26:03.579 --> 00:26:04.480 The<00:26:03.920><c> sin</c><00:26:04.079><c> of</c><00:26:04.279><c> the</c><00:26:04.400><c> world.</c> 00:26:04.539 --> 00:26:05.460 I<00:26:04.579><c> have</c><00:26:04.700><c> that</c><00:26:04.900><c> here</c><00:26:05.119><c> somewhere.</c> 00:26:05.660 --> 00:26:06.099 Hold<00:26:05.680><c> on.</c> 00:26:06.579 --> 00:26:06.960 Not<00:26:06.720><c> this</c><00:26:06.920><c> one.</c> 00:26:06.980 --> 00:26:07.480 We'll<00:26:07.079><c> go</c><00:26:07.220><c> back.</c> 00:26:07.900 --> 00:26:08.200 You<00:26:08.039><c> know</c><00:26:08.099><c> what?</c> 00:26:08.200 --> 00:26:09.099 We<00:26:08.279><c> might</c><00:26:08.460><c> skip</c><00:26:08.700><c> that</c><00:26:08.859><c> one.</c> 00:26:09.519 --> 00:26:10.839 Is<00:26:09.660><c> it</c><00:26:09.700><c> this</c><00:26:09.880><c> one?</c> 00:26:11.000 --> 00:26:11.220 No. 00:26:11.319 --> 00:26:12.160 Anyway. 00:26:16.240 --> 00:26:21.960 What<00:26:16.759><c> Jesus</c><00:26:17.259><c> can</c><00:26:17.599><c> do</c><00:26:18.579><c> and</c><00:26:19.700><c> what</c><00:26:19.900><c> Jesus</c><00:26:20.279><c> does</c><00:26:20.759><c> in</c><00:26:21.200><c> his</c><00:26:21.480><c> sacrifice</c> 00:26:21.960 --> 00:26:25.500 and<00:26:22.079><c> in</c><00:26:22.160><c> his</c><00:26:22.420><c> resurrection</c><00:26:22.960><c> is</c><00:26:24.480><c> change</c><00:26:24.660><c> the</c><00:26:24.900><c> whole</c><00:26:25.140><c> game.</c> 00:26:26.000 --> 00:26:27.440 Change<00:26:26.299><c> mortality,</c><00:26:26.940><c> change</c><00:26:27.220><c> everything.</c> 00:26:27.519 --> 00:26:31.500 That's<00:26:27.700><c> why</c><00:26:27.880><c> he</c><00:26:28.019><c> can</c><00:26:28.180><c> say</c><00:26:28.319><c> to</c><00:26:28.460><c> Martha,</c><00:26:28.720><c> by</c><00:26:28.920><c> the</c><00:26:29.059><c> way,</c><00:26:29.200><c> I</c><00:26:29.460><c> am</c><00:26:30.240><c> the</c><00:26:30.599><c> resurrection.</c> 00:26:31.980 --> 00:26:34.180 Because<00:26:32.440><c> he</c><00:26:32.680><c> doesn't</c><00:26:32.980><c> just</c><00:26:33.359><c> forgive</c><00:26:33.680><c> your</c><00:26:33.980><c> sins.</c> 00:26:34.420 --> 00:26:37.940 Obviously<00:26:34.980><c> his</c><00:26:35.920><c> sacrifice</c><00:26:36.420><c> does</c><00:26:36.640><c> forgive</c><00:26:36.880><c> our</c><00:26:37.160><c> sins.</c> 00:26:38.059 --> 00:26:40.460 But<00:26:38.200><c> he</c><00:26:38.339><c> doesn't</c><00:26:38.599><c> just</c><00:26:38.880><c> forgive</c><00:26:39.160><c> your</c><00:26:39.460><c> sins.</c> 00:26:41.820 --> 00:26:45.579 He<00:26:42.380><c> transforms</c><00:26:42.940><c> you</c><00:26:44.019><c> into</c><00:26:44.220><c> a</c><00:26:44.380><c> new</c><00:26:44.519><c> man.</c> 00:26:46.319 --> 00:26:50.839 Into<00:26:46.599><c> that</c><00:26:47.000><c> glorious</c><00:26:47.660><c> man</c><00:26:48.359><c> who</c><00:26:49.519><c> lives</c><00:26:49.799><c> forever.</c> 00:26:51.100 --> 00:26:53.220 Who<00:26:51.460><c> has</c><00:26:51.660><c> everlasting</c><00:26:52.220><c> life.</c> 00:26:53.400 --> 00:26:57.180 You<00:26:53.519><c> go</c><00:26:53.880><c> back</c><00:26:54.299><c> before</c><00:26:55.619><c> Adam's</c><00:26:56.480><c> sin.</c> 00:26:57.859 --> 00:27:00.539 Back<00:26:58.160><c> to</c><00:26:58.359><c> the</c><00:26:58.539><c> very</c><00:26:59.000><c> original</c><00:26:59.519><c> creation.</c> 00:27:02.180 --> 00:27:06.279 That's<00:27:02.500><c> what</c><00:27:02.680><c> Jesus</c><00:27:03.039><c> was</c><00:27:03.299><c> able</c><00:27:03.519><c> to</c><00:27:03.759><c> do</c><00:27:04.180><c> that</c><00:27:05.500><c> the</c><00:27:05.740><c> law</c><00:27:05.980><c> could</c> 00:27:06.279 --> 00:27:07.480 not<00:27:06.599><c> do.</c> 00:27:08.440 --> 00:27:14.420 And<00:27:08.700><c> when</c><00:27:08.880><c> you</c><00:27:09.299><c> realize</c><00:27:09.940><c> that,</c><00:27:11.900><c> you</c><00:27:12.160><c> realize</c><00:27:13.059><c> that</c><00:27:13.559><c> what</c><00:27:13.759><c> Jesus</c><00:27:14.119><c> has</c> 00:27:14.420 --> 00:27:17.880 done<00:27:14.640><c> is</c><00:27:15.140><c> far</c><00:27:15.460><c> greater</c><00:27:16.339><c> than</c><00:27:17.019><c> sin.</c> 00:27:18.599 --> 00:27:20.059 It's<00:27:19.039><c> far</c><00:27:19.279><c> more</c><00:27:19.579><c> important.</c> 00:27:20.059 --> 00:27:23.420 It's<00:27:20.579><c> far</c><00:27:20.839><c> more</c><00:27:21.220><c> absolute</c><00:27:21.859><c> than</c><00:27:22.380><c> whether</c><00:27:22.660><c> or</c><00:27:22.900><c> not</c><00:27:23.039><c> you</c><00:27:23.240><c> have</c> 00:27:23.420 --> 00:27:25.200 done<00:27:23.539><c> the</c><00:27:23.720><c> right</c><00:27:24.000><c> thing</c><00:27:24.299><c> today</c><00:27:24.599><c> or</c><00:27:24.839><c> tomorrow</c> 00:27:25.200 --> 00:27:25.799 or<00:27:25.339><c> the</c><00:27:25.420><c> next</c><00:27:25.640><c> day.</c> 00:27:25.799 --> 00:27:28.220 Not<00:27:26.019><c> that</c><00:27:26.200><c> you're</c><00:27:26.420><c> not</c><00:27:26.579><c> supposed</c><00:27:26.799><c> to</c><00:27:27.039><c> follow</c><00:27:27.240><c> Jesus.</c> 00:27:28.480 --> 00:27:30.539 Do<00:27:28.799><c> we</c><00:27:29.140><c> sin</c><00:27:29.299><c> that</c><00:27:29.519><c> grace</c><00:27:29.799><c> may</c><00:27:30.099><c> abound?</c> 00:27:30.640 --> 00:27:32.019 God<00:27:31.000><c> forbid.</c> 00:27:33.440 --> 00:27:36.480 But<00:27:33.819><c> this</c><00:27:34.119><c> man</c><00:27:34.259><c> is</c><00:27:34.559><c> a</c><00:27:34.799><c> living</c><00:27:35.039><c> example</c><00:27:35.539><c> of</c><00:27:35.880><c> everything</c><00:27:36.259><c> the</c> 00:27:36.480 --> 00:27:37.319 law<00:27:36.599><c> couldn't</c><00:27:36.880><c> do.</c> 00:27:37.779 --> 00:27:41.500 And<00:27:37.980><c> then</c><00:27:38.160><c> he</c><00:27:38.339><c> says,</c><00:27:39.140><c> rise</c><00:27:39.460><c> up</c><00:27:40.180><c> and</c><00:27:40.680><c> walk.</c> 00:27:42.140 --> 00:27:45.980 And<00:27:42.519><c> he</c><00:27:42.799><c> leaping</c><00:27:43.240><c> up</c><00:27:43.700><c> stood</c><00:27:44.099><c> and</c><00:27:45.039><c> walked</c><00:27:45.299><c> and</c><00:27:45.579><c> entered</c><00:27:45.740><c> into</c> 00:27:45.980 --> 00:27:46.440 the<00:27:46.220><c> temple,</c> 00:27:46.519 --> 00:27:48.680 walking<00:27:46.980><c> and</c><00:27:47.259><c> leaping</c><00:27:47.680><c> and</c><00:27:47.920><c> praising</c><00:27:48.200><c> God.</c> 00:27:48.680 --> 00:27:53.819 This<00:27:49.400><c> man,</c><00:27:50.480><c> for</c><00:27:50.680><c> over</c><00:27:51.039><c> 40</c><00:27:51.359><c> years,</c><00:27:51.799><c> his</c><00:27:52.000><c> entire</c><00:27:52.640><c> life</c><00:27:53.200><c> has</c> 00:27:53.819 --> 00:27:55.420 never<00:27:54.440><c> walked.</c> 00:27:56.140 --> 00:27:58.279 And<00:27:56.660><c> now</c><00:27:56.920><c> he's</c><00:27:57.359><c> leaping.</c> 00:27:58.980 --> 00:28:04.700 This<00:27:59.400><c> man</c><00:27:59.740><c> has</c><00:28:00.220><c> never</c><00:28:00.819><c> in</c><00:28:01.059><c> his</c><00:28:01.500><c> entire</c><00:28:02.160><c> life</c><00:28:03.140><c> stood</c><00:28:03.839><c> up.</c> 00:28:04.859 --> 00:28:06.240 Imagine<00:28:05.259><c> that.</c> 00:28:07.099 --> 00:28:11.299 Never<00:28:07.680><c> stood</c><00:28:08.579><c> up</c><00:28:09.380><c> in</c><00:28:09.880><c> his</c><00:28:10.079><c> entire</c><00:28:10.440><c> life.</c> 00:28:11.779 --> 00:28:15.700 And<00:28:12.079><c> now</c><00:28:12.279><c> he</c><00:28:12.559><c> stands</c><00:28:12.839><c> up</c><00:28:13.240><c> and</c><00:28:13.440><c> he's</c><00:28:13.759><c> leaping</c><00:28:14.420><c> and</c><00:28:14.619><c> he's</c><00:28:15.000><c> praising</c><00:28:15.299><c> God.</c> 00:28:15.700 --> 00:28:19.660 It<00:28:16.039><c> doesn't</c><00:28:16.400><c> make</c><00:28:16.759><c> look</c><00:28:16.920><c> like</c><00:28:17.180><c> he</c><00:28:17.900><c> got</c><00:28:18.140><c> up</c><00:28:18.539><c> trembling</c><00:28:19.319><c> or</c><00:28:19.599><c> he</c> 00:28:19.660 --> 00:28:21.160 got<00:28:19.900><c> up</c><00:28:20.160><c> shaky</c><00:28:20.500><c> or</c><00:28:20.680><c> he</c><00:28:20.799><c> got</c><00:28:21.000><c> up.</c> 00:28:21.319 --> 00:28:27.500 He<00:28:21.779><c> literally</c><00:28:22.500><c> leaps</c><00:28:22.980><c> up</c><00:28:23.900><c> and</c><00:28:25.500><c> starts</c><00:28:25.799><c> jumping</c><00:28:26.279><c> around.</c> 00:28:27.680 --> 00:28:32.680 This<00:28:27.859><c> man</c><00:28:28.140><c> who</c><00:28:28.420><c> for</c><00:28:28.700><c> over</c><00:28:29.180><c> 40</c><00:28:29.559><c> years</c><00:28:30.240><c> has</c><00:28:30.940><c> been</c><00:28:31.180><c> at</c><00:28:31.420><c> that</c><00:28:31.779><c> gate,</c> 00:28:33.960 --> 00:28:36.259 over<00:28:34.299><c> 40</c><00:28:34.920><c> years</c><00:28:35.240><c> he's</c><00:28:35.380><c> been</c><00:28:35.539><c> at</c><00:28:35.700><c> that</c><00:28:35.960><c> gate,</c> 00:28:36.700 --> 00:28:39.500 being<00:28:37.039><c> carried</c><00:28:37.400><c> in,</c><00:28:37.880><c> being</c><00:28:38.099><c> put</c><00:28:38.440><c> down,</c><00:28:38.920><c> keeping</c><00:28:39.059><c> his</c><00:28:39.380><c> head</c> 00:28:39.500 --> 00:28:41.519 down,<00:28:40.279><c> just</c><00:28:40.519><c> praying</c><00:28:40.839><c> somebody</c><00:28:41.240><c> would</c> 00:28:41.519 --> 00:28:43.500 give<00:28:41.640><c> him</c><00:28:41.980><c> something</c><00:28:42.319><c> so</c><00:28:42.599><c> that</c><00:28:42.720><c> he</c><00:28:42.759><c> could</c><00:28:42.920><c> make</c><00:28:43.119><c> it</c><00:28:43.259><c> to</c><00:28:43.359><c> the</c> 00:28:43.500 --> 00:28:44.180 next<00:28:43.759><c> day.</c> 00:28:44.180 --> 00:28:48.319 And<00:28:44.680><c> now</c><00:28:45.079><c> all</c><00:28:45.400><c> of</c><00:28:45.599><c> a</c><00:28:45.700><c> sudden</c><00:28:45.900><c> today,</c><00:28:46.900><c> who</c><00:28:47.180><c> knew</c><00:28:47.420><c> today</c><00:28:47.859><c> was</c><00:28:48.039><c> going</c><00:28:48.200><c> to</c> 00:28:48.319 --> 00:28:48.779 be<00:28:48.420><c> the</c><00:28:48.599><c> day?</c> 00:28:48.859 --> 00:28:50.740 Certainly<00:28:49.180><c> he</c><00:28:49.400><c> didn't</c><00:28:49.740><c> know.</c> 00:28:50.819 --> 00:28:53.599 These<00:28:51.059><c> two</c><00:28:51.339><c> guys</c><00:28:51.640><c> walk</c><00:28:51.940><c> up</c><00:28:52.200><c> and</c><00:28:52.359><c> he</c><00:28:52.579><c> just</c><00:28:52.880><c> says,</c><00:28:53.200><c> can</c><00:28:53.299><c> you</c><00:28:53.500><c> give</c> 00:28:53.599 --> 00:28:54.640 me<00:28:53.839><c> something?</c> 00:28:55.119 --> 00:28:56.900 And<00:28:55.400><c> they</c><00:28:55.599><c> say,</c><00:28:55.740><c> look</c><00:28:55.980><c> at</c><00:28:56.160><c> me.</c> 00:28:58.119 --> 00:29:00.220 How<00:28:58.359><c> would</c><00:28:58.519><c> you</c><00:28:58.640><c> like</c><00:28:58.720><c> to</c><00:28:58.859><c> be</c><00:28:58.940><c> able</c><00:28:59.079><c> to</c><00:28:59.319><c> walk?</c> 00:29:00.640 --> 00:29:01.759 Get<00:29:00.799><c> on</c><00:29:00.960><c> up.</c> 00:29:02.079 --> 00:29:05.819 I<00:29:02.200><c> mean,</c><00:29:02.539><c> it's</c><00:29:03.019><c> an</c><00:29:03.259><c> amazing</c><00:29:04.400><c> miracle.</c> 00:29:08.740 --> 00:29:12.660 And<00:29:09.220><c> all</c><00:29:09.519><c> the</c><00:29:09.720><c> people</c><00:29:10.000><c> saw</c><00:29:10.420><c> him</c><00:29:10.900><c> walking</c><00:29:11.500><c> and</c><00:29:11.859><c> praising</c><00:29:12.180><c> in</c><00:29:12.519><c> God.</c> 00:29:12.660 --> 00:29:17.319 And<00:29:12.900><c> they</c><00:29:13.240><c> knew</c><00:29:13.680><c> that</c><00:29:14.000><c> it</c><00:29:14.180><c> was</c><00:29:14.400><c> he</c><00:29:14.859><c> which</c><00:29:15.180><c> sat</c><00:29:15.619><c> for</c><00:29:15.980><c> arms</c><00:29:16.200><c> at</c><00:29:16.420><c> the</c><00:29:16.599><c> beautiful</c><00:29:16.900><c> gate</c><00:29:17.140><c> of</c> 00:29:17.319 --> 00:29:18.259 the<00:29:17.480><c> temple.</c> 00:29:18.279 --> 00:29:22.839 And<00:29:18.519><c> they</c><00:29:18.720><c> were</c><00:29:18.960><c> filled</c><00:29:19.299><c> with</c><00:29:19.759><c> wonder</c><00:29:20.220><c> and</c><00:29:20.640><c> amazement</c><00:29:21.460><c> at</c><00:29:22.000><c> that</c><00:29:22.259><c> which</c><00:29:22.500><c> had</c> 00:29:22.839 --> 00:29:25.680 happened<00:29:23.519><c> onto</c><00:29:24.539><c> him.</c> 00:29:28.579 --> 00:29:29.819 So<00:29:29.019><c> the</c><00:29:29.180><c> people</c><00:29:29.440><c> see</c><00:29:29.700><c> him.</c> 00:29:29.859 --> 00:29:32.180 Remember<00:29:30.079><c> with</c><00:29:30.279><c> the</c><00:29:30.440><c> blind</c><00:29:30.640><c> man,</c><00:29:31.440><c> they</c><00:29:31.640><c> didn't</c><00:29:31.819><c> even</c><00:29:32.039><c> know</c><00:29:32.140><c> if</c> 00:29:32.180 --> 00:29:33.480 that<00:29:32.319><c> was</c><00:29:32.460><c> the</c><00:29:32.640><c> God.</c> 00:29:33.700 --> 00:29:35.839 There<00:29:33.859><c> was</c><00:29:34.039><c> nobody</c><00:29:34.240><c> going,</c><00:29:34.819><c> can</c><00:29:35.039><c> you</c><00:29:35.299><c> believe</c><00:29:35.599><c> this?</c> 00:29:35.859 --> 00:29:36.759 There<00:29:35.980><c> was</c><00:29:36.140><c> none</c><00:29:36.319><c> of</c><00:29:36.500><c> that.</c> 00:29:36.940 --> 00:29:39.279 It<00:29:37.119><c> was</c><00:29:37.319><c> like,</c><00:29:37.559><c> I</c><00:29:37.680><c> don't</c><00:29:37.839><c> know,</c><00:29:38.160><c> is</c><00:29:38.279><c> that,</c><00:29:38.579><c> I</c><00:29:38.759><c> don't</c><00:29:38.960><c> know,</c><00:29:39.099><c> is</c> 00:29:39.279 --> 00:29:39.640 that<00:29:39.500><c> him?</c> 00:29:39.799 --> 00:29:40.880 Like,<00:29:39.900><c> I'm</c><00:29:40.200><c> not</c><00:29:40.400><c> really</c><00:29:40.660><c> sure.</c> 00:29:40.880 --> 00:29:43.160 He's<00:29:41.299><c> there</c><00:29:41.519><c> every</c><00:29:41.740><c> single</c><00:29:41.980><c> day</c><00:29:42.259><c> but</c><00:29:42.400><c> I</c><00:29:42.579><c> never</c><00:29:42.740><c> really</c><00:29:42.980><c> look</c> 00:29:43.160 --> 00:29:43.440 at<00:29:43.319><c> him.</c> 00:29:43.539 --> 00:29:44.819 He's<00:29:43.640><c> just</c><00:29:43.799><c> sort</c><00:29:43.940><c> of</c><00:29:44.119><c> there.</c> 00:29:45.059 --> 00:29:45.740 I<00:29:45.220><c> think</c><00:29:45.440><c> it's</c><00:29:45.640><c> him.</c> 00:29:45.799 --> 00:29:46.980 He's<00:29:45.980><c> going,</c><00:29:46.299><c> I</c><00:29:46.480><c> am</c><00:29:46.720><c> him.</c> 00:29:47.160 --> 00:29:48.279 Yeah,<00:29:47.400><c> I'm</c><00:29:47.759><c> not</c><00:29:47.880><c> really</c><00:29:48.119><c> sure.</c> 00:29:48.359 --> 00:29:49.220 Let's<00:29:48.599><c> find</c><00:29:48.700><c> his</c><00:29:49.000><c> parents.</c> 00:29:49.299 --> 00:29:50.839 Maybe<00:29:49.480><c> if</c><00:29:49.619><c> we</c><00:29:49.660><c> get</c><00:29:49.740><c> his</c><00:29:49.940><c> parents,</c><00:29:50.160><c> maybe</c><00:29:50.339><c> they</c><00:29:50.460><c> can</c><00:29:50.599><c> tell</c><00:29:50.700><c> us.</c> 00:29:50.839 --> 00:29:52.460 That's<00:29:51.119><c> not</c><00:29:51.240><c> what</c><00:29:51.299><c> goes</c><00:29:51.460><c> on</c><00:29:51.720><c> here.</c> 00:29:53.299 --> 00:29:58.100 What<00:29:53.420><c> goes</c><00:29:53.700><c> on</c><00:29:54.019><c> here</c><00:29:54.240><c> is</c><00:29:54.359><c> they</c><00:29:54.559><c> were</c><00:29:54.759><c> filled</c><00:29:55.259><c> with</c><00:29:55.839><c> wonder</c><00:29:56.299><c> and</c><00:29:57.099><c> amazement</c> 00:29:58.160 --> 00:30:00.420 at<00:29:58.519><c> that</c><00:29:58.680><c> which</c><00:29:58.819><c> had</c><00:29:59.019><c> happened</c><00:29:59.220><c> to</c><00:29:59.440><c> this</c><00:29:59.640><c> man.</c> 00:30:00.559 --> 00:30:01.460 Why? 00:30:02.079 --> 00:30:05.000 Because<00:30:02.480><c> within</c><00:30:02.799><c> them,</c><00:30:02.980><c> they</c><00:30:03.279><c> always</c><00:30:03.799><c> understood</c><00:30:04.480><c> what</c><00:30:04.720><c> this</c> 00:30:05.000 --> 00:30:06.259 man<00:30:05.240><c> represented.</c> 00:30:07.400 --> 00:30:10.259 They<00:30:07.740><c> always</c><00:30:08.099><c> understood</c><00:30:08.619><c> what</c><00:30:08.920><c> he</c><00:30:09.240><c> was.</c> 00:30:11.440 --> 00:30:12.380 And<00:30:11.799><c> how</c><00:30:11.900><c> do</c><00:30:12.039><c> you</c><00:30:12.099><c> know</c><00:30:12.240><c> that?</c> 00:30:12.440 --> 00:30:15.220 Well,<00:30:12.559><c> you</c><00:30:12.599><c> don't</c><00:30:13.440><c> get</c><00:30:13.559><c> the</c><00:30:13.700><c> answer</c><00:30:13.960><c> to</c><00:30:14.140><c> that</c><00:30:14.279><c> question</c><00:30:14.579><c> until</c> 00:30:15.220 --> 00:30:16.319 the<00:30:15.680><c> end</c><00:30:15.799><c> of</c><00:30:16.019><c> the</c><00:30:16.119><c> story.</c> 00:30:16.339 --> 00:30:17.920 So<00:30:16.480><c> we're</c><00:30:16.619><c> going</c><00:30:16.700><c> to</c><00:30:16.819><c> leap</c><00:30:16.920><c> to</c><00:30:17.079><c> the</c><00:30:17.140><c> end</c><00:30:17.299><c> of</c><00:30:17.500><c> the</c><00:30:17.500><c> story</c><00:30:17.720><c> just</c> 00:30:17.920 --> 00:30:19.640 to<00:30:18.039><c> get</c><00:30:18.160><c> to</c><00:30:18.279><c> the</c><00:30:18.359><c> answer</c><00:30:18.559><c> to</c><00:30:18.680><c> that</c><00:30:18.799><c> question.</c> 00:30:20.299 --> 00:30:23.680 And<00:30:20.519><c> this</c><00:30:20.720><c> is</c><00:30:20.960><c> after</c><00:30:21.980><c> Peter</c><00:30:22.420><c> and</c><00:30:22.619><c> John</c><00:30:22.799><c> have</c><00:30:23.019><c> been</c><00:30:23.200><c> kept</c><00:30:23.400><c> in</c> 00:30:23.680 --> 00:30:24.720 prison<00:30:24.119><c> overnight,</c> 00:30:25.000 --> 00:30:28.019 along<00:30:25.420><c> with</c><00:30:26.859><c> the</c><00:30:27.279><c> lame</c><00:30:27.460><c> man,</c><00:30:27.619><c> by</c><00:30:27.819><c> the</c><00:30:27.940><c> way.</c> 00:30:28.019 --> 00:30:29.859 He's<00:30:28.380><c> still</c><00:30:28.640><c> with</c><00:30:28.900><c> them.</c> 00:30:30.619 --> 00:30:32.839 And<00:30:30.940><c> they</c><00:30:31.119><c> bring</c><00:30:31.220><c> him</c><00:30:31.400><c> back</c><00:30:31.640><c> out</c><00:30:31.819><c> and</c><00:30:31.920><c> this</c><00:30:32.099><c> is</c><00:30:32.240><c> what</c><00:30:32.460><c> it</c><00:30:32.680><c> says</c> 00:30:32.839 --> 00:30:33.319 about<00:30:33.119><c> them.</c> 00:30:33.339 --> 00:30:35.859 It<00:30:33.460><c> says,</c><00:30:33.700><c> when</c><00:30:33.779><c> they</c><00:30:34.099><c> had</c><00:30:34.319><c> further</c><00:30:34.819><c> threatened</c><00:30:35.180><c> them,</c><00:30:35.400><c> that's</c><00:30:35.680><c> the</c> 00:30:35.859 --> 00:30:37.200 scribes<00:30:36.160><c> and</c><00:30:36.319><c> Pharisees,</c> 00:30:37.200 --> 00:30:42.259 and<00:30:37.680><c> let</c><00:30:37.900><c> them</c><00:30:38.140><c> go,</c><00:30:38.720><c> finding</c><00:30:38.819><c> nothing</c><00:30:39.299><c> how</c><00:30:39.599><c> they</c><00:30:39.920><c> might</c><00:30:40.380><c> punish</c><00:30:41.059><c> them,</c> 00:30:42.279 --> 00:30:43.819 because<00:30:42.619><c> of</c><00:30:42.779><c> the</c><00:30:42.960><c> people.</c> 00:30:43.859 --> 00:30:47.839 For<00:30:44.119><c> all</c><00:30:44.359><c> men</c><00:30:44.579><c> glorified</c><00:30:45.339><c> God</c><00:30:45.720><c> for</c><00:30:45.940><c> that</c><00:30:46.200><c> which</c><00:30:46.460><c> was</c><00:30:46.900><c> done,</c> 00:30:47.859 --> 00:30:52.619 for<00:30:47.980><c> this</c><00:30:48.279><c> man</c><00:30:48.460><c> was</c><00:30:48.779><c> above</c><00:30:49.200><c> 40</c><00:30:49.619><c> years</c><00:30:50.039><c> old</c><00:30:50.900><c> on</c><00:30:51.339><c> whom</c><00:30:51.539><c> the</c><00:30:51.880><c> miracle</c><00:30:52.259><c> of</c> 00:30:52.619 --> 00:30:54.920 healing<00:30:53.380><c> was</c><00:30:54.099><c> shown.</c> 00:30:55.259 --> 00:30:57.279 That's<00:30:55.640><c> where</c><00:30:55.720><c> we</c><00:30:55.839><c> know</c><00:30:55.960><c> he's</c><00:30:56.180><c> over</c><00:30:56.420><c> 40.</c> 00:30:58.279 --> 00:31:01.000 So<00:30:58.839><c> why</c><00:30:59.119><c> did</c><00:30:59.319><c> it</c><00:30:59.519><c> matter</c><00:30:59.819><c> that</c><00:30:59.960><c> he</c><00:31:00.119><c> was</c><00:31:00.319><c> over</c><00:31:00.599><c> 40?</c> 00:31:01.380 --> 00:31:03.299 We're<00:31:01.559><c> never</c><00:31:01.759><c> told</c><00:31:02.019><c> the</c><00:31:02.200><c> age</c><00:31:02.380><c> of</c><00:31:02.559><c> the</c><00:31:02.759><c> blind</c><00:31:02.960><c> man.</c> 00:31:03.420 --> 00:31:05.779 He<00:31:03.660><c> was</c><00:31:03.819><c> probably</c><00:31:04.240><c> in</c><00:31:04.420><c> his</c><00:31:04.619><c> 20s</c><00:31:04.980><c> because</c><00:31:05.099><c> they</c><00:31:05.380><c> check</c><00:31:05.500><c> and</c><00:31:05.660><c> say</c> 00:31:05.779 --> 00:31:06.460 he's<00:31:06.079><c> of</c><00:31:06.220><c> age,</c> 00:31:06.460 --> 00:31:08.960 or<00:31:06.960><c> late</c><00:31:07.200><c> teens,</c><00:31:07.480><c> early</c><00:31:07.740><c> 20s.</c> 00:31:09.400 --> 00:31:11.359 But<00:31:09.759><c> is</c><00:31:09.980><c> it</c><00:31:10.119><c> just</c><00:31:10.359><c> the</c><00:31:10.579><c> number</c><00:31:10.859><c> of</c><00:31:11.160><c> years?</c> 00:31:11.519 --> 00:31:13.440 It<00:31:11.519><c> just,</c><00:31:11.900><c> well,</c><00:31:12.019><c> in</c><00:31:12.160><c> this</c><00:31:12.380><c> case,</c><00:31:12.559><c> it's</c><00:31:12.759><c> over</c><00:31:13.019><c> 40</c><00:31:13.259><c> years.</c> 00:31:13.440 --> 00:31:15.099 So<00:31:13.599><c> that's</c><00:31:13.839><c> even</c><00:31:14.019><c> a</c><00:31:14.279><c> longer</c><00:31:14.519><c> time.</c> 00:31:15.500 --> 00:31:17.240 Therefore,<00:31:15.839><c> this</c><00:31:16.019><c> is</c><00:31:16.259><c> amazing.</c> 00:31:18.240 --> 00:31:20.019 That's<00:31:18.619><c> not</c><00:31:18.740><c> what</c><00:31:18.839><c> it</c><00:31:19.019><c> is.</c> 00:31:21.079 --> 00:31:22.839 Over<00:31:21.440><c> 40</c><00:31:21.759><c> years.</c> 00:31:23.240 --> 00:31:28.220 Anybody<00:31:23.579><c> know</c><00:31:23.779><c> what</c><00:31:24.019><c> else</c><00:31:25.180><c> had</c><00:31:25.859><c> been</c><00:31:26.000><c> there</c><00:31:26.599><c> for</c><00:31:27.660><c> just</c><00:31:27.900><c> over</c> 00:31:28.220 --> 00:31:29.519 40<00:31:28.519><c> years?</c> 00:31:29.980 --> 00:31:36.380 This<00:31:30.539><c> lame</c><00:31:30.819><c> man</c><00:31:31.500><c> was</c><00:31:31.940><c> there</c><00:31:32.259><c> every</c><00:31:32.700><c> single</c><00:31:33.059><c> day</c><00:31:33.740><c> over</c><00:31:35.279><c> 40</c><00:31:35.660><c> years.</c> 00:31:36.460 --> 00:31:37.880 Where? 00:31:39.080 --> 00:31:40.720 At<00:31:39.680><c> the</c><00:31:39.859><c> temple.</c> 00:31:41.420 --> 00:31:43.619 And<00:31:41.660><c> how</c><00:31:41.940><c> old</c><00:31:42.259><c> was</c><00:31:42.539><c> the</c><00:31:42.720><c> temple?</c> 00:31:44.079 --> 00:31:45.140 Anybody<00:31:44.240><c> know?</c> 00:31:47.380 --> 00:31:48.480 46. 00:31:49.240 --> 00:31:51.299 John<00:31:49.539><c> chapter</c><00:31:49.819><c> 2</c><00:31:50.200><c> verse</c><00:31:50.500><c> 20.</c> 00:31:51.640 --> 00:31:53.880 The<00:31:51.819><c> temple</c><00:31:51.940><c> was</c><00:31:52.160><c> 46</c><00:31:52.680><c> years</c><00:31:53.000><c> old.</c> 00:31:54.160 --> 00:31:57.640 That<00:31:54.400><c> means</c><00:31:54.680><c> basically,</c><00:31:56.059><c> ever</c><00:31:56.279><c> since</c><00:31:56.480><c> they</c><00:31:56.680><c> put</c><00:31:56.839><c> the</c><00:31:57.240><c> first</c> 00:31:57.640 --> 00:31:58.259 step<00:31:57.960><c> down,</c> 00:31:58.259 --> 00:31:59.859 if<00:31:58.400><c> you</c><00:31:58.539><c> want</c><00:31:58.619><c> to</c><00:31:58.720><c> be</c><00:31:58.859><c> dramatic</c><00:31:59.259><c> about</c><00:31:59.559><c> it,</c> 00:31:59.980 --> 00:32:02.339 ever<00:32:00.180><c> since</c><00:32:00.339><c> they</c><00:32:00.500><c> put</c><00:32:00.619><c> the</c><00:32:00.900><c> first</c><00:32:01.200><c> step</c><00:32:01.460><c> down</c><00:32:01.700><c> to</c><00:32:01.839><c> build</c><00:32:02.059><c> that</c> 00:32:02.339 --> 00:32:04.779 temple,<00:32:03.200><c> this</c><00:32:03.500><c> man</c><00:32:03.660><c> was</c><00:32:03.940><c> there.</c> 00:32:05.240 --> 00:32:09.559 And<00:32:05.960><c> as</c><00:32:06.259><c> that</c><00:32:06.559><c> temple</c><00:32:06.759><c> was</c><00:32:07.019><c> being</c><00:32:07.400><c> built,</c><00:32:08.539><c> and</c><00:32:08.720><c> the</c><00:32:09.079><c> grandeur</c> 00:32:09.559 --> 00:32:11.839 of<00:32:09.619><c> it,</c><00:32:09.779><c> and</c><00:32:09.940><c> the</c><00:32:10.279><c> magnitude</c><00:32:10.740><c> of</c><00:32:10.980><c> it,</c> 00:32:12.099 --> 00:32:15.460 and<00:32:12.539><c> everything</c><00:32:12.920><c> that</c><00:32:13.140><c> was</c><00:32:13.400><c> beautiful,</c><00:32:14.000><c> and</c><00:32:14.140><c> everything</c><00:32:14.359><c> that</c><00:32:14.500><c> was</c><00:32:14.720><c> spectacular,</c> 00:32:15.599 --> 00:32:21.220 and<00:32:15.759><c> all</c><00:32:15.920><c> the</c><00:32:16.180><c> great</c><00:32:16.640><c> feasts,</c><00:32:17.420><c> and</c><00:32:17.640><c> all</c><00:32:17.900><c> the</c><00:32:19.680><c> great</c><00:32:19.680><c> sacrifices,</c> 00:32:22.380 --> 00:32:24.579 all<00:32:22.680><c> the</c><00:32:22.920><c> dedication,</c><00:32:23.599><c> all</c><00:32:23.900><c> the</c><00:32:24.140><c> commitment,</c> 00:32:24.880 --> 00:32:30.380 every<00:32:25.720><c> single</c><00:32:26.380><c> day</c><00:32:26.859><c> as</c><00:32:27.259><c> that</c><00:32:27.599><c> temple</c><00:32:28.000><c> grew</c><00:32:28.519><c> in</c><00:32:29.319><c> magnitude</c><00:32:29.880><c> and</c> 00:32:30.380 --> 00:32:31.720 in<00:32:30.799><c> wonder,</c> 00:32:31.860 --> 00:32:34.259 there<00:32:32.240><c> was</c><00:32:32.720><c> this</c><00:32:33.160><c> man</c><00:32:33.460><c> sitting</c><00:32:33.740><c> there</c><00:32:34.039><c> saying,</c> 00:32:34.299 --> 00:32:36.559 that<00:32:34.579><c> temple</c><00:32:34.859><c> can't</c><00:32:35.200><c> do</c><00:32:35.339><c> a</c><00:32:35.539><c> darn</c><00:32:35.779><c> thing</c><00:32:36.079><c> to</c><00:32:36.359><c> me.</c> 00:32:36.859 --> 00:32:38.700 And<00:32:37.359><c> everybody</c><00:32:37.640><c> knew</c><00:32:37.839><c> it.</c> 00:32:38.940 --> 00:32:40.220 Everybody<00:32:39.420><c> saw</c><00:32:39.740><c> it.</c> 00:32:40.579 --> 00:32:41.759 Everybody<00:32:41.000><c> recognized</c><00:32:41.579><c> it.</c> 00:32:41.759 --> 00:32:45.119 They<00:32:41.920><c> knew</c><00:32:42.140><c> exactly</c><00:32:43.019><c> what</c><00:32:43.579><c> this</c><00:32:43.859><c> man</c><00:32:44.079><c> represented.</c> 00:32:46.359 --> 00:32:48.500 And<00:32:46.660><c> they</c><00:32:46.920><c> saw</c><00:32:47.059><c> it</c><00:32:47.240><c> in</c><00:32:47.359><c> themselves.</c> 00:32:49.940 --> 00:32:50.440 As<00:32:50.059><c> great.</c> 00:32:50.460 --> 00:32:51.319 Look<00:32:50.660><c> at</c><00:32:50.799><c> how</c><00:32:51.079><c> wonderful.</c> 00:32:51.380 --> 00:32:53.140 Remember<00:32:51.579><c> they</c><00:32:51.740><c> said</c><00:32:51.839><c> to</c><00:32:51.960><c> Jesus,</c><00:32:52.220><c> look</c><00:32:52.460><c> at</c><00:32:52.619><c> the</c><00:32:52.900><c> stones.</c> 00:32:53.279 --> 00:32:54.119 Look<00:32:53.420><c> at</c><00:32:53.599><c> the</c><00:32:53.819><c> bones.</c> 00:32:54.400 --> 00:32:56.319 Look<00:32:54.579><c> at</c><00:32:54.720><c> the</c><00:32:55.119><c> stones.</c> 00:32:56.339 --> 00:32:57.339 Look<00:32:56.559><c> at</c><00:32:56.700><c> the</c><00:32:56.960><c> magnitude.</c> 00:32:57.480 --> 00:32:58.819 Look<00:32:57.640><c> at</c><00:32:57.819><c> the</c><00:32:58.000><c> beauty.</c> 00:32:58.900 --> 00:33:00.599 Jesus<00:32:59.180><c> said,</c><00:32:59.359><c> it's</c><00:32:59.539><c> all</c><00:32:59.700><c> meaningless.</c> 00:33:00.740 --> 00:33:02.200 I<00:33:01.039><c> mean</c><00:33:01.220><c> a</c><00:33:01.420><c> thing.</c> 00:33:03.500 --> 00:33:07.720 Because<00:33:03.839><c> it</c><00:33:04.039><c> can't</c><00:33:04.339><c> reach</c><00:33:04.500><c> people</c><00:33:05.180><c> where</c><00:33:06.279><c> they're</c><00:33:06.500><c> truly</c><00:33:06.839><c> hurting.</c> 00:33:08.940 --> 00:33:11.500 It<00:33:09.299><c> can't</c><00:33:09.660><c> reach</c><00:33:09.880><c> deep</c><00:33:10.240><c> down</c><00:33:10.559><c> into</c><00:33:10.779><c> them</c><00:33:10.960><c> where</c><00:33:11.140><c> they're</c> 00:33:11.500 --> 00:33:12.700 truly<00:33:11.799><c> hurting.</c> 00:33:13.240 --> 00:33:16.500 And<00:33:13.500><c> the</c><00:33:13.680><c> layman</c><00:33:14.039><c> was</c><00:33:14.339><c> always</c><00:33:15.019><c> there</c><00:33:15.319><c> for</c><00:33:15.779><c> everybody</c><00:33:16.160><c> that</c> 00:33:16.500 --> 00:33:17.720 walked<00:33:16.720><c> by.</c> 00:33:17.799 --> 00:33:19.799 And<00:33:18.000><c> they</c><00:33:18.180><c> said,</c><00:33:18.299><c> yeah,</c><00:33:18.519><c> this</c><00:33:18.759><c> is</c><00:33:18.960><c> gorgeous,</c><00:33:19.319><c> but</c><00:33:19.480><c> it</c><00:33:19.579><c> can't</c> 00:33:19.799 --> 00:33:21.099 do<00:33:19.839><c> anything</c><00:33:20.059><c> for</c><00:33:20.279><c> him.</c> 00:33:21.579 --> 00:33:23.579 So<00:33:21.839><c> what</c><00:33:22.000><c> can</c><00:33:22.140><c> they</c><00:33:22.299><c> do</c><00:33:22.400><c> for</c><00:33:22.619><c> me?</c> 00:33:24.880 --> 00:33:27.240 That's<00:33:25.440><c> what</c><00:33:25.579><c> the</c><00:33:25.799><c> layman</c><00:33:26.180><c> represents.</c> 00:33:28.160 --> 00:33:30.579 That's<00:33:28.720><c> why</c><00:33:28.859><c> they</c><00:33:29.119><c> glorified</c><00:33:29.700><c> God.</c> 00:33:31.440 --> 00:33:38.640 Because<00:33:32.039><c> if</c><00:33:32.579><c> this</c><00:33:33.000><c> man</c><00:33:33.500><c> can</c><00:33:34.700><c> be</c><00:33:35.000><c> transformed,</c><00:33:37.740><c> then</c><00:33:37.940><c> anybody</c> 00:33:38.640 --> 00:33:41.440 can<00:33:39.980><c> be</c><00:33:40.279><c> transformed.</c> 00:33:42.519 --> 00:33:45.900 That's<00:33:43.019><c> the</c><00:33:43.220><c> wonder</c><00:33:43.700><c> of</c><00:33:44.680><c> the</c><00:33:44.880><c> layman.</c> 00:33:46.400 --> 00:33:51.180 And<00:33:46.859><c> that's</c><00:33:47.119><c> why</c><00:33:47.380><c> their</c><00:33:47.680><c> response</c><00:33:48.500><c> is</c><00:33:49.799><c> so</c><00:33:50.079><c> spectacular.</c> 00:33:51.740 --> 00:33:56.500 Because<00:33:52.299><c> they</c><00:33:52.640><c> are</c><00:33:53.079><c> amazed</c><00:33:53.700><c> at</c><00:33:54.839><c> what</c><00:33:55.019><c> this</c><00:33:55.259><c> man</c><00:33:55.440><c> represents.</c> 00:33:56.619 --> 00:33:57.279 This<00:33:56.779><c> is</c><00:33:56.880><c> what</c><00:33:56.960><c> it</c><00:33:57.140><c> says.</c> 00:33:57.480 --> 00:34:00.180 I<00:33:57.759><c> said</c><00:33:57.880><c> this</c><00:33:58.119><c> already,</c><00:33:58.460><c> but</c><00:33:58.519><c> notice</c><00:33:58.740><c> what</c><00:33:58.880><c> it</c><00:33:59.059><c> says</c><00:33:59.160><c> in</c><00:33:59.380><c> Romans.</c> 00:34:00.640 --> 00:34:04.359 What<00:34:01.200><c> the</c><00:34:01.460><c> law</c><00:34:01.740><c> could</c><00:34:02.059><c> not</c><00:34:02.319><c> do</c><00:34:02.640><c> and</c><00:34:02.880><c> that</c><00:34:02.980><c> it</c><00:34:03.099><c> was</c><00:34:03.299><c> weak</c><00:34:03.579><c> through</c><00:34:03.839><c> the</c><00:34:04.119><c> flesh,</c> 00:34:04.460 --> 00:34:08.380 God<00:34:04.880><c> sending</c><00:34:05.160><c> his</c><00:34:05.519><c> own</c><00:34:05.839><c> son</c><00:34:06.039><c> in</c><00:34:06.259><c> the</c><00:34:06.400><c> likeness</c><00:34:06.759><c> of</c><00:34:07.019><c> sinful</c><00:34:07.220><c> flesh.</c> 00:34:09.119 --> 00:34:13.420 And<00:34:09.300><c> for</c><00:34:09.579><c> sin,</c><00:34:10.179><c> condemned</c><00:34:10.800><c> sin</c><00:34:11.739><c> in</c><00:34:12.400><c> the</c><00:34:12.599><c> flesh.</c> 00:34:14.000 --> 00:34:15.900 That's<00:34:14.400><c> what</c><00:34:14.579><c> Jesus</c><00:34:14.940><c> does.</c> 00:34:16.219 --> 00:34:17.280 That's<00:34:16.539><c> why</c><00:34:16.719><c> he</c><00:34:16.840><c> could</c><00:34:17.099><c> heal.</c> 00:34:17.380 --> 00:34:21.659 That's<00:34:17.659><c> why</c><00:34:18.039><c> Peter</c><00:34:18.360><c> and</c><00:34:18.559><c> John,</c><00:34:19.280><c> in</c><00:34:19.380><c> the</c><00:34:19.500><c> name</c><00:34:19.639><c> of</c><00:34:19.860><c> Jesus</c><00:34:20.139><c> Christ,</c><00:34:21.440><c> could</c> 00:34:21.659 --> 00:34:23.440 heal<00:34:21.940><c> the</c><00:34:22.179><c> layman.</c> 00:34:24.539 --> 00:34:26.219 Because<00:34:25.099><c> of</c><00:34:25.400><c> Romans</c><00:34:25.639><c> chapter</c><00:34:26.039><c> 8.</c> 00:34:26.219 --> 00:34:28.420 Now<00:34:26.420><c> they</c><00:34:26.559><c> might</c><00:34:26.840><c> not</c><00:34:27.000><c> have</c><00:34:27.179><c> understood</c><00:34:27.519><c> all</c><00:34:27.900><c> of</c><00:34:28.119><c> that.</c> 00:34:28.739 --> 00:34:30.079 That's<00:34:29.119><c> the</c><00:34:29.280><c> people</c><00:34:29.480><c> that</c><00:34:29.760><c> saw</c><00:34:29.880><c> it.</c> 00:34:30.079 --> 00:34:34.480 But<00:34:30.219><c> they</c><00:34:30.500><c> understood</c><00:34:31.159><c> what</c><00:34:32.619><c> this</c><00:34:32.940><c> layman</c><00:34:33.340><c> represented.</c> 00:34:35.260 --> 00:34:38.179 And<00:34:35.460><c> they</c><00:34:35.519><c> understood</c><00:34:35.780><c> how</c><00:34:35.980><c> it</c><00:34:36.179><c> represented</c><00:34:36.719><c> themselves.</c> 00:34:39.099 --> 00:34:44.460 That<00:34:39.260><c> yeah,</c><00:34:39.639><c> I</c><00:34:40.139><c> can</c><00:34:40.380><c> sacrifice</c><00:34:41.039><c> and</c><00:34:41.320><c> I</c><00:34:41.920><c> can</c><00:34:42.159><c> bring</c><00:34:42.800><c> my</c><00:34:43.219><c> sacrifices</c><00:34:43.760><c> to</c><00:34:44.019><c> the</c><00:34:44.219><c> altar.</c> 00:34:44.860 --> 00:34:47.840 But<00:34:45.099><c> I</c><00:34:45.500><c> still</c><00:34:45.780><c> sin,</c><00:34:46.079><c> I</c><00:34:46.320><c> still</c><00:34:46.639><c> sin,</c><00:34:46.940><c> I</c><00:34:47.179><c> still</c><00:34:47.500><c> sin.</c> 00:34:48.139 --> 00:34:50.739 I<00:34:48.460><c> am</c><00:34:48.780><c> never,</c><00:34:49.619><c> ever</c><00:34:49.619><c> changed.</c> 00:34:50.860 --> 00:34:54.500 And<00:34:51.099><c> the</c><00:34:51.219><c> layman</c><00:34:51.739><c> said,</c><00:34:52.460><c> and</c><00:34:52.639><c> you</c><00:34:52.800><c> never</c><00:34:52.960><c> can</c><00:34:53.219><c> be</c><00:34:53.440><c> changed,</c><00:34:53.800><c> look</c><00:34:53.940><c> at</c><00:34:54.119><c> him.</c> 00:34:54.760 --> 00:34:58.679 And<00:34:54.980><c> now</c><00:34:55.179><c> the</c><00:34:55.340><c> layman</c><00:34:55.840><c> is</c><00:34:56.059><c> leaping</c><00:34:56.760><c> and</c><00:34:57.119><c> jumping</c><00:34:57.500><c> for</c><00:34:57.780><c> joy.</c> 00:34:59.099 --> 00:35:01.460 And<00:34:59.539><c> it's</c><00:34:59.820><c> completely</c><00:35:00.219><c> changed.</c> 00:35:02.400 --> 00:35:07.699 And<00:35:02.699><c> their</c><00:35:02.840><c> response</c><00:35:03.219><c> to</c><00:35:03.440><c> it</c><00:35:03.579><c> was,</c><00:35:05.579><c> if</c><00:35:05.679><c> he</c><00:35:05.860><c> could</c><00:35:06.019><c> change</c><00:35:06.579><c> him,</c> 00:35:08.619 --> 00:35:09.900 maybe<00:35:08.960><c> he</c><00:35:09.119><c> could</c><00:35:09.280><c> change</c><00:35:09.579><c> me.</c> 00:35:10.139 --> 00:35:13.840 Now<00:35:10.400><c> Peter's</c><00:35:10.679><c> got</c><00:35:10.800><c> to</c><00:35:10.960><c> explain</c><00:35:11.159><c> to</c><00:35:11.380><c> them</c><00:35:12.059><c> what</c><00:35:12.500><c> it</c><00:35:12.699><c> all</c><00:35:12.900><c> means.</c> 00:35:14.300 --> 00:35:15.440 But<00:35:14.400><c> they</c><00:35:14.579><c> can</c><00:35:14.800><c> see</c><00:35:14.980><c> it.</c> 00:35:15.460 --> 00:35:18.599 And<00:35:15.699><c> you</c><00:35:15.780><c> can</c><00:35:15.980><c> tell</c><00:35:16.099><c> they</c><00:35:16.280><c> can</c><00:35:16.440><c> see</c><00:35:16.579><c> it</c><00:35:17.119><c> by</c><00:35:17.340><c> their</c><00:35:17.559><c> response.</c> 00:35:20.699 --> 00:35:21.599 So<00:35:20.840><c> how</c><00:35:20.900><c> much,</c><00:35:21.039><c> what</c><00:35:21.199><c> time</c><00:35:21.340><c> again?</c> 00:35:21.840 --> 00:35:23.780 Oh,<00:35:22.400><c> we've</c><00:35:22.619><c> got</c><00:35:22.699><c> a</c><00:35:22.800><c> couple</c><00:35:22.900><c> more</c><00:35:23.079><c> minutes.</c> 00:35:24.179 --> 00:35:29.059 And<00:35:24.619><c> the</c><00:35:24.800><c> layman,</c><00:35:25.539><c> which</c><00:35:25.539><c> healed,</c><00:35:26.380><c> which</c><00:35:26.559><c> was</c><00:35:26.920><c> healed,</c><00:35:28.900><c> held</c> 00:35:29.059 --> 00:35:30.699 Peter<00:35:29.519><c> and</c><00:35:29.860><c> John.</c> 00:35:31.480 --> 00:35:32.099 Why? 00:35:32.320 --> 00:35:35.480 He<00:35:32.320><c> didn't,</c><00:35:33.019><c> you</c><00:35:33.340><c> first</c><00:35:33.539><c> inclination</c><00:35:33.940><c> go,</c><00:35:34.239><c> well,</c><00:35:34.360><c> he's</c><00:35:34.579><c> probably</c><00:35:34.880><c> weakened</c><00:35:35.099><c> his</c><00:35:35.360><c> feet.</c> 00:35:35.559 --> 00:35:37.219 Doesn't<00:35:35.719><c> seem</c><00:35:35.880><c> to</c><00:35:36.000><c> be</c><00:35:36.099><c> leaking</c><00:35:36.320><c> his</c><00:35:36.659><c> feet</c><00:35:36.760><c> to</c><00:35:36.960><c> me.</c> 00:35:37.719 --> 00:35:42.500 He's<00:35:38.039><c> leaping</c><00:35:38.380><c> and</c><00:35:38.539><c> jumping</c><00:35:38.840><c> and</c><00:35:40.860><c> walking.</c> 00:35:42.659 --> 00:35:45.059 I<00:35:43.039><c> can't</c><00:35:43.260><c> do</c><00:35:43.400><c> any</c><00:35:43.579><c> of</c><00:35:43.659><c> those</c><00:35:43.860><c> things</c><00:35:44.039><c> now.</c> 00:35:45.780 --> 00:35:47.139 But<00:35:45.960><c> he</c><00:35:46.219><c> was.</c> 00:35:48.360 --> 00:35:50.179 He<00:35:48.500><c> held</c><00:35:48.579><c> on</c><00:35:48.699><c> to</c><00:35:48.860><c> Peter</c><00:35:49.039><c> and</c><00:35:49.199><c> John</c><00:35:49.380><c> because</c><00:35:49.639><c> that's</c><00:35:49.980><c> exactly</c> 00:35:50.179 --> 00:35:51.300 what<00:35:50.360><c> we</c><00:35:50.480><c> do.</c> 00:35:52.420 --> 00:35:54.159 We<00:35:52.860><c> hold</c><00:35:53.099><c> on</c><00:35:53.320><c> to</c><00:35:53.500><c> the</c><00:35:53.699><c> disciples.</c> 00:35:54.380 --> 00:35:56.980 We<00:35:54.599><c> hold</c><00:35:54.900><c> on</c><00:35:55.500><c> to</c><00:35:55.960><c> our</c><00:35:56.199><c> faith.</c> 00:35:57.360 --> 00:35:58.280 We<00:35:57.619><c> don't</c><00:35:57.739><c> let</c><00:35:57.900><c> it</c><00:35:58.099><c> go.</c> 00:35:58.440 --> 00:35:59.940 This<00:35:58.639><c> man</c><00:35:58.780><c> was</c><00:35:59.079><c> not</c><00:35:59.300><c> going</c><00:35:59.460><c> to</c><00:35:59.500><c> let</c><00:35:59.659><c> it</c><00:35:59.820><c> go.</c> 00:35:59.980 --> 00:36:03.340 Like<00:36:00.159><c> I</c><00:36:00.300><c> said,</c><00:36:00.440><c> the</c><00:36:00.579><c> next</c><00:36:00.820><c> day</c><00:36:01.480><c> after</c><00:36:01.960><c> they'd</c><00:36:02.260><c> spent</c><00:36:02.360><c> the</c><00:36:02.500><c> night</c><00:36:02.619><c> in</c><00:36:02.820><c> prison,</c> 00:36:03.800 --> 00:36:06.219 he<00:36:04.099><c> was</c><00:36:04.300><c> still</c><00:36:04.639><c> with</c><00:36:05.380><c> Peter</c><00:36:05.800><c> and</c><00:36:06.019><c> John.</c> 00:36:06.380 --> 00:36:09.119 I'm<00:36:06.559><c> sure</c><00:36:06.739><c> he</c><00:36:06.940><c> wasn't</c><00:36:07.159><c> arrested,</c><00:36:07.559><c> but</c><00:36:07.719><c> he</c><00:36:07.900><c> wasn't</c><00:36:08.079><c> going</c><00:36:08.300><c> anywhere.</c> 00:36:10.059 --> 00:36:12.699 These<00:36:10.340><c> men</c><00:36:10.559><c> had</c><00:36:10.860><c> changed</c><00:36:11.260><c> his</c><00:36:11.619><c> life</c><00:36:11.780><c> forever.</c> 00:36:14.179 --> 00:36:18.599 All<00:36:14.619><c> the</c><00:36:14.840><c> people</c><00:36:15.119><c> ran</c><00:36:15.460><c> together</c><00:36:15.940><c> into</c><00:36:16.539><c> the</c><00:36:16.900><c> porch</c><00:36:17.300><c> that</c><00:36:18.340><c> is</c> 00:36:18.599 --> 00:36:20.639 called<00:36:18.820><c> Solomon's</c><00:36:19.960><c> Greatly</c><00:36:20.340><c> Wondering.</c> 00:36:20.639 --> 00:36:22.659 Why<00:36:20.820><c> is</c><00:36:20.940><c> it</c><00:36:21.059><c> mentioned</c><00:36:21.280><c> Solomon's</c><00:36:21.960><c> porch?</c> 00:36:22.960 --> 00:36:25.780 Again,<00:36:23.639><c> the</c><00:36:23.800><c> words</c><00:36:24.000><c> always,</c><00:36:24.619><c> you</c><00:36:24.920><c> always</c><00:36:25.119><c> want</c><00:36:25.280><c> to</c><00:36:25.460><c> stop</c><00:36:25.619><c> and</c> 00:36:25.780 --> 00:36:27.119 say,<00:36:25.940><c> why</c><00:36:26.179><c> does</c><00:36:26.340><c> it</c><00:36:26.579><c> say</c><00:36:26.820><c> that?</c> 00:36:27.219 --> 00:36:28.340 Why<00:36:27.400><c> does</c><00:36:27.500><c> it</c><00:36:27.619><c> say</c><00:36:27.719><c> Solomon's</c><00:36:28.280><c> porch?</c> 00:36:28.400 --> 00:36:29.699 Yes,<00:36:28.619><c> Solomon's</c><00:36:29.099><c> porch</c><00:36:29.219><c> was</c><00:36:29.460><c> there.</c> 00:36:29.840 --> 00:36:33.280 There's<00:36:30.159><c> a</c><00:36:30.320><c> picture,</c><00:36:31.639><c> another</c><00:36:31.639><c> artistic</c><00:36:32.400><c> rendition,</c><00:36:32.800><c> I</c><00:36:32.920><c> guess,</c><00:36:33.159><c> of</c> 00:36:33.280 --> 00:36:34.519 Solomon's<00:36:33.820><c> porch.</c> 00:36:35.159 --> 00:36:36.880 But<00:36:35.460><c> why</c><00:36:35.619><c> make</c><00:36:35.800><c> that</c><00:36:36.139><c> point?</c> 00:36:38.139 --> 00:36:41.460 Well,<00:36:38.340><c> the</c><00:36:38.480><c> point</c><00:36:38.579><c> is,</c><00:36:39.019><c> it's</c><00:36:39.820><c> telling</c><00:36:39.940><c> you,</c><00:36:40.400><c> well,</c><00:36:40.760><c> what</c><00:36:40.820><c> does</c> 00:36:41.460 --> 00:36:43.099 Jesus<00:36:41.719><c> say</c><00:36:41.920><c> about</c><00:36:42.199><c> Solomon?</c> 00:36:44.119 --> 00:36:47.699 Of<00:36:44.420><c> all</c><00:36:44.639><c> men</c><00:36:44.900><c> born</c><00:36:45.139><c> of</c><00:36:45.300><c> a</c><00:36:45.380><c> woman,</c><00:36:45.659><c> there's</c><00:36:45.820><c> nobody,</c><00:36:46.480><c> no,</c><00:36:46.820><c> he</c><00:36:46.960><c> says</c><00:36:47.260><c> he</c> 00:36:47.699 --> 00:36:50.280 was<00:36:47.880><c> the</c><00:36:48.079><c> wisest</c><00:36:48.380><c> man</c><00:36:48.539><c> who</c><00:36:48.719><c> ever</c><00:36:48.860><c> lived,</c><00:36:49.179><c> right?</c> 00:36:50.980 --> 00:36:54.360 And<00:36:51.460><c> now</c><00:36:51.940><c> a</c><00:36:52.699><c> wiser</c><00:36:52.940><c> man</c><00:36:53.199><c> is</c><00:36:53.460><c> here.</c> 00:36:55.800 --> 00:36:57.480 They<00:36:55.920><c> go</c><00:36:55.980><c> up</c><00:36:56.119><c> to</c><00:36:56.320><c> Solomon's</c><00:36:56.820><c> porch.</c> 00:36:57.480 --> 00:36:59.679 It's<00:36:57.820><c> called</c><00:36:58.000><c> Solomon's</c><00:36:58.460><c> porch</c><00:36:58.619><c> because</c><00:36:58.960><c> this</c><00:36:59.219><c> is</c><00:36:59.400><c> the</c><00:36:59.519><c> place</c> 00:36:59.679 --> 00:37:01.860 where<00:36:59.980><c> wisdom</c><00:37:00.360><c> is</c><00:37:01.320><c> talked</c><00:37:01.659><c> about,</c> 00:37:01.960 --> 00:37:04.340 because<00:37:02.219><c> Solomon</c><00:37:02.619><c> was</c><00:37:02.860><c> the</c><00:37:03.079><c> man</c><00:37:03.239><c> of</c><00:37:03.420><c> wisdom.</c> 00:37:04.800 --> 00:37:07.219 And<00:37:05.099><c> they</c><00:37:05.239><c> go</c><00:37:05.400><c> and</c><00:37:05.539><c> they</c><00:37:05.739><c> meet</c><00:37:05.820><c> him</c><00:37:06.019><c> there</c><00:37:06.260><c> at</c><00:37:06.500><c> Solomon's</c><00:37:07.079><c> point.</c> 00:37:07.260 --> 00:37:08.820 Now<00:37:07.500><c> they're</c><00:37:07.659><c> going</c><00:37:07.840><c> to</c><00:37:08.019><c> be</c><00:37:08.300><c> educated.</c> 00:37:09.019 --> 00:37:10.340 That's<00:37:09.380><c> exactly</c><00:37:09.719><c> what</c><00:37:09.940><c> Peter</c><00:37:10.119><c> does.</c> 00:37:10.400 --> 00:37:14.119 He's<00:37:10.679><c> going</c><00:37:10.840><c> to</c><00:37:11.199><c> educate</c><00:37:11.539><c> them</c><00:37:12.079><c> from</c><00:37:13.000><c> their</c><00:37:13.360><c> own</c><00:37:13.780><c> words.</c> 00:37:14.139 --> 00:37:15.739 He's<00:37:14.320><c> not</c><00:37:14.460><c> going</c><00:37:14.619><c> to</c><00:37:14.739><c> educate</c><00:37:14.960><c> them</c><00:37:15.059><c> with</c><00:37:15.260><c> something</c><00:37:15.519><c> new.</c> 00:37:15.760 --> 00:37:19.059 He's<00:37:15.960><c> going</c><00:37:16.079><c> to</c><00:37:16.119><c> go</c><00:37:16.380><c> back</c><00:37:16.860><c> to</c><00:37:17.559><c> the</c><00:37:17.739><c> very</c><00:37:18.000><c> events</c><00:37:18.239><c> that</c><00:37:18.519><c> take</c><00:37:18.719><c> place.</c> 00:37:19.059 --> 00:37:20.880 He's<00:37:19.260><c> going</c><00:37:19.360><c> to</c><00:37:19.400><c> go</c><00:37:19.619><c> back</c><00:37:19.780><c> to</c><00:37:19.920><c> the</c><00:37:19.960><c> very</c><00:37:20.179><c> Old</c><00:37:20.360><c> Testament</c><00:37:20.719><c> and</c> 00:37:20.880 --> 00:37:22.079 he's<00:37:21.019><c> going</c><00:37:21.099><c> to</c><00:37:21.300><c> educate</c><00:37:21.579><c> them.</c> 00:37:22.440 --> 00:37:24.800 And<00:37:22.500><c> when</c><00:37:22.780><c> Peter</c><00:37:23.119><c> saw</c><00:37:23.440><c> it,</c><00:37:23.760><c> he</c><00:37:23.840><c> answered</c><00:37:24.079><c> unto</c><00:37:24.320><c> the</c><00:37:24.539><c> people,</c> 00:37:25.000 --> 00:37:28.139 ye<00:37:25.000><c> men</c><00:37:25.219><c> of</c><00:37:25.360><c> Israel,</c><00:37:26.320><c> why</c><00:37:26.880><c> marvel</c><00:37:27.380><c> ye</c><00:37:27.659><c> at</c><00:37:27.800><c> this?</c> 00:37:28.340 --> 00:37:31.460 Oh,<00:37:28.599><c> why</c><00:37:28.920><c> look</c><00:37:29.119><c> ye</c><00:37:29.380><c> so</c><00:37:29.719><c> earnestly</c><00:37:30.019><c> on</c><00:37:30.340><c> us</c><00:37:30.579><c> as</c><00:37:30.820><c> though</c><00:37:30.980><c> by</c><00:37:31.260><c> our</c> 00:37:31.460 --> 00:37:36.380 own<00:37:31.719><c> power</c><00:37:32.019><c> of</c><00:37:32.260><c> holiness</c><00:37:32.599><c> we</c><00:37:33.340><c> had</c><00:37:33.579><c> made</c><00:37:33.840><c> this</c><00:37:34.219><c> man</c><00:37:35.000><c> to</c><00:37:35.519><c> walk?</c> 00:37:38.960 --> 00:37:42.119 The<00:37:39.360><c> God</c><00:37:39.539><c> of</c><00:37:39.780><c> Abraham</c><00:37:40.280><c> and</c><00:37:40.619><c> Isaac</c><00:37:41.000><c> and</c><00:37:41.199><c> Jacob,</c><00:37:41.619><c> did</c><00:37:41.619><c> that</c><00:37:41.739><c> come</c><00:37:41.920><c> up?</c> 00:37:42.139 --> 00:37:43.300 Yes,<00:37:42.340><c> it</c><00:37:42.480><c> did.</c> 00:37:43.419 --> 00:37:47.079 The<00:37:43.739><c> God</c><00:37:44.000><c> of</c><00:37:44.199><c> our</c><00:37:44.440><c> fathers,</c><00:37:44.900><c> there</c><00:37:45.119><c> it</c><00:37:45.300><c> is,</c><00:37:45.940><c> hath</c><00:37:46.199><c> glorified</c> 00:37:47.079 --> 00:37:50.880 his<00:37:47.460><c> Son</c><00:37:47.739><c> Jesus</c><00:37:48.139><c> whom</c><00:37:48.519><c> ye</c><00:37:49.139><c> delivered</c><00:37:49.820><c> up</c> 00:37:51.300 --> 00:37:55.099 and<00:37:51.940><c> denied</c><00:37:52.420><c> him</c><00:37:52.900><c> in</c><00:37:53.360><c> the</c><00:37:53.559><c> presence</c><00:37:53.820><c> of</c><00:37:54.219><c> Pilate</c><00:37:54.519><c> when</c><00:37:54.699><c> he</c><00:37:54.900><c> was</c> 00:37:55.099 --> 00:37:56.760 determined<00:37:55.699><c> to</c><00:37:55.880><c> let</c><00:37:56.059><c> him</c><00:37:56.199><c> go.</c> 00:37:57.179 --> 00:38:01.860 But<00:37:57.500><c> ye</c><00:37:58.239><c> denied</c><00:37:59.119><c> the</c><00:37:59.420><c> Holy</c><00:37:59.699><c> One</c><00:37:59.940><c> in</c><00:38:00.139><c> the</c><00:38:00.340><c> just</c><00:38:00.539><c> and</c><00:38:00.920><c> desired</c><00:38:01.380><c> a</c> 00:38:01.860 --> 00:38:04.019 murderer<00:38:02.239><c> to</c><00:38:02.920><c> be</c><00:38:03.119><c> granted</c><00:38:03.360><c> unto</c><00:38:03.659><c> you</c> 00:38:04.019 --> 00:38:06.980 and<00:38:04.340><c> killed</c><00:38:04.920><c> the</c><00:38:05.739><c> Prince</c><00:38:05.980><c> of</c><00:38:06.199><c> life.</c> 00:38:07.199 --> 00:38:09.059 You<00:38:07.719><c> did</c><00:38:07.960><c> this.</c> 00:38:09.199 --> 00:38:11.019 You<00:38:09.599><c> know</c><00:38:09.820><c> you</c><00:38:10.000><c> did</c><00:38:10.199><c> this.</c> 00:38:11.320 --> 00:38:13.780 We're<00:38:11.880><c> witnesses</c><00:38:12.199><c> to</c><00:38:12.480><c> the</c><00:38:12.619><c> fact</c><00:38:12.739><c> that</c><00:38:12.920><c> you</c><00:38:13.059><c> did</c><00:38:13.239><c> this.</c> 00:38:14.280 --> 00:38:15.880 You<00:38:14.559><c> denied</c><00:38:14.900><c> him.</c> 00:38:15.960 --> 00:38:18.079 You<00:38:16.300><c> delivered</c><00:38:16.559><c> him</c><00:38:16.699><c> up</c><00:38:16.860><c> to</c><00:38:17.119><c> Pilate</c><00:38:17.400><c> and</c><00:38:17.539><c> then</c><00:38:17.699><c> when</c><00:38:17.840><c> Pilate</c> 00:38:18.079 --> 00:38:19.039 wanted<00:38:18.320><c> to</c><00:38:18.400><c> let</c><00:38:18.539><c> him</c><00:38:18.699><c> go,</c> 00:38:19.260 --> 00:38:20.260 you<00:38:19.539><c> wouldn't</c><00:38:19.860><c> allow</c><00:38:20.119><c> it.</c> 00:38:20.260 --> 00:38:23.579 You<00:38:20.440><c> said</c><00:38:20.539><c> we'd</c><00:38:20.940><c> rather</c><00:38:21.239><c> have</c><00:38:21.679><c> Barabbas</c><00:38:22.420><c> than</c><00:38:23.119><c> this</c><00:38:23.460><c> guy.</c> 00:38:23.659 --> 00:38:25.599 That's<00:38:24.000><c> what</c><00:38:24.280><c> you</c><00:38:24.699><c> did.</c> 00:38:25.659 --> 00:38:26.980 You<00:38:25.960><c> did</c><00:38:26.199><c> it.</c> 00:38:30.340 --> 00:38:35.239 God<00:38:30.659><c> has</c><00:38:30.940><c> raised</c><00:38:31.199><c> him</c><00:38:31.400><c> from</c><00:38:31.659><c> the</c><00:38:31.800><c> dead</c><00:38:33.639><c> where</c><00:38:33.840><c> we</c><00:38:34.059><c> are</c><00:38:34.260><c> witnesses.</c> 00:38:35.519 --> 00:38:38.239 The<00:38:35.780><c> resurrection</c><00:38:36.280><c> and</c><00:38:36.659><c> the</c><00:38:36.900><c> witness</c><00:38:37.280><c> of</c><00:38:37.659><c> the</c><00:38:37.840><c> resurrection</c> 00:38:38.239 --> 00:38:40.159 as<00:38:38.440><c> we</c><00:38:38.599><c> talked</c><00:38:38.760><c> so</c><00:38:38.980><c> much</c><00:38:39.119><c> about</c><00:38:39.400><c> last</c><00:38:39.780><c> week.</c> 00:38:40.519 --> 00:38:42.280 That's<00:38:41.059><c> the</c><00:38:41.360><c> power.</c> 00:38:42.480 --> 00:38:45.079 The<00:38:42.880><c> power</c><00:38:43.139><c> is</c><00:38:43.300><c> in</c><00:38:43.400><c> the</c><00:38:43.559><c> resurrection</c><00:38:43.960><c> and</c><00:38:44.260><c> in</c><00:38:44.440><c> the</c><00:38:44.639><c> witness</c> 00:38:45.079 --> 00:38:46.960 to<00:38:45.760><c> the</c><00:38:45.940><c> resurrection.</c> 00:38:47.179 --> 00:38:49.659 That<00:38:47.420><c> changes</c><00:38:48.260><c> everything.</c> 00:38:53.880 --> 00:38:58.679 And<00:38:54.639><c> his</c><00:38:54.940><c> name</c><00:38:55.460><c> through</c><00:38:55.960><c> faith</c><00:38:56.380><c> in</c><00:38:56.559><c> his</c><00:38:56.860><c> name</c><00:38:57.400><c> hath</c><00:38:57.739><c> made</c><00:38:58.179><c> this</c> 00:38:58.679 --> 00:39:02.500 man<00:38:59.019><c> strong</c><00:38:59.699><c> whom</c><00:39:00.260><c> ye</c><00:39:00.920><c> see</c><00:39:01.400><c> and</c><00:39:01.840><c> know.</c> 00:39:02.780 --> 00:39:06.239 Yea,<00:39:03.039><c> the</c><00:39:03.260><c> faith</c><00:39:03.539><c> which</c><00:39:03.800><c> is</c><00:39:04.159><c> by</c><00:39:04.440><c> him</c><00:39:04.639><c> hath</c><00:39:04.960><c> given</c><00:39:05.199><c> him</c><00:39:05.699><c> this</c> 00:39:06.239 --> 00:39:07.260 perfect<00:39:06.760><c> soundness.</c> 00:39:07.260 --> 00:39:08.360 Talking<00:39:07.539><c> about</c><00:39:07.760><c> the</c><00:39:07.980><c> lame</c><00:39:08.139><c> man.</c> 00:39:08.739 --> 00:39:10.639 Perfect<00:39:09.340><c> soundness.</c> 00:39:11.760 --> 00:39:14.699 In<00:39:12.400><c> the</c><00:39:12.639><c> presence</c><00:39:12.900><c> of</c><00:39:13.559><c> you</c><00:39:13.800><c> all.</c> 00:39:15.280 --> 00:39:17.320 You<00:39:15.579><c> all</c><00:39:15.880><c> see</c><00:39:16.099><c> it.</c> 00:39:17.639 --> 00:39:19.840 This<00:39:17.900><c> man</c><00:39:18.059><c> is</c><00:39:18.539><c> perfectly</c><00:39:18.940><c> healed.</c> 00:39:20.420 --> 00:39:22.260 He<00:39:20.619><c> don't</c><00:39:20.840><c> have</c><00:39:21.059><c> arthritis.</c> 00:39:22.780 --> 00:39:24.880 He<00:39:23.019><c> don't</c><00:39:23.260><c> have</c><00:39:23.500><c> tendonitis.</c> 00:39:25.980 --> 00:39:27.039 He's<00:39:26.619><c> perfect.</c> 00:39:27.400 --> 00:39:28.820 Perfectly<00:39:27.980><c> sound.</c> 00:39:30.320 --> 00:39:33.139 That's<00:39:30.920><c> what</c><00:39:31.159><c> our</c><00:39:31.480><c> faith</c><00:39:31.780><c> can</c><00:39:32.340><c> do.</c> 00:39:33.860 --> 00:39:39.539 Now<00:39:34.079><c> it's</c><00:39:34.860><c> not</c><00:39:35.019><c> going</c><00:39:35.139><c> to</c><00:39:35.239><c> fix</c><00:39:35.460><c> my</c><00:39:35.780><c> knees</c><00:39:36.059><c> today</c><00:39:36.800><c> although</c><00:39:37.739><c> that</c><00:39:38.000><c> would</c><00:39:38.179><c> be</c><00:39:38.440><c> fine.</c> 00:39:41.180 --> 00:39:44.460 But<00:39:41.820><c> we</c><00:39:41.980><c> can</c><00:39:42.179><c> have</c><00:39:42.480><c> perfect</c><00:39:42.880><c> soundness</c><00:39:43.320><c> in</c><00:39:43.559><c> Christ.</c> 00:39:45.059 --> 00:39:46.679 That's<00:39:45.380><c> why</c><00:39:45.579><c> we</c><00:39:45.820><c> study</c><00:39:46.099><c> this</c><00:39:46.420><c> word.</c> 00:39:47.059 --> 00:39:50.000 That's<00:39:47.340><c> why</c><00:39:47.500><c> we're</c><00:39:47.699><c> so</c><00:39:47.980><c> committed</c><00:39:48.539><c> to</c><00:39:49.179><c> what</c><00:39:49.360><c> this</c><00:39:49.679><c> is.</c> 00:39:50.380 --> 00:39:54.179 That's<00:39:50.699><c> why</c><00:39:50.900><c> we</c><00:39:51.059><c> can</c><00:39:51.340><c> see</c><00:39:51.539><c> these</c><00:39:51.840><c> things</c><00:39:52.039><c> when</c><00:39:52.199><c> we</c><00:39:52.440><c> open</c><00:39:52.619><c> up</c><00:39:52.780><c> this</c><00:39:53.000><c> marvelous</c><00:39:53.360><c> word</c><00:39:53.599><c> of</c><00:39:53.880><c> truth.</c> 00:39:54.579 --> 00:39:59.199 The<00:39:54.840><c> resurrection</c><00:39:55.280><c> and</c><00:39:55.739><c> we</c><00:39:56.159><c> are</c><00:39:56.500><c> the</c><00:39:56.800><c> witnesses</c><00:39:57.539><c> of</c><00:39:58.159><c> it.</c> 00:40:00.920 --> 00:40:04.119 So<00:40:01.480><c> we</c><00:40:01.679><c> are</c><00:40:01.980><c> called</c><00:40:02.239><c> to</c><00:40:02.480><c> let</c><00:40:02.699><c> people</c><00:40:03.039><c> know.</c> 00:40:04.920 --> 00:40:08.460 About<00:40:05.260><c> this</c><00:40:05.500><c> glorious</c><00:40:05.980><c> resurrection</c><00:40:06.480><c> and</c><00:40:06.860><c> you</c><00:40:07.199><c> are</c><00:40:07.519><c> called.</c> 00:40:08.700 --> 00:40:10.960 To<00:40:09.260><c> put</c><00:40:09.480><c> on</c><00:40:09.739><c> Christ.</c> 00:40:12.280 --> 00:40:15.460 And<00:40:12.639><c> to</c><00:40:12.780><c> be</c><00:40:12.880><c> like</c><00:40:13.099><c> Peter</c><00:40:13.559><c> and</c><00:40:14.460><c> John.</c> 00:40:16.000 --> 00:40:17.980 I<00:40:16.260><c> don't</c><00:40:16.440><c> got</c><00:40:16.579><c> anything</c><00:40:16.880><c> else.</c> 00:40:18.639 --> 00:40:19.900 But<00:40:18.860><c> I</c><00:40:18.920><c> got</c><00:40:19.119><c> this.</c> 00:40:20.539 --> 00:40:22.420 And<00:40:20.719><c> I</c><00:40:20.900><c> offer</c><00:40:21.079><c> it</c><00:40:21.260><c> to</c><00:40:21.320><c> you.</c> 00:40:22.940 --> 00:40:27.639 And<00:40:23.159><c> that's</c><00:40:23.420><c> the</c><00:40:23.599><c> story</c><00:40:24.239><c> of</c><00:40:25.019><c> the</c><00:40:25.440><c> lame</c><00:40:25.619><c> man</c><00:40:26.239><c> at</c><00:40:26.440><c> the</c><00:40:26.579><c> beautiful</c><00:40:26.860><c> gate.</c> 00:40:28.300 --> 00:40:30.940 Any<00:40:28.539><c> questions</c><00:40:29.039><c> or</c><00:40:30.079><c> comments?</c> 00:40:32.760 --> 00:40:34.840 All<00:40:32.880><c> right</c><00:40:33.000><c> I've</c><00:40:33.159><c> asked</c><00:40:33.460><c> Robert.</c> 00:40:38.739 --> 00:40:46.000 I<00:40:39.699><c> had</c><00:40:40.320><c> an</c><00:40:40.519><c> experience</c><00:40:41.039><c> of</c><00:40:41.579><c> 65</c><00:40:43.019><c> years</c><00:40:43.699><c> ago</c><00:40:44.380><c> where</c><00:40:45.239><c> I</c><00:40:45.500><c> was</c><00:40:45.739><c> just</c> 00:40:46.000 --> 00:40:50.440 a<00:40:46.119><c> little</c><00:40:46.400><c> bit</c><00:40:46.699><c> of</c><00:40:47.179><c> a</c><00:40:47.280><c> blind</c><00:40:47.500><c> and</c><00:40:48.519><c> lame</c><00:40:49.159><c> man.</c> 00:40:51.739 --> 00:40:53.019 Virtually<00:40:52.380><c> paralyzed.</c> 00:40:53.139 --> 00:40:57.119 I<00:40:53.300><c> never</c><00:40:53.559><c> looked</c><00:40:53.940><c> upon</c><00:40:54.920><c> him</c><00:40:55.340><c> as</c><00:40:55.579><c> being</c><00:40:55.920><c> pathetic.</c> 00:40:57.980 --> 00:41:00.860 But<00:40:58.460><c> more</c><00:40:59.119><c> as</c><00:40:59.500><c> an</c><00:40:59.760><c> inspiration.</c> 00:41:01.940 --> 00:41:05.639 His<00:41:02.199><c> name</c><00:41:02.420><c> was</c><00:41:02.880><c> Leo</c><00:41:04.400><c> Leprat.</c> 00:41:08.939 --> 00:41:11.940 Brother<00:41:09.739><c> Leo</c><00:41:10.539><c> Leprat.</c> 00:41:12.820 --> 00:41:19.159 He<00:41:13.119><c> was</c><00:41:13.920><c> brought</c><00:41:14.239><c> into</c><00:41:15.079><c> a</c><00:41:16.360><c> meeting</c><00:41:16.679><c> here</c><00:41:17.480><c> by</c><00:41:18.420><c> brother</c><00:41:18.739><c> Bill</c> 00:41:19.159 --> 00:41:20.840 and<00:41:19.519><c> Penny</c><00:41:19.780><c> Cadell.</c> 00:41:21.000 --> 00:41:27.059 Who<00:41:21.800><c> used</c><00:41:22.079><c> to</c><00:41:22.300><c> pick</c><00:41:22.380><c> him</c><00:41:22.599><c> up</c><00:41:23.000><c> at</c><00:41:24.760><c> Tuxbury</c><00:41:25.400><c> State</c><00:41:25.840><c> Hospital.</c> 00:41:28.000 --> 00:41:30.900 Because<00:41:28.440><c> he</c><00:41:28.639><c> was</c><00:41:28.880><c> blind</c><00:41:29.480><c> and</c><00:41:29.880><c> dumb.</c> 00:41:31.820 --> 00:41:35.579 They<00:41:32.260><c> housed</c><00:41:32.619><c> him</c><00:41:32.960><c> at</c><00:41:33.139><c> this</c><00:41:33.400><c> house</c><00:41:33.800><c> which</c><00:41:34.500><c> we</c><00:41:34.860><c> used</c><00:41:35.000><c> to</c><00:41:35.340><c> call</c> 00:41:35.579 --> 00:41:37.320 the<00:41:35.880><c> insane</c><00:41:36.239><c> asylum.</c> 00:41:37.659 --> 00:41:41.500 Because<00:41:38.239><c> he</c><00:41:38.599><c> was</c><00:41:39.039><c> not</c><00:41:39.420><c> privy</c><00:41:40.000><c> to</c><00:41:40.320><c> anything</c><00:41:40.800><c> that</c><00:41:41.000><c> was</c><00:41:41.239><c> going</c> 00:41:41.500 --> 00:41:43.739 on<00:41:42.059><c> around</c><00:41:42.739><c> him.</c> 00:41:45.300 --> 00:41:53.960 But<00:41:45.300><c> I</c><00:41:47.460><c> looked</c><00:41:47.679><c> upon</c><00:41:48.400><c> Leo</c><00:41:49.139><c> as</c><00:41:50.019><c> somebody</c><00:41:50.440><c> like</c><00:41:51.659><c> the</c><00:41:52.920><c> flower.</c> 00:41:56.000 --> 00:41:59.239 That<00:41:56.800><c> was</c><00:41:58.219><c> blooming.</c> 00:41:59.940 --> 00:42:03.219 That<00:42:00.099><c> he</c><00:42:00.440><c> radiated</c><00:42:01.920><c> beauty.</c> 00:42:03.760 --> 00:42:09.679 In<00:42:04.480><c> the</c><00:42:04.760><c> minds</c><00:42:05.239><c> of</c><00:42:05.800><c> all</c><00:42:06.079><c> the</c><00:42:06.280><c> people</c><00:42:06.599><c> that</c><00:42:06.980><c> got</c><00:42:07.099><c> to</c><00:42:07.460><c> know</c><00:42:07.679><c> him</c><00:42:08.199><c> indirectly.</c> 00:42:11.179 --> 00:42:14.500 And<00:42:11.320><c> somewhere</c><00:42:11.699><c> in</c><00:42:12.119><c> the</c><00:42:12.380><c> archives</c><00:42:12.880><c> of</c><00:42:13.119><c> this</c><00:42:13.380><c> building</c><00:42:13.760><c> probably</c><00:42:14.199><c> down</c> 00:42:14.500 --> 00:42:16.780 in<00:42:14.719><c> the</c><00:42:14.860><c> basement</c><00:42:15.179><c> or</c><00:42:15.420><c> up</c><00:42:15.519><c> in</c><00:42:15.699><c> the</c><00:42:15.920><c> attic.</c> 00:42:21.880 --> 00:42:28.380 Some<00:42:22.600><c> material</c><00:42:23.320><c> that</c><00:42:23.599><c> we</c><00:42:23.760><c> used</c><00:42:24.000><c> to</c><00:42:24.340><c> roll</c><00:42:25.260><c> Leo</c><00:42:25.980><c> Leprat</c><00:42:26.440><c> up</c><00:42:27.219><c> through</c><00:42:28.059><c> the</c> 00:42:28.380 --> 00:42:29.900 front<00:42:28.599><c> doors</c><00:42:29.039><c> here.</c> 00:42:30.500 --> 00:42:32.039 In<00:42:31.139><c> a</c><00:42:31.539><c> stretcher.</c> 00:42:32.039 --> 00:42:32.940 Yep. 00:42:33.679 --> 00:42:36.840 And<00:42:33.880><c> he</c><00:42:34.579><c> was</c><00:42:35.019><c> most</c><00:42:35.619><c> influential.</c> 00:42:37.280 --> 00:42:40.099 He<00:42:37.539><c> was</c><00:42:37.639><c> most</c><00:42:38.079><c> encouraging.</c> 00:42:40.639 --> 00:42:44.280 Because<00:42:41.159><c> he</c><00:42:42.199><c> spoke</c><00:42:42.599><c> with</c><00:42:43.099><c> authority.</c> 00:42:45.500 --> 00:42:51.539 He<00:42:45.519><c> has</c><00:42:46.039><c> been,</c><00:42:46.920><c> it's</c><00:42:47.320><c> almost</c><00:42:47.679><c> as</c><00:42:47.940><c> if</c><00:42:48.059><c> he</c><00:42:48.260><c> had</c><00:42:48.519><c> been</c><00:42:49.360><c> resurrected</c><00:42:50.039><c> literally.</c> 00:42:52.000 --> 00:42:54.059 He<00:42:52.260><c> was</c><00:42:52.500><c> so</c><00:42:52.960><c> confident.</c> 00:42:54.260 --> 00:42:56.019 He<00:42:54.400><c> was</c><00:42:54.739><c> impatient.</c> 00:42:57.920 --> 00:43:00.340 We<00:42:58.500><c> would</c><00:42:58.699><c> ask</c><00:42:58.960><c> him</c><00:42:59.159><c> a</c><00:42:59.360><c> question.</c> 00:43:00.720 --> 00:43:07.480 And<00:43:01.099><c> if</c><00:43:01.679><c> we</c><00:43:01.860><c> didn't</c><00:43:02.099><c> get</c><00:43:02.320><c> the</c><00:43:02.619><c> answer</c><00:43:02.920><c> correct</c><00:43:03.500><c> he</c><00:43:04.340><c> would</c><00:43:04.940><c> speak</c><00:43:05.719><c> boldly</c><00:43:06.420><c> to</c><00:43:06.679><c> us.</c> 00:43:07.940 --> 00:43:10.099 I<00:43:08.260><c> mean</c><00:43:08.440><c> it</c><00:43:08.599><c> was</c><00:43:08.900><c> embarrassing.</c> 00:43:10.119 --> 00:43:18.119 He<00:43:10.320><c> was</c><00:43:10.599><c> so</c><00:43:11.039><c> bright</c><00:43:11.559><c> and</c><00:43:12.679><c> so</c><00:43:13.119><c> impatient</c><00:43:13.780><c> that</c><00:43:14.219><c> we</c><00:43:15.500><c> couldn't</c><00:43:16.039><c> see</c><00:43:16.719><c> what</c><00:43:17.900><c> he</c> 00:43:18.119 --> 00:43:19.320 could<00:43:18.440><c> see.</c> 00:43:19.580 --> 00:43:22.059 It<00:43:20.260><c> was</c><00:43:20.460><c> just</c><00:43:20.699><c> quite</c><00:43:20.940><c> remarkable.</c> 00:43:22.480 --> 00:43:25.519 So<00:43:22.820><c> we've</c><00:43:23.340><c> all</c><00:43:23.599><c> had</c><00:43:23.940><c> experiences</c><00:43:24.619><c> I</c><00:43:25.019><c> think.</c> 00:43:25.699 --> 00:43:27.860 Whether<00:43:25.940><c> we're</c><00:43:26.099><c> looking</c><00:43:26.340><c> at</c><00:43:26.559><c> this</c><00:43:26.900><c> flower</c><00:43:27.199><c> that's</c><00:43:27.599><c> blooming</c> 00:43:27.860 --> 00:43:29.320 in<00:43:28.139><c> front</c><00:43:28.280><c> of</c><00:43:28.420><c> us.</c> 00:43:29.500 --> 00:43:30.980 On<00:43:29.820><c> the</c><00:43:30.099><c> podium.</c> 00:43:31.239 --> 00:43:35.099 Or<00:43:31.460><c> whether</c><00:43:31.679><c> we're</c><00:43:32.000><c> seeing</c><00:43:32.199><c> an</c><00:43:32.519><c> individual</c><00:43:33.099><c> that</c><00:43:33.920><c> is</c><00:43:34.199><c> blooming.</c> 00:43:35.519 --> 00:43:39.500 There's<00:43:36.159><c> an</c><00:43:36.300><c> awful</c><00:43:36.480><c> lot</c><00:43:36.719><c> of</c><00:43:36.940><c> beauty</c><00:43:37.139><c> out</c><00:43:37.460><c> there</c><00:43:38.239><c> for</c><00:43:38.639><c> us</c><00:43:38.900><c> to</c> 00:43:39.500 --> 00:43:41.059 gravitate<00:43:40.139><c> to.</c> 00:43:41.159 --> 00:43:42.019 Absolutely. 00:43:42.780 --> 00:43:43.900 Thank<00:43:42.980><c> you</c><00:43:43.119><c> for</c><00:43:43.239><c> that.</c> 00:43:44.840 --> 00:43:46.280 Anybody<00:43:45.480><c> else?</c>