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tongue.<00:12:42.960><c> Nobody</c><00:12:43.519><c> could</c><00:12:43.860><c> criticize</c><00:12:44.360><c> him</c>

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there,<00:12:58.480><c> brethren</c><00:12:58.779><c> and</c><00:12:59.120><c> sisters,</c><00:12:59.639><c> to</c><00:12:59.840><c> escape</c><00:13:00.279><c> that</c><00:13:00.600><c> wrath</c><00:13:00.820><c> without</c><00:13:01.259><c> true</c><00:13:01.559><c> repentance,</c><00:13:02.220><c> and</c>

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John<00:13:02.600><c> never</c><00:13:02.960><c> preached</c>

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that.<00:13:05.000><c> He</c><00:13:05.419><c> never</c><00:13:05.960><c> preached</c><00:13:06.259><c> that.</c><00:13:08.559><c> No</c><00:13:08.879><c> way</c><00:13:09.259><c> did</c><00:13:09.440><c> he</c><00:13:09.639><c> preach</c><00:13:09.879><c> that,</c><00:13:10.080><c> and</c><00:13:10.200><c> they</c><00:13:10.440><c> had</c><00:13:10.659><c> to</c>

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come<00:13:10.940><c> there</c><00:13:11.120><c> with</c>

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true<00:13:11.600><c> repentance.</c><00:13:12.399><c> And</c><00:13:12.580><c> whatever</c><00:13:12.799><c> they</c><00:13:13.080><c> had</c><00:13:13.259><c> in</c><00:13:13.360><c> their</c><00:13:13.639><c> mind,</c>

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we're<00:13:14.100><c> not</c><00:13:14.419><c> told,</c><00:13:14.940><c> but</c><00:13:15.159><c> the</c><00:13:15.440><c> inference</c><00:13:15.720><c> in</c><00:13:16.019><c> John's</c>

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words<00:13:16.700><c> is</c><00:13:17.100><c> that</c><00:13:17.220><c> they</c><00:13:17.379><c> had</c><00:13:17.659><c> come</c><00:13:17.899><c> there</c><00:13:18.139><c> to</c><00:13:18.299><c> be</c><00:13:18.539><c> baptized</c><00:13:18.980><c> without</c><00:13:19.559><c> true</c>

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repentance,<00:13:20.779><c> and</c><00:13:21.860><c> there</c><00:13:21.980><c> was</c><00:13:22.220><c> no</c><00:13:22.519><c> way</c>

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around<00:13:23.080><c> that.</c><00:13:24.259><c> You</c><00:13:24.340><c> know,</c><00:13:24.799><c> that</c><00:13:25.059><c> quite</c><00:13:25.440><c> often</c><00:13:26.360><c> happens</c><00:13:26.820><c> in</c><00:13:27.059><c> life,</c><00:13:27.419><c> brethren</c><00:13:27.559><c> and</c><00:13:27.860><c> sisters.</c><00:13:28.419><c> Baptism</c><00:13:28.840><c> is</c>

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a<00:13:29.159><c> continuing</c>

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thing.<00:13:31.620><c> It</c><00:13:31.820><c> may</c><00:13:32.100><c> be</c><00:13:32.299><c> the</c><00:13:32.500><c> night</c><00:13:32.679><c> of</c><00:13:32.919><c> our</c><00:13:33.179><c> baptism.</c><00:13:33.639><c> It</c><00:13:33.779><c> doesn't</c>

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end<00:13:34.440><c> there.</c><00:13:34.879><c> That's</c><00:13:35.379><c> merely</c><00:13:35.740><c> the</c><00:13:36.200><c> public</c>

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declaration<00:13:37.259><c> of</c><00:13:37.539><c> a</c><00:13:37.679><c> beginning</c><00:13:38.200><c> of</c><00:13:38.480><c> baptism.</c><00:13:40.200><c> We</c><00:13:40.419><c> are</c><00:13:40.940><c> baptized</c><00:13:41.419><c> in</c><00:13:41.559><c> the</c>

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Jesus<00:13:42.059><c> Christ.</c><00:13:42.340><c> It's</c><00:13:42.700><c> a</c><00:13:42.700><c> continuous</c>

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thing,<00:13:44.679><c> and</c><00:13:44.940><c> yet</c><00:13:45.200><c> throughout</c><00:13:45.539><c> our</c><00:13:45.840><c> lives,</c><00:13:47.360><c> when</c><00:13:47.580><c> we</c><00:13:47.799><c> are</c><00:13:47.919><c> caught</c><00:13:48.100><c> out</c>

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in<00:13:49.279><c> our</c><00:13:49.419><c> own</c><00:13:49.759><c> follies,</c><00:13:50.840><c> we</c><00:13:51.179><c> ever</c><00:13:51.639><c> seek</c>

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face<00:13:53.320><c>-saving</c><00:13:53.799><c> devices,</c><00:13:55.659><c> as</c><00:13:56.019><c> if</c><00:13:56.440><c> we</c><00:13:57.139><c> can</c><00:13:57.360><c> be</c><00:13:57.700><c> saved</c><00:13:58.259><c> without</c>

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repentance.<00:14:01.100><c> We're</c><00:14:01.379><c> ever</c><00:14:01.840><c> seeking</c><00:14:02.240><c> that,</c>

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and<00:14:03.340><c> this</c><00:14:03.580><c> is</c><00:14:03.659><c> what</c><00:14:03.860><c> they</c><00:14:04.059><c> wanted</c><00:14:04.299><c> to</c><00:14:04.519><c> do.</c><00:14:04.779><c> In</c><00:14:05.120><c> some</c><00:14:05.440><c> way,</c><00:14:05.720><c> they</c>

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wanted<00:14:06.039><c> some</c><00:14:06.480><c> face</c><00:14:06.860><c>-saver.</c><00:14:07.259><c> They</c><00:14:07.399><c> wanted</c><00:14:07.700><c> to</c><00:14:07.980><c> flee</c>

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from<00:14:08.360><c> the</c><00:14:08.580><c> wrath</c><00:14:08.759><c> to</c><00:14:09.039><c> come,</c><00:14:09.360><c> but</c><00:14:09.559><c> there's</c><00:14:09.860><c> no</c><00:14:10.179><c> way</c><00:14:10.679><c> that</c><00:14:11.299><c> they</c>

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were<00:14:11.580><c> going</c><00:14:11.679><c> to</c><00:14:11.759><c> submit</c><00:14:12.080><c> to</c><00:14:12.240><c> what</c><00:14:12.419><c> John</c><00:14:12.600><c> wanted.</c>

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Oh,<00:14:14.360><c> he</c><00:14:14.519><c> said,</c><00:14:15.080><c> who</c><00:14:15.500><c> has</c><00:14:15.840><c> warned</c><00:14:16.120><c> you</c><00:14:16.340><c> to</c><00:14:16.500><c> flee</c><00:14:16.720><c> from</c><00:14:16.899><c> the</c><00:14:17.059><c> wrath</c><00:14:17.259><c> to</c>

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come?<00:14:18.000><c> And</c><00:14:18.139><c> you</c><00:14:18.159><c> know,</c><00:14:18.480><c> brethren</c><00:14:18.639><c> and</c><00:14:18.940><c> sisters,</c>

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all<00:14:19.899><c> of</c><00:14:20.179><c> John's</c><00:14:20.440><c> words</c><00:14:20.759><c> in</c><00:14:20.879><c> this</c><00:14:21.139><c> section</c><00:14:21.440><c> are</c><00:14:21.759><c> couched</c><00:14:22.139><c> in</c><00:14:22.379><c> glowing</c><00:14:22.759><c> terms</c><00:14:23.159><c> of</c>

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glowing<00:14:24.299><c> pictures</c><00:14:24.679><c> that</c><00:14:24.860><c> they</c>

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were<00:14:25.220><c> all</c><00:14:25.440><c> familiar</c><00:14:25.799><c> with</c><00:14:26.059><c> in</c><00:14:26.240><c> this</c><00:14:26.580><c> region.</c><00:14:28.519><c> You</c><00:14:28.700><c> see</c><00:14:28.820><c> the</c><00:14:28.980><c> Jordan</c><00:14:29.419><c> Valley,</c><00:14:31.100><c> lying</c><00:14:31.340><c> so</c>

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deep<00:14:31.940><c> as</c><00:14:32.059><c> it</c><00:14:32.240><c> does</c>

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between<00:14:33.200><c> the</c><00:14:33.440><c> two</c><00:14:33.659><c> ranges</c><00:14:33.960><c> of</c><00:14:34.159><c> mountains</c><00:14:34.399><c> either</c><00:14:34.700><c> side</c><00:14:35.039><c> of</c><00:14:35.139><c> it,</c><00:14:35.940><c> and</c><00:14:36.120><c> by</c>

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the<00:14:36.480><c> great</c><00:14:36.720><c> mountains</c><00:14:37.039><c> above</c><00:14:37.340><c> it,</c>

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of<00:14:37.600><c> course,</c><00:14:37.860><c> the</c><00:14:38.039><c> north,</c><00:14:38.679><c> whose</c><00:14:38.879><c> melting</c><00:14:39.259><c> snows</c><00:14:39.919><c> tip</c><00:14:40.240><c> that</c><00:14:40.519><c> water</c><00:14:40.860><c> so</c>

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rapidly<00:14:41.600><c> down</c><00:14:41.879><c> that</c><00:14:42.120><c> valley,</c>

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and<00:14:42.820><c> how</c><00:14:43.019><c> in</c><00:14:43.379><c> the</c><00:14:43.679><c> flood</c><00:14:43.899><c> time</c><00:14:44.080><c> it</c><00:14:44.200><c> comes</c><00:14:44.480><c> over</c><00:14:44.779><c> its</c><00:14:45.019><c> banks</c><00:14:45.159><c> and</c>

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recedes<00:14:45.879><c> very</c><00:14:46.320><c> quickly,</c><00:14:46.899><c> but</c><00:14:47.080><c> leaves</c><00:14:47.340><c> sufficient</c>

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moisture<00:14:48.360><c> and</c><00:14:48.860><c> debris,</c><00:14:50.299><c> and</c><00:14:50.440><c> the</c><00:14:51.120><c> silt</c><00:14:51.340><c> which</c><00:14:51.559><c> it</c><00:14:51.799><c> spreads</c><00:14:52.039><c> over</c><00:14:52.620><c> to</c>

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give<00:14:53.659><c> forth</c><00:14:54.000><c> a</c><00:14:54.440><c> very</c><00:14:54.840><c> rank</c><00:14:55.139><c> growth</c><00:14:55.580><c> of</c><00:14:56.460><c> the</c>

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bracken<00:14:57.000><c> there,</c><00:14:57.259><c> which</c><00:14:57.440><c> grows</c><00:14:57.600><c> very</c><00:14:58.159><c> speedily</c><00:14:58.700><c> and</c><00:14:58.940><c> is</c><00:14:59.080><c> all</c><00:14:59.360><c> covered</c><00:14:59.519><c> over</c><00:14:59.759><c> in</c><00:14:59.879><c> the</c><00:15:00.019><c> top</c><00:15:00.120><c> with</c><00:15:00.279><c> a</c>

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green<00:15:00.940><c> swan</c>

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that<00:15:01.679><c> looks</c><00:15:01.960><c> beautiful</c><00:15:02.799><c> from</c><00:15:03.039><c> the</c><00:15:03.240><c> top,</c><00:15:04.139><c> but</c><00:15:04.259><c> beneath</c><00:15:04.659><c> that</c>

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green<00:15:05.279><c> top,</c><00:15:06.639><c> all</c><00:15:06.899><c> the</c><00:15:07.240><c> tangled</c><00:15:07.860><c> trunks</c><00:15:08.419><c> of</c><00:15:09.200><c> that</c>

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bracken,<00:15:10.419><c> stuck</c><00:15:10.700><c> in</c><00:15:10.919><c> the</c><00:15:11.299><c> oozy</c><00:15:11.759><c> mud,</c><00:15:12.320><c> and</c><00:15:12.440><c> as</c><00:15:12.580><c> it</c><00:15:12.759><c> builds</c><00:15:12.960><c> up,</c>

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all<00:15:13.500><c> the</c><00:15:14.019><c> debris</c><00:15:14.460><c> builds</c><00:15:14.779><c> up</c><00:15:15.059><c> there,</c><00:15:15.299><c> and</c><00:15:15.419><c> the</c><00:15:15.620><c> branches</c>

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and<00:15:16.240><c> the</c><00:15:16.279><c> leaves</c><00:15:16.600><c> fell</c><00:15:16.879><c> down</c><00:15:17.240><c> there,</c><00:15:17.639><c> they</c><00:15:17.840><c> used</c><00:15:18.080><c> to</c><00:15:18.299><c> clear</c><00:15:18.519><c> that,</c><00:15:18.960><c> brethren</c><00:15:19.039><c> and</c><00:15:19.320><c> sisters,</c><00:15:19.440><c> they</c><00:15:19.580><c> used</c><00:15:19.799><c> to</c><00:15:19.960><c> set</c>

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light<00:15:20.539><c> to</c><00:15:20.679><c> it</c><00:15:20.779><c> in</c><00:15:20.899><c> the</c><00:15:21.039><c> summer</c><00:15:21.259><c> to</c><00:15:21.700><c> clear</c><00:15:22.019><c> part</c><00:15:22.279><c> of</c><00:15:22.379><c> that</c><00:15:22.559><c> ground</c><00:15:22.759><c> because</c><00:15:23.200><c> they</c>

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could<00:15:23.700><c> grow</c><00:15:24.019><c> crops</c><00:15:24.340><c> there,</c><00:15:24.779><c> and</c>

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as<00:15:25.159><c> they</c><00:15:25.360><c> put</c><00:15:25.600><c> a</c><00:15:25.720><c> torch</c><00:15:26.159><c> to</c><00:15:26.639><c> that</c><00:15:27.000><c> bracken,</c><00:15:27.759><c> and</c><00:15:27.840><c> it</c><00:15:27.980><c> got</c><00:15:28.240><c> crackling</c><00:15:28.740><c> away</c>

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and<00:15:29.639><c> blazing</c><00:15:30.179><c> along</c><00:15:30.440><c> that</c><00:15:30.659><c> Jordan</c><00:15:30.980><c> Valley,</c>

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so<00:15:31.820><c> the</c><00:15:32.039><c> vipers</c><00:15:32.399><c> had</c><00:15:32.580><c> come</c><00:15:32.879><c> roaring</c><00:15:33.440><c> out</c><00:15:33.759><c> of</c><00:15:34.240><c> that</c><00:15:34.440><c> bracken,</c>

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wriggling<00:15:35.740><c> their</c><00:15:36.019><c> way</c><00:15:36.259><c> across</c><00:15:36.559><c> the</c><00:15:36.779><c> Jordan</c><00:15:37.059><c> Valley,</c>

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fleeing<00:15:38.019><c> from</c><00:15:38.240><c> the</c><00:15:38.379><c> wrath</c><00:15:38.559><c> to</c><00:15:38.799><c> come,</c><00:15:39.240><c> and</c><00:15:39.519><c> because</c><00:15:39.840><c> the</c><00:15:40.159><c> fire</c>

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had<00:15:41.059><c> revealed</c><00:15:41.460><c> them</c><00:15:41.659><c> for</c><00:15:41.759><c> what</c><00:15:41.879><c> they</c><00:15:42.179><c> were,</c>

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burned<00:15:43.120><c> up</c><00:15:43.360><c> all</c><00:15:43.559><c> their</c><00:15:43.820><c> cover,</c><00:15:45.080><c> made</c><00:15:45.259><c> the</c><00:15:45.519><c> ground</c><00:15:45.779><c> naked,</c><00:15:46.360><c> and</c>

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there<00:15:46.799><c> they</c><00:15:47.039><c> were</c><00:15:47.240><c> out</c><00:15:47.500><c> in</c><00:15:47.620><c> the</c><00:15:47.720><c> open,</c>

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and<00:15:49.779><c> fleeing</c><00:15:50.019><c> away</c><00:15:50.860><c> from</c><00:15:51.440><c> the</c><00:15:51.639><c> wrath</c><00:15:51.820><c> to</c><00:15:52.080><c> come,</c><00:15:52.679><c> and</c><00:15:52.919><c> that's</c>

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what<00:15:53.259><c> this</c><00:15:53.539><c> crowd</c><00:15:53.659><c> had</c><00:15:53.860><c> come</c><00:15:54.000><c> down</c><00:15:54.360><c> for.</c>

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John's<00:15:55.559><c> words</c><00:15:55.820><c> had</c><00:15:56.299><c> scorched</c><00:15:56.759><c> off</c><00:15:57.000><c> the</c><00:15:57.159><c> veneer</c><00:15:57.500><c> of</c><00:15:57.639><c> their</c>

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respectability,<00:15:58.980><c> he'd</c><00:15:59.299><c> laid</c><00:15:59.600><c> bare</c><00:16:00.059><c> their</c><00:16:00.500><c> faults,</c>

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he<00:16:01.820><c> had</c><00:16:02.120><c> stricken</c><00:16:02.360><c> their</c><00:16:02.659><c> conscience,</c><00:16:03.480><c> but</c><00:16:03.720><c> their</c><00:16:04.120><c> pride,</c><00:16:04.779><c> brethren</c><00:16:04.899><c> and</c><00:16:05.200><c> sisters,</c><00:16:05.639><c> was</c><00:16:05.820><c> going</c><00:16:05.980><c> to</c>

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to<00:16:07.279><c> hide</c><00:16:07.659><c> underneath</c><00:16:07.980><c> that</c><00:16:08.299><c> bracken,</c><00:16:08.799><c> not</c><00:16:09.240><c> while</c><00:16:09.519><c> John</c><00:16:09.720><c> was</c>

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there<00:16:10.080><c> it</c><00:16:10.120><c> wasn't,</c><00:16:11.159><c> and</c><00:16:11.440><c> he</c><00:16:11.639><c> refused</c><00:16:12.299><c> that</c><00:16:12.580><c> crowd</c><00:16:12.860><c> back</c>

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to<00:16:13.320><c> them</c><00:16:13.600><c> on</c><00:16:13.940><c> the</c><00:16:14.139><c> basis</c><00:16:14.480><c> that</c><00:16:14.600><c> they</c><00:16:14.720><c> were</c><00:16:14.960><c> not</c><00:16:15.179><c> truly</c><00:16:15.519><c> repentant,</c><00:16:16.259><c> because</c>

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he<00:16:16.820><c> said</c><00:16:17.179><c> in</c><00:16:17.799><c> that</c><00:16:18.019><c> third</c><00:16:18.279><c> chapter</c>

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of<00:16:18.799><c> Luke,</c><00:16:20.159><c> verse</c><00:16:20.340><c> eight,</c><00:16:20.940><c> bring</c><00:16:21.539><c> forth</c><00:16:22.100><c> therefore</c><00:16:23.000><c> fruits</c><00:16:23.759><c> deserving</c><00:16:25.480><c> of</c>

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repentance,<00:16:27.980><c> that's</c><00:16:28.220><c> what</c><00:16:28.440><c> John</c>

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wanted<00:16:28.820><c> to</c><00:16:29.059><c> see,</c><00:16:29.379><c> brethren</c><00:16:29.559><c> and</c><00:16:29.759><c> sisters,</c><00:16:30.259><c> bring</c><00:16:30.620><c> forth</c><00:16:31.000><c> fruits</c><00:16:31.620><c> deserving</c><00:16:32.659><c> of</c>

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repentance,<00:16:34.720><c> as</c><00:16:34.980><c> that</c><00:16:35.220><c> word</c><00:16:35.379><c> means</c>

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in<00:16:36.080><c> the</c><00:16:36.279><c> Greek.</c><00:16:37.639><c> Now</c><00:16:37.820><c> what</c><00:16:37.940><c> about</c><00:16:38.360><c> fruit?</c><00:16:40.659><c> Well</c><00:16:40.860><c> there</c><00:16:40.980><c> are</c>

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two<00:16:41.960><c> basic</c><00:16:42.620><c> facts</c><00:16:43.200><c> about</c><00:16:43.779><c> fruit</c><00:16:44.179><c> that</c><00:16:44.559><c> are</c><00:16:44.759><c> here</c>

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in<00:16:45.500><c> this</c><00:16:45.779><c> story</c><00:16:46.019><c> that</c><00:16:46.200><c> John</c><00:16:46.440><c> is</c><00:16:47.000><c> telling</c><00:16:47.299><c> them.</c><00:16:47.899><c> Here</c><00:16:48.159><c> are</c><00:16:48.320><c> the</c>

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two<00:16:48.720><c> principles</c><00:16:49.139><c> which</c><00:16:49.539><c> he's</c><00:16:49.659><c> trying</c><00:16:49.919><c> to</c>

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impress<00:16:50.360><c> them</c><00:16:50.519><c> with.</c><00:16:51.220><c> Two</c><00:16:51.940><c> basic</c><00:16:52.940><c> facts</c><00:16:53.399><c> about</c><00:16:53.759><c> fruit.</c><00:16:55.080><c> One,</c>

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fruit<00:16:57.019><c> is</c><00:16:57.820><c> developed</c><00:16:58.700><c> internally</c><00:16:59.759><c> in</c><00:17:00.240><c> that</c><00:17:00.559><c> tree.</c>

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Fruit<00:17:03.279><c> does</c><00:17:03.659><c> not</c><00:17:03.940><c> come</c><00:17:04.319><c> from</c><00:17:04.619><c> the</c><00:17:06.599><c> ether</c><00:17:06.859><c> somewhere</c><00:17:07.380><c> and</c><00:17:07.740><c> float</c><00:17:07.920><c> down</c>

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to<00:17:08.220><c> the</c><00:17:08.400><c> sky</c><00:17:08.680><c> and</c><00:17:09.079><c> land</c><00:17:09.319><c> on</c><00:17:09.579><c> the</c><00:17:09.700><c> branch.</c>

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It's<00:17:10.799><c> developed</c><00:17:11.299><c> within</c><00:17:12.000><c> that</c><00:17:12.519><c> tree.</c><00:17:13.140><c> That's</c><00:17:13.440><c> fact</c><00:17:13.579><c> number</c>

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one.<00:17:16.140><c> And</c><00:17:16.440><c> fact</c><00:17:16.720><c> number</c><00:17:17.099><c> two,</c><00:17:17.559><c> brethren</c><00:17:17.759><c> and</c><00:17:18.059><c> sisters,</c>

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is<00:17:18.880><c> this,</c><00:17:20.960><c> that</c><00:17:21.099><c> if</c><00:17:21.319><c> a</c><00:17:21.500><c> tree</c><00:17:21.579><c> is</c><00:17:21.859><c> healthy,</c><00:17:23.299><c> even</c><00:17:23.599><c> though</c><00:17:23.839><c> it</c><00:17:23.859><c> might</c><00:17:24.079><c> only</c><00:17:24.259><c> be</c>

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sticks<00:17:24.900><c> and</c><00:17:25.740><c> the</c><00:17:26.019><c> twigs</c><00:17:26.240><c> in</c><00:17:26.539><c> the</c><00:17:26.720><c> winter</c>

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with<00:17:27.660><c> not</c><00:17:27.900><c> a</c><00:17:28.140><c> leaf</c><00:17:28.380><c> on</c><00:17:28.599><c> it,</c><00:17:28.940><c> if</c><00:17:29.140><c> a</c><00:17:29.279><c> tree</c><00:17:29.440><c> is</c><00:17:29.619><c> healthy</c><00:17:30.039><c> and</c><00:17:30.220><c> it's</c>

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going<00:17:30.500><c> to</c><00:17:30.640><c> produce</c><00:17:31.019><c> fruit</c><00:17:31.420><c> and</c><00:17:31.940><c> the</c><00:17:32.079><c> fruit</c><00:17:32.279><c> is</c><00:17:32.480><c> there,</c>

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you<00:17:33.660><c> will</c><00:17:34.140><c> see</c><00:17:34.400><c> it</c><00:17:34.640><c> in</c><00:17:34.740><c> the</c><00:17:34.900><c> end.</c><00:17:37.519><c> But</c><00:17:37.660><c> though</c><00:17:37.940><c> it's</c><00:17:38.240><c> developed</c>

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internally,<00:17:39.920><c> eventually</c><00:17:40.720><c> it</c><00:17:40.940><c> must</c><00:17:41.240><c> come</c><00:17:41.539><c> out.</c>

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That's<00:17:43.720><c> what</c><00:17:43.740><c> John's</c><00:17:44.039><c> going</c><00:17:44.160><c> to</c><00:17:44.339><c> say.</c><00:17:45.900><c> Bring</c><00:17:46.400><c> forth</c><00:17:46.960><c> therefore</c><00:17:47.420><c> fruits</c>

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deserving<00:17:49.839><c> of</c><00:17:50.500><c> repentance.</c>

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And<00:17:52.819><c> you</c><00:17:53.019><c> see,</c><00:17:53.680><c> it's</c><00:17:53.859><c> all</c><00:17:54.079><c> very</c><00:17:54.380><c> well</c><00:17:54.500><c> for</c><00:17:54.619><c> people</c><00:17:54.859><c> to</c><00:17:55.099><c> say</c><00:17:55.420><c> it</c>

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doesn't<00:17:56.259><c> really</c><00:17:56.660><c> matter</c><00:17:57.119><c> how</c><00:17:57.400><c> we</c><00:17:57.640><c> appear</c><00:17:57.980><c> before</c><00:17:59.420><c> men,</c>

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as<00:18:00.240><c> long</c><00:18:00.440><c> as</c><00:18:00.559><c> our</c><00:18:00.859><c> heart</c><00:18:01.180><c> is</c><00:18:01.400><c> right</c><00:18:01.660><c> with</c><00:18:01.839><c> God.</c><00:18:03.119><c> That</c><00:18:03.420><c> is</c><00:18:03.920><c> absolute</c><00:18:05.079><c> garbage.</c><00:18:07.720><c> Because</c><00:18:07.940><c> you</c>

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see,<00:18:08.480><c> brethren</c><00:18:08.680><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:18:09.440><c> if</c><00:18:09.680><c> our</c><00:18:10.059><c> heart</c><00:18:10.319><c> is</c><00:18:10.579><c> right</c><00:18:10.880><c> with</c><00:18:11.140><c> God,</c><00:18:11.839><c> we</c><00:18:12.240><c> will</c><00:18:12.599><c> appear</c><00:18:12.960><c> before</c><00:18:13.460><c> our</c>

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men<00:18:13.980><c> in</c><00:18:14.299><c> the</c><00:18:14.579><c> same</c><00:18:14.880><c> way.</c><00:18:15.140><c> It</c><00:18:15.339><c> will</c><00:18:15.680><c> be</c>

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unmistakable.<00:18:18.559><c> A</c><00:18:19.019><c> city</c><00:18:19.319><c> that</c><00:18:19.539><c> is</c><00:18:19.779><c> set</c><00:18:19.880><c> on</c><00:18:20.140><c> a</c><00:18:20.299><c> hill</c><00:18:20.680><c> can't</c><00:18:21.319><c> be</c>

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hid.<00:18:23.799><c> And</c><00:18:24.000><c> as</c><00:18:24.160><c> Jesus</c><00:18:24.579><c> said,</c>

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by<00:18:26.019><c> their</c><00:18:26.500><c> fruit</c><00:18:26.960><c> ye</c><00:18:27.420><c> shall</c><00:18:27.700><c> know</c><00:18:28.099><c> them.</c><00:18:28.579><c> How</c><00:18:28.779><c> would</c><00:18:28.920><c> you</c><00:18:29.059><c> know</c>

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them?<00:18:29.619><c> How</c><00:18:29.799><c> would</c><00:18:29.940><c> we</c><00:18:30.279><c> ever</c><00:18:30.579><c> know</c><00:18:30.740><c> anyone</c>

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if<00:18:31.380><c> they</c><00:18:31.539><c> didn't</c><00:18:31.799><c> have</c><00:18:32.099><c> fruit?</c><00:18:33.220><c> Do</c><00:18:33.599><c> bring</c><00:18:33.819><c> men</c><00:18:34.140><c> forth,</c><00:18:34.700><c> bring</c>

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grapes<00:18:35.339><c> of</c><00:18:35.640><c> fizzles,</c><00:18:36.059><c> he</c><00:18:36.160><c> said,</c>

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or<00:18:37.779><c> figs</c><00:18:38.240><c> of</c><00:18:38.380><c> thorns.</c><00:18:39.559><c> It</c><00:18:39.980><c> doesn't</c><00:18:40.359><c> happen.</c><00:18:41.759><c> If</c><00:18:42.079><c> a</c><00:18:42.259><c> person's</c>

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heart<00:18:42.880><c> is</c><00:18:43.119><c> right</c><00:18:43.380><c> with</c><00:18:43.579><c> God,</c>

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they<00:18:44.640><c> will</c><00:18:45.039><c> wear</c><00:18:45.339><c> it</c><00:18:45.460><c> on</c><00:18:45.640><c> their</c><00:18:45.859><c> exterior.</c><00:18:46.940><c> If</c><00:18:47.279><c> not,</c><00:18:47.839><c> their</c><00:18:48.039><c> heart</c><00:18:48.220><c> is</c>

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not<00:18:48.740><c> right</c><00:18:48.940><c> with</c><00:18:49.220><c> God.</c>

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That's<00:18:50.299><c> the</c><00:18:50.440><c> characteristic</c><00:18:50.940><c> of</c><00:18:51.279><c> fruit.</c><00:18:51.660><c> It</c><00:18:52.019><c> starts</c><00:18:52.279><c> inside</c>

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and<00:18:53.119><c> comes</c><00:18:53.660><c> outside.</c><00:18:54.579><c> You</c><00:18:54.900><c> can't</c><00:18:55.279><c> hide</c><00:18:55.579><c> it.</c>

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Now<00:18:56.140><c> there's</c><00:18:56.460><c> John.</c><00:18:58.920><c> He's</c><00:18:59.119><c> 30</c><00:18:59.359><c> odd</c><00:18:59.559><c> years</c><00:18:59.799><c> of</c><00:19:00.019><c> age,</c><00:19:00.460><c> brethren</c>

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and<00:19:00.900><c> sisters.</c><00:19:01.759><c> He</c><00:19:02.039><c> was</c><00:19:02.200><c> in</c><00:19:02.339><c> the</c><00:19:02.539><c> desert</c>

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until<00:19:03.059><c> he's</c><00:19:03.359><c> showing</c><00:19:03.480><c> unto</c><00:19:03.720><c> Israel.</c><00:19:05.720><c> The</c><00:19:06.019><c> fruit</c><00:19:06.200><c> that</c><00:19:06.359><c> he</c><00:19:06.500><c> was</c>

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preaching<00:19:07.079><c> was</c><00:19:07.960><c> a</c><00:19:08.440><c> mind</c><00:19:09.119><c> unfettered</c><00:19:10.099><c> by</c><00:19:10.420><c> materialism.</c>

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Could<00:19:11.420><c> you</c><00:19:11.579><c> see</c><00:19:11.839><c> it?</c><00:19:14.519><c> That</c><00:19:14.880><c> was</c><00:19:15.059><c> his</c><00:19:15.319><c> preaching.</c><00:19:16.680><c> He</c><00:19:16.940><c> said</c><00:19:17.160><c> that</c><00:19:17.279><c> we</c>

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need<00:19:17.519><c> to</c><00:19:17.640><c> develop</c><00:19:18.039><c> the</c><00:19:18.420><c> fruit</c><00:19:18.559><c> of</c><00:19:18.700><c> the</c><00:19:18.920><c> spirit,</c>

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which<00:19:19.259><c> is</c><00:19:19.740><c> unfettered</c><00:19:20.180><c> by</c><00:19:20.480><c> materialism.</c><00:19:22.279><c> And</c><00:19:22.460><c> everyone's</c><00:19:23.039><c> looking</c><00:19:23.380><c> at</c>

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him.<00:19:24.980><c> You</c><00:19:25.440><c> can't</c><00:19:25.799><c> mistake</c><00:19:26.319><c> it.</c><00:19:26.779><c> What</c><00:19:27.059><c> went</c>

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ye<00:19:27.519><c> out</c><00:19:27.660><c> to</c><00:19:28.099><c> see?</c><00:19:29.619><c> A</c><00:19:29.839><c> man</c><00:19:30.140><c> clothed</c><00:19:30.539><c> with</c><00:19:30.700><c> soft</c><00:19:30.980><c> garments?</c><00:19:31.539><c> No.</c>

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They<00:19:33.380><c> went</c><00:19:33.700><c> to</c><00:19:33.880><c> see,</c><00:19:34.180><c> brothers</c><00:19:34.480><c> and</c><00:19:34.759><c> sisters,</c><00:19:35.259><c> a</c><00:19:35.400><c> man</c>

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was<00:19:36.099><c> practicing</c><00:19:36.619><c> exactly</c><00:19:37.900><c> what</c><00:19:38.079><c> he</c><00:19:38.220><c> was</c><00:19:38.440><c> preaching,</c><00:19:39.859><c> and</c><00:19:39.920><c> they</c><00:19:40.200><c> saw</c>

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that<00:19:40.599><c> this</c><00:19:40.880><c> man</c><00:19:41.079><c> who'd</c><00:19:41.339><c> lived</c><00:19:41.460><c> like</c><00:19:41.740><c> that</c><00:19:42.079><c> day</c>

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after<00:19:42.859><c> day</c><00:19:43.220><c> after</c><00:19:43.640><c> day</c><00:19:44.740><c> until</c><00:19:45.200><c> he</c><00:19:45.279><c> was</c><00:19:45.579><c> now</c><00:19:45.880><c> 30</c><00:19:46.339><c> years</c><00:19:46.740><c> of</c><00:19:46.920><c> age</c>

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must<00:19:48.539><c> have</c><00:19:48.700><c> had</c><00:19:48.859><c> something</c><00:19:49.200><c> inside</c><00:19:49.740><c> of</c><00:19:49.880><c> him</c><00:19:50.000><c> to</c><00:19:50.200><c> inspire</c>

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him<00:19:51.019><c> to</c><00:19:51.200><c> do</c><00:19:51.339><c> it.</c><00:19:53.259><c> And</c><00:19:53.480><c> that's</c><00:19:53.660><c> what</c><00:19:53.819><c> they</c><00:19:54.079><c> didn't</c><00:19:54.400><c> have.</c><00:19:55.740><c> And</c>

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they<00:19:56.220><c> came</c><00:19:56.519><c> down</c><00:19:56.759><c> all</c><00:19:57.000><c> dressed</c><00:19:57.220><c> up</c><00:19:57.440><c> in</c><00:19:57.559><c> their</c><00:19:57.799><c> broad</c>

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actuals,<00:20:00.579><c> in</c><00:20:00.740><c> all</c><00:20:00.940><c> their</c><00:20:01.200><c> garments</c><00:20:01.460><c> of</c><00:20:01.759><c> glory</c><00:20:02.099><c> and</c><00:20:02.279><c> beauty,</c>

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in<00:20:02.599><c> all</c><00:20:02.799><c> their</c><00:20:03.019><c> distinctive</c><00:20:03.480><c> dress,</c>

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as<00:20:05.259><c> gold</c><00:20:05.740><c> ring</c><00:20:05.980><c> men,</c><00:20:06.299><c> wearing</c><00:20:06.619><c> the</c><00:20:06.839><c> gold</c><00:20:07.140><c> ring</c><00:20:07.319><c> of</c><00:20:07.559><c> distinction.</c><00:20:08.119><c> They</c><00:20:08.319><c> came</c>

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down<00:20:08.839><c> there</c><00:20:09.019><c> like</c><00:20:09.359><c> that</c>

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to<00:20:09.960><c> declare</c><00:20:10.440><c> before</c><00:20:10.839><c> John</c><00:20:11.099><c> that</c><00:20:11.359><c> all</c><00:20:11.900><c> flesh</c><00:20:12.359><c> is</c><00:20:12.720><c> grass.</c><00:20:13.039><c> Oh</c><00:20:13.279><c> no,</c><00:20:13.400><c> they're</c><00:20:13.599><c> not.</c><00:20:14.599><c> There's</c><00:20:14.940><c> no</c>

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way<00:20:15.920><c> that</c><00:20:16.940><c> men</c><00:20:17.119><c> are</c>

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going<00:20:17.359><c> to</c><00:20:17.400><c> come</c><00:20:17.640><c> to</c><00:20:17.720><c> John</c><00:20:17.980><c> the</c><00:20:18.180><c> Baptist</c><00:20:18.380><c> like</c><00:20:18.680><c> that,</c><00:20:19.039><c> brethren</c>

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and<00:20:19.440><c> sisters.</c><00:20:20.640><c> And</c><00:20:20.740><c> you</c><00:20:20.880><c> know,</c><00:20:21.019><c> that</c><00:20:21.220><c> also</c>

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teaches<00:20:22.019><c> the</c><00:20:22.299><c> principle,</c><00:20:22.640><c> does</c><00:20:22.839><c> it</c><00:20:23.079><c> not,</c><00:20:23.839><c> that</c><00:20:24.119><c> baptism</c><00:20:24.500><c> is</c><00:20:24.779><c> not</c><00:20:25.059><c> something</c><00:20:25.619><c> that</c><00:20:26.380><c> a</c>

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Mccleser<00:20:26.900><c> can</c><00:20:27.119><c> accept</c><00:20:27.500><c> and</c><00:20:27.700><c> say,</c>

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when<00:20:28.519><c> a</c><00:20:28.700><c> person</c><00:20:29.019><c> is</c><00:20:29.279><c> baptized,</c><00:20:29.779><c> we</c><00:20:29.779><c> will</c><00:20:30.019><c> expect</c><00:20:30.420><c> from</c><00:20:30.700><c> then</c><00:20:30.980><c> on</c><00:20:32.160><c> a</c>

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life<00:20:33.000><c> which,</c><00:20:34.099><c> of</c><00:20:34.279><c> course,</c><00:20:34.559><c> is</c><00:20:34.880><c> worthy</c><00:20:35.319><c> of</c>

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that<00:20:36.000><c> baptism.</c><00:20:36.660><c> That's</c><00:20:36.920><c> not</c><00:20:37.160><c> the</c><00:20:37.319><c> principle</c><00:20:37.539><c> at</c><00:20:37.799><c> all.</c><00:20:38.240><c> The</c><00:20:38.380><c> word</c><00:20:38.640><c> of</c>

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God<00:20:38.920><c> teaches</c><00:20:39.299><c> us,</c><00:20:39.559><c> brethren</c><00:20:39.759><c> and</c><00:20:39.960><c> sisters,</c>

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that<00:20:40.319><c> we've</c><00:20:40.500><c> got</c><00:20:40.539><c> to</c><00:20:40.660><c> see</c><00:20:40.759><c> that</c><00:20:41.000><c> life</c><00:20:41.220><c> before</c><00:20:42.039><c> the</c><00:20:42.299><c> baptism.</c>

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And<00:20:44.319><c> if</c><00:20:44.460><c> we</c><00:20:44.680><c> don't,</c><00:20:45.480><c> then</c><00:20:45.619><c> they're</c><00:20:45.700><c> not</c><00:20:45.920><c> ready</c><00:20:46.160><c> for</c>

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baptism.<00:20:47.940><c> That's</c><00:20:48.460><c> what</c><00:20:48.460><c> that's</c><00:20:48.859><c> teaching</c><00:20:49.019><c> very,</c><00:20:49.539><c> very</c><00:20:49.980><c> plainly</c><00:20:50.359><c> indeed.</c><00:20:52.119><c> But</c>

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how<00:20:52.480><c> can</c><00:20:52.740><c> we</c><00:20:52.920><c> therefore</c><00:20:53.420><c> be</c>

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baptizing<00:20:54.380><c> our</c><00:20:54.579><c> Lord</c><00:20:54.839><c> Jesus</c><00:20:55.299><c> Christ</c><00:20:55.660><c> if</c><00:20:55.740><c> we're</c><00:20:55.960><c> not</c><00:20:56.240><c> already</c>

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conforming<00:20:57.299><c> to</c><00:20:57.440><c> the</c><00:20:57.599><c> image</c><00:20:57.819><c> of</c><00:20:58.000><c> God's</c><00:20:58.480><c> Son?</c>

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What<00:20:59.940><c> concord</c><00:21:00.380><c> has</c><00:21:00.619><c> Christ</c><00:21:00.940><c> with</c><00:21:01.200><c> Belial?</c><00:21:01.980><c> How</c><00:21:02.220><c> could</c><00:21:02.299><c> we</c><00:21:02.559><c> ever</c><00:21:02.960><c> put</c>

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someone<00:21:03.400><c> in</c><00:21:03.599><c> the</c><00:21:03.700><c> water</c><00:21:03.960><c> hoping</c><00:21:04.740><c> that</c>

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baptism<00:21:05.599><c> might</c><00:21:05.960><c> be</c><00:21:06.200><c> the</c><00:21:06.420><c> incentive</c><00:21:06.859><c> to</c><00:21:07.059><c> do</c><00:21:07.240><c> the</c><00:21:07.359><c> right</c><00:21:07.640><c> thing?</c>

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That's<00:21:09.480><c> not</c><00:21:09.640><c> what</c><00:21:09.799><c> John</c><00:21:09.960><c> the</c><00:21:10.119><c> Baptist</c><00:21:10.400><c> did,</c>

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brethren<00:21:10.940><c> and</c><00:21:11.220><c> sisters.</c><00:21:12.140><c> They</c><00:21:12.400><c> had</c><00:21:12.579><c> to</c><00:21:12.740><c> bring</c><00:21:12.940><c> forth</c><00:21:13.859><c> those</c>

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works<00:21:14.839><c> deserving</c><00:21:15.799><c> of</c><00:21:17.220><c> repentance.</c><00:21:18.380><c> And</c><00:21:18.900><c> think</c>

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not<00:21:19.960><c> within</c><00:21:20.519><c> yourselves,</c><00:21:21.240><c> he</c><00:21:21.420><c> said.</c><00:21:22.980><c> Begin</c><00:21:23.400><c> not</c><00:21:23.900><c> to</c><00:21:24.240><c> say</c><00:21:24.819><c> within</c><00:21:25.700><c> yourselves,</c><00:21:26.859><c> we</c>

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have<00:21:27.339><c> Abraham</c><00:21:27.859><c> to</c><00:21:28.200><c> our</c><00:21:28.460><c> Father.</c>

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You<00:21:30.339><c> see,</c><00:21:30.960><c> what</c><00:21:31.099><c> he's</c><00:21:31.240><c> saying</c><00:21:31.539><c> is</c><00:21:31.759><c> that</c><00:21:32.140><c> if</c><00:21:32.359><c> fruit</c><00:21:32.599><c> is</c><00:21:32.920><c> germinating</c><00:21:33.440><c> on</c><00:21:33.599><c> that</c><00:21:33.920><c> tree,</c>

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if<00:21:35.960><c> in</c><00:21:36.180><c> the</c><00:21:36.339><c> sap</c><00:21:36.500><c> of</c><00:21:36.619><c> that</c><00:21:36.880><c> tree,</c><00:21:37.180><c> as</c><00:21:37.220><c> it</c><00:21:37.440><c> forms</c><00:21:37.680><c> the</c><00:21:38.039><c> buds,</c><00:21:39.579><c> if</c>

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the<00:21:39.940><c> germination</c><00:21:40.500><c> is</c><00:21:40.680><c> there,</c><00:21:41.160><c> brethren</c><00:21:41.359><c> and</c><00:21:41.619><c> sisters,</c>

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whatever<00:21:42.240><c> opens</c><00:21:42.920><c> up</c><00:21:43.240><c> out</c><00:21:43.359><c> of</c><00:21:43.460><c> that</c><00:21:43.640><c> blossom</c><00:21:43.980><c> will</c><00:21:44.259><c> be</c><00:21:44.400><c> what</c><00:21:44.619><c> that</c><00:21:44.900><c> tree</c><00:21:45.099><c> has</c><00:21:45.299><c> been</c><00:21:45.480><c> developing.</c><00:21:46.339><c> So</c>

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John<00:21:46.799><c> says,</c>

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look,<00:21:47.720><c> you</c><00:21:47.779><c> better</c><00:21:48.279><c> start</c><00:21:49.119><c> changing</c><00:21:49.660><c> your</c><00:21:49.900><c> attitude</c><00:21:50.259><c> in</c><00:21:50.660><c> here</c>

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because<00:21:51.500><c> when</c><00:21:51.900><c> the</c><00:21:52.160><c> fruit</c><00:21:52.299><c> eventually</c><00:21:52.640><c> gets</c><00:21:52.859><c> out,</c>

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it'll<00:21:53.539><c> be</c><00:21:53.680><c> what</c><00:21:53.839><c> you're</c><00:21:54.059><c> thinking</c><00:21:54.339><c> in</c><00:21:54.619><c> there.</c><00:21:55.119><c> So</c><00:21:55.359><c> don't</c><00:21:55.740><c> begin</c><00:21:56.299><c> to</c>

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think<00:21:56.839><c> and</c><00:21:57.000><c> to</c><00:21:57.200><c> say</c><00:21:57.339><c> within</c><00:21:57.599><c> yourselves,</c>

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we<00:21:59.140><c> have</c><00:21:59.359><c> Abraham</c><00:21:59.720><c> to</c><00:21:59.920><c> our</c><00:22:00.119><c> Father.</c><00:22:01.880><c> Why</c><00:22:02.299><c> not?</c><00:22:04.359><c> Well,</c><00:22:04.539><c> the</c><00:22:04.640><c> only</c><00:22:04.859><c> basis</c><00:22:05.180><c> I</c>

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can<00:22:05.539><c> say</c><00:22:05.799><c> that</c>

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was<00:22:08.000><c> that</c><00:22:08.220><c> Abraham</c><00:22:08.559><c> was</c><00:22:08.839><c> their</c><00:22:09.240><c> fleshly</c><00:22:09.759><c> Father.</c><00:22:10.400><c> So</c><00:22:10.559><c> let's</c><00:22:10.819><c> say</c><00:22:11.039><c> we're</c><00:22:11.400><c> a</c>

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private<00:22:11.759><c> or</c><00:22:12.099><c> a</c><00:22:12.259><c> Pharisee</c>

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coming<00:22:13.200><c> with</c><00:22:13.420><c> that</c><00:22:13.579><c> attitude</c><00:22:13.799><c> of</c><00:22:13.980><c> mine,</c><00:22:14.180><c> we're</c><00:22:14.259><c> thinking</c><00:22:14.579><c> we</c>

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can<00:22:15.380><c> be</c><00:22:15.579><c> baptized.</c><00:22:16.119><c> Of</c><00:22:16.299><c> any</c><00:22:16.500><c> people</c><00:22:16.660><c> upon</c><00:22:16.880><c> the</c><00:22:17.039><c> face</c>

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of<00:22:17.380><c> the</c><00:22:17.440><c> earth,</c><00:22:17.599><c> we</c><00:22:17.839><c> can.</c><00:22:18.380><c> Maybe</c><00:22:18.859><c> a</c><00:22:19.240><c> Syrian</c><00:22:19.519><c> couldn't,</c><00:22:20.799><c> or</c><00:22:21.180><c> a</c><00:22:21.339><c> Roman,</c><00:22:22.000><c> or</c><00:22:22.240><c> a</c>

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Greek,<00:22:22.660><c> or</c><00:22:22.759><c> an</c><00:22:22.960><c> Egyptian,</c><00:22:23.339><c> but</c><00:22:23.579><c> I</c><00:22:23.880><c> can.</c>

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I'm<00:22:24.680><c> a</c><00:22:24.839><c> Jew.</c><00:22:26.160><c> So</c><00:22:26.359><c> that</c><00:22:26.559><c> which</c><00:22:26.740><c> is</c><00:22:27.039><c> germinating</c><00:22:27.700><c> within</c><00:22:28.000><c> me</c><00:22:28.839><c> is</c>

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a<00:22:29.859><c> thought</c><00:22:30.259><c> that</c><00:22:30.880><c> I</c><00:22:31.099><c> can</c><00:22:31.180><c> be</c><00:22:31.500><c> baptized</c><00:22:31.980><c> because</c>

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of<00:22:32.480><c> my</c><00:22:32.700><c> relationship</c><00:22:33.279><c> to</c><00:22:33.519><c> Abraham</c><00:22:34.019><c> by</c><00:22:34.420><c> the</c><00:22:34.819><c> flesh.</c><00:22:36.660><c> If</c><00:22:37.019><c> therefore</c><00:22:37.359><c> that's</c>

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my<00:22:37.940><c> idea,</c><00:22:38.900><c> then</c><00:22:39.019><c> when</c><00:22:39.180><c> the</c><00:22:39.420><c> fruit</c>

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opens,<00:22:40.880><c> it</c><00:22:40.880><c> will</c><00:22:41.079><c> be</c><00:22:41.319><c> nothing</c><00:22:41.779><c> more</c><00:22:42.480><c> or</c><00:22:42.720><c> less</c><00:22:43.160><c> than</c><00:22:44.240><c> flesh.</c><00:22:45.819><c> It</c>

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couldn't<00:22:46.240><c> be</c><00:22:46.460><c> anything</c><00:22:46.720><c> else.</c>

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By<00:22:48.759><c> the</c><00:22:49.000><c> fruit,</c><00:22:49.299><c> you</c><00:22:49.359><c> shall</c><00:22:49.500><c> know</c><00:22:49.759><c> that.</c><00:22:50.460><c> So</c><00:22:50.700><c> John</c><00:22:50.880><c> says,</c><00:22:51.380><c> don't</c><00:22:51.519><c> start</c><00:22:51.880><c> thinking</c><00:22:52.119><c> like</c><00:22:52.400><c> that.</c>

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Don't<00:22:53.420><c> begin</c><00:22:54.059><c> to</c><00:22:54.299><c> think</c><00:22:54.500><c> within</c><00:22:54.700><c> yourselves.</c><00:22:56.000><c> Brethren</c><00:22:56.180><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:22:56.960><c> they've</c><00:22:57.380><c> been</c><00:22:57.519><c> thinking</c><00:22:57.759><c> like</c><00:22:58.019><c> that</c><00:22:58.180><c> for</c>

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centuries.<00:23:00.339><c> Not</c><00:23:00.740><c> them</c><00:23:00.980><c> individual</c><00:23:01.460><c> Jews,</c><00:23:02.839><c> but</c><00:23:03.119><c> their</c><00:23:03.380><c> fathers</c><00:23:03.779><c> have.</c>

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And<00:23:05.079><c> as</c><00:23:05.240><c> Jesus</c><00:23:05.519><c> said</c><00:23:05.700><c> in</c><00:23:05.859><c> the</c><00:23:05.980><c> 23rd</c><00:23:06.480><c> chapter</c>

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of<00:23:07.099><c> Matthew,</c><00:23:07.700><c> they</c><00:23:07.740><c> are</c><00:23:07.759><c> just</c><00:23:08.059><c> like</c><00:23:08.259><c> their</c><00:23:08.460><c> fathers.</c><00:23:08.920><c> They</c>

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were<00:23:09.259><c> their</c><00:23:09.440><c> own</c><00:23:09.660><c> witnesses</c><00:23:10.059><c> that</c><00:23:10.299><c> they</c><00:23:10.500><c> were</c><00:23:10.680><c> the</c>

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children<00:23:11.019><c> of</c><00:23:11.180><c> the</c><00:23:11.380><c> prophets,</c><00:23:12.359><c> or</c><00:23:12.500><c> the</c><00:23:12.720><c> father's</c><00:23:13.079><c> brother</c><00:23:13.200><c> who</c>

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persecuted<00:23:13.819><c> the</c><00:23:14.160><c> prophets.</c><00:23:14.740><c> And</c><00:23:15.039><c> that</c><00:23:15.259><c> sort</c><00:23:15.519><c> of</c>

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thinking,<00:23:16.460><c> John</c><00:23:16.579><c> says,</c><00:23:16.960><c> don't</c><00:23:17.079><c> begin</c><00:23:17.640><c> to</c><00:23:17.880><c> think</c><00:23:18.000><c> like</c><00:23:18.240><c> that.</c>

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Their<00:23:19.000><c> fathers</c><00:23:19.319><c> have</c><00:23:19.480><c> been</c><00:23:19.759><c> thinking</c><00:23:20.099><c> like</c><00:23:20.420><c> that</c>

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for<00:23:21.079><c> centuries.</c><00:23:21.759><c> You</c><00:23:21.960><c> look</c><00:23:22.119><c> at</c><00:23:22.299><c> Ezekiel,</c><00:23:22.720><c> for</c><00:23:22.980><c> example.</c><00:23:23.619><c> You</c>

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look<00:23:23.880><c> at</c><00:23:24.000><c> the</c><00:23:24.160><c> 33rd</c><00:23:24.660><c> chapter</c><00:23:24.940><c> of</c><00:23:25.059><c> Ezekiel.</c>

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And<00:23:27.460><c> this</c><00:23:27.579><c> is</c><00:23:27.740><c> only</c><00:23:27.920><c> one</c><00:23:28.119><c> isolated</c><00:23:28.579><c> reference,</c><00:23:29.240><c> brethren</c><00:23:29.339><c> and</c><00:23:29.559><c> sisters.</c>

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The<00:23:32.839><c> 33rd</c><00:23:33.400><c> chapter</c><00:23:33.740><c> of</c><00:23:33.859><c> Ezekiel,</c><00:23:34.299><c> verses</c><00:23:34.599><c> 23</c><00:23:35.160><c> and</c><00:23:35.400><c> 24.</c>

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Then<00:23:38.019><c> the</c><00:23:38.160><c> word</c><00:23:38.400><c> of</c><00:23:38.599><c> Yahweh</c><00:23:38.960><c> came</c><00:23:39.220><c> unto</c><00:23:39.440><c> me,</c><00:23:39.960><c> saying,</c><00:23:40.400><c> Son</c><00:23:40.640><c> of</c>

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man,<00:23:42.420><c> they</c><00:23:42.779><c> that</c><00:23:42.940><c> inhabit</c><00:23:43.240><c> those</c><00:23:43.599><c> wastes</c><00:23:44.059><c> of</c><00:23:44.220><c> the</c>

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land<00:23:44.579><c> of</c><00:23:44.640><c> Israel</c><00:23:45.160><c> speak,</c><00:23:46.119><c> saying,</c><00:23:47.380><c> Abraham</c><00:23:47.920><c> was</c><00:23:48.319><c> one,</c><00:23:48.980><c> and</c><00:23:49.160><c> he</c>

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inherits<00:23:49.940><c> the</c><00:23:50.059><c> land.</c><00:23:51.619><c> But</c><00:23:51.799><c> we</c><00:23:52.079><c> are</c><00:23:52.259><c> many,</c>

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and<00:23:52.779><c> the</c><00:23:52.940><c> land</c><00:23:53.259><c> is</c><00:23:53.480><c> given</c><00:23:53.740><c> for</c><00:23:54.000><c> us</c><00:23:54.160><c> from</c><00:23:54.319><c> inheritance.</c><00:23:55.819><c> See</c><00:23:56.099><c> how</c><00:23:56.240><c> they</c><00:23:56.420><c> reasoned?</c><00:23:57.380><c> It</c>

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was<00:23:57.700><c> very</c><00:23:58.000><c> logical</c><00:23:58.359><c> to</c><00:23:58.619><c> them.</c>

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Look,<00:23:59.880><c> we're</c><00:24:00.299><c> Abraham's</c><00:24:01.039><c> seed.</c><00:24:02.119><c> They</c><00:24:02.599><c> went</c><00:24:03.000><c> further,</c><00:24:03.900><c> brethren</c><00:24:04.079><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:24:04.619><c> than</c><00:24:04.740><c> what</c><00:24:04.960><c> you</c><00:24:05.099><c> would</c><00:24:05.279><c> imagine.</c>

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They<00:24:06.400><c> said</c><00:24:06.579><c> like</c><00:24:06.839><c> this,</c><00:24:07.440><c> we're</c><00:24:07.779><c> Abraham's</c><00:24:08.380><c> seed.</c><00:24:08.619><c> There's</c><00:24:08.720><c> a</c>

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whole<00:24:09.000><c> lot</c><00:24:09.119><c> of</c><00:24:09.339><c> us.</c>

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But<00:24:11.579><c> Abraham,</c><00:24:12.160><c> he</c><00:24:12.339><c> was</c><00:24:12.500><c> only</c><00:24:12.740><c> a</c><00:24:12.920><c> miserable</c><00:24:13.359><c> one</c><00:24:13.799><c> unit.</c><00:24:14.119><c> He</c><00:24:14.240><c> was</c>

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one<00:24:14.859><c> person,</c><00:24:15.299><c> and</c><00:24:15.480><c> God</c><00:24:15.700><c> gave</c><00:24:15.980><c> him</c><00:24:16.299><c> the</c><00:24:16.480><c> land.</c>

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Look<00:24:17.140><c> at</c><00:24:17.380><c> us.</c><00:24:18.539><c> We're</c><00:24:18.900><c> his</c><00:24:19.160><c> seed,</c><00:24:19.599><c> and</c><00:24:19.740><c> there's</c><00:24:20.039><c> hundreds</c><00:24:20.359><c> of</c>

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us.<00:24:21.019><c> Surely</c><00:24:21.380><c> we're</c><00:24:21.539><c> going</c><00:24:21.619><c> to</c><00:24:21.660><c> get</c><00:24:21.799><c> the</c><00:24:21.960><c> land</c><00:24:22.099><c> now.</c>

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Look<00:24:22.900><c> how</c><00:24:23.099><c> they</c><00:24:23.440><c> reasoned.</c><00:24:24.720><c> So</c><00:24:24.940><c> they</c><00:24:25.160><c> reasoned</c><00:24:25.519><c> on</c><00:24:25.660><c> the</c><00:24:25.799><c> basis</c>

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that<00:24:26.440><c> they</c><00:24:26.799><c> were</c><00:24:27.259><c> descendants</c><00:24:27.680><c> of</c><00:24:28.019><c> Abraham</c><00:24:28.339><c> by</c>

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the<00:24:29.099><c> flesh,</c><00:24:29.900><c> and</c><00:24:30.019><c> they</c><00:24:30.539><c> were</c><00:24:30.859><c> more</c><00:24:31.359><c> than</c><00:24:31.440><c> one</c><00:24:31.940><c> than</c><00:24:32.440><c> Abraham.</c>

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So<00:24:32.960><c> there</c><00:24:32.980><c> were</c><00:24:33.160><c> more</c><00:24:33.559><c> flesh</c><00:24:33.779><c> in</c><00:24:33.940><c> their</c>

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days<00:24:34.359><c> than</c><00:24:34.640><c> Abraham's</c><00:24:35.400><c> day.</c><00:24:35.900><c> Their</c><00:24:36.180><c> philosophy</c><00:24:36.700><c> was,</c><00:24:37.160><c> brethren</c><00:24:37.359><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:24:38.140><c> that</c><00:24:38.319><c> God</c><00:24:38.559><c> gives</c><00:24:38.839><c> the</c><00:24:39.059><c> land</c>

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on<00:24:39.460><c> the</c><00:24:39.619><c> basis</c><00:24:39.900><c> of</c><00:24:40.180><c> fleshly</c><00:24:40.559><c> descent,</c><00:24:40.880><c> and</c><00:24:41.099><c> the</c><00:24:41.359><c> more</c><00:24:41.900><c> flesh</c>

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the<00:24:42.440><c> better.</c><00:24:44.019><c> That's</c><00:24:44.519><c> the</c><00:24:44.579><c> way</c><00:24:44.720><c> they've</c><00:24:45.000><c> been</c>

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reasoning<00:24:45.480><c> for</c><00:24:45.880><c> years.</c><00:24:48.160><c> And</c><00:24:48.319><c> John</c><00:24:48.519><c> said</c><00:24:48.759><c> to</c><00:24:48.799><c> them</c><00:24:49.019><c> here,</c><00:24:49.559><c> don't</c><00:24:50.140><c> begin</c><00:24:50.740><c> to</c>

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think<00:24:51.140><c> within</c><00:24:51.339><c> yourselves</c>

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that<00:24:53.220><c> we</c><00:24:53.420><c> have</c><00:24:53.640><c> Abraham</c><00:24:54.059><c> to</c><00:24:54.279><c> our</c><00:24:54.440><c> father.</c><00:24:54.839><c> Don't</c><00:24:55.160><c> think</c><00:24:55.440><c> like</c>

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that.<00:24:57.180><c> Don't</c><00:24:57.440><c> think,</c><00:24:57.779><c> brethren</c><00:24:58.079><c> and</c><00:24:58.359><c> sisters,</c>

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that<00:24:59.059><c> because</c><00:24:59.440><c> we</c><00:24:59.619><c> belong</c><00:25:00.039><c> to</c><00:25:00.299><c> a</c><00:25:00.880><c> big</c><00:25:01.279><c> and</c><00:25:01.799><c> a</c><00:25:01.940><c> mighty</c><00:25:02.220><c> Christian</c><00:25:02.599><c> Elfian</c>

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family<00:25:03.400><c> that</c><00:25:03.519><c> can</c><00:25:03.819><c> count</c><00:25:03.980><c> our</c>

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generations<00:25:04.700><c> back</c><00:25:04.980><c> four</c><00:25:05.279><c> and</c><00:25:05.400><c> five</c><00:25:05.700><c> generations,</c><00:25:06.400><c> that</c><00:25:06.880><c> that's</c><00:25:07.240><c> going</c><00:25:07.359><c> to</c>

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have<00:25:07.559><c> any</c><00:25:07.759><c> appeal</c><00:25:08.000><c> to</c><00:25:08.099><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:25:08.359><c> Jesus</c><00:25:08.779><c> Christ,</c><00:25:09.220><c> and</c><00:25:09.339><c> it's</c><00:25:09.539><c> not.</c><00:25:11.400><c> He</c><00:25:11.680><c> won't</c><00:25:11.859><c> take</c><00:25:12.140><c> any</c><00:25:12.500><c> cognizant</c><00:25:12.839><c> of</c>

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that,<00:25:13.599><c> whatever.</c>

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And<00:25:16.099><c> you</c><00:25:16.200><c> know,</c><00:25:16.319><c> people</c><00:25:16.660><c> do</c><00:25:16.980><c> think</c><00:25:17.160><c> like</c><00:25:17.480><c> that.</c><00:25:18.180><c> They</c><00:25:18.400><c> see</c><00:25:19.500><c> safety</c><00:25:20.220><c> in</c>

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numbers,<00:25:20.900><c> especially</c><00:25:21.339><c> if</c><00:25:21.539><c> the</c><00:25:21.700><c> numbers</c>

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have<00:25:22.119><c> an</c><00:25:22.240><c> important</c><00:25:22.880><c> name.</c><00:25:23.279><c> It'll</c><00:25:23.680><c> mean</c><00:25:24.079><c> nothing</c><00:25:24.819><c> in</c><00:25:25.039><c> the</c><00:25:25.140><c> Day</c>

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of<00:25:25.420><c> Judgment.</c><00:25:26.599><c> And</c><00:25:26.660><c> when</c><00:25:26.799><c> we</c><00:25:27.039><c> stand</c><00:25:27.380><c> there,</c>

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as<00:25:27.779><c> we</c><00:25:27.960><c> saw</c><00:25:28.160><c> in</c><00:25:28.339><c> our</c><00:25:28.539><c> studies</c><00:25:28.740><c> on</c><00:25:28.960><c> Joshua,</c><00:25:30.119><c> when</c><00:25:30.400><c> Achan</c><00:25:30.539><c> was</c>

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finally<00:25:31.279><c> taken,</c><00:25:32.180><c> separated</c><00:25:32.420><c> from</c><00:25:32.559><c> his</c><00:25:32.980><c> tribe,</c>

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from<00:25:34.440><c> his</c><00:25:34.700><c> family,</c><00:25:35.599><c> from</c><00:25:35.819><c> his</c><00:25:36.099><c> father,</c><00:25:36.680><c> and</c><00:25:37.059><c> stood</c><00:25:37.339><c> there</c><00:25:37.700><c> alone,</c><00:25:38.859><c> that's</c><00:25:39.200><c> all</c>

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that<00:25:39.400><c> will</c><00:25:39.559><c> matter</c><00:25:39.740><c> in</c>

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the<00:25:39.960><c> Day</c><00:25:40.180><c> of</c><00:25:40.299><c> Judgment,</c><00:25:40.700><c> brethren</c><00:25:40.839><c> and</c><00:25:40.980><c> sisters.</c><00:25:41.460><c> It</c><00:25:41.680><c> depends</c>

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upon<00:25:42.380><c> what</c><00:25:42.700><c> we</c><00:25:43.000><c> thought</c><00:25:43.119><c> within</c><00:25:43.440><c> ourselves,</c>

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and<00:25:44.359><c> standing</c><00:25:44.680><c> there</c><00:25:44.940><c> before</c><00:25:45.119><c> the</c><00:25:45.259><c> Lord</c><00:25:45.440><c> Jesus</c><00:25:45.880><c> Christ</c><00:25:46.319><c> will</c>

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be<00:25:47.119><c> exactly</c><00:25:47.779><c> what</c><00:25:48.140><c> we</c><00:25:48.440><c> were</c><00:25:48.779><c> inside</c><00:25:49.279><c> when</c><00:25:49.440><c> it</c><00:25:49.579><c> began.</c>

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So<00:25:51.720><c> don't</c><00:25:52.180><c> begin</c><00:25:52.779><c> to</c><00:25:53.019><c> think</c><00:25:53.180><c> like</c><00:25:53.480><c> that.</c><00:25:54.880><c> Stop</c><00:25:55.240><c> that</c><00:25:55.539><c> thinking</c>

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and<00:25:56.240><c> start</c><00:25:56.660><c> thinking</c><00:25:57.079><c> differently.</c>

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In<00:25:59.660><c> the</c><00:25:59.799><c> eighth</c><00:26:00.019><c> chapter</c><00:26:00.339><c> of</c><00:26:00.579><c> John,</c><00:26:02.180><c> Abraham's</c><00:26:02.500><c> children,</c><00:26:02.859><c> as</c>

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we<00:26:03.299><c> well</c><00:26:03.680><c> know,</c><00:26:04.019><c> are</c><00:26:04.259><c> determined</c><00:26:04.660><c> by</c><00:26:05.000><c> character.</c>

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It<00:26:07.980><c> couldn't</c><00:26:08.259><c> be</c><00:26:08.480><c> any</c><00:26:09.579><c> other</c><00:26:09.839><c> way,</c><00:26:10.119><c> brethren</c><00:26:10.440><c> and</c><00:26:10.680><c> sisters.</c>

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Verse<00:26:18.460><c> 37</c><00:26:18.980><c> of</c><00:26:19.180><c> John</c><00:26:19.440><c> chapter</c><00:26:19.740><c> 8.</c>

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Jesus<00:26:23.900><c> said</c><00:26:24.140><c> there,</c>

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I<00:26:26.799><c> know</c><00:26:27.259><c> that</c><00:26:27.480><c> you,</c><00:26:28.059><c> Abraham,</c><00:26:28.359><c> see</c><00:26:28.480><c> that</c><00:26:30.160><c> you</c><00:26:30.420><c> seek</c><00:26:30.599><c> to</c><00:26:30.819><c> kill</c>

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me<00:26:31.220><c> because</c><00:26:31.480><c> my</c><00:26:31.859><c> word</c><00:26:32.059><c> has</c><00:26:32.339><c> no</c><00:26:32.660><c> place</c><00:26:33.000><c> in</c><00:26:33.220><c> you.</c>

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I<00:26:35.140><c> speak</c><00:26:35.460><c> that</c><00:26:35.700><c> which</c><00:26:35.880><c> I</c><00:26:36.019><c> have</c><00:26:36.279><c> seen</c><00:26:36.440><c> with</c><00:26:36.700><c> my</c><00:26:37.000><c> father,</c><00:26:38.559><c> and</c><00:26:38.819><c> you</c><00:26:39.039><c> do</c>

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that<00:26:39.420><c> which</c><00:26:39.579><c> you</c><00:26:39.720><c> have</c><00:26:39.880><c> seen</c><00:26:40.079><c> with</c><00:26:40.339><c> your</c><00:26:40.700><c> father.</c>

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They<00:26:42.460><c> answered</c><00:26:42.759><c> and</c><00:26:42.880><c> said</c><00:26:43.039><c> unto</c><00:26:43.180><c> him,</c><00:26:43.400><c> Abraham</c><00:26:43.819><c> is</c><00:26:44.059><c> our</c><00:26:44.240><c> father.</c><00:26:45.839><c> Jesus</c>

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said<00:26:46.500><c> unto</c><00:26:46.700><c> them,</c>

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if<00:26:47.440><c> you</c><00:26:47.559><c> were</c><00:26:47.839><c> Abraham's</c><00:26:48.619><c> sons,</c><00:26:49.920><c> you</c><00:26:50.119><c> would</c><00:26:50.299><c> do</c><00:26:50.440><c> the</c><00:26:50.599><c> works</c><00:26:50.839><c> of</c>

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Abraham.<00:26:52.500><c> But</c><00:26:52.619><c> now</c><00:26:52.859><c> you</c><00:26:53.039><c> seek</c><00:26:53.200><c> to</c><00:26:53.440><c> kill</c><00:26:53.640><c> me,</c>

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a<00:26:54.579><c> man</c><00:26:54.740><c> that</c><00:26:54.859><c> has</c><00:26:55.059><c> told</c><00:26:55.220><c> you</c><00:26:55.400><c> the</c><00:26:55.640><c> truth,</c><00:26:56.299><c> which</c><00:26:56.619><c> I</c><00:26:56.799><c> have</c><00:26:56.940><c> heard</c>

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of<00:26:57.180><c> God,</c><00:26:58.160><c> that</c><00:26:58.259><c> this</c><00:26:58.460><c> did</c><00:26:58.579><c> not</c><00:26:58.819><c> Abraham.</c>

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See<00:27:01.059><c> how</c><00:27:01.220><c> the</c><00:27:01.319><c> Lord</c><00:27:01.480><c> began,</c><00:27:02.079><c> brethren</c><00:27:02.299><c> and</c><00:27:02.519><c> sisters.</c><00:27:03.980><c> Look</c><00:27:04.200><c> at</c>

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the<00:27:04.400><c> words</c><00:27:04.579><c> of</c><00:27:04.740><c> the</c><00:27:04.839><c> Lord.</c><00:27:05.000><c> He</c><00:27:05.099><c> said,</c>

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I<00:27:06.960><c> know</c><00:27:07.640><c> that</c><00:27:08.619><c> you,</c><00:27:09.099><c> Abraham,</c><00:27:09.740><c> see.</c><00:27:11.220><c> He</c><00:27:11.759><c> acknowledged</c><00:27:12.380><c> that</c>

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they<00:27:13.839><c> could</c><00:27:14.180><c> prove</c><00:27:14.380><c> their</c><00:27:14.660><c> descent</c><00:27:14.900><c> from</c><00:27:15.140><c> Abraham</c>

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by<00:27:16.279><c> their</c><00:27:16.599><c> endless</c><00:27:17.119><c> genealogies.</c><00:27:18.539><c> The</c><00:27:18.700><c> Lord</c><00:27:18.940><c> needed</c><00:27:19.319><c> no</c><00:27:19.700><c> proof.</c><00:27:20.220><c> He</c><00:27:20.559><c> accepted</c><00:27:20.779><c> it.</c><00:27:21.220><c> I</c>

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know<00:27:21.700><c> you,</c><00:27:22.000><c> Abraham,</c><00:27:22.480><c> see.</c>

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But<00:27:24.140><c> he</c><00:27:24.240><c> said</c><00:27:24.519><c> this,</c><00:27:25.920><c> you</c><00:27:26.200><c> seek</c><00:27:26.500><c> to</c><00:27:26.779><c> kill</c><00:27:26.940><c> me</c><00:27:27.319><c> because,</c><00:27:27.660><c> he</c><00:27:27.819><c> said,</c><00:27:28.579><c> my</c>

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word<00:27:30.160><c> has</c><00:27:30.619><c> no</c><00:27:31.180><c> place</c><00:27:31.740><c> in</c><00:27:32.339><c> you.</c>

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So<00:27:33.500><c> the</c><00:27:33.640><c> Lord</c><00:27:33.880><c> knew</c><00:27:34.160><c> two</c><00:27:34.500><c> things.</c><00:27:36.380><c> He</c><00:27:36.779><c> knew</c><00:27:37.339><c> that</c><00:27:37.619><c> their</c><00:27:37.839><c> claim</c>

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to<00:27:38.440><c> be</c><00:27:38.619><c> Abraham's</c><00:27:39.119><c> children</c><00:27:39.359><c> was</c><00:27:39.640><c> correct.</c>

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He<00:27:41.019><c> didn't</c><00:27:41.279><c> argue</c><00:27:41.579><c> with</c><00:27:41.799><c> that.</c><00:27:43.220><c> But</c><00:27:43.400><c> he</c><00:27:43.579><c> also</c><00:27:44.140><c> knew</c><00:27:44.839><c> that</c><00:27:45.400><c> his</c>

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words<00:27:46.319><c> had</c><00:27:46.759><c> found</c><00:27:46.940><c> no</c><00:27:47.400><c> lodgment</c><00:27:47.759><c> within</c><00:27:48.039><c> their</c><00:27:48.380><c> heart.</c>

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And<00:27:50.759><c> furthermore,</c><00:27:51.460><c> he</c><00:27:51.539><c> said,</c><00:27:52.339><c> I</c><00:27:52.539><c> only</c><00:27:53.180><c> speak</c><00:27:53.759><c> that</c><00:27:54.400><c> which</c><00:27:54.640><c> I</c>

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have<00:27:55.160><c> seen</c><00:27:55.680><c> with</c><00:27:56.119><c> my</c><00:27:56.599><c> father.</c>

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And<00:27:58.700><c> you</c><00:27:58.920><c> just</c><00:27:59.140><c> put</c><00:27:59.359><c> the</c><00:27:59.539><c> two</c><00:27:59.940><c> together</c><00:28:00.380><c> and</c><00:28:00.599><c> make</c><00:28:00.740><c> a</c><00:28:00.960><c> simple</c>

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equation,<00:28:02.039><c> brethren</c><00:28:02.119><c> and</c><00:28:02.400><c> sisters.</c><00:28:02.559><c> One</c><00:28:02.880><c> and</c><00:28:03.079><c> one</c><00:28:03.299><c> equals</c>

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two.<00:28:04.700><c> If</c><00:28:04.980><c> his</c><00:28:05.460><c> word</c><00:28:05.799><c> was</c><00:28:06.140><c> not</c><00:28:06.420><c> in</c><00:28:06.599><c> them,</c><00:28:07.539><c> and</c><00:28:08.720><c> he</c><00:28:08.920><c> got</c><00:28:09.279><c> that</c><00:28:09.680><c> word</c><00:28:09.980><c> from</c><00:28:10.160><c> what</c><00:28:10.339><c> he's</c><00:28:10.640><c> seen</c><00:28:10.720><c> from</c><00:28:10.920><c> his</c><00:28:11.240><c> father,</c>

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his<00:28:12.299><c> father</c><00:28:12.920><c> is</c><00:28:13.339><c> not</c><00:28:13.559><c> in</c><00:28:13.740><c> them.</c><00:28:15.660><c> It's</c><00:28:16.200><c> as</c><00:28:16.420><c> simple</c><00:28:16.619><c> as</c><00:28:16.920><c> that.</c><00:28:18.819><c> And</c><00:28:18.980><c> so</c>

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he<00:28:19.180><c> went</c><00:28:19.319><c> on</c><00:28:19.519><c> to</c><00:28:19.660><c> point</c><00:28:19.819><c> out</c><00:28:20.079><c> to</c><00:28:20.160><c> us</c>

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that<00:28:22.079><c> Abraham</c><00:28:22.599><c> was</c><00:28:23.759><c> a</c><00:28:23.799><c> man</c><00:28:24.059><c> of</c><00:28:24.319><c> character.</c><00:28:26.279><c> His</c><00:28:26.539><c> standing</c><00:28:26.799><c> before</c><00:28:27.220><c> God</c>

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was<00:28:27.740><c> one</c><00:28:27.980><c> of</c><00:28:28.220><c> morality</c>

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and<00:28:30.019><c> not</c><00:28:30.220><c> of</c><00:28:30.339><c> any</c><00:28:30.579><c> hereditary</c><00:28:31.019><c> descent,</c><00:28:31.440><c> whatever.</c><00:28:32.819><c> God's</c><00:28:33.339><c> word</c><00:28:33.759><c> was</c><00:28:34.079><c> in</c>

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him.<00:28:35.859><c> And</c><00:28:36.019><c> because</c><00:28:36.480><c> God's</c><00:28:36.980><c> word</c>

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was<00:28:37.319><c> in</c><00:28:38.460><c> him,</c><00:28:38.900><c> he</c><00:28:38.980><c> didn't</c><00:28:39.200><c> go</c><00:28:39.440><c> around</c><00:28:39.720><c> trying</c><00:28:39.940><c> to</c><00:28:40.099><c> kill</c><00:28:40.380><c> people</c>

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that<00:28:40.880><c> spoke</c><00:28:41.180><c> God's</c><00:28:41.720><c> word.</c><00:28:42.980><c> He</c><00:28:43.140><c> said,</c><00:28:43.279><c> I</c><00:28:43.380><c> know</c>

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that<00:28:43.960><c> Abraham</c><00:28:44.339><c> is</c><00:28:44.559><c> in</c><00:28:44.880><c> you</c><00:28:45.259><c> by</c><00:28:45.839><c> the</c><00:28:46.140><c> flesh,</c><00:28:46.579><c> and</c><00:28:46.759><c> I</c><00:28:46.839><c> know</c><00:28:47.059><c> that</c>

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my<00:28:47.480><c> father's</c><00:28:48.079><c> not</c><00:28:48.319><c> in</c><00:28:48.539><c> you</c><00:28:48.779><c> because</c><00:28:49.000><c> you're</c><00:28:49.180><c> not</c>

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listening<00:28:49.559><c> to</c><00:28:49.740><c> me,</c><00:28:50.039><c> and</c><00:28:50.140><c> this</c><00:28:50.359><c> is</c><00:28:50.519><c> where</c><00:28:50.660><c> I</c><00:28:50.799><c> got</c><00:28:50.920><c> it</c><00:28:51.119><c> from.</c><00:28:52.440><c> And</c>

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hence<00:28:52.799><c> he</c><00:28:52.960><c> pointed</c><00:28:53.180><c> out,</c><00:28:53.500><c> brethren</c><00:28:53.799><c> and</c><00:28:54.019><c> sisters,</c>

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that<00:28:55.960><c> children</c><00:28:56.400><c> of</c><00:28:56.660><c> Abraham</c><00:28:57.059><c> are</c><00:28:57.279><c> only</c><00:28:57.539><c> determined</c><00:28:57.980><c> by</c><00:28:58.339><c> character.</c><00:28:58.859><c> And</c>

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how<00:28:59.119><c> else</c><00:28:59.299><c> could</c><00:28:59.500><c> it</c><00:28:59.660><c> be?</c><00:29:00.279><c> Because</c>

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Abraham<00:29:00.920><c> is</c><00:29:01.140><c> the</c><00:29:01.319><c> father</c><00:29:01.720><c> of</c><00:29:02.059><c> many</c><00:29:02.319><c> nations.</c><00:29:02.940><c> Now,</c><00:29:03.200><c> you</c><00:29:03.299><c> would</c>

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have<00:29:04.180><c> thought,</c><00:29:04.460><c> would</c><00:29:04.680><c> you</c><00:29:04.859><c> not,</c><00:29:05.079><c> that</c><00:29:05.140><c> when</c><00:29:05.359><c> God</c>

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changed<00:29:06.099><c> the</c><00:29:06.180><c> name</c><00:29:06.380><c> of</c><00:29:06.599><c> Abraham,</c><00:29:07.240><c> these</c><00:29:07.359><c> Jews</c><00:29:07.539><c> would</c><00:29:07.700><c> have</c>

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got<00:29:08.039><c> the</c><00:29:08.259><c> point.</c><00:29:08.720><c> But</c><00:29:08.940><c> they</c><00:29:09.099><c> never.</c><00:29:09.799><c> And</c><00:29:10.140><c> that's</c><00:29:10.359><c> the</c><00:29:10.480><c> funny</c>

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part<00:29:10.940><c> about</c><00:29:11.160><c> Israel.</c><00:29:12.220><c> With</c><00:29:12.500><c> all</c><00:29:12.720><c> their</c><00:29:13.039><c> understanding,</c><00:29:13.519><c> and</c>

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they<00:29:13.799><c> did</c><00:29:14.079><c> understand</c><00:29:14.559><c> much,</c><00:29:15.380><c> with</c><00:29:15.559><c> all</c><00:29:15.779><c> their</c>

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comprehension<00:29:16.579><c> of</c><00:29:16.819><c> the</c><00:29:16.980><c> details</c><00:29:17.319><c> of</c><00:29:17.500><c> the</c><00:29:17.619><c> law,</c><00:29:18.019><c> they</c><00:29:18.299><c> missed</c>

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the<00:29:18.859><c> elementary</c><00:29:19.640><c> simple</c><00:29:20.099><c> things,</c><00:29:20.599><c> as</c><00:29:20.599><c> Jesus</c><00:29:21.019><c> said,</c>

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Tide<00:29:22.279><c> and</c><00:29:22.460><c> Annas</c><00:29:22.720><c> and</c><00:29:23.000><c> Coman</c><00:29:23.220><c> and</c><00:29:23.359><c> all</c><00:29:23.579><c> those</c><00:29:23.799><c> things.</c><00:29:24.380><c> But</c>

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the<00:29:24.920><c> weightier</c><00:29:25.319><c> matters,</c><00:29:26.019><c> completely</c><00:29:26.500><c> over</c><00:29:26.759><c> their</c>

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heads.<00:29:27.619><c> Wouldn't</c><00:29:28.000><c> you</c><00:29:28.299><c> have</c><00:29:28.619><c> thought</c><00:29:28.900><c> that</c><00:29:29.059><c> they</c><00:29:29.200><c> would</c><00:29:29.380><c> have</c>

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looked<00:29:29.619><c> at</c><00:29:29.779><c> that</c><00:29:29.980><c> record</c><00:29:30.220><c> and</c><00:29:30.400><c> God</c><00:29:30.759><c> deliberately</c>

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changed<00:29:32.000><c> his</c><00:29:32.319><c> name</c><00:29:32.539><c> to</c><00:29:32.700><c> the</c><00:29:33.039><c> father</c><00:29:33.500><c> of</c><00:29:34.519><c> many</c><00:29:35.099><c> nations?</c><00:29:38.000><c> Never</c>

00:29:38.339 --> 00:29:41.099
got<00:29:38.619><c> through</c><00:29:38.740><c> to</c><00:29:38.859><c> them</c><00:29:39.019><c> at</c><00:29:39.180><c> all.</c><00:29:40.079><c> They</c><00:29:40.279><c> were</c><00:29:40.640><c> blind</c>

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to<00:29:41.099><c> it.</c><00:29:42.420><c> And</c><00:29:42.420><c> you</c><00:29:42.420><c> know,</c><00:29:42.880><c> life's</c><00:29:43.200><c> like</c><00:29:43.480><c> that.</c><00:29:44.960><c> Elementary</c><00:29:45.480><c> lessons</c><00:29:45.859><c> of</c>

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life,<00:29:46.279><c> which</c><00:29:46.420><c> we</c><00:29:46.680><c> don't</c><00:29:47.019><c> want</c><00:29:47.180><c> to</c><00:29:47.400><c> see,</c>

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we<00:29:48.019><c> won't</c><00:29:48.359><c> see.</c><00:29:48.839><c> You</c><00:29:49.000><c> know,</c><00:29:49.420><c> it's</c><00:29:49.640><c> like</c><00:29:49.720><c> a</c><00:29:49.980><c> saying</c><00:29:50.279><c> that</c><00:29:50.539><c> my</c><00:29:51.079><c> dear</c><00:29:51.259><c> old</c><00:29:51.420><c> grandma</c><00:29:51.799><c> Wigg</c><00:29:52.099><c> always</c><00:29:52.359><c> used</c><00:29:52.599><c> to</c>

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quote<00:29:52.940><c> to</c><00:29:53.180><c> us.</c>

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She<00:29:53.460><c> said,</c><00:29:54.039><c> there's</c><00:29:54.440><c> none</c><00:29:54.700><c> so</c><00:29:55.059><c> blind</c><00:29:55.500><c> as</c><00:29:55.819><c> won't</c><00:29:56.380><c> see.</c><00:29:56.680><c> And</c><00:29:56.859><c> it's</c><00:29:57.160><c> absolutely</c><00:29:57.579><c> true.</c><00:29:59.079><c> Wouldn't</c><00:29:59.380><c> you</c>

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think<00:29:59.839><c> that</c><00:30:00.079><c> men</c>

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looking<00:30:00.579><c> at</c><00:30:00.740><c> his</c><00:30:01.019><c> name</c><00:30:01.259><c> would</c><00:30:01.500><c> understand</c><00:30:02.119><c> the</c><00:30:02.380><c> point?</c><00:30:02.579><c> It's</c>

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as<00:30:03.140><c> simple</c><00:30:03.420><c> as</c><00:30:03.660><c> A</c><00:30:03.859><c>-B</c><00:30:04.140><c>-C.</c><00:30:04.599><c> Our</c><00:30:04.960><c> Sunday</c><00:30:05.339><c> school</c>

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scholars<00:30:06.119><c> understand</c><00:30:06.660><c> it.</c><00:30:07.039><c> But</c><00:30:07.119><c> if</c><00:30:07.220><c> you</c><00:30:07.380><c> don't</c><00:30:07.799><c> want</c><00:30:08.000><c> to</c><00:30:08.099><c> see</c>

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it,<00:30:08.440><c> you</c><00:30:08.559><c> won't.</c><00:30:10.819><c> If</c><00:30:10.980><c> you</c><00:30:11.099><c> want</c><00:30:11.319><c> to</c><00:30:11.500><c> base</c><00:30:11.619><c> your</c><00:30:11.920><c> hopes</c>

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upon<00:30:12.900><c> a</c><00:30:13.140><c> fleshly</c><00:30:13.480><c> defect</c><00:30:13.859><c> and</c><00:30:14.099><c> get</c><00:30:14.339><c> a</c><00:30:14.500><c> guaranteed</c><00:30:15.019><c> passport</c>

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to<00:30:15.720><c> the</c><00:30:15.839><c> kingdom,</c><00:30:16.079><c> irrespective</c><00:30:16.900><c> of</c><00:30:17.019><c> your</c><00:30:17.160><c> morality,</c>

00:30:17.819 --> 00:30:23.599
then<00:30:17.980><c> you</c><00:30:18.099><c> won't</c><00:30:18.420><c> see</c><00:30:18.720><c> it.</c><00:30:19.920><c> Any</c><00:30:20.319><c> more</c><00:30:20.480><c> than</c><00:30:20.599><c> they</c><00:30:20.900><c> did,</c><00:30:21.240><c> brothers</c><00:30:21.359><c> and</c><00:30:21.440><c> sisters.</c><00:30:22.900><c> God</c><00:30:23.299><c> is</c>

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able<00:30:23.799><c> of</c><00:30:24.000><c> these</c><00:30:24.319><c> stones,</c>

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John<00:30:25.119><c> told</c><00:30:25.380><c> them,</c><00:30:26.160><c> to</c><00:30:26.380><c> raise</c><00:30:26.660><c> up</c><00:30:26.940><c> children</c><00:30:27.220><c> unto</c><00:30:27.559><c> Abraham.</c><00:30:29.819><c> And</c><00:30:30.059><c> we</c>

00:30:30.140 --> 00:30:31.599
won't<00:30:30.319><c> go</c><00:30:30.539><c> back</c><00:30:30.700><c> to</c><00:30:30.839><c> the</c><00:30:30.839><c> record</c><00:30:31.099><c> of</c><00:30:31.339><c> Joshua.</c>

00:30:31.599 --> 00:30:35.019
You'll<00:30:32.259><c> remember</c><00:30:32.660><c> it.</c><00:30:32.859><c> I</c><00:30:32.859><c> don't</c><00:30:33.160><c> doubt</c><00:30:33.319><c> you</c><00:30:33.579><c> will.</c><00:30:34.859><c> How</c><00:30:34.900><c> that</c>

00:30:35.019 --> 00:30:36.680
when<00:30:35.220><c> Joshua</c><00:30:35.500><c> went</c><00:30:35.720><c> across</c><00:30:36.019><c> that</c><00:30:36.279><c> Jordan,</c>

00:30:37.079 --> 00:30:41.940
and<00:30:37.359><c> John</c><00:30:37.559><c> was</c><00:30:37.859><c> baptizing,</c><00:30:38.420><c> we</c><00:30:38.640><c> are</c><00:30:38.740><c> said,</c><00:30:39.440><c> in</c><00:30:39.640><c> Bethabara,</c><00:30:41.160><c> the</c><00:30:41.480><c> house</c><00:30:41.720><c> of</c>

00:30:41.940 --> 00:30:43.240
the<00:30:42.220><c> Fords.</c>

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So<00:30:44.279><c> cold,</c><00:30:44.660><c> brothers</c><00:30:44.920><c> and</c><00:30:45.119><c> sisters,</c><00:30:45.640><c> because</c><00:30:45.799><c> it</c><00:30:45.880><c> was</c><00:30:45.880><c> only</c><00:30:46.079><c> one</c><00:30:46.220><c> of</c>

00:30:46.299 --> 00:30:48.700
the<00:30:46.559><c> few</c><00:30:46.839><c> places</c><00:30:47.299><c> along</c><00:30:47.660><c> the</c><00:30:47.819><c> Jordan</c><00:30:48.160><c> Valley</c>

00:30:48.700 --> 00:30:52.660
where<00:30:49.079><c> Jordan</c><00:30:49.500><c> could</c><00:30:49.740><c> be</c><00:30:50.279><c> forwarded</c><00:30:50.900><c> on</c><00:30:51.279><c> foot,</c><00:30:51.460><c> could</c><00:30:51.599><c> be</c><00:30:51.859><c> walked</c><00:30:52.059><c> across</c><00:30:52.400><c> at</c>

00:30:52.660 --> 00:30:53.539
certain<00:30:52.819><c> times</c><00:30:53.119><c> of</c><00:30:53.279><c> the</c><00:30:53.440><c> year,</c>

00:30:53.539 --> 00:30:57.460
and<00:30:53.660><c> they</c><00:30:53.839><c> called</c><00:30:53.980><c> it</c><00:30:54.180><c> the</c><00:30:54.299><c> house</c><00:30:54.579><c> of</c><00:30:54.740><c> the</c><00:30:55.059><c> Fords.</c><00:30:56.759><c> So</c><00:30:56.940><c> it</c><00:30:56.940><c> would</c><00:30:57.180><c> be</c>

00:30:57.460 --> 00:30:59.599
obviously<00:30:58.039><c> near</c><00:30:58.279><c> the</c><00:30:58.500><c> place</c><00:30:58.799><c> where</c><00:30:59.220><c> Israel</c>

00:30:59.599 --> 00:31:01.920
crossed<00:30:59.920><c> over</c><00:31:00.180><c> the</c><00:31:00.359><c> Jordan.</c><00:31:00.880><c> And</c><00:31:01.039><c> we</c><00:31:01.140><c> know</c><00:31:01.440><c> what</c><00:31:01.680><c> happened,</c>

00:31:02.180 --> 00:31:04.079
don't<00:31:02.180><c> we?</c><00:31:02.420><c> When</c><00:31:02.660><c> God</c><00:31:02.980><c> drove</c><00:31:03.480><c> the</c><00:31:03.759><c> waters</c>

00:31:04.079 --> 00:31:06.279
of<00:31:04.240><c> the</c><00:31:04.380><c> Jordan</c><00:31:04.640><c> back,</c><00:31:04.940><c> and</c><00:31:05.039><c> he</c><00:31:05.200><c> held</c><00:31:05.380><c> them</c><00:31:05.619><c> back</c><00:31:05.779><c> to</c><00:31:05.900><c> the</c><00:31:05.980><c> city</c>

00:31:06.279 --> 00:31:08.180
of<00:31:06.480><c> Adam,</c><00:31:06.740><c> and</c><00:31:07.019><c> they</c><00:31:07.140><c> were</c><00:31:07.460><c> driven</c><00:31:07.759><c> backwards,</c>

00:31:08.180 --> 00:31:11.180
it<00:31:08.460><c> says,</c><00:31:09.019><c> and</c><00:31:09.180><c> Israel</c><00:31:09.420><c> went</c><00:31:09.599><c> over</c><00:31:09.859><c> on</c><00:31:10.160><c> dry</c><00:31:10.380><c> ground.</c><00:31:10.680><c> When</c><00:31:10.839><c> they</c><00:31:11.019><c> got</c>

00:31:11.180 --> 00:31:14.059
over<00:31:11.440><c> there,</c><00:31:12.319><c> Joshua</c><00:31:12.519><c> took</c><00:31:12.920><c> one</c><00:31:13.579><c> man</c>

00:31:14.059 --> 00:31:19.420
from<00:31:14.299><c> each</c><00:31:14.579><c> of</c><00:31:14.680><c> the</c><00:31:14.880><c> tribes,</c><00:31:15.500><c> and</c><00:31:15.720><c> that</c><00:31:15.940><c> is</c><00:31:16.180><c> said</c><00:31:16.299><c> about</c><00:31:16.759><c> six</c><00:31:17.279><c> times</c><00:31:18.180><c> in</c><00:31:19.259><c> a</c>

00:31:19.420 --> 00:31:20.720
matter<00:31:19.559><c> of</c><00:31:19.720><c> a</c><00:31:19.799><c> dozen</c><00:31:20.000><c> odd</c><00:31:20.240><c> verses.</c>

00:31:21.079 --> 00:31:25.339
One<00:31:21.539><c> from</c><00:31:21.759><c> each</c><00:31:22.180><c> tribe,</c><00:31:23.440><c> as</c><00:31:23.579><c> if</c><00:31:23.680><c> he's</c><00:31:24.079><c> saying</c><00:31:24.140><c> Judah,</c><00:31:25.019><c> Ithaca,</c>

00:31:25.619 --> 00:31:28.079
Zebulam,<00:31:25.960><c> and</c><00:31:26.119><c> so</c><00:31:26.319><c> on,</c><00:31:26.680><c> and</c><00:31:26.900><c> taking</c><00:31:27.099><c> each</c><00:31:27.779><c> man</c>

00:31:28.079 --> 00:31:30.339
from<00:31:28.180><c> the</c><00:31:28.440><c> tribe,</c><00:31:28.720><c> they</c><00:31:28.779><c> all</c><00:31:29.079><c> might</c><00:31:29.240><c> understand</c><00:31:29.700><c> that</c><00:31:29.920><c> all</c><00:31:30.119><c> of</c>

00:31:30.339 --> 00:31:32.319
Israel,<00:31:30.900><c> they</c><00:31:31.039><c> had</c><00:31:31.160><c> to</c><00:31:31.279><c> go</c><00:31:31.440><c> back</c><00:31:31.619><c> to</c><00:31:31.900><c> the</c><00:31:32.039><c> waters</c>

00:31:32.319 --> 00:31:34.779
of<00:31:32.480><c> the</c><00:31:32.660><c> Jordan,</c><00:31:33.279><c> and</c><00:31:33.400><c> while</c><00:31:33.599><c> God</c><00:31:33.859><c> was</c><00:31:34.119><c> holding</c><00:31:34.319><c> the</c><00:31:34.559><c> waters</c>

00:31:34.779 --> 00:31:37.000
back,<00:31:35.460><c> they</c><00:31:35.559><c> would</c><00:31:35.799><c> grab</c><00:31:36.059><c> those</c><00:31:36.500><c> stones</c><00:31:36.740><c> and</c>

00:31:37.000 --> 00:31:40.640
drag<00:31:37.420><c> them</c><00:31:37.559><c> out</c><00:31:37.660><c> of</c><00:31:37.759><c> the</c><00:31:37.920><c> mud.</c><00:31:39.099><c> And</c><00:31:39.259><c> as</c><00:31:39.420><c> they</c><00:31:39.920><c> slipped</c><00:31:40.339><c> out</c><00:31:40.559><c> of</c>

00:31:40.640 --> 00:31:42.900
the<00:31:40.819><c> mud,</c><00:31:41.000><c> they'd</c><00:31:41.319><c> carry</c><00:31:41.480><c> those</c><00:31:41.839><c> muddy</c><00:31:42.099><c> stones</c><00:31:42.440><c> over</c>

00:31:42.900 --> 00:31:45.039
and<00:31:43.200><c> put</c><00:31:43.400><c> them</c><00:31:43.539><c> on</c><00:31:43.700><c> the</c><00:31:43.859><c> other</c><00:31:44.099><c> side</c><00:31:44.259><c> of</c><00:31:44.380><c> the</c><00:31:44.539><c> Jordan,</c><00:31:44.700><c> and</c><00:31:44.839><c> the</c>

00:31:45.039 --> 00:31:46.519
waters<00:31:45.259><c> came</c><00:31:45.579><c> back.</c>

00:31:47.599 --> 00:31:49.900
And<00:31:47.819><c> what</c><00:31:48.019><c> the</c><00:31:48.220><c> lesson</c><00:31:48.559><c> was</c><00:31:48.880><c> being</c><00:31:49.180><c> taught,</c><00:31:49.640><c> brothers</c><00:31:49.779><c> and</c>

00:31:49.900 --> 00:31:52.460
sisters,<00:31:50.119><c> was</c><00:31:50.400><c> this,</c><00:31:51.079><c> that</c><00:31:51.240><c> they</c><00:31:51.400><c> were</c><00:31:51.640><c> not</c><00:31:51.940><c> all</c>

00:31:52.460 --> 00:31:57.259
Israel<00:31:52.980><c> who</c><00:31:53.140><c> were</c><00:31:53.480><c> of</c><00:31:53.799><c> Israel.</c><00:31:55.960><c> Those</c><00:31:56.359><c> men</c><00:31:56.619><c> who</c><00:31:56.759><c> went</c><00:31:56.960><c> and</c><00:31:57.099><c> got</c>

00:31:57.259 --> 00:31:59.359
the<00:31:57.519><c> stones</c><00:31:57.799><c> were</c><00:31:58.380><c> natural</c><00:31:58.880><c> Israelites,</c>

00:31:59.779 --> 00:32:03.779
but<00:31:59.980><c> God</c><00:32:00.240><c> took</c><00:32:00.519><c> one</c><00:32:00.880><c> man</c><00:32:01.099><c> of</c><00:32:01.319><c> a</c><00:32:01.480><c> tribe</c><00:32:01.839><c> that</c><00:32:03.000><c> they</c><00:32:03.160><c> might</c><00:32:03.400><c> go</c>

00:32:03.779 --> 00:32:05.599
and<00:32:03.880><c> get</c><00:32:04.059><c> another</c><00:32:04.400><c> Israel</c><00:32:04.759><c> who</c><00:32:04.900><c> were</c><00:32:05.220><c> not</c>

00:32:05.599 --> 00:32:08.380
natural<00:32:06.059><c> Israelites,</c><00:32:06.799><c> and</c><00:32:06.920><c> as</c><00:32:07.099><c> the</c><00:32:07.279><c> waters</c><00:32:07.480><c> of</c><00:32:07.779><c> Jordan</c><00:32:08.099><c> had</c>

00:32:08.380 --> 00:32:10.619
never<00:32:08.700><c> gone</c><00:32:09.099><c> back,</c><00:32:09.640><c> they'd</c><00:32:09.859><c> have</c><00:32:09.940><c> never</c><00:32:10.140><c> got</c><00:32:10.299><c> those</c>

00:32:10.619 --> 00:32:14.460
stones<00:32:10.859><c> out.</c><00:32:12.900><c> The</c><00:32:13.180><c> only</c><00:32:13.400><c> way</c><00:32:13.579><c> that</c><00:32:13.720><c> those</c><00:32:13.980><c> stones</c><00:32:14.140><c> had</c><00:32:14.259><c> ever</c>

00:32:14.460 --> 00:32:16.299
been<00:32:14.740><c> gotten</c><00:32:14.940><c> was</c><00:32:15.160><c> for</c><00:32:15.339><c> Jordan</c><00:32:15.579><c> to</c><00:32:15.740><c> be</c><00:32:15.859><c> driven</c><00:32:16.019><c> back,</c>

00:32:16.380 --> 00:32:20.559
and<00:32:16.519><c> God</c><00:32:16.640><c> to</c><00:32:16.900><c> hold</c><00:32:17.160><c> it</c><00:32:17.359><c> back</c><00:32:17.480><c> until</c><00:32:17.660><c> they</c><00:32:17.839><c> got</c><00:32:18.099><c> them.</c><00:32:19.299><c> And</c><00:32:19.660><c> Jordan</c><00:32:20.000><c> stands</c><00:32:20.400><c> as</c>

00:32:20.559 --> 00:32:21.619
the<00:32:20.740><c> word</c><00:32:20.920><c> means</c><00:32:21.160><c> for</c><00:32:21.400><c> the</c>

00:32:21.619 --> 00:32:25.519
sender<00:32:22.579><c> from</c><00:32:22.839><c> Galilee,</c><00:32:23.460><c> threw</c><00:32:23.859><c> Adam</c><00:32:24.059><c> into</c><00:32:24.299><c> the</c><00:32:24.460><c> Dead</c><00:32:24.740><c> Sea,</c><00:32:24.940><c> where</c><00:32:25.079><c> it</c>

00:32:25.519 --> 00:32:28.660
stagnates<00:32:26.059><c> and</c><00:32:26.359><c> dies,</c><00:32:27.500><c> and</c><00:32:27.799><c> God</c><00:32:28.180><c> drove</c>

00:32:28.660 --> 00:32:33.019
that<00:32:29.000><c> back,</c><00:32:30.319><c> all</c><00:32:30.559><c> flesh</c><00:32:30.920><c> and</c><00:32:31.240><c> grass,</c><00:32:31.759><c> and</c><00:32:31.900><c> he</c><00:32:32.160><c> pushed</c><00:32:32.440><c> it</c><00:32:32.740><c> back</c>

00:32:33.019 --> 00:32:35.440
that<00:32:33.359><c> he</c><00:32:33.460><c> might</c><00:32:33.900><c> grab</c><00:32:34.180><c> out</c><00:32:34.380><c> of</c><00:32:34.440><c> the</c><00:32:34.619><c> mud</c><00:32:34.700><c> of</c><00:32:34.900><c> humanity</c>

00:32:35.440 --> 00:32:38.960
those<00:32:36.099><c> stones</c><00:32:36.539><c> which</c><00:32:36.759><c> were</c><00:32:37.380><c> carried</c><00:32:37.599><c> over</c><00:32:37.880><c> in</c><00:32:38.039><c> the</c><00:32:38.200><c> hands</c><00:32:38.700><c> of</c>

00:32:38.960 --> 00:32:41.440
the<00:32:39.180><c> twelve</c><00:32:39.539><c> tribes</c><00:32:39.940><c> of</c><00:32:40.099><c> Israel</c><00:32:40.380><c> and</c><00:32:40.839><c> planted</c><00:32:41.119><c> in</c><00:32:41.440><c> the</c>

00:32:41.440 --> 00:32:43.859
land.<00:32:42.140><c> They</c><00:32:42.140><c> were</c><00:32:42.359><c> Jew</c><00:32:42.539><c> and</c><00:32:42.759><c> Gentile</c><00:32:43.160><c> there,</c><00:32:43.440><c> brothers</c><00:32:43.640><c> and</c>

00:32:43.859 --> 00:32:48.700
sisters.<00:32:44.319><c> God</c><00:32:44.799><c> is</c><00:32:45.200><c> able</c><00:32:45.539><c> of</c><00:32:45.819><c> these</c><00:32:46.200><c> stones</c><00:32:46.960><c> to</c><00:32:48.440><c> raise</c>

00:32:48.700 --> 00:32:52.960
children<00:32:49.339><c> under</c><00:32:49.799><c> Abraham,</c><00:32:51.119><c> and</c><00:32:51.200><c> before</c><00:32:51.660><c> they</c><00:32:52.339><c> ever</c><00:32:52.640><c> came</c><00:32:52.839><c> to</c>

00:32:52.960 --> 00:32:54.980
that<00:32:53.140><c> water,</c><00:32:53.599><c> they</c><00:32:53.619><c> knew</c><00:32:53.960><c> nothing</c><00:32:54.299><c> of</c><00:32:54.480><c> Abraham.</c><00:32:54.859><c> They</c>

00:32:54.980 --> 00:32:58.180
were<00:32:55.240><c> buried</c><00:32:55.480><c> beneath</c><00:32:55.859><c> that</c><00:32:56.119><c> water</c><00:32:56.480><c> in</c><00:32:56.859><c> the</c><00:32:57.000><c> mud</c><00:32:57.099><c> of</c><00:32:57.339><c> humanity,</c><00:32:57.720><c> but</c><00:32:57.880><c> now</c>

00:32:58.180 --> 00:33:00.200
they<00:32:58.339><c> know</c><00:32:58.579><c> it.</c><00:32:59.660><c> They're</c><00:32:59.900><c> out</c><00:33:00.079><c> on</c>

00:33:00.200 --> 00:33:04.240
the<00:33:00.359><c> open.</c><00:33:00.599><c> They're</c><00:33:00.660><c> on</c><00:33:00.819><c> the</c><00:33:01.059><c> dry</c><00:33:01.299><c> ground,</c><00:33:01.859><c> clean</c><00:33:02.240><c> and</c><00:33:02.440><c> glistening,</c><00:33:03.940><c> washed</c>

00:33:04.240 --> 00:33:05.539
from<00:33:04.460><c> the</c><00:33:04.640><c> filth</c><00:33:04.839><c> of</c><00:33:04.960><c> this</c><00:33:05.240><c> world,</c>

00:33:05.740 --> 00:33:09.519
and<00:33:05.980><c> God</c><00:33:06.380><c> dragged</c><00:33:06.900><c> them</c><00:33:07.140><c> from</c><00:33:07.720><c> the</c><00:33:07.880><c> dregs</c><00:33:08.160><c> of</c><00:33:08.339><c> humanity.</c><00:33:08.980><c> That's</c><00:33:09.299><c> what</c>

00:33:09.519 --> 00:33:10.579
John<00:33:09.720><c> was</c><00:33:09.900><c> trying</c><00:33:10.119><c> to</c><00:33:10.259><c> tell</c><00:33:10.420><c> them,</c>

00:33:10.579 --> 00:33:17.859
brothers<00:33:10.799><c> and</c><00:33:10.960><c> sisters.</c><00:33:11.680><c> Now</c><00:33:11.920><c> here's</c><00:33:12.119><c> an</c><00:33:12.279><c> interesting</c><00:33:12.700><c> thing.</c><00:33:14.619><c> The</c><00:33:14.980><c> fatherhood</c><00:33:15.440><c> of</c><00:33:15.660><c> Abraham</c><00:33:16.240><c> is</c><00:33:17.059><c> likened</c><00:33:17.480><c> to</c><00:33:17.700><c> a</c>

00:33:17.859 --> 00:33:23.940
cock<00:33:18.140><c> in</c><00:33:19.180><c> Isaiah</c><00:33:19.660><c> 51,</c><00:33:20.259><c> a</c><00:33:20.400><c> well</c><00:33:20.740><c>-known</c><00:33:20.940><c> reference</c><00:33:21.380><c> to</c><00:33:21.640><c> it,</c><00:33:23.859><c> but</c>

00:33:23.940 --> 00:33:25.359
I<00:33:24.000><c> want</c><00:33:24.140><c> you</c><00:33:24.299><c> to</c><00:33:24.400><c> notice</c><00:33:24.559><c> something</c><00:33:24.839><c> now,</c><00:33:25.119><c> brothers</c>

00:33:25.359 --> 00:33:30.599
and<00:33:25.680><c> sisters.</c><00:33:25.720><c> I'll</c><00:33:25.980><c> show</c><00:33:26.059><c> you</c><00:33:26.380><c> a</c><00:33:27.019><c> parallel</c><00:33:27.700><c> case</c><00:33:28.319><c> here</c><00:33:29.059><c> between</c><00:33:30.339><c> God</c>

00:33:30.599 --> 00:33:33.980
and<00:33:30.759><c> Abraham.</c><00:33:32.960><c> God</c><00:33:33.200><c> is</c><00:33:33.400><c> able</c><00:33:33.559><c> of</c><00:33:33.720><c> these</c>

00:33:33.980 --> 00:33:40.640
stones<00:33:34.319><c> to</c><00:33:34.579><c> raise</c><00:33:34.740><c> up</c><00:33:34.980><c> children</c><00:33:35.220><c> under</c><00:33:35.500><c> Abraham,</c><00:33:40.180><c> and</c><00:33:40.359><c> so</c><00:33:40.480><c> in</c>

00:33:40.640 --> 00:33:44.779
Isaiah<00:33:41.039><c> 51,</c><00:33:42.859><c> hearken</c><00:33:43.259><c> to</c><00:33:43.480><c> me</c><00:33:43.619><c> ye</c><00:33:43.819><c> that</c><00:33:44.039><c> follow</c><00:33:44.420><c> after</c>

00:33:44.779 --> 00:33:51.839
righteousness,<00:33:46.339><c> ye</c><00:33:46.460><c> that</c><00:33:46.660><c> seek</c><00:33:47.079><c> Yahweh,</c><00:33:48.460><c> look</c><00:33:48.720><c> under</c><00:33:49.079><c> the</c><00:33:49.339><c> rock</c><00:33:49.880><c> when</c><00:33:50.319><c> she</c><00:33:50.559><c> are</c><00:33:50.799><c> hewn,</c><00:33:51.119><c> and</c><00:33:51.200><c> the</c><00:33:51.339><c> hole</c><00:33:51.559><c> of</c><00:33:51.720><c> the</c>

00:33:51.839 --> 00:33:58.299
pit<00:33:52.039><c> when</c><00:33:52.319><c> she</c><00:33:52.480><c> are</c><00:33:52.740><c> digged,</c><00:33:53.599><c> look</c><00:33:53.720><c> unto</c><00:33:54.000><c> Abraham</c><00:33:54.539><c> your</c><00:33:55.079><c> father.</c><00:33:56.640><c> Now</c><00:33:56.940><c> the</c><00:33:57.000><c> words</c><00:33:57.259><c> of</c><00:33:57.460><c> the</c><00:33:57.519><c> prophet,</c><00:33:57.880><c> I</c><00:33:57.960><c> believe,</c>

00:33:58.380 --> 00:34:05.119
are<00:33:58.680><c> quite</c><00:33:59.160><c> deliberate.</c><00:34:01.160><c> Look</c><00:34:01.660><c> under</c><00:34:02.140><c> the</c><00:34:02.339><c> rock.</c><00:34:04.380><c> Look</c><00:34:04.720><c> unto</c>

00:34:05.119 --> 00:34:08.599
Abraham<00:34:05.839><c> your</c><00:34:06.559><c> father.</c><00:34:07.200><c> Now</c><00:34:07.460><c> here</c><00:34:07.680><c> is</c><00:34:07.960><c> the</c><00:34:08.260><c> fatherhood</c>

00:34:08.599 --> 00:34:15.840
of<00:34:09.039><c> Abraham</c><00:34:09.400><c> symbolized</c><00:34:10.619><c> by</c><00:34:10.920><c> a</c><00:34:11.019><c> rock.</c><00:34:11.519><c> Why</c><00:34:11.679><c> would</c><00:34:11.880><c> he</c><00:34:11.880><c> do</c><00:34:12.079><c> that?</c><00:34:14.380><c> Well,</c><00:34:14.619><c> I</c><00:34:14.739><c> suppose</c><00:34:14.940><c> you</c><00:34:15.079><c> might</c><00:34:15.300><c> say</c><00:34:15.519><c> it</c><00:34:15.840><c> because</c>

00:34:15.840 --> 00:34:19.940
Abraham<00:34:16.320><c> had</c><00:34:16.500><c> a</c><00:34:16.739><c> rock</c><00:34:16.980><c>-like</c><00:34:17.320><c> face.</c><00:34:17.619><c> Well,</c><00:34:17.780><c> he</c><00:34:17.840><c> did,</c><00:34:19.059><c> but</c><00:34:19.800><c> it's</c>

00:34:19.940 --> 00:34:21.699
not<00:34:20.119><c> the</c><00:34:20.280><c> only</c><00:34:20.639><c> place,</c><00:34:21.019><c> brothers</c><00:34:21.300><c> and</c><00:34:21.519><c> sisters,</c>

00:34:21.780 --> 00:34:25.920
where<00:34:22.099><c> fatherhood</c><00:34:22.559><c> is</c><00:34:22.800><c> symbolized</c><00:34:23.219><c> by</c><00:34:23.480><c> a</c><00:34:23.639><c> rock.</c><00:34:25.440><c> You</c><00:34:25.619><c> ever</c><00:34:25.719><c> look</c><00:34:25.800><c> at</c>

00:34:25.920 --> 00:34:28.300
the<00:34:26.079><c> 32nd</c><00:34:26.619><c> chapter</c><00:34:26.900><c> of</c><00:34:27.059><c> Deuteronomy?</c>

00:34:31.079 --> 00:34:33.880
Speaking<00:34:31.380><c> of</c><00:34:31.579><c> the</c><00:34:31.760><c> apostasy</c><00:34:32.320><c> of</c><00:34:32.440><c> Israel,</c><00:34:32.900><c> Moses</c><00:34:33.280><c> said</c><00:34:33.599><c> in</c><00:34:33.760><c> the</c>

00:34:33.880 --> 00:34:35.460
32nd<00:34:34.519><c> chapter</c><00:34:34.840><c> of</c><00:34:34.920><c> Deuteronomy,</c>

00:34:35.460 --> 00:34:39.800
reading<00:34:35.760><c> from</c><00:34:36.059><c> verse</c><00:34:36.320><c> 17,</c><00:34:37.099><c> they</c><00:34:38.340><c> sacrifice</c><00:34:38.980><c> unto</c><00:34:39.199><c> devils</c><00:34:39.619><c> and</c>

00:34:39.800 --> 00:34:42.699
not<00:34:39.940><c> to</c><00:34:40.219><c> God,</c><00:34:41.320><c> to</c><00:34:41.480><c> gods</c><00:34:41.719><c> whom</c><00:34:41.920><c> they</c><00:34:42.159><c> knew</c><00:34:42.400><c> not,</c>

00:34:42.760 --> 00:34:47.360
to<00:34:42.960><c> new</c><00:34:43.219><c> gods</c><00:34:43.500><c> that</c><00:34:43.719><c> newly</c><00:34:44.019><c> came</c><00:34:44.300><c> up,</c><00:34:44.639><c> whom</c><00:34:44.739><c> your</c><00:34:45.119><c> fathers</c><00:34:45.579><c> feared</c><00:34:45.920><c> not.</c><00:34:47.059><c> Of</c>

00:34:47.360 --> 00:34:49.940
the<00:34:47.659><c> rock</c><00:34:48.139><c> that</c><00:34:49.139><c> begat</c><00:34:49.659><c> thee,</c>

00:34:50.000 --> 00:34:54.300
thou<00:34:50.179><c> art</c><00:34:50.420><c> unmindful,</c><00:34:52.159><c> and</c><00:34:52.360><c> hast</c><00:34:52.599><c> forgotten</c><00:34:53.039><c> God</c><00:34:53.440><c> that</c><00:34:53.780><c> formed</c><00:34:54.000><c> thee.</c>

00:34:54.539 --> 00:34:56.199
So<00:34:54.780><c> once</c><00:34:55.099><c> again,</c><00:34:55.539><c> brothers</c><00:34:55.679><c> and</c><00:34:55.920><c> sisters,</c>

00:34:56.260 --> 00:35:01.539
we've<00:34:56.539><c> got</c><00:34:56.940><c> a</c><00:34:57.280><c> rock</c><00:34:57.500><c> that</c><00:34:57.980><c> begat</c><00:34:58.679><c> children.</c><00:35:00.119><c> So</c><00:35:00.380><c> here</c><00:35:00.579><c> is</c><00:35:00.860><c> Abraham.</c><00:35:01.260><c> Look</c>

00:35:01.539 --> 00:35:03.940
under<00:35:01.820><c> Abraham.</c><00:35:03.000><c> Look</c><00:35:03.239><c> under</c><00:35:03.420><c> the</c><00:35:03.699><c> rock</c>

00:35:03.940 --> 00:35:07.420
which<00:35:04.280><c> he</c><00:35:04.500><c> had</c><00:35:04.699><c> used.</c><00:35:05.460><c> Look</c><00:35:05.800><c> under</c><00:35:06.019><c> your</c><00:35:06.239><c> father.</c><00:35:06.980><c> That's</c><00:35:07.280><c> in</c>

00:35:07.420 --> 00:35:10.119
Isaiah<00:35:07.719><c> 51.</c><00:35:08.500><c> Here</c><00:35:08.780><c> in</c><00:35:08.940><c> the</c><00:35:09.099><c> 32nd</c><00:35:09.679><c> chapter</c><00:35:09.960><c> of</c>

00:35:10.119 --> 00:35:14.219
Deuteronomy<00:35:10.619><c> is</c><00:35:11.159><c> a</c><00:35:11.400><c> rock</c><00:35:11.619><c> that</c><00:35:11.980><c> begat</c><00:35:12.719><c> children.</c><00:35:13.559><c> Now</c><00:35:13.820><c> what's</c>

00:35:14.219 --> 00:35:16.780
the<00:35:14.340><c> point?</c><00:35:15.380><c> Well,</c><00:35:15.480><c> you</c><00:35:15.579><c> look</c><00:35:15.739><c> at</c><00:35:15.860><c> a</c><00:35:15.980><c> rock.</c>

00:35:17.320 --> 00:35:20.940
What's<00:35:17.719><c> the</c><00:35:17.860><c> point?</c><00:35:18.860><c> It's</c><00:35:19.079><c> not</c><00:35:19.219><c> only</c><00:35:19.440><c> that</c><00:35:20.280><c> fathers</c><00:35:20.579><c> ought</c><00:35:20.820><c> to</c>

00:35:20.940 --> 00:35:23.760
be<00:35:21.219><c> solid</c><00:35:21.440><c> of</c><00:35:21.619><c> the</c><00:35:21.800><c> truth,</c><00:35:22.579><c> that</c><00:35:22.920><c> a</c><00:35:23.079><c> child</c><00:35:23.380><c> looks</c><00:35:23.579><c> to</c>

00:35:23.760 --> 00:35:26.400
its<00:35:23.900><c> father</c><00:35:24.119><c> for</c><00:35:24.400><c> solidarity.</c><00:35:25.159><c> It's</c><00:35:25.539><c> because,</c><00:35:25.940><c> brothers</c><00:35:26.280><c> and</c>

00:35:26.400 --> 00:35:28.840
sisters,<00:35:26.820><c> that</c><00:35:26.980><c> God</c><00:35:27.139><c> is</c><00:35:27.360><c> not</c><00:35:27.599><c> talking</c><00:35:27.860><c> about</c>

00:35:30.079 --> 00:35:34.159
natural<00:35:30.559><c> fatherhood</c><00:35:31.039><c> anymore</c><00:35:31.980><c> about</c><00:35:32.300><c> himself</c><00:35:32.719><c> or</c><00:35:32.900><c> with</c><00:35:33.239><c> Abraham.</c>

00:35:34.840 --> 00:35:37.739
But<00:35:35.099><c> the</c><00:35:35.199><c> two</c><00:35:35.420><c> of</c><00:35:35.500><c> them</c><00:35:35.679><c> are</c><00:35:35.860><c> like</c><00:35:36.000><c> a</c><00:35:36.199><c> rock</c><00:35:36.519><c> like</c><00:35:36.980><c> fathers.</c><00:35:37.559><c> Now</c>

00:35:37.739 --> 00:35:39.099
you<00:35:37.820><c> look</c><00:35:37.960><c> at</c><00:35:38.079><c> a</c><00:35:38.159><c> rock</c><00:35:38.280><c> on</c><00:35:38.500><c> that</c><00:35:38.719><c> table,</c>

00:35:39.360 --> 00:35:50.400
there<00:35:39.559><c> is</c><00:35:39.820><c> no</c><00:35:40.539><c> natural</c><00:35:41.099><c> life</c><00:35:41.420><c> in</c><00:35:41.639><c> it.</c><00:35:44.639><c> But</c><00:35:45.059><c> you</c><00:35:45.320><c> break</c><00:35:45.639><c> that</c><00:35:45.840><c> rock</c><00:35:46.099><c> open,</c><00:35:47.900><c> and</c><00:35:48.059><c> it's</c><00:35:48.840><c> full</c><00:35:49.079><c> of</c><00:35:49.440><c> character.</c>

00:35:51.960 --> 00:35:55.519
Not<00:35:52.159><c> all</c><00:35:52.280><c> rocks</c><00:35:52.480><c> are</c><00:35:52.699><c> like</c><00:35:52.860><c> that,</c><00:35:53.000><c> of</c><00:35:53.159><c> course.</c><00:35:54.460><c> But</c><00:35:54.719><c> you</c><00:35:54.860><c> can</c>

00:35:55.519 --> 00:35:57.420
rest<00:35:55.780><c> assured</c><00:35:56.099><c> that</c><00:35:56.280><c> the</c><00:35:56.420><c> rocks</c><00:35:56.639><c> that</c><00:35:56.820><c> God</c><00:35:57.019><c> is</c><00:35:57.239><c> talking</c>

00:35:57.420 --> 00:35:59.900
about<00:35:57.639><c> are</c><00:35:57.800><c> rocks</c><00:35:58.059><c> that</c><00:35:58.199><c> have</c><00:35:58.300><c> got</c><00:35:58.639><c> character.</c><00:35:59.119><c> Men</c><00:35:59.380><c> pick</c><00:35:59.699><c> up</c>

00:35:59.900 --> 00:36:01.500
rocks,<00:36:00.099><c> don't</c><00:36:00.300><c> they?</c><00:36:00.639><c> They</c><00:36:00.840><c> dig</c><00:36:01.039><c> them</c><00:36:01.139><c> out</c><00:36:01.239><c> of</c><00:36:01.360><c> the</c>

00:36:01.500 --> 00:36:06.980
earth,<00:36:01.840><c> and</c><00:36:01.880><c> they</c><00:36:02.199><c> split</c><00:36:02.579><c> them,</c><00:36:03.980><c> and</c><00:36:04.039><c> they</c><00:36:04.260><c> are</c><00:36:04.519><c> revealed.</c><00:36:05.800><c> Glorious</c><00:36:06.300><c> character</c><00:36:06.780><c> in</c>

00:36:06.980 --> 00:36:08.860
there.<00:36:07.820><c> They</c><00:36:08.099><c> polish,</c><00:36:08.539><c> they</c>

00:36:08.860 --> 00:36:14.460
glaze<00:36:09.320><c> them,</c><00:36:10.440><c> they</c><00:36:10.800><c> cut</c><00:36:11.079><c> them</c><00:36:11.380><c> small,</c><00:36:11.800><c> they</c><00:36:11.980><c> put</c><00:36:12.219><c> them</c><00:36:12.420><c> in</c><00:36:12.739><c> settings.</c><00:36:14.139><c> They</c><00:36:14.280><c> are</c>

00:36:14.460 --> 00:36:15.480
beautiful,<00:36:15.099><c> brothers</c><00:36:15.440><c> and</c>

00:36:15.480 --> 00:36:19.900
sisters.<00:36:16.579><c> There's</c><00:36:16.780><c> no</c><00:36:17.119><c> natural</c><00:36:17.599><c> life</c><00:36:17.820><c> in</c><00:36:17.980><c> them,</c><00:36:18.260><c> and</c><00:36:18.460><c> yet</c><00:36:18.579><c> they</c><00:36:19.079><c> sparkle</c><00:36:19.500><c> with</c><00:36:19.739><c> a</c>

00:36:19.900 --> 00:36:21.679
life<00:36:20.400><c> that</c><00:36:21.019><c> is</c><00:36:21.260><c> absolutely</c>

00:36:21.679 --> 00:36:25.400
beautiful.<00:36:23.019><c> And</c><00:36:23.179><c> that's</c><00:36:23.380><c> what</c><00:36:23.539><c> God's</c><00:36:23.960><c> talking</c><00:36:24.199><c> about.</c><00:36:24.820><c> How</c><00:36:25.039><c> can</c><00:36:25.179><c> a</c>

00:36:25.400 --> 00:36:26.800
rock<00:36:25.599><c> forget</c><00:36:25.920><c> anything?</c>

00:36:26.860 --> 00:36:31.039
A<00:36:27.039><c> rock</c><00:36:27.159><c> doesn't</c><00:36:27.500><c> forget</c><00:36:27.860><c> anything.</c><00:36:28.500><c> The</c><00:36:28.679><c> language</c><00:36:29.119><c> is</c><00:36:29.320><c> almost</c><00:36:29.719><c> ludicrous.</c><00:36:30.880><c> But</c>

00:36:31.039 --> 00:36:32.159
he's<00:36:31.139><c> not</c><00:36:31.480><c> talking</c><00:36:31.780><c> about</c>

00:36:32.159 --> 00:36:35.099
natural<00:36:32.639><c> life.</c><00:36:33.119><c> He's</c><00:36:33.440><c> talking</c><00:36:33.659><c> about</c><00:36:34.000><c> spiritual</c><00:36:34.519><c> life.</c><00:36:34.880><c> So</c>

00:36:35.099 --> 00:36:37.739
in<00:36:35.280><c> verse</c><00:36:35.699><c> five</c><00:36:36.340><c> of</c><00:36:36.579><c> this</c><00:36:36.780><c> 32nd</c><00:36:37.320><c> chapter</c><00:36:37.599><c> of</c>

00:36:37.739 --> 00:36:40.599
Deuteronomy,<00:36:38.199><c> or</c><00:36:38.320><c> verse</c><00:36:38.579><c> four</c><00:36:38.820><c> we</c><00:36:38.940><c> can</c><00:36:39.079><c> go</c><00:36:39.320><c> back</c><00:36:39.519><c> to,</c><00:36:40.019><c> he</c><00:36:40.300><c> is</c>

00:36:40.599 --> 00:36:43.500
the<00:36:40.840><c> rock.</c><00:36:42.139><c> And</c><00:36:42.300><c> then</c><00:36:42.420><c> in</c><00:36:42.619><c> verse</c><00:36:42.880><c> five,</c>

00:36:43.760 --> 00:36:47.420
they,<00:36:44.179><c> that</c><00:36:44.320><c> is</c><00:36:44.539><c> Israel,</c><00:36:44.900><c> have</c><00:36:45.099><c> corrupted</c><00:36:45.480><c> themselves.</c><00:36:46.500><c> Their</c><00:36:46.980><c> spot</c>

00:36:47.420 --> 00:36:49.500
is<00:36:48.079><c> not</c><00:36:48.400><c> the</c><00:36:48.559><c> spot</c><00:36:48.760><c> of</c><00:36:48.900><c> his</c><00:36:49.119><c> children.</c>

00:36:49.500 --> 00:36:54.159
Or<00:36:49.900><c> as</c><00:36:50.139><c> the</c><00:36:50.320><c> margin</c><00:36:50.659><c> says,</c><00:36:51.960><c> or</c><00:36:52.119><c> that</c><00:36:52.400><c> they</c><00:36:52.599><c> are</c><00:36:52.880><c> not</c><00:36:53.039><c> his</c><00:36:53.320><c> children,</c><00:36:53.840><c> this</c>

00:36:54.159 --> 00:36:56.699
is<00:36:54.380><c> their</c><00:36:54.719><c> blot.</c><00:36:55.860><c> In</c><00:36:56.079><c> other</c><00:36:56.380><c> words,</c>

00:36:57.039 --> 00:37:00.000
the<00:36:57.179><c> blemish</c><00:36:57.539><c> in</c><00:36:57.619><c> their</c><00:36:57.960><c> character</c><00:36:58.280><c> proves</c><00:36:58.800><c> that</c><00:36:58.940><c> they've</c><00:36:59.199><c> got</c><00:36:59.400><c> nothing</c><00:36:59.739><c> to</c>

00:37:00.000 --> 00:37:01.400
do<00:37:00.099><c> with</c><00:37:00.260><c> that</c><00:37:00.599><c> rock.</c>

00:37:02.880 --> 00:37:05.019
And<00:37:03.119><c> you</c><00:37:03.340><c> take</c><00:37:03.599><c> different</c><00:37:03.960><c> types</c><00:37:04.260><c> of</c><00:37:04.460><c> rock,</c><00:37:04.860><c> brothers</c><00:37:04.980><c> and</c>

00:37:05.019 --> 00:37:08.900
sisters.<00:37:06.659><c> Men</c><00:37:06.960><c> dig</c><00:37:07.360><c> deep</c><00:37:07.539><c> for</c><00:37:07.719><c> those</c><00:37:08.000><c> rocks.</c>

00:37:09.440 --> 00:37:14.079
And<00:37:09.579><c> when</c><00:37:09.679><c> they</c><00:37:09.880><c> find</c><00:37:10.239><c> them,</c><00:37:11.480><c> when</c><00:37:11.619><c> they</c><00:37:11.880><c> find</c><00:37:12.059><c> any</c><00:37:12.380><c> great</c><00:37:13.239><c> deposit</c><00:37:13.960><c> of</c>

00:37:14.079 --> 00:37:16.239
those<00:37:14.440><c> rocks,</c><00:37:14.940><c> they</c><00:37:15.239><c> look</c><00:37:15.539><c> for</c><00:37:15.719><c> the</c><00:37:15.940><c> vein,</c>

00:37:16.239 --> 00:37:18.960
don't<00:37:16.480><c> they?</c><00:37:16.840><c> They</c><00:37:17.139><c> look</c><00:37:17.380><c> for</c><00:37:17.639><c> rocks</c><00:37:17.880><c> of</c><00:37:18.159><c> similar</c><00:37:18.500><c> character.</c>

00:37:19.139 --> 00:37:20.400
And<00:37:19.340><c> in</c><00:37:19.500><c> looking</c><00:37:19.679><c> for</c><00:37:19.880><c> those</c><00:37:20.159><c> rocks,</c>

00:37:20.420 --> 00:37:25.360
they<00:37:20.659><c> dig</c><00:37:20.840><c> out</c><00:37:21.000><c> a</c><00:37:21.019><c> lot</c><00:37:21.199><c> of</c><00:37:21.420><c> gravel.</c><00:37:22.760><c> Useless</c><00:37:23.239><c> rocks.</c><00:37:23.900><c> And</c><00:37:24.019><c> they're</c><00:37:24.420><c> flung</c><00:37:24.699><c> aside</c><00:37:25.099><c> of</c>

00:37:25.360 --> 00:37:26.719
no<00:37:25.719><c> value.</c><00:37:26.300><c> The</c><00:37:26.420><c> only</c><00:37:26.579><c> ones</c>

00:37:26.719 --> 00:37:31.800
they're<00:37:26.920><c> looking</c><00:37:27.159><c> for</c><00:37:27.519><c> is</c><00:37:27.760><c> the</c><00:37:27.900><c> ones</c><00:37:28.119><c> of</c><00:37:28.500><c> like</c><00:37:29.019><c> character.</c><00:37:30.940><c> And</c><00:37:31.199><c> God</c><00:37:31.420><c> looked</c><00:37:31.679><c> at</c>

00:37:31.800 --> 00:37:33.780
Israel<00:37:32.039><c> and</c><00:37:32.159><c> said,</c><00:37:33.039><c> he</c><00:37:33.179><c> is</c><00:37:33.420><c> the</c><00:37:33.599><c> rock,</c>

00:37:33.900 --> 00:37:38.800
God<00:37:34.039><c> is.</c><00:37:34.639><c> But</c><00:37:34.860><c> they're</c><00:37:35.039><c> not</c><00:37:35.179><c> his</c><00:37:35.440><c> sons.</c><00:37:36.199><c> They're</c><00:37:36.539><c> nothing</c><00:37:36.820><c> like</c><00:37:37.159><c> him.</c><00:37:38.599><c> But</c>

00:37:38.800 --> 00:37:39.659
they<00:37:38.960><c> went</c><00:37:39.119><c> around</c><00:37:39.380><c> saying,</c>

00:37:39.880 --> 00:37:43.000
we<00:37:40.000><c> have</c><00:37:40.199><c> Abraham</c><00:37:40.579><c> to</c><00:37:40.760><c> our</c><00:37:40.960><c> father.</c><00:37:41.219><c> Well,</c><00:37:41.400><c> he's</c><00:37:41.659><c> a</c><00:37:41.760><c> rock</c><00:37:41.960><c> too.</c>

00:37:44.260 --> 00:37:45.860
And<00:37:44.579><c> they're</c><00:37:44.739><c> nothing</c><00:37:45.059><c> like</c><00:37:45.340><c> him</c><00:37:45.559><c> either.</c>

00:37:46.239 --> 00:37:50.019
Now<00:37:46.880><c> here's</c><00:37:47.119><c> an</c><00:37:47.300><c> interesting</c><00:37:47.739><c> thing.</c><00:37:49.239><c> Throughout</c><00:37:49.639><c> the</c><00:37:49.780><c> New</c>

00:37:50.019 --> 00:37:51.739
Testament,<00:37:50.619><c> when</c><00:37:50.820><c> the</c><00:37:51.000><c> apostle</c><00:37:51.360><c> speaks</c>

00:37:51.739 --> 00:37:55.119
about<00:37:51.980><c> the</c><00:37:52.159><c> seed</c><00:37:52.300><c> of</c><00:37:52.460><c> Abraham,</c><00:37:53.500><c> he</c><00:37:53.840><c> interchanges</c><00:37:54.440><c> the</c><00:37:54.739><c> terms.</c>

00:37:55.440 --> 00:37:57.400
He<00:37:55.599><c> talks</c><00:37:55.880><c> about</c><00:37:56.139><c> sons</c><00:37:56.460><c> of</c><00:37:56.579><c> God</c><00:37:56.820><c> and</c><00:37:56.940><c> sons</c><00:37:57.239><c> of</c>

00:37:57.400 --> 00:38:00.880
Abraham.<00:37:58.000><c> I'll</c><00:37:58.239><c> show</c><00:37:58.320><c> you</c><00:37:58.480><c> a</c><00:37:58.519><c> well</c><00:37:58.780><c>-known</c><00:37:58.960><c> reference.</c><00:37:59.539><c> Galatians</c><00:38:00.039><c> chapter</c><00:38:00.380><c> 3.</c><00:38:00.719><c> Have</c><00:38:00.840><c> a</c>

00:38:00.880 --> 00:38:01.860
look<00:38:01.059><c> at</c><00:38:01.099><c> it.</c>

00:38:02.760 --> 00:38:09.440
Here<00:38:02.980><c> are</c><00:38:03.099><c> the</c><00:38:03.219><c> two</c><00:38:03.380><c> rock</c><00:38:03.639><c>-like</c><00:38:03.880><c> fathers.</c><00:38:05.900><c> The</c><00:38:06.239><c> characteristics</c><00:38:06.900><c> of</c><00:38:08.360><c> their</c><00:38:08.579><c> children</c><00:38:08.840><c> are</c><00:38:09.139><c> seen</c>

00:38:09.440 --> 00:38:15.900
in<00:38:09.840><c> these</c><00:38:10.079><c> two</c><00:38:10.380><c> fathers.</c><00:38:14.079><c> Notice</c><00:38:14.380><c> how</c><00:38:14.659><c> Paul</c><00:38:14.940><c> uses</c><00:38:15.340><c> the</c><00:38:15.619><c> terms</c>

00:38:15.900 --> 00:38:17.440
interchangeably<00:38:16.659><c> here.</c>

00:38:20.480 --> 00:38:25.860
And<00:38:20.579><c> so</c><00:38:20.760><c> in</c><00:38:20.900><c> Galatians</c><00:38:21.360><c> 3,</c><00:38:21.800><c> words</c><00:38:22.179><c> that</c><00:38:22.360><c> we</c><00:38:22.440><c> know</c><00:38:22.659><c> so</c><00:38:23.019><c> well.</c><00:38:24.860><c> But</c><00:38:25.039><c> let's</c><00:38:25.320><c> just</c><00:38:25.559><c> skip</c><00:38:25.699><c> a</c>

00:38:25.860 --> 00:38:26.380
few<00:38:26.000><c> verses</c>

00:38:26.380 --> 00:38:28.980
in<00:38:26.579><c> between</c><00:38:26.820><c> the</c><00:38:27.039><c> two</c><00:38:27.199><c> statements</c><00:38:27.500><c> and</c><00:38:27.619><c> you'll</c><00:38:27.840><c> see</c><00:38:28.139><c> the</c><00:38:28.780><c> way</c>

00:38:28.980 --> 00:38:30.699
in<00:38:29.039><c> which</c><00:38:29.260><c> the</c><00:38:29.579><c> apostle</c><00:38:29.940><c> equates</c>

00:38:30.699 --> 00:38:46.940
these<00:38:31.000><c> expressions.</c><00:38:32.900><c> Verse</c><00:38:33.219><c> 26.</c><00:38:38.300><c> Verse</c><00:38:38.900><c> 29.</c><00:38:44.340><c> Same</c><00:38:44.659><c> thing.</c><00:38:46.639><c> But</c><00:38:46.800><c> if</c>

00:38:46.940 --> 00:38:48.579
they're<00:38:47.179><c> the</c><00:38:47.280><c> children</c><00:38:47.539><c> of</c><00:38:47.619><c> God</c><00:38:47.900><c> by</c><00:38:48.219><c> faith,</c>

00:38:48.940 --> 00:38:51.219
they're<00:38:49.119><c> Abraham's</c><00:38:49.699><c> children.</c><00:38:50.440><c> Or</c><00:38:50.760><c> if</c><00:38:50.800><c> you</c><00:38:50.880><c> want</c><00:38:51.019><c> to</c><00:38:51.099><c> put</c><00:38:51.199><c> it</c>

00:38:51.219 --> 00:38:51.880
the<00:38:51.280><c> other</c><00:38:51.400><c> way</c><00:38:51.579><c> around,</c>

00:38:52.079 --> 00:38:54.579
if<00:38:52.199><c> they're</c><00:38:52.500><c> Abraham's</c><00:38:53.079><c> children,</c><00:38:53.320><c> they're</c><00:38:53.460><c> God's</c><00:38:53.900><c> children.</c><00:38:54.320><c> Why?</c>

00:38:54.639 --> 00:38:56.400
Because<00:38:54.900><c> they're</c><00:38:55.239><c> both</c><00:38:55.639><c> rock</c><00:38:56.000><c>-like</c>

00:38:56.400 --> 00:39:01.219
fathers.<00:38:56.860><c> He's</c><00:38:57.159><c> not</c><00:38:57.340><c> talking</c><00:38:57.599><c> about</c><00:38:57.920><c> natural</c><00:38:58.260><c> characteristics</c><00:38:58.599><c> at</c><00:38:58.659><c> all.</c><00:39:00.619><c> He's</c>

00:39:01.219 --> 00:39:01.760
talking<00:39:01.440><c> about</c>

00:39:01.760 --> 00:39:06.699
spiritual<00:39:02.539><c> characteristics.</c><00:39:04.820><c> And</c><00:39:05.159><c> because</c><00:39:05.519><c> God</c><00:39:05.800><c> and</c><00:39:05.980><c> Abraham</c><00:39:06.360><c> were</c>

00:39:06.699 --> 00:39:07.719
fathers<00:39:07.079><c> together,</c>

00:39:08.000 --> 00:39:12.579
this<00:39:08.219><c> is</c><00:39:08.480><c> my</c><00:39:08.739><c> covenant</c><00:39:08.960><c> between</c><00:39:09.320><c> me</c><00:39:09.780><c> and</c><00:39:09.940><c> you,</c><00:39:10.320><c> between</c><00:39:10.619><c> me</c><00:39:10.980><c> and</c><00:39:11.059><c> me.</c><00:39:11.559><c> Seven</c><00:39:11.920><c> times,</c><00:39:12.380><c> or</c>

00:39:12.579 --> 00:39:13.340
five<00:39:12.900><c> times</c><00:39:13.179><c> rather,</c>

00:39:13.440 --> 00:39:16.440
that<00:39:13.659><c> expression</c><00:39:13.940><c> is</c><00:39:14.239><c> used</c><00:39:14.500><c> in</c><00:39:14.860><c> Genesis</c><00:39:15.199><c> 7</c><00:39:15.579><c> and</c><00:39:15.739><c> 8.</c><00:39:16.019><c> Between</c>

00:39:16.440 --> 00:39:19.980
me<00:39:16.980><c> and</c><00:39:17.199><c> you,</c><00:39:17.980><c> we're</c><00:39:18.199><c> both</c><00:39:18.659><c> rock</c><00:39:19.019><c>-like</c><00:39:19.380><c> fathers.</c>

00:39:20.480 --> 00:39:25.019
You're<00:39:20.739><c> all</c><00:39:20.940><c> the</c><00:39:21.139><c> children</c><00:39:21.360><c> of</c><00:39:21.579><c> God.</c><00:39:22.320><c> You're</c><00:39:22.579><c> Abraham's</c><00:39:23.199><c> sons.</c><00:39:23.880><c> Romans</c><00:39:24.280><c> chapter</c><00:39:24.619><c> 8.</c><00:39:24.880><c> Have</c><00:39:25.000><c> a</c>

00:39:25.019 --> 00:39:26.219
look<00:39:25.139><c> at</c><00:39:25.199><c> this</c><00:39:25.440><c> one.</c>

00:39:26.559 --> 00:39:30.800
God<00:39:27.039><c> is</c><00:39:27.300><c> able</c><00:39:27.440><c> of</c><00:39:27.599><c> these</c><00:39:27.860><c> stones</c><00:39:28.179><c> to</c><00:39:28.420><c> raise</c><00:39:28.619><c> up</c><00:39:28.880><c> children</c><00:39:29.159><c> unto</c><00:39:29.420><c> Abraham.</c>

00:39:33.059 --> 00:39:38.099
And<00:39:33.539><c> so</c><00:39:33.659><c> we</c><00:39:33.739><c> go</c><00:39:33.900><c> back</c><00:39:34.119><c> to</c><00:39:34.300><c> Romans</c><00:39:34.500><c> chapter</c><00:39:34.840><c> 8,</c><00:39:36.420><c> or</c><00:39:36.539><c> Romans</c><00:39:36.900><c> 9</c><00:39:37.260><c> rather.</c>

00:39:41.679 --> 00:39:44.639
Look<00:39:41.800><c> at</c><00:39:41.940><c> verse</c><00:39:42.139><c> 7</c><00:39:42.420><c> and</c><00:39:42.519><c> verse</c><00:39:42.840><c> 8.</c><00:39:43.139><c> Read</c><00:39:43.320><c> them</c><00:39:43.480><c> carefully.</c><00:39:44.340><c> Look</c><00:39:44.539><c> at</c>

00:39:44.639 --> 00:39:46.500
the<00:39:44.780><c> equation</c><00:39:45.179><c> of</c><00:39:45.380><c> terms</c><00:39:45.719><c> again.</c>

00:39:47.480 --> 00:39:50.800
Romans<00:39:47.800><c> 9</c><00:39:48.199><c> and</c><00:39:48.300><c> verse</c><00:39:48.519><c> 7</c><00:39:48.820><c> and</c><00:39:48.960><c> 8.</c><00:39:49.500><c> Neither</c><00:39:49.900><c> because</c><00:39:50.420><c> they</c><00:39:50.599><c> are</c>

00:39:50.800 --> 00:39:52.780
the<00:39:51.039><c> seed</c><00:39:51.219><c> of</c><00:39:51.440><c> Abraham</c><00:39:51.820><c> are</c><00:39:51.960><c> they</c><00:39:52.119><c> all</c><00:39:52.360><c> children.</c>

00:39:52.780 --> 00:39:58.360
Now<00:39:53.420><c> read</c><00:39:53.639><c> verse</c><00:39:53.940><c> 8.</c><00:39:54.480><c> That</c><00:39:54.679><c> is,</c><00:39:55.760><c> they</c><00:39:56.000><c> which</c><00:39:56.260><c> are</c><00:39:56.500><c> the</c><00:39:56.659><c> children</c><00:39:56.940><c> of</c><00:39:57.159><c> flesh,</c><00:39:57.800><c> these</c><00:39:58.099><c> are</c>

00:39:58.360 --> 00:39:59.260
not<00:39:58.699><c> the</c><00:39:58.940><c> children</c>

00:39:59.260 --> 00:40:04.079
of<00:39:59.599><c> God.</c><00:40:01.760><c> Now</c><00:40:01.980><c> in</c><00:40:02.139><c> verse</c><00:40:02.360><c> 7</c><00:40:02.599><c> he's</c><00:40:02.860><c> talking</c><00:40:03.019><c> about</c><00:40:03.340><c> the</c><00:40:03.599><c> seed</c><00:40:03.780><c> of</c>

00:40:04.079 --> 00:40:05.679
Abraham,<00:40:04.719><c> and</c><00:40:04.860><c> in</c><00:40:05.000><c> verse</c><00:40:05.239><c> 8</c><00:40:05.340><c> he's</c><00:40:05.579><c> talking</c>

00:40:05.679 --> 00:40:09.039
about<00:40:05.860><c> the</c><00:40:06.039><c> children</c><00:40:06.300><c> of</c><00:40:06.460><c> God.</c><00:40:07.000><c> Same</c><00:40:07.400><c> class</c><00:40:07.840><c> of</c><00:40:08.019><c> people.</c><00:40:08.840><c> But</c>

00:40:09.039 --> 00:40:11.500
again<00:40:09.380><c> the</c><00:40:09.599><c> terms</c><00:40:09.840><c> are</c><00:40:10.059><c> used</c><00:40:10.219><c> at</c><00:40:10.360><c> the</c><00:40:10.539><c> changeable.</c>

00:40:12.139 --> 00:40:14.860
Because<00:40:12.619><c> Abraham's</c><00:40:13.099><c> children</c><00:40:13.460><c> are</c><00:40:13.820><c> God's</c><00:40:14.300><c> children,</c><00:40:14.719><c> and</c>

00:40:14.860 --> 00:40:22.760
God's<00:40:15.300><c> children</c><00:40:15.480><c> are</c><00:40:15.679><c> Abraham's</c><00:40:16.179><c> children.</c><00:40:22.280><c> It's</c>

00:40:22.760 --> 00:40:28.019
these<00:40:23.340><c> stones</c><00:40:24.139><c> to</c><00:40:25.019><c> raise</c><00:40:25.400><c> up</c><00:40:25.780><c> children</c><00:40:26.119><c> unto</c><00:40:26.760><c> Abraham.</c><00:40:27.760><c> Now</c>

00:40:28.019 --> 00:40:30.059
it's<00:40:28.119><c> not</c><00:40:28.360><c> God's</c><00:40:28.760><c> purpose</c><00:40:29.139><c> to</c><00:40:29.380><c> raise</c><00:40:29.619><c> up</c><00:40:29.860><c> children</c>

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unto<00:40:30.340><c> Abraham</c><00:40:30.800><c> so</c><00:40:31.019><c> much</c><00:40:31.239><c> as</c><00:40:31.380><c> to</c><00:40:31.579><c> himself.</c><00:40:34.599><c> For</c><00:40:34.780><c> God</c><00:40:35.039><c> has</c><00:40:35.340><c> called</c><00:40:35.500><c> us,</c>

00:40:35.760 --> 00:40:36.920
brethren<00:40:36.039><c> and</c><00:40:36.199><c> sisters,</c><00:40:36.400><c> that</c><00:40:36.539><c> we</c><00:40:36.659><c> might</c>

00:40:36.920 --> 00:40:40.679
become<00:40:37.219><c> the</c><00:40:37.500><c> sons</c><00:40:37.800><c> of</c><00:40:38.059><c> God.</c><00:40:39.340><c> That's</c><00:40:39.820><c> the</c><00:40:39.980><c> great</c><00:40:40.239><c> calling</c><00:40:40.519><c> to</c>

00:40:40.679 --> 00:40:43.000
which<00:40:40.780><c> we</c><00:40:40.920><c> have</c><00:40:41.059><c> been</c><00:40:41.420><c> called.</c><00:40:41.980><c> But</c><00:40:42.219><c> in</c><00:40:42.519><c> calling</c><00:40:42.739><c> us</c>

00:40:43.000 --> 00:40:45.460
to<00:40:43.099><c> be</c><00:40:43.239><c> sons</c><00:40:43.579><c> of</c><00:40:43.760><c> God,</c><00:40:44.039><c> he's</c><00:40:44.239><c> calling</c><00:40:44.480><c> us</c><00:40:44.699><c> to</c><00:40:44.800><c> be</c><00:40:44.920><c> the</c><00:40:45.119><c> seed</c><00:40:45.260><c> of</c>

00:40:45.460 --> 00:40:47.219
Abraham.<00:40:46.039><c> And</c><00:40:46.219><c> when</c><00:40:46.360><c> we</c><00:40:46.480><c> become</c><00:40:46.719><c> the</c><00:40:46.860><c> seed</c><00:40:47.079><c> of</c>

00:40:47.219 --> 00:40:50.559
Abraham,<00:40:47.519><c> we</c><00:40:47.659><c> become</c><00:40:47.940><c> the</c><00:40:48.179><c> sons</c><00:40:48.420><c> of</c><00:40:48.639><c> God.</c><00:40:49.059><c> So</c><00:40:49.280><c> that</c><00:40:49.639><c> God</c><00:40:49.960><c> is</c><00:40:50.239><c> able</c><00:40:50.360><c> of</c>

00:40:50.559 --> 00:40:52.539
these<00:40:50.900><c> stones</c><00:40:51.440><c> to</c><00:40:51.679><c> raise</c><00:40:51.920><c> up</c><00:40:52.239><c> children</c>

00:40:52.539 --> 00:40:56.559
unto<00:40:52.760><c> Abraham</c><00:40:53.340><c> is</c><00:40:53.780><c> terms</c><00:40:54.079><c> of</c><00:40:54.400><c> equation.</c><00:40:55.559><c> And</c><00:40:55.900><c> that's</c><00:40:56.039><c> why</c><00:40:56.179><c> you've</c><00:40:56.420><c> got</c>

00:40:56.559 --> 00:40:59.300
the<00:40:56.800><c> two</c><00:40:57.059><c> fathers</c><00:40:57.639><c> in</c><00:40:58.500><c> the</c><00:40:58.659><c> Old</c><00:40:58.880><c> Testament</c>

00:40:59.300 --> 00:41:03.619
both<00:40:59.860><c> presented</c><00:41:00.300><c> with</c><00:41:00.719><c> rock</c><00:41:01.179><c>-like</c><00:41:01.559><c> characteristics,</c><00:41:02.519><c> because</c><00:41:02.920><c> that's</c>

00:41:03.619 --> 00:41:05.739
the<00:41:03.679><c> point</c><00:41:03.860><c> of</c><00:41:04.019><c> it</c><00:41:04.179><c> all.</c><00:41:05.119><c> It's</c><00:41:05.360><c> not</c><00:41:05.539><c> a</c>

00:41:05.739 --> 00:41:09.480
question<00:41:05.880><c> of</c><00:41:06.099><c> natural</c><00:41:06.500><c> life,</c><00:41:06.800><c> it's</c><00:41:07.039><c> a</c><00:41:07.179><c> question</c><00:41:07.380><c> of</c><00:41:07.780><c> spiritual</c><00:41:08.179><c> life.</c><00:41:09.059><c> It's</c><00:41:09.400><c> a</c>

00:41:09.480 --> 00:41:10.440
question<00:41:09.739><c> of</c><00:41:09.960><c> the</c><00:41:10.179><c> brilliance</c>

00:41:10.440 --> 00:41:16.639
of<00:41:10.619><c> that</c><00:41:10.940><c> character</c><00:41:11.280><c> in</c><00:41:12.119><c> green,</c><00:41:13.699><c> in</c><00:41:14.099><c> those</c><00:41:14.519><c> rocks,</c><00:41:15.519><c> by</c><00:41:15.760><c> the</c><00:41:16.079><c> centuries</c><00:41:16.440><c> of</c>

00:41:16.639 --> 00:41:19.179
the<00:41:16.960><c> pressure</c><00:41:17.340><c> which</c><00:41:18.340><c> has</c><00:41:18.659><c> wrought</c><00:41:18.860><c> in</c>

00:41:19.179 --> 00:41:24.940
those<00:41:19.559><c> rocks,</c><00:41:20.099><c> what</c><00:41:20.440><c> man</c><00:41:20.860><c> could</c><00:41:21.460><c> never</c><00:41:21.860><c> work</c><00:41:22.260><c> with</c><00:41:23.699><c> all,</c><00:41:24.380><c> with</c>

00:41:24.940 --> 00:41:27.920
all<00:41:25.260><c> his</c><00:41:25.579><c> expertise,</c><00:41:26.659><c> with</c><00:41:26.860><c> all</c><00:41:27.119><c> his</c><00:41:27.360><c> technology.</c>

00:41:28.099 --> 00:41:31.320
He<00:41:28.300><c> can</c><00:41:28.619><c> never</c><00:41:29.280><c> work</c><00:41:29.659><c> a</c><00:41:29.980><c> work</c><00:41:30.199><c> that's</c><00:41:30.480><c> in</c><00:41:30.519><c> those</c><00:41:30.860><c> rocks</c><00:41:31.139><c> that</c>

00:41:31.320 --> 00:41:33.900
God<00:41:31.519><c> has</c><00:41:31.820><c> done</c><00:41:32.179><c> by</c><00:41:32.480><c> the</c><00:41:32.719><c> centuries</c><00:41:32.980><c> of</c><00:41:33.219><c> time</c><00:41:33.619><c> and</c>

00:41:33.900 --> 00:41:35.760
pressure<00:41:34.119><c> and</c><00:41:34.340><c> the</c><00:41:34.559><c> bowels</c><00:41:34.880><c> of</c><00:41:34.980><c> the</c><00:41:35.159><c> earth</c><00:41:35.260><c> that</c><00:41:35.500><c> produce</c>

00:41:35.760 --> 00:41:39.159
such<00:41:36.239><c> characteristics,</c><00:41:37.420><c> flawless</c><00:41:37.880><c> characteristics,</c>

00:41:39.840 --> 00:41:45.440
exquisite<00:41:40.480><c> characteristics,</c><00:41:41.780><c> which</c><00:41:41.960><c> are</c><00:41:42.260><c> his</c><00:41:42.619><c> characteristics</c><00:41:43.400><c> seen</c><00:41:44.219><c> in</c><00:41:44.519><c> Abraham</c><00:41:44.840><c> and</c><00:41:44.980><c> everybody</c>

00:41:45.440 --> 00:41:48.920
who<00:41:45.639><c> acts</c><00:41:46.159><c> like</c><00:41:46.539><c> him.</c><00:41:47.400><c> That's</c><00:41:47.619><c> what</c><00:41:47.820><c> John</c><00:41:48.019><c> was</c><00:41:48.179><c> saying.</c><00:41:48.679><c> I'm</c>

00:41:48.920 --> 00:41:50.780
not<00:41:49.099><c> telling</c><00:41:49.300><c> you</c><00:41:49.519><c> anything,</c><00:41:49.719><c> you</c><00:41:49.880><c> all</c><00:41:50.079><c> know</c><00:41:50.300><c> that.</c>

00:41:51.139 --> 00:41:53.099
But<00:41:51.300><c> if</c><00:41:51.420><c> the</c><00:41:51.579><c> hostess</c><00:41:52.019><c> does</c><00:41:52.139><c> think</c><00:41:52.400><c> about</c><00:41:52.619><c> it,</c><00:41:52.860><c> it</c><00:41:52.980><c> doesn't</c>

00:41:53.099 --> 00:41:56.719
exist.<00:41:54.679><c> Now</c><00:41:54.980><c> the</c><00:41:55.000><c> next</c><00:41:55.300><c> thing</c><00:41:55.480><c> that</c><00:41:55.599><c> John</c><00:41:55.860><c> said</c><00:41:56.059><c> was</c><00:41:56.300><c> very</c>

00:41:56.719 --> 00:42:05.340
pertinent<00:41:57.059><c> indeed.</c><00:41:58.679><c> He</c><00:41:58.820><c> said</c><00:41:59.079><c> this</c><00:42:00.280><c> in</c><00:42:01.400><c> verse</c><00:42:01.599><c> 9</c><00:42:02.280><c> of</c><00:42:02.780><c> Luke</c><00:42:03.039><c> chapter</c><00:42:03.420><c> 3.</c>

00:42:09.039 --> 00:42:10.980
And<00:42:09.079><c> now</c><00:42:09.440><c> also</c><00:42:09.900><c> he</c><00:42:10.139><c> said,</c>

00:42:11.360 --> 00:42:16.019
The<00:42:11.920><c> axe</c><00:42:12.280><c> is</c><00:42:12.559><c> laid</c><00:42:12.840><c> under</c><00:42:13.059><c> the</c><00:42:13.199><c> root</c><00:42:13.340><c> of</c><00:42:13.480><c> the</c><00:42:13.699><c> trees.</c><00:42:15.659><c> Every</c>

00:42:16.019 --> 00:42:18.340
tree<00:42:16.280><c> therefore</c><00:42:16.760><c> which</c><00:42:17.519><c> bringeth</c><00:42:17.900><c> not</c><00:42:18.179><c> forth</c>

00:42:18.340 --> 00:42:22.039
good<00:42:18.639><c> fruit</c><00:42:18.920><c> is</c><00:42:19.199><c> hewn</c><00:42:19.420><c> down</c><00:42:20.039><c> and</c><00:42:20.300><c> cast</c><00:42:20.679><c> into</c><00:42:20.800><c> the</c><00:42:21.099><c> fire.</c><00:42:21.659><c> Why</c>

00:42:22.039 --> 00:42:25.480
would<00:42:22.219><c> he</c><00:42:22.400><c> introduce</c><00:42:23.280><c> the</c><00:42:23.940><c> matter</c><00:42:24.260><c> of</c><00:42:24.519><c> the</c><00:42:24.699><c> axe</c>

00:42:25.579 --> 00:42:30.960
laid<00:42:26.139><c> at</c><00:42:26.300><c> the</c><00:42:26.440><c> root</c><00:42:26.579><c> of</c><00:42:26.719><c> the</c><00:42:26.980><c> trees?</c><00:42:28.260><c> Well</c><00:42:28.559><c> if</c><00:42:28.619><c> you</c><00:42:28.840><c> turn</c><00:42:29.059><c> up</c><00:42:29.280><c> the</c><00:42:29.440><c> 19th</c><00:42:29.980><c> chapter</c><00:42:30.280><c> of</c><00:42:30.400><c> Leviticus,</c>

00:42:31.159 --> 00:42:34.420
brethren<00:42:31.340><c> and</c><00:42:31.559><c> sisters,</c><00:42:31.860><c> you'll</c><00:42:32.139><c> read</c><00:42:32.219><c> some</c><00:42:32.420><c> very</c><00:42:32.760><c> interesting</c><00:42:33.219><c> words</c><00:42:33.639><c> here.</c>

00:42:36.380 --> 00:42:38.340
Very<00:42:36.900><c> interesting</c><00:42:37.420><c> indeed.</c>

00:42:43.260 --> 00:42:45.679
We<00:42:43.300><c> read</c><00:42:43.460><c> concerning</c><00:42:43.940><c> fruit</c><00:42:44.340><c> trees</c><00:42:44.599><c> in</c><00:42:44.760><c> the</c><00:42:44.860><c> 19th</c><00:42:45.300><c> chapter</c><00:42:45.519><c> of</c>

00:42:45.679 --> 00:42:49.460
Leviticus.<00:42:48.380><c> Verse</c><00:42:48.380><c> 23.</c>

00:42:51.340 --> 00:42:56.539
When<00:42:51.340><c> ye</c><00:42:51.599><c> shall</c><00:42:51.719><c> come</c><00:42:52.019><c> into</c><00:42:52.199><c> the</c><00:42:52.440><c> land.</c><00:42:53.059><c> Note</c><00:42:53.320><c> that.</c><00:42:55.460><c> Abraham's</c><00:42:55.980><c> land.</c><00:42:56.199><c> When</c><00:42:56.360><c> ye</c>

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shall<00:42:56.619><c> come</c><00:42:56.840><c> into</c><00:42:56.960><c> the</c><00:42:57.239><c> land</c>

00:42:57.519 --> 00:43:02.619
shall<00:42:57.860><c> have</c><00:42:58.139><c> planted</c><00:42:58.699><c> all</c><00:42:59.460><c> manner</c><00:42:59.760><c> of</c><00:42:59.960><c> trees</c><00:43:00.300><c> for</c><00:43:00.599><c> food.</c><00:43:02.019><c> Then</c>

00:43:02.619 --> 00:43:05.239
shall<00:43:02.880><c> ye</c><00:43:03.119><c> count</c><00:43:03.420><c> the</c><00:43:03.739><c> fruit</c><00:43:03.960><c> thereof</c><00:43:04.400><c> as</c>

00:43:05.539 --> 00:43:11.199
uncircumcised.<00:43:06.900><c> Three</c><00:43:07.239><c> years</c><00:43:07.840><c> shall</c><00:43:08.079><c> it</c><00:43:08.340><c> be</c><00:43:08.739><c> as</c><00:43:09.320><c> uncircumcised</c><00:43:10.199><c> unto</c><00:43:10.420><c> you.</c>

00:43:11.440 --> 00:43:12.440
It<00:43:11.639><c> shall</c><00:43:11.800><c> not</c><00:43:12.079><c> be</c><00:43:12.260><c> eaten</c>

00:43:12.440 --> 00:43:17.699
thereof.<00:43:14.139><c> But</c><00:43:14.599><c> in</c><00:43:15.440><c> the</c><00:43:15.699><c> fourth</c><00:43:16.000><c> year</c><00:43:16.420><c> all</c><00:43:16.900><c> the</c><00:43:17.139><c> fruit</c><00:43:17.320><c> thereof</c>

00:43:17.699 --> 00:43:22.139
shall<00:43:17.820><c> be</c><00:43:18.119><c> holy</c><00:43:18.619><c> to</c><00:43:19.260><c> praise</c><00:43:19.800><c> Yahweh.</c><00:43:21.860><c> And</c><00:43:21.980><c> in</c>

00:43:22.139 --> 00:43:24.519
the<00:43:22.260><c> fifth</c><00:43:22.559><c> year</c><00:43:22.900><c> shall</c><00:43:23.059><c> ye</c><00:43:23.300><c> eat</c><00:43:23.420><c> the</c><00:43:23.699><c> fruit</c><00:43:23.880><c> thereof</c><00:43:24.300><c> that</c><00:43:24.380><c> it</c>

00:43:24.519 --> 00:43:27.199
may<00:43:24.679><c> yield</c><00:43:24.920><c> unto</c><00:43:25.179><c> you</c><00:43:25.360><c> the</c><00:43:25.559><c> increase</c><00:43:25.960><c> thereof.</c><00:43:26.900><c> I</c>

00:43:27.519 --> 00:43:32.820
am<00:43:28.139><c> Yahweh</c><00:43:28.980><c> your</c><00:43:29.780><c> God.</c><00:43:31.639><c> And</c><00:43:31.780><c> you</c><00:43:31.900><c> know</c><00:43:32.059><c> brethren</c><00:43:32.400><c> and</c><00:43:32.639><c> sisters</c>

00:43:32.820 --> 00:43:35.519
there's<00:43:33.119><c> not</c><00:43:33.340><c> a</c><00:43:33.539><c> single</c><00:43:33.860><c> law</c><00:43:34.300><c> given</c><00:43:34.840><c> in</c><00:43:35.059><c> Leviticus</c>

00:43:35.519 --> 00:43:41.039
19<00:43:36.260><c> that's</c><00:43:36.699><c> not</c><00:43:37.059><c> pointedly</c><00:43:37.679><c> given</c><00:43:38.039><c> that</c><00:43:38.440><c> they</c><00:43:38.679><c> might</c><00:43:38.940><c> understand</c><00:43:39.820><c> God's</c>

00:43:41.039 --> 00:43:43.260
manifestation.<00:43:42.099><c> Because</c><00:43:42.639><c> eight</c>

00:43:43.260 --> 00:43:48.719
times<00:43:43.800><c> he</c><00:43:43.960><c> says</c><00:43:44.139><c> in</c><00:43:44.260><c> that</c><00:43:44.519><c> chapter</c><00:43:44.900><c> I</c><00:43:45.420><c> am</c><00:43:45.659><c> Yahweh</c><00:43:46.260><c> and</c><00:43:46.840><c> eight</c><00:43:47.460><c> times</c><00:43:47.840><c> he</c><00:43:48.059><c> says</c><00:43:48.320><c> I</c>

00:43:48.719 --> 00:43:50.900
am<00:43:48.940><c> Yahweh</c><00:43:49.500><c> your</c><00:43:49.980><c> God.</c>

00:43:51.719 --> 00:43:55.139
And<00:43:52.139><c> the</c><00:43:52.380><c> various</c><00:43:52.739><c> laws</c><00:43:53.059><c> which</c><00:43:53.239><c> are</c><00:43:53.460><c> taken</c><00:43:53.719><c> from</c><00:43:53.960><c> all</c><00:43:54.340><c> over</c><00:43:54.599><c> the</c><00:43:54.739><c> law</c><00:43:54.900><c> of</c>

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Moses<00:43:55.360><c> brought</c><00:43:55.760><c> together</c><00:43:55.960><c> in</c><00:43:56.119><c> that</c>

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chapter<00:43:56.659><c> are</c><00:43:57.199><c> to</c><00:43:57.380><c> impress</c><00:43:57.880><c> them</c><00:43:58.079><c> with</c><00:43:58.280><c> the</c><00:43:58.480><c> fact</c><00:43:58.719><c> that</c><00:43:59.139><c> he</c><00:43:59.400><c> is</c>

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Yahweh<00:44:00.099><c> and</c><00:44:00.400><c> they</c><00:44:01.099><c> are</c><00:44:01.639><c> Yahweh</c><00:44:02.119><c> Elohim.</c>

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They<00:44:04.159><c> ought</c><00:44:04.380><c> to</c><00:44:04.460><c> see</c><00:44:04.699><c> that.</c><00:44:05.500><c> As</c><00:44:05.699><c> he</c><00:44:05.940><c> is</c><00:44:06.360><c> so</c><00:44:06.579><c> are</c><00:44:06.820><c> they.</c><00:44:08.519><c> Or</c><00:44:08.639><c> ought</c><00:44:08.860><c> to</c>

00:44:09.039 --> 00:44:11.119
be.<00:44:09.780><c> Now</c><00:44:09.940><c> in</c><00:44:10.019><c> relation</c><00:44:10.340><c> to</c><00:44:10.519><c> this</c><00:44:10.760><c> tree</c>

00:44:11.119 --> 00:44:16.480
they<00:44:11.840><c> plant</c><00:44:12.239><c> a</c><00:44:12.460><c> new</c><00:44:12.699><c> tree.</c><00:44:14.539><c> God</c><00:44:14.920><c> allows</c><00:44:15.559><c> time</c><00:44:15.980><c> for</c><00:44:16.099><c> that</c><00:44:16.300><c> tree</c>

00:44:16.480 --> 00:44:17.460
to<00:44:16.679><c> develop.</c>

00:44:18.579 --> 00:44:23.900
God<00:44:18.940><c> does</c><00:44:19.380><c> not</c><00:44:19.599><c> expect</c><00:44:20.300><c> miracles</c><00:44:20.800><c> with</c><00:44:21.059><c> us</c><00:44:21.380><c> brethren</c><00:44:21.699><c> and</c><00:44:21.940><c> sisters.</c><00:44:23.380><c> He</c>

00:44:23.900 --> 00:44:26.260
does<00:44:24.119><c> not</c><00:44:24.320><c> expect</c><00:44:24.739><c> a</c><00:44:24.960><c> young</c><00:44:25.280><c> tree</c>

00:44:26.360 --> 00:44:30.320
to<00:44:26.860><c> full</c><00:44:27.239><c> bloom</c><00:44:27.539><c> and</c><00:44:27.860><c> blossom</c><00:44:28.119><c> in</c><00:44:28.300><c> its</c><00:44:28.480><c> first</c><00:44:28.900><c> year.</c><00:44:29.920><c> He</c><00:44:30.099><c> gives</c>

00:44:30.320 --> 00:44:32.920
it<00:44:30.599><c> three</c><00:44:30.980><c> years</c><00:44:31.360><c> in</c><00:44:31.559><c> which</c><00:44:31.920><c> he</c><00:44:32.280><c> regards</c><00:44:32.679><c> the</c>

00:44:32.920 --> 00:44:36.039
fruit<00:44:33.039><c> of</c><00:44:33.139><c> that</c><00:44:33.360><c> tree</c><00:44:33.480><c> as</c><00:44:33.760><c> uncircumcised.</c><00:44:35.099><c> And</c><00:44:35.199><c> God</c><00:44:35.579><c> leaves</c>

00:44:36.039 --> 00:44:38.719
the<00:44:36.340><c> tree</c><00:44:36.519><c> there</c><00:44:37.480><c> in</c><00:44:38.199><c> order</c><00:44:38.340><c> that</c><00:44:38.460><c> it</c><00:44:38.679><c> might</c>

00:44:38.719 --> 00:44:41.059
develop<00:44:39.119><c> to</c><00:44:39.280><c> maturity.</c><00:44:39.800><c> He</c><00:44:39.920><c> doesn't</c><00:44:40.260><c> cut</c><00:44:40.480><c> it</c><00:44:40.619><c> down</c><00:44:40.840><c> because</c>

00:44:41.059 --> 00:44:43.760
the<00:44:41.239><c> first</c><00:44:41.679><c> year</c><00:44:41.960><c> or</c><00:44:42.159><c> the</c><00:44:42.420><c> second</c><00:44:42.699><c> year</c><00:44:43.000><c> or</c><00:44:43.219><c> the</c><00:44:43.500><c> third</c>

00:44:43.760 --> 00:44:46.840
year<00:44:43.960><c> it</c><00:44:44.119><c> may</c><00:44:44.260><c> be</c><00:44:44.380><c> a</c><00:44:44.380><c> little</c><00:44:44.599><c> bit</c><00:44:44.820><c> disappointing.</c><00:44:46.199><c> He</c><00:44:46.460><c> allows</c>

00:44:46.840 --> 00:44:52.099
it<00:44:47.039><c> to</c><00:44:47.260><c> stay</c><00:44:47.480><c> there.</c><00:44:48.739><c> But</c><00:44:49.119><c> after</c><00:44:51.340><c> that</c>

00:44:52.360 --> 00:44:56.739
if<00:44:52.980><c> that</c><00:44:53.280><c> tree</c><00:44:53.519><c> does</c><00:44:53.820><c> not</c><00:44:54.019><c> bring</c><00:44:54.280><c> forth</c><00:44:54.559><c> fruit</c><00:44:54.940><c> the</c><00:44:55.400><c> axe</c><00:44:55.780><c> is</c><00:44:56.320><c> laid</c><00:44:56.599><c> on</c>

00:44:56.739 --> 00:44:58.980
the<00:44:56.880><c> root</c><00:44:57.079><c> of</c><00:44:57.260><c> the</c><00:44:57.460><c> tree.</c><00:44:58.440><c> Brethren</c><00:44:58.659><c> and</c>

00:44:58.980 --> 00:45:05.659
sisters<00:44:59.980><c> John</c><00:45:01.579><c> had</c><00:45:01.840><c> that</c><00:45:02.219><c> crowd</c><00:45:02.480><c> there</c><00:45:03.280><c> at</c><00:45:04.960><c> the</c><00:45:05.159><c> beginning</c><00:45:05.500><c> of</c>

00:45:05.659 --> 00:45:09.880
the<00:45:05.800><c> Lord's</c><00:45:06.239><c> ministry</c><00:45:06.659><c> which</c><00:45:07.119><c> lasted</c><00:45:07.679><c> three</c><00:45:09.059><c> years</c>

00:45:09.880 --> 00:45:18.159
and<00:45:10.300><c> a</c><00:45:10.559><c> half.</c><00:45:13.260><c> They</c><00:45:13.880><c> had</c><00:45:14.059><c> that</c><00:45:14.360><c> long.</c><00:45:16.360><c> He</c><00:45:16.559><c> says</c><00:45:16.659><c> the</c><00:45:16.860><c> axe</c><00:45:17.260><c> is</c><00:45:17.699><c> laid</c><00:45:17.960><c> at</c>

00:45:18.159 --> 00:45:19.739
the<00:45:18.260><c> root</c><00:45:18.420><c> of</c><00:45:18.599><c> the</c><00:45:18.760><c> tree.</c>

00:45:19.980 --> 00:45:23.840
God's<00:45:20.500><c> not</c><00:45:20.659><c> going</c><00:45:20.800><c> to</c><00:45:20.800><c> cut</c><00:45:20.980><c> it</c><00:45:21.159><c> down.</c><00:45:23.239><c> He's</c><00:45:23.460><c> going</c><00:45:23.579><c> to</c><00:45:23.599><c> leave</c>

00:45:23.840 --> 00:45:26.519
it<00:45:24.019><c> there.</c><00:45:25.219><c> God</c><00:45:25.440><c> is</c><00:45:25.699><c> gracious.</c><00:45:26.219><c> He</c><00:45:26.320><c> doesn't</c>

00:45:26.519 --> 00:45:32.719
expect<00:45:26.880><c> miracles.</c><00:45:28.820><c> He</c><00:45:29.099><c> expects</c><00:45:29.599><c> development.</c><00:45:31.619><c> In</c><00:45:31.800><c> that</c><00:45:32.019><c> development</c><00:45:32.559><c> he</c>

00:45:32.719 --> 00:45:34.659
doesn't<00:45:33.039><c> expect</c><00:45:33.400><c> perfection</c><00:45:33.920><c> this</c><00:45:34.440><c> year</c>

00:45:34.659 --> 00:45:38.000
next<00:45:35.099><c> year</c><00:45:35.340><c> or</c><00:45:35.460><c> the</c><00:45:35.599><c> year</c><00:45:35.820><c> after</c><00:45:36.139><c> as</c><00:45:36.460><c> the</c><00:45:36.760><c> saying</c><00:45:36.960><c> is.</c><00:45:37.639><c> I'm</c><00:45:37.780><c> not</c>

00:45:38.000 --> 00:45:39.739
using<00:45:38.280><c> the</c><00:45:38.420><c> term</c><00:45:38.599><c> literal</c><00:45:38.960><c> three</c><00:45:39.280><c> here</c><00:45:39.480><c> brethren</c>

00:45:39.739 --> 00:45:42.059
and<00:45:40.000><c> sisters</c><00:45:40.199><c> in</c><00:45:40.539><c> its</c><00:45:40.719><c> literal</c><00:45:41.039><c> sense</c><00:45:41.260><c> but</c><00:45:41.440><c> in</c><00:45:41.539><c> a</c><00:45:41.739><c> spiritual</c>

00:45:42.059 --> 00:45:45.880
sense.<00:45:42.619><c> But</c><00:45:42.880><c> they</c><00:45:43.300><c> literally</c><00:45:44.260><c> had</c><00:45:44.559><c> three</c><00:45:44.900><c> years.</c>

00:45:46.920 --> 00:45:49.960
And<00:45:47.480><c> in</c><00:45:47.659><c> the</c><00:45:47.800><c> fourth</c><00:45:48.099><c> year,</c><00:45:48.400><c> getting</c><00:45:48.679><c> into</c><00:45:48.920><c> the</c><00:45:49.079><c> fourth</c><00:45:49.420><c> year,</c>

00:45:50.440 --> 00:45:52.679
that<00:45:50.780><c> fruit</c><00:45:51.139><c> was</c><00:45:52.019><c> going</c><00:45:52.199><c> to</c><00:45:52.320><c> be</c>

00:45:52.679 --> 00:45:57.079
holy<00:45:53.340><c> to</c><00:45:53.659><c> Yahweh.</c><00:45:55.460><c> Well</c><00:45:55.719><c> the</c><00:45:55.860><c> years</c><00:45:56.039><c> went</c><00:45:56.340><c> by</c><00:45:56.539><c> didn't</c><00:45:56.760><c> they?</c>

00:45:57.539 --> 00:46:00.599
The<00:45:57.699><c> axe</c><00:45:57.900><c> was</c><00:45:58.159><c> there.</c><00:45:59.139><c> One</c><00:45:59.460><c> year,</c>

00:46:01.139 --> 00:46:05.639
two<00:46:01.480><c> years,</c><00:46:03.000><c> three</c><00:46:03.320><c> years.</c><00:46:04.539><c> And</c><00:46:04.639><c> into</c><00:46:04.800><c> the</c><00:46:04.960><c> fourth</c><00:46:05.239><c> year</c><00:46:05.420><c> they</c>

00:46:05.639 --> 00:46:07.840
stood<00:46:05.880><c> in</c><00:46:06.119><c> the</c><00:46:06.320><c> streets</c><00:46:06.539><c> of</c><00:46:06.760><c> Jerusalem</c>

00:46:08.019 --> 00:46:11.579
and<00:46:08.579><c> shouted</c><00:46:08.800><c> out</c><00:46:09.099><c> their</c><00:46:09.360><c> abuse</c><00:46:09.719><c> and</c><00:46:09.900><c> their</c><00:46:10.159><c> blasphemy,</c><00:46:10.980><c> dragged</c><00:46:11.360><c> him</c>

00:46:11.579 --> 00:46:12.579
off,<00:46:11.780><c> brethren</c><00:46:12.059><c> and</c><00:46:12.340><c> sisters,</c>

00:46:12.579 --> 00:46:16.099
and<00:46:13.039><c> crucified</c><00:46:13.739><c> him</c><00:46:14.219><c> and</c><00:46:14.380><c> God</c><00:46:14.639><c> picked</c><00:46:14.940><c> up</c><00:46:15.139><c> the</c><00:46:15.320><c> axe</c><00:46:15.539><c> and</c><00:46:15.699><c> went</c>

00:46:16.099 --> 00:46:18.099
down<00:46:17.039><c> with</c><00:46:17.280><c> the</c><00:46:17.519><c> tree.</c><00:46:17.860><c> Lock,</c>

00:46:18.199 --> 00:46:22.159
stop<00:46:18.360><c> and</c><00:46:18.579><c> barrel</c><00:46:18.820><c> and</c><00:46:19.480><c> burnt</c><00:46:19.760><c> them</c><00:46:20.019><c> up</c><00:46:20.440><c> and</c><00:46:21.219><c> left</c><00:46:21.380><c> them</c><00:46:21.599><c> neither</c><00:46:21.900><c> root</c>

00:46:22.159 --> 00:46:23.460
nor<00:46:22.440><c> branch.</c>

00:46:23.940 --> 00:46:29.719
They'd<00:46:24.179><c> had</c><00:46:24.320><c> sufficient</c><00:46:24.780><c> time</c><00:46:25.380><c> and</c><00:46:25.800><c> they</c><00:46:26.019><c> were</c><00:46:26.380><c> still</c><00:46:27.139><c> uncircumcised.</c><00:46:29.559><c> So</c>

00:46:29.719 --> 00:46:31.760
when<00:46:29.960><c> John</c><00:46:30.199><c> used</c><00:46:30.440><c> that</c><00:46:30.760><c> terminology,</c>

00:46:31.840 --> 00:46:35.639
my<00:46:32.199><c> word</c><00:46:32.440><c> for</c><00:46:32.619><c> those</c><00:46:32.920><c> who</c><00:46:33.099><c> could</c><00:46:33.320><c> remember</c><00:46:33.860><c> and</c><00:46:34.539><c> who</c><00:46:34.659><c> knew</c><00:46:34.800><c> something</c><00:46:35.139><c> about</c><00:46:35.440><c> the</c>

00:46:35.639 --> 00:46:36.599
principles<00:46:35.880><c> of</c><00:46:36.019><c> their</c><00:46:36.199><c> own</c><00:46:36.400><c> law,</c>

00:46:36.719 --> 00:46:39.300
they<00:46:36.860><c> ought</c><00:46:37.099><c> to</c><00:46:37.199><c> have</c><00:46:37.320><c> been</c><00:46:37.579><c> warned.</c><00:46:38.420><c> And</c><00:46:38.539><c> when</c><00:46:38.639><c> he</c><00:46:38.760><c> was</c><00:46:38.940><c> telling</c><00:46:39.139><c> them</c>

00:46:39.300 --> 00:46:40.619
about<00:46:39.519><c> the</c><00:46:39.679><c> coming</c><00:46:39.940><c> of</c><00:46:40.139><c> the</c><00:46:40.239><c> Messiah</c>

00:46:40.619 --> 00:46:42.800
and<00:46:40.900><c> that</c><00:46:41.119><c> Daniel</c><00:46:41.480><c> said</c><00:46:41.760><c> that</c><00:46:41.940><c> between</c><00:46:42.340><c> the</c><00:46:42.460><c> two</c><00:46:42.619><c> of</c><00:46:42.719><c> them,</c>

00:46:42.860 --> 00:46:44.260
they'd<00:46:43.139><c> share</c><00:46:43.380><c> the</c><00:46:43.539><c> last</c><00:46:43.920><c> week.</c>

00:46:44.739 --> 00:46:47.940
They<00:46:44.860><c> would</c><00:46:45.199><c> have</c><00:46:45.480><c> the</c><00:46:45.619><c> last</c><00:46:46.079><c> week</c><00:46:46.340><c> of</c><00:46:46.480><c> the</c><00:46:46.619><c> seven</c><00:46:46.920><c> years,</c><00:46:47.539><c> three</c><00:46:47.800><c> and</c>

00:46:47.940 --> 00:46:49.360
a<00:46:48.000><c> half</c><00:46:48.139><c> for</c><00:46:48.300><c> John</c><00:46:48.559><c> and</c><00:46:48.659><c> three</c><00:46:48.920><c> and</c><00:46:49.059><c> a</c><00:46:49.119><c> half</c><00:46:49.199><c> for</c>

00:46:49.360 --> 00:46:52.840
the<00:46:49.440><c> Lord</c><00:46:49.639><c> Jesus</c><00:46:50.119><c> Christ.</c><00:46:50.760><c> Students</c><00:46:51.199><c> of</c><00:46:51.400><c> Bible</c><00:46:51.820><c> prophecy</c><00:46:52.260><c> ought</c><00:46:52.699><c> to</c>

00:46:52.840 --> 00:46:54.340
have<00:46:53.079><c> known</c><00:46:53.300><c> that</c><00:46:53.420><c> they</c><00:46:53.559><c> had</c><00:46:53.739><c> for</c><00:46:53.920><c> three</c><00:46:54.159><c> and</c>

00:46:54.340 --> 00:46:57.760
a<00:46:54.380><c> half</c><00:46:54.559><c> years</c><00:46:55.000><c> before</c><00:46:55.420><c> that</c><00:46:55.659><c> axe</c><00:46:55.880><c> was</c><00:46:56.099><c> picked</c><00:46:56.340><c> up.</c><00:46:57.519><c> And</c><00:46:57.699><c> when</c>

00:46:57.760 --> 00:46:59.920
it<00:46:57.860><c> was</c><00:46:58.019><c> picked</c><00:46:58.300><c> up,</c><00:46:58.739><c> too</c><00:46:59.039><c> late.</c>

00:47:00.800 --> 00:47:03.159
All<00:47:00.980><c> right,</c><00:47:01.199><c> so</c><00:47:01.360><c> we</c><00:47:01.539><c> finished</c><00:47:01.940><c> with</c><00:47:02.179><c> the</c><00:47:02.340><c> mountains</c><00:47:02.679><c> and</c><00:47:02.860><c> they'd</c><00:47:03.059><c> been</c>

00:47:03.159 --> 00:47:04.340
made<00:47:03.519><c> low.</c>

00:47:04.800 --> 00:47:07.380
Come<00:47:05.199><c> back</c><00:47:05.420><c> to</c><00:47:05.559><c> Luke</c><00:47:05.739><c> 3,</c><00:47:06.099><c> brethren</c><00:47:06.420><c> and</c><00:47:06.699><c> sisters,</c><00:47:06.960><c> for</c><00:47:07.159><c> the</c>

00:47:07.380 --> 00:47:08.719
common<00:47:07.619><c> people.</c>

00:47:10.340 --> 00:47:14.460
And<00:47:10.519><c> John's</c><00:47:10.840><c> message</c><00:47:11.159><c> from</c><00:47:11.340><c> now</c><00:47:11.599><c> on</c><00:47:11.739><c> is</c><00:47:12.000><c> brief</c><00:47:12.300><c> and</c><00:47:12.460><c> to</c><00:47:12.619><c> the</c><00:47:12.800><c> point</c><00:47:13.019><c> with</c><00:47:13.239><c> all</c><00:47:13.900><c> the</c><00:47:13.980><c> people</c><00:47:14.199><c> that</c><00:47:14.320><c> he</c>

00:47:14.460 --> 00:47:14.820
dealt<00:47:14.579><c> with.</c><00:47:14.820><c> He</c>

00:47:14.820 --> 00:47:18.119
comes<00:47:15.119><c> straight</c><00:47:15.639><c> to</c><00:47:15.780><c> the</c><00:47:15.920><c> issues</c><00:47:16.119><c> of</c><00:47:16.400><c> life.</c><00:47:17.400><c> And</c><00:47:17.519><c> that's</c><00:47:17.679><c> something</c><00:47:17.960><c> that</c>

00:47:18.119 --> 00:47:19.579
we<00:47:18.239><c> can</c><00:47:18.380><c> be</c><00:47:18.519><c> very</c><00:47:18.860><c> thankful</c><00:47:19.159><c> for</c><00:47:19.420><c> with</c>

00:47:19.579 --> 00:47:22.340
John,<00:47:19.860><c> brethren</c><00:47:20.079><c> and</c><00:47:20.320><c> sisters,</c><00:47:21.039><c> although</c><00:47:21.219><c> he</c><00:47:21.500><c> spent</c><00:47:21.820><c> quite</c><00:47:22.219><c> a</c>

00:47:22.340 --> 00:47:24.380
bit<00:47:22.500><c> of</c><00:47:22.679><c> time</c><00:47:22.860><c> with</c><00:47:23.039><c> those</c><00:47:23.300><c> scribes</c><00:47:23.639><c> and</c><00:47:23.800><c> Pharisees,</c>

00:47:24.440 --> 00:47:26.579
with<00:47:24.619><c> the</c><00:47:24.679><c> rest</c><00:47:24.920><c> of</c><00:47:25.079><c> the</c><00:47:25.219><c> people,</c><00:47:25.440><c> he</c><00:47:25.460><c> came</c><00:47:25.760><c> straight</c><00:47:26.260><c> to</c><00:47:26.420><c> the</c>

00:47:26.579 --> 00:47:30.980
point.<00:47:28.440><c> And</c><00:47:28.719><c> as</c><00:47:28.900><c> I</c><00:47:29.179><c> go</c><00:47:29.719><c> on</c><00:47:29.940><c> now</c><00:47:30.119><c> to</c><00:47:30.300><c> speak</c><00:47:30.500><c> about</c><00:47:30.699><c> those</c>

00:47:30.980 --> 00:47:34.039
classes,<00:47:31.760><c> let</c><00:47:31.920><c> me</c><00:47:32.179><c> preface</c><00:47:32.480><c> my</c><00:47:32.719><c> remarks</c><00:47:33.119><c> by</c><00:47:33.440><c> saying</c><00:47:33.760><c> this,</c>

00:47:34.119 --> 00:47:35.940
brethren<00:47:34.340><c> and</c><00:47:34.619><c> sisters,</c><00:47:34.800><c> that,</c><00:47:35.340><c> you</c><00:47:35.619><c> know,</c>

00:47:36.019 --> 00:47:45.599
life<00:47:36.260><c> is</c><00:47:36.480><c> like</c><00:47:36.780><c> that.</c><00:47:38.460><c> Life</c><00:47:38.780><c> is</c><00:47:39.000><c> full</c><00:47:39.239><c> of</c><00:47:39.360><c> problems.</c><00:47:41.659><c> But</c><00:47:41.820><c> I</c><00:47:42.119><c> have</c><00:47:42.360><c> never</c><00:47:42.659><c> found</c><00:47:43.159><c> yet,</c><00:47:44.900><c> ever,</c><00:47:45.440><c> in</c>

00:47:45.599 --> 00:47:47.440
all<00:47:45.880><c> my</c><00:47:46.239><c> experience,</c>

00:47:47.940 --> 00:47:53.440
problems<00:47:48.320><c> where</c><00:47:48.900><c> you</c><00:47:49.960><c> always</c><00:47:50.380><c> have</c><00:47:50.940><c> one</c><00:47:52.000><c> particular</c><00:47:52.800><c> problem</c>

00:47:53.440 --> 00:47:56.340
above<00:47:53.860><c> others.</c><00:47:54.480><c> Every</c><00:47:55.099><c> man's</c><00:47:55.659><c> got</c><00:47:55.800><c> his</c><00:47:56.119><c> water</c>

00:47:56.340 --> 00:48:00.980
loop.<00:47:57.179><c> Every</c><00:47:57.619><c> man</c><00:47:57.960><c> or</c><00:47:58.000><c> woman's</c><00:47:58.420><c> got</c><00:47:58.500><c> their</c><00:47:58.800><c> cross.</c><00:48:00.599><c> And</c><00:48:00.800><c> quite</c>

00:48:00.980 --> 00:48:02.480
often<00:48:01.239><c> you</c><00:48:01.300><c> get</c><00:48:01.519><c> people,</c><00:48:02.039><c> they'll</c><00:48:02.159><c> come</c><00:48:02.300><c> to</c><00:48:02.360><c> you</c>

00:48:02.480 --> 00:48:05.079
with<00:48:02.539><c> this</c><00:48:02.880><c> problem</c><00:48:03.139><c> and</c><00:48:03.260><c> that</c><00:48:03.539><c> problem,</c><00:48:04.480><c> and</c><00:48:04.599><c> they're</c><00:48:04.800><c> all</c>

00:48:05.079 --> 00:48:08.139
on<00:48:05.300><c> the</c><00:48:05.440><c> periphery.</c><00:48:06.679><c> But</c><00:48:06.960><c> the</c><00:48:07.239><c> issue</c><00:48:07.599><c> is</c><00:48:07.800><c> in</c><00:48:07.960><c> the</c>

00:48:08.139 --> 00:48:09.780
center.<00:48:08.519><c> And</c><00:48:08.619><c> they</c><00:48:08.800><c> don't</c><00:48:08.940><c> want</c><00:48:09.039><c> to</c><00:48:09.159><c> mention</c><00:48:09.360><c> that</c><00:48:09.579><c> because</c>

00:48:09.780 --> 00:48:13.900
it's<00:48:10.159><c> the</c><00:48:10.380><c> raw</c><00:48:10.619><c> nerve.</c><00:48:12.360><c> And</c><00:48:12.619><c> when</c><00:48:12.760><c> you</c><00:48:12.940><c> are</c><00:48:13.099><c> able</c><00:48:13.360><c> to</c><00:48:13.659><c> sift</c>

00:48:13.900 --> 00:48:17.239
out<00:48:14.400><c> and</c><00:48:14.780><c> to</c><00:48:15.019><c> delve</c><00:48:15.239><c> into</c><00:48:15.480><c> the</c><00:48:15.699><c> mind</c><00:48:15.880><c> and</c><00:48:16.099><c> see</c><00:48:16.420><c> which</c><00:48:16.659><c> way</c><00:48:16.900><c> it's</c>

00:48:17.239 --> 00:48:19.079
going<00:48:17.559><c> and</c><00:48:17.880><c> dodging</c><00:48:18.179><c> and</c><00:48:18.400><c> twisting,</c><00:48:18.659><c> you</c><00:48:18.760><c> know</c><00:48:18.940><c> that</c>

00:48:19.079 --> 00:48:21.019
the<00:48:19.280><c> problem</c><00:48:19.480><c> is</c><00:48:19.719><c> there.</c><00:48:20.059><c> And</c><00:48:20.219><c> when</c><00:48:20.380><c> you</c><00:48:20.559><c> mention</c><00:48:20.719><c> it,</c><00:48:20.840><c> you</c>

00:48:21.019 --> 00:48:24.500
see<00:48:21.280><c> them</c><00:48:21.559><c> wince.</c><00:48:22.360><c> Every</c><00:48:22.800><c> man</c><00:48:23.019><c> and</c><00:48:23.139><c> woman's</c><00:48:23.440><c> like</c><00:48:23.599><c> that.</c>

00:48:24.920 --> 00:48:28.179
We<00:48:25.400><c> haven't</c><00:48:25.639><c> all</c><00:48:25.880><c> got</c><00:48:26.119><c> the</c><00:48:26.260><c> same</c><00:48:26.800><c> type</c><00:48:27.119><c> of</c><00:48:27.300><c> problem</c><00:48:27.500><c> like</c><00:48:27.820><c> that,</c><00:48:27.980><c> the</c>

00:48:28.179 --> 00:48:30.239
same<00:48:28.539><c> cross,</c><00:48:28.780><c> but</c><00:48:28.940><c> we've</c><00:48:29.179><c> all</c><00:48:29.440><c> got</c><00:48:29.840><c> something</c>

00:48:30.239 --> 00:48:33.639
that<00:48:30.480><c> one</c><00:48:30.820><c> day,</c><00:48:31.199><c> like</c><00:48:31.480><c> that</c><00:48:31.699><c> young</c><00:48:31.980><c> man</c><00:48:32.380><c> who</c><00:48:32.699><c> came</c><00:48:33.039><c> running</c><00:48:33.420><c> to</c>

00:48:33.639 --> 00:48:36.360
the<00:48:33.780><c> Lord,</c><00:48:34.300><c> who</c><00:48:34.659><c> fell</c><00:48:34.980><c> down,</c><00:48:35.480><c> who</c><00:48:35.639><c> worshiped</c><00:48:36.099><c> him,</c>

00:48:36.460 --> 00:48:41.079
whom<00:48:36.639><c> attests</c><00:48:36.920><c> that</c><00:48:37.139><c> Jesus</c><00:48:37.659><c> laughs.</c><00:48:39.639><c> And</c><00:48:39.800><c> the</c><00:48:39.940><c> very</c><00:48:40.139><c> expression</c><00:48:40.699><c> that</c><00:48:40.920><c> he</c>

00:48:41.079 --> 00:48:42.900
used,<00:48:41.360><c> running</c><00:48:41.800><c> to</c><00:48:42.059><c> him,</c><00:48:42.539><c> falling</c>

00:48:42.900 --> 00:48:46.199
down,<00:48:43.519><c> worshiping</c><00:48:44.099><c> him,</c><00:48:44.360><c> and</c><00:48:44.480><c> then</c><00:48:44.619><c> the</c><00:48:44.739><c> Lord</c><00:48:45.059><c> loving</c><00:48:45.420><c> him,</c><00:48:45.679><c> he</c><00:48:45.719><c> hasn't</c><00:48:45.920><c> got</c><00:48:46.039><c> a</c>

00:48:46.199 --> 00:48:47.219
problem<00:48:46.480><c> in</c><00:48:46.639><c> the</c><00:48:46.820><c> world.</c><00:48:47.059><c> Yes,</c>

00:48:47.219 --> 00:48:51.619
he<00:48:47.340><c> had.</c><00:48:48.139><c> One</c><00:48:48.579><c> mighty</c><00:48:49.079><c> problem</c><00:48:49.719><c> is</c><00:48:50.219><c> pie.</c><00:48:50.960><c> And</c><00:48:51.139><c> when</c><00:48:51.300><c> the</c><00:48:51.460><c> Lord</c>

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put<00:48:51.860><c> his</c><00:48:52.039><c> finger</c><00:48:52.159><c> on</c><00:48:52.360><c> that,</c><00:48:52.500><c> he</c><00:48:52.800><c> wince.</c>

00:48:54.219 --> 00:48:57.579
There<00:48:54.699><c> it</c><00:48:54.880><c> was.</c><00:48:55.800><c> And</c><00:48:56.019><c> you</c><00:48:56.099><c> know,</c><00:48:56.260><c> when</c><00:48:56.500><c> these</c><00:48:56.820><c> people</c><00:48:57.099><c> came</c><00:48:57.400><c> to</c>

00:48:57.579 --> 00:49:00.340
him,<00:48:58.300><c> be</c><00:48:58.420><c> they</c><00:48:58.559><c> the</c><00:48:58.820><c> common</c><00:48:59.019><c> people,</c><00:48:59.679><c> the</c><00:48:59.900><c> publicans</c>

00:49:00.340 --> 00:49:03.300
or<00:49:00.460><c> the</c><00:49:00.679><c> soldiers,</c><00:49:01.400><c> John</c><00:49:01.679><c> the</c><00:49:01.860><c> Baptist</c><00:49:02.079><c> didn't</c><00:49:02.400><c> fool</c><00:49:02.760><c> around</c>

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with<00:49:03.739><c> theorizing</c><00:49:04.320><c> about</c><00:49:04.719><c> this</c><00:49:05.159><c> aspect</c><00:49:05.539><c> of</c><00:49:05.820><c> life</c>

00:49:05.980 --> 00:49:08.519
or<00:49:06.119><c> that</c><00:49:06.380><c> aspect</c><00:49:06.679><c> of</c><00:49:06.920><c> life,</c><00:49:07.079><c> he</c><00:49:07.239><c> put</c><00:49:07.440><c> his</c><00:49:07.659><c> finger</c><00:49:07.880><c> straight</c><00:49:08.340><c> on</c>

00:49:08.519 --> 00:49:11.760
the<00:49:08.699><c> problem.</c><00:49:10.239><c> Now</c><00:49:10.500><c> where</c><00:49:10.579><c> was</c><00:49:10.780><c> the</c><00:49:11.019><c> common</c><00:49:11.179><c> people's</c>

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problem?<00:49:13.079><c> And</c><00:49:13.320><c> you</c><00:49:13.440><c> can</c><00:49:13.659><c> see</c><00:49:13.760><c> them</c><00:49:14.019><c> standing</c><00:49:14.400><c> there</c><00:49:14.840><c> in</c><00:49:15.239><c> the</c>

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nature's<00:49:16.199><c> amphitheater,</c><00:49:17.260><c> spread</c><00:49:17.360><c> along</c><00:49:17.639><c> the</c><00:49:17.860><c> Judean</c>

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hills,<00:49:19.440><c> as</c><00:49:19.539><c> they</c><00:49:19.900><c> plummeted</c><00:49:20.300><c> into</c><00:49:20.440><c> the</c><00:49:20.619><c> floor</c><00:49:20.860><c> of</c><00:49:21.000><c> the</c><00:49:21.139><c> valley.</c><00:49:21.320><c> And</c><00:49:21.480><c> down</c><00:49:21.579><c> the</c><00:49:21.780><c> floor</c><00:49:22.019><c> of</c>

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the<00:49:22.260><c> valley,</c>

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right<00:49:22.780><c> at</c><00:49:22.940><c> the</c><00:49:23.079><c> bigot</c><00:49:23.380><c> table,</c><00:49:24.579><c> there</c><00:49:24.719><c> was</c><00:49:24.980><c> John</c><00:49:25.159><c> standing</c><00:49:25.599><c> right</c><00:49:26.019><c> up</c>

00:49:26.179 --> 00:49:28.159
in<00:49:26.300><c> the</c><00:49:26.400><c> open</c><00:49:26.639><c> and</c><00:49:27.000><c> the</c><00:49:27.099><c> people</c><00:49:27.460><c> calling</c><00:49:27.880><c> out</c>

00:49:28.159 --> 00:49:32.219
their<00:49:28.380><c> questions.</c><00:49:29.420><c> John,</c><00:49:30.500><c> ask</c><00:49:30.860><c> common</c><00:49:31.179><c> people,</c><00:49:31.880><c> says</c><00:49:31.880><c> Luke.</c>

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The<00:49:32.719><c> people</c><00:49:33.000><c> ask</c><00:49:33.260><c> you,</c><00:49:33.780><c> what</c><00:49:34.039><c> shall</c><00:49:34.380><c> we</c><00:49:34.699><c> do</c><00:49:35.079><c> then?</c>

00:49:37.079 --> 00:49:39.880
You<00:49:37.380><c> need</c><00:49:37.659><c> to</c><00:49:37.800><c> get</c><00:49:37.940><c> your</c><00:49:38.219><c> imagination</c><00:49:38.699><c> working</c><00:49:39.079><c> and</c><00:49:39.219><c> listening</c><00:49:39.559><c> to</c><00:49:39.780><c> him,</c>

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because<00:49:40.500><c> you</c><00:49:40.739><c> know,</c>

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brethren<00:49:41.159><c> and</c><00:49:41.440><c> sisters,</c><00:49:42.179><c> the</c><00:49:42.400><c> eyes</c><00:49:42.699><c> tell</c><00:49:42.940><c> you</c><00:49:43.119><c> everything.</c>

00:49:44.679 --> 00:49:46.579
You<00:49:44.840><c> don't</c><00:49:45.059><c> need</c><00:49:45.199><c> any</c><00:49:45.460><c> exposition</c><00:49:45.840><c> of</c><00:49:46.079><c> these</c><00:49:46.219><c> words.</c>

00:49:46.579 --> 00:49:53.159
The<00:49:47.199><c> eyes</c><00:49:47.599><c> tell</c><00:49:47.940><c> them</c><00:49:48.199><c> everything.</c><00:49:49.699><c> He</c><00:49:50.099><c> that</c><00:49:50.320><c> hath</c><00:49:50.599><c> two</c><00:49:51.199><c> coats,</c><00:49:53.039><c> let</c>

00:49:53.159 --> 00:49:56.579
him<00:49:53.320><c> give</c><00:49:53.579><c> one</c><00:49:53.800><c> away.</c><00:49:55.300><c> And</c><00:49:55.699><c> thousands</c><00:49:56.179><c> appear</c>

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of<00:49:56.820><c> eyes</c><00:49:57.079><c> are</c><00:49:57.239><c> on</c><00:49:57.380><c> John</c><00:49:57.539><c> the</c><00:49:57.760><c> Baptist.</c><00:49:58.860><c> He's</c><00:49:58.940><c> only</c><00:49:59.159><c> got</c><00:49:59.300><c> one.</c>

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And<00:50:01.300><c> there's</c><00:50:01.800><c> no</c><00:50:02.360><c> known</c><00:50:03.960><c> domain</c><00:50:04.500><c> that</c><00:50:05.179><c> you'd</c><00:50:05.619><c> want.</c>

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And<00:50:07.539><c> you</c><00:50:07.659><c> could</c><00:50:07.820><c> see</c><00:50:08.119><c> everybody</c><00:50:09.019><c> dance</c><00:50:09.400><c> like</c><00:50:09.699><c> that.</c><00:50:11.019><c> And</c><00:50:11.280><c> the</c>

00:50:11.360 --> 00:50:16.440
next<00:50:11.659><c> thing,</c><00:50:12.760><c> he</c><00:50:13.119><c> that's</c><00:50:13.400><c> got</c><00:50:13.579><c> any</c><00:50:13.820><c> meat,</c><00:50:15.039><c> share</c><00:50:15.460><c> it.</c>

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And<00:50:17.760><c> everybody</c><00:50:18.280><c> knows</c><00:50:19.159><c> what</c><00:50:19.840><c> he</c><00:50:19.980><c> lived</c><00:50:20.159><c> on.</c><00:50:22.320><c> Grasshoppers,</c>

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he<00:50:23.139><c> said.</c><00:50:24.000><c> And</c><00:50:24.519><c> you</c><00:50:25.960><c> would</c><00:50:26.219><c> no</c><00:50:26.500><c> more</c><00:50:26.679><c> eat</c><00:50:26.980><c> with</c><00:50:27.199><c> him</c><00:50:27.539><c> than</c>

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fly.<00:50:30.340><c> And</c><00:50:30.500><c> they're</c><00:50:30.659><c> the</c><00:50:30.760><c> only</c><00:50:31.039><c> two</c><00:50:31.360><c> things</c><00:50:32.039><c> in</c><00:50:32.960><c> which</c><00:50:33.079><c> he</c><00:50:33.320><c> exhorted</c><00:50:33.559><c> the</c>

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common<00:50:33.960><c> people.</c><00:50:35.940><c> He</c><00:50:36.099><c> didn't</c><00:50:36.460><c> belittle</c><00:50:36.800><c> them,</c>

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he<00:50:37.940><c> exalted</c><00:50:38.300><c> the</c><00:50:38.579><c> valleys.</c><00:50:40.159><c> This</c><00:50:40.320><c> is</c><00:50:40.480><c> not</c><00:50:40.619><c> all</c><00:50:40.820><c> that</c><00:50:40.980><c> John</c><00:50:41.139><c> said,</c><00:50:41.400><c> by</c>

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the<00:50:41.780><c> way.</c><00:50:42.039><c> Luke</c><00:50:42.179><c> says,</c><00:50:42.519><c> in</c><00:50:42.519><c> many</c><00:50:42.780><c> other</c><00:50:43.039><c> words,</c>

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exhort<00:50:43.699><c> the</c><00:50:43.860><c> people.</c><00:50:44.360><c> But</c><00:50:44.659><c> Luke</c><00:50:44.800><c> chooses</c><00:50:45.300><c> to</c><00:50:45.579><c> tell</c><00:50:45.760><c> us</c><00:50:46.199><c> some</c>

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specifics.<00:50:48.719><c> And</c><00:50:48.820><c> you</c><00:50:48.900><c> know,</c><00:50:49.219><c> brethren</c><00:50:49.400><c> and</c><00:50:49.599><c> sisters,</c>

00:50:49.780 --> 00:50:52.800
when<00:50:50.019><c> we</c><00:50:50.219><c> read</c><00:50:50.400><c> in</c><00:50:50.519><c> Matthew</c><00:50:50.960><c> 3,</c><00:50:51.780><c> the</c><00:50:51.840><c> description</c><00:50:52.239><c> of</c><00:50:52.500><c> John,</c>

00:50:53.099 --> 00:50:55.380
the<00:50:53.300><c> only</c><00:50:53.739><c> two</c><00:50:54.139><c> things</c><00:50:54.480><c> mentioned</c><00:50:54.900><c> about</c><00:50:55.159><c> his</c>

00:50:55.380 --> 00:51:00.920
human<00:50:55.739><c> comforts</c><00:50:56.260><c> are</c><00:50:56.420><c> his</c><00:50:56.699><c> coat</c><00:50:56.960><c> and</c><00:50:57.199><c> his</c><00:50:57.460><c> food.</c><00:50:59.840><c> And</c><00:51:00.099><c> when</c><00:51:00.260><c> people</c><00:51:00.519><c> came</c><00:51:00.820><c> to</c>

00:51:00.920 --> 00:51:02.539
John<00:51:01.199><c> for</c><00:51:01.400><c> advice,</c>

00:51:02.880 --> 00:51:07.119
he<00:51:03.400><c> never</c><00:51:03.780><c> told</c><00:51:04.059><c> them</c><00:51:04.280><c> anything,</c><00:51:06.219><c> that</c><00:51:06.380><c> he</c><00:51:06.480><c> wasn't</c><00:51:06.800><c> prepared</c>

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to<00:51:07.239><c> do</c><00:51:07.380><c> himself.</c>

00:51:09.500 --> 00:51:13.719
And<00:51:10.059><c> I</c><00:51:10.340><c> believe</c><00:51:10.500><c> their</c><00:51:10.699><c> eyes</c><00:51:10.960><c> told</c><00:51:11.239><c> them</c><00:51:11.440><c> everything.</c><00:51:13.440><c> And</c>

00:51:13.719 --> 00:51:16.400
they<00:51:13.880><c> went</c><00:51:14.039><c> away.</c><00:51:15.300><c> They</c><00:51:15.860><c> went</c><00:51:16.019><c> away,</c>

00:51:16.599 --> 00:51:19.760
smitten<00:51:16.800><c> in</c><00:51:16.960><c> their</c><00:51:17.119><c> consciences.</c><00:51:18.400><c> What</c><00:51:18.679><c> shall</c><00:51:18.900><c> we</c><00:51:19.199><c> do,</c><00:51:19.679><c> dear</c>

00:51:19.760 --> 00:51:23.139
brother?<00:51:21.400><c> Don't</c><00:51:21.960><c> be</c><00:51:22.360><c> preoccupied.</c>

00:51:24.800 --> 00:51:29.420
Get<00:51:25.099><c> away</c><00:51:25.360><c> from</c><00:51:25.480><c> your</c><00:51:25.719><c> preoccupations.</c><00:51:27.559><c> Live</c><00:51:27.820><c> a</c><00:51:28.059><c> life</c><00:51:28.280><c> of</c><00:51:28.719><c> separateness</c><00:51:29.039><c> from</c><00:51:29.199><c> the</c>

00:51:29.420 --> 00:51:31.840
world.<00:51:30.639><c> Be</c><00:51:31.039><c> satisfied</c><00:51:31.639><c> with</c>

00:51:31.840 --> 00:51:37.699
simple<00:51:32.159><c> things.</c><00:51:33.679><c> Learn</c><00:51:34.000><c> to</c><00:51:34.219><c> enjoy</c><00:51:34.659><c> and</c><00:51:34.940><c> to</c><00:51:35.380><c> estimate</c><00:51:35.900><c> the</c><00:51:36.179><c> simple</c><00:51:36.820><c> values</c><00:51:37.400><c> in</c>

00:51:37.699 --> 00:51:39.579
life.<00:51:38.639><c> See</c><00:51:38.900><c> life</c><00:51:39.159><c> for</c><00:51:39.300><c> what</c><00:51:39.380><c> it</c>

00:51:39.579 --> 00:51:43.300
really<00:51:40.000><c> is.</c><00:51:40.199><c> It's</c><00:51:40.400><c> made</c><00:51:40.679><c> up</c><00:51:40.940><c> of</c><00:51:41.179><c> people</c><00:51:41.619><c> and</c><00:51:41.900><c> association</c><00:51:42.579><c> with</c><00:51:42.800><c> people</c><00:51:43.139><c> and</c>

00:51:43.300 --> 00:51:46.059
not<00:51:43.599><c> things.</c><00:51:44.860><c> It's</c><00:51:45.179><c> made</c><00:51:45.360><c> up</c><00:51:45.539><c> of</c><00:51:45.739><c> God,</c>

00:51:46.099 --> 00:51:49.079
brethren<00:51:46.420><c> and</c><00:51:46.679><c> sisters,</c><00:51:46.840><c> and</c><00:51:47.039><c> the</c><00:51:47.280><c> mind</c><00:51:47.860><c> steeped</c><00:51:48.300><c> in</c><00:51:48.440><c> the</c><00:51:48.639><c> things</c><00:51:48.860><c> of</c>

00:51:49.079 --> 00:51:51.480
God.<00:51:49.980><c> Thinking</c><00:51:50.300><c> about</c><00:51:50.659><c> God</c><00:51:50.900><c> and</c><00:51:51.039><c> his</c><00:51:51.219><c> son</c><00:51:51.380><c> and</c>

00:51:51.480 --> 00:51:54.699
the<00:51:51.780><c> Lord</c><00:51:52.079><c> Jesus</c><00:51:52.619><c> Christ</c><00:51:52.900><c> and</c><00:51:53.019><c> the</c><00:51:53.280><c> kingdom.</c><00:51:53.940><c> Life's</c><00:51:54.320><c> made</c><00:51:54.500><c> up</c>

00:51:54.699 --> 00:51:56.719
of<00:51:54.820><c> those</c><00:51:55.119><c> things,</c><00:51:55.519><c> not</c><00:51:55.739><c> of</c><00:51:55.860><c> what</c><00:51:55.960><c> you</c><00:51:56.239><c> wear</c><00:51:56.440><c> or</c><00:51:56.599><c> what</c>

00:51:56.719 --> 00:52:03.579
you<00:51:56.820><c> eat,</c><00:51:58.860><c> and</c><00:51:58.980><c> every</c><00:51:59.480><c> eye's</c><00:52:00.000><c> on</c><00:52:00.119><c> it.</c><00:52:02.099><c> And</c><00:52:02.340><c> everyone</c><00:52:02.500><c> knows</c><00:52:02.940><c> the</c><00:52:03.139><c> power</c><00:52:03.460><c> of</c>

00:52:03.579 --> 00:52:06.239
that<00:52:03.800><c> message.</c><00:52:05.239><c> And</c><00:52:05.420><c> whatever</c><00:52:05.699><c> else</c><00:52:05.980><c> they</c>

00:52:06.239 --> 00:52:10.019
called<00:52:06.519><c> him,</c><00:52:07.639><c> there</c><00:52:07.800><c> was</c><00:52:08.039><c> not</c><00:52:08.320><c> one</c><00:52:08.679><c> person</c><00:52:09.119><c> who</c><00:52:09.280><c> could</c><00:52:09.400><c> have</c><00:52:09.579><c> called</c><00:52:09.699><c> him</c><00:52:09.900><c> a</c>

00:52:10.019 --> 00:52:12.059
hypocrite.<00:52:11.300><c> That's</c><00:52:11.500><c> what</c><00:52:11.679><c> the</c><00:52:11.920><c> common</c>

00:52:12.059 --> 00:52:15.599
people<00:52:12.320><c> thought,</c><00:52:12.659><c> brethren</c><00:52:12.880><c> and</c><00:52:13.179><c> sisters.</c><00:52:14.360><c> And</c><00:52:14.579><c> the</c><00:52:14.719><c> public,</c>

00:52:16.500 --> 00:52:18.639
burned<00:52:17.099><c> to</c><00:52:17.280><c> the</c><00:52:17.519><c> heart</c><00:52:17.719><c> by</c><00:52:17.920><c> the</c><00:52:18.039><c> very</c><00:52:18.340><c> power</c><00:52:18.519><c> of</c>

00:52:18.639 --> 00:52:21.219
his<00:52:18.840><c> message.</c><00:52:19.239><c> And</c><00:52:19.440><c> bear</c><00:52:19.639><c> in</c><00:52:19.840><c> mind</c><00:52:20.019><c> that</c><00:52:20.199><c> these</c><00:52:20.400><c> people</c><00:52:20.699><c> calling</c><00:52:21.000><c> out</c>

00:52:21.219 --> 00:52:22.500
their<00:52:21.460><c> questions,</c><00:52:21.760><c> brethren</c><00:52:22.079><c> and</c><00:52:22.280><c> sisters,</c>

00:52:22.500 --> 00:52:27.179
was<00:52:22.880><c> in</c><00:52:23.099><c> itself</c><00:52:23.659><c> a</c><00:52:24.039><c> public</c><00:52:24.460><c> baptism.</c><00:52:25.199><c> Inasmuch</c><00:52:25.639><c> as</c><00:52:25.719><c> they</c><00:52:25.980><c> exposed</c><00:52:26.400><c> themselves</c><00:52:26.920><c> for</c>

00:52:27.179 --> 00:52:28.239
criticism,<00:52:27.719><c> didn't</c><00:52:27.980><c> they?</c>

00:52:28.519 --> 00:52:30.699
But<00:52:28.679><c> they</c><00:52:28.960><c> came</c><00:52:29.179><c> here</c><00:52:29.340><c> with</c><00:52:29.579><c> humble</c><00:52:29.860><c> hearts,</c><00:52:30.199><c> and</c><00:52:30.300><c> the</c><00:52:30.480><c> poor</c>

00:52:30.699 --> 00:52:32.500
old<00:52:31.019><c> public,</c><00:52:31.280><c> and</c><00:52:31.380><c> who</c><00:52:31.539><c> suffered</c><00:52:31.840><c> so</c><00:52:32.199><c> terribly,</c>

00:52:32.539 --> 00:52:35.719
the<00:52:32.820><c> tax</c><00:52:33.159><c>-gatherer.</c><00:52:34.139><c> Many</c><00:52:34.360><c> of</c><00:52:34.460><c> them,</c><00:52:34.619><c> I</c><00:52:34.699><c> suppose,</c><00:52:35.099><c> took</c><00:52:35.340><c> that</c>

00:52:35.719 --> 00:52:37.519
job<00:52:36.000><c> on</c><00:52:36.199><c> them</c><00:52:36.340><c> because</c><00:52:36.539><c> of</c><00:52:36.699><c> the</c><00:52:36.860><c> only</c><00:52:37.179><c> existence</c>

00:52:37.519 --> 00:52:39.860
they<00:52:37.699><c> could</c><00:52:37.940><c> get,</c><00:52:38.360><c> and</c><00:52:38.519><c> they</c><00:52:38.679><c> become</c><00:52:38.940><c> the</c><00:52:39.159><c> off</c><00:52:39.400><c>-carrying</c><00:52:39.659><c> of</c>

00:52:39.860 --> 00:52:43.639
the<00:52:40.019><c> world.</c><00:52:40.980><c> Absolutely</c><00:52:41.460><c> despised</c><00:52:42.500><c> by</c><00:52:42.780><c> everybody.</c>

00:52:44.239 --> 00:52:48.579
They<00:52:44.460><c> called</c><00:52:44.739><c> out</c><00:52:44.980><c> to</c><00:52:45.079><c> him,</c><00:52:45.440><c> the</c><00:52:45.619><c> public,</c><00:52:46.000><c> and</c><00:52:46.019><c> they</c><00:52:46.219><c> said,</c><00:52:46.980><c> What</c><00:52:47.340><c> shall</c><00:52:47.619><c> we</c><00:52:47.840><c> do?</c>

00:52:50.679 --> 00:52:57.699
Exactly<00:52:51.239><c> no</c><00:52:51.800><c> more</c><00:52:52.780><c> than</c><00:52:53.320><c> that</c><00:52:53.579><c> which</c><00:52:53.699><c> is</c><00:52:53.900><c> appointed.</c><00:52:55.840><c> And</c><00:52:56.059><c> whatever</c><00:52:56.500><c> other</c><00:52:56.900><c> problem</c><00:52:57.440><c> a</c>

00:52:57.699 --> 00:52:58.480
publican<00:52:57.980><c> would</c><00:52:58.119><c> have</c><00:52:58.320><c> had,</c>

00:52:58.579 --> 00:53:01.719
brothers<00:52:58.780><c> and</c><00:52:59.039><c> sisters,</c><00:52:59.780><c> in</c><00:53:00.000><c> the</c><00:53:00.260><c> multitude</c><00:53:00.880><c> of</c><00:53:01.280><c> problems</c><00:53:01.480><c> that</c><00:53:01.659><c> he</c>

00:53:01.719 --> 00:53:05.340
had,<00:53:02.559><c> that</c><00:53:02.820><c> was</c><00:53:03.139><c> the</c><00:53:03.420><c> rawness.</c>

00:53:06.219 --> 00:53:12.400
Because<00:53:06.460><c> that's</c><00:53:06.760><c> what</c><00:53:06.800><c> he</c><00:53:06.920><c> did</c><00:53:07.159><c> by.</c><00:53:08.539><c> Because</c><00:53:08.699><c> you</c><00:53:08.900><c> see,</c><00:53:09.699><c> in</c><00:53:09.960><c> those</c><00:53:10.260><c> days,</c><00:53:11.099><c> the</c><00:53:11.280><c> tax</c><00:53:11.559><c>-gatherers</c><00:53:11.900><c> worked</c><00:53:12.179><c> on</c>

00:53:12.400 --> 00:53:16.260
what<00:53:12.559><c> they</c>

00:53:16.260 --> 00:53:20.739
called<00:53:16.719><c> that,</c><00:53:17.380><c> the</c><00:53:17.739><c> farming</c><00:53:18.320><c> system.</c><00:53:19.219><c> See,</c><00:53:19.460><c> because</c><00:53:19.639><c> you</c><00:53:19.840><c> farmed</c><00:53:20.400><c> what</c><00:53:20.599><c> you</c>

00:53:20.739 --> 00:53:22.199
could<00:53:21.019><c> give.</c><00:53:21.500><c> There</c><00:53:21.659><c> were</c><00:53:21.880><c> no</c>

00:53:22.199 --> 00:53:25.320
real<00:53:22.539><c> regulations,</c><00:53:23.159><c> or</c><00:53:23.360><c> there</c><00:53:23.599><c> were</c><00:53:23.900><c> regulations,</c><00:53:24.920><c> but</c><00:53:25.099><c> they</c>

00:53:25.320 --> 00:53:29.119
were<00:53:25.539><c> very</c><00:53:25.940><c> pliable.</c><00:53:27.420><c> And</c><00:53:27.559><c> it</c><00:53:27.679><c> worked</c><00:53:27.840><c> like</c><00:53:28.179><c> this.</c>

00:53:29.320 --> 00:53:31.800
The<00:53:29.519><c> money</c><00:53:29.760><c> finished</c><00:53:30.159><c> up,</c><00:53:30.519><c> or</c><00:53:30.659><c> it</c><00:53:30.840><c> should</c><00:53:30.960><c> have</c><00:53:31.059><c> finished</c><00:53:31.340><c> up,</c>

00:53:31.940 --> 00:53:33.400
somewhere<00:53:32.360><c> in</c><00:53:32.639><c> the</c><00:53:32.900><c> treasuries</c>

00:53:33.400 --> 00:53:36.099
in<00:53:33.980><c> Rome.</c><00:53:34.340><c> That's</c><00:53:34.519><c> where</c><00:53:34.659><c> it</c><00:53:34.800><c> was</c><00:53:34.960><c> going,</c><00:53:35.639><c> because</c><00:53:35.800><c> it</c><00:53:35.900><c> was</c>

00:53:36.099 --> 00:53:38.880
Roman<00:53:36.480><c> taxation.</c><00:53:37.400><c> And</c><00:53:37.659><c> certainly</c><00:53:38.079><c> the</c><00:53:38.300><c> best</c><00:53:38.500><c> percentage</c>

00:53:38.880 --> 00:53:42.320
of<00:53:39.000><c> it</c><00:53:39.260><c> has</c><00:53:39.480><c> to</c><00:53:39.719><c> finish</c><00:53:39.960><c> there.</c><00:53:41.039><c> But</c><00:53:41.260><c> before</c><00:53:41.719><c> it</c><00:53:41.880><c> ever</c><00:53:42.000><c> got</c><00:53:42.179><c> to</c>

00:53:42.320 --> 00:53:43.880
the<00:53:42.460><c> Roman</c><00:53:42.800><c> Senate,</c><00:53:43.300><c> brothers</c><00:53:43.460><c> and</c><00:53:43.639><c> sisters,</c>

00:53:43.880 --> 00:53:46.340
and<00:53:44.019><c> was</c><00:53:44.260><c> planted</c><00:53:44.440><c> in</c><00:53:44.619><c> the</c><00:53:44.860><c> treasury,</c><00:53:45.460><c> it</c><00:53:45.659><c> had</c><00:53:45.760><c> to</c><00:53:45.940><c> come</c><00:53:46.099><c> from</c>

00:53:46.340 --> 00:53:48.519
Judea<00:53:46.800><c> somewhere,</c><00:53:47.239><c> or</c><00:53:47.380><c> Samaria,</c><00:53:47.880><c> or</c><00:53:48.039><c> Galilee.</c>

00:53:49.000 --> 00:53:53.159
And<00:53:49.380><c> en</c><00:53:49.639><c> route,</c><00:53:50.340><c> it</c><00:53:50.519><c> went</c><00:53:50.760><c> from</c><00:53:51.139><c> hand</c><00:53:51.500><c> to</c><00:53:51.639><c> hand</c><00:53:52.079><c> to</c><00:53:52.199><c> hand,</c><00:53:52.940><c> and</c>

00:53:53.159 --> 00:53:55.179
everyone<00:53:53.539><c> took</c><00:53:53.860><c> their</c><00:53:54.039><c> percentage.</c>

00:53:55.559 --> 00:54:00.860
So<00:53:55.820><c> Rome</c><00:53:56.099><c> says,</c><00:53:56.539><c> I</c><00:53:56.539><c> want</c><00:53:56.800><c> X</c><00:53:57.079><c> amount.</c><00:53:58.920><c> So</c><00:53:59.159><c> the</c><00:53:59.320><c> Roman</c><00:53:59.599><c> administrator</c><00:54:00.260><c> said</c><00:54:00.619><c> to</c>

00:54:00.860 --> 00:54:01.760
his<00:54:01.199><c> administrator,</c>

00:54:02.000 --> 00:54:04.980
I<00:54:02.179><c> want</c><00:54:02.400><c> X</c><00:54:02.699><c> amount.</c><00:54:03.039><c> And</c><00:54:03.239><c> he</c><00:54:03.460><c> said</c><00:54:03.639><c> to</c><00:54:03.760><c> the</c><00:54:03.840><c> next</c><00:54:04.139><c> fellow,</c><00:54:04.400><c> I</c><00:54:04.480><c> want</c><00:54:04.639><c> X</c>

00:54:04.980 --> 00:54:06.780
amount.<00:54:05.480><c> By</c><00:54:05.639><c> the</c><00:54:05.780><c> time</c><00:54:05.920><c> it</c><00:54:06.059><c> got</c><00:54:06.179><c> through</c><00:54:06.460><c> Asia,</c>

00:54:06.880 --> 00:54:09.440
mine,<00:54:07.000><c> and</c><00:54:07.119><c> into</c><00:54:07.280><c> Judea,</c><00:54:08.039><c> and</c><00:54:08.219><c> the</c><00:54:08.420><c> poor</c><00:54:08.679><c> tax</c><00:54:09.000><c>-gatherer</c><00:54:09.239><c> got</c>

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around,<00:54:09.880><c> he's</c><00:54:10.300><c> at</c><00:54:10.420><c> the</c><00:54:10.579><c> end</c><00:54:10.780><c> of</c><00:54:10.980><c> the</c><00:54:11.119><c> trail,</c>

00:54:11.400 --> 00:54:16.239
and<00:54:11.760><c> he</c><00:54:11.920><c> gets</c><00:54:12.199><c> what</c><00:54:12.420><c> he</c><00:54:12.539><c> can</c><00:54:12.840><c> get.</c><00:54:15.219><c> And</c><00:54:15.280><c> because</c><00:54:15.579><c> the</c><00:54:15.840><c> Romans</c>

00:54:16.239 --> 00:54:19.460
bled<00:54:16.860><c> him</c><00:54:17.139><c> dry,</c><00:54:17.920><c> he</c><00:54:18.079><c> was</c><00:54:18.300><c> at</c><00:54:18.559><c> some</c><00:54:18.800><c> time</c><00:54:19.099><c> to</c><00:54:19.320><c> add</c>

00:54:19.460 --> 00:54:27.400
a<00:54:19.480><c> bit</c><00:54:19.699><c> of</c><00:54:19.820><c> percentage</c><00:54:20.139><c> to</c><00:54:20.400><c> himself,</c><00:54:20.980><c> and</c><00:54:21.179><c> he</c><00:54:21.420><c> inked</c><00:54:21.559><c> out</c><00:54:21.699><c> an</c><00:54:21.960><c> existence,</c><00:54:22.980><c> exact</c><00:54:23.340><c> no</c><00:54:24.219><c> more</c><00:54:24.739><c> than</c><00:54:26.679><c> that</c><00:54:26.960><c> which</c><00:54:27.079><c> is</c><00:54:27.280><c> a</c>

00:54:27.400 --> 00:54:32.360
point<00:54:27.579><c> of</c><00:54:27.760><c> change.</c><00:54:28.780><c> Of</c><00:54:28.940><c> course,</c><00:54:29.119><c> gee,</c><00:54:29.300><c> that</c><00:54:29.420><c> was</c><00:54:29.699><c> it.</c><00:54:31.800><c> But</c><00:54:31.980><c> that's</c><00:54:32.239><c> the</c>

00:54:32.360 --> 00:54:33.320
message,<00:54:32.860><c> brothers</c><00:54:32.880><c> and</c><00:54:33.019><c> sisters,</c>

00:54:33.500 --> 00:54:36.840
all<00:54:33.840><c> flesh</c><00:54:34.119><c> is</c><00:54:34.400><c> grass.</c><00:54:35.079><c> Nobody</c><00:54:35.500><c> gets</c><00:54:35.860><c> warned</c><00:54:36.219><c> to</c><00:54:36.519><c> flee</c><00:54:36.679><c> from</c>

00:54:36.840 --> 00:54:38.579
the<00:54:37.059><c> wrath</c><00:54:37.239><c> to</c><00:54:37.480><c> come,</c><00:54:37.679><c> comes</c><00:54:37.900><c> down</c><00:54:38.260><c> here,</c>

00:54:38.579 --> 00:54:42.000
and<00:54:38.920><c> gets</c><00:54:39.159><c> away</c><00:54:39.659><c> with</c><00:54:40.039><c> anything</c><00:54:40.260><c> else</c><00:54:40.519><c> but</c><00:54:40.679><c> true</c><00:54:40.860><c> repentance.</c>

00:54:42.599 --> 00:54:45.340
What<00:54:42.960><c> about</c><00:54:43.219><c> the</c><00:54:43.460><c> soldiers?</c><00:54:45.059><c> What</c>

00:54:45.340 --> 00:54:50.559
shall<00:54:45.519><c> we</c><00:54:45.800><c> do?</c><00:54:46.480><c> Three</c><00:54:46.960><c> rapid</c><00:54:47.679><c> fire</c><00:54:48.059><c> answers.</c><00:54:49.920><c> Don't</c><00:54:50.199><c> do</c><00:54:50.380><c> any</c>

00:54:50.559 --> 00:54:52.940
violence<00:54:50.760><c> to</c><00:54:50.960><c> any</c><00:54:51.119><c> man,</c><00:54:51.500><c> don't</c><00:54:51.840><c> accuse</c><00:54:52.139><c> any</c><00:54:52.400><c> falsely,</c>

00:54:52.980 --> 00:54:57.260
and<00:54:53.260><c> don't</c><00:54:53.760><c> be</c><00:54:54.119><c> discontented</c><00:54:54.679><c> with</c><00:54:54.860><c> your</c><00:54:55.059><c> wages.</c><00:54:56.400><c> And</c><00:54:56.519><c> you</c><00:54:56.659><c> know,</c><00:54:56.780><c> when</c><00:54:56.920><c> you</c><00:54:56.980><c> look</c><00:54:57.139><c> at</c>

00:54:57.260 --> 00:54:58.000
the<00:54:57.420><c> Greek</c><00:54:57.679><c> tech</c>

00:54:58.000 --> 00:55:00.400
brothers<00:54:58.420><c> and</c><00:54:58.460><c> sisters,</c><00:54:58.980><c> it's</c><00:54:59.219><c> all</c><00:54:59.420><c> got</c><00:54:59.619><c> to</c><00:54:59.760><c> do</c><00:54:59.860><c> with</c><00:55:00.000><c> money,</c>

00:55:00.500 --> 00:55:02.179
because<00:55:00.739><c> you</c><00:55:00.900><c> can</c><00:55:01.079><c> imagine</c><00:55:01.360><c> who</c><00:55:01.579><c> those</c><00:55:01.800><c> soldiers</c>

00:55:02.179 --> 00:55:05.699
were.<00:55:02.800><c> They</c><00:55:02.980><c> wouldn't</c><00:55:03.579><c> be</c><00:55:03.880><c> members</c><00:55:04.139><c> of</c><00:55:04.300><c> the</c><00:55:04.400><c> Roman</c><00:55:04.739><c> legion.</c>

00:55:06.480 --> 00:55:08.059
They<00:55:06.780><c> wouldn't</c><00:55:07.000><c> be</c><00:55:07.219><c> members</c><00:55:07.420><c> of</c><00:55:07.619><c> the</c><00:55:07.840><c> crack</c>

00:55:08.059 --> 00:55:11.599
of<00:55:08.780><c> Vespasian</c><00:55:09.539><c> or</c><00:55:09.840><c> Tidus</c><00:55:10.119><c> or</c><00:55:10.360><c> whoever,</c><00:55:10.820><c> or</c><00:55:10.980><c> whoever</c><00:55:11.219><c> was</c><00:55:11.440><c> in</c>

00:55:11.599 --> 00:55:14.539
power<00:55:11.760><c> at</c><00:55:11.900><c> that</c><00:55:12.059><c> time.</c><00:55:12.579><c> They</c><00:55:12.780><c> were</c><00:55:13.039><c> mercenaries.</c>

00:55:15.820 --> 00:55:19.280
They'd<00:55:16.139><c> be</c><00:55:16.260><c> from</c><00:55:16.460><c> all</c><00:55:17.260><c> classes</c><00:55:17.780><c> of</c><00:55:18.079><c> people,</c><00:55:18.500><c> from</c><00:55:18.699><c> all</c><00:55:19.019><c> ranks</c>

00:55:19.280 --> 00:55:21.719
and<00:55:19.519><c> nationalities,</c><00:55:20.639><c> selling</c><00:55:20.699><c> their</c><00:55:21.179><c> violence,</c>

00:55:22.139 --> 00:55:26.659
selling<00:55:22.420><c> their</c><00:55:22.860><c> souls,</c><00:55:24.099><c> killing</c><00:55:24.500><c> for</c><00:55:24.780><c> money,</c><00:55:25.960><c> maiming</c><00:55:26.420><c> for</c>

00:55:26.659 --> 00:55:30.079
epics.<00:55:28.079><c> And</c><00:55:28.280><c> then</c><00:55:28.460><c> amongst</c><00:55:28.739><c> those</c><00:55:29.139><c> mercenary</c><00:55:29.699><c> armies,</c>

00:55:30.440 --> 00:55:32.900
they<00:55:30.579><c> had</c><00:55:30.780><c> been</c><00:55:30.980><c> known,</c><00:55:31.300><c> brethren</c><00:55:31.519><c> and</c><00:55:31.699><c> sisters,</c><00:55:31.880><c> on</c><00:55:32.119><c> the</c><00:55:32.360><c> field</c><00:55:32.579><c> of</c>

00:55:32.900 --> 00:55:35.280
battle<00:55:33.159><c> to</c><00:55:33.440><c> change</c><00:55:33.800><c> sides,</c><00:55:34.380><c> reprise.</c>

00:55:47.019 --> 00:55:53.860
Those<00:55:47.739><c> three</c><00:55:48.460><c> things</c><00:55:48.860><c> were,</c><00:55:50.260><c> don't</c><00:55:50.500><c> intimidate</c><00:55:51.320><c> others,</c><00:55:53.300><c> don't</c><00:55:53.599><c> do</c>

00:55:53.860 --> 00:55:57.659
that,<00:55:55.639><c> don't</c><00:55:56.000><c> accuse</c><00:55:56.440><c> anyone</c><00:55:56.900><c> falsely,</c>

00:55:57.900 --> 00:56:01.420
and<00:55:58.039><c> be</c><00:55:58.320><c> content</c><00:55:58.679><c> with</c><00:55:58.900><c> your</c><00:55:59.159><c> rations,</c><00:55:59.920><c> was</c><00:56:00.099><c> the</c><00:56:00.300><c> Greek</c><00:56:00.440><c> desert.</c><00:56:01.159><c> Now</c>

00:56:01.420 --> 00:56:03.340
you<00:56:01.579><c> think</c><00:56:01.800><c> of</c><00:56:01.880><c> those</c><00:56:02.159><c> three</c><00:56:02.480><c> things.</c>

00:56:03.480 --> 00:56:07.019
The<00:56:03.920><c> word</c><00:56:04.179><c> means</c><00:56:04.480><c> to</c><00:56:04.619><c> intimidate,</c><00:56:05.139><c> as</c><00:56:05.199><c> the</c><00:56:05.460><c> margin</c><00:56:05.739><c> suggests.</c>

00:56:07.340 --> 00:56:08.800
They<00:56:07.380><c> would</c><00:56:07.500><c> not</c><00:56:07.679><c> put</c><00:56:07.840><c> any</c><00:56:08.039><c> man</c><00:56:08.219><c> in</c><00:56:08.519><c> fear.</c>

00:56:08.960 --> 00:56:10.659
And<00:56:09.079><c> you</c><00:56:09.219><c> see</c><00:56:09.300><c> what</c><00:56:09.380><c> they</c><00:56:09.539><c> would</c><00:56:09.719><c> do,</c><00:56:10.019><c> brethren</c><00:56:10.199><c> and</c><00:56:10.480><c> sisters,</c>

00:56:10.880 --> 00:56:14.159
in<00:56:11.099><c> the</c><00:56:11.400><c> seeding</c><00:56:12.079><c> cauldron</c><00:56:12.460><c> of</c><00:56:13.300><c> fleshly</c>

00:56:14.159 --> 00:56:18.780
pride<00:56:14.659><c> and</c><00:56:15.239><c> greed</c><00:56:15.840><c> among</c><00:56:16.119><c> the</c><00:56:16.340><c> mercenaries,</c><00:56:17.219><c> there</c><00:56:17.360><c> would</c><00:56:17.639><c> ever</c><00:56:18.059><c> be</c>

00:56:18.780 --> 00:56:20.619
the<00:56:19.260><c> intimidation,</c><00:56:19.860><c> standing</c><00:56:20.300><c> over</c>

00:56:20.619 --> 00:56:23.380
your<00:56:20.840><c> fellow,</c><00:56:21.280><c> grabbing</c><00:56:21.380><c> him</c><00:56:21.539><c> by</c><00:56:21.659><c> the</c><00:56:21.880><c> throat,</c><00:56:22.099><c> saying,</c><00:56:22.280><c> listen</c><00:56:22.539><c> here,</c><00:56:23.219><c> give</c>

00:56:23.380 --> 00:56:24.699
me<00:56:23.599><c> some</c><00:56:23.800><c> of</c><00:56:23.880><c> that,</c><00:56:24.139><c> don't</c><00:56:24.519><c> put</c>

00:56:24.699 --> 00:56:28.559
any<00:56:24.880><c> fish</c><00:56:25.059><c> in</c><00:56:25.139><c> your</c><00:56:25.400><c> mouth.</c><00:56:26.800><c> Portable</c><00:56:27.139><c> fellow,</c><00:56:27.659><c> fear,</c><00:56:27.920><c> and</c><00:56:27.980><c> out</c><00:56:28.099><c> would</c><00:56:28.260><c> come</c><00:56:28.360><c> a</c>

00:56:28.559 --> 00:56:32.820
few<00:56:28.719><c> pips,</c><00:56:29.219><c> and</c><00:56:29.380><c> grab</c><00:56:29.639><c> it</c><00:56:29.820><c> and</c>

00:56:32.820 --> 00:56:36.800
those<00:56:33.639><c> who</c><00:56:33.820><c> didn't</c><00:56:34.039><c> have</c><00:56:34.280><c> the</c><00:56:34.440><c> might</c><00:56:34.599><c> and</c><00:56:34.800><c> the</c><00:56:34.980><c> muscle</c><00:56:35.219><c> to</c><00:56:35.480><c> intimidate</c><00:56:36.039><c> their</c><00:56:36.219><c> fellow</c><00:56:36.460><c> man</c>

00:56:36.800 --> 00:56:37.659
went<00:56:37.159><c> with</c><00:56:37.360><c> their</c>

00:56:37.659 --> 00:56:41.559
weaning<00:56:38.059><c> ways</c><00:56:38.400><c> for</c><00:56:38.579><c> their</c><00:56:38.900><c> superior</c><00:56:39.380><c> offer</c><00:56:39.599><c> and</c><00:56:39.739><c> says,</c><00:56:40.400><c> I</c><00:56:40.400><c> know</c><00:56:40.719><c> something</c><00:56:41.079><c> about</c><00:56:41.340><c> him</c>

00:56:41.559 --> 00:56:42.280
in<00:56:41.659><c> the</c><00:56:41.860><c> barracks,</c>

00:56:42.500 --> 00:56:44.300
they're<00:56:42.639><c> going</c><00:56:42.760><c> to</c><00:56:42.980><c> put,</c><00:56:43.260><c> there's</c><00:56:43.460><c> a</c><00:56:43.559><c> bit</c><00:56:43.639><c> of</c><00:56:43.840><c> a</c><00:56:43.920><c> mutiny</c><00:56:44.159><c> going</c>

00:56:44.300 --> 00:56:46.639
on,<00:56:44.400><c> I</c><00:56:44.460><c> do</c><00:56:44.780><c> know</c><00:56:44.940><c> the</c><00:56:45.179><c> names</c><00:56:45.400><c> of</c><00:56:45.579><c> the</c><00:56:45.820><c> leaders</c><00:56:46.119><c> for</c>

00:56:46.639 --> 00:56:51.219
pride.<00:56:48.019><c> And</c><00:56:48.300><c> they'd</c><00:56:48.579><c> get</c><00:56:48.719><c> their</c><00:56:48.860><c> money</c><00:56:49.139><c> that</c><00:56:49.440><c> way,</c><00:56:49.960><c> in</c><00:56:50.139><c> selling</c><00:56:50.300><c> the</c><00:56:50.699><c> souls</c><00:56:51.059><c> of</c>

00:56:51.219 --> 00:56:52.719
their<00:56:51.440><c> fellow</c><00:56:51.760><c> soldiers.</c>

00:56:53.300 --> 00:56:57.500
Be<00:56:53.739><c> content</c><00:56:54.219><c> with</c><00:56:54.420><c> your</c><00:56:54.639><c> wages.</c><00:56:55.440><c> And</c><00:56:55.699><c> those</c><00:56:56.199><c> mercenary</c><00:56:56.840><c> brethren</c><00:56:57.179><c> and</c>

00:56:57.500 --> 00:56:59.400
sisters<00:56:57.639><c> caused</c><00:56:58.199><c> no</c><00:56:58.679><c> end</c><00:56:58.880><c> to</c><00:56:59.039><c> trouble,</c>

00:56:59.400 --> 00:57:01.960
and<00:56:59.679><c> were</c><00:56:59.860><c> one</c><00:57:00.019><c> of</c><00:57:00.119><c> the</c><00:57:00.239><c> greatest</c><00:57:00.840><c> plagues</c><00:57:01.219><c> of</c><00:57:01.420><c> the</c><00:57:01.519><c> Roman</c>

00:57:01.960 --> 00:57:04.079
Empire<00:57:02.519><c> because</c><00:57:02.860><c> they</c><00:57:03.039><c> were</c><00:57:03.340><c> forever</c>

00:57:04.079 --> 00:57:09.380
fomenting<00:57:04.579><c> trouble</c><00:57:05.059><c> over</c><00:57:05.300><c> their</c><00:57:05.579><c> wages.</c><00:57:08.280><c> My</c><00:57:08.639><c> word,</c><00:57:08.860><c> that</c><00:57:09.139><c> was</c>

00:57:09.380 --> 00:57:10.940
the<00:57:09.539><c> raw</c><00:57:09.739><c> nerve,</c><00:57:10.019><c> as</c><00:57:10.280><c> far</c><00:57:10.400><c> as</c><00:57:10.539><c> the</c><00:57:10.719><c> soldiers</c>

00:57:10.940 --> 00:57:14.579
were<00:57:11.199><c> concerned,</c><00:57:11.760><c> and</c><00:57:12.000><c> the</c><00:57:12.219><c> rough</c><00:57:12.460><c> places</c><00:57:12.840><c> were</c><00:57:13.039><c> made</c><00:57:13.380><c> smooth.</c><00:57:14.320><c> The</c>

00:57:14.579 --> 00:57:16.239
crooked<00:57:14.880><c> publicans</c><00:57:15.420><c> were</c><00:57:15.800><c> straightened</c>

00:57:16.239 --> 00:57:18.619
out.<00:57:16.719><c> The</c><00:57:16.960><c> common</c><00:57:17.159><c> people</c><00:57:17.380><c> were</c><00:57:17.579><c> sent</c><00:57:17.739><c> away,</c><00:57:18.079><c> humbled</c><00:57:18.360><c> but</c>

00:57:18.619 --> 00:57:20.380
exalted,<00:57:19.019><c> and</c><00:57:19.159><c> the</c><00:57:19.300><c> valleys</c><00:57:19.599><c> went</c><00:57:19.760><c> and</c><00:57:19.900><c> the</c><00:57:20.099><c> mountains</c>

00:57:20.380 --> 00:57:24.500
came<00:57:20.659><c> crashing</c><00:57:21.119><c> to</c><00:57:21.360><c> the</c><00:57:21.519><c> ground.</c><00:57:22.679><c> And</c><00:57:22.900><c> John</c><00:57:23.199><c> spared</c><00:57:23.780><c> nobody</c>

00:57:24.500 --> 00:57:28.639
and<00:57:26.019><c> touched</c><00:57:26.400><c> every</c><00:57:26.880><c> raw</c><00:57:27.219><c> nerve</c><00:57:27.460><c> in</c><00:57:27.639><c> the</c><00:57:27.780><c> land.</c>

00:57:28.739 --> 00:57:31.659
And<00:57:29.260><c> they</c><00:57:29.400><c> went</c><00:57:29.579><c> away</c><00:57:29.860><c> brethren</c><00:57:30.159><c> and</c><00:57:30.460><c> sisters,</c><00:57:31.360><c> muttering</c>

00:57:31.659 --> 00:57:32.860
under<00:57:31.900><c> their</c><00:57:32.159><c> breath</c><00:57:32.360><c> maybe,</c>

00:57:33.179 --> 00:57:36.679
but<00:57:33.300><c> there</c><00:57:33.400><c> had</c><00:57:33.500><c> been</c><00:57:33.659><c> a</c><00:57:33.719><c> profound</c><00:57:34.280><c> respect</c><00:57:34.920><c> for</c><00:57:36.199><c> one</c><00:57:36.420><c> who</c><00:57:36.480><c> was</c>

00:57:36.679 --> 00:57:38.780
not<00:57:36.820><c> afraid</c><00:57:37.199><c> to</c><00:57:37.380><c> speak</c><00:57:37.659><c> his</c><00:57:37.940><c> mind.</c>

00:57:39.139 --> 00:57:42.820
And<00:57:39.320><c> we</c><00:57:39.420><c> know</c><00:57:39.619><c> there</c><00:57:39.739><c> was</c><00:57:39.880><c> a</c><00:57:39.980><c> profound</c><00:57:40.300><c> respect.</c><00:57:40.960><c> Why?</c><00:57:42.340><c> Because</c><00:57:42.599><c> Luke</c>

00:57:42.820 --> 00:57:45.320
goes<00:57:43.079><c> on</c><00:57:43.260><c> to</c><00:57:43.460><c> tell</c><00:57:43.539><c> us</c><00:57:43.719><c> in</c><00:57:43.920><c> verse</c><00:57:44.179><c> 15,</c>

00:57:46.760 --> 00:57:53.500
and<00:57:47.280><c> as</c><00:57:47.800><c> the</c><00:57:48.019><c> people</c><00:57:48.280><c> were</c><00:57:48.559><c> in</c><00:57:48.739><c> expectation.</c><00:57:51.260><c> See,</c><00:57:52.019><c> it's</c><00:57:52.300><c> a</c><00:57:52.460><c> natural</c><00:57:52.840><c> corollary</c><00:57:53.360><c> as</c>

00:57:53.500 --> 00:57:53.960
it<00:57:53.699><c> were,</c>

00:57:53.960 --> 00:57:57.300
that<00:57:54.340><c> people</c><00:57:54.739><c> were</c><00:57:55.079><c> in</c><00:57:55.239><c> expectation.</c><00:57:56.199><c> Why?</c><00:57:56.619><c> Because</c><00:57:56.840><c> they've</c>

00:57:57.300 --> 00:58:00.139
never<00:57:57.679><c> had</c><00:57:57.980><c> anyone</c><00:57:58.460><c> game</c><00:57:58.800><c> enough</c><00:57:59.199><c> to</c><00:57:59.900><c> tell</c>

00:58:00.139 --> 00:58:05.619
people<00:58:00.639><c> exactly</c><00:58:01.340><c> their</c><00:58:01.579><c> thoughts.</c><00:58:02.699><c> Never</c><00:58:02.980><c> had</c><00:58:03.139><c> it</c><00:58:03.239><c> been</c><00:58:03.480><c> known</c><00:58:03.679><c> before.</c><00:58:05.460><c> The</c>

00:58:05.619 --> 00:58:07.500
world<00:58:05.780><c> was</c><00:58:05.960><c> full</c><00:58:06.179><c> of</c><00:58:06.260><c> men,</c><00:58:06.659><c> please.</c>

00:58:08.500 --> 00:58:12.539
The<00:58:08.619><c> world</c><00:58:08.820><c> was</c><00:58:09.059><c> full</c><00:58:09.300><c> of</c><00:58:09.559><c> flatterers.</c><00:58:11.320><c> Never</c><00:58:11.599><c> had</c><00:58:11.780><c> Israel</c><00:58:12.139><c> had</c><00:58:12.340><c> it</c>

00:58:12.539 --> 00:58:14.260
so<00:58:12.800><c> plain</c><00:58:12.920><c> in</c><00:58:13.099><c> all</c><00:58:13.239><c> their</c><00:58:13.440><c> lives.</c>

00:58:14.380 --> 00:58:17.139
Here<00:58:14.500><c> was</c><00:58:14.679><c> a</c><00:58:14.800><c> man</c><00:58:14.900><c> that</c><00:58:15.019><c> didn't</c><00:58:15.239><c> fool</c><00:58:15.519><c> around.</c><00:58:16.719><c> Feet</c><00:58:16.900><c> around</c>

00:58:17.139 --> 00:58:19.099
the<00:58:17.360><c> bush,</c><00:58:17.519><c> come</c><00:58:17.699><c> in</c><00:58:17.820><c> the</c><00:58:17.960><c> back</c><00:58:18.199><c> door.</c><00:58:18.699><c> He</c><00:58:18.840><c> touched</c>

00:58:19.099 --> 00:58:22.420
every<00:58:19.760><c> raw</c><00:58:20.440><c> nerve</c><00:58:20.780><c> in</c><00:58:20.900><c> the</c><00:58:21.119><c> land</c><00:58:21.320><c> he</c><00:58:21.539><c> touched.</c><00:58:22.219><c> And</c><00:58:22.239><c> they're</c>

00:58:22.420 --> 00:58:24.340
all<00:58:22.679><c> in</c><00:58:22.860><c> expectation.</c><00:58:23.559><c> They've</c><00:58:23.920><c> never</c><00:58:24.179><c> had</c>

00:58:24.340 --> 00:58:27.800
it<00:58:24.460><c> like</c><00:58:24.659><c> that</c><00:58:24.840><c> before.</c><00:58:26.099><c> And</c><00:58:26.260><c> they</c><00:58:26.599><c> mused</c><00:58:27.039><c> in</c><00:58:27.159><c> their</c><00:58:27.460><c> hearts</c>

00:58:27.800 --> 00:58:32.420
of<00:58:29.139><c> John</c><00:58:29.639><c> whether</c><00:58:30.420><c> he</c><00:58:30.639><c> was</c><00:58:30.860><c> the</c><00:58:30.960><c> Messiah</c><00:58:31.360><c> or</c><00:58:31.519><c> not.</c>

00:58:33.320 --> 00:58:36.760
And<00:58:33.920><c> I</c><00:58:34.219><c> believe</c><00:58:34.739><c> that</c><00:58:35.280><c> there</c><00:58:35.380><c> were</c><00:58:35.539><c> several</c><00:58:35.940><c> factors</c><00:58:36.380><c> which</c>

00:58:36.760 --> 00:58:38.300
caused<00:58:37.079><c> that</c><00:58:37.440><c> expectation,</c>

00:58:38.780 --> 00:58:43.280
that<00:58:39.079><c> watching</c><00:58:39.480><c> as</c><00:58:39.699><c> the</c><00:58:39.880><c> Greek</c><00:58:40.059><c> word</c><00:58:40.280><c> has</c><00:58:40.539><c> it.</c><00:58:40.920><c> You</c><00:58:41.139><c> see,</c><00:58:42.059><c> first</c><00:58:42.360><c> of</c><00:58:42.519><c> all,</c><00:58:42.639><c> there</c><00:58:42.760><c> was</c><00:58:42.940><c> a</c>

00:58:43.280 --> 00:58:44.719
powerful<00:58:43.860><c> impact</c><00:58:44.260><c> of</c><00:58:44.420><c> John's</c>

00:58:44.719 --> 00:58:48.440
teaching.<00:58:46.320><c> Secondly,</c><00:58:46.920><c> the</c><00:58:47.059><c> Roman</c><00:58:47.380><c> oppression</c><00:58:47.880><c> was</c><00:58:48.059><c> getting</c>

00:58:48.440 --> 00:58:53.980
worse<00:58:48.840><c> and</c><00:58:49.159><c> worse.</c><00:58:51.099><c> Thirdly,</c><00:58:52.119><c> the</c><00:58:53.400><c> 70</c><00:58:53.760><c>-week</c>

00:58:53.980 --> 00:58:57.480
prophecy<00:58:54.400><c> of</c><00:58:54.559><c> Daniel</c><00:58:54.960><c> had</c><00:58:55.280><c> almost</c><00:58:55.699><c> run</c><00:58:55.940><c> its</c><00:58:56.260><c> course.</c><00:58:57.380><c> There</c>

00:58:57.480 --> 00:59:01.059
was<00:58:57.739><c> an</c><00:58:57.960><c> air</c><00:58:58.280><c> of</c><00:58:58.679><c> expectation,</c><00:58:59.739><c> and</c><00:59:00.099><c> men</c><00:59:00.280><c> had</c><00:59:00.619><c> never</c>

00:59:01.059 --> 00:59:04.059
been<00:59:01.460><c> told</c><00:59:01.780><c> straight</c><00:59:02.179><c> like</c><00:59:02.420><c> that</c><00:59:02.619><c> before</c><00:59:02.900><c> in</c><00:59:03.019><c> their</c><00:59:03.199><c> lives.</c>

00:59:04.539 --> 00:59:06.840
And<00:59:04.780><c> they</c><00:59:04.980><c> wondered</c><00:59:05.480><c> whether</c><00:59:05.800><c> John</c><00:59:06.159><c> was</c><00:59:06.360><c> the</c><00:59:06.460><c> Messiah</c>

00:59:06.840 --> 00:59:10.800
or<00:59:07.199><c> not.</c><00:59:07.840><c> The</c><00:59:08.039><c> word</c><00:59:08.340><c> mused</c><00:59:08.760><c> means</c><00:59:09.019><c> to</c><00:59:09.360><c> carefully</c><00:59:09.840><c> deliberate.</c>

00:59:10.820 --> 00:59:11.900
And<00:59:11.019><c> people</c><00:59:11.179><c> weren't</c><00:59:11.440><c> doing</c><00:59:11.679><c> it</c>

00:59:11.900 --> 00:59:15.940
haphazardly.<00:59:12.780><c> They</c><00:59:12.920><c> were</c><00:59:13.139><c> all</c><00:59:13.340><c> there</c><00:59:13.599><c> carefully</c><00:59:14.099><c> deliberating.</c><00:59:15.539><c> And</c><00:59:15.820><c> you</c>

00:59:15.940 --> 00:59:16.840
could<00:59:16.139><c> imagine</c><00:59:16.440><c> what</c><00:59:16.619><c> they'd</c>

00:59:16.840 --> 00:59:20.079
be<00:59:16.980><c> thinking.</c><00:59:18.460><c> It</c><00:59:18.719><c> wouldn't</c><00:59:18.900><c> be</c><00:59:19.079><c> very</c><00:59:19.260><c> difficult.</c><00:59:19.699><c> You</c><00:59:19.860><c> might</c>

00:59:20.079 --> 00:59:21.380
not<00:59:20.260><c> know</c><00:59:20.420><c> all</c><00:59:20.780><c> they</c><00:59:20.980><c> were</c><00:59:21.119><c> thinking.</c>

00:59:21.880 --> 00:59:24.739
But<00:59:22.079><c> I</c><00:59:22.440><c> guarantee</c><00:59:23.039><c> that</c><00:59:23.380><c> it</c><00:59:23.420><c> would</c><00:59:23.599><c> go</c><00:59:23.780><c> something</c><00:59:24.019><c> like</c><00:59:24.360><c> this.</c>

00:59:25.179 --> 00:59:26.659
They'd<00:59:25.500><c> be</c><00:59:25.639><c> listening</c><00:59:25.900><c> to</c><00:59:26.099><c> him,</c><00:59:26.219><c> and</c><00:59:26.340><c> they'd</c><00:59:26.460><c> look</c>

00:59:26.659 --> 00:59:30.280
at<00:59:26.739><c> him</c><00:59:26.940><c> and</c><00:59:27.059><c> say,</c><00:59:28.420><c> carefully</c><00:59:29.139><c> deliberating.</c><00:59:29.900><c> Now,</c><00:59:30.119><c> what</c>

00:59:30.280 --> 00:59:32.440
were<00:59:30.340><c> they</c><00:59:30.639><c> carefully</c><00:59:31.000><c> deliberating</c><00:59:31.539><c> about?</c><00:59:31.760><c> They'd</c><00:59:32.119><c> think,</c>

00:59:32.440 --> 00:59:39.440
no,<00:59:33.619><c> look</c><00:59:34.539><c> at</c><00:59:34.659><c> him.</c><00:59:36.320><c> Couldn't</c><00:59:36.599><c> they?</c><00:59:38.179><c> Camel's</c><00:59:38.659><c> head,</c>

00:59:40.960 --> 00:59:47.860
locust,<00:59:42.380><c> doesn't</c><00:59:42.639><c> own</c><00:59:42.800><c> a</c><00:59:42.980><c> house.</c><00:59:45.320><c> No.</c><00:59:46.840><c> But</c><00:59:46.940><c> listen</c><00:59:47.199><c> to</c><00:59:47.360><c> him.</c>

00:59:48.199 --> 00:59:51.039
Listen<00:59:48.360><c> to</c><00:59:48.500><c> him.</c><00:59:50.000><c> Listen</c><00:59:50.219><c> to</c><00:59:50.360><c> the</c><00:59:50.559><c> exposition.</c>

00:59:51.119 --> 00:59:54.719
Listen<00:59:51.400><c> to</c><00:59:51.579><c> the</c><00:59:51.679><c> exposition</c><00:59:52.019><c> of</c><00:59:52.179><c> Isaiah</c><00:59:52.519><c> 40,</c><00:59:53.280><c> Malachi</c><00:59:53.699><c> 3,</c><00:59:54.519><c> 1</c>

00:59:54.719 --> 00:59:57.940
Kings<00:59:54.980><c> 19.</c><00:59:56.000><c> Listen</c><00:59:56.260><c> to</c><00:59:56.559><c> him.</c><00:59:57.079><c> Where</c><00:59:57.340><c> did</c><00:59:57.460><c> he</c><00:59:57.500><c> ever</c><00:59:57.719><c> learn</c>

00:59:57.940 --> 01:00:02.199
that?<00:59:58.179><c> He</c><00:59:58.280><c> didn't</c><00:59:58.440><c> go</c><00:59:58.559><c> to</c><00:59:58.699><c> school.</c><00:59:59.940><c> Somebody</c><01:00:00.420><c> taught</c><01:00:00.719><c> him</c><01:00:00.980><c> that.</c><01:00:01.880><c> We</c>

01:00:02.199 --> 01:00:03.840
all<01:00:02.500><c> know</c><01:00:02.699><c> that</c><01:00:02.840><c> he</c><01:00:02.920><c> lived</c><01:00:03.099><c> out</c><01:00:03.420><c> there</c><01:00:03.559><c> and</c><01:00:03.659><c> he</c>

01:00:03.840 --> 01:00:08.039
became<01:00:04.219><c> notorious</c><01:00:05.039><c> out</c><01:00:05.380><c> there.</c><01:00:06.320><c> Where</c><01:00:06.599><c> did</c><01:00:06.760><c> he</c><01:00:06.800><c> get</c><01:00:07.039><c> that</c><01:00:07.300><c> from?</c><01:00:07.699><c> And</c>

01:00:08.039 --> 01:00:10.360
what<01:00:08.300><c> about</c><01:00:08.579><c> that</c><01:00:08.780><c> voice?</c><01:00:09.619><c> Listen</c><01:00:09.980><c> to</c><01:00:10.139><c> that</c>

01:00:10.360 --> 01:00:13.360
voice.<01:00:10.860><c> Did</c><01:00:11.019><c> a</c><01:00:11.239><c> voice</c><01:00:11.460><c> ever</c><01:00:11.820><c> belong</c><01:00:12.300><c> to</c><01:00:12.460><c> any</c><01:00:12.659><c> high</c><01:00:12.920><c> priest</c><01:00:13.199><c> in</c>

01:00:13.360 --> 01:00:15.300
Israel,<01:00:13.940><c> however</c><01:00:14.219><c> grand</c><01:00:14.539><c> he</c><01:00:14.659><c> might</c><01:00:14.860><c> have</c><01:00:15.000><c> been</c><01:00:15.199><c> for</c>

01:00:15.300 --> 01:00:20.940
him?<01:00:16.579><c> And</c><01:00:16.800><c> furthermore,</c><01:00:18.239><c> not</c><01:00:18.360><c> only</c><01:00:18.559><c> the</c><01:00:18.840><c> exposition,</c><01:00:19.860><c> but</c><01:00:20.000><c> whoever</c><01:00:20.280><c> was</c><01:00:20.619><c> gaming</c><01:00:20.820><c> up</c>

01:00:20.940 --> 01:00:22.400
to<01:00:21.179><c> come</c><01:00:21.340><c> out</c><01:00:21.639><c> and</c><01:00:21.880><c> tell</c><01:00:22.059><c> us</c>

01:00:22.400 --> 01:00:25.079
our<01:00:22.699><c> thoughts.</c><01:00:23.119><c> And</c><01:00:23.380><c> furthermore,</c><01:00:24.239><c> whoever</c><01:00:24.480><c> knew</c><01:00:24.760><c> them</c><01:00:24.960><c> like</c>

01:00:25.079 --> 01:00:27.380
this<01:00:25.280><c> man,</c><01:00:25.820><c> whoever</c><01:00:26.139><c> was</c><01:00:26.380><c> able</c><01:00:26.579><c> to</c><01:00:26.719><c> put</c><01:00:26.840><c> his</c><01:00:27.039><c> hand</c><01:00:27.159><c> on</c>

01:00:27.380 --> 01:00:30.639
every<01:00:27.780><c> raw</c><01:00:28.119><c> nerve</c><01:00:28.360><c> in</c><01:00:28.480><c> the</c><01:00:28.619><c> nation.</c><01:00:29.159><c> I</c><01:00:29.400><c> wonder.</c><01:00:29.699><c> I</c><01:00:30.000><c> wonder.</c><01:00:30.519><c> It</c>

01:00:30.639 --> 01:00:33.619
doesn't<01:00:30.940><c> look</c><01:00:31.219><c> like</c><01:00:31.460><c> it,</c><01:00:31.760><c> but</c><01:00:31.920><c> it</c><01:00:32.179><c> sounds</c><01:00:32.440><c> like</c><01:00:32.820><c> it.</c>

01:00:33.659 --> 01:00:35.260
That's<01:00:34.059><c> the</c><01:00:34.179><c> sort</c><01:00:34.300><c> of</c><01:00:34.420><c> thing</c><01:00:34.500><c> that</c><01:00:34.579><c> would</c><01:00:34.699><c> have</c><01:00:34.780><c> gone</c><01:00:34.880><c> on</c><01:00:35.099><c> for</c>

01:00:35.260 --> 01:00:37.360
the<01:00:35.440><c> future,</c><01:00:36.159><c> and</c><01:00:36.239><c> there</c><01:00:36.380><c> would</c><01:00:36.480><c> have</c><01:00:36.619><c> been</c><01:00:36.840><c> arguments.</c>

01:00:37.639 --> 01:00:41.699
You<01:00:37.780><c> know,</c><01:00:37.940><c> the</c><01:00:38.059><c> result</c><01:00:38.400><c> of</c><01:00:38.519><c> that</c><01:00:38.679><c> was</c><01:00:39.059><c> there</c><01:00:39.280><c> was</c><01:00:39.500><c> a</c><01:00:39.719><c> party</c><01:00:40.079><c> formed,</c><01:00:41.380><c> or</c>

01:00:41.699 --> 01:00:44.300
called<01:00:41.960><c> John's</c><01:00:42.579><c> Disciples,</c><01:00:43.619><c> that</c><01:00:43.860><c> became</c>

01:00:44.300 --> 01:00:50.019
so<01:00:44.900><c> entrenched</c><01:00:45.400><c> in</c><01:00:45.599><c> that</c><01:00:45.860><c> man's</c><01:00:46.420><c> teaching</c><01:00:46.739><c> that</c><01:00:47.099><c> when</c><01:00:47.340><c> he</c><01:00:47.760><c> himself</c><01:00:48.400><c> told</c><01:00:49.019><c> them</c><01:00:49.559><c> not</c>

01:00:50.019 --> 01:00:51.920
to<01:00:50.260><c> follow</c><01:00:50.420><c> him,</c><01:00:50.780><c> they</c><01:00:50.800><c> refused</c>

01:00:52.039 --> 01:00:56.500
and<01:00:52.519><c> went</c><01:00:52.780><c> to</c><01:00:52.900><c> their</c><01:00:53.199><c> death</c><01:00:54.219><c> without</c><01:00:55.300><c> following</c><01:00:55.940><c> the</c><01:00:56.280><c> words</c>

01:00:56.500 --> 01:00:58.440
of<01:00:56.699><c> their</c><01:00:56.880><c> leader.</c><01:00:57.360><c> They</c><01:00:57.599><c> refused</c><01:00:58.260><c> the</c>

01:00:58.440 --> 01:01:03.659
leading<01:00:58.639><c> even</c><01:00:58.900><c> when</c><01:00:59.079><c> he</c><01:00:59.320><c> said</c><01:00:59.519><c> it.</c><01:00:59.739><c> So</c><01:00:59.960><c> powerful</c><01:01:00.619><c> was</c><01:01:00.840><c> that</c><01:01:01.039><c> man's</c><01:01:01.519><c> teaching.</c><01:01:02.320><c> Apollos</c><01:01:02.739><c> came</c><01:01:03.079><c> to</c><01:01:03.340><c> Corinth,</c>

01:01:03.860 --> 01:01:07.400
brothers<01:01:04.059><c> and</c><01:01:04.199><c> sisters,</c><01:01:05.559><c> and</c><01:01:05.639><c> we</c><01:01:05.840><c> learned</c><01:01:06.059><c> in</c><01:01:06.260><c> the</c><01:01:06.460><c> 18th</c><01:01:06.980><c> chapter</c><01:01:07.199><c> of</c>

01:01:07.400 --> 01:01:09.519
Acts<01:01:07.599><c> that</c><01:01:07.679><c> when</c><01:01:07.840><c> he</c><01:01:07.940><c> came</c><01:01:08.179><c> to</c><01:01:08.340><c> Corinth,</c>

01:01:09.800 --> 01:01:13.880
he<01:01:09.980><c> was</c><01:01:10.320><c> instructed</c><01:01:10.980><c> in</c><01:01:11.340><c> the</c><01:01:11.539><c> baptism</c><01:01:11.940><c> of</c><01:01:12.340><c> John.</c><01:01:12.860><c> And</c><01:01:13.019><c> the</c><01:01:13.159><c> word</c><01:01:13.320><c> means</c><01:01:13.599><c> to</c>

01:01:13.880 --> 01:01:16.539
catalyze.<01:01:14.559><c> He</c><01:01:14.840><c> learned</c><01:01:15.059><c> that</c><01:01:15.340><c> in</c><01:01:15.619><c> Egypt.</c>

01:01:17.519 --> 01:01:24.860
He<01:01:17.960><c> came</c><01:01:18.239><c> from</c><01:01:18.440><c> Alexandria,</c><01:01:20.079><c> where</c><01:01:20.300><c> there</c><01:01:20.440><c> was</c><01:01:20.659><c> a</c><01:01:20.900><c> school</c><01:01:21.460><c> teaching</c><01:01:22.360><c> John's</c><01:01:23.280><c> teaching</c><01:01:23.539><c> in</c><01:01:23.820><c> Egypt.</c>

01:01:26.239 --> 01:01:29.480
No<01:01:26.519><c> wonder</c><01:01:26.719><c> they</c><01:01:26.960><c> knew</c><01:01:27.559><c> whether</c><01:01:27.900><c> he</c><01:01:28.019><c> was</c><01:01:28.219><c> a</c><01:01:28.360><c> messiah</c><01:01:28.719><c> or</c><01:01:28.900><c> not.</c>

01:01:29.840 --> 01:01:31.800
Though<01:01:30.039><c> he'd</c><01:01:30.219><c> done</c><01:01:30.360><c> no</c><01:01:30.480><c> miracles,</c><01:01:31.239><c> it</c><01:01:31.239><c> was</c><01:01:31.460><c> all</c><01:01:31.659><c> in</c>

01:01:31.800 --> 01:01:35.699
his<01:01:32.000><c> mouth.</c><01:01:33.280><c> It</c><01:01:33.460><c> was</c><01:01:33.460><c> all</c><01:01:33.579><c> what</c><01:01:33.679><c> he</c><01:01:33.940><c> said.</c><01:01:35.019><c> It</c><01:01:35.019><c> was</c><01:01:35.239><c> all</c><01:01:35.400><c> in</c><01:01:35.539><c> the</c>

01:01:35.699 --> 01:01:38.880
Scripture.<01:01:36.980><c> It</c><01:01:37.199><c> was</c><01:01:37.340><c> all</c><01:01:37.539><c> about</c><01:01:37.980><c> him.</c>

01:01:39.420 --> 01:01:41.440
And<01:01:39.639><c> there</c><01:01:39.699><c> were</c><01:01:39.800><c> things</c><01:01:40.119><c> that</c><01:01:40.340><c> were</c><01:01:40.539><c> arresting</c><01:01:41.099><c> them.</c><01:01:41.260><c> They</c>

01:01:41.440 --> 01:01:43.599
couldn't<01:01:41.699><c> get</c><01:01:41.900><c> around</c><01:01:42.199><c> it,</c><01:01:42.619><c> and</c><01:01:42.840><c> they</c><01:01:43.099><c> deliberated</c>

01:01:43.599 --> 01:01:47.699
in<01:01:43.800><c> their</c><01:01:43.960><c> hearts.</c><01:01:45.219><c> And</c><01:01:45.300><c> as</c><01:01:45.539><c> they</c><01:01:45.699><c> did</c><01:01:45.940><c> so,</c><01:01:46.420><c> John</c><01:01:46.440><c> made</c><01:01:46.760><c> no</c><01:01:47.099><c> bones</c><01:01:47.300><c> about</c><01:01:47.500><c> the</c>

01:01:47.699 --> 01:01:49.179
matter.<01:01:48.639><c> He</c><01:01:48.960><c> says,</c>

01:01:49.199 --> 01:01:52.480
I<01:01:49.400><c> am</c><01:01:49.679><c> not</c><01:01:49.960><c> the</c><01:01:50.179><c> cross.</c><01:01:50.400><c> He</c><01:01:50.599><c> made</c><01:01:50.880><c> no</c><01:01:51.219><c> bones</c><01:01:51.440><c> about</c><01:01:51.719><c> that.</c><01:01:52.280><c> As</c>

01:01:52.480 --> 01:01:54.639
the<01:01:52.699><c> Gospel</c><01:01:52.980><c> of</c><01:01:53.139><c> John</c><01:01:53.400><c> says,</c><01:01:53.699><c> he</c><01:01:53.840><c> confessed</c><01:01:54.380><c> and</c>

01:01:54.639 --> 01:01:57.219
denied<01:01:54.980><c> not.</c><01:01:55.659><c> He</c><01:01:55.800><c> had</c><01:01:56.000><c> every</c><01:01:56.280><c> opportunity</c><01:01:56.719><c> if</c><01:01:56.860><c> he</c><01:01:56.960><c> wanted</c><01:01:57.099><c> to</c>

01:01:57.219 --> 01:01:59.460
be<01:01:57.360><c> the</c><01:01:57.559><c> Christ,</c><01:01:57.980><c> brothers</c><01:01:58.119><c> and</c><01:01:58.300><c> sisters.</c><01:01:59.079><c> There</c><01:01:59.260><c> were</c>

01:01:59.460 --> 01:02:04.000
false<01:01:59.840><c> Christs</c><01:02:00.219><c> everywhere.</c><01:02:01.619><c> If</c><01:02:01.880><c> John</c><01:02:02.119><c> was</c><01:02:02.400><c> lifted</c><01:02:02.559><c> up</c><01:02:02.780><c> in</c><01:02:03.019><c> fleshly</c><01:02:03.460><c> pride,</c><01:02:03.880><c> if</c>

01:02:04.000 --> 01:02:05.659
he<01:02:04.219><c> began</c><01:02:04.619><c> to</c><01:02:04.860><c> say</c><01:02:05.000><c> within</c><01:02:05.219><c> himself</c>

01:02:05.659 --> 01:02:08.179
he<01:02:05.920><c> was</c><01:02:06.119><c> the</c><01:02:06.219><c> son</c><01:02:06.360><c> of</c><01:02:06.519><c> Abraham,</c><01:02:07.039><c> he</c><01:02:07.239><c> could</c><01:02:07.460><c> have</c><01:02:07.780><c> seized</c><01:02:07.980><c> that</c>

01:02:08.179 --> 01:02:10.099
opportunity.<01:02:08.880><c> He</c><01:02:09.000><c> could</c><01:02:09.139><c> have</c><01:02:09.280><c> been</c><01:02:09.440><c> King</c><01:02:09.719><c> of</c><01:02:09.860><c> the</c>

01:02:10.099 --> 01:02:14.500
Jews.<01:02:11.900><c> He</c><01:02:12.380><c> could</c><01:02:12.579><c> have</c><01:02:12.639><c> led</c><01:02:12.739><c> a</c><01:02:12.960><c> popular</c><01:02:13.219><c> movement</c><01:02:13.539><c> anywhere.</c>

01:02:14.760 --> 01:02:15.940
There<01:02:14.840><c> were</c><01:02:15.000><c> people</c><01:02:15.239><c> ready</c><01:02:15.500><c> to</c><01:02:15.780><c> back</c>

01:02:15.940 --> 01:02:22.539
into<01:02:16.099><c> the</c><01:02:16.320><c> hills,</c><01:02:16.980><c> but</c><01:02:17.800><c> he</c><01:02:17.960><c> confessed</c><01:02:18.440><c> and</c><01:02:18.780><c> denied</c><01:02:19.000><c> not.</c><01:02:20.440><c> Truly</c><01:02:20.860><c> humble</c><01:02:21.159><c> he</c><01:02:21.320><c> was.</c><01:02:22.000><c> No,</c><01:02:22.519><c> I</c>

01:02:22.539 --> 01:02:23.880
am<01:02:22.679><c> not</c><01:02:22.920><c> the</c><01:02:23.139><c> cross.</c>

01:02:24.039 --> 01:02:26.500
Furthermore,<01:02:24.519><c> he</c><01:02:24.719><c> said,</c><01:02:24.980><c> when</c><01:02:25.179><c> the</c><01:02:25.380><c> Christ</c><01:02:25.599><c> comes,</c><01:02:26.000><c> he</c><01:02:26.079><c> said,</c>

01:02:26.920 --> 01:02:29.800
I<01:02:27.159><c> am</c><01:02:27.440><c> not</c><01:02:27.719><c> worthy</c><01:02:28.219><c> to</c><01:02:29.159><c> stoop</c><01:02:29.400><c> down</c><01:02:29.659><c> and</c>

01:02:29.800 --> 01:02:33.659
unloose<01:02:30.239><c> his</c><01:02:30.500><c> shoes.</c><01:02:31.980><c> Whose</c><01:02:32.320><c> shoes?</c><01:02:32.599><c> He</c><01:02:32.780><c> said,</c><01:02:33.099><c> the</c><01:02:33.300><c> latchet</c>

01:02:33.659 --> 01:02:35.360
of<01:02:33.760><c> whose</c><01:02:33.960><c> shoes.</c><01:02:34.280><c> I'm</c><01:02:34.440><c> not</c><01:02:34.619><c> worthy</c><01:02:34.820><c> to</c><01:02:35.000><c> unloose.</c>

01:02:35.360 --> 01:02:37.340
Never<01:02:35.739><c> mind</c><01:02:35.920><c> about</c><01:02:36.119><c> all</c><01:02:36.340><c> his</c><01:02:36.539><c> shoes,</c><01:02:36.780><c> brothers</c><01:02:36.980><c> and</c><01:02:37.019><c> sisters,</c>

01:02:37.340 --> 01:02:41.199
just<01:02:37.639><c> the</c><01:02:37.780><c> mere</c><01:02:38.000><c> latchet,</c><01:02:39.719><c> the</c><01:02:39.960><c> laces</c><01:02:40.380><c> which</c>

01:02:41.199 --> 01:02:44.199
tied<01:02:41.460><c> upon</c><01:02:41.780><c> the</c><01:02:42.039><c> open</c><01:02:42.400><c> sandals.</c><01:02:43.139><c> He</c><01:02:43.340><c> said,</c><01:02:43.480><c> I</c><01:02:43.679><c> wouldn't</c><01:02:43.920><c> even</c>

01:02:44.199 --> 01:02:46.940
be<01:02:44.380><c> worthy</c><01:02:44.599><c> to</c><01:02:44.880><c> undo</c><01:02:45.099><c> the</c><01:02:45.500><c> lace,</c><01:02:46.320><c> let</c><01:02:46.440><c> alone</c><01:02:46.659><c> take</c>

01:02:46.940 --> 01:02:51.320
the<01:02:47.099><c> shoe</c><01:02:47.300><c> off.</c><01:02:48.760><c> And</c><01:02:48.980><c> you</c><01:02:49.000><c> know,</c><01:02:49.260><c> brothers</c><01:02:49.440><c> and</c><01:02:49.699><c> sisters,</c><01:02:50.719><c> taking</c><01:02:51.039><c> off</c>

01:02:51.320 --> 01:02:55.480
the<01:02:51.579><c> shoes</c><01:02:52.199><c> of</c><01:02:52.920><c> the</c><01:02:53.119><c> masters</c><01:02:53.599><c> was</c><01:02:54.639><c> the</c><01:02:55.000><c> lowliest</c>

01:02:55.480 --> 01:03:02.440
task<01:02:56.039><c> formed</c><01:02:56.440><c> by</c><01:02:56.719><c> any</c><01:02:57.000><c> slave.</c><01:02:58.960><c> And</c><01:02:59.340><c> if</c><01:02:59.619><c> a</c><01:02:59.760><c> man</c><01:02:59.980><c> had</c><01:03:00.239><c> many</c><01:03:00.559><c> slaves,</c><01:03:02.139><c> even</c>

01:03:02.440 --> 01:03:04.019
among<01:03:02.699><c> the</c><01:03:03.000><c> slaves</c><01:03:03.260><c> very</c><01:03:03.579><c> often</c><01:03:03.860><c> there</c>

01:03:04.019 --> 01:03:07.780
were<01:03:04.480><c> gradations</c><01:03:04.739><c> in</c><01:03:05.000><c> rank.</c><01:03:06.380><c> And</c><01:03:06.559><c> there</c><01:03:06.619><c> were</c><01:03:06.820><c> certain</c><01:03:07.119><c> eunuchs</c><01:03:07.519><c> who</c>

01:03:07.780 --> 01:03:10.079
had<01:03:08.300><c> charge</c><01:03:08.800><c> over</c><01:03:09.079><c> this</c><01:03:09.199><c> or</c><01:03:09.400><c> charge</c><01:03:09.860><c> over</c>

01:03:10.079 --> 01:03:12.420
that.<01:03:10.460><c> And</c><01:03:10.619><c> then</c><01:03:10.760><c> there</c><01:03:10.900><c> were</c><01:03:11.079><c> other</c><01:03:11.440><c> slaves</c><01:03:11.760><c> who</c><01:03:11.940><c> did</c><01:03:12.139><c> this</c>

01:03:12.420 --> 01:03:14.659
and<01:03:12.579><c> that.</c><01:03:13.059><c> And</c><01:03:13.239><c> the</c><01:03:13.460><c> meanest</c><01:03:13.800><c> of</c><01:03:13.960><c> all</c><01:03:14.219><c> the</c><01:03:14.460><c> slaves</c>

01:03:14.659 --> 01:03:18.119
was<01:03:14.960><c> brought</c><01:03:15.340><c> forth</c><01:03:15.739><c> that</c><01:03:16.000><c> he</c><01:03:16.119><c> might</c><01:03:16.500><c> bow</c><01:03:16.880><c> down</c><01:03:17.219><c> in</c><01:03:17.460><c> all</c><01:03:17.699><c> his</c>

01:03:18.119 --> 01:03:22.519
degradation<01:03:18.840><c> and</c><01:03:19.860><c> oppression</c><01:03:20.519><c> and</c><01:03:21.079><c> loose</c><01:03:21.420><c> the</c><01:03:22.019><c> latchet</c>

01:03:22.519 --> 01:03:25.239
of<01:03:22.719><c> the</c><01:03:22.900><c> master's</c><01:03:23.460><c> shoe.</c><01:03:23.940><c> And</c><01:03:24.099><c> John</c><01:03:24.280><c> says,</c><01:03:24.659><c> I'm</c><01:03:24.739><c> not</c><01:03:24.960><c> worthy</c>

01:03:25.239 --> 01:03:27.519
to<01:03:25.460><c> do</c><01:03:25.639><c> that.</c><01:03:26.099><c> There's</c><01:03:26.360><c> one</c><01:03:26.860><c> mighty</c><01:03:27.239><c> of</c><01:03:27.380><c> an</c>

01:03:27.519 --> 01:03:31.059
coming.<01:03:28.420><c> You</c><01:03:28.500><c> know,</c><01:03:28.940><c> brothers</c><01:03:29.019><c> and</c><01:03:29.139><c> sisters,</c><01:03:29.460><c> when</c><01:03:29.679><c> he</c><01:03:29.860><c> came,</c>

01:03:31.780 --> 01:03:33.820
he<01:03:31.940><c> knelt</c><01:03:32.139><c> down</c><01:03:32.480><c> and</c><01:03:32.699><c> loosed</c><01:03:32.980><c> the</c><01:03:33.260><c> shoes</c><01:03:33.460><c> of</c><01:03:33.679><c> the</c>

01:03:33.820 --> 01:03:40.239
cycle.<01:03:36.679><c> You</c><01:03:36.960><c> think</c><01:03:37.179><c> about</c><01:03:37.480><c> that.</c><01:03:39.460><c> And</c><01:03:39.639><c> you</c><01:03:39.699><c> know</c><01:03:39.920><c> something,</c>

01:03:40.260 --> 01:03:43.820
when<01:03:40.420><c> he</c><01:03:40.579><c> did</c><01:03:40.780><c> that,</c><01:03:41.840><c> John</c><01:03:42.340><c> prefaces</c><01:03:43.000><c> the</c><01:03:43.300><c> incident</c><01:03:43.579><c> with</c>

01:03:43.820 --> 01:03:50.360
these<01:03:44.119><c> words.</c><01:03:45.659><c> Jesus,</c><01:03:46.239><c> knowing</c><01:03:46.900><c> that</c><01:03:47.199><c> he</c><01:03:47.400><c> came</c><01:03:47.739><c> from</c><01:03:48.019><c> God</c><01:03:48.820><c> and</c>

01:03:50.360 --> 01:03:54.619
that<01:03:50.559><c> he</c><01:03:50.619><c> was</c><01:03:50.860><c> going</c><01:03:51.219><c> to</c><01:03:51.659><c> God,</c><01:03:53.679><c> took</c><01:03:54.000><c> a</c><01:03:54.239><c> towel</c><01:03:54.400><c> and</c>

01:03:54.619 --> 01:03:58.559
washed<01:03:54.760><c> his</c><01:03:55.099><c> feet.</c><01:03:56.519><c> It</c><01:03:56.780><c> wasn't</c><01:03:57.059><c> as</c><01:03:57.260><c> if</c><01:03:57.300><c> he'd</c><01:03:57.679><c> forgotten</c><01:03:58.159><c> where</c>

01:03:58.559 --> 01:04:01.659
he<01:03:58.719><c> came</c><01:03:58.980><c> from</c><01:03:59.280><c> or</c><01:03:59.460><c> where</c><01:03:59.659><c> he</c><01:03:59.760><c> was</c><01:04:00.059><c> going.</c><01:04:01.139><c> It's</c>

01:04:01.659 --> 01:04:06.739
because<01:04:02.059><c> he</c><01:04:02.340><c> knew.</c><01:04:05.039><c> And</c><01:04:05.440><c> he</c><01:04:05.480><c> was</c><01:04:05.639><c> the</c><01:04:05.800><c> only</c><01:04:06.039><c> one</c><01:04:06.139><c> in</c><01:04:06.260><c> that</c><01:04:06.519><c> room</c>

01:04:06.739 --> 01:04:08.920
who<01:04:06.900><c> had</c><01:04:07.219><c> nothing</c><01:04:07.619><c> to</c><01:04:08.019><c> prove.</c>

01:04:10.340 --> 01:04:13.059
When<01:04:10.619><c> men</c><01:04:10.800><c> have</c><01:04:11.000><c> got</c><01:04:11.219><c> something</c><01:04:11.480><c> to</c><01:04:11.800><c> prove,</c><01:04:12.519><c> no</c><01:04:12.699><c> one's</c><01:04:12.960><c> going</c>

01:04:13.059 --> 01:04:14.440
to<01:04:13.239><c> move</c><01:04:13.440><c> to</c><01:04:13.639><c> do</c><01:04:13.860><c> something</c>

01:04:14.440 --> 01:04:17.199
by<01:04:14.920><c> which</c><01:04:15.059><c> the</c><01:04:15.320><c> other</c><01:04:15.500><c> one</c><01:04:15.619><c> would</c><01:04:15.920><c> imply</c><01:04:16.340><c> that</c><01:04:16.679><c> they're</c><01:04:16.920><c> their</c>

01:04:17.199 --> 01:04:18.940
slave.<01:04:18.059><c> They'll</c><01:04:18.280><c> all</c><01:04:18.579><c> sit</c>

01:04:18.940 --> 01:04:23.300
still<01:04:19.579><c> because</c><01:04:20.639><c> they're</c><01:04:20.940><c> all</c><01:04:21.179><c> trying</c><01:04:21.500><c> to</c><01:04:21.840><c> prove</c><01:04:22.099><c> something.</c>

01:04:24.679 --> 01:04:27.400
And<01:04:24.780><c> it's</c><01:04:24.840><c> only</c><01:04:25.039><c> the</c><01:04:25.260><c> truly</c><01:04:25.460><c> great</c><01:04:25.800><c> men,</c><01:04:26.260><c> brothers</c><01:04:26.380><c> and</c><01:04:26.599><c> sisters,</c><01:04:26.820><c> who've</c><01:04:27.139><c> got</c>

01:04:27.400 --> 01:04:28.840
nothing<01:04:27.739><c> to</c><01:04:28.099><c> prove</c>

01:04:29.400 --> 01:04:34.000
who<01:04:29.880><c> go</c><01:04:30.039><c> around</c><01:04:30.260><c> washing</c><01:04:30.500><c> other</c><01:04:30.840><c> people's</c><01:04:31.380><c> feet.</c><01:04:33.599><c> It</c><01:04:33.800><c> doesn't</c>

01:04:34.000 --> 01:04:36.179
mean<01:04:34.199><c> a</c><01:04:34.360><c> thing</c><01:04:34.539><c> to</c><01:04:34.699><c> them.</c><01:04:35.820><c> They're</c><01:04:35.960><c> not</c>

01:04:36.179 --> 01:04:39.860
trying<01:04:36.360><c> to</c><01:04:36.579><c> prove</c><01:04:36.719><c> anything.</c><01:04:37.059><c> It's</c><01:04:37.300><c> all</c><01:04:37.599><c> been</c><01:04:37.940><c> proven.</c><01:04:38.659><c> Jesus,</c><01:04:39.139><c> knowing</c><01:04:39.679><c> that</c>

01:04:39.860 --> 01:04:41.239
he<01:04:39.980><c> came</c><01:04:40.219><c> from</c><01:04:40.420><c> God</c><01:04:40.780><c> and</c><01:04:41.059><c> was</c>

01:04:41.239 --> 01:04:45.920
going<01:04:41.539><c> back</c><01:04:41.900><c> to</c><01:04:42.099><c> God,</c><01:04:42.420><c> took</c><01:04:42.619><c> a</c><01:04:42.840><c> towel.</c><01:04:44.980><c> And</c><01:04:45.119><c> so</c><01:04:45.320><c> John</c><01:04:45.539><c> wasn't</c>

01:04:45.920 --> 01:04:47.679
worthy.<01:04:46.219><c> John</c><01:04:46.500><c> wouldn't</c><01:04:46.739><c> do</c><01:04:47.019><c> that.</c><01:04:47.460><c> But</c><01:04:47.579><c> the</c>

01:04:47.679 --> 01:04:51.079
Lord<01:04:47.900><c> Jesus</c><01:04:48.300><c> Christ</c><01:04:48.679><c> did</c><01:04:48.840><c> that,</c><01:04:49.000><c> brothers</c><01:04:49.300><c> and</c><01:04:49.440><c> sisters.</c><01:04:50.940><c> But</c>

01:04:51.079 --> 01:04:53.679
John<01:04:51.260><c> pointed</c><01:04:51.559><c> out</c><01:04:51.800><c> to</c><01:04:51.860><c> them</c><01:04:52.059><c> in</c><01:04:52.199><c> verse</c><01:04:52.400><c> 16,</c>

01:04:54.239 --> 01:04:59.139
I<01:04:54.579><c> indeed</c><01:04:55.019><c> baptize</c><01:04:55.500><c> you</c><01:04:55.659><c> with</c><01:04:55.860><c> water.</c><01:04:57.940><c> But</c><01:04:58.019><c> one</c><01:04:58.360><c> mightier</c><01:04:58.719><c> than</c><01:04:58.880><c> I,</c>

01:04:59.139 --> 01:05:00.880
cometh,<01:04:59.460><c> the</c><01:04:59.619><c> latcheter</c><01:04:59.940><c> whose</c><01:05:00.159><c> shoes</c><01:05:00.400><c> I</c><01:05:00.579><c> am</c><01:05:00.679><c> not</c>

01:05:00.880 --> 01:05:03.619
worthy,<01:05:01.199><c> one</c><01:05:01.320><c> loose,</c><01:05:01.800><c> he</c><01:05:02.079><c> shall</c><01:05:02.239><c> baptize</c><01:05:02.780><c> you</c><01:05:02.940><c> with</c><01:05:03.059><c> the</c><01:05:03.260><c> Holy</c>

01:05:03.619 --> 01:05:07.820
Spirit<01:05:03.840><c> and</c><01:05:04.400><c> with</c><01:05:04.860><c> fire.</c><01:05:06.159><c> What</c><01:05:06.599><c> did</c><01:05:06.719><c> he</c><01:05:06.920><c> mean?</c>

01:05:08.559 --> 01:05:10.619
Well,<01:05:08.760><c> we</c><01:05:08.820><c> know</c><01:05:09.019><c> what</c><01:05:09.320><c> he</c><01:05:09.519><c> meant</c><01:05:09.699><c> with</c><01:05:09.900><c> the</c><01:05:10.039><c> baptism</c><01:05:10.340><c> of</c><01:05:10.519><c> the</c>

01:05:10.619 --> 01:05:12.719
Holy<01:05:10.900><c> Spirit.</c><01:05:11.679><c> We</c><01:05:11.880><c> haven't</c><01:05:12.059><c> got</c><01:05:12.199><c> time</c><01:05:12.500><c> to</c>

01:05:12.719 --> 01:05:14.659
turn<01:05:12.860><c> these</c><01:05:13.039><c> references</c><01:05:13.340><c> up</c><01:05:13.639><c> now,</c><01:05:13.820><c> brothers</c><01:05:14.139><c> and</c><01:05:14.360><c> sisters,</c>

01:05:14.699 --> 01:05:15.980
but<01:05:14.960><c> you</c><01:05:15.139><c> think</c><01:05:15.360><c> about</c><01:05:15.599><c> it.</c>

01:05:15.980 --> 01:05:21.360
When<01:05:16.619><c> Peter</c><01:05:16.900><c> was</c><01:05:17.159><c> talking</c><01:05:17.360><c> to</c><01:05:17.539><c> Cornelius,</c><01:05:18.820><c> or</c><01:05:18.940><c> rather</c><01:05:19.360><c> Cornelius</c><01:05:19.840><c> was</c><01:05:20.039><c> talking</c><01:05:20.219><c> to</c><01:05:20.480><c> Peter,</c>

01:05:21.480 --> 01:05:27.460
the<01:05:21.659><c> Holy</c><01:05:22.019><c> Spirit</c><01:05:22.360><c> fell</c><01:05:22.599><c> upon</c><01:05:22.900><c> them.</c><01:05:24.440><c> And</c><01:05:24.679><c> Peter</c><01:05:24.860><c> knew</c><01:05:25.139><c> by</c><01:05:25.440><c> that</c><01:05:25.579><c> very</c><01:05:25.900><c> means</c><01:05:26.199><c> that</c><01:05:26.500><c> Cornelius</c><01:05:27.079><c> had</c><01:05:27.219><c> been</c>

01:05:27.460 --> 01:05:30.280
accepted<01:05:27.800><c> by</c><01:05:28.059><c> God</c><01:05:28.239><c> into</c><01:05:28.420><c> the</c><01:05:28.639><c> truth.</c><01:05:29.119><c> He</c><01:05:29.280><c> was</c><01:05:29.579><c> baptized</c><01:05:30.059><c> with</c>

01:05:30.280 --> 01:05:32.420
the<01:05:30.400><c> Holy</c><01:05:30.699><c> Spirit,</c><01:05:31.019><c> but</c><01:05:31.179><c> that</c><01:05:31.360><c> didn't</c><01:05:31.619><c> stop</c><01:05:31.920><c> Peter</c>

01:05:32.420 --> 01:05:35.760
putting<01:05:32.800><c> in</c><01:05:33.059><c> water,</c><01:05:33.420><c> did</c><01:05:33.420><c> it?</c><01:05:34.579><c> It's</c><01:05:34.719><c> a</c><01:05:34.800><c> very</c><01:05:35.099><c> powerful</c><01:05:35.440><c> proof</c>

01:05:35.760 --> 01:05:37.019
that,<01:05:35.920><c> you</c><01:05:35.920><c> know,</c><01:05:36.119><c> in</c><01:05:36.219><c> Acts</c><01:05:36.380><c> chapter</c><01:05:36.639><c> 10,</c>

01:05:37.239 --> 01:05:40.980
that<01:05:37.380><c> immediately</c><01:05:37.739><c> after</c><01:05:38.139><c> receiving</c><01:05:38.639><c> the</c><01:05:39.000><c> Holy</c><01:05:39.340><c> Spirit</c><01:05:39.659><c> gifts,</c><01:05:40.400><c> trolling</c><01:05:40.679><c> upon</c>

01:05:40.980 --> 01:05:42.280
Cornelius<01:05:41.519><c> and</c><01:05:41.639><c> Peter</c><01:05:41.980><c> seeing</c>

01:05:42.280 --> 01:05:45.420
that,<01:05:42.860><c> and</c><01:05:43.079><c> they</c><01:05:43.300><c> speaking</c><01:05:43.539><c> in</c><01:05:43.880><c> tongues,</c><01:05:44.420><c> he</c><01:05:44.659><c> said,</c><01:05:44.940><c> Can</c><01:05:45.219><c> any</c>

01:05:45.420 --> 01:05:48.679
man<01:05:45.619><c> forbid</c><01:05:46.079><c> water?</c><01:05:47.360><c> Which</c><01:05:47.780><c> proves,</c><01:05:48.099><c> brothers</c><01:05:48.460><c> and</c>

01:05:48.679 --> 01:05:51.679
sisters,<01:05:49.260><c> that</c><01:05:49.500><c> baptism</c><01:05:49.880><c> of</c><01:05:50.139><c> the</c><01:05:50.300><c> Spirit</c><01:05:50.380><c> in</c><01:05:50.559><c> the</c><01:05:50.679><c> first</c><01:05:50.960><c> century</c><01:05:51.239><c> did</c>

01:05:51.679 --> 01:05:55.400
not<01:05:52.079><c> negate</c><01:05:53.079><c> water</c><01:05:53.420><c> baptism</c><01:05:53.800><c> at</c><01:05:54.139><c> all.</c><01:05:55.179><c> But</c>

01:05:55.400 --> 01:05:58.199
nonetheless,<01:05:56.460><c> there</c><01:05:56.579><c> was</c><01:05:56.800><c> the</c><01:05:57.039><c> proof</c><01:05:57.360><c> that</c><01:05:57.739><c> the</c><01:05:57.960><c> believers</c>

01:05:58.199 --> 01:06:00.619
in<01:05:58.400><c> the</c><01:05:58.519><c> Lord</c><01:05:58.699><c> Jesus</c><01:05:59.219><c> Christ,</c><01:05:59.679><c> whoever</c><01:05:59.960><c> they</c><01:06:00.300><c> were,</c>

01:06:01.099 --> 01:06:03.900
were<01:06:01.420><c> the</c><01:06:01.739><c> recipients</c><01:06:02.119><c> of</c><01:06:02.320><c> the</c><01:06:02.460><c> Holy</c><01:06:02.780><c> Spirit,</c><01:06:03.199><c> and</c><01:06:03.280><c> they</c><01:06:03.420><c> were</c>

01:06:03.900 --> 01:06:12.760
filled<01:06:04.159><c> with</c><01:06:04.360><c> it.</c><01:06:04.420><c> They</c><01:06:04.539><c> were</c><01:06:05.099><c> baptized</c><01:06:05.579><c> with</c><01:06:12.260><c> that</c>

01:06:12.989 --> 01:06:16.300
you<01:06:13.260><c> think</c><01:06:13.539><c> about</c><01:06:13.800><c> it.</c><01:06:14.760><c> When</c><01:06:15.019><c> the</c><01:06:15.239><c> apostles</c><01:06:15.679><c> in</c><01:06:15.900><c> the</c><01:06:16.000><c> day</c><01:06:16.159><c> of</c>

01:06:16.300 --> 01:06:19.139
Pentecost<01:06:16.940><c> were</c><01:06:17.800><c> in</c><01:06:17.940><c> that</c><01:06:18.179><c> room,</c><01:06:18.440><c> and</c><01:06:18.539><c> it</c><01:06:18.599><c> was</c><01:06:18.840><c> filled</c>

01:06:19.139 --> 01:06:21.920
with<01:06:19.360><c> a</c><01:06:19.460><c> great</c><01:06:19.880><c> rushing</c><01:06:20.260><c> mighty</c><01:06:20.719><c> wind,</c><01:06:20.880><c> and</c><01:06:21.039><c> it</c><01:06:21.139><c> says</c><01:06:21.360><c> this,</c>

01:06:22.340 --> 01:06:24.719
and<01:06:22.500><c> there</c><01:06:22.739><c> appeared</c><01:06:23.039><c> under</c><01:06:23.199><c> them</c><01:06:23.980><c> like</c><01:06:24.420><c> clove</c>

01:06:24.719 --> 01:06:28.880
and<01:06:24.960><c> tongues</c><01:06:25.179><c> of</c><01:06:25.659><c> fire,</c><01:06:26.500><c> and</c><01:06:26.699><c> it</c><01:06:27.199><c> sat</c><01:06:27.659><c> on</c><01:06:28.320><c> each</c><01:06:28.539><c> of</c><01:06:28.639><c> them,</c><01:06:28.820><c> and</c>

01:06:28.880 --> 01:06:32.159
they<01:06:29.019><c> were</c><01:06:29.219><c> all</c><01:06:29.639><c> filled</c><01:06:30.099><c> with</c><01:06:30.500><c> the</c><01:06:30.780><c> Holy</c><01:06:31.079><c> Spirit.</c>

01:06:32.860 --> 01:06:37.059
And<01:06:33.239><c> so</c><01:06:33.559><c> on</c><01:06:33.719><c> this</c><01:06:33.880><c> occasion,</c><01:06:34.440><c> the</c><01:06:34.539><c> Holy</c><01:06:34.900><c> Spirit</c><01:06:35.079><c> took</c><01:06:35.300><c> a</c><01:06:35.460><c> symbolic</c><01:06:35.940><c> form.</c>

01:06:37.219 --> 01:06:40.760
It<01:06:37.599><c> took</c><01:06:37.880><c> the</c><01:06:38.139><c> form</c><01:06:38.300><c> of</c><01:06:38.619><c> a</c><01:06:38.940><c> tongue</c><01:06:39.559><c> of</c>

01:06:40.760 --> 01:06:45.860
fire.<01:06:43.239><c> And</c><01:06:43.659><c> all</c><01:06:43.880><c> the</c><01:06:44.139><c> believers</c><01:06:44.380><c> in</c><01:06:44.579><c> our</c><01:06:44.739><c> Lord</c><01:06:44.940><c> Jesus</c><01:06:45.360><c> Christ,</c>

01:06:46.179 --> 01:06:47.900
from<01:06:46.260><c> that</c><01:06:46.659><c> time,</c><01:06:47.179><c> brothers</c><01:06:47.300><c> and</c><01:06:47.579><c> sisters,</c>

01:06:48.039 --> 01:06:50.579
not<01:06:48.340><c> in</c><01:06:48.599><c> the</c><01:06:48.699><c> sense</c><01:06:48.840><c> of</c><01:06:49.000><c> the</c><01:06:49.199><c> apostles,</c><01:06:49.760><c> but</c><01:06:49.900><c> I</c><01:06:50.119><c> believe</c><01:06:50.340><c> that</c>

01:06:50.579 --> 01:06:52.659
every<01:06:51.079><c> brother</c><01:06:51.380><c> and</c><01:06:51.619><c> sister</c><01:06:51.880><c> who</c><01:06:52.019><c> comes</c><01:06:52.280><c> into</c><01:06:52.440><c> the</c>

01:06:52.659 --> 01:06:55.719
truth<01:06:52.780><c> in</c><01:06:52.920><c> the</c><01:06:53.139><c> proper</c><01:06:53.320><c> way</c><01:06:53.760><c> is</c><01:06:54.320><c> baptized</c><01:06:54.860><c> with</c><01:06:55.119><c> a</c><01:06:55.300><c> tongue</c><01:06:55.380><c> of</c>

01:06:55.719 --> 01:07:00.780
fire.<01:06:56.840><c> Why?</c><01:06:57.960><c> Because</c><01:06:58.440><c> they</c><01:06:58.679><c> should</c><01:06:58.940><c> be</c><01:06:59.199><c> enthusiastic.</c>

01:07:01.340 --> 01:07:05.179
They<01:07:01.820><c> should</c><01:07:02.099><c> be</c><01:07:02.559><c> burned</c><01:07:02.800><c> up</c><01:07:03.039><c> with</c><01:07:03.260><c> the</c><01:07:03.400><c> zeal</c><01:07:03.619><c> of</c><01:07:03.780><c> God,</c><01:07:03.980><c> and</c><01:07:04.099><c> their</c><01:07:04.360><c> tongue</c><01:07:04.639><c> should</c><01:07:04.860><c> be</c>

01:07:05.179 --> 01:07:06.079
loose,<01:07:05.639><c> and</c><01:07:05.780><c> it</c><01:07:05.940><c> should</c>

01:07:06.079 --> 01:07:09.659
be<01:07:06.260><c> like</c><01:07:06.380><c> a</c><01:07:06.639><c> flame</c><01:07:07.019><c> of</c><01:07:07.280><c> fire.</c><01:07:07.699><c> You</c><01:07:07.940><c> watch</c><01:07:08.159><c> a</c><01:07:08.460><c> flame.</c><01:07:09.199><c> You</c><01:07:09.420><c> watch</c>

01:07:09.659 --> 01:07:13.739
it<01:07:09.980><c> flicker.</c><01:07:10.559><c> It</c><01:07:10.840><c> flickers</c><01:07:11.199><c> in</c><01:07:11.320><c> the</c><01:07:12.179><c> amongst</c><01:07:12.559><c> the</c>

01:07:13.739 --> 01:07:16.940
timber<01:07:14.000><c> as</c><01:07:14.199><c> it's</c><01:07:14.340><c> burning.</c><01:07:15.139><c> It</c><01:07:15.380><c> flickers</c><01:07:15.659><c> and</c><01:07:15.940><c> flashes</c><01:07:16.219><c> because</c><01:07:16.639><c> it's</c>

01:07:16.940 --> 01:07:19.739
full<01:07:17.179><c> of</c><01:07:17.360><c> vitality</c><01:07:17.960><c> and</c><01:07:18.179><c> life.</c><01:07:19.420><c> That's</c>

01:07:19.739 --> 01:07:22.440
what<01:07:19.880><c> the</c><01:07:20.019><c> Lord</c><01:07:20.159><c> Jesus</c><01:07:20.539><c> Christ</c><01:07:20.820><c> did</c><01:07:21.000><c> for</c><01:07:21.179><c> his</c><01:07:21.360><c> disciples.</c><01:07:22.039><c> I'll</c><01:07:22.260><c> give</c><01:07:22.320><c> you</c>

01:07:22.440 --> 01:07:24.699
an<01:07:22.559><c> example.</c><01:07:22.880><c> Look</c><01:07:23.019><c> at</c><01:07:23.139><c> the</c><01:07:23.320><c> 39th</c><01:07:23.980><c> star.</c>

01:07:25.460 --> 01:07:27.460
Here<01:07:25.679><c> is</c><01:07:25.780><c> the,</c><01:07:26.059><c> I</c><01:07:26.059><c> believe,</c><01:07:26.340><c> what</c><01:07:26.480><c> the</c><01:07:26.659><c> Lord</c><01:07:26.800><c> Jesus</c><01:07:27.199><c> Christ</c>

01:07:27.460 --> 01:07:29.179
did<01:07:27.619><c> for</c><01:07:27.800><c> his</c><01:07:28.039><c> disciples,</c>

01:07:29.800 --> 01:07:32.500
even<01:07:29.900><c> in</c><01:07:30.239><c> a</c><01:07:30.300><c> greater</c><01:07:30.480><c> way</c><01:07:30.719><c> than</c><01:07:30.800><c> what</c><01:07:30.980><c> was</c><01:07:31.039><c> done</c><01:07:31.199><c> with</c><01:07:31.500><c> David</c><01:07:31.760><c> here.</c>

01:07:36.079 --> 01:07:41.039
And<01:07:36.340><c> so</c><01:07:36.559><c> in</c><01:07:36.659><c> the</c><01:07:36.800><c> 39th</c><01:07:37.420><c> star,</c><01:07:38.059><c> we</c><01:07:38.239><c> read</c><01:07:38.539><c> this</c><01:07:38.860><c> concerning</c><01:07:39.940><c> the</c>

01:07:41.039 --> 01:07:42.739
tongue<01:07:41.380><c> of</c><01:07:41.679><c> fire.</c>

01:07:45.079 --> 01:07:49.800
Psalm<01:07:45.300><c> 39</c><01:07:45.840><c> opens</c><01:07:46.099><c> up</c><01:07:46.300><c> with</c><01:07:46.480><c> these</c><01:07:46.679><c> words.</c><01:07:48.179><c> I</c><01:07:48.440><c> said,</c><01:07:48.739><c> I</c><01:07:48.860><c> will</c><01:07:49.099><c> take</c><01:07:49.360><c> heed</c><01:07:49.539><c> to</c>

01:07:49.800 --> 01:07:52.440
my<01:07:50.019><c> way</c><01:07:50.300><c> that</c><01:07:50.480><c> I</c><01:07:50.679><c> sin</c><01:07:50.820><c> not</c><01:07:51.019><c> with</c><01:07:51.300><c> my</c><01:07:51.599><c> tongue.</c>

01:07:52.500 --> 01:07:56.280
I<01:07:52.719><c> will</c><01:07:52.920><c> keep</c><01:07:53.119><c> my</c><01:07:53.460><c> mouth</c><01:07:53.639><c> with</c><01:07:53.820><c> a</c><01:07:54.000><c> bridle</c><01:07:54.260><c> while</c><01:07:54.480><c> the</c><01:07:54.639><c> wicked</c><01:07:54.780><c> is</c><01:07:55.000><c> before</c><01:07:55.320><c> me.</c><01:07:56.039><c> I</c>

01:07:56.280 --> 01:07:57.420
was<01:07:56.539><c> done</c><01:07:56.760><c> with</c><01:07:57.059><c> silence.</c>

01:07:57.420 --> 01:08:06.579
I<01:07:58.239><c> held</c><01:07:58.559><c> my</c><01:07:59.019><c> peace</c><01:07:59.500><c> even</c><01:08:00.280><c> from</c><01:08:00.780><c> good,</c><01:08:01.920><c> and</c><01:08:03.099><c> my</c><01:08:03.519><c> sorrow</c><01:08:04.159><c> was</c><01:08:04.800><c> stirred.</c><01:08:06.179><c> My</c>

01:08:06.579 --> 01:08:09.159
heart<01:08:07.199><c> was</c><01:08:07.659><c> hot</c><01:08:07.940><c> within</c><01:08:08.340><c> me</c>

01:08:09.519 --> 01:08:14.199
while<01:08:09.900><c> I</c><01:08:10.079><c> was</c><01:08:10.400><c> musing</c><01:08:10.960><c> the</c><01:08:11.260><c> fire</c><01:08:12.079><c> caught</c><01:08:13.099><c> alight.</c><01:08:13.679><c> That's</c><01:08:13.980><c> what</c><01:08:14.059><c> the</c>

01:08:14.199 --> 01:08:15.019
word<01:08:14.360><c> for</c><01:08:14.500><c> Hebrew</c><01:08:14.719><c> means,</c>

01:08:15.239 --> 01:08:19.520
brethren<01:08:15.300><c> and</c><01:08:15.599><c> sisters.</c><01:08:15.860><c> The</c><01:08:16.000><c> word</c><01:08:16.279><c> burn</c><01:08:16.539><c> there</c><01:08:16.699><c> means</c><01:08:17.000><c> to</c><01:08:17.340><c> catch</c><01:08:17.619><c> alight.</c><01:08:18.760><c> Then</c><01:08:18.979><c> I</c>

01:08:19.520 --> 01:08:21.079
spake<01:08:19.739><c> with</c><01:08:20.000><c> my</c><01:08:20.260><c> tongue.</c>

01:08:24.020 --> 01:08:28.579
So<01:08:24.420><c> here's</c><01:08:24.819><c> David,</c><01:08:25.760><c> the</c><01:08:25.880><c> wicked</c><01:08:26.039><c> are</c><01:08:26.220><c> before</c><01:08:26.539><c> him.</c><01:08:27.699><c> He</c><01:08:27.800><c> cannot,</c><01:08:28.079><c> he</c><01:08:28.239><c> feels</c><01:08:28.460><c> he</c>

01:08:28.579 --> 01:08:29.960
can<01:08:28.819><c> no</c><01:08:29.020><c> longer</c><01:08:29.319><c> talk</c><01:08:29.579><c> the</c><01:08:29.840><c> truth</c>

01:08:29.960 --> 01:08:32.399
in<01:08:30.119><c> front</c><01:08:30.199><c> of</c><01:08:30.340><c> the</c><01:08:30.439><c> wicked.</c><01:08:30.979><c> He</c><01:08:31.119><c> feels</c><01:08:31.420><c> that</c><01:08:31.579><c> it's</c><01:08:31.800><c> a</c><01:08:31.899><c> waste</c><01:08:32.159><c> of</c>

01:08:32.399 --> 01:08:35.199
time.<01:08:33.420><c> So</c><01:08:33.579><c> he</c><01:08:33.699><c> says,</c><01:08:34.039><c> I'm</c><01:08:34.159><c> determined.</c><01:08:34.699><c> I'm</c><01:08:34.899><c> going</c><01:08:35.020><c> to</c>

01:08:35.199 --> 01:08:37.399
say<01:08:35.380><c> nothing.</c><01:08:35.760><c> I'm</c><01:08:35.840><c> going</c><01:08:35.939><c> to</c><01:08:36.199><c> put</c><01:08:36.359><c> a</c><01:08:36.560><c> bridle</c><01:08:36.760><c> in</c><01:08:36.880><c> my</c><01:08:37.119><c> mouth.</c>

01:08:37.520 --> 01:08:39.479
I'm<01:08:37.680><c> going</c><01:08:37.779><c> to</c><01:08:37.939><c> shut</c><01:08:38.079><c> my</c><01:08:38.279><c> mouth</c><01:08:38.439><c> and</c><01:08:38.619><c> keep</c><01:08:38.840><c> my</c><01:08:39.119><c> tongue</c><01:08:39.300><c> in.</c>

01:08:39.619 --> 01:08:43.560
I<01:08:39.800><c> was</c><01:08:40.020><c> done</c><01:08:40.279><c> with</c><01:08:40.560><c> silence.</c><01:08:41.119><c> And</c><01:08:41.300><c> he</c><01:08:41.399><c> said,</c><01:08:41.600><c> when</c><01:08:41.819><c> the</c><01:08:41.960><c> opportunity</c><01:08:42.420><c> came,</c>

01:08:43.659 --> 01:08:45.680
even<01:08:43.939><c> to</c><01:08:44.199><c> speak</c><01:08:44.420><c> good,</c><01:08:44.819><c> I</c><01:08:45.020><c> didn't.</c>

01:08:45.680 --> 01:08:54.079
But<01:08:46.260><c> his</c><01:08:47.720><c> heart</c><01:08:47.979><c> got</c><01:08:48.220><c> hotter</c><01:08:48.520><c> and</c><01:08:49.500><c> hotter</c><01:08:49.880><c> and</c><01:08:50.319><c> hotter</c><01:08:50.880><c> and</c><01:08:52.520><c> hotter.</c><01:08:53.960><c> So</c>

01:08:54.079 --> 01:08:55.680
in<01:08:54.239><c> the</c><01:08:54.439><c> end,</c><01:08:54.739><c> it</c><01:08:54.779><c> got</c><01:08:54.960><c> that</c><01:08:55.239><c> hot</c>

01:08:55.680 --> 01:09:02.880
that<01:08:56.460><c> his</c><01:08:56.699><c> tongue</c><01:08:56.840><c> went</c><01:08:57.479><c> caught</c><01:08:58.220><c> alight,</c><01:08:59.899><c> and</c><01:08:59.899><c> he</c><01:09:00.039><c> couldn't</c><01:09:00.319><c> keep</c><01:09:00.500><c> silence</c><01:09:00.800><c> any</c><01:09:01.039><c> longer.</c><01:09:01.979><c> He</c><01:09:02.199><c> was</c><01:09:02.640><c> a</c>

01:09:02.880 --> 01:09:04.079
tongue<01:09:03.020><c> of</c><01:09:03.300><c> fire.</c>

01:09:04.359 --> 01:09:07.460
You<01:09:04.380><c> know,</c><01:09:04.539><c> the</c><01:09:04.579><c> Lord</c><01:09:04.800><c> Jesus</c><01:09:05.220><c> Christ</c><01:09:05.560><c> did</c><01:09:05.720><c> that</c><01:09:05.939><c> to</c><01:09:06.079><c> his</c><01:09:06.260><c> disciples.</c><01:09:07.380><c> You</c>

01:09:07.460 --> 01:09:09.279
know,<01:09:07.880><c> Jeremiah</c><01:09:08.260><c> said,</c>

01:09:09.920 --> 01:09:13.680
the<01:09:10.220><c> same</c><01:09:10.460><c> here</c><01:09:10.680><c> as</c><01:09:11.239><c> David</c><01:09:11.600><c> said</c><01:09:11.739><c> in</c><01:09:11.899><c> the</c><01:09:12.100><c> Psalm,</c><01:09:12.859><c> Jeremiah</c><01:09:13.399><c> said</c><01:09:13.619><c> he</c>

01:09:13.680 --> 01:09:15.340
would<01:09:13.859><c> no</c><01:09:14.119><c> longer</c><01:09:14.380><c> speak</c><01:09:14.680><c> in</c><01:09:14.800><c> the</c><01:09:14.899><c> name</c><01:09:15.039><c> of</c><01:09:15.239><c> the</c>

01:09:15.340 --> 01:09:18.819
Lord.<01:09:15.880><c> But</c><01:09:16.100><c> he</c><01:09:16.119><c> said,</c><01:09:16.619><c> his</c><01:09:16.760><c> word</c><01:09:17.159><c> was</c><01:09:17.439><c> in</c><01:09:17.539><c> me</c><01:09:17.659><c> like</c><01:09:17.920><c> a</c><01:09:18.220><c> fire</c><01:09:18.560><c> in</c>

01:09:18.819 --> 01:09:21.420
my<01:09:19.159><c> bones</c><01:09:19.600><c> that</c><01:09:19.739><c> I</c><01:09:19.859><c> could</c><01:09:20.140><c> not</c><01:09:20.380><c> forbear.</c>

01:09:22.119 --> 01:09:24.100
And<01:09:22.300><c> what</c><01:09:22.399><c> do</c><01:09:22.600><c> we</c><01:09:22.600><c> find</c><01:09:22.779><c> the</c><01:09:22.960><c> apostles</c><01:09:23.300><c> doing,</c><01:09:23.779><c> brothers</c><01:09:23.920><c> and</c>

01:09:24.100 --> 01:09:26.119
sisters?<01:09:24.439><c> Everywhere</c><01:09:24.960><c> they</c><01:09:25.359><c> go,</c>

01:09:26.520 --> 01:09:29.880
they're<01:09:26.800><c> caught</c><01:09:26.979><c> alight</c><01:09:27.520><c> with</c><01:09:27.739><c> the</c><01:09:27.960><c> enthusiasm</c><01:09:28.399><c> of</c><01:09:28.579><c> the</c><01:09:28.800><c> truth.</c><01:09:29.659><c> And</c>

01:09:29.880 --> 01:09:31.699
Peter,<01:09:30.159><c> who</c><01:09:30.420><c> stood</c><01:09:30.579><c> in</c><01:09:30.760><c> the</c><01:09:30.939><c> court</c><01:09:31.119><c> and</c><01:09:31.380><c> denied</c>

01:09:31.699 --> 01:09:34.819
his<01:09:32.000><c> Lord</c><01:09:32.220><c> three</c><01:09:32.579><c> times,</c><01:09:33.180><c> the</c><01:09:33.319><c> last</c><01:09:33.659><c> time</c><01:09:33.920><c> swearing</c><01:09:34.619><c> that</c><01:09:34.760><c> he</c>

01:09:34.819 --> 01:09:37.520
didn't<01:09:35.079><c> know</c><01:09:35.220><c> him,</c><01:09:36.359><c> on</c><01:09:36.479><c> the</c><01:09:36.539><c> day</c><01:09:36.779><c> of</c><01:09:36.939><c> Pentecost,</c>

01:09:37.720 --> 01:09:43.300
standing<01:09:38.060><c> up</c><01:09:38.300><c> there</c><01:09:38.479><c> as</c><01:09:38.760><c> large</c><01:09:39.100><c> as</c><01:09:39.380><c> life,</c><01:09:40.460><c> with</c><01:09:40.539><c> his</c><01:09:40.819><c> tongue</c><01:09:41.159><c> flashing</c><01:09:41.699><c> over</c><01:09:42.000><c> the</c><01:09:42.239><c> scriptures</c><01:09:42.619><c> like</c><01:09:42.960><c> a</c>

01:09:43.300 --> 01:09:44.300
flame<01:09:43.520><c> of</c><01:09:43.800><c> fire</c>

01:09:44.300 --> 01:09:47.500
full<01:09:44.699><c> of</c><01:09:45.000><c> enthusiasm</c><01:09:45.640><c> and</c><01:09:46.119><c> spreading</c><01:09:46.479><c> the</c><01:09:46.640><c> word</c><01:09:46.819><c> of</c><01:09:46.939><c> the</c><01:09:47.119><c> truth</c><01:09:47.279><c> with</c>

01:09:47.500 --> 01:09:49.399
all<01:09:48.020><c> boldness,</c><01:09:48.739><c> brothers</c><01:09:48.800><c> and</c><01:09:48.979><c> sisters.</c>

01:09:49.619 --> 01:09:54.420
Jesus<01:09:50.079><c> Christ</c><01:09:50.520><c> had</c><01:09:50.840><c> set</c><01:09:51.020><c> them</c><01:09:51.199><c> alight.</c><01:09:53.460><c> All</c><01:09:53.739><c> over</c><01:09:54.039><c> the</c><01:09:54.199><c> world,</c>

01:09:54.420 --> 01:09:57.039
people<01:09:54.699><c> were</c><01:09:55.039><c> ablaze</c><01:09:55.680><c> with</c><01:09:55.840><c> the</c><01:09:56.000><c> gospel</c><01:09:56.279><c> message</c>

01:09:57.039 --> 01:10:01.439
and<01:09:57.640><c> the</c><01:09:57.859><c> tongues</c><01:09:58.039><c> of</c><01:09:58.340><c> fire</c><01:09:58.539><c> were</c><01:09:58.899><c> flashing</c><01:09:59.199><c> everywhere.</c><01:10:01.260><c> Now</c>

01:10:01.439 --> 01:10:03.750
coming<01:10:01.720><c> back</c><01:10:02.020><c> to</c><01:10:02.140><c> the</c><01:10:02.220><c> third</c><01:10:02.460><c> chapter</c><01:10:02.779><c> of</c><01:10:02.979><c> Luke,</c>

01:10:04.720 --> 01:10:08.079
John<01:10:05.060><c> brings</c><01:10:05.479><c> home</c><01:10:05.720><c> to</c><01:10:05.819><c> them,</c><01:10:05.979><c> brothers</c><01:10:06.159><c> and</c><01:10:06.420><c> sisters,</c><01:10:06.779><c> a</c><01:10:06.920><c> very</c><01:10:07.300><c> sober</c><01:10:07.560><c> warning</c><01:10:07.899><c> at</c>

01:10:08.079 --> 01:10:09.670
the<01:10:08.180><c> end</c><01:10:08.319><c> of</c><01:10:08.439><c> his</c><01:10:08.640><c> talk</c><01:10:08.899><c> here.</c>

01:10:13.409 --> 01:10:16.430
Now,<01:10:13.909><c> speaking</c><01:10:14.409><c> of</c><01:10:14.550><c> those</c><01:10:14.890><c> who</c><01:10:14.989><c> would</c><01:10:15.250><c> not</c><01:10:15.510><c> respond</c><01:10:16.069><c> to</c><01:10:16.289><c> the</c>

01:10:16.430 --> 01:10:19.409
tongue<01:10:16.569><c> of</c><01:10:16.829><c> fire,</c><01:10:17.489><c> to</c><01:10:18.069><c> the</c><01:10:18.369><c> word</c><01:10:18.510><c> of</c><01:10:18.689><c> the</c><01:10:18.750><c> Lord</c><01:10:18.949><c> Jesus</c>

01:10:19.409 --> 01:10:23.829
Christ,<01:10:21.069><c> he</c><01:10:21.189><c> said</c><01:10:21.409><c> in</c><01:10:21.550><c> verse</c><01:10:21.810><c> 17,</c><01:10:22.229><c> there'd</c><01:10:22.409><c> be</c><01:10:22.510><c> another</c><01:10:22.810><c> fire,</c>

01:10:24.630 --> 01:10:28.390
whose<01:10:24.829><c> fan</c><01:10:25.189><c> is</c><01:10:25.369><c> in</c><01:10:25.489><c> his</c><01:10:25.710><c> hand.</c><01:10:27.489><c> He</c><01:10:27.710><c> will</c><01:10:27.949><c> thoroughly</c>

01:10:28.390 --> 01:10:31.569
purge<01:10:28.810><c> his</c><01:10:29.130><c> floor</c><01:10:29.350><c> and</c><01:10:29.590><c> gather</c><01:10:29.789><c> the</c><01:10:30.010><c> wheat</c><01:10:30.149><c> into</c><01:10:30.310><c> his</c><01:10:30.590><c> gunner,</c>

01:10:31.609 --> 01:10:34.909
for<01:10:31.789><c> the</c><01:10:32.090><c> chaff</c><01:10:32.369><c> he</c><01:10:32.489><c> will</c><01:10:32.710><c> burn</c><01:10:33.130><c> with</c><01:10:33.550><c> fire</c>

01:10:35.270 --> 01:10:40.729
unquenchable.<01:10:37.189><c> There'd</c><01:10:37.729><c> be</c><01:10:37.810><c> two</c><01:10:38.229><c> fires,</c><01:10:38.829><c> brothers</c><01:10:38.989><c> and</c><01:10:39.189><c> sisters.</c><01:10:40.510><c> We</c>

01:10:40.729 --> 01:10:43.930
are<01:10:41.069><c> either</c><01:10:41.689><c> fired</c><01:10:42.369><c> with</c><01:10:42.609><c> the</c><01:10:42.829><c> word,</c>

01:10:44.350 --> 01:10:47.369
or<01:10:44.850><c> we</c><01:10:45.029><c> will</c><01:10:45.350><c> stand</c><01:10:45.649><c> in</c><01:10:45.829><c> the</c><01:10:45.890><c> way</c><01:10:46.029><c> of</c><01:10:46.149><c> the</c><01:10:46.270><c> Lord</c><01:10:46.510><c> Jesus</c><01:10:46.970><c> Christ,</c>

01:10:47.390 --> 01:10:49.750
who<01:10:47.489><c> shall</c><01:10:47.670><c> reveal</c><01:10:48.109><c> from</c><01:10:48.310><c> heaven</c><01:10:48.649><c> inflaming</c>

01:10:49.750 --> 01:10:56.310
fire.<01:10:52.130><c> The</c><01:10:52.369><c> Lord</c><01:10:52.670><c> is</c><01:10:52.930><c> a</c><01:10:53.149><c> fire.</c><01:10:54.510><c> He</c><01:10:54.750><c> either</c><01:10:55.090><c> lights</c><01:10:55.409><c> our</c><01:10:55.789><c> hearts</c>

01:10:56.310 --> 01:11:00.270
and<01:10:57.470><c> sends</c><01:10:57.770><c> us</c><01:10:58.710><c> speeding</c><01:10:59.010><c> on</c><01:10:59.329><c> to</c><01:10:59.550><c> speak</c><01:10:59.750><c> with</c><01:10:59.949><c> our</c>

01:11:00.270 --> 01:11:05.449
tongues,<01:11:00.649><c> or</c><01:11:00.850><c> we</c><01:11:01.029><c> are</c><01:11:01.489><c> burned</c><01:11:01.750><c> up</c><01:11:02.029><c> like</c><01:11:02.369><c> chaff</c><01:11:02.789><c> with</c><01:11:03.310><c> fire</c><01:11:03.949><c> unquenchable.</c><01:11:05.069><c> Not</c>

01:11:05.449 --> 01:11:06.850
that<01:11:05.670><c> the</c><01:11:05.909><c> fire</c><01:11:06.130><c> would</c><01:11:06.350><c> never</c><01:11:06.590><c> go</c>

01:11:06.850 --> 01:11:09.350
out,<01:11:07.289><c> brothers</c><01:11:07.470><c> and</c><01:11:07.590><c> sisters,</c><01:11:08.090><c> but</c><01:11:08.350><c> the</c><01:11:08.550><c> point</c><01:11:08.750><c> that</c><01:11:08.970><c> John</c><01:11:09.149><c> is</c>

01:11:09.350 --> 01:11:11.909
making<01:11:09.630><c> is</c><01:11:09.890><c> this,</c><01:11:10.210><c> it</c><01:11:10.369><c> will</c><01:11:10.689><c> not</c><01:11:10.890><c> go</c><01:11:11.130><c> out</c><01:11:11.270><c> until</c><01:11:11.470><c> the</c>

01:11:11.909 --> 01:11:16.329
chaff<01:11:12.270><c> is</c><01:11:12.569><c> gone.</c><01:11:14.050><c> As</c><01:11:14.350><c> Malachi</c><01:11:14.770><c> says,</c><01:11:15.130><c> he'll</c><01:11:15.270><c> leave</c><01:11:15.510><c> them</c><01:11:15.649><c> neither</c><01:11:15.949><c> roof</c>

01:11:16.329 --> 01:11:18.350
nor<01:11:16.649><c> branch,</c><01:11:17.489><c> but</c><01:11:17.609><c> we're</c><01:11:17.810><c> going</c><01:11:17.850><c> to</c><01:11:17.949><c> like</c>

01:11:18.350 --> 01:11:21.770
stubble,<01:11:18.949><c> says</c><01:11:18.949><c> the</c><01:11:19.250><c> prophet,</c><01:11:20.569><c> and</c><01:11:20.710><c> there</c><01:11:20.850><c> wouldn't</c><01:11:21.090><c> be</c><01:11:21.390><c> one</c>

01:11:21.770 --> 01:11:24.829
vestige<01:11:22.170><c> of</c><01:11:22.210><c> it</c><01:11:22.409><c> left</c><01:11:22.569><c> once</c><01:11:22.829><c> the</c><01:11:23.010><c> fire</c><01:11:23.569><c> got</c><01:11:23.930><c> going.</c>

01:11:25.010 --> 01:11:32.989
But,<01:11:25.569><c> you</c><01:11:25.850><c> know,</c><01:11:26.949><c> the</c><01:11:27.189><c> interesting</c><01:11:27.930><c> thing</c><01:11:28.229><c> is</c><01:11:28.510><c> this.</c><01:11:30.350><c> He's</c><01:11:30.689><c> talking</c><01:11:31.029><c> about</c><01:11:31.350><c> the</c><01:11:31.569><c> word</c><01:11:31.789><c> of</c><01:11:32.109><c> threshing.</c>

01:11:33.890 --> 01:11:36.569
Now,<01:11:34.069><c> we</c><01:11:34.210><c> could</c><01:11:34.430><c> spend</c><01:11:34.609><c> the</c><01:11:34.729><c> rest</c><01:11:34.949><c> of</c><01:11:35.109><c> the</c><01:11:35.189><c> night</c><01:11:35.350><c> on</c><01:11:35.529><c> that</c><01:11:35.750><c> verse</c><01:11:35.970><c> of</c>

01:11:36.569 --> 01:11:38.489
Scripture,<01:11:36.729><c> showing</c><01:11:37.010><c> all</c><01:11:37.649><c> the</c>

01:11:38.489 --> 01:11:42.850
Scriptures<01:11:38.829><c> which</c><01:11:39.189><c> speak</c><01:11:39.390><c> of</c><01:11:39.569><c> the</c><01:11:39.810><c> threshing</c><01:11:40.289><c> aspect</c><01:11:40.750><c> of</c><01:11:40.909><c> God's</c><01:11:41.369><c> judgment,</c><01:11:42.210><c> whose</c><01:11:42.510><c> fan</c>

01:11:42.850 --> 01:11:44.430
is<01:11:43.050><c> in</c><01:11:43.109><c> his</c><01:11:43.350><c> hand.</c><01:11:43.829><c> You</c><01:11:43.949><c> know,</c>

01:11:44.510 --> 01:11:49.810
they<01:11:44.770><c> would</c><01:11:45.050><c> not</c><01:11:45.270><c> normally</c><01:11:45.770><c> use</c><01:11:46.109><c> a</c><01:11:46.390><c> fan</c><01:11:46.550><c> in</c><01:11:46.789><c> the</c><01:11:47.050><c> open</c><01:11:47.270><c> air.</c><01:11:48.989><c> The</c><01:11:49.149><c> Lord's</c><01:11:49.449><c> going</c><01:11:49.590><c> to</c>

01:11:49.810 --> 01:11:51.689
purge<01:11:50.090><c> his</c><01:11:50.390><c> floor.</c><01:11:51.109><c> Where's</c><01:11:51.390><c> the</c>

01:11:51.689 --> 01:11:55.909
floor?<01:11:52.170><c> If</c><01:11:52.409><c> you</c><01:11:52.569><c> had</c><01:11:52.710><c> a</c><01:11:52.890><c> floor</c><01:11:53.029><c> out</c><01:11:53.270><c> in</c><01:11:53.390><c> the</c><01:11:53.529><c> open,</c><01:11:53.930><c> and</c><01:11:54.090><c> you</c><01:11:54.750><c> would</c><01:11:54.909><c> only</c><01:11:55.210><c> thresh</c><01:11:55.470><c> in</c>

01:11:55.909 --> 01:11:57.050
a<01:11:56.029><c> windy</c><01:11:56.289><c> day,</c><01:11:56.670><c> you</c><01:11:56.789><c> wouldn't</c>

01:11:57.050 --> 01:12:01.229
need<01:11:57.229><c> a</c><01:11:57.489><c> fan.</c><01:11:58.750><c> The</c><01:11:59.010><c> fan</c><01:11:59.329><c> he</c><01:11:59.529><c> has</c><01:11:59.689><c> spoken</c><01:11:59.909><c> of</c><01:12:00.050><c> was</c><01:12:00.270><c> a</c><01:12:00.409><c> big</c><01:12:00.810><c> hand</c>

01:12:01.229 --> 01:12:03.529
fan.<01:12:01.510><c> They</c><01:12:01.630><c> would</c><01:12:01.909><c> use</c><01:12:02.289><c> to</c><01:12:02.649><c> blow</c><01:12:02.890><c> the</c><01:12:03.189><c> chaff</c><01:12:03.350><c> from</c>

01:12:03.529 --> 01:12:07.930
off<01:12:03.750><c> the</c><01:12:03.970><c> floor</c><01:12:04.229><c> when</c><01:12:04.670><c> they</c><01:12:04.850><c> would</c><01:12:05.050><c> be</c><01:12:05.270><c> doing</c><01:12:05.489><c> the</c><01:12:05.710><c> work</c><01:12:05.890><c> inside.</c><01:12:07.729><c> But</c>

01:12:07.930 --> 01:12:09.989
if<01:12:08.050><c> you</c><01:12:08.189><c> were</c><01:12:08.329><c> out</c><01:12:08.489><c> in</c><01:12:08.609><c> the</c><01:12:08.729><c> open,</c><01:12:09.829><c> or</c><01:12:09.829><c> from</c>

01:12:09.989 --> 01:12:12.609
the<01:12:10.109><c> top</c><01:12:10.229><c> of</c><01:12:10.409><c> a</c><01:12:10.529><c> hill</c><01:12:10.630><c> with</c><01:12:10.850><c> a</c><01:12:11.050><c> flat</c><01:12:11.250><c> rock,</c><01:12:11.510><c> brothers</c><01:12:11.829><c> and</c><01:12:11.850><c> sisters,</c><01:12:12.430><c> you</c>

01:12:12.609 --> 01:12:14.310
wouldn't<01:12:12.850><c> need</c><01:12:13.090><c> a</c><01:12:13.310><c> fan,</c><01:12:13.590><c> because</c><01:12:13.909><c> you'd</c>

01:12:14.310 --> 01:12:16.710
get<01:12:14.470><c> onto</c><01:12:14.630><c> your</c><01:12:14.869><c> pitchfork</c><01:12:15.310><c> and</c><01:12:15.710><c> puff</c><01:12:15.890><c> the</c><01:12:16.170><c> chaff</c><01:12:16.369><c> into</c><01:12:16.529><c> the</c>

01:12:16.710 --> 01:12:18.810
air,<01:12:16.869><c> as</c><01:12:17.029><c> Daniel</c><01:12:17.409><c> says,</c><01:12:17.930><c> and</c><01:12:18.050><c> it</c><01:12:18.090><c> would</c><01:12:18.329><c> be</c><01:12:18.550><c> blown</c>

01:12:18.810 --> 01:12:21.430
away<01:12:19.109><c> by</c><01:12:19.329><c> the</c><01:12:19.510><c> summer</c><01:12:19.750><c> wind.</c><01:12:20.409><c> But</c><01:12:20.529><c> the</c><01:12:20.609><c> Lord's</c><01:12:20.970><c> not</c><01:12:21.189><c> talking</c>

01:12:21.430 --> 01:12:25.609
about<01:12:21.890><c> any</c><01:12:22.329><c> floor.</c><01:12:24.430><c> He's</c><01:12:24.930><c> talking</c><01:12:25.149><c> about</c>

01:12:25.609 --> 01:12:32.909
purging<01:12:26.350><c> his</c><01:12:27.750><c> floor.</c><01:12:28.310><c> Where</c><01:12:28.550><c> was</c><01:12:28.850><c> that?</c><01:12:31.350><c> And</c><01:12:31.670><c> for</c><01:12:31.850><c> that,</c><01:12:32.310><c> he</c><01:12:32.390><c> needed</c><01:12:32.630><c> a</c>

01:12:32.909 --> 01:12:38.130
fan.<01:12:34.449><c> You</c><01:12:34.630><c> know</c><01:12:34.810><c> why?</c><01:12:36.710><c> Because</c><01:12:37.369><c> he's</c><01:12:37.789><c> talking</c>

01:12:38.130 --> 01:12:45.189
about<01:12:39.010><c> purging</c><01:12:39.909><c> Jerusalem.</c><01:12:43.329><c> Because</c><01:12:43.750><c> those</c><01:12:44.170><c> are</c><01:12:44.350><c> the</c><01:12:44.449><c> people,</c><01:12:44.729><c> that's</c>

01:12:45.189 --> 01:12:46.539
where<01:12:45.369><c> the</c><01:12:45.630><c> center</c><01:12:45.869><c> of</c><01:12:46.050><c> all</c><01:12:46.210><c> the</c>

01:12:46.539 --> 01:12:51.239
problems<01:12:46.720><c> were.</c><01:12:47.300><c> And</c><01:12:47.500><c> why</c><01:12:47.739><c> do</c><01:12:47.859><c> we</c><01:12:47.979><c> say</c><01:12:48.220><c> that,</c><01:12:48.579><c> brothers</c><01:12:48.720><c> and</c><01:12:48.960><c> sisters?</c><01:12:49.340><c> Because</c><01:12:49.720><c> you</c><01:12:50.020><c> know,</c><01:12:50.359><c> as</c><01:12:50.539><c> well</c><01:12:50.699><c> as</c><01:12:50.859><c> I</c><01:12:50.979><c> know,</c>

01:12:51.279 --> 01:12:55.960
that<01:12:51.520><c> Jerusalem</c><01:12:51.960><c> was</c><01:12:52.239><c> built</c><01:12:52.939><c> on</c><01:12:53.640><c> top</c><01:12:53.939><c> of</c><01:12:54.199><c> a</c><01:12:54.479><c> threshing</c><01:12:55.020><c> floor.</c>

01:12:57.500 --> 01:13:00.039
David<01:12:58.020><c> bought</c><01:12:58.479><c> the</c><01:12:58.819><c> threshing</c><01:12:59.319><c> floor</c><01:12:59.640><c> of</c><01:12:59.859><c> a</c>

01:13:00.039 --> 01:13:03.739
runner,<01:13:00.420><c> the</c><01:13:00.520><c> Jebusite,</c><01:13:01.399><c> upon</c><01:13:01.720><c> which</c><01:13:02.039><c> he</c><01:13:02.260><c> built</c><01:13:02.520><c> Jerusalem.</c>

01:13:04.560 --> 01:13:06.899
And<01:13:04.819><c> Jerusalem</c><01:13:05.159><c> got</c><01:13:05.600><c> rolled</c><01:13:05.920><c> around</c><01:13:06.159><c> it.</c><01:13:06.500><c> It's</c><01:13:06.680><c> an</c>

01:13:06.899 --> 01:13:11.340
interior<01:13:07.479><c> floor.</c><01:13:08.100><c> The</c><01:13:08.420><c> Lord's</c><01:13:08.760><c> in</c><01:13:08.880><c> there</c><01:13:09.039><c> with</c><01:13:09.239><c> his</c><01:13:09.539><c> fan.</c><01:13:11.060><c> And</c>

01:13:11.340 --> 01:13:13.800
he's<01:13:11.579><c> going</c><01:13:11.739><c> to</c><01:13:12.000><c> clean</c><01:13:12.199><c> that</c><01:13:12.560><c> place</c><01:13:12.840><c> up.</c><01:13:13.500><c> You</c><01:13:13.680><c> know,</c>

01:13:13.800 --> 01:13:16.739
when<01:13:13.920><c> David</c><01:13:14.420><c> numbered</c><01:13:14.779><c> the</c><01:13:14.960><c> people</c><01:13:15.239><c> of</c><01:13:15.359><c> Israel,</c><01:13:16.000><c> and</c><01:13:16.119><c> he</c><01:13:16.399><c> fled</c>

01:13:16.739 --> 01:13:18.760
from<01:13:17.020><c> the</c><01:13:17.220><c> angel,</c><01:13:17.779><c> we</c><01:13:17.920><c> read</c><01:13:18.140><c> that</c><01:13:18.279><c> the</c><01:13:18.439><c> angel</c>

01:13:18.760 --> 01:13:22.479
stood<01:13:19.159><c> with</c><01:13:19.380><c> his</c><01:13:19.640><c> sword</c><01:13:19.920><c> over</c><01:13:20.420><c> Jerusalem,</c><01:13:21.399><c> and</c><01:13:21.520><c> he</c><01:13:21.779><c> caught</c><01:13:21.960><c> David</c><01:13:22.300><c> at</c>

01:13:22.479 --> 01:13:24.819
the<01:13:22.819><c> floor,</c><01:13:23.340><c> the</c><01:13:23.739><c> threshing</c><01:13:24.220><c> floor</c><01:13:24.500><c> of</c><01:13:24.699><c> a</c>

01:13:24.819 --> 01:13:30.039
runner,<01:13:25.140><c> the</c><01:13:25.140><c> Jebusite,</c><01:13:27.460><c> ready</c><01:13:27.739><c> at</c><01:13:27.960><c> the</c><01:13:28.119><c> command</c><01:13:28.420><c> of</c><01:13:28.680><c> God</c><01:13:29.180><c> to</c>

01:13:30.039 --> 01:13:32.899
thresh<01:13:30.460><c> that</c><01:13:30.859><c> place</c><01:13:31.180><c> and</c><01:13:31.560><c> to</c><01:13:31.979><c> blast</c><01:13:32.220><c> the</c><01:13:32.539><c> chaff</c><01:13:32.699><c> off</c>

01:13:32.899 --> 01:13:37.979
the<01:13:33.039><c> face</c><01:13:33.260><c> of</c><01:13:33.439><c> the</c><01:13:33.600><c> earth.</c><01:13:33.979><c> That's</c><01:13:34.539><c> his</c><01:13:34.819><c> floor.</c><01:13:36.220><c> And</c><01:13:36.439><c> Jerusalem</c><01:13:36.859><c> was</c><01:13:37.180><c> built</c><01:13:37.399><c> right</c><01:13:37.699><c> over</c>

01:13:37.979 --> 01:13:39.260
that<01:13:38.319><c> floor.</c>

01:13:39.960 --> 01:13:43.079
And<01:13:40.479><c> all</c><01:13:40.880><c> those</c><01:13:41.260><c> who</c><01:13:41.439><c> don't</c><01:13:41.680><c> conform</c><01:13:42.180><c> to</c><01:13:42.359><c> the</c><01:13:42.520><c> principles</c><01:13:42.920><c> of</c>

01:13:43.079 --> 01:13:45.520
that<01:13:43.300><c> city,</c><01:13:43.819><c> brothers</c><01:13:43.939><c> and</c><01:13:44.300><c> sisters,</c><01:13:44.340><c> will</c><01:13:44.779><c> be</c><01:13:45.239><c> blown</c>

01:13:45.520 --> 01:13:49.460
out<01:13:45.779><c> of</c><01:13:45.899><c> that.</c><01:13:47.380><c> And</c><01:13:47.899><c> the</c><01:13:48.119><c> wheat</c><01:13:48.279><c> will</c><01:13:48.539><c> be</c><01:13:48.739><c> gathered</c><01:13:48.920><c> into</c><01:13:49.100><c> his</c>

01:13:49.460 --> 01:13:52.680
garner.<01:13:50.319><c> And</c><01:13:50.439><c> the</c><01:13:50.760><c> garner</c><01:13:51.159><c> is</c><01:13:51.380><c> in</c><01:13:51.539><c> that</c><01:13:51.819><c> city.</c>

01:13:53.939 --> 01:13:56.619
And<01:13:54.180><c> there</c><01:13:54.399><c> all</c><01:13:54.619><c> the</c><01:13:54.899><c> spiritual</c><01:13:55.439><c> produce</c><01:13:55.859><c> of</c><01:13:56.060><c> the</c><01:13:56.279><c> earth</c><01:13:56.399><c> will</c>

01:13:56.619 --> 01:13:59.380
at<01:13:56.739><c> last</c><01:13:57.079><c> find</c><01:13:57.420><c> their</c><01:13:57.979><c> center</c><01:13:58.399><c> and</c><01:13:58.760><c> their</c><01:13:59.020><c> haven</c>

01:13:59.380 --> 01:14:03.039
in<01:13:59.899><c> the</c><01:14:00.020><c> city</c><01:14:00.300><c> of</c><01:14:00.500><c> Jerusalem.</c><01:14:01.140><c> Not</c><01:14:01.479><c> that</c><01:14:01.659><c> all</c><01:14:01.920><c> the</c><01:14:02.079><c> saints</c><01:14:02.239><c> that</c><01:14:02.399><c> we've</c><01:14:02.699><c> packed</c><01:14:02.859><c> in</c>

01:14:03.039 --> 01:14:03.659
there,<01:14:03.460><c> of</c><01:14:03.460><c> course,</c>

01:14:03.920 --> 01:14:06.399
but<01:14:04.060><c> it</c><01:14:04.119><c> will</c><01:14:04.239><c> become</c><01:14:04.500><c> the</c><01:14:04.819><c> center</c><01:14:05.060><c> of</c><01:14:05.260><c> all</c><01:14:05.479><c> the</c><01:14:05.659><c> earth.</c><01:14:06.199><c> There</c>

01:14:06.399 --> 01:14:08.739
the<01:14:06.500><c> Lord</c><01:14:06.800><c> Jesus</c><01:14:07.319><c> Christ</c><01:14:07.699><c> will</c><01:14:07.939><c> sit</c><01:14:08.220><c> supreme</c><01:14:08.600><c> in</c>

01:14:08.739 --> 01:14:13.220
his<01:14:09.100><c> floor.</c><01:14:10.000><c> There</c><01:14:10.060><c> will</c><01:14:10.239><c> all</c><01:14:10.479><c> the</c><01:14:10.779><c> chaff</c><01:14:11.060><c> be</c><01:14:11.340><c> drawn,</c><01:14:12.119><c> destroyed</c><01:14:12.739><c> by</c><01:14:13.039><c> the</c>

01:14:13.220 --> 01:14:15.239
unquenchable<01:14:13.880><c> fire,</c><01:14:14.560><c> burning</c><01:14:14.899><c> to</c>

01:14:15.239 --> 01:14:20.640
the<01:14:15.359><c> last</c><01:14:15.819><c> vectors</c><01:14:16.199><c> of</c><01:14:16.539><c> straws,</c><01:14:17.000><c> and</c><01:14:17.020><c> it's</c><01:14:17.279><c> all</c><01:14:17.680><c> gone.</c><01:14:18.619><c> And</c><01:14:18.840><c> when</c><01:14:18.979><c> it's</c><01:14:19.199><c> all</c><01:14:19.520><c> gone,</c><01:14:20.140><c> there</c><01:14:20.479><c> in</c>

01:14:20.640 --> 01:14:21.560
his<01:14:21.079><c> floor</c><01:14:21.380><c> will</c>

01:14:21.560 --> 01:14:25.180
be<01:14:21.960><c> the</c><01:14:22.420><c> freshest</c><01:14:23.020><c> wheat</c><01:14:23.159><c> of</c><01:14:23.340><c> the</c><01:14:23.520><c> earth,</c><01:14:24.720><c> which</c><01:14:24.840><c> has</c><01:14:25.020><c> been</c>

01:14:25.180 --> 01:14:28.119
harvested<01:14:25.640><c> from</c><01:14:25.960><c> all</c><01:14:26.220><c> nations</c><01:14:26.779><c> and</c><01:14:27.079><c> now</c><01:14:27.380><c> kept</c><01:14:27.600><c> within</c><01:14:27.859><c> the</c>

01:14:28.119 --> 01:14:34.680
precinct<01:14:28.600><c> of</c><01:14:28.960><c> his</c><01:14:29.199><c> temple</c><01:14:29.600><c> and</c><01:14:29.920><c> his</c><01:14:30.220><c> city,</c><01:14:31.359><c> the</c><01:14:31.560><c> city</c><01:14:31.840><c> of</c><01:14:32.060><c> Jerusalem.</c><01:14:34.239><c> And</c>

01:14:34.680 --> 01:14:37.640
many<01:14:35.039><c> other</c><01:14:35.340><c> things</c><01:14:35.859><c> in</c><01:14:36.199><c> his</c><01:14:36.479><c> exhortation</c>

01:14:37.960 --> 01:14:40.539
preached<01:14:38.460><c> he</c><01:14:38.939><c> under</c><01:14:39.199><c> the</c><01:14:39.520><c> people.</c>

01:14:42.140 --> 01:14:44.279
That's<01:14:42.439><c> what</c><01:14:42.500><c> verse</c><01:14:42.800><c> 18</c><01:14:43.180><c> says.</c><01:14:43.439><c> And</c><01:14:43.539><c> we'll</c><01:14:43.699><c> finish</c><01:14:43.899><c> with</c><01:14:44.079><c> that</c>

01:14:44.279 --> 01:14:45.220
verse,<01:14:44.779><c> brothers</c><01:14:44.779><c> and</c><01:14:44.960><c> sisters,</c>

01:14:45.239 --> 01:14:49.319
that<01:14:45.420><c> you</c><01:14:45.579><c> think</c><01:14:45.819><c> about</c><01:14:46.060><c> it.</c><01:14:47.479><c> If</c><01:14:47.680><c> we</c><01:14:47.819><c> were</c><01:14:47.939><c> to</c><01:14:48.000><c> look</c><01:14:48.140><c> at</c><01:14:48.199><c> that</c>

01:14:49.319 --> 01:14:51.279
chapter,<01:14:49.939><c> which</c><01:14:50.140><c> we've</c><01:14:50.380><c> just</c><01:14:50.640><c> done</c><01:14:50.760><c> this</c><01:14:51.000><c> evening,</c>

01:14:51.579 --> 01:14:56.300
and<01:14:51.619><c> say</c><01:14:51.760><c> from</c><01:14:51.939><c> verses</c><01:14:52.319><c> 7</c><01:14:52.659><c> to</c><01:14:53.140><c> 17,</c><01:14:55.220><c> it's</c><01:14:55.500><c> all</c><01:14:55.659><c> very</c><01:14:55.920><c> negative</c>

01:14:56.300 --> 01:14:58.420
really.<01:14:57.539><c> There</c><01:14:57.739><c> are,</c><01:14:58.079><c> of</c><01:14:58.180><c> course,</c>

01:14:58.560 --> 01:15:01.859
implicit<01:14:58.899><c> in</c><01:14:59.060><c> those</c><01:14:59.359><c> words</c><01:14:59.680><c> some</c><01:15:00.060><c> very</c><01:15:00.399><c> positive</c><01:15:00.840><c> things.</c><01:15:01.520><c> But</c><01:15:01.739><c> I</c>

01:15:01.859 --> 01:15:03.979
think<01:15:02.020><c> Luke</c><01:15:02.300><c> chooses</c><01:15:02.779><c> to</c><01:15:03.159><c> tell</c><01:15:03.279><c> us</c><01:15:03.460><c> about</c><01:15:03.640><c> those</c>

01:15:03.979 --> 01:15:07.680
four<01:15:04.359><c> classes.</c><01:15:05.239><c> He</c><01:15:05.479><c> chooses</c><01:15:05.939><c> to</c><01:15:06.180><c> tell</c><01:15:06.399><c> us</c><01:15:06.819><c> about</c><01:15:07.100><c> the</c><01:15:07.439><c> nerve</c>

01:15:07.680 --> 01:15:10.220
centers<01:15:08.060><c> of</c><01:15:08.359><c> those</c><01:15:08.659><c> four</c><01:15:09.000><c> classes</c><01:15:09.460><c> and</c><01:15:09.760><c> how</c><01:15:09.960><c> that</c>

01:15:10.220 --> 01:15:14.939
John<01:15:10.420><c> was</c><01:15:10.640><c> able</c><01:15:10.920><c> to</c><01:15:11.119><c> pinpoint</c><01:15:11.560><c> their</c><01:15:11.880><c> peculiar</c><01:15:12.500><c> problems.</c><01:15:14.340><c> But</c><01:15:14.720><c> he</c>

01:15:14.939 --> 01:15:17.960
adds<01:15:15.140><c> this</c><01:15:15.500><c> point,</c><01:15:16.539><c> not</c><01:15:16.979><c> all</c><01:15:17.279><c> the</c><01:15:17.500><c> preaching</c><01:15:17.720><c> of</c>

01:15:17.960 --> 01:15:26.000
John,<01:15:18.560><c> brothers</c><01:15:18.579><c> and</c><01:15:18.760><c> sisters,</c><01:15:19.079><c> was</c><01:15:19.380><c> negative,</c><01:15:21.439><c> with</c><01:15:21.859><c> many</c><01:15:22.659><c> other</c><01:15:23.180><c> things.</c><01:15:24.800><c> And</c><01:15:25.119><c> he</c><01:15:25.279><c> chooses</c><01:15:25.739><c> a</c>

01:15:26.000 --> 01:15:26.819
word,<01:15:26.279><c> the</c><01:15:26.399><c> word</c>

01:15:26.819 --> 01:15:31.939
there,<01:15:27.600><c> evangelized,</c><01:15:28.939><c> which</c><01:15:29.279><c> all</c><01:15:29.939><c> the</c><01:15:30.380><c> reliable</c><01:15:30.859><c> versions</c>

01:15:31.939 --> 01:15:35.859
translate<01:15:33.500><c> as</c><01:15:34.020><c> good</c><01:15:34.520><c> tidings.</c>

01:15:37.619 --> 01:15:41.939
And<01:15:37.880><c> with</c><01:15:38.300><c> many</c><01:15:38.779><c> other</c><01:15:39.220><c> things,</c><01:15:40.420><c> John</c><01:15:40.720><c> was</c><01:15:41.100><c> spreading</c><01:15:41.399><c> good</c>

01:15:41.939 --> 01:15:44.760
tidings.<01:15:43.180><c> And</c><01:15:43.439><c> when</c><01:15:43.539><c> we</c><01:15:43.640><c> went</c><01:15:43.800><c> back</c><01:15:44.079><c> to</c><01:15:44.199><c> that</c><01:15:44.359><c> 40th</c>

01:15:44.760 --> 01:15:46.960
chapter<01:15:45.039><c> of</c><01:15:45.220><c> Isaiah,</c><01:15:45.460><c> which</c><01:15:45.640><c> we</c><01:15:45.819><c> did</c><01:15:45.979><c> quite</c><01:15:46.420><c> frequently</c><01:15:46.720><c> at</c>

01:15:46.960 --> 01:15:49.199
Glenlock,<01:15:47.439><c> how</c><01:15:47.720><c> often</c><01:15:47.979><c> did</c><01:15:48.119><c> we</c><01:15:48.260><c> find</c><01:15:48.479><c> that</c><01:15:48.739><c> expression?</c>

01:15:49.199 --> 01:15:53.439
Lift<01:15:50.060><c> up</c><01:15:50.300><c> your</c><01:15:50.539><c> voice</c><01:15:50.800><c> with</c><01:15:51.140><c> strength.</c><01:15:52.619><c> Say</c><01:15:52.760><c> unto</c><01:15:52.939><c> the</c><01:15:53.159><c> cities</c>

01:15:53.439 --> 01:15:57.039
of<01:15:53.720><c> Judah,</c><01:15:55.060><c> bring</c><01:15:55.340><c> their</c><01:15:55.640><c> good</c><01:15:56.039><c> tidings.</c>

01:15:57.060 --> 01:15:59.460
And<01:15:57.239><c> the</c><01:15:57.460><c> good</c><01:15:57.779><c> tidings</c><01:15:58.119><c> used</c><01:15:58.460><c> in</c><01:15:58.640><c> those</c><01:15:58.819><c> couple</c><01:15:59.060><c> of</c><01:15:59.260><c> verses</c>

01:15:59.460 --> 01:16:01.279
there<01:15:59.699><c> in</c><01:15:59.840><c> Isaiah,</c><01:16:00.479><c> once</c><01:16:00.760><c> and</c><01:16:01.039><c> again,</c>

01:16:01.579 --> 01:16:04.100
telling<01:16:01.739><c> us</c><01:16:01.939><c> about</c><01:16:02.119><c> the</c><01:16:02.359><c> wonderful</c><01:16:02.880><c> tidings.</c><01:16:03.460><c> Behold</c><01:16:03.800><c> your</c>

01:16:04.100 --> 01:16:05.539
God.<01:16:04.640><c> And</c><01:16:04.739><c> you</c><01:16:04.779><c> know,</c><01:16:05.140><c> brothers</c><01:16:05.279><c> and</c><01:16:05.439><c> sisters,</c>

01:16:05.539 --> 01:16:09.479
it<01:16:05.579><c> would</c><01:16:05.800><c> be</c><01:16:05.939><c> a</c><01:16:06.020><c> mistake</c><01:16:06.420><c> if</c><01:16:06.560><c> we</c><01:16:06.640><c> went</c><01:16:06.800><c> away</c><01:16:07.000><c> tonight</c><01:16:07.319><c> thinking</c><01:16:07.659><c> that</c><01:16:07.979><c> John</c><01:16:08.260><c> was</c><01:16:08.500><c> nothing</c><01:16:08.779><c> but</c><01:16:09.220><c> a</c>

01:16:09.479 --> 01:16:10.979
very<01:16:10.060><c> stern,</c>

01:16:11.319 --> 01:16:17.920
a<01:16:11.319><c> hermit</c><01:16:11.779><c>-type</c><01:16:12.000><c> figure</c><01:16:12.399><c> who</c><01:16:12.899><c> radiated</c><01:16:13.539><c> nothing</c><01:16:13.880><c> but</c><01:16:14.520><c> fiery</c><01:16:15.140><c> judgments</c><01:16:15.800><c> and</c><01:16:16.560><c> discipline.</c><01:16:17.220><c> We'd</c><01:16:17.380><c> be</c><01:16:17.500><c> a</c><01:16:17.619><c> very,</c>

01:16:17.920 --> 01:16:20.020
poor<01:16:18.380><c> people</c><01:16:18.779><c> if</c><01:16:18.920><c> we</c><01:16:18.920><c> went</c><01:16:19.079><c> away</c><01:16:19.300><c> with</c><01:16:19.460><c> the</c><01:16:19.539><c> impression</c><01:16:19.880><c> of</c>

01:16:20.020 --> 01:16:23.399
John<01:16:20.220><c> like</c><01:16:20.539><c> that,</c><01:16:20.899><c> because</c><01:16:21.079><c> with</c><01:16:21.460><c> many</c><01:16:21.880><c> other</c><01:16:22.300><c> things</c>

01:16:24.140 --> 01:16:27.579
did<01:16:24.619><c> he</c><01:16:24.819><c> preach</c><01:16:25.060><c> good</c><01:16:25.439><c> tidings</c><01:16:25.800><c> to</c><01:16:26.000><c> the</c><01:16:26.159><c> people.</c><01:16:27.239><c> And</c><01:16:27.380><c> you</c>

01:16:27.579 --> 01:16:29.680
could<01:16:27.819><c> imagine</c><01:16:28.340><c> that</c><01:16:28.739><c> voice,</c>

01:16:30.359 --> 01:16:33.199
that<01:16:30.579><c> when</c><01:16:30.680><c> it</c><01:16:30.899><c> finished</c><01:16:31.399><c> its</c><01:16:32.100><c> rebuke</c><01:16:32.420><c> to</c><01:16:32.640><c> the</c><01:16:32.800><c> people,</c><01:16:33.020><c> when</c>

01:16:33.199 --> 01:16:35.539
they<01:16:33.520><c> were</c><01:16:33.680><c> all</c><01:16:33.819><c> suitably</c><01:16:34.300><c> humbled</c><01:16:34.680><c> and</c><01:16:34.880><c> all</c><01:16:35.279><c> leveled</c>

01:16:35.539 --> 01:16:41.800
out<01:16:35.779><c> against</c><01:16:36.140><c> the</c><01:16:36.739><c> coming</c><01:16:37.180><c> manifestation</c><01:16:38.000><c> of</c><01:16:38.319><c> God's</c><01:16:38.739><c> Son,</c><01:16:39.199><c> you</c><01:16:39.399><c> could</c><01:16:39.640><c> imagine</c><01:16:39.939><c> the</c><01:16:40.159><c> voice,</c><01:16:40.920><c> the</c><01:16:41.140><c> tone</c><01:16:41.500><c> of</c><01:16:41.659><c> that</c>

01:16:41.800 --> 01:16:47.000
voice<01:16:42.060><c> changing.</c><01:16:43.979><c> Behold</c><01:16:44.399><c> your</c><01:16:44.640><c> God.</c><01:16:46.279><c> And</c><01:16:46.399><c> John</c><01:16:46.600><c> giving</c><01:16:46.840><c> you</c>

01:16:47.000 --> 01:16:49.739
a<01:16:47.140><c> dissertation</c><01:16:47.640><c> upon</c><01:16:48.100><c> God's</c><01:16:49.239><c> manifestation</c>

01:16:49.880 --> 01:16:53.039
and<01:16:50.180><c> the</c><01:16:50.460><c> implications</c><01:16:51.079><c> of</c><01:16:51.279><c> the</c><01:16:51.479><c> seed</c><01:16:51.600><c> of</c><01:16:51.739><c> the</c><01:16:51.859><c> woman,</c><01:16:52.239><c> of</c><01:16:52.420><c> God</c>

01:16:53.039 --> 01:16:55.699
becoming<01:16:53.659><c> manifest</c><01:16:54.260><c> in</c><01:16:54.539><c> the</c><01:16:54.840><c> flesh,</c><01:16:55.340><c> in</c><01:16:55.500><c> the</c>

01:16:55.699 --> 01:16:59.319
sense<01:16:55.859><c> that</c><01:16:56.060><c> his</c><01:16:56.300><c> spirit</c><01:16:56.479><c> from</c><01:16:56.659><c> on</c><01:16:56.840><c> high</c><01:16:57.060><c> becomes</c><01:16:57.739><c> impregnated</c><01:16:58.720><c> as</c><01:16:59.000><c> it</c><01:16:59.100><c> were</c>

01:16:59.319 --> 01:17:00.840
in<01:16:59.779><c> human</c><01:17:00.060><c> nature,</c><01:17:00.460><c> that</c><01:17:00.619><c> a</c>

01:17:00.840 --> 01:17:03.380
boy<01:17:01.039><c> would</c><01:17:01.300><c> be</c><01:17:01.579><c> born</c><01:17:01.840><c> who</c><01:17:02.119><c> would</c><01:17:02.279><c> be</c><01:17:02.520><c> developed</c><01:17:02.760><c> into</c><01:17:02.920><c> his</c><01:17:03.119><c> own</c>

01:17:03.380 --> 01:17:06.899
image.<01:17:05.340><c> And</c><01:17:05.439><c> you</c><01:17:05.520><c> can</c><01:17:05.640><c> imagine</c><01:17:05.979><c> John</c><01:17:06.300><c> telling</c><01:17:06.699><c> them</c>

01:17:06.899 --> 01:17:09.979
about<01:17:07.060><c> that.</c><01:17:08.340><c> And</c><01:17:08.680><c> many</c><01:17:08.939><c> other</c><01:17:09.220><c> things</c><01:17:09.399><c> that</c><01:17:09.560><c> he</c><01:17:09.560><c> would</c><01:17:09.819><c> tell</c>

01:17:09.979 --> 01:17:12.399
them,<01:17:10.220><c> that</c><01:17:10.439><c> Isaiah</c><01:17:10.939><c> spoke</c><01:17:11.279><c> of</c><01:17:11.460><c> so</c><01:17:11.840><c> eloquently,</c>

01:17:12.520 --> 01:17:15.199
and<01:17:12.720><c> if</c><01:17:12.880><c> John</c><01:17:13.079><c> was</c><01:17:13.300><c> the</c><01:17:13.479><c> voice</c><01:17:13.680><c> of</c><01:17:13.939><c> Isaiah,</c><01:17:14.260><c> he</c><01:17:14.380><c> had</c><01:17:14.619><c> endless</c>

01:17:15.199 --> 01:17:17.460
good<01:17:15.500><c> things</c><01:17:15.739><c> to</c><01:17:16.020><c> tell</c><01:17:16.180><c> them.</c><01:17:16.760><c> He</c><01:17:17.000><c> would</c><01:17:17.260><c> talk</c>

01:17:17.460 --> 01:17:21.159
about<01:17:17.699><c> the</c><01:17:17.939><c> glory</c><01:17:18.399><c> of</c><01:17:18.659><c> Jerusalem,</c><01:17:19.380><c> the</c><01:17:19.640><c> beauty</c><01:17:19.979><c> of</c><01:17:20.140><c> the</c><01:17:20.380><c> field,</c><01:17:20.899><c> the</c>

01:17:21.159 --> 01:17:23.539
majesty<01:17:21.760><c> of</c><01:17:21.960><c> the</c><01:17:22.180><c> king,</c><01:17:22.600><c> and</c><01:17:22.819><c> the</c><01:17:23.060><c> wonder</c><01:17:23.380><c> of</c>

01:17:23.539 --> 01:17:26.140
the<01:17:23.699><c> wedding,</c><01:17:24.180><c> of</c><01:17:24.359><c> all</c><01:17:24.600><c> the</c><01:17:24.819><c> jewels</c><01:17:25.180><c> and</c><01:17:25.300><c> the</c><01:17:25.640><c> clothing</c><01:17:25.920><c> that</c>

01:17:26.140 --> 01:17:28.159
the<01:17:26.340><c> bride</c><01:17:26.539><c> would</c><01:17:26.819><c> be</c><01:17:27.020><c> dressed</c><01:17:27.300><c> in.</c><01:17:27.560><c> And</c><01:17:27.899><c> with</c>

01:17:28.159 --> 01:17:30.819
many<01:17:28.479><c> other</c><01:17:28.840><c> things,</c><01:17:29.180><c> he</c><01:17:29.399><c> preached</c><01:17:29.659><c> good</c><01:17:30.159><c> tidings</c><01:17:30.479><c> to</c><01:17:30.659><c> the</c>

01:17:30.819 --> 01:17:33.079
people.<01:17:31.699><c> And</c><01:17:31.899><c> when</c><01:17:32.000><c> they</c><01:17:32.140><c> went</c><01:17:32.340><c> home,</c><01:17:32.779><c> brethren</c>

01:17:33.079 --> 01:17:36.039
sisters,<01:17:33.979><c> they</c><01:17:34.180><c> would</c><01:17:34.359><c> not</c><01:17:34.479><c> only</c><01:17:34.640><c> go</c><01:17:34.819><c> home</c><01:17:35.079><c> with</c><01:17:35.239><c> their</c><01:17:35.460><c> rebukes</c><01:17:35.899><c> and</c>

01:17:36.039 --> 01:17:38.180
their<01:17:36.260><c> discipline,</c><01:17:37.340><c> they</c><01:17:37.579><c> would</c><01:17:37.739><c> go</c><01:17:37.979><c> away</c>

01:17:38.180 --> 01:17:41.760
and<01:17:38.340><c> be</c><01:17:38.520><c> enthused</c><01:17:38.960><c> by</c><01:17:39.159><c> what</c><01:17:39.359><c> they</c><01:17:39.659><c> heard.</c><01:17:40.960><c> And</c><01:17:41.159><c> when</c><01:17:41.319><c> people</c>

01:17:41.760 --> 01:17:44.899
are<01:17:42.199><c> told</c><01:17:42.439><c> exactly</c><01:17:43.000><c> their</c><01:17:43.340><c> problem,</c><01:17:44.640><c> and</c><01:17:44.800><c> you</c>

01:17:44.899 --> 01:17:47.979
put<01:17:45.100><c> the</c><01:17:45.300><c> finger</c><01:17:45.520><c> on</c><01:17:45.739><c> the</c><01:17:45.939><c> raw</c><01:17:46.159><c> nerve,</c><01:17:47.039><c> it's</c><01:17:47.319><c> a</c><01:17:47.460><c> poor</c><01:17:47.640><c> brother</c>

01:17:47.979 --> 01:17:49.819
who<01:17:48.100><c> doesn't</c><01:17:48.420><c> send</c><01:17:48.619><c> them</c><01:17:48.819><c> away</c><01:17:49.060><c> with</c><01:17:49.279><c> some</c><01:17:49.640><c> sort</c>

01:17:49.819 --> 01:17:53.199
of<01:17:49.939><c> an</c><01:17:50.180><c> incentive</c><01:17:50.840><c> to</c><01:17:51.840><c> try</c><01:17:52.119><c> and</c><01:17:52.199><c> get</c><01:17:52.279><c> over</c><01:17:52.520><c> those</c><01:17:52.800><c> problems.</c>

01:17:53.399 --> 01:17:55.779
And<01:17:53.720><c> with</c><01:17:54.060><c> many</c><01:17:54.340><c> other</c><01:17:54.699><c> things,</c><01:17:55.319><c> he</c><01:17:55.539><c> preached</c>

01:17:55.779 --> 01:17:59.619
good<01:17:56.199><c> tidings</c><01:17:56.500><c> to</c><01:17:56.720><c> the</c><01:17:56.880><c> people.</c><01:17:58.260><c> We'll</c><01:17:58.460><c> be</c><01:17:58.579><c> back</c><01:17:58.920><c> next</c><01:17:59.420><c> time,</c>

01:17:59.760 --> 01:18:01.739
brethren<01:17:59.920><c> sisters,</c><01:18:00.399><c> God</c><01:18:00.640><c> willing.</c><01:18:01.260><c> We'll</c><01:18:01.520><c> be</c>

01:18:01.739 --> 01:18:05.119
back<01:18:01.960><c> again</c><01:18:02.220><c> with</c><01:18:02.460><c> John,</c><01:18:03.579><c> and</c><01:18:03.720><c> then</c><01:18:03.899><c> we'll</c><01:18:04.119><c> see</c><01:18:04.279><c> him</c><01:18:04.560><c> face</c><01:18:04.859><c> to</c>

01:18:05.119 --> 01:18:07.939
face<01:18:05.680><c> with</c><01:18:06.100><c> the</c><01:18:06.220><c> Messiah.</c><01:18:07.340><c> And</c><01:18:07.460><c> we</c><01:18:07.560><c> hope,</c>

01:18:08.060 --> 01:18:10.760
God<01:18:08.220><c> willing,</c><01:18:08.680><c> to</c><01:18:08.739><c> build</c><01:18:08.939><c> next</c><01:18:09.260><c> time</c><01:18:09.560><c> with</c><01:18:09.979><c> the</c><01:18:10.140><c> baptism</c><01:18:10.520><c> of</c>

01:18:10.760 --> 01:18:12.199
our<01:18:10.819><c> Lord</c><01:18:10.979><c> Jesus</c><01:18:11.399><c> Christ.</c>