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Remember<00:11:43.779><c> there</c><00:11:44.039><c> how</c><00:11:44.259><c> the</c><00:11:44.419><c> Apostle</c><00:11:44.759><c> Paul</c><00:11:44.960><c> develops</c><00:11:45.480><c> the</c><00:11:45.720><c> sonship</c><00:11:46.080><c> of</c><00:11:46.279><c> Israel.</c>

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who<00:14:45.539><c> receive</c><00:14:46.100><c> the</c><00:14:46.340><c> light</c><00:14:46.779><c> that</c><00:14:47.220><c> can</c><00:14:47.480><c> participate</c><00:14:48.080><c> in</c><00:14:48.259><c> it.</c>

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Now,<00:14:52.019><c> having</c><00:14:52.120><c> said</c><00:14:52.399><c> that,</c><00:14:52.779><c> brethren</c><00:14:52.940><c> and</c><00:14:53.200><c> sisters,</c><00:14:55.500><c> the</c><00:14:55.779><c> Apostle</c><00:14:56.220><c> John</c>

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in<00:14:56.679><c> that</c>

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hath<00:15:04.519><c> bestowed</c><00:15:05.039><c> upon</c><00:15:05.279><c> us</c><00:15:05.480><c> in</c><00:15:05.820><c> calling</c><00:15:06.159><c> us</c><00:15:06.440><c> to</c><00:15:06.559><c> be</c><00:15:06.659><c> sons</c><00:15:06.879><c> of</c><00:15:07.059><c> God,</c><00:15:09.460><c> he</c><00:15:09.679><c> says,</c>

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If<00:15:09.980><c> this</c><00:15:10.220><c> is</c><00:15:10.460><c> a</c><00:15:10.559><c> privilege</c><00:15:10.919><c> that</c><00:15:11.179><c> we</c><00:15:11.460><c> bear,</c><00:15:12.779><c> the</c><00:15:12.960><c> future</c><00:15:13.659><c> is</c>

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far,<00:15:15.120><c> far</c><00:15:15.299><c> greater.</c>

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Verse<00:15:16.820><c> 2,</c><00:15:17.179><c> Beloved,</c><00:15:17.639><c> now</c><00:15:17.899><c> are</c><00:15:18.159><c> we</c><00:15:18.340><c> the</c><00:15:18.480><c> sons</c><00:15:18.639><c> of</c><00:15:18.820><c> God,</c><00:15:19.399><c> and</c><00:15:19.620><c> it</c>

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doth<00:15:20.059><c> not</c><00:15:20.360><c> yet</c><00:15:20.620><c> appear</c>

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be<00:15:31.340><c> like</c><00:15:31.519><c> him,</c>

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for<00:15:32.840><c> we</c><00:15:33.120><c> shall</c><00:15:33.379><c> see</c><00:15:33.720><c> him</c><00:15:34.460><c> as</c><00:15:34.899><c> he</c><00:15:35.179><c> is.</c><00:15:36.480><c> And</c><00:15:36.679><c> so</c><00:15:36.840><c> John</c><00:15:37.019><c> directs</c><00:15:37.559><c> our</c><00:15:37.779><c> minds</c><00:15:37.980><c> to</c>

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the<00:15:38.379><c> future.</c>

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He<00:15:39.879><c> says,</c><00:15:40.039><c> As</c><00:15:40.179><c> great</c><00:15:40.519><c> as</c><00:15:40.720><c> the</c><00:15:40.940><c> privilege</c><00:15:41.259><c> is</c><00:15:41.500><c> of</c><00:15:41.759><c> sonship</c><00:15:42.120><c> which</c><00:15:42.320><c> we</c>

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have<00:15:43.200><c> now,</c>

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it<00:15:44.240><c> is</c><00:15:44.620><c> nothing</c><00:15:45.019><c> to</c><00:15:45.259><c> be</c><00:15:45.519><c> compared</c><00:15:46.019><c> with</c><00:15:46.460><c> what</c><00:15:46.720><c> God</c><00:15:47.100><c> has</c><00:15:47.399><c> in</c><00:15:47.659><c> store</c><00:15:47.820><c> for</c>

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those<00:15:48.259><c> that</c><00:15:48.539><c> love</c><00:15:48.679><c> him.</c>

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And<00:15:49.600><c> you</c><00:15:49.720><c> just</c><00:15:49.960><c> think</c><00:15:50.159><c> of</c><00:15:50.340><c> the</c><00:15:50.500><c> condition</c><00:15:50.820><c> of</c><00:15:51.059><c> our</c><00:15:51.639><c> position</c>

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now,<00:15:53.159><c> and</c><00:15:53.159><c> reflect</c><00:15:53.419><c> upon</c><00:15:53.679><c> our</c>

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position<00:15:54.259><c> in</c><00:15:54.480><c> the</c><00:15:54.539><c> words</c><00:15:54.779><c> of</c><00:15:55.259><c> Romans</c><00:15:55.539><c> chapter</c><00:15:55.919><c> 8</c><00:15:56.220><c> and</c><00:15:56.399><c> verse</c><00:15:56.580><c> 20.</c>

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Where<00:15:58.200><c> there</c><00:15:58.379><c> the</c><00:15:58.580><c> Apostle</c><00:15:59.000><c> Paul</c><00:15:59.259><c> reminds</c><00:15:59.820><c> us</c><00:16:00.220><c> of</c><00:16:00.679><c> our</c><00:16:00.960><c> despicable</c><00:16:01.440><c> state.</c>

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He<00:16:02.919><c> says</c><00:16:03.159><c> in</c><00:16:03.279><c> verse</c><00:16:03.500><c> 20</c><00:16:04.139><c> that</c><00:16:04.519><c> the</c><00:16:04.659><c> creature</c><00:16:05.019><c> was</c><00:16:05.320><c> made</c><00:16:05.639><c> subject</c><00:16:06.080><c> to</c><00:16:06.340><c> vanity,</c><00:16:07.220><c> not</c><00:16:07.620><c> willingly,</c>

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but<00:16:09.620><c> by</c><00:16:09.940><c> reason</c><00:16:10.259><c> of</c><00:16:10.399><c> him</c><00:16:10.620><c> who</c><00:16:10.820><c> hath</c><00:16:11.019><c> subjected</c><00:16:11.539><c> the</c><00:16:11.799><c> same</c><00:16:11.960><c> in</c><00:16:12.259><c> hope.</c>

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And<00:16:13.059><c> here</c><00:16:13.320><c> we</c><00:16:13.500><c> are,</c><00:16:13.779><c> brethren</c><00:16:13.960><c> and</c><00:16:14.179><c> sisters,</c><00:16:14.679><c> burdened</c><00:16:15.080><c> and</c>

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with<00:16:15.620><c> sin,</c><00:16:16.960><c> subject</c><00:16:17.580><c> to</c><00:16:17.840><c> vanity.</c>

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All<00:16:18.840><c> have</c><00:16:19.120><c> sinned</c><00:16:19.440><c> and</c><00:16:19.600><c> come</c><00:16:19.820><c> short</c><00:16:20.139><c> of</c><00:16:20.299><c> the</c><00:16:20.500><c> glory</c><00:16:20.779><c> of</c><00:16:21.039><c> God,</c>

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and<00:16:21.679><c> yet</c><00:16:21.840><c> despite</c><00:16:22.299><c> that</c><00:16:22.559><c> condition,</c>

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God<00:16:23.679><c> has</c><00:16:23.899><c> given</c><00:16:24.080><c> us</c><00:16:24.379><c> a</c><00:16:24.539><c> hope.</c><00:16:25.980><c> We</c><00:16:26.100><c> have</c><00:16:26.240><c> been</c><00:16:26.539><c> made</c><00:16:26.879><c> subject</c><00:16:27.360><c> to</c>

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vanity<00:16:27.860><c> not</c><00:16:28.179><c> willingly,</c>

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but<00:16:29.059><c> by</c><00:16:29.360><c> reason</c><00:16:29.659><c> of</c><00:16:29.879><c> him</c><00:16:30.080><c> who</c><00:16:30.259><c> hath</c><00:16:30.559><c> subjected</c><00:16:31.100><c> the</c><00:16:31.440><c> same</c><00:16:31.720><c> in</c><00:16:32.360><c> hope.</c>

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And<00:16:33.559><c> God</c><00:16:33.820><c> has</c><00:16:34.340><c> offered</c><00:16:34.580><c> out</c><00:16:34.860><c> to</c><00:16:34.940><c> us</c><00:16:35.059><c> a</c><00:16:35.159><c> wonderful</c><00:16:35.600><c> prospect.</c>

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A<00:16:37.039><c> prospect</c><00:16:37.580><c> which</c><00:16:37.960><c> has</c><00:16:38.139><c> been</c><00:16:38.419><c> experienced</c><00:16:39.039><c> by</c><00:16:39.340><c> the</c><00:16:39.480><c> Lord</c>

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And<00:16:42.299><c> so</c><00:16:42.500><c> Paul</c><00:16:42.759><c> could</c><00:16:43.080><c> say</c><00:16:43.480><c> that</c><00:16:43.840><c> though</c><00:16:44.059><c> our</c><00:16:44.419><c> citizenship</c><00:16:44.879><c> is</c>

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from<00:16:46.480><c> whence</c><00:16:46.840><c> we</c><00:16:46.980><c> look</c><00:16:47.179><c> for</c><00:16:47.419><c> the</c><00:16:47.559><c> Lord</c><00:16:47.759><c> Jesus</c><00:16:48.159><c> Christ</c><00:16:48.500><c> in</c><00:16:48.700><c> Philippians</c><00:16:49.139><c> chapter</c><00:16:49.480><c> 3,</c>

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verse<00:16:50.379><c> 21,</c>

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he<00:16:51.620><c> says</c><00:16:51.820><c> who</c><00:16:52.080><c> shall</c><00:16:52.460><c> change</c><00:16:52.980><c> our</c><00:16:53.399><c> vile</c><00:16:53.700><c> body,</c><00:16:54.679><c> this</c><00:16:54.960><c> body</c><00:16:55.320><c> of</c><00:16:55.600><c> humiliation,</c>

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and<00:16:56.659><c> he</c><00:16:56.799><c> shall</c><00:16:57.000><c> fashion</c><00:16:57.360><c> it</c><00:16:57.559><c> like</c><00:16:57.799><c> unto</c><00:16:58.000><c> his</c><00:16:58.220><c> glorious</c><00:16:58.620><c> body.</c>

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And<00:17:00.220><c> that's</c><00:17:00.519><c> the</c><00:17:00.679><c> prospect</c><00:17:01.080><c> that</c><00:17:01.299><c> the</c><00:17:01.480><c> Lord</c><00:17:01.679><c> God</c><00:17:01.840><c> of</c><00:17:02.039><c> heaven</c>

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We<00:17:05.039><c> shall</c><00:17:05.339><c> not</c><00:17:05.559><c> all</c><00:17:05.920><c> die</c><00:17:06.059><c> possibly,</c><00:17:06.759><c> brethren</c><00:17:06.940><c> and</c><00:17:07.140><c> sisters,</c>

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but<00:17:08.099><c> Paul</c><00:17:08.319><c> tells</c><00:17:08.640><c> us</c><00:17:08.839><c> in</c><00:17:08.940><c> 1</c><00:17:09.200><c> Corinthians</c><00:17:09.640><c> chapter</c><00:17:10.039><c> 15</c><00:17:10.519><c> that</c><00:17:10.900><c> we</c>

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shall<00:17:11.559><c> all</c><00:17:11.839><c> be</c><00:17:12.099><c> changed.</c>

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and<00:17:16.200><c> the</c><00:17:16.339><c> dead</c><00:17:16.480><c> in</c><00:17:16.700><c> Christ</c><00:17:16.940><c> shall</c><00:17:17.160><c> be</c><00:17:17.440><c> raised</c><00:17:17.839><c> incorruptible.</c>

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This<00:17:19.440><c> mortal</c><00:17:19.759><c> must</c><00:17:20.039><c> put</c><00:17:20.299><c> on</c><00:17:20.579><c> immortality.</c>

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This<00:17:22.220><c> corruptible</c><00:17:23.000><c> must</c><00:17:23.259><c> put</c><00:17:23.559><c> on</c><00:17:23.940><c> incorruptible,</c><00:17:25.380><c> incorruption.</c>

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And<00:17:28.000><c> we</c><00:17:28.119><c> can</c><00:17:28.359><c> echo</c><00:17:28.960><c> with</c><00:17:29.500><c> joy,</c><00:17:30.019><c> brethren</c><00:17:30.140><c> and</c><00:17:30.359><c> sisters,</c><00:17:30.819><c> the</c>

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psalmist's<00:17:31.539><c> prayer,</c><00:17:31.680><c> David,</c>

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when<00:17:32.779><c> he</c><00:17:32.980><c> said,</c><00:17:33.319><c> I</c><00:17:33.319><c> shall</c><00:17:33.579><c> be</c><00:17:33.920><c> satisfied</c><00:17:34.619><c> when</c><00:17:35.259><c> I</c><00:17:35.579><c> awake</c><00:17:36.000><c> with</c>

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thy<00:17:36.900><c> likeness.</c>

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And<00:17:38.559><c> so</c><00:17:38.700><c> the</c><00:17:38.940><c> prospect,</c><00:17:39.559><c> the</c><00:17:39.720><c> hope</c><00:17:39.920><c> that</c><00:17:40.140><c> God</c><00:17:40.339><c> has</c><00:17:40.599><c> placed</c><00:17:40.799><c> before</c><00:17:41.240><c> us,</c>

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brethren<00:17:41.619><c> and</c><00:17:41.859><c> sisters,</c>

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isn't<00:17:42.740><c> simply</c><00:17:43.220><c> eternal</c><00:17:43.740><c> life,</c><00:17:44.440><c> isn't</c><00:17:44.740><c> simply</c><00:17:45.259><c> living</c><00:17:45.640><c> forever,</c><00:17:46.740><c> as</c><00:17:46.940><c> we've</c><00:17:47.240><c> made</c><00:17:47.319><c> the</c>

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point<00:17:47.720><c> before.</c>

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To<00:17:54.339><c> have</c><00:17:54.579><c> a</c><00:17:54.839><c> unity</c><00:17:55.140><c> with</c><00:17:55.519><c> God,</c><00:17:56.740><c> which</c><00:17:56.960><c> is</c><00:17:57.240><c> impossible</c><00:17:57.839><c> for</c><00:17:58.099><c> us</c>

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to<00:17:58.440><c> experience</c><00:17:59.039><c> now</c>

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because<00:17:59.960><c> of</c><00:18:00.240><c> the</c><00:18:00.319><c> mortality</c><00:18:00.819><c> of</c><00:18:01.079><c> our</c><00:18:01.259><c> flesh,</c><00:18:02.240><c> we</c><00:18:02.400><c> shall</c><00:18:02.759><c> be</c>

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like<00:18:03.440><c> him.</c>

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God<00:18:05.299><c> will</c><00:18:05.799><c> impress</c><00:18:06.160><c> upon</c><00:18:06.559><c> our</c><00:18:06.960><c> frame,</c><00:18:08.599><c> indelibly,</c><00:18:10.799><c> those</c>

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divine<00:18:11.460><c> characteristics,</c>

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eternally,<00:18:15.099><c> that</c><00:18:15.279><c> we</c><00:18:15.460><c> are</c><00:18:15.779><c> striving</c><00:18:16.099><c> to</c><00:18:16.400><c> develop</c><00:18:16.720><c> now.</c>

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That's<00:18:18.220><c> what</c><00:18:18.359><c> it</c><00:18:18.599><c> means</c><00:18:18.799><c> when</c><00:18:19.039><c> David</c><00:18:19.359><c> says,</c><00:18:20.359><c> I</c><00:18:20.480><c> shall</c><00:18:20.759><c> be</c><00:18:21.099><c> satisfied</c><00:18:21.799><c> when</c>

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I<00:18:22.700><c> awake</c><00:18:23.039><c> with</c><00:18:23.460><c> thy</c><00:18:23.880><c> likeness.</c>

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To<00:18:25.119><c> have</c><00:18:25.440><c> impressed</c><00:18:25.839><c> upon</c><00:18:26.200><c> us</c><00:18:26.500><c> for</c><00:18:26.900><c> all</c><00:18:27.140><c> eternity</c><00:18:27.900><c> those</c><00:18:28.900><c> values</c><00:18:29.480><c> of</c>

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mercy<00:18:30.359><c> and</c><00:18:30.700><c> long</c><00:18:31.000><c>-suffering,</c>

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of<00:18:32.380><c> goodness</c><00:18:32.619><c> and</c><00:18:32.980><c> truth,</c><00:18:34.700><c> impressed</c><00:18:35.039><c> upon</c><00:18:35.220><c> us</c><00:18:35.980><c> in</c><00:18:36.180><c> a</c><00:18:36.319><c> divine</c><00:18:36.599><c> nature,</c>

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patterned<00:18:38.079><c> after</c><00:18:38.400><c> that</c><00:18:38.900><c> of</c><00:18:39.240><c> God</c><00:18:39.460><c> himself.</c>

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We<00:18:42.299><c> shall</c><00:18:42.559><c> be</c><00:18:42.920><c> glorified</c><00:18:44.099><c> with</c><00:18:44.700><c> God's</c><00:18:45.279><c> own</c><00:18:45.599><c> self,</c><00:18:46.900><c> as</c><00:18:47.099><c> Jesus</c>

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prayed<00:18:47.759><c> for</c><00:18:48.059><c> in</c><00:18:48.259><c> John,</c><00:18:48.480><c> chapter</c><00:18:48.779><c> 17,</c><00:18:49.319><c> in</c><00:18:49.559><c> verse</c><00:18:49.779><c> 5.</c>

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That's<00:18:54.000><c> the</c><00:18:54.140><c> hope.</c><00:18:55.980><c> That</c><00:18:56.079><c> is</c><00:18:56.299><c> the</c><00:18:56.539><c> prospect</c><00:18:57.079><c> laid</c><00:18:57.740><c> out</c><00:18:58.039><c> before</c><00:18:58.400><c> us.</c>

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And<00:19:00.039><c> John,</c><00:19:00.380><c> in</c><00:19:00.400><c> his</c><00:19:00.579><c> third</c><00:19:00.819><c> chapter,</c><00:19:01.740><c> says</c><00:19:01.740><c> that</c><00:19:03.460><c> that</c><00:19:03.759><c> hope</c>

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will<00:19:04.359><c> only</c><00:19:04.700><c> be</c><00:19:05.000><c> realized</c><00:19:05.599><c> if</c><00:19:06.880><c> now</c><00:19:07.539><c> we</c><00:19:08.160><c> are</c><00:19:08.440><c> sons</c><00:19:08.740><c> of</c><00:19:08.920><c> God.</c>

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Now<00:19:11.200><c> are</c><00:19:11.559><c> we</c><00:19:11.740><c> the</c><00:19:11.940><c> sons</c><00:19:12.119><c> of</c><00:19:12.400><c> God,</c><00:19:13.440><c> and</c><00:19:13.720><c> it</c><00:19:14.039><c> doth</c><00:19:14.259><c> not</c><00:19:14.579><c> yet</c><00:19:14.839><c> appear</c><00:19:15.140><c> what</c>

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we<00:19:15.619><c> shall</c><00:19:15.880><c> be.</c>

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And<00:19:16.440><c> if</c><00:19:16.660><c> there</c><00:19:16.839><c> is</c><00:19:16.920><c> to</c><00:19:17.039><c> be</c><00:19:17.259><c> any</c><00:19:17.619><c> future</c><00:19:18.039><c> change,</c><00:19:18.619><c> brethren</c><00:19:18.779><c> and</c><00:19:19.019><c> sisters,</c>

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if<00:19:19.599><c> we</c><00:19:19.799><c> are</c><00:19:19.980><c> to</c><00:19:20.099><c> be</c><00:19:20.380><c> privileged</c><00:19:20.720><c> by</c><00:19:21.000><c> the</c><00:19:21.259><c> grace</c><00:19:21.460><c> of</c><00:19:21.700><c> God</c><00:19:21.940><c> to</c>

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stand<00:19:22.599><c> with</c><00:19:22.839><c> that</c><00:19:23.099><c> great</c><00:19:23.460><c> multitude,</c>

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as<00:19:25.460><c> is</c><00:19:25.680><c> recorded</c><00:19:26.059><c> in</c><00:19:26.279><c> the</c><00:19:26.380><c> book</c><00:19:26.539><c> of</c><00:19:26.779><c> Revelation,</c>

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that<00:19:28.660><c> change</c><00:19:29.079><c> will</c><00:19:29.400><c> be</c><00:19:29.759><c> dependent</c><00:19:30.440><c> upon</c><00:19:32.500><c> change</c><00:19:33.059><c> which</c><00:19:33.299><c> is</c>

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taking<00:19:33.759><c> place</c><00:19:34.240><c> now.</c>

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We<00:19:35.140><c> must</c><00:19:35.599><c> now</c><00:19:36.180><c> act</c><00:19:36.740><c> as</c><00:19:36.980><c> though</c><00:19:37.140><c> we</c><00:19:37.319><c> are</c><00:19:37.460><c> sons</c><00:19:37.700><c> of</c><00:19:37.980><c> God.</c>

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We<00:19:39.000><c> must</c><00:19:39.319><c> now</c><00:19:39.660><c> display</c><00:19:40.259><c> a</c><00:19:40.619><c> character</c><00:19:41.119><c> which</c><00:19:42.319><c> is</c><00:19:43.099><c> manifesting</c>

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the<00:19:44.640><c> ways</c><00:19:45.039><c> and</c><00:19:45.660><c> attributes</c><00:19:46.200><c> of</c><00:19:46.859><c> Almighty</c><00:19:47.259><c> God.</c>

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Now,<00:19:52.680><c> we</c><00:19:53.319><c> have</c><00:19:53.519><c> a</c><00:19:53.640><c> problem,</c><00:19:54.019><c> don't</c><00:19:54.140><c> we,</c><00:19:54.380><c> brethren</c><00:19:54.519><c> and</c><00:19:54.759><c> sisters,</c><00:19:54.900><c> when</c>

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we<00:19:55.259><c> start</c><00:19:55.420><c> to</c><00:19:55.799><c> consider</c><00:19:56.440><c> some</c><00:19:57.099><c> of</c><00:19:57.279><c> these</c><00:19:57.420><c> details,</c>

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because<00:19:58.200><c> if</c><00:19:58.380><c> we</c><00:19:58.480><c> go</c><00:19:58.680><c> to</c><00:19:58.839><c> verse</c><00:19:59.059><c> 9</c><00:19:59.380><c> of</c><00:19:59.559><c> John,</c><00:19:59.779><c> chapter</c><00:20:00.059><c> 3,</c><00:20:01.240><c> speaking</c><00:20:01.579><c> about</c><00:20:02.079><c> sonship,</c>

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he<00:20:02.759><c> says,</c><00:20:03.119><c> whosoever</c><00:20:03.779><c> is</c><00:20:04.019><c> born</c><00:20:04.279><c> of</c><00:20:04.500><c> God</c><00:20:05.220><c> doth</c><00:20:05.859><c> not</c><00:20:06.359><c> commit</c><00:20:06.880><c> sin.</c>

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And<00:20:09.319><c> we've</c><00:20:09.500><c> got</c><00:20:09.619><c> rather</c><00:20:09.859><c> a</c><00:20:10.019><c> problem</c><00:20:10.339><c> there,</c><00:20:10.819><c> because</c><00:20:11.000><c> John</c><00:20:11.180><c> has</c><00:20:11.359><c> already</c><00:20:11.740><c> reminded</c><00:20:12.220><c> us</c>

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that<00:20:12.619><c> if</c><00:20:12.779><c> we</c><00:20:13.099><c> say</c><00:20:13.339><c> we</c><00:20:13.640><c> have</c><00:20:13.920><c> not</c><00:20:14.259><c> sinned,</c>

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we<00:20:15.759><c> make</c><00:20:15.980><c> God</c><00:20:16.279><c> a</c><00:20:16.500><c> liar,</c><00:20:17.079><c> and</c><00:20:17.200><c> his</c><00:20:17.400><c> word</c><00:20:17.619><c> is</c><00:20:17.819><c> not</c><00:20:17.980><c> in</c><00:20:18.119><c> us.</c>

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And<00:20:18.619><c> there's</c><00:20:18.740><c> an</c><00:20:18.940><c> apparent</c><00:20:19.220><c> contradiction</c><00:20:19.819><c> here,</c><00:20:20.240><c> isn't</c><00:20:20.420><c> there?</c>

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Here<00:20:21.660><c> we</c><00:20:21.779><c> are</c><00:20:22.099><c> striving</c><00:20:22.500><c> to</c><00:20:22.740><c> be</c><00:20:22.839><c> sons</c><00:20:23.140><c> of</c><00:20:23.359><c> God,</c><00:20:25.119><c> and</c><00:20:25.220><c> none</c><00:20:25.400><c> of</c>

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us<00:20:25.660><c> can</c><00:20:26.039><c> claim</c><00:20:26.200><c> to</c><00:20:26.380><c> be</c><00:20:26.519><c> without</c><00:20:26.940><c> sin.</c>

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All<00:20:27.740><c> have</c><00:20:28.039><c> sinned</c><00:20:28.440><c> and</c><00:20:28.599><c> fallen</c><00:20:28.880><c> short</c><00:20:29.259><c> of</c><00:20:29.400><c> the</c><00:20:29.579><c> glory</c><00:20:29.859><c> of</c><00:20:30.059><c> God.</c>

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And<00:20:30.640><c> yet</c><00:20:30.920><c> John</c><00:20:31.160><c> tells</c><00:20:31.500><c> us</c><00:20:31.859><c> that</c><00:20:32.119><c> if</c><00:20:32.259><c> we've</c><00:20:32.519><c> been</c><00:20:32.900><c> born</c><00:20:33.119><c> of</c><00:20:33.319><c> God,</c>

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then<00:20:33.799><c> we</c><00:20:33.940><c> don't</c><00:20:34.200><c> commit</c><00:20:34.599><c> sin.</c>

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It's<00:20:36.039><c> not</c><00:20:36.160><c> a</c><00:20:36.339><c> part</c><00:20:36.500><c> of</c><00:20:36.700><c> our</c><00:20:36.880><c> lives,</c><00:20:37.140><c> that's</c><00:20:37.400><c> what</c><00:20:37.519><c> it</c><00:20:37.779><c> appears</c>

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to<00:20:38.279><c> say.</c>

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What<00:20:40.000><c> is</c><00:20:40.180><c> John</c><00:20:40.359><c> trying</c><00:20:40.619><c> to</c><00:20:40.859><c> emphasize</c><00:20:41.359><c> in</c><00:20:41.519><c> this</c><00:20:41.779><c> section?</c>

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I<00:20:43.359><c> think</c><00:20:43.599><c> the</c><00:20:44.000><c> important</c><00:20:44.440><c> feature</c><00:20:44.859><c> that</c><00:20:45.039><c> we've</c><00:20:45.240><c> got</c><00:20:45.339><c> to</c><00:20:45.460><c> look</c>

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for<00:20:45.819><c> is</c><00:20:45.980><c> the</c><00:20:46.200><c> context,</c><00:20:46.720><c> brethren</c><00:20:46.859><c> and</c><00:20:47.059><c> sisters.</c>

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Let's<00:20:47.759><c> not</c><00:20:48.000><c> take</c><00:20:48.240><c> things</c><00:20:48.480><c> out</c><00:20:48.700><c> of</c><00:20:48.920><c> context.</c>

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Let's<00:20:50.539><c> appreciate</c><00:20:51.059><c> them</c><00:20:51.220><c> in</c><00:20:51.339><c> the</c><00:20:51.579><c> context</c><00:20:51.920><c> in</c><00:20:52.119><c> which</c><00:20:52.240><c> he's</c><00:20:52.519><c> speaking.</c>

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And<00:20:53.700><c> if</c><00:20:53.799><c> you</c><00:20:53.880><c> notice</c><00:20:54.200><c> in</c><00:20:54.380><c> this</c><00:20:54.599><c> particular</c><00:20:55.059><c> section,</c><00:20:55.619><c> John</c><00:20:56.000><c> is</c>

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describing<00:20:56.980><c> two</c><00:20:57.279><c> classes</c><00:20:57.619><c> of</c><00:20:57.920><c> people.</c>

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In<00:20:59.500><c> verse</c><00:20:59.720><c> 7</c><00:21:00.000><c> he</c><00:21:00.140><c> says,</c><00:21:00.640><c> little</c><00:21:00.640><c> children,</c><00:21:01.380><c> let</c><00:21:01.559><c> no</c><00:21:01.859><c> man</c><00:21:02.039><c> deceive</c><00:21:02.500><c> you.</c>

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He<00:21:03.299><c> that</c><00:21:03.619><c> doeth</c><00:21:03.980><c> righteousness</c><00:21:04.640><c> is</c><00:21:05.440><c> righteous,</c><00:21:06.200><c> even</c><00:21:06.339><c> as</c><00:21:06.500><c> he</c>

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is<00:21:07.000><c> righteous.</c>

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And<00:21:08.819><c> then</c><00:21:08.920><c> in</c><00:21:09.039><c> verse</c><00:21:09.240><c> 8</c><00:21:09.480><c> he</c><00:21:09.619><c> says,</c><00:21:09.859><c> he</c><00:21:10.019><c> that</c><00:21:10.519><c> committeth</c><00:21:11.019><c> sin,</c>

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or<00:21:11.579><c> doeth</c><00:21:11.900><c> sin,</c><00:21:12.079><c> it's</c><00:21:12.279><c> the</c><00:21:12.400><c> same</c><00:21:12.640><c> Greek</c><00:21:12.819><c> word,</c><00:21:13.700><c> is</c><00:21:13.839><c> of</c><00:21:14.039><c> the</c><00:21:14.240><c> devil.</c>

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And<00:21:14.720><c> so</c><00:21:14.839><c> there's</c><00:21:14.980><c> two</c><00:21:15.220><c> classes</c><00:21:15.519><c> of</c><00:21:15.799><c> people</c><00:21:16.059><c> described</c><00:21:16.799><c> in</c>

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this<00:21:17.440><c> particular</c><00:21:17.920><c> section.</c>

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A<00:21:18.799><c> class</c><00:21:18.920><c> of</c><00:21:19.200><c> people</c><00:21:19.480><c> that</c><00:21:19.779><c> doeth</c><00:21:20.119><c> righteousness,</c><00:21:21.400><c> and</c><00:21:21.559><c> a</c><00:21:21.680><c> class</c><00:21:21.839><c> of</c>

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people<00:21:22.380><c> that</c><00:21:22.619><c> doeth</c><00:21:23.019><c> sin,</c><00:21:23.279><c> or</c><00:21:23.519><c> committeth</c><00:21:23.940><c> sin.</c>

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And<00:21:25.440><c> the</c><00:21:25.599><c> people</c><00:21:25.960><c> that</c><00:21:26.319><c> doeth</c><00:21:26.660><c> righteousness</c><00:21:27.140><c> are</c><00:21:27.480><c> considered,</c><00:21:27.900><c> in</c><00:21:28.079><c> verse</c>

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10,<00:21:28.619><c> the</c><00:21:28.759><c> children</c><00:21:29.079><c> of</c><00:21:29.259><c> God.</c>

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And<00:21:30.180><c> those</c><00:21:30.380><c> who</c><00:21:30.640><c> do</c><00:21:30.900><c> sin</c><00:21:31.339><c> are</c><00:21:31.720><c> those</c><00:21:32.000><c> who</c><00:21:32.160><c> are</c><00:21:32.359><c> described</c><00:21:32.779><c> as</c>

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the<00:21:33.160><c> children</c><00:21:33.440><c> of</c><00:21:33.940><c> the</c><00:21:34.059><c> devil.</c>

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And<00:21:34.720><c> there</c><00:21:34.839><c> are</c><00:21:35.000><c> two</c><00:21:35.279><c> classes</c><00:21:35.559><c> of</c><00:21:35.839><c> people,</c><00:21:36.619><c> and</c><00:21:36.720><c> both</c><00:21:36.980><c> of</c><00:21:37.180><c> them</c>

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are<00:21:37.559><c> in</c><00:21:37.680><c> the</c><00:21:37.880><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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Both<00:21:40.059><c> of</c><00:21:40.279><c> them</c><00:21:40.359><c> are</c><00:21:40.539><c> in</c><00:21:40.599><c> the</c><00:21:40.759><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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Now<00:21:42.640><c> won't</c><00:21:42.819><c> you</c><00:21:42.880><c> notice</c><00:21:43.339><c> the</c><00:21:43.779><c> meaning</c><00:21:44.140><c> of</c><00:21:44.339><c> that</c><00:21:44.559><c> word,</c><00:21:44.880><c> doeth?</c>

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It's<00:21:46.059><c> the</c><00:21:46.200><c> same</c><00:21:46.380><c> word</c><00:21:46.599><c> which</c><00:21:46.799><c> is</c><00:21:47.000><c> translated,</c><00:21:47.920><c> committeth,</c>

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in<00:21:48.359><c> verse</c><00:21:48.640><c> 8.</c>

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It's<00:21:50.059><c> the</c><00:21:50.220><c> Greek</c><00:21:50.400><c> word</c><00:21:50.720><c> which</c><00:21:50.960><c> means</c><00:21:51.400><c> to</c><00:21:51.720><c> practice.</c>

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And<00:21:53.599><c> it</c><00:21:53.779><c> sheds</c><00:21:54.000><c> a</c><00:21:54.160><c> little</c><00:21:54.339><c> bit</c><00:21:54.480><c> of</c><00:21:54.660><c> a</c><00:21:54.779><c> different</c><00:21:55.019><c> light</c><00:21:55.319><c> on</c><00:21:55.519><c> the</c>

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subject,<00:21:56.019><c> doesn't</c><00:21:56.220><c> it?</c>

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It<00:21:57.059><c> means</c><00:21:57.380><c> to</c><00:21:57.759><c> practice,</c><00:21:58.640><c> to</c><00:21:59.019><c> practice</c><00:21:59.559><c> righteousness,</c><00:22:00.740><c> or</c>

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to<00:22:01.140><c> practice</c><00:22:01.940><c> sin.</c>

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We<00:22:03.500><c> want</c><00:22:03.700><c> to</c><00:22:03.940><c> develop</c><00:22:04.220><c> that</c><00:22:04.500><c> as</c><00:22:04.680><c> we</c><00:22:04.819><c> go</c><00:22:05.039><c> through</c><00:22:05.500><c> this</c>

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particular<00:22:06.259><c> section,</c>

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to<00:22:07.420><c> see</c><00:22:07.660><c> how</c><00:22:08.039><c> John</c><00:22:08.599><c> emphasizes</c><00:22:09.599><c> that</c><00:22:10.319><c> he's</c><00:22:10.539><c> not</c><00:22:10.779><c> talking</c><00:22:11.140><c> about</c><00:22:11.559><c> simply</c><00:22:11.920><c> those</c><00:22:12.559><c> weaknesses</c><00:22:13.019><c> of</c>

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the<00:22:13.519><c> flesh,</c>

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where<00:22:14.420><c> day</c><00:22:14.660><c> after</c><00:22:15.000><c> day,</c><00:22:15.279><c> because</c><00:22:15.559><c> of</c><00:22:15.740><c> the</c><00:22:15.920><c> burdensome</c><00:22:16.579><c> nature</c>

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which<00:22:17.779><c> we</c><00:22:18.140><c> bear,</c><00:22:18.480><c> we</c><00:22:18.559><c> fall</c><00:22:18.779><c> into</c><00:22:19.160><c> transgression,</c><00:22:20.140><c> though</c><00:22:20.279><c> we</c>

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don't<00:22:20.740><c> want</c><00:22:21.019><c> to</c><00:22:21.200><c> do.</c>

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He's<00:22:22.140><c> talking</c><00:22:22.420><c> of</c><00:22:22.579><c> an</c><00:22:22.799><c> attitude</c><00:22:23.119><c> of</c><00:22:23.420><c> mind</c><00:22:23.599><c> where</c><00:22:23.819><c> we</c><00:22:24.140><c> deliberately</c><00:22:24.779><c> practice</c>

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sin,<00:22:25.900><c> regardless</c><00:22:26.559><c> of</c><00:22:26.779><c> what</c><00:22:26.960><c> God's</c><00:22:27.359><c> Word</c><00:22:27.519><c> says.</c>

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Now<00:22:29.220><c> none</c><00:22:29.380><c> of</c><00:22:29.519><c> us</c><00:22:29.680><c> feel</c><00:22:30.079><c> that</c><00:22:30.259><c> we</c><00:22:30.380><c> do</c><00:22:30.599><c> that.</c>

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And<00:22:31.880><c> yet</c><00:22:32.019><c> it</c><00:22:32.119><c> will</c><00:22:32.240><c> be</c><00:22:32.420><c> quite</c><00:22:32.640><c> evident,</c><00:22:33.160><c> brethren</c><00:22:33.279><c> and</c><00:22:33.500><c> sisters,</c><00:22:33.740><c> that</c>

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if<00:22:34.039><c> we</c><00:22:34.220><c> are</c><00:22:34.380><c> not</c><00:22:34.619><c> careful,</c><00:22:35.180><c> as</c><00:22:35.380><c> we've</c><00:22:35.720><c> tried</c><00:22:35.799><c> to</c><00:22:36.079><c> emphasize</c><00:22:36.460><c> in</c>

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our<00:22:36.859><c> talk</c><00:22:37.200><c> today,</c>

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that<00:22:39.240><c> it</c><00:22:39.359><c> is</c><00:22:39.599><c> quite</c><00:22:39.819><c> possible</c><00:22:40.380><c> that</c><00:22:40.640><c> if</c><00:22:40.819><c> we</c><00:22:41.039><c> are</c><00:22:41.220><c> not</c><00:22:41.420><c> alert</c><00:22:41.799><c> to</c>

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the<00:22:42.220><c> teaching</c><00:22:42.480><c> of</c><00:22:42.720><c> God's</c><00:22:43.099><c> Word,</c>

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that<00:22:43.720><c> we</c><00:22:43.859><c> are</c><00:22:44.140><c> conducting</c><00:22:44.640><c> ourselves</c><00:22:45.140><c> in</c><00:22:45.359><c> a</c><00:22:45.519><c> manner</c><00:22:45.640><c> which</c><00:22:45.859><c> is</c>

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unwholesome<00:22:46.519><c> before</c><00:22:46.940><c> God.</c>

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And<00:22:47.819><c> so</c><00:22:48.019><c> God,</c><00:22:48.700><c> through</c><00:22:48.900><c> the</c><00:22:49.539><c> Apostle</c><00:22:49.920><c> John,</c><00:22:50.200><c> is</c><00:22:50.299><c> talking</c><00:22:50.700><c> about</c><00:22:51.059><c> not</c>

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the<00:22:51.759><c> one</c><00:22:52.019><c> act</c><00:22:52.299><c> of</c><00:22:52.619><c> sin,</c>

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but<00:22:53.680><c> practicing</c><00:22:54.440><c> unrighteousness,</c><00:22:56.259><c> or</c><00:22:56.539><c> practicing</c><00:22:57.400><c> righteousness.</c>

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Now<00:22:59.099><c> what</c><00:22:59.259><c> about</c><00:22:59.579><c> verse</c><00:22:59.839><c> 7,</c><00:23:00.259><c> where</c><00:23:00.380><c> he</c><00:23:00.579><c> says</c><00:23:00.839><c> there,</c>

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Little<00:23:02.680><c> children,</c><00:23:03.140><c> let</c><00:23:03.400><c> no</c><00:23:03.660><c> man</c><00:23:03.859><c> deceive</c><00:23:04.279><c> you.</c><00:23:04.539><c> He</c><00:23:04.839><c> that</c><00:23:05.180><c> practiceth</c><00:23:06.140><c> righteousness</c><00:23:07.180><c> is</c><00:23:08.420><c> righteous.</c>

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And<00:23:10.700><c> again</c><00:23:11.000><c> we</c><00:23:11.180><c> have</c><00:23:11.380><c> an</c><00:23:11.619><c> apparent</c><00:23:11.980><c> conflict</c><00:23:12.599><c> with</c><00:23:13.160><c> our</c><00:23:13.420><c> knowledge</c><00:23:13.740><c> of</c><00:23:13.980><c> the</c><00:23:14.079><c> way</c><00:23:14.259><c> in</c>

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which<00:23:15.019><c> no</c><00:23:15.460><c> man</c><00:23:15.779><c> is</c><00:23:16.140><c> righteous</c><00:23:16.460><c> before</c><00:23:16.960><c> God.</c>

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The<00:23:18.039><c> prophet</c><00:23:18.299><c> Isaiah</c><00:23:18.700><c> tells</c><00:23:19.000><c> us</c><00:23:19.180><c> quite</c><00:23:19.440><c> clearly</c><00:23:19.880><c> that</c><00:23:20.240><c> if</c><00:23:20.420><c> we</c>

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stand<00:23:20.940><c> there</c><00:23:21.200><c> in</c><00:23:21.380><c> our</c><00:23:21.599><c> own</c><00:23:21.900><c> righteousness,</c><00:23:22.839><c> we</c><00:23:23.039><c> stand</c><00:23:23.400><c> there</c>

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in<00:23:24.200><c> filthy</c><00:23:24.519><c> rags.</c>

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And<00:23:26.380><c> Jesus</c><00:23:26.680><c> made</c><00:23:26.900><c> it</c><00:23:27.099><c> very</c><00:23:27.380><c> clear</c><00:23:27.579><c> that</c><00:23:27.819><c> except</c><00:23:28.220><c> our</c><00:23:28.559><c> righteousness</c><00:23:29.220><c> exceed</c>

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the<00:23:30.259><c> righteousness</c><00:23:30.700><c> of</c><00:23:30.960><c> the</c><00:23:31.180><c> scribes</c><00:23:31.480><c> and</c><00:23:31.680><c> Pharisees,</c>

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we<00:23:32.619><c> will</c><00:23:32.880><c> in</c><00:23:33.099><c> no</c><00:23:33.460><c> wise</c><00:23:33.680><c> enter</c><00:23:33.980><c> into</c><00:23:34.180><c> the</c><00:23:34.299><c> Kingdom</c><00:23:34.539><c> of</c><00:23:34.759><c> God.</c>

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And<00:23:36.500><c> David,</c><00:23:38.039><c> as</c><00:23:38.440><c> Paul</c><00:23:38.700><c> quotes</c><00:23:39.019><c> in</c><00:23:39.220><c> Romans</c><00:23:39.539><c> chapter</c><00:23:39.960><c> 4,</c>

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Paul<00:23:42.539><c> seems</c><00:23:42.839><c> to</c><00:23:44.339><c> allow</c><00:23:44.640><c> us</c><00:23:44.839><c> an</c><00:23:45.079><c> insight</c><00:23:45.440><c> into</c><00:23:45.700><c> what</c><00:23:45.839><c> is</c><00:23:46.059><c> meant</c>

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by<00:23:47.160><c> righteousness</c><00:23:47.779><c> here.</c>

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Romans<00:23:49.599><c> chapter</c><00:23:49.900><c> 4,</c><00:23:50.220><c> and</c><00:23:50.319><c> he's</c><00:23:50.480><c> quoting</c><00:23:50.700><c> from</c><00:23:51.000><c> the</c><00:23:51.220><c> Psalms.</c>

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Psalm<00:23:56.539><c> 4</c><00:23:57.619><c> and</c><00:23:58.160><c> verse</c><00:23:58.440><c> 6.</c>

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He<00:24:05.400><c> said,</c><00:24:05.920><c> David</c><00:24:05.940><c> also</c><00:24:06.480><c> describeth</c><00:24:07.480><c> the</c><00:24:07.900><c> blessedness</c><00:24:08.480><c> of</c><00:24:08.680><c> man,</c>

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unto<00:24:09.920><c> whom</c><00:24:10.119><c> God</c><00:24:10.559><c> imputeth</c><00:24:11.380><c> righteousness</c><00:24:12.000><c> without</c><00:24:13.160><c> works,</c>

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saying,<00:24:14.900><c> Blessed</c><00:24:15.200><c> are</c><00:24:15.559><c> they</c><00:24:15.759><c> whose</c><00:24:16.140><c> iniquities</c><00:24:16.799><c> are</c><00:24:17.220><c> forgiven,</c><00:24:18.319><c> and</c><00:24:18.559><c> whose</c><00:24:18.859><c> sins</c><00:24:19.460><c> are</c><00:24:20.720><c> covered.</c>

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And<00:24:22.000><c> so</c><00:24:22.220><c> righteousness,</c><00:24:22.940><c> brethren</c><00:24:23.160><c> and</c><00:24:23.539><c> sisters,</c><00:24:23.640><c> is</c><00:24:23.839><c> something</c><00:24:24.200><c> that</c>

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is<00:24:24.839><c> imputed</c><00:24:25.259><c> to</c><00:24:25.539><c> us.</c>

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Abraham<00:24:27.279><c> believed</c><00:24:27.920><c> God,</c><00:24:29.339><c> and</c><00:24:29.519><c> it</c><00:24:29.700><c> was</c><00:24:29.920><c> accounted</c><00:24:30.339><c> to</c><00:24:30.660><c> him</c><00:24:31.299><c> for</c><00:24:31.799><c> righteousness.</c>

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Righteousness<00:24:33.920><c> was</c><00:24:34.160><c> not</c><00:24:34.380><c> something</c><00:24:34.779><c> inherent</c><00:24:35.339><c> in</c><00:24:35.640><c> the</c><00:24:36.059><c> life</c>

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of<00:24:36.579><c> Abraham</c><00:24:36.920><c> or</c><00:24:37.299><c> any</c><00:24:37.579><c> one</c><00:24:37.740><c> of</c><00:24:37.859><c> us.</c>

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It<00:24:38.180><c> is</c><00:24:38.559><c> imputed</c><00:24:38.920><c> to</c><00:24:39.240><c> us</c><00:24:39.660><c> by</c><00:24:40.059><c> God,</c><00:24:40.759><c> and</c><00:24:40.859><c> it</c><00:24:41.059><c> is</c><00:24:41.279><c> based</c><00:24:41.599><c> upon</c><00:24:41.900><c> our</c>

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faith,<00:24:42.980><c> our</c><00:24:43.180><c> conviction</c><00:24:43.740><c> in</c><00:24:44.259><c> those</c><00:24:44.559><c> things</c><00:24:45.000><c> that</c><00:24:45.380><c> we</c><00:24:45.799><c> believe</c>

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and<00:24:47.200><c> hope</c><00:24:47.500><c> for.</c>

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And<00:24:48.599><c> yet</c><00:24:48.940><c> here</c><00:24:49.420><c> he</c><00:24:49.660><c> says</c><00:24:49.980><c> that</c><00:24:50.240><c> God</c><00:24:50.539><c> imputeth</c><00:24:51.140><c> righteousness</c>

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without<00:24:52.460><c> works,</c>

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whereas<00:24:53.579><c> John</c><00:24:53.920><c> says</c><00:24:54.440><c> he</c><00:24:54.819><c> that</c><00:24:55.240><c> practiceth</c><00:24:56.079><c> righteousness</c><00:24:57.019><c> is</c><00:24:58.220><c> righteous.</c>

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What<00:24:59.640><c> does</c><00:24:59.839><c> it</c><00:24:59.980><c> mean</c><00:25:00.220><c> to</c><00:25:00.500><c> practice</c><00:25:01.319><c> righteousness?</c>

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Well,<00:25:03.940><c> I</c><00:25:04.000><c> think</c><00:25:04.220><c> two</c><00:25:04.519><c> examples</c><00:25:05.180><c> help</c><00:25:05.539><c> to</c><00:25:07.220><c> understand</c><00:25:08.119><c> this</c>

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little<00:25:08.599><c> difficulty.</c>

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And<00:25:09.319><c> the</c><00:25:09.380><c> first</c><00:25:09.640><c> one</c><00:25:09.859><c> is</c><00:25:10.180><c> Abel,</c><00:25:11.299><c> which</c><00:25:11.440><c> is</c><00:25:11.660><c> given</c><00:25:11.819><c> to</c><00:25:12.059><c> us</c><00:25:12.160><c> in</c>

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Hebrews<00:25:12.720><c> chapter</c><00:25:13.160><c> 11.</c>

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We've<00:25:18.180><c> chosen</c><00:25:18.440><c> Abel</c><00:25:18.799><c> because</c><00:25:19.299><c> a</c><00:25:19.480><c> little</c><00:25:19.599><c> later</c><00:25:19.900><c> on</c><00:25:20.099><c> we'll</c><00:25:20.279><c> be</c>

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looking<00:25:20.640><c> at</c><00:25:20.960><c> Cain,</c>

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which<00:25:22.079><c> is</c><00:25:22.279><c> taken</c><00:25:22.539><c> from</c><00:25:22.799><c> the</c><00:25:22.940><c> third</c><00:25:23.180><c> chapter</c><00:25:23.539><c> of</c><00:25:23.759><c> John.</c>

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You<00:25:24.900><c> notice</c><00:25:25.279><c> there</c><00:25:25.539><c> in</c><00:25:25.700><c> Hebrews</c><00:25:26.059><c> chapter</c><00:25:26.440><c> 11,</c><00:25:27.839><c> it</c><00:25:27.940><c> says</c><00:25:28.119><c> verse</c><00:25:28.420><c> 4,</c>

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By<00:25:30.240><c> faith</c><00:25:30.680><c> Abel</c><00:25:31.299><c> offered</c><00:25:31.500><c> unto</c><00:25:31.759><c> God</c><00:25:32.019><c> a</c><00:25:32.140><c> more</c><00:25:32.380><c> excellent</c><00:25:32.740><c> sacrifice</c><00:25:33.400><c> than</c><00:25:33.680><c> Cain,</c>

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by<00:25:34.960><c> which</c><00:25:35.460><c> he</c><00:25:35.819><c> obtained</c><00:25:36.319><c> witness</c><00:25:36.940><c> that</c><00:25:37.720><c> he</c><00:25:37.900><c> was</c><00:25:38.240><c> righteous,</c>

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God<00:25:39.819><c> testifying</c><00:25:40.700><c> of</c><00:25:40.960><c> his</c><00:25:41.200><c> gifts,</c><00:25:42.220><c> and</c><00:25:42.559><c> by</c><00:25:42.819><c> it</c><00:25:43.319><c> he</c><00:25:43.799><c> being</c><00:25:44.180><c> dead</c>

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yet<00:25:45.299><c> speaker.</c>

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So<00:25:46.940><c> just</c><00:25:47.319><c> keep</c><00:25:47.500><c> that</c><00:25:47.720><c> in</c><00:25:47.920><c> mind</c><00:25:48.160><c> before</c><00:25:48.440><c> we</c><00:25:48.740><c> comment</c><00:25:49.000><c> on</c><00:25:49.180><c> it,</c><00:25:49.859><c> and</c><00:25:50.079><c> let's</c><00:25:50.279><c> think</c><00:25:50.539><c> of</c><00:25:51.019><c> Abraham.</c>

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Abraham<00:25:52.839><c> in</c><00:25:53.000><c> Genesis</c><00:25:53.420><c> chapter</c><00:25:53.799><c> 15,</c><00:25:55.059><c> remember,</c><00:25:56.359><c> and</c><00:25:56.480><c> we'll</c><00:25:56.640><c> turn</c><00:25:56.880><c> to</c>

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Genesis<00:25:57.440><c> chapter</c><00:25:57.759><c> 26,</c>

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but<00:25:58.559><c> in</c><00:25:58.700><c> Genesis</c><00:25:59.079><c> 15</c><00:25:59.980><c> Abraham</c><00:26:00.660><c> believed</c><00:26:01.259><c> God</c><00:26:01.680><c> and</c><00:26:02.140><c> it</c><00:26:02.319><c> was</c><00:26:02.619><c> imputed</c><00:26:03.019><c> to</c>

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him<00:26:03.599><c> for</c><00:26:04.019><c> righteousness.</c>

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Now<00:26:05.799><c> notice</c><00:26:06.039><c> what</c><00:26:06.240><c> it</c><00:26:06.519><c> says.</c>

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Because<00:26:07.740><c> he</c><00:26:08.019><c> believed,</c><00:26:09.319><c> God</c><00:26:09.599><c> gave</c><00:26:09.900><c> him</c><00:26:10.160><c> promises,</c><00:26:11.099><c> and</c><00:26:11.240><c> he</c><00:26:11.460><c> believed</c><00:26:11.779><c> it,</c><00:26:11.960><c> therefore</c><00:26:12.319><c> God</c><00:26:12.579><c> said</c><00:26:12.839><c> he</c>

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was<00:26:13.200><c> righteous.</c>

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Notice<00:26:14.819><c> what</c><00:26:14.980><c> it</c><00:26:15.119><c> says</c><00:26:15.380><c> in</c><00:26:15.740><c> Genesis</c><00:26:16.200><c> chapter</c><00:26:16.559><c> 26.</c>

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Verse<00:26:17.859><c> 3,</c><00:26:21.559><c> Sojourn</c><00:26:22.099><c> in</c><00:26:22.220><c> this</c><00:26:22.420><c> land,</c><00:26:23.559><c> I</c><00:26:23.599><c> will</c><00:26:23.799><c> be</c><00:26:23.960><c> with</c><00:26:24.180><c> thee</c>

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and<00:26:24.480><c> will</c><00:26:24.759><c> bless</c><00:26:24.920><c> thee,</c>

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and<00:26:25.480><c> for</c><00:26:25.599><c> unto</c><00:26:25.859><c> thee</c><00:26:26.140><c> and</c><00:26:26.319><c> thy</c><00:26:26.599><c> seed</c><00:26:26.779><c> I</c><00:26:27.000><c> will</c><00:26:27.160><c> give</c><00:26:27.319><c> all</c><00:26:27.579><c> these</c><00:26:27.839><c> countries,</c>

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and<00:26:29.019><c> I</c><00:26:29.240><c> will</c><00:26:29.480><c> perform</c><00:26:29.900><c> the</c><00:26:30.200><c> oath</c><00:26:30.420><c> which</c><00:26:30.660><c> I</c><00:26:31.039><c> swear</c><00:26:31.220><c> unto</c><00:26:31.460><c> Abraham</c><00:26:31.859><c> thy</c><00:26:32.119><c> father,</c>

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and<00:26:33.400><c> I</c><00:26:33.599><c> will</c><00:26:33.799><c> make</c><00:26:34.039><c> thy</c><00:26:34.400><c> seed</c><00:26:34.559><c> to</c><00:26:34.859><c> multiply</c><00:26:35.279><c> as</c><00:26:35.500><c> the</c><00:26:35.720><c> stars</c><00:26:35.880><c> of</c><00:26:36.119><c> heaven,</c>

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and<00:26:36.799><c> will</c><00:26:37.000><c> give</c><00:26:37.160><c> unto</c><00:26:37.380><c> thy</c><00:26:37.740><c> seed</c><00:26:37.960><c> all</c><00:26:38.319><c> these</c><00:26:38.579><c> countries,</c>

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and<00:26:39.680><c> in</c><00:26:39.839><c> thy</c><00:26:40.059><c> seed</c><00:26:40.279><c> shall</c><00:26:40.440><c> all</c><00:26:40.660><c> the</c><00:26:40.799><c> nations</c><00:26:41.059><c> of</c><00:26:41.299><c> the</c><00:26:41.400><c> earth</c><00:26:41.579><c> be</c><00:26:41.799><c> blessed.</c>

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Because,<00:26:44.279><c> and</c><00:26:44.279><c> notice</c><00:26:44.519><c> it's</c><00:26:44.759><c> as</c><00:26:44.920><c> though</c><00:26:45.019><c> God</c><00:26:45.279><c> gives</c><00:26:45.640><c> them</c>

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these<00:26:46.160><c> promises,</c>

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because<00:26:47.359><c> that</c><00:26:47.619><c> Abraham</c><00:26:48.000><c> obeyed</c><00:26:48.839><c> my</c><00:26:49.099><c> voice</c><00:26:49.539><c> and</c><00:26:50.200><c> kept</c><00:26:50.519><c> my</c><00:26:50.920><c> charge</c><00:26:51.180><c> and</c>

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my<00:26:51.579><c> commandments</c><00:26:52.019><c> and</c><00:26:52.240><c> my</c><00:26:52.500><c> statutes</c><00:26:52.839><c> and</c><00:26:53.019><c> the</c><00:26:53.200><c> laws.</c>

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And<00:26:53.940><c> we</c><00:26:54.079><c> would,</c><00:26:54.880><c> we</c><00:26:55.259><c> remember</c><00:26:55.619><c> a</c><00:26:55.759><c> Jewish</c><00:26:56.039><c> rabbi</c><00:26:56.440><c> when</c><00:26:56.619><c> we</c><00:26:56.779><c> used</c>

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to<00:26:57.059><c> go</c><00:26:57.200><c> to</c><00:26:57.339><c> him</c><00:26:57.619><c> for</c><00:26:58.460><c> certain</c><00:26:58.779><c> lessons.</c>

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He<00:27:00.220><c> used</c><00:27:00.359><c> this</c><00:27:00.640><c> passage</c><00:27:00.980><c> to</c><00:27:01.359><c> demonstrate</c><00:27:01.940><c> that</c><00:27:02.400><c> Abraham</c><00:27:02.799><c> was</c>

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justified<00:27:03.759><c> by</c><00:27:04.200><c> works.</c>

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God<00:27:05.299><c> gave</c><00:27:05.579><c> him</c><00:27:05.779><c> the</c><00:27:05.960><c> promises</c><00:27:06.299><c> because</c><00:27:06.960><c> he</c><00:27:07.440><c> obeyed</c><00:27:07.759><c> his</c><00:27:08.039><c> voice.</c>

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He<00:27:08.859><c> kept</c><00:27:09.180><c> the</c><00:27:09.460><c> charges</c><00:27:09.859><c> and</c><00:27:10.119><c> the</c><00:27:10.339><c> commandments</c><00:27:10.720><c> and</c><00:27:10.960><c> his</c><00:27:11.160><c> statutes</c><00:27:11.519><c> and</c>

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his<00:27:11.900><c> laws.</c>

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But<00:27:13.259><c> let</c><00:27:13.420><c> us</c><00:27:13.539><c> remember,</c><00:27:14.279><c> brethren</c><00:27:14.420><c> and</c><00:27:14.759><c> sisters,</c><00:27:15.859><c> that</c><00:27:16.119><c> justification</c><00:27:16.900><c> was</c>

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extended<00:27:17.680><c> to</c><00:27:17.980><c> Abraham</c>

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because,<00:27:19.819><c> first</c><00:27:20.220><c> of</c><00:27:20.460><c> all,</c><00:27:21.079><c> he</c><00:27:21.240><c> believed.</c>

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And<00:27:22.900><c> because</c><00:27:23.400><c> he</c><00:27:23.740><c> believed,</c><00:27:24.839><c> then</c><00:27:25.220><c> he</c><00:27:25.680><c> manifested</c><00:27:26.380><c> works</c><00:27:27.180><c> of</c><00:27:27.519><c> righteousness.</c>

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His<00:27:29.319><c> works</c><00:27:29.539><c> of</c><00:27:29.880><c> righteousness</c><00:27:30.299><c> were</c><00:27:30.640><c> developed</c><00:27:31.019><c> because</c><00:27:31.380><c> of</c>

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his<00:27:31.839><c> faith,</c>

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and<00:27:32.640><c> it</c><00:27:32.720><c> wasn't</c><00:27:33.019><c> the</c><00:27:33.200><c> other</c><00:27:33.380><c> way</c><00:27:33.660><c> around.</c>

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He<00:27:35.160><c> didn't</c><00:27:35.460><c> perform</c><00:27:36.099><c> works</c><00:27:36.440><c> of</c><00:27:36.680><c> righteousness</c><00:27:37.220><c> which</c><00:27:37.819><c> gave</c>

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him<00:27:38.539><c> faith.</c>

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He<00:27:41.019><c> had</c><00:27:41.380><c> faith</c><00:27:41.740><c> first,</c><00:27:42.680><c> a</c><00:27:42.859><c> conviction</c><00:27:43.359><c> in</c><00:27:43.579><c> the</c><00:27:43.819><c> truth,</c>

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and<00:27:44.640><c> that</c><00:27:44.940><c> conviction</c><00:27:45.599><c> led</c><00:27:45.859><c> him</c><00:27:46.079><c> to</c><00:27:46.220><c> a</c><00:27:46.400><c> way</c><00:27:46.539><c> of</c><00:27:46.759><c> life</c><00:27:46.960><c> which</c><00:27:47.119><c> was</c><00:27:47.480><c> consistent</c><00:27:47.980><c> with</c><00:27:48.420><c> the</c><00:27:48.599><c> things</c><00:27:48.779><c> which</c><00:27:49.000><c> he</c><00:27:49.200><c> believed.</c>

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And<00:27:50.019><c> it</c><00:27:50.079><c> was</c><00:27:50.299><c> the</c><00:27:50.500><c> same</c><00:27:50.660><c> with</c><00:27:50.960><c> Abel.</c>

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He<00:27:52.119><c> was</c><00:27:52.380><c> a</c><00:27:52.500><c> man</c><00:27:52.640><c> who</c><00:27:52.880><c> had</c><00:27:53.160><c> faith,</c><00:27:54.480><c> and</c><00:27:54.640><c> because</c><00:27:55.059><c> he</c><00:27:55.220><c> had</c><00:27:55.500><c> faith,</c>

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brethren<00:27:56.220><c> and</c><00:27:56.440><c> sisters,</c>

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he<00:27:57.160><c> offered</c><00:27:57.460><c> to</c><00:27:57.720><c> God</c><00:27:57.880><c> a</c><00:27:57.960><c> more</c><00:27:58.319><c> excellent</c><00:27:58.740><c> sacrifice</c><00:27:59.380><c> to</c><00:27:59.660><c> Cain,</c>

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and<00:28:00.180><c> we'll</c><00:28:00.359><c> look</c><00:28:00.579><c> at</c><00:28:00.619><c> that</c><00:28:00.880><c> in</c><00:28:00.960><c> a</c><00:28:00.960><c> little</c><00:28:01.200><c> moment</c><00:28:01.559><c> in</c><00:28:01.700><c> Genesis</c>

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chapter<00:28:02.519><c> 4.</c>

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And<00:28:03.319><c> we</c><00:28:03.500><c> tend</c><00:28:03.700><c> to</c><00:28:03.880><c> get</c><00:28:03.980><c> it</c><00:28:04.200><c> the</c><00:28:04.220><c> opposite</c><00:28:04.640><c> way</c><00:28:04.960><c> around.</c>

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We<00:28:06.480><c> seem</c><00:28:06.720><c> to</c><00:28:06.960><c> busy</c><00:28:07.180><c> ourselves</c><00:28:07.599><c> in</c><00:28:07.799><c> the</c><00:28:08.039><c> truth,</c><00:28:08.279><c> doing</c><00:28:08.420><c> all</c><00:28:08.700><c> kinds</c><00:28:08.960><c> of</c>

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good<00:28:09.319><c> works,</c>

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and<00:28:10.000><c> we</c><00:28:10.240><c> think</c><00:28:10.420><c> that</c><00:28:10.759><c> that</c><00:28:11.000><c> is</c><00:28:11.240><c> the</c><00:28:11.380><c> thing</c><00:28:11.519><c> which</c><00:28:11.799><c> develops</c>

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our<00:28:12.559><c> faith,</c>

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and<00:28:13.160><c> it's</c><00:28:13.420><c> the</c><00:28:13.599><c> wrong</c><00:28:13.779><c> way</c><00:28:14.059><c> around.</c>

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Faith<00:28:15.680><c> comes</c><00:28:16.019><c> first,</c><00:28:16.859><c> a</c><00:28:17.059><c> confidence</c><00:28:17.519><c> in</c><00:28:17.720><c> what</c><00:28:17.880><c> God</c><00:28:18.079><c> has</c><00:28:18.319><c> spoken,</c>

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and<00:28:19.259><c> that</c><00:28:19.619><c> confidence</c><00:28:20.160><c> should</c><00:28:20.539><c> lead</c><00:28:20.680><c> us</c><00:28:20.880><c> into</c><00:28:21.099><c> a</c><00:28:21.319><c> way</c><00:28:21.440><c> of</c><00:28:21.740><c> life</c>

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which<00:28:22.420><c> is</c><00:28:22.720><c> consistent</c><00:28:23.279><c> with</c><00:28:23.500><c> the</c><00:28:23.660><c> things</c><00:28:23.819><c> which</c><00:28:24.000><c> we</c><00:28:24.220><c> believe.</c>

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And<00:28:25.119><c> that's</c><00:28:25.359><c> the</c><00:28:25.480><c> point</c><00:28:25.660><c> that</c><00:28:25.859><c> John</c><00:28:26.019><c> is</c><00:28:26.220><c> trying</c><00:28:26.380><c> to</c><00:28:26.559><c> get</c><00:28:26.779><c> at</c><00:28:27.079><c> in</c>

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this<00:28:27.700><c> particular</c><00:28:28.240><c> chapter,</c><00:28:28.640><c> in</c><00:28:28.740><c> John</c><00:28:28.920><c> chapter</c><00:28:29.220><c> 3.</c>

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He's<00:28:30.579><c> trying</c><00:28:30.680><c> to</c><00:28:30.980><c> point</c><00:28:31.259><c> out</c><00:28:32.000><c> that</c><00:28:32.359><c> if</c><00:28:32.599><c> we</c><00:28:32.900><c> practice</c><00:28:33.380><c> righteousness</c><00:28:33.960><c> which</c><00:28:34.279><c> is</c>

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based<00:28:34.880><c> upon</c><00:28:35.200><c> faith,</c>

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then<00:28:36.440><c> we</c><00:28:36.700><c> are</c><00:28:36.980><c> righteous,</c><00:28:38.160><c> even</c><00:28:38.640><c> as</c><00:28:39.079><c> Jesus</c><00:28:39.619><c> is</c><00:28:40.200><c> righteous.</c>

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And<00:28:41.640><c> he's</c><00:28:41.819><c> speaking</c><00:28:42.119><c> of</c><00:28:42.339><c> a</c><00:28:42.640><c> pattern</c><00:28:42.859><c> of</c><00:28:43.200><c> godliness,</c>

00:28:44.460 --> 00:28:47.900
a<00:28:44.680><c> righteous</c><00:28:45.160><c> pattern</c><00:28:45.660><c> which</c><00:28:46.339><c> is</c><00:28:46.619><c> patterned</c><00:28:47.420><c> on</c><00:28:47.559><c> the</c><00:28:47.720><c> Lord</c>

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Jesus<00:28:48.319><c> Christ.</c>

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Just<00:28:50.059><c> notice</c><00:28:50.680><c> the</c><00:28:51.119><c> way</c><00:28:51.259><c> in</c><00:28:51.359><c> which</c><00:28:51.500><c> the</c><00:28:51.740><c> righteousness</c><00:28:52.099><c> of</c><00:28:52.359><c> Jesus</c><00:28:52.779><c> Christ</c><00:28:53.039><c> is</c>

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manifested<00:28:53.779><c> in</c><00:28:54.019><c> that</c><00:28:54.299><c> 45th</c><00:28:58.940><c> Psalm.</c>

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Well,<00:29:00.359><c> it's</c><00:29:00.579><c> speaking</c><00:29:00.900><c> of</c><00:29:01.119><c> the</c><00:29:01.259><c> Lord</c><00:29:01.440><c> Jesus</c><00:29:01.859><c> Christ.</c>

00:29:02.380 --> 00:29:09.460
It<00:29:02.380><c> says,</c><00:29:03.440><c> He</c><00:29:03.440><c> loveth</c><00:29:04.180><c> righteousness,</c><00:29:06.000><c> and</c><00:29:06.140><c> He</c><00:29:06.599><c> hated</c><00:29:07.460><c> wickedness.</c>

00:29:10.599 --> 00:29:14.299
And<00:29:10.980><c> because</c><00:29:11.259><c> He</c><00:29:11.460><c> loved</c><00:29:11.759><c> righteousness,</c><00:29:12.700><c> my</c><00:29:12.779><c> brethren</c><00:29:13.059><c> and</c><00:29:13.380><c> sisters,</c>

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He<00:29:14.599><c> put</c><00:29:14.859><c> away</c><00:29:16.059><c> wickedness.</c>

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There's<00:29:17.859><c> a</c><00:29:18.059><c> psalm</c><00:29:18.279><c> in</c><00:29:18.420><c> Psalm</c><00:29:18.619><c> 97,</c><00:29:20.279><c> which</c><00:29:20.480><c> describes</c><00:29:21.200><c> the</c><00:29:21.599><c> attitude</c><00:29:22.000><c> of</c><00:29:22.299><c> mind</c>

00:29:22.559 --> 00:29:26.059
which<00:29:22.859><c> should</c><00:29:23.039><c> be</c><00:29:23.400><c> adopted</c><00:29:23.759><c> by</c><00:29:24.140><c> every</c><00:29:24.539><c> brother</c><00:29:24.799><c> and</c><00:29:25.039><c> sister,</c>

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Psalm<00:29:26.680><c> 97</c><00:29:27.339><c> and</c><00:29:27.519><c> verse</c><00:29:27.819><c> 10.</c>

00:29:28.559 --> 00:29:33.259
Ye<00:29:29.420><c> that</c><00:29:29.839><c> love</c><00:29:30.119><c> Yahweh,</c><00:29:32.319><c> hate</c><00:29:32.339><c> evil.</c>

00:29:34.019 --> 00:29:37.000
He<00:29:34.279><c> preserveth</c><00:29:34.799><c> the</c><00:29:35.039><c> souls</c><00:29:35.579><c> of</c><00:29:36.259><c> His</c><00:29:36.480><c> saints.</c>

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Ye<00:29:37.839><c> that</c><00:29:38.380><c> loveth</c><00:29:38.720><c> Yahweh,</c><00:29:40.319><c> hateth</c><00:29:40.720><c> evil.</c>

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And<00:29:42.500><c> I</c><00:29:42.640><c> wonder,</c><00:29:43.059><c> brethren</c><00:29:43.220><c> and</c><00:29:43.460><c> sisters,</c><00:29:43.740><c> if</c><00:29:43.920><c> we</c><00:29:44.220><c> really</c><00:29:44.539><c> appreciate</c><00:29:45.119><c> the</c>

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solemnity<00:29:45.859><c> of</c><00:29:46.099><c> those</c><00:29:46.299><c> words.</c>

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If<00:29:47.960><c> we</c><00:29:48.359><c> love</c><00:29:48.720><c> the</c><00:29:48.940><c> God</c><00:29:49.180><c> of</c><00:29:49.819><c> Israel,</c><00:29:50.720><c> if</c><00:29:50.960><c> we</c><00:29:51.279><c> love</c><00:29:51.599><c> righteousness,</c><00:29:52.279><c> then</c><00:29:52.539><c> we</c><00:29:52.700><c> will</c>

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hate<00:29:53.660><c> wickedness.</c>

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We<00:29:54.980><c> will</c><00:29:55.380><c> hate</c><00:29:55.839><c> evil.</c>

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We<00:29:58.259><c> were</c><00:29:58.519><c> told</c><00:29:58.740><c> that</c><00:29:58.960><c> Brother</c><00:29:59.180><c> John</c><00:29:59.380><c> this</c><00:29:59.519><c> morning</c><00:29:59.900><c> mentioned</c>

00:30:00.359 --> 00:30:03.160
the<00:30:00.559><c> way</c><00:30:00.720><c> in</c><00:30:00.779><c> which</c><00:30:01.299><c> TV</c><00:30:01.720><c> has</c><00:30:01.960><c> an</c><00:30:02.240><c> influence</c><00:30:02.559><c> in</c><00:30:02.759><c> our</c><00:30:02.940><c> life,</c>

00:30:03.220 --> 00:30:05.319
and<00:30:03.319><c> we</c><00:30:03.460><c> weren't</c><00:30:03.640><c> aware</c><00:30:03.920><c> of</c><00:30:04.099><c> the</c><00:30:04.200><c> fact</c><00:30:04.460><c> that</c><00:30:04.700><c> he</c><00:30:04.819><c> was</c><00:30:04.960><c> going</c><00:30:05.099><c> to</c>

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mention<00:30:05.579><c> that.</c>

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But<00:30:06.660><c> we're</c><00:30:06.779><c> going</c><00:30:06.940><c> to</c><00:30:07.079><c> emphasize</c><00:30:07.500><c> the</c><00:30:07.779><c> same</c><00:30:08.059><c> point.</c>

00:30:09.119 --> 00:30:13.019
How<00:30:09.339><c> is</c><00:30:09.579><c> it,</c><00:30:09.859><c> brethren</c><00:30:09.980><c> and</c><00:30:10.279><c> sisters,</c><00:30:10.420><c> if</c><00:30:10.640><c> we</c><00:30:11.000><c> despise</c><00:30:11.480><c> adultery</c><00:30:12.180><c> and</c>

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immorality<00:30:13.900><c> and</c><00:30:14.680><c> murder</c><00:30:15.119><c> and</c><00:30:15.420><c> violence?</c>

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How<00:30:16.839><c> is</c><00:30:17.119><c> it</c><00:30:17.519><c> that</c><00:30:17.720><c> we</c><00:30:17.940><c> can</c><00:30:18.380><c> turn</c><00:30:18.680><c> in</c><00:30:18.960><c> our</c><00:30:19.240><c> homes</c><00:30:19.619><c> to</c><00:30:20.059><c> the</c><00:30:20.319><c> ways</c>

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of<00:30:20.779><c> this</c><00:30:21.039><c> world</c>

00:30:21.299 --> 00:30:24.640
and<00:30:21.720><c> enjoy</c><00:30:22.200><c> the</c><00:30:22.740><c> kind</c><00:30:23.000><c> of</c><00:30:23.279><c> entertainment</c><00:30:23.720><c> that</c><00:30:23.920><c> it</c><00:30:24.140><c> provides?</c>

00:30:24.640 --> 00:30:27.599
If<00:30:25.200><c> we</c><00:30:25.660><c> hate</c><00:30:26.019><c> wickedness,</c><00:30:26.700><c> brethren</c><00:30:26.859><c> and</c><00:30:27.119><c> sisters,</c><00:30:27.299><c> then</c><00:30:27.480><c> we</c>

00:30:27.599 --> 00:30:30.240
would<00:30:27.799><c> have</c><00:30:28.059><c> nothing</c><00:30:28.359><c> to</c><00:30:28.579><c> do</c><00:30:28.680><c> with</c><00:30:28.880><c> it.</c>

00:30:32.000 --> 00:30:36.720
You<00:30:32.240><c> know</c><00:30:32.420><c> how</c><00:30:32.839><c> dull</c><00:30:33.140><c> the</c><00:30:33.380><c> Bible</c><00:30:33.720><c> comes</c><00:30:34.460><c> into</c><00:30:35.220><c> our</c><00:30:35.519><c> lives</c><00:30:35.920><c> when</c>

00:30:36.720 --> 00:30:39.000
we<00:30:36.920><c> see</c><00:30:37.119><c> things</c><00:30:37.400><c> in</c><00:30:37.759><c> living</c><00:30:38.039><c> color,</c>

00:30:39.220 --> 00:30:42.059
when<00:30:39.380><c> we</c><00:30:39.559><c> see</c><00:30:39.720><c> the</c><00:30:39.960><c> world</c><00:30:40.180><c> in</c><00:30:40.319><c> all</c><00:30:40.480><c> its</c><00:30:40.720><c> glory</c><00:30:41.059><c> presented</c><00:30:41.579><c> to</c><00:30:41.839><c> us.</c>

00:30:42.299 --> 00:30:44.799
How<00:30:42.779><c> dull</c><00:30:42.980><c> it</c><00:30:43.140><c> is,</c><00:30:43.440><c> brethren</c><00:30:43.559><c> and</c><00:30:43.819><c> sisters,</c><00:30:44.119><c> to</c><00:30:44.279><c> turn</c><00:30:44.539><c> from</c>

00:30:44.799 --> 00:30:46.900
something<00:30:45.259><c> exciting</c><00:30:46.079><c> and</c><00:30:46.420><c> alive</c>

00:30:46.900 --> 00:30:49.619
and<00:30:47.440><c> then</c><00:30:47.559><c> come</c><00:30:47.700><c> into</c><00:30:47.900><c> our</c><00:30:48.180><c> daily</c><00:30:48.420><c> readings</c><00:30:48.779><c> and</c><00:30:49.079><c> fit</c><00:30:49.279><c> them</c><00:30:49.460><c> in</c>

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between<00:30:49.940><c> programs.</c>

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The<00:30:51.119><c> Word</c><00:30:51.380><c> of</c><00:30:51.519><c> God</c><00:30:51.920><c> looks</c><00:30:52.259><c> very</c><00:30:52.720><c> dull,</c><00:30:52.920><c> doesn't</c><00:30:53.119><c> it,</c><00:30:53.400><c> brethren</c>

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and<00:30:53.740><c> sisters,</c><00:30:54.339><c> in</c><00:30:54.559><c> our</c><00:30:54.839><c> lives</c>

00:30:55.240 --> 00:30:57.940
when<00:30:55.640><c> we</c><00:30:55.859><c> consider</c><00:30:56.279><c> such</c><00:30:56.559><c> a</c><00:30:56.700><c> thing</c><00:30:56.819><c> as</c><00:30:57.079><c> that.</c>

00:30:58.339 --> 00:31:02.140
We<00:30:58.519><c> found</c><00:30:58.799><c> it</c><00:30:59.099><c> very</c><00:30:59.279><c> difficult,</c><00:30:59.740><c> you</c><00:30:59.880><c> know,</c><00:31:01.319><c> on</c><00:31:01.500><c> New</c><00:31:01.720><c> Year's</c>

00:31:02.140 --> 00:31:06.039
Day<00:31:02.299><c> when</c><00:31:03.240><c> normally</c><00:31:03.839><c> we</c><00:31:04.059><c> find</c><00:31:04.359><c> ourselves</c><00:31:05.460><c> eating</c>

00:31:06.039 --> 00:31:09.859
and<00:31:06.920><c> enjoying</c><00:31:07.279><c> the</c><00:31:07.640><c> association</c><00:31:08.220><c> of</c><00:31:08.420><c> one</c><00:31:08.579><c> another.</c>

00:31:10.359 --> 00:31:14.819
Lots<00:31:10.559><c> of</c><00:31:10.819><c> times</c><00:31:11.059><c> in</c><00:31:11.339><c> our</c><00:31:11.859><c> homes</c><00:31:12.119><c> we</c><00:31:12.319><c> have</c><00:31:12.539><c> the</c><00:31:13.599><c> selected</c><00:31:14.099><c> programs</c><00:31:14.619><c> that</c>

00:31:14.819 --> 00:31:16.779
are<00:31:15.000><c> put</c><00:31:15.140><c> on,</c><00:31:15.400><c> especially</c><00:31:15.799><c> for</c><00:31:16.039><c> those</c><00:31:16.299><c> days,</c>

00:31:16.779 --> 00:31:20.140
and<00:31:17.819><c> then</c><00:31:17.940><c> we</c><00:31:18.140><c> come</c><00:31:18.259><c> into</c><00:31:18.480><c> our</c><00:31:18.740><c> daily</c><00:31:19.039><c> readings,</c><00:31:19.640><c> the</c><00:31:19.740><c> first</c>

00:31:20.140 --> 00:31:21.559
readings<00:31:20.619><c> for</c><00:31:20.900><c> the</c><00:31:21.079><c> year,</c>

00:31:21.960 --> 00:31:24.960
having<00:31:22.180><c> enjoyed</c><00:31:22.660><c> some</c><00:31:22.900><c> of</c><00:31:23.119><c> the</c><00:31:23.259><c> activities</c><00:31:23.640><c> of</c><00:31:23.859><c> the</c><00:31:24.039><c> world.</c>

00:31:25.420 --> 00:31:29.640
We<00:31:25.460><c> read,</c><00:31:25.759><c> Blessed</c><00:31:26.140><c> is</c><00:31:26.380><c> the</c><00:31:26.619><c> man</c><00:31:27.099><c> that</c><00:31:27.819><c> walketh</c><00:31:28.380><c> not</c><00:31:28.779><c> in</c><00:31:29.359><c> the</c>

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counsel<00:31:30.039><c> of</c><00:31:30.279><c> the</c><00:31:30.420><c> ungodly,</c>

00:31:31.920 --> 00:31:36.920
nor<00:31:32.220><c> standeth</c><00:31:32.799><c> in</c><00:31:32.940><c> the</c><00:31:33.059><c> way</c><00:31:33.299><c> of</c><00:31:33.619><c> sinners,</c><00:31:34.779><c> nor</c><00:31:35.059><c> sitteth</c><00:31:35.779><c> in</c><00:31:36.279><c> the</c><00:31:36.519><c> seat</c><00:31:36.700><c> of</c>

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the<00:31:37.119><c> scornful.</c>

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Where<00:31:38.299><c> do</c><00:31:38.420><c> we</c><00:31:38.599><c> stand,</c><00:31:38.920><c> brethren</c><00:31:39.079><c> and</c><00:31:39.359><c> sisters?</c>

00:31:39.880 --> 00:31:42.960
How<00:31:40.099><c> do</c><00:31:40.339><c> we</c><00:31:40.440><c> view</c><00:31:40.640><c> our</c><00:31:40.920><c> position?</c><00:31:41.579><c> Let's</c><00:31:41.900><c> not</c><00:31:42.079><c> make</c><00:31:42.380><c> excuses</c>

00:31:42.960 --> 00:31:43.640
for<00:31:43.220><c> ourselves.</c>

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If<00:31:44.099><c> we</c><00:31:44.420><c> love</c><00:31:44.839><c> righteousness,</c><00:31:46.079><c> then</c><00:31:46.299><c> we</c><00:31:46.440><c> will</c><00:31:46.900><c> hate</c><00:31:47.500><c> iniquity.</c>

00:31:49.240 --> 00:31:51.180
We<00:31:49.359><c> will</c><00:31:49.720><c> hate</c><00:31:50.400><c> wickedness.</c>

00:31:51.380 --> 00:31:53.720
And<00:31:51.519><c> if</c><00:31:51.640><c> you</c><00:31:51.960><c> hate</c><00:31:52.220><c> it,</c><00:31:52.460><c> brethren</c><00:31:52.640><c> and</c><00:31:52.799><c> sisters,</c><00:31:53.400><c> you</c><00:31:53.519><c> don't</c>

00:31:53.720 --> 00:31:55.759
want<00:31:54.000><c> anything</c><00:31:54.319><c> to</c><00:31:54.539><c> do</c><00:31:54.640><c> with</c><00:31:54.779><c> it.</c>

00:31:57.380 --> 00:32:01.319
How<00:31:57.779><c> can</c><00:31:58.059><c> we</c><00:31:58.200><c> look</c><00:31:58.539><c> forward</c><00:31:58.799><c> to</c><00:31:59.039><c> a</c><00:31:59.240><c> world</c><00:31:59.759><c> free</c><00:32:00.380><c> of</c><00:32:00.519><c> the</c><00:32:00.759><c> problems</c><00:32:01.099><c> of</c>

00:32:01.319 --> 00:32:02.000
this<00:32:01.559><c> life</c>

00:32:02.000 --> 00:32:06.579
when<00:32:02.680><c> we</c><00:32:02.920><c> enjoy</c><00:32:03.400><c> the</c><00:32:03.720><c> entertainment</c><00:32:04.420><c> that</c><00:32:05.099><c> this</c><00:32:05.380><c> life</c><00:32:05.619><c> offers?</c>

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We're<00:32:06.960><c> very</c><00:32:07.220><c> sober</c><00:32:07.460><c> in</c><00:32:07.700><c> thoughts.</c>

00:32:08.299 --> 00:32:11.799
Something<00:32:08.940><c> that,</c><00:32:10.259><c> while</c><00:32:10.420><c> brethren</c><00:32:10.740><c> and</c><00:32:10.980><c> sisters</c><00:32:11.200><c> may</c><00:32:11.480><c> feel</c>

00:32:11.799 --> 00:32:14.440
that<00:32:12.500><c> speakers</c><00:32:12.740><c> harp</c><00:32:13.099><c> on</c><00:32:13.279><c> these</c><00:32:13.500><c> subjects,</c>

00:32:14.519 --> 00:32:17.960
they<00:32:14.599><c> are</c><00:32:14.839><c> things</c><00:32:15.180><c> that</c><00:32:15.359><c> we</c><00:32:15.480><c> ought</c><00:32:15.700><c> to</c><00:32:15.880><c> think</c><00:32:16.160><c> very</c><00:32:16.539><c> seriously</c><00:32:17.000><c> about.</c>

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And<00:32:19.140><c> you</c><00:32:19.259><c> know,</c><00:32:19.940><c> that</c><00:32:20.099><c> was</c><00:32:20.299><c> the</c><00:32:20.480><c> problem</c><00:32:20.779><c> in</c><00:32:21.000><c> John's</c><00:32:21.380><c> day.</c>

00:32:22.980 --> 00:32:26.460
People<00:32:23.279><c> didn't</c><00:32:23.579><c> think</c><00:32:24.000><c> seriously</c><00:32:24.619><c> enough</c><00:32:24.920><c> about</c><00:32:25.220><c> these</c><00:32:25.440><c> issues.</c>

00:32:26.819 --> 00:32:29.440
Because<00:32:27.039><c> if</c><00:32:27.200><c> you</c><00:32:27.279><c> go</c><00:32:27.500><c> back</c><00:32:27.759><c> to</c><00:32:27.880><c> John</c><00:32:28.099><c> chapter</c><00:32:28.480><c> 2,</c><00:32:28.900><c> verse</c><00:32:29.180><c> John</c>

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chapter<00:32:29.759><c> 2,</c>

00:32:30.940 --> 00:32:35.740
John<00:32:31.160><c> says</c><00:32:31.420><c> in</c><00:32:31.539><c> verse</c><00:32:31.799><c> 15,</c><00:32:32.440><c> Love</c><00:32:32.559><c> not</c><00:32:32.839><c> the</c><00:32:33.099><c> world,</c><00:32:34.420><c> neither</c><00:32:34.700><c> the</c><00:32:34.900><c> things</c><00:32:35.160><c> that</c><00:32:35.420><c> are</c><00:32:35.559><c> in</c>

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the<00:32:35.940><c> world.</c>

00:32:36.160 --> 00:32:38.740
If<00:32:36.539><c> any</c><00:32:36.839><c> man</c><00:32:37.019><c> loved</c><00:32:37.240><c> the</c><00:32:37.500><c> world,</c><00:32:37.779><c> the</c><00:32:37.799><c> love</c><00:32:37.960><c> of</c><00:32:38.140><c> the</c><00:32:38.259><c> Father</c><00:32:38.480><c> is</c>

00:32:38.740 --> 00:32:39.980
not<00:32:38.980><c> in</c><00:32:39.160><c> him.</c>

00:32:40.000 --> 00:32:42.960
And<00:32:40.140><c> you</c><00:32:40.279><c> know,</c><00:32:40.480><c> he</c><00:32:40.579><c> uses</c><00:32:40.940><c> the</c><00:32:41.160><c> Greek</c><00:32:41.460><c> word</c><00:32:41.880><c> agape.</c>

00:32:43.480 --> 00:32:46.920
And<00:32:43.759><c> we</c><00:32:43.920><c> usually</c><00:32:44.200><c> use</c><00:32:44.500><c> that</c><00:32:44.759><c> word,</c><00:32:45.059><c> don't</c><00:32:45.200><c> we,</c><00:32:45.480><c> very</c><00:32:45.700><c> rightly</c><00:32:46.000><c> so,</c>

00:32:46.940 --> 00:32:49.440
as<00:32:47.079><c> being</c><00:32:47.380><c> associated</c><00:32:47.960><c> with</c><00:32:48.180><c> a</c><00:32:48.579><c> sacrificial</c><00:32:49.099><c> love.</c>

00:32:49.640 --> 00:32:53.140
That<00:32:49.779><c> we've</c><00:32:50.019><c> got</c><00:32:50.160><c> to</c><00:32:50.400><c> sacrifice</c><00:32:50.980><c> ourselves</c><00:32:51.599><c> on</c><00:32:52.019><c> behalf</c><00:32:52.380><c> of</c><00:32:52.539><c> one</c><00:32:52.700><c> another</c><00:32:52.980><c> in</c>

00:32:53.140 --> 00:32:54.880
the<00:32:53.259><c> things</c><00:32:53.500><c> for</c><00:32:53.779><c> the</c><00:32:54.059><c> truth.</c>

00:32:55.059 --> 00:32:59.500
And<00:32:55.240><c> yet</c><00:32:55.420><c> here</c><00:32:55.680><c> John</c><00:32:55.900><c> uses</c><00:32:56.339><c> the</c><00:32:56.539><c> word</c><00:32:56.740><c> agape</c><00:32:57.339><c> for</c><00:32:58.599><c> those</c><00:32:58.980><c> who</c>

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love<00:32:59.779><c> the</c><00:33:00.119><c> world.</c>

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And<00:33:01.839><c> there</c><00:33:02.000><c> they</c><00:33:02.180><c> were</c><00:33:02.359><c> in</c><00:33:02.519><c> the</c><00:33:02.640><c> first</c><00:33:02.819><c> century,</c><00:33:03.380><c> brethren</c>

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and<00:33:03.720><c> sisters.</c>

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They<00:33:04.299><c> were</c><00:33:04.579><c> sacrificing</c><00:33:05.420><c> the</c><00:33:05.680><c> things</c><00:33:05.859><c> of</c><00:33:06.059><c> the</c><00:33:06.240><c> truth</c><00:33:06.480><c> for</c><00:33:06.940><c> the</c>

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things<00:33:07.400><c> of</c><00:33:07.599><c> the</c><00:33:07.779><c> world.</c>

00:33:08.819 --> 00:33:10.839
They<00:33:08.960><c> were</c><00:33:09.160><c> willing</c><00:33:09.339><c> to</c><00:33:09.640><c> give</c><00:33:09.819><c> them</c><00:33:10.039><c> up,</c>

00:33:10.940 --> 00:33:13.759
because<00:33:11.279><c> they</c><00:33:11.559><c> thought</c><00:33:11.740><c> the</c><00:33:11.880><c> things</c><00:33:12.099><c> of</c><00:33:12.279><c> the</c><00:33:12.420><c> world</c><00:33:12.599><c> more</c><00:33:12.880><c> important</c><00:33:13.460><c> than</c><00:33:13.619><c> the</c>

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things<00:33:13.900><c> of</c><00:33:14.119><c> the</c><00:33:14.240><c> truth.</c>

00:33:15.700 --> 00:33:17.539
If<00:33:15.819><c> we</c><00:33:15.940><c> don't</c><00:33:16.099><c> think</c><00:33:16.220><c> that's</c><00:33:16.539><c> correct,</c>

00:33:17.779 --> 00:33:21.700
we<00:33:17.880><c> only</c><00:33:18.119><c> need</c><00:33:18.319><c> to</c><00:33:18.500><c> reflect</c><00:33:18.799><c> upon</c><00:33:19.119><c> one</c><00:33:19.420><c> person</c><00:33:19.799><c> in</c><00:33:20.400><c> the</c><00:33:20.480><c> New</c><00:33:20.740><c> Testament,</c>

00:33:21.819 --> 00:33:24.319
a<00:33:22.019><c> man</c><00:33:22.180><c> who</c><00:33:22.480><c> traveled</c><00:33:22.819><c> about</c><00:33:23.160><c> with</c><00:33:23.380><c> the</c><00:33:23.559><c> Apostle</c><00:33:23.920><c> Paul,</c>

00:33:24.660 --> 00:33:27.980
who<00:33:24.839><c> was</c><00:33:25.160><c> associated</c><00:33:25.720><c> with</c><00:33:25.940><c> him</c><00:33:26.160><c> on</c><00:33:26.319><c> all</c><00:33:26.440><c> his</c><00:33:26.660><c> missionary</c><00:33:27.039><c> journeys,</c>

00:33:28.000 --> 00:33:30.039
who<00:33:28.200><c> assisted</c><00:33:28.599><c> him</c><00:33:28.819><c> and</c><00:33:29.140><c> strengthened</c><00:33:29.519><c> him</c>

00:33:30.039 --> 00:33:34.980
as<00:33:30.200><c> he</c><00:33:30.359><c> went</c><00:33:30.579><c> to</c><00:33:30.819><c> the</c><00:33:30.940><c> various</c><00:33:31.259><c> areas</c><00:33:31.660><c> of</c><00:33:31.900><c> Asia</c><00:33:32.119><c> Minor</c><00:33:32.420><c> and</c><00:33:32.680><c> Galatia</c><00:33:33.400><c> and</c><00:33:33.779><c> Greece.</c>

00:33:35.539 --> 00:33:37.480
And<00:33:35.640><c> at</c><00:33:35.779><c> the</c><00:33:35.819><c> end</c><00:33:36.000><c> of</c><00:33:36.240><c> Paul's</c><00:33:36.559><c> life,</c>

00:33:37.859 --> 00:33:42.299
he<00:33:37.880><c> had</c><00:33:38.079><c> to</c><00:33:38.259><c> reflect</c><00:33:38.599><c> upon</c><00:33:38.900><c> this</c><00:33:39.140><c> man</c><00:33:39.400><c> who</c><00:33:39.619><c> had</c><00:33:39.799><c> been</c><00:33:40.059><c> a</c><00:33:40.380><c> stalwart</c><00:33:40.779><c> in</c><00:33:40.980><c> the</c><00:33:41.160><c> faith.</c>

00:33:42.380 --> 00:33:42.740
And<00:33:42.480><c> he</c><00:33:42.599><c> says,</c>

00:33:43.079 --> 00:33:49.000
Demas<00:33:43.859><c> hath</c><00:33:44.400><c> forsaken</c><00:33:44.859><c> me,</c><00:33:45.940><c> having</c><00:33:46.319><c> loved</c><00:33:46.900><c> this</c><00:33:47.700><c> present</c><00:33:48.000><c> world.</c>

00:33:49.279 --> 00:33:52.160
Despite<00:33:49.880><c> his</c><00:33:50.160><c> enthusiasm</c><00:33:50.720><c> in</c><00:33:50.960><c> the</c><00:33:51.160><c> truth,</c><00:33:51.480><c> brethren</c><00:33:51.619><c> and</c><00:33:51.680><c> sisters,</c>

00:33:52.539 --> 00:33:57.240
he<00:33:52.799><c> had</c><00:33:53.140><c> sacrificed</c><00:33:53.980><c> eternal</c><00:33:54.559><c> life</c><00:33:55.180><c> for</c><00:33:56.019><c> this</c><00:33:56.420><c> world.</c>

00:33:57.619 --> 00:33:59.299
We<00:33:57.779><c> just</c><00:33:57.940><c> can't</c><00:33:58.140><c> imagine</c><00:33:58.500><c> that,</c><00:33:58.700><c> can</c><00:33:58.920><c> we?</c>

00:33:59.299 --> 00:34:03.559
And<00:33:59.920><c> yet</c><00:34:00.160><c> there</c><00:34:00.440><c> it</c><00:34:00.660><c> happened</c><00:34:01.039><c> in</c><00:34:01.619><c> the</c><00:34:01.880><c> first</c><00:34:02.099><c> century.</c>

00:34:03.880 --> 00:34:06.680
Demas,<00:34:04.779><c> in</c><00:34:04.859><c> 2</c><00:34:05.140><c> Timothy</c><00:34:05.480><c> chapter</c><00:34:05.839><c> 4,</c><00:34:06.319><c> verse</c><00:34:06.400><c> 10,</c>

00:34:06.779 --> 00:34:12.820
hath<00:34:06.980><c> forsaken</c><00:34:07.539><c> me,</c><00:34:08.340><c> having</c><00:34:08.800><c> sacrificed</c><00:34:09.639><c> himself</c><00:34:10.320><c> for</c><00:34:11.480><c> this</c><00:34:11.820><c> world.</c>

00:34:14.199 --> 00:34:19.719
Let's<00:34:14.599><c> go</c><00:34:14.780><c> back</c><00:34:15.000><c> to</c><00:34:15.219><c> John,</c><00:34:16.679><c> chapter</c><00:34:17.000><c> 3</c><00:34:17.280><c> and</c><00:34:17.440><c> verse</c><00:34:17.699><c> 4.</c>

00:34:21.380 --> 00:34:26.500
Whosoever<00:34:22.000><c> committeth</c><00:34:22.780><c> sin</c><00:34:23.639><c> transgresseth</c><00:34:25.119><c> also</c><00:34:25.639><c> the</c><00:34:25.920><c> law,</c>

00:34:26.500 --> 00:34:29.940
for<00:34:27.199><c> sin</c><00:34:27.559><c> is</c><00:34:27.900><c> the</c><00:34:28.179><c> transgression</c><00:34:28.699><c> of</c><00:34:28.940><c> the</c><00:34:29.099><c> law.</c>

00:34:30.579 --> 00:34:32.800
The<00:34:30.800><c> revised</c><00:34:31.099><c> version,</c><00:34:31.579><c> brethren</c><00:34:31.739><c> and</c><00:34:32.000><c> sisters,</c>

00:34:32.960 --> 00:34:35.940
provides<00:34:33.159><c> us</c><00:34:33.340><c> with</c><00:34:33.820><c> a</c><00:34:34.000><c> far</c><00:34:34.300><c> superior</c><00:34:34.980><c> rendering,</c><00:34:35.380><c> of</c><00:34:35.659><c> course,</c>

00:34:36.300 --> 00:34:39.420
to<00:34:36.519><c> this</c><00:34:36.860><c> verse,</c><00:34:37.039><c> which</c><00:34:37.199><c> I'm</c><00:34:37.400><c> sure</c><00:34:37.559><c> we're</c><00:34:37.780><c> all</c><00:34:37.900><c> familiar</c><00:34:38.260><c> with.</c>

00:34:39.539 --> 00:34:44.880
Everyone<00:34:39.920><c> that</c><00:34:40.460><c> doeth,</c><00:34:41.000><c> or</c><00:34:41.300><c> practiseth</c><00:34:41.940><c> sin,</c><00:34:43.019><c> practiseth</c><00:34:44.239><c> lawlessness.</c>

00:34:44.980 --> 00:34:47.719
It's<00:34:45.239><c> that</c><00:34:45.400><c> Greek</c><00:34:45.599><c> word</c><00:34:45.880><c> again,</c><00:34:46.679><c> which</c><00:34:46.840><c> we</c><00:34:47.199><c> mentioned,</c><00:34:47.599><c> the</c>

00:34:47.719 --> 00:34:49.199
Greek<00:34:47.940><c> word</c><00:34:48.639><c> poia,</c>

00:34:49.199 --> 00:34:55.820
for<00:34:50.099><c> everyone</c><00:34:50.820><c> that</c><00:34:51.300><c> practiseth</c><00:34:51.940><c> sin,</c><00:34:53.260><c> practiseth</c><00:34:54.539><c> lawlessness,</c>

00:34:56.159 --> 00:34:57.920
and<00:34:56.480><c> sin</c><00:34:56.800><c> is</c><00:34:57.340><c> lawlessness.</c>

00:34:57.960 --> 00:34:59.739
Now<00:34:58.119><c> what</c><00:34:58.219><c> does</c><00:34:58.420><c> it</c><00:34:58.480><c> mean,</c><00:34:58.880><c> brethren</c><00:34:59.039><c> and</c><00:34:59.280><c> sisters,</c><00:34:59.400><c> to</c>

00:34:59.739 --> 00:35:01.920
practise<00:35:00.360><c> lawlessness?</c>

00:35:02.179 --> 00:35:04.599
There<00:35:02.360><c> are</c><00:35:02.360><c> just</c><00:35:02.579><c> two</c><00:35:02.780><c> passages</c><00:35:03.179><c> that</c><00:35:03.400><c> we</c><00:35:03.539><c> want</c><00:35:03.739><c> to</c><00:35:03.880><c> look</c><00:35:04.099><c> at.</c>

00:35:04.920 --> 00:35:07.340
The<00:35:05.019><c> first</c><00:35:05.260><c> is</c><00:35:05.460><c> in</c><00:35:05.579><c> Numbers</c><00:35:05.880><c> chapter</c><00:35:06.219><c> 15.</c>

00:35:07.980 --> 00:35:12.159
There<00:35:08.179><c> we</c><00:35:08.300><c> have</c><00:35:08.480><c> an</c><00:35:08.579><c> idea</c><00:35:08.920><c> of</c><00:35:09.059><c> what</c><00:35:09.199><c> it</c><00:35:09.280><c> means</c><00:35:09.599><c> to</c><00:35:09.880><c> practise</c><00:35:10.519><c> lawlessness.</c>

00:35:17.619 --> 00:35:21.039
Numbers<00:35:18.099><c> 15</c><00:35:18.579><c> and</c><00:35:19.360><c> verse</c><00:35:19.599><c> 30.</c>

00:35:21.099 --> 00:35:24.460
The<00:35:21.179><c> soul</c><00:35:21.480><c> that</c><00:35:21.760><c> doeth</c><00:35:22.059><c> aught</c><00:35:22.519><c> presumptuously,</c>

00:35:24.699 --> 00:35:27.199
whether<00:35:24.880><c> he</c><00:35:25.039><c> be</c><00:35:25.159><c> born</c><00:35:25.400><c> in</c><00:35:25.559><c> the</c><00:35:25.719><c> land</c><00:35:25.880><c> or</c><00:35:26.059><c> a</c><00:35:26.260><c> stranger,</c>

00:35:27.400 --> 00:35:30.619
the<00:35:27.599><c> same</c><00:35:28.059><c> reproacheth,</c><00:35:28.960><c> or</c><00:35:29.239><c> blasphemeth,</c><00:35:30.039><c> as</c><00:35:30.219><c> the</c><00:35:30.380><c> revised</c>

00:35:30.619 --> 00:35:31.480
version<00:35:30.940><c> puts</c><00:35:31.179><c> it,</c>

00:35:31.739 --> 00:35:33.719
the<00:35:31.780><c> same</c><00:35:32.199><c> blasphemeth</c><00:35:33.119><c> Yahweh,</c>

00:35:34.039 --> 00:35:36.800
and<00:35:34.260><c> that</c><00:35:34.619><c> soul</c><00:35:34.820><c> shall</c><00:35:34.980><c> be</c><00:35:35.340><c> cut</c><00:35:35.519><c> off</c><00:35:35.760><c> from</c><00:35:35.980><c> among</c><00:35:36.179><c> his</c><00:35:36.420><c> people,</c>

00:35:37.019 --> 00:35:40.260
because<00:35:37.300><c> he</c><00:35:37.500><c> hath</c><00:35:37.739><c> despised</c><00:35:38.840><c> the</c><00:35:39.260><c> word</c><00:35:39.480><c> of</c><00:35:39.679><c> Yahweh,</c>

00:35:40.260 --> 00:35:42.460
and<00:35:40.739><c> he</c><00:35:40.820><c> hath</c><00:35:41.039><c> broken</c><00:35:41.420><c> his</c><00:35:41.659><c> commandment.</c>

00:35:42.760 --> 00:35:45.059
That<00:35:43.000><c> soul</c><00:35:43.280><c> shall</c><00:35:43.579><c> be</c><00:35:43.940><c> utterly</c><00:35:44.380><c> cut</c><00:35:44.639><c> off.</c>

00:35:45.420 --> 00:35:47.059
His<00:35:45.679><c> iniquity</c><00:35:46.119><c> shall</c><00:35:46.320><c> be</c><00:35:46.500><c> upon</c><00:35:46.699><c> him.</c>

00:35:47.079 --> 00:35:49.519
And<00:35:47.380><c> so</c><00:35:47.559><c> the</c><00:35:47.719><c> first</c><00:35:47.940><c> thing</c><00:35:48.139><c> that</c><00:35:48.280><c> we</c><00:35:48.380><c> see,</c><00:35:48.800><c> brethren</c><00:35:48.980><c> and</c><00:35:49.219><c> sisters,</c>

00:35:49.900 --> 00:35:52.519
as<00:35:50.119><c> far</c><00:35:50.400><c> as</c><00:35:51.159><c> lawlessness</c><00:35:51.619><c> is</c><00:35:52.000><c> concerned,</c>

00:35:52.960 --> 00:35:57.019
that<00:35:53.139><c> a</c><00:35:53.360><c> lawless</c><00:35:53.699><c> person</c><00:35:54.119><c> is</c><00:35:54.340><c> one</c><00:35:54.599><c> who</c><00:35:55.079><c> despises</c><00:35:55.739><c> God's</c><00:35:56.340><c> word.</c>

00:35:57.559 --> 00:35:59.440
If<00:35:57.780><c> he</c><00:35:57.940><c> does</c><00:35:58.219><c> aught</c><00:35:58.539><c> presumptuously,</c>

00:35:59.639 --> 00:36:02.280
if<00:35:59.840><c> he</c><00:36:00.159><c> is</c><00:36:00.380><c> a</c><00:36:00.539><c> blasphemer</c><00:36:01.179><c> of</c><00:36:01.400><c> the</c><00:36:01.559><c> things</c><00:36:01.719><c> of</c><00:36:01.980><c> God,</c>

00:36:02.460 --> 00:36:04.280
then<00:36:02.599><c> he</c><00:36:02.780><c> is</c><00:36:03.019><c> despising</c><00:36:03.539><c> God's</c><00:36:03.980><c> word.</c>

00:36:04.699 --> 00:36:08.079
He<00:36:04.940><c> knows</c><00:36:05.219><c> it,</c><00:36:05.840><c> but</c><00:36:06.059><c> he</c><00:36:06.239><c> is</c><00:36:06.380><c> going</c><00:36:06.539><c> to</c><00:36:06.739><c> go</c><00:36:06.860><c> his</c><00:36:07.000><c> own</c><00:36:07.239><c> way.</c>

00:36:08.139 --> 00:36:10.940
And<00:36:08.579><c> the</c><00:36:08.679><c> next</c><00:36:09.039><c> incident</c><00:36:09.440><c> in</c><00:36:09.559><c> the</c><00:36:09.780><c> record</c><00:36:10.079><c> tells</c><00:36:10.420><c> us</c>

00:36:10.940 --> 00:36:14.559
of<00:36:11.119><c> one</c><00:36:11.340><c> who</c><00:36:11.639><c> deliberately</c><00:36:12.219><c> ignored</c><00:36:12.840><c> the</c><00:36:13.099><c> commandments</c><00:36:13.440><c> of</c><00:36:13.679><c> God.</c>

00:36:14.940 --> 00:36:17.619
While<00:36:15.159><c> the</c><00:36:15.320><c> children</c><00:36:15.599><c> of</c><00:36:15.719><c> Israel,</c><00:36:16.099><c> verse</c><00:36:16.360><c> 32,</c><00:36:16.880><c> were</c><00:36:16.980><c> in</c><00:36:17.159><c> the</c><00:36:17.320><c> wilderness,</c>

00:36:17.840 --> 00:36:21.079
they<00:36:17.860><c> found</c><00:36:18.219><c> a</c><00:36:18.380><c> man</c><00:36:18.500><c> that</c><00:36:18.760><c> gathered</c><00:36:19.000><c> sticks</c><00:36:19.360><c> upon</c><00:36:19.679><c> the</c><00:36:19.900><c> Sabbath</c><00:36:20.079><c> day.</c>

00:36:21.659 --> 00:36:23.760
And<00:36:21.820><c> they</c><00:36:21.920><c> that</c><00:36:22.099><c> found</c><00:36:22.300><c> him</c><00:36:22.480><c> gathering</c><00:36:22.840><c> sticks</c><00:36:23.260><c> brought</c><00:36:23.579><c> him</c>

00:36:23.760 --> 00:36:24.880
to<00:36:23.880><c> Moses</c><00:36:24.159><c> and</c><00:36:24.460><c> Aaron,</c>

00:36:25.360 --> 00:36:26.639
and<00:36:25.500><c> then</c><00:36:25.599><c> to</c><00:36:25.739><c> all</c><00:36:25.960><c> the</c><00:36:26.179><c> congregation,</c>

00:36:26.800 --> 00:36:28.719
and<00:36:26.800><c> they</c><00:36:27.000><c> put</c><00:36:27.119><c> him</c><00:36:27.360><c> in</c><00:36:27.539><c> ward</c><00:36:27.639><c> because</c><00:36:27.860><c> it</c><00:36:28.019><c> was</c><00:36:28.199><c> not</c><00:36:28.380><c> declared</c>

00:36:28.719 --> 00:36:30.559
what<00:36:28.900><c> should</c><00:36:29.119><c> be</c><00:36:29.300><c> done</c><00:36:29.420><c> unto</c><00:36:29.659><c> him.</c>

00:36:30.860 --> 00:36:33.719
And<00:36:31.019><c> God</c><00:36:31.239><c> said,</c><00:36:32.340><c> he</c><00:36:32.380><c> shall</c><00:36:32.659><c> die.</c>

00:36:34.239 --> 00:36:35.800
The<00:36:34.360><c> Sabbath</c><00:36:34.699><c> law</c><00:36:34.900><c> had</c><00:36:35.039><c> been</c><00:36:35.179><c> given.</c>

00:36:35.800 --> 00:36:38.460
As<00:36:36.579><c> yet,</c><00:36:36.880><c> they</c><00:36:36.960><c> didn't</c><00:36:37.199><c> know</c><00:36:37.480><c> what</c><00:36:37.719><c> had</c><00:36:37.980><c> to</c><00:36:38.099><c> be</c><00:36:38.260><c> done</c>

00:36:38.460 --> 00:36:41.519
for<00:36:38.679><c> those</c><00:36:38.920><c> who</c><00:36:39.219><c> rejected</c><00:36:39.699><c> that</c><00:36:40.000><c> law</c><00:36:40.239><c> or</c><00:36:40.800><c> broke</c><00:36:41.099><c> it.</c>

00:36:41.880 --> 00:36:44.199
But<00:36:42.039><c> he</c><00:36:42.199><c> was</c><00:36:42.380><c> a</c><00:36:42.500><c> man</c><00:36:42.639><c> who</c><00:36:42.860><c> knew</c><00:36:43.099><c> the</c><00:36:43.320><c> law.</c>

00:36:44.639 --> 00:36:48.519
And<00:36:44.780><c> yet,</c><00:36:44.920><c> because</c><00:36:45.340><c> he</c><00:36:45.559><c> was</c><00:36:46.019><c> content</c><00:36:46.559><c> on</c><00:36:46.800><c> doing</c><00:36:47.119><c> what</c><00:36:47.340><c> he</c><00:36:47.699><c> thought</c><00:36:47.860><c> was</c><00:36:48.179><c> right</c>

00:36:48.519 --> 00:36:51.280
in<00:36:48.940><c> his</c><00:36:49.159><c> own</c><00:36:49.360><c> eyes,</c><00:36:49.800><c> he</c><00:36:50.159><c> deliberately</c><00:36:50.739><c> went</c><00:36:51.059><c> out</c>

00:36:51.280 --> 00:36:52.940
and<00:36:51.440><c> he</c><00:36:51.679><c> ignored</c><00:36:51.920><c> the</c><00:36:52.179><c> commandments</c><00:36:52.460><c> of</c><00:36:52.699><c> God,</c>

00:36:53.079 --> 00:36:54.539
and<00:36:53.219><c> he</c><00:36:53.320><c> was</c><00:36:53.519><c> cut</c><00:36:53.659><c> off,</c><00:36:54.039><c> brethren</c><00:36:54.199><c> and</c><00:36:54.380><c> sisters.</c>

00:36:54.780 --> 00:36:56.960
He<00:36:55.219><c> despised</c><00:36:55.780><c> God's</c><00:36:56.280><c> word.</c>

00:36:57.860 --> 00:37:03.079
The<00:36:58.059><c> third</c><00:36:58.280><c> point</c><00:36:58.519><c> we</c><00:36:58.679><c> want</c><00:36:58.840><c> to</c><00:36:59.019><c> notice</c><00:36:59.619><c> is</c><00:37:00.699><c> that</c><00:37:01.460><c> a</c><00:37:01.820><c> lawless</c><00:37:02.260><c> man</c>

00:37:03.079 --> 00:37:06.960
is<00:37:03.579><c> one</c><00:37:04.059><c> who</c><00:37:04.639><c> refuses</c><00:37:05.139><c> to</c><00:37:05.400><c> admit</c><00:37:05.679><c> he</c><00:37:05.900><c> is</c><00:37:06.039><c> wrong.</c>

00:37:07.340 --> 00:37:10.340
Look<00:37:07.659><c> at</c><00:37:07.820><c> 1</c><00:37:08.039><c> Samuel</c><00:37:08.360><c> chapter</c><00:37:08.739><c> 15.</c>

00:37:10.480 --> 00:37:12.360
The<00:37:10.619><c> passage,</c><00:37:10.880><c> incidentally,</c><00:37:11.460><c> that</c><00:37:11.579><c> we've</c><00:37:11.840><c> got</c><00:37:11.980><c> on</c><00:37:12.179><c> there,</c>

00:37:12.500 --> 00:37:17.440
it's<00:37:12.599><c> verse</c><00:37:12.920><c> 19</c><00:37:13.440><c> to</c><00:37:13.639><c> 21,</c><00:37:15.340><c> and</c><00:37:15.500><c> not</c><00:37:15.659><c> 22</c><00:37:16.099><c> to</c><00:37:16.320><c> 24,</c>

00:37:17.860 --> 00:37:21.719
but<00:37:17.960><c> we</c><00:37:18.079><c> know</c><00:37:18.260><c> the</c><00:37:18.460><c> incident</c><00:37:18.739><c> very</c><00:37:19.119><c> well</c><00:37:19.320><c> where</c><00:37:20.380><c> Saul</c><00:37:20.760><c> was</c><00:37:21.019><c> told</c><00:37:21.199><c> by</c><00:37:21.500><c> God</c>

00:37:21.719 --> 00:37:23.940
to<00:37:21.920><c> go</c><00:37:22.159><c> and</c><00:37:22.380><c> slay</c><00:37:22.539><c> the</c><00:37:22.699><c> Amalekites.</c>

00:37:24.840 --> 00:37:28.280
He<00:37:25.000><c> came</c><00:37:25.300><c> back</c><00:37:25.940><c> full</c><00:37:26.440><c> of</c><00:37:26.739><c> enthusiasm</c><00:37:27.280><c> for</c><00:37:27.559><c> what</c><00:37:27.699><c> he'd</c><00:37:27.880><c> done</c><00:37:28.079><c> in</c>

00:37:28.280 --> 00:37:29.059
the<00:37:28.400><c> things</c><00:37:28.559><c> of</c><00:37:28.719><c> the</c><00:37:28.920><c> truth,</c>

00:37:29.079 --> 00:37:30.420
and<00:37:29.199><c> that's</c><00:37:29.360><c> what</c><00:37:29.480><c> we're</c><00:37:29.760><c> like</c><00:37:29.880><c> sometimes.</c>

00:37:30.420 --> 00:37:33.159
We<00:37:30.739><c> get</c><00:37:31.000><c> full</c><00:37:31.300><c> of</c><00:37:31.519><c> enthusiasm</c><00:37:32.019><c> for</c><00:37:32.219><c> the</c><00:37:32.320><c> things</c><00:37:32.500><c> that</c><00:37:32.639><c> we're</c><00:37:32.800><c> doing,</c>

00:37:33.559 --> 00:37:35.659
and<00:37:33.679><c> yet</c><00:37:33.840><c> they're</c><00:37:34.039><c> on</c><00:37:34.159><c> the</c><00:37:34.320><c> wrong</c><00:37:35.019><c> basis.</c>

00:37:36.039 --> 00:37:38.739
It's<00:37:36.239><c> like</c><00:37:36.420><c> David</c><00:37:36.659><c> when</c><00:37:36.800><c> he</c><00:37:37.019><c> tried</c><00:37:37.159><c> to</c><00:37:37.460><c> take</c><00:37:37.539><c> the</c><00:37:37.780><c> ark</c><00:37:37.880><c> back</c><00:37:38.179><c> to</c><00:37:38.440><c> Zion.</c>

00:37:38.960 --> 00:37:40.179
He<00:37:39.139><c> put</c><00:37:39.300><c> it</c><00:37:39.400><c> on</c><00:37:39.519><c> a</c><00:37:39.659><c> new</c><00:37:39.900><c> cart.</c>

00:37:40.420 --> 00:37:42.219
He<00:37:40.559><c> was</c><00:37:40.760><c> enthusiastic.</c>

00:37:43.679 --> 00:37:47.019
God<00:37:43.880><c> showed</c><00:37:44.199><c> him</c><00:37:44.340><c> that</c><00:37:44.480><c> he</c><00:37:44.559><c> was</c><00:37:44.780><c> wrong</c><00:37:45.139><c> despite</c><00:37:45.659><c> his</c><00:37:45.980><c> enthusiasm.</c>

00:37:47.039 --> 00:37:48.360
Enthusiasm<00:37:47.440><c> is</c><00:37:47.639><c> very</c><00:37:47.980><c> good,</c>

00:37:48.559 --> 00:37:51.239
but<00:37:48.739><c> let's</c><00:37:48.980><c> make</c><00:37:49.219><c> sure</c><00:37:49.420><c> it's</c><00:37:49.579><c> on</c><00:37:49.679><c> the</c><00:37:49.900><c> right</c><00:37:50.119><c> principles.</c>

00:37:51.559 --> 00:37:54.539
David<00:37:51.800><c> had</c><00:37:51.940><c> to</c><00:37:52.199><c> learn</c><00:37:52.559><c> that</c><00:37:53.219><c> it</c><00:37:53.340><c> was</c><00:37:53.539><c> wrong</c><00:37:53.699><c> to</c><00:37:53.900><c> put</c><00:37:54.019><c> it</c><00:37:54.059><c> on</c><00:37:54.239><c> a</c><00:37:54.460><c> cart.</c>

00:37:54.639 --> 00:37:57.880
He<00:37:54.679><c> had</c><00:37:54.800><c> to</c><00:37:54.920><c> be</c><00:37:55.139><c> borne</c><00:37:55.300><c> on</c><00:37:55.960><c> the</c><00:37:56.139><c> shoulders</c><00:37:56.320><c> of</c><00:37:56.559><c> the</c><00:37:56.760><c> Koathites.</c>

00:37:58.239 --> 00:37:59.800
David<00:37:58.800><c> was</c><00:37:59.000><c> different</c><00:37:59.360><c> than</c><00:37:59.679><c> Saul.</c>

00:38:00.219 --> 00:38:04.880
When<00:38:00.480><c> God</c><00:38:00.760><c> pointed</c><00:38:01.179><c> out</c><00:38:01.539><c> his</c><00:38:01.800><c> wrong,</c><00:38:03.400><c> he</c><00:38:03.559><c> was</c><00:38:03.739><c> very</c><00:38:04.059><c> repentant.</c>

00:38:05.559 --> 00:38:08.380
Here<00:38:05.699><c> was</c><00:38:05.960><c> Saul</c><00:38:06.219><c> coming</c><00:38:06.519><c> back</c><00:38:06.800><c> full</c><00:38:07.019><c> of</c><00:38:07.280><c> enthusiasm.</c>

00:38:08.639 --> 00:38:10.760
In<00:38:08.719><c> verse</c><00:38:08.880><c> 19,</c><00:38:09.739><c> Samuel</c><00:38:09.920><c> meets</c><00:38:10.219><c> him.</c>

00:38:11.199 --> 00:38:15.679
Wherefore<00:38:11.599><c> then</c><00:38:11.900><c> didst</c><00:38:12.380><c> thou</c><00:38:12.519><c> not</c><00:38:12.980><c> obey</c><00:38:13.639><c> the</c><00:38:14.679><c> voice</c><00:38:14.960><c> of</c><00:38:15.219><c> Yahweh,</c>

00:38:16.179 --> 00:38:19.480
but<00:38:16.340><c> didst</c><00:38:16.719><c> fly</c><00:38:16.940><c> upon</c><00:38:17.219><c> the</c><00:38:17.519><c> spoil</c><00:38:17.739><c> and</c><00:38:17.940><c> didst</c><00:38:18.219><c> evil</c><00:38:18.380><c> in</c><00:38:18.559><c> the</c><00:38:18.760><c> sight</c><00:38:18.900><c> of</c><00:38:19.139><c> Yahweh?</c>

00:38:19.820 --> 00:38:21.579
And<00:38:20.019><c> Saul</c><00:38:20.219><c> said</c><00:38:20.420><c> unto</c><00:38:20.599><c> Samuel,</c>

00:38:21.800 --> 00:38:22.960
What<00:38:22.039><c> are</c><00:38:22.139><c> you</c><00:38:22.320><c> talking</c><00:38:22.559><c> about?</c>

00:38:23.079 --> 00:38:25.539
Yea,<00:38:23.500><c> I</c><00:38:23.699><c> have</c><00:38:23.880><c> obeyed</c><00:38:24.500><c> the</c><00:38:24.579><c> voice</c><00:38:24.840><c> of</c><00:38:25.099><c> Yahweh.</c>

00:38:25.539 --> 00:38:27.380
We've<00:38:26.219><c> done</c><00:38:26.320><c> everything</c><00:38:26.679><c> that</c><00:38:26.840><c> you've</c><00:38:27.199><c> said.</c>

00:38:27.559 --> 00:38:30.400
He<00:38:27.780><c> refused</c><00:38:28.400><c> to</c><00:38:28.659><c> admit</c><00:38:28.980><c> that</c><00:38:29.139><c> he</c><00:38:29.239><c> was</c><00:38:29.440><c> wrong.</c>

00:38:30.719 --> 00:38:33.360
When<00:38:30.980><c> Samuel</c><00:38:31.440><c> pointed</c><00:38:31.920><c> out</c><00:38:32.179><c> what</c><00:38:32.380><c> the</c><00:38:32.460><c> problem</c><00:38:32.800><c> was,</c><00:38:33.119><c> he</c><00:38:33.119><c> said,</c>

00:38:33.860 --> 00:38:35.980
Look,<00:38:34.000><c> verse</c><00:38:34.179><c> 21,</c><00:38:34.780><c> the</c><00:38:34.860><c> people</c><00:38:35.159><c> took</c><00:38:35.380><c> the</c><00:38:35.639><c> oxen.</c>

00:38:36.300 --> 00:38:37.320
It<00:38:36.519><c> wasn't</c><00:38:36.619><c> my</c><00:38:36.900><c> problem.</c>

00:38:37.539 --> 00:38:39.940
It<00:38:37.639><c> was</c><00:38:37.860><c> the</c><00:38:38.079><c> people</c><00:38:38.380><c> that</c><00:38:38.639><c> took</c><00:38:38.780><c> the</c><00:38:38.960><c> oxen</c><00:38:39.239><c> and</c><00:38:39.400><c> the</c><00:38:39.619><c> spoil</c>

00:38:39.940 --> 00:38:42.079
and<00:38:40.940><c> the</c><00:38:41.179><c> sheep,</c>

00:38:42.960 --> 00:38:45.119
which<00:38:43.139><c> should</c><00:38:43.360><c> have</c><00:38:43.500><c> been</c><00:38:43.659><c> utterly</c><00:38:43.900><c> destroyed.</c>

00:38:45.340 --> 00:38:49.960
There<00:38:45.539><c> was</c><00:38:45.719><c> an</c><00:38:45.920><c> absolute</c><00:38:46.360><c> refusal</c><00:38:47.199><c> to</c><00:38:47.920><c> acknowledge</c><00:38:48.539><c> his</c><00:38:48.940><c> guilt</c><00:38:49.159><c> before</c><00:38:49.559><c> God.</c>

00:38:50.239 --> 00:38:52.079
That's<00:38:50.639><c> a</c><00:38:50.820><c> lawless</c><00:38:51.179><c> man.</c>

00:38:52.260 --> 00:38:54.880
So<00:38:52.739><c> many</c><00:38:53.039><c> times</c><00:38:53.320><c> in</c><00:38:53.539><c> Ecclesial</c><00:38:53.900><c> Life,</c><00:38:54.260><c> brothers</c><00:38:54.380><c> and</c><00:38:54.599><c> sisters,</c>

00:38:55.199 --> 00:38:58.460
when<00:38:55.340><c> we</c><00:38:55.500><c> get</c><00:38:55.739><c> into</c><00:38:56.039><c> discussions</c><00:38:56.599><c> about</c><00:38:57.320><c> what</c><00:38:57.739><c> should</c><00:38:57.960><c> be</c><00:38:58.199><c> done</c><00:38:58.340><c> and</c>

00:38:58.460 --> 00:38:59.920
what<00:38:58.739><c> shouldn't</c><00:38:59.000><c> be</c><00:38:59.260><c> done,</c>

00:39:00.400 --> 00:39:03.519
there<00:39:00.500><c> we</c><00:39:00.619><c> have</c><00:39:00.840><c> brethren</c><00:39:01.260><c> polarizing</c><00:39:02.340><c> and</c><00:39:02.880><c> neither</c><00:39:03.219><c> of</c><00:39:03.420><c> them</c>

00:39:03.519 --> 00:39:04.860
will<00:39:03.760><c> give</c><00:39:03.980><c> way.</c>

00:39:05.260 --> 00:39:07.820
Each<00:39:05.739><c> maintains</c><00:39:06.219><c> that</c><00:39:06.420><c> he</c><00:39:06.500><c> has</c><00:39:06.719><c> the</c><00:39:07.000><c> right</c><00:39:07.179><c> in</c><00:39:07.360><c> the</c><00:39:07.539><c> Ecclesia</c>

00:39:07.820 --> 00:39:09.239
to<00:39:07.980><c> do</c><00:39:08.119><c> what</c><00:39:08.239><c> he's</c><00:39:08.480><c> doing.</c>

00:39:09.420 --> 00:39:10.940
Let's<00:39:09.699><c> be</c><00:39:09.900><c> a</c><00:39:09.980><c> little</c><00:39:10.179><c> bit</c><00:39:10.320><c> more</c><00:39:10.559><c> humble.</c>

00:39:11.380 --> 00:39:13.199
Let's<00:39:11.619><c> submit</c><00:39:12.059><c> to</c><00:39:12.280><c> the</c><00:39:12.420><c> things</c><00:39:12.599><c> of</c><00:39:12.860><c> God.</c>

00:39:13.659 --> 00:39:16.699
Let's<00:39:13.880><c> not</c><00:39:14.079><c> find</c><00:39:14.360><c> ourselves</c><00:39:14.880><c> as</c><00:39:15.119><c> those</c><00:39:15.340><c> who</c><00:39:15.559><c> are</c><00:39:15.860><c> lawless,</c>

00:39:16.920 --> 00:39:19.739
refusing<00:39:17.500><c> because</c><00:39:18.480><c> of</c><00:39:18.699><c> the</c><00:39:18.840><c> sake</c><00:39:19.019><c> of</c><00:39:19.239><c> the</c><00:39:19.440><c> truth,</c>

00:39:19.739 --> 00:39:22.760
to<00:39:20.420><c> acknowledge</c><00:39:20.980><c> that</c><00:39:21.199><c> there</c><00:39:21.400><c> may</c><00:39:21.619><c> be</c><00:39:21.800><c> an</c><00:39:21.980><c> element</c><00:39:22.239><c> of</c><00:39:22.480><c> wrong</c>

00:39:22.760 --> 00:39:24.679
in<00:39:23.280><c> our</c><00:39:23.519><c> own</c><00:39:23.719><c> particular</c><00:39:24.119><c> position.</c>

00:39:25.139 --> 00:39:28.840
These<00:39:25.400><c> men</c><00:39:25.619><c> were</c><00:39:25.880><c> habitual</c><00:39:26.480><c> sinners,</c><00:39:26.940><c> brothers</c><00:39:27.079><c> and</c><00:39:27.219><c> sisters,</c><00:39:27.519><c> in</c><00:39:27.739><c> the</c><00:39:27.960><c> truth,</c>

00:39:29.019 --> 00:39:31.280
who<00:39:29.159><c> despite</c><00:39:29.599><c> the</c><00:39:29.800><c> fact</c><00:39:29.960><c> that</c><00:39:30.159><c> they</c><00:39:30.400><c> attended</c><00:39:30.679><c> all</c><00:39:31.099><c> the</c>

00:39:31.280 --> 00:39:32.760
Ecclesial<00:39:31.599><c> functions,</c>

00:39:32.800 --> 00:39:38.480
they<00:39:32.940><c> were</c><00:39:33.179><c> walking</c><00:39:33.500><c> in</c><00:39:33.760><c> a</c><00:39:33.900><c> way</c><00:39:34.440><c> which</c><00:39:34.739><c> was</c><00:39:35.219><c> absolutely</c><00:39:35.760><c> contrary</c><00:39:36.420><c> to</c><00:39:36.639><c> the</c><00:39:36.840><c> principles</c><00:39:37.239><c> of</c><00:39:37.579><c> truth.</c>

00:39:39.099 --> 00:39:43.239
And<00:39:39.320><c> John</c><00:39:39.500><c> tells</c><00:39:39.820><c> us</c><00:39:40.559><c> that</c><00:39:40.920><c> there</c><00:39:41.039><c> were</c><00:39:41.300><c> none</c><00:39:41.539><c> other</c><00:39:41.780><c> in</c><00:39:41.960><c> his</c><00:39:42.199><c> epistle,</c>

00:39:43.539 --> 00:39:46.679
there<00:39:43.719><c> were</c><00:39:43.960><c> none</c><00:39:44.179><c> other</c><00:39:44.360><c> in</c><00:39:44.539><c> verse</c><00:39:44.800><c> 10,</c><00:39:45.840><c> than</c><00:39:46.039><c> children</c><00:39:46.480><c> of</c>

00:39:46.679 --> 00:39:47.099
the<00:39:46.840><c> devil.</c>

00:39:47.099 --> 00:39:51.659
What<00:39:47.559><c> a</c><00:39:48.139><c> tremendous</c><00:39:49.159><c> indictment,</c><00:39:51.019><c> brothers</c><00:39:51.159><c> and</c><00:39:51.360><c> sisters,</c>

00:39:51.699 --> 00:39:53.760
to<00:39:51.940><c> these</c><00:39:52.280><c> brethren</c><00:39:52.599><c> and</c><00:39:52.840><c> sisters.</c>

00:39:54.139 --> 00:39:58.000
There<00:39:54.340><c> were</c><00:39:54.659><c> children</c><00:39:55.420><c> of</c><00:39:56.099><c> the</c><00:39:56.280><c> devil</c><00:39:56.579><c> in</c><00:39:57.019><c> this.</c>

00:39:58.079 --> 00:40:00.900
The<00:39:58.320><c> children</c><00:39:58.659><c> of</c><00:39:58.880><c> God</c><00:39:59.099><c> are</c><00:39:59.440><c> manifest</c><00:39:59.980><c> and</c><00:40:00.219><c> the</c><00:40:00.440><c> children</c><00:40:00.699><c> of</c>

00:40:00.900 --> 00:40:01.980
the<00:40:01.039><c> devil.</c>

00:40:02.860 --> 00:40:06.840
Whosoever<00:40:03.460><c> doeth</c><00:40:03.820><c> not</c><00:40:04.159><c> righteousness,</c><00:40:05.059><c> who</c><00:40:05.300><c> practices</c><00:40:05.860><c> not</c><00:40:06.300><c> righteousness,</c>

00:40:07.079 --> 00:40:11.579
who<00:40:07.260><c> is</c><00:40:07.420><c> not</c><00:40:07.699><c> driven</c><00:40:07.980><c> and</c><00:40:08.280><c> motivated</c><00:40:08.880><c> by</c><00:40:09.159><c> his</c><00:40:09.440><c> faith,</c><00:40:11.159><c> he</c><00:40:11.480><c> is</c>

00:40:11.579 --> 00:40:13.000
not<00:40:11.800><c> of</c><00:40:11.980><c> God,</c>

00:40:13.260 --> 00:40:15.980
neither<00:40:13.480><c> he</c><00:40:13.719><c> that</c><00:40:13.940><c> loveth</c><00:40:14.179><c> not</c><00:40:14.760><c> his</c><00:40:15.139><c> brother.</c>

00:40:16.199 --> 00:40:19.079
There's<00:40:16.719><c> an</c><00:40:16.880><c> interesting</c><00:40:17.380><c> connection,</c><00:40:17.980><c> brothers</c><00:40:18.099><c> and</c><00:40:18.280><c> sisters,</c><00:40:18.500><c> as</c><00:40:18.760><c> far</c><00:40:18.980><c> as</c>

00:40:19.079 --> 00:40:21.219
children<00:40:19.360><c> of</c><00:40:19.539><c> the</c><00:40:19.659><c> devil</c><00:40:19.820><c> is</c><00:40:20.059><c> concerned,</c>

00:40:22.019 --> 00:40:25.380
for<00:40:22.019><c> those</c><00:40:22.260><c> who</c><00:40:22.440><c> may</c><00:40:22.800><c> not</c><00:40:23.159><c> be</c><00:40:23.219><c> able</c><00:40:23.400><c> to</c><00:40:23.519><c> see</c><00:40:23.659><c> it.</c>

00:40:25.579 --> 00:40:28.099
The<00:40:25.679><c> term</c><00:40:25.920><c> children</c><00:40:26.300><c> of</c><00:40:26.480><c> the</c><00:40:26.659><c> devil</c><00:40:26.920><c> comes</c><00:40:27.199><c> three</c><00:40:27.579><c> occasions</c>

00:40:28.099 --> 00:40:30.599
in<00:40:28.340><c> the</c><00:40:28.440><c> New</c><00:40:28.639><c> Testament,</c><00:40:29.139><c> other</c><00:40:29.320><c> than</c><00:40:29.579><c> this.</c>

00:40:31.099 --> 00:40:34.440
One<00:40:31.360><c> of</c><00:40:31.440><c> them</c><00:40:31.559><c> is</c><00:40:31.860><c> in</c><00:40:32.039><c> the</c><00:40:32.300><c> parable</c><00:40:32.639><c> of</c><00:40:32.860><c> the</c><00:40:33.000><c> wheat</c><00:40:33.119><c> and</c><00:40:33.340><c> the</c><00:40:33.579><c> tares.</c>

00:40:35.440 --> 00:40:39.119
Those<00:40:35.760><c> that</c><00:40:36.179><c> sowed</c><00:40:36.500><c> the</c><00:40:36.900><c> tares</c><00:40:37.380><c> in</c><00:40:37.960><c> the</c><00:40:38.079><c> midst</c><00:40:38.260><c> of</c><00:40:38.519><c> that</c><00:40:38.860><c> field</c>

00:40:39.119 --> 00:40:40.199
of<00:40:39.400><c> wheat,</c>

00:40:40.300 --> 00:40:43.320
are<00:40:40.519><c> described</c><00:40:41.099><c> as</c><00:40:41.360><c> the</c><00:40:41.599><c> children</c><00:40:41.980><c> of</c><00:40:42.300><c> the</c><00:40:42.480><c> devil.</c>

00:40:44.599 --> 00:40:47.659
When<00:40:45.079><c> it</c><00:40:45.239><c> comes</c><00:40:45.480><c> to</c><00:40:45.719><c> the</c><00:40:45.840><c> Jewish</c><00:40:46.139><c> leaders,</c><00:40:47.079><c> who</c><00:40:47.340><c> although</c>

00:40:47.659 --> 00:40:48.539
they<00:40:47.960><c> acknowledge</c>

00:40:48.539 --> 00:40:50.900
the<00:40:48.780><c> many</c><00:40:49.000><c> things</c><00:40:49.340><c> that</c><00:40:49.659><c> God</c><00:40:49.840><c> had</c><00:40:50.139><c> done</c><00:40:50.340><c> through</c><00:40:50.599><c> the</c><00:40:50.719><c> Lord</c>

00:40:50.900 --> 00:40:52.380
Jesus<00:40:51.300><c> Christ,</c>

00:40:53.019 --> 00:40:56.119
they<00:40:53.280><c> still</c><00:40:53.659><c> would</c><00:40:53.900><c> not</c><00:40:54.139><c> accept</c><00:40:54.760><c> the</c><00:40:54.980><c> fact</c><00:40:55.179><c> that</c><00:40:55.400><c> Jesus</c><00:40:55.860><c> was</c>

00:40:56.119 --> 00:40:56.739
the<00:40:56.360><c> Christ.</c>

00:40:56.960 --> 00:40:59.239
And<00:40:57.119><c> we</c><00:40:57.260><c> think</c><00:40:57.420><c> of</c><00:40:57.619><c> the</c><00:40:57.780><c> incident</c><00:40:58.079><c> of</c><00:40:58.260><c> the</c><00:40:58.440><c> blind</c><00:40:58.619><c> man</c><00:40:58.840><c> in</c><00:40:59.019><c> John</c>

00:40:59.239 --> 00:41:01.320
chapter<00:40:59.559><c> 9,</c>

00:41:02.019 --> 00:41:04.639
where<00:41:02.119><c> they</c><00:41:02.320><c> said,</c><00:41:02.659><c> we</c><00:41:02.659><c> know</c><00:41:02.960><c> not</c><00:41:03.380><c> whence</c><00:41:03.820><c> he</c><00:41:03.940><c> is,</c><00:41:04.280><c> speaking</c>

00:41:04.639 --> 00:41:05.139
of<00:41:04.840><c> Jesus.</c>

00:41:05.260 --> 00:41:08.719
And<00:41:05.360><c> the</c><00:41:05.460><c> blind</c><00:41:05.659><c> man</c><00:41:06.039><c> is</c><00:41:06.340><c> taken</c><00:41:06.519><c> aback.</c><00:41:06.780><c> He</c><00:41:06.900><c> said,</c><00:41:07.059><c> what</c><00:41:07.199><c> do</c><00:41:07.400><c> you</c><00:41:07.400><c> mean?</c><00:41:07.539><c> You</c><00:41:07.639><c> don't</c><00:41:07.860><c> know</c><00:41:08.000><c> who</c><00:41:08.260><c> he</c><00:41:08.400><c> is.</c>

00:41:09.039 --> 00:41:11.960
He<00:41:09.179><c> says,</c><00:41:09.860><c> today</c><00:41:10.239><c> has</c><00:41:10.480><c> been</c><00:41:10.699><c> a</c><00:41:10.980><c> notable</c><00:41:11.360><c> miracle.</c>

00:41:11.960 --> 00:41:16.519
Here<00:41:12.940><c> a</c><00:41:13.199><c> man</c><00:41:13.400><c> has</c><00:41:13.860><c> healed</c><00:41:14.139><c> me</c><00:41:14.360><c> of</c><00:41:14.559><c> my</c><00:41:14.980><c> sight,</c><00:41:15.860><c> and</c><00:41:16.019><c> you</c><00:41:16.239><c> don't</c>

00:41:16.519 --> 00:41:17.519
know<00:41:16.699><c> where</c><00:41:16.860><c> he</c><00:41:16.980><c> comes</c><00:41:17.260><c> from.</c>

00:41:17.739 --> 00:41:20.539
There<00:41:17.880><c> is</c><00:41:18.099><c> a</c><00:41:18.400><c> deliberateness</c><00:41:18.960><c> in</c><00:41:19.139><c> the</c><00:41:19.559><c> way</c><00:41:19.860><c> in</c><00:41:20.000><c> which</c><00:41:20.199><c> those</c>

00:41:20.539 --> 00:41:22.099
Jewish<00:41:20.900><c> leaders</c><00:41:21.280><c> refuse</c>

00:41:22.099 --> 00:41:24.800
to<00:41:22.340><c> acknowledge</c><00:41:22.760><c> Jesus</c><00:41:23.260><c> as</c><00:41:23.719><c> the</c><00:41:23.900><c> Messiah.</c>

00:41:25.159 --> 00:41:28.000
That<00:41:25.400><c> deliberateness</c><00:41:26.019><c> comes</c><00:41:26.219><c> out</c><00:41:26.460><c> in</c><00:41:26.599><c> Acts</c><00:41:26.760><c> chapter</c><00:41:27.059><c> 13.</c><00:41:27.619><c> We'll</c><00:41:27.739><c> turn</c><00:41:27.900><c> to</c>

00:41:28.000 --> 00:41:29.480
that<00:41:28.219><c> one</c><00:41:28.420><c> passage.</c>

00:41:29.659 --> 00:41:36.940
Acts<00:41:29.900><c> chapter</c><00:41:30.199><c> 13,</c><00:41:32.360><c> the</c><00:41:32.519><c> incident</c><00:41:32.920><c> of</c><00:41:33.239><c> Elimus,</c><00:41:34.500><c> the</c><00:41:34.719><c> sorcerer,</c><00:41:35.639><c> a</c><00:41:35.820><c> Jew.</c>

00:41:40.239 --> 00:41:43.320
This<00:41:40.719><c> is</c><00:41:40.940><c> an</c><00:41:41.179><c> interesting</c><00:41:41.480><c> little</c><00:41:41.860><c> section,</c><00:41:42.300><c> brothers</c><00:41:42.420><c> and</c><00:41:42.619><c> sisters.</c>

00:41:43.900 --> 00:41:46.940
It's<00:41:44.219><c> an</c><00:41:44.440><c> enacted</c><00:41:44.840><c> parable,</c><00:41:45.260><c> actually,</c><00:41:45.679><c> of</c><00:41:45.780><c> Israel</c><00:41:46.119><c> and</c><00:41:46.280><c> the</c><00:41:46.420><c> Gentiles.</c>

00:41:47.099 --> 00:41:50.300
Blindness<00:41:47.539><c> in</c><00:41:47.719><c> part</c><00:41:47.940><c> has</c><00:41:48.099><c> happened</c><00:41:48.300><c> to</c><00:41:48.460><c> Israel</c><00:41:48.960><c> until</c><00:41:49.500><c> the</c><00:41:49.820><c> fullness</c><00:41:50.059><c> of</c>

00:41:50.300 --> 00:41:51.340
the<00:41:50.440><c> Gentiles</c><00:41:50.900><c> come</c><00:41:51.159><c> in.</c>

00:41:51.400 --> 00:41:54.599
And<00:41:51.519><c> here</c><00:41:51.599><c> is</c><00:41:51.739><c> a</c><00:41:51.840><c> man,</c><00:41:52.099><c> a</c><00:41:52.199><c> Jew,</c><00:41:52.920><c> Elimus,</c><00:41:53.260><c> who</c><00:41:53.380><c> was</c><00:41:53.659><c> blind</c><00:41:53.900><c> for</c><00:41:54.179><c> a</c><00:41:54.280><c> season.</c>

00:41:55.079 --> 00:41:57.659
And<00:41:55.300><c> what</c><00:41:55.480><c> happened</c><00:41:55.840><c> during</c><00:41:56.119><c> his</c><00:41:56.420><c> blindness?</c><00:41:56.880><c> The</c><00:41:57.000><c> Gentile,</c>

00:41:57.820 --> 00:42:00.059
the<00:41:57.960><c> Roman</c><00:41:58.300><c> Gentile,</c><00:41:59.239><c> inherited</c><00:41:59.539><c> the</c><00:41:59.880><c> truth.</c>

00:42:00.179 --> 00:42:03.900
It's<00:42:00.280><c> an</c><00:42:00.480><c> interesting</c><00:42:00.840><c> parallel</c><00:42:01.260><c> there.</c><00:42:01.820><c> But</c><00:42:01.960><c> notice</c><00:42:02.219><c> the</c><00:42:02.460><c> attitude</c><00:42:02.860><c> of</c><00:42:03.099><c> Elimus.</c>

00:42:03.900 --> 00:42:08.219
Verse<00:42:04.659><c> 8,</c><00:42:05.699><c> Elimus</c><00:42:06.079><c> the</c><00:42:06.280><c> sorcerer,</c><00:42:07.099><c> who</c><00:42:07.239><c> forso</c><00:42:07.639><c> his</c><00:42:07.760><c> name</c><00:42:07.980><c> was</c>

00:42:08.219 --> 00:42:09.199
by<00:42:08.500><c> interpretation,</c>

00:42:09.659 --> 00:42:13.400
withstood<00:42:10.260><c> them,</c><00:42:10.980><c> seeking</c><00:42:11.480><c> to</c><00:42:11.860><c> turn</c><00:42:12.099><c> away</c><00:42:12.400><c> the</c><00:42:12.699><c> deputy</c><00:42:13.119><c> from</c>

00:42:13.400 --> 00:42:14.360
the<00:42:13.619><c> faith.</c>

00:42:15.480 --> 00:42:18.199
Then<00:42:15.840><c> Saul,</c><00:42:16.280><c> who</c><00:42:16.440><c> also</c><00:42:16.739><c> is</c><00:42:16.980><c> called</c><00:42:17.139><c> Paul,</c><00:42:17.639><c> filled</c><00:42:17.820><c> with</c><00:42:18.019><c> the</c>

00:42:18.199 --> 00:42:18.860
Holy<00:42:18.360><c> Spirit,</c>

00:42:19.260 --> 00:42:23.199
set<00:42:19.460><c> his</c><00:42:19.679><c> eyes</c><00:42:19.860><c> on</c><00:42:20.039><c> him</c><00:42:20.219><c> and</c><00:42:20.400><c> said,</c><00:42:20.739><c> O</c><00:42:20.860><c> full</c><00:42:21.199><c> of</c><00:42:21.480><c> subtlety</c><00:42:22.039><c> and</c><00:42:22.539><c> mischief,</c>

00:42:23.619 --> 00:42:29.800
thou<00:42:23.760><c> child</c><00:42:24.320><c> of</c><00:42:24.519><c> the</c><00:42:24.699><c> devil,</c><00:42:26.139><c> thou</c><00:42:26.420><c> enemy</c><00:42:27.159><c> of</c><00:42:27.539><c> all</c><00:42:27.820><c> unrighteousness,</c><00:42:28.719><c> of</c><00:42:28.900><c> all</c><00:42:29.139><c> righteousness,</c>

00:42:29.800 --> 00:42:35.119
wilt<00:42:30.579><c> thou</c><00:42:30.860><c> not</c><00:42:31.440><c> cease</c><00:42:31.820><c> to</c><00:42:32.219><c> pervert</c><00:42:32.840><c> the</c><00:42:33.559><c> right</c><00:42:34.039><c> ways</c><00:42:34.400><c> of</c><00:42:34.639><c> the</c><00:42:34.840><c> Lord?</c>

00:42:35.599 --> 00:42:37.699
What<00:42:35.920><c> a</c><00:42:36.159><c> description</c><00:42:36.539><c> of</c><00:42:36.760><c> a</c><00:42:36.880><c> man.</c>

00:42:38.139 --> 00:42:41.719
That's<00:42:38.519><c> a</c><00:42:38.679><c> description</c><00:42:39.179><c> that</c><00:42:39.639><c> John</c><00:42:39.820><c> has</c><00:42:40.019><c> given</c><00:42:40.219><c> to</c><00:42:40.500><c> us</c><00:42:40.739><c> of</c><00:42:41.099><c> those</c><00:42:41.460><c> in</c>

00:42:41.719 --> 00:42:42.400
the<00:42:41.960><c> Ecclesia</c>

00:42:42.400 --> 00:42:45.800
who<00:42:43.119><c> were</c><00:42:43.500><c> classified</c><00:42:44.099><c> as</c><00:42:44.340><c> children</c><00:42:44.639><c> of</c><00:42:44.840><c> the</c><00:42:44.980><c> devil.</c>

00:42:46.119 --> 00:42:49.960
A<00:42:46.320><c> man</c><00:42:46.579><c> who</c><00:42:46.960><c> through</c><00:42:47.340><c> subtlety</c><00:42:48.079><c> and</c><00:42:48.699><c> mischief</c><00:42:49.219><c> were</c><00:42:49.559><c> seeking</c>

00:42:49.960 --> 00:42:52.420
to<00:42:50.320><c> turn</c><00:42:50.519><c> men</c><00:42:50.739><c> away</c><00:42:51.000><c> from</c><00:42:51.219><c> the</c><00:42:51.480><c> truth,</c>

00:42:52.619 --> 00:42:55.659
were<00:42:52.840><c> perverting</c><00:42:53.599><c> the</c><00:42:53.820><c> things</c><00:42:54.019><c> of</c><00:42:54.300><c> God,</c><00:42:54.460><c> the</c><00:42:54.719><c> right</c><00:42:54.960><c> ways</c><00:42:55.199><c> of</c><00:42:55.420><c> God,</c>

00:42:55.659 --> 00:42:58.599
and<00:42:55.940><c> they</c><00:42:56.099><c> were</c><00:42:56.400><c> enemies</c><00:42:56.860><c> of</c><00:42:57.159><c> all</c><00:42:57.420><c> righteousness.</c>

00:43:00.059 --> 00:43:02.639
And<00:43:00.340><c> we</c><00:43:00.579><c> cringe,</c><00:43:01.139><c> brethren</c><00:43:01.260><c> and</c><00:43:01.500><c> sisters,</c><00:43:01.699><c> and</c><00:43:01.820><c> we</c><00:43:02.059><c> hesitate</c>

00:43:02.639 --> 00:43:04.679
to<00:43:03.260><c> point</c><00:43:03.440><c> the</c><00:43:03.639><c> finger.</c>

00:43:04.780 --> 00:43:08.800
Each<00:43:05.099><c> one</c><00:43:05.320><c> of</c><00:43:05.460><c> us</c><00:43:06.019><c> has</c><00:43:06.360><c> got</c><00:43:06.519><c> to</c><00:43:06.719><c> examine</c><00:43:07.039><c> in</c><00:43:07.260><c> our</c><00:43:07.480><c> heart</c><00:43:07.659><c> to</c><00:43:07.880><c> make</c><00:43:08.139><c> sure</c><00:43:08.340><c> that</c><00:43:08.559><c> we</c>

00:43:08.800 --> 00:43:11.400
never<00:43:09.440><c> fall</c><00:43:09.920><c> into</c><00:43:10.159><c> that</c><00:43:10.420><c> category.</c>

00:43:11.900 --> 00:43:15.079
In<00:43:12.079><c> each</c><00:43:12.360><c> case</c><00:43:12.679><c> there</c><00:43:12.800><c> was</c><00:43:13.019><c> a</c><00:43:13.320><c> deliberateness</c><00:43:13.800><c> of</c><00:43:14.059><c> action.</c>

00:43:15.780 --> 00:43:18.099
And<00:43:16.059><c> we</c><00:43:16.199><c> can</c><00:43:16.360><c> be</c><00:43:16.619><c> aware</c><00:43:16.840><c> of</c><00:43:17.019><c> the</c><00:43:17.199><c> principles</c><00:43:17.559><c> of</c><00:43:17.760><c> the</c><00:43:17.960><c> truth,</c>

00:43:18.219 --> 00:43:19.559
brethren<00:43:18.440><c> and</c><00:43:18.679><c> sisters.</c>

00:43:19.699 --> 00:43:22.440
We<00:43:20.099><c> can</c><00:43:20.400><c> expand</c><00:43:20.780><c> the</c><00:43:20.980><c> Word</c><00:43:21.119><c> of</c><00:43:21.260><c> God</c><00:43:21.460><c> very</c><00:43:21.860><c> effectively.</c>

00:43:22.440 --> 00:43:26.619
We<00:43:23.119><c> can</c><00:43:23.380><c> turn</c><00:43:23.619><c> from</c><00:43:23.980><c> passage</c><00:43:24.300><c> to</c><00:43:24.559><c> passage</c><00:43:25.000><c> and</c><00:43:25.360><c> show</c><00:43:25.659><c> the</c><00:43:25.900><c> unbeliever</c><00:43:26.340><c> the</c>

00:43:26.619 --> 00:43:27.699
error<00:43:26.940><c> of</c><00:43:27.119><c> his</c><00:43:27.340><c> ways.</c>

00:43:27.940 --> 00:43:33.039
We<00:43:28.199><c> can</c><00:43:28.440><c> attend</c><00:43:28.760><c> all</c><00:43:29.059><c> the</c><00:43:29.239><c> Ecclesial</c><00:43:29.679><c> functions</c><00:43:30.280><c> as</c><00:43:30.900><c> religiously</c><00:43:31.880><c> as</c><00:43:32.119><c> anybody.</c>

00:43:33.500 --> 00:43:36.940
We<00:43:33.760><c> can</c><00:43:34.039><c> be</c><00:43:34.239><c> as</c><00:43:34.360><c> what</c><00:43:34.539><c> we</c><00:43:34.719><c> might</c><00:43:34.920><c> call</c><00:43:35.360><c> good</c><00:43:35.739><c> Christovelphians.</c>

00:43:38.000 --> 00:43:41.860
And<00:43:38.179><c> yet,</c><00:43:38.500><c> brethren</c><00:43:38.619><c> and</c><00:43:38.880><c> sisters,</c><00:43:39.719><c> if</c><00:43:39.980><c> our</c><00:43:40.280><c> motives</c><00:43:40.860><c> are</c><00:43:41.539><c> not</c>

00:43:41.860 --> 00:43:44.820
those<00:43:42.440><c> which</c><00:43:42.659><c> are</c><00:43:43.099><c> directed</c><00:43:43.539><c> by</c><00:43:43.900><c> the</c><00:43:44.099><c> Word</c><00:43:44.260><c> of</c><00:43:44.539><c> God,</c>

00:43:45.099 --> 00:43:49.780
if<00:43:45.380><c> it</c><00:43:45.559><c> is</c><00:43:45.739><c> for</c><00:43:46.119><c> self</c><00:43:46.460><c>-esteem</c><00:43:46.960><c> and</c><00:43:47.179><c> for</c><00:43:47.599><c> pride</c><00:43:47.960><c> and</c><00:43:48.539><c> self</c><00:43:48.900><c>-aggrandizement</c><00:43:49.619><c> in</c>

00:43:49.780 --> 00:43:50.340
the<00:43:49.960><c> Ecclesia,</c>

00:43:50.340 --> 00:43:53.539
then<00:43:50.719><c> we</c><00:43:50.940><c> are</c><00:43:51.139><c> children</c><00:43:51.500><c> of</c><00:43:51.699><c> the</c><00:43:51.820><c> devil.</c>

00:43:53.780 --> 00:43:55.320
John<00:43:54.000><c> says</c><00:43:54.300><c> in</c><00:43:54.460><c> verse</c><00:43:54.679><c> 7,</c>

00:43:55.760 --> 00:43:58.139
Let<00:43:55.960><c> no</c><00:43:56.360><c> man</c><00:43:56.719><c> deceive</c><00:43:57.219><c> you.</c>

00:43:58.579 --> 00:44:03.840
Little<00:43:58.880><c> children,</c><00:44:00.059><c> let</c><00:44:00.340><c> no</c><00:44:00.679><c> man</c><00:44:01.199><c> deceive</c><00:44:01.780><c> you.</c>

00:44:09.280 --> 00:44:11.059
Verse<00:44:09.579><c> 11.</c>

00:44:12.880 --> 00:44:16.219
For<00:44:13.199><c> this</c><00:44:13.539><c> is</c><00:44:13.739><c> the</c><00:44:13.860><c> message</c><00:44:14.219><c> that</c><00:44:14.460><c> ye</c><00:44:14.619><c> heard</c><00:44:14.920><c> from</c><00:44:15.159><c> the</c><00:44:15.400><c> beginning,</c>

00:44:16.920 --> 00:44:18.360
that<00:44:17.019><c> we</c><00:44:17.199><c> should</c><00:44:17.400><c> love</c><00:44:17.679><c> one</c><00:44:17.940><c> another.</c>

00:44:18.360 --> 00:44:22.400
Not<00:44:19.119><c> as</c><00:44:19.400><c> Cain,</c><00:44:19.699><c> who</c><00:44:19.820><c> was</c><00:44:20.019><c> of</c><00:44:20.099><c> that</c><00:44:20.360><c> wicked</c><00:44:20.659><c> one,</c><00:44:21.000><c> and</c><00:44:21.159><c> slew</c><00:44:21.300><c> his</c><00:44:21.559><c> brother.</c>

00:44:23.260 --> 00:44:25.579
And<00:44:23.440><c> wherefore</c><00:44:23.760><c> slew</c><00:44:24.099><c> he</c><00:44:24.300><c> him,</c><00:44:24.519><c> because</c><00:44:24.739><c> his</c><00:44:24.940><c> own</c><00:44:25.179><c> works</c><00:44:25.340><c> were</c>

00:44:25.579 --> 00:44:27.960
evil,<00:44:26.280><c> and</c><00:44:26.440><c> his</c><00:44:26.639><c> brother's</c><00:44:27.059><c> righteous.</c>

00:44:28.420 --> 00:44:30.699
Marvel<00:44:28.760><c> not,</c><00:44:29.099><c> my</c><00:44:29.340><c> brethren,</c><00:44:29.559><c> if</c><00:44:29.719><c> the</c><00:44:29.880><c> world</c><00:44:30.119><c> hates</c><00:44:30.400><c> you.</c>

00:44:30.820 --> 00:44:34.599
We<00:44:31.079><c> know</c><00:44:31.380><c> that</c><00:44:31.539><c> we</c><00:44:31.699><c> have</c><00:44:31.960><c> passed</c><00:44:32.179><c> from</c><00:44:32.480><c> death</c><00:44:32.840><c> to</c><00:44:33.039><c> life,</c><00:44:34.099><c> because</c><00:44:34.320><c> we</c>

00:44:34.599 --> 00:44:35.860
love<00:44:34.780><c> the</c><00:44:35.039><c> brethren.</c>

00:44:36.039 --> 00:44:38.639
He<00:44:36.239><c> that</c><00:44:36.420><c> loveth</c><00:44:36.739><c> not</c><00:44:36.940><c> his</c><00:44:37.199><c> brother</c><00:44:37.480><c> abideth</c><00:44:37.960><c> in</c><00:44:38.280><c> death.</c>

00:44:39.019 --> 00:44:41.039
Whoso<00:44:39.360><c> hateth</c><00:44:39.940><c> his</c><00:44:40.199><c> brother</c><00:44:40.400><c> is</c><00:44:40.599><c> a</c><00:44:40.760><c> murderer.</c>

00:44:41.239 --> 00:44:43.300
And<00:44:41.440><c> we'll</c><00:44:41.599><c> look</c><00:44:41.800><c> at</c><00:44:41.900><c> that</c><00:44:42.119><c> in</c><00:44:42.280><c> detail</c><00:44:42.619><c> tomorrow,</c><00:44:43.199><c> brethren</c>

00:44:43.300 --> 00:44:46.179
and<00:44:43.539><c> sisters,</c><00:44:44.079><c> how</c><00:44:44.300><c> we</c><00:44:44.559><c> can</c><00:44:44.840><c> hate</c><00:44:45.099><c> our</c><00:44:45.380><c> brother.</c>

00:44:46.219 --> 00:44:48.940
It's<00:44:46.739><c> quite</c><00:44:46.860><c> remarkable</c><00:44:47.360><c> the</c><00:44:47.559><c> way</c><00:44:47.739><c> in</c><00:44:47.760><c> which</c><00:44:48.059><c> John</c><00:44:48.380><c> brings</c>

00:44:48.940 --> 00:44:49.579
this<00:44:49.219><c> out.</c>

00:44:50.039 --> 00:44:53.619
And<00:44:50.079><c> ye</c><00:44:50.239><c> know</c><00:44:50.500><c> that</c><00:44:50.679><c> no</c><00:44:50.940><c> murderer</c><00:44:51.320><c> hath</c><00:44:51.559><c> eternal</c><00:44:51.900><c> life</c><00:44:52.239><c> abiding</c><00:44:52.659><c> in</c><00:44:52.840><c> him.</c>

00:44:54.099 --> 00:44:57.380
Hereby<00:44:54.619><c> perceive</c><00:44:55.139><c> we</c><00:44:55.420><c> the</c><00:44:55.579><c> love</c><00:44:55.719><c> of</c><00:44:55.980><c> God,</c><00:44:56.679><c> because</c><00:44:56.860><c> he</c><00:44:57.179><c> laid</c>

00:44:57.380 --> 00:44:58.519
down<00:44:57.679><c> his</c><00:44:57.880><c> life</c><00:44:58.119><c> for</c><00:44:58.360><c> us,</c>

00:44:58.579 --> 00:45:02.119
and<00:44:58.699><c> we</c><00:44:58.940><c> ought</c><00:44:59.119><c> to</c><00:44:59.340><c> lay</c><00:44:59.559><c> down</c><00:45:00.000><c> our</c><00:45:00.460><c> lives</c><00:45:00.780><c> for</c><00:45:01.039><c> the</c><00:45:01.300><c> brethren.</c>

00:45:02.460 --> 00:45:06.280
But<00:45:02.679><c> whosoever</c><00:45:03.199><c> hath</c><00:45:03.420><c> this</c><00:45:04.019><c> world's</c><00:45:04.659><c> goods,</c><00:45:05.440><c> and</c><00:45:05.679><c> seeth</c><00:45:05.920><c> his</c>

00:45:06.280 --> 00:45:07.039
brother<00:45:06.539><c> have</c><00:45:06.860><c> need,</c>

00:45:07.219 --> 00:45:09.719
and<00:45:07.420><c> shutteth</c><00:45:07.639><c> up</c><00:45:07.860><c> his</c><00:45:08.139><c> boughs</c><00:45:08.380><c> of</c><00:45:08.619><c> compassion</c><00:45:09.099><c> from</c><00:45:09.340><c> him,</c>

00:45:10.019 --> 00:45:11.980
how<00:45:10.380><c> dwelleth</c><00:45:10.719><c> the</c><00:45:10.860><c> love</c><00:45:11.039><c> of</c><00:45:11.179><c> God</c><00:45:11.380><c> in</c><00:45:11.639><c> him?</c>

00:45:11.980 --> 00:45:17.119
My<00:45:12.659><c> little</c><00:45:13.059><c> children,</c><00:45:14.380><c> let</c><00:45:14.480><c> us</c><00:45:14.639><c> not</c><00:45:15.000><c> love</c><00:45:15.260><c> in</c><00:45:15.619><c> word,</c><00:45:16.860><c> neither</c>

00:45:17.119 --> 00:45:21.179
in<00:45:17.559><c> tongue,</c><00:45:18.559><c> but</c><00:45:18.780><c> in</c><00:45:19.019><c> deed,</c><00:45:19.800><c> and</c><00:45:20.000><c> in</c><00:45:20.320><c> truth.</c>

00:45:21.340 --> 00:45:23.599
And<00:45:21.519><c> here</c><00:45:21.659><c> we</c><00:45:21.780><c> are</c><00:45:21.940><c> introduced</c><00:45:22.360><c> to</c><00:45:22.760><c> Cain.</c>

00:45:24.860 --> 00:45:28.440
Cain,<00:45:25.980><c> the</c><00:45:26.099><c> man</c><00:45:26.360><c> whose</c><00:45:26.639><c> name</c><00:45:26.940><c> goes</c><00:45:27.320><c> right</c><00:45:27.719><c> through</c><00:45:28.039><c> the</c><00:45:28.239><c> word</c>

00:45:28.440 --> 00:45:29.480
of<00:45:28.699><c> God.</c>

00:45:29.840 --> 00:45:34.519
Those<00:45:30.199><c> in</c><00:45:30.539><c> Jude</c><00:45:30.760><c> who</c><00:45:31.099><c> had</c><00:45:31.420><c> crept</c><00:45:31.679><c> in</c><00:45:31.880><c> unawares,</c><00:45:33.079><c> who</c><00:45:33.219><c> were</c><00:45:33.420><c> leading</c><00:45:33.880><c> brethren</c><00:45:34.300><c> and</c>

00:45:34.519 --> 00:45:35.619
sisters<00:45:34.940><c> astray,</c>

00:45:35.619 --> 00:45:41.300
are<00:45:36.320><c> described</c><00:45:37.039><c> as</c><00:45:37.360><c> walking</c><00:45:37.880><c> in</c><00:45:38.400><c> the</c><00:45:38.760><c> way</c><00:45:39.699><c> of</c><00:45:40.159><c> Cain,</c><00:45:41.000><c> and</c><00:45:41.139><c> not</c>

00:45:41.300 --> 00:45:43.019
in<00:45:41.500><c> the</c><00:45:41.599><c> way</c><00:45:41.780><c> of</c><00:45:42.039><c> Christ.</c>

00:45:44.219 --> 00:45:48.280
And<00:45:44.480><c> Cain</c><00:45:44.579><c> is</c><00:45:44.840><c> presented</c><00:45:45.219><c> to</c><00:45:45.420><c> us,</c><00:45:45.539><c> if</c><00:45:45.679><c> we</c><00:45:45.820><c> go</c><00:45:46.039><c> back</c><00:45:46.260><c> to</c><00:45:46.420><c> the</c><00:45:46.519><c> book</c><00:45:46.719><c> of</c><00:45:47.239><c> Genesis,</c>

00:45:48.739 --> 00:45:53.579
as<00:45:48.880><c> a</c><00:45:49.079><c> man</c><00:45:49.559><c> who</c><00:45:50.360><c> insisted</c><00:45:50.940><c> on</c><00:45:51.300><c> doing</c><00:45:51.539><c> the</c><00:45:51.739><c> things</c><00:45:51.900><c> of</c><00:45:52.099><c> the</c><00:45:52.320><c> truth</c><00:45:52.820><c> on</c>

00:45:53.579 --> 00:45:56.920
his<00:45:53.800><c> own</c><00:45:54.119><c> terms</c><00:45:54.619><c> and</c><00:45:55.420><c> in</c><00:45:55.639><c> his</c><00:45:55.780><c> own</c><00:45:56.000><c> way.</c>

00:45:59.079 --> 00:46:01.800
Notice<00:45:59.599><c> certain</c><00:46:00.119><c> characteristics</c><00:46:00.760><c> of</c><00:46:00.980><c> Cain.</c>

00:46:02.179 --> 00:46:05.579
We<00:46:02.780><c> read</c><00:46:03.099><c> there,</c><00:46:03.320><c> in</c><00:46:03.460><c> verse</c><00:46:03.659><c> 2,</c><00:46:04.079><c> that</c><00:46:04.280><c> Cain</c><00:46:04.539><c> was</c><00:46:04.920><c> a</c><00:46:05.079><c> tiller</c><00:46:05.360><c> of</c>

00:46:05.579 --> 00:46:06.179
the<00:46:05.840><c> ground.</c>

00:46:06.559 --> 00:46:10.400
That's<00:46:06.739><c> an</c><00:46:06.920><c> interesting</c><00:46:07.360><c> term.</c><00:46:08.239><c> It's</c><00:46:08.360><c> a</c><00:46:08.440><c> Hebrew</c><00:46:08.699><c> word,</c><00:46:09.460><c> abab.</c>

00:46:10.679 --> 00:46:13.699
And<00:46:10.980><c> the</c><00:46:11.059><c> word</c><00:46:11.380><c> tiller</c><00:46:11.739><c> means</c><00:46:12.000><c> to</c><00:46:12.199><c> be</c><00:46:12.400><c> a</c><00:46:12.559><c> bond</c><00:46:12.820><c>-servant.</c>

00:46:15.159 --> 00:46:21.199
In<00:46:15.760><c> 1</c><00:46:16.059><c> Kings</c><00:46:16.360><c> chapter</c><00:46:16.800><c> 9,</c><00:46:17.219><c> verse</c><00:46:17.340><c> 21,</c><00:46:18.440><c> the</c><00:46:18.500><c> word</c><00:46:18.739><c> is</c><00:46:18.940><c> translated</c><00:46:19.639><c> bond</c><00:46:20.059><c>-servant.</c>

00:46:21.579 --> 00:46:26.340
The<00:46:21.699><c> word</c><00:46:22.039><c> tiller</c><00:46:22.440><c> is</c><00:46:22.719><c> translated</c><00:46:23.260><c> serve,</c><00:46:23.820><c> in</c><00:46:24.000><c> Exodus</c><00:46:24.360><c> chapter</c><00:46:24.760><c> 1,</c><00:46:25.019><c> verse</c><00:46:25.360><c> 14.</c>

00:46:26.340 --> 00:46:30.239
And<00:46:26.880><c> in</c><00:46:27.019><c> Genesis</c><00:46:27.380><c> chapter</c><00:46:27.780><c> 49,</c><00:46:28.400><c> verse</c><00:46:28.719><c> 15,</c><00:46:29.699><c> it's</c><00:46:29.900><c> a</c><00:46:29.980><c> Hebrew</c>

00:46:30.239 --> 00:46:31.920
word,<00:46:30.760><c> it's</c><00:46:30.980><c> translated</c><00:46:31.340><c> servant.</c>

00:46:32.139 --> 00:46:34.840
And<00:46:32.340><c> that's</c><00:46:32.719><c> exactly</c><00:46:33.300><c> what</c><00:46:34.059><c> Cain</c><00:46:34.360><c> was.</c>

00:46:35.340 --> 00:46:37.840
He<00:46:35.599><c> was</c><00:46:35.880><c> a</c><00:46:36.260><c> slave</c><00:46:36.539><c> to</c><00:46:36.760><c> his</c><00:46:37.059><c> present</c><00:46:37.340><c> life.</c>

00:46:38.219 --> 00:46:40.420
He<00:46:38.420><c> was</c><00:46:38.780><c> a</c><00:46:39.000><c> bond</c><00:46:39.280><c>-servant</c><00:46:39.639><c> to</c><00:46:39.880><c> the</c><00:46:40.139><c> earth.</c>

00:46:40.820 --> 00:46:43.139
He<00:46:40.980><c> was</c><00:46:41.260><c> of</c><00:46:41.420><c> the</c><00:46:41.719><c> earth</c><00:46:42.159><c>-earthing.</c>

00:46:43.179 --> 00:46:47.320
There<00:46:43.340><c> couldn't</c><00:46:43.579><c> have</c><00:46:43.840><c> been</c><00:46:44.079><c> any</c><00:46:45.039><c> more</c><00:46:46.000><c> despicable</c><00:46:46.739><c> man</c><00:46:47.099><c> than</c>

00:46:47.320 --> 00:46:49.599
Cain<00:46:47.840><c> who</c><00:46:48.360><c> was</c><00:46:48.760><c> carnally</c><00:46:49.179><c> minded.</c>

00:46:49.960 --> 00:46:52.679
He<00:46:50.159><c> had</c><00:46:50.440><c> no</c><00:46:50.800><c> concern</c><00:46:51.320><c> for</c><00:46:51.519><c> the</c><00:46:51.679><c> future,</c><00:46:52.179><c> brethren</c><00:46:52.320><c> and</c><00:46:52.519><c> sisters.</c>

00:46:52.679 --> 00:46:56.260
All<00:46:53.179><c> he</c><00:46:53.380><c> was</c><00:46:53.519><c> concerned</c><00:46:53.920><c> with</c><00:46:54.139><c> was</c><00:46:54.320><c> being</c><00:46:54.639><c> a</c><00:46:54.920><c> tiller</c><00:46:55.119><c> of</c><00:46:55.260><c> the</c><00:46:55.440><c> ground.</c>

00:46:56.780 --> 00:47:00.199
And<00:46:56.940><c> that</c><00:46:57.079><c> was</c><00:46:58.000><c> demonstrated</c><00:46:58.659><c> in</c><00:46:58.920><c> the</c><00:46:59.119><c> kind</c><00:46:59.320><c> of</c><00:46:59.599><c> offering</c><00:46:59.840><c> that</c><00:47:00.019><c> he</c>

00:47:00.199 --> 00:47:01.739
brought<00:47:00.559><c> before</c><00:47:01.340><c> God.</c>

00:47:02.119 --> 00:47:03.539
He<00:47:02.199><c> had</c><00:47:02.400><c> no</c><00:47:02.699><c> love</c><00:47:02.840><c> for</c><00:47:03.059><c> his</c><00:47:03.280><c> brother.</c>

00:47:03.880 --> 00:47:05.760
Again,<00:47:04.199><c> another</c><00:47:04.460><c> point</c><00:47:04.659><c> we'll</c><00:47:04.860><c> bring</c><00:47:05.079><c> out</c><00:47:05.280><c> tomorrow.</c>

00:47:06.039 --> 00:47:07.360
Am<00:47:06.219><c> I</c><00:47:06.420><c> my</c><00:47:06.659><c> brother's</c><00:47:07.079><c> keeper?</c>

00:47:07.719 --> 00:47:10.400
And<00:47:07.960><c> he</c><00:47:08.059><c> was</c><00:47:08.219><c> a</c><00:47:08.380><c> man</c><00:47:08.519><c> who</c><00:47:08.880><c> ignored</c><00:47:09.360><c> God's</c><00:47:09.920><c> principles.</c>

00:47:10.780 --> 00:47:14.079
Now<00:47:10.940><c> let's</c><00:47:11.079><c> see</c><00:47:11.239><c> how</c><00:47:11.380><c> that's</c><00:47:11.800><c> brought</c><00:47:11.940><c> out</c><00:47:12.440><c> in</c><00:47:12.760><c> verse</c><00:47:13.119><c> 2.</c>

00:47:15.199 --> 00:47:17.960
Verse<00:47:15.500><c> 3,</c><00:47:15.840><c> in</c><00:47:15.880><c> the</c><00:47:16.059><c> process</c><00:47:16.400><c> of</c><00:47:16.719><c> time,</c><00:47:17.099><c> it</c><00:47:17.099><c> came</c><00:47:17.320><c> to</c><00:47:17.539><c> pass</c><00:47:17.719><c> that</c>

00:47:17.960 --> 00:47:20.159
Cain<00:47:18.559><c> brought</c><00:47:19.059><c> of</c><00:47:19.219><c> the</c><00:47:19.460><c> fruit</c><00:47:19.639><c> of</c><00:47:19.800><c> the</c><00:47:20.000><c> ground</c>

00:47:20.159 --> 00:47:24.239
an<00:47:20.480><c> offering</c><00:47:20.639><c> unto</c><00:47:20.960><c> Yahweh,</c><00:47:22.019><c> and</c><00:47:22.199><c> able</c><00:47:22.500><c> he</c><00:47:22.860><c> also</c><00:47:23.420><c> brought</c><00:47:23.800><c> of</c>

00:47:24.239 --> 00:47:25.760
the<00:47:24.480><c> first</c><00:47:24.719><c> things</c><00:47:24.940><c> of</c><00:47:25.099><c> his</c><00:47:25.400><c> flock</c>

00:47:25.760 --> 00:47:27.920
and<00:47:26.320><c> of</c><00:47:26.480><c> the</c><00:47:26.739><c> fat</c><00:47:26.920><c> thereof.</c>

00:47:28.179 --> 00:47:30.559
Now<00:47:28.519><c> we</c><00:47:28.739><c> didn't</c><00:47:28.920><c> notice</c><00:47:29.320><c> the</c><00:47:29.579><c> terminology</c><00:47:30.119><c> here.</c>

00:47:30.940 --> 00:47:33.900
It<00:47:31.159><c> says</c><00:47:31.400><c> that</c><00:47:31.800><c> Cain</c><00:47:32.179><c> brought</c><00:47:32.599><c> of</c><00:47:32.820><c> the</c><00:47:33.099><c> fruit</c><00:47:33.219><c> of</c><00:47:33.420><c> the</c><00:47:33.619><c> ground</c>

00:47:33.900 --> 00:47:36.559
an<00:47:34.460><c> offering</c><00:47:35.059><c> unto</c><00:47:35.440><c> Yahweh.</c>

00:47:36.639 --> 00:47:38.840
And<00:47:36.840><c> if</c><00:47:36.920><c> we</c><00:47:37.059><c> went</c><00:47:37.219><c> and</c><00:47:37.360><c> had</c><00:47:37.460><c> a</c><00:47:37.519><c> look</c><00:47:37.659><c> at</c><00:47:37.840><c> that</c><00:47:38.000><c> word</c><00:47:38.239><c> offering,</c>

00:47:39.300 --> 00:47:41.239
seeing<00:47:39.480><c> that</c><00:47:39.599><c> we're</c><00:47:39.739><c> doing</c><00:47:39.980><c> the</c><00:47:40.199><c> law</c><00:47:40.400><c> with</c><00:47:40.579><c> Brother</c><00:47:40.860><c> John,</c>

00:47:41.599 --> 00:47:44.420
we<00:47:41.800><c> would</c><00:47:42.039><c> notice</c><00:47:42.460><c> that</c><00:47:42.659><c> it's</c><00:47:42.860><c> the</c><00:47:43.099><c> Hebrew</c><00:47:43.440><c> word</c><00:47:43.780><c> mincha,</c>

00:47:44.860 --> 00:47:48.159
which<00:47:45.119><c> is</c><00:47:45.460><c> used</c><00:47:45.780><c> in</c><00:47:45.960><c> Leviticus</c><00:47:46.420><c> chapter</c><00:47:46.739><c> 2,</c><00:47:47.079><c> verse</c><00:47:47.300><c> 13,</c><00:47:47.820><c> as</c><00:47:47.980><c> a</c>

00:47:48.159 --> 00:47:48.780
meal<00:47:48.380><c> offering.</c>

00:47:48.780 --> 00:47:51.139
A<00:47:49.239><c> meal</c><00:47:49.480><c> offering</c><00:47:49.820><c> of</c><00:47:50.099><c> fellowship.</c>

00:47:52.300 --> 00:47:57.179
And<00:47:52.380><c> so</c><00:47:52.559><c> here</c><00:47:52.760><c> was</c><00:47:53.000><c> Cain</c><00:47:54.559><c> worshipping</c><00:47:55.400><c> in</c><00:47:55.659><c> the</c><00:47:56.539><c> structure</c><00:47:56.920><c> of</c>

00:47:57.179 --> 00:47:57.800
the<00:47:57.360><c> tabernacle</c>

00:47:57.800 --> 00:48:00.539
as<00:47:58.000><c> it</c><00:47:58.139><c> was</c><00:47:58.340><c> established</c><00:47:58.840><c> in</c><00:47:59.079><c> the</c><00:47:59.219><c> Garden</c><00:47:59.420><c> of</c><00:47:59.579><c> Eden,</c><00:48:00.219><c> eastward</c>

00:48:00.539 --> 00:48:01.519
of<00:48:00.719><c> Eden,</c>

00:48:01.719 --> 00:48:03.940
and<00:48:02.019><c> he</c><00:48:02.219><c> brought</c><00:48:02.400><c> an</c><00:48:02.739><c> offering</c><00:48:03.119><c> of</c><00:48:03.400><c> fellowship.</c>

00:48:04.380 --> 00:48:06.820
An<00:48:04.619><c> offering</c><00:48:04.920><c> of</c><00:48:05.139><c> the</c><00:48:05.400><c> fruit</c><00:48:05.519><c> of</c><00:48:05.699><c> the</c><00:48:05.900><c> ground.</c>

00:48:08.019 --> 00:48:12.619
And<00:48:08.119><c> it</c><00:48:08.400><c> says</c><00:48:08.639><c> in</c><00:48:08.820><c> verse</c><00:48:09.159><c> 4</c><00:48:09.420><c> that</c><00:48:09.679><c> able</c><00:48:10.039><c> he</c><00:48:10.679><c> also</c><00:48:11.260><c> brought</c><00:48:11.719><c> of</c>

00:48:12.619 --> 00:48:14.059
the<00:48:12.900><c> first</c><00:48:13.159><c> things</c><00:48:13.340><c> of</c><00:48:13.559><c> his</c><00:48:13.800><c> flock.</c>

00:48:14.280 --> 00:48:16.119
And<00:48:14.480><c> it</c><00:48:14.579><c> would</c><00:48:14.800><c> appear</c><00:48:15.079><c> to</c><00:48:15.280><c> me,</c><00:48:15.559><c> brethren</c><00:48:15.699><c> and</c><00:48:15.960><c> sisters,</c>

00:48:16.119 --> 00:48:19.559
that<00:48:16.460><c> in</c><00:48:16.460><c> that</c><00:48:16.840><c> phrase</c><00:48:17.159><c> he</c><00:48:17.659><c> also</c><00:48:18.199><c> brought</c><00:48:18.559><c> of</c><00:48:18.719><c> the</c><00:48:18.940><c> fruit,</c><00:48:19.400><c> the</c>

00:48:19.559 --> 00:48:20.519
first<00:48:19.760><c> things</c><00:48:19.920><c> of</c><00:48:20.159><c> the</c><00:48:20.320><c> flock,</c>

00:48:20.900 --> 00:48:22.840
that<00:48:21.079><c> able</c><00:48:21.360><c> too</c><00:48:21.679><c> brought</c><00:48:21.960><c> a</c><00:48:22.219><c> meal</c><00:48:22.460><c> offering.</c>

00:48:23.119 --> 00:48:25.780
An<00:48:23.420><c> offering</c><00:48:23.699><c> of</c><00:48:24.019><c> fellowship,</c><00:48:24.760><c> and</c><00:48:24.840><c> yet</c><00:48:24.960><c> in</c><00:48:25.139><c> addition</c><00:48:25.559><c> to</c>

00:48:25.780 --> 00:48:26.539
that<00:48:25.960><c> meal</c><00:48:26.219><c> offering,</c>

00:48:26.739 --> 00:48:29.699
he<00:48:26.980><c> also</c><00:48:27.579><c> brought</c><00:48:28.019><c> the</c><00:48:28.599><c> first</c><00:48:28.840><c> things</c><00:48:29.059><c> of</c><00:48:29.280><c> the</c><00:48:29.460><c> flock.</c>

00:48:29.860 --> 00:48:33.099
He<00:48:30.079><c> brought</c><00:48:30.320><c> a</c><00:48:30.519><c> sin</c><00:48:30.659><c> offering</c><00:48:31.079><c> in</c><00:48:31.460><c> addition</c><00:48:31.800><c> to</c><00:48:32.000><c> that</c><00:48:32.199><c> fellowship.</c>

00:48:33.380 --> 00:48:36.380
Now<00:48:33.579><c> here</c><00:48:33.760><c> we</c><00:48:33.900><c> have</c><00:48:34.000><c> a</c><00:48:34.059><c> situation</c><00:48:34.739><c> where</c><00:48:34.960><c> God</c><00:48:35.239><c> did</c><00:48:35.579><c> not</c><00:48:35.900><c> accept</c>

00:48:36.380 --> 00:48:37.199
Cain's<00:48:36.940><c> offering.</c>

00:48:37.420 --> 00:48:39.840
Why<00:48:37.760><c> not?</c><00:48:38.519><c> Verse</c><00:48:38.760><c> 7.</c>

00:48:39.880 --> 00:48:43.300
He<00:48:39.960><c> says,</c><00:48:40.300><c> If</c><00:48:40.360><c> thou</c><00:48:40.639><c> doest</c><00:48:41.079><c> well,</c><00:48:41.860><c> shall</c><00:48:42.000><c> thou</c><00:48:42.260><c> not</c><00:48:42.460><c> be</c><00:48:42.679><c> accepted,</c>

00:48:43.300 --> 00:48:47.320
and<00:48:43.860><c> if</c><00:48:44.059><c> thou</c><00:48:44.260><c> doest</c><00:48:44.659><c> not</c><00:48:44.960><c> well,</c><00:48:45.639><c> sin</c><00:48:46.179><c> lieth</c><00:48:46.619><c> at</c><00:48:46.800><c> the</c><00:48:47.000><c> door.</c>

00:48:47.719 --> 00:48:50.599
Or<00:48:47.920><c> as</c><00:48:48.199><c> the</c><00:48:48.739><c> translators</c><00:48:49.260><c> have</c><00:48:49.539><c> put</c><00:48:49.699><c> it</c><00:48:49.880><c> in</c><00:48:50.000><c> the</c><00:48:50.179><c> margin</c><00:48:50.400><c> of</c>

00:48:50.599 --> 00:48:52.000
the<00:48:50.719><c> revised</c><00:48:51.059><c> version,</c>

00:48:52.019 --> 00:48:54.920
a<00:48:52.159><c> sin</c><00:48:52.340><c> offering</c><00:48:52.940><c> lieth</c><00:48:53.639><c> at</c><00:48:53.820><c> the</c><00:48:54.019><c> door.</c>

00:48:55.139 --> 00:48:57.800
Now<00:48:55.380><c> do</c><00:48:55.539><c> you</c><00:48:55.579><c> just</c><00:48:55.840><c> imagine</c><00:48:56.300><c> the</c><00:48:56.500><c> situation</c><00:48:57.019><c> as</c><00:48:57.280><c> far</c><00:48:57.460><c> as</c><00:48:57.619><c> Cain</c>

00:48:57.800 --> 00:48:58.780
and<00:48:58.019><c> Abel</c><00:48:58.099><c> was</c><00:48:58.360><c> concerned.</c>

00:48:59.219 --> 00:49:01.900
Here<00:48:59.440><c> was</c><00:48:59.619><c> a</c><00:48:59.739><c> man</c><00:48:59.880><c> who</c><00:49:00.079><c> was</c><00:49:00.300><c> a</c><00:49:00.599><c> slave</c><00:49:00.780><c> to</c><00:49:00.980><c> this</c><00:49:01.199><c> present</c><00:49:01.480><c> life.</c>

00:49:02.039 --> 00:49:04.019
He<00:49:02.199><c> was</c><00:49:02.500><c> a</c><00:49:02.679><c> tiller</c><00:49:02.840><c> of</c><00:49:03.019><c> the</c><00:49:03.239><c> ground.</c>

00:49:04.219 --> 00:49:06.539
And<00:49:04.460><c> he</c><00:49:04.719><c> thought,</c><00:49:05.119><c> brethren</c><00:49:05.280><c> and</c><00:49:05.519><c> sisters,</c><00:49:05.820><c> that</c><00:49:05.960><c> when</c><00:49:06.219><c> God</c>

00:49:06.539 --> 00:49:07.179
said<00:49:06.780><c> to</c><00:49:07.000><c> him</c>

00:49:07.179 --> 00:49:09.199
that<00:49:07.420><c> he</c><00:49:07.539><c> wanted</c><00:49:07.780><c> to</c><00:49:08.039><c> bring</c><00:49:08.179><c> an</c><00:49:08.400><c> offering,</c><00:49:08.739><c> that</c><00:49:08.920><c> he</c><00:49:09.039><c> could</c>

00:49:09.199 --> 00:49:10.320
bring<00:49:09.500><c> any</c><00:49:09.860><c> old</c><00:49:10.079><c> thing,</c>

00:49:10.400 --> 00:49:12.619
he<00:49:10.699><c> brought</c><00:49:11.019><c> the</c><00:49:11.360><c> product</c><00:49:11.739><c> of</c><00:49:11.960><c> the</c><00:49:12.159><c> curse.</c>

00:49:12.619 --> 00:49:17.440
The<00:49:13.400><c> very</c><00:49:13.699><c> things</c><00:49:14.039><c> which</c><00:49:14.340><c> God</c><00:49:14.519><c> had</c><00:49:14.980><c> instituted</c><00:49:15.760><c> as</c><00:49:16.219><c> being</c><00:49:16.619><c> unacceptable</c>

00:49:17.920 --> 00:49:21.559
in<00:49:18.400><c> the</c><00:49:18.619><c> fig</c><00:49:18.719><c> leaves</c><00:49:19.039><c> that</c><00:49:19.219><c> had</c><00:49:19.340><c> been</c><00:49:19.539><c> provided</c><00:49:19.960><c> by</c><00:49:20.380><c> Adam</c><00:49:20.619><c> and</c><00:49:20.820><c> Eve.</c>

00:49:21.960 --> 00:49:23.900
They<00:49:22.219><c> clothed</c><00:49:22.539><c> themselves</c><00:49:23.019><c> with</c><00:49:23.340><c> fig</c><00:49:23.559><c> leaves.</c>

00:49:24.239 --> 00:49:25.460
And<00:49:24.340><c> God</c><00:49:24.519><c> rejected</c><00:49:25.059><c> that.</c>

00:49:25.800 --> 00:49:29.199
And<00:49:25.920><c> what</c><00:49:26.059><c> did</c><00:49:26.280><c> Cain</c><00:49:26.599><c> do?</c><00:49:26.960><c> He</c><00:49:27.320><c> brought</c><00:49:27.519><c> the</c><00:49:27.719><c> fruit</c><00:49:27.960><c> of</c><00:49:28.139><c> the</c><00:49:28.340><c> ground.</c>

00:49:29.340 --> 00:49:31.960
He<00:49:29.500><c> brought</c><00:49:29.639><c> the</c><00:49:29.800><c> same</c><00:49:30.159><c> kind</c><00:49:30.460><c> of</c><00:49:30.679><c> offering</c><00:49:30.880><c> that</c><00:49:31.079><c> Adam</c><00:49:31.280><c> and</c><00:49:31.420><c> Eve</c><00:49:31.539><c> tried</c><00:49:31.820><c> to</c>

00:49:31.960 --> 00:49:33.559
cover<00:49:32.119><c> their</c><00:49:32.360><c> sins</c><00:49:32.599><c> with.</c>

00:49:34.420 --> 00:49:38.719
And<00:49:34.579><c> there</c><00:49:34.719><c> was</c><00:49:35.099><c> Abel,</c><00:49:36.019><c> a</c><00:49:36.099><c> man</c><00:49:36.360><c> who</c><00:49:37.039><c> in</c><00:49:37.360><c> addition</c><00:49:37.760><c> to</c><00:49:38.000><c> the</c><00:49:38.179><c> meal</c><00:49:38.380><c> offering,</c>

00:49:38.719 --> 00:49:43.380
the<00:49:38.920><c> offering</c><00:49:39.239><c> of</c><00:49:39.519><c> fellowship,</c><00:49:40.360><c> he</c><00:49:40.559><c> brought</c><00:49:40.940><c> also</c><00:49:41.800><c> the</c><00:49:42.820><c> firstling</c><00:49:43.179><c> of</c>

00:49:43.380 --> 00:49:44.380
his<00:49:43.579><c> flock.</c>

00:49:44.920 --> 00:49:48.340
And<00:49:45.079><c> God</c><00:49:45.320><c> didn't</c><00:49:45.699><c> accept</c><00:49:46.199><c> his</c><00:49:46.440><c> offering</c><00:49:46.659><c> because</c><00:49:47.039><c> he</c><00:49:47.579><c> spurned</c>

00:49:48.340 --> 00:49:49.719
the<00:49:48.539><c> sin</c><00:49:48.699><c> offering.</c>

00:49:50.000 --> 00:49:51.179
Verse<00:49:50.179><c> 7</c><00:49:50.480><c> again.</c>

00:49:51.659 --> 00:49:54.960
If<00:49:51.719><c> thou</c><00:49:52.039><c> doest</c><00:49:52.500><c> well,</c><00:49:52.940><c> shalt</c><00:49:53.099><c> thou</c><00:49:53.300><c> not</c><00:49:53.559><c> be</c><00:49:53.780><c> accepted.</c>

00:49:55.099 --> 00:49:59.420
If<00:49:55.320><c> thou</c><00:49:55.579><c> doest</c><00:49:56.099><c> not</c><00:49:56.400><c> well,</c><00:49:56.900><c> a</c><00:49:57.219><c> sin</c><00:49:57.599><c> offering</c><00:49:58.559><c> standeth</c><00:49:59.239><c> at</c>

00:49:59.420 --> 00:49:59.940
the<00:49:59.639><c> door.</c>

00:50:00.400 --> 00:50:03.079
Where<00:50:00.619><c> did</c><00:50:00.780><c> that</c><00:50:01.019><c> sin</c><00:50:01.239><c> offering</c><00:50:01.500><c> come</c><00:50:01.719><c> from,</c><00:50:02.039><c> brethren</c><00:50:02.159><c> and</c><00:50:02.400><c> sisters?</c>

00:50:03.659 --> 00:50:07.719
Who<00:50:04.000><c> brought</c><00:50:04.239><c> the</c><00:50:04.480><c> sin</c><00:50:04.659><c> offering</c><00:50:04.960><c> at</c><00:50:05.159><c> the</c><00:50:05.320><c> door</c><00:50:05.559><c> for</c><00:50:06.800><c> Brother</c><00:50:07.079><c> Cain</c>

00:50:07.719 --> 00:50:09.780
to<00:50:08.079><c> offer</c><00:50:08.320><c> before</c><00:50:08.739><c> God?</c>

00:50:10.519 --> 00:50:13.639
There's<00:50:10.659><c> only</c><00:50:10.900><c> one</c><00:50:11.079><c> answer</c><00:50:11.380><c> that</c><00:50:11.619><c> really</c><00:50:11.900><c> supplies</c><00:50:12.320><c> this</c><00:50:12.500><c> situation.</c>

00:50:14.000 --> 00:50:16.840
It<00:50:14.139><c> must</c><00:50:14.440><c> have</c><00:50:14.639><c> been</c><00:50:14.880><c> brought</c><00:50:15.360><c> by</c><00:50:16.000><c> Abel.</c>

00:50:17.320 --> 00:50:21.880
Abel<00:50:17.739><c> had</c><00:50:17.980><c> brought</c><00:50:18.139><c> himself</c><00:50:18.679><c> a</c><00:50:18.880><c> meal</c><00:50:19.139><c> offering</c><00:50:19.519><c> and</c><00:50:20.579><c> a</c><00:50:20.719><c> sin</c><00:50:20.880><c> offering.</c>

00:50:22.119 --> 00:50:25.280
And<00:50:22.360><c> he</c><00:50:22.519><c> brought</c><00:50:22.659><c> a</c><00:50:22.880><c> sin</c><00:50:23.039><c> offering</c><00:50:23.380><c> for</c><00:50:23.539><c> his</c><00:50:23.699><c> brother</c><00:50:24.039><c> Cain</c><00:50:24.280><c> as</c><00:50:24.539><c> well.</c>

00:50:25.340 --> 00:50:28.039
And<00:50:25.500><c> that</c><00:50:25.719><c> sin</c><00:50:25.980><c> offering</c><00:50:26.219><c> was</c><00:50:26.519><c> left</c><00:50:26.780><c> at</c><00:50:26.980><c> the</c><00:50:27.119><c> door</c><00:50:27.239><c> of</c><00:50:27.420><c> the</c><00:50:27.579><c> tabernacle.</c>

00:50:28.300 --> 00:50:30.139
Cain<00:50:28.599><c> would</c><00:50:28.900><c> have</c><00:50:29.199><c> nothing</c><00:50:29.500><c> to</c><00:50:29.719><c> do</c><00:50:29.800><c> with</c><00:50:29.960><c> it.</c>

00:50:30.179 --> 00:50:33.420
He<00:50:30.619><c> spurned</c><00:50:31.039><c> God's</c><00:50:31.519><c> sin</c><00:50:31.719><c> offering</c><00:50:32.179><c> because</c><00:50:32.719><c> he</c><00:50:32.980><c> considered</c>

00:50:33.420 --> 00:50:36.360
his<00:50:33.699><c> own</c><00:50:33.980><c> work</c><00:50:34.300><c> sufficient</c><00:50:35.159><c> before</c><00:50:35.800><c> God.</c>

00:50:36.360 --> 00:50:41.360
And<00:50:36.940><c> that</c><00:50:37.199><c> was</c><00:50:37.400><c> the</c><00:50:37.579><c> reason</c><00:50:37.820><c> why</c><00:50:38.079><c> God</c><00:50:38.360><c> did</c><00:50:38.639><c> not</c><00:50:38.900><c> accept</c><00:50:39.579><c> the</c><00:50:40.099><c> offering</c><00:50:40.400><c> of</c><00:50:40.699><c> Cain.</c>

00:50:41.539 --> 00:50:44.480
Despite<00:50:42.059><c> the</c><00:50:42.239><c> fact</c><00:50:42.460><c> that</c><00:50:42.699><c> his</c><00:50:42.900><c> brother</c><00:50:43.139><c> Abel</c><00:50:43.460><c> took</c><00:50:43.800><c> every</c><00:50:44.219><c> precaution</c>

00:50:44.900 --> 00:50:47.360
to<00:50:45.320><c> try</c><00:50:45.500><c> and</c><00:50:45.719><c> provide</c><00:50:46.179><c> for</c><00:50:46.400><c> his</c><00:50:46.659><c> brother's</c><00:50:47.119><c> needs,</c>

00:50:47.500 --> 00:50:49.900
he<00:50:47.719><c> wouldn't</c><00:50:47.940><c> have</c><00:50:48.099><c> anything</c><00:50:48.360><c> to</c><00:50:48.559><c> do</c><00:50:48.619><c> with</c><00:50:48.780><c> the</c><00:50:48.920><c> sin</c><00:50:49.039><c> offering.</c>

00:50:50.179 --> 00:50:53.860
Now<00:50:50.460><c> how</c><00:50:50.780><c> close,</c><00:50:51.219><c> brethren</c><00:50:51.380><c> and</c><00:50:51.639><c> sisters,</c><00:50:52.199><c> is</c><00:50:52.400><c> that</c><00:50:52.599><c> to</c><00:50:52.800><c> ourselves?</c>

00:50:53.980 --> 00:50:56.119
Well,<00:50:54.179><c> we</c><00:50:54.340><c> consider</c><00:50:54.679><c> the</c><00:50:54.860><c> words</c><00:50:55.059><c> of</c><00:50:55.239><c> the</c><00:50:55.380><c> Apostle</c><00:50:55.739><c> Paul</c><00:50:55.960><c> in</c>

00:50:56.119 --> 00:50:57.599
Hebrews<00:50:56.460><c> chapter</c><00:50:56.800><c> 10.</c>

00:50:57.960 --> 00:51:00.360
And<00:50:58.119><c> he</c><00:50:58.239><c> tells</c><00:50:58.460><c> us</c><00:50:58.699><c> there</c><00:50:58.840><c> in</c><00:50:58.980><c> verse</c><00:50:59.179><c> 28,</c>

00:51:00.639 --> 00:51:03.860
He<00:51:00.880><c> that</c><00:51:01.199><c> despised</c><00:51:01.920><c> Moses'</c><00:51:02.599><c> law</c><00:51:02.659><c> died</c><00:51:02.940><c> without</c><00:51:03.300><c> mercy.</c>

00:51:03.860 --> 00:51:06.739
And<00:51:04.659><c> the</c><00:51:04.900><c> two</c><00:51:05.099><c> or</c><00:51:05.260><c> three</c><00:51:05.460><c> witnesses,</c>

00:51:06.840 --> 00:51:09.500
How<00:51:07.199><c> much</c><00:51:07.679><c> surer</c><00:51:08.079><c> punishment,</c><00:51:08.880><c> suppose</c><00:51:09.099><c> ye,</c>

00:51:09.860 --> 00:51:11.880
Shall<00:51:10.079><c> ye</c><00:51:10.420><c> be</c><00:51:10.599><c> thought</c><00:51:10.820><c> worthy,</c>

00:51:11.900 --> 00:51:14.400
Who<00:51:12.039><c> hath</c><00:51:12.340><c> trodden</c><00:51:12.719><c> underfoot</c><00:51:13.239><c> the</c><00:51:13.440><c> Son</c><00:51:13.659><c> of</c><00:51:13.880><c> God,</c>

00:51:14.539 --> 00:51:17.539
And<00:51:14.840><c> hath</c><00:51:15.119><c> counted</c><00:51:15.579><c> the</c><00:51:15.960><c> blood</c><00:51:16.239><c> of</c><00:51:16.460><c> the</c><00:51:16.699><c> covenant,</c>

00:51:17.940 --> 00:51:22.019
Wherewith<00:51:18.380><c> he</c><00:51:18.820><c> was</c><00:51:19.039><c> sanctified</c><00:51:20.000><c> an</c><00:51:20.980><c> unholy</c><00:51:21.559><c> thing,</c>

00:51:22.519 --> 00:51:27.059
And<00:51:22.860><c> hath</c><00:51:23.079><c> dones</c><00:51:23.559><c> despite</c><00:51:24.139><c> unto</c><00:51:24.820><c> the</c><00:51:25.360><c> spirit</c><00:51:25.699><c> of</c><00:51:26.019><c> truth.</c>

00:51:27.659 --> 00:51:30.239
Chapter<00:51:28.320><c> 6</c><00:51:28.760><c> and</c><00:51:28.940><c> verse</c><00:51:29.159><c> 6,</c>

00:51:30.239 --> 00:51:33.219
If<00:51:30.880><c> they</c><00:51:31.260><c> shall</c><00:51:31.539><c> fall</c><00:51:31.840><c> away,</c>

00:51:33.380 --> 00:51:35.019
Verse<00:51:33.559><c> 5</c><00:51:33.820><c> for</c><00:51:34.000><c> connection,</c>

00:51:35.159 --> 00:51:37.460
Those<00:51:35.579><c> who</c><00:51:35.760><c> have</c><00:51:36.019><c> tasted</c><00:51:36.320><c> of</c><00:51:36.519><c> the</c><00:51:36.679><c> good</c><00:51:36.860><c> word</c><00:51:37.059><c> of</c><00:51:37.340><c> God</c>

00:51:37.460 --> 00:51:39.179
and<00:51:37.599><c> of</c><00:51:37.760><c> the</c><00:51:37.940><c> powers</c><00:51:38.159><c> of</c><00:51:38.360><c> the</c><00:51:38.519><c> world</c><00:51:38.679><c> to</c><00:51:38.920><c> come,</c>

00:51:39.639 --> 00:51:42.840
It<00:51:39.800><c> is</c><00:51:40.039><c> impossible</c><00:51:40.619><c> if</c><00:51:40.960><c> they</c><00:51:41.219><c> shall</c><00:51:41.460><c> fall</c><00:51:41.880><c> away,</c>

00:51:43.260 --> 00:51:45.800
To<00:51:43.480><c> renew</c><00:51:43.840><c> them</c><00:51:44.079><c> again</c><00:51:44.320><c> unto</c><00:51:44.539><c> repentance,</c>

00:51:45.820 --> 00:51:49.960
Seeing<00:51:46.039><c> that</c><00:51:46.300><c> they</c><00:51:46.699><c> crucify</c><00:51:47.320><c> to</c><00:51:47.519><c> themselves</c><00:51:48.079><c> the</c><00:51:48.960><c> Son</c><00:51:49.179><c> of</c><00:51:49.340><c> God</c><00:51:49.539><c> afresh,</c>

00:51:50.440 --> 00:51:53.199
And<00:51:50.679><c> put</c><00:51:50.940><c> him</c><00:51:51.480><c> to</c><00:51:51.800><c> an</c><00:51:52.000><c> open</c><00:51:52.260><c> shame.</c>

00:51:53.340 --> 00:51:55.420
And<00:51:53.579><c> those</c><00:51:53.760><c> were</c><00:51:53.920><c> the</c><00:51:54.099><c> characteristics</c><00:51:54.619><c> of</c><00:51:54.860><c> the</c><00:51:55.059><c> Antichrist</c>

00:51:55.420 --> 00:51:56.840
in<00:51:55.599><c> the</c><00:51:55.739><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:51:56.219><c> brethren</c><00:51:56.300><c> and</c><00:51:56.539><c> sisters.</c>

00:51:56.840 --> 00:52:02.039
They<00:51:57.739><c> denied</c><00:51:58.380><c> the</c><00:51:58.760><c> fact</c><00:51:59.179><c> that</c><00:51:59.719><c> Jesus</c><00:52:00.280><c> Christ</c><00:52:00.619><c> was</c><00:52:00.920><c> the</c><00:52:01.099><c> Messiah.</c>

00:52:02.579 --> 00:52:05.579
They<00:52:02.880><c> ignored</c><00:52:03.340><c> the</c><00:52:03.659><c> atoning</c><00:52:04.059><c> work</c><00:52:04.360><c> of</c><00:52:04.559><c> the</c><00:52:04.659><c> Lord</c><00:52:04.820><c> Jesus</c><00:52:05.239><c> Christ.</c>

00:52:05.800 --> 00:52:08.059
It<00:52:05.940><c> was</c><00:52:06.219><c> of</c><00:52:06.380><c> no</c><00:52:06.599><c> value</c><00:52:06.940><c> to</c><00:52:07.159><c> them.</c>

00:52:08.079 --> 00:52:09.880
They<00:52:08.300><c> did</c><00:52:08.699><c> not</c><00:52:09.039><c> have</c><00:52:09.239><c> any</c><00:52:09.599><c> sin.</c>

00:52:10.139 --> 00:52:13.260
They<00:52:10.380><c> had</c><00:52:10.699><c> committed</c><00:52:11.139><c> nothing</c><00:52:11.659><c> worthy</c><00:52:12.059><c> of</c><00:52:12.320><c> forgiveness.</c>

00:52:14.079 --> 00:52:17.519
They<00:52:14.440><c> saw</c><00:52:14.719><c> no</c><00:52:15.179><c> need</c><00:52:15.519><c> for</c><00:52:16.199><c> the</c><00:52:16.480><c> sacrifice</c><00:52:16.980><c> of</c><00:52:17.239><c> Christ.</c>

00:52:17.739 --> 00:52:20.000
They<00:52:17.900><c> were</c><00:52:18.059><c> just</c><00:52:18.400><c> like</c><00:52:18.800><c> Cain,</c>

00:52:20.260 --> 00:52:22.559
People<00:52:20.559><c> who</c><00:52:20.940><c> trusted</c><00:52:21.239><c> in</c><00:52:21.500><c> themselves,</c>

00:52:22.780 --> 00:52:24.639
Who<00:52:23.079><c> spurned</c><00:52:23.539><c> the</c><00:52:23.659><c> sin</c><00:52:23.840><c> offering</c><00:52:24.159><c> of</c><00:52:24.420><c> God,</c>

00:52:24.639 --> 00:52:26.280
And<00:52:24.860><c> who</c><00:52:24.860><c> considered</c><00:52:25.320><c> their</c><00:52:25.599><c> own</c><00:52:25.840><c> works</c>

00:52:26.280 --> 00:52:29.139
fully<00:52:26.940><c> acceptable</c><00:52:27.619><c> before</c><00:52:28.039><c> him,</c>

00:52:29.360 --> 00:52:32.699
Because<00:52:29.539><c> their</c><00:52:29.820><c> mind</c><00:52:30.019><c> was</c><00:52:30.380><c> centered</c><00:52:30.940><c> upon</c><00:52:31.739><c> earthly</c><00:52:32.179><c> things.</c>

00:52:33.000 --> 00:52:35.019
They<00:52:33.360><c> minded</c><00:52:33.960><c> earthly</c><00:52:34.679><c> things,</c>

00:52:35.059 --> 00:52:38.239
as<00:52:35.219><c> Paul</c><00:52:35.400><c> puts</c><00:52:35.659><c> it</c><00:52:35.840><c> in</c><00:52:35.960><c> Philippians</c><00:52:36.340><c> chapter</c><00:52:36.639><c> 3.</c>

00:52:38.719 --> 00:52:40.539
Now<00:52:38.840><c> then</c><00:52:38.980><c> brethren</c><00:52:39.199><c> and</c><00:52:39.380><c> sisters,</c>

00:52:42.559 --> 00:52:47.219
John<00:52:42.880><c> provides</c><00:52:43.380><c> us</c><00:52:43.619><c> with</c><00:52:44.780><c> three</c><00:52:45.960><c> reasons</c>

00:52:47.480 --> 00:52:50.039
why<00:52:48.139><c> we</c><00:52:48.360><c> should</c><00:52:48.599><c> walk</c><00:52:48.920><c> in</c><00:52:49.119><c> knowledge.</c>

00:52:50.880 --> 00:52:52.739
God<00:52:51.159><c> has</c><00:52:51.480><c> provided</c><00:52:51.880><c> us</c><00:52:52.159><c> the</c><00:52:52.420><c> knowledge</c>

00:52:52.739 --> 00:52:55.719
that<00:52:52.940><c> if</c><00:52:53.199><c> we</c><00:52:53.500><c> are</c><00:52:53.760><c> sons</c><00:52:54.079><c> of</c><00:52:54.300><c> God</c><00:52:54.599><c> now,</c>

00:52:56.539 --> 00:53:00.280
we<00:52:56.699><c> will</c><00:52:57.000><c> be</c><00:52:57.360><c> more</c><00:52:57.960><c> than</c><00:52:58.239><c> sons</c><00:52:58.500><c> of</c><00:52:58.719><c> God</c><00:52:58.980><c> in</c><00:52:59.340><c> our</c><00:52:59.619><c> present</c><00:52:59.900><c> stage,</c>

00:53:00.280 --> 00:53:01.800
if<00:53:00.400><c> that</c><00:53:00.579><c> is</c><00:53:00.800><c> possible.</c>

00:53:01.860 --> 00:53:05.179
We<00:53:02.139><c> shall</c><00:53:02.360><c> be</c><00:53:02.659><c> more</c><00:53:03.320><c> like</c><00:53:04.019><c> the</c><00:53:04.219><c> Lord</c><00:53:04.420><c> Jesus</c><00:53:04.820><c> Christ.</c>

00:53:05.199 --> 00:53:07.360
We<00:53:05.480><c> shall</c><00:53:05.760><c> be</c><00:53:06.059><c> like</c><00:53:06.320><c> him.</c>

00:53:07.719 --> 00:53:11.760
He<00:53:07.980><c> provides</c><00:53:08.380><c> us</c><00:53:08.579><c> with</c><00:53:08.739><c> the</c><00:53:08.920><c> incentive</c><00:53:09.460><c> in</c><00:53:10.280><c> verse</c><00:53:10.599><c> 14.</c>

00:53:12.300 --> 00:53:17.780
We<00:53:12.440><c> know</c><00:53:13.320><c> that</c><00:53:14.059><c> we</c><00:53:14.300><c> have</c><00:53:14.579><c> passed</c><00:53:15.260><c> from</c><00:53:16.059><c> death</c><00:53:16.739><c> until</c><00:53:17.460><c> life.</c>

00:53:17.820 --> 00:53:19.860
And<00:53:18.039><c> there's</c><00:53:18.280><c> the</c><00:53:18.500><c> incentive,</c><00:53:19.019><c> brethren</c><00:53:19.219><c> and</c><00:53:19.440><c> sisters.</c>

00:53:19.860 --> 00:53:25.199
God<00:53:20.699><c> has</c><00:53:21.019><c> translated</c><00:53:21.659><c> us</c><00:53:22.639><c> into</c><00:53:23.079><c> the</c><00:53:23.340><c> kingdom</c><00:53:23.679><c> of</c><00:53:23.880><c> his</c><00:53:23.980><c> dear</c><00:53:24.280><c> Son.</c>

00:53:25.619 --> 00:53:28.599
God<00:53:25.780><c> has</c><00:53:25.960><c> made</c><00:53:26.119><c> us</c><00:53:26.380><c> acceptable</c><00:53:27.179><c> in</c><00:53:28.159><c> the</c><00:53:28.320><c> beloved.</c>

00:53:28.860 --> 00:53:31.199
We<00:53:29.059><c> were</c><00:53:29.460><c> dead</c><00:53:29.739><c> in</c><00:53:30.079><c> trespasses</c><00:53:30.539><c> and</c><00:53:30.860><c> sins,</c>

00:53:31.539 --> 00:53:33.340
and<00:53:31.639><c> God</c><00:53:31.820><c> has</c><00:53:32.000><c> put</c><00:53:32.179><c> us</c><00:53:32.260><c> in</c><00:53:32.380><c> the</c><00:53:32.539><c> way</c><00:53:32.699><c> of</c><00:53:32.980><c> life.</c>

00:53:33.800 --> 00:53:36.300
We<00:53:33.920><c> have</c><00:53:34.239><c> passed</c><00:53:34.679><c> from</c><00:53:35.079><c> death</c><00:53:35.719><c> to</c><00:53:36.019><c> life.</c>

00:53:36.360 --> 00:53:37.880
And<00:53:36.579><c> there's</c><00:53:36.780><c> the</c><00:53:37.000><c> incentive.</c>

00:53:38.380 --> 00:53:41.440
What<00:53:38.659><c> could</c><00:53:39.079><c> there</c><00:53:39.440><c> be</c><00:53:39.639><c> as</c><00:53:39.940><c> far</c><00:53:40.099><c> as</c><00:53:40.320><c> incentive</c><00:53:40.699><c> is</c><00:53:40.920><c> concerned?</c>

00:53:41.739 --> 00:53:43.320
Greater<00:53:42.179><c> than</c><00:53:42.440><c> this.</c>

00:53:44.079 --> 00:53:45.579
And<00:53:44.219><c> the</c><00:53:44.420><c> responsibility?</c>

00:53:45.880 --> 00:53:46.800
Verse<00:53:46.059><c> 16.</c>

00:53:46.800 --> 00:53:49.440
Hereby<00:53:47.860><c> we</c><00:53:48.119><c> perceive</c><00:53:48.760><c> the</c><00:53:48.940><c> love</c><00:53:49.119><c> of</c><00:53:49.260><c> God</c>

00:53:49.440 --> 00:53:53.059
because<00:53:49.980><c> he</c><00:53:50.460><c> laid</c><00:53:50.699><c> down</c><00:53:51.039><c> his</c><00:53:51.320><c> life</c><00:53:51.659><c> for</c><00:53:51.900><c> us.</c>

00:53:53.139 --> 00:53:58.019
And<00:53:53.420><c> we</c><00:53:53.820><c> ought</c><00:53:54.199><c> to</c><00:53:54.860><c> lay</c><00:53:55.159><c> down</c><00:53:55.500><c> our</c><00:53:55.840><c> life</c><00:53:56.340><c> for</c><00:53:57.619><c> the</c><00:53:57.900><c> brethren.</c>

00:53:58.179 --> 00:54:01.940
And<00:53:58.320><c> the</c><00:53:58.380><c> word</c><00:53:58.679><c> ought</c><00:53:59.119><c> means</c><00:53:59.820><c> to</c><00:54:00.599><c> incur</c><00:54:00.940><c> the</c><00:54:01.159><c> death.</c>

00:54:02.199 --> 00:54:04.539
We<00:54:02.400><c> have</c><00:54:02.739><c> incurred</c><00:54:03.179><c> a</c><00:54:03.340><c> death,</c><00:54:03.719><c> brethren</c><00:54:03.840><c> and</c><00:54:04.039><c> sisters.</c>

00:54:04.940 --> 00:54:07.579
Because<00:54:05.420><c> God</c><00:54:05.820><c> has</c><00:54:06.139><c> given</c><00:54:06.380><c> his</c><00:54:06.800><c> Son</c><00:54:06.980><c> for</c><00:54:07.199><c> us,</c>

00:54:07.980 --> 00:54:12.300
we<00:54:08.280><c> therefore</c><00:54:08.739><c> ought</c><00:54:09.139><c> to</c><00:54:09.400><c> give</c><00:54:09.639><c> our</c><00:54:10.019><c> lives</c><00:54:10.460><c> for</c><00:54:11.219><c> one</c><00:54:11.480><c> another.</c>

00:54:12.340 --> 00:54:15.179
Not<00:54:12.599><c> like</c><00:54:12.900><c> Cain,</c><00:54:13.900><c> am</c><00:54:14.059><c> I</c><00:54:14.239><c> my</c><00:54:14.519><c> brother's</c><00:54:14.920><c> keeper.</c>

00:54:15.179 --> 00:54:18.460
No<00:54:15.840><c> responsibility</c><00:54:16.679><c> to</c><00:54:16.920><c> the</c><00:54:17.059><c> things</c><00:54:17.219><c> of</c><00:54:17.380><c> the</c><00:54:17.539><c> truth.</c>

00:54:18.679 --> 00:54:21.420
Totally<00:54:19.119><c> and</c><00:54:19.559><c> absolutely</c><00:54:20.059><c> concerned</c><00:54:20.519><c> with</c><00:54:20.739><c> only</c><00:54:20.960><c> one</c><00:54:21.260><c> thing,</c>

00:54:21.460 --> 00:54:24.880
that<00:54:21.559><c> was</c><00:54:21.760><c> himself,</c><00:54:23.079><c> we</c><00:54:23.260><c> have</c><00:54:23.460><c> a</c><00:54:23.679><c> responsibility.</c>

00:54:25.840 --> 00:54:27.679
And<00:54:26.039><c> our</c><00:54:26.239><c> commitment</c><00:54:26.659><c> in</c><00:54:26.860><c> that</c><00:54:27.059><c> responsibility</c>

00:54:27.679 --> 00:54:29.900
is<00:54:27.880><c> given</c><00:54:28.039><c> to</c><00:54:28.219><c> us</c><00:54:28.320><c> in</c><00:54:28.440><c> verse</c><00:54:28.679><c> 18.</c>

00:54:30.559 --> 00:54:34.679
My<00:54:30.699><c> little</c><00:54:31.059><c> children,</c><00:54:32.619><c> let</c><00:54:32.679><c> us</c><00:54:32.800><c> not</c><00:54:33.039><c> love</c><00:54:33.199><c> in</c><00:54:33.460><c> word,</c>

00:54:34.739 --> 00:54:38.500
neither<00:54:35.059><c> in</c><00:54:35.400><c> tongue,</c><00:54:36.840><c> but</c><00:54:37.039><c> in</c><00:54:37.239><c> deed</c><00:54:37.380><c> and</c><00:54:37.699><c> truth.</c>

00:54:39.179 --> 00:54:40.760
It's<00:54:39.460><c> all</c><00:54:39.639><c> very</c><00:54:39.940><c> well,</c><00:54:40.199><c> brethren</c><00:54:40.360><c> and</c><00:54:40.559><c> sisters,</c>

00:54:40.820 --> 00:54:42.699
knowing<00:54:41.079><c> the</c><00:54:41.280><c> things</c><00:54:41.460><c> that</c><00:54:41.639><c> we</c><00:54:41.840><c> believe.</c>

00:54:42.940 --> 00:54:45.760
It's<00:54:43.420><c> all</c><00:54:43.559><c> very</c><00:54:43.900><c> well</c><00:54:44.460><c> marking</c><00:54:45.019><c> our</c><00:54:45.400><c> Bibles</c>

00:54:45.760 --> 00:54:48.380
and<00:54:46.360><c> being</c><00:54:46.659><c> able</c><00:54:46.900><c> to</c><00:54:47.159><c> flip</c><00:54:47.360><c> from</c><00:54:47.639><c> passage</c><00:54:47.900><c> to</c><00:54:48.139><c> passage</c>

00:54:48.380 --> 00:54:50.360
to<00:54:48.639><c> show</c><00:54:48.880><c> that</c><00:54:49.079><c> we</c><00:54:49.260><c> are</c><00:54:49.480><c> right.</c>

00:54:51.179 --> 00:54:52.980
But<00:54:51.340><c> if</c><00:54:51.440><c> we</c><00:54:51.619><c> are</c><00:54:51.780><c> not</c><00:54:51.980><c> living</c><00:54:52.219><c> a</c><00:54:52.420><c> way</c><00:54:52.559><c> of</c><00:54:52.800><c> life</c>

00:54:52.980 --> 00:54:55.340
which<00:54:53.219><c> is</c><00:54:53.599><c> compatible</c><00:54:53.980><c> with</c><00:54:54.239><c> the</c><00:54:54.400><c> things</c><00:54:54.539><c> that</c><00:54:54.760><c> we</c><00:54:54.960><c> believe,</c>

00:54:55.780 --> 00:54:58.559
if<00:54:55.960><c> we</c><00:54:56.159><c> are</c><00:54:56.360><c> not</c><00:54:56.780><c> practicing</c><00:54:57.460><c> righteousness,</c>

00:54:59.340 --> 00:55:01.780
then<00:54:59.500><c> we</c><00:54:59.679><c> are</c><00:54:59.900><c> as</c><00:55:00.159><c> good</c><00:55:00.460><c> as</c><00:55:01.000><c> dead.</c>

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Thank<00:55:03.199><c> you.</c>