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dealings,<00:11:06.340><c> that</c><00:11:06.559><c> the</c><00:11:06.799><c> temple</c><00:11:07.039><c> itself</c><00:11:07.700><c> had</c><00:11:08.080><c> a</c><00:11:09.080><c> standard</c><00:11:09.080><c> ephah,</c><00:11:09.679><c> a</c><00:11:09.940><c> standard</c><00:11:10.720><c> measure</c><00:11:11.360><c> and</c>

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length,<00:11:13.980><c> and</c><00:11:14.120><c> volume.</c>

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So<00:11:17.000><c> if</c><00:11:17.220><c> one</c><00:11:17.539><c> were</c><00:11:17.799><c> to</c><00:11:17.980><c> be</c><00:11:18.299><c> accused</c><00:11:18.700><c> of</c><00:11:18.940><c> dishonesty,</c><00:11:19.639><c> there</c><00:11:19.759><c> was</c>

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Well,<00:11:35.679><c> what</c><00:11:35.860><c> was</c><00:11:36.279><c> true</c><00:11:36.519><c> on</c><00:11:36.720><c> this</c><00:11:36.980><c> kind</c><00:11:37.200><c> of</c><00:11:37.500><c> commercial,</c><00:11:38.220><c> kind</c>

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And<00:11:45.899><c> that's</c><00:11:46.220><c> why</c><00:11:46.480><c> there</c><00:11:46.679><c> is</c><00:11:46.840><c> a</c><00:11:47.139><c> connection</c><00:11:47.519><c> between</c><00:11:48.019><c> verse</c><00:11:48.360><c> 35</c>

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And<00:11:50.500><c> notice</c><00:11:50.639><c> how</c><00:11:50.879><c> verse</c><00:11:51.139><c> 37</c><00:11:51.720><c> begins.</c>

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Therefore,<00:11:56.259><c> as</c><00:11:56.500><c> if</c><00:11:56.720><c> to</c><00:11:57.039><c> say,</c><00:11:57.740><c> based</c><00:11:58.039><c> on</c><00:11:58.159><c> what</c><00:11:58.320><c> I've</c><00:11:58.539><c> just</c><00:11:58.840><c> told</c><00:11:59.200><c> you,</c>

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therefore,<00:12:00.580><c> you</c><00:12:01.080><c> shall</c><00:12:01.259><c> observe</c><00:12:01.720><c> all</c><00:12:02.240><c> my</c><00:12:02.620><c> statutes</c><00:12:03.139><c> and</c><00:12:03.320><c> my</c>

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judgments<00:12:04.000><c> and</c><00:12:04.240><c> perform</c><00:12:04.720><c> them.</c>

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Now<00:12:07.639><c> look</c><00:12:07.820><c> back</c><00:12:08.059><c> at</c><00:12:08.220><c> verse</c><00:12:08.399><c> 15.</c>

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Here's<00:12:10.799><c> your</c><00:12:11.019><c> connection</c><00:12:11.559><c> with</c><00:12:11.879><c> verse</c><00:12:12.159><c> 35</c><00:12:12.879><c> in</c><00:12:13.039><c> Matthew</c><00:12:13.500><c> 7,</c><00:12:14.000><c> verse</c><00:12:14.279><c> 2.</c>

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You<00:12:15.700><c> shall</c><00:12:15.960><c> do</c><00:12:16.259><c> no</c><00:12:16.639><c> injustice</c><00:12:17.320><c> in</c><00:12:17.659><c> judgment.</c>

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You<00:12:19.080><c> shall</c><00:12:19.320><c> not</c><00:12:19.679><c> be</c><00:12:19.980><c> partial</c><00:12:20.299><c> to</c><00:12:20.539><c> the</c><00:12:20.820><c> poor</c><00:12:21.039><c> nor</c><00:12:21.360><c> honor</c><00:12:21.740><c> the</c><00:12:22.039><c> person</c><00:12:22.320><c> of</c>

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Now<00:12:27.019><c> this</c><00:12:27.259><c> is</c><00:12:27.539><c> not</c><00:12:27.759><c> commercial</c><00:12:28.379><c> dealings.</c>

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This<00:12:29.720><c> is</c><00:12:29.960><c> how</c><00:12:30.139><c> you</c><00:12:30.360><c> deal</c><00:12:30.600><c> with</c><00:12:30.820><c> your</c><00:12:31.059><c> brother.</c>

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How<00:12:32.740><c> you</c><00:12:32.980><c> will</c><00:12:33.259><c> treat</c><00:12:33.559><c> them.</c>

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And<00:12:35.740><c> the</c><00:12:35.899><c> law</c><00:12:36.240><c> also</c><00:12:36.980><c> provided</c><00:12:37.620><c> the</c><00:12:38.159><c> standard</c><00:12:38.620><c> by</c><00:12:38.879><c> which</c><00:12:39.120><c> a</c><00:12:39.320><c> man</c>

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So<00:12:45.960><c> how</c><00:12:46.179><c> he</c><00:12:46.419><c> dealt</c><00:12:46.639><c> with</c><00:12:46.899><c> his</c><00:12:47.159><c> brother</c><00:12:47.440><c> or</c><00:12:47.679><c> his</c><00:12:48.059><c> sister,</c><00:12:48.639><c> he</c>

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always<00:12:49.440><c> could</c><00:12:49.720><c> see</c><00:12:49.960><c> from</c><00:12:50.240><c> the</c><00:12:50.519><c> law</c>

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Human<00:13:02.860><c> nature</c><00:13:03.220><c> does</c><00:13:03.600><c> not</c><00:13:03.980><c> like</c><00:13:04.259><c> to</c><00:13:04.519><c> have</c><00:13:04.720><c> a</c><00:13:05.019><c> sense</c><00:13:05.299><c> of</c><00:13:06.759><c> a</c><00:13:07.360><c> standard</c><00:13:07.840><c> that's</c><00:13:08.320><c> outside</c><00:13:08.659><c> of</c><00:13:08.879><c> themselves.</c>

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people<00:14:10.039><c> to</c><00:14:10.340><c> judge</c><00:14:10.639><c> rightly</c>

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And<00:14:16.720><c> so</c><00:14:16.799><c> you</c><00:14:16.879><c> can</c><00:14:17.100><c> take,</c><00:14:17.440><c> for</c><00:14:17.600><c> example,</c><00:14:18.120><c> his</c><00:14:18.320><c> little</c><00:14:18.620><c> parable</c>

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and<00:14:25.559><c> he</c><00:14:25.820><c> sees</c><00:14:26.000><c> a</c><00:14:26.419><c> tiny,</c><00:14:27.279><c> minuscule</c><00:14:27.740><c> little</c><00:14:28.259><c> speck</c><00:14:28.419><c> in</c><00:14:28.559><c> his</c><00:14:28.860><c> eye</c>

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and<00:14:29.120><c> you</c><00:14:29.259><c> know</c><00:14:29.460><c> the</c><00:14:29.600><c> absurdity</c><00:14:30.179><c> of</c><00:14:30.320><c> this</c><00:14:30.620><c> story.</c>

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He's<00:14:31.879><c> fishing</c><00:14:32.159><c> around,</c><00:14:32.580><c> he's</c><00:14:32.740><c> trying</c><00:14:32.980><c> to</c><00:14:33.139><c> help</c><00:14:33.259><c> this</c><00:14:33.539><c> man</c><00:14:33.899><c> take</c><00:14:34.320><c> this</c><00:14:34.580><c> out</c>

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roof<00:14:48.960><c> then</c><00:14:49.100><c> was</c><00:14:49.360><c> put.</c>

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And<00:14:50.720><c> this</c><00:14:50.860><c> man</c><00:14:51.039><c> had</c><00:14:51.299><c> this</c><00:14:51.639><c> obscuring</c><00:14:52.100><c> his</c><00:14:52.360><c> vision</c>

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and<00:14:53.700><c> you</c><00:14:54.059><c> say,</c><00:14:54.419><c> well,</c><00:14:54.419><c> how</c><00:14:54.580><c> can</c><00:14:54.779><c> this</c><00:14:55.019><c> man</c><00:14:55.220><c> do</c><00:14:55.460><c> this?</c>

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He's<00:14:55.799><c> trying</c><00:14:55.980><c> to</c><00:14:56.080><c> get</c><00:14:56.200><c> a</c><00:14:56.419><c> speck</c><00:14:56.559><c> out</c><00:14:56.740><c> of</c><00:14:56.840><c> this</c><00:14:57.039><c> eye</c>

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and<00:14:57.259><c> he</c><00:14:57.419><c> can't</c><00:14:57.679><c> see</c><00:14:58.139><c> a</c><00:14:58.419><c> thing</c><00:14:58.700><c> because</c><00:14:59.039><c> of</c><00:14:59.220><c> this</c><00:14:59.379><c> huge</c><00:14:59.820><c> beam</c><00:15:00.120><c> in</c>

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his<00:15:00.460><c> own</c><00:15:00.679><c> eye.</c>

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How<00:15:01.620><c> is</c><00:15:01.820><c> it</c><00:15:02.120><c> possible?</c>

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How<00:15:04.259><c> is</c><00:15:04.519><c> it</c><00:15:04.940><c> possible</c><00:15:05.740><c> for</c><00:15:06.399><c> this</c><00:15:06.779><c> man</c><00:15:07.019><c> to</c><00:15:07.279><c> go</c><00:15:07.519><c> through</c><00:15:07.919><c> life</c>

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and<00:15:09.659><c> never</c><00:15:10.240><c> have</c><00:15:10.539><c> a</c><00:15:10.899><c> sense</c><00:15:11.179><c> of</c><00:15:11.500><c> the</c><00:15:11.960><c> enormous</c><00:15:12.480><c> obstacle</c><00:15:13.399><c> in</c><00:15:14.879><c> himself?</c>

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But<00:15:16.759><c> yet</c><00:15:17.259><c> he's</c><00:15:17.740><c> able</c><00:15:18.100><c> to</c><00:15:18.620><c> find</c><00:15:19.259><c> those</c><00:15:19.820><c> tiny</c><00:15:20.340><c> little</c><00:15:20.759><c> flaws</c><00:15:21.179><c> in</c>

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his<00:15:21.740><c> brother</c>

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and<00:15:22.980><c> magnify</c><00:15:23.799><c> them</c><00:15:24.240><c> to</c><00:15:24.740><c> such</c><00:15:24.940><c> a</c><00:15:25.120><c> great</c><00:15:25.279><c> extent.</c>

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This<00:15:27.700><c> is</c><00:15:27.840><c> why</c><00:15:28.000><c> we</c><00:15:28.120><c> went</c><00:15:28.299><c> back</c><00:15:28.580><c> to</c><00:15:28.740><c> Leviticus</c><00:15:29.179><c> 19</c>

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because<00:15:31.500><c> this</c><00:15:31.940><c> man</c><00:15:32.240><c> had</c><00:15:32.519><c> in</c><00:15:32.700><c> his</c><00:15:33.039><c> bag</c><00:15:33.679><c> two</c><00:15:34.620><c> different</c><00:15:35.139><c> measurements.</c>

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He<00:15:37.139><c> had</c><00:15:37.440><c> one</c><00:15:37.759><c> by</c><00:15:38.019><c> which</c><00:15:38.179><c> he</c><00:15:38.419><c> measured</c><00:15:38.639><c> himself</c>

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and,<00:15:40.399><c> of</c><00:15:40.620><c> course,</c><00:15:41.240><c> always</c><00:15:41.460><c> came</c><00:15:41.659><c> out</c><00:15:41.879><c> just</c><00:15:42.179><c> fine.</c>

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Those<00:15:43.120><c> little</c><00:15:43.379><c> obstacles</c><00:15:43.919><c> that</c><00:15:44.139><c> you</c><00:15:44.379><c> thought</c><00:15:44.539><c> were</c><00:15:44.740><c> very</c><00:15:45.080><c> big</c>

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were<00:15:45.519><c> actually</c><00:15:46.019><c> extremely</c><00:15:46.320><c> small</c><00:15:46.659><c> to</c><00:15:46.840><c> him</c><00:15:47.259><c> because</c><00:15:47.720><c> his</c><00:15:48.000><c> measurement</c><00:15:48.340><c> said</c><00:15:48.600><c> so.</c>

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But<00:15:50.580><c> when</c><00:15:51.220><c> he</c><00:15:51.399><c> took</c><00:15:51.659><c> out</c><00:15:51.980><c> the</c><00:15:52.259><c> other</c><00:15:52.700><c> measurement</c><00:15:53.259><c> and</c><00:15:53.580><c> looked</c>

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at<00:15:54.159><c> you,</c>

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he<00:15:55.139><c> found</c><00:15:55.460><c> these</c><00:15:55.799><c> tremendous</c><00:15:56.379><c> obstacles.</c>

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And<00:15:58.200><c> so</c><00:15:58.860><c> Jesus</c><00:15:59.879><c> points</c><00:16:01.080><c> out</c><00:16:01.419><c> the</c><00:16:01.879><c> absurdity</c><00:16:02.440><c> of</c><00:16:02.620><c> this</c><00:16:02.860><c> kind</c><00:16:03.080><c> of</c><00:16:03.220><c> thing.</c>

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He<00:16:03.440><c> says,</c><00:16:03.899><c> get</c><00:16:04.700><c> it</c><00:16:05.080><c> right.</c>

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Go<00:16:06.080><c> back</c><00:16:06.480><c> to</c><00:16:06.620><c> what</c><00:16:06.879><c> God's</c><00:16:07.500><c> standards</c><00:16:07.799><c> are.</c>

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Understand<00:16:09.539><c> and</c><00:16:09.860><c> see</c><00:16:10.220><c> yourself</c><00:16:10.799><c> first.</c>

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Then<00:16:12.000><c> maybe</c><00:16:12.340><c> you'll</c><00:16:12.519><c> have</c><00:16:12.759><c> enough</c><00:16:13.480><c> vision,</c><00:16:14.100><c> enough</c><00:16:14.379><c> clarity</c>

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to<00:16:15.500><c> help</c><00:16:15.799><c> your</c><00:16:16.299><c> brother</c><00:16:16.659><c> or</c><00:16:17.019><c> sister.</c>

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Well,<00:16:23.320><c> this</c><00:16:24.080><c> living</c><00:16:24.580><c> by</c><00:16:25.220><c> dual</c><00:16:25.720><c> standards,</c>

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which<00:16:27.059><c> was</c><00:16:27.340><c> going</c><00:16:27.620><c> on</c><00:16:28.399><c> among</c><00:16:28.679><c> God's</c><00:16:29.259><c> people</c><00:16:29.580><c> in</c><00:16:29.899><c> that</c><00:16:30.179><c> day,</c>

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was<00:16:31.879><c> going</c><00:16:32.100><c> to</c><00:16:32.399><c> have</c><00:16:32.679><c> even</c><00:16:34.019><c> worse</c><00:16:34.379><c> ramifications</c>

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if<00:16:36.340><c> this</c><00:16:36.659><c> people</c><00:16:37.019><c> did</c><00:16:37.299><c> not</c><00:16:37.559><c> wake</c><00:16:37.899><c> up.</c>

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Because<00:16:39.200><c> when</c><00:16:39.500><c> you</c><00:16:39.840><c> start</c><00:16:40.120><c> to</c><00:16:40.500><c> have</c><00:16:40.879><c> this</c><00:16:41.740><c> double</c><00:16:42.419><c> standard</c>

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in<00:16:44.000><c> just</c><00:16:44.340><c> your</c><00:16:44.659><c> ordinary</c><00:16:45.460><c> daily</c><00:16:46.019><c> affairs</c><00:16:46.519><c> of</c><00:16:46.860><c> life,</c>

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doesn't<00:16:48.320><c> it</c><00:16:48.720><c> stand</c><00:16:49.019><c> to</c><00:16:49.299><c> reason</c><00:16:49.679><c> that</c><00:16:49.879><c> in</c><00:16:50.100><c> the</c><00:16:50.279><c> course</c><00:16:50.580><c> of</c><00:16:51.000><c> time</c>

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you're<00:16:52.179><c> going</c><00:16:52.480><c> to</c><00:16:53.039><c> begin</c><00:16:53.480><c> to</c><00:16:53.799><c> have</c><00:16:54.039><c> your</c><00:16:54.820><c> capacity</c>

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for<00:16:56.379><c> discernment</c><00:16:57.259><c> and</c><00:16:57.600><c> judgment</c><00:16:58.279><c> somehow</c><00:17:00.279><c> altered</c>

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when<00:17:02.179><c> it</c><00:17:02.500><c> comes</c><00:17:02.919><c> to</c><00:17:03.179><c> the</c><00:17:03.500><c> larger</c><00:17:03.899><c> things</c><00:17:04.759><c> that</c><00:17:05.259><c> concern</c><00:17:05.680><c> your</c><00:17:05.980><c> salvation?</c>

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I<00:17:09.359><c> suggest</c><00:17:09.920><c> to</c><00:17:10.220><c> you</c><00:17:10.619><c> this</c><00:17:10.900><c> is</c><00:17:11.200><c> why</c><00:17:11.480><c> Jesus</c><00:17:12.019><c> now</c><00:17:12.559><c> gives</c><00:17:12.859><c> us</c>

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this<00:17:14.200><c> tiny</c><00:17:14.660><c> little</c><00:17:15.039><c> parable</c><00:17:15.480><c> in</c><00:17:15.720><c> verse</c><00:17:15.980><c> 6,</c><00:17:16.339><c> the</c><00:17:16.579><c> next</c><00:17:16.859><c> one</c>

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that<00:17:17.420><c> follows.</c>

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So<00:17:19.279><c> let's</c><00:17:19.440><c> take</c><00:17:19.680><c> a</c><00:17:19.759><c> look</c><00:17:19.880><c> at</c><00:17:20.079><c> it.</c>

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Do<00:17:22.940><c> not</c><00:17:23.240><c> give</c><00:17:23.440><c> what</c><00:17:23.640><c> is</c><00:17:23.900><c> holy</c><00:17:24.160><c> to</c><00:17:24.660><c> the</c><00:17:24.940><c> dogs</c>

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or<00:17:26.460><c> cast</c><00:17:26.859><c> your</c><00:17:27.160><c> pearls</c><00:17:27.519><c> before</c><00:17:28.079><c> swine,</c>

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lest<00:17:30.019><c> they</c><00:17:30.319><c> trample</c><00:17:30.700><c> them</c><00:17:30.920><c> under</c><00:17:31.200><c> their</c><00:17:31.579><c> feet</c>

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and<00:17:32.839><c> turn</c><00:17:33.339><c> and</c><00:17:34.140><c> tear</c><00:17:34.359><c> you</c><00:17:34.619><c> to</c><00:17:34.819><c> pieces.</c>

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Now,<00:17:39.599><c> I'm</c><00:17:39.839><c> thinking</c><00:17:40.339><c> right</c><00:17:41.059><c> now</c><00:17:41.380><c> in</c><00:17:41.680><c> your</c><00:17:41.960><c> minds</c><00:17:42.319><c> you're</c><00:17:42.559><c> saying,</c>

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right,<00:17:44.259><c> the</c><00:17:44.900><c> thing</c><00:17:45.299><c> that</c><00:17:45.460><c> is</c><00:17:45.700><c> difficult</c><00:17:46.140><c> about</c><00:17:46.480><c> this</c><00:17:46.819><c> parable</c><00:17:47.299><c> is</c>

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how<00:17:48.779><c> do</c><00:17:49.000><c> we</c><00:17:49.079><c> know</c><00:17:49.279><c> who</c><00:17:49.440><c> we</c><00:17:49.619><c> should</c><00:17:49.839><c> preach</c><00:17:50.259><c> to?</c>

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How<00:17:51.960><c> do</c><00:17:52.119><c> we</c><00:17:52.200><c> know</c><00:17:52.339><c> who's</c><00:17:52.819><c> swine</c><00:17:53.119><c> or</c><00:17:53.380><c> dogs</c><00:17:53.859><c> that</c><00:17:54.140><c> we</c><00:17:54.299><c> should</c><00:17:54.440><c> preach</c><00:17:54.819><c> to?</c>

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Even<00:17:55.599><c> Brother</c><00:17:56.000><c> Sargent</c><00:17:56.599><c> in</c><00:17:57.180><c> his</c><00:17:57.740><c> teachings</c><00:17:58.099><c> of</c><00:17:58.319><c> the</c><00:17:58.500><c> Master</c>

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addresses<00:18:00.519><c> and</c><00:18:00.900><c> wrestles</c><00:18:01.400><c> with</c><00:18:01.619><c> this</c><00:18:01.839><c> issue.</c>

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Here's<00:18:04.680><c> the</c><00:18:04.819><c> surprise.</c>

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I<00:18:07.480><c> think,</c><00:18:07.980><c> brethren</c><00:18:08.079><c> and</c><00:18:08.359><c> sisters</c><00:18:08.880><c> and</c><00:18:09.480><c> friends,</c>

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we<00:18:11.119><c> have</c><00:18:11.500><c> missed</c><00:18:12.039><c> the</c><00:18:12.680><c> point</c><00:18:13.099><c> of</c><00:18:13.500><c> our</c><00:18:13.799><c> Lord's</c><00:18:14.420><c> teaching</c>

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when<00:18:15.740><c> we</c><00:18:16.220><c> focus</c><00:18:16.640><c> upon</c><00:18:17.140><c> those</c><00:18:17.619><c> who</c><00:18:17.920><c> were</c><00:18:18.160><c> the</c><00:18:18.559><c> recipients</c><00:18:19.259><c> in</c>

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this<00:18:20.680><c> parable</c>

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instead<00:18:22.599><c> of</c><00:18:22.940><c> focusing</c><00:18:23.319><c> upon</c><00:18:23.819><c> those</c><00:18:24.599><c> who</c><00:18:24.980><c> were</c><00:18:25.259><c> providing</c><00:18:26.079><c> the</c><00:18:27.960><c> food.</c>

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Jesus<00:18:30.640><c> is</c><00:18:30.980><c> not</c><00:18:31.200><c> concerned</c><00:18:31.859><c> about</c><00:18:32.319><c> the</c><00:18:32.579><c> dog</c><00:18:32.799><c> or</c><00:18:33.000><c> the</c><00:18:33.240><c> swine,</c>

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which<00:18:33.940><c> I</c><00:18:34.119><c> hope</c><00:18:34.380><c> to</c><00:18:35.059><c> demonstrate</c><00:18:35.599><c> in</c><00:18:35.799><c> just</c><00:18:36.039><c> a</c><00:18:36.259><c> moment.</c>

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He's<00:18:38.119><c> concerned</c><00:18:38.500><c> about</c><00:18:38.799><c> a</c><00:18:38.920><c> more</c><00:18:39.200><c> important</c><00:18:39.819><c> issue.</c>

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So,<00:18:43.440><c> once</c><00:18:43.720><c> again,</c><00:18:44.559><c> there</c><00:18:44.720><c> is</c><00:18:44.920><c> an</c><00:18:45.019><c> Old</c><00:18:45.240><c> Testament</c><00:18:45.640><c> background</c>

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because<00:18:47.420><c> he</c><00:18:47.619><c> does</c><00:18:47.859><c> say,</c><00:18:49.019><c> do</c><00:18:49.099><c> not</c><00:18:49.500><c> give</c><00:18:49.720><c> what</c><00:18:49.920><c> is</c><00:18:50.220><c> holy</c><00:18:50.460><c> to</c><00:18:50.799><c> dogs.</c>

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That<00:18:51.660><c> actually</c><00:18:52.079><c> comes</c><00:18:52.380><c> from</c><00:18:52.619><c> the</c><00:18:52.759><c> Old</c><00:18:52.960><c> Testament</c>

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and<00:18:54.180><c> I'd</c><00:18:54.420><c> like</c><00:18:54.420><c> to</c><00:18:54.640><c> show</c><00:18:54.759><c> this</c><00:18:55.019><c> to</c><00:18:55.220><c> you.</c>

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So<00:18:55.460><c> let's</c><00:18:55.599><c> take</c><00:18:55.859><c> a</c><00:18:55.920><c> look</c><00:18:56.019><c> at</c><00:18:56.119><c> two</c><00:18:56.359><c> passages.</c>

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The<00:18:56.980><c> first</c><00:18:57.319><c> one</c><00:18:57.539><c> is</c><00:18:57.740><c> in</c><00:18:57.900><c> Leviticus</c><00:18:59.019><c> 22</c><00:19:01.059><c> and</c><00:19:03.079><c> verse</c><00:19:03.440><c> 10.</c>

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Very<00:19:19.079><c> simple</c><00:19:19.539><c> statement,</c><00:19:20.440><c> Leviticus</c><00:19:21.039><c> 22</c><00:19:21.640><c> verse</c><00:19:21.980><c> 10.</c>

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No<00:19:23.619><c> outsider</c><00:19:24.339><c> shall</c><00:19:24.660><c> eat</c><00:19:25.019><c> the</c><00:19:25.319><c> holy</c><00:19:25.579><c> offering.</c>

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One<00:19:27.299><c> who</c><00:19:27.599><c> sojourns</c><00:19:28.160><c> with</c><00:19:28.400><c> the</c><00:19:28.660><c> priest</c><00:19:29.119><c> or</c><00:19:29.779><c> a</c><00:19:30.039><c> hired</c><00:19:30.380><c> servant</c>

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shall<00:19:31.740><c> not</c><00:19:32.119><c> eat</c><00:19:32.400><c> the</c><00:19:32.660><c> holy</c><00:19:32.960><c> thing.</c>

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Well,<00:19:34.980><c> that</c><00:19:35.160><c> seems</c><00:19:35.440><c> pretty</c><00:19:35.740><c> simple.</c>

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Holy<00:19:37.720><c> things</c><00:19:38.519><c> are</c><00:19:39.680><c> for</c><00:19:40.460><c> holy</c><00:19:40.880><c> people,</c><00:19:42.160><c> okay?</c>

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That's<00:19:44.019><c> pretty</c><00:19:44.359><c> straightforward.</c>

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Holy<00:19:45.720><c> things</c><00:19:46.079><c> are</c><00:19:46.319><c> for</c><00:19:46.519><c> holy</c><00:19:46.859><c> people.</c>

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Now,<00:19:48.779><c> Exodus</c><00:19:48.859><c> chapter</c><00:19:49.700><c> 22</c><00:19:50.500><c> verse</c><00:19:50.920><c> 31.</c>

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At<00:19:59.059><c> the</c><00:19:59.200><c> end</c><00:19:59.359><c> of</c><00:19:59.500><c> this</c><00:19:59.740><c> chapter</c><00:20:00.160><c> 22</c><00:20:00.839><c> verse</c><00:20:01.200><c> 31</c><00:20:01.740><c> we</c><00:20:02.019><c> read,</c>

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and<00:20:03.799><c> you</c><00:20:04.079><c> shall</c><00:20:04.240><c> be</c><00:20:04.720><c> holy</c><00:20:05.140><c> men</c><00:20:05.559><c> to</c><00:20:05.900><c> me.</c>

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You<00:20:07.920><c> shall</c><00:20:08.160><c> not</c><00:20:08.480><c> eat</c><00:20:08.700><c> any</c><00:20:09.099><c> meat</c><00:20:09.359><c> which</c><00:20:09.599><c> is</c><00:20:09.900><c> torn</c><00:20:10.140><c> by</c><00:20:10.500><c> beasts</c><00:20:10.779><c> in</c>

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the<00:20:11.240><c> field.</c>

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You<00:20:12.380><c> shall</c><00:20:12.599><c> throw</c><00:20:12.839><c> it</c><00:20:13.000><c> to</c><00:20:13.180><c> the</c><00:20:13.380><c> dogs.</c>

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So<00:20:15.079><c> in</c><00:20:15.279><c> other</c><00:20:15.539><c> words,</c><00:20:15.779><c> if</c><00:20:16.000><c> the</c><00:20:16.240><c> meat</c><00:20:16.440><c> became</c><00:20:16.920><c> common,</c>

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the<00:20:17.619><c> food</c><00:20:17.920><c> that</c><00:20:18.160><c> you</c><00:20:18.400><c> had</c><00:20:18.660><c> was</c><00:20:19.180><c> defiled</c><00:20:19.799><c> in</c><00:20:19.980><c> some</c><00:20:20.119><c> way,</c><00:20:20.200><c> it</c><00:20:20.319><c> was</c><00:20:20.619><c> common,</c>

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you<00:20:21.700><c> could</c><00:20:21.940><c> feed</c><00:20:22.200><c> the</c><00:20:22.460><c> dogs,</c>

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but<00:20:24.160><c> holy</c><00:20:24.539><c> men</c><00:20:25.400><c> to</c><00:20:26.559><c> them</c><00:20:26.839><c> belonged</c><00:20:27.319><c> holy</c><00:20:27.740><c> things.</c>

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Okay,<00:20:30.740><c> now</c><00:20:31.039><c> go</c><00:20:31.220><c> back</c><00:20:31.500><c> to</c><00:20:31.880><c> Matthew</c><00:20:32.259><c> chapter</c><00:20:32.759><c> 7.</c>

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And<00:20:34.299><c> let</c><00:20:34.440><c> me</c><00:20:34.559><c> just</c><00:20:34.799><c> ask</c><00:20:35.039><c> you</c><00:20:35.200><c> for</c><00:20:35.420><c> a</c><00:20:35.539><c> moment,</c>

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as<00:20:35.859><c> you</c><00:20:36.079><c> think</c><00:20:36.279><c> about</c><00:20:36.519><c> these</c><00:20:36.799><c> two</c><00:20:37.059><c> passages,</c>

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what<00:20:38.920><c> would</c><00:20:39.180><c> you</c><00:20:39.460><c> think</c><00:20:40.039><c> if</c><00:20:41.619><c> the</c><00:20:42.279><c> priest</c>

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in<00:20:43.279><c> his</c><00:20:44.180><c> course</c><00:20:44.480><c> of</c><00:20:44.819><c> ministering</c><00:20:45.259><c> in</c><00:20:45.420><c> the</c><00:20:45.640><c> tabernacle</c>

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went<00:20:47.019><c> into</c><00:20:47.279><c> the</c><00:20:47.579><c> tabernacle</c><00:20:48.160><c> on</c><00:20:48.339><c> the</c><00:20:48.599><c> seventh</c><00:20:48.859><c> day,</c>

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took<00:20:49.920><c> out</c><00:20:50.279><c> the</c><00:20:50.539><c> old</c><00:20:50.900><c> showbread</c><00:20:51.640><c> from</c><00:20:52.779><c> its</c><00:20:53.220><c> place,</c>

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and<00:20:54.779><c> proceeded</c><00:20:55.220><c> to</c><00:20:55.539><c> break</c><00:20:55.720><c> it</c><00:20:55.880><c> up</c><00:20:56.019><c> and</c><00:20:56.180><c> throw</c><00:20:56.359><c> it</c><00:20:56.519><c> to</c><00:20:56.880><c> his</c><00:20:57.339><c> dogs?</c>

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You<00:21:00.400><c> can't</c><00:21:00.700><c> relate</c><00:21:00.980><c> to</c><00:21:01.180><c> that,</c><00:21:01.480><c> can</c><00:21:01.660><c> you?</c>

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Let<00:21:02.660><c> me</c><00:21:03.079><c> make</c><00:21:03.460><c> a</c><00:21:03.640><c> modern</c><00:21:03.980><c> counterpart.</c>

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What<00:21:05.640><c> would</c><00:21:05.900><c> you</c><00:21:06.200><c> think</c><00:21:06.539><c> if</c><00:21:07.059><c> on</c><00:21:07.460><c> Sunday</c><00:21:07.859><c> morning</c>

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in<00:21:09.720><c> the</c><00:21:10.000><c> middle</c><00:21:10.180><c> of</c><00:21:10.420><c> the</c><00:21:10.700><c> memorial</c><00:21:11.200><c> service</c>

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the<00:21:12.700><c> presiding</c><00:21:13.440><c> brother</c><00:21:13.859><c> got</c><00:21:14.160><c> up,</c><00:21:15.519><c> went</c><00:21:15.599><c> over</c><00:21:15.880><c> to</c><00:21:16.039><c> the</c><00:21:16.259><c> table,</c>

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took<00:21:17.700><c> the</c><00:21:18.000><c> bread</c><00:21:18.240><c> from</c><00:21:18.579><c> off</c><00:21:18.880><c> the</c><00:21:19.140><c> table,</c>

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and<00:21:20.559><c> cast</c><00:21:20.839><c> it</c><00:21:21.019><c> to</c><00:21:21.220><c> his</c><00:21:21.400><c> hungry</c><00:21:21.720><c> puppies</c><00:21:22.079><c> just</c><00:21:22.380><c> outside</c><00:21:22.920><c> the</c>

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meeting<00:21:23.720><c> hall?</c>

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What<00:21:25.980><c> would</c><00:21:26.160><c> you</c><00:21:26.359><c> think</c><00:21:26.519><c> of</c><00:21:26.759><c> that?</c>

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Wouldn't<00:21:28.900><c> you</c><00:21:29.319><c> say</c><00:21:29.660><c> that</c><00:21:30.160><c> somehow</c><00:21:30.819><c> someone</c><00:21:31.480><c> doesn't</c><00:21:32.019><c> quite</c><00:21:32.400><c> discern</c>

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what<00:21:33.180><c> is</c><00:21:33.420><c> going</c><00:21:33.720><c> on</c><00:21:34.279><c> in</c><00:21:34.619><c> this</c><00:21:34.799><c> situation?</c>

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Someone<00:21:36.640><c> seems</c><00:21:36.960><c> to</c><00:21:37.200><c> be</c><00:21:37.440><c> lacking</c><00:21:37.839><c> in</c><00:21:38.460><c> what</c><00:21:38.900><c> this</c><00:21:39.180><c> is</c><00:21:39.380><c> all</c><00:21:39.599><c> about.</c>

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This<00:21:40.559><c> is</c><00:21:40.880><c> a</c><00:21:41.240><c> holy</c><00:21:41.559><c> meal.</c>

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It's<00:21:43.200><c> not</c><00:21:43.400><c> for</c><00:21:43.599><c> the</c><00:21:43.839><c> puppies</c><00:21:44.140><c> outside.</c>

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So<00:21:48.579><c> this</c><00:21:49.259><c> is</c><00:21:49.599><c> precisely</c><00:21:50.240><c> the</c><00:21:51.480><c> problem</c>

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that<00:21:52.680><c> Jesus</c><00:21:53.220><c> is</c><00:21:54.099><c> trying</c><00:21:54.279><c> to</c><00:21:54.500><c> get</c><00:21:54.660><c> at</c><00:21:55.200><c> in</c><00:21:55.640><c> this</c><00:21:55.920><c> parable</c>

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and<00:21:57.039><c> the</c><00:21:57.339><c> warning</c><00:21:57.660><c> that</c><00:21:57.859><c> he's</c><00:21:59.200><c> trying</c><00:21:59.599><c> to</c><00:21:59.980><c> bring</c>

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to<00:22:00.759><c> his</c><00:22:01.119><c> people</c><00:22:02.099><c> of</c><00:22:02.779><c> Israel.</c>

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This<00:22:04.640><c> serious</c><00:22:05.420><c> inability</c><00:22:06.099><c> to</c><00:22:06.519><c> distinguish</c>

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between<00:22:07.700><c> what</c><00:22:07.920><c> was</c><00:22:08.339><c> holy</c><00:22:08.779><c> and</c><00:22:09.680><c> what</c><00:22:09.940><c> was</c><00:22:10.279><c> common.</c>

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And<00:22:12.920><c> so</c><00:22:13.079><c> we</c><00:22:13.240><c> read</c><00:22:13.619><c> in</c><00:22:14.299><c> verse</c><00:22:14.519><c> 6</c><00:22:14.759><c> again,</c>

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Do<00:22:15.380><c> not</c><00:22:15.720><c> give</c><00:22:16.359><c> what</c><00:22:16.920><c> is</c><00:22:17.599><c> holy.</c>

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What<00:22:19.119><c> is</c><00:22:19.500><c> holy?</c>

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Who<00:22:22.799><c> was</c><00:22:23.119><c> standing</c><00:22:23.500><c> before</c><00:22:24.039><c> them</c><00:22:24.259><c> at</c><00:22:24.440><c> that</c><00:22:24.799><c> very</c><00:22:25.160><c> moment</c>

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offering<00:22:26.359><c> them</c><00:22:26.680><c> the</c><00:22:26.880><c> bread</c><00:22:27.039><c> of</c><00:22:27.339><c> life?</c>

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Was<00:22:28.059><c> it</c><00:22:28.299><c> not</c><00:22:28.500><c> he</c><00:22:28.819><c> who</c><00:22:29.160><c> was</c><00:22:29.599><c> the</c><00:22:29.799><c> bread</c><00:22:29.920><c> of</c><00:22:30.180><c> life?</c>

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Who<00:22:31.940><c> was</c><00:22:32.259><c> more</c><00:22:32.720><c> holy</c><00:22:33.119><c> in</c><00:22:33.339><c> the</c><00:22:33.539><c> nation</c>

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than<00:22:35.140><c> the</c><00:22:35.339><c> Lord</c><00:22:35.579><c> Jesus</c><00:22:35.980><c> Christ</c><00:22:36.380><c> himself,</c>

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the<00:22:37.700><c> bread</c><00:22:38.059><c> that</c><00:22:38.299><c> came</c><00:22:38.559><c> down</c><00:22:38.880><c> from</c><00:22:39.099><c> heaven,</c>

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as<00:22:39.960><c> he</c><00:22:40.220><c> says</c><00:22:40.740><c> in</c><00:22:41.259><c> John</c><00:22:41.599><c> 6?</c>

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Was<00:22:43.339><c> he</c><00:22:43.819><c> not</c><00:22:44.220><c> the</c><00:22:44.539><c> holy</c><00:22:44.859><c> one?</c>

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And<00:22:46.099><c> were</c><00:22:46.240><c> not</c><00:22:46.519><c> his</c><00:22:46.920><c> words</c><00:22:47.480><c> the</c><00:22:47.960><c> holy</c><00:22:48.339><c> things</c>

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that<00:22:48.980><c> he</c><00:22:49.180><c> gave</c><00:22:49.579><c> to</c><00:22:49.779><c> the</c><00:22:49.940><c> nation?</c>

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Now<00:22:53.319><c> perhaps</c><00:22:53.799><c> you</c><00:22:53.960><c> begin</c><00:22:54.359><c> to</c><00:22:54.619><c> get</c><00:22:54.799><c> the</c><00:22:55.039><c> sense</c><00:22:55.259><c> of</c><00:22:55.420><c> what</c><00:22:55.539><c> he</c><00:22:55.700><c> is</c><00:22:55.920><c> saying.</c>

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Do<00:22:57.500><c> not</c><00:22:58.259><c> give</c><00:22:58.940><c> what</c><00:22:59.759><c> is</c><00:23:00.319><c> holy.</c>

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Do<00:23:03.019><c> not</c><00:23:03.519><c> give</c><00:23:03.880><c> what</c><00:23:04.180><c> is</c><00:23:04.579><c> holy</c><00:23:05.119><c> to</c><00:23:05.720><c> the</c><00:23:05.980><c> dogs.</c>

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You<00:23:07.900><c> see,</c><00:23:08.880><c> Israel</c><00:23:09.240><c> might</c><00:23:09.519><c> well</c><00:23:09.839><c> have</c><00:23:10.160><c> taken</c>

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the<00:23:10.759><c> flesh</c><00:23:11.000><c> of</c><00:23:11.220><c> a</c><00:23:11.359><c> torn</c><00:23:11.559><c> animal</c><00:23:12.279><c> they</c><00:23:13.299><c> found</c><00:23:13.519><c> in</c><00:23:13.700><c> the</c><00:23:13.980><c> field</c>

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and<00:23:15.059><c> they</c><00:23:15.240><c> might</c><00:23:15.480><c> well</c><00:23:15.839><c> have</c><00:23:16.099><c> cast</c><00:23:16.299><c> that</c><00:23:16.500><c> to</c><00:23:16.680><c> their</c><00:23:16.880><c> dogs</c><00:23:17.160><c> to</c><00:23:17.380><c> eat</c>

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because<00:23:17.640><c> the</c><00:23:17.799><c> law</c><00:23:17.940><c> said</c><00:23:18.059><c> that's</c><00:23:18.380><c> fine.</c>

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What<00:23:21.079><c> would</c><00:23:21.220><c> they</c><00:23:21.380><c> have</c><00:23:21.660><c> taken?</c>

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The<00:23:24.279><c> Lord</c><00:23:24.519><c> Jesus</c><00:23:25.000><c> Christ,</c><00:23:25.740><c> the</c><00:23:25.900><c> bread</c><00:23:26.079><c> of</c><00:23:26.339><c> heaven,</c>

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the<00:23:28.539><c> true</c><00:23:28.799><c> sacrifice</c><00:23:29.440><c> on</c><00:23:29.640><c> the</c><00:23:29.819><c> altar,</c>

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and<00:23:30.920><c> have</c><00:23:31.160><c> cast</c><00:23:31.480><c> him</c><00:23:32.019><c> to</c><00:23:32.420><c> the</c><00:23:32.660><c> dogs?</c>

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How<00:23:34.240><c> could</c><00:23:34.440><c> they</c><00:23:34.619><c> do</c><00:23:34.839><c> something</c><00:23:35.220><c> like</c><00:23:35.599><c> that?</c>

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And<00:23:37.579><c> yet</c><00:23:38.000><c> that</c><00:23:38.880><c> is</c><00:23:39.339><c> exactly</c><00:23:40.099><c> what</c><00:23:40.400><c> the</c><00:23:40.680><c> people</c><00:23:41.000><c> of</c><00:23:41.259><c> God</c>

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were<00:23:41.779><c> in</c><00:23:41.980><c> danger</c><00:23:42.359><c> of</c><00:23:42.579><c> doing</c><00:23:42.839><c> that</c><00:23:43.400><c> very</c><00:23:43.839><c> moment</c><00:23:44.180><c> that</c><00:23:44.359><c> he</c><00:23:44.500><c> was</c><00:23:44.779><c> speaking</c>

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of<00:23:45.960><c> taking</c><00:23:46.519><c> the</c><00:23:46.859><c> holy</c><00:23:47.279><c> one</c><00:23:47.500><c> and</c><00:23:47.619><c> the</c><00:23:47.839><c> holy</c><00:23:48.140><c> word</c>

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and<00:23:48.920><c> treating</c><00:23:49.380><c> it</c><00:23:49.619><c> as</c><00:23:49.759><c> if</c><00:23:49.880><c> it</c><00:23:50.039><c> were</c><00:23:50.359><c> refuse,</c>

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fit<00:23:51.660><c> for</c><00:23:51.980><c> dogs.</c>

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Dogs?

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Wasn't<00:23:56.299><c> that</c><00:23:56.599><c> the</c><00:23:56.839><c> Jewish</c><00:23:57.160><c> euphemism</c><00:23:57.960><c> for</c><00:23:58.980><c> Gentiles?</c>

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Yes,<00:24:03.319><c> and</c><00:24:03.500><c> when</c><00:24:04.099><c> Israel</c><00:24:04.839><c> did</c><00:24:05.200><c> indeed</c><00:24:05.799><c> take</c><00:24:06.119><c> the</c><00:24:06.359><c> holy</c><00:24:06.619><c> one</c>

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in<00:24:06.960><c> his</c><00:24:07.200><c> teaching</c><00:24:07.559><c> and</c><00:24:07.819><c> cast</c><00:24:08.119><c> it</c><00:24:08.259><c> to</c><00:24:08.420><c> the</c><00:24:08.599><c> Gentiles,</c>

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the<00:24:10.160><c> irony</c><00:24:10.539><c> is</c><00:24:10.980><c> some</c><00:24:11.380><c> of</c><00:24:11.559><c> those</c><00:24:11.799><c> dogs</c><00:24:12.500><c> were</c><00:24:13.160><c> very</c><00:24:13.579><c> thankful</c><00:24:13.960><c> for</c><00:24:14.319><c> it</c>

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and<00:24:15.619><c> benefited</c><00:24:16.059><c> greatly</c><00:24:16.779><c> by</c><00:24:17.200><c> it,</c>

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much<00:24:18.059><c> to</c><00:24:18.339><c> the</c><00:24:18.640><c> consternation</c><00:24:19.299><c> and</c><00:24:19.920><c> the</c><00:24:20.240><c> perplexity</c>

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and<00:24:21.200><c> envy</c><00:24:21.539><c> of</c><00:24:21.980><c> the</c><00:24:22.140><c> children</c><00:24:22.460><c> of</c><00:24:22.700><c> Israel.</c>

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Ah,<00:24:25.200><c> but</c><00:24:25.400><c> there</c><00:24:25.559><c> was</c><00:24:25.740><c> an</c><00:24:25.900><c> even</c><00:24:26.240><c> greater</c><00:24:27.099><c> consequence</c>

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for<00:24:28.339><c> Israel's</c><00:24:29.039><c> lack</c><00:24:29.279><c> of</c><00:24:29.720><c> discernment</c>

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about<00:24:31.240><c> the</c><00:24:31.559><c> holy</c><00:24:31.859><c> one</c><00:24:32.279><c> who</c><00:24:32.579><c> was</c><00:24:32.799><c> in</c><00:24:32.960><c> their</c><00:24:33.240><c> midst.</c>

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Look<00:24:34.440><c> at</c><00:24:34.579><c> the</c><00:24:34.720><c> next</c><00:24:34.940><c> part</c><00:24:35.160><c> of</c><00:24:35.299><c> this</c><00:24:35.500><c> parable.</c>

00:24:37.500 --> 00:24:42.329
He<00:24:37.720><c> says,</c><00:24:38.480><c> Nor</c><00:24:39.000><c> cast</c><00:24:39.539><c> your</c><00:24:39.900><c> pearls</c><00:24:40.500><c> before</c><00:24:41.500><c> swine</c>

00:24:42.420 --> 00:24:44.440
lest<00:24:42.740><c> they</c><00:24:43.039><c> trample</c><00:24:43.440><c> them</c><00:24:43.599><c> under</c><00:24:43.839><c> their</c><00:24:44.180><c> feet</c>

00:24:44.440 --> 00:24:46.960
and<00:24:44.819><c> turn</c><00:24:45.059><c> and</c><00:24:45.380><c> tear</c><00:24:45.559><c> you</c><00:24:45.779><c> in</c><00:24:45.980><c> pieces.</c>

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Cast<00:24:47.779><c> your</c><00:24:48.000><c> pearls.</c>

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Do<00:24:51.980><c> you</c><00:24:52.140><c> know</c><00:24:52.279><c> what</c><00:24:52.460><c> the</c><00:24:52.720><c> manna</c><00:24:52.920><c> looked</c><00:24:53.119><c> like</c><00:24:53.640><c> in</c><00:24:54.180><c> the</c><00:24:54.339><c> wilderness?</c>

00:24:55.940 --> 00:24:57.799
Did<00:24:56.119><c> you</c><00:24:56.160><c> ever</c><00:24:56.400><c> read</c><00:24:56.599><c> the</c><00:24:56.880><c> description?</c>

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The<00:24:58.079><c> description</c><00:24:58.559><c> of</c><00:24:58.740><c> the</c><00:24:58.980><c> manna</c><00:24:59.220><c> is</c><00:24:59.480><c> that</c><00:24:59.619><c> it</c><00:24:59.740><c> was</c><00:25:00.119><c> creamy</c><00:25:00.519><c> white</c>

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like<00:25:01.200><c> bedelium.</c>

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Do<00:25:03.460><c> you</c><00:25:03.460><c> know</c><00:25:03.559><c> what</c><00:25:03.680><c> a</c><00:25:03.960><c> pearl</c><00:25:04.099><c> looks</c><00:25:04.420><c> like?</c>

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It's<00:25:06.200><c> creamy</c><00:25:06.579><c> white.</c>

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Think<00:25:08.420><c> about</c><00:25:08.700><c> this</c><00:25:08.880><c> for</c><00:25:09.119><c> a</c><00:25:09.299><c> moment.</c>

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When<00:25:10.160><c> Israel</c><00:25:10.539><c> would</c><00:25:10.839><c> wake</c><00:25:11.079><c> up</c><00:25:11.299><c> in</c><00:25:11.440><c> the</c><00:25:11.599><c> morning</c>

00:25:11.839 --> 00:25:13.440
and<00:25:12.000><c> go</c><00:25:12.240><c> out</c><00:25:12.480><c> into</c><00:25:12.660><c> the</c><00:25:12.940><c> fields</c>

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to<00:25:13.920><c> bring</c><00:25:14.680><c> in</c><00:25:14.920><c> their</c><00:25:15.160><c> daily</c><00:25:15.980><c> portion</c><00:25:16.539><c> of</c><00:25:16.920><c> manna,</c>

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I<00:25:19.460><c> am</c><00:25:19.799><c> betting</c><00:25:20.039><c> you,</c><00:25:20.539><c> based</c><00:25:20.880><c> on</c><00:25:21.059><c> the</c><00:25:21.299><c> description</c>

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that<00:25:22.039><c> the</c><00:25:22.259><c> Scripture</c><00:25:22.539><c> gives</c><00:25:22.880><c> us,</c>

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that<00:25:24.339><c> when</c><00:25:24.519><c> they</c><00:25:24.759><c> went</c><00:25:24.920><c> out,</c>

00:25:25.579 --> 00:25:30.140
it<00:25:25.599><c> was</c><00:25:25.839><c> as</c><00:25:26.039><c> if</c><00:25:26.279><c> the</c><00:25:26.640><c> fields</c><00:25:26.900><c> were</c><00:25:27.380><c> filled</c><00:25:27.799><c> with</c><00:25:28.339><c> tiny</c><00:25:28.720><c> little</c><00:25:29.059><c> pearls.</c>

00:25:30.799 --> 00:25:32.799
That's<00:25:31.259><c> what</c><00:25:31.500><c> manna</c><00:25:31.839><c> looked</c><00:25:32.079><c> like</c><00:25:32.380><c> to</c><00:25:32.559><c> them,</c>

00:25:32.980 --> 00:25:35.799
a<00:25:33.220><c> field</c><00:25:33.519><c> of</c><00:25:33.980><c> pearls</c><00:25:34.259><c> that</c><00:25:34.480><c> they</c><00:25:34.700><c> went</c><00:25:34.799><c> out</c><00:25:35.079><c> and</c><00:25:35.339><c> gathered</c>

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for<00:25:36.339><c> their</c><00:25:36.599><c> daily</c><00:25:36.940><c> sustenance.</c>

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That's<00:25:38.259><c> why</c><00:25:38.460><c> in</c><00:25:38.599><c> the</c><00:25:38.680><c> New</c><00:25:38.859><c> Testament,</c>

00:25:39.440 --> 00:25:42.259
the<00:25:39.700><c> pearl</c><00:25:39.940><c> comes</c><00:25:40.339><c> to</c><00:25:40.599><c> represent</c><00:25:41.160><c> the</c><00:25:41.420><c> Word</c><00:25:41.599><c> of</c><00:25:41.859><c> God,</c>

00:25:42.259 --> 00:25:45.900
the<00:25:43.019><c> hope</c><00:25:43.220><c> of</c><00:25:43.420><c> the</c><00:25:43.519><c> Gospel,</c><00:25:44.319><c> the</c><00:25:44.420><c> Word</c><00:25:44.619><c> of</c><00:25:44.759><c> the</c><00:25:44.960><c> Kingdom.</c>

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And<00:25:47.700><c> so</c><00:25:48.000><c> we</c><00:25:48.519><c> have</c><00:25:48.779><c> this</c><00:25:49.119><c> sense</c><00:25:49.400><c> of</c><00:25:49.839><c> your</c><00:25:50.200><c> pearls</c>

00:25:50.559 --> 00:25:55.940
being<00:25:51.019><c> another</c><00:25:51.500><c> symbol</c><00:25:52.099><c> for</c><00:25:54.480><c> God's</c><00:25:55.019><c> Word.</c>

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Do<00:25:58.279><c> not</c><00:25:58.559><c> cast</c><00:25:58.920><c> your</c><00:25:59.259><c> pearls</c><00:26:00.059><c> before</c><00:26:01.539><c> swine.</c>

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Well,<00:26:05.039><c> swine,</c><00:26:05.339><c> once</c><00:26:05.599><c> again,</c><00:26:05.940><c> we</c><00:26:06.160><c> recognize</c>

00:26:06.680 --> 00:26:10.880
that's<00:26:07.079><c> another</c><00:26:07.680><c> Jewish</c><00:26:08.380><c> symbol</c><00:26:08.799><c> for</c><00:26:09.119><c> the</c><00:26:09.279><c> Gentiles,</c><00:26:09.900><c> right?</c>

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So<00:26:11.920><c> once</c><00:26:12.240><c> again,</c><00:26:12.579><c> we</c><00:26:12.779><c> have</c><00:26:13.000><c> this</c><00:26:13.400><c> sense</c><00:26:13.759><c> of</c><00:26:14.500><c> casting</c><00:26:15.160><c> something,</c>

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the<00:26:16.460><c> holy</c><00:26:16.759><c> things</c><00:26:17.059><c> of</c><00:26:17.359><c> God,</c>

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and<00:26:18.599><c> giving</c><00:26:18.859><c> it</c><00:26:19.099><c> off</c><00:26:19.240><c> to</c><00:26:19.420><c> the</c><00:26:19.559><c> Gentiles.</c>

00:26:20.319 --> 00:26:23.440
But<00:26:20.700><c> I</c><00:26:21.000><c> want</c><00:26:21.119><c> you</c><00:26:21.279><c> to</c><00:26:21.440><c> think</c><00:26:21.619><c> about</c><00:26:21.880><c> this</c><00:26:22.079><c> for</c><00:26:22.299><c> a</c><00:26:22.480><c> second.</c>

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Swine<00:26:25.460><c> feed</c><00:26:25.720><c> on</c><00:26:26.859><c> corn</c><00:26:27.339><c> husks,</c><00:26:28.420><c> refuse,</c>

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whatever<00:26:29.799><c> you</c><00:26:30.019><c> throw</c><00:26:30.220><c> out</c><00:26:30.559><c> to</c><00:26:30.740><c> them.</c>

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Pearls,<00:26:35.000><c> I</c><00:26:35.359><c> don't</c><00:26:35.720><c> believe,</c><00:26:36.039><c> have</c><00:26:36.220><c> ever</c><00:26:36.480><c> been</c><00:26:36.799><c> noted</c>

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as<00:26:38.039><c> a</c><00:26:38.500><c> tasty</c><00:26:38.920><c> treat</c><00:26:39.440><c> for</c><00:26:39.859><c> swine.</c>

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Have<00:26:42.019><c> you</c><00:26:42.220><c> ever</c><00:26:43.160><c> seen</c><00:26:43.960><c> any</c><00:26:44.339><c> farmer</c>

00:26:44.859 --> 00:26:47.259
give<00:26:45.440><c> pearls</c><00:26:45.779><c> to</c><00:26:46.059><c> swine</c><00:26:46.299><c> for</c><00:26:46.559><c> food?</c>

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Don't<00:26:47.720><c> make</c><00:26:47.880><c> sense,</c><00:26:48.259><c> does</c><00:26:48.339><c> it?</c>

00:26:50.440 --> 00:26:53.220
So<00:26:51.220><c> let</c><00:26:51.579><c> me</c><00:26:51.700><c> ask</c><00:26:51.960><c> you</c><00:26:52.140><c> this.</c>

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Who<00:26:54.799><c> would</c><00:26:55.140><c> ever</c><00:26:56.019><c> mistake</c><00:26:56.960><c> a</c><00:26:57.920><c> bag</c><00:26:58.140><c> of</c><00:26:58.500><c> pearls</c><00:26:59.099><c> for</c><00:27:00.059><c> a</c><00:27:00.400><c> bag</c><00:27:00.640><c> of</c><00:27:01.059><c> corn?</c>

00:27:03.700 --> 00:27:06.640
And<00:27:04.119><c> yet</c><00:27:04.319><c> Jesus</c><00:27:04.720><c> is</c><00:27:05.019><c> saying</c><00:27:05.339><c> that's</c><00:27:06.099><c> exactly</c>

00:27:06.640 --> 00:27:10.839
what<00:27:06.779><c> will</c><00:27:07.539><c> happen</c><00:27:07.980><c> if</c><00:27:08.180><c> my</c><00:27:08.460><c> people</c><00:27:08.740><c> do</c><00:27:09.019><c> not</c><00:27:09.259><c> listen</c><00:27:09.660><c> to</c><00:27:09.960><c> me.</c>

00:27:11.079 --> 00:27:14.180
They<00:27:11.559><c> are</c><00:27:11.819><c> going</c><00:27:11.960><c> to</c><00:27:12.259><c> take</c><00:27:12.819><c> that</c><00:27:13.339><c> which</c><00:27:13.539><c> is</c><00:27:13.839><c> holy</c>

00:27:14.180 --> 00:27:17.140
and<00:27:14.759><c> cast</c><00:27:15.059><c> it</c><00:27:15.259><c> before</c><00:27:15.720><c> swines.</c>

00:27:19.440 --> 00:27:23.960
But<00:27:19.480><c> you</c><00:27:19.680><c> know,</c><00:27:20.019><c> now</c><00:27:20.380><c> watch</c><00:27:20.660><c> the</c><00:27:21.099><c> detail</c><00:27:21.700><c> that</c><00:27:22.019><c> Jesus</c><00:27:22.539><c> picks</c><00:27:22.980><c> up.</c>

00:27:24.160 --> 00:27:26.299
You're<00:27:24.400><c> not</c><00:27:24.640><c> going</c><00:27:24.839><c> to</c><00:27:25.099><c> confuse</c><00:27:25.420><c> a</c><00:27:25.619><c> bag</c><00:27:25.839><c> of</c><00:27:26.079><c> pearls</c>

00:27:26.299 --> 00:27:28.539
with<00:27:26.519><c> a</c><00:27:26.700><c> bag</c><00:27:26.819><c> of</c><00:27:27.099><c> corn,</c><00:27:28.059><c> but</c><00:27:28.259><c> you</c><00:27:28.420><c> know,</c>

00:27:28.559 --> 00:27:30.920
it<00:27:28.640><c> is</c><00:27:28.920><c> possible</c><00:27:29.440><c> that</c><00:27:29.640><c> if</c><00:27:29.759><c> you</c><00:27:29.900><c> had</c><00:27:30.059><c> a</c><00:27:30.140><c> piece</c><00:27:30.339><c> of</c><00:27:30.559><c> bread</c><00:27:30.720><c> in</c>

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your<00:27:31.119><c> hand,</c>

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how<00:27:31.700><c> would</c><00:27:31.940><c> you</c><00:27:32.180><c> know</c><00:27:32.339><c> that</c><00:27:32.460><c> this</c><00:27:32.680><c> just</c><00:27:32.920><c> came</c><00:27:33.140><c> off</c><00:27:33.380><c> the</c><00:27:33.599><c> memorial</c><00:27:34.099><c> table</c>

00:27:34.519 --> 00:27:37.220
or<00:27:34.819><c> just</c><00:27:35.160><c> came</c><00:27:35.480><c> out</c><00:27:35.720><c> of</c><00:27:35.839><c> the</c><00:27:36.039><c> temple</c><00:27:36.319><c> as</c><00:27:36.539><c> a</c><00:27:36.720><c> showbread?</c>

00:27:37.700 --> 00:27:41.640
You<00:27:37.920><c> see,</c><00:27:38.420><c> you</c><00:27:38.680><c> might</c><00:27:39.140><c> be</c><00:27:40.099><c> legitimately</c><00:27:40.819><c> mistaken</c>

00:27:41.640 --> 00:27:44.700
as<00:27:42.039><c> to</c><00:27:42.200><c> the</c><00:27:42.579><c> quantity</c><00:27:43.019><c> of</c><00:27:43.180><c> what</c><00:27:43.380><c> you</c><00:27:43.640><c> had</c><00:27:43.799><c> in</c><00:27:43.980><c> your</c><00:27:44.180><c> hand.</c>

00:27:45.000 --> 00:27:48.240
And<00:27:45.359><c> that</c><00:27:45.500><c> was</c><00:27:45.819><c> true</c><00:27:46.559><c> prior</c><00:27:47.339><c> to</c><00:27:47.559><c> the</c><00:27:47.759><c> resurrection</c>

00:27:48.240 --> 00:27:50.200
of<00:27:48.420><c> the</c><00:27:48.539><c> Lord</c><00:27:48.720><c> Jesus</c><00:27:49.059><c> Christ.</c>

00:27:50.700 --> 00:27:56.160
Israel<00:27:51.200><c> could</c><00:27:51.640><c> be</c><00:27:52.099><c> forgiven</c><00:27:52.759><c> for</c><00:27:53.720><c> not</c><00:27:54.319><c> seeing</c><00:27:54.660><c> the</c><00:27:54.980><c> difference</c>

00:27:56.799 --> 00:28:01.000
between<00:27:57.480><c> holy</c><00:27:58.160><c> bread</c><00:27:58.720><c> and</c><00:27:59.539><c> common</c><00:27:59.880><c> bread.</c>

00:28:01.500 --> 00:28:05.640
But<00:28:01.920><c> after</c><00:28:02.539><c> the</c><00:28:02.819><c> resurrection</c><00:28:03.319><c> of</c><00:28:03.519><c> the</c><00:28:03.640><c> Lord</c><00:28:03.819><c> Jesus</c><00:28:04.240><c> Christ,</c>

00:28:06.099 --> 00:28:10.039
when<00:28:06.259><c> by</c><00:28:06.480><c> the</c><00:28:06.740><c> power</c><00:28:06.980><c> of</c><00:28:07.299><c> God</c><00:28:07.480><c> was</c><00:28:09.160><c> demonstrated</c>

00:28:10.160 --> 00:28:14.359
that<00:28:10.420><c> this</c><00:28:10.859><c> was</c><00:28:11.460><c> the</c><00:28:12.140><c> Son</c><00:28:12.420><c> of</c><00:28:12.579><c> the</c><00:28:12.700><c> Living</c><00:28:13.019><c> God,</c>

00:28:14.720 --> 00:28:19.759
who<00:28:15.200><c> could</c><00:28:15.619><c> possibly</c><00:28:17.220><c> fail</c><00:28:18.700><c> to</c><00:28:19.180><c> distinguish</c>

00:28:19.759 --> 00:28:22.079
that<00:28:20.359><c> this</c><00:28:20.680><c> was</c><00:28:21.059><c> the</c><00:28:21.339><c> Holy</c><00:28:21.640><c> One,</c>

00:28:22.319 --> 00:28:25.599
that<00:28:22.519><c> this</c><00:28:22.900><c> was</c><00:28:23.299><c> the</c><00:28:23.640><c> pearl</c><00:28:23.920><c> of</c><00:28:24.180><c> great</c><00:28:24.480><c> price?</c>

00:28:27.579 --> 00:28:32.400
Can<00:28:28.299><c> you</c><00:28:28.539><c> see</c><00:28:28.759><c> then</c><00:28:29.460><c> that</c><00:28:30.700><c> after</c><00:28:31.039><c> the</c><00:28:31.299><c> resurrection,</c>

00:28:32.960 --> 00:28:37.819
there<00:28:33.240><c> was</c><00:28:33.519><c> no</c><00:28:33.740><c> excuse</c><00:28:34.619><c> for</c><00:28:35.240><c> not</c><00:28:35.539><c> discerning</c><00:28:36.420><c> the</c><00:28:36.779><c> difference?</c>

00:28:38.160 --> 00:28:44.180
And<00:28:38.440><c> so</c><00:28:39.700><c> Jesus</c><00:28:40.500><c> is</c><00:28:41.240><c> warning</c><00:28:41.799><c> His</c><00:28:43.559><c> people</c>

00:28:44.180 --> 00:28:48.240
that<00:28:45.099><c> if</c><00:28:45.500><c> you</c><00:28:45.920><c> fail</c><00:28:46.240><c> to</c><00:28:46.640><c> discern</c><00:28:46.980><c> in</c><00:28:47.359><c> small</c><00:28:47.700><c> things,</c>

00:28:48.619 --> 00:28:50.759
it's<00:28:48.960><c> going</c><00:28:49.180><c> to</c><00:28:49.519><c> now</c><00:28:49.859><c> move</c><00:28:50.220><c> to</c><00:28:50.420><c> the</c><00:28:50.619><c> point</c>

00:28:50.759 --> 00:28:53.339
where<00:28:50.940><c> you</c><00:28:51.099><c> can't</c><00:28:51.420><c> understand</c><00:28:51.980><c> who</c><00:28:52.279><c> I</c><00:28:52.640><c> am.</c>

00:28:53.339 --> 00:28:56.920
And<00:28:53.859><c> if</c><00:28:54.059><c> you</c><00:28:54.339><c> harden</c><00:28:54.700><c> your</c><00:28:55.119><c> heart</c><00:28:55.319><c> and</c><00:28:55.480><c> you</c><00:28:55.720><c> don't</c><00:28:55.980><c> listen</c><00:28:56.339><c> to</c><00:28:56.640><c> me,</c>

00:28:57.220 --> 00:29:01.319
the<00:28:57.539><c> time</c><00:28:57.799><c> is</c><00:28:58.220><c> coming</c><00:28:58.700><c> when</c><00:28:59.160><c> you</c><00:28:59.420><c> will</c><00:28:59.859><c> fail</c><00:29:00.180><c> to</c><00:29:00.500><c> discern</c><00:29:01.039><c> it</c>

00:29:01.319 --> 00:29:04.940
when<00:29:01.400><c> it</c><00:29:01.599><c> is</c><00:29:01.980><c> vital</c><00:29:02.400><c> to</c><00:29:02.660><c> your</c><00:29:03.099><c> existence</c><00:29:03.579><c> in</c><00:29:03.880><c> life.</c>

00:29:06.000 --> 00:29:08.200
And<00:29:06.400><c> notice</c><00:29:06.779><c> this.</c>

00:29:10.220 --> 00:29:12.079
A<00:29:10.440><c> man</c><00:29:10.740><c> might</c><00:29:11.079><c> throw</c><00:29:11.380><c> bread</c><00:29:11.660><c> away</c>

00:29:12.079 --> 00:29:14.920
and<00:29:12.279><c> not</c><00:29:12.539><c> understand</c><00:29:13.019><c> it</c><00:29:13.180><c> was</c><00:29:13.460><c> holy</c><00:29:13.839><c> bread.</c>

00:29:16.220 --> 00:29:19.619
But<00:29:16.440><c> what</c><00:29:16.880><c> fool</c><00:29:17.299><c> throws</c><00:29:17.779><c> away</c><00:29:18.200><c> a</c><00:29:18.440><c> bag</c><00:29:18.660><c> of</c><00:29:19.039><c> pearls</c>

00:29:19.619 --> 00:29:27.599
only<00:29:19.619><c> when</c><00:29:22.799><c> there</c><00:29:23.059><c> is</c><00:29:23.599><c> the</c><00:29:23.720><c> most</c><00:29:24.880><c> utter</c><00:29:26.000><c> disdain</c>

00:29:27.599 --> 00:29:30.019
does<00:29:28.440><c> that</c><00:29:28.759><c> kind</c><00:29:28.980><c> of</c><00:29:29.180><c> action</c><00:29:29.420><c> occur.</c>

00:29:30.480 --> 00:29:33.180
And<00:29:30.599><c> so</c><00:29:30.819><c> once</c><00:29:31.099><c> again</c><00:29:31.480><c> in</c><00:29:31.660><c> this</c><00:29:32.039><c> small</c><00:29:32.400><c> little</c><00:29:32.700><c> details</c>

00:29:33.180 --> 00:29:34.759
of<00:29:33.420><c> Jesus'</c><00:29:34.079><c> parable,</c>

00:29:35.259 --> 00:29:37.319
He's<00:29:35.539><c> letting</c><00:29:35.799><c> us</c><00:29:36.180><c> see</c><00:29:36.380><c> the</c><00:29:36.859><c> attitude</c>

00:29:37.319 --> 00:29:40.539
that<00:29:37.960><c> could</c><00:29:38.299><c> potentially</c><00:29:38.980><c> develop</c><00:29:39.460><c> in</c><00:29:39.660><c> His</c><00:29:39.940><c> people</c>

00:29:40.539 --> 00:29:44.819
that<00:29:41.660><c> if</c><00:29:42.220><c> they</c><00:29:42.700><c> continue</c><00:29:43.359><c> to</c><00:29:43.799><c> refuse</c><00:29:44.180><c> Him,</c>

00:29:45.059 --> 00:29:46.819
whom<00:29:45.220><c> God</c><00:29:45.539><c> was</c><00:29:45.859><c> giving,</c>

00:29:47.420 --> 00:29:50.619
continued<00:29:48.160><c> and</c><00:29:48.559><c> refused</c><00:29:49.019><c> to</c><00:29:49.400><c> hear</c><00:29:49.619><c> Him,</c>

00:29:50.640 --> 00:29:53.940
that<00:29:50.779><c> in</c><00:29:51.180><c> time</c><00:29:51.799><c> they</c><00:29:52.420><c> would</c><00:29:52.839><c> cast</c><00:29:53.259><c> Him</c><00:29:53.539><c> away</c>

00:29:53.940 --> 00:29:55.819
with<00:29:54.220><c> the</c><00:29:54.859><c> same</c><00:29:55.180><c> disdain</c>

00:29:55.819 --> 00:29:57.900
that<00:29:56.019><c> the</c><00:29:56.240><c> children</c><00:29:56.519><c> of</c><00:29:56.740><c> Israel</c><00:29:57.059><c> did</c><00:29:57.259><c> in</c><00:29:57.440><c> the</c><00:29:57.599><c> wilderness</c>

00:29:57.900 --> 00:30:01.119
when<00:29:58.119><c> they</c><00:29:58.420><c> said,</c><00:29:59.240><c> oh,</c><00:29:59.480><c> this</c><00:29:59.819><c> light</c><00:30:00.200><c> bread.</c>

00:30:03.259 --> 00:30:04.759
And<00:30:03.779><c> then</c><00:30:03.960><c> what</c><00:30:04.140><c> would</c><00:30:04.319><c> happen?</c>

00:30:05.140 --> 00:30:07.640
Look<00:30:05.339><c> what</c><00:30:05.500><c> the</c><00:30:05.640><c> rest</c><00:30:05.799><c> of</c><00:30:06.039><c> the</c><00:30:06.180><c> parable</c><00:30:06.480><c> says.</c>

00:30:08.920 --> 00:30:15.180
Beware<00:30:09.660><c> lest</c><00:30:10.359><c> they</c><00:30:11.460><c> trample</c><00:30:12.480><c> the</c><00:30:13.059><c> pearls</c><00:30:13.440><c> under</c><00:30:13.799><c> their</c><00:30:14.180><c> feet</c>

00:30:16.420 --> 00:30:21.859
and<00:30:17.059><c> turn</c><00:30:17.700><c> and</c><00:30:19.079><c> tear</c><00:30:19.400><c> you</c><00:30:19.960><c> to</c><00:30:20.400><c> pieces.</c>

00:30:23.500 --> 00:30:24.799
Amazing,<00:30:23.819><c> isn't</c><00:30:23.980><c> it?</c>

00:30:25.019 --> 00:30:27.660
This<00:30:25.240><c> is</c><00:30:25.480><c> a</c><00:30:25.619><c> warning</c><00:30:26.079><c> and</c><00:30:26.700><c> it's</c><00:30:26.940><c> a</c><00:30:27.079><c> prophecy</c>

00:30:27.660 --> 00:30:31.339
because<00:30:28.799><c> isn't</c><00:30:29.220><c> that</c><00:30:29.500><c> exactly</c><00:30:30.220><c> what</c><00:30:30.799><c> happened</c>

00:30:31.339 --> 00:30:35.240
when<00:30:31.920><c> Israel</c><00:30:32.519><c> refused</c><00:30:33.420><c> to</c><00:30:33.740><c> hearken,</c><00:30:34.480><c> to</c><00:30:34.680><c> believe,</c>

00:30:35.519 --> 00:30:38.039
to<00:30:35.720><c> acknowledge</c><00:30:36.259><c> that</c><00:30:36.460><c> this</c><00:30:36.700><c> was</c><00:30:36.960><c> the</c><00:30:37.180><c> Holy</c><00:30:37.400><c> One</c><00:30:37.599><c> of</c><00:30:37.839><c> God?</c>

00:30:38.279 --> 00:30:41.019
Isn't<00:30:38.559><c> that</c><00:30:38.839><c> exactly</c><00:30:39.400><c> what</c><00:30:39.700><c> happened</c><00:30:39.980><c> in</c><00:30:40.299><c> 70</c><00:30:40.700><c> AD</c>

00:30:41.019 --> 00:30:42.460
when<00:30:41.240><c> they</c><00:30:41.500><c> cast</c><00:30:41.779><c> Him</c><00:30:42.019><c> away?</c>

00:30:42.460 --> 00:30:44.980
In<00:30:42.940><c> fact,</c><00:30:43.519><c> the</c><00:30:43.579><c> Gentiles</c><00:30:44.200><c> did</c><00:30:44.579><c> turn,</c>

00:30:45.380 --> 00:30:48.839
did<00:30:45.779><c> trample</c><00:30:46.279><c> the</c><00:30:46.819><c> pearls</c><00:30:47.220><c> and</c><00:30:47.440><c> incense</c><00:30:47.740><c> and</c><00:30:48.000><c> despising</c><00:30:48.420><c> that</c>

00:30:48.839 --> 00:30:53.440
and<00:30:49.240><c> trampled</c><00:30:49.599><c> them</c><00:30:49.859><c> as</c><00:30:50.180><c> well</c><00:30:50.440><c> and</c><00:30:50.920><c> rent</c><00:30:51.180><c> them</c><00:30:51.900><c> in</c><00:30:52.460><c> pieces.</c>

00:30:54.700 --> 00:30:56.359
One<00:30:54.960><c> tiny</c><00:30:55.259><c> little</c><00:30:55.599><c> parable.</c>

00:30:56.720 --> 00:30:58.940
Amazing<00:30:57.079><c> how</c><00:30:57.319><c> much</c><00:30:57.539><c> is</c><00:30:57.700><c> in</c><00:30:57.920><c> that.</c>

00:30:59.220 --> 00:31:01.559
Amazing<00:30:59.940><c> how</c><00:31:00.380><c> much.</c>

00:31:01.720 --> 00:31:06.400
Jesus<00:31:02.259><c> was</c><00:31:02.799><c> trying</c><00:31:03.279><c> to</c><00:31:03.660><c> reach</c><00:31:03.920><c> into</c><00:31:04.200><c> the</c><00:31:04.559><c> heart</c><00:31:04.740><c> of</c><00:31:04.980><c> His</c><00:31:05.259><c> people</c>

00:31:06.279 --> 00:31:09.920
and<00:31:06.660><c> to</c><00:31:07.099><c> shake</c><00:31:07.319><c> them</c><00:31:07.519><c> from</c><00:31:07.740><c> that</c><00:31:08.019><c> apathy</c><00:31:08.380><c> that</c><00:31:08.640><c> had</c><00:31:08.940><c> gripped</c><00:31:09.200><c> them.</c>

00:31:09.920 --> 00:31:13.619
And<00:31:11.079><c> so</c><00:31:11.359><c> He</c><00:31:11.599><c> tries</c><00:31:11.960><c> to</c><00:31:12.180><c> reach</c><00:31:12.380><c> into</c><00:31:12.660><c> our</c><00:31:12.960><c> hearts</c>

00:31:13.619 --> 00:31:16.480
and<00:31:14.400><c> to</c><00:31:14.599><c> leave</c><00:31:14.700><c> us</c><00:31:14.900><c> with</c><00:31:15.119><c> the</c><00:31:15.259><c> same</c><00:31:15.480><c> lesson.</c>

00:31:17.960 --> 00:31:20.420
A<00:31:18.299><c> parable</c><00:31:18.619><c> of</c><00:31:18.880><c> discernment.</c>

00:31:21.420 --> 00:31:25.140
Now,<00:31:21.759><c> let's</c><00:31:22.079><c> take</c><00:31:22.779><c> a</c><00:31:23.319><c> short</c><00:31:23.559><c> look</c><00:31:23.799><c> at</c><00:31:23.960><c> a</c><00:31:24.220><c> parable</c><00:31:24.539><c> of</c><00:31:24.960><c> salt.</c>

00:31:25.519 --> 00:31:31.019
Just<00:31:25.759><c> move</c><00:31:26.019><c> backwards</c><00:31:26.640><c> to</c><00:31:27.200><c> Matthew</c><00:31:27.559><c> chapter</c><00:31:28.099><c> 5</c><00:31:28.839><c> and</c><00:31:29.279><c> verse</c><00:31:29.519><c> 13.</c>

00:31:36.640 --> 00:31:38.319
Once<00:31:37.039><c> again,</c><00:31:37.299><c> as</c><00:31:37.480><c> you</c><00:31:37.579><c> can</c><00:31:37.779><c> expect,</c>

00:31:38.319 --> 00:31:40.259
you're<00:31:38.640><c> going</c><00:31:38.779><c> to</c><00:31:38.799><c> have</c><00:31:38.980><c> to</c><00:31:39.140><c> keep</c><00:31:39.240><c> your</c><00:31:39.480><c> finger</c><00:31:39.759><c> here</c>

00:31:40.259 --> 00:31:43.000
because<00:31:40.660><c> once</c><00:31:41.000><c> again</c><00:31:41.240><c> we</c><00:31:41.420><c> will</c><00:31:41.640><c> need</c><00:31:41.779><c> to</c><00:31:41.940><c> go</c><00:31:42.039><c> to</c><00:31:42.200><c> the</c><00:31:42.299><c> Old</c><00:31:42.519><c> Testament</c>

00:31:43.000 --> 00:31:46.240
to<00:31:43.420><c> get</c><00:31:43.599><c> some</c><00:31:43.819><c> background</c><00:31:44.319><c> before</c><00:31:44.740><c> we</c><00:31:44.940><c> can</c><00:31:45.220><c> really</c><00:31:45.519><c> appreciate</c>

00:31:46.240 --> 00:31:47.839
what<00:31:46.519><c> He</c><00:31:46.700><c> is</c><00:31:46.839><c> saying,</c><00:31:47.339><c> all</c><00:31:47.640><c> right?</c>

00:31:47.940 --> 00:31:49.880
But<00:31:48.079><c> just</c><00:31:48.279><c> looking</c><00:31:48.480><c> at</c><00:31:48.700><c> the</c><00:31:48.839><c> verse</c><00:31:49.079><c> first</c><00:31:49.339><c> He</c><00:31:49.519><c> says,</c>

00:31:50.359 --> 00:31:51.680
You<00:31:50.400><c> are</c><00:31:50.619><c> the</c><00:31:50.859><c> salt</c><00:31:51.079><c> of</c><00:31:51.240><c> the</c><00:31:51.440><c> earth,</c>

00:31:52.039 --> 00:31:53.940
but<00:31:52.140><c> if</c><00:31:52.339><c> the</c><00:31:52.579><c> salt</c><00:31:52.779><c> loses</c><00:31:53.140><c> its</c><00:31:53.519><c> flavor,</c>

00:31:54.160 --> 00:31:55.420
how<00:31:54.440><c> shall</c><00:31:54.619><c> it</c><00:31:54.819><c> be</c><00:31:55.099><c> seasoned?</c>

00:31:55.519 --> 00:31:56.900
It<00:31:55.619><c> is</c><00:31:55.859><c> then</c><00:31:56.119><c> good</c><00:31:56.339><c> for</c><00:31:56.619><c> nothing,</c>

00:31:57.099 --> 00:32:00.059
but<00:31:57.220><c> to</c><00:31:57.400><c> be</c><00:31:57.640><c> thrown</c><00:31:57.859><c> out</c><00:31:58.160><c> and</c><00:31:58.480><c> trampled</c><00:31:58.819><c> underfoot</c><00:31:59.380><c> by</c><00:31:59.660><c> men.</c>

00:32:00.500 --> 00:32:02.759
Okay,<00:32:00.740><c> that's</c><00:32:01.000><c> the</c><00:32:01.119><c> parable.</c>

00:32:02.980 --> 00:32:03.940
Let's<00:32:03.339><c> first</c><00:32:03.619><c> go</c><00:32:03.819><c> back.</c>

00:32:03.940 --> 00:32:05.859
We<00:32:04.019><c> have</c><00:32:04.180><c> several</c><00:32:04.519><c> passages</c><00:32:04.980><c> in</c><00:32:05.180><c> the</c><00:32:05.299><c> Old</c><00:32:05.519><c> Testament</c>

00:32:05.859 --> 00:32:07.099
we<00:32:06.039><c> need</c><00:32:06.240><c> to</c><00:32:06.440><c> look</c><00:32:06.640><c> at.</c>

00:32:07.099 --> 00:32:10.640
So<00:32:07.519><c> I'd</c><00:32:07.779><c> like</c><00:32:07.880><c> you</c><00:32:08.039><c> to</c><00:32:08.140><c> go</c><00:32:08.400><c> over</c><00:32:08.660><c> to</c><00:32:08.920><c> Numbers</c><00:32:09.279><c> chapter</c><00:32:09.740><c> 18</c>

00:32:10.640 --> 00:32:14.960
and<00:32:11.700><c> verse</c><00:32:12.000><c> 19,</c><00:32:12.720><c> first</c><00:32:13.000><c> of</c><00:32:13.259><c> all,</c>

00:32:16.400 --> 00:32:20.380
just<00:32:16.619><c> to</c><00:32:16.799><c> get</c><00:32:16.960><c> a</c><00:32:17.180><c> sense</c><00:32:17.619><c> about</c><00:32:19.019><c> some</c><00:32:19.720><c> ideas,</c>

00:32:20.460 --> 00:32:25.319
some<00:32:20.759><c> words</c><00:32:21.140><c> that</c><00:32:21.319><c> are</c><00:32:21.599><c> associated</c><00:32:22.279><c> with</c><00:32:23.299><c> salt</c><00:32:23.660><c> in</c><00:32:23.960><c> the</c><00:32:24.059><c> Old</c><00:32:24.259><c> Testament.</c>

00:32:26.119 --> 00:32:26.559
You<00:32:26.220><c> there?</c>

00:32:26.859 --> 00:32:30.799
Numbers<00:32:27.480><c> 18</c><00:32:28.180><c> verse</c><00:32:29.339><c> 19.</c>

00:32:32.160 --> 00:32:33.059
Okay?

00:32:35.859 --> 00:32:36.880
He<00:32:36.460><c> says,</c>

00:32:37.079 --> 00:32:39.859
All<00:32:37.279><c> the</c><00:32:37.599><c> heave</c><00:32:37.920><c> offerings</c><00:32:38.440><c> of</c><00:32:38.660><c> the</c><00:32:38.880><c> holy</c><00:32:39.240><c> things</c>

00:32:39.859 --> 00:32:42.440
which<00:32:40.359><c> the</c><00:32:40.619><c> children</c><00:32:40.940><c> of</c><00:32:41.119><c> Israel</c><00:32:41.460><c> offer</c><00:32:41.799><c> to</c><00:32:42.019><c> the</c><00:32:42.200><c> Lord</c>

00:32:42.440 --> 00:32:44.720
I<00:32:42.759><c> have</c><00:32:43.039><c> given</c><00:32:43.299><c> to</c><00:32:43.640><c> you,</c><00:32:43.880><c> speaking</c><00:32:44.220><c> to</c><00:32:44.519><c> Aaron,</c>

00:32:45.119 --> 00:32:47.279
to<00:32:45.299><c> you</c><00:32:45.539><c> and</c><00:32:45.660><c> your</c><00:32:45.940><c> sons</c><00:32:46.180><c> and</c><00:32:46.420><c> daughters</c><00:32:46.740><c> with</c><00:32:47.140><c> you</c>

00:32:47.279 --> 00:32:49.299
as<00:32:47.480><c> an</c><00:32:47.819><c> ordinance</c><00:32:48.259><c> forever.</c>

00:32:49.559 --> 00:32:51.859
Pick<00:32:49.819><c> up</c><00:32:50.000><c> the</c><00:32:50.220><c> words</c><00:32:50.599><c> as</c><00:32:50.779><c> you</c><00:32:51.019><c> read.</c>

00:32:52.299 --> 00:32:53.420
The<00:32:52.619><c> words</c><00:32:53.000><c> here.</c>

00:32:53.680 --> 00:32:55.140
As<00:32:53.900><c> an</c><00:32:54.200><c> ordinance</c><00:32:54.539><c> forever.</c>

00:32:55.400 --> 00:33:03.039
It<00:32:55.539><c> is</c><00:32:56.000><c> a</c><00:32:56.380><c> covenant,</c><00:33:02.539><c> all</c><00:33:02.539><c> right?</c>

00:33:03.359 --> 00:33:08.140
Before<00:33:03.759><c> the</c><00:33:03.960><c> Lord</c><00:33:04.380><c> with</c><00:33:05.660><c> you</c><00:33:05.940><c> and</c><00:33:06.140><c> your</c><00:33:06.799><c> seed</c><00:33:07.180><c> with</c><00:33:07.599><c> you.</c>

00:33:08.599 --> 00:33:09.259
All<00:33:08.839><c> right?</c>

00:33:09.460 --> 00:33:11.079
So<00:33:09.660><c> we've</c><00:33:09.960><c> got</c><00:33:10.519><c> covenant</c>

00:33:11.079 --> 00:33:15.440
and<00:33:11.599><c> we've</c><00:33:11.880><c> got</c><00:33:12.119><c> forever</c><00:33:12.559><c> associated</c><00:33:13.339><c> with</c><00:33:13.599><c> this</c><00:33:13.819><c> idea</c><00:33:14.279><c> of</c><00:33:14.640><c> salt.</c>

00:33:15.539 --> 00:33:20.940
Another<00:33:15.819><c> quick</c><00:33:16.099><c> passage</c><00:33:16.619><c> in</c><00:33:17.039><c> 2</c><00:33:17.480><c> Chronicles</c><00:33:19.000><c> chapter</c><00:33:19.720><c> 13</c><00:33:20.279><c> verse</c><00:33:20.559><c> 5.</c>

00:33:21.039 --> 00:33:25.480
You<00:33:21.039><c> can</c><00:33:21.220><c> either</c><00:33:21.440><c> listen</c><00:33:21.720><c> to</c><00:33:21.980><c> this</c><00:33:22.279><c> or</c><00:33:23.480><c> jump</c><00:33:23.900><c> over</c><00:33:24.220><c> there.</c>

00:33:27.640 --> 00:33:32.640
Speaking<00:33:28.440><c> to</c><00:33:29.240><c> Jeroboam</c><00:33:30.960><c> and</c><00:33:31.900><c> all</c><00:33:32.119><c> Israel,</c>

00:33:32.880 --> 00:33:34.920
the<00:33:33.079><c> prophet</c><00:33:33.339><c> says</c><00:33:33.680><c> this,</c>

00:33:35.700 --> 00:33:39.480
Should<00:33:35.920><c> you</c><00:33:36.180><c> not</c><00:33:36.619><c> know</c><00:33:36.960><c> that</c><00:33:37.359><c> the</c><00:33:37.619><c> Lord</c><00:33:38.019><c> God</c><00:33:38.259><c> of</c><00:33:38.519><c> Israel</c>

00:33:39.559 --> 00:33:44.500
gave<00:33:40.420><c> the</c><00:33:40.859><c> dominion</c><00:33:41.359><c> over</c><00:33:41.700><c> Israel</c><00:33:42.240><c> to</c><00:33:42.539><c> David</c><00:33:43.019><c> forever,</c>

00:33:44.539 --> 00:33:49.200
to<00:33:44.819><c> him</c><00:33:45.119><c> and</c><00:33:45.279><c> his</c><00:33:45.579><c> sons</c><00:33:46.119><c> by</c><00:33:46.740><c> a</c><00:33:47.079><c> covenant</c><00:33:47.640><c> of</c><00:33:48.400><c> salt?</c>

00:33:49.700 --> 00:33:50.059
All<00:33:49.920><c> right?</c>

00:33:50.059 --> 00:33:53.240
Once<00:33:50.259><c> again,</c><00:33:50.819><c> you</c><00:33:50.980><c> have</c><00:33:51.140><c> a</c><00:33:51.460><c> covenant</c><00:33:51.960><c> of</c><00:33:52.819><c> salt</c>

00:33:53.240 --> 00:33:55.460
and<00:33:53.740><c> it</c><00:33:53.880><c> is</c><00:33:54.359><c> forever.</c>

00:33:56.059 --> 00:33:59.960
Now,<00:33:57.119><c> you</c><00:33:57.299><c> all</c><00:33:57.460><c> recognize</c><00:33:58.079><c> that</c><00:33:58.480><c> salt</c><00:33:58.740><c> by</c><00:33:58.980><c> its</c><00:33:59.220><c> very</c><00:33:59.500><c> nature</c>

00:33:59.960 --> 00:34:02.599
is<00:34:00.240><c> a</c><00:34:00.359><c> very</c><00:34:00.720><c> stable</c><00:34:01.059><c> substance,</c><00:34:02.059><c> right?</c>

00:34:02.640 --> 00:34:03.940
It<00:34:02.880><c> doesn't</c><00:34:03.299><c> change.</c>

00:34:04.299 --> 00:34:06.440
It<00:34:04.559><c> remains</c><00:34:04.900><c> constant</c><00:34:05.539><c> over</c><00:34:05.940><c> time</c>

00:34:06.440 --> 00:34:08.480
and<00:34:06.799><c> hence</c><00:34:07.019><c> we</c><00:34:07.240><c> use</c><00:34:07.440><c> it</c><00:34:07.619><c> as</c><00:34:07.819><c> a</c><00:34:07.940><c> preservative</c>

00:34:08.480 --> 00:34:12.179
so<00:34:08.679><c> it</c><00:34:08.860><c> can</c><00:34:09.179><c> keep</c><00:34:09.420><c> things</c><00:34:09.739><c> from</c><00:34:10.119><c> spoiling,</c><00:34:11.000><c> all</c><00:34:11.139><c> right?</c>

00:34:12.400 --> 00:34:18.739
Now,<00:34:14.000><c> you</c><00:34:14.139><c> can</c><00:34:14.400><c> understand</c><00:34:15.199><c> then</c><00:34:15.800><c> the</c><00:34:16.219><c> idiom</c><00:34:16.780><c> covenant</c><00:34:17.300><c> of</c><00:34:17.760><c> salt.</c>

00:34:19.159 --> 00:34:23.579
This<00:34:19.800><c> is</c><00:34:20.179><c> a</c><00:34:20.420><c> covenant</c><00:34:21.099><c> that</c><00:34:21.860><c> is</c><00:34:22.199><c> meant</c><00:34:22.400><c> to</c><00:34:22.619><c> be</c><00:34:23.099><c> stable</c>

00:34:23.579 --> 00:34:27.199
and<00:34:24.119><c> constant</c><00:34:24.699><c> over</c><00:34:25.139><c> time,</c><00:34:26.179><c> permanent,</c>

00:34:27.420 --> 00:34:29.239
something<00:34:27.699><c> that's</c><00:34:28.019><c> going</c><00:34:28.179><c> to</c><00:34:28.579><c> last</c>

00:34:29.239 --> 00:34:32.340
and<00:34:29.780><c> not</c><00:34:30.039><c> somewhere</c><00:34:30.420><c> break</c><00:34:30.900><c> down</c><00:34:31.280><c> and</c><00:34:31.599><c> be</c><00:34:31.840><c> destroyed.</c>

00:34:32.460 --> 00:34:35.780
And<00:34:32.599><c> so</c><00:34:32.659><c> when</c><00:34:32.820><c> you</c><00:34:33.019><c> read</c><00:34:33.239><c> that</c><00:34:33.860><c> concept,</c><00:34:34.840><c> covenant</c><00:34:35.139><c> of</c><00:34:35.519><c> salt,</c>

00:34:36.019 --> 00:34:37.860
in<00:34:36.199><c> your</c><00:34:36.539><c> minds</c><00:34:36.920><c> you're</c><00:34:37.139><c> thinking,</c><00:34:37.599><c> right,</c>

00:34:37.980 --> 00:34:39.880
this<00:34:38.219><c> is</c><00:34:38.440><c> something</c><00:34:38.659><c> that's</c><00:34:38.980><c> going</c><00:34:39.139><c> to</c><00:34:39.539><c> stay.</c>

00:34:40.199 --> 00:34:43.440
It's<00:34:40.579><c> not</c><00:34:40.820><c> going</c><00:34:41.059><c> to</c><00:34:41.360><c> disappear</c><00:34:41.860><c> over</c><00:34:42.380><c> time.</c>

00:34:43.940 --> 00:34:52.699
But<00:34:44.420><c> what</c><00:34:44.860><c> is</c><00:34:45.300><c> it</c><00:34:46.239><c> that</c><00:34:48.440><c> underlies</c><00:34:49.500><c> this</c><00:34:50.340><c> sense</c><00:34:50.679><c> of</c><00:34:51.320><c> permanency</c>

00:34:52.940 --> 00:34:57.860
or<00:34:53.380><c> constancy,</c><00:34:54.179><c> if</c><00:34:54.280><c> you</c><00:34:54.480><c> like,</c><00:34:54.699><c> or</c><00:34:54.980><c> stability</c><00:34:55.940><c> in</c><00:34:56.780><c> the</c><00:34:57.039><c> covenant?</c>

00:34:58.179 --> 00:35:03.320
What<00:34:58.360><c> is</c><00:34:58.579><c> the</c><00:34:59.079><c> salt</c><00:34:59.619><c> that</c><00:35:00.980><c> brings</c><00:35:01.860><c> this</c><00:35:02.219><c> stability?</c>

00:35:04.119 --> 00:35:11.159
Is<00:35:04.519><c> it</c><00:35:04.920><c> not</c><00:35:06.300><c> the</c><00:35:07.940><c> faithfulness</c><00:35:09.199><c> in</c><00:35:09.559><c> the</c><00:35:09.800><c> one</c><00:35:09.980><c> who</c><00:35:10.239><c> makes</c><00:35:10.519><c> the</c><00:35:10.840><c> covenant?</c>

00:35:11.159 --> 00:35:13.880
Think<00:35:12.179><c> about</c><00:35:12.460><c> this</c><00:35:12.619><c> for</c><00:35:12.820><c> a</c><00:35:12.980><c> moment.</c>

00:35:14.199 --> 00:35:16.219
Isn't<00:35:14.579><c> this</c><00:35:14.900><c> what</c><00:35:15.179><c> salt</c><00:35:15.480><c> is</c><00:35:15.679><c> all</c><00:35:15.940><c> about,</c>

00:35:16.260 --> 00:35:19.460
is<00:35:16.440><c> a</c><00:35:16.699><c> symbol</c><00:35:17.099><c> of</c><00:35:17.920><c> the</c><00:35:18.420><c> faithfulness</c>

00:35:19.460 --> 00:35:22.619
in<00:35:20.340><c> the</c><00:35:20.619><c> one</c><00:35:20.840><c> who</c><00:35:21.139><c> makes</c><00:35:21.420><c> the</c><00:35:21.739><c> covenant?</c>

00:35:23.099 --> 00:35:26.059
And<00:35:23.320><c> so</c><00:35:23.500><c> why</c><00:35:23.820><c> was</c><00:35:24.059><c> it</c><00:35:24.239><c> a</c><00:35:24.440><c> covenant</c><00:35:24.739><c> of</c><00:35:25.139><c> salt</c><00:35:25.440><c> forever?</c>

00:35:26.360 --> 00:35:29.420
Because<00:35:26.780><c> God</c><00:35:27.119><c> had</c><00:35:27.420><c> made</c><00:35:27.599><c> it</c><00:35:27.980><c> and</c><00:35:28.199><c> God</c><00:35:28.599><c> is</c><00:35:29.000><c> faithful</c>

00:35:29.420 --> 00:35:33.019
and<00:35:29.800><c> he</c><00:35:30.039><c> will</c><00:35:30.280><c> preserve</c><00:35:30.980><c> and</c><00:35:31.420><c> be</c><00:35:31.800><c> stable</c><00:35:32.159><c> to</c><00:35:32.480><c> eternity.</c>

00:35:33.380 --> 00:35:36.539
You<00:35:33.699><c> know,</c><00:35:34.179><c> therefore,</c><00:35:34.579><c> that</c><00:35:34.860><c> covenant</c><00:35:35.199><c> will</c><00:35:35.440><c> be</c><00:35:35.679><c> kept.</c>

00:35:36.820 --> 00:35:39.260
So<00:35:37.239><c> a</c><00:35:37.480><c> covenant</c><00:35:37.760><c> of</c><00:35:38.199><c> salt</c><00:35:38.440><c> is</c><00:35:38.679><c> a</c><00:35:39.000><c> covenant</c>

00:35:39.260 --> 00:35:46.179
where<00:35:39.599><c> this</c><00:35:41.519><c> faithfulness,</c><00:35:42.559><c> this</c><00:35:42.860><c> fidelity</c><00:35:43.619><c> is</c><00:35:44.059><c> true</c><00:35:44.360><c> and</c><00:35:44.739><c> steadfast.</c>

00:35:46.260 --> 00:35:46.860
Okay?

00:35:47.019 --> 00:35:50.179
Now<00:35:47.340><c> turn</c><00:35:47.539><c> over</c><00:35:47.739><c> to</c><00:35:47.940><c> Leviticus</c><00:35:48.400><c> chapter</c><00:35:48.840><c> 2.</c>

00:35:51.719 --> 00:35:55.699
And<00:35:52.000><c> I</c><00:35:52.139><c> want</c><00:35:52.300><c> you</c><00:35:52.480><c> to</c><00:35:52.719><c> take</c><00:35:52.900><c> a</c><00:35:53.039><c> look</c><00:35:53.179><c> at</c><00:35:53.400><c> just</c><00:35:53.659><c> two</c><00:35:54.460><c> Old</c><00:35:54.780><c> Testament</c><00:35:55.219><c> places</c>

00:35:55.699 --> 00:35:59.239
where<00:35:56.039><c> salt</c><00:35:56.380><c> is</c><00:35:57.099><c> involved</c><00:35:57.539><c> with</c><00:35:57.780><c> some</c><00:35:58.139><c> sacrifices</c>

00:35:59.019 --> 00:36:01.039
just<00:35:59.320><c> to</c><00:35:59.579><c> draw</c><00:35:59.780><c> out</c><00:36:00.059><c> this</c><00:36:00.300><c> lesson</c><00:36:00.619><c> for</c><00:36:00.900><c> us</c>

00:36:01.039 --> 00:36:03.900
before<00:36:01.300><c> we</c><00:36:01.500><c> look</c><00:36:01.679><c> at</c><00:36:01.800><c> the</c><00:36:01.960><c> little</c><00:36:02.139><c> parable</c><00:36:02.559><c> of</c><00:36:02.739><c> Jesus.</c>

00:36:04.119 --> 00:36:07.980
Leviticus<00:36:04.820><c> chapter</c><00:36:05.239><c> 2</c><00:36:05.619><c> and</c><00:36:05.800><c> verse</c><00:36:06.199><c> 11.</c>

00:36:09.119 --> 00:36:10.880
He<00:36:09.219><c> says</c><00:36:09.559><c> that</c><00:36:09.760><c> no</c><00:36:10.039><c> grain</c><00:36:10.420><c> offering</c>

00:36:10.880 --> 00:36:14.599
which<00:36:11.119><c> you</c><00:36:11.420><c> bring</c><00:36:11.679><c> to</c><00:36:11.920><c> the</c><00:36:12.119><c> Lord</c><00:36:12.320><c> shall</c><00:36:12.539><c> be</c><00:36:12.780><c> made</c><00:36:13.119><c> with</c><00:36:13.599><c> leaven.</c>

00:36:16.000 --> 00:36:18.860
For<00:36:16.119><c> you</c><00:36:16.400><c> shall</c><00:36:16.579><c> burn</c><00:36:16.940><c> no</c><00:36:17.320><c> leaven,</c><00:36:17.980><c> nor</c><00:36:18.159><c> any</c><00:36:18.559><c> honey,</c>

00:36:18.880 --> 00:36:22.500
and<00:36:19.059><c> any</c><00:36:19.320><c> offering</c><00:36:19.760><c> to</c><00:36:20.119><c> the</c><00:36:20.280><c> Lord</c><00:36:20.519><c> made</c><00:36:20.800><c> by</c><00:36:21.179><c> fire.</c>

00:36:22.679 --> 00:36:23.079
Okay?

00:36:23.500 --> 00:36:25.059
Verse<00:36:23.800><c> 13.</c>

00:36:25.579 --> 00:36:30.059
And<00:36:25.780><c> every</c><00:36:26.239><c> offering,</c><00:36:27.820><c> every</c><00:36:28.380><c> offering</c><00:36:28.820><c> of</c><00:36:29.019><c> your</c><00:36:29.280><c> grain</c><00:36:29.619><c> offering</c>

00:36:30.059 --> 00:36:31.860
you<00:36:30.320><c> shall</c><00:36:30.579><c> season</c><00:36:30.960><c> with</c><00:36:31.360><c> salt.</c>

00:36:31.860 --> 00:36:35.880
You<00:36:32.500><c> shall</c><00:36:32.780><c> not</c><00:36:33.039><c> allow</c><00:36:33.380><c> the</c><00:36:33.820><c> salt</c><00:36:34.059><c> of</c><00:36:34.260><c> the</c><00:36:34.539><c> covenant</c><00:36:34.840><c> of</c><00:36:35.099><c> your</c><00:36:35.460><c> God</c>

00:36:35.880 --> 00:36:38.960
to<00:36:36.780><c> be</c><00:36:37.159><c> lacking</c><00:36:37.519><c> from</c><00:36:37.800><c> your</c><00:36:38.099><c> grain</c><00:36:38.340><c> offering.</c>

00:36:39.420 --> 00:36:45.320
With<00:36:39.780><c> all</c><00:36:40.219><c> your</c><00:36:40.679><c> offerings</c><00:36:41.340><c> you</c><00:36:42.539><c> shall</c><00:36:43.219><c> offer</c><00:36:44.119><c> salt.</c>

00:36:46.860 --> 00:36:47.920
Okay?

00:36:48.099 --> 00:36:49.480
So<00:36:48.260><c> you</c><00:36:48.400><c> have</c><00:36:48.519><c> a</c><00:36:48.699><c> meal</c><00:36:48.920><c> offering</c>

00:36:49.480 --> 00:36:52.360
and<00:36:50.480><c> you</c><00:36:50.639><c> sort</c><00:36:50.820><c> of</c><00:36:51.000><c> have</c><00:36:51.139><c> a</c><00:36:51.420><c> positive</c><00:36:51.679><c> or</c><00:36:51.920><c> a</c><00:36:52.119><c> negative</c>

00:36:52.360 --> 00:36:53.719
and<00:36:52.519><c> then</c><00:36:52.719><c> a</c><00:36:53.000><c> positive</c><00:36:53.420><c> here.</c>

00:36:53.940 --> 00:36:55.659
On<00:36:54.159><c> the</c><00:36:54.360><c> one</c><00:36:54.599><c> hand,</c><00:36:54.820><c> God</c><00:36:55.079><c> is</c><00:36:55.360><c> saying,</c>

00:36:56.099 --> 00:36:58.860
if<00:36:56.500><c> a</c><00:36:56.980><c> corrupting</c><00:36:57.480><c> agent,</c><00:36:58.139><c> leaven</c><00:36:58.300><c> or</c><00:36:58.519><c> honey,</c>

00:36:58.860 --> 00:37:02.559
if<00:36:59.280><c> a</c><00:36:59.679><c> corrupting</c><00:37:00.159><c> agent</c><00:37:00.380><c> is</c><00:37:00.780><c> present</c><00:37:01.059><c> in</c><00:37:01.239><c> that</c><00:37:01.500><c> offering,</c>

00:37:02.739 --> 00:37:04.079
that<00:37:02.940><c> is</c><00:37:03.059><c> that</c><00:37:03.400><c> which,</c>

00:37:04.079 --> 00:37:09.360
that<00:37:04.800><c> implies</c><00:37:05.400><c> some</c><00:37:05.739><c> kind</c><00:37:05.960><c> of</c><00:37:06.440><c> changeableness</c><00:37:07.440><c> in</c><00:37:08.639><c> the</c><00:37:08.980><c> offering,</c>

00:37:09.599 --> 00:37:11.199
it's<00:37:09.920><c> not</c><00:37:10.159><c> acceptable</c><00:37:10.639><c> to</c><00:37:10.940><c> me.</c>

00:37:11.659 --> 00:37:13.599
And<00:37:11.860><c> then</c><00:37:11.960><c> on</c><00:37:12.139><c> the</c><00:37:12.320><c> positive</c><00:37:12.719><c> side</c><00:37:13.059><c> he's</c><00:37:13.300><c> saying,</c>

00:37:13.800 --> 00:37:15.519
every<00:37:14.159><c> offering</c><00:37:14.599><c> must</c><00:37:14.880><c> have</c><00:37:15.199><c> salt</c>

00:37:15.519 --> 00:37:19.400
because<00:37:15.980><c> if</c><00:37:16.300><c> the</c><00:37:16.619><c> salt</c><00:37:16.840><c> is</c><00:37:17.980><c> missing</c><00:37:18.280><c> from</c><00:37:18.599><c> that</c><00:37:18.900><c> offering,</c>

00:37:19.800 --> 00:37:22.360
then<00:37:20.019><c> the</c><00:37:20.440><c> one</c><00:37:20.860><c> thing</c><00:37:21.179><c> that</c><00:37:21.679><c> says</c>

00:37:22.360 --> 00:37:25.079
that<00:37:23.000><c> there</c><00:37:23.300><c> is</c><00:37:23.800><c> a</c><00:37:24.059><c> sense</c><00:37:24.300><c> of</c><00:37:24.739><c> constancy,</c>

00:37:25.079 --> 00:37:30.960
a<00:37:25.840><c> faithfulness</c><00:37:27.280><c> that</c><00:37:27.539><c> is</c><00:37:27.780><c> behind</c><00:37:28.239><c> this</c><00:37:28.579><c> offering</c><00:37:29.059><c> is</c><00:37:29.920><c> lacking.</c>

00:37:31.599 --> 00:37:33.719
If<00:37:31.860><c> it</c><00:37:32.059><c> doesn't</c><00:37:33.019><c> come,</c>

00:37:34.059 --> 00:37:38.119
if<00:37:34.260><c> the</c><00:37:34.539><c> offer</c><00:37:34.739><c> did</c><00:37:34.980><c> not</c><00:37:35.420><c> come</c><00:37:35.820><c> with</c><00:37:36.179><c> a</c><00:37:36.420><c> sense</c><00:37:36.639><c> of</c><00:37:37.059><c> faithfulness</c>

00:37:38.119 --> 00:37:41.239
and<00:37:39.099><c> dedication</c><00:37:39.780><c> to</c><00:37:40.039><c> the</c><00:37:40.280><c> covenant</c><00:37:40.539><c> of</c><00:37:40.760><c> God</c>

00:37:41.239 --> 00:37:43.260
when<00:37:41.579><c> he</c><00:37:41.780><c> brought</c><00:37:41.960><c> his</c><00:37:42.219><c> offering,</c>

00:37:43.280 --> 00:37:45.139
God<00:37:43.519><c> said</c><00:37:43.699><c> it's</c><00:37:43.940><c> not</c><00:37:44.159><c> acceptable.</c>

00:37:45.659 --> 00:37:47.000
All<00:37:45.800><c> right?</c>

00:37:47.260 --> 00:37:51.639
One<00:37:47.460><c> other</c><00:37:47.820><c> place</c><00:37:48.059><c> is</c><00:37:48.280><c> in</c><00:37:48.480><c> Exodus</c><00:37:48.719><c> 30,</c><00:37:49.980><c> verse</c><00:37:50.179><c> 35.</c>

00:37:52.980 --> 00:37:56.099
Exodus<00:37:53.860><c> 30,</c><00:37:54.579><c> verse</c><00:37:54.800><c> 35.</c>

00:37:56.300 --> 00:38:00.599
This<00:37:56.599><c> has</c><00:37:56.900><c> to</c><00:37:57.119><c> do</c><00:37:57.300><c> with</c><00:37:58.260><c> the</c><00:38:00.119><c> incense</c>

00:38:00.599 --> 00:38:05.000
that<00:38:00.980><c> was</c><00:38:01.380><c> used</c><00:38:01.780><c> on</c><00:38:02.360><c> the</c><00:38:03.079><c> altar</c><00:38:03.380><c> inside</c><00:38:03.860><c> the</c><00:38:04.119><c> temple.</c>

00:38:05.619 --> 00:38:07.019
Verse<00:38:05.920><c> 35</c><00:38:06.579><c> he</c><00:38:06.840><c> says,</c>

00:38:07.179 --> 00:38:10.739
You<00:38:07.179><c> shall</c><00:38:07.500><c> make</c><00:38:08.019><c> of</c><00:38:08.440><c> these</c><00:38:09.039><c> an</c><00:38:09.480><c> incense,</c>

00:38:10.820 --> 00:38:14.599
a<00:38:11.079><c> compound</c><00:38:11.619><c> according</c><00:38:12.119><c> to</c><00:38:12.340><c> the</c><00:38:12.599><c> art</c><00:38:12.860><c> of</c><00:38:13.139><c> the</c><00:38:13.380><c> perfumer,</c>

00:38:15.079 --> 00:38:18.599
salted,<00:38:16.400><c> pure</c><00:38:16.940><c> and</c><00:38:17.760><c> holy.</c>

00:38:18.820 --> 00:38:20.679
So<00:38:19.420><c> with</c><00:38:19.960><c> the</c><00:38:20.380><c> incense,</c>

00:38:21.039 --> 00:38:25.780
you<00:38:21.239><c> also</c><00:38:21.760><c> had</c><00:38:22.139><c> to</c><00:38:22.659><c> mix</c><00:38:23.039><c> in</c><00:38:23.639><c> salt</c><00:38:24.099><c> into</c><00:38:25.460><c> it</c>

00:38:25.780 --> 00:38:28.119
if<00:38:26.099><c> it</c><00:38:26.300><c> was</c><00:38:26.460><c> going</c><00:38:26.679><c> to</c><00:38:26.840><c> be</c><00:38:27.139><c> acceptable.</c>

00:38:28.139 --> 00:38:29.460
And<00:38:28.320><c> I</c><00:38:28.360><c> think,</c><00:38:28.800><c> brethren</c><00:38:28.940><c> and</c><00:38:29.159><c> sisters</c>

00:38:29.460 --> 00:38:31.320
and<00:38:29.719><c> young</c><00:38:29.960><c> people</c><00:38:30.280><c> and</c><00:38:30.519><c> friends,</c>

00:38:31.500 --> 00:38:35.219
the<00:38:31.760><c> lesson</c><00:38:32.139><c> to</c><00:38:32.340><c> be</c><00:38:32.539><c> learned</c><00:38:32.739><c> from</c><00:38:33.000><c> this</c><00:38:33.260><c> is</c><00:38:33.659><c> very</c><00:38:34.019><c> apparent,</c>

00:38:35.699 --> 00:38:41.739
that<00:38:35.920><c> if</c><00:38:36.579><c> what</c><00:38:36.880><c> we</c><00:38:37.280><c> offer</c><00:38:37.920><c> to</c><00:38:38.199><c> God</c><00:38:38.960><c> has</c><00:38:39.599><c> the</c><00:38:39.860><c> fruit</c><00:38:40.000><c> of</c><00:38:40.260><c> our</c><00:38:40.519><c> hands,</c>

00:38:42.659 --> 00:38:44.059
the<00:38:42.860><c> works</c><00:38:43.079><c> that</c><00:38:43.300><c> we</c><00:38:43.460><c> do,</c>

00:38:44.539 --> 00:38:46.679
or<00:38:44.699><c> the</c><00:38:44.960><c> fruit</c><00:38:45.079><c> of</c><00:38:45.320><c> our</c><00:38:45.559><c> lips,</c>

00:38:47.019 --> 00:38:50.619
the<00:38:47.719><c> prayers,</c><00:38:47.860><c> the</c><00:38:48.320><c> praise</c><00:38:48.679><c> that</c><00:38:48.900><c> we</c><00:38:49.159><c> offer</c><00:38:49.400><c> to</c><00:38:49.679><c> God,</c>

00:38:51.039 --> 00:38:56.840
if<00:38:51.360><c> this</c><00:38:51.659><c> is</c><00:38:52.019><c> not</c><00:38:52.559><c> also</c><00:38:53.340><c> an</c><00:38:53.840><c> expression</c><00:38:54.380><c> of</c><00:38:55.360><c> our</c><00:38:55.900><c> faithfulness,</c>

00:38:57.260 --> 00:39:00.699
our<00:38:57.519><c> dedication</c><00:38:58.079><c> and</c><00:38:58.420><c> loyalty</c><00:38:58.980><c> to</c><00:38:59.579><c> our</c><00:38:59.820><c> God</c><00:38:59.980><c> in</c><00:39:00.300><c> heaven</c>

00:39:00.699 --> 00:39:02.619
and<00:39:01.139><c> to</c><00:39:01.340><c> his</c><00:39:01.539><c> covenant,</c>

00:39:04.659 --> 00:39:06.559
then<00:39:04.739><c> our</c><00:39:05.079><c> offering</c><00:39:05.300><c> is</c><00:39:05.559><c> a</c><00:39:05.780><c> sham.</c>

00:39:07.699 --> 00:39:12.059
In<00:39:07.940><c> fact,</c><00:39:08.219><c> our</c><00:39:08.500><c> offering</c><00:39:08.820><c> is</c><00:39:09.219><c> gutted</c><00:39:09.920><c> of</c><00:39:10.659><c> the</c><00:39:11.079><c> one</c><00:39:11.360><c> element</c>

00:39:12.059 --> 00:39:17.099
that<00:39:12.699><c> makes</c><00:39:13.260><c> it</c><00:39:14.179><c> a</c><00:39:14.659><c> truly</c><00:39:15.039><c> pleasing</c><00:39:15.659><c> sweet</c><00:39:16.179><c>-smelling</c><00:39:16.659><c> savor</c>

00:39:17.099 --> 00:39:18.219
to<00:39:17.320><c> God.</c>

00:39:18.400 --> 00:39:20.980
It's,<00:39:18.940><c> in</c><00:39:19.360><c> short,</c><00:39:19.659><c> what</c><00:39:19.840><c> Jesus</c><00:39:20.179><c> talked</c><00:39:20.559><c> about.</c>

00:39:21.239 --> 00:39:22.320
It's<00:39:21.579><c> play</c><00:39:21.880><c> acting.</c>

00:39:22.800 --> 00:39:24.159
That's<00:39:23.019><c> what</c><00:39:23.179><c> a</c><00:39:23.360><c> hypocrite</c><00:39:23.780><c> is.</c>

00:39:24.380 --> 00:39:26.480
He<00:39:24.539><c> was</c><00:39:24.739><c> a</c><00:39:25.039><c> play</c><00:39:25.420><c> actor.</c>

00:39:27.019 --> 00:39:29.639
Those<00:39:27.420><c> who</c><00:39:27.820><c> could</c><00:39:28.119><c> honor</c><00:39:28.440><c> God</c><00:39:28.739><c> with</c><00:39:28.960><c> their</c><00:39:29.199><c> lips,</c>

00:39:29.860 --> 00:39:32.139
but<00:39:29.960><c> their</c><00:39:30.159><c> hearts</c><00:39:30.460><c> were</c><00:39:30.719><c> somewhere</c><00:39:31.099><c> else.</c>

00:39:32.940 --> 00:39:34.960
Now,<00:39:33.840><c> for</c><00:39:34.219><c> Israel,</c>

00:39:35.300 --> 00:39:39.639
this<00:39:35.500><c> lack</c><00:39:35.880><c> of</c><00:39:37.199><c> devotion</c><00:39:37.900><c> of</c><00:39:38.300><c> faithfulness</c><00:39:38.840><c> to</c><00:39:39.019><c> their</c><00:39:39.280><c> God</c>

00:39:39.639 --> 00:39:41.840
was<00:39:39.900><c> going</c><00:39:40.179><c> to</c><00:39:40.340><c> have</c><00:39:40.420><c> an</c><00:39:40.699><c> ironical</c><00:39:41.260><c> twist</c>

00:39:41.840 --> 00:39:45.119
in<00:39:42.619><c> the</c><00:39:42.820><c> outcome</c><00:39:43.239><c> of</c><00:39:43.500><c> some</c><00:39:43.719><c> judgments</c><00:39:44.159><c> that</c><00:39:44.400><c> were</c><00:39:44.519><c> to</c><00:39:44.719><c> fall</c><00:39:44.840><c> on</c><00:39:45.019><c> them.</c>

00:39:45.260 --> 00:39:46.599
And<00:39:45.320><c> just</c><00:39:45.460><c> as</c><00:39:45.719><c> a</c><00:39:46.019><c> little</c><00:39:46.179><c> aside,</c>

00:39:46.639 --> 00:39:50.719
I'd<00:39:46.800><c> like</c><00:39:46.960><c> you</c><00:39:47.059><c> to</c><00:39:47.280><c> show</c><00:39:47.440><c> you</c><00:39:47.619><c> this</c><00:39:47.820><c> in</c><00:39:48.019><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:39:48.840><c> 29.</c>

00:39:51.760 --> 00:39:55.920
He<00:39:52.059><c> wanted</c><00:39:52.360><c> the</c><00:39:52.719><c> salt</c><00:39:52.900><c> of</c><00:39:53.139><c> the</c><00:39:53.380><c> covenant</c><00:39:53.800><c> with</c><00:39:54.420><c> their</c><00:39:54.699><c> offerings.</c>

00:39:56.340 --> 00:39:57.460
They<00:39:56.900><c> refused.</c>

00:39:57.960 --> 00:40:04.880
And<00:39:58.239><c> so</c><00:39:58.440><c> we</c><00:39:58.699><c> read</c><00:39:59.079><c> in</c><00:39:59.380><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:40:00.079><c> 29,</c><00:40:01.900><c> verse</c><00:40:02.199><c> 22</c><00:40:02.920><c> and</c><00:40:03.159><c> 23.</c>

00:40:07.920 --> 00:40:08.820
He<00:40:08.559><c> says,</c>

00:40:09.059 --> 00:40:12.239
So<00:40:09.059><c> that</c><00:40:09.340><c> the</c><00:40:09.539><c> coming</c><00:40:09.860><c> generation</c><00:40:10.559><c> of</c><00:40:10.739><c> your</c><00:40:10.980><c> children</c><00:40:11.340><c> who</c><00:40:11.599><c> rise</c><00:40:11.940><c> up</c>

00:40:12.239 --> 00:40:13.500
after<00:40:12.579><c> you</c>

00:40:13.500 --> 00:40:16.460
and<00:40:13.940><c> the</c><00:40:14.219><c> foreigner</c><00:40:14.519><c> who</c><00:40:14.699><c> comes</c><00:40:15.019><c> from</c><00:40:15.320><c> a</c><00:40:15.519><c> far</c><00:40:15.780><c> land</c>

00:40:16.460 --> 00:40:19.920
would<00:40:17.099><c> say</c><00:40:17.340><c> when</c><00:40:17.539><c> they</c><00:40:17.840><c> see</c><00:40:18.039><c> the</c><00:40:18.380><c> plagues</c><00:40:18.699><c> of</c><00:40:19.199><c> that</c><00:40:19.579><c> land</c>

00:40:19.920 --> 00:40:22.820
and<00:40:20.119><c> the</c><00:40:20.380><c> sicknesses</c><00:40:21.000><c> which</c><00:40:21.199><c> the</c><00:40:21.420><c> Lord</c><00:40:21.599><c> has</c><00:40:21.880><c> laid</c><00:40:22.019><c> on</c><00:40:22.260><c> it,</c>

00:40:23.280 --> 00:40:30.440
the<00:40:23.619><c> whole</c><00:40:23.960><c> land</c><00:40:24.719><c> is</c><00:40:25.820><c> brimstone,</c><00:40:28.099><c> salt,</c><00:40:29.619><c> and</c><00:40:29.940><c> burning.</c>

00:40:30.519 --> 00:40:33.519
It<00:40:31.000><c> is</c><00:40:31.320><c> not</c><00:40:31.800><c> sown,</c><00:40:32.159><c> it</c><00:40:32.440><c> does</c><00:40:32.820><c> not</c><00:40:33.159><c> bear,</c>

00:40:33.519 --> 00:40:35.739
nor<00:40:33.980><c> does</c><00:40:34.239><c> any</c><00:40:34.619><c> grass</c><00:40:35.079><c> grow</c><00:40:35.400><c> on.</c>

00:40:35.980 --> 00:40:37.559
It's<00:40:36.079><c> like</c><00:40:36.639><c> Sodom</c><00:40:36.960><c> and</c><00:40:37.079><c> Gomorrah,</c>

00:40:37.780 --> 00:40:38.719
Adma<00:40:38.099><c> and</c><00:40:38.280><c> Zeboiam,</c>

00:40:38.760 --> 00:40:41.940
which<00:40:39.000><c> the</c><00:40:39.219><c> Lord</c><00:40:39.400><c> overthrew</c><00:40:39.840><c> in</c><00:40:39.980><c> his</c><00:40:40.199><c> anger</c><00:40:40.380><c> with</c><00:40:40.619><c> his</c><00:40:40.900><c> wrath.</c>

00:40:43.119 --> 00:40:44.019
Isn't<00:40:43.300><c> that</c><00:40:43.480><c> interesting?</c>

00:40:44.119 --> 00:40:46.059
The<00:40:44.400><c> judgment</c><00:40:44.699><c> that</c><00:40:44.900><c> would</c><00:40:45.159><c> fall</c><00:40:45.380><c> on</c><00:40:45.659><c> them</c>

00:40:46.059 --> 00:40:49.260
would<00:40:46.340><c> be</c><00:40:46.559><c> a</c><00:40:46.719><c> land</c><00:40:47.000><c> that</c><00:40:47.159><c> would</c><00:40:47.400><c> be</c><00:40:48.159><c> salt,</c>

00:40:49.900 --> 00:40:53.579
like<00:40:50.219><c> Sodom</c><00:40:50.659><c> and</c><00:40:50.780><c> Gomorrah</c><00:40:51.679><c> is</c><00:40:52.099><c> to</c><00:40:52.300><c> this</c><00:40:52.579><c> day.</c>

00:40:53.780 --> 00:40:57.400
Why,<00:40:54.340><c> you</c><00:40:54.619><c> ask,</c><00:40:55.019><c> verse</c><00:40:55.260><c> 25,</c><00:40:56.179><c> rather</c><00:40:56.420><c> verse</c><00:40:56.719><c> 24,</c>

00:40:57.780 --> 00:41:00.320
why<00:40:58.360><c> has</c><00:40:58.599><c> the</c><00:40:58.760><c> Lord</c><00:40:58.940><c> done</c><00:40:59.199><c> so</c><00:40:59.519><c> to</c><00:40:59.679><c> the</c><00:40:59.900><c> land?</c>

00:41:00.320 --> 00:41:09.219
Verse<00:41:00.840><c> 25,</c><00:41:02.320><c> because</c><00:41:03.079><c> they</c><00:41:05.639><c> have</c><00:41:06.059><c> forsaken</c><00:41:07.579><c> my</c><00:41:08.139><c> covenant.</c>

00:41:12.500 --> 00:41:15.820
The<00:41:12.920><c> covenant</c><00:41:13.280><c> of</c><00:41:13.480><c> the</c><00:41:13.619><c> Lord,</c><00:41:13.980><c> God</c><00:41:14.199><c> of</c><00:41:14.360><c> their</c><00:41:14.659><c> fathers,</c>

00:41:15.880 --> 00:41:18.920
which<00:41:16.019><c> he</c><00:41:16.320><c> made</c><00:41:16.579><c> with</c><00:41:16.900><c> them</c><00:41:17.380><c> when</c><00:41:17.719><c> he</c><00:41:18.000><c> brought</c><00:41:18.239><c> them</c><00:41:18.460><c> out</c><00:41:18.780><c> of</c>

00:41:18.920 --> 00:41:20.059
the<00:41:19.099><c> land</c><00:41:19.320><c> of</c><00:41:19.579><c> Egypt,</c>

00:41:20.320 --> 00:41:24.980
for<00:41:20.420><c> they</c><00:41:20.679><c> went</c><00:41:20.900><c> and</c><00:41:21.239><c> served</c><00:41:21.659><c> other</c><00:41:22.300><c> gods</c><00:41:22.780><c> and</c><00:41:23.280><c> worshiped</c><00:41:24.099><c> them.</c>

00:41:25.380 --> 00:41:28.960
And<00:41:25.699><c> so</c><00:41:25.900><c> God</c><00:41:26.260><c> made</c><00:41:26.659><c> their</c><00:41:26.980><c> land</c><00:41:27.300><c> a</c><00:41:27.619><c> perpetual,</c><00:41:28.000><c> as</c><00:41:28.260><c> Zephaniah</c><00:41:28.639><c> says,</c>

00:41:28.960 --> 00:41:34.599
a<00:41:29.079><c> perpetual</c><00:41:29.780><c> desolation,</c><00:41:31.519><c> a</c><00:41:31.599><c> land</c><00:41:32.139><c> of</c><00:41:32.500><c> salt,</c><00:41:33.039><c> if</c><00:41:33.539><c> you</c><00:41:33.820><c> will.</c>

00:41:35.119 --> 00:41:37.280
All<00:41:35.340><c> right,</c><00:41:35.679><c> that's</c><00:41:36.059><c> our</c><00:41:36.260><c> background.</c>

00:41:37.860 --> 00:41:40.719
We<00:41:38.019><c> have</c><00:41:38.260><c> these</c><00:41:38.539><c> things</c><00:41:38.739><c> in</c><00:41:38.920><c> our</c><00:41:39.139><c> minds</c><00:41:39.659><c> as</c><00:41:40.000><c> disciples.</c>

00:41:41.199 --> 00:41:44.039
We<00:41:41.260><c> go</c><00:41:41.539><c> back</c><00:41:41.900><c> to</c><00:41:42.059><c> Matthew</c><00:41:42.500><c> chapter</c><00:41:42.960><c> 5,</c>

00:41:44.239 --> 00:41:49.860
and<00:41:44.519><c> now</c><00:41:45.360><c> the</c><00:41:46.920><c> first</c><00:41:47.280><c> thing</c><00:41:47.500><c> that</c><00:41:47.719><c> we</c><00:41:47.940><c> meet</c><00:41:48.500><c> is</c><00:41:49.219><c> perhaps</c><00:41:49.659><c> the</c>

00:41:49.860 --> 00:41:51.219
most<00:41:50.119><c> surprising.</c>

00:41:52.039 --> 00:41:55.039
Here<00:41:52.260><c> is</c><00:41:52.440><c> Jesus,</c><00:41:53.559><c> his</c><00:41:53.780><c> disciples</c><00:41:54.119><c> around</c><00:41:54.579><c> him,</c>

00:41:55.039 --> 00:41:57.840
and<00:41:55.539><c> he</c><00:41:55.760><c> points</c><00:41:56.139><c> at</c><00:41:56.420><c> them</c><00:41:56.599><c> and</c><00:41:56.820><c> says,</c>

00:41:59.159 --> 00:42:04.360
you<00:41:59.960><c> are</c><00:42:00.760><c> the</c><00:42:01.199><c> salt</c><00:42:01.800><c> of</c><00:42:03.000><c> the</c><00:42:03.260><c> earth.</c>

00:42:05.920 --> 00:42:10.940
You<00:42:06.400><c> have</c><00:42:06.860><c> in</c><00:42:07.380><c> you</c><00:42:08.199><c> that</c><00:42:08.900><c> one</c><00:42:09.300><c> thing</c><00:42:09.699><c> that</c><00:42:09.980><c> God</c><00:42:10.239><c> is</c><00:42:10.559><c> looking</c>

00:42:10.940 --> 00:42:13.039
for<00:42:11.239><c> above</c><00:42:11.559><c> all</c><00:42:11.960><c> else,</c>

00:42:13.539 --> 00:42:17.000
that<00:42:13.840><c> devotion,</c><00:42:14.739><c> that</c><00:42:15.139><c> faithfulness</c><00:42:15.739><c> to</c><00:42:15.920><c> him</c><00:42:16.179><c> that</c><00:42:16.519><c> he</c><00:42:16.739><c> can</c>

00:42:17.000 --> 00:42:18.420
depend<00:42:17.360><c> upon,</c>

00:42:18.539 --> 00:42:22.659
that's<00:42:18.960><c> constant</c><00:42:19.300><c> and</c><00:42:19.719><c> stable</c><00:42:20.079><c> over</c><00:42:20.599><c> all</c><00:42:20.960><c> the</c><00:42:21.239><c> varying</c><00:42:21.559><c> circumstances</c><00:42:22.360><c> of</c>

00:42:22.659 --> 00:42:23.440
your<00:42:22.900><c> life.</c>

00:42:23.440 --> 00:42:27.360
You<00:42:24.659><c> are</c><00:42:25.460><c> the</c><00:42:25.679><c> salt</c><00:42:25.960><c> of</c><00:42:26.199><c> the</c><00:42:26.380><c> earth.</c>

00:42:28.440 --> 00:42:32.900
It<00:42:28.599><c> almost</c><00:42:29.039><c> leaves</c><00:42:29.260><c> you</c><00:42:29.599><c> breathless</c><00:42:31.079><c> when</c><00:42:31.760><c> our</c><00:42:32.039><c> Lord</c><00:42:32.380><c> turns</c>

00:42:32.900 --> 00:42:34.440
and<00:42:33.179><c> says</c><00:42:33.500><c> to</c><00:42:33.739><c> us</c>

00:42:34.440 --> 00:42:37.420
something<00:42:34.900><c> that's</c><00:42:35.639><c> almost</c><00:42:35.940><c> a</c><00:42:36.219><c> blessing</c><00:42:36.559><c> from</c><00:42:36.880><c> the</c><00:42:37.059><c> hand</c><00:42:37.239><c> of</c>

00:42:37.420 --> 00:42:38.420
the<00:42:37.539><c> Lord.</c>

00:42:38.780 --> 00:42:42.460
When<00:42:38.900><c> he</c><00:42:39.119><c> turns</c><00:42:39.559><c> and</c><00:42:39.800><c> says</c><00:42:40.119><c> those</c><00:42:40.440><c> words,</c><00:42:41.000><c> you</c><00:42:41.500><c> are</c><00:42:41.900><c> the</c><00:42:42.239><c> salt</c>

00:42:42.460 --> 00:42:43.820
of<00:42:42.719><c> the</c><00:42:42.860><c> earth.</c>

00:42:43.980 --> 00:42:48.039
Indeed,<00:42:44.559><c> when</c><00:42:44.559><c> he</c><00:42:44.719><c> goes</c><00:42:45.320><c> earlier</c><00:42:46.199><c> in</c><00:42:47.039><c> the</c><00:42:47.380><c> eight</c><00:42:47.460><c> Beatitudes</c>

00:42:48.039 --> 00:42:48.719
that<00:42:48.179><c> he</c><00:42:48.360><c> has,</c>

00:42:48.920 --> 00:42:51.460
if<00:42:49.179><c> you</c><00:42:49.420><c> really</c><00:42:49.800><c> think</c><00:42:50.119><c> through</c><00:42:50.420><c> what</c><00:42:50.599><c> he</c><00:42:50.800><c> is</c><00:42:51.039><c> saying</c><00:42:51.239><c> here,</c>

00:42:51.460 --> 00:42:54.800
you<00:42:51.579><c> will</c><00:42:51.860><c> discover</c><00:42:52.280><c> that</c><00:42:52.480><c> in</c><00:42:52.840><c> every</c><00:42:53.260><c> single</c><00:42:53.599><c> one</c><00:42:53.760><c> of</c><00:42:53.900><c> those</c><00:42:54.159><c> Beatitudes,</c>

00:42:55.079 --> 00:42:57.139
which<00:42:55.239><c> is</c><00:42:55.440><c> kind</c><00:42:55.659><c> of</c><00:42:55.780><c> like</c><00:42:56.000><c> the</c><00:42:56.360><c> Ten</c><00:42:56.659><c> Commandments,</c>

00:42:57.179 --> 00:43:00.880
it's<00:42:57.400><c> a</c><00:42:57.519><c> summary</c><00:42:57.940><c> of</c><00:42:58.099><c> this</c><00:42:58.280><c> whole</c><00:42:58.599><c> sermon,</c><00:42:59.380><c> it's</c><00:42:59.519><c> right</c><00:42:59.820><c> there,</c>

00:43:01.059 --> 00:43:04.840
underline<00:43:01.699><c> every</c><00:43:02.219><c> one</c><00:43:02.360><c> of</c><00:43:02.500><c> the</c><00:43:02.699><c> qualities</c><00:43:03.159><c> that</c><00:43:03.440><c> he</c><00:43:03.739><c> mentions</c>

00:43:05.199 --> 00:43:12.440
is<00:43:05.840><c> that</c><00:43:06.480><c> simple</c><00:43:08.119><c> characteristic</c><00:43:09.320><c> of</c><00:43:10.179><c> faithfulness</c><00:43:11.179><c> to</c><00:43:11.500><c> God.</c>

00:43:13.260 --> 00:43:16.920
And<00:43:13.719><c> the</c><00:43:13.940><c> outcome</c><00:43:14.340><c> of</c><00:43:14.579><c> that</c><00:43:14.860><c> faithfulness</c><00:43:15.840><c> would</c><00:43:16.219><c> indeed</c><00:43:16.619><c> be</c>

00:43:16.920 --> 00:43:18.739
a<00:43:17.119><c> preservation</c><00:43:17.699><c> of</c><00:43:17.980><c> God's</c><00:43:18.480><c> ways</c>

00:43:18.739 --> 00:43:22.139
in<00:43:18.860><c> a</c><00:43:19.079><c> rapidly</c><00:43:19.739><c> decaying</c><00:43:20.820><c> society.</c>

00:43:23.280 --> 00:43:26.159
But<00:43:23.519><c> Jesus</c><00:43:23.760><c> goes</c><00:43:24.019><c> on,</c><00:43:24.340><c> he</c><00:43:24.460><c> doesn't</c><00:43:24.739><c> stop</c><00:43:25.119><c> there.</c>

00:43:26.219 --> 00:43:32.320
He<00:43:26.420><c> says,</c><00:43:26.739><c> but</c><00:43:26.840><c> if</c><00:43:27.199><c> the</c><00:43:27.519><c> salt</c><00:43:27.780><c> loses</c><00:43:28.239><c> its</c><00:43:28.739><c> flavor,</c><00:43:31.199><c> how</c><00:43:31.480><c> shall</c>

00:43:32.320 --> 00:43:33.980
it<00:43:32.579><c> be</c><00:43:32.960><c> seasoned?</c>

00:43:34.400 --> 00:43:37.639
If<00:43:34.659><c> the</c><00:43:34.960><c> salt</c><00:43:35.139><c> loses</c><00:43:35.559><c> its</c><00:43:35.940><c> flavor</c><00:43:36.340><c> or</c><00:43:36.780><c> you</c><00:43:36.920><c> might</c><00:43:37.239><c> have,</c>

00:43:38.039 --> 00:43:40.719
well<00:43:38.300><c> literally</c><00:43:38.559><c> it</c><00:43:38.699><c> just</c><00:43:38.960><c> means</c><00:43:39.179><c> that,</c><00:43:39.880><c> if</c><00:43:40.099><c> the</c><00:43:40.360><c> salt</c>

00:43:40.719 --> 00:43:41.960
becomes<00:43:41.320><c> tasteless.</c>

00:43:42.440 --> 00:43:45.199
In<00:43:42.559><c> other</c><00:43:42.639><c> words,</c><00:43:42.739><c> if</c><00:43:42.880><c> the</c><00:43:43.159><c> salt</c><00:43:43.320><c> loses</c><00:43:43.739><c> that</c><00:43:44.559><c> distinctiveness,</c>

00:43:45.199 --> 00:43:48.099
it<00:43:45.400><c> makes</c><00:43:45.639><c> it</c><00:43:46.000><c> salt,</c><00:43:46.300><c> that</c><00:43:46.719><c> savory</c><00:43:47.139><c>-ness</c><00:43:47.440><c> that,</c><00:43:47.820><c> you</c><00:43:48.099><c> know,</c>

00:43:48.099 --> 00:43:51.519
you<00:43:48.300><c> use</c><00:43:48.440><c> it</c><00:43:48.619><c> when</c><00:43:49.440><c> you</c><00:43:49.659><c> used</c><00:43:49.840><c> it</c><00:43:50.019><c> on</c><00:43:50.119><c> your</c><00:43:50.300><c> dinner</c><00:43:50.539><c> tonight.</c>

00:43:52.019 --> 00:43:53.579
That's<00:43:52.579><c> strange.</c>

00:43:53.820 --> 00:43:56.860
And<00:43:53.920><c> then</c><00:43:54.059><c> he</c><00:43:54.139><c> goes</c><00:43:54.300><c> on</c><00:43:54.519><c> to</c><00:43:54.679><c> say,</c><00:43:55.539><c> and</c><00:43:55.539><c> what</c><00:43:56.159><c> shall</c><00:43:56.460><c> it,</c><00:43:56.639><c> excuse</c>

00:43:56.860 --> 00:43:58.940
me,<00:43:57.699><c> lost</c><00:43:57.900><c> my</c><00:43:58.139><c> place,</c>

00:43:59.000 --> 00:44:01.159
and<00:43:59.320><c> how</c><00:43:59.619><c> shall</c><00:43:59.760><c> it</c><00:43:59.940><c> be</c><00:44:00.239><c> seasoned?</c>

00:44:01.380 --> 00:44:04.980
Literally<00:44:01.860><c> he's</c><00:44:02.159><c> saying,</c><00:44:02.659><c> how</c><00:44:03.079><c> will</c><00:44:03.320><c> you</c><00:44:03.519><c> restore</c><00:44:03.900><c> the</c><00:44:04.280><c> saltness</c><00:44:04.659><c> to</c><00:44:04.900><c> it</c>

00:44:04.980 --> 00:44:06.980
if<00:44:05.079><c> it's</c><00:44:05.380><c> lost</c><00:44:05.619><c> its</c><00:44:05.920><c> saltiness?</c>

00:44:07.420 --> 00:44:10.219
Well,<00:44:07.980><c> I</c><00:44:08.179><c> don't</c><00:44:08.300><c> know</c><00:44:08.920><c> what</c><00:44:09.199><c> you</c><00:44:09.400><c> know</c><00:44:09.579><c> about</c><00:44:09.900><c> salt,</c>

00:44:10.219 --> 00:44:13.179
but<00:44:10.440><c> all</c><00:44:10.619><c> of</c><00:44:10.780><c> my</c><00:44:10.980><c> experiences</c><00:44:11.760><c> with</c><00:44:12.019><c> the</c><00:44:12.280><c> salt</c><00:44:12.420><c> that</c><00:44:12.599><c> I</c><00:44:12.880><c> get</c>

00:44:13.179 --> 00:44:14.500
are<00:44:13.599><c> what?</c>

00:44:15.000 --> 00:44:16.679
It<00:44:15.280><c> stays</c><00:44:15.599><c> salty,</c><00:44:16.179><c> right?</c>

00:44:17.179 --> 00:44:20.400
100<00:44:17.500><c> years</c><00:44:17.820><c> from</c><00:44:18.019><c> now</c><00:44:18.199><c> you</c><00:44:18.360><c> pull</c><00:44:18.619><c> out</c><00:44:19.019><c> Leslie</c><00:44:19.380><c> salt</c><00:44:19.760><c> or</c><00:44:19.900><c> whatever</c><00:44:20.139><c> they</c>

00:44:20.400 --> 00:44:21.059
sell<00:44:20.519><c> in</c><00:44:20.800><c> Canada,</c>

00:44:21.139 --> 00:44:23.679
you<00:44:21.380><c> sprinkle</c><00:44:21.659><c> it</c><00:44:21.820><c> on</c><00:44:21.960><c> your</c><00:44:22.139><c> food,</c><00:44:22.260><c> it's</c><00:44:22.440><c> still</c><00:44:22.659><c> salty.</c>

00:44:24.559 --> 00:44:27.719
Obviously<00:44:25.079><c> we</c><00:44:25.280><c> need</c><00:44:25.699><c> to</c><00:44:26.039><c> pick</c><00:44:26.199><c> up</c><00:44:26.400><c> a</c><00:44:26.579><c> little</c><00:44:26.820><c> background</c><00:44:27.400><c> here</c>

00:44:27.719 --> 00:44:31.119
to<00:44:27.980><c> appreciate</c><00:44:28.679><c> where</c><00:44:29.400><c> this</c><00:44:29.639><c> could</c><00:44:29.820><c> come</c><00:44:30.099><c> from.</c>

00:44:32.440 --> 00:44:37.579
The<00:44:33.000><c> Jews</c><00:44:33.559><c> did</c><00:44:33.860><c> not</c><00:44:34.139><c> go,</c><00:44:35.420><c> obviously,</c><00:44:36.199><c> to</c><00:44:36.360><c> a</c><00:44:36.519><c> grocery</c><00:44:36.900><c> store</c><00:44:37.280><c> to</c>

00:44:37.579 --> 00:44:39.920
purchase<00:44:38.159><c> a</c><00:44:38.599><c> bag</c><00:44:38.780><c> of</c><00:44:39.059><c> salt,</c>

00:44:40.179 --> 00:44:44.099
but<00:44:40.340><c> they</c><00:44:40.539><c> did</c><00:44:40.780><c> go</c><00:44:41.059><c> to</c><00:44:41.380><c> a</c><00:44:41.519><c> store,</c><00:44:41.880><c> a</c><00:44:42.139><c> vast</c><00:44:42.500><c> store</c><00:44:42.800><c> of</c><00:44:43.019><c> salt,</c>

00:44:44.519 --> 00:44:46.619
and<00:44:44.780><c> that</c><00:44:44.980><c> was</c><00:44:45.139><c> in</c><00:44:45.360><c> the</c><00:44:45.559><c> salt</c><00:44:45.820><c> sea.</c>

00:44:46.639 --> 00:44:48.760
So<00:44:46.860><c> all</c><00:44:47.019><c> of</c><00:44:47.099><c> you</c><00:44:47.199><c> would</c><00:44:47.360><c> be</c><00:44:47.539><c> familiar</c><00:44:47.820><c> with</c><00:44:48.000><c> the</c><00:44:48.280><c> geography.</c>

00:44:49.159 --> 00:44:51.659
The<00:44:49.360><c> Jordan</c><00:44:49.679><c> River</c><00:44:49.980><c> runs</c><00:44:50.260><c> down</c><00:44:50.639><c> into</c><00:44:50.840><c> the</c><00:44:51.039><c> Dead</c><00:44:51.380><c> Sea,</c>

00:44:51.820 --> 00:44:54.619
dead<00:44:52.019><c> because</c><00:44:52.380><c> all</c><00:44:52.639><c> of</c><00:44:52.739><c> it</c><00:44:52.860><c> is</c><00:44:53.179><c> salt</c><00:44:53.400><c> all</c><00:44:53.639><c> the</c><00:44:53.760><c> way</c><00:44:53.900><c> around</c><00:44:54.260><c> it.</c>

00:44:54.619 --> 00:45:02.119
And<00:44:55.300><c> here</c><00:44:55.780><c> from</c><00:44:56.940><c> what</c><00:44:57.280><c> we</c><00:44:57.559><c> know</c><00:44:57.840><c> from</c><00:45:00.039><c> the</c><00:45:00.659><c> writings</c><00:45:00.960><c> of</c><00:45:01.179><c> the</c><00:45:01.360><c> time,</c>

00:45:02.480 --> 00:45:05.039
the<00:45:02.739><c> rabbinic</c><00:45:03.179><c> writings,</c><00:45:03.599><c> they</c><00:45:03.780><c> would</c><00:45:03.960><c> go</c><00:45:04.179><c> down</c><00:45:04.420><c> to</c><00:45:04.599><c> this</c><00:45:04.780><c> area</c>

00:45:05.039 --> 00:45:07.559
and<00:45:05.199><c> they</c><00:45:05.260><c> would</c><00:45:05.519><c> gather</c><00:45:05.860><c> up</c><00:45:06.320><c> the</c><00:45:06.579><c> salt</c><00:45:06.760><c> from</c><00:45:06.960><c> that</c><00:45:07.239><c> region</c>

00:45:07.559 --> 00:45:09.599
and<00:45:07.719><c> they</c><00:45:07.840><c> would</c><00:45:08.059><c> bring</c><00:45:08.219><c> it</c><00:45:08.440><c> up</c><00:45:08.599><c> and</c><00:45:08.760><c> they</c><00:45:08.800><c> would</c><00:45:09.079><c> store</c><00:45:09.340><c> it</c><00:45:09.500><c> in</c>

00:45:09.599 --> 00:45:10.639
the<00:45:09.800><c> temple.</c>

00:45:10.860 --> 00:45:15.280
Now<00:45:11.039><c> the</c><00:45:11.179><c> problem</c><00:45:11.639><c> with</c><00:45:12.039><c> this</c><00:45:12.559><c> is</c><00:45:13.119><c> that</c><00:45:13.320><c> they</c><00:45:13.500><c> didn't</c><00:45:13.760><c> gather</c><00:45:14.219><c> salt,</c>

00:45:15.360 --> 00:45:18.679
the<00:45:15.760><c> sodium</c><00:45:16.139><c> chloride</c><00:45:16.780><c> of</c><00:45:17.000><c> which</c><00:45:17.260><c> we're</c><00:45:17.599><c> familiar</c><00:45:18.059><c> with.</c>

00:45:18.920 --> 00:45:23.559
They<00:45:19.300><c> gathered</c><00:45:19.699><c> sodium</c><00:45:20.219><c> chloride</c><00:45:20.800><c> and</c><00:45:21.239><c> a</c><00:45:21.360><c> number</c><00:45:21.579><c> of</c><00:45:21.840><c> other</c><00:45:22.260><c> salts</c>

00:45:24.139 --> 00:45:28.639
because<00:45:24.820><c> in</c><00:45:25.300><c> the</c><00:45:25.639><c> Dead</c><00:45:25.940><c> Sea</c><00:45:26.159><c> deposits</c><00:45:26.920><c> it's</c><00:45:27.300><c> not</c><00:45:27.559><c> just</c><00:45:27.800><c> sodium</c><00:45:28.219><c> chloride,</c>

00:45:28.719 --> 00:45:33.280
there<00:45:28.880><c> are</c><00:45:29.179><c> other</c><00:45:29.739><c> precipitates</c><00:45:30.739><c> that</c><00:45:31.920><c> are</c><00:45:32.659><c> salts</c>

00:45:33.280 --> 00:45:36.179
and<00:45:33.920><c> all</c><00:45:34.320><c> of</c><00:45:34.519><c> these</c><00:45:34.699><c> were</c><00:45:34.980><c> gathered</c><00:45:35.320><c> together</c><00:45:35.780><c> and</c><00:45:36.000><c> brought</c>

00:45:36.179 --> 00:45:37.340
up<00:45:36.360><c> into</c><00:45:36.599><c> the</c><00:45:36.800><c> temple</c><00:45:37.059><c> area.</c>

00:45:37.480 --> 00:45:41.199
And<00:45:37.659><c> over</c><00:45:37.900><c> time</c><00:45:38.260><c> as</c><00:45:38.820><c> the</c><00:45:39.280><c> moisture</c><00:45:39.780><c> would</c><00:45:40.139><c> leach</c><00:45:40.420><c> out</c><00:45:40.760><c> the</c>

00:45:41.199 --> 00:45:43.139
more<00:45:41.539><c> soluble</c><00:45:42.139><c> sodium</c><00:45:42.519><c> chloride,</c>

00:45:43.219 --> 00:45:48.019
it<00:45:43.320><c> would</c><00:45:43.579><c> leave</c><00:45:43.800><c> behind</c><00:45:44.519><c> the</c><00:45:46.400><c> salts</c><00:45:46.639><c> that</c><00:45:46.840><c> are</c><00:45:47.039><c> actually</c><00:45:47.500><c> not</c>

00:45:48.019 --> 00:45:49.400
very<00:45:48.400><c> salty</c><00:45:48.719><c> at</c><00:45:49.000><c> all.</c>

00:45:49.400 --> 00:45:52.880
Sodium<00:45:49.980><c> chloride</c><00:45:50.280><c> is</c><00:45:50.480><c> the</c><00:45:50.559><c> one</c><00:45:50.639><c> that</c><00:45:50.780><c> has</c><00:45:50.960><c> the</c><00:45:51.099><c> real</c><00:45:51.320><c> zest</c><00:45:51.599><c> to</c><00:45:51.840><c> it.</c>

00:45:53.199 --> 00:45:56.960
But<00:45:53.380><c> you</c><00:45:53.519><c> see</c><00:45:53.760><c> over</c><00:45:54.079><c> time</c><00:45:54.539><c> it</c><00:45:54.800><c> would</c><00:45:55.079><c> lose</c><00:45:55.340><c> its</c><00:45:56.179><c> saltiness</c>

00:45:56.960 --> 00:46:00.500
and<00:45:57.760><c> eventually</c><00:45:58.300><c> nothing</c><00:45:58.659><c> would</c><00:45:58.860><c> be</c><00:45:59.119><c> left</c><00:45:59.360><c> but</c><00:45:59.599><c> a</c><00:45:59.739><c> bunch</c><00:45:59.900><c> of</c><00:46:00.159><c> crystals</c>

00:46:00.500 --> 00:46:05.840
that<00:46:01.380><c> couldn't</c><00:46:01.739><c> do</c><00:46:03.059><c> what</c><00:46:04.139><c> was</c><00:46:05.000><c> needed.</c>

00:46:06.539 --> 00:46:12.519
Isn't<00:46:06.780><c> that</c><00:46:07.539><c> an</c><00:46:08.260><c> incredible,</c><00:46:09.380><c> striking</c><00:46:11.019><c> picture</c>

00:46:15.039 --> 00:46:21.940
of<00:46:15.679><c> disciples</c><00:46:16.320><c> who</c><00:46:18.400><c> no</c><00:46:18.739><c> longer</c><00:46:19.239><c> are</c><00:46:20.179><c> faithful</c><00:46:20.519><c> to</c><00:46:20.820><c> their</c><00:46:20.980><c> God?</c>

00:46:24.239 --> 00:46:25.840
They<00:46:24.880><c> look</c><00:46:25.139><c> beautiful.</c>

00:46:26.059 --> 00:46:28.800
They<00:46:26.340><c> look</c><00:46:26.619><c> like</c><00:46:26.920><c> they</c><00:46:27.179><c> are</c><00:46:27.440><c> everything</c><00:46:27.860><c> they</c><00:46:28.139><c> should</c><00:46:28.380><c> be.</c>

00:46:29.019 --> 00:46:31.760
On<00:46:29.260><c> the</c><00:46:29.440><c> outside</c><00:46:29.920><c> and</c><00:46:30.139><c> all</c><00:46:30.340><c> the</c><00:46:30.699><c> externals</c><00:46:31.019><c> they're</c><00:46:31.300><c> white,</c>

00:46:32.099 --> 00:46:34.460
the<00:46:32.320><c> crystalline,</c><00:46:33.039><c> they're</c><00:46:33.260><c> everything</c><00:46:33.639><c> they</c><00:46:33.840><c> should</c><00:46:34.079><c> be,</c>

00:46:34.760 --> 00:46:39.500
but<00:46:35.139><c> they</c><00:46:36.019><c> don't</c><00:46:36.280><c> taste</c><00:46:36.619><c> right</c><00:46:37.239><c> and</c><00:46:38.460><c> they're</c><00:46:38.739><c> not</c><00:46:39.039><c> acceptable</c>

00:46:39.500 --> 00:46:42.320
and<00:46:39.659><c> the</c><00:46:39.820><c> priests</c><00:46:40.039><c> would</c><00:46:40.380><c> not</c><00:46:40.599><c> use</c><00:46:40.820><c> them</c><00:46:40.940><c> in</c><00:46:41.099><c> the</c><00:46:41.280><c> temple.</c>

00:46:43.000 --> 00:46:48.579
It<00:46:43.280><c> had</c><00:46:43.639><c> lost</c><00:46:44.179><c> the</c><00:46:44.739><c> very</c><00:46:45.380><c> thing</c><00:46:46.059><c> that</c><00:46:46.699><c> made</c><00:46:46.940><c> them</c><00:46:47.219><c> worthwhile.</c>

00:46:50.739 --> 00:46:54.719
And<00:46:51.400><c> if</c><00:46:52.059><c> then</c><00:46:52.639><c> they</c><00:46:52.920><c> had</c><00:46:53.219><c> lost</c><00:46:53.579><c> that</c><00:46:53.960><c> faithfulness,</c>

00:46:54.940 --> 00:46:59.139
were<00:46:55.059><c> they</c><00:46:55.239><c> not</c><00:46:55.420><c> just</c><00:46:55.699><c> play</c><00:46:55.920><c> actors?</c><00:46:57.900><c> Were</c><00:46:58.079><c> they</c><00:46:58.280><c> not</c><00:46:58.480><c> hypocrites?</c>

00:46:59.619 --> 00:47:03.119
And<00:46:59.800><c> if</c><00:46:59.920><c> they</c><00:47:00.199><c> were</c><00:47:00.360><c> only</c><00:47:00.900><c> play</c><00:47:01.219><c> actors,</c><00:47:02.219><c> Jesus</c><00:47:02.599><c> says,</c>

00:47:03.119 --> 00:47:05.760
how<00:47:04.239><c> do</c><00:47:04.460><c> you</c><00:47:04.639><c> restore?</c>

00:47:07.119 --> 00:47:11.739
How<00:47:07.900><c> do</c><00:47:08.079><c> you</c><00:47:08.300><c> restore</c><00:47:08.780><c> that</c><00:47:09.300><c> saltiness</c><00:47:10.099><c> to</c><00:47:10.760><c> them?</c>

00:47:12.059 --> 00:47:17.599
You<00:47:12.280><c> see,</c><00:47:14.699><c> that</c><00:47:15.119><c> faithfulness</c><00:47:15.780><c> to</c><00:47:16.019><c> God</c><00:47:16.400><c> that</c><00:47:16.659><c> God</c><00:47:17.119><c> treasures</c>

00:47:17.599 --> 00:47:19.639
and<00:47:17.880><c> values</c><00:47:18.260><c> so</c><00:47:18.699><c> much</c>

00:47:19.639 --> 00:47:25.719
is<00:47:20.699><c> only</c><00:47:21.679><c> wrought</c><00:47:23.119><c> from</c><00:47:23.519><c> within</c><00:47:24.360><c> the</c><00:47:24.699><c> heart</c><00:47:24.880><c> of</c><00:47:25.079><c> an</c><00:47:25.260><c> individual</c>

00:47:25.719 --> 00:47:28.539
that<00:47:26.000><c> comes</c><00:47:26.320><c> to</c><00:47:26.599><c> God</c><00:47:26.920><c> in</c><00:47:27.340><c> deep</c><00:47:27.719><c> repentance,</c>

00:47:28.539 --> 00:47:46.960
knowledge<00:47:29.699><c> is</c><00:47:42.119><c> lost</c><00:47:42.119><c> when</c><00:47:44.860><c> faithfulness</c><00:47:45.820><c> is</c><00:47:46.000><c> missing.</c>

00:47:47.500 --> 00:47:50.099
So<00:47:47.500><c> what</c><00:47:47.920><c> does</c><00:47:48.179><c> Jesus</c><00:47:48.519><c> say</c><00:47:48.760><c> will</c><00:47:49.039><c> happen?</c>

00:47:51.039 --> 00:47:55.300
He<00:47:51.239><c> says,</c><00:47:51.840><c> so</c><00:47:52.519><c> men,</c><00:47:53.699><c> throw</c><00:47:53.920><c> it</c><00:47:54.219><c> away.</c>

00:47:55.860 --> 00:48:00.860
It<00:47:56.260><c> is</c><00:47:56.659><c> thrown</c><00:47:56.860><c> out</c><00:47:57.559><c> and</c><00:47:58.519><c> trampled</c><00:47:59.000><c> underfoot</c><00:47:59.559><c> by</c><00:47:59.880><c> men.</c>

00:48:01.059 --> 00:48:04.800
Apparently<00:48:01.400><c> in</c><00:48:01.579><c> the</c><00:48:01.760><c> temple</c><00:48:02.139><c> when</c><00:48:02.800><c> the</c><00:48:03.119><c> salt</c><00:48:03.400><c> became</c><00:48:04.039><c> like</c><00:48:04.460><c> this,</c>

00:48:05.000 --> 00:48:07.320
what<00:48:05.179><c> the</c><00:48:05.480><c> priests</c><00:48:05.679><c> would</c><00:48:06.000><c> do</c><00:48:06.219><c> and</c><00:48:06.340><c> how</c><00:48:06.500><c> they</c><00:48:06.760><c> would</c><00:48:06.940><c> use</c><00:48:07.179><c> it</c>

00:48:07.320 --> 00:48:10.260
is<00:48:07.400><c> they</c><00:48:07.519><c> would</c><00:48:07.760><c> take</c><00:48:08.000><c> it</c><00:48:08.199><c> out</c><00:48:08.599><c> where</c><00:48:08.980><c> they</c><00:48:09.179><c> did</c><00:48:09.320><c> the</c><00:48:09.679><c> sacrifices.</c>

00:48:10.380 --> 00:48:13.039
There<00:48:10.519><c> was</c><00:48:10.659><c> a</c><00:48:10.780><c> lot</c><00:48:10.900><c> of</c><00:48:11.079><c> blood</c><00:48:11.300><c> flowing</c><00:48:11.639><c> and</c><00:48:11.840><c> it</c><00:48:11.960><c> was</c><00:48:12.119><c> very</c><00:48:12.480><c> slippery</c><00:48:12.820><c> on</c>

00:48:13.039 --> 00:48:13.579
the<00:48:13.280><c> pavement.</c>

00:48:13.860 --> 00:48:16.440
And<00:48:14.039><c> so</c><00:48:14.119><c> they</c><00:48:14.300><c> would</c><00:48:14.579><c> spread</c><00:48:14.739><c> this</c><00:48:15.159><c> kind</c><00:48:15.360><c> of</c><00:48:15.460><c> like</c><00:48:15.599><c> you</c><00:48:15.780><c> do</c><00:48:15.920><c> when</c><00:48:16.280><c> you</c>

00:48:16.440 --> 00:48:17.500
have<00:48:16.599><c> snow</c><00:48:16.860><c> on</c><00:48:17.019><c> the</c><00:48:17.219><c> road.</c>

00:48:17.639 --> 00:48:20.659
In<00:48:17.940><c> Canada</c><00:48:18.300><c> a</c><00:48:18.380><c> lot</c><00:48:18.579><c> of</c><00:48:18.820><c> snow,</c><00:48:18.980><c> so</c><00:48:19.159><c> you</c><00:48:19.239><c> put</c><00:48:19.440><c> the</c><00:48:20.179><c> salt</c><00:48:20.340><c> there</c><00:48:20.519><c> to</c>

00:48:20.659 --> 00:48:21.460
give<00:48:20.760><c> you</c><00:48:21.019><c> traction</c>

00:48:21.460 --> 00:48:24.780
and<00:48:22.019><c> keep</c><00:48:23.320><c> the</c><00:48:23.539><c> snow</c><00:48:23.719><c> down.</c>

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Well,<00:48:25.099><c> they</c><00:48:25.320><c> put</c><00:48:25.460><c> it</c><00:48:25.639><c> on</c><00:48:25.980><c> where</c><00:48:26.159><c> the</c><00:48:26.380><c> blood</c><00:48:26.539><c> was</c>

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and<00:48:28.360><c> used</c><00:48:28.860><c> it</c><00:48:29.239><c> to</c><00:48:29.780><c> maintain</c><00:48:30.159><c> their</c><00:48:30.500><c> traction.</c>

00:48:34.519 --> 00:48:41.340
What<00:48:35.500><c> a</c><00:48:36.059><c> potent</c><00:48:36.880><c> image</c><00:48:37.719><c> Jesus</c><00:48:39.039><c> placed</c><00:48:39.480><c> before</c><00:48:39.960><c> his</c><00:48:40.260><c> listeners.</c>

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Because<00:48:44.320><c> this</c><00:48:44.579><c> is</c><00:48:44.900><c> exactly</c><00:48:45.500><c> what</c><00:48:46.599><c> God</c><00:48:47.300><c> was</c><00:48:47.739><c> going</c><00:48:47.960><c> to</c><00:48:48.239><c> do</c><00:48:49.059><c> to</c>

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faithless<00:48:50.260><c> Israel</c>

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in<00:48:51.730><c> 70</c><00:48:52.190><c> A</c><00:48:52.469><c>.D.</c>

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He<00:48:54.210><c> was</c><00:48:54.489><c> going</c><00:48:54.650><c> to</c><00:48:55.030><c> cast</c><00:48:55.289><c> them</c><00:48:55.570><c> out</c>

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and<00:48:56.909><c> they</c><00:48:57.210><c> were</c><00:48:57.550><c> going</c><00:48:57.769><c> to</c><00:48:58.050><c> be</c><00:48:58.989><c> trampled</c><00:48:59.789><c> underfoot.</c>

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Brethren<00:49:03.429><c> and</c><00:49:03.650><c> sisters,</c><00:49:04.789><c> young</c><00:49:05.010><c> people</c><00:49:05.389><c> and</c><00:49:05.710><c> friends,</c>

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He<00:49:09.230><c> that</c><00:49:09.710><c> hath</c><00:49:09.929><c> an</c><00:49:10.170><c> ear,</c><00:49:12.090><c> let</c><00:49:12.230><c> him</c><00:49:12.469><c> hear.</c>