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But<00:11:03.120><c> what</c><00:11:03.679><c> of</c><00:11:03.820><c> this</c><00:11:04.080><c> vineyard?</c>

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It's<00:11:06.159><c> clear</c><00:11:06.539><c> that</c><00:11:06.759><c> there</c><00:11:06.960><c> is</c><00:11:07.159><c> a</c><00:11:07.279><c> lot</c><00:11:07.559><c> of</c><00:11:07.860><c> work</c><00:11:08.080><c> to</c><00:11:08.340><c> do</c><00:11:08.419><c> in</c><00:11:08.580><c> the</c><00:11:08.740><c> vineyard.</c>

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A<00:11:10.259><c> considerable</c><00:11:10.620><c> amount</c><00:11:10.899><c> of</c><00:11:11.080><c> work,</c><00:11:11.620><c> for</c><00:11:11.759><c> the</c><00:11:12.000><c> householder</c><00:11:12.879><c> keeps</c><00:11:13.120><c> going</c><00:11:13.460><c> out</c><00:11:13.779><c> to</c>

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If<00:11:18.500><c> you</c><00:11:18.799><c> grow</c><00:11:19.340><c> grapes</c><00:11:20.419><c> for</c><00:11:21.419><c> wine,</c><00:11:22.320><c> as</c><00:11:22.840><c> almost</c><00:11:23.340><c> all</c><00:11:23.700><c> the</c><00:11:23.860><c> grapes</c>

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not<00:11:25.279><c> very</c><00:11:25.580><c> good</c><00:11:25.779><c> eating</c><00:11:26.039><c> grapes.</c>

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If<00:11:27.539><c> you</c><00:11:27.639><c> grow</c><00:11:27.820><c> them</c><00:11:28.059><c> for</c><00:11:28.759><c> wine,</c><00:11:29.700><c> there</c><00:11:29.840><c> is</c><00:11:30.559><c> a</c><00:11:30.919><c> particular</c><00:11:31.559><c> time</c>

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If<00:11:36.139><c> you</c><00:11:36.399><c> leave</c><00:11:36.580><c> them</c><00:11:36.799><c> on</c><00:11:37.639><c> the</c><00:11:37.919><c> branch</c><00:11:38.340><c> for</c><00:11:39.000><c> even</c><00:11:39.240><c> a</c><00:11:39.460><c> day</c><00:11:39.620><c> or</c><00:11:39.820><c> two</c>

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longer<00:11:40.460><c> in</c><00:11:41.039><c> the</c><00:11:41.200><c> Mediterranean</c><00:11:41.700><c> and</c>

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you<00:11:42.019><c> get</c><00:11:42.379><c> wet,</c><00:11:43.159><c> cold</c><00:11:43.379><c> rains,</c><00:11:44.200><c> mildew</c><00:11:44.720><c> occurs</c><00:11:45.120><c> very</c><00:11:45.480><c> rapidly,</c>

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grapes,<00:11:48.860><c> they</c><00:11:49.059><c> become</c><00:11:49.320><c> very,</c><00:11:49.759><c> very</c><00:11:50.120><c> bitter.</c>

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And<00:11:52.320><c> so</c><00:11:52.679><c> when</c><00:11:52.980><c> we</c><00:11:53.139><c> lived</c><00:11:53.299><c> in</c><00:11:54.279><c> Mediterranean</c><00:11:54.740><c> country,</c><00:11:55.259><c> in</c><00:11:55.419><c> Italy,</c><00:11:55.620><c> we</c>

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could<00:11:55.960><c> see</c><00:11:56.139><c> this.</c>

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The<00:11:57.259><c> farmers</c><00:11:57.500><c> would</c><00:11:57.879><c> test</c><00:11:58.139><c> these</c><00:11:58.440><c> grapes.</c>

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They're<00:11:59.179><c> much</c><00:11:59.379><c> more</c><00:11:59.659><c> sophisticated</c><00:12:00.240><c> today.</c>

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They<00:12:00.600><c> would</c><00:12:00.799><c> take</c><00:12:01.000><c> some.</c>

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They<00:12:02.620><c> had</c><00:12:02.799><c> chemical</c><00:12:03.159><c> kits.</c>

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And<00:12:05.120><c> when</c><00:12:05.240><c> it</c><00:12:05.379><c> was</c><00:12:05.600><c> ready,</c><00:12:06.740><c> it</c><00:12:06.759><c> seemed</c><00:12:06.860><c> like</c><00:12:07.200><c> hundreds</c><00:12:07.480><c> of</c><00:12:07.740><c> workers</c><00:12:07.980><c> would</c><00:12:08.200><c> descend</c><00:12:08.539><c> on</c>

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So<00:12:12.779><c> this</c><00:12:12.899><c> is</c><00:12:13.139><c> a</c><00:12:13.279><c> very</c><00:12:13.539><c> real</c><00:12:13.799><c> parable</c><00:12:14.240><c> in</c><00:12:14.379><c> which</c><00:12:14.600><c> every</c><00:12:14.860><c> one</c><00:12:14.980><c> of</c>

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It<00:12:24.799><c> does</c><00:12:25.039><c> not</c><00:12:25.240><c> appear</c><00:12:25.879><c> that</c><00:12:26.480><c> these</c><00:12:26.779><c> workers</c><00:12:27.299><c> refused.</c>

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They<00:12:29.840><c> had</c><00:12:30.019><c> been</c><00:12:30.279><c> standing</c><00:12:30.519><c> around</c><00:12:31.000><c> aisle</c><00:12:31.259><c> because</c><00:12:31.539><c> they</c><00:12:31.779><c> hadn't</c><00:12:31.960><c> known</c><00:12:32.240><c> about</c><00:12:32.559><c> the</c><00:12:32.820><c> call.</c>

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He<00:12:46.700><c> agreed</c><00:12:47.000><c> with</c><00:12:47.200><c> the</c><00:12:47.480><c> first</c><00:12:48.220><c> laborers</c><00:12:48.840><c> what</c><00:12:49.059><c> the</c><00:12:49.340><c> wage</c><00:12:49.519><c> should</c><00:12:49.799><c> be.</c>

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But<00:12:50.700><c> there's</c><00:12:51.019><c> no</c><00:12:51.440><c> further</c><00:12:51.779><c> talk</c><00:12:52.000><c> in</c><00:12:52.179><c> this</c><00:12:52.399><c> parable</c><00:12:52.840><c> about</c><00:12:53.659><c> wages</c><00:12:54.139><c> for</c>

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And<00:13:15.700><c> what</c><00:13:15.899><c> happens?</c><00:13:16.460><c> At</c><00:13:16.600><c> the</c><00:13:16.740><c> end</c><00:13:16.899><c> of</c><00:13:17.059><c> the</c><00:13:17.200><c> day,</c><00:13:17.879><c> the</c><00:13:18.059><c> harvest</c>

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Verse<00:13:23.360><c> 11.</c><00:13:24.000><c> And</c><00:13:24.220><c> when</c><00:13:24.379><c> they</c><00:13:24.559><c> had</c><00:13:24.779><c> received</c><00:13:25.159><c> it,</c><00:13:25.539><c> they</c><00:13:25.799><c> murmured</c><00:13:26.299><c> against</c>

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Didst<00:13:35.899><c> not</c><00:13:36.139><c> thou</c><00:13:36.360><c> agree</c><00:13:36.799><c> with</c><00:13:37.000><c> me</c><00:13:37.220><c> for</c><00:13:37.519><c> a</c><00:13:37.679><c> penny?</c>

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Take<00:13:39.159><c> that</c><00:13:39.600><c> as</c><00:13:39.840><c> thine,</c><00:13:41.159><c> and</c><00:13:41.440><c> go</c><00:13:41.740><c> thy</c><00:13:42.019><c> way.</c>

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It<00:13:45.059><c> is</c><00:13:45.240><c> not</c><00:13:45.500><c> lawful</c><00:13:45.840><c> for</c><00:13:46.039><c> me</c><00:13:46.200><c> to</c><00:13:46.440><c> do</c><00:13:46.879><c> what</c><00:13:47.240><c> I</c><00:13:47.460><c> will</c><00:13:47.620><c> with</c><00:13:47.860><c> thine</c><00:13:48.100><c> own.</c>

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Is<00:13:48.860><c> it</c><00:13:49.179><c> not</c><00:13:49.659><c> lawful</c><00:13:50.100><c> for</c><00:13:50.379><c> me</c><00:13:50.720><c> to</c><00:13:51.000><c> do</c><00:13:51.200><c> what</c><00:13:51.399><c> I</c><00:13:51.700><c> will</c><00:13:51.980><c> with</c><00:13:52.360><c> mine</c><00:13:52.740><c> own?</c>

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And<00:14:04.539><c> we</c><00:14:04.659><c> can</c><00:14:04.799><c> be</c><00:14:04.879><c> very</c><00:14:05.200><c> thankful</c><00:14:05.500><c> that</c><00:14:05.740><c> indeed</c><00:14:06.000><c> God</c><00:14:06.200><c> does</c><00:14:06.480><c> work</c>

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You<00:14:07.700><c> know,</c><00:14:09.000><c> a</c><00:14:09.179><c> funny</c><00:14:09.360><c> thing</c><00:14:09.559><c> happened</c><00:14:09.980><c> to</c><00:14:10.200><c> me</c><00:14:10.320><c> a</c><00:14:10.460><c> few</c><00:14:10.519><c> years</c><00:14:10.799><c> back.</c>

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And<00:14:14.820><c> one</c><00:14:14.980><c> of</c><00:14:15.100><c> the</c><00:14:15.299><c> members</c><00:14:15.740><c> said</c><00:14:16.639><c> to</c><00:14:16.820><c> me,</c><00:14:16.980><c> a</c><00:14:17.000><c> young</c><00:14:17.200><c> member,</c><00:14:17.740><c> said</c><00:14:17.840><c> to</c><00:14:18.080><c> me,</c>

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Gee,<00:14:19.059><c> I'm</c><00:14:19.080><c> not</c><00:14:19.320><c> sure</c><00:14:19.440><c> that's</c><00:14:19.700><c> a</c><00:14:19.799><c> valid</c><00:14:20.039><c> baptism.</c><00:14:20.600><c> After</c><00:14:20.720><c> all,</c>

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how<00:14:20.960><c> long</c><00:14:21.200><c> can</c><00:14:21.320><c> he</c><00:14:21.539><c> work</c><00:14:21.940><c> and</c><00:14:22.379><c> do</c><00:14:22.559><c> something</c><00:14:22.840><c> for</c><00:14:23.059><c> God?</c>

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As<00:14:23.899><c> if</c><00:14:24.039><c> it</c><00:14:24.179><c> were</c><00:14:24.360><c> a</c><00:14:24.519><c> transaction.</c>

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Kind<00:14:26.960><c> of</c><00:14:27.179><c> ironic</c><00:14:27.539><c> because</c><00:14:27.960><c> this</c><00:14:28.179><c> person</c><00:14:28.440><c> is</c><00:14:28.639><c> still</c><00:14:28.840><c> alive</c><00:14:29.159><c> eight</c><00:14:29.360><c> years</c><00:14:29.620><c> later,</c><00:14:29.980><c> and</c>

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Now,<00:14:34.360><c> I</c><00:14:34.360><c> won't</c><00:14:34.580><c> mention</c><00:14:34.940><c> any</c><00:14:35.179><c> names.</c>

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It's<00:14:36.100><c> not</c><00:14:36.279><c> anybody</c><00:14:36.659><c> you</c><00:14:36.860><c> know.</c><00:14:36.980><c> It's</c><00:14:37.120><c> not</c><00:14:37.220><c> even</c><00:14:37.360><c> on</c><00:14:37.539><c> this</c><00:14:38.159><c> part</c>

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of<00:14:38.500><c> the</c><00:14:38.639><c> country.</c>

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But<00:14:39.799><c> that</c><00:14:40.340><c> mindset</c><00:14:41.080><c> is</c><00:14:41.399><c> a</c><00:14:41.639><c> mindset</c><00:14:42.259><c> that</c><00:14:42.840><c> does</c><00:14:43.179><c> not</c><00:14:43.399><c> exist</c><00:14:43.779><c> just</c><00:14:44.200><c> to</c>

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the<00:14:44.759><c> Pharisees</c><00:14:45.240><c> in</c><00:14:45.360><c> the</c><00:14:45.519><c> first</c><00:14:45.700><c> century.</c>

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Somehow<00:14:46.940><c> we</c><00:14:47.399><c> think</c><00:14:47.799><c> that</c><00:14:48.299><c> it's</c><00:14:48.539><c> a</c><00:14:48.700><c> transaction.</c><00:14:49.220><c> It's</c><00:14:49.500><c> not</c><00:14:49.659><c> a</c><00:14:49.879><c> transaction.</c>

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It<00:14:50.580><c> is</c><00:14:50.799><c> the</c><00:14:51.059><c> gift</c><00:14:51.279><c> of</c><00:14:51.539><c> God.</c>

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It<00:14:52.259><c> is</c><00:14:52.460><c> for</c><00:14:52.620><c> us</c><00:14:52.840><c> to</c><00:14:53.019><c> work</c><00:14:53.299><c> as</c><00:14:53.820><c> hard</c><00:14:54.159><c> as</c><00:14:54.500><c> we</c><00:14:54.759><c> can</c><00:14:55.120><c> for</c><00:14:55.639><c> as</c><00:14:55.960><c> long</c><00:14:56.159><c> as</c>

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we<00:14:56.600><c> can,</c>

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to<00:15:01.539><c> it.</c>

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And<00:15:02.720><c> you</c><00:15:02.820><c> know,</c><00:15:02.980><c> I</c><00:15:03.100><c> think</c><00:15:03.299><c> that</c><00:15:03.440><c> that's</c><00:15:03.679><c> an</c><00:15:03.899><c> important</c><00:15:04.240><c> lesson</c><00:15:04.860><c> today,</c>

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because<00:15:06.120><c> the</c><00:15:06.620><c> largest</c><00:15:06.980><c> growing</c><00:15:07.440><c> population</c><00:15:08.139><c> that</c><00:15:08.360><c> we</c><00:15:08.639><c> have</c>

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in<00:15:08.919><c> this</c><00:15:09.120><c> country</c><00:15:09.519><c> is</c><00:15:09.860><c> senior</c><00:15:10.120><c> citizens.</c>

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And<00:15:11.399><c> we</c><00:15:11.620><c> don't</c><00:15:11.919><c> do</c><00:15:12.259><c> a</c><00:15:12.399><c> lot</c><00:15:12.600><c> of</c><00:15:12.840><c> special</c><00:15:13.139><c> work</c><00:15:13.600><c> to</c><00:15:13.860><c> reach</c><00:15:14.139><c> out</c><00:15:14.539><c> and</c><00:15:15.340><c> go</c>

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to<00:15:15.639><c> that</c><00:15:15.840><c> population</c><00:15:16.480><c> group.</c>

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In<00:15:17.200><c> fact,</c><00:15:17.460><c> some</c><00:15:17.659><c> people</c><00:15:17.919><c> feel</c><00:15:18.100><c> it's</c><00:15:18.279><c> a</c><00:15:18.360><c> waste</c><00:15:18.559><c> of</c><00:15:18.740><c> time</c><00:15:18.919><c> because</c><00:15:19.159><c> by</c><00:15:19.399><c> the</c>

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time<00:15:19.759><c> you're</c><00:15:19.960><c> over</c><00:15:20.200><c> 60,</c><00:15:20.500><c> you're</c><00:15:20.700><c> set</c><00:15:20.879><c> in</c><00:15:21.019><c> your</c><00:15:21.159><c> ways.</c>

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Not<00:15:21.940><c> that</c><00:15:22.120><c> anyone</c><00:15:22.379><c> in</c><00:15:22.539><c> their</c><00:15:22.740><c> 20s</c><00:15:23.559><c> hasn't</c><00:15:23.840><c> already</c><00:15:24.139><c> made</c><00:15:24.340><c> up</c>

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their<00:15:24.679><c> mind</c><00:15:24.840><c> what</c><00:15:25.039><c> to</c><00:15:25.200><c> do</c><00:15:25.320><c> and</c><00:15:25.500><c> waste</c><00:15:25.659><c> with</c><00:15:25.879><c> their</c><00:15:26.039><c> lives,</c><00:15:26.379><c> right?</c>

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I<00:15:27.299><c> used</c><00:15:27.539><c> to</c><00:15:27.740><c> think</c><00:15:27.899><c> 30</c><00:15:28.220><c> was</c><00:15:28.480><c> old.</c>

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That<00:15:29.940><c> was</c><00:15:30.139><c> so</c><00:15:30.399><c> long</c><00:15:30.559><c> ago,</c><00:15:30.740><c> I</c><00:15:30.879><c> don't</c><00:15:31.139><c> remember.</c>

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In<00:15:34.539><c> fact,</c><00:15:34.840><c> you</c><00:15:34.960><c> know</c><00:15:35.039><c> what</c><00:15:35.200><c> old</c><00:15:35.460><c> is?</c><00:15:36.240><c> It's</c><00:15:36.460><c> a</c><00:15:36.639><c> moving</c><00:15:36.899><c> target.</c>

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Old<00:15:38.580><c> is</c><00:15:38.759><c> 10</c><00:15:39.000><c> years</c><00:15:39.279><c> older</c><00:15:39.500><c> than</c><00:15:39.659><c> I</c><00:15:39.899><c> happen</c><00:15:40.139><c> to</c><00:15:40.299><c> be</c><00:15:40.399><c> at</c><00:15:40.600><c> the</c><00:15:40.759><c> moment.</c>

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I<00:15:43.820><c> asked</c><00:15:44.019><c> a</c><00:15:44.259><c> teenage</c><00:15:44.539><c> class,</c><00:15:45.299><c> when</c><00:15:45.539><c> did</c><00:15:45.700><c> you</c><00:15:45.860><c> think</c><00:15:46.259><c> that</c><00:15:46.600><c> you're</c><00:15:46.840><c> mature</c><00:15:47.139><c> and</c>

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you're<00:15:47.460><c> really</c><00:15:47.759><c> old?</c>

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They<00:15:48.259><c> all</c><00:15:48.480><c> said</c><00:15:48.639><c> 18.</c>

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I<00:15:57.139><c> know</c><00:15:57.519><c> a</c><00:15:57.759><c> sister,</c><00:15:58.039><c> for</c><00:15:58.279><c> example,</c><00:15:58.620><c> who</c><00:15:58.860><c> set</c><00:15:58.980><c> up</c><00:15:59.139><c> a</c><00:15:59.379><c> Bible</c><00:15:59.679><c> class</c><00:16:00.039><c> in</c><00:16:00.220><c> a</c>

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senior<00:16:00.659><c> citizen</c><00:16:01.059><c> center</c>

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and<00:16:02.320><c> had</c><00:16:02.519><c> 20</c><00:16:02.940><c> people</c><00:16:03.360><c> coming</c><00:16:03.659><c> to</c><00:16:03.820><c> it</c><00:16:03.919><c> by</c><00:16:04.080><c> just</c><00:16:04.320><c> putting</c><00:16:04.500><c> a</c><00:16:04.720><c> little</c><00:16:04.919><c> notice</c><00:16:05.179><c> on</c><00:16:05.360><c> a</c>

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bulletin<00:16:06.000><c> board.</c>

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So<00:16:07.779><c> there</c><00:16:07.919><c> are</c><00:16:08.059><c> things</c><00:16:08.360><c> to</c><00:16:08.659><c> do</c><00:16:08.860><c> and</c><00:16:09.039><c> work</c><00:16:09.320><c> to</c><00:16:09.559><c> do</c><00:16:09.720><c> out</c><00:16:10.019><c> there,</c>

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and<00:16:11.000><c> God</c><00:16:11.320><c> will</c><00:16:11.600><c> give</c><00:16:11.799><c> the</c><00:16:12.039><c> increase.</c>

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Let's<00:16:14.000><c> go</c><00:16:14.259><c> on</c><00:16:14.480><c> to</c><00:16:14.659><c> the</c><00:16:15.360><c> next</c><00:16:15.679><c> parable,</c><00:16:16.559><c> the</c><00:16:16.799><c> parable</c><00:16:17.120><c> of</c><00:16:17.299><c> the</c>

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By<00:16:18.720><c> this</c><00:16:19.059><c> time,</c><00:16:20.600><c> the</c><00:16:20.799><c> atmosphere</c><00:16:21.340><c> among</c><00:16:21.759><c> the</c><00:16:22.100><c> Pharisees</c><00:16:22.740><c> was</c>

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quite<00:16:23.279><c> hostile,</c>

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and<00:16:24.580><c> Jesus</c><00:16:24.980><c> gives</c><00:16:25.419><c> this</c><00:16:25.899><c> parable</c><00:16:26.299><c> to</c><00:16:26.500><c> them</c><00:16:26.639><c> as</c><00:16:26.879><c> a</c><00:16:27.159><c> very</c><00:16:27.700><c> stern</c><00:16:28.100><c> warning.</c>

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It's<00:16:29.740><c> in</c><00:16:29.980><c> the</c><00:16:30.519><c> couple</c><00:16:30.820><c> of</c><00:16:31.000><c> pages</c><00:16:31.259><c> over,</c><00:16:32.820><c> Matthew</c><00:16:33.139><c> 21,</c><00:16:34.600><c> verse</c><00:16:35.279><c> 33.</c>

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Here<00:16:37.259><c> again,</c><00:16:37.659><c> another</c><00:16:38.059><c> parable.</c>

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There<00:16:41.200><c> was</c><00:16:41.419><c> a</c><00:16:41.620><c> certain</c><00:16:41.840><c> householder</c><00:16:42.779><c> which</c><00:16:43.000><c> planted</c><00:16:43.340><c> a</c><00:16:43.580><c> vineyard.</c>

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So<00:16:44.440><c> he</c><00:16:44.600><c> uses</c><00:16:44.779><c> the</c><00:16:45.000><c> same</c><00:16:45.240><c> figures</c><00:16:45.539><c> of</c><00:16:45.840><c> speech,</c><00:16:46.620><c> and</c><00:16:46.759><c> now</c><00:16:47.080><c> he</c><00:16:47.259><c> aims</c><00:16:47.519><c> this</c><00:16:47.860><c> parable</c><00:16:48.919><c> at</c>

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And<00:16:54.500><c> he</c><00:16:54.659><c> hedged</c><00:16:54.899><c> it</c><00:16:55.080><c> round</c><00:16:55.299><c> about,</c>

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digged<00:16:56.159><c> the</c><00:16:56.340><c> winepress</c><00:16:56.840><c> and</c><00:16:57.120><c> built</c><00:16:57.379><c> a</c><00:16:57.639><c> tower</c><00:16:57.879><c> and</c><00:16:58.000><c> let</c><00:16:58.139><c> it</c><00:16:58.299><c> out</c>

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to<00:16:58.620><c> husbandmen</c><00:16:59.000><c> and</c><00:16:59.139><c> went</c><00:16:59.379><c> into</c><00:16:59.779><c> a</c><00:17:00.019><c> far</c><00:17:00.259><c> country.</c>

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And<00:17:02.480><c> here</c><00:17:02.620><c> I</c><00:17:02.720><c> think</c><00:17:02.879><c> the</c><00:17:03.139><c> householder</c><00:17:03.679><c> is</c><00:17:03.899><c> clearly</c><00:17:04.200><c> Jesus</c><00:17:04.599><c> Christ,</c>

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and<00:17:05.799><c> he</c><00:17:05.920><c> goes</c><00:17:06.299><c> away</c><00:17:06.599><c> into</c><00:17:06.880><c> a</c><00:17:07.119><c> far</c><00:17:07.319><c> country</c><00:17:07.960><c> with</c><00:17:08.980><c> his</c><00:17:09.559><c> attitude</c>

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in<00:17:10.200><c> mind</c><00:17:10.380><c> that</c><00:17:10.680><c> he</c><00:17:11.119><c> may</c><00:17:11.339><c> come</c><00:17:11.579><c> back</c><00:17:11.819><c> someday,</c>

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but<00:17:12.880><c> not</c><00:17:13.119><c> necessarily</c><00:17:13.740><c> a</c><00:17:14.039><c> day</c><00:17:14.480><c> which</c><00:17:14.920><c> is</c><00:17:15.220><c> known</c><00:17:15.839><c> to</c><00:17:16.359><c> them.</c>

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Now<00:17:20.440><c> notice</c><00:17:20.720><c> this.</c>

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And<00:17:23.480><c> when</c><00:17:23.700><c> the</c><00:17:24.019><c> time</c><00:17:24.299><c> of</c><00:17:24.660><c> fruit</c><00:17:25.119><c> drew</c><00:17:25.500><c> near,</c><00:17:27.619><c> he</c><00:17:27.799><c> sent</c><00:17:28.180><c> his</c><00:17:28.619><c> servants.</c>

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And<00:17:30.940><c> in</c><00:17:31.099><c> verse</c><00:17:31.339><c> 36,</c><00:17:32.619><c> again</c><00:17:33.160><c> he</c><00:17:33.859><c> sent</c><00:17:34.400><c> other</c><00:17:35.039><c> servants.</c>

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And<00:17:36.880><c> in</c><00:17:37.079><c> verse</c><00:17:37.319><c> 37,</c><00:17:38.859><c> but</c><00:17:39.000><c> last</c><00:17:39.400><c> of</c><00:17:39.640><c> all,</c><00:17:39.940><c> he</c><00:17:40.039><c> sent</c><00:17:40.539><c> unto</c><00:17:40.920><c> them</c>

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his<00:17:41.900><c> son.</c>

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Now<00:17:43.740><c> notice</c><00:17:43.940><c> the</c><00:17:44.240><c> patience</c><00:17:44.579><c> of</c><00:17:44.759><c> the</c><00:17:44.940><c> householder.</c>

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First<00:17:47.140><c> he</c><00:17:47.339><c> sent</c><00:17:47.680><c> his</c><00:17:48.140><c> prophets.</c>

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Then<00:17:49.819><c> he</c><00:17:50.000><c> sent</c><00:17:50.359><c> John</c><00:17:50.900><c> as</c><00:17:51.839><c> a</c><00:17:52.299><c> call</c><00:17:52.519><c> to</c><00:17:52.859><c> remembrance,</c><00:17:53.680><c> as</c><00:17:53.839><c> a</c><00:17:54.119><c> call</c>

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to<00:17:54.619><c> repentance.</c>

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If<00:17:56.059><c> they</c><00:17:56.200><c> had</c><00:17:56.500><c> remembered</c><00:17:56.839><c> their</c><00:17:57.140><c> sins</c><00:17:57.500><c> and</c><00:17:57.740><c> responded</c><00:17:58.279><c> to</c>

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it,<00:17:59.640><c> they</c><00:17:59.819><c> could</c><00:18:00.019><c> have</c><00:18:00.180><c> been</c><00:18:00.400><c> prepared</c><00:18:00.940><c> for</c><00:18:01.339><c> the</c><00:18:01.480><c> Messiah.</c>

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What<00:18:03.319><c> would</c><00:18:03.920><c> have</c><00:18:04.099><c> happened</c><00:18:04.380><c> if</c><00:18:04.500><c> the</c><00:18:04.660><c> house</c><00:18:04.880><c> of</c><00:18:05.019><c> Israel</c><00:18:05.339><c> had</c>

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accepted<00:18:06.200><c> Christ</c><00:18:06.599><c> on</c><00:18:06.759><c> his</c><00:18:06.880><c> first</c><00:18:07.140><c> coming?</c>

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I'm<00:18:10.279><c> not</c><00:18:10.519><c> sure</c><00:18:10.660><c> that</c><00:18:10.819><c> that</c><00:18:11.000><c> was</c><00:18:11.160><c> impossible,</c><00:18:12.980><c> but</c><00:18:13.140><c> of</c><00:18:13.359><c> course</c>

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they<00:18:13.660><c> didn't.</c>

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God,<00:18:14.900><c> who</c><00:18:15.019><c> knew</c><00:18:15.119><c> the</c><00:18:15.339><c> beginning</c><00:18:15.559><c> from</c><00:18:15.779><c> the</c><00:18:15.980><c> end,</c><00:18:16.920><c> knew</c><00:18:17.039><c> that</c>

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that<00:18:17.420><c> would</c><00:18:17.599><c> not</c><00:18:17.799><c> happen.</c>

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But<00:18:18.720><c> I</c><00:18:18.819><c> don't</c><00:18:19.099><c> believe</c><00:18:19.380><c> that</c><00:18:19.539><c> he</c><00:18:19.700><c> forced</c><00:18:20.000><c> it</c><00:18:20.200><c> not</c><00:18:20.339><c> to</c><00:18:20.599><c> happen.</c>

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This<00:18:21.819><c> was</c><00:18:22.039><c> still</c><00:18:22.420><c> the</c><00:18:22.599><c> natural</c><00:18:23.019><c> response</c><00:18:23.539><c> of</c><00:18:23.740><c> those</c><00:18:24.000><c> Pharisees.</c>

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And<00:18:29.000><c> last</c><00:18:29.279><c> of</c><00:18:29.460><c> all,</c><00:18:29.579><c> he</c><00:18:29.740><c> sent</c><00:18:29.980><c> their</c><00:18:30.259><c> son.</c>

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And<00:18:30.619><c> you</c><00:18:30.799><c> see,</c><00:18:31.599><c> this</c><00:18:31.920><c> parable</c><00:18:32.140><c> is</c><00:18:32.380><c> incredible.</c>

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Why<00:18:34.799><c> would</c><00:18:35.000><c> anyone</c><00:18:35.279><c> do</c><00:18:35.559><c> this?</c>

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This<00:18:36.619><c> is</c><00:18:36.920><c> the</c><00:18:37.240><c> heir,</c><00:18:37.799><c> verse</c><00:18:37.960><c> 38,</c><00:18:38.619><c> come</c><00:18:39.180><c> let</c><00:18:39.720><c> us</c><00:18:40.119><c> kill</c><00:18:40.420><c> him</c><00:18:40.759><c> and</c>

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let<00:18:41.539><c> us</c><00:18:41.940><c> seize</c><00:18:42.180><c> on</c><00:18:42.460><c> his</c><00:18:42.920><c> inheritance.</c>

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You<00:18:44.900><c> know,</c><00:18:45.099><c> it's</c><00:18:45.500><c> absolutely</c><00:18:46.259><c> incredible</c><00:18:46.740><c> to</c><00:18:46.940><c> me.</c>

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I<00:18:47.140><c> almost</c><00:18:47.339><c> cannot</c><00:18:47.579><c> believe</c><00:18:48.019><c> it.</c>

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It<00:18:49.339><c> does</c><00:18:49.559><c> not</c><00:18:49.740><c> seem</c><00:18:49.920><c> like</c><00:18:50.119><c> this</c><00:18:50.319><c> is</c><00:18:50.539><c> natural</c><00:18:50.839><c> at</c><00:18:51.079><c> all.</c>

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Why<00:18:53.980><c> would</c><00:18:54.099><c> they</c><00:18:54.299><c> want</c><00:18:54.460><c> to</c><00:18:54.740><c> kill</c><00:18:54.920><c> someone</c><00:18:55.319><c> who</c><00:18:55.480><c> is</c><00:18:55.619><c> coming</c><00:18:55.839><c> to</c>

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give<00:18:56.160><c> them</c><00:18:56.319><c> salvation?</c>

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Well,<00:18:58.980><c> the</c><00:18:59.200><c> answer</c><00:18:59.480><c> is</c><00:18:59.740><c> quite</c><00:18:59.980><c> easy.</c>

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In<00:19:01.500><c> a</c><00:19:01.660><c> very</c><00:19:02.019><c> strange</c><00:19:02.339><c> way,</c><00:19:02.579><c> it's</c><00:19:02.839><c> quite</c><00:19:03.079><c> easy.</c>

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They<00:19:04.400><c> did</c><00:19:04.759><c> not</c><00:19:05.119><c> want</c><00:19:05.380><c> salvation.</c>

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They<00:19:07.839><c> wanted</c><00:19:08.180><c> the</c><00:19:08.339><c> things</c><00:19:08.619><c> of</c><00:19:08.819><c> this</c><00:19:09.079><c> life</c><00:19:09.559><c> and</c><00:19:10.079><c> the</c><00:19:10.220><c> way</c><00:19:10.500><c> that</c>

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Jesus<00:19:11.119><c> Christ</c><00:19:11.440><c> was</c><00:19:11.740><c> preaching</c><00:19:12.059><c> to</c><00:19:12.240><c> them,</c>

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interfered<00:19:13.359><c> with</c><00:19:13.619><c> that</c><00:19:13.880><c> way.</c>

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They<00:19:15.220><c> weren't</c><00:19:15.460><c> interested</c><00:19:15.960><c> in</c><00:19:16.240><c> forgiveness,</c><00:19:17.500><c> in</c><00:19:17.720><c> love,</c><00:19:18.099><c> in</c>

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kindness,<00:19:18.680><c> in</c><00:19:18.779><c> charity.</c>

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They<00:19:20.900><c> wanted</c><00:19:21.220><c> their</c><00:19:21.460><c> position</c><00:19:21.920><c> in</c><00:19:22.079><c> the</c><00:19:22.220><c> nation.</c>

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They<00:19:23.079><c> wanted</c><00:19:23.359><c> their</c><00:19:23.599><c> power.</c>

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They<00:19:24.460><c> wanted</c><00:19:24.740><c> a</c><00:19:24.920><c> Messiah</c><00:19:25.319><c> who</c><00:19:25.480><c> would</c><00:19:25.660><c> come</c><00:19:25.819><c> in</c><00:19:25.980><c> the</c><00:19:26.160><c> image</c>

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that<00:19:26.539><c> they</c><00:19:26.799><c> wanted,</c>

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who<00:19:27.200><c> would</c><00:19:27.420><c> raise</c><00:19:27.680><c> them</c><00:19:27.859><c> to</c><00:19:28.099><c> power</c><00:19:28.359><c> over</c><00:19:28.640><c> the</c><00:19:28.839><c> Romans,</c>

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exalt<00:19:30.420><c> the</c><00:19:30.619><c> nation</c><00:19:30.880><c> to</c><00:19:31.099><c> be</c><00:19:31.200><c> the</c><00:19:31.400><c> leadership</c><00:19:31.720><c> position</c><00:19:32.140><c> in</c><00:19:32.279><c> the</c><00:19:32.420><c> world.</c>

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They<00:19:33.019><c> had</c><00:19:33.319><c> their</c><00:19:33.619><c> image</c><00:19:33.880><c> of</c><00:19:34.019><c> what</c><00:19:34.180><c> the</c><00:19:34.400><c> Messiah</c><00:19:34.660><c> must</c><00:19:34.960><c> do</c><00:19:35.279><c> and</c>

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Jesus<00:19:36.099><c> Christ</c><00:19:36.420><c> did</c><00:19:36.660><c> not</c><00:19:36.900><c> fit</c><00:19:37.119><c> that</c><00:19:37.400><c> image.</c>

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They<00:19:41.200><c> didn't</c><00:19:41.440><c> want</c><00:19:41.599><c> a</c><00:19:41.779><c> Messiah</c><00:19:42.039><c> who</c><00:19:42.240><c> was</c><00:19:42.500><c> meek</c><00:19:42.759><c> and</c><00:19:42.940><c> lowly</c><00:19:43.240><c> of</c><00:19:43.440><c> heart.</c>

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They<00:19:44.299><c> did</c><00:19:44.519><c> not</c><00:19:44.700><c> want</c><00:19:44.819><c> a</c><00:19:45.000><c> Messiah</c><00:19:45.319><c> who</c><00:19:45.559><c> wanted</c><00:19:45.740><c> them</c><00:19:45.940><c> to</c><00:19:46.160><c> be</c><00:19:46.339><c> humble.</c>

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And<00:19:50.400><c> so,</c><00:19:51.579><c> when</c><00:19:51.740><c> he</c><00:19:51.940><c> was</c><00:19:52.259><c> crucified,</c><00:19:52.880><c> they</c><00:19:53.160><c> taunted</c><00:19:53.480><c> him.</c>

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They<00:19:54.779><c> figured</c><00:19:54.960><c> if</c><00:19:55.079><c> he</c><00:19:55.299><c> really</c><00:19:55.640><c> was</c><00:19:55.819><c> the</c><00:19:56.039><c> Messiah,</c><00:19:56.319><c> he'd</c><00:19:56.619><c> respond</c><00:19:57.000><c> to</c><00:19:57.220><c> it.</c>

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If<00:19:57.920><c> he</c><00:19:58.140><c> be</c><00:19:58.259><c> the</c><00:19:58.440><c> Christ,</c><00:19:58.720><c> let</c><00:19:58.839><c> him</c><00:19:58.920><c> come</c><00:19:59.160><c> down</c><00:19:59.460><c> from</c><00:19:59.660><c> that</c><00:19:59.920><c> cross.</c>

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And<00:20:03.559><c> if</c><00:20:03.720><c> he</c><00:20:03.880><c> was</c><00:20:04.119><c> the</c><00:20:04.299><c> Messiah</c><00:20:04.619><c> in</c><00:20:04.839><c> their</c><00:20:05.019><c> image,</c><00:20:05.240><c> he</c><00:20:05.380><c> would</c><00:20:05.619><c> have.</c>

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We<00:20:08.859><c> have</c><00:20:08.859><c> to</c><00:20:08.960><c> be</c><00:20:09.079><c> very</c><00:20:09.420><c> careful</c><00:20:09.799><c> that</c><00:20:10.460><c> our</c><00:20:10.700><c> image</c><00:20:10.980><c> of</c><00:20:11.220><c> things</c>

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and<00:20:11.500><c> what</c><00:20:11.680><c> we</c><00:20:11.940><c> want</c><00:20:12.339><c> out</c><00:20:12.700><c> of</c><00:20:12.819><c> the</c><00:20:12.940><c> Word</c><00:20:13.079><c> of</c><00:20:13.279><c> God</c>

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conforms<00:20:14.599><c> to</c><00:20:14.740><c> the</c><00:20:14.960><c> things</c><00:20:15.180><c> that</c><00:20:15.420><c> God</c><00:20:15.619><c> wants</c><00:20:15.960><c> us</c><00:20:16.200><c> to</c><00:20:16.359><c> do</c>

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and<00:20:17.299><c> not</c><00:20:17.539><c> what</c><00:20:17.700><c> our</c><00:20:18.000><c> own</c><00:20:18.740><c> worldly</c><00:20:19.140><c> mind</c><00:20:19.519><c> would</c><00:20:19.759><c> have</c><00:20:19.940><c> us</c><00:20:20.220><c> think.</c>

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And<00:20:21.460><c> so</c><00:20:21.640><c> they</c><00:20:21.920><c> slew</c><00:20:22.200><c> the</c><00:20:22.420><c> air.</c>

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And<00:20:23.880><c> he</c><00:20:24.000><c> says,</c><00:20:24.339><c> the</c><00:20:24.339><c> stone</c><00:20:24.700><c> which</c><00:20:24.900><c> the</c><00:20:25.160><c> builders</c><00:20:25.380><c> rejected</c><00:20:25.940><c> the</c><00:20:26.200><c> same</c><00:20:26.380><c> has</c><00:20:26.599><c> become</c><00:20:26.839><c> the</c><00:20:27.019><c> head</c><00:20:27.099><c> of</c>

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the<00:20:27.500><c> corner,</c>

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citing<00:20:28.460><c> from</c><00:20:28.900><c> Psalm</c><00:20:29.099><c> 118</c><00:20:29.859><c> and</c><00:20:30.079><c> 22.</c>

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And<00:20:31.819><c> that</c><00:20:32.440><c> citation</c><00:20:32.960><c> is</c><00:20:33.240><c> mentioned</c><00:20:33.500><c> over</c><00:20:33.859><c> and</c><00:20:34.019><c> over</c><00:20:34.180><c> again</c><00:20:34.339><c> in</c>

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every<00:20:34.779><c> Gospel.</c>

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Matthew<00:20:36.019><c> 21,</c><00:20:37.220><c> Mark</c><00:20:37.480><c> 12,</c><00:20:38.480><c> Luke</c><00:20:38.680><c> 20.</c>

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Every<00:20:39.759><c> single</c><00:20:40.240><c> Gospel</c><00:20:40.599><c> makes</c><00:20:40.900><c> that</c><00:20:41.240><c> point.</c>

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Therefore,<00:20:48.579><c> say</c><00:20:48.799><c> I</c><00:20:49.000><c> unto</c><00:20:49.180><c> you,</c><00:20:49.420><c> verse</c><00:20:49.680><c> 43,</c>

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the<00:20:50.339><c> kingdom</c><00:20:50.680><c> of</c><00:20:50.900><c> God</c><00:20:51.519><c> shall</c><00:20:51.819><c> be</c><00:20:52.140><c> taken</c><00:20:52.400><c> from</c><00:20:52.680><c> you</c>

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and<00:20:53.440><c> given</c><00:20:53.700><c> to</c><00:20:53.920><c> a</c><00:20:54.079><c> nation</c><00:20:54.440><c> bringing</c><00:20:54.880><c> forth</c><00:20:55.259><c> the</c><00:20:55.539><c> fruits</c><00:20:55.720><c> thereof.</c>

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Now<00:20:58.140><c> you</c><00:20:58.279><c> say</c><00:20:58.500><c> to</c><00:20:58.660><c> yourself,</c><00:20:59.660><c> we</c><00:20:59.940><c> don't</c><00:21:00.220><c> do</c><00:21:00.440><c> that</c><00:21:00.700><c> today.</c>

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We<00:21:02.400><c> would</c><00:21:02.660><c> never</c><00:21:03.000><c> kill</c><00:21:03.680><c> the</c><00:21:04.519><c> servants</c><00:21:04.859><c> of</c><00:21:05.140><c> God.</c>

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We<00:21:07.000><c> will</c><00:21:07.299><c> not</c><00:21:07.539><c> kill</c><00:21:07.960><c> the</c><00:21:08.200><c> Messiah.</c>

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That's<00:21:10.180><c> those</c><00:21:10.440><c> Jews</c><00:21:10.740><c> who</c><00:21:10.920><c> would</c><00:21:11.039><c> do</c><00:21:11.220><c> something</c><00:21:11.519><c> like</c><00:21:11.819><c> that.</c>

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And<00:21:12.579><c> I</c><00:21:12.839><c> fully</c><00:21:13.099><c> agree,</c><00:21:13.400><c> we</c><00:21:13.619><c> probably</c><00:21:14.059><c> would</c><00:21:14.339><c> not</c><00:21:14.500><c> do</c><00:21:14.619><c> that</c><00:21:14.819><c> in</c>

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our<00:21:15.099><c> community</c>

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because<00:21:16.720><c> we</c><00:21:17.000><c> are</c><00:21:17.200><c> too</c><00:21:17.480><c> sophisticated.</c>

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It's<00:21:19.000><c> the</c><00:21:19.160><c> 20th</c><00:21:19.539><c> century.</c><00:21:20.099><c> You</c><00:21:20.299><c> might</c><00:21:20.480><c> get</c><00:21:20.779><c> caught.</c>

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I<00:21:23.119><c> think</c><00:21:23.480><c> sometimes</c><00:21:24.039><c> when</c><00:21:24.259><c> I</c><00:21:24.420><c> see</c><00:21:24.619><c> the</c><00:21:24.779><c> way</c><00:21:25.019><c> brethren</c><00:21:25.400><c> act,</c>

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when<00:21:26.680><c> they</c><00:21:26.940><c> hear</c><00:21:27.140><c> things</c><00:21:27.380><c> from</c><00:21:27.599><c> the</c><00:21:27.740><c> Word</c><00:21:27.859><c> of</c><00:21:28.059><c> God</c><00:21:28.279><c> that</c><00:21:28.460><c> they</c>

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don't<00:21:29.000><c> like,</c><00:21:29.400><c> that</c><00:21:29.500><c> condemns</c><00:21:29.940><c> them,</c>

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that<00:21:30.720><c> the</c><00:21:30.940><c> only</c><00:21:31.160><c> thing</c><00:21:31.400><c> that</c><00:21:31.619><c> prevents</c><00:21:31.880><c> them</c><00:21:32.119><c> from</c><00:21:32.420><c> carrying</c>

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out<00:21:33.039><c> the</c><00:21:33.259><c> same</c><00:21:33.500><c> actions</c><00:21:33.839><c> as</c><00:21:34.079><c> the</c><00:21:34.240><c> Pharisees</c>

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has<00:21:35.240><c> nothing</c><00:21:35.700><c> to</c><00:21:36.059><c> do</c><00:21:36.180><c> with</c><00:21:36.339><c> their</c><00:21:36.640><c> righteousness,</c>

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but<00:21:37.660><c> with</c><00:21:37.900><c> the</c><00:21:38.079><c> limitations</c><00:21:38.619><c> that</c><00:21:38.940><c> society</c><00:21:39.440><c> has</c><00:21:39.700><c> now</c><00:21:40.000><c> placed</c>

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on<00:21:40.480><c> us</c><00:21:40.819><c> as</c><00:21:41.180><c> people.</c>

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Because<00:21:44.380><c> we</c><00:21:44.900><c> do</c><00:21:45.079><c> it</c><00:21:45.619><c> in</c><00:21:46.039><c> different</c><00:21:46.319><c> ways.</c>

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We<00:21:49.059><c> slay</c><00:21:49.579><c> a</c><00:21:49.680><c> man</c><00:21:50.259><c> by</c><00:21:51.059><c> gossip,</c><00:21:52.880><c> by</c><00:21:53.140><c> lies,</c><00:21:54.119><c> by</c><00:21:54.359><c> innuendo,</c>

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by<00:21:56.059><c> spreading</c><00:21:56.460><c> abroad</c><00:21:57.299><c> deceit</c><00:21:59.380><c> so</c><00:22:00.460><c> that</c><00:22:00.599><c> we</c><00:22:00.740><c> can</c><00:22:00.960><c> destroy</c>

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someone's<00:22:01.839><c> reputation.</c>

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You<00:22:03.440><c> know,</c><00:22:03.599><c> there</c><00:22:03.680><c> was</c><00:22:03.880><c> once</c><00:22:04.079><c> a</c><00:22:04.299><c> poet</c><00:22:04.440><c> who</c><00:22:04.660><c> said</c><00:22:04.880><c> that</c><00:22:05.079><c> he</c><00:22:05.259><c> who</c>

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destroys<00:22:05.859><c> my</c><00:22:06.200><c> reputation</c><00:22:06.880><c> slays</c><00:22:07.339><c> me.</c>

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And<00:22:09.000><c> it's</c><00:22:09.140><c> really</c><00:22:09.400><c> easy</c><00:22:09.680><c> to</c><00:22:09.900><c> do</c><00:22:10.099><c> that</c><00:22:10.400><c> and</c><00:22:10.519><c> think</c><00:22:10.720><c> you're</c>

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doing<00:22:11.079><c> something</c><00:22:11.319><c> good.</c>

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You<00:22:12.140><c> can</c><00:22:12.359><c> always</c><00:22:12.700><c> tell.</c><00:22:12.940><c> My</c><00:22:13.099><c> mother</c><00:22:13.319><c> used</c><00:22:13.619><c> to</c><00:22:13.880><c> say</c><00:22:14.220><c> that</c><00:22:14.640><c> when</c>

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someone<00:22:15.180><c> comes</c><00:22:15.480><c> up</c><00:22:15.720><c> to</c><00:22:15.920><c> you</c>

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and<00:22:16.799><c> tells</c><00:22:16.880><c> you</c><00:22:17.099><c> something</c><00:22:17.440><c> bad</c><00:22:17.819><c> about</c><00:22:18.119><c> someone</c><00:22:18.519><c> else,</c><00:22:19.259><c> that</c>

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is<00:22:19.740><c> a</c><00:22:19.839><c> person</c><00:22:20.140><c> to</c><00:22:20.400><c> mistrust.</c>

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Because<00:22:21.940><c> if</c><00:22:22.119><c> they</c><00:22:22.299><c> would</c><00:22:22.599><c> speak</c><00:22:22.839><c> to</c><00:22:23.079><c> you</c><00:22:23.559><c> about</c><00:22:23.980><c> someone</c><00:22:24.380><c> else</c>

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behind<00:22:25.059><c> that</c><00:22:25.339><c> person's</c><00:22:25.940><c> back,</c>

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just<00:22:26.720><c> imagine</c><00:22:27.279><c> what</c><00:22:27.440><c> they'll</c><00:22:27.759><c> say</c><00:22:28.059><c> about</c><00:22:28.500><c> you.</c>

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And<00:22:30.599><c> you</c><00:22:30.700><c> can</c><00:22:30.920><c> usually</c><00:22:31.279><c> tell</c><00:22:31.799><c> when</c><00:22:32.119><c> people</c><00:22:32.559><c> are</c><00:22:33.279><c> that</c><00:22:33.759><c> way.</c>

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Just<00:22:34.960><c> listen</c><00:22:35.299><c> to</c><00:22:35.599><c> all</c><00:22:35.940><c> the</c><00:22:36.099><c> negative</c><00:22:36.400><c> things</c><00:22:36.660><c> they</c><00:22:36.880><c> have</c><00:22:37.099><c> to</c><00:22:37.339><c> say,</c>

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all<00:22:38.160><c> the</c><00:22:38.359><c> hateful</c><00:22:38.720><c> things</c><00:22:38.920><c> they</c><00:22:39.079><c> have</c><00:22:39.259><c> to</c><00:22:39.440><c> say</c><00:22:39.599><c> about</c><00:22:40.000><c> others.</c>

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A<00:22:41.059><c> person</c><00:22:41.339><c> who</c><00:22:41.500><c> has</c><00:22:41.599><c> the</c><00:22:41.819><c> love</c><00:22:42.000><c> of</c><00:22:42.119><c> Christ</c><00:22:42.500><c> in</c><00:22:42.559><c> him</c><00:22:42.740><c> hasn't</c><00:22:42.980><c> got</c>

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time<00:22:43.500><c> to</c><00:22:43.640><c> go</c><00:22:43.859><c> around</c>

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speaking<00:22:44.579><c> ill</c><00:22:44.920><c> of</c><00:22:45.119><c> others</c><00:22:45.380><c> over</c><00:22:45.859><c> and</c><00:22:46.039><c> over</c><00:22:46.339><c> and</c><00:22:46.440><c> over</c><00:22:46.759><c> again.</c>

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They<00:22:48.119><c> are</c><00:22:48.380><c> trying</c><00:22:48.519><c> to</c><00:22:48.819><c> slay</c><00:22:49.000><c> that</c><00:22:49.220><c> person's</c><00:22:49.740><c> reputation,</c>

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and<00:22:50.839><c> as</c><00:22:51.039><c> Christ</c><00:22:51.299><c> puts</c><00:22:51.539><c> it</c><00:22:51.759><c> in</c><00:22:51.799><c> Hebrews</c><00:22:52.079><c> 6</c><00:22:52.400><c> and</c><00:22:52.559><c> 6,</c>

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they<00:22:53.160><c> are</c><00:22:53.440><c> crucifying</c><00:22:54.099><c> the</c><00:22:54.299><c> Son</c><00:22:54.460><c> of</c><00:22:54.640><c> God</c><00:22:54.839><c> afresh.</c>

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Now<00:22:57.599><c> I</c><00:22:57.640><c> know</c><00:22:57.819><c> that</c><00:22:58.079><c> sounds</c><00:22:58.299><c> a</c><00:22:58.440><c> little</c><00:22:58.640><c> harsh,</c><00:22:59.640><c> but</c><00:22:59.779><c> it</c><00:22:59.980><c> is</c><00:23:00.240><c> true.</c>

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Because<00:23:01.200><c> the</c><00:23:01.460><c> Pharisees</c><00:23:01.920><c> had</c><00:23:02.160><c> the</c><00:23:02.420><c> power,</c><00:23:03.359><c> and</c><00:23:03.599><c> they</c><00:23:03.839><c> used</c><00:23:04.019><c> it.</c>

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They<00:23:05.119><c> didn't</c><00:23:05.299><c> have</c><00:23:05.460><c> it</c><00:23:05.680><c> directly,</c><00:23:06.039><c> but</c><00:23:06.220><c> they</c><00:23:06.480><c> forced</c><00:23:06.720><c> the</c><00:23:06.980><c> Romans</c><00:23:07.279><c> to</c>

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use<00:23:07.700><c> it.</c>

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Death<00:23:08.220><c> is</c><00:23:11.299><c> the</c><00:23:11.440><c> ultimate</c><00:23:11.819><c> way</c><00:23:12.059><c> of</c><00:23:12.160><c> getting</c><00:23:12.380><c> someone</c><00:23:12.759><c> out</c><00:23:13.000><c> of</c>

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your<00:23:13.240><c> way</c><00:23:13.380><c> that</c><00:23:13.519><c> you</c><00:23:13.660><c> don't</c><00:23:13.880><c> like.</c>

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Maybe<00:23:16.920><c> blacklisting</c><00:23:17.579><c> is</c><00:23:17.759><c> a</c><00:23:17.900><c> better</c><00:23:18.059><c> way</c><00:23:18.259><c> to</c><00:23:18.440><c> do</c><00:23:18.559><c> it</c><00:23:18.740><c> today.</c>

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Maybe<00:23:20.279><c> shunning</c><00:23:20.559><c> them</c><00:23:20.799><c> is</c><00:23:21.019><c> a</c><00:23:21.160><c> better</c><00:23:21.299><c> way</c><00:23:21.519><c> to</c><00:23:21.640><c> do</c><00:23:21.779><c> it</c><00:23:21.940><c> today.</c>

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Maybe<00:23:23.140><c> refusing</c><00:23:23.619><c> to</c><00:23:23.900><c> listen</c><00:23:24.180><c> to</c><00:23:24.299><c> what</c><00:23:24.420><c> we</c><00:23:24.579><c> don't</c><00:23:24.779><c> want</c><00:23:24.980><c> to</c><00:23:25.240><c> hear</c><00:23:25.359><c> is</c>

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a<00:23:25.779><c> better</c><00:23:25.880><c> way</c><00:23:26.099><c> to</c><00:23:26.259><c> do</c><00:23:26.400><c> it</c><00:23:26.579><c> today.</c>

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And<00:23:28.640><c> when</c><00:23:28.779><c> the</c><00:23:28.980><c> chief</c><00:23:29.480><c> priests,</c><00:23:29.920><c> verse</c><00:23:30.140><c> 45,</c><00:23:30.779><c> and</c><00:23:30.940><c> Pharisees</c>

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heard<00:23:31.619><c> this</c><00:23:31.900><c> parable,</c>

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they<00:23:33.000><c> perceived</c><00:23:33.660><c> that</c><00:23:33.839><c> he</c><00:23:34.119><c> spake</c><00:23:34.380><c> of</c><00:23:34.539><c> them.</c>

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And<00:23:35.839><c> when</c><00:23:36.019><c> they</c><00:23:36.400><c> sought</c><00:23:36.980><c> to</c><00:23:39.000><c> lay</c><00:23:39.400><c> hands</c><00:23:39.779><c> on</c><00:23:40.000><c> him,</c>

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they<00:23:40.599><c> feared</c><00:23:40.920><c> the</c><00:23:41.180><c> multitude</c><00:23:41.619><c> because</c><00:23:42.079><c> they</c><00:23:42.299><c> took</c><00:23:42.500><c> him</c><00:23:42.660><c> for</c><00:23:42.859><c> a</c><00:23:43.099><c> prophet.</c>

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Well,<00:23:44.819><c> you</c><00:23:44.980><c> see,</c><00:23:45.380><c> brethren</c><00:23:45.519><c> and</c><00:23:45.759><c> sisters,</c>

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the<00:23:46.839><c> problem</c><00:23:47.220><c> wasn't</c><00:23:47.579><c> that</c><00:23:47.819><c> the</c><00:23:48.000><c> Jews</c><00:23:48.140><c> didn't</c><00:23:48.460><c> understand</c>

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the<00:23:49.200><c> parables.</c>

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The<00:23:49.700><c> problem</c><00:23:49.960><c> was</c><00:23:50.220><c> that</c><00:23:50.359><c> they</c><00:23:50.619><c> did.</c>

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When<00:23:54.900><c> he</c><00:23:55.079><c> says,</c><00:23:55.500><c> seeing</c><00:23:55.500><c> that</c><00:23:55.640><c> they</c><00:23:55.859><c> should</c><00:23:56.039><c> seeing,</c><00:23:56.440><c> hearing</c>

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that<00:23:56.880><c> they</c><00:23:57.119><c> should</c><00:23:57.279><c> hear</c><00:23:57.519><c> not,</c>

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it<00:23:58.160><c> wasn't</c><00:23:58.500><c> that</c><00:23:58.720><c> they</c><00:23:59.019><c> didn't</c><00:23:59.420><c> understand.</c>

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He<00:24:00.200><c> didn't</c><00:24:00.339><c> say</c><00:24:00.599><c> an</c><00:24:00.859><c> understanding</c><00:24:01.299><c> they</c><00:24:01.519><c> would</c><00:24:01.740><c> understand</c><00:24:02.180><c> not.</c>

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He<00:24:02.500><c> didn't</c><00:24:02.720><c> say</c><00:24:02.900><c> that</c><00:24:03.220><c> part.</c>

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They<00:24:05.720><c> understood</c><00:24:06.119><c> all</c><00:24:06.420><c> too</c><00:24:06.640><c> well,</c><00:24:06.880><c> but</c><00:24:07.039><c> they</c><00:24:07.359><c> didn't</c><00:24:07.779><c> want</c><00:24:08.140><c> to</c>

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do<00:24:08.579><c> it.</c>

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Mark<00:24:10.559><c> Twain</c><00:24:10.839><c> once</c><00:24:11.079><c> said</c><00:24:11.259><c> that.</c>

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He<00:24:11.980><c> said</c><00:24:12.099><c> what</c><00:24:12.400><c> he</c><00:24:12.660><c> feared</c><00:24:12.779><c> about</c><00:24:13.059><c> the</c><00:24:13.240><c> Bible</c><00:24:13.539><c> was</c><00:24:13.740><c> not</c><00:24:13.960><c> the</c><00:24:14.160><c> parts</c><00:24:14.279><c> he</c>

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didn't<00:24:14.599><c> understand,</c>

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but<00:24:15.259><c> all</c><00:24:15.460><c> the</c><00:24:15.579><c> stuff</c><00:24:15.700><c> he</c><00:24:15.839><c> did</c><00:24:16.119><c> understand</c><00:24:16.579><c> and</c><00:24:16.680><c> didn't</c><00:24:16.920><c> do.</c>

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And<00:24:20.880><c> I</c><00:24:21.019><c> think</c><00:24:21.180><c> that</c><00:24:21.359><c> that's</c><00:24:21.599><c> a</c><00:24:21.720><c> very</c><00:24:22.500><c> powerful</c><00:24:23.079><c> lesson</c><00:24:23.420><c> for</c><00:24:23.640><c> us</c>

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because<00:24:24.039><c> these</c><00:24:24.339><c> Pharisees,</c>

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there's<00:24:26.819><c> just</c><00:24:27.059><c> no</c><00:24:27.299><c> way</c><00:24:27.460><c> they're</c><00:24:27.619><c> going</c><00:24:27.799><c> to</c><00:24:27.960><c> be</c><00:24:28.079><c> able</c><00:24:28.279><c> to</c><00:24:28.480><c> say</c>

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it<00:24:29.259><c> was</c><00:24:29.480><c> too</c><00:24:29.680><c> obscure.</c>

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He<00:24:31.880><c> spoke</c><00:24:32.079><c> to</c><00:24:32.220><c> us</c><00:24:32.400><c> in</c><00:24:32.640><c> parables.</c><00:24:32.960><c> We</c><00:24:33.079><c> didn't</c><00:24:33.319><c> understand</c><00:24:33.680><c> those.</c>

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If<00:24:34.039><c> he</c><00:24:34.140><c> had</c><00:24:34.380><c> spoken</c><00:24:34.680><c> to</c><00:24:34.819><c> us</c><00:24:34.940><c> plainly,</c><00:24:36.380><c> in</c><00:24:36.440><c> fact,</c><00:24:36.680><c> as</c><00:24:36.799><c> we</c>

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learned<00:24:37.619><c> yesterday,</c>

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in<00:24:38.240><c> fact,</c><00:24:38.500><c> Jesus</c><00:24:38.779><c> Christ</c><00:24:39.039><c> even</c><00:24:39.339><c> told</c><00:24:39.500><c> him</c><00:24:39.720><c> a</c><00:24:39.880><c> parable</c><00:24:40.180><c> of</c><00:24:40.380><c> that,</c><00:24:40.680><c> didn't</c><00:24:40.819><c> he,</c>

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in<00:24:41.079><c> the</c><00:24:41.259><c> parable</c><00:24:41.519><c> of</c><00:24:41.740><c> Lazarus</c><00:24:42.559><c> where</c><00:24:42.799><c> he</c><00:24:42.799><c> says,</c>

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well,<00:24:43.319><c> if</c><00:24:43.460><c> someone</c><00:24:43.680><c> would</c><00:24:43.880><c> come</c><00:24:44.079><c> from</c><00:24:44.299><c> the</c><00:24:44.500><c> dead</c><00:24:44.660><c> and</c><00:24:44.880><c> speak</c>

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to<00:24:45.220><c> them</c>

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as<00:24:45.500><c> if</c><00:24:45.980><c> everything</c><00:24:46.400><c> that</c><00:24:46.619><c> God</c><00:24:46.759><c> had</c><00:24:46.940><c> given</c><00:24:47.039><c> them</c><00:24:47.200><c> in</c><00:24:47.339><c> this</c><00:24:47.559><c> book,</c><00:24:47.720><c> they</c>

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didn't<00:24:48.059><c> understand.</c>

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And<00:24:48.779><c> he</c><00:24:48.859><c> said,</c><00:24:49.000><c> no,</c><00:24:49.180><c> if</c><00:24:49.240><c> they</c><00:24:49.460><c> will</c><00:24:49.599><c> not</c><00:24:49.779><c> understand</c><00:24:50.099><c> Moses</c>

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and<00:24:50.640><c> the</c><00:24:50.839><c> prophets,</c>

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neither<00:24:52.019><c> will</c><00:24:52.220><c> they</c><00:24:52.440><c> respond</c><00:24:52.799><c> if</c><00:24:52.940><c> someone</c><00:24:53.200><c> came</c><00:24:53.440><c> to</c><00:24:53.559><c> them</c><00:24:53.660><c> from</c><00:24:53.859><c> the</c><00:24:54.099><c> dead.</c>

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So<00:24:54.980><c> he</c><00:24:55.160><c> even</c><00:24:55.539><c> turned</c><00:24:55.700><c> it</c><00:24:55.940><c> back</c><00:24:56.119><c> on</c><00:24:56.319><c> them</c><00:24:56.400><c> and</c><00:24:56.539><c> told</c><00:24:56.720><c> a</c><00:24:56.880><c> very</c><00:24:57.200><c> parable</c><00:24:57.480><c> on</c>

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their<00:24:57.920><c> complaint</c>

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that<00:24:58.500><c> it</c><00:24:58.759><c> wasn't</c><00:24:59.000><c> plain</c><00:24:59.259><c> enough.</c>

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It<00:25:00.579><c> wasn't</c><00:25:00.720><c> that</c><00:25:00.859><c> it</c><00:25:01.019><c> wasn't</c><00:25:01.299><c> plain</c><00:25:01.559><c> enough.</c>

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And<00:25:02.940><c> now</c><00:25:03.119><c> let's</c><00:25:03.259><c> go</c><00:25:03.519><c> on</c><00:25:03.720><c> to</c><00:25:03.859><c> the</c><00:25:04.000><c> next</c><00:25:04.799><c> couple</c><00:25:05.160><c> of</c><00:25:05.460><c> parables.</c>

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The<00:25:05.880><c> next</c><00:25:06.119><c> few</c><00:25:06.380><c> parables</c><00:25:06.740><c> are</c><00:25:06.819><c> really</c><00:25:07.180><c> fascinating.</c>

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They,<00:25:08.259><c> I</c><00:25:08.420><c> think,</c><00:25:08.680><c> are</c><00:25:08.779><c> aimed</c><00:25:09.039><c> almost</c><00:25:09.339><c> directly</c><00:25:09.880><c> to</c><00:25:10.119><c> us</c>

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and<00:25:10.400><c> are</c><00:25:10.599><c> sort</c><00:25:10.740><c> of</c><00:25:10.819><c> Jesus</c><00:25:11.180><c> Christ's</c><00:25:11.960><c> final</c><00:25:12.079><c> message</c><00:25:12.640><c> in</c><00:25:13.240><c> parabolic</c><00:25:13.720><c> form</c>

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to<00:25:14.220><c> the</c><00:25:14.420><c> brethren</c><00:25:14.619><c> and</c><00:25:14.859><c> sisters</c><00:25:15.160><c> throughout</c><00:25:15.500><c> the</c><00:25:15.740><c> ages.</c>

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And<00:25:16.480><c> let's</c><00:25:16.660><c> talk</c><00:25:16.920><c> about</c><00:25:17.180><c> this</c><00:25:17.380><c> one</c><00:25:17.519><c> of</c><00:25:17.640><c> the</c><00:25:17.859><c> marriage</c><00:25:18.180><c> feasts.</c>

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There<00:25:19.240><c> is</c><00:25:19.539><c> a</c><00:25:20.079><c> very</c><00:25:20.519><c> similar</c><00:25:21.579><c> parable.</c>

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I<00:25:25.640><c> got</c><00:25:25.839><c> that</c><00:25:26.119><c> good.</c><00:25:26.359><c> That's</c><00:25:26.500><c> like</c><00:25:26.660><c> Peter</c><00:25:26.819><c> Piper</c><00:25:27.180><c> picked</c><00:25:27.420><c> a</c><00:25:27.579><c> peck</c><00:25:27.740><c> of</c>

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pickled<00:25:28.119><c> peppers.</c>

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You've<00:25:28.759><c> got</c><00:25:28.779><c> to</c><00:25:28.900><c> be</c><00:25:29.039><c> careful.</c>

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Told<00:25:31.440><c> by</c><00:25:31.920><c> the</c><00:25:32.140><c> Rabbi</c><00:25:32.579><c> Ben</c><00:25:32.920><c>-Zachai.</c>

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And<00:25:34.039><c> it's</c><00:25:34.519><c> believed</c><00:25:34.759><c> that</c><00:25:34.920><c> he</c><00:25:35.019><c> wrote</c><00:25:35.240><c> this</c><00:25:35.480><c> in</c><00:25:35.700><c> the</c><00:25:35.819><c> first</c><00:25:36.039><c> century</c>

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about<00:25:36.759><c> the</c><00:25:36.980><c> time</c><00:25:37.140><c> of</c><00:25:37.339><c> Christ.</c>

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And<00:25:38.799><c> in</c><00:25:38.900><c> this</c><00:25:39.099><c> case,</c><00:25:39.279><c> I'm</c><00:25:39.400><c> not</c><00:25:39.619><c> quite</c><00:25:39.859><c> sure</c><00:25:40.059><c> whether</c><00:25:40.279><c> he</c><00:25:40.640><c> knew</c>

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Jesus'<00:25:41.619><c> parable</c>

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and<00:25:42.039><c> then</c><00:25:42.819><c> turned</c><00:25:43.200><c> it</c><00:25:43.480><c> around.</c>

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It<00:25:43.859><c> may</c><00:25:43.960><c> have</c><00:25:44.059><c> been</c><00:25:44.119><c> the</c><00:25:44.240><c> other</c><00:25:44.400><c> way</c><00:25:44.559><c> around</c><00:25:44.799><c> because</c><00:25:45.059><c> Ben</c>

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-Zachai<00:25:45.700><c> actually</c><00:25:46.079><c> died</c>

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about<00:25:46.619><c> 30</c><00:25:46.880><c> years</c><00:25:47.140><c> after</c><00:25:47.460><c> Jesus.</c>

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I<00:25:48.500><c> think</c><00:25:48.819><c> he</c><00:25:49.119><c> took,</c><00:25:49.720><c> may</c><00:25:49.859><c> have</c><00:25:50.039><c> been</c><00:25:50.259><c> aware</c><00:25:50.519><c> of</c><00:25:50.680><c> Jesus'</c><00:25:51.200><c> parable</c>

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and<00:25:51.660><c> turned</c><00:25:51.819><c> it</c><00:25:52.039><c> around</c><00:25:52.200><c> a</c><00:25:52.460><c> different</c><00:25:52.680><c> way.</c>

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In<00:25:54.380><c> this</c><00:25:54.660><c> Jewish</c><00:25:54.940><c> parable,</c><00:25:55.420><c> there</c><00:25:55.519><c> was</c><00:25:55.720><c> a</c><00:25:55.960><c> king</c>

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who<00:25:57.259><c> committed</c><00:25:57.720><c> to</c><00:25:57.980><c> his</c><00:25:58.240><c> servants</c><00:25:58.579><c> royal</c><00:25:59.140><c> robes</c><00:25:59.519><c> of</c><00:26:00.000><c> bright</c>

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color<00:26:00.700><c> and</c><00:26:01.500><c> splendor.</c>

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The<00:26:04.220><c> wise</c><00:26:04.460><c> among</c><00:26:04.819><c> them</c><00:26:05.680><c> carefully</c><00:26:06.460><c> laid</c><00:26:06.859><c> them</c><00:26:07.220><c> by</c><00:26:07.660><c> in</c><00:26:08.039><c> their</c><00:26:08.380><c> closets.</c>

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But<00:26:10.640><c> the</c><00:26:10.920><c> foolish</c><00:26:11.460><c> put</c><00:26:12.420><c> them</c><00:26:12.660><c> on</c><00:26:13.440><c> so</c><00:26:13.819><c> that</c><00:26:13.960><c> they</c><00:26:14.099><c> could</c><00:26:14.359><c> show</c><00:26:14.700><c> off</c>

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and<00:26:15.960><c> wore</c><00:26:16.180><c> them</c><00:26:16.359><c> every</c><00:26:16.660><c> day</c><00:26:16.859><c> as</c><00:26:17.019><c> they</c><00:26:17.180><c> were</c><00:26:17.339><c> doing</c><00:26:17.599><c> their</c><00:26:17.900><c> work</c>

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in<00:26:18.279><c> the</c><00:26:18.480><c> world.</c>

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After<00:26:20.740><c> a</c><00:26:21.019><c> time,</c><00:26:21.839><c> the</c><00:26:21.960><c> king</c><00:26:22.180><c> asked</c><00:26:22.539><c> for</c><00:26:22.740><c> his</c><00:26:22.940><c> robes</c><00:26:23.299><c> back.</c>

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When<00:26:26.539><c> the</c><00:26:26.799><c> wise</c><00:26:27.240><c> came,</c><00:26:28.259><c> they</c><00:26:28.480><c> restored</c><00:26:28.900><c> them</c><00:26:29.180><c> in</c><00:26:29.500><c> all</c><00:26:29.700><c> their</c><00:26:29.920><c> splendor.</c>

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But<00:26:31.920><c> the</c><00:26:32.240><c> foolish</c><00:26:32.519><c> brought</c><00:26:32.920><c> them</c><00:26:33.180><c> back</c><00:26:33.720><c> soil.</c>

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For<00:26:35.539><c> the</c><00:26:35.700><c> king</c><00:26:35.859><c> had</c><00:26:36.119><c> given</c><00:26:36.279><c> his</c><00:26:36.599><c> notice</c><00:26:36.859><c> so</c><00:26:37.240><c> suddenly</c>

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that<00:26:38.599><c> they</c><00:26:38.779><c> had</c><00:26:38.980><c> no</c><00:26:39.299><c> time</c><00:26:40.079><c> to</c><00:26:41.319><c> take</c><00:26:41.539><c> them</c><00:26:41.700><c> to</c><00:26:41.880><c> the</c><00:26:42.079><c> fuller</c><00:26:42.799><c> and</c>

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have<00:26:43.539><c> them</c><00:26:43.799><c> cleaned.</c>

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Then<00:26:45.980><c> the</c><00:26:46.180><c> king</c><00:26:46.359><c> rejoiced</c><00:26:46.900><c> over</c><00:26:47.180><c> the</c><00:26:47.380><c> wise,</c>

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and<00:26:47.740><c> while</c><00:26:47.900><c> the</c><00:26:48.099><c> robes</c><00:26:48.319><c> were</c><00:26:48.500><c> laid</c><00:26:48.660><c> up</c><00:26:48.839><c> in</c><00:26:48.960><c> the</c><00:26:49.180><c> treasury,</c>

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they<00:26:51.299><c> were</c><00:26:51.519><c> bitten</c><00:26:51.680><c> to</c><00:26:51.920><c> go</c><00:26:52.119><c> home</c><00:26:52.319><c> in</c><00:26:52.579><c> peace.</c>

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But<00:26:53.440><c> the</c><00:26:53.740><c> foolish</c><00:26:54.019><c> he</c><00:26:54.319><c> commanded</c><00:26:54.740><c> that</c><00:26:55.039><c> their</c><00:26:55.339><c> robes</c><00:26:55.920><c> should</c>

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be<00:26:56.420><c> handed</c><00:26:56.640><c> over</c><00:26:56.940><c> to</c><00:26:57.119><c> be</c><00:26:57.380><c> washed</c>

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and<00:26:59.599><c> that</c><00:26:59.819><c> they</c><00:27:00.119><c> themselves</c><00:27:00.640><c> should</c><00:27:00.900><c> be</c><00:27:01.160><c> cast</c><00:27:01.440><c> into</c><00:27:01.799><c> prison.</c>

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And<00:27:04.539><c> the</c><00:27:04.759><c> rabbis</c><00:27:05.140><c> explain</c><00:27:05.799><c> the</c><00:27:06.420><c> meaning</c><00:27:06.759><c> of</c><00:27:07.019><c> this</c><00:27:07.259><c> parable</c><00:27:07.680><c> is</c>

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that<00:27:08.660><c> we</c><00:27:08.900><c> must</c><00:27:09.119><c> be</c><00:27:09.400><c> careful</c><00:27:09.740><c> to</c><00:27:10.460><c> preserve</c><00:27:11.140><c> our</c><00:27:11.799><c> souls</c><00:27:12.339><c> perfectly</c><00:27:13.099><c> pure</c>

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and<00:27:15.019><c> not</c><00:27:15.359><c> soil</c><00:27:15.680><c> the</c><00:27:15.920><c> garments</c><00:27:16.200><c> that</c><00:27:16.480><c> God</c><00:27:16.660><c> has</c><00:27:16.940><c> given</c><00:27:17.099><c> us</c><00:27:17.480><c> by</c><00:27:17.839><c> work</c><00:27:18.140><c> in</c>

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the<00:27:18.519><c> world.</c>

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Interesting.

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The<00:27:24.380><c> focus</c><00:27:24.859><c> on</c><00:27:26.039><c> personal</c><00:27:26.940><c> defilement</c><00:27:28.299><c> was</c><00:27:30.200><c> what</c><00:27:30.380><c> the</c><00:27:30.660><c> Pharisees</c><00:27:31.180><c> were</c><00:27:31.359><c> doing.</c>

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You<00:27:33.319><c> know,</c><00:27:33.519><c> if</c><00:27:33.660><c> you</c><00:27:33.799><c> risk</c><00:27:34.039><c> going</c><00:27:34.299><c> out</c><00:27:34.599><c> there</c><00:27:34.779><c> and</c><00:27:34.900><c> doing</c><00:27:35.119><c> work</c>

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in<00:27:35.519><c> the</c><00:27:35.680><c> world,</c>

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if<00:27:36.759><c> you</c><00:27:36.900><c> risk</c><00:27:37.119><c> doing</c><00:27:37.359><c> work</c><00:27:37.579><c> in</c><00:27:37.759><c> the</c><00:27:37.880><c> Brotherhood,</c><00:27:38.339><c> you're</c><00:27:38.460><c> going</c><00:27:38.599><c> to</c>

00:27:39.440 --> 00:27:40.940
get<00:27:39.559><c> dirty</c><00:27:39.819><c> sometimes.</c>

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It's<00:27:43.319><c> interesting</c><00:27:43.640><c> to</c><00:27:43.839><c> hear</c><00:27:43.960><c> Brother</c><00:27:44.259><c> Anthony's</c><00:27:45.299><c> talk</c><00:27:45.440><c> this</c><00:27:45.700><c> morning</c>

00:27:45.940 --> 00:27:48.119
because<00:27:46.299><c> he's</c><00:27:46.759><c> in</c><00:27:46.940><c> South</c><00:27:47.180><c> Africa</c><00:27:47.480><c> and</c><00:27:47.599><c> I'm</c><00:27:47.759><c> in</c><00:27:47.759><c> Michigan.</c>

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I<00:27:48.299><c> think</c><00:27:48.440><c> it's</c><00:27:48.500><c> about</c><00:27:48.759><c> 10</c><00:27:48.940><c>,000</c><00:27:49.220><c> miles</c><00:27:49.539><c> away.</c>

00:27:50.559 --> 00:27:52.400
But<00:27:50.819><c> the</c><00:27:51.259><c> point</c><00:27:51.420><c> was</c><00:27:51.579><c> so</c><00:27:51.839><c> well</c><00:27:52.059><c> made.</c>

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If<00:27:52.700><c> you</c><00:27:52.859><c> want</c><00:27:52.940><c> to</c><00:27:53.059><c> get</c><00:27:53.180><c> popular,</c><00:27:53.599><c> I</c><00:27:53.779><c> know</c><00:27:53.960><c> exactly</c><00:27:54.440><c> what</c><00:27:54.680><c> to</c><00:27:54.940><c> say.</c>

00:27:55.920 --> 00:27:57.900
I<00:27:56.220><c> know</c><00:27:56.420><c> exactly</c><00:27:56.799><c> what</c><00:27:56.980><c> to</c><00:27:57.099><c> say</c><00:27:57.200><c> to</c><00:27:57.299><c> get</c><00:27:57.480><c> popular.</c>

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It's<00:27:58.380><c> not</c><00:27:58.519><c> a</c><00:27:58.720><c> problem.</c>

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You<00:28:00.039><c> know,</c><00:28:00.119><c> at</c><00:28:00.220><c> the</c><00:28:00.339><c> university,</c><00:28:00.900><c> one</c><00:28:01.000><c> professor</c><00:28:01.400><c> said,</c>

00:28:01.640 --> 00:28:03.420
how<00:28:01.740><c> do</c><00:28:01.859><c> you</c><00:28:01.940><c> get</c><00:28:02.039><c> good</c><00:28:02.220><c> teacher</c><00:28:02.539><c> ratings?</c>

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It's<00:28:03.839><c> easy.</c>

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Give<00:28:04.799><c> good</c><00:28:05.019><c> grades,</c><00:28:06.480><c> tell</c><00:28:06.720><c> good</c><00:28:06.940><c> jokes,</c><00:28:07.420><c> and</c><00:28:08.240><c> don't</c><00:28:08.440><c> be</c><00:28:08.579><c> critical</c><00:28:08.859><c> of</c><00:28:09.059><c> students.</c>

00:28:10.160 --> 00:28:13.000
You<00:28:10.500><c> get</c><00:28:10.900><c> excellent</c><00:28:11.279><c> teacher</c><00:28:11.539><c> ratings</c><00:28:11.759><c> every</c><00:28:12.099><c> time.</c>

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It's<00:28:13.380><c> no</c><00:28:13.480><c> problem.</c>

00:28:13.799 --> 00:28:16.200
Just<00:28:14.440><c> tell</c><00:28:14.619><c> them</c><00:28:14.700><c> what</c><00:28:14.819><c> they</c><00:28:15.019><c> want</c><00:28:15.180><c> to</c><00:28:15.319><c> hear.</c>

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Now,<00:28:17.259><c> when</c><00:28:17.420><c> I</c><00:28:17.579><c> was</c><00:28:17.740><c> heading</c><00:28:17.960><c> to</c><00:28:18.319><c> college</c>

00:28:18.680 --> 00:28:21.220
and<00:28:19.319><c> a</c><00:28:19.440><c> young</c><00:28:19.579><c> professor</c><00:28:19.900><c> came</c><00:28:20.140><c> and</c><00:28:20.339><c> told</c><00:28:20.420><c> me</c><00:28:20.579><c> that,</c>

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I<00:28:21.839><c> would</c><00:28:22.019><c> say</c><00:28:22.200><c> to</c><00:28:22.279><c> him,</c><00:28:22.799><c> you</c><00:28:22.960><c> do</c><00:28:23.180><c> that.</c>

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That's<00:28:23.940><c> excellent.</c>

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But<00:28:24.480><c> of</c><00:28:24.619><c> course,</c><00:28:24.720><c> if</c><00:28:24.859><c> you</c><00:28:24.960><c> get</c><00:28:25.160><c> good</c><00:28:25.420><c> grades</c><00:28:25.579><c> every</c><00:28:25.859><c> single</c><00:28:26.140><c> semester</c>

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and<00:28:27.480><c> I</c><00:28:27.660><c> find</c><00:28:27.819><c> that</c><00:28:28.000><c> those</c><00:28:28.200><c> students</c><00:28:28.500><c> are</c><00:28:28.759><c> all</c><00:28:29.079><c> not</c><00:28:29.720><c> doing</c><00:28:29.980><c> well</c>

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once<00:28:30.380><c> they</c><00:28:30.539><c> get</c><00:28:30.700><c> out</c><00:28:30.859><c> of</c><00:28:30.940><c> here</c>

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or<00:28:31.140><c> they</c><00:28:31.259><c> don't</c><00:28:31.440><c> do</c><00:28:31.539><c> well</c><00:28:31.700><c> on</c><00:28:31.859><c> their</c><00:28:32.079><c> GRE</c><00:28:32.339><c> and</c><00:28:32.420><c> they</c><00:28:32.559><c> don't</c>

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know<00:28:32.900><c> anything,</c>

00:28:33.839 --> 00:28:36.240
well,<00:28:34.099><c> then</c><00:28:34.420><c> you're</c><00:28:34.819><c> going</c><00:28:34.920><c> to</c><00:28:35.019><c> be</c><00:28:35.119><c> in</c><00:28:35.220><c> very,</c><00:28:35.539><c> very</c><00:28:35.740><c> deep</c><00:28:35.940><c> trouble.</c>

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I<00:28:36.440><c> said,</c><00:28:36.599><c> what</c><00:28:36.660><c> you</c><00:28:36.839><c> could</c><00:28:37.039><c> try</c><00:28:37.359><c> is</c><00:28:37.539><c> have</c><00:28:37.680><c> high</c><00:28:37.960><c> standards,</c>

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expect<00:28:40.440><c> them</c><00:28:40.579><c> to</c><00:28:40.700><c> know</c><00:28:40.859><c> something,</c>

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be<00:28:42.500><c> stern</c><00:28:42.980><c> but</c><00:28:43.299><c> fair.</c>

00:28:44.640 --> 00:28:47.000
I<00:28:44.700><c> said,</c><00:28:44.819><c> you</c><00:28:44.920><c> won't</c><00:28:45.099><c> get</c><00:28:45.339><c> liked</c><00:28:45.500><c> by</c><00:28:45.720><c> all</c><00:28:45.920><c> the</c><00:28:46.079><c> students,</c>

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but<00:28:48.059><c> most</c><00:28:48.519><c> people</c><00:28:48.839><c> will</c><00:28:49.099><c> respond</c><00:28:49.380><c> to</c><00:28:49.619><c> that.</c>

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The<00:28:50.299><c> important</c><00:28:50.579><c> people</c><00:28:50.900><c> will</c><00:28:51.119><c> respond</c><00:28:51.400><c> to</c><00:28:51.619><c> that.</c>

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Life<00:28:52.599><c> will</c><00:28:52.859><c> respond</c><00:28:53.220><c> to</c><00:28:53.400><c> that.</c>

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It's<00:28:54.559><c> not</c><00:28:54.779><c> really</c><00:28:55.059><c> a</c><00:28:55.319><c> problem</c><00:28:55.660><c> doing</c><00:28:56.039><c> what</c><00:28:56.259><c> people</c><00:28:56.680><c> want</c><00:28:57.019><c> to</c><00:28:57.259><c> hear.</c>

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Just<00:28:58.799><c> tell</c><00:28:58.980><c> me</c><00:28:59.140><c> what</c><00:28:59.279><c> you</c><00:28:59.500><c> want</c><00:28:59.640><c> to</c><00:28:59.799><c> hear.</c>

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I'll<00:29:01.160><c> just</c><00:29:01.359><c> walk</c><00:29:01.519><c> around</c><00:29:01.740><c> and</c><00:29:01.880><c> say,</c><00:29:02.579><c> you</c><00:29:02.720><c> know,</c>

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if<00:29:03.000><c> I'm</c><00:29:03.119><c> going</c><00:29:03.299><c> somewhere</c><00:29:03.559><c> and</c><00:29:03.660><c> say,</c><00:29:03.980><c> what's</c><00:29:04.400><c> controversial</c><00:29:04.960><c> here?</c>

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Good,<00:29:06.079><c> I</c><00:29:06.240><c> won't</c><00:29:06.420><c> speak</c><00:29:06.619><c> on</c><00:29:06.799><c> that.</c>

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I<00:29:09.259><c> never</c><00:29:09.539><c> call</c><00:29:09.819><c> anybody</c><00:29:10.140><c> up</c><00:29:10.400><c> and</c><00:29:10.539><c> find</c><00:29:10.759><c> out</c><00:29:10.900><c> what's</c><00:29:11.160><c> going</c><00:29:11.359><c> on</c>

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anywhere<00:29:11.799><c> else.</c>

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I<00:29:12.680><c> prefer</c><00:29:12.960><c> to</c><00:29:13.119><c> be</c><00:29:13.299><c> ignorant.</c>

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And<00:29:14.500><c> some</c><00:29:14.660><c> of</c><00:29:14.779><c> you</c><00:29:14.859><c> know</c><00:29:15.039><c> how</c><00:29:15.279><c> ignorant</c><00:29:15.460><c> I</c><00:29:15.720><c> am.</c>

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So<00:29:16.480><c> it's</c><00:29:16.599><c> not</c><00:29:16.759><c> a</c><00:29:16.920><c> problem.</c>

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But<00:29:17.900><c> if</c><00:29:18.440><c> you</c><00:29:18.579><c> learn</c><00:29:18.779><c> too</c><00:29:19.059><c> much</c><00:29:19.259><c> about</c><00:29:19.599><c> that,</c>

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and<00:29:19.920><c> I</c><00:29:20.039><c> told</c><00:29:20.180><c> you</c><00:29:20.319><c> this</c><00:29:20.440><c> a</c><00:29:20.539><c> few</c><00:29:20.599><c> days</c><00:29:20.839><c> ago,</c>

00:29:21.440 --> 00:29:24.200
what<00:29:21.700><c> I</c><00:29:22.019><c> speak</c><00:29:22.220><c> about</c><00:29:22.460><c> is</c><00:29:22.619><c> what</c><00:29:22.799><c> bothers</c><00:29:23.119><c> me.</c>

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If<00:29:26.220><c> I'm</c><00:29:26.500><c> troubled</c><00:29:26.779><c> by</c><00:29:26.940><c> how</c><00:29:27.200><c> I'm</c><00:29:27.519><c> handling</c><00:29:27.779><c> the</c><00:29:27.960><c> Word</c><00:29:28.099><c> of</c><00:29:28.299><c> God,</c>

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I<00:29:28.720><c> think</c><00:29:28.940><c> a</c><00:29:29.119><c> few</c><00:29:29.240><c> other</c><00:29:29.460><c> people</c><00:29:29.720><c> in</c><00:29:29.839><c> the</c><00:29:29.980><c> audience</c><00:29:30.200><c> might</c><00:29:30.380><c> have</c>

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a<00:29:30.700><c> similar</c><00:29:30.920><c> problem.</c>

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Sometimes<00:29:34.220><c> it's</c><00:29:34.480><c> not</c><00:29:34.619><c> good</c><00:29:34.779><c> to</c><00:29:35.000><c> know</c><00:29:35.099><c> too</c><00:29:35.359><c> much.</c>

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You<00:29:36.319><c> know,</c><00:29:37.039><c> I</c><00:29:37.220><c> said</c><00:29:37.460><c> this.</c>

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I'll<00:29:38.299><c> say</c><00:29:38.359><c> it</c><00:29:38.500><c> one</c><00:29:38.640><c> more</c><00:29:38.900><c> time.</c>

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A<00:29:39.960><c> good</c><00:29:40.160><c> teacher</c><00:29:40.420><c> wants</c><00:29:40.619><c> to</c><00:29:40.839><c> repeat</c><00:29:41.099><c> and</c><00:29:41.259><c> repeat.</c>

00:29:41.619 --> 00:29:44.279
Every<00:29:42.079><c> problem</c><00:29:42.579><c> that</c><00:29:42.900><c> ever</c><00:29:43.180><c> we've</c><00:29:43.480><c> had</c><00:29:43.619><c> in</c><00:29:43.759><c> the</c><00:29:43.940><c> Brotherhood</c>

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is<00:29:44.539><c> in</c><00:29:44.839><c> the</c><00:29:45.000><c> Gospel.</c>

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It's<00:29:45.980><c> in</c><00:29:46.200><c> the</c><00:29:46.240><c> letters</c><00:29:46.480><c> of</c><00:29:46.680><c> Paul</c><00:29:46.940><c> already.</c>

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All<00:29:48.839><c> of</c><00:29:48.980><c> those</c><00:29:49.180><c> ecclesias</c><00:29:49.799><c> had</c><00:29:50.119><c> virtually</c><00:29:50.539><c> every</c><00:29:50.960><c> difficulty</c>

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without<00:29:51.799><c> a</c><00:29:52.000><c> doubt.</c>

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They<00:29:53.200><c> are</c><00:29:53.460><c> there</c><00:29:53.640><c> for</c><00:29:53.880><c> our</c><00:29:54.119><c> example</c><00:29:54.460><c> and</c><00:29:54.700><c> guidance.</c>

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The<00:29:55.380><c> Lord</c><00:29:55.700><c> God</c><00:29:56.039><c> knew</c><00:29:56.319><c> this.</c>

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He<00:29:57.680><c> was</c><00:29:57.920><c> not</c><00:29:58.140><c> foolish</c><00:29:58.440><c> to</c><00:29:58.700><c> leave</c><00:29:58.859><c> us</c><00:29:59.180><c> unprepared.</c>

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And<00:30:01.279><c> so</c><00:30:01.880><c> with</c><00:30:02.359><c> this</c><00:30:02.680><c> particular</c><00:30:03.460><c> story,</c>

00:30:04.099 --> 00:30:08.400
we<00:30:04.940><c> can</c><00:30:05.200><c> see</c><00:30:05.319><c> that</c><00:30:05.480><c> the</c><00:30:05.700><c> side</c><00:30:05.859><c> of</c><00:30:05.980><c> Jesus</c><00:30:06.279><c> is</c><00:30:06.500><c> totally</c><00:30:06.799><c> different.</c>

00:30:08.839 --> 00:30:12.220
He<00:30:09.039><c> tells</c><00:30:09.299><c> these</c><00:30:09.559><c> people</c><00:30:09.819><c> to</c><00:30:09.980><c> be</c><00:30:10.220><c> ready,</c><00:30:10.940><c> for</c><00:30:11.099><c> they</c><00:30:11.640><c> have</c><00:30:11.980><c> to</c>

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be<00:30:12.500><c> prepared.</c>

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We<00:30:14.339><c> have</c><00:30:14.480><c> to</c><00:30:14.579><c> be</c><00:30:14.779><c> ready</c><00:30:15.019><c> through</c><00:30:15.339><c> our</c><00:30:15.619><c> work.</c>

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And<00:30:16.920><c> if</c><00:30:17.019><c> the</c><00:30:17.279><c> first</c><00:30:17.480><c> parable</c><00:30:18.119><c> here</c><00:30:18.880><c> on</c><00:30:19.039><c> this</c><00:30:19.279><c> marriage</c><00:30:19.660><c> feast</c>

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leads<00:30:21.259><c> us</c><00:30:21.480><c> to</c><00:30:21.779><c> believe</c><00:30:22.259><c> that</c><00:30:22.819><c> we</c><00:30:23.000><c> will</c><00:30:23.240><c> not</c><00:30:23.440><c> be</c><00:30:23.759><c> called</c>

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and<00:30:24.799><c> that</c><00:30:24.980><c> we</c><00:30:25.119><c> will</c><00:30:25.299><c> have</c><00:30:25.579><c> time</c><00:30:26.099><c> to</c><00:30:26.779><c> prepare</c><00:30:27.119><c> our</c><00:30:27.460><c> garments,</c>

00:30:27.759 --> 00:30:30.339
we're<00:30:28.000><c> mistaken,</c><00:30:28.559><c> for</c><00:30:28.640><c> not</c><00:30:28.880><c> a</c><00:30:29.319><c> single</c><00:30:29.579><c> one</c><00:30:29.779><c> of</c><00:30:29.859><c> us</c><00:30:29.960><c> can</c><00:30:30.200><c> know</c>

00:30:30.339 --> 00:30:31.900
the<00:30:30.500><c> hour</c><00:30:30.660><c> of</c><00:30:30.819><c> our</c><00:30:30.980><c> death,</c>

00:30:31.960 --> 00:30:34.559
nor<00:30:32.319><c> the</c><00:30:32.539><c> hour</c><00:30:32.759><c> when</c><00:30:32.900><c> Jesus</c><00:30:33.299><c> Christ</c><00:30:33.539><c> may</c><00:30:33.759><c> come.</c>

00:30:34.940 --> 00:30:37.960
It<00:30:35.039><c> would</c><00:30:35.220><c> be</c><00:30:35.339><c> very</c><00:30:35.680><c> ridiculous</c><00:30:36.119><c> for</c><00:30:36.319><c> us</c><00:30:36.480><c> to</c><00:30:36.740><c> postpone</c><00:30:37.380><c> the</c><00:30:37.579><c> doing</c><00:30:37.740><c> of</c>

00:30:37.960 --> 00:30:38.380
his<00:30:38.180><c> work</c>

00:30:38.380 --> 00:30:39.900
until<00:30:38.619><c> it's</c><00:30:38.940><c> convenient.</c>

00:30:41.900 --> 00:30:42.900
You<00:30:42.099><c> can</c><00:30:42.339><c> do</c><00:30:42.519><c> this.</c>

00:30:43.240 --> 00:30:46.319
You<00:30:43.299><c> can</c><00:30:43.539><c> come</c><00:30:43.740><c> up</c><00:30:44.099><c> through</c><00:30:44.339><c> the</c><00:30:44.500><c> Sunday</c><00:30:44.740><c> School,</c><00:30:45.480><c> get</c><00:30:45.640><c> baptized,</c>

00:30:46.819 --> 00:30:48.180
and<00:30:46.900><c> say,</c><00:30:47.259><c> well,</c><00:30:47.339><c> I'm</c><00:30:47.519><c> going</c><00:30:47.700><c> to</c><00:30:47.940><c> college.</c>

00:30:48.259 --> 00:30:50.880
In<00:30:48.359><c> the</c><00:30:48.440><c> next</c><00:30:48.619><c> four</c><00:30:48.839><c> years,</c><00:30:49.039><c> I've</c><00:30:49.299><c> got</c><00:30:49.400><c> to</c><00:30:49.519><c> work</c><00:30:49.640><c> very</c><00:30:50.019><c> hard</c>

00:30:51.099 --> 00:30:53.039
because<00:30:51.460><c> I've</c><00:30:51.819><c> got</c><00:30:51.880><c> to</c><00:30:52.000><c> be</c><00:30:52.059><c> able</c><00:30:52.259><c> to</c><00:30:52.339><c> earn</c><00:30:52.420><c> a</c><00:30:52.579><c> living</c><00:30:52.720><c> and</c><00:30:52.859><c> not</c>

00:30:53.039 --> 00:30:53.839
be<00:30:53.160><c> a</c><00:30:53.299><c> burden</c><00:30:53.480><c> on</c><00:30:53.680><c> anyone.</c>

00:30:53.920 --> 00:30:55.240
So<00:30:54.039><c> you</c><00:30:54.119><c> go</c><00:30:54.279><c> to</c><00:30:54.460><c> college,</c><00:30:54.660><c> you</c><00:30:54.759><c> work</c><00:30:54.859><c> very</c><00:30:55.140><c> hard,</c>

00:30:55.240 --> 00:30:56.819
and<00:30:55.319><c> you</c><00:30:55.380><c> don't</c><00:30:55.480><c> spend</c><00:30:55.660><c> very</c><00:30:55.880><c> much</c><00:30:56.039><c> time</c><00:30:56.220><c> with</c><00:30:56.380><c> the</c><00:30:56.579><c> truth.</c>

00:30:57.319 --> 00:30:59.380
When<00:30:57.480><c> you're</c><00:30:57.640><c> in</c><00:30:57.779><c> college,</c><00:30:58.019><c> you</c><00:30:58.140><c> meet</c><00:30:58.319><c> someone,</c><00:30:58.619><c> you</c><00:30:58.759><c> get</c><00:30:58.920><c> married,</c>

00:30:59.380 --> 00:31:01.720
you<00:30:59.900><c> start</c><00:31:00.099><c> a</c><00:31:00.299><c> family,</c><00:31:00.660><c> you</c><00:31:00.680><c> say,</c><00:31:00.859><c> well,</c><00:31:00.859><c> I've</c><00:31:01.039><c> got</c><00:31:01.099><c> a</c><00:31:01.200><c> young</c><00:31:01.420><c> family,</c>

00:31:01.799 --> 00:31:03.779
I<00:31:01.819><c> have</c><00:31:01.880><c> little</c><00:31:02.099><c> kids,</c><00:31:02.380><c> and</c><00:31:02.500><c> I've</c><00:31:02.660><c> got</c><00:31:02.700><c> to</c><00:31:02.819><c> work</c><00:31:03.140><c> very</c><00:31:03.599><c> hard</c>

00:31:03.779 --> 00:31:06.400
so<00:31:03.980><c> that</c><00:31:04.119><c> I</c><00:31:04.240><c> can</c><00:31:04.779><c> have</c><00:31:05.319><c> as</c><00:31:05.640><c> much</c><00:31:05.839><c> earnings</c><00:31:06.140><c> as</c><00:31:06.319><c> possible</c>

00:31:06.400 --> 00:31:08.940
so<00:31:06.579><c> my</c><00:31:07.160><c> children</c><00:31:07.559><c> can</c><00:31:07.920><c> be</c><00:31:08.119><c> provided</c><00:31:08.519><c> for,</c>

00:31:09.160 --> 00:31:11.579
and<00:31:09.359><c> I'll</c><00:31:09.779><c> put</c><00:31:09.960><c> into</c><00:31:10.200><c> the</c><00:31:10.380><c> Ecclesia</c><00:31:10.660><c> later.</c>

00:31:11.819 --> 00:31:13.880
And<00:31:12.000><c> then,</c><00:31:12.180><c> of</c><00:31:12.200><c> course,</c><00:31:12.660><c> by</c><00:31:12.720><c> and</c><00:31:12.859><c> by,</c><00:31:13.000><c> the</c><00:31:13.079><c> kids</c><00:31:13.200><c> get</c><00:31:13.420><c> a</c><00:31:13.480><c> little</c><00:31:13.660><c> older</c>

00:31:13.880 --> 00:31:15.240
and<00:31:13.960><c> you</c><00:31:14.099><c> need</c><00:31:14.220><c> a</c><00:31:14.359><c> house</c><00:31:14.539><c> and</c><00:31:14.700><c> need</c><00:31:14.819><c> some</c><00:31:15.039><c> room,</c>

00:31:15.259 --> 00:31:17.980
and<00:31:15.380><c> you</c><00:31:15.500><c> work</c><00:31:15.779><c> very</c><00:31:16.160><c> hard</c><00:31:16.339><c> so</c><00:31:16.500><c> you</c><00:31:16.619><c> can</c><00:31:16.819><c> provide</c><00:31:17.180><c> for</c><00:31:17.339><c> that</c><00:31:17.559><c> family,</c>

00:31:18.160 --> 00:31:20.440
and<00:31:18.380><c> I'll</c><00:31:18.539><c> put</c><00:31:18.720><c> into</c><00:31:18.940><c> the</c><00:31:19.079><c> Ecclesia</c><00:31:19.480><c> later.</c>

00:31:20.500 --> 00:31:22.960
And<00:31:20.839><c> then</c><00:31:21.119><c> the</c><00:31:21.279><c> kids</c><00:31:21.380><c> start</c><00:31:21.619><c> growing</c><00:31:21.900><c> up,</c><00:31:22.160><c> and</c><00:31:22.240><c> you</c><00:31:22.319><c> get</c><00:31:22.480><c> grandchildren,</c>

00:31:23.059 --> 00:31:24.680
and<00:31:23.160><c> they</c><00:31:23.339><c> need</c><00:31:23.539><c> help,</c><00:31:23.799><c> and</c><00:31:23.920><c> on</c><00:31:24.099><c> and</c><00:31:24.220><c> on</c><00:31:24.400><c> and</c><00:31:24.460><c> on.</c>

00:31:24.759 --> 00:31:26.519
Finally,<00:31:25.000><c> you're</c><00:31:25.140><c> ready</c><00:31:25.319><c> to</c><00:31:25.539><c> retire,</c><00:31:25.839><c> and</c><00:31:25.960><c> you</c><00:31:26.059><c> turn</c><00:31:26.299><c> around,</c>

00:31:26.519 --> 00:31:28.660
and<00:31:26.619><c> you</c><00:31:26.680><c> say,</c><00:31:27.339><c> well,</c><00:31:27.460><c> it's</c><00:31:27.599><c> for</c><00:31:27.759><c> the</c><00:31:27.900><c> younger</c><00:31:28.039><c> people</c><00:31:28.380><c> to</c><00:31:28.559><c> do</c>

00:31:28.660 --> 00:31:29.680
the<00:31:28.859><c> work.</c>

00:31:30.180 --> 00:31:33.099
You<00:31:30.299><c> know,</c><00:31:30.440><c> I've</c><00:31:30.660><c> had</c><00:31:30.799><c> my</c><00:31:31.079><c> lifetime</c><00:31:31.440><c> of</c><00:31:31.640><c> putting</c><00:31:31.779><c> into</c><00:31:32.019><c> the</c><00:31:32.220><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:31:33.259 --> 00:31:36.700
You<00:31:33.460><c> see,</c><00:31:33.559><c> you</c><00:31:33.779><c> can</c><00:31:34.039><c> make</c><00:31:34.279><c> an</c><00:31:34.619><c> excuse</c><00:31:35.059><c> at</c><00:31:35.539><c> any</c><00:31:35.819><c> stage</c><00:31:36.099><c> of</c><00:31:36.319><c> your</c><00:31:36.500><c> life,</c>

00:31:36.740 --> 00:31:39.720
and<00:31:36.839><c> what</c><00:31:36.940><c> he</c><00:31:37.200><c> says</c><00:31:37.339><c> in</c><00:31:37.519><c> this</c><00:31:37.779><c> parable</c><00:31:38.119><c> is</c><00:31:38.380><c> very</c><00:31:38.900><c> clear.</c>

00:31:40.440 --> 00:31:41.900
Be<00:31:40.920><c> prepared.</c>

00:31:44.039 --> 00:31:49.359
Now,<00:31:44.279><c> let's</c><00:31:44.480><c> go</c><00:31:44.720><c> on</c><00:31:44.900><c> a</c><00:31:45.039><c> few</c><00:31:45.180><c> pages</c><00:31:45.619><c> to</c><00:31:45.839><c> Matthew</c><00:31:46.559><c> chapter</c><00:31:47.660><c> 25.</c>

00:31:49.759 --> 00:31:53.240
And<00:31:50.039><c> here</c><00:31:50.420><c> we</c><00:31:50.819><c> have</c><00:31:51.019><c> two</c><00:31:52.099><c> marvelous</c><00:31:52.740><c> parables,</c>

00:31:53.240 --> 00:31:55.359
just<00:31:54.319><c> absolutely</c><00:31:55.039><c> marvelous.</c>

00:31:55.380 --> 00:31:57.279
They<00:31:55.539><c> are</c><00:31:55.680><c> aimed</c><00:31:55.920><c> right</c><00:31:56.160><c> at</c><00:31:56.339><c> us.</c>

00:31:57.839 --> 00:32:01.000
I<00:31:58.039><c> believe</c><00:31:58.259><c> by</c><00:31:58.539><c> this</c><00:31:58.799><c> time</c><00:31:59.339><c> Jesus</c><00:31:59.900><c> was</c><00:32:00.140><c> speaking</c><00:32:00.400><c> them</c><00:32:00.720><c> solely</c>

00:32:01.000 --> 00:32:01.900
to<00:32:01.240><c> his</c><00:32:01.400><c> disciples.</c>

00:32:02.140 --> 00:32:04.039
The<00:32:02.319><c> Pharisees</c><00:32:03.359><c> had</c><00:32:03.619><c> withdrawn,</c>

00:32:04.119 --> 00:32:07.460
I<00:32:04.279><c> think</c><00:32:04.460><c> were</c><00:32:04.660><c> in</c><00:32:04.759><c> the</c><00:32:04.880><c> very</c><00:32:05.180><c> last</c><00:32:05.660><c> day</c><00:32:06.019><c> or</c><00:32:06.180><c> two</c><00:32:06.339><c> before</c><00:32:06.700><c> the</c><00:32:06.980><c> Passover,</c>

00:32:07.460 --> 00:32:11.779
and<00:32:08.319><c> they</c><00:32:08.799><c> were</c><00:32:09.099><c> probably</c><00:32:09.700><c> plotting</c><00:32:10.079><c> and</c><00:32:10.579><c> scheming</c><00:32:10.940><c> to</c><00:32:11.220><c> take</c><00:32:11.400><c> him.</c>

00:32:12.099 --> 00:32:14.839
And<00:32:12.339><c> we</c><00:32:12.480><c> get</c><00:32:12.599><c> these</c><00:32:12.839><c> two</c><00:32:13.240><c> parables,</c><00:32:13.599><c> one</c><00:32:13.819><c> of</c><00:32:13.940><c> the</c><00:32:14.160><c> ten</c><00:32:14.359><c> virgins</c>

00:32:14.839 --> 00:32:19.759
and<00:32:15.480><c> the</c><00:32:15.779><c> second</c><00:32:16.099><c> one</c><00:32:16.480><c> that</c><00:32:17.119><c> immediately</c><00:32:17.640><c> follows</c><00:32:18.119><c> us</c><00:32:18.680><c> of</c><00:32:19.119><c> the</c><00:32:19.400><c> talents.</c>

00:32:19.759 --> 00:32:23.519
And<00:32:20.700><c> these</c><00:32:21.039><c> parables</c><00:32:21.380><c> are</c><00:32:21.579><c> meant</c><00:32:21.720><c> to</c><00:32:21.920><c> be</c><00:32:22.079><c> a</c><00:32:22.279><c> guide</c><00:32:22.599><c> to</c><00:32:22.900><c> us</c><00:32:23.200><c> of</c>

00:32:23.519 --> 00:32:24.579
how<00:32:23.759><c> we</c><00:32:24.039><c> could</c><00:32:24.279><c> live</c>

00:32:24.579 --> 00:32:29.319
so<00:32:24.940><c> that</c><00:32:25.140><c> we</c><00:32:25.299><c> are</c><00:32:25.740><c> prepared</c><00:32:26.299><c> and</c><00:32:26.799><c> we</c><00:32:27.099><c> do</c><00:32:27.660><c> have</c><00:32:28.339><c> ourselves</c><00:32:28.740><c> made</c><00:32:29.079><c> ready</c>

00:32:29.319 --> 00:32:32.000
when<00:32:29.539><c> the</c><00:32:29.839><c> marriage</c><00:32:30.160><c> supper</c><00:32:30.480><c> of</c><00:32:30.640><c> the</c><00:32:30.799><c> Lamb</c><00:32:30.960><c> is</c><00:32:31.240><c> set</c><00:32:31.420><c> before</c><00:32:31.819><c> us</c>

00:32:32.000 --> 00:32:35.079
as<00:32:32.099><c> he</c><00:32:32.380><c> speaks</c><00:32:32.579><c> of</c><00:32:32.759><c> it</c><00:32:32.960><c> in</c><00:32:33.099><c> Revelations</c><00:32:33.680><c> 19.</c>

00:32:36.880 --> 00:32:40.980
The<00:32:37.039><c> first</c><00:32:37.299><c> parable</c><00:32:37.839><c> on</c><00:32:38.200><c> the</c><00:32:38.539><c> ten</c><00:32:38.720><c> virgins</c><00:32:39.420><c> speaks</c><00:32:40.240><c> of</c>

00:32:40.980 --> 00:32:42.980
personal<00:32:41.740><c> preparedness.</c>

00:32:44.779 --> 00:32:48.660
Being<00:32:45.079><c> a</c><00:32:45.319><c> Christadelphian</c><00:32:46.119><c> does</c><00:32:46.400><c> not</c><00:32:46.740><c> guarantee</c><00:32:47.319><c> a</c><00:32:47.619><c> salvation.</c>

00:32:48.799 --> 00:32:51.339
Every<00:32:49.279><c> single</c><00:32:49.700><c> individual</c><00:32:50.279><c> here</c><00:32:50.599><c> will</c><00:32:50.839><c> be</c><00:32:51.099><c> judged</c>

00:32:51.339 --> 00:32:54.000
before<00:32:51.779><c> the</c><00:32:52.079><c> judgment</c><00:32:52.440><c> seat</c><00:32:52.660><c> as</c><00:32:52.880><c> an</c><00:32:53.059><c> individual.</c>

00:32:54.440 --> 00:32:57.339
We<00:32:54.559><c> will</c><00:32:54.819><c> not</c><00:32:54.980><c> be</c><00:32:55.180><c> able</c><00:32:55.440><c> to</c><00:32:55.740><c> say</c><00:32:55.920><c> that</c><00:32:56.140><c> brother</c><00:32:56.380><c> so</c><00:32:56.640><c> and</c><00:32:56.819><c> so</c><00:32:56.920><c> made</c><00:32:57.140><c> me</c>

00:32:57.339 --> 00:32:58.500
do<00:32:57.559><c> that.</c>

00:33:00.160 --> 00:33:02.299
Or<00:33:00.400><c> ask</c><00:33:00.759><c> the</c><00:33:00.980><c> question</c><00:33:01.279><c> why</c><00:33:01.460><c> we</c><00:33:01.640><c> did</c><00:33:01.859><c> such</c><00:33:02.019><c> and</c><00:33:02.180><c> such.</c>

00:33:02.380 --> 00:33:04.180
Wait<00:33:02.539><c> a</c><00:33:02.640><c> while,</c><00:33:02.779><c> I</c><00:33:02.779><c> have</c><00:33:02.980><c> to</c><00:33:03.119><c> check</c><00:33:03.339><c> with</c><00:33:03.519><c> someone</c><00:33:03.779><c> else.</c>

00:33:04.680 --> 00:33:05.799
You're<00:33:04.880><c> going</c><00:33:04.980><c> to</c><00:33:05.119><c> have</c><00:33:05.240><c> to</c><00:33:05.500><c> answer.</c>

00:33:05.980 --> 00:33:08.559
I'm<00:33:06.339><c> going</c><00:33:06.480><c> to</c><00:33:06.619><c> have</c><00:33:06.759><c> to</c><00:33:06.940><c> answer</c><00:33:07.119><c> for</c><00:33:07.440><c> myself.</c>

00:33:09.220 --> 00:33:12.140
The<00:33:09.440><c> second</c><00:33:09.720><c> point</c><00:33:10.019><c> of</c><00:33:10.160><c> this</c><00:33:10.420><c> parable</c><00:33:10.779><c> is</c><00:33:11.240><c> that</c><00:33:11.559><c> we</c><00:33:11.759><c> have</c><00:33:11.940><c> to</c>

00:33:12.140 --> 00:33:12.660
be<00:33:12.460><c> prepared</c>

00:33:12.660 --> 00:33:14.599
for<00:33:12.960><c> any</c><00:33:13.259><c> length</c><00:33:13.500><c> of</c><00:33:13.779><c> time.</c>

00:33:15.140 --> 00:33:17.960
The<00:33:15.400><c> call</c><00:33:15.539><c> might</c><00:33:15.779><c> come</c><00:33:15.960><c> like</c><00:33:16.299><c> that</c><00:33:16.539><c> when</c><00:33:16.720><c> we</c><00:33:16.980><c> least</c><00:33:17.339><c> expect</c><00:33:17.779><c> it.</c>

00:33:17.960 --> 00:33:20.259
And<00:33:18.180><c> suddenly</c><00:33:18.420><c> life</c><00:33:18.720><c> is</c><00:33:19.000><c> gone.</c>

00:33:21.920 --> 00:33:24.480
And<00:33:21.980><c> our</c><00:33:22.240><c> chance</c><00:33:22.640><c> will</c><00:33:23.180><c> have</c><00:33:23.400><c> evaporated.</c>

00:33:25.140 --> 00:33:27.740
And<00:33:25.279><c> the</c><00:33:25.519><c> parable</c><00:33:25.720><c> of</c><00:33:25.900><c> the</c><00:33:26.119><c> talents</c><00:33:26.519><c> makes</c><00:33:27.059><c> it</c><00:33:27.420><c> clear</c>

00:33:27.740 --> 00:33:31.240
that<00:33:28.339><c> we</c><00:33:28.519><c> have</c><00:33:28.759><c> to</c><00:33:29.039><c> exercise</c><00:33:29.579><c> that</c><00:33:29.900><c> preparedness</c><00:33:30.359><c> every</c><00:33:30.859><c> day.</c>

00:33:31.680 --> 00:33:33.740
We<00:33:31.779><c> have</c><00:33:31.960><c> to</c><00:33:32.160><c> work</c><00:33:32.359><c> and</c><00:33:32.519><c> not</c><00:33:32.700><c> be</c><00:33:32.940><c> idle.</c>

00:33:37.500 --> 00:33:39.380
Let's<00:33:37.720><c> take</c><00:33:37.920><c> a</c><00:33:38.000><c> look</c><00:33:38.099><c> at</c><00:33:38.180><c> these</c><00:33:38.380><c> two</c><00:33:38.680><c> parables</c><00:33:38.960><c> in</c><00:33:39.119><c> a</c><00:33:39.200><c> little</c>

00:33:39.380 --> 00:33:41.299
bit<00:33:39.539><c> more</c><00:33:40.200><c> detail.</c>

00:33:41.839 --> 00:33:42.500
First<00:33:42.079><c> verse,</c>

00:33:42.880 --> 00:33:45.500
Then<00:33:43.099><c> shall</c><00:33:43.299><c> the</c><00:33:43.480><c> kingdom</c><00:33:43.759><c> of</c><00:33:43.920><c> heaven</c><00:33:44.119><c> be</c><00:33:44.380><c> likened</c><00:33:44.660><c> unto</c><00:33:44.819><c> ten</c><00:33:45.160><c> virgins</c>

00:33:45.500 --> 00:33:48.880
which<00:33:45.779><c> took</c><00:33:46.000><c> their</c><00:33:46.220><c> lamps</c><00:33:46.500><c> and</c><00:33:46.700><c> went</c><00:33:46.900><c> forth</c><00:33:47.160><c> to</c><00:33:47.359><c> meet</c><00:33:47.619><c> the</c><00:33:47.900><c> bridegroom.</c>

00:33:49.140 --> 00:33:50.900
Now<00:33:49.279><c> if</c><00:33:49.359><c> the</c><00:33:49.579><c> bridegroom</c><00:33:50.019><c> is</c><00:33:50.259><c> Christ,</c>

00:33:51.039 --> 00:33:53.559
the<00:33:51.200><c> ten</c><00:33:51.420><c> virgins</c><00:33:51.839><c> must</c><00:33:52.200><c> be</c><00:33:52.440><c> the</c><00:33:52.660><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:33:53.859 --> 00:33:56.000
And<00:33:54.079><c> notice</c><00:33:54.259><c> they</c><00:33:54.460><c> are</c><00:33:54.700><c> called</c><00:33:54.900><c> virgins</c><00:33:55.339><c> or</c><00:33:55.579><c> maidens.</c>

00:33:56.000 --> 00:33:57.240
They<00:33:56.180><c> are</c><00:33:56.440><c> pure.</c>

00:33:57.599 --> 00:34:00.339
It's<00:33:57.779><c> not</c><00:33:57.980><c> that</c><00:33:58.160><c> five</c><00:33:58.420><c> of</c><00:33:58.559><c> them</c><00:33:58.660><c> were</c><00:33:58.880><c> impure</c><00:33:59.619><c> and</c><00:33:59.880><c> five</c><00:34:00.200><c> of</c>

00:34:00.339 --> 00:34:01.400
them<00:34:00.460><c> were</c><00:34:00.660><c> pure.</c>

00:34:01.440 --> 00:34:04.299
He<00:34:01.579><c> doesn't</c><00:34:01.839><c> say</c><00:34:02.079><c> five</c><00:34:02.440><c> virgins</c><00:34:02.819><c> and</c><00:34:03.019><c> five</c><00:34:03.299><c> harlots.</c>

00:34:05.079 --> 00:34:08.900
So<00:34:05.299><c> this</c><00:34:05.519><c> parable</c><00:34:05.880><c> is</c><00:34:06.140><c> aimed</c><00:34:06.380><c> at</c><00:34:06.720><c> the</c><00:34:06.960><c> Ecclesia</c><00:34:07.380><c> in</c><00:34:07.559><c> its</c><00:34:07.839><c> totality.</c>

00:34:09.539 --> 00:34:11.840
He's<00:34:09.800><c> already</c><00:34:10.159><c> aimed</c><00:34:10.400><c> all</c><00:34:10.639><c> those</c><00:34:10.840><c> other</c><00:34:11.159><c> parables</c><00:34:11.420><c> we</c><00:34:11.619><c> talked</c>

00:34:11.840 --> 00:34:12.900
to<00:34:12.019><c> earlier</c><00:34:12.320><c> this</c><00:34:12.599><c> morning</c>

00:34:12.900 --> 00:34:15.579
at<00:34:13.519><c> those</c><00:34:14.019><c> wicked</c><00:34:14.400><c> servants.</c>

00:34:16.119 --> 00:34:20.699
But<00:34:16.280><c> now</c><00:34:16.559><c> he's</c><00:34:16.780><c> aiming</c><00:34:17.059><c> one</c><00:34:17.360><c> at</c><00:34:17.760><c> us</c><00:34:19.079><c> pointedly.</c>

00:34:20.980 --> 00:34:25.840
And<00:34:21.139><c> he's</c><00:34:21.380><c> saying</c><00:34:21.780><c> we</c><00:34:24.059><c> have</c><00:34:24.280><c> to</c><00:34:24.519><c> have</c><00:34:24.679><c> our</c><00:34:24.920><c> lamps.</c>

00:34:25.880 --> 00:34:28.719
The<00:34:26.079><c> lamps</c><00:34:26.320><c> stand</c><00:34:26.659><c> for</c><00:34:26.860><c> the</c><00:34:27.099><c> light</c><00:34:27.400><c> of</c><00:34:27.659><c> the</c><00:34:27.840><c> word.</c>

00:34:29.860 --> 00:34:33.840
Thy<00:34:30.420><c> word</c><00:34:30.619><c> is</c><00:34:30.860><c> a</c><00:34:31.079><c> light</c><00:34:31.219><c> unto</c><00:34:31.480><c> my</c><00:34:31.820><c> feet,</c><00:34:32.059><c> a</c><00:34:32.179><c> lamp</c><00:34:32.380><c> unto</c><00:34:32.659><c> my</c><00:34:32.960><c> feet.</c>

00:34:35.239 --> 00:34:39.860
And<00:34:35.619><c> we</c><00:34:35.920><c> want</c><00:34:36.139><c> to</c><00:34:36.260><c> go</c><00:34:36.539><c> forth</c><00:34:36.739><c> and</c><00:34:36.860><c> be</c><00:34:37.039><c> ready</c><00:34:37.239><c> to</c><00:34:37.519><c> meet</c><00:34:37.719><c> the</c><00:34:38.059><c> bridegroom</c><00:34:38.480><c> which</c><00:34:38.699><c> is</c><00:34:38.920><c> Christ.</c>

00:34:40.519 --> 00:34:44.539
But<00:34:41.059><c> not</c><00:34:41.440><c> all</c><00:34:41.820><c> the</c><00:34:42.059><c> virgins,</c><00:34:42.539><c> not</c><00:34:42.840><c> all</c><00:34:43.119><c> of</c><00:34:43.260><c> those</c><00:34:43.480><c> in</c><00:34:43.780><c> the</c><00:34:43.960><c> household</c><00:34:44.300><c> of</c>

00:34:44.539 --> 00:34:46.119
faith<00:34:44.719><c> are</c><00:34:45.039><c> wise.</c>

00:34:46.139 --> 00:34:49.139
And<00:34:46.360><c> five</c><00:34:46.539><c> of</c><00:34:46.659><c> them</c><00:34:46.820><c> were</c><00:34:47.039><c> wise</c><00:34:47.320><c> and</c><00:34:47.500><c> five</c><00:34:47.920><c> were</c><00:34:48.239><c> foolish.</c>

00:34:49.400 --> 00:34:52.039
They<00:34:49.539><c> that</c><00:34:49.659><c> were</c><00:34:49.840><c> foolish</c><00:34:50.079><c> took</c><00:34:50.340><c> their</c><00:34:50.559><c> lamps</c><00:34:50.820><c> and</c><00:34:51.139><c> took</c><00:34:51.539><c> no</c>

00:34:52.039 --> 00:34:53.860
oil<00:34:52.340><c> with</c><00:34:52.579><c> them.</c>

00:34:54.480 --> 00:35:00.179
But<00:34:54.739><c> the</c><00:34:54.980><c> wise</c><00:34:55.179><c> took</c><00:34:55.440><c> oil</c><00:34:55.800><c> in</c><00:34:56.059><c> their</c><00:34:56.260><c> vessels</c><00:34:56.900><c> with</c><00:34:59.039><c> their</c><00:34:59.300><c> lamps.</c>

00:35:00.679 --> 00:35:05.239
So<00:35:00.880><c> some</c><00:35:01.159><c> people,</c><00:35:02.719><c> the</c><00:35:02.940><c> oil</c><00:35:03.320><c> standing</c><00:35:03.780><c> for</c><00:35:04.099><c> the</c><00:35:04.519><c> word</c><00:35:04.659><c> itself,</c>

00:35:05.679 --> 00:35:08.219
some<00:35:05.920><c> people</c><00:35:06.219><c> take</c><00:35:06.460><c> as</c><00:35:06.639><c> much</c><00:35:06.860><c> as</c><00:35:06.960><c> they</c><00:35:07.159><c> can</c><00:35:07.340><c> with</c><00:35:07.579><c> them.</c>

00:35:08.219 --> 00:35:14.699
Others<00:35:09.099><c> take</c><00:35:10.639><c> the</c><00:35:10.860><c> word</c><00:35:11.280><c> but</c><00:35:12.219><c> they</c><00:35:12.539><c> don't</c><00:35:13.059><c> stock</c><00:35:13.340><c> it</c><00:35:13.639><c> up.</c>

00:35:15.159 --> 00:35:18.380
Now<00:35:15.519><c> we're</c><00:35:15.940><c> not</c><00:35:16.079><c> told</c><00:35:16.360><c> the</c><00:35:16.639><c> parable</c><00:35:16.900><c> exactly</c><00:35:17.420><c> why</c><00:35:17.679><c> they</c><00:35:17.860><c> didn't</c><00:35:18.099><c> stock</c>

00:35:18.380 --> 00:35:19.639
it<00:35:18.539><c> up.</c>

00:35:20.460 --> 00:35:24.960
They<00:35:20.539><c> all</c><00:35:20.840><c> had</c><00:35:21.039><c> lamps</c><00:35:21.619><c> so</c><00:35:23.039><c> they</c><00:35:23.159><c> had</c><00:35:23.300><c> all</c><00:35:23.480><c> taken</c><00:35:23.679><c> the</c><00:35:23.840><c> word</c><00:35:23.980><c> of</c><00:35:24.159><c> God.</c>

00:35:25.780 --> 00:35:31.300
They<00:35:26.099><c> all</c><00:35:26.360><c> were</c><00:35:26.519><c> virgins</c><00:35:27.019><c> but</c><00:35:28.400><c> half</c><00:35:28.820><c> did</c><00:35:29.280><c> not</c><00:35:29.900><c> have</c><00:35:30.300><c> the</c><00:35:30.539><c> wherewithal</c><00:35:31.099><c> to</c>

00:35:31.300 --> 00:35:32.800
keep<00:35:31.500><c> their</c><00:35:31.760><c> lamps</c><00:35:32.019><c> replenished.</c>

00:35:32.980 --> 00:35:36.079
They<00:35:33.179><c> weren't</c><00:35:33.460><c> taking</c><00:35:33.800><c> of</c><00:35:33.980><c> that</c><00:35:34.199><c> word</c><00:35:34.360><c> of</c><00:35:34.539><c> God</c><00:35:34.760><c> every</c><00:35:35.119><c> day.</c>

00:35:37.219 --> 00:35:40.659
They<00:35:37.739><c> didn't</c><00:35:37.980><c> do</c><00:35:38.159><c> their</c><00:35:38.420><c> readings.</c><00:35:39.320><c> They</c><00:35:39.440><c> didn't</c><00:35:39.880><c> attend</c><00:35:40.159><c> the</c><00:35:40.420><c> services.</c>

00:35:40.739 --> 00:35:41.920
They<00:35:40.840><c> didn't</c><00:35:40.980><c> go</c><00:35:41.159><c> to</c><00:35:41.280><c> the</c><00:35:41.400><c> Bible</c><00:35:41.639><c> classes.</c>

00:35:41.980 --> 00:35:43.900
They<00:35:42.079><c> didn't</c><00:35:42.280><c> discuss</c><00:35:42.619><c> the</c><00:35:42.780><c> word</c><00:35:42.940><c> of</c><00:35:43.059><c> God</c><00:35:43.159><c> in</c><00:35:43.320><c> their</c><00:35:43.539><c> families</c>

00:35:43.900 --> 00:35:44.760
and<00:35:44.199><c> around</c><00:35:44.420><c> in</c><00:35:44.579><c> the</c><00:35:44.659><c> world.</c>

00:35:44.920 --> 00:35:51.039
They<00:35:45.079><c> didn't</c><00:35:45.360><c> keep</c><00:35:45.619><c> that</c><00:35:45.880><c> constant</c><00:35:46.300><c> renewal</c><00:35:46.659><c> up</c><00:35:46.900><c> which</c><00:35:47.300><c> allows</c><00:35:47.699><c> the</c><00:35:47.940><c> oil</c><00:35:48.320><c> of</c><00:35:48.480><c> God</c><00:35:48.760><c> to</c><00:35:49.039><c> light</c><00:35:49.219><c> in</c><00:35:49.460><c> us</c><00:35:49.679><c> as</c><00:35:49.960><c> a</c><00:35:50.119><c> lamp.</c>

00:35:53.920 --> 00:35:58.579
Why?<00:35:56.179><c> Well,</c><00:35:56.440><c> perhaps</c><00:35:56.760><c> they</c><00:35:56.920><c> were</c><00:35:57.079><c> just</c><00:35:57.320><c> plain</c><00:35:57.500><c> lazy.</c>

00:35:59.780 --> 00:36:03.699
Perhaps<00:36:00.159><c> they</c><00:36:00.480><c> expected</c><00:36:00.960><c> that</c><00:36:01.739><c> God</c><00:36:01.960><c> would</c><00:36:02.280><c> provide</c><00:36:02.579><c> that</c><00:36:02.860><c> extra</c><00:36:03.139><c> for</c><00:36:03.340><c> them.</c>

00:36:04.179 --> 00:36:06.780
I'll<00:36:04.579><c> throw</c><00:36:04.739><c> it</c><00:36:05.019><c> all</c><00:36:05.139><c> in</c><00:36:05.280><c> God's</c><00:36:05.619><c> hands.</c><00:36:05.719><c> I</c><00:36:05.820><c> don't</c><00:36:05.980><c> have</c><00:36:06.179><c> to</c><00:36:06.300><c> do</c><00:36:06.460><c> anything.</c>

00:36:07.019 --> 00:36:09.420
You<00:36:07.159><c> see,</c><00:36:07.219><c> this</c><00:36:07.380><c> is</c><00:36:07.559><c> the</c><00:36:07.719><c> other</c><00:36:07.940><c> side</c><00:36:08.139><c> of</c><00:36:08.280><c> the</c><00:36:08.480><c> balance.</c>

00:36:09.820 --> 00:36:12.320
On<00:36:09.980><c> one</c><00:36:10.199><c> hand,</c><00:36:10.360><c> we</c><00:36:10.480><c> can</c><00:36:10.639><c> get</c><00:36:10.960><c> arrogant</c><00:36:11.280><c> from</c><00:36:11.539><c> what</c><00:36:11.760><c> we</c><00:36:11.980><c> know</c><00:36:12.159><c> in</c>

00:36:12.320 --> 00:36:12.900
doing<00:36:12.500><c> it.</c>

00:36:13.380 --> 00:36:16.239
On<00:36:13.519><c> the</c><00:36:13.699><c> other</c><00:36:13.900><c> hand,</c><00:36:14.099><c> we</c><00:36:14.199><c> can</c><00:36:14.400><c> get</c><00:36:14.539><c> so</c><00:36:14.800><c> lazy</c><00:36:15.260><c> and</c><00:36:15.519><c> slothful</c><00:36:16.000><c> that</c><00:36:16.139><c> we</c>

00:36:16.239 --> 00:36:17.440
don't<00:36:16.440><c> do</c><00:36:16.639><c> anything.</c>

00:36:17.699 --> 00:36:21.260
We<00:36:17.900><c> can't</c><00:36:18.280><c> do</c><00:36:18.579><c> either.</c><00:36:18.960><c> It's</c><00:36:19.199><c> not</c><00:36:19.599><c> wise</c><00:36:19.960><c> to</c><00:36:20.199><c> do</c><00:36:20.400><c> either.</c>

00:36:21.360 --> 00:36:23.840
We<00:36:21.519><c> don't</c><00:36:21.699><c> want</c><00:36:21.900><c> to</c><00:36:22.019><c> get</c><00:36:22.260><c> arrogant</c><00:36:22.579><c> from</c><00:36:23.019><c> our</c><00:36:23.320><c> works</c><00:36:23.539><c> but</c><00:36:23.719><c> we</c>

00:36:23.840 --> 00:36:25.139
don't<00:36:24.019><c> want</c><00:36:24.179><c> to</c><00:36:24.320><c> be</c><00:36:24.480><c> so</c><00:36:24.800><c> idle.</c>

00:36:25.500 --> 00:36:27.599
We<00:36:25.699><c> become</c><00:36:26.039><c> the</c><00:36:26.260><c> slothful</c><00:36:26.780><c> servant.</c>

00:36:29.699 --> 00:36:34.280
We<00:36:30.139><c> have</c><00:36:30.500><c> to</c><00:36:30.679><c> work</c><00:36:30.900><c> as</c><00:36:31.199><c> hard</c><00:36:31.360><c> as</c><00:36:31.539><c> we</c><00:36:31.760><c> can</c><00:36:32.059><c> for</c><00:36:32.340><c> the</c><00:36:32.679><c> right</c><00:36:33.159><c> reasons.</c>

00:36:34.360 --> 00:36:35.659
That's<00:36:34.800><c> the</c><00:36:34.940><c> message.</c>

00:36:37.860 --> 00:36:41.780
Trusting<00:36:38.300><c> that</c><00:36:38.500><c> God</c><00:36:38.760><c> will</c><00:36:39.019><c> take</c><00:36:39.139><c> us</c><00:36:39.360><c> the</c><00:36:39.579><c> rest</c><00:36:39.820><c> of</c><00:36:40.019><c> the</c><00:36:40.159><c> way</c><00:36:40.320><c> when</c><00:36:40.500><c> we</c><00:36:40.800><c> fail.</c>

00:36:43.480 --> 00:36:46.440
Some<00:36:43.679><c> of</c><00:36:43.920><c> them</c><00:36:43.940><c> may</c><00:36:44.079><c> have</c><00:36:44.280><c> figured</c><00:36:44.500><c> that</c><00:36:44.760><c> the</c><00:36:45.000><c> oil</c><00:36:45.340><c> was</c><00:36:46.219><c> not</c>

00:36:46.440 --> 00:36:47.219
that<00:36:46.619><c> important</c><00:36:46.920><c> anyway.</c>

00:36:47.219 --> 00:36:49.519
They<00:36:47.360><c> could</c><00:36:47.539><c> just</c><00:36:47.760><c> borrow</c><00:36:47.920><c> it</c><00:36:48.059><c> from</c><00:36:48.260><c> someone</c><00:36:48.539><c> else.</c>

00:36:49.960 --> 00:36:51.000
You've<00:36:50.239><c> got</c><00:36:50.340><c> enough</c><00:36:50.519><c> for</c><00:36:50.679><c> me,</c><00:36:50.960><c> brother.</c>

00:36:51.059 --> 00:36:52.960
That<00:36:51.280><c> brother</c><00:36:51.500><c> worked</c><00:36:51.719><c> so</c><00:36:52.019><c> hard</c><00:36:52.119><c> in</c><00:36:52.280><c> the</c><00:36:52.420><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:36:52.760><c> there's</c>

00:36:52.960 --> 00:36:55.239
no<00:36:53.139><c> need</c><00:36:53.260><c> for</c><00:36:53.440><c> me</c><00:36:53.579><c> to</c><00:36:53.739><c> do</c><00:36:53.840><c> any</c><00:36:54.019><c> work</c><00:36:54.280><c> either.</c>

00:36:59.019 --> 00:37:02.099
And<00:36:59.559><c> the</c><00:36:59.719><c> Lord</c><00:37:00.000><c> tarried.</c><00:37:00.480><c> In</c><00:37:00.599><c> fact,</c><00:37:00.860><c> he's</c><00:37:01.280><c> tarried</c><00:37:01.500><c> almost</c><00:37:01.820><c> 2</c>

00:37:02.099 --> 00:37:02.719
,000<00:37:02.420><c> years.</c>

00:37:03.000 --> 00:37:06.380
All<00:37:03.340><c> the</c><00:37:03.579><c> virgins</c><00:37:03.900><c> in</c><00:37:04.099><c> Christ,</c><00:37:04.460><c> virtually</c><00:37:04.679><c> all,</c><00:37:04.940><c> have</c><00:37:05.139><c> fallen</c><00:37:05.380><c> asleep.</c>

00:37:07.659 --> 00:37:12.079
Once<00:37:07.940><c> life</c><00:37:08.239><c> is</c><00:37:08.519><c> over,</c><00:37:08.940><c> the</c><00:37:09.019><c> chance</c><00:37:09.400><c> to</c><00:37:09.719><c> light</c><00:37:10.099><c> your</c><00:37:10.380><c> lamp</c><00:37:10.679><c> is</c><00:37:11.099><c> gone.</c>

00:37:13.519 --> 00:37:16.860
If<00:37:14.059><c> you</c><00:37:14.219><c> haven't</c><00:37:14.400><c> kept</c><00:37:14.639><c> it</c><00:37:14.920><c> replenished</c><00:37:15.559><c> and</c><00:37:15.780><c> it</c><00:37:15.960><c> has</c><00:37:16.260><c> not</c><00:37:16.559><c> lit</c>

00:37:16.860 --> 00:37:17.320
your<00:37:17.119><c> way</c>

00:37:17.320 --> 00:37:19.699
and<00:37:17.440><c> you've</c><00:37:17.639><c> not</c><00:37:17.940><c> done</c><00:37:18.179><c> the</c><00:37:18.400><c> Lord's</c><00:37:18.760><c> work</c><00:37:18.900><c> while</c><00:37:19.079><c> you</c><00:37:19.179><c> were</c><00:37:19.400><c> alive,</c>

00:37:19.760 --> 00:37:22.519
you<00:37:19.860><c> will</c><00:37:20.119><c> be</c><00:37:20.260><c> like</c><00:37:20.579><c> the</c><00:37:20.840><c> virgin</c><00:37:21.119><c> who</c><00:37:21.400><c> fell</c><00:37:21.579><c> asleep.</c>

00:37:23.179 --> 00:37:26.320
When<00:37:23.699><c> the</c><00:37:23.960><c> bridegroom</c><00:37:24.460><c> cometh,</c><00:37:25.019><c> you</c><00:37:25.159><c> will</c><00:37:25.440><c> not</c><00:37:25.659><c> be</c><00:37:26.019><c> prepared,</c>

00:37:26.420 --> 00:37:28.260
and<00:37:26.639><c> it</c><00:37:26.739><c> will</c><00:37:26.920><c> be</c><00:37:27.119><c> too</c><00:37:27.360><c> late.</c>

00:37:28.280 --> 00:37:30.360
Too<00:37:28.539><c> late</c><00:37:28.760><c> to</c><00:37:28.980><c> borrow</c><00:37:29.280><c> from</c><00:37:29.559><c> another.</c>

00:37:30.460 --> 00:37:33.679
Too<00:37:30.719><c> late</c><00:37:30.920><c> to</c><00:37:31.099><c> go</c><00:37:31.360><c> back</c><00:37:31.619><c> and</c><00:37:31.760><c> do</c><00:37:31.920><c> it</c><00:37:32.119><c> over</c><00:37:32.340><c> again.</c>

00:37:37.320 --> 00:37:39.300
Chilling<00:37:37.619><c> words</c><00:37:37.920><c> here.</c>

00:37:40.579 --> 00:37:42.880
Everyone<00:37:40.900><c> must</c><00:37:41.139><c> be</c><00:37:41.400><c> personally</c><00:37:41.800><c> prepared</c><00:37:42.239><c> for</c><00:37:42.420><c> the</c><00:37:42.619><c> marriage</c>

00:37:42.880 --> 00:37:44.199
supper<00:37:43.139><c> of</c><00:37:43.300><c> the</c><00:37:43.500><c> Lamb.</c>

00:37:44.280 --> 00:37:46.719
The<00:37:44.619><c> call</c><00:37:44.840><c> will</c><00:37:45.139><c> indeed</c><00:37:45.340><c> be</c><00:37:45.559><c> very</c><00:37:45.940><c> sudden.</c>

00:37:47.239 --> 00:37:49.380
The<00:37:47.480><c> stock</c><00:37:47.679><c> of</c><00:37:47.960><c> oil</c><00:37:48.119><c> is</c><00:37:48.420><c> not</c><00:37:48.659><c> a</c><00:37:48.860><c> common</c><00:37:49.079><c> stock.</c>

00:37:49.380 --> 00:37:52.440
Each<00:37:49.659><c> one</c><00:37:49.880><c> of</c><00:37:50.000><c> us</c><00:37:50.139><c> has</c><00:37:50.320><c> to</c><00:37:50.539><c> replenish</c><00:37:51.059><c> our</c><00:37:51.300><c> own</c><00:37:51.519><c> lamps.</c>

00:37:53.079 --> 00:37:56.280
And<00:37:53.239><c> the</c><00:37:53.460><c> time</c><00:37:53.679><c> of</c><00:37:53.840><c> his</c><00:37:54.099><c> arrival</c><00:37:54.440><c> will</c><00:37:54.699><c> be</c><00:37:54.940><c> very</c><00:37:55.400><c> sudden.</c>

00:37:56.500 --> 00:37:59.340
We<00:37:56.980><c> will</c><00:37:57.219><c> not</c><00:37:57.420><c> have</c><00:37:57.619><c> the</c><00:37:57.800><c> opportunity</c><00:37:58.380><c> at</c><00:37:58.639><c> that</c><00:37:58.960><c> time</c>

00:37:59.340 --> 00:38:02.960
to<00:37:59.800><c> undo</c><00:38:00.139><c> what</c><00:38:00.440><c> we've</c><00:38:00.739><c> failed</c><00:38:00.880><c> to</c><00:38:01.099><c> do</c><00:38:01.199><c> in</c><00:38:01.340><c> our</c><00:38:01.500><c> entire</c><00:38:01.920><c> lifetime</c><00:38:02.380><c> of</c><00:38:02.699><c> service</c>

00:38:02.960 --> 00:38:04.460
that<00:38:03.119><c> we</c><00:38:03.340><c> should</c><00:38:03.440><c> have</c><00:38:03.619><c> performed.</c>

00:38:05.659 --> 00:38:09.480
And<00:38:05.800><c> notice</c><00:38:06.039><c> this.</c><00:38:06.639><c> It's</c><00:38:06.860><c> kind</c><00:38:07.059><c> of</c><00:38:07.260><c> a</c><00:38:07.360><c> chilling</c><00:38:07.699><c> passage</c><00:38:08.239><c> here.</c>

00:38:11.599 --> 00:38:12.860
Verse<00:38:11.780><c> 11.</c>

00:38:13.480 --> 00:38:16.860
Afterward<00:38:14.039><c> came</c><00:38:14.440><c> also</c><00:38:14.940><c> the</c><00:38:15.179><c> other</c><00:38:15.460><c> virgins</c><00:38:16.059><c> saying,</c>

00:38:16.980 --> 00:38:20.199
Lord,<00:38:17.440><c> Lord,</c><00:38:17.739><c> open</c><00:38:18.119><c> to</c><00:38:18.360><c> us.</c>

00:38:20.880 --> 00:38:22.079
The<00:38:21.059><c> end</c><00:38:21.159><c> of</c><00:38:21.320><c> verse</c><00:38:21.539><c> 10.</c>

00:38:22.320 --> 00:38:25.179
The<00:38:22.539><c> door</c><00:38:23.059><c> was</c><00:38:24.039><c> shut.</c>

00:38:26.860 --> 00:38:32.440
The<00:38:27.119><c> figure</c><00:38:27.440><c> of</c><00:38:27.800><c> the</c><00:38:28.199><c> closed</c><00:38:28.679><c> door</c><00:38:29.079><c> is</c><00:38:29.280><c> one</c><00:38:29.500><c> that</c><00:38:29.739><c> appears</c><00:38:30.300><c> many</c><00:38:30.980><c> times</c><00:38:31.340><c> in</c><00:38:31.519><c> Scripture.</c>

00:38:33.000 --> 00:38:36.159
When<00:38:33.199><c> Noah</c><00:38:33.440><c> went</c><00:38:33.639><c> into</c><00:38:33.880><c> the</c><00:38:34.159><c> ark</c><00:38:34.280><c> after</c><00:38:34.659><c> 120</c><00:38:35.340><c> years</c><00:38:35.699><c> of</c><00:38:35.920><c> preaching,</c>

00:38:36.400 --> 00:38:39.599
it<00:38:36.420><c> was</c><00:38:36.760><c> the</c><00:38:37.099><c> Lord</c><00:38:37.420><c> God</c><00:38:37.739><c> that</c><00:38:38.340><c> shut</c><00:38:38.559><c> the</c><00:38:38.780><c> door</c><00:38:39.000><c> and</c><00:38:39.280><c> sealed</c><00:38:39.440><c> him</c>

00:38:39.599 --> 00:38:40.679
into<00:38:39.800><c> the</c><00:38:39.980><c> ark.</c>

00:38:40.900 --> 00:38:44.159
The<00:38:41.460><c> preaching</c><00:38:41.840><c> to</c><00:38:42.179><c> that</c><00:38:42.360><c> generation</c><00:38:42.920><c> of</c><00:38:43.179><c> people</c><00:38:43.460><c> was</c><00:38:43.760><c> gone.</c>

00:38:44.619 --> 00:38:47.179
Their<00:38:44.739><c> opportunity</c><00:38:45.420><c> was</c><00:38:46.119><c> lost.</c>

00:38:47.219 --> 00:38:49.599
And<00:38:47.360><c> God</c><00:38:47.619><c> sealed</c><00:38:47.960><c> them</c><00:38:48.139><c> in</c><00:38:48.239><c> the</c><00:38:48.460><c> ark.</c>

00:38:51.539 --> 00:38:56.699
Likewise,<00:38:53.000><c> once</c><00:38:53.260><c> life</c><00:38:53.519><c> is</c><00:38:53.820><c> over,</c><00:38:55.380><c> the</c><00:38:55.460><c> door</c><00:38:55.699><c> is</c><00:38:55.900><c> shut.</c>

00:38:56.820 --> 00:39:01.579
There<00:38:56.920><c> will</c><00:38:57.119><c> be</c><00:38:57.300><c> no</c><00:38:57.699><c> longer</c><00:38:57.880><c> any</c><00:38:58.199><c> opportunity</c><00:38:58.800><c> for</c><00:38:59.860><c> us</c><00:39:00.079><c> to</c><00:39:00.320><c> undo</c><00:39:00.659><c> what</c><00:39:01.360><c> we</c>

00:39:01.579 --> 00:39:02.880
should<00:39:01.739><c> have</c><00:39:01.920><c> done.</c>

00:39:04.360 --> 00:39:06.760
But<00:39:04.659><c> he</c><00:39:04.780><c> answered</c><00:39:05.059><c> and</c><00:39:05.239><c> said</c><00:39:05.420><c> unto</c><00:39:05.599><c> them,</c><00:39:05.920><c> Verily</c><00:39:06.179><c> I</c><00:39:06.380><c> say</c><00:39:06.579><c> unto</c>

00:39:06.760 --> 00:39:09.139
you,<00:39:07.039><c> I</c><00:39:07.440><c> know</c><00:39:07.860><c> you</c><00:39:08.239><c> not.</c>

00:39:13.059 --> 00:39:14.760
Watch<00:39:13.659><c> therefore.</c>

00:39:15.039 --> 00:39:19.440
For<00:39:15.039><c> ye</c><00:39:15.380><c> know</c><00:39:15.900><c> neither</c><00:39:16.320><c> the</c><00:39:16.639><c> day</c><00:39:17.559><c> nor</c><00:39:18.059><c> the</c><00:39:18.340><c> hour</c><00:39:18.739><c> wherein</c><00:39:19.119><c> the</c>

00:39:19.440 --> 00:39:21.199
Son<00:39:19.659><c> of</c><00:39:19.860><c> Man</c><00:39:20.219><c> cometh.</c>

00:39:21.500 --> 00:39:24.360
Now<00:39:21.860><c> I</c><00:39:21.920><c> want</c><00:39:22.119><c> to</c><00:39:22.380><c> make</c><00:39:22.559><c> a</c><00:39:22.900><c> point</c><00:39:23.079><c> on</c><00:39:23.260><c> that</c><00:39:23.420><c> because</c><00:39:23.719><c> this</c><00:39:24.059><c> parable,</c>

00:39:24.519 --> 00:39:26.460
I<00:39:24.559><c> believe</c><00:39:24.880><c> the</c><00:39:25.039><c> ones</c><00:39:25.260><c> I</c><00:39:25.420><c> read</c><00:39:25.539><c> earlier</c><00:39:25.860><c> on</c><00:39:26.079><c> forgiveness,</c>

00:39:26.599 --> 00:39:29.139
were<00:39:26.719><c> actually</c><00:39:27.039><c> told</c><00:39:27.320><c> about</c><00:39:27.639><c> the</c><00:39:27.880><c> same</c><00:39:28.179><c> time.</c>

00:39:31.260 --> 00:39:33.519
That<00:39:31.440><c> forgiveness</c><00:39:31.780><c> is</c><00:39:32.039><c> like</c><00:39:32.239><c> that</c><00:39:32.480><c> also.</c>

00:39:33.719 --> 00:39:36.219
It's<00:39:33.980><c> not</c><00:39:34.159><c> a</c><00:39:34.280><c> good</c><00:39:34.460><c> thing</c><00:39:34.639><c> to</c><00:39:34.860><c> put</c><00:39:35.000><c> it</c><00:39:35.300><c> off.</c>

00:39:37.699 --> 00:39:41.219
Turn<00:39:38.300><c> with</c><00:39:38.500><c> me</c><00:39:38.679><c> if</c><00:39:38.739><c> you</c><00:39:38.960><c> will</c><00:39:39.099><c> for</c><00:39:39.320><c> a</c><00:39:39.460><c> moment</c><00:39:39.639><c> to</c><00:39:39.960><c> Ephesians.</c>

00:39:50.019 --> 00:39:52.860
Verse<00:39:50.099><c> 26</c><00:39:50.639><c> of</c><00:39:50.920><c> chapter</c><00:39:51.380><c> 4.</c>

00:39:54.159 --> 00:39:58.659
I<00:39:54.179><c> think</c><00:39:54.340><c> it's</c><00:39:55.199><c> absolutely</c><00:39:55.880><c> imperative</c><00:39:56.539><c> that</c><00:39:56.780><c> we</c><00:39:57.880><c> apply</c><00:39:58.380><c> this</c>

00:39:58.659 --> 00:40:00.579
in<00:39:58.820><c> a</c><00:39:59.039><c> practical</c><00:39:59.440><c> way.</c>

00:40:02.000 --> 00:40:06.980
Be<00:40:02.699><c> ye</c><00:40:03.099><c> angry</c><00:40:03.800><c> and</c><00:40:05.400><c> sin</c><00:40:05.619><c> not.</c>

00:40:07.719 --> 00:40:11.539
Let<00:40:07.880><c> not</c><00:40:08.380><c> the</c><00:40:08.860><c> sun</c><00:40:09.139><c> go</c><00:40:09.500><c> down</c><00:40:09.880><c> upon</c><00:40:10.320><c> your</c><00:40:10.659><c> wrath.</c>

00:40:13.000 --> 00:40:17.159
Let<00:40:13.239><c> not</c><00:40:13.760><c> the</c><00:40:14.199><c> sun</c><00:40:14.659><c> go</c><00:40:15.000><c> down</c><00:40:15.500><c> upon</c><00:40:15.920><c> your</c><00:40:16.280><c> wrath.</c>

00:40:17.619 --> 00:40:23.639
You<00:40:17.840><c> see,</c><00:40:18.260><c> we</c><00:40:18.360><c> don't</c><00:40:18.699><c> know</c><00:40:19.980><c> what</c><00:40:21.699><c> God's</c><00:40:22.619><c> limits</c><00:40:22.900><c> are</c><00:40:23.260><c> on</c><00:40:23.440><c> our</c>

00:40:23.639 --> 00:40:24.139
own<00:40:23.860><c> lives.</c>

00:40:24.340 --> 00:40:26.440
Wouldn't<00:40:24.460><c> it</c><00:40:24.599><c> be</c><00:40:24.760><c> tragic</c><00:40:25.099><c> indeed</c><00:40:25.420><c> if</c><00:40:25.599><c> we</c><00:40:25.679><c> were</c><00:40:25.840><c> dead</c><00:40:26.039><c> tomorrow</c>

00:40:26.440 --> 00:40:29.119
and<00:40:26.599><c> we</c><00:40:26.739><c> had</c><00:40:26.940><c> left</c><00:40:27.199><c> behind</c><00:40:27.599><c> us</c><00:40:27.900><c> anger</c><00:40:28.260><c> and</c><00:40:28.639><c> hate.</c>

00:40:29.119 --> 00:40:31.360
Lack<00:40:30.159><c> of</c><00:40:30.420><c> forgiveness.</c>

00:40:32.019 --> 00:40:37.519
It's<00:40:32.199><c> a</c><00:40:32.340><c> good</c><00:40:32.699><c> policy</c><00:40:33.340><c> in</c><00:40:33.900><c> a</c><00:40:34.079><c> marriage,</c><00:40:35.579><c> in</c><00:40:35.659><c> an</c><00:40:35.880><c> ecclesia,</c><00:40:37.340><c> in</c>

00:40:37.519 --> 00:40:38.760
a<00:40:37.719><c> family,</c>

00:40:39.260 --> 00:40:41.420
not<00:40:39.559><c> to</c><00:40:39.880><c> let</c><00:40:40.059><c> things</c><00:40:40.420><c> fester.</c>

00:40:41.980 --> 00:40:44.019
Don't<00:40:42.300><c> let</c><00:40:42.519><c> the</c><00:40:42.780><c> sun</c><00:40:42.960><c> go</c><00:40:43.199><c> down</c><00:40:43.440><c> on</c><00:40:43.639><c> your</c><00:40:43.840><c> wrath.</c>

00:40:44.099 --> 00:40:47.800
If<00:40:44.219><c> you</c><00:40:44.559><c> have</c><00:40:44.760><c> a</c><00:40:44.980><c> problem,</c><00:40:45.820><c> if</c><00:40:45.980><c> you're</c><00:40:46.139><c> angry</c><00:40:46.420><c> about</c><00:40:46.719><c> something,</c>

00:40:48.940 --> 00:40:50.320
settle<00:40:49.079><c> it</c><00:40:49.320><c> as</c><00:40:49.559><c> soon</c><00:40:49.739><c> as</c><00:40:49.980><c> possible.</c>

00:40:50.480 --> 00:40:54.099
The<00:40:50.679><c> longer</c><00:40:50.900><c> it</c><00:40:51.179><c> festers,</c><00:40:51.880><c> the</c><00:40:52.139><c> more</c><00:40:52.840><c> it</c><00:40:53.099><c> gets</c><00:40:53.460><c> difficult.</c>

00:40:54.360 --> 00:40:57.699
The<00:40:54.599><c> harder</c><00:40:54.940><c> people's</c><00:40:55.559><c> positions</c><00:40:56.000><c> become,</c><00:40:57.019><c> the</c><00:40:57.280><c> more</c><00:40:57.500><c> they</c>

00:40:57.699 --> 00:40:59.199
want<00:40:57.900><c> to</c><00:40:58.159><c> defend</c><00:40:58.440><c> it.</c>

00:41:00.179 --> 00:41:03.679
Now,<00:41:00.679><c> I've</c><00:41:01.000><c> probably</c><00:41:01.340><c> condemned</c><00:41:01.800><c> you</c><00:41:02.019><c> to</c><00:41:02.199><c> many</c><00:41:02.599><c> sleepless</c><00:41:03.059><c> nights,</c>

00:41:04.159 --> 00:41:06.599
if<00:41:04.639><c> you</c><00:41:04.820><c> really</c><00:41:05.099><c> follow</c><00:41:05.340><c> this</c><00:41:05.579><c> out</c><00:41:05.780><c> literally,</c>

00:41:06.860 --> 00:41:09.639
but<00:41:07.099><c> it</c><00:41:07.280><c> might</c><00:41:07.460><c> be</c><00:41:07.679><c> better</c><00:41:07.840><c> to</c><00:41:08.000><c> have</c><00:41:08.159><c> a</c><00:41:08.400><c> sleepless</c><00:41:08.739><c> night</c>

00:41:09.960 --> 00:41:12.480
than<00:41:10.440><c> to</c><00:41:10.599><c> let</c><00:41:10.739><c> something</c><00:41:11.059><c> get</c><00:41:11.340><c> worse</c><00:41:11.619><c> and</c><00:41:11.880><c> worse</c><00:41:12.119><c> and</c><00:41:12.260><c> worse</c>

00:41:12.480 --> 00:41:15.619
until<00:41:12.699><c> it</c><00:41:12.900><c> cannot</c><00:41:13.159><c> be</c><00:41:13.579><c> done</c><00:41:13.900><c> with</c><00:41:14.300><c> at</c><00:41:14.619><c> all.</c>

00:41:16.480 --> 00:41:20.940
We<00:41:16.699><c> find,</c><00:41:17.300><c> and</c><00:41:17.500><c> I've</c><00:41:17.780><c> found</c><00:41:17.940><c> in</c><00:41:18.039><c> my</c><00:41:18.340><c> life,</c><00:41:18.639><c> that</c><00:41:18.800><c> the</c><00:41:18.960><c> sooner</c><00:41:19.239><c> you</c><00:41:19.460><c> treat</c><00:41:19.760><c> a</c><00:41:20.039><c> problem,</c>

00:41:21.000 --> 00:41:24.760
get<00:41:21.239><c> to</c><00:41:21.440><c> its</c><00:41:21.659><c> core</c><00:41:21.900><c> and</c><00:41:22.119><c> resolve</c><00:41:22.559><c> it,</c><00:41:23.639><c> the</c><00:41:23.840><c> easier</c><00:41:24.239><c> it</c><00:41:24.360><c> is</c><00:41:24.539><c> to</c>

00:41:24.760 --> 00:41:26.440
handle<00:41:24.960><c> it.</c>

00:41:26.679 --> 00:41:32.079
Small<00:41:27.280><c> problems</c><00:41:27.739><c> become</c><00:41:28.139><c> big</c><00:41:28.440><c> problems</c><00:41:29.280><c> by</c><00:41:30.199><c> constant</c><00:41:30.739><c> festering,</c>

00:41:32.559 --> 00:41:34.300
by<00:41:32.760><c> hardening</c><00:41:33.079><c> of</c><00:41:33.320><c> positions,</c>

00:41:35.159 --> 00:41:39.380
by<00:41:35.420><c> more</c><00:41:35.800><c> and</c><00:41:35.920><c> more</c><00:41:36.039><c> being</c><00:41:36.360><c> piled</c><00:41:36.659><c> on</c><00:41:36.900><c> it</c><00:41:37.159><c> until</c><00:41:37.480><c> it</c><00:41:37.659><c> gets</c><00:41:37.920><c> to</c><00:41:38.159><c> be</c><00:41:38.400><c> a</c><00:41:38.559><c> mountain.</c>

00:41:40.699 --> 00:41:44.420
I<00:41:40.760><c> don't</c><00:41:40.980><c> believe</c><00:41:41.440><c> Paul</c><00:41:41.800><c> gave</c><00:41:42.099><c> us</c><00:41:42.360><c> that</c><00:41:42.579><c> advice</c><00:41:43.000><c> frivolously.</c>

00:41:46.360 --> 00:41:49.880
The<00:41:46.599><c> preparation</c><00:41:47.099><c> that</c><00:41:47.260><c> must</c><00:41:47.500><c> be</c><00:41:47.940><c> done</c><00:41:48.639><c> for</c><00:41:49.059><c> these</c><00:41:49.280><c> virgins</c>

00:41:49.880 --> 00:41:52.360
has<00:41:51.280><c> to</c><00:41:51.480><c> be</c><00:41:51.619><c> done.</c>

00:41:52.460 --> 00:41:55.239
I<00:41:52.699><c> believe</c><00:41:52.920><c> the</c><00:41:53.079><c> Lord</c><00:41:53.219><c> God</c><00:41:53.440><c> is</c><00:41:53.679><c> on</c><00:41:53.980><c> the</c><00:41:54.139><c> doorstep,</c><00:41:54.800><c> literally,</c>

00:41:55.239 --> 00:41:58.539
but<00:41:55.800><c> it</c><00:41:55.920><c> wouldn't</c><00:41:56.179><c> matter</c><00:41:56.460><c> if</c><00:41:56.619><c> I</c><00:41:56.739><c> were</c><00:41:56.840><c> making</c><00:41:57.099><c> this</c><00:41:57.840><c> talk</c><00:41:58.139><c> a</c>

00:41:58.539 --> 00:41:59.440
thousand<00:41:58.780><c> years</c><00:41:59.079><c> ago.</c>

00:41:59.480 --> 00:42:01.320
He<00:41:59.800><c> could</c><00:41:59.980><c> have</c><00:42:00.119><c> been</c><00:42:00.239><c> on</c><00:42:00.420><c> the</c><00:42:00.579><c> doorstep</c><00:42:00.960><c> for</c><00:42:01.179><c> me.</c>

00:42:01.320 --> 00:42:04.500
I<00:42:01.440><c> could</c><00:42:01.619><c> have</c><00:42:01.860><c> died.</c><00:42:02.460><c> I</c><00:42:02.679><c> could</c><00:42:02.900><c> die</c><00:42:03.139><c> any</c><00:42:03.440><c> moment.</c>

00:42:05.940 --> 00:42:07.820
And<00:42:06.079><c> the</c><00:42:06.260><c> door</c><00:42:06.380><c> will</c><00:42:06.639><c> be</c><00:42:06.920><c> shut.</c>

00:42:08.960 --> 00:42:11.980
And<00:42:09.059><c> so</c><00:42:09.159><c> in</c><00:42:09.320><c> the</c><00:42:09.400><c> next</c><00:42:09.679><c> parable,</c><00:42:10.000><c> he</c><00:42:10.119><c> tells</c><00:42:10.360><c> us</c><00:42:10.539><c> what</c><00:42:10.760><c> to</c><00:42:10.980><c> do,</c>

00:42:13.139 --> 00:42:16.239
that<00:42:13.219><c> we</c><00:42:13.440><c> keep</c><00:42:13.840><c> our</c><00:42:14.300><c> lamps</c><00:42:14.739><c> well</c><00:42:15.300><c> oiled.</c>

00:42:16.300 --> 00:42:18.659
Kind<00:42:16.500><c> of</c><00:42:16.659><c> beautiful</c><00:42:18.019><c> parallel</c><00:42:18.440><c> here.</c>

00:42:18.699 --> 00:42:21.920
First<00:42:18.960><c> he</c><00:42:19.119><c> tells</c><00:42:19.360><c> them,</c><00:42:20.400><c> be</c><00:42:20.400><c> watchful,</c><00:42:21.019><c> be</c><00:42:21.480><c> ready.</c>

00:42:22.360 --> 00:42:24.219
And<00:42:22.599><c> then</c><00:42:22.719><c> he</c><00:42:22.880><c> tells</c><00:42:23.099><c> us</c><00:42:23.360><c> how</c><00:42:23.619><c> to</c><00:42:23.780><c> be</c><00:42:23.920><c> ready.</c>

00:42:24.219 --> 00:42:28.219
And<00:42:24.659><c> this</c><00:42:25.079><c> parable</c><00:42:25.440><c> of</c><00:42:25.619><c> the</c><00:42:25.820><c> talents,</c><00:42:26.099><c> which</c><00:42:26.199><c> is</c><00:42:26.400><c> a</c><00:42:26.480><c> good</c><00:42:26.639><c> place</c><00:42:26.900><c> to</c><00:42:27.119><c> conclude</c>

00:42:28.460 --> 00:42:30.679
the<00:42:28.860><c> series</c><00:42:29.179><c> of</c><00:42:29.400><c> talks</c><00:42:29.539><c> I'm</c><00:42:29.719><c> giving</c><00:42:29.860><c> at</c><00:42:30.019><c> this</c><00:42:30.179><c> Bible</c><00:42:30.500><c> school,</c>

00:42:30.840 --> 00:42:33.400
and<00:42:30.960><c> all</c><00:42:31.139><c> the</c><00:42:31.320><c> leftovers</c><00:42:31.699><c> I'll</c><00:42:32.019><c> be</c><00:42:32.219><c> glad</c><00:42:32.380><c> to</c><00:42:32.579><c> give</c><00:42:32.699><c> anywhere</c><00:42:33.079><c> else.</c>

00:42:33.480 --> 00:42:36.440
I've<00:42:33.659><c> got</c><00:42:33.699><c> about</c><00:42:33.860><c> another</c><00:42:34.099><c> week</c><00:42:34.320><c> that</c><00:42:34.500><c> I</c><00:42:34.980><c> have</c><00:42:35.179><c> not</c><00:42:35.340><c> gone</c><00:42:35.599><c> into.</c>

00:42:37.320 --> 00:42:40.039
I<00:42:37.460><c> left</c><00:42:37.639><c> all</c><00:42:37.900><c> the</c><00:42:38.179><c> controversial</c><00:42:38.639><c> stuff</c><00:42:38.920><c> out.</c>

00:42:43.900 --> 00:42:46.320
I<00:42:44.300><c> hope</c><00:42:44.460><c> someone</c><00:42:44.719><c> will</c><00:42:45.000><c> bite</c><00:42:45.119><c> on</c><00:42:45.300><c> that</c><00:42:45.500><c> later.</c>

00:42:47.539 --> 00:42:49.480
Well,<00:42:47.699><c> you're</c><00:42:47.840><c> not</c><00:42:47.960><c> allowed</c><00:42:48.139><c> to</c><00:42:48.400><c> discuss</c><00:42:48.579><c> controversial</c><00:42:49.079><c> things</c><00:42:49.300><c> at</c>

00:42:49.480 --> 00:42:49.960
Bible<00:42:49.780><c> school,</c>

00:42:49.960 --> 00:42:51.880
so<00:42:50.139><c> you</c><00:42:50.300><c> know</c><00:42:50.420><c> I</c><00:42:50.519><c> wouldn't</c><00:42:50.699><c> have</c><00:42:50.880><c> said</c><00:42:51.019><c> anything</c><00:42:51.360><c> all</c><00:42:51.659><c> week</c>

00:42:51.880 --> 00:42:53.420
long<00:42:52.079><c> that</c><00:42:52.219><c> was</c><00:42:52.380><c> controversial.</c>

00:42:54.519 --> 00:42:56.360
And<00:42:54.539><c> now</c><00:42:54.900><c> that</c><00:42:54.960><c> I</c><00:42:55.119><c> told</c><00:42:55.280><c> you</c><00:42:55.420><c> that,</c><00:42:55.539><c> you</c><00:42:55.619><c> don't</c><00:42:55.800><c> dare</c><00:42:56.000><c> tell</c><00:42:56.179><c> me</c>

00:42:56.360 --> 00:42:57.719
that<00:42:56.519><c> I</c><00:42:56.659><c> did,</c><00:42:56.880><c> right?</c>

00:42:59.760 --> 00:43:02.599
This<00:43:00.159><c> word</c><00:43:00.380><c> talent</c><00:43:00.760><c> has</c><00:43:01.019><c> become</c><00:43:01.219><c> almost</c><00:43:01.440><c> a</c><00:43:01.639><c> byword.</c>

00:43:02.980 --> 00:43:04.300
You<00:43:02.980><c> know,</c><00:43:03.219><c> everyone</c><00:43:03.380><c> in</c><00:43:03.539><c> the</c><00:43:03.619><c> world,</c><00:43:03.800><c> we</c><00:43:03.800><c> have</c><00:43:03.940><c> talent</c>

00:43:04.300 --> 00:43:06.360
agencies,<00:43:05.139><c> talent</c><00:43:05.340><c> scouts.</c>

00:43:06.380 --> 00:43:08.559
This<00:43:06.579><c> person</c><00:43:06.860><c> has</c><00:43:07.119><c> talent.</c><00:43:07.440><c> That</c><00:43:07.659><c> person</c><00:43:07.940><c> hasn't</c><00:43:08.159><c> got</c><00:43:08.380><c> talent.</c>

00:43:08.619 --> 00:43:10.920
It's<00:43:08.820><c> taken</c><00:43:09.059><c> from</c><00:43:09.280><c> here,</c><00:43:09.480><c> and</c><00:43:09.559><c> it's</c><00:43:09.800><c> become</c><00:43:10.139><c> so</c><00:43:10.659><c> trite</c>

00:43:10.920 --> 00:43:13.519
that<00:43:11.079><c> people</c><00:43:11.340><c> don't</c><00:43:11.559><c> even</c><00:43:11.719><c> pay</c><00:43:11.900><c> too</c><00:43:12.079><c> much</c><00:43:12.260><c> attention</c><00:43:12.599><c> to</c><00:43:12.760><c> it.</c>

00:43:13.760 --> 00:43:16.380
But<00:43:14.019><c> the</c><00:43:14.239><c> original</c><00:43:14.599><c> word,</c><00:43:14.880><c> as</c><00:43:15.079><c> we</c><00:43:15.260><c> know,</c><00:43:15.639><c> stood</c><00:43:15.760><c> for</c><00:43:16.039><c> a</c><00:43:16.239><c> weight</c>

00:43:16.380 --> 00:43:17.679
of<00:43:16.599><c> money,</c>

00:43:18.320 --> 00:43:24.760
as<00:43:18.840><c> weighed</c><00:43:19.360><c> out</c><00:43:19.760><c> by</c><00:43:20.920><c> the</c><00:43:21.179><c> amount</c><00:43:21.440><c> of</c><00:43:21.699><c> gold</c><00:43:22.340><c> defined</c><00:43:23.360><c> by</c><00:43:23.579><c> Roman</c><00:43:23.840><c> law.</c>

00:43:25.019 --> 00:43:27.019
And<00:43:25.219><c> I'm</c><00:43:25.320><c> not</c><00:43:25.599><c> quite</c><00:43:25.880><c> sure</c><00:43:26.159><c> what</c><00:43:26.360><c> that</c><00:43:26.599><c> amount</c><00:43:26.820><c> is.</c>

00:43:27.239 --> 00:43:31.619
The<00:43:27.400><c> new</c><00:43:27.719><c> international</c><00:43:28.300><c> version</c><00:43:28.679><c> says</c><00:43:28.980><c> one</c><00:43:29.260><c> talent</c><00:43:29.579><c> is</c><00:43:29.800><c> about</c><00:43:30.099><c> $1</c><00:43:30.460><c>,000.</c>

00:43:31.820 --> 00:43:36.300
And<00:43:32.159><c> that's</c><00:43:32.559><c> as</c><00:43:32.719><c> good</c><00:43:32.820><c> as</c><00:43:33.019><c> any</c><00:43:33.159><c> because</c><00:43:33.440><c> the</c><00:43:33.699><c> point</c><00:43:33.860><c> isn't</c><00:43:34.800><c> how</c>

00:43:36.300 --> 00:43:38.239
much<00:43:36.980><c> in</c><00:43:37.719><c> detail,</c>

00:43:38.239 --> 00:43:40.900
but<00:43:38.960><c> to</c><00:43:39.139><c> know</c><00:43:39.260><c> that</c><00:43:39.400><c> it</c><00:43:39.519><c> was</c><00:43:39.699><c> a</c><00:43:39.860><c> fairly</c><00:43:40.099><c> large</c><00:43:40.360><c> sum</c><00:43:40.559><c> of</c><00:43:40.679><c> money,</c>

00:43:40.940 --> 00:43:43.860
and<00:43:41.179><c> different</c><00:43:41.440><c> people</c><00:43:41.719><c> have</c><00:43:41.900><c> been</c><00:43:42.079><c> given</c><00:43:42.280><c> different</c><00:43:42.820><c> amounts.</c>

00:43:46.099 --> 00:43:48.760
Now,<00:43:46.880><c> what</c><00:43:47.079><c> do</c><00:43:47.280><c> we</c><00:43:47.420><c> do</c><00:43:47.559><c> with</c><00:43:47.800><c> this</c><00:43:48.360><c> amount?</c>

00:43:49.159 --> 00:43:51.940
We<00:43:49.360><c> are</c><00:43:49.619><c> given</c><00:43:50.019><c> the</c><00:43:50.440><c> Lord's</c><00:43:50.960><c> gifts.</c>

00:43:53.219 --> 00:43:56.360
All<00:43:53.460><c> of</c><00:43:53.599><c> us</c><00:43:53.739><c> have</c><00:43:53.900><c> been</c><00:43:54.119><c> given</c><00:43:54.440><c> gifts,</c><00:43:55.239><c> some</c><00:43:55.519><c> in</c><00:43:55.719><c> different</c><00:43:55.940><c> measure.</c>

00:43:56.840 --> 00:43:59.460
We<00:43:57.000><c> know</c><00:43:57.159><c> from</c><00:43:57.360><c> Corinthians</c><00:43:57.780><c> 13,</c><00:43:58.579><c> Ephesians</c><00:43:58.960><c> 4,</c>

00:43:59.679 --> 00:44:02.300
that<00:43:59.840><c> God</c><00:44:00.039><c> has</c><00:44:00.260><c> given</c><00:44:00.500><c> various</c><00:44:01.000><c> amounts</c><00:44:01.320><c> of</c><00:44:01.639><c> abilities</c><00:44:02.039><c> to</c>

00:44:02.300 --> 00:44:02.840
different<00:44:02.519><c> people.</c>

00:44:02.900 --> 00:44:05.739
That's<00:44:03.179><c> what</c><00:44:03.400><c> talent</c><00:44:03.800><c> is</c><00:44:03.980><c> all</c><00:44:04.219><c> about</c><00:44:04.659><c> in</c><00:44:05.159><c> the</c><00:44:05.380><c> scriptural</c>

00:44:05.739 --> 00:44:07.519
sense,<00:44:06.219><c> abilities.</c>

00:44:12.980 --> 00:44:14.559
What<00:44:13.420><c> have</c><00:44:13.579><c> we</c><00:44:13.679><c> done</c><00:44:13.860><c> with</c><00:44:14.039><c> these</c><00:44:14.260><c> abilities?</c>

00:44:14.699 --> 00:44:17.000
Some<00:44:14.860><c> of</c><00:44:15.000><c> us</c><00:44:15.159><c> have</c><00:44:15.260><c> been</c><00:44:15.420><c> given</c><00:44:15.559><c> five</c><00:44:15.960><c> talents,</c><00:44:16.340><c> verse</c><00:44:16.539><c> 16,</c>

00:44:17.079 --> 00:44:20.400
some<00:44:17.260><c> have</c><00:44:17.460><c> been</c><00:44:17.599><c> given</c><00:44:17.760><c> two,</c><00:44:18.679><c> some</c><00:44:18.900><c> have</c><00:44:19.059><c> been</c><00:44:19.119><c> given</c><00:44:19.340><c> one.</c>

00:44:21.739 --> 00:44:24.500
After<00:44:22.179><c> a</c><00:44:22.460><c> long</c><00:44:22.719><c> time,</c><00:44:22.960><c> verse</c><00:44:23.159><c> 19,</c>

00:44:24.980 --> 00:44:27.380
after<00:44:25.420><c> a</c><00:44:25.679><c> long</c><00:44:25.940><c> time</c><00:44:26.179><c> the</c><00:44:26.300><c> Lord</c><00:44:26.519><c> of</c><00:44:26.579><c> those</c><00:44:26.880><c> servants</c><00:44:27.099><c> cometh</c>

00:44:27.380 --> 00:44:28.360
and<00:44:27.659><c> reckoneth</c><00:44:28.000><c> with</c><00:44:28.199><c> them.</c>

00:44:28.360 --> 00:44:32.599
Now,<00:44:28.559><c> we</c><00:44:28.679><c> know</c><00:44:28.940><c> from</c><00:44:30.199><c> 2</c><00:44:30.880><c> Peter</c><00:44:31.219><c> that</c><00:44:31.460><c> that's</c><00:44:31.860><c> exactly</c><00:44:32.300><c> what's</c>

00:44:32.599 --> 00:44:33.679
going<00:44:32.719><c> to</c><00:44:32.960><c> happen.</c>

00:44:33.880 --> 00:44:37.500
It<00:44:34.059><c> says</c><00:44:34.260><c> that</c><00:44:34.679><c> judgment</c><00:44:35.059><c> will</c><00:44:35.460><c> start</c><00:44:35.940><c> at</c><00:44:36.539><c> the</c><00:44:36.760><c> household.</c>

00:44:47.320 --> 00:44:49.639
Verse<00:44:47.780><c> 17,</c><00:44:48.460><c> 1</c><00:44:48.639><c> Peter</c><00:44:48.900><c> 4,</c>

00:44:49.679 --> 00:44:52.820
For<00:44:49.880><c> the</c><00:44:50.099><c> time</c><00:44:50.380><c> has</c><00:44:50.679><c> come</c><00:44:50.980><c> that</c><00:44:51.440><c> judgment</c><00:44:51.880><c> must</c><00:44:52.159><c> begin</c><00:44:52.480><c> at</c><00:44:52.699><c> the</c>

00:44:52.820 --> 00:44:54.659
house<00:44:53.019><c> of</c><00:44:53.179><c> God.</c>

00:45:00.059 --> 00:45:03.260
Some<00:45:00.280><c> of</c><00:45:00.519><c> the</c><00:45:00.659><c> servants</c><00:45:01.440><c> had</c><00:45:02.260><c> done</c><00:45:02.420><c> very</c><00:45:02.760><c> well</c><00:45:02.940><c> indeed.</c>

00:45:03.500 --> 00:45:05.300
They<00:45:03.699><c> had</c><00:45:03.760><c> taken</c><00:45:04.000><c> the</c><00:45:04.199><c> abilities</c><00:45:04.559><c> God</c><00:45:04.860><c> had</c><00:45:04.960><c> given</c><00:45:05.119><c> them,</c>

00:45:05.320 --> 00:45:06.980
their<00:45:05.480><c> time,</c><00:45:05.940><c> their</c><00:45:06.039><c> money,</c><00:45:06.719><c> their</c><00:45:06.840><c> opportunities,</c>

00:45:06.980 --> 00:45:09.840
their<00:45:07.739><c> learning,</c><00:45:08.139><c> their</c><00:45:08.300><c> energy,</c><00:45:08.579><c> and</c><00:45:08.699><c> they</c><00:45:08.880><c> put</c><00:45:09.019><c> it</c><00:45:09.179><c> to</c><00:45:09.280><c> God's</c><00:45:09.699><c> use</c>

00:45:09.840 --> 00:45:11.820
and<00:45:10.059><c> multiplied</c><00:45:10.519><c> it.</c>

00:45:12.360 --> 00:45:15.719
But<00:45:12.659><c> some</c><00:45:12.920><c> were</c><00:45:13.159><c> so</c><00:45:13.539><c> fearful</c><00:45:14.019><c> that</c><00:45:14.880><c> they</c><00:45:15.019><c> didn't</c><00:45:15.179><c> even</c><00:45:15.460><c> put</c><00:45:15.579><c> it</c>

00:45:15.719 --> 00:45:17.719
in<00:45:15.840><c> the</c><00:45:16.059><c> bank</c><00:45:16.320><c> to</c><00:45:16.579><c> earn</c><00:45:16.780><c> interest.</c>

00:45:17.760 --> 00:45:19.539
And<00:45:17.900><c> by</c><00:45:18.199><c> doing</c><00:45:18.480><c> that,</c><00:45:18.739><c> I</c><00:45:18.860><c> think</c><00:45:19.059><c> he</c><00:45:19.280><c> meant,</c>

00:45:19.800 --> 00:45:22.860
well,<00:45:19.900><c> if</c><00:45:20.000><c> you</c><00:45:20.179><c> can't</c><00:45:20.480><c> do</c><00:45:20.619><c> something</c><00:45:20.920><c> yourself,</c><00:45:21.980><c> support</c><00:45:22.380><c> others</c><00:45:22.679><c> in</c>

00:45:22.860 --> 00:45:24.400
the<00:45:23.039><c> Ecclesia</c><00:45:23.340><c> who</c><00:45:23.639><c> need</c><00:45:23.940><c> to</c><00:45:24.119><c> do</c><00:45:24.199><c> it.</c>

00:45:24.500 --> 00:45:25.960
Help<00:45:24.800><c> them.</c>

00:45:27.559 --> 00:45:30.199
But<00:45:27.940><c> they</c><00:45:28.119><c> wouldn't</c><00:45:28.320><c> do</c><00:45:28.559><c> that</c><00:45:28.760><c> because</c><00:45:29.019><c> he</c><00:45:29.179><c> says,</c><00:45:29.460><c> verse</c><00:45:29.659><c> 25,</c>

00:45:30.440 --> 00:45:32.219
I<00:45:30.739><c> was</c><00:45:31.039><c> afraid.</c>

00:45:32.840 --> 00:45:35.920
This<00:45:33.280><c> man</c><00:45:33.699><c> didn't</c><00:45:34.000><c> want</c><00:45:34.260><c> to</c><00:45:34.460><c> incur</c><00:45:34.920><c> responsibility</c>

00:45:35.920 --> 00:45:38.880
because<00:45:36.340><c> he</c><00:45:36.579><c> was</c><00:45:36.760><c> afraid</c><00:45:37.340><c> that</c><00:45:37.719><c> he</c><00:45:37.820><c> would</c><00:45:37.980><c> be</c><00:45:38.239><c> criticized,</c>

00:45:39.219 --> 00:45:42.340
that<00:45:39.340><c> some</c><00:45:39.539><c> wouldn't</c><00:45:39.760><c> like</c><00:45:40.019><c> him,</c><00:45:40.619><c> that</c><00:45:40.719><c> many</c><00:45:40.980><c> people</c><00:45:41.280><c> would</c><00:45:41.980><c> bicker,</c>

00:45:42.519 --> 00:45:45.500
and<00:45:42.840><c> it</c><00:45:42.960><c> was</c><00:45:43.219><c> a</c><00:45:43.320><c> lot</c><00:45:43.460><c> easier</c><00:45:43.880><c> to</c><00:45:44.099><c> go</c><00:45:44.239><c> the</c><00:45:44.380><c> easy</c><00:45:44.659><c> path</c><00:45:44.960><c> and</c><00:45:45.320><c> bury</c>

00:45:45.500 --> 00:45:46.519
his<00:45:45.760><c> abilities</c><00:45:46.179><c> aside</c>

00:45:46.519 --> 00:45:49.519
so<00:45:46.719><c> he</c><00:45:46.840><c> wouldn't</c><00:45:47.059><c> have</c><00:45:47.300><c> to</c><00:45:47.440><c> put</c><00:45:47.579><c> up</c><00:45:47.699><c> with</c><00:45:47.860><c> any</c><00:45:48.039><c> of</c><00:45:48.119><c> that</c><00:45:48.300><c> guff.</c>

00:45:50.420 --> 00:45:53.960
And<00:45:50.579><c> I</c><00:45:50.739><c> tell</c><00:45:50.860><c> you,</c><00:45:52.039><c> there</c><00:45:52.199><c> is</c><00:45:52.739><c> probably</c><00:45:53.119><c> not</c><00:45:53.340><c> a</c><00:45:53.539><c> person</c><00:45:53.780><c> in</c>

00:45:53.960 --> 00:45:54.320
this<00:45:54.139><c> room</c>

00:45:54.320 --> 00:45:57.360
who<00:45:54.500><c> at</c><00:45:54.659><c> one</c><00:45:54.860><c> time</c><00:45:55.059><c> or</c><00:45:55.159><c> other</c><00:45:55.300><c> hasn't</c><00:45:55.639><c> felt</c><00:45:55.980><c> that</c><00:45:56.340><c> way.</c>

00:45:57.400 --> 00:45:59.539
Because<00:45:57.719><c> the</c><00:45:57.920><c> minute</c><00:45:58.059><c> you</c><00:45:58.300><c> stick</c><00:45:58.460><c> your</c><00:45:58.599><c> neck</c><00:45:58.780><c> out</c><00:45:58.960><c> to</c><00:45:59.099><c> do</c><00:45:59.280><c> something,</c>

00:45:59.539 --> 00:46:01.380
you're<00:45:59.699><c> going</c><00:45:59.920><c> to</c><00:46:00.019><c> get</c><00:46:00.119><c> some</c><00:46:00.380><c> criticism.</c>

00:46:02.039 --> 00:46:04.739
The<00:46:02.139><c> minute</c><00:46:02.280><c> you</c><00:46:02.519><c> try</c><00:46:02.760><c> to</c><00:46:02.960><c> do</c><00:46:03.119><c> something</c><00:46:03.420><c> in</c><00:46:03.880><c> any</c><00:46:04.239><c> community</c>

00:46:04.739 --> 00:46:06.920
of<00:46:05.000><c> people</c><00:46:05.260><c> as</c><00:46:05.599><c> outspoken,</c>

00:46:07.039 --> 00:46:10.920
as<00:46:07.239><c> intense,</c><00:46:08.940><c> as</c><00:46:09.519><c> free</c><00:46:10.019><c> as</c><00:46:10.440><c> us,</c>

00:46:11.159 --> 00:46:13.980
is<00:46:11.400><c> going</c><00:46:11.639><c> to</c><00:46:11.860><c> put</c><00:46:12.039><c> up</c><00:46:12.219><c> with</c><00:46:12.440><c> that</c><00:46:12.699><c> kind</c><00:46:12.900><c> of</c><00:46:13.079><c> behavior.</c>

00:46:15.039 --> 00:46:16.880
And<00:46:15.280><c> I</c><00:46:15.360><c> don't</c><00:46:15.519><c> know</c><00:46:15.679><c> anyone</c><00:46:15.960><c> who</c><00:46:16.119><c> has</c><00:46:16.199><c> ever</c><00:46:16.460><c> taken</c><00:46:16.679><c> a</c>

00:46:16.880 --> 00:46:17.760
leadership<00:46:17.239><c> committee</c>

00:46:17.760 --> 00:46:19.679
on<00:46:18.420><c> a</c><00:46:18.639><c> committee</c><00:46:18.820><c> who</c><00:46:19.019><c> hasn't</c><00:46:19.260><c> felt</c><00:46:19.480><c> that.</c>

00:46:19.719 --> 00:46:21.860
I<00:46:19.900><c> mean,</c><00:46:19.900><c> I</c><00:46:20.039><c> know</c><00:46:20.119><c> at</c><00:46:20.239><c> the</c><00:46:20.340><c> university</c><00:46:20.800><c> there</c><00:46:20.980><c> are</c><00:46:21.179><c> many</c><00:46:21.400><c> professors</c>

00:46:21.860 --> 00:46:23.840
who<00:46:22.019><c> will</c><00:46:22.280><c> never</c><00:46:22.519><c> serve</c><00:46:22.780><c> as</c><00:46:22.880><c> a</c><00:46:23.099><c> chairman</c><00:46:23.280><c> of</c><00:46:23.460><c> a</c><00:46:23.639><c> committee</c>

00:46:23.840 --> 00:46:25.860
because<00:46:24.139><c> they</c><00:46:24.340><c> can't</c><00:46:24.639><c> take</c><00:46:24.820><c> the</c><00:46:25.019><c> garbage.</c>

00:46:26.699 --> 00:46:29.360
The<00:46:27.079><c> hardest</c><00:46:27.420><c> thing</c><00:46:27.659><c> in</c><00:46:27.800><c> the</c><00:46:27.940><c> world</c><00:46:28.059><c> is</c><00:46:28.239><c> to</c><00:46:28.360><c> get</c><00:46:28.480><c> someone</c><00:46:28.840><c> to</c><00:46:29.039><c> be</c><00:46:29.219><c> a</c>

00:46:29.360 --> 00:46:29.699
committee<00:46:29.519><c> member.</c>

00:46:29.760 --> 00:46:32.219
In<00:46:29.900><c> fact,</c><00:46:30.059><c> it's</c><00:46:30.380><c> so</c><00:46:30.980><c> well</c><00:46:31.340><c> known</c><00:46:31.659><c> at</c><00:46:31.800><c> Michigan</c>

00:46:32.219 --> 00:46:35.079
that<00:46:32.900><c> you</c><00:46:33.179><c> don't</c><00:46:33.420><c> dare</c><00:46:33.780><c> not</c><00:46:34.119><c> attend</c><00:46:34.360><c> a</c><00:46:34.579><c> committee</c><00:46:34.820><c> meeting</c>

00:46:35.079 --> 00:46:36.820
because<00:46:35.280><c> if</c><00:46:35.420><c> you're</c><00:46:35.619><c> not</c><00:46:35.860><c> there,</c><00:46:36.079><c> you're</c><00:46:36.280><c> the</c><00:46:36.380><c> one</c><00:46:36.480><c> who's</c><00:46:36.659><c> going</c><00:46:36.719><c> to</c>

00:46:36.820 --> 00:46:37.860
become<00:46:37.039><c> the</c><00:46:37.239><c> chairman</c><00:46:37.380><c> of</c><00:46:37.519><c> the</c><00:46:37.639><c> committee.</c>

00:46:37.920 --> 00:46:39.900
The<00:46:38.039><c> others</c><00:46:38.159><c> will</c><00:46:38.340><c> all</c><00:46:38.500><c> elect</c><00:46:38.699><c> you.</c>

00:46:40.239 --> 00:46:42.539
And<00:46:40.619><c> you</c><00:46:40.719><c> will</c><00:46:40.880><c> not</c><00:46:41.019><c> have</c><00:46:41.119><c> a</c><00:46:41.280><c> chance</c><00:46:41.440><c> to</c><00:46:41.699><c> decline.</c>

00:46:42.579 --> 00:46:44.760
So<00:46:42.760><c> I'm</c><00:46:42.860><c> very</c><00:46:43.179><c> careful</c><00:46:43.420><c> at</c><00:46:43.559><c> Michigan</c><00:46:43.880><c> that</c><00:46:44.059><c> I</c><00:46:44.219><c> always</c><00:46:44.500><c> attend</c>

00:46:44.760 --> 00:46:45.960
a<00:46:44.980><c> committee</c><00:46:45.179><c> that</c><00:46:45.320><c> I'm</c><00:46:45.519><c> appointed</c><00:46:45.800><c> to</c>

00:46:45.960 --> 00:46:48.320
to<00:46:46.119><c> make</c><00:46:46.239><c> sure</c><00:46:46.400><c> I</c><00:46:46.800><c> have</c><00:46:46.940><c> at</c><00:46:47.079><c> least</c><00:46:47.239><c> five</c><00:46:47.519><c> excuses</c><00:46:47.940><c> for</c><00:46:48.139><c> not</c>

00:46:48.320 --> 00:46:49.300
being<00:46:48.539><c> chairman.</c>

00:46:49.679 --> 00:46:51.940
Because<00:46:49.860><c> I'm</c><00:46:50.000><c> not</c><00:46:50.139><c> really</c><00:46:50.400><c> interested</c><00:46:50.780><c> in</c><00:46:51.360><c> the</c><00:46:51.579><c> work</c><00:46:51.719><c> of</c><00:46:51.840><c> the</c>

00:46:51.940 --> 00:46:53.380
University<00:46:52.420><c> of</c><00:46:52.639><c> Michigan.</c>

00:46:56.639 --> 00:46:59.099
Let's<00:46:57.079><c> wrap</c><00:46:57.340><c> this</c><00:46:57.579><c> up</c><00:46:57.800><c> by</c><00:46:57.980><c> taking</c><00:46:58.260><c> a</c><00:46:58.400><c> look</c><00:46:58.500><c> at</c><00:46:58.679><c> this.</c>

00:46:59.239 --> 00:47:01.659
If<00:46:59.239><c> thou</c><00:46:59.440><c> oughtest</c><00:46:59.800><c> therefore</c><00:47:00.059><c> to</c><00:47:00.260><c> put</c><00:47:00.380><c> thy</c><00:47:00.599><c> money</c><00:47:00.880><c> to</c><00:47:01.079><c> the</c><00:47:01.340><c> exchanges,</c>

00:47:01.800 --> 00:47:03.960
and<00:47:01.900><c> then</c><00:47:02.019><c> at</c><00:47:02.239><c> my</c><00:47:02.440><c> coming</c><00:47:02.639><c> I</c><00:47:02.840><c> would</c><00:47:02.980><c> have</c><00:47:03.159><c> received</c><00:47:03.519><c> mine</c><00:47:03.760><c> own</c>

00:47:03.960 --> 00:47:04.539
with<00:47:04.179><c> usury,</c>

00:47:04.579 --> 00:47:06.059
he<00:47:04.739><c> says</c><00:47:04.960><c> in</c><00:47:05.099><c> verse</c><00:47:05.340><c> 27.</c>

00:47:06.260 --> 00:47:09.480
For<00:47:06.420><c> every</c><00:47:06.880><c> one,</c><00:47:07.059><c> verse</c><00:47:07.340><c> 29,</c><00:47:07.840><c> that</c><00:47:08.039><c> hath</c><00:47:08.199><c> shall</c><00:47:08.380><c> be</c><00:47:08.619><c> given,</c><00:47:09.179><c> and</c><00:47:09.340><c> he</c>

00:47:09.480 --> 00:47:10.960
shall<00:47:09.599><c> have</c><00:47:09.860><c> abundance.</c>

00:47:11.320 --> 00:47:13.780
But<00:47:11.519><c> from</c><00:47:11.760><c> him</c><00:47:11.960><c> that</c><00:47:12.159><c> hath</c><00:47:12.360><c> not</c><00:47:12.559><c> shall</c><00:47:12.719><c> be</c><00:47:12.960><c> taken</c><00:47:13.159><c> away,</c><00:47:13.480><c> even</c>

00:47:13.780 --> 00:47:14.679
that<00:47:14.019><c> which</c><00:47:14.219><c> he</c><00:47:14.440><c> hath.</c>

00:47:14.980 --> 00:47:16.320
Sounds<00:47:15.260><c> unfair.</c>

00:47:16.940 --> 00:47:18.980
But<00:47:17.179><c> it</c><00:47:17.400><c> is,</c><00:47:17.619><c> of</c><00:47:17.699><c> course,</c><00:47:17.820><c> not</c><00:47:18.119><c> unfair</c><00:47:18.480><c> with</c><00:47:18.699><c> God.</c>

00:47:19.420 --> 00:47:22.920
If<00:47:19.599><c> we</c><00:47:19.820><c> have</c><00:47:20.019><c> not</c><00:47:20.320><c> used</c><00:47:20.760><c> what</c><00:47:21.179><c> God</c><00:47:21.440><c> has</c><00:47:21.679><c> given</c><00:47:21.860><c> us,</c>

00:47:23.440 --> 00:47:25.820
then<00:47:23.880><c> we</c><00:47:24.099><c> get</c><00:47:24.400><c> exactly</c><00:47:24.980><c> what</c><00:47:25.159><c> we</c><00:47:25.360><c> would</c><00:47:25.559><c> deserve.</c>

00:47:25.960 --> 00:47:29.079
If<00:47:25.980><c> we</c><00:47:26.179><c> were</c><00:47:26.400><c> afraid</c><00:47:26.780><c> to</c><00:47:27.019><c> do</c><00:47:27.159><c> his</c><00:47:27.500><c> work,</c><00:47:28.179><c> we</c><00:47:28.320><c> will</c><00:47:28.559><c> be</c><00:47:28.760><c> afraid</c>

00:47:29.079 --> 00:47:30.619
to<00:47:29.320><c> be</c><00:47:29.420><c> in</c><00:47:29.519><c> his</c><00:47:29.760><c> kingdom.</c>

00:47:31.519 --> 00:47:36.000
And<00:47:31.639><c> let</c><00:47:31.760><c> me</c><00:47:31.860><c> give</c><00:47:32.000><c> you</c><00:47:32.480><c> sort</c><00:47:32.760><c> of</c><00:47:33.460><c> a</c><00:47:33.679><c> concluding</c><00:47:35.260><c> idea</c><00:47:35.699><c> of</c><00:47:35.860><c> how</c>

00:47:36.000 --> 00:47:37.880
we<00:47:36.199><c> can</c><00:47:36.519><c> overcome</c><00:47:36.960><c> this.</c>

00:47:39.480 --> 00:47:41.500
You<00:47:39.579><c> know,</c><00:47:39.780><c> when</c><00:47:39.980><c> you</c><00:47:40.199><c> start</c><00:47:40.420><c> out</c><00:47:40.639><c> to</c><00:47:40.800><c> do</c><00:47:40.940><c> something</c><00:47:41.239><c> that's</c>

00:47:41.500 --> 00:47:43.119
difficult,<00:47:41.960><c> that</c><00:47:42.079><c> you've</c><00:47:42.260><c> never</c><00:47:42.480><c> done</c><00:47:42.699><c> before,</c>

00:47:43.199 --> 00:47:45.679
it's<00:47:43.380><c> very</c><00:47:43.739><c> hard</c><00:47:44.099><c> to</c><00:47:44.400><c> get</c><00:47:44.559><c> in</c><00:47:44.780><c> the</c><00:47:44.900><c> rhythm</c><00:47:45.079><c> of</c><00:47:45.260><c> it.</c>

00:47:45.980 --> 00:47:48.500
And<00:47:46.280><c> when</c><00:47:46.440><c> I</c><00:47:46.619><c> was</c><00:47:46.780><c> trying</c><00:47:47.000><c> to</c><00:47:47.099><c> lose</c><00:47:47.320><c> some</c><00:47:47.519><c> weight,</c>

00:47:49.079 --> 00:47:52.320
I<00:47:49.559><c> got</c><00:47:49.800><c> to</c><00:47:50.019><c> a</c><00:47:50.139><c> point</c><00:47:50.360><c> after</c><00:47:50.659><c> I</c><00:47:50.820><c> lost</c><00:47:50.960><c> about</c><00:47:51.280><c> 20</c><00:47:51.579><c> pounds</c><00:47:51.880><c> that</c><00:47:52.099><c> I</c>

00:47:52.320 --> 00:47:53.500
got<00:47:52.579><c> stalled.</c>

00:47:54.000 --> 00:47:57.880
And<00:47:54.099><c> the</c><00:47:54.199><c> doctor</c><00:47:54.480><c> said</c><00:47:54.699><c> to</c><00:47:54.900><c> me,</c><00:47:55.860><c> you</c><00:47:55.860><c> have</c><00:47:56.239><c> to</c><00:47:56.500><c> do</c><00:47:56.760><c> exercise.</c>

00:47:58.820 --> 00:48:02.539
So<00:47:59.199><c> my</c><00:47:59.400><c> wife</c><00:47:59.820><c> says,</c><00:48:00.840><c> you</c><00:48:01.059><c> do</c><00:48:01.300><c> exercise?</c><00:48:01.780><c> You've</c><00:48:02.019><c> got</c><00:48:02.039><c> to</c><00:48:02.139><c> be</c><00:48:02.340><c> kidding.</c>

00:48:03.019 --> 00:48:05.380
I<00:48:03.199><c> mean,</c><00:48:03.280><c> I</c><00:48:03.420><c> have</c><00:48:03.559><c> trouble</c><00:48:03.860><c> chewing</c><00:48:04.119><c> gum</c><00:48:04.400><c> and</c><00:48:04.639><c> walking.</c>

00:48:06.219 --> 00:48:08.980
So<00:48:06.639><c> I</c><00:48:06.820><c> said,</c><00:48:07.000><c> well,</c><00:48:07.500><c> I</c><00:48:07.619><c> can't</c><00:48:07.880><c> run.</c><00:48:08.079><c> I've</c><00:48:08.239><c> got</c><00:48:08.340><c> two</c><00:48:08.539><c> bad</c><00:48:08.780><c> knees.</c>

00:48:09.039 --> 00:48:12.059
Both<00:48:09.280><c> of</c><00:48:09.420><c> them</c><00:48:09.519><c> are</c><00:48:09.719><c> arthritics.</c><00:48:10.159><c> I</c><00:48:10.280><c> can't</c><00:48:10.559><c> go</c><00:48:10.739><c> jogging.</c>

00:48:12.480 --> 00:48:14.219
Let's<00:48:12.900><c> buy</c><00:48:13.059><c> mountain</c><00:48:13.400><c> bikes.</c>

00:48:14.900 --> 00:48:18.019
At<00:48:15.239><c> that</c><00:48:15.559><c> point,</c><00:48:15.739><c> my</c><00:48:15.880><c> wife</c><00:48:16.059><c> looked</c><00:48:16.280><c> at</c><00:48:16.380><c> me</c><00:48:16.480><c> like</c><00:48:16.639><c> I'd</c><00:48:16.820><c> gone</c><00:48:16.980><c> insane.</c>

00:48:18.679 --> 00:48:20.820
She<00:48:18.800><c> says,</c><00:48:19.000><c> well,</c><00:48:19.539><c> you</c><00:48:19.780><c> get</c><00:48:19.960><c> a</c><00:48:20.119><c> mountain</c><00:48:20.239><c> bike.</c><00:48:20.420><c> Don't</c><00:48:20.639><c> get</c>

00:48:20.820 --> 00:48:21.280
one<00:48:20.980><c> for</c><00:48:21.179><c> me.</c>

00:48:21.340 --> 00:48:23.079
I<00:48:21.360><c> said,</c><00:48:21.519><c> well,</c><00:48:21.619><c> if</c><00:48:21.739><c> you</c><00:48:21.900><c> don't</c><00:48:22.059><c> encourage</c><00:48:22.480><c> me</c><00:48:22.719><c> and</c><00:48:22.739><c> you</c><00:48:22.920><c> don't</c>

00:48:23.079 --> 00:48:25.159
help<00:48:23.300><c> me,</c><00:48:23.460><c> I'm</c><00:48:23.599><c> not</c><00:48:23.820><c> going</c><00:48:23.940><c> to</c><00:48:24.059><c> do</c><00:48:24.219><c> this.</c>

00:48:25.780 --> 00:48:28.619
So<00:48:26.079><c> last</c><00:48:26.440><c> year,</c><00:48:27.199><c> about</c><00:48:27.440><c> June,</c><00:48:27.739><c> I</c><00:48:27.900><c> went</c><00:48:28.039><c> out</c><00:48:28.219><c> and</c><00:48:28.340><c> we</c><00:48:28.480><c> bought</c>

00:48:28.619 --> 00:48:30.539
two<00:48:29.360><c> pretty</c><00:48:29.739><c> nice</c><00:48:30.000><c> mountain</c><00:48:30.280><c> bikes.</c>

00:48:30.840 --> 00:48:32.860
Now,<00:48:31.019><c> I</c><00:48:31.079><c> didn't</c><00:48:31.280><c> spend</c><00:48:31.559><c> so</c><00:48:31.840><c> much</c><00:48:31.980><c> money</c><00:48:32.199><c> that</c><00:48:32.340><c> I</c><00:48:32.440><c> went</c><00:48:32.539><c> bankrupt,</c>

00:48:32.860 --> 00:48:36.219
but<00:48:33.059><c> I</c><00:48:33.179><c> knew</c><00:48:33.280><c> if</c><00:48:33.440><c> I</c><00:48:33.599><c> bought</c><00:48:33.699><c> real</c><00:48:33.940><c> cheap</c><00:48:34.179><c> ones,</c><00:48:34.820><c> the</c><00:48:34.960><c> temptation</c><00:48:35.519><c> might</c><00:48:35.760><c> be,</c>

00:48:36.480 --> 00:48:37.820
well,<00:48:36.599><c> I</c><00:48:36.679><c> didn't</c><00:48:36.840><c> spend</c><00:48:37.059><c> very</c><00:48:37.360><c> much</c><00:48:37.519><c> with</c><00:48:37.699><c> it.</c>

00:48:37.820 --> 00:48:40.380
So<00:48:38.159><c> if</c><00:48:38.699><c> I</c><00:48:38.820><c> don't</c><00:48:38.980><c> use</c><00:48:39.179><c> it,</c><00:48:39.440><c> I'll</c><00:48:39.559><c> put</c><00:48:39.619><c> it</c><00:48:39.719><c> in</c><00:48:39.780><c> the</c><00:48:39.940><c> corner,</c><00:48:40.199><c> no</c>

00:48:40.380 --> 00:48:41.440
big<00:48:40.579><c> loss.</c>

00:48:41.900 --> 00:48:44.519
So<00:48:42.380><c> it's</c><00:48:42.860><c> got</c><00:48:42.960><c> to</c><00:48:43.119><c> hurt</c><00:48:43.219><c> a</c><00:48:43.360><c> little</c><00:48:43.559><c> bit.</c>

00:48:45.099 --> 00:48:47.219
Like<00:48:45.400><c> all</c><00:48:45.639><c> sacrifices,</c><00:48:46.239><c> it's</c><00:48:46.420><c> got</c><00:48:46.480><c> to</c><00:48:46.579><c> hurt</c><00:48:46.679><c> a</c><00:48:46.800><c> little</c><00:48:46.920><c> bit.</c>

00:48:47.659 --> 00:48:49.599
I<00:48:47.800><c> bought</c><00:48:48.000><c> these</c><00:48:48.239><c> two</c><00:48:48.420><c> mountain</c><00:48:48.619><c> bikes.</c><00:48:48.900><c> We</c><00:48:48.960><c> went</c><00:48:49.119><c> out</c><00:48:49.280><c> on</c><00:48:49.440><c> our</c>

00:48:49.599 --> 00:48:50.679
first<00:48:49.840><c> ride.</c>

00:48:50.699 --> 00:48:53.800
We<00:48:50.800><c> got</c><00:48:50.940><c> about</c><00:48:51.179><c> two</c><00:48:51.380><c> miles</c><00:48:51.619><c> from</c><00:48:51.760><c> the</c><00:48:51.940><c> house</c><00:48:52.340><c> and</c><00:48:53.280><c> my</c><00:48:53.579><c> knees</c>

00:48:53.800 --> 00:48:54.500
were<00:48:54.119><c> hurting.</c>

00:48:54.920 --> 00:49:00.199
My<00:48:55.159><c> feet</c><00:48:55.440><c> were</c><00:48:55.980><c> in</c><00:48:56.300><c> pain.</c><00:48:56.679><c> My</c><00:48:56.920><c> back</c><00:48:57.219><c> hurt.</c><00:48:57.480><c> My</c><00:48:57.679><c> wife</c><00:48:57.940><c> was</c><00:48:58.119><c> going,</c><00:48:58.599><c> we</c><00:48:58.900><c> can't</c><00:48:59.480><c> do</c><00:48:59.739><c> this.</c>

00:49:00.699 --> 00:49:04.480
We're<00:49:00.980><c> too</c><00:49:01.420><c> old.</c><00:49:01.940><c> No</c><00:49:02.179><c> one</c><00:49:02.320><c> over</c><00:49:02.579><c> 50</c><00:49:02.900><c> should</c><00:49:03.139><c> ride</c><00:49:03.400><c> a</c><00:49:03.639><c> bike.</c>

00:49:05.659 --> 00:49:08.480
Finally,<00:49:06.079><c> I</c><00:49:06.260><c> said</c><00:49:06.440><c> to</c><00:49:06.619><c> her,</c><00:49:06.760><c> honey,</c><00:49:06.800><c> you're</c><00:49:07.099><c> absolutely</c><00:49:07.480><c> right.</c>

00:49:10.940 --> 00:49:13.460
But<00:49:11.139><c> what</c><00:49:11.300><c> we're</c><00:49:11.480><c> going</c><00:49:11.619><c> to</c><00:49:11.739><c> do</c><00:49:12.019><c> is</c><00:49:12.639><c> we're</c><00:49:12.760><c> going</c><00:49:13.000><c> to</c><00:49:13.079><c> go</c><00:49:13.280><c> out</c>

00:49:13.460 --> 00:49:15.219
tomorrow<00:49:13.980><c> again.</c>

00:49:16.099 --> 00:49:18.699
We'll<00:49:16.239><c> mark</c><00:49:16.440><c> right</c><00:49:16.840><c> here</c><00:49:17.079><c> on</c><00:49:17.239><c> the</c><00:49:17.420><c> pavement</c><00:49:17.699><c> how</c><00:49:17.940><c> far</c><00:49:18.179><c> we've</c><00:49:18.480><c> gone</c>

00:49:18.699 --> 00:49:21.460
and<00:49:19.079><c> tomorrow</c><00:49:19.559><c> we're</c><00:49:19.719><c> going</c><00:49:19.880><c> to</c><00:49:19.920><c> go</c><00:49:20.139><c> at</c><00:49:20.380><c> least</c><00:49:20.719><c> this</c><00:49:21.079><c> far,</c><00:49:21.460><c> if</c>

00:49:21.460 --> 00:49:22.500
not<00:49:21.639><c> further.</c>

00:49:23.000 --> 00:49:25.340
Well,<00:49:23.320><c> I</c><00:49:23.559><c> clocked</c><00:49:23.800><c> it</c><00:49:23.980><c> later</c><00:49:24.139><c> with</c><00:49:24.340><c> the</c><00:49:24.559><c> car.</c><00:49:24.739><c> We</c><00:49:24.900><c> had</c><00:49:25.119><c> gone</c><00:49:25.280><c> a</c>

00:49:25.340 --> 00:49:27.019
whole<00:49:25.599><c> mile</c><00:49:25.880><c> and</c><00:49:26.019><c> a</c><00:49:26.139><c> half.</c>

00:49:29.099 --> 00:49:31.639
I<00:49:29.199><c> mean,</c><00:49:29.420><c> you</c><00:49:29.539><c> know,</c><00:49:29.719><c> that's</c><00:49:30.199><c> not</c><00:49:30.599><c> really</c><00:49:30.980><c> big</c><00:49:31.280><c> deal.</c>

00:49:31.760 --> 00:49:35.460
I<00:49:31.760><c> mean,</c><00:49:32.420><c> but</c><00:49:32.539><c> if</c><00:49:32.639><c> you</c><00:49:32.820><c> stop</c><00:49:33.019><c> 15</c><00:49:33.440><c> times</c><00:49:33.820><c> along</c><00:49:34.099><c> the</c><00:49:34.239><c> way</c><00:49:34.340><c> because</c><00:49:34.519><c> you're</c><00:49:34.739><c> going,</c>

00:49:35.579 --> 00:49:37.219
you<00:49:35.980><c> know,</c><00:49:36.179><c> it</c><00:49:36.300><c> does</c><00:49:36.539><c> take</c><00:49:36.760><c> that</c><00:49:37.019><c> long.</c>

00:49:37.219 --> 00:49:42.840
You<00:49:37.820><c> know,</c><00:49:38.739><c> now</c><00:49:38.920><c> we</c><00:49:39.079><c> can</c><00:49:39.280><c> do</c><00:49:39.579><c> 10</c><00:49:39.800><c> miles</c><00:49:40.340><c> in</c><00:49:40.800><c> about</c><00:49:41.280><c> 25</c><00:49:41.860><c> minutes</c>

00:49:43.019 --> 00:49:45.239
and<00:49:43.460><c> we're</c><00:49:43.679><c> looking</c><00:49:43.860><c> for</c><00:49:44.119><c> new</c><00:49:44.400><c> places</c><00:49:44.820><c> to</c><00:49:45.059><c> go</c>

00:49:45.239 --> 00:49:48.719
because<00:49:45.539><c> we</c><00:49:45.760><c> can't</c><00:49:46.019><c> go</c><00:49:46.280><c> far</c><00:49:46.619><c> enough</c><00:49:47.039><c> in</c><00:49:47.760><c> the</c><00:49:48.000><c> time</c><00:49:48.139><c> we</c><00:49:48.320><c> want</c><00:49:48.460><c> to</c><00:49:48.619><c> go.</c>

00:49:48.739 --> 00:49:51.900
We're<00:49:48.960><c> getting</c><00:49:49.099><c> pretty</c><00:49:49.480><c> fast</c><00:49:49.780><c> at</c><00:49:49.960><c> it</c><00:49:50.199><c> and</c><00:49:50.619><c> we</c><00:49:50.820><c> did</c><00:49:51.039><c> 500</c><00:49:51.480><c> miles</c>

00:49:51.900 --> 00:49:52.500
last<00:49:52.260><c> year.</c>

00:49:52.579 --> 00:49:56.019
This<00:49:52.780><c> year</c><00:49:52.980><c> we've</c><00:49:53.280><c> done</c><00:49:53.460><c> more</c><00:49:53.780><c> than</c><00:49:54.039><c> 500</c><00:49:54.300><c> miles</c><00:49:54.960><c> in</c><00:49:55.219><c> half</c><00:49:55.400><c> the</c><00:49:55.619><c> time.</c>

00:49:56.360 --> 00:49:59.519
And<00:49:56.500><c> you</c><00:49:56.579><c> know,</c><00:49:56.880><c> if</c><00:49:57.019><c> you</c><00:49:57.260><c> take</c><00:49:57.440><c> any</c><00:49:57.800><c> job</c><00:49:58.199><c> and</c><00:49:58.699><c> you</c><00:49:58.960><c> start</c><00:49:59.199><c> and</c>

00:49:59.519 --> 00:50:00.239
you<00:49:59.739><c> build</c><00:49:59.920><c> on</c><00:50:00.139><c> it</c>

00:50:00.239 --> 00:50:01.860
and<00:50:00.280><c> say</c><00:50:00.480><c> next</c><00:50:00.699><c> time</c><00:50:00.900><c> I'm</c><00:50:01.019><c> going</c><00:50:01.119><c> to</c><00:50:01.199><c> do</c><00:50:01.320><c> a</c><00:50:01.440><c> lot</c><00:50:01.539><c> better</c>

00:50:01.860 --> 00:50:03.639
and<00:50:02.360><c> the</c><00:50:02.480><c> next</c><00:50:02.699><c> time</c><00:50:02.840><c> I'm</c><00:50:02.920><c> going</c><00:50:02.980><c> to</c><00:50:03.019><c> do</c><00:50:03.119><c> even</c><00:50:03.280><c> better,</c>

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and<00:50:04.099><c> you</c><00:50:04.179><c> know,</c><00:50:04.340><c> if</c><00:50:04.380><c> you</c><00:50:04.539><c> take</c><00:50:04.780><c> that</c><00:50:05.119><c> attitude,</c>

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don't<00:50:06.219><c> look</c><00:50:06.460><c> at</c><00:50:06.519><c> what</c><00:50:06.739><c> the</c><00:50:06.860><c> next</c><00:50:07.079><c> person</c><00:50:07.500><c> to</c><00:50:07.739><c> you</c><00:50:07.880><c> is</c><00:50:08.019><c> doing</c><00:50:08.199><c> in</c>

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because<00:50:10.480><c> if</c><00:50:10.619><c> you</c><00:50:10.820><c> want</c><00:50:11.019><c> to,</c><00:50:11.179><c> you</c><00:50:11.260><c> can</c><00:50:11.500><c> always</c><00:50:11.800><c> find</c><00:50:12.059><c> somebody</c>

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lazier<00:50:13.079><c> than</c><00:50:13.219><c> yourself</c>

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and<00:50:14.300><c> say</c><00:50:14.639><c> I'm</c><00:50:15.260><c> so</c><00:50:15.599><c> great,</c><00:50:16.039><c> I'm</c><00:50:16.300><c> much</c><00:50:16.539><c> better</c><00:50:16.820><c> than</c><00:50:17.000><c> brother</c><00:50:17.300><c> or</c>

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sister<00:50:17.760><c> so</c><00:50:18.039><c>-and</c><00:50:18.199><c>-so.</c>

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They<00:50:18.699><c> don't</c><00:50:18.920><c> do</c><00:50:19.179><c> anything.</c>

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Or<00:50:20.619><c> you</c><00:50:20.719><c> can</c><00:50:20.900><c> look</c><00:50:21.079><c> around</c><00:50:21.420><c> and</c><00:50:21.539><c> see</c><00:50:21.739><c> someone</c><00:50:22.059><c> that</c><00:50:22.219><c> is</c><00:50:22.400><c> so</c><00:50:22.699><c> good,</c><00:50:23.460><c> so</c><00:50:23.739><c> talented,</c>

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that<00:50:24.940><c> you</c><00:50:25.079><c> can</c><00:50:25.179><c> get</c><00:50:25.360><c> totally</c><00:50:25.760><c> discouraged.</c>

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When<00:50:28.639><c> we</c><00:50:28.780><c> used</c><00:50:28.920><c> to</c><00:50:29.099><c> ride</c><00:50:29.199><c> those</c><00:50:29.480><c> bikes,</c>

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I'd<00:50:29.980><c> see</c><00:50:30.079><c> some</c><00:50:30.320><c> of</c><00:50:30.400><c> these</c><00:50:30.780><c> college</c><00:50:31.139><c> students</c><00:50:31.420><c> come</c><00:50:31.679><c> by</c><00:50:31.820><c> on</c>

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and<00:50:32.820><c> they'd</c><00:50:33.260><c> whiz</c><00:50:33.480><c> past</c><00:50:33.800><c> me</c><00:50:34.460><c> and</c><00:50:35.000><c> of</c><00:50:35.179><c> course</c><00:50:35.360><c> they</c><00:50:35.500><c> can't</c>

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resist<00:50:36.099><c> going,</c>

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hi<00:50:36.780><c> old</c><00:50:37.099><c> fella,</c><00:50:39.159><c> as</c><00:50:39.260><c> they</c><00:50:39.440><c> left</c><00:50:39.619><c> me</c><00:50:39.840><c> in</c><00:50:39.940><c> the</c><00:50:40.119><c> dust.</c>

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I<00:50:41.420><c> didn't</c><00:50:41.539><c> pay</c><00:50:41.679><c> any</c><00:50:41.880><c> attention</c><00:50:42.179><c> to</c><00:50:42.360><c> that.</c>

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I<00:50:43.739><c> didn't</c><00:50:43.900><c> like</c><00:50:44.199><c> it,</c><00:50:44.460><c> you</c><00:50:44.579><c> know,</c><00:50:44.900><c> but</c><00:50:45.059><c> I</c><00:50:45.139><c> didn't</c><00:50:45.219><c> pay</c><00:50:45.380><c> any</c><00:50:45.519><c> attention.</c>

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What<00:50:46.420><c> we</c><00:50:46.699><c> decided</c><00:50:47.039><c> to</c><00:50:47.300><c> do</c><00:50:47.440><c> is</c><00:50:47.659><c> to</c><00:50:47.920><c> beat</c><00:50:48.079><c> our</c><00:50:48.420><c> own</c><00:50:49.059><c> records.</c>

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Set<00:50:50.719><c> the</c><00:50:50.960><c> mark</c><00:50:51.159><c> for</c><00:50:51.460><c> ourselves.</c>

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What<00:50:52.780><c> we</c><00:50:52.980><c> did</c><00:50:53.099><c> this</c><00:50:53.420><c> time</c><00:50:53.739><c> we</c><00:50:53.980><c> can</c><00:50:54.139><c> do</c><00:50:54.360><c> better</c><00:50:54.619><c> next</c><00:50:54.960><c> time</c>

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and<00:50:56.000><c> what</c><00:50:56.139><c> we</c><00:50:56.340><c> did</c><00:50:56.480><c> better</c><00:50:56.739><c> next</c><00:50:57.039><c> time</c><00:50:57.159><c> we</c><00:50:57.260><c> can</c><00:50:57.400><c> do</c><00:50:57.539><c> even</c><00:50:57.820><c> better</c><00:50:58.039><c> the</c>

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time<00:50:58.460><c> after</c><00:50:58.800><c> that.</c>

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And<00:50:59.840><c> if</c><00:50:59.940><c> we</c><00:51:00.119><c> look</c><00:51:00.300><c> at</c><00:51:00.480><c> our</c><00:51:00.739><c> work</c><00:51:00.900><c> in</c><00:51:01.079><c> the</c><00:51:01.280><c> Lord's</c><00:51:01.739><c> Vineyard</c>

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that<00:51:02.440><c> way,</c>

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measuring<00:51:05.619><c> ourselves</c><00:51:06.260><c> against</c><00:51:06.880><c> ourselves,</c><00:51:07.639><c> as</c><00:51:07.900><c> Paul</c><00:51:08.300><c> says,</c>

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as<00:51:08.900><c> I'm</c><00:51:09.320><c> paraphrasing,</c>

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we<00:51:10.599><c> will</c><00:51:10.920><c> never</c><00:51:11.159><c> have</c><00:51:11.460><c> a</c><00:51:11.739><c> problem</c><00:51:12.039><c> with</c><00:51:12.300><c> developing</c><00:51:12.840><c> our</c><00:51:13.179><c> talents.</c>

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And<00:51:14.639><c> so</c><00:51:15.059><c> I</c><00:51:15.739><c> bring</c><00:51:15.860><c> this</c><00:51:16.059><c> to</c><00:51:16.219><c> a</c><00:51:16.440><c> conclusion</c><00:51:16.719><c> with</c><00:51:17.079><c> a</c><00:51:17.199><c> hearty</c><00:51:17.539><c> thanks</c>

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for<00:51:17.900><c> all</c><00:51:18.059><c> your</c><00:51:18.280><c> attention</c><00:51:18.619><c> and</c><00:51:18.800><c> your</c><00:51:19.039><c> kindness.</c>

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It<00:51:19.440><c> has</c><00:51:19.659><c> indeed</c><00:51:19.940><c> been</c><00:51:20.179><c> a</c><00:51:20.380><c> great</c><00:51:20.539><c> pleasure.</c>