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as<00:12:02.820><c> a</c><00:12:03.039><c> symbol</c><00:12:03.279><c> for</c><00:12:03.460><c> the</c><00:12:03.580><c> nation</c><00:12:03.799><c> of</c><00:12:04.039><c> Israel.</c>

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You'll<00:12:05.379><c> be</c><00:12:05.500><c> familiar</c><00:12:05.740><c> with</c><00:12:05.960><c> passages</c><00:12:06.299><c> in</c><00:12:06.580><c> Isaiah.</c>

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There<00:12:07.799><c> are</c><00:12:07.879><c> many</c><00:12:08.039><c> in</c><00:12:08.179><c> the</c><00:12:08.460><c> Psalms</c><00:12:08.840><c> as</c><00:12:09.059><c> well,</c><00:12:09.659><c> which</c><00:12:09.840><c> unfortunately</c>

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time<00:12:13.600><c> to</c><00:12:13.899><c> examine.</c>

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I<00:12:14.720><c> leave</c><00:12:14.940><c> you</c><00:12:15.080><c> to</c><00:12:15.220><c> look</c><00:12:15.340><c> them</c><00:12:15.460><c> up</c><00:12:15.600><c> in</c><00:12:15.779><c> a</c><00:12:15.919><c> concordance,</c><00:12:16.759><c> note</c>

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them<00:12:17.179><c> down</c>

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and<00:12:18.080><c> link</c><00:12:18.360><c> them</c><00:12:18.519><c> up</c><00:12:18.799><c> with</c><00:12:19.059><c> John</c><00:12:19.360><c> chapter</c><00:12:19.659><c> 15.</c>

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It<00:12:21.379><c> is</c><00:12:21.700><c> especially</c><00:12:22.039><c> interesting</c><00:12:22.519><c> to</c><00:12:22.759><c> note</c><00:12:23.039><c> that</c><00:12:23.960><c> consistently</c>

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when<00:12:25.519><c> the</c><00:12:25.779><c> Old</c><00:12:26.019><c> Testament</c><00:12:26.419><c> writers</c><00:12:26.899><c> identify</c><00:12:27.659><c> Israel</c><00:12:28.299><c> under</c>

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inevitably<00:12:31.940><c> it</c><00:12:32.320><c> is</c><00:12:32.519><c> to</c><00:12:32.820><c> draw</c><00:12:33.059><c> attention</c><00:12:33.720><c> to</c><00:12:33.960><c> their</c><00:12:34.320><c> waywardness.</c>

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Therefore,<00:12:39.320><c> we</c><00:12:39.360><c> can</c><00:12:39.659><c> see</c><00:12:39.860><c> something</c><00:12:40.320><c> important</c><00:12:41.240><c> in</c><00:12:41.399><c> the</c><00:12:41.539><c> Lord</c><00:12:41.740><c> saying,</c>

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I<00:12:42.419><c> am</c><00:12:42.740><c> the</c><00:12:43.080><c> true</c><00:12:43.340><c> vine.</c>

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Israel<00:12:45.120><c> as</c><00:12:45.340><c> a</c><00:12:45.480><c> nation</c><00:12:45.720><c> had</c><00:12:45.899><c> been</c><00:12:46.100><c> the</c><00:12:46.279><c> vine</c><00:12:46.480><c> of</c><00:12:46.679><c> God.</c>

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be<00:12:49.860><c> the</c><00:12:50.059><c> vine.</c>

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But<00:12:51.379><c> they</c><00:12:51.639><c> became</c><00:12:51.919><c> an</c><00:12:52.220><c> unmanageable</c><00:12:52.820><c> vine</c>

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And<00:12:57.080><c> so</c><00:12:57.299><c> therefore,</c><00:12:57.960><c> he</c><00:12:58.240><c> says</c><00:12:58.480><c> to</c><00:12:58.659><c> the</c><00:12:58.879><c> disciples,</c><00:12:59.580><c> I</c><00:12:59.940><c> am</c><00:13:00.600><c> the</c>

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he<00:13:06.240><c> was</c><00:13:06.820><c> the</c><00:13:07.360><c> true</c><00:13:08.000><c> vine.</c>

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numerous<00:13:12.440><c> Old</c><00:13:12.879><c> Testament</c><00:13:13.279><c> passages</c><00:13:13.799><c> concerning</c><00:13:14.299><c> the</c><00:13:14.580><c> vine,</c>

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which<00:13:15.279><c> all</c><00:13:15.740><c> came</c><00:13:16.100><c> to</c><00:13:16.259><c> bear</c><00:13:16.419><c> upon</c><00:13:16.759><c> himself,</c>

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I<00:13:18.779><c> believe</c><00:13:19.080><c> that</c><00:13:19.340><c> the</c><00:13:19.519><c> Lord's</c><00:13:20.159><c> primary</c><00:13:20.519><c> illusion</c>

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Return,<00:13:31.759><c> we</c><00:13:32.039><c> beseech</c><00:13:32.659><c> thee,</c><00:13:33.799><c> O</c><00:13:34.000><c> Lord</c><00:13:34.340><c> God,</c>

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look<00:13:36.259><c> down</c><00:13:36.679><c> from</c><00:13:37.000><c> heaven</c><00:13:37.559><c> and</c><00:13:38.580><c> behold</c><00:13:39.340><c> and</c><00:13:40.379><c> visit</c><00:13:41.000><c> this</c><00:13:41.899><c> vine</c>

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That's<00:13:51.440><c> the</c><00:13:51.659><c> primary</c><00:13:52.019><c> passage</c><00:13:52.379><c> in</c><00:13:52.559><c> the</c><00:13:52.659><c> Lord's</c><00:13:53.000><c> mind.</c>

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It's<00:13:53.500><c> got</c><00:13:53.620><c> to</c><00:13:53.759><c> be</c><00:13:54.059><c> because</c><00:13:54.840><c> it</c><00:13:55.299><c> speaks</c><00:13:55.500><c> so</c><00:13:56.019><c> eloquently</c><00:13:56.440><c> and</c><00:13:56.820><c> graphically</c>

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It's<00:14:02.460><c> very</c><00:14:02.720><c> interesting</c><00:14:03.159><c> in</c><00:14:03.320><c> that</c><00:14:03.519><c> passage</c><00:14:03.840><c> in</c><00:14:04.120><c> Psalm</c><00:14:04.360><c> 80</c><00:14:04.600><c> to</c><00:14:04.820><c> notice</c>

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that<00:14:05.620><c> the</c><00:14:05.820><c> word</c><00:14:06.179><c> branch</c><00:14:06.759><c> is</c><00:14:08.340><c> really</c><00:14:08.759><c> translated</c><00:14:09.360><c> from</c><00:14:09.620><c> the</c>

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It's<00:14:20.080><c> an</c><00:14:20.299><c> absolutely</c><00:14:20.779><c> magnificent</c><00:14:21.539><c> word</c><00:14:21.960><c> in</c><00:14:22.200><c> its</c><00:14:22.379><c> usage</c><00:14:22.620><c> in</c>

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Scripture<00:14:23.220><c> time</c><00:14:23.700><c> and</c><00:14:23.879><c> time</c><00:14:24.100><c> again.</c>

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Commonly<00:14:26.039><c> we</c><00:14:26.200><c> say</c><00:14:26.360><c> the</c><00:14:26.539><c> Hebrew</c><00:14:26.799><c> word</c><00:14:27.019><c> ben</c><00:14:27.259><c> means</c><00:14:27.700><c> son,</c>

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and<00:14:28.759><c> that's</c><00:14:28.960><c> quite</c><00:14:29.259><c> right,</c><00:14:29.679><c> but</c><00:14:29.779><c> it</c><00:14:29.960><c> means</c><00:14:30.179><c> more</c><00:14:30.440><c> than</c><00:14:30.679><c> that.</c>

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So<00:14:38.059><c> that</c><00:14:38.360><c> this</c><00:14:38.659><c> prophecy</c><00:14:39.100><c> in</c><00:14:39.360><c> Psalm</c><00:14:39.620><c> 80</c><00:14:39.980><c> is</c><00:14:40.460><c> stating</c>

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that<00:14:41.639><c> God</c><00:14:42.000><c> would</c><00:14:42.240><c> return</c><00:14:42.659><c> to</c><00:14:42.919><c> his</c><00:14:43.120><c> vine</c><00:14:43.419><c> Israel</c>

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and<00:14:44.940><c> that</c><00:14:45.220><c> from</c><00:14:45.399><c> it</c><00:14:45.519><c> he</c><00:14:45.600><c> would</c><00:14:45.840><c> produce</c><00:14:46.340><c> a</c><00:14:46.840><c> son</c>

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who<00:14:47.940><c> would</c><00:14:48.220><c> become</c><00:14:48.759><c> the</c><00:14:49.500><c> builder</c><00:14:50.019><c> of</c><00:14:50.779><c> the</c><00:14:51.080><c> father's</c><00:14:51.580><c> name</c>

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to<00:14:53.080><c> be</c><00:14:53.419><c> manifested</c><00:14:54.019><c> in</c><00:14:54.460><c> a</c><00:14:54.679><c> family</c><00:14:55.080><c> of</c><00:14:55.580><c> sons</c><00:14:55.960><c> and</c><00:14:56.539><c> daughters.</c>

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And<00:14:58.480><c> for</c><00:14:58.740><c> that</c><00:14:59.000><c> reason</c><00:14:59.559><c> this</c><00:15:00.200><c> son,</c><00:15:00.759><c> which</c><00:15:00.899><c> God</c><00:15:01.139><c> would</c><00:15:01.379><c> make</c>

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strong<00:15:02.019><c> for</c><00:15:02.279><c> himself,</c>

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would<00:15:03.720><c> indeed</c><00:15:04.279><c> become</c><00:15:05.080><c> the</c><00:15:05.879><c> true</c><00:15:06.179><c> vine.</c>

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But<00:15:08.559><c> now</c><00:15:08.840><c> the</c><00:15:09.000><c> Lord</c><00:15:09.220><c> adds,</c><00:15:10.559><c> my</c><00:15:10.759><c> father</c><00:15:11.360><c> is</c><00:15:12.200><c> the</c><00:15:12.419><c> husband</c><00:15:12.740><c> man.</c>

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So<00:15:14.740><c> therefore</c><00:15:15.120><c> it</c><00:15:15.299><c> is</c><00:15:15.460><c> Almighty</c><00:15:15.799><c> God</c><00:15:16.480><c> who</c><00:15:16.940><c> owns</c><00:15:17.259><c> the</c><00:15:17.539><c> vine.</c>

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It<00:15:19.100><c> is</c><00:15:19.360><c> Almighty</c><00:15:19.799><c> God</c><00:15:20.299><c> who</c><00:15:20.860><c> tends</c><00:15:21.259><c> the</c><00:15:21.519><c> vine.</c>

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It<00:15:23.320><c> is</c><00:15:23.600><c> Almighty</c><00:15:24.059><c> God</c><00:15:24.580><c> who</c><00:15:24.940><c> watches</c><00:15:25.259><c> over</c><00:15:25.600><c> the</c><00:15:25.799><c> branches,</c>

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guides<00:15:27.320><c> them,</c><00:15:27.940><c> trains</c><00:15:28.200><c> them,</c><00:15:29.320><c> prunes</c><00:15:29.659><c> them</c><00:15:29.899><c> and</c><00:15:30.059><c> cuts</c><00:15:30.360><c> them</c>

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back<00:15:30.799><c> where</c><00:15:31.039><c> need</c><00:15:31.299><c> be.</c>

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involving<00:15:40.700><c> the</c><00:15:41.080><c> objective</c><00:15:41.720><c> of</c><00:15:42.179><c> nurturing</c><00:15:42.620><c> that</c><00:15:43.179><c> vine.</c>

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and<00:15:49.279><c> that</c><00:15:49.559><c> is</c><00:15:50.360><c> to</c><00:15:50.779><c> produce</c><00:15:51.639><c> fruit.</c>

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a<00:16:01.620><c> vine.</c>

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Micah<00:16:03.220><c> speaks</c><00:16:03.480><c> of</c><00:16:03.639><c> the</c><00:16:03.860><c> time</c><00:16:04.039><c> when</c><00:16:04.200><c> every</c><00:16:04.460><c> man</c><00:16:04.700><c> shall</c><00:16:04.940><c> sit</c><00:16:05.240><c> under</c><00:16:05.820><c> his</c>

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own<00:16:06.399><c> vine</c>

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and<00:16:06.840><c> under</c><00:16:07.000><c> his</c><00:16:07.179><c> own</c><00:16:07.440><c> fig</c><00:16:07.620><c> tree</c><00:16:07.960><c> and</c><00:16:08.320><c> none</c><00:16:08.460><c> shall</c><00:16:08.639><c> make</c><00:16:08.820><c> them</c><00:16:09.000><c> afraid.</c>

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That's<00:16:09.899><c> beautiful.</c>

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But<00:16:11.940><c> if</c><00:16:12.100><c> all</c><00:16:12.279><c> you</c><00:16:12.460><c> wanted</c><00:16:12.620><c> was</c><00:16:12.919><c> shade,</c><00:16:13.840><c> you</c><00:16:14.000><c> wouldn't</c><00:16:14.179><c> grow</c><00:16:14.399><c> a</c><00:16:14.620><c> vine.</c>

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There<00:16:16.240><c> are</c><00:16:16.360><c> a</c><00:16:16.379><c> lot</c><00:16:16.519><c> of</c><00:16:16.679><c> other</c><00:16:16.899><c> trees</c><00:16:17.480><c> in</c><00:16:17.960><c> the</c><00:16:18.200><c> plant</c><00:16:18.440><c> life</c><00:16:18.740><c> world.</c>

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In<00:16:19.820><c> America,</c><00:16:20.399><c> in</c><00:16:20.399><c> the</c><00:16:20.559><c> Northern</c><00:16:20.759><c> Hemisphere,</c><00:16:21.500><c> in</c><00:16:21.580><c> Australia,</c>

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in<00:16:22.139><c> the</c><00:16:22.279><c> Southern</c><00:16:22.480><c> Hemisphere,</c>

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different<00:16:23.480><c> types</c><00:16:23.820><c> of</c><00:16:24.059><c> trees,</c><00:16:24.559><c> but</c><00:16:24.779><c> far</c><00:16:25.100><c> more</c><00:16:25.460><c> suitable</c><00:16:25.700><c> for</c>

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shade<00:16:26.279><c> than</c><00:16:26.440><c> the</c><00:16:26.679><c> vine.</c>

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The<00:16:27.299><c> vine's</c><00:16:27.539><c> not</c><00:16:27.759><c> there</c><00:16:27.919><c> to</c><00:16:28.100><c> provide</c><00:16:28.399><c> shade.</c>

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That's<00:16:29.799><c> just</c><00:16:30.059><c> a</c><00:16:30.240><c> by</c><00:16:30.500><c>-product</c><00:16:30.879><c> or</c><00:16:31.159><c> an</c><00:16:31.519><c> added</c><00:16:31.679><c> advantage.</c>

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The<00:16:33.559><c> vine</c><00:16:33.860><c> exists</c><00:16:34.500><c> for</c><00:16:34.720><c> only</c><00:16:35.059><c> one</c><00:16:35.340><c> reason,</c>

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and<00:16:37.220><c> that</c><00:16:37.519><c> was</c><00:16:37.759><c> the</c><00:16:38.019><c> challenge</c><00:16:38.320><c> that</c><00:16:38.519><c> the</c><00:16:38.720><c> Lord</c><00:16:39.000><c> set</c><00:16:39.259><c> before</c>

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his<00:16:39.779><c> disciples,</c>

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that<00:16:40.799><c> dark</c><00:16:41.399><c> and</c><00:16:41.879><c> miserable</c><00:16:42.259><c> night,</c>

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as<00:16:42.980><c> they</c><00:16:43.259><c> made</c><00:16:43.500><c> their</c><00:16:43.759><c> way</c><00:16:43.919><c> in</c><00:16:44.059><c> a</c><00:16:44.220><c> bewildered</c><00:16:44.700><c> frame</c><00:16:44.980><c> of</c><00:16:45.259><c> mind</c>

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through<00:16:45.879><c> the</c><00:16:46.139><c> streets</c><00:16:46.320><c> of</c><00:16:46.500><c> the</c><00:16:46.620><c> city,</c><00:16:47.240><c> toward</c><00:16:47.659><c> the</c><00:16:47.940><c> Garden</c><00:16:48.240><c> of</c><00:16:48.399><c> Gethsemane.</c>

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If<00:16:49.659><c> I</c><00:16:49.919><c> am</c><00:16:50.019><c> the</c><00:16:50.279><c> vine,</c><00:16:50.620><c> then</c><00:16:50.799><c> you</c><00:16:50.980><c> are</c><00:16:51.120><c> the</c><00:16:51.279><c> branches.</c>

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And<00:16:52.419><c> the</c><00:16:52.659><c> branches</c><00:16:53.019><c> have</c><00:16:53.220><c> got</c><00:16:53.340><c> only</c><00:16:53.779><c> one</c><00:16:54.159><c> responsibility,</c>

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and<00:16:55.539><c> that</c><00:16:55.700><c> is</c><00:16:56.059><c> to</c><00:16:56.379><c> produce</c><00:16:57.100><c> fruit.</c>

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And<00:16:59.600><c> so,</c><00:16:59.860><c> therefore,</c><00:17:00.419><c> the</c><00:17:00.639><c> husbandman,</c><00:17:01.559><c> who</c><00:17:01.740><c> is</c><00:17:01.940><c> the</c><00:17:02.120><c> father,</c>

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will<00:17:03.759><c> care</c><00:17:04.140><c> for</c><00:17:04.319><c> that</c><00:17:04.599><c> vine</c><00:17:05.099><c> through</c><00:17:05.940><c> every</c><00:17:06.579><c> stage</c><00:17:07.019><c> of</c><00:17:07.180><c> its</c><00:17:07.420><c> development.</c>

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At<00:17:09.420><c> the</c><00:17:09.640><c> right</c><00:17:09.900><c> time,</c><00:17:10.279><c> he</c><00:17:10.400><c> will</c><00:17:10.619><c> provide</c><00:17:11.000><c> the</c><00:17:11.299><c> fertilizer.</c>

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He<00:17:12.900><c> will</c><00:17:13.140><c> provide</c><00:17:13.740><c> the</c><00:17:14.339><c> water.</c>

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He<00:17:15.700><c> will</c><00:17:15.960><c> see</c><00:17:16.200><c> that</c><00:17:16.380><c> the</c><00:17:16.680><c> weeds</c><00:17:17.000><c> are</c><00:17:17.220><c> kept</c><00:17:17.400><c> away.</c>

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He<00:17:18.980><c> will</c><00:17:19.220><c> look</c><00:17:19.480><c> after</c><00:17:19.920><c> and</c><00:17:20.259><c> nurture</c><00:17:20.519><c> that</c><00:17:20.859><c> vine.</c>

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He<00:17:21.900><c> will</c><00:17:22.200><c> train</c><00:17:22.579><c> the</c><00:17:22.819><c> branches</c><00:17:23.180><c> as</c><00:17:23.480><c> he</c><00:17:23.619><c> wants</c><00:17:23.880><c> them</c><00:17:24.079><c> to</c><00:17:24.279><c> go,</c>

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and<00:17:25.119><c> he</c><00:17:25.279><c> will</c><00:17:25.500><c> observe</c><00:17:25.920><c> it</c><00:17:26.140><c> to</c><00:17:26.440><c> see</c><00:17:26.640><c> if</c><00:17:26.819><c> the</c><00:17:27.059><c> fruit</c><00:17:27.200><c> comes.</c>

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And<00:17:30.000><c> in</c><00:17:30.240><c> verse</c><00:17:30.460><c> 2,</c><00:17:31.660><c> there</c><00:17:31.839><c> is</c><00:17:32.059><c> probably</c><00:17:32.460><c> the</c><00:17:32.819><c> greatest</c><00:17:33.140><c> challenge</c>

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that<00:17:34.740><c> comes</c><00:17:35.000><c> to</c><00:17:35.380><c> every</c><00:17:35.799><c> individual</c><00:17:36.460><c> in</c><00:17:37.079><c> Christ.</c>

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Because<00:17:39.279><c> the</c><00:17:39.480><c> Lord</c><00:17:39.700><c> says</c><00:17:40.019><c> there</c><00:17:40.319><c> that,</c>

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every<00:17:41.319><c> branch</c><00:17:41.740><c> in</c><00:17:41.960><c> me</c><00:17:42.359><c> that</c><00:17:42.660><c> beareth</c><00:17:42.940><c> not</c><00:17:43.279><c> fruit,</c>

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he<00:17:44.640><c> taketh</c><00:17:44.859><c> away.</c>

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And<00:17:46.339><c> every</c><00:17:46.660><c> branch</c><00:17:47.000><c> that</c><00:17:47.259><c> beareth</c><00:17:47.559><c> fruit,</c><00:17:47.980><c> he</c><00:17:48.200><c> purgeth</c><00:17:48.519><c> it,</c>

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that<00:17:49.319><c> it</c><00:17:49.500><c> may</c><00:17:49.720><c> bring</c><00:17:50.019><c> forth</c><00:17:50.480><c> more</c><00:17:50.980><c> fruit.</c>

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When<00:17:52.900><c> the</c><00:17:53.099><c> Lord</c><00:17:53.259><c> speaks</c><00:17:53.619><c> of</c><00:17:53.799><c> the</c><00:17:53.980><c> branches</c><00:17:54.480><c> that</c><00:17:55.140><c> don't</c><00:17:55.440><c> bear</c><00:17:55.680><c> fruit,</c>

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and<00:17:56.660><c> that</c><00:17:56.799><c> are</c><00:17:56.880><c> to</c><00:17:57.019><c> be</c><00:17:57.279><c> taken</c><00:17:57.460><c> away,</c>

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he<00:17:58.920><c> is</c><00:17:59.220><c> not</c><00:17:59.500><c> referring</c><00:18:00.079><c> to</c><00:18:00.319><c> the</c><00:18:00.559><c> people</c><00:18:01.059><c> to</c><00:18:01.559><c> whom</c><00:18:01.740><c> the</c><00:18:02.099><c> truth</c>

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is<00:18:02.559><c> preached,</c>

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and<00:18:03.619><c> may</c><00:18:03.779><c> say,</c><00:18:04.039><c> well,</c><00:18:04.180><c> thank</c><00:18:04.440><c> you</c><00:18:04.579><c> very</c><00:18:04.859><c> much.</c>

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It's<00:18:05.480><c> been</c><00:18:05.619><c> most</c><00:18:05.900><c> interesting</c><00:18:06.319><c> to</c><00:18:06.480><c> hear</c><00:18:06.539><c> what</c><00:18:06.700><c> you</c><00:18:06.859><c> have</c><00:18:06.980><c> to</c><00:18:07.200><c> say,</c>

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but<00:18:07.720><c> as</c><00:18:07.960><c> far</c><00:18:08.119><c> as</c><00:18:08.259><c> I'm</c><00:18:08.519><c> concerned,</c><00:18:08.900><c> I</c><00:18:09.059><c> have</c><00:18:09.240><c> other</c><00:18:09.480><c> things</c><00:18:09.740><c> in</c><00:18:10.000><c> light</c>

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that<00:18:10.299><c> are</c><00:18:10.319><c> more</c><00:18:10.579><c> important,</c><00:18:11.140><c> with</c><00:18:11.420><c> all</c><00:18:11.619><c> due</c><00:18:11.720><c> respect</c><00:18:12.059><c> to</c><00:18:12.240><c> yourself,</c>

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I'll<00:18:12.960><c> go</c><00:18:13.079><c> my</c><00:18:13.380><c> way,</c><00:18:13.559><c> you</c><00:18:13.740><c> go</c><00:18:13.940><c> yours.</c>

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Let's<00:18:16.960><c> look</c><00:18:17.099><c> at</c><00:18:17.220><c> that</c><00:18:17.400><c> verse</c><00:18:17.599><c> again.</c>

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Every<00:18:19.779><c> branch</c><00:18:20.480><c> in</c><00:18:22.259><c> me</c><00:18:23.559><c> that</c><00:18:24.579><c> beareth</c><00:18:24.920><c> not</c><00:18:25.240><c> fruit,</c>

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he<00:18:26.619><c> taketh</c><00:18:26.900><c> away.</c>

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And<00:18:29.480><c> the</c><00:18:29.619><c> words</c><00:18:29.980><c> in</c><00:18:30.660><c> me</c><00:18:31.579><c> should</c><00:18:32.380><c> be</c><00:18:32.640><c> underlined</c><00:18:33.140><c> in</c><00:18:33.559><c> our</c><00:18:33.759><c> Bibles,</c>

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I<00:18:34.799><c> believe.</c>

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It<00:18:38.119><c> speaks</c><00:18:38.519><c> of</c><00:18:38.700><c> the</c><00:18:38.900><c> man</c><00:18:39.359><c> or</c><00:18:40.039><c> the</c><00:18:40.240><c> woman</c><00:18:40.700><c> in</c><00:18:41.799><c> the</c><00:18:42.119><c> truth,</c>

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someone<00:18:44.039><c> who</c><00:18:44.240><c> has</c><00:18:44.460><c> learned</c><00:18:44.700><c> it,</c>

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been<00:18:45.960><c> baptised</c><00:18:46.619><c> in</c><00:18:47.039><c> acceptance</c><00:18:47.440><c> and</c><00:18:47.839><c> acknowledgement</c><00:18:48.339><c> of</c><00:18:48.559><c> it,</c>

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but<00:18:49.740><c> who</c><00:18:50.039><c> rejects</c><00:18:51.599><c> the</c><00:18:51.859><c> development</c><00:18:52.480><c> of</c><00:18:52.900><c> the</c><00:18:53.220><c> character</c><00:18:53.519><c> of</c>

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Christ<00:18:54.119><c> in</c><00:18:54.380><c> their</c><00:18:54.599><c> life.</c>

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And<00:18:56.200><c> as</c><00:18:56.460><c> they</c><00:18:56.759><c> reject</c><00:18:57.200><c> the</c><00:18:57.539><c> character</c><00:18:57.839><c> of</c><00:18:58.119><c> Christ,</c>

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and<00:18:59.440><c> refuse</c><00:18:59.960><c> to</c><00:19:00.240><c> allow</c><00:19:00.500><c> God</c><00:19:00.880><c> to</c><00:19:01.200><c> build</c><00:19:01.500><c> and</c><00:19:01.799><c> mould</c><00:19:01.980><c> and</c><00:19:02.180><c> direct</c>

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their<00:19:02.720><c> lives</c>

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that<00:19:03.099><c> that</c><00:19:03.440><c> character</c><00:19:03.759><c> might</c><00:19:04.079><c> be</c><00:19:04.339><c> developed,</c>

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even<00:19:05.259><c> if</c><00:19:05.500><c> ever</c><00:19:05.700><c> so</c><00:19:05.920><c> imperfectly,</c>

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then<00:19:07.400><c> they</c><00:19:07.680><c> themselves</c><00:19:08.180><c> will</c><00:19:08.519><c> likewise</c><00:19:08.980><c> be</c><00:19:09.279><c> rejected.</c>

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And<00:19:12.119><c> you</c><00:19:12.319><c> know</c><00:19:12.480><c> that</c><00:19:12.700><c> perhaps,</c><00:19:13.299><c> brethren</c><00:19:13.299><c> and</c><00:19:13.559><c> sisters,</c>

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the<00:19:15.359><c> greatest</c><00:19:16.259><c> drama</c><00:19:17.160><c> in</c><00:19:17.460><c> that</c><00:19:17.779><c> statement</c>

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is<00:19:20.000><c> in</c><00:19:20.339><c> the</c><00:19:20.539><c> fact</c><00:19:20.960><c> that</c><00:19:21.599><c> only</c><00:19:22.039><c> a</c><00:19:22.220><c> matter</c><00:19:22.460><c> of</c><00:19:23.000><c> minutes</c>

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or<00:19:23.880><c> perhaps</c><00:19:24.359><c> hours</c><00:19:24.900><c> beforehand,</c>

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a<00:19:27.140><c> major</c><00:19:27.720><c> branch</c><00:19:28.440><c> had</c><00:19:29.339><c> been</c><00:19:29.680><c> removed</c><00:19:30.140><c> from</c><00:19:30.400><c> the</c><00:19:30.660><c> vine.</c>

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Judas<00:19:35.720><c> Iscariot.</c>

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Gone.

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Cut<00:19:39.440><c> off</c><00:19:39.680><c> from</c><00:19:39.880><c> the</c><00:19:40.119><c> vine.</c>

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No<00:19:42.799><c> fruit</c><00:19:43.039><c> produced.</c>

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But<00:19:46.779><c> every</c><00:19:47.299><c> branch</c><00:19:47.640><c> that</c><00:19:47.920><c> beareth</c><00:19:48.160><c> fruit,</c>

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the<00:19:50.079><c> Father</c><00:19:50.519><c> will</c><00:19:51.160><c> purge.</c>

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And<00:19:53.059><c> that</c><00:19:53.240><c> means</c><00:19:53.579><c> to</c><00:19:54.019><c> prune.</c>

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And<00:19:55.579><c> those</c><00:19:55.779><c> of</c><00:19:55.900><c> you</c><00:19:56.039><c> who</c><00:19:56.299><c> have</c><00:19:56.460><c> a</c><00:19:56.660><c> vine</c><00:19:56.960><c> in</c><00:19:57.440><c> your</c><00:19:57.640><c> backyard,</c>

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maybe<00:19:58.779><c> your</c><00:19:59.000><c> front</c><00:19:59.220><c> yard,</c><00:19:59.680><c> I</c><00:19:59.940><c> prefer</c><00:20:00.160><c> it</c><00:20:00.279><c> in</c><00:20:00.339><c> the</c><00:20:00.480><c> backyard,</c>

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you<00:20:01.940><c> know</c><00:20:02.099><c> that</c><00:20:02.259><c> every</c><00:20:02.519><c> year</c><00:20:02.680><c> you've</c><00:20:02.839><c> got</c><00:20:02.920><c> to</c><00:20:03.119><c> prune</c><00:20:03.279><c> that</c><00:20:04.000><c> vine.</c>

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Around<00:20:06.059><c> about</c><00:20:06.420><c> five</c><00:20:06.680><c> or</c><00:20:06.799><c> six</c><00:20:07.079><c> years</c><00:20:07.339><c> ago,</c>

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probably<00:20:09.019><c> nearer</c><00:20:09.480><c> seven,</c>

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a<00:20:10.880><c> brother</c><00:20:11.140><c> in</c><00:20:11.480><c> our</c><00:20:11.660><c> Ecclesia</c><00:20:12.059><c> who</c><00:20:12.240><c> is</c><00:20:12.359><c> a</c><00:20:12.440><c> very</c><00:20:12.900><c> ardent</c><00:20:13.400><c> lover</c>

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of<00:20:14.779><c> growth</c><00:20:15.240><c> in</c><00:20:15.779><c> the</c><00:20:16.039><c> plant</c><00:20:16.220><c> world,</c>

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gave<00:20:17.839><c> me</c><00:20:18.039><c> a</c><00:20:18.259><c> small</c><00:20:18.519><c> cutting</c><00:20:18.880><c> for</c><00:20:19.779><c> a</c><00:20:20.019><c> musket</c><00:20:20.539><c> vine.</c>

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I<00:20:21.319><c> don't</c><00:20:21.460><c> know</c><00:20:21.500><c> whether</c><00:20:21.599><c> you</c><00:20:21.759><c> call</c><00:20:21.980><c> them</c><00:20:22.180><c> musket</c><00:20:22.500><c> over</c><00:20:22.740><c> here</c>

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or<00:20:23.019><c> whether</c><00:20:23.119><c> you</c><00:20:23.259><c> have</c><00:20:23.400><c> them.</c>

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They<00:20:24.240><c> produce</c><00:20:24.559><c> a</c><00:20:24.799><c> very</c><00:20:25.140><c> large,</c><00:20:25.839><c> beautiful</c><00:20:26.259><c> green</c><00:20:26.660><c> grape.</c>

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It<00:20:27.779><c> was</c><00:20:27.779><c> a</c><00:20:28.019><c> cutting</c><00:20:28.200><c> around</c><00:20:28.480><c> about</c><00:20:28.799><c> 24</c><00:20:29.140><c> inches</c><00:20:29.440><c> long.</c>

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And<00:20:30.259><c> he</c><00:20:30.339><c> said,</c><00:20:30.599><c> now</c><00:20:30.660><c> you</c><00:20:30.819><c> plant</c><00:20:31.119><c> that</c><00:20:31.460><c> and</c><00:20:31.720><c> it'll</c><00:20:32.000><c> strike.</c>

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He<00:20:32.559><c> gave</c><00:20:32.720><c> it</c><00:20:32.839><c> to</c><00:20:32.920><c> me</c><00:20:32.960><c> at</c><00:20:33.059><c> the</c><00:20:33.180><c> right</c><00:20:33.359><c> time</c><00:20:33.539><c> of</c><00:20:33.680><c> the</c><00:20:33.799><c> year.</c>

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You<00:20:34.420><c> look</c><00:20:34.640><c> after</c><00:20:34.920><c> it</c><00:20:35.200><c> and</c><00:20:35.319><c> you</c><00:20:35.519><c> see</c><00:20:35.619><c> what</c><00:20:35.740><c> you</c><00:20:35.859><c> can</c><00:20:36.039><c> do</c><00:20:36.180><c> with</c><00:20:36.279><c> it.</c>

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That's<00:20:38.059><c> now</c><00:20:38.259><c> developed</c><00:20:38.539><c> into</c><00:20:38.700><c> a</c><00:20:38.819><c> lovely</c><00:20:39.059><c> vine.</c>

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I've<00:20:40.440><c> got</c><00:20:40.539><c> it</c><00:20:40.859><c> trained</c><00:20:41.059><c> right</c><00:20:41.339><c> down</c><00:20:41.680><c> one</c><00:20:42.119><c> dividing</c><00:20:42.559><c> fence</c><00:20:42.920><c> of</c>

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my<00:20:43.319><c> property.</c>

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And<00:20:44.660><c> it's</c><00:20:44.960><c> taken</c><00:20:45.180><c> me</c><00:20:45.500><c> years</c><00:20:45.799><c> to</c><00:20:46.000><c> do</c><00:20:46.140><c> that.</c>

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It's<00:20:47.059><c> given</c><00:20:47.140><c> me</c><00:20:47.359><c> a</c><00:20:47.380><c> lot</c><00:20:47.559><c> of</c><00:20:47.740><c> bother.</c>

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Branches<00:20:48.759><c> have</c><00:20:48.940><c> grown</c><00:20:49.140><c> in</c><00:20:49.440><c> places</c><00:20:49.660><c> where</c><00:20:49.859><c> I</c><00:20:49.940><c> don't</c><00:20:50.180><c> want</c><00:20:50.359><c> branches.</c>

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They've<00:20:51.160><c> had</c><00:20:51.259><c> to</c><00:20:51.359><c> be</c><00:20:51.519><c> cut</c><00:20:51.700><c> off.</c>

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There<00:20:52.980><c> have</c><00:20:53.099><c> been</c><00:20:53.339><c> branches</c><00:20:53.720><c> that</c><00:20:53.920><c> have</c><00:20:54.160><c> failed</c><00:20:54.319><c> to</c><00:20:54.559><c> produce</c><00:20:54.880><c> fruit.</c>

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So<00:20:55.579><c> I've</c><00:20:55.720><c> had</c><00:20:55.779><c> to</c><00:20:55.980><c> look</c><00:20:56.099><c> at</c><00:20:56.220><c> the</c><00:20:56.480><c> tree</c><00:20:56.680><c> at</c><00:20:56.940><c> pruning</c><00:20:57.279><c> time</c>

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and<00:20:58.140><c> decide</c><00:20:58.480><c> to</c><00:20:58.759><c> cut</c><00:20:58.880><c> that</c><00:20:59.180><c> branch</c><00:20:59.420><c> off</c>

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and<00:20:59.859><c> develop</c><00:21:00.140><c> another</c><00:21:00.500><c> one</c><00:21:00.759><c> along</c><00:21:00.980><c> the</c><00:21:01.220><c> same</c><00:21:01.440><c> line,</c>

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in<00:21:02.059><c> the</c><00:21:02.299><c> same</c><00:21:02.539><c> place</c><00:21:02.920><c> where</c><00:21:03.160><c> I</c><00:21:03.339><c> want</c><00:21:03.539><c> a</c><00:21:03.839><c> branch</c><00:21:04.019><c> to</c><00:21:04.319><c> grow.</c>

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So<00:21:05.599><c> that</c><00:21:05.779><c> the</c><00:21:06.059><c> branches</c><00:21:06.380><c> have</c><00:21:06.759><c> got</c><00:21:06.880><c> to</c><00:21:07.079><c> be</c><00:21:07.680><c> pruned.</c>

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They've<00:21:09.000><c> got</c><00:21:09.019><c> to</c><00:21:09.200><c> be</c><00:21:09.480><c> cut</c><00:21:09.720><c> back.</c>

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And<00:21:11.519><c> that's</c><00:21:11.839><c> the</c><00:21:12.039><c> part</c><00:21:12.180><c> of</c><00:21:12.380><c> life</c><00:21:12.559><c> in</c><00:21:12.720><c> the</c><00:21:12.920><c> truth</c><00:21:13.039><c> that</c><00:21:13.180><c> we</c><00:21:13.240><c> don't</c><00:21:13.480><c> like</c>

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very<00:21:14.039><c> much.</c>

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We<00:21:15.720><c> don't</c><00:21:16.019><c> want</c><00:21:16.339><c> to</c><00:21:16.539><c> be</c><00:21:16.819><c> chastised.</c>

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And<00:21:18.299><c> yet</c><00:21:18.420><c> the</c><00:21:18.599><c> Word</c><00:21:18.799><c> of</c><00:21:18.980><c> God</c><00:21:19.200><c> says</c><00:21:19.660><c> that</c><00:21:20.059><c> every</c><00:21:20.539><c> son</c><00:21:20.880><c> whom</c><00:21:21.079><c> the</c>

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Father<00:21:21.640><c> loveth,</c>

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he<00:21:22.119><c> will</c><00:21:22.440><c> chase</c><00:21:22.799><c> them.</c>

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And<00:21:23.519><c> that's</c><00:21:23.660><c> what</c><00:21:23.819><c> the</c><00:21:23.980><c> Lord</c><00:21:24.119><c> is</c><00:21:24.299><c> dealing</c><00:21:24.539><c> with</c><00:21:24.799><c> here.</c>

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We<00:21:26.099><c> will</c><00:21:26.279><c> have</c><00:21:26.640><c> trial.</c>

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We<00:21:27.279><c> will</c><00:21:27.440><c> have</c><00:21:27.680><c> suffering.</c>

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We'll<00:21:28.539><c> have</c><00:21:28.640><c> our</c><00:21:28.900><c> periods</c><00:21:29.140><c> of</c><00:21:29.460><c> depression</c><00:21:29.940><c> and</c><00:21:30.220><c> tribulation.</c>

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We<00:21:31.440><c> will</c><00:21:31.599><c> be</c><00:21:31.880><c> put</c><00:21:32.059><c> to</c><00:21:32.259><c> the</c><00:21:32.539><c> test.</c>

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And<00:21:35.400><c> you</c><00:21:35.500><c> know,</c><00:21:35.819><c> brethren</c><00:21:35.960><c> and</c><00:21:36.240><c> sisters,</c>

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we<00:21:37.279><c> always</c><00:21:37.779><c> want</c><00:21:38.000><c> to</c><00:21:38.259><c> remember</c><00:21:38.799><c> that</c><00:21:39.220><c> that</c><00:21:39.500><c> is</c><00:21:39.740><c> the</c><00:21:40.059><c> right</c>

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and<00:21:40.859><c> the</c><00:21:41.140><c> prerogative</c><00:21:41.720><c> of</c><00:21:42.059><c> our</c><00:21:42.319><c> Father</c><00:21:42.640><c> in</c><00:21:42.880><c> heaven.</c>

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Because<00:21:44.900><c> when</c><00:21:45.279><c> we</c><00:21:45.640><c> make</c><00:21:45.839><c> the</c><00:21:46.099><c> bold</c><00:21:46.359><c> statement,</c>

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we<00:21:48.420><c> have</c><00:21:48.859><c> faith</c><00:21:49.279><c> in</c><00:21:49.660><c> God.</c>

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We<00:21:52.059><c> have</c><00:21:52.400><c> faith</c><00:21:52.779><c> in</c><00:21:53.019><c> the</c><00:21:53.319><c> truth.</c>

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He<00:21:54.900><c> has</c><00:21:55.220><c> got</c><00:21:55.559><c> every</c><00:21:56.019><c> right.</c>

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To<00:21:57.380><c> say</c><00:21:57.779><c> to</c><00:21:57.920><c> us,</c><00:21:59.400><c> prove</c><00:21:59.599><c> it.</c>

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And<00:22:02.440><c> he</c><00:22:02.619><c> provides</c><00:22:03.079><c> circumstances</c><00:22:03.940><c> in</c><00:22:04.180><c> our</c><00:22:04.400><c> life.</c>

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He<00:22:07.079><c> provides</c><00:22:07.519><c> circumstances</c><00:22:08.480><c> in</c><00:22:08.680><c> our</c><00:22:08.960><c> daily</c><00:22:09.299><c> living</c>

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whereby<00:22:10.220><c> we</c><00:22:10.519><c> either</c><00:22:10.940><c> prove</c><00:22:11.519><c> that</c><00:22:11.940><c> our</c><00:22:12.299><c> claim</c><00:22:12.519><c> is</c><00:22:12.819><c> true</c>

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or<00:22:13.599><c> we</c><00:22:13.900><c> prove</c><00:22:14.099><c> that</c><00:22:14.259><c> it</c><00:22:14.420><c> is</c><00:22:14.720><c> false.</c>

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And<00:22:18.240><c> even</c><00:22:18.400><c> when</c><00:22:18.559><c> we</c><00:22:18.940><c> fail,</c>

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sometimes<00:22:21.079><c> out</c><00:22:21.420><c> of</c><00:22:21.559><c> that</c><00:22:21.900><c> failure,</c>

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we<00:22:23.619><c> still</c><00:22:24.019><c> prove</c><00:22:24.400><c> that</c><00:22:24.539><c> we</c><00:22:24.700><c> are</c><00:22:24.920><c> true</c><00:22:25.079><c> to</c><00:22:25.220><c> the</c><00:22:25.440><c> Father.</c>

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Because<00:22:26.819><c> we</c><00:22:27.240><c> recognize</c><00:22:27.880><c> that</c><00:22:28.180><c> failure.</c>

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We<00:22:29.279><c> acknowledge</c><00:22:29.740><c> that</c><00:22:29.980><c> we</c><00:22:30.079><c> have</c><00:22:30.480><c> failed</c><00:22:30.779><c> him</c><00:22:31.160><c> and</c><00:22:31.660><c> failed</c><00:22:31.920><c> the</c><00:22:32.220><c> Son.</c>

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We<00:22:33.099><c> are</c><00:22:33.460><c> humiliated</c><00:22:34.119><c> by</c><00:22:34.400><c> our</c><00:22:34.640><c> failure.</c>

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And<00:22:36.460><c> therefore</c><00:22:36.819><c> our</c><00:22:37.200><c> faith</c><00:22:37.440><c> is</c><00:22:37.859><c> strengthened.</c>

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But<00:22:40.160><c> nevertheless,</c><00:22:41.880><c> the</c><00:22:42.099><c> branches</c><00:22:42.579><c> must</c><00:22:43.240><c> be</c><00:22:43.519><c> treated</c><00:22:43.740><c> in</c>

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that<00:22:44.160><c> way.</c>

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And<00:22:45.880><c> as</c><00:22:46.099><c> the</c><00:22:46.319><c> branches</c><00:22:46.640><c> cannot</c><00:22:47.019><c> grow</c><00:22:47.640><c> of</c><00:22:47.980><c> their</c><00:22:48.299><c> own</c><00:22:48.619><c> individual</c><00:22:49.240><c> root,</c>

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so<00:22:50.460><c> Christ</c><00:22:50.859><c> has</c><00:22:51.079><c> got</c><00:22:51.160><c> to</c><00:22:51.299><c> be</c><00:22:51.400><c> the</c><00:22:51.700><c> root</c><00:22:51.940><c> and</c><00:22:52.319><c> the</c><00:22:52.619><c> center</c><00:22:52.819><c> of</c>

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all<00:22:53.380><c> our</c><00:22:53.619><c> life.</c>

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We<00:22:54.279><c> cannot</c><00:22:54.640><c> exist</c><00:22:55.140><c> as</c><00:22:55.380><c> branches</c>

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unless<00:22:57.119><c> we</c><00:22:57.359><c> are</c><00:22:57.619><c> attached</c><00:22:58.099><c> to</c><00:22:58.519><c> the</c><00:22:58.720><c> vine.</c>

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How<00:23:01.299><c> much</c><00:23:01.740><c> more</c><00:23:02.160><c> at</c><00:23:02.579><c> one</c><00:23:03.140><c> could</c><00:23:03.579><c> anything</c><00:23:04.119><c> really</c><00:23:04.660><c> be</c>

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than<00:23:05.799><c> a</c><00:23:06.339><c> vine</c><00:23:06.720><c> and</c><00:23:07.279><c> its</c><00:23:07.579><c> branches?</c>

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So<00:23:09.460><c> that</c><00:23:09.599><c> in</c><00:23:09.799><c> the</c><00:23:09.960><c> analogy</c><00:23:10.440><c> of</c><00:23:10.759><c> the</c><00:23:10.960><c> vine</c><00:23:11.059><c> and</c><00:23:11.220><c> its</c><00:23:11.420><c> branches,</c>

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the<00:23:12.619><c> Lord</c><00:23:12.839><c> Jesus</c><00:23:13.339><c> Christ</c><00:23:13.759><c> invites</c><00:23:14.299><c> us</c>

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into<00:23:15.119><c> the</c><00:23:15.500><c> closest</c><00:23:15.940><c> possible</c><00:23:16.619><c> connection</c><00:23:17.039><c> with</c><00:23:17.259><c> Himself</c>

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with<00:23:18.720><c> the</c><00:23:19.059><c> intention</c><00:23:19.680><c> that</c><00:23:20.339><c> we</c><00:23:20.880><c> should</c><00:23:21.180><c> grow</c><00:23:21.779><c> upon</c><00:23:22.339><c> Him.</c>

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There<00:23:24.579><c> is</c><00:23:24.819><c> the</c><00:23:25.039><c> vine.</c><00:23:25.420><c> Where</c><00:23:25.640><c> do</c><00:23:25.759><c> the</c><00:23:25.920><c> branches</c><00:23:26.279><c> come</c><00:23:26.640><c> from?</c>

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They<00:23:27.720><c> spring</c><00:23:28.039><c> out</c><00:23:28.440><c> of</c><00:23:28.579><c> the</c><00:23:28.779><c> vine.</c>

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They<00:23:30.279><c> cannot</c><00:23:30.599><c> exist</c><00:23:31.200><c> without</c><00:23:31.500><c> the</c><00:23:31.759><c> vine.</c>

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They<00:23:32.619><c> cannot</c><00:23:32.900><c> come</c><00:23:33.160><c> into</c><00:23:33.500><c> being</c><00:23:33.779><c> without</c><00:23:34.140><c> the</c><00:23:34.380><c> vine.</c>

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And<00:23:36.700><c> one</c><00:23:36.839><c> of</c><00:23:36.980><c> the</c><00:23:37.039><c> most</c><00:23:37.440><c> beautiful</c><00:23:38.079><c> aspects</c><00:23:38.660><c> of</c><00:23:38.859><c> this</c><00:23:39.059><c> analogy</c>

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of<00:23:40.160><c> the</c><00:23:40.420><c> vine</c><00:23:40.740><c> and</c><00:23:41.039><c> its</c><00:23:41.220><c> branches</c>

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is<00:23:42.740><c> that</c><00:23:42.940><c> above</c><00:23:43.180><c> all</c><00:23:43.480><c> else,</c>

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it<00:23:44.660><c> honors</c><00:23:44.960><c> and</c><00:23:45.779><c> elevates</c><00:23:46.539><c> the</c><00:23:47.019><c> omnipotence</c><00:23:48.019><c> of</c><00:23:48.500><c> God</c><00:23:48.759><c> Himself.</c>

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Because<00:23:50.720><c> although</c><00:23:51.160><c> the</c><00:23:51.539><c> vine</c><00:23:51.759><c> is</c><00:23:51.940><c> the</c><00:23:52.200><c> symbol</c><00:23:52.460><c> for</c><00:23:52.640><c> the</c><00:23:52.779><c> Lord</c>

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Jesus<00:23:53.380><c> Christ,</c>

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it<00:23:54.539><c> is</c><00:23:54.839><c> a</c><00:23:55.019><c> fact</c><00:23:55.319><c> that</c><00:23:56.140><c> a</c><00:23:56.539><c> vine</c><00:23:56.900><c> is</c><00:23:57.539><c> not</c><00:23:58.079><c> self</c><00:23:58.480><c>-supporting.</c>

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And<00:24:00.920><c> the</c><00:24:01.099><c> Lord</c><00:24:01.319><c> Jesus</c><00:24:01.819><c> Christ</c><00:24:02.180><c> was</c><00:24:02.359><c> the</c><00:24:02.500><c> very</c><00:24:02.839><c> first</c><00:24:03.140><c> one</c>

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to<00:24:03.519><c> acknowledge</c><00:24:03.960><c> that</c><00:24:04.220><c> Himself.</c>

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What<00:24:06.559><c> does</c><00:24:06.680><c> it</c><00:24:06.859><c> say</c><00:24:07.000><c> in</c><00:24:07.200><c> Hebrews?</c>

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He<00:24:08.400><c> overcame</c><00:24:09.299><c> with</c><00:24:10.779><c> strong</c><00:24:11.319><c> crying</c><00:24:11.859><c> and</c><00:24:12.339><c> tears.</c>

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He<00:24:14.799><c> was</c><00:24:14.980><c> the</c><00:24:15.200><c> one</c><00:24:15.400><c> who</c><00:24:15.920><c> communed</c><00:24:16.319><c> all</c><00:24:16.740><c> night</c><00:24:16.960><c> in</c><00:24:17.319><c> prayer</c><00:24:17.759><c> with</c>

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His<00:24:18.400><c> Father.</c>

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He<00:24:20.079><c> was</c><00:24:20.299><c> the</c><00:24:20.420><c> one</c><00:24:20.539><c> who</c><00:24:20.940><c> showed</c><00:24:21.160><c> us</c><00:24:21.519><c> that</c><00:24:21.779><c> we've</c><00:24:22.000><c> got</c><00:24:22.099><c> to</c><00:24:22.420><c> lean</c>

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upon<00:24:22.839><c> our</c><00:24:23.099><c> Father.</c>

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He<00:24:23.940><c> was</c><00:24:24.140><c> the</c><00:24:24.359><c> Son</c><00:24:24.660><c> of</c><00:24:24.900><c> God,</c>

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the<00:24:25.500><c> perfect</c><00:24:25.980><c> character</c><00:24:26.460><c> of</c><00:24:27.220><c> Yahweh</c><00:24:27.680><c> manifested</c><00:24:28.299><c> in</c><00:24:28.480><c> the</c><00:24:28.720><c> flesh,</c>

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and<00:24:29.420><c> yet</c><00:24:29.559><c> He</c><00:24:29.799><c> needed</c><00:24:30.119><c> His</c><00:24:30.420><c> Father.</c>

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The<00:24:32.920><c> vine</c><00:24:33.440><c> is</c><00:24:34.059><c> not</c><00:24:34.720><c> self</c><00:24:35.119><c>-supporting.</c>

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You<00:24:37.519><c> try</c><00:24:37.819><c> planting</c><00:24:38.200><c> a</c><00:24:38.460><c> vine</c><00:24:38.779><c> and</c><00:24:39.140><c> just</c><00:24:39.380><c> let</c><00:24:39.500><c> it</c><00:24:39.720><c> grow</c><00:24:39.880><c> as</c><00:24:40.039><c> it</c><00:24:40.220><c> wants</c>

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and<00:24:41.059><c> you'll</c><00:24:41.299><c> get</c><00:24:41.440><c> nothing.</c>

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You'll<00:24:42.940><c> find</c><00:24:43.099><c> that</c><00:24:43.380><c> branches</c><00:24:43.680><c> will</c><00:24:43.960><c> grow</c><00:24:44.160><c> out</c><00:24:44.480><c> here,</c><00:24:44.740><c> there</c>

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and<00:24:45.119><c> everywhere</c>

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and<00:24:45.900><c> you</c><00:24:46.039><c> won't</c><00:24:46.240><c> get</c><00:24:46.440><c> any</c><00:24:46.720><c> fruit</c><00:24:47.019><c> because</c><00:24:47.480><c> if</c><00:24:47.700><c> the</c><00:24:47.940><c> fruit</c><00:24:48.099><c> forms</c>

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it<00:24:48.880><c> will</c><00:24:49.039><c> just</c><00:24:49.220><c> rest</c><00:24:49.500><c> on</c><00:24:49.700><c> the</c><00:24:49.880><c> hot</c><00:24:50.019><c> earth</c><00:24:50.259><c> and</c><00:24:50.440><c> it</c><00:24:50.519><c> will</c><00:24:50.720><c> burn</c>

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up<00:24:51.119><c> the</c><00:24:51.339><c> fruit.</c>

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And<00:24:52.400><c> instead</c><00:24:52.680><c> of</c><00:24:52.799><c> getting</c><00:24:52.980><c> grapes</c><00:24:53.359><c> you'll</c><00:24:53.660><c> get</c><00:24:53.900><c> dried</c>

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inedible<00:24:54.700><c> raisins</c>

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or<00:24:55.400><c> something</c><00:24:55.680><c> like</c><00:24:56.000><c> that</c><00:24:56.259><c> that</c><00:24:56.420><c> is</c><00:24:56.640><c> quite</c><00:24:56.900><c> distasteful.</c>

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The<00:24:58.980><c> vine</c><00:24:59.359><c> has</c><00:24:59.759><c> got</c><00:24:59.920><c> to</c><00:25:00.079><c> be</c><00:25:00.460><c> trained</c><00:25:00.759><c> against</c>

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and<00:25:02.400><c> supported</c><00:25:03.019><c> by</c><00:25:03.519><c> something</c><00:25:04.420><c> firmer</c><00:25:05.200><c> and</c><00:25:05.799><c> stronger</c><00:25:06.180><c> than</c>

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the<00:25:06.960><c> branches.</c>

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What<00:25:09.819><c> a</c><00:25:10.119><c> beautiful</c><00:25:10.519><c> thing</c><00:25:10.839><c> that</c><00:25:11.079><c> is.</c>

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And<00:25:13.079><c> the</c><00:25:13.240><c> analogy</c><00:25:13.599><c> before</c><00:25:14.019><c> us</c><00:25:14.319><c> is</c>

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that<00:25:15.839><c> God</c><00:25:16.339><c> is</c><00:25:16.660><c> clearly</c><00:25:16.960><c> the</c><00:25:17.299><c> strength</c><00:25:17.839><c> and</c><00:25:18.339><c> the</c><00:25:18.640><c> support</c>

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which<00:25:19.819><c> upholds</c><00:25:20.440><c> the</c><00:25:20.640><c> vine</c><00:25:21.000><c> and</c><00:25:21.619><c> all</c><00:25:21.920><c> its</c><00:25:22.140><c> branches.</c>

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And<00:25:24.420><c> so</c><00:25:24.619><c> in</c><00:25:24.819><c> verse</c><00:25:25.039><c> 3</c><00:25:25.279><c> of</c><00:25:25.440><c> the</c><00:25:25.579><c> chapter</c><00:25:25.859><c> He</c><00:25:26.059><c> says,</c>

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Now<00:25:27.039><c> ye</c><00:25:27.339><c> are</c><00:25:27.519><c> clean</c><00:25:28.059><c> through</c><00:25:28.619><c> the</c><00:25:28.859><c> word</c><00:25:29.059><c> which</c><00:25:29.279><c> I</c><00:25:29.420><c> have</c><00:25:29.619><c> spoken</c>

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unto<00:25:30.180><c> you.</c>

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And<00:25:31.380><c> there</c><00:25:31.559><c> is</c><00:25:31.720><c> an</c><00:25:31.880><c> allusion</c><00:25:32.240><c> back</c><00:25:32.500><c> to</c><00:25:32.640><c> that</c><00:25:32.799><c> which</c><00:25:33.019><c> He</c><00:25:33.180><c> had</c><00:25:33.319><c> done</c><00:25:33.480><c> in</c>

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John<00:25:33.940><c> chapter</c><00:25:34.259><c> 13</c>

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and<00:25:35.240><c> that</c><00:25:35.420><c> which</c><00:25:35.579><c> He</c><00:25:35.680><c> had</c><00:25:35.900><c> said</c><00:25:36.019><c> in</c><00:25:36.220><c> verse</c><00:25:36.480><c> 8.</c>

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He<00:25:37.579><c> had</c><00:25:38.000><c> cleaned</c><00:25:38.500><c> the</c><00:25:38.859><c> disciples'</c><00:25:39.559><c> feet</c><00:25:39.680><c> by</c><00:25:40.339><c> washing</c><00:25:40.579><c> them</c>

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with<00:25:40.920><c> water,</c>

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symbolising<00:25:42.519><c> the</c><00:25:42.740><c> fact</c><00:25:42.980><c> that</c><00:25:43.319><c> they</c><00:25:43.559><c> were</c><00:25:43.640><c> to</c><00:25:43.779><c> be</c><00:25:44.039><c> cleansed</c><00:25:44.779><c> inside</c>

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by<00:25:46.220><c> the</c><00:25:46.460><c> power</c><00:25:46.660><c> of</c><00:25:46.859><c> His</c><00:25:47.079><c> Word</c><00:25:47.440><c> and</c><00:25:47.759><c> the</c><00:25:48.019><c> teaching</c><00:25:48.299><c> that</c><00:25:48.460><c> He</c><00:25:48.579><c> had</c>

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delivered<00:25:49.019><c> into</c><00:25:49.279><c> their</c><00:25:49.559><c> care.</c>

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And<00:25:51.319><c> so</c><00:25:51.740><c> the</c><00:25:52.220><c> branches</c><00:25:52.640><c> would</c><00:25:52.920><c> be</c><00:25:53.099><c> made</c><00:25:53.420><c> clean.</c>

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The<00:25:54.880><c> cleansing</c><00:25:55.279><c> power</c><00:25:55.660><c> of</c><00:25:55.799><c> the</c><00:25:56.039><c> Word</c><00:25:56.359><c> would</c><00:25:56.740><c> result</c><00:25:57.200><c> in</c><00:25:57.500><c> their</c><00:25:57.680><c> development</c>

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and<00:25:58.599><c> the</c><00:25:58.859><c> production</c><00:25:59.140><c> of</c><00:25:59.420><c> fruit.</c>

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But<00:26:00.660><c> on</c><00:26:00.940><c> one</c><00:26:01.180><c> condition.</c>

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In<00:26:03.160><c> verse</c><00:26:03.460><c> 4</c><00:26:03.720><c> He</c><00:26:03.940><c> says,</c>

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Abide<00:26:05.960><c> in</c><00:26:06.559><c> Me.</c>

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In<00:26:08.059><c> other</c><00:26:08.279><c> words,</c><00:26:08.940><c> our</c><00:26:09.140><c> relationship</c><00:26:09.740><c> to</c><00:26:10.039><c> Christ</c>

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has<00:26:11.339><c> got</c><00:26:11.599><c> to</c><00:26:11.759><c> be</c><00:26:12.039><c> close</c><00:26:12.440><c> and</c><00:26:13.240><c> it's</c><00:26:13.539><c> got</c><00:26:13.660><c> to</c><00:26:13.859><c> be</c><00:26:14.259><c> permanent.</c>

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And<00:26:16.200><c> so</c><00:26:16.640><c> therefore</c><00:26:17.140><c> the</c><00:26:17.799><c> vine</c><00:26:18.140><c> and</c><00:26:18.480><c> the</c><00:26:18.779><c> branches</c><00:26:19.220><c> have</c><00:26:19.579><c> got</c>

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to<00:26:20.039><c> be</c><00:26:20.400><c> one.</c>

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And<00:26:22.059><c> that's</c><00:26:22.500><c> exactly</c><00:26:22.940><c> what</c><00:26:23.119><c> He</c><00:26:23.299><c> comes</c><00:26:23.599><c> to</c><00:26:23.980><c> in</c><00:26:24.299><c> His</c><00:26:24.599><c> prayer</c><00:26:24.859><c> in</c>

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the<00:26:25.160><c> Garden</c><00:26:25.420><c> of</c><00:26:25.599><c> Gethsemane</c>

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in<00:26:26.440><c> John</c><00:26:26.779><c> chapter</c><00:26:27.099><c> 17.</c>

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He<00:26:28.680><c> prays</c><00:26:29.079><c> to</c><00:26:29.259><c> the</c><00:26:29.420><c> Father</c><00:26:29.759><c> that</c><00:26:30.059><c> they</c><00:26:30.480><c> all</c><00:26:30.720><c> may</c><00:26:30.920><c> be</c><00:26:31.099><c> one</c><00:26:31.220><c> in</c><00:26:31.420><c> us</c>

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as<00:26:31.960><c> I</c><00:26:32.200><c> am</c><00:26:32.339><c> in</c><00:26:32.539><c> thee</c><00:26:32.700><c> and</c><00:26:32.799><c> thou</c><00:26:33.039><c> art</c><00:26:33.259><c> in</c><00:26:33.480><c> me.</c>

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That<00:26:34.400><c> we</c><00:26:34.640><c> may</c><00:26:34.900><c> all</c><00:26:35.400><c> be</c><00:26:35.940><c> one.</c>

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And<00:26:38.640><c> that's</c><00:26:38.900><c> the</c><00:26:39.079><c> vine.</c>

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And<00:26:41.039><c> the</c><00:26:41.119><c> branches.</c>

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They're<00:26:43.779><c> one.</c>

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And<00:26:45.980><c> it's</c><00:26:46.180><c> because</c><00:26:46.460><c> of</c><00:26:46.599><c> that</c><00:26:46.799><c> basic</c><00:26:47.140><c> principle</c>

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that<00:26:48.480><c> Paul</c><00:26:48.700><c> wrote</c><00:26:48.880><c> to</c><00:26:49.079><c> the</c><00:26:49.220><c> Galatians</c><00:26:49.859><c> in</c><00:26:50.440><c> chapter</c><00:26:50.740><c> 2</c><00:26:51.119><c> and</c><00:26:51.299><c> verse</c><00:26:51.539><c> 20.</c>

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I<00:26:52.579><c> live,</c><00:26:53.619><c> yet</c><00:26:53.700><c> not</c><00:26:54.039><c> I,</c><00:26:54.500><c> but</c><00:26:54.779><c> Christ</c><00:26:55.220><c> liveth</c><00:26:55.519><c> in</c><00:26:55.740><c> me.</c>

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They're<00:26:57.680><c> glorious</c><00:26:58.059><c> words.</c>

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I<00:26:59.940><c> live,</c><00:27:01.559><c> yet</c><00:27:01.720><c> not</c><00:27:02.000><c> I,</c><00:27:03.140><c> but</c><00:27:03.339><c> Christ</c><00:27:03.900><c> liveth</c><00:27:04.240><c> in</c><00:27:04.440><c> me.</c>

00:27:05.599 --> 00:27:08.299
To<00:27:05.900><c> use</c><00:27:06.079><c> the</c><00:27:06.299><c> analogy</c><00:27:06.640><c> of</c><00:27:06.859><c> the</c><00:27:07.019><c> vine,</c><00:27:07.480><c> it's</c><00:27:07.720><c> almost</c><00:27:07.940><c> as</c><00:27:08.160><c> though</c>

00:27:08.299 --> 00:27:09.799
Paul<00:27:08.559><c> is</c><00:27:08.839><c> saying</c><00:27:08.940><c> to</c><00:27:09.079><c> the</c><00:27:09.279><c> Galatians</c>

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that<00:27:10.119><c> the</c><00:27:10.640><c> sap</c><00:27:10.920><c> of</c><00:27:11.380><c> spiritual</c><00:27:11.839><c> life</c><00:27:12.299><c> that</c><00:27:12.640><c> runs</c><00:27:12.839><c> through</c><00:27:13.099><c> my</c><00:27:13.440><c> body</c>

00:27:13.759 --> 00:27:16.400
is<00:27:14.099><c> not</c><00:27:14.339><c> really</c><00:27:14.700><c> of</c><00:27:15.079><c> me,</c><00:27:15.519><c> it's</c><00:27:15.819><c> in</c><00:27:16.160><c> me.</c>

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But<00:27:17.039><c> it's</c><00:27:17.259><c> not</c><00:27:17.519><c> of</c><00:27:17.779><c> me,</c><00:27:17.980><c> it's</c><00:27:18.099><c> from</c><00:27:18.359><c> Christ.</c>

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Christ<00:27:21.519><c> liveth</c><00:27:22.220><c> in</c><00:27:22.720><c> me.</c>

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They're<00:27:24.319><c> very</c><00:27:24.559><c> awe</c><00:27:24.759><c>-inspiring</c><00:27:25.420><c> words.</c>

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Because<00:27:26.940><c> they</c><00:27:27.259><c> constitute</c><00:27:27.960><c> no</c><00:27:28.480><c> idle</c><00:27:28.900><c> boast</c><00:27:29.480><c> from</c><00:27:29.940><c> the</c><00:27:30.119><c> Apostle</c><00:27:30.500><c> Paul.</c>

00:27:31.279 --> 00:27:32.900
They<00:27:31.559><c> were</c><00:27:31.799><c> words</c><00:27:32.180><c> of</c><00:27:32.559><c> truth.</c>

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Because<00:27:33.680><c> Paul</c><00:27:34.140><c> had</c><00:27:34.500><c> learned</c><00:27:34.900><c> to</c><00:27:35.539><c> so</c><00:27:36.000><c> surrender</c><00:27:36.460><c> up</c><00:27:36.759><c> his</c><00:27:37.099><c> will</c>

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to<00:27:37.779><c> the</c><00:27:38.099><c> pattern</c><00:27:38.319><c> of</c><00:27:38.660><c> Christ</c>

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that<00:27:39.799><c> he</c><00:27:39.940><c> could</c><00:27:40.200><c> say</c><00:27:40.640><c> truthfully</c><00:27:41.380><c> and</c><00:27:41.680><c> without</c><00:27:41.940><c> any</c><00:27:42.319><c> essence</c>

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of<00:27:43.160><c> pride</c>

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that<00:27:44.440><c> Christ</c><00:27:45.240><c> liveth</c><00:27:45.759><c> in</c><00:27:46.279><c> me.</c>

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And<00:27:47.359><c> that</c><00:27:47.480><c> is</c><00:27:47.680><c> the</c><00:27:47.920><c> essence</c><00:27:48.500><c> of</c><00:27:49.079><c> the</c><00:27:49.339><c> teaching</c><00:27:49.920><c> concerning</c>

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the<00:27:51.519><c> vine</c><00:27:51.779><c> and</c><00:27:51.940><c> its</c><00:27:52.140><c> branches.</c>

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And<00:27:55.640><c> there</c><00:27:55.740><c> are</c><00:27:55.920><c> times</c><00:27:56.240><c> when</c><00:27:56.420><c> we</c><00:27:56.660><c> feel</c>

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that<00:27:58.480><c> we're</c><00:27:58.640><c> not</c><00:27:58.819><c> really</c><00:27:59.140><c> up</c><00:27:59.380><c> to</c><00:27:59.519><c> being</c><00:27:59.660><c> a</c><00:27:59.880><c> part</c><00:28:00.019><c> of</c><00:28:00.160><c> the</c><00:28:00.339><c> vine.</c>

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There<00:28:01.940><c> are</c><00:28:02.119><c> times</c><00:28:02.440><c> when</c><00:28:02.599><c> perhaps</c><00:28:02.880><c> we</c><00:28:03.240><c> feel</c><00:28:03.500><c> that</c><00:28:03.940><c> our</c><00:28:04.220><c> leaves</c>

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are<00:28:05.000><c> fading.</c>

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Or<00:28:07.000><c> we</c><00:28:07.200><c> have</c><00:28:07.400><c> so</c><00:28:07.740><c> little</c><00:28:08.119><c> spiritual</c><00:28:08.720><c> sap</c><00:28:09.000><c> in</c><00:28:09.160><c> our</c><00:28:09.400><c> bodies</c>

00:28:09.680 --> 00:28:12.900
that<00:28:09.859><c> perhaps</c><00:28:10.240><c> we're</c><00:28:11.279><c> ill</c><00:28:11.779><c> spiritually.</c>

00:28:14.240 --> 00:28:17.109
We<00:28:14.359><c> may</c><00:28:14.640><c> have</c><00:28:14.839><c> little</c><00:28:15.140><c> heart</c><00:28:15.519><c> for</c><00:28:15.700><c> the</c><00:28:15.940><c> truth</c><00:28:16.119><c> at</c><00:28:16.339><c> times,</c>

00:28:17.339 --> 00:28:19.940
and<00:28:17.480><c> the</c><00:28:17.640><c> work</c><00:28:17.799><c> of</c><00:28:17.980><c> the</c><00:28:18.140><c> truth,</c><00:28:18.740><c> and</c><00:28:18.880><c> the</c><00:28:19.160><c> study</c><00:28:19.339><c> of</c><00:28:19.500><c> the</c><00:28:19.660><c> Word,</c>

00:28:20.180 --> 00:28:22.160
and<00:28:20.319><c> our</c><00:28:20.599><c> responsibilities</c><00:28:21.319><c> to</c><00:28:21.559><c> the</c><00:28:21.759><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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And<00:28:22.900><c> for</c><00:28:23.119><c> all</c><00:28:23.339><c> of</c><00:28:23.519><c> that,</c><00:28:23.660><c> there</c><00:28:23.779><c> is</c><00:28:23.920><c> only</c><00:28:24.279><c> one</c><00:28:24.619><c> remedy.</c>

00:28:25.619 --> 00:28:29.960
I<00:28:26.000><c> am</c><00:28:26.319><c> the</c><00:28:26.539><c> vine,</c><00:28:28.039><c> abide</c><00:28:28.599><c> in</c><00:28:29.039><c> me.</c>

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Abide<00:28:32.079><c> in</c><00:28:32.299><c> me.</c><00:28:32.440><c> We've</c><00:28:32.700><c> got</c><00:28:32.720><c> to</c><00:28:32.819><c> get</c><00:28:33.059><c> back</c><00:28:33.279><c> to</c><00:28:33.519><c> Christ.</c>

00:28:33.960 --> 00:28:38.819
We<00:28:34.900><c> have</c><00:28:35.180><c> to</c><00:28:35.279><c> get</c><00:28:35.460><c> back</c><00:28:35.759><c> to</c><00:28:35.920><c> that</c><00:28:36.180><c> warm,</c><00:28:36.859><c> personal,</c><00:28:37.440><c> intimate</c><00:28:37.640><c> relationship.</c>

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We<00:28:39.240><c> have</c><00:28:39.460><c> to</c><00:28:39.759><c> seek</c><00:28:40.019><c> out</c><00:28:40.279><c> more</c><00:28:40.799><c> fervently</c><00:28:41.259><c> and</c><00:28:41.460><c> more</c><00:28:41.839><c> fully</c><00:28:42.119><c> the</c>

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mind<00:28:42.940><c> of</c><00:28:43.160><c> Christ.</c>

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And<00:28:45.440><c> you</c><00:28:45.599><c> know,</c><00:28:45.940><c> brethren</c><00:28:46.059><c> and</c><00:28:46.319><c> sisters,</c><00:28:46.680><c> time</c><00:28:47.000><c> and</c><00:28:47.240><c> again</c>

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I've<00:28:47.900><c> had</c><00:28:48.079><c> brethren</c><00:28:48.440><c> and</c><00:28:48.740><c> sisters</c><00:28:48.920><c> come</c><00:28:49.160><c> to</c><00:28:49.359><c> me</c>

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in<00:28:51.920><c> the</c><00:28:52.119><c> various</c><00:28:52.380><c> parts</c><00:28:52.819><c> of</c><00:28:52.980><c> the</c><00:28:53.140><c> world</c><00:28:53.420><c> where</c><00:28:53.640><c> I've</c>

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consistently<00:28:54.440><c> travelled.</c>

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I've<00:28:55.299><c> had</c><00:28:55.400><c> them</c><00:28:55.579><c> come</c><00:28:55.799><c> to</c><00:28:56.019><c> me,</c><00:28:56.579><c> and</c><00:28:56.680><c> I've</c><00:28:56.839><c> had</c><00:28:57.339><c> them</c><00:28:57.880><c> say</c><00:28:58.019><c> to</c><00:28:58.140><c> me,</c>

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look,<00:28:58.559><c> I</c><00:28:58.740><c> feel</c><00:28:59.019><c> so</c><00:28:59.460><c> spiritually</c><00:28:59.819><c> sick</c>

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that<00:29:01.319><c> I</c><00:29:01.480><c> can't</c><00:29:01.779><c> even</c><00:29:02.359><c> bring</c><00:29:02.640><c> myself</c><00:29:03.039><c> to</c><00:29:03.259><c> open</c><00:29:03.460><c> the</c><00:29:03.660><c> Bible.</c>

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My<00:29:05.380><c> answer</c><00:29:05.559><c> is</c><00:29:05.720><c> always</c><00:29:06.000><c> the</c><00:29:06.180><c> same.</c>

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That's<00:29:07.779><c> the</c><00:29:07.960><c> time</c><00:29:08.140><c> when</c><00:29:08.279><c> you</c><00:29:08.339><c> need</c><00:29:08.500><c> to</c><00:29:08.700><c> open</c><00:29:08.799><c> it</c><00:29:08.960><c> the</c><00:29:09.079><c> most.</c>

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That's<00:29:11.319><c> the</c><00:29:11.480><c> time</c><00:29:12.059><c> when</c><00:29:12.220><c> you</c><00:29:12.279><c> need</c><00:29:12.420><c> to</c><00:29:12.579><c> give</c><00:29:12.680><c> yourself</c><00:29:13.039><c> most</c>

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fully<00:29:13.579><c> to</c><00:29:13.819><c> it.</c>

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Open<00:29:14.599><c> it</c><00:29:14.839><c> up.</c><00:29:15.200><c> Don't</c><00:29:15.519><c> put</c><00:29:15.700><c> it</c><00:29:15.880><c> away.</c>

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Sometimes<00:29:17.480><c> we</c><00:29:17.700><c> use</c><00:29:17.920><c> our</c><00:29:18.160><c> own</c><00:29:18.480><c> unworthiness</c>

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as<00:29:20.460><c> a</c><00:29:20.839><c> cloak</c><00:29:21.059><c> to</c><00:29:21.720><c> cover</c><00:29:22.000><c> our</c><00:29:22.480><c> lack</c><00:29:22.640><c> of</c><00:29:22.900><c> connection</c><00:29:23.160><c> with</c><00:29:23.359><c> Christ</c><00:29:24.000><c> and</c>

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the<00:29:24.859><c> Father.</c>

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That,<00:29:27.980><c> my</c><00:29:28.140><c> dear</c><00:29:28.319><c> brethren</c><00:29:28.640><c> and</c><00:29:28.900><c> sisters,</c><00:29:29.839><c> is</c><00:29:30.119><c> the</c><00:29:30.440><c> deceitfulness</c><00:29:31.019><c> of</c><00:29:31.400><c> sin</c><00:29:31.539><c> at</c><00:29:31.779><c> work.</c>

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All<00:29:33.480><c> that</c><00:29:33.859><c> is,</c><00:29:34.319><c> is</c><00:29:34.660><c> self</c><00:29:34.920><c>-justification.</c>

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We<00:29:36.200><c> say,</c><00:29:36.539><c> I'm</c><00:29:36.680><c> not</c><00:29:36.839><c> good</c><00:29:37.039><c> enough</c><00:29:37.160><c> to</c><00:29:37.359><c> open</c><00:29:37.500><c> the</c><00:29:37.700><c> Bible,</c><00:29:38.099><c> so</c><00:29:38.220><c> therefore</c><00:29:38.460><c> I</c>

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won't<00:29:38.759><c> open</c><00:29:38.980><c> it.</c>

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So<00:29:41.319><c> instead</c><00:29:41.579><c> of</c><00:29:41.700><c> that</c><00:29:41.779><c> we</c><00:29:41.859><c> do</c><00:29:42.019><c> the</c><00:29:42.200><c> crossword</c><00:29:42.559><c> puzzle</c><00:29:42.880><c> in</c><00:29:43.039><c> the</c>

00:29:43.140 --> 00:29:45.460
morning<00:29:43.359><c> newspaper</c><00:29:43.859><c> or</c><00:29:44.039><c> some</c><00:29:44.220><c> other</c><00:29:44.440><c> thing.</c>

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That<00:29:46.339><c> is</c><00:29:46.539><c> the</c><00:29:46.700><c> deceitfulness</c><00:29:47.359><c> of</c><00:29:47.700><c> sin.</c>

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When<00:29:48.799><c> we</c><00:29:49.039><c> are</c><00:29:49.200><c> in</c><00:29:49.319><c> that</c><00:29:49.539><c> state</c><00:29:49.759><c> of</c><00:29:50.019><c> mind,</c>

00:29:50.500 --> 00:29:54.660
we<00:29:50.740><c> need</c><00:29:51.019><c> the</c><00:29:51.299><c> example</c><00:29:51.859><c> of</c><00:29:52.119><c> Christ</c><00:29:52.460><c> more</c><00:29:52.779><c> than</c><00:29:52.880><c> at</c><00:29:53.180><c> any</c><00:29:53.339><c> other</c><00:29:53.619><c> time.</c>

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And<00:29:55.200><c> so</c><00:29:55.440><c> therefore</c><00:29:55.819><c> we</c><00:29:56.099><c> appreciate</c><00:29:56.759><c> that</c><00:29:57.279><c> everything</c><00:29:57.859><c> else</c>

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in<00:29:58.660><c> life</c><00:29:58.960><c> is</c><00:29:59.440><c> absolute</c><00:29:59.980><c> vanity,</c>

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apart<00:30:02.319><c> from</c><00:30:02.880><c> being</c><00:30:03.240><c> a</c><00:30:03.599><c> part</c><00:30:03.779><c> of</c><00:30:03.920><c> that</c><00:30:04.180><c> vine.</c>

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That's<00:30:04.980><c> the</c><00:30:05.259><c> only</c><00:30:05.599><c> thing</c><00:30:05.859><c> that</c><00:30:06.079><c> matters.</c>

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And<00:30:08.200><c> we</c><00:30:08.420><c> can</c><00:30:08.720><c> become</c><00:30:09.000><c> a</c><00:30:09.220><c> part</c><00:30:09.339><c> of</c><00:30:09.500><c> that</c><00:30:09.700><c> vine.</c>

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We<00:30:10.579><c> can</c><00:30:11.000><c> renew</c><00:30:11.539><c> our</c><00:30:12.059><c> branch,</c><00:30:12.460><c> whichever</c><00:30:12.720><c> branch</c><00:30:13.059><c> we</c><00:30:13.279><c> happen</c>

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to<00:30:13.720><c> be.</c>

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We<00:30:14.559><c> can</c><00:30:14.819><c> make</c><00:30:15.140><c> sure</c><00:30:15.480><c> that</c><00:30:15.740><c> through</c><00:30:16.000><c> looking</c><00:30:16.200><c> after</c><00:30:16.539><c> that</c><00:30:16.859><c> branch,</c><00:30:17.460><c> guided</c><00:30:17.839><c> by</c>

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the<00:30:18.339><c> Word,</c>

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the<00:30:19.240><c> sap</c><00:30:19.400><c> of</c><00:30:19.660><c> life</c><00:30:19.920><c> from</c><00:30:20.119><c> the</c><00:30:20.339><c> vine</c><00:30:20.480><c> itself</c><00:30:21.019><c> will</c><00:30:21.539><c> run</c><00:30:21.859><c> through</c>

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our<00:30:22.660><c> branch</c><00:30:23.079><c> that</c><00:30:23.359><c> we</c><00:30:23.660><c> are,</c>

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that<00:30:25.019><c> the</c><00:30:25.299><c> leaves</c><00:30:25.559><c> will</c><00:30:25.880><c> grow,</c><00:30:26.539><c> that</c><00:30:26.680><c> they</c><00:30:26.880><c> will</c><00:30:27.039><c> be</c><00:30:27.240><c> rich</c><00:30:27.500><c> and</c><00:30:27.819><c> green,</c>

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because<00:30:28.900><c> we</c><00:30:29.180><c> allow</c><00:30:29.460><c> the</c><00:30:29.740><c> husbandmen</c><00:30:30.200><c> to</c><00:30:30.440><c> fertilize</c><00:30:31.119><c> us</c><00:30:31.400><c> and</c>

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to<00:30:31.859><c> water</c><00:30:32.079><c> us.</c>

00:30:33.079 --> 00:30:38.460
The<00:30:33.240><c> Word</c><00:30:33.460><c> goes</c><00:30:33.799><c> into</c><00:30:34.079><c> us,</c><00:30:35.400><c> reinvigorates</c><00:30:36.119><c> us,</c><00:30:36.759><c> restrengthens</c><00:30:37.299><c> us.</c>

00:30:39.339 --> 00:30:44.220
And<00:30:39.740><c> we</c><00:30:39.920><c> become</c><00:30:40.299><c> healthy</c><00:30:40.759><c> branches</c><00:30:41.359><c> of</c><00:30:42.619><c> a</c><00:30:42.819><c> healthy</c><00:30:43.200><c> vine.</c>

00:30:45.039 --> 00:30:48.799
Not<00:30:45.420><c> perfect</c><00:30:45.779><c> branches.</c><00:30:47.079><c> That's</c><00:30:47.339><c> still</c><00:30:47.519><c> in</c><00:30:47.660><c> the</c><00:30:47.799><c> future.</c>

00:30:49.279 --> 00:30:51.579
But<00:30:49.660><c> reasonably</c><00:30:50.079><c> healthy</c><00:30:50.480><c> branches.</c>

00:30:52.160 --> 00:30:56.380
Healthy<00:30:52.559><c> enough</c><00:30:53.039><c> to</c><00:30:53.940><c> produce</c><00:30:54.559><c> some</c><00:30:55.180><c> fruit</c><00:30:55.519><c> in</c><00:30:55.720><c> our</c><00:30:55.900><c> lives</c>

00:30:56.380 --> 00:31:00.779
that<00:30:57.400><c> will</c><00:30:57.599><c> bring</c><00:30:57.880><c> pleasure</c><00:30:58.480><c> to</c><00:30:59.279><c> the</c><00:30:59.559><c> husbandmen</c><00:31:00.299><c> who</c><00:31:00.619><c> tend</c>

00:31:00.779 --> 00:31:01.839
the<00:31:01.000><c> vine.</c>

00:31:02.920 --> 00:31:05.200
And<00:31:03.140><c> so</c><00:31:03.319><c> you'll</c><00:31:03.539><c> notice</c><00:31:03.680><c> the</c><00:31:03.880><c> Lord</c><00:31:04.099><c> says</c><00:31:04.380><c> in</c><00:31:04.559><c> verse</c><00:31:04.839><c> 4</c>

00:31:05.200 --> 00:31:09.819
that<00:31:06.160><c> the</c><00:31:06.440><c> branch</c><00:31:06.859><c> cannot</c><00:31:07.460><c> bear</c><00:31:07.880><c> fruit</c><00:31:08.339><c> of</c><00:31:08.799><c> itself.</c>

00:31:10.500 --> 00:31:13.319
And<00:31:10.759><c> that</c><00:31:11.000><c> simply</c><00:31:11.279><c> means</c><00:31:11.680><c> that</c><00:31:11.920><c> the</c><00:31:12.180><c> vine</c><00:31:12.440><c> and</c><00:31:12.700><c> the</c><00:31:12.920><c> branches</c>

00:31:13.319 --> 00:31:18.160
are<00:31:14.420><c> complementary</c><00:31:15.160><c> and</c><00:31:15.920><c> essential</c><00:31:16.619><c> to</c><00:31:17.000><c> one</c><00:31:17.259><c> another.</c>

00:31:19.039 --> 00:31:21.019
It's<00:31:19.339><c> a</c><00:31:19.500><c> beautiful</c><00:31:20.099><c> thought.</c>

00:31:21.519 --> 00:31:25.940
These<00:31:21.940><c> are</c><00:31:22.339><c> absolutely</c><00:31:23.000><c> majestic</c><00:31:23.819><c> words</c><00:31:24.599><c> that</c><00:31:25.240><c> are</c><00:31:25.640><c> flowing</c>

00:31:25.940 --> 00:31:27.380
forth<00:31:26.480><c> so</c><00:31:26.880><c> beautifully</c>

00:31:27.380 --> 00:31:32.160
from<00:31:28.359><c> the</c><00:31:28.680><c> mind</c><00:31:29.200><c> and</c><00:31:29.500><c> the</c><00:31:29.779><c> mouth</c><00:31:30.240><c> of</c><00:31:30.460><c> the</c><00:31:30.599><c> Son</c><00:31:30.779><c> of</c><00:31:31.000><c> God.</c>

00:31:33.539 --> 00:31:37.079
The<00:31:33.819><c> vine</c><00:31:34.200><c> cannot</c><00:31:34.660><c> produce</c><00:31:35.319><c> fruit</c><00:31:35.640><c> without</c><00:31:35.940><c> the</c><00:31:36.180><c> branches.</c>

00:31:37.259 --> 00:31:40.539
The<00:31:37.539><c> branches</c><00:31:37.940><c> cannot</c><00:31:38.319><c> exist</c><00:31:39.039><c> independently</c><00:31:39.799><c> of</c><00:31:40.039><c> the</c><00:31:40.220><c> vine.</c>

00:31:40.839 --> 00:31:44.259
So<00:31:41.079><c> that</c><00:31:41.299><c> the</c><00:31:41.559><c> vine</c><00:31:41.759><c> and</c><00:31:41.960><c> the</c><00:31:42.180><c> branches</c><00:31:42.539><c> together</c><00:31:43.279><c> constitute</c>

00:31:44.259 --> 00:31:47.180
one<00:31:45.220><c> fruit</c><00:31:45.680><c>-bearing</c><00:31:46.099><c> tree.</c>

00:31:47.680 --> 00:31:51.579
So<00:31:48.079><c> that</c><00:31:48.359><c> the</c><00:31:48.720><c> allegory</c><00:31:49.220><c> speaks</c><00:31:49.640><c> beautifully</c><00:31:50.160><c> and</c><00:31:50.420><c> very</c><00:31:50.759><c> graphically</c>

00:31:51.579 --> 00:31:57.539
of<00:31:52.079><c> the</c><00:31:52.480><c> spiritual</c><00:31:53.160><c> union</c><00:31:53.779><c> which</c><00:31:54.579><c> must</c><00:31:54.920><c> exist</c><00:31:55.680><c> between</c><00:31:56.599><c> Christ</c><00:31:57.160><c> and</c>

00:31:57.539 --> 00:31:58.880
His<00:31:57.740><c> ecclesia.</c>

00:31:59.559 --> 00:32:03.579
And<00:31:59.660><c> it's</c><00:31:59.859><c> an</c><00:32:00.059><c> allegory</c><00:32:00.380><c> that</c><00:32:00.640><c> tells</c><00:32:00.880><c> us</c><00:32:01.700><c> that</c><00:32:02.099><c> apart</c><00:32:02.579><c> from</c><00:32:02.960><c> Christ</c>

00:32:03.579 --> 00:32:06.200
we<00:32:04.299><c> can</c><00:32:04.559><c> do</c><00:32:05.119><c> nothing.</c>

00:32:07.019 --> 00:32:10.680
Cut<00:32:07.240><c> off</c><00:32:07.460><c> from</c><00:32:07.740><c> Christ</c><00:32:08.420><c> we</c><00:32:09.180><c> are</c><00:32:09.680><c> nothing.</c>

00:32:11.660 --> 00:32:14.319
And<00:32:11.880><c> that</c><00:32:11.980><c> we</c><00:32:12.160><c> must</c><00:32:12.440><c> become</c><00:32:12.819><c> a</c><00:32:13.059><c> very</c><00:32:13.319><c> real</c><00:32:13.599><c> and</c><00:32:13.779><c> living</c><00:32:13.980><c> part</c>

00:32:14.319 --> 00:32:14.880
of<00:32:14.559><c> Him</c>

00:32:14.880 --> 00:32:16.940
is<00:32:15.440><c> very</c><00:32:15.940><c> evident.</c>

00:32:16.960 --> 00:32:19.880
And<00:32:17.079><c> it</c><00:32:17.220><c> must</c><00:32:17.460><c> be</c><00:32:17.700><c> done</c><00:32:17.819><c> in</c><00:32:17.980><c> a</c><00:32:18.059><c> very</c><00:32:18.400><c> personal</c><00:32:18.980><c> and</c><00:32:19.400><c> a</c><00:32:19.500><c> very</c>

00:32:19.880 --> 00:32:21.579
intimate<00:32:20.380><c> way.</c>

00:32:22.339 --> 00:32:24.799
You<00:32:22.440><c> know,</c><00:32:22.579><c> when</c><00:32:22.700><c> you</c><00:32:22.819><c> get</c><00:32:23.039><c> down</c><00:32:23.200><c> to</c><00:32:23.299><c> it,</c><00:32:23.579><c> brethren</c><00:32:23.680><c> and</c><00:32:23.940><c> sisters,</c>

00:32:25.339 --> 00:32:30.000
if<00:32:25.519><c> we're</c><00:32:25.700><c> the</c><00:32:25.839><c> branches,</c><00:32:27.299><c> all</c><00:32:27.619><c> the</c><00:32:27.900><c> branches</c><00:32:28.240><c> need</c><00:32:28.680><c> is</c><00:32:28.980><c> the</c><00:32:29.200><c> vine.</c>

00:32:30.279 --> 00:32:34.539
That's<00:32:30.660><c> all</c><00:32:30.900><c> they</c><00:32:31.160><c> need,</c><00:32:32.359><c> just</c><00:32:32.660><c> to</c><00:32:32.839><c> be</c><00:32:33.059><c> attached</c><00:32:33.380><c> to</c><00:32:33.559><c> the</c><00:32:33.740><c> vine.</c>

00:32:35.140 --> 00:32:37.660
The<00:32:35.500><c> branches</c><00:32:35.940><c> need</c><00:32:36.319><c> nothing</c><00:32:36.619><c> more</c><00:32:36.920><c> than</c><00:32:37.099><c> that</c>

00:32:37.660 --> 00:32:41.799
because<00:32:38.579><c> the</c><00:32:39.220><c> rest</c><00:32:39.539><c> is</c><00:32:39.839><c> done</c><00:32:40.079><c> by</c><00:32:40.339><c> the</c><00:32:40.619><c> husbandmen</c><00:32:41.180><c> who</c><00:32:41.460><c> cares</c>

00:32:41.799 --> 00:32:42.960
for<00:32:41.980><c> the</c><00:32:42.160><c> vine.</c>

00:32:43.099 --> 00:32:47.900
And<00:32:43.619><c> as</c><00:32:43.880><c> long</c><00:32:44.079><c> as</c><00:32:44.240><c> the</c><00:32:44.519><c> husband,</c><00:32:45.339><c> husbandman</c><00:32:45.940><c> doesn't</c><00:32:46.420><c> overlook</c><00:32:46.859><c> his</c><00:32:47.140><c> obligations</c>

00:32:48.299 --> 00:32:51.619
and<00:32:48.819><c> forget</c><00:32:49.099><c> to</c><00:32:49.339><c> water</c><00:32:49.539><c> the</c><00:32:49.819><c> tree</c><00:32:49.980><c> in</c><00:32:50.119><c> the</c><00:32:50.259><c> hot</c><00:32:50.420><c> weather</c><00:32:50.680><c> or</c><00:32:51.140><c> tend</c><00:32:51.440><c> it</c>

00:32:51.619 --> 00:32:52.579
or<00:32:51.900><c> weed</c><00:32:52.099><c> it</c>

00:32:52.579 --> 00:32:55.440
or<00:32:52.720><c> do</c><00:32:52.920><c> all</c><00:32:53.079><c> the</c><00:32:53.200><c> other</c><00:32:53.359><c> things</c><00:32:53.619><c> that</c><00:32:53.819><c> need</c><00:32:54.000><c> to</c><00:32:54.099><c> be</c><00:32:54.200><c> done</c><00:32:54.299><c> to</c><00:32:54.519><c> a</c><00:32:54.740><c> vine,</c>

00:32:55.859 --> 00:32:58.660
if<00:32:56.160><c> the</c><00:32:56.559><c> husbandman</c><00:32:57.140><c> forgets</c><00:32:57.779><c> his</c><00:32:57.859><c> responsibility</c>

00:32:58.660 --> 00:33:02.859
then<00:32:59.559><c> the</c><00:32:59.799><c> vine</c><00:32:59.940><c> is</c><00:33:00.160><c> in</c><00:33:00.380><c> trouble</c><00:33:00.779><c> and</c><00:33:01.180><c> therefore</c><00:33:01.480><c> so</c><00:33:01.720><c> are</c><00:33:01.819><c> the</c><00:33:01.940><c> branches.</c>

00:33:03.579 --> 00:33:05.940
But<00:33:03.880><c> how</c><00:33:04.279><c> blessed</c><00:33:04.539><c> we</c><00:33:04.799><c> are,</c><00:33:05.140><c> brethren</c><00:33:05.259><c> and</c><00:33:05.579><c> sisters,</c>

00:33:06.200 --> 00:33:09.640
that<00:33:06.440><c> we</c><00:33:06.720><c> have</c><00:33:06.880><c> a</c><00:33:07.220><c> husbandman</c><00:33:08.200><c> enthroned</c><00:33:08.819><c> in</c><00:33:08.980><c> His</c><00:33:09.240><c> glory</c><00:33:09.480><c> in</c>

00:33:09.640 --> 00:33:10.240
the<00:33:09.779><c> heavens</c>

00:33:10.240 --> 00:33:18.460
who<00:33:11.079><c> is</c><00:33:11.559><c> absolutely</c><00:33:12.460><c> intent</c><00:33:13.640><c> upon</c><00:33:15.579><c> the</c><00:33:15.880><c> welfare</c><00:33:16.359><c> of</c><00:33:17.259><c> that</c><00:33:17.579><c> vine.</c>

00:33:19.839 --> 00:33:23.099
And<00:33:20.200><c> all</c><00:33:20.380><c> we</c><00:33:20.559><c> have</c><00:33:20.759><c> to</c><00:33:20.960><c> do</c><00:33:21.160><c> is</c><00:33:21.380><c> to</c><00:33:21.640><c> surrender</c><00:33:21.980><c> our</c><00:33:22.259><c> own</c><00:33:22.460><c> life</c><00:33:22.740><c> up</c>

00:33:23.099 --> 00:33:26.779
that<00:33:23.759><c> we</c><00:33:23.980><c> might</c><00:33:24.160><c> allow</c><00:33:24.500><c> that</c><00:33:24.740><c> husbandman</c><00:33:25.359><c> to</c><00:33:25.700><c> work</c><00:33:25.920><c> upon</c><00:33:26.180><c> the</c><00:33:26.460><c> vine</c>

00:33:26.779 --> 00:33:31.019
and<00:33:27.119><c> thus</c><00:33:27.319><c> through</c><00:33:27.579><c> into</c><00:33:27.819><c> the</c><00:33:28.039><c> branches</c><00:33:28.500><c> that</c><00:33:29.380><c> he</c><00:33:29.599><c> might</c><00:33:29.859><c> provide</c><00:33:30.460><c> that</c>

00:33:31.019 --> 00:33:32.299
which<00:33:31.200><c> we</c><00:33:31.440><c> need.</c>

00:33:33.079 --> 00:33:36.299
And<00:33:33.339><c> it's</c><00:33:33.599><c> because</c><00:33:33.900><c> of</c><00:33:34.119><c> that</c><00:33:34.460><c> that</c><00:33:34.900><c> the</c><00:33:35.079><c> Lord</c><00:33:35.279><c> said</c><00:33:35.480><c> in</c><00:33:35.660><c> verse</c><00:33:35.940><c> 5</c>

00:33:36.299 --> 00:33:40.140
that<00:33:36.559><c> without</c><00:33:36.779><c> me</c><00:33:37.500><c> ye</c><00:33:37.900><c> can</c><00:33:38.259><c> do</c><00:33:38.980><c> nothing.</c>

00:33:41.099 --> 00:33:44.720
And<00:33:41.299><c> to</c><00:33:41.519><c> emphasize</c><00:33:42.059><c> the</c><00:33:42.339><c> point,</c><00:33:43.200><c> we</c><00:33:43.359><c> find</c><00:33:43.640><c> that</c><00:33:43.740><c> in</c><00:33:43.900><c> the</c><00:33:44.079><c> Greek</c><00:33:44.259><c> text</c>

00:33:44.720 --> 00:33:47.180
there<00:33:45.079><c> is</c><00:33:45.279><c> a</c><00:33:45.559><c> double</c><00:33:45.839><c> negative</c><00:33:46.240><c> there.</c>

00:33:47.460 --> 00:33:49.819
The<00:33:47.619><c> Lord</c><00:33:47.740><c> is</c><00:33:48.059><c> so</c><00:33:48.319><c> emphatic</c><00:33:48.819><c> it</c><00:33:49.140><c> can</c><00:33:49.339><c> be</c><00:33:49.559><c> rendered</c>

00:33:49.819 --> 00:33:53.539
without<00:33:50.420><c> me</c><00:33:50.880><c> ye</c><00:33:51.259><c> can</c><00:33:51.460><c> do</c><00:33:51.859><c> nothing,</c><00:33:52.660><c> nothing.</c>

00:33:57.319 --> 00:34:02.640
And<00:33:57.880><c> so</c><00:33:58.099><c> therefore</c><00:33:58.619><c> He</c><00:33:59.279><c> tells</c><00:33:59.619><c> them</c><00:34:00.220><c> that</c><00:34:00.960><c> with</c><00:34:01.180><c> Him</c><00:34:01.700><c> they</c><00:34:02.440><c> can</c>

00:34:02.640 --> 00:34:03.960
achieve<00:34:02.940><c> everything.</c>

00:34:04.460 --> 00:34:10.840
In<00:34:04.940><c> verse</c><00:34:05.220><c> 7,</c><00:34:06.279><c> if</c><00:34:06.299><c> He</c><00:34:06.539><c> abide</c><00:34:06.839><c> in</c><00:34:07.019><c> me</c><00:34:07.480><c> and</c><00:34:07.940><c> my</c><00:34:08.360><c> words</c><00:34:09.099><c> abide</c><00:34:09.659><c> in</c><00:34:09.860><c> you,</c>

00:34:11.119 --> 00:34:15.559
notice<00:34:11.500><c> there</c><00:34:11.920><c> the</c><00:34:12.800><c> intellectual</c><00:34:13.480><c> understanding</c><00:34:14.420><c> and</c><00:34:14.800><c> absorption</c>

00:34:15.559 --> 00:34:18.800
of<00:34:16.659><c> divine</c><00:34:17.099><c> ideas</c><00:34:17.760><c> that</c><00:34:17.920><c> have</c><00:34:18.099><c> come</c><00:34:18.380><c> forth</c>

00:34:18.800 --> 00:34:23.400
and<00:34:19.300><c> flowed</c><00:34:19.880><c> eloquently</c><00:34:20.500><c> and</c><00:34:21.260><c> gloriously</c><00:34:22.159><c> from</c><00:34:22.840><c> the</c><00:34:23.039><c> lips</c><00:34:23.199><c> of</c>

00:34:23.400 --> 00:34:24.300
the<00:34:23.539><c> Son</c><00:34:23.659><c> of</c><00:34:23.920><c> God</c>

00:34:24.300 --> 00:34:27.280
during<00:34:24.780><c> the</c><00:34:25.079><c> course</c><00:34:25.280><c> of</c><00:34:25.440><c> His</c><00:34:25.639><c> three</c><00:34:25.840><c> and</c><00:34:26.000><c> a</c><00:34:26.059><c> half</c><00:34:26.300><c> years</c><00:34:26.599><c> ministry</c>

00:34:27.280 --> 00:34:31.159
to<00:34:27.960><c> the</c><00:34:28.179><c> human</c><00:34:28.440><c> race</c><00:34:28.960><c> and</c><00:34:29.519><c> to</c><00:34:29.599><c> His</c><00:34:29.920><c> disciples</c><00:34:30.400><c> in</c><00:34:30.679><c> particular</c>

00:34:31.159 --> 00:34:34.480
because<00:34:32.000><c> they</c><00:34:32.280><c> were</c><00:34:32.420><c> the</c><00:34:32.539><c> ones</c><00:34:32.719><c> who</c><00:34:32.900><c> would</c><00:34:33.260><c> mainly</c><00:34:33.800><c> carry</c><00:34:34.280><c> on</c>

00:34:34.480 --> 00:34:34.960
the<00:34:34.679><c> work</c>

00:34:34.960 --> 00:34:38.019
when<00:34:35.199><c> the</c><00:34:35.500><c> vine</c><00:34:35.719><c> would</c><00:34:35.920><c> no</c><00:34:36.179><c> longer</c><00:34:36.360><c> be</c><00:34:36.659><c> physically</c><00:34:37.039><c> seen.</c>

00:34:38.860 --> 00:34:42.940
If<00:34:38.860><c> ye</c><00:34:39.139><c> abide</c><00:34:39.480><c> in</c><00:34:39.699><c> me</c><00:34:40.159><c> and</c><00:34:40.780><c> my</c><00:34:41.139><c> words</c><00:34:41.539><c> abide</c><00:34:41.980><c> in</c><00:34:42.159><c> you,</c>

00:34:43.260 --> 00:34:47.340
ye<00:34:43.360><c> shall</c><00:34:43.639><c> ask</c><00:34:44.139><c> what</c><00:34:44.340><c> ye</c><00:34:44.619><c> will</c><00:34:45.000><c> and</c><00:34:45.380><c> it</c><00:34:45.599><c> shall</c><00:34:45.739><c> be</c><00:34:46.099><c> done</c><00:34:46.239><c> unto</c><00:34:46.500><c> you.</c>

00:34:47.780 --> 00:34:50.300
And<00:34:48.039><c> that</c><00:34:48.219><c> doesn't</c><00:34:48.480><c> mean</c><00:34:48.719><c> that</c><00:34:48.900><c> we</c><00:34:49.039><c> should</c><00:34:49.400><c> pray</c><00:34:49.820><c> fervently</c>

00:34:50.300 --> 00:34:52.320
for<00:34:50.539><c> a</c><00:34:50.679><c> new</c><00:34:50.840><c> shed</c><00:34:51.039><c> motor</c><00:34:51.400><c> car</c><00:34:51.519><c> to</c><00:34:51.659><c> be</c><00:34:51.719><c> in</c><00:34:51.880><c> the</c><00:34:52.059><c> driveway</c>

00:34:52.320 --> 00:34:53.579
tomorrow<00:34:52.679><c> morning.</c>

00:34:54.539 --> 00:34:56.960
And<00:34:54.800><c> it</c><00:34:54.940><c> doesn't</c><00:34:55.119><c> mean</c><00:34:55.340><c> that</c><00:34:55.500><c> we</c><00:34:55.639><c> should</c><00:34:55.840><c> pray</c><00:34:56.079><c> earnestly</c><00:34:56.539><c> tonight</c>

00:34:56.960 --> 00:34:59.139
that<00:34:57.380><c> when</c><00:34:57.519><c> we</c><00:34:57.719><c> wake</c><00:34:57.860><c> up</c><00:34:58.059><c> tomorrow</c><00:34:58.340><c> morning</c><00:34:58.599><c> and</c><00:34:58.739><c> we</c><00:34:58.860><c> ring</c><00:34:58.940><c> up</c>

00:34:59.139 --> 00:34:59.519
the<00:34:59.340><c> bank</c>

00:34:59.519 --> 00:35:02.059
our<00:34:59.860><c> bank</c><00:35:00.139><c> balance</c><00:35:00.500><c> has</c><00:35:00.659><c> been</c><00:35:00.920><c> doubled.</c>

00:35:04.800 --> 00:35:07.380
The<00:35:04.860><c> Lord</c><00:35:05.099><c> is</c><00:35:05.360><c> speaking</c><00:35:05.599><c> of</c><00:35:05.860><c> things</c><00:35:06.099><c> that</c><00:35:06.300><c> are</c><00:35:06.460><c> divine.</c>

00:35:08.079 --> 00:35:10.980
And<00:35:08.239><c> when</c><00:35:08.360><c> He</c><00:35:08.539><c> says</c><00:35:08.800><c> ask</c><00:35:09.340><c> what</c><00:35:09.539><c> you</c><00:35:09.820><c> will</c><00:35:09.940><c> and</c><00:35:10.059><c> you'll</c><00:35:10.320><c> receive</c><00:35:10.639><c> it,</c>

00:35:11.119 --> 00:35:15.179
He<00:35:11.500><c> speaks</c><00:35:11.860><c> of</c><00:35:12.019><c> our</c><00:35:12.440><c> development</c><00:35:12.900><c> as</c><00:35:13.139><c> the</c><00:35:13.500><c> branches</c><00:35:13.800><c> upon</c><00:35:14.099><c> the</c><00:35:14.360><c> vine.</c>

00:35:15.579 --> 00:35:21.940
Our<00:35:15.980><c> earnest</c><00:35:16.380><c> desire</c><00:35:17.159><c> to</c><00:35:17.639><c> produce</c><00:35:18.360><c> the</c><00:35:19.059><c> fruit</c><00:35:19.360><c> that</c><00:35:19.719><c> the</c><00:35:20.159><c> husbandman</c><00:35:20.860><c> wants</c><00:35:21.119><c> to</c><00:35:21.480><c> gather</c>

00:35:21.940 --> 00:35:24.840
when<00:35:22.440><c> it's</c><00:35:22.760><c> ripe</c><00:35:23.099><c> and</c><00:35:23.460><c> when</c><00:35:23.619><c> it</c><00:35:23.780><c> is</c><00:35:23.980><c> ready.</c>

00:35:25.400 --> 00:35:28.659
And<00:35:25.659><c> so</c><00:35:25.860><c> in</c><00:35:26.079><c> verse</c><00:35:26.380><c> 8,</c><00:35:27.239><c> there</c><00:35:27.400><c> is</c><00:35:27.559><c> the</c><00:35:27.719><c> word,</c><00:35:27.880><c> there</c><00:35:28.079><c> is</c><00:35:28.219><c> the</c><00:35:28.360><c> point.</c>

00:35:28.659 --> 00:35:33.699
Herein<00:35:29.559><c> is</c><00:35:29.820><c> my</c><00:35:30.079><c> father</c><00:35:30.420><c> glorified</c><00:35:31.219><c> that</c><00:35:31.820><c> ye</c><00:35:32.139><c> bear</c><00:35:32.559><c> much</c><00:35:33.159><c> fruit,</c>

00:35:34.000 --> 00:35:36.420
so<00:35:34.400><c> shall</c><00:35:34.599><c> ye</c><00:35:34.860><c> be</c><00:35:35.019><c> my</c><00:35:35.280><c> disciples.</c>

00:35:37.719 --> 00:35:41.000
That<00:35:37.980><c> really</c><00:35:38.300><c> gives</c><00:35:38.519><c> us</c><00:35:38.699><c> something</c><00:35:38.960><c> to</c><00:35:39.159><c> think</c><00:35:39.300><c> about,</c><00:35:39.699><c> brethren</c><00:35:39.820><c> and</c><00:35:40.099><c> sisters.</c>

00:35:42.340 --> 00:35:43.980
You<00:35:42.460><c> know,</c><00:35:42.659><c> at</c><00:35:42.820><c> home</c><00:35:43.099><c> we've</c><00:35:43.440><c> got</c><00:35:43.559><c> a</c><00:35:43.760><c> phrase</c>

00:35:43.980 --> 00:35:46.880
that<00:35:44.159><c> our</c><00:35:44.380><c> speaking</c><00:35:44.659><c> brethren</c><00:35:45.019><c> use</c><00:35:45.280><c> quite</c><00:35:45.559><c> a</c><00:35:45.679><c> lot</c><00:35:45.739><c> in</c><00:35:45.900><c> Australia.</c>

00:35:47.300 --> 00:35:51.860
They<00:35:47.460><c> keep</c><00:35:47.719><c> reminding</c><00:35:48.119><c> us</c><00:35:48.880><c> in</c><00:35:49.260><c> words</c><00:35:49.519><c> taken</c><00:35:49.880><c> from</c><00:35:50.059><c> the</c><00:35:50.260><c> prophecy</c><00:35:50.519><c> of</c><00:35:50.739><c> Zechariah,</c>

00:35:52.119 --> 00:35:54.880
not<00:35:52.300><c> originally</c><00:35:52.820><c> applied</c><00:35:53.440><c> to</c><00:35:53.679><c> our</c><00:35:53.900><c> own</c><00:35:54.099><c> day</c><00:35:54.260><c> in</c><00:35:54.539><c> particular,</c>

00:35:55.159 --> 00:35:56.440
but<00:35:55.320><c> words</c><00:35:55.619><c> that</c><00:35:55.800><c> do</c><00:35:56.000><c> apply.</c>

00:35:56.440 --> 00:36:00.139
They<00:35:57.000><c> keep</c><00:35:57.260><c> reminding</c><00:35:57.679><c> us</c><00:35:58.199><c> that</c><00:35:58.559><c> these</c><00:35:58.960><c> are</c><00:35:59.179><c> the</c><00:35:59.400><c> days</c><00:35:59.699><c> of</c>

00:36:00.139 --> 00:36:01.280
small<00:36:00.480><c> things</c>

00:36:01.280 --> 00:36:06.659
like<00:36:02.400><c> that</c><00:36:02.679><c> partial</c><00:36:03.119><c> restoration</c><00:36:03.780><c> in</c><00:36:04.300><c> the</c><00:36:04.480><c> days</c><00:36:04.639><c> of</c><00:36:04.840><c> Ezra</c><00:36:05.420><c> and</c><00:36:05.659><c> Nehemiah</c>

00:36:06.659 --> 00:36:10.219
when<00:36:07.019><c> that</c><00:36:07.340><c> pitiful</c><00:36:07.699><c> little</c><00:36:07.980><c> band</c><00:36:08.300><c> of</c><00:36:08.659><c> men</c><00:36:08.900><c> and</c><00:36:09.079><c> women</c><00:36:09.300><c> and</c><00:36:09.599><c> children</c>

00:36:10.219 --> 00:36:12.980
compared<00:36:10.820><c> with</c><00:36:11.039><c> the</c><00:36:11.360><c> greatness</c><00:36:11.659><c> that</c><00:36:11.840><c> the</c><00:36:12.000><c> nation</c><00:36:12.239><c> had</c><00:36:12.559><c> achieved</c>

00:36:12.980 --> 00:36:16.039
over<00:36:13.320><c> David</c><00:36:13.639><c> and</c><00:36:13.920><c> Solomon,</c><00:36:14.400><c> when</c><00:36:14.639><c> they</c><00:36:14.920><c> made</c><00:36:15.159><c> their</c><00:36:15.500><c> way,</c>

00:36:16.280 --> 00:36:20.260
trudged<00:36:16.559><c> their</c><00:36:16.739><c> way</c><00:36:17.000><c> back</c><00:36:17.360><c> to</c><00:36:17.559><c> the</c><00:36:17.760><c> land</c><00:36:18.119><c> to</c><00:36:18.579><c> try</c><00:36:18.840><c> and</c><00:36:19.099><c> reform</c><00:36:19.579><c> something</c>

00:36:20.260 --> 00:36:23.760
after<00:36:20.900><c> the</c><00:36:21.300><c> devastation</c><00:36:22.099><c> of</c><00:36:22.420><c> the</c><00:36:22.679><c> Assyrian</c><00:36:23.199><c> and</c><00:36:23.460><c> the</c>

00:36:23.760 --> 00:36:24.980
Babylonian<00:36:24.360><c> invasions</c>

00:36:24.980 --> 00:36:27.780
that<00:36:25.219><c> had</c><00:36:25.579><c> torn</c><00:36:25.800><c> that</c><00:36:26.059><c> nation</c><00:36:26.340><c> asunder.</c>

00:36:28.519 --> 00:36:30.940
It<00:36:28.639><c> was</c><00:36:28.880><c> a</c><00:36:29.039><c> day</c><00:36:29.199><c> of</c><00:36:29.539><c> small</c><00:36:29.860><c> things.</c>

00:36:31.599 --> 00:36:35.699
They<00:36:31.820><c> didn't</c><00:36:32.139><c> achieve</c><00:36:32.599><c> a</c><00:36:32.820><c> great</c><00:36:33.000><c> deal</c><00:36:33.539><c> from</c><00:36:33.920><c> the</c><00:36:34.139><c> world's</c><00:36:34.440><c> point</c><00:36:34.579><c> of</c><00:36:34.760><c> view,</c>

00:36:35.940 --> 00:36:38.300
and<00:36:36.119><c> they</c><00:36:36.280><c> knew</c><00:36:36.400><c> that</c><00:36:36.519><c> they</c><00:36:36.760><c> didn't</c><00:36:36.980><c> have</c><00:36:37.199><c> the</c><00:36:37.400><c> means.</c>

00:36:39.119 --> 00:36:41.739
And<00:36:39.360><c> we're</c><00:36:39.599><c> in</c><00:36:39.760><c> exactly</c><00:36:40.280><c> the</c><00:36:40.539><c> same</c><00:36:40.739><c> position.</c>

00:36:42.239 --> 00:36:45.280
This<00:36:42.599><c> is</c><00:36:42.980><c> a</c><00:36:43.139><c> day</c><00:36:43.320><c> of</c><00:36:43.760><c> small</c><00:36:44.159><c> things.</c>

00:36:45.820 --> 00:36:49.500
The<00:36:46.119><c> world</c><00:36:46.380><c> is</c><00:36:46.619><c> not</c><00:36:47.019><c> filled</c><00:36:47.539><c> with</c><00:36:48.280><c> tens</c><00:36:48.719><c> of</c><00:36:49.099><c> thousands,</c>

00:36:49.739 --> 00:36:52.300
hundreds<00:36:49.980><c> of</c><00:36:50.300><c> thousands</c><00:36:50.619><c> of</c><00:36:51.000><c> Christadelphians.</c>

00:36:52.639 --> 00:36:57.360
We're<00:36:53.239><c> not</c><00:36:53.460><c> able</c><00:36:53.860><c> to</c><00:36:54.239><c> take</c><00:36:54.639><c> three</c><00:36:55.360><c> pages</c><00:36:55.980><c> in</c><00:36:56.360><c> the</c><00:36:56.500><c> New</c><00:36:56.679><c> York</c><00:36:56.980><c> Times</c>

00:36:57.360 --> 00:37:00.260
every<00:36:57.679><c> day</c><00:36:57.900><c> and</c><00:36:58.179><c> preach</c><00:36:58.420><c> the</c><00:36:58.699><c> truth</c><00:36:58.860><c> to</c><00:36:59.039><c> the</c><00:36:59.159><c> whole</c><00:36:59.400><c> world.</c>

00:37:00.300 --> 00:37:02.019
We<00:37:00.480><c> haven't</c><00:37:00.639><c> got</c><00:37:00.780><c> the</c><00:37:01.019><c> financial</c><00:37:01.480><c> resources.</c>

00:37:02.159 --> 00:37:03.860
We<00:37:02.340><c> haven't</c><00:37:02.460><c> got</c><00:37:02.659><c> the</c><00:37:02.900><c> numbers.</c>

00:37:04.179 --> 00:37:05.960
This<00:37:04.400><c> is</c><00:37:04.619><c> not</c><00:37:04.800><c> the</c><00:37:05.039><c> epoch</c><00:37:05.380><c> in</c><00:37:05.599><c> history</c>

00:37:05.960 --> 00:37:09.079
when<00:37:06.300><c> we</c><00:37:06.480><c> are</c><00:37:06.599><c> to</c><00:37:06.800><c> convert</c><00:37:07.239><c> the</c><00:37:07.480><c> whole</c><00:37:07.719><c> world</c><00:37:07.900><c> to</c><00:37:08.139><c> Christ.</c>

00:37:09.719 --> 00:37:13.199
We<00:37:10.039><c> do</c><00:37:10.260><c> the</c><00:37:10.420><c> best</c><00:37:10.659><c> we</c><00:37:10.980><c> can</c><00:37:11.340><c> within</c><00:37:11.800><c> the</c><00:37:12.119><c> Ecclesia</c><00:37:12.480><c> and</c><00:37:12.860><c> without,</c>

00:37:13.380 --> 00:37:15.980
but<00:37:13.519><c> it's</c><00:37:13.840><c> a</c><00:37:13.960><c> day</c><00:37:14.099><c> of</c><00:37:14.400><c> small</c><00:37:14.719><c> things.</c>

00:37:17.300 --> 00:37:19.480
But<00:37:17.639><c> never</c><00:37:17.980><c> forget</c><00:37:18.340><c> this.</c>

00:37:19.980 --> 00:37:23.420
The<00:37:20.480><c> smallest</c><00:37:21.260><c> thing</c><00:37:21.719><c> that</c><00:37:21.980><c> we</c><00:37:22.400><c> do</c>

00:37:23.900 --> 00:37:26.539
in<00:37:24.320><c> the</c><00:37:24.679><c> service</c><00:37:25.000><c> of</c><00:37:25.219><c> Almighty</c><00:37:25.719><c> God</c>

00:37:26.539 --> 00:37:29.940
that<00:37:27.460><c> is</c><00:37:27.760><c> based</c><00:37:28.159><c> upon</c><00:37:28.579><c> a</c><00:37:29.019><c> love</c><00:37:29.159><c> of</c><00:37:29.480><c> God</c>

00:37:29.940 --> 00:37:32.960
and<00:37:30.679><c> intellectual</c><00:37:31.340><c> understanding</c><00:37:32.139><c> of</c><00:37:32.320><c> the</c><00:37:32.599><c> truth</c>

00:37:32.960 --> 00:37:35.840
and<00:37:33.400><c> with</c><00:37:33.559><c> a</c><00:37:33.760><c> desire</c><00:37:34.139><c> to</c><00:37:34.559><c> please</c><00:37:35.119><c> God</c>

00:37:35.840 --> 00:37:38.780
brings<00:37:36.940><c> glory</c><00:37:37.500><c> to</c><00:37:37.679><c> the</c><00:37:37.840><c> Father.</c>

00:37:39.920 --> 00:37:43.099
That's<00:37:40.139><c> what</c><00:37:40.280><c> the</c><00:37:40.440><c> Lord</c><00:37:40.619><c> says</c><00:37:41.139><c> in</c><00:37:41.619><c> that</c><00:37:41.860><c> eighth</c><00:37:42.079><c> verse.</c>

00:37:43.460 --> 00:37:45.179
It's<00:37:43.840><c> as</c><00:37:44.159><c> simple</c><00:37:44.420><c> as</c><00:37:44.699><c> that.</c>

00:37:45.179 --> 00:37:50.300
Herein<00:37:45.940><c> is</c><00:37:46.199><c> my</c><00:37:46.500><c> Father</c><00:37:46.940><c> glorified</c><00:37:47.860><c> that</c><00:37:48.280><c> ye</c><00:37:48.559><c> bear</c><00:37:48.860><c> much</c><00:37:49.280><c> fruit.</c>

00:37:51.139 --> 00:37:53.380
So<00:37:51.400><c> that</c><00:37:51.539><c> even</c><00:37:51.739><c> though</c><00:37:51.900><c> we</c><00:37:52.059><c> might</c><00:37:52.380><c> achieve</c><00:37:52.920><c> something</c>

00:37:53.380 --> 00:37:56.280
or<00:37:53.980><c> we</c><00:37:54.559><c> allow</c><00:37:55.039><c> the</c><00:37:55.280><c> world</c><00:37:55.380><c> to</c><00:37:55.619><c> influence</c><00:37:55.980><c> us</c>

00:37:56.280 --> 00:37:58.500
in<00:37:56.460><c> some</c><00:37:56.719><c> profitable</c><00:37:57.139><c> way</c><00:37:57.639><c> for</c><00:37:57.960><c> our</c><00:37:58.280><c> brethren</c>

00:37:58.500 --> 00:37:59.940
or<00:37:58.719><c> the</c><00:37:58.880><c> development</c><00:37:59.119><c> of</c><00:37:59.360><c> our</c><00:37:59.480><c> own</c><00:37:59.639><c> life</c>

00:37:59.940 --> 00:38:01.460
and<00:38:00.179><c> we</c><00:38:00.320><c> think,</c><00:38:00.619><c> well,</c><00:38:00.619><c> really,</c><00:38:00.900><c> it's</c><00:38:01.179><c> nothing.</c>

00:38:01.619 --> 00:38:02.860
You<00:38:01.699><c> know,</c><00:38:01.780><c> it's</c><00:38:02.019><c> nothing</c><00:38:02.179><c> at</c><00:38:02.440><c> all.</c>

00:38:03.280 --> 00:38:04.599
It<00:38:03.480><c> is</c><00:38:03.739><c> something.</c>

00:38:04.840 --> 00:38:07.300
It<00:38:05.059><c> is</c><00:38:05.260><c> to</c><00:38:05.400><c> the</c><00:38:05.800><c> glory</c><00:38:06.059><c> of</c><00:38:06.360><c> God.</c>

00:38:07.699 --> 00:38:09.880
And<00:38:07.800><c> we</c><00:38:07.960><c> don't</c><00:38:08.179><c> ever</c><00:38:08.480><c> want</c><00:38:08.639><c> to</c><00:38:08.800><c> forget</c><00:38:09.000><c> that.</c>

00:38:10.500 --> 00:38:14.920
You<00:38:11.059><c> know,</c><00:38:11.500><c> when</c><00:38:11.639><c> I</c><00:38:11.940><c> first</c><00:38:12.239><c> became</c><00:38:13.219><c> a</c><00:38:14.000><c> serious</c><00:38:14.400><c> student</c>

00:38:14.920 --> 00:38:16.559
of<00:38:15.519><c> the</c><00:38:15.659><c> Word</c><00:38:15.820><c> of</c><00:38:15.960><c> God,</c>

00:38:17.000 --> 00:38:19.920
which<00:38:17.139><c> was</c><00:38:17.400><c> some</c><00:38:17.679><c> years</c><00:38:17.920><c> after</c><00:38:18.280><c> I</c><00:38:18.400><c> had</c><00:38:18.559><c> been</c><00:38:18.820><c> baptized,</c>

00:38:21.659 --> 00:38:24.559
I<00:38:22.219><c> began</c><00:38:22.480><c> to</c><00:38:22.820><c> study</c><00:38:23.019><c> very,</c><00:38:23.539><c> very</c><00:38:23.539><c> earnestly.</c>

00:38:25.119 --> 00:38:26.619
And<00:38:25.679><c> I'll</c><00:38:25.840><c> never</c><00:38:26.019><c> know</c><00:38:26.239><c> why,</c>

00:38:26.619 --> 00:38:28.659
but<00:38:26.800><c> the</c><00:38:27.079><c> first</c><00:38:27.300><c> thing</c><00:38:27.480><c> I</c><00:38:27.699><c> ever</c><00:38:28.119><c> tackled</c>

00:38:28.659 --> 00:38:31.980
was<00:38:29.000><c> the</c><00:38:29.320><c> exposition</c><00:38:29.840><c> of</c><00:38:30.039><c> Daniel</c><00:38:30.400><c> by</c><00:38:30.679><c> Brother</c><00:38:30.960><c> Thomas.</c>

00:38:32.800 --> 00:38:35.619
And<00:38:33.199><c> I</c><00:38:33.420><c> defy</c><00:38:33.820><c> anyone</c><00:38:34.239><c> to</c><00:38:34.440><c> produce</c><00:38:34.699><c> a</c><00:38:34.840><c> more</c><00:38:35.019><c> difficult</c><00:38:35.400><c> book</c>

00:38:35.619 --> 00:38:36.699
to<00:38:35.820><c> understand</c><00:38:36.280><c> than</c><00:38:36.519><c> that,</c>

00:38:36.739 --> 00:38:38.219
but<00:38:36.880><c> it</c><00:38:37.119><c> can</c><00:38:37.360><c> be</c><00:38:37.679><c> understood.</c>

00:38:38.219 --> 00:38:41.460
And<00:38:38.980><c> I</c><00:38:39.159><c> would</c><00:38:39.360><c> sit</c><00:38:39.579><c> down</c><00:38:39.800><c> at</c><00:38:39.940><c> a</c><00:38:40.039><c> night</c><00:38:40.219><c> and</c><00:38:40.380><c> I'd</c><00:38:40.639><c> read</c><00:38:40.780><c> a</c><00:38:41.059><c> page</c>

00:38:41.460 --> 00:38:43.920
and<00:38:42.159><c> I'd</c><00:38:42.360><c> say</c><00:38:42.480><c> to</c><00:38:42.579><c> myself,</c><00:38:43.000><c> I</c><00:38:43.059><c> don't</c><00:38:43.320><c> get</c><00:38:43.460><c> it.</c>

00:38:44.019 --> 00:38:48.099
I'd<00:38:44.460><c> read</c><00:38:44.579><c> it</c><00:38:44.800><c> again</c><00:38:45.199><c> and</c><00:38:46.099><c> I'd</c><00:38:46.280><c> say,</c><00:38:46.500><c> I</c><00:38:46.619><c> still</c><00:38:46.880><c> don't</c><00:38:47.019><c> get</c><00:38:47.179><c> it.</c>

00:38:48.139 --> 00:38:49.420
And<00:38:48.400><c> I'd</c><00:38:48.780><c> read</c><00:38:48.900><c> it</c><00:38:49.099><c> again</c>

00:38:49.420 --> 00:38:51.300
and<00:38:49.579><c> then</c><00:38:49.780><c> the</c><00:38:49.980><c> light</c><00:38:50.119><c> would</c><00:38:50.360><c> start</c><00:38:50.579><c> to</c><00:38:50.780><c> come</c><00:38:50.940><c> through</c>

00:38:51.300 --> 00:38:53.300
and<00:38:51.539><c> I'd</c><00:38:51.800><c> rough</c><00:38:51.960><c> down</c><00:38:52.679><c> a</c><00:38:52.840><c> few</c><00:38:52.980><c> notes</c>

00:38:53.300 --> 00:38:55.239
and<00:38:53.579><c> then</c><00:38:53.719><c> they</c><00:38:53.880><c> would</c><00:38:54.019><c> go</c><00:38:54.159><c> into</c><00:38:54.300><c> the</c><00:38:54.460><c> margin</c><00:38:54.659><c> of</c><00:38:54.860><c> my</c><00:38:55.019><c> Bible</c>

00:38:55.239 --> 00:38:56.519
in<00:38:55.460><c> due</c><00:38:55.639><c> course.</c>

00:38:56.900 --> 00:38:58.860
And<00:38:57.059><c> I</c><00:38:57.380><c> studied</c><00:38:57.719><c> and</c><00:38:58.079><c> studied</c><00:38:58.280><c> and</c><00:38:58.599><c> studied</c>

00:38:58.860 --> 00:39:00.619
night<00:38:59.300><c> after</c><00:38:59.679><c> night.</c>

00:39:01.199 --> 00:39:02.639
And<00:39:01.440><c> that</c><00:39:01.599><c> went</c><00:39:01.699><c> on</c><00:39:01.900><c> for</c><00:39:02.119><c> six</c><00:39:02.340><c> months</c>

00:39:02.639 --> 00:39:04.639
and<00:39:02.780><c> I</c><00:39:02.960><c> had</c><00:39:03.199><c> never</c><00:39:03.420><c> really</c><00:39:03.699><c> been</c><00:39:03.880><c> a</c><00:39:03.980><c> Bible</c><00:39:04.300><c> student</c>

00:39:04.639 --> 00:39:05.940
until<00:39:04.900><c> that</c><00:39:05.159><c> time.</c>

00:39:05.960 --> 00:39:07.320
I<00:39:06.219><c> remember</c><00:39:06.440><c> the</c><00:39:06.639><c> first</c><00:39:06.840><c> thing</c><00:39:06.980><c> I</c><00:39:07.199><c> did</c>

00:39:07.320 --> 00:39:08.820
was<00:39:07.500><c> to</c><00:39:07.659><c> plough</c><00:39:07.880><c> my</c><00:39:08.139><c> way</c><00:39:08.260><c> through</c><00:39:08.460><c> Daniel.</c>

00:39:09.000 --> 00:39:10.760
That<00:39:09.219><c> took</c><00:39:09.460><c> me</c><00:39:09.860><c> months.</c>

00:39:10.980 --> 00:39:12.659
And<00:39:11.179><c> then</c><00:39:11.380><c> after</c><00:39:11.639><c> that,</c><00:39:11.920><c> for</c><00:39:12.119><c> some</c><00:39:12.360><c> reason,</c>

00:39:12.679 --> 00:39:13.760
which<00:39:12.840><c> I</c><00:39:13.039><c> still</c><00:39:13.219><c> don't</c><00:39:13.460><c> know,</c>

00:39:13.920 --> 00:39:15.559
I<00:39:14.119><c> think</c><00:39:14.260><c> it</c><00:39:14.460><c> may</c><00:39:14.559><c> have</c><00:39:14.719><c> been</c><00:39:14.960><c> providential,</c>

00:39:15.920 --> 00:39:17.500
I<00:39:16.139><c> took</c><00:39:16.300><c> up</c><00:39:16.599><c> Habakkuk.</c>

00:39:17.760 --> 00:39:19.639
Because<00:39:18.199><c> Habakkuk</c><00:39:18.739><c> chapter</c><00:39:19.079><c> three</c>

00:39:19.639 --> 00:39:22.539
was<00:39:20.219><c> a</c><00:39:20.500><c> chapter</c><00:39:20.719><c> that</c><00:39:20.960><c> just</c><00:39:21.440><c> fired</c><00:39:21.760><c> me</c><00:39:21.940><c> with</c><00:39:22.079><c> the</c><00:39:22.280><c> truth.</c>

00:39:22.980 --> 00:39:24.980
It<00:39:23.119><c> is</c><00:39:23.380><c> probably</c><00:39:23.659><c> the</c><00:39:23.820><c> most</c><00:39:24.059><c> dramatic</c><00:39:24.579><c> chapter</c>

00:39:24.980 --> 00:39:25.980
in<00:39:25.159><c> the</c><00:39:25.239><c> whole</c><00:39:25.360><c> of</c><00:39:25.519><c> the</c><00:39:25.659><c> Bible,</c>

00:39:26.320 --> 00:39:29.679
dealing<00:39:26.639><c> with</c><00:39:26.820><c> the</c><00:39:26.960><c> way</c><00:39:27.079><c> in</c><00:39:27.199><c> which</c><00:39:27.360><c> the</c><00:39:27.519><c> Lord</c><00:39:27.699><c> Jesus</c><00:39:28.139><c> Christ</c><00:39:28.519><c> returns,</c>

00:39:29.960 --> 00:39:31.440
gathers<00:39:30.139><c> the</c><00:39:30.480><c> saints</c><00:39:30.699><c> unto</c><00:39:30.920><c> himself</c>

00:39:31.440 --> 00:39:33.019
and<00:39:31.739><c> then</c><00:39:31.960><c> they</c><00:39:32.219><c> march</c><00:39:32.599><c> forth</c>

00:39:33.019 --> 00:39:35.079
as<00:39:33.300><c> the</c><00:39:33.619><c> rainbowed</c><00:39:34.179><c> angel</c><00:39:34.320><c> of</c><00:39:34.460><c> the</c><00:39:34.659><c> apocalypse</c>

00:39:35.079 --> 00:39:36.900
against<00:39:35.780><c> the</c><00:39:36.039><c> nations</c>

00:39:37.320 --> 00:39:37.920
with<00:39:37.320><c> their</c><00:39:37.440><c> power</c>

00:39:37.920 --> 00:39:39.860
and<00:39:38.219><c> establish</c><00:39:38.699><c> the</c><00:39:38.940><c> kingdom.</c>

00:39:39.960 --> 00:39:41.900
And<00:39:40.139><c> the</c><00:39:40.340><c> glory</c><00:39:40.679><c> of</c><00:39:40.820><c> the</c><00:39:40.980><c> kingdom</c><00:39:41.199><c> goes</c><00:39:41.519><c> everywhere</c>

00:39:41.900 --> 00:39:44.199
and<00:39:42.159><c> I</c><00:39:42.340><c> was</c><00:39:42.639><c> fired</c><00:39:42.980><c> by</c><00:39:43.159><c> that</c><00:39:43.380><c> chapter.</c>

00:39:45.699 --> 00:39:48.539
But<00:39:45.920><c> after</c><00:39:46.199><c> about</c><00:39:46.519><c> six</c><00:39:46.780><c> or</c><00:39:46.960><c> seven</c><00:39:47.219><c> months</c><00:39:47.460><c> of</c><00:39:47.639><c> this,</c>

00:39:48.659 --> 00:39:51.400
I<00:39:48.880><c> became</c><00:39:49.179><c> very,</c><00:39:49.460><c> very</c><00:39:49.679><c> despondent.</c>

00:39:52.360 --> 00:39:53.500
And<00:39:52.519><c> at</c><00:39:52.659><c> the</c><00:39:52.739><c> meeting</c><00:39:52.980><c> one</c><00:39:53.239><c> day,</c>

00:39:53.559 --> 00:39:55.039
one<00:39:53.659><c> of</c><00:39:53.800><c> the</c><00:39:53.960><c> senior</c><00:39:54.159><c> brethren,</c>

00:39:55.199 --> 00:39:56.400
just<00:39:55.400><c> in</c><00:39:55.519><c> a</c><00:39:55.659><c> brief</c><00:39:55.800><c> conversation,</c>

00:39:56.480 --> 00:39:57.099
said<00:39:56.639><c> to</c><00:39:56.739><c> me,</c>

00:39:57.260 --> 00:39:58.420
what<00:39:57.380><c> are</c><00:39:57.480><c> you</c><00:39:57.699><c> studying</c><00:39:57.860><c> at</c><00:39:58.019><c> the</c><00:39:58.179><c> moment?</c>

00:39:58.539 --> 00:39:59.400
Because<00:39:58.760><c> you</c><00:39:58.920><c> see,</c><00:39:59.079><c> overnight,</c>

00:39:59.480 --> 00:40:00.659
I'd<00:39:59.699><c> got</c><00:39:59.960><c> a</c><00:40:00.059><c> reputation</c>

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from<00:40:00.940><c> going</c><00:40:01.139><c> from</c><00:40:01.320><c> a</c><00:40:01.440><c> Sunday</c><00:40:01.639><c> morning</c><00:40:01.920><c> in</c><00:40:02.079><c> Christendorf</c>

00:40:02.400 --> 00:40:03.199
into<00:40:02.559><c> a</c><00:40:02.820><c> student.</c>

00:40:03.579 --> 00:40:05.880
Made<00:40:03.760><c> rather</c><00:40:04.000><c> an</c><00:40:04.199><c> impression</c><00:40:04.500><c> upon</c><00:40:04.679><c> the</c><00:40:04.820><c> whole</c><00:40:04.980><c> of</c><00:40:05.119><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:40:07.320 --> 00:40:08.139
And<00:40:07.320><c> this</c><00:40:07.440><c> brother</c><00:40:07.679><c> said</c><00:40:07.920><c> to</c><00:40:08.000><c> me,</c>

00:40:08.280 --> 00:40:09.260
what<00:40:08.320><c> are</c><00:40:08.440><c> you</c><00:40:08.639><c> studying</c><00:40:08.780><c> at</c><00:40:08.940><c> the</c><00:40:09.039><c> moment?</c>

00:40:09.300 --> 00:40:10.719
And<00:40:09.420><c> I</c><00:40:09.460><c> said,</c><00:40:09.719><c> oh,</c><00:40:10.039><c> nothing.</c>

00:40:10.880 --> 00:40:12.039
He<00:40:11.039><c> said,</c><00:40:11.159><c> what?</c>

00:40:12.260 --> 00:40:13.420
I<00:40:12.380><c> said,</c><00:40:12.920><c> nothing.</c>

00:40:14.219 --> 00:40:15.820
He<00:40:14.599><c> said,</c><00:40:14.800><c> why?</c>

00:40:15.920 --> 00:40:17.460
I<00:40:16.099><c> said,</c><00:40:16.260><c> well,</c><00:40:16.360><c> it'd</c><00:40:16.500><c> be</c><00:40:16.659><c> quite</c><00:40:16.880><c> truthful</c><00:40:17.139><c> with</c><00:40:17.340><c> you.</c>

00:40:17.460 --> 00:40:18.280
I've<00:40:17.679><c> given</c><00:40:17.760><c> it</c><00:40:17.940><c> up.</c>

00:40:18.739 --> 00:40:20.579
He<00:40:18.960><c> said,</c><00:40:19.300><c> you</c><00:40:19.599><c> what?</c>

00:40:21.239 --> 00:40:23.179
I<00:40:21.420><c> said,</c><00:40:21.659><c> well,</c><00:40:22.159><c> I've</c><00:40:22.579><c> given</c><00:40:22.739><c> it</c><00:40:22.940><c> up.</c>

00:40:23.579 --> 00:40:24.360
I'm<00:40:23.800><c> discouraged.</c>

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I'm<00:40:24.900><c> despondent.</c>

00:40:26.119 --> 00:40:27.380
He<00:40:26.300><c> said,</c><00:40:26.480><c> why?</c>

00:40:27.920 --> 00:40:28.639
I<00:40:28.159><c> said,</c><00:40:28.340><c> well,</c><00:40:28.500><c> look,</c>

00:40:28.679 --> 00:40:30.719
let<00:40:28.880><c> me</c><00:40:29.059><c> tell</c><00:40:29.139><c> you</c><00:40:29.440><c> perfectly</c><00:40:29.800><c> honestly</c><00:40:30.239><c> and</c><00:40:30.480><c> frankly,</c>

00:40:31.039 --> 00:40:32.480
every<00:40:31.500><c> night</c><00:40:31.719><c> of</c><00:40:31.880><c> my</c><00:40:32.139><c> life,</c>

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and<00:40:32.920><c> I</c><00:40:33.199><c> say</c><00:40:33.400><c> every</c><00:40:33.820><c> night</c>

00:40:34.099 --> 00:40:36.019
because<00:40:34.519><c> I'll</c><00:40:34.980><c> just</c><00:40:35.199><c> mention</c><00:40:35.380><c> at</c><00:40:35.579><c> this</c><00:40:35.780><c> stage</c>

00:40:36.019 --> 00:40:36.980
is<00:40:36.239><c> that</c><00:40:36.239><c> at</c><00:40:36.519><c> that</c><00:40:36.780><c> time,</c>

00:40:37.059 --> 00:40:38.280
I<00:40:37.059><c> was</c><00:40:37.260><c> living</c><00:40:37.380><c> alone</c><00:40:37.679><c> with</c><00:40:37.880><c> my</c><00:40:38.079><c> mother</c>

00:40:38.280 --> 00:40:39.800
and<00:40:38.539><c> we</c><00:40:38.699><c> lived</c><00:40:38.840><c> in</c><00:40:39.280><c> what</c><00:40:39.380><c> we'd</c><00:40:39.659><c> call</c>

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relative<00:40:40.099><c> isolation</c><00:40:40.760><c> in</c><00:40:40.960><c> those</c><00:40:41.159><c> days,</c>

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an<00:40:41.940><c> hour</c><00:40:42.059><c> and</c><00:40:42.159><c> a</c><00:40:42.280><c> half</c><00:40:42.440><c> drive</c><00:40:42.719><c> from</c><00:40:42.900><c> the</c><00:40:43.019><c> meeting</c>

00:40:43.260 --> 00:40:44.679
and<00:40:43.559><c> I</c><00:40:43.699><c> didn't</c><00:40:43.900><c> own</c><00:40:44.039><c> a</c><00:40:44.159><c> motor</c><00:40:44.420><c> car.</c>

00:40:44.800 --> 00:40:46.199
It<00:40:44.940><c> was</c><00:40:45.000><c> very</c><00:40:45.239><c> difficult</c><00:40:45.559><c> to</c><00:40:45.719><c> get</c><00:40:45.820><c> to</c><00:40:45.980><c> meetings</c>

00:40:46.199 --> 00:40:46.840
during<00:40:46.480><c> the</c><00:40:46.639><c> week,</c>

00:40:46.920 --> 00:40:48.280
although<00:40:47.139><c> we</c><00:40:47.260><c> used</c><00:40:47.440><c> to</c><00:40:47.539><c> go</c><00:40:47.659><c> on</c><00:40:47.880><c> Sundays,</c>

00:40:48.400 --> 00:40:49.820
of<00:40:48.579><c> course,</c><00:40:48.900><c> regularly.</c>

00:40:50.079 --> 00:40:50.579
But<00:40:50.280><c> nevertheless,</c>

00:40:50.659 --> 00:40:52.980
that<00:40:50.800><c> is</c><00:40:50.960><c> why</c><00:40:51.079><c> I</c><00:40:51.179><c> was</c><00:40:51.340><c> able</c><00:40:51.539><c> to</c><00:40:51.780><c> study</c><00:40:51.920><c> every</c><00:40:52.159><c> night.</c>

00:40:53.440 --> 00:40:55.619
He<00:40:53.699><c> said,</c><00:40:54.019><c> you're</c><00:40:54.920><c> not</c><00:40:55.139><c> studying</c><00:40:55.380><c> anything?</c>

00:40:55.659 --> 00:40:56.880
I<00:40:55.820><c> said,</c><00:40:56.039><c> no.</c>

00:40:57.619 --> 00:40:58.519
He<00:40:57.960><c> said,</c><00:40:58.159><c> why?</c>

00:40:58.659 --> 00:40:59.239
And<00:40:58.760><c> I</c><00:40:58.840><c> said,</c><00:40:59.019><c> well,</c><00:40:59.139><c> look,</c>

00:40:59.239 --> 00:41:00.420
I'll<00:40:59.440><c> be</c><00:40:59.519><c> quite</c><00:40:59.719><c> honest</c><00:40:59.940><c> with</c><00:41:00.119><c> you.</c>

00:41:00.539 --> 00:41:02.519
I<00:41:00.920><c> spent</c><00:41:01.219><c> every</c><00:41:01.699><c> night</c><00:41:01.940><c> of</c><00:41:02.099><c> my</c><00:41:02.340><c> life</c>

00:41:02.519 --> 00:41:04.519
for<00:41:02.679><c> the</c><00:41:02.800><c> last</c><00:41:03.059><c> six</c><00:41:03.320><c> or</c><00:41:03.480><c> seven</c><00:41:03.699><c> months</c><00:41:04.000><c> studying</c>

00:41:04.519 --> 00:41:08.039
and<00:41:05.300><c> I</c><00:41:05.480><c> have</c><00:41:05.760><c> got</c><00:41:06.059><c> absolutely</c><00:41:06.940><c> nowhere.</c>

00:41:09.699 --> 00:41:11.480
Do<00:41:09.800><c> you</c><00:41:09.820><c> know</c><00:41:09.900><c> what</c><00:41:10.059><c> he</c><00:41:10.059><c> said</c><00:41:10.199><c> to</c><00:41:10.380><c> me?</c>

00:41:12.659 --> 00:41:13.980
He<00:41:12.739><c> said,</c><00:41:12.940><c> look,</c><00:41:13.159><c> John,</c>

00:41:14.320 --> 00:41:15.800
he<00:41:14.400><c> said,</c><00:41:14.619><c> it's</c><00:41:14.679><c> only</c><00:41:14.840><c> the</c><00:41:15.019><c> last</c><00:41:15.280><c> month</c><00:41:15.500><c> or</c><00:41:15.599><c> so</c>

00:41:15.800 --> 00:41:16.579
in<00:41:15.960><c> your</c><00:41:16.179><c> life</c>

00:41:16.579 --> 00:41:17.840
that<00:41:16.800><c> anything</c><00:41:17.039><c> you</c><00:41:17.179><c> have</c><00:41:17.300><c> ever</c><00:41:17.519><c> said</c>

00:41:17.840 --> 00:41:19.679
has<00:41:18.079><c> made</c><00:41:18.239><c> any</c><00:41:18.440><c> sense.</c>

00:41:22.860 --> 00:41:25.559
And<00:41:23.260><c> he</c><00:41:23.360><c> just</c><00:41:23.559><c> turned</c><00:41:23.820><c> around</c><00:41:24.159><c> and</c><00:41:24.360><c> walked</c><00:41:24.519><c> away</c>

00:41:25.719 --> 00:41:28.440
and<00:41:26.119><c> I</c><00:41:26.300><c> was</c><00:41:26.420><c> left</c><00:41:26.639><c> there</c><00:41:26.760><c> like</c><00:41:27.059><c> this.</c>

00:41:31.280 --> 00:41:32.920
And<00:41:31.460><c> do</c><00:41:31.619><c> you</c><00:41:31.719><c> know</c><00:41:31.940><c> that</c><00:41:32.039><c> that</c><00:41:32.199><c> is</c><00:41:32.539><c> probably</c>

00:41:32.920 --> 00:41:35.280
the<00:41:33.059><c> most</c><00:41:33.320><c> important</c><00:41:34.059><c> exhortation</c>

00:41:35.280 --> 00:41:37.739
I<00:41:35.860><c> have</c><00:41:36.099><c> ever</c><00:41:36.400><c> been</c><00:41:36.699><c> given</c><00:41:37.019><c> personally</c>

00:41:37.739 --> 00:41:39.460
in<00:41:38.139><c> my</c><00:41:38.360><c> whole</c><00:41:38.579><c> life.</c>

00:41:41.000 --> 00:41:43.760
You<00:41:41.079><c> see,</c><00:41:41.719><c> somewhere,</c><00:41:42.300><c> somehow</c><00:41:42.599><c> or</c><00:41:42.800><c> another,</c>

00:41:44.219 --> 00:41:44.880
brethren<00:41:44.320><c> could</c><00:41:44.679><c> see</c>

00:41:44.880 --> 00:41:46.440
a<00:41:44.960><c> little</c><00:41:45.119><c> bit</c><00:41:45.300><c> of</c><00:41:45.460><c> fruit</c><00:41:45.659><c> starting</c><00:41:46.000><c> to</c><00:41:46.300><c> come.</c>

00:41:46.539 --> 00:41:47.800
I<00:41:46.699><c> wasn't</c><00:41:46.920><c> aware</c><00:41:47.159><c> of</c><00:41:47.280><c> it.</c>

00:41:48.099 --> 00:41:49.139
You<00:41:48.300><c> see,</c><00:41:48.519><c> previously,</c>

00:41:49.480 --> 00:41:50.360
when<00:41:49.639><c> a</c><00:41:49.820><c> group</c><00:41:49.960><c> of</c><00:41:50.199><c> brethren</c>

00:41:50.360 --> 00:41:51.400
would<00:41:50.539><c> be</c><00:41:50.780><c> standing</c><00:41:51.000><c> around,</c>

00:41:51.900 --> 00:41:52.940
perhaps<00:41:51.900><c> having</c><00:41:52.260><c> a</c><00:41:52.400><c> little</c><00:41:52.519><c> discussion</c>

00:41:52.940 --> 00:41:54.380
about<00:41:53.179><c> Isaiah</c><00:41:53.599><c> chapter</c><00:41:53.940><c> 60,</c>

00:41:54.500 --> 00:41:55.559
I<00:41:54.739><c> would</c><00:41:54.900><c> just</c><00:41:55.179><c> stand</c><00:41:55.360><c> there</c>

00:41:55.559 --> 00:41:56.460
and<00:41:55.699><c> very,</c><00:41:55.900><c> very</c><00:41:56.219><c> politely</c>

00:41:56.460 --> 00:41:57.119
I<00:41:56.579><c> would</c><00:41:56.719><c> say</c><00:41:56.860><c> nothing</c>

00:41:57.119 --> 00:41:59.280
because<00:41:57.460><c> I</c><00:41:57.619><c> didn't</c><00:41:57.719><c> know</c><00:41:57.840><c> anything</c><00:41:58.000><c> about</c><00:41:58.280><c> it.</c>

00:41:59.340 --> 00:42:00.840
And<00:41:59.539><c> quite</c><00:41:59.800><c> unknowingly</c><00:42:00.179><c> to</c><00:42:00.340><c> myself,</c>

00:42:00.900 --> 00:42:02.139
I<00:42:01.159><c> had</c><00:42:01.280><c> now</c><00:42:01.440><c> been</c><00:42:01.639><c> finding</c><00:42:02.000><c> that</c>

00:42:02.139 --> 00:42:02.900
when<00:42:02.239><c> there</c><00:42:02.340><c> was</c><00:42:02.460><c> a</c><00:42:02.539><c> little</c><00:42:02.699><c> group</c>

00:42:02.920 --> 00:42:05.400
around<00:42:03.300><c> discussing</c><00:42:03.860><c> Jeremiah</c><00:42:04.780><c> chapter</c><00:42:05.119><c> 1</c>

00:42:05.400 --> 00:42:06.679
or<00:42:05.579><c> one</c><00:42:05.699><c> of</c><00:42:05.820><c> the</c><00:42:05.980><c> Psalms</c><00:42:06.260><c> or</c><00:42:06.420><c> something,</c>

00:42:06.800 --> 00:42:08.639
I<00:42:07.079><c> would</c><00:42:07.219><c> put</c><00:42:07.400><c> in</c><00:42:07.559><c> my</c><00:42:07.900><c> five</c><00:42:08.139><c> cents</c><00:42:08.360><c> worth,</c>

00:42:08.760 --> 00:42:09.139
you<00:42:08.880><c> see,</c>

00:42:09.599 --> 00:42:10.820
because<00:42:09.920><c> I</c><00:42:10.079><c> had</c><00:42:10.260><c> something</c><00:42:10.400><c> to</c><00:42:10.639><c> say.</c>

00:42:11.039 --> 00:42:12.460
Something<00:42:11.440><c> had</c><00:42:11.719><c> gone</c><00:42:11.820><c> in</c><00:42:12.079><c> here</c>

00:42:12.460 --> 00:42:14.539
and<00:42:12.820><c> I</c><00:42:12.980><c> hadn't</c><00:42:13.159><c> realized</c><00:42:13.679><c> it.</c>

00:42:14.739 --> 00:42:15.820
And<00:42:15.039><c> so</c><00:42:15.300><c> this</c><00:42:15.519><c> is</c><00:42:15.659><c> what</c>

00:42:15.820 --> 00:42:16.739
the<00:42:16.000><c> Lord</c><00:42:16.139><c> is</c><00:42:16.320><c> getting</c><00:42:16.539><c> at.</c>

00:42:17.000 --> 00:42:19.119
Any<00:42:17.460><c> fruit</c><00:42:17.739><c> that</c><00:42:17.920><c> we</c><00:42:18.159><c> produce</c><00:42:18.579><c> in</c><00:42:18.719><c> the</c><00:42:18.960><c> truth</c>

00:42:19.119 --> 00:42:20.719
is<00:42:19.320><c> for</c><00:42:19.500><c> the</c><00:42:19.840><c> glory</c><00:42:20.099><c> of</c><00:42:20.320><c> God</c>

00:42:20.719 --> 00:42:23.280
and<00:42:21.199><c> the</c><00:42:21.440><c> objective</c><00:42:21.960><c> is</c><00:42:22.400><c> in</c><00:42:22.619><c> verse</c><00:42:22.980><c> 8,</c>

00:42:23.619 --> 00:42:26.139
that<00:42:23.719><c> ye</c><00:42:24.000><c> bear</c><00:42:24.579><c> much</c><00:42:25.159><c> fruit.</c>

00:42:26.679 --> 00:42:28.440
That<00:42:27.039><c> our</c><00:42:27.380><c> goal</c><00:42:27.579><c> and</c><00:42:27.760><c> our</c><00:42:28.039><c> objective</c>

00:42:28.440 --> 00:42:30.219
should<00:42:28.699><c> not</c><00:42:29.039><c> simply</c><00:42:29.420><c> be</c><00:42:29.659><c> to</c><00:42:29.920><c> produce</c>

00:42:30.219 --> 00:42:31.539
a<00:42:30.380><c> little</c><00:42:30.539><c> bit</c><00:42:30.699><c> of</c><00:42:30.920><c> fruit,</c>

00:42:31.579 --> 00:42:32.900
well,<00:42:31.860><c> we'll</c><00:42:32.059><c> spend</c><00:42:32.280><c> one</c><00:42:32.559><c> hour</c><00:42:32.760><c> a</c><00:42:32.900><c> day</c>

00:42:32.920 --> 00:42:33.760
reading<00:42:33.380><c> the</c><00:42:33.579><c> Bible</c>

00:42:33.760 --> 00:42:34.880
and<00:42:33.980><c> doing</c><00:42:34.119><c> the</c><00:42:34.320><c> daily</c><00:42:34.539><c> readings.</c>

00:42:35.119 --> 00:42:36.539
God<00:42:35.320><c> ought</c><00:42:35.480><c> to</c><00:42:35.559><c> be</c><00:42:35.679><c> very</c><00:42:36.019><c> pleased</c><00:42:36.260><c> with</c><00:42:36.420><c> us</c>

00:42:36.539 --> 00:42:37.099
for<00:42:36.699><c> doing</c><00:42:36.860><c> that.</c>

00:42:37.260 --> 00:42:38.519
We'll<00:42:37.599><c> produce</c><00:42:37.880><c> a</c><00:42:38.079><c> little</c><00:42:38.280><c> fruit</c>

00:42:38.519 --> 00:42:40.719
and<00:42:38.800><c> he</c><00:42:38.980><c> ought</c><00:42:39.079><c> to</c><00:42:39.199><c> be</c><00:42:39.400><c> pleased</c><00:42:39.579><c> with</c><00:42:39.780><c> that.</c>

00:42:40.920 --> 00:42:42.940
Look,<00:42:41.119><c> the</c><00:42:41.340><c> object</c><00:42:41.679><c> is</c><00:42:42.000><c> total</c><00:42:42.340><c> dedication</c>

00:42:42.940 --> 00:42:44.079
to<00:42:43.099><c> the</c><00:42:43.260><c> cause</c><00:42:43.420><c> of</c><00:42:43.659><c> Christ.</c>

00:42:44.559 --> 00:42:46.519
That<00:42:44.699><c> ye</c><00:42:45.019><c> bear</c><00:42:45.519><c> much</c><00:42:46.099><c> fruit.</c>

00:42:47.000 --> 00:42:48.960
And<00:42:47.300><c> again</c><00:42:47.659><c> those</c><00:42:47.980><c> words</c><00:42:48.260><c> remind</c><00:42:48.639><c> us</c>

00:42:48.960 --> 00:42:51.300
that<00:42:49.300><c> the</c><00:42:49.619><c> vine</c><00:42:49.840><c> has</c><00:42:50.099><c> only</c><00:42:50.460><c> one</c><00:42:50.840><c> purpose</c>

00:42:51.300 --> 00:42:52.980
and<00:42:51.679><c> that</c><00:42:51.860><c> is</c><00:42:52.079><c> to</c><00:42:52.360><c> bear</c><00:42:52.559><c> fruit.</c>

00:42:53.179 --> 00:42:55.599
It<00:42:53.480><c> exists</c><00:42:53.880><c> for</c><00:42:54.199><c> no</c><00:42:54.380><c> other</c><00:42:54.559><c> reason.</c>

00:42:57.219 --> 00:42:58.519
And<00:42:57.300><c> you</c><00:42:57.420><c> know,</c><00:42:57.760><c> brethren</c><00:42:57.820><c> and</c><00:42:58.099><c> sisters,</c>

00:42:59.019 --> 00:43:00.360
when<00:42:59.099><c> we</c><00:42:59.260><c> go</c><00:42:59.440><c> down</c><00:42:59.599><c> in</c><00:42:59.739><c> this</c><00:42:59.900><c> chapter</c>

00:43:00.360 --> 00:43:02.760
to<00:43:01.280><c> verse</c><00:43:01.519><c> 16,</c>

00:43:03.239 --> 00:43:05.000
we<00:43:03.380><c> learn</c><00:43:03.639><c> something</c><00:43:04.019><c> very</c><00:43:04.480><c> special</c>

00:43:05.000 --> 00:43:07.780
about<00:43:05.840><c> the</c><00:43:06.239><c> fruit</c><00:43:06.519><c> that</c><00:43:07.219><c> the</c><00:43:07.559><c> truth</c>

00:43:07.780 --> 00:43:09.679
can<00:43:08.039><c> produce</c><00:43:08.360><c> in</c><00:43:08.559><c> our</c><00:43:08.760><c> lives.</c>

00:43:10.420 --> 00:43:13.059
In<00:43:10.559><c> verse</c><00:43:10.820><c> 16</c><00:43:11.460><c> the</c><00:43:11.679><c> Lord</c><00:43:11.940><c> says,</c>

00:43:13.199 --> 00:43:15.380
ye<00:43:13.440><c> have</c><00:43:13.659><c> not</c><00:43:13.900><c> chosen</c><00:43:14.300><c> me,</c>

00:43:15.480 --> 00:43:17.059
but<00:43:15.639><c> I</c><00:43:15.860><c> have</c><00:43:16.079><c> chosen</c><00:43:16.400><c> you</c>

00:43:17.059 --> 00:43:19.760
and<00:43:17.519><c> ordained</c><00:43:18.079><c> you</c><00:43:18.559><c> that</c><00:43:18.860><c> ye</c><00:43:19.119><c> should</c><00:43:19.340><c> go</c>

00:43:19.760 --> 00:43:21.199
and<00:43:20.099><c> bring</c><00:43:20.360><c> forth</c><00:43:20.739><c> fruit</c>

00:43:21.199 --> 00:43:26.539
and<00:43:22.260><c> that</c><00:43:22.619><c> your</c><00:43:23.119><c> fruit</c><00:43:23.860><c> should</c><00:43:25.039><c> remain.</c>

00:43:28.320 --> 00:43:30.760
Now<00:43:28.960><c> with</c><00:43:29.179><c> an</c><00:43:29.400><c> ordinary</c><00:43:29.800><c> vine,</c>

00:43:31.539 --> 00:43:33.139
you<00:43:31.760><c> watch</c><00:43:32.059><c> the</c><00:43:32.380><c> fruit</c><00:43:32.559><c> develop</c>

00:43:33.139 --> 00:43:35.219
and<00:43:33.920><c> it</c><00:43:34.119><c> comes</c><00:43:34.440><c> to</c><00:43:34.659><c> maturity</c>

00:43:35.219 --> 00:43:37.480
and<00:43:36.019><c> you</c><00:43:36.219><c> watch</c><00:43:36.420><c> it</c><00:43:36.679><c> very</c><00:43:37.039><c> carefully,</c>

00:43:37.579 --> 00:43:38.980
at<00:43:37.719><c> least</c><00:43:37.940><c> I</c><00:43:38.199><c> do,</c>

00:43:39.039 --> 00:43:40.739
and<00:43:39.280><c> various</c><00:43:39.699><c> parts</c><00:43:40.119><c> of</c><00:43:40.300><c> that</c><00:43:40.500><c> vine</c>

00:43:40.739 --> 00:43:43.139
will<00:43:41.000><c> produce</c><00:43:41.460><c> fruit</c><00:43:41.880><c> in</c><00:43:42.260><c> varying</c><00:43:42.619><c> stages</c>

00:43:43.139 --> 00:43:46.079
until<00:43:43.480><c> the</c><00:43:43.780><c> cycle</c><00:43:44.159><c> for</c><00:43:44.440><c> the</c><00:43:44.679><c> season</c><00:43:44.900><c> is</c><00:43:45.199><c> complete.</c>

00:43:46.639 --> 00:43:48.519
Now<00:43:47.019><c> if</c><00:43:47.179><c> you</c><00:43:47.480><c> don't</c><00:43:47.719><c> pick</c><00:43:47.960><c> that</c><00:43:48.340><c> fruit</c>

00:43:48.519 --> 00:43:49.860
when<00:43:48.679><c> it's</c><00:43:49.019><c> ripe,</c>

00:43:50.480 --> 00:43:52.260
it<00:43:51.119><c> rots.</c>

00:43:53.840 --> 00:43:56.000
But<00:43:54.480><c> the</c><00:43:54.920><c> fruit</c><00:43:55.219><c> produced</c>

00:43:56.000 --> 00:43:59.300
by<00:43:56.320><c> the</c><00:43:56.659><c> Spirit</c><00:43:56.960><c> Word</c><00:43:57.179><c> of</c><00:43:57.360><c> God</c><00:43:57.780><c> is</c><00:43:58.360><c> different.</c>

00:43:59.380 --> 00:44:00.239
It's<00:43:59.699><c> a</c><00:43:59.900><c> word,</c>

00:44:00.420 --> 00:44:03.679
it's<00:44:00.699><c> a</c><00:44:00.960><c> fruit</c><00:44:01.239><c> which</c><00:44:02.059><c> remains.</c>

00:44:04.480 --> 00:44:06.679
And<00:44:04.800><c> it's</c><00:44:05.139><c> a</c><00:44:05.260><c> very</c><00:44:05.619><c> important</c><00:44:06.239><c> word.</c>

00:44:06.860 --> 00:44:08.440
It's<00:44:07.139><c> the</c><00:44:07.360><c> Greek</c><00:44:07.619><c> word,</c>

00:44:08.579 --> 00:44:08.800
meno,

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m<00:44:09.500><c>-e</c><00:44:09.739><c>-n</c><00:44:10.139><c>-o.</c>

00:44:11.179 --> 00:44:12.539
And<00:44:11.340><c> it</c><00:44:11.480><c> is</c><00:44:11.679><c> the</c><00:44:11.940><c> same</c><00:44:12.159><c> word</c>

00:44:12.539 --> 00:44:14.559
that<00:44:12.800><c> has</c><00:44:12.960><c> been</c><00:44:13.320><c> translated</c><00:44:13.920><c> as</c>

00:44:14.559 --> 00:44:17.519
abide<00:44:15.260><c> in</c><00:44:15.639><c> me</c><00:44:15.940><c> in</c><00:44:16.179><c> verse</c><00:44:16.519><c> 4.</c>

00:44:17.780 --> 00:44:20.320
The<00:44:18.019><c> word</c><00:44:18.280><c> occurs</c><00:44:18.719><c> again</c><00:44:19.260><c> in</c><00:44:19.519><c> verse</c><00:44:19.840><c> 4.</c>

00:44:20.320 --> 00:44:22.380
It<00:44:20.820><c> occurs</c><00:44:21.219><c> in</c><00:44:21.420><c> verse</c><00:44:21.699><c> 6.</c>

00:44:22.820 --> 00:44:25.460
It<00:44:23.039><c> occurs</c><00:44:23.440><c> twice</c><00:44:23.900><c> in</c><00:44:24.119><c> verse</c><00:44:24.400><c> 10.</c>

00:44:25.500 --> 00:44:27.400
It<00:44:25.579><c> has</c><00:44:25.840><c> been</c><00:44:26.059><c> rendered</c><00:44:26.320><c> as</c><00:44:26.739><c> continue</c>

00:44:27.400 --> 00:44:29.000
in<00:44:27.679><c> verse</c><00:44:28.000><c> 9.</c>

00:44:29.340 --> 00:44:31.219
It<00:44:29.460><c> has</c><00:44:29.679><c> been</c><00:44:29.900><c> rendered</c><00:44:30.159><c> as</c><00:44:30.659><c> remain</c>

00:44:31.219 --> 00:44:32.940
in<00:44:31.519><c> verse</c><00:44:31.840><c> 11.</c>

00:44:33.039 --> 00:44:34.960
So<00:44:33.260><c> that</c><00:44:33.420><c> in</c><00:44:33.519><c> this</c><00:44:33.760><c> beautiful</c><00:44:34.199><c> little</c><00:44:34.500><c> discourse</c>

00:44:34.960 --> 00:44:37.199
upon<00:44:35.460><c> the</c><00:44:35.760><c> vine</c><00:44:35.940><c> and</c><00:44:36.079><c> its</c><00:44:36.280><c> branches,</c>

00:44:37.579 --> 00:44:40.699
this<00:44:37.960><c> becomes</c><00:44:38.659><c> the</c><00:44:39.139><c> dominant</c><00:44:39.559><c> word.</c>

00:44:41.500 --> 00:44:44.460
The<00:44:41.880><c> word</c><00:44:42.280><c> abide</c><00:44:42.980><c> or</c><00:44:43.480><c> remain.</c>

00:44:45.360 --> 00:44:47.300
You<00:44:45.539><c> know</c><00:44:45.639><c> how</c><00:44:45.780><c> many</c><00:44:45.980><c> times</c><00:44:46.239><c> it</c><00:44:46.460><c> occurs?</c>

00:44:47.360 --> 00:44:48.440
You<00:44:47.619><c> add</c><00:44:47.800><c> them</c><00:44:47.940><c> all</c><00:44:48.099><c> up</c>

00:44:48.440 --> 00:44:52.039
and<00:44:49.000><c> you</c><00:44:49.079><c> get</c><00:44:49.280><c> the</c><00:44:49.699><c> princely</c><00:44:50.139><c> total</c><00:44:50.619><c> of</c><00:44:51.139><c> 8.</c>

00:44:53.519 --> 00:44:54.920
Those<00:44:53.800><c> of</c><00:44:53.960><c> you</c><00:44:54.119><c> who</c><00:44:54.280><c> have</c><00:44:54.559><c> studied</c>

00:44:54.920 --> 00:44:57.320
biblical<00:44:55.619><c> numerology</c><00:44:56.619><c> in</c><00:44:56.800><c> any</c><00:44:57.000><c> way</c>

00:44:57.320 --> 00:44:59.539
will<00:44:57.659><c> know</c><00:44:57.900><c> that</c><00:44:58.179><c> 8</c><00:44:58.500><c> is</c><00:44:59.099><c> the</c><00:44:59.280><c> number</c>

00:44:59.539 --> 00:45:01.099
consistently<00:45:00.360><c> associated</c>

00:45:01.099 --> 00:45:03.119
with<00:45:01.320><c> the</c><00:45:01.460><c> Lord</c><00:45:01.619><c> Jesus</c><00:45:02.059><c> Christ.</c>

00:45:03.659 --> 00:45:05.719
You<00:45:03.980><c> will</c><00:45:04.199><c> know</c><00:45:04.360><c> that</c><00:45:04.639><c> 8</c><00:45:05.039><c> is</c><00:45:05.420><c> the</c><00:45:05.579><c> number</c>

00:45:05.719 --> 00:45:07.820
in<00:45:05.920><c> the</c><00:45:06.039><c> Bible</c><00:45:06.360><c> which</c><00:45:06.920><c> symbolizes</c>

00:45:07.820 --> 00:45:10.239
the<00:45:08.400><c> cutting</c><00:45:08.619><c> off</c><00:45:08.920><c> of</c><00:45:09.139><c> the</c><00:45:09.380><c> flesh.</c>

00:45:11.219 --> 00:45:13.639
So<00:45:11.500><c> if</c><00:45:11.800><c> we</c><00:45:12.119><c> desire</c><00:45:12.500><c> to</c><00:45:12.760><c> cut</c><00:45:12.900><c> off</c><00:45:13.079><c> the</c><00:45:13.340><c> flesh</c>

00:45:13.639 --> 00:45:15.500
to<00:45:13.980><c> be</c><00:45:14.300><c> entirely</c><00:45:14.780><c> associated</c>

00:45:15.500 --> 00:45:16.940
with<00:45:15.699><c> the</c><00:45:15.860><c> Lord</c><00:45:16.019><c> Jesus</c><00:45:16.460><c> Christ,</c>

00:45:16.940 --> 00:45:18.760
the<00:45:17.340><c> means</c><00:45:17.760><c> of</c><00:45:18.019><c> doing</c><00:45:18.199><c> it</c>

00:45:18.760 --> 00:45:21.820
is<00:45:19.239><c> to</c><00:45:19.559><c> abide</c><00:45:20.179><c> in</c><00:45:20.699><c> the</c><00:45:20.980><c> vine.</c>

00:45:22.280 --> 00:45:24.340
How<00:45:22.280><c> beautiful</c><00:45:22.980><c> that</c><00:45:23.260><c> is.</c>

00:45:24.360 --> 00:45:27.760
How<00:45:24.840><c> absolutely</c><00:45:26.119><c> magnificent.</c>

00:45:28.199 --> 00:45:29.659
The<00:45:28.219><c> words</c><00:45:28.639><c> of</c><00:45:28.840><c> the</c><00:45:29.000><c> Lord</c><00:45:29.199><c> are</c>

00:45:29.659 --> 00:45:32.639
that<00:45:30.400><c> we</c><00:45:30.739><c> might</c><00:45:31.019><c> be</c><00:45:31.260><c> the</c><00:45:31.619><c> branches</c>

00:45:32.739 --> 00:45:35.260
that<00:45:33.139><c> become</c><00:45:33.539><c> a</c><00:45:33.840><c> part</c><00:45:34.000><c> of</c><00:45:34.139><c> that</c><00:45:34.360><c> vine.</c>

00:45:35.980 --> 00:45:38.079
So<00:45:36.059><c> therefore</c><00:45:36.699><c> we</c><00:45:37.179><c> bring</c><00:45:37.480><c> forth</c>

00:45:38.079 --> 00:45:40.320
some<00:45:38.519><c> glory</c><00:45:39.059><c> and</c><00:45:39.639><c> some</c><00:45:39.920><c> honor</c>

00:45:40.320 --> 00:45:41.860
to<00:45:40.719><c> the</c><00:45:41.000><c> great</c><00:45:41.320><c> Creator</c>

00:45:41.860 --> 00:45:43.599
who<00:45:42.380><c> has</c><00:45:42.599><c> made</c><00:45:42.900><c> that</c><00:45:43.199><c> vine,</c>

00:45:43.940 --> 00:45:45.260
who<00:45:44.219><c> has</c><00:45:44.460><c> planted</c><00:45:44.800><c> it,</c>

00:45:45.260 --> 00:45:48.719
who<00:45:46.039><c> nurtures</c><00:45:46.480><c> it</c><00:45:46.659><c> and</c><00:45:46.920><c> cares</c><00:45:47.340><c> for</c><00:45:47.599><c> it.</c>

00:45:49.559 --> 00:45:51.199
And<00:45:50.159><c> then</c><00:45:50.300><c> we've</c><00:45:50.500><c> got</c><00:45:50.559><c> to</c><00:45:50.760><c> remember</c>

00:45:51.199 --> 00:45:53.500
that<00:45:52.159><c> one</c><00:45:52.420><c> of</c><00:45:52.539><c> the</c><00:45:52.659><c> reasons</c><00:45:53.059><c> why</c>

00:45:53.500 --> 00:45:54.579
the<00:45:53.719><c> branches</c><00:45:54.059><c> perhaps</c>

00:45:54.579 --> 00:45:56.239
may<00:45:54.900><c> not</c><00:45:55.199><c> bring</c><00:45:55.460><c> forth</c><00:45:55.780><c> fruit</c>

00:45:56.239 --> 00:45:58.800
could<00:45:57.099><c> be</c><00:45:57.480><c> because</c><00:45:57.860><c> the</c><00:45:58.440><c> branches</c>

00:45:58.800 --> 00:46:00.880
become<00:45:59.360><c> unmanageable.</c>

00:46:01.320 --> 00:46:02.880
Never<00:46:01.639><c> let</c><00:46:01.820><c> that</c><00:46:02.099><c> happen</c><00:46:02.239><c> to</c><00:46:02.480><c> us</c>

00:46:02.880 --> 00:46:04.960
because<00:46:03.699><c> then</c><00:46:04.000><c> the</c><00:46:04.360><c> husbandman</c>

00:46:04.960 --> 00:46:06.679
has<00:46:05.320><c> got</c><00:46:05.460><c> to</c><00:46:05.679><c> put</c><00:46:05.880><c> forth</c><00:46:06.079><c> his</c><00:46:06.380><c> knife</c>

00:46:06.679 --> 00:46:08.340
and<00:46:06.980><c> he's</c><00:46:07.199><c> got</c><00:46:07.280><c> to</c><00:46:07.599><c> cut</c><00:46:07.739><c> that</c><00:46:08.079><c> branch</c>

00:46:08.340 --> 00:46:08.920
from<00:46:08.539><c> the</c><00:46:08.739><c> vine</c>

00:46:08.920 --> 00:46:10.619
because<00:46:09.420><c> it's</c><00:46:09.900><c> unprofitable.</c>

00:46:10.699 --> 00:46:13.619
He<00:46:11.239><c> severs</c><00:46:11.460><c> it</c><00:46:11.860><c> and</c><00:46:12.639><c> once</c><00:46:13.000><c> it's</c><00:46:13.420><c> severed</c>

00:46:13.619 --> 00:46:15.820
that's<00:46:14.159><c> final</c><00:46:14.360><c> and</c><00:46:14.840><c> complete.</c>

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And<00:46:17.440><c> so</c><00:46:17.760><c> therefore</c><00:46:18.119><c> we</c><00:46:18.280><c> should</c><00:46:18.500><c> learn</c>

00:46:18.719 --> 00:46:19.820
the<00:46:18.880><c> lesson</c><00:46:19.119><c> from</c><00:46:19.420><c> there</c>

00:46:19.820 --> 00:46:22.320
that<00:46:20.500><c> the</c><00:46:20.980><c> branches</c><00:46:21.360><c> on</c><00:46:21.719><c> the</c><00:46:22.000><c> vine</c>

00:46:22.320 --> 00:46:24.659
should<00:46:22.940><c> never</c><00:46:23.340><c> have</c><00:46:23.739><c> the</c><00:46:24.260><c> freedom</c>

00:46:24.659 --> 00:46:26.679
to<00:46:25.239><c> become</c><00:46:25.719><c> unmanageable</c>

00:46:26.679 --> 00:46:29.119
or<00:46:26.980><c> to</c><00:46:27.300><c> go</c><00:46:27.519><c> their</c><00:46:27.760><c> own</c><00:46:28.099><c> way.</c>

00:46:29.539 --> 00:46:31.539
The<00:46:29.960><c> husbandman</c><00:46:30.699><c> will</c><00:46:31.139><c> train</c>

00:46:31.539 --> 00:46:34.559
those<00:46:31.940><c> branches</c><00:46:32.440><c> along</c><00:46:33.000><c> a</c><00:46:33.559><c> firm</c><00:46:34.039><c> frame</c>

00:46:34.559 --> 00:46:36.099
and<00:46:35.239><c> in</c><00:46:35.480><c> the</c><00:46:35.619><c> Middle</c><00:46:35.900><c> East</c>

00:46:36.099 --> 00:46:37.119
you<00:46:36.300><c> know</c><00:46:36.380><c> what</c><00:46:36.480><c> they</c><00:46:36.719><c> used</c><00:46:36.880><c> to</c><00:46:37.039><c> do</c>

00:46:37.119 --> 00:46:38.480
to<00:46:37.280><c> those</c><00:46:37.539><c> branches?</c>

00:46:38.699 --> 00:46:41.760
They<00:46:39.059><c> used</c><00:46:39.460><c> to</c><00:46:40.159><c> nail</c><00:46:40.440><c> them</c><00:46:40.639><c> to</c><00:46:40.800><c> the</c><00:46:41.000><c> frame.</c>

00:46:43.940 --> 00:46:45.679
What<00:46:44.619><c> a</c><00:46:44.880><c> wonderful</c><00:46:45.239><c> analogy</c>

00:46:45.679 --> 00:46:47.900
of<00:46:46.000><c> crucifixion.</c>

00:46:48.139 --> 00:46:49.400
Paul<00:46:48.300><c> says</c><00:46:48.539><c> to</c><00:46:48.739><c> the</c><00:46:48.920><c> Galatians</c>

00:46:49.400 --> 00:46:50.579
in<00:46:49.579><c> chapter</c><00:46:49.880><c> 5</c>

00:46:50.579 --> 00:46:53.000
that<00:46:51.320><c> those</c><00:46:51.679><c> that</c><00:46:51.860><c> are</c><00:46:52.099><c> Christ's</c>

00:46:53.460 --> 00:46:55.219
have<00:46:53.719><c> crucified</c><00:46:54.380><c> the</c><00:46:54.699><c> flesh</c>

00:46:55.219 --> 00:47:00.119
with<00:46:55.980><c> its</c><00:46:56.320><c> affections</c><00:46:57.619><c> and</c><00:46:58.059><c> lusts.</c>

00:47:00.480 --> 00:47:01.679
And<00:47:00.679><c> so</c><00:47:00.860><c> we</c><00:47:01.119><c> voluntarily</c>

00:47:01.679 --> 00:47:03.139
put<00:47:01.980><c> ourselves</c><00:47:02.480><c> to</c><00:47:02.760><c> death</c>

00:47:03.139 --> 00:47:04.420
with<00:47:03.480><c> the</c><00:47:03.639><c> Son</c><00:47:03.760><c> of</c><00:47:03.980><c> God</c>

00:47:04.420 --> 00:47:06.579
that<00:47:05.119><c> we</c><00:47:05.280><c> might</c><00:47:05.500><c> die</c><00:47:05.940><c> to</c><00:47:06.239><c> Adam</c>

00:47:07.039 --> 00:47:09.280
and<00:47:07.599><c> live</c><00:47:07.940><c> to</c><00:47:08.199><c> God.</c>

00:47:09.900 --> 00:47:11.000
That<00:47:10.139><c> that</c><00:47:10.440><c> husbandman</c>

00:47:11.000 --> 00:47:12.739
might<00:47:11.260><c> train</c><00:47:11.659><c> us</c><00:47:11.960><c> and</c><00:47:12.199><c> direct</c><00:47:12.480><c> us</c>

00:47:12.739 --> 00:47:13.840
as<00:47:12.980><c> a</c><00:47:13.019><c> branch</c><00:47:13.300><c> of</c><00:47:13.440><c> the</c><00:47:13.639><c> vine</c>

00:47:13.840 --> 00:47:16.039
in<00:47:14.280><c> the</c><00:47:14.539><c> way</c><00:47:14.760><c> that</c><00:47:14.980><c> he</c><00:47:15.099><c> wants</c><00:47:15.400><c> to</c><00:47:15.639><c> go</c>

00:47:16.039 --> 00:47:18.579
and<00:47:16.820><c> he</c><00:47:16.920><c> will</c><00:47:17.199><c> do</c><00:47:17.400><c> it</c><00:47:17.579><c> for</c><00:47:17.860><c> one</c><00:47:18.119><c> reason.</c>

00:47:18.960 --> 00:47:20.159
It's<00:47:19.059><c> not</c><00:47:19.320><c> just</c><00:47:19.699><c> a</c><00:47:19.860><c> matter</c>

00:47:20.159 --> 00:47:21.440
of<00:47:20.440><c> making</c><00:47:20.679><c> us</c><00:47:20.920><c> go</c><00:47:21.139><c> here</c>

00:47:21.440 --> 00:47:23.380
or<00:47:21.719><c> making</c><00:47:22.019><c> us</c><00:47:22.280><c> go</c><00:47:22.440><c> there.</c>

00:47:23.440 --> 00:47:25.380
He<00:47:23.639><c> will</c><00:47:23.900><c> desire</c><00:47:24.400><c> to</c><00:47:24.820><c> train</c><00:47:24.980><c> us</c>

00:47:25.380 --> 00:47:28.360
along<00:47:25.800><c> the</c><00:47:26.159><c> frame</c><00:47:26.500><c> in</c><00:47:26.960><c> a</c><00:47:27.280><c> certain</c><00:47:27.579><c> way</c>

00:47:29.039 --> 00:47:31.400
because<00:47:29.599><c> that's</c><00:47:30.159><c> the</c><00:47:30.539><c> best</c><00:47:30.880><c> way</c>

00:47:31.400 --> 00:47:34.059
that<00:47:31.900><c> we</c><00:47:32.099><c> can</c><00:47:32.360><c> hope</c><00:47:32.699><c> to</c><00:47:32.960><c> bear</c><00:47:33.159><c> fruit.</c>

00:47:34.360 --> 00:47:36.260
The<00:47:34.639><c> husbandman</c><00:47:35.139><c> wants</c><00:47:35.340><c> only</c><00:47:35.659><c> one</c><00:47:36.059><c> thing</c>

00:47:36.260 --> 00:47:37.000
from<00:47:36.440><c> that</c><00:47:36.719><c> vine</c>

00:47:37.000 --> 00:47:37.780
and<00:47:37.219><c> that's</c><00:47:37.559><c> fruit.</c>

00:47:38.099 --> 00:47:38.719
And<00:47:38.219><c> so</c><00:47:38.440><c> therefore</c>

00:47:38.719 --> 00:47:40.079
he's<00:47:38.940><c> going</c><00:47:39.079><c> to</c><00:47:39.300><c> develop</c><00:47:39.519><c> the</c><00:47:39.760><c> branches</c>

00:47:40.079 --> 00:47:41.159
and<00:47:40.599><c> train</c><00:47:40.920><c> them</c>

00:47:41.159 --> 00:47:42.340
and<00:47:41.400><c> make</c><00:47:41.559><c> them</c><00:47:41.820><c> grow</c>

00:47:42.340 --> 00:47:43.699
in<00:47:42.900><c> such</c><00:47:43.179><c> a</c><00:47:43.440><c> way</c>

00:47:43.699 --> 00:47:45.599
that<00:47:44.139><c> they</c><00:47:44.539><c> will</c><00:47:44.840><c> bring</c><00:47:45.159><c> forth</c>

00:47:45.599 --> 00:47:47.619
the<00:47:46.260><c> fruit</c><00:47:46.539><c> that</c><00:47:46.880><c> he</c><00:47:47.199><c> wants.</c>

00:47:48.079 --> 00:47:49.099
And<00:47:48.079><c> so</c><00:47:48.400><c> therefore,</c>

00:47:49.519 --> 00:47:50.360
brethren<00:47:49.679><c> and</c><00:47:49.900><c> sisters,</c>

00:47:50.820 --> 00:47:51.940
when<00:47:51.019><c> we're</c><00:47:51.239><c> in</c><00:47:51.420><c> the</c><00:47:51.699><c> hands</c>

00:47:51.940 --> 00:47:53.019
of<00:47:52.159><c> the</c><00:47:52.360><c> husbandman</c>

00:47:53.019 --> 00:47:55.820
we<00:47:54.039><c> are</c><00:47:54.280><c> in</c><00:47:54.480><c> good</c><00:47:54.679><c> hands.</c>

00:47:56.659 --> 00:47:59.840
We<00:47:56.920><c> are</c><00:47:57.159><c> in</c><00:47:57.320><c> the</c><00:47:57.619><c> wisest</c><00:47:58.139><c> hands</c><00:47:58.519><c> there</c><00:47:58.860><c> are</c>

00:47:59.980 --> 00:48:03.280
because<00:48:00.579><c> he</c><00:48:00.820><c> knows</c><00:48:01.219><c> which</c><00:48:01.559><c> is</c><00:48:01.800><c> best</c><00:48:02.059><c> for</c><00:48:02.239><c> us,</c>

00:48:03.539 --> 00:48:05.559
which<00:48:03.800><c> direction</c><00:48:04.320><c> is</c><00:48:04.659><c> in</c><00:48:04.980><c> our</c><00:48:05.260><c> life</c>

00:48:05.559 --> 00:48:07.219
that<00:48:05.739><c> must</c><00:48:05.940><c> be</c><00:48:06.179><c> pursued,</c>

00:48:07.380 --> 00:48:08.679
how<00:48:07.679><c> we</c><00:48:07.860><c> must</c><00:48:08.039><c> be</c><00:48:08.360><c> guided,</c>

00:48:08.880 --> 00:48:09.980
how<00:48:08.980><c> we</c><00:48:09.159><c> must</c><00:48:09.300><c> be</c><00:48:09.559><c> directed,</c>

00:48:09.980 --> 00:48:11.559
and<00:48:10.619><c> how</c><00:48:10.800><c> our</c><00:48:11.099><c> lives</c>

00:48:11.559 --> 00:48:13.780
must<00:48:12.159><c> be</c><00:48:12.800><c> developed.</c>

00:48:14.780 --> 00:48:16.579
And<00:48:14.980><c> so</c><00:48:15.159><c> in</c><00:48:15.400><c> due</c><00:48:15.619><c> time,</c>

00:48:16.719 --> 00:48:18.440
when<00:48:16.840><c> the</c><00:48:17.139><c> season</c><00:48:17.420><c> comes</c>

00:48:18.360 --> 00:48:21.420
and<00:48:18.699><c> the</c><00:48:18.940><c> vine</c><00:48:19.039><c> is</c><00:48:19.280><c> rich</c><00:48:19.599><c> with</c><00:48:19.920><c> green</c><00:48:20.340><c> growth,</c>

00:48:21.760 --> 00:48:23.579
the<00:48:21.980><c> husbandman</c><00:48:22.539><c> is</c><00:48:22.699><c> going</c><00:48:22.800><c> to</c><00:48:22.980><c> come</c><00:48:23.179><c> along</c>

00:48:23.579 --> 00:48:26.239
and<00:48:24.340><c> he's</c><00:48:24.500><c> going</c><00:48:24.699><c> to</c><00:48:24.940><c> gently</c><00:48:25.280><c> push</c><00:48:25.639><c> aside</c>

00:48:26.239 --> 00:48:28.679
the<00:48:26.719><c> great</c><00:48:27.039><c> broad</c><00:48:27.619><c> thick</c><00:48:27.900><c> green</c><00:48:28.239><c> leaves</c>

00:48:28.679 --> 00:48:29.739
and<00:48:29.079><c> he's</c><00:48:29.300><c> going</c><00:48:29.440><c> to</c><00:48:29.579><c> look</c>

00:48:29.739 --> 00:48:31.719
among<00:48:29.940><c> the</c><00:48:30.179><c> branches</c><00:48:30.639><c> very</c><00:48:31.260><c> gently</c>

00:48:31.719 --> 00:48:33.000
and<00:48:32.139><c> he's</c><00:48:32.400><c> going</c><00:48:32.539><c> to</c><00:48:32.760><c> look</c>

00:48:33.000 --> 00:48:34.820
to<00:48:33.380><c> discover</c><00:48:33.940><c> the</c><00:48:34.559><c> fruit</c>

00:48:34.820 --> 00:48:36.480
that<00:48:35.159><c> should</c><00:48:35.300><c> be</c><00:48:35.519><c> there.</c>

00:48:37.159 --> 00:48:39.380
This<00:48:37.699><c> vine</c><00:48:38.139><c> will</c><00:48:38.739><c> not</c><00:48:39.019><c> receive</c>

00:48:39.380 --> 00:48:40.679
the<00:48:39.659><c> casual</c><00:48:40.079><c> glance</c>

00:48:40.679 --> 00:48:42.179
of<00:48:41.119><c> a</c><00:48:41.380><c> passerby,</c>

00:48:42.639 --> 00:48:43.900
but<00:48:42.719><c> it</c><00:48:42.840><c> will</c><00:48:43.099><c> be</c><00:48:43.559><c> examined</c>

00:48:43.900 --> 00:48:45.300
with<00:48:44.280><c> great</c><00:48:44.719><c> care</c>

00:48:45.300 --> 00:48:46.900
and<00:48:45.840><c> it</c><00:48:45.980><c> will</c><00:48:46.199><c> be</c><00:48:46.579><c> examined</c>

00:48:46.900 --> 00:48:48.320
with<00:48:47.360><c> one</c><00:48:47.579><c> objective</c>

00:48:48.320 --> 00:48:52.059
and<00:48:49.360><c> that</c><00:48:49.719><c> is</c><00:48:50.260><c> that</c><00:48:50.800><c> the</c><00:48:51.219><c> husbandman</c>

00:48:52.219 --> 00:48:55.900
might<00:48:52.780><c> reap</c><00:48:53.139><c> the</c><00:48:53.659><c> fruit</c><00:48:53.880><c> of</c><00:48:54.139><c> his</c><00:48:54.360><c> labors.</c>

00:48:56.400 --> 00:48:57.420
He<00:48:56.539><c> knows</c><00:48:57.000><c> what</c><00:48:57.239><c> effort</c>

00:48:57.420 --> 00:48:59.380
he<00:48:57.599><c> has</c><00:48:57.820><c> expended</c><00:48:58.119><c> on</c><00:48:58.340><c> that</c><00:48:58.599><c> tree.</c>

00:48:59.519 --> 00:49:01.139
He<00:48:59.760><c> knows</c><00:49:00.139><c> what</c><00:49:00.300><c> he</c><00:49:00.460><c> is</c><00:49:00.639><c> entitled</c>

00:49:01.139 --> 00:49:03.579
to<00:49:01.380><c> receive</c><00:49:01.940><c> back</c><00:49:02.260><c> from</c><00:49:02.420><c> that</c><00:49:02.760><c> tree</c>

00:49:03.679 --> 00:49:05.780
and<00:49:04.219><c> he's</c><00:49:04.539><c> going</c><00:49:04.679><c> to</c><00:49:04.960><c> search</c><00:49:05.179><c> for</c><00:49:05.460><c> it</c>

00:49:06.079 --> 00:49:07.880
in<00:49:06.440><c> the</c><00:49:06.619><c> day</c><00:49:06.780><c> appointed.</c>

00:49:08.440 --> 00:49:11.119
May<00:49:09.039><c> it</c><00:49:09.260><c> be,</c><00:49:09.579><c> brethren</c><00:49:09.699><c> and</c><00:49:10.019><c> sisters,</c>

00:49:11.559 --> 00:49:13.239
that<00:49:11.719><c> when</c><00:49:11.860><c> he</c><00:49:12.099><c> searches</c><00:49:12.480><c> that</c><00:49:12.820><c> vine</c>

00:49:13.239 --> 00:49:15.460
in<00:49:14.019><c> the</c><00:49:14.179><c> day</c><00:49:14.320><c> of</c><00:49:14.500><c> account,</c>

00:49:15.860 --> 00:49:17.500
that<00:49:16.139><c> he</c><00:49:16.239><c> will</c><00:49:16.500><c> find</c><00:49:16.860><c> a</c><00:49:17.119><c> vine</c>

00:49:17.500 --> 00:49:20.099
that<00:49:18.420><c> has</c><00:49:18.699><c> produced</c><00:49:19.360><c> glory</c>

00:49:20.099 --> 00:49:21.960
to<00:49:20.320><c> the</c><00:49:20.500><c> honour</c><00:49:20.619><c> of</c><00:49:20.760><c> his</c><00:49:20.960><c> name</c>

00:49:22.159 --> 00:49:23.800
and<00:49:22.760><c> that</c><00:49:22.960><c> we</c><00:49:23.179><c> will</c><00:49:23.440><c> form</c>

00:49:23.800 --> 00:49:25.119
a<00:49:24.179><c> part</c><00:49:24.320><c> of</c><00:49:24.480><c> the</c><00:49:24.699><c> fruit</c>

00:49:25.119 --> 00:49:27.760
produced<00:49:26.159><c> among</c><00:49:26.460><c> the</c><00:49:26.699><c> branches</c>

00:49:28.000 --> 00:49:29.860
that<00:49:28.599><c> will</c><00:49:28.800><c> be</c><00:49:29.079><c> transformed</c>

00:49:29.860 --> 00:49:32.139
from<00:49:30.380><c> the</c><00:49:30.659><c> allegory</c><00:49:31.019><c> of</c><00:49:31.300><c> fruit</c>

00:49:32.380 --> 00:49:35.420
into<00:49:32.760><c> the</c><00:49:33.059><c> reality</c><00:49:33.639><c> of</c><00:49:34.559><c> manifestations</c>

00:49:35.420 --> 00:49:37.440
of<00:49:36.179><c> divine</c><00:49:36.880><c> nature</c>

00:49:37.440 --> 00:49:38.880
in<00:49:38.000><c> all</c><00:49:38.239><c> its</c><00:49:38.460><c> power</c>

00:49:38.880 --> 00:49:40.639
and<00:49:39.320><c> all</c><00:49:39.500><c> its</c><00:49:39.800><c> glory.</c>

00:49:41.179 --> 00:49:42.639
And<00:49:41.659><c> we</c><00:49:41.820><c> shall</c><00:49:41.960><c> then</c><00:49:42.139><c> go</c><00:49:42.420><c> forth</c>

00:49:42.639 --> 00:49:45.559
with<00:49:42.900><c> our</c><00:49:43.159><c> vine</c><00:49:43.519><c> to</c><00:49:44.380><c> subdue</c><00:49:44.840><c> the</c><00:49:45.039><c> earth</c>

00:49:45.559 --> 00:49:47.920
and<00:49:46.239><c> to</c><00:49:46.480><c> manifest</c><00:49:46.920><c> God's</c><00:49:47.559><c> glory</c>

00:49:47.920 --> 00:49:49.679
from<00:49:48.679><c> one</c><00:49:48.840><c> end</c><00:49:48.980><c> of</c><00:49:49.139><c> the</c><00:49:49.260><c> earth</c>

00:49:49.679 --> 00:49:51.619
even<00:49:50.340><c> unto</c><00:49:50.579><c> the</c><00:49:50.800><c> other.</c>