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the<00:12:19.879><c> parable</c><00:12:20.100><c> of</c><00:12:20.279><c> the</c><00:12:20.480><c> seed</c><00:12:20.580><c> in</c><00:12:20.740><c> the</c><00:12:20.940><c> ground</c><00:12:21.379><c> in</c><00:12:21.820><c> Mark</c><00:12:22.120><c> chapter</c><00:12:22.480><c> 4.</c>

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that<00:12:27.600><c> we</c><00:12:27.720><c> know</c><00:12:27.879><c> very</c><00:12:28.240><c> well,</c>

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so<00:12:29.519><c> I</c><00:12:29.559><c> don't</c><00:12:29.759><c> think</c><00:12:29.899><c> it</c><00:12:30.159><c> necessary</c><00:12:30.820><c> for</c><00:12:31.100><c> me</c><00:12:31.299><c> to</c><00:12:31.419><c> go</c><00:12:31.639><c> through</c>

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that<00:12:36.240><c> come</c><00:12:36.419><c> from</c><00:12:36.659><c> these</c><00:12:36.980><c> parables.</c>

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The<00:12:38.240><c> parable</c><00:12:38.539><c> of</c><00:12:38.759><c> the</c><00:12:39.000><c> sower.</c>

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Remember<00:12:40.860><c> the</c><00:12:41.799><c> proclamation</c><00:12:42.399><c> of</c><00:12:42.600><c> the</c><00:12:42.759><c> Lord</c><00:12:42.960><c> Jesus</c>

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It<00:12:47.120><c> is</c><00:12:47.340><c> given</c><00:12:47.519><c> unto</c><00:12:47.779><c> you</c><00:12:48.080><c> to</c><00:12:48.360><c> know</c>

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the<00:12:49.419><c> mysteries</c><00:12:49.940><c> of</c><00:12:50.799><c> the</c><00:12:50.960><c> kingdom</c><00:12:51.240><c> of</c><00:12:51.480><c> heaven.</c>

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These<00:12:52.840><c> parables</c><00:12:53.419><c> that</c><00:12:53.659><c> the</c><00:12:53.759><c> Lord</c><00:12:53.960><c> Jesus</c><00:12:54.340><c> Christ</c>

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gives<00:12:55.320><c> to</c><00:12:55.559><c> His</c><00:12:55.740><c> disciples</c>

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encapsulate<00:12:57.919><c> this</c><00:12:58.440><c> mystery</c><00:12:59.120><c> of</c><00:12:59.639><c> the</c><00:12:59.779><c> kingdom</c><00:13:00.059><c> of</c><00:13:00.320><c> heaven.</c>

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The<00:13:01.980><c> parable</c><00:13:02.259><c> of</c><00:13:02.480><c> the</c><00:13:02.700><c> sower.</c>

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Here<00:13:04.220><c> is</c><00:13:04.440><c> the</c><00:13:04.580><c> mystery</c><00:13:04.899><c> of</c><00:13:05.059><c> the</c><00:13:05.200><c> kingdom.</c>

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The<00:13:06.519><c> gospel</c><00:13:06.860><c> of</c><00:13:07.059><c> the</c><00:13:07.179><c> kingdom</c><00:13:07.419><c> is</c><00:13:07.700><c> here,</c>

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but<00:13:08.720><c> not</c><00:13:09.080><c> with</c><00:13:09.539><c> irresistible</c><00:13:10.220><c> power.</c>

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The<00:13:11.799><c> word</c><00:13:12.080><c> of</c><00:13:12.220><c> the</c><00:13:12.360><c> gospel</c><00:13:12.639><c> is</c><00:13:12.879><c> preached,</c>

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but<00:13:13.960><c> it</c><00:13:14.120><c> is</c><00:13:14.279><c> not</c><00:13:14.440><c> like</c><00:13:14.700><c> a</c><00:13:14.960><c> stone</c><00:13:15.340><c> grinding</c><00:13:16.019><c> the</c><00:13:16.399><c> image</c><00:13:16.620><c> to</c><00:13:16.879><c> powder.</c>

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It<00:13:18.059><c> is</c><00:13:18.299><c> not</c><00:13:18.480><c> now</c><00:13:18.740><c> destroying</c><00:13:19.240><c> wickedness.</c>

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It<00:13:20.779><c> is</c><00:13:21.039><c> rather</c><00:13:21.299><c> giving</c><00:13:21.600><c> men</c><00:13:21.860><c> and</c><00:13:22.019><c> women</c>

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a<00:13:23.019><c> gracious</c><00:13:23.419><c> time</c><00:13:23.840><c> of</c><00:13:24.179><c> opportunity.</c>

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It<00:13:26.179><c> does</c><00:13:26.480><c> not</c><00:13:26.700><c> force</c><00:13:26.960><c> itself</c><00:13:27.399><c> upon</c><00:13:27.759><c> men.</c>

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There<00:13:29.620><c> are</c><00:13:29.899><c> some</c><00:13:30.139><c> like</c><00:13:30.399><c> the</c><00:13:30.620><c> good</c><00:13:30.840><c> soil</c><00:13:31.240><c> who</c><00:13:31.519><c> receive</c><00:13:31.879><c> it,</c>

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but<00:13:32.980><c> there</c><00:13:33.259><c> are</c><00:13:33.460><c> many</c><00:13:33.720><c> others</c><00:13:34.340><c> who</c><00:13:34.820><c> choose</c><00:13:35.139><c> not</c><00:13:35.580><c> to</c><00:13:35.899><c> receive</c><00:13:36.159><c> it.</c>

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Some<00:13:37.740><c> hear</c><00:13:38.000><c> the</c><00:13:38.240><c> word,</c>

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They<00:13:41.720><c> hear</c><00:13:42.039><c> the</c><00:13:42.259><c> word,</c>

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The<00:13:45.960><c> adversary</c><00:13:46.340><c> comes</c><00:13:46.759><c> and</c><00:13:47.080><c> snatches</c><00:13:47.500><c> it</c><00:13:47.679><c> away.</c>

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There<00:13:48.720><c> is</c><00:13:48.960><c> no</c><00:13:49.220><c> root,</c>

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Others<00:13:53.480><c> are</c><00:13:53.840><c> shallow.</c>

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They<00:13:55.220><c> hear</c><00:13:55.559><c> the</c><00:13:55.740><c> gospel</c><00:13:56.039><c> of</c><00:13:56.240><c> the</c><00:13:56.379><c> kingdom.</c>

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They<00:13:57.500><c> seem</c><00:13:57.799><c> to</c><00:13:58.080><c> receive</c><00:13:58.340><c> it,</c>

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There<00:14:02.759><c> is</c><00:14:03.000><c> semblance</c><00:14:03.379><c> of</c><00:14:03.620><c> true</c><00:14:03.840><c> life,</c>

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but<00:14:05.019><c> there</c><00:14:05.259><c> is</c><00:14:05.460><c> no</c><00:14:05.679><c> depth.</c>

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Perhaps<00:14:08.000><c> the</c><00:14:08.320><c> intellect</c><00:14:08.860><c> or</c><00:14:09.460><c> the</c><00:14:09.720><c> emotions</c>

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have<00:14:11.039><c> been</c><00:14:11.600><c> stirred</c><00:14:12.179><c> by</c><00:14:12.740><c> these</c><00:14:13.059><c> gracious</c><00:14:13.460><c> words</c><00:14:13.799><c> of</c><00:14:14.000><c> Jesus,</c>

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but<00:14:15.480><c> the</c><00:14:15.820><c> will</c><00:14:16.259><c> has</c><00:14:16.700><c> not</c><00:14:16.960><c> been</c><00:14:17.299><c> moved.</c>

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There<00:14:18.820><c> is</c><00:14:19.039><c> no</c><00:14:19.340><c> real</c><00:14:19.639><c> life.</c>

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and<00:14:22.720><c> they</c><00:14:22.960><c> find</c><00:14:23.320><c> that</c><00:14:23.519><c> the</c><00:14:23.659><c> gospel</c><00:14:24.000><c> that</c><00:14:24.200><c> they</c><00:14:24.399><c> have</c><00:14:24.620><c> received</c>

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they<00:14:29.639><c> wither</c><00:14:30.440><c> and</c><00:14:30.720><c> die.</c>

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they<00:14:40.440><c> do</c><00:14:40.720><c> not</c><00:14:40.940><c> grow</c><00:14:41.419><c> because</c><00:14:42.299><c> there</c><00:14:42.580><c> is</c><00:14:42.779><c> no</c><00:14:43.019><c> life.</c>

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Their<00:14:44.960><c> professed</c><00:14:45.620><c> belief</c><00:14:46.340><c> is</c><00:14:46.960><c> shown</c><00:14:47.120><c> to</c><00:14:47.299><c> be</c><00:14:47.519><c> false.</c>

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Still<00:14:49.919><c> others</c><00:14:50.379><c> are</c><00:14:50.919><c> like</c><00:14:51.179><c> the</c><00:14:51.480><c> thorny</c><00:14:51.820><c> ground.</c>

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They<00:14:53.480><c> seem</c><00:14:53.720><c> to</c><00:14:53.940><c> receive</c><00:14:54.240><c> the</c><00:14:54.460><c> word.</c>

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They<00:14:55.539><c> appear</c><00:14:55.799><c> to</c><00:14:56.080><c> believe</c><00:14:56.299><c> it</c>

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but<00:15:00.019><c> they</c><00:15:00.200><c> are</c><00:15:00.419><c> not</c><00:15:00.620><c> prepared</c><00:15:01.080><c> to</c><00:15:01.320><c> accept</c>

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the<00:15:12.220><c> disciplines</c><00:15:12.720><c> of</c><00:15:13.019><c> that</c><00:15:13.240><c> life.</c>

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The<00:15:14.539><c> cares</c><00:15:14.759><c> of</c><00:15:14.960><c> the</c><00:15:15.159><c> age,</c><00:15:15.600><c> the</c><00:15:15.659><c> love</c><00:15:15.840><c> of</c><00:15:16.059><c> riches,</c>

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the<00:15:18.700><c> pressure</c><00:15:19.000><c> of</c><00:15:19.259><c> conformity</c><00:15:19.860><c> to</c><00:15:20.019><c> this</c><00:15:20.279><c> age</c><00:15:20.480><c> in</c><00:15:20.639><c> which</c><00:15:20.779><c> we</c><00:15:21.059><c> live</c>

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choke<00:15:22.039><c> the</c><00:15:22.299><c> word</c><00:15:22.799><c> and</c><00:15:23.340><c> it</c><00:15:23.600><c> becomes</c><00:15:24.360><c> unfruitful.</c>

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and<00:15:30.539><c> yet</c><00:15:30.740><c> men</c><00:15:30.960><c> are</c><00:15:31.240><c> free</c><00:15:31.500><c> to</c><00:15:31.720><c> reject</c><00:15:32.039><c> it.</c>

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Not<00:15:37.600><c> all</c><00:15:37.899><c> will</c><00:15:38.120><c> receive</c><00:15:38.480><c> it.</c>

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One<00:15:40.340><c> day</c><00:15:40.659><c> the</c><00:15:40.879><c> kingdom</c><00:15:41.259><c> will</c><00:15:41.700><c> come</c><00:15:42.200><c> with</c><00:15:42.740><c> power,</c>

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but<00:15:44.399><c> now</c><00:15:44.720><c> is</c><00:15:44.899><c> the</c><00:15:45.059><c> time</c><00:15:45.240><c> of</c><00:15:45.460><c> opportunity.</c>

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One<00:15:47.659><c> day</c><00:15:48.320><c> God</c><00:15:48.679><c> will</c><00:15:48.980><c> manifest</c><00:15:49.519><c> His</c><00:15:49.799><c> mighty</c><00:15:50.159><c> power</c>

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to<00:15:51.279><c> purge</c><00:15:51.860><c> the</c><00:15:52.100><c> earth</c><00:15:52.279><c> of</c><00:15:52.500><c> wickedness,</c><00:15:53.320><c> sin</c><00:15:53.740><c> and</c><00:15:54.419><c> evil,</c>

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and<00:16:02.720><c> this</c><00:16:02.980><c> response</c><00:16:03.799><c> must</c><00:16:04.360><c> come</c><00:16:04.720><c> from</c><00:16:04.940><c> a</c><00:16:05.179><c> willing</c><00:16:05.379><c> heart</c>

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and<00:16:06.659><c> a</c><00:16:06.960><c> submissive</c><00:16:07.519><c> will.</c>

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the<00:16:13.220><c> parable</c><00:16:13.600><c> of</c><00:16:13.840><c> the</c><00:16:13.980><c> wheat</c><00:16:14.139><c> and</c><00:16:14.320><c> the</c><00:16:14.539><c> tares,</c>

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illustrates<00:16:16.620><c> a</c><00:16:17.519><c> parallel</c><00:16:17.879><c> truth.</c>

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A<00:16:18.620><c> man</c><00:16:20.039><c> sowed</c><00:16:20.500><c> wheat</c><00:16:20.659><c> in</c><00:16:20.820><c> his</c><00:16:21.100><c> field,</c>

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but<00:16:22.059><c> his</c><00:16:22.299><c> enemy</c><00:16:22.559><c> sowed</c><00:16:23.100><c> tares</c><00:16:23.820><c> and</c><00:16:24.259><c> weeds.</c>

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When<00:16:25.799><c> the</c><00:16:26.000><c> weeds</c><00:16:26.179><c> were</c><00:16:26.399><c> discovered,</c>

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the<00:16:27.740><c> servants</c><00:16:28.059><c> wanted</c><00:16:28.379><c> to</c><00:16:28.620><c> pull</c><00:16:28.759><c> them</c><00:16:28.940><c> out,</c>

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but<00:16:30.019><c> they</c><00:16:30.200><c> were</c><00:16:30.460><c> told</c><00:16:30.639><c> to</c><00:16:30.860><c> let</c><00:16:31.019><c> both</c><00:16:31.379><c> wheat</c><00:16:31.580><c> and</c><00:16:31.799><c> tares</c><00:16:32.179><c> grow</c>

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until<00:16:32.799><c> the</c><00:16:33.100><c> harvest.</c>

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Then<00:16:34.679><c> the</c><00:16:35.080><c> separation</c><00:16:35.700><c> would</c><00:16:36.000><c> take</c><00:16:36.340><c> place.</c>

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Until<00:16:38.000><c> the</c><00:16:38.320><c> harvest</c><00:16:38.620><c> time,</c>

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tares<00:16:43.279><c> and</c><00:16:43.639><c> wheat</c><00:16:44.200><c> must</c><00:16:44.759><c> grow</c><00:16:45.080><c> together.</c>

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The<00:16:47.480><c> sons</c><00:16:47.799><c> of</c><00:16:47.960><c> the</c><00:16:48.139><c> kingdom,</c>

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those<00:16:49.480><c> who</c><00:16:49.679><c> have</c><00:16:49.879><c> received</c><00:16:50.379><c> the</c><00:16:50.539><c> gospel</c><00:16:50.879><c> of</c><00:16:51.080><c> the</c><00:16:51.240><c> kingdom,</c>

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and<00:16:52.860><c> the</c><00:16:53.080><c> children</c><00:16:53.320><c> of</c><00:16:53.500><c> the</c><00:16:53.700><c> world,</c>

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are<00:16:54.820><c> to</c><00:16:54.940><c> live</c><00:16:55.159><c> together</c><00:16:55.720><c> in</c><00:16:56.080><c> the</c><00:16:56.320><c> world</c>

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until<00:16:57.860><c> the</c><00:16:58.360><c> end</c><00:16:58.679><c> of</c><00:16:58.879><c> the</c><00:16:59.080><c> age.</c>

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Now<00:17:00.600><c> both</c><00:17:00.779><c> you</c><00:17:00.960><c> and</c><00:17:01.100><c> I</c><00:17:01.340><c> know,</c><00:17:01.860><c> brethren</c><00:17:02.000><c> and</c><00:17:02.279><c> sisters,</c>

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that<00:17:03.320><c> this</c><00:17:03.740><c> parable</c><00:17:04.559><c> has</c><00:17:05.000><c> sometimes</c><00:17:05.500><c> been</c><00:17:05.880><c> used</c>

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in<00:17:06.519><c> the</c><00:17:06.720><c> context</c><00:17:07.279><c> of</c><00:17:07.940><c> the</c><00:17:08.460><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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But<00:17:10.519><c> I</c><00:17:10.759><c> think</c><00:17:11.259><c> this</c><00:17:11.720><c> is</c><00:17:12.000><c> foreign</c><00:17:12.420><c> to</c><00:17:12.779><c> the</c><00:17:12.980><c> context</c><00:17:13.500><c> here.</c>

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It's<00:17:15.539><c> talking</c><00:17:15.880><c> about</c><00:17:16.779><c> the</c><00:17:17.180><c> believers,</c>

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the<00:17:18.359><c> disciples</c><00:17:18.759><c> of</c><00:17:18.960><c> the</c><00:17:19.099><c> Lord</c><00:17:19.299><c> Jesus</c><00:17:19.700><c> Christ,</c>

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living<00:17:21.099><c> in</c><00:17:21.880><c> the</c><00:17:22.099><c> world,</c>

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the<00:17:23.119><c> two</c><00:17:23.299><c> groups,</c><00:17:24.440><c> the</c><00:17:24.660><c> saints</c><00:17:25.160><c> and</c><00:17:25.900><c> the</c><00:17:26.140><c> world.</c>

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And<00:17:27.359><c> I</c><00:17:27.420><c> think</c><00:17:27.539><c> if</c><00:17:27.700><c> you</c><00:17:27.900><c> consider</c><00:17:28.660><c> the</c><00:17:29.099><c> teaching</c><00:17:29.299><c> of</c><00:17:29.539><c> that</c><00:17:29.779><c> parable</c>

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in<00:17:30.940><c> the</c><00:17:31.160><c> light</c><00:17:31.339><c> of</c><00:17:31.640><c> the</c><00:17:31.859><c> teaching</c><00:17:32.099><c> of</c><00:17:32.279><c> the</c><00:17:32.400><c> gospel</c><00:17:32.680><c> of</c><00:17:32.880><c> the</c><00:17:33.000><c> kingdom,</c>

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you<00:17:33.940><c> will</c><00:17:34.220><c> find</c><00:17:34.420><c> added</c><00:17:34.740><c> confirmation</c><00:17:35.519><c> of</c><00:17:36.220><c> this</c><00:17:36.480><c> fact.</c>

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The<00:17:39.599><c> parable</c><00:17:39.880><c> of</c><00:17:40.079><c> the</c><00:17:40.299><c> mustard</c><00:17:40.519><c> seed</c>

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demonstrates<00:17:42.000><c> a</c><00:17:42.380><c> further</c><00:17:42.619><c> truth</c><00:17:43.059><c> about</c><00:17:43.460><c> the</c><00:17:43.680><c> kingdom.</c>

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In<00:17:45.519><c> ancient</c><00:17:45.920><c> Semitic</c><00:17:46.319><c> idiom,</c>

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the<00:17:47.299><c> mustard</c><00:17:47.700><c> seed</c><00:17:48.200><c> was</c><00:17:48.819><c> a</c><00:17:49.019><c> proverbial</c><00:17:49.660><c> symbol</c>

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for<00:17:50.680><c> that</c><00:17:50.920><c> which</c><00:17:51.099><c> was</c><00:17:51.440><c> tiny</c><00:17:52.000><c> and</c><00:17:52.539><c> insignificant.</c>

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And<00:17:54.559><c> the</c><00:17:54.740><c> mustard</c><00:17:55.299><c> grew</c><00:17:55.779><c> rapidly</c><00:17:56.359><c> into</c><00:17:57.160><c> a</c><00:17:57.339><c> very</c><00:17:57.660><c> large</c><00:17:58.140><c> plant.</c>

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So<00:17:59.980><c> the</c><00:18:00.079><c> gospel</c><00:18:00.400><c> of</c><00:18:00.579><c> the</c><00:18:00.720><c> kingdom</c><00:18:01.180><c> is</c><00:18:01.819><c> present</c><00:18:02.140><c> among</c><00:18:02.500><c> men</c>

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in<00:18:03.440><c> a</c><00:18:03.720><c> form</c><00:18:04.039><c> not</c><00:18:04.599><c> previously</c><00:18:05.059><c> revealed.</c>

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It<00:18:06.440><c> is</c><00:18:06.700><c> here</c><00:18:06.940><c> as</c><00:18:07.140><c> something</c><00:18:07.480><c> tiny</c><00:18:08.140><c> and</c><00:18:08.940><c> insignificant,</c>

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as<00:18:10.619><c> something</c><00:18:11.039><c> as</c><00:18:11.559><c> small</c><00:18:12.039><c> as</c><00:18:12.599><c> a</c><00:18:12.759><c> mustard</c><00:18:13.079><c> seed.</c>

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But<00:18:15.700><c> although</c><00:18:15.880><c> it</c><00:18:16.059><c> is</c><00:18:16.339><c> small,</c><00:18:17.619><c> although</c><00:18:17.980><c> it</c><00:18:18.200><c> is</c><00:18:18.500><c> tiny,</c>

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it<00:18:20.099><c> is</c><00:18:20.299><c> very</c><00:18:20.599><c> important.</c>

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It<00:18:22.440><c> is</c><00:18:22.660><c> the</c><00:18:22.880><c> kernel,</c>

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and<00:18:24.460><c> it</c><00:18:24.640><c> is</c><00:18:24.839><c> the</c><00:18:25.019><c> guarantee</c><00:18:25.859><c> of</c><00:18:26.660><c> that</c><00:18:26.960><c> which</c><00:18:27.160><c> is</c><00:18:27.400><c> to</c><00:18:27.619><c> come.</c>

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Now<00:18:31.000><c> the</c><00:18:31.079><c> message</c><00:18:31.339><c> of</c><00:18:31.480><c> this</c><00:18:31.720><c> parable,</c><00:18:32.019><c> I</c><00:18:32.259><c> think,</c>

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is<00:18:33.319><c> not</c><00:18:33.559><c> concerned</c><00:18:34.140><c> with</c><00:18:34.640><c> the</c><00:18:35.119><c> way</c>

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in<00:18:36.279><c> which</c><00:18:36.480><c> the</c><00:18:36.859><c> tiny</c><00:18:37.220><c> seed</c><00:18:37.640><c> will</c><00:18:38.240><c> become</c><00:18:38.559><c> a</c><00:18:38.900><c> tree.</c>

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Many<00:18:40.500><c> have</c><00:18:40.799><c> placed</c><00:18:41.180><c> great</c><00:18:41.579><c> emphasis</c><00:18:41.960><c> in</c><00:18:42.180><c> their</c><00:18:42.440><c> expositions</c>

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upon<00:18:44.339><c> the</c><00:18:44.900><c> element</c><00:18:45.180><c> of</c><00:18:45.460><c> growth,</c>

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and<00:18:46.779><c> have</c><00:18:46.940><c> used</c><00:18:47.099><c> it</c><00:18:47.319><c> to</c><00:18:47.500><c> illustrate</c><00:18:48.160><c> the</c><00:18:48.680><c> gradual</c><00:18:49.339><c> extension</c>

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of<00:18:51.319><c> the</c><00:18:51.700><c> church's</c><00:18:52.259><c> influence</c><00:18:52.759><c> in</c><00:18:53.240><c> the</c><00:18:53.420><c> world.</c>

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But<00:18:55.680><c> I</c><00:18:55.819><c> don't</c><00:18:56.000><c> think</c><00:18:56.140><c> this</c><00:18:56.319><c> is</c><00:18:56.519><c> really</c><00:18:57.180><c> in</c><00:18:57.619><c> the</c><00:18:57.839><c> parable.</c>

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If<00:18:59.440><c> the</c><00:18:59.640><c> Lord</c><00:18:59.900><c> had</c><00:19:00.079><c> wished</c><00:19:00.279><c> to</c><00:19:01.380><c> teach</c><00:19:01.380><c> slow</c><00:19:01.960><c> growth</c>

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and<00:19:03.160><c> gradual</c><00:19:03.819><c> expansion,</c>

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I<00:19:05.440><c> think</c><00:19:05.880><c> the</c><00:19:06.779><c> choice</c><00:19:07.259><c> of</c><00:19:07.460><c> the</c><00:19:07.619><c> mustard</c><00:19:07.920><c> seed,</c>

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which<00:19:09.119><c> quickly</c><00:19:09.680><c> becomes</c><00:19:10.140><c> a</c><00:19:10.460><c> large</c><00:19:10.960><c> shrub,</c>

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would<00:19:12.039><c> have</c><00:19:12.180><c> been</c><00:19:12.339><c> quite</c><00:19:12.740><c> inappropriate.</c>

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The<00:19:14.579><c> slow</c><00:19:14.799><c> growth</c><00:19:15.099><c> of</c><00:19:15.299><c> the</c><00:19:15.519><c> oak</c><00:19:15.839><c> would</c><00:19:16.660><c> have</c><00:19:17.079><c> been</c><00:19:17.279><c> far</c><00:19:17.579><c> more</c><00:19:17.920><c> suitable</c>

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to<00:19:19.039><c> demonstrate</c><00:19:19.839><c> slow</c><00:19:20.380><c> growth</c><00:19:20.900><c> and</c><00:19:21.279><c> influence</c><00:19:21.859><c> and</c><00:19:22.599><c> consolidation.</c>

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Growth,<00:19:25.079><c> I</c><00:19:25.359><c> think,</c><00:19:26.140><c> is</c><00:19:26.319><c> not</c><00:19:26.539><c> the</c><00:19:26.759><c> point</c><00:19:27.000><c> of</c><00:19:27.160><c> the</c><00:19:27.420><c> parable</c><00:19:27.680><c> here.</c>

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It<00:19:29.059><c> is</c><00:19:29.220><c> not</c><00:19:29.400><c> teaching</c><00:19:29.740><c> anything</c><00:19:30.079><c> about</c>

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how<00:19:31.380><c> the</c><00:19:31.799><c> kingdom</c><00:19:32.140><c> will</c><00:19:32.420><c> come</c><00:19:32.599><c> in</c><00:19:32.759><c> the</c><00:19:32.920><c> future.</c>

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We<00:19:34.180><c> know</c><00:19:34.440><c> from</c><00:19:34.640><c> other</c><00:19:34.880><c> scriptures</c>

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that<00:19:35.960><c> the</c><00:19:36.140><c> kingdom</c><00:19:36.440><c> will</c><00:19:36.859><c> come</c><00:19:37.319><c> in</c><00:19:38.019><c> mighty</c><00:19:38.440><c> power.</c>

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It<00:19:39.859><c> will</c><00:19:40.099><c> possess</c><00:19:40.480><c> the</c><00:19:40.779><c> earth</c>

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only<00:19:41.859><c> when</c><00:19:42.119><c> the</c><00:19:42.259><c> Lord</c><00:19:42.500><c> Jesus</c><00:19:42.980><c> Christ</c>

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returns<00:19:43.920><c> in</c><00:19:44.160><c> majesty</c><00:19:44.839><c> and</c><00:19:45.579><c> glory.</c>

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The<00:19:47.920><c> form</c><00:19:48.619><c> of</c><00:19:49.140><c> the</c><00:19:49.339><c> coming</c><00:19:49.619><c> of</c><00:19:49.960><c> this</c><00:19:50.180><c> kingdom,</c>

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I<00:19:51.220><c> suggest</c><00:19:51.579><c> to</c><00:19:51.799><c> you,</c>

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is<00:19:52.400><c> not</c><00:19:52.720><c> really</c><00:19:52.960><c> an</c><00:19:53.140><c> element</c><00:19:53.500><c> in</c><00:19:53.859><c> this</c><00:19:54.099><c> parable.</c>

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One<00:19:55.980><c> truth,</c><00:19:56.900><c> one</c><00:19:57.299><c> primary</c><00:19:57.799><c> truth,</c><00:19:58.799><c> is</c><00:19:59.019><c> set</c><00:19:59.400><c> forth.</c>

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The<00:20:01.400><c> message</c><00:20:01.720><c> of</c><00:20:01.920><c> the</c><00:20:02.079><c> kingdom,</c>

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the<00:20:03.039><c> gospel</c><00:20:03.420><c> of</c><00:20:03.619><c> the</c><00:20:03.779><c> kingdom,</c>

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will<00:20:04.880><c> appear</c><00:20:05.160><c> totally</c><00:20:05.700><c> insignificant</c><00:20:06.440><c> to</c><00:20:06.680><c> men</c><00:20:07.059><c> now.</c>

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But<00:20:08.619><c> in</c><00:20:08.880><c> that</c><00:20:09.140><c> day,</c>

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its<00:20:10.359><c> majesty</c><00:20:10.900><c> will</c><00:20:11.319><c> fill</c><00:20:11.599><c> the</c><00:20:11.819><c> earth.</c>

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The<00:20:14.299><c> parable</c><00:20:14.619><c> of</c><00:20:14.819><c> the</c><00:20:15.000><c> leaven</c><00:20:15.619><c> illustrates</c><00:20:16.359><c> a</c><00:20:16.619><c> similar</c><00:20:16.940><c> truth.</c>

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And<00:20:18.880><c> once</c><00:20:19.140><c> again,</c><00:20:19.539><c> this</c><00:20:19.660><c> parable,</c><00:20:20.039><c> I</c><00:20:20.259><c> think,</c>

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has<00:20:21.299><c> been</c><00:20:21.619><c> widely</c><00:20:22.000><c> misinterpreted</c><00:20:23.259><c> in</c><00:20:23.440><c> two</c><00:20:23.740><c> directions.</c>

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Firstly,<00:20:26.279><c> that</c><00:20:26.440><c> the</c><00:20:26.579><c> gospel</c><00:20:26.920><c> is</c><00:20:27.240><c> destined</c>

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to<00:20:28.259><c> conquer</c><00:20:28.579><c> the</c><00:20:28.839><c> whole</c><00:20:29.099><c> earth</c><00:20:29.380><c> by</c><00:20:29.720><c> gradual</c><00:20:30.240><c> permeation</c><00:20:31.259><c> and</c><00:20:31.680><c> penetration,</c>

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and<00:20:33.480><c> that</c><00:20:33.599><c> this</c><00:20:33.720><c> is</c><00:20:33.940><c> represented</c><00:20:34.359><c> by</c><00:20:34.680><c> the</c><00:20:34.819><c> action</c><00:20:35.059><c> of</c><00:20:35.339><c> the</c><00:20:35.539><c> leaven</c>

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on<00:20:36.400><c> the</c><00:20:36.680><c> unleavened</c><00:20:37.420><c> dough.</c>

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Or<00:20:38.940><c> secondly,</c><00:20:40.140><c> the</c><00:20:40.299><c> leaven</c><00:20:40.619><c> symbolizes</c><00:20:41.380><c> evil</c>

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and<00:20:42.619><c> demonstrates</c><00:20:43.299><c> that</c><00:20:43.599><c> the</c><00:20:43.839><c> church,</c><00:20:44.660><c> the</c><00:20:44.859><c> ecclesia,</c>

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the<00:20:46.160><c> aggregation</c><00:20:46.720><c> of</c><00:20:46.940><c> disciples,</c>

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would<00:20:48.200><c> rapidly</c><00:20:48.700><c> become</c><00:20:49.039><c> apostate.</c>

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But<00:20:52.240><c> neither</c><00:20:52.519><c> of</c><00:20:52.759><c> these,</c><00:20:52.940><c> my</c><00:20:53.160><c> dear</c><00:20:53.359><c> brethren</c><00:20:53.700><c> and</c><00:20:53.960><c> sisters,</c>

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is<00:20:54.640><c> necessarily</c><00:20:55.579><c> revealed</c><00:20:56.460><c> in</c><00:20:56.640><c> this</c><00:20:57.000><c> parable</c><00:20:57.299><c> of</c><00:20:57.559><c> the</c><00:20:57.700><c> leaven.</c>

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Indeed,<00:20:59.880><c> what</c><00:20:59.960><c> the</c><00:21:00.180><c> leaven</c><00:21:00.640><c> represents</c>

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may<00:21:02.640><c> not</c><00:21:02.920><c> be</c><00:21:03.259><c> a</c><00:21:03.559><c> valid</c><00:21:03.839><c> consideration</c><00:21:04.900><c> at</c><00:21:05.359><c> all.</c>

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We<00:21:07.420><c> know</c><00:21:07.700><c> that</c><00:21:07.900><c> a</c><00:21:08.140><c> parable</c><00:21:08.539><c> is</c><00:21:09.380><c> a</c><00:21:09.640><c> story</c>

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drawn<00:21:10.880><c> from</c><00:21:11.220><c> familiar</c><00:21:11.559><c> experiences</c><00:21:12.380><c> of</c><00:21:12.740><c> everyday</c><00:21:13.019><c> life.</c>

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And<00:21:14.680><c> it</c><00:21:14.779><c> may</c><00:21:14.980><c> well</c><00:21:15.279><c> be</c><00:21:15.940><c> that</c><00:21:16.400><c> some</c><00:21:16.660><c> of</c><00:21:16.880><c> the</c><00:21:17.099><c> details</c>

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are<00:21:18.180><c> only</c><00:21:18.799><c> incidental</c><00:21:20.119><c> to</c><00:21:20.400><c> the</c><00:21:20.640><c> setting</c><00:21:20.900><c> forth</c>

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of<00:21:21.420><c> the</c><00:21:21.740><c> principal</c><00:21:22.059><c> truth</c><00:21:22.660><c> of</c><00:21:23.160><c> the</c><00:21:23.400><c> parable.</c>

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And<00:21:24.000><c> of</c><00:21:24.220><c> course,</c><00:21:24.400><c> a</c><00:21:24.539><c> very</c><00:21:24.759><c> good</c><00:21:25.000><c> example</c><00:21:25.380><c> of</c><00:21:25.539><c> that</c>

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is<00:21:26.240><c> the</c><00:21:26.500><c> parable</c><00:21:26.859><c> of</c><00:21:27.299><c> the</c><00:21:27.640><c> unjust</c><00:21:27.960><c> steward.</c>

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I<00:21:29.759><c> suggest</c><00:21:30.140><c> to</c><00:21:30.400><c> you</c><00:21:30.960><c> that</c><00:21:31.400><c> this</c><00:21:31.720><c> parable</c>

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sets<00:21:32.880><c> forth</c><00:21:33.500><c> the</c><00:21:33.779><c> single</c><00:21:34.200><c> truth</c>

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that<00:21:35.799><c> men</c><00:21:36.140><c> should</c><00:21:36.359><c> be</c><00:21:36.680><c> wise</c><00:21:37.299><c> in</c><00:21:37.720><c> their</c><00:21:38.000><c> use</c><00:21:38.259><c> of</c><00:21:38.559><c> substance.</c>

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They<00:21:40.700><c> should</c><00:21:41.039><c> invest</c><00:21:41.539><c> it</c><00:21:42.140><c> so</c><00:21:42.539><c> that</c><00:21:42.700><c> it</c><00:21:42.980><c> will</c><00:21:43.279><c> help</c><00:21:43.559><c> them</c>

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in<00:21:44.359><c> their</c><00:21:44.640><c> day</c><00:21:44.839><c> of</c><00:21:45.119><c> spiritual</c><00:21:45.599><c> need.</c>

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All<00:21:47.059><c> else</c><00:21:47.619><c> is</c><00:21:48.279><c> incidental</c><00:21:48.799><c> to</c><00:21:48.960><c> the</c><00:21:49.200><c> story.</c>

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If<00:21:51.079><c> we</c><00:21:51.319><c> try</c><00:21:51.559><c> and</c><00:21:51.799><c> attach</c><00:21:52.220><c> specific</c><00:21:52.839><c> meanings</c>

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to<00:21:54.000><c> other</c><00:21:54.200><c> details</c><00:21:54.759><c> of</c><00:21:54.960><c> this</c><00:21:55.220><c> parable,</c>

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then<00:21:56.319><c> we</c><00:21:56.519><c> may</c><00:21:56.740><c> begin</c><00:21:56.960><c> to</c><00:21:57.240><c> think</c>

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that<00:21:58.240><c> Jesus</c><00:21:58.619><c> was</c><00:21:58.859><c> perhaps</c><00:21:59.279><c> teaching</c>

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that<00:22:00.500><c> the</c><00:22:00.779><c> end</c><00:22:01.240><c> justifies</c><00:22:01.900><c> the</c><00:22:02.180><c> means.</c>

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Or,<00:22:04.900><c> sharp</c><00:22:05.160><c> practice,</c><00:22:06.500><c> unlawful</c><00:22:06.960><c> method</c>

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is<00:22:07.960><c> not</c><00:22:08.400><c> really</c><00:22:08.779><c> wrong</c><00:22:09.299><c> if</c><00:22:09.799><c> good</c><00:22:10.220><c> comes</c><00:22:10.720><c> from</c><00:22:10.980><c> it.</c>

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The<00:22:12.440><c> Lord,</c><00:22:12.839><c> my</c><00:22:12.960><c> dear</c><00:22:13.180><c> brethren</c><00:22:13.460><c> and</c><00:22:13.779><c> sisters,</c>

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clearly<00:22:14.720><c> did</c><00:22:15.000><c> not</c><00:22:15.240><c> teach</c><00:22:15.500><c> this.</c>

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For<00:22:16.619><c> him,</c><00:22:17.920><c> underlying</c><00:22:18.240><c> motive</c><00:22:18.920><c> was</c><00:22:19.460><c> more</c><00:22:19.779><c> important</c>

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than<00:22:21.079><c> external</c><00:22:21.740><c> behavior.</c>

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This<00:22:22.900><c> was</c><00:22:23.119><c> the</c><00:22:23.380><c> source,</c><00:22:24.140><c> the</c><00:22:24.380><c> basis,</c>

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the<00:22:25.539><c> foundation</c><00:22:26.299><c> for</c><00:22:26.940><c> everything</c><00:22:27.319><c> else.</c>

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So<00:22:31.440><c> I</c><00:22:31.579><c> think</c><00:22:31.740><c> this</c><00:22:31.980><c> principle,</c><00:22:32.759><c> this</c><00:22:32.900><c> observation,</c>

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is<00:22:34.160><c> relevant</c><00:22:34.539><c> in</c><00:22:34.779><c> our</c><00:22:34.960><c> consideration</c>

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of<00:22:35.740><c> the</c><00:22:35.960><c> parable</c><00:22:36.200><c> of</c><00:22:36.420><c> the</c><00:22:36.559><c> leaven.</c>

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The<00:22:37.900><c> truth</c><00:22:38.160><c> is</c><00:22:38.380><c> not</c><00:22:38.640><c> that</c><00:22:38.819><c> of</c><00:22:39.019><c> gradual</c><00:22:39.440><c> permeation</c>

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of<00:22:40.259><c> the</c><00:22:40.440><c> world</c><00:22:40.660><c> by</c><00:22:40.980><c> the</c><00:22:41.200><c> ecclesia.</c>

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The<00:22:42.519><c> Scripture</c><00:22:42.839><c> nowhere</c><00:22:43.259><c> teaches</c><00:22:43.740><c> this.</c>

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The<00:22:45.059><c> truth</c><00:22:45.480><c> is</c><00:22:45.859><c> like</c><00:22:46.160><c> that</c><00:22:46.359><c> of</c><00:22:46.500><c> the</c><00:22:46.680><c> parable</c>

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of<00:22:47.099><c> the</c><00:22:47.319><c> mustard</c><00:22:47.559><c> seed.</c>

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In<00:22:49.059><c> its</c><00:22:49.380><c> present</c><00:22:49.680><c> manifestation,</c>

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the<00:22:51.400><c> gospel</c><00:22:51.779><c> of</c><00:22:51.960><c> the</c><00:22:52.099><c> kingdom</c>

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is<00:22:53.079><c> like</c><00:22:53.359><c> a</c><00:22:53.539><c> handful</c><00:22:53.980><c> of</c><00:22:54.279><c> leaven</c>

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in<00:22:55.220><c> a</c><00:22:55.380><c> bowl</c><00:22:55.559><c> of</c><00:22:55.859><c> dough.</c>

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The<00:22:57.160><c> dough</c><00:22:57.539><c> swallows</c><00:22:57.920><c> up</c><00:22:58.220><c> the</c><00:22:58.359><c> leaven</c>

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so<00:22:59.359><c> that</c><00:22:59.519><c> one</c><00:22:59.720><c> is</c><00:23:00.000><c> scarcely</c><00:23:00.359><c> aware</c><00:23:00.759><c> of</c><00:23:00.920><c> its</c><00:23:01.140><c> presence.</c>

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Instead<00:23:02.819><c> of</c><00:23:02.960><c> the</c><00:23:03.119><c> power</c><00:23:03.420><c> of</c><00:23:03.599><c> God</c><00:23:03.819><c> shaking</c><00:23:04.220><c> the</c><00:23:04.539><c> earth,</c>

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his<00:23:05.640><c> purpose</c><00:23:06.039><c> was</c><00:23:06.400><c> manifested</c><00:23:06.900><c> in</c><00:23:07.099><c> the</c><00:23:07.279><c> Lamb</c><00:23:07.420><c> of</c><00:23:07.700><c> God,</c>

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who<00:23:08.660><c> was</c><00:23:08.940><c> meek</c><00:23:09.680><c> and</c><00:23:10.180><c> lowly,</c>

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who<00:23:11.339><c> was</c><00:23:11.579><c> destined</c><00:23:11.940><c> to</c><00:23:12.160><c> be</c><00:23:12.299><c> put</c><00:23:12.460><c> to</c><00:23:12.680><c> death.</c>

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One<00:23:14.359><c> who</c><00:23:14.559><c> had</c><00:23:14.759><c> only</c><00:23:15.119><c> a</c><00:23:15.339><c> handful</c><00:23:16.019><c> of</c><00:23:16.839><c> supporters.</c>

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From<00:23:19.480><c> the</c><00:23:19.759><c> world's</c><00:23:20.279><c> point</c><00:23:20.519><c> of</c><00:23:20.720><c> view,</c>

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what<00:23:22.039><c> was</c><00:23:22.400><c> centered</c><00:23:22.640><c> in</c><00:23:22.980><c> him</c>

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was<00:23:24.059><c> totally</c><00:23:24.980><c> and</c><00:23:25.480><c> completely</c><00:23:26.299><c> insignificant.</c>

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Indeed,<00:23:30.319><c> the</c><00:23:30.519><c> Roman</c><00:23:30.740><c> historians</c><00:23:31.299><c> of</c><00:23:31.519><c> the</c><00:23:31.720><c> time</c>

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hardly<00:23:33.119><c> mentioned</c><00:23:33.619><c> the</c><00:23:33.819><c> life</c><00:23:34.019><c> of</c><00:23:34.220><c> Jesus.</c>

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But<00:23:36.400><c> those</c><00:23:36.779><c> who</c><00:23:37.099><c> had</c><00:23:37.940><c> true</c><00:23:38.440><c> eyes</c><00:23:38.859><c> to</c><00:23:39.160><c> see</c>

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would<00:23:40.559><c> realize</c><00:23:41.059><c> that</c><00:23:41.319><c> out</c><00:23:41.480><c> of</c><00:23:41.640><c> these</c>

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apparently<00:23:42.339><c> totally</c><00:23:43.059><c> insignificant</c><00:23:43.839><c> beginnings</c>

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would<00:23:45.359><c> spring</c><00:23:45.819><c> the</c><00:23:46.599><c> continuation</c>

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and<00:23:48.200><c> finally</c><00:23:48.579><c> the</c><00:23:48.920><c> culmination</c>

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of<00:23:50.259><c> God's</c><00:23:50.700><c> purpose</c><00:23:51.000><c> with</c><00:23:51.299><c> the</c><00:23:51.500><c> earth.</c>

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Leaven<00:23:54.799><c> may</c><00:23:55.819><c> indeed</c><00:23:56.200><c> appear</c><00:23:56.519><c> to</c><00:23:56.720><c> be</c>

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a<00:23:57.099><c> small</c><00:23:57.359><c> and</c><00:23:57.640><c> insignificant</c><00:23:58.279><c> thing,</c>

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despised,<00:24:00.980><c> ignored,</c><00:24:02.099><c> and</c><00:24:02.319><c> rejected</c><00:24:02.720><c> by</c><00:24:03.059><c> men.</c>

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But<00:24:04.519><c> God's</c><00:24:05.039><c> purpose</c><00:24:05.599><c> is</c><00:24:06.140><c> sure</c><00:24:06.779><c> nonetheless.</c>

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The<00:24:11.420><c> parables</c><00:24:12.019><c> of</c><00:24:12.259><c> the</c><00:24:12.460><c> treasure</c>

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and<00:24:13.980><c> the</c><00:24:14.160><c> costly</c><00:24:14.599><c> pearl.</c>

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The<00:24:16.880><c> Gospel</c><00:24:17.220><c> of</c><00:24:17.420><c> the</c><00:24:17.559><c> Kingdom</c>

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is<00:24:19.000><c> of</c><00:24:19.480><c> inestimable</c><00:24:20.359><c> value.</c>

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Its<00:24:22.400><c> value</c><00:24:23.079><c> will</c><00:24:23.759><c> ultimately</c><00:24:24.420><c> transcend</c>

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all<00:24:26.160><c> other</c><00:24:26.559><c> possessions.</c>

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It<00:24:28.539><c> is</c><00:24:28.700><c> like</c><00:24:28.900><c> a</c><00:24:29.119><c> pearl</c><00:24:29.720><c> whose</c><00:24:30.299><c> acquisition</c>

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merits<00:24:31.940><c> the</c><00:24:32.299><c> loss</c><00:24:32.599><c> of</c><00:24:32.859><c> all</c><00:24:33.180><c> other</c><00:24:33.500><c> goods.</c>

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And<00:24:35.900><c> yet</c><00:24:35.980><c> we</c><00:24:36.099><c> must</c><00:24:36.279><c> notice</c><00:24:36.640><c> again</c>

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the<00:24:37.819><c> fact</c><00:24:38.059><c> that</c><00:24:38.319><c> the</c><00:24:38.480><c> man</c><00:24:38.720><c> buys</c><00:24:39.119><c> the</c><00:24:39.400><c> field</c>

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or<00:24:41.019><c> the</c><00:24:41.180><c> merchant</c><00:24:41.660><c> buys</c><00:24:42.059><c> the</c><00:24:42.359><c> pearl</c>

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does<00:24:43.660><c> not</c><00:24:43.940><c> mean,</c><00:24:44.180><c> my</c><00:24:44.359><c> dear</c><00:24:44.559><c> brethren</c><00:24:44.880><c> and</c><00:24:45.140><c> sisters,</c>

00:24:45.980 --> 00:24:47.700
that<00:24:46.160><c> salvation</c><00:24:46.700><c> can</c><00:24:47.039><c> be</c><00:24:47.319><c> bought</c>

00:24:47.700 --> 00:24:50.119
or<00:24:48.220><c> that</c><00:24:48.359><c> it</c><00:24:48.500><c> can</c><00:24:48.759><c> be</c><00:24:49.039><c> earned.</c>

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Ultimately,<00:24:51.619><c> it</c><00:24:51.720><c> is</c><00:24:52.319><c> the</c><00:24:52.640><c> gift</c><00:24:52.900><c> of</c><00:24:53.160><c> God.</c>

00:24:55.400 --> 00:24:59.779
And<00:24:55.539><c> yet</c><00:24:55.720><c> even</c><00:24:55.980><c> though</c><00:24:56.220><c> it</c><00:24:56.380><c> is</c><00:24:57.200><c> God's</c><00:24:58.160><c> gracious</c><00:24:58.500><c> gift,</c>

00:24:59.880 --> 00:25:02.500
it<00:25:00.019><c> is</c><00:25:00.279><c> also</c><00:25:01.180><c> costly.</c>

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Salvation<00:25:05.180><c> may</c><00:25:05.420><c> be</c><00:25:05.660><c> free</c>

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to<00:25:07.220><c> we</c><00:25:07.539><c> who</c><00:25:07.740><c> are</c><00:25:07.940><c> undeserving,</c>

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but<00:25:10.140><c> it</c><00:25:10.259><c> is</c><00:25:10.460><c> never</c><00:25:10.700><c> cheap.</c>

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And<00:25:12.660><c> we</c><00:25:12.740><c> are</c><00:25:12.960><c> each</c><00:25:13.200><c> called</c><00:25:13.480><c> upon</c>

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to<00:25:14.799><c> count</c><00:25:15.119><c> the</c><00:25:15.380><c> cost</c>

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of<00:25:16.700><c> our</c><00:25:16.960><c> association</c><00:25:17.579><c> with</c><00:25:17.880><c> these</c><00:25:18.140><c> things.</c>

00:25:20.680 --> 00:25:23.599
It<00:25:20.880><c> may</c><00:25:21.160><c> cost</c><00:25:21.400><c> a</c><00:25:21.579><c> man</c><00:25:21.779><c> his</c><00:25:22.059><c> earthly</c><00:25:22.299><c> possessions.</c>

00:25:23.720 --> 00:25:25.980
It<00:25:23.980><c> may</c><00:25:24.259><c> cost</c><00:25:24.500><c> him</c><00:25:24.700><c> his</c><00:25:24.940><c> friends.</c>

00:25:26.740 --> 00:25:28.359
It<00:25:26.960><c> may</c><00:25:27.240><c> cost</c><00:25:27.460><c> him</c><00:25:27.680><c> the</c><00:25:27.940><c> affections</c>

00:25:28.359 --> 00:25:31.140
of<00:25:28.519><c> his</c><00:25:28.720><c> family</c><00:25:29.359><c> and</c><00:25:29.920><c> his</c><00:25:30.160><c> children.</c>

00:25:31.420 --> 00:25:34.339
It<00:25:32.019><c> may</c><00:25:32.319><c> cost</c><00:25:32.599><c> him</c><00:25:32.920><c> his</c><00:25:33.099><c> very</c><00:25:33.319><c> life.</c>

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But<00:25:35.240><c> whatever</c><00:25:35.579><c> the</c><00:25:35.880><c> cost,</c>

00:25:37.079 --> 00:25:39.940
its<00:25:37.240><c> possession,</c><00:25:38.319><c> its</c><00:25:38.660><c> acquisition</c>

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justifies<00:25:41.319><c> all</c><00:25:41.920><c> that</c><00:25:42.079><c> is</c><00:25:42.319><c> sacrificed.</c>

00:25:45.619 --> 00:25:47.480
The<00:25:45.900><c> parable</c><00:25:46.160><c> of</c><00:25:46.380><c> the</c><00:25:46.559><c> net.</c>

00:25:48.339 --> 00:25:49.700
Those<00:25:48.680><c> who</c><00:25:48.859><c> have</c><00:25:49.000><c> been</c><00:25:49.299><c> caught</c><00:25:49.519><c> up</c>

00:25:49.700 --> 00:25:51.500
in<00:25:49.859><c> the</c><00:25:50.039><c> call</c><00:25:50.200><c> of</c><00:25:50.380><c> the</c><00:25:50.519><c> Gospel</c>

00:25:51.559 --> 00:25:55.460
will<00:25:51.859><c> include</c><00:25:52.440><c> both</c><00:25:52.940><c> good</c><00:25:53.460><c> and</c><00:25:54.380><c> bad.</c>

00:25:56.359 --> 00:25:58.099
The<00:25:56.559><c> parable</c><00:25:56.799><c> of</c><00:25:56.980><c> the</c><00:25:57.099><c> wheat</c><00:25:57.259><c> and</c><00:25:57.420><c> the</c><00:25:57.619><c> tares</c>

00:25:58.099 --> 00:26:00.240
describes<00:25:59.039><c> the</c><00:25:59.319><c> world</c><00:25:59.579><c> at</c><00:25:59.880><c> large,</c>

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but<00:26:00.640><c> perhaps</c><00:26:01.380><c> in</c><00:26:02.059><c> this</c><00:26:02.339><c> parable</c>

00:26:02.880 --> 00:26:06.680
we<00:26:03.980><c> have</c><00:26:04.720><c> a</c><00:26:05.059><c> narrower</c><00:26:05.420><c> reference.</c>

00:26:08.880 --> 00:26:13.059
A<00:26:09.539><c> description</c><00:26:10.160><c> of</c><00:26:11.119><c> the</c><00:26:11.319><c> circle</c><00:26:11.599><c> of</c><00:26:11.779><c> men</c><00:26:11.940><c> and</c><00:26:12.119><c> women</c>

00:26:13.089 --> 00:26:15.319
who<00:26:13.500><c> have</c><00:26:13.700><c> been</c><00:26:14.019><c> influenced</c><00:26:14.680><c> by</c>

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and<00:26:15.799><c> have</c><00:26:16.039><c> accepted</c>

00:26:16.839 --> 00:26:19.180
the<00:26:17.299><c> Gospel</c><00:26:17.680><c> of</c><00:26:17.880><c> the</c><00:26:18.019><c> Kingdom.</c>

00:26:20.039 --> 00:26:21.660
Even<00:26:20.400><c> evil</c><00:26:20.680><c> men</c><00:26:20.859><c> and</c><00:26:21.059><c> women</c>

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would<00:26:22.339><c> be</c><00:26:22.559><c> found</c><00:26:22.779><c> amongst</c><00:26:23.059><c> the</c><00:26:23.339><c> fellowship</c>

00:26:23.759 --> 00:26:26.140
of<00:26:24.420><c> this</c><00:26:24.640><c> relatively</c><00:26:25.180><c> small</c><00:26:25.619><c> group.</c>

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And<00:26:26.900><c> we</c><00:26:27.099><c> know</c><00:26:27.480><c> that</c><00:26:27.720><c> just</c><00:26:27.880><c> as</c><00:26:28.079><c> a</c><00:26:28.160><c> fact</c><00:26:28.339><c> of</c><00:26:28.539><c> history</c>

00:26:29.200 --> 00:26:31.559
there<00:26:29.740><c> was</c><00:26:29.940><c> one</c><00:26:30.160><c> of</c><00:26:30.319><c> the</c><00:26:30.539><c> twelve</c>

00:26:32.299 --> 00:26:34.940
who<00:26:32.819><c> later</c><00:26:33.339><c> showed</c><00:26:33.740><c> that</c><00:26:33.940><c> he</c><00:26:34.059><c> had</c><00:26:34.339><c> interests</c>

00:26:34.940 --> 00:26:38.839
that<00:26:35.420><c> were</c><00:26:35.680><c> alien</c><00:26:36.200><c> to</c><00:26:36.799><c> the</c><00:26:37.019><c> cause</c><00:26:37.380><c> of</c><00:26:37.640><c> his</c><00:26:37.819><c> master.</c>

00:26:39.279 --> 00:26:40.799
It's<00:26:39.420><c> interesting</c><00:26:39.759><c> to</c><00:26:39.980><c> notice</c><00:26:40.200><c> that</c><00:26:40.440><c> Jesus</c>

00:26:40.799 --> 00:26:42.900
did<00:26:41.079><c> not</c><00:26:41.220><c> go</c><00:26:41.460><c> out</c><00:26:41.920><c> searching</c><00:26:42.359><c> such</c>

00:26:42.900 --> 00:26:46.059
or<00:26:43.599><c> pointing</c><00:26:43.960><c> the</c><00:26:44.200><c> long</c><00:26:44.440><c> finger</c><00:26:44.740><c> of</c><00:26:45.059><c> suspicion.</c>

00:26:47.460 --> 00:26:49.119
But<00:26:47.579><c> it</c><00:26:47.700><c> was</c><00:26:47.880><c> a</c><00:26:48.039><c> fact</c>

00:26:49.140 --> 00:26:50.880
that<00:26:49.440><c> there</c><00:26:49.619><c> was</c><00:26:49.799><c> one</c><00:26:49.980><c> in</c><00:26:50.160><c> his</c><00:26:50.420><c> midst</c>

00:26:50.880 --> 00:26:53.740
who<00:26:51.900><c> turned</c><00:26:52.160><c> out</c><00:26:52.440><c> to</c><00:26:52.579><c> be</c><00:26:52.799><c> evil.</c>

00:26:54.240 --> 00:26:57.160
We<00:26:54.839><c> remember</c><00:26:55.599><c> that</c><00:26:55.779><c> the</c><00:26:55.940><c> Apostle</c><00:26:56.319><c> Paul</c>

00:26:57.160 --> 00:27:00.019
warned<00:26:57.980><c> that</c><00:26:58.319><c> perverse</c><00:26:58.799><c> men</c>

00:27:00.089 --> 00:27:02.079
would<00:27:00.519><c> enter</c><00:27:00.779><c> the</c><00:27:01.059><c> Ecclesia</c><00:27:01.359><c> itself</c>

00:27:02.079 --> 00:27:05.460
and<00:27:02.680><c> turn</c><00:27:03.140><c> others</c><00:27:03.400><c> away</c><00:27:03.819><c> from</c><00:27:04.019><c> the</c><00:27:04.140><c> Lord</c><00:27:04.359><c> Jesus</c><00:27:04.799><c> Christ.</c>

00:27:05.720 --> 00:27:07.559
And<00:27:05.920><c> so</c><00:27:06.019><c> by</c><00:27:06.259><c> implication,</c>

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Ecclesias<00:27:08.279><c> today</c>

00:27:09.019 --> 00:27:11.859
can<00:27:09.579><c> turn</c><00:27:09.859><c> out</c><00:27:10.039><c> to</c><00:27:10.200><c> have</c><00:27:10.359><c> members</c><00:27:10.799><c> who</c><00:27:11.099><c> have</c><00:27:11.279><c> interests</c>

00:27:11.859 --> 00:27:14.500
which<00:27:12.359><c> are</c><00:27:13.180><c> ultimately</c><00:27:13.819><c> alien</c>

00:27:14.500 --> 00:27:17.519
to<00:27:15.099><c> a</c><00:27:15.339><c> seeking</c><00:27:15.619><c> first</c><00:27:16.160><c> of</c><00:27:16.339><c> the</c><00:27:16.480><c> Kingdom</c><00:27:16.759><c> of</c><00:27:16.980><c> God</c>

00:27:17.519 --> 00:27:20.019
and<00:27:18.019><c> His</c><00:27:18.759><c> righteousness.</c>

00:27:21.519 --> 00:27:24.720
The<00:27:22.079><c> parable</c><00:27:22.480><c> of</c><00:27:22.680><c> the</c><00:27:22.940><c> seed</c><00:27:23.119><c> in</c><00:27:23.319><c> the</c><00:27:23.559><c> ground.</c>

00:27:25.859 --> 00:27:27.619
The<00:27:25.920><c> Kingdom</c><00:27:26.200><c> of</c><00:27:26.359><c> God</c><00:27:26.559><c> is</c><00:27:26.740><c> like</c><00:27:26.980><c> a</c><00:27:27.259><c> seed</c>

00:27:27.619 --> 00:27:30.319
in<00:27:28.359><c> this</c><00:27:29.000><c> one</c><00:27:29.359><c> point.</c>

00:27:30.400 --> 00:27:33.920
The<00:27:30.680><c> seed</c><00:27:30.980><c> contains</c><00:27:31.480><c> a</c><00:27:31.700><c> principle</c><00:27:32.079><c> of</c><00:27:32.319><c> life</c><00:27:32.599><c> within</c><00:27:32.839><c> itself.</c>

00:27:34.299 --> 00:27:36.380
There<00:27:34.460><c> is</c><00:27:34.680><c> nothing</c><00:27:34.960><c> that</c><00:27:35.200><c> the</c><00:27:35.460><c> farmer</c><00:27:35.680><c> can</c><00:27:36.000><c> do</c>

00:27:36.380 --> 00:27:39.799
to<00:27:37.039><c> add</c><00:27:37.380><c> to</c><00:27:37.579><c> the</c><00:27:37.779><c> intrinsic</c><00:27:38.220><c> life</c><00:27:38.559><c> of</c><00:27:38.740><c> the</c><00:27:38.960><c> seed.</c>

00:27:39.960 --> 00:27:43.359
His<00:27:40.240><c> one</c><00:27:40.559><c> task</c><00:27:41.140><c> is</c><00:27:41.640><c> to</c><00:27:41.920><c> sow</c><00:27:42.119><c> the</c><00:27:42.440><c> seed.</c>

00:27:43.680 --> 00:27:46.680
Then<00:27:44.079><c> he</c><00:27:44.240><c> may</c><00:27:44.460><c> go</c><00:27:44.740><c> about</c><00:27:45.059><c> his</c><00:27:45.259><c> other</c><00:27:45.539><c> tasks.</c>

00:27:46.940 --> 00:27:49.220
While<00:27:47.599><c> he</c><00:27:47.880><c> is</c><00:27:48.119><c> busy</c><00:27:48.319><c> with</c><00:27:48.519><c> other</c><00:27:48.740><c> things,</c>

00:27:49.519 --> 00:27:51.559
even<00:27:49.880><c> while</c><00:27:50.180><c> he</c><00:27:50.319><c> is</c><00:27:50.539><c> asleep,</c>

00:27:52.259 --> 00:27:55.000
the<00:27:52.460><c> life</c><00:27:52.859><c> that</c><00:27:53.079><c> is</c><00:27:53.460><c> resident</c><00:27:53.960><c> within</c><00:27:54.339><c> the</c><00:27:54.640><c> seed</c>

00:27:55.000 --> 00:27:58.240
and<00:27:55.680><c> the</c><00:27:55.900><c> powers</c><00:27:56.180><c> that</c><00:27:56.460><c> are</c><00:27:56.779><c> resident</c><00:27:57.119><c> in</c><00:27:57.359><c> the</c><00:27:57.579><c> earth</c>

00:27:58.240 --> 00:28:01.839
combine<00:27:59.000><c> together</c><00:27:59.660><c> to</c><00:28:00.319><c> produce</c><00:28:00.720><c> fruit.</c>

00:28:02.980 --> 00:28:04.799
It<00:28:03.400><c> is</c><00:28:03.640><c> a</c><00:28:03.740><c> miracle,</c>

00:28:05.400 --> 00:28:07.460
my<00:28:05.519><c> dear</c><00:28:05.740><c> brethren</c><00:28:06.059><c> and</c><00:28:06.339><c> sisters.</c>

00:28:07.920 --> 00:28:10.819
And<00:28:08.579><c> so</c><00:28:08.700><c> it</c><00:28:08.859><c> is</c><00:28:09.059><c> with</c><00:28:09.220><c> the</c><00:28:09.380><c> Kingdom</c><00:28:09.599><c> of</c><00:28:09.839><c> God.</c>

00:28:11.359 --> 00:28:13.500
This<00:28:11.700><c> too,</c><00:28:12.599><c> in</c><00:28:12.819><c> like</c><00:28:13.039><c> manner,</c>

00:28:13.960 --> 00:28:15.400
will<00:28:14.240><c> be</c><00:28:14.740><c> a</c><00:28:14.920><c> miracle.</c>

00:28:15.400 --> 00:28:18.519
It<00:28:16.099><c> will</c><00:28:16.480><c> be</c><00:28:17.140><c> supernatural.</c>

00:28:18.920 --> 00:28:21.559
Men<00:28:19.140><c> and</c><00:28:19.299><c> women</c><00:28:19.619><c> cannot</c><00:28:20.039><c> build</c><00:28:20.500><c> the</c><00:28:20.700><c> Kingdom.</c>

00:28:21.579 --> 00:28:23.900
They<00:28:21.799><c> cannot</c><00:28:22.240><c> erect</c><00:28:22.720><c> the</c><00:28:23.000><c> Kingdom.</c>

00:28:23.940 --> 00:28:26.039
It<00:28:24.099><c> will</c><00:28:24.339><c> be</c><00:28:24.539><c> brought</c><00:28:24.720><c> by</c><00:28:25.039><c> God.</c>

00:28:26.480 --> 00:28:27.900
But<00:28:26.619><c> it</c><00:28:26.740><c> is</c><00:28:26.920><c> our</c><00:28:27.099><c> responsibility</c>

00:28:27.900 --> 00:28:32.259
to<00:28:28.940><c> proclaim</c><00:28:29.640><c> the</c><00:28:30.119><c> good</c><00:28:30.339><c> news</c><00:28:30.660><c> about</c><00:28:31.019><c> this</c><00:28:31.299><c> Kingdom.</c>

00:28:32.740 --> 00:28:35.220
But<00:28:32.859><c> the</c><00:28:33.039><c> actual</c><00:28:33.420><c> working</c><00:28:33.799><c> of</c><00:28:34.019><c> the</c><00:28:34.200><c> Kingdom</c>

00:28:35.039 --> 00:28:38.680
will<00:28:35.420><c> be</c><00:28:36.220><c> by</c><00:28:36.759><c> a</c><00:28:37.160><c> divine</c><00:28:37.539><c> hand.</c>

00:28:43.299 --> 00:28:46.259
The<00:28:43.980><c> relationship</c><00:28:44.660><c> between</c><00:28:45.099><c> the</c><00:28:45.259><c> Gospel</c><00:28:45.539><c> of</c><00:28:45.720><c> the</c><00:28:45.839><c> Kingdom</c>

00:28:46.259 --> 00:28:50.859
and<00:28:46.880><c> the</c><00:28:47.140><c> future</c><00:28:48.019><c> reality</c><00:28:48.779><c> of</c><00:28:49.759><c> the</c><00:28:49.940><c> Kingdom.</c>

00:28:52.240 --> 00:28:55.759
Remember<00:28:52.799><c> the</c><00:28:53.119><c> beginning</c><00:28:53.359><c> of</c><00:28:53.559><c> the</c><00:28:53.740><c> ministry</c><00:28:54.059><c> of</c><00:28:54.259><c> the</c><00:28:54.380><c> Lord</c><00:28:54.619><c> Jesus.</c>

00:28:55.819 --> 00:28:57.420
Jesus<00:28:56.240><c> came</c><00:28:56.519><c> into</c><00:28:56.759><c> Galilee</c>

00:28:57.420 --> 00:29:01.019
preaching<00:28:58.259><c> the</c><00:28:58.599><c> Gospel</c><00:28:59.220><c> of</c><00:28:59.660><c> the</c><00:28:59.839><c> Kingdom</c><00:29:00.180><c> of</c><00:29:00.400><c> God</c>

00:29:01.019 --> 00:29:02.480
and<00:29:01.559><c> saying,</c>

00:29:03.000 --> 00:29:04.519
The<00:29:03.119><c> time</c><00:29:03.500><c> is</c><00:29:03.779><c> fulfilled</c>

00:29:04.519 --> 00:29:07.339
and<00:29:05.400><c> the</c><00:29:05.559><c> Kingdom</c><00:29:05.880><c> of</c><00:29:06.039><c> God</c><00:29:06.220><c> is</c><00:29:06.400><c> at</c><00:29:06.660><c> hand.</c>

00:29:07.640 --> 00:29:08.160
Repentance<00:29:08.160><c> is</c><00:29:08.160><c> at</c><00:29:08.160><c> hand.</c>

00:29:08.160 --> 00:29:11.960
Preach<00:29:08.259><c> ye</c><00:29:08.859><c> and</c><00:29:09.480><c> believe</c><00:29:10.259><c> the</c><00:29:10.819><c> Gospel.</c>

00:29:12.619 --> 00:29:14.380
Here,<00:29:12.859><c> my</c><00:29:12.960><c> dear</c><00:29:13.220><c> brethren</c><00:29:13.680><c> and</c><00:29:14.000><c> sisters,</c>

00:29:14.619 --> 00:29:18.559
very<00:29:14.980><c> clearly</c><00:29:15.480><c> is</c><00:29:16.420><c> a</c><00:29:17.619><c> focal</c><00:29:17.960><c> point</c>

00:29:18.559 --> 00:29:20.039
in<00:29:18.940><c> the</c><00:29:19.099><c> purpose</c><00:29:19.380><c> of</c><00:29:19.660><c> God.</c>

00:29:20.359 --> 00:29:22.000
It's<00:29:20.559><c> the</c><00:29:20.720><c> Lord</c><00:29:20.960><c> Jesus</c><00:29:21.420><c> Christ</c>

00:29:22.000 --> 00:29:24.299
at<00:29:22.380><c> the</c><00:29:22.660><c> crux</c><00:29:22.980><c> of</c><00:29:23.259><c> history.</c>

00:29:25.059 --> 00:29:26.640
As<00:29:25.359><c> for</c><00:29:25.619><c> the</c><00:29:25.779><c> Lord</c><00:29:25.960><c> Jesus,</c>

00:29:26.960 --> 00:29:29.460
so<00:29:27.299><c> also</c><00:29:27.680><c> for</c><00:29:27.960><c> His</c><00:29:28.180><c> disciples.</c>

00:29:29.759 --> 00:29:30.880
They<00:29:29.980><c> had</c><00:29:30.160><c> the</c><00:29:30.380><c> commission</c>

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into<00:29:31.740><c> whatsoever</c><00:29:32.240><c> city</c><00:29:32.559><c> ye</c><00:29:32.880><c> enter</c>

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and<00:29:33.740><c> they</c><00:29:34.039><c> receive</c><00:29:34.420><c> you.</c>

00:29:35.099 --> 00:29:37.819
Eat<00:29:35.500><c> such</c><00:29:35.859><c> things</c><00:29:36.240><c> as</c><00:29:36.440><c> are</c><00:29:36.619><c> set</c><00:29:36.839><c> before</c><00:29:37.240><c> you</c>

00:29:37.819 --> 00:29:40.160
and<00:29:38.240><c> heal</c><00:29:38.539><c> the</c><00:29:38.819><c> sick</c><00:29:38.960><c> that</c><00:29:39.220><c> are</c><00:29:39.400><c> therein</c>

00:29:40.160 --> 00:29:41.279
and<00:29:40.440><c> say</c><00:29:40.619><c> unto</c><00:29:40.839><c> them,</c>

00:29:41.759 --> 00:29:45.839
The<00:29:41.839><c> Kingdom</c><00:29:42.220><c> of</c><00:29:42.400><c> God</c><00:29:43.019><c> is</c><00:29:43.420><c> come</c><00:29:44.220><c> nigh</c><00:29:45.000><c> unto</c><00:29:45.380><c> you.</c>

00:29:46.200 --> 00:29:47.799
It<00:29:46.380><c> was</c><00:29:46.579><c> the</c><00:29:46.799><c> focal</c><00:29:47.059><c> point.</c>

00:29:48.200 --> 00:29:49.759
There<00:29:48.420><c> was</c><00:29:48.599><c> a</c><00:29:48.680><c> sense</c><00:29:48.920><c> of</c><00:29:49.220><c> urgency.</c>

00:29:50.240 --> 00:29:52.099
There<00:29:50.440><c> was</c><00:29:50.640><c> a</c><00:29:50.799><c> sense</c><00:29:50.920><c> of</c><00:29:51.220><c> immediacy.</c>

00:29:52.539 --> 00:29:55.819
Not<00:29:52.740><c> only</c><00:29:53.119><c> about</c><00:29:53.619><c> the</c><00:29:54.019><c> message</c><00:29:54.299><c> associated</c><00:29:54.920><c> with</c><00:29:55.180><c> this</c><00:29:55.380><c> Kingdom,</c>

00:29:56.240 --> 00:29:59.559
but<00:29:56.380><c> about</c><00:29:56.660><c> the</c><00:29:56.900><c> fact</c><00:29:57.099><c> of</c><00:29:57.319><c> the</c><00:29:57.460><c> Kingdom</c><00:29:58.039><c> itself.</c>

00:30:00.359 --> 00:30:01.880
And<00:30:00.539><c> yet,</c><00:30:00.759><c> nonetheless,</c>

00:30:02.220 --> 00:30:06.200
the<00:30:02.740><c> fullness</c><00:30:03.119><c> and</c><00:30:04.160><c> the</c><00:30:04.400><c> reality</c><00:30:04.740><c> of</c><00:30:04.920><c> that</c><00:30:05.119><c> Kingdom</c>

00:30:06.240 --> 00:30:08.240
was<00:30:06.759><c> still</c><00:30:07.019><c> future.</c>

00:30:11.319 --> 00:30:14.319
This<00:30:11.380><c> day</c><00:30:11.779><c> is</c><00:30:12.039><c> salvation</c><00:30:12.559><c> come</c><00:30:12.819><c> to</c><00:30:12.980><c> this</c><00:30:13.180><c> house,</c>

00:30:14.380 --> 00:30:17.200
for<00:30:14.460><c> the</c><00:30:14.680><c> Son</c><00:30:14.799><c> of</c><00:30:15.000><c> Man</c><00:30:15.140><c> is</c><00:30:15.359><c> come</c><00:30:15.539><c> to</c><00:30:15.740><c> seek</c><00:30:15.980><c> and</c><00:30:16.180><c> to</c><00:30:16.420><c> save</c>

00:30:17.200 --> 00:30:19.220
that<00:30:18.059><c> which</c><00:30:18.720><c> was</c><00:30:19.039><c> lost.</c>

00:30:19.279 --> 00:30:20.740
The<00:30:19.400><c> very</c><00:30:19.700><c> central</c><00:30:20.119><c> feature</c>

00:30:20.740 --> 00:30:22.539
of<00:30:21.059><c> the</c><00:30:21.240><c> ministry</c><00:30:21.500><c> of</c><00:30:21.720><c> the</c><00:30:21.799><c> Lord</c><00:30:22.000><c> Jesus,</c>

00:30:22.940 --> 00:30:25.700
His<00:30:23.039><c> self</c><00:30:23.359><c>-giving,</c><00:30:24.279><c> His</c><00:30:24.480><c> self</c><00:30:24.740><c>-sacrifice,</c>

00:30:25.819 --> 00:30:28.140
associated<00:30:26.480><c> with</c><00:30:26.740><c> those</c><00:30:27.000><c> who</c><00:30:27.240><c> came</c><00:30:27.460><c> to</c><00:30:27.720><c> Him,</c>

00:30:28.140 --> 00:30:31.079
is<00:30:28.619><c> followed</c><00:30:29.079><c> by</c><00:30:29.940><c> a</c><00:30:30.200><c> looking</c><00:30:30.480><c> forward</c>

00:30:31.079 --> 00:30:33.839
to<00:30:31.539><c> the</c><00:30:31.799><c> consummation</c><00:30:32.299><c> of</c><00:30:32.480><c> all</c><00:30:32.740><c> things.</c>

00:30:34.000 --> 00:30:35.579
And<00:30:34.180><c> as</c><00:30:34.299><c> they</c><00:30:34.519><c> heard</c><00:30:34.759><c> these</c><00:30:35.079><c> things,</c>

00:30:35.920 --> 00:30:37.420
He<00:30:36.019><c> added</c><00:30:36.259><c> and</c><00:30:36.519><c> spake</c><00:30:36.740><c> a</c><00:30:36.940><c> parable</c>

00:30:37.420 --> 00:30:39.500
because<00:30:38.019><c> He</c><00:30:38.220><c> was</c><00:30:38.500><c> nigh</c><00:30:38.700><c> to</c><00:30:38.839><c> Jerusalem</c>

00:30:39.500 --> 00:30:41.759
and<00:30:40.140><c> because</c><00:30:40.680><c> they</c><00:30:41.220><c> thought</c>

00:30:41.759 --> 00:30:43.559
that<00:30:42.380><c> the</c><00:30:42.559><c> Kingdom</c><00:30:42.819><c> of</c><00:30:43.019><c> God</c>

00:30:43.559 --> 00:30:45.680
should<00:30:44.019><c> immediately</c><00:30:44.599><c> appear.</c>

00:30:45.700 --> 00:30:46.880
What<00:30:45.920><c> more</c><00:30:46.160><c> natural</c>

00:30:46.880 --> 00:30:48.640
than<00:30:47.460><c> that</c><00:30:47.619><c> they</c><00:30:47.839><c> should</c><00:30:48.099><c> think</c>

00:30:48.640 --> 00:30:50.980
that<00:30:49.180><c> in</c><00:30:49.380><c> the</c><00:30:49.579><c> presence</c><00:30:49.839><c> of</c><00:30:50.059><c> the</c><00:30:50.200><c> future</c><00:30:50.500><c> King</c>

00:30:50.980 --> 00:30:52.920
He<00:30:51.440><c> would</c><00:30:51.680><c> immediately</c>

00:30:53.000 --> 00:30:54.059
take<00:30:53.299><c> His</c><00:30:53.599><c> Kingdom</c>

00:30:54.059 --> 00:30:56.059
and<00:30:54.680><c> set</c><00:30:54.880><c> up</c><00:30:55.059><c> the</c><00:30:55.220><c> Kingdom</c><00:30:55.500><c> of</c><00:30:55.740><c> God.</c>

00:30:56.059 --> 00:30:59.559
But<00:30:56.799><c> their</c><00:30:57.079><c> understanding</c><00:30:57.660><c> has</c><00:30:57.920><c> to</c><00:30:58.099><c> be</c><00:30:58.319><c> enlarged</c>

00:31:00.299 --> 00:31:02.079
about<00:31:00.940><c> the</c><00:31:01.119><c> purpose</c><00:31:01.420><c> of</c><00:31:01.680><c> God</c>

00:31:02.079 --> 00:31:05.240
that<00:31:02.640><c> it's</c><00:31:02.859><c> only</c><00:31:03.079><c> going</c><00:31:03.279><c> to</c><00:31:03.460><c> be</c><00:31:03.720><c> finally</c><00:31:04.079><c> consummated</c>

00:31:05.240 --> 00:31:07.079
at<00:31:05.559><c> that</c><00:31:05.819><c> great</c><00:31:06.099><c> day.</c>

00:31:10.680 --> 00:31:13.180
What<00:31:11.319><c> then</c><00:31:11.519><c> about</c><00:31:11.779><c> the</c><00:31:12.039><c> relationship</c>

00:31:14.500 --> 00:31:17.079
between<00:31:15.140><c> the</c><00:31:15.779><c> theme</c><00:31:15.960><c> of</c><00:31:16.299><c> discipleship</c>

00:31:17.079 --> 00:31:20.599
and<00:31:17.619><c> the</c><00:31:18.460><c> Gospel</c><00:31:18.980><c> of</c><00:31:19.519><c> the</c><00:31:19.700><c> Kingdom?</c>

00:31:21.380 --> 00:31:24.539
This<00:31:21.680><c> is</c><00:31:21.880><c> really</c><00:31:22.140><c> the</c><00:31:22.460><c> crux</c><00:31:22.660><c> of</c><00:31:22.839><c> our</c><00:31:23.019><c> subject</c><00:31:23.400><c> today.</c>

00:31:26.599 --> 00:31:28.960
Well,<00:31:27.480><c> we</c><00:31:27.559><c> know</c><00:31:27.779><c> all</c><00:31:28.039><c> too</c><00:31:28.299><c> well</c>

00:31:28.960 --> 00:31:30.519
that<00:31:29.359><c> the</c><00:31:29.519><c> Kingdom</c><00:31:29.779><c> of</c><00:31:29.960><c> God</c>

00:31:30.519 --> 00:31:33.559
is<00:31:31.019><c> clearly</c><00:31:31.559><c> and</c><00:31:32.259><c> unequivocally</c>

00:31:33.759 --> 00:31:35.559
identified<00:31:34.619><c> with</c><00:31:34.900><c> the</c><00:31:35.140><c> goal</c>

00:31:35.559 --> 00:31:37.240
of<00:31:35.960><c> our</c><00:31:36.259><c> discipleship.</c>

00:31:37.680 --> 00:31:38.740
For<00:31:37.799><c> each</c><00:31:38.019><c> one</c><00:31:38.180><c> of</c><00:31:38.339><c> us</c>

00:31:38.740 --> 00:31:42.799
there<00:31:39.059><c> is</c><00:31:39.259><c> the</c><00:31:39.480><c> primary</c><00:31:40.039><c> and</c><00:31:40.700><c> first</c><00:31:41.480><c> objective.</c>

00:31:42.819 --> 00:31:44.440
Seek<00:31:43.380><c> ye</c><00:31:43.779><c> first</c>

00:31:44.440 --> 00:31:46.140
the<00:31:44.900><c> Kingdom</c><00:31:45.240><c> of</c><00:31:45.539><c> God</c>

00:31:46.140 --> 00:31:48.700
and<00:31:46.680><c> His</c><00:31:47.440><c> righteousness.</c>

00:31:49.960 --> 00:31:53.200
Our<00:31:50.500><c> Father,</c><00:31:51.460><c> which</c><00:31:51.720><c> art</c><00:31:51.900><c> in</c><00:31:52.160><c> heaven,</c>

00:31:53.400 --> 00:31:55.359
hallowed<00:31:53.859><c> be</c><00:31:54.039><c> thy</c><00:31:54.319><c> name,</c>

00:31:55.359 --> 00:31:58.640
thy<00:31:56.079><c> Kingdom</c><00:31:57.180><c> come.</c>

00:32:01.500 --> 00:32:03.259
So<00:32:01.660><c> the</c><00:32:01.779><c> very</c><00:32:01.980><c> next</c><00:32:02.299><c> thing</c>

00:32:03.279 --> 00:32:05.259
after<00:32:03.640><c> our</c><00:32:03.940><c> awareness</c><00:32:04.339><c> of</c><00:32:04.579><c> the</c><00:32:04.720><c> majesty</c>

00:32:05.259 --> 00:32:07.019
and<00:32:05.920><c> the</c><00:32:06.079><c> greatness</c><00:32:06.319><c> of</c><00:32:06.640><c> God</c>

00:32:07.019 --> 00:32:10.640
is<00:32:07.660><c> our</c><00:32:07.940><c> prayer</c><00:32:08.519><c> that</c><00:32:09.059><c> His</c><00:32:09.299><c> Kingdom</c><00:32:09.700><c> might</c><00:32:10.099><c> come</c>

00:32:10.640 --> 00:32:13.079
and<00:32:11.119><c> be</c><00:32:11.319><c> manifested</c><00:32:11.779><c> in</c><00:32:12.059><c> the</c><00:32:12.240><c> earth.</c>

00:32:13.619 --> 00:32:15.140
This<00:32:13.799><c> is</c><00:32:14.039><c> our</c><00:32:14.220><c> goal.</c>

00:32:15.220 --> 00:32:16.799
This<00:32:15.380><c> is</c><00:32:15.640><c> our</c><00:32:15.859><c> objective.</c>

00:32:19.420 --> 00:32:20.900
But<00:32:19.759><c> the</c><00:32:19.900><c> Kingdom</c><00:32:20.119><c> of</c><00:32:20.359><c> God</c>

00:32:20.900 --> 00:32:22.859
is<00:32:21.579><c> also</c><00:32:21.940><c> identified</c>

00:32:22.859 --> 00:32:25.839
with<00:32:23.279><c> the</c><00:32:23.579><c> course</c><00:32:24.119><c> and</c><00:32:24.960><c> the</c><00:32:25.240><c> pathway</c>

00:32:25.839 --> 00:32:29.859
by<00:32:26.799><c> which</c><00:32:27.200><c> it</c><00:32:27.480><c> is</c><00:32:27.700><c> to</c><00:32:27.859><c> be</c><00:32:28.200><c> finally</c><00:32:28.579><c> achieved.</c>

00:32:30.220 --> 00:32:32.420
And<00:32:30.440><c> this</c><00:32:30.680><c> course</c><00:32:31.160><c> and</c><00:32:31.839><c> pathway</c>

00:32:32.420 --> 00:32:35.599
is<00:32:33.099><c> our</c><00:32:33.359><c> association</c><00:32:34.039><c> with</c><00:32:34.319><c> the</c><00:32:34.559><c> Ecclesia,</c>

00:32:35.619 --> 00:32:37.359
the<00:32:35.720><c> body</c><00:32:35.980><c> of</c><00:32:36.200><c> Christ.</c>

00:32:40.119 --> 00:32:43.000
Think<00:32:40.619><c> of</c><00:32:40.779><c> these</c><00:32:40.980><c> words</c><00:32:41.259><c> of</c><00:32:41.460><c> the</c><00:32:41.599><c> Lord</c><00:32:41.779><c> Jesus.</c>

00:32:43.539 --> 00:32:47.339
He<00:32:43.759><c> was</c><00:32:43.980><c> speaking</c><00:32:44.400><c> to</c><00:32:44.720><c> the</c><00:32:44.960><c> chief</c><00:32:45.279><c> priests</c><00:32:45.779><c> and</c><00:32:46.319><c> elders.</c>

00:32:47.539 --> 00:32:49.059
The<00:32:47.700><c> Kingdom</c><00:32:48.079><c> of</c><00:32:48.259><c> God</c>

00:32:49.059 --> 00:32:51.640
shall<00:32:49.500><c> be</c><00:32:49.839><c> taken</c><00:32:50.339><c> from</c><00:32:50.920><c> you</c>

00:32:51.640 --> 00:32:53.859
and<00:32:52.480><c> given</c><00:32:52.819><c> to</c><00:32:53.079><c> a</c><00:32:53.259><c> nation</c>

00:32:53.859 --> 00:32:57.519
bringing<00:32:54.559><c> forth</c><00:32:55.339><c> the</c><00:32:55.839><c> fruits</c><00:32:56.539><c> thereof.</c>

00:32:58.019 --> 00:32:59.779
So<00:32:58.259><c> there</c><00:32:58.440><c> is</c><00:32:58.579><c> not</c><00:32:58.700><c> only,</c><00:32:59.039><c> brethren</c><00:32:59.339><c> and</c><00:32:59.500><c> sisters,</c>

00:32:59.920 --> 00:33:01.079
the<00:33:00.079><c> goal</c><00:33:00.319><c> of</c><00:33:00.539><c> the</c><00:33:00.700><c> Kingdom,</c>

00:33:01.539 --> 00:33:03.599
the<00:33:01.700><c> destination</c><00:33:02.279><c> of</c><00:33:02.440><c> the</c><00:33:02.619><c> Kingdom,</c>

00:33:03.680 --> 00:33:05.319
but<00:33:03.880><c> there</c><00:33:04.140><c> is</c><00:33:04.339><c> the</c><00:33:04.559><c> bringing</c><00:33:04.900><c> forth</c>

00:33:05.319 --> 00:33:08.160
of<00:33:05.500><c> the</c><00:33:05.799><c> fruits</c><00:33:06.359><c> of</c><00:33:06.980><c> the</c><00:33:07.180><c> Kingdom.</c>

00:33:08.339 --> 00:33:09.299
And<00:33:08.599><c> by</c><00:33:08.759><c> implication,</c>

00:33:09.500 --> 00:33:11.559
these<00:33:09.839><c> fruits</c><00:33:10.359><c> are</c><00:33:10.980><c> born</c>

00:33:11.559 --> 00:33:13.740
along<00:33:12.220><c> the</c><00:33:12.440><c> way</c><00:33:12.680><c> to</c><00:33:13.019><c> the</c><00:33:13.220><c> Kingdom,</c>

00:33:14.220 --> 00:33:17.200
not<00:33:14.420><c> after</c><00:33:14.680><c> the</c><00:33:14.920><c> Kingdom</c><00:33:15.339><c> is</c><00:33:15.900><c> established.</c>

00:33:17.660 --> 00:33:19.400
The<00:33:17.920><c> chief</c><00:33:18.220><c> priests</c><00:33:18.640><c> and</c><00:33:19.039><c> elders</c>

00:33:19.400 --> 00:33:21.099
and<00:33:19.740><c> the</c><00:33:19.920><c> scribes</c>

00:33:21.099 --> 00:33:23.500
had<00:33:21.480><c> proved</c><00:33:22.059><c> by</c><00:33:22.500><c> their</c><00:33:22.859><c> attitude,</c>

00:33:23.920 --> 00:33:24.539
their<00:33:24.099><c> beliefs,</c>

00:33:24.960 --> 00:33:25.980
their<00:33:25.160><c> motivations</c>

00:33:25.980 --> 00:33:28.720
that<00:33:26.980><c> they</c><00:33:27.200><c> had</c><00:33:27.420><c> interests</c><00:33:27.839><c> that</c><00:33:28.019><c> were</c><00:33:28.279><c> alien</c>

00:33:28.720 --> 00:33:30.880
to<00:33:29.160><c> this</c><00:33:29.359><c> future</c><00:33:29.700><c> Kingdom</c><00:33:30.059><c> of</c><00:33:30.319><c> God.</c>

00:33:31.140 --> 00:33:33.220
And<00:33:31.319><c> so</c><00:33:31.420><c> it</c><00:33:31.500><c> was</c><00:33:31.660><c> to</c><00:33:31.779><c> be</c><00:33:31.980><c> taken</c><00:33:32.240><c> from</c><00:33:32.660><c> them</c>

00:33:33.220 --> 00:33:35.380
and<00:33:33.619><c> given</c><00:33:33.819><c> to</c><00:33:34.099><c> someone</c><00:33:34.319><c> else.</c>

00:33:37.500 --> 00:33:39.640
And<00:33:37.700><c> so</c><00:33:37.799><c> we</c><00:33:37.980><c> have</c><00:33:38.200><c> here</c><00:33:38.400><c> something</c><00:33:38.720><c> that</c><00:33:38.920><c> is</c><00:33:39.099><c> more</c>

00:33:39.640 --> 00:33:41.640
than<00:33:40.119><c> just</c><00:33:40.339><c> an</c><00:33:40.559><c> abstract,</c>

00:33:41.680 --> 00:33:43.180
a<00:33:41.839><c> distant</c><00:33:42.200><c> hope.</c>

00:33:43.420 --> 00:33:45.420
But<00:33:43.920><c> it</c><00:33:44.079><c> is</c><00:33:44.220><c> for</c><00:33:44.380><c> each</c><00:33:44.579><c> one</c><00:33:44.759><c> of</c><00:33:44.940><c> us</c>

00:33:45.420 --> 00:33:46.740
an<00:33:45.980><c> opportunity,</c>

00:33:46.740 --> 00:33:48.680
a<00:33:47.319><c> gracious</c><00:33:47.779><c> opportunity</c>

00:33:48.680 --> 00:33:50.759
to<00:33:49.220><c> manifest</c><00:33:49.779><c> its</c><00:33:50.099><c> values</c>

00:33:50.759 --> 00:33:52.619
even<00:33:51.440><c> now.</c>

00:33:52.819 --> 00:33:54.279
To<00:33:53.059><c> bring</c><00:33:53.279><c> forth</c><00:33:53.599><c> the</c><00:33:53.859><c> fruits</c>

00:33:54.279 --> 00:33:56.380
that<00:33:54.779><c> are</c><00:33:55.200><c> acceptable</c><00:33:55.579><c> to</c><00:33:55.839><c> God</c>

00:33:56.380 --> 00:33:58.900
and<00:33:57.440><c> that</c><00:33:57.619><c> are</c><00:33:57.940><c> consistent</c><00:33:58.559><c> with</c>

00:33:59.400 --> 00:34:01.339
the<00:33:59.740><c> possession</c><00:34:00.079><c> of</c><00:34:00.259><c> the</c><00:34:00.420><c> Kingdom,</c>

00:34:01.420 --> 00:34:04.640
the<00:34:01.599><c> possession</c><00:34:02.160><c> of</c><00:34:02.720><c> the</c><00:34:02.859><c> Gospel</c><00:34:03.180><c> of</c><00:34:03.380><c> the</c><00:34:03.519><c> Kingdom.</c>

00:34:12.719 --> 00:34:15.760
A<00:34:12.820><c> number</c><00:34:13.019><c> of</c><00:34:13.199><c> other</c><00:34:13.360><c> passages,</c><00:34:13.820><c> which</c><00:34:14.019><c> I</c><00:34:14.239><c> put</c><00:34:14.400><c> in</c><00:34:14.579><c> parenthesis</c><00:34:15.099><c> here,</c>

00:34:15.760 --> 00:34:18.280
relate<00:34:16.860><c> this</c><00:34:17.800><c> hope</c>

00:34:18.280 --> 00:34:20.639
to<00:34:18.860><c> the</c><00:34:19.019><c> bearing</c><00:34:19.260><c> of</c><00:34:19.500><c> the</c><00:34:19.699><c> fruits</c><00:34:19.900><c> thereof.</c>

00:34:20.840 --> 00:34:23.219
Romans<00:34:21.159><c> 6,</c><00:34:21.739><c> verse</c><00:34:21.940><c> 22.</c>

00:34:23.500 --> 00:34:24.380
But<00:34:23.559><c> now,</c>

00:34:24.880 --> 00:34:26.099
being<00:34:24.980><c> made</c><00:34:25.320><c> free</c><00:34:25.559><c> from</c><00:34:25.880><c> sin</c>

00:34:26.099 --> 00:34:28.300
and<00:34:26.340><c> become</c><00:34:26.659><c> servants</c><00:34:27.019><c> to</c><00:34:27.300><c> God,</c>

00:34:28.340 --> 00:34:30.179
ye<00:34:28.500><c> have</c><00:34:28.659><c> your</c><00:34:28.960><c> fruit</c><00:34:29.219><c> unto</c><00:34:29.519><c> holiness</c>

00:34:30.179 --> 00:34:32.940
and<00:34:30.760><c> the</c><00:34:30.980><c> end</c><00:34:31.460><c> everlasting</c><00:34:32.400><c> life.</c>

00:34:33.320 --> 00:34:34.239
There's<00:34:33.579><c> the</c><00:34:33.800><c> goal,</c>

00:34:34.719 --> 00:34:36.059
the<00:34:34.980><c> end,</c><00:34:35.260><c> the</c><00:34:35.500><c> objective,</c>

00:34:36.360 --> 00:34:37.519
and<00:34:36.539><c> there</c><00:34:36.739><c> is</c><00:34:36.940><c> the</c><00:34:37.199><c> root</c>

00:34:37.519 --> 00:34:40.699
that<00:34:38.000><c> leads</c><00:34:38.280><c> us</c><00:34:38.900><c> towards</c><00:34:39.400><c> that</c><00:34:39.780><c> goal,</c>

00:34:41.400 --> 00:34:42.800
the<00:34:41.619><c> servant</c><00:34:41.860><c> of</c><00:34:42.159><c> God</c>

00:34:42.800 --> 00:34:45.360
and<00:34:43.579><c> bearing</c><00:34:43.900><c> fruits</c><00:34:44.360><c> unto</c><00:34:44.659><c> holiness.</c>

00:34:45.760 --> 00:34:48.260
Galatians<00:34:46.539><c> 5,</c><00:34:47.099><c> verse</c><00:34:47.280><c> 22.</c>

00:34:48.780 --> 00:34:49.719
The<00:34:48.780><c> fruit</c><00:34:49.099><c> of</c><00:34:49.239><c> the</c><00:34:49.480><c> Spirit</c>

00:34:49.719 --> 00:34:51.760
is<00:34:49.960><c> love,</c><00:34:50.579><c> joy,</c><00:34:51.119><c> peace,</c>

00:34:52.219 --> 00:34:54.000
long<00:34:52.539><c>-suffering,</c><00:34:53.440><c> gentleness,</c>

00:34:54.280 --> 00:34:56.039
goodness,<00:34:55.099><c> faith,</c>

00:34:56.119 --> 00:34:58.519
meekness,<00:34:57.380><c> temperance.</c>

00:34:58.960 --> 00:35:01.400
Ephesians<00:34:59.480><c> 5,</c><00:35:00.039><c> verse</c><00:35:00.260><c> 9.</c>

00:35:01.420 --> 00:35:02.659
The<00:35:01.539><c> fruit</c><00:35:01.780><c> of</c><00:35:01.940><c> the</c><00:35:02.159><c> Spirit</c>

00:35:02.659 --> 00:35:04.380
is<00:35:03.239><c> in</c><00:35:03.440><c> all</c><00:35:03.800><c> goodness</c>

00:35:04.380 --> 00:35:05.639
and<00:35:05.000><c> righteousness</c>

00:35:05.639 --> 00:35:07.860
and<00:35:06.880><c> truth.</c>

00:35:08.760 --> 00:35:10.480
Philippians<00:35:09.219><c> 1,</c><00:35:09.639><c> verse</c><00:35:09.860><c> 10.</c>

00:35:10.780 --> 00:35:12.179
That<00:35:11.039><c> ye</c><00:35:11.219><c> may</c><00:35:11.440><c> be</c><00:35:11.739><c> sincere</c>

00:35:12.400 --> 00:35:14.159
and<00:35:13.280><c> without</c><00:35:13.719><c> offense</c>

00:35:14.159 --> 00:35:17.440
till<00:35:15.239><c> the</c><00:35:15.679><c> day</c><00:35:15.980><c> of</c><00:35:16.199><c> Christ,</c>

00:35:17.480 --> 00:35:18.860
being<00:35:17.840><c> filled</c><00:35:18.239><c> with</c><00:35:18.460><c> the</c><00:35:18.679><c> fruits</c>

00:35:18.860 --> 00:35:19.820
of<00:35:19.119><c> righteousness,</c>

00:35:20.300 --> 00:35:22.219
which<00:35:20.539><c> are</c><00:35:20.739><c> by</c><00:35:20.980><c> Jesus</c><00:35:21.440><c> Christ</c>

00:35:22.219 --> 00:35:24.179
unto<00:35:22.639><c> the</c><00:35:22.940><c> glory</c><00:35:23.340><c> and</c><00:35:23.679><c> praise</c>

00:35:24.179 --> 00:35:25.940
of<00:35:24.860><c> God.</c>

00:35:26.340 --> 00:35:29.199
And<00:35:26.639><c> so</c><00:35:26.760><c> there</c><00:35:26.940><c> is</c><00:35:27.139><c> not,</c><00:35:27.500><c> my</c><00:35:27.559><c> dear</c><00:35:27.739><c> brethren</c><00:35:28.039><c> and</c><00:35:28.300><c> sisters,</c>

00:35:29.239 --> 00:35:29.760
a<00:35:29.320><c> void</c>

00:35:29.760 --> 00:35:31.699
between<00:35:30.539><c> the</c><00:35:30.820><c> present</c><00:35:31.059><c> time</c>

00:35:31.699 --> 00:35:34.039
and<00:35:32.300><c> the</c><00:35:32.440><c> day</c><00:35:32.599><c> of</c><00:35:32.880><c> Christ.</c>

00:35:34.480 --> 00:35:35.960
There<00:35:35.079><c> has</c><00:35:35.320><c> to</c><00:35:35.559><c> be</c>

00:35:35.960 --> 00:35:37.880
the<00:35:36.199><c> path</c><00:35:36.420><c> of</c><00:35:36.699><c> discipleship</c>

00:35:37.880 --> 00:35:41.199
and<00:35:38.300><c> the</c><00:35:38.460><c> being</c><00:35:38.719><c> filled</c><00:35:39.139><c> with</c><00:35:39.360><c> the</c><00:35:39.579><c> fruits</c><00:35:39.780><c> of</c><00:35:39.960><c> the</c><00:35:40.179><c> Spirit.</c>

00:35:41.380 --> 00:35:42.340
1<00:35:41.719><c> Peter</c><00:35:42.039><c> 2,</c>

00:35:42.340 --> 00:35:44.820
and<00:35:43.179><c> verse</c><00:35:43.579><c> 9.</c>

00:36:06.619 --> 00:36:08.280
The<00:36:06.840><c> Apostle</c><00:36:07.280><c> Peter</c><00:36:07.440><c> is</c><00:36:07.639><c> talking</c><00:36:07.960><c> about</c>

00:36:08.280 --> 00:36:10.239
the<00:36:08.480><c> disciples,</c><00:36:09.460><c> the</c><00:36:09.699><c> saints,</c>

00:36:10.239 --> 00:36:13.179
those<00:36:10.900><c> who</c><00:36:11.179><c> have</c><00:36:11.300><c> been</c><00:36:11.559><c> called</c><00:36:11.840><c> out</c><00:36:12.199><c> from</c><00:36:12.400><c> the</c><00:36:12.619><c> world</c>

00:36:13.179 --> 00:36:14.440
to<00:36:13.699><c> an</c><00:36:13.960><c> inheritance</c>

00:36:14.440 --> 00:36:16.260
in<00:36:15.139><c> the</c><00:36:15.300><c> kingdom</c><00:36:15.559><c> of</c><00:36:15.820><c> God.</c>

00:36:16.559 --> 00:36:18.480
And<00:36:16.880><c> he</c><00:36:17.159><c> proclaims</c>

00:36:18.480 --> 00:36:20.659
that<00:36:18.619><c> the</c><00:36:18.940><c> saints</c><00:36:19.440><c> are</c><00:36:20.219><c> a</c><00:36:20.380><c> kingdom</c>

00:36:20.659 --> 00:36:23.599
of<00:36:21.019><c> priests,</c><00:36:22.000><c> even</c><00:36:22.320><c> now,</c>

00:36:23.719 --> 00:36:24.530
both<00:36:23.940><c> in</c><00:36:24.199><c> principle</c>

00:36:25.000 --> 00:36:27.099
and<00:36:25.659><c> in</c><00:36:25.960><c> prospect.</c>

00:36:27.619 --> 00:36:28.820
Priests<00:36:27.980><c> who</c><00:36:28.280><c> appreciate</c>

00:36:28.820 --> 00:36:30.599
the<00:36:29.159><c> principles</c><00:36:29.619><c> of</c><00:36:29.840><c> that</c><00:36:30.079><c> kingdom,</c>

00:36:31.079 --> 00:36:33.030
verse<00:36:31.440><c> 10</c><00:36:31.699><c> of</c><00:36:31.900><c> chapter</c><00:36:32.199><c> 2,</c>

00:36:33.139 --> 00:36:34.579
who<00:36:33.360><c> manifest</c><00:36:33.880><c> the</c><00:36:34.179><c> values</c>

00:36:34.579 --> 00:36:36.039
of<00:36:34.820><c> that</c><00:36:35.099><c> kingdom,</c>

00:36:36.119 --> 00:36:37.679
verses<00:36:36.340><c> 11</c><00:36:36.719><c> to</c><00:36:36.880><c> 25,</c>

00:36:37.679 --> 00:36:39.659
and<00:36:38.280><c> who</c><00:36:38.780><c> proclaim</c>

00:36:39.659 --> 00:36:41.619
the<00:36:40.260><c> fact</c><00:36:40.599><c> of</c><00:36:40.820><c> that</c><00:36:41.059><c> kingdom,</c>

00:36:42.019 --> 00:36:43.619
verse<00:36:42.420><c> 12.</c>

00:36:45.179 --> 00:36:47.460
Ephesians<00:36:45.659><c> chapter</c><00:36:45.980><c> 4.</c>

00:36:48.039 --> 00:36:49.400
One<00:36:48.260><c> Lord,</c>

00:36:49.880 --> 00:36:51.519
one<00:36:50.340><c> faith,</c>

00:36:52.260 --> 00:36:53.659
one<00:36:52.500><c> baptism,</c>

00:36:54.639 --> 00:36:56.239
one<00:36:55.059><c> Lord,</c>

00:36:57.380 --> 00:36:59.260
one<00:36:58.079><c> faith,</c>

00:36:59.599 --> 00:37:02.239
in<00:36:59.780><c> the</c><00:36:59.980><c> things</c><00:37:00.340><c> pertaining</c><00:37:00.860><c> to</c><00:37:01.079><c> the</c><00:37:01.219><c> kingdom</c><00:37:01.480><c> of</c><00:37:01.699><c> God</c>

00:37:02.239 --> 00:37:04.579
and<00:37:02.880><c> the</c><00:37:03.000><c> name</c><00:37:03.340><c> of</c><00:37:03.579><c> Jesus</c><00:37:03.940><c> Christ.</c>

00:37:04.579 --> 00:37:07.980
What<00:37:05.239><c> is</c><00:37:06.260><c> that</c><00:37:06.559><c> but</c><00:37:06.860><c> the</c><00:37:07.079><c> things</c><00:37:07.340><c> pertaining</c>

00:37:07.980 --> 00:37:09.079
to<00:37:08.440><c> the</c><00:37:08.639><c> King</c>

00:37:09.079 --> 00:37:11.599
and<00:37:10.280><c> the</c><00:37:10.480><c> things</c><00:37:10.880><c> pertaining</c>

00:37:11.599 --> 00:37:13.260
to<00:37:12.119><c> the</c><00:37:12.300><c> kingdom?</c>

00:37:14.320 --> 00:37:14.960
One<00:37:14.539><c> baptism</c>

00:37:15.199 --> 00:37:17.460
into<00:37:16.039><c> that</c><00:37:16.360><c> faith,</c>

00:37:17.659 --> 00:37:19.340
which<00:37:17.760><c> is</c><00:37:18.000><c> a</c><00:37:18.099><c> submission</c><00:37:18.500><c> in</c><00:37:18.820><c> symbol</c>

00:37:19.340 --> 00:37:21.639
to<00:37:20.000><c> the</c><00:37:20.219><c> government</c><00:37:20.659><c> of</c><00:37:20.880><c> the</c><00:37:21.039><c> Lord,</c>

00:37:22.059 --> 00:37:23.280
whereby<00:37:22.360><c> the</c><00:37:22.780><c> believer</c>

00:37:23.280 --> 00:37:26.719
becomes<00:37:24.260><c> part</c><00:37:24.980><c> of</c><00:37:25.159><c> the</c><00:37:25.340><c> one</c><00:37:25.559><c> body.</c>

00:37:28.599 --> 00:37:30.019
Luke<00:37:28.940><c> chapter</c><00:37:29.280><c> 12,</c>

00:37:30.480 --> 00:37:32.139
and<00:37:30.619><c> verse</c><00:37:30.860><c> 32.</c>

00:37:32.460 --> 00:37:33.940
Fear<00:37:32.760><c> not,</c><00:37:33.280><c> little</c><00:37:33.519><c> flock,</c>

00:37:33.940 --> 00:37:36.920
for<00:37:34.820><c> it</c><00:37:34.940><c> is</c><00:37:35.159><c> your</c><00:37:35.440><c> Father's</c><00:37:36.059><c> good</c><00:37:36.360><c> pleasure</c>

00:37:36.920 --> 00:37:38.250
to<00:37:37.619><c> give</c><00:37:37.820><c> you</c>

00:37:38.699 --> 00:37:39.960
the<00:37:38.980><c> kingdom.</c>

00:37:40.480 --> 00:37:41.880
The<00:37:40.760><c> ecclesia,</c>

00:37:41.940 --> 00:37:44.159
the<00:37:42.179><c> aggregation</c><00:37:42.780><c> of</c><00:37:43.019><c> the</c><00:37:43.199><c> saints,</c>

00:37:44.219 --> 00:37:45.940
is<00:37:44.400><c> the</c><00:37:44.780><c> embryonic</c><00:37:45.380><c> form</c>

00:37:45.940 --> 00:37:49.000
of<00:37:46.579><c> the</c><00:37:46.760><c> coming</c><00:37:47.239><c> kingdom</c><00:37:47.739><c> of</c><00:37:48.039><c> God.</c>

00:37:49.239 --> 00:37:50.340
It<00:37:49.400><c> is</c><00:37:49.639><c> that</c><00:37:49.920><c> route</c>

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00:37:54.300 --> 00:37:57.579
the<00:37:54.880><c> objective</c><00:37:55.420><c> is</c><00:37:55.780><c> finally</c><00:37:56.179><c> realized.</c>

00:37:58.219 --> 00:38:00.340
Notice<00:37:58.659><c> the</c><00:37:58.860><c> context</c><00:37:59.320><c> of</c><00:37:59.539><c> those</c><00:37:59.780><c> words,</c>

00:38:00.679 --> 00:38:02.599
verse<00:38:01.019><c> 31</c><00:38:01.539><c> of</c><00:38:01.760><c> Luke</c><00:38:01.980><c> 12.</c>

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Seek<00:38:03.800><c> ye</c>

00:38:04.340 --> 00:38:07.300
the<00:38:05.320><c> kingdom</c><00:38:05.719><c> of</c><00:38:05.940><c> God.</c>

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As<00:38:12.380><c> well</c><00:38:12.679><c> as</c><00:38:12.840><c> bearing</c><00:38:13.059><c> the</c><00:38:13.320><c> fruits</c><00:38:13.500><c> of</c><00:38:13.659><c> the</c><00:38:13.820><c> kingdom,</c>

00:38:16.159 --> 00:38:18.239
there<00:38:16.280><c> is</c><00:38:16.500><c> present</c><00:38:16.800><c> hope</c><00:38:17.260><c> and</c><00:38:17.679><c> confidence</c>

00:38:18.239 --> 00:38:20.860
for<00:38:19.179><c> each</c><00:38:19.400><c> one</c><00:38:19.619><c> of</c><00:38:19.760><c> us.</c>

00:38:23.019 --> 00:38:24.679
This<00:38:23.440><c> gospel</c><00:38:23.800><c> of</c><00:38:23.980><c> the</c><00:38:24.139><c> kingdom</c>

00:38:24.679 --> 00:38:26.679
shall<00:38:25.199><c> be</c><00:38:25.440><c> preached</c><00:38:25.679><c> in</c><00:38:25.940><c> all</c><00:38:26.159><c> the</c><00:38:26.340><c> world</c>

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unto<00:38:28.639><c> all</c><00:38:29.719><c> nations.</c>

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We<00:38:32.599><c> are</c><00:38:32.679><c> not</c><00:38:32.760><c> concerned</c><00:38:33.440><c> with</c><00:38:33.659><c> seeking</c><00:38:33.940><c> to</c><00:38:34.239><c> define</c>

00:38:34.840 --> 00:38:36.820
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00:38:40.420 --> 00:38:42.559
We<00:38:40.500><c> are</c><00:38:40.840><c> concerned</c><00:38:41.260><c> to</c><00:38:41.519><c> notice</c>

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00:38:49.380 --> 00:38:51.820
and<00:38:49.800><c> is</c><00:38:50.079><c> still</c><00:38:50.340><c> being</c><00:38:50.699><c> made.</c>

00:38:51.940 --> 00:38:54.320
It<00:38:52.119><c> is</c><00:38:52.360><c> therefore</c><00:38:52.800><c> a</c><00:38:53.079><c> central</c><00:38:53.760><c> feature</c>

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of<00:38:55.400><c> the</c><00:38:55.599><c> message,</c>

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of<00:38:58.599><c> the</c><00:38:58.760><c> kingdom</c><00:38:59.019><c> of</c><00:38:59.300><c> God.</c>

00:38:59.719 --> 00:39:02.360
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00:39:02.360 --> 00:39:04.460
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00:39:04.460 --> 00:39:05.619
New<00:39:04.739><c> Testament</c><00:39:05.179><c> scriptures.</c>

00:39:05.719 --> 00:39:07.820
Just<00:39:05.920><c> take</c><00:39:06.139><c> the</c><00:39:06.320><c> example</c><00:39:06.679><c> of</c><00:39:06.840><c> the</c><00:39:06.980><c> Apostle</c><00:39:07.360><c> Paul.</c>

00:39:08.159 --> 00:39:10.699
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persuading<00:39:11.639><c> them</c><00:39:11.920><c> concerning</c><00:39:12.380><c> Jesus</c>

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00:39:14.739 --> 00:39:15.780
and<00:39:14.900><c> out</c><00:39:15.039><c> of</c><00:39:15.159><c> the</c><00:39:15.360><c> prophets</c>

00:39:15.780 --> 00:39:17.900
from<00:39:16.340><c> morning</c><00:39:16.820><c> till</c><00:39:17.380><c> evening.</c>

00:39:18.219 --> 00:39:20.480
Interesting<00:39:18.539><c> to</c><00:39:18.739><c> notice</c><00:39:19.000><c> the</c><00:39:19.260><c> sequence</c><00:39:19.579><c> there,</c><00:39:19.940><c> isn't</c><00:39:20.099><c> it?</c>

00:39:20.739 --> 00:39:22.119
We<00:39:20.960><c> might</c><00:39:21.179><c> have</c><00:39:21.360><c> thought</c><00:39:21.579><c> that</c><00:39:21.840><c> Jesus</c>

00:39:22.119 --> 00:39:23.119
would<00:39:22.300><c> be</c><00:39:22.539><c> first,</c>

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but<00:39:24.139><c> no.</c>

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The<00:39:25.619><c> kingdom</c><00:39:25.920><c> of</c><00:39:26.219><c> God</c>

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and<00:39:28.579><c> also</c>

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persuading<00:39:30.280><c> them</c><00:39:30.519><c> concerning</c><00:39:31.000><c> Jesus.</c>

00:39:32.480 --> 00:39:33.239
He<00:39:32.659><c> was</c><00:39:32.920><c> preaching</c>

00:39:33.239 --> 00:39:34.440
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00:39:34.440 --> 00:39:36.800
and<00:39:34.960><c> teaching</c><00:39:35.280><c> those</c><00:39:35.739><c> things</c><00:39:36.079><c> which</c><00:39:36.380><c> concern</c>

00:39:36.800 --> 00:39:38.199
the<00:39:37.000><c> Lord</c><00:39:37.199><c> Jesus</c><00:39:37.619><c> Christ</c>

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with<00:39:38.679><c> all</c><00:39:39.039><c> confidence,</c>

00:39:40.280 --> 00:39:42.579
no<00:39:40.480><c> man</c><00:39:41.159><c> forbidding</c><00:39:41.699><c> Him.</c>

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I<00:39:44.239><c> think</c><00:39:44.480><c> therefore,</c>

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my<00:39:44.960><c> dear</c><00:39:45.179><c> brethren</c><00:39:45.500><c> and</c><00:39:45.760><c> sisters,</c>

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that<00:39:48.019><c> these</c><00:39:48.420><c> passages</c>

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and<00:39:49.900><c> their</c><00:39:50.179><c> attendant</c>

00:39:50.719 --> 00:39:53.239
lessons<00:39:51.380><c> and</c><00:39:51.960><c> implications,</c>

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this<00:39:54.119><c> perspective</c>

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helps<00:39:56.099><c> us</c><00:39:56.380><c> towards</c><00:39:56.719><c> a</c><00:39:56.980><c> fuller</c><00:39:57.340><c> understanding</c>

00:39:58.019 --> 00:39:59.440
of<00:39:58.860><c> a</c><00:39:59.000><c> number</c><00:39:59.199><c> of</c>

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in<00:40:02.940><c> the</c><00:40:03.019><c> New</c><00:40:03.199><c> Testament.</c>

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and<00:40:15.019><c> verse</c><00:40:15.320><c> 12.</c>

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00:40:20.280 --> 00:40:22.480
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of<00:40:22.559><c> the</c><00:40:22.840><c> saints</c><00:40:23.260><c> in</c><00:40:23.760><c> light,</c>

00:40:24.900 --> 00:40:26.639
who<00:40:25.159><c> hath</c><00:40:25.460><c> delivered</c><00:40:25.780><c> us</c><00:40:26.039><c> from</c><00:40:26.199><c> the</c><00:40:26.420><c> power</c>

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of<00:40:26.900><c> darkness,</c><00:40:28.340><c> and</c>

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hath<00:40:29.360><c> translated</c><00:40:30.079><c> us</c>

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into<00:40:31.260><c> the</c><00:40:31.539><c> kingdom</c><00:40:32.079><c> of</c>

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His<00:40:33.159><c> dear</c><00:40:33.599><c> Son.</c>

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Notice<00:40:35.440><c> the</c><00:40:35.699><c> tense</c><00:40:35.900><c> there</c>

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is<00:40:37.139><c> the</c><00:40:37.519><c> past</c><00:40:37.800><c> tense.</c>

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It<00:40:38.880><c> is</c><00:40:39.079><c> our</c><00:40:39.360><c> association</c>

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salvation.

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And<00:40:44.360><c> the</c><00:40:44.480><c> word</c><00:40:44.739><c> translate</c><00:40:45.300><c> in</c><00:40:45.460><c> that</c><00:40:45.699><c> passage</c>

00:40:46.159 --> 00:40:48.579
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with<00:40:49.039><c> the</c><00:40:49.219><c> word</c><00:40:49.440><c> used</c><00:40:49.800><c> in</c><00:40:49.980><c> the</c><00:40:50.119><c> translation</c>

00:40:50.619 --> 00:40:53.059
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and<00:40:53.400><c> verse</c><00:40:53.699><c> 5.</c>

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In<00:40:54.539><c> other</c><00:40:54.780><c> words,</c><00:40:55.619><c> we</c><00:40:55.659><c> have</c><00:40:55.860><c> been</c><00:40:56.219><c> called</c>

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out<00:40:57.039><c> of</c><00:40:57.179><c> the</c><00:40:57.400><c> world,</c>

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we<00:40:58.400><c> have</c><00:40:58.619><c> been</c><00:40:58.940><c> called</c><00:40:59.420><c> into</c><00:40:59.920><c> the</c><00:41:00.139><c> Ecclesia,</c>

00:41:01.280 --> 00:41:02.840
and<00:41:01.500><c> in</c><00:41:01.679><c> the</c><00:41:01.860><c> mercy</c><00:41:02.119><c> and</c><00:41:02.360><c> grace</c><00:41:02.559><c> of</c>

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for<00:41:05.199><c> the</c><00:41:05.400><c> kingdom</c><00:41:05.659><c> of</c><00:41:05.940><c> God.</c>

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Romans<00:41:09.119><c> 14</c><00:41:09.920><c> and</c><00:41:10.480><c> verse</c>

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17.

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For<00:41:12.579><c> the</c><00:41:12.739><c> kingdom</c><00:41:13.039><c> of</c><00:41:13.320><c> God</c><00:41:13.679><c> is</c><00:41:14.360><c> not</c>

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meat<00:41:15.139><c> and</c><00:41:15.440><c> drink,</c><00:41:16.119><c> but</c><00:41:16.380><c> righteousness</c>

00:41:16.960 --> 00:41:18.860
and<00:41:17.420><c> joy</c><00:41:17.639><c> in</c><00:41:17.820><c> the</c><00:41:18.000><c> Holy</c><00:41:18.239><c> Spirit.</c>

00:41:18.860 --> 00:41:21.099
For<00:41:19.739><c> he</c><00:41:20.039><c> that</c><00:41:20.199><c> in</c><00:41:20.400><c> these</c><00:41:20.780><c> things</c>

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serveth<00:41:21.500><c> Christ</c><00:41:22.179><c> is</c><00:41:22.800><c> acceptable</c>

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to<00:41:23.639><c> God</c><00:41:24.139><c> and</c><00:41:24.860><c> approved</c>

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of<00:41:25.960><c> men.</c>

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And<00:41:27.300><c> the</c><00:41:27.519><c> context</c><00:41:27.900><c> here</c><00:41:28.380><c> is</c><00:41:28.880><c> the</c>

00:41:29.079 --> 00:41:30.980
relationship<00:41:29.699><c> between</c><00:41:30.159><c> considering</c><00:41:30.679><c> the</c>

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weak<00:41:31.179><c> brother's</c><00:41:31.659><c> conscience</c><00:41:32.199><c> and</c><00:41:32.800><c> the</c>

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need<00:41:33.480><c> to</c><00:41:34.099><c> show</c><00:41:34.300><c> love</c>

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and<00:41:35.280><c> consideration.</c>

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The<00:41:37.559><c> need</c><00:41:37.940><c> to</c><00:41:38.400><c> build</c><00:41:38.659><c> up</c>

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and<00:41:39.539><c> to</c><00:41:39.739><c> edify</c>

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rather<00:41:41.260><c> than</c><00:41:41.460><c> to</c><00:41:41.719><c> cut</c><00:41:41.960><c> down</c><00:41:42.539><c> and</c><00:41:42.820><c> to</c>

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destroy.

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The<00:41:45.219><c> relationship</c><00:41:45.800><c> between</c><00:41:46.119><c> all</c><00:41:46.579><c> these</c>

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things<00:41:47.559><c> and</c><00:41:48.659><c> the</c><00:41:48.860><c> values</c>

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of<00:41:50.460><c> the</c><00:41:50.639><c> kingdom.</c>

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It's<00:41:52.820><c> sacrificial</c>

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love<00:41:54.199><c> in</c><00:41:54.699><c> action</c>

00:41:55.239 --> 00:41:57.059
in<00:41:56.039><c> the</c><00:41:56.219><c> context</c><00:41:56.639><c> of</c><00:41:56.880><c> the</c>

00:41:57.059 --> 00:41:58.340
Ecclesia.

00:41:59.980 --> 00:42:01.079
Matthew<00:42:00.280><c> 12</c>

00:42:01.079 --> 00:42:03.079
and<00:42:01.519><c> verse</c><00:42:01.800><c> 28.</c>

00:42:03.099 --> 00:42:05.139
If<00:42:03.199><c> I</c><00:42:03.519><c> cast</c><00:42:03.719><c> out</c><00:42:04.000><c> devils</c><00:42:04.400><c> by</c><00:42:04.639><c> the</c><00:42:04.880><c> spirit</c>

00:42:05.139 --> 00:42:06.960
of<00:42:05.400><c> God,</c><00:42:06.340><c> then</c><00:42:06.460><c> the</c><00:42:06.659><c> kingdom</c>

00:42:06.960 --> 00:42:09.219
of<00:42:07.260><c> God</c><00:42:07.920><c> is</c><00:42:08.480><c> come</c>

00:42:09.219 --> 00:42:11.619
nigh<00:42:10.179><c> unto</c><00:42:10.679><c> you.</c>

00:42:13.079 --> 00:42:14.579
In<00:42:13.280><c> the</c><00:42:13.480><c> presence</c><00:42:13.719><c> of</c><00:42:13.940><c> Jesus,</c>

00:42:14.579 --> 00:42:16.920
in<00:42:15.780><c> the</c><00:42:15.960><c> presence</c><00:42:16.260><c> of</c><00:42:16.460><c> the</c><00:42:16.559><c> future</c>

00:42:16.920 --> 00:42:19.860
King,<00:42:18.440><c> his</c><00:42:18.659><c> character,</c>

00:42:20.000 --> 00:42:20.960
his<00:42:20.219><c> disposition</c>

00:42:20.960 --> 00:42:22.840
and<00:42:21.780><c> his</c><00:42:22.119><c> values,</c>

00:42:22.980 --> 00:42:25.139
and<00:42:23.480><c> the</c><00:42:23.719><c> power</c><00:42:24.380><c> that</c><00:42:24.820><c> was</c>

00:42:25.139 --> 00:42:27.400
manifested<00:42:25.599><c> in</c><00:42:25.920><c> his</c><00:42:26.239><c> works,</c>

00:42:28.280 --> 00:42:29.800
the<00:42:28.519><c> word</c><00:42:28.940><c> was</c><00:42:29.360><c> made</c>

00:42:29.800 --> 00:42:31.639
flesh<00:42:30.219><c> with</c><00:42:30.739><c> undeniable</c>

00:42:31.639 --> 00:42:33.320
historicity.

00:42:33.679 --> 00:42:35.119
I<00:42:33.900><c> came</c><00:42:34.199><c> to</c><00:42:34.440><c> do</c><00:42:34.599><c> thy</c><00:42:34.860><c> will,</c>

00:42:35.159 --> 00:42:36.920
O<00:42:35.360><c> God,</c><00:42:36.280><c> yea</c><00:42:36.500><c> thy</c>

00:42:36.920 --> 00:42:38.780
law<00:42:37.500><c> is</c><00:42:38.159><c> within</c>

00:42:38.780 --> 00:42:40.719
my<00:42:39.679><c> heart.</c>

00:42:40.800 --> 00:42:42.880
So<00:42:41.260><c> it</c><00:42:41.380><c> was</c><00:42:41.579><c> surely</c><00:42:41.860><c> in</c><00:42:42.079><c> that</c><00:42:42.300><c> sense</c>

00:42:42.880 --> 00:42:45.480
that<00:42:43.400><c> the</c><00:42:43.559><c> kingdom</c><00:42:43.860><c> of</c><00:42:44.079><c> God</c><00:42:44.340><c> had</c><00:42:44.639><c> indeed</c>

00:42:45.579 --> 00:42:46.739
drawn<00:42:46.059><c> nigh</c>

00:42:46.739 --> 00:42:49.119
in<00:42:47.260><c> the</c><00:42:47.519><c> manifestation</c><00:42:48.139><c> of</c><00:42:48.539><c> power</c>

00:42:49.119 --> 00:42:51.239
in<00:42:49.659><c> the</c><00:42:49.880><c> works</c><00:42:50.179><c> that</c><00:42:50.400><c> were</c><00:42:50.659><c> accomplished</c>

00:42:51.239 --> 00:42:52.760
by<00:42:51.579><c> him.</c>

00:42:54.059 --> 00:42:55.619
In<00:42:54.179><c> Mark</c><00:42:54.440><c> chapter</c><00:42:54.780><c> 10</c>

00:42:55.940 --> 00:42:57.079
there's<00:42:56.619><c> a</c><00:42:56.800><c> record</c>

00:42:57.079 --> 00:42:59.059
of<00:42:57.280><c> the</c><00:42:57.440><c> disciples</c><00:42:57.960><c> rebuking</c><00:42:58.679><c> those</c>

00:42:59.059 --> 00:43:01.280
who<00:42:59.360><c> brought</c><00:42:59.639><c> young</c><00:43:00.059><c> children</c><00:43:00.460><c> to</c><00:43:00.679><c> Jesus</c>

00:43:01.280 --> 00:43:02.940
that<00:43:01.800><c> he</c><00:43:02.019><c> might</c><00:43:02.460><c> touch</c>

00:43:02.940 --> 00:43:04.280
them.

00:43:04.820 --> 00:43:06.860
In<00:43:05.079><c> verse</c><00:43:05.380><c> 14</c><00:43:05.840><c> it</c><00:43:06.000><c> is</c><00:43:06.199><c> recorded</c><00:43:06.619><c> when</c>

00:43:06.860 --> 00:43:08.980
Jesus<00:43:07.300><c> saw</c><00:43:07.599><c> it,</c><00:43:08.199><c> he</c><00:43:08.260><c> was</c><00:43:08.559><c> much</c>

00:43:08.980 --> 00:43:10.719
displeased<00:43:09.619><c> and</c><00:43:09.860><c> saith</c><00:43:10.019><c> unto</c><00:43:10.199><c> them,</c>

00:43:10.719 --> 00:43:13.340
Suffer<00:43:11.400><c> the</c><00:43:11.480><c> little</c><00:43:11.800><c> children</c><00:43:12.179><c> to</c><00:43:12.400><c> come</c><00:43:12.559><c> unto</c><00:43:12.780><c> me</c>

00:43:13.340 --> 00:43:15.079
and<00:43:13.760><c> forbid</c><00:43:14.119><c> them</c><00:43:14.440><c> not</c>

00:43:15.079 --> 00:43:16.780
for<00:43:15.880><c> of</c><00:43:16.400><c> such</c>

00:43:16.780 --> 00:43:18.820
is<00:43:17.559><c> the</c><00:43:18.519><c> kingdom</c>

00:43:18.820 --> 00:43:20.559
of<00:43:19.079><c> God.</c>

00:43:20.579 --> 00:43:22.539
Verily<00:43:20.860><c> I</c><00:43:21.139><c> say</c><00:43:21.280><c> unto</c><00:43:21.500><c> you,</c>

00:43:22.820 --> 00:43:24.699
whosoever<00:43:23.260><c> shall</c><00:43:23.500><c> not</c><00:43:23.800><c> receive</c><00:43:24.239><c> the</c><00:43:24.420><c> kingdom</c>

00:43:24.699 --> 00:43:26.159
of<00:43:24.860><c> God</c><00:43:25.039><c> as</c><00:43:25.219><c> a</c><00:43:25.340><c> little</c><00:43:25.519><c> child,</c>

00:43:26.480 --> 00:43:28.739
he<00:43:26.760><c> shall</c><00:43:27.059><c> not</c><00:43:27.820><c> enter</c>

00:43:28.739 --> 00:43:30.099
therein.

00:43:31.099 --> 00:43:32.820
A<00:43:31.340><c> very</c><00:43:31.639><c> definite</c><00:43:31.980><c> relationship</c>

00:43:32.820 --> 00:43:35.099
between<00:43:33.780><c> the</c><00:43:34.460><c> necessary</c>

00:43:35.099 --> 00:43:36.599
childlike<00:43:35.860><c> trust,</c>

00:43:36.900 --> 00:43:38.780
faith<00:43:37.420><c> and</c><00:43:38.039><c> humility</c>

00:43:38.780 --> 00:43:40.460
and<00:43:39.539><c> the</c><00:43:39.780><c> entrance</c>

00:43:40.460 --> 00:43:43.059
into<00:43:41.280><c> the</c><00:43:41.460><c> kingdom</c><00:43:41.739><c> of</c><00:43:41.960><c> God.</c>

00:43:45.159 --> 00:43:46.599
Matthew<00:43:45.460><c> chapter</c><00:43:45.840><c> 21</c>

00:43:46.599 --> 00:43:48.440
the<00:43:48.000><c> parable</c>

00:43:48.440 --> 00:43:50.559
of<00:43:48.980><c> the</c><00:43:49.179><c> two</c><00:43:49.380><c> sons.</c>

00:43:51.539 --> 00:43:52.920
One<00:43:51.739><c> said</c><00:43:52.199><c> he</c><00:43:52.480><c> would</c><00:43:52.659><c> go</c>

00:43:52.920 --> 00:43:54.900
to<00:43:53.139><c> work</c><00:43:53.340><c> in</c><00:43:53.539><c> the</c><00:43:53.739><c> father's</c><00:43:54.159><c> vineyard</c>

00:43:54.900 --> 00:43:56.420
and<00:43:55.440><c> didn't.</c>

00:43:56.980 --> 00:43:58.519
One<00:43:57.260><c> said</c><00:43:57.480><c> he</c><00:43:57.659><c> wouldn't</c>

00:43:58.519 --> 00:44:00.820
but<00:43:58.920><c> later</c><00:43:59.260><c> repented</c><00:44:00.099><c> and</c>

00:44:00.820 --> 00:44:02.840
did.<00:44:02.019><c> Who</c><00:44:02.360><c> did</c><00:44:02.559><c> the</c><00:44:02.739><c> will</c>

00:44:02.840 --> 00:44:04.159
of<00:44:03.119><c> God?</c>

00:44:04.619 --> 00:44:06.780
Clearly<00:44:05.239><c> the</c><00:44:05.800><c> latter.</c>

00:44:07.380 --> 00:44:08.960
Jesus<00:44:08.219><c> saith</c><00:44:08.539><c> unto</c><00:44:08.739><c> them</c>

00:44:08.960 --> 00:44:10.139
verse<00:44:09.219><c> 31,</c>

00:44:10.139 --> 00:44:12.139
Verily<00:44:10.760><c> I</c><00:44:10.960><c> say</c><00:44:11.139><c> unto</c><00:44:11.400><c> you</c>

00:44:12.139 --> 00:44:14.300
that<00:44:12.639><c> the</c><00:44:12.880><c> publicans</c><00:44:13.280><c> and</c><00:44:13.500><c> the</c><00:44:13.719><c> harlots</c>

00:44:14.300 --> 00:44:16.280
go<00:44:15.159><c> into</c><00:44:15.780><c> the</c><00:44:15.940><c> kingdom</c>

00:44:16.280 --> 00:44:18.780
of<00:44:16.460><c> God</c><00:44:17.119><c> before</c><00:44:17.840><c> you.</c>

00:44:21.300 --> 00:44:22.400
The<00:44:21.539><c> context</c><00:44:21.860><c> there</c><00:44:22.199><c> is</c>

00:44:22.400 --> 00:44:24.260
the<00:44:22.599><c> chief</c><00:44:22.860><c> priests</c><00:44:23.460><c> and</c><00:44:23.900><c> scribes</c>

00:44:24.260 --> 00:44:27.179
and<00:44:24.460><c> elders</c><00:44:24.880><c> once</c><00:44:25.739><c> again.</c>

00:44:28.219 --> 00:44:30.179
Matthew<00:44:28.659><c> chapters</c><00:44:29.320><c> 16</c>

00:44:30.179 --> 00:44:31.800
and<00:44:30.960><c> 17</c>

00:44:31.800 --> 00:44:33.880
the<00:44:32.500><c> great</c><00:44:32.719><c> chapters</c><00:44:33.119><c> considering</c>

00:44:33.880 --> 00:44:35.760
the<00:44:34.500><c> theme</c><00:44:34.780><c> of</c><00:44:35.039><c> cross</c><00:44:35.380><c> bearing</c>

00:44:35.760 --> 00:44:37.920
the<00:44:36.420><c> ultimate</c><00:44:36.820><c> issues</c><00:44:37.239><c> of</c><00:44:37.579><c> saving</c>

00:44:37.920 --> 00:44:40.159
one's<00:44:38.460><c> life</c><00:44:38.800><c> or</c><00:44:39.320><c> losing</c><00:44:39.679><c> it.</c>

00:44:40.400 --> 00:44:42.000
And<00:44:40.599><c> then</c><00:44:41.019><c> at</c><00:44:41.699><c> the</c><00:44:41.780><c> beginning</c>

00:44:42.000 --> 00:44:43.719
of<00:44:42.219><c> chapter</c><00:44:42.460><c> 17</c>

00:44:43.579 --> 00:44:45.539
the<00:44:44.000><c> transfiguration.</c>

00:44:45.960 --> 00:44:48.199
There's<00:44:46.179><c> a</c><00:44:46.260><c> very</c><00:44:46.559><c> interesting</c><00:44:47.219><c> juxtaposition</c>

00:44:48.199 --> 00:44:49.920
of<00:44:48.519><c> thought</c><00:44:48.880><c> here</c><00:44:49.420><c> presented</c>

00:44:49.920 --> 00:44:52.340
to<00:44:50.260><c> us</c><00:44:50.659><c> in</c><00:44:50.920><c> the</c><00:44:51.159><c> record.</c>

00:44:53.719 --> 00:44:56.059
The<00:44:54.039><c> association</c><00:44:54.820><c> of</c><00:44:55.639><c> future</c>

00:44:56.059 --> 00:44:57.219
glory

00:44:57.739 --> 00:45:00.119
and<00:44:58.159><c> also</c><00:44:58.980><c> present</c><00:44:59.579><c> hope</c>

00:45:00.119 --> 00:45:01.699
and<00:45:00.800><c> aspiration.</c>

00:45:01.699 --> 00:45:04.460
And<00:45:02.719><c> the</c><00:45:02.980><c> characteristics</c><00:45:03.619><c> and</c><00:45:03.920><c> qualities</c>

00:45:04.460 --> 00:45:06.039
that<00:45:05.059><c> are</c><00:45:05.239><c> needed</c><00:45:05.500><c> in</c><00:45:05.739><c> those</c>

00:45:06.039 --> 00:45:07.320
who<00:45:06.179><c> would</c><00:45:06.400><c> be</c><00:45:06.679><c> disciples</c>

00:45:07.320 --> 00:45:09.900
in<00:45:07.840><c> order</c><00:45:08.179><c> to</c><00:45:08.719><c> achieve</c><00:45:09.380><c> and</c>

00:45:09.900 --> 00:45:12.159
aspire<00:45:10.300><c> to</c><00:45:10.539><c> that</c><00:45:10.739><c> future</c><00:45:11.099><c> glory.</c>

00:45:12.840 --> 00:45:13.579
The<00:45:12.860><c> son</c><00:45:13.059><c> of</c><00:45:13.260><c> man</c>

00:45:13.579 --> 00:45:15.599
chapter<00:45:13.840><c> 16</c><00:45:14.340><c> and</c><00:45:14.579><c> verse</c><00:45:14.780><c> 27</c>

00:45:15.599 --> 00:45:17.820
shall<00:45:16.179><c> come</c><00:45:16.420><c> in</c><00:45:16.559><c> the</c><00:45:16.780><c> glory</c><00:45:17.039><c> of</c><00:45:17.260><c> his</c><00:45:17.460><c> father</c>

00:45:17.820 --> 00:45:19.800
with<00:45:18.059><c> his</c><00:45:18.300><c> angels</c><00:45:18.860><c> and</c><00:45:19.500><c> then</c>

00:45:19.800 --> 00:45:21.679
shall<00:45:20.000><c> he</c><00:45:20.300><c> reward</c><00:45:20.619><c> every</c><00:45:21.039><c> man</c>

00:45:21.679 --> 00:45:23.860
according<00:45:22.199><c> to</c><00:45:22.519><c> his</c><00:45:22.780><c> works.</c>

00:45:24.019 --> 00:45:25.739
Verily<00:45:24.340><c> I</c><00:45:24.599><c> say</c><00:45:24.760><c> unto</c><00:45:24.960><c> you</c>

00:45:25.739 --> 00:45:27.880
there<00:45:26.079><c> be</c><00:45:26.300><c> some</c><00:45:26.639><c> standing</c><00:45:27.059><c> here</c>

00:45:27.880 --> 00:45:29.920
which<00:45:28.400><c> shall</c><00:45:28.619><c> not</c><00:45:28.860><c> taste</c><00:45:29.139><c> of</c><00:45:29.420><c> death</c>

00:45:29.920 --> 00:45:32.139
till<00:45:30.400><c> they</c><00:45:30.679><c> see</c><00:45:30.920><c> the</c><00:45:31.119><c> son</c><00:45:31.300><c> of</c><00:45:31.539><c> man</c>

00:45:32.139 --> 00:45:34.880
coming<00:45:32.659><c> in</c><00:45:33.659><c> his</c><00:45:33.920><c> kingdom.</c>

00:45:38.800 --> 00:45:40.739
So<00:45:39.019><c> finally</c><00:45:39.280><c> my</c><00:45:39.500><c> dear</c><00:45:39.699><c> brethren</c><00:45:39.980><c> and</c><00:45:40.260><c> sisters</c>

00:45:40.739 --> 00:45:42.320
may<00:45:41.699><c> we</c><00:45:41.880><c> summarize</c>

00:45:42.579 --> 00:45:44.199
what<00:45:43.260><c> we</c><00:45:43.480><c> have</c><00:45:43.679><c> said</c>

00:45:44.199 --> 00:45:45.400
today.

00:45:46.400 --> 00:45:47.760
The<00:45:46.639><c> mystery</c><00:45:47.000><c> of</c><00:45:47.179><c> the</c><00:45:47.340><c> kingdom</c>

00:45:47.760 --> 00:45:49.860
is<00:45:48.440><c> the</c><00:45:48.639><c> revelation</c><00:45:49.079><c> of</c><00:45:49.340><c> God</c>

00:45:49.860 --> 00:45:51.559
through<00:45:50.440><c> Jesus</c><00:45:50.940><c> Christ</c>

00:45:51.559 --> 00:45:54.000
of<00:45:52.099><c> the</c><00:45:52.320><c> things</c><00:45:52.940><c> pertaining</c><00:45:53.679><c> to</c>

00:45:54.000 --> 00:45:56.019
the<00:45:54.159><c> kingdom.</c><00:45:55.179><c> Its</c><00:45:55.440><c> nature</c>

00:45:56.019 --> 00:45:58.460
its<00:45:56.679><c> character,</c><00:45:57.780><c> its</c><00:45:58.019><c> hopes</c>

00:45:58.460 --> 00:46:00.440
and<00:45:58.960><c> its</c><00:45:59.179><c> values.</c>

00:46:01.039 --> 00:46:01.960
It<00:46:01.179><c> is</c><00:46:01.500><c> centered</c>

00:46:01.960 --> 00:46:04.059
in<00:46:02.519><c> the</c><00:46:02.699><c> Lord</c><00:46:02.880><c> Jesus</c><00:46:03.380><c> Christ</c>

00:46:04.059 --> 00:46:06.559
and<00:46:04.920><c> in</c><00:46:05.159><c> all</c><00:46:05.420><c> those</c><00:46:05.780><c> who</c><00:46:06.079><c> are</c>

00:46:06.559 --> 00:46:08.900
and<00:46:07.219><c> will</c><00:46:07.539><c> be</c><00:46:07.760><c> at</c><00:46:07.900><c> that</c><00:46:08.219><c> day</c>

00:46:08.900 --> 00:46:11.309
part<00:46:09.699><c> of</c><00:46:10.199><c> his</c><00:46:10.440><c> body.</c>

00:46:11.880 --> 00:46:12.559
All<00:46:12.320><c> those</c>

00:46:12.559 --> 00:46:14.760
who<00:46:12.780><c> have</c><00:46:13.079><c> seen,</c><00:46:14.179><c> heard</c>

00:46:14.760 --> 00:46:16.019
believed

00:46:16.019 --> 00:46:17.920
and<00:46:16.920><c> entered</c><00:46:17.179><c> into</c>

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