Warning: chmod(): Operation not permitted in /var/www/hopeinstoughton_www/wp-content/plugins/simple-universal-google-analytics/main.php on line 8
[0] in function chmod in /var/www/hopeinstoughton_www/wp-content/plugins/simple-universal-google-analytics/main.php on line 8
[1] in function include_once in /var/www/hopeinstoughton_www/wp-settings.php on line 560
[2] in function require_once in /var/www/hopeinstoughton_www/wp-config.php on line 85
[3] in function require_once in /var/www/hopeinstoughton_www/wp-load.php on line 50
[4] in function require_once in /var/www/hopeinstoughton_www/wp-blog-header.php on line 13
[5] in function require in /var/www/hopeinstoughton_www/index.php on line 17

WEBVTT
Kind: captions
Language: en

00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.700
x
Well,<00:00:00.800><c> first</c><00:00:01.139><c> of</c><00:00:01.340><c> all,</c><00:00:01.580><c> good</c><00:00:01.679><c> morning</c><00:00:02.040><c> to</c><00:00:02.359><c> all</c><00:00:02.600><c> our</c><00:00:03.060><c> visitors</c>

00:00:03.700 --> 00:00:06.559
x
and<00:00:04.240><c> friends,</c><00:00:04.660><c> both</c><00:00:04.940><c> here</c><00:00:05.240><c> and</c><00:00:05.500><c> online,</c>

00:00:07.240 --> 00:00:11.320
x
our<00:00:07.419><c> young</c><00:00:07.639><c> people,</c><00:00:08.279><c> Sunday</c><00:00:08.380><c> school</c><00:00:08.939><c> students,</c><00:00:09.960><c> and</c><00:00:10.460><c> my</c><00:00:10.740><c> brothers</c><00:00:10.980><c> and</c>

00:00:11.320 --> 00:00:12.720
x
sisters<00:00:11.699><c> in</c><00:00:11.880><c> the</c><00:00:12.039><c> Lord</c><00:00:12.240><c> Jesus</c>

00:00:12.720 --> 00:00:13.779
x
Christ.

00:00:15.140 --> 00:00:21.000
x
Now,<00:00:15.419><c> despite</c><00:00:15.900><c> my</c><00:00:16.379><c> full</c><00:00:16.719><c> confidence</c><00:00:17.320><c> in</c><00:00:17.699><c> the</c><00:00:18.059><c> medal</c><00:00:18.280><c> of</c><00:00:19.120><c> our</c><00:00:19.420><c> brother</c><00:00:19.620><c> Paul</c><00:00:19.980><c> Zawadzki,</c><00:00:20.820><c> I</c>

00:00:21.000 --> 00:00:21.920
x
decided<00:00:21.440><c> rather</c>

00:00:21.920 --> 00:00:28.519
x
than<00:00:22.359><c> to</c><00:00:22.980><c> test</c><00:00:23.500><c> our</c><00:00:25.039><c> brother</c><00:00:25.320><c> Paul,</c><00:00:26.000><c> I</c><00:00:26.000><c> would</c><00:00:26.739><c> spare</c><00:00:27.039><c> him</c><00:00:27.440><c> the</c>

00:00:28.519 --> 00:00:31.019
x
task<00:00:28.940><c> of</c><00:00:29.219><c> reading</c><00:00:29.519><c> all</c><00:00:29.879><c> the</c><00:00:30.140><c> genealogies</c>

00:00:31.019 --> 00:00:33.539
x
of<00:00:31.320><c> Matthew</c><00:00:31.940><c> chapter</c><00:00:32.479><c> one.</c>

00:00:33.640 --> 00:00:38.240
x
But<00:00:34.299><c> please</c><00:00:35.439><c> do</c><00:00:35.740><c> not</c><00:00:35.899><c> go</c><00:00:36.140><c> away</c><00:00:36.420><c> believing</c><00:00:36.859><c> that</c><00:00:37.259><c> genealogy</c>

00:00:38.240 --> 00:00:39.939
x
isn't<00:00:38.700><c> important.</c>

00:00:40.479 --> 00:00:46.359
x
In<00:00:40.579><c> fact,</c><00:00:41.000><c> genealogies</c><00:00:41.679><c> are</c><00:00:41.979><c> absolutely</c><00:00:42.679><c> critical</c><00:00:43.479><c> in</c><00:00:44.340><c> establishing</c><00:00:44.939><c> historical</c><00:00:45.740><c> facts</c>

00:00:46.359 --> 00:00:48.200
x
and<00:00:47.200><c> timelines.</c>

00:00:48.290 --> 00:00:51.060
x
I<00:00:48.700><c> would</c><00:00:48.979><c> therefore</c><00:00:49.359><c> suggest</c><00:00:49.799><c> that</c><00:00:50.000><c> we</c><00:00:50.159><c> all</c><00:00:50.380><c> take</c><00:00:50.560><c> the</c><00:00:50.799><c> time</c>

00:00:51.060 --> 00:00:53.359
x
to<00:00:51.320><c> read</c><00:00:51.479><c> this</c><00:00:51.740><c> portion</c><00:00:52.159><c> of</c><00:00:52.579><c> Matthew</c><00:00:53.079><c> at</c>

00:00:53.359 --> 00:00:54.700
x
our<00:00:53.560><c> convenience.</c>

00:00:56.259 --> 00:01:01.340
x
Today,<00:00:57.159><c> I</c><00:00:57.500><c> plan</c><00:00:57.899><c> to</c><00:00:58.159><c> look</c><00:00:58.420><c> at</c><00:00:59.020><c> recorded</c><00:00:59.460><c> historical</c><00:01:00.820><c> events</c>

00:01:01.340 --> 00:01:04.500
x
from<00:01:01.759><c> all</c><00:01:02.240><c> three</c><00:01:03.039><c> of</c><00:01:03.380><c> the</c><00:01:03.619><c> scheduled</c><00:01:04.060><c> daily</c>

00:01:04.500 --> 00:01:05.540
x
readings.

00:01:06.519 --> 00:01:14.780
x
In<00:01:06.739><c> 1</c><00:01:07.060><c> Samuel</c><00:01:07.739><c> chapter</c><00:01:08.760><c> 14,</c><00:01:11.060><c> Jonathan,</c><00:01:12.200><c> the</c><00:01:12.560><c> son</c><00:01:12.739><c> of</c><00:01:13.040><c> Saul,</c><00:01:14.340><c> while</c><00:01:14.579><c> in</c>

00:01:14.780 --> 00:01:16.079
x
pursuit<00:01:15.159><c> of</c><00:01:15.359><c> the</c><00:01:15.560><c> Philistine</c>

00:01:16.079 --> 00:01:21.879
x
army,<00:01:17.500><c> led</c><00:01:17.599><c> his</c><00:01:17.920><c> armor</c><00:01:18.180><c> bearer</c><00:01:18.560><c> to</c><00:01:18.780><c> spy</c><00:01:19.140><c> against</c><00:01:19.560><c> the</c><00:01:19.799><c> Philistines</c><00:01:20.540><c> and</c><00:01:21.579><c> did</c>

00:01:21.879 --> 00:01:23.540
x
so<00:01:22.260><c> without</c><00:01:22.819><c> his</c><00:01:23.180><c> father</c>

00:01:23.540 --> 00:01:25.900
x
King<00:01:24.000><c> Saul's</c><00:01:24.799><c> knowledge.</c>

00:01:27.340 --> 00:01:33.879
x
Based<00:01:27.719><c> on</c><00:01:27.980><c> the</c><00:01:28.239><c> information</c><00:01:28.799><c> presented</c><00:01:29.319><c> in</c><00:01:29.579><c> scripture</c><00:01:30.000><c> by</c><00:01:30.579><c> the</c><00:01:30.900><c> prophet</c><00:01:31.620><c> Samuel,</c><00:01:33.680><c> I</c>

00:01:33.879 --> 00:01:35.379
x
suggest<00:01:34.299><c> that</c><00:01:34.799><c> Jonathan</c>

00:01:35.379 --> 00:01:40.299
x
had<00:01:35.719><c> enormous</c><00:01:36.480><c> faith</c><00:01:37.000><c> in</c><00:01:37.920><c> the</c><00:01:38.180><c> God</c><00:01:38.359><c> of</c><00:01:38.560><c> Israel,</c><00:01:39.379><c> especially</c>

00:01:40.299 --> 00:01:45.040
x
as<00:01:41.260><c> it</c><00:01:41.480><c> pertained</c><00:01:42.280><c> to</c><00:01:42.719><c> war</c><00:01:43.260><c> and</c><00:01:43.980><c> to</c><00:01:44.120><c> the</c><00:01:44.340><c> fulfillment</c>

00:01:45.040 --> 00:01:50.400
x
of<00:01:45.620><c> the</c><00:01:45.959><c> promises</c><00:01:46.459><c> that</c><00:01:46.819><c> God</c><00:01:47.060><c> had</c><00:01:47.420><c> made</c><00:01:48.219><c> concerning</c><00:01:48.980><c> the</c><00:01:49.359><c> land.</c>

00:01:51.700 --> 00:01:57.379
x
Jonathan<00:01:52.260><c> demonstrates</c><00:01:53.560><c> an</c><00:01:54.280><c> unswaying</c><00:01:55.280><c> faith</c><00:01:55.680><c> that</c><00:01:56.780><c> even</c><00:01:57.140><c> in</c>

00:01:57.379 --> 00:02:00.200
x
the<00:01:57.620><c> face</c><00:01:57.900><c> of</c><00:01:58.200><c> overwhelming</c><00:01:58.760><c> odds,</c><00:01:59.840><c> he</c>

00:02:00.200 --> 00:02:09.060
x
is<00:02:00.620><c> confident</c><00:02:01.200><c> that</c><00:02:01.980><c> if</c><00:02:02.239><c> God</c><00:02:02.680><c> fights</c><00:02:03.239><c> for</c><00:02:03.640><c> the</c><00:02:03.900><c> armies</c><00:02:04.280><c> of</c><00:02:04.519><c> Israel,</c><00:02:06.140><c> victory</c><00:02:06.599><c> is</c><00:02:07.980><c> assured.</c>

00:02:12.419 --> 00:02:17.699
x
After<00:02:13.219><c> prayerful</c><00:02:14.020><c> consideration,</c><00:02:16.580><c> Jonathan</c><00:02:16.819><c> was</c><00:02:17.120><c> convinced</c>

00:02:17.699 --> 00:02:20.719
x
to<00:02:17.900><c> put</c><00:02:18.120><c> his</c><00:02:18.819><c> faith</c><00:02:19.080><c> in</c><00:02:19.360><c> God</c><00:02:19.620><c> and</c><00:02:19.919><c> to</c><00:02:20.159><c> perform</c>

00:02:20.719 --> 00:02:24.680
x
in<00:02:21.099><c> accordance</c><00:02:21.639><c> with</c><00:02:22.699><c> the</c><00:02:23.060><c> commandments</c><00:02:23.439><c> of</c><00:02:23.759><c> God.</c>

00:02:24.819 --> 00:02:29.960
x
In<00:02:25.080><c> so</c><00:02:25.340><c> doing,</c><00:02:25.900><c> his</c><00:02:26.020><c> triumph</c><00:02:26.539><c> over</c><00:02:27.000><c> his</c><00:02:27.520><c> adversary</c><00:02:28.219><c> was</c><00:02:28.840><c> inevitable.</c>

00:02:30.639 --> 00:02:36.860
x
This<00:02:31.639><c> is</c><00:02:32.400><c> how</c><00:02:33.120><c> Jonathan</c><00:02:33.759><c> was</c><00:02:34.080><c> able</c><00:02:34.520><c> to</c><00:02:34.840><c> succeed,</c><00:02:36.360><c> especially</c>

00:02:36.860 --> 00:02:39.300
x
in<00:02:37.060><c> this</c><00:02:37.219><c> particular</c><00:02:37.860><c> battle</c><00:02:38.580><c> with</c>

00:02:39.300 --> 00:02:40.800
x
the<00:02:39.500><c> Philistines.</c>

00:02:41.759 --> 00:02:47.819
x
Meanwhile,<00:02:43.900><c> back</c><00:02:44.080><c> at</c><00:02:44.400><c> camp,</c><00:02:46.360><c> Saul</c><00:02:46.479><c> and</c><00:02:46.659><c> his</c><00:02:46.939><c> army</c><00:02:47.219><c> heard</c><00:02:47.560><c> the</c>

00:02:47.819 --> 00:02:51.960
x
noise<00:02:48.099><c> of</c><00:02:48.460><c> battle</c><00:02:49.039><c> and</c><00:02:50.020><c> the</c><00:02:51.319><c> noise</c><00:02:51.659><c> being</c>

00:02:51.960 --> 00:02:54.400
x
made<00:02:52.520><c> with</c><00:02:52.860><c> the</c><00:02:53.060><c> Philistines.</c>

00:02:54.319 --> 00:02:59.360
x
Upon<00:02:54.759><c> taking</c><00:02:55.240><c> a</c><00:02:55.500><c> roll</c><00:02:55.759><c> call,</c><00:02:57.259><c> Saul</c><00:02:57.360><c> discovered</c><00:02:57.939><c> that</c><00:02:58.259><c> Jonathan</c><00:02:58.780><c> and</c><00:02:59.080><c> his</c>

00:02:59.360 --> 00:03:02.979
x
armor<00:02:59.699><c> bearer</c><00:03:00.620><c> were</c><00:03:01.080><c> not</c><00:03:01.900><c> present.</c>

00:03:05.340 --> 00:03:13.379
x
Even<00:03:05.780><c> as</c><00:03:06.240><c> the</c><00:03:06.960><c> Philistines</c><00:03:07.659><c> were</c><00:03:08.060><c> being</c><00:03:08.400><c> destroyed,</c><00:03:10.719><c> King</c><00:03:10.919><c> Saul</c><00:03:11.360><c> ordered</c><00:03:11.740><c> his</c><00:03:12.219><c> army</c><00:03:12.620><c> to</c>

00:03:13.379 --> 00:03:14.180
x
join<00:03:13.580><c> the</c><00:03:13.879><c> battle</c>

00:03:14.180 --> 00:03:17.860
x
and<00:03:14.500><c> commanded</c><00:03:14.939><c> that</c><00:03:15.199><c> they</c><00:03:15.599><c> were</c><00:03:15.979><c> to</c><00:03:16.240><c> refrain</c><00:03:16.800><c> from</c><00:03:17.259><c> eating</c>

00:03:17.860 --> 00:03:22.000
x
until<00:03:18.879><c> evening,</c><00:03:20.580><c> and</c><00:03:21.060><c> he</c><00:03:21.280><c> made</c><00:03:21.460><c> this</c><00:03:21.780><c> order</c>

00:03:22.000 --> 00:03:24.400
x
under<00:03:22.240><c> the</c><00:03:22.379><c> penalty</c><00:03:22.819><c> of</c><00:03:23.099><c> death.</c>

00:03:26.000 --> 00:03:30.340
x
From<00:03:26.099><c> verse</c><00:03:26.439><c> 23,</c><00:03:28.300><c> 1</c><00:03:28.580><c> Samuel</c><00:03:29.020><c> 14.</c>

00:03:32.900 --> 00:03:36.699
x
So<00:03:32.960><c> the</c><00:03:33.199><c> Lord</c><00:03:33.500><c> saved</c><00:03:33.939><c> Israel</c><00:03:34.460><c> that</c><00:03:34.819><c> day,</c><00:03:36.180><c> and</c><00:03:36.280><c> the</c><00:03:36.460><c> battle</c>

00:03:36.699 --> 00:03:39.340
x
passed<00:03:37.219><c> over</c><00:03:38.000><c> unto</c><00:03:38.400><c> Bethhavon.</c>

00:03:39.719 --> 00:03:43.900
x
And<00:03:40.120><c> the</c><00:03:40.280><c> men</c><00:03:40.479><c> of</c><00:03:40.699><c> Israel</c><00:03:41.240><c> were</c><00:03:41.620><c> distressed</c><00:03:42.340><c> that</c><00:03:42.719><c> day,</c><00:03:43.599><c> for</c>

00:03:43.900 --> 00:03:46.500
x
Saul<00:03:44.419><c> had</c><00:03:44.699><c> adjured</c><00:03:45.039><c> the</c><00:03:45.360><c> people,</c><00:03:46.500><c> saying,</c>

00:03:46.500 --> 00:03:51.180
x
Cursed<00:03:47.780><c> be</c><00:03:48.159><c> the</c><00:03:48.379><c> man</c><00:03:48.620><c> that</c><00:03:48.879><c> eateth</c><00:03:49.280><c> any</c><00:03:49.599><c> food</c><00:03:49.800><c> until</c><00:03:50.120><c> evening,</c>

00:03:51.319 --> 00:03:54.860
x
that<00:03:51.439><c> I</c><00:03:51.759><c> may</c><00:03:52.020><c> be</c><00:03:52.319><c> avenged</c><00:03:52.860><c> on</c><00:03:53.379><c> mine</c><00:03:53.780><c> enemies.</c>

00:03:55.340 --> 00:03:57.979
x
So<00:03:55.539><c> none</c><00:03:55.699><c> of</c><00:03:55.840><c> the</c><00:03:56.000><c> people</c><00:03:56.280><c> tasted</c><00:03:56.759><c> any</c><00:03:57.120><c> food.</c>

00:04:00.020 --> 00:04:05.080
x
Well,<00:04:00.360><c> because</c><00:04:00.879><c> Jonathan</c><00:04:01.500><c> was</c><00:04:02.740><c> already</c><00:04:03.259><c> engaged</c><00:04:03.860><c> in</c><00:04:04.159><c> battle,</c>

00:04:05.780 --> 00:04:07.639
x
he<00:04:06.039><c> was</c><00:04:06.259><c> unaware</c><00:04:06.659><c> of</c><00:04:06.860><c> the</c><00:04:07.000><c> king's</c><00:04:07.400><c> order</c>

00:04:07.639 --> 00:04:09.539
x
regarding<00:04:08.199><c> the</c><00:04:08.599><c> fast.</c>

00:04:10.780 --> 00:04:20.100
x
Therefore,<00:04:13.259><c> he</c><00:04:13.280><c> ate</c><00:04:13.539><c> some</c><00:04:13.800><c> honey,</c><00:04:15.280><c> as</c><00:04:15.819><c> common</c><00:04:16.160><c> sense</c><00:04:16.540><c> dictated,</c><00:04:18.720><c> convinced</c><00:04:19.259><c> that</c>

00:04:20.100 --> 00:04:21.420
x
eating<00:04:20.500><c> may</c><00:04:21.040><c> give</c><00:04:21.199><c> him</c>

00:04:21.420 --> 00:04:22.699
x
more<00:04:21.699><c> stamina.</c>

00:04:24.279 --> 00:04:28.779
x
When<00:04:24.439><c> he</c><00:04:24.839><c> eventually</c><00:04:25.379><c> heard</c><00:04:25.759><c> the</c><00:04:26.079><c> order</c><00:04:26.259><c> his</c><00:04:26.600><c> father</c><00:04:26.839><c> had</c><00:04:27.160><c> issued,</c><00:04:28.480><c> he</c>

00:04:28.779 --> 00:04:31.279
x
argued<00:04:29.180><c> that</c><00:04:29.500><c> if</c><00:04:29.759><c> the</c><00:04:30.300><c> entire</c><00:04:30.699><c> company</c>

00:04:31.279 --> 00:04:36.740
x
had<00:04:31.579><c> eaten,</c><00:04:32.839><c> they</c><00:04:33.100><c> would</c><00:04:33.300><c> have</c><00:04:33.699><c> destroyed</c><00:04:34.259><c> the</c><00:04:34.779><c> Philistines</c><00:04:35.379><c> completely.</c>

00:04:38.259 --> 00:04:48.300
x
Regardless,<00:04:42.620><c> Saul</c><00:04:42.720><c> intended</c><00:04:43.480><c> to</c><00:04:45.019><c> kill</c><00:04:45.220><c> his</c><00:04:45.540><c> son</c><00:04:46.060><c> in</c><00:04:47.360><c> accordance</c><00:04:47.800><c> with</c><00:04:48.100><c> a</c>

00:04:48.300 --> 00:04:50.319
x
vow<00:04:48.639><c> that</c><00:04:48.879><c> he</c><00:04:49.000><c> had</c><00:04:49.279><c> made.</c>

00:04:50.939 --> 00:04:54.959
x
But<00:04:51.120><c> instead,</c><00:04:51.639><c> the</c><00:04:51.860><c> people</c><00:04:52.019><c> rose</c><00:04:52.339><c> up,</c><00:04:53.720><c> proclaiming</c><00:04:54.459><c> that</c><00:04:54.680><c> the</c>

00:04:54.959 --> 00:04:56.879
x
actions<00:04:55.339><c> taken</c><00:04:55.660><c> by</c><00:04:55.959><c> Jonathan</c><00:04:56.379><c> resulted</c>

00:04:56.879 --> 00:04:58.980
x
in<00:04:57.120><c> the</c><00:04:57.259><c> defeat</c><00:04:57.459><c> of</c><00:04:57.660><c> the</c><00:04:57.800><c> Philistines.</c>

00:04:59.759 --> 00:05:05.439
x
As<00:05:00.639><c> a</c><00:05:00.899><c> result</c><00:05:01.360><c> of</c><00:05:02.040><c> God</c><00:05:02.319><c> working</c><00:05:02.759><c> through</c><00:05:03.079><c> Jonathan</c><00:05:03.600><c> and</c><00:05:04.860><c> through</c><00:05:05.139><c> the</c>

00:05:05.439 --> 00:05:07.100
x
support<00:05:05.639><c> of</c><00:05:05.800><c> the</c><00:05:05.959><c> people,</c><00:05:06.899><c> Saul</c>

00:05:07.100 --> 00:05:11.800
x
relented,<00:05:08.579><c> and</c><00:05:08.959><c> Jonathan's</c><00:05:09.639><c> life</c><00:05:10.160><c> was</c><00:05:10.920><c> spared.</c>

00:05:14.060 --> 00:05:20.040
x
By<00:05:14.459><c> coincidence,</c><00:05:16.819><c> just</c><00:05:17.079><c> as</c><00:05:17.579><c> the</c><00:05:18.699><c> first</c><00:05:19.019><c> chapter</c><00:05:19.420><c> of</c><00:05:19.579><c> Matthew</c>

00:05:20.040 --> 00:05:25.240
x
began<00:05:20.480><c> with</c><00:05:20.740><c> the</c><00:05:20.939><c> genealogy</c><00:05:21.620><c> of</c><00:05:21.800><c> the</c>

00:05:25.240 --> 00:05:31.500
x
chapter<00:05:26.139><c> of</c><00:05:26.439><c> 1</c><00:05:26.680><c> Samuel</c><00:05:27.600><c> concludes</c><00:05:28.699><c> with</c><00:05:28.980><c> the</c><00:05:29.180><c> genealogy</c><00:05:30.100><c> of</c><00:05:30.600><c> Saul.</c>

00:05:32.120 --> 00:05:36.860
x
Once<00:05:32.379><c> again,</c><00:05:32.800><c> I</c><00:05:32.939><c> urge</c><00:05:33.199><c> everyone</c><00:05:33.740><c> to</c><00:05:34.579><c> please</c><00:05:34.800><c> take</c><00:05:35.060><c> the</c><00:05:35.259><c> opportunity</c><00:05:35.959><c> to</c>

00:05:36.860 --> 00:05:38.079
x
familiarize<00:05:37.480><c> yourself</c><00:05:37.879><c> with</c>

00:05:38.079 --> 00:05:39.740
x
this<00:05:38.360><c> genealogy.</c>

00:05:41.959 --> 00:05:50.759
x
From<00:05:43.079><c> today's</c><00:05:44.199><c> second</c><00:05:44.540><c> reading</c><00:05:44.980><c> in</c><00:05:46.459><c> Isaiah</c><00:05:47.019><c> chapter</c><00:05:47.660><c> 58,</c><00:05:49.980><c> we</c>

00:05:50.759 --> 00:05:54.980
x
are<00:05:51.199><c> confronted</c><00:05:51.879><c> with</c><00:05:52.759><c> an</c><00:05:53.019><c> unusual</c><00:05:53.620><c> situation.</c>

00:05:55.839 --> 00:06:01.720
x
The<00:05:56.439><c> people</c><00:05:56.740><c> of</c><00:05:56.980><c> Israel</c><00:05:57.459><c> are</c><00:05:57.839><c> gathered</c><00:05:58.060><c> together</c><00:05:58.560><c> for</c><00:05:58.920><c> worship,</c><00:06:00.800><c> but</c><00:06:00.860><c> the</c><00:06:01.199><c> prophet</c><00:06:01.459><c> of</c>

00:06:01.720 --> 00:06:02.779
x
the<00:06:01.899><c> Lord,</c>

00:06:02.779 --> 00:06:13.560
x
Isaiah,<00:06:05.420><c> commanded</c><00:06:07.180><c> to</c><00:06:11.019><c> strongly</c><00:06:11.620><c> rebuke</c><00:06:12.079><c> them.</c>

00:06:14.959 --> 00:06:23.279
x
Cry<00:06:15.240><c> aloud,</c><00:06:17.540><c> spare</c><00:06:17.779><c> not,</c><00:06:19.420><c> lift</c><00:06:19.600><c> up</c><00:06:19.819><c> thy</c><00:06:19.980><c> voice</c><00:06:20.279><c> like</c><00:06:20.540><c> a</c><00:06:20.800><c> trumpet,</c><00:06:22.360><c> and</c><00:06:22.540><c> show</c><00:06:22.860><c> my</c>

00:06:23.279 --> 00:06:25.459
x
people<00:06:23.620><c> their</c><00:06:24.040><c> transgression,</c>

00:06:25.659 --> 00:06:32.439
x
and<00:06:26.139><c> the</c><00:06:26.379><c> house</c><00:06:26.839><c> of</c><00:06:27.240><c> Jacob</c><00:06:27.839><c> their</c><00:06:28.959><c> sins,</c><00:06:30.459><c> says</c><00:06:31.079><c> the</c><00:06:31.519><c> Lord.</c>

00:06:33.980 --> 00:06:40.500
x
Verse<00:06:34.279><c> 2</c><00:06:34.639><c> reveals</c><00:06:35.500><c> the</c><00:06:37.199><c> congregation's</c><00:06:38.300><c> actions</c><00:06:38.639><c> are</c><00:06:39.079><c> displeasing</c><00:06:39.819><c> to</c><00:06:40.319><c> the</c>

00:06:40.500 --> 00:06:42.399
x
Lord,<00:06:41.500><c> because</c><00:06:42.019><c> even</c>

00:06:42.399 --> 00:06:46.420
x
though<00:06:42.759><c> there</c><00:06:42.980><c> is</c><00:06:43.120><c> an</c><00:06:43.339><c> outward</c><00:06:43.819><c> appearance</c><00:06:44.500><c> of</c><00:06:44.899><c> godliness</c><00:06:45.459><c> and</c><00:06:46.240><c> a</c>

00:06:46.420 --> 00:06:50.300
x
deep<00:06:46.680><c> interest</c><00:06:47.139><c> in</c><00:06:47.379><c> spiritual</c><00:06:47.899><c> things,</c><00:06:49.819><c> all</c>

00:06:50.300 --> 00:06:55.259
x
has<00:06:50.699><c> become</c><00:06:51.379><c> separated</c><00:06:52.180><c> from</c><00:06:52.740><c> a</c><00:06:53.120><c> life</c><00:06:53.500><c> of</c><00:06:54.240><c> obedience.</c>

00:06:57.540 --> 00:07:04.800
x
The<00:06:58.300><c> prophet</c><00:06:58.600><c> continues,</c><00:07:00.720><c> yet</c><00:07:00.819><c> they</c><00:07:01.199><c> seek</c><00:07:01.379><c> me</c><00:07:01.680><c> daily,</c><00:07:03.839><c> and</c><00:07:04.240><c> delight</c><00:07:04.560><c> to</c>

00:07:04.800 --> 00:07:05.800
x
know<00:07:04.980><c> my</c><00:07:05.279><c> ways.</c>

00:07:06.259 --> 00:07:10.300
x
As<00:07:06.620><c> a</c><00:07:06.800><c> nation</c><00:07:07.100><c> that</c><00:07:07.399><c> did</c><00:07:07.639><c> righteousness</c><00:07:08.279><c> and</c><00:07:08.860><c> forsook</c><00:07:09.259><c> not</c><00:07:09.500><c> the</c><00:07:09.720><c> ordinance</c><00:07:10.000><c> of</c>

00:07:10.300 --> 00:07:12.480
x
their<00:07:10.560><c> god,</c><00:07:11.480><c> they</c><00:07:11.819><c> ask</c><00:07:12.180><c> of</c>

00:07:12.480 --> 00:07:19.199
x
ordinances<00:07:13.720><c> of</c><00:07:14.019><c> justice,</c><00:07:15.379><c> they</c><00:07:15.639><c> take</c><00:07:15.920><c> delight</c><00:07:16.560><c> in</c><00:07:17.319><c> approaching</c><00:07:17.720><c> to</c><00:07:18.019><c> God.</c>

00:07:21.199 --> 00:07:25.079
x
Isaiah<00:07:21.660><c> takes</c><00:07:22.079><c> to</c><00:07:22.339><c> task</c><00:07:22.699><c> those</c><00:07:23.139><c> who</c><00:07:23.660><c> go</c><00:07:23.939><c> through</c><00:07:24.180><c> the</c><00:07:24.399><c> motions</c>

00:07:25.079 --> 00:07:28.680
x
of<00:07:26.279><c> religious</c><00:07:26.740><c> observance,</c><00:07:28.079><c> but</c><00:07:28.519><c> who</c>

00:07:28.680 --> 00:07:33.040
x
at<00:07:28.819><c> the</c><00:07:29.079><c> same</c><00:07:29.459><c> time</c><00:07:29.939><c> are</c><00:07:30.300><c> committing</c><00:07:30.540><c> sins</c><00:07:31.180><c> and</c><00:07:31.480><c> promoting</c><00:07:31.939><c> corruption.</c>

00:07:34.519 --> 00:07:38.639
x
This<00:07:34.939><c> may</c><00:07:35.300><c> remind</c><00:07:35.699><c> us</c><00:07:36.019><c> of</c><00:07:36.300><c> the</c><00:07:36.639><c> situation</c><00:07:37.279><c> the</c><00:07:37.560><c> apostle</c><00:07:38.000><c> Paul</c>

00:07:38.639 --> 00:07:41.040
x
would<00:07:38.920><c> later</c><00:07:39.199><c> encounter</c><00:07:39.740><c> when</c><00:07:40.439><c> he</c><00:07:40.720><c> visited</c>

00:07:41.040 --> 00:07:42.259
x
the<00:07:41.199><c> churches.</c>

00:07:44.160 --> 00:07:48.060
x
Isaiah<00:07:44.519><c> reminds</c><00:07:45.019><c> the</c><00:07:45.259><c> people</c><00:07:45.560><c> that</c><00:07:45.839><c> true</c><00:07:46.019><c> worship,</c><00:07:47.300><c> which</c><00:07:47.680><c> is</c>

00:07:48.060 --> 00:07:50.740
x
pleasing<00:07:48.360><c> to</c><00:07:48.639><c> God,</c><00:07:49.639><c> reflects</c><00:07:50.000><c> a</c><00:07:50.560><c> true</c>

00:07:50.740 --> 00:07:56.220
x
desire<00:07:51.439><c> to</c><00:07:52.160><c> live</c><00:07:52.399><c> an</c><00:07:52.600><c> upright</c><00:07:53.019><c> life</c><00:07:53.740><c> while</c><00:07:54.180><c> being</c><00:07:54.600><c> helpful</c><00:07:55.300><c> to</c>

00:07:56.220 --> 00:07:58.560
x
others<00:07:56.740><c> in</c><00:07:57.160><c> time</c><00:07:57.439><c> of</c><00:07:57.759><c> need.</c>

00:08:00.240 --> 00:08:06.879
x
I<00:08:00.500><c> find</c><00:08:00.839><c> it</c><00:08:01.279><c> particularly</c><00:08:02.139><c> impressive</c><00:08:03.240><c> that</c><00:08:05.379><c> this</c><00:08:05.819><c> church</c><00:08:06.220><c> here</c><00:08:06.660><c> at</c>

00:08:06.879 --> 00:08:10.819
x
Boston<00:08:07.639><c> willingly</c><00:08:09.199><c> and</c><00:08:09.959><c> consistently</c>

00:08:10.819 --> 00:08:16.199
x
prays<00:08:11.879><c> for</c><00:08:12.300><c> all</c><00:08:12.600><c> men,</c><00:08:14.199><c> regardless</c><00:08:14.800><c> if</c><00:08:15.019><c> they</c><00:08:15.279><c> are</c><00:08:15.500><c> members</c><00:08:15.959><c> of</c>

00:08:16.199 --> 00:08:18.639
x
the<00:08:16.420><c> community</c><00:08:17.100><c> or</c><00:08:17.660><c> not.</c>

00:08:19.720 --> 00:08:24.740
x
Every<00:08:20.060><c> Sunday,</c><00:08:21.779><c> our</c><00:08:21.920><c> brother</c><00:08:22.240><c> Steve</c><00:08:22.680><c> takes</c><00:08:23.100><c> the</c><00:08:23.379><c> time</c><00:08:23.819><c> to</c><00:08:24.220><c> read</c><00:08:24.519><c> a</c>

00:08:24.740 --> 00:08:27.100
x
list<00:08:24.939><c> of</c><00:08:25.100><c> those</c><00:08:25.800><c> who</c><00:08:26.259><c> we</c><00:08:26.579><c> know</c><00:08:26.879><c> are</c>

00:08:27.100 --> 00:08:28.339
x
in<00:08:27.379><c> need.</c>

00:08:29.360 --> 00:08:32.840
x
Our<00:08:29.620><c> sisters</c><00:08:29.939><c> Nancy</c><00:08:30.439><c> Rice</c><00:08:30.899><c> and</c><00:08:31.180><c> Kathy</c><00:08:31.699><c> Scroy</c><00:08:32.120><c> have</c><00:08:32.419><c> made</c><00:08:32.659><c> it</c>

00:08:32.840 --> 00:08:35.740
x
their<00:08:33.120><c> life's</c><00:08:33.659><c> work</c><00:08:34.159><c> to</c><00:08:34.879><c> make</c><00:08:35.179><c> sure</c><00:08:35.519><c> that</c>

00:08:35.740 --> 00:08:39.120
x
there<00:08:35.879><c> are</c><00:08:36.120><c> cards</c><00:08:36.580><c> prepared</c><00:08:37.279><c> for</c><00:08:37.659><c> those</c><00:08:38.019><c> in</c><00:08:38.279><c> need.</c>

00:08:39.720 --> 00:08:45.120
x
Many<00:08:40.600><c> visitors</c><00:08:41.320><c> comment</c><00:08:42.500><c> on</c><00:08:42.779><c> the</c><00:08:43.179><c> extra</c><00:08:43.580><c> effort</c><00:08:43.919><c> given</c><00:08:44.399><c> to</c>

00:08:45.120 --> 00:08:47.519
x
our<00:08:45.279><c> Sunday</c><00:08:45.620><c> morning</c><00:08:46.320><c> announcements,</c>

00:08:47.959 --> 00:08:53.240
x
and<00:08:48.399><c> I</c><00:08:48.700><c> for</c><00:08:48.879><c> one</c><00:08:49.019><c> appreciate</c><00:08:49.840><c> the</c><00:08:50.679><c> importance</c><00:08:51.120><c> that</c><00:08:52.659><c> we</c><00:08:53.039><c> try</c>

00:08:53.240 --> 00:08:56.559
x
to<00:08:53.600><c> place</c><00:08:54.039><c> on</c><00:08:54.940><c> the</c><00:08:55.139><c> well</c><00:08:55.399><c>-being</c><00:08:55.840><c> of</c><00:08:56.299><c> other</c>

00:08:56.559 --> 00:08:57.620
x
people.

00:08:58.700 --> 00:09:07.379
x
In<00:08:59.460><c> verse</c><00:08:59.899><c> 3,</c><00:09:02.419><c> these</c><00:09:02.700><c> confused</c><00:09:03.320><c> worshippers</c><00:09:03.919><c> ask,</c><00:09:06.080><c> why</c><00:09:06.379><c> is</c><00:09:06.679><c> it</c>

00:09:07.379 --> 00:09:10.379
x
that<00:09:08.659><c> the</c><00:09:08.899><c> Lord</c><00:09:09.159><c> does</c><00:09:09.539><c> not</c><00:09:09.740><c> acknowledge</c>

00:09:10.379 --> 00:09:14.700
x
our<00:09:10.759><c> fasting,</c><00:09:12.220><c> that</c><00:09:12.539><c> is</c><00:09:12.759><c> to</c><00:09:12.960><c> say,</c><00:09:13.639><c> their</c><00:09:13.820><c> worship?</c>

00:09:16.259 --> 00:09:22.360
x
We<00:09:16.799><c> have</c><00:09:17.120><c> fasted,</c><00:09:17.620><c> they</c><00:09:17.940><c> say,</c><00:09:18.700><c> and</c><00:09:20.139><c> you</c><00:09:20.279><c> have</c><00:09:20.480><c> not</c><00:09:20.799><c> seen</c><00:09:20.980><c> it?</c>

00:09:22.539 --> 00:09:29.019
x
Why<00:09:22.919><c> have</c><00:09:23.220><c> we</c><00:09:23.399><c> humbled</c><00:09:23.759><c> ourselves</c><00:09:24.559><c> and</c><00:09:25.539><c> you</c><00:09:25.720><c> have</c><00:09:25.940><c> not</c><00:09:26.220><c> noticed,</c><00:09:28.620><c> yet</c><00:09:28.759><c> on</c>

00:09:29.019 --> 00:09:30.299
x
the<00:09:29.220><c> day</c><00:09:29.379><c> of</c><00:09:29.559><c> your</c><00:09:29.799><c> fasting</c>

00:09:30.299 --> 00:09:34.320
x
you<00:09:30.580><c> do</c><00:09:30.840><c> as</c><00:09:31.120><c> you</c><00:09:31.500><c> please</c><00:09:31.799><c> and</c><00:09:32.340><c> exploit</c><00:09:32.700><c> all</c><00:09:33.019><c> your</c><00:09:33.320><c> workers?</c>

00:09:35.720 --> 00:09:40.279
x
The<00:09:36.159><c> nation</c><00:09:36.580><c> has</c><00:09:37.000><c> responded</c><00:09:37.639><c> to</c><00:09:38.019><c> the</c><00:09:38.320><c> call</c><00:09:38.720><c> for</c><00:09:39.559><c> a</c><00:09:39.860><c> national</c>

00:09:40.279 --> 00:09:43.259
x
day<00:09:40.519><c> of</c><00:09:40.940><c> prayer</c><00:09:41.200><c> and</c><00:09:41.620><c> fasting</c><00:09:42.080><c> and</c><00:09:43.019><c> have</c>

00:09:43.259 --> 00:09:46.960
x
generally<00:09:43.759><c> done</c><00:09:44.080><c> so</c><00:09:44.919><c> with</c><00:09:45.480><c> earnestness.</c>

00:09:47.779 --> 00:09:56.100
x
We<00:09:48.659><c> have</c><00:09:48.879><c> humbled</c><00:09:49.240><c> ourselves,</c><00:09:51.220><c> verse</c><00:09:51.659><c> 3,</c><00:09:53.059><c> but</c><00:09:54.740><c> there</c><00:09:55.019><c> has</c><00:09:55.259><c> been</c><00:09:55.620><c> no</c>

00:09:56.100 --> 00:10:00.460
x
response<00:09:56.679><c> from</c><00:09:56.980><c> God,</c><00:09:58.940><c> no</c><00:09:59.299><c> relief,</c>

00:10:01.600 --> 00:10:07.659
x
no<00:10:01.879><c> healing</c><00:10:02.320><c> of</c><00:10:02.559><c> the</c><00:10:02.799><c> land,</c><00:10:04.779><c> no</c><00:10:05.200><c> dispersing</c><00:10:06.179><c> of</c><00:10:06.460><c> the</c><00:10:06.740><c> enemy.</c>

00:10:08.840 --> 00:10:13.720
x
So<00:10:09.200><c> in</c><00:10:09.419><c> response,</c><00:10:10.200><c> the</c><00:10:10.279><c> people</c><00:10:10.519><c> ask,</c><00:10:12.120><c> why</c><00:10:12.679><c> not?</c>

00:10:16.599 --> 00:10:25.519
x
In<00:10:17.299><c> verses</c><00:10:17.620><c> 4</c><00:10:17.860><c> and</c><00:10:18.059><c> 5,</c><00:10:21.279><c> the</c><00:10:21.360><c> Lord</c><00:10:21.659><c> explains</c><00:10:22.759><c> why</c><00:10:24.919><c> he</c><00:10:25.120><c> has</c><00:10:25.299><c> not</c>

00:10:25.519 --> 00:10:28.039
x
responded<00:10:26.080><c> favorably</c><00:10:26.879><c> to</c><00:10:27.259><c> the</c><00:10:27.419><c> people's</c>

00:10:28.039 --> 00:10:28.840
x
fasting.

00:10:30.179 --> 00:10:32.840
x
Despite<00:10:30.620><c> the</c><00:10:30.940><c> fact</c><00:10:31.139><c> that</c><00:10:31.279><c> they</c><00:10:31.440><c> are</c><00:10:31.740><c> engaged</c><00:10:32.200><c> in</c><00:10:32.440><c> sincere</c>

00:10:32.840 --> 00:10:35.600
x
worship,<00:10:34.139><c> they</c><00:10:34.360><c> were</c><00:10:34.659><c> nevertheless</c>

00:10:35.600 --> 00:10:38.960
x
disregarding<00:10:36.779><c> the</c><00:10:37.000><c> desires</c><00:10:37.500><c> of</c><00:10:37.740><c> God.</c>

00:10:40.740 --> 00:10:47.759
x
Isaiah<00:10:41.720><c> continues,</c><00:10:44.340><c> your</c><00:10:44.519><c> fasting</c><00:10:45.019><c> ends</c><00:10:45.639><c> in</c><00:10:46.240><c> quarreling</c><00:10:46.860><c> and</c>

00:10:47.759 --> 00:10:54.700
x
strife<00:10:48.899><c> and</c><00:10:51.000><c> in</c><00:10:52.399><c> striking</c><00:10:53.019><c> each</c><00:10:53.500><c> other</c><00:10:54.259><c> with</c>

00:10:54.700 --> 00:10:56.240
x
wicked<00:10:55.039><c> fists.</c>

00:10:57.220 --> 00:11:01.419
x
You<00:10:57.799><c> cannot</c><00:10:58.259><c> fast</c><00:10:58.879><c> as</c><00:10:59.120><c> you</c><00:10:59.340><c> do</c><00:10:59.519><c> today</c><00:11:00.000><c> and</c><00:11:00.299><c> expect</c><00:11:00.759><c> your</c><00:11:01.120><c> voice</c>

00:11:01.419 --> 00:11:03.419
x
to<00:11:01.659><c> be</c><00:11:01.820><c> heard</c><00:11:02.100><c> on</c><00:11:02.519><c> high.</c>

00:11:04.600 --> 00:11:10.580
x
Is<00:11:05.460><c> this</c><00:11:05.980><c> the</c><00:11:06.220><c> kind</c><00:11:06.539><c> of</c><00:11:06.980><c> fast</c><00:11:07.159><c> that</c><00:11:07.460><c> I</c><00:11:07.659><c> have</c><00:11:07.940><c> chosen,</c><00:11:09.639><c> only</c><00:11:10.240><c> a</c>

00:11:10.580 --> 00:11:13.659
x
day<00:11:10.840><c> for</c><00:11:11.100><c> people</c><00:11:11.600><c> to</c><00:11:12.179><c> humble</c><00:11:12.480><c> themselves?</c>

00:11:16.820 --> 00:11:23.440
x
Is<00:11:17.679><c> it</c><00:11:17.860><c> only</c><00:11:18.279><c> for</c><00:11:19.080><c> bowing</c><00:11:19.559><c> one's</c><00:11:20.019><c> head</c><00:11:20.200><c> like</c><00:11:20.480><c> a</c><00:11:20.820><c> reed</c><00:11:22.000><c> and</c><00:11:22.919><c> for</c>

00:11:23.440 --> 00:11:26.360
x
lying<00:11:23.740><c> in</c><00:11:24.080><c> sackcloth</c><00:11:25.340><c> and</c><00:11:25.539><c> ashes?</c>

00:11:26.820 --> 00:11:35.139
x
Is<00:11:27.279><c> that</c><00:11:29.460><c> what</c><00:11:29.759><c> you</c><00:11:30.100><c> call</c><00:11:30.379><c> a</c><00:11:30.779><c> fast,</c><00:11:32.779><c> a</c><00:11:33.039><c> day</c><00:11:33.340><c> acceptable</c><00:11:34.019><c> to</c><00:11:34.259><c> the</c><00:11:34.440><c> Lord?</c>

00:11:36.419 --> 00:11:43.080
x
Is<00:11:36.820><c> it</c><00:11:37.279><c> not</c><00:11:37.799><c> this</c><00:11:38.220><c> the</c><00:11:38.600><c> kind</c><00:11:38.820><c> of</c><00:11:39.100><c> fasting</c><00:11:39.379><c> that</c><00:11:39.639><c> I</c><00:11:39.820><c> have</c><00:11:40.039><c> chosen,</c><00:11:41.559><c> to</c><00:11:41.960><c> loose</c><00:11:42.440><c> the</c>

00:11:43.080 --> 00:11:44.740
x
chains<00:11:43.539><c> of</c><00:11:43.899><c> the</c><00:11:44.139><c> injustice</c>

00:11:44.740 --> 00:11:50.000
x
and<00:11:45.500><c> untie</c><00:11:46.279><c> the</c><00:11:46.620><c> cords</c><00:11:46.919><c> of</c><00:11:47.259><c> the</c><00:11:47.419><c> yoke,</c><00:11:48.539><c> to</c><00:11:48.919><c> set</c><00:11:49.259><c> the</c><00:11:49.620><c> oppressed</c>

00:11:50.000 --> 00:11:53.799
x
free<00:11:50.639><c> and</c><00:11:52.120><c> to</c><00:11:52.399><c> break</c><00:11:52.600><c> every</c><00:11:52.919><c> yoke?</c>

00:11:54.800 --> 00:12:06.500
x
In<00:11:55.840><c> short,</c><00:11:58.460><c> they</c><00:11:58.659><c> were</c><00:11:59.440><c> doing</c><00:11:59.980><c> as</c><00:12:00.779><c> they</c><00:12:01.220><c> pleased,</c><00:12:02.899><c> rather</c><00:12:03.440><c> than</c><00:12:03.759><c> doing</c><00:12:04.220><c> what</c><00:12:04.500><c> God</c><00:12:05.240><c> asked.</c>

00:12:08.620 --> 00:12:12.440
x
One<00:12:08.899><c> example</c><00:12:09.419><c> of</c><00:12:09.620><c> their</c><00:12:09.879><c> behavior</c><00:12:10.500><c> was</c><00:12:11.639><c> the</c><00:12:11.799><c> way</c><00:12:12.100><c> in</c><00:12:12.220><c> which</c>

00:12:12.440 --> 00:12:14.799
x
they<00:12:12.759><c> treated</c><00:12:13.059><c> those</c><00:12:13.559><c> who</c><00:12:13.840><c> labored</c><00:12:14.379><c> for</c>

00:12:14.799 --> 00:12:15.919
x
them.

00:12:16.379 --> 00:12:20.019
x
Even<00:12:16.940><c> as</c><00:12:17.200><c> they</c><00:12:17.519><c> sincerely</c><00:12:18.100><c> engaged</c><00:12:18.779><c> in</c><00:12:19.059><c> acts</c><00:12:19.259><c> of</c><00:12:19.539><c> religious</c>

00:12:20.019 --> 00:12:24.159
x
worship,<00:12:22.340><c> they</c><00:12:22.559><c> nevertheless</c><00:12:23.580><c> found</c>

00:12:24.159 --> 00:12:27.879
x
themselves<00:12:24.899><c> at</c><00:12:25.279><c> odds</c><00:12:25.860><c> with</c><00:12:26.700><c> one</c><00:12:26.940><c> another.</c>

00:12:30.240 --> 00:12:34.159
x
They<00:12:30.799><c> were</c><00:12:31.100><c> in</c><00:12:31.700><c> conflict</c><00:12:32.399><c> with</c><00:12:32.960><c> one</c><00:12:33.240><c> another.</c>

00:12:34.840 --> 00:12:38.879
x
They<00:12:35.179><c> were</c><00:12:35.519><c> at</c><00:12:35.879><c> enmity</c><00:12:36.639><c> with</c><00:12:38.240><c> one</c><00:12:38.539><c> another.</c>

00:12:38.879 --> 00:12:50.200
x
They<00:12:40.740><c> habit</c><00:12:41.200><c> bitterness</c><00:12:41.960><c> and</c><00:12:42.940><c> grudges</c><00:12:44.440><c> towards</c><00:12:45.019><c> one</c><00:12:45.340><c> another,</c><00:12:45.960><c> and</c><00:12:47.340><c> they</c><00:12:47.700><c> refuse</c><00:12:48.460><c> to</c><00:12:48.779><c> reconcile.</c>

00:12:51.820 --> 00:12:57.980
x
To<00:12:52.539><c> which</c><00:12:52.799><c> the</c><00:12:53.120><c> Lord</c><00:12:53.399><c> made</c><00:12:54.000><c> clear,</c><00:12:55.080><c> he</c><00:12:55.320><c> is</c><00:12:55.759><c> not</c><00:12:56.279><c> satisfied</c><00:12:57.139><c> with</c><00:12:57.659><c> the</c>

00:12:57.980 --> 00:13:00.200
x
mere<00:12:58.299><c> offering</c><00:12:58.879><c> of</c><00:12:59.179><c> the</c><00:12:59.340><c> formalities</c>

00:13:00.200 --> 00:13:02.679
x
of<00:13:00.580><c> religious</c><00:13:01.159><c> observance.</c>

00:13:02.879 --> 00:13:07.399
x
No<00:13:03.559><c> matter</c><00:13:03.860><c> how</c><00:13:04.360><c> sincerely</c><00:13:04.879><c> they</c><00:13:05.220><c> may</c><00:13:05.519><c> be</c><00:13:05.840><c> offered,</c><00:13:06.379><c> if</c><00:13:07.179><c> they</c>

00:13:07.399 --> 00:13:10.279
x
are<00:13:07.679><c> not</c><00:13:08.080><c> accompanied</c><00:13:08.720><c> by</c><00:13:09.419><c> obedience</c><00:13:10.080><c> to</c>

00:13:10.279 --> 00:13:16.159
x
his<00:13:10.580><c> commandment,</c><00:13:12.000><c> then</c><00:13:12.179><c> in</c><00:13:12.399><c> turn</c><00:13:12.600><c> these</c><00:13:13.039><c> offerings</c><00:13:13.639><c> will</c><00:13:14.200><c> be</c><00:13:14.740><c> unacceptable.</c>

00:13:17.879 --> 00:13:21.240
x
Such<00:13:18.120><c> was</c><00:13:18.340><c> the</c><00:13:18.559><c> case</c><00:13:18.860><c> in</c><00:13:19.039><c> the</c><00:13:19.240><c> Garden</c><00:13:19.500><c> of</c><00:13:19.759><c> Eden,</c><00:13:20.720><c> when</c><00:13:20.940><c> God</c>

00:13:21.240 --> 00:13:23.200
x
rejected<00:13:21.899><c> Cain's</c><00:13:22.679><c> offering.</c>

00:13:23.200 --> 00:13:30.320
x
Such<00:13:25.039><c> was</c><00:13:25.340><c> the</c><00:13:25.500><c> case</c><00:13:25.899><c> in</c><00:13:26.159><c> Isaiah</c><00:13:26.679><c> chapter</c><00:13:27.259><c> 58,</c><00:13:28.399><c> and</c><00:13:29.799><c> such</c><00:13:30.039><c> is</c>

00:13:30.320 --> 00:13:32.519
x
the<00:13:30.480><c> case</c><00:13:31.379><c> today.</c>

00:13:33.980 --> 00:13:38.679
x
We<00:13:34.340><c> cannot</c><00:13:34.720><c> expect</c><00:13:35.340><c> to</c><00:13:35.600><c> do</c><00:13:35.779><c> things</c><00:13:36.259><c> our</c><00:13:36.679><c> way</c><00:13:37.200><c> and</c><00:13:37.919><c> be</c><00:13:38.220><c> content</c>

00:13:38.679 --> 00:13:42.360
x
in<00:13:39.080><c> believing</c><00:13:39.460><c> that</c><00:13:40.279><c> God</c><00:13:40.679><c> is</c><00:13:41.159><c> pleased.</c>

00:13:43.600 --> 00:13:49.960
x
Society's<00:13:44.639><c> values</c><00:13:45.200><c> change</c><00:13:46.220><c> constantly,</c><00:13:47.340><c> but</c><00:13:48.620><c> God's</c><00:13:49.279><c> word</c>

00:13:49.960 --> 00:13:52.779
x
does<00:13:50.700><c> not</c><00:13:51.779><c> change.</c>

00:13:54.839 --> 00:14:00.600
x
According<00:13:55.559><c> to</c><00:13:55.779><c> verse</c><00:13:56.059><c> 6,</c><00:13:57.700><c> true</c><00:13:57.899><c> religion</c><00:13:58.419><c> involves</c><00:13:59.039><c> the</c><00:13:59.379><c> administration</c><00:14:00.139><c> of</c>

00:14:00.600 --> 00:14:02.820
x
our<00:14:00.840><c> dealings</c><00:14:01.460><c> with</c><00:14:01.860><c> men.</c>

00:14:03.259 --> 00:14:07.039
x
In<00:14:03.620><c> short,</c><00:14:04.379><c> to</c><00:14:04.659><c> practice</c><00:14:05.000><c> what</c><00:14:05.220><c> is</c><00:14:05.659><c> commonly</c><00:14:06.000><c> known</c><00:14:06.480><c> as</c><00:14:06.840><c> the</c>

00:14:07.039 --> 00:14:08.500
x
Golden<00:14:07.559><c> Rule.</c>

00:14:09.399 --> 00:14:13.480
x
It's<00:14:09.700><c> a</c><00:14:09.860><c> practice</c><00:14:10.200><c> we</c><00:14:10.519><c> teach</c><00:14:10.779><c> to</c><00:14:11.100><c> children,</c><00:14:11.940><c> but</c><00:14:12.659><c> it</c><00:14:12.799><c> is</c><00:14:13.100><c> also</c>

00:14:13.480 --> 00:14:17.100
x
a<00:14:13.700><c> rule</c><00:14:14.080><c> that</c><00:14:14.820><c> we</c><00:14:15.080><c> all</c><00:14:15.360><c> need</c><00:14:15.700><c> to</c><00:14:16.059><c> exercise.</c>

00:14:18.759 --> 00:14:25.460
x
The<00:14:19.519><c> picture</c><00:14:19.860><c> presented</c><00:14:20.379><c> in</c><00:14:20.659><c> verse</c><00:14:20.940><c> 6</c><00:14:22.259><c> is</c><00:14:23.100><c> that</c><00:14:23.360><c> of</c><00:14:23.580><c> a</c><00:14:23.720><c> man,</c><00:14:25.080><c> or</c>

00:14:25.460 --> 00:14:29.100
x
of<00:14:25.820><c> a</c><00:14:26.019><c> group,</c><00:14:26.799><c> or</c><00:14:27.039><c> even</c><00:14:27.480><c> a</c><00:14:27.639><c> nation</c><00:14:28.080><c> of</c>

00:14:29.100 --> 00:14:32.600
x
people<00:14:29.480><c> being</c><00:14:29.940><c> set</c><00:14:30.240><c> free</c><00:14:30.519><c> from</c><00:14:30.759><c> whatever</c><00:14:31.059><c> injustice</c><00:14:31.779><c> has</c>

00:14:32.600 --> 00:14:34.139
x
held<00:14:32.759><c> them</c><00:14:33.059><c> captive.</c>

00:14:35.580 --> 00:14:39.100
x
But<00:14:35.860><c> the</c><00:14:36.039><c> picture</c><00:14:36.299><c> now</c><00:14:36.720><c> portrays</c><00:14:37.279><c> them</c><00:14:37.759><c> as</c><00:14:38.279><c> being</c><00:14:38.580><c> released</c>

00:14:39.100 --> 00:14:40.779
x
from<00:14:39.340><c> their</c><00:14:39.620><c> bondage.</c>

00:14:40.779 --> 00:14:46.240
x
According<00:14:42.139><c> to</c><00:14:42.399><c> verse</c><00:14:42.679><c> 7,</c><00:14:44.279><c> our</c><00:14:44.379><c> behavior</c><00:14:44.899><c> should</c><00:14:45.379><c> involve</c><00:14:45.980><c> the</c>

00:14:46.240 --> 00:14:49.279
x
practice<00:14:46.639><c> of</c><00:14:46.940><c> mercy</c><00:14:47.340><c> towards</c><00:14:47.740><c> our</c><00:14:47.960><c> fellow</c><00:14:48.200><c> man.</c>

00:14:51.000 --> 00:14:52.639
x
Isaiah<00:14:51.340><c> continues,</c>

00:15:12.439 --> 00:15:16.960
x
Then<00:15:13.159><c> you</c><00:15:13.879><c> will</c><00:15:14.240><c> call,</c><00:15:14.940><c> and</c><00:15:15.139><c> the</c><00:15:15.299><c> Lord</c><00:15:15.639><c> will</c><00:15:15.960><c> answer.</c>

00:15:17.440 --> 00:15:22.980
x
You<00:15:17.539><c> will</c><00:15:17.860><c> cry</c><00:15:18.159><c> for</c><00:15:18.460><c> help,</c><00:15:19.580><c> and</c><00:15:19.659><c> he</c><00:15:19.860><c> will</c><00:15:20.159><c> say,</c><00:15:21.500><c> I</c><00:15:21.720><c> am</c><00:15:21.940><c> here.</c>

00:15:26.000 --> 00:15:31.960
x
Just<00:15:26.399><c> as</c><00:15:26.879><c> wounded</c><00:15:27.320><c> flesh</c><00:15:27.899><c> is</c><00:15:28.860><c> restored</c><00:15:29.340><c> to</c><00:15:29.620><c> health,</c><00:15:31.399><c> likewise</c>

00:15:31.960 --> 00:15:35.379
x
shall<00:15:32.240><c> we</c><00:15:32.519><c> know</c><00:15:32.879><c> the</c><00:15:33.139><c> blessings</c><00:15:33.500><c> and</c><00:15:33.820><c> glory</c><00:15:34.139><c> of</c><00:15:34.379><c> the</c><00:15:34.500><c> Lord.</c>

00:15:36.100 --> 00:15:40.659
x
Which<00:15:36.860><c> brings</c><00:15:37.159><c> us</c><00:15:37.399><c> to</c><00:15:37.600><c> this</c><00:15:37.879><c> morning's</c><00:15:38.460><c> reading</c><00:15:39.059><c> in</c><00:15:40.259><c> Matthew</c>

00:15:40.659 --> 00:15:42.720
x
chapter<00:15:41.179><c> 1.</c>

00:15:43.980 --> 00:15:47.299
x
As<00:15:44.000><c> I</c><00:15:44.259><c> already</c><00:15:44.539><c> mentioned,</c><00:15:45.679><c> this</c><00:15:45.840><c> chapter</c><00:15:46.340><c> begins</c><00:15:46.899><c> with</c><00:15:47.120><c> the</c>

00:15:47.299 --> 00:15:50.980
x
book<00:15:47.480><c> of</c><00:15:47.820><c> the</c><00:15:48.159><c> generations</c><00:15:48.740><c> of</c><00:15:48.980><c> Jesus</c><00:15:49.379><c> Christ,</c><00:15:50.399><c> the</c><00:15:50.580><c> son</c><00:15:50.740><c> of</c>

00:15:50.980 --> 00:15:53.080
x
David,<00:15:51.320><c> the</c><00:15:51.519><c> son</c><00:15:51.740><c> of</c><00:15:52.120><c> Abraham.</c>

00:15:55.080 --> 00:15:59.179
x
Other<00:15:55.419><c> familiar</c><00:15:55.940><c> ancestral</c><00:15:56.740><c> names</c><00:15:57.320><c> that</c><00:15:57.919><c> we</c><00:15:58.440><c> recognize</c><00:15:58.980><c> from</c>

00:15:59.179 --> 00:16:01.100
x
the<00:15:59.340><c> Old</c><00:15:59.559><c> Testament</c><00:16:00.059><c> would</c><00:16:00.360><c> include,</c>

00:16:01.100 --> 00:16:06.259
x
but<00:16:01.480><c> not</c><00:16:01.779><c> limited</c><00:16:02.159><c> to</c><00:16:02.679><c> Isaac</c><00:16:03.259><c> and</c><00:16:03.879><c> Jacob</c><00:16:04.399><c> and</c><00:16:05.159><c> Rahab</c><00:16:05.740><c> and</c><00:16:05.919><c> Ruth</c>

00:16:06.259 --> 00:16:08.779
x
and<00:16:06.500><c> Jesse</c><00:16:06.779><c> and</c><00:16:07.080><c> David</c><00:16:07.360><c> and</c><00:16:07.740><c> Solomon.</c>

00:16:10.340 --> 00:16:15.960
x
But<00:16:10.700><c> ultimately,</c><00:16:12.580><c> Jesus</c><00:16:13.159><c> was</c><00:16:14.080><c> born</c><00:16:14.360><c> to</c><00:16:14.600><c> Mary</c><00:16:14.860><c> and</c><00:16:15.080><c> Joseph.</c>

00:16:17.580 --> 00:16:23.200
x
The<00:16:17.820><c> generations</c><00:16:18.480><c> from</c><00:16:18.899><c> Abraham</c><00:16:19.460><c> to</c><00:16:19.799><c> David</c><00:16:20.539><c> were</c><00:16:21.419><c> 14</c><00:16:21.940><c> generations.</c>

00:16:24.340 --> 00:16:28.980
x
From<00:16:24.600><c> David</c><00:16:24.940><c> to</c><00:16:25.120><c> the</c><00:16:25.279><c> carrying</c><00:16:25.559><c> away</c><00:16:25.799><c> of</c><00:16:26.080><c> Babylon</c><00:16:26.460><c> was</c><00:16:27.720><c> 14</c><00:16:28.220><c> generations.</c>

00:16:28.980 --> 00:16:35.220
x
And<00:16:30.059><c> from</c><00:16:30.360><c> Babylon</c><00:16:30.799><c> to</c><00:16:31.100><c> the</c><00:16:31.279><c> birth</c><00:16:31.519><c> of</c><00:16:31.759><c> Jesus</c><00:16:32.200><c> was</c><00:16:32.620><c> 14</c><00:16:33.840><c> generations.</c>

00:16:37.139 --> 00:16:41.139
x
The<00:16:37.399><c> chapter</c><00:16:38.059><c> transitions</c><00:16:38.899><c> to</c><00:16:39.279><c> the</c><00:16:39.379><c> birth</c><00:16:39.659><c> of</c><00:16:39.899><c> Jesus</c><00:16:40.299><c> Christ,</c>

00:16:41.580 --> 00:16:45.799
x
noting<00:16:41.840><c> that</c><00:16:42.200><c> Mary</c><00:16:42.519><c> became</c><00:16:43.100><c> pregnant</c><00:16:43.700><c> through</c><00:16:44.120><c> the</c><00:16:44.340><c> Holy</c><00:16:44.620><c> Spirit,</c>

00:16:46.000 --> 00:16:50.679
x
which<00:16:46.240><c> at</c><00:16:46.559><c> first</c><00:16:47.039><c> caused</c><00:16:47.600><c> an</c><00:16:47.940><c> obvious</c><00:16:48.360><c> dilemma</c><00:16:49.000><c> for</c><00:16:49.659><c> Joseph.</c>

00:16:51.899 --> 00:16:54.879
x
We<00:16:52.659><c> don't</c><00:16:53.059><c> know</c><00:16:53.440><c> that</c><00:16:53.759><c> much</c><00:16:54.019><c> about</c><00:16:54.340><c> Joseph.</c>

00:16:54.879 --> 00:17:01.519
x
He's<00:16:56.460><c> depicted</c><00:16:56.960><c> in</c><00:16:57.220><c> this</c><00:16:57.500><c> instance</c><00:16:58.139><c> as</c><00:16:59.200><c> a</c><00:16:59.419><c> forgiving</c><00:16:59.720><c> man</c><00:17:00.460><c> who</c>

00:17:01.519 --> 00:17:04.920
x
did<00:17:01.759><c> not</c><00:17:02.000><c> wish</c><00:17:02.220><c> to</c><00:17:02.460><c> make</c><00:17:02.620><c> a</c><00:17:02.879><c> public</c><00:17:03.159><c> example</c><00:17:03.720><c> of</c><00:17:04.019><c> Mary,</c>

00:17:05.920 --> 00:17:10.740
x
despite<00:17:06.359><c> undoubtedly</c><00:17:07.140><c> feeling</c><00:17:07.720><c> deep</c><00:17:08.200><c> emotional</c><00:17:08.920><c> hurt</c><00:17:09.440><c> and</c>

00:17:10.740 --> 00:17:14.980
x
probably<00:17:11.359><c> feeling</c><00:17:11.859><c> betrayed</c><00:17:12.599><c> by</c><00:17:13.559><c> the</c><00:17:13.779><c> love</c><00:17:13.900><c> of</c><00:17:14.119><c> his</c><00:17:14.440><c> life.</c>

00:17:14.980 --> 00:17:21.140
x
Despite<00:17:17.259><c> what</c><00:17:17.559><c> must</c><00:17:17.880><c> have</c><00:17:18.119><c> been</c><00:17:18.299><c> an</c><00:17:19.299><c> embarrassing</c><00:17:20.000><c> and</c>

00:17:21.140 --> 00:17:23.200
x
heartbreaking<00:17:21.720><c> situation,</c>

00:17:24.279 --> 00:17:30.019
x
he<00:17:24.500><c> quietly</c><00:17:25.099><c> and</c><00:17:26.720><c> privately</c><00:17:27.400><c> decided</c><00:17:28.920><c> that</c><00:17:29.200><c> he</c><00:17:29.319><c> would</c><00:17:29.539><c> simply</c>

00:17:30.019 --> 00:17:34.099
x
put<00:17:30.319><c> aside</c><00:17:30.660><c> their</c><00:17:30.920><c> relationship</c><00:17:31.779><c> rather</c><00:17:33.119><c> than</c><00:17:33.640><c> embarrass</c>

00:17:34.099 --> 00:17:39.480
x
her<00:17:34.980><c> and</c><00:17:35.720><c> possibly</c><00:17:36.519><c> even</c><00:17:37.440><c> have</c><00:17:37.640><c> her</c><00:17:38.019><c> stoned.</c>

00:17:40.619 --> 00:17:48.380
x
However,<00:17:43.240><c> before</c><00:17:43.619><c> he</c><00:17:43.819><c> could</c><00:17:43.980><c> act</c><00:17:44.259><c> on</c><00:17:44.480><c> his</c><00:17:44.660><c> decision,</c><00:17:45.960><c> an</c><00:17:46.160><c> angel</c><00:17:46.420><c> of</c><00:17:46.619><c> the</c><00:17:46.819><c> Lord</c><00:17:47.099><c> paid</c><00:17:47.460><c> him</c><00:17:47.740><c> a</c>

00:17:48.380 --> 00:17:50.299
x
visit<00:17:48.599><c> in</c><00:17:49.279><c> a</c><00:17:49.519><c> dream.</c>

00:17:51.460 --> 00:17:55.740
x
The<00:17:51.799><c> angel</c><00:17:52.119><c> informed</c><00:17:52.579><c> him</c><00:17:52.859><c> that</c><00:17:53.059><c> he</c><00:17:53.279><c> should</c><00:17:53.460><c> marry</c><00:17:53.799><c> her</c><00:17:54.519><c> because</c><00:17:55.400><c> she</c>

00:17:55.740 --> 00:17:58.500
x
had<00:17:56.039><c> not</c><00:17:56.460><c> been</c><00:17:56.779><c> unfaithful</c><00:17:57.359><c> to</c><00:17:57.539><c> him,</c>

00:17:58.700 --> 00:18:06.259
x
but<00:17:59.039><c> rather</c><00:17:59.400><c> the</c><00:17:59.720><c> child</c><00:18:00.180><c> in</c><00:18:00.440><c> her</c><00:18:00.740><c> womb</c><00:18:01.279><c> came</c><00:18:02.079><c> to</c><00:18:02.680><c> be</c><00:18:02.980><c> as</c><00:18:03.460><c> prophesied</c><00:18:04.579><c> through</c><00:18:04.960><c> the</c><00:18:05.259><c> power</c><00:18:05.900><c> of</c>

00:18:06.259 --> 00:18:07.720
x
the<00:18:06.440><c> Holy</c><00:18:06.700><c> Ghost.</c>

00:18:08.539 --> 00:18:14.119
x
The<00:18:09.220><c> angel</c><00:18:09.559><c> declared</c><00:18:10.259><c> that</c><00:18:11.240><c> they</c><00:18:11.480><c> would</c><00:18:11.680><c> have</c><00:18:11.920><c> a</c><00:18:12.200><c> son,</c><00:18:13.200><c> and</c>

00:18:14.119 --> 00:18:17.319
x
most<00:18:14.440><c> importantly</c><00:18:15.019><c> that</c><00:18:15.640><c> the</c><00:18:15.980><c> child</c><00:18:16.299><c> would</c><00:18:16.539><c> save</c><00:18:16.799><c> the</c><00:18:17.019><c> people</c>

00:18:17.319 --> 00:18:19.000
x
from<00:18:17.619><c> their</c><00:18:17.920><c> sins.</c>

00:18:20.079 --> 00:18:24.440
x
This<00:18:20.440><c> fulfilled</c><00:18:20.940><c> the</c><00:18:21.220><c> Old</c><00:18:21.420><c> Testament</c><00:18:21.900><c> prophecy</c><00:18:22.599><c> that</c><00:18:23.539><c> a</c><00:18:23.799><c> virgin</c><00:18:24.140><c> will</c>

00:18:24.440 --> 00:18:28.140
x
have<00:18:24.680><c> a</c><00:18:24.960><c> son</c><00:18:25.140><c> called</c><00:18:25.480><c> Emmanuel,</c><00:18:26.859><c> meaning</c><00:18:27.059><c> God</c><00:18:27.359><c> with</c><00:18:27.559><c> us.</c>

00:18:28.140 --> 00:18:32.859
x
When<00:18:29.559><c> Joseph</c><00:18:30.079><c> awoke</c><00:18:30.440><c> from</c><00:18:30.680><c> his</c><00:18:31.019><c> dream,</c><00:18:31.980><c> he</c><00:18:31.980><c> did</c><00:18:32.380><c> everything</c>

00:18:32.859 --> 00:18:36.440
x
the<00:18:33.220><c> angel</c><00:18:33.519><c> of</c><00:18:33.720><c> the</c><00:18:33.900><c> Lord</c><00:18:34.160><c> instructed</c><00:18:34.799><c> him</c><00:18:35.039><c> to</c><00:18:35.240><c> do.</c>

00:18:37.700 --> 00:18:43.180
x
In<00:18:37.799><c> Matthew</c><00:18:38.420><c> chapter</c><00:18:39.400><c> 2,</c><00:18:41.339><c> the</c><00:18:41.480><c> chapter</c><00:18:41.799><c> begins</c><00:18:42.279><c> as</c><00:18:42.500><c> Jesus</c><00:18:42.920><c> was</c>

00:18:43.180 --> 00:18:47.539
x
born<00:18:43.420><c> in</c><00:18:43.599><c> Bethlehem</c><00:18:44.240><c> of</c><00:18:44.480><c> Judea</c><00:18:45.579><c> during</c><00:18:45.940><c> the</c><00:18:46.200><c> days</c><00:18:46.500><c> of</c><00:18:46.859><c> Herod</c>

00:18:47.539 --> 00:18:49.039
x
the<00:18:48.039><c> king.</c>

00:18:49.919 --> 00:18:56.279
x
At<00:18:50.839><c> the</c><00:18:51.079><c> time</c><00:18:51.259><c> of</c><00:18:51.460><c> the</c><00:18:51.579><c> Messiah's</c><00:18:52.259><c> birth,</c><00:18:53.859><c> an</c><00:18:54.059><c> undisclosed</c><00:18:55.299><c> number</c><00:18:55.940><c> of</c>

00:18:56.279 --> 00:19:00.579
x
wise<00:18:56.599><c> men</c><00:18:57.400><c> came</c><00:18:57.880><c> from</c><00:18:58.160><c> the</c><00:18:58.380><c> East</c><00:18:58.619><c> to</c><00:18:58.960><c> pay</c><00:18:59.420><c> homage.</c>

00:19:01.660 --> 00:19:04.099
x
In<00:19:02.200><c> their</c><00:19:02.460><c> recorded</c><00:19:02.940><c> words,</c>

00:19:04.960 --> 00:19:11.500
x
Where<00:19:05.720><c> is</c><00:19:06.119><c> he</c><00:19:06.480><c> that</c><00:19:06.680><c> is</c><00:19:07.079><c> born</c><00:19:07.440><c> king</c><00:19:07.779><c> of</c><00:19:08.000><c> the</c><00:19:08.220><c> Jews?</c><00:19:09.960><c> For</c><00:19:10.160><c> we</c><00:19:10.400><c> have</c><00:19:10.680><c> seen</c><00:19:11.000><c> his</c>

00:19:11.500 --> 00:19:18.180
x
star<00:19:11.880><c> in</c><00:19:12.160><c> the</c><00:19:12.319><c> East,</c><00:19:13.740><c> not</c><00:19:14.059><c> a</c><00:19:14.440><c> star,</c><00:19:15.180><c> but</c><00:19:15.440><c> his</c><00:19:16.000><c> star,</c><00:19:17.920><c> and</c><00:19:18.039><c> are</c>

00:19:18.180 --> 00:19:20.079
x
coming<00:19:18.380><c> to</c><00:19:18.700><c> worship</c><00:19:19.039><c> him.</c>

00:19:21.599 --> 00:19:25.859
x
This<00:19:22.359><c> was</c><00:19:22.660><c> reported</c><00:19:23.099><c> to</c><00:19:23.480><c> Herod</c><00:19:23.680><c> who</c><00:19:24.059><c> was</c><00:19:24.519><c> very</c><00:19:24.980><c> flustered</c><00:19:25.440><c> by</c>

00:19:25.859 --> 00:19:26.940
x
the<00:19:26.039><c> news.</c>

00:19:27.579 --> 00:19:30.420
x
He<00:19:28.220><c> held</c><00:19:28.480><c> a</c><00:19:28.680><c> meeting</c><00:19:28.880><c> with</c><00:19:29.079><c> the</c><00:19:29.259><c> chief</c><00:19:29.579><c> leaders</c><00:19:29.880><c> and</c><00:19:30.119><c> elders</c>

00:19:30.420 --> 00:19:35.640
x
of<00:19:30.700><c> the</c><00:19:30.900><c> Jews</c><00:19:31.180><c> and</c><00:19:31.500><c> demanded</c><00:19:31.960><c> that</c><00:19:32.220><c> they</c><00:19:32.579><c> tell</c><00:19:32.880><c> him</c><00:19:33.359><c> about</c><00:19:33.980><c> this</c><00:19:34.440><c> coming</c><00:19:34.880><c> king</c><00:19:35.319><c> of</c>

00:19:35.640 --> 00:19:36.819
x
the<00:19:35.859><c> Jews.</c>

00:19:38.000 --> 00:19:41.079
x
This<00:19:38.259><c> is</c><00:19:38.500><c> where</c><00:19:38.619><c> he</c><00:19:38.900><c> learned</c><00:19:39.180><c> about</c><00:19:39.480><c> the</c><00:19:39.759><c> prophecy</c><00:19:40.259><c> of</c><00:19:40.599><c> Jesus'</c>

00:19:41.400 --> 00:19:46.720
x
birth,<00:19:43.119><c> that</c><00:19:43.440><c> Jesus</c><00:19:43.859><c> would</c><00:19:44.079><c> be</c><00:19:44.339><c> born</c><00:19:44.539><c> in</c><00:19:44.740><c> Bethlehem</c><00:19:45.299><c> of</c><00:19:45.559><c> Judea</c>

00:19:46.720 --> 00:19:49.640
x
and<00:19:47.279><c> would</c><00:19:47.539><c> become</c><00:19:47.900><c> king</c><00:19:48.220><c> over</c><00:19:48.539><c> Israel.</c>

00:19:50.640 --> 00:19:55.839
x
Herod<00:19:51.240><c> then</c><00:19:51.440><c> let</c><00:19:51.720><c> the</c><00:19:52.240><c> wise</c><00:19:52.519><c> men</c><00:19:52.720><c> go</c><00:19:53.039><c> find</c><00:19:53.299><c> the</c><00:19:53.599><c> child</c><00:19:54.079><c> so</c><00:19:54.900><c> they</c>

00:19:55.839 --> 00:20:02.400
x
could<00:19:56.480><c> in</c><00:19:56.700><c> turn</c><00:19:56.940><c> inform</c><00:19:57.500><c> Herod</c><00:19:58.099><c> so</c><00:19:58.940><c> he</c><00:19:59.440><c> could</c><00:19:59.680><c> go</c><00:20:00.380><c> and</c><00:20:01.039><c> worship</c><00:20:01.380><c> him.</c>

00:20:03.339 --> 00:20:06.160
x
The<00:20:03.619><c> wise</c><00:20:03.880><c> men</c><00:20:04.039><c> found</c><00:20:04.339><c> the</c><00:20:04.539><c> young</c><00:20:04.799><c> child</c><00:20:05.200><c> and</c><00:20:05.400><c> his</c><00:20:05.640><c> mother</c><00:20:05.920><c> and</c>

00:20:06.160 --> 00:20:11.240
x
presented<00:20:06.519><c> him</c><00:20:06.759><c> with</c><00:20:06.980><c> the</c><00:20:07.180><c> gifts,</c><00:20:08.079><c> notably</c><00:20:08.559><c> of</c><00:20:08.880><c> gold,</c><00:20:09.220><c> frankincense,</c><00:20:09.920><c> and</c><00:20:10.240><c> myrrh.</c>

00:20:11.240 --> 00:20:16.500
x
However,<00:20:13.480><c> rather</c><00:20:13.839><c> than</c><00:20:14.039><c> report</c><00:20:14.480><c> their</c><00:20:14.779><c> findings</c><00:20:15.279><c> as</c><00:20:15.500><c> they</c><00:20:15.660><c> had</c><00:20:15.839><c> been</c><00:20:16.099><c> so</c>

00:20:16.500 --> 00:20:23.859
x
charged<00:20:16.799><c> to</c><00:20:17.099><c> do,</c><00:20:18.920><c> they</c><00:20:19.240><c> in</c><00:20:19.539><c> turn</c><00:20:19.960><c> were</c><00:20:20.440><c> warned</c><00:20:21.299><c> in</c><00:20:21.599><c> a</c><00:20:21.960><c> dream</c><00:20:22.359><c> not</c><00:20:23.579><c> to</c>

00:20:23.859 --> 00:20:29.019
x
return<00:20:24.160><c> to</c><00:20:24.480><c> Herod</c><00:20:24.799><c> because</c><00:20:25.839><c> it</c><00:20:26.000><c> was</c><00:20:26.319><c> actually</c><00:20:26.920><c> Herod's</c><00:20:27.579><c> intent</c><00:20:27.940><c> to</c>

00:20:29.019 --> 00:20:30.619
x
kill<00:20:29.279><c> the</c><00:20:29.579><c> child.</c>

00:20:31.500 --> 00:20:35.720
x
Instead,<00:20:32.440><c> they</c><00:20:32.859><c> returned</c><00:20:33.220><c> to</c><00:20:33.400><c> their</c><00:20:33.539><c> own</c><00:20:33.819><c> country</c><00:20:34.940><c> via</c><00:20:35.440><c> a</c>

00:20:35.720 --> 00:20:37.039
x
different<00:20:35.960><c> route.</c>

00:20:41.299 --> 00:20:48.680
x
At<00:20:41.480><c> the</c><00:20:41.720><c> same</c><00:20:42.019><c> time,</c><00:20:44.720><c> Joseph</c><00:20:44.900><c> was</c><00:20:45.359><c> warned</c><00:20:45.720><c> in</c><00:20:45.960><c> a</c><00:20:46.200><c> dream</c><00:20:46.539><c> to</c><00:20:48.019><c> escape</c><00:20:48.420><c> to</c>

00:20:48.680 --> 00:20:54.019
x
Egypt<00:20:49.220><c> with</c><00:20:49.700><c> his</c><00:20:49.980><c> family</c><00:20:50.599><c> until</c><00:20:51.779><c> the</c><00:20:52.059><c> death</c><00:20:52.259><c> of</c><00:20:52.579><c> Herod,</c><00:20:53.720><c> which</c>

00:20:54.019 --> 00:20:56.119
x
Joseph<00:20:54.420><c> immediately</c><00:20:55.079><c> obeyed.</c>

00:20:56.119 --> 00:21:01.880
x
In<00:20:57.200><c> doing,</c><00:20:58.039><c> the</c><00:20:58.319><c> prophecy</c><00:20:58.619><c> was</c><00:20:59.059><c> fulfilled,</c><00:21:00.099><c> which</c><00:21:00.339><c> was</c><00:21:00.640><c> spoken</c><00:21:00.960><c> to</c><00:21:01.220><c> the</c><00:21:01.420><c> Lord</c><00:21:01.619><c> by</c>

00:21:01.880 --> 00:21:06.660
x
the<00:21:02.119><c> prophet</c><00:21:02.480><c> Hosea,</c><00:21:03.819><c> saying,</c><00:21:04.579><c> Out</c><00:21:04.579><c> of</c><00:21:04.779><c> Egypt</c><00:21:05.299><c> have</c><00:21:06.039><c> I</c><00:21:06.319><c> called</c>

00:21:06.660 --> 00:21:08.299
x
my<00:21:07.380><c> son.</c>

00:21:09.519 --> 00:21:15.920
x
On<00:21:10.279><c> a</c><00:21:10.460><c> personal</c><00:21:10.900><c> note,</c><00:21:12.539><c> I</c><00:21:12.779><c> have</c><00:21:13.140><c> been</c><00:21:13.460><c> long</c><00:21:13.700><c> convinced</c><00:21:14.480><c> that</c>

00:21:15.920 --> 00:21:21.619
x
the<00:21:16.180><c> reason</c><00:21:16.660><c> the</c><00:21:16.960><c> nation</c><00:21:17.319><c> of</c><00:21:17.519><c> Egypt</c><00:21:17.900><c> was</c><00:21:18.700><c> spared</c><00:21:19.019><c> total</c><00:21:19.460><c> destruction</c><00:21:20.319><c> by</c><00:21:20.980><c> the</c><00:21:21.119><c> nation</c><00:21:21.400><c> of</c>

00:21:21.619 --> 00:21:26.700
x
Israel<00:21:21.960><c> in</c><00:21:22.160><c> the</c><00:21:22.359><c> Six</c><00:21:22.559><c>-Day</c><00:21:22.779><c> War</c><00:21:23.099><c> of</c><00:21:23.319><c> 1967</c><00:21:24.640><c> was</c><00:21:25.940><c> because</c><00:21:26.319><c> of</c><00:21:26.460><c> the</c>

00:21:26.700 --> 00:21:32.740
x
fact<00:21:27.299><c> Egypt</c><00:21:28.059><c> provided</c><00:21:28.619><c> sanctuary</c><00:21:29.460><c> for</c><00:21:30.400><c> the</c><00:21:30.599><c> young</c><00:21:31.079><c> child</c><00:21:31.579><c> Jesus.</c>

00:21:33.119 --> 00:21:38.259
x
The<00:21:33.839><c> Peace</c><00:21:34.200><c> Treaty</c><00:21:34.500><c> of</c><00:21:34.700><c> 1978,</c><00:21:36.900><c> more</c><00:21:37.059><c> commonly</c><00:21:37.460><c> known</c><00:21:37.839><c> as</c><00:21:38.079><c> the</c>

00:21:38.259 --> 00:21:42.660
x
Camp<00:21:38.519><c> David</c><00:21:38.880><c> Accords,</c><00:21:40.160><c> remain</c><00:21:40.380><c> in</c><00:21:40.700><c> effect</c><00:21:40.940><c> to</c><00:21:41.140><c> this</c><00:21:41.420><c> day.</c>

00:21:44.159 --> 00:21:54.240
x
Although<00:21:44.879><c> sometimes</c><00:21:45.599><c> known</c><00:21:45.880><c> as</c><00:21:46.039><c> a</c><00:21:46.279><c> Cold</c><00:21:46.619><c> Peace,</c><00:21:48.079><c> Egypt</c><00:21:48.359><c> uncharacteristically</c><00:21:49.579><c> became</c><00:21:50.099><c> the</c><00:21:50.420><c> first</c><00:21:50.779><c> Arab</c><00:21:51.140><c> nation</c><00:21:51.619><c> of</c><00:21:51.859><c> this</c><00:21:52.160><c> era</c><00:21:52.660><c> to</c><00:21:53.460><c> sign</c><00:21:53.920><c> a</c>

00:21:54.240 --> 00:21:58.200
x
peace<00:21:54.539><c> treaty</c><00:21:54.880><c> with</c><00:21:55.099><c> Israel</c><00:21:55.799><c> in</c><00:21:56.380><c> 1979.</c>

00:21:59.779 --> 00:22:04.500
x
When<00:22:00.440><c> Herod</c><00:22:00.859><c> realized</c><00:22:01.960><c> the</c><00:22:02.980><c> wise</c><00:22:03.259><c> men</c><00:22:03.460><c> deceived</c><00:22:03.920><c> him,</c><00:22:04.220><c> he</c>

00:22:04.500 --> 00:22:07.720
x
became<00:22:05.160><c> very,</c><00:22:06.160><c> very</c><00:22:06.799><c> angry.</c>

00:22:09.420 --> 00:22:16.759
x
Because<00:22:09.960><c> nearly</c><00:22:10.319><c> two</c><00:22:10.579><c> years</c><00:22:10.819><c> had</c><00:22:11.119><c> passed</c><00:22:11.339><c> since</c><00:22:11.599><c> the</c><00:22:11.740><c> birth</c><00:22:12.019><c> of</c><00:22:12.259><c> Jesus</c><00:22:12.619><c> to</c><00:22:12.859><c> the</c><00:22:13.039><c> time</c><00:22:13.259><c> that</c><00:22:13.460><c> the</c><00:22:13.640><c> wise</c><00:22:13.900><c> men</c><00:22:14.160><c> saw</c><00:22:14.500><c> him,</c><00:22:15.839><c> Herod</c><00:22:16.059><c> ordered</c><00:22:16.380><c> a</c>

00:22:16.759 --> 00:22:18.059
x
vicious<00:22:17.039><c> act.</c>

00:22:18.799 --> 00:22:22.680
x
His<00:22:19.200><c> declaration</c><00:22:20.059><c> was</c><00:22:20.559><c> that</c><00:22:20.819><c> all</c><00:22:21.140><c> children</c><00:22:21.500><c> should</c><00:22:21.759><c> be</c><00:22:22.059><c> killed</c><00:22:22.400><c> from</c>

00:22:22.680 --> 00:22:24.720
x
ages<00:22:22.960><c> two</c><00:22:23.480><c> and</c><00:22:23.839><c> downward.</c>

00:22:26.000 --> 00:22:32.940
x
It<00:22:26.799><c> is</c><00:22:27.279><c> difficult</c><00:22:27.980><c> for</c><00:22:29.180><c> anyone</c><00:22:29.539><c> to</c><00:22:29.839><c> imagine</c><00:22:30.259><c> that</c><00:22:30.539><c> a</c><00:22:31.099><c> loving</c><00:22:31.359><c> God</c><00:22:31.759><c> would</c><00:22:32.019><c> allow</c><00:22:32.400><c> such</c><00:22:32.680><c> a</c>

00:22:32.940 --> 00:22:38.720
x
tragedy<00:22:33.440><c> until</c><00:22:35.339><c> we</c><00:22:35.680><c> remember</c><00:22:36.019><c> the</c><00:22:36.299><c> prophecy</c><00:22:36.720><c> of</c><00:22:36.940><c> Jeremiah</c><00:22:37.420><c> 31.</c>

00:22:40.599 --> 00:22:47.059
x
Thus<00:22:41.240><c> saith</c><00:22:41.559><c> the</c><00:22:41.799><c> Lord,</c><00:22:43.980><c> A</c><00:22:44.119><c> voice</c><00:22:44.380><c> was</c><00:22:44.640><c> heard</c><00:22:44.759><c> in</c><00:22:45.039><c> Ramah,</c><00:22:46.019><c> lamentation</c><00:22:46.740><c> and</c>

00:22:47.059 --> 00:22:50.259
x
bitter<00:22:47.319><c> weeping,</c><00:22:48.440><c> Rachel</c><00:22:48.779><c> weeping</c><00:22:49.160><c> for</c><00:22:49.400><c> her</c><00:22:49.599><c> children</c><00:22:50.059><c> and</c>

00:22:50.259 --> 00:22:54.079
x
refused<00:22:50.619><c> to</c><00:22:50.819><c> be</c><00:22:51.059><c> comforted</c><00:22:51.519><c> for</c><00:22:51.819><c> her</c><00:22:52.059><c> children</c><00:22:52.720><c> because</c><00:22:53.839><c> they</c>

00:22:54.079 --> 00:22:55.220
x
were<00:22:54.259><c> not.</c>

00:22:55.660 --> 00:23:00.740
x
Thus<00:22:56.460><c> saith</c><00:22:56.759><c> the</c><00:22:57.000><c> Lord,</c><00:22:58.880><c> Refrain</c><00:22:59.279><c> thy</c><00:22:59.680><c> voice</c><00:23:00.079><c> from</c><00:23:00.380><c> weeping</c>

00:23:00.740 --> 00:23:09.720
x
and<00:23:01.000><c> thy</c><00:23:01.160><c> eyes</c><00:23:01.759><c> from</c><00:23:02.799><c> tears,</c><00:23:04.519><c> for</c><00:23:04.640><c> your</c><00:23:05.059><c> work</c><00:23:05.380><c> shall</c><00:23:05.619><c> be</c><00:23:06.039><c> rewarded</c><00:23:06.680><c> and</c>

00:23:09.720 --> 00:23:14.319
x
they<00:23:10.059><c> shall</c><00:23:10.319><c> come</c><00:23:10.559><c> again</c><00:23:11.200><c> from</c><00:23:12.420><c> the</c><00:23:12.680><c> land</c><00:23:13.000><c> of</c><00:23:13.220><c> the</c><00:23:13.400><c> enemy.</c>

00:23:14.620 --> 00:23:19.079
x
And<00:23:15.380><c> there</c><00:23:15.680><c> is</c><00:23:15.880><c> hope</c><00:23:16.140><c> in</c><00:23:16.420><c> thy</c><00:23:16.559><c> end,</c><00:23:17.079><c> saith</c><00:23:17.220><c> the</c><00:23:17.460><c> Lord,</c><00:23:18.819><c> that</c>

00:23:19.079 --> 00:23:25.319
x
your<00:23:19.440><c> children</c><00:23:20.500><c> shall</c><00:23:21.099><c> come</c><00:23:21.440><c> again</c><00:23:22.400><c> unto</c><00:23:23.359><c> their</c><00:23:23.740><c> own</c><00:23:24.420><c> border.</c>

00:23:27.220 --> 00:23:33.559
x
Now<00:23:27.779><c> speaking</c><00:23:28.119><c> for</c><00:23:28.380><c> myself,</c><00:23:29.599><c> I</c><00:23:30.700><c> can</c><00:23:30.900><c> only</c><00:23:31.180><c> think</c><00:23:31.420><c> of</c><00:23:31.740><c> one</c><00:23:32.059><c> thing</c><00:23:32.700><c> that</c>

00:23:33.559 --> 00:23:37.480
x
could<00:23:33.779><c> give</c><00:23:34.000><c> these</c><00:23:34.339><c> mothers</c><00:23:34.720><c> any</c><00:23:35.539><c> sense</c><00:23:36.140><c> of</c><00:23:36.599><c> hope.</c>

00:23:38.019 --> 00:23:44.799
x
It's<00:23:38.740><c> my</c><00:23:38.980><c> conclusion</c><00:23:39.619><c> that</c><00:23:40.119><c> the</c><00:23:41.319><c> land</c><00:23:41.579><c> of</c><00:23:41.819><c> the</c><00:23:42.019><c> enemy</c><00:23:42.440><c> is</c><00:23:43.559><c> death.</c>

00:23:45.619 --> 00:23:49.660
x
And<00:23:46.000><c> because</c><00:23:46.319><c> we</c><00:23:46.500><c> have</c><00:23:46.640><c> been</c><00:23:46.900><c> told</c><00:23:47.680><c> that</c><00:23:48.500><c> the</c><00:23:48.759><c> last</c><00:23:49.099><c> enemy</c><00:23:49.460><c> to</c>

00:23:49.660 --> 00:23:58.440
x
be<00:23:49.900><c> destroyed</c><00:23:50.480><c> is</c><00:23:50.859><c> death,</c><00:23:53.240><c> I</c><00:23:53.819><c> believe</c><00:23:54.200><c> that</c><00:23:55.039><c> it</c><00:23:55.359><c> is</c><00:23:55.720><c> the</c><00:23:56.279><c> judgment</c><00:23:56.619><c> of</c><00:23:56.880><c> God</c><00:23:57.319><c> to</c>

00:23:58.440 --> 00:24:00.839
x
raise<00:23:58.720><c> those</c><00:23:59.119><c> children</c><00:23:59.440><c> from</c><00:23:59.680><c> the</c><00:23:59.900><c> dead</c><00:24:00.000><c> at</c><00:24:00.200><c> the</c><00:24:00.380><c> return</c><00:24:00.599><c> of</c>

00:24:00.839 --> 00:24:04.720
x
Christ<00:24:01.339><c> and</c><00:24:02.359><c> return</c><00:24:02.839><c> them</c><00:24:03.319><c> to</c><00:24:03.640><c> their</c><00:24:03.900><c> own</c><00:24:04.220><c> land.</c>

00:24:04.720 --> 00:24:10.359
x
And<00:24:05.460><c> this</c><00:24:05.839><c> time</c><00:24:06.339><c> it</c><00:24:07.259><c> will</c><00:24:07.539><c> be</c><00:24:07.839><c> their</c><00:24:08.099><c> land,</c><00:24:09.299><c> not</c><00:24:09.579><c> a</c><00:24:09.819><c> captive</c>

00:24:10.359 --> 00:24:12.059
x
Roman<00:24:11.059><c> land.</c>

00:24:14.099 --> 00:24:19.240
x
At<00:24:14.400><c> the</c><00:24:14.579><c> death</c><00:24:14.759><c> of</c><00:24:15.099><c> Herod,</c><00:24:16.380><c> Jesus</c><00:24:16.819><c> was</c><00:24:17.140><c> told</c><00:24:17.440><c> in</c><00:24:17.599><c> a</c><00:24:17.900><c> dream</c><00:24:18.420><c> to</c>

00:24:19.240 --> 00:24:20.940
x
return<00:24:19.619><c> to</c><00:24:19.900><c> Israel.</c>

00:24:21.599 --> 00:24:23.079
x
And<00:24:22.000><c> he</c><00:24:22.160><c> did.</c>

00:24:23.819 --> 00:24:25.799
x
But<00:24:24.099><c> not</c><00:24:24.319><c> to</c><00:24:24.480><c> Bethlehem.</c>

00:24:26.180 --> 00:24:31.099
x
Instead,<00:24:27.759><c> he</c><00:24:27.980><c> went</c><00:24:28.259><c> and</c><00:24:28.539><c> stayed</c><00:24:28.740><c> in</c><00:24:29.039><c> Galilee</c><00:24:29.740><c> and</c><00:24:30.119><c> Nazareth.</c>

00:24:33.019 --> 00:24:40.359
x
Ever<00:24:33.819><c> since</c><00:24:34.380><c> the</c><00:24:35.200><c> Garden</c><00:24:35.880><c> of</c><00:24:36.279><c> Eden,</c><00:24:38.759><c> ever</c><00:24:39.039><c> since</c><00:24:39.759><c> the</c><00:24:40.160><c> flood</c>

00:24:40.359 --> 00:24:51.559
x
in<00:24:40.599><c> the</c><00:24:40.720><c> days</c><00:24:41.000><c> of</c><00:24:41.319><c> Noah,</c><00:24:44.019><c> ever</c><00:24:44.519><c> since</c><00:24:44.880><c> the</c><00:24:45.160><c> destruction</c><00:24:45.640><c> of</c><00:24:46.079><c> Sodom</c><00:24:46.480><c> and</c><00:24:46.720><c> Gomorrah,</c><00:24:49.940><c> ever</c><00:24:50.319><c> since</c><00:24:50.619><c> the</c><00:24:50.859><c> destruction</c><00:24:51.299><c> of</c>

00:24:51.559 --> 00:24:57.079
x
Jericho,<00:24:54.559><c> ever</c><00:24:55.099><c> since</c><00:24:55.400><c> the</c><00:24:55.619><c> death</c><00:24:55.859><c> of</c><00:24:56.099><c> innocent</c><00:24:56.460><c> children,</c>

00:24:57.079 --> 00:25:03.440
x
this<00:24:58.759><c> world</c><00:24:59.339><c> has</c><00:24:59.680><c> been</c><00:24:59.960><c> on</c><00:25:00.259><c> a</c><00:25:00.519><c> path</c><00:25:00.980><c> of</c><00:25:01.559><c> self</c><00:25:02.119><c>-destruction.</c>

00:25:04.099 --> 00:25:10.019
x
We<00:25:04.940><c> look</c><00:25:05.160><c> at</c><00:25:05.359><c> our</c><00:25:05.619><c> own</c><00:25:05.900><c> society</c><00:25:06.619><c> and</c><00:25:07.660><c> we</c><00:25:07.960><c> wonder</c><00:25:08.200><c> how</c><00:25:08.660><c> much</c><00:25:09.180><c> worse</c><00:25:09.579><c> can</c>

00:25:10.019 --> 00:25:15.160
x
things<00:25:10.339><c> become</c><00:25:11.160><c> before</c><00:25:12.480><c> the</c><00:25:12.880><c> appearing</c><00:25:13.400><c> of</c><00:25:14.140><c> our</c><00:25:14.380><c> Savior.</c>

00:25:16.380 --> 00:25:23.039
x
If<00:25:17.380><c> the</c><00:25:17.619><c> lessons</c><00:25:18.140><c> of</c><00:25:18.460><c> these</c><00:25:18.960><c> three</c><00:25:19.640><c> chapters</c><00:25:20.359><c> that</c><00:25:20.740><c> we</c><00:25:21.000><c> read</c><00:25:21.180><c> today</c><00:25:21.859><c> have</c><00:25:22.700><c> a</c>

00:25:23.039 --> 00:25:26.700
x
common<00:25:23.319><c> thread,</c><00:25:24.640><c> I</c><00:25:24.940><c> believe</c><00:25:25.200><c> it</c><00:25:25.359><c> to</c><00:25:25.500><c> be</c><00:25:25.640><c> this.</c>

00:25:28.180 --> 00:25:31.960
x
We<00:25:28.779><c> are</c><00:25:29.539><c> not</c><00:25:30.279><c> good</c><00:25:30.680><c> enough.</c>

00:25:33.160 --> 00:25:36.880
x
And<00:25:34.160><c> we</c><00:25:34.359><c> cannot</c><00:25:34.720><c> make</c><00:25:35.039><c> ourselves</c><00:25:35.599><c> good</c><00:25:35.880><c> enough.</c>

00:25:37.380 --> 00:25:40.579
x
But<00:25:38.339><c> thankfully,</c><00:25:38.859><c> we</c><00:25:39.119><c> don't</c><00:25:39.420><c> have</c><00:25:39.759><c> to.</c>

00:25:40.839 --> 00:25:44.819
x
Because<00:25:41.539><c> Christ</c><00:25:42.400><c> is</c><00:25:43.480><c> good</c><00:25:43.759><c> enough.</c>

00:25:45.039 --> 00:25:53.299
x
And<00:25:45.519><c> that</c><00:25:46.000><c> is</c><00:25:46.279><c> why</c><00:25:46.920><c> we</c><00:25:47.819><c> need</c><00:25:48.599><c> to</c><00:25:49.220><c> take</c><00:25:49.460><c> on</c><00:25:49.819><c> His</c><00:25:50.240><c> name</c><00:25:51.019><c> in</c><00:25:52.200><c> baptism.</c>

00:25:54.740 --> 00:25:57.920
x
Life<00:25:55.480><c> isn't</c><00:25:57.039><c> fair.</c>

00:25:59.299 --> 00:26:03.819
x
But<00:25:59.940><c> we</c><00:26:00.140><c> don't</c><00:26:00.380><c> try</c><00:26:00.660><c> to</c><00:26:00.900><c> live</c><00:26:01.039><c> our</c><00:26:01.359><c> lives</c><00:26:01.880><c> doing</c><00:26:02.180><c> the</c><00:26:02.400><c> right</c><00:26:02.720><c> thing</c><00:26:03.099><c> because</c><00:26:03.559><c> it</c>

00:26:03.819 --> 00:26:06.159
x
always<00:26:04.119><c> works</c><00:26:04.480><c> out</c><00:26:04.779><c> the</c><00:26:05.019><c> first</c><00:26:05.339><c> time.</c>

00:26:06.819 --> 00:26:13.299
x
We<00:26:07.259><c> strive</c><00:26:07.720><c> to</c><00:26:07.980><c> do</c><00:26:08.180><c> the</c><00:26:08.380><c> right</c><00:26:08.700><c> thing</c><00:26:09.420><c> because</c><00:26:11.079><c> it's</c><00:26:11.400><c> the</c><00:26:11.579><c> right</c><00:26:11.839><c> thing</c><00:26:12.119><c> to</c><00:26:12.380><c> do.</c>

00:26:14.640 --> 00:26:24.079
x
To<00:26:14.960><c> that</c><00:26:15.240><c> end,</c><00:26:17.180><c> we</c><00:26:17.420><c> come</c><00:26:17.680><c> now</c><00:26:17.980><c> this</c><00:26:18.259><c> morning</c><00:26:18.799><c> to</c><00:26:21.079><c> His</c><00:26:23.259><c> table.</c>

00:26:24.579 --> 00:26:26.940
x
This<00:26:25.200><c> table</c><00:26:25.559><c> of</c><00:26:25.859><c> communion.</c>

00:26:28.460 --> 00:26:34.079
x
Let<00:26:28.579><c> us</c><00:26:28.920><c> therefore</c><00:26:30.079><c> examine</c><00:26:30.940><c> ourselves</c><00:26:31.799><c> as</c><00:26:33.059><c> we</c><00:26:33.359><c> prepare</c><00:26:33.680><c> to</c>

00:26:34.079 --> 00:26:43.740
x
share<00:26:34.640><c> in</c><00:26:35.559><c> this</c><00:26:35.900><c> loaf</c><00:26:36.259><c> and</c><00:26:37.339><c> in</c><00:26:37.579><c> this</c><00:26:37.859><c> cup</c><00:26:38.220><c> to</c><00:26:39.400><c> remember</c><00:26:39.779><c> the</c><00:26:40.019><c> Lord's</c><00:26:40.480><c> death</c><00:26:41.319><c> until</c><00:26:42.019><c> He</c><00:26:42.579><c> comes.</c>

00:26:44.059 --> 00:26:44.799
x
Amen.