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it?<00:11:51.340><c> The</c><00:11:51.539><c> Lord</c><00:11:51.720><c> keeps</c><00:11:52.019><c> saying</c>

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not,<00:17:04.700><c> and</c><00:17:04.880><c> he</c><00:17:05.019><c> tells</c><00:17:05.220><c> them</c>

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I<00:17:10.980><c> tell</c><00:17:11.200><c> you</c><00:17:11.319><c> the</c><00:17:11.480><c> truth,</c><00:17:11.740><c> it</c><00:17:11.920><c> will</c><00:17:12.019><c> be</c><00:17:12.200><c> more</c><00:17:12.519><c> bearable</c><00:17:12.940><c> for</c><00:17:13.200><c> Sodom</c><00:17:13.500><c> and</c><00:17:13.640><c> Gomorrah</c><00:17:13.980><c> on</c>

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the<00:17:14.359><c> day</c><00:17:14.460><c> of</c><00:17:14.700><c> judgment</c>

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than<00:17:15.579><c> for</c><00:17:15.839><c> that</c><00:17:16.200><c> town.</c><00:17:17.500><c> Why?</c><00:17:18.799><c> Because</c><00:17:19.279><c> they</c><00:17:19.759><c> refuse</c><00:17:20.160><c> to</c><00:17:20.440><c> repent.</c>

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And<00:17:23.220><c> perhaps</c><00:17:23.960><c> that's</c><00:17:24.440><c> just</c><00:17:25.019><c> a</c><00:17:26.339><c> hint</c><00:17:26.539><c> to</c><00:17:26.880><c> us.</c><00:17:28.099><c> Just</c><00:17:28.380><c> as</c><00:17:29.259><c> the</c><00:17:29.640><c> disciples</c><00:17:30.079><c> preaching</c><00:17:30.559><c> to</c>

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Israel<00:17:31.420><c> was</c><00:17:31.740><c> their</c><00:17:32.000><c> last</c>

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chance<00:17:32.920><c> before</c><00:17:33.619><c> the</c><00:17:34.019><c> way</c><00:17:34.180><c> would</c><00:17:34.480><c> be</c><00:17:34.900><c> thrown</c><00:17:35.160><c> open</c><00:17:35.559><c> to</c><00:17:35.779><c> the</c><00:17:35.880><c> Gentiles</c><00:17:36.619><c> once</c><00:17:37.059><c> and</c>

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for<00:17:37.500><c> all.</c><00:17:38.420><c> So</c><00:17:38.880><c> that</c><00:17:39.940><c> is</c><00:17:41.079><c> our</c><00:17:41.940><c> field.</c>

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read<00:17:46.279><c> to</c><00:17:46.500><c> you.</c>

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Because<00:17:48.240><c> it</c><00:17:48.440><c> seems</c><00:17:48.640><c> to</c><00:17:48.759><c> me</c><00:17:48.839><c> that</c><00:17:49.039><c> in</c><00:17:49.180><c> the</c><00:17:49.359><c> world</c><00:17:49.519><c> in</c><00:17:49.660><c> which</c><00:17:49.799><c> we</c>

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live,<00:17:50.839><c> the</c><00:17:51.079><c> importance</c><00:17:51.480><c> of</c><00:17:51.799><c> the</c><00:17:52.099><c> example</c><00:17:52.359><c> of</c><00:17:52.619><c> our</c>

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lives<00:17:53.480><c> going</c><00:17:54.259><c> along</c><00:17:55.380><c> with</c><00:17:55.799><c> the</c><00:17:56.099><c> words</c><00:17:56.799><c> of</c><00:17:57.839><c> truth</c><00:17:58.079><c> which</c><00:17:58.279><c> we</c><00:17:58.579><c> preach</c><00:17:58.960><c> is</c><00:18:00.099><c> paramount.</c>

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But<00:18:04.160><c> our</c><00:18:04.400><c> life</c><00:18:04.579><c> won't</c><00:18:05.079><c> attract</c><00:18:05.579><c> much,</c><00:18:06.000><c> our</c><00:18:06.259><c> life,</c><00:18:07.339><c> unless</c><00:18:07.759><c> shining</c><00:18:08.500><c> through</c><00:18:08.900><c> that</c><00:18:09.200><c> life</c><00:18:09.759><c> is</c>

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the<00:18:13.680><c> fact</c><00:18:14.119><c> of</c><00:18:14.460><c> the</c><00:18:14.619><c> Lord</c><00:18:14.819><c> Jesus</c><00:18:15.259><c> Christ</c><00:18:15.619><c> in</c><00:18:15.799><c> our</c><00:18:16.079><c> lives,</c><00:18:18.380><c> shining</c><00:18:18.680><c> through</c><00:18:19.000><c> us.</c>

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Now,<00:18:23.160><c> the</c><00:18:23.880><c> example</c><00:18:24.259><c> of</c><00:18:24.420><c> the</c><00:18:24.559><c> Lord</c><00:18:24.680><c> Jesus</c><00:18:25.099><c> Christ</c><00:18:25.339><c> as</c><00:18:25.480><c> he</c><00:18:25.680><c> watched</c><00:18:26.000><c> that</c>

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leaderless,<00:18:28.759><c> helpless,</c><00:18:29.980><c> lost</c>

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little<00:18:31.420><c> procession</c><00:18:32.220><c> from</c><00:18:32.440><c> that</c><00:18:32.680><c> Samaritan</c><00:18:33.180><c> town,</c><00:18:34.420><c> the</c><00:18:34.619><c> fact</c>

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that<00:18:35.079><c> he</c><00:18:35.559><c> looked</c><00:18:35.859><c> upon</c><00:18:36.200><c> them</c><00:18:36.920><c> with</c><00:18:37.900><c> the</c><00:18:38.640><c> true</c>

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compassion,<00:18:40.400><c> the</c><00:18:40.640><c> compassion</c><00:18:40.980><c> which</c><00:18:41.279><c> sees</c><00:18:41.599><c> both</c><00:18:42.079><c> what</c><00:18:42.460><c> is</c><00:18:42.759><c> wrong</c><00:18:43.220><c> and</c><00:18:43.980><c> what</c><00:18:44.200><c> needs</c><00:18:44.420><c> to</c>

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be<00:18:44.700><c> put</c><00:18:44.880><c> right</c>

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and<00:18:46.819><c> that</c><00:18:47.420><c> loves</c><00:18:47.759><c> the</c><00:18:48.059><c> people</c><00:18:48.539><c> sufficiently</c><00:18:49.380><c> to</c><00:18:49.759><c> want</c><00:18:50.000><c> to</c><00:18:50.240><c> do</c>

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that<00:18:51.460><c> should</c><00:18:52.440><c> be</c><00:18:53.059><c> the</c><00:18:53.319><c> motive</c><00:18:53.799><c> for</c><00:18:54.579><c> us</c><00:18:54.819><c> as</c><00:18:55.059><c> well.</c>

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Love<00:18:58.339><c> isn't</c><00:18:58.680><c> a</c><00:19:00.440><c> shallow</c><00:19:00.799><c> thing,</c><00:19:02.940><c> some</c><00:19:03.200><c> kind</c><00:19:03.440><c> of</c><00:19:03.640><c> emotional</c><00:19:04.000><c> experience,</c><00:19:05.319><c> not</c><00:19:05.640><c> at</c>

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all.<00:19:06.660><c> It's</c><00:19:06.960><c> a</c><00:19:07.119><c> hard</c><00:19:07.380><c> thing</c>

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in<00:19:08.160><c> many</c><00:19:08.380><c> ways</c><00:19:08.960><c> because</c><00:19:09.279><c> it</c><00:19:09.460><c> demands</c><00:19:09.819><c> so</c><00:19:10.099><c> much</c><00:19:10.259><c> of</c><00:19:10.420><c> us</c><00:19:11.339><c> and</c><00:19:13.220><c> it</c>

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demands<00:19:15.059><c> that</c><00:19:15.900><c> we</c><00:19:16.160><c> move</c><00:19:16.480><c> into</c><00:19:17.480><c> phases</c><00:19:18.059><c> of</c><00:19:18.359><c> being</c>

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which<00:19:18.839><c> perhaps</c><00:19:19.200><c> don't</c><00:19:19.460><c> come</c><00:19:19.720><c> naturally</c><00:19:20.200><c> to</c><00:19:20.460><c> us,</c><00:19:22.240><c> that</c><00:19:22.539><c> of</c><00:19:23.279><c> looking</c><00:19:23.779><c> for</c>

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those<00:19:24.799><c> whom</c><00:19:25.279><c> we</c><00:19:25.779><c> do</c><00:19:26.019><c> not</c><00:19:26.200><c> easily</c><00:19:26.660><c> relate</c><00:19:27.140><c> to</c>

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and<00:19:28.099><c> may</c><00:19:28.339><c> not</c><00:19:28.920><c> want</c><00:19:29.539><c> to</c><00:19:30.019><c> love</c><00:19:30.299><c> or</c><00:19:30.599><c> relate</c><00:19:30.980><c> to</c><00:19:31.759><c> and</c><00:19:32.200><c> to</c><00:19:32.500><c> try</c><00:19:32.660><c> to</c>

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win<00:19:33.140><c> them</c><00:19:33.519><c> for</c><00:19:33.759><c> Christ,</c><00:19:35.000><c> not</c><00:19:35.279><c> to</c><00:19:35.519><c> take</c><00:19:35.660><c> the</c><00:19:35.859><c> easy</c><00:19:36.240><c> way</c>

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Gleaning<00:19:38.559><c> is</c><00:19:38.779><c> easy</c><00:19:39.119><c> in</c><00:19:39.339><c> a</c><00:19:39.539><c> sense,</c><00:19:41.579><c> it's</c><00:19:42.220><c> a</c><00:19:42.339><c> bit</c><00:19:42.460><c> backbreaking,</c>

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you<00:19:43.420><c> have</c><00:19:43.579><c> to</c><00:19:43.759><c> keep</c>

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bending<00:19:45.440><c> down</c><00:19:45.819><c> and</c><00:19:46.019><c> picking</c><00:19:46.240><c> up.</c><00:19:47.640><c> Harvesting</c><00:19:48.180><c> is</c><00:19:48.440><c> hard</c><00:19:48.700><c> work</c>

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and<00:19:50.599><c> that's</c><00:19:50.880><c> what</c><00:19:50.940><c> we're</c><00:19:51.240><c> called</c><00:19:51.359><c> to</c><00:19:51.599><c> do.</c>

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So<00:19:54.799><c> that's</c><00:19:55.299><c> why</c><00:19:55.579><c> I</c><00:19:55.779><c> feel</c><00:19:56.099><c> that</c><00:19:56.519><c> if</c><00:19:56.740><c> we</c><00:19:56.880><c> are</c><00:19:57.000><c> to</c><00:19:57.160><c> call</c><00:19:57.339><c> people</c><00:19:57.660><c> to</c>

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repentance<00:19:58.319><c> and</c><00:19:58.579><c> to</c><00:19:58.799><c> move</c><00:19:59.039><c> others</c><00:19:59.380><c> they</c><00:19:59.619><c> must</c><00:19:59.980><c> see</c><00:20:00.440><c> the</c>

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life<00:20:01.390><c> that</c><00:20:02.069><c> we</c><00:20:02.349><c> live</c><00:20:02.690><c> as</c><00:20:03.130><c> being</c><00:20:03.390><c> worth</c><00:20:03.710><c> following.</c><00:20:05.049><c> And</c><00:20:05.410><c> if</c><00:20:05.609><c> we</c>

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look<00:20:06.250><c> back</c><00:20:06.750><c> a</c><00:20:07.109><c> chapter</c><00:20:07.490><c> in</c><00:20:08.190><c> Matthew</c><00:20:08.589><c> chapter</c><00:20:09.009><c> 9</c>

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and<00:20:10.029><c> verse</c><00:20:11.109><c> 35</c><00:20:12.109><c> of</c><00:20:13.329><c> that</c><00:20:13.630><c> chapter</c><00:20:14.069><c> there's</c><00:20:15.589><c> a</c><00:20:15.769><c> hint</c><00:20:16.130><c> of</c><00:20:16.789><c> that.</c>

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Jesus<00:20:21.849><c> went</c><00:20:22.130><c> through</c><00:20:22.450><c> all</c><00:20:22.769><c> the</c><00:20:22.970><c> towns</c><00:20:23.190><c> and</c><00:20:23.410><c> villages</c><00:20:23.849><c> teaching</c><00:20:24.569><c> in</c><00:20:24.730><c> their</c><00:20:24.890><c> synagogues,</c><00:20:25.569><c> preaching</c><00:20:25.910><c> the</c><00:20:26.150><c> good</c>

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kingdom,<00:20:27.509><c> healing</c><00:20:27.690><c> every</c><00:20:28.089><c> disease</c><00:20:28.430><c> and</c><00:20:28.690><c> sickness.</c><00:20:29.390><c> When</c><00:20:29.549><c> he</c>

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saw<00:20:29.970><c> the</c><00:20:30.190><c> crowds</c><00:20:30.470><c> he</c><00:20:30.670><c> had</c><00:20:30.890><c> compassion</c><00:20:31.470><c> on</c><00:20:31.730><c> them</c>

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because<00:20:33.009><c> they</c><00:20:33.769><c> were</c><00:20:34.069><c> harassed</c><00:20:34.930><c> and</c><00:20:35.210><c> helpless</c><00:20:35.670><c> like</c><00:20:36.410><c> sheep</c><00:20:36.809><c> without</c><00:20:37.150><c> a</c>

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shepherd.<00:20:38.690><c> Then</c><00:20:38.970><c> he</c><00:20:39.150><c> said</c><00:20:39.329><c> to</c><00:20:39.490><c> his</c><00:20:39.690><c> disciple</c>

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the<00:20:40.609><c> harvest</c><00:20:40.970><c> is</c><00:20:41.269><c> plentiful</c><00:20:41.910><c> but</c><00:20:42.549><c> the</c><00:20:42.750><c> workers</c><00:20:43.029><c> are</c><00:20:43.369><c> few.</c><00:20:44.029><c> Ask</c>

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the<00:20:44.670><c> Lord</c><00:20:44.869><c> of</c><00:20:45.029><c> the</c><00:20:45.230><c> harvest</c><00:20:45.470><c> therefore</c><00:20:45.970><c> to</c><00:20:46.289><c> send</c><00:20:46.529><c> out</c>

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workers<00:20:47.269><c> into</c><00:20:47.609><c> his</c><00:20:47.950><c> harvest</c><00:20:48.329><c> field.</c><00:20:50.470><c> That's</c><00:20:51.069><c> really</c><00:20:51.369><c> the</c><00:20:51.690><c> point</c><00:20:51.910><c> of</c>

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work<00:20:55.069><c> for</c><00:20:55.309><c> him</c><00:20:55.690><c> looking</c><00:20:56.109><c> outwards.</c><00:20:59.329><c> And</c><00:20:59.990><c> the</c><00:21:00.130><c> Lord</c><00:21:00.289><c> Jesus</c><00:21:00.690><c> Christ</c><00:21:01.230><c> offers</c><00:21:01.869><c> us</c>

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as<00:21:02.670><c> always</c><00:21:03.130><c> a</c><00:21:03.509><c> reference</c><00:21:03.910><c> point,</c>

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inspiration<00:21:05.049><c> and</c><00:21:06.549><c> it's</c><00:21:06.829><c> important</c><00:21:07.230><c> to</c><00:21:07.490><c> see</c><00:21:07.730><c> those</c><00:21:08.170><c> verbs,</c><00:21:10.170><c> the</c><00:21:10.910><c> state</c><00:21:11.089><c> of</c>

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the<00:21:11.490><c> people,</c><00:21:12.250><c> harassed,</c><00:21:13.650><c> helpless</c>

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and<00:21:15.349><c> the</c><00:21:15.549><c> Lord's</c><00:21:16.029><c> response</c><00:21:16.750><c> compassionate</c><00:21:17.930><c> and</c><00:21:18.869><c> active.</c>

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those<00:21:32.190><c> men</c><00:21:32.529><c> and</c><00:21:32.750><c> women</c><00:21:33.230><c> after</c>

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Jerusalem.<00:22:41.650><c> They</c><00:22:41.829><c> were</c><00:22:42.029><c> talking</c><00:22:42.369><c> with</c><00:22:42.589><c> each</c><00:22:42.809><c> other</c><00:22:42.950><c> about</c><00:22:43.190><c> everything</c><00:22:43.529><c> that</c><00:22:43.710><c> had</c><00:22:43.910><c> happened.</c><00:22:44.910><c> As</c>

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you<00:22:57.549><c> discussing</c><00:22:57.849><c> together</c><00:22:58.269><c> as</c><00:22:58.450><c> you</c><00:22:58.670><c> walk</c>

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along?<00:22:59.910><c> They</c><00:23:00.529><c> stood</c><00:23:00.769><c> still,</c><00:23:02.309><c> their</c><00:23:02.490><c> faces</c><00:23:03.230><c> downcast.</c><00:23:06.289><c> It's</c>

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wonderful<00:23:07.170><c> how</c><00:23:08.089><c> sometimes</c><00:23:08.930><c> we</c><00:23:09.230><c> are</c><00:23:09.549><c> kept</c><00:23:09.890><c> from</c>

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ourselves<00:23:19.430><c> from</c><00:23:19.730><c> looking</c><00:23:19.990><c> at</c><00:23:20.170><c> him.</c><00:23:21.609><c> These</c><00:23:22.130><c> downcast</c><00:23:22.809><c> faces</c>

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prevented<00:23:24.289><c> them</c><00:23:25.089><c> from</c><00:23:25.289><c> raising</c><00:23:25.690><c> their</c><00:23:26.069><c> eyes</c>

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and<00:23:27.650><c> seeing</c><00:23:28.029><c> him.</c><00:23:29.609><c> Why?</c><00:23:31.190><c> Well</c><00:23:31.470><c> it's</c><00:23:31.950><c> explained</c><00:23:32.230><c> to</c><00:23:32.410><c> us</c><00:23:32.569><c> in</c><00:23:32.750><c> the</c>

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They<00:23:36.829><c> say</c><00:23:37.210><c> to</c><00:23:37.369><c> him,</c><00:23:39.029><c> are</c><00:23:39.089><c> you</c><00:23:39.269><c> the</c><00:23:39.490><c> only</c><00:23:39.750><c> one</c><00:23:39.970><c> who</c><00:23:40.150><c> doesn't</c><00:23:40.329><c> know</c><00:23:40.490><c> what's</c><00:23:40.789><c> been</c><00:23:40.970><c> happening</c><00:23:41.269><c> in</c><00:23:41.490><c> Jerusalem?</c>

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And<00:23:43.529><c> Jesus</c><00:23:44.009><c> to</c><00:23:44.710><c> draw</c><00:23:44.910><c> them</c><00:23:45.089><c> out</c><00:23:45.349><c> says,</c><00:23:45.789><c> what</c><00:23:46.069><c> things?</c><00:23:47.589><c> And</c><00:23:47.809><c> they</c><00:23:47.950><c> go</c>

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them.<00:24:21.329><c> And</c><00:24:21.609><c> so</c><00:24:22.170><c> the</c><00:24:22.549><c> Lord</c><00:24:22.769><c> Jesus</c><00:24:23.210><c> has</c><00:24:23.490><c> to</c><00:24:23.730><c> answer</c><00:24:24.029><c> them</c><00:24:24.490><c> in</c><00:24:24.970><c> terms</c><00:24:25.349><c> of</c>

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have<00:24:31.970><c> spoken.</c><00:24:33.250><c> Did</c><00:24:33.410><c> not</c><00:24:33.710><c> Christ</c><00:24:33.990><c> have</c>

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things<00:24:45.769><c> concerning</c><00:24:46.269><c> himself.</c>

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Now,<00:25:05.069><c> brothers</c><00:25:05.650><c> and</c><00:25:05.829><c> sisters,</c><00:25:06.150><c> we</c><00:25:06.589><c> have</c><00:25:06.890><c> all</c><00:25:07.250><c> the</c><00:25:07.450><c> pieces</c><00:25:08.130><c> too.</c><00:25:09.869><c> In</c>

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they<00:25:23.269><c> signify</c><00:25:23.950><c> to</c><00:25:24.170><c> us</c><00:25:25.009><c> the</c><00:25:25.829><c> need</c><00:25:26.089><c> for</c><00:25:26.369><c> our</c><00:25:26.630><c> action?</c>

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That's<00:25:32.289><c> basically</c><00:25:32.789><c> the</c><00:25:33.190><c> question</c><00:25:33.630><c> which</c><00:25:34.750><c> the</c><00:25:35.490><c> Lord</c><00:25:35.670><c> asks</c>

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effect<00:25:47.109><c> of</c><00:25:47.289><c> the</c><00:25:47.450><c> resurrection</c><00:25:47.910><c> news.</c>

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For<00:25:49.990><c> instance,</c><00:25:51.289><c> imagine</c><00:25:52.490><c> Philologos</c><00:25:54.690><c> bursting</c><00:25:55.190><c> into</c><00:25:55.470><c> the</c><00:25:55.690><c> house</c><00:25:56.309><c> saying</c><00:25:56.910><c> the</c><00:25:57.089><c> Lord</c><00:25:57.309><c> is</c><00:25:57.569><c> risen</c>

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and<00:25:59.849><c> she</c><00:26:00.170><c> waiting</c><00:26:00.609><c> also</c><00:26:01.390><c> with</c><00:26:01.609><c> the</c><00:26:01.769><c> news</c><00:26:01.950><c> having</c><00:26:02.250><c> spoken</c><00:26:02.670><c> about</c><00:26:03.009><c> it</c>

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and<00:26:04.450><c> him</c><00:26:04.650><c> saying</c><00:26:04.869><c> telling</c><00:26:05.430><c> her</c><00:26:05.690><c> about</c><00:26:05.950><c> all</c><00:26:06.269><c> this</c>

00:26:07.269 --> 00:26:11.029
this<00:26:07.769><c> conversation</c><00:26:08.730><c> on</c><00:26:08.970><c> the</c><00:26:09.069><c> road</c><00:26:09.230><c> to</c><00:26:09.450><c> Emmaus.</c><00:26:10.349><c> How</c><00:26:10.609><c> all</c><00:26:10.869><c> the</c>

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pieces<00:26:11.269><c> fell</c><00:26:11.569><c> together</c><00:26:12.250><c> and</c><00:26:13.470><c> how</c>

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perhaps<00:26:15.490><c> he</c><00:26:15.650><c> might</c><00:26:15.910><c> say</c><00:26:16.490><c> it</c><00:26:17.390><c> was</c><00:26:17.569><c> his</c><00:26:17.829><c> hands</c><00:26:18.150><c> at</c><00:26:18.430><c> supper</c><00:26:18.849><c> that</c>

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at<00:26:20.730><c> last</c><00:26:20.990><c> we</c><00:26:21.349><c> recognized</c><00:26:21.809><c> him.</c>

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Now<00:26:23.809><c> that</c><00:26:23.990><c> was</c><00:26:24.390><c> for</c><00:26:24.710><c> them</c><00:26:25.210><c> a</c><00:26:25.809><c> huge</c><00:26:26.309><c> shining</c><00:26:26.950><c> light</c><00:26:27.269><c> in</c><00:26:27.470><c> their</c>

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lives.<00:26:28.490><c> It</c><00:26:28.730><c> resolved</c><00:26:29.190><c> all</c><00:26:29.630><c> doubts.</c>

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It<00:26:31.009><c> made</c><00:26:31.390><c> everything</c><00:26:31.890><c> clear.</c><00:26:33.549><c> After</c><00:26:34.049><c> that,</c><00:26:34.549><c> there</c><00:26:34.569><c> could</c><00:26:34.809><c> be</c>

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no<00:26:35.329><c> doubt</c><00:26:35.670><c> at</c><00:26:35.970><c> all</c><00:26:36.509><c> about</c><00:26:37.809><c> the</c><00:26:38.210><c> purpose</c><00:26:38.589><c> of</c><00:26:38.849><c> God</c>

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in<00:26:40.410><c> his</c><00:26:40.690><c> son</c><00:26:40.930><c> and</c><00:26:41.170><c> the</c><00:26:41.289><c> purpose</c><00:26:41.529><c> of</c><00:26:41.769><c> salvation.</c><00:26:43.650><c> And</c><00:26:43.930><c> I</c><00:26:44.089><c> suppose</c><00:26:44.430><c> what</c>

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I'm<00:26:45.230><c> suggesting</c><00:26:45.710><c> to</c><00:26:45.890><c> you,</c>

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brothers<00:26:46.250><c> and</c><00:26:46.490><c> sisters,</c><00:26:46.829><c> is</c><00:26:46.950><c> can</c><00:26:47.190><c> we</c><00:26:47.470><c> recapture</c><00:26:48.029><c> it?</c><00:26:49.789><c> We</c><00:26:50.109><c> must</c>

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have<00:26:50.450><c> had</c><00:26:50.569><c> it</c><00:26:50.750><c> at</c><00:26:50.890><c> some</c><00:26:51.150><c> time</c><00:26:51.329><c> in</c><00:26:51.549><c> our</c><00:26:51.730><c> lives.</c>

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For<00:26:52.289><c> instance,</c><00:26:52.930><c> at</c><00:26:53.109><c> our</c><00:26:53.349><c> baptisms</c><00:26:53.809><c> or</c><00:26:54.009><c> just</c><00:26:54.289><c> after</c><00:26:54.750><c> we</c><00:26:56.170><c> felt</c>

00:26:56.470 --> 00:26:58.589
that<00:26:56.769><c> light</c><00:26:57.049><c> shining</c><00:26:57.410><c> into</c><00:26:57.690><c> all</c><00:26:57.849><c> the</c><00:26:58.049><c> dark</c><00:26:58.269><c> corners</c>

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of<00:26:58.730><c> us</c><00:26:59.049><c> and</c><00:26:59.730><c> we</c><00:26:59.950><c> have</c><00:27:00.150><c> to</c><00:27:00.349><c> ask</c><00:27:00.630><c> ourselves</c><00:27:01.150><c> regularly,</c><00:27:01.730><c> has</c><00:27:01.930><c> it</c>

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dimmed?<00:27:03.690><c> Because</c><00:27:04.069><c> we</c><00:27:04.450><c> need</c><00:27:04.750><c> that</c><00:27:05.089><c> light</c><00:27:05.430><c> if</c>

00:27:06.289 --> 00:27:12.329
we<00:27:06.829><c> are</c><00:27:06.990><c> going</c><00:27:07.109><c> to</c><00:27:07.269><c> let</c><00:27:07.410><c> the</c><00:27:07.630><c> light</c><00:27:07.750><c> of</c><00:27:07.970><c> Christ</c><00:27:08.450><c> shine</c><00:27:09.210><c> to</c><00:27:09.490><c> others.</c><00:27:11.990><c> Now</c>

00:27:12.329 --> 00:27:13.710
if<00:27:12.470><c> one</c><00:27:12.670><c> thinks</c><00:27:12.970><c> of</c><00:27:13.210><c> what</c><00:27:13.430><c> the</c><00:27:13.569><c> Lord</c>

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Jesus<00:27:14.049><c> Christ</c><00:27:14.349><c> was</c><00:27:14.569><c> doing</c><00:27:14.829><c> as</c><00:27:15.049><c> he</c><00:27:15.470><c> walked</c><00:27:15.710><c> with</c><00:27:15.970><c> those</c><00:27:16.289><c> men</c><00:27:16.609><c> towards</c><00:27:17.009><c> Emmaus,</c><00:27:18.869><c> opening</c><00:27:19.269><c> the</c><00:27:19.529><c> scriptures</c><00:27:19.869><c> to</c><00:27:20.170><c> them</c>

00:27:20.549 --> 00:27:24.430
and<00:27:20.910><c> his</c><00:27:21.130><c> life</c><00:27:21.369><c> in</c><00:27:21.569><c> those</c><00:27:21.849><c> terms,</c><00:27:23.150><c> that's</c><00:27:23.450><c> what</c><00:27:23.589><c> he</c><00:27:23.750><c> did</c><00:27:24.069><c> with</c>

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his<00:27:24.609><c> whole</c><00:27:24.890><c> life.</c><00:27:26.009><c> He</c><00:27:26.529><c> lived</c><00:27:26.789><c> his</c><00:27:27.069><c> life</c>

00:27:28.589 --> 00:27:34.509
in<00:27:28.950><c> the</c><00:27:29.150><c> knowledge</c><00:27:29.609><c> of</c><00:27:30.730><c> the</c><00:27:30.869><c> crucifixion.</c><00:27:33.410><c> He</c><00:27:34.049><c> couldn't</c><00:27:34.309><c> have</c>

00:27:34.509 --> 00:27:37.230
missed<00:27:34.750><c> the</c><00:27:34.990><c> point</c><00:27:35.349><c> and</c><00:27:36.430><c> he</c><00:27:36.569><c> didn't</c><00:27:36.849><c> miss</c><00:27:37.069><c> it,</c>

00:27:37.230 --> 00:27:42.309
we<00:27:37.390><c> know.</c><00:27:38.369><c> For</c><00:27:38.569><c> instance,</c><00:27:39.789><c> of</c><00:27:40.170><c> the</c><00:27:40.329><c> 53rd</c><00:27:40.809><c> chapter</c><00:27:41.130><c> of</c><00:27:41.329><c> Isaiah.</c>

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Sometimes<00:27:44.130><c> we</c><00:27:44.349><c> tend</c><00:27:44.549><c> to</c><00:27:45.089><c> look</c><00:27:45.390><c> at</c><00:27:45.529><c> the</c>

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first<00:27:45.910><c> part</c><00:27:46.210><c> of</c><00:27:46.390><c> that,</c><00:27:46.750><c> the</c><00:27:46.910><c> suffering</c><00:27:47.329><c> part</c><00:27:47.650><c> of</c><00:27:47.789><c> it.</c><00:27:49.849><c> But</c><00:27:50.390><c> we</c>

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need<00:27:51.430><c> to</c><00:27:51.670><c> remember</c><00:27:52.410><c> that</c><00:27:52.910><c> reference</c><00:27:53.410><c> in</c><00:27:53.750><c> the</c>

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12th<00:27:54.950><c> chapter</c><00:27:55.609><c> of</c><00:27:56.029><c> the</c><00:27:56.250><c> letter</c><00:27:56.410><c> to</c><00:27:56.589><c> the</c><00:27:56.730><c> Hebrews,</c><00:27:56.950><c> and</c><00:27:57.089><c> don't</c>

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turn<00:27:57.470><c> it</c><00:27:57.630><c> up</c><00:27:57.789><c> because</c><00:27:58.049><c> you</c><00:27:58.269><c> know</c><00:27:58.369><c> it</c><00:27:59.130><c> so</c><00:27:59.650><c> well,</c>

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where<00:28:01.470><c> we</c><00:28:01.630><c> are</c><00:28:01.809><c> called</c><00:28:01.950><c> upon</c><00:28:02.230><c> to</c><00:28:02.430><c> fix</c><00:28:02.769><c> our</c><00:28:03.269><c> eyes</c><00:28:03.490><c> on</c><00:28:03.730><c> Jesus,</c><00:28:04.170><c> the</c><00:28:04.349><c> author</c><00:28:04.589><c> and</c><00:28:04.829><c> perfecter</c><00:28:05.269><c> of</c>

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our<00:28:05.670><c> faith,</c>

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who<00:28:06.430><c> for</c><00:28:06.809><c> the</c><00:28:07.049><c> joy</c><00:28:07.349><c> set</c><00:28:07.589><c> before</c><00:28:07.970><c> him,</c><00:28:09.150><c> and</c><00:28:09.269><c> that's</c><00:28:09.670><c> a</c><00:28:09.730><c> word</c><00:28:09.910><c> which</c><00:28:10.609><c> is</c>

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so<00:28:11.309><c> important,</c><00:28:11.849><c> the</c><00:28:12.069><c> joy</c><00:28:12.390><c> set</c><00:28:12.650><c> before</c><00:28:13.009><c> him,</c>

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endured<00:28:13.849><c> the</c><00:28:14.150><c> cross,</c><00:28:15.170><c> scorning</c><00:28:15.589><c> its</c><00:28:15.890><c> shame,</c><00:28:17.569><c> and</c><00:28:17.750><c> sat</c><00:28:17.930><c> down</c>

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on<00:28:18.349><c> the</c><00:28:18.509><c> right</c><00:28:18.750><c> hand</c><00:28:18.910><c> of</c><00:28:19.089><c> the</c><00:28:19.230><c> throne</c><00:28:19.410><c> of</c><00:28:19.630><c> God.</c>

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Consider<00:28:20.829><c> him</c><00:28:21.089><c> who</c><00:28:21.329><c> endured</c><00:28:21.730><c> such</c><00:28:22.029><c> opposition</c><00:28:22.589><c> from</c><00:28:22.869><c> sinful</c>

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men<00:28:23.650><c> so</c><00:28:24.069><c> that</c><00:28:24.549><c> you</c><00:28:25.329><c> will</c><00:28:25.769><c> not</c><00:28:26.130><c> grow</c><00:28:26.549><c> weary</c>

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and<00:28:27.970><c> lose</c><00:28:28.269><c> heart.</c><00:28:30.650><c> There's</c><00:28:31.210><c> the</c><00:28:31.789><c> example</c><00:28:32.529><c> for</c><00:28:33.049><c> us.</c><00:28:34.470><c> But</c><00:28:34.670><c> let's</c>

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just<00:28:35.170><c> remind</c><00:28:35.529><c> ourselves</c><00:28:36.130><c> of</c><00:28:36.329><c> what</c><00:28:36.529><c> we</c><00:28:36.750><c> know</c><00:28:36.970><c> well,</c>

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and<00:28:38.970><c> I</c><00:28:39.109><c> want</c><00:28:39.269><c> to</c><00:28:39.490><c> turn</c><00:28:39.670><c> back</c><00:28:39.930><c> for</c><00:28:40.150><c> a</c><00:28:40.309><c> moment</c><00:28:40.509><c> to</c><00:28:40.809><c> that</c><00:28:41.210><c> 53rd</c><00:28:41.849><c> chapter</c><00:28:42.170><c> of</c>

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Isaiah,<00:28:43.990><c> because</c>

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the<00:28:49.569><c> Lord</c><00:28:49.750><c> Jesus</c><00:28:50.150><c> Christ</c><00:28:50.910><c> lived</c><00:28:51.430><c> in</c><00:28:52.269><c> the</c><00:28:52.430><c> light</c><00:28:52.589><c> of</c><00:28:52.769><c> the</c><00:28:52.930><c> scriptures.</c><00:28:54.829><c> Every</c>

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action<00:28:56.009><c> lived,</c>

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he<00:28:57.789><c> lived</c><00:28:58.109><c> in</c><00:28:58.809><c> the</c><00:28:59.009><c> council</c><00:28:59.309><c> of</c><00:28:59.549><c> God.</c><00:29:01.390><c> That's</c><00:29:02.009><c> where</c><00:29:02.289><c> his</c><00:29:02.549><c> strength</c><00:29:02.809><c> came</c>

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from.<00:29:03.950><c> It</c><00:29:04.569><c> didn't</c><00:29:04.809><c> come</c><00:29:05.049><c> from</c><00:29:05.269><c> anything</c>

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else.<00:29:09.730><c> And</c><00:29:10.349><c> so</c><00:29:10.710><c> he</c><00:29:11.029><c> would</c><00:29:11.210><c> have</c><00:29:11.369><c> lived</c><00:29:11.589><c> with</c><00:29:12.289><c> the</c><00:29:13.529><c> terrible</c><00:29:13.910><c> thought</c><00:29:14.309><c> of</c>

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what<00:29:14.829><c> the</c><00:29:15.089><c> beginning</c><00:29:15.210><c> of</c><00:29:15.210><c> the</c><00:29:15.210><c> world</c><00:29:15.210><c> was,</c>

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and<00:29:15.210><c> the</c><00:29:15.210><c> beginning</c><00:29:15.269><c> of</c><00:29:15.470><c> that</c><00:29:16.630><c> 53rd</c><00:29:17.230><c> chapter</c><00:29:18.069><c> so</c><00:29:19.289><c> clearly</c><00:29:19.890><c> expresses</c><00:29:20.809><c> the</c>

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oppression,<00:29:22.269><c> the</c><00:29:22.450><c> affliction.</c>

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He<00:29:25.289><c> did</c><00:29:25.509><c> not</c><00:29:25.670><c> open</c><00:29:25.869><c> his</c><00:29:26.130><c> mouth.</c><00:29:27.690><c> He</c><00:29:27.730><c> was</c><00:29:27.990><c> led,</c><00:29:28.730><c> indeed,</c><00:29:29.269><c> like</c><00:29:29.430><c> a</c>

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lamb<00:29:29.730><c> to</c><00:29:29.910><c> the</c><00:29:30.029><c> slaughter.</c>

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Daughters<00:29:33.410><c> of</c><00:29:33.630><c> Jerusalem</c><00:29:34.049><c> who</c><00:29:34.329><c> had</c><00:29:34.549><c> failed</c><00:29:34.730><c> to</c><00:29:34.990><c> understand,</c>

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yes,<00:29:36.509><c> but</c><00:29:36.789><c> not</c><00:29:37.130><c> in</c><00:29:37.829><c> reviling</c><00:29:38.529><c> or</c><00:29:40.009><c> anger</c>

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the<00:29:41.789><c> natural</c><00:29:42.269><c> things</c><00:29:42.630><c> which</c><00:29:42.809><c> would</c><00:29:42.930><c> have</c><00:29:43.069><c> come</c><00:29:43.210><c> to</c><00:29:43.369><c> us</c><00:29:43.569><c> in</c><00:29:43.750><c> that</c><00:29:43.970><c> kind</c><00:29:44.150><c> of</c><00:29:44.369><c> circumstance.</c>

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And<00:29:46.990><c> it</c><00:29:47.210><c> might</c><00:29:47.390><c> have</c><00:29:47.670><c> seemed</c><00:29:48.329><c> utterly</c><00:29:50.109><c> crushing,</c><00:29:50.809><c> mightn't</c>

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it?<00:29:52.670><c> But</c><00:29:53.069><c> he</c><00:29:53.289><c> also</c><00:29:53.569><c> knew</c><00:29:53.750><c> the</c><00:29:54.009><c> end</c><00:29:54.329><c> of</c><00:29:54.670><c> that.</c>

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After<00:29:55.809><c> the</c><00:29:56.130><c> suffering</c><00:29:56.349><c> of</c><00:29:56.549><c> his</c><00:29:56.789><c> soul,</c><00:29:57.529><c> he</c><00:29:58.230><c> will</c><00:29:59.089><c> see</c><00:29:59.789><c> the</c><00:30:00.190><c> light</c><00:30:00.549><c> and</c>

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be<00:30:01.950><c> satisfied.</c><00:30:03.910><c> By</c><00:30:04.450><c> his</c><00:30:04.750><c> knowledge,</c>

00:30:05.170 --> 00:30:07.869
my<00:30:05.470><c> righteous</c><00:30:05.890><c> servant</c><00:30:06.289><c> will</c><00:30:06.529><c> justify</c><00:30:07.029><c> many</c><00:30:07.309><c> and</c><00:30:07.470><c> he</c><00:30:07.630><c> will</c>

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bear<00:30:08.269><c> their</c><00:30:08.609><c> iniquities.</c><00:30:10.289><c> Therefore,</c>

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I<00:30:11.769><c> will</c><00:30:11.970><c> give</c><00:30:12.089><c> him</c><00:30:12.490><c> a</c><00:30:12.869><c> portion</c><00:30:13.150><c> among</c><00:30:13.470><c> the</c><00:30:13.710><c> great</c><00:30:13.990><c> and</c><00:30:14.710><c> he</c><00:30:14.930><c> will</c>

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divide<00:30:15.509><c> the</c><00:30:15.829><c> spoils</c><00:30:16.109><c> of</c><00:30:16.289><c> the</c><00:30:16.529><c> strong,</c>

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because<00:30:17.390><c> he</c><00:30:17.730><c> poured</c><00:30:17.910><c> out</c><00:30:18.190><c> his</c><00:30:18.509><c> soul</c><00:30:18.710><c> unto</c><00:30:18.990><c> death</c><00:30:19.410><c> and</c><00:30:19.789><c> was</c><00:30:20.029><c> numbered</c><00:30:20.329><c> with</c><00:30:20.549><c> the</c><00:30:20.809><c> transgressors,</c>

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for<00:30:22.089><c> he</c><00:30:22.430><c> bore</c><00:30:22.589><c> the</c><00:30:22.849><c> sin</c><00:30:22.950><c> of</c><00:30:23.190><c> many</c><00:30:23.490><c> and</c><00:30:24.109><c> made</c><00:30:24.329><c> intercession</c><00:30:24.910><c> for</c>

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the<00:30:25.309><c> transgressors.</c>

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Well,<00:30:33.230><c> that</c><00:30:33.609><c> fact</c><00:30:34.130><c> of</c><00:30:34.309><c> the</c><00:30:34.529><c> resurrection</c><00:30:34.990><c> is</c><00:30:36.390><c> absolutely</c><00:30:37.130><c> central,</c><00:30:37.890><c> brethren</c><00:30:38.029><c> and</c>

00:30:38.230 --> 00:30:40.990
sisters,<00:30:39.509><c> to</c>

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the<00:30:42.150><c> very</c><00:30:42.450><c> meaning</c><00:30:42.750><c> which</c><00:30:42.950><c> we</c><00:30:43.130><c> can</c><00:30:43.349><c> express</c><00:30:43.789><c> to</c><00:30:44.029><c> others</c><00:30:44.210><c> about</c>

00:30:44.509 --> 00:30:48.190
us.<00:30:45.630><c> It</c><00:30:45.789><c> seems</c><00:30:46.170><c> the</c><00:30:46.910><c> more</c><00:30:47.089><c> one</c><00:30:47.309><c> thinks</c><00:30:47.549><c> about</c><00:30:47.869><c> it,</c>

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the<00:30:48.430><c> more</c><00:30:48.890><c> central</c><00:30:49.549><c> that</c><00:30:50.309><c> doctrine,</c><00:30:51.289><c> that</c><00:30:51.609><c> understanding</c><00:30:52.230><c> is.</c><00:30:54.289><c> Every</c><00:30:54.609><c> single</c><00:30:54.950><c> one</c><00:30:55.170><c> of</c>

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those<00:30:55.609><c> false</c><00:30:55.970><c> doctrines</c><00:30:56.390><c> out</c>

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there<00:30:57.029><c> falls</c><00:30:57.430><c> to</c><00:30:57.710><c> pieces</c><00:30:58.329><c> when</c><00:30:59.690><c> it</c><00:31:00.410><c> comes</c><00:31:00.630><c> up</c><00:31:00.849><c> against</c><00:31:01.130><c> the</c><00:31:01.349><c> resurrection.</c><00:31:03.569><c> It</c>

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just<00:31:04.390><c> can't</c><00:31:05.190><c> live.</c><00:31:06.509><c> The</c><00:31:06.710><c> immortality</c>

00:31:07.250 --> 00:31:14.250
of<00:31:07.390><c> the</c><00:31:07.589><c> soul</c><00:31:07.950><c> becomes</c><00:31:08.690><c> a</c><00:31:09.789><c> hopeless,</c><00:31:11.470><c> miserable,</c><00:31:13.009><c> man</c><00:31:13.230><c>-made</c>

00:31:14.250 --> 00:31:17.789
nonsense.<00:31:16.309><c> The</c><00:31:16.769><c> idea</c><00:31:17.029><c> of</c><00:31:17.230><c> the</c><00:31:17.450><c> Trinity</c>

00:31:17.789 --> 00:31:23.190
becomes<00:31:18.269><c> a</c><00:31:18.609><c> farce.</c><00:31:20.369><c> Everything</c><00:31:20.789><c> that</c><00:31:21.569><c> is</c><00:31:21.890><c> false</c><00:31:22.309><c> falls</c><00:31:22.930><c> to</c>

00:31:23.190 --> 00:31:26.430
pieces<00:31:23.690><c> before</c><00:31:24.269><c> that</c><00:31:24.589><c> great</c><00:31:24.930><c> central</c><00:31:25.390><c> fact.</c>

00:31:30.269 --> 00:31:35.630
And<00:31:30.910><c> that</c><00:31:31.549><c> must</c><00:31:32.089><c> surely</c><00:31:32.549><c> have</c><00:31:32.849><c> been</c><00:31:33.589><c> the</c><00:31:34.049><c> strength</c><00:31:34.549><c> which</c><00:31:35.390><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:31:35.890><c> derived.</c>

00:31:38.930 --> 00:31:42.609
That<00:31:39.269><c> cry</c><00:31:39.509><c> from</c><00:31:39.750><c> the</c><00:31:39.950><c> cross,</c><00:31:40.130><c> for</c><00:31:40.390><c> instance,</c><00:31:40.789><c> from</c><00:31:41.049><c> Psalm</c><00:31:41.269><c> 22,</c>

00:31:45.670 --> 00:31:50.789
I'm<00:31:46.150><c> sure</c><00:31:46.509><c> you</c><00:31:47.269><c> have</c><00:31:47.470><c> also</c><00:31:47.829><c> felt</c><00:31:48.130><c> this,</c><00:31:49.069><c> that</c><00:31:49.210><c> it's</c><00:31:50.250><c> not</c><00:31:50.490><c> just</c>

00:31:50.789 --> 00:31:52.630
those<00:31:51.089><c> first</c><00:31:51.369><c> few</c><00:31:51.569><c> verses.</c>

00:31:52.789 --> 00:31:57.049
The<00:31:53.089><c> Lord</c><00:31:53.349><c> has</c><00:31:53.650><c> in</c><00:31:53.869><c> mind</c><00:31:54.130><c> the</c><00:31:54.390><c> whole</c><00:31:54.710><c> Psalm,</c><00:31:56.049><c> and</c><00:31:56.390><c> it's</c><00:31:56.609><c> the</c><00:31:56.730><c> end</c><00:31:56.869><c> of</c>

00:31:57.049 --> 00:31:58.910
that<00:31:57.289><c> Psalm</c><00:31:57.450><c> that</c><00:31:57.630><c> I</c><00:31:57.809><c> would</c><00:31:58.009><c> like</c><00:31:58.269><c> to</c>

00:31:58.910 --> 00:32:05.130
to<00:31:59.049><c> look</c><00:31:59.190><c> at,</c><00:31:59.509><c> because</c><00:31:59.849><c> it</c><00:32:00.130><c> seems</c><00:32:00.450><c> to</c><00:32:00.869><c> suggest</c><00:32:01.410><c> to</c><00:32:01.650><c> us</c><00:32:02.509><c> the</c><00:32:03.490><c> power</c><00:32:04.250><c> of</c>

00:32:05.130 --> 00:32:06.349
the<00:32:05.329><c> resurrection</c>

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in<00:32:07.009><c> the</c><00:32:07.250><c> way</c><00:32:07.529><c> in</c><00:32:07.769><c> which</c><00:32:07.950><c> we</c><00:32:08.329><c> speak</c><00:32:08.589><c> to</c><00:32:08.829><c> people</c><00:32:09.269><c> of</c><00:32:09.970><c> the</c><00:32:10.130><c> purpose</c>

00:32:10.450 --> 00:32:11.730
of<00:32:10.730><c> God.</c>

00:32:14.230 --> 00:32:17.990
Because<00:32:14.829><c> after</c><00:32:15.430><c> the</c><00:32:15.670><c> suffering,</c><00:32:16.930><c> after</c><00:32:17.250><c> being</c><00:32:17.490><c> surrounded</c>

00:32:17.990 --> 00:32:20.009
by<00:32:18.369><c> the</c><00:32:18.690><c> dogs,</c><00:32:19.049><c> the</c><00:32:19.230><c> evil</c><00:32:19.569><c> men,</c>

00:32:20.009 --> 00:32:25.569
those<00:32:20.730><c> who</c><00:32:21.029><c> represent</c><00:32:21.849><c> what</c><00:32:22.509><c> we</c><00:32:22.950><c> in</c><00:32:23.190><c> our</c><00:32:23.930><c> sinful</c><00:32:24.230><c> state</c><00:32:24.569><c> are,</c>

00:32:25.890 --> 00:32:29.230
we<00:32:26.630><c> have</c><00:32:27.150><c> the</c><00:32:27.710><c> rescue</c><00:32:28.069><c> of</c><00:32:28.269><c> God.</c>

00:32:29.829 --> 00:32:34.009
And<00:32:29.930><c> in</c><00:32:30.089><c> verse</c><00:32:30.289><c> 22,</c><00:32:31.089><c> I</c><00:32:31.089><c> will</c><00:32:31.329><c> declare</c><00:32:31.710><c> your</c><00:32:32.049><c> name</c><00:32:32.269><c> to</c><00:32:32.450><c> my</c><00:32:32.690><c> brothers</c><00:32:32.970><c> in</c><00:32:33.130><c> the</c><00:32:33.369><c> congregation.</c><00:32:33.829><c> I</c>

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will<00:32:34.250><c> praise</c><00:32:34.529><c> you,</c>

00:32:35.069 --> 00:32:39.089
you<00:32:35.390><c> who</c><00:32:35.650><c> fear</c><00:32:35.849><c> the</c><00:32:36.089><c> Lord,</c><00:32:36.390><c> praise</c><00:32:36.789><c> him.</c><00:32:37.650><c> All</c><00:32:37.809><c> you</c><00:32:37.970><c> descendants</c><00:32:38.410><c> of</c><00:32:38.690><c> Jacob,</c>

00:32:39.230 --> 00:32:41.230
honor<00:32:39.470><c> him,</c><00:32:40.609><c> revere</c><00:32:40.950><c> him,</c>

00:32:41.309 --> 00:32:47.769
all<00:32:41.509><c> you</c><00:32:41.670><c> descendants</c><00:32:42.109><c> of</c><00:32:42.289><c> Israel,</c><00:32:43.430><c> for</c><00:32:43.529><c> he</c><00:32:43.730><c> has</c><00:32:44.869><c> not</c><00:32:45.170><c> despised</c><00:32:46.029><c> nor</c><00:32:46.490><c> disdained</c><00:32:47.130><c> the</c>

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suffering<00:32:48.069><c> of</c><00:32:48.250><c> the</c>

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afflicted<00:32:48.829><c> one.</c><00:32:49.789><c> He</c><00:32:49.930><c> has</c><00:32:50.230><c> not</c><00:32:50.470><c> hidden</c><00:32:50.690><c> his</c><00:32:51.029><c> face</c><00:32:51.230><c> from</c><00:32:51.470><c> him,</c>

00:32:52.069 --> 00:32:55.009
but<00:32:52.269><c> has</c><00:32:52.589><c> listened</c><00:32:52.970><c> to</c><00:32:53.250><c> his</c><00:32:53.549><c> cry</c><00:32:53.869><c> for</c><00:32:54.150><c> help.</c>

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From<00:32:56.490><c> you</c><00:32:56.750><c> comes</c><00:32:57.009><c> my</c><00:32:57.410><c> praise</c><00:32:57.609><c> in</c><00:32:57.769><c> the</c><00:32:57.890><c> great</c><00:32:58.089><c> assembly</c><00:32:58.490><c> before</c>

00:32:58.829 --> 00:33:01.130
those<00:32:59.150><c> who</c><00:32:59.430><c> fear</c><00:32:59.630><c> you</c><00:33:00.009><c> will</c><00:33:00.250><c> I</c><00:33:00.490><c> fulfill</c><00:33:00.809><c> my</c>

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vows.<00:33:02.009><c> The</c><00:33:02.210><c> poor</c><00:33:02.349><c> will</c><00:33:02.589><c> eat</c><00:33:02.750><c> and</c><00:33:02.910><c> be</c><00:33:03.089><c> satisfied.</c><00:33:04.049><c> They</c><00:33:04.269><c> who</c>

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seek<00:33:04.769><c> the</c><00:33:04.990><c> Lord</c><00:33:05.190><c> will</c><00:33:05.470><c> praise</c><00:33:05.730><c> him.</c><00:33:06.289><c> May</c><00:33:06.450><c> your</c><00:33:06.670><c> hearts</c>

00:33:06.970 --> 00:33:09.690
live<00:33:07.170><c> forever.</c><00:33:08.150><c> All</c><00:33:08.309><c> the</c><00:33:08.509><c> ends</c><00:33:08.650><c> of</c><00:33:08.829><c> the</c><00:33:08.970><c> earth</c><00:33:09.130><c> will</c><00:33:09.309><c> remember</c>

00:33:09.690 --> 00:33:11.630
and<00:33:10.089><c> turn</c><00:33:10.269><c> to</c><00:33:10.470><c> the</c><00:33:10.630><c> Lord,</c><00:33:11.109><c> and</c><00:33:11.230><c> all</c><00:33:11.390><c> the</c>

00:33:11.630 --> 00:33:16.509
nations<00:33:12.450><c> will</c><00:33:12.750><c> bow</c><00:33:12.990><c> down</c><00:33:13.269><c> before</c><00:33:13.589><c> him</c><00:33:14.150><c> for</c><00:33:14.970><c> dominion</c><00:33:15.970><c> belongs</c>

00:33:16.509 --> 00:33:20.809
to<00:33:16.789><c> the</c><00:33:16.950><c> Lord</c><00:33:17.309><c> and</c><00:33:17.829><c> he</c><00:33:18.450><c> rules</c><00:33:19.049><c> over</c><00:33:19.589><c> the</c><00:33:19.809><c> nations.</c>

00:33:21.049 --> 00:33:26.730
That<00:33:21.549><c> was</c><00:33:21.789><c> the</c><00:33:22.009><c> comfort</c><00:33:22.309><c> which</c><00:33:24.289><c> sustained</c><00:33:25.190><c> the</c><00:33:26.170><c> Lord</c><00:33:26.329><c> Jesus</c>

00:33:26.730 --> 00:33:32.369
Christ<00:33:27.089><c> in</c><00:33:27.309><c> that</c><00:33:27.589><c> moment</c><00:33:28.069><c> of</c><00:33:30.109><c> desperation</c><00:33:31.009><c> for</c>

00:33:34.599 --> 00:33:37.619
the<00:33:35.109><c> last</c><00:33:35.630><c> moments</c><00:33:36.190><c> of</c><00:33:36.369><c> his</c><00:33:36.609><c> life.</c>

00:33:40.099 --> 00:33:43.920
Particularly,<00:33:40.960><c> as</c><00:33:41.039><c> one</c><00:33:41.220><c> looks</c><00:33:41.700><c> at</c><00:33:42.559><c> the</c><00:33:42.859><c> promises,</c><00:33:43.460><c> all</c><00:33:43.680><c> the</c>

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rich<00:33:44.140><c> will</c><00:33:44.400><c> feast</c><00:33:44.680><c> and</c><00:33:44.900><c> worship.</c><00:33:45.799><c> All</c><00:33:46.000><c> who</c><00:33:46.180><c> go</c><00:33:46.380><c> down</c>

00:33:46.619 --> 00:33:52.480
to<00:33:46.779><c> the</c><00:33:46.960><c> dust</c><00:33:47.220><c> will</c><00:33:47.500><c> kneel</c><00:33:47.779><c> before</c><00:33:48.099><c> him,</c><00:33:49.900><c> preaching</c><00:33:50.160><c> the</c><00:33:50.380><c> gospel</c><00:33:51.059><c> in</c>

00:33:52.480 --> 00:33:55.220
the<00:33:52.720><c> psalm.</c><00:33:53.420><c> Those</c><00:33:53.839><c> who</c><00:33:54.259><c> cannot</c><00:33:54.519><c> keep</c><00:33:54.779><c> themselves</c>

00:33:55.220 --> 00:34:00.839
alive,<00:33:56.539><c> that's</c><00:33:56.740><c> us,</c><00:33:58.160><c> posterity</c><00:33:58.720><c> will</c><00:33:59.000><c> serve</c><00:33:59.180><c> him.</c><00:33:59.519><c> Future</c><00:33:59.799><c> generations</c><00:34:00.400><c> will</c><00:34:00.619><c> be</c>

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told<00:34:01.019><c> about</c><00:34:01.319><c> the</c><00:34:01.559><c> Lord.</c>

00:34:02.259 --> 00:34:05.119
They<00:34:02.599><c> will</c><00:34:02.859><c> proclaim</c><00:34:03.259><c> his</c><00:34:03.599><c> righteousness</c><00:34:04.019><c> to</c><00:34:04.299><c> a</c><00:34:04.500><c> people</c><00:34:04.759><c> yet</c>

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unborn,<00:34:06.440><c> for</c><00:34:06.759><c> he</c><00:34:07.099><c> is</c><00:34:07.099><c> the</c><00:34:07.099><c> Lord.</c>

00:34:07.099 --> 00:34:15.119
He<00:34:07.559><c> has</c><00:34:08.239><c> done</c><00:34:08.519><c> it.</c><00:34:09.940><c> And</c><00:34:10.059><c> that</c><00:34:10.480><c> seems</c><00:34:11.119><c> to</c><00:34:11.280><c> me</c><00:34:12.500><c> a</c><00:34:14.039><c> kind</c><00:34:14.300><c> of</c><00:34:14.579><c> cry</c><00:34:14.860><c> of</c>

00:34:15.119 --> 00:34:21.280
the<00:34:15.400><c> achievement</c><00:34:15.980><c> of</c><00:34:17.500><c> God</c><00:34:18.039><c> in</c><00:34:18.719><c> the</c><00:34:18.900><c> life</c><00:34:19.619><c> and</c>

00:34:21.300 --> 00:34:30.820
example<00:34:22.280><c> of</c><00:34:23.420><c> the</c><00:34:23.519><c> Lord</c><00:34:23.679><c> Jesus</c><00:34:24.059><c> Christ.</c><00:34:27.719><c> He</c><00:34:28.639><c> has</c><00:34:29.460><c> done</c><00:34:29.699><c> it.</c>

00:34:31.860 --> 00:34:37.420
Well,<00:34:32.659><c> brethren</c><00:34:32.800><c> and</c><00:34:33.019><c> sisters,</c><00:34:33.519><c> what</c><00:34:33.860><c> does</c><00:34:34.420><c> that</c><00:34:35.480><c> achievement</c><00:34:36.019><c> mean</c><00:34:36.619><c> as</c><00:34:37.019><c> far</c><00:34:37.280><c> as</c>

00:34:37.420 --> 00:34:38.860
we<00:34:37.639><c> are</c><00:34:37.820><c> concerned?</c>

00:34:39.239 --> 00:34:46.139
It<00:34:39.460><c> calls</c><00:34:39.940><c> from</c><00:34:40.360><c> us</c><00:34:40.760><c> for</c><00:34:41.059><c> nothing</c><00:34:41.360><c> less</c><00:34:41.940><c> than</c><00:34:42.659><c> a</c><00:34:42.960><c> new</c><00:34:43.119><c> life,</c><00:34:43.539><c> doesn't</c><00:34:43.739><c> it?</c><00:34:45.539><c> We</c>

00:34:46.139 --> 00:34:48.679
can't<00:34:46.659><c> patch</c><00:34:46.980><c> up</c><00:34:47.260><c> the</c><00:34:47.460><c> old</c><00:34:47.719><c> life.</c>

00:34:49.639 --> 00:34:52.780
Remember<00:34:49.920><c> that</c><00:34:50.579><c> saying</c><00:34:50.920><c> of</c><00:34:51.119><c> the</c><00:34:51.219><c> Lord</c><00:34:51.400><c> Jesus</c><00:34:51.800><c> Christ</c><00:34:52.159><c> that</c><00:34:52.340><c> it's</c><00:34:52.539><c> no</c>

00:34:52.780 --> 00:34:55.119
good<00:34:52.940><c> putting</c><00:34:53.239><c> a</c><00:34:53.500><c> patch</c><00:34:53.699><c> of</c><00:34:54.239><c> new</c><00:34:54.460><c> material</c>

00:34:55.119 --> 00:35:00.099
onto<00:34:55.639><c> an</c><00:34:55.860><c> old</c><00:34:56.059><c> garment</c><00:34:56.460><c> because</c><00:34:56.860><c> what</c><00:34:57.119><c> happens,</c><00:34:58.099><c> both</c><00:34:58.360><c> are</c><00:34:58.599><c> destroyed.</c><00:34:59.659><c> It's</c><00:34:59.900><c> no</c>

00:35:00.099 --> 00:35:01.760
good<00:35:00.239><c> putting</c><00:35:00.860><c> new</c><00:35:01.440><c> wine</c>

00:35:01.760 --> 00:35:06.440
into<00:35:02.019><c> old</c><00:35:02.300><c> bottles</c><00:35:02.739><c> because</c><00:35:03.300><c> it</c><00:35:03.920><c> bursts</c><00:35:04.360><c> and</c><00:35:05.079><c> both</c><00:35:05.440><c> the</c><00:35:06.360><c> wine</c>

00:35:06.440 --> 00:35:10.019
bottle<00:35:06.739><c> and</c><00:35:07.179><c> the</c><00:35:07.519><c> wine</c><00:35:07.820><c> are</c><00:35:08.320><c> spilled</c><00:35:08.639><c> and</c><00:35:09.059><c> lost.</c>

00:35:10.400 --> 00:35:15.760
It<00:35:10.719><c> requires</c><00:35:11.119><c> from</c><00:35:11.320><c> us</c><00:35:11.800><c> nothing</c><00:35:12.199><c> less</c><00:35:12.719><c> than</c><00:35:13.980><c> a</c><00:35:14.300><c> newness</c><00:35:14.579><c> of</c><00:35:14.820><c> life.</c>

00:35:18.239 --> 00:35:23.760
His<00:35:19.079><c> first</c><00:35:19.440><c> words,</c><00:35:21.280><c> recorded</c><00:35:21.820><c> for</c><00:35:22.039><c> us</c><00:35:22.159><c> in</c><00:35:22.360><c> Matthew's</c><00:35:22.880><c> gospel,</c>

00:35:23.880 --> 00:35:28.320
are<00:35:24.219><c> of</c><00:35:25.579><c> suffering</c><00:35:26.719><c> it</c><00:35:27.159><c> to</c><00:35:27.380><c> be</c><00:35:27.659><c> so</c><00:35:27.940><c> now,</c>

00:35:28.460 --> 00:35:32.380
for<00:35:28.579><c> thus</c><00:35:28.820><c> it</c><00:35:29.199><c> becometh</c><00:35:29.519><c> us</c><00:35:30.179><c> to</c><00:35:30.460><c> fulfill</c><00:35:30.900><c> all</c><00:35:31.280><c> righteousness.</c>

00:35:34.960 --> 00:35:41.820
Well,<00:35:36.880><c> that</c><00:35:37.440><c> is</c><00:35:37.920><c> what</c><00:35:38.099><c> he</c><00:35:38.380><c> offers</c><00:35:38.880><c> is</c><00:35:40.000><c> the</c><00:35:40.559><c> life</c><00:35:41.159><c> fulfilled,</c>

00:35:42.059 --> 00:35:45.239
the<00:35:42.460><c> atonement</c><00:35:43.480><c> with</c><00:35:44.699><c> which</c><00:35:44.900><c> we</c><00:35:45.179><c> start</c>

00:35:45.239 --> 00:35:49.860
has<00:35:46.000><c> been</c><00:35:46.420><c> accomplished.</c><00:35:48.460><c> But</c><00:35:48.639><c> brethren</c><00:35:48.880><c> and</c><00:35:49.139><c> sisters,</c><00:35:49.659><c> that</c>

00:35:49.860 --> 00:35:51.820
atonement<00:35:50.340><c> demands</c><00:35:50.800><c> from</c><00:35:51.000><c> us</c>

00:35:55.119 --> 00:36:01.079
a<00:35:55.760><c> fundamental</c><00:35:56.400><c> change</c><00:35:57.880><c> in</c><00:35:58.760><c> the</c><00:35:58.900><c> way</c><00:35:59.019><c> we</c><00:35:59.280><c> live.</c><00:36:00.559><c> Because</c><00:36:00.880><c> if</c>

00:36:01.079 --> 00:36:03.500
the<00:36:01.219><c> Lord</c><00:36:01.380><c> Jesus</c><00:36:01.760><c> Christ</c><00:36:02.199><c> lived</c><00:36:02.559><c> his</c><00:36:02.920><c> life</c><00:36:03.139><c> in</c><00:36:03.320><c> the</c>

00:36:03.500 --> 00:36:07.139
shadow<00:36:03.719><c> of</c><00:36:03.920><c> the</c><00:36:04.099><c> cross,</c><00:36:04.519><c> quite</c><00:36:04.800><c> literally</c><00:36:05.559><c> knowing</c><00:36:06.340><c> why</c><00:36:06.920><c> it</c>

00:36:07.139 --> 00:36:14.000
had<00:36:07.280><c> to</c><00:36:07.460><c> be</c><00:36:07.619><c> that</c><00:36:07.860><c> way,</c><00:36:10.440><c> then</c><00:36:10.860><c> for</c><00:36:11.780><c> us</c><00:36:12.519><c> it</c><00:36:13.559><c> requires</c>

00:36:14.000 --> 00:36:18.539
nothing<00:36:14.300><c> less</c><00:36:14.920><c> than</c><00:36:15.659><c> that,</c><00:36:16.380><c> a</c><00:36:16.559><c> life</c><00:36:17.079><c> lived</c><00:36:17.480><c> in</c><00:36:17.840><c> the</c><00:36:18.039><c> shadow</c><00:36:18.300><c> of</c>

00:36:18.539 --> 00:36:23.079
the<00:36:18.739><c> cross</c><00:36:19.099><c> for</c><00:36:20.699><c> us</c><00:36:21.000><c> mercifully,</c><00:36:22.019><c> figuratively,</c>

00:36:23.820 --> 00:36:32.960
but<00:36:24.260><c> talking</c><00:36:24.619><c> to</c><00:36:24.900><c> us</c><00:36:25.420><c> of</c><00:36:25.679><c> the</c><00:36:25.940><c> quality</c><00:36:26.440><c> of</c><00:36:26.739><c> life</c><00:36:27.199><c> that</c><00:36:28.219><c> we</c><00:36:29.039><c> need.</c><00:36:32.079><c> What</c>

00:36:32.960 --> 00:36:37.360
manner<00:36:33.460><c> of</c><00:36:34.199><c> men</c><00:36:34.500><c> and</c><00:36:34.860><c> women</c><00:36:35.539><c> ought</c><00:36:36.000><c> we</c><00:36:36.219><c> to</c><00:36:36.420><c> be?</c>

00:36:41.360 --> 00:36:50.940
The<00:36:42.079><c> context</c><00:36:42.420><c> of</c><00:36:42.679><c> suffering,</c><00:36:43.159><c> why?</c><00:36:45.079><c> Well,</c><00:36:47.380><c> suffering</c><00:36:47.719><c> is</c><00:36:49.219><c> necessary</c><00:36:49.860><c> for</c>

00:36:50.940 --> 00:36:52.380
our<00:36:51.179><c> human</c><00:36:51.400><c> condition</c><00:36:51.860><c> and</c><00:36:52.039><c> for</c><00:36:52.199><c> our</c>

00:36:52.380 --> 00:36:56.019
salvation.<00:36:53.139><c> It</c><00:36:53.320><c> was,</c><00:36:54.320><c> as</c><00:36:54.619><c> the</c><00:36:54.780><c> Lord</c><00:36:54.940><c> Jesus</c><00:36:55.320><c> Christ</c><00:36:55.679><c> pointed</c>

00:36:56.019 --> 00:36:59.480
out<00:36:56.320><c> to</c><00:36:56.500><c> those</c><00:36:56.780><c> disciples,</c><00:36:58.400><c> necessary</c><00:36:59.000><c> that</c>

00:36:59.480 --> 00:37:04.480
this<00:36:59.739><c> should</c><00:36:59.920><c> happen.</c><00:37:01.579><c> It's</c><00:37:02.300><c> what</c><00:37:02.599><c> our</c><00:37:02.940><c> human</c><00:37:03.159><c> nature</c><00:37:03.820><c> has</c>

00:37:04.480 --> 00:37:07.340
brought,<00:37:05.980><c> had</c><00:37:06.559><c> brought</c><00:37:06.840><c> about.</c>

00:37:09.059 --> 00:37:15.940
And<00:37:09.820><c> perhaps</c><00:37:10.420><c> it's</c><00:37:10.840><c> one</c><00:37:11.059><c> of</c><00:37:11.179><c> those</c><00:37:11.639><c> aspects</c><00:37:12.179><c> of</c><00:37:12.420><c> our</c><00:37:12.579><c> lives</c><00:37:12.860><c> which,</c><00:37:14.019><c> unpleasant</c><00:37:14.460><c> though</c><00:37:14.800><c> it</c><00:37:15.059><c> is,</c>

00:37:16.840 --> 00:37:22.840
is<00:37:17.280><c> necessary</c><00:37:17.719><c> for</c><00:37:17.920><c> us</c><00:37:18.280><c> to</c><00:37:18.519><c> grasp</c><00:37:19.219><c> what</c><00:37:20.639><c> exactly</c><00:37:21.280><c> we</c><00:37:21.639><c> are</c><00:37:21.880><c> about.</c>

00:37:24.980 --> 00:37:28.539
People<00:37:25.219><c> talk</c><00:37:25.420><c> about</c><00:37:25.679><c> happiness.</c><00:37:27.480><c> The</c><00:37:27.639><c> world</c><00:37:27.840><c> is</c><00:37:28.079><c> dedicated</c>

00:37:28.539 --> 00:37:30.940
to<00:37:28.760><c> happiness.</c><00:37:30.119><c> It's</c><00:37:30.340><c> dedicated</c><00:37:30.739><c> to</c>

00:37:30.940 --> 00:37:37.400
what<00:37:31.000><c> is</c><00:37:31.159><c> known</c><00:37:31.340><c> as</c><00:37:31.599><c> fun.</c><00:37:34.239><c> In</c><00:37:34.480><c> fact,</c><00:37:34.579><c> I</c><00:37:34.780><c> believe</c><00:37:34.960><c> your</c><00:37:35.219><c> constitution</c><00:37:36.019><c> puts</c><00:37:36.639><c> the</c><00:37:36.900><c> pursuit</c><00:37:37.139><c> of</c>

00:37:37.400 --> 00:37:38.039
happiness<00:37:37.699><c> quite</c>

00:37:38.039 --> 00:37:45.320
high<00:37:38.820><c> amongst</c><00:37:39.380><c> the</c><00:37:40.679><c> things</c><00:37:40.880><c> to</c><00:37:41.099><c> be</c><00:37:41.260><c> striven</c><00:37:41.559><c> for.</c><00:37:43.480><c> Unfortunately,</c><00:37:44.480><c> our</c><00:37:44.619><c> understanding</c><00:37:45.139><c> of</c>

00:37:45.320 --> 00:37:45.840
what<00:37:45.519><c> that</c>

00:37:45.840 --> 00:37:50.440
meant<00:37:46.099><c> in</c><00:37:46.320><c> terms</c><00:37:46.739><c> of</c><00:37:47.400><c> what</c><00:37:48.239><c> the</c><00:37:48.659><c> 18th</c><00:37:49.099><c> century</c><00:37:49.400><c> founders</c><00:37:49.820><c> perhaps</c><00:37:50.239><c> had</c>

00:37:50.440 --> 00:37:52.920
in<00:37:50.619><c> mind</c><00:37:50.800><c> is</c><00:37:50.980><c> very</c><00:37:51.199><c> different.</c><00:37:52.219><c> They</c><00:37:52.500><c> had</c>

00:37:52.920 --> 00:37:58.690
not<00:37:53.460><c> the</c><00:37:53.820><c> kind</c><00:37:54.239><c> of</c><00:37:55.000><c> modern,</c><00:37:56.400><c> easy,</c><00:37:57.639><c> banal</c>

00:37:59.940 --> 00:38:04.480
self<00:38:00.820><c>-seeking</c><00:38:01.860><c> meaning</c><00:38:02.400><c> to</c><00:38:02.760><c> happiness.</c><00:38:03.800><c> Joy</c><00:38:03.940><c> is</c><00:38:04.139><c> a</c><00:38:04.280><c> different</c>

00:38:04.480 --> 00:38:06.849
matter<00:38:04.800><c> altogether.</c><00:38:06.300><c> Joy</c>

00:38:07.099 --> 00:38:12.840
contains<00:38:08.059><c> hardness.</c><00:38:09.880><c> Joy</c><00:38:10.280><c> is</c><00:38:10.920><c> the</c><00:38:11.239><c> balance</c><00:38:11.599><c> of</c><00:38:11.920><c> suffering.</c>

00:38:14.199 --> 00:38:21.380
It's<00:38:14.980><c> necessary</c><00:38:15.619><c> to</c><00:38:16.480><c> develop</c><00:38:16.840><c> the</c>

00:38:22.420 --> 00:38:31.699
sense<00:38:23.019><c> of</c><00:38:23.400><c> happiness.</c><00:38:29.139><c> And</c><00:38:29.739><c> I</c><00:38:29.840><c> suppose</c><00:38:30.300><c> that's</c><00:38:30.960><c> one</c><00:38:31.500><c> of</c><00:38:31.639><c> the</c>

00:38:31.699 --> 00:38:33.739
things<00:38:31.980><c> that</c><00:38:32.199><c> we</c><00:38:32.300><c> need</c><00:38:32.599><c> to</c><00:38:32.840><c> do,</c>

00:38:34.239 --> 00:38:40.280
is<00:38:34.440><c> to</c><00:38:34.639><c> submit</c><00:38:34.920><c> ourselves</c><00:38:36.079><c> to</c><00:38:37.380><c> fellowship</c><00:38:38.179><c> with</c><00:38:39.780><c> the</c><00:38:40.079><c> Lord</c>

00:38:40.280 --> 00:38:41.820
Jesus<00:38:40.699><c> Christ</c><00:38:41.039><c> and</c><00:38:41.159><c> his</c><00:38:41.360><c> suffering,</c>

00:38:42.300 --> 00:38:49.440
to<00:38:42.420><c> do</c><00:38:42.599><c> it</c><00:38:42.880><c> indeed,</c><00:38:43.519><c> brethren</c><00:38:43.780><c> and</c><00:38:44.000><c> sisters,</c><00:38:44.599><c> not</c><00:38:44.940><c> just</c><00:38:45.960><c> to</c><00:38:46.320><c> play</c><00:38:46.480><c> with</c><00:38:46.699><c> the</c><00:38:46.940><c> idea</c><00:38:47.539><c> of</c><00:38:47.780><c> it.</c>

00:38:49.860 --> 00:38:52.860
Because<00:38:50.500><c> that</c><00:38:50.820><c> won't</c><00:38:51.199><c> give</c><00:38:51.360><c> us</c><00:38:51.679><c> the</c><00:38:51.860><c> quality</c><00:38:52.219><c> of</c><00:38:52.440><c> life</c><00:38:52.659><c> which</c>

00:38:52.860 --> 00:38:57.179
we<00:38:53.079><c> need.</c><00:38:53.300><c> That</c><00:38:53.559><c> won't</c><00:38:55.980><c> transform</c><00:38:56.440><c> us</c><00:38:56.719><c> into</c><00:38:56.940><c> the</c>

00:38:57.179 --> 00:39:06.039
beings<00:38:57.420><c> that</c><00:38:57.619><c> we</c><00:38:57.780><c> need</c><00:38:58.099><c> to</c><00:38:58.820><c> be.</c><00:39:01.219><c> And</c><00:39:01.659><c> we</c><00:39:01.780><c> won't</c><00:39:02.159><c> attract</c><00:39:02.639><c> others</c><00:39:03.199><c> to</c><00:39:04.139><c> the</c><00:39:04.340><c> light</c><00:39:04.920><c> if</c>

00:39:06.039 --> 00:39:07.900
they<00:39:06.619><c> soon</c><00:39:06.940><c> find</c><00:39:07.380><c> that</c><00:39:07.659><c> all</c>

00:39:07.900 --> 00:39:13.539
there<00:39:08.219><c> is</c><00:39:08.960><c> is</c><00:39:09.539><c> either</c><00:39:09.860><c> talk</c><00:39:10.219><c> or</c><00:39:10.519><c> just</c><00:39:10.760><c> appearance</c><00:39:11.559><c> or</c><00:39:12.159><c> whatever.</c><00:39:13.219><c> But</c><00:39:13.400><c> we</c>

00:39:13.539 --> 00:39:14.900
are<00:39:13.699><c> not</c><00:39:13.940><c> grounded,</c><00:39:14.320><c> in</c><00:39:14.619><c> fact,</c>

00:39:14.900 --> 00:39:19.239
in<00:39:15.159><c> the</c><00:39:15.300><c> word</c><00:39:15.440><c> of</c><00:39:15.719><c> truth,</c><00:39:17.039><c> that</c><00:39:17.199><c> we</c><00:39:17.340><c> can't</c><00:39:17.760><c> explain</c><00:39:18.179><c> it,</c><00:39:19.079><c> that</c>

00:39:19.239 --> 00:39:21.980
we<00:39:19.380><c> don't</c><00:39:19.659><c> know</c><00:39:19.820><c> it,</c><00:39:21.000><c> that</c><00:39:21.119><c> it</c><00:39:21.320><c> doesn't</c><00:39:21.599><c> govern</c>

00:39:21.980 --> 00:39:26.760
the<00:39:22.340><c> very</c><00:39:22.820><c> actions</c><00:39:23.340><c> that</c><00:39:23.599><c> we</c><00:39:24.199><c> perform,</c><00:39:25.340><c> that</c><00:39:25.480><c> we</c><00:39:25.739><c> say</c><00:39:26.019><c> one</c><00:39:26.360><c> thing</c><00:39:26.579><c> but</c>

00:39:26.760 --> 00:39:28.840
in<00:39:27.000><c> fact</c><00:39:27.260><c> deep</c><00:39:27.659><c> down</c><00:39:27.940><c> we</c><00:39:28.099><c> are</c><00:39:28.199><c> quite</c><00:39:28.480><c> something</c>

00:39:28.840 --> 00:39:34.420
else.<00:39:31.400><c> That's</c><00:39:31.960><c> the</c><00:39:32.079><c> quality</c><00:39:32.400><c> of</c><00:39:32.639><c> life</c><00:39:33.119><c> which</c><00:39:33.800><c> the</c><00:39:33.980><c> hypocrites</c>

00:39:34.420 --> 00:39:39.139
had.<00:39:36.320><c> And</c><00:39:36.880><c> we</c><00:39:37.039><c> are</c><00:39:37.159><c> told</c><00:39:38.159><c> of</c><00:39:38.400><c> the</c><00:39:38.619><c> condemnation</c>

00:39:39.139 --> 00:39:46.699
the<00:39:39.300><c> Lord</c><00:39:39.519><c> Jesus</c><00:39:39.900><c> Christ</c><00:39:40.659><c> of</c><00:39:41.300><c> that</c><00:39:41.579><c> attitude.</c><00:39:45.360><c> Well,</c><00:39:46.360><c> let's</c>

00:39:46.699 --> 00:39:49.820
turn<00:39:46.960><c> to</c><00:39:47.139><c> one</c><00:39:47.500><c> final</c><00:39:48.199><c> passage</c><00:39:48.659><c> of</c><00:39:48.880><c> Scripture</c>

00:39:50.420 --> 00:39:56.960
and<00:39:50.880><c> for</c><00:39:51.539><c> that</c><00:39:52.000><c> to</c><00:39:52.619><c> the</c><00:39:53.639><c> Gospel</c><00:39:53.980><c> of</c><00:39:54.380><c> Luke</c><00:39:54.840><c> and</c><00:39:55.619><c> the</c><00:39:55.760><c> 10th</c><00:39:56.019><c> chapter</c>

00:39:58.960 --> 00:40:02.179
and<00:39:59.400><c> a</c><00:39:59.639><c> parable</c><00:39:59.820><c> which</c><00:40:00.179><c> you're</c><00:40:00.619><c> very</c><00:40:00.900><c> familiar</c><00:40:01.239><c> with.</c>

00:40:04.619 --> 00:40:10.199
And<00:40:05.139><c> let's</c><00:40:05.360><c> try</c><00:40:05.519><c> to</c><00:40:05.800><c> apply</c><00:40:06.159><c> that</c><00:40:07.000><c> method</c><00:40:07.380><c> of,</c><00:40:07.639><c> as</c><00:40:07.780><c> it</c><00:40:07.960><c> were,</c><00:40:08.280><c> submitting</c><00:40:08.519><c> ourselves</c><00:40:09.239><c> to</c>

00:40:10.199 --> 00:40:11.800
the<00:40:10.440><c> parable</c><00:40:10.699><c> narrative</c>

00:40:11.980 --> 00:40:17.320
which<00:40:12.500><c> we</c><00:40:12.659><c> have</c><00:40:12.780><c> been</c><00:40:13.019><c> doing.</c><00:40:14.460><c> And</c><00:40:14.599><c> you</c><00:40:14.739><c> remember</c><00:40:14.980><c> that</c><00:40:15.699><c> it</c><00:40:16.039><c> arises</c><00:40:16.559><c> out</c><00:40:17.179><c> of</c>

00:40:17.320 --> 00:40:18.960
a<00:40:17.500><c> specific</c><00:40:17.840><c> occasion</c>

00:40:19.780 --> 00:40:23.599
where<00:40:20.300><c> one</c><00:40:20.820><c> of</c><00:40:20.940><c> those</c><00:40:21.219><c> experts</c><00:40:21.739><c> in</c><00:40:21.900><c> the</c><00:40:22.079><c> law</c><00:40:22.239><c> stood</c><00:40:22.500><c> up</c><00:40:23.159><c> and</c>

00:40:23.599 --> 00:40:25.320
tested<00:40:23.900><c> Jesus</c><00:40:24.320><c> and</c><00:40:24.579><c> said,</c>

00:40:25.400 --> 00:40:30.260
Teacher,<00:40:25.800><c> what</c><00:40:26.059><c> must</c><00:40:26.300><c> I</c><00:40:26.539><c> do</c><00:40:26.679><c> to</c><00:40:26.880><c> inherit</c><00:40:27.239><c> eternal</c><00:40:27.679><c> life?</c><00:40:29.780><c> And</c>

00:40:30.260 --> 00:40:31.659
he<00:40:30.559><c> challenges</c><00:40:30.920><c> him</c><00:40:31.139><c> what</c><00:40:31.300><c> is</c><00:40:31.500><c> written</c>

00:40:31.659 --> 00:40:37.619
in<00:40:31.780><c> the</c><00:40:32.000><c> law.</c><00:40:33.320><c> He</c><00:40:33.460><c> replied,</c><00:40:34.460><c> how</c><00:40:34.719><c> do</c><00:40:34.940><c> you</c><00:40:35.039><c> read</c><00:40:35.179><c> it?</c><00:40:36.559><c> He</c><00:40:36.739><c> answered,</c><00:40:37.380><c> love</c>

00:40:37.619 --> 00:40:39.039
the<00:40:37.780><c> Lord</c><00:40:38.019><c> your</c><00:40:38.239><c> God</c><00:40:38.420><c> with</c><00:40:38.619><c> all</c><00:40:38.800><c> your</c>

00:40:39.039 --> 00:40:41.739
heart<00:40:39.260><c> and</c><00:40:39.420><c> with</c><00:40:39.579><c> all</c><00:40:39.699><c> your</c><00:40:39.980><c> soul</c><00:40:40.179><c> and</c><00:40:40.340><c> with</c><00:40:40.500><c> all</c><00:40:40.619><c> your</c><00:40:40.820><c> strength</c><00:40:41.300><c> and</c>

00:40:41.739 --> 00:40:44.119
with<00:40:41.880><c> all</c><00:40:42.019><c> your</c><00:40:42.239><c> mind</c><00:40:42.880><c> and</c><00:40:43.780><c> love</c><00:40:43.920><c> your</c>

00:40:44.119 --> 00:40:50.340
neighbor<00:40:44.400><c> as</c><00:40:44.579><c> yourself.</c><00:40:46.340><c> You</c><00:40:46.420><c> have</c><00:40:46.599><c> answered</c><00:40:46.800><c> correctly,</c><00:40:47.519><c> Jesus</c><00:40:47.920><c> replied.</c><00:40:49.940><c> Do</c>

00:40:50.340 --> 00:40:53.880
this<00:40:51.099><c> and</c><00:40:52.659><c> you</c><00:40:52.800><c> will</c><00:40:53.000><c> live.</c>

00:40:55.699 --> 00:41:01.639
You<00:40:56.400><c> see,</c><00:40:56.519><c> he</c><00:40:56.719><c> was</c><00:40:57.280><c> going</c><00:40:57.539><c> to</c><00:40:57.980><c> do</c><00:40:58.199><c> just</c><00:40:58.559><c> that,</c><00:40:58.900><c> wasn't</c><00:40:59.079><c> he?</c><00:41:00.940><c> He</c>

00:41:01.639 --> 00:41:06.679
was<00:41:01.860><c> going</c><00:41:02.000><c> to</c><00:41:02.239><c> love</c><00:41:03.079><c> the</c><00:41:03.679><c> Lord</c><00:41:03.940><c> his</c><00:41:04.300><c> God</c><00:41:04.840><c> so</c><00:41:05.500><c> much,</c>

00:41:06.840 --> 00:41:11.820
so<00:41:07.179><c> completely</c><00:41:07.780><c> with</c><00:41:08.840><c> heart,</c><00:41:09.639><c> with</c><00:41:09.880><c> strength,</c><00:41:10.539><c> with</c><00:41:10.780><c> mind,</c>

00:41:12.079 --> 00:41:15.460
that<00:41:13.219><c> he</c><00:41:13.400><c> would</c><00:41:13.719><c> submit</c><00:41:13.980><c> his</c><00:41:14.219><c> will</c><00:41:14.360><c> utterly</c><00:41:14.719><c> to</c><00:41:15.019><c> him.</c>

00:41:15.460 --> 00:41:22.800
He<00:41:16.000><c> was</c><00:41:16.219><c> going</c><00:41:16.440><c> to</c><00:41:16.659><c> love</c><00:41:17.559><c> his</c><00:41:18.179><c> neighbor</c><00:41:18.679><c> so</c><00:41:20.360><c> much</c><00:41:20.960><c> that</c><00:41:21.500><c> he</c><00:41:21.599><c> could</c><00:41:21.800><c> do</c><00:41:22.059><c> that.</c>

00:41:24.400 --> 00:41:27.039
But<00:41:24.599><c> he</c><00:41:24.840><c> wanted</c><00:41:25.079><c> to</c><00:41:25.420><c> justify</c><00:41:25.780><c> himself,</c><00:41:26.219><c> so</c><00:41:26.420><c> he</c><00:41:26.480><c> asked</c><00:41:26.659><c> Jesus,</c>

00:41:27.280 --> 00:41:29.000
and<00:41:27.440><c> who</c><00:41:27.579><c> is</c><00:41:27.820><c> my</c><00:41:28.039><c> neighbor?</c>

00:41:30.619 --> 00:41:34.940
Isn't<00:41:30.800><c> that</c><00:41:30.940><c> a</c><00:41:31.079><c> familiar</c><00:41:31.320><c> thing,</c><00:41:31.780><c> brothers</c><00:41:31.860><c> and</c><00:41:32.059><c> sisters?</c><00:41:33.840><c> Get</c><00:41:33.980><c> into</c><00:41:34.280><c> a</c>

00:41:34.940 --> 00:41:38.300
corner.<00:41:37.139><c> Jesus</c><00:41:37.380><c> often</c><00:41:37.639><c> gets</c><00:41:37.880><c> us</c><00:41:38.099><c> into</c>

00:41:38.300 --> 00:41:42.119
corners.<00:41:40.139><c> And</c><00:41:40.360><c> the</c><00:41:40.500><c> first</c><00:41:40.659><c> thing</c><00:41:40.820><c> we</c><00:41:41.019><c> do</c><00:41:41.219><c> is</c><00:41:41.400><c> to</c><00:41:41.579><c> try</c><00:41:41.679><c> to</c><00:41:41.920><c> find</c>

00:41:42.119 --> 00:41:44.519
a<00:41:42.300><c> way</c><00:41:42.599><c> in</c><00:41:42.860><c> which</c><00:41:43.000><c> we</c><00:41:43.159><c> can</c><00:41:43.440><c> sidestep</c><00:41:43.920><c> the</c><00:41:44.159><c> issue,</c>

00:41:44.519 --> 00:41:49.219
either<00:41:45.000><c> in</c><00:41:45.239><c> the</c><00:41:45.400><c> Ecclesia</c><00:41:45.840><c> or</c><00:41:46.539><c> in</c><00:41:47.079><c> our</c><00:41:47.300><c> dealings</c><00:41:47.599><c> with</c><00:41:47.760><c> people</c><00:41:48.059><c> outside.</c>

00:41:50.780 --> 00:41:54.599
But<00:41:51.059><c> the</c><00:41:51.219><c> Lord</c><00:41:51.380><c> doesn't</c><00:41:51.739><c> allow</c><00:41:52.039><c> us</c><00:41:52.320><c> to</c><00:41:52.559><c> sidestep.</c><00:41:54.139><c> He</c><00:41:54.260><c> says,</c><00:41:54.599><c> a</c>

00:41:54.599 --> 00:41:57.380
man<00:41:54.960><c> was</c><00:41:55.280><c> going</c><00:41:55.519><c> down</c><00:41:55.800><c> from</c><00:41:56.019><c> Jerusalem</c><00:41:56.500><c> to</c><00:41:56.719><c> Jericho</c>

00:41:57.380 --> 00:42:00.139
when<00:41:58.000><c> he</c><00:41:58.139><c> fell</c><00:41:58.340><c> into</c><00:41:58.519><c> the</c><00:41:58.699><c> hands</c><00:41:58.900><c> of</c><00:41:59.159><c> robbers.</c><00:41:59.599><c> They</c><00:41:59.880><c> stripped</c>

00:42:00.139 --> 00:42:03.219
him<00:42:00.300><c> of</c><00:42:00.420><c> his</c><00:42:00.679><c> clothes,</c><00:42:01.599><c> beat</c><00:42:01.840><c> him</c><00:42:02.519><c> and</c><00:42:03.000><c> went</c>

00:42:03.219 --> 00:42:07.079
away,<00:42:03.619><c> leaving</c><00:42:03.860><c> him</c><00:42:04.099><c> half</c><00:42:04.380><c> dead.</c><00:42:06.000><c> A</c><00:42:06.260><c> priest</c><00:42:06.460><c> happened</c><00:42:06.760><c> to</c><00:42:06.920><c> be</c>

00:42:07.079 --> 00:42:09.539
going<00:42:07.239><c> down</c><00:42:07.519><c> the</c><00:42:07.699><c> same</c><00:42:07.940><c> road</c><00:42:08.380><c> and</c><00:42:08.699><c> when</c><00:42:08.840><c> he</c><00:42:09.079><c> saw</c><00:42:09.300><c> the</c>

00:42:09.539 --> 00:42:13.940
man,<00:42:10.239><c> he</c><00:42:10.539><c> passed</c><00:42:10.800><c> by</c><00:42:11.019><c> on</c><00:42:11.199><c> the</c><00:42:11.260><c> other</c><00:42:11.500><c> side.</c><00:42:12.940><c> So</c><00:42:13.199><c> too</c><00:42:13.400><c> a</c><00:42:13.579><c> Levite,</c>

00:42:13.980 --> 00:42:15.880
when<00:42:14.119><c> he</c><00:42:14.340><c> came</c><00:42:14.519><c> to</c><00:42:14.719><c> the</c><00:42:14.860><c> place</c><00:42:15.099><c> and</c><00:42:15.260><c> saw</c><00:42:15.480><c> him,</c>

00:42:16.079 --> 00:42:19.679
passed<00:42:16.480><c> by</c><00:42:16.760><c> on</c><00:42:16.920><c> the</c><00:42:17.019><c> other</c><00:42:17.300><c> side.</c><00:42:17.800><c> But</c><00:42:18.019><c> a</c><00:42:18.199><c> Samaritan,</c><00:42:19.219><c> as</c><00:42:19.460><c> he</c>

00:42:19.679 --> 00:42:22.280
traveled,<00:42:20.659><c> came</c><00:42:20.780><c> where</c><00:42:20.980><c> the</c><00:42:21.179><c> man</c><00:42:21.340><c> was</c><00:42:21.659><c> and</c><00:42:21.760><c> when</c><00:42:21.920><c> he</c><00:42:22.099><c> saw</c>

00:42:22.280 --> 00:42:25.480
him,<00:42:22.800><c> he</c><00:42:22.900><c> took</c><00:42:23.059><c> pity</c><00:42:23.340><c> on</c><00:42:23.559><c> him.</c><00:42:24.119><c> He</c><00:42:24.280><c> went</c><00:42:24.539><c> to</c><00:42:24.679><c> him</c><00:42:24.840><c> and</c><00:42:25.099><c> bandaged</c>

00:42:25.480 --> 00:42:27.340
his<00:42:25.719><c> wounds,</c><00:42:26.179><c> pouring</c><00:42:26.400><c> in</c><00:42:26.659><c> oil</c><00:42:26.840><c> and</c><00:42:27.079><c> wine.</c>

00:42:27.579 --> 00:42:30.340
Then<00:42:27.739><c> he</c><00:42:27.880><c> put</c><00:42:28.039><c> the</c><00:42:28.199><c> man</c><00:42:28.300><c> on</c><00:42:28.460><c> his</c><00:42:28.659><c> own</c><00:42:28.920><c> donkey,</c><00:42:29.639><c> took</c><00:42:29.820><c> him</c><00:42:30.000><c> to</c><00:42:30.159><c> an</c>

00:42:30.340 --> 00:42:32.820
inn,<00:42:30.639><c> took</c><00:42:30.820><c> care</c><00:42:31.079><c> of</c><00:42:31.260><c> him.</c><00:42:31.940><c> The</c><00:42:32.099><c> next</c><00:42:32.340><c> day</c><00:42:32.500><c> he</c><00:42:32.639><c> took</c>

00:42:32.820 --> 00:42:37.719
out<00:42:33.079><c> two</c><00:42:33.320><c> silver</c><00:42:33.659><c> coins</c><00:42:33.920><c> and</c><00:42:34.139><c> gave</c><00:42:34.320><c> them</c><00:42:34.480><c> to</c><00:42:34.619><c> the</c><00:42:34.739><c> innkeeper</c><00:42:35.139><c> and</c><00:42:35.260><c> said,</c><00:42:35.559><c> look</c><00:42:35.699><c> after</c><00:42:36.039><c> him</c><00:42:36.440><c> and</c><00:42:36.920><c> when</c><00:42:37.099><c> I</c><00:42:37.320><c> return,</c>

00:42:37.719 --> 00:42:43.579
I<00:42:37.820><c> will</c><00:42:38.579><c> reimburse</c><00:42:39.119><c> you</c><00:42:39.659><c> for</c><00:42:39.840><c> any</c><00:42:40.159><c> extra</c><00:42:40.519><c> expense</c><00:42:41.019><c> you</c><00:42:41.639><c> may</c><00:42:41.940><c> have.</c><00:42:43.300><c> Which</c><00:42:43.400><c> of</c>

00:42:43.579 --> 00:42:45.119
these<00:42:43.900><c> three</c><00:42:44.159><c> do</c><00:42:44.360><c> you</c><00:42:44.579><c> think</c><00:42:44.780><c> was</c>

00:42:45.119 --> 00:42:51.559
neighbor<00:42:45.519><c> to</c><00:42:46.139><c> the</c><00:42:46.320><c> man</c><00:42:46.519><c> who</c><00:42:46.840><c> fell</c><00:42:47.159><c> into</c><00:42:47.739><c> the</c><00:42:47.980><c> hands</c><00:42:48.199><c> of</c><00:42:48.460><c> robbers?</c><00:42:49.940><c> And</c><00:42:50.159><c> the</c><00:42:50.360><c> expert</c><00:42:50.900><c> is</c>

00:42:51.559 --> 00:42:52.639
forced<00:42:51.980><c> to</c><00:42:52.380><c> say,</c>

00:42:52.800 --> 00:42:55.340
and<00:42:52.980><c> he</c><00:42:53.300><c> cannot</c><00:42:53.539><c> bring</c><00:42:53.840><c> himself,</c><00:42:54.300><c> you</c><00:42:54.460><c> notice,</c><00:42:54.860><c> to</c><00:42:54.960><c> say</c><00:42:55.159><c> the</c>

00:42:55.340 --> 00:42:58.940
word<00:42:55.579><c> Samaritan.</c><00:42:56.820><c> He</c><00:42:57.079><c> says,</c><00:42:57.380><c> the</c><00:42:57.440><c> one</c><00:42:57.800><c> who</c><00:42:58.300><c> had</c><00:42:58.539><c> mercy</c>

00:42:58.940 --> 00:43:06.599
on<00:42:59.139><c> him,</c><00:43:01.440><c> a</c><00:43:01.679><c> bitter</c><00:43:01.880><c> pill</c><00:43:02.519><c> to</c><00:43:03.079><c> swallow.</c><00:43:05.239><c> And</c><00:43:05.500><c> Jesus</c><00:43:05.780><c> says,</c><00:43:06.340><c> go</c>

00:43:06.599 --> 00:43:09.639
and<00:43:07.619><c> do</c><00:43:08.320><c> likewise.</c>

00:43:15.780 --> 00:43:19.219
Well,<00:43:16.340><c> in</c><00:43:16.900><c> one</c><00:43:17.119><c> way,</c><00:43:17.480><c> brethren</c><00:43:17.739><c> and</c><00:43:17.960><c> sisters,</c><00:43:18.280><c> we</c><00:43:18.559><c> are</c><00:43:18.980><c> called</c>

00:43:19.219 --> 00:43:22.000
upon<00:43:19.619><c> to</c><00:43:20.519><c> act</c><00:43:20.780><c> the</c><00:43:21.019><c> part</c><00:43:21.159><c> of</c><00:43:21.360><c> the</c><00:43:21.500><c> Samaritan,</c>

00:43:22.000 --> 00:43:27.800
aren't<00:43:22.239><c> we?</c><00:43:24.099><c> Because</c><00:43:24.579><c> that</c><00:43:24.980><c> is</c><00:43:25.340><c> the</c><00:43:25.519><c> state</c><00:43:25.760><c> of</c><00:43:26.019><c> the</c><00:43:26.219><c> world.</c><00:43:27.320><c> That</c><00:43:27.500><c> is</c>

00:43:27.800 --> 00:43:29.659
the<00:43:27.980><c> state</c><00:43:28.199><c> of</c><00:43:28.460><c> humankind,</c>

00:43:30.860 --> 00:43:36.760
beaten,<00:43:32.019><c> half</c><00:43:32.260><c> dead,</c><00:43:33.500><c> perishing</c><00:43:34.380><c> before</c><00:43:35.159><c> our</c><00:43:35.400><c> very</c><00:43:35.619><c> eyes.</c>

00:43:39.079 --> 00:43:42.400
And<00:43:39.519><c> if</c><00:43:40.219><c> anybody's</c><00:43:40.699><c> going</c><00:43:40.820><c> to</c><00:43:41.000><c> do</c><00:43:41.119><c> anything</c><00:43:41.420><c> about</c><00:43:41.840><c> the</c><00:43:42.139><c> state</c>

00:43:42.400 --> 00:43:45.480
of<00:43:43.340><c> those</c><00:43:43.699><c> people</c><00:43:44.059><c> out</c><00:43:44.360><c> there,</c>

00:43:45.719 --> 00:43:51.199
it<00:43:46.280><c> can</c><00:43:46.500><c> only</c><00:43:46.739><c> be</c><00:43:46.940><c> us.</c><00:43:48.760><c> If</c><00:43:48.980><c> we</c><00:43:49.159><c> have</c><00:43:49.280><c> the</c><00:43:49.559><c> truth,</c><00:43:50.380><c> then</c><00:43:50.639><c> we've</c>

00:43:51.199 --> 00:43:53.800
got<00:43:51.320><c> to</c><00:43:51.440><c> be</c><00:43:51.599><c> out</c><00:43:51.800><c> there</c><00:43:52.019><c> offering</c><00:43:52.360><c> it</c><00:43:52.599><c> to</c><00:43:52.800><c> them.</c>

00:43:55.440 --> 00:43:58.500
It's<00:43:56.000><c> a</c><00:43:56.159><c> terrible</c><00:43:56.480><c> responsibility.</c><00:43:57.739><c> I</c><00:43:57.860><c> don't</c><00:43:57.980><c> know</c><00:43:58.059><c> how</c><00:43:58.239><c> you</c>

00:43:58.500 --> 00:44:00.159
feel,<00:43:59.000><c> brethren</c><00:43:59.019><c> and</c><00:43:59.280><c> sisters,</c><00:43:59.440><c> but</c><00:43:59.619><c> sometimes</c>

00:44:00.159 --> 00:44:05.159
I'm<00:44:00.780><c> downright</c><00:44:01.340><c> scared</c><00:44:01.659><c> at</c><00:44:01.880><c> the</c><00:44:02.039><c> thought</c><00:44:02.320><c> of</c><00:44:03.179><c> how</c><00:44:03.699><c> much</c><00:44:03.980><c> is</c><00:44:04.320><c> required</c><00:44:04.760><c> of</c>

00:44:05.159 --> 00:44:08.139
us<00:44:05.639><c> individually,</c><00:44:07.179><c> ecclesially,</c>

00:44:08.019 --> 00:44:11.380
in<00:44:08.420><c> the</c><00:44:08.639><c> task</c><00:44:08.940><c> of</c><00:44:09.559><c> the</c><00:44:09.699><c> Lord</c><00:44:09.860><c> Jesus</c><00:44:10.260><c> Christ.</c>

00:44:13.000 --> 00:44:20.940
Because<00:44:13.679><c> it's</c><00:44:14.579><c> so</c><00:44:14.880><c> often,</c><00:44:16.300><c> so</c><00:44:16.539><c> easy</c><00:44:17.239><c> for</c><00:44:17.980><c> us</c><00:44:18.400><c> to</c><00:44:18.699><c> evade</c><00:44:19.079><c> the</c><00:44:19.400><c> issue</c><00:44:19.679><c> on</c>

00:44:20.940 --> 00:44:23.300
all<00:44:21.340><c> sorts</c><00:44:21.659><c> of</c><00:44:21.880><c> good</c><00:44:22.059><c> grounds.</c>

00:44:24.579 --> 00:44:30.519
Good<00:44:25.380><c> in</c><00:44:26.179><c> worldly</c><00:44:26.519><c> terms,</c><00:44:27.059><c> that</c><00:44:27.159><c> is.</c><00:44:29.239><c> But</c><00:44:29.780><c> we're</c><00:44:30.139><c> not</c><00:44:30.320><c> asked</c>

00:44:30.519 --> 00:44:33.699
to<00:44:30.719><c> do</c><00:44:30.860><c> anything</c><00:44:31.820><c> out</c><00:44:32.420><c> of</c><00:44:32.539><c> the</c><00:44:32.780><c> ordinary.</c>

00:44:34.079 --> 00:44:37.440
We're<00:44:34.519><c> not</c><00:44:34.639><c> asked</c><00:44:35.019><c> to</c><00:44:35.599><c> get,</c><00:44:35.840><c> as</c><00:44:36.039><c> it</c><00:44:36.199><c> were,</c><00:44:36.500><c> dressed</c><00:44:36.599><c> up</c><00:44:36.860><c> in</c><00:44:37.099><c> armor</c><00:44:37.280><c> and</c>

00:44:37.440 --> 00:44:40.780
go<00:44:38.119><c> out</c><00:44:38.659><c> as</c><00:44:39.480><c> shining</c><00:44:39.840><c> knights</c><00:44:40.219><c> and,</c>

00:44:40.780 --> 00:44:43.260
I<00:44:41.280><c> don't</c><00:44:41.360><c> know</c><00:44:41.420><c> what</c><00:44:41.619><c> the</c><00:44:41.980><c> female</c><00:44:42.280><c> form</c><00:44:42.559><c> of</c><00:44:42.760><c> that</c><00:44:42.920><c> would</c><00:44:43.079><c> be,</c>

00:44:43.420 --> 00:44:48.019
knightesses<00:44:43.840><c> in</c><00:44:45.019><c> pursuit</c><00:44:45.519><c> of</c><00:44:46.019><c> glory.</c><00:44:47.119><c> We</c><00:44:47.360><c> are</c><00:44:47.659><c> asked</c>

00:44:48.019 --> 00:44:52.579
simply<00:44:48.579><c> to</c><00:44:49.139><c> get</c><00:44:49.360><c> on</c><00:44:49.760><c> with</c><00:44:50.059><c> the</c><00:44:50.280><c> job</c><00:44:50.579><c> of</c><00:44:50.980><c> people</c><00:44:51.380><c> that</c><00:44:51.699><c> we</c><00:44:52.059><c> see</c>

00:44:52.579 --> 00:44:56.840
dying<00:44:53.139><c> before</c><00:44:53.559><c> us.</c><00:44:55.199><c> And</c><00:44:55.619><c> everyone</c><00:44:55.860><c> we</c><00:44:56.079><c> see</c><00:44:56.300><c> practically</c>

00:44:56.840 --> 00:45:03.619
in<00:44:57.280><c> spiritual</c><00:44:57.800><c> terms</c><00:44:58.280><c> is</c><00:44:58.739><c> dying</c><00:44:59.079><c> before</c><00:44:59.480><c> us.</c><00:45:01.599><c> And</c><00:45:01.800><c> what</c><00:45:03.380><c> an</c>

00:45:03.619 --> 00:45:05.980
opportunity<00:45:04.199><c> that</c><00:45:04.440><c> is,</c><00:45:04.960><c> brethren</c><00:45:04.980><c> and</c><00:45:05.119><c> sisters.</c>

00:45:06.840 --> 00:45:10.349
How<00:45:07.199><c> can</c><00:45:07.440><c> we</c><00:45:08.000><c> possibly</c><00:45:08.900><c> neglect</c><00:45:09.500><c> it?</c>

00:45:13.139 --> 00:45:17.699
We've<00:45:13.500><c> even</c><00:45:13.739><c> got</c><00:45:13.940><c> what</c><00:45:14.179><c> we</c><00:45:14.420><c> need</c><00:45:14.719><c> to</c><00:45:15.019><c> deal</c><00:45:15.179><c> with</c><00:45:15.360><c> the</c><00:45:15.599><c> situation,</c><00:45:17.340><c> the</c><00:45:17.539><c> oil</c>

00:45:17.699 --> 00:45:19.780
of<00:45:18.300><c> the</c><00:45:18.500><c> word</c><00:45:18.639><c> of</c><00:45:18.880><c> God.</c>

00:45:20.840 --> 00:45:26.280
It's<00:45:21.480><c> there.</c><00:45:23.599><c> We</c><00:45:23.780><c> just</c><00:45:24.139><c> need</c><00:45:24.400><c> to</c><00:45:24.619><c> take</c><00:45:24.800><c> the</c><00:45:25.019><c> trouble</c><00:45:25.380><c> to</c><00:45:26.119><c> pick</c>

00:45:26.280 --> 00:45:31.380
them<00:45:26.420><c> up</c><00:45:27.400><c> and</c><00:45:27.739><c> not</c><00:45:27.960><c> to</c><00:45:28.239><c> be</c><00:45:28.940><c> like</c><00:45:29.500><c> that</c><00:45:30.420><c> priest</c><00:45:31.179><c> and</c>

00:45:31.380 --> 00:45:36.500
that<00:45:31.619><c> Levite</c><00:45:32.079><c> who</c><00:45:32.739><c> took</c><00:45:33.099><c> one</c><00:45:33.360><c> look</c><00:45:33.480><c> and</c><00:45:33.719><c> thought,</c><00:45:34.760><c> oh</c><00:45:35.059><c> no,</c><00:45:36.139><c> not</c>

00:45:36.500 --> 00:45:39.780
that<00:45:36.780><c> person.</c><00:45:38.239><c> Besides</c><00:45:38.579><c> which,</c><00:45:38.800><c> if</c><00:45:38.960><c> I</c><00:45:39.059><c> get</c><00:45:39.219><c> involved,</c>

00:45:40.280 --> 00:45:47.059
who<00:45:40.460><c> knows</c><00:45:40.699><c> where</c><00:45:40.880><c> it</c><00:45:41.039><c> will</c><00:45:41.179><c> lead</c><00:45:41.360><c> me.</c><00:45:44.980><c> But</c><00:45:45.619><c> I</c><00:45:45.860><c> suppose</c><00:45:46.199><c> there's</c><00:45:46.639><c> something</c><00:45:46.820><c> else</c>

00:45:47.059 --> 00:45:48.199
which<00:45:47.260><c> is</c><00:45:47.500><c> disturbing</c><00:45:47.820><c> about</c>

00:45:48.199 --> 00:45:55.039
this.<00:45:49.099><c> And</c><00:45:49.360><c> that</c><00:45:49.539><c> is</c><00:45:49.739><c> that,</c><00:45:51.500><c> in</c><00:45:51.699><c> another</c><00:45:51.960><c> sense,</c><00:45:54.219><c> we</c><00:45:54.440><c> are</c><00:45:54.719><c> that</c>

00:45:55.039 --> 00:45:59.260
dying<00:45:55.360><c> man</c><00:45:55.840><c> too.</c><00:45:58.019><c> And</c><00:45:58.219><c> the</c><00:45:58.360><c> good</c><00:45:58.500><c> Samaritan</c><00:45:59.000><c> who</c>

00:45:59.260 --> 00:46:05.599
comes<00:45:59.659><c> and</c><00:46:00.599><c> lifts</c><00:46:00.840><c> us</c><00:46:01.119><c> up</c><00:46:01.360><c> and</c><00:46:02.440><c> has</c><00:46:03.460><c> poured</c><00:46:03.900><c> in</c><00:46:04.840><c> oil</c><00:46:05.079><c> and</c><00:46:05.340><c> wine</c>

00:46:05.599 --> 00:46:11.579
and<00:46:06.000><c> bandaged</c><00:46:06.559><c> those</c><00:46:06.940><c> wounds</c><00:46:07.480><c> actually</c><00:46:09.840><c> has</c><00:46:10.559><c> wounds</c>

00:46:11.679 --> 00:46:18.500
in<00:46:12.000><c> his</c><00:46:12.199><c> own</c><00:46:12.440><c> hands.</c><00:46:14.920><c> That's</c><00:46:15.559><c> what</c><00:46:15.820><c> the</c><00:46:16.079><c> cost</c><00:46:16.380><c> is</c><00:46:16.900><c> of</c><00:46:17.139><c> our</c><00:46:17.400><c> salvation.</c>

00:46:19.440 --> 00:46:22.480
And<00:46:19.780><c> we</c><00:46:19.880><c> need</c><00:46:20.059><c> to</c><00:46:20.300><c> remind</c><00:46:20.619><c> ourselves</c><00:46:21.139><c> of</c><00:46:21.380><c> that</c><00:46:21.619><c> cost.</c>

00:46:24.219 --> 00:46:31.019
It's<00:46:24.400><c> not</c><00:46:24.559><c> something</c><00:46:24.860><c> we</c><00:46:25.059><c> do</c><00:46:25.280><c> lightly.</c><00:46:27.599><c> It</c><00:46:27.739><c> has</c><00:46:28.559><c> taken</c><00:46:29.239><c> nothing</c><00:46:29.960><c> less</c>

00:46:31.019 --> 00:46:33.719
than<00:46:31.760><c> that.</c><00:46:32.699><c> And</c><00:46:32.920><c> those</c><00:46:33.300><c> wounds,</c>

00:46:33.960 --> 00:46:37.239
brethren<00:46:34.119><c> and</c><00:46:34.380><c> sisters,</c><00:46:35.219><c> he</c><00:46:35.460><c> was</c><00:46:35.659><c> given</c><00:46:35.980><c> at</c><00:46:36.579><c> the</c><00:46:36.800><c> house</c><00:46:37.019><c> of</c>

00:46:37.239 --> 00:46:38.420
his<00:46:37.519><c> friends.</c>

00:46:39.199 --> 00:46:43.599
Now,<00:46:39.860><c> we</c><00:46:39.960><c> can't</c><00:46:40.360><c> distance</c><00:46:40.739><c> that</c><00:46:41.039><c> and</c><00:46:41.199><c> say,</c><00:46:41.380><c> oh,</c><00:46:41.519><c> that</c><00:46:41.719><c> was</c><00:46:41.900><c> Israel.</c><00:46:43.099><c> We</c>

00:46:43.599 --> 00:46:49.860
wound<00:46:43.980><c> him</c><00:46:44.659><c> when</c><00:46:45.559><c> we</c><00:46:45.900><c> fail</c><00:46:46.139><c> him</c><00:46:46.900><c> and</c><00:46:47.460><c> do</c><00:46:47.659><c> not</c><00:46:47.820><c> obey</c><00:46:48.119><c> him.</c>

00:46:53.679 --> 00:46:59.460
Well,<00:46:53.980><c> let's</c><00:46:54.579><c> end</c><00:46:55.099><c> with</c><00:46:55.500><c> our</c><00:46:55.780><c> two</c><00:46:56.000><c> friends.</c><00:46:58.860><c> What</c><00:46:59.139><c> are</c><00:46:59.199><c> they</c>

00:46:59.460 --> 00:47:03.840
going<00:46:59.780><c> to</c><00:47:00.059><c> do</c><00:47:00.239><c> now?</c><00:47:01.539><c> Well,</c><00:47:02.179><c> the</c><00:47:02.360><c> light</c><00:47:02.539><c> has</c><00:47:02.840><c> shone.</c>

00:47:04.039 --> 00:47:06.800
They're<00:47:04.639><c> going</c><00:47:04.699><c> to</c><00:47:04.900><c> go</c><00:47:05.239><c> to</c><00:47:05.480><c> Galilee,</c><00:47:05.840><c> as</c><00:47:06.000><c> they've</c><00:47:06.320><c> been</c><00:47:06.500><c> told,</c>

00:47:06.860 --> 00:47:08.579
to<00:47:07.000><c> meet</c><00:47:07.179><c> him</c><00:47:07.420><c> there.</c>

00:47:09.519 --> 00:47:18.159
They're<00:47:10.119><c> going</c><00:47:10.239><c> to,</c><00:47:11.000><c> as</c><00:47:11.219><c> it</c><00:47:11.420><c> were,</c><00:47:12.840><c> move</c><00:47:13.260><c> to</c><00:47:13.860><c> that</c><00:47:14.260><c> new</c><00:47:14.539><c> and</c><00:47:15.699><c> wonderful</c><00:47:16.679><c> relationship</c><00:47:17.519><c> of</c>

00:47:18.159 --> 00:47:19.199
being<00:47:18.559><c> part</c><00:47:18.860><c> of</c><00:47:19.019><c> the</c>

00:47:19.199 --> 00:47:23.539
bride<00:47:19.400><c> of</c><00:47:19.579><c> Christ,</c><00:47:20.760><c> looking</c><00:47:21.099><c> forward</c><00:47:21.880><c> with</c><00:47:22.800><c> longing</c><00:47:23.099><c> to</c><00:47:23.360><c> the</c>

00:47:23.539 --> 00:47:25.880
time<00:47:23.820><c> when</c><00:47:24.059><c> that</c><00:47:24.340><c> will</c><00:47:24.619><c> indeed</c><00:47:24.960><c> be</c><00:47:25.199><c> the</c><00:47:25.360><c> case</c>

00:47:25.880 --> 00:47:29.179
in<00:47:26.679><c> his</c><00:47:27.460><c> kingdom,</c><00:47:27.860><c> on</c><00:47:28.000><c> his</c><00:47:28.239><c> return.</c>

00:47:30.699 --> 00:47:34.420
And<00:47:31.019><c> let's</c><00:47:31.239><c> for</c><00:47:31.400><c> a</c><00:47:31.559><c> moment</c><00:47:31.739><c> think</c><00:47:32.119><c> of</c><00:47:32.679><c> Philologos</c><00:47:33.179><c> taking</c><00:47:33.679><c> the</c>

00:47:34.420 --> 00:47:37.980
hand<00:47:34.699><c> of</c><00:47:34.900><c> his</c><00:47:35.059><c> wife,</c><00:47:36.219><c> that</c><00:47:37.079><c> smooth,</c>

00:47:38.179 --> 00:47:43.139
beautiful<00:47:38.500><c> hand,</c><00:47:39.659><c> and</c><00:47:39.800><c> going</c><00:47:40.000><c> out</c><00:47:40.320><c> together</c><00:47:41.159><c> into</c><00:47:42.199><c> the</c><00:47:42.679><c> world</c>

00:47:43.139 --> 00:47:47.119
to<00:47:44.400><c> work</c><00:47:44.780><c> for</c><00:47:45.760><c> the</c><00:47:46.099><c> master.</c>

00:47:47.940 --> 00:47:52.179
And<00:47:48.619><c> as</c><00:47:48.800><c> he</c><00:47:49.000><c> goes</c><00:47:49.239><c> out,</c><00:47:50.559><c> and</c><00:47:50.800><c> as</c><00:47:50.940><c> they</c><00:47:51.239><c> think</c><00:47:51.440><c> about</c><00:47:51.699><c> what</c><00:47:51.900><c> they</c>

00:47:52.179 --> 00:47:53.619
have<00:47:52.340><c> to</c><00:47:52.579><c> do,</c>

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he<00:47:54.699><c> says</c><00:47:54.960><c> to</c><00:47:55.139><c> her,</c><00:47:56.639><c> ah,</c><00:47:57.639><c> that</c><00:47:57.739><c> you</c><00:47:57.840><c> should</c><00:47:58.019><c> have</c><00:47:58.219><c> seen</c><00:47:58.579><c> his</c><00:47:58.940><c> hands.</c>

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Thank<00:48:05.320><c> you.</c>