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You<00:12:22.059><c> know,</c><00:12:22.220><c> that's</c><00:12:22.980><c> not</c><00:12:23.220><c> a</c><00:12:23.320><c> good</c><00:12:23.519><c> start,</c><00:12:23.980><c> is</c><00:12:24.080><c> it?</c>

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So<00:12:25.460><c> Jesus</c><00:12:25.960><c> didn't</c><00:12:26.340><c> baptize</c><00:12:26.899><c> himself,</c><00:12:27.480><c> his</c><00:12:27.659><c> disciples</c><00:12:28.139><c> did.</c>

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And<00:12:31.019><c> John</c><00:12:31.220><c> was</c><00:12:31.460><c> also</c><00:12:31.879><c> baptizing.</c>

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So<00:12:32.820><c> this</c><00:12:33.159><c> was</c><00:12:33.399><c> the</c><00:12:33.620><c> same</c><00:12:33.840><c> baptism.</c>

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Jesus'<00:12:35.059><c> disciples</c><00:12:35.320><c> were</c><00:12:35.580><c> baptizing</c><00:12:36.100><c> with</c><00:12:36.299><c> the</c><00:12:36.500><c> baptism</c><00:12:36.840><c> of</c><00:12:37.059><c> John</c>

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because<00:12:37.879><c> the</c><00:12:38.100><c> Lord</c><00:12:38.259><c> had</c><00:12:38.460><c> not</c><00:12:38.639><c> yet</c><00:12:38.919><c> died</c><00:12:39.120><c> and</c><00:12:39.379><c> risen</c><00:12:39.580><c> again.</c>

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So<00:12:41.039><c> this</c><00:12:41.299><c> was</c><00:12:41.559><c> the</c><00:12:41.740><c> baptism</c><00:12:42.139><c> of</c><00:12:42.419><c> repentance.</c>

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This<00:12:43.679><c> was</c><00:12:43.960><c> the</c><00:12:44.159><c> baptism</c><00:12:44.679><c> of</c><00:12:45.620><c> preparation.</c>

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And<00:12:48.000><c> you</c><00:12:48.120><c> can</c><00:12:48.399><c> see</c><00:12:48.899><c> that</c><00:12:49.259><c> that's</c><00:12:50.100><c> referred</c><00:12:50.360><c> to</c><00:12:50.600><c> back</c><00:12:50.779><c> in</c><00:12:50.960><c> chapter</c><00:12:51.179><c> four,</c>

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verse<00:12:51.740><c> one.</c>

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So<00:12:52.820><c> when</c><00:12:52.960><c> we</c><00:12:53.179><c> come</c><00:12:53.340><c> to</c><00:12:53.500><c> chapter</c><00:12:53.779><c> three,</c><00:12:54.159><c> verse</c><00:12:54.480><c> 27,</c><00:12:56.600><c> and</c><00:12:56.899><c> John</c>

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now<00:12:57.399><c> is</c><00:12:57.620><c> going</c><00:12:57.759><c> to</c><00:12:58.000><c> explain.</c>

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So<00:12:58.399><c> John</c><00:12:58.820><c> the</c><00:12:59.100><c> Baptist</c><00:12:59.940><c> reappears</c><00:13:00.899><c> in</c><00:13:01.100><c> the</c><00:13:01.320><c> record.</c>

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We've<00:13:02.120><c> seen</c><00:13:02.220><c> him</c><00:13:02.360><c> in</c><00:13:02.600><c> chapter</c><00:13:02.940><c> one.</c>

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We<00:13:03.399><c> thought</c><00:13:03.539><c> we'd</c><00:13:03.860><c> left</c><00:13:04.019><c> him</c><00:13:04.299><c> behind.</c>

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We<00:13:05.100><c> thought</c><00:13:05.279><c> we'd</c><00:13:05.659><c> moved</c><00:13:05.799><c> on,</c><00:13:06.620><c> but</c><00:13:06.960><c> the</c><00:13:07.259><c> record</c><00:13:07.460><c> doesn't</c><00:13:07.820><c> do</c><00:13:08.080><c> that.</c>

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It<00:13:08.399><c> gives</c><00:13:08.799><c> us</c><00:13:09.440><c> another</c><00:13:10.299><c> sort</c><00:13:10.639><c> of</c><00:13:10.820><c> boundary</c><00:13:11.379><c> marker</c><00:13:11.820><c> of</c><00:13:12.019><c> John</c>

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the<00:13:12.399><c> Baptist</c><00:13:12.700><c> at</c><00:13:12.960><c> the</c><00:13:12.980><c> end</c><00:13:13.120><c> of</c><00:13:13.299><c> chapter</c><00:13:13.539><c> three,</c>

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as<00:13:14.480><c> if</c><00:13:15.120><c> we</c><00:13:15.919><c> need</c><00:13:16.120><c> to</c><00:13:16.340><c> be</c><00:13:16.580><c> reminded</c><00:13:17.019><c> that,</c><00:13:18.240><c> look,</c><00:13:20.059><c> John</c><00:13:20.440><c> has</c><00:13:20.740><c> told</c><00:13:20.980><c> us,</c>

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didn't<00:13:21.379><c> he?</c>

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He<00:13:21.720><c> did</c><00:13:22.000><c> tell</c><00:13:22.240><c> us.</c>

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That's<00:13:23.960><c> what</c><00:13:24.059><c> we've</c><00:13:24.320><c> got</c><00:13:24.379><c> to</c><00:13:24.539><c> come</c><00:13:24.679><c> to</c><00:13:24.980><c> realize.</c>

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And<00:13:26.919><c> what</c><00:13:27.059><c> does</c><00:13:27.220><c> John</c><00:13:27.419><c> the</c><00:13:27.600><c> Baptist</c><00:13:27.879><c> say?</c>

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John<00:13:30.899><c> answered</c><00:13:31.220><c> and</c><00:13:31.480><c> said,</c><00:13:32.539><c> a</c><00:13:32.620><c> man</c><00:13:32.899><c> can</c><00:13:33.159><c> receive</c><00:13:33.519><c> nothing</c><00:13:34.100><c> except</c><00:13:34.659><c> to</c>

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be<00:13:34.980><c> given</c><00:13:35.200><c> him</c><00:13:35.480><c> from</c><00:13:35.820><c> heaven.</c>

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Ears<00:13:38.259><c> cells</c><00:13:38.460><c> bear</c><00:13:38.779><c> me</c><00:13:38.960><c> witness</c><00:13:39.379><c> that</c><00:13:39.580><c> I</c><00:13:39.840><c> said,</c><00:13:40.200><c> I</c><00:13:40.200><c> am</c><00:13:40.399><c> not</c><00:13:40.639><c> the</c>

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Christ,<00:13:41.639><c> but</c><00:13:41.799><c> I</c><00:13:41.980><c> am</c><00:13:42.240><c> sent</c><00:13:42.440><c> before</c><00:13:42.940><c> him.</c>

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He<00:13:45.059><c> that</c><00:13:45.259><c> hath</c><00:13:45.340><c> the</c><00:13:45.659><c> bride</c><00:13:45.879><c> is</c><00:13:46.080><c> the</c><00:13:46.399><c> bridegroom.</c>

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But<00:13:49.259><c> the</c><00:13:49.559><c> friend</c><00:13:49.779><c> of</c><00:13:49.960><c> the</c><00:13:50.200><c> bridegroom,</c><00:13:50.620><c> which</c><00:13:50.960><c> standeth</c><00:13:51.299><c> and</c>

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heareth<00:13:51.840><c> him,</c>

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rejoiceth<00:13:53.340><c> greatly</c><00:13:53.940><c> because</c><00:13:54.700><c> of</c><00:13:54.860><c> the</c><00:13:55.059><c> bridegroom's</c><00:13:55.639><c> voice.</c>

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This<00:13:57.600><c> my</c><00:13:57.960><c> joy</c><00:13:58.220><c> therefore</c><00:13:58.799><c> is</c><00:13:59.279><c> fulfilled.</c>

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He<00:14:01.100><c> must</c><00:14:01.539><c> increase,</c><00:14:02.779><c> but</c><00:14:02.980><c> I</c><00:14:03.179><c> must</c><00:14:03.440><c> decrease.</c>

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He<00:14:04.799><c> that</c><00:14:05.019><c> cometh</c><00:14:05.299><c> from</c><00:14:05.659><c> above</c><00:14:06.120><c> is</c><00:14:06.620><c> above</c><00:14:07.000><c> all.</c>

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He<00:14:08.159><c> that</c><00:14:08.379><c> is</c><00:14:08.500><c> of</c><00:14:08.700><c> the</c><00:14:09.000><c> earth</c><00:14:09.440><c> is</c><00:14:10.000><c> earthly</c><00:14:10.419><c> and</c><00:14:11.080><c> speaketh</c><00:14:11.379><c> of</c>

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He<00:14:12.539><c> that</c><00:14:12.840><c> cometh</c><00:14:13.279><c> from</c><00:14:13.740><c> heaven</c><00:14:14.200><c> is</c><00:14:15.039><c> above</c><00:14:15.559><c> all.</c>

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John<00:14:17.799><c> the</c><00:14:18.759><c> Baptist</c><00:14:19.000><c> is</c><00:14:19.059><c> making</c><00:14:19.279><c> a</c><00:14:19.539><c> contrast</c><00:14:19.899><c> between</c><00:14:20.240><c> himself,</c>

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he<00:14:21.940><c> was</c><00:14:22.120><c> of</c><00:14:22.360><c> the</c><00:14:22.580><c> earth,</c><00:14:24.299><c> and</c><00:14:24.600><c> the</c><00:14:24.740><c> Lord</c><00:14:24.899><c> Jesus</c><00:14:25.320><c> Christ,</c><00:14:25.940><c> who</c>

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is<00:14:26.139><c> of</c><00:14:26.379><c> heaven.</c>

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John<00:14:28.740><c> the</c><00:14:28.960><c> Baptist,</c><00:14:29.480><c> the</c><00:14:29.720><c> law</c><00:14:29.960><c> was</c><00:14:30.480><c> until</c><00:14:31.080><c> John.</c>

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John<00:14:32.500><c> was</c><00:14:32.759><c> the</c><00:14:32.960><c> culmination</c><00:14:33.600><c> of</c><00:14:33.840><c> the</c><00:14:34.019><c> law.</c>

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The<00:14:34.919><c> law</c><00:14:35.000><c> was</c><00:14:35.159><c> a</c><00:14:35.419><c> schoolmaster</c><00:14:36.080><c> to</c><00:14:36.340><c> lead</c><00:14:36.500><c> his</c><00:14:36.620><c> son</c><00:14:36.700><c> to</c><00:14:36.940><c> Christ.</c>

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John<00:14:37.519><c> the</c><00:14:37.700><c> Baptist</c><00:14:38.059><c> took</c><00:14:38.360><c> people</c><00:14:38.779><c> literally</c><00:14:39.320><c> to</c><00:14:39.759><c> Jesus.</c>

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That's<00:14:40.860><c> the</c><00:14:41.019><c> one,</c><00:14:41.279><c> you</c><00:14:41.539><c> follow</c><00:14:41.820><c> him.</c>

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That's<00:14:42.919><c> the</c><00:14:42.960><c> one</c><00:14:43.000><c> I've</c><00:14:43.220><c> been</c><00:14:43.419><c> speaking</c><00:14:43.759><c> about.</c>

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I've<00:14:46.399><c> got</c><00:14:46.500><c> a</c><00:14:46.759><c> receipt</c><00:14:47.059><c> now.</c>

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He<00:14:48.340><c> is</c><00:14:48.600><c> the</c><00:14:48.720><c> one</c><00:14:48.860><c> who</c><00:14:49.000><c> was</c><00:14:49.519><c> before</c><00:14:49.879><c> me.</c>

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He<00:14:50.240><c> has</c><00:14:50.500><c> priority.</c>

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He<00:14:52.000><c> must</c><00:14:52.399><c> increase.</c>

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He<00:14:53.919><c> is</c><00:14:54.159><c> the</c><00:14:54.480><c> bridegroom.</c>

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But<00:14:57.019><c> we've</c><00:14:57.279><c> already</c><00:14:57.559><c> been</c><00:14:57.899><c> at</c><00:14:58.100><c> the</c><00:14:58.259><c> wedding,</c><00:14:58.559><c> haven't</c><00:14:58.799><c> we,</c><00:14:58.919><c> in</c>

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chapter<00:14:59.480><c> two.</c>

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The<00:15:04.980><c> governor</c><00:15:05.259><c> of</c><00:15:05.419><c> the</c><00:15:05.620><c> feast</c><00:15:05.840><c> called</c><00:15:06.419><c> the</c><00:15:06.899><c> bridegroom</c><00:15:07.759><c> and</c><00:15:08.220><c> said,</c>

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every<00:15:08.960><c> man</c><00:15:09.299><c> at</c><00:15:09.559><c> the</c><00:15:09.720><c> beginning</c><00:15:10.320><c> doth</c><00:15:10.679><c> set</c><00:15:10.860><c> forth</c><00:15:11.139><c> good</c><00:15:11.379><c> wine</c>

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and<00:15:11.779><c> so</c><00:15:11.919><c> on.</c>

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We<00:15:12.639><c> don't</c><00:15:12.799><c> know</c><00:15:12.879><c> what</c><00:15:13.039><c> the</c><00:15:13.259><c> bridegroom</c><00:15:13.620><c> says.</c>

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There's<00:15:16.139><c> no</c><00:15:16.320><c> bride</c><00:15:16.580><c> mentioned.</c>

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We<00:15:17.960><c> don't</c><00:15:18.059><c> get</c><00:15:18.240><c> to</c><00:15:18.360><c> the</c><00:15:18.519><c> bride</c><00:15:18.679><c> till</c><00:15:18.879><c> chapter</c><00:15:19.200><c> four.</c>

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So<00:15:21.220><c> these</c><00:15:21.379><c> things</c><00:15:21.580><c> have</c><00:15:21.799><c> been</c><00:15:22.000><c> explained</c><00:15:22.379><c> for</c><00:15:22.580><c> us</c><00:15:22.799><c> as</c><00:15:23.120><c> we</c><00:15:23.320><c> go</c><00:15:23.539><c> through.</c>

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But<00:15:23.960><c> I</c><00:15:24.039><c> want</c><00:15:24.120><c> you</c><00:15:24.320><c> just</c><00:15:24.559><c> to</c><00:15:24.779><c> note</c><00:15:24.940><c> now</c><00:15:25.940><c> the</c><00:15:27.639><c> links</c><00:15:27.980><c> that</c><00:15:28.200><c> we</c><00:15:28.500><c> have</c><00:15:29.080><c> back</c><00:15:29.539><c> to</c><00:15:29.840><c> Isaiah.</c>

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If<00:15:30.419><c> you</c><00:15:30.600><c> come</c><00:15:30.899><c> to</c><00:15:31.139><c> Isaiah</c><00:15:31.460><c> chapter</c><00:15:31.820><c> 55,</c><00:15:36.759><c> the</c><00:15:37.000><c> inspired</c><00:15:37.340><c> gospel</c><00:15:37.659><c> record</c>

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has<00:15:38.220><c> taken</c><00:15:38.399><c> us</c><00:15:38.620><c> back</c><00:15:38.820><c> to</c><00:15:39.000><c> Isaiah</c><00:15:39.379><c> chapter</c><00:15:40.360><c> 55.</c>

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which<00:15:48.320><c> is</c><00:15:48.559><c> taking</c><00:15:48.840><c> place,</c><00:15:49.299><c> the</c><00:15:49.559><c> bride</c><00:15:49.879><c> and</c><00:15:50.059><c> the</c><00:15:50.299><c> bridegroom.</c>

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Isaiah<00:15:52.779><c> 54</c><00:15:53.379><c> has</c><00:15:53.600><c> already</c><00:15:53.940><c> said,</c><00:15:54.279><c> for</c><00:15:54.360><c> thy</c><00:15:54.659><c> maker</c><00:15:55.100><c> is</c><00:15:55.639><c> thy</c><00:15:55.840><c> husband.</c>

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Yahweh<00:15:56.860><c> of</c><00:15:57.059><c> hosts</c><00:15:57.419><c> is</c><00:15:58.139><c> his</c><00:15:58.779><c> name.</c>

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John<00:16:04.440><c> chapter</c><00:16:04.779><c> three,</c><00:16:05.360><c> verse</c><00:16:05.460><c> 26.</c>

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They<00:16:07.059><c> come</c><00:16:07.460><c> unto</c><00:16:07.639><c> John</c><00:16:07.940><c> and</c><00:16:08.200><c> say</c><00:16:08.340><c> to</c><00:16:08.440><c> him,</c>

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Rabbi,<00:16:09.100><c> he</c><00:16:09.360><c> that</c><00:16:09.539><c> was</c><00:16:09.799><c> with</c><00:16:10.039><c> thee</c><00:16:10.320><c> beyond</c><00:16:10.879><c> Jordan,</c>

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to<00:16:12.200><c> whom</c><00:16:12.360><c> thou</c><00:16:12.740><c> bearest</c><00:16:13.220><c> witness,</c><00:16:14.399><c> behold,</c><00:16:14.820><c> the</c><00:16:14.940><c> same</c><00:16:15.259><c> baptizeth,</c>

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and<00:16:17.679><c> all</c><00:16:18.080><c> men</c><00:16:18.480><c> come</c><00:16:19.059><c> to</c><00:16:19.799><c> him.</c>

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All<00:16:21.820><c> men</c><00:16:22.580><c> come</c><00:16:23.320><c> to</c><00:16:24.379><c> him.</c>

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Now,<00:16:25.899><c> that</c><00:16:27.559><c> little</c><00:16:28.379><c> expression</c><00:16:28.940><c> is</c><00:16:29.220><c> going</c><00:16:29.340><c> to</c><00:16:29.519><c> become</c><00:16:29.820><c> hugely</c><00:16:30.379><c> powerful</c>

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as<00:16:31.700><c> we</c><00:16:32.220><c> would</c><00:16:32.460><c> go</c><00:16:32.639><c> through</c><00:16:32.860><c> the</c><00:16:33.059><c> next</c><00:16:33.320><c> few</c><00:16:33.500><c> chapters.</c>

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In<00:16:34.860><c> chapter</c><00:16:35.220><c> five,</c><00:16:36.600><c> the</c><00:16:36.700><c> Lord</c><00:16:36.919><c> Jesus</c><00:16:37.299><c> says,</c><00:16:39.200><c> verse</c><00:16:39.399><c> 39,</c>

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Search<00:16:41.100><c> the</c><00:16:41.379><c> scriptures,</c><00:16:42.460><c> for</c><00:16:42.620><c> in</c><00:16:42.779><c> them</c><00:16:42.899><c> ye</c><00:16:43.100><c> think</c><00:16:43.279><c> ye</c><00:16:43.440><c> have</c>

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eternal<00:16:44.039><c> life,</c>

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and<00:16:44.559><c> they</c><00:16:44.899><c> are</c><00:16:45.179><c> they</c><00:16:45.360><c> which</c><00:16:45.740><c> testify</c><00:16:46.299><c> of</c><00:16:46.580><c> me,</c><00:16:47.220><c> and</c><00:16:47.600><c> ye</c><00:16:47.980><c> will</c><00:16:48.360><c> not</c><00:16:49.159><c> come</c><00:16:50.220><c> to</c><00:16:51.259><c> me.</c>

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And<00:16:55.100><c> into</c><00:16:55.399><c> chapter</c><00:16:55.720><c> six,</c><00:16:56.820><c> we</c><00:16:56.960><c> find</c><00:16:57.200><c> that</c><00:16:57.679><c> little</c><00:16:57.919><c> expression</c>

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used<00:16:59.340><c> many</c><00:16:59.940><c> times.</c>

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Do<00:17:01.860><c> you</c><00:17:01.879><c> know</c><00:17:01.960><c> where</c><00:17:02.000><c> it</c><00:17:02.139><c> comes</c><00:17:02.419><c> from?</c>

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It<00:17:03.559><c> comes</c><00:17:03.639><c> from</c><00:17:03.899><c> Isaiah</c><00:17:04.380><c> chapter</c><00:17:04.819><c> 55.</c>

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That<00:17:06.960><c> little</c><00:17:07.240><c> expression,</c><00:17:08.319><c> which</c><00:17:08.500><c> is</c><00:17:08.720><c> just</c><00:17:08.900><c> dropped</c><00:17:09.359><c> in</c><00:17:09.740><c> there,</c>

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in<00:17:10.819><c> this</c><00:17:11.140><c> little</c><00:17:11.460><c> dialogue,</c><00:17:12.059><c> but</c><00:17:12.119><c> you're</c><00:17:12.339><c> not</c><00:17:12.440><c> quite</c><00:17:12.579><c> sure</c>

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why<00:17:13.119><c> it's</c><00:17:13.359><c> there,</c>

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what<00:17:14.180><c> its</c><00:17:14.480><c> purpose</c><00:17:14.799><c> is.</c>

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It's<00:17:15.140><c> about</c><00:17:15.299><c> John</c><00:17:15.559><c> the</c><00:17:15.759><c> Baptist.</c>

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We<00:17:16.299><c> thought</c><00:17:16.420><c> we</c><00:17:16.579><c> left</c><00:17:16.819><c> him</c><00:17:17.059><c> behind.</c>

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And<00:17:17.779><c> they</c><00:17:17.920><c> come</c><00:17:18.039><c> to</c><00:17:18.160><c> John</c><00:17:18.380><c> the</c><00:17:18.539><c> Baptist</c><00:17:18.799><c> and</c><00:17:18.940><c> say,</c>

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John,<00:17:19.799><c> do</c><00:17:19.940><c> you</c><00:17:19.980><c> know</c><00:17:20.059><c> what's</c><00:17:20.339><c> happening?</c>

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There's<00:17:21.079><c> disciples</c><00:17:21.559><c> over</c><00:17:21.819><c> there.</c>

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They're<00:17:22.740><c> baptizing</c><00:17:23.200><c> more</c><00:17:23.460><c> people</c><00:17:23.759><c> than</c><00:17:23.900><c> you</c><00:17:24.220><c> are.</c>

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That's<00:17:24.960><c> just,</c><00:17:25.619><c> it's</c><00:17:25.640><c> not</c><00:17:25.799><c> right,</c><00:17:26.079><c> is</c><00:17:26.160><c> it?</c>

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And<00:17:27.000><c> John</c><00:17:27.140><c> says,</c><00:17:27.359><c> absolutely</c><00:17:28.019><c> right.</c>

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And<00:17:29.880><c> the</c><00:17:30.059><c> phrase</c><00:17:30.259><c> that</c><00:17:30.480><c> captures</c><00:17:30.859><c> that</c><00:17:31.160><c> is,</c><00:17:31.700><c> all</c><00:17:31.940><c> men</c><00:17:32.259><c> come</c><00:17:32.559><c> to</c><00:17:32.779><c> him.</c>

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Isaiah<00:17:34.900><c> chapter</c><00:17:35.440><c> 55,</c><00:17:36.319><c> verse</c><00:17:36.599><c> one.</c>

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How<00:17:38.119><c> everyone</c><00:17:38.720><c> that</c><00:17:39.079><c> thirsteth,</c><00:17:40.059><c> come</c><00:17:40.500><c> ye</c><00:17:40.900><c> to</c><00:17:41.099><c> the</c><00:17:41.339><c> waters,</c>

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he<00:17:42.299><c> that</c><00:17:42.519><c> hath</c><00:17:42.680><c> no</c><00:17:42.940><c> money,</c><00:17:43.660><c> come</c><00:17:43.980><c> ye</c><00:17:44.420><c> by</c><00:17:44.680><c> an</c><00:17:44.779><c> eat,</c>

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yet<00:17:45.339><c> come</c><00:17:46.000><c> by</c><00:17:46.519><c> mine</c><00:17:47.019><c> wine</c><00:17:47.619><c> and</c><00:17:48.039><c> milk</c><00:17:48.500><c> without</c><00:17:49.220><c> money.</c>

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Verse<00:17:50.400><c> three,</c><00:17:51.259><c> incline</c><00:17:51.859><c> your</c><00:17:52.559><c> ear</c><00:17:53.000><c> and</c><00:17:53.859><c> come</c><00:17:54.740><c> unto</c><00:17:55.680><c> me.</c>

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What<00:17:58.700><c> the</c><00:17:58.920><c> Rock</c><00:17:59.200><c> Gospel</c><00:17:59.500><c> record</c><00:17:59.740><c> is</c><00:18:00.059><c> doing</c><00:18:00.279><c> is</c><00:18:00.640><c> drawing</c><00:18:00.940><c> us</c><00:18:01.500><c> to</c>

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Isaiah<00:18:02.099><c> 55.</c>

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It<00:18:02.740><c> says,</c><00:18:03.039><c> do</c><00:18:03.180><c> you</c><00:18:03.279><c> know</c><00:18:03.339><c> what's</c><00:18:03.680><c> happening</c>

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in<00:18:04.099><c> the</c><00:18:04.240><c> life</c><00:18:04.400><c> of</c><00:18:04.559><c> the</c><00:18:04.680><c> Lord</c><00:18:04.779><c> Jesus</c><00:18:05.099><c> Christ?</c>

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That<00:18:05.680><c> prophecy,</c><00:18:06.400><c> that</c><00:18:06.759><c> prophecy</c><00:18:07.160><c> of</c><00:18:07.460><c> free</c><00:18:07.839><c> wine,</c>

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of<00:18:10.359><c> free</c><00:18:10.619><c> water,</c><00:18:11.799><c> of</c><00:18:12.140><c> free</c><00:18:12.539><c> bread</c><00:18:12.920><c> for</c><00:18:13.500><c> everlasting</c><00:18:14.140><c> life.</c>

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It's<00:18:16.799><c> about</c><00:18:17.039><c> coming</c><00:18:17.740><c> to</c><00:18:18.779><c> Jesus.</c>

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It's<00:18:20.160><c> about</c><00:18:20.460><c> hearing</c><00:18:21.259><c> his</c><00:18:21.799><c> word</c><00:18:22.279><c> and</c><00:18:22.740><c> your</c><00:18:23.000><c> soul</c><00:18:23.460><c> shall</c><00:18:23.960><c> live.</c>

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John<00:18:29.660><c> chapter</c><00:18:29.960><c> three,</c><00:18:30.420><c> verse</c><00:18:30.519><c> 27.</c>

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John<00:18:32.400><c> answered</c><00:18:32.759><c> and</c><00:18:33.000><c> said,</c><00:18:33.279><c> a</c><00:18:33.279><c> man</c><00:18:33.519><c> can</c><00:18:33.819><c> receive</c><00:18:34.279><c> nothing</c>

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except<00:18:35.559><c> it</c><00:18:35.819><c> be</c><00:18:36.079><c> given</c><00:18:36.420><c> him</c><00:18:37.359><c> from</c><00:18:38.660><c> heaven.</c>

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Verse<00:18:40.740><c> 31,</c><00:18:41.700><c> he</c><00:18:41.900><c> that</c><00:18:42.180><c> cometh</c><00:18:42.460><c> from</c><00:18:42.819><c> above</c><00:18:43.460><c> is</c><00:18:44.000><c> above</c><00:18:44.299><c> all.</c>

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He<00:18:46.200><c> that</c><00:18:46.380><c> is</c><00:18:46.519><c> of</c><00:18:46.599><c> the</c><00:18:46.819><c> earth</c><00:18:46.940><c> is</c><00:18:47.200><c> earthly</c><00:18:47.420><c> and</c><00:18:47.700><c> speaketh</c><00:18:47.940><c> of</c>

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the<00:18:48.200><c> earth.</c>

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He<00:18:48.599><c> that</c><00:18:48.900><c> cometh</c><00:18:49.220><c> from</c><00:18:49.619><c> heaven</c><00:18:50.119><c> is</c><00:18:50.940><c> above</c><00:18:51.660><c> all.</c>

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Earth<00:18:53.799><c> and</c><00:18:54.359><c> heaven,</c><00:18:55.279><c> Isaiah</c><00:18:55.839><c> chapter</c><00:18:56.559><c> 55.</c>

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Verse<00:19:02.599><c> eight,</c><00:19:03.660><c> for</c><00:19:03.759><c> my</c><00:19:04.140><c> thoughts</c><00:19:04.640><c> are</c><00:19:04.960><c> not</c><00:19:05.180><c> your</c><00:19:05.460><c> thoughts,</c>

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neither<00:19:06.759><c> are</c><00:19:07.180><c> your</c><00:19:07.480><c> ways</c><00:19:07.920><c> my</c><00:19:08.299><c> ways,</c><00:19:08.980><c> saith</c><00:19:09.099><c> Yahweh.</c>

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For<00:19:10.160><c> as</c><00:19:10.359><c> the</c><00:19:10.660><c> heavens</c><00:19:11.039><c> are</c><00:19:11.500><c> higher</c><00:19:11.940><c> than</c><00:19:12.259><c> the</c><00:19:12.519><c> earth,</c>

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so<00:19:13.619><c> are</c><00:19:13.819><c> my</c><00:19:14.140><c> ways</c><00:19:14.660><c> higher</c><00:19:15.240><c> than</c><00:19:15.559><c> your</c><00:19:15.940><c> ways</c>

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and<00:19:16.759><c> my</c><00:19:17.220><c> thoughts</c><00:19:17.799><c> than</c><00:19:18.299><c> your</c><00:19:18.740><c> thoughts.</c>

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For<00:19:19.640><c> as</c><00:19:19.799><c> the</c><00:19:20.079><c> rain</c><00:19:20.420><c> cometh</c><00:19:20.839><c> down</c><00:19:21.660><c> and</c><00:19:22.099><c> the</c><00:19:22.380><c> snow</c><00:19:22.619><c> from</c><00:19:23.259><c> heaven,</c>

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so<00:19:26.299><c> shall</c><00:19:26.579><c> my</c><00:19:26.940><c> word</c><00:19:27.119><c> be.</c>

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So<00:19:31.859><c> what</c><00:19:32.339><c> Isaiah</c><00:19:32.759><c> 55</c><00:19:33.339><c> is</c><00:19:33.599><c> saying</c><00:19:33.740><c> is</c><00:19:33.920><c> that</c><00:19:34.140><c> the</c><00:19:34.380><c> word</c><00:19:34.660><c> would</c>

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come<00:19:35.519><c> down</c><00:19:36.200><c> from</c><00:19:36.799><c> heaven</c>

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and<00:19:38.240><c> give</c><00:19:38.640><c> a</c><00:19:38.839><c> man</c><00:19:39.119><c> or</c><00:19:39.359><c> a</c><00:19:39.640><c> woman</c><00:19:40.200><c> the</c><00:19:40.920><c> thoughts</c><00:19:41.299><c> of</c><00:19:41.660><c> God,</c>

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which<00:19:42.380><c> naturally</c><00:19:42.859><c> speaking</c><00:19:43.380><c> they</c><00:19:43.759><c> cannot</c><00:19:44.200><c> comprehend.</c>

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And<00:19:46.299><c> the</c><00:19:46.500><c> way</c><00:19:47.059><c> to</c><00:19:48.019><c> receive</c><00:19:48.500><c> those</c><00:19:48.859><c> thoughts</c>

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is<00:19:49.240><c> to</c><00:19:49.599><c> come</c><00:19:49.940><c> and</c><00:19:50.480><c> hear</c><00:19:50.859><c> what</c><00:19:51.299><c> the</c><00:19:51.640><c> word</c><00:19:51.900><c> made</c><00:19:52.259><c> flesh</c><00:19:52.539><c> is</c><00:19:52.819><c> saying.</c>

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And<00:19:53.960><c> if</c><00:19:54.079><c> we</c><00:19:54.180><c> will</c><00:19:54.359><c> come</c><00:19:54.559><c> and</c><00:19:54.940><c> hear</c><00:19:55.319><c> what</c><00:19:55.720><c> the</c><00:19:55.960><c> word</c><00:19:56.160><c> made</c><00:19:56.400><c> flesh</c>

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is<00:19:56.880><c> saying,</c>

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that<00:19:57.180><c> he</c><00:19:57.359><c> will</c><00:19:57.700><c> provide</c><00:19:58.059><c> us</c><00:19:58.299><c> as</c><00:19:58.480><c> a</c><00:19:58.599><c> good</c><00:19:58.859><c> shepherd</c>

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the<00:19:59.740><c> food</c><00:20:00.079><c> and</c><00:20:00.279><c> the</c><00:20:00.519><c> drink</c><00:20:00.720><c> that</c><00:20:00.980><c> we</c><00:20:01.240><c> need.</c>

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He<00:20:06.519><c> is</c><00:20:06.920><c> from</c><00:20:07.500><c> above.</c>

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Chapter<00:20:11.920><c> three</c><00:20:12.900><c> of</c><00:20:13.740><c> John,</c><00:20:14.460><c> verse</c><00:20:15.019><c> 33.</c>

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He<00:20:18.380><c> that</c><00:20:18.660><c> hath</c><00:20:18.980><c> received</c><00:20:19.720><c> his</c><00:20:20.400><c> testimony</c>

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hath<00:20:22.059><c> set</c><00:20:22.440><c> to</c><00:20:22.799><c> his</c><00:20:23.200><c> seal</c><00:20:23.579><c> that</c><00:20:24.079><c> God</c><00:20:24.420><c> is</c><00:20:24.779><c> true.</c>

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For<00:20:26.119><c> he</c><00:20:26.779><c> whom</c><00:20:27.079><c> the</c><00:20:27.500><c> Father</c><00:20:27.980><c> hath</c><00:20:28.539><c> sent</c><00:20:29.640><c> speaketh</c><00:20:31.619><c> the</c><00:20:31.859><c> words</c>

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of<00:20:32.339><c> God.</c>

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He<00:20:33.859><c> whom</c><00:20:34.019><c> the</c><00:20:34.359><c> Father</c><00:20:34.740><c> hath</c><00:20:35.299><c> sent,</c><00:20:36.599><c> Isaiah</c><00:20:37.099><c> chapter</c><00:20:37.519><c> 55.</c>

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Verse<00:20:39.960><c> 11.</c>

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So<00:20:41.099><c> shall</c><00:20:41.579><c> my</c><00:20:41.960><c> word</c><00:20:42.200><c> be</c><00:20:42.480><c> that</c><00:20:42.700><c> goeth</c><00:20:43.000><c> forth</c><00:20:43.200><c> out</c><00:20:43.440><c> of</c><00:20:43.539><c> my</c><00:20:43.759><c> mouth.</c>

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It<00:20:44.099><c> shall</c><00:20:44.319><c> not</c><00:20:44.579><c> return</c><00:20:44.960><c> unto</c><00:20:45.180><c> me,</c><00:20:45.700><c> boy,</c>

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but<00:20:46.140><c> it</c><00:20:46.440><c> shall</c><00:20:46.619><c> accomplish</c><00:20:47.380><c> that</c><00:20:47.720><c> which</c><00:20:47.940><c> I</c><00:20:48.259><c> please,</c>

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and<00:20:48.900><c> it</c><00:20:49.079><c> shall</c><00:20:49.380><c> prosper</c><00:20:49.900><c> in</c><00:20:50.079><c> the</c><00:20:50.259><c> thing</c><00:20:50.720><c> whereto</c><00:20:51.500><c> I</c><00:20:52.599><c> sent</c><00:20:53.119><c> it.</c>

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John<00:20:55.220><c> the</c><00:20:55.480><c> Baptist</c><00:20:55.920><c> is</c><00:20:56.279><c> telling</c><00:20:56.539><c> his</c><00:20:58.539><c> friends</c><00:20:59.660><c> who</c><00:20:59.960><c> come</c><00:21:00.200><c> to</c><00:21:00.420><c> him</c>

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that<00:21:01.140><c> Jesus</c><00:21:01.700><c> is</c><00:21:02.099><c> the</c><00:21:02.299><c> one</c><00:21:02.460><c> Isaiah</c><00:21:02.900><c> 55</c><00:21:03.559><c> is</c><00:21:03.920><c> speaking</c><00:21:04.220><c> of.</c>

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He's<00:21:04.940><c> the</c><00:21:05.180><c> word</c><00:21:05.400><c> made</c><00:21:05.680><c> flesh.</c>

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He<00:21:06.220><c> is</c><00:21:06.440><c> from</c><00:21:06.660><c> above.</c>

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He<00:21:07.759><c> is</c><00:21:08.200><c> a</c><00:21:08.619><c> special</c><00:21:09.039><c> intervention.</c>

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Born<00:21:11.619><c> of</c><00:21:12.380><c> a</c><00:21:12.700><c> woman,</c><00:21:14.200><c> but</c><00:21:14.380><c> the</c><00:21:14.720><c> word</c><00:21:15.279><c> made</c><00:21:15.799><c> flesh.</c>

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And<00:21:18.759><c> if</c><00:21:18.880><c> we</c><00:21:19.019><c> will</c><00:21:19.299><c> come</c><00:21:19.579><c> to</c><00:21:19.839><c> him,</c>

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if<00:21:20.180><c> we</c><00:21:20.339><c> will</c><00:21:20.519><c> hear</c><00:21:20.720><c> that</c><00:21:20.980><c> word</c><00:21:21.119><c> and</c><00:21:21.380><c> draw</c><00:21:21.480><c> us</c><00:21:21.720><c> closer</c><00:21:22.079><c> and</c><00:21:22.319><c> closer,</c>

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not<00:21:23.339><c> looking</c><00:21:23.759><c> through</c><00:21:24.059><c> our</c><00:21:24.420><c> scope,</c><00:21:25.039><c> you</c><00:21:25.039><c> know,</c>

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scopio,<00:21:25.920><c> that</c><00:21:26.220><c> word</c><00:21:26.420><c> to</c><00:21:26.599><c> look</c><00:21:27.079><c> at</c><00:21:27.319><c> a</c><00:21:27.480><c> distance,</c>

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to<00:21:29.359><c> watch</c><00:21:29.700><c> Jesus</c><00:21:30.180><c> over</c><00:21:30.579><c> there,</c>

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to<00:21:31.779><c> keep</c><00:21:31.960><c> ourselves</c><00:21:32.740><c> at</c><00:21:33.519><c> a</c><00:21:33.740><c> distance.</c>

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The<00:21:35.660><c> disciples,</c><00:21:37.339><c> having</c><00:21:37.680><c> seen</c><00:21:38.220><c> Jesus</c><00:21:38.819><c> as</c><00:21:39.099><c> he</c><00:21:39.400><c> walked,</c>

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go<00:21:40.980><c> closer</c><00:21:41.420><c> enough</c><00:21:41.740><c> to</c><00:21:42.000><c> hear</c><00:21:42.359><c> him</c><00:21:42.740><c> say,</c>

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what<00:21:44.220><c> do</c><00:21:44.460><c> you</c><00:21:44.640><c> seek?</c>

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And<00:21:46.259><c> then</c><00:21:46.440><c> to</c><00:21:46.660><c> say,</c><00:21:47.019><c> where</c><00:21:47.200><c> dwellest</c><00:21:47.779><c> thou?</c>

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And<00:21:48.119><c> then</c><00:21:48.259><c> to</c><00:21:48.460><c> listen</c><00:21:48.660><c> and</c><00:21:48.779><c> say,</c><00:21:49.099><c> come</c><00:21:49.200><c> and</c><00:21:49.599><c> see,</c>

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and<00:21:50.359><c> to</c><00:21:50.640><c> hear</c><00:21:50.839><c> that</c><00:21:51.240><c> call,</c><00:21:51.779><c> and</c><00:21:51.960><c> to</c><00:21:52.279><c> come</c><00:21:52.519><c> and</c><00:21:52.720><c> to</c><00:21:53.039><c> see,</c>

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and<00:21:54.980><c> receive</c><00:21:55.339><c> the</c><00:21:55.579><c> invitation</c><00:21:56.059><c> to</c><00:21:56.359><c> dwell</c><00:21:56.680><c> with</c><00:21:57.039><c> him.</c>

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That's<00:21:58.640><c> what</c><00:21:58.819><c> John</c><00:21:59.000><c> is</c><00:21:59.200><c> trying</c><00:21:59.440><c> to</c><00:21:59.640><c> get</c><00:21:59.759><c> us</c><00:22:00.500><c> to</c><00:22:00.740><c> do.</c>

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But<00:22:02.079><c> you</c><00:22:02.200><c> have</c><00:22:02.339><c> to</c><00:22:02.460><c> receive</c><00:22:02.900><c> that</c><00:22:03.240><c> word</c>

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that<00:22:03.700><c> has</c><00:22:03.940><c> come</c><00:22:04.180><c> down</c><00:22:04.660><c> from</c><00:22:05.099><c> heaven.</c>

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And<00:22:07.339><c> then</c><00:22:07.519><c> John</c><00:22:07.700><c> says,</c><00:22:08.359><c> John</c><00:22:08.539><c> the</c><00:22:08.720><c> record</c><00:22:09.039><c> says,</c>

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verse<00:22:11.140><c> 34,</c><00:22:11.779><c> for</c><00:22:11.839><c> he</c><00:22:12.119><c> whom</c><00:22:12.279><c> God</c><00:22:12.480><c> hath</c><00:22:12.799><c> sent,</c>

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speaketh<00:22:13.579><c> the</c><00:22:14.039><c> words</c><00:22:14.319><c> of</c><00:22:14.500><c> God,</c>

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for<00:22:14.960><c> God</c><00:22:15.440><c> giveth</c><00:22:15.980><c> not</c><00:22:16.640><c> the</c><00:22:17.019><c> spirit</c><00:22:17.319><c> by</c><00:22:17.759><c> measure.</c>

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So<00:22:18.940><c> the</c><00:22:19.160><c> words</c><00:22:19.420><c> that</c><00:22:19.660><c> Jesus</c><00:22:20.039><c> spoke,</c><00:22:20.500><c> they</c><00:22:20.779><c> were</c><00:22:21.160><c> spirit.</c>

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Do<00:22:22.599><c> you</c><00:22:22.599><c> see</c><00:22:22.720><c> the</c><00:22:22.980><c> connection?</c>

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It's<00:22:23.819><c> the</c><00:22:23.940><c> same</c><00:22:24.180><c> sentence,</c><00:22:24.619><c> isn't</c><00:22:24.819><c> it?</c>

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For<00:22:26.140><c> he</c><00:22:26.500><c> whom</c><00:22:26.700><c> God</c><00:22:26.980><c> hath</c><00:22:27.220><c> sent,</c>

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speaketh<00:22:28.599><c> the</c><00:22:28.880><c> words</c><00:22:29.259><c> of</c><00:22:29.559><c> God,</c>

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for<00:22:29.980><c> God</c><00:22:30.440><c> giveth</c><00:22:30.859><c> not</c><00:22:31.200><c> the</c><00:22:31.539><c> spirit</c><00:22:31.759><c> by</c><00:22:32.119><c> measure.</c>

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He<00:22:33.599><c> was</c><00:22:33.779><c> the</c><00:22:34.140><c> fullness</c><00:22:34.720><c> of</c><00:22:35.420><c> God's</c><00:22:35.880><c> word.</c>

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The<00:22:36.920><c> spirit</c><00:22:37.160><c> was</c><00:22:37.420><c> upon</c><00:22:37.740><c> him,</c>

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and<00:22:38.359><c> he</c><00:22:38.799><c> spoke</c><00:22:39.160><c> the</c><00:22:39.519><c> words</c><00:22:39.759><c> that</c><00:22:40.019><c> God</c><00:22:40.259><c> gave</c><00:22:40.519><c> him</c><00:22:40.700><c> to</c><00:22:41.059><c> speak.</c>

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The<00:22:42.680><c> Father</c><00:22:43.180><c> loveth</c><00:22:43.599><c> the</c><00:22:43.839><c> Son,</c>

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and<00:22:44.579><c> hath</c><00:22:44.839><c> given</c><00:22:45.259><c> all</c><00:22:45.859><c> things</c><00:22:46.400><c> into</c><00:22:47.220><c> his</c><00:22:47.559><c> hand.</c>

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He<00:22:49.119><c> that</c><00:22:49.400><c> believeth</c><00:22:49.960><c> on</c><00:22:50.259><c> the</c><00:22:50.539><c> Son,</c>

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hath<00:22:51.480><c> everlasting</c><00:22:52.099><c> life.</c>

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And<00:22:53.240><c> he</c><00:22:53.400><c> that</c><00:22:53.680><c> believeth</c><00:22:54.019><c> not</c><00:22:54.319><c> the</c><00:22:54.519><c> Son,</c>

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shall<00:22:55.500><c> not</c><00:22:55.859><c> see</c><00:22:56.140><c> life,</c>

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but<00:22:57.059><c> the</c><00:22:57.279><c> wrath</c><00:22:57.420><c> of</c><00:22:57.640><c> God</c><00:22:58.259><c> abideth</c><00:22:58.859><c> on</c><00:22:59.140><c> him.</c>

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The<00:23:01.380><c> spirit</c><00:23:01.740><c> of</c><00:23:01.920><c> God</c><00:23:02.180><c> had</c><00:23:02.480><c> come</c><00:23:02.640><c> upon</c><00:23:02.900><c> the</c><00:23:03.039><c> Lord</c><00:23:03.220><c> Jesus</c><00:23:03.640><c> Christ,</c>

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not<00:23:05.240><c> in</c><00:23:05.599><c> measure.</c>

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He<00:23:06.059><c> was</c><00:23:06.279><c> the</c><00:23:06.579><c> fullness</c><00:23:07.000><c> of</c><00:23:07.619><c> God,</c>

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and<00:23:07.920><c> that</c><00:23:08.099><c> was</c><00:23:08.400><c> manifest</c><00:23:09.200><c> in</c><00:23:09.779><c> the</c><00:23:10.059><c> words</c><00:23:10.500><c> that</c><00:23:11.039><c> he</c><00:23:11.380><c> spoke.</c>

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So<00:23:14.779><c> we</c><00:23:14.819><c> come</c><00:23:14.960><c> to</c><00:23:15.119><c> Isaiah</c><00:23:15.440><c> chapter</c><00:23:15.900><c> 42,</c>

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which<00:23:16.740><c> is</c><00:23:16.940><c> one</c><00:23:17.059><c> of</c><00:23:17.140><c> those</c><00:23:17.680><c> wonderful</c><00:23:18.680><c> passages</c><00:23:19.119><c> of</c><00:23:19.359><c> Isaiah,</c>

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which<00:23:19.940><c> speak</c><00:23:20.119><c> of</c><00:23:20.240><c> the</c><00:23:20.519><c> spirit</c><00:23:20.740><c> of</c><00:23:20.940><c> the</c><00:23:21.099><c> Lord</c><00:23:21.440><c> coming</c>

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upon<00:23:23.180><c> the</c><00:23:23.400><c> Lord</c><00:23:23.559><c> Jesus</c><00:23:24.019><c> Christ.</c>

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Behold<00:23:35.160><c> my</c><00:23:35.500><c> servant,</c><00:23:36.019><c> whom</c><00:23:36.140><c> I</c><00:23:36.420><c> uphold,</c>

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mine<00:23:37.819><c> elect,</c><00:23:38.279><c> in</c><00:23:38.400><c> whom</c><00:23:38.500><c> my</c><00:23:38.819><c> soul</c><00:23:39.019><c> delighteth.</c>

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I<00:23:40.779><c> have</c><00:23:40.920><c> put</c><00:23:41.039><c> my</c><00:23:41.500><c> spirit</c><00:23:41.779><c> upon</c><00:23:42.099><c> him.</c>

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He<00:23:43.480><c> shall</c><00:23:43.599><c> bring</c><00:23:43.880><c> forth</c><00:23:44.200><c> judgment</c><00:23:44.700><c> to</c><00:23:44.920><c> the</c><00:23:45.099><c> Gentiles.</c>

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He<00:23:46.480><c> shall</c><00:23:46.640><c> not</c><00:23:46.859><c> cry,</c><00:23:47.680><c> nor</c><00:23:47.759><c> lift</c><00:23:48.000><c> up</c><00:23:48.319><c> the</c><00:23:48.660><c> course</c><00:23:48.819><c> his</c><00:23:49.079><c> voice</c>

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to<00:23:49.559><c> be</c><00:23:49.759><c> heard</c><00:23:49.920><c> in</c><00:23:50.160><c> the</c><00:23:50.359><c> street.</c>

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A<00:23:51.440><c> bruised</c><00:23:51.839><c> reed</c><00:23:52.519><c> shall</c><00:23:52.839><c> he</c><00:23:53.140><c> not</c><00:23:53.400><c> break,</c>

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and<00:23:54.660><c> the</c><00:23:54.839><c> smoking</c><00:23:55.319><c> flax</c><00:23:56.000><c> shall</c><00:23:56.420><c> he</c><00:23:56.700><c> not</c><00:23:57.000><c> quench.</c>

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He<00:23:58.259><c> shall</c><00:23:58.440><c> bring</c><00:23:58.759><c> forth</c><00:23:59.140><c> judgment</c><00:23:59.759><c> to</c><00:23:59.759><c> the</c><00:23:59.759><c> Gentiles,</c>

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and<00:24:00.500><c> to</c><00:24:00.819><c> truth.</c>

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He<00:24:02.160><c> shall</c><00:24:02.519><c> not</c><00:24:02.960><c> fail,</c><00:24:03.839><c> nor</c><00:24:04.079><c> be</c><00:24:04.559><c> discouraged,</c>

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till<00:24:05.759><c> he</c><00:24:05.920><c> hath</c><00:24:06.119><c> set</c><00:24:06.319><c> judgment</c><00:24:06.819><c> in</c><00:24:07.039><c> the</c><00:24:07.220><c> earth,</c>

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and<00:24:08.500><c> the</c><00:24:08.740><c> Isles</c><00:24:09.319><c> shall</c><00:24:09.680><c> wait</c><00:24:10.059><c> for</c><00:24:10.359><c> his</c><00:24:10.660><c> law.</c>

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And<00:24:12.720><c> in</c><00:24:12.859><c> that</c><00:24:13.359><c> passage,</c>

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we<00:24:14.059><c> have</c><00:24:14.200><c> the</c><00:24:14.400><c> whole</c><00:24:14.619><c> purpose</c><00:24:14.920><c> of</c><00:24:15.200><c> God</c><00:24:15.380><c> in</c><00:24:15.559><c> the</c><00:24:15.720><c> gospel,</c>

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through<00:24:16.720><c> the</c><00:24:16.880><c> Lord</c><00:24:17.079><c> Jesus</c><00:24:17.539><c> Christ,</c>

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not<00:24:18.420><c> limited</c><00:24:18.900><c> in</c><00:24:19.380><c> boundaries</c><00:24:19.759><c> now</c><00:24:20.059><c> to</c><00:24:20.359><c> Judaism,</c>

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or<00:24:21.339><c> the</c><00:24:21.519><c> Jewish</c><00:24:21.779><c> nation.</c>

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Even<00:24:22.619><c> though</c><00:24:22.799><c> salvation</c><00:24:23.319><c> is</c><00:24:23.579><c> of</c><00:24:23.740><c> the</c><00:24:24.000><c> Jews,</c>

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he'll<00:24:25.420><c> bring</c><00:24:25.619><c> forth</c><00:24:25.920><c> judgment</c><00:24:26.420><c> to</c><00:24:26.680><c> the</c><00:24:26.900><c> Gentiles.</c>

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The<00:24:29.039><c> Gospel</c><00:24:29.240><c> of</c><00:24:29.259><c> John</c><00:24:29.440><c> says</c><00:24:29.700><c> that</c><00:24:29.920><c> at</c><00:24:30.079><c> the</c><00:24:30.079><c> end</c><00:24:30.240><c> of</c><00:24:30.420><c> chapter</c><00:24:30.660><c> three,</c>

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the<00:24:31.160><c> next</c><00:24:31.359><c> thing</c><00:24:31.519><c> in</c><00:24:31.720><c> chapter</c><00:24:31.960><c> four,</c>

00:24:32.240 --> 00:24:34.940
is<00:24:32.339><c> that</c><00:24:32.460><c> the</c><00:24:32.559><c> Lord</c><00:24:32.700><c> Jesus</c><00:24:33.000><c> goes</c><00:24:33.240><c> to</c><00:24:33.420><c> the</c><00:24:33.640><c> Samaritans</c>

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to<00:24:35.519><c> point</c><00:24:35.759><c> out</c><00:24:35.940><c> that</c><00:24:36.200><c> they</c><00:24:36.720><c> can</c><00:24:37.059><c> be</c><00:24:37.359><c> included.</c>

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And<00:24:39.740><c> he</c><00:24:39.839><c> does</c><00:24:39.980><c> it</c><00:24:40.140><c> through</c><00:24:40.359><c> a</c><00:24:40.460><c> quiet</c><00:24:40.700><c> conversation,</c>

00:24:41.680 --> 00:24:44.940
sitting<00:24:41.720><c> on</c><00:24:42.740><c> the</c><00:24:43.599><c> edge</c><00:24:43.819><c> of</c><00:24:44.079><c> a</c><00:24:44.220><c> well.</c>

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Two<00:24:47.099><c> interesting</c><00:24:47.500><c> things</c><00:24:47.799><c> in</c><00:24:48.059><c> here.</c>

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The<00:24:49.480><c> bruised</c><00:24:50.000><c> reed,</c><00:24:51.579><c> that</c><00:24:51.819><c> word</c><00:24:52.160><c> reed,</c>

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is<00:24:53.940><c> the</c><00:24:54.059><c> Hebrew</c><00:24:54.259><c> word</c><00:24:54.500><c> kena,</c><00:24:56.220><c> as</c><00:24:56.359><c> in</c><00:24:56.579><c> kena</c><00:24:56.839><c> of</c><00:24:57.019><c> Galilee.</c>

00:24:59.980 --> 00:25:04.599
And<00:25:00.700><c> when</c><00:25:01.299><c> in</c><00:25:01.759><c> the</c><00:25:01.980><c> gospel</c><00:25:02.339><c> records</c><00:25:02.859><c> this</c><00:25:03.160><c> is</c><00:25:03.519><c> quoted,</c>

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verse<00:25:05.259><c> three,</c><00:25:05.859><c> you</c><00:25:06.039><c> know</c><00:25:06.140><c> what</c><00:25:06.240><c> it</c><00:25:06.480><c> says,</c>

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he<00:25:07.440><c> shall</c><00:25:07.680><c> bring</c><00:25:08.099><c> forth</c><00:25:08.579><c> judgment</c><00:25:09.299><c> unto</c><00:25:10.380><c> victory.</c>

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And<00:25:15.940><c> the</c><00:25:16.039><c> word</c><00:25:16.180><c> victory</c><00:25:17.059><c> is</c><00:25:18.619><c> Nicodemus'</c><00:25:19.519><c> name.</c>

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Nicodemus,<00:25:23.880><c> victory</c><00:25:24.500><c> of</c><00:25:26.039><c> the</c><00:25:26.240><c> people</c><00:25:26.480><c> or</c><00:25:26.700><c> over</c><00:25:26.880><c> the</c><00:25:27.140><c> people.</c>

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And<00:25:29.200><c> so</c><00:25:29.480><c> I</c><00:25:29.700><c> think</c><00:25:30.420><c> John</c><00:25:31.259><c> in</c><00:25:32.319><c> the</c><00:25:32.740><c> gospel</c><00:25:33.059><c> record,</c>

00:25:33.519 --> 00:25:36.119
the<00:25:33.740><c> spirit</c><00:25:34.000><c> word</c><00:25:34.299><c> is</c><00:25:34.539><c> just</c><00:25:34.859><c> dropping</c><00:25:35.119><c> in</c><00:25:35.500><c> this</c><00:25:35.720><c> little</c><00:25:35.940><c> hint</c>

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for<00:25:36.319><c> us</c>

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to<00:25:36.720><c> understand</c><00:25:37.259><c> Nicodemus</c><00:25:37.839><c> a</c><00:25:38.019><c> bit</c><00:25:38.160><c> more.</c>

00:25:39.240 --> 00:25:43.099
Nicodemus<00:25:39.839><c> represents</c><00:25:40.480><c> the</c><00:25:40.960><c> exclusivity</c><00:25:41.680><c> of</c><00:25:42.059><c> Judaism.</c>

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His<00:25:43.599><c> mind</c><00:25:44.700><c> has</c><00:25:45.660><c> no</c><00:25:46.240><c> space</c><00:25:46.839><c> for</c><00:25:47.759><c> the</c><00:25:48.000><c> purpose</c><00:25:48.339><c> of</c><00:25:48.680><c> God</c>

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in<00:25:49.180><c> its</c><00:25:49.460><c> generosity</c><00:25:50.180><c> to</c><00:25:50.480><c> all</c><00:25:50.680><c> families</c><00:25:51.079><c> of</c><00:25:51.339><c> the</c><00:25:51.519><c> earth.</c>

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Priding<00:25:52.359><c> themselves</c><00:25:52.859><c> on</c><00:25:53.099><c> being</c><00:25:53.279><c> children</c><00:25:53.579><c> of</c><00:25:53.859><c> Abraham,</c>

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they<00:25:54.619><c> don't</c><00:25:54.940><c> accept</c><00:25:55.339><c> the</c><00:25:55.660><c> covenants</c><00:25:56.299><c> that</c><00:25:56.599><c> God</c><00:25:56.859><c> promised.</c>

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Don't<00:25:58.299><c> accept</c><00:25:58.640><c> the</c><00:25:59.059><c> scope</c><00:25:59.519><c> of</c><00:26:01.400><c> the</c><00:26:01.599><c> love</c><00:26:01.759><c> of</c><00:26:02.019><c> God</c>

00:26:03.029 --> 00:26:05.019
that<00:26:03.480><c> God</c><00:26:03.799><c> so</c><00:26:04.059><c> loved</c><00:26:04.240><c> the</c><00:26:04.539><c> world</c>

00:26:05.019 --> 00:26:09.670
that<00:26:05.779><c> whosoever</c><00:26:06.779><c> believeth</c><00:26:07.319><c> in</c><00:26:07.559><c> him</c><00:26:08.059><c> should</c><00:26:08.460><c> not</c><00:26:08.720><c> perish.</c>

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Wanting<00:26:11.200><c> to</c><00:26:11.480><c> maintain</c><00:26:12.480><c> this</c><00:26:13.500><c> narrowness</c><00:26:14.240><c> or</c><00:26:14.519><c> perspective</c>

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with<00:26:16.140><c> no</c><00:26:16.519><c> place</c><00:26:16.940><c> for</c><00:26:18.339><c> Samaritans,</c><00:26:20.579><c> nor</c><00:26:20.720><c> even</c><00:26:21.079><c> for</c><00:26:21.400><c> sinners.</c>

00:26:24.440 --> 00:26:27.599
But<00:26:25.079><c> had</c><00:26:25.339><c> taken</c><00:26:25.579><c> the</c><00:26:25.799><c> word</c><00:26:25.940><c> of</c><00:26:26.160><c> God</c><00:26:26.279><c> and</c><00:26:26.539><c> turned</c><00:26:26.819><c> it</c><00:26:27.059><c> into</c>

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a<00:26:28.000><c> form</c><00:26:28.140><c> of</c><00:26:28.480><c> self</c><00:26:28.740><c>-justification</c><00:26:29.640><c> by</c><00:26:30.000><c> ritualistic</c><00:26:30.779><c> observance</c>

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of<00:26:31.700><c> external</c><00:26:32.359><c> practices.</c>

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Had<00:26:38.599><c> seen</c><00:26:38.799><c> the</c><00:26:39.019><c> washing</c><00:26:39.339><c> of</c><00:26:39.619><c> purification</c>

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to<00:26:40.559><c> be</c><00:26:40.819><c> an</c><00:26:41.259><c> outward</c><00:26:41.720><c> thing.</c>

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And<00:26:45.240><c> Apostle</c><00:26:45.599><c> Peter</c><00:26:45.859><c> reminds</c><00:26:46.319><c> us</c><00:26:46.859><c> that</c><00:26:47.240><c> baptism</c>

00:26:47.660 --> 00:26:51.180
is<00:26:48.000><c> not</c><00:26:48.220><c> the</c><00:26:48.420><c> putting</c><00:26:48.619><c> away</c><00:26:49.099><c> of</c><00:26:49.400><c> the</c><00:26:49.579><c> filth</c><00:26:49.920><c> of</c><00:26:50.119><c> the</c><00:26:50.319><c> flesh.</c>

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But<00:26:52.200><c> the</c><00:26:52.420><c> answer</c><00:26:52.740><c> of</c><00:26:52.900><c> a</c><00:26:53.079><c> good</c><00:26:53.339><c> conscience</c><00:26:53.980><c> toward</c><00:26:54.400><c> God.</c>

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And<00:26:55.960><c> the</c><00:26:56.079><c> Lord</c><00:26:56.200><c> is</c><00:26:56.519><c> trying</c><00:26:56.700><c> to</c><00:26:57.160><c> get</c><00:26:57.420><c> to</c><00:26:57.599><c> the</c><00:26:57.859><c> conscience</c>

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of<00:26:59.019><c> this</c><00:26:59.339><c> man</c><00:26:59.859><c> and</c><00:27:00.640><c> he</c><00:27:00.839><c> will</c><00:27:01.059><c> eventually.</c>

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As<00:27:04.440><c> Nicodemus</c><00:27:04.980><c> helps</c><00:27:06.140><c> take</c><00:27:06.480><c> the</c><00:27:06.680><c> body</c><00:27:06.880><c> down,</c>

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his<00:27:09.740><c> conscience</c><00:27:10.480><c> would</c><00:27:11.599><c> have</c><00:27:11.779><c> been</c><00:27:12.019><c> killing</c><00:27:12.240><c> him.</c>

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That<00:27:15.759><c> the</c><00:27:16.079><c> Sanhedrin</c><00:27:16.660><c> of</c><00:27:16.839><c> which</c><00:27:17.059><c> he</c><00:27:17.319><c> was</c><00:27:17.539><c> a</c><00:27:17.900><c> senior</c><00:27:18.279><c> part</c>

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could<00:27:20.220><c> do</c><00:27:20.660><c> such</c><00:27:21.000><c> a</c><00:27:21.259><c> thing</c><00:27:21.599><c> to</c><00:27:22.779><c> a</c><00:27:22.960><c> man</c><00:27:23.160><c> who</c><00:27:23.460><c> did</c><00:27:24.099><c> good</c><00:27:24.759><c> wherever</c>

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he<00:27:25.539><c> went.</c>

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So<00:27:32.380><c> when</c><00:27:32.500><c> we</c><00:27:32.660><c> come</c><00:27:32.799><c> to</c><00:27:32.920><c> John</c><00:27:33.180><c> chapter</c><00:27:33.640><c> three,</c>

00:27:36.900 --> 00:27:38.809
when<00:27:37.059><c> we</c><00:27:37.200><c> come</c><00:27:37.319><c> to</c><00:27:37.460><c> John</c><00:27:37.680><c> chapter</c><00:27:37.980><c> three,</c>

00:27:40.440 --> 00:27:46.079
that's<00:27:41.099><c> the</c><00:27:41.759><c> table</c><00:27:42.759><c> if</c><00:27:42.920><c> you</c><00:27:43.059><c> want</c><00:27:43.200><c> to</c><00:27:43.519><c> just</c><00:27:44.079><c> copy</c><00:27:44.359><c> those</c><00:27:44.640><c> down.</c>

00:27:47.019 --> 00:27:52.440
Simple<00:27:47.619><c> little</c><00:27:47.900><c> words</c><00:27:48.359><c> might</c><00:27:49.019><c> say</c><00:27:49.259><c> each</c><00:27:51.319><c> one</c><00:27:51.680><c> line</c><00:27:51.900><c> on</c><00:27:52.119><c> its</c><00:27:52.299><c> own</c>

00:27:52.440 --> 00:27:53.559
is<00:27:52.680><c> not</c><00:27:52.859><c> that</c><00:27:53.119><c> convincing.</c>

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It's<00:27:54.019><c> part</c><00:27:54.200><c> of</c><00:27:54.380><c> a</c><00:27:54.700><c> set</c><00:27:54.880><c> of</c><00:27:55.279><c> connections</c><00:27:55.880><c> about</c><00:27:56.799><c> three</c><00:27:57.980><c> pages.</c>

00:27:59.000 --> 00:28:01.380
The<00:27:59.279><c> table</c><00:27:59.460><c> goes</c><00:27:59.660><c> on</c><00:27:59.819><c> to</c><00:27:59.980><c> three</c><00:28:00.140><c> pages</c><00:28:00.559><c> of</c><00:28:00.980><c> connections</c>

00:28:01.380 --> 00:28:05.420
as<00:28:01.819><c> we</c><00:28:02.059><c> go</c><00:28:02.380><c> through</c><00:28:02.740><c> to</c><00:28:03.460><c> show</c><00:28:03.599><c> I</c><00:28:03.799><c> think</c><00:28:04.079><c> that</c><00:28:04.619><c> the</c><00:28:04.920><c> gospel</c><00:28:05.180><c> record</c>

00:28:05.420 --> 00:28:08.039
of<00:28:05.619><c> John</c><00:28:05.819><c> in</c><00:28:06.180><c> showing</c><00:28:06.400><c> that</c><00:28:06.960><c> the</c><00:28:07.259><c> Lord</c><00:28:07.460><c> Jesus</c><00:28:07.799><c> Christ</c>

00:28:08.039 --> 00:28:12.460
is<00:28:08.240><c> the</c><00:28:08.440><c> word</c><00:28:08.660><c> made</c><00:28:08.980><c> flesh</c><00:28:09.480><c> takes</c><00:28:10.319><c> us</c><00:28:10.660><c> to</c><00:28:11.039><c> that</c><00:28:11.400><c> passage</c><00:28:11.740><c> of</c><00:28:11.980><c> Isaiah</c>

00:28:12.460 --> 00:28:15.339
which<00:28:12.759><c> says</c><00:28:12.980><c> God's</c><00:28:13.400><c> word</c><00:28:13.519><c> is</c><00:28:13.740><c> gonna</c><00:28:13.880><c> come</c><00:28:14.220><c> down</c><00:28:14.539><c> from</c><00:28:14.859><c> heaven</c>

00:28:15.579 --> 00:28:18.619
and<00:28:16.339><c> accomplish</c><00:28:16.839><c> the</c><00:28:17.160><c> purpose</c><00:28:17.519><c> to</c><00:28:17.680><c> which</c><00:28:17.779><c> it</c><00:28:17.880><c> has</c><00:28:17.980><c> been</c><00:28:18.339><c> sent.</c>

00:28:18.640 --> 00:28:22.180
It's<00:28:18.819><c> gonna</c><00:28:18.980><c> show</c><00:28:19.240><c> us</c><00:28:19.400><c> that</c><00:28:19.619><c> Jesus</c><00:28:20.000><c> is</c><00:28:20.440><c> the</c><00:28:20.660><c> way</c><00:28:20.880><c> that's</c><00:28:21.279><c> gonna</c><00:28:21.420><c> happen.</c>

00:28:24.519 --> 00:28:25.220
All<00:28:24.640><c> right,</c><00:28:24.740><c> you</c><00:28:24.859><c> got</c><00:28:24.980><c> that.</c>

00:28:25.480 --> 00:28:33.680
So<00:28:25.960><c> chapter</c><00:28:26.299><c> three,</c><00:28:29.559><c> verse</c><00:28:29.720><c> one,</c><00:28:30.759><c> verse</c><00:28:31.119><c> one</c><00:28:31.359><c> to</c><00:28:31.519><c> 10</c><00:28:31.799><c> first</c><00:28:32.140><c> of</c><00:28:32.319><c> all.</c>

00:28:36.140 --> 00:28:39.279
So<00:28:36.660><c> you</c><00:28:36.799><c> notice</c><00:28:37.160><c> then</c><00:28:37.539><c> at</c><00:28:38.039><c> the</c><00:28:38.319><c> beginning,</c>

00:28:39.480 --> 00:28:43.240
there<00:28:39.599><c> was</c><00:28:39.799><c> a</c><00:28:40.019><c> man</c><00:28:40.640><c> out</c><00:28:41.400><c> of</c><00:28:41.599><c> the</c><00:28:41.839><c> Pharisees</c><00:28:42.380><c> named</c><00:28:42.579><c> Nicodemus,</c>

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a<00:28:43.480><c> ruler</c><00:28:43.740><c> of</c><00:28:44.019><c> the</c><00:28:44.220><c> Jews.</c>

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The<00:28:48.059><c> same</c><00:28:48.200><c> came</c><00:28:48.440><c> to</c><00:28:48.619><c> Jesus</c><00:28:49.019><c> by</c><00:28:49.319><c> night</c><00:28:49.519><c> and</c><00:28:49.799><c> said</c><00:28:49.960><c> unto</c><00:28:50.140><c> him,</c>

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Rabbi,<00:28:51.160><c> we</c><00:28:51.700><c> know</c><00:28:52.539><c> that</c><00:28:53.240><c> thou</c><00:28:53.480><c> art</c><00:28:53.759><c> a</c><00:28:54.079><c> teacher</c><00:28:54.759><c> come</c><00:28:55.559><c> from</c><00:28:56.240><c> God.</c>

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What<00:28:59.440><c> did</c><00:28:59.619><c> he</c><00:28:59.859><c> know?</c>

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He<00:29:03.299><c> didn't</c><00:29:03.700><c> know</c><00:29:04.440><c> that</c><00:29:05.380><c> God</c><00:29:05.779><c> so</c><00:29:06.119><c> loved</c><00:29:06.299><c> the</c><00:29:06.599><c> world</c>

00:29:07.079 --> 00:29:10.480
that<00:29:07.599><c> he</c><00:29:07.900><c> sent</c><00:29:08.099><c> his</c><00:29:08.400><c> only</c><00:29:08.740><c> begotten</c><00:29:09.480><c> son.</c>

00:29:11.359 --> 00:29:13.460
You<00:29:12.079><c> are</c><00:29:12.299><c> a</c><00:29:12.440><c> teacher.</c>

00:29:15.339 --> 00:29:17.279
Now<00:29:15.480><c> there's</c><00:29:15.740><c> more</c><00:29:15.960><c> to</c><00:29:16.079><c> it</c><00:29:16.180><c> than</c><00:29:16.420><c> that.</c>

00:29:17.380 --> 00:29:21.700
You've<00:29:17.700><c> got</c><00:29:17.799><c> to</c><00:29:17.980><c> understand</c><00:29:18.640><c> that</c><00:29:19.319><c> God</c><00:29:19.740><c> sent</c><00:29:20.180><c> his</c><00:29:20.799><c> son.</c>

00:29:22.200 --> 00:29:24.380
You<00:29:22.359><c> say</c><00:29:22.539><c> you're</c><00:29:22.839><c> the</c><00:29:23.019><c> children</c><00:29:23.200><c> of</c><00:29:23.460><c> Abraham.</c>

00:29:25.299 --> 00:29:27.859
Think<00:29:25.480><c> how</c><00:29:25.779><c> Abraham</c><00:29:26.180><c> offered</c><00:29:26.640><c> up</c><00:29:26.900><c> Isaac.</c>

00:29:28.519 --> 00:29:33.079
God<00:29:28.960><c> is</c><00:29:29.319><c> going</c><00:29:29.460><c> to</c><00:29:29.720><c> offer</c><00:29:29.859><c> up</c><00:29:30.380><c> his</c><00:29:31.140><c> well</c><00:29:31.559><c>-beloved</c><00:29:32.079><c> son.</c>

00:29:35.559 --> 00:29:40.460
So<00:29:36.079><c> he</c><00:29:36.380><c> thinks</c><00:29:36.660><c> he</c><00:29:36.940><c> knows,</c><00:29:37.480><c> but</c><00:29:38.640><c> he</c><00:29:38.960><c> knows</c><00:29:39.180><c> not.</c>

00:29:41.680 --> 00:29:44.440
He<00:29:42.359><c> knows</c><00:29:42.359><c> what</c><00:29:42.359><c> Jesus</c><00:29:42.859><c> is</c><00:29:43.119><c> talking</c><00:29:43.460><c> about.</c>

00:29:44.920 --> 00:29:50.279
He<00:29:45.099><c> knows</c><00:29:46.299><c> nothing</c><00:29:47.119><c> of</c><00:29:48.380><c> this</c><00:29:48.799><c> new</c><00:29:49.180><c> covenant</c>

00:29:51.200 --> 00:29:54.400
that<00:29:51.880><c> the</c><00:29:52.039><c> Lord</c><00:29:52.180><c> Jesus</c><00:29:52.579><c> Christ</c><00:29:53.160><c> embodied.</c>

00:29:56.539 --> 00:29:59.359
Jesus<00:29:56.880><c> says</c><00:29:57.220><c> to</c><00:29:57.299><c> him,</c><00:29:57.619><c> verily</c><00:29:57.859><c> I</c><00:29:58.140><c> say</c><00:29:58.259><c> unto</c><00:29:58.519><c> you,</c>

00:29:59.680 --> 00:30:05.299
except<00:29:59.920><c> a</c><00:30:00.140><c> man</c><00:30:00.460><c> be</c><00:30:00.819><c> born</c><00:30:01.740><c> from</c><00:30:02.420><c> above,</c><00:30:02.940><c> he</c><00:30:03.220><c> cannot</c><00:30:03.660><c> see</c><00:30:04.279><c> the</c><00:30:04.519><c> kingdom</c><00:30:04.819><c> of</c><00:30:05.079><c> God.</c>

00:30:05.619 --> 00:30:09.339
And<00:30:05.819><c> the</c><00:30:06.059><c> puzzle</c><00:30:06.319><c> is,</c><00:30:06.519><c> how</c><00:30:06.740><c> does</c><00:30:06.940><c> that</c><00:30:07.279><c> relate</c><00:30:07.779><c> to</c><00:30:08.160><c> verse</c><00:30:08.500><c> two?</c>

00:30:10.799 --> 00:30:12.220
We<00:30:11.319><c> know</c><00:30:11.500><c> you're</c><00:30:11.779><c> a</c><00:30:11.900><c> teacher.</c>

00:30:12.500 --> 00:30:13.759
That's<00:30:12.779><c> a</c><00:30:12.940><c> respectful</c><00:30:13.400><c> comment.</c>

00:30:13.920 --> 00:30:16.099
From<00:30:14.240><c> God,</c><00:30:14.740><c> no</c><00:30:14.859><c> man</c><00:30:15.059><c> can</c><00:30:15.299><c> do</c><00:30:15.400><c> these</c><00:30:15.680><c> miracles.</c>

00:30:16.380 --> 00:30:18.019
What<00:30:16.559><c> an</c><00:30:16.759><c> understatement.</c>

00:30:18.960 --> 00:30:20.200
No<00:30:19.220><c> man</c><00:30:19.480><c> can</c><00:30:19.740><c> do</c><00:30:19.900><c> these.</c>

00:30:20.319 --> 00:30:23.559
When<00:30:20.700><c> did</c><00:30:20.920><c> a</c><00:30:21.119><c> prophet</c><00:30:21.380><c> ever</c><00:30:21.680><c> do</c><00:30:21.839><c> miracles</c><00:30:22.220><c> like</c><00:30:22.579><c> that?</c>

00:30:25.660 --> 00:30:27.039
You<00:30:25.880><c> know,</c><00:30:26.000><c> it's</c><00:30:26.099><c> a</c><00:30:26.220><c> sort</c><00:30:26.339><c> of</c><00:30:26.460><c> casual</c><00:30:26.779><c> thing.</c>

00:30:27.140 --> 00:30:30.299
I<00:30:27.140><c> said,</c><00:30:27.380><c> well,</c><00:30:27.579><c> look,</c><00:30:27.759><c> we</c><00:30:28.079><c> in</c><00:30:28.319><c> the</c><00:30:28.559><c> Sanhedrin</c><00:30:28.960><c> have</c><00:30:29.099><c> been</c><00:30:29.359><c> thinking</c><00:30:29.700><c> about</c><00:30:30.059><c> you</c>

00:30:30.299 --> 00:30:33.180
and<00:30:30.839><c> we</c><00:30:31.160><c> think</c><00:30:31.279><c> we</c><00:30:31.440><c> might</c><00:30:31.579><c> be</c><00:30:31.759><c> able</c><00:30:31.880><c> to</c><00:30:32.140><c> accommodate</c><00:30:32.539><c> you</c><00:30:32.880><c> in</c>

00:30:33.180 --> 00:30:34.859
our<00:30:34.440><c> thinking,</c>

00:30:34.859 --> 00:30:39.960
you<00:30:35.119><c> know,</c><00:30:35.299><c> because,</c><00:30:36.039><c> well,</c><00:30:37.279><c> it</c><00:30:37.420><c> must</c><00:30:37.680><c> be</c><00:30:38.000><c> from</c><00:30:38.259><c> God,</c><00:30:38.660><c> you</c><00:30:38.920><c> know.</c>

00:30:39.980 --> 00:30:44.049
No<00:30:40.579><c> man</c><00:30:40.779><c> can</c><00:30:42.160><c> do</c><00:30:42.380><c> miracles</c><00:30:42.839><c> like</c><00:30:43.220><c> that.</c>

00:30:45.200 --> 00:30:48.180
They're<00:30:45.519><c> sort</c><00:30:45.759><c> of</c><00:30:45.859><c> in</c><00:30:46.059><c> denial</c><00:30:46.539><c> phase,</c><00:30:46.960><c> aren't</c><00:30:47.119><c> they?</c>

00:30:49.680 --> 00:30:52.279
I<00:30:49.740><c> mean,</c><00:30:50.000><c> if</c><00:30:50.259><c> they</c><00:30:50.519><c> really</c><00:30:50.779><c> had</c><00:30:51.059><c> appreciated</c><00:30:51.579><c> what</c><00:30:51.940><c> miracles</c>

00:30:52.279 --> 00:30:53.839
the<00:30:52.940><c> Lord</c><00:30:53.140><c> was</c><00:30:53.460><c> doing,</c>

00:30:54.220 --> 00:30:57.930
they<00:30:54.359><c> would</c><00:30:54.599><c> be</c><00:30:55.759><c> on</c><00:30:56.180><c> their</c><00:30:56.359><c> knees</c><00:30:56.640><c> before</c><00:30:57.099><c> him.</c>

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Except<00:31:02.039><c> God</c><00:31:02.420><c> be</c><00:31:02.680><c> with</c><00:31:02.960><c> him.</c>

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The<00:31:04.059><c> Lord</c><00:31:04.240><c> doesn't,</c><00:31:05.579><c> well,</c><00:31:05.799><c> the</c><00:31:06.000><c> record</c><00:31:06.180><c> doesn't</c><00:31:06.539><c> say,</c>

00:31:07.160 --> 00:31:09.559
did<00:31:07.359><c> Nicodemus</c><00:31:07.859><c> ask</c><00:31:08.200><c> anything</c><00:31:08.559><c> else?</c>

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It's<00:31:10.039><c> not</c><00:31:10.160><c> even</c><00:31:10.359><c> a</c><00:31:10.559><c> question.</c>

00:31:11.980 --> 00:31:15.960
We<00:31:12.420><c> know</c><00:31:12.859><c> because,</c><00:31:14.259><c> well,</c><00:31:14.579><c> God</c><00:31:14.839><c> must</c><00:31:15.079><c> be</c><00:31:15.279><c> with</c><00:31:15.500><c> you</c><00:31:15.640><c> because</c>

00:31:15.960 --> 00:31:17.640
you're<00:31:16.160><c> doing</c><00:31:16.299><c> these</c><00:31:16.660><c> things.</c>

00:31:18.299 --> 00:31:21.339
And<00:31:18.740><c> he's</c><00:31:19.180><c> expecting</c><00:31:19.640><c> Jesus</c><00:31:20.019><c> to</c><00:31:20.279><c> explain</c><00:31:20.680><c> to</c><00:31:20.880><c> him</c><00:31:21.000><c> where</c><00:31:21.160><c> he</c>

00:31:21.339 --> 00:31:21.740
came<00:31:21.579><c> from,</c>

00:31:21.740 --> 00:31:23.880
what<00:31:21.880><c> his</c><00:31:22.140><c> mission</c><00:31:22.339><c> was,</c><00:31:22.619><c> what</c><00:31:22.779><c> God</c><00:31:22.980><c> had</c><00:31:23.180><c> told</c><00:31:23.279><c> him</c><00:31:23.440><c> to</c><00:31:23.640><c> do.</c>

00:31:24.039 --> 00:31:24.519
But<00:31:24.200><c> he</c><00:31:24.299><c> doesn't.</c>

00:31:24.640 --> 00:31:28.960
He<00:31:24.640><c> says</c><00:31:24.859><c> to</c><00:31:25.039><c> Nicodemus,</c><00:31:26.579><c> truly,</c><00:31:26.980><c> truly,</c><00:31:27.359><c> I</c><00:31:27.380><c> say</c><00:31:27.480><c> to</c><00:31:27.680><c> you,</c><00:31:28.519><c> accept</c><00:31:28.519><c> a</c>

00:31:28.960 --> 00:31:32.279
man<00:31:29.440><c> be</c><00:31:30.359><c> born</c><00:31:30.799><c> from</c><00:31:31.400><c> above.</c>

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What<00:31:33.119><c> man's</c><00:31:33.339><c> he</c><00:31:33.519><c> talking</c><00:31:33.759><c> about?</c>

00:31:34.160 --> 00:31:35.400
He's<00:31:34.420><c> talking</c><00:31:34.599><c> to</c><00:31:34.799><c> Nicodemus.</c>

00:31:35.740 --> 00:31:37.740
He's<00:31:36.119><c> talking</c><00:31:36.279><c> to</c><00:31:36.460><c> his</c><00:31:36.619><c> conscience.</c>

00:31:39.059 --> 00:31:41.880
He's<00:31:39.480><c> saying</c><00:31:39.619><c> to</c><00:31:39.819><c> Nicodemus,</c><00:31:40.380><c> you</c><00:31:40.460><c> want</c><00:31:40.599><c> to</c><00:31:40.680><c> be</c><00:31:40.779><c> in</c><00:31:40.859><c> the</c><00:31:41.019><c> kingdom?</c>

00:31:43.019 --> 00:31:44.799
Be<00:31:43.279><c> born</c><00:31:43.440><c> from</c><00:31:43.720><c> above.</c>

00:31:45.440 --> 00:31:48.359
Verse<00:31:45.559><c> 25</c><00:31:46.019><c> of</c><00:31:46.200><c> the</c><00:31:46.359><c> previous</c><00:31:46.680><c> chapter,</c><00:31:47.059><c> you</c><00:31:47.279><c> see,</c><00:31:47.400><c> is</c><00:31:47.559><c> linked.</c>

00:31:48.859 --> 00:31:51.579
Jesus<00:31:49.220><c> needed</c><00:31:49.579><c> not</c><00:31:49.819><c> that</c><00:31:50.019><c> any</c><00:31:50.160><c> should</c><00:31:50.400><c> testify</c><00:31:50.960><c> of</c><00:31:51.299><c> man,</c>

00:31:51.720 --> 00:31:54.299
for<00:31:51.799><c> he</c><00:31:52.039><c> knew</c><00:31:52.240><c> what</c><00:31:52.480><c> was</c><00:31:52.720><c> in</c><00:31:52.940><c> man</c><00:31:53.140><c> and</c><00:31:53.279><c> there</c><00:31:53.559><c> was</c><00:31:53.779><c> a</c><00:31:53.960><c> man</c><00:31:54.140><c> out</c>

00:31:54.299 --> 00:31:55.079
to<00:31:54.440><c> the</c><00:31:54.680><c> Pharisees</c>

00:31:55.079 --> 00:31:59.099
that<00:31:55.259><c> unless</c><00:31:55.539><c> a</c><00:31:55.880><c> man</c><00:31:56.019><c> is</c><00:31:56.319><c> born</c><00:31:56.519><c> again,</c><00:31:56.819><c> he</c><00:31:57.079><c> cannot</c><00:31:57.339><c> see</c><00:31:57.539><c> the</c><00:31:57.779><c> kingdom</c><00:31:58.039><c> of</c><00:31:58.319><c> God.</c>

00:31:59.579 --> 00:32:02.559
He<00:31:59.880><c> knows</c><00:32:00.240><c> what</c><00:32:00.740><c> Nicodemus</c><00:32:01.359><c> is</c><00:32:01.640><c> thinking,</c><00:32:01.920><c> even</c><00:32:02.140><c> though</c><00:32:02.299><c> we</c>

00:32:02.559 --> 00:32:04.180
don't<00:32:02.779><c> at</c><00:32:03.000><c> this</c><00:32:03.240><c> stage.</c>

00:32:07.400 --> 00:32:10.160
It's<00:32:07.960><c> about</c><00:32:08.220><c> who</c><00:32:08.440><c> can</c><00:32:08.819><c> see</c><00:32:09.039><c> the</c><00:32:09.240><c> kingdom</c><00:32:09.579><c> of</c><00:32:09.839><c> God.</c>

00:32:10.420 --> 00:32:12.539
Well,<00:32:10.539><c> Nathaniel's</c><00:32:11.140><c> already</c><00:32:11.400><c> been</c><00:32:11.720><c> promised</c><00:32:12.019><c> it</c><00:32:12.180><c> at</c><00:32:12.339><c> the</c><00:32:12.400><c> end</c>

00:32:12.539 --> 00:32:13.240
of<00:32:12.740><c> chapter</c><00:32:13.019><c> one.</c>

00:32:13.319 --> 00:32:16.440
You're<00:32:13.579><c> going</c><00:32:13.619><c> to</c><00:32:13.920><c> have</c><00:32:14.380><c> your</c><00:32:14.619><c> eyes</c><00:32:14.880><c> wide</c><00:32:15.200><c> open</c><00:32:15.380><c> in</c><00:32:15.599><c> amazement</c>

00:32:16.440 --> 00:32:18.359
at<00:32:16.779><c> what</c><00:32:16.960><c> you're</c><00:32:17.180><c> going</c><00:32:17.319><c> to</c><00:32:17.500><c> see.</c>

00:32:19.299 --> 00:32:23.440
But<00:32:19.519><c> no</c><00:32:19.759><c> one</c><00:32:19.900><c> can</c><00:32:20.180><c> see</c><00:32:20.299><c> the</c><00:32:20.539><c> kingdom</c><00:32:20.819><c> of</c><00:32:21.099><c> God</c><00:32:21.859><c> unless</c><00:32:23.119><c> we're</c>

00:32:23.440 --> 00:32:25.140
born<00:32:23.740><c> from</c><00:32:24.099><c> above.</c>

00:32:25.759 --> 00:32:31.200
And<00:32:25.880><c> Nicodemus,</c><00:32:27.700><c> in</c><00:32:28.019><c> verse</c><00:32:28.319><c> four,</c><00:32:29.680><c> pushes</c><00:32:29.900><c> that</c><00:32:30.279><c> back.</c>

00:32:32.500 --> 00:32:35.740
He<00:32:33.019><c> says,</c><00:32:33.900><c> how</c><00:32:34.079><c> can</c><00:32:34.359><c> a</c><00:32:34.500><c> man</c><00:32:34.619><c> be</c><00:32:34.920><c> born</c><00:32:35.099><c> when</c><00:32:35.299><c> he</c><00:32:35.440><c> is</c><00:32:35.599><c> old?</c>

00:32:35.799 --> 00:32:38.019
Can<00:32:35.980><c> he</c><00:32:36.160><c> enter</c><00:32:36.299><c> the</c><00:32:36.539><c> second</c><00:32:36.920><c> time</c><00:32:37.180><c> into</c><00:32:37.319><c> his</c><00:32:37.579><c> mother's</c><00:32:37.940><c> womb</c>

00:32:38.019 --> 00:32:39.220
and<00:32:38.180><c> be</c><00:32:38.400><c> born?</c>

00:32:39.660 --> 00:32:44.759
Was<00:32:39.880><c> he</c><00:32:40.160><c> being</c><00:32:40.839><c> genuine</c><00:32:41.359><c> or</c><00:32:41.759><c> disingenuous</c><00:32:42.859><c> in</c><00:32:43.460><c> saying</c><00:32:43.720><c> that?</c>

00:32:45.259 --> 00:32:46.759
I<00:32:45.500><c> think</c><00:32:45.660><c> the</c><00:32:45.900><c> latter.</c>

00:32:46.980 --> 00:32:50.940
Did<00:32:47.140><c> he</c><00:32:47.420><c> really</c><00:32:47.900><c> think</c><00:32:48.140><c> that</c><00:32:48.380><c> Jesus</c><00:32:48.740><c> says</c><00:32:49.119><c> you've</c><00:32:49.539><c> got</c><00:32:49.640><c> to</c><00:32:50.640><c> be</c>

00:32:50.940 --> 00:32:52.799
born<00:32:51.279><c> literally</c><00:32:51.880><c> again?</c>

00:32:54.539 --> 00:32:56.640
No<00:32:54.859><c> clever</c><00:32:55.299><c> person.</c>

00:32:57.140 --> 00:33:00.000
Whatever<00:32:57.660><c> your</c><00:32:58.039><c> view</c><00:32:58.220><c> of</c><00:32:58.440><c> Jesus,</c><00:32:58.980><c> even</c><00:32:59.119><c> if</c><00:32:59.299><c> you</c><00:32:59.539><c> thought</c><00:32:59.779><c> that</c>

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he<00:33:00.099><c> was</c><00:33:00.319><c> a</c><00:33:00.500><c> humble</c><00:33:00.680><c> man,</c>

00:33:00.680 --> 00:33:03.940
a<00:33:00.680><c> humble</c><00:33:00.940><c> carpenter</c><00:33:01.519><c> from</c><00:33:01.940><c> Nazareth,</c><00:33:02.960><c> you</c><00:33:03.099><c> would</c><00:33:03.400><c> seriously</c>

00:33:03.940 --> 00:33:06.559
think<00:33:04.480><c> that</c><00:33:05.000><c> that's</c><00:33:05.200><c> what</c><00:33:05.380><c> he</c><00:33:05.579><c> was</c><00:33:05.799><c> saying.</c>

00:33:07.700 --> 00:33:11.960
So<00:33:07.980><c> this</c><00:33:08.140><c> is</c><00:33:08.339><c> a</c><00:33:08.519><c> rhetorical</c><00:33:09.440><c> debating</c><00:33:10.200><c> technique</c><00:33:10.920><c> to</c><00:33:11.680><c> make</c>

00:33:11.960 --> 00:33:14.940
the<00:33:12.500><c> opponent</c><00:33:13.039><c> look</c><00:33:13.660><c> ridiculous.</c>

00:33:15.599 --> 00:33:18.740
You<00:33:15.779><c> may</c><00:33:15.880><c> have</c><00:33:15.980><c> come</c><00:33:16.119><c> across</c><00:33:16.440><c> that</c><00:33:16.720><c> in</c><00:33:16.900><c> theistic</c><00:33:17.200><c> evolution</c><00:33:17.720><c> debates.</c>

00:33:20.900 --> 00:33:24.839
Where<00:33:21.220><c> they</c><00:33:21.440><c> take</c><00:33:21.619><c> something</c><00:33:22.000><c> you</c><00:33:22.359><c> say</c><00:33:22.759><c> and</c><00:33:23.420><c> they</c><00:33:23.779><c> make</c><00:33:23.960><c> you</c>

00:33:24.839 --> 00:33:29.759
seem<00:33:25.339><c> ridiculous</c><00:33:26.680><c> in</c><00:33:27.099><c> the</c><00:33:27.259><c> eyes</c><00:33:27.579><c> of</c><00:33:28.359><c> their</c><00:33:28.680><c> audience.</c>

00:33:29.819 --> 00:33:31.339
It's<00:33:30.259><c> a</c><00:33:30.339><c> technique.</c>

00:33:31.420 --> 00:33:32.339
We<00:33:31.619><c> understand</c><00:33:32.119><c> it.</c>

00:33:32.359 --> 00:33:32.779
We<00:33:32.440><c> know</c><00:33:32.619><c> it.</c>

00:33:32.839 --> 00:33:35.660
And<00:33:32.940><c> I</c><00:33:32.980><c> think</c><00:33:33.220><c> Nicodemus</c><00:33:33.759><c> would</c><00:33:33.940><c> have</c><00:33:34.079><c> been</c><00:33:34.319><c> practiced</c><00:33:34.660><c> in</c><00:33:34.859><c> it.</c>

00:33:36.000 --> 00:33:38.359
You<00:33:36.140><c> know,</c><00:33:36.740><c> oh,</c><00:33:37.220><c> come</c><00:33:37.440><c> on.</c>

00:33:38.660 --> 00:33:40.740
Are<00:33:38.980><c> you</c><00:33:39.160><c> really</c><00:33:39.599><c> suggesting?</c>

00:33:41.039 --> 00:33:43.680
And<00:33:41.480><c> the</c><00:33:41.599><c> Lord</c><00:33:41.680><c> doesn't</c><00:33:41.980><c> say,</c><00:33:42.160><c> of</c><00:33:42.359><c> course</c><00:33:42.579><c> I'm</c><00:33:42.880><c> not.</c>

00:33:44.160 --> 00:33:46.640
He<00:33:44.359><c> says,</c><00:33:44.680><c> you've</c><00:33:44.880><c> got</c><00:33:45.079><c> a</c><00:33:45.319><c> clue</c><00:33:45.440><c> what</c><00:33:45.579><c> I'm</c><00:33:45.779><c> talking</c><00:33:46.079><c> about</c><00:33:46.359><c> to</c><00:33:46.519><c> you.</c>

00:33:46.720 --> 00:33:50.660
And<00:33:46.880><c> that</c><00:33:47.099><c> was</c><00:33:47.359><c> another</c><00:33:47.799><c> sort</c><00:33:48.440><c> of</c><00:33:48.539><c> rhetorical</c><00:33:49.700><c> point.</c>

00:33:52.059 --> 00:33:56.460
It's<00:33:52.500><c> not</c><00:33:52.720><c> conceding</c><00:33:53.279><c> any</c><00:33:53.619><c> ground</c><00:33:54.000><c> to</c><00:33:54.220><c> Nicodemus,</c><00:33:54.980><c> but</c><00:33:55.079><c> in</c><00:33:55.240><c> the</c><00:33:55.440><c> gentlest</c><00:33:55.799><c> of</c><00:33:56.059><c> ways,</c>

00:33:56.859 --> 00:33:59.579
it's<00:33:57.140><c> trying</c><00:33:57.359><c> to</c><00:33:57.519><c> get</c><00:33:57.619><c> him</c><00:33:57.779><c> to</c><00:33:58.039><c> rethink</c><00:33:58.359><c> his</c><00:33:58.660><c> position.</c>

00:34:00.440 --> 00:34:04.839
And<00:34:01.039><c> the</c><00:34:01.220><c> Lord</c><00:34:01.500><c> says</c><00:34:01.859><c> in</c><00:34:02.039><c> verse</c><00:34:02.299><c> five,</c><00:34:02.900><c> verily,</c><00:34:03.259><c> verily,</c><00:34:04.119><c> I</c><00:34:04.160><c> said,</c><00:34:04.420><c> you</c><00:34:04.480><c> know,</c><00:34:04.680><c> he</c>

00:34:04.839 --> 00:34:06.759
repeats<00:34:05.259><c> what</c><00:34:05.420><c> he</c><00:34:05.619><c> said</c><00:34:05.720><c> in</c><00:34:05.960><c> verse</c><00:34:06.200><c> three.</c>

00:34:07.160 --> 00:34:12.039
In<00:34:07.279><c> verse</c><00:34:07.559><c> five,</c><00:34:08.300><c> except</c><00:34:08.619><c> a</c><00:34:09.000><c> man</c><00:34:09.300><c> be</c><00:34:09.699><c> born</c><00:34:09.900><c> of</c><00:34:10.159><c> water</c><00:34:10.679><c> and</c><00:34:11.639><c> of</c>

00:34:12.039 --> 00:34:17.340
the<00:34:12.380><c> spirit,</c><00:34:13.099><c> he</c><00:34:13.400><c> cannot</c><00:34:13.800><c> enter</c><00:34:14.519><c> into</c><00:34:15.179><c> the</c><00:34:15.539><c> kingdom</c><00:34:15.940><c> of</c><00:34:16.380><c> God.</c>

00:34:18.559 --> 00:34:21.539
That<00:34:18.800><c> which</c><00:34:18.980><c> is</c><00:34:19.300><c> born</c><00:34:19.579><c> of</c><00:34:19.860><c> the</c><00:34:20.159><c> flesh</c><00:34:20.579><c> is</c><00:34:21.099><c> flesh.</c>

00:34:21.920 --> 00:34:25.179
That<00:34:22.119><c> which</c><00:34:22.300><c> is</c><00:34:22.619><c> born</c><00:34:22.800><c> of</c><00:34:22.980><c> the</c><00:34:23.320><c> spirit</c><00:34:23.719><c> is</c><00:34:24.219><c> spirit.</c>

00:34:25.300 --> 00:34:29.239
Marvel<00:34:25.719><c> not</c><00:34:26.079><c> that</c><00:34:26.260><c> I</c><00:34:26.519><c> said</c><00:34:26.719><c> unto</c><00:34:26.940><c> thee,</c><00:34:27.639><c> he</c><00:34:27.760><c> must</c><00:34:28.159><c> be</c><00:34:28.539><c> born</c><00:34:28.940><c> from</c><00:34:29.239><c> the</c><00:34:29.239><c> flesh.</c>

00:34:29.260 --> 00:34:30.559
From<00:34:29.340><c> above.</c>

00:34:32.340 --> 00:34:35.079
The<00:34:32.340><c> wind</c><00:34:32.719><c> bloweth</c><00:34:33.340><c> where</c><00:34:33.679><c> it</c><00:34:33.920><c> listeth,</c><00:34:34.360><c> and</c><00:34:34.500><c> thou</c><00:34:34.719><c> hearest</c>

00:34:35.079 --> 00:34:36.599
the<00:34:35.820><c> sound</c><00:34:36.119><c> thereof,</c>

00:34:36.780 --> 00:34:41.360
but<00:34:36.980><c> canst</c><00:34:37.400><c> not</c><00:34:37.619><c> tell</c><00:34:38.239><c> whence</c><00:34:38.679><c> it</c><00:34:38.920><c> cometh</c><00:34:39.300><c> and</c><00:34:39.800><c> whither</c><00:34:40.059><c> it</c><00:34:40.380><c> goeth.</c>

00:34:41.500 --> 00:34:44.800
So<00:34:41.780><c> is</c><00:34:42.019><c> every</c><00:34:42.360><c> one</c><00:34:42.800><c> that</c><00:34:43.119><c> is</c><00:34:43.340><c> born</c><00:34:43.519><c> of</c><00:34:43.659><c> the</c><00:34:43.900><c> spirit.</c>

00:34:45.440 --> 00:34:49.300
Nicodemus<00:34:45.980><c> answered</c><00:34:46.260><c> and</c><00:34:46.519><c> said</c><00:34:46.719><c> unto</c><00:34:46.900><c> him,</c><00:34:47.800><c> how</c><00:34:48.199><c> can</c><00:34:48.820><c> these</c>

00:34:49.300 --> 00:34:50.699
things<00:34:49.679><c> be?</c>

00:34:51.300 --> 00:34:54.500
Jesus<00:34:51.679><c> answered</c><00:34:52.039><c> and</c><00:34:52.320><c> said</c><00:34:52.440><c> to</c><00:34:52.579><c> him,</c><00:34:53.480><c> art</c><00:34:53.519><c> thou</c><00:34:53.840><c> the</c><00:34:54.099><c> teacher</c>

00:34:54.500 --> 00:34:56.800
of<00:34:54.780><c> Israel,</c><00:34:55.300><c> and</c><00:34:55.500><c> knowest</c><00:34:55.940><c> not?</c>

00:34:56.860 --> 00:35:02.719
So<00:34:57.380><c> you</c><00:34:57.500><c> can</c><00:34:57.739><c> see</c><00:34:57.940><c> that</c><00:34:58.400><c> unit</c><00:34:58.820><c> of</c><00:34:59.380><c> the</c><00:35:00.219><c> record</c><00:35:00.659><c> there</c><00:35:01.280><c> has</c><00:35:01.920><c> a</c><00:35:02.159><c> symmetry</c><00:35:02.500><c> to</c>

00:35:02.719 --> 00:35:03.239
it,<00:35:02.920><c> doesn't</c><00:35:03.039><c> it?</c>

00:35:03.500 --> 00:35:04.760
Am<00:35:03.679><c> I</c><00:35:03.820><c> making</c><00:35:04.039><c> this</c><00:35:04.320><c> up</c><00:35:04.400><c> or</c><00:35:04.599><c> not?</c>

00:35:04.760 --> 00:35:05.619
It's<00:35:05.019><c> got</c><00:35:05.159><c> a</c><00:35:05.340><c> symmetry.</c>

00:35:05.780 --> 00:35:09.300
You've<00:35:05.860><c> got</c><00:35:06.099><c> in</c><00:35:06.420><c> a</c><00:35:06.500><c> very</c><00:35:06.760><c> short</c><00:35:06.960><c> space</c><00:35:07.260><c> of</c><00:35:07.539><c> time,</c><00:35:08.340><c> a</c><00:35:08.340><c> whole</c><00:35:08.619><c> sentence</c><00:35:09.079><c> is</c>

00:35:09.300 --> 00:35:10.500
being<00:35:09.500><c> repeated.</c>

00:35:10.719 --> 00:35:14.039
And<00:35:10.940><c> when</c><00:35:11.039><c> you</c><00:35:11.199><c> look</c><00:35:11.360><c> at</c><00:35:11.539><c> the</c><00:35:11.739><c> symmetry,</c><00:35:12.760><c> you</c><00:35:13.099><c> can</c><00:35:13.460><c> see</c><00:35:13.820><c> what</c>

00:35:14.039 --> 00:35:15.079
the<00:35:14.320><c> center</c><00:35:14.579><c> is.</c>

00:35:15.480 --> 00:35:20.400
Except<00:35:15.719><c> a</c><00:35:15.940><c> man</c><00:35:16.159><c> be</c><00:35:16.360><c> born</c><00:35:16.739><c> of</c><00:35:17.420><c> water</c><00:35:18.119><c> and</c><00:35:18.780><c> of</c><00:35:19.119><c> the</c><00:35:19.380><c> spirit.</c>

00:35:20.900 --> 00:35:25.119
That's<00:35:21.400><c> what</c><00:35:21.559><c> it</c><00:35:21.820><c> means</c><00:35:22.039><c> to</c><00:35:22.260><c> be</c><00:35:22.500><c> born</c><00:35:22.780><c> again</c><00:35:23.300><c> or</c><00:35:23.579><c> born</c><00:35:23.739><c> from</c><00:35:24.119><c> above.</c>

00:35:25.719 --> 00:35:28.059
It's<00:35:26.320><c> interpreting</c><00:35:26.920><c> it</c><00:35:27.340><c> for</c><00:35:27.599><c> us.</c>

00:35:28.380 --> 00:35:29.480
What<00:35:28.639><c> do</c><00:35:28.880><c> you</c><00:35:28.900><c> mean,</c><00:35:29.119><c> Lord?</c>

00:35:29.760 --> 00:35:32.960
Well,<00:35:30.019><c> he's</c><00:35:30.320><c> been</c><00:35:30.579><c> kind</c><00:35:30.920><c> to</c><00:35:31.059><c> Nicodemus</c><00:35:31.539><c> because</c><00:35:31.800><c> he's</c><00:35:32.079><c> actually</c><00:35:32.440><c> telling</c><00:35:32.699><c> him,</c>

00:35:33.059 --> 00:35:36.440
you've<00:35:33.400><c> got</c><00:35:33.480><c> to</c><00:35:33.639><c> be</c><00:35:33.900><c> born</c><00:35:34.119><c> of</c><00:35:34.320><c> water</c><00:35:34.739><c> and</c><00:35:35.159><c> of</c><00:35:35.320><c> the</c><00:35:35.599><c> spirit.</c>

00:35:37.719 --> 00:35:42.780
So<00:35:38.320><c> we</c><00:35:38.760><c> notice</c><00:35:39.219><c> that</c><00:35:39.599><c> the</c><00:35:39.900><c> word</c><00:35:40.300><c> again</c><00:35:41.320><c> is</c><00:35:41.599><c> the</c><00:35:41.739><c> word</c><00:35:42.000><c> anothen,</c>

00:35:42.780 --> 00:35:43.780
from<00:35:43.239><c> above,</c>

00:35:44.280 --> 00:35:47.340
and<00:35:44.480><c> it's</c><00:35:44.780><c> used</c><00:35:44.960><c> in</c><00:35:45.159><c> the</c><00:35:45.280><c> very</c><00:35:45.579><c> same</c><00:35:45.820><c> chapter</c><00:35:46.280><c> as</c><00:35:46.719><c> from</c><00:35:46.980><c> above</c>

00:35:47.340 --> 00:35:48.280
in<00:35:47.539><c> verse</c><00:35:47.780><c> 31.</c>

00:35:48.579 --> 00:35:52.619
So<00:35:49.079><c> we</c><00:35:49.679><c> know</c><00:35:49.840><c> we're</c><00:35:50.179><c> not</c><00:35:50.860><c> special</c><00:35:51.340><c> pleading</c><00:35:51.780><c> when</c><00:35:51.980><c> we</c><00:35:52.280><c> said</c><00:35:52.380><c> it</c>

00:35:52.619 --> 00:35:54.679
doesn't<00:35:52.880><c> mean</c><00:35:53.619><c> again.</c>

00:35:55.119 --> 00:35:58.400
Evangelicals<00:35:55.800><c> like</c><00:35:56.000><c> to</c><00:35:57.059><c> emphasize</c><00:35:57.699><c> for</c><00:35:57.980><c> their</c><00:35:58.179><c> own</c>

00:35:58.400 --> 00:35:59.679
particular<00:35:59.119><c> purposes.</c>

00:35:59.760 --> 00:36:01.760
This<00:35:59.960><c> means</c><00:36:00.239><c> being</c><00:36:00.559><c> born</c><00:36:00.840><c> from</c><00:36:01.340><c> above.</c>

00:36:02.119 --> 00:36:03.179
From<00:36:02.619><c> what?</c>

00:36:03.500 --> 00:36:06.860
Being<00:36:03.780><c> born</c><00:36:04.219><c> of</c><00:36:04.800><c> water</c><00:36:05.219><c> and</c><00:36:05.579><c> of</c><00:36:05.760><c> the</c><00:36:06.019><c> spirit.</c>

00:36:08.719 --> 00:36:11.480
Now,<00:36:08.800><c> let's</c><00:36:08.980><c> just</c><00:36:09.079><c> say</c><00:36:09.260><c> I</c><00:36:09.960><c> absolutely</c><00:36:10.420><c> agree</c><00:36:10.880><c> that</c><00:36:11.099><c> we</c><00:36:11.280><c> have</c>

00:36:11.480 --> 00:36:14.139
to<00:36:11.739><c> be</c><00:36:12.019><c> born</c><00:36:12.219><c> of</c><00:36:12.480><c> water</c><00:36:12.760><c> in</c><00:36:13.019><c> baptism.</c>

00:36:14.860 --> 00:36:17.480
The<00:36:15.139><c> third</c><00:36:15.460><c> day</c><00:36:15.820><c> in</c><00:36:16.360><c> the</c><00:36:16.579><c> Tithe.</c>

00:36:17.820 --> 00:36:22.760
And<00:36:18.039><c> be</c><00:36:18.280><c> born</c><00:36:18.639><c> of</c><00:36:19.300><c> the</c><00:36:19.659><c> spirit</c><00:36:20.139><c> when</c><00:36:21.320><c> this</c><00:36:21.980><c> corruptible</c><00:36:22.500><c> must</c>

00:36:22.760 --> 00:36:23.920
put<00:36:23.019><c> on</c><00:36:23.179><c> incorruption.</c>

00:36:23.920 --> 00:36:29.380
This<00:36:24.539><c> mortal</c><00:36:24.940><c> must</c><00:36:25.300><c> put</c><00:36:25.639><c> on</c><00:36:26.219><c> immortality</c><00:36:27.239><c> on</c><00:36:28.219><c> the</c><00:36:28.500><c> seventh</c><00:36:28.780><c> day</c><00:36:29.119><c> in</c>

00:36:29.380 --> 00:36:30.380
the<00:36:29.579><c> Tithe.</c>

00:36:31.559 --> 00:36:34.159
But<00:36:31.800><c> I</c><00:36:31.920><c> don't</c><00:36:32.079><c> think</c><00:36:32.199><c> that's</c><00:36:32.639><c> what</c><00:36:32.880><c> this</c><00:36:33.219><c> is</c><00:36:33.400><c> saying.</c>

00:36:36.559 --> 00:36:39.460
You<00:36:36.679><c> see,</c><00:36:36.739><c> I</c><00:36:36.820><c> think</c><00:36:36.980><c> it's</c><00:36:37.300><c> a</c><00:36:37.619><c> parallelism.</c>

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To<00:36:41.460><c> be</c><00:36:41.679><c> born</c><00:36:41.940><c> of</c><00:36:42.239><c> water</c><00:36:42.940><c> and</c><00:36:44.480><c> born</c><00:36:44.780><c> of</c><00:36:45.000><c> the</c><00:36:45.320><c> spirit</c><00:36:45.579><c> is</c><00:36:45.920><c> one</c><00:36:46.219><c> and</c>

00:36:46.619 --> 00:36:50.480
the<00:36:46.840><c> same</c><00:36:47.219><c> thing</c><00:36:47.960><c> done</c><00:36:49.460><c> properly.</c>

00:36:51.840 --> 00:37:07.739
Now,<00:36:52.480><c> would</c><00:36:52.619><c> you</c><00:36:52.780><c> turn</c><00:36:53.019><c> to</c><00:36:53.199><c> Isaiah</c><00:36:53.579><c> 44,</c><00:37:06.639><c> verse</c><00:37:06.920><c> 3.</c>

00:37:11.619 --> 00:37:16.320
For<00:37:11.760><c> I</c><00:37:12.079><c> will</c><00:37:12.360><c> pour</c><00:37:12.639><c> water</c><00:37:13.340><c> upon</c><00:37:13.840><c> him</c><00:37:14.099><c> that</c><00:37:14.340><c> is</c><00:37:14.659><c> thirsty</c><00:37:15.159><c> and</c>

00:37:16.320 --> 00:37:18.340
floods<00:37:16.820><c> upon</c><00:37:17.199><c> the</c><00:37:17.500><c> dry</c><00:37:17.739><c> ground.</c>

00:37:18.340 --> 00:37:23.239
I<00:37:19.039><c> will</c><00:37:19.280><c> pour</c><00:37:19.519><c> my</c><00:37:20.119><c> spirit</c><00:37:20.460><c> upon</c><00:37:20.800><c> thy</c><00:37:21.199><c> seed</c><00:37:21.639><c> and</c><00:37:22.280><c> my</c><00:37:22.599><c> blessing</c>

00:37:23.239 --> 00:37:25.059
upon<00:37:23.820><c> thine</c><00:37:24.039><c> offspring.</c>

00:37:25.760 --> 00:37:29.860
When<00:37:25.940><c> you</c><00:37:26.199><c> see</c><00:37:26.820><c> that</c><00:37:27.480><c> poetic</c><00:37:28.460><c> parallelism</c><00:37:29.219><c> there,</c><00:37:29.539><c> you</c><00:37:29.539><c> can</c>

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see<00:37:30.099><c> that</c><00:37:30.400><c> they</c><00:37:30.480><c> are</c><00:37:31.460><c> equivalents.</c>

00:37:32.579 --> 00:37:39.539
Pouring<00:37:33.219><c> water</c><00:37:33.880><c> and</c><00:37:34.380><c> pouring</c><00:37:34.739><c> my</c><00:37:35.400><c> spirit</c><00:37:36.119><c> are</c><00:37:37.960><c> the</c><00:37:38.219><c> same</c><00:37:38.539><c> event.</c>

00:37:43.920 --> 00:37:47.960
Now,<00:37:44.619><c> John</c><00:37:44.880><c> the</c><00:37:45.119><c> Baptist</c><00:37:45.440><c> understood</c><00:37:46.079><c> this</c><00:37:46.360><c> because</c><00:37:46.699><c> when</c><00:37:47.079><c> people</c><00:37:47.380><c> came</c><00:37:47.659><c> to</c>

00:37:47.960 --> 00:37:49.860
be<00:37:48.239><c> baptized</c><00:37:48.719><c> in</c><00:37:49.139><c> water</c>

00:37:49.860 --> 00:37:54.000
and<00:37:50.639><c> their</c><00:37:50.940><c> spirit</c><00:37:51.360><c> wasn't</c><00:37:51.820><c> right,</c><00:37:52.159><c> he</c><00:37:52.380><c> sent</c><00:37:52.599><c> them</c><00:37:52.900><c> away.</c>

00:37:57.320 --> 00:38:01.019
See,<00:37:57.599><c> it's</c><00:37:57.900><c> no</c><00:37:58.159><c> good</c><00:37:58.340><c> being</c><00:37:58.659><c> baptized</c><00:37:59.239><c> of</c><00:37:59.460><c> John's</c><00:38:00.119><c> baptism</c><00:38:00.460><c> as</c>

00:38:01.019 --> 00:38:03.920
a<00:38:01.340><c> ritualistic</c><00:38:02.000><c> dipping</c><00:38:02.340><c> in</c><00:38:02.699><c> water</c>

00:38:04.139 --> 00:38:09.519
if<00:38:04.820><c> we're</c><00:38:05.019><c> not</c><00:38:05.260><c> at</c><00:38:05.440><c> the</c><00:38:05.739><c> same</c><00:38:06.099><c> time</c><00:38:06.440><c> having</c><00:38:06.679><c> our</c><00:38:07.079><c> consciences</c><00:38:07.840><c> purged.</c>

00:38:09.820 --> 00:38:11.980
By<00:38:10.159><c> the</c><00:38:10.500><c> spirit</c><00:38:10.920><c> word.</c>

00:38:12.760 --> 00:38:15.519
And<00:38:12.840><c> I</c><00:38:12.960><c> think</c><00:38:13.039><c> what</c><00:38:13.239><c> the</c><00:38:13.380><c> Lord</c><00:38:13.519><c> Jesus</c><00:38:13.780><c> is</c><00:38:14.059><c> saying</c><00:38:14.139><c> to</c><00:38:14.340><c> Nicodemus</c><00:38:14.699><c> is,</c>

00:38:16.139 --> 00:38:19.300
you're<00:38:16.579><c> asking</c><00:38:16.760><c> me</c><00:38:17.340><c> what's</c><00:38:17.900><c> going</c><00:38:18.079><c> on</c><00:38:18.380><c> here</c><00:38:18.619><c> because</c><00:38:18.980><c> of</c><00:38:19.159><c> John</c>

00:38:19.300 --> 00:38:21.659
the<00:38:19.519><c> Baptist</c><00:38:19.940><c> and</c><00:38:20.159><c> what</c><00:38:20.340><c> he's</c><00:38:20.539><c> been</c><00:38:20.860><c> saying,</c>

00:38:21.880 --> 00:38:25.780
but<00:38:22.059><c> I'm</c><00:38:22.420><c> telling</c><00:38:22.719><c> you,</c><00:38:23.440><c> unless</c><00:38:23.679><c> you're</c><00:38:24.079><c> born</c><00:38:24.219><c> of</c><00:38:24.519><c> water</c><00:38:25.019><c> and</c>

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of<00:38:26.000><c> the</c><00:38:26.280><c> spirit,</c>

00:38:27.659 --> 00:38:29.980
you<00:38:27.860><c> cannot</c><00:38:28.179><c> see</c><00:38:28.340><c> the</c><00:38:28.579><c> kingdom</c><00:38:28.880><c> of</c><00:38:29.159><c> God.</c>

00:38:31.159 --> 00:38:35.480
Then<00:38:31.380><c> what</c><00:38:31.579><c> John</c><00:38:31.840><c> and</c><00:38:32.000><c> I</c><00:38:32.059><c> are</c><00:38:32.079><c> talking</c><00:38:32.480><c> about</c><00:38:32.760><c> is</c><00:38:32.980><c> a</c><00:38:33.360><c> new</c><00:38:33.719><c> birth,</c><00:38:34.940><c> a</c>

00:38:35.480 --> 00:38:36.519
spiritual<00:38:35.960><c> birth.</c>

00:38:36.519 --> 00:38:40.480
Now,<00:38:37.400><c> you</c><00:38:37.400><c> can't</c><00:38:38.000><c> see</c><00:38:38.300><c> that</c><00:38:38.559><c> because</c><00:38:39.139><c> your</c><00:38:39.619><c> mind</c><00:38:39.780><c> is</c><00:38:40.019><c> occupied</c>

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with<00:38:40.800><c> thoughts</c>

00:38:40.980 --> 00:38:43.800
that<00:38:41.159><c> you</c><00:38:41.380><c> already</c><00:38:41.739><c> are</c><00:38:42.039><c> the</c><00:38:42.260><c> children</c><00:38:42.519><c> of</c><00:38:42.760><c> God.</c>

00:38:47.079 --> 00:38:49.800
But<00:38:47.599><c> you're</c><00:38:47.860><c> not</c><00:38:48.199><c> the</c><00:38:48.440><c> children</c><00:38:48.659><c> of</c><00:38:48.920><c> God</c><00:38:49.079><c> unless</c><00:38:49.280><c> you're</c><00:38:49.559><c> born</c>

00:38:49.800 --> 00:38:51.039
of<00:38:50.000><c> the</c><00:38:50.280><c> spirit.</c>

00:38:52.539 --> 00:38:56.719
And<00:38:52.840><c> that's</c><00:38:53.159><c> why</c><00:38:53.380><c> this</c><00:38:53.699><c> echo</c><00:38:53.900><c> of</c><00:38:54.199><c> Jacob</c><00:38:54.579><c> is</c><00:38:55.539><c> there</c><00:38:55.760><c> in</c><00:38:55.940><c> the</c><00:38:56.159><c> background</c>

00:38:56.719 --> 00:39:00.380
because<00:38:57.300><c> that</c><00:38:57.559><c> was</c><00:38:57.739><c> Jacob's</c><00:38:58.460><c> trouble,</c><00:38:58.800><c> it</c><00:38:58.960><c> was</c><00:38:59.099><c> his</c><00:38:59.420><c> struggle.</c>

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And<00:39:01.900><c> it's</c><00:39:02.059><c> only</c><00:39:02.300><c> when,</c><00:39:02.519><c> you</c><00:39:02.739><c> know,</c><00:39:02.880><c> he</c><00:39:03.079><c> clung</c><00:39:03.300><c> on</c><00:39:04.059><c> to</c><00:39:04.659><c> the</c><00:39:04.900><c> angel</c><00:39:05.360><c> for</c>

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a<00:39:06.019><c> blessing</c>

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that<00:39:09.559><c> he</c><00:39:09.699><c> became</c><00:39:10.000><c> the</c><00:39:10.300><c> Israel</c><00:39:10.460><c> of</c><00:39:10.719><c> God.</c>

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What's<00:39:14.940><c> going</c><00:39:15.119><c> on</c><00:39:15.260><c> in</c><00:39:15.440><c> verse</c><00:39:15.679><c> eight?</c>

00:39:17.099 --> 00:39:20.860
The<00:39:17.380><c> wind</c><00:39:17.980><c> bloweth</c><00:39:18.639><c> where</c><00:39:19.059><c> it</c><00:39:19.699><c> pleases.</c>

00:39:21.159 --> 00:39:27.360
The<00:39:21.579><c> wind,</c><00:39:22.079><c> that's</c><00:39:22.360><c> the</c><00:39:22.480><c> only</c><00:39:22.639><c> time</c><00:39:23.000><c> the</c><00:39:23.239><c> word</c><00:39:23.519><c> Numa</c><00:39:24.099><c> or</c><00:39:24.699><c> spirit</c><00:39:25.099><c> is</c><00:39:25.500><c> translated</c><00:39:26.340><c> as</c><00:39:26.940><c> wind.</c>

00:39:27.460 --> 00:39:29.880
So<00:39:27.699><c> it's</c><00:39:27.980><c> the</c><00:39:28.300><c> word</c><00:39:28.559><c> for</c><00:39:29.039><c> spirit.</c>

00:39:30.360 --> 00:39:34.260
The<00:39:30.760><c> spirit</c><00:39:31.360><c> blows</c><00:39:32.139><c> where</c><00:39:32.800><c> it</c><00:39:33.159><c> pleases.</c>

00:39:34.619 --> 00:39:38.179
What<00:39:34.980><c> was</c><00:39:35.239><c> the</c><00:39:35.500><c> question</c><00:39:36.079><c> in</c><00:39:37.099><c> the</c><00:39:37.360><c> mind</c><00:39:37.599><c> of</c><00:39:37.800><c> Nicodemus?</c>

00:39:38.179 --> 00:39:42.219
He<00:39:38.360><c> wants</c><00:39:38.659><c> to</c><00:39:39.019><c> know</c><00:39:39.480><c> where</c><00:39:40.039><c> Jesus</c><00:39:40.739><c> and</c><00:39:41.219><c> John</c><00:39:41.460><c> the</c><00:39:41.679><c> Baptist</c><00:39:41.980><c> are</c>

00:39:42.219 --> 00:39:43.619
coming<00:39:42.539><c> from.</c>

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This<00:39:46.360><c> man</c><00:39:46.679><c> presides</c><00:39:47.320><c> over</c><00:39:47.880><c> the</c><00:39:48.500><c> teachers</c><00:39:48.880><c> of</c><00:39:49.159><c> Israel.</c>

00:39:52.059 --> 00:39:55.420
He's<00:39:52.780><c> president</c><00:39:53.239><c> of</c><00:39:53.420><c> the</c><00:39:53.619><c> school</c><00:39:53.820><c> of</c><00:39:54.119><c> rabbis.</c>

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And<00:39:56.760><c> two</c><00:39:57.059><c> teachers</c><00:39:57.539><c> have</c><00:39:57.900><c> turned</c><00:39:58.179><c> up</c><00:39:58.639><c> on</c><00:39:59.000><c> the</c><00:39:59.159><c> other</c><00:39:59.440><c> side</c><00:39:59.639><c> of</c><00:39:59.900><c> Jordan.</c>

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People<00:40:00.920><c> are</c><00:40:01.260><c> flocking</c><00:40:01.639><c> to</c><00:40:02.000><c> them</c><00:40:02.659><c> and</c><00:40:03.860><c> he</c><00:40:04.039><c> wants</c><00:40:04.280><c> to</c><00:40:04.500><c> know</c><00:40:04.639><c> how</c>

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come,<00:40:06.579><c> who</c><00:40:06.820><c> appointed</c><00:40:07.260><c> them.</c>

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And<00:40:09.940><c> the</c><00:40:10.099><c> Lord</c><00:40:10.280><c> said,</c><00:40:11.059><c> Isaiah</c><00:40:11.239><c> 55,</c><00:40:13.579><c> so</c><00:40:13.820><c> shall</c><00:40:14.059><c> my</c><00:40:14.380><c> word</c><00:40:14.579><c> be</c>

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that<00:40:15.119><c> cometh</c><00:40:15.360><c> down</c><00:40:15.519><c> from</c><00:40:15.780><c> heaven.</c>

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It's<00:40:16.199><c> the</c><00:40:16.400><c> spirit</c><00:40:16.619><c> word.</c>

00:40:16.860 --> 00:40:20.659
John<00:40:17.059><c> the</c><00:40:17.219><c> Baptist</c><00:40:17.480><c> says</c><00:40:17.679><c> the</c><00:40:18.019><c> spirit</c><00:40:18.320><c> is</c><00:40:18.579><c> upon</c><00:40:18.840><c> him</c><00:40:19.139><c> without</c><00:40:19.679><c> measure.</c>

00:40:21.019 --> 00:40:25.039
What<00:40:21.239><c> they</c><00:40:21.500><c> are</c><00:40:21.719><c> hearing</c><00:40:22.119><c> is</c><00:40:22.559><c> the</c><00:40:22.820><c> voice</c><00:40:23.059><c> of</c><00:40:23.260><c> the</c><00:40:23.539><c> spirit</c><00:40:23.820><c> of</c><00:40:24.099><c> God.</c>

00:40:25.599 --> 00:40:28.260
And<00:40:25.860><c> God</c><00:40:26.139><c> chooses</c><00:40:26.699><c> prophets</c><00:40:27.239><c> as</c><00:40:27.559><c> he</c><00:40:27.820><c> sees</c><00:40:28.059><c> fit.</c>

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He<00:40:28.420><c> doesn't</c><00:40:28.719><c> come</c><00:40:28.920><c> ask</c><00:40:29.079><c> permission</c><00:40:29.500><c> from</c><00:40:29.780><c> the</c><00:40:29.980><c> son.</c>

00:40:30.119 --> 00:40:33.519
If<00:40:30.599><c> he</c><00:40:30.760><c> can</c><00:40:30.940><c> take</c><00:40:31.199><c> one</c><00:40:31.440><c> of</c><00:40:31.599><c> them</c><00:40:31.719><c> and</c><00:40:32.019><c> turn</c><00:40:32.139><c> him</c><00:40:32.280><c> into</c><00:40:32.519><c> a</c><00:40:32.679><c> prophet.</c>

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What<00:40:34.199><c> did</c><00:40:34.360><c> they</c><00:40:34.679><c> think?</c>

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What<00:40:36.000><c> arrogance</c><00:40:36.440><c> was</c><00:40:36.760><c> this?</c>

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To<00:40:37.860><c> think</c><00:40:38.019><c> that</c><00:40:38.300><c> God</c><00:40:38.420><c> would</c><00:40:38.599><c> have</c><00:40:38.760><c> to</c><00:40:38.960><c> work</c><00:40:39.179><c> through</c><00:40:39.460><c> them</c><00:40:39.719><c> if</c>

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he<00:40:40.000><c> was</c><00:40:40.159><c> going</c><00:40:40.300><c> to</c><00:40:40.420><c> work</c><00:40:40.579><c> at</c><00:40:40.860><c> all.</c>

00:40:43.039 --> 00:40:45.639
They<00:40:43.519><c> were</c><00:40:43.739><c> so</c><00:40:43.960><c> full</c><00:40:44.159><c> of</c><00:40:44.400><c> themselves.</c>

00:40:46.039 --> 00:40:50.039
They<00:40:46.239><c> had</c><00:40:46.400><c> no</c><00:40:46.699><c> space</c><00:40:47.139><c> even</c><00:40:47.559><c> to</c><00:40:47.840><c> hear</c><00:40:48.000><c> what</c><00:40:48.179><c> their</c><00:40:48.400><c> own</c><00:40:48.599><c> scriptures</c><00:40:48.900><c> were</c><00:40:49.159><c> saying.</c>

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As<00:40:50.659><c> if</c><00:40:50.780><c> they</c><00:40:50.940><c> had</c><00:40:51.099><c> believed</c><00:40:51.360><c> Moses,</c><00:40:51.820><c> they</c><00:40:51.960><c> would</c><00:40:52.139><c> have</c><00:40:52.340><c> believed</c><00:40:52.559><c> Jesus.</c>

00:40:54.679 --> 00:40:57.059
The<00:40:55.119><c> spirit</c><00:40:55.519><c> blows</c><00:40:55.960><c> where</c><00:40:56.260><c> it</c><00:40:56.559><c> pleases.</c>

00:40:57.059 --> 00:41:02.039
And<00:40:57.480><c> you</c><00:40:57.960><c> hear</c><00:40:58.800><c> the</c><00:40:59.539><c> voice</c><00:41:00.440><c> thereof.</c>

00:41:02.800 --> 00:41:08.539
John<00:41:02.980><c> the</c><00:41:03.179><c> Baptist,</c><00:41:04.420><c> the</c><00:41:04.579><c> voice</c><00:41:04.860><c> of</c><00:41:05.139><c> one</c><00:41:05.460><c> crying</c><00:41:06.059><c> in</c><00:41:06.860><c> the</c><00:41:07.039><c> wilderness,</c><00:41:08.039><c> prepare</c><00:41:08.340><c> ye</c>

00:41:08.539 --> 00:41:09.960
the<00:41:08.659><c> way</c><00:41:08.860><c> of</c><00:41:09.000><c> the</c><00:41:09.139><c> Lord.</c>

00:41:10.099 --> 00:41:18.139
And<00:41:10.500><c> canst</c><00:41:11.099><c> not</c><00:41:11.440><c> tell,</c><00:41:13.099><c> literally,</c><00:41:13.840><c> you</c><00:41:14.099><c> do</c><00:41:14.500><c> not</c><00:41:14.840><c> know</c><00:41:17.039><c> whence</c>

00:41:18.139 --> 00:41:20.519
it<00:41:18.380><c> cometh</c><00:41:18.940><c> and</c><00:41:19.780><c> where</c><00:41:20.059><c> it</c><00:41:20.280><c> goes.</c>

00:41:20.519 --> 00:41:26.480
You<00:41:20.800><c> don't</c><00:41:21.159><c> know</c><00:41:21.900><c> about</c><00:41:22.460><c> this</c><00:41:22.920><c> ministry</c><00:41:23.960><c> of</c><00:41:24.800><c> the</c><00:41:25.219><c> prophet</c><00:41:25.500><c> John.</c>

00:41:26.820 --> 00:41:29.679
You<00:41:27.099><c> don't</c><00:41:27.460><c> know</c><00:41:27.800><c> how</c><00:41:28.159><c> the</c><00:41:28.500><c> spirit</c><00:41:28.699><c> has</c><00:41:28.920><c> come</c><00:41:29.139><c> upon</c><00:41:29.440><c> him.</c>

00:41:29.820 --> 00:41:32.420
You<00:41:30.019><c> don't</c><00:41:30.280><c> know</c><00:41:30.599><c> where</c><00:41:30.860><c> it's</c><00:41:31.159><c> going</c><00:41:31.280><c> to</c><00:41:31.440><c> end</c><00:41:31.639><c> up.</c>

00:41:34.099 --> 00:41:38.980
And<00:41:34.380><c> the</c><00:41:34.519><c> Lord</c><00:41:34.659><c> Jesus</c><00:41:35.079><c> Christ</c><00:41:35.639><c> was</c><00:41:36.780><c> a</c><00:41:37.019><c> total</c><00:41:37.300><c> mystery</c><00:41:37.780><c> to</c><00:41:38.000><c> them.</c>

00:41:39.599 --> 00:41:42.099
So<00:41:39.820><c> is</c><00:41:40.059><c> everyone</c><00:41:40.539><c> that</c><00:41:40.760><c> is</c><00:41:41.039><c> born</c><00:41:41.300><c> of</c><00:41:41.539><c> the</c><00:41:41.820><c> spirit.</c>

00:41:42.400 --> 00:41:44.000
What's<00:41:42.659><c> he</c><00:41:42.840><c> saying</c><00:41:43.019><c> there?</c>

00:41:44.920 --> 00:41:47.360
That<00:41:45.119><c> if</c><00:41:45.320><c> we</c><00:41:45.480><c> are</c><00:41:45.539><c> going</c><00:41:45.619><c> to</c><00:41:45.760><c> be</c><00:41:45.980><c> born</c><00:41:46.320><c> of</c><00:41:46.619><c> the</c><00:41:46.980><c> spirit,</c>

00:41:47.699 --> 00:41:52.320
we<00:41:48.019><c> have</c><00:41:48.280><c> to</c><00:41:48.780><c> hear</c><00:41:49.460><c> the</c><00:41:50.000><c> sound</c><00:41:50.460><c> of</c><00:41:51.139><c> the</c><00:41:51.500><c> spirit</c><00:41:51.900><c> word.</c>

00:41:52.320 --> 00:41:56.650
And<00:41:52.920><c> that's</c><00:41:53.519><c> the</c><00:41:53.659><c> power</c><00:41:54.280><c> that</c><00:41:54.599><c> is</c><00:41:54.860><c> going</c><00:41:55.019><c> to</c><00:41:55.300><c> convert</c><00:41:55.699><c> us.</c>

00:41:58.719 --> 00:42:01.929
That's<00:41:59.159><c> what</c><00:41:59.400><c> Isaiah</c><00:41:59.880><c> 55</c><00:42:00.559><c> is</c><00:42:00.980><c> implying.</c>

00:42:03.900 --> 00:42:09.539
Verse<00:42:04.139><c> 10,</c><00:42:04.500><c> as</c><00:42:04.619><c> the</c><00:42:04.900><c> rain</c><00:42:05.179><c> cometh</c><00:42:05.559><c> down</c><00:42:06.199><c> and</c><00:42:07.659><c> the</c><00:42:07.940><c> snow</c><00:42:08.139><c> from</c><00:42:08.500><c> heaven,</c>

00:42:11.059 --> 00:42:19.500
so<00:42:11.420><c> shall</c><00:42:11.860><c> my</c><00:42:12.340><c> word</c><00:42:12.599><c> be,</c><00:42:14.079><c> it</c><00:42:14.539><c> shall</c><00:42:15.039><c> accomplish</c><00:42:15.840><c> that</c><00:42:17.460><c> which</c><00:42:17.780><c> I</c><00:42:18.380><c> please.</c>

00:42:19.760 --> 00:42:24.099
The<00:42:20.360><c> spirit</c><00:42:20.920><c> blows</c><00:42:21.460><c> where</c><00:42:21.940><c> it</c><00:42:22.340><c> pleases,</c><00:42:22.860><c> where</c><00:42:23.039><c> it</c><00:42:23.260><c> lister.</c>

00:42:25.179 --> 00:42:29.699
It<00:42:25.599><c> shall</c><00:42:25.900><c> accomplish</c><00:42:26.719><c> that</c><00:42:28.199><c> which</c><00:42:28.440><c> I</c><00:42:28.780><c> please.</c>

00:42:30.019 --> 00:42:34.960
And<00:42:30.460><c> it</c><00:42:30.760><c> shall</c><00:42:31.059><c> prosper</c><00:42:31.780><c> in</c><00:42:32.599><c> the</c><00:42:32.800><c> thing</c><00:42:32.960><c> whereunto</c><00:42:33.340><c> I</c><00:42:33.659><c> send</c><00:42:33.900><c> it.</c>

00:42:36.800 --> 00:42:39.139
And<00:42:37.400><c> so</c><00:42:37.659><c> it</c><00:42:37.840><c> is</c><00:42:38.039><c> the</c><00:42:38.380><c> power</c><00:42:38.639><c> of</c><00:42:38.940><c> the</c><00:42:39.059><c> word.</c>

00:42:39.239 --> 00:42:41.000
And<00:42:39.380><c> we</c><00:42:39.500><c> need</c><00:42:39.719><c> to</c><00:42:40.000><c> sometimes</c><00:42:40.099><c> remind</c><00:42:40.619><c> ourselves.</c>

00:42:41.019 --> 00:42:43.480
And<00:42:41.199><c> we</c><00:42:41.340><c> are</c><00:42:41.480><c> sometimes</c><00:42:41.739><c> reminded</c><00:42:42.239><c> of</c><00:42:42.500><c> that.</c>

00:42:45.239 --> 00:42:48.539
I<00:42:45.659><c> was</c><00:42:46.079><c> just</c><00:42:46.219><c> saying</c><00:42:46.440><c> over</c><00:42:46.960><c> one</c><00:42:47.099><c> of</c><00:42:47.219><c> our</c><00:42:47.380><c> meals</c><00:42:47.579><c> recently</c><00:42:48.079><c> that</c>

00:42:48.539 --> 00:42:50.320
in<00:42:49.340><c> Swansea,</c>

00:42:50.380 --> 00:42:51.539
three<00:42:50.559><c> ecclesiastes</c><00:42:50.960><c> got</c><00:42:51.199><c> together.</c>

00:42:51.579 --> 00:42:54.199
And<00:42:51.760><c> they</c><00:42:51.860><c> opened</c><00:42:52.039><c> up</c><00:42:52.239><c> a</c><00:42:52.460><c> shop</c><00:42:52.619><c> in</c><00:42:52.780><c> the</c><00:42:52.940><c> town</c><00:42:53.119><c> center</c><00:42:53.340><c> for</c><00:42:53.539><c> six</c><00:42:53.780><c> months.</c>

00:42:54.519 --> 00:42:56.000
You<00:42:54.679><c> could</c><00:42:54.699><c> only</c><00:42:54.900><c> afford</c><00:42:55.119><c> it</c><00:42:55.239><c> for</c><00:42:55.320><c> six</c><00:42:55.559><c> months</c><00:42:55.739><c> because</c><00:42:55.860><c> it's</c>

00:42:56.000 --> 00:42:56.860
hugely<00:42:56.239><c> expensive.</c>

00:42:57.239 --> 00:42:59.739
Putting<00:42:57.519><c> on</c><00:42:57.900><c> displays</c><00:42:58.440><c> and</c><00:42:58.780><c> selling</c><00:42:59.039><c> some</c><00:42:59.340><c> books</c><00:42:59.500><c> you</c><00:42:59.579><c> have</c>

00:42:59.739 --> 00:43:00.099
to<00:42:59.960><c> sell</c>

00:43:00.099 --> 00:43:02.380
because<00:43:00.639><c> in</c><00:43:00.920><c> the</c><00:43:01.099><c> shopping</c><00:43:01.360><c> precinct</c><00:43:01.800><c> they</c><00:43:01.900><c> won't</c><00:43:02.000><c> let</c><00:43:02.179><c> you</c>

00:43:02.380 --> 00:43:02.699
be<00:43:02.519><c> there</c>

00:43:02.699 --> 00:43:04.519
unless<00:43:02.940><c> you</c><00:43:03.679><c> can</c><00:43:03.960><c> sell</c><00:43:04.159><c> something.</c>

00:43:04.639 --> 00:43:09.619
So<00:43:04.800><c> a</c><00:43:04.920><c> few</c><00:43:05.159><c> cards</c><00:43:05.840><c> as</c><00:43:07.039><c> a</c><00:43:07.219><c> token</c><00:43:07.460><c> to</c><00:43:07.780><c> sell,</c><00:43:08.239><c> but</c><00:43:08.400><c> one</c><00:43:08.599><c>-to</c><00:43:08.760><c>-one</c><00:43:08.940><c> seminars</c><00:43:09.320><c> are</c>

00:43:09.619 --> 00:43:10.019
put<00:43:09.860><c> on.</c>

00:43:10.019 --> 00:43:12.719
It<00:43:10.119><c> was</c><00:43:10.420><c> in</c><00:43:10.519><c> the</c><00:43:10.719><c> downtown</c><00:43:11.179><c> side</c><00:43:11.579><c> of</c><00:43:11.739><c> the</c><00:43:11.920><c> shopping</c><00:43:12.159><c> mall</c><00:43:12.420><c> next</c>

00:43:12.719 --> 00:43:14.179
to<00:43:12.900><c> the</c><00:43:13.019><c> bus</c><00:43:13.219><c> station.</c>

00:43:14.539 --> 00:43:16.280
That's<00:43:14.920><c> because</c><00:43:15.139><c> nobody</c><00:43:15.360><c> else</c><00:43:15.599><c> wanted</c><00:43:15.880><c> the</c><00:43:16.119><c> shop.</c>

00:43:16.340 --> 00:43:17.340
That's<00:43:16.539><c> why</c><00:43:16.679><c> we</c><00:43:16.860><c> could</c><00:43:17.079><c> have</c><00:43:17.219><c> it.</c>

00:43:17.360 --> 00:43:18.699
That's<00:43:17.579><c> why</c><00:43:17.679><c> it</c><00:43:17.820><c> was</c><00:43:18.019><c> vacant,</c><00:43:18.420><c> right?</c>

00:43:18.920 --> 00:43:21.159
And<00:43:19.139><c> so</c><00:43:19.239><c> we</c><00:43:19.340><c> had</c><00:43:19.480><c> a</c><00:43:19.639><c> lot</c><00:43:19.719><c> of</c><00:43:19.920><c> people</c><00:43:20.159><c> on</c><00:43:20.400><c> the</c><00:43:20.539><c> other</c><00:43:20.780><c> side</c><00:43:20.960><c> of</c>

00:43:21.159 --> 00:43:22.699
town<00:43:21.380><c> who</c><00:43:21.880><c> came</c><00:43:22.260><c> by.</c>

00:43:23.199 --> 00:43:27.119
And<00:43:23.380><c> sometimes</c><00:43:23.739><c> they</c><00:43:24.000><c> weren't</c><00:43:25.099><c> the</c><00:43:25.400><c> better</c><00:43:25.639><c> for</c><00:43:25.860><c> drink</c><00:43:26.159><c> and</c>

00:43:27.119 --> 00:43:28.380
so<00:43:27.599><c> on.</c>

00:43:29.219 --> 00:43:30.840
And<00:43:29.480><c> they</c><00:43:29.599><c> every</c><00:43:29.659><c> so</c><00:43:29.860><c> often</c><00:43:29.920><c> would</c><00:43:30.219><c> come</c><00:43:30.480><c> in.</c>

00:43:31.219 --> 00:43:37.599
And<00:43:31.340><c> one</c><00:43:31.840><c> man</c><00:43:32.940><c> came</c><00:43:33.219><c> in</c><00:43:33.420><c> who</c><00:43:33.639><c> was</c><00:43:33.980><c> not,</c><00:43:35.239><c> he</c><00:43:35.420><c> was</c><00:43:36.260><c> disabled</c><00:43:36.900><c> in</c><00:43:37.440><c> a</c>

00:43:37.599 --> 00:43:38.960
number<00:43:37.840><c> of</c><00:43:38.099><c> ways.</c>

00:43:39.179 --> 00:43:40.739
His<00:43:39.659><c> problem</c><00:43:39.900><c> was</c><00:43:40.119><c> his</c><00:43:40.360><c> memory.</c>

00:43:40.900 --> 00:43:42.659
He<00:43:40.900><c> couldn't</c><00:43:41.119><c> remember</c><00:43:41.699><c> things</c><00:43:42.019><c> very</c><00:43:42.420><c> well.</c>

00:43:42.900 --> 00:43:47.000
He<00:43:43.039><c> could</c><00:43:43.239><c> understand</c><00:43:43.599><c> what</c><00:43:43.820><c> you're</c><00:43:43.960><c> saying,</c><00:43:45.079><c> but</c><00:43:45.400><c> he</c><00:43:46.099><c> couldn't</c><00:43:46.480><c> retain</c><00:43:46.840><c> it.</c>

00:43:47.000 --> 00:43:48.719
He<00:43:47.119><c> had</c><00:43:47.619><c> some</c><00:43:47.940><c> damage</c><00:43:48.360><c> there.</c>

00:43:49.039 --> 00:43:51.559
But<00:43:49.300><c> every</c><00:43:49.559><c> night</c><00:43:49.739><c> he</c><00:43:49.840><c> went</c><00:43:50.119><c> home</c><00:43:50.440><c> and</c><00:43:50.619><c> he</c><00:43:50.780><c> wrote</c><00:43:50.940><c> out</c><00:43:51.159><c> the</c><00:43:51.340><c> notes.</c>

00:43:51.619 --> 00:43:52.719
He<00:43:51.760><c> didn't</c><00:43:52.000><c> answer</c><00:43:52.340><c> the</c><00:43:52.539><c> notes.</c>

00:43:52.719 --> 00:43:55.960
He<00:43:52.880><c> wrote</c><00:43:53.119><c> out</c><00:43:53.360><c> the</c><00:43:53.539><c> notes</c><00:43:54.000><c> of</c><00:43:54.579><c> the</c><00:43:54.760><c> seminars</c><00:43:55.039><c> every</c><00:43:55.440><c> night</c>

00:43:55.960 --> 00:43:59.519
for<00:43:56.500><c> the</c><00:43:56.699><c> six</c><00:43:56.920><c> months</c><00:43:57.539><c> that</c><00:43:58.139><c> that</c><00:43:58.340><c> was</c><00:43:58.579><c> there.</c>

00:44:00.679 --> 00:44:02.159
He's<00:44:00.860><c> our</c><00:44:01.019><c> brother</c><00:44:01.260><c> now.</c>

00:44:04.320 --> 00:44:09.059
Fifty<00:44:04.800><c> years</c><00:44:05.260><c> before</c><00:44:05.980><c> he</c><00:44:06.480><c> turned</c><00:44:06.820><c> up</c><00:44:07.019><c> at</c><00:44:07.119><c> a</c><00:44:07.239><c> Christotelphian</c><00:44:07.960><c> campaign.</c>

00:44:09.219 --> 00:44:11.300
Fifty<00:44:09.699><c> years</c><00:44:10.119><c> before.</c>

00:44:12.219 --> 00:44:14.639
And<00:44:12.320><c> there's</c><00:44:12.440><c> a</c><00:44:12.559><c> sister</c><00:44:12.840><c> who</c><00:44:13.219><c> recently</c><00:44:13.760><c> joined</c><00:44:14.119><c> Mammals</c><00:44:14.440><c> who</c>

00:44:14.639 --> 00:44:16.500
was<00:44:14.780><c> from</c><00:44:14.940><c> the</c><00:44:15.159><c> town</c><00:44:15.300><c> that</c><00:44:15.480><c> he</c><00:44:15.639><c> was</c><00:44:15.840><c> born</c><00:44:16.059><c> in.</c>

00:44:16.780 --> 00:44:18.960
And<00:44:16.920><c> she</c><00:44:17.019><c> got</c><00:44:17.099><c> a</c><00:44:17.340><c> photograph,</c><00:44:17.860><c> a</c><00:44:18.000><c> brother,</c><00:44:18.300><c> Techman</c><00:44:18.639><c> Morgan,</c>

00:44:19.039 --> 00:44:21.420
giving<00:44:19.280><c> an</c><00:44:19.519><c> open</c><00:44:19.679><c>-air</c><00:44:19.820><c> lecture</c><00:44:20.139><c> in</c><00:44:20.360><c> the</c><00:44:20.420><c> middle</c><00:44:20.559><c> of</c><00:44:20.739><c> the</c><00:44:20.880><c> town</c><00:44:21.079><c> center</c>

00:44:21.420 --> 00:44:23.199
and<00:44:21.639><c> a</c><00:44:21.719><c> few</c><00:44:21.860><c> Christotelphians</c><00:44:22.440><c> standing</c><00:44:22.820><c> around.</c>

00:44:23.619 --> 00:44:27.739
And<00:44:23.800><c> there's</c><00:44:24.079><c> our</c><00:44:24.320><c> brother,</c><00:44:25.340><c> 50</c><00:44:25.679><c> years</c><00:44:26.119><c> standing</c><00:44:26.659><c> in</c><00:44:26.860><c> the</c><00:44:27.019><c> street</c><00:44:27.159><c> listening</c><00:44:27.500><c> to</c>

00:44:27.739 --> 00:44:28.159
that<00:44:27.980><c> word.</c>

00:44:28.159 --> 00:44:31.920
And<00:44:28.400><c> for</c><00:44:28.619><c> 50</c><00:44:28.980><c> years</c><00:44:29.360><c> that</c><00:44:29.619><c> word</c><00:44:30.239><c> sort</c><00:44:30.539><c> of</c><00:44:30.760><c> was</c><00:44:31.400><c> there.</c>

00:44:32.380 --> 00:44:36.659
Fifty<00:44:32.800><c> years</c><00:44:33.119><c> later,</c><00:44:34.280><c> even</c><00:44:34.559><c> though</c><00:44:34.900><c> the</c><00:44:35.159><c> chapels</c><00:44:35.519><c> and</c><00:44:35.679><c> churches</c><00:44:36.179><c> of</c><00:44:36.440><c> the</c>

00:44:36.659 --> 00:44:37.699
Swansea<00:44:37.139><c> town</c>

00:44:37.699 --> 00:44:40.940
told<00:44:38.480><c> their</c><00:44:38.820><c> congregations</c><00:44:39.400><c> not</c><00:44:39.760><c> to</c><00:44:40.000><c> come</c><00:44:40.179><c> to</c><00:44:40.360><c> our</c><00:44:40.599><c> shop,</c>

00:44:41.400 --> 00:44:44.659
and<00:44:41.599><c> he</c><00:44:41.739><c> was</c><00:44:42.000><c> in</c><00:44:42.179><c> one</c><00:44:42.340><c> of</c><00:44:42.420><c> these</c><00:44:42.679><c> Baptist</c><00:44:43.099><c> chapels</c><00:44:43.980><c> where</c><00:44:44.360><c> they</c>

00:44:44.659 --> 00:44:45.280
frowned<00:44:44.940><c> on</c><00:44:45.079><c> us</c>

00:44:45.280 --> 00:44:49.739
and<00:44:45.500><c> told</c><00:44:46.099><c> people</c><00:44:46.480><c> not</c><00:44:46.800><c> to</c><00:44:47.079><c> come,</c><00:44:47.820><c> there</c><00:44:47.920><c> was</c><00:44:48.139><c> something</c><00:44:48.900><c> still</c><00:44:49.639><c> in</c>

00:44:49.739 --> 00:44:52.280
his<00:44:50.099><c> mind</c><00:44:50.320><c> from</c><00:44:50.599><c> 50</c><00:44:50.960><c> years</c><00:44:51.360><c> ago</c>

00:44:52.320 --> 00:44:55.420
that<00:44:52.719><c> allowed</c><00:44:53.179><c> him</c><00:44:53.699><c> to</c><00:44:53.920><c> think</c><00:44:54.059><c> it</c><00:44:54.139><c> was</c><00:44:54.380><c> okay</c><00:44:54.800><c> to</c><00:44:55.059><c> come</c><00:44:55.219><c> to</c>

00:44:55.420 --> 00:44:56.659
these<00:44:55.699><c> people.</c>

00:44:57.000 --> 00:45:02.900
And<00:44:57.619><c> with</c><00:44:57.840><c> a</c><00:44:57.960><c> lot</c><00:44:58.119><c> of</c><00:44:58.340><c> repetition</c><00:44:58.860><c> and</c><00:44:59.119><c> a</c><00:44:59.119><c> lot</c><00:44:59.480><c> of</c><00:45:00.239><c> instruction,</c><00:45:01.820><c> he's</c><00:45:02.079><c> delighted</c><00:45:02.519><c> to</c><00:45:02.699><c> be</c>

00:45:02.900 --> 00:45:03.900
a<00:45:03.039><c> brother.</c>

00:45:04.340 --> 00:45:05.460
Delighted.

00:45:07.659 --> 00:45:10.519
And<00:45:08.000><c> we</c><00:45:08.079><c> got</c><00:45:08.199><c> another</c><00:45:08.460><c> sister</c><00:45:09.019><c> in</c><00:45:09.500><c> the</c><00:45:09.699><c> city.</c>

00:45:10.820 --> 00:45:14.880
She's<00:45:11.119><c> from</c><00:45:11.260><c> Texas</c><00:45:11.960><c> and</c><00:45:13.300><c> she</c><00:45:13.460><c> lives</c><00:45:13.619><c> in</c><00:45:13.860><c> South</c><00:45:14.079><c> Wales.</c>

00:45:15.019 --> 00:45:19.019
She<00:45:15.199><c> has</c><00:45:15.519><c> been</c><00:45:15.760><c> for</c><00:45:15.980><c> family,</c><00:45:16.980><c> married</c><00:45:17.300><c> somebody,</c><00:45:18.039><c> ended</c><00:45:18.219><c> up</c><00:45:18.500><c> living</c>

00:45:19.019 --> 00:45:22.880
half<00:45:19.780><c> a</c><00:45:19.980><c> mile</c><00:45:20.119><c> away</c><00:45:20.420><c> from</c><00:45:21.219><c> Swansea</c><00:45:21.559><c> meeting</c><00:45:21.860><c> room.</c>

00:45:24.159 --> 00:45:27.639
And<00:45:24.699><c> never</c><00:45:25.019><c> would</c><00:45:25.199><c> have</c><00:45:25.380><c> come</c><00:45:25.659><c> to</c><00:45:25.920><c> Swansea</c><00:45:26.239><c> meeting</c><00:45:26.519><c> hall.</c>

00:45:29.219 --> 00:45:31.500
But<00:45:29.380><c> she</c><00:45:29.519><c> came</c><00:45:29.920><c> to</c><00:45:30.239><c> that,</c><00:45:31.000><c> yeah?</c>

00:45:31.860 --> 00:45:34.699
Where<00:45:32.039><c> you</c><00:45:32.099><c> get</c><00:45:32.239><c> off</c><00:45:32.440><c> the</c><00:45:32.619><c> bus,</c><00:45:33.139><c> just</c><00:45:33.320><c> go</c><00:45:33.500><c> in</c><00:45:33.659><c> there,</c><00:45:34.260><c> she</c><00:45:34.480><c> come.</c>

00:45:35.079 --> 00:45:38.119
She<00:45:35.400><c> loves</c><00:45:35.800><c> the</c><00:45:36.019><c> truth,</c><00:45:36.360><c> absolutely</c><00:45:36.820><c> loves</c><00:45:37.139><c> it.</c>

00:45:38.920 --> 00:45:39.460
She's<00:45:39.380><c> thrilled.</c>

00:45:39.619 --> 00:45:42.059
Now,<00:45:39.980><c> we,</c><00:45:40.480><c> in</c><00:45:40.619><c> a</c><00:45:40.719><c> month</c><00:45:40.900><c> or</c><00:45:41.019><c> so,</c><00:45:41.320><c> one</c><00:45:41.519><c> of</c><00:45:41.800><c> the</c><00:45:41.800><c> sisters</c><00:45:41.800><c> would</c>

00:45:42.059 --> 00:45:43.000
never<00:45:42.380><c> have</c><00:45:42.739><c> thought</c>

00:45:43.000 --> 00:45:47.559
that<00:45:43.340><c> any</c><00:45:43.659><c> preaching</c><00:45:44.019><c> effort</c><00:45:44.460><c> in</c><00:45:44.920><c> South</c><00:45:45.260><c> Wales</c><00:45:45.699><c> would</c><00:45:46.159><c> convert</c><00:45:46.780><c> a</c><00:45:47.360><c> lady</c>

00:45:47.559 --> 00:45:48.780
from<00:45:47.800><c> Texas.</c>

00:45:50.719 --> 00:45:55.139
Or<00:45:51.199><c> that</c><00:45:51.679><c> there</c><00:45:51.900><c> would</c><00:45:52.099><c> be</c><00:45:52.380><c> somebody</c><00:45:52.900><c> there</c><00:45:53.739><c> who,</c><00:45:54.820><c> when</c><00:45:55.000><c> you</c>

00:45:55.139 --> 00:45:55.440
looked,<00:45:55.400><c> said,</c>

00:45:55.440 --> 00:45:58.360
well,<00:45:55.599><c> he'd</c><00:45:55.739><c> never</c><00:45:56.000><c> get</c><00:45:56.219><c> to</c><00:45:56.320><c> the</c><00:45:56.400><c> meeting,</c><00:45:56.539><c> he</c><00:45:56.739><c> can't</c><00:45:57.059><c> hardly</c><00:45:57.260><c> walk.</c>

00:46:01.940 --> 00:46:06.940
And<00:46:02.099><c> from</c><00:46:02.400><c> 50</c><00:46:02.920><c> years,</c><00:46:04.860><c> he's</c><00:46:04.980><c> been</c><00:46:05.260><c> gestating</c><00:46:05.980><c> that</c><00:46:06.460><c> word</c><00:46:06.719><c> that</c>

00:46:06.940 --> 00:46:08.800
he<00:46:07.159><c> heard</c><00:46:07.340><c> on</c><00:46:07.539><c> the</c><00:46:07.780><c> street.</c>

00:46:10.280 --> 00:46:11.860
And<00:46:10.519><c> he'd</c><00:46:10.679><c> be</c><00:46:10.900><c> converted.</c>

00:46:12.840 --> 00:46:14.760
So<00:46:13.280><c> shall</c><00:46:13.780><c> my</c><00:46:14.280><c> word</c><00:46:14.519><c> be.</c>

00:46:14.820 --> 00:46:17.880
And<00:46:15.019><c> brother</c><00:46:15.199><c> sisters</c><00:46:15.559><c> across</c><00:46:16.079><c> Europe,</c><00:46:16.500><c> in</c><00:46:16.739><c> Germany</c><00:46:17.119><c> and</c><00:46:17.300><c> in</c><00:46:17.519><c> Britain,</c>

00:46:17.880 --> 00:46:22.099
are<00:46:18.400><c> seeing</c><00:46:18.920><c> a</c><00:46:19.380><c> harvest</c><00:46:20.039><c> of</c><00:46:20.400><c> the</c><00:46:20.619><c> word</c><00:46:20.820><c> of</c><00:46:21.099><c> God</c><00:46:21.460><c> in</c><00:46:21.900><c> brother</c>

00:46:22.099 --> 00:46:24.000
and<00:46:22.280><c> sisters</c><00:46:22.539><c> from</c><00:46:22.860><c> Iran.</c>

00:46:24.619 --> 00:46:25.500
Iran.

00:46:26.980 --> 00:46:31.420
Somebody's<00:46:27.340><c> given</c><00:46:27.500><c> them</c><00:46:27.719><c> half</c><00:46:28.039><c> a</c><00:46:28.300><c> Bible,</c><00:46:30.239><c> secretly,</c><00:46:30.960><c> on</c><00:46:31.159><c> pain</c>

00:46:31.420 --> 00:46:32.559
of<00:46:31.679><c> death.</c>

00:46:32.619 --> 00:46:34.460
Just<00:46:32.840><c> a</c><00:46:32.980><c> New</c><00:46:33.139><c> Testament,</c><00:46:33.599><c> and</c><00:46:33.739><c> they've</c><00:46:34.000><c> read</c><00:46:34.079><c> it.</c>

00:46:34.579 --> 00:46:38.000
And<00:46:34.920><c> the</c><00:46:35.059><c> brother</c><00:46:35.260><c> and</c><00:46:35.420><c> sisters</c><00:46:35.900><c> that</c><00:46:36.559><c> I</c><00:46:36.719><c> talked</c><00:46:36.960><c> to,</c><00:46:37.179><c> that</c><00:46:37.599><c> talked</c><00:46:37.840><c> to</c>

00:46:38.000 --> 00:46:39.059
us<00:46:38.179><c> said,</c>

00:46:40.099 --> 00:46:43.019
what<00:46:40.340><c> really</c><00:46:40.860><c> impressed</c><00:46:41.320><c> us</c><00:46:41.579><c> was</c><00:46:41.800><c> Jesus.</c>

00:46:44.260 --> 00:46:48.300
When<00:46:44.539><c> we</c><00:46:44.780><c> read</c><00:46:44.960><c> about</c><00:46:45.219><c> Jesus,</c><00:46:46.960><c> his</c><00:46:47.239><c> character.</c>

00:46:48.659 --> 00:46:53.380
This<00:46:49.300><c> person</c><00:46:49.820><c> is</c><00:46:50.079><c> so</c><00:46:50.280><c> unlike</c><00:46:50.739><c> anything</c><00:46:51.320><c> in</c><00:46:52.139><c> Islam</c><00:46:52.619><c> that</c><00:46:53.079><c> we</c>

00:46:53.380 --> 00:46:54.559
learn<00:46:53.659><c> about.</c>

00:46:55.099 --> 00:46:57.679
It<00:46:55.320><c> was</c><00:46:55.559><c> so</c><00:46:55.880><c> attractive</c><00:46:56.440><c> to</c><00:46:56.719><c> them.</c>

00:46:58.480 --> 00:47:02.880
And<00:46:58.679><c> then</c><00:46:58.880><c> somebody</c><00:46:59.099><c> says,</c><00:47:00.460><c> do</c><00:47:00.480><c> you</c><00:47:00.659><c> want</c><00:47:01.159><c> the</c><00:47:01.559><c> full</c><00:47:01.880><c> Bible?</c>

00:47:03.460 --> 00:47:04.380
Yeah.

00:47:04.599 --> 00:47:09.179
And<00:47:04.920><c> somebody</c><00:47:05.280><c> sneaks</c><00:47:05.860><c> them,</c><00:47:06.860><c> you</c><00:47:07.420><c> know,</c><00:47:08.179><c> a</c><00:47:08.360><c> bag</c><00:47:08.539><c> with</c><00:47:08.760><c> the</c><00:47:08.960><c> Bible,</c>

00:47:09.260 --> 00:47:10.440
and<00:47:09.320><c> they've</c><00:47:09.480><c> got</c><00:47:09.559><c> the</c><00:47:09.760><c> full</c><00:47:09.960><c> Bible.</c>

00:47:10.719 --> 00:47:14.099
And<00:47:10.920><c> they</c><00:47:11.159><c> realize</c><00:47:11.699><c> now</c><00:47:12.119><c> that</c><00:47:12.519><c> they're</c><00:47:12.840><c> marked</c><00:47:13.059><c> men,</c><00:47:13.480><c> and</c><00:47:13.719><c> they</c><00:47:13.800><c> have</c><00:47:13.920><c> to</c>

00:47:14.099 --> 00:47:14.980
flee<00:47:14.239><c> the</c><00:47:14.440><c> country.</c>

00:47:14.980 --> 00:47:17.579
Because<00:47:15.639><c> somebody's</c><00:47:16.239><c> alerted</c><00:47:16.619><c> them</c><00:47:16.800><c> that</c><00:47:17.039><c> the</c><00:47:17.300><c> authorities</c>

00:47:17.579 --> 00:47:18.860
have<00:47:17.780><c> come</c><00:47:17.860><c> to</c><00:47:18.059><c> see</c><00:47:18.239><c> them</c><00:47:18.500><c> tomorrow,</c>

00:47:18.980 --> 00:47:20.280
and<00:47:19.119><c> they've</c><00:47:19.400><c> got</c><00:47:19.440><c> to</c><00:47:19.539><c> get</c><00:47:19.679><c> out</c><00:47:19.880><c> tonight.</c>

00:47:20.400 --> 00:47:22.659
So<00:47:20.639><c> they</c><00:47:20.920><c> flee,</c><00:47:21.460><c> and</c><00:47:21.599><c> they're</c><00:47:21.739><c> going</c><00:47:21.840><c> to</c><00:47:22.079><c> Turkey,</c><00:47:22.400><c> and</c><00:47:22.519><c> they</c>

00:47:22.659 --> 00:47:23.500
end<00:47:22.800><c> up</c><00:47:22.940><c> in</c><00:47:23.139><c> Germany.</c>

00:47:23.579 --> 00:47:26.719
And<00:47:23.780><c> on</c><00:47:23.980><c> the</c><00:47:24.119><c> way,</c><00:47:24.280><c> they</c><00:47:24.420><c> keep</c><00:47:24.639><c> company</c><00:47:25.079><c> with</c><00:47:25.559><c> other</c><00:47:25.980><c> Christians.</c>

00:47:27.199 --> 00:47:28.980
But<00:47:27.380><c> they're</c><00:47:27.619><c> looking</c><00:47:27.780><c> at</c><00:47:27.980><c> their</c><00:47:28.179><c> Bibles,</c><00:47:28.539><c> and</c><00:47:28.659><c> they</c><00:47:28.840><c> say,</c><00:47:28.960><c> I</c>

00:47:28.980 --> 00:47:31.280
can't<00:47:29.380><c> see</c><00:47:29.519><c> the</c><00:47:29.739><c> Trinity</c><00:47:30.059><c> in</c><00:47:30.260><c> the</c><00:47:30.440><c> Bible.</c>

00:47:31.599 --> 00:47:32.639
I<00:47:31.880><c> can't</c><00:47:32.260><c> see</c><00:47:32.460><c> it.</c>

00:47:32.639 --> 00:47:34.059
It's<00:47:32.880><c> not</c><00:47:33.099><c> there.</c>

00:47:34.679 --> 00:47:37.800
They<00:47:34.900><c> find</c><00:47:35.199><c> their</c><00:47:35.420><c> way</c><00:47:35.579><c> to</c><00:47:35.840><c> Esling</c><00:47:36.099><c> and</c><00:47:36.300><c> Ecclesia</c><00:47:36.719><c> in</c><00:47:36.940><c> Germany.</c>

00:47:39.519 --> 00:47:42.260
And<00:47:39.739><c> so</c><00:47:39.940><c> many</c><00:47:40.119><c> of</c><00:47:40.219><c> them</c><00:47:40.320><c> have</c><00:47:40.460><c> to</c><00:47:40.599><c> change</c><00:47:40.800><c> the</c><00:47:41.059><c> Bible</c><00:47:41.380><c> school.</c>

00:47:42.539 --> 00:47:45.860
To<00:47:43.159><c> have</c><00:47:43.559><c> Persian</c><00:47:44.280><c> translators.</c>

00:47:48.460 --> 00:47:50.659
And<00:47:48.739><c> Cardiff</c><00:47:49.119><c> in</c><00:47:49.380><c> South</c><00:47:49.639><c> Wales,</c><00:47:49.880><c> where</c><00:47:50.000><c> we</c><00:47:50.139><c> were</c><00:47:50.239><c> members</c><00:47:50.400><c> for</c>

00:47:50.659 --> 00:47:51.789
30<00:47:50.980><c> years,</c>

00:47:53.679 --> 00:47:57.159
has<00:47:53.780><c> just</c><00:47:54.059><c> had</c><00:47:54.199><c> to</c><00:47:54.340><c> have</c><00:47:54.460><c> a</c><00:47:54.619><c> Persian</c><00:47:55.039><c> translation</c><00:47:55.719><c> on</c><00:47:55.960><c> the</c><00:47:56.159><c> Sunday</c><00:47:56.440><c> morning</c><00:47:56.900><c> to</c>

00:47:57.159 --> 00:47:59.880
receive<00:47:57.599><c> in</c><00:47:58.099><c> a</c><00:47:58.460><c> Persian</c><00:47:58.940><c> brother.</c>

00:48:01.900 --> 00:48:05.079
And<00:48:02.219><c> all</c><00:48:02.380><c> our</c><00:48:02.639><c> normal</c><00:48:03.260><c> ways</c><00:48:03.639><c> of</c><00:48:03.880><c> doing</c><00:48:04.059><c> things</c><00:48:04.360><c> have</c><00:48:04.780><c> turned</c>

00:48:05.079 --> 00:48:06.480
upside<00:48:05.519><c> down.</c>

00:48:08.099 --> 00:48:10.039
It's<00:48:08.719><c> a</c><00:48:08.840><c> marvelous</c><00:48:09.139><c> thing.</c>

00:48:10.179 --> 00:48:11.860
I<00:48:10.500><c> think</c><00:48:10.780><c> we</c><00:48:11.440><c> did</c><00:48:11.679><c> that.</c>

00:48:11.940 --> 00:48:13.320
No,<00:48:12.119><c> we</c><00:48:12.199><c> didn't</c><00:48:12.420><c> do</c><00:48:12.699><c> anything,</c><00:48:13.119><c> did</c><00:48:13.199><c> we?</c>

00:48:13.320 --> 00:48:16.460
What<00:48:13.460><c> we</c><00:48:13.679><c> did</c><00:48:13.820><c> was</c><00:48:14.019><c> just</c><00:48:14.300><c> accommodate</c><00:48:14.800><c> what</c><00:48:15.079><c> the</c><00:48:15.360><c> Word</c><00:48:15.519><c> has</c><00:48:16.119><c> done.</c>

00:48:16.619 --> 00:48:19.619
That<00:48:16.860><c> Word</c><00:48:17.099><c> has</c><00:48:17.360><c> gone</c><00:48:17.599><c> out,</c><00:48:17.940><c> and</c><00:48:18.059><c> it</c><00:48:18.340><c> has</c><00:48:18.579><c> achieved</c><00:48:19.039><c> what</c><00:48:19.300><c> God</c>

00:48:19.619 --> 00:48:21.840
had<00:48:20.019><c> intended</c><00:48:20.320><c> it</c><00:48:20.679><c> to</c><00:48:20.840><c> achieve.</c>

00:48:22.059 --> 00:48:23.079
Nicodemus.

00:48:23.579 --> 00:48:24.860
That's<00:48:24.099><c> God's</c><00:48:24.599><c> way.</c>

00:48:24.920 --> 00:48:27.440
And<00:48:25.179><c> you're</c><00:48:25.500><c> the</c><00:48:25.699><c> teacher</c><00:48:25.980><c> in</c><00:48:26.239><c> Israel,</c><00:48:26.480><c> and</c><00:48:26.639><c> you</c><00:48:26.840><c> don't</c><00:48:27.179><c> know</c>

00:48:27.440 --> 00:48:28.940
these<00:48:27.840><c> things.</c>

00:48:34.159 --> 00:48:38.539
John<00:48:34.880><c> chapter</c><00:48:35.300><c> 3</c><00:48:35.599><c> is</c><00:48:35.880><c> capturing</c><00:48:36.679><c> those</c><00:48:37.280><c> points</c><00:48:37.980><c> of</c><00:48:38.179><c> Isaiah</c>

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chapter<00:48:38.960><c> 40.</c>

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The<00:48:42.179><c> wind,</c><00:48:42.840><c> the</c><00:48:43.119><c> Spirit</c><00:48:43.460><c> blows</c><00:48:44.179><c> where</c><00:48:45.139><c> it</c><00:48:45.599><c> listeth,</c><00:48:46.019><c> and</c><00:48:46.199><c> you</c>

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hear<00:48:47.039><c> the</c><00:48:47.400><c> voice</c><00:48:48.320><c> thereof.</c>

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But<00:48:49.300><c> canst</c><00:48:49.739><c> not</c><00:48:49.960><c> tell</c><00:48:50.440><c> whence</c><00:48:50.880><c> it</c><00:48:51.119><c> cometh,</c><00:48:51.480><c> and</c><00:48:51.659><c> whither</c><00:48:51.880><c> it</c><00:48:52.219><c> goeth.</c>

00:48:53.460 --> 00:48:56.400
The<00:48:53.820><c> Spirit</c><00:48:54.119><c> of</c><00:48:54.300><c> the</c><00:48:54.400><c> Lord</c><00:48:54.679><c> bloweth</c><00:48:55.199><c> upon</c><00:48:55.539><c> it.</c>

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That's<00:48:57.559><c> what</c><00:48:57.699><c> has</c><00:48:57.920><c> been</c><00:48:58.159><c> captured</c><00:48:58.599><c> here.</c>

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Nicodemus,<00:49:00.579><c> go</c><00:49:00.719><c> back</c><00:49:01.019><c> to</c><00:49:01.280><c> Isaiah</c><00:49:01.699><c> chapter</c><00:49:02.039><c> 40.</c>

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Get<00:49:02.860><c> your</c><00:49:03.099><c> head.</c>

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If<00:49:03.739><c> you</c><00:49:03.940><c> want</c><00:49:04.059><c> to</c><00:49:04.159><c> know</c><00:49:04.219><c> what's</c><00:49:04.559><c> going</c><00:49:04.800><c> on,</c><00:49:05.360><c> it's</c><00:49:05.659><c> obvious</c><00:49:06.059><c> what's</c><00:49:06.519><c> going</c><00:49:06.760><c> on.</c>

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John<00:49:07.139><c> the</c><00:49:07.320><c> Baptist</c><00:49:07.559><c> has</c><00:49:07.880><c> told</c><00:49:08.239><c> you</c><00:49:08.420><c> what's</c><00:49:08.780><c> going</c><00:49:09.019><c> on.</c>

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When<00:49:09.980><c> you</c><00:49:11.059><c> sent</c><00:49:11.340><c> men</c><00:49:11.619><c> to</c><00:49:11.900><c> ask</c><00:49:12.199><c> him,</c><00:49:12.480><c> when</c><00:49:12.579><c> you</c><00:49:12.679><c> sent</c><00:49:13.480><c> people,</c>

00:49:14.400 --> 00:49:15.699
priests<00:49:14.500><c> and</c><00:49:14.699><c> leavers</c><00:49:14.920><c> to</c><00:49:15.079><c> go</c><00:49:15.139><c> and</c><00:49:15.280><c> ask</c><00:49:15.460><c> John,</c>

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when<00:49:15.920><c> they</c><00:49:16.500><c> come</c><00:49:16.800><c> back</c><00:49:17.019><c> and</c><00:49:17.179><c> they've</c><00:49:17.539><c> sat</c><00:49:17.760><c> down</c><00:49:18.019><c> in</c><00:49:18.199><c> front</c><00:49:18.340><c> of</c>

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the<00:49:18.679><c> Sanhedrin,</c>

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and<00:49:19.559><c> they</c><00:49:19.739><c> said,</c><00:49:19.940><c> well,</c><00:49:20.179><c> who</c><00:49:20.340><c> is</c><00:49:20.539><c> he</c><00:49:20.719><c> then?</c>

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And<00:49:22.579><c> he</c><00:49:22.719><c> says</c><00:49:22.860><c> he's</c><00:49:23.119><c> not</c><00:49:23.300><c> the</c><00:49:23.500><c> Messiah,</c><00:49:24.239><c> and</c><00:49:24.360><c> he's</c><00:49:24.780><c> not</c><00:49:25.019><c> that</c><00:49:25.239><c> prophet,</c>

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well,<00:49:26.440><c> who</c><00:49:26.679><c> is</c><00:49:26.940><c> he</c><00:49:27.119><c> then?</c>

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He<00:49:28.000><c> said</c><00:49:28.099><c> he's</c><00:49:28.300><c> the</c><00:49:28.519><c> voice.</c>

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Didn't<00:49:33.079><c> you</c><00:49:33.420><c> open</c><00:49:33.559><c> the</c><00:49:33.880><c> scroll</c><00:49:34.159><c> and</c><00:49:34.659><c> tell</c><00:49:34.960><c> the</c><00:49:35.199><c> Sanhedrin</c><00:49:35.679><c> what</c><00:49:35.900><c> to</c><00:49:36.219><c> expect?</c>

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Art<00:49:40.820><c> thou</c><00:49:41.079><c> the</c><00:49:41.300><c> master</c><00:49:41.760><c> of</c><00:49:41.960><c> Israel,</c><00:49:42.420><c> and</c><00:49:42.559><c> knowest</c><00:49:42.900><c> not</c><00:49:43.139><c> these</c><00:49:43.480><c> things?</c>

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Verily,<00:49:46.480><c> verily,</c><00:49:46.760><c> I</c><00:49:47.059><c> say</c><00:49:47.179><c> unto</c><00:49:47.420><c> you,</c><00:49:48.280><c> we</c><00:49:49.019><c> speak</c><00:49:49.860><c> that</c><00:49:50.360><c> we</c><00:49:50.739><c> do</c><00:49:51.079><c> know.</c>

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Now<00:49:51.460><c> the</c><00:49:51.659><c> we</c><00:49:51.920><c> in</c><00:49:52.039><c> verse</c><00:49:52.380><c> 11,</c><00:49:53.380><c> that's</c><00:49:53.699><c> Jesus</c><00:49:54.099><c> and</c><00:49:54.380><c> John.</c>

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We<00:49:56.519><c> speak</c><00:49:57.280><c> that</c><00:49:58.159><c> we</c><00:49:58.880><c> do</c><00:49:59.360><c> know,</c><00:50:00.559><c> and</c><00:50:00.780><c> testify</c><00:50:01.519><c> that</c><00:50:02.340><c> we</c><00:50:02.940><c> have</c><00:50:03.320><c> seen,</c>

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and<00:50:04.219><c> he</c><00:50:04.579><c> received</c><00:50:04.960><c> not</c><00:50:05.500><c> our</c><00:50:06.119><c> witness.</c>

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He<00:50:08.239><c> received</c><00:50:08.760><c> not</c><00:50:09.179><c> our</c><00:50:09.500><c> witness.</c>

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If<00:50:10.460><c> he</c><00:50:10.679><c> could</c><00:50:10.860><c> have</c><00:50:11.039><c> gone</c><00:50:11.340><c> back</c><00:50:11.719><c> to</c><00:50:11.940><c> Isaiah</c><00:50:12.380><c> chapter</c><00:50:12.780><c> 55,</c>

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he<00:50:13.539><c> would</c><00:50:13.739><c> have</c><00:50:13.960><c> seen</c><00:50:14.340><c> that</c><00:50:15.000><c> the</c><00:50:15.179><c> Lord</c><00:50:15.619><c> was</c><00:50:16.320><c> fulfilling.</c>

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Verse<00:50:17.599><c> four,</c><00:50:18.099><c> behold,</c><00:50:18.820><c> I</c><00:50:18.980><c> have</c><00:50:19.219><c> given</c><00:50:19.460><c> him</c><00:50:19.860><c> for</c><00:50:20.400><c> a</c><00:50:20.719><c> witness</c><00:50:21.219><c> to</c>

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the<00:50:21.940><c> people,</c>

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a<00:50:22.760><c> leader</c><00:50:23.320><c> and</c><00:50:23.940><c> commander</c><00:50:24.619><c> of</c><00:50:25.199><c> the</c><00:50:25.420><c> people.</c>

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Nicodemus<00:50:27.360><c> was</c><00:50:27.639><c> a</c><00:50:27.880><c> ruler</c><00:50:28.079><c> of</c><00:50:28.340><c> the</c><00:50:28.559><c> Jews,</c>

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but<00:50:30.579><c> before</c><00:50:31.039><c> him</c><00:50:31.599><c> was</c><00:50:32.239><c> the</c><00:50:32.659><c> witness,</c><00:50:33.139><c> the</c><00:50:33.380><c> leader,</c><00:50:33.800><c> the</c><00:50:33.960><c> commander.</c>

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Here<00:50:36.679><c> we</c><00:50:36.940><c> have</c><00:50:37.400><c> the</c><00:50:37.800><c> teacher</c><00:50:38.039><c> of</c><00:50:38.219><c> Israel,</c>

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debating<00:50:40.599><c> with</c><00:50:41.380><c> the</c><00:50:42.000><c> teacher</c><00:50:42.480><c> of</c><00:50:42.800><c> Israel.</c>

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If<00:50:47.519><c> I</c><00:50:47.679><c> have</c><00:50:47.880><c> told</c><00:50:48.059><c> you</c><00:50:48.260><c> earthly</c><00:50:48.539><c> things</c><00:50:48.900><c> and</c><00:50:49.079><c> he</c><00:50:49.380><c> believed</c><00:50:49.679><c> not,</c>

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how<00:50:50.420><c> shall</c><00:50:50.840><c> he</c><00:50:51.099><c> believe</c><00:50:51.920><c> heavenly</c><00:50:52.500><c> things?</c>

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Now<00:50:53.139><c> what</c><00:50:53.219><c> are</c><00:50:53.360><c> the</c><00:50:53.519><c> earthly</c><00:50:53.800><c> things</c>

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that<00:50:56.360><c> Nicodemus</c><00:50:56.920><c> couldn't</c><00:50:57.260><c> understand?</c>

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I<00:50:59.239><c> think</c><00:50:59.400><c> the</c><00:50:59.559><c> answer</c><00:50:59.800><c> is</c><00:50:59.940><c> we've</c><00:51:00.139><c> already</c><00:51:00.380><c> looked</c><00:51:00.639><c> at</c><00:51:00.780><c> it</c><00:51:00.980><c> in</c>

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chapter<00:51:01.320><c> 3,</c><00:51:01.579><c> verse</c><00:51:01.820><c> 31.</c>

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He<00:51:03.139><c> that</c><00:51:03.400><c> cometh</c><00:51:03.679><c> from</c><00:51:04.000><c> above</c><00:51:04.320><c> is</c><00:51:04.559><c> above</c><00:51:04.860><c> all.</c>

00:51:05.119 --> 00:51:08.639
He<00:51:05.440><c> that</c><00:51:05.679><c> is</c><00:51:05.840><c> of</c><00:51:06.079><c> the</c><00:51:06.380><c> earth</c><00:51:06.800><c> is</c><00:51:07.659><c> earthly.</c>

00:51:10.019 --> 00:51:12.139
Nicodemus<00:51:10.579><c> couldn't</c><00:51:11.099><c> understand</c><00:51:11.719><c> the</c><00:51:11.960><c> things</c>

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that<00:51:12.440><c> had</c><00:51:12.579><c> already</c><00:51:13.199><c> been</c><00:51:13.860><c> revealed</c><00:51:14.599><c> in</c><00:51:15.219><c> the</c><00:51:15.420><c> law</c><00:51:15.599><c> and</c><00:51:15.739><c> the</c><00:51:16.039><c> prophets.</c>

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Even<00:51:18.579><c> the</c><00:51:19.179><c> basic</c><00:51:19.579><c> things</c><00:51:19.880><c> of</c><00:51:20.099><c> Isaiah</c><00:51:20.420><c> 40,</c>

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even<00:51:21.179><c> the</c><00:51:21.260><c> things</c><00:51:21.420><c> that</c><00:51:21.579><c> John</c><00:51:21.760><c> the</c><00:51:21.900><c> Baptist</c><00:51:22.139><c> says,</c>

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this<00:51:22.539><c> is</c><00:51:22.719><c> who</c><00:51:22.960><c> I</c><00:51:23.099><c> am.</c>

00:51:23.619 --> 00:51:26.800
He<00:51:23.820><c> couldn't</c><00:51:24.519><c> perceive,</c><00:51:25.059><c> he</c><00:51:25.159><c> hadn't</c><00:51:25.599><c> understood</c><00:51:26.159><c> those</c><00:51:26.519><c> things.</c>

00:51:27.099 --> 00:51:29.820
He<00:51:27.199><c> hadn't</c><00:51:27.400><c> understood</c><00:51:27.900><c> that</c><00:51:28.519><c> God's</c><00:51:29.019><c> spirit</c>

00:51:29.880 --> 00:51:33.579
chooses<00:51:30.480><c> to</c><00:51:31.000><c> speak</c><00:51:31.360><c> as</c><00:51:32.039><c> God</c><00:51:32.559><c> chooses.</c>

00:51:33.920 --> 00:51:37.599
God<00:51:34.159><c> never</c><00:51:34.679><c> went</c><00:51:35.039><c> to</c><00:51:35.920><c> ask</c><00:51:36.199><c> permission</c><00:51:36.739><c> of</c><00:51:36.980><c> the</c><00:51:37.179><c> rulers</c>

00:51:37.599 --> 00:51:40.099
of<00:51:38.400><c> who</c><00:51:38.539><c> he</c><00:51:38.739><c> could</c><00:51:38.980><c> speak</c><00:51:39.280><c> through.</c>

00:51:40.380 --> 00:51:42.840
Their<00:51:40.539><c> whole</c><00:51:40.780><c> mentality</c><00:51:41.519><c> was</c><00:51:41.960><c> out</c><00:51:42.159><c> of</c><00:51:42.420><c> sync</c>

00:51:42.840 --> 00:51:46.599
with<00:51:43.420><c> the</c><00:51:43.559><c> way</c><00:51:43.699><c> God</c><00:51:43.940><c> had</c><00:51:44.280><c> worked</c><00:51:44.599><c> even</c><00:51:45.239><c> during</c><00:51:45.480><c> the</c><00:51:45.719><c> times</c><00:51:46.000><c> of</c>

00:51:46.599 --> 00:51:48.099
the<00:51:46.780><c> Mosaic</c><00:51:47.239><c> law.</c>

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How<00:51:49.860><c> then</c><00:51:50.019><c> if</c><00:51:50.119><c> he</c><00:51:50.280><c> couldn't</c><00:51:50.500><c> even</c><00:51:50.800><c> understand</c><00:51:51.199><c> those</c><00:51:51.599><c> things,</c>

00:51:52.880 --> 00:51:55.980
could<00:51:53.000><c> he</c><00:51:53.219><c> understand</c><00:51:53.760><c> what</c><00:51:54.059><c> Jesus</c><00:51:54.460><c> would</c><00:51:54.840><c> teach</c><00:51:55.159><c> them?</c>

00:51:56.980 --> 00:51:59.460
Words<00:51:57.239><c> that</c><00:51:57.480><c> he</c><00:51:57.599><c> had</c><00:51:57.719><c> received</c><00:51:58.039><c> from</c><00:51:58.300><c> his</c><00:51:58.559><c> father.</c>

00:52:00.280 --> 00:52:03.460
And<00:52:00.579><c> so</c><00:52:00.699><c> to</c><00:52:00.980><c> bring</c><00:52:01.460><c> Nicodemus</c><00:52:02.199><c> to</c><00:52:02.579><c> think</c><00:52:02.860><c> about</c><00:52:03.199><c> that</c>

00:52:03.460 --> 00:52:07.239
which<00:52:03.719><c> would</c><00:52:04.400><c> ultimately</c><00:52:05.000><c> perhaps</c><00:52:05.380><c> change</c><00:52:05.719><c> his</c><00:52:06.099><c> mind,</c>

00:52:07.500 --> 00:52:12.739
the<00:52:08.019><c> Lord</c><00:52:08.239><c> goes</c><00:52:08.559><c> on</c><00:52:09.139><c> to</c><00:52:09.420><c> give</c><00:52:09.679><c> him</c><00:52:10.639><c> a</c><00:52:11.960><c> comparison</c>

00:52:12.739 --> 00:52:14.320
between<00:52:13.239><c> the</c><00:52:13.440><c> way</c><00:52:13.559><c> God</c><00:52:13.760><c> is</c><00:52:14.019><c> working</c>

00:52:14.320 --> 00:52:18.900
and<00:52:14.619><c> the</c><00:52:14.800><c> way</c><00:52:15.340><c> Moses</c><00:52:15.920><c> lifted</c><00:52:16.340><c> up</c><00:52:16.619><c> the</c><00:52:16.840><c> serpent</c><00:52:17.260><c> in</c><00:52:17.760><c> the</c><00:52:17.920><c> wilderness.</c>

00:52:20.039 --> 00:52:23.280
And<00:52:20.159><c> the</c><00:52:20.300><c> point</c><00:52:20.440><c> about</c><00:52:20.659><c> Moses</c><00:52:21.960><c> lifting</c><00:52:22.599><c> up</c><00:52:22.840><c> the</c><00:52:23.000><c> serpent</c>

00:52:23.280 --> 00:52:25.980
in<00:52:23.480><c> the</c><00:52:23.659><c> wilderness</c><00:52:24.000><c> is</c><00:52:24.480><c> of</c><00:52:24.679><c> course</c><00:52:24.940><c> a</c><00:52:25.420><c> marvelous</c><00:52:25.760><c> thing.</c>

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It's<00:52:26.260><c> a</c><00:52:26.400><c> strange</c><00:52:26.619><c> incident.</c>

00:52:27.380 --> 00:52:29.880
It's<00:52:27.579><c> just</c><00:52:27.780><c> a</c><00:52:28.000><c> short</c><00:52:28.199><c> little</c><00:52:28.679><c> few</c><00:52:28.880><c> verses.</c>

00:52:30.800 --> 00:52:32.380
There's<00:52:31.059><c> not</c><00:52:31.219><c> a</c><00:52:31.320><c> big</c><00:52:31.460><c> introduction</c><00:52:32.059><c> to</c><00:52:32.280><c> it</c>

00:52:32.380 --> 00:52:35.699
and<00:52:32.519><c> there's</c><00:52:33.320><c> no</c><00:52:33.679><c> explanation</c><00:52:34.519><c> thereafter.</c>

00:52:35.679 --> 00:52:39.500
The<00:52:36.019><c> people</c><00:52:36.340><c> are</c><00:52:36.679><c> bitten</c><00:52:37.139><c> and</c><00:52:38.300><c> are</c><00:52:38.579><c> dying</c>

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and<00:52:40.400><c> the</c><00:52:40.619><c> only</c><00:52:40.820><c> way</c><00:52:41.059><c> they</c><00:52:41.260><c> can</c><00:52:41.539><c> be</c><00:52:41.960><c> saved</c>

00:52:42.480 --> 00:52:46.940
is<00:52:43.260><c> completely</c><00:52:43.960><c> out</c><00:52:44.519><c> with</c><00:52:44.980><c> the</c><00:52:45.320><c> law</c><00:52:45.639><c> of</c><00:52:45.920><c> Moses.</c>

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There's<00:52:47.900><c> nothing</c><00:52:48.179><c> under</c><00:52:48.500><c> the</c><00:52:48.800><c> law.</c>

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There's<00:52:49.860><c> no</c><00:52:50.059><c> sacrifice</c><00:52:50.739><c> offered.</c>

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There's<00:52:51.760><c> no</c><00:52:51.940><c> ritual</c><00:52:52.340><c> undertaken.</c>

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They've<00:52:54.039><c> just</c><00:52:54.300><c> got</c><00:52:54.440><c> to</c><00:52:54.619><c> look</c><00:52:54.760><c> at</c><00:52:54.980><c> the</c><00:52:55.219><c> symbol</c>

00:52:57.460 --> 00:53:02.179
of<00:52:58.139><c> that</c><00:52:58.619><c> which</c><00:52:58.840><c> has</c><00:52:59.159><c> bitten</c><00:52:59.440><c> them</c><00:53:00.059><c> lifted</c><00:53:01.099><c> up.</c>

00:53:02.960 --> 00:53:07.900
The<00:53:03.639><c> power</c><00:53:04.019><c> of</c><00:53:04.400><c> sin</c><00:53:05.280><c> vested</c><00:53:06.360><c> in</c><00:53:06.679><c> a</c><00:53:06.920><c> nature</c>

00:53:08.239 --> 00:53:11.719
which<00:53:08.920><c> the</c><00:53:09.159><c> Lord</c><00:53:09.360><c> Jesus</c><00:53:09.900><c> Christ</c><00:53:10.380><c> bore</c>

00:53:11.900 --> 00:53:16.039
lifted<00:53:12.579><c> up</c><00:53:13.119><c> so</c><00:53:13.380><c> that</c><00:53:13.599><c> God</c><00:53:14.099><c> would</c><00:53:14.800><c> condemn</c><00:53:15.460><c> sin</c>

00:53:16.039 --> 00:53:21.559
in<00:53:17.179><c> the</c><00:53:17.519><c> very</c><00:53:18.039><c> substance</c><00:53:18.739><c> where</c><00:53:19.099><c> it</c><00:53:19.360><c> held</c><00:53:19.559><c> sway</c><00:53:19.940><c> in</c><00:53:20.139><c> all</c><00:53:20.320><c> other</c><00:53:20.559><c> men.</c>

00:53:22.280 --> 00:53:25.039
To<00:53:22.619><c> declare</c><00:53:22.980><c> the</c><00:53:23.300><c> righteous</c><00:53:24.059><c> judgments</c><00:53:24.599><c> of</c><00:53:24.840><c> God</c>

00:53:25.039 --> 00:53:27.400
that<00:53:25.260><c> the</c><00:53:25.460><c> wages</c><00:53:25.699><c> of</c><00:53:26.000><c> sin</c><00:53:26.139><c> is</c><00:53:26.400><c> death.</c>

00:53:29.119 --> 00:53:31.659
That<00:53:29.800><c> would</c><00:53:30.039><c> be</c><00:53:30.239><c> the</c><00:53:30.420><c> way</c><00:53:30.619><c> in</c><00:53:30.800><c> which</c><00:53:30.960><c> men</c><00:53:31.199><c> would</c><00:53:31.460><c> be</c><00:53:31.659><c> saved.</c>

00:53:31.679 --> 00:53:36.099
Saved<00:53:32.360><c> from</c><00:53:33.500><c> the</c><00:53:33.840><c> poisonous</c><00:53:34.320><c> bite</c><00:53:34.679><c> of</c><00:53:35.000><c> sin.</c>

00:53:37.179 --> 00:53:38.920
And<00:53:37.260><c> if</c><00:53:37.400><c> Nicodemus</c><00:53:37.780><c> would</c><00:53:37.960><c> just</c><00:53:38.260><c> think</c><00:53:38.500><c> about</c><00:53:38.760><c> that</c>

00:53:38.920 --> 00:53:40.119
he<00:53:39.019><c> would</c><00:53:39.239><c> realize</c><00:53:39.519><c> it</c><00:53:39.679><c> was</c><00:53:39.900><c> not</c>

00:53:40.119 --> 00:53:43.940
within<00:53:40.440><c> the</c><00:53:40.619><c> mosaic</c><00:53:41.980><c> arrangement</c><00:53:42.679><c> of</c><00:53:43.000><c> things.</c>

00:53:44.199 --> 00:53:47.539
God<00:53:44.380><c> was</c><00:53:44.679><c> telling</c><00:53:44.900><c> them</c><00:53:45.579><c> from</c><00:53:46.280><c> the</c><00:53:46.639><c> beginning</c>

00:53:47.840 --> 00:53:50.880
that<00:53:48.199><c> salvation</c><00:53:48.860><c> lay</c><00:53:49.099><c> outside</c><00:53:49.719><c> of</c><00:53:50.059><c> law</c>

00:53:51.159 --> 00:53:55.239
and<00:53:51.760><c> it</c><00:53:51.940><c> would</c><00:53:52.159><c> come</c><00:53:52.739><c> by</c><00:53:53.039><c> the</c><00:53:53.260><c> love</c><00:53:53.420><c> and</c><00:53:53.659><c> grace</c><00:53:53.880><c> of</c><00:53:54.119><c> God.</c>

00:53:57.000 --> 00:54:00.699
And<00:53:57.460><c> it</c><00:53:57.599><c> didn't</c><00:53:57.760><c> matter</c><00:53:58.039><c> if</c><00:53:58.179><c> someone</c><00:53:58.539><c> was</c><00:53:59.659><c> a</c><00:53:59.840><c> Jew</c><00:53:59.960><c> or</c><00:54:00.219><c> a</c><00:54:00.320><c> Gentile</c>

00:54:00.699 --> 00:54:04.699
whether<00:54:00.900><c> he</c><00:54:01.019><c> was</c><00:54:01.360><c> a</c><00:54:02.519><c> proselyte</c><00:54:03.239><c> or</c><00:54:03.539><c> a</c><00:54:03.840><c> stranger</c>

00:54:05.039 --> 00:54:07.940
who<00:54:05.380><c> had</c><00:54:05.599><c> joined</c><00:54:05.739><c> himself</c><00:54:06.460><c> to</c><00:54:06.780><c> the</c><00:54:07.019><c> number</c>

00:54:08.420 --> 00:54:11.119
as<00:54:08.760><c> a</c><00:54:08.920><c> mixed</c><00:54:09.099><c> multitude</c><00:54:09.500><c> came</c><00:54:09.760><c> out</c><00:54:09.960><c> of</c><00:54:10.139><c> Egypt.</c>

00:54:13.880 --> 00:54:17.480
Whosoever<00:54:14.559><c> believeth</c><00:54:15.079><c> in</c><00:54:15.420><c> him</c><00:54:16.179><c> should</c><00:54:16.659><c> not</c><00:54:16.920><c> perish</c>

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but<00:54:18.260><c> have</c><00:54:19.000><c> everlasting</c><00:54:19.659><c> life.</c>

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That<00:54:20.599><c> was</c><00:54:20.900><c> the</c><00:54:21.099><c> way.</c>

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So<00:54:21.519><c> the</c><00:54:21.780><c> force</c><00:54:22.300><c> of</c><00:54:23.119><c> that</c><00:54:23.420><c> expression</c>

00:54:23.940 --> 00:54:29.280
for<00:54:24.260><c> God</c><00:54:24.840><c> sent</c><00:54:25.159><c> not</c><00:54:25.400><c> his</c><00:54:25.639><c> son</c><00:54:26.059><c> is</c><00:54:27.679><c> as</c><00:54:28.260><c> Moses</c>

00:54:29.760 --> 00:54:31.460
so<00:54:30.360><c> God.</c>

00:54:31.699 --> 00:54:35.340
God<00:54:31.960><c> would</c><00:54:32.239><c> love</c><00:54:32.460><c> the</c><00:54:32.760><c> world</c><00:54:33.219><c> as</c><00:54:33.840><c> Moses</c><00:54:34.280><c> lifted</c><00:54:34.599><c> up</c><00:54:34.860><c> the</c><00:54:35.079><c> serpent.</c>

00:54:35.440 --> 00:54:37.480
That<00:54:35.599><c> would</c><00:54:35.800><c> be</c><00:54:35.960><c> the</c><00:54:36.239><c> expression</c><00:54:36.619><c> of</c><00:54:36.840><c> God's</c><00:54:37.239><c> love</c>

00:54:37.480 --> 00:54:40.559
in<00:54:37.960><c> the</c><00:54:38.159><c> crucifixion</c><00:54:39.119><c> of</c><00:54:39.480><c> the</c><00:54:39.599><c> Lord</c><00:54:39.800><c> Jesus</c><00:54:40.239><c> Christ</c>

00:54:40.559 --> 00:54:46.119
in<00:54:40.780><c> allowing</c><00:54:41.079><c> his</c><00:54:41.420><c> son</c><00:54:42.019><c> to</c><00:54:42.780><c> willingly</c><00:54:43.199><c> put</c><00:54:43.559><c> to</c><00:54:43.800><c> death</c><00:54:45.039><c> sin.</c>

00:54:48.579 --> 00:54:52.000
That<00:54:48.920><c> would</c><00:54:49.099><c> be</c><00:54:49.300><c> the</c><00:54:49.420><c> way</c><00:54:49.599><c> that</c><00:54:49.820><c> God</c><00:54:50.019><c> would</c><00:54:50.219><c> express</c><00:54:50.820><c> his</c><00:54:51.119><c> love.</c>

00:54:52.719 --> 00:54:56.340
And<00:54:52.920><c> out</c><00:54:53.059><c> of</c><00:54:53.219><c> that</c><00:54:53.380><c> we</c><00:54:53.519><c> would</c><00:54:53.780><c> be</c><00:54:54.039><c> born</c><00:54:54.719><c> new</c><00:54:55.820><c> creatures.</c>

00:54:56.340 --> 00:54:59.719
Our<00:54:56.820><c> consciences</c><00:54:57.699><c> would</c><00:54:58.139><c> have</c><00:54:58.320><c> been</c><00:54:58.699><c> cleansed.</c>

00:55:01.380 --> 00:55:04.300
God's<00:55:01.780><c> forgiveness</c><00:55:02.159><c> would</c><00:55:02.420><c> have</c><00:55:02.639><c> washed</c><00:55:02.920><c> us</c><00:55:03.320><c> clean.</c>

00:55:05.340 --> 00:55:07.440
And<00:55:05.500><c> go</c><00:55:05.639><c> back</c><00:55:05.860><c> to</c><00:55:06.000><c> chapter</c><00:55:06.300><c> two.</c>

00:55:07.760 --> 00:55:12.340
We<00:55:07.940><c> would</c><00:55:08.099><c> be</c><00:55:08.440><c> washed</c><00:55:09.179><c> in</c><00:55:10.500><c> those</c><00:55:10.820><c> water</c><00:55:11.199><c> pots</c>

00:55:14.320 --> 00:55:17.940
with<00:55:14.739><c> the</c><00:55:15.039><c> blood</c><00:55:15.659><c> of</c><00:55:16.699><c> the</c><00:55:16.920><c> lamb.</c>

00:55:19.539 --> 00:55:25.380
It<00:55:20.079><c> turned</c><00:55:20.239><c> water</c><00:55:21.239><c> into</c><00:55:24.400><c> wine.</c>

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And<00:55:28.880><c> if</c><00:55:29.039><c> you</c><00:55:29.119><c> can</c><00:55:29.260><c> do</c><00:55:29.480><c> that,</c><00:55:31.840><c> you</c><00:55:31.840><c> can</c><00:55:32.039><c> do</c><00:55:32.239><c> anything.</c>