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justify<00:12:07.759><c> yourselves</c><00:12:08.320><c> before</c><00:12:08.740><c> men,</c><00:12:10.120><c> but</c><00:12:10.259><c> God</c><00:12:10.620><c> knoweth</c><00:12:10.960><c> your</c>

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hearts,<00:12:12.519><c> for</c><00:12:12.639><c> that</c><00:12:12.840><c> which</c><00:12:13.000><c> is</c><00:12:13.259><c> highly</c><00:12:13.500><c> esteemed</c>

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were<00:12:24.580><c> preoccupied</c><00:12:25.440><c> with</c><00:12:25.620><c> the</c><00:12:25.919><c> outside,</c>

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men<00:12:34.179><c> and</c><00:12:35.019><c> their</c><00:12:35.240><c> feeling</c><00:12:35.539><c> and</c><00:12:35.779><c> understanding</c><00:12:36.340><c> about</c><00:12:36.899><c> their</c>

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standing<00:12:38.039><c> before</c><00:12:38.480><c> men.</c><00:12:40.200><c> So</c><00:12:40.600><c> they</c><00:12:40.759><c> ended</c><00:12:41.059><c> up</c>

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with<00:12:42.259><c> a</c><00:12:42.419><c> faith</c><00:12:42.620><c> that</c><00:12:42.860><c> does</c><00:12:43.120><c> not</c><00:12:43.399><c> justify</c><00:12:44.179><c> because</c><00:12:45.720><c> they</c><00:12:45.980><c> were</c>

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justified<00:12:46.720><c> before</c><00:12:47.139><c> men.</c><00:12:49.559><c> And</c><00:12:49.879><c> in</c><00:12:50.039><c> the</c>

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sight<00:12:50.259><c> of</c><00:12:50.460><c> God</c><00:12:50.960><c> they</c><00:12:52.139><c> were</c><00:12:52.360><c> an</c><00:12:52.519><c> abhorrent.</c><00:12:54.539><c> And</c><00:12:54.779><c> of</c><00:12:54.879><c> course</c>

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that's<00:12:55.240><c> just</c><00:12:55.340><c> one</c><00:12:55.480><c> example</c><00:12:55.899><c> isn't</c><00:12:56.120><c> it?</c>

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you've<00:13:00.139><c> no</c><00:13:00.259><c> need</c><00:13:00.360><c> to</c><00:13:00.519><c> turn</c><00:13:00.720><c> to</c><00:13:00.899><c> it</c><00:13:01.039><c> in</c>

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cleansing.<00:13:06.759><c> It</c><00:13:06.940><c> begins</c><00:13:07.100><c> as</c><00:13:07.299><c> you</c><00:13:07.500><c> will</c>

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recall<00:13:08.220><c> with</c><00:13:09.139><c> the</c><00:13:09.360><c> scribes</c><00:13:09.639><c> and</c><00:13:09.820><c> Pharisees</c><00:13:10.399><c> questioning</c><00:13:10.820><c> Jesus</c><00:13:11.279><c> about</c><00:13:11.659><c> the</c>

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disciples<00:13:12.220><c> eating</c><00:13:12.620><c> with</c><00:13:12.860><c> unwashed</c>

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hands.<00:13:14.879><c> Preposterous</c><00:13:15.399><c> they</c><00:13:15.720><c> said.</c><00:13:16.519><c> You</c><00:13:16.720><c> must</c><00:13:16.899><c> be</c><00:13:17.179><c> clean.</c><00:13:17.480><c> You</c>

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and<00:13:27.759><c> says</c><00:13:27.919><c> in</c><00:13:28.100><c> about</c><00:13:28.299><c> the</c><00:13:28.379><c> middle</c><00:13:28.480><c> of</c><00:13:28.620><c> the</c><00:13:28.740><c> chapter</c><00:13:29.019><c> that</c><00:13:29.200><c> it</c>

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is<00:13:29.620><c> not</c><00:13:30.159><c> the</c><00:13:31.379><c> cleansing</c><00:13:31.740><c> of</c><00:13:31.980><c> the</c><00:13:32.299><c> externals</c>

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internals<00:13:37.340><c> that's</c><00:13:37.919><c> the</c><00:13:38.039><c> fundamental</c><00:13:38.559><c> thing.</c>

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It's<00:13:40.100><c> not</c><00:13:40.299><c> what</c><00:13:40.480><c> goes</c><00:13:40.820><c> into</c><00:13:41.159><c> a</c><00:13:41.360><c> man</c><00:13:41.559><c> that</c><00:13:41.840><c> defiles</c><00:13:42.220><c> him,</c><00:13:43.080><c> but</c><00:13:43.200><c> what</c><00:13:43.419><c> comes</c><00:13:43.720><c> out</c><00:13:44.019><c> of</c><00:13:44.179><c> a</c>

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man.<00:13:45.240><c> This</c><00:13:45.500><c> is</c>

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are<00:13:53.480><c> the</c><00:13:53.620><c> fundamental</c><00:13:54.120><c> thing.</c><00:13:54.779><c> So</c><00:13:55.120><c> the</c><00:13:55.320><c> contrast</c><00:13:55.980><c> is</c><00:13:57.100><c> ritual</c>

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cleansing<00:13:58.419><c> versus</c><00:13:59.220><c> real</c><00:13:59.720><c> cleansing.</c>

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heart.<00:14:06.299><c> It</c><00:14:06.580><c> begins</c><00:14:06.840><c> inside</c><00:14:07.620><c> and</c><00:14:08.200><c> it</c><00:14:08.360><c> is</c>

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then<00:14:08.820><c> manifested</c><00:14:09.539><c> outside.</c><00:14:12.360><c> The</c><00:14:12.559><c> cleansing</c><00:14:12.700><c> of</c><00:14:12.980><c> cups,</c><00:14:13.340><c> the</c>

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washing<00:14:13.679><c> of</c><00:14:13.960><c> hands</c><00:14:14.379><c> is</c><00:14:14.940><c> trivial</c><00:14:15.340><c> of</c><00:14:15.539><c> itself.</c>

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of<00:14:26.220><c> excitation.</c><00:14:28.120><c> Even</c><00:14:28.240><c> in</c><00:14:28.440><c> our</c><00:14:28.679><c> world</c><00:14:28.899><c> today</c>

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my<00:14:29.580><c> dear</c><00:14:29.799><c> brothers</c><00:14:30.059><c> and</c><00:14:30.279><c> sisters</c><00:14:30.740><c> the</c><00:14:31.159><c> principles</c><00:14:31.679><c> remain</c><00:14:32.059><c> the</c><00:14:32.320><c> same.</c><00:14:33.379><c> The</c><00:14:33.600><c> troubles</c><00:14:33.820><c> are</c><00:14:34.000><c> not</c><00:14:34.100><c> in</c><00:14:34.299><c> the</c>

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externals<00:14:35.919><c> however</c><00:14:36.399><c> gross</c><00:14:36.919><c> or</c><00:14:37.179><c> wicked</c><00:14:37.419><c> or</c><00:14:37.779><c> dark</c><00:14:38.000><c> they</c><00:14:38.240><c> might</c>

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appear<00:14:38.759><c> to</c><00:14:39.000><c> be.</c><00:14:39.820><c> The</c><00:14:40.100><c> basic</c><00:14:40.340><c> problem</c>

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would<00:14:46.840><c> they</c><00:14:47.080><c> not,</c><00:14:47.940><c> that</c><00:14:48.080><c> if</c><00:14:48.159><c> we</c>

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make<00:14:48.460><c> the</c><00:14:48.799><c> circumstances</c><00:14:49.419><c> good,</c><00:14:50.720><c> if</c><00:14:50.879><c> we</c><00:14:51.120><c> make</c><00:14:51.279><c> the</c><00:14:51.559><c> environment</c><00:14:52.159><c> better,</c>

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then<00:14:53.720><c> man</c><00:14:53.980><c> will</c><00:14:54.279><c> become</c><00:14:54.580><c> good.</c>

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That's<00:14:56.220><c> a</c><00:14:56.279><c> very</c><00:14:56.559><c> common</c><00:14:56.879><c> view</c><00:14:57.500><c> particularly</c><00:14:58.620><c> amongst</c><00:14:59.500><c> educationalists</c><00:15:00.600><c> in</c><00:15:01.019><c> our</c>

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society.<00:15:02.480><c> But</c><00:15:02.639><c> it's</c><00:15:02.799><c> not</c>

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true<00:15:03.460><c> is</c><00:15:03.659><c> it?</c><00:15:05.559><c> The</c><00:15:05.759><c> teaching</c><00:15:05.960><c> of</c><00:15:06.139><c> the</c><00:15:06.320><c> scripture</c><00:15:06.720><c> is</c><00:15:07.320><c> in</c><00:15:07.460><c> direct</c><00:15:07.840><c> opposition</c><00:15:08.460><c> to</c>

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that<00:15:09.360><c> common</c><00:15:09.639><c> view</c>

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because<00:15:11.120><c> it</c><00:15:11.240><c> was</c><00:15:11.419><c> in</c><00:15:11.519><c> the</c><00:15:11.639><c> best</c><00:15:11.940><c> of</c><00:15:12.360><c> circumstances,</c><00:15:13.740><c> the</c><00:15:13.899><c> very</c>

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best<00:15:14.519><c> of</c><00:15:14.879><c> circumstances,</c><00:15:16.139><c> in</c><00:15:16.360><c> paradise</c>

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that<00:15:18.240><c> man</c><00:15:18.559><c> fell.</c><00:15:20.820><c> Thus</c><00:15:20.960><c> the</c><00:15:21.120><c> perfect</c><00:15:21.559><c> environment,</c><00:15:22.879><c> the</c><00:15:23.019><c> perfect</c><00:15:23.399><c> setting,</c><00:15:24.460><c> the</c>

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supreme<00:15:25.039><c> situation</c>

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Pharisees,<00:15:32.740><c> hypocrites.</c>

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went<00:15:49.460><c> to</c><00:15:49.580><c> his</c><00:15:49.700><c> doctor</c>

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the<00:16:03.740><c> psychologist</c><00:16:04.179><c> said,</c><00:16:05.600><c> the</c><00:16:05.659><c> first</c>

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thing<00:16:06.220><c> that</c><00:16:06.379><c> you</c><00:16:06.500><c> must</c><00:16:06.720><c> do</c><00:16:07.259><c> is</c><00:16:08.059><c> get</c><00:16:08.240><c> rid</c><00:16:08.379><c> of</c><00:16:08.559><c> your</c><00:16:08.759><c> religion.</c>

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our<00:16:17.600><c> society.</c><00:16:18.820><c> It</c><00:16:19.000><c> is</c><00:16:19.240><c> based</c><00:16:19.879><c> more</c><00:16:20.779><c> often</c>

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than<00:16:21.220><c> not</c><00:16:21.759><c> on</c><00:16:22.559><c> atheistic</c><00:16:23.240><c> principles.</c><00:16:25.059><c> Principles</c><00:16:25.580><c> which</c><00:16:25.860><c> tend</c><00:16:26.080><c> to</c>

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say,<00:16:27.600><c> if</c><00:16:27.620><c> you</c><00:16:27.799><c> make</c><00:16:27.960><c> the</c><00:16:28.200><c> environment</c>

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good,<00:16:30.120><c> man</c><00:16:30.320><c> will</c><00:16:30.559><c> be</c><00:16:30.759><c> good.</c><00:16:32.240><c> Take</c><00:16:32.519><c> away</c><00:16:32.740><c> the</c><00:16:32.960><c> causes</c><00:16:33.320><c> of</c><00:16:33.539><c> the</c>

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stress<00:16:33.899><c> and</c><00:16:34.059><c> the</c><00:16:34.320><c> strain</c><00:16:34.700><c> and</c><00:16:35.639><c> the</c><00:16:35.799><c> problems</c>

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will<00:16:36.360><c> solve</c><00:16:36.620><c> themselves.</c><00:16:38.179><c> If</c><00:16:38.379><c> the</c><00:16:38.639><c> religion</c><00:16:39.039><c> appears</c><00:16:39.419><c> to</c><00:16:39.600><c> be</c>

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causing<00:16:39.980><c> the</c><00:16:40.240><c> stress</c><00:16:40.399><c> and</c><00:16:40.600><c> the</c><00:16:40.799><c> strain,</c><00:16:41.740><c> take</c>

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it<00:16:42.080><c> away.</c><00:16:43.379><c> God</c><00:16:43.580><c> does</c><00:16:43.840><c> not</c><00:16:44.019><c> matter.</c><00:16:45.360><c> God</c><00:16:45.559><c> has</c><00:16:45.820><c> no</c><00:16:46.039><c> significance.</c><00:16:47.299><c> A</c><00:16:47.440><c> warning</c><00:16:47.639><c> there</c><00:16:47.899><c> my</c>

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dear<00:16:48.240><c> Berns</c><00:16:48.460><c> is</c><00:16:48.620><c> an</c><00:16:48.879><c> excitation.</c>

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We<00:16:50.139><c> need</c><00:16:50.340><c> to</c><00:16:50.440><c> be</c><00:16:50.740><c> discriminating</c><00:16:52.039><c> about</c><00:16:52.620><c> the</c><00:16:52.879><c> advice</c><00:16:53.179><c> that</c><00:16:53.360><c> we</c>

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accept<00:16:54.080><c> from</c><00:16:54.840><c> worldly</c><00:16:55.220><c> experts</c><00:16:56.059><c> on</c><00:16:56.799><c> matters</c>

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such<00:16:57.399><c> as</c><00:16:57.659><c> this.</c><00:16:59.899><c> Perhaps</c><00:17:00.080><c> there</c><00:17:00.220><c> will</c><00:17:00.419><c> always</c><00:17:00.639><c> be</c><00:17:00.820><c> an</c><00:17:00.960><c> element</c>

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of<00:17:01.460><c> stress</c><00:17:02.100><c> and</c><00:17:02.820><c> strain</c><00:17:03.259><c> in</c><00:17:03.700><c> our</c><00:17:03.899><c> life</c>

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of<00:17:04.420><c> discipleship.</c><00:17:06.279><c> It</c><00:17:06.500><c> certainly</c><00:17:06.599><c> was</c><00:17:06.779><c> in</c><00:17:06.940><c> the</c><00:17:06.980><c> life</c><00:17:07.180><c> of</c><00:17:07.299><c> the</c>

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apostle<00:17:07.660><c> Paul</c><00:17:08.000><c> wasn't</c><00:17:08.220><c> it?</c><00:17:09.500><c> He</c><00:17:09.740><c> expresses</c>

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those<00:17:10.480><c> thoughts</c><00:17:10.740><c> and</c><00:17:10.960><c> those</c><00:17:11.180><c> feelings</c><00:17:11.400><c> particularly</c><00:17:12.119><c> in</c><00:17:12.740><c> the</c>

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letter<00:17:13.000><c> to</c><00:17:13.180><c> the</c><00:17:13.319><c> Romans.</c><00:17:14.539><c> We</c><00:17:14.619><c> must</c><00:17:14.819><c> always</c>

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remember<00:17:15.640><c> that</c><00:17:16.299><c> this</c><00:17:16.759><c> word</c><00:17:17.039><c> of</c><00:17:17.299><c> God</c><00:17:17.759><c> is</c><00:17:18.359><c> on</c><00:17:18.740><c> foreign</c><00:17:18.980><c> soil</c><00:17:19.740><c> because</c><00:17:20.640><c> it</c>

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is<00:17:20.940><c> not</c><00:17:21.160><c> natural</c><00:17:21.819><c> for</c><00:17:22.200><c> us</c><00:17:22.380><c> to</c><00:17:22.579><c> receive</c>

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it.<00:17:23.940><c> There</c><00:17:24.099><c> is</c><00:17:24.339><c> bound</c><00:17:24.559><c> to</c><00:17:24.759><c> be</c><00:17:24.880><c> that</c><00:17:25.079><c> element</c><00:17:25.359><c> of</c><00:17:25.680><c> stress</c><00:17:26.400><c> and</c>

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strain.<00:17:28.319><c> But</c><00:17:28.539><c> our</c><00:17:28.819><c> God</c><00:17:29.420><c> can</c><00:17:30.680><c> care</c><00:17:31.039><c> for</c><00:17:31.299><c> all</c><00:17:31.640><c> our</c>

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needs<00:17:32.420><c> if</c><00:17:33.599><c> we</c><00:17:33.740><c> put</c><00:17:33.960><c> our</c><00:17:34.220><c> faith</c><00:17:34.400><c> and</c><00:17:34.660><c> trust</c><00:17:35.259><c> in</c><00:17:36.440><c> him.</c><00:17:38.000><c> So</c><00:17:38.220><c> the</c><00:17:38.380><c> Pharisees</c><00:17:39.299><c> had</c><00:17:39.539><c> two</c><00:17:39.759><c> groups</c><00:17:40.039><c> of</c><00:17:40.220><c> people</c>

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in<00:17:40.579><c> their</c><00:17:40.859><c> minds.</c><00:17:42.240><c> Sinners</c><00:17:42.599><c> over</c><00:17:42.859><c> here</c><00:17:43.460><c> and</c><00:17:44.460><c> saints</c><00:17:44.839><c> over</c><00:17:45.240><c> here.</c><00:17:46.440><c> And</c>

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of<00:17:46.819><c> course</c><00:17:46.980><c> the</c><00:17:47.220><c> Pharisees</c><00:17:48.180><c> were</c>

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over<00:17:48.680><c> here.</c><00:17:51.299><c> Jesus</c><00:17:51.680><c> desired</c><00:17:52.180><c> to</c><00:17:52.480><c> separate</c><00:17:52.819><c> the</c><00:17:53.140><c> sin</c><00:17:53.480><c> from</c><00:17:54.480><c> the</c>

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saint.<00:17:55.680><c> An</c><00:17:55.900><c> actual</c><00:17:56.279><c> sinner</c><00:17:56.819><c> in</c><00:17:57.440><c> every</c>

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saint<00:17:58.220><c> and</c><00:17:58.859><c> a</c><00:17:59.059><c> potential</c><00:17:59.420><c> saint</c><00:18:00.299><c> in</c><00:18:00.799><c> every</c><00:18:01.039><c> sinner.</c><00:18:02.119><c> Not</c><00:18:02.380><c> two</c>

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groups<00:18:03.319><c> but</c><00:18:04.880><c> one</c><00:18:05.180><c> group</c><00:18:05.759><c> and</c><00:18:06.720><c> the</c><00:18:06.900><c> difference</c>

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between<00:18:07.519><c> them</c><00:18:08.319><c> determined</c><00:18:09.160><c> on</c><00:18:09.779><c> this</c><00:18:09.960><c> basis.</c><00:18:11.799><c> So</c><00:18:12.000><c> the</c><00:18:12.220><c> Pharisee</c><00:18:12.579><c> was</c><00:18:12.819><c> respectable,</c><00:18:13.779><c> he</c>

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was<00:18:14.140><c> just,</c>

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he<00:18:15.079><c> was</c><00:18:15.319><c> law</c><00:18:15.599><c>-abiding,</c><00:18:16.500><c> he</c><00:18:16.559><c> was</c><00:18:16.799><c> righteous,</c><00:18:18.440><c> he</c><00:18:18.539><c> was</c><00:18:18.819><c> justified</c><00:18:19.299><c> before</c>

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men<00:18:20.440><c> but</c><00:18:21.420><c> he</c><00:18:21.599><c> was</c><00:18:21.859><c> guilty</c><00:18:22.220><c> before</c>

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God.<00:18:26.380><c> So</c><00:18:26.680><c> let's</c><00:18:26.880><c> think</c><00:18:27.500><c> about</c><00:18:28.480><c> the</c><00:18:29.819><c> dimensions</c><00:18:30.599><c> of</c><00:18:31.359><c> the</c><00:18:31.579><c> Pharisee's</c><00:18:32.259><c> righteousness.</c><00:18:33.920><c> In</c>

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what<00:18:34.660><c> sense</c>

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was<00:18:36.240><c> their</c><00:18:36.519><c> righteousness</c><00:18:37.299><c> inadequate?</c><00:18:40.339><c> First</c><00:18:40.619><c> of</c><00:18:40.839><c> all</c><00:18:41.160><c> it</c>

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was<00:18:41.660><c> not</c><00:18:42.240><c> long</c><00:18:42.519><c> enough.</c><00:18:43.220><c> It</c><00:18:43.779><c> had</c><00:18:44.000><c> no</c><00:18:44.319><c> reach.</c>

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It<00:18:46.279><c> could</c><00:18:46.500><c> not</c><00:18:46.660><c> reach</c><00:18:46.940><c> up</c><00:18:47.099><c> to</c><00:18:47.339><c> God</c><00:18:47.819><c> in</c><00:18:48.539><c> the</c><00:18:48.680><c> fullest</c><00:18:48.900><c> sense.</c><00:18:50.220><c> It</c>

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could<00:18:50.740><c> not</c><00:18:50.920><c> reach</c><00:18:51.160><c> down</c><00:18:51.440><c> to</c><00:18:51.660><c> man.</c><00:18:53.539><c> A</c><00:18:53.660><c> man</c>

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not<00:18:54.099><c> keeping</c><00:18:54.319><c> the</c><00:18:54.599><c> outward</c><00:18:54.839><c> observances</c><00:18:55.640><c> was</c><00:18:56.240><c> an</c><00:18:56.480><c> outcast.</c>

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he<00:19:00.779><c> was</c><00:19:01.019><c> sent</c><00:19:01.240><c> to</c><00:19:01.500><c> coventry.</c><00:19:02.819><c> They</c><00:19:03.000><c> would</c><00:19:03.180><c> not</c><00:19:03.339><c> even</c><00:19:03.680><c> buy</c><00:19:03.920><c> food</c>

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from<00:19:04.640><c> him.</c><00:19:06.960><c> And</c><00:19:07.200><c> so</c><00:19:07.299><c> there</c><00:19:07.420><c> were</c><00:19:07.539><c> no</c><00:19:07.799><c> dealings</c>

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with<00:19:08.259><c> foreigners.</c><00:19:10.660><c> The</c><00:19:10.839><c> Pharisee</c><00:19:11.259><c> drew</c><00:19:11.500><c> his</c><00:19:11.779><c> robes</c><00:19:12.059><c> about</c><00:19:12.339><c> himself</c><00:19:12.940><c> to</c>

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avoid<00:19:14.180><c> contamination</c><00:19:15.079><c> and</c><00:19:16.339><c> went</c>

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his<00:19:16.880><c> way.</c><00:19:18.680><c> Matthew</c><00:19:18.980><c> chapter</c><00:19:19.319><c> 23</c><00:19:20.180><c> and</c><00:19:21.160><c> verse</c><00:19:21.460><c> 4</c><00:19:21.759><c> I</c><00:19:21.940><c> think</c><00:19:22.160><c> is</c><00:19:22.299><c> a</c>

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very<00:19:22.559><c> good</c><00:19:22.759><c> summary</c><00:19:23.359><c> of</c><00:19:25.160><c> the</c><00:19:25.519><c> shortcomings</c>

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of<00:19:27.599><c> the</c><00:19:27.819><c> Pharisee's</c><00:19:28.420><c> righteousness</c><00:19:28.819><c> in</c><00:19:29.000><c> this</c><00:19:29.259><c> connection.</c>

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They<00:19:32.019><c> bind</c><00:19:32.359><c> heavy</c><00:19:32.680><c> burdens</c><00:19:33.099><c> and</c><00:19:33.420><c> grievous</c><00:19:33.700><c> to</c><00:19:33.940><c> be</c>

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born<00:19:34.700><c> and</c><00:19:35.380><c> lay</c><00:19:35.559><c> them</c><00:19:35.720><c> on</c><00:19:35.940><c> men's</c><00:19:36.839><c> shoulders</c><00:19:36.880><c> but</c><00:19:37.619><c> they</c><00:19:37.900><c> themselves</c><00:19:38.539><c> will</c>

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not<00:19:39.079><c> move</c><00:19:39.480><c> them</c><00:19:40.079><c> with</c><00:19:40.700><c> one</c>

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of<00:19:41.079><c> their</c><00:19:41.279><c> fingers.</c><00:19:42.920><c> No</c><00:19:43.160><c> reach,</c><00:19:44.599><c> not</c><00:19:44.799><c> even</c><00:19:45.180><c> the</c><00:19:45.400><c> little</c><00:19:45.619><c> finger</c><00:19:46.380><c> would</c>

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reach<00:19:47.400><c> out</c><00:19:48.119><c> and</c><00:19:48.819><c> render</c><00:19:49.119><c> assistance.</c>

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Secondly,<00:19:54.960><c> their</c><00:19:55.019><c> righteousness</c><00:19:55.579><c> was</c><00:19:56.599><c> not</c><00:19:56.880><c> broad</c><00:19:57.220><c> enough.</c>

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Verse<00:19:59.119><c> 13,</c><00:19:59.799><c> woe</c><00:20:00.099><c> unto</c><00:20:00.279><c> you</c><00:20:00.539><c> scribes</c><00:20:01.099><c> and</c>

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Pharisees,<00:20:01.940><c> hypocrites,</c><00:20:03.359><c> for</c><00:20:03.480><c> ye</c><00:20:03.700><c> shut</c><00:20:03.880><c> up</c><00:20:04.059><c> the</c><00:20:04.180><c> kingdom</c><00:20:04.460><c> of</c>

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go<00:20:07.200><c> in</c><00:20:07.380><c> yourselves,</c><00:20:08.680><c> neither</c><00:20:08.960><c> suffer</c><00:20:09.259><c> ye</c><00:20:09.460><c> them</c><00:20:09.640><c> that</c><00:20:09.859><c> are</c><00:20:10.079><c> entering</c><00:20:10.579><c> to</c>

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association<00:21:04.599><c> with</c><00:21:05.000><c> the</c><00:21:05.220><c> Lord</c><00:21:05.380><c> Jesus</c><00:21:05.779><c> Christ</c>

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intact.<00:22:03.740><c> You</c><00:22:03.880><c> see</c><00:22:03.980><c> the</c><00:22:04.200><c> point?</c><00:22:05.880><c> That's</c>

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appear<00:23:01.220><c> beautiful</c><00:23:02.319><c> outward</c><00:23:03.019><c> but</c><00:23:03.579><c> are</c><00:23:03.799><c> within</c><00:23:04.200><c> full</c><00:23:04.460><c> of</c><00:23:04.619><c> dead</c>

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circumstances<00:24:42.119><c> greatly</c><00:24:43.220><c> alter</c><00:24:43.880><c> cases</c><00:24:44.660><c> because</c><00:24:46.680><c> it's</c><00:24:46.940><c> so</c><00:24:47.059><c> much</c><00:24:47.319><c> easier</c><00:24:48.039><c> to</c>

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judge<00:24:48.960><c> by</c><00:24:49.240><c> the</c><00:24:49.619><c> externals</c>

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and<00:24:50.779><c> by</c><00:24:51.000><c> the</c><00:24:51.220><c> standard</c><00:24:51.420><c> of</c><00:24:51.660><c> the</c><00:24:51.859><c> rule</c><00:24:52.299><c> or</c><00:24:52.779><c> the</c><00:24:53.019><c> regulation.</c><00:24:53.819><c> It's</c><00:24:54.099><c> often</c><00:24:54.380><c> so</c>

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difficult<00:24:55.380><c> and</c><00:24:56.019><c> so</c><00:24:56.259><c> challenging</c>

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to<00:24:57.859><c> our</c><00:24:58.180><c> own</c><00:24:58.400><c> minds</c><00:24:58.700><c> and</c><00:24:59.019><c> hearts</c><00:24:59.579><c> to</c><00:25:00.319><c> think</c><00:25:00.519><c> about</c><00:25:00.779><c> the</c><00:25:00.980><c> motive</c>

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and<00:25:02.160><c> the</c><00:25:02.380><c> intention</c><00:25:02.960><c> and</c><00:25:03.859><c> the</c><00:25:04.079><c> state</c>

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of<00:25:04.380><c> mind</c><00:25:04.619><c> and</c><00:25:04.900><c> heart.</c><00:25:07.519><c> But</c><00:25:07.759><c> that</c><00:25:07.859><c> was</c><00:25:08.000><c> Jesus</c><00:25:08.299><c> condemnation</c><00:25:08.980><c> of</c>

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the<00:25:09.299><c> scribes</c><00:25:09.539><c> and</c><00:25:09.759><c> Pharisees</c><00:25:10.140><c> wasn't</c><00:25:10.380><c> it?</c><00:25:11.359><c> That</c>

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their<00:25:11.799><c> righteousness</c><00:25:12.480><c> was</c><00:25:13.819><c> purely</c><00:25:14.119><c> surface.</c><00:25:15.559><c> It</c><00:25:15.740><c> was</c><00:25:15.980><c> not</c>

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deep<00:25:16.420><c> enough.</c><00:25:19.279><c> What</c><00:25:19.440><c> about</c><00:25:19.859><c> the</c><00:25:20.220><c> height</c>

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of<00:25:21.680><c> their</c><00:25:21.900><c> righteousness?</c><00:25:23.640><c> Verse</c><00:25:23.859><c> 6.</c><00:25:25.900><c> They</c><00:25:26.000><c> loved</c><00:25:26.240><c> the</c><00:25:26.460><c> uttermost</c><00:25:26.960><c> rooms</c>

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at<00:25:27.660><c> feasts</c><00:25:28.119><c> and</c><00:25:28.680><c> the</c><00:25:28.960><c> chief</c>

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seats<00:25:29.680><c> in</c><00:25:30.720><c> the</c><00:25:30.900><c> synagogues.</c><00:25:32.259><c> They</c><00:25:32.480><c> wanted</c><00:25:32.740><c> the</c><00:25:33.000><c> highest</c><00:25:33.339><c> places.</c><00:25:34.660><c> But</c>

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these<00:25:34.980><c> were</c><00:25:35.140><c> not</c><00:25:35.279><c> the</c><00:25:35.500><c> highest</c>

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places<00:25:36.140><c> in</c><00:25:36.339><c> the</c><00:25:36.500><c> service</c><00:25:36.759><c> of</c><00:25:37.039><c> God.</c><00:25:37.900><c> They</c><00:25:38.059><c> were</c><00:25:38.279><c> the</c><00:25:38.420><c> highest</c>

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places<00:25:39.339><c> in</c><00:25:39.880><c> the</c><00:25:40.079><c> attention</c><00:25:40.440><c> of</c><00:25:40.700><c> men.</c><00:25:42.000><c> In</c>

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a<00:25:42.359><c> sense</c><00:25:42.619><c> that</c><00:25:42.940><c> shows</c><00:25:43.319><c> doesn't</c><00:25:43.619><c> it</c><00:25:44.140><c> that</c><00:25:44.519><c> they</c><00:25:44.720><c> were</c><00:25:44.960><c> self</c><00:25:45.279><c>-satisfied.</c><00:25:47.000><c> There</c><00:25:47.160><c> was</c>

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no<00:25:47.500><c> longer</c><00:25:47.759><c> a</c><00:25:47.960><c> striving</c>

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for<00:25:48.539><c> something</c><00:25:48.839><c> more.</c><00:25:49.900><c> No</c><00:25:50.099><c> aspiration,</c><00:25:51.539><c> no</c><00:25:51.779><c> worship,</c><00:25:52.539><c> certainly</c><00:25:53.000><c> perfunctory</c><00:25:53.599><c> worship,</c><00:25:54.859><c> but</c><00:25:55.000><c> no</c><00:25:55.299><c> real</c>

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spiritual<00:25:56.259><c> worship.</c><00:25:57.640><c> Theirs</c><00:25:57.980><c> was</c><00:25:58.200><c> a</c><00:25:58.359><c> formal</c><00:25:58.660><c> righteousness.</c>

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They<00:25:59.960><c> had</c><00:26:00.140><c> no</c><00:26:00.420><c> vision</c><00:26:00.680><c> of</c><00:26:00.839><c> a</c><00:26:00.960><c> better</c><00:26:01.160><c> world.</c><00:26:02.319><c> They</c>

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were<00:26:02.660><c> satisfied</c><00:26:03.319><c> with</c><00:26:03.799><c> the</c><00:26:04.019><c> world</c><00:26:04.299><c> of</c><00:26:04.500><c> the</c><00:26:04.660><c> chief</c><00:26:04.900><c> seats</c><00:26:05.420><c> on</c>

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the<00:26:06.259><c> elevation</c><00:26:06.660><c> before</c><00:26:07.039><c> man.</c><00:26:08.759><c> Seek</c><00:26:08.980><c> ye</c>

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first<00:26:09.680><c> the</c><00:26:09.880><c> kingdom</c><00:26:10.220><c> of</c><00:26:10.500><c> God.</c><00:26:11.880><c> Was</c><00:26:11.960><c> to</c><00:26:12.140><c> them</c><00:26:12.339><c> a</c><00:26:12.519><c> message</c><00:26:12.920><c> with</c>

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no<00:26:13.460><c> hope</c><00:26:14.039><c> and</c><00:26:15.240><c> no</c><00:26:15.500><c> joy.</c><00:26:17.240><c> And</c><00:26:17.519><c> so</c><00:26:17.660><c> how</c><00:26:17.859><c> important</c>

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this<00:26:18.579><c> is</c><00:26:19.200><c> my</c><00:26:19.559><c> dear</c><00:26:19.799><c> and</c><00:26:19.920><c> beloved</c><00:26:20.200><c> brethren</c><00:26:20.500><c> and</c><00:26:20.619><c> sisters.</c><00:26:21.940><c> If</c>

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in<00:26:22.319><c> any</c><00:26:22.519><c> sense</c><00:26:22.819><c> we</c><00:26:23.000><c> are</c><00:26:23.279><c> satisfied</c><00:26:23.880><c> with</c><00:26:24.200><c> this</c>

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world,<00:26:25.720><c> then</c><00:26:26.000><c> we</c><00:26:26.180><c> may</c><00:26:26.440><c> perish</c><00:26:26.720><c> with</c><00:26:26.960><c> it.</c><00:26:28.660><c> The</c><00:26:28.880><c> Pharisees</c><00:26:29.279><c> could</c><00:26:29.519><c> see</c>

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no<00:26:29.940><c> grace</c><00:26:30.220><c> and</c><00:26:30.519><c> truth</c><00:26:30.720><c> in</c><00:26:30.940><c> Jesus.</c><00:26:32.359><c> And</c>

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so<00:26:32.759><c> they</c><00:26:32.940><c> killed</c><00:26:33.200><c> him</c><00:26:33.359><c> at</c><00:26:33.500><c> the</c><00:26:33.660><c> last.</c><00:26:33.960><c> And</c><00:26:34.140><c> even</c><00:26:34.319><c> in</c><00:26:34.539><c> that</c><00:26:34.740><c> tragic</c><00:26:35.119><c> deed,</c><00:26:36.440><c> they</c>

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thought<00:26:36.839><c> they</c><00:26:37.019><c> were</c><00:26:37.259><c> serving</c>

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God.<00:26:39.240><c> It's</c><00:26:39.500><c> a</c><00:26:39.619><c> supreme</c><00:26:40.039><c> tragedy</c><00:26:40.500><c> isn't</c><00:26:40.759><c> it?</c><00:26:41.700><c> Of</c><00:26:41.980><c> human</c><00:26:42.279><c> nature</c>

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coupled<00:26:44.200><c> with</c><00:26:44.519><c> law.</c><00:26:46.019><c> And</c><00:26:46.200><c> human</c>

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nature's<00:26:47.000><c> failure</c><00:26:47.500><c> to</c><00:26:48.440><c> keep</c><00:26:48.700><c> to</c><00:26:48.920><c> that</c><00:26:49.099><c> law.</c><00:26:51.839><c> And</c><00:26:52.119><c> so</c><00:26:52.200><c> the</c><00:26:52.440><c> righteousness</c><00:26:52.920><c> that</c>

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is<00:26:53.420><c> revealed</c><00:26:54.039><c> in</c><00:26:54.460><c> the</c>

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life<00:26:54.859><c> and</c><00:26:55.099><c> teaching</c><00:26:55.319><c> of</c><00:26:55.559><c> the</c><00:26:55.619><c> Lord</c><00:26:55.839><c> Jesus</c><00:26:56.539><c> in</c><00:26:56.960><c> direct</c><00:26:57.480><c> contrast</c><00:26:58.359><c> to</c><00:26:59.140><c> the</c>

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thinking<00:26:59.559><c> and</c><00:26:59.819><c> attitude</c><00:27:00.160><c> of</c><00:27:00.380><c> the</c>

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Pharisees<00:27:02.180><c> is</c><00:27:02.440><c> that</c><00:27:02.599><c> the</c><00:27:02.779><c> teaching</c><00:27:03.019><c> of</c><00:27:03.240><c> Jesus</c><00:27:03.819><c> and</c><00:27:04.299><c> the</c><00:27:04.460><c> life</c>

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of<00:27:04.880><c> Jesus</c><00:27:05.519><c> has</c><00:27:06.059><c> length</c><00:27:06.500><c> beyond</c><00:27:07.140><c> observances.</c>

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It<00:27:09.019><c> has</c><00:27:09.359><c> breadth</c><00:27:10.079><c> beyond</c><00:27:10.680><c> prohibitions.</c><00:27:12.019><c> And</c><00:27:12.700><c> it</c><00:27:12.880><c> has</c><00:27:13.200><c> depth</c>

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even<00:27:14.859><c> to</c><00:27:15.099><c> the</c><00:27:15.240><c> extent</c><00:27:15.859><c> of</c><00:27:16.880><c> the</c><00:27:17.039><c> ultimate</c>

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sacrifice<00:27:17.960><c> of</c><00:27:18.240><c> love.</c><00:27:19.720><c> The</c><00:27:19.940><c> sacrifice</c><00:27:20.279><c> upon</c><00:27:20.559><c> the</c><00:27:20.819><c> cross.</c>

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And<00:27:25.839><c> so</c><00:27:26.039><c> perhaps</c><00:27:26.440><c> the</c><00:27:27.960><c> preoccupation</c><00:27:28.640><c> of</c><00:27:28.799><c> the</c><00:27:28.980><c> Pharisees</c><00:27:29.559><c> with</c><00:27:29.920><c> quantity,</c><00:27:32.359><c> their</c><00:27:32.579><c> 613</c>

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prescriptions<00:27:34.640><c> and</c>

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prohibitions<00:27:36.319><c> supposedly</c><00:27:37.059><c> based</c><00:27:37.500><c> upon</c><00:27:37.779><c> the</c><00:27:38.019><c> law</c><00:27:38.539><c> reveals</c>

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what<00:27:40.740><c> the</c><00:27:41.000><c> true</c><00:27:41.160><c> situation</c><00:27:41.819><c> really</c><00:27:42.240><c> was.</c>

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They<00:27:43.880><c> wanted</c><00:27:44.599><c> a</c><00:27:46.500><c> large</c><00:27:46.779><c> number</c><00:27:47.079><c> of</c><00:27:47.299><c> weights</c><00:27:47.640><c> on</c><00:27:48.460><c> the</c><00:27:48.579><c> other</c><00:27:48.779><c> side</c><00:27:48.980><c> of</c>

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the<00:27:49.279><c> balance.</c><00:27:51.460><c> Jesus</c><00:27:51.819><c> says</c><00:27:52.539><c> it</c><00:27:53.099><c> is</c>

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the<00:27:54.099><c> quality</c><00:27:54.099><c> of</c><00:27:55.059><c> the</c><00:27:55.259><c> life,</c><00:27:56.420><c> of</c><00:27:56.599><c> the</c><00:27:56.799><c> faith</c><00:27:57.259><c> and</c><00:27:57.980><c> of</c><00:27:58.099><c> the</c><00:27:58.339><c> discipleship</c><00:27:58.880><c> that</c>

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counts.<00:28:00.200><c> Not</c><00:28:00.400><c> the</c><00:28:00.599><c> quantity,</c>

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not<00:28:02.039><c> the</c><00:28:02.220><c> sum</c><00:28:02.440><c> total</c><00:28:02.759><c> of</c><00:28:02.980><c> all</c><00:28:03.140><c> the</c><00:28:03.279><c> little</c><00:28:03.460><c> items</c><00:28:03.859><c> of</c><00:28:04.160><c> service.</c>

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And<00:28:12.759><c> so</c><00:28:12.900><c> Jesus</c><00:28:13.200><c> has</c><00:28:13.519><c> reacted</c><00:28:14.000><c> very</c>

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clearly<00:28:15.119><c> and</c><00:28:15.819><c> very</c><00:28:16.140><c> severely</c><00:28:16.599><c> to</c><00:28:17.500><c> the</c><00:28:17.680><c> righteousness</c><00:28:18.180><c> of</c><00:28:19.359><c> the</c>

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Pharisees.<00:28:20.660><c> They</c><00:28:20.940><c> said</c><00:28:21.099><c> of</c><00:28:21.259><c> him,</c><00:28:22.039><c> this</c><00:28:22.380><c> man</c>

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receiveth<00:28:23.200><c> sinners</c><00:28:23.740><c> and</c><00:28:24.759><c> eateth</c><00:28:25.140><c> with</c><00:28:25.380><c> them.</c><00:28:26.359><c> He</c><00:28:26.599><c> said</c><00:28:26.599><c> I</c><00:28:26.779><c> suppose</c><00:28:27.200><c> in</c>

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the<00:28:27.579><c> tone</c><00:28:27.779><c> of</c><00:28:28.140><c> scorn</c><00:28:28.960><c> and</c><00:28:29.480><c> derision</c>

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that<00:28:31.460><c> we</c><00:28:31.599><c> may</c><00:28:31.799><c> be</c><00:28:31.960><c> eternally</c><00:28:32.400><c> grateful,</c><00:28:32.839><c> my</c><00:28:33.039><c> dear</c><00:28:33.240><c> brethren</c>

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and<00:28:33.759><c> sisters,</c><00:28:34.400><c> that</c><00:28:34.519><c> is</c><00:28:34.920><c> precisely</c><00:28:35.500><c> what</c>

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he<00:28:36.000><c> did.</c><00:28:38.099><c> And</c><00:28:38.240><c> that</c><00:28:38.380><c> even</c><00:28:38.539><c> today</c><00:28:38.859><c> we</c><00:28:39.059><c> remember</c><00:28:39.400><c> this</c><00:28:40.259><c> week</c><00:28:40.640><c> by</c>

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week<00:28:41.440><c> in</c><00:28:42.200><c> our</c><00:28:42.359><c> breaking</c><00:28:42.599><c> of</c><00:28:42.819><c> bread</c><00:28:43.000><c> service.</c>

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This<00:28:44.059><c> man</c><00:28:45.119><c> receiveth</c><00:28:45.859><c> sinners,</c><00:28:47.119><c> you</c><00:28:47.339><c> and</c><00:28:47.579><c> me,</c><00:28:49.640><c> and</c><00:28:49.819><c> eateth</c>

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with<00:28:50.359><c> them.</c>

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The<00:28:53.960><c> 15th</c><00:28:54.519><c> chapter</c><00:28:54.740><c> of</c><00:28:54.859><c> the</c><00:28:54.940><c> Gospel</c><00:28:55.240><c> of</c><00:28:55.420><c> Luke</c><00:28:55.599><c> calls</c><00:28:55.980><c> forth</c>

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three<00:28:57.000><c> parables</c><00:28:57.500><c> from</c><00:28:57.779><c> Jesus.</c><00:28:59.079><c> The</c><00:28:59.180><c> lost</c>

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sheep<00:28:59.880><c> where</c><00:29:00.579><c> there</c><00:29:00.740><c> is</c><00:29:00.940><c> joy</c><00:29:01.140><c> over</c><00:29:01.420><c> one</c><00:29:01.700><c> sinner</c><00:29:01.920><c> that</c><00:29:02.160><c> repents.</c><00:29:03.480><c> The</c><00:29:03.720><c> lost</c><00:29:04.000><c> coin</c><00:29:04.420><c> where</c><00:29:04.660><c> the</c><00:29:04.819><c> conclusion</c>

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is<00:29:05.400><c> the</c><00:29:05.599><c> same.</c><00:29:06.579><c> And</c><00:29:06.839><c> the</c><00:29:07.000><c> prodigal</c><00:29:07.380><c> son</c><00:29:07.859><c> where</c><00:29:08.420><c> there</c><00:29:08.680><c> is</c><00:29:08.920><c> joy</c>

00:29:09.380 --> 00:29:13.400
over<00:29:10.000><c> his</c><00:29:10.299><c> restoration.</c><00:29:12.880><c> And</c><00:29:13.000><c> in</c><00:29:13.119><c> each</c><00:29:13.279><c> of</c>

00:29:13.400 --> 00:29:17.220
those<00:29:13.640><c> parables</c><00:29:14.339><c> this</c><00:29:14.799><c> essential</c><00:29:15.259><c> contrast</c><00:29:15.980><c> is</c><00:29:16.519><c> made.</c><00:29:16.980><c> Think</c>

00:29:17.220 --> 00:29:19.619
for<00:29:17.380><c> example</c><00:29:17.980><c> of</c><00:29:18.759><c> the</c><00:29:18.960><c> attitudes</c><00:29:19.420><c> of</c>

00:29:19.619 --> 00:29:22.160
the<00:29:19.720><c> elder</c><00:29:19.940><c> and</c><00:29:20.099><c> the</c><00:29:20.259><c> younger</c><00:29:20.480><c> brother</c><00:29:21.059><c> in</c><00:29:21.579><c> the</c><00:29:21.779><c> parable</c><00:29:22.000><c> of</c>

00:29:22.160 --> 00:29:24.420
the<00:29:22.299><c> prodigal</c><00:29:22.720><c> son.</c><00:29:23.720><c> The</c><00:29:23.980><c> elder</c><00:29:24.200><c> is</c>

00:29:24.420 --> 00:29:28.180
affected<00:29:24.759><c> with</c><00:29:25.039><c> jealousy,</c><00:29:25.859><c> with</c><00:29:26.059><c> spite,</c><00:29:26.900><c> with</c><00:29:27.059><c> envy</c><00:29:27.319><c> and</c><00:29:27.599><c> pride</c><00:29:27.940><c> and</c>

00:29:28.180 --> 00:29:30.240
covetousness.<00:29:29.339><c> He</c><00:29:29.599><c> hadn't</c><00:29:29.859><c> been</c>

00:29:30.240 --> 00:29:33.599
indulging<00:29:30.599><c> himself</c><00:29:31.039><c> in</c><00:29:31.299><c> riotous</c><00:29:31.700><c> living</c><00:29:32.180><c> like</c><00:29:33.160><c> his</c><00:29:33.319><c> younger</c>

00:29:33.599 --> 00:29:37.420
brother.<00:29:35.700><c> You</c><00:29:35.900><c> can</c><00:29:36.099><c> see</c><00:29:36.220><c> his</c><00:29:36.480><c> thinking.</c>

00:29:37.599 --> 00:29:41.940
The<00:29:37.819><c> sins</c><00:29:38.000><c> of</c><00:29:38.220><c> position.</c><00:29:39.720><c> The</c><00:29:39.920><c> brother</c><00:29:40.420><c> who</c><00:29:41.059><c> was</c><00:29:41.279><c> wasting</c><00:29:41.599><c> his</c>

00:29:41.940 --> 00:29:43.980
life<00:29:42.140><c> with</c><00:29:42.319><c> the</c><00:29:42.519><c> pigs</c><00:29:42.720><c> and</c><00:29:43.000><c> swine.</c>

00:29:43.980 --> 00:29:51.220
Those<00:29:44.799><c> were</c><00:29:45.119><c> the</c><00:29:45.279><c> sins</c><00:29:45.480><c> that</c><00:29:45.799><c> counted.</c><00:29:47.579><c> The</c><00:29:47.859><c> sins</c><00:29:48.099><c> of</c><00:29:48.420><c> disposition</c><00:29:49.039><c> of</c><00:29:49.259><c> himself,</c><00:29:51.059><c> the</c>

00:29:51.220 --> 00:29:51.940
pride<00:29:51.599><c> and</c><00:29:51.779><c> the</c>

00:29:51.940 --> 00:29:58.880
jealousy<00:29:52.259><c> and</c><00:29:52.480><c> the</c><00:29:52.660><c> resentment</c><00:29:53.079><c> didn't</c><00:29:53.480><c> really</c><00:29:53.779><c> count</c><00:29:54.099><c> as</c><00:29:54.339><c> sins.</c><00:29:56.559><c> But</c><00:29:56.799><c> Jesus</c><00:29:57.039><c> says</c><00:29:57.660><c> in</c>

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the<00:29:59.079><c> first</c>

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few<00:29:59.440><c> chapters</c><00:29:59.740><c> of</c><00:29:59.900><c> Matthew's</c><00:30:00.460><c> Gospel</c><00:30:00.960><c> that</c><00:30:02.160><c> the</c><00:30:02.380><c> sins</c><00:30:02.680><c> of</c><00:30:03.000><c> disposition</c><00:30:03.619><c> can</c>

00:30:04.640 --> 00:30:06.460
be<00:30:04.779><c> just</c><00:30:05.000><c> as</c><00:30:05.319><c> great</c><00:30:06.079><c> and</c>

00:30:06.460 --> 00:30:10.440
just<00:30:06.700><c> as</c><00:30:06.980><c> gross</c><00:30:07.579><c> as</c><00:30:08.279><c> the</c><00:30:08.480><c> sins</c><00:30:08.700><c> of</c><00:30:08.940><c> position.</c><00:30:10.039><c> Whether</c><00:30:10.259><c> they</c>

00:30:10.440 --> 00:30:13.039
are<00:30:10.759><c> respectable</c><00:30:11.180><c> or</c><00:30:11.480><c> not,</c><00:30:12.420><c> the</c><00:30:12.539><c> end</c><00:30:12.700><c> result</c>

00:30:13.039 --> 00:30:17.579
is<00:30:13.160><c> just</c><00:30:13.440><c> the</c><00:30:13.700><c> same.</c><00:30:14.779><c> Lust</c><00:30:15.079><c> and</c><00:30:15.339><c> desire,</c><00:30:15.900><c> said</c><00:30:15.960><c> Jesus,</c><00:30:17.299><c> are</c><00:30:17.440><c> as</c>

00:30:17.579 --> 00:30:20.279
bad<00:30:17.720><c> as</c><00:30:17.900><c> adultery.</c><00:30:19.259><c> Pride</c><00:30:19.619><c> and</c><00:30:19.819><c> anger</c><00:30:20.059><c> and</c>

00:30:20.279 --> 00:30:25.940
resentment<00:30:20.920><c> are</c><00:30:21.460><c> as</c><00:30:21.619><c> bad</c><00:30:21.779><c> as</c><00:30:21.940><c> murder.</c><00:30:23.380><c> Envy</c><00:30:23.700><c> and</c><00:30:23.900><c> covetousness</c><00:30:25.200><c> are</c><00:30:25.579><c> as</c><00:30:25.779><c> bad</c>

00:30:25.940 --> 00:30:27.440
as<00:30:26.160><c> theft.</c><00:30:27.019><c> To</c><00:30:27.240><c> some</c>

00:30:27.440 --> 00:30:31.180
extent<00:30:27.839><c> it</c><00:30:27.960><c> was</c><00:30:28.160><c> the</c><00:30:28.339><c> respectable</c><00:30:28.799><c> sins,</c><00:30:29.180><c> wasn't</c><00:30:29.460><c> it?</c><00:30:30.940><c> The</c>

00:30:31.180 --> 00:30:33.720
jealousy,<00:30:31.900><c> the</c><00:30:32.079><c> anger</c><00:30:32.240><c> and</c><00:30:32.500><c> resentment</c>

00:30:33.720 --> 00:30:39.420
that<00:30:34.000><c> took</c><00:30:34.180><c> the</c><00:30:34.319><c> Lord</c><00:30:34.519><c> Jesus</c><00:30:34.880><c> Christ</c><00:30:35.240><c> to</c><00:30:35.420><c> the</c><00:30:35.619><c> cross.</c><00:30:39.119><c> Accept</c>

00:30:39.420 --> 00:30:41.819
your<00:30:39.700><c> righteousness,</c><00:30:40.279><c> exceed</c><00:30:40.940><c> that</c><00:30:41.660><c> of</c>

00:30:41.819 --> 00:30:45.759
scribes<00:30:42.359><c> and</c><00:30:42.519><c> Pharisees.</c><00:30:44.200><c> You</c><00:30:44.359><c> shall</c><00:30:44.539><c> in</c><00:30:44.700><c> no</c><00:30:44.960><c> case</c><00:30:45.180><c> enter</c><00:30:45.440><c> into</c><00:30:45.619><c> the</c>

00:30:45.759 --> 00:30:47.779
kingdom<00:30:46.019><c> of</c><00:30:46.279><c> heaven.</c><00:30:47.460><c> You</c><00:30:47.599><c> must</c>

00:30:47.779 --> 00:30:54.220
have<00:30:47.940><c> that</c><00:30:48.220><c> mind,</c><00:30:49.119><c> heart</c><00:30:49.640><c> and</c><00:30:50.279><c> spirit</c><00:30:50.940><c> that</c><00:30:51.779><c> remain</c><00:30:52.079><c> uncondemned</c><00:30:53.619><c> in</c><00:30:54.019><c> the</c>

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presence<00:30:54.440><c> of</c><00:30:54.660><c> the</c><00:30:54.799><c> Lord.</c>

00:30:56.059 --> 00:31:00.279
You<00:30:56.200><c> must</c><00:30:56.339><c> always</c><00:30:56.579><c> have</c><00:30:56.799><c> that</c><00:30:57.200><c> inner</c><00:30:57.440><c> motive</c><00:30:58.059><c> and</c><00:30:58.640><c> inner</c><00:30:58.859><c> intention</c><00:30:59.619><c> to</c>

00:31:00.279 --> 00:31:01.900
do<00:31:00.420><c> the</c><00:31:00.660><c> right,</c><00:31:01.400><c> the</c><00:31:01.539><c> noblest</c>

00:31:01.900 --> 00:31:07.200
and<00:31:02.059><c> the</c><00:31:02.240><c> best.</c><00:31:03.720><c> This</c><00:31:03.940><c> must</c><00:31:04.200><c> always</c><00:31:04.539><c> begin</c><00:31:05.099><c> with</c><00:31:05.779><c> a</c><00:31:05.980><c> humble</c><00:31:06.519><c> and</c><00:31:07.039><c> a</c>

00:31:07.200 --> 00:31:10.259
contrite<00:31:07.759><c> spirit.</c><00:31:09.480><c> Like</c><00:31:09.660><c> the</c><00:31:09.859><c> prodigal</c>

00:31:10.259 --> 00:31:16.819
son,<00:31:11.880><c> a</c><00:31:12.039><c> personal</c><00:31:12.720><c> conviction</c><00:31:13.440><c> of</c><00:31:14.039><c> sin.</c><00:31:15.099><c> Not</c><00:31:15.319><c> the</c><00:31:15.480><c> general</c><00:31:16.000><c> conviction</c><00:31:16.539><c> of</c>

00:31:16.819 --> 00:31:18.140
sin<00:31:17.019><c> such</c><00:31:17.240><c> as</c><00:31:17.380><c> we</c><00:31:17.599><c> proclaim</c>

00:31:18.140 --> 00:31:21.880
in<00:31:18.680><c> our</c><00:31:18.799><c> Sunday</c><00:31:19.059><c> lectures,</c><00:31:19.920><c> right</c><00:31:20.039><c> though</c><00:31:20.200><c> this</c><00:31:20.480><c> is.</c><00:31:21.299><c> All</c><00:31:21.680><c> men</c>

00:31:21.880 --> 00:31:24.859
are<00:31:22.119><c> sinners.</c><00:31:23.640><c> All</c><00:31:23.940><c> men</c><00:31:24.140><c> must</c><00:31:24.400><c> obtain</c>

00:31:24.859 --> 00:31:32.619
forgiveness<00:31:25.539><c> or</c><00:31:26.380><c> perish.</c><00:31:27.480><c> But</c><00:31:27.740><c> rather,</c><00:31:29.319><c> God</c><00:31:29.599><c> be</c><00:31:29.819><c> merciful</c><00:31:30.420><c> unto</c><00:31:30.839><c> me,</c><00:31:32.359><c> a</c>

00:31:32.619 --> 00:31:36.900
sinner.<00:31:34.220><c> Blot</c><00:31:34.480><c> out</c><00:31:34.880><c> my</c><00:31:35.299><c> transgressions.</c>

00:31:37.460 --> 00:31:41.779
Search<00:31:37.980><c> me,</c><00:31:38.579><c> O</c><00:31:38.700><c> God,</c><00:31:40.319><c> and</c><00:31:40.440><c> if</c><00:31:40.559><c> there</c><00:31:40.680><c> be</c><00:31:40.839><c> any</c><00:31:41.099><c> wicked</c><00:31:41.319><c> way</c><00:31:41.559><c> in</c>

00:31:41.779 --> 00:31:45.940
me,<00:31:42.980><c> and</c><00:31:43.200><c> lead</c><00:31:43.400><c> me</c><00:31:43.680><c> in</c><00:31:43.859><c> thy</c><00:31:44.039><c> way</c><00:31:44.839><c> everlasting.</c>

00:31:46.920 --> 00:31:51.440
God<00:31:47.180><c> is</c><00:31:47.420><c> surely</c><00:31:48.019><c> as</c><00:31:48.559><c> much</c><00:31:48.880><c> displeased</c><00:31:49.940><c> with</c><00:31:50.440><c> the</c><00:31:50.680><c> refusal</c><00:31:51.079><c> to</c>

00:31:51.440 --> 00:31:54.059
personally<00:31:51.960><c> acknowledge</c><00:31:52.539><c> sins</c><00:31:53.119><c> as</c>

00:31:54.059 --> 00:31:58.599
with<00:31:54.279><c> the</c><00:31:54.460><c> sins</c><00:31:54.680><c> themselves.</c><00:31:56.839><c> I</c><00:31:57.359><c> thank</c><00:31:57.619><c> thee</c><00:31:57.940><c> that</c><00:31:58.119><c> I</c><00:31:58.319><c> am</c><00:31:58.420><c> not</c>

00:31:58.599 --> 00:32:02.700
as<00:31:58.740><c> other</c><00:31:58.960><c> men,</c><00:32:00.640><c> said</c><00:32:00.740><c> the</c><00:32:00.960><c> man</c><00:32:01.180><c> who</c><00:32:01.440><c> was</c>

00:32:02.700 --> 00:32:09.519
a<00:32:02.920><c> sinner</c><00:32:03.640><c> before</c><00:32:05.279><c> God.</c><00:32:06.859><c> But</c><00:32:07.019><c> because</c><00:32:07.200><c> of</c><00:32:07.380><c> that</c><00:32:07.539><c> attitude</c><00:32:08.099><c> he</c>

00:32:09.519 --> 00:32:12.839
did<00:32:09.720><c> not</c><00:32:09.880><c> receive</c><00:32:10.220><c> forgiveness.</c><00:32:11.740><c> Complacency</c>

00:32:13.019 --> 00:32:16.759
and<00:32:13.359><c> self</c><00:32:13.680><c>-satisfaction</c><00:32:14.579><c> are</c><00:32:15.660><c> two</c><00:32:15.859><c> of</c><00:32:16.019><c> the</c><00:32:16.180><c> things</c><00:32:16.400><c> that</c><00:32:16.599><c> will</c>

00:32:16.759 --> 00:32:19.500
lead<00:32:16.900><c> us</c><00:32:17.160><c> away</c><00:32:18.019><c> from</c><00:32:18.779><c> the</c><00:32:18.940><c> fundamental</c>

00:32:19.500 --> 00:32:21.440
principles<00:32:20.039><c> of</c><00:32:20.339><c> God.</c>

00:32:26.420 --> 00:32:29.000
Jesus'<00:32:26.740><c> reaction</c><00:32:27.140><c> to</c><00:32:27.319><c> the</c><00:32:27.480><c> Pharisee's</c><00:32:28.019><c> righteousness</c><00:32:28.339><c> I</c><00:32:28.619><c> think</c><00:32:28.839><c> can</c>

00:32:29.000 --> 00:32:31.900
be<00:32:29.160><c> summarized</c><00:32:29.980><c> in</c><00:32:30.400><c> this</c><00:32:30.579><c> little</c><00:32:30.880><c> poem</c>

00:32:31.940 --> 00:32:36.220
which<00:32:32.279><c> is</c><00:32:32.539><c> intended</c><00:32:33.059><c> to</c><00:32:33.819><c> represent</c><00:32:34.559><c> the</c><00:32:35.299><c> fundamental</c><00:32:35.759><c> truth</c>

00:32:36.220 --> 00:32:39.559
that's<00:32:36.539><c> recorded</c><00:32:36.920><c> in</c><00:32:37.319><c> that</c><00:32:38.619><c> little</c><00:32:39.180><c> parable</c>

00:32:39.559 --> 00:32:45.000
in<00:32:39.720><c> Luke</c><00:32:39.920><c> chapter</c><00:32:40.259><c> 18</c><00:32:40.740><c> verses</c><00:32:41.039><c> 9</c><00:32:41.380><c> to</c><00:32:41.480><c> 14.</c><00:32:43.299><c> Two</c><00:32:43.339><c> men</c><00:32:44.279><c> went</c><00:32:44.660><c> up</c><00:32:44.859><c> to</c>

00:32:45.000 --> 00:32:49.740
the<00:32:45.140><c> temple</c><00:32:45.640><c> to</c><00:32:45.980><c> pray.</c><00:32:49.119><c> The</c><00:32:49.279><c> poem</c><00:32:49.519><c> is</c>

00:32:49.740 --> 00:32:55.140
as<00:32:49.880><c> follows.</c><00:32:51.180><c> Two</c><00:32:51.420><c> went</c><00:32:51.680><c> to</c><00:32:51.960><c> pray.</c><00:32:52.940><c> Oh,</c><00:32:53.099><c> rather</c><00:32:53.420><c> say,</c><00:32:54.359><c> one</c><00:32:54.559><c> went</c><00:32:54.839><c> to</c>

00:32:55.140 --> 00:32:58.420
brag,<00:32:55.819><c> the</c><00:32:56.019><c> other</c><00:32:56.180><c> to</c><00:32:56.440><c> pray.</c><00:32:57.779><c> One</c><00:32:58.099><c> stands</c>

00:32:58.420 --> 00:33:02.059
up<00:32:58.559><c> close</c><00:32:59.119><c> and</c><00:32:59.380><c> treads</c><00:32:59.599><c> on</c><00:32:59.920><c> high,</c><00:33:01.059><c> where</c><00:33:01.140><c> the</c><00:33:01.359><c> other</c><00:33:01.539><c> dare</c><00:33:01.799><c> not</c>

00:33:02.059 --> 00:33:05.599
lend<00:33:02.319><c> his</c><00:33:02.640><c> eye.</c><00:33:04.299><c> One</c><00:33:04.599><c> nearer</c><00:33:05.119><c> to</c><00:33:05.200><c> God's</c>

00:33:05.599 --> 00:33:11.799
altar<00:33:05.880><c> trod,</c><00:33:07.019><c> the</c><00:33:07.240><c> other</c><00:33:07.839><c> to</c><00:33:09.019><c> the</c><00:33:09.200><c> altar's</c><00:33:09.680><c> god.</c><00:33:11.279><c> You</c><00:33:11.500><c> see</c><00:33:11.619><c> the</c>

00:33:11.799 --> 00:33:14.660
point?<00:33:13.339><c> That's</c><00:33:13.700><c> the</c><00:33:13.880><c> essential</c><00:33:14.220><c> difference,</c>

00:33:14.740 --> 00:33:21.200
isn't<00:33:14.880><c> it?</c><00:33:17.039><c> Coming</c><00:33:17.339><c> close</c><00:33:17.619><c> to</c><00:33:17.740><c> the</c><00:33:17.980><c> altar</c><00:33:18.700><c> was</c><00:33:19.599><c> the</c><00:33:19.839><c> thing</c><00:33:20.039><c> that</c><00:33:20.299><c> preoccupied</c><00:33:20.980><c> the</c>

00:33:21.200 --> 00:33:24.200
Pharisee.<00:33:23.839><c> Coming</c>

00:33:24.200 --> 00:33:32.039
close<00:33:24.680><c> to</c><00:33:25.380><c> the</c><00:33:25.539><c> god</c><00:33:25.720><c> of</c><00:33:25.920><c> the</c><00:33:26.119><c> altar</c><00:33:26.599><c> was</c><00:33:27.799><c> the</c><00:33:28.000><c> thing</c><00:33:28.160><c> that</c><00:33:28.460><c> preoccupied</c><00:33:30.359><c> the</c><00:33:30.700><c> publican.</c>

00:33:32.200 --> 00:33:34.839
This<00:33:32.400><c> summarizes,</c><00:33:33.180><c> my</c><00:33:33.200><c> dear</c><00:33:33.400><c> brethren</c><00:33:33.680><c> and</c><00:33:33.920><c> sisters,</c><00:33:34.680><c> the</c>

00:33:34.839 --> 00:33:37.619
essential<00:33:35.220><c> difference</c><00:33:36.099><c> between</c><00:33:36.839><c> the</c><00:33:37.039><c> two</c><00:33:37.240><c> kinds</c>

00:33:37.619 --> 00:33:42.180
of<00:33:37.980><c> righteousness.</c><00:33:39.400><c> They</c><00:33:39.599><c> are</c><00:33:39.880><c> poles</c><00:33:40.279><c> apart.</c><00:33:41.640><c> They</c><00:33:41.920><c> belong</c>

00:33:42.180 --> 00:33:45.279
to<00:33:42.420><c> different</c><00:33:42.700><c> spiritual</c><00:33:43.279><c> worlds.</c><00:33:45.039><c> The</c>

00:33:45.279 --> 00:33:48.579
true<00:33:45.500><c> righteousness,</c><00:33:46.799><c> the</c><00:33:47.019><c> righteousness</c><00:33:47.519><c> that</c><00:33:47.900><c> exceeds,</c>

00:33:49.019 --> 00:33:53.400
is<00:33:49.299><c> not</c><00:33:50.000><c> more</c><00:33:50.660><c> of</c><00:33:50.859><c> the</c><00:33:51.059><c> same.</c><00:33:52.980><c> The</c><00:33:53.200><c> true</c>

00:33:53.400 --> 00:33:57.500
righteousness<00:33:53.900><c> is</c><00:33:55.380><c> the</c><00:33:55.559><c> one</c><00:33:55.720><c> with</c><00:33:55.920><c> the</c><00:33:56.079><c> right</c><00:33:56.299><c> spirit</c><00:33:56.859><c> and</c>

00:33:57.500 --> 00:34:00.220
the<00:33:57.640><c> right</c><00:33:57.839><c> attitude,</c><00:33:58.859><c> the</c><00:33:58.980><c> right</c><00:33:59.200><c> motive,</c>

00:34:00.240 --> 00:34:03.380
the<00:34:00.400><c> right</c><00:34:00.599><c> intention</c><00:34:01.279><c> and</c><00:34:01.900><c> the</c><00:34:02.039><c> right</c><00:34:02.240><c> aspiration</c><00:34:02.920><c> before</c>

00:34:03.380 --> 00:34:07.960
God.<00:34:04.779><c> Let</c><00:34:04.940><c> us</c><00:34:05.079><c> never</c><00:34:05.359><c> mistake</c><00:34:06.319><c> the</c><00:34:06.940><c> form</c>

00:34:08.039 --> 00:34:17.440
for<00:34:08.500><c> the</c><00:34:08.699><c> content.</c><00:34:10.420><c> Of</c><00:34:10.699><c> course,</c><00:34:10.960><c> we</c><00:34:11.019><c> must</c><00:34:11.199><c> have</c><00:34:11.440><c> our</c><00:34:11.719><c> forms</c><00:34:12.280><c> and</c><00:34:13.019><c> arrangements</c><00:34:13.659><c> and</c><00:34:14.420><c> procedures</c><00:34:15.239><c> in</c><00:34:16.820><c> the</c>

00:34:17.440 --> 00:34:22.000
organization<00:34:18.059><c> of</c><00:34:18.380><c> our</c><00:34:18.579><c> ecclesias</c><00:34:19.380><c> and</c><00:34:19.780><c> our</c><00:34:20.059><c> worship</c><00:34:20.659><c> and</c><00:34:21.599><c> even</c><00:34:21.739><c> our</c>

00:34:22.000 --> 00:34:26.139
study<00:34:22.659><c> this</c><00:34:23.559><c> morning.</c><00:34:25.579><c> But</c><00:34:25.980><c> they</c>

00:34:26.139 --> 00:34:30.440
should<00:34:26.300><c> never</c><00:34:26.559><c> be</c><00:34:26.719><c> an</c><00:34:26.840><c> end</c><00:34:26.980><c> in</c><00:34:27.099><c> themselves,</c><00:34:27.739><c> should</c><00:34:27.920><c> they?</c><00:34:29.179><c> They</c><00:34:29.739><c> should</c><00:34:29.900><c> lead</c><00:34:30.119><c> us</c>

00:34:30.440 --> 00:34:31.980
on<00:34:30.980><c> to</c><00:34:31.400><c> re</c><00:34:31.679><c>-examine</c>

00:34:31.980 --> 00:34:36.500
ourselves<00:34:32.940><c> by</c><00:34:33.440><c> minds</c><00:34:33.780><c> and</c><00:34:34.000><c> our</c><00:34:34.199><c> hearts</c><00:34:34.460><c> and</c><00:34:34.659><c> our</c><00:34:34.820><c> motives</c><00:34:35.420><c> and</c>

00:34:36.500 --> 00:34:39.000
to<00:34:36.780><c> truly</c><00:34:37.000><c> seek</c><00:34:37.920><c> the</c><00:34:38.380><c> Lord</c><00:34:38.619><c> God</c><00:34:38.880><c> who</c>

00:34:39.000 --> 00:34:42.420
is<00:34:39.199><c> the</c><00:34:39.380><c> center</c><00:34:40.039><c> of</c><00:34:41.019><c> our</c><00:34:41.280><c> salvation.</c>

00:34:49.320 --> 00:34:53.840
So,<00:34:49.840><c> let's</c><00:34:50.059><c> get</c><00:34:50.260><c> to</c><00:34:50.400><c> the</c><00:34:50.559><c> heart</c><00:34:50.719><c> of</c><00:34:50.900><c> the</c><00:34:51.000><c> matter.</c><00:34:53.400><c> Just</c><00:34:53.559><c> a</c><00:34:53.699><c> few</c>

00:34:53.840 --> 00:34:57.179
brief<00:34:54.099><c> categories</c><00:34:54.599><c> here.</c><00:34:56.679><c> The</c><00:34:56.860><c> perspective</c>

00:34:57.179 --> 00:35:00.880
of<00:34:57.380><c> the</c><00:34:57.480><c> Lord</c><00:34:57.679><c> Jesus,</c><00:34:58.159><c> as</c><00:34:58.239><c> is</c><00:34:58.440><c> revealed</c><00:34:58.780><c> in</c><00:34:58.960><c> the</c><00:34:59.079><c> Gospel,</c><00:35:00.719><c> as</c>

00:35:00.880 --> 00:35:02.980
we've<00:35:01.139><c> already</c><00:35:01.400><c> touched</c><00:35:01.739><c> on</c><00:35:01.960><c> in</c><00:35:02.280><c> the</c><00:35:02.780><c> Sermon</c>

00:35:02.980 --> 00:35:06.760
on<00:35:03.159><c> the</c><00:35:03.320><c> Mount,</c><00:35:04.260><c> there</c><00:35:04.440><c> is</c><00:35:04.659><c> that</c><00:35:04.900><c> increased</c><00:35:05.440><c> demand</c><00:35:06.000><c> of</c><00:35:06.539><c> the</c>

00:35:06.760 --> 00:35:09.219
royal<00:35:07.099><c> law.</c><00:35:08.300><c> There</c><00:35:08.320><c> are</c><00:35:08.320><c> many</c><00:35:08.539><c> examples</c>

00:35:09.219 --> 00:35:14.619
in<00:35:09.880><c> those</c><00:35:10.139><c> verses,</c><00:35:10.559><c> Matthew</c><00:35:11.420><c> chapter</c><00:35:11.940><c> 5,</c><00:35:13.139><c> verses</c><00:35:13.400><c> 22</c><00:35:13.940><c> to</c><00:35:14.139><c> 47.</c>

00:35:14.619 --> 00:35:16.880
I'm<00:35:14.800><c> not</c><00:35:14.980><c> going</c><00:35:15.260><c> to</c><00:35:15.460><c> go</c><00:35:15.699><c> through</c><00:35:15.960><c> them.</c>

00:35:17.920 --> 00:35:21.920
Where<00:35:18.260><c> Jesus</c><00:35:18.599><c> now</c><00:35:18.900><c> goes</c><00:35:19.199><c> down</c><00:35:19.619><c> beyond</c><00:35:20.000><c> the</c><00:35:20.280><c> act,</c><00:35:20.739><c> the</c><00:35:21.000><c> external</c><00:35:21.380><c> thing,</c>

00:35:22.340 --> 00:35:23.920
to<00:35:22.440><c> the</c><00:35:22.619><c> inner</c><00:35:22.840><c> motive</c><00:35:23.340><c> and</c>

00:35:23.920 --> 00:35:29.380
intention<00:35:24.579><c> by</c><00:35:25.280><c> the</c><00:35:25.460><c> one</c><00:35:25.699><c> who</c><00:35:26.039><c> committed</c><00:35:26.360><c> the</c><00:35:26.659><c> act.</c><00:35:28.860><c> Secondly,</c>

00:35:29.880 --> 00:35:31.000
we<00:35:29.940><c> must</c><00:35:30.099><c> think</c><00:35:30.280><c> of</c><00:35:30.440><c> the</c><00:35:30.659><c> inwardness</c>

00:35:31.400 --> 00:35:37.099
of<00:35:31.880><c> the</c><00:35:32.139><c> royal</c><00:35:32.480><c> law,</c><00:35:33.480><c> the</c><00:35:33.659><c> teaching</c><00:35:34.179><c> that</c><00:35:34.800><c> Jesus</c><00:35:35.139><c> gave.</c><00:35:36.860><c> The</c>

00:35:37.099 --> 00:35:40.019
feeling<00:35:37.199><c> of</c><00:35:37.440><c> anger,</c><00:35:38.480><c> an</c><00:35:38.619><c> impure</c><00:35:39.079><c> look,</c>

00:35:40.519 --> 00:35:45.099
the<00:35:40.659><c> secret</c><00:35:40.980><c> arms</c><00:35:41.340><c> giving,</c><00:35:41.920><c> the</c><00:35:42.119><c> personal</c><00:35:42.519><c> prayer,</c><00:35:43.019><c> the</c><00:35:43.099><c> personal</c><00:35:43.599><c> fasting,</c><00:35:44.980><c> the</c>

00:35:45.099 --> 00:35:47.420
location<00:35:45.679><c> of</c><00:35:45.920><c> the</c>

00:35:47.420 --> 00:35:50.920
heart,<00:35:47.579><c> are</c><00:35:47.760><c> all</c><00:35:47.920><c> remind</c><00:35:48.340><c> us</c><00:35:48.980><c> that</c><00:35:49.619><c> we</c><00:35:49.800><c> need</c><00:35:50.039><c> to</c><00:35:50.239><c> consider</c><00:35:50.639><c> the</c>

00:35:50.920 --> 00:35:53.780
inward<00:35:51.239><c> things</c><00:35:51.679><c> first</c><00:35:52.019><c> of</c><00:35:52.260><c> all,</c><00:35:53.340><c> rather</c><00:35:53.599><c> than</c>

00:35:53.780 --> 00:35:57.300
the<00:35:53.960><c> outward</c><00:35:54.639><c> external</c><00:35:55.760><c> things.</c>

00:36:01.460 --> 00:36:06.420
Thirdly,<00:36:02.400><c> there</c><00:36:02.559><c> is</c><00:36:02.699><c> the</c><00:36:02.920><c> humaneness</c><00:36:03.900><c> of</c><00:36:04.800><c> the</c><00:36:05.019><c> royal</c><00:36:05.340><c> law.</c>

00:36:06.719 --> 00:36:10.739
Resist<00:36:07.380><c> not</c><00:36:07.739><c> evil,</c><00:36:09.039><c> said</c><00:36:09.119><c> the</c><00:36:09.340><c> Lord</c><00:36:09.539><c> Jesus.</c>

00:36:11.000 --> 00:36:15.400
Love<00:36:11.280><c> your</c><00:36:11.639><c> enemies.</c><00:36:13.440><c> These</c><00:36:13.559><c> are</c><00:36:13.800><c> two</c><00:36:14.039><c> perspectives,</c><00:36:15.159><c> two</c>

00:36:15.400 --> 00:36:18.099
principles,<00:36:16.679><c> which</c><00:36:16.780><c> when</c><00:36:17.019><c> put</c><00:36:17.199><c> into</c><00:36:17.480><c> practice</c>

00:36:18.099 --> 00:36:22.460
can<00:36:18.719><c> transform</c><00:36:19.800><c> our</c><00:36:20.280><c> relationships</c><00:36:21.159><c> with</c><00:36:21.820><c> those</c><00:36:22.079><c> with</c><00:36:22.340><c> whom</c>

00:36:22.460 --> 00:36:24.739
we<00:36:22.639><c> come</c><00:36:22.760><c> into</c><00:36:23.039><c> contact,</c><00:36:24.059><c> because</c><00:36:24.539><c> they</c>

00:36:24.739 --> 00:36:28.539
are<00:36:24.980><c> so</c><00:36:25.139><c> at</c><00:36:25.400><c> variance</c><00:36:26.079><c> with</c><00:36:26.739><c> the</c><00:36:26.940><c> thinking</c><00:36:27.139><c> and</c><00:36:27.460><c> practice</c><00:36:27.960><c> of</c>

00:36:28.539 --> 00:36:31.860
our<00:36:28.840><c> world.</c><00:36:30.400><c> But</c><00:36:30.659><c> they</c><00:36:30.920><c> lift</c><00:36:31.159><c> the</c><00:36:31.380><c> dimensions</c>

00:36:31.860 --> 00:36:35.340
of<00:36:32.119><c> our</c><00:36:32.320><c> living,</c><00:36:32.619><c> do</c><00:36:32.780><c> they</c><00:36:33.059><c> not?</c><00:36:34.300><c> And</c><00:36:34.480><c> those</c><00:36:34.760><c> with</c><00:36:35.039><c> whom</c><00:36:35.159><c> we</c>

00:36:35.340 --> 00:36:37.059
come<00:36:35.500><c> into</c><00:36:35.800><c> contact.</c>

00:36:38.739 --> 00:36:43.460
And<00:36:39.300><c> fourthly,</c><00:36:40.460><c> there</c><00:36:40.599><c> is</c><00:36:40.780><c> the</c><00:36:40.980><c> godwardness</c><00:36:41.980><c> of</c><00:36:42.880><c> the</c><00:36:43.099><c> royal</c>

00:36:43.460 --> 00:36:48.780
law.<00:36:45.380><c> The</c><00:36:45.579><c> ultimate</c><00:36:45.980><c> court</c><00:36:46.480><c> is</c><00:36:47.699><c> gods.</c>

00:36:50.420 --> 00:36:53.599
Some<00:36:50.619><c> brethren</c><00:36:50.840><c> and</c><00:36:51.039><c> sisters</c><00:36:51.159><c> have</c><00:36:51.400><c> said,</c><00:36:52.320><c> quite</c><00:36:52.639><c> rightly,</c>

00:36:54.000 --> 00:36:55.380
that<00:36:54.099><c> they</c><00:36:54.199><c> are</c><00:36:54.340><c> very</c><00:36:54.659><c> glad</c><00:36:54.940><c> that</c><00:36:55.139><c> they</c>

00:36:55.380 --> 00:36:58.920
stand<00:36:55.619><c> before</c><00:36:56.000><c> the</c><00:36:56.159><c> Lord</c><00:36:56.340><c> Jesus</c><00:36:56.739><c> Christ</c><00:36:57.179><c> at</c><00:36:57.360><c> the</c><00:36:57.539><c> last</c><00:36:58.119><c> as</c><00:36:58.679><c> the</c>

00:36:58.920 --> 00:37:01.360
great<00:36:59.099><c> judge</c><00:36:59.320><c> of</c><00:36:59.599><c> all,</c><00:37:00.920><c> rather</c><00:37:01.139><c> than</c>

00:37:01.360 --> 00:37:06.500
their<00:37:01.699><c> brethren</c><00:37:02.179><c> and</c><00:37:02.500><c> sisters.</c><00:37:04.699><c> Because,</c><00:37:05.619><c> as</c><00:37:05.840><c> we</c><00:37:05.980><c> know,</c><00:37:06.360><c> we</c>

00:37:06.500 --> 00:37:09.139
only<00:37:06.719><c> look</c><00:37:06.880><c> on</c><00:37:07.059><c> the</c><00:37:07.219><c> outside</c><00:37:07.900><c> and</c><00:37:09.000><c> the</c>

00:37:09.139 --> 00:37:11.139
Lord<00:37:09.400><c> looks</c><00:37:09.619><c> upon</c><00:37:09.880><c> the</c><00:37:10.159><c> heart.</c>

00:37:11.679 --> 00:37:15.460
So<00:37:11.900><c> the</c><00:37:12.039><c> new</c><00:37:12.300><c> law,</c><00:37:13.739><c> the</c><00:37:13.880><c> teaching</c><00:37:14.099><c> of</c><00:37:14.280><c> Jesus,</c><00:37:15.000><c> concentrates</c>

00:37:15.460 --> 00:37:18.940
our<00:37:15.739><c> attention</c><00:37:16.300><c> on</c><00:37:17.119><c> this</c><00:37:17.360><c> central</c><00:37:17.760><c> axis</c><00:37:18.420><c> between</c>

00:37:18.940 --> 00:37:26.139
man<00:37:19.380><c> and</c><00:37:19.699><c> God,</c><00:37:20.860><c> between</c><00:37:21.260><c> failing</c><00:37:21.639><c> men</c><00:37:22.159><c> and</c><00:37:22.699><c> the</c><00:37:22.880><c> gracious</c><00:37:23.139><c> God.</c><00:37:24.619><c> Right</c><00:37:24.840><c> relations</c><00:37:25.360><c> with</c><00:37:25.559><c> God</c>

00:37:26.139 --> 00:37:31.179
will<00:37:26.719><c> lead</c><00:37:26.920><c> to</c>

00:37:31.179 --> 00:37:35.500
forgiveness<00:37:31.539><c> from</c><00:37:32.079><c> God,</c><00:37:33.320><c> is</c><00:37:33.480><c> inescapably</c><00:37:34.159><c> linked</c><00:37:34.699><c> with</c><00:37:35.239><c> that</c>

00:37:35.500 --> 00:37:37.800
forgiveness<00:37:36.000><c> that</c><00:37:36.280><c> we</c><00:37:36.460><c> must</c><00:37:36.739><c> offer</c><00:37:37.219><c> and</c>

00:37:37.800 --> 00:37:41.739
seek<00:37:38.199><c> from</c><00:37:38.840><c> our</c><00:37:39.079><c> fellow</c><00:37:39.380><c> brethren</c><00:37:39.739><c> and</c><00:37:39.980><c> sisters.</c><00:37:41.360><c> There</c><00:37:41.539><c> is</c>

00:37:41.739 --> 00:37:44.179
always<00:37:42.099><c> that</c><00:37:42.340><c> essential</c><00:37:42.840><c> godwardness</c>

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of<00:37:44.840><c> heart</c><00:37:45.139><c> and</c><00:37:45.380><c> mind,</c><00:37:46.300><c> of</c><00:37:46.420><c> life</c><00:37:46.679><c> and</c><00:37:46.940><c> behaviour,</c><00:37:48.099><c> of</c><00:37:48.260><c> attitude</c>

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and<00:37:49.059><c> character.</c><00:37:50.880><c> True</c><00:37:51.119><c> blessedness</c>

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does<00:37:53.159><c> not</c><00:37:53.340><c> lie</c><00:37:53.599><c> in</c><00:37:53.780><c> our</c><00:37:54.019><c> position,</c><00:37:55.440><c> but</c><00:37:55.619><c> in</c><00:37:55.820><c> our</c><00:37:56.019><c> disposition.</c>

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True<00:37:58.179><c> blessedness</c><00:37:59.440><c> does</c><00:38:00.000><c> not</c><00:38:00.199><c> lie</c><00:38:00.460><c> in</c><00:38:00.539><c> what</c><00:38:00.760><c> we</c>

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have<00:38:01.480><c> or</c><00:38:02.280><c> what</c><00:38:02.460><c> we</c><00:38:02.760><c> seek</c><00:38:02.920><c> to</c><00:38:03.239><c> own,</c><00:38:04.599><c> but</c><00:38:04.739><c> on</c><00:38:04.920><c> what</c><00:38:05.059><c> we</c><00:38:05.360><c> are.</c><00:38:07.079><c> True</c>

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blessedness<00:38:08.840><c> does</c><00:38:09.280><c> not</c><00:38:09.480><c> lie</c><00:38:10.260><c> in</c><00:38:10.679><c> what</c>

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is<00:38:11.179><c> past,</c><00:38:12.639><c> however</c><00:38:12.840><c> great</c><00:38:13.139><c> our</c><00:38:13.420><c> achievements,</c><00:38:15.280><c> but</c><00:38:15.500><c> rather</c>

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what<00:38:17.000><c> is</c><00:38:17.500><c> in</c><00:38:17.659><c> the</c><00:38:17.800><c> future</c><00:38:18.559><c> and</c><00:38:19.400><c> the</c><00:38:19.619><c> spirit</c>

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and<00:38:20.079><c> motive</c><00:38:20.679><c> with</c><00:38:21.340><c> which</c><00:38:21.519><c> we</c><00:38:21.800><c> seek</c><00:38:22.000><c> it.</c>

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So<00:38:23.679><c> we</c><00:38:23.860><c> come</c><00:38:23.980><c> to</c><00:38:24.179><c> our</c><00:38:24.420><c> conclusions.</c><00:38:26.880><c> There</c><00:38:26.880><c> are</c><00:38:27.219><c> three</c><00:38:27.440><c> of</c>

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these<00:38:27.820><c> today.</c>

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First<00:38:36.199><c> of</c><00:38:36.440><c> all,</c><00:38:38.000><c> the</c><00:38:38.139><c> righteousness</c><00:38:38.480><c> that</c><00:38:39.079><c> exceeds</c><00:38:39.659><c> is</c><00:38:40.400><c> the</c>

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righteousness<00:38:41.340><c> that</c><00:38:41.980><c> has</c><00:38:42.179><c> the</c><00:38:42.420><c> first</c><00:38:42.659><c> priority</c>

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in<00:38:44.119><c> our</c><00:38:44.400><c> lives.</c><00:38:45.820><c> Seek</c><00:38:46.059><c> ye</c><00:38:46.340><c> first</c><00:38:46.739><c> the</c><00:38:46.900><c> kingdom</c><00:38:47.239><c> of</c><00:38:47.500><c> God</c><00:38:48.059><c> and</c>

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His<00:38:50.539><c> righteousness.</c><00:38:51.539><c> That's</c><00:38:52.400><c> number</c><00:38:52.760><c> one.</c>

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The<00:38:54.940><c> thing</c><00:38:55.139><c> that</c><00:38:55.360><c> should</c><00:38:55.519><c> be</c><00:38:56.219><c> in</c><00:38:56.760><c> our</c><00:38:57.480><c> heart</c><00:38:58.059><c> and</c><00:38:59.280><c> in</c><00:38:59.420><c> our</c><00:38:59.679><c> discipleship.</c><00:39:03.719><c> Number</c><00:39:03.940><c> two,</c>

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we<00:39:06.039><c> must</c><00:39:06.260><c> have</c>

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that<00:39:07.219><c> motivation</c><00:39:08.079><c> and</c><00:39:09.059><c> intention</c><00:39:09.840><c> of</c><00:39:11.039><c> which</c><00:39:11.139><c> we've</c><00:39:11.460><c> spoken.</c>

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No<00:39:13.539><c> accident</c><00:39:14.000><c> is</c><00:39:14.199><c> it</c><00:39:14.440><c> that</c><00:39:15.039><c> in</c><00:39:15.539><c> this</c><00:39:15.820><c> same</c>

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passage<00:39:16.860><c> of</c><00:39:17.119><c> teaching</c><00:39:17.380><c> in</c><00:39:17.539><c> Matthew</c><00:39:17.900><c> chapter</c><00:39:18.179><c> 5,</c><00:39:19.960><c> this</c><00:39:20.119><c> statement</c><00:39:20.420><c> about</c>

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the<00:39:21.099><c> righteousness</c><00:39:21.480><c> that</c>

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exceeds<00:39:22.300><c> is</c><00:39:22.760><c> preceded</c><00:39:23.760><c> by</c><00:39:24.059><c> this</c><00:39:24.260><c> fundamental</c><00:39:24.860><c> basic</c><00:39:25.360><c> foundation</c><00:39:25.940><c> point.</c>

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Blessed<00:39:27.659><c> are</c><00:39:27.960><c> they</c><00:39:28.219><c> that</c><00:39:28.519><c> hunger</c>

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and<00:39:29.260><c> thirst</c><00:39:29.760><c> after</c><00:39:30.940><c> righteousness.</c><00:39:32.199><c> That</c><00:39:32.380><c> is</c><00:39:32.559><c> their</c><00:39:32.719><c> motivation.</c><00:39:34.119><c> That</c><00:39:34.300><c> is</c>

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their<00:39:34.739><c> intention.</c><00:39:36.639><c> They</c>

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are<00:39:36.980><c> not</c><00:39:37.179><c> sat</c><00:39:37.340><c> in</c><00:39:37.519><c> the</c><00:39:37.659><c> upper</c><00:39:37.880><c> seats</c><00:39:38.340><c> in</c><00:39:39.099><c> the</c><00:39:39.280><c> synagogue</c><00:39:39.739><c> enjoying</c><00:39:40.219><c> the</c>

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praise<00:39:40.699><c> of</c><00:39:40.980><c> man.</c><00:39:42.219><c> They</c><00:39:42.539><c> seek</c><00:39:42.760><c> the</c>

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courts<00:39:43.380><c> of</c><00:39:43.619><c> our</c><00:39:43.719><c> heavenly</c><00:39:44.019><c> Father</c><00:39:44.440><c> on</c><00:39:44.840><c> high</c><00:39:45.239><c> to</c><00:39:46.139><c> serve</c><00:39:46.460><c> Him</c><00:39:47.059><c> and</c><00:39:47.780><c> to</c>

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honour<00:39:48.119><c> His</c><00:39:48.440><c> will.</c>

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Thirdly<00:39:50.420><c> and</c><00:39:50.579><c> finally,</c><00:39:52.199><c> we</c><00:39:52.219><c> must</c><00:39:52.480><c> have</c><00:39:52.860><c> aspiration</c><00:39:53.739><c> and</c><00:39:55.000><c> desire.</c><00:39:56.739><c> The</c>

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aspiration<00:39:57.500><c> and</c><00:39:57.800><c> desire</c><00:39:58.420><c> that</c>

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the<00:39:59.320><c> psalmist</c><00:39:59.659><c> so</c><00:39:59.960><c> long</c><00:40:00.179><c> ago</c><00:40:01.059><c> obviously</c><00:40:01.820><c> sincerely</c><00:40:02.400><c> felt.</c><00:40:04.079><c> Behold,</c><00:40:05.400><c> I</c>

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have<00:40:05.900><c> longed</c><00:40:06.300><c> after</c><00:40:06.559><c> thy</c><00:40:06.820><c> precepts,</c>

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quicken<00:40:08.880><c> me</c><00:40:09.380><c> in</c><00:40:10.519><c> thy</c><00:40:10.699><c> righteousness.</c>

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Perhaps<00:40:13.059><c> we</c><00:40:16.460><c> can</c><00:40:16.739><c> conclude</c><00:40:17.260><c> by</c><00:40:17.760><c> singing</c><00:40:18.019><c> the</c><00:40:18.199><c> hymn</c><00:40:18.340><c> to</c><00:40:18.480><c> which</c>

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I<00:40:18.880><c> referred,</c><00:40:20.059><c> hymn</c><00:40:20.280><c> number</c><00:40:20.920><c> 141.</c>

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Blessed<00:40:36.739><c> are</c><00:40:37.000><c> the</c><00:40:37.179><c> pure</c><00:40:37.400><c> in</c><00:40:37.619><c> heart,</c><00:40:38.099><c> for</c><00:40:38.179><c> they</c><00:40:38.460><c> shall</c><00:40:38.639><c> see</c><00:40:38.900><c> our</c>

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God.<00:40:40.179><c> The</c><00:40:40.320><c> secret</c><00:40:40.679><c> of</c><00:40:40.860><c> the</c><00:40:41.019><c> Lord</c><00:40:41.199><c> is</c><00:40:41.480><c> theirs.</c>

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Their<00:40:42.900><c> heart</c><00:40:43.239><c> is</c><00:40:43.480><c> Christ's</c><00:40:44.000><c> abode.</c><00:40:44.659><c> Hymn</c><00:40:44.980><c> 141.</c>

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Blessed<00:41:02.380><c> are</c><00:41:03.480><c> the</c><00:41:04.019><c> pure</c><00:41:04.880><c> in</c><00:41:05.639><c> heart,</c><00:41:07.559><c> for</c><00:41:08.099><c> they</c><00:41:08.619><c> shall</c><00:41:09.340><c> see</c><00:41:10.179><c> our</c>

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God.<00:41:12.400><c> The</c><00:41:13.440><c> secret</c><00:41:14.119><c> of</c><00:41:15.480><c> the</c><00:41:16.420><c> Lord</c><00:41:17.260><c> is</c><00:41:17.679><c> theirs.</c>

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Their<00:41:19.460><c> heart</c><00:41:20.519><c> is</c><00:41:21.340><c> Christ's</c><00:41:22.320><c> abode.</c>

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Their<00:41:54.300><c> heart</c><00:41:55.699><c> is</c><00:41:55.699><c> Christ's</c><00:42:02.059><c> abode.</c>

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Blessed<00:42:21.579><c> are</c><00:42:22.980><c> the</c><00:42:24.340><c> pure</c><00:42:25.139><c> in</c><00:42:25.739><c> heart,</c><00:42:28.739><c> for</c><00:42:29.559><c> they</c><00:42:30.219><c> shall</c><00:42:32.099><c> see</c><00:42:32.099><c> our</c><00:42:34.039><c> God.</c>

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Their<00:42:55.719><c> heart</c><00:42:55.719><c> is</c><00:42:55.719><c> Christ's</c><00:42:55.719><c> abode.</c>