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that<00:10:44.659><c> allowed</c><00:10:44.919><c> him</c><00:10:45.240><c> to</c><00:10:45.480><c> look</c><00:10:45.659><c> beyond</c><00:10:46.320><c> the</c><00:10:46.679><c> sin.</c>

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The<00:10:48.220><c> power</c><00:10:48.460><c> that</c><00:10:48.720><c> enabled</c><00:10:49.000><c> him</c><00:10:49.259><c> to</c><00:10:49.539><c> forgive</c><00:10:49.840><c> them</c><00:10:50.259><c> from</c><00:10:50.600><c> the</c><00:10:50.919><c> heart</c><00:10:51.440><c> is</c><00:10:52.639><c> a</c>

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power,<00:10:53.340><c> brethren</c><00:10:53.399><c> and</c><00:10:53.659><c> sisters,</c><00:10:53.980><c> that</c><00:10:54.139><c> can</c><00:10:54.419><c> take</c><00:10:54.740><c> hold</c><00:10:54.960><c> in</c>

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that<00:11:03.659><c> love</c><00:11:04.080><c> and</c><00:11:04.419><c> forgiveness</c><00:11:05.059><c> walk</c><00:11:05.600><c> hand</c><00:11:06.019><c> in</c><00:11:06.279><c> hand.</c>

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then<00:11:10.720><c> forgive</c><00:11:11.120><c> them.</c>

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Don't<00:11:22.259><c> make</c><00:11:22.500><c> them</c><00:11:22.759><c> earn</c><00:11:23.139><c> your</c><00:11:23.460><c> forgiveness.</c>

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Forgive<00:11:25.919><c> them,</c><00:11:27.019><c> because</c><00:11:27.200><c> the</c><00:11:27.500><c> power</c><00:11:27.840><c> of</c><00:11:28.080><c> the</c><00:11:28.220><c> love</c><00:11:28.379><c> of</c><00:11:28.500><c> Christ</c>

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If<00:11:34.860><c> you</c><00:11:34.960><c> come</c><00:11:35.200><c> back</c><00:11:35.480><c> to</c><00:11:35.720><c> Matthew</c><00:11:36.080><c> 5,</c><00:11:36.519><c> verse</c><00:11:36.740><c> 44,</c><00:11:37.480><c> we</c><00:11:37.559><c> begin</c><00:11:37.799><c> to</c>

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see<00:11:38.559><c> how</c><00:11:39.019><c> Jesus</c><00:11:39.440><c> can</c><00:11:39.740><c> tell</c><00:11:39.919><c> us,</c><00:11:40.519><c> can</c><00:11:40.759><c> exhort</c><00:11:41.039><c> us</c><00:11:41.360><c> to</c><00:11:41.559><c> command</c><00:11:41.899><c> us</c><00:11:42.879><c> to</c><00:11:43.639><c> love</c><00:11:43.960><c> our</c><00:11:44.299><c> enemies</c><00:11:44.759><c> and</c><00:11:45.100><c> bless</c><00:11:45.440><c> them</c><00:11:45.779><c> who</c><00:11:46.059><c> curse</c><00:11:46.379><c> us</c><00:11:46.980><c> and</c><00:11:47.620><c> do</c><00:11:47.879><c> it</c><00:11:48.000><c> with</c><00:11:48.200><c> a</c>

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There's<00:12:12.320><c> only</c><00:12:12.559><c> one</c><00:12:12.879><c> possible</c><00:12:13.320><c> way</c><00:12:13.639><c> to</c><00:12:13.820><c> do</c><00:12:14.019><c> good</c><00:12:14.259><c> to</c><00:12:14.419><c> them</c><00:12:14.639><c> that</c>

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hate<00:12:15.059><c> us,</c><00:12:16.059><c> to</c><00:12:16.259><c> pray</c><00:12:16.559><c> for</c><00:12:16.759><c> them</c><00:12:17.019><c> who</c><00:12:17.440><c> despitefully</c><00:12:17.940><c> use</c><00:12:18.240><c> us</c><00:12:18.759><c> or</c>

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The<00:14:12.559><c> disciplinary</c><00:14:13.259><c> action</c><00:14:13.639><c> of</c><00:14:13.820><c> the</c><00:14:13.980><c> Ecclesia</c><00:14:14.360><c> needs</c><00:14:14.879><c> to</c><00:14:15.159><c> take</c><00:14:15.399><c> place.</c>

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But<00:14:16.820><c> if</c><00:14:17.039><c> we</c><00:14:17.340><c> combine</c><00:14:17.820><c> that</c><00:14:18.279><c> with</c><00:14:18.539><c> our</c><00:14:18.879><c> forgiveness</c><00:14:19.360><c> of</c><00:14:19.700><c> the</c><00:14:19.899><c> offender,</c><00:14:20.620><c> then</c><00:14:20.700><c> we</c>

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place<00:14:21.200><c> ourselves</c><00:14:22.019><c> in</c><00:14:22.659><c> great</c><00:14:22.879><c> danger.</c>

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Because<00:14:24.940><c> then</c><00:14:25.220><c> we</c><00:14:25.399><c> are</c><00:14:25.759><c> allowing</c><00:14:26.120><c> the</c><00:14:26.600><c> spirituality</c><00:14:27.259><c> of</c><00:14:27.620><c> the</c>

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person<00:14:28.179><c> who</c><00:14:28.460><c> has</c><00:14:28.759><c> sinned</c><00:14:29.299><c> or</c><00:14:29.580><c> the</c><00:14:29.840><c> lack</c><00:14:30.159><c> of</c><00:14:30.659><c> spirituality</c><00:14:31.220><c> to</c>

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determine<00:14:32.720><c> when</c><00:14:33.120><c> and</c><00:14:33.480><c> if</c><00:14:33.740><c> ever</c><00:14:34.100><c> we</c><00:14:34.299><c> will</c><00:14:34.580><c> forgive</c><00:14:34.840><c> them.</c>

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Christ<00:14:36.519><c> didn't</c><00:14:36.899><c> do</c><00:14:37.159><c> that.</c>

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He<00:14:38.639><c> didn't</c><00:14:39.000><c> wait</c><00:14:39.500><c> for</c><00:14:39.860><c> their</c><00:14:40.879><c> proper</c><00:14:41.460><c> response</c><00:14:42.480><c> before</c><00:14:43.360><c> he</c>

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forgave<00:14:44.360><c> those</c><00:14:44.720><c> who</c><00:14:45.019><c> sinned</c><00:14:45.379><c> against</c><00:14:45.700><c> him.</c>

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In<00:14:47.259><c> the</c><00:14:47.580><c> interim,</c><00:14:47.960><c> while</c><00:14:48.159><c> we</c><00:14:48.360><c> are</c><00:14:48.559><c> hanging</c><00:14:48.899><c> on</c><00:14:49.240><c> to</c><00:14:49.379><c> the</c><00:14:49.679><c> sin</c><00:14:49.879><c> and</c><00:14:50.059><c> refusing</c><00:14:50.539><c> to</c>

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forgive<00:14:51.320><c> those</c><00:14:51.879><c> who</c><00:14:52.080><c> have</c><00:14:52.299><c> sinned</c><00:14:52.519><c> against</c><00:14:52.860><c> him,</c><00:14:53.779><c> that</c><00:14:53.879><c> the</c><00:14:54.179><c> evil</c><00:14:54.500><c> spirit</c><00:14:54.980><c> that</c><00:14:55.179><c> we</c><00:14:55.399><c> first</c><00:14:55.700><c> felt</c><00:14:56.059><c> when</c><00:14:56.240><c> the</c><00:14:56.440><c> sin</c><00:14:56.539><c> occurred</c><00:14:57.200><c> and</c><00:14:58.100><c> all</c><00:14:58.440><c> its</c><00:14:58.759><c> evil</c><00:14:59.179><c> repercussions</c><00:15:00.019><c> continue</c><00:15:00.639><c> to</c><00:15:00.980><c> live</c><00:15:01.159><c> within</c><00:15:01.399><c> our</c><00:15:01.679><c> heart</c><00:15:02.059><c> and</c><00:15:02.240><c> they</c><00:15:02.480><c> dwell</c><00:15:02.679><c> there</c><00:15:02.919><c> as</c><00:15:03.159><c> a</c>

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constant<00:15:03.799><c> reminder</c><00:15:04.440><c> of</c><00:15:04.980><c> how</c><00:15:05.220><c> we</c><00:15:05.340><c> have</c><00:15:05.539><c> been</c><00:15:05.740><c> mistreated.</c>

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Christ<00:15:07.500><c> never</c><00:15:08.179><c> allowed</c><00:15:09.120><c> that</c><00:15:10.259><c> evil</c><00:15:10.600><c> spirit</c><00:15:11.080><c> to</c><00:15:11.320><c> live</c><00:15:11.460><c> within</c><00:15:11.759><c> him.</c>

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It's<00:15:14.240><c> not</c><00:15:14.399><c> a</c><00:15:14.740><c> spiritually</c><00:15:15.139><c> healthy</c><00:15:15.779><c> situation</c><00:15:16.500><c> for</c><00:15:16.840><c> any</c><00:15:17.179><c> disciple</c><00:15:17.620><c> to</c>

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put<00:15:18.000><c> themselves</c><00:15:18.480><c> in</c><00:15:19.480><c> as</c><00:15:20.100><c> they</c><00:15:20.320><c> are</c><00:15:20.559><c> harboring</c><00:15:21.080><c> or</c><00:15:21.379><c> hanging</c><00:15:21.740><c> on</c>

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to<00:15:22.519><c> sins</c><00:15:22.740><c> that</c><00:15:22.919><c> have</c><00:15:23.059><c> been</c><00:15:23.220><c> committed</c><00:15:23.519><c> against</c><00:15:23.879><c> them.</c>

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Talk<00:15:24.840><c> to</c><00:15:25.059><c> some</c><00:15:25.340><c> brethren</c><00:15:25.600><c> and</c><00:15:25.899><c> sisters</c><00:15:26.620><c> about</c><00:15:27.639><c> sins</c><00:15:28.100><c> that</c><00:15:28.580><c> have</c><00:15:28.919><c> happened</c><00:15:30.659><c> against</c><00:15:31.120><c> them,</c><00:15:31.419><c> committed</c><00:15:31.740><c> against</c><00:15:32.159><c> them</c><00:15:32.320><c> in</c>

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the<00:15:32.580><c> past.</c>

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And<00:15:33.879><c> it's</c><00:15:34.200><c> evident</c><00:15:34.460><c> by</c><00:15:34.700><c> their</c><00:15:35.000><c> talk,</c><00:15:35.240><c> by</c><00:15:35.379><c> their</c><00:15:35.620><c> speech,</c><00:15:36.139><c> that</c>

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they<00:15:36.399><c> are</c><00:15:36.799><c> still</c><00:15:37.440><c> hanging</c><00:15:37.919><c> on</c><00:15:39.120><c> to</c><00:15:39.559><c> offenses,</c><00:15:41.240><c> some</c><00:15:41.559><c> that</c><00:15:41.740><c> are</c>

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10<00:15:42.320><c> and</c><00:15:42.500><c> 15</c><00:15:43.019><c> and</c><00:15:43.399><c> 20</c><00:15:43.820><c> years</c><00:15:44.279><c> old.</c>

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Because<00:15:46.279><c> their</c><00:15:46.559><c> understanding</c><00:15:47.120><c> of</c><00:15:47.419><c> forgiveness</c><00:15:47.840><c> is</c><00:15:48.179><c> that</c><00:15:48.379><c> that</c><00:15:48.559><c> comes</c><00:15:48.879><c> at</c>

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the<00:15:49.340><c> end</c><00:15:49.580><c> of</c><00:15:49.779><c> the</c><00:15:49.960><c> process.</c><00:15:50.600><c> Jesus</c><00:15:50.980><c> says</c><00:15:51.279><c> place</c><00:15:51.679><c> it</c><00:15:51.860><c> at</c><00:15:52.080><c> the</c><00:15:52.279><c> beginning</c><00:15:52.679><c> of</c>

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the<00:15:53.159><c> process.</c>

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We<00:15:56.279><c> still</c><00:15:56.659><c> hold</c><00:15:57.139><c> people</c><00:15:57.600><c> accountable</c><00:15:58.320><c> for</c><00:15:58.740><c> behavior</c><00:15:59.480><c> that</c><00:15:59.960><c> will</c><00:16:00.159><c> be</c>

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detrimental<00:16:00.860><c> to</c><00:16:01.100><c> the</c><00:16:01.299><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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But<00:16:03.399><c> the</c><00:16:03.679><c> forgiveness</c><00:16:04.200><c> on</c><00:16:04.539><c> our</c><00:16:04.919><c> part</c><00:16:05.139><c> for</c><00:16:05.320><c> those</c><00:16:05.639><c> who</c><00:16:05.740><c> have</c><00:16:05.980><c> sinned</c><00:16:06.220><c> against</c><00:16:06.500><c> us</c>

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must<00:16:07.399><c> come</c><00:16:07.799><c> up</c><00:16:08.120><c> front.</c>

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Because<00:16:09.799><c> otherwise</c><00:16:10.200><c> at</c><00:16:10.440><c> some</c><00:16:10.740><c> point</c><00:16:10.940><c> the</c><00:16:11.200><c> grudge</c><00:16:11.740><c> seeds,</c><00:16:12.720><c> as</c>

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I<00:16:13.100><c> like</c><00:16:13.240><c> to</c><00:16:13.440><c> refer</c><00:16:13.700><c> to</c><00:16:13.860><c> them,</c><00:16:14.179><c> that</c><00:16:14.379><c> are</c><00:16:14.720><c> sown</c><00:16:15.000><c> when</c><00:16:15.259><c> the</c><00:16:15.480><c> sin</c>

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is<00:16:16.120><c> first</c><00:16:17.100><c> occurs.</c>

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Those<00:16:19.059><c> seeds</c><00:16:19.240><c> will</c><00:16:19.500><c> begin</c><00:16:19.720><c> to</c><00:16:20.059><c> grow</c><00:16:20.320><c> and</c><00:16:20.500><c> the</c><00:16:20.679><c> roots</c><00:16:20.840><c> will</c><00:16:21.080><c> take</c><00:16:21.340><c> place</c><00:16:21.740><c> and</c>

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the<00:16:22.139><c> tree</c><00:16:22.279><c> will</c><00:16:22.580><c> form</c><00:16:22.879><c> and</c><00:16:23.059><c> the</c><00:16:23.259><c> fruit</c><00:16:23.480><c> will</c><00:16:23.679><c> be</c><00:16:23.879><c> born.</c>

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And<00:16:25.019><c> you</c><00:16:25.179><c> can</c><00:16:25.539><c> see</c><00:16:25.860><c> the</c><00:16:26.159><c> fruit</c><00:16:26.620><c> in</c><00:16:27.500><c> the</c><00:16:27.659><c> hearts</c><00:16:27.879><c> and</c><00:16:28.039><c> the</c><00:16:28.279><c> minds</c>

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of<00:16:29.039><c> ourselves</c><00:16:29.879><c> or</c><00:16:30.360><c> others</c><00:16:30.879><c> who</c><00:16:31.580><c> are</c><00:16:31.940><c> holding</c><00:16:32.220><c> on</c><00:16:32.639><c> to</c><00:16:33.059><c> unforgiven</c><00:16:33.620><c> sin.</c>

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You<00:16:34.940><c> can</c><00:16:35.200><c> hear</c><00:16:35.419><c> the</c><00:16:35.659><c> vindictiveness</c><00:16:36.299><c> and</c><00:16:36.600><c> the</c><00:16:36.740><c> vengeance</c><00:16:37.200><c> and</c>

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sometimes<00:16:37.960><c> the</c><00:16:38.240><c> hatred.</c>

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Christ<00:16:39.000><c> never</c><00:16:39.559><c> permitted</c><00:16:40.139><c> those</c><00:16:40.960><c> seeds</c><00:16:41.179><c> to</c><00:16:41.399><c> be</c><00:16:41.620><c> sown.</c>

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He<00:16:42.080><c> never</c><00:16:42.320><c> permitted</c><00:16:42.659><c> that</c><00:16:42.980><c> tree</c><00:16:43.100><c> to</c><00:16:43.340><c> grow</c><00:16:43.679><c> and</c><00:16:44.259><c> he</c><00:16:44.519><c> certainly</c>

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never<00:16:45.120><c> permitted</c><00:16:45.460><c> that</c><00:16:46.200><c> that</c><00:16:46.480><c> tree</c><00:16:46.600><c> to</c><00:16:46.840><c> bear</c><00:16:47.000><c> fruit.</c>

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All<00:16:49.820><c> brothers</c><00:16:50.039><c> and</c><00:16:50.299><c> sisters,</c><00:16:50.899><c> because</c><00:16:51.080><c> we</c><00:16:51.299><c> have</c><00:16:51.519><c> elected</c><00:16:51.879><c> not</c>

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to<00:16:52.440><c> forgive</c><00:16:52.879><c> the</c><00:16:53.259><c> sin</c><00:16:53.399><c> against</c><00:16:53.799><c> us.</c>

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Forgiveness<00:16:57.340><c> changes</c><00:16:57.960><c> our</c><00:16:58.460><c> heart</c><00:16:59.039><c> towards</c><00:17:00.120><c> our</c><00:17:00.360><c> enemies</c><00:17:00.980><c> and</c>

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towards<00:17:02.320><c> our</c><00:17:02.519><c> brothers</c><00:17:02.720><c> and</c><00:17:03.039><c> sisters</c><00:17:03.460><c> who</c><00:17:03.659><c> may</c><00:17:03.840><c> sin</c><00:17:04.000><c> against</c><00:17:04.359><c> us.</c>

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It<00:17:04.779><c> removes</c><00:17:05.299><c> the</c><00:17:05.619><c> resentment</c><00:17:06.059><c> if</c><00:17:06.779><c> we</c><00:17:07.339><c> genuinely</c><00:17:08.079><c> forgive</c><00:17:08.920><c> them.</c>

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We<00:17:10.220><c> can't</c><00:17:10.579><c> pay</c><00:17:10.859><c> lip</c><00:17:11.099><c> service</c><00:17:11.700><c> to</c><00:17:12.319><c> the</c><00:17:12.420><c> word</c><00:17:12.799><c> or</c><00:17:12.980><c> the</c><00:17:13.180><c> concept.</c>

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It's<00:17:14.500><c> got</c><00:17:14.559><c> to</c><00:17:14.680><c> be</c><00:17:14.880><c> genuine</c><00:17:15.180><c> and</c><00:17:15.359><c> it's</c><00:17:15.559><c> got</c><00:17:15.640><c> to</c><00:17:15.779><c> be</c><00:17:15.940><c> sincere.</c>

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But<00:17:18.539><c> forgiveness</c><00:17:19.099><c> makes</c><00:17:19.680><c> obeying</c><00:17:20.400><c> verse</c><00:17:20.740><c> 44</c><00:17:21.339><c> possible.</c>

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You<00:17:23.680><c> can't</c><00:17:24.079><c> love,</c><00:17:24.579><c> you</c><00:17:24.579><c> can't</c><00:17:25.019><c> bless,</c><00:17:25.420><c> you</c><00:17:25.539><c> can't</c><00:17:25.819><c> do</c><00:17:26.059><c> good,</c><00:17:26.339><c> you</c><00:17:26.460><c> can't</c><00:17:26.799><c> pray</c><00:17:27.059><c> for</c><00:17:27.359><c> someone</c><00:17:27.839><c> against</c><00:17:28.480><c> whom</c><00:17:28.819><c> you're</c><00:17:29.180><c> holding</c><00:17:29.460><c> a</c>

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grudge<00:17:30.000><c> or</c><00:17:30.220><c> harboring</c><00:17:30.660><c> ill</c><00:17:30.960><c> will.</c>

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It<00:17:32.920><c> can't</c><00:17:33.180><c> be</c><00:17:33.359><c> done,</c><00:17:33.519><c> at</c><00:17:33.599><c> least</c><00:17:33.779><c> not</c><00:17:34.000><c> with</c><00:17:34.160><c> any</c><00:17:34.400><c> sincerity</c><00:17:34.900><c> or</c>

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with<00:17:35.400><c> any</c><00:17:35.680><c> integrity.</c>

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And<00:17:37.519><c> notice</c><00:17:37.700><c> in</c><00:17:37.859><c> verse</c><00:17:38.180><c> 45,</c><00:17:39.019><c> because</c><00:17:39.359><c> we</c><00:17:39.559><c> are</c><00:17:39.819><c> able</c><00:17:40.079><c> to</c><00:17:40.380><c> forgive</c><00:17:40.859><c> and</c><00:17:41.839><c> because</c><00:17:42.140><c> we</c>

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are<00:17:42.519><c> able</c><00:17:42.680><c> to</c><00:17:42.920><c> treat</c><00:17:43.119><c> our</c><00:17:43.440><c> enemies</c><00:17:43.779><c> and</c><00:17:43.960><c> those</c><00:17:44.200><c> who</c><00:17:44.480><c> persecute</c>

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us<00:17:45.299><c> and</c><00:17:45.460><c> those</c><00:17:45.680><c> who</c><00:17:45.900><c> do</c><00:17:46.099><c> ill</c><00:17:46.400><c> against</c><00:17:46.799><c> us.</c>

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father,<00:17:54.160><c> which</c><00:17:54.259><c> is</c><00:17:54.460><c> in</c><00:17:54.700><c> heaven,</c><00:17:55.180><c> for</c><00:17:55.259><c> he</c><00:17:55.500><c> maketh</c><00:17:55.720><c> his</c><00:17:56.019><c> son</c><00:17:56.180><c> to</c>

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rise<00:17:56.640><c> on</c><00:17:56.819><c> the</c><00:17:57.059><c> evil</c><00:17:57.259><c> and</c><00:17:57.500><c> on</c><00:17:57.700><c> the</c><00:17:57.880><c> good</c><00:17:58.059><c> and</c><00:17:58.319><c> sendeth</c><00:17:58.660><c> rain</c><00:17:58.900><c> on</c>

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the<00:17:59.299><c> just</c><00:17:59.500><c> and</c><00:17:59.680><c> on</c><00:17:59.839><c> the</c><00:18:00.000><c> unjust.</c>

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So<00:18:01.119><c> that</c><00:18:01.259><c> when</c><00:18:01.420><c> we</c><00:18:01.619><c> learn</c><00:18:01.759><c> to</c><00:18:02.079><c> forgive</c><00:18:02.440><c> and</c><00:18:02.640><c> to</c><00:18:02.859><c> love</c><00:18:03.019><c> those</c><00:18:03.299><c> who</c><00:18:03.559><c> hate</c><00:18:03.759><c> us</c>

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and<00:18:04.299><c> despitefully</c><00:18:04.839><c> use</c><00:18:05.059><c> us,</c><00:18:06.220><c> we</c><00:18:06.500><c> are</c><00:18:06.759><c> beginning</c><00:18:07.119><c> to</c><00:18:07.480><c> learn</c><00:18:07.660><c> what</c><00:18:07.980><c> forgiveness</c><00:18:08.420><c> is,</c><00:18:09.799><c> as</c>

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how<00:18:10.119><c> the</c><00:18:10.319><c> father</c><00:18:10.519><c> practices</c><00:18:11.019><c> it.</c>

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Recall<00:18:13.039><c> that</c><00:18:13.359><c> his</c><00:18:14.259><c> one</c><00:18:14.380><c> of</c><00:18:14.559><c> the</c><00:18:14.700><c> reasons</c><00:18:15.079><c> that</c><00:18:15.279><c> he</c><00:18:15.519><c> forgives</c>

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as<00:18:16.180><c> he</c><00:18:16.420><c> does</c><00:18:16.740><c> is</c><00:18:17.079><c> because</c><00:18:17.440><c> of</c><00:18:17.579><c> his</c><00:18:17.799><c> character.</c>

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And<00:18:19.160><c> when</c><00:18:19.279><c> we</c><00:18:19.539><c> begin</c><00:18:19.720><c> to</c><00:18:20.079><c> develop</c><00:18:20.339><c> that</c><00:18:20.819><c> character</c><00:18:21.240><c> of</c><00:18:21.559><c> mercy</c>

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and<00:18:22.359><c> grace</c><00:18:23.519><c> and</c><00:18:24.019><c> long</c><00:18:24.259><c> suffering,</c><00:18:25.180><c> forgiveness</c><00:18:25.900><c> and</c><00:18:27.599><c> loving</c>

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kindness<00:18:28.440><c> and</c><00:18:28.740><c> faithfulness,</c><00:18:29.200><c> when</c><00:18:29.319><c> that</c><00:18:29.619><c> character</c><00:18:29.900><c> begins</c>

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to<00:18:30.420><c> be</c><00:18:30.660><c> developed</c><00:18:30.920><c> in</c><00:18:31.119><c> us,</c><00:18:32.339><c> then</c><00:18:32.500><c> we</c><00:18:32.680><c> can</c><00:18:32.859><c> begin</c><00:18:33.079><c> to</c><00:18:33.400><c> forgive</c>

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those<00:18:34.059><c> even</c><00:18:34.440><c> those</c><00:18:34.759><c> who</c><00:18:35.039><c> sin</c><00:18:35.259><c> against</c><00:18:35.720><c> us,</c><00:18:36.180><c> even</c><00:18:36.400><c> those</c><00:18:36.660><c> who</c>

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are<00:18:37.119><c> our</c><00:18:37.359><c> enemies</c><00:18:37.880><c> and</c><00:18:38.880><c> treat</c><00:18:39.079><c> us</c><00:18:39.380><c> poorly.</c>

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Jesus<00:18:41.779><c> is</c><00:18:42.059><c> not</c><00:18:42.180><c> the</c><00:18:42.400><c> only</c><00:18:42.779><c> one</c><00:18:43.599><c> that</c><00:18:44.519><c> we</c><00:18:44.660><c> see</c><00:18:44.880><c> manifesting</c><00:18:45.619><c> this</c><00:18:46.039><c> ability</c><00:18:46.539><c> and</c>

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this<00:18:47.619><c> learned</c><00:18:47.980><c> ability</c><00:18:48.579><c> to</c><00:18:48.880><c> forgive</c><00:18:49.359><c> immediately</c><00:18:50.240><c> without</c>

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waiting<00:18:51.420><c> for</c><00:18:51.700><c> an</c><00:18:51.900><c> apology</c><00:18:52.440><c> or</c><00:18:54.519><c> the</c><00:18:54.960><c> evidence</c><00:18:55.299><c> of</c><00:18:55.579><c> repentance</c>

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from<00:18:56.220><c> his</c><00:18:56.480><c> detractors.</c>

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Jesus<00:18:57.559><c> stands</c><00:18:57.960><c> as</c><00:18:58.299><c> the</c><00:18:58.539><c> model,</c><00:18:58.859><c> as</c><00:18:59.039><c> we</c><00:18:59.200><c> said</c><00:18:59.380><c> yesterday,</c><00:19:00.019><c> for</c>

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other<00:19:00.420><c> believers.</c>

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So<00:19:01.119><c> we</c><00:19:01.279><c> see</c><00:19:01.539><c> Stephen</c><00:19:02.460><c> standing</c><00:19:03.059><c> virtually</c><00:19:03.539><c> in</c><00:19:03.799><c> the</c><00:19:04.019><c> same</c><00:19:04.259><c> place</c><00:19:04.559><c> as</c>

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our<00:19:04.940><c> Lord</c><00:19:05.440><c> at</c><00:19:06.220><c> the</c><00:19:06.420><c> end</c><00:19:06.599><c> of</c><00:19:06.740><c> his</c><00:19:06.940><c> life</c><00:19:07.200><c> being</c><00:19:07.500><c> put</c><00:19:07.799><c> to</c><00:19:08.039><c> death</c><00:19:08.339><c> by</c>

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his<00:19:08.839><c> persecutors.</c>

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Now,<00:19:09.559><c> he</c><00:19:09.660><c> didn't</c><00:19:09.819><c> go</c><00:19:10.119><c> through</c><00:19:10.559><c> all</c><00:19:11.160><c> of</c><00:19:11.279><c> the</c><00:19:11.500><c> suffering</c><00:19:11.759><c> that</c>

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is<00:19:12.160><c> recorded</c><00:19:12.480><c> of</c><00:19:12.700><c> our</c><00:19:12.839><c> Lord.</c>

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But<00:19:15.180><c> there</c><00:19:15.400><c> he</c><00:19:15.519><c> is</c><00:19:15.740><c> in</c><00:19:15.900><c> Chapter</c><00:19:16.180><c> seven</c><00:19:16.500><c> of</c><00:19:16.619><c> verse</c><00:19:16.819><c> six</c><00:19:17.079><c> at</c><00:19:17.220><c> verse</c><00:19:17.460><c> 60,</c>

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while<00:19:18.539><c> he</c><00:19:18.819><c> is</c><00:19:19.140><c> dying,</c><00:19:20.339><c> while</c><00:19:20.640><c> he</c><00:19:20.920><c> is</c><00:19:21.140><c> being</c><00:19:21.539><c> stoned</c><00:19:22.119><c> in</c><00:19:22.440><c> the</c><00:19:22.680><c> midst</c><00:19:22.960><c> of</c>

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his<00:19:23.400><c> agony,</c><00:19:24.640><c> again,</c><00:19:25.299><c> while</c><00:19:25.740><c> his</c><00:19:26.220><c> perpetrators</c><00:19:26.880><c> are</c><00:19:27.359><c> sinning</c>

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against<00:19:28.220><c> him,</c><00:19:29.599><c> he</c><00:19:29.779><c> cries</c><00:19:29.960><c> out</c><00:19:30.200><c> with</c><00:19:30.400><c> a</c><00:19:30.480><c> loud</c><00:19:30.660><c> voice,</c><00:19:31.059><c> Lord,</c><00:19:31.519><c> lay</c><00:19:31.619><c> not</c><00:19:31.819><c> this</c><00:19:32.079><c> sin</c><00:19:32.460><c> to</c>

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their<00:19:32.980><c> charge.</c>

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And<00:19:33.599><c> when</c><00:19:33.759><c> he</c><00:19:34.000><c> had</c><00:19:34.099><c> said</c><00:19:34.420><c> this,</c><00:19:34.839><c> he</c><00:19:34.859><c> fell</c><00:19:35.059><c> asleep</c><00:19:35.799><c> forgiveness,</c><00:19:37.819><c> even</c><00:19:37.819><c> under</c>

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the<00:19:38.640><c> greatest</c><00:19:38.920><c> of</c><00:19:39.319><c> trials</c><00:19:39.599><c> and</c><00:19:40.039><c> circumstances</c><00:19:40.640><c> and</c><00:19:41.079><c> persecution</c><00:19:41.740><c> is</c><00:19:42.400><c> the</c>

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right<00:19:42.980><c> path</c><00:19:43.279><c> to</c><00:19:43.599><c> take.</c>

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That<00:19:44.000><c> is</c><00:19:44.180><c> what</c><00:19:44.460><c> Stephen</c><00:19:44.920><c> is</c><00:19:45.720><c> teaching</c><00:19:46.000><c> us</c><00:19:46.400><c> about.</c>

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Forgiveness<00:19:48.000><c> in</c><00:19:48.400><c> his</c><00:19:48.720><c> death,</c><00:19:50.000><c> he</c><00:19:50.200><c> forgave</c><00:19:50.819><c> his</c><00:19:51.140><c> detractors</c><00:19:52.059><c> immediately.</c>

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Like<00:19:53.180><c> the</c><00:19:53.400><c> Lord</c><00:19:53.539><c> Jesus</c><00:19:53.839><c> Christ,</c><00:19:54.160><c> he</c><00:19:54.359><c> didn't</c><00:19:54.599><c> wait</c><00:19:55.000><c> for</c><00:19:55.519><c> an</c><00:19:55.700><c> apology</c><00:19:56.339><c> from</c><00:19:56.960><c> his</c><00:19:57.240><c> murderers.</c>

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He<00:19:58.400><c> didn't</c><00:19:58.660><c> wait</c><00:19:58.940><c> for</c><00:19:59.119><c> them</c><00:19:59.279><c> to</c><00:19:59.519><c> repent</c><00:20:00.140><c> in</c><00:20:01.259><c> his</c><00:20:01.559><c> death.</c>

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He<00:20:02.000><c> held</c><00:20:02.240><c> no</c><00:20:02.680><c> grudge.</c>

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He<00:20:03.339><c> sought</c><00:20:03.579><c> no</c><00:20:03.940><c> vengeance</c><00:20:04.279><c> personally.</c>

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He<00:20:05.000><c> left</c><00:20:05.200><c> the</c><00:20:05.420><c> matter</c><00:20:05.779><c> entirely</c><00:20:06.519><c> in</c><00:20:06.700><c> God's</c><00:20:07.160><c> hands</c><00:20:07.960><c> so</c><00:20:08.680><c> that</c><00:20:08.759><c> when</c><00:20:08.880><c> he</c>

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fell<00:20:09.220><c> asleep,</c><00:20:09.599><c> there</c><00:20:09.759><c> was</c><00:20:09.980><c> no</c><00:20:10.259><c> anger</c><00:20:10.500><c> in</c><00:20:10.660><c> his</c><00:20:10.920><c> heart.</c>

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Again,<00:20:12.740><c> I</c><00:20:13.039><c> must</c><00:20:13.279><c> ask</c><00:20:13.539><c> myself</c><00:20:13.980><c> the</c><00:20:14.220><c> same</c><00:20:14.480><c> question</c><00:20:14.900><c> regarding</c>

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Stephen<00:20:15.779><c> that</c><00:20:15.960><c> I</c><00:20:16.099><c> asked</c><00:20:16.299><c> myself</c><00:20:16.779><c> yesterday</c><00:20:17.220><c> regarding</c><00:20:17.640><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:20:18.000><c> Jesus</c><00:20:18.319><c> Christ.</c>

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If<00:20:20.059><c> Stephen</c><00:20:20.500><c> could</c><00:20:20.900><c> forgive</c><00:20:21.220><c> those</c><00:20:21.579><c> who</c><00:20:21.759><c> were</c><00:20:22.000><c> putting</c><00:20:22.259><c> him</c>

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to<00:20:22.839><c> death.</c>

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Is<00:20:24.940><c> there</c><00:20:25.400><c> anyone</c><00:20:25.839><c> who</c><00:20:26.099><c> could</c><00:20:26.359><c> do</c><00:20:26.619><c> anything</c><00:20:27.059><c> to</c><00:20:27.420><c> me</c><00:20:28.039><c> that</c><00:20:29.359><c> ought</c><00:20:29.559><c> to</c>

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prevent<00:20:30.200><c> me</c><00:20:30.660><c> from</c><00:20:31.000><c> forgiving</c><00:20:31.339><c> them</c><00:20:32.660><c> immediately?</c>

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Is<00:20:36.160><c> there</c><00:20:36.440><c> any</c><00:20:36.779><c> other</c><00:20:37.220><c> righteous</c><00:20:37.700><c> path</c><00:20:38.460><c> other</c><00:20:39.579><c> than</c>

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immediate<00:20:40.319><c> forgiveness?</c>

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And<00:20:42.559><c> the</c><00:20:42.680><c> lesson</c><00:20:42.980><c> of</c><00:20:43.279><c> Stephen</c><00:20:43.660><c> is</c><00:20:44.099><c> the</c><00:20:44.279><c> same</c><00:20:44.460><c> lesson</c><00:20:44.839><c> of</c><00:20:45.119><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:20:45.400><c> Jesus</c><00:20:45.720><c> Christ.</c>

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So<00:20:47.380><c> that</c><00:20:47.539><c> when</c><00:20:47.619><c> I</c><00:20:47.839><c> take</c><00:20:48.079><c> my</c><00:20:48.519><c> humiliation</c><00:20:49.220><c> or</c><00:20:49.579><c> pain</c><00:20:50.000><c> or</c><00:20:50.400><c> public</c>

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shame<00:20:51.259><c> or</c><00:20:51.640><c> slander</c><00:20:52.220><c> or</c><00:20:52.880><c> false</c><00:20:53.200><c> accusation</c><00:20:53.900><c> or</c><00:20:54.119><c> whatever</c><00:20:54.420><c> it</c><00:20:54.660><c> is,</c>

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and<00:20:56.200><c> I</c><00:20:56.359><c> lay</c><00:20:56.440><c> it</c><00:20:56.640><c> alongside</c><00:20:57.220><c> what</c><00:20:57.599><c> Stephen</c><00:20:57.900><c> suffered</c><00:20:58.319><c> and</c><00:20:58.539><c> saw</c>

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him,<00:20:59.259><c> a</c><00:20:59.700><c> righteous</c><00:21:00.400><c> servant</c><00:21:00.779><c> of</c><00:21:01.059><c> Christ,</c><00:21:02.720><c> forgive</c><00:21:03.180><c> those</c><00:21:03.740><c> who</c>

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put<00:21:04.039><c> him</c><00:21:04.240><c> to</c><00:21:04.480><c> death.</c>

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He<00:21:07.640><c> is</c><00:21:07.900><c> teaching</c><00:21:08.240><c> me</c><00:21:09.220><c> of</c><00:21:09.759><c> the</c><00:21:09.920><c> need</c><00:21:10.279><c> for</c><00:21:10.619><c> forgiveness</c><00:21:11.240><c> so</c><00:21:13.140><c> that</c>

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we<00:21:13.380><c> need</c><00:21:13.619><c> to</c><00:21:13.900><c> recognize</c><00:21:14.380><c> what</c><00:21:14.599><c> both</c><00:21:14.920><c> Christ</c><00:21:15.220><c> and</c><00:21:15.500><c> Stephen</c><00:21:15.779><c> understood.</c>

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The<00:21:16.900><c> persecution</c><00:21:17.380><c> they</c><00:21:17.720><c> suffered</c><00:21:17.960><c> was</c><00:21:18.319><c> not</c><00:21:18.740><c> happening</c><00:21:19.640><c> outside</c><00:21:21.140><c> of</c><00:21:22.180><c> the</c><00:21:22.519><c> control</c><00:21:22.980><c> and</c><00:21:23.299><c> awareness</c><00:21:23.660><c> of</c><00:21:23.940><c> God.</c>

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And<00:21:25.339><c> this</c><00:21:25.440><c> is</c><00:21:25.660><c> where</c><00:21:25.759><c> we're</c><00:21:25.940><c> now</c><00:21:26.180><c> going</c><00:21:26.339><c> to</c><00:21:26.519><c> talk</c><00:21:26.700><c> about</c><00:21:26.980><c> forgiveness</c><00:21:27.539><c> taking</c><00:21:27.880><c> place</c>

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within<00:21:28.480><c> the</c><00:21:28.740><c> context</c><00:21:29.259><c> of</c><00:21:29.779><c> faith,</c><00:21:31.559><c> not</c><00:21:31.819><c> merit.</c>

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Christ<00:21:35.119><c> and</c><00:21:35.519><c> Stephen</c><00:21:35.980><c> forgave</c><00:21:36.700><c> those</c><00:21:37.059><c> who</c><00:21:37.240><c> put</c><00:21:37.420><c> them</c><00:21:37.680><c> to</c><00:21:37.940><c> death</c><00:21:38.380><c> in</c>

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the<00:21:38.859><c> context</c><00:21:39.400><c> of</c><00:21:39.759><c> faith,</c><00:21:41.019><c> trusting</c><00:21:41.440><c> themselves</c><00:21:42.019><c> to</c><00:21:42.240><c> God,</c>

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not<00:21:43.700><c> because</c><00:21:44.180><c> the</c><00:21:44.400><c> people</c><00:21:44.880><c> who</c><00:21:45.220><c> they</c><00:21:45.539><c> forgave</c><00:21:46.819><c> deserved</c><00:21:47.559><c> to</c>

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be<00:21:48.240><c> forgiven.</c>

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God's<00:21:50.920><c> will</c><00:21:51.200><c> called</c><00:21:51.539><c> for</c><00:21:51.799><c> both</c><00:21:52.059><c> men</c><00:21:52.400><c> to</c><00:21:52.579><c> be</c><00:21:52.759><c> put</c><00:21:52.920><c> to</c><00:21:53.160><c> death</c><00:21:53.880><c> at</c>

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the<00:21:54.579><c> hands</c><00:21:54.900><c> of</c><00:21:55.299><c> wicked</c><00:21:55.579><c> men.</c>

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God<00:21:57.240><c> was</c><00:21:57.720><c> accomplishing</c><00:21:58.720><c> great</c><00:21:59.240><c> good</c><00:21:59.819><c> in</c><00:22:00.259><c> the</c><00:22:00.400><c> death</c><00:22:00.579><c> of</c><00:22:00.799><c> Christ</c><00:22:01.220><c> and</c>

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great<00:22:02.400><c> good</c><00:22:02.900><c> in</c><00:22:03.160><c> the</c><00:22:03.259><c> death</c><00:22:03.539><c> of</c><00:22:03.859><c> Stephen</c><00:22:04.180><c> from</c><00:22:05.099><c> the</c><00:22:05.480><c> evil</c><00:22:05.799><c> that</c>

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was<00:22:06.200><c> being</c><00:22:06.579><c> committed</c><00:22:07.019><c> against</c><00:22:07.539><c> them.</c>

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And<00:22:07.980><c> they</c><00:22:08.279><c> understood</c><00:22:08.819><c> this.</c>

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And<00:22:10.619><c> because</c><00:22:10.880><c> they</c><00:22:11.160><c> saw</c><00:22:11.420><c> the</c><00:22:11.759><c> good</c><00:22:11.960><c> that</c><00:22:12.160><c> would</c><00:22:12.339><c> be</c><00:22:12.640><c> accomplished</c><00:22:13.700><c> out</c><00:22:14.259><c> of</c><00:22:14.420><c> the</c><00:22:14.680><c> evil,</c><00:22:16.279><c> they</c><00:22:16.779><c> could</c><00:22:17.119><c> rightly</c><00:22:17.579><c> commit</c><00:22:18.079><c> the</c><00:22:18.380><c> situation</c><00:22:19.079><c> to</c><00:22:19.460><c> faith</c>

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so<00:22:20.960><c> that</c><00:22:21.180><c> both</c><00:22:21.480><c> men</c><00:22:22.380><c> responded</c><00:22:23.119><c> by</c><00:22:23.519><c> faith,</c><00:22:24.460><c> even</c><00:22:24.900><c> to</c><00:22:25.240><c> asking</c>

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for<00:22:25.839><c> the</c><00:22:26.059><c> forgiveness</c><00:22:26.619><c> of</c><00:22:27.000><c> their</c><00:22:27.200><c> murderers.</c>

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But<00:22:29.440><c> Stephen</c><00:22:29.619><c> wasn't</c><00:22:29.880><c> the</c><00:22:30.119><c> only</c><00:22:30.420><c> other</c><00:22:30.920><c> example</c><00:22:31.400><c> of</c><00:22:31.680><c> a</c><00:22:31.819><c> believer</c><00:22:32.019><c> who</c>

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immediately<00:22:32.839><c> forgave</c><00:22:33.259><c> those</c><00:22:33.500><c> who</c><00:22:33.759><c> sinned</c><00:22:33.980><c> against</c><00:22:34.299><c> him.</c>

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We<00:22:34.779><c> have</c><00:22:34.940><c> the</c><00:22:35.140><c> reference</c><00:22:35.400><c> in</c><00:22:35.640><c> Second</c><00:22:35.880><c> Timothy.</c>

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The<00:22:37.440><c> Apostle</c><00:22:37.839><c> Paul,</c><00:22:38.279><c> at</c><00:22:38.319><c> the</c><00:22:38.559><c> end</c><00:22:38.720><c> of</c><00:22:38.880><c> his</c><00:22:39.079><c> life,</c><00:22:40.619><c> recounting</c>

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earlier<00:22:41.759><c> events,</c><00:22:42.680><c> states</c><00:22:42.740><c> that</c><00:22:43.000><c> my</c><00:22:43.119><c> first</c><00:22:43.519><c> answer,</c><00:22:44.519><c> no</c><00:22:44.599><c> man</c>

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stood<00:22:45.440><c> with</c><00:22:45.740><c> me,</c><00:22:46.599><c> but</c><00:22:46.960><c> all</c><00:22:47.279><c> men,</c><00:22:47.759><c> all</c><00:22:48.059><c> brethren,</c><00:22:48.579><c> forsook</c><00:22:48.940><c> me.</c>

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I<00:22:49.319><c> pray</c><00:22:49.539><c> God</c><00:22:49.880><c> that</c><00:22:50.019><c> it</c><00:22:50.079><c> may</c><00:22:50.319><c> not</c><00:22:50.460><c> be</c><00:22:50.640><c> laid</c><00:22:50.779><c> to</c><00:22:50.940><c> their</c><00:22:51.220><c> charge.</c>

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Here<00:22:52.559><c> he</c><00:22:52.740><c> is</c><00:22:52.960><c> at</c><00:22:53.180><c> the</c><00:22:53.359><c> end</c><00:22:53.519><c> of</c><00:22:53.660><c> his</c><00:22:53.880><c> life,</c><00:22:54.220><c> and</c><00:22:54.299><c> he</c><00:22:54.519><c> is</c><00:22:54.859><c> quoting</c>

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Stephen's<00:22:56.380><c> words.</c>

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But<00:22:58.000><c> he</c><00:22:58.200><c> heard</c><00:22:58.339><c> Stephen</c><00:22:58.740><c> speak</c><00:22:59.079><c> at</c><00:22:59.299><c> the</c><00:22:59.440><c> end</c><00:22:59.599><c> of</c><00:22:59.720><c> his</c><00:22:59.980><c> life</c><00:23:00.200><c> when</c><00:23:00.359><c> he</c>

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says,<00:23:00.940><c> I</c><00:23:00.940><c> pray</c><00:23:01.220><c> that</c><00:23:01.380><c> God</c><00:23:01.579><c> will</c><00:23:01.900><c> not</c><00:23:02.480><c> lay</c><00:23:02.859><c> it</c><00:23:03.160><c> to</c><00:23:03.240><c> their</c><00:23:03.559><c> charge.</c>

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So<00:23:05.599><c> here</c><00:23:05.880><c> is</c><00:23:06.180><c> the</c><00:23:06.519><c> former</c><00:23:06.920><c> ex</c><00:23:07.339><c>-persecutor</c><00:23:08.500><c> citing</c><00:23:08.960><c> the</c><00:23:09.339><c> righteous</c><00:23:09.740><c> response</c><00:23:10.680><c> of</c><00:23:11.700><c> the</c>

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condemned<00:23:12.839><c> man,</c><00:23:13.400><c> Stephen,</c><00:23:14.680><c> when</c><00:23:14.980><c> Paul</c><00:23:15.240><c> was</c><00:23:15.539><c> facing</c><00:23:15.859><c> a</c><00:23:16.259><c> similar</c><00:23:16.559><c> fate</c><00:23:16.839><c> himself.</c>

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No<00:23:18.460><c> one</c><00:23:18.759><c> had</c><00:23:19.059><c> stood</c><00:23:19.259><c> with</c><00:23:19.500><c> him,</c><00:23:20.500><c> but</c><00:23:20.720><c> he</c><00:23:20.920><c> had</c><00:23:21.299><c> already</c><00:23:22.359><c> forgiven</c><00:23:23.000><c> those</c>

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who<00:23:24.859><c> refused</c><00:23:25.339><c> to</c><00:23:25.559><c> stand</c><00:23:25.819><c> with</c><00:23:26.059><c> him.</c>

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He<00:23:27.400><c> didn't</c><00:23:27.599><c> wait</c><00:23:27.880><c> for</c><00:23:28.079><c> their</c><00:23:28.279><c> repentance.</c>

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He<00:23:28.920><c> didn't</c><00:23:29.099><c> wait</c><00:23:29.339><c> for</c><00:23:29.500><c> their</c><00:23:29.680><c> letters</c><00:23:29.920><c> of</c><00:23:30.200><c> apology.</c>

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He<00:23:31.359><c> didn't</c><00:23:31.519><c> go</c><00:23:31.759><c> around</c><00:23:32.039><c> to</c><00:23:32.220><c> each</c><00:23:32.420><c> of</c><00:23:32.539><c> the</c><00:23:32.680><c> ecclesias</c><00:23:33.099><c> and</c><00:23:33.240><c> say,</c>

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why<00:23:33.880><c> didn't</c><00:23:34.140><c> you</c><00:23:34.440><c> stand</c><00:23:34.720><c> with</c><00:23:34.980><c> me?</c>

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He<00:23:35.460><c> forgave</c><00:23:35.859><c> them</c><00:23:36.460><c> from</c><00:23:36.880><c> his</c><00:23:37.119><c> heart</c><00:23:37.759><c> so</c><00:23:40.680><c> that</c><00:23:40.839><c> it</c><00:23:41.019><c> isn't</c><00:23:41.339><c> a</c><00:23:41.539><c> coincidence</c><00:23:42.200><c> that</c><00:23:44.359><c> we</c>

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see<00:23:44.700><c> these</c><00:23:45.019><c> three</c><00:23:45.240><c> righteous</c><00:23:45.660><c> men</c><00:23:46.400><c> who</c><00:23:46.799><c> understood</c><00:23:47.180><c> the</c><00:23:47.420><c> need</c>

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for<00:23:48.359><c> forgiving</c><00:23:48.680><c> others</c><00:23:49.240><c> immediately.</c>

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The<00:23:50.859><c> standard</c><00:23:51.160><c> of</c><00:23:51.339><c> the</c><00:23:51.480><c> Lord</c><00:23:51.640><c> Jesus</c><00:23:52.019><c> Christ</c><00:23:52.380><c> became</c><00:23:52.680><c> the</c><00:23:53.019><c> standard</c><00:23:53.339><c> of</c>

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Stephen<00:23:54.059><c> and</c><00:23:54.700><c> the</c><00:23:54.980><c> standard</c><00:23:55.259><c> that</c><00:23:55.519><c> Paul</c><00:23:55.779><c> embraced.</c>

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But<00:23:57.579><c> it's</c><00:23:57.759><c> not</c><00:23:57.940><c> just</c><00:23:58.200><c> these</c><00:23:58.519><c> two</c><00:23:58.859><c> additional</c><00:23:59.400><c> examples.</c>

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Just<00:24:00.099><c> work</c><00:24:00.299><c> out</c><00:24:00.519><c> in</c><00:24:00.720><c> your</c><00:24:00.980><c> mind</c><00:24:01.299><c> when</c><00:24:01.519><c> you</c><00:24:01.720><c> think</c><00:24:01.960><c> David</c><00:24:02.400><c> forgave</c><00:24:02.980><c> Saul.</c>

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Surely<00:24:06.140><c> it</c><00:24:06.319><c> was</c><00:24:06.559><c> not</c><00:24:06.759><c> when</c><00:24:07.019><c> Saul</c><00:24:07.299><c> apologized</c><00:24:08.119><c> to</c><00:24:08.380><c> David</c><00:24:08.640><c> for</c>

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all<00:24:09.460><c> the</c><00:24:09.720><c> ill</c><00:24:10.140><c> that</c><00:24:10.440><c> he</c><00:24:10.539><c> had</c><00:24:10.740><c> brought</c><00:24:10.880><c> into</c><00:24:11.099><c> his</c><00:24:11.359><c> life.</c>

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For<00:24:13.599><c> David</c><00:24:14.000><c> to</c><00:24:14.200><c> be</c><00:24:14.440><c> effective</c><00:24:14.940><c> in</c><00:24:15.299><c> Saul's</c><00:24:15.779><c> life,</c><00:24:16.400><c> for</c><00:24:16.559><c> David</c>

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to<00:24:17.119><c> be</c><00:24:17.380><c> helpful</c><00:24:17.819><c> to</c><00:24:18.099><c> God</c><00:24:18.539><c> and</c><00:24:18.799><c> God</c><00:24:19.099><c> trying</c><00:24:19.440><c> to</c><00:24:19.700><c> appeal</c><00:24:20.039><c> to</c><00:24:20.299><c> David,</c>

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David<00:24:22.420><c> had</c><00:24:22.819><c> to</c><00:24:23.119><c> forgive</c><00:24:23.440><c> Saul</c><00:24:24.059><c> of</c><00:24:25.160><c> all</c><00:24:25.480><c> the</c><00:24:25.759><c> sins</c><00:24:26.039><c> that</c><00:24:26.220><c> he</c><00:24:26.359><c> was</c>

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committing<00:24:26.880><c> against</c><00:24:27.299><c> him.</c>

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And<00:24:28.640><c> that's</c><00:24:28.920><c> what</c><00:24:29.059><c> happens,</c><00:24:29.660><c> brothers</c><00:24:29.759><c> and</c><00:24:30.039><c> sisters,</c><00:24:30.359><c> if</c><00:24:30.640><c> we</c>

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won't<00:24:31.420><c> forgive</c><00:24:31.960><c> those</c><00:24:32.460><c> who</c><00:24:32.779><c> sin</c><00:24:33.039><c> against</c><00:24:33.480><c> us,</c><00:24:34.579><c> God</c><00:24:34.900><c> can</c><00:24:35.259><c> no</c><00:24:35.539><c> longer</c><00:24:35.839><c> use</c><00:24:36.140><c> us</c>

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in<00:24:36.640><c> that</c><00:24:36.859><c> person's</c><00:24:37.380><c> life.</c>

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So<00:24:39.460><c> if</c><00:24:39.579><c> you</c><00:24:39.720><c> have</c><00:24:39.819><c> an</c><00:24:39.980><c> ecclesial</c><00:24:40.359><c> registry</c><00:24:40.859><c> and</c><00:24:41.039><c> you</c><00:24:41.160><c> have</c><00:24:41.299><c> those</c><00:24:41.859><c> against</c><00:24:42.400><c> whom</c><00:24:42.539><c> you</c>

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will<00:24:43.119><c> not</c><00:24:43.400><c> forgive</c><00:24:43.700><c> sins</c><00:24:43.980><c> that</c><00:24:44.180><c> they</c><00:24:44.299><c> have</c><00:24:44.500><c> committed</c><00:24:44.720><c> to</c><00:24:45.019><c> you,</c>

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you<00:24:45.339><c> might</c><00:24:45.420><c> as</c><00:24:45.539><c> well</c><00:24:45.640><c> just</c><00:24:45.960><c> cross</c><00:24:46.180><c> off</c><00:24:46.420><c> their</c><00:24:46.940><c> name</c><00:24:47.200><c> on</c><00:24:47.400><c> your</c>

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list<00:24:48.000><c> of</c><00:24:48.519><c> those</c><00:24:48.799><c> that</c><00:24:48.920><c> you</c><00:24:49.059><c> can</c><00:24:49.180><c> be</c><00:24:49.359><c> helpful</c><00:24:49.599><c> to</c><00:24:49.799><c> in</c><00:24:49.960><c> the</c><00:24:50.140><c> ecclesia.</c>

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Because<00:24:51.779><c> if</c><00:24:52.119><c> I'm</c><00:24:52.380><c> still</c><00:24:52.660><c> holding</c><00:24:53.000><c> a</c><00:24:53.279><c> grudge</c><00:24:53.599><c> against</c><00:24:53.980><c> certain</c>

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members<00:24:54.700><c> in</c><00:24:54.920><c> my</c><00:24:55.119><c> ecclesia,</c><00:24:55.539><c> they</c><00:24:55.720><c> know</c><00:24:55.940><c> I'm</c><00:24:56.180><c> holding</c><00:24:56.460><c> a</c><00:24:56.720><c> grudge.</c>

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And<00:24:58.839><c> I</c><00:24:58.920><c> can't</c><00:24:59.160><c> pray</c><00:24:59.460><c> for</c><00:24:59.619><c> them.</c><00:24:59.839><c> I</c><00:24:59.980><c> can't</c><00:25:00.220><c> be</c><00:25:00.400><c> helpful</c><00:25:00.740><c> to</c><00:25:00.940><c> them.</c><00:25:01.700><c> I</c><00:25:01.859><c> can't</c><00:25:02.079><c> help</c><00:25:02.279><c> return</c><00:25:02.599><c> them</c><00:25:02.819><c> to</c><00:25:03.059><c> righteousness.</c>

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They<00:25:04.740><c> can</c><00:25:04.980><c> tell</c><00:25:05.079><c> it</c><00:25:05.240><c> in</c><00:25:05.400><c> my</c><00:25:05.619><c> handshake.</c><00:25:06.140><c> They</c><00:25:06.279><c> can</c><00:25:06.480><c> tell</c><00:25:06.640><c> it</c><00:25:06.819><c> in</c>

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my<00:25:07.160><c> hello.</c>

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They<00:25:09.279><c> can</c><00:25:09.500><c> tell</c><00:25:09.599><c> it</c><00:25:09.759><c> in</c><00:25:09.859><c> the</c><00:25:10.059><c> cold</c><00:25:10.339><c> shoulder</c><00:25:10.599><c> I</c><00:25:10.799><c> give</c><00:25:10.980><c> them</c><00:25:11.240><c> when</c><00:25:11.380><c> we're</c><00:25:11.539><c> in</c>

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the<00:25:11.799><c> same</c><00:25:12.019><c> room.</c>

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But<00:25:15.000><c> God</c><00:25:15.259><c> wants</c><00:25:15.539><c> us</c><00:25:15.759><c> to</c><00:25:15.859><c> be</c><00:25:16.039><c> helpful</c><00:25:16.480><c> to</c><00:25:16.720><c> all,</c><00:25:17.319><c> especially,</c><00:25:18.240><c> especially</c><00:25:19.640><c> to</c>

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those<00:25:20.339><c> who</c><00:25:20.519><c> have</c><00:25:20.819><c> sinned</c><00:25:20.960><c> against</c><00:25:21.319><c> us.</c>

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Because<00:25:24.000><c> a</c><00:25:24.380><c> spiritual</c><00:25:24.740><c> man</c><00:25:25.039><c> or</c><00:25:25.299><c> woman</c><00:25:25.700><c> who</c><00:25:26.079><c> sins</c><00:25:26.299><c> against</c><00:25:26.700><c> a</c><00:25:26.940><c> brother</c><00:25:27.119><c> or</c><00:25:27.359><c> sister</c><00:25:28.180><c> and</c><00:25:29.500><c> sees</c><00:25:29.799><c> them</c><00:25:30.079><c> turn</c><00:25:30.359><c> a</c>

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cold<00:25:30.779><c> shoulder</c><00:25:31.480><c> will</c><00:25:32.579><c> respond</c><00:25:33.039><c> in</c><00:25:33.339><c> kind.</c>

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But<00:25:35.759><c> if</c><00:25:35.980><c> I</c><00:25:36.079><c> know</c><00:25:36.299><c> I</c><00:25:36.539><c> have</c><00:25:36.859><c> sinned</c><00:25:37.119><c> against</c><00:25:37.539><c> you</c><00:25:37.960><c> and</c><00:25:38.220><c> I</c><00:25:38.380><c> know</c>

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that<00:25:38.740><c> you</c><00:25:38.880><c> have</c><00:25:39.180><c> forgiven</c><00:25:39.500><c> me,</c>

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and<00:25:42.200><c> if</c><00:25:42.359><c> I</c><00:25:42.559><c> am</c><00:25:42.700><c> a</c><00:25:43.000><c> spiritual</c><00:25:43.359><c> man,</c><00:25:43.980><c> that</c><00:25:44.319><c> will</c><00:25:44.720><c> impact</c><00:25:45.259><c> me</c><00:25:45.599><c> for</c><00:25:45.839><c> good.</c>

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If<00:25:47.839><c> I'm</c><00:25:48.039><c> not</c><00:25:48.220><c> a</c><00:25:48.440><c> spiritual</c><00:25:48.660><c> man,</c><00:25:48.859><c> I</c><00:25:48.940><c> will</c><00:25:49.119><c> take</c><00:25:49.359><c> advantage</c><00:25:49.740><c> of</c>

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it<00:25:50.059><c> and</c><00:25:50.160><c> I</c><00:25:50.240><c> will</c><00:25:50.460><c> probably</c><00:25:50.779><c> sin</c><00:25:50.980><c> against</c><00:25:51.319><c> you</c><00:25:51.500><c> and</c><00:25:51.640><c> I</c><00:25:51.759><c> sin</c><00:25:51.859><c> against</c><00:25:52.200><c> you.</c>

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And<00:25:53.460><c> that's</c><00:25:53.920><c> the</c><00:25:54.119><c> part</c><00:25:54.259><c> that</c><00:25:54.440><c> we</c><00:25:54.660><c> commit</c><00:25:54.900><c> to</c><00:25:55.200><c> faith.</c>

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There<00:25:56.920><c> were</c><00:25:57.180><c> many,</c><00:25:57.700><c> many,</c><00:25:58.220><c> many</c><00:25:58.220><c> that</c><00:25:58.500><c> day</c><00:25:58.720><c> who</c><00:25:58.900><c> had</c><00:25:59.059><c> put</c><00:25:59.259><c> Christ</c><00:25:59.599><c> to</c>

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death<00:26:00.039><c> and</c><00:26:00.259><c> they</c><00:26:00.579><c> died</c><00:26:00.900><c> never</c><00:26:01.339><c> having</c><00:26:01.720><c> repented</c><00:26:02.240><c> for</c><00:26:02.480><c> what</c>

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they<00:26:02.920><c> did.</c>

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But<00:26:06.039><c> for</c><00:26:06.339><c> the</c><00:26:06.519><c> ones</c><00:26:06.799><c> who</c><00:26:07.099><c> repented,</c><00:26:09.440><c> they</c><00:26:09.480><c> were</c><00:26:09.799><c> benefited</c><00:26:10.180><c> by</c>

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seeing<00:26:11.339><c> the</c><00:26:11.619><c> spirit</c><00:26:12.000><c> of</c><00:26:12.259><c> this</c><00:26:12.500><c> man</c><00:26:13.299><c> impressed</c><00:26:14.259><c> upon</c><00:26:14.619><c> those</c><00:26:15.019><c> closest</c><00:26:15.380><c> to</c>

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the<00:26:15.779><c> cross</c><00:26:16.359><c> who</c><00:26:17.460><c> could</c><00:26:17.660><c> respond</c><00:26:18.119><c> to</c><00:26:18.299><c> his</c><00:26:18.559><c> trial</c><00:26:18.839><c> in</c><00:26:19.079><c> the</c><00:26:19.240><c> way</c>

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that<00:26:19.640><c> he</c><00:26:19.720><c> did.</c>

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If<00:26:27.240><c> we</c><00:26:27.880><c> turn</c><00:26:28.119><c> back</c><00:26:28.380><c> to</c><00:26:28.579><c> Genesis</c><00:26:28.940><c> 50,</c><00:26:29.440><c> I</c><00:26:29.539><c> think</c><00:26:29.680><c> it's</c><00:26:29.859><c> helpful</c>

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at<00:26:30.400><c> this</c><00:26:30.640><c> point</c><00:26:30.980><c> to</c><00:26:31.539><c> look</c><00:26:31.720><c> at</c><00:26:31.940><c> another</c><00:26:32.279><c> specific</c><00:26:32.940><c> example</c><00:26:33.640><c> of</c>

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an<00:26:34.500><c> Old</c><00:26:34.759><c> Testament</c><00:26:35.140><c> character</c>

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and<00:26:36.339><c> how</c><00:26:36.619><c> forgiveness</c><00:26:37.400><c> became</c><00:26:38.079><c> a</c><00:26:38.559><c> power</c><00:26:38.859><c> in</c><00:26:39.099><c> their</c><00:26:39.359><c> life</c><00:26:39.640><c> for</c><00:26:39.920><c> good.</c>

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So<00:26:41.519><c> that</c><00:26:41.640><c> the</c><00:26:41.900><c> spiritual</c><00:26:42.259><c> principles</c><00:26:42.880><c> surrounding</c><00:26:43.400><c> forgiveness</c><00:26:44.140><c> and</c><00:26:44.920><c> the</c>

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divine<00:26:45.480><c> expectations</c><00:26:46.579><c> that</c><00:26:46.880><c> God</c><00:26:47.119><c> establishes</c><00:26:47.819><c> for</c><00:26:48.099><c> us</c>

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and<00:26:48.640><c> the</c><00:26:48.819><c> wisdom</c><00:26:49.259><c> of</c><00:26:49.559><c> those</c><00:26:49.880><c> expectations,</c><00:26:52.079><c> especially</c><00:26:52.700><c> as</c>

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they<00:26:53.319><c> relate</c><00:26:53.599><c> to</c><00:26:53.839><c> forgiving</c><00:26:54.140><c> one</c><00:26:54.420><c> another,</c><00:26:55.819><c> become</c><00:26:56.180><c> evident</c>

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in<00:26:57.279><c> the</c><00:26:57.380><c> life</c><00:26:57.619><c> of</c><00:26:57.880><c> Joseph.</c>

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We<00:26:59.880><c> see</c><00:27:00.460><c> the</c><00:27:00.839><c> ill</c><00:27:01.140><c> will,</c><00:27:01.640><c> the</c><00:27:01.900><c> evil</c><00:27:02.140><c> spirit</c><00:27:02.619><c> that</c><00:27:02.819><c> is</c><00:27:02.980><c> unleashed</c><00:27:03.460><c> when</c><00:27:03.660><c> a</c>

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brother<00:27:04.200><c> sins</c><00:27:04.700><c> against</c><00:27:05.240><c> another</c><00:27:05.599><c> brother</c><00:27:05.980><c> or</c><00:27:06.579><c> in</c><00:27:06.759><c> this</c><00:27:07.019><c> case,</c>

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when<00:27:07.640><c> brethren</c><00:27:08.079><c> sin</c><00:27:08.500><c> against</c><00:27:09.000><c> another</c><00:27:09.359><c> brother.</c>

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It<00:27:10.480><c> would</c><00:27:10.660><c> have</c><00:27:10.859><c> been</c><00:27:11.019><c> natural.</c><00:27:11.660><c> It</c><00:27:11.799><c> would</c><00:27:12.000><c> have</c><00:27:12.180><c> been</c><00:27:12.440><c> understandable</c><00:27:13.180><c> for</c><00:27:13.539><c> Joseph</c><00:27:13.920><c> to</c>

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develop<00:27:14.539><c> hatred</c><00:27:14.960><c> for</c><00:27:15.220><c> his</c><00:27:15.480><c> brethren.</c>

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And<00:27:16.640><c> if</c><00:27:16.900><c> not</c><00:27:17.140><c> hatred,</c><00:27:17.799><c> at</c><00:27:18.039><c> least</c><00:27:18.319><c> to</c><00:27:18.579><c> hold</c><00:27:18.720><c> a</c><00:27:18.940><c> grudge</c><00:27:19.220><c> against</c>

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them<00:27:20.160><c> for</c><00:27:20.680><c> all</c><00:27:21.079><c> the</c><00:27:21.339><c> ill</c><00:27:21.599><c> that</c><00:27:21.779><c> they</c><00:27:21.980><c> had</c><00:27:22.160><c> done</c><00:27:22.339><c> to</c><00:27:22.539><c> him</c><00:27:22.759><c> in</c><00:27:22.960><c> Chapter</c><00:27:23.259><c> 37.</c>

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But,<00:27:25.619><c> brethren</c><00:27:25.700><c> and</c><00:27:25.980><c> sisters,</c><00:27:26.299><c> we</c><00:27:26.619><c> don't</c><00:27:27.079><c> find</c><00:27:27.599><c> Joseph</c><00:27:28.099><c> holding</c><00:27:28.539><c> even</c>

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a<00:27:29.579><c> grudge</c><00:27:32.579><c> reflecting</c><00:27:33.680><c> even</c><00:27:34.160><c> the</c><00:27:34.559><c> seeds,</c><00:27:35.799><c> even</c><00:27:35.960><c> the</c><00:27:36.259><c> traces,</c>

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the<00:27:37.019><c> hint,</c><00:27:37.720><c> the</c><00:27:38.160><c> smallest</c><00:27:38.579><c> hint</c><00:27:39.220><c> of</c><00:27:39.900><c> holding</c><00:27:40.119><c> a</c><00:27:40.380><c> grudge</c><00:27:40.579><c> or</c>

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seeking<00:27:41.180><c> vengeance.</c>

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He<00:27:42.680><c> sought</c><00:27:43.059><c> only</c><00:27:43.579><c> their</c><00:27:43.980><c> eternal</c><00:27:44.700><c> well</c><00:27:45.099><c>-being.</c>

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Thirty<00:27:46.839><c>-nine</c><00:27:47.119><c> years</c><00:27:47.579><c> later,</c><00:27:48.059><c> they</c><00:27:48.180><c> are</c><00:27:48.480><c> still</c><00:27:48.839><c> concerned</c><00:27:49.380><c> that</c><00:27:49.579><c> he</c>

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will<00:27:49.980><c> hate</c><00:27:50.319><c> them</c><00:27:50.940><c> after</c><00:27:51.420><c> Jacob</c><00:27:51.799><c> dies.</c>

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So<00:27:53.359><c> it</c><00:27:53.539><c> shows</c><00:27:53.900><c> you</c><00:27:54.160><c> the</c><00:27:54.579><c> intensity</c><00:27:55.299><c> of</c><00:27:55.779><c> the</c><00:27:56.079><c> evil</c><00:27:56.279><c> that</c><00:27:56.420><c> they</c>

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committed<00:27:57.000><c> against</c><00:27:57.400><c> him.</c>

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And<00:27:59.240><c> as</c><00:27:59.420><c> they</c><00:27:59.700><c> reflected</c><00:28:00.059><c> upon</c><00:28:00.519><c> that,</c><00:28:00.940><c> thirty</c><00:28:01.380><c>-nine</c><00:28:01.599><c> years</c><00:28:01.920><c> later,</c><00:28:02.200><c> they</c><00:28:02.359><c> are</c><00:28:02.720><c> still</c><00:28:03.079><c> concerned</c><00:28:03.960><c> that</c><00:28:04.720><c> he</c>

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might<00:28:05.279><c> harbor</c><00:28:05.759><c> ill</c><00:28:06.140><c> will</c><00:28:06.380><c> towards</c><00:28:06.819><c> them.</c>

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Secondly,<00:28:08.680><c> we</c><00:28:08.700><c> see</c><00:28:08.940><c> the</c><00:28:09.099><c> many</c><00:28:09.299><c> benefits</c><00:28:09.779><c> of</c><00:28:10.039><c> forgiveness,</c><00:28:10.759><c> the</c><00:28:10.819><c> multitude</c><00:28:11.420><c> of</c>

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sins<00:28:11.980><c> it</c><00:28:12.240><c> covers,</c><00:28:13.440><c> how</c><00:28:13.680><c> forgiveness</c><00:28:14.220><c> heals</c><00:28:14.980><c> and</c><00:28:15.380><c> restores</c><00:28:15.920><c> relationships</c><00:28:16.799><c> that</c><00:28:17.660><c> otherwise</c><00:28:18.140><c> would</c><00:28:18.640><c> certainly</c><00:28:19.039><c> have</c><00:28:19.299><c> remained</c><00:28:19.619><c> broken</c><00:28:20.039><c> for</c><00:28:20.299><c> the</c><00:28:20.420><c> rest</c><00:28:20.579><c> of</c>

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their<00:28:20.900><c> life.</c>

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Sin<00:28:22.680><c> destroys</c><00:28:23.700><c> relationships,</c><00:28:24.960><c> even</c><00:28:26.519><c> between</c><00:28:27.299><c> two</c><00:28:28.000><c> otherwise</c><00:28:28.660><c> spiritual</c><00:28:29.240><c> people.</c>

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It<00:28:30.660><c> leaves</c><00:28:31.000><c> them</c><00:28:31.400><c> unable</c><00:28:31.799><c> to</c><00:28:32.000><c> talk</c><00:28:32.279><c> to</c><00:28:32.420><c> each</c><00:28:32.680><c> other,</c><00:28:33.019><c> unable</c><00:28:33.420><c> to</c><00:28:33.740><c> interact,</c><00:28:35.640><c> to</c><00:28:35.960><c> interact</c><00:28:36.279><c> with</c><00:28:36.440><c> each</c><00:28:36.680><c> other</c><00:28:36.859><c> in</c><00:28:36.940><c> a</c>

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meaningful<00:28:37.420><c> way.</c>

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One<00:28:38.599><c> person</c><00:28:38.940><c> won't</c><00:28:39.140><c> have</c><00:28:39.359><c> anything</c><00:28:39.680><c> to</c><00:28:39.880><c> do</c><00:28:39.960><c> with</c><00:28:40.099><c> the</c><00:28:40.220><c> other</c>

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person<00:28:40.839><c> over</c><00:28:41.140><c> some</c><00:28:41.480><c> sin</c><00:28:41.680><c> that</c><00:28:41.819><c> has</c><00:28:42.019><c> occurred</c><00:28:42.259><c> in</c><00:28:42.420><c> the</c><00:28:42.579><c> past.</c>

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No<00:28:44.099><c> doubt</c><00:28:44.440><c> the</c><00:28:44.700><c> sin</c><00:28:44.819><c> was</c><00:28:45.079><c> grievous,</c><00:28:47.460><c> but</c><00:28:47.640><c> also</c><00:28:47.960><c> no</c><00:28:48.200><c> doubt</c><00:28:48.759><c> when</c>

00:28:49.279 --> 00:28:51.539
there<00:28:49.400><c> is</c><00:28:49.599><c> a</c><00:28:49.799><c> sin</c><00:28:49.940><c> that</c><00:28:50.039><c> is</c><00:28:50.380><c> developed</c><00:28:50.599><c> between</c><00:28:50.960><c> two</c><00:28:51.259><c> brethren</c>

00:28:51.539 --> 00:28:54.619
or<00:28:51.740><c> a</c><00:28:51.859><c> brother</c><00:28:52.059><c> or</c><00:28:52.240><c> sister</c><00:28:52.559><c> or</c><00:28:52.740><c> between</c><00:28:53.019><c> two</c><00:28:53.279><c> sisters,</c><00:28:54.359><c> even</c>

00:28:54.619 --> 00:29:01.900
when<00:28:54.799><c> it</c><00:28:54.960><c> was</c><00:28:55.240><c> grievous</c><00:28:56.680><c> and</c><00:28:57.960><c> that</c><00:28:58.400><c> still</c><00:28:58.940><c> exists</c><00:28:59.740><c> years</c><00:29:00.240><c> later,</c><00:29:01.759><c> that</c>

00:29:01.900 --> 00:29:04.660
is<00:29:02.180><c> evidence</c><00:29:02.619><c> likely</c><00:29:03.140><c> of</c><00:29:03.299><c> two</c><00:29:03.500><c> things.</c>

00:29:05.000 --> 00:29:07.440
One,<00:29:05.240><c> there</c><00:29:05.440><c> has</c><00:29:05.720><c> been</c><00:29:05.900><c> no</c><00:29:06.220><c> forgiveness.</c>

00:29:08.039 --> 00:29:11.380
And<00:29:08.599><c> secondly,</c><00:29:09.059><c> there</c><00:29:09.240><c> has</c><00:29:09.559><c> likely</c><00:29:09.819><c> been</c><00:29:10.059><c> no</c><00:29:10.319><c> apology.</c>

00:29:12.779 --> 00:29:15.859
But<00:29:13.039><c> forgiveness</c><00:29:13.440><c> can</c><00:29:13.819><c> restore</c><00:29:14.460><c> a</c><00:29:14.859><c> broken</c><00:29:15.160><c> relationship.</c>

00:29:16.079 --> 00:29:17.920
It<00:29:16.160><c> can</c><00:29:16.519><c> heal</c><00:29:16.880><c> a</c><00:29:17.180><c> wound.</c>

00:29:18.559 --> 00:29:21.180
It<00:29:18.700><c> doesn't</c><00:29:19.119><c> ignore</c><00:29:20.019><c> the</c><00:29:20.440><c> sin.</c>

00:29:21.799 --> 00:29:24.380
Well,<00:29:21.980><c> I'll</c><00:29:22.119><c> just</c><00:29:22.259><c> pretend</c><00:29:22.539><c> they</c><00:29:22.720><c> didn't</c><00:29:22.900><c> do</c><00:29:23.119><c> that</c><00:29:23.299><c> to</c><00:29:23.559><c> me</c><00:29:23.839><c> and</c>

00:29:24.380 --> 00:29:25.319
then<00:29:24.559><c> they'll</c><00:29:24.740><c> do</c><00:29:24.799><c> it</c><00:29:24.960><c> again.</c>

00:29:25.480 --> 00:29:27.319
I'll<00:29:25.799><c> just</c><00:29:26.019><c> pretend</c><00:29:26.380><c> more.</c>

00:29:27.480 --> 00:29:31.099
They<00:29:27.900><c> do</c><00:29:28.079><c> it</c><00:29:28.220><c> again</c><00:29:28.400><c> and</c><00:29:28.599><c> I'll</c><00:29:28.880><c> just</c><00:29:29.180><c> I'll</c><00:29:29.740><c> have</c><00:29:29.799><c> the</c><00:29:30.019><c> most</c><00:29:30.339><c> pretending</c><00:29:30.720><c> you</c>

00:29:31.099 --> 00:29:32.720
could<00:29:31.279><c> ever</c><00:29:31.519><c> have.</c>

00:29:33.660 --> 00:29:37.599
Forgiveness<00:29:34.339><c> doesn't</c><00:29:34.700><c> pretend</c><00:29:35.259><c> the</c><00:29:35.500><c> sin</c><00:29:35.660><c> didn't</c><00:29:36.000><c> exist.</c>

00:29:37.880 --> 00:29:43.359
Forgiveness<00:29:38.539><c> removes</c><00:29:39.240><c> the</c><00:29:39.539><c> sin</c><00:29:39.980><c> out</c><00:29:40.319><c> of</c><00:29:40.480><c> love</c><00:29:40.980><c> because</c><00:29:42.019><c> a</c><00:29:42.279><c> greater</c><00:29:42.539><c> power</c><00:29:42.980><c> is</c>

00:29:43.359 --> 00:29:47.859
introduced<00:29:44.059><c> into</c><00:29:44.539><c> the</c><00:29:44.799><c> situation</c><00:29:45.380><c> and</c><00:29:45.640><c> into</c><00:29:45.880><c> the</c><00:29:46.079><c> relationship</c><00:29:46.599><c> than</c><00:29:46.779><c> the</c><00:29:47.000><c> sin.</c>

00:29:48.400 --> 00:29:53.319
And<00:29:48.579><c> if</c><00:29:48.700><c> they</c><00:29:48.940><c> sin</c><00:29:49.119><c> again,</c><00:29:49.759><c> I</c><00:29:50.039><c> forgive</c><00:29:50.299><c> again</c><00:29:51.240><c> because</c><00:29:52.319><c> the</c><00:29:52.660><c> power</c><00:29:53.039><c> of</c>

00:29:53.319 --> 00:29:58.119
the<00:29:53.480><c> love</c><00:29:53.660><c> of</c><00:29:53.799><c> Christ</c><00:29:54.460><c> will</c><00:29:55.039><c> always</c><00:29:55.940><c> be</c><00:29:56.599><c> greater</c><00:29:56.920><c> than</c><00:29:57.160><c> the</c><00:29:57.339><c> power</c><00:29:57.579><c> of</c><00:29:57.819><c> sin.</c>

00:29:58.119 --> 00:30:03.359
We<00:29:59.000><c> have</c><00:29:59.279><c> to</c><00:29:59.400><c> believe</c><00:29:59.640><c> that</c><00:30:00.180><c> because</c><00:30:01.599><c> you</c><00:30:01.740><c> couldn't</c><00:30:02.079><c> have</c><00:30:02.480><c> amassed</c><00:30:02.900><c> any</c>

00:30:03.359 --> 00:30:07.700
greater<00:30:03.680><c> sin</c><00:30:03.980><c> against</c><00:30:04.359><c> the</c><00:30:04.519><c> Lord</c><00:30:04.660><c> Jesus</c><00:30:05.000><c> Christ</c><00:30:05.460><c> and</c><00:30:05.940><c> his</c><00:30:06.299><c> love</c><00:30:06.759><c> overcame</c><00:30:07.420><c> the</c>

00:30:07.700 --> 00:30:10.240
power<00:30:07.960><c> of</c><00:30:08.200><c> that</c><00:30:08.420><c> sin</c><00:30:08.599><c> that</c><00:30:08.859><c> day.</c>

00:30:11.720 --> 00:30:13.960
Peter<00:30:11.839><c> has</c><00:30:12.119><c> difficulty</c><00:30:12.660><c> with</c><00:30:12.839><c> this</c><00:30:13.039><c> concept,</c><00:30:13.460><c> as</c><00:30:13.599><c> we'll</c><00:30:13.799><c> see</c>

00:30:13.960 --> 00:30:16.039
in<00:30:14.099><c> a</c><00:30:14.200><c> few</c><00:30:14.279><c> minutes</c><00:30:14.579><c> if</c><00:30:14.759><c> we</c><00:30:14.819><c> get</c><00:30:14.980><c> to</c><00:30:15.160><c> there.</c>

00:30:16.460 --> 00:30:18.960
But<00:30:16.619><c> that</c><00:30:16.799><c> is</c><00:30:17.079><c> the</c><00:30:17.259><c> life</c><00:30:17.539><c> that</c><00:30:17.740><c> our</c><00:30:17.920><c> Lord</c><00:30:18.140><c> calls</c><00:30:18.460><c> us</c><00:30:18.779><c> to.</c>

00:30:19.039 --> 00:30:21.740
And<00:30:19.220><c> you</c><00:30:19.319><c> can</c><00:30:19.660><c> see</c><00:30:19.819><c> it</c><00:30:20.140><c> manifested</c><00:30:20.619><c> in</c><00:30:20.880><c> the</c><00:30:21.019><c> life</c><00:30:21.200><c> of</c><00:30:21.400><c> Joseph.</c>

00:30:21.740 --> 00:30:28.920
Who<00:30:22.759><c> else</c><00:30:23.220><c> in</c><00:30:23.559><c> scripture</c><00:30:23.980><c> would</c><00:30:24.259><c> be</c><00:30:24.599><c> would</c><00:30:24.759><c> have</c><00:30:24.960><c> been</c><00:30:25.140><c> most</c><00:30:25.680><c> justified</c><00:30:26.539><c> in</c><00:30:27.640><c> holding</c><00:30:27.880><c> at</c><00:30:28.180><c> least</c><00:30:28.460><c> a</c>

00:30:28.920 --> 00:30:31.519
small<00:30:29.200><c> amount</c><00:30:29.559><c> of</c><00:30:29.839><c> grudge</c><00:30:30.160><c> against</c><00:30:30.539><c> his</c><00:30:30.819><c> brother?</c>

00:30:33.339 --> 00:30:36.960
There<00:30:33.500><c> is</c><00:30:33.720><c> wisdom</c><00:30:34.559><c> in</c><00:30:35.799><c> forgiveness.</c>

00:30:37.460 --> 00:30:41.359
Oftentimes,<00:30:38.079><c> it's</c><00:30:38.559><c> the</c><00:30:38.880><c> only</c><00:30:39.299><c> thing,</c><00:30:39.839><c> the</c><00:30:40.180><c> only</c><00:30:40.619><c> thing</c><00:30:41.019><c> that</c>

00:30:41.359 --> 00:30:43.039
can<00:30:41.579><c> right</c><00:30:41.980><c> a</c><00:30:42.200><c> wrong.</c>

00:30:43.539 --> 00:30:47.660
For<00:30:44.059><c> the</c><00:30:44.240><c> person</c><00:30:44.640><c> who</c><00:30:44.900><c> has</c><00:30:45.240><c> sinned</c><00:30:45.660><c> against</c><00:30:46.099><c> to</c><00:30:46.420><c> forgive</c><00:30:47.039><c> and</c>

00:30:47.660 --> 00:30:52.900
to<00:30:47.900><c> focus</c><00:30:48.240><c> instead</c><00:30:48.900><c> on</c><00:30:49.240><c> the</c><00:30:49.359><c> restoration</c><00:30:50.160><c> of</c><00:30:51.319><c> his</c><00:30:51.579><c> airing</c><00:30:51.960><c> brother.</c>

00:30:53.460 --> 00:30:57.359
Forgiveness<00:30:53.839><c> is</c><00:30:54.220><c> exactly</c><00:30:54.799><c> what</c><00:30:55.140><c> the</c><00:30:55.420><c> situation</c><00:30:56.019><c> needed</c><00:30:56.559><c> following</c><00:30:57.019><c> the</c>

00:30:57.359 --> 00:30:58.819
events<00:30:57.619><c> of</c><00:30:57.859><c> Chapter</c><00:30:58.099><c> 37.</c>

00:30:59.220 --> 00:31:03.779
That<00:30:59.339><c> was</c><00:30:59.599><c> the</c><00:31:00.019><c> only</c><00:31:00.400><c> way</c><00:31:00.839><c> to</c><00:31:01.119><c> restore</c><00:31:01.720><c> Joseph's</c><00:31:02.640><c> brethren</c><00:31:02.920><c> to</c><00:31:03.380><c> righteousness.</c>

00:31:03.779 --> 00:31:08.940
If<00:31:04.880><c> he</c><00:31:05.180><c> pursues</c><00:31:05.940><c> any</c><00:31:06.259><c> other</c><00:31:06.619><c> path</c><00:31:06.920><c> than</c><00:31:07.160><c> forgiveness,</c><00:31:08.519><c> he</c><00:31:08.579><c> will</c><00:31:08.779><c> be</c>

00:31:08.940 --> 00:31:15.059
no<00:31:09.160><c> value</c><00:31:09.460><c> to</c><00:31:09.660><c> them</c><00:31:10.019><c> and</c><00:31:10.259><c> he</c><00:31:10.380><c> will</c><00:31:10.579><c> be</c><00:31:10.720><c> of</c><00:31:10.900><c> no</c><00:31:11.099><c> value</c><00:31:11.380><c> to</c><00:31:11.579><c> God</c><00:31:12.099><c> and</c><00:31:12.819><c> helping</c><00:31:13.039><c> return</c><00:31:13.519><c> them</c><00:31:13.759><c> to</c><00:31:14.000><c> righteousness.</c>

00:31:15.640 --> 00:31:18.119
And<00:31:15.740><c> you</c><00:31:15.960><c> see</c><00:31:16.119><c> the</c><00:31:16.279><c> wisdom</c><00:31:16.559><c> of</c><00:31:16.799><c> forgiving</c><00:31:17.059><c> those</c><00:31:17.380><c> who</c><00:31:17.660><c> sinned</c>

00:31:18.119 --> 00:31:20.099
against<00:31:18.480><c> you</c><00:31:18.960><c> immediately.</c>

00:31:20.579 --> 00:31:23.680
You<00:31:20.839><c> don't</c><00:31:21.140><c> wait</c><00:31:21.500><c> for</c><00:31:21.859><c> an</c><00:31:22.099><c> apology</c><00:31:22.559><c> or</c><00:31:22.859><c> you</c><00:31:22.940><c> don't</c><00:31:23.200><c> wait</c><00:31:23.440><c> for</c>

00:31:23.680 --> 00:31:24.299
their<00:31:23.880><c> repentance.</c>

00:31:24.400 --> 00:31:28.759
Work<00:31:24.680><c> out</c><00:31:24.859><c> in</c><00:31:25.000><c> your</c><00:31:25.240><c> mind</c><00:31:26.000><c> where</c><00:31:26.819><c> in</c><00:31:27.039><c> the</c><00:31:27.240><c> account</c><00:31:27.519><c> in</c><00:31:27.700><c> Genesis,</c><00:31:28.220><c> Joseph</c>

00:31:28.759 --> 00:31:30.400
forgives<00:31:29.259><c> his</c><00:31:29.539><c> brethren.</c>

00:31:30.880 --> 00:31:34.059
He<00:31:31.400><c> certainly</c><00:31:31.779><c> didn't</c><00:31:32.059><c> wait</c><00:31:32.400><c> until</c><00:31:32.660><c> they</c><00:31:32.819><c> had</c><00:31:33.099><c> confessed</c><00:31:33.460><c> their</c><00:31:33.779><c> sin</c>

00:31:34.059 --> 00:31:37.500
to<00:31:34.299><c> him</c><00:31:34.480><c> because</c><00:31:34.759><c> they</c><00:31:35.000><c> don't</c><00:31:35.259><c> do</c><00:31:35.480><c> that</c><00:31:35.700><c> until</c><00:31:35.960><c> Chapter</c><00:31:36.359><c> 50.</c>

00:31:38.420 --> 00:31:40.980
And<00:31:38.859><c> there's</c><00:31:39.099><c> no</c><00:31:39.339><c> way</c><00:31:39.559><c> Joseph</c><00:31:39.960><c> could</c><00:31:40.140><c> have</c><00:31:40.359><c> treated</c><00:31:40.599><c> them</c><00:31:40.819><c> the</c>

00:31:40.980 --> 00:31:43.619
way<00:31:41.140><c> he</c><00:31:41.400><c> did</c><00:31:41.579><c> with</c><00:31:41.819><c> the</c><00:31:42.059><c> love</c><00:31:42.220><c> that</c><00:31:42.420><c> he</c><00:31:42.519><c> did.</c>

00:31:44.579 --> 00:31:48.119
If<00:31:44.839><c> he</c><00:31:45.039><c> waits</c><00:31:45.200><c> until</c><00:31:45.559><c> Chapter</c><00:31:45.980><c> 50</c><00:31:46.359><c> to</c><00:31:46.619><c> forgive</c><00:31:46.900><c> them.</c>

00:31:49.640 --> 00:31:52.900
He<00:31:50.240><c> certainly</c><00:31:50.619><c> didn't</c><00:31:50.920><c> forgive</c><00:31:51.259><c> them</c><00:31:51.500><c> when</c><00:31:51.660><c> they</c><00:31:52.059><c> apologized</c>

00:31:52.900 --> 00:31:55.900
to<00:31:53.420><c> him</c><00:31:53.759><c> when</c><00:31:53.980><c> they</c><00:31:54.180><c> first</c><00:31:54.420><c> came</c><00:31:54.619><c> down</c><00:31:54.859><c> to</c><00:31:54.980><c> Egypt</c><00:31:55.359><c> in</c><00:31:55.599><c> Chapter</c>

00:31:55.900 --> 00:31:59.220
44<00:31:56.299><c> because</c><00:31:56.640><c> they</c><00:31:56.819><c> didn't</c><00:31:57.079><c> even</c><00:31:57.359><c> know</c><00:31:57.579><c> he</c><00:31:57.720><c> was</c><00:31:57.960><c> there.</c>

00:32:00.299 --> 00:32:05.480
So<00:32:00.579><c> all</c><00:32:00.960><c> that</c><00:32:01.200><c> Joseph</c><00:32:01.579><c> does</c><00:32:02.480><c> in</c><00:32:02.839><c> aiding</c><00:32:03.079><c> his</c><00:32:03.420><c> brethren</c><00:32:03.799><c> is</c><00:32:04.980><c> done</c><00:32:05.240><c> by</c>

00:32:05.480 --> 00:32:08.900
a<00:32:05.640><c> man</c><00:32:05.819><c> who</c><00:32:06.000><c> has</c><00:32:06.299><c> already</c><00:32:06.759><c> forgiven</c><00:32:07.400><c> his</c><00:32:08.039><c> brethren.</c>

00:32:09.839 --> 00:32:13.500
It<00:32:10.440><c> wasn't</c><00:32:10.759><c> their</c><00:32:11.019><c> apology</c><00:32:11.720><c> that</c><00:32:12.240><c> produced</c><00:32:12.599><c> the</c><00:32:13.019><c> tears</c><00:32:13.299><c> that</c>

00:32:13.500 --> 00:32:17.420
it<00:32:13.720><c> did</c><00:32:13.819><c> in</c><00:32:14.019><c> Chapter</c><00:32:14.319><c> 44</c><00:32:14.960><c> when</c><00:32:15.759><c> he</c><00:32:15.940><c> sees</c><00:32:16.119><c> Judah</c><00:32:16.539><c> being</c><00:32:17.059><c> willing</c>

00:32:17.420 --> 00:32:20.079
to<00:32:17.700><c> offer</c><00:32:17.920><c> his</c><00:32:18.220><c> life</c><00:32:18.440><c> for</c><00:32:18.619><c> the</c><00:32:18.779><c> sake</c><00:32:18.900><c> of</c><00:32:19.240><c> Benjamin.</c>

00:32:21.700 --> 00:32:25.039
The<00:32:22.019><c> tears</c><00:32:22.359><c> flow</c><00:32:22.940><c> because</c><00:32:23.440><c> he</c><00:32:23.660><c> could</c><00:32:24.000><c> see</c><00:32:24.279><c> that</c><00:32:24.579><c> Judah</c><00:32:24.819><c> and</c>

00:32:25.039 --> 00:32:28.099
the<00:32:25.240><c> others</c><00:32:25.480><c> were</c><00:32:25.720><c> now</c><00:32:25.980><c> becoming</c><00:32:26.440><c> spiritual</c><00:32:26.980><c> men.</c>

00:32:28.980 --> 00:32:33.880
And<00:32:29.740><c> it</c><00:32:29.839><c> wasn't</c><00:32:30.200><c> a</c><00:32:30.480><c> case</c><00:32:30.880><c> that</c><00:32:31.380><c> time</c><00:32:31.900><c> simply</c><00:32:32.380><c> passed</c><00:32:33.180><c> and</c><00:32:33.640><c> that</c>

00:32:33.880 --> 00:32:36.920
allowed<00:32:34.140><c> Joseph</c><00:32:34.539><c> to</c><00:32:34.880><c> forget</c><00:32:35.339><c> all</c><00:32:35.779><c> the</c><00:32:36.019><c> evil</c><00:32:36.180><c> that</c><00:32:36.420><c> had</c><00:32:36.660><c> been</c>

00:32:36.920 --> 00:32:38.319
done<00:32:37.140><c> to</c><00:32:37.440><c> him.</c>

00:32:39.099 --> 00:32:43.000
Time<00:32:39.559><c> wouldn't</c><00:32:40.259><c> heal</c><00:32:40.759><c> the</c><00:32:41.420><c> level</c><00:32:41.680><c> of</c><00:32:42.079><c> evil</c><00:32:42.400><c> committed</c>

00:32:43.000 --> 00:32:44.420
against<00:32:43.480><c> Joseph.</c>

00:32:44.480 --> 00:32:48.619
And<00:32:44.720><c> the</c><00:32:45.000><c> brethren</c><00:32:45.279><c> make</c><00:32:45.519><c> that</c><00:32:45.900><c> statement</c><00:32:46.200><c> in</c><00:32:46.440><c> Chapter</c><00:32:46.819><c> 50</c><00:32:47.740><c> when</c><00:32:48.119><c> 39</c>

00:32:48.619 --> 00:32:50.980
years<00:32:48.980><c> later</c><00:32:49.240><c> they</c><00:32:49.460><c> are</c><00:32:49.880><c> still</c><00:32:50.259><c> concerned.</c>

00:32:50.980 --> 00:32:56.440
We<00:32:51.720><c> treated</c><00:32:52.359><c> him</c><00:32:52.859><c> so</c><00:32:53.779><c> poorly</c><00:32:54.259><c> that</c><00:32:55.279><c> now</c><00:32:55.539><c> that</c><00:32:55.740><c> Jacob</c><00:32:55.980><c> is</c><00:32:56.279><c> dead,</c>

00:32:56.440 --> 00:32:58.819
he<00:32:56.640><c> may</c><00:32:56.920><c> take</c><00:32:57.220><c> advantage</c><00:32:57.599><c> of</c><00:32:57.759><c> us.</c>

00:32:59.279 --> 00:33:04.900
And<00:32:59.380><c> brother</c><00:32:59.500><c> and</c><00:32:59.740><c> sisters,</c><00:33:00.039><c> we</c><00:33:00.299><c> can</c><00:33:00.619><c> commit</c><00:33:01.000><c> evil</c><00:33:01.500><c> against</c><00:33:02.019><c> one</c><00:33:02.400><c> another</c><00:33:02.759><c> that</c><00:33:03.079><c> can</c><00:33:03.380><c> last</c><00:33:03.740><c> a</c><00:33:03.980><c> lifetime.</c>

00:33:06.019 --> 00:33:09.900
But<00:33:06.259><c> Joseph</c><00:33:06.619><c> did</c><00:33:06.960><c> not</c><00:33:07.259><c> commit</c><00:33:07.559><c> the</c><00:33:07.859><c> situation</c><00:33:08.400><c> to</c><00:33:08.720><c> time.</c>

00:33:13.680 --> 00:33:17.779
Verse<00:33:14.319><c> 15</c><00:33:14.960><c> of</c><00:33:15.220><c> Chapter</c><00:33:15.559><c> 50</c><00:33:15.900><c> says,</c><00:33:16.380><c> And</c><00:33:16.380><c> when</c><00:33:16.559><c> Joseph's</c><00:33:17.160><c> brethren</c><00:33:17.440><c> saw</c>

00:33:17.779 --> 00:33:19.539
that<00:33:17.960><c> their</c><00:33:18.140><c> father</c><00:33:18.400><c> was</c><00:33:18.700><c> dead,</c><00:33:19.240><c> they</c><00:33:19.359><c> said,</c>

00:33:19.599 --> 00:33:22.759
Joseph<00:33:19.980><c> will</c><00:33:20.279><c> peradventure</c><00:33:20.920><c> hate</c><00:33:21.140><c> us</c><00:33:21.740><c> and</c><00:33:22.019><c> will</c><00:33:22.380><c> certainly</c>

00:33:22.759 --> 00:33:26.960
requite<00:33:23.319><c> us</c><00:33:23.740><c> all</c><00:33:24.039><c> the</c><00:33:24.299><c> evil</c><00:33:24.640><c> which</c><00:33:25.339><c> we</c><00:33:25.579><c> did</c><00:33:25.759><c> unto</c><00:33:26.079><c> him.</c>

00:33:27.559 --> 00:33:32.960
As<00:33:27.859><c> an</c><00:33:28.019><c> aside,</c><00:33:28.859><c> this</c><00:33:29.180><c> shows</c><00:33:29.640><c> us</c><00:33:30.359><c> that</c><00:33:31.000><c> Joseph</c><00:33:31.500><c> never</c><00:33:32.180><c> spoke</c><00:33:32.759><c> to</c>

00:33:32.960 --> 00:33:36.660
them<00:33:33.259><c> of</c><00:33:33.579><c> their</c><00:33:33.859><c> evil</c><00:33:34.259><c> treatment</c><00:33:34.859><c> once</c><00:33:35.559><c> they</c><00:33:35.779><c> came</c><00:33:35.920><c> down</c><00:33:36.119><c> to</c><00:33:36.339><c> Egypt.</c>

00:33:36.660 --> 00:33:40.680
He<00:33:37.500><c> never</c><00:33:38.140><c> revisited</c><00:33:38.819><c> it</c><00:33:39.079><c> with</c><00:33:39.299><c> them.</c>

00:33:40.720 --> 00:33:44.680
Not<00:33:41.119><c> because</c><00:33:41.460><c> he</c><00:33:41.599><c> was</c><00:33:41.920><c> harboring</c><00:33:42.319><c> it</c><00:33:42.539><c> in</c><00:33:42.680><c> his</c><00:33:43.039><c> heart</c><00:33:43.500><c> and</c><00:33:44.019><c> waiting</c><00:33:44.400><c> for</c>

00:33:44.680 --> 00:33:46.680
them<00:33:44.900><c> to</c><00:33:45.140><c> make</c><00:33:45.279><c> the</c><00:33:45.500><c> first</c><00:33:45.700><c> move.</c>

00:33:47.119 --> 00:33:50.740
It's<00:33:47.579><c> because</c><00:33:47.880><c> when</c><00:33:48.119><c> we</c><00:33:48.420><c> forgive</c><00:33:48.740><c> a</c><00:33:49.000><c> person</c><00:33:49.359><c> as</c><00:33:49.619><c> Joseph</c><00:33:50.059><c> forgave</c><00:33:50.480><c> his</c>

00:33:50.740 --> 00:33:53.579
brethren,<00:33:51.119><c> you</c><00:33:51.359><c> don't</c><00:33:51.660><c> bring</c><00:33:51.960><c> the</c><00:33:52.160><c> matter</c><00:33:52.359><c> up</c><00:33:52.720><c> again.</c>

00:33:54.099 --> 00:33:57.180
You're<00:33:54.400><c> done</c><00:33:54.640><c> with</c><00:33:54.920><c> it.</c><00:33:56.140><c> Finished.</c>

00:33:58.480 --> 00:34:00.880
It's<00:33:59.079><c> all</c><00:33:59.319><c> over</c><00:33:59.579><c> in</c><00:33:59.740><c> your</c><00:33:59.920><c> mind.</c>

00:34:01.019 --> 00:34:02.940
It<00:34:01.279><c> doesn't</c><00:34:01.559><c> need</c><00:34:01.839><c> to</c><00:34:02.079><c> be</c><00:34:02.319><c> revisited.</c>

00:34:02.940 --> 00:34:05.480
You<00:34:03.440><c> don't</c><00:34:03.619><c> need</c><00:34:03.859><c> to</c><00:34:04.119><c> talk</c><00:34:04.279><c> about</c><00:34:04.579><c> it</c><00:34:04.740><c> again.</c><00:34:04.940><c> You</c><00:34:05.079><c> don't</c><00:34:05.259><c> need</c>

00:34:05.480 --> 00:34:06.960
to<00:34:05.720><c> bring</c><00:34:05.839><c> it</c><00:34:06.019><c> up.</c>

00:34:07.019 --> 00:34:10.500
You're<00:34:07.160><c> not</c><00:34:07.319><c> looking</c><00:34:07.579><c> to</c><00:34:07.940><c> exact</c><00:34:08.179><c> some</c><00:34:08.539><c> payment</c><00:34:08.820><c> after</c><00:34:09.219><c> the</c><00:34:09.500><c> forgiveness.</c>

00:34:10.679 --> 00:34:13.159
If<00:34:10.820><c> we</c><00:34:10.980><c> shouldn't</c><00:34:11.139><c> be</c><00:34:11.380><c> looking</c><00:34:11.559><c> for</c><00:34:11.820><c> payment</c><00:34:12.059><c> before</c><00:34:12.440><c> the</c><00:34:12.639><c> forgiveness,</c><00:34:13.019><c> we</c>

00:34:13.159 --> 00:34:17.019
shouldn't<00:34:13.380><c> be</c><00:34:13.639><c> looking</c><00:34:13.780><c> for</c><00:34:14.039><c> any</c><00:34:14.360><c> payment</c><00:34:14.760><c> after</c><00:34:15.679><c> the</c><00:34:16.039><c> forgiveness.</c>

00:34:17.880 --> 00:34:21.920
You<00:34:18.340><c> don't</c><00:34:18.639><c> recall</c><00:34:19.019><c> the</c><00:34:19.300><c> sins</c><00:34:19.659><c> because</c><00:34:20.079><c> they've</c><00:34:20.400><c> been</c><00:34:20.539><c> blotted</c><00:34:20.780><c> out.</c>

00:34:24.639 --> 00:34:32.420
Some<00:34:25.280><c> evil</c><00:34:25.639><c> is</c><00:34:25.960><c> so</c><00:34:26.300><c> vile</c><00:34:26.840><c> that</c><00:34:27.119><c> after</c><00:34:27.420><c> 39</c><00:34:27.900><c> years,</c><00:34:28.500><c> it's</c><00:34:28.619><c> not</c><00:34:28.860><c> enough</c><00:34:29.079><c> time</c><00:34:29.960><c> to</c>

00:34:32.420 --> 00:34:36.639
forget<00:34:33.300><c> the</c><00:34:34.500><c> pain</c><00:34:35.000><c> and</c><00:34:35.480><c> the</c><00:34:35.719><c> suffering.</c>

00:34:37.340 --> 00:34:40.960
But<00:34:37.440><c> the</c><00:34:37.599><c> love</c><00:34:37.719><c> of</c><00:34:37.920><c> God,</c><00:34:38.619><c> the</c><00:34:38.760><c> love</c><00:34:38.840><c> of</c><00:34:39.139><c> Christ,</c><00:34:39.980><c> the</c><00:34:40.059><c> love</c><00:34:40.159><c> that</c><00:34:40.400><c> Joseph</c><00:34:40.699><c> had</c>

00:34:40.960 --> 00:34:42.400
for<00:34:41.179><c> his</c><00:34:41.420><c> brethren,</c>

00:34:42.900 --> 00:34:46.480
adopting<00:34:43.420><c> that</c><00:34:43.940><c> love</c><00:34:44.599><c> that</c><00:34:45.019><c> is</c><00:34:45.239><c> based</c><00:34:45.559><c> upon</c><00:34:45.800><c> the</c><00:34:46.139><c> character</c>

00:34:46.480 --> 00:34:47.199
of<00:34:46.760><c> God,</c>

00:34:47.199 --> 00:34:53.440
that<00:34:48.360><c> love</c><00:34:48.980><c> can</c><00:34:49.619><c> overcome</c><00:34:50.519><c> the</c><00:34:51.039><c> evil</c><00:34:51.420><c> that</c><00:34:51.739><c> was</c><00:34:52.000><c> done.</c>

00:34:53.719 --> 00:34:56.300
It<00:34:53.719><c> was</c><00:34:54.039><c> the</c><00:34:54.199><c> love</c><00:34:54.360><c> that</c><00:34:54.679><c> allowed</c><00:34:54.900><c> Joseph</c><00:34:55.300><c> to</c><00:34:55.559><c> forgive</c><00:34:55.739><c> his</c><00:34:56.000><c> brethren.</c>

00:34:56.539 --> 00:35:01.480
And<00:34:56.539><c> it's</c><00:34:56.780><c> the</c><00:34:57.000><c> love</c><00:34:57.440><c> that</c><00:34:58.340><c> can</c><00:34:58.539><c> help</c><00:34:58.760><c> us</c><00:34:59.219><c> overcome</c><00:34:59.619><c> sins</c><00:34:59.980><c> against</c><00:35:00.360><c> us.</c>

00:35:01.860 --> 00:35:07.519
We<00:35:01.860><c> must</c><00:35:02.199><c> not</c><00:35:02.699><c> consign</c><00:35:03.559><c> the</c><00:35:03.980><c> evil</c><00:35:04.239><c> done</c><00:35:04.519><c> to</c><00:35:04.880><c> us</c><00:35:05.719><c> to</c><00:35:06.480><c> time.</c>

00:35:08.619 --> 00:35:11.920
Even<00:35:08.960><c> the</c><00:35:09.280><c> world</c><00:35:09.699><c> has</c><00:35:10.059><c> their</c><00:35:10.400><c> statement</c><00:35:10.940><c> that</c><00:35:11.280><c> given</c><00:35:11.500><c> enough</c>

00:35:11.920 --> 00:35:15.719
time,<00:35:12.679><c> the</c><00:35:12.820><c> worst</c><00:35:13.099><c> of</c><00:35:13.519><c> enemies</c><00:35:13.880><c> can</c><00:35:14.159><c> eventually</c><00:35:14.599><c> become</c><00:35:15.039><c> friends</c>

00:35:15.719 --> 00:35:19.940
because<00:35:16.760><c> memories</c><00:35:17.400><c> fade</c><00:35:17.880><c> and</c><00:35:18.059><c> you</c><00:35:18.239><c> forget</c><00:35:18.599><c> the</c><00:35:18.920><c> intensity</c><00:35:19.460><c> of</c>

00:35:19.940 --> 00:35:23.480
the<00:35:20.239><c> anger</c><00:35:20.659><c> and</c><00:35:21.239><c> the</c><00:35:21.500><c> intensity</c><00:35:22.079><c> of</c><00:35:22.380><c> the</c><00:35:22.579><c> pain.</c>

00:35:23.820 --> 00:35:27.019
That<00:35:23.980><c> is</c><00:35:24.360><c> not</c><00:35:24.739><c> the</c><00:35:24.880><c> love</c><00:35:25.019><c> of</c><00:35:25.260><c> God,</c><00:35:25.639><c> brethren</c><00:35:25.760><c> and</c><00:35:25.980><c> sisters.</c>

00:35:27.239 --> 00:35:32.460
Don't<00:35:27.559><c> take</c><00:35:27.900><c> the</c><00:35:28.260><c> sins</c><00:35:28.519><c> that</c><00:35:28.719><c> are</c><00:35:28.960><c> committed</c><00:35:29.260><c> against</c><00:35:29.719><c> you</c><00:35:30.219><c> and</c><00:35:30.500><c> commit</c><00:35:31.099><c> them</c><00:35:31.380><c> to</c><00:35:31.760><c> time</c>

00:35:32.460 --> 00:35:35.179
and<00:35:33.000><c> hope</c><00:35:33.199><c> that</c><00:35:33.400><c> 10</c><00:35:33.619><c> or</c><00:35:33.760><c> 20</c><00:35:34.000><c> years</c><00:35:34.280><c> down</c><00:35:34.559><c> the</c><00:35:34.739><c> road,</c><00:35:34.880><c> if</c><00:35:34.980><c> you're</c>

00:35:35.179 --> 00:35:38.519
still<00:35:35.480><c> alive</c><00:35:36.039><c> and</c><00:35:36.539><c> the</c><00:35:36.659><c> Lord</c><00:35:36.840><c> Jesus</c><00:35:37.139><c> Christ</c><00:35:37.420><c> has</c><00:35:37.679><c> not</c><00:35:37.920><c> yet</c><00:35:38.139><c> returned,</c>

00:35:38.519 --> 00:35:40.980
you<00:35:38.679><c> will</c><00:35:38.840><c> be</c><00:35:38.940><c> able</c><00:35:39.059><c> to</c><00:35:39.300><c> find</c><00:35:39.440><c> it</c><00:35:39.619><c> in</c><00:35:39.880><c> your</c><00:35:40.179><c> heart</c><00:35:40.460><c> to</c><00:35:40.760><c> forgive</c>

00:35:40.980 --> 00:35:43.239
those<00:35:41.360><c> who</c><00:35:41.579><c> have</c><00:35:41.679><c> sinned</c><00:35:41.900><c> against</c><00:35:42.179><c> you.</c>

00:35:44.260 --> 00:35:46.639
That<00:35:44.760><c> is</c><00:35:45.039><c> not</c><00:35:45.300><c> the</c><00:35:45.460><c> love</c><00:35:45.559><c> of</c><00:35:45.780><c> God.</c>

00:35:47.679 --> 00:35:50.239
That's<00:35:47.840><c> what</c><00:35:47.960><c> our</c><00:35:48.199><c> natural</c><00:35:48.460><c> heart</c><00:35:48.719><c> wants</c><00:35:49.000><c> to</c><00:35:49.199><c> do.</c><00:35:49.320><c> We</c><00:35:49.500><c> just</c><00:35:49.639><c> don't</c><00:35:49.860><c> want</c><00:35:50.039><c> to</c>

00:35:50.239 --> 00:35:51.239
face<00:35:50.400><c> the</c><00:35:50.619><c> situation.</c>

00:35:51.719 --> 00:35:54.719
It's<00:35:52.000><c> not</c><00:35:52.159><c> what</c><00:35:52.320><c> Joseph</c><00:35:52.659><c> did,</c><00:35:53.800><c> certainly</c><00:35:54.079><c> not</c><00:35:54.300><c> what</c><00:35:54.460><c> the</c><00:35:54.599><c> Lord</c>

00:35:54.719 --> 00:35:56.420
Jesus<00:35:55.039><c> Christ</c><00:35:55.320><c> did.</c>

00:35:57.159 --> 00:36:00.559
Forgiveness,<00:35:57.820><c> as</c><00:35:57.960><c> God</c><00:35:58.300><c> defines</c><00:35:58.780><c> forgiveness,</c><00:35:59.860><c> is</c><00:36:00.099><c> not</c><00:36:00.320><c> the</c>

00:36:00.559 --> 00:36:03.940
result<00:36:00.800><c> of</c><00:36:01.000><c> lots</c><00:36:01.219><c> of</c><00:36:01.519><c> time</c><00:36:02.360><c> and</c><00:36:03.159><c> fading</c><00:36:03.360><c> memories.</c>

00:36:04.019 --> 00:36:06.159
It's<00:36:04.340><c> the</c><00:36:04.500><c> result</c><00:36:04.820><c> of</c><00:36:05.119><c> love.</c>

00:36:06.539 --> 00:36:09.639
It's<00:36:06.920><c> how</c><00:36:07.119><c> the</c><00:36:07.239><c> Lord</c><00:36:07.440><c> Jesus</c><00:36:07.820><c> Christ</c><00:36:08.139><c> forgave.</c><00:36:09.340><c> It's</c><00:36:09.480><c> how</c>

00:36:09.639 --> 00:36:11.159
Joseph<00:36:10.099><c> forgave.</c>

00:36:15.679 --> 00:36:21.940
It's<00:36:16.440><c> not</c><00:36:16.679><c> a</c><00:36:16.960><c> coincidence,</c><00:36:17.420><c> as</c><00:36:17.780><c> we</c><00:36:17.940><c> know,</c><00:36:18.980><c> that</c><00:36:19.139><c> Joseph's</c><00:36:19.960><c> entire</c><00:36:20.320><c> life</c><00:36:20.840><c> is</c><00:36:21.260><c> recorded</c>

00:36:21.940 --> 00:36:26.440
with<00:36:22.800><c> so</c><00:36:23.059><c> many</c><00:36:23.340><c> exact</c><00:36:24.019><c> parallels</c><00:36:24.539><c> with</c><00:36:25.000><c> the</c><00:36:25.159><c> life</c><00:36:25.300><c> of</c><00:36:25.539><c> Christ.</c>

00:36:27.340 --> 00:36:30.460
So<00:36:27.719><c> it's</c><00:36:27.960><c> not</c><00:36:28.219><c> a</c><00:36:28.500><c> coincidence</c><00:36:28.960><c> that</c><00:36:29.239><c> we</c><00:36:29.420><c> find</c><00:36:29.659><c> Joseph</c><00:36:30.099><c> having</c>

00:36:30.460 --> 00:36:31.780
forgiven<00:36:30.960><c> his</c><00:36:31.380><c> brethren</c>

00:36:31.780 --> 00:36:36.440
who<00:36:32.300><c> sinned</c><00:36:32.699><c> against</c><00:36:33.039><c> him</c><00:36:33.380><c> so</c><00:36:33.780><c> grievously</c><00:36:34.360><c> as</c><00:36:34.619><c> they</c><00:36:34.840><c> did</c><00:36:35.340><c> in</c>

00:36:36.440 --> 00:36:37.880
the<00:36:36.619><c> exact</c><00:36:36.980><c> same</c><00:36:37.539><c> manner</c>

00:36:37.880 --> 00:36:40.940
that<00:36:38.480><c> the</c><00:36:38.599><c> Lord</c><00:36:38.780><c> Jesus</c><00:36:39.199><c> Christ</c><00:36:39.559><c> forgave</c><00:36:39.960><c> those</c><00:36:40.340><c> who</c><00:36:40.579><c> put</c><00:36:40.659><c> him</c>

00:36:40.940 --> 00:36:42.559
to<00:36:41.159><c> death.</c>

00:36:44.000 --> 00:36:48.239
Joseph<00:36:44.199><c> must</c><00:36:44.659><c> have</c><00:36:45.039><c> forgiven</c><00:36:45.340><c> his</c><00:36:45.679><c> brethren</c><00:36:45.960><c> long</c><00:36:46.340><c> before</c><00:36:46.659><c> they</c><00:36:46.920><c> arrive</c><00:36:47.119><c> in</c><00:36:47.300><c> Egypt.</c>

00:36:48.639 --> 00:36:52.800
And<00:36:48.780><c> the</c><00:36:49.039><c> purpose,</c><00:36:49.780><c> sorry,</c><00:36:50.380><c> the</c><00:36:50.539><c> basis</c><00:36:50.960><c> upon</c><00:36:51.360><c> which</c><00:36:51.599><c> his</c><00:36:51.920><c> forgiveness</c><00:36:52.380><c> was</c>

00:36:52.800 --> 00:36:54.539
able<00:36:53.079><c> to</c><00:36:53.300><c> be</c><00:36:53.579><c> extended,</c>

00:36:54.559 --> 00:36:58.179
I<00:36:54.719><c> think</c><00:36:54.920><c> is</c><00:36:55.099><c> recorded</c><00:36:55.519><c> in</c><00:36:55.719><c> verse</c><00:36:56.019><c> 20</c><00:36:56.800><c> of</c><00:36:57.380><c> chapter</c><00:36:57.699><c> 50.</c>

00:36:58.179 --> 00:37:01.400
It<00:36:58.900><c> shows</c><00:36:59.119><c> that</c><00:36:59.300><c> he</c><00:36:59.440><c> had</c><00:36:59.699><c> worked</c><00:36:59.940><c> out</c><00:37:00.199><c> in</c><00:37:00.360><c> his</c><00:37:00.659><c> mind</c><00:37:00.980><c> that</c><00:37:01.159><c> God</c>

00:37:01.400 --> 00:37:03.519
was<00:37:01.719><c> orchestrating</c><00:37:02.340><c> the</c><00:37:02.619><c> events</c><00:37:02.840><c> of</c><00:37:03.019><c> his</c><00:37:03.219><c> life</c>

00:37:03.519 --> 00:37:08.039
to<00:37:04.159><c> bring</c><00:37:04.360><c> about</c><00:37:04.659><c> great</c><00:37:05.059><c> good.</c><00:37:06.079><c> But</c><00:37:06.079><c> as</c><00:37:06.380><c> for</c><00:37:06.679><c> you,</c><00:37:07.539><c> ye</c><00:37:07.800><c> thought</c>

00:37:08.039 --> 00:37:09.000
evil<00:37:08.360><c> against</c><00:37:08.760><c> me.</c>

00:37:09.019 --> 00:37:11.940
But<00:37:09.179><c> God</c><00:37:09.440><c> meant</c><00:37:09.679><c> it</c><00:37:09.920><c> unto</c><00:37:10.099><c> good</c><00:37:10.380><c> to</c><00:37:10.619><c> bring</c><00:37:10.699><c> it</c><00:37:10.880><c> to</c><00:37:11.099><c> pass,</c><00:37:11.559><c> as</c><00:37:11.739><c> it</c>

00:37:11.940 --> 00:37:15.619
is<00:37:12.099><c> thus</c><00:37:12.300><c> this</c><00:37:12.659><c> day,</c><00:37:13.380><c> to</c><00:37:13.619><c> save</c><00:37:13.900><c> much</c><00:37:14.159><c> people</c><00:37:14.659><c> alive.</c>

00:37:15.719 --> 00:37:18.599
God<00:37:16.079><c> had</c><00:37:16.400><c> used</c><00:37:16.719><c> their</c><00:37:17.000><c> evil</c><00:37:17.300><c> intentions,</c><00:37:17.800><c> as</c><00:37:18.000><c> we</c><00:37:18.179><c> know,</c><00:37:18.380><c> to</c>

00:37:18.599 --> 00:37:20.039
save<00:37:18.840><c> the</c><00:37:19.099><c> family.</c>

00:37:20.239 --> 00:37:23.920
Joseph<00:37:20.519><c> recognized</c><00:37:21.260><c> that</c><00:37:21.460><c> God</c><00:37:21.719><c> is</c><00:37:22.000><c> so</c><00:37:22.380><c> wise</c><00:37:22.780><c> and</c><00:37:23.099><c> in</c><00:37:23.440><c> control</c>

00:37:23.920 --> 00:37:25.960
that<00:37:24.079><c> he</c><00:37:24.260><c> can</c><00:37:24.539><c> use</c><00:37:25.159><c> the</c><00:37:25.559><c> evil</c>

00:37:25.960 --> 00:37:30.340
that<00:37:26.219><c> others</c><00:37:26.699><c> do</c><00:37:27.239><c> against</c><00:37:27.739><c> us</c><00:37:28.460><c> to</c><00:37:28.820><c> save</c><00:37:29.039><c> us.</c>

00:37:30.519 --> 00:37:33.300
See,<00:37:30.880><c> our</c><00:37:30.960><c> natural</c><00:37:31.360><c> reaction</c><00:37:31.880><c> when</c><00:37:32.059><c> that</c><00:37:32.320><c> evil</c><00:37:32.500><c> comes</c><00:37:32.820><c> in</c><00:37:33.019><c> our</c>

00:37:33.300 --> 00:37:35.659
direction<00:37:33.760><c> is</c><00:37:34.119><c> to</c><00:37:34.360><c> respond</c><00:37:34.880><c> naturally</c>

00:37:35.659 --> 00:37:40.920
with<00:37:36.579><c> resentment</c><00:37:37.119><c> and</c><00:37:37.559><c> anger.</c><00:37:38.579><c> But</c><00:37:38.719><c> a</c><00:37:39.019><c> spiritual</c><00:37:39.400><c> man</c><00:37:39.739><c> or</c><00:37:40.019><c> woman</c><00:37:40.360><c> will</c><00:37:40.619><c> come</c><00:37:40.780><c> to</c>

00:37:40.920 --> 00:37:42.719
the<00:37:41.139><c> same</c><00:37:41.539><c> point</c><00:37:41.920><c> of</c><00:37:42.179><c> understanding</c>

00:37:42.719 --> 00:37:45.559
as<00:37:43.380><c> Jacob</c><00:37:43.659><c> did,</c><00:37:44.099><c> as</c><00:37:44.300><c> Joseph</c><00:37:44.639><c> did</c><00:37:44.840><c> in</c><00:37:44.980><c> verse</c><00:37:45.199><c> 20.</c>

00:37:46.039 --> 00:37:50.579
They<00:37:46.239><c> will</c><00:37:46.500><c> come</c><00:37:46.659><c> to</c><00:37:47.000><c> see</c><00:37:47.280><c> that</c><00:37:47.460><c> God</c><00:37:47.739><c> is</c><00:37:48.079><c> using</c><00:37:48.519><c> this</c><00:37:49.039><c> evil</c><00:37:49.539><c> to</c>

00:37:50.579 --> 00:37:52.699
save<00:37:50.980><c> me</c>

00:37:53.059 --> 00:37:57.940
if<00:37:53.659><c> I</c><00:37:53.940><c> respond</c><00:37:54.519><c> to</c><00:37:54.719><c> it</c><00:37:55.119><c> faithfully</c><00:37:55.800><c> and</c><00:37:55.960><c> if</c><00:37:56.159><c> I</c><00:37:56.500><c> forgive</c><00:37:57.000><c> the</c><00:37:57.280><c> evil</c><00:37:57.559><c> that</c><00:37:57.719><c> is</c>

00:37:57.940 --> 00:37:59.699
done<00:37:58.119><c> against</c><00:37:58.519><c> me.</c>

00:38:00.079 --> 00:38:04.480
Joseph<00:38:00.239><c> could</c><00:38:00.480><c> never</c><00:38:00.820><c> have</c><00:38:01.039><c> been</c><00:38:01.340><c> helpful</c><00:38:01.760><c> to</c><00:38:01.960><c> them</c><00:38:02.239><c> upon</c><00:38:02.599><c> their</c><00:38:02.920><c> arrival</c><00:38:03.219><c> in</c><00:38:03.460><c> Egypt,</c>

00:38:04.820 --> 00:38:07.739
especially<00:38:05.340><c> in</c><00:38:05.599><c> coming</c><00:38:05.760><c> to</c><00:38:06.099><c> terms</c><00:38:06.360><c> with</c><00:38:06.559><c> their</c><00:38:06.860><c> past</c><00:38:07.300><c> sinful</c>

00:38:07.739 --> 00:38:11.539
behavior<00:38:08.440><c> if</c><00:38:09.019><c> he</c><00:38:09.199><c> had</c><00:38:09.440><c> not</c><00:38:09.699><c> already</c><00:38:10.139><c> forgiven</c><00:38:10.460><c> them.</c>

00:38:11.780 --> 00:38:15.480
And<00:38:12.039><c> we</c><00:38:12.239><c> can't</c><00:38:12.460><c> be</c><00:38:12.719><c> helpful,</c><00:38:13.019><c> as</c><00:38:13.159><c> we</c><00:38:13.360><c> say</c><00:38:13.559><c> to</c><00:38:13.780><c> one</c><00:38:14.000><c> another,</c><00:38:15.280><c> if</c>

00:38:15.480 --> 00:38:18.420
we<00:38:15.699><c> can't</c><00:38:16.079><c> forgive</c><00:38:16.440><c> those</c><00:38:16.780><c> who</c><00:38:17.079><c> sin</c><00:38:17.320><c> against</c><00:38:17.739><c> us.</c>

00:38:18.420 --> 00:38:22.840
And,<00:38:19.320><c> brethren</c><00:38:19.320><c> and</c><00:38:19.559><c> sisters,</c><00:38:20.099><c> make</c><00:38:20.619><c> verse</c><00:38:21.119><c> 20</c><00:38:21.619><c> personal</c><00:38:22.460><c> in</c>

00:38:22.840 --> 00:38:24.300
your<00:38:23.119><c> life.</c>

00:38:24.980 --> 00:38:27.219
Recognize<00:38:25.659><c> the</c><00:38:25.860><c> principle</c><00:38:26.420><c> that</c><00:38:26.719><c> is</c><00:38:26.980><c> there.</c>

00:38:27.280 --> 00:38:29.599
I<00:38:27.400><c> know</c><00:38:27.599><c> it</c><00:38:27.719><c> doesn't</c><00:38:28.059><c> mention</c><00:38:28.480><c> the</c><00:38:28.579><c> word</c><00:38:28.860><c> forgiveness,</c><00:38:29.460><c> but</c>

00:38:29.599 --> 00:38:33.659
it<00:38:30.079><c> explains</c><00:38:30.619><c> why</c><00:38:31.300><c> forgiveness</c><00:38:31.780><c> is</c><00:38:32.119><c> so</c><00:38:32.440><c> important.</c>

00:38:34.440 --> 00:38:38.500
So<00:38:34.760><c> if</c><00:38:35.019><c> there</c><00:38:35.400><c> is</c><00:38:35.739><c> a</c><00:38:36.039><c> brother</c><00:38:36.300><c> or</c><00:38:36.679><c> sister</c><00:38:37.239><c> in</c><00:38:37.500><c> your</c><00:38:37.820><c> ecclesia</c>

00:38:38.500 --> 00:38:41.400
or<00:38:39.760><c> somewhere</c><00:38:40.219><c> in</c><00:38:40.539><c> the</c><00:38:40.739><c> community</c>

00:38:41.400 --> 00:38:46.820
or<00:38:42.519><c> some</c><00:38:42.820><c> other</c><00:38:43.119><c> person</c><00:38:43.579><c> in</c><00:38:43.760><c> your</c><00:38:44.039><c> life</c><00:38:44.639><c> that</c><00:38:45.840><c> you</c><00:38:46.019><c> have</c><00:38:46.360><c> not</c>

00:38:46.820 --> 00:38:50.260
yet<00:38:47.260><c> forgiven</c><00:38:47.760><c> for</c><00:38:48.300><c> whatever</c><00:38:48.920><c> reason,</c>

00:38:50.639 --> 00:38:54.500
for<00:38:50.699><c> whatever</c><00:38:51.380><c> evil</c><00:38:51.719><c> they</c><00:38:51.940><c> have</c><00:38:52.179><c> done</c><00:38:52.440><c> against</c><00:38:52.860><c> you,</c><00:38:54.219><c> apply</c>

00:38:54.500 --> 00:38:57.400
the<00:38:54.760><c> principle</c><00:38:55.320><c> of</c><00:38:55.619><c> verse</c><00:38:55.880><c> 20</c><00:38:56.219><c> to</c><00:38:56.440><c> your</c><00:38:56.639><c> situation</c>

00:38:57.400 --> 00:39:04.219
and<00:38:58.079><c> recognize</c><00:38:58.840><c> that</c><00:38:59.079><c> God</c><00:38:59.420><c> is</c><00:38:59.840><c> using</c><00:39:00.300><c> that</c><00:39:00.940><c> evil</c><00:39:01.539><c> that</c><00:39:02.360><c> was</c><00:39:02.659><c> done</c><00:39:03.059><c> against</c><00:39:03.539><c> you</c><00:39:03.860><c> to</c>

00:39:04.219 --> 00:39:05.650
hopefully<00:39:04.719><c> save</c><00:39:05.219><c> you</c>

00:39:06.039 --> 00:39:08.920
if<00:39:06.480><c> you</c><00:39:06.679><c> can</c><00:39:06.960><c> respond</c><00:39:07.579><c> properly</c><00:39:08.139><c> to</c><00:39:08.400><c> it.</c>

00:39:08.920 --> 00:39:12.559
And<00:39:09.519><c> if</c><00:39:09.619><c> it's</c><00:39:09.880><c> a</c><00:39:10.000><c> brother</c><00:39:10.159><c> or</c><00:39:10.480><c> sister,</c><00:39:10.800><c> he</c><00:39:10.980><c> will</c><00:39:11.139><c> be</c><00:39:11.400><c> using</c><00:39:11.639><c> that</c><00:39:11.940><c> evil</c><00:39:12.199><c> to</c>

00:39:12.559 --> 00:39:14.079
hopefully<00:39:12.960><c> save</c><00:39:13.340><c> them.</c>

00:39:14.440 --> 00:39:18.139
But<00:39:14.619><c> it's</c><00:39:15.000><c> critical</c><00:39:15.460><c> that</c><00:39:15.639><c> we</c><00:39:15.920><c> respond</c><00:39:16.320><c> in</c><00:39:16.619><c> faithful</c><00:39:17.000><c> obedience,</c><00:39:17.840><c> just</c><00:39:17.960><c> as</c>

00:39:18.139 --> 00:39:19.360
Joseph<00:39:18.440><c> did.</c>

00:39:22.059 --> 00:39:25.739
Where<00:39:22.260><c> would</c><00:39:22.500><c> Joseph</c><00:39:22.820><c> have</c><00:39:23.099><c> been</c><00:39:23.440><c> had</c><00:39:23.719><c> he</c><00:39:23.920><c> not</c><00:39:24.159><c> responded</c><00:39:24.760><c> in</c>

00:39:25.739 --> 00:39:28.619
faithful<00:39:26.199><c> obedience</c><00:39:26.760><c> by</c><00:39:27.059><c> forgiving</c><00:39:27.420><c> his</c><00:39:27.760><c> brethren?</c>

00:39:29.219 --> 00:39:32.820
He<00:39:29.659><c> would</c><00:39:29.820><c> have</c><00:39:29.980><c> been</c><00:39:30.059><c> in</c><00:39:30.199><c> the</c><00:39:30.340><c> very</c><00:39:30.619><c> same</c><00:39:30.860><c> place</c><00:39:31.239><c> as</c><00:39:31.559><c> any</c><00:39:31.880><c> other</c><00:39:32.199><c> brother</c><00:39:32.480><c> or</c>

00:39:32.820 --> 00:39:35.980
sister<00:39:33.199><c> is</c><00:39:33.559><c> who</c><00:39:33.820><c> fails</c><00:39:34.159><c> to</c><00:39:34.480><c> forgive,</c>

00:39:36.699 --> 00:39:41.199
lost<00:39:37.239><c> and</c><00:39:37.599><c> enslaved</c><00:39:38.119><c> to</c><00:39:38.360><c> the</c><00:39:38.639><c> sin</c><00:39:38.980><c> that</c><00:39:39.119><c> was</c><00:39:39.380><c> committed</c><00:39:39.739><c> against</c><00:39:40.079><c> them.</c>

00:39:42.179 --> 00:39:44.559
So<00:39:42.300><c> if,</c><00:39:42.639><c> brethren</c><00:39:42.699><c> and</c><00:39:42.940><c> sisters,</c><00:39:43.159><c> we</c><00:39:43.340><c> have</c><00:39:43.579><c> not</c><00:39:43.840><c> yet</c><00:39:44.099><c> forgiven</c>

00:39:44.559 --> 00:39:47.219
anyone<00:39:45.119><c> in</c><00:39:45.360><c> our</c><00:39:45.619><c> life</c><00:39:45.840><c> for</c><00:39:46.000><c> the</c><00:39:46.219><c> evil</c><00:39:46.320><c> they</c><00:39:46.500><c> have</c><00:39:46.699><c> done,</c>

00:39:47.679 --> 00:39:50.619
verse<00:39:47.860><c> 20</c><00:39:48.179><c> remains</c><00:39:48.559><c> unfulfilled</c><00:39:49.400><c> in</c><00:39:49.639><c> our</c><00:39:49.800><c> life.</c>

00:39:51.000 --> 00:39:54.960
Joseph<00:39:51.300><c> forgave</c><00:39:52.000><c> his</c><00:39:52.300><c> brethren</c><00:39:52.659><c> with</c><00:39:53.039><c> a</c><00:39:53.239><c> purpose</c><00:39:53.840><c> to</c><00:39:54.400><c> save</c><00:39:54.699><c> them.</c>

00:39:55.059 --> 00:39:57.400
It's<00:39:55.260><c> the</c><00:39:55.420><c> same</c><00:39:55.659><c> reason</c><00:39:55.940><c> God</c><00:39:56.300><c> forgives</c><00:39:56.719><c> us.</c>

00:39:57.699 --> 00:40:00.420
And<00:39:57.900><c> there's</c><00:39:58.099><c> a</c><00:39:58.320><c> marvelous</c><00:39:58.619><c> scene</c><00:39:58.900><c> that's</c><00:39:59.219><c> portrayed</c><00:39:59.619><c> in</c><00:39:59.800><c> verse</c><00:40:00.059><c> 50</c>

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when<00:40:00.559><c> the</c><00:40:00.820><c> brethren</c><00:40:01.059><c> approach</c><00:40:01.719><c> Joseph</c>

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following<00:40:02.880><c> Jacob's</c><00:40:03.639><c> death.</c>

00:40:04.599 --> 00:40:09.679
And<00:40:04.800><c> it</c><00:40:04.900><c> is</c><00:40:05.260><c> all</c><00:40:05.639><c> only</c><00:40:05.960><c> possible</c><00:40:06.619><c> because</c><00:40:07.579><c> Joseph</c><00:40:08.039><c> had</c><00:40:08.380><c> forgiven</c><00:40:08.699><c> them.</c>

00:40:10.000 --> 00:40:13.400
The<00:40:10.219><c> events</c><00:40:10.559><c> from</c><00:40:10.800><c> chapter</c><00:40:11.139><c> 42</c><00:40:11.679><c> to</c><00:40:11.920><c> chapter</c><00:40:12.280><c> 50</c><00:40:12.719><c> in</c><00:40:13.039><c> Genesis</c>

00:40:13.400 --> 00:40:15.840
would<00:40:13.880><c> not</c><00:40:14.099><c> have</c><00:40:14.340><c> taken</c><00:40:14.539><c> place</c><00:40:14.920><c> the</c><00:40:15.119><c> way</c><00:40:15.179><c> they</c><00:40:15.460><c> did</c>

00:40:15.840 --> 00:40:21.360
had<00:40:17.059><c> Joseph</c><00:40:17.460><c> not</c><00:40:17.960><c> forgiven</c><00:40:18.300><c> his</c><00:40:18.599><c> brethren</c><00:40:18.880><c> before</c><00:40:19.679><c> they</c><00:40:19.960><c> arrived</c><00:40:20.239><c> in</c><00:40:20.440><c> Egypt.</c>

00:40:21.559 --> 00:40:24.199
God<00:40:21.820><c> would</c><00:40:22.039><c> have</c><00:40:22.199><c> had</c><00:40:22.300><c> to</c><00:40:22.480><c> use</c><00:40:22.719><c> someone</c><00:40:23.079><c> else</c><00:40:23.500><c> to</c><00:40:23.800><c> accomplish</c>

00:40:24.199 --> 00:40:27.659
the<00:40:24.460><c> good</c><00:40:24.539><c> he</c><00:40:24.800><c> did</c><00:40:25.239><c> and</c><00:40:25.659><c> the</c><00:40:25.860><c> conversion</c><00:40:26.260><c> of</c><00:40:26.519><c> his</c><00:40:26.739><c> brethren.</c>

00:40:29.139 --> 00:40:35.000
Had<00:40:29.780><c> he</c><00:40:29.960><c> not</c><00:40:30.260><c> forgiven</c><00:40:30.619><c> them,</c><00:40:33.199><c> he</c><00:40:33.519><c> would</c><00:40:33.739><c> not</c><00:40:33.920><c> have</c><00:40:34.079><c> been</c><00:40:34.219><c> useful</c><00:40:34.579><c> to</c><00:40:34.820><c> them.</c>

00:40:35.260 --> 00:40:36.659
Jacob<00:40:35.440><c> is</c><00:40:35.760><c> nearing</c><00:40:36.099><c> death.</c>

00:40:36.840 --> 00:40:43.940
And<00:40:36.920><c> it's</c><00:40:37.159><c> evident</c><00:40:37.480><c> that</c><00:40:38.059><c> Jacob</c><00:40:38.420><c> and</c><00:40:38.679><c> the</c><00:40:38.920><c> brethren</c><00:40:39.239><c> spoke</c><00:40:39.900><c> about</c><00:40:40.280><c> the</c><00:40:40.519><c> situation</c><00:40:41.119><c> and</c><00:40:41.980><c> Joseph's</c><00:40:42.579><c> future</c><00:40:42.940><c> treatment</c><00:40:43.420><c> of</c><00:40:43.780><c> them.</c>

00:40:44.440 --> 00:40:46.460
The<00:40:44.639><c> family</c><00:40:44.900><c> has</c><00:40:45.119><c> been</c><00:40:45.320><c> living</c><00:40:45.539><c> in</c><00:40:45.800><c> Goshen.</c>

00:40:46.800 --> 00:40:48.679
Joseph<00:40:47.159><c> has</c><00:40:47.380><c> been</c><00:40:47.619><c> living</c><00:40:47.840><c> in</c><00:40:48.059><c> the</c><00:40:48.239><c> capital.</c>

00:40:49.159 --> 00:40:53.840
And<00:40:49.340><c> it's</c><00:40:49.599><c> evident</c><00:40:49.820><c> that</c><00:40:50.119><c> Joseph</c><00:40:50.519><c> and</c><00:40:50.880><c> Jacob</c><00:40:51.280><c> never</c><00:40:51.880><c> discussed</c><00:40:52.599><c> this</c><00:40:53.000><c> matter</c>

00:40:54.059 --> 00:40:58.900
because<00:40:54.699><c> it</c><00:40:54.880><c> wasn't</c><00:40:55.320><c> an</c><00:40:55.599><c> issue</c><00:40:56.119><c> that</c><00:40:56.480><c> Joseph</c><00:40:56.739><c> was</c><00:40:57.079><c> looking</c><00:40:57.599><c> to</c><00:40:57.920><c> pursue.</c>

00:40:59.440 --> 00:41:02.079
So<00:40:59.480><c> Jacob</c><00:40:59.760><c> offered</c><00:41:00.179><c> his</c><00:41:00.500><c> counsel</c><00:41:00.920><c> to</c><00:41:01.159><c> the</c><00:41:01.360><c> brethren</c><00:41:01.579><c> to</c><00:41:01.860><c> help</c>

00:41:02.079 --> 00:41:04.280
ensure<00:41:02.519><c> family</c><00:41:02.920><c> peace</c><00:41:03.239><c> in</c><00:41:03.400><c> verse</c><00:41:03.579><c> 16.</c>

00:41:04.280 --> 00:41:07.139
And<00:41:04.719><c> they</c><00:41:04.900><c> sent</c><00:41:05.099><c> a</c><00:41:05.340><c> messenger</c><00:41:05.679><c> unto</c><00:41:05.940><c> Joseph</c><00:41:06.360><c> saying,</c>

00:41:18.880 --> 00:41:25.679
So<00:41:19.579><c> Jacob</c><00:41:20.239><c> doesn't</c><00:41:22.000><c> know,</c><00:41:23.239><c> just</c><00:41:23.480><c> as</c><00:41:23.679><c> the</c><00:41:23.900><c> brethren</c><00:41:24.139><c> didn't</c><00:41:24.679><c> know,</c>

00:41:26.079 --> 00:41:30.360
that<00:41:26.260><c> Joseph</c><00:41:26.619><c> had</c><00:41:26.900><c> already</c><00:41:27.420><c> forgiven</c><00:41:27.900><c> them</c><00:41:28.260><c> upon</c><00:41:28.559><c> the</c><00:41:28.820><c> principle</c><00:41:29.300><c> of</c><00:41:29.519><c> verse</c><00:41:29.800><c> 20.</c>

00:41:30.360 --> 00:41:33.659
That's<00:41:31.199><c> why</c><00:41:31.360><c> he</c><00:41:31.519><c> has</c><00:41:31.800><c> to</c><00:41:32.099><c> share</c><00:41:32.320><c> with</c><00:41:32.639><c> them</c><00:41:32.940><c> when</c><00:41:33.079><c> they</c><00:41:33.360><c> raised</c>

00:41:33.659 --> 00:41:34.880
the<00:41:33.880><c> matter</c><00:41:34.119><c> with</c><00:41:34.400><c> him</c>

00:41:34.880 --> 00:41:38.460
that<00:41:35.860><c> he</c><00:41:36.000><c> had</c><00:41:36.280><c> forgiven</c><00:41:36.559><c> them</c><00:41:36.920><c> long</c><00:41:37.199><c> ago</c><00:41:37.500><c> because</c><00:41:37.860><c> long</c><00:41:38.199><c> ago</c>

00:41:38.460 --> 00:41:39.860
he<00:41:38.619><c> had</c><00:41:38.860><c> come</c><00:41:38.960><c> to</c><00:41:39.300><c> understand</c>

00:41:39.860 --> 00:41:43.360
that<00:41:40.079><c> the</c><00:41:40.340><c> evil</c><00:41:40.460><c> they</c><00:41:40.639><c> were</c><00:41:40.820><c> doing</c><00:41:41.059><c> against</c><00:41:41.440><c> him,</c><00:41:42.300><c> God</c><00:41:42.579><c> was</c><00:41:42.860><c> using</c><00:41:43.099><c> to</c>

00:41:43.360 --> 00:41:45.159
bring<00:41:43.519><c> about</c><00:41:43.880><c> great</c><00:41:44.219><c> good.</c>

00:41:46.820 --> 00:41:50.460
And<00:41:47.000><c> then</c><00:41:47.119><c> a</c><00:41:47.239><c> most</c><00:41:47.420><c> wonderful</c><00:41:47.780><c> thing</c><00:41:48.039><c> is</c><00:41:48.320><c> recorded</c><00:41:48.679><c> in</c><00:41:48.900><c> the</c><00:41:49.079><c> text</c><00:41:49.679><c> because</c><00:41:50.119><c> in</c>

00:41:50.460 --> 00:41:53.380
verse<00:41:50.960><c> 17</c><00:41:51.699><c> it</c><00:41:52.139><c> changes.</c>

00:41:53.800 --> 00:41:55.099
And<00:41:54.039><c> note</c><00:41:54.179><c> the</c><00:41:54.460><c> change.</c>

00:41:55.099 --> 00:42:01.599
And<00:41:55.980><c> now</c><00:41:56.579><c> we</c><00:41:57.460><c> pray</c><00:41:57.900><c> thee,</c><00:41:59.019><c> forgive</c><00:41:59.599><c> the</c><00:41:59.900><c> trespass</c><00:42:00.440><c> of</c><00:42:00.599><c> thy</c><00:42:00.800><c> servants</c><00:42:01.280><c> of</c>

00:42:01.599 --> 00:42:03.420
the<00:42:01.820><c> God</c><00:42:02.059><c> of</c><00:42:02.260><c> thy</c><00:42:02.440><c> father.</c>

00:42:03.539 --> 00:42:06.519
And<00:42:03.719><c> Joseph</c><00:42:04.099><c> wept</c><00:42:04.820><c> when</c><00:42:05.219><c> they</c><00:42:05.500><c> spake</c><00:42:05.780><c> unto</c><00:42:06.099><c> him.</c>

00:42:06.860 --> 00:42:09.840
They<00:42:07.059><c> are</c><00:42:07.420><c> finally</c><00:42:07.880><c> confessing</c><00:42:08.719><c> their</c><00:42:09.000><c> sin</c><00:42:09.159><c> to</c><00:42:09.360><c> Joseph.</c>

00:42:10.320 --> 00:42:13.940
After<00:42:10.659><c> 39</c><00:42:11.179><c> years,</c><00:42:11.559><c> they</c><00:42:11.699><c> are</c><00:42:12.019><c> finally</c><00:42:12.320><c> asking</c><00:42:12.739><c> him</c><00:42:12.980><c> to</c><00:42:13.280><c> forgive</c><00:42:13.539><c> them</c>

00:42:13.940 --> 00:42:17.400
without<00:42:15.059><c> realizing</c><00:42:15.599><c> he</c><00:42:15.880><c> had</c><00:42:16.139><c> forgiven</c><00:42:16.480><c> them</c><00:42:16.780><c> long</c><00:42:17.079><c> ago.</c>

00:42:17.460 --> 00:42:20.599
And<00:42:17.619><c> they</c><00:42:17.880><c> declare</c><00:42:18.239><c> themselves</c><00:42:18.760><c> to</c><00:42:18.980><c> be</c><00:42:19.179><c> servants</c><00:42:19.739><c> of</c><00:42:20.320><c> the</c><00:42:20.460><c> God</c>

00:42:20.599 --> 00:42:21.619
of<00:42:20.840><c> Jacob.</c>

00:42:21.780 --> 00:42:25.440
These<00:42:22.420><c> are</c><00:42:22.699><c> spiritual</c><00:42:23.260><c> men</c><00:42:23.579><c> who</c><00:42:23.840><c> stand</c><00:42:24.019><c> before</c><00:42:24.360><c> Joseph.</c>

00:42:26.219 --> 00:42:29.320
They<00:42:26.219><c> didn't</c><00:42:26.460><c> see</c><00:42:26.679><c> themselves</c><00:42:27.380><c> as</c><00:42:27.800><c> servants</c><00:42:28.139><c> of</c><00:42:28.480><c> God</c><00:42:28.860><c> back</c><00:42:29.159><c> in</c>

00:42:29.320 --> 00:42:30.900
chapter<00:42:29.699><c> 37.</c>

00:42:31.320 --> 00:42:33.079
But<00:42:31.460><c> they</c><00:42:31.659><c> do</c><00:42:31.860><c> now.</c>

00:42:33.119 --> 00:42:36.119
And<00:42:33.239><c> it's</c><00:42:33.400><c> little</c><00:42:33.659><c> wonder</c><00:42:34.059><c> that</c><00:42:34.300><c> Joseph</c><00:42:34.659><c> breaks</c><00:42:35.019><c> out</c><00:42:35.260><c> in</c><00:42:35.539><c> tears</c><00:42:35.820><c> as</c>

00:42:36.119 --> 00:42:37.320
they<00:42:36.400><c> spoke.</c>

00:42:38.159 --> 00:42:40.900
And<00:42:38.280><c> the</c><00:42:38.440><c> marvel</c><00:42:38.659><c> of</c><00:42:38.860><c> it</c><00:42:39.019><c> is,</c><00:42:39.340><c> brethren</c><00:42:39.460><c> and</c><00:42:39.719><c> sisters,</c>

00:42:41.139 --> 00:42:44.059
is<00:42:41.239><c> that</c><00:42:41.519><c> arising</c><00:42:41.880><c> out</c><00:42:42.239><c> of</c><00:42:42.400><c> the</c><00:42:42.739><c> confession</c><00:42:43.179><c> of</c><00:42:43.539><c> the</c><00:42:43.739><c> brethren</c>

00:42:44.059 --> 00:42:46.860
and<00:42:44.400><c> Joseph</c><00:42:44.820><c> weeping</c><00:42:45.340><c> before</c><00:42:45.739><c> them,</c>

00:42:47.300 --> 00:42:52.260
there<00:42:47.860><c> are</c><00:42:48.380><c> the</c><00:42:48.639><c> brethren</c><00:42:49.059><c> falling</c><00:42:49.599><c> down</c><00:42:50.280><c> before</c><00:42:50.679><c> his</c><00:42:51.019><c> face.</c>

00:42:52.539 --> 00:42:55.360
And<00:42:52.820><c> there</c><00:42:53.099><c> is</c><00:42:53.400><c> Joseph</c><00:42:53.820><c> standing</c><00:42:54.539><c> before</c><00:42:55.000><c> them.</c>

00:42:55.559 --> 00:42:59.420
And<00:42:55.699><c> they</c><00:42:55.800><c> are</c><00:42:56.119><c> declaring</c><00:42:56.500><c> themselves</c><00:42:57.219><c> to</c><00:42:57.480><c> be</c><00:42:57.780><c> servants</c><00:42:58.519><c> of</c>

00:42:59.420 --> 00:43:01.340
the<00:42:59.639><c> God</c><00:43:00.000><c> of</c><00:43:00.179><c> their</c><00:43:00.440><c> father.</c>

00:43:01.739 --> 00:43:04.599
And<00:43:01.920><c> his</c><00:43:02.159><c> brethren</c><00:43:02.440><c> in</c><00:43:02.599><c> verse</c><00:43:02.880><c> 18</c><00:43:03.280><c> also</c><00:43:03.699><c> went</c><00:43:03.940><c> and</c><00:43:04.159><c> fell</c><00:43:04.360><c> down</c>

00:43:04.599 --> 00:43:05.380
before<00:43:04.880><c> his</c><00:43:05.179><c> face.</c>

00:43:05.460 --> 00:43:08.079
And<00:43:05.539><c> they</c><00:43:05.699><c> said,</c><00:43:05.940><c> Behold,</c><00:43:06.340><c> we</c><00:43:06.480><c> be</c><00:43:06.639><c> thy</c><00:43:06.980><c> servants.</c>

00:43:08.119 --> 00:43:10.860
So<00:43:08.199><c> they</c><00:43:08.400><c> are</c><00:43:08.599><c> God's</c><00:43:09.039><c> servants</c><00:43:09.260><c> and</c><00:43:09.400><c> they</c><00:43:09.559><c> are</c><00:43:09.719><c> now</c><00:43:09.900><c> Joseph's</c><00:43:10.400><c> servants.</c>

00:43:11.199 --> 00:43:14.619
And<00:43:11.539><c> there</c><00:43:11.679><c> is</c><00:43:11.900><c> the</c><00:43:12.119><c> fulfillment</c><00:43:12.619><c> of</c><00:43:12.900><c> the</c><00:43:13.159><c> dreams</c><00:43:13.420><c> of</c><00:43:13.639><c> chapter</c><00:43:13.940><c> 37.</c>

00:43:14.619 --> 00:43:17.539
The<00:43:15.340><c> brethren</c><00:43:15.599><c> are</c><00:43:15.940><c> willingly</c><00:43:16.440><c> prostrating</c><00:43:17.019><c> themselves</c>

00:43:17.539 --> 00:43:18.360
before<00:43:17.900><c> Joseph</c>

00:43:18.360 --> 00:43:21.000
and<00:43:18.980><c> declaring</c><00:43:19.400><c> themselves</c><00:43:20.019><c> to</c><00:43:20.179><c> be</c><00:43:20.400><c> his</c><00:43:20.659><c> servants.</c>

00:43:21.179 --> 00:43:25.340
They<00:43:21.260><c> were</c><00:43:21.639><c> a</c><00:43:21.980><c> living</c><00:43:22.300><c> fulfillment</c><00:43:23.179><c> of</c><00:43:24.019><c> the</c><00:43:24.239><c> dreams,</c>

00:43:25.619 --> 00:43:28.699
living<00:43:25.800><c> proof</c><00:43:26.119><c> of</c><00:43:26.340><c> the</c><00:43:26.639><c> accuracy</c><00:43:27.039><c> of</c><00:43:27.239><c> God's</c><00:43:27.719><c> word,</c>

00:43:28.840 --> 00:43:30.800
the<00:43:29.000><c> word</c><00:43:29.159><c> that</c><00:43:29.320><c> they</c><00:43:29.519><c> had</c><00:43:29.760><c> once</c><00:43:30.159><c> mocked.</c>

00:43:30.860 --> 00:43:35.579
And<00:43:30.980><c> there</c><00:43:31.179><c> is</c><00:43:31.440><c> Joseph</c><00:43:32.159><c> standing</c><00:43:33.039><c> before</c><00:43:33.519><c> them</c><00:43:34.139><c> in</c><00:43:34.880><c> tears,</c>

00:43:36.059 --> 00:43:40.000
rejoicing<00:43:36.619><c> over</c><00:43:36.860><c> the</c><00:43:37.039><c> fact</c><00:43:37.219><c> that</c><00:43:37.380><c> these</c><00:43:38.159><c> are</c><00:43:38.420><c> now</c><00:43:38.739><c> truly</c><00:43:39.239><c> his</c>

00:43:40.000 --> 00:43:41.699
spiritual<00:43:40.719><c> brethren.</c>

00:43:42.480 --> 00:43:46.780
And<00:43:43.199><c> this</c><00:43:43.420><c> is</c><00:43:43.659><c> the</c><00:43:43.920><c> spiritual</c><00:43:44.699><c> foundation</c><00:43:45.639><c> upon</c><00:43:46.300><c> which</c><00:43:46.579><c> the</c>

00:43:46.780 --> 00:43:47.840
nation<00:43:47.000><c> will</c><00:43:47.199><c> be</c><00:43:47.400><c> built.</c>

00:43:48.179 --> 00:43:53.699
So<00:43:48.539><c> that</c><00:43:48.780><c> Genesis</c><00:43:49.400><c> ends</c><00:43:50.760><c> with</c><00:43:52.139><c> 12</c><00:43:52.639><c> men,</c>

00:43:55.960 --> 00:44:01.019
one<00:43:56.300><c> recognized</c><00:43:57.079><c> as</c><00:43:57.400><c> the</c><00:43:57.760><c> spiritual</c><00:43:58.219><c> leader</c><00:43:58.739><c> because</c><00:43:59.500><c> of</c><00:43:59.860><c> his</c><00:44:00.159><c> character,</c>

00:44:01.599 --> 00:44:05.300
recognized<00:44:02.139><c> as</c><00:44:02.500><c> the</c><00:44:02.760><c> savior</c><00:44:03.079><c> of</c><00:44:03.420><c> the</c><00:44:03.719><c> family</c><00:44:04.059><c> because</c><00:44:04.460><c> of</c><00:44:04.639><c> his</c><00:44:04.820><c> character,</c>

00:44:05.440 --> 00:44:08.880
and<00:44:05.940><c> the</c><00:44:06.239><c> other</c><00:44:06.679><c> 11</c><00:44:07.199><c> are</c><00:44:07.760><c> standing</c><00:44:08.159><c> around</c><00:44:08.599><c> him</c>

00:44:08.880 --> 00:44:12.420
and<00:44:09.079><c> know</c><00:44:09.079><c> they</c><00:44:09.239><c> are</c><00:44:09.960><c> on</c><00:44:10.199><c> the</c><00:44:10.400><c> ground</c><00:44:10.659><c> prostrated</c><00:44:11.239><c> before</c><00:44:11.699><c> him.</c>

00:44:12.639 --> 00:44:15.679
When<00:44:12.739><c> they</c><00:44:13.019><c> heard</c><00:44:13.239><c> the</c><00:44:13.539><c> dream</c><00:44:13.760><c> back</c><00:44:14.039><c> in</c><00:44:14.199><c> chapter</c><00:44:14.519><c> 37,</c><00:44:15.199><c> they</c><00:44:15.300><c> heard</c><00:44:15.500><c> it</c>

00:44:15.679 --> 00:44:17.219
as<00:44:15.940><c> worldly</c><00:44:16.159><c> men.</c>

00:44:17.699 --> 00:44:18.880
You're<00:44:17.820><c> going</c><00:44:17.900><c> to</c><00:44:18.019><c> reign</c><00:44:18.099><c> over</c><00:44:18.340><c> us.</c>

00:44:19.059 --> 00:44:21.039
God's<00:44:19.280><c> going</c><00:44:19.340><c> to</c><00:44:19.460><c> take</c><00:44:19.559><c> one</c><00:44:19.739><c> of</c><00:44:19.880><c> us</c><00:44:20.059><c> and</c><00:44:20.239><c> make</c><00:44:20.360><c> him</c><00:44:20.619><c> domineer</c>

00:44:21.039 --> 00:44:22.119
over<00:44:21.260><c> us.</c>

00:44:22.179 --> 00:44:23.199
Isn't<00:44:22.519><c> going</c><00:44:22.699><c> to</c><00:44:22.880><c> happen.</c>

00:44:23.659 --> 00:44:25.659
And<00:44:23.800><c> they</c><00:44:24.000><c> rejected</c><00:44:24.539><c> the</c><00:44:24.840><c> dream.</c>

00:44:26.619 --> 00:44:29.059
But<00:44:26.719><c> you</c><00:44:26.860><c> see,</c><00:44:26.980><c> God</c><00:44:27.199><c> didn't</c><00:44:27.440><c> give</c><00:44:27.679><c> Joseph</c><00:44:28.119><c> a</c><00:44:28.500><c> dream</c>

00:44:29.539 --> 00:44:32.619
of<00:44:29.980><c> how</c><00:44:30.159><c> one</c><00:44:30.360><c> day</c><00:44:30.519><c> he</c><00:44:30.639><c> would</c><00:44:30.760><c> be</c><00:44:30.980><c> a</c><00:44:31.159><c> Gentile</c><00:44:31.719><c> tyrant</c><00:44:32.159><c> and</c><00:44:32.480><c> he</c>

00:44:32.619 --> 00:44:34.679
would<00:44:32.800><c> rule</c><00:44:33.139><c> over</c><00:44:33.400><c> his</c><00:44:33.659><c> brethren.</c>

00:44:35.360 --> 00:44:36.920
God<00:44:35.639><c> gave</c><00:44:35.840><c> Joseph</c><00:44:36.199><c> a</c><00:44:36.460><c> dream</c>

00:44:36.920 --> 00:44:40.460
that<00:44:37.840><c> one</c><00:44:38.059><c> day</c><00:44:38.320><c> Joseph,</c><00:44:38.659><c> you</c><00:44:38.800><c> will</c><00:44:38.960><c> be</c><00:44:39.099><c> the</c><00:44:39.320><c> savior</c><00:44:39.539><c> of</c><00:44:39.719><c> your</c><00:44:39.920><c> family</c>

00:44:40.460 --> 00:44:46.480
and<00:44:41.400><c> your</c><00:44:41.679><c> brethren</c><00:44:42.119><c> will</c><00:44:42.679><c> willingly</c><00:44:43.219><c> and</c><00:44:44.000><c> lovingly</c><00:44:44.679><c> bow</c><00:44:44.960><c> down</c><00:44:45.280><c> before</c><00:44:45.780><c> you</c>

00:44:46.480 --> 00:44:50.320
and<00:44:47.239><c> recognize</c><00:44:48.039><c> the</c><00:44:48.460><c> spiritual</c><00:44:48.860><c> headship</c><00:44:49.539><c> that</c><00:44:49.980><c> you</c><00:44:50.159><c> will</c>

00:44:50.320 --> 00:44:51.179
provide<00:44:50.539><c> for</c><00:44:50.719><c> the</c><00:44:50.920><c> family.</c>

00:44:51.300 --> 00:44:55.000
That<00:44:51.659><c> was</c><00:44:51.980><c> the</c><00:44:52.239><c> dream</c><00:44:52.920><c> God</c><00:44:53.579><c> gave</c><00:44:53.840><c> Joseph.</c>

00:44:55.760 --> 00:44:58.400
It<00:44:55.840><c> wasn't</c><00:44:56.099><c> anything</c><00:44:56.400><c> about</c><00:44:56.699><c> a</c><00:44:56.920><c> Gentile</c><00:44:57.360><c> tyrant.</c>

00:44:58.739 --> 00:45:00.179
The<00:44:58.920><c> brethren</c><00:44:59.119><c> didn't</c><00:44:59.460><c> understand</c><00:45:00.000><c> it.</c>

00:45:00.179 --> 00:45:02.800
And<00:45:00.340><c> we</c><00:45:00.559><c> tend</c><00:45:00.739><c> to</c><00:45:01.059><c> interpret</c><00:45:01.440><c> the</c><00:45:01.739><c> dream</c><00:45:01.940><c> as</c><00:45:02.179><c> they</c><00:45:02.440><c> saw</c><00:45:02.659><c> it.</c>

00:45:02.800 --> 00:45:05.420
That<00:45:02.940><c> is</c><00:45:03.179><c> not</c><00:45:03.440><c> the</c><00:45:03.659><c> dream</c><00:45:03.860><c> God</c><00:45:04.079><c> gave</c><00:45:04.300><c> Joseph.</c>

00:45:05.739 --> 00:45:08.500
God<00:45:06.260><c> gave</c><00:45:06.519><c> Joseph</c><00:45:06.920><c> the</c><00:45:07.179><c> dream</c><00:45:07.380><c> that</c><00:45:07.619><c> one</c><00:45:07.920><c> day</c>

00:45:08.500 --> 00:45:12.639
the<00:45:09.360><c> scene</c><00:45:09.539><c> that</c><00:45:09.739><c> we</c><00:45:09.860><c> see</c><00:45:10.000><c> in</c><00:45:10.199><c> chapter</c><00:45:10.480><c> 50</c><00:45:10.800><c> would</c><00:45:11.000><c> take</c><00:45:11.239><c> place.</c>

00:45:13.460 --> 00:45:15.539
And<00:45:13.579><c> that's</c><00:45:13.840><c> the</c><00:45:14.039><c> dream</c><00:45:14.300><c> that</c><00:45:14.519><c> Joseph</c><00:45:14.719><c> held</c><00:45:14.940><c> on</c><00:45:15.280><c> to.</c>

00:45:15.659 --> 00:45:21.099
One<00:45:15.900><c> day</c><00:45:16.119><c> this</c><00:45:16.440><c> family,</c><00:45:18.659><c> as</c><00:45:18.840><c> misguided</c><00:45:19.519><c> as</c><00:45:19.699><c> it</c><00:45:19.920><c> was</c><00:45:20.099><c> in</c><00:45:20.320><c> chapter</c><00:45:20.579><c> 37,</c>

00:45:21.260 --> 00:45:24.400
will<00:45:21.400><c> be</c><00:45:21.719><c> united</c><00:45:22.139><c> on</c><00:45:22.519><c> a</c><00:45:22.820><c> spiritual</c><00:45:23.179><c> basis</c>

00:45:24.460 --> 00:45:29.019
and<00:45:24.980><c> it</c><00:45:25.119><c> will</c><00:45:25.360><c> then</c><00:45:25.599><c> be</c><00:45:25.920><c> prepared</c><00:45:26.719><c> to</c><00:45:27.539><c> be</c><00:45:27.860><c> developed</c><00:45:28.320><c> by</c><00:45:28.619><c> God</c>

00:45:29.019 --> 00:45:32.099
to<00:45:29.280><c> become</c><00:45:29.519><c> the</c><00:45:29.860><c> spiritual</c><00:45:30.199><c> nation</c><00:45:30.539><c> that</c><00:45:30.780><c> God</c><00:45:30.980><c> had</c><00:45:31.199><c> intended.</c>

00:45:32.360 --> 00:45:35.500
And<00:45:32.960><c> so</c><00:45:33.159><c> the</c><00:45:33.280><c> book</c><00:45:33.519><c> of</c><00:45:33.719><c> Genesis</c><00:45:34.059><c> ends</c><00:45:34.480><c> with</c><00:45:34.699><c> the</c><00:45:34.980><c> family</c><00:45:35.280><c> at</c>

00:45:35.500 --> 00:45:38.139
its<00:45:35.760><c> spiritual</c><00:45:36.539><c> zenith.</c>

00:45:38.920 --> 00:45:41.260
And<00:45:39.079><c> it</c><00:45:39.179><c> was</c><00:45:39.480><c> all</c><00:45:39.760><c> made</c><00:45:39.980><c> possible</c>

00:45:41.639 --> 00:45:45.199
because<00:45:42.239><c> one</c><00:45:42.639><c> man</c><00:45:43.039><c> responded</c><00:45:43.599><c> to</c><00:45:43.960><c> great</c><00:45:44.260><c> evil</c><00:45:44.599><c> that</c><00:45:44.760><c> was</c><00:45:45.000><c> done</c>

00:45:45.199 --> 00:45:46.599
to<00:45:45.360><c> him</c><00:45:45.539><c> in</c><00:45:45.699><c> his</c><00:45:45.960><c> life.</c>

00:45:47.000 --> 00:45:49.440
And<00:45:47.440><c> he</c><00:45:47.599><c> was</c><00:45:47.860><c> able</c><00:45:48.079><c> to</c><00:45:48.380><c> rise</c><00:45:48.679><c> above</c><00:45:48.980><c> the</c><00:45:49.260><c> evil</c>

00:45:49.440 --> 00:45:53.579
and<00:45:49.780><c> recognize</c><00:45:50.260><c> that</c><00:45:50.519><c> God</c><00:45:50.780><c> was</c><00:45:51.059><c> going</c><00:45:51.159><c> to</c><00:45:51.460><c> accomplish</c><00:45:51.820><c> great</c><00:45:52.300><c> things</c>

00:45:53.559 --> 00:45:57.360
and<00:45:53.860><c> the</c><00:45:54.139><c> evil</c><00:45:54.280><c> that</c><00:45:54.480><c> has</c><00:45:54.699><c> been</c><00:45:55.579><c> done</c><00:45:55.880><c> against</c><00:45:56.179><c> me.</c>

00:45:57.639 --> 00:46:03.059
The<00:45:58.019><c> key</c><00:45:58.500><c> to</c><00:45:58.800><c> being</c><00:45:59.159><c> able</c><00:45:59.559><c> to</c><00:45:59.960><c> immediately</c><00:46:00.539><c> forgive</c><00:46:01.219><c> those</c><00:46:01.699><c> who</c><00:46:01.980><c> sin</c><00:46:02.219><c> against</c><00:46:02.679><c> us</c>

00:46:03.059 --> 00:46:04.800
is<00:46:03.440><c> faith.</c>

00:46:06.039 --> 00:46:08.880
Faith<00:46:06.400><c> is</c><00:46:06.820><c> the</c><00:46:07.219><c> key</c><00:46:07.639><c> that</c><00:46:07.880><c> makes</c><00:46:08.039><c> it</c><00:46:08.280><c> possible.</c>

00:46:09.239 --> 00:46:13.360
Trusting<00:46:09.840><c> that</c><00:46:10.000><c> God</c><00:46:10.280><c> will</c><00:46:10.579><c> use</c><00:46:10.880><c> the</c><00:46:11.179><c> evil</c><00:46:11.420><c> done</c><00:46:11.780><c> against</c><00:46:12.400><c> me</c>

00:46:13.619 --> 00:46:16.340
regardless<00:46:14.199><c> of</c><00:46:14.579><c> whatever</c><00:46:14.880><c> it</c><00:46:15.059><c> is.</c>

00:46:16.599 --> 00:46:18.960
And<00:46:16.820><c> my</c><00:46:17.239><c> faithful</c><00:46:17.739><c> response</c><00:46:18.460><c> to</c><00:46:18.739><c> that,</c>

00:46:19.159 --> 00:46:24.099
to<00:46:19.260><c> work</c><00:46:19.579><c> out</c><00:46:20.019><c> great</c><00:46:20.480><c> good</c><00:46:21.000><c> for</c><00:46:21.800><c> all</c><00:46:22.380><c> those</c><00:46:22.699><c> whose</c><00:46:22.940><c> hearts</c><00:46:23.280><c> are</c><00:46:23.639><c> genuine.</c>

00:46:24.099 --> 00:46:27.539
As<00:46:24.820><c> he</c><00:46:25.079><c> worked</c><00:46:25.280><c> out</c><00:46:25.639><c> great</c><00:46:25.940><c> good</c><00:46:26.139><c> in</c><00:46:26.300><c> the</c><00:46:26.440><c> life</c><00:46:26.579><c> of</c><00:46:26.780><c> the</c><00:46:26.860><c> Lord</c><00:46:27.059><c> Jesus</c>

00:46:27.539 --> 00:46:30.239
and<00:46:27.699><c> in</c><00:46:27.840><c> the</c><00:46:27.980><c> life</c><00:46:28.139><c> of</c><00:46:28.460><c> Stephen</c><00:46:28.739><c> and</c><00:46:29.280><c> in</c><00:46:29.420><c> the</c><00:46:29.579><c> life</c><00:46:29.739><c> of</c><00:46:29.980><c> Joseph.</c>

00:46:30.320 --> 00:46:38.599
If<00:46:30.559><c> I</c><00:46:30.940><c> can</c><00:46:31.219><c> believe</c><00:46:32.239><c> that</c><00:46:34.519><c> as</c><00:46:34.800><c> Jesus</c><00:46:35.280><c> and</c><00:46:35.800><c> Stephen</c><00:46:36.280><c> and</c><00:46:36.639><c> Joseph</c><00:46:37.340><c> believed,</c>

00:46:40.260 --> 00:46:43.280
then<00:46:40.599><c> I</c><00:46:40.760><c> can</c><00:46:41.019><c> forgive</c><00:46:41.260><c> by</c><00:46:41.619><c> faith</c><00:46:41.880><c> as</c><00:46:42.179><c> they</c><00:46:42.420><c> did.</c>

00:46:43.699 --> 00:46:46.760
But<00:46:44.000><c> if</c><00:46:44.360><c> when</c><00:46:44.699><c> I</c><00:46:44.940><c> am</c><00:46:45.260><c> sinned</c><00:46:45.559><c> against,</c>

00:46:47.139 --> 00:46:51.760
I<00:46:47.480><c> am</c><00:46:47.800><c> preoccupied</c><00:46:49.119><c> with</c><00:46:49.400><c> the</c><00:46:49.739><c> evil</c><00:46:49.900><c> that</c><00:46:50.079><c> has</c><00:46:50.300><c> been</c><00:46:50.519><c> done</c><00:46:50.719><c> to</c><00:46:50.980><c> me,</c>

00:46:54.099 --> 00:46:57.840
and<00:46:54.420><c> the</c><00:46:54.679><c> steps</c><00:46:54.960><c> that</c><00:46:55.219><c> need</c><00:46:55.380><c> to</c><00:46:55.519><c> be</c><00:46:55.739><c> taken</c><00:46:56.019><c> to</c><00:46:56.360><c> correct</c><00:46:56.699><c> someone</c><00:46:57.139><c> else.</c>

00:46:58.179 --> 00:47:01.079
And<00:46:58.400><c> if</c><00:46:58.500><c> that's</c><00:46:58.820><c> where</c><00:46:59.019><c> my</c><00:46:59.360><c> focus</c><00:46:59.719><c> is,</c><00:47:00.059><c> I</c><00:47:00.179><c> will</c><00:47:00.420><c> never</c><00:47:00.659><c> be</c><00:47:00.920><c> able</c>

00:47:01.079 --> 00:47:02.199
to<00:47:01.320><c> forgive.</c>

00:47:03.760 --> 00:47:06.480
But<00:47:03.960><c> if</c><00:47:04.139><c> I</c><00:47:04.300><c> can</c><00:47:04.559><c> forgive</c><00:47:04.900><c> by</c><00:47:05.320><c> faith</c><00:47:05.639><c> and</c><00:47:05.980><c> trust,</c>

00:47:06.579 --> 00:47:09.559
God<00:47:06.820><c> will</c><00:47:07.039><c> take</c><00:47:07.320><c> my</c><00:47:07.900><c> faithful</c><00:47:08.539><c> obedience,</c>

00:47:09.820 --> 00:47:11.679
my<00:47:10.179><c> forgiveness</c><00:47:10.760><c> of</c><00:47:11.119><c> the</c><00:47:11.440><c> evil,</c>

00:47:11.880 --> 00:47:14.039
and<00:47:12.460><c> work</c><00:47:12.679><c> out</c><00:47:12.940><c> great</c><00:47:13.179><c> good.</c>

00:47:14.280 --> 00:47:18.139
That<00:47:14.860><c> makes</c><00:47:15.239><c> it</c><00:47:15.579><c> possible</c><00:47:16.099><c> for</c><00:47:16.460><c> me</c><00:47:16.840><c> to</c><00:47:17.079><c> forgive</c>

00:47:18.300 --> 00:47:20.659
regardless<00:47:18.940><c> of</c><00:47:19.280><c> the</c><00:47:19.500><c> sin</c><00:47:19.639><c> done</c><00:47:19.880><c> against</c><00:47:20.219><c> me.</c>

00:47:20.659 --> 00:47:24.559
So<00:47:21.199><c> it's</c><00:47:21.460><c> not</c><00:47:21.639><c> a</c><00:47:21.860><c> case</c><00:47:22.239><c> of</c><00:47:22.579><c> me</c><00:47:22.820><c> gritting</c><00:47:23.159><c> my</c><00:47:23.559><c> teeth</c>

00:47:24.559 --> 00:47:28.619
and<00:47:25.320><c> saying,</c><00:47:26.019><c> okay,</c><00:47:26.159><c> I</c><00:47:26.460><c> am</c><00:47:26.739><c> supposed</c><00:47:27.219><c> to</c><00:47:27.500><c> forgive</c><00:47:27.800><c> this</c><00:47:28.099><c> person</c>

00:47:28.619 --> 00:47:31.519
because<00:47:29.659><c> I'm</c><00:47:29.920><c> trying</c><00:47:30.099><c> to</c><00:47:30.320><c> forgive</c><00:47:30.539><c> them</c><00:47:30.719><c> in</c><00:47:30.860><c> my</c><00:47:31.039><c> own</c><00:47:31.320><c> strength,</c>

00:47:31.519 --> 00:47:33.420
and<00:47:31.719><c> it</c><00:47:31.840><c> will</c><00:47:32.139><c> never</c><00:47:32.360><c> happen.</c>

00:47:33.820 --> 00:47:36.679
But<00:47:33.980><c> if</c><00:47:34.179><c> I</c><00:47:34.420><c> take</c><00:47:34.579><c> the</c><00:47:34.880><c> situation</c><00:47:35.360><c> of</c><00:47:35.539><c> the</c><00:47:35.760><c> evil</c><00:47:35.920><c> done</c><00:47:36.139><c> to</c><00:47:36.380><c> me</c>

00:47:36.679 --> 00:47:39.699
and<00:47:37.139><c> put</c><00:47:37.420><c> it</c><00:47:37.639><c> in</c><00:47:37.800><c> the</c><00:47:38.039><c> context</c><00:47:38.500><c> of</c><00:47:38.780><c> faith,</c>

00:47:40.380 --> 00:47:42.860
then<00:47:40.500><c> we</c><00:47:40.699><c> see</c><00:47:40.820><c> the</c><00:47:41.119><c> possibilities</c><00:47:41.739><c> develop</c>

00:47:42.940 --> 00:47:45.940
for<00:47:43.500><c> us</c><00:47:43.780><c> to</c><00:47:44.099><c> forgive</c><00:47:44.460><c> immediately,</c>

00:47:45.980 --> 00:47:48.780
trusting<00:47:46.480><c> that</c><00:47:46.760><c> God</c><00:47:46.960><c> will</c><00:47:47.199><c> work</c><00:47:47.420><c> out</c><00:47:47.599><c> great</c><00:47:47.880><c> good.</c>

00:47:50.219 --> 00:47:52.059
Four<00:47:50.780><c> times</c><00:47:51.179><c> in</c><00:47:51.340><c> the</c><00:47:51.380><c> New</c><00:47:51.579><c> Testament,</c>

00:47:52.159 --> 00:47:55.940
Christ<00:47:52.539><c> underscores</c><00:47:53.400><c> the</c><00:47:53.719><c> need</c><00:47:54.059><c> for</c><00:47:54.380><c> us</c><00:47:54.679><c> to</c><00:47:54.940><c> forgive</c><00:47:55.260><c> others</c>

00:47:55.940 --> 00:47:57.900
who<00:47:56.500><c> sin</c><00:47:56.840><c> against</c><00:47:57.300><c> us.</c>

00:47:58.280 --> 00:48:01.340
Otherwise,<00:47:59.119><c> our</c><00:47:59.380><c> sins</c><00:47:59.659><c> will</c><00:47:59.980><c> not</c><00:48:00.199><c> be</c><00:48:00.480><c> forgiven.</c>

00:48:02.539 --> 00:48:06.059
The<00:48:02.760><c> first</c><00:48:02.940><c> account</c><00:48:03.280><c> is</c><00:48:03.460><c> in</c><00:48:03.579><c> Matthew</c><00:48:03.860><c> 6,</c><00:48:04.639><c> verses</c><00:48:04.860><c> 12</c><00:48:05.360><c> to</c><00:48:05.460><c> 15,</c>

00:48:06.219 --> 00:48:08.460
during<00:48:06.519><c> the</c><00:48:06.780><c> Sermon</c><00:48:06.960><c> on</c><00:48:07.139><c> the</c><00:48:07.300><c> Mount</c><00:48:07.500><c> when</c><00:48:07.659><c> he</c><00:48:07.739><c> gives</c><00:48:08.000><c> us</c><00:48:08.300><c> the</c>

00:48:08.460 --> 00:48:09.699
model<00:48:08.679><c> prayer.</c>

00:48:09.940 --> 00:48:12.820
And<00:48:10.139><c> as</c><00:48:10.239><c> we</c><00:48:10.460><c> sung</c><00:48:10.559><c> in</c><00:48:10.739><c> our</c><00:48:10.940><c> hymn,</c><00:48:11.199><c> he</c><00:48:11.400><c> connects</c><00:48:11.960><c> the</c><00:48:12.280><c> need</c><00:48:12.480><c> for</c>

00:48:12.820 --> 00:48:13.840
our<00:48:13.079><c> daily</c><00:48:13.360><c> bread</c>

00:48:13.840 --> 00:48:17.219
with<00:48:14.940><c> the</c><00:48:15.199><c> need</c><00:48:15.400><c> for</c><00:48:15.760><c> our</c><00:48:16.079><c> forgiveness.</c>

00:48:18.360 --> 00:48:21.059
Forgive<00:48:18.840><c> us</c><00:48:19.079><c> our</c><00:48:19.320><c> debts</c><00:48:19.500><c> as</c><00:48:19.760><c> we</c><00:48:19.920><c> forgive</c><00:48:20.139><c> our</c><00:48:20.360><c> debtors.</c>

00:48:21.219 --> 00:48:23.659
Lead<00:48:21.219><c> us</c><00:48:21.400><c> not</c><00:48:21.559><c> into</c><00:48:21.780><c> temptation,</c><00:48:22.599><c> but</c><00:48:22.739><c> deliver</c><00:48:23.000><c> us</c><00:48:23.159><c> from</c><00:48:23.380><c> evil.</c>

00:48:23.840 --> 00:48:25.719
For<00:48:23.900><c> thine</c><00:48:24.099><c> is</c><00:48:24.320><c> the</c><00:48:24.440><c> kingdom</c><00:48:24.679><c> and</c><00:48:24.820><c> the</c><00:48:25.059><c> power</c><00:48:25.219><c> and</c><00:48:25.340><c> the</c><00:48:25.519><c> glory</c>

00:48:25.719 --> 00:48:27.400
forever.<00:48:26.900><c> Amen.</c>

00:48:27.639 --> 00:48:29.519
For<00:48:27.719><c> if</c><00:48:27.980><c> ye</c><00:48:28.199><c> forgive</c><00:48:28.480><c> men</c><00:48:28.659><c> their</c><00:48:28.940><c> trespasses,</c>

00:48:29.599 --> 00:48:31.900
your<00:48:29.739><c> heavenly</c><00:48:30.079><c> Father</c><00:48:30.440><c> will</c><00:48:30.719><c> also</c><00:48:31.079><c> forgive</c><00:48:31.360><c> you.</c>

00:48:32.300 --> 00:48:34.340
But<00:48:32.460><c> if</c><00:48:32.619><c> ye</c><00:48:32.840><c> forgive</c><00:48:33.059><c> not</c><00:48:33.340><c> men</c><00:48:33.500><c> their</c><00:48:33.780><c> trespasses,</c>

00:48:34.619 --> 00:48:37.159
neither<00:48:34.659><c> will</c><00:48:34.820><c> your</c><00:48:35.000><c> heavenly</c><00:48:35.320><c> Father</c><00:48:35.699><c> forgive</c><00:48:36.000><c> your</c><00:48:36.280><c> trespasses.</c>

00:48:37.619 --> 00:48:40.340
So<00:48:37.900><c> there</c><00:48:38.059><c> is</c><00:48:38.300><c> the</c><00:48:38.500><c> need</c><00:48:38.780><c> for</c><00:48:39.199><c> daily</c><00:48:39.639><c> forgiveness</c>

00:48:40.340 --> 00:48:45.619
to<00:48:40.800><c> be</c><00:48:40.980><c> able</c><00:48:41.159><c> to</c><00:48:41.360><c> maintain</c><00:48:42.280><c> daily</c><00:48:43.239><c> fellowship</c><00:48:43.980><c> with</c><00:48:44.519><c> the</c><00:48:44.800><c> Father.</c>

00:48:45.699 --> 00:48:49.920
If<00:48:46.260><c> we</c><00:48:46.460><c> are</c><00:48:46.659><c> in</c><00:48:46.780><c> need</c><00:48:46.880><c> of</c><00:48:47.139><c> daily</c><00:48:47.360><c> bread</c><00:48:47.639><c> to</c><00:48:47.920><c> sustain</c><00:48:48.219><c> us</c><00:48:48.519><c> physically</c><00:48:48.940><c> and</c><00:48:49.440><c> spiritually,</c>

00:48:50.280 --> 00:48:53.679
then<00:48:50.400><c> we</c><00:48:50.500><c> are</c><00:48:50.780><c> also</c><00:48:51.099><c> in</c><00:48:51.460><c> need</c><00:48:51.659><c> of</c><00:48:51.900><c> his</c><00:48:52.139><c> daily</c><00:48:52.559><c> mercy.</c>

00:48:54.219 --> 00:48:56.440
And<00:48:54.360><c> it's</c><00:48:54.579><c> not</c><00:48:54.820><c> coincidental</c><00:48:55.400><c> that</c><00:48:55.579><c> he</c><00:48:55.800><c> connects</c>

00:48:56.440 --> 00:48:59.019
our<00:48:57.300><c> willingness</c><00:48:57.679><c> to</c><00:48:58.019><c> forgive</c><00:48:58.280><c> others</c>

00:48:59.019 --> 00:49:03.519
with<00:49:00.039><c> our</c><00:49:00.699><c> ability</c><00:49:01.119><c> to</c><00:49:01.380><c> be</c><00:49:01.619><c> forgiven</c><00:49:02.059><c> ourselves.</c>

00:49:04.000 --> 00:49:07.900
And<00:49:04.219><c> he</c><00:49:04.599><c> recognized,</c><00:49:05.139><c> the</c><00:49:05.400><c> Lord</c><00:49:05.619><c> did,</c><00:49:06.239><c> the</c><00:49:06.599><c> difficulty</c><00:49:07.219><c> in</c><00:49:07.619><c> this.</c>

00:49:08.019 --> 00:49:11.099
Because<00:49:08.239><c> in</c><00:49:08.420><c> verse</c><00:49:08.679><c> 14,</c><00:49:09.699><c> immediately</c><00:49:10.139><c> at</c><00:49:10.380><c> the</c><00:49:10.659><c> conclusion</c><00:49:10.920><c> of</c>

00:49:11.099 --> 00:49:12.300
the<00:49:11.300><c> prayer,</c>

00:49:12.800 --> 00:49:16.000
anticipating<00:49:13.440><c> how</c><00:49:13.760><c> difficult</c><00:49:14.320><c> it</c><00:49:14.659><c> is</c><00:49:15.019><c> to</c><00:49:15.320><c> forgive</c><00:49:15.519><c> others,</c>

00:49:16.019 --> 00:49:19.619
he<00:49:16.219><c> says,</c><00:49:16.659><c> for</c><00:49:16.719><c> if</c><00:49:17.019><c> ye</c><00:49:17.260><c> forgive</c><00:49:17.579><c> men</c><00:49:17.900><c> their</c><00:49:18.280><c> trespasses,</c>

00:49:20.099 --> 00:49:22.860
your<00:49:20.260><c> heavenly</c><00:49:20.659><c> Father</c><00:49:21.019><c> will</c><00:49:21.280><c> forgive</c><00:49:21.559><c> you</c><00:49:21.920><c> also.</c>

00:49:23.019 --> 00:49:25.840
So<00:49:23.179><c> he</c><00:49:23.300><c> goes</c><00:49:23.500><c> right</c><00:49:23.880><c> back</c><00:49:24.059><c> to</c><00:49:24.219><c> the</c><00:49:24.420><c> heart</c><00:49:24.599><c> of</c><00:49:24.820><c> the</c><00:49:25.019><c> issue.</c>

00:49:26.480 --> 00:49:28.860
Forgiveness,<00:49:26.960><c> Jesus</c><00:49:27.380><c> says,</c><00:49:27.780><c> has</c><00:49:28.039><c> to</c><00:49:28.239><c> be</c><00:49:28.519><c> extended</c>

00:49:28.860 --> 00:49:32.440
on<00:49:29.219><c> the</c><00:49:29.440><c> basis</c><00:49:29.760><c> of</c><00:49:30.079><c> God's</c><00:49:30.599><c> character,</c><00:49:30.940><c> as</c><00:49:31.159><c> we</c><00:49:31.300><c> have</c><00:49:31.500><c> seen.</c>

00:49:33.280 --> 00:49:36.099
If<00:49:33.480><c> the</c><00:49:33.739><c> person</c><00:49:34.139><c> fails</c><00:49:34.719><c> to</c><00:49:35.000><c> forgive</c><00:49:35.280><c> others,</c>

00:49:36.480 --> 00:49:40.219
for<00:49:36.619><c> whatever</c><00:49:37.199><c> reason,</c><00:49:38.320><c> whatever</c><00:49:38.579><c> reason</c><00:49:38.980><c> we</c><00:49:39.199><c> can</c><00:49:39.519><c> conjecture,</c>

00:49:40.219 --> 00:49:43.480
or<00:49:40.599><c> whatever</c><00:49:40.840><c> reason</c><00:49:41.179><c> we</c><00:49:41.420><c> can</c><00:49:41.659><c> devise</c><00:49:42.199><c> or</c><00:49:42.460><c> design,</c>

00:49:43.860 --> 00:49:46.079
then<00:49:43.960><c> God</c><00:49:44.219><c> will</c><00:49:44.579><c> not</c><00:49:44.900><c> forgive</c><00:49:45.199><c> us.</c>

00:49:46.420 --> 00:49:48.300
And<00:49:46.539><c> the</c><00:49:46.699><c> reason,</c><00:49:47.079><c> brothers</c><00:49:47.179><c> and</c><00:49:47.440><c> sisters,</c><00:49:47.699><c> hopefully</c><00:49:48.079><c> we're</c>

00:49:48.300 --> 00:49:50.159
beginning<00:49:48.920><c> to</c><00:49:49.260><c> see,</c>

00:49:50.239 --> 00:49:53.980
is<00:49:50.400><c> a</c><00:49:50.500><c> person</c><00:49:50.880><c> who</c><00:49:51.340><c> refuses</c><00:49:51.800><c> to</c><00:49:52.159><c> forgive</c><00:49:52.920><c> his</c><00:49:53.320><c> brother</c>

00:49:53.980 --> 00:49:59.420
is<00:49:55.019><c> refusing</c><00:49:55.840><c> to</c><00:49:57.199><c> take</c><00:49:57.400><c> on</c><00:49:57.639><c> the</c><00:49:57.900><c> character</c><00:49:58.300><c> of</c><00:49:58.519><c> God.</c>

00:49:59.760 --> 00:50:02.980
He<00:50:00.039><c> is</c><00:50:00.320><c> saying,</c><00:50:01.019><c> no</c><00:50:01.119><c> to</c><00:50:01.320><c> the</c><00:50:01.500><c> mercy,</c><00:50:02.039><c> no</c><00:50:02.260><c> to</c><00:50:02.440><c> the</c><00:50:02.639><c> grace,</c>

00:50:03.280 --> 00:50:06.280
no<00:50:03.460><c> to</c><00:50:03.639><c> the</c><00:50:03.820><c> longsuffering,</c><00:50:05.039><c> no</c><00:50:05.260><c> to</c><00:50:05.440><c> the</c><00:50:05.619><c> loving</c><00:50:05.800><c> kindness,</c>

00:50:06.440 --> 00:50:07.519
and<00:50:06.599><c> no</c><00:50:06.800><c> to</c><00:50:06.940><c> the</c><00:50:07.119><c> truth.</c>

00:50:07.519 --> 00:50:10.800
That<00:50:08.179><c> is</c><00:50:08.420><c> not</c><00:50:08.800><c> going</c><00:50:09.119><c> to</c><00:50:09.320><c> be</c><00:50:09.519><c> my</c><00:50:09.820><c> character.</c>

00:50:10.860 --> 00:50:13.820
And<00:50:11.039><c> a</c><00:50:11.239><c> person</c><00:50:11.699><c> who</c><00:50:12.059><c> adopts</c><00:50:12.400><c> that</c><00:50:12.780><c> attitude,</c><00:50:13.219><c> God</c><00:50:13.539><c> says,</c>

00:50:13.960 --> 00:50:15.860
I<00:50:14.179><c> cannot</c><00:50:14.619><c> forgive.</c>

00:50:16.099 --> 00:50:21.320
I<00:50:16.420><c> will</c><00:50:16.739><c> not</c><00:50:17.000><c> forgive</c><00:50:17.380><c> one</c><00:50:17.760><c> who</c><00:50:18.159><c> refuses</c><00:50:18.699><c> to</c><00:50:19.639><c> take</c><00:50:19.840><c> on</c><00:50:20.079><c> my</c><00:50:20.400><c> character.</c>

00:50:22.599 --> 00:50:25.440
In<00:50:22.840><c> the</c><00:50:23.119><c> model</c><00:50:23.340><c> prayer,</c><00:50:23.920><c> our</c><00:50:24.079><c> sins</c><00:50:24.239><c> are</c><00:50:24.519><c> portrayed,</c><00:50:24.900><c> as</c><00:50:25.099><c> we</c><00:50:25.260><c> know,</c>

00:50:25.460 --> 00:50:30.079
as<00:50:25.739><c> a</c><00:50:25.940><c> debt</c><00:50:26.159><c> owed</c><00:50:26.420><c> to</c><00:50:26.679><c> God,</c><00:50:27.179><c> so</c><00:50:27.360><c> that</c><00:50:27.619><c> sins</c><00:50:27.900><c> are</c><00:50:28.320><c> linked</c><00:50:28.599><c> with</c><00:50:29.059><c> debts,</c>

00:50:30.199 --> 00:50:33.599
both<00:50:30.539><c> here</c><00:50:30.940><c> and</c><00:50:31.099><c> in</c><00:50:31.280><c> the</c><00:50:31.460><c> parable</c><00:50:31.719><c> of</c><00:50:31.960><c> the</c><00:50:32.159><c> unforgiving</c><00:50:32.559><c> creditor.</c>

00:50:33.940 --> 00:50:36.360
It<00:50:34.179><c> doesn't</c><00:50:34.340><c> mean</c><00:50:34.599><c> that</c><00:50:34.840><c> a</c><00:50:35.019><c> debt</c><00:50:35.239><c> redefines</c><00:50:36.019><c> sin,</c>

00:50:36.360 --> 00:50:40.559
but<00:50:36.539><c> what's</c><00:50:36.860><c> being</c><00:50:37.099><c> portrayed</c><00:50:37.559><c> for</c><00:50:37.940><c> us</c><00:50:38.500><c> is</c><00:50:39.320><c> our</c><00:50:39.699><c> debt</c><00:50:40.000><c> is</c><00:50:40.360><c> like</c>

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a<00:50:40.960><c> payment</c>

00:50:41.260 --> 00:50:44.559
that<00:50:41.519><c> we</c><00:50:41.679><c> owe</c><00:50:41.880><c> to</c><00:50:42.099><c> God</c><00:50:42.420><c> that</c><00:50:42.739><c> we</c><00:50:43.179><c> cannot</c><00:50:43.440><c> pay.</c>

00:50:45.039 --> 00:50:48.019
Sin<00:50:45.199><c> leaves</c><00:50:45.500><c> us</c><00:50:45.739><c> in</c><00:50:45.900><c> a</c><00:50:46.159><c> position</c><00:50:46.519><c> in</c><00:50:46.760><c> which</c><00:50:46.940><c> we</c><00:50:47.119><c> are</c><00:50:47.460><c> powerless</c>

00:50:48.019 --> 00:50:50.659
to<00:50:48.440><c> be</c><00:50:48.639><c> able</c><00:50:48.800><c> to</c><00:50:49.079><c> extricate</c><00:50:49.539><c> ourselves.</c>

00:50:50.760 --> 00:50:54.000
And<00:50:50.920><c> if</c><00:50:51.000><c> you</c><00:50:51.199><c> trace</c><00:50:51.380><c> through</c><00:50:51.599><c> the</c><00:50:51.800><c> words</c><00:50:52.099><c> for</c><00:50:52.480><c> sin</c><00:50:52.940><c> and</c><00:50:53.639><c> debt,</c>

00:50:54.139 --> 00:50:57.019
as<00:50:54.380><c> it</c><00:50:54.519><c> is</c><00:50:54.699><c> in</c><00:50:54.860><c> the</c><00:50:55.119><c> account</c><00:50:55.400><c> of</c><00:50:55.699><c> the</c><00:50:56.019><c> model</c><00:50:56.199><c> prayer</c><00:50:56.519><c> in</c><00:50:56.780><c> Luke,</c>

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you<00:50:57.300><c> find</c><00:50:57.460><c> that</c><00:50:57.639><c> the</c><00:50:57.840><c> words</c><00:50:58.059><c> are</c><00:50:58.420><c> used</c><00:50:58.760><c> interchangeably.</c>

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The<00:51:01.079><c> second</c><00:51:01.360><c> example</c><00:51:01.860><c> of</c><00:51:02.059><c> the</c><00:51:02.280><c> need</c><00:51:02.460><c> for</c><00:51:02.739><c> us</c><00:51:02.960><c> to</c><00:51:03.199><c> forgive</c><00:51:03.480><c> one</c><00:51:03.719><c> another</c>

00:51:04.019 --> 00:51:06.400
is<00:51:04.260><c> found</c><00:51:04.559><c> in</c><00:51:04.739><c> Mark</c><00:51:04.960><c> chapter</c><00:51:05.360><c> 11.</c>

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It's<00:51:07.099><c> the</c><00:51:07.480><c> day</c><00:51:07.699><c> three</c><00:51:08.000><c> of</c><00:51:08.159><c> the</c><00:51:08.380><c> final</c><00:51:08.599><c> week.</c>

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He<00:51:10.219><c> says,</c><00:51:10.539><c> when</c><00:51:10.539><c> you</c><00:51:10.820><c> stand</c><00:51:11.039><c> praying,</c><00:51:11.659><c> if</c><00:51:11.860><c> you</c><00:51:12.039><c> have</c><00:51:12.320><c> ought</c>

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against<00:51:12.980><c> any,</c>

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in<00:51:13.820><c> verse</c><00:51:14.059><c> 25,</c><00:51:15.360><c> that</c><00:51:15.480><c> your</c><00:51:15.699><c> father</c><00:51:15.960><c> also,</c><00:51:16.599><c> which</c><00:51:16.679><c> is</c><00:51:16.860><c> in</c><00:51:17.019><c> heaven,</c>

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may<00:51:17.420><c> forgive</c><00:51:17.760><c> you</c><00:51:18.260><c> your</c><00:51:18.559><c> trespasses.</c>

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But<00:51:20.380><c> if</c><00:51:20.599><c> you</c><00:51:20.739><c> do</c><00:51:21.000><c> not</c><00:51:21.300><c> forgive,</c><00:51:21.960><c> neither</c><00:51:22.119><c> will</c><00:51:22.199><c> your</c><00:51:22.460><c> father,</c>

00:51:22.739 --> 00:51:25.500
which<00:51:22.920><c> is</c><00:51:23.119><c> in</c><00:51:23.340><c> heaven,</c><00:51:23.679><c> forgive</c><00:51:23.900><c> your</c><00:51:24.260><c> trespasses.</c>

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So<00:51:26.340><c> when</c><00:51:26.639><c> we</c><00:51:26.840><c> view</c><00:51:27.219><c> Mark</c><00:51:27.780><c> 11,</c><00:51:29.239><c> along</c><00:51:29.380><c> with</c><00:51:29.579><c> the</c><00:51:29.800><c> model</c><00:51:29.980><c> prayer</c>

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in<00:51:30.599><c> Matthew</c><00:51:31.039><c> 6,</c>

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what<00:51:32.300><c> this</c><00:51:32.579><c> is</c><00:51:32.820><c> telling</c><00:51:33.079><c> us</c><00:51:33.739><c> is</c><00:51:34.400><c> every</c><00:51:35.000><c> single</c><00:51:35.659><c> time</c><00:51:36.380><c> we</c><00:51:37.099><c> ask</c>

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for<00:51:37.719><c> forgiveness,</c>

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every<00:51:39.519><c> single</c><00:51:40.239><c> time,</c><00:51:42.119><c> we</c><00:51:42.360><c> need</c><00:51:42.559><c> to</c><00:51:42.780><c> make</c><00:51:43.039><c> sure</c><00:51:43.480><c> that</c><00:51:43.940><c> we</c><00:51:44.099><c> have</c>

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also<00:51:44.820><c> forgiven</c>

00:51:45.280 --> 00:51:49.219
all<00:51:45.960><c> those</c><00:51:46.659><c> who</c><00:51:47.360><c> have</c><00:51:47.559><c> sinned</c><00:51:47.760><c> against</c><00:51:48.059><c> us.</c>

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So,<00:51:49.760><c> brethren,</c><00:51:50.119><c> we</c><00:51:50.239><c> ought</c><00:51:50.500><c> never</c><00:51:50.860><c> to</c><00:51:51.219><c> pray</c><00:51:51.679><c> that</c><00:51:53.000><c> God</c><00:51:53.300><c> will</c><00:51:53.619><c> forgive</c><00:51:53.840><c> us</c>

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without<00:51:56.159><c> also</c><00:51:56.719><c> acknowledging</c><00:51:57.599><c> the</c><00:51:59.000><c> need</c><00:51:59.320><c> to</c><00:51:59.599><c> forgive</c><00:51:59.800><c> those</c>

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who<00:52:00.420><c> have</c><00:52:00.679><c> sinned</c><00:52:01.079><c> against</c><00:52:01.420><c> us,</c>

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because<00:52:02.800><c> it</c><00:52:02.940><c> is</c><00:52:03.199><c> the</c><00:52:03.440><c> Lord</c><00:52:03.760><c> that</c><00:52:04.019><c> connects</c><00:52:04.579><c> those</c><00:52:05.219><c> two</c><00:52:05.840><c> aspects</c><00:52:06.440><c> of</c><00:52:06.800><c> forgiveness.</c>

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If<00:52:08.219><c> you</c><00:52:08.599><c> have</c><00:52:09.099><c> ought</c><00:52:09.460><c> against</c><00:52:10.519><c> any,</c>

00:52:12.480 --> 00:52:17.719
which<00:52:13.159><c> means</c><00:52:13.840><c> any</c><00:52:14.679><c> sin</c><00:52:15.159><c> that</c><00:52:15.420><c> has</c><00:52:15.599><c> been</c><00:52:15.880><c> committed</c><00:52:16.219><c> against</c><00:52:16.699><c> you,</c>

00:52:17.840 --> 00:52:22.000
and<00:52:17.980><c> you</c><00:52:18.219><c> have</c><00:52:18.579><c> ought</c><00:52:18.760><c> as</c><00:52:19.099><c> a</c><00:52:19.300><c> result</c><00:52:19.559><c> of</c><00:52:19.780><c> it,</c><00:52:20.119><c> against</c><00:52:20.599><c> anyone,</c>

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Christ<00:52:22.940><c> says,</c><00:52:23.539><c> we</c><00:52:23.639><c> need</c><00:52:23.860><c> to</c><00:52:24.260><c> eliminate</c><00:52:24.719><c> that</c><00:52:25.119><c> from</c><00:52:25.340><c> our</c><00:52:25.639><c> heart</c>

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and<00:52:26.119><c> our</c><00:52:26.340><c> mind.</c>

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And<00:52:27.539><c> the</c><00:52:27.820><c> wisdom</c><00:52:28.320><c> is</c><00:52:28.739><c> that</c><00:52:28.960><c> it</c><00:52:29.119><c> will</c><00:52:29.460><c> provide</c><00:52:29.840><c> no</c><00:52:30.300><c> opportunity</c>

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for<00:52:31.519><c> any</c><00:52:31.880><c> grudge</c>

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or<00:52:32.739><c> any</c><00:52:33.199><c> ill</c><00:52:33.460><c> will,</c><00:52:35.260><c> because</c><00:52:35.460><c> every</c><00:52:36.260><c> day</c><00:52:36.800><c> we</c><00:52:37.079><c> are</c><00:52:37.320><c> asking</c><00:52:37.659><c> for</c><00:52:38.000><c> forgiveness,</c>

00:52:39.219 --> 00:52:44.119
and<00:52:39.420><c> every</c><00:52:40.039><c> day</c><00:52:40.739><c> we</c><00:52:41.039><c> are</c><00:52:41.300><c> asking</c><00:52:41.880><c> that</c><00:52:42.559><c> God</c><00:52:42.760><c> help</c><00:52:43.099><c> us</c><00:52:43.360><c> to</c><00:52:43.559><c> forgive</c><00:52:43.760><c> those</c>

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who<00:52:44.320><c> have</c><00:52:44.519><c> sinned</c><00:52:44.760><c> against</c><00:52:45.079><c> us.</c>

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So<00:52:46.619><c> it</c><00:52:46.860><c> leaves</c><00:52:47.199><c> us</c><00:52:47.659><c> each</c><00:52:48.099><c> day,</c><00:52:48.599><c> if</c><00:52:48.820><c> we</c><00:52:49.039><c> are</c><00:52:49.239><c> faithful,</c><00:52:50.159><c> free,</c><00:52:51.659><c> free,</c>

00:52:53.679 --> 00:52:57.699
from<00:52:54.159><c> any</c><00:52:54.639><c> of</c><00:52:55.239><c> the</c><00:52:55.539><c> evil</c><00:52:55.739><c> spirit,</c><00:52:56.619><c> from</c><00:52:56.619><c> any</c><00:52:57.039><c> of</c><00:52:57.219><c> the</c><00:52:57.400><c> grudge</c>

00:52:57.699 --> 00:53:01.800
that<00:52:57.900><c> is</c><00:52:58.139><c> normally</c><00:52:58.519><c> associated</c><00:52:59.360><c> with</c><00:53:00.380><c> those</c><00:53:00.900><c> when</c><00:53:01.440><c> others</c>

00:53:01.800 --> 00:53:03.940
sin<00:53:02.340><c> against</c><00:53:02.800><c> us.</c>

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In<00:53:04.260><c> Luke</c><00:53:04.480><c> 6,</c><00:53:04.940><c> at</c><00:53:05.039><c> verse</c><00:53:05.260><c> 37,</c><00:53:05.940><c> he</c><00:53:05.940><c> says,</c>

00:53:06.500 --> 00:53:08.039
Judge<00:53:06.500><c> not,</c><00:53:07.000><c> and</c><00:53:07.019><c> ye</c><00:53:07.199><c> shall</c><00:53:07.340><c> not</c><00:53:07.599><c> be</c><00:53:07.739><c> judged.</c>

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Condemn<00:53:08.659><c> not,</c><00:53:09.239><c> and</c><00:53:09.300><c> ye</c><00:53:09.440><c> shall</c><00:53:09.619><c> not</c><00:53:09.800><c> be</c><00:53:09.960><c> condemned.</c>

00:53:10.440 --> 00:53:12.719
Forgive,<00:53:11.039><c> and</c><00:53:11.139><c> ye</c><00:53:11.360><c> shall</c><00:53:11.539><c> be</c><00:53:11.840><c> forgiven.</c>

00:53:13.280 --> 00:53:15.219
The<00:53:13.519><c> word</c><00:53:13.739><c> there,</c><00:53:13.960><c> if</c><00:53:14.079><c> we</c><00:53:14.219><c> were</c><00:53:14.340><c> to</c><00:53:14.480><c> trace</c><00:53:14.619><c> it</c><00:53:14.840><c> through,</c><00:53:15.159><c> means</c>

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to<00:53:15.539><c> fully</c><00:53:15.800><c> forgive,</c>

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as<00:53:16.460><c> the</c><00:53:16.619><c> woman</c><00:53:16.840><c> who</c><00:53:17.019><c> was</c><00:53:17.320><c> loosed</c><00:53:17.900><c> of</c><00:53:18.099><c> her</c><00:53:18.420><c> infirmity</c><00:53:19.420><c> was</c>

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fully<00:53:20.460><c> healed.</c>

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There<00:53:21.079><c> is</c><00:53:21.360><c> no</c><00:53:21.719><c> partial</c><00:53:22.280><c> forgiveness.</c>

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But<00:53:24.500><c> again,</c><00:53:24.739><c> the</c><00:53:24.920><c> only</c><00:53:25.179><c> way</c><00:53:25.420><c> we</c><00:53:25.599><c> can</c><00:53:25.880><c> come</c><00:53:26.079><c> to</c><00:53:26.360><c> forgive</c><00:53:26.699><c> others</c>

00:53:27.320 --> 00:53:30.260
is<00:53:27.780><c> to</c><00:53:28.039><c> forgive</c><00:53:28.380><c> them</c><00:53:28.639><c> by</c><00:53:29.039><c> faith.</c>

00:53:30.760 --> 00:53:33.400
Forgiving<00:53:31.300><c> others</c><00:53:31.840><c> when</c><00:53:32.059><c> we</c><00:53:32.320><c> are</c><00:53:32.579><c> sinned</c><00:53:32.900><c> against</c>

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should<00:53:34.559><c> be</c><00:53:34.800><c> the</c><00:53:35.139><c> first</c><00:53:35.539><c> thing</c><00:53:36.059><c> that</c><00:53:36.280><c> we</c><00:53:36.420><c> do</c><00:53:36.559><c> in</c><00:53:36.719><c> that</c><00:53:36.880><c> situation,</c><00:53:38.559><c> not</c><00:53:38.980><c> the</c><00:53:39.199><c> last.</c>