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we</c><00:15:20.600><c> moved</c><00:15:20.860><c> on</c><00:15:21.139><c> that</c><00:15:21.399><c> doctrine,</c><00:15:21.720><c> later</c><00:15:22.000><c> on</c><00:15:22.179><c> when</c> 00:15:22.279 --> 00:15:24.440 it<00:15:22.500><c> did</c><00:15:22.720><c> come</c><00:15:22.940><c> to</c><00:15:23.120><c> the</c><00:15:23.279><c> fore</c><00:15:23.419><c> and</c><00:15:23.620><c> cause</c><00:15:23.779><c> a</c><00:15:23.820><c> lot</c><00:15:23.980><c> of</c><00:15:24.179><c> trouble,</c> 00:15:24.820 --> 00:15:34.240 we<00:15:24.919><c> found</c><00:15:25.179><c> that</c><00:15:25.360><c> the</c><00:15:25.600><c> one</c><00:15:25.960><c> ingredient</c><00:15:26.639><c> which</c><00:15:33.220><c> caused</c><00:15:33.559><c> all</c><00:15:33.980><c> the</c> 00:15:34.240 --> 00:15:36.139 trouble<00:15:34.480><c> was</c><00:15:34.759><c> not</c><00:15:35.139><c> the</c><00:15:35.379><c> doctrine</c><00:15:35.580><c> of</c><00:15:35.720><c> the</c><00:15:35.879><c> 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them</c><00:15:59.039><c> as</c><00:15:59.200><c> high</c><00:15:59.379><c> as</c><00:15:59.440><c> he</c><00:15:59.639><c> possibly</c> 00:16:00.000 --> 00:16:01.419 can<00:16:00.220><c> each</c><00:16:00.500><c> time.</c> 00:16:01.620 --> 00:16:04.100 Some<00:16:01.759><c> of</c><00:16:01.879><c> you</c><00:16:01.879><c> may</c><00:16:02.039><c> have</c><00:16:02.159><c> to</c><00:16:02.299><c> move</c><00:16:02.440><c> as</c><00:16:02.559><c> we</c><00:16:02.720><c> go</c><00:16:02.899><c> along,</c><00:16:03.100><c> Maynard.</c> 00:16:04.600 --> 00:16:08.559 There<00:16:04.960><c> are</c><00:16:05.500><c> four</c><00:16:06.059><c> basic</c><00:16:06.860><c> governing</c><00:16:07.379><c> principles</c><00:16:07.899><c> of</c><00:16:08.159><c> Atonement.</c> 00:16:08.639 --> 00:16:11.360 This<00:16:08.720><c> is</c><00:16:08.960><c> straight</c><00:16:09.220><c> out</c><00:16:09.419><c> of</c><00:16:09.460><c> the</c><00:16:09.580><c> blood</c><00:16:09.700><c> of</c><00:16:10.379><c> Christ.</c> 00:16:11.799 --> 00:16:14.139 And<00:16:11.879><c> Brother</c><00:16:12.100><c> Roberts</c><00:16:12.340><c> points</c><00:16:12.700><c> out</c><00:16:13.059><c> that</c><00:16:13.519><c> when</c><00:16:13.720><c> we</c><00:16:13.799><c> look</c><00:16:13.960><c> at</c> 00:16:14.139 --> 00:16:14.740 these<00:16:14.360><c> scriptures,</c> 00:16:14.960 --> 00:16:18.840 we<00:16:14.980><c> find</c><00:16:15.299><c> that</c><00:16:15.559><c> there</c><00:16:15.679><c> are</c><00:16:15.860><c> four</c><00:16:16.539><c> great</c><00:16:17.000><c> governing</c><00:16:17.480><c> principles</c><00:16:17.960><c> of</c><00:16:18.240><c> the</c><00:16:18.480><c> Atonement.</c> 00:16:18.879 --> 00:16:25.399 They<00:16:19.100><c> are</c><00:16:19.460><c> the</c><00:16:19.679><c> power,</c><00:16:20.820><c> the</c><00:16:21.019><c> wisdom,</c><00:16:22.000><c> the</c><00:16:22.240><c> righteousness,</c><00:16:23.379><c> and</c><00:16:23.539><c> the</c><00:16:23.759><c> love</c><00:16:24.080><c> of</c><00:16:24.519><c> God.</c> 00:16:25.879 --> 00:16:29.799 All<00:16:26.279><c> of</c><00:16:26.419><c> those</c><00:16:26.639><c> things</c><00:16:27.019><c> of</c><00:16:27.460><c> God.</c><00:16:28.379><c> That's</c><00:16:28.779><c> most</c><00:16:29.179><c> important.</c> 00:16:29.799 --> 00:16:33.519 Now<00:16:30.720><c> we've</c><00:16:31.100><c> read</c><00:16:31.500><c> from</c><00:16:31.980><c> the</c><00:16:32.259><c> 1st</c><00:16:32.600><c> Corinthians</c><00:16:32.879><c> 1,</c><00:16:33.240><c> we</c><00:16:33.360><c> don't</c> 00:16:33.519 --> 00:16:35.159 have<00:16:33.659><c> to</c><00:16:33.740><c> look</c><00:16:33.879><c> that</c><00:16:34.039><c> up</c><00:16:34.179><c> again,</c> 00:16:35.919 --> 00:16:37.000 where<00:16:36.139><c> the</c><00:16:36.299><c> Apostle</c><00:16:36.700><c> says,</c> 00:16:37.220 --> 00:16:40.700 But<00:16:37.220><c> to</c><00:16:37.440><c> us,</c><00:16:37.919><c> he</c><00:16:38.100><c> says,</c><00:16:38.539><c> who</c><00:16:38.600><c> are</c><00:16:38.980><c> called</c><00:16:39.200><c> both</c><00:16:39.519><c> of</c><00:16:39.740><c> Jews</c><00:16:39.980><c> and</c><00:16:40.259><c> Greeks,</c> 00:16:41.159 --> 00:16:45.899 Christ,<00:16:42.179><c> the</c><00:16:42.580><c> power</c><00:16:42.860><c> of</c><00:16:43.120><c> God,</c><00:16:43.779><c> and</c><00:16:44.000><c> the</c><00:16:44.340><c> wisdom</c><00:16:44.720><c> of</c><00:16:44.980><c> God.</c> 00:16:47.039 --> 00:16:50.179 Now<00:16:47.279><c> in</c><00:16:47.379><c> Romans</c><00:16:47.779><c> chapter</c><00:16:48.179><c> 3,</c><00:16:48.740><c> of</c><00:16:49.019><c> course,</c><00:16:49.500><c> we</c><00:16:49.580><c> read,</c><00:16:50.000><c> did</c><00:16:50.000><c> we</c> 00:16:50.179 --> 00:16:51.440 not,<00:16:50.299><c> in</c><00:16:50.500><c> our</c><00:16:50.659><c> Roman</c><00:16:50.960><c> study,</c> 00:16:51.759 --> 00:16:55.379 that<00:16:51.919><c> he</c><00:16:52.220><c> died</c><00:16:52.559><c> to</c><00:16:52.799><c> declare</c><00:16:53.320><c> God's</c><00:16:54.159><c> righteousness.</c> 00:16:56.220 --> 00:16:59.879 And<00:16:56.700><c> in</c><00:16:56.820><c> the</c><00:16:56.919><c> 1st</c><00:16:57.340><c> of</c><00:16:57.500><c> John</c><00:16:57.799><c> chapter</c><00:16:58.100><c> 4</c><00:16:58.600><c> and</c><00:16:58.860><c> verse</c><00:16:59.159><c> 10,</c><00:16:59.679><c> here</c> 00:16:59.879 --> 00:17:01.600 we<00:16:59.980><c> read</c><00:17:00.240><c> in</c><00:17:00.379><c> that</c><00:17:00.600><c> chapter,</c> 00:17:01.720 --> 00:17:04.859 here<00:17:01.840><c> in</c><00:17:02.019><c> his</c><00:17:02.259><c> love,</c><00:17:02.620><c> not</c><00:17:02.779><c> that</c><00:17:02.940><c> we</c><00:17:03.200><c> loved</c><00:17:03.480><c> God,</c><00:17:04.000><c> but</c><00:17:04.180><c> he</c><00:17:04.400><c> first</c> 00:17:04.859 --> 00:17:06.460 loved<00:17:05.200><c> us.</c> 00:17:06.880 --> 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all,</c><00:17:18.140><c> this</c><00:17:18.339><c> is</c><00:17:18.819><c> my</c><00:17:19.119><c> attempt</c><00:17:19.319><c> at</c><00:17:19.420><c> being</c><00:17:19.759><c> simple.</c> 00:17:21.140 --> 00:17:24.140 We<00:17:21.599><c> take,</c><00:17:22.079><c> for</c><00:17:22.200><c> example,</c><00:17:22.640><c> some</c><00:17:22.839><c> of</c><00:17:23.000><c> the</c><00:17:23.160><c> false</c><00:17:23.420><c> theories,</c><00:17:23.900><c> not</c> 00:17:24.140 --> 00:17:25.259 so<00:17:24.380><c> much</c><00:17:24.559><c> in</c><00:17:24.740><c> the</c><00:17:24.920><c> Brotherhood,</c> 00:17:25.319 --> 00:17:27.240 we'll<00:17:25.480><c> take</c><00:17:25.640><c> some</c><00:17:25.819><c> little</c><00:17:25.980><c> bit</c><00:17:26.160><c> more</c><00:17:26.319><c> ridiculous</c><00:17:26.759><c> ones</c><00:17:27.099><c> in</c> 00:17:27.240 --> 00:17:27.680 the<00:17:27.480><c> world,</c> 00:17:27.779 --> 00:17:30.059 and<00:17:27.839><c> it's</c><00:17:27.980><c> the</c><00:17:28.180><c> ridiculous</c><00:17:28.579><c> ones</c><00:17:28.880><c> that</c><00:17:29.099><c> illustrate</c><00:17:29.519><c> the</c><00:17:29.799><c> point.</c> 00:17:30.500 --> 00:17:32.740 We'll<00:17:30.759><c> take</c><00:17:30.940><c> the</c><00:17:31.119><c> illustration</c><00:17:31.720><c> that</c><00:17:32.039><c> is</c><00:17:32.240><c> generally</c><00:17:32.539><c> given</c> 00:17:32.740 --> 00:17:33.539 in<00:17:32.940><c> the</c><00:17:33.119><c> churches</c> 00:17:33.539 --> 00:17:37.180 that<00:17:34.019><c> represent</c><00:17:34.559><c> the</c><00:17:34.839><c> sacrifice</c><00:17:35.319><c> of</c><00:17:35.559><c> Christ</c><00:17:35.839><c> like</c><00:17:36.220><c> this.</c> 00:17:38.279 --> 00:17:41.700 A<00:17:38.380><c> murderer</c><00:17:38.859><c> is</c><00:17:39.180><c> taken,</c><00:17:39.619><c> and</c><00:17:39.740><c> he's</c><00:17:40.920><c> proven</c><00:17:41.119><c> to</c><00:17:41.319><c> be</c><00:17:41.460><c> a</c><00:17:41.579><c> murderer,</c> 00:17:41.839 --> 00:17:44.200 there's<00:17:41.940><c> no</c><00:17:42.059><c> doubt</c><00:17:42.140><c> about</c><00:17:42.380><c> it,</c><00:17:42.740><c> his</c><00:17:42.960><c> whole</c><00:17:43.359><c> life</c><00:17:43.720><c> has</c><00:17:43.920><c> been</c><00:17:44.059><c> a</c> 00:17:44.200 --> 00:17:45.220 life<00:17:44.420><c> of</c><00:17:44.700><c> debauchery.</c> 00:17:45.559 --> 00:17:47.640 He's<00:17:45.960><c> a</c><00:17:46.200><c> rotten</c><00:17:46.460><c> man</c><00:17:46.859><c> through</c><00:17:47.160><c> and</c><00:17:47.400><c> through.</c> 00:17:47.640 --> 00:17:50.180 And<00:17:47.980><c> he's</c><00:17:48.279><c> caught</c><00:17:48.559><c> and</c><00:17:48.759><c> he's</c><00:17:48.960><c> going</c><00:17:49.059><c> to</c><00:17:49.160><c> be</c><00:17:49.380><c> arranged</c><00:17:49.720><c> before</c> 00:17:50.180 --> 00:17:50.839 the<00:17:50.519><c> scaffold,</c> 00:17:50.940 --> 00:17:51.859 they're<00:17:51.140><c> going</c><00:17:51.160><c> to</c><00:17:51.339><c> hang</c><00:17:51.539><c> him.</c> 00:17:52.000 --> 00:17:56.140 Now<00:17:52.140><c> this</c><00:17:52.240><c> is</c><00:17:52.420><c> going</c><00:17:52.519><c> to</c><00:17:52.619><c> be</c><00:17:52.839><c> represented</c><00:17:53.299><c> as</c><00:17:53.680><c> God's</c><00:17:55.259><c> power.</c> 00:17:56.339 --> 00:17:57.940 They're<00:17:56.460><c> going</c><00:17:56.539><c> to</c><00:17:56.700><c> hang</c><00:17:56.859><c> this</c><00:17:57.119><c> man.</c> 00:17:58.180 --> 00:18:00.819 But<00:17:58.299><c> along</c><00:17:58.539><c> comes</c><00:17:58.799><c> his</c><00:17:59.059><c> good</c><00:17:59.339><c> friend,</c><00:18:00.000><c> who's</c><00:18:00.220><c> never</c><00:18:00.480><c> done</c><00:18:00.619><c> a</c> 00:18:00.819 --> 00:18:01.880 wrong<00:18:01.000><c> thing</c><00:18:01.180><c> in</c><00:18:01.319><c> his</c><00:18:01.559><c> life,</c> 00:18:02.140 --> 00:18:06.000 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Christ.</c> 00:18:15.599 --> 00:18:18.240 That<00:18:16.240><c> to</c><00:18:16.599><c> them</c><00:18:16.759><c> is</c><00:18:17.000><c> the</c><00:18:17.160><c> doctrine</c><00:18:17.400><c> of</c><00:18:17.559><c> the</c><00:18:17.660><c> attainment.</c> 00:18:18.480 --> 00:18:19.920 Now<00:18:18.519><c> look</c><00:18:18.660><c> at</c><00:18:18.779><c> those</c><00:18:18.940><c> principles.</c> 00:18:21.619 --> 00:18:23.279 Is<00:18:21.720><c> there</c><00:18:21.960><c> power</c><00:18:22.279><c> in</c><00:18:22.480><c> that?</c> 00:18:24.799 --> 00:18:28.099 Is<00:18:25.000><c> it</c><00:18:25.299><c> power</c><00:18:25.819><c> to</c><00:18:26.460><c> hang</c><00:18:26.740><c> an</c><00:18:26.960><c> innocent</c><00:18:27.200><c> man</c><00:18:27.480><c> for</c><00:18:27.720><c> a</c><00:18:27.859><c> guilty?</c> 00:18:28.220 --> 00:18:29.660 Does<00:18:28.380><c> that</c><00:18:28.700><c> represent</c><00:18:29.259><c> power?</c> 00:18:30.000 --> 00:18:32.420 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of</c><00:18:54.799><c> course</c><00:18:55.099><c> making</c><00:18:55.400><c> a</c> 00:18:55.559 --> 00:18:57.119 little<00:18:55.900><c> tyrant</c><00:18:56.220><c> out</c><00:18:56.359><c> of</c><00:18:56.460><c> the</c><00:18:56.559><c> evil</c><00:18:56.839><c> one.</c> 00:18:57.480 --> 00:18:59.380 You<00:18:57.720><c> know</c><00:18:57.940><c> that</c><00:18:58.039><c> that</c><00:18:58.140><c> would</c><00:18:58.440><c> not</c><00:18:58.660><c> be</c><00:18:58.880><c> wisdom.</c> 00:18:59.799 --> 00:19:01.200 And<00:18:59.920><c> is</c><00:19:00.079><c> it</c><00:19:00.319><c> righteousness?</c> 00:19:02.180 --> 00:19:06.480 No,<00:19:02.599><c> it</c><00:19:02.599><c> is</c><00:19:03.559><c> just</c><00:19:03.799><c> basic</c><00:19:04.500><c> unrighteousness.</c> 00:19:07.200 --> 00:19:09.759 It<00:19:07.359><c> is</c><00:19:07.700><c> arguable</c><00:19:08.359><c> that</c><00:19:08.500><c> it</c><00:19:08.640><c> is</c><00:19:08.799><c> love.</c> 00:19:10.559 --> 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God's</c><00:21:20.759><c> pleasure</c><00:21:21.079><c> and</c><00:21:21.440><c> glory.</c> 00:21:22.079 --> 00:21:26.720 They<00:21:22.759><c> are</c><00:21:23.119><c> and</c><00:21:23.279><c> were</c><00:21:23.599><c> created</c><00:21:24.099><c> for</c><00:21:24.319><c> thy</c><00:21:24.519><c> pleasure</c><00:21:24.900><c> says</c><00:21:25.259><c> Revelation</c><00:21:25.819><c> chapter</c><00:21:26.180><c> 4</c><00:21:26.559><c> and</c> 00:21:26.720 --> 00:21:27.920 verse<00:21:26.980><c> 11.</c> 00:21:28.200 --> 00:21:32.920 So<00:21:28.799><c> that</c><00:21:29.000><c> the</c><00:21:29.140><c> whole</c><00:21:29.400><c> creation</c><00:21:29.859><c> therefore</c><00:21:30.380><c> was</c><00:21:30.640><c> an</c><00:21:30.779><c> expression</c><00:21:31.380><c> of</c><00:21:31.619><c> God's</c><00:21:32.099><c> will.</c> 00:21:33.200 --> 00:21:35.759 Not<00:21:33.359><c> simply</c><00:21:33.720><c> the</c><00:21:33.940><c> law</c><00:21:34.140><c> of</c><00:21:34.319><c> God</c><00:21:34.519><c> that</c><00:21:34.640><c> was</c><00:21:34.779><c> given,</c><00:21:35.500><c> but</c><00:21:35.599><c> the</c> 00:21:35.759 --> 00:21:38.240 whole<00:21:36.059><c> creation</c><00:21:36.640><c> expressed</c><00:21:37.339><c> God's</c><00:21:37.940><c> will.</c> 00:21:38.480 --> 00:21:42.880 That<00:21:38.619><c> is</c><00:21:38.839><c> God's</c><00:21:39.319><c> will</c><00:21:39.480><c> to</c><00:21:39.660><c> bring</c><00:21:39.880><c> all</c><00:21:40.299><c> things</c><00:21:40.680><c> under</c><00:21:41.019><c> subjection</c><00:21:41.599><c> to</c><00:21:41.819><c> Himself.</c> 00:21:43.279 --> 00:21:48.660 Sin<00:21:43.880><c> is</c><00:21:44.480><c> an</c><00:21:44.599><c> expression</c><00:21:45.319><c> of</c><00:21:45.759><c> another</c><00:21:46.259><c> will</c><00:21:46.720><c> in</c><00:21:47.039><c> opposition</c><00:21:47.519><c> to</c><00:21:47.819><c> God.</c> 00:21:49.099 --> 00:21:51.640 Now<00:21:49.359><c> you</c><00:21:49.420><c> may</c><00:21:49.700><c> have</c><00:21:49.859><c> had</c><00:21:50.039><c> several</c><00:21:50.400><c> definitions</c><00:21:50.900><c> of</c><00:21:51.180><c> sin</c><00:21:51.319><c> over</c> 00:21:51.640 --> 00:21:52.180 the<00:21:51.859><c> years.</c> 00:21:52.559 --> 00:21:55.500 It's<00:21:52.900><c> transgression</c><00:21:53.259><c> of</c><00:21:53.539><c> law</c><00:21:53.740><c> as</c><00:21:53.980><c> the</c><00:21:54.119><c> first</c><00:21:54.359><c> of</c><00:21:54.539><c> John</c><00:21:54.779><c> chapter</c><00:21:55.039><c> 3</c><00:21:55.319><c> and</c> 00:21:55.500 --> 00:21:56.640 verse<00:21:55.740><c> 4</c><00:21:56.119><c> says.</c> 00:21:56.640 --> 00:22:00.200 But<00:21:57.420><c> it</c><00:21:57.559><c> is</c><00:21:57.859><c> also,</c><00:21:58.440><c> brethren</c><00:21:58.640><c> and</c><00:21:58.920><c> sisters,</c><00:21:59.339><c> an</c><00:21:59.460><c> expression</c> 00:22:00.200 --> 00:22:04.160 of<00:22:00.660><c> another</c><00:22:01.200><c> will</c><00:22:01.660><c> in</c><00:22:02.880><c> opposition</c><00:22:03.380><c> to</c><00:22:03.579><c> God's</c><00:22:03.960><c> will.</c> 00:22:04.559 --> 00:22:07.059 Now<00:22:04.740><c> God</c><00:22:05.039><c> cannot</c><00:22:05.380><c> tolerate</c><00:22:05.799><c> that</c><00:22:06.039><c> because</c><00:22:06.359><c> if</c><00:22:06.640><c> He</c><00:22:06.740><c> were</c><00:22:06.900><c> to</c> 00:22:07.059 --> 00:22:07.819 tolerate<00:22:07.380><c> that</c> 00:22:07.819 --> 00:22:12.400 then<00:22:08.140><c> the</c><00:22:08.380><c> world</c><00:22:08.559><c> would</c><00:22:08.779><c> have</c><00:22:09.019><c> to</c><00:22:09.160><c> consist</c><00:22:09.640><c> of</c><00:22:10.299><c> and</c><00:22:10.559><c> ultimately</c><00:22:10.859><c> in</c><00:22:11.519><c> the</c><00:22:11.799><c> expression</c><00:22:12.140><c> of</c> 00:22:12.400 --> 00:22:13.400 two<00:22:12.619><c> wills.</c> 00:22:13.420 --> 00:22:14.519 And<00:22:13.619><c> that's</c><00:22:13.839><c> not</c><00:22:14.140><c> so.</c> 00:22:15.000 --> 00:22:18.839 The<00:22:15.200><c> Lord's</c><00:22:15.599><c> prayer</c><00:22:15.779><c> is</c><00:22:16.240><c> thy</c><00:22:16.799><c> will</c><00:22:17.240><c> be</c><00:22:17.539><c> done</c><00:22:17.940><c> in</c><00:22:18.319><c> heaven</c><00:22:18.539><c> as</c><00:22:18.740><c> it</c> 00:22:18.839 --> 00:22:21.279 is<00:22:19.000><c> done</c><00:22:19.160><c> on</c><00:22:19.539><c> earth,</c><00:22:19.880><c> rather,</c><00:22:20.220><c> as</c><00:22:20.380><c> it</c><00:22:20.460><c> is</c><00:22:20.619><c> done</c><00:22:20.740><c> in</c><00:22:20.980><c> heaven.</c> 00:22:21.500 --> 00:22:25.460 And<00:22:21.640><c> in</c><00:22:21.799><c> the</c><00:22:22.000><c> Garden</c><00:22:22.200><c> of</c><00:22:22.339><c> Gethsemane</c><00:22:22.779><c> not</c><00:22:23.200><c> my</c><00:22:23.680><c> will,</c><00:22:24.220><c> but</c><00:22:24.480><c> thine</c><00:22:24.880><c> be</c><00:22:25.160><c> done.</c> 00:22:25.460 --> 00:22:29.359 So<00:22:26.119><c> God</c><00:22:26.460><c> cannot</c><00:22:26.900><c> and</c><00:22:27.220><c> does</c><00:22:27.619><c> not</c><00:22:27.880><c> tolerate</c><00:22:28.440><c> sin.</c> 00:22:29.480 --> 00:22:32.180 It's<00:22:29.680><c> an</c><00:22:29.799><c> expression</c><00:22:30.119><c> of</c><00:22:30.359><c> a</c><00:22:30.480><c> will</c><00:22:30.579><c> in</c><00:22:30.700><c> opposition</c><00:22:31.079><c> to</c><00:22:31.359><c> Him.</c> 00:22:32.859 --> 00:22:37.940 But<00:22:33.140><c> sin,</c><00:22:34.720><c> God's</c><00:22:35.220><c> purpose</c><00:22:35.500><c> is</c><00:22:35.900><c> challenged</c><00:22:36.519><c> by</c><00:22:36.980><c> sin.</c> 00:22:39.000 --> 00:22:41.779 So<00:22:39.140><c> that</c><00:22:39.359><c> here</c><00:22:39.500><c> is</c><00:22:39.680><c> God's</c><00:22:40.099><c> purpose</c><00:22:40.299><c> to</c><00:22:40.500><c> glorify</c><00:22:41.039><c> the</c><00:22:41.279><c> earth</c><00:22:41.420><c> and</c><00:22:41.599><c> to</c> 00:22:41.779 --> 00:22:43.299 glorify<00:22:42.180><c> Himself</c><00:22:42.599><c> in</c><00:22:42.859><c> the</c><00:22:43.019><c> earth.</c> 00:22:43.640 --> 00:22:45.900 Sin<00:22:43.859><c> enters</c><00:22:44.140><c> into</c><00:22:44.380><c> the</c><00:22:44.559><c> arena.</c><00:22:44.940><c> It's</c><00:22:45.119><c> the</c><00:22:45.299><c> expression</c><00:22:45.559><c> of</c> 00:22:45.900 --> 00:22:48.720 another<00:22:46.160><c> will</c><00:22:46.460><c> entirely</c><00:22:47.160><c> separate</c><00:22:47.539><c> from</c><00:22:47.819><c> God's.</c> 00:22:48.720 --> 00:22:52.119 Is<00:22:49.039><c> then</c><00:22:49.319><c> that</c><00:22:49.660><c> challenge</c><00:22:50.099><c> going</c><00:22:50.299><c> to</c><00:22:50.460><c> be,</c><00:22:50.759><c> is</c><00:22:51.059><c> going</c><00:22:51.180><c> to</c><00:22:51.400><c> frustrate</c><00:22:51.920><c> the</c> 00:22:52.119 --> 00:22:53.400 purpose<00:22:52.339><c> of</c><00:22:52.640><c> God?</c> 00:22:53.799 --> 00:22:55.779 That's<00:22:54.240><c> the</c><00:22:54.359><c> whole</c><00:22:54.599><c> point</c><00:22:54.819><c> of</c><00:22:54.960><c> it.</c> 00:22:56.279 --> 00:22:58.400 So<00:22:56.400><c> God</c><00:22:56.640><c> has</c><00:22:56.819><c> got</c><00:22:56.960><c> to</c><00:22:57.099><c> deal</c><00:22:57.319><c> with</c><00:22:57.700><c> sin.</c> 00:22:59.160 --> 00:23:02.000 Because<00:22:59.339><c> if</c><00:22:59.519><c> He</c><00:22:59.619><c> doesn't</c><00:22:59.960><c> then</c><00:23:00.119><c> His</c><00:23:00.299><c> purpose</c><00:23:00.660><c> is</c><00:23:00.960><c> frustrated.</c> 00:23:02.660 --> 00:23:05.859 And<00:23:02.759><c> there's</c><00:23:02.960><c> three</c><00:23:03.220><c> ways</c><00:23:03.500><c> open</c><00:23:03.799><c> to</c><00:23:03.960><c> Him</c><00:23:04.119><c> in</c><00:23:04.339><c> dealing</c><00:23:04.539><c> with</c><00:23:04.799><c> sin.</c> 00:23:06.400 --> 00:23:08.339 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admission</c><00:23:20.299><c> of</c><00:23:20.579><c> failure.</c> 00:23:20.920 --> 00:23:23.099 Or<00:23:21.240><c> as</c><00:23:21.440><c> Robert</c><00:23:21.680><c> Roberts</c><00:23:21.960><c> has</c><00:23:22.160><c> said</c><00:23:22.319><c> basically,</c><00:23:22.839><c> this</c><00:23:22.940><c> is</c> 00:23:23.099 --> 00:23:25.279 Robert<00:23:23.299><c> Roberts's</c><00:23:23.960><c> three</c><00:23:24.180><c> alternatives.</c> 00:23:25.640 --> 00:23:28.220 He<00:23:25.740><c> could</c><00:23:25.960><c> wipe</c><00:23:26.140><c> out</c><00:23:26.400><c> the</c><00:23:26.500><c> Adamic</c><00:23:26.779><c> creation</c><00:23:27.299><c> and</c><00:23:27.640><c> I</c><00:23:27.799><c> suppose</c> 00:23:28.220 --> 00:23:29.680 God<00:23:28.440><c> would</c><00:23:28.660><c> be</c><00:23:28.839><c> just</c><00:23:29.059><c> in</c><00:23:29.279><c> doing</c><00:23:29.420><c> that.</c> 00:23:29.779 --> 00:23:31.039 No<00:23:29.880><c> one</c><00:23:29.940><c> would</c><00:23:30.200><c> argue</c><00:23:30.559><c> with</c><00:23:30.799><c> that.</c> 00:23:31.279 --> 00:23:32.960 But<00:23:31.420><c> it</c><00:23:31.480><c> would</c><00:23:31.680><c> be</c><00:23:31.819><c> an</c><00:23:32.019><c> admission</c><00:23:32.319><c> of</c><00:23:32.640><c> failure.</c> 00:23:33.160 --> 00:23:35.539 In<00:23:33.240><c> other</c><00:23:33.440><c> words,</c><00:23:33.839><c> that</c><00:23:33.940><c> creation</c><00:23:34.380><c> has</c><00:23:34.740><c> failed.</c> 00:23:35.759 --> 00:23:37.559 So<00:23:35.920><c> God</c><00:23:36.160><c> won't</c><00:23:36.900><c> do</c><00:23:37.160><c> that.</c> 00:23:38.039 --> 00:23:42.099 Two,<00:23:39.339><c> He</c><00:23:39.519><c> could</c><00:23:39.720><c> disregard</c><00:23:40.480><c> sin</c><00:23:40.819><c> and</c><00:23:41.099><c> adopt</c><00:23:41.420><c> what</c><00:23:41.859><c> Brother</c> 00:23:42.099 --> 00:23:44.579 Roberts<00:23:42.380><c> calls</c><00:23:42.759><c> the</c><00:23:43.039><c> universal</c><00:23:43.740><c> pity</c><00:23:44.140><c> method.</c> 00:23:45.019 --> 00:23:48.240 He<00:23:45.240><c> could</c><00:23:45.380><c> say,</c><00:23:45.819><c> well,</c><00:23:46.440><c> you've</c><00:23:46.799><c> sinned,</c><00:23:47.079><c> I</c><00:23:47.240><c> suppose</c><00:23:47.539><c> it</c><00:23:47.680><c> was</c><00:23:47.839><c> inevitable.</c> 00:23:48.240 --> 00:23:52.460 Or<00:23:48.500><c> if</c><00:23:48.500><c> it</c><00:23:48.740><c> happens</c><00:23:49.059><c> and</c><00:23:49.740><c> I</c><00:23:49.859><c> want</c><00:23:50.059><c> my</c><00:23:50.380><c> purpose</c><00:23:50.660><c> to</c><00:23:50.900><c> go</c><00:23:51.079><c> on,</c><00:23:51.660><c> well,</c><00:23:51.859><c> let's</c><00:23:52.160><c> just</c> 00:23:52.460 --> 00:23:52.980 overlook<00:23:52.740><c> it.</c> 00:23:53.000 --> 00:23:55.200 But<00:23:53.119><c> that</c><00:23:53.400><c> would</c><00:23:53.660><c> be</c><00:23:53.839><c> the</c><00:23:53.960><c> committed</c><00:23:54.140><c> injustice.</c> 00:23:56.019 --> 00:23:57.940 So<00:23:56.200><c> God</c><00:23:56.380><c> wouldn't</c><00:23:56.599><c> do</c><00:23:56.799><c> that</c><00:23:57.059><c> either.</c> 00:23:58.900 --> 00:24:03.599 Now<00:23:59.059><c> the</c><00:23:59.180><c> only</c><00:24:00.299><c> moral</c><00:24:00.880><c> alternative</c><00:24:01.700><c> is</c><00:24:02.140><c> the</c><00:24:02.339><c> third</c><00:24:02.579><c> one.</c> 00:24:04.240 --> 00:24:08.400 And<00:24:04.420><c> that</c><00:24:04.599><c> is</c><00:24:04.940><c> that</c><00:24:05.200><c> God</c><00:24:05.500><c> will</c><00:24:05.920><c> enforce</c><00:24:06.579><c> His</c><00:24:06.900><c> law</c><00:24:07.119><c> against</c><00:24:07.519><c> sin.</c> 00:24:08.619 --> 00:24:09.940 He<00:24:08.880><c> will</c><00:24:09.119><c> not</c><00:24:09.319><c> tolerate</c><00:24:09.759><c> it.</c> 00:24:09.940 --> 00:24:11.079 He<00:24:10.059><c> will</c><00:24:10.259><c> not</c><00:24:10.480><c> condone</c><00:24:10.839><c> it.</c> 00:24:11.119 --> 00:24:12.140 He<00:24:11.259><c> will</c><00:24:11.420><c> deal</c><00:24:11.680><c> with</c><00:24:11.859><c> it.</c> 00:24:12.220 --> 00:24:14.319 He<00:24:12.460><c> will</c><00:24:12.640><c> enforce</c><00:24:13.119><c> His</c><00:24:13.380><c> law</c><00:24:13.579><c> against</c><00:24:13.920><c> sin.</c> 00:24:14.319 --> 00:24:19.900 And<00:24:14.819><c> yet</c><00:24:15.140><c> in</c><00:24:15.380><c> a</c><00:24:15.579><c> remarkable</c><00:24:16.299><c> way,</c><00:24:17.640><c> by</c><00:24:17.900><c> the</c><00:24:18.180><c> same</c><00:24:18.460><c> token,</c><00:24:18.920><c> He</c><00:24:19.059><c> will</c><00:24:19.339><c> open</c><00:24:19.640><c> up</c> 00:24:19.900 --> 00:24:21.440 a<00:24:19.960><c> way</c><00:24:20.160><c> of</c><00:24:20.420><c> forgiveness.</c> 00:24:22.180 --> 00:24:25.940 So<00:24:22.539><c> it</c><00:24:22.920><c> will</c><00:24:23.119><c> be</c><00:24:23.359><c> a</c><00:24:23.460><c> method,</c><00:24:24.140><c> therefore,</c><00:24:24.420><c> in</c><00:24:24.660><c> which</c><00:24:24.900><c> God</c><00:24:25.279><c> will</c> 00:24:25.940 --> 00:24:29.980 be<00:24:26.299><c> vindicated,</c><00:24:27.900><c> sin</c><00:24:28.039><c> will</c><00:24:28.279><c> be</c><00:24:28.539><c> dealt</c><00:24:28.799><c> with,</c><00:24:29.119><c> and</c><00:24:29.319><c> yet</c><00:24:29.519><c> God's</c> 00:24:29.980 --> 00:24:31.960 purpose<00:24:30.299><c> won't</c><00:24:30.599><c> be</c><00:24:30.880><c> frustrated.</c> 00:24:32.059 --> 00:24:34.660 Now<00:24:32.279><c> that's</c><00:24:32.539><c> the</c><00:24:32.660><c> remarkable</c><00:24:33.420><c> doctrine</c><00:24:33.859><c> of</c><00:24:34.000><c> the</c><00:24:34.160><c> atonement.</c> 00:24:34.960 --> 00:24:39.240 So<00:24:35.099><c> in</c><00:24:35.400><c> a</c><00:24:35.599><c> wonderful</c><00:24:36.039><c> way,</c><00:24:36.839><c> sin</c><00:24:37.019><c> is</c><00:24:37.240><c> dealt</c><00:24:37.539><c> with</c><00:24:37.940><c> and</c><00:24:38.319><c> God's</c><00:24:38.779><c> method</c><00:24:38.980><c> of</c> 00:24:39.240 --> 00:24:43.599 atonement<00:24:39.519><c> is</c><00:24:39.799><c> used</c><00:24:40.140><c> and</c><00:24:40.740><c> the</c><00:24:41.059><c> purpose</c><00:24:41.539><c> of</c><00:24:41.779><c> God</c><00:24:42.079><c> goes</c><00:24:42.480><c> on</c><00:24:43.000><c> to</c><00:24:43.259><c> fruition.</c> 00:24:43.599 --> 00:24:46.819 Now<00:24:44.480><c> that,</c><00:24:45.400><c> of</c><00:24:45.400><c> course,</c><00:24:45.619><c> as</c><00:24:45.680><c> I've</c><00:24:45.960><c> underlined</c><00:24:46.220><c> there,</c><00:24:46.599><c> is</c><00:24:46.700><c> the</c> 00:24:46.819 --> 00:24:48.279 divine<00:24:47.259><c> method.</c> 00:24:48.779 --> 00:24:51.900 Now<00:24:49.039><c> I</c><00:24:49.119><c> want</c><00:24:49.319><c> you</c><00:24:49.460><c> to</c><00:24:49.660><c> turn</c><00:24:49.779><c> with</c><00:24:49.940><c> me</c><00:24:50.099><c> to</c><00:24:50.299><c> Isaiah</c><00:24:50.680><c> 43.</c> 00:24:52.460 --> 00:24:55.839 And<00:24:52.640><c> here</c><00:24:52.859><c> we'll</c><00:24:53.259><c> see</c><00:24:53.420><c> an</c><00:24:53.640><c> expression</c><00:24:53.980><c> by</c><00:24:54.240><c> the</c><00:24:54.440><c> prophet</c><00:24:54.640><c> Isaiah</c><00:24:55.279><c> which</c> 00:24:55.839 --> 00:24:58.400 shows<00:24:56.140><c> that</c><00:24:56.460><c> that</c><00:24:56.700><c> third</c><00:24:56.819><c> alternative</c><00:24:57.380><c> is,</c><00:24:57.700><c> of</c><00:24:57.859><c> course,</c><00:24:58.240><c> the</c> 00:24:58.400 --> 00:25:01.019 only<00:24:58.859><c> moral</c><00:24:59.259><c> one</c><00:24:59.500><c> that</c><00:24:59.700><c> God</c><00:24:59.900><c> could</c><00:25:00.140><c> ever</c><00:25:00.460><c> adopt.</c> 00:25:01.019 --> 00:25:17.599 In<00:25:03.440><c> Isaiah</c><00:25:03.920><c> 43,</c><00:25:12.420><c> the</c><00:25:12.500><c> prophet</c><00:25:12.740><c> says</c><00:25:13.019><c> this,</c><00:25:15.319><c> verses</c><00:25:15.539><c> 24</c><00:25:16.180><c> and</c><00:25:16.400><c> 25.</c> 00:25:22.140 --> 00:25:25.160 Isaiah<00:25:22.779><c> 43</c><00:25:23.400><c> verse</c><00:25:23.700><c> 24.</c> 00:25:25.559 --> 00:25:28.559 Thou<00:25:25.619><c> hast</c><00:25:25.920><c> brought</c><00:25:26.200><c> me</c><00:25:26.480><c> no</c><00:25:26.819><c> sweet</c><00:25:27.079><c> cane</c><00:25:27.299><c> with</c><00:25:27.559><c> money,</c><00:25:28.039><c> neither</c><00:25:28.299><c> hast</c> 00:25:28.559 --> 00:25:34.740 thou<00:25:28.759><c> filled</c><00:25:29.079><c> me</c><00:25:29.319><c> with</c><00:25:29.500><c> the</c><00:25:29.640><c> fat</c><00:25:29.740><c> of</c><00:25:29.859><c> thy</c><00:25:30.200><c> sacrifices,</c><00:25:31.839><c> but</c><00:25:32.140><c> thou</c><00:25:32.480><c> hast</c><00:25:32.819><c> made</c><00:25:33.319><c> me</c> 00:25:34.740 --> 00:25:38.200 to<00:25:35.799><c> serve</c><00:25:36.220><c> with</c><00:25:36.660><c> thy</c><00:25:37.099><c> sins.</c> 00:25:38.759 --> 00:25:41.220 Thou<00:25:39.039><c> hast</c><00:25:39.359><c> wearied</c><00:25:39.700><c> me</c><00:25:40.019><c> with</c><00:25:40.299><c> thine</c><00:25:40.519><c> iniquities.</c> 00:25:41.220 --> 00:25:47.099 I,<00:25:42.880><c> even</c><00:25:43.480><c> I</c><00:25:44.019><c> am</c><00:25:44.240><c> he</c><00:25:44.640><c> that</c><00:25:45.000><c> blotteth</c><00:25:45.500><c> out</c><00:25:45.839><c> thy</c><00:25:46.180><c> transgressions</c> 00:25:47.099 --> 00:25:53.200 for<00:25:47.460><c> my</c><00:25:48.039><c> own</c><00:25:48.599><c> sake,</c><00:25:50.019><c> and</c><00:25:50.220><c> will</c><00:25:50.680><c> not</c><00:25:51.079><c> remember</c><00:25:51.799><c> thy</c><00:25:52.200><c> sins.</c> 00:25:54.900 --> 00:25:58.259 Now,<00:25:55.259><c> reverend</c><00:25:55.420><c> sisters,</c><00:25:56.839><c> I've</c><00:25:57.140><c> noticed</c><00:25:57.440><c> that</c><00:25:57.700><c> you're</c><00:25:58.000><c> all</c> 00:25:58.259 --> 00:26:01.680 doing<00:25:58.519><c> what</c><00:25:58.859><c> all</c><00:25:59.240><c> good</c><00:25:59.480><c> class</c><00:25:59.839><c> members</c><00:26:00.119><c> should</c><00:26:00.380><c> be</c><00:26:00.640><c> doing,</c><00:26:01.019><c> and</c><00:26:01.099><c> that</c><00:26:01.220><c> is</c> 00:26:01.680 --> 00:26:03.220 avidly<00:26:02.220><c> taking</c><00:26:02.440><c> down</c><00:26:02.799><c> notes.</c> 00:26:03.660 --> 00:26:06.019 But<00:26:03.819><c> you're</c><00:26:04.059><c> not</c><00:26:04.259><c> listening</c><00:26:04.500><c> to</c><00:26:04.720><c> that</c><00:26:04.859><c> verse</c><00:26:05.099><c> of</c><00:26:05.279><c> scripture.</c> 00:26:06.539 --> 00:26:09.740 I<00:26:06.980><c> would</c><00:26:07.259><c> suggest,</c><00:26:08.160><c> therefore,</c><00:26:08.519><c> that</c><00:26:08.720><c> for</c><00:26:08.859><c> the</c><00:26:09.000><c> purpose</c><00:26:09.420><c> of</c> 00:26:09.740 --> 00:26:13.680 note<00:26:10.059><c>-taking</c><00:26:10.279><c> we'll</c><00:26:10.640><c> get</c><00:26:10.759><c> these</c><00:26:11.019><c> done,</c><00:26:11.380><c> won't</c><00:26:11.660><c> we,</c><00:26:13.180><c> girls?</c> 00:26:14.579 --> 00:26:16.980 Members<00:26:14.819><c> of</c><00:26:15.019><c> my</c><00:26:15.240><c> class</c><00:26:15.339><c> say</c><00:26:15.559><c> yes,</c><00:26:15.920><c> uncle</c><00:26:16.160><c> John.</c> 00:26:17.680 --> 00:26:20.579 So<00:26:17.920><c> we'll</c><00:26:18.140><c> get</c><00:26:18.299><c> all</c><00:26:18.539><c> this</c><00:26:18.720><c> taken</c><00:26:18.980><c> down</c><00:26:19.220><c> on</c><00:26:19.440><c> note</c><00:26:19.660><c> form</c><00:26:19.819><c> and</c><00:26:20.039><c> roneo'd</c><00:26:20.380><c> off</c> 00:26:20.579 --> 00:26:21.099 for<00:26:20.720><c> the</c><00:26:20.920><c> class.</c> 00:26:21.240 --> 00:26:22.900 I<00:26:21.380><c> want</c><00:26:21.559><c> you</c><00:26:21.720><c> to</c><00:26:21.920><c> concentrate.</c> 00:26:23.420 --> 00:26:24.359 Now<00:26:23.579><c> you</c><00:26:23.660><c> didn't</c><00:26:23.900><c> hear</c><00:26:24.119><c> that.</c> 00:26:24.500 --> 00:26:26.200 Some<00:26:24.680><c> of</c><00:26:24.779><c> you</c><00:26:24.839><c> didn't</c><00:26:25.119><c> hear</c><00:26:25.259><c> Isaiah</c><00:26:25.599><c> 43.</c> 00:26:26.339 --> 00:26:27.819 You<00:26:26.539><c> listened</c><00:26:26.740><c> to</c><00:26:26.859><c> it</c><00:26:27.019><c> again.</c> 00:26:28.779 --> 00:26:29.660 Verse<00:26:29.220><c> 24.</c> 00:26:29.660 --> 00:26:33.420 Thou<00:26:30.200><c> hast</c><00:26:30.480><c> bought</c><00:26:30.720><c> me</c><00:26:31.000><c> no</c><00:26:31.400><c> sweet</c><00:26:31.700><c> cane</c><00:26:31.900><c> with</c><00:26:32.160><c> money,</c><00:26:33.140><c> neither</c> 00:26:33.420 --> 00:26:36.640 hast<00:26:33.700><c> thou</c><00:26:33.940><c> filled</c><00:26:34.220><c> me</c><00:26:34.480><c> with</c><00:26:34.680><c> the</c><00:26:34.839><c> fat</c><00:26:34.940><c> of</c><00:26:35.059><c> thy</c><00:26:35.380><c> sacrifices,</c> 00:26:36.680 --> 00:26:41.960 but<00:26:36.940><c> thou</c><00:26:37.299><c> hast</c><00:26:37.680><c> made</c><00:26:38.140><c> me</c><00:26:39.339><c> to</c><00:26:39.779><c> serve</c><00:26:40.180><c> with</c><00:26:40.640><c> thy</c><00:26:41.019><c> sins.</c> 00:26:42.279 --> 00:26:45.039 Thou<00:26:42.519><c> hast</c><00:26:42.839><c> wearied</c><00:26:43.220><c> me</c><00:26:43.440><c> with</c><00:26:43.700><c> thine</c><00:26:43.880><c> iniquities.</c> 00:26:45.200 --> 00:26:50.059 I,<00:26:45.940><c> even</c><00:26:46.460><c> I</c><00:26:47.059><c> am</c><00:26:47.299><c> he</c><00:26:47.660><c> that</c><00:26:47.980><c> blotteth</c><00:26:48.400><c> out</c><00:26:48.700><c> thy</c><00:26:49.079><c> transgressions</c> 00:26:50.059 --> 00:26:56.980 for<00:26:50.859><c> my</c><00:26:51.880><c> own</c><00:26:52.559><c> sake,</c><00:26:53.680><c> and</c><00:26:54.440><c> will</c><00:26:54.859><c> not</c><00:26:55.180><c> remember</c><00:26:55.920><c> thy</c><00:26:56.500><c> sins.</c> 00:26:56.980 --> 00:27:01.380 There<00:26:57.700><c> are</c><00:26:58.019><c> three</c><00:26:58.799><c> cardinal</c><00:26:59.519><c> factors</c><00:26:59.920><c> in</c><00:27:00.140><c> that</c><00:27:00.400><c> verse,</c><00:27:01.200><c> or</c> 00:27:01.380 --> 00:27:02.059 those<00:27:01.640><c> verses.</c> 00:27:02.559 --> 00:27:07.299 One<00:27:02.799><c> is</c><00:27:03.079><c> this,</c><00:27:04.000><c> that</c><00:27:04.359><c> sin</c><00:27:04.640><c> has</c><00:27:05.039><c> put</c><00:27:05.400><c> God</c><00:27:05.839><c> to</c><00:27:06.240><c> work.</c> 00:27:09.019 --> 00:27:11.660 Your<00:27:09.339><c> sins,</c><00:27:09.660><c> he</c><00:27:09.920><c> says,</c><00:27:10.220><c> have</c><00:27:10.440><c> put</c><00:27:10.619><c> me</c><00:27:11.019><c> to</c><00:27:11.279><c> work.</c> 00:27:11.759 --> 00:27:14.359 I'm<00:27:12.200><c> working</c><00:27:12.680><c> on</c><00:27:13.200><c> those</c><00:27:13.420><c> sins.</c> 00:27:14.980 --> 00:27:19.720 And<00:27:15.180><c> the</c><00:27:15.380><c> second</c><00:27:15.619><c> one</c><00:27:15.819><c> is</c><00:27:16.079><c> this,</c><00:27:17.460><c> that</c><00:27:17.619><c> in</c><00:27:17.859><c> blotting</c><00:27:18.180><c> out</c><00:27:18.579><c> transgressions,</c><00:27:19.579><c> the</c> 00:27:19.720 --> 00:27:22.460 salvation<00:27:20.259><c> of</c><00:27:20.500><c> man</c><00:27:20.740><c> is</c><00:27:21.039><c> the</c><00:27:21.339><c> least</c><00:27:21.680><c> consideration.</c> 00:27:22.619 --> 00:27:25.200 It<00:27:22.779><c> is</c><00:27:23.119><c> God's</c><00:27:23.759><c> glory</c><00:27:24.339><c> that's</c><00:27:24.660><c> at</c><00:27:24.900><c> stake.</c> 00:27:25.200 --> 00:27:28.539 It's<00:27:25.880><c> his</c><00:27:26.119><c> purpose</c><00:27:26.559><c> that's</c><00:27:26.819><c> to</c><00:27:26.920><c> be</c><00:27:27.259><c> saved,</c><00:27:27.680><c> not</c><00:27:27.920><c> men.</c> 00:27:28.980 --> 00:27:31.519 Men,<00:27:29.319><c> of</c><00:27:29.460><c> course,</c><00:27:29.700><c> are</c><00:27:30.039><c> involved</c><00:27:30.680><c> in</c><00:27:30.819><c> that</c><00:27:31.079><c> purpose.</c> 00:27:32.000 --> 00:27:34.500 But<00:27:32.079><c> if</c><00:27:32.180><c> they</c><00:27:32.359><c> were</c><00:27:32.599><c> not</c><00:27:32.799><c> involved</c><00:27:33.119><c> in</c><00:27:33.220><c> that</c><00:27:33.500><c> purpose,</c><00:27:34.400><c> then</c> 00:27:34.500 --> 00:27:36.079 there<00:27:34.619><c> would</c><00:27:34.819><c> be</c><00:27:34.980><c> no</c><00:27:35.200><c> need</c><00:27:35.339><c> for</c><00:27:35.599><c> salvation.</c> 00:27:36.259 --> 00:27:39.160 It's<00:27:36.440><c> God's</c><00:27:36.859><c> purpose</c><00:27:37.359><c> that's</c><00:27:37.700><c> got</c><00:27:37.839><c> to</c><00:27:38.039><c> be</c><00:27:38.259><c> saved.</c> 00:27:39.400 --> 00:27:42.500 I,<00:27:39.819><c> even</c><00:27:40.059><c> I,</c><00:27:40.700><c> am</c><00:27:40.819><c> he</c><00:27:41.000><c> that</c><00:27:41.180><c> blotteth</c><00:27:41.400><c> out</c><00:27:41.619><c> thy</c><00:27:41.880><c> transgressions</c> 00:27:42.500 --> 00:27:44.519 for<00:27:42.740><c> my</c><00:27:43.160><c> own</c><00:27:43.559><c> sake.</c> 00:27:45.039 --> 00:27:47.980 And<00:27:45.220><c> the</c><00:27:45.380><c> third</c><00:27:45.579><c> point</c><00:27:45.839><c> is</c><00:27:46.299><c> that</c><00:27:46.579><c> God</c><00:27:46.799><c> will</c><00:27:47.160><c> not</c><00:27:47.519><c> remember</c> 00:27:47.980 --> 00:27:49.259 their<00:27:48.259><c> sins.</c> 00:27:50.319 --> 00:27:55.519 So<00:27:50.960><c> that</c><00:27:51.220><c> God</c><00:27:51.440><c> goes</c><00:27:51.799><c> to</c><00:27:52.079><c> work</c><00:27:52.700><c> for</c><00:27:53.559><c> his</c><00:27:53.819><c> own</c><00:27:54.140><c> sake</c><00:27:54.559><c> to</c><00:27:55.200><c> get</c><00:27:55.339><c> rid</c> 00:27:55.519 --> 00:27:57.099 of<00:27:55.640><c> the</c><00:27:55.779><c> sins</c><00:27:55.940><c> of</c><00:27:56.200><c> men.</c> 00:27:57.299 --> 00:28:00.519 Now<00:27:57.480><c> that's</c><00:27:57.799><c> how</c><00:27:58.039><c> the</c><00:27:58.440><c> internal</c><00:27:58.759><c> purpose</c><00:27:59.359><c> was</c><00:27:59.920><c> worked</c><00:28:00.240><c> out.</c> 00:28:00.880 --> 00:28:05.259 So<00:28:01.059><c> he's</c><00:28:01.279><c> got</c><00:28:01.400><c> to</c><00:28:01.519><c> enforce</c><00:28:01.960><c> his</c><00:28:02.220><c> law</c><00:28:02.380><c> against</c><00:28:02.779><c> sin,</c><00:28:04.180><c> and</c><00:28:04.279><c> yet</c><00:28:04.400><c> he</c><00:28:04.619><c> opens</c><00:28:04.920><c> up</c><00:28:05.160><c> a</c> 00:28:05.259 --> 00:28:08.500 way<00:28:05.440><c> of</c><00:28:05.680><c> forgiveness</c><00:28:06.079><c> that</c><00:28:06.799><c> men</c><00:28:07.039><c> might</c><00:28:07.319><c> be</c><00:28:07.660><c> saved,</c><00:28:07.940><c> that</c><00:28:08.140><c> his</c> 00:28:08.500 --> 00:28:10.819 purpose<00:28:09.180><c> might</c><00:28:09.579><c> be</c><00:28:10.000><c> saved.</c> 00:28:11.279 --> 00:28:16.519 Now<00:28:11.519><c> that's</c><00:28:11.920><c> the</c><00:28:12.099><c> cardinal</c><00:28:12.619><c> factor</c><00:28:13.039><c> in</c><00:28:14.099><c> those</c><00:28:14.319><c> verses</c><00:28:14.740><c> in</c><00:28:15.019><c> Isaiah</c><00:28:15.359><c> 43.</c> 00:28:16.619 --> 00:28:18.779 Thank<00:28:17.019><c> you,</c><00:28:17.240><c> Mono.</c> 00:28:19.940 --> 00:28:21.619 I'm<00:28:20.019><c> going</c><00:28:20.279><c> too</c><00:28:20.619><c> fast,</c><00:28:20.920><c> you</c><00:28:21.200><c> say</c><00:28:21.440><c> so.</c> 00:28:21.680 --> 00:28:25.180 But<00:28:21.839><c> I</c><00:28:22.180><c> am</c><00:28:22.420><c> suggesting,</c><00:28:23.079><c> I</c><00:28:23.400><c> do</c><00:28:23.859><c> love</c><00:28:24.079><c> to</c><00:28:24.279><c> see</c><00:28:24.359><c> people</c><00:28:24.640><c> taking</c><00:28:24.940><c> notes.</c> 00:28:25.200 --> 00:28:26.380 Don't<00:28:25.400><c> get</c><00:28:25.559><c> me</c><00:28:25.740><c> wrong,</c><00:28:25.900><c> I</c><00:28:26.099><c> do.</c> 00:28:26.420 --> 00:28:28.940 But<00:28:26.559><c> I</c><00:28:27.119><c> also</c><00:28:27.480><c> feel,</c><00:28:28.039><c> brothers</c><00:28:28.099><c> and</c><00:28:28.279><c> sisters,</c><00:28:28.599><c> that</c><00:28:28.660><c> when</c><00:28:28.740><c> we</c> 00:28:28.940 --> 00:28:32.240 turn<00:28:29.099><c> up</c><00:28:29.359><c> references</c><00:28:29.660><c> from</c><00:28:29.859><c> the</c><00:28:30.039><c> scripture,</c><00:28:30.859><c> our</c><00:28:31.039><c> eyes</c><00:28:31.200><c> should</c><00:28:31.539><c> fasten</c><00:28:31.900><c> on</c><00:28:32.059><c> it.</c> 00:28:32.619 --> 00:28:34.019 Don't<00:28:32.880><c> ever</c><00:28:33.079><c> listen</c><00:28:33.259><c> to</c><00:28:33.400><c> someone</c><00:28:33.599><c> reading</c><00:28:33.859><c> it.</c> 00:28:34.019 --> 00:28:35.940 You<00:28:34.200><c> put</c><00:28:34.400><c> your</c><00:28:34.640><c> own</c><00:28:34.819><c> eye</c><00:28:34.980><c> down</c><00:28:35.119><c> there</c><00:28:35.240><c> and</c><00:28:35.279><c> look</c><00:28:35.460><c> at</c><00:28:35.559><c> it,</c><00:28:35.740><c> and</c> 00:28:35.940 --> 00:28:37.400 it<00:28:35.980><c> comes</c><00:28:36.339><c> at</c><00:28:36.480><c> you</c><00:28:36.680><c> better.</c> 00:28:37.680 --> 00:28:39.900 Now<00:28:37.900><c> here</c><00:28:38.039><c> is</c><00:28:38.279><c> the</c><00:28:38.519><c> origin</c><00:28:38.799><c> of</c><00:28:39.079><c> sin.</c> 00:28:41.200 --> 00:28:43.519 Now<00:28:41.400><c> there's</c><00:28:41.619><c> a</c><00:28:41.700><c> reason</c><00:28:42.019><c> why</c><00:28:42.200><c> we</c><00:28:42.359><c> put</c><00:28:42.480><c> this</c><00:28:42.799><c> transparency</c><00:28:43.259><c> in</c> 00:28:43.519 --> 00:28:44.359 here<00:28:43.640><c> at</c><00:28:43.779><c> this</c><00:28:44.019><c> stage.</c> 00:28:44.359 --> 00:28:46.460 And<00:28:44.960><c> that</c><00:28:45.140><c> is</c><00:28:45.359><c> this.</c> 00:28:46.579 --> 00:28:50.380 Remember<00:28:46.819><c> what</c><00:28:47.000><c> I</c><00:28:47.240><c> said</c><00:28:47.380><c> about</c><00:28:47.980><c> testing</c><00:28:48.559><c> theories</c><00:28:48.960><c> on</c><00:28:49.180><c> the</c><00:28:49.380><c> Atonement.</c> 00:28:51.240 --> 00:28:55.039 If<00:28:51.380><c> you</c><00:28:51.660><c> find</c><00:28:51.940><c> a</c><00:28:52.220><c> theory</c><00:28:52.640><c> which</c><00:28:53.160><c> involves</c><00:28:53.740><c> God</c><00:28:54.160><c> in</c><00:28:54.319><c> any</c><00:28:54.640><c> way,</c> 00:28:55.319 --> 00:28:59.299 in<00:28:55.559><c> an</c><00:28:55.740><c> injustice</c><00:28:56.220><c> or</c><00:28:56.539><c> an</c><00:28:56.720><c> unrighteousness,</c><00:28:58.000><c> then</c><00:28:58.200><c> it's</c><00:28:58.400><c> wrong.</c> 00:28:59.799 --> 00:29:02.180 Now<00:28:59.980><c> you</c><00:29:00.119><c> take</c><00:29:00.460><c> the</c><00:29:00.720><c> origin</c><00:29:01.019><c> of</c><00:29:01.400><c> sin.</c> 00:29:03.079 --> 00:29:06.539 Let's<00:29:03.299><c> just,</c><00:29:03.759><c> for</c><00:29:03.960><c> a</c><00:29:04.099><c> moment,</c><00:29:05.099><c> forget</c><00:29:05.299><c> what's</c><00:29:05.599><c> up</c><00:29:05.819><c> there,</c><00:29:06.099><c> listen</c><00:29:06.380><c> to</c> 00:29:06.539 --> 00:29:07.119 this<00:29:06.819><c> theory.</c> 00:29:07.500 --> 00:29:11.240 What<00:29:07.740><c> about</c><00:29:07.920><c> the</c><00:29:08.160><c> JWs</c><00:29:08.819><c> who</c><00:29:09.039><c> say</c><00:29:09.259><c> that</c><00:29:09.859><c> man</c><00:29:10.059><c> was</c><00:29:10.339><c> tempted</c><00:29:10.640><c> by</c><00:29:10.940><c> a</c> 00:29:11.240 --> 00:29:12.460 fallen<00:29:11.460><c> angel?</c> 00:29:13.460 --> 00:29:15.380 A<00:29:13.900><c> fallen</c><00:29:14.339><c> angel.</c> 00:29:16.299 --> 00:29:19.259 Now<00:29:16.480><c> we</c><00:29:16.779><c> could</c><00:29:16.980><c> argue</c><00:29:17.279><c> through</c><00:29:17.480><c> the</c><00:29:17.680><c> scriptures</c><00:29:17.940><c> that</c><00:29:18.180><c> there's</c><00:29:18.279><c> no</c><00:29:18.539><c> such</c><00:29:18.740><c> things</c><00:29:19.019><c> as</c> 00:29:19.259 --> 00:29:19.960 fallen<00:29:19.500><c> angels.</c> 00:29:20.420 --> 00:29:21.960 We<00:29:20.460><c> could</c><00:29:20.640><c> show</c><00:29:20.900><c> that</c><00:29:21.099><c> angels</c><00:29:21.380><c> don't</c><00:29:21.700><c> sin.</c> 00:29:22.019 --> 00:29:23.420 We<00:29:22.119><c> could</c><00:29:22.299><c> show</c><00:29:22.480><c> a</c><00:29:22.599><c> whole</c><00:29:22.779><c> lot</c><00:29:22.940><c> of</c><00:29:23.119><c> things.</c> 00:29:23.819 --> 00:29:26.839 But<00:29:23.980><c> you</c><00:29:24.119><c> know</c><00:29:24.380><c> where</c><00:29:24.660><c> they're</c><00:29:25.059><c> wrong,</c><00:29:25.579><c> so</c><00:29:25.859><c> terribly</c><00:29:26.460><c> wrong.</c> 00:29:27.059 --> 00:29:29.359 And<00:29:27.180><c> this</c><00:29:27.359><c> is</c><00:29:27.559><c> of</c><00:29:27.660><c> course</c><00:29:27.779><c> very</c><00:29:28.059><c> difficult</c><00:29:28.440><c> to</c><00:29:28.720><c> argue</c><00:29:28.980><c> with</c><00:29:29.140><c> a</c> 00:29:29.359 --> 00:29:31.380 JW<00:29:29.640><c> about,</c><00:29:30.059><c> but</c><00:29:30.099><c> he</c><00:29:30.220><c> wouldn't</c><00:29:30.420><c> see</c><00:29:30.579><c> the</c><00:29:30.779><c> point</c><00:29:30.880><c> at</c><00:29:31.099><c> all.</c> 00:29:31.640 --> 00:29:32.420 But<00:29:31.799><c> we</c><00:29:32.000><c> ought</c><00:29:32.200><c> to.</c> 00:29:32.880 --> 00:29:35.660 The<00:29:33.099><c> first</c><00:29:33.460><c> thing,</c><00:29:33.980><c> before</c><00:29:34.599><c> we</c><00:29:34.779><c> ever</c><00:29:34.980><c> start</c><00:29:35.180><c> talking</c><00:29:35.380><c> about</c> 00:29:35.660 --> 00:29:37.079 fallen<00:29:35.960><c> angels,</c><00:29:36.440><c> is</c><00:29:36.619><c> this.</c> 00:29:37.079 --> 00:29:41.299 That<00:29:37.680><c> if</c><00:29:38.079><c> it's</c><00:29:38.359><c> a</c><00:29:38.559><c> fallen</c><00:29:38.700><c> angel</c><00:29:39.019><c> that</c><00:29:39.240><c> did</c><00:29:39.319><c> it,</c><00:29:40.059><c> then</c><00:29:40.099><c> God's</c> 00:29:41.299 --> 00:29:45.299 throne,<00:29:41.960><c> somewhere</c><00:29:42.319><c> or</c><00:29:42.519><c> another,</c><00:29:42.859><c> has</c><00:29:43.420><c> been</c><00:29:43.740><c> the</c><00:29:44.039><c> origin</c><00:29:44.279><c> of</c><00:29:44.579><c> sin.</c> 00:29:45.339 --> 00:29:48.559 Someone<00:29:45.500><c> in</c><00:29:45.839><c> God's</c><00:29:46.440><c> heavenly</c><00:29:46.660><c> home</c><00:29:47.059><c> has</c><00:29:47.359><c> caused</c><00:29:47.599><c> sin.</c> 00:29:48.660 --> 00:29:52.559 Now<00:29:48.819><c> that's</c><00:29:49.160><c> unthinkable,</c><00:29:49.980><c> unacceptable,</c><00:29:51.220><c> totally</c><00:29:51.519><c> unacceptable.</c> 00:29:52.579 --> 00:29:55.259 First<00:29:52.880><c> and</c><00:29:53.119><c> foremost</c><00:29:53.460><c> because</c><00:29:53.779><c> it</c><00:29:54.000><c> reflects</c><00:29:54.319><c> upon</c><00:29:54.579><c> the</c><00:29:54.819><c> majesty</c><00:29:55.079><c> of</c> 00:29:55.259 --> 00:29:55.700 the<00:29:55.400><c> Creator.</c> 00:29:56.059 --> 00:29:58.779 Now<00:29:56.259><c> we</c><00:29:56.359><c> will</c><00:29:56.720><c> not</c><00:29:56.880><c> accept</c><00:29:57.200><c> a</c><00:29:57.440><c> theory</c><00:29:57.599><c> like</c><00:29:57.859><c> that.</c> 00:29:59.640 --> 00:30:03.500 Now<00:30:00.240><c> I'll</c><00:30:00.839><c> give</c><00:30:00.940><c> you</c><00:30:01.079><c> another</c><00:30:01.319><c> theory</c><00:30:01.660><c> that's</c><00:30:02.059><c> closer</c><00:30:02.319><c> to</c><00:30:02.599><c> home.</c> 00:30:03.900 --> 00:30:07.140 There<00:30:04.420><c> was</c><00:30:04.680><c> a</c><00:30:04.839><c> brother,</c><00:30:05.039><c> and</c><00:30:05.119><c> I</c><00:30:05.259><c> make</c><00:30:05.440><c> no</c><00:30:05.680><c> apology,</c><00:30:06.220><c> I</c><00:30:06.279><c> won't</c><00:30:06.380><c> mention</c><00:30:06.640><c> any</c><00:30:06.799><c> names,</c><00:30:07.019><c> I</c> 00:30:07.140 --> 00:30:07.880 won't<00:30:07.319><c> have</c><00:30:07.579><c> to.</c> 00:30:08.160 --> 00:30:13.599 There<00:30:08.220><c> was</c><00:30:08.420><c> a</c><00:30:08.559><c> brother</c><00:30:08.759><c> who</c><00:30:09.000><c> in</c><00:30:09.140><c> recent</c><00:30:09.480><c> years</c><00:30:10.140><c> propounded</c><00:30:10.700><c> the</c><00:30:11.039><c> theory</c><00:30:11.440><c> that</c><00:30:12.339><c> Genesis</c><00:30:12.900><c> was</c><00:30:13.420><c> a</c> 00:30:13.599 --> 00:30:15.700 book<00:30:14.140><c> of</c><00:30:14.660><c> myths.</c> 00:30:15.920 --> 00:30:17.000 Fables,<00:30:16.259><c> if</c><00:30:16.420><c> you</c><00:30:16.599><c> like.</c> 00:30:17.460 --> 00:30:20.019 Moral<00:30:17.920><c> stories,</c><00:30:18.259><c> he</c><00:30:18.460><c> liked</c><00:30:18.660><c> to</c><00:30:18.900><c> call</c><00:30:19.019><c> them,</c><00:30:19.539><c> which</c><00:30:19.759><c> weren't</c> 00:30:20.019 --> 00:30:21.339 really<00:30:20.420><c> literally</c><00:30:20.900><c> true.</c> 00:30:21.799 --> 00:30:24.680 There<00:30:21.940><c> was</c><00:30:22.180><c> no</c><00:30:22.500><c> such</c><00:30:22.720><c> thing</c><00:30:23.059><c> as</c><00:30:23.319><c> a</c><00:30:23.700><c> literal</c><00:30:24.160><c> serpent.</c> 00:30:25.160 --> 00:30:27.599 That<00:30:25.319><c> brother</c><00:30:25.559><c> was</c><00:30:25.859><c> subsequently</c><00:30:26.380><c> disfellowshipped,</c><00:30:27.200><c> and</c> 00:30:27.599 --> 00:30:28.519 rightly<00:30:27.980><c> so.</c> 00:30:28.519 --> 00:30:32.140 But<00:30:29.519><c> one</c><00:30:29.799><c> of</c><00:30:29.940><c> the</c><00:30:30.059><c> things</c><00:30:30.440><c> which</c><00:30:30.759><c> arose</c><00:30:31.200><c> out</c><00:30:31.460><c> of</c><00:30:31.579><c> that</c><00:30:31.759><c> was</c><00:30:31.980><c> a</c> 00:30:32.140 --> 00:30:36.400 very<00:30:32.680><c> interesting</c><00:30:33.339><c> observation,</c><00:30:34.819><c> and</c><00:30:34.920><c> that</c><00:30:35.059><c> was</c><00:30:35.279><c> this.</c> 00:30:36.420 --> 00:30:39.420 You<00:30:36.640><c> see,</c><00:30:37.000><c> the</c><00:30:37.119><c> brother</c><00:30:37.299><c> was</c><00:30:37.559><c> first</c><00:30:37.920><c> of</c><00:30:38.160><c> all</c><00:30:38.460><c> taken</c><00:30:38.819><c> to</c><00:30:39.160><c> task</c> 00:30:39.420 --> 00:30:43.299 because<00:30:39.720><c> he</c><00:30:40.099><c> denied</c><00:30:40.519><c> the</c><00:30:40.839><c> inspiration</c><00:30:41.359><c> of</c><00:30:41.539><c> God's</c><00:30:41.980><c> Word,</c><00:30:43.079><c> and</c> 00:30:43.299 --> 00:30:44.160 rightly<00:30:43.660><c> so.</c> 00:30:44.359 --> 00:30:46.799 But<00:30:44.500><c> that</c><00:30:44.619><c> was</c><00:30:44.839><c> not</c><00:30:45.039><c> the</c><00:30:45.200><c> big</c><00:30:45.359><c> issue,</c><00:30:45.980><c> really.</c> 00:30:47.119 --> 00:30:51.740 The<00:30:47.240><c> big</c><00:30:47.519><c> issue</c><00:30:47.880><c> was</c><00:30:48.380><c> that</c><00:30:49.599><c> when</c><00:30:49.920><c> you</c><00:30:50.279><c> take</c><00:30:50.559><c> the</c><00:30:50.960><c> serpent</c><00:30:51.420><c> out</c> 00:30:51.740 --> 00:30:56.359 of<00:30:51.880><c> the</c><00:30:51.980><c> Garden</c><00:30:52.319><c> of</c><00:30:52.539><c> Eden,</c><00:30:53.440><c> the</c><00:30:53.519><c> question</c><00:30:54.099><c> becomes</c><00:30:54.700><c> then,</c><00:30:55.900><c> whence</c><00:30:56.200><c> is</c> 00:30:56.359 --> 00:30:57.700 the<00:30:56.660><c> origin</c><00:30:57.039><c> of</c><00:30:57.420><c> sin?</c> 00:30:57.700 --> 00:31:00.019 How<00:30:58.579><c> did</c><00:30:59.059><c> it</c><00:30:59.220><c> come</c><00:30:59.440><c> into</c><00:30:59.619><c> the</c><00:30:59.839><c> world?</c> 00:31:00.160 --> 00:31:03.299 If<00:31:00.259><c> you</c><00:31:00.500><c> have</c><00:31:00.680><c> not</c><00:31:00.859><c> a</c><00:31:01.140><c> serpent</c><00:31:01.339><c> in</c><00:31:01.519><c> the</c><00:31:01.660><c> Garden</c><00:31:01.900><c> of</c><00:31:02.119><c> Eden,</c><00:31:02.839><c> what</c> 00:31:03.299 --> 00:31:04.900 was<00:31:03.599><c> the</c><00:31:03.900><c> agency</c><00:31:04.400><c> of</c><00:31:04.720><c> sin?</c> 00:31:05.259 --> 00:31:06.980 And<00:31:05.400><c> it</c><00:31:05.500><c> doesn't</c><00:31:05.660><c> matter</c><00:31:05.839><c> what</c><00:31:06.200><c> theory</c><00:31:06.400><c> you</c><00:31:06.700><c> adopt.</c> 00:31:07.079 --> 00:31:10.140 Once<00:31:07.279><c> you</c><00:31:07.519><c> remove</c><00:31:07.839><c> the</c><00:31:08.019><c> literal</c><00:31:08.259><c> serpent,</c><00:31:08.720><c> you</c><00:31:09.019><c> can't</c><00:31:09.559><c> escape</c> 00:31:10.140 --> 00:31:14.460 the<00:31:10.420><c> logic</c><00:31:10.779><c> that</c><00:31:11.119><c> somewhere,</c><00:31:12.319><c> either</c><00:31:12.920><c> directly</c><00:31:13.200><c> or</c><00:31:13.599><c> indirectly,</c><00:31:14.240><c> you're</c> 00:31:14.460 --> 00:31:16.940 going<00:31:14.559><c> to</c><00:31:14.640><c> come</c><00:31:14.880><c> back</c><00:31:15.019><c> to</c><00:31:15.180><c> God</c><00:31:15.579><c> as</c><00:31:16.099><c> the</c><00:31:16.279><c> origin</c><00:31:16.519><c> of</c><00:31:16.779><c> sin.</c> 00:31:17.140 --> 00:31:18.880 And<00:31:17.240><c> it</c><00:31:17.420><c> therefore</c><00:31:17.920><c> must</c><00:31:18.279><c> be</c><00:31:18.619><c> false.</c> 00:31:19.019 --> 00:31:20.160 It<00:31:19.259><c> must</c><00:31:19.579><c> be</c><00:31:19.859><c> false.</c> 00:31:20.579 --> 00:31:22.059 Now<00:31:20.720><c> look</c><00:31:20.819><c> at</c><00:31:20.920><c> the</c><00:31:21.099><c> facts.</c> 00:31:23.140 --> 00:31:29.539 By<00:31:23.980><c> one</c><00:31:24.680><c> man,</c><00:31:25.700><c> sin</c><00:31:26.200><c> entered</c><00:31:26.799><c> into</c><00:31:27.099><c> the</c><00:31:27.299><c> world</c><00:31:27.839><c> is</c><00:31:28.579><c> the</c><00:31:29.079><c> plain,</c> 00:31:29.880 --> 00:31:32.000 unvarnished<00:31:30.359><c> statement</c><00:31:30.779><c> of</c><00:31:31.059><c> Paul.</c> 00:31:32.539 --> 00:31:34.339 He<00:31:32.740><c> doesn't</c><00:31:33.019><c> say</c><00:31:33.259><c> by</c><00:31:33.519><c> one</c><00:31:33.859><c> snake.</c> 00:31:34.819 --> 00:31:40.299 He<00:31:34.940><c> says</c><00:31:35.140><c> by</c><00:31:35.619><c> one</c><00:31:36.039><c> man,</c><00:31:38.000><c> sin</c><00:31:38.539><c> entered</c><00:31:39.180><c> into</c><00:31:39.500><c> the</c><00:31:39.720><c> world.</c> 00:31:40.779 --> 00:31:45.500 Brother<00:31:41.099><c> Carter</c><00:31:41.480><c> commenting</c><00:31:41.940><c> upon</c><00:31:42.319><c> that</c><00:31:42.579><c> says,</c><00:31:43.500><c> man</c><00:31:43.759><c> is</c><00:31:44.079><c> older</c><00:31:44.259><c> than</c><00:31:44.579><c> sin.</c> 00:31:46.839 --> 00:31:48.400 You<00:31:47.059><c> think</c><00:31:47.259><c> about</c><00:31:47.519><c> that.</c> 00:31:49.119 --> 00:31:52.420 Man<00:31:49.640><c> is</c><00:31:50.000><c> older,</c><00:31:50.400><c> that's</c><00:31:50.700><c> Brother</c><00:31:50.940><c> Carter's</c><00:31:51.400><c> comment,</c><00:31:51.740><c> man</c><00:31:52.019><c> is</c> 00:31:52.420 --> 00:31:53.759 older<00:31:52.660><c> than</c><00:31:52.960><c> sin.</c> 00:31:54.039 --> 00:31:59.539 In<00:31:54.160><c> other</c><00:31:54.380><c> words,</c><00:31:54.839><c> when</c><00:31:54.960><c> God</c><00:31:55.200><c> created</c><00:31:55.640><c> man</c><00:31:56.200><c> on</c><00:31:56.880><c> the</c><00:31:57.079><c> earth,</c><00:31:57.920><c> there</c><00:31:58.099><c> was</c><00:31:58.380><c> no</c><00:31:58.720><c> sin.</c> 00:32:00.299 --> 00:32:01.480 Man<00:32:00.500><c> was</c><00:32:00.740><c> older</c><00:32:00.960><c> than</c><00:32:01.240><c> sin.</c> 00:32:01.819 --> 00:32:03.440 Man<00:32:02.180><c> brought</c><00:32:02.480><c> sin,</c><00:32:02.839><c> not</c><00:32:03.059><c> God.</c> 00:32:03.779 --> 00:32:07.079 Sin<00:32:04.000><c> was</c><00:32:04.339><c> not</c><00:32:04.640><c> there,</c><00:32:05.039><c> not</c><00:32:05.259><c> even</c><00:32:05.480><c> the</c><00:32:05.720><c> suggestion</c><00:32:06.059><c> of</c><00:32:06.259><c> it.</c> 00:32:07.220 --> 00:32:08.400 Now<00:32:07.400><c> we</c><00:32:07.559><c> come</c><00:32:07.720><c> to</c><00:32:07.880><c> the</c><00:32:08.079><c> serpent.</c> 00:32:08.859 --> 00:32:10.599 What<00:32:09.019><c> do</c><00:32:09.099><c> we</c><00:32:09.180><c> know</c><00:32:09.299><c> about</c><00:32:09.500><c> the</c><00:32:09.759><c> serpent?</c> 00:32:10.700 --> 00:32:14.500 Elphasis<00:32:11.299><c> Israel</c><00:32:11.500><c> here,</c><00:32:12.180><c> Paul</c><00:32:12.400><c> will</c><00:32:12.700><c> bear</c><00:32:12.819><c> me</c><00:32:13.000><c> up</c><00:32:13.119><c> on</c><00:32:13.319><c> this.</c> 00:32:14.799 --> 00:32:17.400 Brother<00:32:14.960><c> Thomas'</c><00:32:15.460><c> exposition</c><00:32:15.900><c> of</c><00:32:16.480><c> the</c><00:32:16.599><c> serpent</c><00:32:16.880><c> in</c><00:32:17.000><c> Elphasis</c> 00:32:17.400 --> 00:32:19.400 Israel<00:32:17.680><c> will</c><00:32:17.980><c> never</c><00:32:18.319><c> be</c><00:32:18.680><c> surpassed.</c> 00:32:19.519 --> 00:32:21.720 You<00:32:19.740><c> couldn't</c><00:32:20.200><c> write</c><00:32:20.579><c> anything</c><00:32:20.819><c> better.</c> 00:32:21.740 --> 00:32:23.559 And<00:32:21.859><c> this</c><00:32:22.119><c> is</c><00:32:22.259><c> from</c><00:32:22.420><c> Brother</c><00:32:22.700><c> Thomas'</c><00:32:23.240><c> writing.</c> 00:32:24.059 --> 00:32:27.359 As<00:32:24.119><c> he</c><00:32:24.400><c> points</c><00:32:24.599><c> out,</c><00:32:25.079><c> the</c><00:32:25.200><c> serpent</c><00:32:25.500><c> was</c><00:32:26.000><c> an</c><00:32:26.359><c> amoral</c><00:32:27.000><c> creature.</c> 00:32:27.640 --> 00:32:32.339 Now<00:32:27.920><c> amoral</c><00:32:28.319><c> is</c><00:32:28.480><c> a</c><00:32:28.700><c> creature</c><00:32:28.900><c> that's</c><00:32:29.160><c> got</c><00:32:29.480><c> no</c><00:32:30.240><c> moral</c><00:32:30.900><c> susceptibilities.</c> 00:32:32.759 --> 00:32:38.619 We<00:32:33.000><c> can</c><00:32:33.180><c> either</c><00:32:33.480><c> be</c><00:32:34.079><c> moral</c><00:32:34.440><c> people</c><00:32:34.859><c> or</c><00:32:35.400><c> immoral</c><00:32:35.980><c> people</c><00:32:36.339><c> because</c><00:32:36.680><c> we</c><00:32:36.940><c> have</c><00:32:37.500><c> capabilities</c><00:32:38.140><c> of</c> 00:32:38.619 --> 00:32:39.900 thinking<00:32:38.920><c> and</c><00:32:39.140><c> acting</c><00:32:39.359><c> like</c><00:32:39.660><c> God.</c> 00:32:39.900 --> 00:32:43.279 We<00:32:40.079><c> know</c><00:32:40.339><c> the</c><00:32:40.500><c> difference</c><00:32:40.839><c> between</c><00:32:41.279><c> right</c><00:32:41.819><c> or</c><00:32:42.220><c> wrong.</c> 00:32:43.319 --> 00:32:44.660 Now<00:32:43.440><c> the</c><00:32:43.640><c> serpent</c><00:32:43.880><c> did</c><00:32:44.160><c> not</c><00:32:44.440><c> know.</c> 00:32:44.680 --> 00:32:46.480 Like<00:32:44.940><c> other</c><00:32:45.240><c> creatures,</c><00:32:45.599><c> they</c><00:32:45.740><c> don't</c><00:32:46.119><c> know.</c> 00:32:46.660 --> 00:32:47.960 They<00:32:46.859><c> are</c><00:32:47.380><c> amoral.</c> 00:32:48.359 --> 00:32:50.480 They<00:32:48.559><c> have</c><00:32:48.839><c> no</c><00:32:49.339><c> moral</c><00:32:49.779><c> capabilities.</c> 00:32:50.940 --> 00:32:51.700 How<00:32:51.099><c> do</c><00:32:51.259><c> we</c><00:32:51.339><c> know</c><00:32:51.519><c> that?</c> 00:32:51.740 --> 00:32:56.059 Because<00:32:51.940><c> Genesis</c><00:32:52.359><c> says,</c><00:32:53.099><c> now</c><00:32:53.259><c> the</c><00:32:53.539><c> serpent,</c><00:32:54.140><c> he</c><00:32:54.799><c> says,</c><00:32:55.880><c> was</c> 00:32:56.059 --> 00:33:01.579 more<00:32:57.339><c> subtle</c><00:32:57.599><c> than</c><00:32:57.859><c> any</c><00:32:58.279><c> beast</c><00:32:58.740><c> of</c><00:32:59.019><c> the</c><00:32:59.420><c> field</c><00:33:00.000><c> which</c><00:33:01.140><c> Yahweh</c> 00:33:01.579 --> 00:33:02.779 Elohim<00:33:02.019><c> had</c><00:33:02.420><c> made.</c> 00:33:03.059 --> 00:33:07.819 So<00:33:03.259><c> he's</c><00:33:03.740><c> classified</c><00:33:04.380><c> as</c><00:33:04.740><c> a</c><00:33:05.039><c> beast</c><00:33:05.279><c> of</c><00:33:05.559><c> the</c><00:33:05.779><c> field,</c><00:33:06.400><c> an</c><00:33:06.920><c> amoral</c><00:33:07.400><c> creature.</c> 00:33:07.819 --> 00:33:14.160 His<00:33:08.799><c> subtlety,</c><00:33:09.960><c> therefore,</c><00:33:11.420><c> was</c><00:33:11.680><c> not</c><00:33:12.160><c> necessarily</c><00:33:13.039><c> evil.</c> 00:33:14.339 --> 00:33:16.539 Now<00:33:14.480><c> people</c><00:33:14.720><c> read</c><00:33:15.019><c> the</c><00:33:15.259><c> serpent</c><00:33:15.559><c> was</c><00:33:15.779><c> more</c><00:33:16.299><c> subtle.</c> 00:33:16.619 --> 00:33:18.460 And<00:33:16.740><c> they</c><00:33:16.859><c> read</c><00:33:17.039><c> the</c><00:33:17.140><c> word</c><00:33:17.400><c> subtle,</c><00:33:17.779><c> you</c><00:33:17.819><c> know,</c><00:33:17.980><c> with</c><00:33:18.059><c> a</c><00:33:18.180><c> picture</c><00:33:18.319><c> in</c> 00:33:18.460 --> 00:33:21.539 their<00:33:18.660><c> mind,</c><00:33:19.180><c> the</c><00:33:19.400><c> serpent</c><00:33:19.619><c> was</c><00:33:19.880><c> more</c><00:33:20.420><c> subtle.</c> 00:33:21.559 --> 00:33:24.099 But<00:33:21.759><c> it</c><00:33:21.920><c> doesn't</c><00:33:22.259><c> mean</c><00:33:22.680><c> that</c><00:33:22.920><c> at</c><00:33:23.200><c> all.</c> 00:33:24.240 --> 00:33:28.380 As<00:33:24.440><c> Brother</c><00:33:24.740><c> Thomas</c><00:33:25.000><c> says,</c><00:33:25.420><c> the</c><00:33:25.579><c> serpent</c><00:33:25.900><c> was</c><00:33:26.160><c> more</c><00:33:26.579><c> observant.</c> 00:33:28.849 --> 00:33:32.339 Now<00:33:29.180><c> if</c><00:33:29.380><c> the</c><00:33:29.579><c> serpent,</c><00:33:30.000><c> if</c><00:33:30.200><c> that</c><00:33:30.500><c> word</c><00:33:30.819><c> subtlety</c><00:33:31.400><c> means</c><00:33:32.079><c> that</c> 00:33:32.339 --> 00:33:34.579 he<00:33:32.400><c> was</c><00:33:32.720><c> evil,</c><00:33:33.539><c> cunningly</c><00:33:34.119><c> evil,</c> 00:33:35.019 --> 00:33:38.579 then<00:33:35.220><c> the</c><00:33:35.420><c> Lord</c><00:33:35.619><c> Jesus</c><00:33:36.059><c> Christ</c><00:33:36.519><c> gave</c><00:33:36.799><c> some</c><00:33:37.180><c> diabolical</c><00:33:37.960><c> advice</c><00:33:38.420><c> when</c> 00:33:38.579 --> 00:33:43.660 he<00:33:38.740><c> told</c><00:33:38.960><c> his</c><00:33:39.240><c> disciples</c><00:33:39.799><c> to</c><00:33:40.059><c> be</c><00:33:40.180><c> as</c><00:33:40.579><c> wise</c><00:33:41.359><c> as</c><00:33:42.160><c> serpents.</c> 00:33:44.609 --> 00:33:47.819 And<00:33:44.940><c> he</c><00:33:45.099><c> was</c><00:33:45.420><c> quoting,</c><00:33:45.819><c> obviously,</c><00:33:46.500><c> from</c><00:33:46.660><c> that</c><00:33:46.900><c> record.</c> 00:33:48.839 --> 00:33:53.680 Therefore,<00:33:49.680><c> the</c><00:33:49.880><c> serpent's</c><00:33:50.359><c> subtlety</c><00:33:51.019><c> was</c><00:33:51.720><c> not</c><00:33:52.000><c> necessarily</c><00:33:52.720><c> evil.</c> 00:33:53.799 --> 00:33:54.680 It<00:33:54.019><c> wasn't</c><00:33:54.440><c> evil.</c> 00:33:54.680 --> 00:33:58.220 He<00:33:55.299><c> was</c><00:33:55.559><c> an</c><00:33:56.599><c> observant</c><00:33:57.240><c> creature.</c> 00:33:59.539 --> 00:34:08.139 Secondly,<00:34:00.539><c> his</c><00:34:00.740><c> lie</c><00:34:01.319><c> was</c><00:34:02.640><c> not</c><00:34:02.980><c> deliberate</c><00:34:03.599><c> or</c><00:34:05.079><c> malicious,</c><00:34:06.559><c> but</c><00:34:06.759><c> the</c><00:34:07.079><c> expression</c><00:34:07.720><c> of</c> 00:34:08.139 --> 00:34:09.320 his<00:34:08.519><c> carnal</c><00:34:08.900><c> mind.</c> 00:34:09.559 --> 00:34:11.880 In<00:34:09.659><c> other</c><00:34:09.900><c> words,</c><00:34:10.260><c> the</c><00:34:10.400><c> serpent</c><00:34:10.599><c> didn't</c><00:34:10.840><c> get</c><00:34:11.039><c> behind</c><00:34:11.320><c> the</c><00:34:11.539><c> bush</c><00:34:11.679><c> and</c> 00:34:11.880 --> 00:34:13.639 say,<00:34:12.219><c> now</c><00:34:12.219><c> I'm</c><00:34:12.400><c> going</c><00:34:12.539><c> to</c><00:34:12.659><c> tell</c><00:34:12.780><c> a</c><00:34:12.980><c> lie</c><00:34:13.099><c> to</c><00:34:13.260><c> that</c><00:34:13.380><c> woman.</c> 00:34:13.860 --> 00:34:15.820 He<00:34:13.980><c> wasn't</c><00:34:14.360><c> capable</c><00:34:14.860><c> of</c><00:34:15.039><c> thinking</c><00:34:15.239><c> of</c><00:34:15.519><c> that.</c> 00:34:16.139 --> 00:34:19.000 Nor<00:34:16.480><c> did</c><00:34:16.639><c> he</c><00:34:16.920><c> tell</c><00:34:17.039><c> it</c><00:34:17.219><c> with</c><00:34:17.420><c> some</c><00:34:17.800><c> malicious</c><00:34:18.460><c> intent.</c> 00:34:19.000 --> 00:34:25.039 Because<00:34:19.559><c> to</c><00:34:20.260><c> be</c><00:34:20.480><c> deliberate</c><00:34:20.940><c> in</c><00:34:21.199><c> telling</c><00:34:21.380><c> deliberate</c><00:34:21.940><c> lies</c><00:34:22.400><c> with</c><00:34:22.880><c> malicious</c><00:34:23.360><c> intent,</c><00:34:24.039><c> you've</c><00:34:24.239><c> got</c><00:34:24.320><c> to</c><00:34:24.500><c> be</c><00:34:24.800><c> a</c> 00:34:25.039 --> 00:34:25.699 moral<00:34:25.320><c> creature.</c> 00:34:25.860 --> 00:34:29.559 You've<00:34:26.099><c> got</c><00:34:26.260><c> to</c><00:34:26.559><c> know</c><00:34:27.159><c> what's</c><00:34:28.260><c> being</c><00:34:28.539><c> malicious</c><00:34:28.880><c> and</c><00:34:29.000><c> what's</c><00:34:29.400><c> not.</c> 00:34:29.659 --> 00:34:31.480 He<00:34:29.960><c> wasn't</c><00:34:30.400><c> capable</c><00:34:30.880><c> of</c><00:34:31.139><c> that.</c> 00:34:31.880 --> 00:34:33.360 How<00:34:32.159><c> then</c><00:34:32.380><c> did</c><00:34:32.500><c> he</c><00:34:32.699><c> tell</c><00:34:33.019><c> a</c><00:34:33.179><c> lie?</c> 00:34:33.539 --> 00:34:36.619 Let's<00:34:33.820><c> turn</c><00:34:34.059><c> this</c><00:34:34.300><c> one</c><00:34:34.480><c> up,</c><00:34:34.820><c> John</c><00:34:35.059><c> 8</c><00:34:35.340><c>.44.</c> 00:34:37.679 --> 00:34:40.659 Now<00:34:37.840><c> all</c><00:34:37.980><c> this</c><00:34:38.139><c> is</c><00:34:38.360><c> important</c><00:34:38.860><c> because</c><00:34:39.340><c> this</c><00:34:39.599><c> is</c><00:34:39.780><c> the</c><00:34:39.880><c> way</c><00:34:40.360><c> sin</c> 00:34:40.659 --> 00:34:41.519 came<00:34:40.940><c> into</c><00:34:41.099><c> the</c><00:34:41.340><c> world,</c> 00:34:41.579 --> 00:34:44.139 and<00:34:41.719><c> this</c><00:34:41.820><c> is</c><00:34:41.980><c> how</c><00:34:42.099><c> God</c><00:34:42.320><c> is</c><00:34:42.480><c> going</c><00:34:42.579><c> to</c><00:34:42.739><c> deal</c><00:34:42.860><c> with</c><00:34:43.039><c> it.</c> 00:34:49.000 --> 00:34:52.260 Now<00:34:49.139><c> in</c><00:34:49.340><c> John</c><00:34:49.639><c> chapter</c><00:34:49.920><c> 8,</c><00:34:50.340><c> we</c><00:34:50.340><c> have</c><00:34:50.559><c> the</c><00:34:50.719><c> best</c><00:34:51.320><c> exposition</c><00:34:52.079><c> of</c> 00:34:52.260 --> 00:34:54.920 the<00:34:52.500><c> serpent's</c><00:34:52.940><c> lie</c><00:34:53.099><c> you'll</c><00:34:53.420><c> ever</c><00:34:53.800><c> read.</c> 00:34:59.940 --> 00:35:03.039 We're<00:35:00.039><c> going</c><00:35:00.099><c> to</c><00:35:00.199><c> wait</c><00:35:00.280><c> until</c><00:35:00.480><c> all</c><00:35:00.699><c> the</c><00:35:00.820><c> rustles</c><00:35:01.179><c> stop</c><00:35:01.440><c> tonight</c><00:35:01.920><c> because</c><00:35:02.260><c> we</c><00:35:02.400><c> want</c><00:35:02.539><c> everyone</c><00:35:02.840><c> to</c> 00:35:03.039 --> 00:35:04.280 have<00:35:03.139><c> these</c><00:35:03.380><c> references</c><00:35:03.780><c> turned</c><00:35:04.119><c> up.</c> 00:35:04.300 --> 00:35:07.099 We<00:35:04.380><c> want</c><00:35:04.539><c> to</c><00:35:04.679><c> go</c><00:35:04.960><c> steady</c><00:35:05.260><c> and</c><00:35:05.639><c> slowly</c><00:35:05.820><c> over</c><00:35:06.099><c> these</c><00:35:06.300><c> matters.</c> 00:35:07.880 --> 00:35:13.320 Now<00:35:08.119><c> if</c><00:35:08.179><c> you</c><00:35:08.340><c> run</c><00:35:08.500><c> your</c><00:35:08.719><c> eye</c><00:35:08.900><c> down</c><00:35:09.139><c> that</c><00:35:09.400><c> chapter,</c><00:35:10.079><c> you'll</c><00:35:10.639><c> find</c><00:35:11.000><c> that</c><00:35:11.440><c> it's</c><00:35:11.880><c> from</c><00:35:12.219><c> verse</c><00:35:12.699><c> 33</c> 00:35:13.320 --> 00:35:14.320 with<00:35:13.559><c> the</c><00:35:13.639><c> top</c><00:35:13.760><c> of</c><00:35:13.920><c> the</c><00:35:14.119><c> page.</c> 00:35:14.400 --> 00:35:16.000 We've<00:35:14.500><c> all</c><00:35:14.579><c> got</c><00:35:14.739><c> the</c><00:35:14.840><c> same</c><00:35:15.079><c> kind</c><00:35:15.260><c> of</c><00:35:15.400><c> bulbs,</c><00:35:15.559><c> I</c><00:35:15.719><c> reckon.</c> 00:35:16.000 --> 00:35:18.980 You<00:35:16.940><c> look</c><00:35:17.179><c> down</c><00:35:17.500><c> through</c><00:35:17.699><c> those</c><00:35:17.980><c> early</c><00:35:18.260><c> verses</c><00:35:18.559><c> and</c><00:35:18.760><c> you'll</c> 00:35:18.980 --> 00:35:21.559 see<00:35:19.099><c> that</c><00:35:19.239><c> it's</c><00:35:19.400><c> an</c><00:35:19.619><c> argument</c><00:35:19.880><c> between</c><00:35:20.260><c> Jesus</c><00:35:20.679><c> and</c><00:35:20.880><c> the</c><00:35:21.059><c> scribes</c><00:35:21.400><c> and</c> 00:35:21.559 --> 00:35:23.500 the<00:35:21.739><c> Pharisees.</c> 00:35:24.059 --> 00:35:28.079 And<00:35:24.219><c> they</c><00:35:24.420><c> couldn't</c><00:35:24.760><c> understand</c><00:35:26.039><c> the</c><00:35:26.219><c> Lord</c><00:35:26.400><c> Jesus</c><00:35:26.840><c> Christ</c><00:35:27.199><c> at</c><00:35:27.539><c> all.</c> 00:35:28.519 --> 00:35:32.440 And<00:35:28.619><c> in</c><00:35:28.800><c> verse</c><00:35:29.019><c> 43,</c><00:35:30.820><c> the</c><00:35:30.920><c> Lord</c><00:35:31.159><c> asks</c><00:35:31.500><c> them</c><00:35:31.739><c> a</c><00:35:31.880><c> question</c><00:35:32.239><c> and</c> 00:35:32.440 --> 00:35:34.360 then<00:35:32.639><c> answers</c><00:35:33.059><c> it.</c> 00:35:34.579 --> 00:35:38.880 Why<00:35:35.099><c> do</c><00:35:35.659><c> you</c><00:35:36.000><c> not</c><00:35:36.539><c> understand</c><00:35:37.219><c> my</c><00:35:37.679><c> speech?</c> 00:35:39.780 --> 00:35:42.519 Because<00:35:40.360><c> you</c><00:35:40.659><c> cannot</c><00:35:41.059><c> hear</c><00:35:41.380><c> my</c><00:35:41.699><c> words.</c> 00:35:43.500 --> 00:35:46.659 Now<00:35:43.980><c> I</c><00:35:44.039><c> want</c><00:35:44.239><c> you</c><00:35:44.380><c> to</c><00:35:44.500><c> pause</c><00:35:44.739><c> and</c><00:35:44.940><c> consider</c><00:35:45.280><c> what</c><00:35:45.440><c> he</c><00:35:45.619><c> said.</c> 00:35:46.880 --> 00:35:49.179 Let's<00:35:47.039><c> put</c><00:35:47.219><c> it</c><00:35:47.420><c> in</c><00:35:47.559><c> a</c><00:35:47.599><c> little</c><00:35:47.920><c> plainer</c><00:35:48.340><c> English</c><00:35:48.559><c> perhaps,</c><00:35:49.039><c> but</c> 00:35:49.179 --> 00:35:49.980 it's<00:35:49.400><c> the</c><00:35:49.500><c> same</c><00:35:49.719><c> meaning.</c> 00:35:50.059 --> 00:35:51.900 He<00:35:50.219><c> virtually</c><00:35:50.519><c> said</c><00:35:50.760><c> this.</c> 00:35:52.960 --> 00:35:56.320 Why<00:35:53.440><c> don't</c><00:35:53.920><c> you</c><00:35:54.400><c> understand</c><00:35:55.219><c> what</c><00:35:55.579><c> I'm</c><00:35:55.800><c> talking</c><00:35:56.079><c> about?</c> 00:35:56.440 --> 00:35:58.000 Do<00:35:56.639><c> you</c><00:35:56.639><c> mind</c><00:35:56.840><c> if</c><00:35:57.039><c> I</c><00:35:57.199><c> answer</c><00:35:57.380><c> for</c><00:35:57.699><c> you?</c> 00:35:58.300 --> 00:36:02.519 No,<00:35:59.079><c> because</c><00:35:59.300><c> you</c><00:35:59.619><c> can't.</c> 00:36:03.360 --> 00:36:05.539 Oh,<00:36:03.840><c> that's</c><00:36:04.320><c> why.</c><00:36:04.739><c> You</c><00:36:05.039><c> can't.</c> 00:36:05.559 --> 00:36:06.719 Now<00:36:05.800><c> why</c><00:36:06.019><c> can't</c><00:36:06.719><c> I?</c> 00:36:06.719 --> 00:36:12.980 Ye<00:36:07.960><c> are</c><00:36:08.579><c> of</c><00:36:08.920><c> your</c><00:36:09.300><c> Father</c><00:36:09.800><c> the</c><00:36:10.179><c> Diabolos,</c><00:36:12.139><c> and</c><00:36:12.320><c> the</c><00:36:12.539><c> lusts</c><00:36:12.980><c> of</c> 00:36:12.980 --> 00:36:15.360 your<00:36:13.300><c> Father</c><00:36:13.719><c> ye</c><00:36:14.019><c> will</c><00:36:14.300><c> do.</c> 00:36:15.599 --> 00:36:19.280 He<00:36:15.900><c> was</c><00:36:16.199><c> a</c><00:36:16.480><c> murderer</c><00:36:16.780><c> from</c><00:36:17.039><c> the</c><00:36:17.239><c> beginning,</c><00:36:18.219><c> and</c><00:36:18.400><c> abode</c><00:36:18.920><c> not</c> 00:36:19.280 --> 00:36:20.099 in<00:36:19.480><c> the</c><00:36:19.739><c> truth.</c> 00:36:20.260 --> 00:36:25.139 Why?<00:36:21.739><c> Because</c><00:36:22.380><c> there</c><00:36:23.260><c> was</c><00:36:23.460><c> no</c><00:36:23.719><c> truth</c><00:36:24.000><c> in</c><00:36:24.199><c> him.</c> 00:36:25.440 --> 00:36:26.599 See,<00:36:25.639><c> you</c><00:36:25.840><c> take</c><00:36:26.000><c> that</c><00:36:26.320><c> serpent.</c> 00:36:27.059 --> 00:36:30.599 How<00:36:27.380><c> could</c><00:36:27.699><c> a</c><00:36:28.059><c> serpent</c><00:36:28.519><c> abide</c><00:36:29.239><c> in</c><00:36:29.440><c> the</c><00:36:29.760><c> truth?</c> 00:36:30.639 --> 00:36:32.579 He<00:36:30.960><c> couldn't</c><00:36:31.380><c> understand</c><00:36:31.960><c> it.</c> 00:36:32.880 --> 00:36:34.619 Consequently,<00:36:33.400><c> he</c><00:36:33.500><c> was</c><00:36:33.739><c> never</c><00:36:34.000><c> in</c><00:36:34.260><c> it.</c> 00:36:34.619 --> 00:36:39.480 So<00:36:35.539><c> a</c><00:36:35.739><c> person</c><00:36:36.099><c> who</c><00:36:36.400><c> can't</c><00:36:36.719><c> understand</c><00:36:37.199><c> the</c><00:36:37.460><c> truth,</c><00:36:38.480><c> and</c><00:36:38.559><c> therefore</c><00:36:38.920><c> can't</c> 00:36:39.480 --> 00:36:40.760 enter<00:36:39.760><c> into</c><00:36:39.960><c> it,</c> 00:36:41.019 --> 00:36:42.880 a<00:36:41.139><c> person</c><00:36:41.440><c> like</c><00:36:41.719><c> that</c><00:36:41.860><c> can't</c><00:36:42.239><c> abide</c><00:36:42.539><c> in</c><00:36:42.699><c> it.</c> 00:36:43.179 --> 00:36:43.960 It's<00:36:43.440><c> so</c><00:36:43.699><c> obvious.</c> 00:36:44.260 --> 00:36:45.659 You<00:36:44.340><c> can't</c><00:36:44.739><c> teach</c><00:36:45.019><c> a</c><00:36:45.219><c> snake</c><00:36:45.340><c> the</c><00:36:45.559><c> truth.</c> 00:36:45.719 --> 00:36:46.360 Have<00:36:45.820><c> you</c><00:36:45.880><c> tried?</c> 00:36:46.820 --> 00:36:49.360 You<00:36:47.000><c> can't</c><00:36:47.420><c> bring</c><00:36:47.639><c> them</c><00:36:47.739><c> into</c><00:36:47.880><c> the</c><00:36:48.139><c> truth,</c><00:36:48.719><c> and</c><00:36:48.800><c> they</c><00:36:48.980><c> can't</c> 00:36:49.360 --> 00:36:50.260 abide<00:36:49.719><c> in</c><00:36:49.880><c> the</c><00:36:50.059><c> truth.</c> 00:36:50.400 --> 00:36:54.199 They<00:36:50.599><c> just</c><00:36:51.079><c> can't,</c><00:36:51.900><c> because</c><00:36:52.219><c> of</c><00:36:52.400><c> the</c><00:36:52.480><c> way</c><00:36:52.760><c> they</c><00:36:53.280><c> think.</c> 00:36:54.260 --> 00:36:57.199 And<00:36:54.480><c> they</c><00:36:54.780><c> think</c><00:36:55.059><c> according</c><00:36:55.659><c> to</c><00:36:56.159><c> carnal</c><00:36:56.659><c> instincts.</c> 00:36:57.559 --> 00:37:00.500 And<00:36:57.739><c> that's</c><00:36:58.219><c> exactly</c><00:36:58.800><c> how</c><00:36:59.179><c> those</c><00:36:59.500><c> scribes</c><00:36:59.820><c> and</c><00:37:00.099><c> Pharisees</c> 00:37:00.500 --> 00:37:01.440 were<00:37:00.699><c> thinking.</c> 00:37:01.840 --> 00:37:05.440 Now<00:37:02.519><c> Jesus</c><00:37:02.900><c> goes</c><00:37:03.219><c> on</c><00:37:03.440><c> to</c><00:37:03.639><c> describe</c><00:37:04.019><c> his</c><00:37:04.360><c> lie.</c> 00:37:06.400 --> 00:37:13.800 When<00:37:06.559><c> he</c><00:37:07.119><c> speaketh</c><00:37:07.739><c> a</c><00:37:08.139><c> lie,</c><00:37:09.980><c> he</c><00:37:10.320><c> speaketh</c><00:37:10.960><c> of</c><00:37:11.659><c> his</c><00:37:12.579><c> own.</c> 00:37:14.639 --> 00:37:15.960 Now<00:37:14.880><c> there's</c><00:37:15.099><c> your</c><00:37:15.320><c> explanation.</c> 00:37:16.300 --> 00:37:17.320 You<00:37:16.440><c> won't</c><00:37:16.679><c> find</c><00:37:16.900><c> a</c><00:37:17.079><c> better.</c> 00:37:17.800 --> 00:37:22.659 When<00:37:17.960><c> he</c><00:37:18.300><c> speaketh</c><00:37:18.719><c> a</c><00:37:19.000><c> lie,</c><00:37:19.500><c> he</c><00:37:19.800><c> speaketh</c><00:37:20.360><c> of</c><00:37:20.960><c> his</c><00:37:21.559><c> own.</c> 00:37:24.340 --> 00:37:27.440 Now<00:37:24.480><c> all</c><00:37:24.599><c> he's</c><00:37:24.920><c> saying</c><00:37:25.019><c> therefore</c><00:37:25.400><c> is</c><00:37:25.579><c> that</c><00:37:25.760><c> the</c><00:37:26.019><c> serpent</c><00:37:26.360><c> didn't</c><00:37:26.719><c> turn</c><00:37:27.000><c> around</c><00:37:27.119><c> until</c><00:37:27.320><c> a</c> 00:37:27.440 --> 00:37:28.519 deliberate<00:37:27.800><c> lie</c><00:37:28.039><c> at</c><00:37:28.280><c> all.</c> 00:37:28.519 --> 00:37:31.619 He<00:37:28.920><c> just</c><00:37:29.340><c> said</c><00:37:29.719><c> what</c><00:37:30.059><c> he</c><00:37:30.440><c> thought.</c> 00:37:32.760 --> 00:37:34.639 Now<00:37:33.059><c> therefore</c><00:37:33.360><c> it</c><00:37:33.460><c> was</c><00:37:33.719><c> not</c><00:37:33.920><c> a</c><00:37:34.000><c> malicious</c><00:37:34.360><c> lie.</c> 00:37:34.900 --> 00:37:39.219 Now<00:37:35.139><c> if</c><00:37:35.219><c> someone</c><00:37:35.440><c> was</c><00:37:35.659><c> to</c><00:37:35.880><c> spin</c><00:37:36.139><c> me</c><00:37:36.420><c> around</c><00:37:36.820><c> so</c><00:37:37.039><c> that</c><00:37:37.139><c> I</c><00:37:37.280><c> become</c><00:37:37.559><c> disorientated,</c> 00:37:39.860 --> 00:37:43.119 and<00:37:40.019><c> then</c><00:37:40.119><c> you</c><00:37:40.239><c> come</c><00:37:40.360><c> and</c><00:37:40.500><c> say</c><00:37:40.619><c> to</c><00:37:40.780><c> me,</c><00:37:41.519><c> look,</c><00:37:42.099><c> what</c><00:37:42.099><c> was</c><00:37:42.219><c> about</c> 00:37:43.119 --> 00:37:44.360 those<00:37:43.460><c> parking</c><00:37:43.900><c> arrangements?</c> 00:37:44.539 --> 00:37:47.500 And<00:37:44.699><c> I</c><00:37:44.900><c> say,</c><00:37:45.179><c> well,</c><00:37:45.659><c> you</c><00:37:45.800><c> fill</c><00:37:45.940><c> up</c><00:37:46.119><c> all</c><00:37:46.340><c> that</c><00:37:46.599><c> laxist</c><00:37:47.219><c> laneway</c> 00:37:47.500 --> 00:37:49.199 so<00:37:47.619><c> we</c><00:37:47.800><c> can't</c><00:37:48.039><c> get</c><00:37:48.199><c> to</c><00:37:48.300><c> the</c><00:37:48.500><c> door.</c> 00:37:49.280 --> 00:37:52.219 Now<00:37:49.559><c> I</c><00:37:50.760><c> wouldn't</c><00:37:51.019><c> tell</c><00:37:51.280><c> you</c><00:37:51.380><c> that</c><00:37:51.559><c> deliberately</c><00:37:51.860><c> to</c><00:37:52.019><c> get</c><00:37:52.119><c> you</c> 00:37:52.219 --> 00:37:52.639 into<00:37:52.380><c> trouble.</c> 00:37:52.760 --> 00:37:56.079 I've<00:37:53.179><c> been</c><00:37:53.420><c> sort</c><00:37:53.599><c> of</c><00:37:54.639><c> all</c><00:37:54.840><c> shaken</c><00:37:55.139><c> up,</c><00:37:55.300><c> and</c><00:37:55.420><c> I</c><00:37:55.460><c> don't</c><00:37:55.539><c> know</c><00:37:55.599><c> what</c><00:37:55.719><c> I'm</c><00:37:55.880><c> saying.</c> 00:37:56.079 --> 00:37:58.619 I'm<00:37:56.380><c> telling</c><00:37:56.599><c> you</c><00:37:56.760><c> what</c><00:37:56.940><c> I</c><00:37:57.219><c> think,</c><00:37:57.639><c> what</c><00:37:57.699><c> I</c><00:37:58.079><c> genuinely</c><00:37:58.380><c> and</c> 00:37:58.619 --> 00:37:59.360 sincerely<00:37:59.059><c> think.</c> 00:37:59.460 --> 00:38:00.679 It's<00:37:59.659><c> a</c><00:37:59.840><c> lie.</c> 00:38:01.860 --> 00:38:03.960 And<00:38:01.940><c> if</c><00:38:02.059><c> you</c><00:38:02.300><c> follow</c><00:38:02.599><c> my</c><00:38:02.920><c> advice,</c><00:38:03.280><c> you'll</c><00:38:03.420><c> get</c><00:38:03.519><c> run</c><00:38:03.639><c> over</c><00:38:03.780><c> by</c> 00:38:03.960 --> 00:38:05.099 five<00:38:04.280><c> again.</c> 00:38:06.820 --> 00:38:10.400 So<00:38:07.360><c> it's</c><00:38:07.900><c> not</c><00:38:08.139><c> what</c><00:38:08.360><c> we</c><00:38:08.659><c> say</c><00:38:08.880><c> which</c><00:38:09.079><c> we</c><00:38:09.179><c> are</c><00:38:09.420><c> deliberately</c><00:38:09.860><c> telling</c><00:38:10.139><c> a</c> 00:38:10.400 --> 00:38:11.940 lie<00:38:10.599><c> or</c><00:38:10.960><c> it's</c><00:38:11.440><c> malicious,</c> 00:38:12.380 --> 00:38:16.139 but<00:38:12.500><c> if</c><00:38:12.699><c> we</c><00:38:12.880><c> follow,</c><00:38:13.480><c> brethren</c><00:38:13.480><c> and</c><00:38:13.719><c> sisters,</c><00:38:14.019><c> our</c><00:38:14.340><c> own</c><00:38:14.800><c> animal</c><00:38:15.219><c> instincts</c><00:38:15.699><c> and</c> 00:38:16.139 --> 00:38:18.940 speak<00:38:16.519><c> according</c><00:38:16.820><c> to</c><00:38:17.000><c> how</c><00:38:17.480><c> we</c><00:38:17.860><c> feel,</c> 00:38:19.340 --> 00:38:22.940 we<00:38:19.559><c> may</c><00:38:19.920><c> believe</c><00:38:20.480><c> sincerely</c><00:38:21.480><c> what</c><00:38:21.719><c> we</c><00:38:22.039><c> say</c><00:38:22.199><c> is</c><00:38:22.400><c> the</c><00:38:22.619><c> truth</c><00:38:22.760><c> of</c> 00:38:22.940 --> 00:38:23.340 the<00:38:23.039><c> matter,</c> 00:38:23.340 --> 00:38:28.219 but<00:38:23.820><c> if</c><00:38:23.980><c> it's</c><00:38:24.260><c> opposition</c><00:38:24.599><c> to</c><00:38:24.820><c> what</c><00:38:24.900><c> God</c><00:38:25.099><c> has</c><00:38:25.360><c> said,</c><00:38:25.619><c> it</c><00:38:25.699><c> is</c><00:38:25.940><c> scripturally</c><00:38:26.400><c> speaking</c><00:38:26.920><c> a</c><00:38:27.340><c> lie.</c> 00:38:29.500 --> 00:38:33.079 Now<00:38:29.719><c> Jesus'</c><00:38:30.219><c> exposition,</c><00:38:30.800><c> the</c><00:38:30.860><c> serpent</c><00:38:31.179><c> lie</c><00:38:31.420><c> therefore,</c><00:38:31.800><c> is</c><00:38:32.039><c> classic.</c> 00:38:33.239 --> 00:38:37.800 When<00:38:33.320><c> he</c><00:38:33.679><c> speaketh</c><00:38:34.079><c> a</c><00:38:34.380><c> lie,</c><00:38:34.820><c> he</c><00:38:35.119><c> speaketh</c><00:38:35.780><c> of</c><00:38:36.260><c> his</c><00:38:36.800><c> own.</c> 00:38:39.119 --> 00:38:42.400 Now<00:38:39.519><c> that's</c><00:38:40.079><c> a</c><00:38:40.400><c> scriptural</c><00:38:40.860><c> definition</c><00:38:41.260><c> of</c><00:38:41.460><c> a</c><00:38:41.619><c> lie.</c> 00:38:42.480 --> 00:38:45.199 Now<00:38:42.900><c> I</c><00:38:42.940><c> don't</c><00:38:43.159><c> doubt</c><00:38:43.340><c> that</c><00:38:43.519><c> all</c><00:38:43.639><c> of</c><00:38:43.719><c> us</c><00:38:43.860><c> have</c><00:38:44.039><c> told</c><00:38:44.260><c> lies,</c><00:38:44.820><c> a</c><00:38:44.820><c> lot</c><00:38:45.039><c> of</c> 00:38:45.199 --> 00:38:47.699 lies,<00:38:45.800><c> not</c><00:38:46.079><c> deliberate,</c><00:38:46.880><c> not</c><00:38:47.039><c> maliciously,</c> 00:38:47.699 --> 00:38:51.260 but<00:38:48.119><c> we</c><00:38:48.380><c> give</c><00:38:48.579><c> advice</c><00:38:49.039><c> or</c><00:38:49.239><c> we</c><00:38:49.519><c> say</c><00:38:49.679><c> something</c><00:38:49.960><c> without</c><00:38:50.280><c> consulting</c><00:38:50.800><c> God's</c> 00:38:51.260 --> 00:38:53.579 word<00:38:51.440><c> as</c><00:38:51.719><c> to</c><00:38:51.840><c> how</c><00:38:52.179><c> we</c><00:38:52.619><c> feel</c><00:38:52.920><c> about</c><00:38:53.139><c> the</c><00:38:53.320><c> matter</c> 00:38:53.579 --> 00:38:57.440 and<00:38:53.960><c> we</c><00:38:54.139><c> don't</c><00:38:54.340><c> always</c><00:38:54.820><c> think</c><00:38:55.139><c> spiritually</c><00:38:55.599><c> and</c><00:38:55.920><c> we</c><00:38:56.079><c> might</c><00:38:56.260><c> say</c><00:38:56.500><c> something</c><00:38:56.840><c> opposite</c><00:38:57.280><c> to</c> 00:38:57.440 --> 00:38:58.139 what<00:38:57.579><c> God</c><00:38:57.800><c> has</c><00:38:58.019><c> said</c> 00:38:58.139 --> 00:39:00.579 without<00:38:58.400><c> even</c><00:38:58.840><c> knowing</c><00:38:59.139><c> that</c><00:38:59.360><c> we</c><00:38:59.760><c> have.</c> 00:39:00.719 --> 00:39:03.980 Now<00:39:00.980><c> that's</c><00:39:01.480><c> the</c><00:39:01.699><c> character</c><00:39:02.039><c> of</c><00:39:02.400><c> that</c><00:39:02.679><c> serpent's</c><00:39:03.219><c> lie.</c> 00:39:04.280 --> 00:39:08.280 When<00:39:04.619><c> he</c><00:39:04.980><c> expressed</c><00:39:05.460><c> himself</c><00:39:05.840><c> like</c><00:39:06.179><c> that,</c><00:39:07.440><c> he</c><00:39:07.699><c> could</c><00:39:07.960><c> express</c> 00:39:08.280 --> 00:39:10.139 himself<00:39:08.719><c> in</c><00:39:09.199><c> no</c><00:39:09.460><c> other</c><00:39:09.719><c> way,</c> 00:39:10.440 --> 00:39:13.679 and<00:39:10.639><c> therefore</c><00:39:11.059><c> in</c><00:39:11.340><c> him</c><00:39:11.539><c> it</c><00:39:11.699><c> was</c><00:39:12.000><c> not</c><00:39:12.440><c> sin</c><00:39:12.820><c> in</c><00:39:13.039><c> that</c><00:39:13.320><c> sense.</c> 00:39:13.679 --> 00:39:17.900 To<00:39:14.360><c> him</c><00:39:14.559><c> it</c><00:39:14.639><c> wasn't</c><00:39:15.039><c> sin</c><00:39:15.260><c> because</c><00:39:15.639><c> he</c><00:39:15.780><c> didn't</c><00:39:16.139><c> know</c><00:39:16.659><c> any</c><00:39:17.000><c> better</c><00:39:17.260><c> than</c><00:39:17.500><c> that.</c> 00:39:18.019 --> 00:39:20.639 He<00:39:18.179><c> wasn't</c><00:39:18.519><c> created</c><00:39:19.079><c> with</c><00:39:19.320><c> those</c><00:39:19.619><c> capabilities.</c> 00:39:20.840 --> 00:39:23.420 But<00:39:20.960><c> the</c><00:39:21.199><c> point</c><00:39:21.360><c> number</c><00:39:21.739><c> six,</c><00:39:22.079><c> and</c><00:39:22.380><c> appropriately</c><00:39:22.800><c> six,</c><00:39:23.139><c> is</c> 00:39:23.420 --> 00:39:27.500 this,<00:39:24.139><c> that</c><00:39:24.500><c> man</c><00:39:25.119><c> adopted</c><00:39:25.940><c> his</c><00:39:26.280><c> mode</c><00:39:26.500><c> of</c><00:39:26.760><c> thinking.</c> 00:39:28.780 --> 00:39:30.840 And<00:39:28.920><c> when</c><00:39:29.159><c> man</c><00:39:29.440><c> adopted</c><00:39:29.820><c> his</c><00:39:30.039><c> mode</c><00:39:30.179><c> of</c><00:39:30.400><c> thinking,</c><00:39:30.699><c> brethren</c> 00:39:30.840 --> 00:39:31.300 and<00:39:31.039><c> sisters,</c> 00:39:31.400 --> 00:39:35.460 it<00:39:31.599><c> was</c><00:39:31.900><c> sinful</c><00:39:32.199><c> because</c><00:39:32.619><c> man</c><00:39:32.980><c> was</c><00:39:33.340><c> capable</c><00:39:33.980><c> of</c><00:39:34.480><c> tiredness</c> 00:39:35.460 --> 00:39:38.460 and<00:39:36.400><c> sin</c><00:39:36.739><c> and</c><00:39:37.059><c> death</c><00:39:37.300><c> resulted</c> 00:39:38.659 --> 00:39:41.000 as<00:39:38.960><c> man</c><00:39:39.260><c> expressed</c><00:39:39.719><c> himself</c><00:39:40.139><c> like</c><00:39:40.420><c> the</c><00:39:40.719><c> snake.</c> 00:39:41.000 --> 00:39:45.440 Romans<00:39:41.760><c> 8</c><00:39:42.059><c> and</c><00:39:42.280><c> 3,</c><00:39:42.780><c> or</c><00:39:43.039><c> 8</c><00:39:43.280><c> and,</c><00:39:44.159><c> it</c><00:39:44.420><c> shouldn't</c><00:39:44.500><c> be</c><00:39:44.719><c> 3,</c><00:39:45.099><c> it</c><00:39:45.139><c> should</c><00:39:45.320><c> be</c> 00:39:45.440 --> 00:39:46.719 another<00:39:45.599><c> verse.</c> 00:39:47.460 --> 00:39:49.500 I<00:39:47.659><c> think</c><00:39:47.699><c> it's</c><00:39:47.760><c> about</c><00:39:47.980><c> verse</c><00:39:48.219><c> 5.</c> 00:39:55.599 --> 00:39:57.059 Verse<00:39:56.079><c> 6.</c> 00:40:02.400 --> 00:40:05.800 So<00:40:02.519><c> in</c><00:40:02.639><c> Romans</c><00:40:02.880><c> 8</c><00:40:03.179><c> and</c><00:40:03.360><c> verse</c><00:40:03.599><c> 6,</c> 00:40:06.980 --> 00:40:11.239 for<00:40:07.679><c> to</c><00:40:07.940><c> be</c><00:40:08.340><c> carnally</c><00:40:08.840><c> minded</c><00:40:09.420><c> is</c><00:40:10.199><c> death,</c> 00:40:12.260 --> 00:40:16.539 but<00:40:12.440><c> to</c><00:40:12.619><c> be</c><00:40:13.000><c> spiritually</c><00:40:13.360><c> minded</c><00:40:14.000><c> is</c><00:40:14.460><c> life</c><00:40:15.019><c> and</c><00:40:15.420><c> peace,</c> 00:40:16.659 --> 00:40:20.940 or<00:40:17.199><c> to</c><00:40:18.179><c> think</c><00:40:18.460><c> like</c><00:40:18.760><c> animals</c><00:40:19.380><c> is</c><00:40:19.699><c> death,</c> 00:40:21.300 --> 00:40:24.920 to<00:40:21.400><c> think</c><00:40:21.579><c> like</c><00:40:21.860><c> God</c><00:40:22.380><c> is</c><00:40:23.079><c> life</c><00:40:23.440><c> and</c><00:40:23.780><c> peace.</c> 00:40:25.239 --> 00:40:27.579 He<00:40:25.400><c> could</c><00:40:25.500><c> put</c><00:40:25.599><c> it</c><00:40:25.739><c> in</c><00:40:25.960><c> a</c><00:40:26.019><c> multitude</c><00:40:26.440><c> of</c><00:40:26.719><c> ways,</c> 00:40:28.079 --> 00:40:29.960 and<00:40:28.219><c> there</c><00:40:28.420><c> was</c><00:40:28.639><c> the</c><00:40:28.760><c> difference</c><00:40:28.920><c> of</c><00:40:29.179><c> opinion</c><00:40:29.400><c> in</c><00:40:29.559><c> the</c><00:40:29.719><c> Garden</c> 00:40:29.960 --> 00:40:30.420 of<00:40:30.159><c> Eden.</c> 00:40:30.420 --> 00:40:35.059 Now<00:40:31.280><c> the</c><00:40:31.539><c> serpent</c><00:40:31.960><c> put</c><00:40:32.940><c> the</c><00:40:33.219><c> reasoning</c><00:40:33.519><c> into</c><00:40:33.760><c> the</c><00:40:34.059><c> air</c><00:40:34.280><c> by</c><00:40:34.920><c> a</c> 00:40:35.059 --> 00:40:37.000 medium<00:40:35.320><c> of</c><00:40:35.500><c> his</c><00:40:35.719><c> words.</c> 00:40:37.159 --> 00:40:40.639 Man<00:40:37.500><c> and</c><00:40:37.659><c> woman</c><00:40:37.960><c> picked</c><00:40:38.260><c> it</c><00:40:38.440><c> up,</c><00:40:38.719><c> took</c><00:40:38.860><c> it</c><00:40:38.980><c> into</c><00:40:39.199><c> their</c><00:40:39.559><c> thinking,</c><00:40:40.320><c> acted</c> 00:40:40.639 --> 00:40:41.199 upon<00:40:40.960><c> it,</c> 00:40:41.280 --> 00:40:47.940 and<00:40:41.360><c> God</c><00:40:41.639><c> said</c><00:40:41.860><c> at</c><00:40:42.019><c> that</c><00:40:42.519><c> point</c><00:40:43.340><c> sin</c><00:40:44.539><c> entered</c><00:40:45.860><c> into</c><00:40:46.960><c> the</c><00:40:47.159><c> world.</c> 00:40:49.300 --> 00:40:52.400 Which<00:40:49.860><c> means</c><00:40:50.420><c> that</c><00:40:50.920><c> what</c><00:40:51.079><c> the</c><00:40:51.340><c> serpent</c><00:40:51.599><c> had</c><00:40:51.820><c> done</c><00:40:52.019><c> and</c><00:40:52.239><c> said</c> 00:40:52.400 --> 00:40:53.719 was<00:40:52.599><c> not</c><00:40:52.880><c> sin.</c> 00:40:54.280 --> 00:40:58.719 Otherwise<00:40:54.699><c> it</c><00:40:54.800><c> would</c><00:40:54.980><c> have</c><00:40:55.139><c> said</c><00:40:55.559><c> by</c><00:40:55.900><c> one</c><00:40:56.300><c> serpent</c><00:40:57.059><c> sin</c><00:40:57.980><c> entered</c><00:40:58.559><c> into</c> 00:40:58.719 --> 00:40:58.860 the<00:40:58.800><c> world.</c> 00:40:58.860 --> 00:41:01.039 But<00:40:58.960><c> it</c><00:40:59.000><c> didn't</c><00:40:59.239><c> say</c><00:40:59.480><c> that,</c><00:40:59.860><c> it</c><00:40:59.980><c> said</c><00:41:00.119><c> by</c><00:41:00.320><c> one</c><00:41:00.639><c> man.</c> 00:41:01.480 --> 00:41:04.920 And<00:41:01.500><c> so</c><00:41:01.639><c> when</c><00:41:01.880><c> the</c><00:41:02.460><c> lie</c><00:41:02.699><c> came</c><00:41:03.019><c> through</c><00:41:03.300><c> the</c><00:41:03.639><c> mouth</c><00:41:03.820><c> of</c><00:41:04.059><c> the</c><00:41:04.159><c> serpent,</c> 00:41:05.119 --> 00:41:08.340 expressed<00:41:05.199><c> in</c><00:41:05.420><c> a</c><00:41:05.539><c> form</c><00:41:05.659><c> of</c><00:41:06.000><c> words,</c><00:41:06.780><c> taken</c><00:41:06.980><c> into</c><00:41:07.260><c> minds,</c><00:41:07.880><c> capable</c><00:41:08.119><c> of</c> 00:41:08.340 --> 00:41:08.840 thinking<00:41:08.519><c> better,</c> 00:41:08.940 --> 00:41:11.360 acted<00:41:09.239><c> upon,</c><00:41:10.039><c> sin</c><00:41:10.400><c> entered</c><00:41:10.679><c> into</c><00:41:10.900><c> the</c><00:41:11.079><c> world.</c> 00:41:11.840 --> 00:41:13.579 Now<00:41:11.940><c> you</c><00:41:12.039><c> see</c><00:41:12.119><c> what's</c><00:41:12.400><c> happened,</c><00:41:12.800><c> don't</c><00:41:12.800><c> you?</c> 00:41:14.500 --> 00:41:16.599 What<00:41:14.679><c> has</c><00:41:14.940><c> happened</c><00:41:15.099><c> is</c><00:41:15.340><c> this,</c><00:41:15.579><c> that</c><00:41:15.699><c> we've</c><00:41:15.860><c> now</c><00:41:16.039><c> got</c><00:41:16.260><c> sin</c><00:41:16.440><c> in</c> 00:41:16.599 --> 00:41:16.980 the<00:41:16.780><c> world,</c> 00:41:17.059 --> 00:41:21.340 death<00:41:17.380><c> as</c><00:41:17.659><c> a</c><00:41:17.860><c> result,</c><00:41:18.920><c> and</c><00:41:19.239><c> yet</c><00:41:19.440><c> God</c><00:41:19.820><c> sits</c><00:41:20.059><c> supreme,</c> 00:41:21.760 --> 00:41:26.340 and<00:41:21.920><c> neither</c><00:41:22.260><c> directly</c><00:41:22.900><c> or</c><00:41:23.619><c> indirectly</c><00:41:24.260><c> is</c><00:41:24.539><c> he</c><00:41:24.739><c> involved</c><00:41:25.059><c> in</c><00:41:25.300><c> that.</c> 00:41:26.619 --> 00:41:29.460 Because<00:41:27.099><c> he</c><00:41:27.380><c> created</c><00:41:27.800><c> the</c><00:41:28.260><c> serpent</c><00:41:28.539><c> like</c><00:41:28.760><c> all</c><00:41:28.980><c> other</c><00:41:29.199><c> animal</c> 00:41:29.460 --> 00:41:30.840 creation<00:41:30.019><c> amoral,</c> 00:41:31.059 --> 00:41:32.880 he<00:41:31.179><c> created</c><00:41:31.320><c> him</c><00:41:31.519><c> with</c><00:41:31.679><c> no</c><00:41:31.940><c> moral</c><00:41:32.199><c> susceptibility,</c> 00:41:33.260 --> 00:41:35.980 he<00:41:33.320><c> didn't</c><00:41:33.639><c> make</c><00:41:33.960><c> him</c><00:41:34.219><c> tell</c><00:41:34.320><c> a</c><00:41:34.519><c> lie,</c><00:41:34.760><c> he</c><00:41:34.820><c> didn't</c><00:41:35.059><c> create</c><00:41:35.420><c> a</c><00:41:35.619><c> monster,</c> 00:41:36.360 --> 00:41:39.039 he<00:41:36.460><c> didn't</c><00:41:36.739><c> hire</c><00:41:37.119><c> an</c><00:41:37.360><c> agent</c><00:41:37.639><c> to</c><00:41:37.940><c> lead</c><00:41:38.079><c> man</c><00:41:38.300><c> and</c><00:41:38.440><c> woman</c><00:41:38.579><c> to</c><00:41:38.860><c> sin,</c> 00:41:39.280 --> 00:41:41.000 he<00:41:39.420><c> didn't</c><00:41:39.719><c> want</c><00:41:40.019><c> man</c><00:41:40.280><c> and</c><00:41:40.400><c> woman</c><00:41:40.599><c> to</c><00:41:40.840><c> sin,</c> 00:41:41.119 --> 00:41:43.440 he<00:41:41.159><c> didn't</c><00:41:41.340><c> want</c><00:41:41.500><c> any</c><00:41:41.739><c> of</c><00:41:41.840><c> those</c><00:41:42.059><c> things</c><00:41:42.360><c> at</c><00:41:42.719><c> all.</c> 00:41:43.719 --> 00:41:47.000 He<00:41:44.000><c> reigned</c><00:41:44.460><c> supreme</c><00:41:45.000><c> and</c><00:41:45.300><c> his</c><00:41:45.639><c> majesty</c><00:41:46.119><c> is</c><00:41:46.420><c> maintained,</c> 00:41:47.179 --> 00:41:49.900 and<00:41:47.440><c> when</c><00:41:47.719><c> sin</c><00:41:47.920><c> entered</c><00:41:48.159><c> into</c><00:41:48.340><c> the</c><00:41:48.519><c> world</c><00:41:48.699><c> he</c><00:41:48.860><c> had</c><00:41:49.340><c> nothing,</c> 00:41:49.920 --> 00:41:52.260 whatever<00:41:50.860><c> to</c><00:41:51.059><c> do</c><00:41:51.260><c> with</c><00:41:51.460><c> it.</c> 00:41:52.519 --> 00:41:55.019 Now<00:41:53.000><c> you</c><00:41:53.440><c> accept</c><00:41:53.820><c> any</c><00:41:54.079><c> other</c><00:41:54.360><c> theory</c><00:41:54.559><c> than</c><00:41:54.800><c> that,</c> 00:41:55.019 --> 00:41:57.559 and<00:41:55.159><c> I</c><00:41:55.380><c> guarantee</c><00:41:56.059><c> you</c><00:41:56.599><c> that</c><00:41:56.739><c> you'll</c><00:41:56.940><c> finish</c><00:41:57.179><c> up</c><00:41:57.340><c> with</c><00:41:57.500><c> the</c> 00:41:57.559 --> 00:41:59.019 most<00:41:57.900><c> awful</c><00:41:58.340><c> conclusion</c> 00:41:59.019 --> 00:42:00.219 on<00:41:59.380><c> the</c><00:41:59.539><c> Doctrine</c><00:41:59.800><c> of</c><00:41:59.840><c> the</c><00:41:59.920><c> Atonement,</c> 00:42:00.420 --> 00:42:02.179 because<00:42:00.579><c> the</c><00:42:00.800><c> Doctrine</c><00:42:01.119><c> of</c><00:42:01.179><c> the</c><00:42:01.239><c> Atonement</c><00:42:01.539><c> is</c><00:42:01.760><c> a</c><00:42:01.920><c> doctrine,</c> 00:42:02.179 --> 00:42:02.920 brothers<00:42:02.440><c> and</c><00:42:02.619><c> sisters,</c> 00:42:02.940 --> 00:42:05.659 that<00:42:03.119><c> when</c><00:42:03.320><c> you</c><00:42:03.559><c> view</c><00:42:03.719><c> it</c><00:42:04.099><c> in</c><00:42:04.400><c> the</c><00:42:04.539><c> death</c><00:42:04.699><c> and</c><00:42:04.880><c> the</c><00:42:05.059><c> resurrection</c><00:42:05.420><c> of</c><00:42:05.619><c> the</c> 00:42:05.659 --> 00:42:06.780 Lord<00:42:05.860><c> Jesus</c><00:42:06.320><c> Christ,</c> 00:42:07.179 --> 00:42:10.800 God<00:42:07.579><c> sits</c><00:42:07.960><c> enthroned</c><00:42:08.599><c> in</c><00:42:08.820><c> majestic</c><00:42:09.480><c> glory</c><00:42:10.159><c> in</c><00:42:10.340><c> it</c><00:42:10.519><c> all.</c> 00:42:11.139 --> 00:42:14.440 And<00:42:11.260><c> the</c><00:42:11.380><c> Lord</c><00:42:11.599><c> Jesus</c><00:42:12.139><c> Christ</c><00:42:12.420><c> insisted</c><00:42:13.139><c> that</c><00:42:13.780><c> as</c><00:42:13.920><c> his</c><00:42:14.219><c> life</c> 00:42:14.440 --> 00:42:15.460 and<00:42:14.579><c> his</c><00:42:14.820><c> mission</c><00:42:15.059><c> was,</c> 00:42:15.840 --> 00:42:18.820 that<00:42:15.920><c> he</c><00:42:16.019><c> might</c><00:42:16.360><c> elevate</c><00:42:16.820><c> in</c><00:42:17.079><c> men</c><00:42:17.280><c> and</c><00:42:17.380><c> women's</c><00:42:17.820><c> minds</c><00:42:18.059><c> the</c><00:42:18.420><c> glory,</c> 00:42:18.940 --> 00:42:21.340 the<00:42:19.219><c> majesty</c><00:42:19.619><c> and</c><00:42:19.800><c> the</c><00:42:20.099><c> righteousness</c><00:42:20.480><c> of</c><00:42:20.719><c> his</c><00:42:20.900><c> creator.</c> 00:42:21.820 --> 00:42:24.119 Now<00:42:22.219><c> there</c><00:42:22.539><c> is</c><00:42:22.820><c> how</c><00:42:23.019><c> sin</c><00:42:23.300><c> entered</c><00:42:23.579><c> into</c><00:42:23.760><c> the</c><00:42:23.920><c> world.</c> 00:42:24.119 --> 00:42:27.119 There<00:42:24.599><c> was</c><00:42:24.780><c> the</c><00:42:25.000><c> result</c><00:42:25.260><c> of</c><00:42:25.559><c> man</c><00:42:25.739><c> adopting</c><00:42:26.139><c> that</c><00:42:26.400><c> mode</c><00:42:26.579><c> of</c><00:42:26.840><c> thinking,</c> 00:42:27.559 --> 00:42:30.760 sin<00:42:27.699><c> as</c><00:42:27.980><c> a</c><00:42:28.139><c> physical</c><00:42:28.639><c> entity</c><00:42:29.159><c> came</c><00:42:29.440><c> into</c><00:42:29.619><c> the</c><00:42:29.860><c> world,</c> 00:42:31.099 --> 00:42:34.019 death<00:42:31.380><c> as</c><00:42:31.679><c> a</c><00:42:31.940><c> physical</c><00:42:32.440><c> entity</c><00:42:32.940><c> resulted,</c> 00:42:34.139 --> 00:42:38.619 and<00:42:34.320><c> man</c><00:42:34.780><c> was</c><00:42:35.219><c> fixed</c><00:42:35.539><c> in</c><00:42:35.880><c> death</c><00:42:36.219><c> with</c><00:42:36.579><c> a</c><00:42:36.840><c> mind</c><00:42:37.360><c> capable</c><00:42:38.380><c> of</c> 00:42:38.619 --> 00:42:39.920 thinking<00:42:38.840><c> good</c><00:42:39.099><c> things,</c><00:42:39.619><c> yes,</c> 00:42:39.960 --> 00:42:43.679 but<00:42:40.420><c> heavily</c><00:42:40.900><c> biased</c><00:42:41.539><c> with</c><00:42:42.679><c> the</c><00:42:42.920><c> thinking</c><00:42:43.099><c> of</c><00:42:43.280><c> the</c><00:42:43.480><c> flesh,</c> 00:42:43.719 --> 00:42:47.179 because<00:42:44.239><c> it</c><00:42:44.559><c> is</c><00:42:44.900><c> in</c><00:42:45.340><c> that</c><00:42:45.840><c> thinking</c><00:42:46.159><c> that</c><00:42:46.440><c> they</c><00:42:46.900><c> sin.</c> 00:42:47.679 --> 00:42:50.960 Now<00:42:48.179><c> I</c><00:42:48.480><c> want</c><00:42:48.659><c> to</c><00:42:48.760><c> be</c><00:42:48.880><c> very</c><00:42:49.179><c> specific</c><00:42:49.559><c> here</c><00:42:50.039><c> about</c><00:42:50.360><c> this</c><00:42:50.639><c> matter,</c> 00:42:50.960 --> 00:42:53.639 because<00:42:51.579><c> it's</c><00:42:51.860><c> very,</c><00:42:52.179><c> very</c><00:42:52.619><c> vital.</c> 00:42:55.639 --> 00:42:57.519 A<00:42:55.900><c> false</c><00:42:56.179><c> theory</c><00:42:56.440><c> on</c><00:42:56.619><c> the</c><00:42:56.840><c> Atonement</c><00:42:57.199><c> says,</c> 00:42:57.519 --> 00:42:59.699 and<00:42:57.639><c> we'll</c><00:42:57.760><c> look</c><00:42:57.920><c> at</c><00:42:58.000><c> this</c><00:42:58.199><c> a</c><00:42:58.280><c> little</c><00:42:58.460><c> more</c><00:42:58.780><c> particularly</c><00:42:59.159><c> later</c><00:42:59.440><c> on,</c> 00:42:59.760 --> 00:43:04.880 is<00:42:59.880><c> that</c><00:43:00.000><c> as</c><00:43:00.260><c> a</c><00:43:00.380><c> result</c><00:43:00.639><c> of</c><00:43:00.920><c> sin</c><00:43:01.119><c> there</c><00:43:01.260><c> was</c><00:43:01.579><c> no</c><00:43:02.500><c> physical</c><00:43:03.539><c> effect</c><00:43:04.360><c> in</c> 00:43:04.880 --> 00:43:05.679 the<00:43:05.019><c> nature</c><00:43:05.300><c> of</c><00:43:05.519><c> Adam.</c> 00:43:05.920 --> 00:43:08.559 Don't<00:43:06.199><c> you</c><00:43:06.539><c> ever,</c><00:43:07.159><c> ever</c><00:43:07.760><c> accept</c><00:43:08.179><c> that.</c> 00:43:09.059 --> 00:43:09.760 Don't<00:43:09.320><c> you</c><00:43:09.579><c> ever.</c> 00:43:09.760 --> 00:43:13.519 I'll<00:43:10.000><c> show</c><00:43:10.239><c> you</c><00:43:10.440><c> later</c><00:43:10.780><c> on</c><00:43:11.039><c> in</c><00:43:11.840><c> the</c><00:43:12.039><c> next</c><00:43:12.280><c> class</c><00:43:12.599><c> why</c><00:43:13.000><c> you</c> 00:43:13.519 --> 00:43:14.739 never<00:43:13.900><c> accept</c><00:43:14.380><c> that.</c> 00:43:15.019 --> 00:43:16.579 That<00:43:15.239><c> is</c><00:43:15.619><c> false.</c> 00:43:16.940 --> 00:43:19.619 The<00:43:17.159><c> truth</c><00:43:17.360><c> of</c><00:43:17.559><c> the</c><00:43:17.639><c> matter</c><00:43:17.860><c> is,</c><00:43:18.059><c> when</c><00:43:18.320><c> Scripture</c><00:43:18.639><c> has</c><00:43:18.900><c> brought</c><00:43:19.059><c> the</c><00:43:19.260><c> bear</c><00:43:19.380><c> on</c><00:43:19.519><c> it,</c> 00:43:19.619 --> 00:43:23.119 that<00:43:19.699><c> as</c><00:43:19.860><c> a</c><00:43:20.099><c> result</c><00:43:20.380><c> of</c><00:43:20.599><c> sin</c><00:43:20.699><c> there</c><00:43:20.960><c> was</c><00:43:21.380><c> a</c><00:43:21.739><c> definite</c><00:43:22.239><c> change,</c> 00:43:23.320 --> 00:43:24.599 not<00:43:23.579><c> of</c><00:43:23.760><c> Adam's</c><00:43:24.179><c> nature.</c> 00:43:25.000 --> 00:43:26.719 He<00:43:25.019><c> was</c><00:43:25.280><c> flesh</c><00:43:25.519><c> and</c><00:43:25.679><c> blood</c><00:43:25.840><c> before</c><00:43:26.239><c> he</c><00:43:26.480><c> sinned,</c> 00:43:26.739 --> 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like</c><00:43:41.699><c> that,</c> 00:43:43.420 --> 00:43:44.880 biased<00:43:43.800><c> to</c><00:43:44.099><c> sin.</c> 00:43:45.559 --> 00:43:47.699 And<00:43:45.880><c> Scriptural</c><00:43:46.219><c> testimony</c><00:43:46.619><c> will</c><00:43:46.840><c> be</c><00:43:47.000><c> brought</c><00:43:47.179><c> to</c><00:43:47.340><c> bear</c><00:43:47.420><c> in</c><00:43:47.559><c> a</c><00:43:47.599><c> minute</c> 00:43:47.699 --> 00:43:52.260 to<00:43:48.059><c> show</c><00:43:48.059><c> you</c><00:43:48.239><c> in</c><00:43:48.360><c> many</c><00:43:48.619><c> places</c><00:43:49.119><c> that</c><00:43:49.500><c> man</c><00:43:49.780><c> is</c><00:43:50.039><c> now</c><00:43:50.579><c> biased</c><00:43:51.000><c> to</c><00:43:51.480><c> sin.</c> 00:43:52.739 --> 00:43:55.400 And<00:43:52.780><c> it</c><00:43:52.840><c> was</c><00:43:53.139><c> sin</c><00:43:53.480><c> and</c><00:43:53.900><c> death</c><00:43:54.179><c> that</c><00:43:54.539><c> fixed</c><00:43:54.800><c> that</c><00:43:55.039><c> in</c><00:43:55.159><c> him.</c> 00:43:55.679 --> 00:43:56.880 Because<00:43:55.760><c> you</c><00:43:55.940><c> see,</c><00:43:56.239><c> brothers</c><00:43:56.340><c> and</c><00:43:56.480><c> sisters,</c> 00:43:57.300 --> 00:43:59.579 if<00:43:57.480><c> you</c><00:43:57.679><c> read</c><00:43:57.820><c> Elpis</c><00:43:58.079><c> Israel,</c><00:43:58.460><c> which</c><00:43:58.679><c> I</c><00:43:59.039><c> think</c><00:43:59.179><c> is,</c> 00:43:59.579 --> 00:44:00.920 I<00:43:59.900><c> couldn't</c><00:44:00.380><c> praise</c><00:44:00.739><c> it.</c> 00:44:00.920 --> 00:44:03.340 Look,<00:44:01.119><c> in</c><00:44:01.340><c> these</c><00:44:01.579><c> sections,</c><00:44:02.480><c> as</c><00:44:02.719><c> with</c><00:44:02.900><c> the</c><00:44:03.119><c> others,</c> 00:44:03.619 --> 00:44:04.960 for<00:44:03.719><c> these</c><00:44:03.980><c> sections</c><00:44:04.360><c> particularly,</c> 00:44:05.159 --> 00:44:06.960 Elpis<00:44:05.440><c> Israel,</c><00:44:05.860><c> as</c><00:44:06.000><c> Brother</c><00:44:06.239><c> Carter</c><00:44:06.579><c> said,</c> 00:44:07.380 --> 00:44:10.639 will<00:44:07.619><c> never</c><00:44:08.119><c> be</c><00:44:08.579><c> surpassed</c><00:44:09.360><c> this</c><00:44:09.599><c> side</c><00:44:09.699><c> of</c><00:44:09.840><c> the</c><00:44:09.940><c> Kingdom</c><00:44:10.139><c> of</c><00:44:10.380><c> God.</c> 00:44:11.019 --> 00:44:13.719 And<00:44:11.219><c> in</c><00:44:11.340><c> Elpis</c><00:44:11.619><c> Israel,</c><00:44:12.199><c> Brother</c><00:44:12.360><c> Thomas</c><00:44:12.719><c> describes</c><00:44:13.320><c> in</c><00:44:13.539><c> a</c> 00:44:13.719 --> 00:44:14.280 section<00:44:13.960><c> called</c> 00:44:14.280 --> 00:44:16.599 The<00:44:14.539><c> Nature</c><00:44:15.300><c> of</c><00:44:15.860><c> the</c><00:44:16.059><c> Transgression,</c> 00:44:16.639 --> 00:44:18.260 what<00:44:16.820><c> actually</c><00:44:17.300><c> happened.</c> 00:44:18.679 --> 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intended.</c> 00:44:46.239 --> 00:44:48.840 And<00:44:46.380><c> man</c><00:44:46.599><c> and</c><00:44:46.699><c> woman's</c><00:44:47.280><c> lust</c><00:44:47.460><c> for</c><00:44:47.679><c> each</c><00:44:47.880><c> other</c><00:44:48.039><c> was</c><00:44:48.300><c> inflamed</c> 00:44:48.840 --> 00:44:51.340 and<00:44:48.940><c> they</c><00:44:49.260><c> came</c><00:44:49.539><c> together</c><00:44:50.139><c> in</c><00:44:50.599><c> union.</c> 00:44:51.659 --> 00:44:52.820 And<00:44:51.780><c> the</c><00:44:51.880><c> result</c><00:44:52.219><c> of</c><00:44:52.400><c> that</c> 00:44:52.820 --> 00:44:55.260 was<00:44:53.099><c> one</c><00:44:53.400><c> that</c><00:44:53.639><c> John</c><00:44:53.980><c> says</c><00:44:54.320><c> was</c><00:44:54.679><c> born</c> 00:44:55.260 --> 00:44:58.360 of<00:44:56.260><c> that</c><00:44:56.940><c> wicked</c><00:44:57.380><c> one.</c> 00:44:58.920 --> 00:45:00.920 And<00:44:59.179><c> Cain</c><00:44:59.320><c> was</c><00:44:59.659><c> 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good.</c><00:49:06.960><c> He</c><00:49:06.980><c> was</c><00:49:07.380><c> not</c><00:49:07.719><c> immortal.</c> 00:49:08.500 --> 00:49:10.480 He<00:49:08.679><c> was</c><00:49:09.039><c> not</c><00:49:09.579><c> mortal.</c> 00:49:10.679 --> 00:49:12.699 He<00:49:10.820><c> was</c><00:49:11.179><c> very</c><00:49:11.719><c> good.</c> 00:49:13.179 --> 00:49:14.750 But<00:49:13.260><c> sin</c><00:49:13.559><c> makes</c><00:49:13.940><c> man</c> 00:49:14.780 --> 00:49:16.659 evil<00:49:15.280><c> continually.</c> 00:49:17.719 --> 00:49:18.400 God<00:49:18.079><c> did</c> 00:49:18.400 --> 00:49:20.280 what<00:49:18.579><c> we're</c><00:49:18.880><c> trying</c><00:49:19.119><c> to</c><00:49:19.300><c> say</c><00:49:19.400><c> in</c><00:49:19.559><c> those</c><00:49:19.760><c> first</c><00:49:20.000><c> two</c> 00:49:20.280 --> 00:49:22.340 statements<00:49:20.579><c> is</c><00:49:20.820><c> that</c><00:49:21.079><c> God</c><00:49:21.440><c> did</c><00:49:21.820><c> not</c><00:49:22.059><c> make</c> 00:49:22.340 --> 00:49:24.280 man<00:49:22.719><c> evil</c><00:49:23.079><c> continually.</c><00:49:23.800><c> Sin</c><00:49:24.000><c> did.</c> 00:49:24.699 --> 00:49:26.340 So<00:49:24.960><c> we</c><00:49:25.139><c> find</c><00:49:25.360><c> these</c><00:49:25.639><c> quotations.</c> 00:49:26.840 --> 00:49:28.500 The<00:49:26.860><c> heart</c><00:49:27.219><c> is</c><00:49:27.519><c> deceitful</c><00:49:27.940><c> above</c><00:49:28.159><c> all</c> 00:49:28.500 --> 00:49:30.280 things<00:49:28.699><c> and</c><00:49:29.019><c> desperately</c><00:49:29.460><c> wicked</c><00:49:29.780><c> who</c><00:49:30.059><c> can</c> 00:49:30.280 --> 00:49:32.280 know<00:49:30.400><c> it.</c><00:49:31.179><c> It</c><00:49:31.380><c> is</c><00:49:31.659><c> not</c><00:49:31.840><c> in</c><00:49:32.079><c> man</c> 00:49:32.280 --> 00:49:34.199 that<00:49:32.619><c> walketh</c><00:49:32.980><c> to</c><00:49:33.239><c> direct</c><00:49:33.440><c> his</c><00:49:33.760><c> steps,</c><00:49:34.019><c> says</c> 00:49:34.199 --> 00:49:36.400 Jeremiah.<00:49:35.280><c> Man</c><00:49:35.559><c> that</c><00:49:35.719><c> is</c><00:49:35.880><c> born</c><00:49:36.119><c> of</c><00:49:36.280><c> woman</c> 00:49:36.400 --> 00:49:38.219 is<00:49:36.639><c> a</c><00:49:36.800><c> few</c><00:49:36.980><c> days</c><00:49:37.320><c> as</c><00:49:37.579><c> Job</c><00:49:37.840><c> and</c> 00:49:38.219 --> 00:49:39.659 full<00:49:38.480><c> of</c><00:49:38.679><c> trouble.</c> 00:49:40.119 --> 00:49:41.980 I<00:49:40.460><c> know</c><00:49:40.800><c> that</c><00:49:41.000><c> in</c><00:49:41.239><c> my</c><00:49:41.639><c> flesh</c> 00:49:41.980 --> 00:49:44.320 dwells<00:49:42.559><c> no</c><00:49:42.960><c> good</c><00:49:43.400><c> thing.</c> 00:49:45.159 --> 00:49:46.679 And<00:49:45.360><c> the</c><00:49:45.480><c> last</c><00:49:45.800><c> one.</c> 00:49:46.820 --> 00:49:47.980 There<00:49:47.159><c> is</c><00:49:47.420><c> 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intrinsically</c> 00:50:14.380 --> 00:50:15.639 good<00:50:14.760><c> in</c><00:50:15.019><c> human</c><00:50:15.219><c> nature.</c> 00:50:15.639 --> 00:50:17.500 In<00:50:16.219><c> the</c><00:50:16.500><c> Lord's</c><00:50:17.019><c> human</c><00:50:17.159><c> nature.</c> 00:50:17.760 --> 00:50:19.320 As<00:50:17.780><c> true</c><00:50:18.039><c> as</c><00:50:18.199><c> anyone</c><00:50:18.480><c> else's.</c> 00:50:19.780 --> 00:50:21.739 And<00:50:19.940><c> so</c><00:50:20.119><c> there</c><00:50:20.340><c> we</c><00:50:20.599><c> have</c><00:50:20.980><c> is</c><00:50:21.460><c> what</c> 00:50:21.739 --> 00:50:23.800 sin<00:50:22.000><c> did</c><00:50:22.280><c> for</c><00:50:22.539><c> mankind.</c><00:50:23.199><c> It</c><00:50:23.340><c> produced</c> 00:50:23.800 --> 00:50:25.760 a<00:50:24.039><c> nature</c><00:50:24.380><c> prone</c><00:50:24.719><c> to</c><00:50:24.960><c> sin.</c> 00:50:25.900 --> 00:50:27.539 Now<00:50:26.079><c> Mayna</c><00:50:26.320><c> we</c><00:50:26.440><c> can</c><00:50:26.639><c> raise</c><00:50:26.840><c> that</c><00:50:27.099><c> top</c><00:50:27.320><c> one</c> 00:50:27.539 --> 00:50:29.619 and<00:50:27.760><c> bottom</c><00:50:28.159><c> piece</c><00:50:28.539><c> up.</c> 00:50:29.840 --> 00:50:31.679 So<00:50:30.039><c> we</c><00:50:30.239><c> have</c><00:50:30.400><c> a</c><00:50:30.599><c> summary,</c><00:50:30.960><c> a</c><00:50:31.239><c> question</c><00:50:31.519><c> and</c> 00:50:31.679 --> 00:50:32.780 an<00:50:31.880><c> answer.</c> 00:50:34.880 --> 00:50:35.699 The<00:50:35.119><c> summary</c><00:50:35.400><c> is</c> 00:50:35.699 --> 00:50:38.219 as<00:50:35.860><c> Paul</c><00:50:36.119><c> puts</c><00:50:36.400><c> it,</c><00:50:36.860><c> by</c><00:50:36.940><c> one</c><00:50:37.440><c> man's</c> 00:50:38.980 --> 00:50:39.539 disobedience 00:50:39.539 --> 00:50:42.099 many<00:50:40.440><c> were</c><00:50:40.780><c> made</c><00:50:41.159><c> sinners.</c> 00:50:42.820 --> 00:50:43.820 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to</c><00:56:45.579><c> the</c> 00:56:46.039 --> 00:56:47.920 full<00:56:46.460><c> with</c><00:56:46.820><c> his</c><00:56:47.059><c> Father?</c> 00:56:48.739 --> 00:56:49.719 And<00:56:49.039><c> in</c><00:56:49.260><c> cooperating</c> 00:56:49.719 --> 00:56:52.360 with<00:56:49.900><c> his</c><00:56:50.039><c> Father</c><00:56:50.300><c> to</c><00:56:50.500><c> the</c><00:56:50.900><c> full,</c><00:56:51.599><c> it</c><00:56:51.860><c> necessitated</c> 00:56:52.360 --> 00:56:54.199 a<00:56:52.699><c> complete</c><00:56:53.059><c> emptying</c><00:56:53.460><c> of</c><00:56:53.679><c> himself</c> 00:56:54.199 --> 00:56:56.019 that<00:56:54.599><c> the</c><00:56:54.840><c> Father</c><00:56:55.219><c> might</c><00:56:55.460><c> come</c><00:56:55.659><c> into</c><00:56:55.800><c> the</c> 00:56:56.019 --> 00:56:57.880 world<00:56:56.280><c> and</c><00:56:56.559><c> God</c><00:56:56.880><c> might</c><00:56:57.260><c> condemn</c><00:56:57.699><c> sin</c> 00:56:57.880 --> 00:57:00.159 in<00:56:58.079><c> the</c><00:56:58.199><c> flesh.</c><00:56:58.980><c> Now,</c><00:56:59.139><c> that's</c><00:56:59.360><c> an</c><00:56:59.599><c> enormous</c> 00:57:00.159 --> 00:57:02.340 undertaking.<00:57:01.579><c> And</c><00:57:01.659><c> the</c><00:57:01.860><c> same</c><00:57:02.099><c> doctrine</c> 00:57:02.340 --> 00:57:04.320 applies<00:57:02.679><c> to</c><00:57:02.900><c> us,</c><00:57:03.340><c> brothers</c><00:57:03.340><c> and</c><00:57:03.500><c> sisters.</c> 00:57:04.460 --> 00:57:05.840 You<00:57:04.460><c> know,</c><00:57:05.000><c> people</c><00:57:05.320><c> tell</c><00:57:05.699><c> you</c> 00:57:05.840 --> 00:57:07.820 you've<00:57:05.980><c> got</c><00:57:06.059><c> a</c><00:57:06.239><c> problem.</c><00:57:06.460><c> They</c><00:57:06.539><c> say,</c><00:57:06.760><c> go</c><00:57:06.940><c> to</c><00:57:07.099><c> the</c><00:57:07.260><c> Word.</c><00:57:07.400><c> You</c><00:57:07.559><c> solve</c> 00:57:07.820 --> 00:57:09.679 your<00:57:08.019><c> problem.</c><00:57:08.280><c> You</c><00:57:08.340><c> go</c><00:57:08.500><c> and</c><00:57:08.579><c> you</c><00:57:08.679><c> think,</c><00:57:08.840><c> well,</c><00:57:08.980><c> that's</c><00:57:09.320><c> a</c><00:57:09.400><c> miserable</c> 00:57:09.679 --> 00:57:11.880 bit<00:57:09.880><c> of</c><00:57:10.059><c> advice.</c><00:57:10.880><c> How</c><00:57:11.179><c> can</c><00:57:11.300><c> the</c><00:57:11.400><c> Word</c><00:57:11.599><c> of</c><00:57:11.679><c> God</c> 00:57:11.880 --> 00:57:13.840 help<00:57:12.079><c> you?</c><00:57:12.199><c> I</c><00:57:12.320><c> don't</c><00:57:12.539><c> get</c><00:57:12.699><c> help.</c><00:57:12.860><c> It</c><00:57:13.119><c> can</c><00:57:13.380><c> help</c><00:57:13.619><c> you.</c> 00:57:14.079 --> 00:57:15.780 It's<00:57:14.360><c> good</c><00:57:14.539><c> advice.</c><00:57:15.199><c> Go</c><00:57:15.420><c> to</c><00:57:15.539><c> that</c> 00:57:15.780 --> 00:57:17.940 Word.<00:57:16.019><c> Read</c><00:57:16.340><c> it.</c><00:57:16.539><c> Let</c><00:57:16.760><c> God</c><00:57:17.059><c> flood</c><00:57:17.320><c> into</c><00:57:17.519><c> your</c><00:57:17.780><c> life</c> 00:57:17.940 --> 00:57:19.920 and<00:57:18.059><c> let</c><00:57:18.199><c> him</c><00:57:18.380><c> do</c><00:57:18.579><c> what</c><00:57:18.780><c> you</c><00:57:19.139><c> cannot</c><00:57:19.480><c> do.</c> 00:57:20.019 --> 00:57:22.039 That's<00:57:20.320><c> the</c><00:57:20.420><c> doctrine</c><00:57:20.539><c> of</c><00:57:20.719><c> the</c><00:57:20.820><c> attainment.</c><00:57:21.559><c> Take</c><00:57:21.840><c> him</c> 00:57:22.039 --> 00:57:24.079 into<00:57:22.179><c> your</c><00:57:22.360><c> life</c><00:57:22.579><c> as</c><00:57:23.079><c> the</c><00:57:23.260><c> Lord</c><00:57:23.420><c> Jesus</c><00:57:23.840><c> Christ</c> 00:57:24.079 --> 00:57:26.059 took<00:57:24.280><c> him</c><00:57:24.440><c> into</c><00:57:24.599><c> his</c><00:57:24.880><c> life.</c><00:57:25.579><c> Why</c><00:57:25.800><c> don't</c> 00:57:26.059 --> 00:57:28.219 we<00:57:26.179><c> take</c><00:57:26.400><c> God</c><00:57:26.559><c> into</c><00:57:26.739><c> our</c><00:57:27.139><c> lives</c><00:57:27.300><c> to</c><00:57:27.500><c> the</c><00:57:27.559><c> same</c><00:57:27.719><c> extent?</c> 00:57:28.460 --> 00:57:30.360 Well,<00:57:28.559><c> because</c><00:57:28.800><c> he</c><00:57:28.960><c> was</c><00:57:29.159><c> born</c><00:57:29.420><c> of</c><00:57:29.619><c> God.</c> 00:57:30.659 --> 00:57:32.099 Now,<00:57:30.820><c> that</c><00:57:30.900><c> didn't</c><00:57:31.139><c> mean</c><00:57:31.340><c> to</c><00:57:31.519><c> say,</c><00:57:31.800><c> brothers</c><00:57:31.860><c> and</c> 00:57:32.099 --> 00:57:33.900 sisters,<00:57:32.340><c> that</c><00:57:32.480><c> his</c><00:57:32.659><c> nature</c><00:57:32.920><c> was</c><00:57:33.099><c> any</c><00:57:33.360><c> different</c><00:57:33.619><c> than</c><00:57:33.800><c> ours.</c> 00:57:33.960 --> 00:57:36.139 His<00:57:34.179><c> nature</c><00:57:34.539><c> was</c><00:57:34.960><c> exactly</c> 00:57:36.139 --> 00:57:38.059 the<00:57:36.480><c> same</c><00:57:36.719><c> as</c><00:57:36.880><c> ours.</c><00:57:37.619><c> One</c> 00:57:38.059 --> 00:57:39.960 hundred<00:57:38.599><c> percent</c><00:57:39.019><c> the</c><00:57:39.219><c> same</c><00:57:39.440><c> as</c><00:57:39.659><c> ours.</c> 00:57:40.420 --> 00:57:41.699 Bias<00:57:40.760><c> to</c><00:57:40.960><c> sin.</c> 00:57:42.599 --> 00:57:44.440 But<00:57:42.800><c> there</c><00:57:43.099><c> was</c><00:57:43.340><c> that</c><00:57:43.659><c> compensating</c> 00:57:44.480 --> 00:57:46.260 factor,<00:57:44.980><c> more</c><00:57:45.380><c> than</c><00:57:45.619><c> compensating</c> 00:57:46.260 --> 00:57:48.280 factor,<00:57:46.940><c> the</c><00:57:47.139><c> influence</c><00:57:47.559><c> of</c><00:57:47.739><c> his</c><00:57:47.960><c> father</c> 00:57:48.280 --> 00:57:50.360 in<00:57:48.559><c> his</c><00:57:48.800><c> life,</c><00:57:49.440><c> because</c><00:57:49.920><c> he</c><00:57:50.079><c> was</c> 00:57:50.360 --> 00:57:52.320 born<00:57:50.519><c> of</c><00:57:50.679><c> a</c><00:57:50.820><c> woman,</c><00:57:51.559><c> of</c> 00:57:52.320 --> 00:57:54.420 the<00:57:52.500><c> virgin,</c><00:57:53.119><c> because</c><00:57:53.679><c> God</c><00:57:54.079><c> gave</c> 00:57:54.420 --> 00:57:57.039 him<00:57:54.820><c> susceptibility,</c><00:57:56.000><c> capability,</c> 00:57:57.059 --> 00:57:58.360 latent<00:57:57.239><c> ability,</c><00:57:57.860><c> greater</c><00:57:58.159><c> than</c> 00:57:58.360 --> 00:58:00.260 every<00:57:58.659><c> other</c><00:57:58.880><c> human</c><00:57:59.139><c> being,</c><00:57:59.360><c> which</c><00:57:59.539><c> he</c><00:57:59.820><c> drew</c><00:58:00.019><c> into</c> 00:58:00.260 --> 00:58:02.360 that<00:58:00.719><c> ability</c><00:58:01.099><c> the</c><00:58:01.699><c> power</c><00:58:02.039><c> that</c> 00:58:02.360 --> 00:58:04.260 God<00:58:02.800><c> had</c><00:58:03.159><c> expressed</c><00:58:03.579><c> in</c><00:58:03.719><c> his</c><00:58:03.940><c> Word</c><00:58:04.099><c> and</c> 00:58:04.260 --> 00:58:06.239 in<00:58:04.360><c> his</c><00:58:04.579><c> providence.</c><00:58:05.380><c> And</c><00:58:05.559><c> it's</c><00:58:06.000><c> that</c> 00:58:06.239 --> 00:58:08.360 power<00:58:06.599><c> that</c><00:58:06.960><c> caused</c><00:58:07.159><c> him</c><00:58:07.320><c> to</c><00:58:07.599><c> overcome</c><00:58:07.900><c> where</c><00:58:08.119><c> every</c> 00:58:08.360 --> 00:58:10.239 other<00:58:08.559><c> man</c><00:58:08.699><c> has</c><00:58:08.980><c> failed.</c><00:58:09.480><c> And</c><00:58:09.760><c> in</c><00:58:10.000><c> so</c> 00:58:10.239 --> 00:58:12.519 doing,<00:58:10.699><c> Jesus</c><00:58:11.119><c> admitted</c><00:58:11.659><c> candidly,</c> 00:58:12.659 --> 00:58:14.519 freely,<00:58:13.119><c> and</c><00:58:13.360><c> humbly,</c><00:58:13.900><c> it's</c><00:58:14.239><c> not</c> 00:58:14.519 --> 00:58:16.559 God's<00:58:15.360><c> influence</c><00:58:15.739><c> in</c><00:58:15.920><c> me.</c> 00:58:16.980 --> 00:58:18.739 Of<00:58:17.099><c> course</c><00:58:17.300><c> it</c><00:58:17.519><c> was.</c><00:58:18.119><c> So</c><00:58:18.280><c> that's</c><00:58:18.619><c> how</c> 00:58:18.739 --> 00:58:20.800 God<00:58:18.980><c> came</c><00:58:19.239><c> into</c><00:58:19.440><c> the</c><00:58:19.559><c> Doctrine</c><00:58:19.820><c> of</c><00:58:19.880><c> the</c><00:58:19.980><c> Atonement.</c> 00:58:23.039 --> 00:58:24.719 As<00:58:23.059><c> a</c><00:58:23.179><c> result</c><00:58:23.500><c> of</c><00:58:23.659><c> which,</c><00:58:23.920><c> of</c><00:58:23.940><c> course,</c><00:58:24.619><c> the</c> 00:58:24.719 --> 00:58:27.079 Doctrine<00:58:25.019><c> of</c><00:58:25.059><c> the</c><00:58:25.119><c> Atonement</c><00:58:25.440><c> began</c><00:58:25.739><c> to</c><00:58:25.900><c> be</c><00:58:26.079><c> worked</c><00:58:26.340><c> out.</c> 00:58:29.219 --> 00:58:30.699 And<00:58:29.340><c> so</c><00:58:29.500><c> we</c><00:58:29.679><c> find,</c><00:58:30.320><c> then,</c> 00:58:30.980 --> 00:58:32.820 that<00:58:31.119><c> two</c><00:58:31.300><c> things</c><00:58:31.539><c> happened,</c><00:58:32.360><c> or</c><00:58:32.480><c> rather</c> 00:58:32.820 --> 00:58:34.920 one<00:58:33.119><c> thing</c><00:58:33.320><c> happened,</c><00:58:33.699><c> which</c><00:58:33.860><c> brought</c><00:58:34.000><c> two</c><00:58:34.260><c> things</c><00:58:34.440><c> together.</c> 00:58:35.079 --> 00:58:36.820 The<00:58:35.440><c> Word</c> 00:58:37.340 --> 00:58:39.260 was<00:58:37.820><c> made</c><00:58:38.300><c> flesh.</c> 00:58:40.420 --> 00:58:42.619 You<00:58:40.539><c> notice</c><00:58:40.760><c> I've</c><00:58:40.980><c> got</c><00:58:41.139><c> the</c><00:58:41.420><c> Word</c><00:58:41.659><c> in</c><00:58:41.920><c> blue</c><00:58:42.219><c> and</c><00:58:42.400><c> the</c> 00:58:42.619 --> 00:58:44.500 flesh<00:58:42.840><c> in</c><00:58:43.559><c> red.</c><00:58:44.239><c> Now,</c> 00:58:44.760 --> 00:58:46.760 we<00:58:44.900><c> learn</c><00:58:45.260><c> from</c><00:58:45.539><c> Peter</c><00:58:45.820><c> that</c><00:58:46.079><c> the</c><00:58:46.219><c> Word</c><00:58:46.460><c> of</c> 00:58:46.760 --> 00:58:48.820 God<00:58:47.019><c> abideth</c><00:58:47.519><c> forever,</c> 00:58:49.440 --> 00:58:50.760 that<00:58:49.519><c> all</c><00:58:49.780><c> flesh</c><00:58:50.000><c> is</c><00:58:50.239><c> grass.</c> 00:58:51.199 --> 00:58:52.559 Now,<00:58:51.539><c> when</c><00:58:51.679><c> you</c><00:58:51.800><c> look</c><00:58:51.980><c> at</c><00:58:52.079><c> that</c><00:58:52.280><c> statement,</c> 00:58:52.760 --> 00:58:53.980 brethren<00:58:52.820><c> and</c><00:58:53.039><c> sisters,</c> 00:58:54.579 --> 00:58:56.539 let's<00:58:55.000><c> just</c><00:58:55.199><c> take</c><00:58:55.400><c> it</c><00:58:55.719><c> the</c><00:58:56.059><c> best</c><00:58:56.340><c> way</c> 00:58:56.539 --> 00:58:58.699 off.<00:58:56.780><c> So</c><00:58:56.900><c> that</c><00:58:57.019><c> is</c><00:58:57.300><c> the</c><00:58:57.480><c> Word,</c><00:58:57.619><c> isn't</c><00:58:57.880><c> it?</c> 00:58:58.900 --> 00:59:00.559 And<00:58:59.039><c> that</c><00:58:59.139><c> doesn't</c><00:58:59.420><c> exactly</c><00:58:59.840><c> represent</c><00:59:00.260><c> flesh,</c> 00:59:00.599 --> 00:59:02.460 but<00:59:00.780><c> it's</c><00:59:00.920><c> not</c><00:59:01.059><c> a</c><00:59:01.159><c> good</c><00:59:01.320><c> pin</c><00:59:01.519><c> anyway,</c><00:59:01.820><c> so</c><00:59:02.000><c> we'll</c><00:59:02.199><c> say</c><00:59:02.199><c> it's</c> 00:59:02.460 --> 00:59:03.679 pretty<00:59:02.739><c> stonky.</c> 00:59:04.340 --> 00:59:06.340 So<00:59:04.679><c> what</c><00:59:04.940><c> we've</c><00:59:05.219><c> got</c><00:59:05.320><c> is</c><00:59:05.579><c> this.</c><00:59:05.860><c> We've</c><00:59:06.039><c> got</c> 00:59:06.340 --> 00:59:08.639 the<00:59:06.659><c> flesh</c><00:59:07.000><c> here,</c><00:59:07.360><c> which</c><00:59:07.579><c> is</c><00:59:08.239><c> a</c> 00:59:08.639 --> 00:59:10.320 principal<00:59:09.179><c> transient</c><00:59:09.980><c> thing.</c> 00:59:10.320 --> 00:59:12.039 It's<00:59:10.500><c> here</c><00:59:10.699><c> today</c><00:59:11.000><c> and</c><00:59:11.219><c> gone</c><00:59:11.420><c> tomorrow.</c> 00:59:12.460 --> 00:59:14.480 It's<00:59:12.659><c> a</c><00:59:12.699><c> thing</c><00:59:12.920><c> biased</c><00:59:13.300><c> to</c><00:59:13.559><c> evil.</c><00:59:13.920><c> It's</c><00:59:14.159><c> far</c> 00:59:14.480 --> 00:59:16.579 from<00:59:14.679><c> that,</c><00:59:14.920><c> of</c><00:59:15.099><c> course.</c><00:59:15.500><c> That's</c><00:59:15.900><c> pure.</c> 00:59:16.920 --> 00:59:18.079 It's<00:59:17.039><c> from</c><00:59:17.239><c> God.</c> 00:59:18.179 --> 00:59:20.920 It<00:59:18.539><c> is</c><00:59:18.900><c> absolutely</c><00:59:19.320><c> eternal.</c><00:59:20.139><c> 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will</c><01:17:03.680><c> see</c> 01:17:03.880 --> 01:17:06.079 by<01:17:04.199><c> contrast</c><01:17:04.680><c> how</c><01:17:05.140><c> really</c><01:17:05.500><c> wonderful</c> 01:17:06.079 --> 01:17:07.819 those<01:17:06.520><c> things</c><01:17:06.800><c> which</c><01:17:06.979><c> we</c><01:17:07.159><c> looked</c><01:17:07.340><c> at</c><01:17:07.479><c> tonight</c> 01:17:07.819 --> 01:17:09.680 are.<01:17:08.500><c> Thank</c><01:17:08.899><c> you.</c>