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I'm<00:14:03.820><c> not</c><00:14:04.059><c> saying</c><00:14:04.200><c> it's</c><00:14:04.480><c> wrong</c><00:14:04.860><c> but</c><00:14:05.200><c> they</c><00:14:05.419><c> made</c><00:14:05.620><c> mistakes.</c>

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But<00:14:08.000><c> the</c><00:14:08.419><c> overall</c><00:14:09.179><c> picture,</c><00:14:10.299><c> the</c><00:14:10.480><c> macro,</c><00:14:10.919><c> the</c><00:14:11.179><c> big</c><00:14:11.480><c> things</c>

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like<00:14:17.259><c> rocks,</c><00:14:19.299><c> they</c><00:14:19.580><c> don't</c><00:14:19.879><c> change.</c>

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So<00:14:23.980><c> revelation</c><00:14:24.539><c> is</c><00:14:25.700><c> the</c><00:14:26.159><c> word</c><00:14:26.360><c> of</c><00:14:26.580><c> God.</c>

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So<00:14:26.840><c> how</c><00:14:26.960><c> do</c><00:14:27.080><c> you</c><00:14:27.279><c> understand</c><00:14:28.279><c> the</c><00:14:28.600><c> word</c><00:14:28.740><c> of</c><00:14:28.940><c> God?</c>

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How<00:14:29.220><c> do</c><00:14:29.360><c> we</c><00:14:29.519><c> interpret</c><00:14:29.899><c> it?</c>

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How<00:14:31.799><c> can</c><00:14:31.940><c> we</c><00:14:32.039><c> be</c><00:14:32.279><c> confident</c><00:14:32.580><c> that</c><00:14:32.720><c> we've</c><00:14:33.000><c> got</c><00:14:33.100><c> the</c><00:14:33.340><c> truth?</c>

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You<00:14:35.639><c> see,</c><00:14:35.840><c> it's</c><00:14:35.919><c> not</c><00:14:36.179><c> the</c><00:14:36.440><c> word,</c><00:14:38.519><c> it's</c><00:14:38.879><c> not</c><00:14:39.080><c> knowledge</c><00:14:39.379><c> of</c><00:14:39.559><c> the</c>

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way,<00:14:47.539><c> the</c><00:14:47.779><c> will</c><00:14:48.120><c> and</c><00:14:48.580><c> the</c><00:14:48.919><c> purpose</c><00:14:49.519><c> of</c><00:14:50.980><c> God</c><00:14:51.440><c> in</c>

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sisters,<00:15:00.340><c> as</c><00:15:00.379><c> students</c><00:15:01.019><c> of</c>

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teaching.

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time.

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It's<00:16:05.120><c> all</c><00:16:05.379><c> about</c><00:16:05.860><c> transformation</c><00:16:06.580><c> and</c><00:16:06.940><c> all</c><00:16:07.240><c> religions</c><00:16:07.639><c> are</c>

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power.

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That's<00:16:42.759><c> what's</c><00:16:42.980><c> going</c><00:16:43.080><c> to</c><00:16:43.220><c> make</c><00:16:43.340><c> the</c><00:16:43.580><c> difference.</c>

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So<00:16:44.620><c> I'm</c><00:16:45.059><c> not</c><00:16:45.360><c> saying</c><00:16:45.519><c> we</c><00:16:45.659><c> shouldn't</c><00:16:45.940><c> study</c><00:16:46.299><c> those</c><00:16:46.580><c> other</c><00:16:46.759><c> things</c><00:16:47.019><c> and</c>

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learn<00:16:47.480><c> that</c><00:16:47.740><c> they</c><00:16:47.779><c> are</c><00:16:48.019><c> vitally</c>

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important,<00:16:48.820><c> they're</c><00:16:48.960><c> part</c><00:16:49.139><c> of</c><00:16:49.299><c> the</c><00:16:49.460><c> framework,</c><00:16:50.419><c> part</c><00:16:50.620><c> of</c><00:16:50.820><c> the</c>

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support<00:16:51.220><c> structure,</c><00:16:51.840><c> but</c><00:16:52.279><c> it's</c><00:16:52.580><c> this</c>

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that<00:16:52.899><c> we're</c><00:16:53.100><c> looking</c><00:16:53.340><c> for,</c><00:16:53.720><c> brothers</c><00:16:53.820><c> and</c><00:16:54.120><c> sisters,</c><00:16:54.379><c> we're</c>

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trying<00:16:54.840><c> to</c><00:16:55.120><c> discover</c><00:16:55.580><c> the</c><00:16:56.360><c> will</c><00:16:56.840><c> of</c><00:16:57.279><c> God</c><00:16:57.759><c> and</c>

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how<00:16:58.419><c> we</c><00:16:58.940><c> as</c><00:16:59.220><c> people</c><00:16:59.519><c> can</c><00:16:59.759><c> align</c><00:17:00.019><c> ourselves</c><00:17:00.539><c> to</c><00:17:00.740><c> it.</c>

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And<00:17:05.480><c> this</c><00:17:06.039><c> is</c><00:17:06.539><c> the</c><00:17:06.779><c> image</c><00:17:07.019><c> that</c><00:17:07.259><c> we're</c><00:17:07.359><c> to</c><00:17:07.480><c> be</c><00:17:07.700><c> transformed</c><00:17:08.259><c> to.</c>

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It's<00:17:10.299><c> this</c><00:17:10.680><c> will</c><00:17:11.019><c> that</c><00:17:11.700><c> works</c><00:17:11.980><c> in</c><00:17:12.240><c> us,</c><00:17:12.960><c> that</c><00:17:13.220><c> changes</c><00:17:13.660><c> us</c><00:17:14.119><c> into</c>

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the<00:17:14.680><c> image</c><00:17:14.940><c> and</c><00:17:15.380><c> likeness</c><00:17:15.700><c> of</c><00:17:15.960><c> God.</c>

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That's<00:17:17.380><c> really</c><00:17:17.740><c> the</c><00:17:18.039><c> essential</c><00:17:18.480><c> teachings</c><00:17:18.940><c> of</c><00:17:19.140><c> the</c><00:17:19.359><c> truth.</c>

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I<00:17:20.380><c> could</c><00:17:20.640><c> probably</c><00:17:21.000><c> sit</c><00:17:21.259><c> right</c><00:17:21.440><c> down</c><00:17:21.720><c> right</c><00:17:21.980><c> now,</c><00:17:22.559><c> but</c><00:17:23.119><c> I've</c><00:17:23.319><c> got</c><00:17:23.400><c> a</c>

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little<00:17:23.619><c> bit</c><00:17:23.759><c> more</c><00:17:23.980><c> time,</c><00:17:24.220><c> so</c><00:17:24.460><c> I'll</c>

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of<00:17:24.940><c> course</c><00:17:25.180><c> occupy</c><00:17:25.660><c> that.</c>

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As<00:17:28.700><c> I</c><00:17:28.920><c> said,</c><00:17:29.119><c> I</c><00:17:29.119><c> like</c><00:17:29.380><c> diagrams,</c><00:17:30.200><c> so</c><00:17:30.200><c> you</c><00:17:30.299><c> know,</c><00:17:30.619><c> pardon</c><00:17:30.720><c> me,</c><00:17:31.000><c> bear</c><00:17:31.119><c> with</c><00:17:31.319><c> me</c><00:17:31.440><c> as</c><00:17:31.619><c> I</c>

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put<00:17:31.920><c> these</c><00:17:32.160><c> up,</c><00:17:32.420><c> because</c>

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I<00:17:32.779><c> see</c><00:17:33.000><c> things</c><00:17:33.299><c> in</c><00:17:33.539><c> images,</c><00:17:35.880><c> grasp</c><00:17:36.019><c> the</c><00:17:36.279><c> relationship</c><00:17:36.799><c> between</c><00:17:37.319><c> P,</c><00:17:37.900><c> P</c>

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and<00:17:38.319><c> P.</c>

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And<00:17:38.700><c> I'll</c><00:17:38.880><c> show</c><00:17:38.980><c> you</c><00:17:39.059><c> what</c><00:17:39.160><c> that</c><00:17:39.480><c> means.</c>

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There's<00:17:40.779><c> purpose,</c><00:17:42.559><c> there's</c><00:17:43.519><c> principle</c><00:17:44.099><c> and</c><00:17:44.759><c> there's</c><00:17:45.079><c> practice.</c>

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You<00:17:46.579><c> must</c><00:17:46.960><c> grasp</c><00:17:47.420><c> the</c><00:17:47.779><c> difference</c><00:17:48.299><c> and</c><00:17:48.859><c> the</c><00:17:49.140><c> relationship</c>

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between<00:17:50.420><c> the</c><00:17:50.700><c> two.</c>

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Purpose<00:17:53.039><c> is</c><00:17:53.180><c> what</c><00:17:53.420><c> God</c><00:17:53.819><c> has</c><00:17:54.380><c> revealed</c><00:17:54.819><c> and</c><00:17:55.319><c> declared.</c>

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What<00:17:56.480><c> God</c><00:17:56.880><c> is</c><00:17:57.059><c> going</c><00:17:57.220><c> to</c><00:17:57.380><c> do,</c><00:17:57.559><c> what</c><00:17:57.819><c> his</c><00:17:58.200><c> will</c><00:17:58.359><c> is.</c>

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It's<00:18:01.740><c> the</c><00:18:01.900><c> missing</c><00:18:02.119><c> element</c><00:18:02.579><c> in</c><00:18:03.980><c> Christianity.</c>

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You<00:18:05.740><c> ask</c><00:18:06.240><c> your</c><00:18:06.559><c> average</c><00:18:07.140><c> street</c><00:18:07.400><c> Christian</c><00:18:07.819><c> what</c><00:18:08.180><c> the</c><00:18:08.380><c> purpose</c><00:18:08.720><c> of</c><00:18:08.960><c> God</c><00:18:09.160><c> is.</c>

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And<00:18:11.079><c> it's</c><00:18:11.319><c> about</c><00:18:11.660><c> God</c><00:18:11.980><c> being</c><00:18:12.200><c> on</c><00:18:12.500><c> my</c><00:18:12.880><c> side</c><00:18:13.220><c> to</c><00:18:13.500><c> help</c><00:18:13.700><c> me</c><00:18:14.160><c> in</c><00:18:14.380><c> life</c><00:18:14.559><c> with</c><00:18:14.779><c> my</c><00:18:15.079><c> problems.</c>

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That's<00:18:18.700><c> what</c><00:18:18.859><c> impressed</c><00:18:19.240><c> me</c><00:18:19.539><c> about</c><00:18:19.799><c> the</c><00:18:20.059><c> truth,</c><00:18:20.420><c> brothers</c><00:18:20.519><c> and</c><00:18:20.799><c> sisters,</c><00:18:21.619><c> when</c><00:18:21.759><c> I</c>

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realized<00:18:22.299><c> that</c>

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God<00:18:22.700><c> actually</c><00:18:23.039><c> had</c><00:18:23.299><c> a</c><00:18:23.460><c> purpose</c><00:18:23.920><c> with</c><00:18:24.220><c> the</c><00:18:24.400><c> earth</c><00:18:24.700><c> and</c><00:18:25.319><c> with</c><00:18:25.619><c> mankind.</c>

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It<00:18:27.480><c> wasn't</c><00:18:27.759><c> simply</c><00:18:28.160><c> a</c><00:18:28.259><c> matter</c><00:18:28.440><c> of</c><00:18:28.859><c> going</c><00:18:29.140><c> to</c><00:18:29.359><c> war</c><00:18:29.559><c> and</c><00:18:29.759><c> asking</c>

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God<00:18:30.180><c> to</c><00:18:30.380><c> come</c><00:18:30.779><c> along</c><00:18:31.059><c> on</c><00:18:31.200><c> to</c><00:18:31.400><c> my</c><00:18:31.700><c> side</c>

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of<00:18:32.019><c> the</c><00:18:32.220><c> wall,</c><00:18:32.960><c> to</c><00:18:33.039><c> this</c><00:18:33.339><c> army</c><00:18:33.619><c> and</c><00:18:33.819><c> say,</c><00:18:34.279><c> well,</c><00:18:34.380><c> bless</c><00:18:34.480><c> us</c><00:18:34.720><c> as</c>

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we<00:18:35.200><c> fight.</c>

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And<00:18:36.660><c> there's</c><00:18:36.819><c> a</c><00:18:36.920><c> guy</c><00:18:37.019><c> on</c><00:18:37.160><c> the</c><00:18:37.279><c> other</c><00:18:37.480><c> side</c><00:18:37.640><c> doing</c><00:18:37.920><c> exactly</c><00:18:38.299><c> the</c>

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same<00:18:38.759><c> to</c><00:18:38.940><c> them</c><00:18:39.140><c> as</c><00:18:39.460><c> well.</c>

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It's<00:18:40.599><c> not</c><00:18:40.779><c> about</c><00:18:41.019><c> getting</c><00:18:41.339><c> God</c><00:18:41.619><c> on</c><00:18:41.779><c> our</c><00:18:42.059><c> side,</c><00:18:42.339><c> it's</c><00:18:42.460><c> us</c><00:18:42.700><c> aligning</c><00:18:42.980><c> ourselves</c><00:18:43.460><c> with</c><00:18:43.740><c> God,</c>

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understanding<00:18:45.359><c> the</c><00:18:45.660><c> purpose</c><00:18:46.039><c> of</c><00:18:46.299><c> God.</c>

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God's<00:18:48.700><c> purpose</c><00:18:48.980><c> with</c><00:18:49.200><c> us,</c><00:18:50.859><c> with</c><00:18:51.000><c> all</c><00:18:51.279><c> of</c><00:18:51.460><c> mankind</c><00:18:51.940><c> and</c><00:18:52.500><c> with</c>

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the<00:18:52.960><c> earth,</c>

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and<00:18:53.920><c> how</c><00:18:54.099><c> that</c><00:18:54.339><c> purpose</c><00:18:54.660><c> is</c><00:18:54.920><c> going</c><00:18:55.019><c> to</c><00:18:55.160><c> be</c><00:18:55.380><c> fulfilled.</c>

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Now,<00:18:57.619><c> when</c><00:18:57.880><c> I</c><00:18:58.220><c> look</c><00:18:58.400><c> at</c><00:18:58.539><c> it</c><00:18:58.680><c> this</c><00:18:58.980><c> way,</c><00:18:59.539><c> and</c><00:18:59.759><c> as</c><00:18:59.980><c> I</c><00:19:00.140><c> said,</c><00:19:00.480><c> pardon</c><00:19:00.619><c> my</c><00:19:01.619><c> diagrams,</c>

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if<00:19:03.420><c> you</c><00:19:03.579><c> lived</c><00:19:03.720><c> under</c><00:19:04.000><c> the</c><00:19:04.200><c> law</c><00:19:04.299><c> of</c><00:19:04.579><c> Moses,</c><00:19:05.599><c> you</c><00:19:05.859><c> faced</c><00:19:06.200><c> exactly</c><00:19:06.700><c> the</c>

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same<00:19:07.180><c> concept.</c>

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But<00:19:08.740><c> the</c><00:19:08.900><c> way</c><00:19:09.000><c> the</c><00:19:09.200><c> law</c><00:19:09.299><c> of</c><00:19:09.460><c> Moses</c><00:19:09.819><c> was</c><00:19:10.160><c> structured</c><00:19:10.440><c> as</c><00:19:10.700><c> a</c><00:19:10.859><c> teaching</c><00:19:11.140><c> medium</c><00:19:11.480><c> is</c>

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the<00:19:12.359><c> law</c><00:19:12.619><c> affected</c><00:19:13.140><c> how</c><00:19:13.460><c> you</c><00:19:13.740><c> dressed,</c><00:19:14.599><c> what</c><00:19:14.839><c> you</c><00:19:15.200><c> ate,</c><00:19:16.119><c> how</c>

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you<00:19:16.839><c> treated</c><00:19:17.099><c> diseases,</c>

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what<00:19:18.900><c> was</c><00:19:19.259><c> clean,</c><00:19:19.700><c> what</c><00:19:19.759><c> was</c><00:19:20.119><c> unclean,</c><00:19:20.759><c> how</c><00:19:20.940><c> you</c><00:19:21.259><c> worship,</c>

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how<00:19:21.839><c> you</c><00:19:22.200><c> sacrificed,</c>

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how<00:19:23.259><c> you</c><00:19:23.519><c> lived</c><00:19:23.700><c> day</c><00:19:24.039><c> by</c><00:19:24.339><c> day.</c><00:19:24.599><c> It</c><00:19:24.819><c> affected</c><00:19:25.059><c> all</c><00:19:25.460><c> of</c><00:19:25.619><c> those</c><00:19:25.900><c> things.</c>

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Because<00:19:30.019><c> they</c><00:19:30.619><c> didn't</c><00:19:30.740><c> have</c><00:19:30.880><c> a</c><00:19:31.039><c> printing</c><00:19:31.319><c> press.</c>

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The<00:19:34.299><c> Word</c><00:19:34.460><c> of</c><00:19:34.640><c> God</c><00:19:34.819><c> was</c><00:19:35.200><c> precious.</c>

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So<00:19:36.619><c> God</c><00:19:37.339><c> put</c><00:19:38.039><c> his</c><00:19:38.519><c> law</c><00:19:39.000><c> in</c><00:19:40.059><c> these</c><00:19:40.420><c> things,</c><00:19:40.839><c> and</c><00:19:40.940><c> so</c><00:19:41.240><c> it</c><00:19:41.380><c> was</c><00:19:41.619><c> a</c>

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practiced<00:19:42.380><c>-based</c><00:19:43.039><c> worship.</c>

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Now<00:19:44.960><c> practice,</c><00:19:45.380><c> this</c><00:19:45.579><c> is</c><00:19:45.660><c> where</c><00:19:45.819><c> the</c><00:19:46.000><c> Jews</c><00:19:46.180><c> got</c><00:19:46.380><c> it</c><00:19:46.539><c> all</c><00:19:46.700><c> mixed</c><00:19:46.940><c> up,</c>

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the<00:19:47.920><c> practice</c><00:19:48.279><c> of</c><00:19:48.480><c> the</c><00:19:48.660><c> law</c><00:19:48.799><c> wasn't</c><00:19:49.119><c> the</c><00:19:49.480><c> objective.</c>

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The<00:19:50.900><c> objective</c><00:19:51.400><c> was</c><00:19:51.720><c> that</c><00:19:51.900><c> as</c><00:19:52.099><c> a</c><00:19:52.279><c> person</c><00:19:52.619><c> lived</c><00:19:52.940><c> under</c><00:19:53.900><c> these</c><00:19:54.200><c> conditions,</c>

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that<00:19:56.279><c> they</c><00:19:56.440><c> were</c><00:19:56.539><c> to</c><00:19:56.640><c> look</c><00:19:56.859><c> back</c><00:19:57.119><c> at</c><00:19:57.380><c> the</c><00:19:57.759><c> principles</c><00:19:58.359><c> that</c>

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stood<00:19:58.859><c> below</c><00:19:59.180><c> them,</c>

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and<00:20:00.480><c> then</c><00:20:00.720><c> back</c><00:20:00.940><c> from</c><00:20:01.160><c> there</c><00:20:01.440><c> to</c><00:20:01.619><c> the</c><00:20:01.920><c> purpose</c><00:20:02.240><c> of</c><00:20:02.480><c> God</c><00:20:02.640><c> in</c><00:20:02.819><c> the</c><00:20:02.980><c> beginning.</c>

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Now,<00:20:04.740><c> we</c><00:20:04.779><c> had,</c><00:20:05.279><c> of</c><00:20:05.579><c> course,</c><00:20:05.799><c> read</c><00:20:06.000><c> for</c><00:20:06.200><c> us</c><00:20:06.359><c> last</c><00:20:06.680><c> night,</c><00:20:07.279><c> 1</c><00:20:07.400><c> Corinthians</c><00:20:07.920><c> 9,</c>

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and<00:20:09.279><c> it</c><00:20:09.380><c> talks</c><00:20:09.539><c> about,</c><00:20:09.980><c> do</c><00:20:09.980><c> not</c><00:20:10.160><c> muzzle</c><00:20:10.480><c> the</c><00:20:10.740><c> ox</c><00:20:10.880><c> that</c><00:20:11.099><c> treads</c>

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out<00:20:11.619><c> the</c><00:20:11.839><c> corn.</c>

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It's<00:20:13.319><c> a</c><00:20:13.460><c> firm</c><00:20:13.619><c> principle</c><00:20:14.140><c> in</c><00:20:14.339><c> the</c><00:20:14.480><c> law.</c>

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Now,<00:20:15.619><c> Paul</c><00:20:15.920><c> says</c><00:20:16.339><c> in</c><00:20:16.539><c> two</c><00:20:16.779><c> places</c><00:20:17.119><c> in</c><00:20:17.359><c> the</c><00:20:17.579><c> New</c><00:20:17.799><c> Testament,</c>

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does<00:20:18.319><c> God</c><00:20:18.559><c> care</c><00:20:18.839><c> for</c><00:20:19.039><c> oxen?</c>

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Or<00:20:20.599><c> does</c><00:20:20.759><c> it</c><00:20:20.920><c> have</c><00:20:21.119><c> another</c><00:20:21.400><c> meaning?</c><00:20:21.839><c> Is</c><00:20:22.039><c> there</c><00:20:22.319><c> a</c><00:20:22.579><c> principle</c>

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behind<00:20:23.420><c> that</c><00:20:23.700><c> teaching?</c>

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Well,<00:20:25.140><c> see,</c><00:20:25.380><c> the</c><00:20:25.539><c> whole</c><00:20:25.900><c> war</c><00:20:26.460><c> was</c><00:20:27.160><c> designed</c><00:20:27.559><c> that</c><00:20:27.880><c> way,</c>

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that<00:20:29.119><c> the</c><00:20:29.400><c> practice</c><00:20:29.779><c> would</c><00:20:30.119><c> lead</c><00:20:30.339><c> a</c><00:20:30.680><c> person</c><00:20:31.140><c> to</c><00:20:31.680><c> discover</c><00:20:32.519><c> the</c>

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purpose<00:20:33.759><c> and</c><00:20:34.119><c> principle</c><00:20:34.500><c> of</c><00:20:34.759><c> God.</c>

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An<00:20:35.680><c> excellent</c><00:20:36.180><c> teaching</c><00:20:36.680><c> mechanism.</c>

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And,<00:20:39.059><c> of</c><00:20:39.059><c> course,</c><00:20:39.619><c> the</c><00:20:40.400><c> priest's</c><00:20:41.059><c> lips,</c><00:20:41.279><c> of</c><00:20:41.500><c> course,</c><00:20:41.819><c> with</c><00:20:41.940><c> a</c>

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keen<00:20:42.200><c> knowledge,</c>

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they<00:20:43.220><c> were</c><00:20:43.440><c> to</c><00:20:43.720><c> explain</c><00:20:44.240><c> these</c><00:20:44.619><c> concepts</c><00:20:45.460><c> of</c><00:20:46.220><c> God.</c>

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What<00:20:47.940><c> about</c><00:20:48.200><c> us?</c>

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We<00:20:49.119><c> live</c><00:20:49.279><c> under</c><00:20:49.500><c> the</c><00:20:49.680><c> law</c><00:20:49.799><c> of</c><00:20:50.039><c> Christ,</c><00:20:50.339><c> but</c><00:20:50.519><c> the</c><00:20:50.700><c> same</c><00:20:51.039><c> things</c>

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apply,<00:20:52.420><c> but</c><00:20:52.559><c> it</c><00:20:52.720><c> works</c><00:20:52.980><c> differently.</c>

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We<00:20:54.599><c> live</c><00:20:55.059><c> under</c><00:20:55.640><c> a</c><00:20:55.819><c> principle</c><00:20:57.059><c>-based</c><00:20:57.440><c> life.</c>

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We<00:20:59.460><c> don't</c><00:20:59.619><c> have</c><00:20:59.779><c> a</c><00:20:59.819><c> lot</c><00:21:00.019><c> of</c><00:21:00.299><c> laws,</c>

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but<00:21:02.740><c> what</c><00:21:03.259><c> is</c><00:21:03.759><c> God's</c><00:21:04.359><c> purpose</c><00:21:04.980><c> in</c><00:21:05.740><c> relation</c><00:21:06.400><c> to</c><00:21:06.940><c> current</c><00:21:07.359><c> challenges?</c>

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How<00:21:08.700><c> should</c><00:21:08.980><c> I</c><00:21:09.259><c> align</c><00:21:09.619><c> myself</c><00:21:10.180><c> with</c><00:21:10.400><c> that</c><00:21:10.619><c> purpose?</c>

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Understanding<00:21:13.799><c> this</c><00:21:14.720><c> gives</c><00:21:15.559><c> us</c><00:21:16.799><c> answers</c><00:21:17.400><c> to</c><00:21:17.720><c> almost</c><00:21:18.079><c> all</c><00:21:18.579><c> of</c>

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life's<00:21:19.140><c> difficult</c><00:21:19.359><c> questions.</c>

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This<00:21:21.480><c> principle</c><00:21:21.960><c>-based</c><00:21:22.299><c> living</c><00:21:22.759><c> points</c><00:21:23.279><c> us</c><00:21:23.460><c> back</c><00:21:23.680><c> to</c><00:21:23.859><c> purpose.</c>

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Why<00:21:24.680><c> am</c><00:21:24.859><c> I</c><00:21:24.960><c> doing</c><00:21:25.180><c> it?</c><00:21:25.559><c> What's</c><00:21:25.839><c> the</c><00:21:26.000><c> principle?</c>

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What<00:21:26.940><c> purpose</c><00:21:27.319><c> stands</c><00:21:27.599><c> behind</c><00:21:28.119><c> that?</c>

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And<00:21:29.480><c> therefore,</c><00:21:30.660><c> how</c><00:21:30.940><c> should</c><00:21:31.119><c> I</c><00:21:31.339><c> live?</c>

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What<00:21:31.920><c> sort</c><00:21:32.160><c> of</c><00:21:32.359><c> life</c><00:21:32.559><c> should</c><00:21:32.799><c> I</c><00:21:32.940><c> live?</c>

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How<00:21:33.480><c> should</c><00:21:33.680><c> I</c><00:21:33.960><c> practice</c><00:21:34.380><c> these</c><00:21:34.720><c> things?</c>

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Consider<00:21:37.019><c> this.</c>

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We<00:21:37.819><c> won't</c><00:21:38.039><c> go</c><00:21:38.299><c> into</c><00:21:38.460><c> this</c><00:21:38.700><c> because</c><00:21:39.160><c> it's</c><00:21:40.000><c> a</c><00:21:40.160><c> fairly</c><00:21:40.339><c> complex</c><00:21:40.799><c> section,</c>

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but<00:21:41.759><c> consider</c><00:21:42.259><c> Jesus'</c><00:21:42.819><c> response</c><00:21:43.240><c> to</c><00:21:43.480><c> the</c><00:21:43.640><c> Jews.</c>

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You<00:21:43.940><c> know,</c><00:21:44.079><c> the</c><00:21:44.200><c> Jews</c><00:21:44.339><c> came</c><00:21:44.579><c> to</c><00:21:44.700><c> Jesus</c><00:21:45.039><c> and</c><00:21:45.299><c> says,</c><00:21:46.059><c> well,</c>

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and<00:21:46.920><c> they</c><00:21:47.079><c> had</c><00:21:47.259><c> this</c><00:21:47.700><c> particular</c><00:21:48.319><c> view</c><00:21:48.619><c> that</c><00:21:48.900><c> you</c><00:21:49.079><c> could</c><00:21:49.259><c> put</c>

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away<00:21:49.599><c> your</c><00:21:49.819><c> wife</c><00:21:50.000><c> for</c><00:21:50.259><c> any</c><00:21:50.539><c> cause.</c>

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Is<00:21:51.759><c> she</c><00:21:52.140><c> burnt</c><00:21:52.319><c> the</c><00:21:52.539><c> cooking</c><00:21:52.779><c> or</c><00:21:53.140><c> you</c><00:21:53.700><c> didn't</c><00:21:53.940><c> like</c><00:21:54.160><c> her</c><00:21:54.359><c> anymore?</c>

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You<00:21:54.819><c> want</c><00:21:54.980><c> to</c><00:21:55.119><c> upgrade?</c>

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Well,<00:21:56.019><c> you</c><00:21:56.180><c> just</c><00:21:56.599><c> got</c><00:21:56.799><c> rid</c><00:21:56.980><c> of</c><00:21:57.099><c> her,</c><00:21:57.700><c> said</c><00:21:58.200><c> I'm</c><00:21:58.559><c> divorce</c><00:21:58.880><c> you</c>

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three<00:21:59.339><c> times</c><00:21:59.680><c> and</c><00:21:59.880><c> off</c><00:22:00.019><c> she</c><00:22:00.259><c> went.</c>

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And<00:22:00.819><c> they</c><00:22:01.079><c> quoted</c><00:22:01.299><c> the</c><00:22:01.599><c> law</c><00:22:02.000><c> to</c><00:22:02.660><c> prove</c><00:22:02.799><c> their</c><00:22:03.099><c> point.</c>

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Moses<00:22:04.240><c> said,</c><00:22:04.940><c> give</c><00:22:05.099><c> her</c><00:22:05.319><c> a</c><00:22:05.400><c> writing</c><00:22:05.579><c> of</c><00:22:05.839><c> divorcement</c><00:22:06.380><c> and</c><00:22:06.579><c> put</c>

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her<00:22:06.900><c> away.</c>

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How<00:22:07.940><c> did</c><00:22:08.119><c> Jesus</c><00:22:08.460><c> answer</c><00:22:08.740><c> that</c><00:22:09.000><c> question?</c>

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Well,<00:22:11.140><c> he</c><00:22:11.259><c> took</c><00:22:11.420><c> them</c><00:22:11.619><c> back</c><00:22:11.819><c> to</c><00:22:11.980><c> the</c><00:22:12.240><c> purpose.</c>

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God<00:22:14.960><c> made</c><00:22:15.240><c> them</c><00:22:16.019><c> male</c><00:22:16.420><c> and</c><00:22:16.920><c> female.</c>

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He<00:22:19.819><c> went,</c><00:22:20.220><c> he</c><00:22:20.299><c> didn't</c><00:22:20.539><c> argue</c><00:22:20.839><c> from</c><00:22:21.039><c> the</c><00:22:21.259><c> concept</c><00:22:21.619><c> of</c><00:22:21.960><c> practice.</c>

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He<00:22:23.200><c> said,</c><00:22:23.559><c> for</c><00:22:23.559><c> the</c><00:22:23.779><c> hardness</c><00:22:23.960><c> of</c><00:22:24.140><c> your</c><00:22:24.339><c> heart,</c><00:22:24.539><c> Moses</c><00:22:24.859><c> gave</c>

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you<00:22:25.259><c> that</c><00:22:25.460><c> law.</c>

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But<00:22:26.279><c> that's</c><00:22:26.599><c> not</c><00:22:26.779><c> how</c><00:22:26.960><c> it</c><00:22:27.140><c> was</c><00:22:27.319><c> from</c><00:22:27.579><c> the</c><00:22:27.660><c> beginning.</c>

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There<00:22:28.380><c> was</c><00:22:28.599><c> a</c><00:22:28.920><c> purpose</c><00:22:29.500><c> standing</c><00:22:30.259><c> behind.</c>

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The<00:22:34.160><c> concept</c><00:22:34.519><c> of</c><00:22:34.759><c> marriage.</c>

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And<00:22:38.279><c> again,</c><00:22:38.660><c> in</c><00:22:38.819><c> First</c><00:22:39.019><c> Corinthians,</c><00:22:39.539><c> Chapter</c><00:22:39.859><c> 10,</c>

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Paul<00:22:41.119><c> uses</c><00:22:41.440><c> the</c><00:22:41.740><c> same</c><00:22:42.160><c> form</c><00:22:42.440><c> of</c><00:22:42.740><c> reasoning</c><00:22:43.099><c> when</c><00:22:43.740><c> he</c><00:22:43.859><c> talks</c>

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about<00:22:44.839><c> exercising</c><00:22:45.519><c> rights.</c>

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He<00:22:48.960><c> says,</c><00:22:49.319><c> not</c><00:22:49.400><c> all</c><00:22:49.680><c> things</c><00:22:50.160><c> are</c><00:22:50.799><c> expedient</c>

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because<00:22:53.480><c> brothers</c><00:22:53.799><c> and</c><00:22:54.079><c> sisters,</c><00:22:54.660><c> God's</c><00:22:54.859><c> endeavouring</c><00:22:55.240><c> to</c>

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get<00:22:55.539><c> us</c><00:22:56.279><c> to</c><00:22:56.740><c> think</c><00:22:56.940><c> like</c><00:22:57.200><c> him.</c>

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He<00:22:58.339><c> wants</c><00:22:58.619><c> us</c><00:22:58.940><c> to</c><00:22:59.160><c> see</c><00:22:59.380><c> the</c><00:22:59.740><c> world</c><00:23:00.180><c> as</c><00:23:00.619><c> he</c><00:23:00.859><c> sees</c><00:23:01.119><c> it</c>

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in<00:23:01.819><c> alignment</c><00:23:02.200><c> and</c><00:23:02.480><c> align</c><00:23:02.680><c> ourselves</c><00:23:03.119><c> with</c><00:23:03.319><c> his</c><00:23:03.539><c> purpose.</c>

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And<00:23:04.700><c> when</c><00:23:04.799><c> we</c><00:23:05.039><c> see</c><00:23:05.200><c> it</c><00:23:05.339><c> that</c><00:23:05.539><c> way,</c><00:23:05.720><c> all</c><00:23:05.900><c> these</c><00:23:06.160><c> things</c><00:23:06.339><c> that</c><00:23:06.559><c> we</c>

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think<00:23:06.960><c> are</c><00:23:07.539><c> problems</c>

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are<00:23:08.720><c> often</c><00:23:09.039><c> just</c><00:23:09.359><c> peripheral</c><00:23:09.920><c> things.</c>

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Because<00:23:11.799><c> what</c><00:23:12.000><c> we're</c><00:23:12.200><c> doing</c><00:23:12.359><c> is</c><00:23:12.539><c> we're</c><00:23:12.859><c> trying</c><00:23:13.059><c> to</c><00:23:13.380><c> bend</c><00:23:13.859><c> life</c>

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to<00:23:15.819><c> suit</c><00:23:16.039><c> the</c><00:23:16.359><c> practices</c><00:23:16.799><c> we</c><00:23:17.180><c> want</c><00:23:17.680><c> and</c><00:23:18.059><c> the</c><00:23:18.240><c> things</c><00:23:18.500><c> we</c><00:23:18.799><c> want.</c>

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But<00:23:19.700><c> we</c><00:23:19.799><c> have</c><00:23:19.960><c> to</c><00:23:20.619><c> abandon</c><00:23:21.019><c> that</c><00:23:21.240><c> if</c><00:23:21.420><c> we</c><00:23:21.539><c> are</c><00:23:21.619><c> going</c><00:23:21.700><c> to</c><00:23:21.779><c> be</c><00:23:21.960><c> followers</c><00:23:22.160><c> of</c><00:23:22.400><c> Christ</c>

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and<00:23:23.319><c> we</c><00:23:23.400><c> have</c><00:23:23.559><c> to</c><00:23:23.700><c> align</c><00:23:23.859><c> ourselves</c><00:23:24.220><c> with</c><00:23:24.480><c> principle</c><00:23:24.859><c> and</c>

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purpose<00:23:25.420><c>-based</c><00:23:25.660><c> life.</c>

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When<00:23:26.819><c> you</c><00:23:27.019><c> do</c><00:23:27.200><c> that,</c><00:23:27.900><c> everything</c><00:23:28.240><c> changes.</c>

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All<00:23:31.779><c> right,</c><00:23:31.980><c> we'll</c><00:23:32.079><c> just</c><00:23:32.299><c> move</c><00:23:32.500><c> on</c><00:23:32.779><c> because</c><00:23:33.099><c> I'm</c><00:23:34.259><c> probably</c>

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talking<00:23:34.759><c> too</c><00:23:35.039><c> slowly.</c>

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We<00:23:36.180><c> must</c><00:23:36.420><c> never</c><00:23:36.619><c> lose</c><00:23:36.940><c> sight</c><00:23:37.140><c> of</c><00:23:38.299><c> the</c><00:23:38.319><c> two</c><00:23:38.799><c> great</c><00:23:39.039><c> commandments.</c>

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Thou<00:23:41.240><c> shalt</c><00:23:41.460><c> love</c><00:23:41.700><c> the</c><00:23:41.880><c> Lord</c><00:23:42.099><c> thy</c><00:23:42.339><c> God</c><00:23:42.519><c> with</c><00:23:42.740><c> all</c><00:23:42.900><c> thy</c><00:23:43.140><c> heart,</c>

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with<00:23:44.160><c> all</c><00:23:44.279><c> thy</c><00:23:44.539><c> soul</c><00:23:44.779><c> and</c><00:23:44.880><c> with</c><00:23:45.019><c> all</c><00:23:45.160><c> thy</c><00:23:45.380><c> mind.</c>

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This<00:23:46.460><c> is</c><00:23:46.700><c> the</c><00:23:46.859><c> first</c><00:23:47.160><c> and</c><00:23:47.339><c> great</c><00:23:47.519><c> commandment.</c>

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And<00:23:48.619><c> the</c><00:23:48.799><c> second</c><00:23:49.039><c> is</c><00:23:49.299><c> like</c><00:23:49.480><c> unto</c><00:23:49.660><c> it.</c>

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Thou<00:23:50.039><c> shalt</c><00:23:50.220><c> love</c><00:23:50.480><c> thy</c><00:23:50.740><c> neighbour</c><00:23:51.140><c> as</c><00:23:51.539><c> thyself.</c>

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On<00:23:52.940><c> these</c><00:23:53.259><c> two</c><00:23:53.559><c> commandments</c><00:23:54.079><c> hang</c><00:23:54.400><c> all</c><00:23:54.839><c> the</c><00:23:55.099><c> law</c><00:23:55.480><c> and</c><00:23:55.779><c> the</c><00:23:56.039><c> prophets.</c>

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Therefore,<00:24:00.500><c> love</c><00:24:01.019><c> ought</c><00:24:01.400><c> to</c><00:24:01.599><c> be,</c><00:24:02.059><c> it</c><00:24:02.400><c> must</c><00:24:02.700><c> be,</c>

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the<00:24:03.480><c> motivating</c><00:24:03.940><c> force</c><00:24:05.420><c> that</c><00:24:05.759><c> impels</c><00:24:06.220><c> us,</c><00:24:06.519><c> not</c><00:24:06.819><c> compels</c><00:24:07.279><c> us,</c>

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but<00:24:07.680><c> impels</c><00:24:07.980><c> us</c><00:24:08.160><c> from</c><00:24:08.359><c> within</c><00:24:08.720><c> to</c><00:24:09.180><c> search</c><00:24:09.539><c> out</c><00:24:09.720><c> the</c><00:24:09.980><c> knowledge</c>

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of<00:24:10.420><c> God</c><00:24:10.799><c> and</c><00:24:11.299><c> to</c><00:24:11.519><c> keep</c><00:24:11.640><c> his</c><00:24:11.920><c> ways.</c>

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It's<00:24:14.299><c> love</c><00:24:14.579><c> that</c><00:24:14.859><c> motivated</c><00:24:15.319><c> God</c><00:24:15.740><c> to</c><00:24:15.960><c> do</c><00:24:16.059><c> what</c><00:24:16.180><c> he</c><00:24:16.380><c> does.</c>

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John<00:24:18.059><c> 3</c><00:24:18.460><c>.16,</c><00:24:19.039><c> God</c><00:24:19.160><c> so</c><00:24:19.460><c> loved</c><00:24:19.660><c> the</c><00:24:19.920><c> world.</c>

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Romans<00:24:21.559><c> chapter</c><00:24:21.880><c> 5</c><00:24:22.240><c> verse</c><00:24:22.480><c> 8</c><00:24:22.759><c> says</c><00:24:23.039><c> similar.</c>

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It's<00:24:23.980><c> love</c><00:24:24.220><c> that</c><00:24:24.740><c> motivated</c><00:24:25.240><c> God</c><00:24:25.660><c> to</c><00:24:25.920><c> do</c><00:24:26.019><c> what</c><00:24:26.160><c> he</c><00:24:26.339><c> does.</c>

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He<00:24:26.720><c> doesn't</c><00:24:27.299><c> have</c><00:24:27.559><c> to</c><00:24:27.819><c> do</c><00:24:28.339><c> what</c><00:24:28.619><c> he</c><00:24:28.819><c> does</c><00:24:29.000><c> for</c><00:24:29.220><c> us.</c>

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Understanding<00:24:31.640><c> the</c><00:24:31.880><c> Bible,</c><00:24:32.900><c> its</c><00:24:33.099><c> wisdom,</c><00:24:34.160><c> its</c><00:24:34.359><c> history,</c><00:24:34.819><c> its</c><00:24:35.099><c> prophecy,</c>

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will<00:24:36.240><c> avail</c><00:24:36.519><c> us</c><00:24:36.839><c> nothing</c><00:24:37.380><c> if</c><00:24:38.220><c> we</c><00:24:38.480><c> have</c><00:24:38.920><c> not</c><00:24:39.220><c> love.</c>

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1<00:24:40.160><c> Corinthians</c><00:24:40.740><c> 13</c><00:24:41.279><c> is</c><00:24:41.660><c> very</c><00:24:42.240><c> strong</c><00:24:42.380><c> on</c><00:24:42.500><c> that.</c>

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Paul<00:24:42.920><c> is</c><00:24:43.380><c> very</c><00:24:43.720><c> emphatic.</c>

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But<00:24:47.180><c> there's</c><00:24:47.400><c> a</c><00:24:47.440><c> purpose</c><00:24:47.799><c> to</c><00:24:47.980><c> it,</c><00:24:48.220><c> brothers</c><00:24:48.319><c> and</c><00:24:48.559><c> sisters.</c>

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Jesus<00:24:50.880><c> says,</c><00:24:52.000><c> I</c><00:24:52.000><c> say</c><00:24:52.279><c> to</c><00:24:52.440><c> you,</c><00:24:52.619><c> love</c><00:24:52.799><c> your</c><00:24:53.019><c> enemies.</c>

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Bless<00:24:54.000><c> them</c><00:24:54.180><c> that</c><00:24:54.440><c> curse</c><00:24:54.720><c> you.</c>

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Do<00:24:55.519><c> good</c><00:24:55.740><c> to</c><00:24:55.900><c> them</c><00:24:56.059><c> that</c><00:24:56.299><c> hate</c><00:24:56.480><c> you.</c>

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Pray<00:24:57.400><c> for</c><00:24:57.599><c> them</c><00:24:57.720><c> which</c><00:24:57.960><c> despitefully</c><00:24:58.680><c> use</c><00:24:58.920><c> you</c><00:24:59.079><c> and</c><00:24:59.299><c> persecute</c><00:24:59.900><c> you.</c>

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Why<00:25:00.619><c> does</c><00:25:00.740><c> he</c><00:25:00.940><c> say</c><00:25:01.119><c> that?</c>

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Here<00:25:02.819><c> it</c><00:25:03.000><c> is,</c><00:25:03.839><c> that</c><00:25:03.960><c> you</c><00:25:04.200><c> may</c><00:25:04.440><c> be</c><00:25:04.700><c> the</c><00:25:05.099><c> children</c><00:25:05.539><c> of</c><00:25:05.859><c> your</c><00:25:06.099><c> father,</c>

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which<00:25:07.640><c> is</c><00:25:07.859><c> in</c><00:25:08.099><c> heaven,</c><00:25:09.000><c> for</c><00:25:09.099><c> he</c><00:25:09.460><c> makes</c><00:25:09.740><c> his</c><00:25:10.079><c> son</c><00:25:10.279><c> to</c><00:25:10.579><c> shine,</c>

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to<00:25:11.140><c> rise</c><00:25:11.460><c> upon</c><00:25:11.940><c> the</c><00:25:12.180><c> evil</c><00:25:12.339><c> and</c><00:25:12.500><c> the</c><00:25:12.660><c> good</c><00:25:12.880><c> and</c><00:25:13.339><c> sends</c><00:25:13.660><c> rain</c><00:25:13.940><c> upon</c><00:25:14.200><c> the</c>

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just<00:25:14.819><c> and</c><00:25:15.180><c> the</c><00:25:15.420><c> unjust.</c>

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Be<00:25:19.200><c> therefore</c><00:25:19.619><c> perfect,</c><00:25:20.140><c> even</c><00:25:20.420><c> as</c><00:25:20.660><c> your</c><00:25:20.859><c> father</c><00:25:21.140><c> in</c><00:25:21.420><c> heaven</c>

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is<00:25:22.400><c> perfect.</c>

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Why?<00:25:24.500><c> Because</c><00:25:24.759><c> our</c><00:25:25.099><c> father</c><00:25:25.440><c> wants</c><00:25:25.819><c> us</c><00:25:26.599><c> to</c><00:25:27.059><c> be</c><00:25:27.180><c> like</c><00:25:27.420><c> him.</c>

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Just<00:25:29.720><c> as</c><00:25:29.900><c> there's</c><00:25:30.000><c> love</c><00:25:30.279><c> that</c><00:25:30.500><c> motivates</c><00:25:30.920><c> God</c><00:25:31.240><c> to</c><00:25:31.420><c> do</c><00:25:31.500><c> what</c><00:25:31.599><c> he</c><00:25:31.779><c> does,</c>

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so<00:25:32.740><c> he</c><00:25:32.839><c> wants</c><00:25:33.079><c> his</c><00:25:33.460><c> children</c><00:25:33.799><c> to</c><00:25:33.960><c> be</c><00:25:34.200><c> motivated</c><00:25:34.579><c> by</c><00:25:34.819><c> the</c><00:25:35.039><c> same</c>

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spirit<00:25:35.720><c> of</c><00:25:35.960><c> love.</c>

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A<00:25:37.420><c> love</c><00:25:37.579><c> that</c><00:25:37.859><c> is</c><00:25:38.440><c> freely</c><00:25:38.779><c> given.</c>

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It's<00:25:40.220><c> not</c><00:25:40.380><c> a</c><00:25:40.619><c> transaction,</c><00:25:41.299><c> brothers</c><00:25:41.420><c> and</c><00:25:41.660><c> sisters.</c>

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It's<00:25:42.079><c> not</c><00:25:42.180><c> I</c><00:25:42.539><c> give</c><00:25:42.740><c> you</c><00:25:42.980><c> some</c><00:25:43.180><c> love</c><00:25:43.400><c> and</c><00:25:43.500><c> you</c><00:25:43.640><c> give</c><00:25:43.759><c> me</c><00:25:43.940><c> some</c><00:25:44.119><c> back</c>

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and<00:25:44.779><c> we</c><00:25:44.960><c> somehow</c><00:25:45.319><c> have</c><00:25:45.619><c> like</c><00:25:45.880><c> all</c><00:25:46.099><c> human</c><00:25:46.400><c> experiences</c><00:25:46.960><c> of</c><00:25:47.299><c> transactions.</c>

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It's<00:25:48.619><c> not</c><00:25:48.759><c> a</c><00:25:49.039><c> transaction</c><00:25:49.619><c> in</c><00:25:49.819><c> that</c><00:25:50.079><c> sense.</c>

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It's<00:25:51.019><c> giving</c><00:25:51.279><c> more</c><00:25:52.000><c> than</c><00:25:52.339><c> you</c><00:25:52.500><c> expect</c><00:25:52.980><c> to</c><00:25:53.160><c> receive</c><00:25:53.539><c> back.</c>

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In<00:25:53.940><c> fact,</c><00:25:54.400><c> giving</c><00:25:54.660><c> expecting</c><00:25:55.359><c> nothing</c><00:25:55.759><c> back.</c>

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That's<00:25:57.480><c> what</c><00:25:57.660><c> love</c><00:25:57.859><c> is.</c>

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God's<00:26:01.960><c> purpose</c><00:26:02.240><c> remains</c><00:26:02.680><c> unchanged.</c>

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He<00:26:03.579><c> wants</c><00:26:03.839><c> us</c><00:26:04.559><c> to</c><00:26:04.819><c> be</c><00:26:05.039><c> like</c><00:26:05.339><c> him.</c>

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It's<00:26:06.099><c> declared</c><00:26:06.440><c> in</c><00:26:06.680><c> Genesis.</c>

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But<00:26:08.099><c> there's</c><00:26:08.299><c> another</c><00:26:08.500><c> aspect</c><00:26:08.960><c> of</c><00:26:09.180><c> love</c><00:26:09.279><c> that</c><00:26:09.400><c> we</c><00:26:09.539><c> don't</c><00:26:09.700><c> talk</c>

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about<00:26:10.160><c> very</c><00:26:10.460><c> much.</c>

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Love<00:26:11.660><c> is</c><00:26:12.000><c> a</c><00:26:12.319><c> choice</c><00:26:12.680><c> we</c><00:26:12.940><c> make.</c>

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It's<00:26:13.980><c> not</c><00:26:14.220><c> simply</c><00:26:14.500><c> some</c><00:26:14.759><c> people</c><00:26:15.019><c> are</c><00:26:15.140><c> more</c><00:26:15.380><c> loving</c><00:26:15.579><c> than</c><00:26:15.799><c> others.</c>

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It's<00:26:16.420><c> a</c><00:26:16.599><c> choice.</c>

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It's<00:26:17.640><c> a</c><00:26:17.799><c> choice</c><00:26:17.920><c> you</c><00:26:18.259><c> make</c><00:26:18.740><c> as</c><00:26:19.660><c> a</c><00:26:19.839><c> response</c><00:26:20.200><c> to</c><00:26:20.420><c> God</c><00:26:20.740><c> revealing</c>

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himself<00:26:21.599><c> to</c><00:26:21.779><c> you.</c>

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He<00:26:23.740><c> says</c><00:26:24.099><c> in</c><00:26:24.420><c> first</c><00:26:24.720><c> John</c><00:26:24.940><c> chapter</c><00:26:25.319><c> two,</c>

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and<00:26:25.660><c> I</c><00:26:25.740><c> know</c><00:26:25.819><c> we're</c><00:26:26.019><c> all</c><00:26:26.180><c> familiar</c><00:26:26.480><c> with</c><00:26:26.700><c> this</c><00:26:27.000><c> love,</c><00:26:27.619><c> not</c><00:26:27.619><c> the</c><00:26:27.920><c> world.</c>

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Neither<00:26:28.920><c> the</c><00:26:29.180><c> things</c><00:26:29.480><c> that</c><00:26:29.660><c> are</c><00:26:29.759><c> in</c><00:26:29.839><c> the</c><00:26:30.019><c> world.</c>

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All<00:26:30.759><c> that's</c><00:26:30.940><c> in</c><00:26:31.119><c> the</c><00:26:31.339><c> world</c><00:26:32.019><c> is</c><00:26:35.220><c> the</c><00:26:35.440><c> love</c><00:26:35.660><c> of</c><00:26:35.819><c> the</c><00:26:36.119><c> world.</c>

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The<00:26:37.539><c> father</c><00:26:37.819><c> love</c><00:26:38.079><c> and</c><00:26:38.380><c> it's</c><00:26:38.640><c> not</c><00:26:38.759><c> of</c><00:26:38.920><c> the</c><00:26:39.140><c> father.</c>

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All<00:26:40.940><c> that's</c><00:26:41.160><c> in</c><00:26:41.299><c> the</c><00:26:41.420><c> world,</c><00:26:41.599><c> the</c><00:26:41.759><c> lust</c><00:26:41.900><c> of</c><00:26:42.059><c> the</c><00:26:42.259><c> flesh,</c><00:26:42.559><c> the</c>

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lust<00:26:42.859><c> of</c><00:26:43.019><c> the</c><00:26:43.220><c> eyes,</c>

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the<00:26:43.619><c> pride</c><00:26:43.880><c> of</c><00:26:44.099><c> life</c><00:26:44.339><c> is</c><00:26:44.660><c> not</c><00:26:44.819><c> of</c><00:26:44.960><c> the</c><00:26:45.200><c> father,</c><00:26:45.420><c> but</c><00:26:45.519><c> it</c><00:26:45.740><c> is</c><00:26:46.019><c> of</c>

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the<00:26:46.519><c> world.</c>

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And<00:26:46.859><c> it's</c><00:26:46.960><c> sort</c><00:26:47.039><c> of</c><00:26:47.140><c> that</c><00:26:47.319><c> word</c><00:26:47.480><c> that</c><00:26:48.019><c> that</c><00:26:48.339><c> concept</c><00:26:48.619><c> of</c><00:26:49.200><c> all</c>

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means<00:26:49.660><c> to</c><00:26:50.119><c> be</c><00:26:50.299><c> born</c><00:26:50.519><c> of</c><00:26:51.039><c> doesn't</c><00:26:52.039><c> come</c><00:26:52.380><c> from</c><00:26:52.619><c> God.</c>

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It<00:26:53.359><c> is</c><00:26:53.740><c> born</c><00:26:53.980><c> as</c><00:26:54.200><c> it</c><00:26:54.339><c> were</c><00:26:54.420><c> of</c><00:26:54.559><c> the</c><00:26:54.759><c> world</c><00:26:55.099><c> and</c><00:26:56.099><c> the</c><00:26:56.380><c> world's</c><00:26:56.740><c> going</c><00:26:56.819><c> to</c>

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pass<00:26:57.339><c> away.</c>

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But<00:26:57.920><c> he</c><00:26:58.140><c> that</c><00:26:58.319><c> does</c><00:26:58.619><c> the</c><00:26:59.099><c> will</c><00:26:59.759><c> gain</c><00:27:00.079><c> that</c><00:27:00.259><c> emphasis</c><00:27:00.599><c> upon</c><00:27:01.000><c> will</c><00:27:01.559><c> of</c>

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God<00:27:02.680><c> will</c><00:27:02.980><c> abide</c><00:27:03.319><c> forever.</c>

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Demas<00:27:05.259><c> has</c><00:27:05.500><c> forsaken</c><00:27:06.059><c> me</c><00:27:06.319><c> says</c><00:27:06.980><c> Paul</c><00:27:07.519><c> in</c><00:27:07.759><c> second</c><00:27:07.960><c> Timothy</c>

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four<00:27:08.700><c> verse</c><00:27:09.000><c> ten,</c>

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having<00:27:10.299><c> loved</c><00:27:11.079><c> this</c><00:27:12.099><c> present</c><00:27:12.619><c> world.</c>

00:27:13.119 --> 00:27:16.839
You<00:27:13.720><c> see,</c><00:27:14.039><c> love</c><00:27:14.240><c> can</c><00:27:14.440><c> be</c><00:27:14.660><c> manifested</c><00:27:15.200><c> in</c><00:27:15.480><c> different</c><00:27:15.720><c> ways.</c>

00:27:17.039 --> 00:27:20.480
It<00:27:17.220><c> can</c><00:27:17.420><c> either</c><00:27:17.599><c> be</c><00:27:17.920><c> manifested</c><00:27:18.339><c> in</c><00:27:18.559><c> our</c><00:27:18.759><c> love</c><00:27:18.900><c> of</c><00:27:19.180><c> God</c><00:27:19.539><c> or</c><00:27:20.279><c> our</c>

00:27:20.480 --> 00:27:23.400
love<00:27:20.660><c> of</c><00:27:20.819><c> the</c><00:27:21.059><c> things</c><00:27:21.400><c> that</c><00:27:21.680><c> relate</c><00:27:22.019><c> to</c><00:27:22.200><c> this</c><00:27:22.539><c> world.</c>

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So<00:27:24.299><c> love,</c><00:27:25.500><c> it's</c><00:27:25.799><c> all</c><00:27:25.960><c> about</c><00:27:26.259><c> love,</c>

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but<00:27:27.640><c> it's</c><00:27:27.920><c> who</c><00:27:28.099><c> and</c><00:27:28.279><c> what</c><00:27:28.500><c> we</c><00:27:28.799><c> love</c><00:27:28.960><c> that</c><00:27:29.240><c> determines</c><00:27:29.700><c> the</c><00:27:30.039><c> course</c><00:27:30.240><c> we</c>

00:27:30.579 --> 00:27:33.599
choose<00:27:30.960><c> and</c><00:27:31.759><c> the</c><00:27:31.960><c> outcome</c><00:27:32.240><c> of</c><00:27:32.480><c> our</c><00:27:32.680><c> lives.</c>

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Is<00:27:33.900><c> it</c><00:27:34.059><c> the</c><00:27:34.339><c> world</c><00:27:34.680><c> that</c><00:27:34.880><c> we</c><00:27:35.099><c> strive</c><00:27:35.359><c> for</c><00:27:35.900><c> or</c><00:27:36.539><c> is</c><00:27:36.700><c> it</c><00:27:36.859><c> the</c><00:27:37.079><c> things</c><00:27:37.359><c> of</c><00:27:37.640><c> God?</c>

00:27:38.779 --> 00:27:41.940
There<00:27:39.299><c> is</c><00:27:39.799><c> brothers</c><00:27:40.059><c> and</c><00:27:40.319><c> sisters,</c><00:27:40.880><c> no</c><00:27:41.019><c> middle</c><00:27:41.240><c> ground</c><00:27:41.539><c> as</c><00:27:41.740><c> we</c>

00:27:41.940 --> 00:27:43.460
were<00:27:42.079><c> reminded</c><00:27:42.279><c> this</c><00:27:42.579><c> morning.</c>

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So<00:27:45.279><c> let's</c><00:27:45.519><c> move</c><00:27:45.779><c> on.</c>

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We<00:27:47.279><c> put</c><00:27:47.460><c> this</c><00:27:47.880><c> little</c><00:27:48.119><c> mind</c><00:27:48.420><c> map</c><00:27:48.579><c> up</c><00:27:48.799><c> yesterday.</c>

00:27:50.559 --> 00:27:54.319
This<00:27:50.799><c> is</c><00:27:51.099><c> the</c><00:27:51.599><c> process</c><00:27:52.180><c> by</c><00:27:52.500><c> which</c><00:27:52.740><c> we</c><00:27:53.059><c> believe</c><00:27:53.359><c> and</c><00:27:53.500><c> I'm</c><00:27:53.700><c> suggesting</c><00:27:54.119><c> to</c>

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you<00:27:54.400><c> now,</c>

00:27:54.559 --> 00:27:56.180
I<00:27:54.720><c> believe</c><00:27:54.839><c> God</c><00:27:55.079><c> controls</c><00:27:55.559><c> this</c><00:27:55.839><c> process.</c>

00:27:56.319 --> 00:28:00.859
It's<00:27:56.440><c> not</c><00:27:56.599><c> simply</c><00:27:57.019><c> some</c><00:27:57.880><c> of</c><00:27:58.059><c> us</c><00:27:58.220><c> are</c><00:27:58.519><c> smarter</c><00:27:58.819><c> or</c><00:27:59.319><c> perhaps</c><00:27:59.559><c> more</c><00:28:00.119><c> attentive</c><00:28:00.519><c> or</c>

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intuitive,<00:28:01.240><c> sensitive</c><00:28:02.200><c> to</c><00:28:02.440><c> the</c><00:28:02.599><c> things</c><00:28:02.779><c> of</c><00:28:03.039><c> God.</c>

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I<00:28:04.740><c> believe</c><00:28:05.019><c> God</c><00:28:05.259><c> controls</c><00:28:05.799><c> this</c><00:28:06.099><c> process</c><00:28:06.480><c> and</c><00:28:06.599><c> we'll</c><00:28:06.779><c> talk</c><00:28:06.940><c> about</c><00:28:07.099><c> that</c><00:28:07.380><c> perhaps</c><00:28:07.640><c> a</c>

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little<00:28:07.920><c> later.</c>

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Does<00:28:09.799><c> it</c><00:28:09.960><c> matter</c><00:28:10.119><c> what</c><00:28:10.319><c> we</c><00:28:10.579><c> believe</c><00:28:10.819><c> we'll</c><00:28:11.039><c> do</c><00:28:11.460><c> on</c><00:28:12.180><c> the</c><00:28:12.299><c> next</c><00:28:12.519><c> slides?</c>

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We're<00:28:12.980><c> going</c><00:28:12.980><c> to</c><00:28:13.160><c> see</c><00:28:13.319><c> how</c><00:28:13.599><c> both</c><00:28:13.759><c> in</c><00:28:13.980><c> the</c><00:28:14.119><c> Old</c><00:28:14.299><c> Testament</c><00:28:14.759><c> and</c>

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in<00:28:15.319><c> the</c><00:28:15.380><c> New</c><00:28:15.599><c> Testament.</c>

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We<00:28:18.380><c> are</c><00:28:18.640><c> shown</c><00:28:18.920><c> that</c><00:28:19.119><c> it</c><00:28:19.240><c> is</c><00:28:19.500><c> important</c><00:28:19.900><c> to</c><00:28:20.220><c> believe</c><00:28:20.420><c> what</c><00:28:20.759><c> God</c>

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has<00:28:21.319><c> revealed.</c>

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And<00:28:22.640><c> we're</c><00:28:22.819><c> going</c><00:28:22.839><c> to</c><00:28:22.980><c> talk</c><00:28:23.099><c> about</c><00:28:23.440><c> why</c><00:28:23.700><c> it's</c><00:28:24.019><c> important</c><00:28:24.359><c> as</c>

00:28:24.619 --> 00:28:27.640
well<00:28:24.740><c> because</c><00:28:24.900><c> we</c><00:28:25.039><c> don't</c><00:28:25.160><c> often</c><00:28:25.319><c> talk</c><00:28:25.480><c> about</c><00:28:25.740><c> why</c><00:28:25.980><c> it's</c><00:28:26.279><c> important</c><00:28:26.720><c> in</c>

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the<00:28:27.779><c> Old</c><00:28:27.980><c> Testament.</c>

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These<00:28:28.759><c> are</c><00:28:28.940><c> the</c><00:28:29.180><c> examples</c><00:28:29.500><c> you</c><00:28:29.779><c> get</c><00:28:29.900><c> and</c><00:28:30.039><c> I</c><00:28:30.180><c> haven't</c><00:28:30.380><c> picked</c>

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out<00:28:30.700><c> all</c><00:28:30.880><c> of</c><00:28:30.980><c> them,</c><00:28:31.140><c> obviously.</c>

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But<00:28:32.779><c> if</c><00:28:32.960><c> you</c><00:28:33.079><c> believe</c><00:28:33.339><c> the</c><00:28:33.640><c> serpent's</c><00:28:34.160><c> lie,</c><00:28:34.400><c> which</c><00:28:34.559><c> Eve</c><00:28:34.700><c> did,</c>

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it<00:28:35.559><c> was</c><00:28:35.779><c> a</c><00:28:35.940><c> small</c><00:28:36.180><c> twisting</c><00:28:36.579><c> of</c><00:28:36.779><c> the</c><00:28:36.940><c> word</c><00:28:37.119><c> and</c><00:28:37.319><c> it</c><00:28:37.500><c> brought</c>

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horrific<00:28:38.700><c> consequences.</c>

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The<00:28:41.740><c> golden</c><00:28:42.079><c> calf,</c><00:28:43.880><c> idolatry,</c><00:28:46.240><c> brought</c><00:28:46.339><c> great</c><00:28:46.619><c> disappointment</c><00:28:47.180><c> from</c><00:28:47.440><c> God</c><00:28:47.720><c> and</c><00:28:48.079><c> judgment.</c>

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The<00:28:49.220><c> Sabbath</c><00:28:49.420><c> was</c><00:28:49.720><c> broken</c><00:28:50.039><c> by</c><00:28:50.279><c> a</c><00:28:50.400><c> man</c><00:28:50.559><c> presumptuously.</c>

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He<00:28:52.000><c> was</c><00:28:52.339><c> stoned</c><00:28:52.640><c> to</c><00:28:52.859><c> death.</c>

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Such<00:28:53.940><c> a</c><00:28:54.240><c> small</c><00:28:54.400><c> thing.</c>

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Korah,<00:28:56.519><c> Dathan</c><00:28:56.799><c> and</c><00:28:57.000><c> Abiram</c><00:28:57.440><c> rebelled</c><00:28:57.960><c> against</c><00:28:58.980><c> Moses</c><00:28:59.559><c> and</c>

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against<00:29:00.019><c> God</c><00:29:00.759><c> and</c><00:29:01.559><c> brought</c><00:29:01.740><c> judgment</c><00:29:02.140><c> upon</c><00:29:02.420><c> their</c><00:29:02.700><c> own</c><00:29:03.000><c> house</c>

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themselves<00:29:03.720><c> and</c><00:29:03.880><c> their</c><00:29:04.039><c> own</c><00:29:04.220><c> houses.</c>

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False<00:29:06.099><c> prophets</c><00:29:06.460><c> are</c><00:29:06.720><c> spoken</c><00:29:06.980><c> of</c><00:29:07.180><c> and</c><00:29:07.619><c> the</c><00:29:07.839><c> reason</c><00:29:08.180><c> why</c><00:29:08.400><c> God</c>

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despises<00:29:09.359><c> them</c><00:29:09.539><c> is</c><00:29:09.720><c> because</c><00:29:09.980><c> they</c><00:29:10.359><c> presume</c><00:29:11.160><c> to</c><00:29:11.980><c> speak</c><00:29:12.299><c> for</c><00:29:12.579><c> God.</c>

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God<00:29:14.220><c> is</c><00:29:14.619><c> angry</c><00:29:15.000><c> with</c><00:29:15.279><c> them</c><00:29:15.440><c> for</c><00:29:15.599><c> that.</c>

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Idolatry<00:29:18.400><c> was</c><00:29:18.700><c> punishable</c><00:29:19.259><c> by</c><00:29:19.519><c> death.</c>

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Jezebel's<00:29:21.900><c> false</c><00:29:22.240><c> prophets</c><00:29:22.640><c> were</c><00:29:22.859><c> put</c><00:29:23.079><c> to</c><00:29:23.279><c> death</c><00:29:23.539><c> by</c><00:29:23.819><c> Elijah.</c>

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Jeroboam's<00:29:28.799><c> sin,</c><00:29:30.180><c> a</c><00:29:30.460><c> small</c><00:29:30.779><c> change</c><00:29:31.319><c> to</c><00:29:31.579><c> the</c><00:29:31.839><c> truth,</c><00:29:32.420><c> as</c><00:29:32.539><c> it</c><00:29:32.799><c> were,</c><00:29:35.019><c> was</c><00:29:35.160><c> an</c>

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image<00:29:35.500><c> of</c><00:29:35.640><c> the</c><00:29:35.839><c> true</c><00:29:36.160><c> worship</c><00:29:36.700><c> and</c><00:29:37.160><c> it</c><00:29:37.359><c> didn't</c><00:29:37.579><c> bring</c><00:29:37.819><c> salvation.</c>

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Samaritan<00:29:40.279><c> worship</c><00:29:40.720><c> was</c><00:29:40.980><c> much</c><00:29:41.220><c> the</c><00:29:41.500><c> same.</c>

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David's<00:29:43.240><c> mistake,</c><00:29:43.700><c> we</c><00:29:43.799><c> read</c><00:29:43.920><c> of</c><00:29:44.079><c> yesterday,</c><00:29:44.559><c> of</c><00:29:44.680><c> moving</c><00:29:44.920><c> the</c>

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ark<00:29:45.319><c> on</c><00:29:45.500><c> an</c><00:29:45.660><c> ox</c><00:29:45.859><c> cart</c><00:29:46.140><c> and</c><00:29:46.380><c> Nazar</c><00:29:46.579><c> was</c><00:29:46.819><c> struck</c><00:29:47.039><c> dead</c><00:29:48.960><c> for</c><00:29:49.640><c> a</c>

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small<00:29:50.220><c> infringement.</c>

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Israel<00:29:52.980><c> perished,</c><00:29:53.440><c> it</c><00:29:53.660><c> says</c><00:29:53.799><c> in</c><00:29:53.940><c> the</c><00:29:54.059><c> book</c><00:29:54.180><c> of</c><00:29:54.359><c> Hebrews,</c><00:29:54.980><c> because</c><00:29:55.400><c> of</c><00:29:55.599><c> a</c>

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lack<00:29:55.819><c> of</c><00:29:56.079><c> faith.</c>

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You<00:29:56.839><c> see,</c><00:29:57.180><c> it</c><00:29:57.259><c> does</c><00:29:57.640><c> matter</c><00:29:58.200><c> what</c><00:29:58.559><c> you</c><00:29:58.839><c> believe</c><00:29:59.359><c> and</c><00:29:59.920><c> what</c><00:30:00.099><c> you</c>

00:30:00.359 --> 00:30:01.420
do<00:30:00.519><c> in</c><00:30:00.660><c> the</c><00:30:00.779><c> Old</c><00:30:00.940><c> Testament.</c>

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But<00:30:01.880><c> what</c><00:30:02.059><c> about</c><00:30:02.240><c> the</c><00:30:02.480><c> new?</c>

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Well,<00:30:04.359><c> these</c><00:30:04.599><c> are</c><00:30:04.759><c> the</c><00:30:04.859><c> ones</c><00:30:05.000><c> I've</c><00:30:05.380><c> gleaned</c><00:30:05.539><c> from</c><00:30:05.720><c> the</c><00:30:05.880><c> New</c>

00:30:06.039 --> 00:30:06.920
Testament<00:30:06.440><c> scriptures.</c>

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If<00:30:07.720><c> you</c><00:30:07.900><c> believe</c><00:30:08.119><c> Jesus</c><00:30:08.480><c> didn't</c><00:30:08.740><c> come</c><00:30:08.960><c> in</c><00:30:09.099><c> the</c><00:30:09.299><c> flesh,</c><00:30:10.380><c> you're</c><00:30:10.619><c> accursed.</c>

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If<00:30:13.759><c> you</c><00:30:13.960><c> believe</c><00:30:14.339><c> that</c><00:30:14.559><c> the</c><00:30:14.779><c> resurrection's</c><00:30:15.460><c> already</c><00:30:15.920><c> passed,</c><00:30:16.180><c> you've</c>

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made<00:30:16.680><c> shipwreck</c><00:30:17.259><c> the</c><00:30:17.480><c> faith.</c>

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If<00:30:19.559><c> you</c><00:30:19.819><c> believe</c><00:30:19.940><c> there</c><00:30:20.140><c> is</c><00:30:20.460><c> no</c><00:30:20.700><c> resurrection,</c><00:30:21.839><c> well,</c><00:30:22.000><c> you've</c>

00:30:22.359 --> 00:30:27.980
lost<00:30:22.759><c> all</c><00:30:23.240><c> hope</c><00:30:23.740><c> and</c><00:30:24.259><c> you've</c><00:30:24.740><c> overturned</c><00:30:25.720><c> the</c><00:30:26.140><c> truth</c><00:30:26.539><c> and</c><00:30:26.960><c> you've</c><00:30:27.299><c> said</c><00:30:27.480><c> that</c><00:30:27.740><c> the</c>

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apostles<00:30:28.460><c> are</c><00:30:29.079><c> liars.</c>

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If<00:30:31.700><c> you</c><00:30:31.880><c> believe</c><00:30:32.140><c> that</c><00:30:32.400><c> justification</c><00:30:32.920><c> is</c><00:30:33.119><c> by</c><00:30:33.299><c> faith</c><00:30:33.599><c> alone,</c>

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because<00:30:35.160><c> faith</c><00:30:35.720><c> without</c><00:30:36.339><c> works</c><00:30:36.619><c> is</c><00:30:36.900><c> dead,</c><00:30:39.339><c> you're</c><00:30:39.559><c> wrong.</c>

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Faith<00:30:41.240><c> must</c><00:30:41.500><c> be</c><00:30:41.799><c> seen</c><00:30:42.019><c> in</c><00:30:42.180><c> how</c><00:30:42.380><c> we</c><00:30:42.579><c> live,</c><00:30:42.960><c> as</c><00:30:43.160><c> James</c><00:30:43.519><c> chapter</c><00:30:43.819><c> 2</c><00:30:44.119><c> says.</c>

00:30:47.279 --> 00:30:50.200
Justification<00:30:47.799><c> is</c><00:30:48.099><c> not</c><00:30:48.500><c> by</c><00:30:49.000><c> works</c><00:30:49.480><c> of</c><00:30:49.940><c> law.</c>

00:30:50.420 --> 00:30:52.059
There's<00:30:50.579><c> a</c><00:30:50.799><c> difference</c><00:30:50.799><c> between</c><00:30:51.019><c> works</c><00:30:51.279><c> of</c><00:30:51.420><c> faith</c><00:30:51.640><c> and</c><00:30:51.779><c> works</c>

00:30:52.059 --> 00:30:54.460
of<00:30:52.259><c> law,</c><00:30:52.440><c> a</c><00:30:52.559><c> subtle</c><00:30:52.700><c> difference,</c><00:30:53.059><c> but</c><00:30:53.180><c> a</c><00:30:53.400><c> very</c><00:30:53.640><c> important</c><00:30:54.000><c> one,</c><00:30:54.180><c> which</c><00:30:54.299><c> we</c>

00:30:54.460 --> 00:30:55.559
won't<00:30:54.559><c> go</c><00:30:54.779><c> into</c><00:30:55.000><c> right</c><00:30:55.279><c> now.</c>

00:30:55.559 --> 00:31:07.579
If<00:30:55.900><c> you</c><00:30:56.059><c> hate</c><00:30:56.359><c> your</c><00:30:56.539><c> brother,</c><00:30:58.299><c> God</c><00:30:58.500><c> considers</c><00:30:58.920><c> you</c><00:30:59.119><c> to</c><00:30:59.220><c> be</c><00:30:59.440><c> a</c><00:30:59.579><c> murderer</c><00:30:59.819><c> like</c><00:31:00.180><c> Cain,</c><00:31:02.440><c> and</c><00:31:02.660><c> you</c><00:31:02.779><c> abide</c><00:31:03.119><c> in</c><00:31:03.319><c> death,</c><00:31:05.099><c> because</c><00:31:05.839><c> you</c><00:31:06.420><c> are</c><00:31:06.799><c> walking</c><00:31:07.240><c> a</c>

00:31:07.579 --> 00:31:09.319
different<00:31:07.920><c> way</c><00:31:08.180><c> to</c><00:31:08.319><c> God.</c>

00:31:10.359 --> 00:31:19.039
If<00:31:10.519><c> you</c><00:31:10.720><c> live</c><00:31:10.859><c> a</c><00:31:11.079><c> self</c><00:31:11.339><c>-centered</c><00:31:11.680><c> life</c><00:31:12.019><c> in</c><00:31:12.279><c> breach</c><00:31:12.480><c> of</c><00:31:12.700><c> all</c><00:31:13.059><c> God's</c><00:31:13.500><c> revealed</c><00:31:13.859><c> moral</c><00:31:14.420><c> principles,</c><00:31:16.119><c> you'll</c><00:31:16.559><c> die,</c><00:31:17.839><c> says</c><00:31:17.980><c> the</c><00:31:18.160><c> scriptures.</c>

00:31:20.740 --> 00:31:22.740
So<00:31:21.039><c> does</c><00:31:21.180><c> it</c><00:31:21.299><c> matter</c><00:31:21.480><c> what</c><00:31:21.660><c> we</c><00:31:21.940><c> believe?</c>

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Absolutely,<00:31:24.480><c> and</c><00:31:24.619><c> very</c><00:31:25.400><c> powerfully,</c><00:31:25.920><c> both</c><00:31:26.140><c> in</c><00:31:26.299><c> the</c><00:31:26.420><c> Old</c><00:31:26.599><c> and</c>

00:31:26.700 --> 00:31:27.380
the<00:31:26.779><c> New</c><00:31:26.980><c> Testament.</c>

00:31:27.779 --> 00:31:31.059
Now,<00:31:27.880><c> we're</c><00:31:27.960><c> not</c><00:31:28.039><c> going</c><00:31:28.160><c> to</c><00:31:28.259><c> go</c><00:31:28.380><c> into</c><00:31:28.539><c> those.</c><00:31:29.279><c> They</c><00:31:29.480><c> are</c><00:31:29.759><c> self</c><00:31:30.019><c>-evident.</c>

00:31:32.960 --> 00:31:34.619
But<00:31:33.279><c> why</c><00:31:33.539><c> does</c><00:31:33.700><c> it</c><00:31:33.819><c> matter?</c>

00:31:35.119 --> 00:31:38.859
You<00:31:35.339><c> see,</c><00:31:35.460><c> there's</c><00:31:35.680><c> a</c><00:31:35.880><c> love</c><00:31:36.000><c> of</c><00:31:36.180><c> the</c><00:31:36.420><c> truth</c><00:31:36.599><c> and</c><00:31:36.720><c> there's</c><00:31:36.940><c> a</c><00:31:37.079><c> love</c><00:31:37.500><c> of</c><00:31:37.980><c> lies.</c>

00:31:39.440 --> 00:31:47.279
Paul<00:31:39.740><c> warns</c><00:31:40.079><c> of</c><00:31:40.220><c> the</c><00:31:40.359><c> great</c><00:31:40.599><c> deceiver</c><00:31:41.119><c> who</c><00:31:41.420><c> was</c><00:31:41.680><c> coming</c><00:31:42.099><c> in</c><00:31:42.619><c> Thessalonians,</c><00:31:44.819><c> and</c><00:31:44.940><c> those</c><00:31:45.200><c> who</c><00:31:45.339><c> did</c><00:31:45.539><c> not</c><00:31:45.900><c> love</c><00:31:46.180><c> the</c><00:31:46.500><c> truth</c><00:31:46.700><c> would</c><00:31:46.900><c> be</c>

00:31:47.279 --> 00:31:50.140
deluded<00:31:47.759><c> and</c><00:31:48.140><c> follow</c><00:31:48.480><c> after</c><00:31:49.039><c> and</c><00:31:49.559><c> love</c><00:31:49.779><c> lies.</c>

00:31:50.140 --> 00:31:54.259
He<00:31:50.339><c> goes</c><00:31:50.579><c> on</c><00:31:50.779><c> to</c><00:31:50.960><c> say</c><00:31:51.140><c> that.</c><00:31:52.059><c> He</c><00:31:52.059><c> says,</c><00:31:52.619><c> because</c><00:31:52.619><c> they</c><00:31:52.859><c> received</c><00:31:53.259><c> not</c><00:31:53.579><c> the</c>

00:31:54.259 --> 00:31:56.599
love<00:31:54.900><c> of</c><00:31:55.319><c> the</c><00:31:55.579><c> truth.</c>

00:31:58.059 --> 00:32:03.720
The<00:31:58.140><c> church,</c><00:31:58.960><c> the</c><00:31:58.960><c> early</c><00:31:59.259><c> Christian</c><00:32:00.059><c> church</c><00:32:00.579><c> or</c><00:32:00.799><c> ecclesia</c><00:32:01.160><c> was</c><00:32:01.460><c> corrupted,</c><00:32:02.220><c> brothers</c><00:32:02.319><c> and</c><00:32:02.579><c> sisters,</c><00:32:03.579><c> by</c>

00:32:03.720 --> 00:32:06.980
a<00:32:03.980><c> blending</c><00:32:04.180><c> together</c><00:32:04.720><c> of</c><00:32:05.000><c> the</c><00:32:05.259><c> things</c><00:32:05.480><c> of</c><00:32:05.740><c> God</c><00:32:05.839><c> and</c><00:32:06.039><c> the</c><00:32:06.279><c> philosophies</c><00:32:06.819><c> of</c>

00:32:06.980 --> 00:32:08.059
the<00:32:07.200><c> world.</c>

00:32:08.539 --> 00:32:12.599
And<00:32:08.819><c> they</c><00:32:09.119><c> lost</c><00:32:09.480><c> the</c><00:32:09.779><c> truth</c><00:32:09.940><c> because</c><00:32:10.200><c> they</c><00:32:10.380><c> didn't</c><00:32:10.700><c> love</c><00:32:11.400><c> the</c><00:32:11.779><c> truth.</c>

00:32:12.960 --> 00:32:15.200
And<00:32:13.099><c> for</c><00:32:13.240><c> that</c><00:32:13.480><c> reason,</c><00:32:13.779><c> God</c><00:32:14.000><c> sent</c><00:32:14.220><c> them</c><00:32:14.400><c> a</c><00:32:14.619><c> strong</c><00:32:14.799><c> delusion.</c>

00:32:15.240 --> 00:32:16.880
He<00:32:15.400><c> wouldn't</c><00:32:15.559><c> even</c><00:32:15.799><c> have</c><00:32:15.960><c> them</c><00:32:16.160><c> near</c><00:32:16.480><c> him.</c>

00:32:16.880 --> 00:32:20.940
In<00:32:18.019><c> fact,</c><00:32:18.259><c> he</c><00:32:18.420><c> pushed</c><00:32:18.720><c> them</c><00:32:18.960><c> away</c><00:32:19.259><c> so</c><00:32:19.480><c> that</c><00:32:19.619><c> their</c><00:32:19.819><c> beliefs</c><00:32:20.119><c> are</c><00:32:20.539><c> so</c>

00:32:20.940 --> 00:32:25.299
contrary<00:32:21.420><c> to</c><00:32:21.559><c> God,</c><00:32:22.920><c> they</c><00:32:23.019><c> don't</c><00:32:23.160><c> even</c><00:32:23.440><c> look</c><00:32:23.680><c> like</c><00:32:23.940><c> the</c><00:32:24.160><c> truth.</c>

00:32:25.400 --> 00:32:27.099
And<00:32:25.539><c> they</c><00:32:25.740><c> believe</c><00:32:26.019><c> the</c><00:32:26.200><c> lie.</c>

00:32:29.059 --> 00:32:31.839
And<00:32:29.160><c> they</c><00:32:29.359><c> had</c><00:32:29.559><c> pleasure</c><00:32:29.940><c> in</c><00:32:30.180><c> unrighteousness</c><00:32:30.859><c> and</c><00:32:31.059><c> introduced</c><00:32:31.420><c> a</c><00:32:31.619><c> whole</c>

00:32:31.839 --> 00:32:36.220
bunch<00:32:32.059><c> of</c><00:32:32.279><c> traditions</c><00:32:32.619><c> and</c><00:32:32.980><c> concepts</c><00:32:33.500><c> that</c><00:32:34.160><c> were</c><00:32:34.519><c> not</c><00:32:34.880><c> of</c><00:32:35.240><c> God.</c>

00:32:38.880 --> 00:32:41.519
Lies<00:32:39.180><c> and</c><00:32:39.460><c> falsehoods</c><00:32:40.000><c> are</c><00:32:40.140><c> not</c><00:32:40.319><c> from</c><00:32:40.539><c> God.</c>

00:32:41.700 --> 00:32:45.740
In<00:32:41.900><c> fact,</c><00:32:42.640><c> they</c><00:32:42.779><c> are</c><00:32:42.960><c> quite</c><00:32:43.380><c> contrary</c><00:32:43.900><c> to</c><00:32:44.259><c> his</c><00:32:44.660><c> will</c><00:32:44.819><c> and</c><00:32:45.400><c> purpose.</c>

00:32:45.740 --> 00:32:49.579
God<00:32:46.539><c> is</c><00:32:47.039><c> a</c><00:32:47.400><c> God</c><00:32:47.859><c> of</c><00:32:48.259><c> truth.</c>

00:32:49.839 --> 00:32:52.160
Truth<00:32:50.079><c> is</c><00:32:50.299><c> understanding</c><00:32:50.839><c> and</c><00:32:51.140><c> believing</c><00:32:51.339><c> the</c><00:32:51.579><c> witness</c><00:32:51.940><c> or</c>

00:32:52.160 --> 00:32:56.819
the<00:32:52.519><c> testimony</c><00:32:52.920><c> of</c><00:32:53.119><c> those</c><00:32:53.460><c> who</c><00:32:53.640><c> God</c><00:32:53.920><c> sent</c><00:32:54.400><c> to</c><00:32:55.039><c> believe</c><00:32:55.500><c> the</c><00:32:55.799><c> truth</c><00:32:56.039><c> means</c><00:32:56.380><c> to</c>

00:32:56.819 --> 00:32:58.619
practice<00:32:57.279><c> the</c><00:32:57.720><c> truth.</c>

00:33:00.059 --> 00:33:02.640
And<00:33:00.240><c> you</c><00:33:00.299><c> can</c><00:33:00.420><c> look</c><00:33:00.519><c> at</c><00:33:00.640><c> these</c><00:33:00.880><c> references</c><00:33:01.299><c> in</c><00:33:01.640><c> John.</c>

00:33:02.779 --> 00:33:06.240
He<00:33:03.000><c> says</c><00:33:03.160><c> that</c><00:33:03.440><c> no</c><00:33:03.799><c> lie</c><00:33:04.240><c> is</c><00:33:04.980><c> of</c><00:33:05.140><c> the</c><00:33:05.380><c> truth.</c>

00:33:07.200 --> 00:33:10.240
He<00:33:07.440><c> that</c><00:33:07.599><c> says</c><00:33:07.779><c> I</c><00:33:08.000><c> know</c><00:33:08.180><c> him</c><00:33:08.359><c> and</c><00:33:08.559><c> keeps</c><00:33:08.740><c> not</c><00:33:08.920><c> his</c><00:33:09.140><c> commandments</c><00:33:09.500><c> is</c><00:33:09.740><c> a</c><00:33:10.039><c> liar</c>

00:33:10.240 --> 00:33:12.220
and<00:33:10.420><c> the</c><00:33:10.579><c> truth</c><00:33:10.720><c> is</c><00:33:10.920><c> not</c><00:33:11.019><c> in</c><00:33:11.200><c> him.</c>

00:33:12.960 --> 00:33:15.819
He<00:33:13.440><c> that</c><00:33:13.680><c> believeth</c><00:33:14.000><c> not</c><00:33:14.279><c> God</c><00:33:14.539><c> hath</c><00:33:14.819><c> made</c><00:33:15.019><c> God</c><00:33:15.359><c> a</c><00:33:15.559><c> liar.</c>

00:33:16.140 --> 00:33:20.039
See,<00:33:16.279><c> if</c><00:33:16.400><c> we</c><00:33:16.519><c> don't</c><00:33:16.700><c> believe</c><00:33:17.000><c> God,</c><00:33:17.180><c> we're</c><00:33:17.339><c> turning</c><00:33:17.519><c> around,</c><00:33:17.920><c> we're</c><00:33:17.960><c> saying</c><00:33:18.140><c> to</c><00:33:18.240><c> God,</c><00:33:18.660><c> well,</c><00:33:18.859><c> you</c><00:33:19.140><c> said</c><00:33:19.359><c> this,</c><00:33:19.619><c> but</c><00:33:19.779><c> I</c>

00:33:20.039 --> 00:33:21.339
think<00:33:20.180><c> that</c><00:33:20.339><c> and</c><00:33:20.500><c> I</c><00:33:20.660><c> think</c><00:33:20.799><c> you're</c><00:33:21.079><c> wrong.</c>

00:33:21.420 --> 00:33:23.559
In<00:33:21.539><c> fact,</c><00:33:21.640><c> you're</c><00:33:21.920><c> telling</c><00:33:22.119><c> me</c><00:33:22.420><c> a</c><00:33:22.539><c> lie.</c>

00:33:25.099 --> 00:33:28.579
Because<00:33:25.579><c> we</c><00:33:25.740><c> don't</c><00:33:25.940><c> believe</c><00:33:26.380><c> the</c><00:33:26.640><c> things</c><00:33:26.859><c> that</c><00:33:27.079><c> God</c><00:33:27.279><c> has</c><00:33:27.599><c> testified.</c>

00:33:31.400 --> 00:33:35.779
And<00:33:31.680><c> the</c><00:33:31.920><c> Ecclesiast</c><00:33:32.180><c> to</c><00:33:32.319><c> Ephesus,</c><00:33:32.680><c> they</c><00:33:32.920><c> are</c><00:33:33.119><c> commended</c><00:33:33.500><c> because</c><00:33:33.940><c> they</c><00:33:34.579><c> identified</c><00:33:35.099><c> those</c><00:33:35.500><c> who</c>

00:33:35.779 --> 00:33:36.799
taught<00:33:36.039><c> false</c><00:33:36.339><c> things.</c>

00:33:36.839 --> 00:33:39.519
And<00:33:36.980><c> he</c><00:33:37.059><c> says,</c><00:33:37.960><c> and</c><00:33:38.079><c> you</c><00:33:38.299><c> found</c><00:33:38.539><c> them</c><00:33:38.759><c> as</c><00:33:38.980><c> liars.</c>

00:33:39.519 --> 00:33:44.480
You<00:33:40.200><c> didn't</c><00:33:40.559><c> compromise</c><00:33:41.259><c> the</c><00:33:41.559><c> things</c><00:33:41.799><c> that</c><00:33:42.019><c> you</c><00:33:42.200><c> receive</c><00:33:42.680><c> from</c><00:33:42.940><c> me.</c>

00:33:45.660 --> 00:33:48.140
There's<00:33:45.779><c> an</c><00:33:46.059><c> important</c><00:33:46.319><c> warning</c><00:33:46.599><c> from</c><00:33:46.799><c> the</c><00:33:47.039><c> apostles.</c>

00:33:48.640 --> 00:33:50.160
And<00:33:48.700><c> it's</c><00:33:48.880><c> in</c><00:33:49.059><c> Second</c><00:33:49.279><c> Corinthians</c><00:33:49.779><c> 11.</c>

00:33:50.420 --> 00:33:54.839
He<00:33:50.420><c> says</c><00:33:50.640><c> this,</c><00:33:51.119><c> he</c><00:33:51.119><c> says,</c><00:33:52.140><c> I</c><00:33:52.259><c> fear,</c><00:33:54.339><c> he</c><00:33:54.339><c> says.</c>

00:33:55.480 --> 00:33:58.579
Lest<00:33:55.619><c> by</c><00:33:55.900><c> any</c><00:33:56.079><c> means</c><00:33:56.359><c> as</c><00:33:56.640><c> the</c><00:33:56.900><c> serpent</c><00:33:57.259><c> beguiled</c><00:33:57.980><c> Eve</c><00:33:58.299><c> through</c>

00:33:58.579 --> 00:33:59.759
his<00:33:58.920><c> subtlety.</c>

00:34:00.019 --> 00:34:03.900
So<00:34:00.160><c> your</c><00:34:00.480><c> mind</c><00:34:00.839><c> should</c><00:34:01.039><c> be</c><00:34:01.380><c> corrupted</c><00:34:01.960><c> from</c><00:34:02.779><c> the</c><00:34:03.039><c> simplicity</c>

00:34:03.900 --> 00:34:05.700
that<00:34:04.900><c> is</c><00:34:05.119><c> in</c><00:34:05.400><c> Christ.</c>

00:34:05.779 --> 00:34:08.480
There<00:34:05.960><c> is</c><00:34:06.200><c> a</c><00:34:06.380><c> certain</c><00:34:06.579><c> simplicity</c><00:34:07.220><c> in</c><00:34:08.260><c> Christ.</c>

00:34:08.480 --> 00:34:10.940
That<00:34:08.719><c> word</c><00:34:09.579><c> simplicity</c><00:34:10.059><c> means</c><00:34:10.460><c> singleness.</c>

00:34:11.099 --> 00:34:12.900
And<00:34:11.099><c> we'll</c><00:34:11.280><c> show</c><00:34:11.420><c> that</c><00:34:11.619><c> in</c><00:34:11.659><c> just</c><00:34:11.900><c> a</c><00:34:12.059><c> moment.</c>

00:34:14.059 --> 00:34:18.420
You<00:34:14.079><c> see,</c><00:34:14.679><c> if</c><00:34:14.760><c> he</c><00:34:15.000><c> that</c><00:34:15.219><c> comes</c><00:34:15.539><c> preaches</c><00:34:16.179><c> another</c><00:34:16.940><c> Jesus,</c><00:34:18.179><c> then</c><00:34:18.280><c> we</c>

00:34:18.420 --> 00:34:19.800
have<00:34:18.599><c> not</c><00:34:18.840><c> preached.</c>

00:34:19.880 --> 00:34:22.360
Or<00:34:20.059><c> if</c><00:34:20.199><c> you</c><00:34:20.360><c> received</c><00:34:20.760><c> another</c><00:34:21.099><c> spirit</c><00:34:21.519><c> which</c><00:34:21.739><c> we</c><00:34:21.900><c> have</c><00:34:22.119><c> not</c>

00:34:22.360 --> 00:34:26.059
received,<00:34:23.440><c> or</c><00:34:23.599><c> another</c><00:34:23.940><c> gospel</c><00:34:24.380><c> which</c><00:34:24.679><c> you</c><00:34:24.880><c> have</c><00:34:25.159><c> not</c><00:34:25.440><c> accepted,</c><00:34:25.940><c> you</c>

00:34:26.059 --> 00:34:28.460
might<00:34:26.420><c> well</c><00:34:26.900><c> bear</c><00:34:27.219><c> with</c><00:34:27.559><c> him.</c>

00:34:29.400 --> 00:34:32.500
He<00:34:29.820><c> was</c><00:34:30.079><c> desperately</c><00:34:30.500><c> worried,</c><00:34:30.940><c> brothers</c><00:34:31.179><c> and</c><00:34:31.480><c> sisters.</c>

00:34:32.619 --> 00:34:36.340
He<00:34:33.119><c> was</c><00:34:33.360><c> desperately</c><00:34:33.760><c> worried</c><00:34:34.179><c> for</c><00:34:34.420><c> their</c><00:34:34.699><c> spiritual</c><00:34:35.159><c> well</c><00:34:35.539><c>-being.</c>

00:34:36.599 --> 00:34:38.880
It's<00:34:37.119><c> not</c><00:34:37.219><c> a</c><00:34:37.400><c> problem</c><00:34:37.719><c> of</c><00:34:38.000><c> small</c><00:34:38.260><c> consequence.</c>

00:34:39.280 --> 00:34:41.519
It's<00:34:39.719><c> a</c><00:34:40.139><c> huge</c><00:34:40.400><c> problem.</c>

00:34:42.199 --> 00:34:44.059
It's<00:34:42.340><c> a</c><00:34:42.480><c> life</c><00:34:42.659><c> and</c><00:34:42.840><c> death</c><00:34:43.039><c> issue.</c>

00:34:44.440 --> 00:34:46.860
When<00:34:44.539><c> someone</c><00:34:44.840><c> says</c><00:34:45.179><c> to</c><00:34:45.300><c> you,</c><00:34:45.480><c> it</c><00:34:45.480><c> doesn't</c><00:34:45.760><c> really</c><00:34:46.139><c> matter</c><00:34:46.380><c> what</c><00:34:46.599><c> we</c>

00:34:46.860 --> 00:34:49.619
believe<00:34:47.119><c> or</c><00:34:47.380><c> do,</c><00:34:48.039><c> they're</c><00:34:48.280><c> telling</c><00:34:48.380><c> you</c><00:34:48.679><c> a</c><00:34:48.780><c> lie.</c>

00:34:51.179 --> 00:34:52.400
It<00:34:51.500><c> does.</c>

00:34:54.940 --> 00:34:56.679
Why<00:34:55.179><c> is</c><00:34:55.380><c> it</c><00:34:55.519><c> such</c><00:34:55.679><c> a</c><00:34:55.900><c> problem?</c>

00:34:57.360 --> 00:35:00.639
Because<00:34:57.880><c> God's</c><00:34:58.400><c> work</c><00:34:58.800><c> is</c><00:34:59.559><c> changed.</c>

00:35:00.659 --> 00:35:01.940
Now<00:35:00.820><c> talk</c><00:35:00.960><c> about</c><00:35:01.199><c> this</c><00:35:01.440><c> very</c><00:35:01.679><c> much.</c>

00:35:01.940 --> 00:35:06.300
This<00:35:03.099><c> is</c><00:35:03.340><c> what</c><00:35:03.579><c> lies</c><00:35:04.000><c> do</c><00:35:04.360><c> and</c><00:35:04.579><c> corruptions</c><00:35:05.119><c> of</c><00:35:05.280><c> the</c><00:35:05.480><c> truth.</c>

00:35:06.539 --> 00:35:09.719
They<00:35:06.539><c> change</c><00:35:07.360><c> the</c><00:35:07.840><c> work</c><00:35:08.239><c> of</c><00:35:08.619><c> God.</c>

00:35:10.500 --> 00:35:14.139
Because<00:35:10.780><c> God's</c><00:35:11.260><c> trying</c><00:35:11.460><c> to</c><00:35:11.679><c> make</c><00:35:11.840><c> us</c><00:35:12.179><c> into</c><00:35:12.440><c> his</c><00:35:12.699><c> image</c><00:35:12.980><c> and</c><00:35:13.300><c> likeness.</c>

00:35:14.460 --> 00:35:17.659
But<00:35:14.559><c> if</c><00:35:14.739><c> we</c><00:35:14.980><c> accept</c><00:35:15.420><c> other</c><00:35:15.940><c> teachings</c><00:35:16.460><c> that</c><00:35:16.679><c> are</c><00:35:16.980><c> contrary</c><00:35:17.480><c> to</c>

00:35:17.659 --> 00:35:21.320
God,<00:35:18.360><c> then</c><00:35:18.460><c> another</c><00:35:19.039><c> image</c><00:35:19.579><c> and</c><00:35:19.860><c> likeness</c><00:35:20.159><c> is</c><00:35:20.320><c> created.</c>

00:35:22.320 --> 00:35:28.780
The<00:35:22.539><c> outcome</c><00:35:22.900><c> is</c><00:35:23.280><c> that</c><00:35:23.500><c> the</c><00:35:23.820><c> fashioning</c><00:35:24.280><c> of</c><00:35:24.380><c> our</c><00:35:24.659><c> minds</c><00:35:24.980><c> and</c><00:35:25.179><c> of</c><00:35:25.280><c> our</c><00:35:25.579><c> characters</c><00:35:25.940><c> and</c><00:35:26.340><c> of</c><00:35:26.539><c> our</c><00:35:26.719><c> works</c><00:35:27.239><c> will</c><00:35:27.739><c> produce</c><00:35:28.400><c> a</c>

00:35:28.780 --> 00:35:30.260
different<00:35:29.159><c> result.</c>

00:35:30.820 --> 00:35:34.639
A<00:35:31.420><c> different</c><00:35:31.860><c> type</c><00:35:32.179><c> of</c><00:35:32.380><c> person</c><00:35:32.719><c> and</c><00:35:32.940><c> not</c><00:35:33.460><c> a</c><00:35:33.619><c> son</c><00:35:33.880><c> of</c><00:35:33.980><c> God,</c><00:35:34.380><c> which</c><00:35:34.440><c> is</c>

00:35:34.639 --> 00:35:37.480
what<00:35:35.059><c> God's</c><00:35:35.480><c> endearing</c><00:35:35.780><c> to</c><00:35:36.019><c> create</c><00:35:36.380><c> in</c><00:35:36.679><c> us.</c>

00:35:39.960 --> 00:35:42.420
Jesus<00:35:40.059><c> says,</c><00:35:40.619><c> by</c><00:35:40.619><c> their</c><00:35:40.960><c> fruits</c><00:35:41.340><c> you</c><00:35:41.599><c> shall</c><00:35:41.800><c> know</c><00:35:42.039><c> them.</c>

00:35:42.699 --> 00:35:45.739
It<00:35:43.000><c> will</c><00:35:43.380><c> produce</c><00:35:44.059><c> a</c><00:35:44.440><c> different</c><00:35:44.760><c> result.</c>

00:35:46.260 --> 00:35:48.699
So<00:35:46.400><c> if</c><00:35:46.519><c> I</c><00:35:46.519><c> come</c><00:35:46.679><c> back</c><00:35:46.860><c> to</c><00:35:47.000><c> my</c><00:35:47.179><c> little</c><00:35:47.480><c> diagram</c><00:35:47.940><c> here,</c><00:35:48.400><c> which</c><00:35:48.420><c> I</c>

00:35:48.699 --> 00:35:51.519
put<00:35:48.840><c> up</c><00:35:49.239><c> just</c><00:35:49.559><c> for</c><00:35:49.860><c> explanation</c><00:35:50.719><c> purposes.</c>

00:35:52.219 --> 00:35:56.280
Truths<00:35:52.619><c> and</c><00:35:52.699><c> lies</c><00:35:52.940><c> are</c><00:35:53.659><c> mixed</c><00:35:53.900><c> together,</c><00:35:54.860><c> adding</c><00:35:55.119><c> to</c><00:35:55.420><c> and</c><00:35:55.599><c> taking</c><00:35:55.900><c> from</c><00:35:56.099><c> the</c>

00:35:56.280 --> 00:35:56.900
word<00:35:56.400><c> of</c><00:35:56.659><c> God.</c>

00:35:57.119 --> 00:35:58.320
It's<00:35:57.440><c> a</c><00:35:57.599><c> serpent's</c><00:35:58.139><c> lie.</c>

00:35:58.320 --> 00:36:00.000
It's<00:35:58.940><c> Jeroboam's</c><00:35:59.739><c> temple.</c>

00:36:00.199 --> 00:36:01.820
It's<00:36:00.320><c> Samaritan</c><00:36:00.739><c> worship.</c>

00:36:03.659 --> 00:36:05.639
And<00:36:03.699><c> it's</c><00:36:03.900><c> going</c><00:36:03.960><c> to</c><00:36:04.059><c> have</c><00:36:04.119><c> this</c><00:36:04.380><c> outcome</c><00:36:04.760><c> for</c><00:36:04.940><c> those</c><00:36:05.199><c> who</c>

00:36:05.639 --> 00:36:06.440
walk<00:36:05.860><c> that</c><00:36:06.159><c> way.</c>

00:36:06.699 --> 00:36:11.019
Many<00:36:06.880><c> will</c><00:36:07.079><c> say</c><00:36:07.300><c> to</c><00:36:07.480><c> me</c><00:36:07.880><c> in</c><00:36:08.280><c> that</c><00:36:08.579><c> day,</c><00:36:08.860><c> Lord,</c><00:36:09.239><c> Lord,</c><00:36:10.619><c> and</c><00:36:10.800><c> he's</c>

00:36:11.019 --> 00:36:13.739
going<00:36:11.119><c> to</c><00:36:11.320><c> say,</c><00:36:11.599><c> I</c><00:36:12.099><c> never</c><00:36:12.380><c> knew</c><00:36:12.579><c> you.</c>

00:36:14.280 --> 00:36:17.960
Because<00:36:14.579><c> they've</c><00:36:14.920><c> moved</c><00:36:15.119><c> away</c><00:36:15.579><c> from</c><00:36:15.980><c> the</c><00:36:16.320><c> truth</c><00:36:16.719><c> of</c><00:36:17.119><c> God.</c>

00:36:18.139 --> 00:36:20.760
There's<00:36:18.380><c> another</c><00:36:18.659><c> spirit</c><00:36:19.099><c> manifested</c><00:36:19.840><c> and</c><00:36:20.039><c> it's</c><00:36:20.380><c> not</c><00:36:20.539><c> of</c>

00:36:20.760 --> 00:36:21.480
God's<00:36:21.199><c> creation.</c>

00:36:21.820 --> 00:36:24.719
It's<00:36:22.119><c> an</c><00:36:22.539><c> image</c><00:36:23.079><c> of</c><00:36:23.599><c> the</c><00:36:23.900><c> true.</c>

00:36:25.199 --> 00:36:26.440
It<00:36:25.519><c> isn't</c><00:36:25.800><c> the</c><00:36:26.079><c> true.</c>

00:36:26.440 --> 00:36:31.300
So<00:36:27.239><c> if</c><00:36:27.400><c> I</c><00:36:27.500><c> look</c><00:36:27.639><c> at</c><00:36:27.780><c> my</c><00:36:28.000><c> picture</c><00:36:28.340><c> here,</c><00:36:29.360><c> there's</c><00:36:29.780><c> another</c><00:36:30.199><c> concept</c><00:36:30.739><c> of</c><00:36:30.980><c> God.</c>

00:36:31.760 --> 00:36:33.539
There's<00:36:32.039><c> another</c><00:36:32.320><c> concept</c><00:36:32.920><c> of</c><00:36:33.139><c> Jesus.</c>

00:36:33.860 --> 00:36:36.019
There's<00:36:34.159><c> another</c><00:36:34.420><c> view</c><00:36:34.699><c> of</c><00:36:34.960><c> man</c><00:36:35.199><c> and</c><00:36:35.340><c> there's</c><00:36:35.559><c> another</c><00:36:35.800><c> view</c>

00:36:36.019 --> 00:36:37.059
of<00:36:36.159><c> the</c><00:36:36.320><c> purpose</c><00:36:36.619><c> of</c><00:36:36.880><c> God.</c>

00:36:37.159 --> 00:36:41.739
And<00:36:37.260><c> it</c><00:36:37.420><c> all</c><00:36:37.800><c> springs</c><00:36:38.320><c> from</c><00:36:39.059><c> having</c><00:36:39.300><c> the</c><00:36:39.599><c> word</c><00:36:40.139><c> of</c><00:36:40.559><c> God</c><00:36:41.059><c> mixed</c>

00:36:41.739 --> 00:36:43.000
with<00:36:42.119><c> lies.</c>

00:36:46.559 --> 00:36:50.599
I'm<00:36:47.039><c> going</c><00:36:47.099><c> to</c><00:36:47.219><c> put</c><00:36:47.320><c> this</c><00:36:47.619><c> now</c><00:36:47.780><c> into</c><00:36:48.059><c> some</c><00:36:48.559><c> context.</c>

00:36:51.340 --> 00:36:53.980
See,<00:36:51.940><c> I'm</c><00:36:52.079><c> going</c><00:36:52.119><c> to</c><00:36:52.179><c> have</c><00:36:52.260><c> a</c><00:36:52.420><c> time</c><00:36:52.539><c> problem</c><00:36:52.900><c> again.</c>

00:36:54.179 --> 00:36:56.219
So<00:36:54.400><c> pardon</c><00:36:54.619><c> me</c><00:36:54.739><c> if</c><00:36:54.840><c> I</c><00:36:54.960><c> go</c><00:36:55.059><c> very</c><00:36:55.380><c> quickly.</c>

00:36:57.960 --> 00:37:00.239
We<00:36:58.099><c> face</c><00:36:58.380><c> two</c><00:36:58.800><c> primary</c><00:36:59.199><c> dangers</c><00:36:59.679><c> today.</c>

00:37:00.420 --> 00:37:03.559
One<00:37:00.599><c> is,</c><00:37:01.059><c> apart</c><00:37:01.340><c> from</c><00:37:01.519><c> the</c><00:37:01.760><c> world</c><00:37:01.920><c> at</c><00:37:02.219><c> large,</c><00:37:03.000><c> the</c><00:37:03.139><c> first</c><00:37:03.320><c> is</c>

00:37:03.559 --> 00:37:05.320
the<00:37:03.760><c> evangelical</c><00:37:04.280><c> movement.</c>

00:37:06.699 --> 00:37:11.179
They<00:37:07.079><c> claim</c><00:37:07.340><c> to</c><00:37:07.559><c> believe</c><00:37:07.739><c> God's</c><00:37:08.219><c> word</c><00:37:08.599><c> as</c><00:37:09.519><c> their</c><00:37:09.780><c> singular</c><00:37:10.119><c> authority.</c>

00:37:11.559 --> 00:37:15.039
They<00:37:11.880><c> claim</c><00:37:12.280><c> to</c><00:37:12.539><c> bring</c><00:37:12.659><c> you</c><00:37:12.940><c> a</c><00:37:13.159><c> personal</c><00:37:13.340><c> relationship</c><00:37:13.880><c> with</c><00:37:14.139><c> God.</c>

00:37:15.239 --> 00:37:18.820
They<00:37:15.519><c> claim</c><00:37:15.820><c> to</c><00:37:16.039><c> preach</c><00:37:16.199><c> the</c><00:37:16.420><c> gospel</c><00:37:16.739><c> of</c><00:37:17.000><c> Christ</c><00:37:17.320><c> and</c><00:37:17.480><c> to</c><00:37:17.760><c> save</c><00:37:18.079><c> people.</c>

00:37:18.820 --> 00:37:21.880
And<00:37:19.420><c> they</c><00:37:19.599><c> are</c><00:37:19.920><c> often</c><00:37:20.239><c> honest,</c><00:37:20.880><c> dedicated,</c><00:37:21.239><c> enthusiastic</c>

00:37:21.880 --> 00:37:23.460
and<00:37:22.099><c> nice</c><00:37:22.380><c> individuals.</c>

00:37:23.559 --> 00:37:25.000
I<00:37:23.719><c> like</c><00:37:24.000><c> them.</c>

00:37:25.239 --> 00:37:27.320
And<00:37:25.519><c> I'm</c><00:37:25.639><c> sure</c><00:37:25.840><c> you</c><00:37:26.059><c> do</c><00:37:26.239><c> too.</c>

00:37:28.519 --> 00:37:31.260
But<00:37:28.639><c> we</c><00:37:28.820><c> must</c><00:37:29.079><c> not</c><00:37:29.280><c> ignore</c><00:37:29.699><c> this</c><00:37:29.880><c> situation,</c><00:37:30.659><c> brothers</c><00:37:30.820><c> and</c><00:37:31.059><c> sisters,</c>

00:37:31.320 --> 00:37:34.960
but<00:37:31.480><c> rather</c><00:37:31.739><c> understand</c><00:37:32.280><c> the</c><00:37:32.760><c> issues</c><00:37:33.000><c> at</c><00:37:33.360><c> stake</c><00:37:33.760><c> by</c><00:37:34.480><c> clearly</c>

00:37:34.960 --> 00:37:38.360
enunciating<00:37:35.800><c> and</c><00:37:36.159><c> practicing</c><00:37:36.619><c> our</c><00:37:37.199><c> core</c><00:37:37.360><c> beliefs.</c>

00:37:39.079 --> 00:37:41.440
Although<00:37:39.280><c> we</c><00:37:39.440><c> can</c><00:37:39.619><c> agree</c><00:37:39.900><c> with</c><00:37:40.079><c> them</c><00:37:40.179><c> on</c><00:37:40.300><c> many</c><00:37:40.519><c> issues</c><00:37:40.860><c> and</c><00:37:41.039><c> even</c><00:37:41.199><c> at</c>

00:37:41.440 --> 00:37:42.820
times<00:37:41.619><c> admire</c><00:37:41.980><c> their</c><00:37:42.199><c> dedication,</c>

00:37:42.820 --> 00:37:48.360
the<00:37:43.860><c> real</c><00:37:44.119><c> issue</c><00:37:44.440><c> is</c><00:37:44.619><c> one</c><00:37:44.840><c> of</c><00:37:46.300><c> belief</c><00:37:46.800><c> or</c><00:37:47.780><c> teaching,</c><00:37:48.179><c> which</c><00:37:48.179><c> is</c>

00:37:48.360 --> 00:37:49.360
what<00:37:48.500><c> the</c><00:37:48.619><c> word</c><00:37:48.780><c> doctrine</c><00:37:49.119><c> means.</c>

00:37:49.380 --> 00:37:50.679
It<00:37:49.380><c> means</c><00:37:49.699><c> teaching.</c>

00:37:50.719 --> 00:37:52.480
Their<00:37:51.000><c> teachings</c><00:37:51.599><c> are</c><00:37:52.079><c> different.</c>

00:37:52.880 --> 00:37:54.880
They're<00:37:53.219><c> contrary</c><00:37:53.599><c> to</c><00:37:53.800><c> the</c><00:37:53.980><c> scripture.</c>

00:37:55.559 --> 00:37:59.599
They<00:37:55.719><c> are</c><00:37:56.199><c> stray</c><00:37:56.519><c> on</c><00:37:57.159><c> most</c><00:37:57.579><c> of</c><00:37:57.800><c> our</c><00:37:58.000><c> core</c><00:37:58.239><c> teachings,</c><00:37:58.460><c> the</c><00:37:58.599><c> things</c><00:37:58.699><c> we've</c><00:37:58.920><c> identified</c><00:37:59.360><c> as</c>

00:37:59.599 --> 00:38:00.780
core<00:37:59.820><c> teachings.</c>

00:38:01.300 --> 00:38:04.480
They<00:38:01.539><c> have</c><00:38:01.719><c> an</c><00:38:01.820><c> unbalanced</c><00:38:02.280><c> and</c><00:38:02.460><c> unscriptural</c><00:38:03.500><c> view</c><00:38:03.820><c> of</c><00:38:04.219><c> the</c>

00:38:04.480 --> 00:38:07.019
Jesus<00:38:04.860><c> God</c><00:38:05.219><c> focus</c><00:38:05.619><c> in</c><00:38:05.780><c> their</c><00:38:06.000><c> worship.</c>

00:38:09.000 --> 00:38:11.900
They<00:38:09.199><c> therefore</c><00:38:09.559><c> misunderstand</c><00:38:10.260><c> the</c><00:38:10.460><c> nature</c><00:38:10.820><c> of</c><00:38:11.039><c> Christ's</c><00:38:11.619><c> sacrifice.</c>

00:38:11.900 --> 00:38:13.840
We<00:38:12.099><c> talked</c><00:38:12.360><c> about</c><00:38:12.619><c> yesterday.</c>

00:38:14.280 --> 00:38:16.900
They<00:38:14.300><c> do</c><00:38:14.500><c> not</c><00:38:14.760><c> preach</c><00:38:15.019><c> the</c><00:38:15.380><c> whole</c><00:38:15.679><c> gospel,</c><00:38:16.079><c> but</c><00:38:16.280><c> only</c><00:38:16.460><c> a</c><00:38:16.719><c> part</c>

00:38:16.900 --> 00:38:18.340
of<00:38:17.019><c> it.</c>

00:38:18.780 --> 00:38:22.000
They<00:38:18.960><c> misunderstand</c><00:38:19.679><c> the</c><00:38:20.380><c> spirit</c><00:38:20.719><c> and</c><00:38:20.880><c> how</c><00:38:21.039><c> the</c><00:38:21.340><c> spirit</c><00:38:21.579><c> works.</c>

00:38:22.199 --> 00:38:24.360
And<00:38:22.199><c> we're</c><00:38:22.340><c> going</c><00:38:22.360><c> to</c><00:38:22.460><c> talk</c><00:38:22.579><c> about</c><00:38:22.739><c> that</c><00:38:23.000><c> later,</c><00:38:23.260><c> of</c><00:38:23.500><c> course.</c>

00:38:25.199 --> 00:38:29.059
Their<00:38:25.719><c> worldview</c><00:38:26.179><c> is</c><00:38:26.940><c> heavily</c><00:38:27.400><c> focused</c><00:38:28.079><c> on</c><00:38:28.400><c> this</c><00:38:28.739><c> world.</c>

00:38:29.440 --> 00:38:31.099
Now<00:38:29.599><c> I'll</c><00:38:29.699><c> give</c><00:38:29.739><c> you</c><00:38:29.900><c> a</c><00:38:30.039><c> little</c><00:38:30.260><c> example</c><00:38:30.699><c> of</c><00:38:30.900><c> this.</c>

00:38:31.199 --> 00:38:33.320
This<00:38:31.340><c> is</c><00:38:31.460><c> one</c><00:38:31.559><c> I'm</c><00:38:31.699><c> quite</c><00:38:31.940><c> sensitive</c><00:38:32.360><c> to.</c>

00:38:33.380 --> 00:38:37.440
They<00:38:33.639><c> misread</c><00:38:34.420><c> some</c><00:38:34.840><c> very</c><00:38:35.500><c> simple</c><00:38:36.119><c> yet</c><00:38:36.559><c> key</c><00:38:36.980><c> references.</c>

00:38:37.500 --> 00:38:40.539
And<00:38:37.619><c> this</c><00:38:37.780><c> is</c><00:38:37.940><c> the</c><00:38:38.039><c> one</c><00:38:38.320><c> I</c><00:38:38.639><c> got</c><00:38:38.840><c> saved</c><00:38:39.159><c> once</c><00:38:39.440><c> in</c><00:38:39.599><c> a</c><00:38:39.739><c> Pentecostal</c><00:38:40.320><c> church.</c>

00:38:40.539 --> 00:38:42.699
I<00:38:40.659><c> could</c><00:38:40.800><c> tell</c><00:38:41.000><c> you</c><00:38:41.139><c> about.</c><00:38:41.460><c> It</c><00:38:41.500><c> was</c><00:38:41.500><c> very</c><00:38:41.719><c> interesting.</c>

00:38:43.360 --> 00:38:46.860
They<00:38:43.579><c> use</c><00:38:43.820><c> references</c><00:38:44.280><c> like</c><00:38:44.699><c> this,</c><00:38:45.400><c> Acts</c><00:38:45.579><c> chapter</c><00:38:45.900><c> 2,</c><00:38:46.619><c> Romans</c>

00:38:46.860 --> 00:38:48.539
10,<00:38:47.579><c> verse</c><00:38:47.960><c> 13.</c>

00:38:48.960 --> 00:38:51.159
Whosoever<00:38:49.420><c> shall</c><00:38:49.559><c> call</c><00:38:49.840><c> upon</c><00:38:50.079><c> the</c><00:38:50.260><c> name</c><00:38:50.440><c> of</c><00:38:50.579><c> the</c><00:38:50.719><c> Lord</c><00:38:50.900><c> shall</c>

00:38:51.159 --> 00:38:51.800
be<00:38:51.480><c> saved.</c>

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Heard<00:38:52.300><c> that?</c>

00:38:53.860 --> 00:38:57.900
And<00:38:54.099><c> what</c><00:38:54.239><c> they</c><00:38:54.539><c> say</c><00:38:54.760><c> is,</c><00:38:55.320><c> all</c><00:38:55.420><c> you've</c><00:38:55.599><c> got</c><00:38:55.639><c> to</c><00:38:55.800><c> do</c><00:38:55.920><c> is</c><00:38:56.079><c> say,</c><00:38:56.400><c> Lord,</c><00:38:56.800><c> save</c><00:38:57.280><c> me</c>

00:38:57.900 --> 00:39:00.239
and<00:38:58.559><c> you</c><00:38:58.840><c> will</c><00:38:59.039><c> be</c><00:38:59.320><c> saved.</c>

00:39:00.260 --> 00:39:03.039
Because<00:39:00.400><c> that's</c><00:39:00.599><c> what</c><00:39:00.719><c> that</c><00:39:00.960><c> reference</c><00:39:01.199><c> is</c><00:39:01.480><c> saying,</c><00:39:01.780><c> they</c><00:39:02.099><c> think.</c>

00:39:03.099 --> 00:39:04.480
But<00:39:03.260><c> is</c><00:39:03.460><c> it?</c>

00:39:04.820 --> 00:39:07.539
What's<00:39:05.280><c> the</c><00:39:05.460><c> key</c><00:39:05.679><c> word</c><00:39:05.880><c> in</c><00:39:06.039><c> there,</c><00:39:06.340><c> brothers</c><00:39:06.420><c> and</c><00:39:06.659><c> sisters?</c>

00:39:07.599 --> 00:39:09.880
It's<00:39:08.039><c> this</c><00:39:08.260><c> word</c><00:39:08.440><c> here</c><00:39:08.619><c> that</c><00:39:08.699><c> I've</c><00:39:08.980><c> highlighted.</c>

00:39:10.699 --> 00:39:13.539
You<00:39:10.760><c> see,</c><00:39:11.119><c> the</c><00:39:11.219><c> gospel,</c><00:39:12.579><c> when</c><00:39:12.780><c> you</c><00:39:12.900><c> think</c><00:39:13.119><c> about</c><00:39:13.340><c> it,</c>

00:39:13.619 --> 00:39:16.320
before<00:39:13.940><c> the</c><00:39:14.179><c> times</c><00:39:14.360><c> of</c><00:39:14.539><c> the</c><00:39:14.679><c> apostles</c><00:39:14.980><c> went</c><00:39:15.239><c> forth</c><00:39:15.519><c> to</c><00:39:15.719><c> the</c><00:39:15.880><c> Gentiles,</c>

00:39:16.420 --> 00:39:19.059
was<00:39:16.639><c> primarily</c><00:39:17.380><c> a</c><00:39:17.699><c> Jewish</c><00:39:18.039><c> teaching.</c>

00:39:19.480 --> 00:39:22.280
It<00:39:19.559><c> was</c><00:39:19.860><c> primarily,</c><00:39:20.360><c> if</c><00:39:20.519><c> you</c><00:39:20.659><c> wanted</c><00:39:20.820><c> to</c><00:39:20.980><c> come</c><00:39:21.139><c> into</c><00:39:21.340><c> salvation,</c><00:39:22.000><c> you</c><00:39:22.079><c> had</c>

00:39:22.280 --> 00:39:24.400
to<00:39:22.699><c> become</c><00:39:22.880><c> an</c><00:39:23.139><c> Israelite.</c>

00:39:25.840 --> 00:39:27.320
To<00:39:26.059><c> become</c><00:39:26.239><c> an</c><00:39:26.440><c> heir</c><00:39:26.519><c> of</c><00:39:26.719><c> the</c><00:39:26.920><c> promises.</c>

00:39:27.800 --> 00:39:30.320
You<00:39:27.960><c> had</c><00:39:28.139><c> to</c><00:39:28.320><c> align</c><00:39:28.579><c> yourself</c><00:39:29.000><c> with</c><00:39:29.179><c> that</c><00:39:29.440><c> nation.</c>

00:39:31.219 --> 00:39:33.340
There<00:39:31.420><c> came</c><00:39:31.619><c> a</c><00:39:31.840><c> change</c><00:39:32.079><c> in</c><00:39:32.280><c> Acts</c><00:39:32.519><c> chapter</c><00:39:32.800><c> 10,</c>

00:39:33.340 --> 00:39:36.300
when<00:39:33.960><c> Peter</c><00:39:34.320><c> goes</c><00:39:34.639><c> into</c><00:39:34.860><c> the</c><00:39:34.980><c> house</c><00:39:35.199><c> of</c><00:39:35.440><c> Cornelius</c><00:39:35.880><c> and</c><00:39:36.039><c> God</c>

00:39:36.300 --> 00:39:39.500
pours<00:39:36.699><c> his</c><00:39:36.820><c> Holy</c><00:39:37.019><c> Spirit</c><00:39:37.639><c> directly</c><00:39:38.239><c> upon</c><00:39:38.639><c> Gentiles.</c>

00:39:39.880 --> 00:39:42.679
And<00:39:40.059><c> now</c><00:39:40.320><c> what</c><00:39:40.559><c> was,</c><00:39:41.599><c> whosoever.</c>

00:39:43.079 --> 00:39:45.059
That's<00:39:43.460><c> what</c><00:39:43.619><c> that</c><00:39:43.900><c> reference</c><00:39:44.139><c> means.</c>

00:39:45.639 --> 00:39:49.800
It<00:39:45.719><c> means</c><00:39:46.099><c> the</c><00:39:46.500><c> focus</c><00:39:46.860><c> here</c><00:39:47.059><c> is</c><00:39:47.239><c> the</c><00:39:47.440><c> key</c><00:39:47.619><c> word</c><00:39:47.760><c> is</c><00:39:47.980><c> this,</c><00:39:48.719><c> whosoever.</c>

00:39:50.099 --> 00:39:52.039
There<00:39:50.219><c> is</c><00:39:50.420><c> no</c><00:39:50.639><c> difference,</c><00:39:50.960><c> he</c><00:39:51.079><c> goes</c><00:39:51.280><c> on</c><00:39:51.460><c> to</c><00:39:51.659><c> say</c><00:39:51.760><c> in</c><00:39:51.960><c> the</c>

00:39:52.039 --> 00:39:52.800
previous<00:39:52.440><c> verse,</c>

00:39:53.139 --> 00:39:54.440
in<00:39:53.280><c> verse</c><00:39:53.460><c> 12</c><00:39:53.699><c> of</c><00:39:53.900><c> Romans</c><00:39:54.199><c> 10,</c>

00:39:54.599 --> 00:39:56.820
there's<00:39:54.880><c> no</c><00:39:55.099><c> difference</c><00:39:55.420><c> between</c><00:39:55.760><c> the</c><00:39:56.059><c> Jew</c><00:39:56.179><c> and</c><00:39:56.320><c> the</c><00:39:56.519><c> Greek.</c>

00:39:56.820 --> 00:40:02.460
For<00:39:58.000><c> the</c><00:39:58.420><c> same</c><00:39:58.780><c> Lord</c><00:39:59.380><c> is</c><00:39:59.679><c> over</c><00:39:59.940><c> all</c><00:40:00.260><c> his</c><00:40:00.599><c> rich</c><00:40:00.980><c> and</c><00:40:01.800><c> all</c><00:40:02.139><c> that</c>

00:40:02.460 --> 00:40:03.820
call<00:40:02.599><c> upon</c><00:40:02.880><c> him.</c>

00:40:04.059 --> 00:40:06.179
Now<00:40:04.179><c> the</c><00:40:04.360><c> concept</c><00:40:04.739><c> of</c><00:40:04.960><c> calling</c><00:40:05.119><c> upon</c><00:40:05.380><c> the</c><00:40:05.619><c> Lord</c><00:40:05.719><c> is</c><00:40:05.880><c> an</c><00:40:06.000><c> Old</c>

00:40:06.179 --> 00:40:07.099
Testament<00:40:06.519><c> principle.</c>

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There's<00:40:07.639><c> some</c><00:40:07.840><c> references</c><00:40:08.260><c> there.</c>

00:40:09.099 --> 00:40:11.900
Back<00:40:09.119><c> in</c><00:40:09.360><c> Genesis,</c><00:40:10.059><c> Abraham</c><00:40:10.519><c> called</c><00:40:10.820><c> upon</c><00:40:11.059><c> the</c><00:40:11.199><c> name</c><00:40:11.360><c> of</c><00:40:11.519><c> the</c><00:40:11.659><c> Lord,</c>

00:40:12.219 --> 00:40:15.480
and<00:40:12.360><c> so</c><00:40:12.559><c> did</c><00:40:12.739><c> Elijah</c><00:40:13.059><c> when</c><00:40:13.159><c> he</c><00:40:13.360><c> brought</c><00:40:13.539><c> fire</c><00:40:14.139><c> down</c><00:40:14.619><c> upon</c><00:40:15.219><c> the</c>

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sacrifice<00:40:15.940><c> upon</c><00:40:16.219><c> Mount</c><00:40:16.519><c> Carmel.</c>

00:40:18.360 --> 00:40:20.480
They<00:40:18.679><c> misuse</c><00:40:19.119><c> references</c><00:40:19.639><c> like</c><00:40:20.019><c> this,</c>

00:40:20.679 --> 00:40:24.599
which<00:40:20.920><c> talk</c><00:40:21.139><c> about</c><00:40:21.719><c> anybody</c><00:40:22.440><c> can</c><00:40:22.659><c> have</c><00:40:22.840><c> a</c><00:40:23.119><c> close</c><00:40:23.380><c> relationship</c><00:40:23.980><c> with</c><00:40:24.219><c> God</c>

00:40:24.599 --> 00:40:28.639
if<00:40:25.000><c> they</c><00:40:25.320><c> draw</c><00:40:25.599><c> near</c><00:40:25.900><c> to</c><00:40:26.099><c> him</c><00:40:26.599><c> and</c><00:40:27.099><c> they</c><00:40:27.320><c> turn</c><00:40:27.420><c> it</c><00:40:27.559><c> into</c><00:40:27.739><c> a</c><00:40:28.079><c> formula</c><00:40:28.360><c> for</c>

00:40:28.639 --> 00:40:30.500
salvation<00:40:29.159><c> and</c><00:40:29.360><c> it</c><00:40:29.519><c> isn't.</c>

00:40:30.840 --> 00:40:36.239
It's<00:40:31.159><c> a</c><00:40:31.280><c> summary</c><00:40:31.780><c> of</c><00:40:32.820><c> the</c><00:40:34.099><c> gospel</c><00:40:34.599><c> being</c><00:40:34.860><c> made</c><00:40:35.219><c> available</c><00:40:35.780><c> to</c>

00:40:36.239 --> 00:40:37.280
all<00:40:36.500><c> people,</c>

00:40:37.639 --> 00:40:42.820
not<00:40:37.760><c> based</c><00:40:38.039><c> upon</c><00:40:38.360><c> race,</c><00:40:39.400><c> creed,</c><00:40:40.440><c> and</c><00:40:40.519><c> any</c><00:40:40.719><c> other</c><00:40:42.519><c> background</c>

00:40:42.820 --> 00:40:44.019
except<00:40:43.360><c> faith,</c>

00:40:44.179 --> 00:40:46.440
which<00:40:44.219><c> is</c><00:40:44.380><c> what</c><00:40:44.579><c> of</c><00:40:44.579><c> course</c><00:40:44.780><c> Romans</c><00:40:45.119><c> 10</c><00:40:45.380><c> is</c><00:40:45.480><c> about.</c>

00:40:49.780 --> 00:40:52.480
So<00:40:49.980><c> I've</c><00:40:50.119><c> got</c><00:40:50.219><c> down</c><00:40:50.420><c> here,</c><00:40:50.619><c> they</c><00:40:50.800><c> misuse</c><00:40:51.199><c> key</c><00:40:51.559><c> references</c><00:40:52.059><c> by</c>

00:40:52.480 --> 00:40:54.039
saying<00:40:52.699><c> that</c><00:40:52.900><c> a</c><00:40:53.039><c> person</c><00:40:53.239><c> only</c><00:40:53.480><c> has</c><00:40:53.659><c> to</c><00:40:53.880><c> say,</c>

00:40:54.039 --> 00:40:56.639
Lord<00:40:54.360><c> save</c><00:40:54.719><c> me,</c><00:40:55.300><c> and</c><00:40:55.400><c> he</c><00:40:55.579><c> or</c><00:40:55.760><c> she</c><00:40:55.840><c> will</c><00:40:56.059><c> be</c><00:40:56.340><c> saved.</c>

00:40:57.019 --> 00:41:01.360
This<00:40:57.199><c> is</c><00:40:57.420><c> to</c><00:40:57.679><c> misread</c><00:40:58.280><c> the</c><00:40:58.599><c> words,</c><00:40:59.179><c> the</c><00:40:59.380><c> ideas</c><00:40:59.760><c> behind</c><00:41:00.199><c> those</c><00:41:00.559><c> words.</c>

00:41:01.659 --> 00:41:05.219
The<00:41:01.860><c> words</c><00:41:02.099><c> rather</c><00:41:02.400><c> tell</c><00:41:02.739><c> us</c><00:41:03.360><c> that</c><00:41:03.800><c> the</c><00:41:04.079><c> word</c><00:41:04.340><c> of</c><00:41:04.659><c> salvation</c>

00:41:05.219 --> 00:41:08.880
and<00:41:05.619><c> the</c><00:41:05.860><c> privileges</c><00:41:06.239><c> of</c><00:41:06.599><c> knowing</c><00:41:06.840><c> God</c><00:41:07.239><c> are</c><00:41:07.840><c> available</c><00:41:08.340><c> to</c>

00:41:08.880 --> 00:41:10.219
all<00:41:09.199><c> people.</c>

00:41:13.480 --> 00:41:15.360
The<00:41:13.800><c> second</c><00:41:14.039><c> danger</c><00:41:14.380><c> we're</c><00:41:14.659><c> facing</c><00:41:14.960><c> today,</c>

00:41:15.480 --> 00:41:18.460
and<00:41:15.519><c> it's</c><00:41:15.699><c> becoming</c><00:41:15.900><c> a</c><00:41:16.119><c> growing</c><00:41:16.320><c> danger,</c><00:41:16.880><c> is</c><00:41:17.019><c> the</c><00:41:17.960><c> problem</c><00:41:18.260><c> of</c>

00:41:18.460 --> 00:41:19.880
faith<00:41:18.699><c> and</c><00:41:18.980><c> reason.</c>

00:41:20.920 --> 00:41:24.480
Ever<00:41:21.500><c> since</c><00:41:21.860><c> the</c><00:41:22.119><c> Enlightenment</c><00:41:22.639><c> brought</c><00:41:22.940><c> about</c><00:41:23.179><c> a</c><00:41:23.239><c> new</c><00:41:23.500><c> focus</c><00:41:24.019><c> on</c>

00:41:24.480 --> 00:41:25.579
knowledge<00:41:24.960><c> and</c><00:41:25.239><c> learning,</c>

00:41:25.840 --> 00:41:29.280
an<00:41:25.840><c> increasing</c><00:41:26.360><c> rationalist</c><00:41:26.980><c> approach</c><00:41:27.519><c> to</c><00:41:28.019><c> life</c><00:41:28.380><c> has</c><00:41:28.699><c> emerged.</c>

00:41:29.659 --> 00:41:32.500
As<00:41:29.880><c> a</c><00:41:30.059><c> result,</c><00:41:30.400><c> the</c><00:41:30.460><c> Bible</c><00:41:30.739><c> has</c><00:41:30.900><c> been</c><00:41:31.119><c> under</c><00:41:31.420><c> increasing</c><00:41:31.840><c> attack,</c>

00:41:32.579 --> 00:41:35.940
particularly<00:41:33.360><c> so</c><00:41:33.840><c> from</c><00:41:34.059><c> those</c><00:41:34.480><c> educated</c><00:41:35.179><c> in</c><00:41:35.380><c> the</c><00:41:35.500><c> wisdom</c><00:41:35.760><c> of</c>

00:41:35.940 --> 00:41:37.000
this<00:41:36.139><c> world.</c>

00:41:38.579 --> 00:41:41.880
At<00:41:38.780><c> different</c><00:41:39.079><c> times,</c><00:41:39.519><c> the</c><00:41:39.559><c> Bible</c><00:41:39.820><c> has</c><00:41:39.980><c> been</c><00:41:40.159><c> attacked</c><00:41:40.440><c> and</c><00:41:40.699><c> criticised</c>

00:41:42.199 --> 00:41:45.159
because<00:41:42.780><c> they</c><00:41:43.079><c> believe</c><00:41:43.340><c> it</c><00:41:43.420><c> to</c><00:41:43.519><c> be</c><00:41:43.639><c> a</c><00:41:43.659><c> book</c><00:41:44.159><c> of</c><00:41:44.719><c> mixed</c><00:41:45.000><c> and</c>

00:41:45.159 --> 00:41:46.380
unknown<00:41:45.539><c> human</c><00:41:45.840><c> authorship,</c>

00:41:46.380 --> 00:41:50.320
a<00:41:47.260><c> book</c><00:41:47.480><c> of</c><00:41:47.619><c> historical</c><00:41:48.239><c> and</c><00:41:48.519><c> scientific</c><00:41:49.019><c> inaccuracies,</c>

00:41:50.380 --> 00:41:54.239
a<00:41:50.420><c> book</c><00:41:50.639><c> focused</c><00:41:51.039><c> on</c><00:41:51.440><c> the</c><00:41:51.900><c> superiority</c><00:41:52.440><c> of</c><00:41:52.719><c> Jewish</c><00:41:53.139><c> ethnicity,</c>

00:41:54.300 --> 00:41:57.239
a<00:41:54.380><c> book</c><00:41:54.559><c> that</c><00:41:54.900><c> condemns</c><00:41:55.280><c> religious</c><00:41:55.699><c> toleration</c><00:41:56.320><c> and</c><00:41:56.619><c> pluralism,</c>

00:41:57.579 --> 00:42:00.440
a<00:41:57.639><c> book</c><00:41:57.860><c> that</c><00:41:58.139><c> condemns</c><00:41:58.420><c> homosexuality</c><00:41:59.260><c> and</c><00:41:59.519><c> free</c><00:41:59.699><c> moral</c><00:42:00.000><c> choice,</c>

00:42:00.920 --> 00:42:04.860
a<00:42:01.059><c> book</c><00:42:01.420><c> that</c><00:42:01.840><c> condones</c><00:42:02.179><c> patriarchal</c><00:42:03.019><c> and</c><00:42:03.159><c> misogynist</c><00:42:03.860><c> viewpoint.</c>

00:42:05.360 --> 00:42:07.079
I've<00:42:05.739><c> heard</c><00:42:05.860><c> all</c><00:42:06.079><c> of</c><00:42:06.219><c> that.</c>

00:42:07.460 --> 00:42:10.139
In<00:42:07.699><c> summary,</c><00:42:08.059><c> a</c><00:42:08.099><c> book</c><00:42:08.519><c> of</c><00:42:08.900><c> stories</c><00:42:09.199><c> for</c><00:42:09.380><c> an</c><00:42:09.519><c> age</c><00:42:09.619><c> of</c><00:42:09.860><c> ignorance.</c>

00:42:10.539 --> 00:42:14.380
That's<00:42:11.019><c> what</c><00:42:11.219><c> the</c><00:42:11.619><c> Enlightened</c><00:42:13.219><c> proclaim.</c>

00:42:15.519 --> 00:42:18.239
Contrary<00:42:16.079><c> to</c><00:42:16.260><c> the</c><00:42:16.500><c> conclusions</c><00:42:16.940><c> of</c><00:42:17.159><c> these</c><00:42:17.380><c> enlightened</c><00:42:17.840><c> ones,</c>

00:42:18.659 --> 00:42:20.900
we<00:42:18.739><c> reject</c><00:42:19.199><c> their</c><00:42:19.460><c> allegations,</c><00:42:20.199><c> brothers</c><00:42:20.320><c> and</c><00:42:20.579><c> sisters,</c>

00:42:21.260 --> 00:42:24.860
and<00:42:21.420><c> rather</c><00:42:21.719><c> see</c><00:42:21.940><c> the</c><00:42:22.159><c> Bible</c><00:42:22.460><c> as</c><00:42:22.699><c> God's</c><00:42:23.440><c> revelation</c><00:42:24.039><c> to</c><00:42:24.340><c> man,</c>

00:42:25.320 --> 00:42:27.539
revealing<00:42:25.599><c> his</c><00:42:25.900><c> character,</c><00:42:26.480><c> his</c><00:42:26.659><c> will,</c><00:42:26.900><c> his</c><00:42:27.079><c> purpose,</c>

00:42:27.880 --> 00:42:31.340
as<00:42:28.159><c> well</c><00:42:28.400><c> as</c><00:42:29.320><c> what</c><00:42:29.619><c> he's</c><00:42:29.840><c> done</c><00:42:29.900><c> in</c><00:42:30.079><c> the</c><00:42:30.380><c> past,</c><00:42:30.960><c> what</c><00:42:31.079><c> he</c><00:42:31.179><c> does</c>

00:42:31.340 --> 00:42:31.980
in<00:42:31.599><c> the</c><00:42:31.659><c> present,</c>

00:42:32.199 --> 00:42:34.539
and<00:42:32.340><c> what</c><00:42:32.440><c> he</c><00:42:32.719><c> promises</c><00:42:32.980><c> to</c><00:42:33.260><c> do</c><00:42:33.340><c> in</c><00:42:33.500><c> the</c><00:42:33.639><c> future.</c>

00:42:34.960 --> 00:42:40.119
We<00:42:35.159><c> believe</c><00:42:35.500><c> Jesus</c><00:42:37.900><c> and</c><00:42:38.739><c> the</c><00:42:39.019><c> Apostles'</c><00:42:39.780><c> testimony</c>

00:42:40.119 --> 00:42:44.719
that<00:42:40.699><c> it</c><00:42:40.880><c> really</c><00:42:41.360><c> is</c><00:42:42.079><c> the</c><00:42:42.480><c> Word</c><00:42:43.059><c> of</c><00:42:43.599><c> God.</c>

00:42:46.179 --> 00:42:50.599
We<00:42:46.519><c> believe</c><00:42:46.820><c> that</c><00:42:47.039><c> many</c><00:42:47.239><c> of</c><00:42:47.320><c> these</c><00:42:47.559><c> criticisms</c><00:42:49.559><c> use</c><00:42:50.340><c> or</c>

00:42:50.599 --> 00:42:52.280
utilise<00:42:51.159><c> circular</c><00:42:51.840><c> reasoning.</c>

00:42:52.719 --> 00:42:54.900
They<00:42:52.940><c> assume</c><00:42:53.219><c> the</c><00:42:53.519><c> conclusion</c><00:42:53.860><c> and</c><00:42:54.019><c> they</c><00:42:54.239><c> bring</c><00:42:54.320><c> the</c><00:42:54.599><c> evidence</c>

00:42:54.900 --> 00:42:58.840
which<00:42:55.480><c> is</c><00:42:55.960><c> supported</c><00:42:56.320><c> by</c><00:42:56.619><c> their</c><00:42:57.179><c> preconceived</c><00:42:57.760><c> conclusion.</c>

00:42:59.219 --> 00:43:03.159
The<00:42:59.480><c> common</c><00:42:59.800><c> fault</c><00:43:00.159><c> of</c><00:43:00.719><c> incorrect</c><00:43:01.119><c> reasoning</c><00:43:01.559><c> is</c><00:43:01.960><c> always</c><00:43:02.420><c> built</c><00:43:02.619><c> upon</c><00:43:02.900><c> a</c>

00:43:03.159 --> 00:43:05.260
faulty<00:43:04.000><c> or</c><00:43:04.079><c> faulty</c><00:43:04.539><c> foundations</c>

00:43:05.260 --> 00:43:08.579
which<00:43:06.260><c> are</c><00:43:06.480><c> often</c><00:43:06.760><c> not</c><00:43:07.079><c> fully</c><00:43:07.360><c> recognised.</c>

00:43:10.159 --> 00:43:15.320
Modern<00:43:10.800><c> reasoning</c><00:43:11.440><c> is</c><00:43:12.320><c> mostly</c><00:43:13.519><c> based</c><00:43:13.880><c> upon</c><00:43:14.199><c> a</c><00:43:14.519><c> philosophical</c><00:43:15.000><c> construct.</c>

00:43:15.719 --> 00:43:18.360
What<00:43:15.880><c> that</c><00:43:16.079><c> means</c><00:43:16.320><c> is</c><00:43:16.699><c> you</c><00:43:17.039><c> have</c><00:43:17.300><c> a</c><00:43:17.880><c> worldview</c>

00:43:18.360 --> 00:43:21.739
in<00:43:18.639><c> which</c><00:43:18.880><c> you</c><00:43:19.579><c> put</c><00:43:19.820><c> all</c><00:43:20.039><c> the</c><00:43:20.219><c> evidence</c><00:43:20.559><c> into</c><00:43:21.019><c> to</c><00:43:21.260><c> make</c><00:43:21.380><c> it</c><00:43:21.639><c> fit</c>

00:43:21.739 --> 00:43:23.400
a<00:43:21.980><c> particular</c><00:43:22.360><c> framework.</c>

00:43:24.639 --> 00:43:28.679
It's<00:43:24.960><c> called</c><00:43:25.280><c> philosophical</c><00:43:26.019><c> materialism</c><00:43:26.800><c> or</c><00:43:27.039><c> naturalism,</c>

00:43:29.340 --> 00:43:31.880
and<00:43:29.559><c> in</c><00:43:29.659><c> its</c><00:43:29.880><c> extreme</c><00:43:30.199><c> it's</c><00:43:30.440><c> called</c><00:43:30.679><c> scientism.</c>

00:43:32.840 --> 00:43:35.820
This<00:43:33.079><c> approach</c><00:43:33.599><c> is</c><00:43:33.940><c> based</c><00:43:34.599><c> on</c><00:43:35.320><c> the</c><00:43:35.559><c> premise</c>

00:43:35.820 --> 00:43:38.880
that<00:43:35.960><c> everything</c><00:43:36.460><c> past,</c><00:43:37.019><c> present</c><00:43:37.300><c> and</c><00:43:37.500><c> future</c><00:43:37.800><c> must</c><00:43:38.099><c> be</c><00:43:38.440><c> interpreted</c>

00:43:38.880 --> 00:43:42.320
using<00:43:39.380><c> natural</c><00:43:40.119><c> or</c><00:43:40.599><c> material</c><00:43:41.139><c> processes.</c>

00:43:45.179 --> 00:43:48.139
This<00:43:45.480><c> way</c><00:43:45.760><c> of</c><00:43:46.039><c> thinking</c><00:43:46.420><c> and</c><00:43:46.659><c> seeing</c><00:43:46.960><c> things</c><00:43:47.400><c> produces</c><00:43:47.840><c> a</c>

00:43:48.139 --> 00:43:49.199
rational<00:43:48.539><c> approach</c>

00:43:49.199 --> 00:43:52.500
which<00:43:49.940><c> often</c><00:43:50.219><c> gives</c><00:43:50.500><c> birth</c><00:43:50.780><c> to</c><00:43:51.079><c> atheism,</c>

00:43:52.739 --> 00:43:55.300
and<00:43:52.840><c> it</c><00:43:53.039><c> uses</c><00:43:53.300><c> statements</c><00:43:53.760><c> such</c><00:43:54.139><c> as</c><00:43:54.300><c> the</c><00:43:54.500><c> present</c><00:43:54.800><c> as</c><00:43:55.039><c> the</c><00:43:55.159><c> key</c>

00:43:55.300 --> 00:43:55.940
to<00:43:55.480><c> the</c><00:43:55.659><c> past,</c>

00:43:56.239 --> 00:43:59.119
the<00:43:56.460><c> concept</c><00:43:56.739><c> they</c><00:43:57.019><c> use</c><00:43:57.320><c> in</c><00:43:58.300><c> science</c><00:43:58.659><c> today,</c>

00:43:59.619 --> 00:44:03.599
as<00:43:59.780><c> providing</c><00:44:00.219><c> the</c><00:44:00.659><c> only</c><00:44:01.139><c> key</c><00:44:01.420><c> to</c><00:44:01.699><c> understanding</c><00:44:02.440><c> everything.</c>

00:44:03.860 --> 00:44:06.860
This<00:44:04.420><c> influences</c><00:44:04.940><c> why</c><00:44:05.280><c> many,</c><00:44:05.639><c> even</c><00:44:05.920><c> those</c><00:44:06.179><c> called</c><00:44:06.420><c> Christians,</c>

00:44:07.099 --> 00:44:10.900
now<00:44:07.260><c> deny</c><00:44:08.139><c> the</c><00:44:08.480><c> scriptural</c><00:44:08.940><c> testimony</c><00:44:09.559><c> of</c><00:44:09.800><c> miracles,</c>

00:44:11.000 --> 00:44:14.219
the<00:44:11.219><c> virgin</c><00:44:11.539><c> birth,</c><00:44:12.360><c> the</c><00:44:12.539><c> resurrection</c><00:44:13.019><c> of</c><00:44:13.199><c> Jesus,</c>

00:44:14.239 --> 00:44:17.219
or<00:44:14.400><c> the</c><00:44:14.579><c> creation</c><00:44:14.940><c> record</c><00:44:15.199><c> or</c><00:44:15.360><c> any</c><00:44:15.599><c> other</c><00:44:15.860><c> record</c><00:44:16.119><c> of</c><00:44:16.440><c> supernatural</c><00:44:16.880><c> action</c>

00:44:17.219 --> 00:44:17.739
by<00:44:17.460><c> God,</c>

00:44:17.780 --> 00:44:20.699
because<00:44:18.179><c> those</c><00:44:18.659><c> things</c><00:44:19.139><c> are</c><00:44:19.559><c> impossible.</c>

00:44:22.119 --> 00:44:24.679
An<00:44:22.320><c> example</c><00:44:22.679><c> of</c><00:44:22.840><c> this</c><00:44:22.960><c> approach</c><00:44:23.320><c> I've</c><00:44:23.500><c> got</c><00:44:23.619><c> here</c><00:44:23.820><c> is</c><00:44:23.960><c> Thomas</c><00:44:24.280><c> Jefferson,</c>

00:44:24.940 --> 00:44:26.599
a<00:44:24.980><c> very,</c><00:44:25.260><c> very</c><00:44:25.519><c> clever</c><00:44:25.760><c> person,</c>

00:44:27.480 --> 00:44:29.239
a<00:44:27.480><c> framework</c><00:44:27.699><c> of</c><00:44:27.860><c> the</c><00:44:27.920><c> American</c><00:44:28.260><c> Constitution</c><00:44:28.860><c> I</c><00:44:29.039><c> think,</c>

00:44:29.340 --> 00:44:30.880
the<00:44:29.460><c> third</c><00:44:29.719><c> president</c><00:44:30.000><c> of</c><00:44:30.239><c> the</c><00:44:30.239><c> United</c><00:44:30.380><c> States,</c>

00:44:30.880 --> 00:44:33.760
a<00:44:31.440><c> religious</c><00:44:31.780><c> man,</c><00:44:32.099><c> but</c><00:44:32.179><c> he</c><00:44:32.260><c> was</c><00:44:32.519><c> a</c><00:44:32.739><c> theist</c><00:44:33.059><c> or</c><00:44:33.219><c> a</c><00:44:33.380><c> deist,</c>

00:44:34.019 --> 00:44:36.179
and<00:44:34.039><c> what</c><00:44:34.179><c> he</c><00:44:34.300><c> did</c><00:44:34.400><c> was</c><00:44:34.619><c> he</c><00:44:34.940><c> essentially</c><00:44:35.380><c> took</c><00:44:35.579><c> his</c><00:44:35.840><c> scissors</c>

00:44:36.179 --> 00:44:38.719
and<00:44:36.659><c> he</c><00:44:36.800><c> got</c><00:44:36.900><c> the</c><00:44:37.119><c> Bible</c><00:44:37.380><c> and</c><00:44:37.579><c> he</c><00:44:37.739><c> chopped</c><00:44:37.860><c> out</c><00:44:38.139><c> these</c><00:44:38.440><c> bits</c>

00:44:38.719 --> 00:44:40.539
because<00:44:39.039><c> they</c><00:44:39.239><c> had</c><00:44:39.480><c> miracles</c><00:44:40.039><c> in</c><00:44:40.219><c> them.</c>

00:44:41.019 --> 00:44:43.219
The<00:44:41.199><c> virgin</c><00:44:41.460><c> birth</c><00:44:41.780><c> eliminated,</c><00:44:42.480><c> the</c><00:44:42.659><c> resurrection</c><00:44:43.039><c> of</c>

00:44:43.219 --> 00:44:44.139
Christ<00:44:43.559><c> eliminated,</c>

00:44:44.300 --> 00:44:45.980
the<00:44:44.300><c> Sermon</c><00:44:44.500><c> on</c><00:44:44.639><c> the</c><00:44:44.719><c> Mount</c><00:44:45.059><c> kept.</c>

00:44:47.579 --> 00:44:51.780
You<00:44:47.719><c> see,</c><00:44:48.639><c> you</c><00:44:48.719><c> can</c><00:44:49.699><c> subconsciously</c><00:44:50.579><c> adopt</c><00:44:50.860><c> this</c><00:44:51.099><c> form</c><00:44:51.280><c> of</c><00:44:51.559><c> reasoning</c>

00:44:51.780 --> 00:44:53.599
and<00:44:52.039><c> come</c><00:44:52.239><c> to</c><00:44:52.380><c> the</c><00:44:52.500><c> Word</c><00:44:52.619><c> of</c><00:44:52.739><c> God</c><00:44:52.900><c> and</c><00:44:53.019><c> say,</c>

00:44:53.659 --> 00:44:55.480
well,<00:44:54.199><c> I</c><00:44:54.300><c> don't</c><00:44:54.500><c> quite</c><00:44:54.760><c> believe</c><00:44:55.139><c> that</c><00:44:55.400><c> bit,</c>

00:44:55.480 --> 00:44:59.199
that's<00:44:55.780><c> just</c><00:44:55.960><c> a</c><00:44:56.039><c> bit</c><00:44:56.139><c> of</c><00:44:56.360><c> story</c><00:44:56.599><c> to</c><00:44:57.099><c> back</c><00:44:57.340><c> up</c><00:44:57.579><c> this</c><00:44:57.960><c> other</c><00:44:58.340><c> philosophy</c><00:44:59.000><c> in</c>

00:44:59.199 --> 00:44:59.579
the<00:44:59.340><c> Bible.</c>

00:44:59.579 --> 00:45:01.480
It's<00:45:00.159><c> not</c><00:45:00.300><c> like</c><00:45:00.599><c> that,</c><00:45:00.860><c> brothers</c><00:45:01.000><c> and</c><00:45:01.239><c> sisters,</c>

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either<00:45:01.699><c> the</c><00:45:01.840><c> word</c><00:45:02.019><c> is</c><00:45:02.219><c> true</c><00:45:02.460><c> or</c><00:45:02.639><c> it's</c><00:45:02.860><c> not.</c>

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I'm<00:45:04.599><c> going</c><00:45:04.639><c> to</c><00:45:04.820><c> have</c><00:45:04.820><c> to</c><00:45:04.980><c> go</c><00:45:05.699><c> through</c><00:45:05.900><c> this</c><00:45:06.139><c> very</c><00:45:06.480><c> quickly,</c>

00:45:07.679 --> 00:45:11.579
so<00:45:07.679><c> please</c><00:45:08.079><c> excuse</c><00:45:08.519><c> me</c><00:45:08.699><c> if</c><00:45:08.900><c> I</c><00:45:09.860><c> go</c><00:45:10.280><c> very</c><00:45:10.659><c> fast.</c>

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I'll<00:45:12.260><c> just</c><00:45:12.480><c> put</c><00:45:12.659><c> all</c><00:45:12.780><c> these</c><00:45:12.880><c> up</c><00:45:13.079><c> here.</c>

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This<00:45:13.840><c> is</c><00:45:13.980><c> what</c><00:45:14.179><c> Paul</c><00:45:14.480><c> says</c><00:45:15.000><c> about</c><00:45:15.719><c> the</c><00:45:15.980><c> philosophy</c><00:45:16.460><c> of</c><00:45:16.639><c> the</c><00:45:16.800><c> world</c>

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in<00:45:17.159><c> 1</c><00:45:17.360><c> Corinthians</c><00:45:17.900><c> chapter</c><00:45:18.320><c> 1,</c><00:45:18.639><c> verse</c><00:45:18.840><c> 90</c><00:45:19.159><c> to</c><00:45:19.320><c> 21.</c>

00:45:20.099 --> 00:45:22.639
For<00:45:20.219><c> it's</c><00:45:20.519><c> written,</c><00:45:20.940><c> I</c><00:45:21.039><c> will</c><00:45:21.239><c> destroy</c><00:45:21.659><c> the</c><00:45:21.860><c> wisdom</c><00:45:22.099><c> of</c><00:45:22.300><c> the</c><00:45:22.460><c> wise,</c>

00:45:22.679 --> 00:45:25.219
I<00:45:22.800><c> will</c><00:45:22.960><c> bring</c><00:45:23.199><c> to</c><00:45:23.360><c> nothing</c><00:45:23.519><c> the</c><00:45:23.880><c> understanding</c><00:45:24.260><c> of</c><00:45:24.440><c> the</c><00:45:24.639><c> prudent.</c>

00:45:25.219 --> 00:45:30.380
Hath<00:45:25.940><c> not</c><00:45:26.760><c> God</c><00:45:27.179><c> made</c><00:45:27.679><c> foolish</c><00:45:28.219><c> the</c><00:45:28.619><c> wisdom</c><00:45:29.139><c> of</c><00:45:29.559><c> this</c><00:45:29.940><c> world?</c>

00:45:30.800 --> 00:45:35.940
For<00:45:31.000><c> after</c><00:45:31.440><c> that</c><00:45:31.679><c> in</c><00:45:31.880><c> the</c><00:45:32.059><c> wisdom</c><00:45:32.380><c> of</c><00:45:32.559><c> God,</c><00:45:33.179><c> the</c><00:45:33.360><c> world</c><00:45:33.639><c> by</c><00:45:33.880><c> wisdom</c><00:45:34.340><c> knew</c><00:45:34.619><c> not</c><00:45:34.980><c> God,</c>

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because<00:45:36.320><c> the</c><00:45:36.599><c> foolishness</c><00:45:37.099><c> of</c><00:45:37.179><c> God</c><00:45:37.400><c> is</c><00:45:37.719><c> wiser</c><00:45:38.000><c> than</c><00:45:38.159><c> men,</c>

00:45:38.840 --> 00:45:41.039
and<00:45:38.960><c> the</c><00:45:39.139><c> weakness</c><00:45:39.380><c> of</c><00:45:39.579><c> God</c><00:45:39.880><c> is</c><00:45:40.239><c> stronger</c><00:45:40.539><c> than</c><00:45:40.719><c> men.</c>

00:45:41.400 --> 00:45:42.880
For<00:45:41.500><c> you</c><00:45:41.780><c> see</c><00:45:41.920><c> your</c><00:45:42.139><c> calling,</c><00:45:42.679><c> brethren,</c>

00:45:43.239 --> 00:45:45.280
how<00:45:43.360><c> that</c><00:45:43.539><c> not</c><00:45:43.719><c> many</c><00:45:43.960><c> wise</c><00:45:44.320><c> men</c><00:45:44.440><c> after</c><00:45:44.719><c> the</c><00:45:45.039><c> flesh,</c>

00:45:45.519 --> 00:45:48.440
not<00:45:45.699><c> many</c><00:45:45.960><c> mighty,</c><00:45:46.420><c> not</c><00:45:46.599><c> many</c><00:45:46.920><c> noble</c><00:45:47.320><c> are</c><00:45:47.599><c> called.</c>

00:45:49.539 --> 00:45:53.579
Very<00:45:50.079><c> important</c><00:45:50.559><c> reference</c><00:45:51.000><c> and</c><00:45:51.179><c> the</c><00:45:51.440><c> concepts</c><00:45:51.940><c> behind</c><00:45:52.460><c> that</c><00:45:53.079><c> teaching.</c>

00:45:53.579 --> 00:45:57.860
Do<00:45:54.400><c> we</c><00:45:54.679><c> really</c><00:45:55.039><c> appreciate</c><00:45:55.739><c> the</c><00:45:56.139><c> issues</c><00:45:56.599><c> and</c><00:45:57.519><c> dangers</c>

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of<00:45:58.139><c> human</c><00:45:58.300><c> wisdom</c><00:45:58.599><c> and</c><00:45:58.860><c> philosophy?</c>

00:45:59.900 --> 00:46:01.860
I<00:46:00.119><c> like</c><00:46:00.420><c> philosophy,</c><00:46:00.940><c> I</c><00:46:01.059><c> read</c><00:46:01.260><c> it</c><00:46:01.480><c> occasionally</c>

00:46:01.860 --> 00:46:04.380
because<00:46:02.139><c> I</c><00:46:02.420><c> like</c><00:46:02.639><c> to</c><00:46:02.800><c> see</c><00:46:02.900><c> why</c><00:46:03.139><c> people</c><00:46:03.440><c> think</c><00:46:03.679><c> what</c><00:46:03.840><c> they</c><00:46:04.119><c> think.</c>

00:46:04.800 --> 00:46:06.460
I<00:46:04.900><c> was</c><00:46:04.980><c> listening</c><00:46:05.179><c> to</c><00:46:05.360><c> this</c><00:46:05.579><c> person</c><00:46:05.880><c> here,</c>

00:46:06.699 --> 00:46:08.900
and<00:46:06.860><c> this</c><00:46:06.960><c> is</c><00:46:07.079><c> what</c><00:46:07.340><c> she</c><00:46:07.619><c> said,</c><00:46:07.820><c> a</c><00:46:08.000><c> university</c><00:46:08.340><c> professor,</c>

00:46:09.260 --> 00:46:10.380
open<00:46:09.420><c> education</c><00:46:09.940><c> it's</c><00:46:10.179><c> called.</c>

00:46:10.800 --> 00:46:15.500
No<00:46:11.059><c> educated</c><00:46:11.639><c> person</c><00:46:12.079><c> in</c><00:46:13.360><c> the</c><00:46:13.460><c> western</c><00:46:13.860><c> world</c><00:46:14.159><c> in</c><00:46:14.340><c> the</c><00:46:14.400><c> last</c><00:46:14.739><c> 2</c>

00:46:15.500 --> 00:46:16.940
,500<00:46:16.260><c> years</c>

00:46:16.940 --> 00:46:20.139
was<00:46:17.539><c> not</c><00:46:17.760><c> influenced</c><00:46:18.360><c> by</c><00:46:18.659><c> the</c><00:46:18.940><c> thoughts</c><00:46:19.239><c> and</c><00:46:19.460><c> the</c><00:46:19.800><c> framework</c>

00:46:20.139 --> 00:46:22.739
of<00:46:20.440><c> understanding</c><00:46:20.960><c> that</c><00:46:21.320><c> Plato</c><00:46:21.639><c> provided.</c>

00:46:23.679 --> 00:46:25.000
Isn't<00:46:23.860><c> that</c><00:46:24.059><c> interesting?</c>

00:46:25.760 --> 00:46:27.159
But<00:46:25.920><c> when</c><00:46:26.019><c> you</c><00:46:26.139><c> come</c><00:46:26.320><c> to</c><00:46:26.440><c> the</c><00:46:26.519><c> New</c><00:46:26.699><c> Testament,</c>

00:46:27.320 --> 00:46:30.340
it's<00:46:27.679><c> not</c><00:46:27.900><c> framed</c><00:46:28.260><c> upon</c><00:46:28.539><c> the</c><00:46:28.780><c> teachings</c><00:46:29.099><c> of</c><00:46:29.480><c> Plato.</c>

00:46:31.460 --> 00:46:33.260
But<00:46:31.780><c> all</c><00:46:32.079><c> the</c><00:46:32.280><c> other</c><00:46:32.500><c> philosophies</c>

00:46:33.260 --> 00:46:35.940
and<00:46:33.420><c> all</c><00:46:33.519><c> the</c><00:46:33.699><c> other</c><00:46:33.900><c> education</c><00:46:34.420><c> systems</c><00:46:34.900><c> are.</c>

00:46:36.099 --> 00:46:41.039
So<00:46:36.340><c> be</c><00:46:36.500><c> very</c><00:46:36.880><c> careful</c><00:46:37.579><c> what</c><00:46:38.239><c> you</c><00:46:38.599><c> hear</c><00:46:38.960><c> and</c><00:46:39.760><c> compare</c><00:46:40.340><c> it</c><00:46:40.659><c> to</c><00:46:40.840><c> this,</c>

00:46:41.099 --> 00:46:45.800
and<00:46:41.239><c> does</c><00:46:41.420><c> it</c><00:46:41.679><c> ring</c><00:46:42.019><c> true</c><00:46:42.579><c> to</c><00:46:43.219><c> the</c><00:46:43.579><c> core</c><00:46:43.920><c> teachings</c><00:46:44.460><c> of</c><00:46:44.719><c> this</c><00:46:44.960><c> book?</c>

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That's<00:46:46.599><c> the</c><00:46:46.739><c> challenge,</c><00:46:47.360><c> brothers</c><00:46:47.380><c> and</c><00:46:47.659><c> sisters,</c><00:46:48.500><c> you</c><00:46:48.739><c> and</c><00:46:48.940><c> I</c><00:46:49.239><c> face.</c>

00:46:50.920 --> 00:46:54.920
Jesus<00:46:51.239><c> comes</c><00:46:51.539><c> to</c><00:46:51.760><c> his</c><00:46:51.960><c> own</c><00:46:52.280><c> and</c><00:46:53.079><c> he's</c><00:46:53.280><c> asked</c><00:46:53.460><c> his</c><00:46:53.780><c> contemporaries,</c>

00:46:54.960 --> 00:46:57.579
why<00:46:55.039><c> don't</c><00:46:55.260><c> you</c><00:46:55.500><c> understand</c><00:46:56.059><c> my</c><00:46:56.460><c> speech?</c>

00:46:58.760 --> 00:47:01.599
Even<00:46:59.079><c> because</c><00:46:59.579><c> you</c><00:46:59.800><c> cannot</c><00:47:00.119><c> hear</c><00:47:00.380><c> my</c><00:47:00.739><c> word.</c>

00:47:02.000 --> 00:47:03.340
And<00:47:02.139><c> he's</c><00:47:02.320><c> very</c><00:47:02.800><c> crude</c><00:47:03.019><c> to</c><00:47:03.239><c> them.</c>

00:47:03.360 --> 00:47:05.860
He<00:47:03.519><c> says,</c><00:47:04.480><c> you're</c><00:47:04.739><c> of</c><00:47:04.820><c> your</c><00:47:05.079><c> father</c><00:47:05.360><c> the</c><00:47:05.639><c> devil.</c>

00:47:06.199 --> 00:47:10.239
He's<00:47:06.460><c> talking</c><00:47:06.599><c> about</c><00:47:06.840><c> the</c><00:47:07.219><c> serpent</c><00:47:07.500><c> in</c><00:47:07.840><c> the</c><00:47:08.079><c> Garden</c><00:47:08.780><c> of</c><00:47:09.400><c> Eden.</c>

00:47:11.139 --> 00:47:14.639
He<00:47:11.199><c> says,</c><00:47:11.760><c> you're</c><00:47:11.900><c> of</c><00:47:11.900><c> your</c><00:47:13.360><c> father</c><00:47:13.739><c> the</c><00:47:14.179><c> devil.</c>

00:47:14.639 --> 00:47:16.940
There's<00:47:15.179><c> lusts</c><00:47:15.599><c> of</c><00:47:15.659><c> your</c><00:47:15.900><c> father</c><00:47:16.219><c> you</c><00:47:16.420><c> will</c><00:47:16.679><c> do.</c>

00:47:17.179 --> 00:47:18.940
He<00:47:17.340><c> was</c><00:47:17.559><c> a</c><00:47:17.880><c> murderer</c><00:47:18.179><c> from</c><00:47:18.420><c> the</c><00:47:18.579><c> beginning.</c>

00:47:19.159 --> 00:47:21.260
He<00:47:19.280><c> bowed</c><00:47:19.579><c> not</c><00:47:19.679><c> in</c><00:47:19.820><c> the</c><00:47:20.000><c> truth</c><00:47:20.139><c> because</c><00:47:20.400><c> there</c><00:47:20.559><c> was</c><00:47:20.719><c> no</c><00:47:21.039><c> truth</c>

00:47:21.260 --> 00:47:22.320
in<00:47:21.480><c> him.</c>

00:47:22.340 --> 00:47:24.559
When<00:47:22.440><c> he</c><00:47:22.699><c> speaks</c><00:47:23.000><c> the</c><00:47:23.199><c> lie,</c><00:47:23.400><c> he</c><00:47:23.699><c> speaks</c><00:47:24.000><c> of</c><00:47:24.159><c> his</c><00:47:24.400><c> own,</c>

00:47:24.679 --> 00:47:26.860
for<00:47:24.719><c> he</c><00:47:24.860><c> is</c><00:47:25.059><c> a</c><00:47:25.300><c> liar</c><00:47:25.519><c> and</c><00:47:25.800><c> a</c><00:47:25.960><c> father</c><00:47:26.179><c> of</c><00:47:26.380><c> it.</c>

00:47:27.260 --> 00:47:30.360
Because<00:47:27.599><c> I</c><00:47:27.980><c> tell</c><00:47:28.159><c> you</c><00:47:28.380><c> the</c><00:47:28.639><c> truth,</c><00:47:28.980><c> you</c><00:47:29.179><c> believe</c><00:47:29.340><c> me,</c><00:47:29.920><c> believe</c>

00:47:30.360 --> 00:47:31.440
me<00:47:30.579><c> not.</c>

00:47:31.679 --> 00:47:34.119
They<00:47:32.039><c> couldn't</c><00:47:32.340><c> understand</c><00:47:32.780><c> his</c><00:47:33.099><c> word</c>

00:47:35.940 --> 00:47:39.920
because<00:47:36.420><c> of</c><00:47:36.639><c> a</c><00:47:36.920><c> wrong</c><00:47:37.139><c> understanding</c><00:47:38.139><c> and</c><00:47:38.760><c> conception</c><00:47:39.440><c> of</c>

00:47:39.920 --> 00:47:41.500
God<00:47:40.179><c> and</c><00:47:40.360><c> his</c><00:47:40.559><c> ways.</c>

00:47:42.340 --> 00:47:46.920
Because<00:47:42.820><c> they</c><00:47:43.139><c> were</c><00:47:43.380><c> moved</c><00:47:43.519><c> and</c><00:47:43.820><c> motivated</c><00:47:44.119><c> by</c><00:47:44.619><c> natural</c><00:47:45.280><c> reasoning</c><00:47:45.659><c> and</c><00:47:45.960><c> thinking.</c>

00:47:48.400 --> 00:47:51.800
This<00:47:48.639><c> made</c><00:47:48.920><c> them</c><00:47:49.139><c> the</c><00:47:49.380><c> seed</c><00:47:49.500><c> of</c><00:47:49.699><c> the</c><00:47:49.860><c> serpent,</c><00:47:50.679><c> their</c><00:47:50.980><c> spiritual</c><00:47:51.500><c> father,</c>

00:47:51.900 --> 00:47:54.719
because<00:47:52.179><c> they</c><00:47:52.579><c> thought</c><00:47:52.920><c> and</c><00:47:53.539><c> behaved</c><00:47:54.079><c> like</c><00:47:54.360><c> him.</c>

00:47:55.059 --> 00:47:58.280
And<00:47:55.219><c> the</c><00:47:55.380><c> outcome</c><00:47:55.820><c> of</c><00:47:56.619><c> their</c><00:47:56.800><c> actions</c><00:47:57.239><c> will</c><00:47:57.480><c> be</c><00:47:57.679><c> shown</c><00:47:57.880><c> later</c>

00:47:58.280 --> 00:48:00.320
in<00:47:58.460><c> the</c><00:47:58.559><c> way</c><00:47:58.719><c> they</c><00:47:59.019><c> treated</c><00:47:59.239><c> Jesus</c><00:47:59.699><c> himself.</c>

00:48:00.719 --> 00:48:02.480
We're<00:48:00.960><c> going</c><00:48:00.980><c> to</c><00:48:01.019><c> come</c><00:48:01.260><c> back</c><00:48:01.400><c> to</c><00:48:01.539><c> the</c><00:48:01.760><c> serpent</c><00:48:02.000><c> a</c><00:48:02.119><c> little</c><00:48:02.300><c> bit</c>

00:48:02.480 --> 00:48:03.440
later<00:48:02.679><c> on</c><00:48:02.840><c> in</c><00:48:02.960><c> this</c><00:48:03.199><c> passage</c>

00:48:03.440 --> 00:48:05.019
because<00:48:03.619><c> there's</c><00:48:03.860><c> another</c><00:48:04.039><c> element</c><00:48:04.420><c> to</c><00:48:04.599><c> this,</c>

00:48:05.320 --> 00:48:08.440
a<00:48:05.480><c> very</c><00:48:05.639><c> interesting</c><00:48:05.960><c> one</c><00:48:06.119><c> I</c><00:48:06.219><c> want</c><00:48:06.340><c> to</c><00:48:06.559><c> show</c><00:48:06.719><c> you.</c>

00:48:09.619 --> 00:48:11.260
Notice<00:48:10.179><c> the</c><00:48:10.380><c> words</c><00:48:10.579><c> of</c><00:48:10.760><c> the</c><00:48:10.920><c> serpent.</c>

00:48:11.679 --> 00:48:13.260
He<00:48:11.840><c> uses</c><00:48:12.159><c> plausible</c><00:48:12.880><c> reasoning.</c>

00:48:13.420 --> 00:48:14.619
We<00:48:13.420><c> won't</c><00:48:13.619><c> go</c><00:48:13.840><c> through</c><00:48:14.000><c> this</c><00:48:14.199><c> right</c><00:48:14.460><c> now.</c>

00:48:14.699 --> 00:48:17.059
I<00:48:14.719><c> want</c><00:48:14.880><c> to</c><00:48:15.139><c> jump</c><00:48:15.440><c> ahead</c><00:48:15.699><c> here.</c>

00:48:17.840 --> 00:48:19.960
Wrong<00:48:18.019><c> thinking</c><00:48:18.420><c> is</c><00:48:18.659><c> the</c><00:48:18.800><c> path</c><00:48:18.960><c> to</c><00:48:19.159><c> ruin.</c>

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Romans<00:48:20.440><c> chapter</c><00:48:20.760><c> 1</c><00:48:21.000><c> verse</c><00:48:21.300><c> 28.</c>

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Remember<00:48:22.380><c> the</c><00:48:22.800><c> steady</c><00:48:23.139><c> downwards</c><00:48:24.760><c> walk</c><00:48:25.380><c> from</c><00:48:25.599><c> the</c><00:48:25.860><c> truth.</c>

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He<00:48:27.039><c> says</c><00:48:27.300><c> in</c><00:48:27.539><c> Romans</c><00:48:27.900><c> chapter</c><00:48:28.260><c> 1,</c>

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they<00:48:29.239><c> were</c><00:48:29.480><c> thankless,</c><00:48:30.059><c> they</c><00:48:30.300><c> became</c><00:48:30.599><c> vain</c><00:48:30.860><c> in</c><00:48:31.000><c> their</c><00:48:31.320><c> imaginations.</c>

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They<00:48:32.480><c> professed</c><00:48:32.960><c> themselves</c><00:48:33.260><c> wise,</c><00:48:33.699><c> they</c><00:48:33.920><c> became</c><00:48:34.219><c> fools.</c>

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They<00:48:35.619><c> changed</c><00:48:36.019><c> the</c><00:48:36.260><c> glory</c><00:48:36.519><c> of</c><00:48:36.659><c> God</c><00:48:36.860><c> into</c><00:48:37.119><c> an</c><00:48:37.300><c> image</c><00:48:37.500><c> of</c>

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corruptible<00:48:38.679><c> things.</c>

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God<00:48:40.380><c> gave</c><00:48:40.619><c> them</c><00:48:40.780><c> up</c><00:48:41.039><c> to</c><00:48:41.360><c> uncleanness</c><00:48:42.219><c> through</c><00:48:42.500><c> their</c><00:48:42.760><c> lusts.</c>

00:48:43.639 --> 00:48:45.239
They<00:48:43.800><c> changed</c><00:48:44.159><c> the</c><00:48:44.440><c> truth</c><00:48:44.619><c> to</c><00:48:44.900><c> a</c><00:48:45.019><c> lie.</c>

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They<00:48:45.880><c> worshipped</c><00:48:46.260><c> and</c><00:48:46.440><c> served</c><00:48:46.639><c> the</c><00:48:48.000><c> creature</c><00:48:48.260><c> more</c><00:48:48.519><c> than</c><00:48:48.599><c> the</c><00:48:48.800><c> creator.</c>

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They<00:48:49.559><c> gave</c><00:48:49.760><c> themselves</c><00:48:50.159><c> over</c><00:48:50.619><c> to</c><00:48:51.239><c> gross</c><00:48:51.659><c> immorality.</c>

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Now,<00:48:53.960><c> people</c><00:48:54.039><c> who</c><00:48:54.280><c> live</c><00:48:54.360><c> the</c><00:48:54.639><c> truth</c><00:48:54.940><c> do</c><00:48:55.300><c> the</c><00:48:55.519><c> same</c><00:48:55.739><c> thing.</c>

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The<00:48:56.619><c> process</c><00:48:56.980><c> is</c><00:48:57.219><c> the</c><00:48:57.420><c> same.</c>

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Christadelphians<00:48:58.780><c> aren't</c><00:48:59.099><c> perfect.</c>

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In<00:49:00.320><c> general,</c><00:49:01.260><c> there's</c><00:49:01.480><c> not</c><00:49:01.699><c> enough</c><00:49:02.000><c> love.</c>

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We<00:49:02.440><c> don't</c><00:49:02.659><c> understand</c><00:49:03.179><c> love.</c>

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There's<00:49:03.679><c> too</c><00:49:03.900><c> much</c><00:49:04.139><c> emphasis</c><00:49:04.460><c> on</c><00:49:04.719><c> knowledge</c><00:49:04.980><c> and</c><00:49:05.280><c> doctrine</c>

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and<00:49:05.780><c> law</c><00:49:06.000><c> keeping.</c>

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It<00:49:06.780><c> doesn't</c><00:49:06.920><c> really</c><00:49:07.239><c> matter</c><00:49:07.539><c> if</c><00:49:07.739><c> we</c><00:49:07.900><c> get</c><00:49:08.059><c> everything</c><00:49:08.380><c> right.</c>

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The<00:49:09.679><c> Bible</c><00:49:10.059><c> was</c><00:49:10.500><c> written</c><00:49:10.760><c> mostly</c><00:49:11.179><c> for</c><00:49:11.400><c> their</c><00:49:11.739><c> times</c><00:49:12.039><c> and</c><00:49:12.239><c> not</c>

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for<00:49:12.699><c> our</c><00:49:12.920><c> times.</c>

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There's<00:49:14.199><c> so</c><00:49:14.480><c> many</c><00:49:14.639><c> good</c><00:49:14.900><c> Christians</c><00:49:15.360><c> in</c><00:49:15.639><c> the</c><00:49:15.840><c> churches,</c><00:49:16.380><c> nice</c>

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people<00:49:16.980><c> in</c><00:49:17.219><c> society.</c>

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I've<00:49:18.820><c> not</c><00:49:18.980><c> changed</c><00:49:19.260><c> what</c><00:49:19.420><c> I</c><00:49:19.639><c> believe,</c>

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but<00:49:20.059><c> my</c><00:49:20.300><c> understanding</c><00:49:20.780><c> of</c><00:49:20.940><c> the</c><00:49:21.099><c> love</c><00:49:21.219><c> of</c><00:49:21.420><c> God</c><00:49:21.659><c> causes</c><00:49:22.059><c> me</c><00:49:22.320><c> to</c>

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be<00:49:22.679><c> more</c><00:49:22.920><c> inclusive</c><00:49:23.480><c> of</c><00:49:23.719><c> these</c><00:49:24.019><c> things.</c>

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Over<00:49:25.219><c> time,</c><00:49:25.480><c> because</c><00:49:25.780><c> of</c><00:49:26.039><c> changed</c><00:49:26.360><c> company</c><00:49:26.920><c> and</c><00:49:27.679><c> different</c><00:49:28.039><c> beliefs,</c>

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previously<00:49:29.380><c> held</c><00:49:29.800><c> core</c><00:49:30.159><c> beliefs</c><00:49:30.800><c> are</c><00:49:31.360><c> corrupted</c><00:49:31.840><c> one</c><00:49:32.679><c> at</c><00:49:33.340><c> a</c><00:49:33.539><c> time.</c>

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I've<00:49:34.019><c> seen</c><00:49:34.260><c> this,</c><00:49:34.599><c> brothers</c><00:49:34.679><c> and</c><00:49:34.940><c> sisters.</c>

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The<00:49:36.039><c> eventual</c><00:49:36.340><c> outcome</c><00:49:36.739><c> is</c><00:49:36.940><c> that</c><00:49:37.079><c> the</c><00:49:37.300><c> mind</c><00:49:37.480><c> and</c><00:49:37.639><c> attitude</c>

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and<00:49:38.099><c> behavior</c><00:49:38.420><c> becomes</c><00:49:38.820><c> aligned</c>

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with<00:49:39.400><c> the</c><00:49:39.500><c> new</c><00:49:39.699><c> associations,</c><00:49:41.219><c> and</c><00:49:41.320><c> God</c><00:49:41.559><c> is</c><00:49:41.880><c> abandoned</c><00:49:42.300><c> step</c>

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by<00:49:43.000><c> step,</c>

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and<00:49:43.460><c> a</c><00:49:43.579><c> new</c><00:49:43.880><c> God</c><00:49:44.260><c> takes</c><00:49:44.679><c> his</c><00:49:44.980><c> place.</c>

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It's<00:49:46.119><c> a</c><00:49:46.880><c> form</c><00:49:47.039><c> of</c><00:49:47.340><c> idolatry</c><00:49:48.000><c> where</c><00:49:48.480><c> an</c><00:49:48.699><c> image</c><00:49:48.940><c> of</c><00:49:49.079><c> God</c><00:49:49.300><c> is</c><00:49:49.579><c> honored</c><00:49:49.760><c> in</c>

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place<00:49:50.599><c> of</c><00:49:50.880><c> God.</c>

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That's<00:49:55.059><c> what</c><00:49:55.159><c> happens,</c><00:49:55.760><c> brothers</c><00:49:55.780><c> and</c><00:49:56.059><c> sisters,</c><00:49:56.480><c> when</c><00:49:56.639><c> you</c>

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abandon<00:49:57.139><c> the</c><00:49:57.420><c> truth.</c>

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In<00:49:58.019><c> God's</c><00:49:58.500><c> house,</c><00:49:58.800><c> God's</c><00:49:59.199><c> rules</c><00:49:59.380><c> apply.</c>

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I'll<00:50:00.340><c> just</c><00:50:00.539><c> quickly</c><00:50:00.840><c> summarize.</c>

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I<00:50:01.659><c> apologize</c><00:50:01.980><c> for</c><00:50:02.159><c> going</c><00:50:02.340><c> over</c><00:50:02.619><c> time</c><00:50:02.840><c> again.</c>

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Why<00:50:04.840><c> do</c><00:50:04.980><c> we</c><00:50:05.099><c> believe</c><00:50:05.300><c> the</c><00:50:05.559><c> truth?</c>

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Because<00:50:07.559><c> God</c><00:50:08.079><c> says</c><00:50:08.840><c> it's</c><00:50:09.400><c> true.</c>

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Believing<00:50:10.880><c> God</c><00:50:11.139><c> is</c><00:50:11.360><c> God</c><00:50:11.539><c> honoring.</c>

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It's<00:50:12.099><c> an</c><00:50:12.260><c> expression</c><00:50:12.599><c> of</c><00:50:12.820><c> faith</c><00:50:13.000><c> and</c><00:50:13.239><c> trust</c><00:50:13.460><c> in</c><00:50:13.559><c> him.</c>

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This<00:50:14.780><c> faith</c><00:50:15.000><c> produces</c><00:50:15.440><c> a</c><00:50:15.880><c> character</c><00:50:16.360><c> like</c><00:50:16.760><c> God's.</c>

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This<00:50:19.039><c> character</c><00:50:19.500><c> should</c><00:50:19.880><c> be</c><00:50:20.179><c> shown</c><00:50:20.380><c> in</c><00:50:20.539><c> how</c><00:50:20.739><c> we</c><00:50:20.960><c> live.</c>

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We<00:50:22.119><c> call</c><00:50:22.380><c> it</c><00:50:22.880><c> God</c><00:50:23.139><c> manifestation.</c>

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That's<00:50:24.280><c> just</c><00:50:24.460><c> our</c><00:50:24.679><c> label</c><00:50:24.940><c> for</c><00:50:25.239><c> it,</c><00:50:25.480><c> but</c><00:50:25.699><c> that's</c><00:50:26.099><c> the</c><00:50:26.280><c> principle.</c>

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It's<00:50:26.900><c> an</c><00:50:27.119><c> undeniable</c><00:50:27.619><c> scriptural</c><00:50:28.179><c> principle</c><00:50:28.539><c> found</c><00:50:28.900><c> from</c><00:50:29.219><c> start</c><00:50:29.519><c> to</c>

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finish<00:50:29.980><c> in</c><00:50:30.119><c> the</c><00:50:30.280><c> scripture.</c>

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God's<00:50:32.019><c> character</c><00:50:32.280><c> developed</c><00:50:32.719><c> in</c><00:50:32.860><c> his</c><00:50:33.059><c> children</c><00:50:33.460><c> displayed</c>

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today<00:50:34.679><c> in</c><00:50:35.079><c> our</c><00:50:35.340><c> lives,</c>

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and<00:50:36.420><c> one</c><00:50:36.659><c> day</c><00:50:36.840><c> God</c><00:50:37.039><c> will</c><00:50:37.280><c> make</c><00:50:37.460><c> that,</c><00:50:37.860><c> cement</c><00:50:38.099><c> that</c><00:50:38.320><c> into</c><00:50:38.440><c> us,</c>

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that<00:50:39.059><c> we</c><00:50:39.199><c> might</c><00:50:39.380><c> be</c><00:50:39.719><c> sharers</c><00:50:40.179><c> in</c><00:50:40.539><c> divine</c><00:50:40.800><c> nature.</c>