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You<00:12:04.320><c> know,</c><00:12:04.659><c> from</c><00:12:04.879><c> the</c><00:12:05.100><c> time</c><00:12:05.240><c> the</c><00:12:05.460><c> Samaritans</c><00:12:05.919><c> came</c><00:12:06.279><c> into</c><00:12:06.620><c> the</c><00:12:06.820><c> land,</c>

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And<00:12:29.259><c> you</c><00:12:29.379><c> know</c><00:12:29.539><c> that</c><00:12:29.659><c> in</c><00:12:29.740><c> the</c><00:12:29.860><c> Word</c><00:12:30.000><c> of</c><00:12:30.179><c> God,</c><00:12:30.500><c> we</c><00:12:30.639><c> learn</c><00:12:30.980><c> that</c>

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there<00:12:31.799><c> are</c><00:12:31.960><c> only</c><00:12:32.200><c> two</c><00:12:32.500><c> grounds</c><00:12:32.980><c> upon</c><00:12:33.360><c> which</c><00:12:33.620><c> we</c><00:12:33.820><c> are</c><00:12:34.039><c> alienated</c><00:12:34.519><c> from</c><00:12:34.740><c> God.</c>

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And<00:12:54.019><c> in</c><00:12:54.139><c> this</c><00:12:54.480><c> wonderful,</c><00:12:55.659><c> absolutely</c><00:12:56.100><c> magnificent</c><00:12:57.000><c> discussion</c><00:12:57.720><c> that</c><00:12:58.299><c> takes</c><00:12:58.519><c> place</c><00:12:59.000><c> in</c>

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Living<00:14:26.940><c> water</c><00:14:27.440><c> also</c><00:14:28.320><c> symbolizes</c><00:14:29.460><c> the</c><00:14:29.940><c> power</c><00:14:30.240><c> of</c><00:14:30.440><c> God's</c><00:14:30.840><c> word</c>

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hold<00:15:29.960><c> the</c><00:15:30.419><c> interest</c><00:15:30.779><c> of</c><00:15:31.279><c> the</c><00:15:31.519><c> one</c><00:15:31.919><c> to</c><00:15:32.299><c> whom</c><00:15:32.500><c> he</c><00:15:32.879><c> was</c><00:15:33.139><c> preaching.</c>

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And<00:15:36.039><c> the</c><00:15:36.220><c> woman</c><00:15:36.440><c> listened</c><00:15:36.779><c> to</c><00:15:36.940><c> what</c><00:15:37.100><c> he</c><00:15:37.259><c> had</c><00:15:37.519><c> said</c><00:15:37.759><c> in</c><00:15:38.039><c> verse</c><00:15:38.299><c> 10.</c>

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She<00:15:39.980><c> didn't</c><00:15:40.240><c> pass</c><00:15:40.559><c> it</c><00:15:40.700><c> off</c><00:15:40.860><c> lightly.</c>

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In<00:15:41.919><c> verse</c><00:15:42.220><c> 11,</c><00:15:42.480><c> the</c><00:15:42.539><c> woman</c><00:15:42.799><c> said</c><00:15:43.019><c> unto</c><00:15:43.279><c> him,</c><00:15:43.820><c> Sir,</c><00:15:46.500><c> thou</c><00:15:46.679><c> hast</c>

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nothing<00:15:47.259><c> to</c><00:15:47.500><c> draw</c><00:15:47.679><c> with,</c><00:15:49.019><c> and</c><00:15:49.139><c> the</c><00:15:49.279><c> well</c><00:15:49.360><c> is</c><00:15:49.600><c> deep.</c>

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Look<00:15:51.940><c> at</c><00:15:52.080><c> the</c><00:15:52.240><c> first</c><00:15:52.480><c> word,</c><00:15:53.620><c> sir.</c>

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It's<00:15:55.720><c> not</c><00:15:55.879><c> there</c><00:15:56.000><c> for</c><00:15:56.200><c> nothing.</c>

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It's<00:15:57.919><c> important.</c>

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It<00:15:59.440><c> indicates</c><00:15:59.879><c> that</c><00:16:00.559><c> she</c><00:16:00.840><c> had</c><00:16:01.100><c> listened</c><00:16:01.480><c> with</c><00:16:01.820><c> respect</c><00:16:02.539><c> to</c><00:16:03.539><c> what</c><00:16:03.759><c> the</c><00:16:03.960><c> Lord</c><00:16:04.120><c> had</c><00:16:04.480><c> said</c><00:16:04.759><c> in</c>

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that<00:16:05.460><c> brief</c><00:16:05.639><c> statement</c><00:16:06.080><c> in</c><00:16:06.440><c> verse</c><00:16:06.720><c> 10.</c>

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And<00:16:07.759><c> that</c><00:16:07.919><c> she</c><00:16:08.139><c> now</c><00:16:08.460><c> recognized</c><00:16:09.080><c> a</c><00:16:09.440><c> need</c><00:16:09.700><c> to</c><00:16:10.139><c> show</c><00:16:10.679><c> deference</c>

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toward<00:16:11.919><c> him.</c>

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What<00:16:13.139><c> a</c><00:16:13.360><c> wonderful</c><00:16:13.720><c> beginning</c><00:16:14.220><c> in</c><00:16:14.639><c> her</c><00:16:14.860><c> attitude</c><00:16:15.279><c> toward</c><00:16:15.720><c> the</c>

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Son<00:16:16.039><c> of</c><00:16:16.259><c> God.</c>

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And<00:16:17.860><c> so</c><00:16:18.059><c> in</c><00:16:18.240><c> verse</c><00:16:18.500><c> 11,</c><00:16:19.500><c> the</c><00:16:19.539><c> woman</c><00:16:19.820><c> said</c><00:16:20.019><c> unto</c><00:16:20.279><c> him,</c><00:16:20.639><c> Sir,</c><00:16:21.100><c> thou</c><00:16:21.240><c> hast</c><00:16:21.460><c> nothing</c><00:16:21.679><c> to</c>

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draw<00:16:22.100><c> with,</c><00:16:22.580><c> and</c><00:16:22.700><c> the</c><00:16:22.799><c> well</c><00:16:22.879><c> is</c><00:16:23.100><c> deep.</c>

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From<00:16:24.580><c> whence</c><00:16:24.919><c> then</c><00:16:25.059><c> hast</c><00:16:25.299><c> thou</c><00:16:25.700><c> that</c><00:16:26.139><c> living</c><00:16:26.379><c> water?</c>

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Art<00:16:28.919><c> thou</c><00:16:29.240><c> greater</c><00:16:29.740><c> than</c><00:16:30.600><c> our</c><00:16:30.899><c> father</c><00:16:31.240><c> Jacob,</c><00:16:32.059><c> which</c><00:16:32.340><c> gave</c><00:16:32.659><c> us</c>

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the<00:16:33.139><c> well,</c><00:16:33.919><c> and</c><00:16:34.080><c> drank</c><00:16:34.259><c> thereof</c><00:16:34.620><c> himself,</c><00:16:35.600><c> and</c><00:16:35.940><c> his</c><00:16:36.159><c> children,</c><00:16:37.000><c> and</c><00:16:37.340><c> his</c><00:16:37.659><c> cattle?</c>

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You<00:16:39.919><c> see,</c><00:16:40.100><c> she</c><00:16:40.340><c> saw</c><00:16:40.539><c> one</c><00:16:40.840><c> thing</c><00:16:40.980><c> very,</c><00:16:41.240><c> very</c><00:16:41.500><c> clearly.</c>

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Here<00:16:42.320><c> was</c><00:16:42.559><c> a</c><00:16:42.799><c> man</c><00:16:43.100><c> who</c><00:16:43.759><c> claimed</c><00:16:44.240><c> to</c><00:16:44.679><c> be</c><00:16:44.960><c> greater</c><00:16:45.320><c> than</c><00:16:45.600><c> Jacob,</c>

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because<00:16:47.740><c> he</c><00:16:48.059><c> could</c><00:16:48.259><c> give</c><00:16:48.419><c> her</c><00:16:48.659><c> something,</c><00:16:49.240><c> so</c><00:16:49.500><c> he</c><00:16:49.759><c> claimed,</c>

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that<00:16:50.679><c> no</c><00:16:50.960><c> one</c><00:16:51.159><c> else</c><00:16:51.480><c> could</c><00:16:51.740><c> give.</c>

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And<00:16:52.720><c> so</c><00:16:52.940><c> therefore,</c><00:16:53.580><c> his</c><00:16:53.639><c> power</c><00:16:54.200><c> must</c><00:16:54.500><c> have</c><00:16:54.659><c> been</c><00:16:54.820><c> greater</c><00:16:55.200><c> than</c><00:16:55.480><c> that</c><00:16:55.679><c> of</c>

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other<00:16:56.019><c> men.</c>

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The<00:16:57.639><c> water</c><00:16:57.820><c> that</c><00:16:58.039><c> came</c><00:16:58.259><c> from</c><00:16:58.500><c> Jacob's</c><00:16:59.080><c> well</c><00:16:59.399><c> would</c><00:16:59.899><c> certainly</c>

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adequately<00:17:01.019><c> satisfy</c><00:17:02.059><c> someone's</c><00:17:03.259><c> thirst</c><00:17:03.460><c> for</c><00:17:03.720><c> the</c><00:17:03.860><c> moment.</c>

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But<00:17:05.079><c> could</c><00:17:05.279><c> in</c><00:17:05.519><c> no</c><00:17:05.799><c> way</c><00:17:06.180><c> satisfy</c><00:17:06.940><c> a</c><00:17:07.380><c> thirst</c><00:17:07.559><c> for</c><00:17:07.819><c> spiritual</c><00:17:08.240><c> things.</c>

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And<00:17:10.460><c> so</c><00:17:10.619><c> in</c><00:17:10.839><c> verse</c><00:17:11.140><c> 13</c><00:17:11.799><c> and</c><00:17:12.119><c> verse</c><00:17:12.440><c> 14,</c><00:17:14.079><c> we</c><00:17:14.299><c> find</c><00:17:14.579><c> that</c><00:17:15.180><c> rather</c>

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than<00:17:15.940><c> simply</c><00:17:16.299><c> explain</c><00:17:17.039><c> the</c><00:17:17.319><c> metaphor</c><00:17:17.720><c> that</c><00:17:17.960><c> he</c><00:17:18.099><c> had</c><00:17:18.319><c> used,</c>

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the<00:17:19.799><c> Lord</c><00:17:20.279><c> expanded</c><00:17:21.200><c> upon</c><00:17:21.740><c> it.</c>

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There's<00:17:24.559><c> awesome</c><00:17:25.099><c> wisdom</c><00:17:25.539><c> and</c><00:17:25.920><c> insight</c><00:17:26.400><c> in</c><00:17:26.599><c> the</c><00:17:26.740><c> way</c><00:17:26.920><c> in</c><00:17:27.059><c> which</c><00:17:27.240><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:17:27.680><c> handled</c><00:17:28.359><c> this</c><00:17:28.660><c> woman,</c><00:17:29.180><c> and</c><00:17:29.279><c> the</c><00:17:29.400><c> way</c><00:17:29.559><c> in</c><00:17:29.700><c> which</c><00:17:29.819><c> he</c><00:17:30.059><c> dealt</c><00:17:30.359><c> with</c>

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this<00:17:30.940><c> incredible</c><00:17:31.599><c> situation.</c>

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Verse<00:17:33.799><c> 13,</c><00:17:34.819><c> Jesus</c><00:17:35.180><c> answered</c><00:17:35.599><c> and</c><00:17:35.759><c> said</c><00:17:35.920><c> unto</c><00:17:36.119><c> her,</c><00:17:36.720><c> Whosoever</c>

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drinketh<00:17:37.660><c> of</c><00:17:37.779><c> this</c><00:17:38.019><c> water</c><00:17:38.480><c> shall</c><00:17:38.859><c> thirst</c><00:17:39.299><c> again.</c>

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And<00:17:40.640><c> his</c><00:17:40.859><c> finger</c><00:17:41.079><c> was</c><00:17:41.420><c> pointing</c><00:17:41.759><c> to</c><00:17:41.940><c> the</c><00:17:42.039><c> well</c><00:17:42.140><c> of</c><00:17:42.400><c> Jacob.</c>

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Whosoever<00:17:45.339><c> drinketh</c><00:17:45.940><c> of</c><00:17:46.019><c> this</c><00:17:46.279><c> water</c><00:17:46.720><c> shall</c><00:17:47.079><c> thirst</c><00:17:47.480><c> again.</c>

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But<00:17:49.119><c> whosoever</c><00:17:50.460><c> drinketh</c><00:17:51.259><c> of</c><00:17:51.400><c> the</c><00:17:51.619><c> water</c><00:17:52.140><c> that</c><00:17:52.500><c> I</c><00:17:52.900><c> shall</c><00:17:53.079><c> give</c>

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him<00:17:53.640><c> shall</c><00:17:54.019><c> never</c><00:17:54.480><c> thirst.</c>

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But<00:17:55.759><c> the</c><00:17:56.000><c> water</c><00:17:56.240><c> that</c><00:17:56.420><c> I</c><00:17:56.740><c> shall</c><00:17:56.940><c> give</c><00:17:57.099><c> him</c><00:17:57.519><c> shall</c><00:17:57.799><c> be</c><00:17:58.059><c> in</c><00:17:58.220><c> him</c><00:17:58.599><c> a</c>

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well<00:17:59.359><c> of</c><00:17:59.740><c> water</c><00:18:00.480><c> springing</c><00:18:01.079><c> up</c><00:18:01.579><c> into</c><00:18:02.319><c> everlasting</c><00:18:03.000><c> life.</c>

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Jacob's<00:18:07.400><c> well</c><00:18:07.920><c> could</c><00:18:08.359><c> not</c><00:18:08.619><c> provide</c><00:18:09.460><c> eternal</c><00:18:10.140><c> life.</c>

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Partly,<00:18:12.339><c> of</c><00:18:12.500><c> course,</c><00:18:13.279><c> because</c><00:18:13.619><c> Jacob</c><00:18:13.980><c> himself</c><00:18:14.740><c> had</c><00:18:15.200><c> not</c><00:18:15.539><c> been</c>

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the<00:18:16.140><c> perfect</c><00:18:16.579><c> man</c><00:18:17.339><c> who</c><00:18:17.759><c> would</c><00:18:17.980><c> become</c><00:18:18.519><c> the</c><00:18:19.039><c> perfect</c><00:18:19.519><c> Israelite.</c>

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And<00:18:21.640><c> notice</c><00:18:21.859><c> that</c><00:18:22.099><c> in</c><00:18:22.259><c> verse</c><00:18:22.500><c> 14,</c><00:18:23.519><c> again</c><00:18:23.880><c> the</c><00:18:24.079><c> Lord</c><00:18:24.359><c> stresses</c>

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the<00:18:26.000><c> superiority</c><00:18:26.640><c> of</c><00:18:27.059><c> the</c><00:18:27.200><c> Messiah</c><00:18:27.779><c> over</c><00:18:28.400><c> Jacob,</c><00:18:29.519><c> as</c><00:18:29.859><c> great</c>

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as<00:18:30.680><c> Jacob</c><00:18:30.980><c> was.</c>

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And<00:18:33.079><c> in</c><00:18:33.299><c> verse</c><00:18:33.500><c> 15,</c><00:18:34.680><c> we</c><00:18:34.880><c> learn</c><00:18:35.059><c> that</c><00:18:35.279><c> the</c><00:18:35.420><c> woman</c><00:18:35.720><c> still</c><00:18:36.200><c> didn't</c><00:18:36.559><c> understand.</c>

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The<00:18:38.200><c> woman</c><00:18:38.559><c> saith</c><00:18:38.839><c> unto</c><00:18:39.079><c> him,</c><00:18:39.819><c> Sir,</c><00:18:40.559><c> give</c><00:18:40.779><c> me</c><00:18:40.980><c> this</c><00:18:41.200><c> water,</c><00:18:41.859><c> that</c><00:18:42.000><c> I</c>

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may<00:18:42.859><c> thirst</c><00:18:43.119><c> not,</c><00:18:44.099><c> neither</c><00:18:44.400><c> come</c><00:18:44.740><c> hither</c><00:18:45.160><c> to</c><00:18:45.579><c> draw.</c>

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She<00:18:47.440><c> still</c><00:18:47.660><c> didn't</c><00:18:47.920><c> understand,</c><00:18:49.220><c> really.</c>

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And<00:18:49.880><c> she</c><00:18:50.079><c> continued</c><00:18:50.680><c> to</c><00:18:50.980><c> take</c><00:18:51.160><c> the</c><00:18:51.380><c> Lord</c><00:18:51.740><c> literally</c><00:18:52.500><c> in</c><00:18:53.099><c> what</c>

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he<00:18:54.480><c> said.</c>

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And<00:18:56.099><c> isn't</c><00:18:56.259><c> there</c><00:18:56.519><c> an</c><00:18:56.799><c> astonishing</c><00:18:57.380><c> parallel</c><00:18:58.019><c> between</c><00:18:58.640><c> this</c>

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woman<00:18:59.440><c> and</c><00:19:00.000><c> her</c><00:19:00.839><c> grasping</c><00:19:01.440><c> after,</c><00:19:01.960><c> searching</c><00:19:02.400><c> after,</c><00:19:02.839><c> understanding,</c><00:19:03.799><c> and</c>

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yet<00:19:04.200><c> still</c><00:19:04.480><c> not</c><00:19:04.700><c> understanding,</c>

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and<00:19:06.380><c> the</c><00:19:06.500><c> attitude</c><00:19:06.920><c> of</c><00:19:07.119><c> Nicodemus</c><00:19:08.039><c> back</c><00:19:08.559><c> in</c><00:19:08.759><c> chapter</c><00:19:09.000><c> three</c>

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and<00:19:09.500><c> verse</c><00:19:09.740><c> four.</c>

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He<00:19:10.759><c> listened</c><00:19:11.039><c> intently</c><00:19:11.539><c> to</c><00:19:11.680><c> what</c><00:19:11.859><c> the</c><00:19:12.019><c> Lord</c><00:19:12.220><c> said.</c><00:19:12.819><c> A</c><00:19:12.900><c> man</c><00:19:13.079><c> must</c><00:19:13.279><c> be</c>

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born<00:19:13.680><c> again.</c>

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And<00:19:15.220><c> Nicodemus</c><00:19:15.640><c> said</c><00:19:15.859><c> to</c><00:19:16.019><c> the</c><00:19:16.140><c> Lord</c><00:19:16.299><c> in</c><00:19:16.579><c> all</c><00:19:16.819><c> sincerity.</c>

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He<00:19:18.000><c> said,</c><00:19:18.339><c> Look,</c><00:19:18.759><c> how</c><00:19:18.960><c> can</c><00:19:19.099><c> a</c><00:19:19.259><c> man</c><00:19:19.819><c> enter</c><00:19:20.000><c> the</c><00:19:20.220><c> second</c><00:19:20.599><c> time</c><00:19:20.779><c> into</c><00:19:20.900><c> his</c><00:19:21.119><c> mother's</c><00:19:21.500><c> womb</c><00:19:21.660><c> and</c><00:19:21.940><c> be</c>

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born<00:19:22.259><c> again?</c>

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There's<00:19:24.259><c> a</c><00:19:24.420><c> great</c><00:19:24.579><c> lesson</c><00:19:24.839><c> there.</c>

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Paul<00:19:26.559><c> provides</c><00:19:26.960><c> us</c><00:19:27.180><c> the</c><00:19:27.299><c> answer</c><00:19:27.599><c> with</c><00:19:27.779><c> the</c><00:19:27.980><c> difficulty.</c>

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In<00:19:29.059><c> the</c><00:19:29.240><c> first</c><00:19:29.440><c> of</c><00:19:29.640><c> Corinthians,</c><00:19:30.079><c> chapter</c><00:19:30.420><c> two</c><00:19:30.940><c> and</c><00:19:31.220><c> verse</c><00:19:31.440><c> 14,</c><00:19:32.220><c> when</c><00:19:32.319><c> he</c>

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says,<00:19:33.480><c> The</c><00:19:33.480><c> natural</c><00:19:34.019><c> man</c><00:19:34.920><c> receiveth</c><00:19:35.640><c> not</c><00:19:36.079><c> the</c><00:19:36.619><c> things</c><00:19:36.880><c> of</c><00:19:37.059><c> the</c>

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Spirit<00:19:37.460><c> of</c><00:19:37.619><c> God,</c><00:19:38.339><c> for</c><00:19:38.460><c> they</c><00:19:38.720><c> are</c><00:19:39.200><c> foolishness</c><00:19:39.700><c> unto</c><00:19:39.900><c> him.</c>

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We<00:19:42.180><c> will</c><00:19:42.380><c> never</c><00:19:42.539><c> ever</c><00:19:42.900><c> understand</c><00:19:43.700><c> the</c><00:19:44.299><c> deep</c><00:19:44.559><c> and</c><00:19:44.900><c> profound</c>

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and<00:19:45.980><c> wonderful</c><00:19:46.380><c> and</c><00:19:47.079><c> glorious</c><00:19:47.480><c> things</c><00:19:47.859><c> of</c><00:19:48.079><c> divine</c><00:19:48.380><c> truth</c><00:19:48.859><c> if</c>

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we<00:19:49.920><c> try</c><00:19:50.160><c> to</c><00:19:50.500><c> understand</c><00:19:50.980><c> them</c><00:19:51.420><c> merely</c><00:19:51.599><c> with</c><00:19:51.799><c> the</c><00:19:52.059><c> natural</c><00:19:52.380><c> mind,</c>

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because<00:19:53.799><c> the</c><00:19:54.140><c> natural</c><00:19:54.559><c> mind</c><00:19:54.859><c> is</c><00:19:55.220><c> alien</c><00:19:55.579><c> to</c><00:19:55.740><c> the</c><00:19:55.900><c> mind</c><00:19:56.019><c> of</c><00:19:56.279><c> God.</c>

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It<00:19:57.740><c> is</c><00:19:57.980><c> only</c><00:19:58.240><c> when</c><00:19:58.480><c> we</c><00:19:58.819><c> learn</c><00:19:59.220><c> to</c><00:19:59.519><c> have</c><00:19:59.700><c> our</c><00:19:59.980><c> own</c><00:20:00.279><c> minds</c><00:20:00.660><c> directed</c><00:20:01.480><c> and</c><00:20:02.019><c> guided</c><00:20:02.299><c> by</c>

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the<00:20:02.920><c> spirit</c><00:20:03.220><c> word</c><00:20:03.380><c> of</c><00:20:03.579><c> God</c><00:20:04.000><c> that</c><00:20:04.460><c> we</c><00:20:04.700><c> learn</c><00:20:04.859><c> to</c><00:20:05.119><c> think</c><00:20:05.259><c> in</c>

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spiritual<00:20:06.099><c> terms.</c>

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And<00:20:09.099><c> magnificently</c><00:20:09.759><c> and</c><00:20:10.140><c> gloriously,</c><00:20:11.759><c> this</c><00:20:11.920><c> woman</c><00:20:12.279><c> learned</c>

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to<00:20:12.900><c> do</c><00:20:12.980><c> that.</c>

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Now,<00:20:15.099><c> when</c><00:20:15.240><c> you</c><00:20:15.440><c> consider</c><00:20:16.180><c> that</c><00:20:16.700><c> answer</c><00:20:17.119><c> that</c><00:20:17.339><c> the</c><00:20:17.480><c> woman</c><00:20:17.680><c> gave,</c><00:20:19.000><c> in</c>

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a<00:20:19.380><c> sense,</c><00:20:19.640><c> it</c><00:20:19.779><c> sounds</c><00:20:20.059><c> a</c><00:20:20.180><c> bit</c><00:20:20.359><c> foolish,</c><00:20:20.900><c> doesn't</c><00:20:21.000><c> it?</c>

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As<00:20:22.059><c> we've</c><00:20:22.319><c> just</c><00:20:22.579><c> mentioned,</c><00:20:23.220><c> the</c><00:20:23.259><c> natural</c><00:20:23.660><c> man</c><00:20:24.180><c> receiveth</c><00:20:24.700><c> not</c><00:20:24.960><c> the</c><00:20:25.200><c> things</c><00:20:25.380><c> of</c>

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the<00:20:25.720><c> Spirit</c><00:20:25.900><c> of</c><00:20:26.119><c> God,</c><00:20:26.579><c> for</c><00:20:26.700><c> they</c><00:20:26.900><c> are</c><00:20:27.200><c> foolishness</c><00:20:27.720><c> unto</c><00:20:28.000><c> him.</c>

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You<00:20:29.519><c> know,</c><00:20:29.680><c> the</c><00:20:29.819><c> Lord</c><00:20:30.000><c> could</c><00:20:30.200><c> have</c><00:20:30.359><c> very</c><00:20:30.640><c> well</c><00:20:30.819><c> at</c><00:20:30.880><c> that</c><00:20:31.180><c> point</c>

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said<00:20:31.680><c> to</c><00:20:31.759><c> her,</c><00:20:32.059><c> Look,</c><00:20:32.420><c> I'm</c><00:20:32.839><c> tired.</c>

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I'm<00:20:34.539><c> exhausted.</c>

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I<00:20:37.400><c> think</c><00:20:37.619><c> that</c><00:20:37.799><c> this</c><00:20:38.019><c> foolish</c><00:20:38.299><c> conversation</c><00:20:38.960><c> has</c><00:20:39.200><c> gone</c><00:20:39.359><c> far</c><00:20:39.660><c> enough.</c>

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Look,<00:20:40.200><c> would</c><00:20:40.339><c> you</c><00:20:40.559><c> please</c><00:20:40.740><c> get</c><00:20:41.000><c> your</c><00:20:41.220><c> water,</c><00:20:41.440><c> go</c><00:20:41.740><c> away</c><00:20:42.000><c> and</c><00:20:42.380><c> leave</c><00:20:42.640><c> me</c>

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alone<00:20:43.019><c> with</c><00:20:43.240><c> my</c><00:20:43.559><c> thoughts</c><00:20:43.859><c> that</c><00:20:44.180><c> I</c><00:20:44.359><c> might</c><00:20:44.519><c> risk.</c>

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But<00:20:47.019><c> he</c><00:20:47.180><c> didn't</c><00:20:47.319><c> do</c><00:20:47.559><c> that.</c>

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The<00:20:49.519><c> Lord</c><00:20:49.839><c> did</c><00:20:50.220><c> not</c><00:20:50.559><c> wipe</c><00:20:50.880><c> off</c><00:20:51.180><c> this</c><00:20:51.460><c> woman</c><00:20:51.839><c> as</c><00:20:52.519><c> a</c><00:20:52.779><c> person</c><00:20:53.180><c> who</c>

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was<00:20:53.759><c> just</c><00:20:54.119><c> simply</c><00:20:54.420><c> not</c><00:20:54.680><c> on</c><00:20:54.839><c> the</c><00:20:55.119><c> same</c><00:20:55.460><c> wavelength</c><00:20:55.900><c> as</c><00:20:56.339><c> himself.</c>

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What<00:20:58.099><c> did</c><00:20:58.279><c> he</c><00:20:58.420><c> do?</c>

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He<00:20:59.859><c> proceeded</c><00:21:00.460><c> to</c><00:21:00.960><c> educate</c><00:21:01.579><c> her</c><00:21:02.019><c> in</c><00:21:02.579><c> spiritual</c><00:21:03.140><c> things.</c>

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And<00:21:06.720><c> it</c><00:21:07.000><c> pays</c><00:21:07.180><c> us</c><00:21:07.420><c> to</c><00:21:07.660><c> remember,</c><00:21:08.119><c> brethren</c><00:21:08.279><c> and</c><00:21:08.559><c> sisters,</c><00:21:10.079><c> that</c><00:21:10.279><c> every</c><00:21:10.799><c> single</c><00:21:11.200><c> one</c>

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of<00:21:11.640><c> us</c><00:21:12.460><c> would</c><00:21:13.259><c> have</c><00:21:13.519><c> been</c><00:21:13.799><c> spiritual</c><00:21:14.759><c> write</c><00:21:15.200><c> offs</c><00:21:15.539><c> if</c><00:21:17.000><c> someone</c>

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hadn't<00:21:18.039><c> persevered</c><00:21:18.680><c> with</c><00:21:18.900><c> us.</c>

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What<00:21:21.859><c> a</c><00:21:22.059><c> lesson</c><00:21:22.240><c> the</c><00:21:22.480><c> Lord</c><00:21:22.619><c> teaches</c><00:21:23.000><c> us</c><00:21:23.299><c> there.</c>

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Perhaps<00:21:25.440><c> it</c><00:21:25.579><c> was</c><00:21:25.740><c> our</c><00:21:25.980><c> parents.</c>

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In<00:21:27.299><c> many</c><00:21:27.519><c> cases,</c><00:21:27.859><c> it</c><00:21:28.019><c> would</c><00:21:28.160><c> have</c><00:21:28.299><c> been</c><00:21:28.500><c> so.</c>

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We<00:21:30.619><c> don't</c><00:21:30.859><c> always</c><00:21:31.140><c> remember</c><00:21:31.519><c> what</c><00:21:31.720><c> we</c><00:21:31.900><c> owe</c><00:21:31.960><c> our</c><00:21:32.279><c> parents</c><00:21:32.559><c> in</c>

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the<00:21:32.940><c> truth.</c>

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The<00:21:34.539><c> time</c><00:21:34.839><c> they</c><00:21:35.140><c> gave,</c><00:21:35.579><c> the</c><00:21:35.720><c> effort</c><00:21:35.900><c> they</c><00:21:36.200><c> gave,</c><00:21:36.619><c> the</c><00:21:36.819><c> hours</c>

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they<00:21:37.279><c> spent</c><00:21:37.740><c> to</c><00:21:38.460><c> educate</c><00:21:39.039><c> us</c><00:21:39.259><c> in</c><00:21:39.519><c> things</c><00:21:39.779><c> that</c><00:21:39.960><c> are</c><00:21:40.099><c> divine.</c>

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Perhaps<00:21:42.440><c> it</c><00:21:42.579><c> was</c><00:21:42.779><c> a</c><00:21:42.960><c> brother.</c>

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Perhaps<00:21:44.539><c> you</c><00:21:44.819><c> were</c><00:21:45.079><c> a</c><00:21:45.180><c> little</c><00:21:45.339><c> later</c><00:21:45.619><c> on</c><00:21:45.779><c> in</c><00:21:45.980><c> life</c><00:21:46.200><c> in</c><00:21:46.359><c> your</c><00:21:46.519><c> 20s</c><00:21:46.859><c> or</c>

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your<00:21:47.160><c> 30s</c><00:21:47.579><c> or</c><00:21:47.720><c> 40s.</c>

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We<00:21:50.279><c> once</c><00:21:50.579><c> baptized</c><00:21:51.099><c> at</c><00:21:51.359><c> home</c><00:21:51.759><c> a</c><00:21:52.500><c> lady</c><00:21:52.779><c> of</c><00:21:52.980><c> 85</c><00:21:53.319><c> years</c><00:21:53.640><c> of</c><00:21:53.839><c> age.</c>

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And<00:21:55.500><c> she</c><00:21:55.640><c> had</c><00:21:55.779><c> been</c><00:21:56.019><c> blind</c><00:21:56.500><c> since</c><00:21:56.740><c> she</c><00:21:56.880><c> was</c><00:21:57.059><c> 60</c><00:21:57.339><c> years</c><00:21:57.619><c> old.</c>

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But<00:21:58.940><c> at</c><00:21:59.140><c> the</c><00:21:59.339><c> end</c><00:21:59.619><c> of</c><00:21:59.839><c> her</c><00:22:00.019><c> life,</c><00:22:00.799><c> she</c><00:22:01.119><c> saw</c><00:22:01.519><c> as</c><00:22:01.859><c> very</c><00:22:02.259><c> few</c><00:22:02.440><c> others</c><00:22:02.619><c> in</c>

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this<00:22:03.019><c> world</c><00:22:03.319><c> ever</c><00:22:03.779><c> see.</c>

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We<00:22:06.660><c> ourselves</c><00:22:07.200><c> would</c><00:22:07.400><c> have</c><00:22:07.559><c> been</c><00:22:07.839><c> spiritual</c><00:22:08.359><c> write</c><00:22:08.680><c> offs</c><00:22:08.980><c> if</c>

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someone<00:22:10.579><c> hadn't</c><00:22:11.039><c> persevered</c><00:22:11.480><c> with</c><00:22:11.680><c> us.</c>

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How<00:22:14.180><c> the</c><00:22:14.339><c> Lord</c><00:22:14.519><c> reminds</c><00:22:15.039><c> us</c><00:22:15.660><c> of</c><00:22:16.339><c> our</c><00:22:16.660><c> own</c><00:22:16.940><c> responsibilities</c>

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and<00:22:18.640><c> our</c><00:22:19.000><c> obligations</c><00:22:19.880><c> both</c><00:22:21.299><c> within</c><00:22:21.640><c> the</c><00:22:21.880><c> brotherhood</c><00:22:22.640><c> and</c><00:22:23.299><c> without.</c>

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A<00:22:25.640><c> very</c><00:22:26.140><c> humbling</c><00:22:26.640><c> list</c><00:22:27.079><c> for</c><00:22:27.500><c> every</c><00:22:27.720><c> one</c><00:22:27.859><c> of</c><00:22:28.039><c> us.</c>

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And<00:22:30.200><c> the</c><00:22:30.339><c> Lord's</c><00:22:30.680><c> been</c><00:22:30.839><c> saying</c><00:22:31.259><c> a</c><00:22:31.859><c> very,</c><00:22:32.119><c> very</c><00:22:32.380><c> strange</c><00:22:32.759><c> thing</c>

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in<00:22:33.920><c> the</c><00:22:34.099><c> 16th</c><00:22:34.640><c> verse,</c>

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something<00:22:36.400><c> that</c><00:22:36.619><c> had</c><00:22:36.819><c> absolutely</c><00:22:37.380><c> nothing</c><00:22:37.980><c> whatever</c><00:22:38.400><c> to</c><00:22:39.119><c> do</c>

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with<00:22:39.420><c> what</c><00:22:39.579><c> had</c><00:22:39.720><c> been</c><00:22:39.920><c> said</c><00:22:40.200><c> up</c><00:22:40.599><c> until</c><00:22:40.900><c> this</c><00:22:41.119><c> point.</c>

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Go<00:22:43.160><c> call</c><00:22:43.720><c> my</c><00:22:43.920><c> husband.</c>

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Do<00:22:46.920><c> we</c><00:22:47.160><c> appreciate</c><00:22:47.640><c> that</c><00:22:48.660><c> this</c><00:22:48.900><c> was</c><00:22:49.059><c> the</c><00:22:49.299><c> beginning</c><00:22:49.720><c> of</c><00:22:50.200><c> the</c>

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Lord's<00:22:50.880><c> answer</c><00:22:51.319><c> to</c><00:22:52.000><c> her</c><00:22:52.240><c> request?</c>

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Give<00:22:53.839><c> me</c><00:22:54.259><c> this</c><00:22:54.640><c> water</c><00:22:54.960><c> that</c><00:22:55.180><c> I</c><00:22:55.500><c> thirst</c><00:22:55.720><c> not.</c>

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He<00:22:58.299><c> was</c><00:22:58.579><c> not</c><00:22:58.839><c> changing</c><00:22:59.220><c> the</c><00:22:59.480><c> subject.</c>

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She<00:23:01.700><c> says</c><00:23:01.940><c> to</c><00:23:02.119><c> him,</c><00:23:02.759><c> give</c><00:23:02.960><c> me</c><00:23:03.279><c> this</c><00:23:03.599><c> water</c><00:23:03.819><c> that</c><00:23:04.119><c> I</c><00:23:04.460><c> thirst</c><00:23:04.680><c> not.</c>

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And<00:23:05.859><c> the</c><00:23:06.000><c> Lord</c><00:23:06.160><c> says,</c><00:23:07.079><c> go</c><00:23:07.200><c> and</c><00:23:07.420><c> call</c><00:23:07.579><c> my</c><00:23:07.700><c> husband.</c>

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Why?

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He<00:23:12.319><c> was</c><00:23:12.559><c> putting</c><00:23:12.819><c> her</c><00:23:13.019><c> to</c><00:23:13.140><c> the</c><00:23:13.359><c> test.</c>

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And<00:23:15.619><c> she</c><00:23:15.859><c> had</c><00:23:16.019><c> to</c><00:23:16.259><c> be</c><00:23:16.480><c> convicted</c><00:23:17.140><c> of</c><00:23:17.960><c> her</c><00:23:18.400><c> own</c><00:23:19.019><c> sinful</c><00:23:19.599><c> state</c>

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because<00:23:21.839><c> that</c><00:23:22.160><c> is</c><00:23:22.400><c> the</c><00:23:22.720><c> first</c><00:23:23.140><c> step</c><00:23:23.460><c> on</c><00:23:23.680><c> the</c><00:23:23.900><c> pathway</c><00:23:24.240><c> to</c>

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eternal<00:23:25.400><c> redemption.</c>

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And<00:23:29.180><c> learning</c><00:23:29.420><c> the</c><00:23:29.759><c> truth</c><00:23:29.900><c> is</c><00:23:30.119><c> not</c><00:23:30.460><c> simply</c><00:23:30.819><c> a</c><00:23:31.000><c> matter</c><00:23:31.220><c> of</c><00:23:31.539><c> understanding</c><00:23:32.039><c> what</c>

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is<00:23:32.420><c> in</c><00:23:32.500><c> the</c><00:23:32.779><c> statement</c><00:23:33.000><c> of</c><00:23:33.279><c> faith</c><00:23:33.500><c> and</c><00:23:33.779><c> in</c><00:23:33.940><c> the</c><00:23:34.119><c> declaration</c>

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and<00:23:35.180><c> saying,</c><00:23:35.660><c> yes,</c><00:23:35.779><c> well,</c><00:23:35.920><c> I</c><00:23:36.140><c> understand</c><00:23:36.579><c> that.</c><00:23:36.799><c> That's</c>

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quite<00:23:37.279><c> right.</c>

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I<00:23:37.799><c> read</c><00:23:37.900><c> the</c><00:23:38.099><c> Bible.</c><00:23:38.400><c> I</c><00:23:38.500><c> find</c><00:23:38.720><c> it.</c><00:23:39.039><c> So</c><00:23:39.240><c> please</c><00:23:39.559><c> baptize</c><00:23:40.059><c> me.</c><00:23:40.279><c> I</c>

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want<00:23:40.460><c> to</c><00:23:40.559><c> be</c><00:23:40.700><c> baptized.</c>

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The<00:23:43.299><c> very</c><00:23:43.920><c> first</c><00:23:44.579><c> principle</c><00:23:45.240><c> that</c><00:23:46.480><c> leads</c><00:23:46.720><c> to</c><00:23:46.980><c> salvation</c><00:23:47.519><c> is</c>

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an<00:23:49.039><c> awareness</c><00:23:49.380><c> of</c><00:23:49.599><c> our</c><00:23:49.819><c> own</c><00:23:50.359><c> state</c><00:23:50.700><c> and</c><00:23:51.900><c> our</c><00:23:52.059><c> own</c><00:23:52.319><c> need.</c>

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So<00:23:53.599><c> he</c><00:23:53.960><c> tested</c><00:23:54.380><c> her.</c><00:23:55.759><c> Go</c><00:23:56.160><c> call</c><00:23:57.559><c> my</c><00:23:57.759><c> husband.</c>

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And<00:24:00.299><c> so</c><00:24:00.680><c> with</c><00:24:01.220><c> sublime</c><00:24:01.940><c> gentleness</c><00:24:02.680><c> and</c><00:24:03.599><c> yet</c><00:24:03.940><c> absolutely</c>

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devastating<00:24:06.259><c> directness,</c>

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the<00:24:08.420><c> Lord</c><00:24:08.880><c> was</c><00:24:09.259><c> laying</c><00:24:09.460><c> a</c><00:24:09.799><c> foundation</c><00:24:10.400><c> with</c><00:24:10.880><c> that</c><00:24:11.200><c> statement</c>

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that<00:24:12.000><c> was</c><00:24:12.200><c> going</c><00:24:12.359><c> to</c><00:24:12.559><c> produce</c><00:24:13.000><c> in</c><00:24:13.220><c> this</c><00:24:13.500><c> woman</c><00:24:13.980><c> an</c><00:24:14.660><c> awareness</c>

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of<00:24:15.279><c> her</c><00:24:15.640><c> sinfulness,</c>

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which<00:24:17.579><c> in</c><00:24:17.980><c> turn</c><00:24:18.359><c> would</c><00:24:19.000><c> make</c><00:24:19.299><c> her</c><00:24:19.660><c> aware</c><00:24:20.039><c> of</c><00:24:20.559><c> her</c><00:24:20.900><c> need</c><00:24:21.180><c> to</c>

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seek<00:24:21.859><c> repentance.</c>

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And<00:24:24.700><c> so</c><00:24:24.880><c> in</c><00:24:25.059><c> verse</c><00:24:25.279><c> 17</c><00:24:25.920><c> and</c><00:24:26.279><c> verse</c><00:24:26.500><c> 18,</c><00:24:27.519><c> the</c><00:24:27.640><c> woman</c><00:24:27.819><c> answered</c><00:24:28.180><c> and</c><00:24:28.480><c> said,</c><00:24:29.140><c> I</c>

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have<00:24:29.799><c> no</c><00:24:30.000><c> husband.</c>

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I<00:24:34.740><c> have</c><00:24:34.980><c> no</c><00:24:35.140><c> husband.</c>

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Very<00:24:37.940><c> interesting</c><00:24:38.359><c> proposition.</c>

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Very<00:24:40.839><c> interesting</c><00:24:41.220><c> answer.</c>

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But<00:24:43.720><c> it</c><00:24:43.819><c> was</c><00:24:43.980><c> an</c><00:24:44.200><c> evasive</c><00:24:44.640><c> answer.</c>

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What<00:24:46.900><c> she</c><00:24:47.140><c> said</c><00:24:47.279><c> was</c><00:24:47.599><c> true.</c>

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But<00:24:49.940><c> it</c><00:24:50.059><c> was</c><00:24:50.240><c> misleading.</c>

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In<00:24:52.539><c> verse</c><00:24:52.740><c> 17</c><00:24:53.180><c> and</c><00:24:53.400><c> verse</c><00:24:53.640><c> 18,</c><00:24:54.619><c> we</c><00:24:54.799><c> have</c><00:24:54.960><c> another</c><00:24:55.220><c> instance</c><00:24:55.660><c> of</c>

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the<00:24:55.960><c> Lord's</c><00:24:56.299><c> ability</c><00:24:56.700><c> to</c><00:24:57.200><c> see</c><00:24:57.460><c> directly</c><00:24:58.339><c> into</c><00:24:58.539><c> the</c><00:24:58.740><c> heart</c><00:24:58.880><c> of</c>

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a<00:24:59.180><c> person.</c>

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Remember<00:25:01.299><c> what</c><00:25:01.500><c> we</c><00:25:01.720><c> saw</c><00:25:01.900><c> yesterday</c><00:25:02.519><c> with</c><00:25:02.920><c> Nathaniel?</c>

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I<00:25:03.799><c> saw</c><00:25:04.079><c> thee</c><00:25:04.240><c> when</c><00:25:04.359><c> thou</c><00:25:04.539><c> wast</c><00:25:04.680><c> under</c><00:25:04.900><c> the</c><00:25:05.099><c> fig</c><00:25:05.240><c> tree.</c>

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And<00:25:06.240><c> by</c><00:25:06.460><c> that,</c><00:25:06.839><c> the</c><00:25:06.900><c> Lord</c><00:25:07.079><c> meant</c><00:25:07.279><c> not</c><00:25:07.559><c> simply</c><00:25:07.859><c> in</c><00:25:08.059><c> a</c><00:25:08.119><c> literal</c><00:25:08.420><c> sense,</c>

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but<00:25:09.119><c> he</c><00:25:09.259><c> had</c><00:25:09.380><c> been</c><00:25:09.539><c> able</c><00:25:09.740><c> to</c><00:25:09.960><c> discern</c><00:25:10.359><c> what</c><00:25:10.519><c> was</c><00:25:10.740><c> in</c><00:25:10.839><c> the</c><00:25:11.099><c> heart</c>

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of<00:25:11.400><c> that</c><00:25:11.640><c> man,</c><00:25:12.079><c> Nicodemus.</c>

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And<00:25:13.680><c> he</c><00:25:13.759><c> was</c><00:25:13.980><c> able</c><00:25:14.140><c> to</c><00:25:14.400><c> say,</c><00:25:15.059><c> look,</c><00:25:16.500><c> a</c><00:25:16.759><c> true</c><00:25:17.059><c> Israelite.</c>

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Because<00:25:20.019><c> he</c><00:25:20.279><c> knew</c><00:25:20.480><c> the</c><00:25:20.700><c> disposition</c><00:25:21.259><c> of</c><00:25:21.880><c> Nathaniel.</c>

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Now<00:25:24.099><c> he</c><00:25:24.319><c> looks</c><00:25:24.579><c> directly</c><00:25:25.440><c> into</c><00:25:25.740><c> the</c><00:25:26.059><c> heart</c><00:25:26.259><c> of</c><00:25:26.480><c> this</c><00:25:26.680><c> woman.</c>

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And<00:25:28.039><c> she</c><00:25:28.240><c> was</c><00:25:28.680><c> absolutely</c><00:25:29.740><c> flabbergasted.</c>

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She<00:25:30.940><c> was</c><00:25:31.299><c> astonished.</c>

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She<00:25:32.400><c> was</c><00:25:32.940><c> startled</c><00:25:33.420><c> to</c><00:25:34.319><c> learn</c><00:25:34.539><c> that</c><00:25:34.720><c> this</c><00:25:34.980><c> man</c><00:25:35.559><c> whom</c><00:25:35.839><c> she</c><00:25:36.039><c> had</c>

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just<00:25:36.440><c> met</c><00:25:36.700><c> had</c><00:25:37.339><c> such</c><00:25:37.619><c> an</c><00:25:37.940><c> intimate</c><00:25:38.140><c> understanding</c><00:25:38.859><c> of</c><00:25:39.519><c> her</c>

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past<00:25:40.500><c> and</c><00:25:41.319><c> present</c><00:25:41.779><c> life.</c>

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And<00:25:44.500><c> suddenly</c><00:25:44.839><c> she</c><00:25:45.119><c> finds</c><00:25:45.480><c> herself</c><00:25:45.799><c> saying</c><00:25:46.140><c> within</c><00:25:46.339><c> herself,</c>

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yes,<00:25:47.420><c> this</c><00:25:47.720><c> man</c><00:25:47.920><c> is</c><00:25:48.299><c> certainly</c><00:25:48.660><c> greater</c><00:25:49.019><c> than</c><00:25:49.319><c> Jacob.</c>

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The<00:25:51.559><c> light</c><00:25:51.700><c> of</c><00:25:52.039><c> understanding</c><00:25:52.559><c> began</c><00:25:53.039><c> to</c><00:25:53.420><c> dawn</c><00:25:53.579><c> upon</c><00:25:53.819><c> the</c><00:25:53.980><c> woman</c><00:25:54.160><c> of</c><00:25:54.380><c> Samaria.</c>

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And<00:25:55.180><c> it</c><00:25:55.380><c> took</c><00:25:55.640><c> that</c><00:25:55.980><c> question</c><00:25:56.880><c> and</c><00:25:59.220><c> the</c><00:25:59.380><c> answer</c><00:25:59.720><c> that</c><00:25:59.920><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:26:00.220><c> gave.</c>

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She<00:26:01.960><c> says,</c><00:26:02.079><c> I</c><00:26:02.259><c> have</c><00:26:02.500><c> no</c><00:26:02.700><c> husband,</c><00:26:04.200><c> which</c><00:26:04.420><c> means</c><00:26:04.920><c> that</c><00:26:05.380><c> she</c><00:26:05.579><c> was</c>

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not<00:26:06.180><c> yet</c><00:26:06.460><c> prepared</c><00:26:07.000><c> to</c><00:26:07.440><c> face</c><00:26:07.839><c> or</c><00:26:08.400><c> confess</c><00:26:09.099><c> the</c><00:26:09.960><c> truth.</c>

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She<00:26:11.720><c> was</c><00:26:11.940><c> not</c><00:26:12.240><c> yet</c><00:26:12.539><c> prepared</c><00:26:12.859><c> to</c><00:26:13.119><c> say,</c><00:26:13.539><c> Lord,</c><00:26:13.960><c> I'm</c><00:26:14.359><c> living</c><00:26:14.619><c> with</c><00:26:14.859><c> a</c><00:26:15.059><c> man.</c>

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I<00:26:15.980><c> don't</c><00:26:16.160><c> have</c><00:26:16.400><c> a</c><00:26:16.539><c> husband.</c>

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I'm<00:26:17.359><c> an</c><00:26:17.539><c> immoral</c><00:26:17.960><c> woman.</c>

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She<00:26:20.660><c> takes</c><00:26:20.940><c> the</c><00:26:21.200><c> easy</c><00:26:21.400><c> way</c><00:26:21.599><c> out.</c>

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And<00:26:22.700><c> we</c><00:26:22.859><c> very</c><00:26:23.079><c> often</c><00:26:23.319><c> do</c><00:26:23.480><c> that</c><00:26:23.640><c> ourselves.</c>

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We'll<00:26:25.400><c> give</c><00:26:25.500><c> an</c><00:26:25.680><c> answer</c><00:26:25.940><c> that</c><00:26:26.160><c> is</c><00:26:26.319><c> perhaps</c><00:26:26.579><c> not</c><00:26:26.859><c> a</c><00:26:27.019><c> lie.</c>

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But<00:26:28.500><c> it</c><00:26:28.819><c> evades</c><00:26:29.180><c> the</c><00:26:29.440><c> issue</c><00:26:29.779><c> in</c><00:26:30.380><c> a</c><00:26:30.519><c> way</c><00:26:30.640><c> that</c><00:26:30.859><c> makes</c><00:26:31.019><c> it</c><00:26:31.259><c> much</c>

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more<00:26:31.819><c> pleasant</c><00:26:32.099><c> for</c><00:26:32.440><c> ourselves.</c>

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What<00:26:35.460><c> does</c><00:26:35.640><c> the</c><00:26:35.779><c> Lord</c><00:26:35.960><c> say?</c>

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Thou<00:26:37.079><c> hast</c><00:26:37.299><c> well</c><00:26:37.640><c> said.</c>

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Thou<00:26:39.400><c> hast</c><00:26:39.619><c> well</c><00:26:39.940><c> said,</c><00:26:40.160><c> woman,</c><00:26:41.000><c> you</c><00:26:41.200><c> have</c><00:26:41.400><c> no</c><00:26:41.579><c> husband.</c>

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That<00:26:42.900><c> I</c><00:26:43.519><c> well</c><00:26:43.819><c> know.</c>

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Thou<00:26:44.960><c> hast</c><00:26:45.240><c> well</c><00:26:45.680><c> said,</c><00:26:45.920><c> I</c><00:26:46.220><c> have</c><00:26:46.480><c> no</c><00:26:46.799><c> husband,</c><00:26:47.740><c> for</c><00:26:48.039><c> thou</c><00:26:48.420><c> hast</c>

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had<00:26:49.180><c> five</c><00:26:49.599><c> husbands.</c>

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And<00:26:51.279><c> he</c><00:26:51.700><c> whom</c><00:26:51.940><c> thou</c><00:26:52.160><c> now</c><00:26:52.460><c> hast</c><00:26:52.740><c> is</c><00:26:53.400><c> not</c><00:26:53.740><c> thy</c><00:26:54.000><c> husband.</c>

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In<00:26:55.700><c> that,</c><00:26:56.500><c> said</c><00:26:56.640><c> thou</c><00:26:56.960><c> truly.</c>

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What<00:27:00.299><c> would</c><00:27:00.559><c> that</c><00:27:00.720><c> have</c><00:27:00.900><c> done</c><00:27:01.119><c> to</c><00:27:01.279><c> the</c><00:27:01.380><c> woman</c><00:27:01.579><c> of</c><00:27:01.799><c> Samaria?</c>

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Verse<00:27:04.299><c> 19.</c>

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The<00:27:06.160><c> woman</c><00:27:06.539><c> said</c><00:27:06.740><c> unto</c><00:27:07.000><c> him,</c><00:27:07.400><c> Sir,</c><00:27:08.619><c> I</c><00:27:08.940><c> perceive</c><00:27:09.539><c> that</c><00:27:09.839><c> thou</c><00:27:10.039><c> art</c><00:27:10.500><c> a</c><00:27:10.880><c> prophet.</c>

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Again,<00:27:13.160><c> the</c><00:27:13.240><c> use</c><00:27:13.440><c> of</c><00:27:13.640><c> the</c><00:27:13.720><c> word,</c><00:27:14.319><c> sir,</c><00:27:15.660><c> showing</c><00:27:15.880><c> difference</c>

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and<00:27:17.119><c> respect.</c>

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I<00:27:18.359><c> perceive</c><00:27:19.079><c> that</c><00:27:19.420><c> thou</c><00:27:19.680><c> art</c><00:27:19.940><c> a</c><00:27:20.279><c> prophet.</c>

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We<00:27:22.400><c> have</c><00:27:22.599><c> a</c><00:27:22.759><c> word</c><00:27:23.000><c> there</c><00:27:23.460><c> that</c><00:27:23.759><c> is</c><00:27:23.920><c> a</c><00:27:24.019><c> little</c><00:27:24.200><c> different</c><00:27:24.579><c> to</c>

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the<00:27:24.900><c> usual</c><00:27:25.220><c> word</c><00:27:25.559><c> for</c><00:27:26.299><c> prophet.</c>

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As<00:27:27.160><c> we</c><00:27:27.319><c> would</c><00:27:27.500><c> understand</c><00:27:27.920><c> the</c><00:27:28.119><c> word</c><00:27:28.440><c> in</c><00:27:28.839><c> English.</c>

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The<00:27:30.660><c> Greek</c><00:27:30.940><c> word,</c><00:27:32.019><c> theoria,</c><00:27:32.859><c> is</c><00:27:33.200><c> a</c><00:27:33.420><c> word</c><00:27:33.599><c> which</c><00:27:33.900><c> means</c><00:27:34.440><c> to</c><00:27:35.059><c> studiously</c><00:27:35.740><c> and</c>

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attentively<00:27:37.140><c> consider.</c>

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To<00:27:39.319><c> see</c><00:27:39.779><c> with</c><00:27:40.119><c> regard</c><00:27:40.740><c> or</c><00:27:41.059><c> admiration</c><00:27:41.680><c> or</c><00:27:42.359><c> to</c><00:27:42.700><c> have</c><00:27:42.880><c> the</c><00:27:43.160><c> ability</c><00:27:43.539><c> to</c>

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look<00:27:44.240><c> diligently</c><00:27:44.759><c> into</c><00:27:45.319><c> something.</c>

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In<00:27:47.039><c> effect,</c><00:27:47.420><c> she</c><00:27:47.579><c> was</c><00:27:47.740><c> saying,</c><00:27:48.539><c> you</c><00:27:48.680><c> know</c><00:27:49.000><c> what</c><00:27:49.220><c> you're</c>

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talking<00:27:49.819><c> about.</c>

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She<00:27:52.200><c> didn't</c><00:27:52.440><c> yet</c><00:27:52.660><c> quite</c><00:27:52.900><c> know</c><00:27:53.119><c> why,</c><00:27:53.660><c> but</c><00:27:53.880><c> she</c><00:27:54.180><c> knew</c><00:27:54.400><c> and</c><00:27:54.700><c> she</c>

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acknowledged<00:27:55.440><c> that.</c>

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And<00:27:58.460><c> so</c><00:27:58.599><c> as</c><00:27:58.799><c> the</c><00:27:58.980><c> Lord</c><00:27:59.140><c> had</c><00:27:59.420><c> tested</c><00:27:59.720><c> her</c><00:28:00.519><c> with</c><00:28:01.220><c> a</c><00:28:01.440><c> question,</c><00:28:02.099><c> go</c>

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call<00:28:02.480><c> thy</c><00:28:02.640><c> husband.</c>

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We<00:28:04.619><c> find</c><00:28:04.859><c> in</c><00:28:05.099><c> verse</c><00:28:05.359><c> 20</c><00:28:05.880><c> that</c><00:28:06.740><c> she</c><00:28:07.079><c> now</c><00:28:07.420><c> begins</c><00:28:07.900><c> to</c><00:28:08.460><c> probe</c><00:28:08.819><c> the</c>

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Lord's<00:28:09.579><c> teaching</c><00:28:09.940><c> and</c><00:28:10.579><c> to</c><00:28:10.920><c> test</c><00:28:11.220><c> him.</c>

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Look<00:28:12.779><c> at</c><00:28:12.940><c> verse</c><00:28:13.180><c> 20.</c>

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Our<00:28:14.920><c> fathers</c><00:28:15.319><c> worshiped</c><00:28:15.920><c> in</c><00:28:15.960><c> this</c><00:28:16.200><c> mountain</c><00:28:16.599><c> and</c><00:28:17.480><c> ye</c><00:28:17.759><c> say</c><00:28:17.980><c> that</c><00:28:18.160><c> in</c>

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Jerusalem<00:28:18.900><c> is</c><00:28:19.279><c> the</c><00:28:19.500><c> place</c><00:28:19.759><c> where</c><00:28:19.940><c> men</c><00:28:20.059><c> ought</c><00:28:20.259><c> to</c><00:28:20.480><c> worship.</c>

00:28:21.779 --> 00:28:24.940
You<00:28:22.019><c> see,</c><00:28:22.200><c> she</c><00:28:22.400><c> goes</c><00:28:22.700><c> back</c><00:28:23.000><c> again</c><00:28:23.359><c> to</c><00:28:23.660><c> the</c><00:28:24.039><c> contention</c><00:28:24.599><c> of</c>

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verse<00:28:25.220><c> nine.</c>

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The<00:28:27.099><c> hostility</c><00:28:27.640><c> between</c><00:28:27.980><c> the</c><00:28:28.279><c> Jew</c><00:28:28.400><c> and</c><00:28:28.579><c> the</c><00:28:28.779><c> Samaritan.</c>

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She<00:28:32.240><c> raises</c><00:28:32.660><c> the</c><00:28:33.200><c> centuries</c><00:28:33.619><c> old</c><00:28:34.000><c> contention</c><00:28:34.859><c> between</c><00:28:35.440><c> the</c>

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Jew<00:28:36.220><c> and</c><00:28:36.599><c> the</c><00:28:36.839><c> Samaritan.</c>

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In<00:28:38.799><c> a</c><00:28:39.000><c> way,</c><00:28:39.140><c> it's</c><00:28:39.400><c> almost</c><00:28:39.660><c> as</c><00:28:39.880><c> though</c><00:28:40.019><c> she</c><00:28:40.259><c> said</c><00:28:40.440><c> to</c><00:28:40.599><c> him,</c><00:28:40.940><c> which</c><00:28:41.339><c> form</c>

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of<00:28:41.940><c> religion</c><00:28:42.240><c> is</c><00:28:42.759><c> correct?</c>

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That<00:28:43.960><c> followed</c><00:28:44.259><c> by</c><00:28:44.519><c> the</c><00:28:44.759><c> Jews</c><00:28:45.099><c> or</c><00:28:45.519><c> that</c><00:28:45.819><c> followed</c><00:28:46.079><c> by</c><00:28:46.339><c> the</c><00:28:46.599><c> Samaritans.</c>

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That's<00:28:49.799><c> in</c><00:28:49.960><c> effect</c><00:28:50.140><c> what</c><00:28:50.359><c> she's</c><00:28:50.839><c> saying.</c>

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How<00:28:53.599><c> does</c><00:28:53.779><c> the</c><00:28:53.940><c> Lord</c><00:28:54.059><c> handle</c><00:28:54.400><c> that?</c>

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Very,<00:28:56.980><c> very</c><00:28:57.140><c> beautifully.</c>

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Verse<00:28:59.180><c> 21.</c>

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Woman,<00:29:02.759><c> believe</c><00:29:03.039><c> me,</c><00:29:04.319><c> the</c><00:29:04.440><c> hour</c><00:29:04.779><c> cometh</c><00:29:05.319><c> when</c><00:29:05.839><c> ye</c><00:29:06.079><c> shall</c><00:29:06.220><c> neither</c><00:29:06.519><c> in</c>

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this<00:29:06.980><c> mountain</c><00:29:07.500><c> nor</c><00:29:08.079><c> yet</c><00:29:08.299><c> at</c><00:29:08.440><c> Jerusalem</c><00:29:09.059><c> worship</c><00:29:09.859><c> the</c><00:29:10.099><c> father.</c>

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And<00:29:12.160><c> there</c><00:29:12.440><c> is</c><00:29:12.640><c> the</c><00:29:12.880><c> first</c><00:29:13.140><c> point</c><00:29:13.400><c> in</c><00:29:13.559><c> the</c><00:29:13.720><c> Lord's</c><00:29:14.079><c> reply.</c>

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And<00:29:15.240><c> it</c><00:29:15.460><c> was</c><00:29:15.660><c> in</c><00:29:15.819><c> effect</c><00:29:16.140><c> stating</c><00:29:16.579><c> that</c><00:29:17.359><c> divine</c><00:29:17.859><c> judgment</c><00:29:18.319><c> was</c>

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coming<00:29:18.880><c> upon</c><00:29:19.539><c> both</c><00:29:20.079><c> forms</c><00:29:20.460><c> of</c><00:29:20.700><c> religious</c><00:29:21.039><c> worship.</c>

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Because<00:29:22.180><c> neither</c><00:29:22.640><c> Jew</c><00:29:23.180><c> nor</c><00:29:23.660><c> Samaritan</c><00:29:24.299><c> were</c><00:29:24.740><c> worshipping</c><00:29:25.359><c> in</c>

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spirit<00:29:26.079><c> and</c><00:29:26.380><c> in</c><00:29:26.700><c> truth.</c>

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And<00:29:29.440><c> that</c><00:29:29.680><c> prediction</c><00:29:30.180><c> in</c><00:29:30.500><c> verse</c><00:29:30.759><c> 21</c><00:29:31.279><c> was</c><00:29:31.779><c> fulfilled</c><00:29:32.440><c> in</c><00:29:32.819><c> 1870</c>

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when<00:29:34.079><c> both</c><00:29:34.420><c> Jerusalem</c><00:29:35.039><c> and</c><00:29:35.359><c> the</c><00:29:35.500><c> area</c><00:29:35.720><c> of</c><00:29:35.980><c> Samaria</c><00:29:36.380><c> was</c><00:29:36.940><c> devastated.</c>

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As<00:29:38.539><c> a</c><00:29:38.660><c> result</c><00:29:39.019><c> of</c><00:29:39.160><c> the</c><00:29:39.279><c> rebellion</c><00:29:39.799><c> against</c><00:29:40.539><c> the</c><00:29:40.940><c> Roman</c><00:29:41.420><c> rule.</c>

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And<00:29:43.319><c> the</c><00:29:43.480><c> Lord</c><00:29:43.680><c> has</c><00:29:43.940><c> got</c><00:29:44.180><c> together</c><00:29:44.519><c> to</c><00:29:44.859><c> see</c><00:29:45.279><c> that</c><00:29:46.119><c> it</c><00:29:46.319><c> is</c><00:29:46.579><c> not</c><00:29:46.779><c> a</c>

00:29:46.980 --> 00:29:52.380
case<00:29:47.359><c> of</c><00:29:47.900><c> Jew</c><00:29:48.319><c> versus</c><00:29:49.059><c> Samaritan</c><00:29:49.859><c> or</c><00:29:50.240><c> Mount</c><00:29:50.539><c> Gerizim</c><00:29:51.200><c> versus</c><00:29:51.740><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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Not<00:29:52.960><c> in</c><00:29:53.319><c> any</c><00:29:53.740><c> sense</c><00:29:54.119><c> whatever.</c>

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And<00:29:56.200><c> the</c><00:29:56.460><c> Lord</c><00:29:56.720><c> teaches</c><00:29:57.180><c> us</c><00:29:57.519><c> here,</c><00:29:58.059><c> brethren</c><00:29:58.099><c> and</c><00:29:58.440><c> sisters,</c>

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one<00:29:59.339><c> of</c><00:29:59.460><c> the</c><00:29:59.619><c> most</c><00:29:59.880><c> profound</c><00:30:00.599><c> things</c><00:30:01.039><c> he</c><00:30:01.440><c> ever</c><00:30:01.839><c> taught.</c>

00:30:03.180 --> 00:30:08.940
He<00:30:03.900><c> taught</c><00:30:04.240><c> the</c><00:30:04.579><c> woman</c><00:30:04.819><c> of</c><00:30:05.119><c> Samaria</c><00:30:06.000><c> who</c><00:30:06.819><c> typifies</c><00:30:07.500><c> ourselves.</c>

00:30:09.940 --> 00:30:14.380
That<00:30:10.079><c> the</c><00:30:10.400><c> conditions</c><00:30:11.140><c> for</c><00:30:11.539><c> divine</c><00:30:12.039><c> worship</c><00:30:12.720><c> rest</c><00:30:13.759><c> with</c><00:30:14.039><c> the</c>

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person<00:30:14.880><c> and</c><00:30:16.059><c> not</c><00:30:16.579><c> the</c><00:30:17.039><c> place.</c>

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That's<00:30:20.359><c> the</c><00:30:20.500><c> point.</c>

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Conditions<00:30:23.799><c> for</c><00:30:24.059><c> divine</c><00:30:24.420><c> worship.</c>

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Rest<00:30:26.839><c> with</c><00:30:27.059><c> a</c><00:30:27.259><c> person.</c>

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And<00:30:29.359><c> not</c><00:30:29.599><c> the</c><00:30:29.900><c> place.</c>

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God<00:30:32.220><c> is</c><00:30:32.500><c> concerned</c><00:30:33.200><c> with</c><00:30:34.180><c> spirit</c><00:30:34.720><c> and</c><00:30:35.220><c> with</c><00:30:35.619><c> truth.</c>

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He<00:30:37.299><c> is</c><00:30:37.619><c> concerned</c><00:30:38.299><c> with</c><00:30:38.559><c> what</c><00:30:38.940><c> rests</c><00:30:39.299><c> in</c><00:30:39.539><c> the</c><00:30:39.900><c> hearts</c><00:30:40.160><c> of</c><00:30:40.400><c> men</c>

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and<00:30:40.799><c> women.</c>

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What<00:30:41.859><c> motivates</c><00:30:42.440><c> them.</c><00:30:42.759><c> What</c><00:30:43.019><c> moves</c><00:30:43.400><c> them.</c>

00:30:43.740 --> 00:30:45.559
How<00:30:44.000><c> they</c><00:30:44.400><c> think.</c><00:30:44.720><c> How</c><00:30:44.900><c> they</c><00:30:45.259><c> act.</c>

00:30:45.819 --> 00:30:49.180
What<00:30:46.019><c> their</c><00:30:46.299><c> goals</c><00:30:46.700><c> and</c><00:30:46.940><c> their</c><00:30:47.220><c> objectives</c><00:30:47.619><c> in</c><00:30:47.880><c> life</c><00:30:48.140><c> are.</c>

00:30:50.380 --> 00:30:54.019
Not<00:30:50.559><c> the</c><00:30:50.799><c> particular</c><00:30:51.119><c> place</c><00:30:51.480><c> in</c><00:30:51.619><c> which</c><00:30:51.799><c> they</c><00:30:52.059><c> go</c><00:30:52.440><c> to</c><00:30:53.059><c> undertake</c><00:30:53.440><c> a</c><00:30:53.700><c> form</c>

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of<00:30:54.700><c> ritualistic</c><00:30:55.279><c> worship.</c>

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Then<00:30:57.619><c> in</c><00:30:57.839><c> verse</c><00:30:58.039><c> 22,</c><00:30:59.279><c> he</c><00:30:59.440><c> makes</c><00:30:59.700><c> his</c><00:30:59.960><c> second</c><00:31:00.220><c> point.</c>

00:31:01.660 --> 00:31:03.579
Ye<00:31:01.660><c> worship,</c><00:31:02.279><c> ye</c><00:31:02.420><c> know</c><00:31:02.539><c> not</c><00:31:02.819><c> what.</c>

00:31:03.819 --> 00:31:05.539
We<00:31:04.079><c> know</c><00:31:04.240><c> what</c><00:31:04.420><c> we</c><00:31:04.640><c> worship.</c>

00:31:05.559 --> 00:31:09.279
For<00:31:05.759><c> salvation</c><00:31:06.539><c> is</c><00:31:07.619><c> of</c><00:31:08.119><c> the</c><00:31:08.359><c> Jews.</c>

00:31:10.400 --> 00:31:14.700
In<00:31:10.680><c> effect,</c><00:31:11.759><c> the</c><00:31:11.880><c> beginning</c><00:31:12.099><c> of</c><00:31:12.279><c> verse</c><00:31:12.460><c> 22</c><00:31:12.940><c> was</c><00:31:13.220><c> saying</c><00:31:13.700><c> that</c>

00:31:14.700 --> 00:31:18.619
the<00:31:14.920><c> religion</c><00:31:15.180><c> of</c><00:31:15.380><c> the</c><00:31:15.539><c> Samaritans</c><00:31:16.259><c> was</c><00:31:16.980><c> a</c><00:31:17.319><c> jumble</c><00:31:17.759><c> of</c><00:31:18.240><c> error</c>

00:31:18.619 --> 00:31:21.119
and<00:31:19.079><c> inconsistency.</c>

00:31:22.420 --> 00:31:27.200
Weymouth<00:31:23.099><c> translates</c><00:31:23.779><c> that</c><00:31:24.160><c> phrase,</c><00:31:25.240><c> you</c><00:31:25.440><c> worship</c><00:31:26.039><c> that</c><00:31:26.660><c> of</c>

00:31:27.200 --> 00:31:29.140
which<00:31:27.440><c> you</c><00:31:27.799><c> know</c><00:31:28.140><c> nothing.</c>

00:31:30.700 --> 00:31:33.799
You<00:31:30.980><c> worship</c><00:31:31.359><c> that</c><00:31:31.680><c> of</c><00:31:31.900><c> which</c><00:31:32.099><c> you</c><00:31:32.339><c> know</c><00:31:32.660><c> nothing.</c>

00:31:35.200 --> 00:31:39.839
They<00:31:35.539><c> claim</c><00:31:35.900><c> to</c><00:31:36.079><c> be</c><00:31:36.279><c> worshipers,</c><00:31:37.440><c> but</c><00:31:37.539><c> they</c><00:31:37.900><c> didn't</c><00:31:38.099><c> understand</c><00:31:38.640><c> the</c><00:31:38.980><c> truth</c><00:31:39.359><c> or</c>

00:31:39.839 --> 00:31:42.359
even<00:31:40.019><c> the</c><00:31:40.319><c> God</c><00:31:40.640><c> whom</c><00:31:40.779><c> they</c><00:31:41.079><c> claim</c><00:31:41.299><c> to</c><00:31:41.519><c> worship.</c>

00:31:43.619 --> 00:31:49.400
And<00:31:43.779><c> his</c><00:31:44.059><c> third</c><00:31:44.319><c> point</c><00:31:44.579><c> was</c><00:31:45.200><c> that</c><00:31:46.240><c> salvation</c><00:31:47.039><c> is</c><00:31:47.819><c> of</c><00:31:48.220><c> the</c><00:31:48.480><c> Jews.</c>

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We<00:31:51.039><c> sometimes</c><00:31:51.599><c> don't</c><00:31:51.839><c> quite</c><00:31:52.119><c> understand</c><00:31:52.599><c> that</c><00:31:52.900><c> term</c><00:31:53.039><c> as</c><00:31:53.220><c> we</c><00:31:53.440><c> should.</c>

00:31:55.019 --> 00:31:58.279
We<00:31:55.140><c> sometimes</c><00:31:55.599><c> think</c><00:31:55.859><c> that</c><00:31:56.099><c> we</c><00:31:56.279><c> owe</c><00:31:56.400><c> the</c><00:31:56.619><c> Jewish</c><00:31:56.839><c> nation,</c><00:31:57.880><c> particularly</c><00:31:58.079><c> as</c>

00:31:58.279 --> 00:32:00.740
it<00:31:58.480><c> exists</c><00:31:58.759><c> today,</c><00:31:59.720><c> a</c><00:31:59.720><c> great</c><00:31:59.940><c> debt.</c>

00:32:01.960 --> 00:32:07.640
The<00:32:02.059><c> word</c><00:32:02.779><c> of</c><00:32:03.400><c> the</c><00:32:03.680><c> is</c><00:32:04.779><c> rendered</c><00:32:05.019><c> from</c><00:32:05.200><c> the</c><00:32:05.420><c> Greek</c><00:32:05.599><c> word,</c><00:32:06.299><c> which</c><00:32:06.740><c> means</c><00:32:07.279><c> out</c>

00:32:07.640 --> 00:32:12.859
of<00:32:08.019><c> so</c><00:32:08.900><c> that</c><00:32:09.000><c> he</c><00:32:09.079><c> was</c><00:32:09.200><c> actually</c><00:32:09.619><c> saying</c><00:32:10.140><c> salvation</c><00:32:11.220><c> is</c><00:32:11.859><c> out</c><00:32:12.259><c> of</c>

00:32:12.859 --> 00:32:15.319
or<00:32:13.519><c> from</c><00:32:14.000><c> among</c><00:32:14.519><c> the</c><00:32:14.880><c> Jews.</c>

00:32:15.319 --> 00:32:24.779
And<00:32:17.059><c> salvation</c><00:32:17.779><c> was</c><00:32:18.200><c> through</c><00:32:18.720><c> that</c><00:32:19.400><c> particular</c><00:32:20.440><c> Jew,</c><00:32:22.119><c> the</c><00:32:23.359><c> son</c><00:32:23.599><c> of</c><00:32:23.839><c> God.</c>

00:32:25.299 --> 00:32:28.779
So<00:32:25.500><c> the</c><00:32:25.859><c> true</c><00:32:26.079><c> worshipers</c><00:32:26.819><c> had</c><00:32:27.079><c> got</c><00:32:27.220><c> to</c><00:32:27.460><c> identify</c><00:32:28.019><c> themselves</c>

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with<00:32:29.880><c> the</c><00:32:30.380><c> truest</c><00:32:30.819><c> Israelite</c><00:32:31.579><c> of</c><00:32:31.740><c> all</c><00:32:32.059><c> time,</c><00:32:33.119><c> which</c><00:32:33.299><c> means</c><00:32:33.579><c> that</c><00:32:33.759><c> they</c><00:32:33.940><c> have</c><00:32:34.119><c> got</c><00:32:34.220><c> to</c>

00:32:34.460 --> 00:32:38.059
identify<00:32:35.019><c> themselves</c><00:32:35.680><c> with</c><00:32:36.180><c> the</c><00:32:36.599><c> hope</c><00:32:36.779><c> of</c><00:32:37.079><c> Israel.</c>

00:32:39.599 --> 00:32:45.940
Very<00:32:40.240><c> well.</c><00:32:41.440><c> In</c><00:32:41.440><c> verse</c><00:32:41.720><c> 23,</c><00:32:43.099><c> the</c><00:32:43.339><c> Lord</c><00:32:43.619><c> delivers</c><00:32:44.039><c> a</c><00:32:44.539><c> fourth</c><00:32:44.759><c> point.</c>

00:32:46.259 --> 00:32:49.920
The<00:32:46.400><c> hour</c><00:32:46.819><c> cometh</c><00:32:47.279><c> and</c><00:32:47.700><c> now</c><00:32:47.920><c> is</c><00:32:48.500><c> when</c><00:32:48.819><c> the</c><00:32:49.140><c> true</c><00:32:49.339><c> worshipers</c>

00:32:49.920 --> 00:32:53.900
shall<00:32:50.180><c> worship</c><00:32:50.619><c> the</c><00:32:50.880><c> father</c><00:32:51.160><c> in</c><00:32:51.900><c> spirit</c><00:32:52.279><c> and</c><00:32:52.619><c> in</c><00:32:52.880><c> truth,</c><00:32:53.740><c> for</c>

00:32:53.900 --> 00:32:57.319
the<00:32:54.200><c> father</c><00:32:54.539><c> seeketh</c><00:32:55.259><c> such</c><00:32:55.640><c> to</c><00:32:56.019><c> worship</c><00:32:56.319><c> him.</c>

00:32:58.599 --> 00:33:02.000
You<00:32:58.859><c> see,</c><00:32:59.039><c> now</c><00:32:59.299><c> he</c><00:32:59.480><c> goes</c><00:32:59.720><c> to</c><00:32:59.900><c> the</c><00:33:00.019><c> point</c><00:33:00.180><c> of</c><00:33:00.460><c> saying</c><00:33:00.819><c> that</c><00:33:01.660><c> all</c>

00:33:02.000 --> 00:33:04.359
Jews<00:33:02.240><c> were</c><00:33:02.480><c> not</c><00:33:02.700><c> true</c><00:33:02.980><c> worshipers</c><00:33:03.460><c> by</c><00:33:03.720><c> any</c><00:33:03.920><c> means.</c>

00:33:04.359 --> 00:33:11.940
Because<00:33:05.539><c> his</c><00:33:06.000><c> statement</c><00:33:06.559><c> that</c><00:33:07.180><c> salvation</c><00:33:07.839><c> is</c><00:33:08.400><c> from</c><00:33:08.599><c> among</c><00:33:08.940><c> the</c><00:33:09.160><c> Jews</c><00:33:09.539><c> may</c><00:33:10.119><c> have</c><00:33:10.339><c> been</c><00:33:10.579><c> misconstrued</c><00:33:11.640><c> as</c>

00:33:11.940 --> 00:33:14.779
though<00:33:12.160><c> he</c><00:33:12.400><c> were</c><00:33:12.559><c> coming</c><00:33:12.819><c> down</c><00:33:13.119><c> on</c><00:33:13.299><c> the</c><00:33:13.480><c> side</c><00:33:13.619><c> of</c><00:33:13.819><c> the</c><00:33:14.000><c> Jews</c><00:33:14.259><c> in</c>

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opposition<00:33:15.240><c> of</c><00:33:15.539><c> Samaritans.</c>

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He<00:33:17.599><c> must</c><00:33:17.900><c> clarify</c><00:33:18.480><c> that</c><00:33:18.779><c> point,</c><00:33:19.079><c> and</c><00:33:19.220><c> he</c><00:33:19.440><c> does</c><00:33:19.599><c> so.</c>

00:33:20.900 --> 00:33:23.720
Whether<00:33:21.119><c> Jew</c><00:33:21.440><c> or</c><00:33:21.819><c> Samaritan,</c><00:33:22.660><c> there</c><00:33:22.740><c> were</c><00:33:22.900><c> very,</c><00:33:23.259><c> very</c><00:33:23.480><c> few</c>

00:33:23.720 --> 00:33:27.500
people<00:33:24.140><c> in</c><00:33:24.400><c> that</c><00:33:24.700><c> land</c><00:33:24.839><c> at</c><00:33:25.059><c> that</c><00:33:25.299><c> time</c><00:33:25.599><c> who</c><00:33:25.900><c> would</c><00:33:26.200><c> qualify</c><00:33:26.779><c> as</c>

00:33:27.500 --> 00:33:28.859
true<00:33:27.859><c> worshipers.</c>

00:33:29.240 --> 00:33:33.940
Because<00:33:30.099><c> true</c><00:33:30.599><c> worshipers</c><00:33:31.579><c> worship</c><00:33:32.220><c> God</c><00:33:32.680><c> not</c><00:33:33.319><c> only</c><00:33:33.680><c> through</c>

00:33:33.940 --> 00:33:40.259
a<00:33:34.299><c> correct</c><00:33:34.519><c> understanding</c><00:33:35.240><c> of</c><00:33:35.740><c> the</c><00:33:36.000><c> truth,</c><00:33:36.539><c> but</c><00:33:38.039><c> from</c><00:33:38.359><c> an</c><00:33:38.700><c> inner</c><00:33:38.980><c> disposition</c><00:33:39.720><c> that</c><00:33:39.920><c> is</c>

00:33:40.259 --> 00:33:44.250
turned<00:33:40.680><c> toward</c><00:33:40.960><c> God,</c><00:33:42.680><c> a</c><00:33:42.920><c> godly</c><00:33:43.319><c> disposition.</c>

00:33:46.319 --> 00:33:52.799
And<00:33:47.180><c> therefore,</c><00:33:48.599><c> the</c><00:33:48.799><c> basis</c><00:33:49.119><c> of</c><00:33:49.539><c> boasting</c><00:33:49.940><c> upon</c><00:33:50.359><c> fleshly</c><00:33:50.940><c> descent</c><00:33:51.400><c> has</c>

00:33:52.799 --> 00:33:57.460
no<00:33:53.180><c> place</c><00:33:53.740><c> of</c><00:33:54.680><c> acceptance</c><00:33:55.200><c> in</c><00:33:56.039><c> the</c><00:33:56.240><c> eyes</c><00:33:56.380><c> of</c><00:33:56.640><c> God.</c>

00:33:58.339 --> 00:34:02.180
And<00:33:59.319><c> the</c><00:33:59.519><c> two</c><00:33:59.740><c> final</c><00:34:00.099><c> points</c><00:34:00.640><c> in</c><00:34:01.079><c> the</c><00:34:01.240><c> Lord's</c><00:34:01.539><c> reply</c><00:34:01.859><c> to</c><00:34:02.019><c> this</c>

00:34:02.180 --> 00:34:07.859
woman<00:34:02.400><c> at</c><00:34:02.619><c> this</c><00:34:02.819><c> point</c><00:34:03.519><c> were</c><00:34:04.440><c> devastating</c><00:34:05.160><c> to</c><00:34:05.559><c> the</c><00:34:05.799><c> philosophies</c><00:34:06.279><c> propounded</c><00:34:06.960><c> by</c><00:34:07.519><c> both</c>

00:34:07.859 --> 00:34:09.650
Jew<00:34:08.179><c> and</c><00:34:08.659><c> Samaritan.</c>

00:34:10.239 --> 00:34:16.360
Because<00:34:10.820><c> the</c><00:34:11.559><c> Lord's</c><00:34:12.059><c> fifth</c><00:34:12.340><c> point</c><00:34:13.019><c> was</c><00:34:13.679><c> that</c><00:34:14.679><c> the</c><00:34:15.119><c> father</c>

00:34:16.360 --> 00:34:20.630
seeketh<00:34:18.639><c> true</c><00:34:19.639><c> worshipers.</c>

00:34:21.170 --> 00:34:25.070
And<00:34:21.949><c> the</c><00:34:22.090><c> word</c><00:34:22.449><c> in</c><00:34:22.730><c> the</c><00:34:22.909><c> Greek</c><00:34:23.130><c> means</c><00:34:23.510><c> precisely</c><00:34:24.110><c> that.</c>

00:34:25.090 --> 00:34:31.070
The<00:34:25.090><c> father</c><00:34:26.210><c> seeketh</c><00:34:28.369><c> true</c><00:34:29.429><c> worshipers.</c>

00:34:31.889 --> 00:34:34.530
And<00:34:32.110><c> that</c><00:34:32.269><c> was</c><00:34:32.550><c> a</c><00:34:32.889><c> devastating</c><00:34:33.489><c> statement.</c>

00:34:35.469 --> 00:34:40.550
Because<00:34:35.769><c> you</c><00:34:36.050><c> see,</c><00:34:36.610><c> both</c><00:34:36.889><c> the</c><00:34:37.130><c> Jews</c><00:34:37.349><c> and</c><00:34:37.550><c> the</c><00:34:37.750><c> Samaritans,</c><00:34:38.889><c> with</c><00:34:39.070><c> their</c><00:34:39.369><c> perverted</c><00:34:40.010><c> view</c><00:34:40.329><c> of</c>

00:34:40.550 --> 00:34:44.809
religion,<00:34:42.010><c> thought</c><00:34:42.250><c> that</c><00:34:42.670><c> God</c><00:34:43.070><c> needed</c><00:34:43.610><c> them.</c>

00:34:46.530 --> 00:34:51.409
Jew<00:34:47.090><c> and</c><00:34:47.329><c> Samaritan</c><00:34:47.750><c> each</c><00:34:47.989><c> said,</c><00:34:48.550><c> we</c><00:34:48.889><c> are</c><00:34:49.369><c> the</c><00:34:49.650><c> chosen</c><00:34:49.969><c> people.</c>

00:34:51.969 --> 00:34:57.070
And<00:34:52.130><c> it</c><00:34:52.269><c> was</c><00:34:52.590><c> set</c><00:34:52.710><c> in</c><00:34:52.989><c> such</c><00:34:53.210><c> a</c><00:34:53.409><c> way</c><00:34:53.630><c> and</c><00:34:53.829><c> upon</c><00:34:54.210><c> such</c><00:34:54.409><c> a</c><00:34:54.630><c> basis</c><00:34:55.070><c> that</c><00:34:56.630><c> it</c>

00:34:57.070 --> 00:34:59.989
really<00:34:57.349><c> meant</c><00:34:57.530><c> that</c><00:34:57.809><c> God</c><00:34:58.030><c> can't</c><00:34:58.389><c> do</c><00:34:58.570><c> without</c><00:34:58.809><c> us.</c>

00:35:00.230 --> 00:35:04.750
If<00:35:00.469><c> we</c><00:35:00.809><c> weren't</c><00:35:00.949><c> the</c><00:35:01.250><c> chosen</c><00:35:01.530><c> people,</c><00:35:02.829><c> God</c><00:35:03.110><c> would</c><00:35:03.309><c> have</c><00:35:03.590><c> no</c><00:35:03.909><c> one.</c>

00:35:06.309 --> 00:35:09.730
They<00:35:06.650><c> thought</c><00:35:06.869><c> that</c><00:35:07.190><c> God</c><00:35:07.489><c> needed</c><00:35:07.949><c> them,</c><00:35:08.869><c> and</c><00:35:09.050><c> that</c><00:35:09.269><c> they</c><00:35:09.550><c> were</c>

00:35:09.730 --> 00:35:13.230
the<00:35:09.889><c> chosen</c><00:35:10.250><c> people,</c><00:35:10.909><c> that</c><00:35:11.130><c> God</c><00:35:11.389><c> would</c><00:35:11.650><c> be</c><00:35:11.929><c> lost</c><00:35:12.250><c> without</c><00:35:12.650><c> them.</c>

00:35:13.230 --> 00:35:20.929
And<00:35:14.590><c> they</c><00:35:14.909><c> remained</c><00:35:15.449><c> oblivious</c><00:35:16.289><c> to</c><00:35:16.510><c> the</c><00:35:16.690><c> fact</c><00:35:17.010><c> that</c><00:35:17.829><c> God</c><00:35:18.429><c> chooses</c><00:35:19.869><c> whom</c>

00:35:20.929 --> 00:35:24.090
He<00:35:21.710><c> desires</c><00:35:22.510><c> to</c><00:35:23.050><c> call.</c>

00:35:25.230 --> 00:35:29.449
They<00:35:25.650><c> remained</c><00:35:26.070><c> oblivious</c><00:35:26.909><c> to</c><00:35:27.090><c> the</c><00:35:27.289><c> principle</c><00:35:27.829><c> that</c><00:35:28.449><c> God</c><00:35:28.889><c> is</c>

00:35:29.449 --> 00:35:35.489
calling<00:35:29.969><c> out</c><00:35:30.630><c> of</c><00:35:31.309><c> the</c><00:35:31.469><c> Gentiles,</c><00:35:32.949><c> a</c><00:35:33.269><c> people</c><00:35:33.690><c> for</c><00:35:34.110><c> His</c><00:35:34.530><c> name.</c>

00:35:36.050 --> 00:35:38.590
It's<00:35:36.590><c> a</c><00:35:36.789><c> work</c><00:35:37.090><c> of</c><00:35:37.690><c> God.</c>

00:35:39.010 --> 00:35:43.070
It's<00:35:39.809><c> got</c><00:35:40.030><c> nothing</c><00:35:40.429><c> whatever</c><00:35:40.730><c> to</c><00:35:41.050><c> do</c><00:35:41.230><c> with</c><00:35:41.550><c> natural</c><00:35:42.010><c> descent.</c>

00:35:43.789 --> 00:35:48.469
And<00:35:44.010><c> if</c><00:35:44.230><c> they</c><00:35:44.570><c> are</c><00:35:44.869><c> for</c><00:35:45.250><c> His</c><00:35:45.650><c> name,</c><00:35:46.530><c> then</c><00:35:46.630><c> it</c><00:35:46.730><c> is</c><00:35:47.050><c> right</c><00:35:47.329><c> for</c><00:35:47.730><c> Him</c><00:35:48.130><c> to</c>

00:35:48.469 --> 00:35:50.130
do<00:35:48.789><c> the</c><00:35:49.210><c> choosing.</c>

00:35:52.150 --> 00:35:57.289
And<00:35:52.690><c> it</c><00:35:52.769><c> was</c><00:35:52.969><c> Peter</c><00:35:53.289><c> who</c><00:35:53.530><c> wrote</c><00:35:54.090><c> to</c><00:35:54.829><c> true</c><00:35:55.090><c> spiritual</c><00:35:55.550><c> Israelites</c><00:35:56.130><c> when</c><00:35:56.949><c> he</c>

00:35:57.289 --> 00:36:02.110
said,<00:35:58.070><c> ye</c><00:35:58.489><c> are</c><00:35:59.070><c> a</c><00:36:00.090><c> chosen</c><00:36:00.769><c> generation.</c>

00:36:02.110 --> 00:36:11.570
A<00:36:03.530><c> purchased</c><00:36:04.369><c> people,</c><00:36:06.269><c> which</c><00:36:06.550><c> in</c><00:36:06.929><c> time</c><00:36:07.329><c> past</c><00:36:07.849><c> were</c><00:36:08.670><c> not</c><00:36:09.269><c> a</c><00:36:09.570><c> people,</c><00:36:11.309><c> but</c>

00:36:11.570 --> 00:36:15.869
are<00:36:12.329><c> now</c><00:36:12.869><c> the</c><00:36:14.210><c> people</c><00:36:14.610><c> of</c><00:36:14.889><c> God.</c>

00:36:16.969 --> 00:36:20.710
1<00:36:17.210><c> Peter</c><00:36:17.630><c> chapter</c><00:36:17.969><c> 2</c><00:36:18.610><c> verse</c><00:36:18.989><c> 9</c><00:36:19.570><c> and</c><00:36:19.969><c> verse</c><00:36:20.250><c> 10.</c>

00:36:20.909 --> 00:36:25.110
And<00:36:21.030><c> how</c><00:36:21.250><c> could</c><00:36:21.449><c> Peter</c><00:36:21.690><c> write</c><00:36:21.949><c> that</c><00:36:22.269><c> way?</c><00:36:23.469><c> Because</c><00:36:23.989><c> God</c><00:36:24.630><c> had</c>

00:36:25.110 --> 00:36:26.730
chosen<00:36:25.750><c> them.</c>

00:36:29.769 --> 00:36:35.409
And<00:36:30.710><c> the</c><00:36:30.949><c> Jewish</c><00:36:31.250><c> nation,</c><00:36:32.010><c> together</c><00:36:33.610><c> with</c><00:36:33.869><c> their</c><00:36:34.809><c> Samaritan</c>

00:36:35.409 --> 00:36:40.710
contemporaries,<00:36:37.530><c> could</c><00:36:37.710><c> never</c><00:36:38.010><c> come</c><00:36:38.289><c> to</c><00:36:38.510><c> grips</c><00:36:38.989><c> with</c><00:36:39.769><c> that</c>

00:36:40.710 --> 00:36:43.269
incredibly<00:36:41.769><c> humbling</c><00:36:42.210><c> proposition.</c>

00:36:44.110 --> 00:36:49.650
And<00:36:44.289><c> you'll</c><00:36:44.550><c> notice</c><00:36:44.769><c> there</c><00:36:45.150><c> in</c><00:36:45.610><c> that</c><00:36:45.829><c> twenty</c><00:36:46.110><c> third</c><00:36:46.349><c> verse</c><00:36:46.809><c> that</c><00:36:47.489><c> the</c><00:36:47.829><c> Lord</c><00:36:48.090><c> refers</c><00:36:48.690><c> to</c>

00:36:49.650 --> 00:36:51.849
true<00:36:50.309><c> worshipers.</c>

00:36:52.230 --> 00:36:57.769
That's<00:36:53.010><c> a</c><00:36:53.110><c> word</c><00:36:53.250><c> which</c><00:36:53.570><c> primarily</c><00:36:53.989><c> has</c><00:36:54.309><c> the</c><00:36:54.489><c> idea</c><00:36:54.929><c> of</c><00:36:55.429><c> that</c><00:36:55.730><c> which</c><00:36:56.110><c> is</c><00:36:56.730><c> genuine.</c>

00:36:58.869 --> 00:37:01.849
And<00:36:58.909><c> you</c><00:36:59.090><c> see</c><00:36:59.210><c> there</c><00:36:59.389><c> is</c><00:36:59.610><c> another</c><00:36:59.869><c> word</c><00:37:00.269><c> which</c><00:37:00.730><c> indicates</c><00:37:01.309><c> the</c>

00:37:01.849 --> 00:37:06.190
disposition<00:37:02.630><c> of</c><00:37:03.429><c> a</c><00:37:03.710><c> true</c><00:37:03.869><c> worshiper.</c>

00:37:06.230 --> 00:37:09.829
Disposition<00:37:06.809><c> is</c><00:37:07.230><c> almost</c><00:37:07.670><c> everything</c><00:37:08.150><c> in</c><00:37:08.349><c> the</c><00:37:08.489><c> eyes</c><00:37:08.630><c> of</c><00:37:08.889><c> God.</c>

00:37:10.449 --> 00:37:14.449
People<00:37:10.809><c> like</c><00:37:11.190><c> this</c><00:37:11.670><c> are</c><00:37:12.010><c> not</c><00:37:12.349><c> boastful</c><00:37:12.829><c> of</c><00:37:12.969><c> their</c><00:37:13.230><c> fleshly</c><00:37:13.650><c> descent</c><00:37:14.050><c> or</c>

00:37:14.449 --> 00:37:16.929
their<00:37:14.710><c> personal</c><00:37:15.289><c> merit</c><00:37:15.650><c> or</c><00:37:15.989><c> their</c><00:37:16.269><c> attainments.</c>

00:37:16.929 --> 00:37:21.269
They<00:37:18.070><c> are</c><00:37:18.510><c> genuine</c><00:37:18.989><c> and</c><00:37:19.489><c> because</c><00:37:20.010><c> they</c><00:37:20.269><c> are</c><00:37:20.530><c> genuine,</c><00:37:21.269><c> they</c>

00:37:21.269 --> 00:37:25.250
are<00:37:21.789><c> humble</c><00:37:22.030><c> and</c><00:37:22.349><c> they</c><00:37:22.510><c> are</c><00:37:22.769><c> submissive</c><00:37:23.389><c> before</c><00:37:23.789><c> God</c><00:37:24.230><c> and</c><00:37:24.650><c> they</c><00:37:24.869><c> are</c>

00:37:25.250 --> 00:37:27.949
attentive<00:37:25.889><c> worshipers</c><00:37:26.730><c> of</c><00:37:26.929><c> Him.</c>

00:37:28.670 --> 00:37:32.650
And<00:37:28.809><c> you</c><00:37:28.929><c> know,</c><00:37:29.050><c> that's</c><00:37:29.210><c> one</c><00:37:29.369><c> of</c><00:37:29.489><c> the</c><00:37:29.769><c> key</c><00:37:29.989><c> words</c><00:37:30.510><c> in</c><00:37:31.070><c> the</c><00:37:31.210><c> Gospel</c><00:37:31.530><c> of</c><00:37:31.750><c> John.</c>

00:37:33.110 --> 00:37:36.670
It<00:37:33.309><c> occurs</c><00:37:33.630><c> only</c><00:37:33.969><c> once</c><00:37:34.309><c> in</c><00:37:34.550><c> Luke,</c><00:37:35.429><c> not</c><00:37:35.650><c> at</c><00:37:35.809><c> all</c><00:37:35.969><c> in</c><00:37:36.190><c> Matthew,</c>

00:37:37.070 --> 00:37:40.869
not<00:37:37.210><c> at</c><00:37:37.369><c> all</c><00:37:37.489><c> in</c><00:37:37.750><c> Mark,</c><00:37:38.289><c> but</c><00:37:38.349><c> it</c><00:37:38.590><c> occurs</c><00:37:38.869><c> eight</c><00:37:39.309><c> times</c><00:37:39.710><c> in</c><00:37:40.010><c> John.</c>

00:37:41.369 --> 00:37:47.050
A<00:37:41.969><c> very</c><00:37:42.389><c> closely</c><00:37:42.789><c> related</c><00:37:43.230><c> word,</c><00:37:44.489><c> Alephes,</c><00:37:46.210><c> occurs</c><00:37:46.429><c> once</c><00:37:46.789><c> in</c>

00:37:47.050 --> 00:37:52.630
Matthew,<00:37:47.949><c> once</c><00:37:48.329><c> in</c><00:37:48.650><c> Mark,</c><00:37:49.530><c> not</c><00:37:49.650><c> at</c><00:37:49.829><c> all</c><00:37:49.949><c> in</c><00:37:50.190><c> Luke,</c><00:37:51.070><c> but</c><00:37:51.349><c> 13</c><00:37:51.889><c> times</c><00:37:52.469><c> in</c>

00:37:52.630 --> 00:37:54.090
the<00:37:52.750><c> Gospel</c><00:37:53.030><c> of</c><00:37:53.230><c> John.</c>

00:37:55.989 --> 00:37:56.869
Why?

00:37:57.969 --> 00:38:03.269
Because<00:37:58.469><c> John's</c><00:37:58.929><c> Gospel</c><00:37:59.429><c> was</c><00:37:59.829><c> to</c><00:38:00.090><c> reveal</c><00:38:00.429><c> to</c><00:38:00.630><c> us</c><00:38:01.230><c> that</c><00:38:01.909><c> genuine</c><00:38:02.469><c> Son</c><00:38:03.010><c> of</c>

00:38:03.269 --> 00:38:09.610
God,<00:38:04.630><c> the</c><00:38:04.949><c> Word</c><00:38:05.530><c> made</c><00:38:06.010><c> flesh,</c><00:38:07.550><c> the</c><00:38:07.889><c> Lamb</c><00:38:08.250><c> of</c><00:38:08.670><c> God.</c>

00:38:10.110 --> 00:38:15.269
And<00:38:11.570><c> you'll</c><00:38:11.889><c> notice</c><00:38:12.030><c> also</c><00:38:12.409><c> in</c><00:38:12.610><c> verse</c><00:38:12.809><c> 23</c><00:38:13.670><c> that</c><00:38:14.610><c> he</c><00:38:14.849><c> mentions</c>

00:38:15.269 --> 00:38:22.030
that<00:38:15.929><c> the</c><00:38:17.090><c> Father</c><00:38:18.090><c> seeketh</c><00:38:19.789><c> such</c><00:38:20.449><c> to</c><00:38:20.710><c> worship</c><00:38:20.989><c> Him.</c>

00:38:22.550 --> 00:38:24.929
He<00:38:22.789><c> doesn't</c><00:38:23.050><c> say</c><00:38:23.730><c> God.</c>

00:38:25.809 --> 00:38:28.610
He<00:38:26.150><c> says</c><00:38:26.710><c> the</c><00:38:27.630><c> Father.</c>

00:38:29.150 --> 00:38:30.170
Why?

00:38:30.949 --> 00:38:35.829
To<00:38:31.170><c> emphasize</c><00:38:31.889><c> the</c><00:38:32.329><c> family</c><00:38:32.849><c> relationship</c><00:38:33.650><c> between</c><00:38:35.110><c> Yahweh</c>

00:38:35.829 --> 00:38:38.369
and<00:38:36.690><c> true</c><00:38:37.030><c> worshipers.</c>

00:38:38.869 --> 00:38:43.889
They<00:38:39.409><c> become</c><00:38:39.929><c> worshipers</c><00:38:41.130><c> because</c><00:38:41.789><c> they</c><00:38:42.090><c> become</c><00:38:42.710><c> sons</c><00:38:43.429><c> and</c>

00:38:43.889 --> 00:38:46.090
daughters<00:38:44.329><c> of</c><00:38:44.630><c> the</c><00:38:44.750><c> living</c><00:38:44.969><c> God.</c>

00:38:48.489 --> 00:38:51.869
They<00:38:49.030><c> don't</c><00:38:49.289><c> become</c><00:38:49.650><c> the</c><00:38:49.949><c> son</c><00:38:50.130><c> of</c><00:38:50.349><c> such</c><00:38:50.570><c> and</c><00:38:50.789><c> such</c><00:38:50.949><c> who</c><00:38:51.130><c> was</c><00:38:51.269><c> the</c><00:38:51.489><c> son</c><00:38:51.650><c> of</c>

00:38:51.869 --> 00:38:54.530
so<00:38:52.030><c> and</c><00:38:52.190><c> so</c><00:38:52.469><c> and</c><00:38:52.690><c> the</c><00:38:52.869><c> son</c><00:38:53.030><c> of</c><00:38:53.289><c> somebody</c><00:38:53.530><c> else</c><00:38:53.809><c> and</c><00:38:54.010><c> the</c><00:38:54.170><c> son</c><00:38:54.289><c> of</c>

00:38:54.530 --> 00:38:55.170
somebody<00:38:54.769><c> else</c>

00:38:55.170 --> 00:38:58.670
and<00:38:55.730><c> stand</c><00:38:56.030><c> proudly</c><00:38:56.550><c> up</c><00:38:56.789><c> and</c><00:38:56.989><c> say</c><00:38:57.110><c> look</c><00:38:57.449><c> I</c><00:38:57.750><c> can</c><00:38:58.050><c> trace</c><00:38:58.289><c> my</c>

00:38:58.670 --> 00:39:00.949
genealogy<00:38:59.389><c> right</c><00:39:00.090><c> back.</c>

00:39:01.210 --> 00:39:04.949
I<00:39:01.630><c> can</c><00:39:01.889><c> trace</c><00:39:02.170><c> my</c><00:39:02.610><c> genealogy</c><00:39:03.230><c> right</c><00:39:03.769><c> back</c><00:39:04.070><c> to</c><00:39:04.250><c> the</c><00:39:04.449><c> foundation</c>

00:39:04.949 --> 00:39:08.889
of<00:39:05.150><c> the</c><00:39:05.469><c> tribe</c><00:39:05.750><c> of</c><00:39:06.030><c> Benjamin</c><00:39:06.550><c> or</c><00:39:07.269><c> Reuben</c><00:39:07.650><c> or</c><00:39:07.849><c> whatever.</c>

00:39:09.530 --> 00:39:13.150
They<00:39:10.369><c> become</c><00:39:10.789><c> sons</c><00:39:11.210><c> and</c><00:39:11.489><c> daughters</c><00:39:11.710><c> of</c><00:39:12.170><c> God.</c>

00:39:14.449 --> 00:39:18.769
They<00:39:14.769><c> don't</c><00:39:15.110><c> need</c><00:39:15.349><c> generations</c><00:39:15.989><c> in</c><00:39:16.309><c> between</c><00:39:16.750><c> to</c><00:39:17.190><c> take</c><00:39:17.409><c> them</c><00:39:17.590><c> back.</c>

00:39:19.230 --> 00:39:24.809
There's<00:39:20.130><c> a</c><00:39:20.369><c> direct</c><00:39:20.730><c> and</c><00:39:22.050><c> a</c><00:39:22.349><c> personal</c><00:39:22.929><c> and</c><00:39:23.869><c> a</c><00:39:24.030><c> very</c><00:39:24.369><c> intimate</c>

00:39:24.809 --> 00:39:30.010
relationship<00:39:25.590><c> between</c><00:39:26.670><c> the</c><00:39:26.949><c> Father</c><00:39:27.349><c> and</c><00:39:28.510><c> true</c><00:39:28.949><c> believers.</c>

00:39:31.789 --> 00:39:36.090
But<00:39:32.010><c> he</c><00:39:32.289><c> emphasizes</c><00:39:32.909><c> that</c><00:39:34.070><c> the</c><00:39:34.329><c> relationship</c><00:39:34.969><c> must</c><00:39:35.210><c> be</c><00:39:35.489><c> based</c>

00:39:36.090 --> 00:39:39.190
on<00:39:37.329><c> spirit</c><00:39:37.889><c> and</c><00:39:38.809><c> truth.</c>

00:39:39.650 --> 00:39:44.769
He<00:39:40.050><c> seeketh</c><00:39:40.590><c> such</c><00:39:40.829><c> to</c><00:39:41.150><c> worship</c><00:39:41.429><c> Him</c><00:39:41.909><c> in</c><00:39:42.510><c> spirit</c><00:39:42.929><c> and</c><00:39:43.489><c> in</c><00:39:43.869><c> truth.</c>

00:39:45.510 --> 00:39:49.090
You<00:39:46.150><c> know</c><00:39:46.289><c> we</c><00:39:46.409><c> often</c><00:39:46.670><c> use</c><00:39:46.949><c> this</c><00:39:47.269><c> phrase</c><00:39:47.670><c> to</c><00:39:48.429><c> prove</c><00:39:48.630><c> that</c><00:39:48.889><c> other</c>

00:39:49.090 --> 00:39:51.269
religions<00:39:49.590><c> are</c><00:39:50.289><c> wrong.</c>

00:39:52.070 --> 00:39:55.090
There's<00:39:52.170><c> nothing</c><00:39:52.329><c> wrong</c><00:39:52.510><c> with</c><00:39:52.750><c> that</c><00:39:53.030><c> if</c><00:39:53.289><c> we</c><00:39:53.489><c> use</c><00:39:53.630><c> it</c><00:39:53.769><c> the</c><00:39:53.889><c> right</c><00:39:54.130><c> way.</c>

00:39:55.329 --> 00:39:58.369
But<00:39:55.530><c> the</c><00:39:55.750><c> full</c><00:39:55.909><c> import</c><00:39:56.230><c> of</c><00:39:56.349><c> this</c><00:39:56.510><c> particular</c><00:39:57.030><c> phrase</c><00:39:57.530><c> has</c><00:39:58.269><c> got</c>

00:39:58.369 --> 00:40:01.329
to<00:39:58.489><c> be</c><00:39:58.570><c> very</c><00:39:59.030><c> carefully</c><00:39:59.409><c> impressed</c><00:40:00.030><c> upon</c><00:40:00.570><c> our</c><00:40:00.869><c> minds</c>

00:40:01.329 --> 00:40:07.469
because<00:40:02.530><c> the</c><00:40:02.969><c> statement</c><00:40:03.309><c> implies</c><00:40:04.090><c> that</c><00:40:04.690><c> to</c><00:40:05.010><c> worship</c><00:40:05.489><c> God</c><00:40:06.090><c> acceptably</c><00:40:06.869><c> we</c>

00:40:07.469 --> 00:40:10.969
have<00:40:07.710><c> got</c><00:40:07.889><c> to</c><00:40:08.150><c> have</c><00:40:08.289><c> an</c><00:40:08.690><c> intimate</c><00:40:09.130><c> knowledge</c><00:40:09.730><c> concerning</c><00:40:10.449><c> God</c>

00:40:10.969 --> 00:40:16.710
and<00:40:12.289><c> the</c><00:40:12.630><c> truth</c><00:40:13.050><c> concerning</c><00:40:13.730><c> Him,</c><00:40:14.929><c> His</c><00:40:15.130><c> nature,</c><00:40:16.030><c> His</c><00:40:16.289><c> being,</c>

00:40:16.989 --> 00:40:20.670
His<00:40:17.349><c> character,</c><00:40:19.369><c> the</c><00:40:19.570><c> God</c><00:40:19.869><c> whom</c><00:40:20.070><c> we</c><00:40:20.329><c> worship.</c>

00:40:20.909 --> 00:40:25.150
And<00:40:21.130><c> after</c><00:40:21.570><c> all</c><00:40:21.949><c> is</c><00:40:22.349><c> there</c><00:40:22.630><c> anyone</c><00:40:22.989><c> of</c><00:40:23.110><c> us</c><00:40:23.429><c> here</c><00:40:23.969><c> who</c><00:40:24.650><c> doesn't</c>

00:40:25.150 --> 00:40:28.110
know<00:40:25.610><c> our</c><00:40:26.070><c> own</c><00:40:26.590><c> literal</c><00:40:27.130><c> Father?</c>

00:40:29.710 --> 00:40:32.409
We<00:40:30.170><c> know</c><00:40:30.389><c> there</c><00:40:30.510><c> are</c><00:40:30.610><c> those</c><00:40:31.130><c> who</c><00:40:31.530><c> are</c><00:40:31.610><c> very</c><00:40:31.909><c> young</c><00:40:32.090><c> when</c><00:40:32.250><c> their</c>

00:40:32.409 --> 00:40:35.050
father<00:40:32.690><c> dies</c><00:40:33.150><c> which</c><00:40:33.610><c> is</c><00:40:33.809><c> a</c><00:40:33.929><c> great</c><00:40:34.090><c> loss.</c>

00:40:35.309 --> 00:40:36.690
That<00:40:35.590><c> happens.</c>

00:40:37.210 --> 00:40:39.769
That<00:40:37.610><c> most</c><00:40:37.869><c> of</c><00:40:38.010><c> us</c><00:40:38.110><c> will</c><00:40:38.230><c> have</c><00:40:38.409><c> grown</c><00:40:38.670><c> up</c><00:40:38.869><c> in</c><00:40:39.010><c> our</c><00:40:39.190><c> own</c><00:40:39.409><c> home</c>

00:40:39.769 --> 00:40:42.050
with<00:40:39.969><c> our</c><00:40:40.150><c> own</c><00:40:40.369><c> mother</c><00:40:40.570><c> and</c><00:40:40.750><c> our</c><00:40:40.909><c> own</c><00:40:41.090><c> father.</c>

00:40:42.809 --> 00:40:45.369
And<00:40:43.210><c> we</c><00:40:43.429><c> know</c><00:40:43.590><c> our</c><00:40:43.869><c> dad</c><00:40:44.170><c> quite</c><00:40:44.590><c> well.</c>

00:40:47.150 --> 00:40:50.429
I<00:40:47.550><c> was</c><00:40:47.710><c> only</c><00:40:47.849><c> in</c><00:40:47.969><c> my</c><00:40:48.170><c> very</c><00:40:48.369><c> early</c><00:40:48.570><c> twenties</c><00:40:48.889><c> when</c><00:40:49.070><c> my</c><00:40:49.329><c> father</c><00:40:49.550><c> died.</c>

00:40:50.929 --> 00:40:53.269
But<00:40:51.090><c> I</c><00:40:51.269><c> remember</c><00:40:51.530><c> him</c><00:40:51.809><c> very,</c><00:40:52.210><c> very</c><00:40:52.369><c> well.</c>

00:40:53.610 --> 00:40:55.710
And<00:40:53.769><c> I</c><00:40:53.949><c> think</c><00:40:54.090><c> of</c><00:40:54.190><c> him</c><00:40:54.369><c> very,</c><00:40:54.670><c> very</c><00:40:54.829><c> often.</c>

00:40:56.250 --> 00:40:59.309
And<00:40:56.650><c> I</c><00:40:56.869><c> think</c><00:40:57.010><c> very</c><00:40:57.230><c> often</c><00:40:57.449><c> of</c><00:40:57.610><c> the</c><00:40:57.769><c> things</c><00:40:57.929><c> he</c><00:40:58.210><c> taught</c><00:40:58.349><c> me</c><00:40:58.510><c> that</c><00:40:58.630><c> have</c><00:40:58.789><c> been</c><00:40:58.969><c> so</c>

00:40:59.309 --> 00:41:00.989
valuable<00:40:59.610><c> to</c><00:40:59.829><c> me</c><00:40:59.969><c> in</c><00:41:00.130><c> life.</c>

00:41:01.510 --> 00:41:02.849
We<00:41:01.650><c> know</c><00:41:01.809><c> our</c><00:41:02.050><c> father.</c>

00:41:03.070 --> 00:41:06.250
We<00:41:03.590><c> know</c><00:41:03.789><c> him</c><00:41:04.050><c> well.</c><00:41:04.570><c> We</c><00:41:04.730><c> live</c><00:41:04.849><c> in</c><00:41:04.989><c> the</c><00:41:05.130><c> same</c><00:41:05.329><c> house.</c>

00:41:06.730 --> 00:41:11.469
He<00:41:06.889><c> talks</c><00:41:07.250><c> with</c><00:41:07.469><c> us.</c><00:41:07.989><c> He</c><00:41:08.150><c> does</c><00:41:08.449><c> things</c><00:41:08.809><c> with</c><00:41:09.030><c> us.</c><00:41:09.570><c> He</c><00:41:09.789><c> teaches</c><00:41:10.150><c> us.</c>

00:41:11.849 --> 00:41:14.309
He<00:41:12.030><c> takes</c><00:41:12.449><c> us</c><00:41:12.710><c> as</c><00:41:12.909><c> a</c><00:41:13.110><c> tiny</c><00:41:13.369><c> baby.</c>

00:41:15.150 --> 00:41:18.050
He<00:41:15.349><c> watches</c><00:41:15.690><c> us</c><00:41:15.989><c> grow</c><00:41:16.269><c> up.</c>

00:41:19.710 --> 00:41:23.650
How<00:41:20.010><c> much</c><00:41:20.250><c> more</c><00:41:20.530><c> so</c><00:41:20.929><c> with</c><00:41:22.150><c> a</c><00:41:22.369><c> perfect</c><00:41:22.670><c> father?</c>

00:41:25.570 --> 00:41:27.090
There's<00:41:25.829><c> the</c><00:41:26.010><c> relationship.</c>

00:41:27.829 --> 00:41:29.809
But<00:41:28.030><c> it's</c><00:41:28.250><c> got</c><00:41:28.329><c> to</c><00:41:28.449><c> be</c><00:41:28.590><c> in</c><00:41:28.869><c> spirit</c><00:41:29.090><c> and</c><00:41:29.289><c> in</c><00:41:29.550><c> truth.</c>

00:41:29.809 --> 00:41:33.150
And<00:41:30.289><c> the</c><00:41:30.409><c> word</c><00:41:30.769><c> spirit</c><00:41:31.289><c> relates</c><00:41:31.829><c> to</c><00:41:32.110><c> our</c><00:41:32.469><c> disposition.</c>

00:41:33.469 --> 00:41:36.809
And<00:41:33.630><c> the</c><00:41:33.769><c> word</c><00:41:34.110><c> truth</c><00:41:34.690><c> relates</c><00:41:35.369><c> to</c><00:41:35.570><c> the</c><00:41:35.750><c> fact</c><00:41:35.889><c> that</c><00:41:36.130><c> we</c><00:41:36.449><c> really</c>

00:41:36.809 --> 00:41:38.250
do<00:41:37.230><c> know</c><00:41:37.449><c> him</c>

00:41:38.250 --> 00:41:42.809
upon<00:41:38.710><c> the</c><00:41:39.030><c> basis</c><00:41:39.329><c> of</c><00:41:39.530><c> a</c><00:41:39.889><c> sound</c><00:41:40.130><c> understanding</c><00:41:40.889><c> of</c><00:41:41.210><c> what</c><00:41:41.349><c> he</c><00:41:41.530><c> has</c><00:41:41.710><c> revealed</c><00:41:42.130><c> for</c><00:41:42.409><c> us</c>

00:41:42.809 --> 00:41:44.429
in<00:41:43.170><c> his</c><00:41:43.530><c> word.</c>

00:41:44.730 --> 00:41:49.389
And<00:41:44.949><c> so</c><00:41:45.130><c> in</c><00:41:45.389><c> verse</c><00:41:45.670><c> 24</c><00:41:46.329><c> he</c><00:41:46.789><c> says,</c><00:41:47.889><c> God</c><00:41:47.889><c> is</c><00:41:48.869><c> spirit.</c>

00:41:49.869 --> 00:41:52.829
It's<00:41:50.090><c> not</c><00:41:50.329><c> a</c><00:41:50.670><c> spirit</c><00:41:51.010><c> as</c><00:41:51.369><c> in</c><00:41:51.489><c> the</c><00:41:51.670><c> authorized</c><00:41:52.010><c> version</c><00:41:52.389><c> at</c><00:41:52.590><c> all.</c>

00:41:53.050 --> 00:41:55.670
The<00:41:53.210><c> word</c><00:41:53.429><c> a</c><00:41:53.670><c> should</c><00:41:53.829><c> be</c><00:41:54.050><c> left</c><00:41:54.230><c> out.</c><00:41:54.590><c> He</c><00:41:54.809><c> is</c><00:41:54.989><c> defining</c><00:41:55.369><c> what</c>

00:41:55.670 --> 00:41:56.309
God<00:41:55.909><c> is.</c>

00:41:56.309 --> 00:42:00.510
God<00:41:56.969><c> is</c><00:41:57.429><c> spirit.</c><00:41:58.130><c> And</c><00:41:58.409><c> they</c><00:41:58.610><c> that</c><00:41:58.849><c> worship</c><00:41:59.190><c> him</c><00:41:59.690><c> must</c><00:42:00.030><c> worship</c>

00:42:00.510 --> 00:42:02.610
him<00:42:00.690><c> in</c><00:42:01.050><c> spirit</c><00:42:01.269><c> and</c><00:42:01.449><c> in</c><00:42:01.730><c> truth.</c>

00:42:02.750 --> 00:42:06.409
And<00:42:02.869><c> just</c><00:42:03.090><c> imagine</c><00:42:03.469><c> the</c><00:42:03.610><c> woman</c><00:42:03.829><c> of</c><00:42:04.010><c> Samaria</c><00:42:04.389><c> standing</c><00:42:04.889><c> there.</c>

00:42:06.769 --> 00:42:08.329
Standing<00:42:07.210><c> there.</c>

00:42:08.449 --> 00:42:11.309
We've<00:42:08.730><c> been</c><00:42:08.949><c> listening</c><00:42:09.250><c> to</c><00:42:09.429><c> the</c><00:42:09.550><c> Lord</c><00:42:09.809><c> speak.</c>

00:42:12.269 --> 00:42:14.230
From<00:42:12.510><c> verse</c><00:42:12.909><c> 21.</c>

00:42:15.329 --> 00:42:17.510
These<00:42:15.590><c> glorious</c><00:42:16.449><c> words.</c>

00:42:18.250 --> 00:42:21.909
These<00:42:18.510><c> words</c><00:42:18.849><c> of</c><00:42:19.190><c> awesome</c><00:42:19.769><c> power</c><00:42:20.429><c> and</c><00:42:20.869><c> revelation.</c>

00:42:22.210 --> 00:42:25.809
Imagine<00:42:22.929><c> that</c><00:42:23.190><c> woman</c><00:42:23.530><c> standing</c><00:42:24.150><c> there</c><00:42:24.550><c> and</c><00:42:25.170><c> soaking</c><00:42:25.369><c> up</c><00:42:25.630><c> into</c>

00:42:25.809 --> 00:42:28.349
her<00:42:26.030><c> mind</c><00:42:26.289><c> all</c><00:42:26.670><c> that</c><00:42:26.769><c> he</c><00:42:26.969><c> is</c><00:42:27.090><c> saying</c><00:42:27.210><c> to</c><00:42:27.429><c> her.</c>

00:42:28.449 --> 00:42:31.889
And<00:42:28.670><c> listening</c><00:42:28.949><c> intently,</c><00:42:29.929><c> feeding</c><00:42:30.170><c> upon</c><00:42:30.469><c> these</c><00:42:30.750><c> words.</c>

00:42:33.550 --> 00:42:40.269
How<00:42:33.949><c> incredible</c><00:42:34.630><c> that</c><00:42:35.750><c> the</c><00:42:35.949><c> Lord</c><00:42:36.170><c> now</c><00:42:36.550><c> defines</c><00:42:37.429><c> God's</c><00:42:38.650><c> incorruptibility.</c>

00:42:41.190 --> 00:42:43.650
Both<00:42:41.429><c> in</c><00:42:41.769><c> nature</c><00:42:42.250><c> and</c><00:42:42.849><c> in</c><00:42:43.210><c> character.</c>

00:42:43.650 --> 00:42:51.010
In<00:42:44.550><c> contrast</c><00:42:45.550><c> with</c><00:42:45.849><c> the</c><00:42:46.309><c> weakness</c><00:42:46.769><c> and</c><00:42:47.250><c> the</c><00:42:47.510><c> perversity</c><00:42:49.230><c> of</c><00:42:49.849><c> flesh.</c>

00:42:53.070 --> 00:42:58.309
We<00:42:53.170><c> have</c><00:42:53.449><c> to</c><00:42:53.730><c> seek</c><00:42:53.929><c> to</c><00:42:54.110><c> become</c><00:42:54.570><c> what</c><00:42:55.750><c> the</c><00:42:56.030><c> father</c><00:42:56.269><c> now</c><00:42:56.590><c> is.</c>

00:42:59.210 --> 00:43:00.449
That's<00:42:59.469><c> the</c><00:42:59.570><c> message.</c>

00:43:01.449 --> 00:43:04.050
And<00:43:01.690><c> possibly</c><00:43:02.030><c> this</c><00:43:02.289><c> woman</c><00:43:02.489><c> of</c><00:43:02.710><c> Samaria</c><00:43:03.070><c> wondered</c><00:43:03.369><c> at</c><00:43:03.570><c> this</c><00:43:03.769><c> time.</c>

00:43:04.289 --> 00:43:07.530
Why<00:43:04.650><c> should</c><00:43:04.889><c> the</c><00:43:05.150><c> father</c><00:43:05.550><c> seek</c><00:43:06.170><c> worshipers?</c>

00:43:08.869 --> 00:43:11.449
Why<00:43:09.250><c> should</c><00:43:09.429><c> he</c><00:43:10.030><c> seek</c><00:43:10.590><c> them?</c>

00:43:11.809 --> 00:43:14.989
And<00:43:12.389><c> the</c><00:43:12.570><c> answer</c><00:43:12.929><c> is</c><00:43:13.349><c> because</c><00:43:13.929><c> of</c><00:43:14.130><c> his</c><00:43:14.269><c> purpose.</c>

00:43:15.250 --> 00:43:19.690
That<00:43:15.489><c> all</c><00:43:15.849><c> the</c><00:43:16.110><c> earth</c><00:43:16.349><c> shall</c><00:43:16.690><c> be</c><00:43:17.070><c> filled</c><00:43:17.409><c> with</c><00:43:18.130><c> his</c><00:43:18.630><c> glory.</c>

00:43:20.510 --> 00:43:21.869
We<00:43:20.590><c> need</c><00:43:20.730><c> to</c><00:43:20.889><c> remember</c><00:43:21.070><c> that</c><00:43:21.329><c> sometimes.</c>

00:43:22.230 --> 00:43:23.550
Not<00:43:22.389><c> our</c><00:43:22.690><c> glory.</c>

00:43:24.730 --> 00:43:27.070
You<00:43:24.869><c> see</c><00:43:24.989><c> if</c><00:43:25.150><c> we</c><00:43:25.389><c> gain</c><00:43:25.530><c> the</c><00:43:25.710><c> kingdom</c><00:43:25.909><c> of</c><00:43:26.130><c> God.</c>

00:43:27.570 --> 00:43:30.230
It<00:43:27.769><c> won't</c><00:43:27.969><c> be</c><00:43:28.210><c> that</c><00:43:28.510><c> we're</c><00:43:28.750><c> all</c><00:43:28.949><c> going</c><00:43:29.050><c> to</c><00:43:29.210><c> become</c><00:43:29.469><c> big</c><00:43:29.809><c> shots</c>

00:43:30.230 --> 00:43:32.230
in<00:43:30.829><c> running</c><00:43:31.010><c> the</c><00:43:31.230><c> earth.</c>

00:43:33.449 --> 00:43:36.329
God<00:43:33.750><c> will</c><00:43:33.969><c> be</c><00:43:34.230><c> glorified</c><00:43:35.010><c> in</c><00:43:35.389><c> us.</c>

00:43:37.110 --> 00:43:39.489
The<00:43:37.449><c> glory</c><00:43:37.730><c> will</c><00:43:38.030><c> be</c><00:43:38.190><c> of</c><00:43:38.389><c> divine</c><00:43:38.929><c> origin.</c>

00:43:39.489 --> 00:43:42.110
Not<00:43:40.710><c> ourselves.</c>

00:43:43.389 --> 00:43:49.210
And<00:43:43.510><c> so</c><00:43:43.670><c> he</c><00:43:44.110><c> seeks</c><00:43:44.489><c> worshipers</c><00:43:45.630><c> that</c><00:43:46.369><c> he</c><00:43:46.550><c> might</c><00:43:46.789><c> glorify</c><00:43:47.769><c> in</c><00:43:48.289><c> them.</c>

00:43:49.610 --> 00:43:52.409
And<00:43:49.769><c> that's</c><00:43:50.050><c> our</c><00:43:50.250><c> path</c><00:43:50.610><c> in</c><00:43:50.989><c> the</c><00:43:51.110><c> divine</c><00:43:51.389><c> purpose.</c>

00:43:52.650 --> 00:43:56.309
That<00:43:52.769><c> we</c><00:43:52.949><c> might</c><00:43:53.210><c> become</c><00:43:53.550><c> reflections</c><00:43:54.250><c> of</c><00:43:55.030><c> what</c><00:43:55.210><c> he</c><00:43:55.449><c> is.</c>

00:43:56.570 --> 00:43:59.369
That's<00:43:56.829><c> what</c><00:43:57.030><c> Paul</c><00:43:57.289><c> meant</c><00:43:57.650><c> when</c><00:43:58.050><c> he</c><00:43:58.269><c> said</c><00:43:58.389><c> in</c><00:43:58.610><c> 1</c><00:43:58.809><c> Corinthians</c>

00:43:59.369 --> 00:44:02.190
chapter<00:43:59.769><c> 3</c><00:44:00.349><c> and</c><00:44:00.630><c> at</c><00:44:00.769><c> verse</c><00:44:00.969><c> 16.</c>

00:44:02.309 --> 00:44:07.030
That<00:44:02.550><c> true</c><00:44:02.809><c> believers,</c><00:44:04.050><c> true</c><00:44:04.230><c> worshipers,</c><00:44:05.469><c> become</c><00:44:06.010><c> the</c><00:44:06.449><c> temple</c><00:44:06.769><c> of</c>

00:44:07.030 --> 00:44:08.409
the<00:44:07.130><c> living</c><00:44:07.329><c> God.</c>

00:44:08.670 --> 00:44:13.090
And<00:44:09.389><c> so</c><00:44:09.630><c> in</c><00:44:09.789><c> this</c><00:44:10.070><c> way</c><00:44:10.369><c> we</c><00:44:10.849><c> find</c><00:44:11.130><c> that</c><00:44:11.309><c> the</c><00:44:11.469><c> woman</c><00:44:11.690><c> was</c><00:44:11.929><c> convinced.</c>

00:44:13.710 --> 00:44:17.230
The<00:44:13.889><c> woman</c><00:44:14.170><c> listens</c><00:44:14.690><c> intently</c><00:44:15.449><c> to</c><00:44:15.989><c> what</c><00:44:16.230><c> the</c><00:44:16.449><c> Lord</c><00:44:16.650><c> has</c><00:44:17.010><c> said.</c>

00:44:17.670 --> 00:44:21.769
And<00:44:17.829><c> he</c><00:44:18.090><c> says</c><00:44:18.289><c> true</c><00:44:18.750><c> worshipers</c><00:44:19.429><c> must</c><00:44:19.769><c> worship</c><00:44:20.309><c> him</c><00:44:20.630><c> in</c><00:44:21.130><c> spirit</c><00:44:21.469><c> and</c>

00:44:21.769 --> 00:44:22.989
in<00:44:22.110><c> truth.</c>

00:44:23.150 --> 00:44:27.469
And<00:44:23.369><c> the</c><00:44:23.550><c> Lord</c><00:44:23.750><c> left</c><00:44:24.070><c> no</c><00:44:24.489><c> room</c><00:44:24.710><c> whatever</c><00:44:25.070><c> for</c><00:44:25.690><c> national</c><00:44:26.269><c> pride.</c>

00:44:27.510 --> 00:44:30.309
Or<00:44:27.769><c> Judaistic</c><00:44:28.630><c> self</c><00:44:29.010><c> satisfaction.</c>

00:44:31.670 --> 00:44:34.710
Or<00:44:32.030><c> pride</c><00:44:32.690><c> in</c><00:44:33.150><c> attainment.</c>

00:44:34.849 --> 00:44:36.829
Or<00:44:35.170><c> personal</c><00:44:35.809><c> merit.</c>

00:44:37.250 --> 00:44:41.409
And<00:44:38.130><c> he</c><00:44:38.530><c> taught</c><00:44:38.750><c> her</c><00:44:39.110><c> that</c><00:44:39.449><c> divine</c><00:44:39.969><c> worship</c><00:44:40.489><c> has</c><00:44:40.869><c> got</c><00:44:40.989><c> to</c><00:44:41.150><c> be</c>

00:44:41.409 --> 00:44:43.570
governed<00:44:41.750><c> by</c><00:44:42.489><c> sound</c><00:44:43.010><c> knowledge.</c>

00:44:43.710 --> 00:44:48.969
And<00:44:44.070><c> an</c><00:44:44.409><c> inner</c><00:44:44.710><c> disposition</c><00:44:45.530><c> in</c><00:44:46.170><c> accordance</c><00:44:46.710><c> with</c><00:44:47.489><c> that</c><00:44:47.929><c> knowledge.</c>

00:44:49.510 --> 00:44:55.090
And<00:44:49.809><c> to</c><00:44:50.090><c> be</c><00:44:50.510><c> manifested</c><00:44:51.309><c> in</c><00:44:52.769><c> moral</c><00:44:53.650><c> purity.</c>

00:44:56.309 --> 00:44:59.150
To<00:44:56.650><c> a</c><00:44:56.909><c> woman</c><00:44:57.130><c> who</c><00:44:57.369><c> was</c><00:44:57.809><c> immoral.</c>

00:45:00.590 --> 00:45:05.989
How<00:45:01.210><c> that</c><00:45:01.630><c> immoral</c><00:45:02.250><c> woman</c><00:45:03.210><c> must</c><00:45:03.769><c> have</c><00:45:03.949><c> been</c><00:45:04.289><c> touched</c><00:45:04.909><c> by</c><00:45:05.730><c> the</c>

00:45:05.989 --> 00:45:10.369
revelation<00:45:06.769><c> of</c><00:45:07.650><c> these</c><00:45:07.969><c> profound</c><00:45:08.730><c> truths.</c>

00:45:11.829 --> 00:45:14.210
Now<00:45:12.449><c> she</c><00:45:12.630><c> gets</c><00:45:12.869><c> to</c><00:45:13.110><c> respond.</c>

00:45:14.730 --> 00:45:17.329
The<00:45:14.869><c> Lord</c><00:45:15.010><c> has</c><00:45:15.389><c> told</c><00:45:15.590><c> her</c><00:45:15.769><c> what</c><00:45:15.909><c> she</c><00:45:16.150><c> needs</c><00:45:16.349><c> to</c><00:45:16.570><c> know</c><00:45:16.730><c> for</c><00:45:16.909><c> the</c><00:45:17.070><c> moment.</c>

00:45:17.489 --> 00:45:19.050
And<00:45:17.630><c> he</c><00:45:17.989><c> stops.</c>

00:45:19.889 --> 00:45:22.369
And<00:45:20.050><c> there</c><00:45:20.090><c> would</c><00:45:20.210><c> have</c><00:45:20.289><c> been</c><00:45:20.449><c> a</c><00:45:20.530><c> moment</c><00:45:20.730><c> of</c><00:45:21.110><c> silence.</c>

00:45:22.670 --> 00:45:25.420
While<00:45:22.809><c> that</c><00:45:23.110><c> woman</c><00:45:23.389><c> gathered</c><00:45:23.889><c> together</c><00:45:24.289><c> her</c><00:45:24.610><c> thoughts.</c>

00:45:25.809 --> 00:45:28.219
That<00:45:26.159><c> she</c><00:45:26.340><c> might</c><00:45:26.619><c> reply</c><00:45:27.280><c> in</c><00:45:27.559><c> some</c><00:45:27.860><c> way.</c>

00:45:28.539 --> 00:45:31.670
And<00:45:28.539><c> in</c><00:45:28.760><c> verse</c><00:45:28.980><c> 25</c><00:45:29.760><c> the</c><00:45:30.059><c> woman</c><00:45:30.360><c> said</c><00:45:30.559><c> unto</c><00:45:30.820><c> him.</c>

00:45:31.960 --> 00:45:36.699
I<00:45:32.059><c> know</c><00:45:32.699><c> that</c><00:45:33.599><c> Messiah</c><00:45:34.199><c> cometh</c><00:45:34.800><c> which</c><00:45:35.440><c> is</c><00:45:35.739><c> called</c><00:45:36.059><c> Christ.</c>

00:45:37.179 --> 00:45:42.139
When<00:45:37.460><c> he</c><00:45:37.820><c> has</c><00:45:38.079><c> come</c><00:45:38.579><c> he</c><00:45:39.300><c> will</c><00:45:39.599><c> tell</c><00:45:39.780><c> us</c><00:45:40.519><c> all</c><00:45:41.019><c> things.</c>

00:45:44.019 --> 00:45:45.840
She<00:45:44.199><c> wasn't</c><00:45:44.519><c> totally</c><00:45:44.960><c> ignorant.</c>

00:45:46.619 --> 00:45:50.360
This<00:45:46.880><c> was</c><00:45:47.159><c> really</c><00:45:47.559><c> a</c><00:45:48.000><c> remarkably</c><00:45:48.539><c> perceptive</c><00:45:49.360><c> confession.</c>

00:45:50.719 --> 00:45:53.780
She<00:45:50.980><c> didn't</c><00:45:51.280><c> simply</c><00:45:51.800><c> say</c><00:45:52.179><c> that</c><00:45:52.420><c> she</c><00:45:52.599><c> knew</c><00:45:52.920><c> that</c><00:45:53.139><c> the</c><00:45:53.420><c> Messiah</c>

00:45:53.780 --> 00:45:54.440
would<00:45:54.119><c> come.</c>

00:45:54.440 --> 00:45:58.940
But<00:45:54.960><c> that</c><00:45:55.320><c> at</c><00:45:55.559><c> his</c><00:45:55.860><c> coming</c><00:45:56.219><c> he</c><00:45:56.820><c> would</c><00:45:57.239><c> enlighten</c><00:45:58.039><c> the</c><00:45:58.219><c> people.</c>

00:45:59.099 --> 00:46:02.219
Concerning<00:45:59.820><c> the</c><00:46:00.099><c> truth</c><00:46:00.400><c> and</c><00:46:00.840><c> the</c><00:46:01.119><c> way</c><00:46:01.320><c> to</c><00:46:01.619><c> salvation.</c>

00:46:02.639 --> 00:46:06.400
He<00:46:02.840><c> will</c><00:46:03.280><c> tell</c><00:46:03.599><c> us</c><00:46:04.320><c> all</c><00:46:05.000><c> things.</c>

00:46:08.579 --> 00:46:13.960
The<00:46:08.780><c> word</c><00:46:09.099><c> tell</c><00:46:09.719><c> is</c><00:46:10.380><c> far</c><00:46:10.739><c> stronger</c><00:46:11.380><c> than</c><00:46:12.500><c> our</c><00:46:12.719><c> English</c><00:46:13.059><c> word.</c>

00:46:14.199 --> 00:46:16.619
And<00:46:14.360><c> that</c><00:46:14.500><c> is</c><00:46:14.719><c> why</c><00:46:14.980><c> Weymouth</c><00:46:15.400><c> renders</c><00:46:15.800><c> it.</c>

00:46:16.699 --> 00:46:20.860
When<00:46:17.059><c> he</c><00:46:17.400><c> has</c><00:46:17.840><c> come</c><00:46:18.219><c> he</c><00:46:18.760><c> will</c><00:46:19.079><c> tell</c><00:46:19.320><c> us</c><00:46:19.760><c> everything.</c>

00:46:21.780 --> 00:46:23.099
And<00:46:22.000><c> that's</c><00:46:22.179><c> the</c><00:46:22.300><c> idea</c><00:46:22.559><c> of</c><00:46:22.739><c> the</c><00:46:22.920><c> phrase.</c>

00:46:23.099 --> 00:46:25.260
That's<00:46:23.519><c> what</c><00:46:23.619><c> she</c><00:46:23.800><c> replied</c><00:46:24.179><c> to</c><00:46:24.360><c> the</c><00:46:24.440><c> Lord.</c>

00:46:25.360 --> 00:46:28.659
When<00:46:25.539><c> he</c><00:46:25.719><c> has</c><00:46:26.019><c> come</c><00:46:26.280><c> he</c><00:46:26.619><c> will</c><00:46:26.880><c> tell</c><00:46:27.099><c> us</c><00:46:27.579><c> everything.</c>

00:46:29.400 --> 00:46:31.039
And<00:46:29.579><c> you</c><00:46:29.679><c> know</c><00:46:29.780><c> what</c><00:46:29.880><c> that</c><00:46:30.159><c> means.</c>

00:46:31.400 --> 00:46:33.340
If<00:46:31.559><c> he's</c><00:46:31.860><c> going</c><00:46:31.980><c> to</c><00:46:32.079><c> be</c><00:46:32.219><c> able</c><00:46:32.380><c> to</c><00:46:32.579><c> tell</c><00:46:32.719><c> them</c><00:46:32.900><c> everything.</c>

00:46:33.539 --> 00:46:37.159
He's<00:46:33.920><c> got</c><00:46:34.059><c> to</c><00:46:34.239><c> be</c><00:46:34.360><c> a</c><00:46:34.519><c> man</c><00:46:34.679><c> who</c><00:46:35.280><c> comes</c><00:46:35.719><c> from</c><00:46:36.019><c> God.</c>

00:46:39.119 --> 00:46:44.719
And<00:46:39.340><c> this</c><00:46:39.719><c> woman's</c><00:46:40.320><c> mind</c><00:46:40.579><c> is</c><00:46:40.880><c> now</c><00:46:41.199><c> gradually</c><00:46:41.719><c> becoming</c><00:46:42.500><c> flooded</c><00:46:43.239><c> with</c><00:46:43.539><c> light.</c>

00:46:46.079 --> 00:46:47.780
Verse<00:46:46.679><c> 26.</c>

00:46:48.280 --> 00:46:49.980
Jesus<00:46:48.699><c> saith</c><00:46:48.920><c> unto</c><00:46:49.280><c> her.</c>

00:46:49.980 --> 00:46:55.519
I<00:46:50.860><c> that</c><00:46:51.260><c> speak</c><00:46:51.719><c> unto</c><00:46:52.159><c> thee</c><00:46:52.940><c> am</c><00:46:54.420><c> he.</c>

00:46:58.420 --> 00:47:01.659
And<00:46:58.579><c> if</c><00:46:58.760><c> the</c><00:46:59.059><c> full</c><00:46:59.300><c> light</c><00:46:59.599><c> hadn't</c><00:46:59.980><c> dawned</c><00:47:00.360><c> by</c><00:47:00.719><c> now.</c>

00:47:02.280 --> 00:47:06.840
Her<00:47:02.519><c> mind</c><00:47:02.920><c> was</c><00:47:03.300><c> suddenly</c><00:47:03.780><c> filled</c><00:47:04.300><c> with</c><00:47:04.539><c> a</c><00:47:05.000><c> shining</c><00:47:05.519><c> brilliance.</c>

00:47:08.659 --> 00:47:11.659
She<00:47:08.940><c> stood</c><00:47:09.519><c> staggered.</c>

00:47:12.440 --> 00:47:18.739
She<00:47:12.760><c> stood</c><00:47:13.079><c> tottering</c><00:47:13.739><c> between</c><00:47:14.260><c> disbelief</c><00:47:15.460><c> and</c><00:47:16.460><c> a</c><00:47:16.639><c> rejoicing</c><00:47:17.480><c> conviction.</c>

00:47:19.119 --> 00:47:21.860
And<00:47:19.840><c> you</c><00:47:20.099><c> know</c><00:47:20.280><c> brethren</c><00:47:20.619><c> and</c><00:47:20.920><c> sisters.</c>

00:47:21.980 --> 00:47:26.699
The<00:47:22.059><c> Lord</c><00:47:22.440><c> made</c><00:47:22.920><c> a</c><00:47:23.340><c> revelation</c><00:47:23.940><c> of</c><00:47:24.400><c> that</c><00:47:24.719><c> magnitude</c><00:47:25.460><c> to</c><00:47:26.159><c> very</c>

00:47:26.699 --> 00:47:28.119
very<00:47:27.260><c> few.</c>

00:47:29.000 --> 00:47:32.860
You<00:47:29.400><c> search</c><00:47:29.719><c> the</c><00:47:29.920><c> Gospel</c><00:47:30.280><c> accounts</c><00:47:30.800><c> and</c><00:47:31.280><c> find</c><00:47:31.480><c> out</c><00:47:31.780><c> how</c><00:47:32.000><c> many</c><00:47:32.280><c> times.</c>

00:47:33.239 --> 00:47:36.900
He<00:47:33.400><c> made</c><00:47:33.719><c> as</c><00:47:34.159><c> bold</c><00:47:34.619><c> a</c><00:47:34.940><c> revelation</c><00:47:35.440><c> as</c><00:47:35.960><c> that.</c>

00:47:37.199 --> 00:47:39.760
Very<00:47:37.739><c> very</c><00:47:38.199><c> few</c><00:47:38.460><c> times</c><00:47:38.900><c> did</c><00:47:39.059><c> he</c><00:47:39.179><c> ever</c><00:47:39.300><c> do</c><00:47:39.480><c> that.</c>

00:47:40.119 --> 00:47:43.780
Why<00:47:40.539><c> did</c><00:47:40.699><c> he</c><00:47:40.820><c> do</c><00:47:40.980><c> it</c><00:47:41.139><c> to</c><00:47:41.360><c> a</c><00:47:41.599><c> woman</c><00:47:41.820><c> of</c><00:47:42.139><c> the</c><00:47:42.300><c> Samaritans?</c>

00:47:46.559 --> 00:47:50.760
There<00:47:47.519><c> can</c><00:47:47.699><c> be</c><00:47:47.880><c> only</c><00:47:48.139><c> one</c><00:47:48.800><c> real</c><00:47:49.260><c> basic</c><00:47:49.739><c> reason.</c>

00:47:52.059 --> 00:47:58.500
Because<00:47:52.360><c> she</c><00:47:52.760><c> was</c><00:47:53.340><c> totally</c><00:47:54.300><c> receptive</c><00:47:55.559><c> to</c><00:47:56.159><c> what</c><00:47:56.460><c> he</c><00:47:56.699><c> had</c><00:47:57.179><c> told</c><00:47:57.480><c> her.</c>

00:47:58.820 --> 00:48:01.159
And<00:47:59.019><c> that's</c><00:47:59.380><c> got</c><00:47:59.500><c> to</c><00:47:59.699><c> represent</c><00:48:00.179><c> ourselves.</c>

00:48:02.860 --> 00:48:05.880
Because<00:48:03.300><c> she</c><00:48:03.699><c> typifies</c><00:48:04.519><c> us.</c>

00:48:06.539 --> 00:48:12.280
Gone<00:48:06.960><c> from</c><00:48:07.239><c> her</c><00:48:07.519><c> mind</c><00:48:07.880><c> now</c><00:48:08.539><c> was</c><00:48:09.179><c> the</c><00:48:09.619><c> prejudicial</c><00:48:10.900><c> bigotry.</c>

00:48:12.280 --> 00:48:15.260
Between<00:48:13.239><c> Samaritan</c><00:48:14.019><c> and</c><00:48:14.480><c> Jew.</c>

00:48:15.760 --> 00:48:17.119
She<00:48:15.780><c> didn't</c><00:48:16.139><c> ask</c><00:48:16.599><c> him.</c>

00:48:17.480 --> 00:48:20.340
If<00:48:17.619><c> thou</c><00:48:17.920><c> be</c><00:48:18.119><c> the</c><00:48:18.280><c> Messiah</c><00:48:18.760><c> tell</c><00:48:19.219><c> us</c><00:48:19.519><c> plainly.</c>

00:48:20.800 --> 00:48:24.460
As<00:48:20.980><c> the</c><00:48:21.199><c> Jews</c><00:48:21.360><c> did</c><00:48:21.559><c> in</c><00:48:21.760><c> chapter</c><00:48:22.000><c> 10</c><00:48:22.519><c> and</c><00:48:22.820><c> verse</c><00:48:23.039><c> 24.</c>

00:48:24.480 --> 00:48:26.679
Nor<00:48:24.760><c> did</c><00:48:24.960><c> she</c><00:48:25.219><c> ask</c><00:48:25.599><c> for</c><00:48:26.119><c> signs.</c>

00:48:27.119 --> 00:48:29.860
If<00:48:27.420><c> thou</c><00:48:27.659><c> be</c><00:48:27.860><c> the</c><00:48:28.059><c> Messiah</c><00:48:28.539><c> do</c><00:48:28.960><c> a</c><00:48:29.219><c> few</c><00:48:29.340><c> miracles.</c>

00:48:30.039 --> 00:48:31.760
Give<00:48:30.219><c> us</c><00:48:30.420><c> some</c><00:48:30.699><c> signs.</c>

00:48:32.420 --> 00:48:35.719
The<00:48:32.659><c> woman</c><00:48:33.059><c> here</c><00:48:33.539><c> simply</c><00:48:34.320><c> believed.</c>

00:48:36.300 --> 00:48:39.340
And<00:48:36.599><c> what</c><00:48:36.860><c> a</c><00:48:37.119><c> profound</c><00:48:37.739><c> thing</c><00:48:38.019><c> there</c><00:48:38.199><c> is</c><00:48:38.400><c> in</c><00:48:38.559><c> that.</c>

00:48:39.400 --> 00:48:40.320
Brethren<00:48:39.780><c> and</c><00:48:40.039><c> sisters.</c>

00:48:40.320 --> 00:48:45.239
The<00:48:41.420><c> fact</c><00:48:41.659><c> that</c><00:48:41.960><c> the</c><00:48:42.199><c> Lord</c><00:48:42.480><c> will</c><00:48:42.800><c> reveal</c><00:48:43.260><c> himself</c><00:48:44.079><c> fully.</c>

00:48:45.619 --> 00:48:48.480
To<00:48:45.860><c> those</c><00:48:46.239><c> of</c><00:48:46.719><c> honest</c><00:48:47.059><c> and</c><00:48:47.420><c> open</c><00:48:47.780><c> heart.</c>

00:48:48.780 --> 00:48:51.659
Who<00:48:48.900><c> desire</c><00:48:49.599><c> to</c><00:48:49.860><c> receive</c><00:48:50.400><c> the</c><00:48:50.780><c> truth.</c>

00:48:53.280 --> 00:48:56.860
The<00:48:53.579><c> woman</c><00:48:53.840><c> never</c><00:48:54.260><c> questioned</c><00:48:54.900><c> his</c><00:48:55.860><c> statement.</c>

00:48:57.679 --> 00:49:00.119
Never<00:48:57.940><c> questioned</c><00:48:58.360><c> it.</c>

00:49:00.340 --> 00:49:02.639
In<00:49:00.619><c> proof</c><00:49:00.800><c> of</c><00:49:00.980><c> the</c><00:49:01.159><c> power</c><00:49:01.340><c> of</c><00:49:01.500><c> his</c><00:49:01.699><c> words.</c>

00:49:03.019 --> 00:49:07.059
In<00:49:03.179><c> this</c><00:49:03.420><c> discourse</c><00:49:03.920><c> especially</c><00:49:04.579><c> in</c><00:49:04.800><c> verse</c><00:49:05.000><c> 21</c><00:49:05.500><c> and</c><00:49:05.739><c> verse</c><00:49:05.960><c> 24.</c>

00:49:07.500 --> 00:49:09.719
We<00:49:07.900><c> find</c><00:49:08.280><c> that</c><00:49:08.519><c> the</c><00:49:08.699><c> Lord's</c><00:49:09.119><c> words.</c>

00:49:10.039 --> 00:49:13.059
Of<00:49:10.219><c> confession</c><00:49:10.780><c> concerning</c><00:49:11.420><c> his</c><00:49:11.719><c> identity.</c>

00:49:13.519 --> 00:49:16.559
Were<00:49:13.780><c> not</c><00:49:14.139><c> uttered</c><00:49:14.599><c> to</c><00:49:14.880><c> vast</c><00:49:15.260><c> audiences.</c>

00:49:16.800 --> 00:49:19.500
In<00:49:17.000><c> the</c><00:49:17.239><c> religious</c><00:49:17.659><c> schools</c><00:49:18.159><c> of</c><00:49:18.380><c> the</c><00:49:18.579><c> Jews.</c>

00:49:20.099 --> 00:49:23.039
Nor<00:49:20.280><c> were</c><00:49:20.440><c> they</c><00:49:20.739><c> uttered</c><00:49:21.000><c> in</c><00:49:21.179><c> the</c><00:49:21.420><c> temple</c><00:49:21.699><c> of</c><00:49:22.039><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:49:24.139 --> 00:49:26.260
These<00:49:24.460><c> words</c><00:49:24.920><c> were</c><00:49:25.360><c> uttered.</c>

00:49:26.300 --> 00:49:30.960
In<00:49:26.519><c> the</c><00:49:26.920><c> dusty</c><00:49:27.420><c> inhospitable</c><00:49:28.500><c> fields</c><00:49:29.039><c> of</c><00:49:30.019><c> Samaria.</c>

00:49:30.960 --> 00:49:33.500
And<00:49:32.099><c> to</c><00:49:32.280><c> a</c><00:49:32.500><c> Samaritan.</c>

00:49:33.659 --> 00:49:37.380
And<00:49:33.880><c> to</c><00:49:34.099><c> a</c><00:49:34.280><c> woman</c><00:49:34.760><c> of</c><00:49:35.440><c> loose</c><00:49:35.840><c> moral</c><00:49:36.119><c> reputation.</c>

00:49:39.860 --> 00:49:41.900
And<00:49:39.960><c> that's</c><00:49:40.340><c> the</c><00:49:40.500><c> sort</c><00:49:40.659><c> of</c><00:49:40.840><c> person.</c>

00:49:42.340 --> 00:49:45.539
Who<00:49:42.500><c> typifies</c><00:49:43.400><c> those</c><00:49:44.139><c> who</c><00:49:44.340><c> are</c><00:49:44.679><c> drawn.</c>

00:49:45.960 --> 00:49:47.780
From<00:49:46.139><c> the</c><00:49:46.380><c> world</c><00:49:46.539><c> of</c><00:49:46.780><c> darkness.</c>

00:49:48.079 --> 00:49:52.420
Into<00:49:48.800><c> the</c><00:49:49.300><c> ecclesia</c><00:49:49.840><c> of</c><00:49:50.780><c> the</c><00:49:51.099><c> living</c><00:49:51.380><c> God.</c>

00:49:53.739 --> 00:49:58.880
Those<00:49:54.420><c> who</c><00:49:55.500><c> are</c><00:49:56.000><c> members</c><00:49:56.559><c> of</c><00:49:57.239><c> sin</c><00:49:57.679><c> stricken</c><00:49:58.239><c> humanity.</c>

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But<00:50:00.300><c> who</c><00:50:00.579><c> have</c><00:50:00.780><c> hearts</c><00:50:01.280><c> and</c><00:50:01.619><c> minds</c><00:50:02.039><c> that</c><00:50:02.360><c> will</c><00:50:02.840><c> open.</c>

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To<00:50:04.679><c> receive</c><00:50:05.119><c> the</c><00:50:05.320><c> word</c><00:50:05.480><c> of</c><00:50:06.940><c> God.</c>

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Hearts<00:50:07.940><c> and</c><00:50:08.219><c> minds</c><00:50:08.559><c> that</c><00:50:08.760><c> will</c><00:50:08.900><c> be</c><00:50:09.179><c> unlocked</c><00:50:09.659><c> and</c><00:50:10.039><c> flung</c><00:50:10.420><c> wide.</c>

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That<00:50:12.260><c> the</c><00:50:12.699><c> understanding</c><00:50:13.599><c> that</c><00:50:13.960><c> God</c><00:50:14.239><c> has</c><00:50:14.539><c> given</c><00:50:14.659><c> us.</c>

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The<00:50:15.320><c> ability</c><00:50:15.920><c> to</c><00:50:16.300><c> mentally</c><00:50:16.599><c> and</c><00:50:17.199><c> intelligently</c><00:50:17.960><c> consider</c>

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his<00:50:18.920><c> word.</c>

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Will<00:50:19.699><c> be</c><00:50:20.059><c> open</c><00:50:20.460><c> and</c><00:50:20.900><c> will</c><00:50:21.159><c> become</c><00:50:21.579><c> filled</c><00:50:22.179><c> with</c><00:50:22.400><c> the</c><00:50:22.559><c> things</c>

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of<00:50:22.900><c> God.</c>

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So<00:50:25.300><c> that</c><00:50:25.420><c> we</c><00:50:25.559><c> become</c><00:50:26.039><c> different</c><00:50:26.500><c> people.</c>

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We<00:50:27.599><c> see</c><00:50:28.059><c> life</c><00:50:28.380><c> differently.</c>

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This<00:50:29.619><c> woman</c><00:50:29.860><c> of</c><00:50:30.099><c> Samaria,</c><00:50:30.639><c> her</c><00:50:31.159><c> life</c><00:50:31.539><c> changed</c><00:50:32.340><c> from</c><00:50:32.519><c> that</c><00:50:32.800><c> moment.</c>

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She<00:50:34.219><c> was</c><00:50:34.400><c> a</c><00:50:34.679><c> different</c><00:50:35.000><c> person.</c>

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She<00:50:36.900><c> saw</c><00:50:37.280><c> the</c><00:50:37.539><c> truth.</c>

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And<00:50:38.159><c> the</c><00:50:38.380><c> truth</c><00:50:38.559><c> became</c><00:50:39.000><c> a</c><00:50:39.280><c> power</c><00:50:39.500><c> to</c><00:50:39.840><c> work</c><00:50:40.039><c> in</c><00:50:40.199><c> her</c><00:50:40.380><c> life.</c>

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And<00:50:42.380><c> to</c><00:50:42.539><c> prepare</c><00:50:43.019><c> her</c><00:50:43.480><c> for</c><00:50:44.320><c> an</c><00:50:44.599><c> eternal</c><00:50:44.980><c> inheritance.</c>

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In<00:50:46.840><c> God's</c><00:50:47.320><c> kingdom</c><00:50:47.820><c> in</c><00:50:48.559><c> the</c><00:50:48.739><c> age</c><00:50:49.039><c> soon</c><00:50:49.239><c> to</c><00:50:49.440><c> dawn.</c>

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May<00:50:52.800><c> we</c><00:50:53.000><c> be</c><00:50:53.199><c> like</c><00:50:53.400><c> the</c><00:50:53.559><c> woman</c><00:50:53.719><c> of</c><00:50:53.940><c> Samaria.</c>

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It<00:50:55.679><c> doesn't</c><00:50:56.019><c> matter</c><00:50:56.239><c> what</c><00:50:56.400><c> our</c><00:50:56.619><c> background</c><00:50:56.960><c> was.</c>

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We<00:50:58.920><c> have</c><00:50:59.199><c> seen</c><00:50:59.480><c> coming</c><00:50:59.719><c> to</c><00:50:59.880><c> the</c><00:51:00.079><c> ecclesia</c><00:51:00.380><c> of</c><00:51:00.599><c> God</c><00:51:00.880><c> in</c><00:51:01.079><c> various</c>

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parts<00:51:01.760><c> of</c><00:51:01.920><c> the</c><00:51:02.079><c> world.</c>

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People<00:51:03.820><c> of</c><00:51:04.320><c> a</c><00:51:04.619><c> background</c><00:51:05.139><c> that</c><00:51:05.360><c> you</c><00:51:05.519><c> would</c><00:51:05.860><c> think</c><00:51:06.159><c> would</c><00:51:06.699><c> never.</c>

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Hear<00:51:08.659><c> the</c><00:51:08.960><c> call</c><00:51:09.159><c> of</c><00:51:09.420><c> God.</c>

00:51:10.420 --> 00:51:12.159
To<00:51:10.519><c> come</c><00:51:10.780><c> out</c><00:51:11.079><c> of</c><00:51:11.219><c> the</c><00:51:11.380><c> Gentiles.</c>

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And<00:51:12.599><c> become</c><00:51:12.880><c> a</c><00:51:13.139><c> people</c><00:51:13.460><c> for</c><00:51:13.699><c> his</c><00:51:13.920><c> name.</c>

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We<00:51:15.840><c> have</c><00:51:16.079><c> come</c><00:51:16.199><c> ourselves</c><00:51:16.739><c> personally.</c>

00:51:17.960 --> 00:51:19.760
To<00:51:18.219><c> teach</c><00:51:18.539><c> the</c><00:51:18.820><c> truth</c><00:51:19.000><c> to</c><00:51:19.260><c> people.</c>

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Whom<00:51:20.320><c> we</c><00:51:20.480><c> have</c><00:51:20.639><c> had</c><00:51:20.860><c> grave</c><00:51:21.280><c> doubts</c><00:51:21.760><c> about</c><00:51:22.059><c> from</c><00:51:22.260><c> the</c><00:51:22.340><c> very</c>

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first<00:51:22.880><c> moment.</c>

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Because<00:51:23.539><c> of</c><00:51:23.719><c> their</c><00:51:23.940><c> background.</c>

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Their<00:51:24.960><c> way</c><00:51:25.260><c> of</c><00:51:25.500><c> life.</c>

00:51:26.159 --> 00:51:28.679
And<00:51:26.280><c> we</c><00:51:26.340><c> have</c><00:51:26.679><c> seen</c><00:51:26.880><c> them</c><00:51:27.320><c> changed.</c>

00:51:28.840 --> 00:51:30.900
By<00:51:29.000><c> the</c><00:51:29.280><c> power</c><00:51:29.659><c> of</c><00:51:29.860><c> this</c><00:51:30.059><c> word.</c>

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And<00:51:31.639><c> become</c><00:51:32.039><c> brothers</c><00:51:32.500><c> and</c><00:51:32.840><c> sisters</c><00:51:33.119><c> of</c><00:51:33.320><c> the</c><00:51:33.400><c> Lord</c><00:51:33.599><c> Jesus</c><00:51:34.079><c> Christ.</c>

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Living<00:51:35.119><c> the</c><00:51:35.380><c> truth.</c>

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Intellectually<00:51:37.320><c> absorbing</c><00:51:37.840><c> it</c><00:51:38.119><c> day</c><00:51:38.380><c> by</c><00:51:38.699><c> day.</c>

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Through<00:51:39.420><c> the</c><00:51:39.659><c> reading</c><00:51:39.880><c> and</c><00:51:40.059><c> the</c><00:51:40.300><c> study</c><00:51:40.460><c> of</c><00:51:40.619><c> the</c><00:51:40.820><c> word.</c>

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And<00:51:41.940><c> living</c><00:51:42.159><c> it</c><00:51:42.599><c> morally</c><00:51:42.860><c> in</c><00:51:43.059><c> their</c><00:51:43.300><c> lives.</c>

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Striving<00:51:44.860><c> and</c><00:51:45.280><c> struggling</c><00:51:45.679><c> to</c><00:51:46.079><c> follow</c><00:51:46.539><c> the</c><00:51:47.219><c> pattern</c><00:51:47.679><c> of</c>

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moral<00:51:48.519><c> perfection.</c>

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Revealed<00:51:50.300><c> in</c><00:51:50.460><c> the</c><00:51:50.619><c> light</c><00:51:50.780><c> of</c><00:51:50.960><c> their</c><00:51:51.139><c> Lord.</c>

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It<00:51:52.340><c> can</c><00:51:52.659><c> happen</c><00:51:53.019><c> to</c><00:51:53.360><c> anybody.</c>

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May<00:51:55.559><c> it</c><00:51:55.840><c> be.</c>

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That<00:51:57.360><c> we</c><00:51:57.599><c> have</c><00:51:57.719><c> the</c><00:51:58.019><c> intelligence.</c>

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And<00:51:59.639><c> the</c><00:51:59.940><c> simple</c><00:52:00.320><c> humble</c><00:52:00.920><c> faith.</c>

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To<00:52:02.760><c> openly</c><00:52:03.239><c> receive</c><00:52:03.960><c> with</c><00:52:04.480><c> joy.</c>

00:52:05.760 --> 00:52:07.860
The<00:52:06.000><c> words</c><00:52:06.260><c> of</c><00:52:06.460><c> the</c><00:52:06.639><c> son</c><00:52:06.780><c> of</c><00:52:07.019><c> God.</c>

00:52:08.480 --> 00:52:11.019
And<00:52:08.699><c> those</c><00:52:08.960><c> who</c><00:52:09.280><c> taught</c><00:52:09.480><c> like</c><00:52:09.800><c> him.</c>

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And<00:52:11.480><c> to</c><00:52:11.639><c> react</c><00:52:11.800><c> as</c><00:52:11.960><c> this</c><00:52:12.179><c> woman</c><00:52:12.440><c> did.</c>

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And<00:52:14.119><c> to</c><00:52:14.480><c> find</c><00:52:14.679><c> the</c><00:52:15.119><c> power</c><00:52:15.400><c> working</c><00:52:15.780><c> in</c><00:52:16.000><c> our</c><00:52:16.199><c> lives.</c>

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That<00:52:17.659><c> will</c><00:52:17.900><c> bring</c><00:52:18.039><c> us</c><00:52:18.340><c> eventually.</c>

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To<00:52:19.679><c> an</c><00:52:19.980><c> eternal</c><00:52:20.500><c> inheritance.</c>

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In<00:52:22.019><c> God's</c><00:52:22.440><c> kingdom.</c>

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We<00:52:25.139><c> have</c><00:52:25.320><c> not</c><00:52:25.480><c> yet</c><00:52:25.699><c> finished.</c>

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With<00:52:26.719><c> John</c><00:52:26.940><c> chapter</c><00:52:27.260><c> 4.</c>

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Because<00:52:28.679><c> God</c><00:52:28.920><c> willing</c><00:52:29.119><c> tomorrow</c><00:52:29.420><c> morning.</c>

00:52:30.239 --> 00:52:33.099
We<00:52:30.400><c> are</c><00:52:30.539><c> going</c><00:52:30.659><c> to</c><00:52:30.760><c> look</c><00:52:30.920><c> at</c><00:52:31.059><c> the</c><00:52:31.239><c> remarkable</c><00:52:31.800><c> and</c><00:52:32.159><c> awesome</c><00:52:32.460><c> outcome.</c>

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Of<00:52:33.840><c> this</c><00:52:34.079><c> conversion.</c>

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Of<00:52:35.380><c> this</c><00:52:35.659><c> one</c><00:52:35.920><c> woman.</c>

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Of<00:52:37.000><c> Samaria.</c>

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Thank<00:53:06.699><c> you.</c>