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sisters.<00:13:36.740><c> Has</c><00:13:36.860><c> anything</c><00:13:37.200><c> changed</c><00:13:37.840><c> in</c><00:13:38.120><c> 2</c><00:13:38.379><c>,000</c><00:13:38.799><c> years?</c><00:13:40.580><c> A</c><00:13:40.799><c> Muslim</c><00:13:41.120><c> will</c>

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itinerant<00:14:43.299><c> man</c><00:14:43.679><c> from</c><00:14:44.000><c> Nazareth,</c><00:14:45.860><c> how</c><00:14:46.139><c> we</c><00:14:46.320><c> make</c><00:14:46.539><c> up</c><00:14:46.720><c> our</c><00:14:46.960><c> minds</c>

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alternative.<00:18:03.420><c> Truly</c><00:18:03.940><c> you</c><00:18:04.500><c> are</c><00:18:04.859><c> the</c><00:18:05.079><c> son</c>

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make<00:18:46.259><c> up</c><00:18:46.440><c> their</c><00:18:46.619><c> minds.</c>

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sisters,<00:18:58.960><c> for</c><00:18:59.259><c> all</c><00:18:59.720><c> men</c><00:18:59.940><c> and</c><00:19:00.059><c> women</c><00:19:00.240><c> everywhere,</c>

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Simon<00:19:07.559><c> Peter</c><00:19:07.859><c> answered</c><00:19:08.279><c> and</c><00:19:08.599><c> said,</c><00:19:09.420><c> you</c><00:19:09.859><c> are</c><00:19:10.720><c> the</c><00:19:11.000><c> Christ,</c><00:19:12.380><c> the</c><00:19:12.700><c> son</c><00:19:12.839><c> of</c>

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thinking.<00:19:53.440><c> He</c><00:19:53.519><c> says,</c><00:19:53.900><c> my</c><00:19:54.099><c> father</c><00:19:54.599><c> who's</c><00:19:54.880><c> in</c><00:19:55.099><c> heaven</c><00:19:55.299><c> has</c><00:19:55.579><c> revealed</c><00:19:55.880><c> this</c>

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confessions<00:20:53.680><c> of</c><00:20:54.019><c> faith</c><00:20:54.279><c> in</c><00:20:54.500><c> Jesus,</c><00:20:54.839><c> and</c><00:20:55.000><c> this</c><00:20:55.160><c> is</c><00:20:55.319><c> why</c><00:20:55.500><c> I</c><00:20:55.740><c> say</c>

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It's<00:22:58.559><c> changed</c><00:22:58.880><c> for</c><00:22:59.140><c> us</c><00:22:59.319><c> now.</c><00:22:59.599><c> Of</c><00:22:59.819><c> course</c><00:23:00.000><c> we're</c><00:23:00.259><c> beyond</c><00:23:00.619><c> Pentecost</c><00:23:01.240><c> and</c>

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we<00:23:01.579><c> have</c><00:23:01.720><c> the</c><00:23:01.880><c> New</c><00:23:02.039><c> Testament,</c>

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and<00:23:24.279><c> now</c><00:23:24.579><c> he's</c><00:23:24.920><c> imposed</c><00:23:25.319><c> the</c><00:23:25.619><c> same</c><00:23:25.859><c> injunction</c><00:23:26.279><c> on</c><00:23:26.460><c> his</c><00:23:26.759><c> apostles</c><00:23:27.220><c> at</c><00:23:27.700><c> the</c><00:23:27.980><c> time</c><00:23:28.200><c> of</c>

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lives,<00:26:12.140><c> as</c><00:26:12.279><c> they</c><00:26:12.480><c> did</c><00:26:12.599><c> in</c><00:26:12.819><c> the</c><00:26:12.819><c> life</c><00:26:13.099><c> of</c><00:26:13.299><c> John</c><00:26:13.619><c> the</c><00:26:13.880><c> Baptist</c><00:26:14.279><c> after</c><00:26:14.819><c> languishing</c><00:26:15.660><c> in</c>

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prison.<00:26:18.299><c> And</c><00:26:18.579><c> his</c><00:26:18.799><c> answer</c><00:26:19.099><c> to</c>

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this<00:26:40.779><c> is</c><00:26:41.140><c> representing</c><00:26:41.599><c> Jesus</c><00:26:42.319><c> and</c><00:26:43.240><c> we've</c>

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got<00:26:43.700><c> some</c><00:26:43.880><c> behind</c><00:26:44.339><c> him.</c><00:26:46.220><c> The</c><00:26:46.299><c> guy</c><00:26:46.519><c> in</c><00:26:46.680><c> front</c><00:26:46.859><c> of</c><00:26:46.940><c> him's</c><00:26:47.119><c> got</c>

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his<00:26:47.380><c> mouth</c><00:26:47.619><c> open</c>

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Get<00:26:59.339><c> back</c><00:26:59.680><c> there.</c><00:27:00.900><c> Get</c><00:27:01.119><c> back</c><00:27:01.460><c> there.</c>

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The<00:27:04.279><c> way</c><00:27:04.480><c> is</c><00:27:04.720><c> not</c><00:27:04.940><c> easy.</c><00:27:06.259><c> Now</c><00:27:06.519><c> that</c><00:27:06.779><c> may</c><00:27:07.019><c> not</c><00:27:07.220><c> be</c><00:27:07.339><c> the</c><00:27:07.420><c> way</c><00:27:07.539><c> to</c>

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symbolism,<00:27:10.819><c> I</c><00:27:10.819><c> think.</c><00:27:12.000><c> The</c><00:27:12.200><c> way</c><00:27:12.440><c> is</c><00:27:12.720><c> not</c><00:27:12.940><c> easy.</c><00:27:14.960><c> Matthew</c><00:27:15.339><c> 5.</c>

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We<00:27:17.599><c> read</c><00:27:17.880><c> this</c><00:27:18.619><c> this</c><00:27:18.859><c> morning</c><00:27:19.140><c> with</c><00:27:19.339><c> brother</c><00:27:19.680><c> Jeff</c>

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an<00:27:21.440><c> early</c><00:27:21.779><c> indication</c><00:27:22.359><c> of</c><00:27:22.759><c> trouble</c><00:27:23.039><c> in</c><00:27:23.180><c> the</c><00:27:23.380><c> ministry</c><00:27:23.619><c> of</c><00:27:23.839><c> Jesus.</c>

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not<00:27:33.680><c> think</c><00:27:34.019><c> that</c><00:27:34.480><c> I</c><00:27:34.819><c> came</c><00:27:35.099><c> to</c><00:27:35.420><c> destroy</c>

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fulfill.<00:27:41.880><c> For</c><00:27:42.000><c> I</c><00:27:42.259><c> say</c><00:27:42.380><c> to</c><00:27:42.480><c> you</c><00:27:42.579><c> that</c>

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enter<00:27:50.119><c> the</c><00:27:50.380><c> kingdom</c><00:27:50.619><c> of</c><00:27:51.000><c> heaven.</c><00:27:53.859><c> Now</c><00:27:54.460><c> let's</c><00:27:54.759><c> just</c><00:27:54.980><c> back</c><00:27:55.200><c> up</c><00:27:55.359><c> there</c><00:27:55.519><c> again.</c><00:27:56.440><c> Do</c><00:27:56.740><c> not</c><00:27:57.380><c> think</c><00:27:57.680><c> that</c><00:27:57.900><c> I</c>

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came<00:27:58.319><c> to</c><00:27:58.640><c> destroy</c>

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and<00:28:02.799><c> sisters,</c><00:28:03.519><c> we</c><00:28:03.859><c> need</c><00:28:04.140><c> to</c><00:28:04.420><c> stop</c><00:28:04.680><c> and</c><00:28:05.000><c> think</c>

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of<00:28:05.980><c> how</c><00:28:06.279><c> Jesus</c><00:28:06.640><c> is</c><00:28:07.019><c> saying</c><00:28:07.240><c> things</c><00:28:08.019><c> because</c><00:28:09.400><c> he</c><00:28:09.519><c> doesn't</c><00:28:09.779><c> just</c>

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drop<00:28:10.839><c> something</c><00:28:11.200><c> on</c><00:28:11.400><c> us</c><00:28:11.559><c> out</c><00:28:11.700><c> of</c><00:28:11.799><c> the</c><00:28:12.059><c> blue.</c>

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There's<00:28:13.799><c> a</c><00:28:14.140><c> context</c><00:28:14.619><c> behind</c><00:28:15.140><c> this.</c><00:28:17.940><c> There's</c><00:28:18.200><c> a</c><00:28:18.480><c> context.</c><00:28:19.079><c> He</c>

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just<00:28:19.900><c> did</c><00:28:20.160><c> not</c><00:28:20.440><c> make</c><00:28:20.640><c> statements</c><00:28:21.000><c> like</c><00:28:21.299><c> this</c><00:28:21.460><c> in</c><00:28:21.680><c> a</c>

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vacuum.<00:28:23.559><c> And</c><00:28:23.759><c> so</c><00:28:23.920><c> I</c><00:28:24.019><c> think</c><00:28:24.240><c> we</c><00:28:24.339><c> can</c><00:28:24.579><c> be</c><00:28:25.019><c> certain</c><00:28:25.539><c> that</c><00:28:26.039><c> this</c><00:28:26.319><c> statement</c><00:28:26.640><c> had</c><00:28:26.920><c> a</c>

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defining<00:28:27.599><c> context.</c>

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It<00:28:30.160><c> had</c><00:28:30.440><c> already</c><00:28:31.160><c> become</c><00:28:31.740><c> quickly</c><00:28:32.299><c> evident</c><00:28:32.660><c> to</c><00:28:32.940><c> some</c><00:28:33.180><c> at</c><00:28:33.380><c> least,</c><00:28:33.740><c> and</c>

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certainly<00:28:34.200><c> the</c><00:28:34.480><c> scribes</c><00:28:34.799><c> and</c><00:28:34.960><c> the</c><00:28:35.200><c> Pharisees,</c>

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that<00:28:37.539><c> Jesus</c><00:28:37.960><c> was</c><00:28:38.240><c> at</c><00:28:38.559><c> cross</c><00:28:38.980><c> purposes</c><00:28:39.660><c> with</c><00:28:40.259><c> a</c><00:28:40.559><c> righteousness</c>

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that<00:28:41.599><c> was</c><00:28:41.960><c> based</c><00:28:42.279><c> on</c><00:28:42.680><c> protocols.</c>

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The<00:28:49.160><c> battle</c><00:28:49.740><c> was</c><00:28:50.140><c> early</c><00:28:50.640><c> joined</c><00:28:51.240><c> between</c><00:28:51.779><c> the</c><00:28:51.940><c> Lord</c><00:28:52.180><c> Jesus</c>

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and<00:28:52.859><c> Phariseeism,</c><00:28:54.059><c> and</c><00:28:54.059><c> this</c><00:28:54.319><c> provided</c><00:28:54.920><c> the</c><00:28:55.259><c> context</c>

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of<00:28:56.019><c> the</c><00:28:56.160><c> kinds</c><00:28:56.440><c> of</c><00:28:56.839><c> storms</c><00:28:57.420><c> that</c><00:28:58.039><c> his</c><00:28:58.279><c> apostles</c><00:28:58.779><c> had</c><00:28:59.039><c> to</c><00:28:59.400><c> weather</c><00:28:59.799><c> as</c><00:29:00.640><c> they</c><00:29:00.839><c> made</c><00:29:00.980><c> up</c>

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their<00:29:01.380><c> minds</c><00:29:01.740><c> about</c><00:29:02.160><c> him.</c>

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In<00:29:03.019><c> our</c><00:29:03.299><c> lives,</c><00:29:03.720><c> the</c><00:29:03.920><c> storms</c><00:29:04.099><c> may</c><00:29:04.359><c> be</c><00:29:04.640><c> something</c><00:29:05.039><c> of</c><00:29:05.420><c> a</c><00:29:05.640><c> different</c><00:29:05.880><c> nature,</c><00:29:06.279><c> but</c>

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they're<00:29:06.720><c> still</c><00:29:07.119><c> there,</c>

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and<00:29:08.460><c> the</c><00:29:08.720><c> battle</c><00:29:08.920><c> will</c><00:29:09.160><c> be</c><00:29:09.500><c> joined</c><00:29:09.720><c> between</c><00:29:10.099><c> Jesus</c><00:29:10.519><c> and</c><00:29:10.740><c> those</c>

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storms.<00:29:11.519><c> Maybe</c><00:29:11.859><c> it's</c><00:29:12.099><c> the</c><00:29:12.279><c> battle</c><00:29:12.480><c> between</c><00:29:12.819><c> Jesus</c>

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and<00:29:13.619><c> humanism.</c><00:29:14.480><c> Maybe</c><00:29:14.660><c> it's</c><00:29:14.920><c> the</c><00:29:15.140><c> battle</c><00:29:15.359><c> between</c><00:29:15.700><c> Jesus</c><00:29:16.119><c> and</c>

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democracy,<00:29:17.619><c> the</c><00:29:17.819><c> things</c><00:29:18.000><c> that</c><00:29:18.299><c> we</c><00:29:18.779><c> are</c>

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indoctrinated<00:29:20.500><c> with</c><00:29:20.940><c> in</c><00:29:21.359><c> this</c><00:29:21.640><c> world.</c><00:29:21.859><c> Whatever</c><00:29:22.119><c> they</c><00:29:22.339><c> are,</c>

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the<00:29:23.160><c> battles</c><00:29:23.440><c> are</c><00:29:23.700><c> going</c><00:29:23.819><c> to</c><00:29:24.079><c> be</c><00:29:24.339><c> there,</c>

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and<00:29:25.200><c> they're</c><00:29:25.380><c> early</c><00:29:25.819><c> joined,</c><00:29:26.799><c> and</c><00:29:27.000><c> it's</c><00:29:27.200><c> in</c><00:29:27.440><c> that</c><00:29:27.700><c> context</c><00:29:28.619><c> that</c><00:29:29.440><c> we</c>

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must<00:29:29.940><c> follow</c><00:29:30.339><c> the</c><00:29:30.559><c> Lord</c><00:29:30.779><c> Jesus</c>

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between<00:29:32.200><c> two</c><00:29:32.799><c> irreconcilable</c><00:29:34.019><c> approaches</c><00:29:34.660><c> to</c><00:29:35.339><c> righteousness</c><00:29:36.019><c> and</c><00:29:36.519><c> salvation,</c><00:29:38.140><c> and</c><00:29:38.400><c> disciples</c>

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are<00:29:39.039><c> left</c><00:29:39.299><c> to</c><00:29:39.480><c> make</c><00:29:39.640><c> up</c><00:29:39.839><c> their</c><00:29:40.039><c> minds.</c><00:29:42.019><c> Once</c><00:29:42.359><c> the</c><00:29:42.660><c> conflict</c>

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became<00:29:43.440><c> evident,</c><00:29:44.920><c> the</c><00:29:45.059><c> monumental</c><00:29:45.619><c> challenge</c>

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remained<00:29:46.980><c> to</c><00:29:47.660><c> comprehend</c><00:29:48.480><c> that</c><00:29:48.720><c> the</c><00:29:48.940><c> conflict</c><00:29:49.279><c> was</c><00:29:49.579><c> necessary.</c><00:29:50.160><c> There's</c>

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no<00:29:50.720><c> compromising</c><00:29:51.960><c> between</c><00:29:52.440><c> the</c>

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righteousness<00:29:53.039><c> of</c><00:29:53.359><c> Jesus</c><00:29:53.900><c> and</c><00:29:54.339><c> the</c><00:29:54.460><c> righteousness</c><00:29:55.019><c> of</c><00:29:55.299><c> the</c>

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Pharisees.<00:29:56.519><c> There's</c><00:29:56.759><c> no</c><00:29:57.039><c> compromising</c><00:29:57.680><c> between</c><00:29:58.019><c> the</c>

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way<00:29:58.339><c> Jesus</c><00:29:58.839><c> viewed</c><00:29:59.059><c> the</c><00:29:59.380><c> Sabbath</c><00:29:59.599><c> and</c><00:29:59.839><c> between</c><00:30:00.099><c> the</c><00:30:00.859><c> way</c><00:30:01.000><c> they</c>

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viewed<00:30:01.660><c> the</c><00:30:01.940><c> Sabbath.</c><00:30:02.579><c> There's</c><00:30:02.839><c> no</c><00:30:03.160><c> compromising</c>

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between<00:30:04.440><c> the</c><00:30:04.720><c> way</c><00:30:04.920><c> of</c><00:30:05.240><c> Christ</c><00:30:05.559><c> and</c><00:30:05.740><c> the</c><00:30:05.819><c> way</c><00:30:06.039><c> of</c><00:30:06.400><c> humanism,</c><00:30:07.480><c> which</c><00:30:07.559><c> is</c>

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totally<00:30:08.220><c> man</c><00:30:08.700><c>-centered</c><00:30:09.160><c> and</c><00:30:09.420><c> not</c><00:30:09.740><c> God</c><00:30:10.140><c>-centered.</c>

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There's<00:30:11.400><c> no</c><00:30:11.839><c> compromise</c><00:30:12.799><c> possible,</c><00:30:14.220><c> and</c><00:30:15.299><c> it's</c><00:30:15.839><c> important</c><00:30:16.279><c> for</c><00:30:16.480><c> us</c>

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to<00:30:17.000><c> realize</c><00:30:17.420><c> that</c><00:30:17.619><c> the</c><00:30:17.920><c> conflict</c><00:30:18.299><c> between</c><00:30:18.740><c> them</c>

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is<00:30:19.440><c> necessary.</c><00:30:21.519><c> A</c><00:30:21.700><c> person's</c><00:30:22.339><c> relationship</c><00:30:22.920><c> with</c><00:30:23.220><c> God</c><00:30:23.839><c> was</c><00:30:24.359><c> and</c><00:30:24.740><c> remains</c><00:30:25.559><c> at</c>

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stake.<00:30:27.140><c> It</c><00:30:27.420><c> was</c><00:30:27.819><c> and</c><00:30:28.000><c> it</c><00:30:28.319><c> remains</c><00:30:28.680><c> a</c><00:30:29.000><c> time</c>

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for<00:30:29.500><c> heart</c><00:30:29.799><c>-searching.</c><00:30:31.819><c> One</c><00:30:32.160><c> could</c><00:30:32.539><c> acquiesce</c><00:30:33.380><c> to</c><00:30:33.559><c> this</c><00:30:33.839><c> itinerant</c><00:30:34.500><c> man</c>

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from<00:30:35.059><c> Nazareth</c><00:30:35.880><c> and</c><00:30:36.839><c> break</c><00:30:37.160><c> ranks</c><00:30:37.519><c> with</c>

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tradition.<00:30:40.380><c> One</c><00:30:40.660><c> could</c><00:30:40.920><c> remain</c><00:30:41.420><c> within</c><00:30:42.440><c> the</c><00:30:42.839><c> relatively</c><00:30:43.299><c> safe</c><00:30:43.720><c> confines</c><00:30:44.339><c> of</c>

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indecision<00:30:46.019><c> and</c><00:30:47.839><c> just</c><00:30:48.200><c> postpone</c><00:30:48.920><c> the</c>

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decision<00:30:49.460><c> and</c><00:30:49.660><c> postpone</c><00:30:50.259><c> the</c><00:30:50.460><c> decision</c><00:30:50.779><c> and</c><00:30:50.940><c> postpone</c><00:30:51.539><c> the</c>

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decision.<00:30:53.380><c> Or</c><00:30:53.880><c> one</c><00:30:54.059><c> could</c><00:30:54.359><c> side</c><00:30:54.660><c> with</c><00:30:54.980><c> everything</c>

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that<00:30:55.440><c> was</c><00:30:55.740><c> cherished</c><00:30:56.299><c> and</c><00:30:56.619><c> time</c><00:30:56.839><c>-honored</c><00:30:57.380><c> and</c><00:30:57.619><c> traditional</c>

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and<00:30:59.079><c> end</c><00:30:59.259><c> up</c><00:30:59.519><c> fighting</c><00:30:59.859><c> against</c><00:31:00.460><c> the</c><00:31:00.660><c> man</c><00:31:00.880><c> from</c><00:31:01.140><c> Galilee.</c>

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Tough<00:31:04.079><c> options.</c><00:31:07.720><c> Some</c><00:31:08.059><c> high</c><00:31:08.420><c>-profile</c><00:31:08.980><c> men</c><00:31:09.539><c> chose</c><00:31:10.140><c> to</c><00:31:10.400><c> fight</c>

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against<00:31:11.039><c> Jesus</c><00:31:11.519><c> for</c><00:31:11.799><c> any</c><00:31:12.180><c> number</c><00:31:12.500><c> of</c><00:31:12.880><c> reasons,</c>

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and<00:31:15.299><c> the</c><00:31:15.660><c> battle</c><00:31:15.980><c> lines</c><00:31:16.259><c> that</c><00:31:16.480><c> they</c><00:31:16.819><c> drew</c><00:31:17.140><c> are</c><00:31:17.500><c> clearly</c><00:31:17.799><c> defined</c><00:31:18.559><c> in</c><00:31:18.980><c> the</c><00:31:19.220><c> Gospels.</c><00:31:21.220><c> Would</c><00:31:21.440><c>-be</c>

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disciples<00:31:22.180><c> were</c>

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squarely<00:31:23.599><c> between</c><00:31:23.920><c> these</c><00:31:24.359><c> prominent</c><00:31:24.900><c> assailants</c><00:31:26.339><c> and</c><00:31:27.480><c> the</c>

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lone<00:31:28.539><c> man</c><00:31:29.740><c> of</c><00:31:30.460><c> unprecedented</c><00:31:31.680><c> grace</c><00:31:33.599><c> and</c><00:31:35.200><c> truth.</c>

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Where<00:31:40.960><c> do</c><00:31:41.160><c> we</c><00:31:41.259><c> make</c><00:31:41.539><c> our</c><00:31:41.819><c> choice?</c>

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At<00:31:46.799><c> that</c><00:31:47.119><c> time</c><00:31:47.319><c> Jesus</c><00:31:47.660><c> went</c><00:31:47.839><c> through</c><00:31:48.059><c> the</c><00:31:48.259><c> grain</c><00:31:48.460><c> fields</c><00:31:48.660><c> on</c>

00:31:48.900 --> 00:31:50.900
the<00:31:49.119><c> Sabbath</c><00:31:49.339><c> and</c><00:31:49.539><c> his</c><00:31:49.759><c> disciples</c><00:31:50.119><c> were</c><00:31:50.420><c> hungry</c>

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and<00:31:51.220><c> began</c><00:31:51.539><c> to</c><00:31:51.839><c> pluck</c><00:31:51.980><c> heads</c><00:31:52.279><c> of</c><00:31:52.579><c> grain</c><00:31:52.819><c> to</c><00:31:53.099><c> eat</c><00:31:53.319><c> and</c><00:31:53.660><c> when</c><00:31:53.819><c> the</c>

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Pharisees<00:31:54.660><c> saw</c><00:31:54.880><c> it</c><00:31:55.000><c> they</c><00:31:55.140><c> said</c><00:31:55.339><c> to</c><00:31:55.440><c> him,</c>

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look<00:31:55.940><c> your</c><00:31:56.160><c> disciples</c><00:31:56.519><c> are</c><00:31:56.740><c> doing</c><00:31:56.900><c> what</c><00:31:57.039><c> is</c><00:31:57.279><c> not</c><00:31:57.500><c> lawful</c><00:31:57.779><c> to</c>

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do<00:31:58.000><c> on</c><00:31:58.180><c> the</c><00:31:58.480><c> Sabbath.</c>

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The<00:32:00.359><c> meaning</c><00:32:00.640><c> of</c><00:32:00.940><c> the</c><00:32:01.079><c> Sabbath</c><00:32:01.299><c> and</c><00:32:01.480><c> the</c><00:32:01.759><c> relationship</c><00:32:02.240><c> of</c><00:32:02.500><c> the</c><00:32:02.700><c> Sabbath</c><00:32:02.940><c> to</c>

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man<00:32:03.380><c> quickly</c><00:32:03.859><c> became</c><00:32:04.359><c> the</c><00:32:04.880><c> issue</c>

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that<00:32:05.339><c> defined</c><00:32:05.839><c> the</c><00:32:06.160><c> differences,</c><00:32:07.119><c> drew</c><00:32:07.259><c> the</c><00:32:07.599><c> lines</c><00:32:07.980><c> of</c><00:32:08.539><c> conflict,</c><00:32:09.079><c> the</c>

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battle<00:32:09.519><c> lines.</c><00:32:10.380><c> Jesus</c><00:32:10.740><c> did</c><00:32:11.180><c> not</c><00:32:11.559><c> view</c>

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righteousness<00:32:12.440><c> the</c><00:32:12.779><c> way</c><00:32:12.960><c> the</c><00:32:13.259><c> Pharisees</c><00:32:13.779><c> did.</c><00:32:14.880><c> I</c><00:32:15.160><c> will</c><00:32:15.359><c> have</c>

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mercy<00:32:16.220><c> and</c><00:32:16.500><c> not</c><00:32:16.799><c> sacrifice.</c><00:32:18.119><c> Sabbath</c><00:32:18.480><c> is</c><00:32:18.779><c> made</c><00:32:18.980><c> for</c>

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man<00:32:19.599><c> and</c><00:32:19.720><c> not</c><00:32:20.059><c> man</c><00:32:20.420><c> for</c><00:32:20.680><c> the</c><00:32:20.960><c> Sabbath</c><00:32:21.480><c> and</c><00:32:23.740><c> as</c><00:32:24.059><c> disciples</c><00:32:24.460><c> of</c>

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Jesus<00:32:25.279><c> there</c><00:32:25.819><c> was,</c><00:32:26.500><c> there</c><00:32:26.700><c> is</c><00:32:27.460><c> so</c><00:32:28.339><c> much</c><00:32:28.599><c> for</c><00:32:28.779><c> us</c><00:32:28.920><c> to</c>

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learn<00:32:29.339><c> brothers</c><00:32:29.680><c> and</c><00:32:29.960><c> sisters.</c><00:32:30.339><c> God</c><00:32:30.619><c> help</c><00:32:30.940><c> us</c><00:32:31.160><c> to</c><00:32:31.339><c> do</c><00:32:31.460><c> it.</c><00:32:32.279><c> The</c>

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learning<00:32:32.880><c> curve</c><00:32:33.160><c> is</c><00:32:33.519><c> steep.</c>

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Matthew<00:32:38.180><c> 12.</c><00:32:39.480><c> Now</c><00:32:39.559><c> when</c><00:32:39.680><c> he</c><00:32:39.880><c> departed</c><00:32:40.279><c> from</c><00:32:40.579><c> there</c><00:32:41.140><c> he</c><00:32:41.980><c> went</c><00:32:42.119><c> into</c><00:32:42.319><c> their</c><00:32:42.599><c> synagogue</c><00:32:42.960><c> and</c><00:32:43.160><c> behold</c><00:32:43.420><c> there</c><00:32:43.960><c> was</c><00:32:44.140><c> a</c><00:32:44.279><c> man</c>

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with<00:32:44.619><c> a</c><00:32:44.700><c> withered</c><00:32:44.940><c> hand</c><00:32:45.480><c> and</c><00:32:45.980><c> they</c><00:32:46.200><c> asked</c><00:32:46.380><c> him</c><00:32:46.579><c> saying,</c><00:32:48.099><c> is</c><00:32:48.400><c> it</c>

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lawful<00:32:49.019><c> to</c><00:32:49.319><c> heal</c><00:32:49.460><c> on</c><00:32:49.740><c> the</c><00:32:50.119><c> Sabbath</c>

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that<00:32:52.519><c> they</c><00:32:52.700><c> might</c><00:32:52.900><c> accuse</c><00:32:53.400><c> him?</c>

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I<00:32:57.059><c> don't</c><00:32:57.519><c> think</c><00:32:57.779><c> brothers</c><00:32:58.059><c> and</c><00:32:58.380><c> sisters</c><00:32:58.700><c> and</c><00:32:58.859><c> I'm</c><00:32:59.140><c> sure</c><00:32:59.339><c> you've</c><00:33:00.140><c> thought</c><00:33:00.299><c> of</c><00:33:00.420><c> this</c><00:33:00.640><c> yourself,</c><00:33:01.339><c> I</c>

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don't<00:33:02.299><c> think</c>

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that<00:33:02.740><c> the</c><00:33:02.920><c> Pharisees</c><00:33:03.440><c> accidentally</c><00:33:04.059><c> stroll</c><00:33:04.319><c> through</c><00:33:04.559><c> the</c><00:33:04.759><c> grain</c><00:33:04.960><c> fields</c><00:33:05.200><c> on</c>

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Sabbath<00:33:05.859><c> days</c>

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and<00:33:09.359><c> I</c><00:33:09.640><c> doubt</c><00:33:09.859><c> seriously</c><00:33:10.420><c> that</c><00:33:10.599><c> they</c><00:33:10.779><c> had</c><00:33:10.880><c> any</c><00:33:11.140><c> custom</c><00:33:11.500><c> of</c><00:33:11.740><c> paying</c><00:33:11.859><c> attention</c><00:33:12.319><c> to</c>

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handicapped<00:33:13.079><c> men</c><00:33:13.279><c> in</c><00:33:13.420><c> their</c>

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synagogues.<00:33:19.980><c> Jesus</c><00:33:20.160><c> had</c><00:33:20.500><c> forced</c><00:33:20.839><c> the</c><00:33:21.240><c> issue</c><00:33:21.500><c> and</c><00:33:21.900><c> they</c><00:33:22.099><c> were</c>

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reacting,<00:33:23.599><c> they</c><00:33:23.819><c> were</c><00:33:24.180><c> reacting.</c><00:33:25.519><c> Jesus</c><00:33:25.900><c> is</c><00:33:26.240><c> drawing</c>

00:33:26.480 --> 00:33:32.240
the<00:33:26.819><c> battle</c><00:33:27.079><c> lines.</c><00:33:28.380><c> Just</c><00:33:28.599><c> remember</c><00:33:29.059><c> Mark's</c><00:33:29.619><c> record.</c><00:33:31.039><c> He</c><00:33:31.180><c> said</c><00:33:31.420><c> to</c>

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Simon,<00:33:33.319><c> the</c><00:33:33.599><c> others,</c><00:33:34.240><c> let</c><00:33:34.400><c> us</c><00:33:34.579><c> go</c><00:33:34.880><c> to</c><00:33:35.039><c> the</c><00:33:35.180><c> next</c>

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towns<00:33:35.759><c> that</c><00:33:35.940><c> I</c><00:33:36.099><c> may</c><00:33:36.259><c> preach</c><00:33:36.559><c> there</c><00:33:36.920><c> also</c><00:33:37.500><c> because</c><00:33:37.980><c> for</c><00:33:38.200><c> this</c>

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purpose<00:33:38.680><c> I've</c><00:33:38.940><c> come</c><00:33:39.200><c> forth</c><00:33:39.500><c> and</c><00:33:39.819><c> he</c><00:33:39.960><c> was</c><00:33:40.140><c> preaching</c>

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their<00:33:40.720><c> synagogues</c><00:33:41.380><c> throughout</c><00:33:41.680><c> all</c><00:33:42.059><c> Galilean</c><00:33:42.440><c> casting</c><00:33:42.839><c> out</c>

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demons.<00:33:43.819><c> So</c><00:33:44.220><c> for</c><00:33:44.579><c> a</c><00:33:44.779><c> long</c><00:33:44.920><c> period</c><00:33:45.160><c> of</c><00:33:45.380><c> time</c><00:33:45.519><c> in</c><00:33:45.660><c> his</c>

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early<00:33:46.359><c> Galilean</c><00:33:46.819><c> ministry</c><00:33:47.180><c> he</c><00:33:47.380><c> was</c><00:33:47.619><c> deliberately</c><00:33:48.099><c> going</c><00:33:48.339><c> into</c><00:33:48.599><c> the</c>

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synagogue<00:33:49.200><c> Sabbath</c><00:33:49.619><c> after</c><00:33:49.940><c> Sabbath</c><00:33:50.200><c> after</c>

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Sabbath<00:33:51.039><c> and</c><00:33:51.619><c> preaching</c><00:33:51.940><c> and</c><00:33:52.599><c> healing</c><00:33:53.059><c> literally</c><00:33:54.299><c> using</c><00:33:54.799><c> the</c>

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Sabbath<00:33:55.440><c> day</c><00:33:55.980><c> for</c><00:33:56.660><c> that</c><00:33:56.940><c> which</c><00:33:57.160><c> the</c><00:33:57.519><c> Pharisees</c><00:33:57.900><c> were</c>

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just<00:33:58.460><c> blown</c><00:33:58.720><c> away</c><00:33:59.079><c> by.</c><00:34:01.839><c> The</c><00:34:02.140><c> Lord</c><00:34:02.339><c> took</c><00:34:02.559><c> the</c><00:34:02.900><c> Sabbath</c><00:34:03.099><c> to</c><00:34:03.380><c> himself</c><00:34:03.980><c> virtually</c><00:34:04.619><c> from</c>

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the<00:34:05.259><c> moment</c><00:34:05.400><c> he</c><00:34:05.559><c> began</c><00:34:05.779><c> his</c>

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ministry<00:34:06.319><c> in</c><00:34:06.539><c> Galilee</c><00:34:06.980><c> and</c><00:34:07.319><c> he</c><00:34:07.660><c> made</c><00:34:07.960><c> it</c><00:34:08.179><c> a</c><00:34:08.500><c> day</c><00:34:09.099><c> for</c><00:34:09.639><c> blessing</c><00:34:10.079><c> men.</c>

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And<00:34:17.139><c> the</c><00:34:17.360><c> Pharisees</c><00:34:17.760><c> went</c><00:34:17.960><c> out</c><00:34:18.599><c> and</c><00:34:19.119><c> plotted</c><00:34:19.360><c> against</c><00:34:19.880><c> him</c>

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how<00:34:21.679><c> they</c><00:34:23.400><c> might</c><00:34:23.639><c> destroy</c><00:34:24.159><c> him.</c>

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It<00:34:27.039><c> speaks</c><00:34:27.340><c> volumes.</c><00:34:28.780><c> The</c><00:34:29.019><c> fact</c><00:34:29.380><c> that</c><00:34:29.739><c> after</c><00:34:30.159><c> a</c><00:34:30.320><c> period</c><00:34:30.460><c> of</c><00:34:30.719><c> time</c><00:34:30.960><c> of</c>

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Jesus<00:34:31.460><c> going</c><00:34:31.739><c> from</c><00:34:32.000><c> synagogue</c><00:34:32.300><c> to</c><00:34:32.480><c> synagogue</c>

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they're<00:34:33.099><c> still</c><00:34:33.320><c> trying</c><00:34:33.500><c> to</c><00:34:33.619><c> figure</c><00:34:33.760><c> out</c><00:34:34.199><c> how</c><00:34:34.699><c> to</c><00:34:35.079><c> destroy</c><00:34:35.519><c> him</c>

00:34:36.059 --> 00:34:39.019
tells<00:34:36.440><c> us</c><00:34:37.019><c> categorically</c><00:34:37.800><c> that</c><00:34:38.179><c> their</c><00:34:38.460><c> traditional</c>

00:34:39.019 --> 00:34:42.800
way<00:34:39.239><c> of</c><00:34:39.440><c> things</c><00:34:39.579><c> had</c><00:34:39.840><c> already</c><00:34:40.119><c> lost</c><00:34:40.460><c> the</c><00:34:40.659><c> day.</c><00:34:41.880><c> They</c><00:34:42.219><c> had</c><00:34:42.500><c> no</c>

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case<00:34:43.099><c> against</c><00:34:43.539><c> him.</c><00:34:44.559><c> The</c><00:34:44.780><c> Son</c><00:34:44.960><c> of</c><00:34:45.119><c> Man</c><00:34:45.440><c> is</c><00:34:46.139><c> Lord</c><00:34:46.460><c> of</c><00:34:46.639><c> the</c>

00:34:46.860 --> 00:34:49.960
Sabbath.<00:34:47.239><c> It</c><00:34:47.539><c> is</c><00:34:48.059><c> lawful</c><00:34:48.460><c> to</c><00:34:48.619><c> do</c><00:34:48.739><c> good</c><00:34:48.920><c> on</c><00:34:49.119><c> the</c><00:34:49.360><c> Sabbath</c><00:34:49.579><c> day</c>

00:34:49.960 --> 00:34:53.079
to<00:34:50.480><c> save</c><00:34:50.860><c> life</c><00:34:51.099><c> as</c><00:34:51.239><c> he</c><00:34:51.420><c> was</c><00:34:51.619><c> doing</c><00:34:51.900><c> and</c><00:34:52.360><c> not</c><00:34:52.639><c> destroy</c>

00:34:53.079 --> 00:34:56.480
life<00:34:53.320><c> as</c><00:34:53.539><c> they</c><00:34:53.780><c> were</c><00:34:54.000><c> going</c><00:34:54.159><c> to</c><00:34:54.340><c> use</c><00:34:54.559><c> the</c><00:34:54.940><c> Sabbath</c><00:34:55.219><c> against</c><00:34:55.880><c> him</c><00:34:56.179><c> to</c>

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do.<00:34:57.880><c> The</c><00:34:58.239><c> enmity</c><00:34:58.719><c> was</c><00:34:59.059><c> scheming</c><00:34:59.619><c> strategies.</c>

00:35:05.659 --> 00:35:08.260
Matthew<00:35:06.099><c> 12,</c><00:35:06.500><c> Matthew</c><00:35:06.739><c> 12,</c><00:35:07.159><c> Matthew</c><00:35:07.380><c> 12.</c><00:35:07.719><c> I</c><00:35:07.760><c> remember</c><00:35:07.960><c> a</c><00:35:08.159><c> few</c>

00:35:08.260 --> 00:35:10.940
years<00:35:08.539><c> ago</c><00:35:08.780><c> brothers</c><00:35:09.000><c> and</c><00:35:09.260><c> sisters</c><00:35:09.920><c> having</c><00:35:10.739><c> the</c>

00:35:10.940 --> 00:35:13.820
senior<00:35:11.219><c> Sunday</c><00:35:11.480><c> school</c><00:35:11.699><c> class</c><00:35:11.980><c> at</c><00:35:12.139><c> home.</c><00:35:12.260><c> This</c><00:35:12.400><c> was</c><00:35:12.659><c> before</c><00:35:12.960><c> Esther</c><00:35:13.179><c> and</c><00:35:13.380><c> I</c>

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quit<00:35:14.159><c> teaching.</c>

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We<00:35:17.619><c> kind</c><00:35:17.719><c> of</c><00:35:17.860><c> walked</c><00:35:17.980><c> out</c><00:35:18.119><c> of</c><00:35:18.199><c> the</c><00:35:18.360><c> public</c><00:35:18.519><c> school</c><00:35:18.739><c> teaching.</c>

00:35:19.099 --> 00:35:20.320
We<00:35:19.199><c> also</c><00:35:19.480><c> looked</c><00:35:19.619><c> at</c><00:35:19.780><c> the</c><00:35:19.920><c> Sunday</c><00:35:20.119><c> school</c>

00:35:20.320 --> 00:35:23.619
situation<00:35:21.019><c> and</c><00:35:21.579><c> we</c><00:35:21.699><c> said</c><00:35:21.800><c> you</c><00:35:21.900><c> know</c><00:35:22.119><c> something</c><00:35:22.519><c> there's</c><00:35:23.519><c> got</c>

00:35:23.619 --> 00:35:26.380
to<00:35:23.719><c> be</c><00:35:23.860><c> younger</c><00:35:24.099><c> people</c><00:35:24.480><c> now</c><00:35:24.739><c> working</c><00:35:25.000><c> with</c><00:35:25.199><c> the</c><00:35:25.360><c> kids</c>

00:35:27.639 --> 00:35:29.739
because<00:35:28.079><c> they've</c><00:35:28.340><c> got</c><00:35:28.380><c> to</c><00:35:28.480><c> be</c><00:35:28.579><c> able</c><00:35:28.719><c> to</c><00:35:28.980><c> relate</c><00:35:29.199><c> to</c><00:35:29.500><c> someone</c>

00:35:29.739 --> 00:35:30.860
more<00:35:30.039><c> their</c><00:35:30.219><c> own</c><00:35:30.420><c> age</c>

00:35:30.860 --> 00:35:34.920
who<00:35:31.480><c> still</c><00:35:31.699><c> sets</c><00:35:31.940><c> a</c><00:35:32.159><c> kind</c><00:35:32.280><c> of</c><00:35:32.460><c> role</c><00:35:32.639><c> model</c><00:35:32.880><c> for</c><00:35:33.139><c> them.</c><00:35:33.500><c> You</c><00:35:33.699><c> expect</c><00:35:34.139><c> grandpa</c><00:35:34.619><c> to</c>

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behave<00:35:35.179><c> himself?</c>

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But<00:35:39.179><c> if</c><00:35:39.320><c> you</c><00:35:39.440><c> can</c><00:35:39.619><c> get</c><00:35:39.820><c> somebody</c><00:35:40.139><c> in</c><00:35:40.300><c> their</c><00:35:40.500><c> 20s</c><00:35:40.880><c> or</c><00:35:41.039><c> thereabouts</c><00:35:41.559><c> that</c><00:35:42.059><c> shows</c><00:35:42.460><c> them</c>

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a<00:35:42.719><c> real</c><00:35:42.960><c> good</c><00:35:43.139><c> role</c>

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model<00:35:43.639><c> it's</c><00:35:44.219><c> vastly</c><00:35:44.639><c> better,</c><00:35:45.519><c> vastly</c><00:35:45.820><c> better.</c><00:35:47.239><c> But</c><00:35:47.500><c> the</c><00:35:47.699><c> last</c>

00:35:48.000 --> 00:35:49.679
year<00:35:48.139><c> that</c><00:35:48.300><c> we</c><00:35:48.519><c> taught</c><00:35:48.699><c> was</c><00:35:48.860><c> the</c><00:35:49.039><c> last</c><00:35:49.300><c> year</c><00:35:49.460><c> that</c>

00:35:50.079 --> 00:35:52.519
I<00:35:50.219><c> taught</c><00:35:50.559><c> and</c><00:35:50.860><c> Esther</c><00:35:51.159><c> too.</c><00:35:51.699><c> She</c><00:35:51.880><c> was</c><00:35:52.000><c> working</c><00:35:52.179><c> with</c><00:35:52.360><c> little</c>

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kids<00:35:52.719><c> and</c><00:35:52.860><c> I</c><00:35:52.980><c> worked</c><00:35:53.099><c> with</c><00:35:53.300><c> the</c><00:35:53.420><c> senior</c><00:35:53.619><c> high</c>

00:35:53.860 --> 00:35:56.519
school<00:35:54.059><c> kids.</c><00:35:54.659><c> The</c><00:35:54.880><c> last</c><00:35:55.199><c> year</c><00:35:55.320><c> that</c><00:35:55.460><c> we</c><00:35:55.579><c> had</c><00:35:55.739><c> Sunday</c><00:35:56.019><c> school</c>

00:35:56.519 --> 00:35:59.340
we<00:35:57.840><c> were</c><00:35:58.159><c> dealing</c><00:35:58.380><c> with</c><00:35:58.539><c> the</c><00:35:58.679><c> ministry</c><00:35:58.880><c> of</c><00:35:59.019><c> Jesus</c>

00:35:59.340 --> 00:36:02.179
and<00:35:59.480><c> we're</c><00:35:59.599><c> doing</c><00:35:59.820><c> Matthew</c><00:36:00.219><c> 12</c><00:36:00.860><c> and</c><00:36:01.320><c> week</c><00:36:01.480><c> after</c><00:36:01.739><c> week</c><00:36:01.960><c> after</c>

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week<00:36:02.380><c> Matthew</c><00:36:02.699><c> 12</c><00:36:03.199><c> you</c><00:36:03.420><c> know</c><00:36:03.500><c> we</c><00:36:03.619><c> kept</c><00:36:03.719><c> coming</c><00:36:03.920><c> up</c>

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with<00:36:04.139><c> these</c><00:36:04.260><c> things</c><00:36:04.500><c> and</c><00:36:04.760><c> finally</c><00:36:04.900><c> the</c><00:36:05.059><c> kids</c><00:36:05.159><c> said</c><00:36:05.340><c> to</c><00:36:05.480><c> me</c><00:36:05.659><c> is</c>

00:36:05.960 --> 00:36:07.840
there<00:36:06.099><c> only</c><00:36:06.219><c> one</c><00:36:06.420><c> chapter</c><00:36:06.699><c> in</c><00:36:06.840><c> the</c><00:36:06.940><c> Bible?</c>

00:36:10.219 --> 00:36:15.059
Well<00:36:10.659><c> here</c><00:36:10.800><c> we</c><00:36:11.000><c> are</c><00:36:11.260><c> Matthew</c><00:36:11.820><c> 12</c><00:36:12.539><c> then</c><00:36:13.380><c> one</c><00:36:13.900><c> who</c><00:36:14.599><c> was</c><00:36:14.860><c> brought</c>

00:36:15.059 --> 00:36:17.199
to<00:36:15.239><c> him</c><00:36:15.360><c> who</c><00:36:15.519><c> was</c><00:36:15.760><c> demon</c><00:36:16.039><c> possessed</c><00:36:16.619><c> blind</c>

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and<00:36:17.420><c> mute</c><00:36:17.559><c> and</c><00:36:17.940><c> he</c><00:36:18.179><c> healed</c><00:36:18.400><c> him</c><00:36:18.980><c> so</c><00:36:19.340><c> that</c><00:36:19.500><c> the</c><00:36:19.960><c> blind</c><00:36:20.219><c> and</c><00:36:20.440><c> mute</c>

00:36:20.559 --> 00:36:23.260
man<00:36:20.840><c> both</c><00:36:21.119><c> spoke</c><00:36:21.360><c> and</c><00:36:21.679><c> saw</c><00:36:21.940><c> and</c><00:36:22.539><c> all</c><00:36:22.739><c> the</c><00:36:22.900><c> multitudes</c>

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were<00:36:23.500><c> amazed</c><00:36:23.760><c> and</c><00:36:23.960><c> said</c><00:36:24.199><c> could</c><00:36:24.760><c> this</c><00:36:24.980><c> be</c><00:36:25.139><c> the</c><00:36:25.340><c> son</c><00:36:25.440><c> of</c><00:36:25.679><c> David?</c>

00:36:26.199 --> 00:36:28.260
You<00:36:26.300><c> know</c><00:36:26.360><c> they're</c><00:36:26.559><c> making</c><00:36:26.820><c> up</c><00:36:27.019><c> their</c><00:36:27.199><c> minds.</c>

00:36:28.639 --> 00:36:31.320
Now<00:36:28.960><c> when</c><00:36:29.179><c> the</c><00:36:29.440><c> Pharisees</c><00:36:29.800><c> heard</c><00:36:29.960><c> it</c><00:36:30.079><c> they</c><00:36:30.239><c> said</c><00:36:30.480><c> this</c><00:36:31.019><c> fellow</c>

00:36:31.320 --> 00:36:33.900
does<00:36:31.679><c> not</c><00:36:31.880><c> cast</c><00:36:32.139><c> out</c><00:36:32.400><c> demons</c><00:36:32.659><c> except</c><00:36:33.019><c> by</c><00:36:33.340><c> Beelzebub</c>

00:36:33.900 --> 00:36:38.780
the<00:36:34.219><c> ruler</c><00:36:34.519><c> of</c><00:36:34.780><c> the</c><00:36:34.980><c> demons</c><00:36:35.760><c> and</c><00:36:37.380><c> later</c><00:36:37.699><c> in</c><00:36:38.019><c> another</c><00:36:38.260><c> context</c>

00:36:38.780 --> 00:36:41.119
the<00:36:39.219><c> scribes</c><00:36:39.599><c> who</c><00:36:39.800><c> came</c><00:36:40.000><c> down</c><00:36:40.340><c> from</c><00:36:40.619><c> Jerusalem</c>

00:36:41.119 --> 00:36:45.719
said<00:36:41.420><c> he</c><00:36:41.960><c> has</c><00:36:42.280><c> Beelzebub</c><00:36:43.320><c> by</c><00:36:43.820><c> the</c><00:36:44.079><c> ruler</c><00:36:44.280><c> of</c><00:36:44.639><c> demons</c><00:36:45.039><c> he</c><00:36:45.340><c> casts</c>

00:36:45.719 --> 00:36:48.440
out<00:36:46.079><c> demons</c><00:36:46.360><c> and</c><00:36:46.599><c> so</c><00:36:46.880><c> they</c><00:36:47.199><c> will</c><00:36:47.480><c> they</c><00:36:48.119><c> cannot</c>

00:36:48.440 --> 00:36:52.840
they<00:36:48.940><c> cannot</c><00:36:49.380><c> build</c><00:36:49.639><c> a</c><00:36:49.820><c> case</c><00:36:50.019><c> against</c><00:36:50.460><c> him</c><00:36:50.739><c> if</c><00:36:51.000><c> you</c><00:36:51.219><c> can't</c><00:36:51.500><c> build</c><00:36:51.619><c> a</c><00:36:51.860><c> case</c><00:36:52.119><c> against</c><00:36:52.539><c> a</c>

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man<00:36:53.500><c> besmirch</c><00:36:54.380><c> his</c><00:36:54.659><c> character.</c>

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Grind<00:36:58.679><c> his</c><00:36:59.079><c> face</c><00:36:59.400><c> in</c><00:36:59.579><c> the</c><00:36:59.719><c> mud.</c>

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John<00:37:04.119><c> 10</c><00:37:04.760><c> just</c><00:37:05.579><c> four</c><00:37:05.880><c> months</c><00:37:06.139><c> before</c><00:37:06.440><c> the</c><00:37:06.659><c> crucifixion</c><00:37:07.280><c> many</c>

00:37:07.639 --> 00:37:09.920
of<00:37:07.760><c> them</c><00:37:07.920><c> said</c><00:37:08.159><c> he</c><00:37:08.519><c> has</c><00:37:08.719><c> a</c><00:37:08.900><c> demon</c><00:37:09.139><c> in</c><00:37:09.340><c> his</c><00:37:09.539><c> man</c><00:37:09.719><c> why</c>

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do<00:37:10.059><c> you</c><00:37:10.139><c> listen</c><00:37:10.500><c> to</c><00:37:10.760><c> him</c><00:37:11.099><c> and</c><00:37:11.420><c> so</c><00:37:11.539><c> the</c><00:37:11.880><c> forces</c><00:37:12.460><c> that</c><00:37:12.860><c> are</c><00:37:13.119><c> coming</c><00:37:13.300><c> from</c>

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outside<00:37:14.179><c> encroaching</c><00:37:14.840><c> on</c><00:37:15.400><c> these</c><00:37:15.760><c> would</c><00:37:16.000><c>-be</c>

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disciples<00:37:16.800><c> simple</c><00:37:17.219><c> men</c><00:37:17.460><c> as</c><00:37:17.719><c> we</c><00:37:18.019><c> are</c><00:37:18.880><c> are</c><00:37:19.699><c> powerful</c><00:37:20.260><c> forces</c><00:37:21.059><c> and</c><00:37:21.780><c> they</c><00:37:21.920><c> keep</c><00:37:22.219><c> hammering</c><00:37:22.719><c> at</c>

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us<00:37:23.000><c> and</c><00:37:23.239><c> hammering</c><00:37:23.579><c> at</c><00:37:23.679><c> us</c>

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hammering<00:37:24.360><c> at</c><00:37:24.579><c> us</c><00:37:25.340><c> may</c><00:37:27.000><c> God</c><00:37:27.400><c> help</c><00:37:27.800><c> us</c><00:37:28.099><c> to</c><00:37:28.320><c> stay</c><00:37:28.460><c> the</c><00:37:28.739><c> course</c>

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Matthew<00:37:32.840><c> 12</c>

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