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us.

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That's<00:13:54.860><c> not</c><00:13:55.559><c> what</c><00:13:55.720><c> this</c><00:13:55.960><c> is</c><00:13:56.179><c> all</c><00:13:56.399><c> about,</c><00:13:56.799><c> what</c><00:13:56.980><c> Moses</c><00:13:57.299><c> is</c><00:13:57.519><c> doing</c><00:13:57.659><c> back</c><00:13:57.919><c> there.</c>

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In<00:14:00.679><c> Romans</c><00:14:01.000><c> 8,</c><00:14:01.200><c> the</c><00:14:01.299><c> word</c><00:14:01.480><c> is</c><00:14:01.659><c> used</c><00:14:01.860><c> twice</c><00:14:02.200><c> in</c><00:14:02.419><c> Romans</c><00:14:02.740><c> 8.</c>

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When<00:14:03.460><c> he</c><00:14:03.620><c> talks</c><00:14:03.879><c> about</c><00:14:04.139><c> the</c><00:14:04.440><c> spirit,</c><00:14:04.980><c> in</c><00:14:05.179><c> verse</c><00:14:05.399><c> 26,</c><00:14:06.419><c> helps</c><00:14:06.720><c> in</c>

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our<00:14:07.259><c> weaknesses.</c>

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Our<00:14:08.639><c> weaknesses,</c><00:14:09.419><c> for</c><00:14:09.679><c> we</c><00:14:10.139><c> do</c><00:14:10.360><c> not</c><00:14:10.620><c> know</c><00:14:10.799><c> what</c><00:14:10.960><c> we</c><00:14:11.139><c> should</c><00:14:11.320><c> pray</c><00:14:11.720><c> for</c>

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See<00:14:16.440><c> how</c><00:14:16.580><c> the</c><00:14:16.879><c> translators</c><00:14:17.279><c> put</c><00:14:17.480><c> in</c><00:14:17.639><c> there</c><00:14:17.879><c> for</c><00:14:18.179><c> us</c><00:14:18.500><c> because</c>

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they<00:14:19.039><c> think</c><00:14:19.159><c> this</c><00:14:19.379><c> is</c><00:14:19.519><c> what's</c><00:14:19.860><c> happening.</c>

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He's<00:14:20.340><c> interceding</c><00:14:20.700><c> for</c><00:14:20.899><c> us</c><00:14:21.100><c> with</c><00:14:21.320><c> God.</c>

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But<00:14:22.139><c> no,</c><00:14:22.480><c> the</c><00:14:22.679><c> spirit</c><00:14:22.879><c> is</c><00:14:23.120><c> making</c><00:14:23.460><c> intercession</c><00:14:24.100><c> with</c><00:14:24.559><c> groanings.</c>

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And<00:14:25.799><c> it</c><00:14:25.919><c> takes</c><00:14:26.100><c> you</c><00:14:26.299><c> back</c><00:14:26.500><c> to</c><00:14:26.720><c> Jesus</c><00:14:27.159><c> in</c><00:14:27.379><c> the</c><00:14:27.639><c> garden</c><00:14:28.019><c> where</c><00:14:28.519><c> he's</c><00:14:28.919><c> fighting</c><00:14:29.220><c> this</c><00:14:29.580><c> battle</c><00:14:29.879><c> in</c>

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his<00:14:30.299><c> head</c>

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his<00:14:33.379><c> mind</c><00:14:33.539><c> of</c><00:14:33.700><c> the</c><00:14:33.879><c> spirit.</c>

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He's<00:14:34.320><c> telling</c><00:14:34.600><c> God,</c><00:14:35.379><c> is</c><00:14:35.379><c> there</c><00:14:35.519><c> any</c><00:14:35.659><c> other</c><00:14:35.860><c> way?</c>

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And<00:14:36.720><c> he's</c><00:14:36.919><c> saying,</c><00:14:37.240><c> but</c><00:14:37.299><c> nevertheless,</c><00:14:38.039><c> your</c><00:14:38.139><c> will</c><00:14:38.299><c> be</c><00:14:38.580><c> done.</c>

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And<00:14:39.620><c> faith</c><00:14:39.879><c> triumphs</c><00:14:40.440><c> at</c><00:14:40.580><c> that</c><00:14:40.860><c> point.</c>

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And<00:14:41.620><c> Paul</c><00:14:41.860><c> says,</c><00:14:42.100><c> look,</c><00:14:42.299><c> we</c><00:14:42.600><c> all</c><00:14:42.820><c> go</c><00:14:43.059><c> through</c><00:14:43.299><c> this.</c>

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We<00:14:44.019><c> groan</c><00:14:44.340><c> like</c><00:14:44.580><c> Jesus</c><00:14:45.000><c> did.</c>

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We<00:14:45.580><c> groan</c><00:14:45.799><c> like</c><00:14:46.000><c> he</c><00:14:46.200><c> did</c><00:14:46.379><c> with</c><00:14:46.620><c> Lazarus</c><00:14:47.139><c> when</c><00:14:48.200><c> Lazarus</c><00:14:48.700><c> was</c>

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resurrected<00:14:49.419><c> from</c><00:14:49.679><c> the</c><00:14:49.860><c> dead</c>

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and<00:14:50.419><c> like</c><00:14:50.679><c> Jesus</c><00:14:50.980><c> in</c><00:14:51.179><c> the</c><00:14:51.360><c> garden</c><00:14:51.720><c> with</c><00:14:52.139><c> groanings</c><00:14:52.519><c> that</c><00:14:52.720><c> can't</c><00:14:53.000><c> be</c><00:14:53.200><c> uttered.</c>

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And<00:14:53.799><c> he</c><00:14:53.980><c> searches</c><00:14:54.299><c> the</c><00:14:54.639><c> hearts</c><00:14:54.860><c> and</c><00:14:55.100><c> knows</c><00:14:55.320><c> what</c><00:14:55.539><c> the</c><00:14:55.740><c> mind</c><00:14:55.899><c> of</c>

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because<00:14:57.419><c> he</c><00:14:57.679><c> makes</c><00:14:58.019><c> intercession</c><00:14:58.799><c> for</c><00:14:59.120><c> the</c><00:14:59.399><c> saints</c><00:14:59.940><c> according</c><00:15:00.799><c> to</c><00:15:01.399><c> the</c>

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will<00:15:01.879><c> of</c><00:15:02.179><c> God.</c>

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See,<00:15:03.220><c> here</c><00:15:03.379><c> it</c><00:15:03.460><c> is</c><00:15:03.620><c> again.</c>

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It's<00:15:04.639><c> all</c><00:15:04.980><c> about</c><00:15:05.379><c> God</c><00:15:05.820><c> having</c><00:15:06.179><c> set</c><00:15:06.519><c> this</c><00:15:06.840><c> up</c><00:15:07.320><c> so</c><00:15:07.620><c> that</c><00:15:08.039><c> this</c><00:15:08.379><c> can</c><00:15:08.919><c> help</c><00:15:09.279><c> us,</c><00:15:09.759><c> the</c><00:15:10.000><c> intercession</c><00:15:10.480><c> of</c>

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Jesus<00:15:11.039><c> Christ.</c>

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It's<00:15:11.899><c> not</c><00:15:12.059><c> about</c><00:15:12.299><c> changing</c><00:15:12.740><c> God's</c><00:15:13.240><c> mind.</c>

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It's<00:15:14.000><c> about</c><00:15:14.299><c> helping</c><00:15:14.700><c> us.</c>

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This<00:15:15.779><c> is</c><00:15:15.960><c> Ryan.</c>

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I<00:15:18.279><c> can,</c><00:15:20.220><c> to</c><00:15:20.820><c> devil's</c><00:15:21.279><c> advocate</c><00:15:21.700><c> for</c><00:15:22.179><c> Christian</c><00:15:22.480><c> perspective,</c>

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makes<00:15:28.080><c> an</c><00:15:28.320><c> intercession</c><00:15:28.740><c> for</c><00:15:29.000><c> the</c><00:15:29.200><c> saints.</c>

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So<00:15:30.080><c> I</c><00:15:30.139><c> can</c><00:15:30.659><c> see</c><00:15:30.879><c> how</c><00:15:31.679><c> that</c><00:15:32.220><c> kind</c><00:15:32.440><c> of</c><00:15:32.620><c> thinking</c><00:15:32.860><c> continues.</c>

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But<00:15:35.159><c> true,</c><00:15:36.580><c> they</c><00:15:36.759><c> ignore</c><00:15:37.120><c> the</c><00:15:37.799><c> next</c><00:15:38.480><c> couple</c><00:15:38.759><c> of</c><00:15:39.759><c> second</c><00:15:39.759><c> letter,</c><00:15:40.740><c> words,</c><00:15:41.899><c> and</c>

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there<00:15:43.700><c> goes.</c>

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Well,<00:15:44.679><c> if</c><00:15:44.860><c> you</c><00:15:44.879><c> go</c><00:15:45.039><c> back</c><00:15:45.200><c> to</c><00:15:45.399><c> Jason's</c><00:15:45.700><c> classes</c><00:15:46.000><c> on</c><00:15:46.299><c> context,</c>

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context,<00:15:47.519><c> context,</c><00:15:48.159><c> context.</c>

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So<00:15:49.639><c> John</c><00:15:49.879><c> Carter</c><00:15:50.139><c> in</c><00:15:50.299><c> the</c><00:15:50.320><c> letter</c><00:15:50.500><c> of</c><00:15:50.639><c> the</c><00:15:50.740><c> Romans,</c>

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I'm<00:15:51.480><c> a</c><00:15:51.519><c> little</c><00:15:51.720><c> surprised</c><00:15:52.120><c> more</c><00:15:52.340><c> Christians</c><00:15:52.620><c> aren't</c><00:15:53.139><c> familiar</c><00:15:53.500><c> with</c><00:15:53.659><c> this.</c>

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But<00:15:54.159><c> he</c><00:15:54.379><c> says,</c><00:15:54.720><c> look,</c><00:15:55.419><c> what</c><00:15:55.559><c> you</c><00:15:55.799><c> got</c><00:15:56.000><c> to</c><00:15:56.159><c> do</c><00:15:56.279><c> is</c><00:15:56.480><c> read</c><00:15:56.720><c> the</c><00:15:56.980><c> context.</c>

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This<00:15:58.960><c> passage</c><00:15:59.360><c> can't</c><00:15:59.779><c> conflict</c><00:16:00.120><c> with</c><00:16:00.299><c> the</c><00:16:00.500><c> others,</c><00:16:01.139><c> which</c><00:16:01.320><c> teach</c><00:16:01.580><c> the</c><00:16:01.799><c> unity</c><00:16:02.039><c> of</c><00:16:02.240><c> God</c>

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and<00:16:02.539><c> that</c><00:16:02.659><c> the</c><00:16:02.860><c> spirit</c><00:16:03.019><c> of</c><00:16:03.200><c> God</c><00:16:03.299><c> is</c><00:16:03.440><c> not</c><00:16:03.639><c> a</c><00:16:03.820><c> person</c><00:16:04.080><c> but</c><00:16:04.240><c> a</c><00:16:04.419><c> power</c><00:16:04.580><c> of</c><00:16:04.799><c> God.</c>

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It<00:16:05.460><c> must</c><00:16:05.639><c> also</c><00:16:05.860><c> be</c><00:16:06.100><c> observed</c><00:16:06.379><c> that</c><00:16:06.539><c> the</c><00:16:06.740><c> words</c><00:16:06.960><c> for</c><00:16:07.320><c> us</c><00:16:07.620><c> are</c><00:16:07.899><c> omitted</c><00:16:08.240><c> by</c>

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most<00:16:08.799><c> editors</c><00:16:09.220><c> in</c><00:16:09.500><c> the</c><00:16:09.600><c> Greek</c><00:16:09.779><c> text.</c>

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Why<00:16:10.980><c> not</c><00:16:11.399><c> give</c><00:16:11.620><c> the</c><00:16:11.820><c> word</c><00:16:12.100><c> spirit</c><00:16:12.600><c> the</c><00:16:12.980><c> connotation</c><00:16:13.700><c> so</c>

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If<00:16:18.679><c> spirit</c><00:16:19.100><c> there</c><00:16:19.399><c> is</c><00:16:19.659><c> synonymous</c><00:16:20.120><c> with</c><00:16:20.460><c> the</c><00:16:20.759><c> new</c><00:16:21.200><c> mode</c><00:16:21.580><c> of</c><00:16:21.899><c> thinking,</c>

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this<00:16:22.580><c> new</c><00:16:22.940><c> mind</c><00:16:23.379><c> that's</c><00:16:23.860><c> in</c><00:16:24.039><c> our</c><00:16:24.299><c> heads,</c><00:16:24.960><c> is</c><00:16:25.240><c> it</c><00:16:25.480><c> not</c><00:16:25.720><c> here</c><00:16:25.980><c> also?</c>

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We<00:16:27.240><c> believe</c><00:16:27.559><c> that</c><00:16:27.779><c> such</c><00:16:27.940><c> a</c><00:16:28.080><c> viewpoint</c><00:16:28.340><c> provides</c><00:16:28.779><c> the</c><00:16:29.059><c> most</c>

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satisfactory<00:16:30.139><c> explanation.</c>

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in<00:16:34.559><c> prayer.</c>

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But<00:16:35.000><c> what</c><00:16:35.179><c> shall</c><00:16:35.299><c> we</c><00:16:35.419><c> pray</c><00:16:35.620><c> for?</c>

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For<00:16:36.500><c> the</c><00:16:36.759><c> suffering</c><00:16:36.980><c> to</c><00:16:37.139><c> be</c><00:16:37.259><c> removed</c><00:16:37.740><c> or</c><00:16:38.379><c> for</c><00:16:38.679><c> strength</c><00:16:38.919><c> to</c><00:16:39.179><c> endure?</c>

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In<00:16:40.019><c> his</c><00:16:40.419><c> groaning,</c><00:16:40.840><c> he</c><00:16:41.019><c> asks</c><00:16:41.419><c> after</c><00:16:41.720><c> the</c><00:16:41.940><c> example</c><00:16:42.279><c> of</c><00:16:42.440><c> Jesus,</c>

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now<00:16:42.980><c> is</c><00:16:43.279><c> my</c><00:16:43.519><c> soul</c><00:16:43.740><c> troubled,</c><00:16:44.179><c> but</c><00:16:44.320><c> what</c><00:16:44.519><c> shall</c><00:16:44.639><c> I</c><00:16:44.919><c> say?</c>

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Father,<00:16:45.559><c> save</c><00:16:45.840><c> me</c><00:16:46.000><c> from</c><00:16:46.179><c> this</c><00:16:46.419><c> hour,</c><00:16:47.120><c> but</c><00:16:47.279><c> for</c><00:16:47.480><c> this</c><00:16:47.759><c> cause</c><00:16:47.940><c> I</c>

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came<00:16:48.299><c> under</c><00:16:48.559><c> this</c><00:16:48.860><c> hour.</c>

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Father,<00:16:49.840><c> glorify</c><00:16:50.539><c> your</c><00:16:50.840><c> name.</c>

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That's<00:16:51.500><c> out</c><00:16:51.620><c> of</c><00:16:51.740><c> John</c><00:16:51.940><c> 12.</c>

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Oh,<00:16:53.299><c> my</c><00:16:53.500><c> Father,</c><00:16:53.980><c> if</c><00:16:54.100><c> it</c><00:16:54.220><c> be</c><00:16:54.500><c> possible,</c><00:16:55.059><c> let</c><00:16:55.240><c> this</c><00:16:55.480><c> cup</c><00:16:55.679><c> pass</c>

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from<00:16:56.139><c> me.</c>

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Nevertheless,<00:16:57.259><c> not</c><00:16:57.379><c> as</c><00:16:57.580><c> I</c><00:16:57.820><c> will,</c><00:16:58.179><c> but</c><00:16:58.299><c> as</c><00:16:58.700><c> you</c><00:16:58.980><c> will,</c><00:16:59.340><c> from</c>

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Matthew<00:16:59.879><c> 26.</c>

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And<00:17:01.299><c> he</c><00:17:01.500><c> that</c><00:17:01.679><c> searches</c><00:17:02.000><c> the</c><00:17:02.279><c> hearts</c><00:17:02.519><c> knows</c><00:17:02.899><c> what</c><00:17:03.120><c> the</c><00:17:03.299><c> mind</c>

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and<00:17:03.580><c> the</c><00:17:03.820><c> spirit,</c>

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and<00:17:04.599><c> he</c><00:17:04.779><c> makes</c><00:17:05.019><c> intercession</c><00:17:05.599><c> for</c><00:17:05.839><c> the</c><00:17:06.059><c> saints</c><00:17:06.259><c> according</c><00:17:06.740><c> to</c>

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the<00:17:07.200><c> will</c><00:17:07.299><c> of</c><00:17:07.500><c> God.</c>

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God<00:17:08.720><c> sees</c><00:17:09.279><c> within,</c><00:17:10.160><c> discerning</c><00:17:10.559><c> the</c><00:17:10.799><c> motives,</c>

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and<00:17:11.359><c> therefore</c><00:17:11.640><c> knows</c><00:17:12.119><c> the</c><00:17:12.400><c> mind</c><00:17:12.720><c> of</c><00:17:13.019><c> the</c><00:17:13.240><c> saint</c><00:17:13.500><c> that</c><00:17:14.140><c> amidst</c>

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the<00:17:14.839><c> conflict,</c>

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what<00:17:15.460><c> is</c><00:17:15.759><c> desired</c><00:17:16.240><c> is</c><00:17:16.519><c> that</c><00:17:16.759><c> God's</c><00:17:17.259><c> will</c><00:17:17.420><c> be</c><00:17:17.700><c> done.</c>

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See,<00:17:18.619><c> that's</c><00:17:18.740><c> what</c><00:17:18.839><c> Romans</c><00:17:19.160><c> 8</c><00:17:19.339><c> is</c><00:17:19.559><c> all</c><00:17:19.819><c> about.</c>

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It's<00:17:20.500><c> this</c><00:17:20.799><c> war</c><00:17:21.119><c> going</c><00:17:21.440><c> on</c><00:17:21.759><c> in</c><00:17:22.160><c> my</c><00:17:22.519><c> head.</c>

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I<00:17:23.579><c> know</c><00:17:24.000><c> the</c><00:17:24.160><c> right</c><00:17:24.339><c> thing</c><00:17:24.480><c> I'm</c><00:17:24.700><c> supposed</c><00:17:24.960><c> to</c><00:17:25.180><c> do,</c>

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and<00:17:25.700><c> the</c><00:17:25.859><c> body</c><00:17:26.119><c> wants</c><00:17:26.380><c> to</c><00:17:26.539><c> do</c><00:17:26.619><c> something</c><00:17:26.920><c> else.</c>

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And<00:17:28.099><c> what</c><00:17:28.359><c> Christ</c><00:17:28.740><c> can</c><00:17:29.079><c> do</c><00:17:29.539><c> is</c><00:17:30.019><c> in</c><00:17:30.160><c> developing</c><00:17:30.640><c> the</c><00:17:30.900><c> mind</c><00:17:31.059><c> of</c>

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the<00:17:31.440><c> spirit</c>

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and<00:17:31.940><c> growing</c><00:17:32.299><c> that</c><00:17:32.599><c> in</c><00:17:32.700><c> us</c><00:17:32.940><c> year</c><00:17:33.220><c> after</c><00:17:33.660><c> year,</c>

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he<00:17:34.579><c> can</c><00:17:34.859><c> actually</c><00:17:35.380><c> win</c><00:17:35.759><c> some</c><00:17:36.019><c> of</c><00:17:36.140><c> those</c><00:17:36.319><c> wars,</c>

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some<00:17:37.160><c> of</c><00:17:37.299><c> those</c><00:17:37.539><c> battles,</c><00:17:37.980><c> he</c><00:17:38.099><c> can</c><00:17:38.339><c> overcome</c><00:17:38.680><c> them.</c>

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And<00:17:39.579><c> that's</c><00:17:39.779><c> why</c><00:17:40.079><c> Romans</c><00:17:40.400><c> 8</c><00:17:40.640><c> is</c><00:17:41.000><c> such</c><00:17:41.259><c> a</c><00:17:41.480><c> powerful</c><00:17:41.920><c> chapter</c>

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about<00:17:42.799><c> what</c><00:17:43.220><c> Christ</c><00:17:43.539><c> can</c><00:17:43.819><c> accomplish</c><00:17:44.259><c> in</c><00:17:44.440><c> us</c>

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or<00:17:44.720><c> what</c><00:17:44.880><c> God</c><00:17:45.099><c> can</c><00:17:45.339><c> accomplish</c><00:17:45.759><c> through</c><00:17:46.019><c> him.</c>

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And<00:17:46.859><c> the</c><00:17:47.019><c> whole</c><00:17:47.299><c> chapter</c><00:17:47.640><c> is</c><00:17:47.880><c> so</c><00:17:48.200><c> positive</c><00:17:48.660><c> about</c><00:17:49.000><c> how</c><00:17:49.299><c> God</c><00:17:49.740><c> is</c>

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going<00:17:50.700><c> to</c><00:17:51.000><c> save</c><00:17:51.140><c> people</c>

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because<00:17:52.200><c> he's</c><00:17:52.619><c> growing</c><00:17:52.900><c> this</c><00:17:53.279><c> mind</c><00:17:53.559><c> of</c><00:17:53.759><c> the</c><00:17:53.980><c> spirit</c><00:17:54.200><c> in</c><00:17:54.420><c> your</c><00:17:54.640><c> brains.</c>

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He's<00:17:55.720><c> changing</c><00:17:56.119><c> you</c><00:17:56.400><c> into</c><00:17:56.680><c> somebody</c><00:17:57.079><c> else,</c><00:17:57.599><c> and</c><00:17:58.000><c> therefore</c>

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he<00:17:58.579><c> can</c><00:17:58.859><c> save</c><00:17:59.059><c> you.</c>

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This<00:18:00.700><c> is</c><00:18:00.839><c> Ken.</c>

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One<00:18:02.900><c> of</c><00:18:03.000><c> the</c><00:18:03.160><c> problems</c><00:18:03.539><c> with</c><00:18:03.740><c> the</c><00:18:03.859><c> word</c><00:18:04.119><c> spirit</c>

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that<00:18:05.500><c> I've</c><00:18:07.000><c> had</c><00:18:07.200><c> with</c><00:18:07.420><c> it</c><00:18:07.579><c> is</c><00:18:07.819><c> it's</c><00:18:08.440><c> the</c><00:18:08.579><c> same</c><00:18:08.799><c> word,</c><00:18:09.460><c> root</c><00:18:09.599><c> word,</c>

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and<00:18:11.079><c> it's</c><00:18:11.339><c> used</c><00:18:11.460><c> in</c><00:18:11.660><c> all</c><00:18:11.940><c> kinds</c><00:18:12.200><c> of</c><00:18:12.440><c> different</c><00:18:12.619><c> ways</c>

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from<00:18:15.920><c> the</c><00:18:16.359><c> spirit</c><00:18:16.680><c> of</c><00:18:16.839><c> the</c><00:18:17.039><c> flesh,</c><00:18:17.380><c> the</c><00:18:17.519><c> spirit</c><00:18:17.779><c> of</c><00:18:17.940><c> the</c><00:18:18.140><c> teachings,</c><00:18:18.720><c> the</c>

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spirit<00:18:19.220><c> of</c><00:18:19.480><c> God.</c>

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But<00:18:22.819><c> what</c><00:18:22.980><c> you'll</c><00:18:23.240><c> find</c><00:18:23.380><c> with</c><00:18:23.559><c> that</c><00:18:23.740><c> word</c><00:18:23.940><c> spirit</c>

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and<00:18:24.460><c> how</c><00:18:24.559><c> it's</c><00:18:24.920><c> used</c><00:18:25.180><c> with</c><00:18:25.839><c> the</c><00:18:25.940><c> New</c><00:18:26.119><c> Testament</c><00:18:26.480><c> at</c><00:18:26.660><c> least,</c>

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and<00:18:26.900><c> even</c><00:18:27.079><c> in</c><00:18:27.240><c> the</c><00:18:27.299><c> Old,</c><00:18:27.480><c> you'll</c><00:18:27.759><c> see</c><00:18:27.900><c> that</c><00:18:28.039><c> there's</c><00:18:28.319><c> a</c><00:18:28.519><c> huge</c>

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emphasis<00:18:29.099><c> on</c><00:18:29.299><c> the</c><00:18:29.420><c> fact</c>

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that<00:18:29.779><c> there</c><00:18:29.960><c> is</c><00:18:30.180><c> a</c><00:18:30.380><c> spirit</c><00:18:30.539><c> of</c><00:18:30.740><c> God.</c>

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This<00:18:31.859><c> spirit</c><00:18:32.099><c> of</c><00:18:32.259><c> God</c><00:18:32.400><c> is</c><00:18:32.640><c> operating</c><00:18:33.039><c> in</c><00:18:33.259><c> our</c><00:18:33.539><c> world</c><00:18:33.759><c> today,</c>

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right<00:18:34.339><c> now.</c>

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And<00:18:35.220><c> one</c><00:18:35.500><c> of</c><00:18:35.640><c> the</c><00:18:35.759><c> things</c><00:18:36.059><c> it's</c><00:18:36.359><c> doing</c><00:18:36.700><c> is</c><00:18:37.039><c> it's</c><00:18:37.420><c> growing</c><00:18:37.740><c> a</c><00:18:38.220><c> seed</c>

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that<00:18:38.900><c> God</c><00:18:39.160><c> has</c><00:18:39.380><c> implanted</c><00:18:39.799><c> in</c><00:18:40.039><c> our</c><00:18:40.299><c> heads,</c>

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and<00:18:41.240><c> it's</c><00:18:41.440><c> helping</c><00:18:41.759><c> us</c><00:18:42.099><c> to</c><00:18:42.400><c> grow</c><00:18:42.599><c> this</c><00:18:42.960><c> mind</c><00:18:43.279><c> of</c><00:18:43.500><c> the</c><00:18:43.819><c> spirit</c>

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in<00:18:44.299><c> us,</c>

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the<00:18:45.279><c> same</c><00:18:45.519><c> mind</c><00:18:45.759><c> that</c><00:18:45.920><c> Jesus</c><00:18:46.200><c> had,</c>

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or<00:18:47.160><c> what</c><00:18:47.319><c> Paul</c><00:18:47.519><c> would</c><00:18:47.740><c> say</c><00:18:47.960><c> to</c><00:18:48.259><c> have</c><00:18:48.539><c> this</c><00:18:48.920><c> attitude</c><00:18:49.380><c> in</c><00:18:49.619><c> you</c>

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that<00:18:49.900><c> was</c><00:18:50.140><c> in</c><00:18:50.359><c> Christ</c><00:18:50.579><c> Jesus,</c>

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that<00:18:51.460><c> he</c><00:18:51.740><c> didn't</c><00:18:51.920><c> just</c><00:18:52.220><c> consider</c><00:18:52.640><c> the</c><00:18:52.900><c> interests</c><00:18:53.160><c> of</c><00:18:53.319><c> himself,</c>

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but<00:18:53.880><c> he</c><00:18:54.200><c> considered</c><00:18:54.420><c> the</c><00:18:54.660><c> interests</c><00:18:54.900><c> of</c><00:18:55.180><c> others.</c>

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This<00:18:56.160><c> is</c><00:18:56.380><c> what</c><00:18:56.559><c> God</c><00:18:56.859><c> is</c><00:18:57.180><c> doing</c><00:18:57.380><c> through</c><00:18:57.640><c> his</c><00:18:57.940><c> spirit.</c>

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Now,<00:18:58.940><c> that's</c><00:18:59.279><c> a</c><00:18:59.400><c> general</c><00:18:59.680><c> thing.</c>

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That<00:19:00.240><c> spirit</c><00:19:00.480><c> might</c><00:19:00.700><c> involve</c><00:19:01.000><c> angels.</c>

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It<00:19:01.940><c> might</c><00:19:02.160><c> involve</c><00:19:02.559><c> reading</c><00:19:02.859><c> the</c><00:19:03.140><c> word.</c>

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It<00:19:03.579><c> might</c><00:19:03.759><c> involve</c><00:19:04.180><c> praying</c><00:19:04.539><c> to</c><00:19:04.779><c> God.</c>

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It's<00:19:05.579><c> a</c><00:19:05.680><c> very</c><00:19:05.960><c> broad</c><00:19:06.220><c> idea.</c>

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It<00:19:06.720><c> doesn't</c><00:19:06.819><c> have</c><00:19:07.019><c> to</c><00:19:07.140><c> mean</c><00:19:07.339><c> spirit</c><00:19:07.660><c> gifts,</c>

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but<00:19:08.660><c> it's</c><00:19:09.079><c> still</c><00:19:09.599><c> God's</c><00:19:10.519><c> spirit</c><00:19:10.759><c> that's</c><00:19:11.059><c> doing</c><00:19:11.299><c> it,</c>

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so<00:19:11.700><c> that</c><00:19:11.859><c> in</c><00:19:12.039><c> the</c><00:19:12.279><c> end,</c><00:19:13.299><c> everybody</c><00:19:13.480><c> who's</c><00:19:13.920><c> saved</c><00:19:14.099><c> will</c><00:19:14.359><c> realize</c>

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it<00:19:14.920><c> was</c><00:19:15.240><c> all</c><00:19:15.539><c> about</c><00:19:15.759><c> what</c><00:19:16.039><c> God</c><00:19:16.359><c> did</c><00:19:16.640><c> in</c><00:19:16.839><c> their</c><00:19:17.079><c> life.</c>

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God<00:19:17.960><c> changed</c><00:19:18.359><c> me.</c>

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God<00:19:18.920><c> did</c><00:19:19.140><c> it.</c>

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God<00:19:19.599><c> did</c><00:19:19.819><c> it</c><00:19:20.019><c> all.</c>

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And<00:19:20.960><c> all</c><00:19:21.140><c> the</c><00:19:21.339><c> glory</c><00:19:21.519><c> goes</c><00:19:21.759><c> to</c><00:19:22.000><c> God.</c>

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So<00:19:23.079><c> you'll</c><00:19:23.400><c> see</c><00:19:23.539><c> that</c><00:19:23.759><c> word</c><00:19:23.920><c> for</c><00:19:24.160><c> intercession.</c>

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Look<00:19:24.960><c> at</c><00:19:25.059><c> how</c><00:19:25.240><c> it's</c><00:19:25.500><c> used</c><00:19:25.680><c> there</c><00:19:25.940><c> in</c><00:19:26.200><c> different</c><00:19:26.380><c> places.</c>

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Romans<00:19:27.160><c> 8</c><00:19:27.400><c> is</c><00:19:27.539><c> there.</c>

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Romans<00:19:28.119><c> 8</c><00:19:28.359><c> and</c><00:19:28.460><c> verse</c><00:19:28.640><c> 27,</c><00:19:29.259><c> again,</c><00:19:29.519><c> it's</c><00:19:29.779><c> this</c><00:19:29.900><c> new</c><00:19:30.099><c> way</c><00:19:30.240><c> of</c><00:19:30.480><c> thinking.</c>

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Romans<00:19:31.700><c> 8</c><00:19:31.960><c> and</c><00:19:32.059><c> 34,</c><00:19:32.740><c> that</c><00:19:32.859><c> Christ</c><00:19:33.119><c> won't</c><00:19:33.359><c> condemn</c><00:19:33.680><c> us</c>

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because<00:19:34.319><c> he's</c><00:19:34.539><c> at</c><00:19:34.640><c> God's</c><00:19:34.980><c> right</c><00:19:35.200><c> hand</c><00:19:35.380><c> to</c><00:19:35.539><c> make</c><00:19:35.700><c> intercession</c>

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for<00:19:36.500><c> us.</c>

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That's<00:19:37.339><c> what</c><00:19:37.440><c> he's</c><00:19:37.720><c> doing.</c>

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He's<00:19:38.299><c> trying</c><00:19:38.619><c> to</c><00:19:39.059><c> save</c><00:19:39.240><c> us.</c>

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He's<00:19:40.160><c> trying</c><00:19:40.279><c> to</c><00:19:40.539><c> strengthen</c><00:19:40.880><c> our</c><00:19:41.160><c> spiritual</c><00:19:41.539><c> minds</c>

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to<00:19:42.359><c> overcome</c><00:19:42.660><c> the</c><00:19:42.940><c> flesh.</c>

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And<00:19:43.859><c> in</c><00:19:44.240><c> Hebrews</c><00:19:44.519><c> 7,</c><00:19:44.940><c> Paul</c><00:19:45.160><c> says,</c>

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he<00:19:45.539><c> ever</c><00:19:45.940><c> lives</c><00:19:46.180><c> to</c><00:19:46.400><c> make</c><00:19:46.640><c> intercession,</c>

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not<00:19:47.420><c> like</c><00:19:47.619><c> the</c><00:19:47.799><c> high</c><00:19:48.039><c> priest</c><00:19:48.220><c> that</c><00:19:48.420><c> used</c><00:19:48.599><c> to</c><00:19:48.819><c> die</c><00:19:49.059><c> under</c><00:19:49.319><c> the</c><00:19:49.519><c> law.</c>

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This<00:19:50.420><c> man</c><00:19:50.680><c> lives</c><00:19:51.019><c> forever.</c>

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So<00:19:52.660><c> again,</c><00:19:52.980><c> I</c><00:19:53.140><c> think</c><00:19:53.319><c> this</c><00:19:53.599><c> word</c><00:19:53.799><c> is</c><00:19:54.039><c> not</c><00:19:54.240><c> about</c><00:19:54.519><c> changing</c><00:19:54.940><c> God.</c>

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This<00:19:55.700><c> is</c><00:19:55.960><c> about</c><00:19:56.240><c> changing</c><00:19:56.839><c> us,</c><00:19:57.599><c> changing</c><00:19:57.900><c> me.</c>

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And<00:19:58.400><c> that's</c><00:19:58.559><c> what</c><00:19:58.740><c> Jesus</c><00:19:59.119><c> does</c><00:19:59.440><c> as</c><00:19:59.799><c> our</c><00:20:00.059><c> intercessor.</c>

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He<00:20:00.700><c> appears</c><00:20:01.519><c> in</c><00:20:02.079><c> the</c><00:20:02.259><c> presence</c><00:20:02.460><c> of</c><00:20:02.680><c> God,</c>

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but<00:20:03.539><c> he</c><00:20:03.819><c> has</c><00:20:04.119><c> already</c><00:20:04.460><c> been</c><00:20:04.779><c> given</c><00:20:05.059><c> all</c><00:20:05.500><c> the</c><00:20:05.759><c> authority</c>

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in<00:20:06.539><c> heaven</c><00:20:06.700><c> and</c><00:20:06.880><c> earth.</c>

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You<00:20:07.640><c> have</c><00:20:07.700><c> to</c><00:20:07.960><c> start</c><00:20:08.119><c> with</c><00:20:08.339><c> that</c><00:20:08.500><c> and</c><00:20:08.680><c> realize,</c>

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wait<00:20:09.299><c> a</c><00:20:09.440><c> minute,</c><00:20:09.559><c> he</c><00:20:09.680><c> doesn't</c><00:20:09.859><c> have</c><00:20:10.000><c> to</c><00:20:10.240><c> change</c><00:20:10.480><c> God's</c><00:20:10.900><c> mind.</c>

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In<00:20:11.579><c> fact,</c><00:20:11.759><c> God's</c><00:20:12.140><c> the</c><00:20:12.279><c> one</c><00:20:12.420><c> who</c><00:20:12.660><c> gave</c><00:20:12.900><c> him</c><00:20:13.119><c> all</c><00:20:13.339><c> this</c>

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so<00:20:14.079><c> that</c><00:20:14.380><c> he</c><00:20:14.700><c> could</c><00:20:15.019><c> save</c><00:20:15.359><c> us.</c>

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God's<00:20:16.559><c> trying</c><00:20:16.720><c> to</c><00:20:16.859><c> do</c><00:20:17.019><c> everything</c><00:20:17.299><c> he</c><00:20:17.579><c> can</c><00:20:17.980><c> to</c><00:20:18.299><c> save</c><00:20:18.440><c> us.</c>

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And<00:20:19.259><c> so</c><00:20:19.420><c> Christ</c><00:20:19.720><c> motivates</c><00:20:20.279><c> us</c><00:20:20.599><c> to</c><00:20:20.859><c> join</c><00:20:21.200><c> with</c><00:20:21.519><c> him</c><00:20:21.759><c> in</c><00:20:21.980><c> his</c><00:20:22.180><c> death</c><00:20:22.400><c> to</c><00:20:22.619><c> sin</c>

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and<00:20:23.380><c> in</c><00:20:23.619><c> his</c><00:20:23.819><c> life</c><00:20:24.019><c> of</c><00:20:24.259><c> righteousness</c>

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so<00:20:24.940><c> that</c><00:20:25.140><c> we</c><00:20:25.400><c> choose</c><00:20:25.660><c> to</c><00:20:25.880><c> do</c><00:20:25.980><c> God's</c><00:20:26.339><c> will,</c><00:20:26.500><c> not</c><00:20:26.680><c> our</c><00:20:26.900><c> own.</c>

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And<00:20:27.500><c> he</c><00:20:27.680><c> forgives</c><00:20:28.019><c> us</c><00:20:28.240><c> when</c><00:20:28.380><c> we</c><00:20:28.559><c> mess</c><00:20:28.819><c> up</c>

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because<00:20:29.440><c> of</c><00:20:29.660><c> the</c><00:20:29.779><c> weaknesses</c><00:20:30.079><c> of</c><00:20:30.359><c> the</c><00:20:30.500><c> flesh.</c>

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But<00:20:31.279><c> it's</c><00:20:31.519><c> all</c><00:20:31.819><c> about</c><00:20:32.059><c> the</c><00:20:32.279><c> fact</c><00:20:32.460><c> that</c><00:20:32.619><c> he's</c><00:20:32.880><c> trying</c><00:20:33.180><c> to</c><00:20:33.480><c> grow</c>

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this<00:20:34.019><c> new</c><00:20:34.480><c> man</c><00:20:34.819><c> in</c><00:20:35.039><c> our</c><00:20:35.240><c> heads.</c>

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And<00:20:36.059><c> he</c><00:20:36.359><c> intercedes</c><00:20:36.960><c> through</c><00:20:37.279><c> him</c><00:20:37.599><c> to</c><00:20:37.779><c> the</c><00:20:37.960><c> old</c><00:20:38.160><c> man</c>

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to<00:20:38.579><c> try</c><00:20:38.839><c> to</c><00:20:39.119><c> overcome.</c>

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That's<00:20:40.000><c> why</c><00:20:40.160><c> Romans</c><00:20:40.420><c> 8</c><00:20:40.599><c> would</c><00:20:40.779><c> come</c><00:20:40.980><c> like</c><00:20:41.160><c> right</c><00:20:41.319><c> after</c><00:20:41.559><c> Romans</c><00:20:41.839><c> 7,</c>

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where<00:20:42.359><c> Paul</c><00:20:42.579><c> dealt</c><00:20:42.859><c> with</c><00:20:43.099><c> the</c><00:20:43.279><c> fact</c><00:20:43.400><c> that</c><00:20:43.559><c> the</c><00:20:43.759><c> battle's</c>

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still<00:20:44.240><c> ongoing.</c>

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Just<00:20:45.299><c> because</c><00:20:45.680><c> we're</c><00:20:45.900><c> baptized</c>

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and<00:20:46.740><c> we've</c><00:20:47.380><c> been</c><00:20:47.480><c> in</c><00:20:47.599><c> the</c><00:20:47.819><c> truth</c><00:20:47.920><c> for</c><00:20:48.099><c> 20</c><00:20:48.339><c> years</c><00:20:48.720><c> or</c><00:20:48.859><c> 40</c><00:20:49.140><c> years</c>

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or<00:20:49.579><c> whatever</c><00:20:49.799><c> it</c><00:20:50.000><c> is,</c><00:20:50.599><c> the</c><00:20:50.920><c> battle</c><00:20:51.180><c> is</c><00:20:51.559><c> still</c><00:20:52.000><c> ongoing.</c>

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I<00:20:53.279><c> still</c><00:20:53.420><c> have</c><00:20:53.539><c> to</c><00:20:53.720><c> fight</c><00:20:53.980><c> this</c><00:20:54.359><c> every</c><00:20:54.700><c> day.</c>

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Every<00:20:55.579><c> day</c><00:20:55.940><c> you</c><00:20:56.099><c> have</c><00:20:56.299><c> to</c><00:20:56.500><c> deal</c><00:20:56.640><c> with</c><00:20:56.900><c> this,</c><00:20:57.099><c> this</c><00:20:57.240><c> old</c><00:20:57.500><c> man.</c>

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And<00:20:58.279><c> Jesus</c><00:20:58.799><c> Christ</c><00:20:59.180><c> is</c><00:20:59.539><c> there</c><00:20:59.799><c> to</c><00:20:59.980><c> help.</c>

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So<00:21:00.880><c> he</c><00:21:01.119><c> already</c><00:21:01.579><c> has</c><00:21:02.160><c> all</c><00:21:02.579><c> the</c><00:21:02.779><c> authority.</c>

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He<00:21:03.279><c> doesn't</c><00:21:03.539><c> need</c><00:21:03.799><c> to</c><00:21:03.960><c> ask</c><00:21:04.220><c> God.</c>

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He's<00:21:05.240><c> already</c><00:21:05.559><c> been</c><00:21:05.880><c> granted</c><00:21:06.380><c> the</c><00:21:06.740><c> authority</c><00:21:07.059><c> to</c><00:21:07.279><c> forgive</c>

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our<00:21:07.940><c> sins,</c>

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to<00:21:08.660><c> do</c><00:21:08.799><c> whatever</c><00:21:09.119><c> he</c><00:21:09.420><c> wants.</c>

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The<00:21:10.359><c> angels</c><00:21:10.599><c> are</c><00:21:10.859><c> his</c><00:21:11.099><c> now</c><00:21:11.480><c> of</c><00:21:11.640><c> this</c><00:21:11.880><c> world.</c>

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He's<00:21:12.700><c> put</c><00:21:12.880><c> the</c><00:21:13.220><c> angels</c><00:21:13.740><c> under</c><00:21:14.220><c> Christ</c><00:21:14.599><c> right</c><00:21:14.880><c> now.</c>

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So<00:21:15.880><c> all</c><00:21:16.200><c> authority</c><00:21:16.579><c> has</c><00:21:16.779><c> been</c><00:21:16.960><c> given</c><00:21:17.099><c> to</c><00:21:17.299><c> him.</c>

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And<00:21:17.740><c> there's</c><00:21:17.980><c> no</c><00:21:18.559><c> idea</c><00:21:19.079><c> in</c><00:21:19.299><c> the</c><00:21:19.480><c> Bible</c><00:21:19.799><c> about</c><00:21:20.299><c> God</c>

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needing<00:21:21.259><c> to</c><00:21:21.440><c> have</c><00:21:21.519><c> his</c><00:21:21.779><c> mind</c><00:21:22.079><c> changed</c>

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and<00:21:22.740><c> Jesus</c><00:21:23.119><c> somehow</c><00:21:23.500><c> talking</c><00:21:23.900><c> to</c><00:21:24.119><c> him</c>

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to<00:21:24.660><c> talk</c><00:21:24.880><c> him</c><00:21:25.000><c> out</c><00:21:25.259><c> of</c><00:21:25.400><c> what</c><00:21:25.559><c> he</c><00:21:25.720><c> was</c><00:21:25.900><c> going</c><00:21:26.039><c> to</c><00:21:26.240><c> do.</c>

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Especially<00:21:27.480><c> since</c><00:21:27.900><c> really</c><00:21:28.279><c> Jesus</c><00:21:28.619><c> is</c><00:21:28.880><c> the</c><00:21:29.059><c> one,</c>

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when<00:21:29.700><c> you</c><00:21:29.920><c> see</c><00:21:30.000><c> in</c><00:21:30.119><c> the</c><00:21:30.299><c> Revelation,</c>

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Jesus<00:21:31.380><c> is</c><00:21:31.700><c> the</c><00:21:31.900><c> one</c><00:21:32.099><c> who</c><00:21:32.319><c> is</c><00:21:32.579><c> now</c><00:21:32.900><c> controlling</c><00:21:33.539><c> these</c><00:21:33.880><c> events</c>

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that<00:21:34.420><c> are</c><00:21:34.599><c> happening</c><00:21:34.880><c> in</c><00:21:35.079><c> our</c><00:21:35.279><c> world,</c><00:21:35.599><c> setting</c><00:21:35.880><c> up</c><00:21:36.079><c> his</c><00:21:36.299><c> return.</c>

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It's<00:21:38.079><c> fun</c><00:21:38.259><c> to</c><00:21:38.500><c> watch.</c>

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So<00:21:39.400><c> what</c><00:21:39.559><c> about</c><00:21:39.720><c> a</c><00:21:39.980><c> mediator</c><00:21:40.339><c> then?</c>

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All<00:21:40.900><c> right,</c><00:21:41.140><c> that's</c><00:21:41.460><c> our</c><00:21:41.700><c> last</c><00:21:42.039><c> one,</c><00:21:42.420><c> mediator.</c>

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A<00:21:43.220><c> lot</c><00:21:43.339><c> of</c><00:21:43.500><c> times</c><00:21:43.660><c> I</c><00:21:43.839><c> hear</c><00:21:44.079><c> brethren</c><00:21:44.420><c> talk</c><00:21:44.740><c> about</c><00:21:45.019><c> prayers</c>

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and<00:21:45.480><c> they</c><00:21:45.660><c> refer</c><00:21:45.859><c> to</c><00:21:46.019><c> Jesus</c><00:21:46.359><c> as</c><00:21:46.740><c> our</c><00:21:47.039><c> mediator.</c>

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I<00:21:48.180><c> remember</c><00:21:48.400><c> doing</c><00:21:48.640><c> that</c><00:21:48.799><c> myself</c><00:21:49.200><c> growing</c><00:21:49.480><c> up.</c>

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Do<00:21:50.160><c> you</c><00:21:50.180><c> realize</c><00:21:50.480><c> those</c><00:21:50.740><c> words</c><00:21:51.019><c> are</c><00:21:51.319><c> never</c><00:21:51.539><c> in</c><00:21:51.700><c> the</c><00:21:51.839><c> Bible?</c>

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He's<00:21:53.579><c> never</c><00:21:53.839><c> called</c><00:21:54.079><c> our</c><00:21:54.319><c> mediator.</c>

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And<00:21:55.400><c> there's</c><00:21:55.599><c> a</c><00:21:55.720><c> good</c><00:21:55.880><c> reason</c><00:21:56.160><c> why.</c>

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He<00:21:56.720><c> is</c><00:21:57.039><c> not</c><00:21:57.220><c> our</c><00:21:57.480><c> mediator.</c>

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He<00:21:58.660><c> is</c><00:21:59.079><c> God's</c><00:21:59.880><c> mediator</c>

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and<00:22:00.779><c> he</c><00:22:00.900><c> is</c><00:22:01.140><c> the</c><00:22:01.440><c> mediator</c><00:22:01.980><c> of</c><00:22:02.400><c> the</c><00:22:02.599><c> new</c><00:22:02.819><c> covenant.</c>

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See,<00:22:04.400><c> when</c><00:22:04.740><c> Paul</c><00:22:05.099><c> uses</c><00:22:05.480><c> that</c><00:22:05.759><c> phrase</c><00:22:06.000><c> in</c><00:22:06.180><c> Galatians</c><00:22:06.539><c> 3,</c>

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you<00:22:06.960><c> remember</c><00:22:07.079><c> how</c><00:22:07.279><c> Paul</c><00:22:07.519><c> said</c>

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that<00:22:07.980><c> the</c><00:22:08.119><c> law</c><00:22:08.259><c> was</c><00:22:08.480><c> given</c><00:22:08.660><c> through</c><00:22:08.960><c> angels</c>

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and<00:22:09.779><c> angels</c><00:22:10.119><c> gave</c><00:22:10.299><c> it</c><00:22:10.440><c> through</c><00:22:10.579><c> Moses</c>

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See,<00:22:14.059><c> it's</c><00:22:14.440><c> coming</c><00:22:14.740><c> down</c><00:22:15.039><c> from</c><00:22:15.279><c> the</c><00:22:15.539><c> top</c><00:22:15.819><c> down</c><00:22:16.200><c> to</c><00:22:16.380><c> the</c><00:22:16.579><c> people,</c>

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not<00:22:17.700><c> somebody</c><00:22:18.039><c> between</c><00:22:18.480><c> the</c><00:22:18.759><c> people</c>

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doing<00:22:19.559><c> some</c><00:22:19.839><c> kind</c><00:22:19.980><c> of</c><00:22:20.119><c> back</c><00:22:20.279><c> and</c><00:22:20.500><c> forth.</c>

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The<00:22:21.400><c> word</c><00:22:21.799><c> mediator,</c><00:22:22.619><c> Hebrews,</c>

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it's<00:22:23.299><c> used</c><00:22:23.440><c> extensively.</c>

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He<00:22:24.440><c> was</c><00:22:24.619><c> for</c><00:22:24.839><c> the</c><00:22:25.180><c> mediator</c><00:22:25.640><c> of</c><00:22:25.859><c> the</c><00:22:26.119><c> new</c><00:22:26.420><c> covenant.</c>

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He<00:22:27.640><c> is</c><00:22:27.920><c> the</c><00:22:28.359><c> communicator</c><00:22:29.039><c> of</c><00:22:29.359><c> God's</c><00:22:30.059><c> new</c><00:22:30.339><c> covenant</c>

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and<00:22:31.319><c> he</c><00:22:31.559><c> is</c><00:22:31.819><c> the</c><00:22:32.000><c> one</c><00:22:32.140><c> who's</c><00:22:32.519><c> implementing</c><00:22:32.900><c> it</c><00:22:33.180><c> as</c><00:22:33.359><c> well.</c>

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And<00:22:34.160><c> the</c><00:22:34.359><c> problem</c><00:22:34.640><c> with</c><00:22:34.839><c> this</c><00:22:35.059><c> idea</c><00:22:35.380><c> of</c><00:22:35.720><c> mediator,</c>

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when<00:22:36.099><c> you</c><00:22:36.240><c> look</c><00:22:36.380><c> at</c><00:22:36.480><c> what</c><00:22:36.619><c> it</c><00:22:37.059><c> means</c><00:22:37.339><c> today</c><00:22:37.799><c> in</c><00:22:37.960><c> our</c><00:22:38.180><c> society,</c>

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it<00:22:39.160><c> means</c><00:22:39.420><c> somebody</c><00:22:39.819><c> who</c><00:22:40.079><c> gets</c><00:22:40.240><c> in</c><00:22:40.460><c> the</c><00:22:40.640><c> middle</c><00:22:40.819><c> of</c><00:22:40.980><c> two</c><00:22:41.220><c> parties</c>

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to<00:22:42.319><c> try</c><00:22:42.539><c> to</c><00:22:42.759><c> work</c><00:22:42.940><c> out</c><00:22:43.119><c> some</c><00:22:43.400><c> kind</c><00:22:43.579><c> of</c><00:22:43.839><c> reconciliation</c>

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or<00:22:44.819><c> settlement</c><00:22:45.180><c> or</c><00:22:45.460><c> a</c><00:22:45.720><c> compromise</c>

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between<00:22:46.420><c> the</c><00:22:46.660><c> parties</c><00:22:46.900><c> at</c><00:22:47.160><c> variance.</c>

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And<00:22:48.420><c> that</c><00:22:48.619><c> is</c><00:22:48.859><c> not</c><00:22:49.000><c> what</c><00:22:49.180><c> Christ</c><00:22:49.480><c> does.</c>

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He<00:22:50.480><c> doesn't</c><00:22:50.619><c> get</c><00:22:50.779><c> between</c><00:22:51.119><c> us</c><00:22:51.339><c> and</c><00:22:51.559><c> God</c>

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and<00:22:51.960><c> work</c><00:22:52.059><c> out</c><00:22:52.200><c> a</c><00:22:52.359><c> compromise.</c>

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You<00:22:53.619><c> know,</c><00:22:53.619><c> that's</c><00:22:53.839><c> not</c><00:22:54.039><c> what's</c><00:22:54.339><c> happening.</c>

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Him<00:22:55.299><c> and</c><00:22:55.519><c> God</c><00:22:55.619><c> are</c><00:22:55.740><c> on</c><00:22:55.839><c> the</c><00:22:56.180><c> same</c><00:22:56.440><c> page.</c>

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That's<00:22:57.759><c> what</c><00:22:57.940><c> this</c><00:22:58.339><c> relationship</c><00:22:59.059><c> is</c><00:22:59.299><c> all</c><00:22:59.519><c> about</c><00:22:59.660><c> in</c><00:22:59.920><c> 1</c><00:23:00.140><c> John</c>

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with<00:23:00.880><c> the</c><00:23:01.119><c> Father.</c>

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It's<00:23:02.079><c> a</c><00:23:02.279><c> relationship</c><00:23:02.839><c> between</c><00:23:03.220><c> God</c><00:23:03.640><c> and</c><00:23:03.940><c> Christ</c>

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and<00:23:04.440><c> now</c><00:23:04.640><c> he</c><00:23:04.720><c> wants</c><00:23:04.920><c> to</c><00:23:05.140><c> have</c><00:23:05.220><c> it</c><00:23:05.359><c> with</c><00:23:05.559><c> us</c>

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when<00:23:06.319><c> we're</c><00:23:06.519><c> all</c><00:23:06.960><c> on</c><00:23:07.319><c> the</c><00:23:07.599><c> same</c><00:23:07.920><c> page.</c>

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He's<00:23:09.039><c> not</c><00:23:09.460><c> our</c><00:23:09.859><c> mediator.</c>

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He<00:23:10.740><c> is</c><00:23:11.200><c> the</c><00:23:11.519><c> mediator</c><00:23:12.019><c> of</c><00:23:12.500><c> the</c><00:23:12.819><c> new</c><00:23:13.039><c> covenant.</c>

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That's<00:23:14.079><c> what</c><00:23:14.200><c> he's</c><00:23:14.480><c> referred</c><00:23:14.740><c> to</c><00:23:14.940><c> as.</c>

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This<00:23:15.940><c> is</c><00:23:16.160><c> Brad.</c>

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So<00:23:17.440><c> you</c><00:23:18.099><c> highlighted</c><00:23:18.380><c> one</c><00:23:18.660><c> problem</c><00:23:18.980><c> with</c><00:23:19.220><c> that,</c>

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it<00:23:20.259><c> puts</c><00:23:20.779><c> a</c><00:23:21.460><c> variation</c><00:23:21.819><c> between</c><00:23:22.160><c> what</c><00:23:22.319><c> God</c><00:23:22.559><c> and</c><00:23:22.700><c> Jesus</c><00:23:23.019><c> want</c>

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in<00:23:24.160><c> that</c><00:23:25.299><c> understanding</c><00:23:25.980><c> of</c><00:23:26.259><c> mediator.</c>

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It<00:23:27.119><c> also</c><00:23:27.420><c> elevates</c><00:23:27.900><c> our</c><00:23:28.180><c> position</c>

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because<00:23:29.079><c> suddenly</c><00:23:29.359><c> we</c><00:23:29.599><c> have</c><00:23:30.400><c> a</c><00:23:30.779><c> right</c><00:23:31.099><c> to</c><00:23:31.859><c> have</c><00:23:32.140><c> someone</c>

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go<00:23:32.619><c> back</c><00:23:32.839><c> and</c><00:23:33.059><c> forth</c><00:23:33.299><c> between</c><00:23:33.559><c> us</c><00:23:33.779><c> and</c><00:23:33.859><c> God</c>

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that<00:23:34.180><c> we</c><00:23:34.339><c> have</c><00:23:34.500><c> some</c><00:23:34.720><c> say</c><00:23:34.859><c> in</c><00:23:35.039><c> this</c>

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or<00:23:35.319><c> we</c><00:23:35.400><c> have</c><00:23:35.579><c> some</c><00:23:35.779><c> position</c><00:23:36.180><c> of,</c><00:23:37.720><c> you</c><00:23:37.740><c> know,</c>

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our<00:23:38.359><c> position</c><00:23:38.740><c> is</c><00:23:38.940><c> somewhat</c><00:23:39.119><c> defensible</c>

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in<00:23:39.779><c> some</c><00:23:39.900><c> way,</c><00:23:40.079><c> shape</c><00:23:40.220><c> or</c><00:23:40.380><c> form,</c><00:23:40.579><c> right?</c>

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So<00:23:41.880><c> there's</c><00:23:42.339><c> many</c><00:23:42.880><c> problems</c><00:23:43.299><c> with</c><00:23:43.920><c> that</c><00:23:44.339><c> kind</c><00:23:44.579><c> of</c><00:23:45.000><c> an</c><00:23:45.279><c> approach</c>

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to<00:23:45.740><c> Jesus'</c><00:23:46.420><c> role.</c>

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All<00:23:46.420><c> right.</c>

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I<00:23:48.000><c> really</c><00:23:48.359><c> think</c><00:23:48.579><c> when</c><00:23:48.700><c> you</c><00:23:48.799><c> go</c><00:23:48.920><c> back</c><00:23:49.119><c> and</c><00:23:49.240><c> look</c>

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at<00:23:49.500><c> the</c><00:23:49.599><c> story</c><00:23:49.819><c> of</c><00:23:50.140><c> Job,</c><00:23:50.259><c> that</c><00:23:50.480><c> is</c><00:23:50.720><c> what</c><00:23:51.039><c> appalled</c><00:23:51.480><c> Job</c><00:23:51.759><c> in</c><00:23:52.000><c> the</c><00:23:52.099><c> end.</c>

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He<00:23:53.099><c> had</c><00:23:53.319><c> been</c><00:23:53.599><c> wanting,</c><00:23:53.900><c> he</c><00:23:53.980><c> got</c><00:23:54.200><c> pushed</c><00:23:54.500><c> into</c><00:23:54.700><c> this</c><00:23:54.960><c> corner</c>

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but<00:23:55.420><c> in</c><00:23:55.680><c> the</c><00:23:55.920><c> end</c><00:23:56.039><c> he</c><00:23:56.160><c> got</c><00:23:56.400><c> pushed</c><00:23:56.680><c> to</c><00:23:56.819><c> where</c><00:23:56.900><c> he</c><00:23:57.119><c> wanted</c>

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to<00:23:57.779><c> have</c><00:23:58.059><c> a</c><00:23:58.339><c> mediator</c><00:23:59.000><c> who</c><00:23:59.240><c> would</c><00:23:59.539><c> stand</c><00:23:59.839><c> there</c>

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between<00:24:00.440><c> him</c><00:24:00.680><c> and</c><00:24:00.799><c> God</c><00:24:01.079><c> and</c><00:24:01.420><c> show</c><00:24:01.740><c> God</c>

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that<00:24:02.440><c> Job</c><00:24:02.599><c> was</c><00:24:02.839><c> right</c><00:24:03.039><c> and</c><00:24:03.200><c> God</c><00:24:03.460><c> was</c><00:24:03.660><c> wrong.</c>

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And<00:24:04.740><c> in</c><00:24:05.140><c> the</c><00:24:05.380><c> end</c><00:24:05.539><c> he's</c><00:24:05.740><c> just</c><00:24:06.000><c> like,</c>

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I<00:24:06.359><c> repent</c><00:24:06.700><c> in</c><00:24:06.900><c> dust</c><00:24:07.039><c> and</c><00:24:07.279><c> ashes.</c>

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I<00:24:07.960><c> said</c><00:24:08.099><c> things</c><00:24:08.319><c> I</c><00:24:08.460><c> didn't</c><00:24:08.680><c> understand,</c>

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too<00:24:09.660><c> wonderful</c><00:24:10.119><c> for</c><00:24:10.380><c> me.</c>

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And<00:24:11.259><c> he</c><00:24:11.599><c> finally</c><00:24:11.940><c> realized</c><00:24:12.480><c> that</c><00:24:12.680><c> that's</c><00:24:13.019><c> not</c><00:24:13.220><c> how</c><00:24:13.400><c> it</c><00:24:13.599><c> works</c>

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at<00:24:14.079><c> all.</c>

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God<00:24:14.920><c> had</c><00:24:15.140><c> been</c><00:24:15.359><c> trying</c><00:24:15.720><c> to</c><00:24:16.099><c> save</c><00:24:16.299><c> him.</c>

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He<00:24:17.079><c> doesn't</c><00:24:17.359><c> need</c><00:24:17.480><c> a</c><00:24:17.680><c> mediator.</c>

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He<00:24:18.700><c> has</c><00:24:18.819><c> him</c><00:24:19.000><c> between</c><00:24:19.359><c> the</c><00:24:19.519><c> two</c><00:24:19.700><c> of</c><00:24:19.859><c> them.</c>

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So<00:24:20.539><c> when</c><00:24:20.700><c> you</c><00:24:20.819><c> look</c><00:24:20.940><c> at</c><00:24:21.019><c> how</c><00:24:21.220><c> that</c><00:24:21.440><c> word</c><00:24:21.579><c> is</c><00:24:21.819><c> used</c><00:24:22.000><c> today,</c>

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this<00:24:22.779><c> is</c><00:24:22.940><c> what</c><00:24:23.099><c> people</c><00:24:23.420><c> do.</c>

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They<00:24:23.880><c> think</c><00:24:24.079><c> it's</c><00:24:24.319><c> like</c><00:24:24.539><c> somebody</c><00:24:24.740><c> who</c><00:24:24.940><c> gets</c><00:24:25.059><c> in</c><00:24:25.240><c> between</c><00:24:25.539><c> two</c><00:24:25.799><c> people</c>

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or<00:24:26.680><c> when</c><00:24:26.880><c> husbands</c><00:24:27.220><c> and</c><00:24:27.460><c> wives</c><00:24:27.640><c> are</c><00:24:27.799><c> having</c><00:24:27.940><c> a</c><00:24:28.140><c> problem,</c>

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they<00:24:28.480><c> go</c><00:24:28.640><c> to</c><00:24:28.759><c> a</c><00:24:28.980><c> mediator</c><00:24:29.599><c> or</c><00:24:30.059><c> whatever</c><00:24:30.859><c> in</c><00:24:31.359><c> life.</c>

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You<00:24:31.980><c> see</c><00:24:32.259><c> this</c><00:24:32.460><c> in</c><00:24:32.640><c> all</c><00:24:32.859><c> kinds</c><00:24:33.140><c> of</c><00:24:33.660><c> business</c><00:24:33.960><c> things</c>

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or<00:24:34.420><c> there's</c><00:24:34.720><c> mediators.</c>

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I<00:24:35.579><c> think</c><00:24:35.660><c> even</c><00:24:35.839><c> in</c><00:24:36.119><c> sports</c><00:24:36.339><c> groups,</c><00:24:36.559><c> they</c><00:24:36.720><c> do</c><00:24:36.880><c> that.</c>

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First<00:24:38.660><c> Timothy,</c><00:24:39.480><c> too,</c><00:24:39.640><c> you're</c><00:24:39.839><c> going</c><00:24:39.920><c> to</c><00:24:40.019><c> explain</c><00:24:40.140><c> that.</c>

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Yeah,<00:24:40.519><c> we'll</c><00:24:40.700><c> get</c><00:24:40.859><c> there</c><00:24:41.059><c> too.</c>

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Yeah,<00:24:41.619><c> that's</c><00:24:41.799><c> right.</c>

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That<00:24:42.119><c> one's</c><00:24:42.240><c> on</c><00:24:42.460><c> the</c><00:24:42.539><c> list.</c>

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Thank<00:24:42.980><c> you,</c><00:24:43.279><c> Hugh.</c>

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Are<00:24:43.900><c> you</c><00:24:44.079><c> going</c><00:24:44.180><c> to</c><00:24:44.220><c> talk</c><00:24:44.299><c> about</c><00:24:44.500><c> First</c><00:24:44.599><c> Timothy,</c><00:24:44.900><c> too?</c>

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Yeah,<00:24:45.259><c> Eric</c><00:24:45.460><c> wanted</c><00:24:45.700><c> to</c><00:24:45.740><c> look</c><00:24:45.940><c> at</c><00:24:46.079><c> First</c><00:24:46.339><c> Timothy,</c><00:24:46.799><c> too.</c>

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Yep.

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So<00:24:47.759><c> we'll</c><00:24:47.859><c> go</c><00:24:47.980><c> to</c><00:24:48.119><c> First</c><00:24:48.359><c> Timothy,</c><00:24:48.680><c> too.</c>

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I<00:24:48.920><c> was</c><00:24:48.940><c> hoping</c><00:24:49.079><c> Jason</c><00:24:49.380><c> would</c><00:24:49.539><c> be</c><00:24:49.700><c> here</c><00:24:49.819><c> so</c><00:24:49.960><c> he</c><00:24:50.079><c> could</c><00:24:50.299><c> back</c><00:24:50.539><c> up</c>

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the<00:24:50.900><c> Greek.</c>

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But<00:24:51.359><c> anyways,</c><00:24:52.380><c> so</c><00:24:52.839><c> when</c><00:24:53.000><c> you</c><00:24:53.200><c> look</c><00:24:53.359><c> at</c><00:24:53.599><c> the</c><00:24:53.839><c> church's</c><00:24:54.279><c> view,</c>

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this<00:24:54.920><c> is</c><00:24:55.160><c> just</c><00:24:55.359><c> something</c><00:24:55.559><c> I</c><00:24:55.819><c> found</c><00:24:56.000><c> online</c><00:24:56.400><c> from</c><00:24:56.619><c> this</c><00:24:56.880><c> outreach</c><00:24:57.319><c>.org</c><00:24:58.559><c>.au.</c>

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But<00:24:59.799><c> look</c><00:25:00.019><c> at</c><00:25:00.099><c> how</c><00:25:00.240><c> they</c><00:25:00.500><c> take</c><00:25:00.640><c> this</c><00:25:00.859><c> idea</c><00:25:01.180><c> of</c><00:25:01.500><c> mediator,</c><00:25:01.900><c> all</c><00:25:02.099><c> right?</c>

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Only<00:25:02.759><c> Jesus</c><00:25:03.259><c> can</c><00:25:03.799><c> represent</c><00:25:04.259><c> us</c><00:25:04.500><c> before</c><00:25:04.839><c> God</c><00:25:05.059><c> and</c><00:25:05.220><c> here's</c><00:25:05.500><c> why.</c>

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As<00:25:06.460><c> God's</c><00:25:07.019><c> son,</c><00:25:07.160><c> Jesus</c><00:25:07.559><c> paid</c><00:25:07.900><c> for</c><00:25:08.140><c> our</c><00:25:08.400><c> crimes</c><00:25:08.799><c> by</c><00:25:09.140><c> dying</c><00:25:09.380><c> on</c>

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the<00:25:09.779><c> cross.</c>

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So<00:25:10.720><c> he</c><00:25:11.039><c> understands</c><00:25:11.839><c> God's</c><00:25:12.359><c> anger</c><00:25:12.599><c> at</c><00:25:12.819><c> our</c><00:25:13.079><c> sin.</c>

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And<00:25:13.880><c> he</c><00:25:14.019><c> did</c><00:25:14.200><c> what</c><00:25:14.420><c> no</c><00:25:14.640><c> one</c><00:25:14.759><c> else</c><00:25:14.980><c> could</c><00:25:15.200><c> do.</c>

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He<00:25:15.640><c> offered</c><00:25:15.920><c> his</c><00:25:16.200><c> life</c><00:25:16.440><c> in</c><00:25:16.799><c> our</c><00:25:17.059><c> place</c><00:25:17.400><c> to</c><00:25:17.559><c> take</c><00:25:17.799><c> the</c><00:25:18.059><c> punishment</c><00:25:18.440><c> we</c><00:25:18.660><c> should</c><00:25:18.839><c> have</c><00:25:19.099><c> had</c>

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because<00:25:19.940><c> he's</c><00:25:20.319><c> sinless</c><00:25:20.660><c> and</c><00:25:20.859><c> because</c><00:25:21.140><c> he's</c><00:25:21.960><c> God,</c><00:25:22.519><c> part</c><00:25:22.660><c> of</c>

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the<00:25:23.000><c> Trinity</c>

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or<00:25:23.579><c> three</c><00:25:23.779><c> persons</c><00:25:24.200><c> of</c><00:25:24.380><c> that</c><00:25:24.480><c> is</c><00:25:24.640><c> God.</c>

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Jesus<00:25:25.619><c> is</c><00:25:25.900><c> able</c><00:25:26.119><c> to</c><00:25:26.400><c> take</c><00:25:26.579><c> our</c><00:25:26.920><c> case</c><00:25:27.180><c> directly</c><00:25:27.819><c> to</c><00:25:28.140><c> the</c><00:25:28.339><c> heavenly</c><00:25:28.740><c> court</c>

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and<00:25:29.720><c> plead</c><00:25:30.000><c> our</c><00:25:30.400><c> case</c><00:25:30.660><c> before</c><00:25:30.940><c> the</c><00:25:31.140><c> Father.</c>

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And<00:25:32.539><c> there's</c><00:25:33.079><c> just</c><00:25:33.380><c> no</c><00:25:33.640><c> truth</c><00:25:33.940><c> in</c><00:25:34.180><c> that</c><00:25:34.339><c> at</c><00:25:34.519><c> all.</c>

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In<00:25:34.940><c> the</c><00:25:35.099><c> Bible,</c><00:25:35.380><c> there's</c><00:25:35.700><c> no</c><00:25:35.900><c> truth</c><00:25:36.140><c> in</c><00:25:36.380><c> that.</c>

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Maybe<00:25:37.039><c> something</c><00:25:37.440><c> that</c><00:25:37.740><c> groups</c><00:25:37.960><c> believe.</c>

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But<00:25:38.980><c> it's</c><00:25:39.319><c> all</c><00:25:39.519><c> based</c><00:25:39.799><c> on</c><00:25:40.019><c> this</c><00:25:40.259><c> idea</c><00:25:40.720><c> that</c><00:25:41.019><c> God's</c><00:25:41.500><c> angry.</c>

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He<00:25:42.059><c> wants</c><00:25:42.359><c> to</c><00:25:42.619><c> punish</c><00:25:42.859><c> us.</c>

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And<00:25:43.660><c> somebody</c><00:25:43.900><c> has</c><00:25:44.160><c> to</c><00:25:44.319><c> step</c><00:25:44.519><c> in</c><00:25:44.799><c> and</c><00:25:44.920><c> deal</c><00:25:45.119><c> with</c><00:25:45.359><c> that.</c>

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I<00:25:46.380><c> really</c><00:25:46.680><c> believe</c><00:25:46.900><c> what</c><00:25:47.039><c> you'll</c><00:25:47.319><c> find</c><00:25:47.440><c> when</c><00:25:47.579><c> you</c><00:25:47.680><c> look</c><00:25:47.819><c> through</c><00:25:48.000><c> the</c>

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Old<00:25:48.400><c> Testament</c>

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as<00:25:49.079><c> well</c><00:25:49.400><c> as</c><00:25:49.700><c> the</c><00:25:49.920><c> New</c><00:25:50.319><c> that</c><00:25:50.980><c> God</c><00:25:51.440><c> in</c><00:25:51.720><c> his</c><00:25:52.039><c> anger,</c><00:25:52.619><c> when</c><00:25:52.799><c> he</c>

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punishes<00:25:53.660><c> people,</c>

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he<00:25:54.299><c> punishes</c><00:25:54.839><c> those</c><00:25:55.079><c> who</c><00:25:55.279><c> are</c><00:25:55.420><c> no</c><00:25:55.599><c> longer</c><00:25:55.799><c> his</c><00:25:56.039><c> children.</c>

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He<00:25:57.160><c> doesn't</c><00:25:57.680><c> punish</c><00:25:58.160><c> his</c><00:25:58.480><c> children.</c>

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And<00:25:59.619><c> our</c><00:25:59.740><c> Bible</c><00:26:00.059><c> versions</c><00:26:00.420><c> have</c><00:26:00.700><c> taken</c><00:26:00.940><c> Hebrew</c><00:26:01.299><c> and</c><00:26:01.519><c> Greek</c><00:26:01.759><c> words</c>

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and<00:26:02.240><c> they've</c><00:26:02.660><c> translated</c><00:26:03.099><c> them</c><00:26:03.380><c> punishment</c>

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even<00:26:04.160><c> when</c><00:26:04.359><c> they</c><00:26:04.559><c> don't</c><00:26:04.759><c> really</c><00:26:05.099><c> mean</c><00:26:05.259><c> that.</c>

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And<00:26:05.920><c> you</c><00:26:06.059><c> got</c><00:26:06.200><c> to</c><00:26:06.299><c> go</c><00:26:06.480><c> back</c><00:26:06.660><c> and</c><00:26:06.859><c> look</c><00:26:07.000><c> at</c><00:26:07.140><c> the</c><00:26:07.319><c> original</c><00:26:07.599><c> words.</c>

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The<00:26:08.500><c> NIV</c><00:26:08.880><c> is</c><00:26:09.079><c> actually</c><00:26:09.400><c> one</c><00:26:09.539><c> of</c><00:26:09.640><c> the</c><00:26:09.799><c> worst</c><00:26:10.059><c> translations</c><00:26:10.599><c> for</c><00:26:10.839><c> that.</c>

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You'll<00:26:11.180><c> notice</c><00:26:11.339><c> they</c><00:26:11.519><c> put</c><00:26:11.640><c> in</c><00:26:11.799><c> the</c><00:26:11.819><c> word</c><00:26:12.019><c> punish</c><00:26:12.420><c> all</c><00:26:12.720><c> the</c><00:26:12.900><c> time.</c>

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But<00:26:13.819><c> like</c><00:26:13.960><c> in</c><00:26:14.119><c> Hebrews</c><00:26:14.319><c> 12,</c><00:26:15.380><c> Paul</c><00:26:15.480><c> says</c><00:26:15.819><c> what</c><00:26:16.299><c> God</c><00:26:16.640><c> does,</c>

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he<00:26:17.200><c> treats</c><00:26:17.460><c> us</c><00:26:17.640><c> like</c><00:26:17.900><c> children</c><00:26:18.259><c> and</c><00:26:18.539><c> he</c><00:26:18.940><c> chases</c><00:26:19.279><c> us.</c>

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He<00:26:20.079><c> disciplines</c><00:26:20.680><c> us,</c><00:26:21.380><c> but</c><00:26:21.460><c> he</c><00:26:21.720><c> doesn't</c><00:26:22.099><c> punish</c><00:26:22.519><c> us.</c>

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He<00:26:22.839><c> punishes</c><00:26:23.279><c> the</c><00:26:23.420><c> wicked,</c><00:26:24.200><c> but</c><00:26:24.279><c> he</c><00:26:24.619><c> doesn't</c><00:26:25.039><c> punish</c><00:26:25.380><c> his</c><00:26:25.660><c> children.</c>

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When<00:26:26.420><c> he</c><00:26:26.619><c> gets</c><00:26:26.900><c> angry</c><00:26:27.279><c> at</c><00:26:27.460><c> us,</c><00:26:28.160><c> like</c><00:26:28.440><c> every</c><00:26:28.859><c> good</c><00:26:29.299><c> parent</c><00:26:29.660><c> should,</c>

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you<00:26:31.000><c> discipline</c><00:26:31.539><c> your</c><00:26:31.880><c> child.</c>

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You<00:26:32.720><c> try</c><00:26:32.960><c> to</c><00:26:33.220><c> help</c><00:26:33.380><c> them</c><00:26:33.680><c> grow.</c>

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You<00:26:34.299><c> run</c><00:26:34.460><c> them</c><00:26:34.619><c> through</c><00:26:34.779><c> the</c><00:26:35.119><c> training</c><00:26:35.400><c> program</c><00:26:35.799><c> to</c><00:26:36.059><c> improve</c>

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their<00:26:36.619><c> character</c>

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because<00:26:37.799><c> you</c><00:26:38.119><c> want</c><00:26:38.359><c> to</c><00:26:38.539><c> save</c><00:26:38.740><c> them.</c>

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That's<00:26:39.640><c> what</c><00:26:39.819><c> God</c><00:26:40.039><c> does</c><00:26:40.380><c> with</c><00:26:40.640><c> us.</c>

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He<00:26:41.140><c> doesn't</c><00:26:41.619><c> punish</c><00:26:42.019><c> his</c><00:26:42.299><c> kids.</c>

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So<00:26:43.359><c> the</c><00:26:43.619><c> examples</c><00:26:43.960><c> of</c><00:26:44.180><c> Bible</c><00:26:44.500><c> mediators</c><00:26:44.980><c> in</c><00:26:45.180><c> the</c><00:26:45.339><c> Bible,</c>

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you'll<00:26:46.140><c> find</c><00:26:46.240><c> things</c><00:26:46.440><c> like</c><00:26:46.619><c> people</c><00:26:46.839><c> go</c><00:26:47.000><c> to</c><00:26:47.140><c> Moses.</c>

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But<00:26:48.180><c> the</c><00:26:48.359><c> one</c><00:26:48.519><c> where</c><00:26:49.200><c> Moses</c><00:26:49.700><c> is</c><00:26:49.960><c> referred</c><00:26:50.420><c> to</c><00:26:50.640><c> as</c><00:26:50.819><c> a</c><00:26:51.019><c> mediator</c>

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is<00:26:51.579><c> in</c><00:26:51.740><c> Galatians</c><00:26:52.119><c> 3,</c><00:26:52.480><c> 19</c><00:26:52.900><c> and</c><00:26:53.000><c> 20,</c><00:26:53.680><c> because</c><00:26:53.920><c> he</c><00:26:54.380><c> mediated</c><00:26:54.920><c> the</c><00:26:55.240><c> covenant.</c>

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Or<00:26:56.279><c> in</c><00:26:56.440><c> Acts</c><00:26:56.619><c> 7</c><00:26:56.900><c> is</c><00:26:57.140><c> another</c><00:26:57.339><c> one</c><00:26:57.519><c> there.</c>

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So<00:26:58.579><c> the</c><00:26:58.859><c> mediator</c><00:26:59.119><c> in</c><00:26:59.259><c> the</c><00:26:59.400><c> Bible,</c><00:26:59.680><c> what</c><00:26:59.880><c> they</c><00:27:00.200><c> do</c><00:27:00.599><c> is</c><00:27:00.839><c> they</c><00:27:01.180><c> communicate</c><00:27:01.920><c> from</c><00:27:02.440><c> God</c><00:27:02.920><c> to</c><00:27:03.579><c> man.</c>

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They<00:27:04.480><c> tell</c><00:27:05.099><c> man</c><00:27:05.619><c> what</c><00:27:06.380><c> God</c><00:27:06.720><c> wants</c><00:27:07.119><c> him</c><00:27:07.279><c> to</c><00:27:07.500><c> know</c>

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because<00:27:08.460><c> usually</c><00:27:09.079><c> the</c><00:27:09.380><c> people</c><00:27:09.680><c> were</c><00:27:09.960><c> too</c><00:27:10.259><c> scared</c><00:27:10.640><c> or</c><00:27:10.839><c> too</c><00:27:11.059><c> afraid</c><00:27:11.480><c> to</c>

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go<00:27:11.859><c> before</c><00:27:12.140><c> God.</c>

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And<00:27:13.059><c> so</c><00:27:13.200><c> God</c><00:27:13.460><c> would</c><00:27:13.740><c> send</c><00:27:14.079><c> a</c><00:27:14.380><c> mediator.</c>

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You<00:27:15.240><c> remember</c><00:27:15.420><c> that</c><00:27:15.579><c> with</c><00:27:15.759><c> Moses</c><00:27:16.119><c> when</c><00:27:16.299><c> the</c><00:27:16.500><c> people</c><00:27:16.640><c> came</c><00:27:16.819><c> up</c>

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to<00:27:17.119><c> the</c><00:27:17.279><c> mountain.</c>

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That's<00:27:18.079><c> how</c><00:27:18.640><c> they</c><00:27:18.900><c> approached</c><00:27:19.259><c> it.</c>

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So<00:27:20.200><c> in</c><00:27:20.460><c> Galatians</c><00:27:20.859><c> 3,</c><00:27:21.299><c> there's</c><00:27:21.559><c> that</c><00:27:21.759><c> verse</c><00:27:21.940><c> there</c>

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that<00:27:22.279><c> the</c><00:27:22.400><c> law</c><00:27:22.599><c> was</c><00:27:22.859><c> given</c><00:27:23.059><c> through</c><00:27:23.319><c> angels</c><00:27:23.720><c> by</c><00:27:23.940><c> the</c><00:27:24.140><c> hands</c><00:27:24.400><c> of</c>

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a<00:27:24.779><c> mediator.</c>

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And<00:27:26.000><c> Paul</c><00:27:26.319><c> even</c><00:27:26.680><c> says</c><00:27:26.839><c> there</c><00:27:27.039><c> that</c><00:27:27.259><c> a</c><00:27:27.480><c> mediator,</c><00:27:27.920><c> however,</c>

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implies<00:27:28.779><c> more</c><00:27:29.119><c> than</c><00:27:29.339><c> one</c><00:27:29.579><c> party.</c>

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But<00:27:30.740><c> God</c><00:27:31.180><c> is</c><00:27:31.599><c> one</c><00:27:31.920><c> because</c><00:27:32.599><c> Galatians</c><00:27:33.240><c> 3</c><00:27:33.599><c> is</c><00:27:33.900><c> all</c><00:27:34.279><c> about</c><00:27:34.680><c> how</c>

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God<00:27:35.359><c> intends</c>

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to<00:27:36.240><c> unite</c><00:27:36.559><c> everybody</c><00:27:37.279><c> in</c><00:27:37.559><c> Jesus</c><00:27:37.960><c> Christ</c><00:27:38.319><c> into</c><00:27:38.660><c> one</c><00:27:39.140><c> whole</c><00:27:39.660><c> family.</c>

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There's<00:27:40.640><c> neither</c><00:27:40.880><c> Jew</c><00:27:41.200><c> nor</c><00:27:41.400><c> Greek,</c><00:27:41.900><c> bond</c><00:27:42.059><c> nor</c><00:27:42.279><c> free,</c><00:27:42.660><c> male</c>

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nor<00:27:43.079><c> female.</c>

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We<00:27:43.599><c> are</c><00:27:43.940><c> all</c><00:27:44.359><c> one</c><00:27:44.680><c> in</c><00:27:45.079><c> Christ</c><00:27:45.400><c> Jesus</c><00:27:45.920><c> because</c><00:27:46.619><c> he</c><00:27:46.799><c> was</c><00:27:47.039><c> hoping</c>

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the<00:27:47.779><c> mediator</c><00:27:48.259><c> of</c><00:27:48.460><c> the</c><00:27:48.720><c> covenant</c>

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would<00:27:49.579><c> bring</c><00:27:49.880><c> the</c><00:27:50.160><c> people</c><00:27:50.420><c> to</c><00:27:50.680><c> him</c><00:27:51.000><c> and</c><00:27:51.220><c> they</c><00:27:51.519><c> could</c><00:27:51.740><c> have</c>

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been<00:27:52.299><c> one.</c>

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It<00:27:53.140><c> just</c><00:27:53.400><c> didn't</c><00:27:53.660><c> happen.</c>

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Where<00:27:54.920><c> Moses</c><00:27:55.400><c> was</c><00:27:55.900><c> a</c><00:27:56.160><c> mediator</c><00:27:56.680><c> is</c><00:27:57.019><c> in</c><00:27:57.220><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:27:57.640><c> 5.</c>

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Look<00:27:58.859><c> at</c><00:27:58.960><c> what</c><00:27:59.059><c> he</c><00:27:59.200><c> says.</c>

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I<00:27:59.779><c> stood</c><00:28:00.079><c> before</c><00:28:00.420><c> the</c><00:28:00.680><c> Lord</c><00:28:00.900><c> and</c><00:28:01.059><c> you</c><00:28:01.220><c> at</c><00:28:01.420><c> that</c><00:28:01.619><c> time</c><00:28:01.839><c> to</c><00:28:02.079><c> declare</c><00:28:02.640><c> to</c><00:28:02.900><c> you</c><00:28:03.119><c> the</c><00:28:03.319><c> word</c><00:28:03.440><c> of</c>

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the<00:28:03.779><c> Lord</c>

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for<00:28:04.559><c> you</c><00:28:04.720><c> were</c><00:28:04.940><c> afraid</c><00:28:05.400><c> because</c><00:28:05.680><c> of</c><00:28:05.819><c> the</c><00:28:05.980><c> fire</c><00:28:06.319><c> and</c><00:28:06.680><c> you</c><00:28:06.900><c> did</c>

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not<00:28:07.259><c> go</c><00:28:07.440><c> up</c><00:28:07.640><c> to</c><00:28:07.759><c> the</c><00:28:07.880><c> mountain.</c>

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And<00:28:08.900><c> then</c><00:28:09.059><c> the</c><00:28:09.200><c> Lord</c><00:28:09.380><c> heard</c><00:28:09.680><c> in</c><00:28:09.799><c> verse</c><00:28:10.019><c> 28</c><00:28:10.400><c> the</c><00:28:10.619><c> voice</c><00:28:10.839><c> of</c><00:28:10.980><c> your</c>

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words<00:28:11.440><c> when</c><00:28:11.579><c> you</c><00:28:11.859><c> spoke</c><00:28:12.079><c> to</c><00:28:12.299><c> me.</c>

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And<00:28:12.880><c> the</c><00:28:12.980><c> Lord</c><00:28:13.140><c> said</c><00:28:13.359><c> to</c><00:28:13.519><c> me,</c><00:28:13.640><c> I've</c><00:28:14.039><c> heard</c><00:28:14.119><c> the</c><00:28:14.319><c> voice</c><00:28:14.500><c> of</c><00:28:14.660><c> the</c>

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words<00:28:14.900><c> of</c><00:28:15.079><c> this</c><00:28:15.240><c> people</c>

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which<00:28:15.680><c> they've</c><00:28:15.960><c> spoken</c><00:28:16.180><c> to</c><00:28:16.380><c> you.</c>

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They<00:28:17.059><c> are</c><00:28:17.440><c> right</c><00:28:17.660><c> in</c><00:28:17.819><c> all</c><00:28:18.000><c> that</c><00:28:18.180><c> they've</c><00:28:18.440><c> spoken.</c>

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Oh,<00:28:19.259><c> that</c><00:28:19.400><c> they</c><00:28:19.579><c> had</c><00:28:19.759><c> such</c><00:28:20.019><c> a</c><00:28:20.259><c> heart</c><00:28:20.359><c> in</c><00:28:20.480><c> them</c><00:28:20.660><c> that</c><00:28:20.779><c> they</c><00:28:21.000><c> would</c><00:28:21.200><c> fear</c>

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me<00:28:21.680><c> always</c>

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and<00:28:22.160><c> keep</c><00:28:22.259><c> my</c><00:28:22.480><c> commandments</c><00:28:22.940><c> that</c><00:28:23.319><c> it</c><00:28:23.559><c> might</c><00:28:23.700><c> be</c><00:28:23.980><c> well</c><00:28:24.119><c> with</c><00:28:24.339><c> them</c>

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and<00:28:25.059><c> with</c><00:28:25.180><c> their</c><00:28:25.420><c> children</c><00:28:25.759><c> forever.</c>

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Go<00:28:27.059><c> and</c><00:28:27.700><c> say</c><00:28:28.000><c> to</c><00:28:28.160><c> them,</c><00:28:28.920><c> return</c><00:28:29.019><c> to</c><00:28:29.200><c> your</c><00:28:29.440><c> tents.</c>

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But<00:28:30.400><c> as</c><00:28:30.700><c> for</c><00:28:30.940><c> you,</c><00:28:31.759><c> stand</c><00:28:32.000><c> here</c><00:28:32.279><c> by</c><00:28:32.559><c> me</c><00:28:33.019><c> and</c><00:28:33.279><c> I</c><00:28:33.539><c> will</c><00:28:33.880><c> speak</c><00:28:34.180><c> to</c>

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you<00:28:34.740><c> all</c><00:28:35.160><c> the</c><00:28:35.380><c> commandments,</c>

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the<00:28:36.279><c> statutes</c><00:28:36.819><c> and</c><00:28:37.079><c> the</c><00:28:37.380><c> judgments</c><00:28:37.680><c> which</c><00:28:38.039><c> you</c><00:28:38.500><c> shall</c><00:28:38.799><c> teach</c><00:28:39.240><c> them</c>

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that<00:28:40.099><c> they</c><00:28:40.420><c> may</c><00:28:40.680><c> observe</c><00:28:41.119><c> them</c><00:28:41.279><c> in</c><00:28:41.460><c> the</c><00:28:41.619><c> land</c><00:28:41.799><c> which</c><00:28:42.000><c> I'm</c><00:28:42.160><c> giving</c><00:28:42.380><c> them</c>

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to<00:28:42.819><c> possess.</c>

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That's<00:28:44.359><c> what</c><00:28:44.740><c> the</c><00:28:45.019><c> mediator</c><00:28:45.359><c> does.</c>

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In<00:28:46.400><c> between</c><00:28:46.740><c> God</c><00:28:47.059><c> and</c><00:28:47.339><c> man,</c><00:28:47.619><c> the</c><00:28:47.940><c> mediator</c><00:28:48.279><c> takes</c><00:28:48.619><c> the</c><00:28:48.859><c> word</c>

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of<00:28:49.200><c> God</c>

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and<00:28:49.779><c> delivers</c><00:28:50.220><c> it</c><00:28:50.480><c> to</c><00:28:50.599><c> the</c><00:28:50.799><c> people.</c>

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And<00:28:51.720><c> that's</c><00:28:51.960><c> why</c><00:28:52.180><c> Jesus</c><00:28:52.599><c> is</c><00:28:52.940><c> the</c><00:28:53.299><c> mediator</c><00:28:53.819><c> of</c><00:28:54.160><c> the</c><00:28:54.380><c> new</c><00:28:54.559><c> covenant.</c>

00:28:54.940 --> 00:28:58.940
So<00:28:55.819><c> in</c><00:28:56.180><c> Exodus</c><00:28:56.480><c> 32,</c><00:28:57.039><c> that's</c><00:28:57.420><c> really</c><00:28:57.720><c> not</c><00:28:58.039><c> a</c><00:28:58.240><c> mediator</c><00:28:58.660><c> when</c><00:28:58.779><c> he</c>

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gets<00:28:59.140><c> up</c><00:28:59.359><c> there</c>

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and<00:28:59.680><c> says,</c><00:28:59.859><c> I'm</c><00:29:00.039><c> going</c><00:29:00.099><c> to</c><00:29:00.140><c> go</c><00:29:00.319><c> up</c><00:29:00.460><c> and</c><00:29:00.619><c> make</c><00:29:00.799><c> atonement</c><00:29:01.140><c> for</c><00:29:01.380><c> you.</c>

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And<00:29:01.940><c> all</c><00:29:02.180><c> he</c><00:29:02.519><c> did</c><00:29:02.799><c> was</c><00:29:03.099><c> change</c><00:29:03.559><c> a</c><00:29:03.940><c> pathway</c><00:29:04.319><c> for</c><00:29:04.640><c> the</c><00:29:04.980><c> nation,</c>

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but<00:29:05.980><c> he</c><00:29:06.160><c> didn't</c><00:29:06.339><c> save</c><00:29:06.539><c> any</c><00:29:06.759><c> of</c><00:29:06.839><c> the</c><00:29:07.000><c> people.</c>

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And<00:29:08.039><c> hopefully,</c><00:29:08.799><c> Jesus</c><00:29:09.000><c> Christ</c><00:29:09.359><c> is</c><00:29:09.579><c> our</c><00:29:09.819><c> mediator,</c><00:29:10.460><c> intercessor</c>

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or<00:29:11.180><c> whatever</c><00:29:11.359><c> you</c><00:29:11.539><c> want</c><00:29:11.619><c> to</c><00:29:11.839><c> call</c><00:29:11.980><c> him</c><00:29:12.240><c> is</c><00:29:12.640><c> going</c><00:29:12.779><c> to</c><00:29:12.900><c> do</c><00:29:13.039><c> a</c><00:29:13.259><c> lot</c>

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more<00:29:13.640><c> for</c><00:29:13.819><c> us</c><00:29:14.140><c> than</c><00:29:14.380><c> that.</c>

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Same<00:29:15.319><c> way</c><00:29:15.559><c> in</c><00:29:15.759><c> Numbers</c><00:29:16.000><c> 14,</c><00:29:16.680><c> he</c><00:29:17.039><c> is</c><00:29:17.319><c> not</c><00:29:17.700><c> a</c><00:29:17.940><c> mediator</c><00:29:18.240><c> in</c><00:29:18.380><c> those</c><00:29:18.579><c> places,</c>

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never<00:29:19.140><c> called</c><00:29:19.440><c> a</c><00:29:19.680><c> mediator</c><00:29:20.019><c> in</c><00:29:20.200><c> those</c><00:29:20.359><c> places.</c>

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And<00:29:21.319><c> instead,</c><00:29:21.960><c> it's</c><00:29:22.440><c> other</c><00:29:22.779><c> places.</c>

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Hebrews<00:29:23.859><c> 8,</c><00:29:24.380><c> for</c><00:29:24.380><c> example,</c><00:29:25.240><c> in</c><00:29:25.480><c> verse</c><00:29:25.680><c> 6,</c>

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that<00:29:26.680><c> he,</c><00:29:27.039><c> Jesus,</c><00:29:27.339><c> has</c><00:29:27.559><c> obtained</c><00:29:27.859><c> a</c><00:29:28.039><c> more</c><00:29:28.259><c> excellent</c><00:29:28.640><c> ministry</c>

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inasmuch<00:29:29.759><c> as</c><00:29:29.920><c> he</c><00:29:30.039><c> is</c><00:29:30.359><c> also</c><00:29:30.819><c> mediator</c><00:29:31.440><c> of</c><00:29:31.640><c> a</c><00:29:31.960><c> better</c><00:29:32.259><c> covenant</c>

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which<00:29:33.200><c> was</c><00:29:33.539><c> established</c><00:29:34.099><c> on</c><00:29:34.519><c> better</c><00:29:34.900><c> promises.</c>

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Because<00:29:36.440><c> as</c><00:29:36.740><c> it</c><00:29:37.000><c> says</c><00:29:37.119><c> down</c><00:29:37.380><c> in</c><00:29:37.539><c> verse</c><00:29:37.779><c> 10,</c>

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for<00:29:38.240><c> this</c><00:29:38.500><c> is</c><00:29:38.740><c> the</c><00:29:38.920><c> covenant</c><00:29:39.200><c> that</c><00:29:39.500><c> I</c><00:29:39.779><c> will</c><00:29:39.960><c> make</c><00:29:40.180><c> with</c><00:29:40.380><c> the</c><00:29:40.519><c> house</c><00:29:40.660><c> of</c><00:29:40.859><c> Israel</c>

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after<00:29:41.539><c> those</c><00:29:41.859><c> days.</c>

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And<00:29:42.900><c> see,</c><00:29:43.059><c> it's</c><00:29:43.339><c> all</c><00:29:43.660><c> about</c><00:29:44.039><c> God</c><00:29:44.640><c> initiating</c>

00:29:45.680 --> 00:29:48.779
and<00:29:46.099><c> Jesus</c><00:29:46.579><c> Christ</c><00:29:46.960><c> is</c><00:29:47.220><c> the</c><00:29:47.500><c> messenger</c><00:29:47.980><c> of</c><00:29:48.259><c> the</c><00:29:48.440><c> covenant</c>

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and<00:29:49.420><c> he</c><00:29:49.759><c> then</c><00:29:49.960><c> becomes</c><00:29:50.319><c> the</c><00:29:50.640><c> mediator</c><00:29:51.160><c> of</c><00:29:51.460><c> the</c><00:29:51.619><c> new</c><00:29:51.839><c> covenant.</c>

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That's<00:29:52.579><c> what</c><00:29:52.819><c> mediators</c><00:29:53.279><c> actually</c><00:29:53.700><c> do</c><00:29:53.839><c> in</c><00:29:53.980><c> the</c><00:29:54.079><c> Bible.</c>

00:29:54.980 --> 00:29:56.720
So<00:29:55.259><c> that's</c><00:29:55.619><c> what</c><00:29:55.759><c> Christ</c><00:29:56.039><c> does</c><00:29:56.279><c> for</c><00:29:56.519><c> us.</c>

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It's<00:29:56.920><c> very</c><00:29:57.180><c> similar</c><00:29:57.559><c> to</c><00:29:57.819><c> what</c><00:29:58.019><c> Moses</c><00:29:58.319><c> did,</c>

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but<00:29:58.720><c> in</c><00:29:58.859><c> this</c><00:29:59.079><c> case,</c><00:29:59.220><c> he's</c><00:29:59.559><c> mediating</c><00:29:59.920><c> the</c><00:30:00.079><c> new</c><00:30:00.279><c> covenant</c>

00:30:00.660 --> 00:30:04.400
and<00:30:01.220><c> he</c><00:30:01.460><c> is</c><00:30:01.799><c> trying</c><00:30:01.980><c> to</c><00:30:02.240><c> provide</c><00:30:02.759><c> for</c><00:30:03.059><c> us</c><00:30:03.359><c> the</c><00:30:03.640><c> motivation</c>

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to<00:30:05.019><c> die</c><00:30:05.259><c> to</c><00:30:05.559><c> sin</c><00:30:05.720><c> and</c><00:30:06.000><c> live</c><00:30:06.180><c> to</c><00:30:06.400><c> God.</c>

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He's<00:30:06.960><c> trying</c><00:30:07.140><c> to</c><00:30:07.519><c> draw</c><00:30:07.779><c> us</c><00:30:08.079><c> as</c><00:30:08.259><c> a</c><00:30:08.500><c> high</c><00:30:08.799><c> priest</c><00:30:09.059><c> to</c><00:30:09.299><c> God</c>

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and<00:30:10.059><c> bring</c><00:30:10.279><c> us</c><00:30:10.500><c> into</c><00:30:10.720><c> the</c><00:30:10.940><c> presence</c><00:30:11.220><c> of</c><00:30:11.460><c> God,</c><00:30:11.720><c> into</c><00:30:12.099><c> this</c><00:30:12.440><c> eternal</c><00:30:13.059><c> life</c>

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that<00:30:14.000><c> John</c><00:30:14.200><c> is</c><00:30:14.440><c> talking</c><00:30:14.700><c> about.</c>

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That's<00:30:15.779><c> what</c><00:30:15.980><c> a</c><00:30:16.200><c> Bible</c><00:30:16.539><c> mediator</c><00:30:17.119><c> would</c><00:30:17.319><c> do.</c>

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So<00:30:18.700><c> really,</c><00:30:19.059><c> Jesus</c><00:30:19.440><c> is</c><00:30:19.880><c> not</c><00:30:20.220><c> our</c><00:30:20.759><c> mediator.</c>

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He<00:30:21.660><c> is</c><00:30:21.940><c> God's</c><00:30:22.660><c> mediator</c><00:30:23.059><c> and</c><00:30:23.279><c> he</c><00:30:23.640><c> mediates</c><00:30:24.160><c> for</c><00:30:24.579><c> us</c>

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to<00:30:25.539><c> try</c><00:30:25.799><c> to</c><00:30:26.019><c> work</c><00:30:26.160><c> on</c><00:30:26.400><c> us,</c><00:30:27.180><c> not</c><00:30:27.480><c> work</c><00:30:27.720><c> on</c><00:30:27.960><c> God.</c>

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And<00:30:28.420><c> he's</c><00:30:28.660><c> certainly</c><00:30:28.940><c> not</c><00:30:29.200><c> in</c><00:30:29.359><c> between</c><00:30:29.720><c> us</c><00:30:29.980><c> and</c><00:30:30.079><c> God</c>

00:30:30.339 --> 00:30:31.940
trying<00:30:30.619><c> to</c><00:30:30.880><c> change</c><00:30:31.240><c> God's</c><00:30:31.680><c> mind.</c>

00:30:32.440 --> 00:30:34.460
So<00:30:32.660><c> he</c><00:30:32.839><c> is</c><00:30:33.119><c> the</c><00:30:33.359><c> mediator</c><00:30:33.680><c> of</c><00:30:33.819><c> the</c><00:30:33.920><c> new</c><00:30:34.099><c> covenant.</c>

00:30:34.480 --> 00:30:36.099
It's<00:30:34.740><c> based</c><00:30:34.960><c> on</c><00:30:35.140><c> his</c><00:30:35.359><c> death.</c>

00:30:36.119 --> 00:30:39.900
The<00:30:36.240><c> verse</c><00:30:36.480><c> in</c><00:30:36.779><c> 1st</c><00:30:37.039><c> Timothy</c><00:30:37.279><c> 2,</c><00:30:37.980><c> one</c><00:30:38.579><c> mediator.</c>

00:30:40.019 --> 00:30:42.200
So<00:30:40.119><c> our</c><00:30:40.539><c> versions,</c><00:30:41.019><c> because</c><00:30:41.319><c> our</c><00:30:41.660><c> translators</c>

00:30:42.200 --> 00:30:45.200
all<00:30:42.579><c> believed</c><00:30:42.839><c> in</c><00:30:43.019><c> this</c><00:30:43.220><c> idea</c><00:30:43.599><c> of</c><00:30:43.839><c> the</c><00:30:44.119><c> angry</c><00:30:44.400><c> God</c><00:30:44.700><c> concept</c>

00:30:45.200 --> 00:30:46.519
and<00:30:45.339><c> that</c><00:30:45.460><c> you</c><00:30:45.539><c> had</c><00:30:45.680><c> to</c><00:30:45.779><c> have</c><00:30:45.859><c> somebody</c><00:30:46.059><c> get</c><00:30:46.240><c> in</c><00:30:46.380><c> there</c>

00:30:46.519 --> 00:30:48.000
and<00:30:46.700><c> appease</c><00:30:46.960><c> this</c><00:30:47.200><c> God.</c>

00:30:48.299 --> 00:30:50.660
Most<00:30:48.819><c> of</c><00:30:49.059><c> the</c><00:30:49.200><c> versions</c><00:30:49.539><c> translate</c><00:30:50.299><c> this</c>

00:30:50.660 --> 00:30:53.900
that<00:30:51.079><c> there</c><00:30:51.259><c> is</c><00:30:51.500><c> one</c><00:30:51.799><c> mediator</c><00:30:52.259><c> between</c><00:30:52.619><c> God</c><00:30:52.900><c> and</c><00:30:53.079><c> men.</c>

00:30:54.000 --> 00:30:55.660
But<00:30:54.140><c> as</c><00:30:54.480><c> Young's</c><00:30:54.880><c> literal</c><00:30:55.119><c> has</c><00:30:55.480><c> it,</c>

00:30:55.980 --> 00:30:58.140
if<00:30:56.220><c> you</c><00:30:56.339><c> look</c><00:30:56.480><c> at</c><00:30:56.579><c> the</c><00:30:56.700><c> word</c><00:30:56.839><c> between,</c><00:30:57.339><c> it's</c><00:30:57.420><c> not</c><00:30:57.619><c> in</c><00:30:57.759><c> the</c><00:30:57.920><c> Greek.</c>

00:30:58.539 --> 00:30:59.700
There<00:30:58.660><c> is</c><00:30:58.880><c> no</c><00:30:59.039><c> word</c><00:30:59.259><c> between.</c>

00:31:00.059 --> 00:31:02.279
There's<00:31:00.279><c> not</c><00:31:00.519><c> one</c><00:31:00.880><c> mediator</c><00:31:01.359><c> between</c><00:31:01.680><c> God</c><00:31:01.940><c> and</c><00:31:02.119><c> men.</c>

00:31:02.519 --> 00:31:04.779
There's<00:31:02.799><c> one</c><00:31:03.180><c> mediator</c><00:31:03.720><c> from</c><00:31:03.940><c> God</c><00:31:04.259><c> to</c><00:31:04.500><c> men.</c>

00:31:04.859 --> 00:31:06.119
That's<00:31:05.180><c> really</c><00:31:05.460><c> what</c><00:31:05.619><c> it</c><00:31:05.819><c> is.</c>

00:31:06.500 --> 00:31:08.079
But<00:31:06.660><c> they</c><00:31:06.839><c> didn't</c><00:31:07.059><c> understand</c><00:31:07.619><c> that.</c>

00:31:08.299 --> 00:31:10.740
So<00:31:08.519><c> they</c><00:31:08.680><c> put</c><00:31:08.880><c> in</c><00:31:09.079><c> this</c><00:31:09.279><c> word</c><00:31:09.579><c> between.</c>

00:31:11.119 --> 00:31:13.519
But<00:31:11.339><c> if</c><00:31:11.759><c> you</c><00:31:11.940><c> see</c><00:31:12.059><c> how</c><00:31:12.259><c> it</c><00:31:12.420><c> fits</c><00:31:12.559><c> the</c><00:31:13.000><c> context,</c>

00:31:13.859 --> 00:31:16.619
his<00:31:14.140><c> context</c><00:31:14.599><c> is</c><00:31:14.819><c> all</c><00:31:15.000><c> about</c><00:31:15.119><c> how</c><00:31:15.319><c> God</c><00:31:15.599><c> is</c><00:31:15.880><c> our</c><00:31:16.200><c> savior.</c>

00:31:16.880 --> 00:31:19.160
He<00:31:17.200><c> desires</c><00:31:17.599><c> all</c><00:31:18.240><c> men</c><00:31:18.559><c> to</c><00:31:18.779><c> be</c><00:31:19.000><c> saved.</c>

00:31:19.160 --> 00:31:21.000
He<00:31:19.279><c> wants</c><00:31:19.559><c> everybody</c><00:31:20.099><c> to</c><00:31:20.339><c> come</c><00:31:20.500><c> to</c><00:31:20.619><c> him.</c>

00:31:21.359 --> 00:31:24.920
And<00:31:21.759><c> he</c><00:31:22.079><c> is</c><00:31:22.339><c> the</c><00:31:22.559><c> one</c><00:31:22.700><c> who</c><00:31:22.880><c> can</c><00:31:23.180><c> save</c><00:31:23.500><c> all</c><00:31:23.980><c> different</c><00:31:24.359><c> races.</c>

00:31:25.099 --> 00:31:27.480
These<00:31:25.400><c> people</c><00:31:25.740><c> were</c><00:31:25.940><c> worried</c><00:31:26.019><c> about</c><00:31:26.339><c> Greeks</c><00:31:26.680><c> versus</c><00:31:27.059><c> Jews</c>

00:31:27.480 --> 00:31:29.480
and<00:31:27.640><c> all</c><00:31:27.839><c> the</c><00:31:27.980><c> other</c><00:31:28.180><c> stuff</c><00:31:28.359><c> that</c><00:31:28.519><c> would</c><00:31:28.640><c> happen.</c>

00:31:29.519 --> 00:31:33.380
And<00:31:29.720><c> Paul</c><00:31:29.960><c> tries</c><00:31:30.319><c> to</c><00:31:30.579><c> convince</c><00:31:30.960><c> them</c><00:31:31.200><c> that</c><00:31:31.359><c> there</c><00:31:31.579><c> is</c><00:31:31.940><c> one</c><00:31:32.460><c> mediator</c>

00:31:33.380 --> 00:31:36.359
and<00:31:33.660><c> he</c><00:31:33.960><c> mediates</c><00:31:34.420><c> for</c><00:31:34.819><c> everybody</c><00:31:35.339><c> from</c><00:31:35.700><c> God</c><00:31:35.960><c> to</c><00:31:36.220><c> men.</c>

00:31:36.700 --> 00:31:38.460
It<00:31:36.880><c> doesn't</c><00:31:37.140><c> matter</c><00:31:37.460><c> what</c><00:31:37.700><c> race</c><00:31:37.980><c> you</c><00:31:38.240><c> are,</c>

00:31:38.519 --> 00:31:41.259
what<00:31:38.859><c> nationality</c><00:31:39.539><c> you</c><00:31:39.759><c> are,</c><00:31:40.339><c> one</c><00:31:40.579><c> mediator.</c>

00:31:41.259 --> 00:31:44.140
And<00:31:41.579><c> that's</c><00:31:41.900><c> the</c><00:31:42.079><c> one</c><00:31:42.259><c> who</c><00:31:42.539><c> mediates</c><00:31:42.940><c> God's</c><00:31:43.359><c> covenant.</c>

00:31:44.200 --> 00:31:46.059
So<00:31:44.500><c> that's</c><00:31:44.980><c> really</c><00:31:45.240><c> what's</c><00:31:45.579><c> happening</c><00:31:45.779><c> there.</c>

00:31:46.140 --> 00:31:47.920
There's<00:31:46.480><c> also</c><00:31:46.680><c> another</c><00:31:47.000><c> one</c><00:31:47.200><c> where</c><00:31:47.319><c> it's</c><00:31:47.599><c> translated</c>

00:31:47.920 --> 00:31:50.680
in<00:31:48.140><c> Hebrews</c><00:31:48.400><c> 6</c><00:31:48.640><c>-17</c><00:31:49.099><c> that</c><00:31:49.259><c> it</c><00:31:49.359><c> was</c><00:31:49.640><c> confirmed</c><00:31:50.059><c> by</c><00:31:50.319><c> an</c><00:31:50.480><c> oath.</c>

00:31:51.099 --> 00:31:52.819
And<00:31:51.259><c> again,</c><00:31:51.539><c> that's</c><00:31:51.839><c> this</c><00:31:52.019><c> word</c><00:31:52.240><c> mediator.</c>

00:31:53.259 --> 00:31:55.660
So<00:31:53.480><c> that's</c><00:31:53.880><c> what</c><00:31:54.140><c> mediators</c><00:31:54.640><c> in</c><00:31:54.859><c> the</c><00:31:55.059><c> Bible</c><00:31:55.339><c> do.</c>

00:31:55.720 --> 00:31:57.559
They<00:31:55.920><c> confirm,</c><00:31:56.599><c> they</c><00:31:56.880><c> communicate,</c>

00:31:57.940 --> 00:32:00.839
and<00:31:58.240><c> they</c><00:31:58.599><c> talk</c><00:31:58.920><c> to</c><00:31:59.220><c> people</c><00:31:59.660><c> on</c><00:31:59.920><c> behalf</c><00:32:00.319><c> of</c><00:32:00.559><c> God.</c>

00:32:01.259 --> 00:32:04.259
I<00:32:01.319><c> would</c><00:32:01.519><c> say</c><00:32:01.700><c> angels</c><00:32:02.019><c> are</c><00:32:02.240><c> probably</c><00:32:02.440><c> doing</c><00:32:02.640><c> this</c><00:32:02.900><c> all</c><00:32:03.119><c> the</c><00:32:03.299><c> time.</c>

00:32:04.880 --> 00:32:07.160
So,<00:32:05.440><c> Rich,</c><00:32:05.740><c> this</c><00:32:05.940><c> is</c><00:32:06.279><c> Richard.</c>

00:32:08.579 --> 00:32:12.180
Just<00:32:08.880><c> a</c><00:32:09.119><c> point</c><00:32:09.359><c> going</c><00:32:09.619><c> back</c><00:32:09.940><c> to</c><00:32:10.880><c> anger,</c><00:32:11.440><c> God's</c><00:32:11.779><c> anger.</c>

00:32:12.599 --> 00:32:16.000
I<00:32:12.680><c> think</c><00:32:12.779><c> Hebrews</c><00:32:13.140><c> chapter</c><00:32:13.400><c> 10</c><00:32:13.660><c> is</c><00:32:13.839><c> a</c><00:32:13.980><c> good</c><00:32:15.059><c> passage</c><00:32:15.400><c> to</c><00:32:15.619><c> go</c><00:32:15.799><c> to</c>

00:32:16.000 --> 00:32:20.319
because<00:32:16.960><c> it</c><00:32:17.279><c> explains</c><00:32:17.799><c> how</c><00:32:18.099><c> God</c><00:32:18.599><c> can</c><00:32:19.099><c> be</c><00:32:19.319><c> angry,</c>

00:32:20.359 --> 00:32:23.480
but<00:32:20.500><c> it's</c><00:32:20.759><c> after</c><00:32:21.019><c> we</c><00:32:21.259><c> reject</c><00:32:22.180><c> salvation.</c>

00:32:23.500 --> 00:32:26.259
So<00:32:23.660><c> it's</c><00:32:23.819><c> not</c><00:32:23.940><c> that</c><00:32:24.079><c> God</c><00:32:24.279><c> is</c><00:32:25.019><c> necessarily</c><00:32:25.700><c> angry</c>

00:32:26.259 --> 00:32:29.140
and<00:32:26.440><c> we</c><00:32:26.539><c> have</c><00:32:26.720><c> to</c><00:32:26.900><c> somehow</c><00:32:27.240><c> get</c><00:32:27.500><c> him</c><00:32:27.660><c> on</c><00:32:27.779><c> our</c><00:32:27.940><c> good</c><00:32:28.200><c> side.</c>

00:32:29.440 --> 00:32:31.240
He<00:32:29.980><c> already</c><00:32:30.299><c> wants</c><00:32:30.579><c> to</c><00:32:30.839><c> save</c><00:32:31.019><c> us.</c>

00:32:31.240 --> 00:32:32.740
He<00:32:31.339><c> already</c><00:32:31.619><c> is</c><00:32:31.900><c> merciful.</c>

00:32:32.819 --> 00:32:36.190
But<00:32:32.819><c> if</c><00:32:33.160><c> we</c><00:32:33.400><c> reject</c><00:32:33.759><c> that,</c><00:32:34.759><c> the</c><00:32:34.859><c> writer</c><00:32:35.000><c> of</c><00:32:35.140><c> the</c><00:32:35.259><c> Hebrew</c><00:32:35.420><c> says,</c>

00:32:38.640 --> 00:32:41.420
he<00:32:39.180><c> says,</c><00:32:39.819><c> for</c><00:32:39.819><c> if</c><00:32:40.059><c> we</c><00:32:40.279><c> go</c><00:32:40.480><c> on</c><00:32:40.759><c> sinning</c><00:32:41.000><c> deliberately</c>

00:32:41.420 --> 00:32:44.000
after<00:32:41.980><c> receiving</c><00:32:42.420><c> the</c><00:32:42.599><c> knowledge</c><00:32:42.819><c> of</c><00:32:43.000><c> the</c><00:32:43.160><c> truth,</c>

00:32:44.200 --> 00:32:47.079
and<00:32:44.680><c> he</c><00:32:44.839><c> talks</c><00:32:44.980><c> about</c><00:32:45.240><c> fear</c><00:32:45.759><c> and</c><00:32:46.000><c> punishment</c><00:32:46.480><c> and</c><00:32:46.740><c> judgment</c>

00:32:47.079 --> 00:32:50.740
and<00:32:47.599><c> God</c><00:32:47.900><c> being</c><00:32:48.140><c> angry,</c><00:32:48.839><c> but</c><00:32:49.079><c> it's</c><00:32:49.420><c> after</c><00:32:49.640><c> we</c><00:32:49.920><c> reject</c><00:32:50.240><c> it.</c>

00:32:51.200 --> 00:32:53.339
And<00:32:51.200><c> it's</c><00:32:51.559><c> those</c><00:32:51.799><c> people</c><00:32:52.180><c> that</c><00:32:52.359><c> have</c><00:32:52.500><c> really</c><00:32:52.839><c> walked</c><00:32:53.099><c> away</c>

00:32:53.339 --> 00:32:53.759
from<00:32:53.559><c> God</c>

00:32:53.759 --> 00:32:54.339
at<00:32:53.960><c> that</c><00:32:54.140><c> point.</c>

00:32:54.500 --> 00:32:57.259
They're<00:32:54.579><c> not</c><00:32:54.980><c> walking</c><00:32:55.500><c> the</c><00:32:55.839><c> eternal</c><00:32:56.160><c> life</c><00:32:56.480><c> pathway</c><00:32:56.819><c> at</c><00:32:57.059><c> all.</c>

00:32:57.440 --> 00:32:58.880
Did<00:32:57.539><c> you</c><00:32:57.660><c> ever</c><00:32:57.819><c> get</c><00:32:57.960><c> to</c><00:32:58.099><c> that,</c><00:32:58.400><c> Andrew,</c><00:32:58.480><c> on</c><00:32:58.700><c> Sunday?</c>

00:32:59.079 --> 00:33:03.119
Because<00:32:59.119><c> you</c><00:32:59.339><c> told</c><00:32:59.440><c> me</c><00:32:59.579><c> you</c><00:32:59.579><c> were</c><00:32:59.700><c> going</c><00:32:59.799><c> to</c><00:33:00.259><c> like...</c>

00:33:04.700 --> 00:33:06.539
Anyway,<00:33:05.480><c> this</c><00:33:05.599><c> is</c><00:33:05.799><c> Andrew.</c>

00:33:08.380 --> 00:33:10.460
Yeah,<00:33:08.859><c> just</c><00:33:09.019><c> to</c><00:33:09.180><c> follow</c><00:33:09.299><c> up</c><00:33:09.519><c> on</c><00:33:09.779><c> Richard's</c><00:33:10.160><c> point,</c>

00:33:10.460 --> 00:33:13.640
we<00:33:11.119><c> talked</c><00:33:11.559><c> before</c><00:33:12.000><c> about</c><00:33:12.180><c> when</c><00:33:12.400><c> God</c><00:33:12.619><c> passed</c><00:33:12.900><c> before</c><00:33:13.140><c> Moses.</c>

00:33:14.019 --> 00:33:16.480
That<00:33:14.220><c> gets</c><00:33:14.440><c> expanded</c><00:33:14.900><c> on</c><00:33:15.140><c> in</c><00:33:15.259><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:33:15.680><c> 5.</c>

00:33:17.019 --> 00:33:21.359
And<00:33:17.039><c> just</c><00:33:17.359><c> to</c><00:33:17.779><c> show</c><00:33:18.019><c> that</c><00:33:18.200><c> this</c><00:33:18.359><c> idea</c><00:33:18.720><c> of</c><00:33:19.220><c> God</c><00:33:19.980><c> punishing</c><00:33:20.779><c> those</c>

00:33:21.359 --> 00:33:24.660
is<00:33:22.140><c> not</c><00:33:22.440><c> like</c><00:33:22.980><c> when</c><00:33:23.420><c> we're</c><00:33:23.740><c> struggling</c><00:33:24.099><c> in</c><00:33:24.400><c> life</c>

00:33:24.660 --> 00:33:26.960
that<00:33:24.900><c> God</c><00:33:25.079><c> is</c><00:33:25.259><c> going</c><00:33:25.380><c> to</c><00:33:25.559><c> just</c><00:33:25.700><c> like</c><00:33:25.839><c> all</c><00:33:26.000><c> of</c><00:33:26.140><c> a</c><00:33:26.160><c> sudden</c><00:33:26.279><c> turn</c><00:33:26.519><c> around</c>

00:33:26.960 --> 00:33:28.180
and<00:33:27.500><c> punish</c><00:33:27.799><c> us.</c>

00:33:28.660 --> 00:33:34.500
But<00:33:28.859><c> he</c><00:33:29.019><c> says</c><00:33:29.200><c> in</c><00:33:29.460><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:33:30.019><c> 5</c><00:33:31.160><c> that</c><00:33:32.579><c> he</c><00:33:33.559><c> visits</c>

00:33:34.819 --> 00:33:37.140
the<00:33:35.420><c> iniquity</c><00:33:35.660><c> of</c><00:33:35.759><c> the</c><00:33:35.940><c> fathers</c><00:33:36.259><c> on</c><00:33:36.559><c> the</c><00:33:36.759><c> children</c>

00:33:37.140 --> 00:33:40.119
and<00:33:37.660><c> on</c><00:33:37.880><c> the</c><00:33:38.460><c> third</c><00:33:38.619><c> and</c><00:33:38.799><c> fourth</c><00:33:39.079><c> generation</c><00:33:39.579><c> of</c><00:33:39.799><c> those</c>

00:33:40.119 --> 00:33:42.059
who<00:33:40.700><c> hate</c><00:33:41.140><c> me.</c>

00:33:42.380 --> 00:33:45.140
And<00:33:42.579><c> that's</c><00:33:42.839><c> really</c><00:33:43.160><c> what</c><00:33:43.539><c> that's</c><00:33:43.960><c> reserved</c><00:33:44.240><c> for.</c>

00:33:46.200 --> 00:33:47.420
This<00:33:46.359><c> is</c><00:33:46.619><c> Nathan.</c>

00:33:48.140 --> 00:33:48.500
This<00:33:48.259><c> is</c><00:33:48.380><c> Nathan.</c>

00:33:48.680 --> 00:33:50.420
Also<00:33:49.059><c> a</c><00:33:49.319><c> follow</c><00:33:49.500><c> up</c><00:33:49.660><c> on</c><00:33:49.799><c> what</c><00:33:49.920><c> Richard's</c><00:33:50.059><c> saying.</c>

00:33:50.740 --> 00:33:52.059
Romans<00:33:50.900><c> 11</c><00:33:51.220><c> is</c><00:33:51.380><c> really</c><00:33:51.599><c> good</c><00:33:51.720><c> for</c><00:33:51.940><c> you.</c>

00:33:52.140 --> 00:33:54.279
I<00:33:52.220><c> get</c><00:33:52.220><c> the</c><00:33:52.359><c> whole</c><00:33:52.559><c> context</c><00:33:53.079><c> stuff</c><00:33:53.359><c> that</c><00:33:53.599><c> the</c><00:33:54.019><c> people</c>

00:33:54.279 --> 00:33:56.500
that<00:33:54.519><c> continuously</c><00:33:54.880><c> rejected</c><00:33:55.299><c> God</c><00:33:55.680><c> were</c><00:33:55.859><c> cut</c><00:33:56.099><c> off</c>

00:33:56.500 --> 00:33:58.740
and<00:33:56.880><c> the</c><00:33:57.039><c> Gentiles</c><00:33:57.420><c> are</c><00:33:57.640><c> grafted</c><00:33:58.039><c> on.</c>

00:33:58.819 --> 00:34:00.339
And<00:33:59.119><c> in</c><00:33:59.380><c> the</c><00:33:59.380><c> middle</c><00:33:59.559><c> of</c><00:33:59.740><c> that,</c><00:33:59.880><c> he</c><00:34:00.079><c> says,</c>

00:34:00.380 --> 00:34:02.240
note<00:34:00.720><c> the</c><00:34:00.980><c> kindness</c><00:34:01.220><c> and</c><00:34:01.440><c> severity</c><00:34:01.720><c> of</c><00:34:01.880><c> God.</c>

00:34:02.339 --> 00:34:04.859
Severity<00:34:02.740><c> towards</c><00:34:02.960><c> those</c><00:34:03.240><c> who</c><00:34:03.380><c> have</c><00:34:03.480><c> fallen,</c><00:34:03.940><c> who</c><00:34:04.019><c> rejected</c><00:34:04.319><c> God,</c>

00:34:05.099 --> 00:34:07.440
but<00:34:05.200><c> God's</c><00:34:05.819><c> kindness</c><00:34:06.099><c> to</c><00:34:06.319><c> you,</c><00:34:06.640><c> provided</c><00:34:06.920><c> you</c><00:34:07.200><c> continue</c>

00:34:07.440 --> 00:34:08.559
in<00:34:07.599><c> his</c><00:34:07.740><c> kindness.</c>

00:34:08.639 --> 00:34:09.820
I<00:34:08.719><c> think</c><00:34:08.780><c> that's</c><00:34:08.900><c> a</c><00:34:08.900><c> good</c><00:34:09.039><c> summary.</c>

00:34:10.119 --> 00:34:13.280
So<00:34:10.579><c> the</c><00:34:10.920><c> reason</c><00:34:11.219><c> this</c><00:34:11.420><c> is</c><00:34:11.599><c> powerful</c><00:34:12.099><c> to</c><00:34:12.280><c> me</c><00:34:12.679><c> is</c><00:34:12.900><c> because</c>

00:34:13.280 --> 00:34:15.500
I<00:34:13.599><c> don't</c><00:34:13.780><c> want</c><00:34:14.000><c> people</c><00:34:14.340><c> thinking</c><00:34:14.699><c> tomorrow</c><00:34:15.199><c> morning</c>

00:34:15.500 --> 00:34:17.340
when<00:34:15.659><c> you</c><00:34:15.800><c> get</c><00:34:16.000><c> up</c><00:34:16.239><c> and</c><00:34:16.380><c> you</c><00:34:16.500><c> go</c><00:34:16.639><c> through</c><00:34:16.800><c> the</c><00:34:17.039><c> day</c>

00:34:17.340 --> 00:34:19.019
and<00:34:17.539><c> you</c><00:34:17.739><c> sin</c><00:34:17.920><c> and</c><00:34:18.079><c> you</c><00:34:18.260><c> make</c><00:34:18.420><c> a</c><00:34:18.559><c> mistake,</c>

00:34:19.460 --> 00:34:22.159
God<00:34:19.860><c> doesn't</c><00:34:20.420><c> get</c><00:34:20.800><c> angry</c><00:34:21.199><c> at</c><00:34:21.320><c> you</c><00:34:21.539><c> for</c><00:34:21.699><c> that.</c>

00:34:22.579 --> 00:34:25.159
He<00:34:22.960><c> loves</c><00:34:23.320><c> you</c><00:34:24.000><c> as</c><00:34:24.599><c> a</c><00:34:24.840><c> parent.</c>

00:34:25.380 --> 00:34:26.679
When<00:34:25.539><c> you're</c><00:34:25.659><c> raising</c><00:34:25.920><c> your</c><00:34:26.260><c> children</c>

00:34:26.679 --> 00:34:28.860
and<00:34:27.059><c> the</c><00:34:27.219><c> children</c><00:34:27.440><c> make</c><00:34:27.679><c> a</c><00:34:27.860><c> mistake,</c>

00:34:28.880 --> 00:34:29.719
what<00:34:28.900><c> do</c><00:34:29.360><c> we</c><00:34:29.559><c> do?</c>

00:34:29.760 --> 00:34:31.639
Go<00:34:29.900><c> through</c><00:34:30.119><c> life</c><00:34:30.380><c> like</c><00:34:30.659><c> the</c><00:34:30.880><c> people</c><00:34:31.079><c> of</c><00:34:31.179><c> this</c><00:34:31.420><c> world</c>

00:34:31.639 --> 00:34:33.460
yelling<00:34:31.960><c> at</c><00:34:32.159><c> our</c><00:34:32.360><c> kids,</c><00:34:32.599><c> screaming</c><00:34:32.980><c> at</c><00:34:33.300><c> them,</c>

00:34:33.480 --> 00:34:35.760
you<00:34:33.480><c> know,</c><00:34:34.059><c> punishing</c><00:34:34.420><c> them</c><00:34:34.739><c> and</c><00:34:34.900><c> all</c><00:34:35.039><c> those</c><00:34:35.239><c> kind</c><00:34:35.420><c> of</c><00:34:35.539><c> things</c>

00:34:35.760 --> 00:34:36.599
that<00:34:35.960><c> people</c><00:34:36.219><c> do?</c>

00:34:36.980 --> 00:34:38.860
No,<00:34:37.340><c> we</c><00:34:37.639><c> try</c><00:34:37.900><c> to</c><00:34:38.300><c> correct</c><00:34:38.559><c> them.</c>

00:34:38.860 --> 00:34:42.440
We<00:34:39.360><c> love</c><00:34:40.019><c> them</c><00:34:40.260><c> when</c><00:34:40.420><c> we</c><00:34:40.519><c> try</c><00:34:40.739><c> to</c><00:34:41.019><c> change</c><00:34:41.559><c> their</c><00:34:41.880><c> behavior</c>

00:34:42.440 --> 00:34:44.380
so<00:34:42.760><c> that</c><00:34:43.039><c> they</c><00:34:43.260><c> can</c><00:34:43.480><c> be</c><00:34:43.679><c> something</c><00:34:44.039><c> better</c>

00:34:44.380 --> 00:34:47.079
than<00:34:44.539><c> they</c><00:34:44.739><c> are</c><00:34:44.980><c> right</c><00:34:45.239><c> now</c><00:34:45.460><c> as</c><00:34:45.659><c> this</c><00:34:45.860><c> young</c><00:34:46.019><c> person</c><00:34:46.440><c> growing</c><00:34:46.719><c> up.</c>

00:34:47.400 --> 00:34:49.840
That's<00:34:47.820><c> what</c><00:34:48.019><c> God</c><00:34:48.380><c> does</c><00:34:48.719><c> with</c><00:34:48.940><c> us.</c>

00:34:50.000 --> 00:34:51.960
That's<00:34:50.340><c> how</c><00:34:50.579><c> Nathan</c><00:34:50.920><c> could</c><00:34:51.199><c> say</c><00:34:51.400><c> to</c><00:34:51.659><c> David,</c>

00:34:52.239 --> 00:34:54.739
that's<00:34:52.380><c> okay,</c><00:34:53.059><c> God</c><00:34:53.260><c> has</c><00:34:53.440><c> put</c><00:34:53.559><c> away</c><00:34:53.699><c> your</c><00:34:53.980><c> sin.</c>

00:34:54.800 --> 00:34:55.980
You<00:34:54.880><c> know,</c><00:34:55.260><c> it's</c><00:34:55.659><c> done.</c>

00:34:56.460 --> 00:34:58.219
He's<00:34:56.960><c> moved</c><00:34:57.239><c> on.</c>

00:34:58.400 --> 00:35:01.420
But<00:34:58.400><c> God,</c><00:34:59.380><c> you</c><00:34:59.440><c> know,</c><00:34:59.719><c> there</c><00:34:59.880><c> are</c><00:35:00.300><c> consequences,</c><00:35:00.980><c> all</c><00:35:01.179><c> right,</c>

00:35:01.559 --> 00:35:05.260
but<00:35:01.760><c> he</c><00:35:02.079><c> doesn't</c><00:35:02.500><c> get</c><00:35:03.000><c> angry</c><00:35:03.340><c> at</c><00:35:03.480><c> us</c><00:35:03.719><c> like</c><00:35:03.940><c> people</c><00:35:04.260><c> of</c><00:35:04.460><c> this</c><00:35:04.719><c> world</c><00:35:04.920><c> do</c>

00:35:05.260 --> 00:35:06.980
and<00:35:05.639><c> instead</c><00:35:06.119><c> he</c><00:35:06.380><c> loves</c><00:35:06.699><c> us.</c>

00:35:06.980 --> 00:35:08.219
And<00:35:07.219><c> really</c><00:35:07.400><c> what</c><00:35:07.500><c> he</c><00:35:07.639><c> wants</c><00:35:07.860><c> to</c><00:35:08.079><c> do</c>

00:35:08.219 --> 00:35:11.579
is<00:35:08.480><c> he</c><00:35:08.519><c> wants</c><00:35:08.860><c> to</c><00:35:09.159><c> work</c><00:35:09.320><c> again</c><00:35:09.599><c> today</c><00:35:09.920><c> at</c><00:35:10.199><c> changing</c><00:35:10.400><c> us.</c>

00:35:11.739 --> 00:35:13.659
Just<00:35:11.840><c> to</c><00:35:12.059><c> support</c><00:35:12.280><c> what</c><00:35:12.420><c> you're</c><00:35:12.619><c> saying</c><00:35:12.840><c> here,</c><00:35:13.380><c> Jim.</c>

00:35:14.079 --> 00:35:18.059
Dave,<00:35:14.699><c> yeah,</c><00:35:14.900><c> wonderful</c><00:35:15.519><c> passage</c><00:35:16.059><c> in</c><00:35:16.340><c> 2</c><00:35:16.480><c> Corinthians</c><00:35:16.860><c> 5.</c>

00:35:18.659 --> 00:35:19.840
Therefore,<00:35:18.719><c> if</c><00:35:18.900><c> any</c><00:35:19.059><c> man</c><00:35:19.199><c> be</c><00:35:19.400><c> in</c><00:35:19.599><c> Christ,</c>

00:35:19.880 --> 00:35:21.840
he<00:35:20.019><c> is</c><00:35:20.139><c> a</c><00:35:20.239><c> new</c><00:35:20.400><c> creature,</c><00:35:20.840><c> all</c><00:35:20.960><c> things</c><00:35:21.179><c> are</c><00:35:21.440><c> passed</c><00:35:21.659><c> away,</c>

00:35:21.960 --> 00:35:24.360
behold,<00:35:22.440><c> all</c><00:35:22.619><c> things</c><00:35:23.340><c> are</c><00:35:23.860><c> become</c><00:35:24.039><c> new,</c>

00:35:24.420 --> 00:35:28.719
and<00:35:24.699><c> all</c><00:35:24.960><c> things</c><00:35:25.260><c> are</c><00:35:25.639><c> of</c><00:35:26.000><c> God</c><00:35:26.460><c> who</c><00:35:27.079><c> hath</c><00:35:27.519><c> reconciled</c><00:35:28.300><c> us</c>

00:35:28.719 --> 00:35:32.139
to<00:35:29.039><c> himself</c><00:35:29.719><c> by</c><00:35:30.619><c> Jesus</c><00:35:31.059><c> Christ.</c>

00:35:32.900 --> 00:35:33.340
That's<00:35:33.199><c> it.</c>

00:35:33.780 --> 00:35:35.079
That's<00:35:34.159><c> a</c><00:35:34.239><c> wonderful</c><00:35:34.579><c> passage</c>

00:35:35.079 --> 00:35:36.659
because<00:35:35.420><c> that's</c><00:35:35.760><c> what</c><00:35:35.840><c> Paul</c><00:35:36.059><c> in</c><00:35:36.280><c> a</c><00:35:36.360><c> nutshell,</c>

00:35:36.659 --> 00:35:38.340
he<00:35:36.900><c> says,</c><00:35:37.360><c> that's</c><00:35:37.440><c> what's</c><00:35:37.739><c> happened</c><00:35:37.880><c> here.</c>

00:35:38.539 --> 00:35:41.280
God<00:35:38.699><c> has</c><00:35:39.099><c> reconciled</c><00:35:39.679><c> us</c><00:35:39.900><c> to</c><00:35:40.079><c> himself</c><00:35:40.559><c> by</c><00:35:40.840><c> Jesus.</c>

00:35:41.639 --> 00:35:42.559
He<00:35:41.980><c> did</c><00:35:42.219><c> it.</c>

00:35:42.820 --> 00:35:44.239
It's<00:35:42.960><c> not</c><00:35:43.139><c> that</c><00:35:43.360><c> Jesus</c><00:35:43.679><c> got</c><00:35:43.940><c> in</c><00:35:44.119><c> there</c>

00:35:44.239 --> 00:35:46.880
and<00:35:44.400><c> somehow</c><00:35:44.659><c> changed</c><00:35:45.099><c> God</c><00:35:45.380><c> so</c><00:35:45.539><c> we</c><00:35:45.719><c> could</c><00:35:45.840><c> be</c><00:35:46.139><c> reconciled.</c>

00:35:46.980 --> 00:35:48.260
God<00:35:47.420><c> did</c><00:35:47.820><c> it</c><00:35:48.059><c> all.</c>

00:35:48.420 --> 00:35:49.880
He<00:35:48.639><c> initiated</c><00:35:49.079><c> the</c><00:35:49.380><c> whole</c><00:35:49.659><c> thing.</c>

00:35:49.920 --> 00:35:50.980
He<00:35:50.219><c> set</c><00:35:50.440><c> it</c><00:35:50.599><c> all</c><00:35:50.719><c> up.</c>

00:35:51.199 --> 00:35:53.880
And<00:35:51.400><c> he</c><00:35:51.780><c> promised</c><00:35:52.219><c> that</c><00:35:52.460><c> he</c><00:35:52.639><c> would</c><00:35:52.880><c> provide</c><00:35:53.219><c> the</c><00:35:53.400><c> Messiah</c><00:35:53.659><c> to</c>

00:35:53.880 --> 00:35:54.099
do<00:35:54.000><c> it.</c>

00:35:54.360 --> 00:35:56.380
He<00:35:54.780><c> promised</c><00:35:55.099><c> that</c><00:35:55.320><c> right</c><00:35:55.539><c> in</c><00:35:55.760><c> the</c><00:35:55.760><c> very</c><00:35:55.980><c> beginning.</c>

00:35:56.699 --> 00:35:59.480
And<00:35:56.980><c> he</c><00:35:57.300><c> loves</c><00:35:57.599><c> us</c><00:35:57.820><c> and</c><00:35:57.960><c> he</c><00:35:58.159><c> wants</c><00:35:58.440><c> to</c><00:35:58.800><c> save</c><00:35:59.019><c> people.</c>

00:35:59.920 --> 00:36:02.119
That<00:36:00.019><c> this</c><00:36:00.219><c> is</c><00:36:00.400><c> a</c><00:36:00.539><c> message</c><00:36:00.860><c> that</c><00:36:01.079><c> I</c><00:36:01.159><c> know</c><00:36:01.260><c> when</c><00:36:01.400><c> I</c><00:36:01.519><c> was</c><00:36:01.639><c> growing</c><00:36:01.860><c> up,</c>

00:36:02.239 --> 00:36:04.880
just<00:36:02.480><c> got</c><00:36:02.800><c> missed</c><00:36:03.019><c> somehow</c><00:36:03.480><c> and</c><00:36:03.780><c> we</c><00:36:03.980><c> just</c><00:36:04.239><c> never</c><00:36:04.440><c> heard</c><00:36:04.639><c> it.</c>

00:36:04.940 --> 00:36:06.559
But<00:36:05.179><c> as</c><00:36:05.400><c> you're</c><00:36:05.559><c> reading</c><00:36:05.780><c> through</c><00:36:06.039><c> the</c><00:36:06.260><c> Scriptures</c>

00:36:06.559 --> 00:36:08.739
and<00:36:06.699><c> you</c><00:36:06.920><c> study</c><00:36:07.239><c> these</c><00:36:07.880><c> Bible</c><00:36:08.219><c> books,</c>

00:36:09.019 --> 00:36:10.940
it<00:36:09.199><c> just</c><00:36:09.360><c> comes</c><00:36:09.599><c> jumping</c><00:36:09.980><c> out</c><00:36:10.239><c> from</c><00:36:10.400><c> the</c><00:36:10.559><c> pages</c>

00:36:10.940 --> 00:36:13.940
that<00:36:11.480><c> God</c><00:36:11.920><c> loves</c><00:36:12.360><c> you</c><00:36:12.679><c> and</c><00:36:12.820><c> wants</c><00:36:13.139><c> to</c><00:36:13.420><c> save</c><00:36:13.579><c> you.</c>

00:36:14.039 --> 00:36:15.239
He'll<00:36:14.400><c> deal</c><00:36:14.719><c> with</c><00:36:15.019><c> sin.</c>

00:36:15.300 --> 00:36:17.440
He's<00:36:15.659><c> provided</c><00:36:16.019><c> a</c><00:36:16.199><c> way</c><00:36:16.280><c> to</c><00:36:16.519><c> forgive</c><00:36:16.860><c> our</c><00:36:17.159><c> sins.</c>

00:36:17.820 --> 00:36:20.400
So<00:36:18.019><c> don't</c><00:36:18.340><c> think</c><00:36:18.559><c> tomorrow</c><00:36:19.000><c> that</c><00:36:19.219><c> when</c><00:36:19.340><c> we</c><00:36:19.579><c> make</c><00:36:19.739><c> a</c><00:36:19.940><c> mistake,</c>

00:36:20.619 --> 00:36:22.960
if<00:36:20.800><c> we're</c><00:36:21.019><c> walking</c><00:36:21.300><c> on</c><00:36:21.500><c> that</c><00:36:21.719><c> pathway</c><00:36:22.159><c> of</c><00:36:22.420><c> eternal</c><00:36:22.760><c> life</c>

00:36:22.960 --> 00:36:24.679
and<00:36:23.139><c> we</c><00:36:23.360><c> mess</c><00:36:23.619><c> up</c><00:36:23.800><c> and</c><00:36:23.920><c> we</c><00:36:24.179><c> blow</c><00:36:24.340><c> it,</c>

00:36:24.780 --> 00:36:27.119
and<00:36:24.920><c> we</c><00:36:25.099><c> do</c><00:36:25.320><c> something</c><00:36:25.699><c> in</c><00:36:26.300><c> a</c><00:36:26.559><c> fit</c><00:36:26.639><c> of</c><00:36:26.860><c> anger</c>

00:36:27.119 --> 00:36:29.280
or<00:36:27.260><c> we</c><00:36:27.420><c> do</c><00:36:27.599><c> something</c><00:36:28.000><c> where</c><00:36:28.340><c> we</c><00:36:28.619><c> make</c><00:36:28.780><c> a</c><00:36:28.960><c> mistake</c>

00:36:29.280 --> 00:36:32.679
or<00:36:29.480><c> whatever</c><00:36:29.920><c> it</c><00:36:30.159><c> is,</c><00:36:30.760><c> he</c><00:36:31.179><c> still</c><00:36:31.739><c> loves</c><00:36:32.199><c> us</c>

00:36:32.679 --> 00:36:34.960
and<00:36:32.940><c> he</c><00:36:33.199><c> just</c><00:36:33.599><c> wants</c><00:36:33.920><c> us</c><00:36:34.280><c> to</c><00:36:34.559><c> change.</c>

00:36:34.960 --> 00:36:38.159
He's<00:36:35.619><c> trying</c><00:36:35.920><c> to</c><00:36:36.320><c> develop</c><00:36:36.739><c> the</c><00:36:37.079><c> long</c><00:36:37.360><c> run</c><00:36:37.579><c> person.</c>

00:36:38.360 --> 00:36:40.840
He's<00:36:38.739><c> not</c><00:36:39.039><c> worried</c><00:36:39.340><c> about</c><00:36:39.659><c> those</c><00:36:40.039><c> short</c><00:36:40.260><c> run</c><00:36:40.480><c> mistakes</c>

00:36:40.840 --> 00:36:41.880
that<00:36:41.059><c> we</c><00:36:41.239><c> make</c><00:36:41.400><c> in</c><00:36:41.559><c> between.</c>

00:36:42.219 --> 00:36:43.900
He<00:36:42.480><c> really</c><00:36:42.679><c> does</c><00:36:42.940><c> look</c><00:36:43.119><c> for</c><00:36:43.280><c> the</c><00:36:43.440><c> long</c><00:36:43.639><c> run.</c>

00:36:44.360 --> 00:36:46.659
So<00:36:44.619><c> look</c><00:36:44.840><c> how</c><00:36:45.039><c> John</c><00:36:45.260><c> goes</c><00:36:45.519><c> on</c><00:36:45.760><c> to</c><00:36:45.900><c> this</c><00:36:46.059><c> now</c><00:36:46.219><c> and</c><00:36:46.320><c> he</c><00:36:46.500><c> says,</c>

00:36:47.019 --> 00:36:49.079
by<00:36:47.019><c> this</c><00:36:47.340><c> we</c><00:36:47.679><c> know</c><00:36:48.119><c> that</c><00:36:48.420><c> we</c><00:36:48.599><c> know</c><00:36:48.780><c> him.</c>

00:36:49.360 --> 00:36:51.219
So<00:36:49.539><c> what</c><00:36:49.659><c> he's</c><00:36:49.880><c> going</c><00:36:49.980><c> to</c><00:36:50.139><c> do</c><00:36:50.340><c> is</c><00:36:50.539><c> say,</c><00:36:50.920><c> all</c><00:36:51.059><c> right,</c>

00:36:51.260 --> 00:36:52.639
it's<00:36:51.480><c> easy</c><00:36:51.760><c> to</c><00:36:52.000><c> say</c><00:36:52.139><c> the</c><00:36:52.360><c> words.</c>

00:36:52.880 --> 00:36:54.539
Well,<00:36:53.039><c> I</c><00:36:53.099><c> know</c><00:36:53.300><c> God,</c><00:36:54.320><c> right?</c>

00:36:54.619 --> 00:36:57.380
Jesus<00:36:54.920><c> said,</c><00:36:55.280><c> this</c><00:36:55.380><c> is</c><00:36:55.639><c> eternal</c><00:36:55.940><c> life</c><00:36:56.280><c> that</c><00:36:56.500><c> you</c><00:36:56.699><c> know</c><00:36:57.000><c> God,</c>

00:36:57.539 --> 00:37:00.300
that<00:36:57.860><c> we</c><00:36:58.119><c> know</c><00:36:58.280><c> him,</c><00:36:58.519><c> the</c><00:36:58.739><c> only</c><00:36:59.059><c> true</c><00:36:59.260><c> God</c><00:36:59.500><c> in</c><00:36:59.719><c> Jesus</c><00:37:00.000><c> Christ</c>

00:37:00.300 --> 00:37:00.960
whom<00:37:00.460><c> he</c><00:37:00.599><c> has</c><00:37:00.780><c> sent.</c>

00:37:01.219 --> 00:37:03.860
So<00:37:01.639><c> we</c><00:37:01.880><c> can</c><00:37:02.139><c> all</c><00:37:02.460><c> sit</c><00:37:02.659><c> there</c><00:37:02.880><c> in</c><00:37:03.039><c> our</c><00:37:03.260><c> seats</c><00:37:03.440><c> and</c><00:37:03.659><c> say,</c>

00:37:03.860 --> 00:37:06.659
well,<00:37:04.179><c> I</c><00:37:04.239><c> know</c><00:37:04.440><c> God,</c><00:37:05.340><c> I</c><00:37:05.579><c> know</c><00:37:05.719><c> what</c><00:37:05.840><c> he's</c><00:37:06.079><c> like.</c>

00:37:07.119 --> 00:37:10.300
And<00:37:07.260><c> yet</c><00:37:07.539><c> look</c><00:37:07.760><c> at</c><00:37:07.920><c> how</c><00:37:08.139><c> we</c><00:37:08.500><c> differ</c><00:37:08.780><c> on</c><00:37:09.059><c> how</c><00:37:09.300><c> God</c><00:37:09.519><c> treats</c><00:37:09.840><c> us.</c>

00:37:10.679 --> 00:37:12.039
Do<00:37:10.840><c> we</c><00:37:11.000><c> really</c><00:37:11.340><c> know</c><00:37:11.659><c> God?</c>

00:37:12.139 --> 00:37:14.699
Do<00:37:12.260><c> we</c><00:37:12.340><c> really</c><00:37:12.699><c> know</c><00:37:12.980><c> how</c><00:37:13.179><c> he's</c><00:37:13.579><c> treating</c><00:37:13.780><c> us</c><00:37:14.019><c> as</c><00:37:14.159><c> his</c><00:37:14.360><c> children?</c>

00:37:15.199 --> 00:37:16.760
If<00:37:15.360><c> we</c><00:37:15.659><c> know</c><00:37:16.000><c> God,</c><00:37:16.599><c> right?</c>

00:37:17.099 --> 00:37:18.360
How<00:37:17.579><c> do</c><00:37:17.760><c> we</c><00:37:17.880><c> know</c><00:37:18.119><c> this?</c>

00:37:18.440 --> 00:37:19.940
Well,<00:37:18.840><c> if</c><00:37:18.980><c> we</c><00:37:19.159><c> keep</c><00:37:19.300><c> his</c><00:37:19.519><c> commandments.</c>

00:37:20.340 --> 00:37:23.219
So<00:37:20.659><c> John's</c><00:37:21.079><c> going</c><00:37:21.199><c> to</c><00:37:21.380><c> give</c><00:37:21.480><c> us</c><00:37:21.840><c> a</c><00:37:22.079><c> barometer</c><00:37:22.599><c> to</c><00:37:22.940><c> say,</c>

00:37:23.559 --> 00:37:25.079
it's<00:37:23.760><c> easy</c><00:37:24.039><c> to</c><00:37:24.280><c> say</c><00:37:24.420><c> the</c><00:37:24.659><c> words,</c>

00:37:25.280 --> 00:37:27.639
but<00:37:25.500><c> now</c><00:37:25.920><c> what</c><00:37:26.159><c> are</c><00:37:26.260><c> you</c><00:37:26.320><c> doing</c><00:37:26.500><c> about</c><00:37:26.800><c> it?</c>

00:37:27.699 --> 00:37:29.599
Are<00:37:28.000><c> you</c><00:37:28.179><c> keeping</c><00:37:28.380><c> his</c><00:37:28.639><c> commandments?</c>

00:37:29.679 --> 00:37:31.320
He<00:37:29.960><c> who</c><00:37:30.159><c> says,</c><00:37:30.480><c> I</c><00:37:30.699><c> know</c><00:37:31.000><c> him</c>

00:37:31.320 --> 00:37:34.699
and<00:37:31.619><c> does</c><00:37:31.960><c> not</c><00:37:32.260><c> keep</c><00:37:32.440><c> his</c><00:37:32.659><c> commandments</c><00:37:33.079><c> is</c><00:37:33.599><c> a</c><00:37:33.800><c> liar</c>

00:37:34.760 --> 00:37:37.000
and<00:37:35.099><c> the</c><00:37:35.340><c> truth</c><00:37:35.579><c> is</c><00:37:35.900><c> not</c><00:37:36.059><c> in</c><00:37:36.179><c> him.</c>

00:37:37.139 --> 00:37:38.539
That's<00:37:37.539><c> pretty</c><00:37:37.920><c> straightforward.</c>

00:37:39.039 --> 00:37:42.300
You<00:37:39.139><c> can't</c><00:37:39.539><c> be</c><00:37:39.820><c> claiming</c><00:37:40.019><c> to</c><00:37:40.280><c> be</c><00:37:40.380><c> on</c><00:37:40.519><c> the</c><00:37:40.739><c> pathway</c><00:37:41.139><c> to</c><00:37:41.480><c> eternal</c><00:37:41.800><c> life</c>

00:37:42.300 --> 00:37:45.260
and<00:37:42.860><c> at</c><00:37:43.019><c> the</c><00:37:43.239><c> same</c><00:37:43.460><c> time</c><00:37:43.699><c> you're</c><00:37:43.940><c> living</c><00:37:44.199><c> down</c><00:37:44.400><c> another</c><00:37:44.699><c> pathway</c>

00:37:45.260 --> 00:37:47.579
where<00:37:46.099><c> we</c><00:37:46.440><c> really</c><00:37:46.619><c> don't</c><00:37:46.760><c> keep</c><00:37:46.940><c> his</c><00:37:47.159><c> commandments.</c>

00:37:47.619 --> 00:37:48.619
At<00:37:47.619><c> least</c><00:37:47.820><c> we're</c><00:37:47.960><c> not</c><00:37:48.099><c> even</c><00:37:48.380><c> trying.</c>

00:37:48.699 --> 00:37:50.320
We're<00:37:48.840><c> not</c><00:37:49.179><c> practicing</c><00:37:49.760><c> righteousness</c>

00:37:50.320 --> 00:37:53.440
and<00:37:51.179><c> we</c><00:37:51.519><c> make</c><00:37:51.679><c> God</c><00:37:51.880><c> a</c><00:37:52.099><c> liar</c><00:37:52.400><c> and</c><00:37:52.820><c> we're</c><00:37:53.079><c> a</c><00:37:53.239><c> liar</c>

00:37:53.440 --> 00:37:55.000
and<00:37:53.659><c> the</c><00:37:53.880><c> truth</c><00:37:54.039><c> is</c><00:37:54.320><c> not</c><00:37:54.460><c> in</c><00:37:54.639><c> him.</c>

00:37:55.340 --> 00:37:58.039
But<00:37:55.619><c> whoever</c><00:37:56.099><c> keeps</c><00:37:56.699><c> his</c><00:37:57.099><c> word,</c>

00:37:58.099 --> 00:37:59.260
I<00:37:58.300><c> don't</c><00:37:58.380><c> know</c><00:37:58.440><c> what</c><00:37:58.480><c> you</c><00:37:58.679><c> call</c><00:37:58.860><c> that</c><00:37:59.079><c> rich,</c>

00:37:59.260 --> 00:38:01.480
but<00:37:59.400><c> you</c><00:37:59.559><c> see</c><00:37:59.619><c> how</c><00:37:59.840><c> he</c><00:38:00.460><c> parallels</c><00:38:00.840><c> that</c><00:38:01.179><c> idea.</c>

00:38:01.619 --> 00:38:03.219
It's<00:38:01.679><c> more</c><00:38:01.840><c> like</c><00:38:02.059><c> Hebrew</c><00:38:02.380><c> parallelism</c><00:38:02.960><c> here.</c>

00:38:03.599 --> 00:38:05.019
At<00:38:03.699><c> the</c><00:38:03.840><c> very</c><00:38:03.980><c> beginning</c><00:38:04.360><c> that,</c><00:38:04.820><c> you</c><00:38:04.940><c> know,</c>

00:38:05.079 --> 00:38:07.239
this<00:38:05.239><c> idea</c><00:38:05.599><c> that</c><00:38:05.860><c> if</c><00:38:06.019><c> we</c><00:38:06.340><c> keep</c><00:38:06.500><c> his</c><00:38:06.739><c> commandments</c>

00:38:07.239 --> 00:38:08.840
and<00:38:07.440><c> now</c><00:38:07.659><c> this</c><00:38:07.900><c> time</c><00:38:08.039><c> in</c><00:38:08.199><c> verse</c><00:38:08.400><c> five</c><00:38:08.619><c> we</c><00:38:08.780><c> have,</c>

00:38:09.019 --> 00:38:11.239
but<00:38:09.019><c> whoever</c><00:38:09.420><c> keeps</c><00:38:09.880><c> his</c><00:38:10.280><c> word,</c>

00:38:11.280 --> 00:38:14.599
truly<00:38:11.579><c> the</c><00:38:11.980><c> love</c><00:38:12.119><c> of</c><00:38:12.360><c> God</c><00:38:12.599><c> is</c><00:38:13.019><c> perfected</c><00:38:13.840><c> in</c><00:38:14.219><c> him</c>

00:38:14.599 --> 00:38:17.219
and<00:38:15.179><c> by</c><00:38:15.440><c> this</c><00:38:15.659><c> we</c><00:38:15.980><c> know</c><00:38:16.340><c> that</c><00:38:16.539><c> we</c><00:38:16.699><c> are</c><00:38:16.860><c> in</c><00:38:17.019><c> him.</c>

00:38:17.519 --> 00:38:19.360
He<00:38:17.699><c> who</c><00:38:18.019><c> says</c><00:38:18.199><c> he</c><00:38:18.500><c> abides</c><00:38:18.900><c> in</c><00:38:19.139><c> him</c>

00:38:19.360 --> 00:38:22.920
ought<00:38:19.739><c> himself</c><00:38:20.280><c> also</c><00:38:20.860><c> to</c><00:38:21.260><c> walk</c><00:38:21.519><c> just</c><00:38:22.000><c> as</c><00:38:22.320><c> he</c><00:38:22.659><c> walked.</c>

00:38:23.300 --> 00:38:26.539
So<00:38:23.639><c> that</c><00:38:24.079><c> is</c><00:38:24.559><c> the</c><00:38:24.800><c> test</c><00:38:25.039><c> for</c><00:38:25.280><c> all</c><00:38:25.500><c> of</c><00:38:25.599><c> us,</c><00:38:25.900><c> brothers</c><00:38:26.000><c> and</c><00:38:26.179><c> sisters.</c>

00:38:26.539 --> 00:38:29.500
And<00:38:27.099><c> this</c><00:38:27.340><c> is</c><00:38:27.500><c> where</c><00:38:27.599><c> John</c><00:38:27.860><c> is</c><00:38:28.119><c> trying</c><00:38:28.340><c> to</c><00:38:28.460><c> get</c><00:38:28.579><c> us</c><00:38:28.840><c> to</c><00:38:29.039><c> realize</c>

00:38:29.500 --> 00:38:32.280
that<00:38:29.820><c> look</c><00:38:30.059><c> if</c><00:38:30.579><c> we're</c><00:38:30.960><c> walking</c><00:38:31.300><c> on</c><00:38:31.619><c> that</c><00:38:31.960><c> path</c>

00:38:32.280 --> 00:38:33.880
of<00:38:32.579><c> God's</c><00:38:33.260><c> eternal</c><00:38:33.579><c> life</c>

00:38:33.880 --> 00:38:35.199
and<00:38:34.019><c> that's</c><00:38:34.219><c> what</c><00:38:34.320><c> we</c><00:38:34.579><c> really</c><00:38:34.900><c> want.</c>

00:38:35.320 --> 00:38:36.539
We<00:38:35.460><c> want</c><00:38:35.699><c> his</c><00:38:36.059><c> righteousness.</c>

00:38:36.579 --> 00:38:39.260
We<00:38:36.780><c> want</c><00:38:36.920><c> to</c><00:38:37.179><c> be</c><00:38:37.280><c> like</c><00:38:37.559><c> God,</c><00:38:38.199><c> like</c><00:38:38.360><c> Jesus</c><00:38:38.719><c> Christ,</c>

00:38:39.639 --> 00:38:41.960
that<00:38:39.820><c> he's</c><00:38:40.280><c> able</c><00:38:40.539><c> to</c><00:38:40.880><c> deal</c><00:38:41.079><c> with</c><00:38:41.300><c> the</c><00:38:41.460><c> mistakes.</c>

00:38:42.380 --> 00:38:44.659
But<00:38:42.639><c> we</c><00:38:43.000><c> have</c><00:38:43.219><c> to</c><00:38:43.400><c> be</c><00:38:43.659><c> trying</c><00:38:43.960><c> every</c><00:38:44.420><c> day</c>

00:38:44.980 --> 00:38:46.619
to<00:38:45.460><c> perfect</c><00:38:45.820><c> the</c><00:38:46.039><c> love</c><00:38:46.179><c> of</c><00:38:46.420><c> God.</c>

00:38:46.780 --> 00:38:48.019
We've<00:38:46.980><c> got</c><00:38:47.059><c> to</c><00:38:47.139><c> be</c><00:38:47.380><c> working</c><00:38:47.639><c> at</c><00:38:47.860><c> it</c>

00:38:48.019 --> 00:38:49.380
and<00:38:48.079><c> trying</c><00:38:48.239><c> to</c><00:38:48.539><c> keep</c><00:38:48.679><c> his</c><00:38:48.920><c> commandments</c>

00:38:49.380 --> 00:38:50.719
and<00:38:49.820><c> keep</c><00:38:50.119><c> his</c><00:38:50.440><c> word</c>

00:38:50.719 --> 00:38:52.980
and<00:38:51.400><c> to</c><00:38:51.699><c> do</c><00:38:51.900><c> that</c><00:38:52.179><c> you</c><00:38:52.280><c> have</c><00:38:52.440><c> to</c><00:38:52.579><c> read</c><00:38:52.739><c> them.</c>

00:38:53.460 --> 00:38:54.800
You<00:38:53.679><c> have</c><00:38:53.840><c> to</c><00:38:53.940><c> be</c><00:38:54.059><c> looking</c><00:38:54.239><c> in</c><00:38:54.380><c> the</c><00:38:54.519><c> Bible</c>

00:38:54.800 --> 00:38:56.119
as<00:38:55.099><c> to</c><00:38:55.219><c> what</c><00:38:55.380><c> is</c><00:38:55.519><c> our</c><00:38:55.699><c> God</c><00:38:55.860><c> like?</c>

00:38:56.119 --> 00:38:57.239
What<00:38:56.300><c> does</c><00:38:56.440><c> he</c><00:38:56.519><c> want</c><00:38:56.679><c> us</c><00:38:56.940><c> to</c><00:38:57.079><c> do?</c>

00:38:57.360 --> 00:38:58.760
How<00:38:57.420><c> did</c><00:38:57.579><c> he</c><00:38:57.739><c> deal</c><00:38:57.940><c> with</c><00:38:58.179><c> situations?</c>

00:38:58.780 --> 00:39:01.059
And<00:38:58.960><c> we</c><00:38:59.119><c> try</c><00:38:59.280><c> to</c><00:38:59.440><c> get</c><00:38:59.599><c> more</c><00:38:59.920><c> and</c><00:39:00.039><c> more</c><00:39:00.159><c> into</c><00:39:00.400><c> his</c><00:39:00.719><c> mind</c>

00:39:01.059 --> 00:39:03.380
to<00:39:01.519><c> try</c><00:39:01.719><c> to</c><00:39:01.960><c> realize</c><00:39:02.260><c> how</c><00:39:02.599><c> do</c><00:39:02.800><c> I</c><00:39:02.900><c> have</c><00:39:03.079><c> to</c><00:39:03.239><c> live?</c>

00:39:03.460 --> 00:39:06.360
What<00:39:03.679><c> am</c><00:39:03.860><c> I</c><00:39:04.000><c> supposed</c><00:39:04.239><c> to</c><00:39:04.420><c> do</c><00:39:04.619><c> to</c><00:39:04.820><c> live</c><00:39:05.159><c> like</c><00:39:05.460><c> God?</c>

00:39:06.659 --> 00:39:08.199
So<00:39:07.039><c> keeping</c><00:39:07.340><c> God's</c><00:39:07.860><c> commandments,</c>

00:39:08.219 --> 00:39:09.800
that's<00:39:08.659><c> one</c><00:39:08.900><c> of</c><00:39:09.019><c> those</c><00:39:09.340><c> barometers</c>

00:39:09.800 --> 00:39:11.119
that<00:39:10.000><c> he's</c><00:39:10.199><c> going</c><00:39:10.300><c> to</c><00:39:10.420><c> give</c><00:39:10.519><c> us</c><00:39:10.739><c> now</c>

00:39:11.119 --> 00:39:14.360
about<00:39:11.619><c> whether</c><00:39:11.880><c> or</c><00:39:11.980><c> not</c><00:39:12.159><c> we</c><00:39:12.360><c> are</c><00:39:12.559><c> really</c><00:39:12.880><c> walking</c><00:39:13.239><c> in</c><00:39:13.800><c> the</c><00:39:14.059><c> light.</c>

00:39:14.679 --> 00:39:18.139
And<00:39:14.900><c> in</c><00:39:15.099><c> those</c><00:39:15.320><c> people</c><00:39:15.699><c> the</c><00:39:15.940><c> love</c><00:39:16.280><c> of</c><00:39:16.619><c> God</c><00:39:16.840><c> is</c><00:39:17.320><c> perfected.</c>

00:39:18.400 --> 00:39:19.940
Now<00:39:18.619><c> I</c><00:39:18.639><c> like</c><00:39:18.860><c> that</c><00:39:19.099><c> word</c><00:39:19.360><c> perfected</c>

00:39:19.940 --> 00:39:21.960
because<00:39:20.179><c> you're</c><00:39:20.360><c> going</c><00:39:20.420><c> to</c><00:39:20.579><c> see</c><00:39:20.679><c> that</c><00:39:20.860><c> come</c><00:39:21.019><c> up</c><00:39:21.159><c> in</c><00:39:21.340><c> chapter</c><00:39:21.579><c> four.</c>

00:39:21.980 --> 00:39:23.980
What<00:39:22.139><c> is</c><00:39:22.199><c> it?</c><00:39:22.340><c> One,</c><00:39:22.460><c> two,</c><00:39:22.599><c> three</c><00:39:22.800><c> times</c><00:39:23.099><c> in</c><00:39:23.320><c> chapter</c><00:39:23.539><c> four.</c>

00:39:23.980 --> 00:39:26.699
And<00:39:24.480><c> what</c><00:39:25.519><c> John</c><00:39:25.860><c> does</c><00:39:26.179><c> is</c><00:39:26.360><c> he</c><00:39:26.500><c> says</c>

00:39:26.699 --> 00:39:28.920
this<00:39:26.920><c> is</c><00:39:27.239><c> not</c><00:39:27.480><c> a</c><00:39:27.860><c> theoretical</c><00:39:28.440><c> thing.</c>

00:39:29.239 --> 00:39:31.679
This<00:39:29.380><c> is</c><00:39:29.619><c> not</c><00:39:29.820><c> like,</c><00:39:30.099><c> well,</c><00:39:30.280><c> in</c><00:39:30.619><c> theory</c><00:39:30.940><c> you</c><00:39:31.099><c> could</c><00:39:31.300><c> do</c><00:39:31.500><c> this</c>

00:39:31.679 --> 00:39:33.619
but<00:39:31.820><c> in</c><00:39:32.079><c> practice</c><00:39:32.360><c> you</c><00:39:32.559><c> really</c><00:39:32.860><c> can't.</c>

00:39:33.780 --> 00:39:37.739
This<00:39:34.039><c> is</c><00:39:34.440><c> a</c><00:39:34.760><c> real</c><00:39:35.019><c> thing</c><00:39:35.360><c> that</c><00:39:35.659><c> you</c><00:39:36.019><c> can</c><00:39:36.440><c> do</c><00:39:36.760><c> with</c><00:39:37.000><c> the</c><00:39:37.119><c> help</c><00:39:37.239><c> of</c><00:39:37.440><c> God.</c>

00:39:38.219 --> 00:39:40.219
You<00:39:38.340><c> can</c><00:39:38.539><c> get</c><00:39:38.679><c> that</c><00:39:38.940><c> mind</c><00:39:39.199><c> of</c><00:39:39.340><c> the</c><00:39:39.579><c> Spirit</c><00:39:39.820><c> into</c><00:39:40.019><c> you</c>

00:39:40.219 --> 00:39:43.639
to<00:39:40.400><c> the</c><00:39:40.579><c> point</c><00:39:40.760><c> that</c><00:39:41.059><c> you</c><00:39:41.400><c> can</c><00:39:41.820><c> perfect</c><00:39:42.460><c> the</c><00:39:43.000><c> love</c><00:39:43.119><c> of</c><00:39:43.380><c> God.</c>

00:39:43.840 --> 00:39:45.699
You<00:39:44.059><c> can</c><00:39:44.300><c> be</c><00:39:44.780><c> like</c><00:39:45.219><c> God.</c>

00:39:46.099 --> 00:39:48.219
And<00:39:46.380><c> so</c><00:39:46.679><c> he</c><00:39:46.900><c> leaves</c><00:39:47.159><c> us</c><00:39:47.380><c> with</c><00:39:47.579><c> that</c><00:39:47.840><c> idea</c>

00:39:48.219 --> 00:39:50.079
that<00:39:48.360><c> you</c><00:39:48.579><c> can't</c><00:39:49.000><c> just</c><00:39:49.539><c> talk.</c>

00:39:50.340 --> 00:39:51.760
You<00:39:50.559><c> got</c><00:39:50.800><c> to</c><00:39:51.039><c> walk</c><00:39:51.239><c> the</c><00:39:51.500><c> walk.</c>

00:39:52.159 --> 00:39:53.019
You<00:39:52.460><c> have</c><00:39:52.760><c> to.</c>

00:39:53.019 --> 00:39:55.139
And<00:39:53.320><c> this</c><00:39:53.539><c> is</c><00:39:54.119><c> how</c><00:39:54.320><c> we</c><00:39:54.659><c> know</c>

00:39:55.139 --> 00:39:59.159
that<00:39:55.579><c> we</c><00:39:55.760><c> are</c><00:39:55.980><c> actually</c><00:39:56.460><c> in</c><00:39:56.800><c> him</c><00:39:57.219><c> by</c><00:39:57.760><c> keeping</c><00:39:58.219><c> his</c><00:39:58.699><c> commandments.</c>

00:39:59.239 --> 00:40:00.880
That's<00:39:59.599><c> what</c><00:39:59.780><c> the</c><00:39:59.940><c> love</c><00:40:00.079><c> of</c><00:40:00.280><c> God</c><00:40:00.400><c> should</c><00:40:00.599><c> do.</c>

00:40:01.260 --> 00:40:04.820
So<00:40:01.480><c> he's</c><00:40:01.820><c> using</c><00:40:02.159><c> the</c><00:40:02.480><c> love</c><00:40:02.599><c> of</c><00:40:02.860><c> God</c><00:40:03.219><c> as</c><00:40:03.500><c> a</c><00:40:03.800><c> motivator.</c>

00:40:04.860 --> 00:40:06.780
And<00:40:05.000><c> I</c><00:40:05.239><c> think</c><00:40:05.440><c> the</c><00:40:05.639><c> reason</c><00:40:05.960><c> John</c><00:40:06.219><c> does</c><00:40:06.500><c> that</c>

00:40:06.780 --> 00:40:08.079
is<00:40:06.960><c> because</c><00:40:07.300><c> he</c><00:40:07.500><c> says,</c><00:40:07.940><c> look</c><00:40:07.940><c> at,</c>

00:40:08.280 --> 00:40:10.820
why<00:40:08.300><c> did</c><00:40:08.500><c> God</c><00:40:08.739><c> want</c><00:40:08.940><c> to</c><00:40:09.199><c> save</c><00:40:09.280><c> us</c><00:40:09.480><c> in</c><00:40:09.599><c> the</c><00:40:09.780><c> first</c><00:40:10.019><c> place?</c>

00:40:10.860 --> 00:40:12.119
Because<00:40:11.239><c> he</c><00:40:11.480><c> loves</c><00:40:11.719><c> us.</c>

00:40:12.300 --> 00:40:14.260
That<00:40:12.539><c> is</c><00:40:12.820><c> the</c><00:40:13.059><c> ultimate</c><00:40:13.739><c> motive</c>

00:40:14.260 --> 00:40:17.659
to<00:40:14.900><c> change</c><00:40:15.260><c> your</c><00:40:15.500><c> behaviors</c><00:40:15.860><c> and</c><00:40:16.119><c> do</c><00:40:16.300><c> things</c><00:40:16.619><c> for</c><00:40:16.800><c> other</c><00:40:17.019><c> people.</c>

00:40:18.079 --> 00:40:19.019
That's<00:40:18.320><c> in</c><00:40:18.599><c> 1</c><00:40:18.800><c> John.</c>

00:40:19.260 --> 00:40:21.820
That's<00:40:19.360><c> why</c><00:40:19.480><c> one</c><00:40:19.960><c> of</c><00:40:20.119><c> its</c><00:40:20.280><c> central</c><00:40:20.579><c> themes</c><00:40:20.880><c> is</c><00:40:21.079><c> God</c><00:40:21.300><c> is</c><00:40:21.500><c> love.</c>

00:40:21.820 --> 00:40:24.719
And<00:40:22.380><c> now</c><00:40:22.599><c> he's</c><00:40:22.880><c> going</c><00:40:23.039><c> to</c><00:40:23.059><c> take</c><00:40:23.360><c> that</c><00:40:23.719><c> theme</c><00:40:23.980><c> of</c><00:40:24.139><c> God</c><00:40:24.360><c> is</c><00:40:24.579><c> love</c>

00:40:24.719 --> 00:40:26.179
and<00:40:24.900><c> say,</c><00:40:25.400><c> well,</c><00:40:25.420><c> what</c><00:40:25.599><c> about</c><00:40:25.780><c> us?</c>

00:40:26.679 --> 00:40:28.119
What<00:40:26.780><c> about</c><00:40:27.019><c> all</c><00:40:27.280><c> of</c><00:40:27.420><c> us</c><00:40:27.559><c> that</c><00:40:27.719><c> are</c><00:40:27.920><c> here?</c>

00:40:28.320 --> 00:40:32.340
Are<00:40:28.519><c> we</c><00:40:28.980><c> reflecting</c><00:40:29.559><c> that</c><00:40:30.119><c> love</c><00:40:30.420><c> by</c><00:40:30.699><c> the</c><00:40:30.860><c> way</c><00:40:30.980><c> that</c><00:40:31.179><c> we</c><00:40:31.360><c> live?</c>

00:40:32.360 --> 00:40:34.179
And<00:40:32.460><c> if</c><00:40:32.599><c> we</c><00:40:32.820><c> are,</c><00:40:33.320><c> then</c><00:40:33.440><c> we'll</c><00:40:33.699><c> find</c><00:40:33.920><c> out,</c>

00:40:34.300 --> 00:40:35.780
oh,<00:40:34.380><c> wow,</c><00:40:34.460><c> we</c><00:40:34.639><c> are</c><00:40:34.800><c> trying</c><00:40:34.960><c> to</c><00:40:35.139><c> keep</c><00:40:35.239><c> his</c><00:40:35.440><c> commandments.</c>

00:40:35.860 --> 00:40:38.019
We<00:40:36.000><c> are</c><00:40:36.320><c> trying</c><00:40:36.539><c> to</c><00:40:37.099><c> abide</c><00:40:37.519><c> in</c><00:40:37.800><c> him.</c>

00:40:38.019 --> 00:40:39.860
And<00:40:38.219><c> we</c><00:40:38.400><c> are</c><00:40:38.719><c> trying</c><00:40:38.900><c> to</c><00:40:39.099><c> do</c><00:40:39.219><c> these</c><00:40:39.440><c> things</c>

00:40:39.860 --> 00:40:43.260
because<00:40:40.420><c> the</c><00:40:40.780><c> love</c><00:40:41.000><c> of</c><00:40:41.300><c> God</c><00:40:41.539><c> is</c><00:40:42.000><c> perfected</c><00:40:42.800><c> in</c><00:40:43.019><c> us.</c>

00:40:43.300 --> 00:40:45.159
That's<00:40:43.579><c> what</c><00:40:43.699><c> he's</c><00:40:43.960><c> after</c><00:40:44.219><c> there.</c>

00:40:45.599 --> 00:40:48.739
So<00:40:46.019><c> he</c><00:40:46.380><c> goes</c><00:40:46.559><c> on</c><00:40:46.760><c> to</c><00:40:46.920><c> the</c><00:40:47.000><c> new</c><00:40:47.179><c> commandment</c><00:40:47.679><c> in</c><00:40:47.840><c> verses</c><00:40:48.099><c> 7.</c>

00:40:48.840 --> 00:40:50.960
And<00:40:49.139><c> you</c><00:40:49.320><c> think,</c><00:40:49.500><c> well,</c><00:40:49.639><c> he's</c><00:40:49.840><c> jumping</c><00:40:50.079><c> into</c><00:40:50.340><c> something</c><00:40:50.619><c> else.</c>

00:40:50.960 --> 00:40:53.079
But<00:40:51.519><c> what</c><00:40:51.800><c> is</c><00:40:52.000><c> the</c><00:40:52.159><c> new</c><00:40:52.260><c> commandment?</c>

00:40:53.300 --> 00:40:55.119
What<00:40:53.400><c> is</c><00:40:53.579><c> this</c><00:40:53.760><c> all</c><00:40:53.960><c> going</c><00:40:54.079><c> to</c><00:40:54.159><c> be</c><00:40:54.300><c> about?</c>

00:40:55.539 --> 00:40:55.900
Love.

00:40:56.159 --> 00:40:57.519
It's<00:40:56.539><c> all</c><00:40:56.840><c> about</c><00:40:57.239><c> love.</c>

00:40:57.519 --> 00:40:59.860
He's<00:40:57.860><c> built</c><00:40:58.099><c> this</c><00:40:58.420><c> idea</c><00:40:58.980><c> of</c><00:40:59.280><c> God's</c><00:40:59.739><c> love.</c>

00:41:00.000 --> 00:41:02.000
And<00:41:00.000><c> he's</c><00:41:00.139><c> going</c><00:41:00.179><c> to,</c><00:41:00.519><c> he's</c><00:41:00.739><c> winding</c><00:41:01.019><c> around</c><00:41:01.380><c> that</c><00:41:01.639><c> staircase.</c>

00:41:02.079 --> 00:41:03.500
He's<00:41:02.260><c> coming</c><00:41:02.519><c> back</c><00:41:02.800><c> to</c><00:41:02.920><c> it</c><00:41:03.079><c> again.</c>

00:41:04.000 --> 00:41:05.800
So,<00:41:04.260><c> brethren,</c><00:41:04.500><c> I</c><00:41:04.639><c> write</c><00:41:04.760><c> no</c><00:41:04.960><c> new</c><00:41:05.119><c> commandment</c><00:41:05.500><c> to</c><00:41:05.639><c> you,</c>

00:41:05.840 --> 00:41:08.420
but<00:41:05.980><c> an</c><00:41:06.320><c> old</c><00:41:06.599><c> commandment</c><00:41:07.079><c> which</c><00:41:07.280><c> you</c><00:41:07.519><c> had</c><00:41:07.679><c> from</c><00:41:07.880><c> the</c><00:41:08.079><c> beginning.</c>

00:41:08.900 --> 00:41:11.239
The<00:41:09.039><c> old</c><00:41:09.219><c> commandment</c><00:41:09.559><c> is</c><00:41:09.719><c> the</c><00:41:10.000><c> word</c><00:41:10.340><c> which</c><00:41:10.579><c> you</c><00:41:10.840><c> heard</c><00:41:11.039><c> from</c>

00:41:11.239 --> 00:41:12.280
the<00:41:11.480><c> beginning.</c>

00:41:12.420 --> 00:41:13.380
And<00:41:12.559><c> look</c><00:41:12.679><c> at</c><00:41:12.780><c> verse</c><00:41:13.000><c> 8.</c>

00:41:13.599 --> 00:41:15.739
Again,<00:41:14.420><c> a</c><00:41:14.440><c> new</c><00:41:14.639><c> commandment</c><00:41:15.079><c> I</c><00:41:15.239><c> write</c><00:41:15.340><c> to</c><00:41:15.559><c> you,</c>

00:41:15.780 --> 00:41:17.579
which<00:41:16.019><c> thing</c><00:41:16.199><c> is</c><00:41:16.480><c> true</c><00:41:16.639><c> in</c><00:41:16.760><c> him</c><00:41:17.000><c> and</c><00:41:17.199><c> in</c><00:41:17.380><c> you.</c>

00:41:17.820 --> 00:41:18.760
And<00:41:17.980><c> you</c><00:41:18.059><c> think,</c><00:41:18.380><c> what</c><00:41:18.519><c> a</c><00:41:18.659><c> minute.</c>

00:41:18.760 --> 00:41:20.519
He<00:41:19.019><c> says,</c><00:41:19.460><c> it's</c><00:41:19.679><c> an</c><00:41:19.800><c> old</c><00:41:19.980><c> commandment.</c>

00:41:20.519 --> 00:41:22.239
It's<00:41:21.280><c> not</c><00:41:21.420><c> a</c><00:41:21.539><c> new</c><00:41:21.699><c> commandment.</c>

00:41:22.500 --> 00:41:25.380
And<00:41:22.579><c> now</c><00:41:22.699><c> he</c><00:41:22.760><c> goes</c><00:41:22.900><c> and</c><00:41:23.139><c> says,</c><00:41:23.420><c> well,</c><00:41:23.760><c> it's</c><00:41:23.920><c> a</c><00:41:24.000><c> new</c><00:41:24.139><c> commandment.</c>

00:41:25.500 --> 00:41:27.320
And<00:41:25.659><c> you</c><00:41:25.739><c> wonder,</c><00:41:26.039><c> like,</c><00:41:26.159><c> this</c><00:41:26.260><c> is</c><00:41:26.380><c> the</c><00:41:26.400><c> kind</c><00:41:26.519><c> of</c><00:41:26.619><c> stuff</c><00:41:26.800><c> John</c><00:41:27.079><c> did.</c>

00:41:27.619 --> 00:41:29.519
When<00:41:27.760><c> I</c><00:41:27.840><c> read</c><00:41:27.980><c> through</c><00:41:28.139><c> John,</c><00:41:28.480><c> what's</c><00:41:28.699><c> he</c><00:41:28.920><c> talking</c><00:41:29.139><c> about?</c>

00:41:29.940 --> 00:41:31.460
Which<00:41:30.019><c> thing</c><00:41:30.260><c> is</c><00:41:30.519><c> true</c><00:41:30.679><c> in</c><00:41:30.860><c> heaven</c><00:41:31.119><c> and</c><00:41:31.300><c> you,</c>

00:41:31.619 --> 00:41:33.840
because<00:41:31.880><c> the</c><00:41:32.199><c> darkness</c><00:41:32.619><c> is</c><00:41:32.960><c> passing</c><00:41:33.340><c> away</c>

00:41:33.840 --> 00:41:36.440
and<00:41:34.219><c> the</c><00:41:34.539><c> true</c><00:41:34.739><c> light</c><00:41:35.059><c> is</c><00:41:35.400><c> already</c><00:41:36.000><c> shining.</c>

00:41:36.900 --> 00:41:40.480
See,<00:41:37.340><c> these</c><00:41:37.880><c> brethren</c><00:41:38.219><c> and</c><00:41:38.559><c> sisters</c><00:41:38.880><c> were</c><00:41:39.239><c> already</c><00:41:40.059><c> living</c>

00:41:40.480 --> 00:41:41.139
the<00:41:40.920><c> truth.</c>

00:41:41.460 --> 00:41:42.860
They<00:41:41.659><c> were</c><00:41:41.980><c> abiding</c><00:41:42.420><c> in</c><00:41:42.699><c> God.</c>

00:41:42.920 --> 00:41:45.380
They<00:41:43.079><c> were</c><00:41:43.420><c> revealing</c><00:41:44.000><c> God's</c><00:41:44.519><c> eternal</c><00:41:44.780><c> way</c><00:41:44.960><c> of</c><00:41:45.159><c> life.</c>

00:41:45.639 --> 00:41:48.820
And<00:41:45.900><c> John</c><00:41:46.139><c> is</c><00:41:46.460><c> just</c><00:41:46.900><c> trying</c><00:41:47.239><c> to</c><00:41:47.579><c> keep</c><00:41:47.760><c> them</c><00:41:48.019><c> on</c><00:41:48.300><c> the</c><00:41:48.480><c> pathway.</c>

00:41:48.820 --> 00:41:51.880
I<00:41:49.360><c> really</c><00:41:49.679><c> think</c><00:41:49.900><c> that's</c><00:41:50.400><c> his</c><00:41:50.559><c> motive</c><00:41:50.780><c> right</c><00:41:51.079><c> here.</c>

00:41:51.940 --> 00:41:54.000
He<00:41:51.940><c> who</c><00:41:52.179><c> says</c><00:41:52.340><c> he's</c><00:41:52.559><c> in</c><00:41:52.679><c> the</c><00:41:52.840><c> light</c><00:41:53.019><c> and</c><00:41:53.260><c> hates</c><00:41:53.440><c> his</c><00:41:53.760><c> brother</c>

00:41:54.000 --> 00:41:55.500
is<00:41:54.219><c> in</c><00:41:54.360><c> darkness</c><00:41:54.760><c> until</c><00:41:55.119><c> now.</c>

00:41:55.840 --> 00:41:58.159
He<00:41:56.039><c> who</c><00:41:56.300><c> loves</c><00:41:56.599><c> his</c><00:41:56.920><c> brother</c><00:41:57.179><c> abides</c><00:41:57.639><c> in</c><00:41:57.820><c> the</c><00:41:57.980><c> light</c>

00:41:58.159 --> 00:42:00.619
and<00:41:58.300><c> there</c><00:41:58.500><c> is</c><00:41:58.679><c> no</c><00:41:59.059><c> cause</c><00:41:59.340><c> for</c><00:41:59.659><c> stumbling</c><00:42:00.019><c> in</c><00:42:00.340><c> him.</c>

00:42:00.920 --> 00:42:03.099
But<00:42:01.099><c> he</c><00:42:01.340><c> who</c><00:42:01.519><c> hates</c><00:42:01.800><c> his</c><00:42:02.059><c> brother</c><00:42:02.260><c> is</c><00:42:02.480><c> in</c><00:42:02.679><c> darkness</c>

00:42:03.099 --> 00:42:06.219
and<00:42:03.400><c> walks</c><00:42:03.699><c> in</c><00:42:03.980><c> darkness</c><00:42:04.360><c> and</c><00:42:04.860><c> does</c><00:42:05.159><c> not</c><00:42:05.380><c> know</c><00:42:05.599><c> where</c><00:42:05.719><c> he's</c><00:42:05.980><c> going</c>

00:42:06.219 --> 00:42:08.760
because<00:42:06.539><c> the</c><00:42:06.860><c> darkness</c><00:42:07.219><c> has</c><00:42:07.559><c> blinded</c><00:42:08.059><c> his</c><00:42:08.340><c> eyes.</c>

00:42:09.239 --> 00:42:11.519
So<00:42:09.719><c> this,</c><00:42:10.460><c> not</c><00:42:10.639><c> a</c><00:42:10.780><c> new</c><00:42:10.920><c> commandment.</c>

00:42:11.699 --> 00:42:14.039
It's<00:42:11.880><c> an</c><00:42:11.980><c> old</c><00:42:12.159><c> one,</c><00:42:12.400><c> but</c><00:42:12.719><c> then</c><00:42:12.920><c> again,</c><00:42:13.079><c> it</c><00:42:13.199><c> is</c><00:42:13.380><c> a</c><00:42:13.400><c> new</c><00:42:13.599><c> commandment.</c>

00:42:14.039 --> 00:42:16.059
You<00:42:14.219><c> wonder,</c><00:42:14.539><c> like,</c><00:42:14.679><c> well,</c><00:42:14.739><c> how</c><00:42:14.880><c> does</c><00:42:14.980><c> that</c><00:42:15.260><c> happen?</c>

00:42:16.139 --> 00:42:18.659
And<00:42:16.360><c> I</c><00:42:16.500><c> really</c><00:42:16.760><c> think</c><00:42:16.920><c> that</c><00:42:17.079><c> what</c><00:42:17.159><c> he's</c><00:42:17.440><c> done</c><00:42:17.619><c> is</c><00:42:17.800><c> he</c><00:42:18.000><c> said,</c>

00:42:18.820 --> 00:42:20.980
this<00:42:19.260><c> is</c><00:42:19.500><c> really</c><00:42:19.840><c> an</c><00:42:20.000><c> old</c><00:42:20.159><c> commandment.</c>

00:42:21.460 --> 00:42:23.659
Now,<00:42:21.599><c> how</c><00:42:21.659><c> many</c><00:42:21.840><c> people</c><00:42:22.119><c> read</c><00:42:22.519><c> Richard's</c><00:42:23.159><c> thought</c><00:42:23.280><c> for</c><00:42:23.500><c> this</c>

00:42:23.659 --> 00:42:24.880
week<00:42:23.980><c> online?</c>

00:42:25.019 --> 00:42:26.420
Anybody<00:42:25.219><c> read</c><00:42:25.440><c> that?</c>

00:42:26.980 --> 00:42:29.900
That<00:42:27.420><c> whole</c><00:42:27.800><c> idea</c><00:42:28.260><c> about</c><00:42:28.800><c> the</c><00:42:29.139><c> love,</c><00:42:29.860><c> right?</c>

00:42:29.980 --> 00:42:31.980
And<00:42:30.059><c> maybe</c><00:42:30.159><c> it</c><00:42:30.280><c> was</c><00:42:30.340><c> last</c><00:42:30.599><c> week,</c><00:42:30.820><c> the</c><00:42:30.820><c> one</c><00:42:30.980><c> where</c><00:42:31.420><c> you</c><00:42:31.500><c> went</c><00:42:31.659><c> back</c><00:42:31.880><c> to</c>

00:42:31.980 --> 00:42:32.940
Leviticus<00:42:32.300><c> 19.</c>

00:42:33.119 --> 00:42:35.280
See,<00:42:33.300><c> in</c><00:42:33.420><c> Leviticus</c><00:42:33.800><c> 19,</c><00:42:34.480><c> it's</c><00:42:34.679><c> that</c><00:42:34.960><c> phrase</c>

00:42:35.280 --> 00:42:37.760
that<00:42:35.519><c> you</c><00:42:35.659><c> shall</c><00:42:35.880><c> love</c><00:42:36.300><c> your</c><00:42:36.539><c> neighbor</c><00:42:36.920><c> as</c><00:42:37.320><c> yourself.</c>

00:42:38.099 --> 00:42:40.239
The<00:42:38.219><c> very</c><00:42:38.380><c> one</c><00:42:38.519><c> that</c><00:42:38.699><c> Jesus</c><00:42:39.039><c> pulled</c><00:42:39.360><c> out</c><00:42:39.599><c> of</c><00:42:39.719><c> that</c><00:42:39.860><c> and</c><00:42:40.039><c> said,</c>

00:42:40.519 --> 00:42:41.860
well,<00:42:40.760><c> loving</c><00:42:40.820><c> God</c><00:42:41.119><c> and</c><00:42:41.280><c> loving</c><00:42:41.440><c> your</c><00:42:41.619><c> neighbor,</c>

00:42:42.260 --> 00:42:44.119
the<00:42:42.480><c> whole</c><00:42:43.019><c> truth</c><00:42:43.380><c> hangs</c><00:42:43.699><c> on</c><00:42:43.940><c> that.</c>

00:42:44.179 --> 00:42:45.800
Everything<00:42:44.579><c> hangs</c><00:42:44.920><c> on</c><00:42:45.099><c> those</c><00:42:45.300><c> two</c><00:42:45.500><c> things,</c>

00:42:45.800 --> 00:42:48.460
your<00:42:46.039><c> relationship</c><00:42:46.539><c> with</c><00:42:46.719><c> God</c><00:42:47.099><c> and</c><00:42:47.519><c> your</c><00:42:47.679><c> relationship</c><00:42:48.260><c> with</c>

00:42:48.460 --> 00:42:49.019
each<00:42:48.679><c> other.</c>

00:42:49.360 --> 00:42:52.179
And<00:42:49.519><c> he</c><00:42:49.719><c> pointed</c><00:42:49.940><c> out</c><00:42:50.340><c> in</c><00:42:50.519><c> that</c><00:42:50.719><c> thing</c><00:42:50.880><c> about</c><00:42:51.199><c> loving</c><00:42:51.559><c> your</c><00:42:51.880><c> neighbor.</c>

00:42:52.360 --> 00:42:54.360
It<00:42:52.480><c> wasn't</c><00:42:52.500><c> just</c><00:42:52.820><c> about</c><00:42:53.280><c> speaking</c><00:42:53.719><c> words.</c>

00:42:54.800 --> 00:42:56.840
It<00:42:54.920><c> was</c><00:42:55.079><c> about</c><00:42:55.300><c> actually</c><00:42:55.820><c> doing</c><00:42:56.320><c> things.</c>

00:42:56.920 --> 00:42:59.199
You<00:42:56.980><c> have</c><00:42:57.099><c> to</c><00:42:57.340><c> do</c><00:42:57.599><c> stuff</c><00:42:57.920><c> to</c><00:42:58.099><c> show</c><00:42:58.340><c> that</c><00:42:58.500><c> you</c><00:42:58.639><c> love</c><00:42:58.739><c> your</c><00:42:58.920><c> neighbor.</c>

00:42:59.659 --> 00:43:02.000
So<00:42:59.800><c> when</c><00:42:59.940><c> you're</c><00:43:00.139><c> growing</c><00:43:00.360><c> your</c><00:43:00.739><c> crops</c><00:43:01.059><c> and</c><00:43:01.480><c> you</c><00:43:01.659><c> spend</c><00:43:01.800><c> all</c>

00:43:02.000 --> 00:43:02.559
that<00:43:02.199><c> effort</c>

00:43:02.559 --> 00:43:04.719
and<00:43:02.920><c> all</c><00:43:03.119><c> that</c><00:43:03.400><c> work</c><00:43:03.599><c> and</c><00:43:03.760><c> you've</c><00:43:03.980><c> got</c><00:43:04.079><c> his</c><00:43:04.420><c> field</c>

00:43:04.719 --> 00:43:06.860
and<00:43:05.019><c> you</c><00:43:05.139><c> go</c><00:43:05.239><c> to</c><00:43:05.440><c> reap</c><00:43:05.599><c> the</c><00:43:05.880><c> harvest,</c>

00:43:07.099 --> 00:43:09.599
God<00:43:07.239><c> says</c><00:43:07.460><c> to</c><00:43:07.619><c> leave</c><00:43:07.800><c> the</c><00:43:08.059><c> corners</c><00:43:08.360><c> for</c><00:43:08.579><c> the</c><00:43:08.800><c> poor.</c>

00:43:10.340 --> 00:43:13.039
So<00:43:10.800><c> what's</c><00:43:11.260><c> your</c><00:43:11.400><c> definition</c><00:43:11.880><c> of</c><00:43:12.199><c> corner?</c>

00:43:14.039 --> 00:43:14.480
Right?

00:43:14.880 --> 00:43:16.739
And<00:43:14.920><c> this</c><00:43:15.119><c> is</c><00:43:15.260><c> like</c><00:43:15.460><c> the</c><00:43:15.699><c> fellow</c><00:43:15.860><c> who</c><00:43:16.059><c> said</c><00:43:16.159><c> to</c><00:43:16.320><c> Jesus,</c><00:43:16.679><c> well,</c>

00:43:16.760 --> 00:43:17.440
who's<00:43:16.940><c> my</c><00:43:17.119><c> neighbor?</c>

00:43:17.860 --> 00:43:21.699
See,<00:43:18.179><c> what</c><00:43:18.400><c> we</c><00:43:18.719><c> want</c><00:43:18.880><c> to</c><00:43:19.119><c> do</c><00:43:19.559><c> inside</c><00:43:20.099><c> us</c><00:43:20.400><c> is</c><00:43:20.579><c> we</c><00:43:20.699><c> want</c><00:43:20.940><c> to</c><00:43:21.159><c> narrow</c><00:43:21.360><c> that</c>

00:43:21.699 --> 00:43:22.340
corner<00:43:22.000><c> down</c>

00:43:22.340 --> 00:43:23.860
to<00:43:22.519><c> where</c><00:43:22.679><c> I</c><00:43:22.900><c> won't</c><00:43:23.079><c> leave</c><00:43:23.159><c> very</c><00:43:23.420><c> much</c><00:43:23.559><c> for</c><00:43:23.739><c> them.</c>

00:43:23.880 --> 00:43:25.539
I<00:43:24.000><c> want</c><00:43:24.159><c> to</c><00:43:24.260><c> get</c><00:43:24.320><c> more</c><00:43:24.480><c> for</c><00:43:24.659><c> me.</c>

00:43:25.639 --> 00:43:29.179
And<00:43:26.079><c> what</c><00:43:26.519><c> God</c><00:43:26.820><c> was</c><00:43:27.139><c> hoping</c><00:43:27.539><c> is</c><00:43:28.159><c> that</c><00:43:28.380><c> we</c><00:43:28.539><c> would</c><00:43:28.679><c> learn</c><00:43:28.840><c> to</c><00:43:29.059><c> be</c>

00:43:29.179 --> 00:43:30.639
like<00:43:29.380><c> God,</c><00:43:29.739><c> be</c><00:43:30.019><c> generous,</c>

00:43:31.139 --> 00:43:32.880
leave<00:43:31.280><c> big</c><00:43:31.539><c> corners</c><00:43:31.900><c> out</c><00:43:32.179><c> there</c><00:43:32.300><c> for</c><00:43:32.440><c> the</c><00:43:32.639><c> poor.</c>

00:43:33.340 --> 00:43:35.679
Because<00:43:33.639><c> as</c><00:43:33.980><c> Paul</c><00:43:34.139><c> would</c><00:43:34.380><c> say</c><00:43:34.639><c> in</c><00:43:34.940><c> 2</c><00:43:35.119><c> Corinthians</c><00:43:35.440><c> 8,</c>

00:43:35.800 --> 00:43:39.039
that<00:43:35.980><c> God</c><00:43:36.199><c> is</c><00:43:36.599><c> able</c><00:43:37.000><c> to</c><00:43:37.380><c> replace</c><00:43:37.960><c> anything</c><00:43:38.420><c> you</c><00:43:38.699><c> lose.</c>

00:43:39.340 --> 00:43:41.139
He's<00:43:39.780><c> able</c><00:43:39.960><c> to</c><00:43:40.139><c> give</c><00:43:40.260><c> you</c><00:43:40.400><c> even</c><00:43:40.619><c> more.</c>

00:43:41.139 --> 00:43:44.059
If<00:43:41.900><c> you</c><00:43:42.139><c> have</c><00:43:42.320><c> the</c><00:43:42.539><c> faith</c><00:43:42.699><c> to</c><00:43:43.000><c> believe</c><00:43:43.199><c> that</c><00:43:43.400><c> that's</c><00:43:43.820><c> how</c><00:43:43.940><c> our</c>

00:43:44.059 --> 00:43:44.519
God<00:43:44.219><c> is.</c>

00:43:44.519 --> 00:43:47.340
He's<00:43:44.860><c> generous</c><00:43:45.420><c> and</c><00:43:45.800><c> he</c><00:43:45.960><c> wants</c><00:43:46.139><c> you</c><00:43:46.280><c> to</c><00:43:46.360><c> be</c><00:43:46.519><c> generous,</c><00:43:47.119><c> too.</c>

00:43:47.659 --> 00:43:50.179
So<00:43:47.900><c> I</c><00:43:48.039><c> really</c><00:43:48.380><c> think</c><00:43:48.579><c> that's</c><00:43:48.920><c> why</c><00:43:49.159><c> he</c><00:43:49.320><c> would</c><00:43:49.519><c> call</c><00:43:49.800><c> this,</c>

00:43:50.219 --> 00:43:51.679
well,<00:43:50.380><c> it's</c><00:43:50.559><c> really</c><00:43:50.760><c> an</c><00:43:50.940><c> old</c><00:43:51.099><c> commandment.</c>

00:43:51.880 --> 00:43:56.400
But<00:43:52.099><c> in</c><00:43:52.420><c> a</c><00:43:52.539><c> sense,</c><00:43:52.800><c> it's</c><00:43:53.159><c> new</c><00:43:53.719><c> because</c><00:43:55.019><c> he's</c><00:43:55.920><c> going</c><00:43:56.019><c> to</c><00:43:56.179><c> now</c>

00:43:56.400 --> 00:43:57.599
illustrate<00:43:56.880><c> the</c><00:43:57.099><c> fact</c><00:43:57.320><c> that,</c>

00:43:58.059 --> 00:44:00.480
well,<00:43:58.179><c> this</c><00:43:58.800><c> commandment</c><00:43:59.380><c> of</c><00:43:59.599><c> loving</c><00:43:59.900><c> your</c><00:44:00.159><c> neighbor,</c>

00:44:00.880 --> 00:44:03.800
this<00:44:01.139><c> has</c><00:44:01.460><c> actually</c><00:44:01.860><c> been</c><00:44:02.119><c> illustrated</c><00:44:02.679><c> now</c><00:44:02.960><c> in</c><00:44:03.139><c> a</c><00:44:03.360><c> new</c><00:44:03.539><c> way</c>

00:44:03.800 --> 00:44:07.639
that<00:44:03.960><c> you've</c><00:44:04.199><c> never</c><00:44:04.420><c> seen</c><00:44:04.639><c> before</c><00:44:05.159><c> in</c><00:44:06.019><c> Jesus</c><00:44:06.579><c> Christ.</c>

00:44:07.820 --> 00:44:09.119
What<00:44:07.960><c> does</c><00:44:08.159><c> it</c><00:44:08.300><c> mean</c><00:44:08.400><c> to</c><00:44:08.639><c> love</c><00:44:08.760><c> your</c><00:44:08.960><c> neighbor?</c>

00:44:09.119 --> 00:44:11.280
How<00:44:09.320><c> much</c><00:44:09.559><c> do</c><00:44:09.699><c> you</c><00:44:09.760><c> have</c><00:44:09.960><c> to</c><00:44:10.179><c> give</c><00:44:10.360><c> to</c><00:44:10.559><c> love</c><00:44:10.760><c> one</c><00:44:11.000><c> another?</c>

00:44:11.659 --> 00:44:13.599
What<00:44:11.780><c> do</c><00:44:11.880><c> you</c><00:44:11.880><c> have</c><00:44:12.079><c> to</c><00:44:12.280><c> do</c><00:44:12.559><c> to</c><00:44:12.840><c> love</c><00:44:13.039><c> one</c><00:44:13.300><c> another?</c>

00:44:14.079 --> 00:44:16.039
Got<00:44:14.199><c> to</c><00:44:14.400><c> give</c><00:44:14.519><c> a</c><00:44:14.599><c> little</c><00:44:14.719><c> bit</c><00:44:14.840><c> of</c><00:44:14.980><c> money,</c><00:44:15.559><c> maybe</c><00:44:15.719><c> a</c><00:44:15.739><c> little</c><00:44:15.860><c> bit</c>

00:44:16.039 --> 00:44:16.739
of<00:44:16.260><c> time.</c>

00:44:17.219 --> 00:44:19.400
What<00:44:17.440><c> do</c><00:44:17.519><c> you</c><00:44:17.599><c> got</c><00:44:17.699><c> to</c><00:44:17.820><c> do</c><00:44:17.920><c> to</c><00:44:18.079><c> love</c><00:44:18.300><c> one</c><00:44:18.579><c> another?</c>

00:44:19.440 --> 00:44:22.119
And<00:44:19.679><c> John</c><00:44:19.820><c> is</c><00:44:20.039><c> going</c><00:44:20.179><c> to</c><00:44:20.340><c> pull</c><00:44:20.539><c> on</c><00:44:20.820><c> Jesus</c><00:44:21.199><c> Christ</c><00:44:21.579><c> and</c><00:44:21.880><c> said,</c>

00:44:22.440 --> 00:44:23.699
you<00:44:22.480><c> got</c><00:44:22.659><c> to</c><00:44:22.880><c> walk</c><00:44:23.019><c> like</c><00:44:23.219><c> he</c><00:44:23.500><c> walked.</c>

00:44:23.800 --> 00:44:25.760
You<00:44:23.900><c> have</c><00:44:24.039><c> to</c><00:44:24.239><c> love</c><00:44:24.360><c> one</c><00:44:24.619><c> another</c><00:44:24.880><c> like</c><00:44:25.239><c> he</c><00:44:25.639><c> did.</c>

00:44:26.119 --> 00:44:28.760
That's<00:44:26.559><c> what</c><00:44:26.760><c> day</c><00:44:26.900><c> it's</c><00:44:27.059><c> been</c><00:44:27.300><c> illustrated</c><00:44:27.900><c> in</c><00:44:28.219><c> a</c><00:44:28.300><c> new</c><00:44:28.460><c> way.</c>

00:44:29.139 --> 00:44:30.539
What<00:44:29.360><c> did</c><00:44:29.679><c> Jesus</c><00:44:30.119><c> do?</c>

00:44:31.000 --> 00:44:32.780
John<00:44:31.280><c> recorded</c><00:44:31.820><c> that</c><00:44:32.079><c> in</c><00:44:32.199><c> his</c><00:44:32.440><c> gospel.</c>

00:44:32.940 --> 00:44:36.960
Here<00:44:33.059><c> he</c><00:44:33.159><c> is</c><00:44:33.300><c> getting</c><00:44:33.460><c> ready</c><00:44:33.699><c> to</c><00:44:34.000><c> die</c><00:44:34.460><c> and</c><00:44:34.920><c> he</c><00:44:35.199><c> sees</c><00:44:35.440><c> his</c><00:44:35.699><c> own</c><00:44:36.300><c> disciples,</c>

00:44:36.960 --> 00:44:39.699
his<00:44:37.260><c> apostles</c><00:44:37.840><c> are</c><00:44:38.440><c> all</c><00:44:38.800><c> worried</c><00:44:38.980><c> about</c><00:44:39.179><c> who's</c><00:44:39.380><c> going</c><00:44:39.539><c> to</c><00:44:39.559><c> be</c>

00:44:39.699 --> 00:44:40.539
greatest<00:44:39.980><c> in</c><00:44:40.159><c> the</c><00:44:40.300><c> kingdom.</c>

00:44:40.599 --> 00:44:41.860
They're<00:44:40.840><c> worried</c><00:44:40.920><c> about</c><00:44:41.119><c> themselves.</c>

00:44:42.119 --> 00:44:44.840
And<00:44:42.260><c> he</c><00:44:42.360><c> gets</c><00:44:42.659><c> down</c><00:44:42.900><c> on</c><00:44:43.039><c> the</c><00:44:43.300><c> ground</c><00:44:43.460><c> and</c><00:44:43.619><c> he</c><00:44:43.860><c> washes</c><00:44:44.119><c> their</c><00:44:44.539><c> feet.</c>

00:44:45.159 --> 00:44:48.420
And<00:44:45.260><c> he</c><00:44:45.400><c> says,</c><00:44:45.800><c> look,</c><00:44:46.139><c> this</c><00:44:46.360><c> is</c><00:44:46.679><c> a</c><00:44:46.840><c> new</c><00:44:47.019><c> commandment</c><00:44:47.619><c> I've</c><00:44:47.840><c> left</c><00:44:47.960><c> for</c><00:44:48.199><c> you.</c>

00:44:48.719 --> 00:44:49.780
You<00:44:48.900><c> got</c><00:44:49.059><c> to</c><00:44:49.340><c> serve.</c>

00:44:50.239 --> 00:44:53.579
You<00:44:50.340><c> got</c><00:44:50.440><c> to</c><00:44:50.559><c> be</c><00:44:50.739><c> willing</c><00:44:50.960><c> to</c><00:44:51.340><c> give</c><00:44:51.559><c> your</c><00:44:51.980><c> life</c><00:44:52.360><c> for</c><00:44:52.760><c> your</c><00:44:53.119><c> ecclesia,</c>

00:44:53.699 --> 00:44:55.579
for<00:44:53.880><c> your</c><00:44:54.199><c> family,</c><00:44:54.639><c> for</c><00:44:54.820><c> other</c><00:44:55.139><c> people.</c>

00:44:56.000 --> 00:44:58.199
You<00:44:56.219><c> can't</c><00:44:56.559><c> just</c><00:44:56.800><c> be</c><00:44:57.059><c> focused</c><00:44:57.440><c> on</c><00:44:57.739><c> me.</c>

00:44:58.679 --> 00:44:59.900
It<00:44:58.900><c> doesn't</c><00:44:59.119><c> work</c><00:44:59.400><c> that</c><00:44:59.699><c> way.</c>

00:45:00.139 --> 00:45:02.599
And<00:45:00.360><c> Jesus</c><00:45:00.800><c> is</c><00:45:01.139><c> the</c><00:45:01.420><c> living</c><00:45:01.760><c> proof</c><00:45:02.039><c> of</c><00:45:02.300><c> that.</c>

00:45:02.599 --> 00:45:06.519
He's<00:45:03.400><c> God's</c><00:45:04.000><c> proof</c><00:45:04.179><c> that</c><00:45:04.460><c> this</c><00:45:04.820><c> is</c><00:45:05.079><c> what</c><00:45:05.340><c> eternal</c><00:45:05.900><c> life</c><00:45:06.219><c> is</c>

00:45:06.519 --> 00:45:07.280
really<00:45:06.880><c> like.</c>

00:45:07.739 --> 00:45:10.239
We<00:45:07.980><c> don't</c><00:45:08.219><c> worry</c><00:45:08.579><c> about</c><00:45:08.820><c> ourselves</c><00:45:09.320><c> anymore</c><00:45:09.800><c> so</c><00:45:10.079><c> much.</c>

00:45:10.239 --> 00:45:12.480
We<00:45:10.360><c> don't</c><00:45:10.679><c> focus</c><00:45:11.039><c> on,</c><00:45:11.360><c> well,</c><00:45:11.360><c> what</c><00:45:11.480><c> am</c><00:45:11.619><c> I</c><00:45:11.719><c> going</c><00:45:11.820><c> to</c><00:45:11.940><c> get</c><00:45:12.079><c> done</c><00:45:12.239><c> today?</c>

00:45:12.539 --> 00:45:13.760
What<00:45:12.679><c> am</c><00:45:12.840><c> I</c><00:45:12.940><c> going</c><00:45:13.059><c> to</c><00:45:13.199><c> do</c><00:45:13.320><c> today?</c>

00:45:14.059 --> 00:45:17.059
When<00:45:14.280><c> something</c><00:45:14.659><c> needs</c><00:45:15.059><c> to</c><00:45:15.260><c> get</c><00:45:15.480><c> done,</c><00:45:15.739><c> we</c><00:45:16.019><c> jump</c><00:45:16.300><c> in</c><00:45:16.579><c> and</c><00:45:16.820><c> do</c>

00:45:17.059 --> 00:45:19.679
it<00:45:17.719><c> because</c><00:45:18.119><c> we</c><00:45:18.559><c> love</c><00:45:19.019><c> each</c><00:45:19.360><c> other.</c>

00:45:20.099 --> 00:45:22.199
And<00:45:20.280><c> it</c><00:45:20.380><c> doesn't</c><00:45:20.699><c> mean</c><00:45:20.940><c> it</c><00:45:21.179><c> doesn't</c><00:45:21.400><c> matter</c><00:45:21.559><c> where</c><00:45:21.659><c> they</c><00:45:21.860><c> came</c><00:45:22.039><c> from.</c>

00:45:22.300 --> 00:45:23.619
Is<00:45:22.380><c> it</c><00:45:22.500><c> like</c><00:45:22.679><c> an</c><00:45:22.800><c> ecclesial</c><00:45:23.219><c> member?</c>

00:45:23.820 --> 00:45:24.840
Is<00:45:23.940><c> it</c><00:45:24.099><c> a</c><00:45:24.280><c> family</c><00:45:24.559><c> member?</c>

00:45:24.920 --> 00:45:26.579
Is<00:45:25.019><c> it</c><00:45:25.039><c> one</c><00:45:25.159><c> of</c><00:45:25.260><c> our</c><00:45:25.500><c> kids,</c><00:45:25.840><c> our</c><00:45:26.059><c> grandkids?</c>

00:45:26.920 --> 00:45:28.880
Is<00:45:27.059><c> it</c><00:45:27.179><c> somebody</c><00:45:27.500><c> else's</c><00:45:28.099><c> kids?</c>

00:45:29.059 --> 00:45:30.980
We<00:45:29.480><c> treat</c><00:45:29.800><c> them</c><00:45:30.159><c> all</c><00:45:30.460><c> like</c><00:45:30.780><c> that.</c>

00:45:30.980 --> 00:45:31.840
That's<00:45:31.320><c> the</c><00:45:31.519><c> goal.</c>

00:45:31.840 --> 00:45:37.320
We<00:45:32.119><c> give</c><00:45:32.539><c> our</c><00:45:33.000><c> lives</c><00:45:33.360><c> in</c><00:45:33.739><c> service</c><00:45:34.159><c> to</c><00:45:34.380><c> one</c><00:45:34.579><c> another</c><00:45:34.920><c> like</c><00:45:35.699><c> Jesus</c><00:45:36.380><c> did.</c>

00:45:37.420 --> 00:45:40.639
And<00:45:37.739><c> that's</c><00:45:38.000><c> what</c><00:45:38.119><c> he's</c><00:45:38.380><c> going</c><00:45:38.480><c> to</c><00:45:38.739><c> develop</c><00:45:38.960><c> now</c><00:45:39.260><c> as</c><00:45:39.559><c> this</c><00:45:40.039><c> new,</c><00:45:40.420><c> in</c>

00:45:40.639 --> 00:45:41.639
a<00:45:40.800><c> sense,</c><00:45:41.340><c> commandment.</c>

00:45:41.900 --> 00:45:44.980
So<00:45:42.099><c> that's</c><00:45:42.300><c> why</c><00:45:42.480><c> he</c><00:45:42.659><c> would</c><00:45:42.820><c> say</c><00:45:43.059><c> that</c><00:45:43.260><c> if</c><00:45:43.380><c> you</c><00:45:44.280><c> love</c><00:45:44.480><c> your</c><00:45:44.739><c> brother,</c>

00:45:45.039 --> 00:45:46.760
you<00:45:45.280><c> abide</c><00:45:45.519><c> in</c><00:45:45.699><c> the</c><00:45:45.860><c> light</c><00:45:46.039><c> in</c><00:45:46.219><c> verse</c><00:45:46.480><c> 10.</c>

00:45:46.780 --> 00:45:48.300
And<00:45:46.920><c> there's</c><00:45:47.139><c> no</c><00:45:47.420><c> cause</c><00:45:47.659><c> for</c><00:45:47.920><c> stumbling.</c>

00:45:48.719 --> 00:45:51.619
But<00:45:48.880><c> he</c><00:45:49.139><c> who</c><00:45:49.360><c> hates</c><00:45:49.639><c> his</c><00:45:49.940><c> brother</c><00:45:50.159><c> is</c><00:45:50.380><c> in</c><00:45:50.599><c> darkness</c><00:45:51.039><c> and</c><00:45:51.380><c> walks</c>

00:45:51.619 --> 00:45:52.420
in<00:45:51.960><c> darkness,</c>

00:45:52.539 --> 00:45:54.980
doesn't<00:45:52.820><c> know</c><00:45:53.000><c> where</c><00:45:53.079><c> he's</c><00:45:53.360><c> going</c><00:45:53.659><c> because</c><00:45:54.219><c> the</c><00:45:54.599><c> darkness</c>

00:45:54.980 --> 00:45:56.860
has<00:45:55.300><c> blinded</c><00:45:55.820><c> their</c><00:45:56.039><c> eyes.</c>

00:45:56.920 --> 00:45:58.440
You<00:45:57.239><c> look</c><00:45:57.480><c> at</c><00:45:57.639><c> how...</c>

00:46:12.719 --> 00:46:13.719
50<00:46:13.320><c>-50.</c>

00:46:13.880 --> 00:46:14.460
Is<00:46:13.980><c> it</c><00:46:14.159><c> off?</c>

00:46:14.940 --> 00:46:15.199
No.

00:46:15.300 --> 00:46:16.239
Thank<00:46:15.440><c> you.</c>

00:46:17.059 --> 00:46:17.960
Thanks.

00:46:22.280 --> 00:46:24.300
Let<00:46:22.880><c> me</c><00:46:23.480><c> know.</c>

00:46:24.420 --> 00:46:25.699
Brad<00:46:24.539><c> will</c><00:46:24.699><c> fix</c><00:46:24.900><c> that.</c>

00:46:26.260 --> 00:46:28.780
So<00:46:26.659><c> it's</c><00:46:27.059><c> not</c><00:46:27.320><c> a</c><00:46:27.539><c> 50</c><00:46:27.840><c>-50</c><00:46:28.119><c> relationship.</c>

00:46:29.239 --> 00:46:30.340
It's<00:46:29.639><c> a</c><00:46:29.780><c> give</c><00:46:29.980><c>-all.</c>

00:46:30.579 --> 00:46:32.519
That's<00:46:30.860><c> what</c><00:46:31.019><c> it's</c><00:46:31.280><c> about</c><00:46:31.460><c> if</c><00:46:31.579><c> you</c><00:46:31.699><c> want</c><00:46:31.860><c> it</c><00:46:32.000><c> to</c><00:46:32.199><c> work.</c>

00:46:32.880 --> 00:46:34.719
We<00:46:33.019><c> don't</c><00:46:33.179><c> sit</c><00:46:33.380><c> there</c><00:46:33.579><c> and</c><00:46:33.639><c> try</c><00:46:33.800><c> to</c><00:46:33.980><c> figure</c><00:46:34.139><c> out,</c><00:46:34.380><c> well,</c><00:46:34.380><c> that's</c><00:46:34.539><c> not</c>

00:46:34.719 --> 00:46:35.800
my<00:46:34.940><c> job.</c>

00:46:36.019 --> 00:46:39.079
You<00:46:36.199><c> watch</c><00:46:36.500><c> culturally</c><00:46:37.320><c> how</c><00:46:37.699><c> I</c><00:46:37.800><c> used</c><00:46:37.980><c> to</c><00:46:38.139><c> watch</c><00:46:38.320><c> people</c><00:46:38.599><c> growing</c><00:46:38.820><c> up</c><00:46:39.019><c> in</c>

00:46:39.079 --> 00:46:39.579
our<00:46:39.280><c> country,</c>

00:46:39.980 --> 00:46:42.260
how<00:46:40.079><c> when</c><00:46:40.239><c> we</c><00:46:40.360><c> have</c><00:46:40.539><c> children</c><00:46:41.079><c> and</c><00:46:41.539><c> people...</c>

00:46:42.360 --> 00:46:44.699
We<00:46:42.539><c> have</c><00:46:42.659><c> one</c><00:46:42.800><c> of</c><00:46:42.900><c> our</c><00:46:43.079><c> kids</c><00:46:43.320><c> and</c><00:46:43.539><c> the</c><00:46:43.679><c> diaper</c><00:46:43.860><c> needs</c><00:46:44.079><c> to</c><00:46:44.199><c> be</c><00:46:44.380><c> changed.</c>

00:46:45.039 --> 00:46:47.099
And<00:46:45.179><c> people</c><00:46:45.360><c> look</c><00:46:45.579><c> at,</c><00:46:45.719><c> well,</c><00:46:46.139><c> are</c><00:46:46.300><c> you</c><00:46:46.380><c> going</c><00:46:46.460><c> to</c><00:46:46.519><c> do</c><00:46:46.699><c> that?</c>

00:46:47.380 --> 00:46:50.039
And<00:46:47.519><c> it's</c><00:46:47.659><c> like</c><00:46:47.880><c> these</c><00:46:48.039><c> guys</c><00:46:48.360><c> look</c><00:46:48.599><c> at</c><00:46:48.719><c> me</c><00:46:48.840><c> like,</c><00:46:49.159><c> you</c><00:46:49.380><c> changed</c><00:46:49.619><c> diapers?</c>

00:46:50.219 --> 00:46:51.179
And<00:46:50.380><c> it's</c><00:46:50.619><c> like,</c><00:46:50.820><c> what?</c>

00:46:51.559 --> 00:46:53.840
It's<00:46:51.960><c> like,</c><00:46:52.579><c> well,</c><00:46:52.760><c> don't</c><00:46:52.980><c> you?</c>

00:46:53.980 --> 00:46:56.079
And<00:46:54.460><c> see,</c><00:46:54.860><c> we</c><00:46:55.000><c> have</c><00:46:55.239><c> jobs</c><00:46:55.519><c> like</c><00:46:55.840><c> that.</c>

00:46:56.119 --> 00:46:58.360
Are<00:46:56.320><c> you</c><00:46:56.460><c> willing</c><00:46:56.599><c> to</c><00:46:56.820><c> help</c><00:46:56.980><c> clean</c><00:46:57.159><c> the</c><00:46:57.400><c> house?</c>

00:46:58.760 --> 00:47:02.699
And<00:46:59.239><c> for</c><00:46:59.719><c> all</c><00:47:00.000><c> of</c><00:47:00.139><c> us,</c><00:47:00.519><c> this</c><00:47:00.860><c> is</c><00:47:01.139><c> what</c><00:47:01.400><c> our</c><00:47:01.719><c> life</c><00:47:01.920><c> is</c><00:47:02.219><c> like</c><00:47:02.440><c> now.</c>

00:47:02.699 --> 00:47:05.699
We<00:47:02.940><c> have</c><00:47:03.260><c> been</c><00:47:03.519><c> bought</c><00:47:03.659><c> with</c><00:47:03.880><c> a</c><00:47:04.119><c> price</c><00:47:04.400><c> and</c><00:47:04.780><c> we</c><00:47:04.980><c> are</c><00:47:05.219><c> aiming</c><00:47:05.500><c> at</c>

00:47:05.699 --> 00:47:06.639
this<00:47:05.900><c> eternal</c><00:47:06.300><c> life</c>

00:47:06.639 --> 00:47:09.960
that<00:47:06.860><c> Christ</c><00:47:07.260><c> has</c><00:47:07.519><c> illustrated</c><00:47:08.139><c> where</c><00:47:08.719><c> we</c><00:47:08.920><c> are</c><00:47:09.219><c> willing</c><00:47:09.500><c> to</c>

00:47:09.960 --> 00:47:11.900
serve<00:47:10.360><c> one</c><00:47:10.639><c> another</c><00:47:10.960><c> in</c><00:47:11.519><c> love</c>

00:47:11.900 --> 00:47:13.880
because<00:47:12.480><c> we</c><00:47:12.860><c> love</c><00:47:13.059><c> all</c><00:47:13.280><c> these</c><00:47:13.519><c> people.</c>

00:47:14.159 --> 00:47:16.300
And<00:47:14.320><c> when</c><00:47:14.440><c> something</c><00:47:14.679><c> needs</c><00:47:14.960><c> to</c><00:47:15.099><c> be</c><00:47:15.260><c> done</c><00:47:15.380><c> in</c><00:47:15.559><c> a</c><00:47:15.739><c> collegial</c><00:47:15.980><c> life,</c>

00:47:16.679 --> 00:47:18.699
you<00:47:16.840><c> look</c><00:47:17.099><c> at</c><00:47:17.280><c> like</c><00:47:17.440><c> on</c><00:47:17.679><c> Sundays</c><00:47:17.920><c> when</c><00:47:18.119><c> people</c><00:47:18.320><c> are</c><00:47:18.539><c> taking</c>

00:47:18.699 --> 00:47:19.400
snacks<00:47:19.019><c> over</c><00:47:19.280><c> there,</c>

00:47:19.420 --> 00:47:21.739
one<00:47:19.539><c> of</c><00:47:19.659><c> the</c><00:47:19.760><c> kids</c><00:47:19.880><c> grabs</c><00:47:20.219><c> a</c><00:47:20.400><c> plate</c><00:47:20.500><c> of</c><00:47:20.739><c> snack</c><00:47:20.980><c> and</c><00:47:21.280><c> they're</c><00:47:21.440><c> going</c><00:47:21.559><c> to</c>

00:47:21.739 --> 00:47:22.079
carry<00:47:21.880><c> it</c>

00:47:22.079 --> 00:47:23.219
and<00:47:22.139><c> it</c><00:47:22.260><c> all</c><00:47:22.420><c> falls</c><00:47:22.579><c> on</c><00:47:22.780><c> the</c><00:47:22.940><c> ground.</c>

00:47:23.340 --> 00:47:25.699
And<00:47:23.699><c> everybody</c><00:47:24.019><c> stands</c><00:47:24.360><c> there</c><00:47:24.579><c> and</c><00:47:24.719><c> watches,</c><00:47:25.159><c> well,</c><00:47:25.380><c> who's</c>

00:47:25.699 --> 00:47:26.579
going<00:47:25.860><c> to</c><00:47:26.039><c> clean</c><00:47:26.139><c> it</c><00:47:26.400><c> up?</c>

00:47:27.019 --> 00:47:29.500
You<00:47:27.079><c> know,</c><00:47:27.460><c> it's</c><00:47:27.579><c> like</c><00:47:27.739><c> we</c><00:47:27.920><c> can</c><00:47:28.239><c> all</c><00:47:28.519><c> jump</c><00:47:28.800><c> in</c><00:47:29.000><c> there</c><00:47:29.139><c> and</c><00:47:29.280><c> do</c>

00:47:29.500 --> 00:47:30.579
it,<00:47:29.820><c> brethren</c><00:47:29.960><c> and</c><00:47:30.179><c> sisters.</c>

00:47:30.900 --> 00:47:34.940
And<00:47:31.119><c> that's</c><00:47:31.440><c> what</c><00:47:31.599><c> you</c><00:47:31.880><c> do</c><00:47:32.239><c> when</c><00:47:32.500><c> you</c><00:47:32.940><c> love</c><00:47:33.420><c> one</c><00:47:34.000><c> another.</c>

00:47:35.059 --> 00:47:36.860
It<00:47:35.260><c> doesn't</c><00:47:35.500><c> mean</c><00:47:35.719><c> you</c><00:47:35.900><c> enable</c><00:47:36.360><c> people,</c>

00:47:36.940 --> 00:47:40.099
but<00:47:37.079><c> it</c><00:47:37.380><c> means</c><00:47:37.619><c> you're</c><00:47:37.880><c> willing</c><00:47:38.139><c> to</c><00:47:38.539><c> jump</c><00:47:38.820><c> in</c><00:47:39.139><c> and</c><00:47:39.440><c> help</c><00:47:39.659><c> out</c>

00:47:40.099 --> 00:47:41.280
whatever<00:47:40.820><c> it</c><00:47:41.059><c> is,</c>

00:47:41.320 --> 00:47:44.099
the<00:47:41.579><c> dishes</c><00:47:41.820><c> at</c><00:47:42.059><c> home,</c><00:47:42.719><c> you</c><00:47:42.780><c> know,</c><00:47:43.019><c> all</c><00:47:43.280><c> those</c><00:47:43.539><c> different</c><00:47:43.760><c> things.</c>

00:47:44.139 --> 00:47:47.260
We<00:47:44.300><c> are</c><00:47:44.559><c> willing</c><00:47:44.780><c> to</c><00:47:45.119><c> help</c><00:47:45.300><c> out</c><00:47:45.900><c> in</c><00:47:46.119><c> a</c><00:47:46.280><c> collegial</c><00:47:46.599><c> life</c><00:47:46.820><c> and</c><00:47:47.019><c> in</c>

00:47:47.260 --> 00:47:47.880
family<00:47:47.539><c> life</c>

00:47:47.880 --> 00:47:51.059
because<00:47:48.239><c> that's</c><00:47:48.960><c> the</c><00:47:49.159><c> example</c><00:47:49.619><c> that</c><00:47:49.880><c> Jesus</c><00:47:50.320><c> left</c><00:47:50.619><c> for</c><00:47:50.860><c> us.</c>

00:47:51.059 --> 00:47:53.619
That's<00:47:51.800><c> what</c><00:47:52.019><c> serving</c><00:47:52.360><c> one</c><00:47:52.639><c> another</c><00:47:52.860><c> is</c><00:47:53.079><c> all</c><00:47:53.320><c> about.</c>

00:47:53.960 --> 00:47:57.079
That's<00:47:54.380><c> what</c><00:47:54.559><c> living</c><00:47:54.940><c> eternal</c><00:47:55.460><c> life</c><00:47:55.840><c> is</c><00:47:56.179><c> really</c><00:47:56.519><c> all</c><00:47:56.780><c> about.</c>

00:47:57.559 --> 00:48:00.360
So<00:47:57.860><c> I</c><00:47:58.039><c> think</c><00:47:58.300><c> that's</c><00:47:58.539><c> what</c><00:47:58.659><c> he's</c><00:47:58.840><c> getting</c><00:47:59.059><c> at</c><00:47:59.280><c> with</c><00:47:59.440><c> this</c><00:47:59.639><c> new</c><00:47:59.820><c> commandment.</c>

00:48:00.539 --> 00:48:03.019
It's<00:48:00.760><c> a,</c><00:48:00.900><c> he's</c><00:48:01.179><c> actually</c><00:48:01.500><c> basing</c><00:48:01.880><c> it</c><00:48:02.019><c> off</c><00:48:02.139><c> the</c><00:48:02.380><c> fact</c><00:48:02.559><c> that</c>

00:48:03.019 --> 00:48:03.539
it's<00:48:03.420><c> built,</c>

00:48:03.599 --> 00:48:06.599
it's<00:48:03.880><c> based</c><00:48:04.079><c> off</c><00:48:04.380><c> of</c><00:48:04.599><c> John</c><00:48:04.760><c> 15</c><00:48:05.219><c> right</c><00:48:05.480><c> there</c><00:48:05.719><c> that</c><00:48:05.940><c> Jesus</c><00:48:06.320><c> said,</c>

00:48:07.000 --> 00:48:08.900
well,<00:48:07.199><c> I'm</c><00:48:07.460><c> giving</c><00:48:07.599><c> you</c><00:48:07.760><c> this</c><00:48:07.980><c> new</c><00:48:08.179><c> commandment</c><00:48:08.559><c> that</c><00:48:08.719><c> you</c>

00:48:08.900 --> 00:48:09.659
love<00:48:09.079><c> one</c><00:48:09.340><c> another</c>

00:48:09.659 --> 00:48:14.119
as<00:48:10.199><c> I</c><00:48:10.699><c> have</c><00:48:10.940><c> loved</c><00:48:11.219><c> you</c><00:48:11.579><c> and</c><00:48:12.219><c> greater</c><00:48:12.500><c> love</c><00:48:12.780><c> has</c><00:48:13.119><c> no</c><00:48:13.400><c> man</c><00:48:13.619><c> than</c><00:48:13.860><c> this,</c>

00:48:14.199 --> 00:48:16.619
that<00:48:14.360><c> he</c><00:48:14.599><c> laid</c><00:48:14.960><c> down</c><00:48:15.300><c> his</c><00:48:15.599><c> life</c><00:48:15.800><c> for</c><00:48:16.019><c> his</c><00:48:16.300><c> friends.</c>

00:48:16.619 --> 00:48:18.179
This<00:48:17.260><c> is</c><00:48:17.460><c> Eric.</c>

00:48:18.599 --> 00:48:22.679
Yeah,<00:48:19.579><c> you</c><00:48:19.920><c> were</c><00:48:20.059><c> saying</c><00:48:20.320><c> it's</c><00:48:20.679><c> not</c><00:48:20.860><c> that</c><00:48:21.239><c> we</c><00:48:21.800><c> enable</c><00:48:22.219><c> people</c>

00:48:22.679 --> 00:48:25.760
because<00:48:22.940><c> sometimes</c><00:48:23.659><c> you</c><00:48:24.719><c> withhold</c><00:48:25.239><c> something</c>

00:48:25.760 --> 00:48:28.059
because<00:48:26.280><c> you</c><00:48:26.500><c> know</c><00:48:26.619><c> it's</c><00:48:26.840><c> better</c><00:48:27.099><c> for</c><00:48:27.400><c> them,</c><00:48:27.639><c> right?</c>

00:48:28.400 --> 00:48:31.579
So<00:48:28.500><c> it's</c><00:48:28.659><c> really,</c><00:48:29.420><c> it's</c><00:48:29.719><c> not</c><00:48:30.019><c> about</c><00:48:30.360><c> the</c><00:48:30.719><c> thing</c><00:48:30.960><c> you</c><00:48:31.199><c> do,</c>

00:48:31.820 --> 00:48:33.579
it's<00:48:32.079><c> about</c><00:48:32.239><c> the</c><00:48:32.480><c> motivation</c><00:48:32.960><c> behind</c><00:48:33.400><c> it.</c>

00:48:33.619 --> 00:48:35.559
Is<00:48:33.760><c> your</c><00:48:33.940><c> motivation</c><00:48:34.559><c> to</c><00:48:34.920><c> love</c><00:48:35.159><c> them?</c>

00:48:36.039 --> 00:48:38.239
Then<00:48:36.480><c> it's</c><00:48:37.239><c> pick</c><00:48:37.420><c> that</c><00:48:37.619><c> up</c><00:48:37.739><c> for</c><00:48:37.960><c> them.</c>

00:48:38.320 --> 00:48:41.159
And<00:48:38.519><c> sometimes</c><00:48:39.000><c> it's,</c><00:48:39.900><c> I'm</c><00:48:39.940><c> not</c><00:48:40.119><c> picking</c><00:48:40.340><c> that</c><00:48:40.519><c> up</c><00:48:40.639><c> for</c><00:48:40.880><c> you</c>

00:48:41.159 --> 00:48:45.519
because<00:48:41.760><c> in</c><00:48:42.659><c> my</c><00:48:42.940><c> best</c><00:48:43.239><c> judgment,</c><00:48:43.840><c> that's</c><00:48:44.179><c> me</c><00:48:44.380><c> loving</c><00:48:44.619><c> you</c><00:48:44.960><c> is</c><00:48:45.199><c> saying,</c>

00:48:45.519 --> 00:48:47.400
you<00:48:46.079><c> need</c><00:48:46.239><c> to</c><00:48:46.340><c> pick</c><00:48:46.519><c> that</c><00:48:46.780><c> up,</c><00:48:46.980><c> right?</c>

00:48:47.460 --> 00:48:50.239
So<00:48:47.719><c> it's</c><00:48:48.000><c> really</c><00:48:48.179><c> about</c><00:48:48.360><c> the</c><00:48:48.539><c> motivation,</c><00:48:48.920><c> isn't</c><00:48:49.099><c> it,</c><00:48:49.320><c> behind</c><00:48:49.519><c> it?</c>

00:48:51.559 --> 00:48:53.840
Hopefully<00:48:52.000><c> we're</c><00:48:52.199><c> not</c><00:48:52.420><c> all</c><00:48:52.739><c> tough</c><00:48:52.960><c> lovers</c><00:48:53.239><c> at</c><00:48:53.440><c> that</c><00:48:53.659><c> point.</c>

00:48:53.880 --> 00:48:55.760
Somebody<00:48:54.159><c> needs</c><00:48:54.460><c> to</c><00:48:54.559><c> get</c><00:48:54.679><c> down</c><00:48:54.880><c> there</c><00:48:55.019><c> and</c><00:48:55.119><c> help</c><00:48:55.300><c> out</c><00:48:55.500><c> if</c><00:48:55.579><c> the</c>

00:48:55.760 --> 00:48:56.820
person<00:48:55.960><c> can.</c>

00:48:56.860 --> 00:48:59.659
But<00:48:56.900><c> I</c><00:48:58.300><c> do</c><00:48:58.519><c> know</c><00:48:58.659><c> that's</c><00:48:58.940><c> a</c><00:48:59.039><c> problem</c><00:48:59.199><c> with</c><00:48:59.400><c> kids</c>

00:48:59.659 --> 00:49:01.260
that<00:48:59.880><c> we</c><00:49:00.019><c> don't</c><00:49:00.199><c> want</c><00:49:00.300><c> to</c><00:49:00.380><c> be</c><00:49:00.519><c> enablers,</c><00:49:00.980><c> right?</c>

00:49:01.280 --> 00:49:03.960
We<00:49:01.539><c> want</c><00:49:01.960><c> responsibilities</c><00:49:02.780><c> and</c><00:49:03.000><c> we</c><00:49:03.099><c> want</c><00:49:03.360><c> accountability,</c>

00:49:03.960 --> 00:49:04.539
we<00:49:04.219><c> do.</c>

00:49:04.800 --> 00:49:07.800
But<00:49:05.000><c> at</c><00:49:05.179><c> the</c><00:49:05.340><c> same</c><00:49:05.579><c> time,</c><00:49:05.940><c> we</c><00:49:06.119><c> can</c><00:49:06.280><c> do</c><00:49:06.460><c> a</c><00:49:06.639><c> lot</c><00:49:06.800><c> more</c><00:49:07.019><c> in</c><00:49:07.159><c> a</c><00:49:07.260><c> collegial</c><00:49:07.559><c> life</c>

00:49:07.800 --> 00:49:11.019
and<00:49:08.000><c> family</c><00:49:08.400><c> life</c><00:49:08.679><c> if</c><00:49:09.099><c> we</c><00:49:09.360><c> had</c><00:49:09.539><c> an</c><00:49:09.880><c> attitude</c><00:49:10.260><c> like</c><00:49:10.579><c> Jesus</c>

00:49:11.019 --> 00:49:14.280
that<00:49:11.159><c> you're</c><00:49:11.380><c> willing</c><00:49:11.559><c> to</c><00:49:11.900><c> jump</c><00:49:12.179><c> in</c><00:49:12.400><c> and</c><00:49:12.659><c> help</c><00:49:13.139><c> whenever</c><00:49:13.599><c> you</c><00:49:13.920><c> can,</c>

00:49:14.280 --> 00:49:15.920
but<00:49:14.579><c> not</c><00:49:14.920><c> become</c><00:49:15.260><c> an</c><00:49:15.539><c> enabler.</c>

00:49:16.340 --> 00:49:18.960
So<00:49:16.679><c> that's</c><00:49:17.179><c> John's</c><00:49:17.579><c> test</c><00:49:17.719><c> for</c><00:49:17.980><c> us,</c><00:49:18.280><c> is</c><00:49:18.440><c> that</c><00:49:18.579><c> in</c><00:49:18.780><c> the</c><00:49:18.820><c> end,</c>

00:49:18.980 --> 00:49:20.719
are<00:49:19.159><c> we</c><00:49:19.340><c> really</c><00:49:19.579><c> walking</c><00:49:19.840><c> like</c><00:49:20.099><c> Jesus</c><00:49:20.440><c> walked?</c>

00:49:20.820 --> 00:49:22.780
Do<00:49:21.019><c> we</c><00:49:21.179><c> love</c><00:49:21.360><c> one</c><00:49:21.579><c> another</c><00:49:21.840><c> like</c><00:49:22.079><c> Jesus</c><00:49:22.480><c> does?</c>

00:49:22.900 --> 00:49:24.860
Would<00:49:23.099><c> we</c><00:49:23.320><c> lay</c><00:49:23.480><c> down</c><00:49:23.679><c> our</c><00:49:23.920><c> lives</c><00:49:24.219><c> for</c><00:49:24.400><c> each</c><00:49:24.599><c> other?</c>

00:49:25.159 --> 00:49:26.900
That<00:49:25.400><c> I</c><00:49:25.659><c> think</c><00:49:25.860><c> is</c><00:49:26.159><c> his</c><00:49:26.320><c> new</c><00:49:26.500><c> commandment.</c>

00:49:26.960 --> 00:49:28.119
That's<00:49:27.179><c> what</c><00:49:27.280><c> he's</c><00:49:27.420><c> really</c><00:49:27.679><c> getting</c><00:49:27.820><c> at.</c>

00:49:28.360 --> 00:49:30.840
Helping<00:49:28.780><c> other</c><00:49:29.099><c> people,</c><00:49:29.960><c> laying</c><00:49:30.199><c> down</c><00:49:30.440><c> your</c><00:49:30.659><c> life,</c>

00:49:30.980 --> 00:49:32.880
giving<00:49:31.119><c> up</c><00:49:31.300><c> what</c><00:49:31.460><c> you</c><00:49:31.659><c> want</c><00:49:31.760><c> to</c><00:49:31.920><c> do</c><00:49:32.119><c> on</c><00:49:32.320><c> a</c><00:49:32.460><c> given</c><00:49:32.579><c> day</c>

00:49:32.880 --> 00:49:34.679
and<00:49:33.000><c> realize,</c><00:49:33.579><c> well,</c><00:49:33.820><c> somebody</c><00:49:34.099><c> needs</c><00:49:34.360><c> something</c>

00:49:34.679 --> 00:49:36.559
and<00:49:34.900><c> you</c><00:49:35.079><c> got</c><00:49:35.199><c> to</c><00:49:35.320><c> get</c><00:49:35.460><c> involved</c><00:49:35.800><c> and</c><00:49:36.000><c> help</c><00:49:36.139><c> them</c><00:49:36.320><c> out.</c>

00:49:36.780 --> 00:49:38.440
That's<00:49:37.119><c> what</c><00:49:37.280><c> people</c><00:49:37.579><c> do.</c>

00:49:38.760 --> 00:49:42.280
So<00:49:39.079><c> this</c><00:49:39.360><c> section</c><00:49:39.559><c> in</c><00:49:39.820><c> John</c><00:49:40.039><c> 2,</c><00:49:40.659><c> in</c><00:49:40.780><c> 1</c><00:49:40.960><c> John</c><00:49:41.039><c> 2,</c><00:49:41.320><c> verse</c><00:49:41.539><c> 12</c><00:49:41.780><c> and</c><00:49:41.920><c> 14,</c>

00:49:42.480 --> 00:49:44.179
I've<00:49:42.739><c> puzzled</c><00:49:43.159><c> at</c><00:49:43.260><c> this</c><00:49:43.420><c> one</c><00:49:43.519><c> for</c><00:49:43.699><c> a</c><00:49:43.760><c> long</c><00:49:43.940><c> time</c>

00:49:44.619 --> 00:49:47.079
all<00:49:45.059><c> of</c><00:49:45.199><c> a</c><00:49:45.199><c> sudden</c><00:49:45.340><c> stops</c><00:49:45.820><c> and</c><00:49:46.380><c> he</c><00:49:46.539><c> says,</c>

00:49:47.400 --> 00:49:50.360
all<00:49:47.420><c> right,</c><00:49:48.019><c> I</c><00:49:48.119><c> write</c><00:49:48.519><c> to</c><00:49:48.860><c> you,</c><00:49:49.340><c> little</c><00:49:49.440><c> children,</c>

00:49:50.480 --> 00:49:51.760
because<00:49:50.760><c> your</c><00:49:51.019><c> sins</c><00:49:51.179><c> are</c><00:49:51.480><c> forgiven.</c>

00:49:51.980 --> 00:49:53.480
And<00:49:52.199><c> I</c><00:49:52.300><c> think</c><00:49:52.500><c> what</c><00:49:52.780><c> he</c><00:49:52.940><c> means</c><00:49:53.139><c> right</c><00:49:53.360><c> there,</c>

00:49:53.519 --> 00:49:54.760
I'm<00:49:53.699><c> writing</c><00:49:53.900><c> what</c><00:49:54.179><c> follows</c><00:49:54.500><c> now</c>

00:49:54.760 --> 00:49:56.219
because<00:49:54.900><c> that's</c><00:49:55.179><c> actually</c><00:49:55.400><c> in</c><00:49:55.559><c> the</c><00:49:55.699><c> present</c><00:49:55.880><c> tense.</c>

00:49:56.599 --> 00:49:58.480
And<00:49:56.739><c> the</c><00:49:56.860><c> little</c><00:49:57.119><c> children,</c><00:49:57.500><c> when</c><00:49:57.619><c> he</c><00:49:57.800><c> uses</c><00:49:57.980><c> that</c><00:49:58.280><c> phrase,</c>

00:49:58.500 --> 00:49:59.619
it<00:49:58.679><c> usually</c><00:49:58.920><c> means</c><00:49:59.139><c> everybody.</c>

00:50:00.099 --> 00:50:01.860
So<00:50:00.239><c> he's</c><00:50:00.420><c> writing</c><00:50:00.579><c> to</c><00:50:00.920><c> everybody,</c><00:50:01.480><c> all</c><00:50:01.699><c> right,</c>

00:50:01.980 --> 00:50:05.480
because<00:50:02.260><c> your</c><00:50:02.659><c> sins</c><00:50:02.940><c> are</c><00:50:03.360><c> forgiven</c><00:50:03.920><c> for</c><00:50:04.619><c> his</c><00:50:04.920><c> name's</c><00:50:05.300><c> sake.</c>

00:50:05.699 --> 00:50:06.900
There's<00:50:06.000><c> God's</c><00:50:06.420><c> mercy</c><00:50:06.659><c> again.</c>

00:50:06.920 --> 00:50:10.159
There<00:50:07.179><c> is</c><00:50:07.619><c> the</c><00:50:07.900><c> propitiation,</c><00:50:08.719><c> the</c><00:50:08.960><c> place</c><00:50:09.139><c> of</c><00:50:09.340><c> mercy.</c>

00:50:10.179 --> 00:50:12.519
I<00:50:10.320><c> write</c><00:50:10.539><c> to</c><00:50:10.719><c> you</c><00:50:10.880><c> fathers,</c><00:50:11.360><c> that</c><00:50:11.559><c> would</c><00:50:11.679><c> be</c><00:50:11.800><c> the</c><00:50:11.980><c> older</c><00:50:12.179><c> ones,</c>

00:50:12.519 --> 00:50:15.340
because<00:50:12.880><c> you</c><00:50:13.039><c> have</c><00:50:13.300><c> known</c><00:50:13.519><c> him</c><00:50:13.800><c> who</c><00:50:14.000><c> is</c><00:50:14.139><c> from</c><00:50:14.300><c> the</c><00:50:14.480><c> beginning.</c>

00:50:15.460 --> 00:50:16.440
I<00:50:15.539><c> write</c><00:50:15.699><c> to</c><00:50:15.920><c> you</c><00:50:16.059><c> young</c><00:50:16.260><c> men</c>

00:50:16.440 --> 00:50:18.320
because<00:50:16.739><c> you</c><00:50:16.920><c> have</c><00:50:17.139><c> overcome</c><00:50:17.500><c> the</c><00:50:17.780><c> wicked</c><00:50:17.980><c> one.</c>

00:50:18.440 --> 00:50:19.699
That's<00:50:18.920><c> the</c><00:50:19.019><c> young</c><00:50:19.179><c> people.</c>

00:50:20.039 --> 00:50:22.579
You<00:50:20.300><c> see</c><00:50:20.480><c> how</c><00:50:20.659><c> those</c><00:50:20.820><c> are</c><00:50:21.119><c> all</c><00:50:21.480><c> positive</c><00:50:22.000><c> things?</c>

00:50:22.880 --> 00:50:24.179
Those<00:50:23.059><c> aren't</c><00:50:23.199><c> negatives.</c>

00:50:24.360 --> 00:50:26.300
John<00:50:24.539><c> says,</c><00:50:24.800><c> I'm</c><00:50:25.139><c> writing</c><00:50:25.440><c> to</c><00:50:25.699><c> you</c><00:50:25.840><c> because</c>

00:50:26.300 --> 00:50:28.260
look<00:50:26.679><c> at</c><00:50:26.920><c> what</c><00:50:27.179><c> you've</c><00:50:27.480><c> done.</c>

00:50:28.300 --> 00:50:30.420
You're<00:50:28.619><c> on</c><00:50:28.940><c> the</c><00:50:29.159><c> pathway</c><00:50:29.579><c> to</c><00:50:29.880><c> eternal</c><00:50:30.159><c> life.</c>

00:50:30.480 --> 00:50:31.380
That's<00:50:30.760><c> where</c><00:50:30.860><c> you</c><00:50:31.099><c> are.</c>

00:50:31.699 --> 00:50:34.579
And<00:50:31.860><c> I'm</c><00:50:32.139><c> writing</c><00:50:32.420><c> to</c><00:50:32.719><c> you</c><00:50:33.079><c> because</c><00:50:33.519><c> of</c><00:50:33.780><c> that.</c>

00:50:34.800 --> 00:50:37.000
I<00:50:34.880><c> have</c><00:50:35.199><c> written,</c><00:50:35.619><c> so</c><00:50:35.800><c> this</c><00:50:36.019><c> is</c><00:50:36.219><c> now</c><00:50:36.460><c> past</c><00:50:36.780><c> tense.</c>

00:50:37.099 --> 00:50:39.219
Actually,<00:50:37.380><c> the</c><00:50:37.559><c> next</c><00:50:37.780><c> three</c><00:50:38.000><c> should</c><00:50:38.159><c> all</c><00:50:38.420><c> be</c><00:50:38.699><c> past</c><00:50:38.980><c> tense.</c>

00:50:39.219 --> 00:50:42.519
I<00:50:39.639><c> have</c><00:50:39.840><c> written,</c><00:50:40.500><c> that's</c><00:50:41.360><c> that</c><00:50:41.900><c> auras</c><00:50:42.219><c> tense</c>

00:50:42.519 --> 00:50:44.579
or<00:50:42.679><c> whatever</c><00:50:42.860><c> that</c><00:50:43.000><c> is,</c><00:50:43.639><c> to</c><00:50:43.900><c> you</c><00:50:44.059><c> little</c><00:50:44.260><c> children</c>

00:50:44.579 --> 00:50:46.099
because<00:50:45.000><c> you</c><00:50:45.199><c> have</c><00:50:45.400><c> known</c><00:50:45.539><c> the</c><00:50:45.739><c> father.</c>

00:50:46.400 --> 00:50:47.719
There<00:50:46.539><c> again,</c><00:50:46.760><c> it's</c><00:50:46.960><c> a</c><00:50:47.119><c> positive</c><00:50:47.440><c> thing.</c>

00:50:48.019 --> 00:50:49.440
I've<00:50:48.280><c> written</c><00:50:48.440><c> to</c><00:50:48.559><c> you</c><00:50:48.699><c> fathers</c><00:50:49.039><c> because</c>

00:50:49.440 --> 00:50:51.179
you<00:50:49.599><c> have</c><00:50:49.820><c> known</c><00:50:50.000><c> him</c><00:50:50.219><c> who</c><00:50:50.380><c> is</c><00:50:50.480><c> from</c><00:50:50.679><c> the</c><00:50:50.820><c> beginning.</c>

00:50:51.400 --> 00:50:54.019
And<00:50:51.579><c> I've</c><00:50:51.780><c> written</c><00:50:51.880><c> to</c><00:50:52.079><c> you</c><00:50:52.179><c> young</c><00:50:52.360><c> men</c><00:50:52.539><c> because</c><00:50:53.019><c> you</c><00:50:53.219><c> are</c><00:50:53.500><c> strong</c>

00:50:54.019 --> 00:50:56.019
and<00:50:54.480><c> the</c><00:50:54.639><c> word</c><00:50:54.760><c> of</c><00:50:54.860><c> God</c><00:50:55.019><c> abides</c><00:50:55.519><c> in</c><00:50:55.760><c> you</c>

00:50:56.019 --> 00:50:58.139
and<00:50:56.239><c> you</c><00:50:56.420><c> have</c><00:50:56.659><c> overcome</c><00:50:57.260><c> the</c><00:50:57.619><c> wicked</c><00:50:57.820><c> one.</c>

00:50:58.579 --> 00:51:00.840
So<00:50:58.940><c> I</c><00:50:59.239><c> really</c><00:50:59.699><c> think</c><00:50:59.940><c> that</c><00:51:00.159><c> John</c><00:51:00.400><c> realized</c>

00:51:00.840 --> 00:51:02.840
I<00:51:01.059><c> need</c><00:51:01.199><c> to</c><00:51:01.460><c> stop</c><00:51:01.739><c> and</c><00:51:01.940><c> make</c><00:51:02.039><c> it</c><00:51:02.199><c> really</c><00:51:02.440><c> clear.</c>

00:51:03.280 --> 00:51:06.000
He's<00:51:03.559><c> not</c><00:51:03.980><c> writing</c><00:51:04.300><c> this</c><00:51:04.659><c> letter</c><00:51:04.980><c> to</c><00:51:05.300><c> degrade</c><00:51:05.639><c> them,</c>

00:51:06.139 --> 00:51:08.519
to<00:51:06.280><c> tear</c><00:51:06.380><c> them</c><00:51:06.639><c> down,</c><00:51:07.239><c> to</c><00:51:07.559><c> criticize</c><00:51:08.079><c> them.</c>

00:51:08.519 --> 00:51:11.500
This<00:51:09.280><c> letter</c><00:51:09.639><c> is</c><00:51:09.940><c> all</c><00:51:10.219><c> about</c><00:51:10.460><c> the</c><00:51:10.639><c> fact</c><00:51:10.820><c> that</c><00:51:11.139><c> look</c><00:51:11.380><c> at,</c>

00:51:11.780 --> 00:51:13.519
you<00:51:11.980><c> are</c><00:51:12.340><c> all</c><00:51:12.659><c> on</c><00:51:12.940><c> the</c><00:51:13.139><c> pathway.</c>

00:51:13.940 --> 00:51:16.179
You've<00:51:14.400><c> made</c><00:51:14.619><c> a</c><00:51:14.840><c> decision</c><00:51:15.260><c> and</c><00:51:15.639><c> all</c><00:51:15.880><c> of</c><00:51:16.059><c> you,</c>

00:51:16.280 --> 00:51:17.719
the<00:51:16.480><c> old,</c><00:51:16.840><c> the</c><00:51:17.019><c> little,</c><00:51:17.260><c> everybody,</c>

00:51:17.840 --> 00:51:19.679
you've<00:51:18.099><c> made</c><00:51:18.300><c> this</c><00:51:18.579><c> decision</c><00:51:19.079><c> in</c><00:51:19.300><c> your</c><00:51:19.500><c> life</c>

00:51:19.679 --> 00:51:22.860
to<00:51:20.000><c> join</c><00:51:20.260><c> Jesus</c><00:51:20.659><c> Christ</c><00:51:20.980><c> and</c><00:51:21.480><c> walk</c><00:51:21.860><c> through</c><00:51:22.079><c> the</c><00:51:22.340><c> eternal</c><00:51:22.619><c> life.</c>

00:51:23.159 --> 00:51:25.320
And<00:51:23.420><c> what</c><00:51:23.619><c> I'm</c><00:51:23.800><c> trying</c><00:51:24.000><c> to</c><00:51:24.219><c> do</c><00:51:24.380><c> is</c><00:51:24.639><c> remind</c><00:51:25.119><c> you</c>

00:51:25.320 --> 00:51:26.760
to<00:51:25.559><c> how</c><00:51:25.679><c> to</c><00:51:25.900><c> stay</c><00:51:26.000><c> on</c><00:51:26.179><c> that</c><00:51:26.380><c> pathway.</c>

00:51:27.199 --> 00:51:29.860
That<00:51:27.440><c> I</c><00:51:27.639><c> really</c><00:51:27.940><c> believe</c><00:51:28.239><c> is</c><00:51:28.420><c> what</c><00:51:28.619><c> this</c><00:51:28.940><c> letter</c><00:51:29.159><c> is</c><00:51:29.400><c> all</c><00:51:29.599><c> about,</c>

00:51:30.000 --> 00:51:33.739
trying<00:51:30.260><c> to</c><00:51:30.559><c> keep</c><00:51:30.719><c> these</c><00:51:31.079><c> people</c><00:51:31.599><c> from</c><00:51:32.099><c> not</c><00:51:32.539><c> going</c><00:51:32.860><c> the</c><00:51:33.119><c> pathway</c>

00:51:33.739 --> 00:51:35.719
that<00:51:34.179><c> the</c><00:51:34.420><c> Antichrist</c><00:51:34.880><c> folks</c><00:51:35.239><c> are</c><00:51:35.380><c> supposed</c><00:51:35.380><c> to</c><00:51:35.539><c> be.</c>

00:51:35.719 --> 00:51:38.420
I'm<00:51:36.539><c> leaving</c><00:51:36.900><c> at</c><00:51:37.159><c> this</c><00:51:37.380><c> point</c><00:51:37.539><c> and</c><00:51:37.820><c> walking</c><00:51:38.039><c> out.</c>

00:51:38.780 --> 00:51:41.199
So<00:51:39.039><c> that</c><00:51:39.300><c> was</c><00:51:39.559><c> the</c><00:51:40.000><c> only</c><00:51:40.139><c> thing</c><00:51:40.340><c> that</c><00:51:40.500><c> made</c><00:51:40.619><c> sense</c><00:51:40.880><c> to</c><00:51:41.039><c> me.</c>

00:51:41.300 --> 00:51:42.659
All<00:51:41.519><c> of</c><00:51:41.719><c> a</c><00:51:41.719><c> sudden</c><00:51:41.760><c> he</c><00:51:42.019><c> stopped</c><00:51:42.199><c> and</c><00:51:42.380><c> realized,</c>

00:51:42.739 --> 00:51:45.119
well,<00:51:42.920><c> I</c><00:51:43.039><c> want</c><00:51:43.139><c> to</c><00:51:43.239><c> make</c><00:51:43.320><c> it</c><00:51:43.579><c> clear</c><00:51:43.860><c> so</c><00:51:44.099><c> that</c><00:51:44.320><c> everybody</c><00:51:44.619><c> realizes</c>

00:51:45.119 --> 00:51:47.360
this<00:51:45.760><c> is</c><00:51:46.000><c> not</c><00:51:46.179><c> a</c><00:51:46.340><c> letter</c><00:51:46.599><c> of</c><00:51:46.860><c> degrading</c><00:51:47.260><c> you.</c>

00:51:47.380 --> 00:51:50.039
This<00:51:47.539><c> is</c><00:51:47.739><c> not</c><00:51:47.900><c> like</c><00:51:48.360><c> the</c><00:51:48.579><c> letters</c><00:51:48.840><c> in</c><00:51:49.139><c> the</c><00:51:49.420><c> seven</c><00:51:49.639><c> churches</c>

00:51:50.039 --> 00:51:52.199
in<00:51:50.260><c> Revelation</c><00:51:50.659><c> where</c><00:51:51.280><c> Jesus</c><00:51:51.699><c> points</c><00:51:52.019><c> out</c>

00:51:52.199 --> 00:51:53.719
all<00:51:52.380><c> these</c><00:51:52.579><c> things</c><00:51:52.739><c> that</c><00:51:52.880><c> they</c><00:51:53.000><c> were</c><00:51:53.119><c> doing</c><00:51:53.320><c> wrong.</c>

00:51:54.059 --> 00:51:56.420
This<00:51:54.300><c> is</c><00:51:54.519><c> a</c><00:51:54.780><c> letter</c><00:51:54.980><c> to</c><00:51:55.280><c> try</c><00:51:55.460><c> to</c><00:51:55.699><c> encourage</c><00:51:56.079><c> people</c>

00:51:56.420 --> 00:51:58.360
to<00:51:56.760><c> stay</c><00:51:57.199><c> on</c><00:51:57.780><c> the</c><00:51:57.940><c> pathway,</c>

00:51:58.780 --> 00:52:00.820
stay<00:51:59.019><c> on</c><00:51:59.159><c> and</c><00:51:59.320><c> make</c><00:51:59.500><c> sure</c><00:51:59.699><c> you</c><00:51:59.800><c> know</c><00:51:59.900><c> what</c><00:52:00.039><c> the</c><00:52:00.300><c> pathway</c><00:52:00.519><c> is.</c>

00:52:00.840 --> 00:52:02.199
So<00:52:01.000><c> he</c><00:52:01.159><c> appeals</c><00:52:01.500><c> to</c><00:52:01.840><c> everybody,</c>

00:52:02.659 --> 00:52:04.199
the<00:52:02.719><c> little</c><00:52:02.980><c> children</c><00:52:03.340><c> would</c><00:52:03.519><c> be</c><00:52:03.699><c> all</c><00:52:03.900><c> of</c><00:52:03.980><c> them,</c>

00:52:04.199 --> 00:52:05.699
fathers<00:52:04.699><c> and</c><00:52:05.059><c> the</c><00:52:05.159><c> young</c><00:52:05.320><c> men.</c>

00:52:05.940 --> 00:52:08.900
And<00:52:06.179><c> they're</c><00:52:06.380><c> all</c><00:52:06.820><c> positive</c><00:52:07.320><c> things</c><00:52:07.820><c> that</c><00:52:08.099><c> you've</c><00:52:08.400><c> known</c><00:52:08.539><c> him,</c>

00:52:09.199 --> 00:52:10.880
you've<00:52:09.679><c> overcome</c><00:52:10.079><c> the</c><00:52:10.300><c> wicked</c><00:52:10.519><c> one,</c>

00:52:10.980 --> 00:52:13.440
you're<00:52:11.400><c> strong</c><00:52:11.840><c> and</c><00:52:12.300><c> the</c><00:52:12.440><c> word</c><00:52:12.559><c> of</c><00:52:12.739><c> God</c><00:52:12.840><c> is</c><00:52:13.079><c> in</c><00:52:13.280><c> you</c>

00:52:13.440 --> 00:52:14.639
and<00:52:13.599><c> your</c><00:52:13.840><c> sins</c><00:52:14.000><c> are</c><00:52:14.300><c> forgiven.</c>

00:52:14.960 --> 00:52:17.699
Those<00:52:15.260><c> are</c><00:52:15.599><c> all</c><00:52:15.900><c> good</c><00:52:16.219><c> positive</c><00:52:16.699><c> things.</c>

00:52:17.960 --> 00:52:19.380
But<00:52:18.079><c> then</c><00:52:18.219><c> what</c><00:52:18.320><c> does</c><00:52:18.440><c> he</c><00:52:18.559><c> do?</c>

00:52:19.579 --> 00:52:21.639
He<00:52:19.719><c> goes</c><00:52:19.980><c> right</c><00:52:20.340><c> back</c><00:52:20.619><c> to</c><00:52:20.780><c> where</c><00:52:20.900><c> he</c><00:52:21.079><c> was.</c>

00:52:21.800 --> 00:52:24.000
So<00:52:22.000><c> it's</c><00:52:22.159><c> right</c><00:52:22.500><c> back</c><00:52:22.920><c> to</c><00:52:23.159><c> love.</c>

00:52:24.059 --> 00:52:27.159
And<00:52:24.159><c> he</c><00:52:24.380><c> points</c><00:52:24.659><c> out</c><00:52:24.900><c> that,</c><00:52:25.260><c> look</c><00:52:25.260><c> at</c><00:52:25.460><c> this</c><00:52:25.780><c> idea</c><00:52:26.280><c> of</c><00:52:26.619><c> loving</c><00:52:26.800><c> God.</c>

00:52:27.380 --> 00:52:29.139
I<00:52:27.440><c> want</c><00:52:27.559><c> to</c><00:52:27.719><c> make</c><00:52:27.820><c> this</c><00:52:28.159><c> clear.</c>

00:52:29.440 --> 00:52:31.239
Loving<00:52:29.780><c> God</c><00:52:30.119><c> is</c><00:52:30.380><c> a</c><00:52:30.539><c> positive</c><00:52:30.860><c> thing,</c>

00:52:31.239 --> 00:52:35.059
but<00:52:31.519><c> you</c><00:52:31.860><c> can't</c><00:52:32.440><c> claim</c><00:52:32.780><c> to</c><00:52:33.139><c> love</c><00:52:33.340><c> God</c><00:52:33.739><c> and</c><00:52:34.179><c> love</c><00:52:34.519><c> the</c><00:52:34.739><c> world.</c>

00:52:35.460 --> 00:52:37.000
And<00:52:35.579><c> we</c><00:52:35.820><c> quote</c><00:52:36.019><c> that</c><00:52:36.219><c> verse</c><00:52:36.400><c> all</c><00:52:36.599><c> the</c><00:52:36.780><c> time</c>

00:52:37.000 --> 00:52:39.179
that<00:52:37.139><c> if</c><00:52:37.300><c> anybody</c><00:52:37.500><c> loved</c><00:52:37.719><c> the</c><00:52:37.960><c> world</c><00:52:38.139><c> or</c><00:52:38.360><c> the</c><00:52:38.420><c> things</c><00:52:38.559><c> of</c><00:52:38.739><c> the</c><00:52:38.900><c> world,</c>

00:52:39.400 --> 00:52:40.460
if<00:52:39.480><c> anyone</c><00:52:39.659><c> loves</c><00:52:39.960><c> the</c><00:52:40.239><c> world,</c>

00:52:40.519 --> 00:52:41.920
the<00:52:40.579><c> love</c><00:52:40.739><c> of</c><00:52:40.860><c> the</c><00:52:41.000><c> father</c><00:52:41.239><c> is</c><00:52:41.460><c> not</c><00:52:41.639><c> in</c><00:52:41.800><c> him</c>

00:52:41.920 --> 00:52:44.340
for<00:52:42.119><c> all</c><00:52:42.360><c> that's</c><00:52:42.519><c> in</c><00:52:42.619><c> the</c><00:52:42.840><c> world</c><00:52:43.119><c> is</c><00:52:43.579><c> the</c><00:52:43.739><c> lust</c><00:52:43.860><c> of</c><00:52:44.019><c> the</c><00:52:44.179><c> flesh,</c>

00:52:44.460 --> 00:52:45.940
the<00:52:44.579><c> lust</c><00:52:44.719><c> of</c><00:52:44.880><c> the</c><00:52:45.039><c> eyes</c><00:52:45.179><c> and</c><00:52:45.320><c> the</c><00:52:45.480><c> pride</c><00:52:45.599><c> of</c><00:52:45.780><c> life</c>

00:52:45.940 --> 00:52:48.079
and<00:52:46.039><c> it's</c><00:52:46.360><c> not</c><00:52:46.500><c> of</c><00:52:46.619><c> the</c><00:52:46.820><c> father</c><00:52:47.059><c> but</c><00:52:47.280><c> it's</c><00:52:47.440><c> of</c><00:52:47.559><c> the</c><00:52:47.760><c> world.</c>

00:52:48.440 --> 00:52:50.719
And<00:52:48.559><c> the</c><00:52:48.739><c> world</c><00:52:48.940><c> is</c><00:52:49.260><c> passing</c><00:52:49.480><c> away</c><00:52:49.820><c> and</c><00:52:50.000><c> the</c><00:52:50.159><c> lust</c><00:52:50.300><c> of</c><00:52:50.480><c> it.</c>

00:52:50.980 --> 00:52:53.599
But<00:52:51.099><c> he</c><00:52:51.380><c> who</c><00:52:51.519><c> does</c><00:52:51.780><c> the</c><00:52:52.000><c> will</c><00:52:52.099><c> of</c><00:52:52.340><c> God</c><00:52:52.539><c> abides</c><00:52:53.119><c> forever.</c>

00:52:54.099 --> 00:52:56.760
So<00:52:54.500><c> he</c><00:52:54.780><c> wants</c><00:52:55.039><c> to</c><00:52:55.260><c> make</c><00:52:55.420><c> sure</c><00:52:55.760><c> you're</c><00:52:56.079><c> not</c><00:52:56.360><c> deceived.</c>

00:52:56.880 --> 00:52:58.059
Don't<00:52:57.079><c> be</c><00:52:57.320><c> fooled</c><00:52:57.480><c> by</c><00:52:57.760><c> this.</c>

00:52:58.400 --> 00:52:59.500
You<00:52:58.579><c> got</c><00:52:58.719><c> to</c><00:52:58.860><c> make</c><00:52:59.000><c> a</c><00:52:59.199><c> decision.</c>

00:52:59.500 --> 00:53:01.219
Which<00:53:00.039><c> pathway</c><00:53:00.519><c> are</c><00:53:00.880><c> you</c><00:53:01.039><c> on?</c>

00:53:01.579 --> 00:53:04.679
You<00:53:01.699><c> either</c><00:53:02.079><c> love</c><00:53:02.400><c> God</c><00:53:02.800><c> or</c><00:53:03.239><c> you</c><00:53:03.420><c> are</c><00:53:03.659><c> in</c><00:53:03.880><c> love</c><00:53:04.039><c> with</c><00:53:04.239><c> the</c><00:53:04.420><c> world</c>

00:53:04.679 --> 00:53:06.619
and<00:53:04.800><c> you've</c><00:53:05.000><c> been</c><00:53:05.219><c> caught</c><00:53:05.460><c> up</c><00:53:05.639><c> with</c><00:53:05.820><c> the</c><00:53:05.980><c> lust</c><00:53:06.079><c> of</c><00:53:06.320><c> the</c><00:53:06.460><c> flesh,</c>

00:53:06.739 --> 00:53:08.260
the<00:53:06.840><c> lust</c><00:53:07.000><c> of</c><00:53:07.179><c> the</c><00:53:07.280><c> eyes</c><00:53:07.460><c> and</c><00:53:07.579><c> the</c><00:53:07.739><c> pride</c><00:53:07.860><c> of</c><00:53:08.039><c> life</c>

00:53:08.260 --> 00:53:09.840
and<00:53:08.699><c> none</c><00:53:08.920><c> of</c><00:53:09.079><c> that</c><00:53:09.179><c> is</c><00:53:09.280><c> of</c><00:53:09.420><c> the</c><00:53:09.599><c> father.</c>

00:53:10.039 --> 00:53:13.260
That<00:53:10.260><c> is</c><00:53:10.539><c> all</c><00:53:10.820><c> of</c><00:53:11.139><c> the</c><00:53:11.360><c> world</c><00:53:11.639><c> and</c><00:53:11.820><c> it's</c><00:53:12.099><c> passing</c><00:53:12.400><c> away.</c>

00:53:13.400 --> 00:53:14.639
Some<00:53:13.579><c> people</c><00:53:13.760><c> wonder</c><00:53:14.019><c> if</c><00:53:14.139><c> that</c><00:53:14.360><c> phrase,</c>

00:53:14.699 --> 00:53:16.980
the<00:53:14.840><c> world</c><00:53:15.019><c> is</c><00:53:15.260><c> passing</c><00:53:15.480><c> away</c><00:53:15.900><c> that</c><00:53:16.260><c> that</c><00:53:16.460><c> may</c><00:53:16.599><c> indicate</c>

00:53:16.980 --> 00:53:19.940
that<00:53:17.159><c> this</c><00:53:17.380><c> letter</c><00:53:17.559><c> was</c><00:53:17.820><c> written</c><00:53:18.039><c> more</c><00:53:18.340><c> around</c><00:53:18.719><c> the</c><00:53:19.119><c> 80s,</c><00:53:19.380><c> 70s</c><00:53:19.679><c> time.</c>

00:53:20.260 --> 00:53:22.559
It's<00:53:20.699><c> one</c><00:53:20.860><c> of</c><00:53:20.980><c> those</c><00:53:21.179><c> things</c><00:53:21.420><c> you</c><00:53:21.719><c> look</c><00:53:21.940><c> for</c><00:53:22.139><c> in</c><00:53:22.260><c> the</c><00:53:22.400><c> letter</c>

00:53:22.559 --> 00:53:23.099
as<00:53:22.800><c> hints,</c>

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but<00:53:23.760><c> not</c><00:53:24.179><c> guaranteed,</c><00:53:24.800><c> but</c><00:53:25.059><c> maybe.</c>

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So<00:53:26.659><c> I</c><00:53:26.699><c> think</c><00:53:26.880><c> I'll</c><00:53:27.019><c> leave</c><00:53:27.159><c> it</c><00:53:27.400><c> at</c><00:53:27.440><c> that</c><00:53:27.519><c> for</c><00:53:27.780><c> tonight.</c>

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Thanks<00:53:28.800><c> very</c><00:53:29.119><c> much</c><00:53:29.360><c> for</c><00:53:29.500><c> your</c><00:53:29.719><c> comments.</c>