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headed,</c><00:11:08.120><c> the</c><00:11:08.299><c> transfiguration</c><00:11:09.120><c> in</c><00:11:09.480><c> our</c><00:11:09.679><c> lives.</c> 00:11:11.379 --> 00:11:14.899 And<00:11:12.019><c> so</c><00:11:12.360><c> he</c><00:11:12.639><c> is</c><00:11:12.960><c> focused</c><00:11:13.259><c> on</c><00:11:13.500><c> going</c><00:11:13.840><c> there,</c><00:11:14.220><c> that</c><00:11:14.480><c> is</c><00:11:14.500><c> where</c><00:11:14.620><c> I</c> 00:11:14.899 --> 00:11:17.399 am<00:11:14.899><c> going</c><00:11:15.220><c> to</c><00:11:15.500><c> be</c><00:11:16.019><c> raised</c><00:11:16.460><c> up.</c> 00:11:17.519 --> 00:11:21.120 He<00:11:18.080><c> sees</c><00:11:18.399><c> beyond</c><00:11:19.259><c> his</c><00:11:19.600><c> trouble,</c><00:11:20.700><c> beyond</c><00:11:20.759><c> his</c><00:11:21.019><c> pain,</c> 00:11:21.340 --> 00:11:24.679 beyond<00:11:21.639><c> all</c><00:11:21.899><c> of</c><00:11:22.019><c> the</c><00:11:22.259><c> torment</c><00:11:22.720><c> that</c><00:11:22.899><c> he</c><00:11:23.019><c> will</c><00:11:23.100><c> have</c><00:11:23.220><c> to</c><00:11:23.559><c> experience,</c> 00:11:24.700 --> 00:11:28.580 to<00:11:24.860><c> when</c><00:11:25.059><c> he</c><00:11:25.299><c> shall</c><00:11:25.519><c> be</c><00:11:26.039><c> lifted</c><00:11:26.320><c> up,</c><00:11:27.159><c> raised</c><00:11:27.440><c> up</c><00:11:27.860><c> to</c><00:11:28.279><c> sit</c><00:11:28.460><c> on</c> 00:11:28.580 --> 00:11:29.620 his<00:11:28.820><c> father's</c><00:11:29.220><c> right</c><00:11:29.440><c> hand.</c> 00:11:29.820 --> 00:11:35.139 It<00:11:30.019><c> says</c><00:11:30.220><c> he</c><00:11:30.559><c> set</c><00:11:30.799><c> his</c><00:11:31.159><c> face</c><00:11:31.779><c> steadfastly,</c><00:11:33.360><c> steadfastly.</c> 00:11:35.259 --> 00:11:38.440 Let's<00:11:35.440><c> have</c><00:11:35.620><c> a</c><00:11:35.679><c> look</c><00:11:35.820><c> at</c><00:11:36.139><c> the</c><00:11:36.240><c> book</c><00:11:36.399><c> of</c><00:11:36.559><c> Isaiah,</c><00:11:37.159><c> brethren</c><00:11:37.340><c> and</c><00:11:37.580><c> sisters.</c> 00:11:38.799 --> 00:11:40.200 Isaiah<00:11:39.100><c> chapter</c><00:11:39.419><c> 50.</c> 00:11:42.440 --> 00:11:45.440 There<00:11:42.799><c> is</c><00:11:43.000><c> a</c><00:11:43.159><c> wonderful</c><00:11:43.580><c> description</c><00:11:44.059><c> of</c><00:11:44.480><c> how</c><00:11:44.799><c> he</c><00:11:44.980><c> must</c><00:11:45.259><c> have</c> 00:11:45.440 --> 00:11:46.940 looked<00:11:45.720><c> at</c><00:11:45.919><c> the</c><00:11:46.080><c> time.</c> 00:11:47.220 --> 00:11:50.600 Isaiah<00:11:47.820><c> chapter</c><00:11:48.139><c> 50,</c><00:11:48.500><c> beginning</c><00:11:48.720><c> at</c><00:11:48.919><c> verse</c><00:11:49.240><c> 5.</c> 00:11:51.759 --> 00:11:57.580 The<00:11:51.960><c> Lord</c><00:11:52.299><c> God</c><00:11:52.519><c> hath</c><00:11:52.759><c> opened</c><00:11:53.220><c> mine</c><00:11:53.580><c> ear,</c><00:11:54.000><c> and</c><00:11:54.159><c> I</c><00:11:54.539><c> was</c><00:11:54.840><c> not</c><00:11:55.299><c> rebellious,</c><00:11:56.679><c> neither</c><00:11:56.879><c> turned</c><00:11:57.139><c> away</c><00:11:57.399><c> back.</c> 00:11:57.679 --> 00:12:02.700 I<00:11:57.960><c> gave</c><00:11:58.379><c> my</c><00:11:59.000><c> back</c><00:11:59.539><c> to</c><00:12:00.120><c> the</c><00:12:00.480><c> smiters</c><00:12:00.879><c> and</c><00:12:01.019><c> my</c><00:12:01.320><c> cheeks</c><00:12:01.840><c> to</c><00:12:02.519><c> them</c> 00:12:02.700 --> 00:12:04.740 that<00:12:03.039><c> plucked</c><00:12:03.340><c> off</c><00:12:03.580><c> the</c><00:12:03.820><c> hair.</c> 00:12:05.000 --> 00:12:09.019 I<00:12:05.120><c> hid</c><00:12:05.240><c> not</c><00:12:05.480><c> my</c><00:12:05.759><c> face</c><00:12:06.120><c> from</c><00:12:06.539><c> shame</c><00:12:06.940><c> and</c><00:12:07.360><c> spitting,</c><00:12:08.679><c> for</c><00:12:08.820><c> the</c> 00:12:09.019 --> 00:12:10.940 Lord<00:12:09.279><c> God</c><00:12:09.500><c> will</c><00:12:09.799><c> help</c><00:12:10.059><c> me.</c> 00:12:10.960 --> 00:12:13.179 Therefore<00:12:11.340><c> shall</c><00:12:11.559><c> I</c><00:12:11.740><c> not</c><00:12:11.919><c> be</c><00:12:12.179><c> confounded.</c> 00:12:13.220 --> 00:12:18.399 Therefore<00:12:13.700><c> have</c><00:12:14.179><c> I</c><00:12:14.759><c> set</c><00:12:15.080><c> my</c><00:12:15.679><c> face</c><00:12:15.940><c> like</c><00:12:16.200><c> a</c><00:12:16.539><c> flint,</c><00:12:17.840><c> and</c><00:12:17.940><c> I</c><00:12:18.179><c> know</c> 00:12:18.399 --> 00:12:19.840 that<00:12:18.620><c> I</c><00:12:18.799><c> shall</c><00:12:18.960><c> not</c><00:12:19.139><c> be</c><00:12:19.379><c> ashamed,</c> 00:12:20.259 --> 00:12:24.799 like<00:12:20.460><c> a</c><00:12:20.820><c> flint,</c><00:12:22.960><c> steely</c><00:12:23.460><c> determination.</c> 00:12:25.120 --> 00:12:30.620 I<00:12:25.360><c> am</c><00:12:25.600><c> going</c><00:12:26.059><c> to</c><00:12:26.580><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:12:28.259><c> and</c><00:12:28.440><c> I</c><00:12:28.620><c> am</c><00:12:28.720><c> going</c><00:12:29.100><c> to</c><00:12:29.399><c> be</c><00:12:29.539><c> lifted</c><00:12:29.720><c> up.</c> 00:12:30.940 --> 00:12:33.379 That's<00:12:31.419><c> what</c><00:12:31.539><c> his</c><00:12:31.840><c> determination</c><00:12:32.460><c> was.</c> 00:12:33.600 --> 00:12:35.440 That's<00:12:33.779><c> how</c><00:12:33.940><c> he</c><00:12:34.279><c> steadfastly</c><00:12:34.820><c> set</c><00:12:34.960><c> his</c><00:12:35.220><c> face.</c> 00:12:35.720 --> 00:12:37.799 And<00:12:35.840><c> all</c><00:12:35.940><c> of</c><00:12:36.059><c> the</c><00:12:36.179><c> brethren</c><00:12:36.379><c> around</c><00:12:36.700><c> him,</c><00:12:37.039><c> they</c><00:12:37.039><c> know</c><00:12:37.259><c> he's</c> 00:12:37.799 --> 00:12:38.639 going<00:12:37.960><c> into</c><00:12:38.159><c> Jerusalem.</c> 00:12:39.100 --> 00:12:40.519 He's<00:12:39.220><c> going</c><00:12:39.379><c> to</c><00:12:39.559><c> declare</c><00:12:39.779><c> himself</c><00:12:40.100><c> king.</c> 00:12:40.799 --> 00:12:41.879 We're<00:12:41.000><c> going</c><00:12:41.100><c> to</c><00:12:41.240><c> set</c><00:12:41.340><c> up</c><00:12:41.460><c> this</c><00:12:41.700><c> kingdom.</c> 00:12:41.879 --> 00:12:43.620 We're<00:12:42.120><c> going</c><00:12:42.179><c> to</c><00:12:42.340><c> fight</c><00:12:42.559><c> the</c><00:12:42.779><c> Romans</c><00:12:42.940><c> and</c><00:12:43.120><c> get</c><00:12:43.259><c> them</c><00:12:43.440><c> out.</c> 00:12:43.700 --> 00:12:47.580 And<00:12:44.000><c> we</c><00:12:44.220><c> are</c><00:12:44.519><c> going</c><00:12:44.679><c> to</c><00:12:45.019><c> be</c><00:12:45.340><c> very</c><00:12:45.759><c> nicely</c><00:12:46.139><c> set</c><00:12:46.360><c> up</c><00:12:46.580><c> indeed.</c> 00:12:47.820 --> 00:12:49.580 That's<00:12:47.980><c> what</c><00:12:48.059><c> they</c><00:12:48.159><c> were</c><00:12:48.279><c> looking</c><00:12:48.519><c> forward</c><00:12:48.820><c> to.</c> 00:12:50.659 --> 00:12:55.399 Back,<00:12:51.139><c> brethren</c><00:12:51.320><c> and</c><00:12:51.519><c> sisters,</c><00:12:52.659><c> into</c><00:12:52.840><c> the</c><00:12:53.000><c> Luke</c><00:12:53.179><c> record,</c><00:12:53.559><c> Luke</c><00:12:53.740><c> chapter</c><00:12:54.000><c> 9</c><00:12:54.179><c> again.</c> 00:12:56.440 --> 00:12:58.840 So<00:12:56.700><c> there</c><00:12:56.879><c> they</c><00:12:57.080><c> are</c><00:12:57.340><c> on</c><00:12:57.620><c> the</c><00:12:57.820><c> Samaritan</c><00:12:58.240><c> border.</c> 00:12:59.200 --> 00:13:03.559 They're<00:12:59.720><c> ready</c><00:12:59.980><c> to</c><00:13:00.159><c> go</c><00:13:00.419><c> into</c><00:13:01.120><c> this</c><00:13:01.740><c> village</c><00:13:02.259><c> of</c><00:13:02.519><c> the</c><00:13:02.759><c> Samaritans.</c> 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and</c><00:13:22.179><c> become</c><00:13:22.460><c> angry.</c> 00:13:24.840 --> 00:13:27.240 They<00:13:25.000><c> were</c><00:13:25.220><c> probably</c><00:13:25.600><c> the</c><00:13:25.779><c> two</c><00:13:25.919><c> that</c><00:13:26.039><c> were</c><00:13:26.259><c> sent.</c> 00:13:28.299 --> 00:13:30.700 They<00:13:28.639><c> entered</c><00:13:28.840><c> into</c><00:13:29.139><c> a</c><00:13:29.279><c> village</c><00:13:29.500><c> of</c><00:13:29.679><c> the</c><00:13:29.899><c> Samaritans</c><00:13:30.340><c> to</c><00:13:30.559><c> make</c> 00:13:30.700 --> 00:13:32.019 ready<00:13:30.940><c> for</c><00:13:31.159><c> him.</c> 00:13:33.940 --> 00:13:39.139 Now,<00:13:34.159><c> brothers</c><00:13:34.240><c> and</c><00:13:34.460><c> sisters,</c><00:13:35.700><c> once</c><00:13:36.639><c> before</c><00:13:37.799><c> the</c><00:13:38.559><c> Lord</c><00:13:38.740><c> Jesus</c> 00:13:39.139 --> 00:13:41.620 Christ<00:13:39.759><c> tired</c><00:13:40.259><c> out,</c><00:13:40.620><c> exhausting,</c> 00:13:42.080 --> 00:13:47.740 had<00:13:42.600><c> sat</c><00:13:42.840><c> himself</c><00:13:43.220><c> down</c><00:13:43.500><c> upon</c><00:13:43.720><c> a</c><00:13:43.940><c> well</c><00:13:44.419><c> and</c><00:13:45.460><c> told</c><00:13:45.700><c> a</c><00:13:45.960><c> woman</c><00:13:46.600><c> everything</c><00:13:47.340><c> she</c> 00:13:47.740 --> 00:13:49.279 had<00:13:48.000><c> ever</c><00:13:48.279><c> done.</c> 00:13:49.720 --> 00:13:52.539 And<00:13:49.899><c> she</c><00:13:49.980><c> had</c><00:13:50.379><c> run</c><00:13:50.639><c> with</c><00:13:50.919><c> excitement</c><00:13:51.460><c> back</c><00:13:51.759><c> into</c><00:13:52.000><c> the</c><00:13:52.159><c> village</c> 00:13:52.539 --> 00:13:55.100 and<00:13:53.019><c> said,</c><00:13:53.600><c> is</c><00:13:53.620><c> not</c><00:13:53.919><c> this</c><00:13:54.080><c> the</c><00:13:54.259><c> Messiah?</c> 00:13:55.440 --> 00:13:58.080 That's<00:13:55.700><c> what</c><00:13:55.799><c> she'd</c><00:13:56.059><c> done,</c><00:13:56.879><c> running</c><00:13:57.120><c> straight</c><00:13:57.379><c> from</c><00:13:57.580><c> Jacob's</c> 00:13:58.080 --> 00:13:59.279 well<00:13:58.299><c> into</c><00:13:58.779><c> the</c><00:13:59.039><c> city.</c> 00:13:59.679 --> 00:14:01.919 No<00:13:59.899><c> matter</c><00:14:00.159><c> what</c><00:14:00.379><c> anybody</c><00:14:00.700><c> thought</c><00:14:00.980><c> of</c><00:14:01.100><c> her,</c><00:14:01.200><c> she</c><00:14:01.320><c> was</c><00:14:01.500><c> a</c><00:14:01.580><c> woman</c><00:14:01.759><c> of</c> 00:14:01.919 --> 00:14:03.240 ill<00:14:02.100><c> repute.</c> 00:14:03.600 --> 00:14:07.600 But<00:14:03.799><c> she</c><00:14:03.960><c> goes</c><00:14:04.259><c> in</c><00:14:04.700><c> and</c><00:14:05.559><c> she</c><00:14:05.860><c> says,</c><00:14:06.220><c> is</c><00:14:06.500><c> not</c><00:14:06.740><c> this</c><00:14:06.980><c> the</c><00:14:07.200><c> Messiah?</c> 00:14:07.600 --> 00:14:13.360 And<00:14:08.100><c> Jesus</c><00:14:08.519><c> stays</c><00:14:09.039><c> with</c><00:14:09.639><c> them</c><00:14:10.259><c> in</c><00:14:10.659><c> Samaria</c><00:14:11.240><c> for</c><00:14:11.659><c> four</c><00:14:12.019><c> full</c><00:14:12.220><c> days.</c> 00:14:14.059 --> 00:14:17.620 He<00:14:14.220><c> stayed</c><00:14:14.440><c> with</c><00:14:14.639><c> them,</c><00:14:14.940><c> brothers</c><00:14:15.039><c> and</c><00:14:15.200><c> sisters,</c><00:14:16.740><c> and</c><00:14:17.159><c> two</c> 00:14:17.620 --> 00:14:19.799 full<00:14:17.820><c> days</c><00:14:18.460><c> taught</c><00:14:18.879><c> them,</c> 00:14:20.240 --> 00:14:24.159 taught<00:14:20.559><c> them</c><00:14:20.919><c> concerning</c><00:14:21.600><c> the</c><00:14:22.240><c> kingdom</c><00:14:22.639><c> and</c><00:14:23.159><c> himself.</c> 00:14:24.700 --> 00:14:29.220 Now<00:14:24.960><c> consider</c><00:14:25.559><c> the</c><00:14:25.860><c> kind</c><00:14:26.080><c> of</c><00:14:26.440><c> ambitions,</c><00:14:28.039><c> the</c><00:14:28.120><c> kind</c><00:14:28.340><c> of</c><00:14:28.639><c> hopes</c> 00:14:29.220 --> 00:14:31.100 and<00:14:29.820><c> expectations</c> 00:14:31.240 --> 00:14:34.580 that<00:14:31.659><c> would</c><00:14:31.820><c> have</c><00:14:32.000><c> been</c><00:14:32.480><c> unlocked</c><00:14:33.059><c> in</c><00:14:33.639><c> the</c><00:14:33.840><c> Samaritans.</c> 00:14:34.580 --> 00:14:39.320 For<00:14:35.139><c> the</c><00:14:35.340><c> longest</c><00:14:35.700><c> while,</c><00:14:36.279><c> they'd</c><00:14:36.659><c> had</c><00:14:36.740><c> their</c><00:14:37.100><c> own</c><00:14:37.779><c> parallel</c><00:14:38.259><c> religion.</c> 00:14:40.000 --> 00:14:44.179 It<00:14:40.039><c> was</c><00:14:40.259><c> almost</c><00:14:40.559><c> an</c><00:14:40.860><c> ugly</c><00:14:41.240><c> image</c><00:14:41.820><c> of</c><00:14:42.379><c> Judaism,</c><00:14:43.399><c> which</c><00:14:43.480><c> was</c><00:14:43.740><c> ugly</c><00:14:43.960><c> in</c> 00:14:44.179 --> 00:14:46.720 itself<00:14:44.600><c> because</c><00:14:45.259><c> of</c><00:14:45.360><c> what</c><00:14:45.480><c> it</c><00:14:45.620><c> had</c><00:14:45.799><c> become.</c> 00:14:46.879 --> 00:14:51.639 There<00:14:47.179><c> was</c><00:14:47.399><c> this</c><00:14:48.039><c> mirror</c><00:14:48.519><c> image</c><00:14:49.179><c> ugliness</c><00:14:50.000><c> of</c><00:14:50.879><c> Samaritan</c><00:14:51.340><c> religion.</c> 00:14:51.679 --> 00:14:54.679 They<00:14:51.820><c> had</c><00:14:52.000><c> their</c><00:14:52.240><c> own</c><00:14:52.460><c> temple.</c><00:14:52.740><c> They</c><00:14:52.899><c> built</c><00:14:53.080><c> it</c><00:14:53.240><c> on</c><00:14:53.399><c> Mount</c><00:14:53.600><c> Gerizim.</c> 00:14:54.980 --> 00:14:57.340 They<00:14:55.200><c> had</c><00:14:55.340><c> their</c><00:14:55.559><c> own</c><00:14:55.779><c> priesthood.</c><00:14:56.659><c> They</c><00:14:56.899><c> performed</c><00:14:57.159><c> their</c> 00:14:57.340 --> 00:14:58.179 own<00:14:57.580><c> sacrifices.</c> 00:14:58.539 --> 00:15:01.000 They<00:14:58.799><c> considered</c><00:14:59.220><c> themselves</c><00:14:59.659><c> to</c><00:14:59.820><c> be</c><00:15:00.139><c> direct</c><00:15:00.500><c> descendants</c> 00:15:01.000 --> 00:15:01.639 of<00:15:01.240><c> Abraham.</c> 00:15:01.639 --> 00:15:05.519 They<00:15:02.340><c> thought</c><00:15:02.580><c> that</c><00:15:02.799><c> they</c><00:15:02.860><c> were</c><00:15:03.100><c> the</c><00:15:03.259><c> chosen</c><00:15:03.519><c> people,</c><00:15:04.360><c> and</c> 00:15:05.519 --> 00:15:09.200 the<00:15:06.059><c> Jews</c><00:15:06.440><c> thought</c><00:15:06.899><c> that</c><00:15:07.240><c> publicans</c><00:15:07.840><c> were</c><00:15:08.200><c> low,</c> 00:15:09.559 --> 00:15:14.740 and<00:15:09.879><c> they</c><00:15:10.200><c> thought</c><00:15:11.059><c> that</c><00:15:11.700><c> adulteresses</c><00:15:12.360><c> were</c><00:15:12.740><c> lower,</c><00:15:13.820><c> but</c><00:15:13.980><c> there</c><00:15:14.120><c> was</c><00:15:14.419><c> no</c> 00:15:14.740 --> 00:15:16.240 gutter<00:15:15.139><c> snipe.</c> 00:15:16.440 --> 00:15:20.879 There<00:15:16.580><c> was</c><00:15:16.799><c> nothing</c><00:15:17.080><c> so</c><00:15:17.639><c> low</c><00:15:17.940><c> and</c><00:15:18.259><c> offensive</c><00:15:19.059><c> and</c><00:15:19.960><c> dirty</c><00:15:20.480><c> and</c> 00:15:20.879 --> 00:15:23.899 detestable<00:15:22.080><c> as</c><00:15:22.500><c> a</c><00:15:22.720><c> Samaritan.</c> 00:15:24.480 --> 00:15:29.799 It's<00:15:25.019><c> why</c><00:15:25.279><c> deliberately</c><00:15:26.360><c> Jesus</c><00:15:27.419><c> gave</c><00:15:27.779><c> them</c><00:15:28.039><c> the</c><00:15:28.299><c> parable</c><00:15:29.299><c> of</c> 00:15:29.799 --> 00:15:31.320 the<00:15:29.980><c> good</c><00:15:30.179><c> Samaritan,</c> 00:15:31.419 --> 00:15:36.700 to<00:15:31.860><c> shock</c><00:15:32.279><c> them,</c><00:15:34.179><c> to</c><00:15:34.419><c> throw</c><00:15:34.620><c> them</c><00:15:34.820><c> into</c><00:15:35.100><c> complete</c><00:15:35.500><c> consternation.</c> 00:15:38.039 --> 00:15:42.340 Nothing<00:15:38.419><c> was</c><00:15:38.740><c> lower</c><00:15:39.000><c> than</c><00:15:39.139><c> a</c><00:15:39.399><c> Samaritan,</c><00:15:39.879><c> and</c><00:15:40.159><c> the</c><00:15:40.320><c> Samaritans</c><00:15:40.860><c> knew</c><00:15:41.039><c> it.</c> 00:15:42.500 --> 00:15:45.519 They<00:15:42.720><c> knew</c><00:15:42.980><c> that</c><00:15:43.200><c> when</c><00:15:43.399><c> the</c><00:15:43.539><c> Jews</c><00:15:43.700><c> came</c><00:15:44.019><c> through,</c><00:15:44.279><c> they</c><00:15:44.519><c> detested</c><00:15:45.080><c> them,</c> 00:15:45.720 --> 00:15:48.220 but<00:15:45.940><c> they</c><00:15:46.100><c> made</c><00:15:46.279><c> their</c><00:15:46.480><c> money</c><00:15:46.740><c> from</c><00:15:47.039><c> their</c><00:15:47.559><c> movements</c><00:15:47.879><c> back</c> 00:15:48.220 --> 00:15:49.860 and<00:15:48.440><c> forth</c><00:15:48.600><c> through</c><00:15:48.840><c> Samaria.</c> 00:15:49.899 --> 00:15:53.159 They<00:15:50.200><c> knew</c><00:15:50.419><c> that</c><00:15:50.639><c> the</c><00:15:50.879><c> Jews</c><00:15:51.019><c> looked</c><00:15:51.279><c> down</c><00:15:51.559><c> on</c><00:15:51.620><c> them</c><00:15:51.779><c> as</c><00:15:52.100><c> dirty,</c> 00:15:53.220 --> 00:15:55.320 unclean,<00:15:54.220><c> disgusting,</c> 00:15:55.379 --> 00:15:58.799 living<00:15:55.460><c> a</c><00:15:55.840><c> life</c><00:15:56.139><c> that</c><00:15:56.279><c> was</c><00:15:56.620><c> atrocious,</c><00:15:58.019><c> worshipping</c><00:15:58.460><c> a</c><00:15:58.659><c> god</c> 00:15:58.799 --> 00:15:59.799 that<00:15:58.960><c> was</c><00:15:59.200><c> no</c><00:15:59.419><c> god,</c> 00:16:00.059 --> 00:16:04.620 having<00:16:00.240><c> a</c><00:16:00.580><c> religion</c><00:16:00.940><c> that</c><00:16:01.179><c> was</c><00:16:01.960><c> an</c><00:16:02.480><c> absolutely</c><00:16:03.419><c> laughable,</c> 00:16:04.820 --> 00:16:06.919 horrible<00:16:05.840><c> duplication</c> 00:16:06.919 --> 00:16:10.720 of<00:16:07.200><c> the</c><00:16:07.559><c> worst</c><00:16:07.879><c> aspects</c><00:16:08.340><c> of</c><00:16:08.580><c> Judaism.</c><00:16:08.960><c> That's</c><00:16:09.220><c> what</c><00:16:09.519><c> Jews</c><00:16:09.779><c> thought.</c> 00:16:11.019 --> 00:16:15.100 That's<00:16:11.200><c> what</c><00:16:11.340><c> Jews</c><00:16:11.480><c> thought,</c><00:16:13.159><c> and</c><00:16:13.360><c> the</c><00:16:13.559><c> Samaritans</c><00:16:14.059><c> knew</c><00:16:14.299><c> that.</c> 00:16:15.940 --> 00:16:19.679 And<00:16:16.419><c> in</c><00:16:16.519><c> their</c><00:16:16.679><c> history,</c><00:16:17.100><c> they</c><00:16:17.179><c> had</c><00:16:17.379><c> been</c><00:16:17.659><c> used</c><00:16:17.980><c> to</c><00:16:18.120><c> being</c><00:16:19.080><c> a</c> 00:16:19.679 --> 00:16:23.120 despised<00:16:20.720><c> and</c><00:16:21.100><c> rejected</c><00:16:21.659><c> people.</c> 00:16:24.139 --> 00:16:29.840 And<00:16:24.419><c> then</c><00:16:24.580><c> the</c><00:16:24.840><c> man</c><00:16:25.159><c> who</c><00:16:25.879><c> seems</c><00:16:26.440><c> to</c><00:16:26.620><c> be</c><00:16:26.740><c> the</c><00:16:26.940><c> Messiah,</c><00:16:29.000><c> and</c><00:16:29.299><c> they're</c><00:16:29.440><c> looking</c><00:16:29.659><c> for</c> 00:16:29.840 --> 00:16:31.419 a<00:16:30.000><c> Messiah</c><00:16:30.220><c> too,</c> 00:16:32.080 --> 00:16:36.500 comes<00:16:32.279><c> into</c><00:16:32.600><c> their</c><00:16:33.179><c> city,</c><00:16:34.080><c> Sikha,</c><00:16:35.539><c> and</c><00:16:35.779><c> stays</c><00:16:35.980><c> with</c><00:16:36.200><c> them</c><00:16:36.259><c> for</c> 00:16:36.500 --> 00:16:37.120 two<00:16:36.820><c> days.</c> 00:16:37.179 --> 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at</c><00:16:51.159><c> him</c><00:16:52.179><c> above</c><00:16:52.940><c> all</c><00:16:53.460><c> the</c><00:16:53.620><c> Jews</c><00:16:53.799><c> who</c><00:16:54.899><c> should</c> 00:16:55.080 --> 00:16:56.100 despise<00:16:55.679><c> them,</c> 00:16:56.519 --> 00:17:00.279 and<00:16:56.679><c> he's</c><00:16:57.039><c> treating</c><00:16:57.340><c> them</c><00:16:57.519><c> like</c><00:16:57.679><c> his</c><00:16:57.860><c> own</c><00:16:58.039><c> people.</c><00:16:59.039><c> He's</c><00:16:59.620><c> talking</c><00:16:59.980><c> to</c> 00:17:00.279 --> 00:17:02.049 us,<00:17:00.980><c> teaching</c><00:17:01.259><c> us.</c> 00:17:02.779 --> 00:17:06.279 Maybe<00:17:03.360><c> we're</c><00:17:03.940><c> going</c><00:17:04.059><c> to</c><00:17:04.220><c> be</c><00:17:04.359><c> made</c><00:17:04.559><c> equal</c><00:17:04.880><c> to</c><00:17:05.059><c> the</c><00:17:05.220><c> Jews.</c><00:17:05.900><c> Maybe</c> 00:17:06.279 --> 00:17:07.599 we're<00:17:06.440><c> going</c><00:17:06.619><c> to</c><00:17:06.720><c> be</c><00:17:06.839><c> made</c><00:17:06.980><c> even</c><00:17:07.220><c> better,</c> 00:17:07.980 --> 00:17:09.940 because<00:17:08.240><c> look,</c><00:17:08.500><c> we</c><00:17:08.660><c> believe</c><00:17:08.980><c> him.</c><00:17:09.160><c> The</c><00:17:09.299><c> Jews</c><00:17:09.460><c> don't</c><00:17:09.740><c> believe</c> 00:17:09.940 --> 00:17:11.660 him.<00:17:10.119><c> We</c><00:17:10.420><c> believe</c><00:17:10.759><c> him.</c> 00:17:11.779 --> 00:17:14.779 Maybe<00:17:12.259><c> we're</c><00:17:12.480><c> going</c><00:17:12.619><c> to</c><00:17:12.759><c> be</c><00:17:12.859><c> his</c><00:17:13.059><c> people.</c><00:17:13.960><c> Maybe</c><00:17:14.180><c> our</c><00:17:14.519><c> great</c> 00:17:14.779 --> 00:17:16.839 temple<00:17:15.019><c> is</c><00:17:15.200><c> going</c><00:17:15.319><c> to</c><00:17:15.440><c> be</c><00:17:15.579><c> the</c><00:17:15.799><c> temple.</c> 00:17:17.259 --> 00:17:23.400 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down</c><00:17:40.519><c> through</c><00:17:40.700><c> Galilee</c><00:17:41.119><c> and</c><00:17:41.500><c> stops</c><00:17:41.779><c> at</c> 00:17:41.980 --> 00:17:42.839 the<00:17:42.140><c> Samaritan</c><00:17:42.480><c> border</c> 00:17:42.839 --> 00:17:47.759 and<00:17:43.079><c> sends</c><00:17:43.440><c> two</c><00:17:44.160><c> messengers</c><00:17:44.559><c> in.</c><00:17:45.960><c> And</c><00:17:45.960><c> the</c><00:17:46.180><c> messenger's</c><00:17:46.819><c> message</c><00:17:47.039><c> is,</c> 00:17:48.000 --> 00:17:51.839 will<00:17:48.019><c> you</c><00:17:48.259><c> prepare</c><00:17:48.700><c> lodging</c><00:17:49.200><c> for</c><00:17:49.420><c> the</c><00:17:49.640><c> Lord</c><00:17:49.960><c> and</c><00:17:50.319><c> his</c><00:17:50.599><c> disciples?</c> 00:17:54.180 --> 00:17:56.069 Verse<00:17:54.619><c> 53</c><00:17:55.200><c> says,</c> 00:17:56.809 --> 00:18:05.849 And<00:17:57.930><c> they</c><00:17:58.210><c> did</c><00:17:58.750><c> not</c><00:17:59.130><c> receive</c><00:18:00.089><c> him,</c><00:18:02.650><c> because</c><00:18:02.930><c> his</c><00:18:03.329><c> face</c><00:18:03.970><c> was</c><00:18:05.569><c> as</c> 00:18:05.849 --> 00:18:08.170 though<00:18:06.029><c> he</c><00:18:06.150><c> were</c><00:18:06.430><c> going</c><00:18:06.809><c> to</c><00:18:07.029><c> Jerusalem.</c> 00:18:11.630 --> 00:18:18.970 They<00:18:12.190><c> could</c><00:18:12.450><c> see</c><00:18:12.650><c> that</c><00:18:13.349><c> he</c><00:18:13.950><c> was</c><00:18:14.170><c> going</c><00:18:14.329><c> to</c><00:18:14.529><c> go</c><00:18:15.089><c> through</c><00:18:15.690><c> Samaria</c><00:18:16.450><c> to</c><00:18:17.809><c> Jerusalem.</c> 00:18:20.190 --> 00:18:25.470 And<00:18:20.750><c> all</c><00:18:21.069><c> of</c><00:18:21.230><c> the</c><00:18:21.490><c> hopes</c><00:18:22.089><c> and</c><00:18:22.869><c> dreams</c><00:18:23.750><c> that</c><00:18:24.890><c> had</c><00:18:25.009><c> been</c><00:18:25.250><c> given</c> 00:18:25.470 --> 00:18:28.130 birth<00:18:25.769><c> to</c><00:18:25.990><c> in</c><00:18:26.170><c> his</c><00:18:26.369><c> two</c><00:18:26.589><c> days</c><00:18:26.849><c> with</c><00:18:27.130><c> them,</c> 00:18:28.730 --> 00:18:32.970 all<00:18:28.849><c> of</c><00:18:29.029><c> the</c><00:18:29.349><c> anticipations</c><00:18:30.490><c> of</c><00:18:31.029><c> being</c><00:18:31.529><c> lifted</c><00:18:31.950><c> up</c><00:18:32.589><c> out</c><00:18:32.829><c> of</c> 00:18:32.970 --> 00:18:35.230 their<00:18:33.250><c> detestable</c><00:18:33.950><c> position,</c> 00:18:36.410 --> 00:18:40.130 were<00:18:36.549><c> dashed</c><00:18:36.910><c> to</c><00:18:36.990><c> pieces.</c><00:18:39.049><c> You</c><00:18:39.150><c> notice</c><00:18:39.309><c> it</c><00:18:39.410><c> doesn't</c><00:18:39.710><c> say</c><00:18:39.970><c> that</c> 00:18:40.130 --> 00:18:43.690 they<00:18:40.329><c> rejected</c><00:18:40.930><c> all</c><00:18:41.890><c> of</c><00:18:42.089><c> the</c><00:18:42.269><c> group.</c><00:18:42.549><c> It</c><00:18:42.589><c> says,</c> 00:18:43.710 --> 00:18:50.730 they<00:18:44.190><c> would</c><00:18:44.609><c> not</c><00:18:44.849><c> receive</c><00:18:45.529><c> him,</c><00:18:48.309><c> because</c><00:18:48.650><c> after</c><00:18:49.069><c> all</c><00:18:49.230><c> he's</c><00:18:49.450><c> just</c><00:18:49.710><c> a</c><00:18:49.869><c> Jew.</c> 00:18:52.069 --> 00:18:55.609 He's<00:18:52.269><c> not</c><00:18:52.430><c> what</c><00:18:52.549><c> we</c><00:18:52.769><c> thought</c><00:18:52.890><c> he</c><00:18:53.069><c> was.</c><00:18:54.589><c> He</c><00:18:54.789><c> despises</c><00:18:55.170><c> us</c><00:18:55.430><c> just</c> 00:18:55.609 --> 00:18:58.910 like<00:18:55.789><c> any</c><00:18:56.029><c> other</c><00:18:56.230><c> Jew.</c><00:18:57.369><c> We're</c><00:18:57.609><c> not</c><00:18:57.789><c> important.</c> 00:18:59.009 --> 00:19:02.470 We<00:18:59.190><c> are</c><00:18:59.390><c> not</c><00:18:59.609><c> necessary.</c><00:19:00.789><c> We</c><00:19:00.990><c> are</c><00:19:01.230><c> people</c><00:19:01.549><c> who</c><00:19:01.769><c> are</c><00:19:01.950><c> not</c><00:19:02.150><c> equal</c> 00:19:02.470 --> 00:19:04.829 to<00:19:02.910><c> his</c><00:19:03.210><c> Jewish</c><00:19:03.549><c> people.</c><00:19:03.869><c> He's</c><00:19:03.970><c> going</c><00:19:04.170><c> to</c><00:19:04.369><c> Jerusalem.</c> 00:19:05.029 --> 00:19:10.450 What<00:19:05.230><c> about</c><00:19:05.450><c> us?</c><00:19:06.569><c> Right</c><00:19:06.730><c> through</c><00:19:06.910><c> us</c><00:19:07.089><c> to</c><00:19:07.269><c> Jerusalem?</c><00:19:07.829><c> No!</c><00:19:09.970><c> He</c> 00:19:10.450 --> 00:19:11.930 cannot<00:19:10.730><c> come</c><00:19:11.069><c> through.</c> 00:19:13.190 --> 00:19:19.150 That's<00:19:13.569><c> what</c><00:19:13.690><c> they</c><00:19:13.910><c> said</c><00:19:14.289><c> out</c><00:19:15.529><c> of</c><00:19:15.730><c> the</c><00:19:16.190><c> deeply</c><00:19:16.849><c> wounded</c><00:19:17.549><c> feeling</c><00:19:18.170><c> that</c> 00:19:19.150 --> 00:19:21.180 they<00:19:19.390><c> experienced</c><00:19:19.869><c> at</c><00:19:20.049><c> this</c><00:19:20.210><c> time.</c> 00:19:23.269 --> 00:19:28.390 And<00:19:23.329><c> it</c><00:19:23.549><c> says,</c><00:19:24.970><c> when</c><00:19:25.069><c> his</c><00:19:25.349><c> disciples</c><00:19:25.849><c> James</c><00:19:26.250><c> and</c><00:19:26.609><c> John,</c><00:19:28.230><c> the</c> 00:19:28.390 --> 00:19:32.039 sons<00:19:28.829><c> of</c><00:19:29.349><c> thunder,</c><00:19:30.529><c> raw</c><00:19:31.069><c> power,</c> 00:19:33.680 --> 00:19:41.039 destruction,<00:19:36.140><c> explosive</c><00:19:36.259><c> noise,</c><00:19:37.720><c> when</c><00:19:38.859><c> the</c><00:19:39.099><c> two</c><00:19:39.319><c> messengers,</c><00:19:40.099><c> the</c><00:19:40.200><c> disciples,</c><00:19:40.759><c> James</c> 00:19:41.039 --> 00:19:42.940 and<00:19:41.180><c> John,</c><00:19:42.440><c> saw,</c> 00:19:43.180 --> 00:19:48.160 they<00:19:43.400><c> understood</c><00:19:43.859><c> that</c><00:19:44.019><c> they</c><00:19:44.140><c> were</c><00:19:44.359><c> rejecting</c><00:19:44.880><c> Jesus,</c><00:19:47.900><c> they</c> 00:19:48.160 --> 00:19:50.000 take<00:19:48.380><c> it</c><00:19:48.519><c> to</c><00:19:48.720><c> heart</c><00:19:48.940><c> and</c><00:19:49.160><c> they</c><00:19:49.359><c> are</c><00:19:49.559><c> personally</c> 00:19:50.000 --> 00:19:54.180 offended.<00:19:51.339><c> Is</c><00:19:51.519><c> it</c><00:19:51.599><c> because</c><00:19:51.799><c> they</c><00:19:51.980><c> are</c><00:19:52.160><c> concerned</c><00:19:52.539><c> for</c><00:19:52.859><c> Jesus?</c> 00:19:55.460 --> 00:19:58.940 God<00:19:55.640><c> be</c><00:19:55.839><c> with</c><00:19:55.940><c> you</c><00:19:56.099><c> sister.</c><00:19:58.119><c> Or</c><00:19:58.299><c> is</c><00:19:58.480><c> it</c><00:19:58.640><c> because</c> 00:19:58.940 --> 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Samaritans</c><00:20:15.680><c> rejected</c><00:20:16.299><c> him,</c><00:20:17.640><c> they</c><00:20:17.819><c> were</c><00:20:18.079><c> rejecting</c><00:20:18.599><c> them.</c><00:20:19.000><c> Not</c> 00:20:19.240 --> 00:20:21.740 because<00:20:19.599><c> they</c><00:20:21.000><c> were</c><00:20:21.220><c> concerned</c> 00:20:21.740 --> 00:20:26.859 for<00:20:21.880><c> him,</c><00:20:23.099><c> they</c><00:20:23.319><c> were</c><00:20:23.559><c> concerned</c><00:20:23.819><c> for</c><00:20:23.980><c> themselves.</c><00:20:26.180><c> And</c><00:20:26.759><c> so</c> 00:20:26.859 --> 00:20:30.400 they<00:20:27.039><c> felt</c><00:20:27.200><c> personally</c><00:20:27.660><c> rejected.</c><00:20:29.380><c> And</c><00:20:29.960><c> what</c><00:20:30.160><c> do</c><00:20:30.220><c> they</c> 00:20:30.400 --> 00:20:36.880 say,<00:20:30.819><c> these</c><00:20:31.059><c> sons</c><00:20:31.400><c> of</c><00:20:31.759><c> thunder?</c><00:20:34.519><c> They</c><00:20:34.720><c> said,</c><00:20:34.960><c> Lord,</c><00:20:36.079><c> wilt</c><00:20:36.299><c> thou</c><00:20:36.460><c> that</c><00:20:36.640><c> we</c> 00:20:36.880 --> 00:20:38.680 command<00:20:37.299><c> fire</c><00:20:37.700><c> to</c><00:20:37.920><c> come</c><00:20:38.059><c> down</c><00:20:38.200><c> from</c><00:20:38.400><c> heaven</c> 00:20:38.680 --> 00:20:43.859 and<00:20:39.160><c> consume</c><00:20:39.740><c> them</c><00:20:40.140><c> even</c><00:20:40.619><c> as</c><00:20:40.900><c> Elijah</c><00:20:41.220><c> did?</c><00:20:42.500><c> So</c><00:20:42.700><c> they</c><00:20:42.920><c> fancy</c><00:20:43.220><c> themselves</c><00:20:43.599><c> to</c> 00:20:43.859 --> 00:20:46.440 be<00:20:44.259><c> like</c><00:20:44.500><c> Elijah.</c><00:20:45.640><c> They</c><00:20:46.079><c> fancy</c> 00:20:46.440 --> 00:20:49.180 themselves<00:20:47.099><c> to</c><00:20:47.259><c> be</c><00:20:47.380><c> that</c><00:20:47.559><c> kind</c><00:20:47.779><c> of</c><00:20:47.960><c> individual.</c><00:20:48.480><c> Once</c><00:20:48.859><c> Elijah</c> 00:20:49.180 --> 00:20:53.079 had<00:20:49.440><c> destroyed</c><00:20:50.380><c> the</c><00:20:51.279><c> Balaamite</c><00:20:51.779><c> worshippers</c> 00:20:53.160 --> 00:20:56.940 in<00:20:53.519><c> Samaria,</c><00:20:54.319><c> and</c><00:20:54.559><c> now</c><00:20:54.920><c> we</c><00:20:55.380><c> must</c><00:20:55.579><c> be</c><00:20:55.740><c> like</c><00:20:55.900><c> Elijah</c><00:20:56.180><c> and</c><00:20:56.359><c> destroy</c><00:20:56.779><c> them</c> 00:20:56.940 --> 00:20:58.900 once<00:20:57.220><c> again.</c><00:20:58.000><c> Does</c><00:20:58.200><c> Jesus</c><00:20:58.440><c> say,</c><00:20:58.819><c> yes,</c> 00:20:58.920 --> 00:21:04.740 go<00:20:59.099><c> ahead,</c><00:20:59.359><c> they</c><00:20:59.559><c> are</c><00:20:59.799><c> rejected</c><00:21:00.240><c> and</c><00:21:00.619><c> despised?</c><00:21:01.900><c> He</c><00:21:02.059><c> says,</c><00:21:04.579><c> it</c> 00:21:04.740 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like</c><00:25:17.599><c> Elijah</c> 00:25:18.740 --> 00:25:21.700 when<00:25:19.140><c> we're</c><00:25:19.480><c> doing</c><00:25:19.740><c> whatever</c><00:25:20.140><c> we</c><00:25:20.380><c> are</c><00:25:20.559><c> doing</c><00:25:20.920><c> and</c><00:25:21.359><c> whatever</c> 00:25:21.700 --> 00:25:24.079 destructive<00:25:22.460><c> way</c><00:25:22.700><c> we</c><00:25:22.900><c> go</c><00:25:23.140><c> about</c><00:25:23.440><c> doing</c><00:25:23.680><c> it</c> 00:25:24.299 --> 00:25:30.720 to<00:25:24.700><c> change</c><00:25:25.259><c> and</c><00:25:25.660><c> purify</c><00:25:26.359><c> and</c><00:25:27.339><c> turn</c><00:25:28.079><c> around</c><00:25:28.640><c> other</c><00:25:29.039><c> people</c><00:25:29.380><c> around</c><00:25:29.720><c> us.</c> 00:25:31.039 --> 00:25:34.259 Is<00:25:31.559><c> that</c><00:25:31.839><c> the</c><00:25:32.140><c> Spirit</c><00:25:32.339><c> and</c><00:25:32.579><c> power</c><00:25:32.940><c> of</c><00:25:33.240><c> Elijah?</c> 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the</c><00:26:09.559><c> way</c><00:26:09.700><c> that</c><00:26:09.900><c> we</c><00:26:10.000><c> go</c><00:26:10.319><c> around</c><00:26:10.980><c> attempting</c><00:26:11.680><c> to</c><00:26:12.799><c> beat</c> 00:26:13.240 --> 00:26:14.740 those<00:26:13.640><c> that</c><00:26:13.839><c> we</c><00:26:14.039><c> disagree</c><00:26:14.339><c> with</c> 00:26:15.119 --> 00:26:22.160 into<00:26:15.640><c> submission</c><00:26:16.279><c> to</c><00:26:17.099><c> our</c><00:26:17.420><c> will.</c><00:26:19.700><c> Now,</c><00:26:19.880><c> brethren</c><00:26:20.019><c> and</c><00:26:20.200><c> sisters,</c><00:26:21.420><c> here</c><00:26:21.839><c> is</c><00:26:22.079><c> a</c> 00:26:22.160 --> 00:26:23.480 lovely<00:26:22.460><c> picture,</c><00:26:22.759><c> isn't</c><00:26:23.000><c> it,</c> 00:26:23.480 --> 00:26:29.619 of<00:26:23.799><c> ourselves</c><00:26:24.500><c> in</c><00:26:25.039><c> our</c><00:26:25.279><c> ugliest</c><00:26:25.640><c> moments.</c><00:26:27.200><c> That's</c><00:26:27.500><c> why</c><00:26:28.059><c> it</c><00:26:28.559><c> was</c><00:26:28.819><c> necessary</c><00:26:29.319><c> to</c> 00:26:29.619 --> 00:26:30.480 point<00:26:29.799><c> out</c><00:26:29.920><c> at</c><00:26:30.039><c> the</c><00:26:30.180><c> beginning</c> 00:26:30.480 --> 00:26:34.039 that<00:26:30.980><c> we'll</c><00:26:31.299><c> see</c><00:26:31.440><c> ourselves,</c><00:26:32.920><c> people</c><00:26:33.099><c> with</c><00:26:33.359><c> our</c><00:26:33.619><c> names,</c><00:26:33.920><c> all</c> 00:26:34.039 --> 00:26:36.359 we<00:26:34.180><c> need</c><00:26:34.299><c> to</c><00:26:34.400><c> do</c><00:26:34.519><c> is</c><00:26:34.799><c> substitute</c><00:26:35.240><c> our</c><00:26:35.619><c> own</c><00:26:35.880><c> names</c> 00:26:36.359 --> 00:26:40.799 for<00:26:36.859><c> these</c><00:26:37.119><c> people's</c><00:26:37.579><c> names</c><00:26:37.880><c> and</c><00:26:38.319><c> we're</c><00:26:38.559><c> looking</c><00:26:38.759><c> at</c><00:26:39.059><c> ourselves.</c><00:26:40.000><c> It's</c><00:26:40.319><c> not</c><00:26:40.539><c> an</c> 00:26:40.799 --> 00:26:42.240 old<00:26:41.259><c> archaic</c><00:26:41.920><c> document,</c> 00:26:42.559 --> 00:26:47.420 it's<00:26:42.980><c> real</c><00:26:43.319><c> life,</c><00:26:44.380><c> living</c><00:26:44.559><c> and</c><00:26:44.859><c> powerful,</c><00:26:45.980><c> dividing</c><00:26:46.319><c> us</c><00:26:46.619><c> under,</c><00:26:47.000><c> cutting</c><00:26:47.180><c> us</c> 00:26:47.420 --> 00:26:49.779 up<00:26:47.680><c> inside,</c><00:26:48.880><c> between,</c><00:26:49.140><c> cutting</c><00:26:49.359><c> apart</c> 00:26:49.779 --> 00:26:53.299 that<00:26:50.380><c> which</c><00:26:50.640><c> is</c><00:26:50.920><c> all</c><00:26:51.279><c> pretense</c><00:26:51.900><c> and</c><00:26:52.319><c> misunderstanding</c><00:26:53.000><c> from</c> 00:26:53.299 --> 00:26:55.700 that<00:26:53.539><c> which</c><00:26:53.880><c> really</c><00:26:54.240><c> 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men.</c><00:27:23.579><c> When</c><00:27:23.819><c> Jesus</c> 00:27:24.539 --> 00:27:31.299 selected<00:27:25.319><c> his</c><00:27:25.859><c> disciples,</c><00:27:27.059><c> do</c><00:27:27.519><c> you</c><00:27:27.740><c> imagine</c><00:27:28.460><c> that</c><00:27:29.240><c> he</c><00:27:29.420><c> selected</c><00:27:29.799><c> men</c><00:27:30.180><c> who</c><00:27:30.359><c> were</c><00:27:30.680><c> special</c><00:27:31.099><c> in</c> 00:27:31.299 --> 00:27:32.380 any<00:27:31.500><c> way?</c> 00:27:38.359 --> 00:27:42.819 Learning<00:27:38.660><c> somebody</c><00:27:39.380><c> called</c><00:27:39.839><c> every</c><00:27:40.240><c> man.</c><00:27:41.000><c> Every</c><00:27:41.259><c> man</c><00:27:41.579><c> is</c><00:27:42.140><c> every</c><00:27:42.539><c> man</c> 00:27:42.819 --> 00:27:46.500 or<00:27:43.019><c> every</c><00:27:43.240><c> woman.</c><00:27:44.559><c> He's</c><00:27:45.319><c> the</c><00:27:45.720><c> individual</c> 00:27:46.500 --> 00:27:50.000 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calls</c><00:37:12.239><c> them</c><00:37:12.420><c> together</c><00:37:12.880><c> and</c><00:37:13.199><c> Jesus</c><00:37:13.599><c> says</c><00:37:13.940><c> to</c><00:37:14.079><c> them,</c><00:37:15.099><c> look,</c> 00:37:17.000 --> 00:37:19.039 you<00:37:17.119><c> know</c><00:37:17.300><c> that</c><00:37:17.480><c> they</c><00:37:17.619><c> which</c><00:37:17.800><c> are</c><00:37:18.059><c> accounted</c> 00:37:19.280 --> 00:37:24.079 to<00:37:19.739><c> rule</c><00:37:20.260><c> over</c><00:37:20.780><c> the</c><00:37:21.099><c> Gentiles</c><00:37:21.960><c> exercise</c><00:37:22.800><c> lordship</c><00:37:23.400><c> over</c><00:37:23.619><c> them,</c><00:37:23.860><c> the</c> 00:37:24.079 --> 00:37:26.619 delight<00:37:24.559><c> in</c> 00:37:26.840 --> 00:37:31.500 pulling<00:37:27.280><c> all</c><00:37:27.639><c> manner</c><00:37:28.159><c> of</c><00:37:28.780><c> power</c><00:37:29.480><c> plays</c><00:37:30.340><c> against</c><00:37:30.980><c> each</c><00:37:31.239><c> 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want</c><00:37:41.739><c> to</c><00:37:42.079><c> control</c><00:37:42.420><c> them.</c> 00:37:44.039 --> 00:37:47.320 Nobody<00:37:44.300><c> wants</c><00:37:44.739><c> conservative</c><00:37:45.619><c> right</c><00:37:46.099><c>-wing</c><00:37:46.300><c> brethren</c><00:37:46.679><c> to</c><00:37:47.139><c> get</c> 00:37:47.320 --> 00:37:49.420 control<00:37:47.619><c> of</c><00:37:47.780><c> the</c><00:37:47.920><c> Ecclesia.</c><00:37:48.199><c> Nobody</c><00:37:48.480><c> wants</c><00:37:48.960><c> liberal</c> 00:37:49.420 --> 00:37:52.579 brethren<00:37:49.860><c> to</c><00:37:50.260><c> get</c><00:37:50.400><c> control</c><00:37:50.699><c> of</c><00:37:50.880><c> the</c><00:37:51.000><c> Ecclesia</c><00:37:51.260><c> and</c><00:37:51.480><c> they</c><00:37:51.780><c> fight</c><00:37:52.000><c> against</c><00:37:52.300><c> each</c> 00:37:52.579 --> 00:37:54.219 other,<00:37:53.139><c> pulling</c><00:37:53.380><c> in</c><00:37:53.840><c> opposite</c> 00:37:54.219 --> 00:37:57.739 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the</c><00:38:08.639><c> world.</c><00:38:10.000><c> So</c><00:38:10.219><c> what's</c><00:38:10.460><c> he</c><00:38:10.699><c> saying?</c><00:38:12.860><c> When</c><00:38:13.079><c> we're</c><00:38:13.340><c> fighting</c><00:38:13.800><c> and</c> 00:38:15.199 --> 00:38:16.880 there<00:38:15.360><c> are</c><00:38:15.659><c> hostilities</c><00:38:16.119><c> afoot,</c> 00:38:16.880 --> 00:38:21.099 when<00:38:17.639><c> we</c><00:38:17.780><c> are</c><00:38:17.980><c> in</c><00:38:18.420><c> severe</c><00:38:18.659><c> conflict</c><00:38:19.099><c> with</c><00:38:19.280><c> each</c><00:38:19.460><c> other,</c><00:38:20.800><c> we're</c> 00:38:21.099 --> 00:38:24.059 just<00:38:21.679><c> like</c><00:38:22.559><c> the</c><00:38:23.059><c> world.</c> 00:38:24.980 --> 00:38:29.179 We're<00:38:25.099><c> just</c><00:38:25.320><c> like</c><00:38:25.579><c> them.</c><00:38:26.880><c> We're</c><00:38:27.199><c> just</c><00:38:27.719><c> like</c><00:38:28.320><c> the</c><00:38:28.500><c> 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great</c><00:38:46.190><c> among</c><00:38:46.530><c> you</c><00:38:47.349><c> shall</c><00:38:47.690><c> be</c> 00:38:47.929 --> 00:38:49.250 a<00:38:48.110><c> minister,</c> 00:38:50.469 --> 00:38:55.190 shall<00:38:50.530><c> be</c><00:38:50.710><c> a</c><00:38:50.929><c> servant.</c><00:38:52.809><c> You</c><00:38:53.050><c> want</c><00:38:53.329><c> greatness</c><00:38:53.829><c> in</c><00:38:53.969><c> my</c><00:38:54.289><c> kingdom?</c> 00:38:55.409 --> 00:38:57.590 Don't<00:38:55.650><c> beat</c><00:38:55.929><c> somebody</c><00:38:56.329><c> else</c><00:38:56.670><c> down</c><00:38:57.269><c> to</c><00:38:57.449><c> be</c> 00:38:57.590 --> 00:39:07.530 greater<00:38:57.869><c> than</c><00:38:58.070><c> them.</c><00:38:59.730><c> Get</c><00:38:59.949><c> in</c><00:39:00.130><c> there</c><00:39:00.309><c> and</c><00:39:00.690><c> serve</c><00:39:01.010><c> them.</c><00:39:03.090><c> Greatness</c><00:39:03.789><c> in</c><00:39:04.050><c> God's</c><00:39:04.750><c> kingdom,</c><00:39:06.389><c> greatness</c><00:39:06.829><c> in</c><00:39:07.190><c> the</c> 00:39:07.530 --> 00:39:11.929 pleasure<00:39:08.150><c> comes</c><00:39:09.409><c> not</c><00:39:09.750><c> through</c><00:39:10.070><c> exercising</c><00:39:10.750><c> one's</c><00:39:11.329><c> authority</c> 00:39:11.929 --> 00:39:15.429 over<00:39:12.309><c> other</c><00:39:12.610><c> people,</c><00:39:14.030><c> but</c><00:39:14.150><c> in</c><00:39:14.510><c> serving</c><00:39:14.769><c> them</c> 00:39:15.429 --> 00:39:20.650 from<00:39:15.969><c> underneath,</c><00:39:17.110><c> supporting</c><00:39:17.710><c> them</c><00:39:18.090><c> upwards.</c><00:39:19.250><c> The</c><00:39:19.409><c> word</c><00:39:19.630><c> minister</c><00:39:19.989><c> means</c><00:39:20.309><c> to</c> 00:39:20.650 --> 00:39:22.170 run<00:39:20.849><c> to</c><00:39:21.150><c> serve.</c> 00:39:25.469 --> 00:39:30.590 Are<00:39:25.849><c> you</c><00:39:26.070><c> the</c><00:39:26.230><c> kind</c><00:39:26.469><c> 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his</c><00:43:41.750><c> life</c><00:43:42.489><c> a</c> 00:43:43.949 --> 00:43:45.369 ransom<00:43:44.329><c> for</c><00:43:44.550><c> many.</c> 00:43:46.050 --> 00:43:52.269 This<00:43:46.730><c> is</c><00:43:46.869><c> what</c><00:43:47.090><c> Jesus</c><00:43:47.489><c> did.</c><00:43:49.070><c> This</c><00:43:49.269><c> is</c><00:43:49.429><c> what</c><00:43:49.550><c> Jesus</c><00:43:49.929><c> said.</c><00:43:52.030><c> Hear</c> 00:43:52.269 --> 00:43:53.349 ye<00:43:52.510><c> him.</c>