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a<00:11:44.879><c> nation</c><00:11:45.259><c> producing</c><00:11:45.799><c> the</c><00:11:46.100><c> fruits</c><00:11:46.279><c> of</c><00:11:46.440><c> it,</c><00:11:46.720><c> that's</c><00:11:46.960><c> what</c><00:11:47.100><c> God</c><00:11:47.360><c> wants.</c>

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God<00:11:55.879><c> is</c><00:11:56.139><c> taken</c><00:11:56.460><c> away</c><00:11:57.019><c> from</c><00:11:57.340><c> them</c><00:11:57.759><c> and</c><00:11:58.159><c> given</c><00:11:58.399><c> to</c><00:11:58.700><c> whom?</c>

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A<00:11:59.620><c> nation</c><00:12:00.139><c> producing</c><00:12:00.799><c> the</c><00:12:01.200><c> fruits</c><00:12:01.419><c> of</c><00:12:01.700><c> it.</c>

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lesson<00:12:06.139><c> we</c><00:12:06.360><c> learned</c><00:12:06.559><c> Tuesday.</c>

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And<00:12:26.720><c> after</c><00:12:27.259><c> that</c><00:12:27.620><c> confrontation,</c><00:12:28.799><c> because</c><00:12:28.820><c> there</c><00:12:28.980><c> was</c><00:12:29.279><c> no</c><00:12:29.639><c> spirituality</c><00:12:30.440><c> in</c>

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them,<00:12:31.559><c> in</c><00:12:31.700><c> the</c><00:12:32.360><c> religious</c>

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leaders<00:12:33.159><c> of</c><00:12:33.360><c> that</c><00:12:33.559><c> time</c><00:12:33.879><c> and</c><00:12:34.139><c> the</c><00:12:34.340><c> Jewish</c><00:12:34.679><c> worship,</c><00:12:35.480><c> Jesus</c><00:12:35.799><c> went</c><00:12:36.120><c> and</c><00:12:36.220><c> he</c>

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Well<00:12:50.360><c> we</c><00:12:50.379><c> have</c><00:12:50.600><c> a</c><00:12:50.659><c> very</c><00:12:50.960><c> important</c><00:12:51.340><c> qualification</c><00:12:52.059><c> here</c><00:12:52.399><c> because</c><00:12:52.659><c> that's</c><00:12:53.039><c> not</c>

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works,<00:12:54.679><c> it's</c><00:12:54.940><c> far</c><00:12:55.240><c> from</c><00:12:55.500><c> it.</c>

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It's<00:13:05.379><c> not</c><00:13:05.639><c> that</c><00:13:05.899><c> way,</c><00:13:06.200><c> is</c><00:13:06.320><c> it?</c>

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That's<00:13:19.759><c> an</c><00:13:19.980><c> important</c><00:13:20.259><c> difference,</c><00:13:20.720><c> isn't</c><00:13:20.960><c> it?</c>

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It's<00:13:22.220><c> not</c><00:13:22.379><c> an</c><00:13:22.639><c> automatic</c><00:13:23.100><c> thing</c><00:13:24.460><c> that</c><00:13:24.980><c> just</c><00:13:25.159><c> because</c><00:13:25.659><c> one</c><00:13:25.899><c> nation</c><00:13:26.200><c> rejected</c><00:13:26.700><c> it,</c>

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descent,<00:13:33.799><c> of</c><00:13:34.019><c> any</c><00:13:34.360><c> nationality.</c>

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What<00:13:38.820><c> God</c><00:13:39.179><c> wants</c><00:13:39.600><c> from</c><00:13:39.879><c> His</c><00:13:40.240><c> Word</c><00:13:40.740><c> is</c><00:13:41.240><c> it</c><00:13:41.419><c> to</c><00:13:41.519><c> dwell</c><00:13:41.779><c> in</c><00:13:41.940><c> people's</c><00:13:42.480><c> hearts,</c><00:13:42.799><c> that</c>

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God,<00:13:48.039><c> Jew</c><00:13:48.360><c> or</c><00:13:48.879><c> Gentile.</c>

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That's<00:13:50.080><c> a</c><00:13:50.120><c> different</c><00:13:50.460><c> qualification</c><00:13:51.240><c> than</c><00:13:51.480><c> just</c><00:13:51.659><c> saying</c><00:13:51.840><c> because</c><00:13:52.240><c> I'm</c>

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Now<00:13:53.179><c> I'm</c><00:13:53.539><c> spiritual</c><00:13:53.980><c> Israel.</c>

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I'm<00:13:55.879><c> the</c><00:13:56.019><c> one</c><00:13:56.159><c> who</c><00:13:56.419><c> received</c><00:13:56.940><c> the</c><00:13:57.279><c> gospel</c><00:13:57.679><c> because</c><00:13:58.100><c> the</c><00:13:58.320><c> Jewish</c><00:13:58.480><c> people</c><00:13:58.799><c> rejected</c><00:13:59.259><c> it.</c>

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No,<00:13:59.639><c> that's</c><00:13:59.940><c> not</c><00:14:00.179><c> it.</c>

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It's<00:14:02.840><c> narrowed</c><00:14:03.480><c> considerably</c><00:14:04.100><c> only</c><00:14:06.179><c> to</c><00:14:06.399><c> those</c><00:14:06.679><c> who</c><00:14:07.000><c> receive</c>

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it.

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That<00:14:12.500><c> is</c><00:14:12.700><c> the</c><00:14:12.960><c> fruit</c><00:14:13.240><c> of</c><00:14:13.600><c> the</c><00:14:13.899><c> Spirit,</c><00:14:14.720><c> the</c><00:14:14.980><c> fruit</c><00:14:15.179><c> that</c><00:14:15.480><c> grows</c>

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Well,<00:14:18.759><c> this</c><00:14:18.860><c> whole</c><00:14:19.980><c> parable</c><00:14:20.379><c> comes</c><00:14:20.659><c> from</c><00:14:20.899><c> the</c><00:14:20.980><c> fifth</c><00:14:21.179><c> chapter</c>

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It's<00:14:27.620><c> repeated</c><00:14:28.039><c> practically</c><00:14:28.940><c> verbatim.</c>

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little<00:14:40.399><c> more</c><00:14:41.240><c> about</c><00:14:41.759><c> what's</c>

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going<00:14:42.360><c> on.</c>

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Isaiah<00:14:44.340><c> 5</c><00:14:44.700><c> says,</c><00:14:44.960><c> Let</c><00:14:45.120><c> me</c><00:14:45.299><c> sing</c><00:14:45.600><c> for</c><00:14:45.799><c> my</c><00:14:46.059><c> beloved</c><00:14:46.399><c> a</c><00:14:46.620><c> love</c><00:14:46.899><c> song</c>

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My<00:14:48.740><c> beloved</c><00:14:49.039><c> had</c><00:14:49.279><c> a</c><00:14:49.460><c> vineyard</c><00:14:49.720><c> on</c><00:14:49.940><c> a</c><00:14:50.100><c> very</c><00:14:50.419><c> fertile</c><00:14:50.679><c> hill.</c>

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He<00:14:51.700><c> digged</c><00:14:52.000><c> it</c><00:14:52.580><c> and</c><00:14:52.940><c> cleared</c><00:14:53.080><c> it</c><00:14:53.320><c> of</c><00:14:53.419><c> stones</c><00:14:53.840><c> and</c><00:14:54.200><c> planted</c><00:14:54.440><c> it</c>

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with<00:14:54.879><c> choice</c><00:14:55.220><c> vines.</c>

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He<00:14:56.539><c> built</c><00:14:56.779><c> a</c><00:14:57.059><c> watchtower</c><00:14:57.620><c> in</c><00:14:57.799><c> the</c><00:14:57.879><c> midst</c><00:14:58.100><c> of</c><00:14:58.259><c> it</c><00:14:58.639><c> and</c><00:14:59.019><c> hewed</c><00:14:59.120><c> out</c><00:14:59.419><c> a</c>

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wine<00:14:59.879><c> vat</c><00:15:00.080><c> in</c><00:15:00.279><c> it.</c>

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He<00:15:01.159><c> looked</c><00:15:01.600><c> for</c><00:15:01.919><c> it</c><00:15:02.120><c> to</c><00:15:02.240><c> yield</c><00:15:02.500><c> grapes,</c><00:15:04.019><c> but</c><00:15:04.220><c> it</c><00:15:04.379><c> yielded</c><00:15:04.799><c> wild</c><00:15:05.120><c> grapes.</c>

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That's<00:15:07.039><c> the</c><00:15:07.220><c> real</c><00:15:07.399><c> point,</c><00:15:07.799><c> isn't</c><00:15:08.080><c> it?</c>

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God<00:15:11.200><c> looked</c><00:15:11.519><c> for</c><00:15:11.840><c> fruit</c><00:15:12.919><c> in</c><00:15:13.720><c> his</c><00:15:14.019><c> nation</c><00:15:14.679><c> and</c><00:15:15.100><c> didn't</c><00:15:15.419><c> find</c><00:15:15.759><c> it.</c>

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And<00:15:17.279><c> now,</c><00:15:17.700><c> O</c><00:15:17.779><c> inhabitants</c><00:15:18.360><c> of</c><00:15:18.659><c> Jerusalem</c><00:15:19.200><c> and</c><00:15:19.360><c> men</c><00:15:19.639><c> of</c><00:15:19.799><c> Judah,</c>

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judge,<00:15:20.600><c> I</c><00:15:20.600><c> pray</c><00:15:20.879><c> you,</c><00:15:21.139><c> between</c><00:15:21.480><c> me</c><00:15:21.740><c> and</c>

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my<00:15:22.100><c> vineyard.</c>

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What<00:15:23.379><c> more</c><00:15:23.779><c> was</c><00:15:24.200><c> there</c><00:15:24.500><c> to</c><00:15:24.779><c> do</c><00:15:25.000><c> for</c><00:15:25.259><c> my</c><00:15:25.620><c> vineyard</c><00:15:26.000><c> that</c><00:15:26.179><c> I</c><00:15:26.580><c> have</c>

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not<00:15:27.480><c> done</c><00:15:27.700><c> it?</c>

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And<00:15:29.059><c> when</c><00:15:29.200><c> I</c><00:15:29.460><c> looked</c><00:15:29.700><c> for</c><00:15:29.960><c> it</c><00:15:30.120><c> to</c><00:15:30.179><c> yield</c><00:15:30.460><c> grapes,</c><00:15:31.500><c> why</c><00:15:31.940><c> did</c><00:15:32.100><c> it</c>

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yield<00:15:32.639><c> wild</c><00:15:33.000><c> grapes?</c>

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What<00:15:34.899><c> more</c><00:15:35.360><c> could</c><00:15:35.600><c> God</c><00:15:35.919><c> have</c><00:15:36.259><c> done?</c>

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In<00:15:38.980><c> the</c><00:15:39.220><c> parable,</c><00:15:40.539><c> it's</c><00:15:41.080><c> written,</c><00:15:41.419><c> he</c><00:15:41.639><c> digged</c><00:15:42.039><c> it</c><00:15:42.179><c> and</c><00:15:42.440><c> cleared</c><00:15:42.620><c> it</c><00:15:42.840><c> of</c><00:15:42.919><c> stones.</c>

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He<00:15:43.620><c> planted</c><00:15:43.960><c> it.</c>

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He<00:15:44.259><c> built</c><00:15:44.480><c> a</c><00:15:44.740><c> watchtower.</c>

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What<00:15:46.320><c> does</c><00:15:46.460><c> this</c><00:15:46.700><c> represent?</c>

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Everything<00:15:48.240><c> that</c><00:15:48.500><c> God</c><00:15:48.740><c> had</c><00:15:49.000><c> done</c><00:15:49.220><c> for</c><00:15:49.580><c> his</c><00:15:49.879><c> people</c><00:15:50.159><c> of</c><00:15:50.299><c> Israel.</c>

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He<00:15:50.840><c> gave</c><00:15:51.100><c> them</c><00:15:51.259><c> the</c><00:15:51.460><c> law.</c>

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He<00:15:51.899><c> brought</c><00:15:52.120><c> them</c><00:15:52.320><c> out</c><00:15:52.559><c> of</c><00:15:52.700><c> Egypt.</c>

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He<00:15:53.820><c> sent</c><00:15:54.120><c> them</c><00:15:54.440><c> prophets.</c>

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He<00:15:56.559><c> repeatedly</c><00:15:57.000><c> rescued</c><00:15:57.539><c> them</c><00:15:57.820><c> from</c><00:15:58.039><c> the</c><00:15:58.279><c> hand</c><00:15:58.460><c> of</c><00:15:58.600><c> their</c><00:15:58.779><c> enemies.</c>

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What<00:15:59.500><c> more</c><00:15:59.879><c> could</c><00:16:00.179><c> God</c><00:16:00.500><c> have</c><00:16:00.799><c> done</c><00:16:01.340><c> for</c><00:16:02.399><c> Israel?</c>

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He<00:16:03.440><c> brought</c><00:16:03.639><c> them</c><00:16:03.820><c> into</c><00:16:04.159><c> a</c><00:16:04.399><c> good</c><00:16:04.679><c> and</c><00:16:05.120><c> a</c><00:16:05.299><c> fruitful</c><00:16:05.600><c> land.</c>

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But<00:16:06.759><c> what</c><00:16:06.940><c> did</c><00:16:07.080><c> he</c><00:16:07.179><c> get?</c>

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Wild<00:16:09.019><c> grapes.</c>

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And<00:16:10.240><c> now</c><00:16:10.500><c> I</c><00:16:10.659><c> tell</c><00:16:10.879><c> you</c><00:16:11.080><c> what</c><00:16:11.220><c> I</c><00:16:11.399><c> will</c><00:16:11.500><c> do</c><00:16:11.659><c> to</c><00:16:11.820><c> my</c><00:16:12.059><c> vineyard.</c>

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I<00:16:12.519><c> will</c><00:16:12.700><c> remove</c><00:16:12.960><c> its</c><00:16:13.259><c> hedge</c><00:16:13.539><c> and</c><00:16:13.720><c> it</c><00:16:13.879><c> shall</c><00:16:14.019><c> be</c><00:16:14.279><c> devoured.</c>

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I<00:16:15.100><c> will</c><00:16:15.259><c> break</c><00:16:15.500><c> down</c><00:16:15.720><c> its</c><00:16:15.940><c> wall</c><00:16:16.220><c> and</c><00:16:16.399><c> it</c><00:16:16.539><c> shall</c><00:16:16.720><c> be</c><00:16:16.940><c> trampled</c><00:16:17.320><c> down.</c>

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I<00:16:18.120><c> will</c><00:16:18.279><c> make</c><00:16:18.440><c> it</c><00:16:18.659><c> a</c><00:16:18.820><c> waste.</c>

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It<00:16:19.379><c> shall</c><00:16:19.600><c> not</c><00:16:19.860><c> be</c><00:16:20.179><c> pruned</c><00:16:20.419><c> or</c><00:16:20.759><c> hoed</c><00:16:20.980><c> and</c><00:16:21.279><c> briars</c><00:16:21.799><c> and</c><00:16:22.120><c> thorns</c>

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shall<00:16:22.679><c> grow</c><00:16:22.899><c> up.</c>

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I<00:16:24.279><c> will</c><00:16:24.559><c> also</c><00:16:24.799><c> command</c><00:16:25.120><c> the</c><00:16:25.399><c> clouds,</c><00:16:25.740><c> if</c><00:16:25.860><c> they</c><00:16:26.100><c> rain,</c><00:16:26.360><c> no</c><00:16:26.480><c> rain</c>

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upon<00:16:27.000><c> it.</c>

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And<00:16:28.059><c> then,</c><00:16:29.279><c> if</c><00:16:29.519><c> there</c><00:16:29.700><c> were</c><00:16:29.899><c> any</c><00:16:30.159><c> doubt</c><00:16:30.460><c> as</c><00:16:30.860><c> to</c><00:16:30.940><c> what</c><00:16:31.100><c> this</c>

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parable<00:16:31.659><c> means,</c><00:16:32.139><c> it's</c><00:16:32.279><c> explained.</c>

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For<00:16:33.340><c> the</c><00:16:33.539><c> vineyard</c><00:16:33.919><c> of</c><00:16:34.100><c> the</c><00:16:34.200><c> Lord</c><00:16:34.460><c> of</c><00:16:34.679><c> Hosts</c><00:16:35.059><c> is</c><00:16:35.259><c> the</c><00:16:35.379><c> house</c><00:16:35.659><c> of</c><00:16:35.860><c> Israel,</c>

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and<00:16:36.860><c> the</c><00:16:36.980><c> men</c><00:16:37.200><c> of</c><00:16:37.419><c> Judah</c><00:16:37.659><c> are</c><00:16:38.059><c> his</c><00:16:38.360><c> pleasant</c><00:16:38.659><c> planting.</c>

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And<00:16:39.820><c> he</c><00:16:39.980><c> looked</c><00:16:40.120><c> for</c><00:16:40.399><c> justice,</c><00:16:41.100><c> but</c><00:16:41.220><c> behold</c><00:16:41.500><c> bloodshed,</c>

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for<00:16:42.980><c> righteousness,</c><00:16:44.080><c> but</c><00:16:44.159><c> behold</c><00:16:44.659><c> a</c><00:16:45.179><c> cry.</c>

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Well,<00:16:48.240><c> it's</c><00:16:48.460><c> no</c><00:16:48.620><c> wonder</c><00:16:48.840><c> then,</c><00:16:50.159><c> in</c><00:16:50.519><c> the</c><00:16:50.740><c> face</c><00:16:51.000><c> of</c><00:16:51.240><c> that</c><00:16:51.460><c> considerable</c><00:16:52.000><c> evidence</c><00:16:52.419><c> from</c>

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Isaiah<00:16:53.100><c> where</c>

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Jesus<00:16:53.700><c> took</c><00:16:53.980><c> this</c><00:16:54.279><c> parable,</c><00:16:55.200><c> as</c><00:16:55.440><c> close</c><00:16:55.759><c> as</c><00:16:56.039><c> any</c><00:16:56.820><c> parable</c><00:16:57.480><c> we</c>

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have<00:16:58.000><c> comes</c><00:16:58.340><c> to</c><00:16:58.539><c> an</c><00:16:58.679><c> Old</c><00:16:58.879><c> Testament</c><00:16:59.179><c> base.</c>

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It's<00:16:59.860><c> very</c><00:17:00.220><c> obvious</c><00:17:00.659><c> where</c><00:17:00.840><c> they</c><00:17:01.000><c> came</c><00:17:01.259><c> from.</c>

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It's<00:17:02.440><c> no</c><00:17:02.659><c> wonder</c><00:17:03.080><c> in</c><00:17:03.500><c> verse</c><00:17:03.820><c> 45,</c><00:17:05.319><c> back</c><00:17:05.619><c> in</c><00:17:05.759><c> Matthew,</c><00:17:06.259><c> now</c><00:17:06.319><c> we</c><00:17:06.539><c> read,</c>

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when<00:17:07.279><c> the</c><00:17:07.480><c> chief</c><00:17:07.759><c> priests</c><00:17:08.099><c> and</c><00:17:08.299><c> the</c><00:17:08.539><c> Pharisees</c><00:17:09.019><c> heard</c><00:17:09.339><c> his</c><00:17:09.740><c> parables,</c>

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they<00:17:10.660><c> perceived</c><00:17:11.220><c> that</c><00:17:11.480><c> he</c><00:17:11.579><c> was</c><00:17:11.900><c> speaking</c><00:17:12.380><c> about</c><00:17:13.299><c> them.</c>

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There<00:17:14.700><c> could</c><00:17:14.900><c> be</c><00:17:15.119><c> no</c><00:17:16.039><c> disputing</c><00:17:16.640><c> that</c><00:17:17.000><c> fact,</c>

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and<00:17:17.500><c> it's</c><00:17:17.720><c> about</c><00:17:17.940><c> the</c><00:17:18.160><c> only</c><00:17:18.380><c> thing</c><00:17:18.519><c> they</c><00:17:18.740><c> ever</c><00:17:18.960><c> did</c><00:17:19.200><c> perceive</c>

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in<00:17:19.880><c> his</c><00:17:20.099><c> teachings.</c>

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He<00:17:21.519><c> was</c><00:17:21.700><c> talking</c><00:17:21.980><c> about</c><00:17:22.299><c> them,</c><00:17:22.619><c> and</c><00:17:22.700><c> they</c><00:17:22.819><c> knew</c><00:17:23.059><c> it.</c>

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They<00:17:24.960><c> were</c><00:17:25.180><c> the</c><00:17:25.319><c> ones</c><00:17:25.940><c> who</c><00:17:26.220><c> were</c><00:17:26.440><c> going</c><00:17:26.640><c> to</c><00:17:26.880><c> kill</c><00:17:27.420><c> his</c><00:17:27.799><c> son.</c>

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It's<00:17:29.759><c> strong</c><00:17:30.039><c> words,</c><00:17:30.799><c> and</c><00:17:30.940><c> it's</c><00:17:31.180><c> not</c><00:17:31.480><c> pleasant.</c>

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But<00:17:33.119><c> again,</c><00:17:33.359><c> we</c><00:17:33.500><c> have</c><00:17:33.759><c> to</c><00:17:33.859><c> look</c><00:17:34.059><c> in</c><00:17:34.220><c> the</c><00:17:34.359><c> mirror</c><00:17:34.680><c> and</c><00:17:34.980><c> see</c><00:17:35.180><c> if</c><00:17:35.339><c> we</c><00:17:35.500><c> see</c><00:17:35.720><c> a</c>

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Pharisee<00:17:36.299><c> looking</c><00:17:36.599><c> back</c><00:17:36.940><c> at</c><00:17:37.119><c> us.</c>

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And<00:17:38.460><c> are</c><00:17:38.579><c> we</c><00:17:38.799><c> doing</c><00:17:39.480><c> the</c><00:17:41.539><c> same</c><00:17:41.819><c> thing</c><00:17:42.140><c> in</c><00:17:42.279><c> making</c><00:17:42.619><c> null</c><00:17:42.880><c> and</c><00:17:43.079><c> void</c><00:17:43.299><c> the</c><00:17:43.559><c> teaching</c><00:17:43.779><c> of</c><00:17:43.960><c> Jesus</c>

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by<00:17:44.579><c> refusing</c><00:17:45.119><c> our</c><00:17:45.440><c> hard</c><00:17:45.799><c> hearts</c><00:17:46.299><c> to</c><00:17:47.099><c> give</c><00:17:47.400><c> God</c><00:17:47.700><c> the</c><00:17:48.019><c> fruit</c><00:17:48.339><c> that</c><00:17:48.720><c> he</c><00:17:48.880><c> wants?</c>

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The<00:17:50.099><c> love,</c><00:17:50.900><c> the</c><00:17:51.220><c> joy,</c><00:17:52.000><c> the</c><00:17:52.220><c> peace,</c><00:17:53.700><c> the</c><00:17:53.839><c> patience,</c><00:17:54.460><c> the</c><00:17:54.619><c> kindness,</c><00:17:55.220><c> the</c><00:17:55.319><c> goodness,</c>

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the<00:17:57.039><c> faithfulness,</c><00:17:58.279><c> and</c><00:17:58.359><c> the</c><00:17:58.460><c> meekness,</c><00:17:59.500><c> and</c><00:17:59.640><c> the</c><00:17:59.920><c> self</c><00:18:00.180><c>-control.</c>

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That's<00:18:02.619><c> what</c><00:18:02.779><c> God</c><00:18:03.000><c> is</c><00:18:03.140><c> looking</c><00:18:03.440><c> for.</c>

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And<00:18:05.539><c> unless</c><00:18:06.140><c> we</c><00:18:07.319><c> have</c><00:18:07.660><c> that,</c><00:18:08.200><c> then</c><00:18:08.380><c> we</c><00:18:08.500><c> are</c><00:18:08.680><c> no</c><00:18:08.900><c> more</c><00:18:09.180><c> part</c><00:18:09.539><c> of</c>

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the<00:18:10.039><c> Kingdom</c><00:18:10.339><c> of</c><00:18:10.480><c> God</c>

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than<00:18:11.619><c> these</c><00:18:11.940><c> Pharisees</c><00:18:12.619><c> to</c><00:18:12.819><c> whom</c><00:18:13.000><c> Jesus</c><00:18:13.480><c> first</c><00:18:13.839><c> spoke</c><00:18:14.140><c> the</c><00:18:14.400><c> parable,</c>

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that<00:18:15.660><c> it's</c><00:18:15.859><c> given</c><00:18:16.220><c> to</c><00:18:16.460><c> a</c><00:18:16.680><c> nation</c><00:18:17.059><c> producing</c><00:18:17.740><c> the</c><00:18:18.140><c> fruits</c><00:18:18.339><c> of</c><00:18:18.559><c> it,</c>

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that<00:18:19.740><c> is</c><00:18:20.720><c> the</c><00:18:21.000><c> situation.</c>

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Well,<00:18:24.579><c> there</c><00:18:24.720><c> followed,</c><00:18:25.240><c> right</c><00:18:25.599><c> after</c><00:18:25.940><c> this,</c><00:18:26.299><c> yet</c><00:18:26.519><c> one</c><00:18:26.720><c> more</c><00:18:27.000><c> parable,</c>

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that<00:18:29.259><c> of</c><00:18:29.619><c> the</c><00:18:30.339><c> wedding</c><00:18:30.660><c> feast.</c>

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I'd<00:18:35.259><c> like</c><00:18:35.259><c> to</c><00:18:35.759><c> just</c><00:18:37.539><c> put</c><00:18:38.519><c> up</c><00:18:38.660><c> a</c><00:18:38.819><c> brief</c><00:18:39.000><c> suggestion</c><00:18:39.579><c> here.</c>

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The<00:18:41.599><c> parable</c><00:18:41.859><c> of</c><00:18:42.059><c> the</c><00:18:42.180><c> vineyard,</c>

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to<00:18:47.799><c> show</c><00:18:47.980><c> the</c><00:18:48.180><c> difference</c><00:18:48.519><c> and</c><00:18:48.819><c> the</c><00:18:49.480><c> similarity,</c><00:18:49.839><c> actually,</c>

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between<00:18:50.559><c> these</c><00:18:50.779><c> two.</c>

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These<00:18:51.039><c> are</c><00:18:51.200><c> the</c><00:18:51.299><c> two</c><00:18:51.480><c> main</c><00:18:51.700><c> parables</c><00:18:52.140><c> that</c><00:18:52.319><c> Jesus</c><00:18:52.619><c> uses</c><00:18:52.980><c> against,</c>

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or<00:18:54.140><c> to</c><00:18:54.339><c> show</c><00:18:54.480><c> the</c><00:18:54.779><c> condemnation</c><00:18:55.400><c> upon</c><00:18:55.700><c> these</c><00:18:55.940><c> people.</c>

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But<00:18:57.019><c> basically,</c><00:18:57.460><c> it's</c><00:18:57.680><c> this.</c>

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The<00:18:58.079><c> parable</c><00:18:58.359><c> of</c><00:18:58.519><c> the</c><00:18:58.680><c> vineyard,</c><00:18:58.960><c> which</c><00:18:59.099><c> we</c><00:18:59.279><c> just</c><00:18:59.460><c> spoke</c><00:18:59.740><c> of,</c>

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is<00:19:00.119><c> what</c><00:19:00.400><c> does</c><00:19:00.640><c> God</c><00:19:00.920><c> expect?</c>

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He<00:19:02.500><c> expects</c><00:19:02.859><c> people</c><00:19:03.319><c> to</c><00:19:03.900><c> develop</c><00:19:04.339><c> the</c><00:19:04.579><c> fruit</c><00:19:04.700><c> of</c><00:19:04.859><c> the</c><00:19:05.099><c> Spirit</c>

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in<00:19:05.700><c> accord</c><00:19:06.079><c> to</c><00:19:06.380><c> the</c><00:19:06.619><c> spiritual</c><00:19:07.000><c> word</c>

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which<00:19:07.440><c> they</c><00:19:07.660><c> have</c><00:19:07.819><c> in</c><00:19:07.920><c> their</c><00:19:08.099><c> custody.</c>

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Remember<00:19:10.920><c> that</c><00:19:11.400><c> the</c><00:19:12.599><c> Pharisees,</c><00:19:13.920><c> and</c><00:19:14.019><c> the</c><00:19:14.160><c> elders,</c><00:19:14.640><c> and</c><00:19:14.759><c> the</c>

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scribes,<00:19:15.480><c> and</c><00:19:15.619><c> the</c><00:19:15.740><c> chief</c><00:19:15.900><c> priests,</c>

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they<00:19:16.380><c> all</c><00:19:16.539><c> had</c><00:19:16.660><c> the</c><00:19:16.859><c> same</c><00:19:17.079><c> word,</c><00:19:17.940><c> the</c><00:19:18.099><c> same</c><00:19:18.279><c> spiritual</c><00:19:18.779><c> word</c>

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that<00:19:19.160><c> we</c><00:19:19.440><c> have.</c>

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They<00:19:21.180><c> didn't</c><00:19:21.559><c> produce</c><00:19:21.960><c> the</c><00:19:22.220><c> fruit.</c><00:19:22.440><c> They</c><00:19:22.599><c> did</c><00:19:22.839><c> not</c><00:19:23.019><c> give</c><00:19:23.220><c> God</c>

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what<00:19:23.619><c> He</c><00:19:23.940><c> expected.</c>

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He<00:19:24.319><c> looked</c><00:19:24.539><c> for</c><00:19:24.799><c> grapes,</c><00:19:25.200><c> but</c><00:19:25.359><c> behold,</c><00:19:26.440><c> wild</c><00:19:26.700><c> grapes.</c>

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This<00:19:28.400><c> next</c><00:19:28.680><c> parable,</c><00:19:29.140><c> however,</c><00:19:30.980><c> has</c><00:19:31.400><c> the</c><00:19:31.640><c> same</c><00:19:31.960><c> sort</c><00:19:32.180><c> of</c><00:19:32.380><c> format</c><00:19:32.700><c> as</c><00:19:32.880><c> I</c><00:19:33.140><c> suggested,</c>

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or<00:19:33.839><c> it</c><00:19:33.900><c> refers</c><00:19:34.380><c> to</c><00:19:34.759><c> a</c><00:19:35.059><c> king</c><00:19:36.019><c> coming</c><00:19:36.440><c> and</c><00:19:37.059><c> looking</c><00:19:37.440><c> at</c><00:19:37.740><c> people.</c>

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But<00:19:39.559><c> it's</c><00:19:39.759><c> not</c><00:19:40.059><c> about</c><00:19:40.359><c> what</c><00:19:40.539><c> God</c><00:19:40.759><c> expects</c><00:19:41.220><c> out</c><00:19:41.440><c> of</c><00:19:41.599><c> people,</c>

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but<00:19:42.000><c> what</c><00:19:42.160><c> God</c><00:19:42.460><c> offers,</c>

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what<00:19:44.460><c> God</c><00:19:44.700><c> is</c><00:19:44.920><c> ready</c><00:19:45.119><c> to</c><00:19:45.339><c> offer</c><00:19:45.480><c> to</c><00:19:45.680><c> people.</c>

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And<00:19:46.220><c> in</c><00:19:46.960><c> this</c><00:19:47.279><c> context,</c><00:19:48.680><c> it's</c><00:19:50.940><c> harder</c><00:19:51.180><c> to</c><00:19:51.619><c> understand.</c>

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So<00:19:56.880><c> you</c><00:19:56.980><c> might</c><00:19:57.240><c> be</c><00:19:57.440><c> able</c><00:19:57.619><c> to</c><00:19:57.920><c> understand</c><00:19:58.240><c> why</c><00:19:58.559><c> God</c><00:19:58.880><c> would</c><00:19:59.079><c> do</c><00:19:59.259><c> a</c>

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lot<00:19:59.539><c> for</c><00:19:59.720><c> His</c><00:20:00.000><c> vineyard</c>

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and<00:20:00.819><c> still</c><00:20:01.079><c> get</c><00:20:01.279><c> nothing</c><00:20:01.700><c> because</c><00:20:02.180><c> of</c><00:20:02.380><c> the</c><00:20:02.519><c> hard</c><00:20:02.680><c>-heartedness</c>

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of<00:20:03.400><c> people.</c>

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But<00:20:04.720><c> when</c><00:20:04.859><c> God</c><00:20:05.140><c> just</c><00:20:05.460><c> offers</c><00:20:05.819><c> something</c><00:20:06.619><c> and</c><00:20:07.299><c> people</c><00:20:07.619><c> still</c><00:20:08.039><c> reject</c><00:20:08.539><c> it,</c><00:20:09.339><c> that's</c><00:20:09.680><c> a</c>

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little<00:20:09.980><c> bit</c><00:20:10.180><c> harder.</c>

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Well,<00:20:10.680><c> there</c><00:20:10.779><c> is</c><00:20:10.980><c> an</c><00:20:11.160><c> explanation</c><00:20:11.599><c> here.</c><00:20:12.099><c> It's</c><00:20:12.460><c> not</c><00:20:12.759><c> a</c><00:20:12.980><c> free</c>

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offer,<00:20:13.500><c> of</c><00:20:13.799><c> course.</c>

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There<00:20:14.660><c> is</c><00:20:14.920><c> a</c><00:20:15.099><c> qualification,</c><00:20:15.859><c> but</c><00:20:16.200><c> just</c><00:20:16.599><c> note</c><00:20:16.740><c> the</c><00:20:17.000><c> general</c>

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contrast<00:20:17.960><c> between</c><00:20:18.279><c> those</c><00:20:18.539><c> two</c><00:20:18.759><c> parables.</c>

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Well,<00:20:19.660><c> let's</c><00:20:19.900><c> look</c><00:20:20.339><c> now</c><00:20:21.640><c> from</c><00:20:22.599><c> chapter</c><00:20:22.960><c> 22,</c>

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this<00:20:26.420><c> parable</c><00:20:26.880><c> of</c><00:20:27.420><c> the</c><00:20:27.700><c> marriage</c><00:20:28.559><c> feast</c><00:20:29.420><c> of</c><00:20:29.619><c> the</c><00:20:29.779><c> king's</c><00:20:30.279><c> son.</c>

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There<00:20:31.740><c> is</c><00:20:31.940><c> a</c><00:20:32.099><c> similar</c><00:20:32.380><c> parable</c><00:20:32.799><c> in</c><00:20:33.039><c> Luke,</c><00:20:33.519><c> but</c><00:20:33.700><c> don't</c><00:20:33.960><c> confuse</c><00:20:34.299><c> them.</c>

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They<00:20:34.599><c> were</c><00:20:34.859><c> spoken</c><00:20:35.160><c> at</c><00:20:35.420><c> different</c><00:20:35.660><c> times.</c>

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They<00:20:36.960><c> were</c><00:20:37.380><c> spoken</c><00:20:37.880><c> on</c><00:20:39.619><c> different</c><00:20:40.180><c> occasions,</c><00:20:40.920><c> different</c><00:20:41.160><c> situations,</c>

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and<00:20:42.180><c> there's</c><00:20:42.380><c> a</c><00:20:42.380><c> considerable</c><00:20:42.880><c> amount</c><00:20:43.519><c> of</c><00:20:45.079><c> difference.</c>

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And<00:20:45.799><c> we</c><00:20:45.900><c> can</c><00:20:46.279><c> see</c><00:20:46.740><c> why</c><00:20:47.220><c> Matthew</c><00:20:47.839><c> would</c><00:20:48.380><c> record</c><00:20:49.000><c> this</c><00:20:49.640><c> one</c><00:20:49.819><c> at</c>

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this<00:20:50.279><c> time</c>

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and<00:20:50.759><c> Luke</c><00:20:50.940><c> the</c><00:20:51.059><c> other</c><00:20:51.319><c> one</c><00:20:51.619><c> in</c><00:20:52.079><c> accordance</c><00:20:52.460><c> with</c><00:20:52.880><c> the</c><00:20:53.420><c> things</c>

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we<00:20:53.779><c> said</c><00:20:53.900><c> the</c><00:20:54.160><c> first</c><00:20:54.400><c> day</c>

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about<00:20:54.859><c> the</c><00:20:55.039><c> purpose</c><00:20:55.420><c> of</c><00:20:55.619><c> Matthew's</c><00:20:56.140><c> gospel.</c>

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There's<00:20:56.720><c> a</c><00:20:56.839><c> lot</c><00:20:57.059><c> of</c><00:20:57.279><c> things</c><00:20:57.460><c> in</c><00:20:57.640><c> here</c><00:20:58.119><c> which</c><00:20:58.940><c> make</c><00:20:59.279><c> it</c><00:21:00.440><c> the</c><00:21:01.079><c> fitting</c><00:21:01.299><c> on</c>

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this<00:21:01.859><c> occasion.</c>

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But<00:21:03.000><c> this</c><00:21:03.259><c> is</c><00:21:03.420><c> the</c><00:21:03.579><c> parable.</c>

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It<00:21:04.859><c> says,</c><00:21:06.259><c> Jesus</c><00:21:06.259><c> answered</c><00:21:06.720><c> and</c><00:21:06.940><c> spake</c><00:21:07.240><c> unto</c><00:21:07.500><c> them</c><00:21:07.759><c> again</c><00:21:08.039><c> by</c><00:21:08.400><c> parables,</c>

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and<00:21:08.920><c> said,</c><00:21:09.200><c> The</c><00:21:09.220><c> kingdom</c><00:21:09.539><c> of</c><00:21:09.779><c> heaven</c><00:21:10.079><c> is</c><00:21:10.420><c> like</c><00:21:10.680><c> unto</c><00:21:10.960><c> a</c><00:21:11.140><c> certain</c><00:21:11.420><c> king,</c>

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which<00:21:12.720><c> made</c><00:21:13.000><c> a</c><00:21:13.180><c> marriage</c><00:21:13.480><c> feast</c><00:21:13.740><c> for</c><00:21:14.000><c> his</c><00:21:14.200><c> son.</c>

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Just<00:21:14.980><c> as</c><00:21:15.240><c> an</c><00:21:15.359><c> aside,</c><00:21:15.819><c> in</c><00:21:15.880><c> Luke</c><00:21:16.480><c> the</c><00:21:16.839><c> parable</c><00:21:17.180><c> is</c><00:21:17.299><c> just</c><00:21:17.579><c> the</c><00:21:17.680><c> man</c>

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who<00:21:18.180><c> made</c><00:21:18.359><c> a</c><00:21:18.700><c> marriage</c><00:21:18.900><c> feast,</c>

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but<00:21:19.539><c> in</c><00:21:19.720><c> Matthew</c><00:21:21.339><c> it's</c><00:21:21.839><c> the</c><00:21:22.000><c> king.</c>

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As<00:21:23.099><c> we</c><00:21:23.279><c> recall,</c><00:21:23.640><c> Matthew</c><00:21:24.059><c> is</c><00:21:24.339><c> the</c><00:21:24.500><c> gospel</c><00:21:25.000><c> which</c><00:21:25.559><c> speaks</c><00:21:26.000><c> more</c>

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of<00:21:26.480><c> Jesus'</c><00:21:27.319><c> royalty</c>

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and<00:21:27.680><c> his</c><00:21:27.859><c> kingship</c><00:21:28.279><c> and</c><00:21:28.500><c> rulership.</c>

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So<00:21:29.740><c> here</c><00:21:30.160><c> it's</c><00:21:31.079><c> the</c><00:21:31.299><c> king</c><00:21:31.759><c> who</c><00:21:32.099><c> makes</c><00:21:32.339><c> a</c><00:21:32.599><c> marriage</c><00:21:32.819><c> feast</c><00:21:33.000><c> for</c>

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his<00:21:33.319><c> son.</c>

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And<00:21:34.480><c> he</c><00:21:34.599><c> sent</c><00:21:34.859><c> forth</c><00:21:35.200><c> his</c><00:21:35.420><c> servants</c><00:21:35.740><c> to</c><00:21:35.960><c> call</c><00:21:36.299><c> them</c><00:21:36.680><c> that</c><00:21:36.839><c> were</c>

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bidden<00:21:37.440><c> to</c><00:21:37.680><c> the</c><00:21:37.839><c> wedding,</c>

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but<00:21:38.680><c> they</c><00:21:38.940><c> would</c><00:21:39.519><c> not</c><00:21:40.140><c> come.</c>

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Again<00:21:42.380><c> he</c><00:21:42.519><c> sent</c><00:21:42.759><c> forth</c><00:21:43.079><c> other</c><00:21:43.400><c> servants,</c><00:21:44.160><c> saying,</c><00:21:44.359><c> Tell</c><00:21:44.619><c> them</c>

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which<00:21:45.059><c> are</c><00:21:45.240><c> bidden,</c>

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behold,<00:21:46.180><c> I</c><00:21:46.279><c> have</c><00:21:46.420><c> prepared</c><00:21:46.720><c> my</c><00:21:46.980><c> dinner,</c><00:21:47.259><c> my</c><00:21:47.519><c> oxen,</c><00:21:47.880><c> and</c><00:21:48.019><c> my</c>

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fowlings<00:21:48.559><c> are</c><00:21:48.819><c> killed,</c>

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and<00:21:49.539><c> all</c><00:21:49.759><c> things</c><00:21:50.000><c> are</c><00:21:50.220><c> ready,</c><00:21:50.680><c> come</c><00:21:50.940><c> to</c><00:21:51.099><c> the</c><00:21:51.279><c> marriage.</c>

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But<00:21:53.200><c> they</c><00:21:53.400><c> made</c><00:21:53.539><c> light</c><00:21:53.779><c> of</c><00:21:53.900><c> it</c><00:21:54.519><c> and</c><00:21:54.700><c> went</c><00:21:54.920><c> their</c><00:21:55.119><c> ways,</c>

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one<00:21:55.779><c> to</c><00:21:55.940><c> his</c><00:21:56.180><c> farm</c><00:21:56.420><c> and</c><00:21:56.579><c> one</c><00:21:56.839><c> to</c><00:21:56.960><c> his</c><00:21:57.160><c> merchandise.</c>

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And<00:21:59.019><c> the</c><00:21:59.279><c> remnant</c><00:21:59.900><c> took</c><00:22:00.279><c> his</c><00:22:00.579><c> servants</c><00:22:00.960><c> and</c><00:22:01.220><c> entreated</c><00:22:01.579><c> them</c>

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spitefully<00:22:02.500><c> and</c><00:22:02.779><c> slew</c><00:22:02.980><c> them.</c>

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Let's<00:22:03.700><c> stop</c><00:22:04.019><c> here</c><00:22:04.299><c> for</c><00:22:04.420><c> a</c><00:22:04.519><c> moment</c><00:22:04.720><c> and</c><00:22:05.900><c> analyze</c><00:22:06.660><c> a</c><00:22:06.819><c> bit</c><00:22:06.940><c> what</c>

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we've<00:22:07.359><c> read.</c>

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The<00:22:10.339><c> king</c><00:22:10.559><c> is</c><00:22:10.799><c> having</c><00:22:11.079><c> a</c><00:22:11.339><c> wedding</c><00:22:11.500><c> for</c><00:22:11.759><c> his</c><00:22:11.920><c> son.</c>

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The<00:22:14.740><c> invitation</c><00:22:15.299><c> has</c><00:22:15.680><c> already</c><00:22:16.099><c> been</c><00:22:16.440><c> issued,</c><00:22:17.059><c> previous</c><00:22:17.720><c> to</c>

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the<00:22:18.119><c> start</c><00:22:18.339><c> of</c><00:22:18.460><c> the</c><00:22:18.660><c> parable,</c>

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because<00:22:19.680><c> in</c><00:22:19.799><c> verse</c><00:22:20.119><c> 3</c><00:22:20.839><c> it</c><00:22:21.059><c> says,</c>

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sent<00:22:21.660><c> forth</c><00:22:22.079><c> his</c><00:22:22.359><c> servants</c><00:22:22.680><c> to</c><00:22:22.920><c> call</c><00:22:23.200><c> them</c><00:22:23.460><c> that</c><00:22:23.720><c> were</c><00:22:24.039><c> bidden</c>

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to<00:22:24.700><c> the</c><00:22:24.839><c> wedding,</c>

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that<00:22:25.380><c> were</c><00:22:25.700><c> invited</c><00:22:26.059><c> already.</c>

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The<00:22:27.839><c> invitation</c><00:22:28.500><c> is</c><00:22:28.900><c> actually</c><00:22:29.220><c> not</c><00:22:29.480><c> spoken</c><00:22:29.839><c> of,</c><00:22:30.180><c> but</c><00:22:30.400><c> the</c>

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call<00:22:30.759><c> goes</c><00:22:31.000><c> out.</c>

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Somebody<00:22:32.299><c> had</c><00:22:32.539><c> already</c><00:22:32.819><c> been</c><00:22:33.099><c> invited,</c><00:22:34.160><c> and</c><00:22:34.200><c> now</c><00:22:35.740><c> he</c><00:22:36.539><c> says,</c>

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call<00:22:37.200><c> them,</c><00:22:37.519><c> it's</c><00:22:37.819><c> ready.</c>

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Everything<00:22:39.059><c> is</c><00:22:39.339><c> ready,</c><00:22:39.839><c> the</c><00:22:40.039><c> dinner</c><00:22:40.259><c> is</c><00:22:40.440><c> ready,</c><00:22:41.039><c> the</c><00:22:41.279><c> oxen</c>

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and<00:22:41.779><c> the</c><00:22:41.980><c> fowlings</c><00:22:42.279><c> are</c><00:22:42.559><c> killed.</c>

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And<00:22:43.660><c> that</c><00:22:43.940><c> phrase,</c><00:22:44.460><c> the</c><00:22:44.559><c> oxen</c><00:22:45.000><c> and</c><00:22:45.140><c> fowlings</c><00:22:45.640><c> are</c><00:22:45.900><c> killed,</c>

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in<00:22:46.259><c> my</c><00:22:46.539><c> mind</c><00:22:46.779><c> suggests</c><00:22:47.240><c> a</c><00:22:47.720><c> sacrifice</c><00:22:47.960><c> and</c><00:22:48.200><c> a</c><00:22:48.380><c> sacrificial</c><00:22:48.859><c> dinner.</c>

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And<00:22:49.500><c> of</c><00:22:49.660><c> course</c><00:22:49.819><c> we're</c><00:22:49.980><c> talking</c><00:22:50.359><c> about</c><00:22:51.059><c> the</c><00:22:51.819><c> marriage</c><00:22:52.220><c> of</c><00:22:52.680><c> God's</c><00:22:53.140><c> own</c>

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son<00:22:53.859><c> to</c><00:22:54.400><c> his</c><00:22:54.940><c> bride.</c>

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That's<00:22:56.400><c> what</c><00:22:56.500><c> this</c><00:22:56.799><c> of</c><00:22:56.980><c> course</c><00:22:57.299><c> portrays.</c>

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But<00:22:58.900><c> what</c><00:22:59.140><c> happened?</c>

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Well,<00:23:00.660><c> the</c><00:23:00.740><c> people</c><00:23:01.059><c> were</c><00:23:01.519><c> divided</c><00:23:01.559><c> in</c><00:23:01.839><c> their</c><00:23:02.119><c> response</c><00:23:02.599><c> into</c>

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two<00:23:03.119><c> classes.</c>

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One,<00:23:05.279><c> these</c><00:23:05.359><c> people</c><00:23:05.680><c> just</c><00:23:06.019><c> didn't</c><00:23:06.279><c> think</c><00:23:06.539><c> of</c><00:23:06.960><c> any</c><00:23:07.240><c> importance,</c><00:23:07.720><c> one</c><00:23:07.960><c> way</c><00:23:08.180><c> or</c>

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the<00:23:08.359><c> other.</c>

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It<00:23:09.000><c> says</c><00:23:09.140><c> they</c><00:23:09.380><c> made</c><00:23:09.539><c> light</c><00:23:09.740><c> of</c><00:23:09.900><c> it.</c>

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One<00:23:10.720><c> went</c><00:23:10.980><c> to</c><00:23:11.200><c> his</c><00:23:11.440><c> farm</c><00:23:11.619><c> and</c><00:23:11.759><c> one</c><00:23:11.960><c> went</c><00:23:12.140><c> to</c><00:23:12.279><c> his</c><00:23:12.440><c> merchandise.</c>

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You<00:23:15.059><c> know,</c><00:23:15.359><c> a</c><00:23:15.380><c> wedding.</c><00:23:16.099><c> We're</c><00:23:16.339><c> not</c><00:23:16.519><c> interested.</c>

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I'd<00:23:18.079><c> rather,</c><00:23:18.579><c> my</c><00:23:18.799><c> business</c><00:23:19.119><c> is</c><00:23:19.259><c> more</c><00:23:19.480><c> important</c><00:23:19.799><c> to</c><00:23:19.940><c> me,</c><00:23:20.039><c> my</c>

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farm<00:23:20.440><c> is</c><00:23:20.559><c> more</c><00:23:20.859><c> important.</c>

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But<00:23:22.440><c> verse</c><00:23:22.660><c> 6</c><00:23:24.160><c> is</c><00:23:24.420><c> harder</c><00:23:24.640><c> to</c><00:23:24.940><c> understand.</c>

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It<00:23:26.180><c> says,</c><00:23:26.619><c> the</c><00:23:26.619><c> remnant</c><00:23:27.019><c> took</c><00:23:27.279><c> his</c><00:23:27.619><c> servants</c><00:23:27.940><c> and</c><00:23:28.259><c> entreated</c>

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them<00:23:29.019><c> spitefully</c><00:23:29.579><c> and</c><00:23:29.880><c> slew</c><00:23:30.099><c> them.</c>

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Now<00:23:31.539><c> why</c><00:23:31.900><c> would</c><00:23:32.160><c> anybody</c><00:23:32.539><c> kill</c><00:23:33.839><c> someone</c><00:23:34.619><c> just</c><00:23:36.000><c> because</c><00:23:36.400><c> they</c>

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told<00:23:36.799><c> you</c><00:23:36.960><c> to</c><00:23:37.079><c> come</c><00:23:37.279><c> to</c><00:23:37.480><c> a</c><00:23:37.640><c> wedding?</c>

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That's<00:23:40.000><c> a</c><00:23:40.099><c> bit</c><00:23:40.759><c> difficult,</c><00:23:41.400><c> isn't</c><00:23:41.680><c> it?</c>

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The<00:23:42.059><c> answer</c><00:23:42.299><c> I</c><00:23:42.500><c> think</c><00:23:42.660><c> we'll</c><00:23:42.900><c> find</c><00:23:43.119><c> down</c><00:23:43.480><c> below,</c><00:23:44.059><c> but</c><00:23:44.180><c> keep</c><00:23:44.480><c> in</c>

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mind<00:23:44.980><c> there's</c><00:23:45.220><c> two</c><00:23:45.599><c> classes</c><00:23:46.019><c> of</c><00:23:46.380><c> responses.</c>

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One<00:23:47.000><c> who</c><00:23:47.160><c> just</c><00:23:47.420><c> didn't</c><00:23:47.579><c> care</c><00:23:47.819><c> one</c><00:23:48.059><c> way</c><00:23:48.240><c> or</c><00:23:48.240><c> the</c><00:23:48.460><c> other,</c><00:23:48.640><c> and</c>

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they<00:23:48.880><c> just</c><00:23:49.039><c> went</c><00:23:49.119><c> off</c><00:23:49.380><c> and</c><00:23:49.519><c> did</c><00:23:49.599><c> their</c><00:23:49.799><c> business.</c>

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The<00:23:50.859><c> other</c><00:23:51.099><c> people</c><00:23:51.519><c> were</c><00:23:51.940><c> violently</c><00:23:52.539><c> indignant</c><00:23:53.200><c> that</c><00:23:53.440><c> someone</c><00:23:53.859><c> told</c><00:23:54.240><c> them</c><00:23:54.440><c> to</c><00:23:54.539><c> come</c><00:23:54.799><c> to</c><00:23:54.960><c> a</c><00:23:55.119><c> wedding,</c>

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and<00:23:56.000><c> they</c><00:23:56.220><c> killed</c><00:23:56.440><c> the</c><00:23:56.660><c> people</c><00:23:56.900><c> that</c><00:23:57.079><c> told</c><00:23:57.240><c> them</c><00:23:57.400><c> to</c><00:23:57.599><c> come.</c>

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When<00:23:58.839><c> the</c><00:23:59.019><c> king</c><00:23:59.119><c> heard</c><00:23:59.420><c> thereof</c><00:23:59.819><c> he</c><00:23:59.980><c> was</c><00:24:00.319><c> wrought,</c><00:24:01.259><c> and</c><00:24:01.359><c> he</c>

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sent<00:24:01.819><c> his</c><00:24:02.119><c> armies,</c>

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destroyed<00:24:03.259><c> the</c><00:24:03.500><c> murderers</c><00:24:03.940><c> and</c><00:24:04.039><c> burned</c><00:24:04.319><c> up</c><00:24:04.539><c> their</c><00:24:04.740><c> city.</c>

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The<00:24:07.339><c> king</c><00:24:07.559><c> was</c><00:24:07.779><c> angry.</c>

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What<00:24:10.200><c> was</c><00:24:10.539><c> to</c><00:24:10.740><c> have</c><00:24:10.940><c> been</c><00:24:11.839><c> a</c><00:24:13.619><c> marriage</c><00:24:13.960><c> feast</c><00:24:14.420><c> is</c><00:24:15.039><c> now</c><00:24:15.299><c> turned</c>

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into<00:24:15.819><c> a</c><00:24:16.019><c> massacre.</c>

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The<00:24:18.539><c> murderers</c><00:24:19.039><c> were</c><00:24:19.180><c> destroyed,</c><00:24:19.759><c> their</c><00:24:19.920><c> city</c><00:24:20.160><c> was</c><00:24:20.400><c> burned</c><00:24:20.640><c> up.</c>

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That's<00:24:22.880><c> an</c><00:24:23.180><c> awful</c><00:24:23.720><c> set</c><00:24:24.299><c> of</c><00:24:24.599><c> circumstances</c><00:24:25.259><c> to</c><00:24:25.559><c> evolve</c><00:24:26.259><c> because</c><00:24:27.400><c> someone</c><00:24:27.960><c> was</c><00:24:28.319><c> going</c><00:24:28.559><c> to</c>

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have<00:24:28.900><c> a</c><00:24:29.059><c> marriage.</c>

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That's<00:24:31.779><c> what</c><00:24:31.960><c> happened.</c>

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Then<00:24:34.140><c> he</c><00:24:34.220><c> said</c><00:24:34.460><c> to</c><00:24:34.680><c> his</c><00:24:34.839><c> servants,</c><00:24:35.220><c> the</c><00:24:35.339><c> wedding</c><00:24:35.599><c> is</c><00:24:35.799><c> ready,</c>

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but<00:24:36.240><c> they</c><00:24:36.480><c> which</c><00:24:36.660><c> were</c><00:24:36.920><c> bidden</c><00:24:37.339><c> were</c><00:24:37.740><c> not</c><00:24:38.119><c> worthy.</c>

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Go<00:24:39.559><c> therefore</c><00:24:40.000><c> into</c><00:24:40.180><c> the</c><00:24:40.380><c> highways,</c><00:24:40.880><c> and</c><00:24:41.039><c> as</c><00:24:41.200><c> many</c><00:24:41.440><c> as</c><00:24:41.539><c> ye</c><00:24:41.740><c> shall</c><00:24:41.960><c> find,</c><00:24:42.500><c> bid</c>

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to<00:24:42.900><c> the</c><00:24:43.019><c> marriage.</c>

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So<00:24:44.380><c> those</c><00:24:44.720><c> servants</c><00:24:45.160><c> went</c><00:24:45.519><c> out</c><00:24:45.880><c> into</c><00:24:46.160><c> the</c><00:24:46.339><c> highways</c><00:24:46.799><c> and</c><00:24:47.119><c> gathered</c><00:24:47.440><c> together</c><00:24:47.960><c> all</c>

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as<00:24:48.579><c> many</c><00:24:48.779><c> as</c><00:24:48.880><c> they</c><00:24:49.039><c> found,</c>

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both<00:24:50.140><c> bad</c><00:24:50.359><c> and</c><00:24:50.579><c> good,</c><00:24:50.740><c> and</c><00:24:50.900><c> the</c><00:24:51.019><c> wedding</c><00:24:51.220><c> was</c><00:24:51.500><c> furnished</c><00:24:51.839><c> with</c><00:24:52.079><c> guests.</c>

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And<00:24:54.240><c> when</c><00:24:54.380><c> the</c><00:24:54.579><c> king</c><00:24:54.740><c> came</c><00:24:55.099><c> in</c><00:24:55.539><c> to</c><00:24:55.660><c> see</c><00:24:55.900><c> the</c><00:24:56.099><c> guests,</c><00:24:56.319><c> here</c><00:24:56.460><c> we</c>

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have<00:24:56.819><c> the</c><00:24:56.960><c> king</c><00:24:57.160><c> now</c><00:24:57.539><c> coming,</c>

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as<00:24:59.019><c> we</c><00:24:59.279><c> find</c><00:24:59.779><c> so</c><00:25:00.059><c> many</c><00:25:00.299><c> times</c><00:25:00.579><c> in</c><00:25:00.980><c> Matthew's</c><00:25:01.559><c> parables,</c>

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a<00:25:02.480><c> man</c><00:25:02.680><c> with</c><00:25:02.920><c> authority</c><00:25:03.240><c> comes</c><00:25:03.859><c> and</c><00:25:04.660><c> looks</c><00:25:05.259><c> and</c><00:25:06.039><c> beholds</c><00:25:07.000><c> and</c>

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inspects<00:25:08.180><c> and</c><00:25:08.339><c> judges</c>

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to<00:25:09.059><c> see</c><00:25:09.640><c> what</c><00:25:10.099><c> has</c><00:25:10.299><c> gone</c><00:25:10.559><c> on</c><00:25:10.880><c> in</c><00:25:11.019><c> his</c><00:25:11.279><c> absence.</c>

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The<00:25:14.059><c> king</c><00:25:14.279><c> comes</c><00:25:14.700><c> and</c><00:25:14.880><c> he</c><00:25:15.019><c> looks</c><00:25:15.380><c> and</c><00:25:15.680><c> he</c><00:25:15.819><c> sees</c><00:25:16.000><c> a</c><00:25:16.200><c> man</c><00:25:16.480><c> who</c><00:25:16.759><c> has</c>

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not<00:25:17.220><c> on</c><00:25:17.460><c> a</c><00:25:17.559><c> wedding</c><00:25:17.720><c> garment,</c>

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and<00:25:18.440><c> he</c><00:25:18.599><c> said</c><00:25:18.799><c> to</c><00:25:18.940><c> him,</c><00:25:19.119><c> friend,</c><00:25:19.559><c> how</c><00:25:19.799><c> camest</c><00:25:20.200><c> thou</c><00:25:20.440><c> in</c><00:25:20.619><c> hither</c>

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not<00:25:21.160><c> having</c><00:25:21.460><c> a</c><00:25:21.640><c> wedding</c><00:25:21.859><c> garment?</c>

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And<00:25:23.019><c> he</c><00:25:23.079><c> was</c><00:25:23.380><c> speechless.</c>

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Then<00:25:25.920><c> said</c><00:25:26.220><c> the</c><00:25:26.440><c> king</c><00:25:26.740><c> to</c><00:25:26.980><c> the</c><00:25:27.180><c> servants,</c><00:25:28.220><c> bind</c><00:25:28.359><c> him</c><00:25:28.619><c> hand</c><00:25:28.900><c> and</c>

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foot,<00:25:29.759><c> take</c><00:25:29.880><c> him</c><00:25:30.059><c> away,</c>

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and<00:25:30.500><c> cast</c><00:25:30.779><c> him</c><00:25:30.940><c> to</c><00:25:31.160><c> outer</c><00:25:31.299><c> darkness.</c>

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There<00:25:32.880><c> shall</c><00:25:33.119><c> be</c><00:25:33.339><c> weeping</c><00:25:33.680><c> and</c><00:25:33.859><c> gnashing</c><00:25:34.200><c> of</c><00:25:34.460><c> teeth.</c>

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For<00:25:35.880><c> many</c><00:25:36.119><c> are</c><00:25:36.440><c> called,</c><00:25:37.359><c> but</c><00:25:37.599><c> few</c><00:25:38.059><c> are</c><00:25:38.900><c> chosen.</c>

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What<00:25:41.200><c> does</c><00:25:41.460><c> this</c><00:25:41.720><c> parable</c><00:25:42.019><c> mean?</c>

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The<00:25:43.640><c> setting</c><00:25:43.880><c> of</c><00:25:44.059><c> it</c><00:25:44.180><c> seems</c><00:25:44.480><c> obvious.</c>

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It's<00:25:45.339><c> God's</c><00:25:45.900><c> inviting</c><00:25:46.200><c> of</c><00:25:46.859><c> people</c><00:25:47.319><c> to</c><00:25:48.119><c> share</c><00:25:48.460><c> in</c><00:25:48.680><c> the</c><00:25:48.920><c> marriage</c><00:25:49.200><c> feast</c>

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with<00:25:49.779><c> his</c><00:25:50.059><c> son.</c>

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It's<00:25:51.539><c> God</c><00:25:51.740><c> is</c><00:25:51.940><c> the</c><00:25:52.119><c> king</c><00:25:52.599><c> and</c><00:25:52.960><c> Jesus</c><00:25:53.359><c> is</c><00:25:53.619><c> the</c><00:25:53.779><c> son.</c>

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Those<00:25:55.000><c> who</c><00:25:55.240><c> were</c><00:25:55.579><c> previously</c><00:25:56.079><c> invited</c><00:25:56.660><c> unquestionably,</c><00:25:58.099><c> the</c>

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Jewish<00:25:58.460><c> people,</c>

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they<00:25:59.940><c> had</c><00:26:00.220><c> been</c><00:26:00.460><c> in</c><00:26:00.599><c> a</c><00:26:00.859><c> state</c><00:26:01.059><c> of</c><00:26:01.400><c> invitation</c><00:26:01.960><c> since</c><00:26:02.359><c> God</c>

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spoke<00:26:03.059><c> Abraham</c>

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and<00:26:06.380><c> gave</c><00:26:06.619><c> them</c><00:26:06.799><c> the</c><00:26:06.940><c> law</c><00:26:07.099><c> through</c><00:26:07.299><c> Moses</c><00:26:07.819><c> and</c><00:26:08.079><c> sent</c><00:26:08.319><c> them</c><00:26:08.579><c> prophets.</c>

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The<00:26:09.900><c> invitation</c><00:26:10.400><c> was</c><00:26:10.660><c> there.</c>

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And<00:26:12.420><c> what</c><00:26:12.779><c> was</c><00:26:13.019><c> the</c><00:26:13.240><c> call</c><00:26:13.420><c> then</c><00:26:13.700><c> in</c><00:26:13.880><c> verse</c><00:26:14.099><c> 3?</c>

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That<00:26:15.279><c> was</c><00:26:15.720><c> John</c><00:26:16.019><c> the</c><00:26:16.200><c> Baptist</c><00:26:16.559><c> unquestionably</c><00:26:17.440><c> in</c><00:26:17.579><c> the</c><00:26:17.759><c> preaching</c><00:26:18.039><c> of</c>

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Jesus<00:26:18.960><c> saying,</c>

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John<00:26:19.960><c> the</c><00:26:20.119><c> Baptist,</c><00:26:21.039><c> it's</c><00:26:21.220><c> ready.</c><00:26:21.640><c> It's</c><00:26:21.880><c> at</c><00:26:22.079><c> hand.</c>

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The<00:26:23.619><c> king's</c><00:26:23.960><c> son</c><00:26:24.059><c> is</c><00:26:24.279><c> ready.</c><00:26:24.559><c> The</c><00:26:24.839><c> sacrifice</c><00:26:25.279><c> is</c><00:26:25.440><c> ready</c><00:26:25.660><c> to</c><00:26:25.799><c> be</c><00:26:26.019><c> offered.</c>

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All<00:26:26.380><c> things</c><00:26:26.640><c> are</c><00:26:26.880><c> ready.</c>

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This<00:26:27.599><c> was</c><00:26:27.839><c> the</c><00:26:27.920><c> preaching</c><00:26:28.339><c> certainly</c><00:26:28.839><c> of</c><00:26:28.940><c> Jesus</c><00:26:29.339><c> and</c><00:26:29.500><c> John</c>

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the<00:26:29.940><c> Baptist.</c>

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But<00:26:31.359><c> what</c><00:26:31.559><c> happened?</c>

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Two<00:26:32.640><c> responses.</c>

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One,<00:26:35.319><c> some</c><00:26:35.539><c> didn't</c><00:26:35.799><c> care.</c>

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Their<00:26:36.799><c> business</c><00:26:37.079><c> was</c><00:26:37.279><c> more</c><00:26:37.519><c> important</c><00:26:37.880><c> to</c><00:26:37.980><c> them.</c>

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Their<00:26:38.420><c> farms</c><00:26:38.740><c> and</c><00:26:38.880><c> their</c><00:26:39.079><c> merchandise</c><00:26:39.460><c> were</c><00:26:39.640><c> more</c><00:26:39.960><c> important.</c>

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And<00:26:41.059><c> the</c><00:26:41.160><c> other</c><00:26:41.460><c> class</c><00:26:42.240><c> became</c><00:26:42.839><c> indignant</c><00:26:43.519><c> and</c><00:26:45.140><c> killed</c><00:26:45.700><c> John</c>

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the<00:26:46.619><c> Baptist</c><00:26:47.119><c> and</c><00:26:48.240><c> killed</c><00:26:48.880><c> Jesus.</c>

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Later<00:26:53.799><c> on,</c><00:26:54.180><c> of</c><00:26:54.180><c> course,</c><00:26:54.900><c> many</c><00:26:55.140><c> of</c><00:26:55.359><c> the</c><00:26:55.359><c> Apostles</c><00:26:55.759><c> suffered</c>

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the<00:26:56.380><c> same</c><00:26:56.579><c> fate.</c>

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So<00:26:59.299><c> the</c><00:26:59.859><c> question</c><00:27:00.299><c> is,</c><00:27:00.859><c> why?</c>

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Why<00:27:03.700><c> was</c><00:27:04.160><c> there</c><00:27:04.700><c> this</c><00:27:05.039><c> response</c><00:27:05.799><c> to</c><00:27:06.660><c> an</c><00:27:07.160><c> invitation</c><00:27:07.660><c> to</c><00:27:07.859><c> a</c><00:27:08.019><c> wedding?</c>

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I<00:27:09.119><c> think</c><00:27:09.359><c> the</c><00:27:09.539><c> answer</c><00:27:09.880><c> is</c><00:27:10.680><c> down</c><00:27:10.900><c> below.</c>

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Well,<00:27:11.680><c> let's</c><00:27:11.859><c> continue</c><00:27:12.259><c> with</c><00:27:12.519><c> the</c><00:27:12.740><c> analysis.</c>

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When<00:27:16.359><c> this</c><00:27:16.640><c> happened,</c><00:27:17.180><c> we</c><00:27:17.259><c> have</c><00:27:17.519><c> the</c><00:27:17.740><c> record</c><00:27:18.000><c> that</c><00:27:18.160><c> the</c><00:27:18.339><c> king</c>

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was<00:27:18.779><c> wrought.</c>

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He<00:27:19.400><c> sent</c><00:27:19.400><c> his</c><00:27:19.680><c> armies</c><00:27:19.980><c> and</c><00:27:20.180><c> destroyed</c><00:27:20.559><c> the</c><00:27:20.759><c> murders</c><00:27:21.039><c> and</c><00:27:21.200><c> burned</c><00:27:21.359><c> up</c>

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his<00:27:21.720><c> city,</c>

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unquestionably<00:27:22.700><c> prophetic</c><00:27:23.220><c> of</c><00:27:24.200><c> the</c><00:27:24.460><c> destruction</c><00:27:24.920><c> of</c><00:27:25.059><c> Jerusalem</c><00:27:25.559><c> at</c><00:27:25.779><c> the</c>

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hands<00:27:26.180><c> of</c><00:27:26.799><c> Titus,</c>

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the<00:27:28.359><c> Roman</c><00:27:28.880><c> general,</c><00:27:31.140><c> in</c><00:27:31.200><c> the</c><00:27:31.740><c> years</c><00:27:32.140><c> 69</c><00:27:32.859><c> and</c><00:27:33.059><c> 70.</c>

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And<00:27:35.480><c> then</c><00:27:35.859><c> a</c><00:27:36.019><c> new</c><00:27:36.279><c> invitation</c><00:27:36.779><c> is</c><00:27:37.079><c> issued.</c>

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The<00:27:37.819><c> king</c><00:27:38.059><c> says,</c><00:27:38.500><c> the</c><00:27:38.640><c> wedding</c><00:27:38.920><c> is</c><00:27:39.180><c> ready,</c><00:27:40.019><c> but</c><00:27:40.079><c> they</c><00:27:40.339><c> which</c>

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were<00:27:40.759><c> bidden</c><00:27:40.940><c> were</c><00:27:41.200><c> not</c><00:27:41.460><c> worthy.</c>

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Go<00:27:42.740><c> therefore</c><00:27:43.240><c> into</c><00:27:43.400><c> the</c><00:27:43.599><c> highways,</c><00:27:44.099><c> and</c><00:27:44.279><c> as</c><00:27:44.480><c> many</c><00:27:44.740><c> as</c><00:27:44.900><c> ye</c><00:27:45.099><c> shall</c><00:27:45.339><c> find,</c><00:27:46.200><c> bid</c>

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to<00:27:46.640><c> the</c><00:27:46.819><c> marriage.</c>

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Now<00:27:47.720><c> notice</c><00:27:48.319><c> that</c><00:27:48.720><c> there's</c><00:27:48.960><c> a</c><00:27:49.079><c> new</c><00:27:49.279><c> invitation</c><00:27:49.880><c> coming,</c><00:27:51.640><c> a</c>

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new<00:27:52.019><c> invitation</c><00:27:52.599><c> entirely.</c>

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They<00:27:53.700><c> go</c><00:27:53.940><c> out</c><00:27:54.200><c> now</c><00:27:54.440><c> into</c><00:27:54.599><c> the</c><00:27:54.700><c> whole</c><00:27:54.940><c> world,</c><00:27:55.240><c> and</c><00:27:55.400><c> perhaps</c><00:27:55.660><c> we</c>

00:27:55.779 --> 00:27:58.220
can<00:27:56.000><c> see</c><00:27:56.119><c> the</c><00:27:56.339><c> preaching</c><00:27:56.720><c> of</c><00:27:57.380><c> the</c><00:27:57.559><c> Apostles</c>

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and<00:27:58.539><c> the</c><00:27:58.819><c> spread</c><00:27:59.099><c> of</c><00:27:59.579><c> the</c><00:27:59.759><c> gospel</c><00:28:00.119><c> throughout</c><00:28:00.480><c> the</c><00:28:00.720><c> world.</c>

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And<00:28:01.039><c> they're</c><00:28:01.140><c> finding</c><00:28:01.519><c> all</c><00:28:01.980><c> sorts</c><00:28:02.259><c> of</c><00:28:02.480><c> people</c><00:28:02.740><c> now</c><00:28:03.240><c> to</c><00:28:03.579><c> come.</c>

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Will<00:28:04.380><c> anybody</c><00:28:04.799><c> come</c><00:28:05.180><c> to</c><00:28:05.599><c> the</c><00:28:05.799><c> marriage</c><00:28:06.240><c> that</c><00:28:06.779><c> God</c><00:28:07.299><c> wants</c><00:28:07.720><c> to</c>

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give<00:28:08.059><c> for</c><00:28:08.279><c> his</c><00:28:08.519><c> son?</c>

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And<00:28:09.799><c> it's</c><00:28:10.079><c> furnished</c><00:28:10.339><c> with</c><00:28:10.579><c> guests.</c>

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But<00:28:11.299><c> we</c><00:28:11.539><c> have</c><00:28:12.059><c> some</c><00:28:12.519><c> guests</c><00:28:12.839><c> here</c><00:28:13.259><c> who</c><00:28:13.740><c> doesn't</c><00:28:14.019><c> have</c><00:28:14.299><c> on</c><00:28:14.720><c> a</c>

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wedding<00:28:15.059><c> garment.</c>

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And<00:28:16.059><c> this</c><00:28:16.339><c> I</c><00:28:16.440><c> think</c><00:28:16.700><c> perhaps</c><00:28:17.460><c> is</c><00:28:18.000><c> the</c><00:28:18.140><c> answer</c><00:28:18.519><c> to</c><00:28:18.700><c> the</c><00:28:18.900><c> previous</c><00:28:19.299><c> question</c><00:28:19.720><c> of</c>

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why<00:28:20.259><c> would</c><00:28:20.559><c> somebody</c><00:28:20.819><c> be</c><00:28:21.200><c> indignant</c><00:28:21.779><c> when</c><00:28:22.400><c> they</c><00:28:22.619><c> were</c><00:28:22.859><c> just</c><00:28:23.119><c> invited</c><00:28:23.500><c> to</c><00:28:23.720><c> a</c>

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marriage<00:28:24.119><c> feast?</c>

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What<00:28:24.960><c> could</c><00:28:25.140><c> be</c><00:28:25.400><c> so</c><00:28:25.680><c> offending</c><00:28:26.059><c> that</c><00:28:26.220><c> they</c><00:28:26.359><c> would</c><00:28:26.579><c> kill</c><00:28:27.339><c> someone</c><00:28:27.960><c> for</c><00:28:28.660><c> that?</c>

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And<00:28:29.940><c> I</c><00:28:30.000><c> think</c><00:28:30.240><c> the</c><00:28:30.700><c> answer</c><00:28:31.079><c> is,</c><00:28:31.779><c> it</c><00:28:32.039><c> lies</c><00:28:32.200><c> in</c><00:28:32.420><c> the</c><00:28:32.579><c> wedding</c><00:28:32.859><c> garment.</c>

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What<00:28:34.779><c> does</c><00:28:34.940><c> the</c><00:28:35.160><c> wedding</c><00:28:35.339><c> garment</c><00:28:35.660><c> represent?</c>

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It<00:28:37.640><c> means</c><00:28:38.200><c> you</c><00:28:38.880><c> can't</c><00:28:40.079><c> engage</c><00:28:41.240><c> in</c><00:28:41.940><c> the</c><00:28:42.119><c> marriage</c><00:28:42.400><c> supper</c><00:28:42.720><c> of</c>

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the<00:28:43.039><c> Lamb</c><00:28:43.319><c> until</c><00:28:43.619><c> you're</c><00:28:43.960><c> put</c><00:28:44.500><c> on</c><00:28:45.119><c> Christ.</c>

00:28:47.640 --> 00:28:53.980
The<00:28:47.779><c> issue</c><00:28:48.079><c> was</c><00:28:48.359><c> this,</c><00:28:52.000><c> that</c><00:28:52.259><c> to</c><00:28:52.440><c> be</c><00:28:52.619><c> with</c><00:28:52.880><c> Christ,</c><00:28:53.619><c> you</c><00:28:53.720><c> have</c>

00:28:53.980 --> 00:28:55.079
to<00:28:54.140><c> put</c><00:28:54.299><c> on</c><00:28:54.579><c> Christ.</c>

00:28:55.380 --> 00:28:58.779
That's<00:28:55.720><c> a</c><00:28:55.920><c> common</c><00:28:56.140><c> phrase</c><00:28:56.700><c> in</c><00:28:57.299><c> Paul's</c><00:28:57.880><c> writings</c><00:28:58.119><c> of</c><00:28:58.319><c> putting</c>

00:28:58.779 --> 00:28:59.779
on<00:28:59.299><c> Christ.</c>

00:28:59.960 --> 00:29:02.980
It<00:29:00.160><c> just</c><00:29:00.420><c> means</c><00:29:00.619><c> to</c><00:29:00.839><c> put</c><00:29:00.960><c> on</c><00:29:01.240><c> Christ</c><00:29:01.599><c> as</c><00:29:01.920><c> you</c><00:29:02.039><c> would</c><00:29:02.259><c> put</c><00:29:02.460><c> on</c><00:29:02.720><c> clothes.</c>

00:29:03.279 --> 00:29:04.859
It<00:29:03.539><c> means</c><00:29:03.799><c> the</c><00:29:04.059><c> proper</c><00:29:04.420><c> clothing.</c>

00:29:04.859 --> 00:29:07.099
Yes,<00:29:05.460><c> there</c><00:29:05.480><c> is</c><00:29:05.819><c> a</c><00:29:05.940><c> stipulation.</c>

00:29:07.559 --> 00:29:10.559
There<00:29:07.819><c> is</c><00:29:08.420><c> one</c><00:29:08.779><c> stipulation</c><00:29:09.500><c> to</c><00:29:09.680><c> this</c><00:29:09.880><c> wedding</c><00:29:10.180><c> feast.</c>

00:29:10.640 --> 00:29:14.339
And<00:29:10.859><c> that</c><00:29:11.039><c> is</c><00:29:11.259><c> to</c><00:29:11.420><c> be</c><00:29:11.680><c> clothed</c><00:29:12.240><c> in</c><00:29:12.440><c> the</c><00:29:12.619><c> righteousness</c><00:29:13.019><c> of</c><00:29:13.339><c> God,</c><00:29:14.180><c> to</c>

00:29:14.339 --> 00:29:16.180
be<00:29:14.779><c> put</c><00:29:15.059><c> on</c><00:29:15.740><c> Christ.</c>

00:29:16.299 --> 00:29:18.559
That<00:29:16.519><c> is</c><00:29:16.779><c> the</c><00:29:16.960><c> proper</c><00:29:17.519><c> wedding</c><00:29:18.119><c> garment.</c>

00:29:18.940 --> 00:29:20.240
No<00:29:19.140><c> other</c><00:29:19.380><c> garment</c><00:29:19.660><c> will</c><00:29:19.920><c> do.</c>

00:29:20.519 --> 00:29:24.079
The<00:29:20.720><c> clothing</c><00:29:21.000><c> of</c><00:29:21.319><c> self</c><00:29:21.519><c>-righteousness</c><00:29:22.539><c> will</c><00:29:22.799><c> not</c><00:29:23.099><c> do.</c>

00:29:25.720 --> 00:29:28.440
That's<00:29:26.039><c> like</c><00:29:26.240><c> wearing</c><00:29:26.460><c> a</c><00:29:26.700><c> fig</c><00:29:26.839><c> leaf</c><00:29:27.359><c> and</c><00:29:27.859><c> trying</c><00:29:28.119><c> to</c><00:29:28.200><c> hide</c>

00:29:28.440 --> 00:29:29.660
from<00:29:28.680><c> God.</c>

00:29:31.759 --> 00:29:35.619
So<00:29:32.279><c> God</c><00:29:32.579><c> requires</c><00:29:33.299><c> that</c><00:29:33.640><c> we</c><00:29:33.859><c> divest</c><00:29:34.339><c> ourselves</c><00:29:34.880><c> of</c><00:29:35.079><c> our</c><00:29:35.299><c> own</c>

00:29:35.619 --> 00:29:39.140
filthy<00:29:35.980><c> garments</c><00:29:36.640><c> and</c><00:29:37.079><c> put</c><00:29:37.299><c> on</c><00:29:37.500><c> his</c><00:29:38.019><c> righteousness.</c>

00:29:39.500 --> 00:29:42.599
And<00:29:39.700><c> that</c><00:29:39.839><c> is</c><00:29:40.099><c> offensive</c><00:29:40.519><c> to</c><00:29:40.700><c> people,</c><00:29:41.619><c> especially</c><00:29:42.140><c> to</c><00:29:42.380><c> people</c>

00:29:42.599 --> 00:29:45.200
who<00:29:42.839><c> already</c><00:29:43.200><c> thought</c><00:29:43.779><c> that</c><00:29:44.380><c> they</c><00:29:44.519><c> were</c><00:29:44.759><c> clean,</c>

00:29:45.599 --> 00:29:48.039
and<00:29:45.640><c> they</c><00:29:45.759><c> were</c><00:29:46.039><c> pure,</c><00:29:46.640><c> and</c><00:29:46.740><c> they</c><00:29:46.839><c> were</c><00:29:47.099><c> righteous</c><00:29:47.559><c> in</c><00:29:47.839><c> their</c>

00:29:48.039 --> 00:29:49.259
own<00:29:48.279><c> eyes.</c>

00:29:49.740 --> 00:29:52.200
We<00:29:50.099><c> needn't</c><00:29:50.480><c> to</c><00:29:50.700><c> change</c><00:29:50.920><c> our</c><00:29:51.240><c> clothes.</c>

00:29:52.720 --> 00:29:55.019
We<00:29:52.900><c> have</c><00:29:53.140><c> the</c><00:29:53.279><c> righteousness</c><00:29:53.759><c> of</c><00:29:54.119><c> the</c><00:29:54.180><c> law</c><00:29:54.440><c> behind</c><00:29:54.819><c> us.</c>

00:29:55.019 --> 00:29:55.900
We<00:29:55.140><c> have</c><00:29:55.400><c> the</c><00:29:55.619><c> scriptures.</c>

00:29:55.940 --> 00:29:58.839
This,<00:29:56.279><c> of</c><00:29:56.339><c> course,</c><00:29:56.519><c> is</c><00:29:56.700><c> the</c><00:29:56.859><c> mind</c><00:29:57.039><c> of</c><00:29:57.220><c> the</c><00:29:57.359><c> Pharisee.</c>

00:29:58.839 --> 00:30:02.140
And<00:29:59.039><c> as</c><00:29:59.200><c> we</c><00:29:59.299><c> look</c><00:29:59.519><c> in</c><00:29:59.660><c> the</c><00:29:59.740><c> mirror,</c><00:30:00.720><c> how</c><00:30:00.839><c> often</c><00:30:01.140><c> do</c><00:30:01.339><c> we</c><00:30:01.380><c> see</c><00:30:01.599><c> ourselves?</c>

00:30:02.299 --> 00:30:04.599
I'm<00:30:02.599><c> not</c><00:30:02.920><c> going</c><00:30:03.180><c> to</c><00:30:03.460><c> change.</c>

00:30:05.740 --> 00:30:07.380
I<00:30:05.940><c> can't</c><00:30:06.359><c> change.</c>

00:30:07.420 --> 00:30:08.599
I<00:30:07.599><c> don't</c><00:30:07.819><c> want</c><00:30:07.980><c> to</c><00:30:08.200><c> change.</c>

00:30:08.980 --> 00:30:10.619
God<00:30:09.200><c> will</c><00:30:09.359><c> take</c><00:30:09.539><c> me</c><00:30:09.740><c> the</c><00:30:09.880><c> way</c><00:30:10.039><c> I</c><00:30:10.220><c> am.</c>

00:30:10.839 --> 00:30:13.680
No,<00:30:11.039><c> he</c><00:30:11.140><c> won't.</c>

00:30:18.000 --> 00:30:22.519
We'll<00:30:18.440><c> be</c><00:30:18.660><c> going</c><00:30:18.839><c> to</c><00:30:19.019><c> the</c><00:30:19.140><c> wedding</c><00:30:19.420><c> feast</c><00:30:19.940><c> without</c><00:30:22.119><c> the</c>

00:30:22.519 --> 00:30:24.039
wedding<00:30:23.019><c> garment.</c>

00:30:24.599 --> 00:30:29.000
Well,<00:30:26.240><c> I</c><00:30:26.299><c> ask</c><00:30:26.539><c> that</c><00:30:26.720><c> you</c><00:30:26.799><c> read</c><00:30:27.099><c> the</c><00:30:27.279><c> first</c><00:30:27.500><c> chapter</c><00:30:27.880><c> of</c><00:30:27.880><c> Zephaniah</c><00:30:28.559><c> a</c><00:30:28.799><c> few</c>

00:30:29.000 --> 00:30:31.160
minutes<00:30:29.259><c> before</c><00:30:29.680><c> class,</c>

00:30:31.619 --> 00:30:34.069
because<00:30:31.779><c> this</c><00:30:32.000><c> is</c><00:30:32.160><c> where</c><00:30:32.380><c> this</c><00:30:32.660><c> parable</c><00:30:32.960><c> comes</c><00:30:33.279><c> from.</c>

00:30:39.720 --> 00:30:43.019
The<00:30:39.960><c> first</c><00:30:40.160><c> chapter</c><00:30:40.460><c> of</c><00:30:40.460><c> Zephaniah</c><00:30:41.279><c> speaks</c><00:30:41.740><c> of</c><00:30:41.920><c> God's</c><00:30:42.440><c> judgment</c><00:30:42.640><c> again</c>

00:30:43.019 --> 00:30:47.160
on<00:30:43.180><c> his</c><00:30:43.599><c> people</c><00:30:44.079><c> for</c><00:30:45.599><c> refusing</c><00:30:46.779><c> him.</c>

00:30:47.279 --> 00:30:48.900
And<00:30:47.500><c> I'd</c><00:30:47.700><c> like</c><00:30:47.799><c> to</c><00:30:47.940><c> go</c><00:30:48.119><c> through</c><00:30:48.259><c> this</c><00:30:48.460><c> briefly.</c>

00:30:48.920 --> 00:30:52.339
You<00:30:49.079><c> can</c><00:30:49.839><c> jot</c><00:30:50.140><c> down</c><00:30:50.440><c> the</c><00:30:50.839><c> correspondences.</c>

00:30:55.099 --> 00:31:04.259
But<00:30:55.579><c> in</c><00:30:55.880><c> Zephaniah</c><00:30:56.359><c> 1,</c><00:30:56.700><c> we'll</c><00:30:56.880><c> start</c><00:30:57.059><c> at</c><00:30:57.220><c> verse</c><00:30:57.420><c> 7,</c><00:31:02.940><c> the</c><00:31:03.119><c> authorized</c><00:31:03.559><c> version</c><00:31:03.880><c> here.</c>

00:31:04.339 --> 00:31:07.519
You<00:31:04.500><c> have</c><00:31:04.759><c> to</c><00:31:04.920><c> look</c><00:31:05.140><c> at</c><00:31:05.359><c> one</c><00:31:05.900><c> word</c><00:31:06.180><c> in</c><00:31:06.460><c> the</c><00:31:07.220><c> margin.</c>

00:31:07.599 --> 00:31:09.960
The<00:31:07.779><c> rendering</c><00:31:08.079><c> is</c><00:31:08.319><c> almost</c><00:31:08.759><c> too</c><00:31:09.559><c> good.</c>

00:31:10.259 --> 00:31:13.019
It's<00:31:10.579><c> not</c><00:31:10.839><c> quite,</c><00:31:11.299><c> I</c><00:31:11.720><c> don't</c><00:31:11.960><c> think,</c><00:31:12.299><c> quite</c><00:31:12.599><c> accurate.</c>

00:31:13.380 --> 00:31:15.039
But<00:31:13.579><c> let's</c><00:31:13.759><c> look</c><00:31:14.019><c> at</c><00:31:14.180><c> it.</c>

00:31:15.420 --> 00:31:16.980
Verse<00:31:15.680><c> 7</c><00:31:16.019><c> of</c><00:31:16.160><c> Zephaniah</c><00:31:16.779><c> 1.</c>

00:31:17.019 --> 00:31:19.799
Hold<00:31:17.240><c> thy</c><00:31:17.619><c> peace</c><00:31:17.920><c> at</c><00:31:18.160><c> the</c><00:31:18.420><c> presence</c><00:31:18.720><c> of</c><00:31:18.900><c> the</c><00:31:19.039><c> Lord</c><00:31:19.240><c> God,</c><00:31:19.700><c> for</c>

00:31:19.799 --> 00:31:21.299
the<00:31:19.980><c> day</c><00:31:20.160><c> of</c><00:31:20.240><c> the</c><00:31:20.400><c> Lord</c><00:31:20.559><c> is</c><00:31:20.740><c> at</c><00:31:20.980><c> hand,</c>

00:31:21.299 --> 00:31:24.940
for<00:31:21.680><c> the</c><00:31:21.859><c> Lord</c><00:31:22.200><c> hath</c><00:31:22.640><c> prepared</c><00:31:23.099><c> a</c><00:31:23.339><c> sacrifice</c><00:31:24.119><c> he</c><00:31:24.440><c> hath</c><00:31:24.740><c> bid</c>

00:31:24.940 --> 00:31:26.200
his<00:31:25.319><c> guest.</c>

00:31:26.539 --> 00:31:30.559
I<00:31:26.680><c> would</c><00:31:26.920><c> suggest,</c><00:31:27.559><c> even</c><00:31:27.720><c> though</c><00:31:27.980><c> bid</c><00:31:28.140><c> his</c><00:31:28.460><c> guest</c><00:31:28.740><c> and</c><00:31:29.440><c> prepared</c><00:31:29.759><c> the</c><00:31:30.059><c> sacrifice</c>

00:31:30.559 --> 00:31:34.079
is,<00:31:30.839><c> of</c><00:31:31.019><c> course,</c><00:31:31.339><c> exactly</c><00:31:31.720><c> what</c><00:31:31.880><c> we</c><00:31:32.079><c> have</c><00:31:32.299><c> in</c><00:31:33.559><c> Matthew,</c>

00:31:34.259 --> 00:31:42.599
that<00:31:34.500><c> the</c><00:31:34.900><c> marginal</c><00:31:35.319><c> rendering</c><00:31:35.740><c> consecrated</c><00:31:36.519><c> is</c><00:31:36.779><c> really</c><00:31:38.180><c> what</c><00:31:42.359><c> the</c>

00:31:42.599 --> 00:31:43.940
word<00:31:42.759><c> means.</c>

00:31:44.480 --> 00:31:46.980
But<00:31:44.700><c> the</c><00:31:44.960><c> meaning</c><00:31:45.200><c> seems</c><00:31:45.539><c> to</c><00:31:45.680><c> be</c><00:31:45.799><c> the</c><00:31:46.019><c> same.</c>

00:31:47.180 --> 00:31:48.359
God<00:31:47.460><c> is</c><00:31:47.759><c> ready.</c>

00:31:48.359 --> 00:31:55.279
He's<00:31:49.359><c> only</c><00:31:49.700><c> asking</c><00:31:50.319><c> that</c><00:31:50.920><c> we</c><00:31:51.079><c> put</c><00:31:51.559><c> on</c><00:31:51.940><c> the</c><00:31:52.079><c> proper</c><00:31:52.480><c> wedding</c><00:31:52.759><c> garment,</c><00:31:53.740><c> put</c><00:31:54.019><c> on</c><00:31:54.839><c> Christ.</c>

00:31:55.380 --> 00:31:57.059
But<00:31:55.500><c> what</c><00:31:55.680><c> happens</c><00:31:56.099><c> in</c><00:31:56.279><c> Zephaniah?</c>

00:31:57.519 --> 00:32:00.380
It<00:31:57.599><c> shall</c><00:31:57.779><c> come</c><00:31:58.039><c> to</c><00:31:58.339><c> pass</c><00:31:58.599><c> in</c><00:31:58.799><c> the</c><00:31:58.859><c> day</c><00:31:59.059><c> of</c><00:31:59.200><c> the</c><00:31:59.339><c> Lord's</c><00:32:00.319><c> sacrifice</c>

00:32:00.380 --> 00:32:02.200
remember<00:32:00.759><c> the</c><00:32:01.019><c> ox</c><00:32:01.220><c> and</c><00:32:01.380><c> the</c><00:32:01.559><c> fatlings</c><00:32:01.819><c> were</c><00:32:02.059><c> killed</c>

00:32:02.200 --> 00:32:04.720
that<00:32:02.359><c> I</c><00:32:02.460><c> will</c><00:32:02.640><c> punish</c><00:32:02.900><c> the</c><00:32:03.200><c> princes</c><00:32:03.480><c> and</c><00:32:03.759><c> the</c><00:32:03.900><c> king's</c><00:32:04.279><c> children</c>

00:32:04.720 --> 00:32:09.859
and<00:32:05.440><c> all</c><00:32:06.180><c> such</c><00:32:06.539><c> as</c><00:32:07.059><c> are</c><00:32:07.380><c> clothed</c><00:32:07.819><c> with</c><00:32:08.180><c> strange</c><00:32:08.779><c> apparel</c>

00:32:10.799 --> 00:32:14.359
strange<00:32:11.359><c> apparel,</c><00:32:11.799><c> those</c><00:32:12.119><c> who</c><00:32:12.299><c> did</c><00:32:12.539><c> not</c><00:32:12.759><c> put</c><00:32:12.980><c> on</c><00:32:13.680><c> Christ.</c>

00:32:14.359 --> 00:32:18.579
In<00:32:14.359><c> the</c><00:32:15.660><c> same</c><00:32:15.859><c> day</c><00:32:16.079><c> also</c><00:32:16.559><c> I</c><00:32:16.740><c> will</c><00:32:17.019><c> punish</c><00:32:17.339><c> all</c><00:32:17.640><c> those</c><00:32:17.960><c> that</c><00:32:18.180><c> leap</c><00:32:18.339><c> on</c>

00:32:18.579 --> 00:32:19.119
the<00:32:18.779><c> threshold</c>

00:32:19.119 --> 00:32:25.079
and<00:32:19.480><c> fill</c><00:32:19.680><c> their</c><00:32:19.880><c> master's</c><00:32:20.420><c> houses</c><00:32:20.720><c> with</c><00:32:21.000><c> violence</c><00:32:21.779><c> and</c><00:32:22.740><c> deceit.</c>

00:32:25.759 --> 00:32:29.259
There's<00:32:26.400><c> the</c><00:32:26.599><c> strange</c><00:32:26.799><c> apparel</c><00:32:27.180><c> which</c><00:32:27.519><c> corresponds</c><00:32:28.799><c> to</c><00:32:29.119><c> no</c>

00:32:29.259 --> 00:32:30.720
wedding<00:32:29.480><c> garment.</c>

00:32:31.980 --> 00:32:36.259
Zephaniah<00:32:32.359><c> also</c><00:32:32.700><c> talks</c><00:32:33.019><c> about</c><00:32:33.359><c> these</c><00:32:34.440><c> people</c><00:32:35.160><c> who</c><00:32:35.400><c> are</c><00:32:35.579><c> more</c><00:32:35.880><c> interested</c>

00:32:36.259 --> 00:32:38.579
in<00:32:36.420><c> their</c><00:32:36.579><c> silver</c><00:32:36.960><c> and</c><00:32:37.079><c> their</c><00:32:37.339><c> gold</c><00:32:37.700><c> and</c><00:32:37.880><c> their</c><00:32:38.200><c> farm</c><00:32:38.440><c> and</c>

00:32:38.579 --> 00:32:39.980
their<00:32:38.859><c> merchandise.</c>

00:32:41.059 --> 00:32:44.980
How<00:32:41.579><c> will</c><00:32:41.839><c> ye</c><00:32:42.000><c> inhabitants</c><00:32:42.519><c> of</c><00:32:42.819><c> Maktesh,</c><00:32:43.559><c> for</c><00:32:43.640><c> all</c><00:32:43.940><c> the</c><00:32:44.140><c> merchant</c><00:32:44.500><c> people</c><00:32:44.819><c> are</c>

00:32:44.980 --> 00:32:45.599
cut<00:32:45.259><c> down</c>

00:32:45.599 --> 00:32:48.640
all<00:32:45.839><c> they</c><00:32:46.039><c> that</c><00:32:46.259><c> bear</c><00:32:46.500><c> silver</c><00:32:46.980><c> are</c><00:32:47.240><c> cut</c><00:32:47.500><c> off?</c>

00:32:49.779 --> 00:32:52.279
And<00:32:50.039><c> it</c><00:32:50.220><c> shall</c><00:32:50.359><c> come</c><00:32:50.640><c> to</c><00:32:50.900><c> pass</c><00:32:51.099><c> at</c><00:32:51.279><c> that</c><00:32:51.579><c> time</c><00:32:51.799><c> that</c><00:32:51.940><c> I</c><00:32:52.079><c> will</c>

00:32:52.279 --> 00:32:53.799
search<00:32:52.539><c> Jerusalem</c><00:32:53.099><c> with</c><00:32:53.380><c> candles</c>

00:32:53.799 --> 00:32:56.220
and<00:32:54.079><c> punish</c><00:32:54.420><c> the</c><00:32:54.680><c> men</c><00:32:54.839><c> that</c><00:32:54.980><c> are</c><00:32:55.220><c> settled</c><00:32:55.440><c> on</c><00:32:55.660><c> their</c><00:32:55.920><c> leaves,</c>

00:32:56.359 --> 00:32:57.380
that<00:32:56.539><c> say</c><00:32:56.700><c> in</c><00:32:56.819><c> their</c><00:32:57.039><c> heart</c>

00:32:57.380 --> 00:33:00.759
the<00:32:58.160><c> Lord</c><00:32:58.380><c> will</c><00:32:58.599><c> not</c><00:32:58.799><c> do</c><00:32:58.920><c> good,</c><00:32:59.200><c> neither</c><00:32:59.380><c> will</c><00:32:59.579><c> he</c><00:32:59.700><c> do</c><00:32:59.880><c> evil.</c>

00:33:01.019 --> 00:33:04.579
This<00:33:01.339><c> is</c><00:33:01.640><c> the</c><00:33:01.740><c> response</c><00:33:02.160><c> of</c><00:33:02.359><c> half</c><00:33:02.660><c> the</c><00:33:02.880><c> people,</c><00:33:03.440><c> maybe</c><00:33:03.720><c> not</c>

00:33:04.579 --> 00:33:05.619
fifty<00:33:04.900><c> percent</c><00:33:05.319><c> half,</c>

00:33:05.619 --> 00:33:09.359
but<00:33:05.839><c> one</c><00:33:06.200><c> of</c><00:33:06.299><c> the</c><00:33:06.420><c> two</c><00:33:06.599><c> possible</c><00:33:07.059><c> responses</c><00:33:07.619><c> to</c><00:33:08.599><c> the</c><00:33:08.980><c> call</c><00:33:09.200><c> of</c>

00:33:09.359 --> 00:33:10.900
the<00:33:09.500><c> gospel</c><00:33:09.859><c> of</c><00:33:10.079><c> Jesus.</c>

00:33:11.920 --> 00:33:14.799
And<00:33:12.099><c> it</c><00:33:12.259><c> still</c><00:33:12.420><c> is</c><00:33:12.619><c> today</c><00:33:13.019><c> that</c><00:33:13.660><c> the</c><00:33:13.900><c> world</c><00:33:14.220><c> and</c><00:33:14.460><c> the</c><00:33:14.619><c> things</c>

00:33:14.799 --> 00:33:16.500
of<00:33:14.980><c> this</c><00:33:15.240><c> world</c><00:33:15.440><c> are</c><00:33:15.599><c> just</c><00:33:15.839><c> more</c><00:33:16.059><c> important.</c>

00:33:16.779 --> 00:33:18.680
They'd<00:33:16.920><c> rather</c><00:33:17.099><c> go</c><00:33:17.339><c> to</c><00:33:17.480><c> their</c><00:33:17.680><c> farm,</c><00:33:17.940><c> they'd</c><00:33:18.119><c> rather</c><00:33:18.339><c> go</c><00:33:18.559><c> to</c>

00:33:18.680 --> 00:33:19.319
their<00:33:18.819><c> business,</c>

00:33:19.799 --> 00:33:22.880
they'd<00:33:20.000><c> rather</c><00:33:20.200><c> go</c><00:33:20.440><c> to</c><00:33:20.579><c> work,</c><00:33:21.160><c> go</c><00:33:21.339><c> to</c><00:33:21.480><c> the</c><00:33:21.660><c> factory,</c><00:33:22.500><c> go</c><00:33:22.700><c> to</c>

00:33:22.880 --> 00:33:23.960
the<00:33:23.039><c> store,</c>

00:33:24.900 --> 00:33:30.680
paper<00:33:25.140><c> the</c><00:33:25.339><c> house,</c><00:33:26.180><c> don't</c><00:33:26.460><c> bother</c><00:33:26.799><c> me</c><00:33:27.299><c> with</c><00:33:27.940><c> the</c><00:33:28.200><c> Bible,</c><00:33:30.299><c> my</c>

00:33:30.680 --> 00:33:32.420
job<00:33:30.940><c> is</c><00:33:31.160><c> more</c><00:33:31.400><c> important.</c>

00:33:32.440 --> 00:33:35.240
The<00:33:32.920><c> Lord</c><00:33:33.200><c> won't</c><00:33:33.500><c> do</c><00:33:34.039><c> good,</c><00:33:34.299><c> the</c><00:33:34.400><c> Lord</c><00:33:34.640><c> won't</c><00:33:34.859><c> do</c><00:33:35.099><c> evil,</c>

00:33:35.380 --> 00:33:38.619
the<00:33:35.539><c> world</c><00:33:35.759><c> will</c><00:33:35.859><c> just</c><00:33:36.039><c> keep</c><00:33:36.200><c> going</c><00:33:36.480><c> on</c><00:33:36.740><c> and</c><00:33:36.799><c> I've</c><00:33:37.140><c> got</c><00:33:37.140><c> to</c><00:33:37.279><c> make</c><00:33:37.440><c> my</c><00:33:37.619><c> money.</c>

00:33:38.839 --> 00:33:42.180
But<00:33:39.019><c> what</c><00:33:39.220><c> does</c><00:33:40.119><c> the</c><00:33:40.359><c> Lord</c><00:33:40.539><c> say</c><00:33:40.799><c> through</c><00:33:41.039><c> Zephaniah?</c>

00:33:42.480 --> 00:33:45.880
Therefore<00:33:42.759><c> their</c><00:33:43.140><c> goods</c><00:33:43.339><c> shall</c><00:33:43.599><c> become</c><00:33:43.960><c> a</c><00:33:44.200><c> booty,</c><00:33:44.519><c> their</c><00:33:44.660><c> houses</c><00:33:45.019><c> a</c><00:33:45.299><c> desolation,</c>

00:33:45.940 --> 00:33:48.700
they<00:33:46.099><c> shall</c><00:33:46.279><c> build</c><00:33:46.519><c> houses</c><00:33:46.920><c> but</c><00:33:47.180><c> not</c><00:33:47.480><c> inhabit</c><00:33:47.859><c> them,</c><00:33:48.539><c> they</c>

00:33:48.700 --> 00:33:49.960
shall<00:33:48.940><c> plant</c><00:33:49.299><c> vineyards</c>

00:33:49.960 --> 00:33:52.660
but<00:33:50.759><c> not</c><00:33:51.200><c> drink</c><00:33:51.579><c> the</c><00:33:51.819><c> wine</c><00:33:52.099><c> thereof.</c>

00:33:52.720 --> 00:33:55.500
The<00:33:52.880><c> ones</c><00:33:53.119><c> who</c><00:33:53.240><c> went</c><00:33:53.359><c> off</c><00:33:53.579><c> to</c><00:33:53.680><c> their</c><00:33:53.900><c> farms</c><00:33:54.440><c> would</c><00:33:54.900><c> only</c><00:33:55.220><c> find</c>

00:33:55.500 --> 00:33:56.299
them<00:33:55.799><c> destroyed</c>

00:33:56.299 --> 00:33:58.460
at<00:33:56.519><c> the</c><00:33:56.700><c> hands</c><00:33:57.220><c> of</c><00:33:57.460><c> the</c><00:33:57.619><c> Romans</c><00:33:57.900><c> shortly.</c>

00:33:58.460 --> 00:34:03.119
And<00:33:59.160><c> again</c><00:33:59.420><c> in</c><00:33:59.619><c> verse</c><00:33:59.900><c> 18,</c><00:34:01.000><c> neither</c><00:34:01.359><c> their</c><00:34:01.819><c> silver</c><00:34:02.180><c> nor</c><00:34:02.460><c> their</c><00:34:02.819><c> gold</c>

00:34:03.119 --> 00:34:05.759
shall<00:34:03.400><c> be</c><00:34:03.660><c> able</c><00:34:03.920><c> to</c><00:34:04.259><c> deliver</c><00:34:04.480><c> them</c><00:34:04.799><c> in</c><00:34:04.980><c> the</c><00:34:05.200><c> day</c><00:34:05.420><c> of</c><00:34:05.599><c> the</c>

00:34:05.759 --> 00:34:07.119
Lord's<00:34:06.200><c> wrath,</c>

00:34:07.259 --> 00:34:11.599
but<00:34:07.359><c> the</c><00:34:07.579><c> whole</c><00:34:07.779><c> land</c><00:34:08.119><c> shall</c><00:34:08.380><c> be</c><00:34:08.639><c> devoured</c><00:34:08.920><c> by</c><00:34:09.280><c> fire</c><00:34:09.860><c> of</c><00:34:10.179><c> his</c><00:34:10.440><c> jealousy,</c>

00:34:11.639 --> 00:34:14.420
for<00:34:11.760><c> he</c><00:34:12.000><c> shall</c><00:34:12.119><c> make</c><00:34:12.380><c> even</c><00:34:12.679><c> a</c><00:34:13.019><c> speedy</c><00:34:13.360><c> riddance</c><00:34:13.739><c> of</c><00:34:13.920><c> all</c><00:34:14.219><c> them</c>

00:34:14.420 --> 00:34:15.460
that<00:34:14.639><c> dwell</c><00:34:14.800><c> on</c><00:34:14.960><c> the</c><00:34:15.139><c> land.</c>

00:34:15.739 --> 00:34:18.780
And<00:34:15.920><c> of</c><00:34:16.079><c> course</c><00:34:16.320><c> that's</c><00:34:16.739><c> exactly</c><00:34:17.380><c> what</c><00:34:17.880><c> happened.</c>

00:34:19.000 --> 00:34:21.920
There<00:34:19.159><c> we</c><00:34:19.360><c> have</c><00:34:19.579><c> the</c><00:34:20.019><c> Lord</c><00:34:20.300><c> will</c><00:34:20.519><c> not</c><00:34:20.739><c> do</c><00:34:20.880><c> good</c><00:34:21.099><c> nor</c><00:34:21.340><c> evil,</c>

00:34:22.079 --> 00:34:24.000
corresponding<00:34:22.659><c> to</c><00:34:22.880><c> those</c><00:34:23.079><c> who</c><00:34:23.219><c> made</c><00:34:23.360><c> light</c><00:34:23.539><c> of</c><00:34:23.739><c> it.</c>

00:34:24.000 --> 00:34:30.559
And<00:34:24.639><c> lastly</c><00:34:25.300><c> the</c><00:34:27.880><c> judgments</c><00:34:28.380><c> in</c><00:34:28.659><c> Zephaniah,</c>

00:34:30.579 --> 00:34:32.760
paralleling<00:34:30.940><c> those</c><00:34:31.420><c> of</c><00:34:31.760><c> what</c><00:34:31.960><c> Jesus</c><00:34:32.300><c> said,</c>

00:34:33.219 --> 00:34:36.619
that<00:34:33.400><c> God</c><00:34:33.739><c> would</c><00:34:34.000><c> destroy</c><00:34:34.400><c> the</c><00:34:34.619><c> murders</c><00:34:34.920><c> and</c><00:34:35.079><c> burn</c><00:34:35.340><c> their</c><00:34:35.539><c> city,</c>

00:34:36.880 --> 00:34:39.960
and<00:34:36.880><c> in</c><00:34:37.139><c> verses</c><00:34:37.460><c> 13</c><00:34:38.000><c> through</c><00:34:38.239><c> 18</c><00:34:38.559><c> of</c><00:34:38.719><c> this</c><00:34:38.900><c> chapter</c>

00:34:40.000 --> 00:34:46.179
we<00:34:40.360><c> have</c><00:34:41.159><c> the</c><00:34:41.559><c> summary</c><00:34:41.960><c> judgment</c><00:34:42.519><c> of</c><00:34:43.699><c> God</c><00:34:44.440><c> spoken</c><00:34:45.219><c> through</c><00:34:45.519><c> Zephaniah,</c>

00:34:46.300 --> 00:34:48.739
their<00:34:46.420><c> goods</c><00:34:46.619><c> will</c><00:34:46.820><c> be</c><00:34:47.019><c> plundered,</c><00:34:47.500><c> their</c><00:34:47.599><c> houses</c><00:34:48.019><c> laid</c><00:34:48.360><c> waste,</c>

00:34:48.820 --> 00:34:51.159
there<00:34:48.900><c> was</c><00:34:49.039><c> a</c><00:34:49.179><c> day</c><00:34:49.340><c> of</c><00:34:49.500><c> destruction,</c><00:34:50.159><c> the</c><00:34:50.219><c> fire</c><00:34:50.480><c> of</c><00:34:50.639><c> his</c><00:34:50.800><c> wrath.</c>

00:34:51.159 --> 00:34:54.340
And<00:34:51.840><c> this</c><00:34:52.039><c> all</c><00:34:52.300><c> happened</c><00:34:52.579><c> of</c><00:34:52.760><c> course</c><00:34:53.139><c> within</c><00:34:53.500><c> the</c><00:34:53.760><c> generation</c>

00:34:54.340 --> 00:34:56.519
of<00:34:54.940><c> Jesus</c><00:34:55.260><c> saying</c><00:34:55.579><c> this.</c>

00:34:56.739 --> 00:34:58.300
So<00:34:56.920><c> what's</c><00:34:57.280><c> the</c><00:34:57.420><c> issue?</c>

00:34:59.179 --> 00:35:02.380
Two<00:34:59.480><c> things</c><00:34:59.880><c> keep</c><00:35:00.199><c> people</c><00:35:00.599><c> from</c><00:35:00.920><c> obeying</c><00:35:01.360><c> God.</c>

00:35:02.719 --> 00:35:05.579
One<00:35:02.960><c> is</c><00:35:03.139><c> they're</c><00:35:03.300><c> more</c><00:35:03.579><c> interested</c><00:35:03.980><c> in</c><00:35:04.159><c> their</c><00:35:04.539><c> material</c><00:35:05.019><c> life,</c>

00:35:06.000 --> 00:35:08.119
their<00:35:06.219><c> farms</c><00:35:06.579><c> and</c><00:35:06.760><c> their</c><00:35:06.980><c> merchandise,</c><00:35:07.559><c> or</c><00:35:07.780><c> two,</c>

00:35:08.340 --> 00:35:11.679
those<00:35:08.659><c> who</c><00:35:08.860><c> might</c><00:35:09.340><c> otherwise</c><00:35:10.260><c> be</c><00:35:10.599><c> interested,</c>

00:35:12.159 --> 00:35:14.460
who<00:35:12.340><c> can</c><00:35:12.539><c> get</c><00:35:12.820><c> past</c><00:35:13.119><c> that</c><00:35:13.480><c> hump,</c>

00:35:15.199 --> 00:35:18.480
they<00:35:15.519><c> do</c><00:35:15.760><c> come</c><00:35:16.000><c> to</c><00:35:16.320><c> a</c><00:35:16.500><c> point</c><00:35:16.760><c> where</c><00:35:17.019><c> God</c><00:35:17.260><c> does</c><00:35:17.619><c> demand</c><00:35:17.920><c> something,</c>

00:35:18.480 --> 00:35:23.380
and<00:35:19.300><c> that</c><00:35:19.539><c> is</c><00:35:19.900><c> to</c><00:35:20.199><c> take</c><00:35:20.559><c> off</c><00:35:21.119><c> their</c><00:35:21.559><c> filthy</c><00:35:21.880><c> garments</c><00:35:22.300><c> of</c><00:35:22.539><c> their</c><00:35:22.719><c> own</c><00:35:22.940><c> righteousness</c>

00:35:23.380 --> 00:35:27.139
and<00:35:24.219><c> put</c><00:35:24.420><c> on</c><00:35:24.760><c> Christ</c><00:35:25.380><c> and</c><00:35:26.059><c> come</c><00:35:26.320><c> to</c><00:35:26.519><c> the</c><00:35:26.719><c> wedding</c>

00:35:27.139 --> 00:35:31.940
the<00:35:27.739><c> way</c><00:35:28.199><c> God</c><00:35:28.599><c> would</c><00:35:28.840><c> have</c><00:35:29.019><c> them</c><00:35:29.539><c> so</c><00:35:29.980><c> clothed.</c>

00:35:32.059 --> 00:35:34.840
So<00:35:32.199><c> God</c><00:35:32.460><c> requires</c><00:35:33.179><c> and</c><00:35:33.920><c> God</c><00:35:34.199><c> offers.</c>

00:35:35.199 --> 00:35:40.099
God<00:35:35.500><c> expects</c><00:35:35.980><c> something</c><00:35:36.360><c> of</c><00:35:36.539><c> us</c><00:35:37.119><c> and</c><00:35:38.400><c> God</c><00:35:39.280><c> also,</c>

00:35:40.260 --> 00:35:42.619
if<00:35:40.559><c> anybody</c><00:35:40.880><c> wants</c><00:35:41.159><c> to</c><00:35:41.320><c> copy</c><00:35:41.519><c> this</c><00:35:41.760><c> of</c><00:35:41.940><c> course</c><00:35:42.099><c> you</c><00:35:42.199><c> can</c><00:35:42.400><c> come</c>

00:35:42.619 --> 00:35:43.760
up<00:35:43.440><c> afterwards,</c>

00:35:44.260 --> 00:35:45.719
I'll<00:35:44.420><c> leave</c><00:35:44.619><c> it</c><00:35:44.820><c> out.</c>

00:35:46.199 --> 00:35:49.239
God<00:35:46.760><c> expects</c><00:35:47.260><c> something</c><00:35:47.780><c> but</c><00:35:48.159><c> God</c><00:35:48.440><c> offers</c><00:35:48.840><c> too.</c>

00:35:49.440 --> 00:35:54.559
And<00:35:49.500><c> we'll</c><00:35:49.599><c> look</c><00:35:49.820><c> at</c><00:35:49.880><c> that</c><00:35:50.139><c> again</c><00:35:50.460><c> as</c><00:35:50.679><c> we</c><00:35:52.460><c> said</c><00:35:53.579><c> in</c><00:35:53.719><c> these</c><00:35:53.920><c> two</c><00:35:54.179><c> parables,</c>

00:35:54.659 --> 00:35:57.139
what<00:35:54.820><c> God</c><00:35:55.099><c> offers,</c><00:35:55.460><c> what</c><00:35:55.659><c> God</c><00:35:55.940><c> expects.</c>

00:35:58.239 --> 00:36:00.260
The<00:35:58.500><c> whole</c><00:35:58.719><c> thing</c><00:35:58.960><c> is</c><00:35:59.179><c> there.</c>

00:36:00.460 --> 00:36:02.519
The<00:36:00.639><c> people</c><00:36:00.860><c> just</c><00:36:01.300><c> don't</c><00:36:01.599><c> listen.</c>

00:36:02.800 --> 00:36:05.659
The<00:36:03.099><c> hard</c><00:36:03.340><c>-heartedness</c><00:36:03.840><c> of</c><00:36:04.079><c> people</c><00:36:04.360><c> is</c><00:36:04.619><c> sometimes</c><00:36:05.079><c> incredible</c>

00:36:05.659 --> 00:36:08.059
and<00:36:06.119><c> don't</c><00:36:06.500><c> think</c><00:36:06.679><c> you're</c><00:36:06.920><c> ever</c><00:36:07.219><c> reading</c><00:36:07.500><c> when</c><00:36:07.699><c> you</c><00:36:07.920><c> read</c>

00:36:08.059 --> 00:36:08.860
these<00:36:08.320><c> chapters</c>

00:36:08.860 --> 00:36:12.880
about<00:36:09.639><c> an</c><00:36:09.880><c> isolated</c><00:36:10.340><c> event</c><00:36:10.659><c> in</c><00:36:10.860><c> history</c><00:36:11.179><c> in</c><00:36:11.340><c> a</c><00:36:11.460><c> particular</c><00:36:11.980><c> group</c><00:36:12.260><c> of</c><00:36:12.500><c> people.</c>

00:36:12.880 --> 00:36:15.840
Just<00:36:13.519><c> look</c><00:36:13.820><c> in</c><00:36:13.940><c> the</c><00:36:14.019><c> mirror</c><00:36:14.440><c> when</c><00:36:14.820><c> you</c><00:36:15.000><c> read</c><00:36:15.239><c> these</c><00:36:15.480><c> chapters</c>

00:36:15.840 --> 00:36:16.420
in<00:36:16.000><c> Matthew.</c>

00:36:16.639 --> 00:36:19.780
Look<00:36:16.920><c> in</c><00:36:17.119><c> the</c><00:36:17.159><c> mirror</c><00:36:17.719><c> and</c><00:36:18.039><c> see</c><00:36:18.179><c> how</c><00:36:18.380><c> many</c><00:36:18.619><c> times</c><00:36:19.119><c> you've</c><00:36:19.579><c> done</c>

00:36:19.780 --> 00:36:22.420
the<00:36:20.019><c> same</c><00:36:20.260><c> thing</c><00:36:20.800><c> and</c><00:36:21.380><c> repent.</c>

00:36:26.019 --> 00:36:29.679
Well,<00:36:26.360><c> the</c><00:36:26.460><c> last</c><00:36:26.679><c> four</c><00:36:26.900><c> things</c><00:36:27.159><c> I'd</c><00:36:27.420><c> like</c><00:36:27.500><c> to</c><00:36:27.699><c> talk</c><00:36:27.900><c> about</c><00:36:28.159><c> today</c>

00:36:30.280 --> 00:36:39.380
are<00:36:30.800><c> these</c><00:36:31.039><c> four</c><00:36:31.280><c> questions</c><00:36:32.079><c> in</c><00:36:36.579><c> Matthew</c><00:36:38.219><c> chapter</c><00:36:38.619><c> 22.</c>

00:36:41.440 --> 00:36:44.239
We'll<00:36:42.000><c> put</c><00:36:42.219><c> the</c><00:36:42.400><c> first</c><00:36:42.599><c> three</c><00:36:42.820><c> up</c><00:36:43.000><c> first.</c>

00:36:45.739 --> 00:36:50.900
After<00:36:46.079><c> this,</c><00:36:47.000><c> now,</c><00:36:47.400><c> it</c><00:36:47.420><c> seems</c><00:36:47.780><c> that</c><00:36:48.159><c> the</c><00:36:48.400><c> ire</c><00:36:48.679><c> of</c><00:36:50.119><c> the</c><00:36:50.340><c> Pharisees</c>

00:36:50.900 --> 00:36:53.340
and<00:36:51.079><c> the</c><00:36:51.239><c> Sadducees</c><00:36:51.679><c> get</c><00:36:51.900><c> into</c><00:36:52.159><c> the</c><00:36:52.380><c> fracas</c><00:36:52.659><c> here</c><00:36:53.039><c> too.</c>

00:36:53.739 --> 00:36:54.780
It's<00:36:53.840><c> really</c><00:36:54.139><c> built</c><00:36:54.420><c> up.</c>

00:36:55.260 --> 00:36:57.639
Jesus<00:36:55.619><c> is</c><00:36:55.940><c> told</c><00:36:56.099><c> two</c><00:36:56.380><c> parables</c><00:36:56.840><c> condemning</c><00:36:57.420><c> them.</c>

00:36:57.840 --> 00:36:58.699
They<00:36:57.840><c> knew</c><00:36:58.059><c> it.</c>

00:36:58.760 --> 00:37:01.579
It<00:36:59.039><c> says</c><00:36:59.179><c> they</c><00:36:59.400><c> knew</c><00:36:59.639><c> that</c><00:36:59.820><c> he</c><00:36:59.920><c> was</c><00:37:00.139><c> talking</c><00:37:00.460><c> about</c><00:37:00.800><c> them.</c>

00:37:03.980 --> 00:37:07.920
And<00:37:04.179><c> now,</c><00:37:05.280><c> if</c><00:37:05.460><c> we</c><00:37:05.559><c> go</c><00:37:05.719><c> to</c><00:37:06.159><c> Matthew</c><00:37:06.480><c> 22</c><00:37:06.980><c> verse</c><00:37:07.300><c> 15,</c>

00:37:07.920 --> 00:37:11.400
it<00:37:08.199><c> says</c><00:37:08.199><c> the</c><00:37:08.380><c> Pharisees</c><00:37:08.980><c> went</c><00:37:09.260><c> and</c><00:37:09.460><c> took</c><00:37:09.679><c> counsel</c><00:37:10.079><c> how</c><00:37:10.360><c> to</c><00:37:10.599><c> entangle</c><00:37:11.059><c> him</c><00:37:11.239><c> in</c>

00:37:11.400 --> 00:37:11.940
his<00:37:11.639><c> talk.</c>

00:37:12.340 --> 00:37:15.940
And<00:37:12.480><c> Luke</c><00:37:12.760><c> here</c><00:37:13.300><c> says</c><00:37:13.639><c> that</c><00:37:13.840><c> these</c><00:37:14.019><c> were</c><00:37:14.300><c> spies</c><00:37:14.800><c> and</c><00:37:15.039><c> deceitful</c><00:37:15.559><c> people</c>

00:37:15.940 --> 00:37:18.039
who<00:37:16.159><c> pretended</c><00:37:16.579><c> to</c><00:37:16.780><c> be</c><00:37:16.980><c> faithful.</c>

00:37:19.219 --> 00:37:25.400
But<00:37:19.360><c> this</c><00:37:19.579><c> was</c><00:37:19.900><c> nothing</c><00:37:20.300><c> but</c><00:37:21.440><c> a</c><00:37:21.760><c> last</c><00:37:22.440><c>-ditch</c><00:37:22.940><c> attempt</c><00:37:23.559><c> to</c><00:37:24.019><c> save</c><00:37:24.300><c> face</c>

00:37:25.900 --> 00:37:28.079
of<00:37:26.460><c> the</c><00:37:26.659><c> Pharisees</c><00:37:27.199><c> and</c><00:37:27.340><c> the</c><00:37:27.500><c> Sadducees,</c>

00:37:28.199 --> 00:37:32.440
to<00:37:28.340><c> outdo</c><00:37:28.659><c> one</c><00:37:28.940><c> another</c><00:37:29.400><c> and</c><00:37:30.059><c> see,</c><00:37:30.559><c> can</c><00:37:30.599><c> we</c><00:37:30.880><c> somehow</c><00:37:31.659><c> put</c><00:37:32.099><c> this</c>

00:37:32.440 --> 00:37:33.920
man<00:37:32.820><c> away?</c>

00:37:34.360 --> 00:37:35.860
Can<00:37:34.559><c> we</c><00:37:34.719><c> entangle</c><00:37:35.079><c> him</c><00:37:35.239><c> in</c><00:37:35.360><c> his</c><00:37:35.559><c> speech?</c>

00:37:35.860 --> 00:37:42.019
And<00:37:36.199><c> it's</c><00:37:36.320><c> really</c><00:37:36.599><c> a</c><00:37:36.800><c> pathetic</c><00:37:37.159><c> situation</c><00:37:38.280><c> to</c><00:37:39.679><c> see</c><00:37:39.980><c> these</c><00:37:40.440><c> people</c><00:37:40.860><c> trying</c><00:37:41.280><c> to,</c>

00:37:42.179 --> 00:37:48.320
one,<00:37:44.179><c> stultify</c><00:37:44.840><c> the</c><00:37:45.019><c> Son</c><00:37:45.219><c> of</c><00:37:45.440><c> God</c><00:37:45.579><c> at</c><00:37:45.760><c> his</c><00:37:46.019><c> words,</c><00:37:46.340><c> which</c><00:37:46.639><c> was</c><00:37:47.760><c> ridiculous,</c>

00:37:48.420 --> 00:37:52.519
but<00:37:48.679><c> worse,</c><00:37:50.019><c> was</c><00:37:50.239><c> not</c><00:37:50.679><c> seeing</c><00:37:51.059><c> that</c><00:37:51.340><c> this</c><00:37:51.619><c> was</c><00:37:51.860><c> a</c><00:37:51.960><c> man</c><00:37:52.159><c> who</c><00:37:52.340><c> had</c>

00:37:52.519 --> 00:37:54.679
so<00:37:52.760><c> much</c><00:37:52.940><c> to</c><00:37:53.260><c> offer</c><00:37:53.420><c> them,</c>

00:37:54.780 --> 00:37:59.079
who<00:37:54.920><c> had</c><00:37:55.239><c> so</c><00:37:55.519><c> much</c><00:37:55.760><c> to</c><00:37:56.000><c> offer</c><00:37:56.179><c> to</c><00:37:56.460><c> them,</c><00:37:57.000><c> eternal</c><00:37:57.400><c> life</c><00:37:58.280><c> and</c><00:37:58.900><c> a</c>

00:37:59.079 --> 00:38:00.619
way<00:37:59.219><c> of</c><00:37:59.460><c> life</c><00:37:59.639><c> of</c><00:37:59.840><c> righteousness.</c>

00:38:00.800 --> 00:38:05.719
But<00:38:01.000><c> all</c><00:38:01.239><c> they</c><00:38:01.400><c> could</c><00:38:01.639><c> think</c><00:38:01.920><c> of</c><00:38:02.260><c> was</c><00:38:02.780><c> saving</c><00:38:03.179><c> face</c><00:38:03.840><c> and</c><00:38:05.000><c> rejecting</c><00:38:05.480><c> it.</c>

00:38:05.719 --> 00:38:09.079
And<00:38:05.840><c> it's</c><00:38:06.079><c> just</c><00:38:06.280><c> hard</c><00:38:06.460><c> to</c><00:38:06.679><c> believe</c><00:38:07.440><c> that</c><00:38:07.840><c> people</c><00:38:08.039><c> can</c><00:38:08.260><c> be</c><00:38:08.380><c> like</c><00:38:08.659><c> that.</c>

00:38:09.320 --> 00:38:12.119
But<00:38:09.639><c> yet,</c><00:38:10.820><c> there</c><00:38:11.000><c> we</c><00:38:11.239><c> are.</c>

00:38:12.539 --> 00:38:15.559
Jesus<00:38:12.900><c> has</c><00:38:13.159><c> so</c><00:38:13.539><c> much</c><00:38:14.000><c> to</c><00:38:14.360><c> offer</c><00:38:14.579><c> us,</c>

00:38:15.599 --> 00:38:18.980
but<00:38:15.760><c> we</c><00:38:16.000><c> reject</c><00:38:16.400><c> it</c><00:38:16.960><c> and</c><00:38:17.119><c> try</c><00:38:17.400><c> to</c><00:38:17.679><c> save</c><00:38:17.920><c> face</c><00:38:18.179><c> and</c><00:38:18.360><c> say,</c><00:38:18.739><c> no,</c><00:38:18.820><c> I</c>

00:38:18.980 --> 00:38:20.400
won't<00:38:19.219><c> change.</c>

00:38:21.360 --> 00:38:22.800
I<00:38:21.579><c> want</c><00:38:21.840><c> to</c><00:38:21.980><c> be</c><00:38:22.079><c> the</c><00:38:22.280><c> way</c><00:38:22.440><c> I</c><00:38:22.639><c> am.</c>

00:38:22.980 --> 00:38:24.900
Well,<00:38:23.159><c> let's</c><00:38:23.320><c> look</c><00:38:23.519><c> at</c><00:38:23.659><c> these</c><00:38:23.900><c> three</c><00:38:24.139><c> questions</c><00:38:24.500><c> briefly.</c>

00:38:24.980 --> 00:38:28.139
First,<00:38:25.400><c> the</c><00:38:25.559><c> Pharisees</c><00:38:26.340><c> and</c><00:38:26.579><c> Herodians</c><00:38:27.179><c> come</c><00:38:27.440><c> together</c><00:38:27.860><c> with</c>

00:38:28.139 --> 00:38:28.800
these<00:38:28.400><c> questions</c>

00:38:28.800 --> 00:38:31.639
of<00:38:29.719><c> showing</c><00:38:29.920><c> them</c><00:38:30.300><c> the</c><00:38:30.679><c> denarius</c><00:38:31.179><c> and</c><00:38:31.420><c> saying,</c>

00:38:31.920 --> 00:38:33.900
should<00:38:32.079><c> we</c><00:38:32.280><c> pay</c><00:38:32.480><c> tribute</c><00:38:32.760><c> to</c><00:38:33.039><c> Caesar</c><00:38:33.239><c> or</c><00:38:33.539><c> not?</c>

00:38:33.900 --> 00:38:38.360
Then<00:38:34.719><c> he</c><00:38:34.900><c> puts</c><00:38:35.159><c> them</c><00:38:35.400><c> to</c><00:38:35.699><c> shame,</c><00:38:36.400><c> sends</c><00:38:36.980><c> them</c><00:38:37.219><c> away,</c>

00:38:38.539 --> 00:38:41.159
and<00:38:38.699><c> the</c><00:38:38.840><c> Pharisees</c><00:38:39.260><c> come</c><00:38:39.500><c> up</c><00:38:39.800><c> and</c><00:38:40.300><c> offer</c><00:38:40.519><c> this</c><00:38:40.800><c> question</c>

00:38:41.159 --> 00:38:46.139
about<00:38:41.599><c> the</c><00:38:43.519><c> woman</c><00:38:43.980><c> who</c><00:38:44.260><c> had</c><00:38:44.539><c> seven</c><00:38:45.039><c> successive</c><00:38:45.719><c> husbands.</c>

00:38:46.320 --> 00:38:47.880
They<00:38:46.360><c> all</c><00:38:46.619><c> died</c><00:38:46.920><c> one</c><00:38:47.179><c> after</c><00:38:47.579><c> another.</c>

00:38:47.900 --> 00:38:51.440
And<00:38:48.019><c> in</c><00:38:48.159><c> the</c><00:38:48.360><c> resurrection,</c><00:38:48.920><c> who</c><00:38:49.099><c> would</c><00:38:49.380><c> be</c><00:38:49.679><c> the</c><00:38:50.440><c> husband?</c>

00:38:51.639 --> 00:38:55.139
And<00:38:52.119><c> finally,</c><00:38:52.559><c> the</c><00:38:52.760><c> Pharisees</c><00:38:53.300><c> then</c><00:38:53.559><c> come</c><00:38:53.679><c> up</c><00:38:53.920><c> with</c><00:38:54.139><c> one</c><00:38:54.400><c> last</c><00:38:54.780><c> attempt</c>

00:38:55.139 --> 00:38:58.340
and<00:38:55.420><c> say,</c><00:38:55.699><c> which</c><00:38:55.920><c> is</c><00:38:56.480><c> the</c><00:38:56.880><c> greatest</c><00:38:57.539><c> commandment?</c>

00:38:58.579 --> 00:39:02.420
And<00:38:58.760><c> they're</c><00:38:58.960><c> all</c><00:38:59.480><c> said</c><00:38:59.719><c> explicitly</c><00:39:00.420><c> to</c><00:39:01.300><c> try</c><00:39:01.599><c> to</c><00:39:01.840><c> trick</c><00:39:01.980><c> Jesus</c>

00:39:02.420 --> 00:39:03.119
at<00:39:02.679><c> his</c><00:39:02.960><c> words.</c>

00:39:03.119 --> 00:39:06.280
So<00:39:03.239><c> let's</c><00:39:03.380><c> see</c><00:39:03.559><c> how</c><00:39:03.719><c> he</c><00:39:03.840><c> answers</c><00:39:04.179><c> each</c><00:39:04.539><c> one.</c>

00:39:06.860 --> 00:39:08.159
Question<00:39:07.139><c> number</c><00:39:07.480><c> one.</c>

00:39:08.539 --> 00:39:11.559
In<00:39:08.539><c> Matthew</c><00:39:08.860><c> 22,</c><00:39:09.420><c> 15,</c><00:39:10.039><c> the</c><00:39:10.179><c> Pharisees</c><00:39:10.760><c> went</c><00:39:10.960><c> and</c><00:39:11.119><c> took</c><00:39:11.280><c> counsel</c>

00:39:11.559 --> 00:39:14.559
how<00:39:11.780><c> to</c><00:39:11.960><c> entangle</c><00:39:12.300><c> him</c><00:39:12.460><c> in</c><00:39:12.579><c> his</c><00:39:12.800><c> talk,</c><00:39:13.139><c> and</c><00:39:13.199><c> they</c><00:39:14.059><c> sent</c><00:39:14.320><c> their</c>

00:39:14.559 --> 00:39:15.559
disciples<00:39:15.039><c> to</c><00:39:15.260><c> him.</c>

00:39:15.619 --> 00:39:19.300
Remember,<00:39:15.940><c> these</c><00:39:16.260><c> false,</c><00:39:16.940><c> deceitful</c><00:39:17.420><c> people,</c><00:39:18.739><c> as</c><00:39:18.920><c> recorded</c>

00:39:19.300 --> 00:39:20.460
in<00:39:19.500><c> Luke.</c>

00:39:21.679 --> 00:39:25.260
And<00:39:21.820><c> they</c><00:39:22.059><c> said,</c><00:39:22.619><c> teacher,</c><00:39:24.039><c> remember,</c><00:39:24.380><c> these</c><00:39:24.559><c> are</c><00:39:24.800><c> false</c><00:39:25.059><c> and</c>

00:39:25.260 --> 00:39:26.760
deceitful<00:39:25.739><c> words.</c>

00:39:27.320 --> 00:39:30.300
Teacher,<00:39:27.699><c> we</c><00:39:27.900><c> know</c><00:39:28.179><c> that</c><00:39:28.420><c> thou</c><00:39:28.559><c> art</c><00:39:28.840><c> true,</c><00:39:29.559><c> and</c><00:39:29.719><c> teach</c><00:39:29.900><c> the</c><00:39:30.039><c> way</c><00:39:30.199><c> of</c>

00:39:30.300 --> 00:39:31.639
God<00:39:30.539><c> truthfully,</c>

00:39:31.639 --> 00:39:35.820
and<00:39:32.300><c> care</c><00:39:32.559><c> for</c><00:39:32.800><c> no</c><00:39:33.000><c> man,</c><00:39:33.679><c> for</c><00:39:33.860><c> you</c><00:39:34.019><c> do</c><00:39:34.179><c> not</c><00:39:34.360><c> regard</c><00:39:34.699><c> the</c><00:39:34.900><c> position</c><00:39:35.280><c> of</c><00:39:35.539><c> men.</c>

00:39:35.960 --> 00:39:39.460
It<00:39:36.139><c> was</c><00:39:36.340><c> true,</c><00:39:36.559><c> but</c><00:39:36.739><c> they</c><00:39:37.039><c> spoke</c><00:39:37.300><c> them</c><00:39:37.619><c> mockingly</c><00:39:38.159><c> and</c><00:39:38.380><c> deceitfully.</c>

00:39:39.480 --> 00:39:40.940
Tell<00:39:39.699><c> us</c><00:39:39.960><c> then,</c><00:39:40.219><c> what</c><00:39:40.440><c> do</c><00:39:40.659><c> you</c><00:39:40.800><c> think?</c>

00:39:40.980 --> 00:39:43.840
Is<00:39:41.159><c> it</c><00:39:41.360><c> lawful</c><00:39:41.639><c> to</c><00:39:41.900><c> pay</c><00:39:42.119><c> taxes</c><00:39:42.519><c> to</c><00:39:42.840><c> Caesar</c><00:39:43.059><c> or</c><00:39:43.360><c> not?</c>

00:39:44.260 --> 00:39:48.320
But<00:39:44.440><c> Jesus,</c><00:39:45.340><c> aware</c><00:39:45.679><c> of</c><00:39:45.880><c> their</c><00:39:46.119><c> malice,</c><00:39:47.320><c> said,</c>

00:39:49.300 --> 00:39:52.099
why<00:39:49.559><c> put</c><00:39:49.800><c> me</c><00:39:50.039><c> to</c><00:39:50.199><c> the</c><00:39:50.440><c> test,</c><00:39:50.760><c> you</c><00:39:51.019><c> hypocrites?</c>

00:39:52.280 --> 00:39:55.940
He<00:39:52.599><c> looked</c><00:39:52.780><c> right</c><00:39:53.099><c> at</c><00:39:53.260><c> them</c><00:39:53.400><c> and</c><00:39:53.440><c> said,</c><00:39:54.320><c> you</c><00:39:54.539><c> are</c><00:39:54.780><c> hypocrites.</c>

00:39:56.300 --> 00:39:58.780
And<00:39:56.719><c> they</c><00:39:57.039><c> must</c><00:39:57.360><c> have</c><00:39:57.539><c> known</c><00:39:57.739><c> right</c><00:39:58.099><c> there</c><00:39:58.280><c> that</c><00:39:58.420><c> they</c><00:39:58.659><c> were</c>

00:39:58.780 --> 00:40:00.039
in<00:39:58.940><c> for</c><00:39:59.139><c> trouble.</c>

00:40:01.119 --> 00:40:02.599
He<00:40:01.559><c> said,</c><00:40:01.840><c> give</c><00:40:01.920><c> me</c><00:40:02.059><c> the</c><00:40:02.260><c> coin.</c>

00:40:03.079 --> 00:40:04.599
And<00:40:03.159><c> they</c><00:40:03.280><c> gave</c><00:40:03.500><c> him</c><00:40:03.699><c> the</c><00:40:03.800><c> coin.</c>

00:40:05.300 --> 00:40:08.840
And<00:40:05.420><c> Jesus</c><00:40:05.739><c> said</c><00:40:05.980><c> to</c><00:40:06.079><c> them,</c><00:40:06.340><c> whose</c><00:40:06.579><c> likeness</c><00:40:07.099><c> as</c><00:40:07.280><c> an</c><00:40:07.480><c> inscription</c><00:40:07.900><c> is</c><00:40:08.420><c> on</c><00:40:08.699><c> this?</c>

00:40:08.880 --> 00:40:10.260
And<00:40:09.000><c> they</c><00:40:09.139><c> said,</c><00:40:09.380><c> Caesar.</c>

00:40:12.420 --> 00:40:15.079
You've<00:40:12.860><c> probably</c><00:40:13.119><c> seen</c><00:40:13.380><c> a</c><00:40:13.559><c> picture</c><00:40:13.780><c> of</c><00:40:14.000><c> these</c><00:40:14.260><c> coins,</c>

00:40:15.760 --> 00:40:18.340
or<00:40:15.760><c> they</c><00:40:16.199><c> have</c><00:40:16.440><c> some</c><00:40:16.679><c> in</c><00:40:16.960><c> the</c><00:40:17.199><c> Field</c><00:40:17.400><c> Museum</c><00:40:17.780><c> of</c><00:40:17.920><c> Chicago.</c>

00:40:18.539 --> 00:40:19.840
You<00:40:18.679><c> can</c><00:40:18.860><c> go</c><00:40:19.039><c> down</c><00:40:19.219><c> there</c><00:40:19.360><c> and</c><00:40:19.360><c> look</c><00:40:19.579><c> at</c><00:40:19.780><c> them.</c>

00:40:19.860 --> 00:40:21.800
There's<00:40:20.039><c> a</c><00:40:20.179><c> picture</c><00:40:20.400><c> of</c><00:40:20.420><c> Caesar</c><00:40:20.739><c> right</c><00:40:21.019><c> there</c><00:40:21.199><c> on</c><00:40:21.360><c> one</c><00:40:21.599><c> side,</c>

00:40:21.800 --> 00:40:25.940
and<00:40:21.940><c> on</c><00:40:22.059><c> the</c><00:40:22.179><c> other</c><00:40:22.420><c> side</c><00:40:23.039><c> it</c><00:40:23.300><c> says,</c><00:40:24.820><c> I</c><00:40:25.159><c> forgot,</c>

00:40:25.940 --> 00:40:29.460
Augustus<00:40:26.619><c> Tiberius</c><00:40:28.099><c> Caesar</c><00:40:28.579><c> on</c><00:40:29.019><c> the</c><00:40:29.159><c> back,</c>

00:40:29.599 --> 00:40:30.940
whichever<00:40:29.860><c> one</c><00:40:30.039><c> is</c><00:40:30.239><c> reigning</c><00:40:30.380><c> at</c><00:40:30.579><c> the</c><00:40:30.719><c> time.</c>

00:40:31.360 --> 00:40:33.659
That's<00:40:31.719><c> what</c><00:40:32.420><c> the</c><00:40:32.639><c> coin</c><00:40:32.780><c> was.</c>

00:40:34.440 --> 00:40:38.400
You<00:40:34.920><c> can</c><00:40:35.099><c> look</c><00:40:35.320><c> at</c><00:40:35.480><c> it</c><00:40:35.599><c> and</c><00:40:35.659><c> see</c><00:40:35.900><c> exactly</c><00:40:36.340><c> the</c><00:40:36.559><c> thing</c><00:40:36.719><c> that</c><00:40:36.880><c> they</c><00:40:37.039><c> gave</c><00:40:37.260><c> to</c><00:40:37.519><c> Jesus.</c>

00:40:38.539 --> 00:40:41.019
Anyway,<00:40:39.460><c> it's</c><00:40:39.559><c> got</c><00:40:39.679><c> a</c><00:40:39.800><c> picture</c><00:40:40.039><c> of</c><00:40:40.119><c> Caesar</c><00:40:40.360><c> on</c><00:40:40.579><c> one</c><00:40:40.780><c> side</c>

00:40:41.019 --> 00:40:43.400
and<00:40:41.159><c> his</c><00:40:41.320><c> name</c><00:40:41.579><c> written</c><00:40:41.820><c> on</c><00:40:42.019><c> the</c><00:40:42.179><c> other</c><00:40:42.440><c> side.</c>

00:40:44.780 --> 00:40:48.199
So,<00:40:45.260><c> Jesus</c><00:40:45.519><c> said,</c><00:40:46.219><c> whose</c><00:40:46.519><c> likeness</c><00:40:47.059><c> and</c><00:40:47.400><c> inscription</c><00:40:47.800><c> is</c><00:40:48.039><c> on</c>

00:40:48.199 --> 00:40:48.699
this<00:40:48.440><c> thing?</c>

00:40:49.079 --> 00:40:50.400
Whose<00:40:49.280><c> is</c><00:40:49.480><c> it?</c>

00:40:50.420 --> 00:40:52.219
And<00:40:50.579><c> they</c><00:40:50.679><c> said,</c><00:40:51.079><c> Caesar's.</c>

00:40:52.420 --> 00:40:55.380
Then<00:40:52.619><c> he</c><00:40:52.760><c> said</c><00:40:53.019><c> to</c><00:40:53.139><c> them,</c><00:40:53.980><c> render</c><00:40:54.280><c> therefore</c><00:40:54.820><c> to</c><00:40:55.079><c> Caesar</c>

00:40:55.380 --> 00:40:57.260
unto<00:40:55.440><c> the</c><00:40:55.579><c> things</c><00:40:55.840><c> that</c><00:40:56.000><c> are</c><00:40:56.159><c> Caesar's,</c>

00:40:57.260 --> 00:41:00.320
and<00:40:57.599><c> to</c><00:40:57.760><c> God</c><00:40:58.199><c> the</c><00:40:58.440><c> things</c><00:40:58.820><c> that</c><00:40:59.059><c> are</c><00:40:59.440><c> God's.</c>

00:41:00.440 --> 00:41:02.239
When<00:41:00.659><c> they</c><00:41:00.840><c> heard</c><00:41:01.000><c> it,</c><00:41:01.179><c> they</c><00:41:01.300><c> marveled,</c>

00:41:02.260 --> 00:41:03.679
and<00:41:02.420><c> they</c><00:41:02.559><c> left</c><00:41:02.800><c> him</c><00:41:03.039><c> and</c><00:41:03.039><c> went</c><00:41:03.260><c> away.</c>

00:41:04.159 --> 00:41:05.780
Now,<00:41:04.380><c> what</c><00:41:04.579><c> was</c><00:41:04.639><c> so</c><00:41:04.840><c> marvelous</c><00:41:05.159><c> about</c><00:41:05.539><c> that?</c>

00:41:05.900 --> 00:41:07.579
It<00:41:05.960><c> was</c><00:41:06.139><c> a</c><00:41:06.280><c> wise</c><00:41:06.519><c> answer.</c>

00:41:07.699 --> 00:41:09.760
But<00:41:07.820><c> he</c><00:41:07.960><c> was</c><00:41:08.039><c> really</c><00:41:08.300><c> telling</c><00:41:08.519><c> them</c><00:41:08.760><c> a</c><00:41:08.920><c> lot,</c><00:41:09.179><c> wasn't</c><00:41:09.400><c> he?</c>

00:41:10.119 --> 00:41:13.059
The<00:41:10.280><c> key</c><00:41:10.500><c> here</c><00:41:10.860><c> is</c><00:41:11.300><c> in</c><00:41:12.179><c> verse</c><00:41:12.480><c> 20,</c>

00:41:13.440 --> 00:41:16.340
whose<00:41:13.780><c> likeness</c><00:41:14.699><c> and</c><00:41:15.260><c> inscription</c><00:41:15.840><c> is</c><00:41:16.199><c> this,</c>

00:41:16.420 --> 00:41:19.539
or<00:41:16.579><c> whose</c><00:41:16.920><c> image</c><00:41:17.619><c> and</c><00:41:18.519><c> inscription?</c>

00:41:21.139 --> 00:41:23.199
It's<00:41:21.619><c> a</c><00:41:21.699><c> telling</c><00:41:21.980><c> phrase,</c><00:41:22.440><c> isn't</c><00:41:22.619><c> it?</c>

00:41:23.199 --> 00:41:25.820
Whose<00:41:23.840><c> image</c><00:41:24.400><c> and</c><00:41:25.380><c> inscription?</c>

00:41:26.260 --> 00:41:27.659
Whose<00:41:26.539><c> likeness?</c>

00:41:28.219 --> 00:41:29.820
Well,<00:41:28.500><c> if</c><00:41:28.659><c> it's</c><00:41:28.900><c> Caesar's</c><00:41:29.280><c> likeness,</c>

00:41:30.159 --> 00:41:31.460
then<00:41:30.280><c> it</c><00:41:30.500><c> belongs</c><00:41:30.760><c> to</c><00:41:31.019><c> Caesar's.</c>

00:41:31.460 --> 00:41:33.639
And<00:41:31.579><c> if</c><00:41:31.699><c> Caesar's</c><00:41:32.099><c> name</c><00:41:32.280><c> is</c><00:41:32.519><c> on</c><00:41:32.679><c> it,</c><00:41:33.119><c> that's</c><00:41:33.440><c> his.</c>

00:41:33.679 --> 00:41:37.860
He<00:41:33.860><c> made</c><00:41:34.099><c> it,</c><00:41:34.260><c> it's</c><00:41:34.420><c> his</c><00:41:34.639><c> money,</c><00:41:35.800><c> and</c><00:41:35.800><c> it's</c><00:41:36.139><c> okay</c><00:41:36.400><c> paying</c><00:41:36.659><c> his</c><00:41:36.880><c> tax.</c>

00:41:38.019 --> 00:41:40.619
But<00:41:38.179><c> it</c><00:41:38.300><c> begs</c><00:41:38.559><c> another</c><00:41:38.840><c> question,</c><00:41:39.420><c> doesn't</c><00:41:39.579><c> it?</c>

00:41:42.920 --> 00:41:46.380
If<00:41:43.440><c> the</c><00:41:43.960><c> property</c><00:41:44.360><c> of</c><00:41:44.599><c> being</c><00:41:44.800><c> in</c><00:41:45.039><c> someone's</c><00:41:45.579><c> likeness</c>

00:41:46.380 --> 00:41:48.500
means<00:41:46.880><c> that</c><00:41:47.360><c> that</c><00:41:47.559><c> is</c><00:41:47.820><c> owed</c><00:41:47.980><c> to</c><00:41:48.159><c> them,</c>

00:41:48.579 --> 00:41:51.500
then<00:41:48.719><c> what</c><00:41:48.880><c> does</c><00:41:49.039><c> it</c><00:41:49.179><c> say</c><00:41:49.380><c> about</c><00:41:50.500><c> the</c><00:41:50.820><c> Pharisees</c><00:41:51.219><c> who</c><00:41:51.360><c> gave</c>

00:41:51.500 --> 00:41:52.079
them<00:41:51.619><c> the</c><00:41:51.780><c> coin?</c>

00:41:52.559 --> 00:41:54.179
They<00:41:53.000><c> knew</c><00:41:53.219><c> what</c><00:41:53.380><c> Jesus</c><00:41:53.719><c> was</c><00:41:53.940><c> saying,</c>

00:41:54.320 --> 00:41:55.980
and<00:41:54.340><c> it's</c><00:41:54.480><c> no</c><00:41:54.639><c> wonder</c><00:41:54.780><c> they</c><00:41:54.960><c> marveled</c><00:41:55.420><c> and</c><00:41:55.519><c> went</c><00:41:55.639><c> away,</c>

00:41:56.159 --> 00:41:57.340
because<00:41:56.280><c> Jesus</c><00:41:56.639><c> was</c><00:41:56.920><c> saying,</c>

00:41:57.780 --> 00:42:00.239
the<00:41:57.800><c> coin</c><00:41:58.099><c> is</c><00:41:58.340><c> Caesar's,</c><00:41:58.940><c> because</c><00:41:59.159><c> his</c><00:41:59.440><c> image</c><00:41:59.639><c> is</c><00:41:59.860><c> on</c><00:42:00.000><c> it,</c>

00:42:00.340 --> 00:42:02.500
but<00:42:00.519><c> you</c><00:42:00.719><c> are</c><00:42:00.880><c> God's,</c>

00:42:02.500 --> 00:42:05.780
because<00:42:02.840><c> men</c><00:42:03.400><c> are</c><00:42:03.880><c> made</c><00:42:04.139><c> in</c><00:42:04.280><c> the</c><00:42:04.440><c> image</c><00:42:04.639><c> of</c><00:42:04.780><c> God,</c>

00:42:05.840 --> 00:42:07.340
and<00:42:05.940><c> his</c><00:42:06.179><c> name</c><00:42:06.400><c> is</c><00:42:06.639><c> written</c><00:42:06.800><c> on</c><00:42:07.079><c> you.</c>

00:42:07.340 --> 00:42:08.920
You<00:42:07.480><c> know</c><00:42:07.719><c> that,</c><00:42:07.920><c> it's</c><00:42:08.119><c> from</c><00:42:08.280><c> your</c><00:42:08.500><c> law.</c>

00:42:09.280 --> 00:42:13.239
Look<00:42:09.480><c> in</c><00:42:09.619><c> Isaiah</c><00:42:10.019><c> 44</c><00:42:10.559><c>.5.</c>

00:42:13.400 --> 00:42:15.619
It's<00:42:13.480><c> the</c><00:42:13.579><c> only</c><00:42:13.659><c> other</c><00:42:13.940><c> place</c><00:42:14.179><c> this</c><00:42:14.400><c> word</c><00:42:14.599><c> inscription</c><00:42:15.099><c> occurs</c><00:42:15.480><c> in</c>

00:42:15.619 --> 00:42:16.039
the<00:42:15.780><c> Bible.</c>

00:42:16.079 --> 00:42:19.099
It's<00:42:16.300><c> in</c><00:42:16.440><c> the</c><00:42:16.539><c> Septuagint</c><00:42:17.079><c> of</c><00:42:17.280><c> Isaiah</c><00:42:17.619><c> 44</c><00:42:18.199><c>.5.</c>

00:42:19.099 --> 00:42:23.579
One<00:42:20.019><c> will</c><00:42:20.280><c> say,</c><00:42:21.579><c> I</c><00:42:21.599><c> am</c><00:42:21.960><c> the</c><00:42:22.199><c> Lord's,</c>

00:42:23.579 --> 00:42:26.159
and<00:42:23.780><c> another</c><00:42:24.019><c> will</c><00:42:24.320><c> call</c><00:42:24.539><c> himself</c><00:42:25.019><c> by</c><00:42:25.360><c> the</c><00:42:25.440><c> name</c><00:42:25.639><c> of</c><00:42:25.880><c> Jacob,</c>

00:42:26.219 --> 00:42:28.380
and<00:42:26.420><c> another</c><00:42:26.659><c> will</c><00:42:27.000><c> write</c><00:42:27.179><c> on</c><00:42:27.340><c> his</c><00:42:27.639><c> hand,</c>

00:42:28.780 --> 00:42:31.380
will<00:42:28.980><c> inscribe</c><00:42:29.719><c> on</c><00:42:29.900><c> his</c><00:42:30.219><c> hand,</c>

00:42:31.679 --> 00:42:37.039
the<00:42:31.880><c> Lord's,</c><00:42:33.960><c> and</c><00:42:34.079><c> surname</c><00:42:34.400><c> himself</c><00:42:35.159><c> by</c><00:42:35.460><c> the</c><00:42:35.539><c> name</c><00:42:35.760><c> of</c><00:42:36.119><c> Israel.</c>

00:42:38.500 --> 00:42:40.119
God's<00:42:38.940><c> name</c><00:42:39.179><c> was</c><00:42:39.440><c> on</c><00:42:39.619><c> them,</c>

00:42:40.360 --> 00:42:42.760
and<00:42:40.579><c> they</c><00:42:40.719><c> were</c><00:42:40.940><c> in</c><00:42:41.059><c> the</c><00:42:41.219><c> image</c><00:42:41.400><c> of</c><00:42:41.599><c> God.</c>

00:42:43.820 --> 00:42:46.880
Render<00:42:44.380><c> yourself</c><00:42:44.940><c> to</c><00:42:45.760><c> God,</c>

00:42:46.980 --> 00:42:49.360
or<00:42:47.420><c> render</c><00:42:47.719><c> the</c><00:42:47.980><c> coin</c><00:42:48.179><c> to</c><00:42:48.420><c> Caesar,</c>

00:42:49.699 --> 00:42:52.659
or<00:42:49.800><c> render</c><00:42:50.079><c> your</c><00:42:50.380><c> lives</c><00:42:50.860><c> and</c><00:42:51.019><c> your</c><00:42:51.219><c> whole</c><00:42:51.519><c> being</c><00:42:51.840><c> to</c><00:42:52.039><c> God,</c>

00:42:52.960 --> 00:42:54.400
for<00:42:53.119><c> you</c><00:42:53.300><c> are</c><00:42:53.480><c> in</c><00:42:53.619><c> the</c><00:42:53.739><c> image</c><00:42:53.940><c> of</c><00:42:54.099><c> God.</c>

00:42:54.420 --> 00:42:56.000
Whose<00:42:54.679><c> image</c><00:42:54.960><c> and</c><00:42:55.139><c> likeness</c><00:42:55.480><c> are</c><00:42:55.659><c> you?</c>

00:42:56.119 --> 00:42:58.139
You're<00:42:56.280><c> in</c><00:42:56.380><c> God's</c><00:42:56.760><c> image,</c><00:42:56.980><c> and</c><00:42:57.079><c> you</c><00:42:57.260><c> belong</c><00:42:57.519><c> to</c><00:42:57.699><c> God.</c>

00:42:58.639 --> 00:43:01.420
Whose<00:42:58.780><c> name</c><00:42:58.980><c> is</c><00:42:59.179><c> written</c><00:42:59.400><c> on</c><00:42:59.619><c> your</c><00:42:59.820><c> palm</c><00:43:00.039><c> of</c><00:43:00.219><c> your</c><00:43:00.440><c> hand?</c>

00:43:01.960 --> 00:43:03.559
The<00:43:02.219><c> Lord</c><00:43:02.440><c> of</c><00:43:02.619><c> Israel.</c>

00:43:03.579 --> 00:43:04.679
You<00:43:03.860><c> belong</c><00:43:04.159><c> to</c><00:43:04.340><c> him.</c>

00:43:05.159 --> 00:43:06.880
That's<00:43:05.579><c> what</c><00:43:05.679><c> the</c><00:43:05.880><c> answer</c><00:43:06.139><c> was</c><00:43:06.380><c> to</c><00:43:06.559><c> Jesus,</c>

00:43:07.000 --> 00:43:09.320
so<00:43:07.179><c> no</c><00:43:07.340><c> wonder</c><00:43:07.480><c> they</c><00:43:07.699><c> marveled</c><00:43:08.639><c> and</c><00:43:08.800><c> went</c><00:43:08.940><c> away.</c>

00:43:09.579 --> 00:43:14.179
And<00:43:09.800><c> again,</c><00:43:09.980><c> it's</c><00:43:10.239><c> sad</c><00:43:10.780><c> that</c><00:43:11.460><c> a</c><00:43:11.639><c> man</c><00:43:11.840><c> who</c><00:43:12.019><c> has</c><00:43:12.119><c> so</c><00:43:12.400><c> much</c><00:43:12.599><c> to</c><00:43:12.860><c> offer,</c>

00:43:14.340 --> 00:43:18.800
the<00:43:14.820><c> people</c><00:43:14.920><c> would</c><00:43:15.159><c> rather</c><00:43:15.480><c> save</c><00:43:15.760><c> face</c><00:43:16.480><c> than</c><00:43:16.860><c> to</c><00:43:17.079><c> hear</c><00:43:17.239><c> his</c><00:43:17.519><c> exhortation.</c>

00:43:19.340 --> 00:43:21.579
Well,<00:43:19.480><c> the</c><00:43:19.599><c> Sadducees</c><00:43:20.099><c> now</c><00:43:20.400><c> tried</c><00:43:20.619><c> to</c><00:43:20.840><c> take</c><00:43:21.019><c> advantage</c><00:43:21.360><c> of</c>

00:43:21.579 --> 00:43:22.179
the<00:43:21.619><c> situation,</c>

00:43:22.219 --> 00:43:24.099
and<00:43:22.320><c> they</c><00:43:22.579><c> perceived</c><00:43:22.940><c> that</c><00:43:23.079><c> they</c><00:43:23.280><c> are</c><00:43:23.360><c> in</c><00:43:23.579><c> a</c><00:43:23.760><c> position</c><00:43:23.780><c> to</c><00:43:23.960><c> do</c>

00:43:24.099 --> 00:43:25.599
two<00:43:24.400><c> things.</c>

00:43:26.000 --> 00:43:27.820
Because,<00:43:26.840><c> first</c><00:43:27.159><c> of</c><00:43:27.400><c> all,</c>

00:43:28.039 --> 00:43:30.599
if<00:43:28.219><c> they</c><00:43:28.420><c> can</c><00:43:28.659><c> think</c><00:43:28.900><c> up</c><00:43:29.059><c> a</c><00:43:29.280><c> question</c><00:43:29.679><c> that</c><00:43:30.019><c> will</c><00:43:30.300><c> really</c>

00:43:30.599 --> 00:43:31.699
trick<00:43:30.780><c> Jesus,</c>

00:43:35.880 --> 00:43:40.219
they<00:43:36.360><c> will</c><00:43:36.579><c> not</c><00:43:36.719><c> only</c><00:43:37.019><c> reduce</c><00:43:37.420><c> Jesus'</c><00:43:38.360><c> credibility</c><00:43:38.980><c> as</c><00:43:39.500><c> a</c><00:43:39.679><c> teacher</c><00:43:40.000><c> and</c>

00:43:40.219 --> 00:43:40.780
a<00:43:40.440><c> prophet,</c>

00:43:40.780 --> 00:43:43.159
but<00:43:41.099><c> also</c><00:43:41.519><c> they'll</c><00:43:41.739><c> get</c><00:43:41.900><c> one</c><00:43:42.099><c> up</c><00:43:42.280><c> on</c><00:43:42.460><c> the</c><00:43:42.679><c> Pharisees,</c>

00:43:43.219 --> 00:43:45.340
whom<00:43:43.300><c> they</c><00:43:43.559><c> had</c><00:43:43.739><c> little</c><00:43:44.059><c> taste</c><00:43:44.320><c> for.</c>

00:43:46.440 --> 00:43:49.599
So<00:43:46.599><c> they're</c><00:43:46.780><c> asking</c><00:43:47.039><c> this</c><00:43:47.320><c> question</c><00:43:47.719><c> here</c><00:43:48.300><c> about</c><00:43:49.199><c> the</c><00:43:49.420><c> woman</c>

00:43:49.599 --> 00:43:50.460
of<00:43:49.820><c> seven</c><00:43:50.079><c> wives.</c>

00:43:50.559 --> 00:43:54.000
Now,<00:43:50.860><c> remember</c><00:43:51.179><c> that</c><00:43:51.380><c> the</c><00:43:51.679><c> Sadducees,</c><00:43:52.920><c> as</c><00:43:53.239><c> we</c><00:43:53.420><c> read</c><00:43:53.579><c> in</c><00:43:53.840><c> Acts,</c>

00:43:54.059 --> 00:43:55.780
are<00:43:54.159><c> the</c><00:43:54.260><c> ones</c><00:43:54.400><c> who</c><00:43:54.500><c> didn't</c><00:43:54.699><c> believe</c><00:43:54.960><c> in</c><00:43:55.119><c> the</c><00:43:55.300><c> resurrection.</c>

00:43:56.260 --> 00:43:58.380
So<00:43:56.460><c> they</c><00:43:56.599><c> are</c><00:43:56.980><c> also</c><00:43:57.280><c> asking</c><00:43:57.659><c> insincerely.</c>

00:43:58.400 --> 00:44:00.639
And<00:43:58.579><c> really</c><00:43:58.739><c> what</c><00:43:58.880><c> they're</c><00:43:59.059><c> saying</c><00:43:59.300><c> is</c><00:43:59.559><c> this.</c>

00:44:00.840 --> 00:44:04.679
They're<00:44:01.099><c> saying,</c><00:44:01.619><c> we</c><00:44:01.699><c> can</c><00:44:02.039><c> prove</c><00:44:02.599><c> that</c><00:44:02.820><c> there</c><00:44:03.039><c> is</c><00:44:03.300><c> no</c><00:44:03.539><c> resurrection.</c>

00:44:05.800 --> 00:44:07.239
You<00:44:06.000><c> know</c><00:44:06.079><c> how</c><00:44:06.260><c> we</c><00:44:06.380><c> can</c><00:44:06.599><c> prove</c><00:44:06.760><c> it?</c>

00:44:07.639 --> 00:44:10.260
We<00:44:07.900><c> can</c><00:44:08.119><c> prove</c><00:44:08.260><c> it</c><00:44:08.500><c> because</c><00:44:08.719><c> this</c><00:44:08.980><c> situation</c><00:44:09.519><c> is</c><00:44:09.760><c> impossible.</c>

00:44:10.260 --> 00:44:13.500
A<00:44:10.420><c> woman</c><00:44:10.719><c> can't</c><00:44:11.039><c> be</c><00:44:11.260><c> married</c><00:44:11.760><c> to</c><00:44:12.119><c> seven</c><00:44:12.400><c> husbands.</c>

00:44:13.739 --> 00:44:16.420
And<00:44:13.920><c> if</c><00:44:13.980><c> there's</c><00:44:14.239><c> a</c><00:44:14.440><c> resurrection,</c><00:44:14.980><c> this</c><00:44:15.179><c> woman</c><00:44:15.460><c> had</c><00:44:15.699><c> seven</c><00:44:16.000><c> husbands,</c>

00:44:16.440 --> 00:44:19.539
and<00:44:16.599><c> now</c><00:44:16.739><c> in</c><00:44:16.880><c> the</c><00:44:17.079><c> resurrection</c><00:44:17.519><c> she</c><00:44:17.800><c> can't</c><00:44:18.119><c> have</c><00:44:18.260><c> seven</c><00:44:18.599><c> husbands</c><00:44:19.179><c> and</c>

00:44:19.539 --> 00:44:20.639
live<00:44:19.679><c> forever.</c>

00:44:21.000 --> 00:44:22.679
It<00:44:21.019><c> says</c><00:44:21.139><c> they'll</c><00:44:21.380><c> all</c><00:44:21.539><c> be</c><00:44:21.739><c> alive</c><00:44:21.960><c> at</c><00:44:22.159><c> one</c><00:44:22.400><c> time.</c>

00:44:22.739 --> 00:44:24.940
Now,<00:44:23.099><c> in</c><00:44:23.239><c> mortal</c><00:44:23.480><c> life</c><00:44:23.699><c> that's</c><00:44:24.019><c> possible</c><00:44:24.380><c> because</c><00:44:24.579><c> they</c><00:44:24.760><c> can</c>

00:44:24.940 --> 00:44:26.599
die<00:44:25.199><c> one</c><00:44:25.420><c> after</c><00:44:25.760><c> another.</c>

00:44:26.960 --> 00:44:28.900
But<00:44:27.139><c> in</c><00:44:27.280><c> the</c><00:44:27.460><c> resurrection,</c><00:44:28.139><c> they'll</c><00:44:28.260><c> all</c><00:44:28.400><c> be</c><00:44:28.619><c> alive,</c>

00:44:28.920 --> 00:44:31.380
and<00:44:29.079><c> she'll</c><00:44:29.300><c> have</c><00:44:29.440><c> to</c><00:44:29.599><c> be</c><00:44:29.739><c> shared</c><00:44:29.900><c> seven</c><00:44:30.260><c> ways,</c><00:44:30.519><c> and</c><00:44:30.659><c> that's</c><00:44:30.960><c> impossible.</c>

00:44:31.519 --> 00:44:33.179
Therefore,<00:44:32.019><c> there</c><00:44:32.139><c> is</c><00:44:32.380><c> no</c><00:44:32.579><c> resurrection.</c>

00:44:33.539 --> 00:44:34.739
And<00:44:33.780><c> that's</c><00:44:34.039><c> what</c><00:44:34.179><c> they're</c><00:44:34.420><c> saying.</c>

00:44:35.139 --> 00:44:38.099
That<00:44:35.420><c> is</c><00:44:35.719><c> the</c><00:44:35.920><c> thrust</c><00:44:36.199><c> of</c><00:44:36.739><c> their</c><00:44:37.079><c> question.</c>

00:44:38.920 --> 00:44:41.699
Now,<00:44:39.440><c> we</c><00:44:39.699><c> can</c><00:44:39.980><c> prove</c><00:44:40.239><c> to</c><00:44:40.440><c> you</c><00:44:40.599><c> there's</c><00:44:40.820><c> no</c><00:44:41.039><c> resurrection,</c>

00:44:42.179 --> 00:44:45.440
which<00:44:42.380><c> you</c><00:44:42.579><c> seem</c><00:44:42.800><c> to</c><00:44:43.059><c> be</c><00:44:43.239><c> preaching,</c><00:44:43.619><c> or</c><00:44:43.820><c> evidently</c><00:44:44.199><c> have</c><00:44:44.420><c> preached,</c>

00:44:46.400 --> 00:44:48.300
because<00:44:46.679><c> of</c><00:44:46.920><c> this</c><00:44:47.380><c> fact.</c>

00:44:50.239 --> 00:44:52.300
So<00:44:50.539><c> what</c><00:44:50.719><c> is</c><00:44:50.920><c> the</c><00:44:51.039><c> answer</c><00:44:51.320><c> of</c><00:44:51.420><c> Jesus</c><00:44:51.760><c> to</c><00:44:52.000><c> this?</c>

00:44:52.539 --> 00:44:57.139
Briefly,<00:44:53.639><c> the</c><00:44:53.739><c> words</c><00:44:54.039><c> are</c><00:44:54.280><c> recorded</c><00:44:54.659><c> in</c><00:44:55.039><c> 24,</c><00:44:55.659><c> 25,</c><00:44:56.380><c> and</c><00:44:56.480><c> 26</c><00:44:57.000><c> of</c>

00:44:57.139 --> 00:44:57.840
this<00:44:57.380><c> chapter.</c>

00:44:58.159 --> 00:45:00.800
They<00:44:58.400><c> all</c><00:44:58.719><c> die,</c><00:44:59.039><c> the</c><00:44:59.280><c> first</c><00:44:59.460><c> to</c><00:44:59.619><c> the</c><00:44:59.800><c> seventh,</c><00:45:00.260><c> then</c><00:45:00.260><c> finally</c>

00:45:00.800 --> 00:45:01.679
verse<00:45:01.099><c> 28.</c>

00:45:02.099 --> 00:45:04.920
In<00:45:02.219><c> the</c><00:45:02.480><c> resurrection,</c><00:45:03.360><c> therefore,</c><00:45:03.980><c> to</c><00:45:04.159><c> which</c><00:45:04.320><c> of</c><00:45:04.480><c> the</c><00:45:04.659><c> seven</c>

00:45:04.920 --> 00:45:05.940
will<00:45:05.179><c> she</c><00:45:05.420><c> be</c><00:45:05.659><c> wife?</c>

00:45:05.940 --> 00:45:07.099
They<00:45:06.239><c> all</c><00:45:06.500><c> had</c><00:45:06.800><c> her.</c>

00:45:07.500 --> 00:45:10.320
Now,<00:45:07.679><c> remember,</c><00:45:08.119><c> they're</c><00:45:08.300><c> not</c><00:45:08.559><c> asking</c><00:45:09.000><c> Jesus</c><00:45:09.440><c> to</c><00:45:09.619><c> say,</c>

00:45:10.679 --> 00:45:13.079
well,<00:45:11.159><c> she'll</c><00:45:11.360><c> be</c><00:45:11.559><c> married</c><00:45:11.780><c> to</c><00:45:11.960><c> the</c><00:45:12.159><c> first</c><00:45:12.420><c> or</c><00:45:12.559><c> the</c><00:45:12.840><c> seventh</c>

00:45:13.079 --> 00:45:13.980
or<00:45:13.199><c> anything</c><00:45:13.480><c> like</c><00:45:13.780><c> that.</c>

00:45:13.980 --> 00:45:18.139
They're<00:45:14.280><c> trying</c><00:45:14.519><c> to</c><00:45:15.260><c> prove</c><00:45:15.780><c> that</c><00:45:16.760><c> there</c><00:45:16.960><c> can</c><00:45:17.199><c> be</c><00:45:17.360><c> no</c><00:45:17.559><c> resurrection</c>

00:45:18.139 --> 00:45:20.639
simply<00:45:18.840><c> because</c><00:45:19.199><c> this</c><00:45:19.420><c> can't</c><00:45:19.719><c> exist.</c>

00:45:21.179 --> 00:45:23.480
Well,<00:45:21.320><c> Jesus</c><00:45:21.619><c> said</c><00:45:21.840><c> they're</c><00:45:22.119><c> wrong</c><00:45:22.559><c> on</c><00:45:22.800><c> two</c><00:45:23.079><c> accounts.</c>

00:45:23.599 --> 00:45:26.380
One,<00:45:23.800><c> they</c><00:45:24.000><c> neither</c><00:45:24.320><c> know</c><00:45:24.579><c> their</c><00:45:24.800><c> scriptures</c><00:45:25.360><c> nor</c><00:45:25.900><c> the</c><00:45:26.079><c> power</c>

00:45:26.380 --> 00:45:27.460
of<00:45:26.639><c> God.</c>

00:45:27.539 --> 00:45:32.059
First<00:45:27.880><c> of</c><00:45:28.099><c> all,</c><00:45:29.420><c> he</c><00:45:29.800><c> tells</c><00:45:30.159><c> them</c><00:45:30.659><c> that</c><00:45:31.199><c> in</c><00:45:31.400><c> the</c><00:45:31.619><c> resurrection</c>

00:45:32.059 --> 00:45:33.199
there<00:45:32.239><c> won't</c><00:45:32.420><c> be</c><00:45:32.599><c> any</c><00:45:32.800><c> marriage.</c>

00:45:33.199 --> 00:45:36.559
So<00:45:34.139><c> your</c><00:45:34.739><c> theology</c><00:45:35.199><c> is</c><00:45:35.440><c> all</c><00:45:35.639><c> wrong.</c>

00:45:36.739 --> 00:45:38.099
Your<00:45:37.039><c> suppositions</c><00:45:37.639><c> are</c><00:45:37.860><c> wrong.</c>

00:45:38.159 --> 00:45:40.519
And<00:45:38.320><c> how</c><00:45:38.440><c> many</c><00:45:38.639><c> times</c><00:45:38.940><c> do</c><00:45:39.159><c> we</c><00:45:39.320><c> do</c><00:45:39.519><c> the</c><00:45:39.639><c> very</c><00:45:39.960><c> same</c><00:45:40.239><c> thing?</c>

00:45:40.539 --> 00:45:43.659
We<00:45:40.699><c> make</c><00:45:41.000><c> a</c><00:45:41.059><c> set</c><00:45:41.239><c> of</c><00:45:41.500><c> parameters</c><00:45:42.019><c> and</c><00:45:42.599><c> then</c><00:45:42.880><c> judge</c><00:45:43.179><c> something</c>

00:45:43.659 --> 00:45:47.079
or<00:45:43.900><c> some</c><00:45:44.139><c> situation</c><00:45:44.780><c> or</c><00:45:45.039><c> interpretation</c><00:45:45.699><c> or</c><00:45:45.900><c> whatever</c><00:45:46.199><c> to</c><00:45:46.380><c> be</c><00:45:46.539><c> impossible,</c>

00:45:47.280 --> 00:45:49.840
because<00:45:47.739><c> it</c><00:45:47.940><c> doesn't</c><00:45:48.199><c> fit</c><00:45:48.460><c> in</c><00:45:48.599><c> our</c><00:45:48.800><c> parameters.</c>

00:45:50.320 --> 00:45:53.820
A<00:45:50.539><c> very</c><00:45:50.880><c> common,</c><00:45:51.300><c> I</c><00:45:51.480><c> might</c><00:45:51.780><c> add,</c><00:45:52.099><c> a</c><00:45:52.119><c> very</c><00:45:52.559><c> common</c><00:45:53.039><c> way</c><00:45:53.400><c> we</c><00:45:53.639><c> do</c>

00:45:53.820 --> 00:45:54.460
the<00:45:54.019><c> same</c><00:45:54.239><c> thing</c>

00:45:54.460 --> 00:45:59.019
as<00:45:54.639><c> the</c><00:45:54.840><c> Sadducees</c><00:45:55.360><c> here</c><00:45:55.800><c> is</c><00:45:56.960><c> in</c><00:45:57.119><c> the</c><00:45:57.219><c> way</c><00:45:57.659><c> we</c><00:45:58.059><c> deal</c><00:45:58.480><c> with</c><00:45:58.820><c> the</c>

00:45:59.019 --> 00:45:59.900
love<00:45:59.139><c> of</c><00:45:59.380><c> our</c><00:45:59.559><c> God.</c>

00:45:59.900 --> 00:46:04.360
When<00:46:00.639><c> we</c><00:46:00.800><c> get</c><00:46:01.039><c> trials</c><00:46:01.460><c> in</c><00:46:01.699><c> our</c><00:46:01.860><c> life,</c><00:46:02.500><c> when</c><00:46:02.639><c> we</c><00:46:02.820><c> get</c><00:46:03.599><c> serious</c><00:46:04.000><c> illness,</c>

00:46:04.480 --> 00:46:06.800
when<00:46:04.519><c> we</c><00:46:04.659><c> get</c><00:46:04.820><c> pain,</c><00:46:05.260><c> when</c><00:46:05.360><c> we</c><00:46:05.519><c> get</c><00:46:05.679><c> loss,</c><00:46:05.980><c> when</c><00:46:06.079><c> we</c><00:46:06.179><c> get</c><00:46:06.340><c> suffering</c><00:46:06.639><c> and</c>

00:46:06.800 --> 00:46:07.639
things<00:46:07.059><c> go</c><00:46:07.340><c> bad,</c>

00:46:07.719 --> 00:46:10.400
we<00:46:07.900><c> immediately</c><00:46:08.199><c> say,</c><00:46:08.639><c> where</c><00:46:08.699><c> is</c><00:46:08.820><c> God?</c><00:46:09.159><c> He</c><00:46:09.300><c> doesn't</c><00:46:09.559><c> love</c><00:46:09.820><c> me</c><00:46:10.039><c> anymore.</c>

00:46:10.739 --> 00:46:13.300
And<00:46:10.880><c> we</c><00:46:11.079><c> set</c><00:46:11.280><c> up</c><00:46:11.500><c> a</c><00:46:11.559><c> set</c><00:46:11.739><c> of</c><00:46:12.019><c> parameters</c><00:46:12.360><c> which</c><00:46:12.619><c> is</c><00:46:12.860><c> false</c>

00:46:13.300 --> 00:46:17.039
and<00:46:13.780><c> then</c><00:46:14.079><c> judge</c><00:46:14.360><c> God</c><00:46:14.860><c> by</c><00:46:15.219><c> our</c><00:46:15.519><c> false</c><00:46:15.739><c> set</c><00:46:15.880><c> of</c><00:46:16.139><c> parameters.</c>

00:46:17.980 --> 00:46:19.500
Do<00:46:18.159><c> you</c><00:46:18.179><c> understand</c><00:46:18.579><c> that?</c>

00:46:19.800 --> 00:46:24.460
We<00:46:20.059><c> set</c><00:46:20.300><c> up</c><00:46:20.679><c> a</c><00:46:21.000><c> parameter</c><00:46:21.420><c> which</c><00:46:21.719><c> says,</c><00:46:22.119><c> if</c><00:46:22.239><c> God</c><00:46:22.519><c> loves</c><00:46:22.800><c> me,</c><00:46:23.079><c> everything</c><00:46:23.500><c> will</c><00:46:23.739><c> be</c><00:46:24.000><c> right.</c>

00:46:24.940 --> 00:46:27.519
And<00:46:25.239><c> I</c><00:46:25.360><c> can</c><00:46:25.579><c> prove</c><00:46:25.800><c> the</c><00:46:26.099><c> existence</c><00:46:26.440><c> of</c><00:46:26.719><c> God</c><00:46:26.920><c> and</c><00:46:27.099><c> the</c><00:46:27.260><c> love</c><00:46:27.420><c> of</c>

00:46:27.519 --> 00:46:28.239
God<00:46:27.760><c> in</c><00:46:27.880><c> my</c><00:46:28.019><c> life</c>

00:46:28.239 --> 00:46:32.500
by<00:46:28.780><c> how</c><00:46:29.079><c> happy</c><00:46:29.539><c> I</c><00:46:29.820><c> am</c><00:46:30.840><c> and</c><00:46:31.119><c> how</c><00:46:31.579><c> healthy</c><00:46:31.900><c> I</c><00:46:32.099><c> am.</c>

00:46:32.599 --> 00:46:34.840
And<00:46:32.739><c> that's</c><00:46:33.079><c> not</c><00:46:33.400><c> all</c><00:46:33.659><c> the</c><00:46:33.679><c> way</c><00:46:33.920><c> it</c><00:46:34.079><c> is,</c>

00:46:35.239 --> 00:46:39.179
because<00:46:35.619><c> the</c><00:46:35.820><c> scriptures</c><00:46:36.139><c> say,</c><00:46:36.719><c> rejoice</c><00:46:37.300><c> in</c><00:46:37.840><c> our</c><00:46:38.079><c> trials</c><00:46:38.380><c> and</c><00:46:38.599><c> tribulations</c>

00:46:39.179 --> 00:46:41.219
and<00:46:39.360><c> God</c><00:46:39.659><c> give</c><00:46:39.880><c> them</c><00:46:40.039><c> to</c><00:46:40.239><c> us</c><00:46:40.519><c> because</c><00:46:40.639><c> we</c><00:46:40.860><c> need</c><00:46:41.039><c> them</c>

00:46:41.219 --> 00:46:44.440
to<00:46:41.460><c> develop</c><00:46:41.780><c> our</c><00:46:42.099><c> character</c><00:46:42.480><c> and</c><00:46:42.940><c> many</c><00:46:43.199><c> other</c><00:46:43.460><c> reasons.</c>

00:46:44.480 --> 00:46:48.579
But<00:46:44.659><c> we</c><00:46:44.840><c> do</c><00:46:45.019><c> this</c><00:46:45.280><c> many</c><00:46:45.659><c> times,</c><00:46:46.460><c> just</c><00:46:46.780><c> as</c><00:46:47.059><c> the</c><00:46:47.179><c> Sadducees</c><00:46:47.659><c> say,</c>

00:46:48.679 --> 00:46:50.760
we<00:46:48.739><c> can</c><00:46:49.000><c> prove</c><00:46:49.139><c> there's</c><00:46:49.400><c> no</c><00:46:49.579><c> resurrection</c><00:46:50.019><c> because</c><00:46:50.420><c> this</c>

00:46:50.760 --> 00:46:52.619
situation<00:46:51.260><c> can't</c><00:46:51.579><c> exist.</c>

00:46:52.659 --> 00:46:54.760
And<00:46:52.920><c> we</c><00:46:53.079><c> do</c><00:46:53.280><c> the</c><00:46:53.480><c> same</c><00:46:53.760><c> thing</c><00:46:54.039><c> when</c><00:46:54.239><c> we</c><00:46:54.480><c> say,</c>

00:46:54.760 --> 00:46:59.159
I<00:46:55.280><c> know</c><00:46:55.619><c> God</c><00:46:55.860><c> doesn't</c><00:46:56.159><c> love</c><00:46:56.440><c> me</c><00:46:56.960><c> because</c><00:46:57.639><c> this</c><00:46:58.139><c> situation</c><00:46:58.739><c> exists.</c>

00:46:59.219 --> 00:47:01.840
But<00:46:59.440><c> the</c><00:46:59.599><c> answer</c><00:47:00.260><c> is,</c><00:47:00.760><c> our</c><00:47:00.900><c> theology</c><00:47:01.300><c> is</c><00:47:01.519><c> all</c><00:47:01.679><c> wrong.</c>

00:47:01.900 --> 00:47:04.519
We<00:47:02.019><c> don't</c><00:47:02.300><c> understand</c><00:47:03.340><c> the</c><00:47:03.760><c> workings</c><00:47:04.059><c> of</c><00:47:04.280><c> God.</c>

00:47:04.639 --> 00:47:06.980
And<00:47:04.760><c> Jesus</c><00:47:05.000><c> would</c><00:47:05.179><c> say</c><00:47:05.380><c> to</c><00:47:05.519><c> us,</c><00:47:05.820><c> you're</c><00:47:05.940><c> wrong.</c><00:47:06.480><c> You</c><00:47:06.699><c> don't</c>

00:47:06.980 --> 00:47:08.739
know<00:47:07.159><c> how</c><00:47:07.380><c> God</c><00:47:07.639><c> works.</c>

00:47:11.239 --> 00:47:14.119
God<00:47:11.559><c> has</c><00:47:11.900><c> great</c><00:47:12.119><c> power</c><00:47:12.679><c> and</c><00:47:13.079><c> He</c><00:47:13.159><c> has</c><00:47:13.440><c> great</c><00:47:13.760><c> love.</c>

00:47:14.360 --> 00:47:15.880
And<00:47:14.559><c> this</c><00:47:14.739><c> is</c><00:47:14.940><c> the</c><00:47:15.039><c> way</c><00:47:15.179><c> God</c><00:47:15.460><c> works.</c>

00:47:16.099 --> 00:47:18.659
First<00:47:16.420><c> of</c><00:47:16.639><c> all,</c><00:47:17.280><c> your</c><00:47:17.420><c> assumption</c><00:47:17.900><c> is</c><00:47:18.320><c> wrong.</c>

00:47:18.920 --> 00:47:21.880
Nobody<00:47:19.260><c> is</c><00:47:19.380><c> going</c><00:47:19.539><c> to</c><00:47:19.659><c> be</c><00:47:19.800><c> her</c><00:47:20.420><c> husband</c><00:47:20.719><c> or</c><00:47:20.880><c> wife</c><00:47:21.139><c> in</c><00:47:21.300><c> the</c><00:47:21.460><c> resurrection</c>

00:47:21.880 --> 00:47:24.559
because<00:47:22.219><c> the</c><00:47:22.480><c> resurrection</c><00:47:22.880><c> is</c><00:47:23.199><c> not</c><00:47:23.519><c> on</c><00:47:23.739><c> a</c><00:47:23.820><c> mortal</c><00:47:24.079><c> plane.</c>

00:47:25.039 --> 00:47:26.340
It's<00:47:25.199><c> on</c><00:47:25.400><c> an</c><00:47:25.599><c> immortal</c><00:47:25.960><c> plane.</c>

00:47:26.420 --> 00:47:28.500
People<00:47:26.719><c> don't</c><00:47:26.940><c> have</c><00:47:27.199><c> to</c><00:47:27.320><c> reproduce</c><00:47:27.820><c> themselves.</c>

00:47:28.880 --> 00:47:29.980
They<00:47:29.079><c> will</c><00:47:29.280><c> live</c><00:47:29.539><c> forever.</c>

00:47:30.099 --> 00:47:32.139
They're<00:47:30.219><c> not</c><00:47:30.420><c> going</c><00:47:30.579><c> to</c><00:47:30.619><c> die</c><00:47:30.940><c> off</c><00:47:31.239><c> and</c><00:47:31.340><c> leave</c><00:47:31.579><c> their</c><00:47:31.739><c> children</c>

00:47:32.139 --> 00:47:35.119
just<00:47:32.420><c> to</c><00:47:32.579><c> make</c><00:47:32.739><c> another</c><00:47:33.199><c> wretched</c><00:47:33.599><c> mortal</c><00:47:33.920><c> generation.</c>

00:47:35.280 --> 00:47:36.039
They'll<00:47:35.500><c> be</c><00:47:35.699><c> immortal.</c>

00:47:36.179 --> 00:47:38.840
They'll<00:47:36.300><c> be</c><00:47:36.420><c> like</c><00:47:36.679><c> the</c><00:47:36.920><c> angels</c><00:47:37.119><c> in</c><00:47:37.360><c> heaven</c><00:47:37.599><c> and</c><00:47:37.820><c> never</c><00:47:38.099><c> die</c><00:47:38.400><c> again.</c>

00:47:39.199 --> 00:47:41.219
And<00:47:39.400><c> that's</c><00:47:39.739><c> the</c><00:47:39.940><c> eternal</c><00:47:40.239><c> picture.</c>

00:47:41.619 --> 00:47:43.699
Meanwhile,<00:47:42.159><c> you</c><00:47:42.320><c> don't</c><00:47:42.500><c> know</c><00:47:42.699><c> the</c><00:47:42.880><c> scriptures</c><00:47:43.219><c> either.</c>

00:47:43.780 --> 00:47:47.320
You<00:47:44.119><c> don't</c><00:47:44.260><c> know</c><00:47:44.460><c> the</c><00:47:44.579><c> power</c><00:47:44.820><c> of</c><00:47:45.000><c> God</c><00:47:45.340><c> to</c><00:47:46.079><c> elevate</c><00:47:46.619><c> human</c><00:47:47.059><c> beings</c>

00:47:47.320 --> 00:47:49.639
from<00:47:47.559><c> the</c><00:47:47.719><c> mortal</c><00:47:47.940><c> to</c><00:47:48.099><c> the</c><00:47:48.340><c> immortal</c><00:47:48.719><c> state.</c>

00:47:50.260 --> 00:47:51.840
That<00:47:50.739><c> was</c><00:47:51.000><c> their</c><00:47:51.179><c> first</c><00:47:51.460><c> mistake.</c>

00:47:51.920 --> 00:47:53.099
They<00:47:52.019><c> didn't</c><00:47:52.219><c> know</c><00:47:52.360><c> the</c><00:47:52.460><c> power</c><00:47:52.699><c> of</c><00:47:52.940><c> God.</c>

00:47:53.300 --> 00:47:55.579
And<00:47:53.500><c> secondly,</c><00:47:54.300><c> they</c><00:47:54.539><c> didn't</c><00:47:54.840><c> know</c><00:47:55.039><c> the</c><00:47:55.260><c> scriptures</c>

00:47:55.579 --> 00:48:01.300
because<00:47:56.019><c> the</c><00:47:56.280><c> scriptures</c><00:47:56.619><c> said,</c><00:47:57.280><c> I</c><00:47:57.280><c> am</c><00:47:57.619><c> the</c><00:47:57.800><c> God</c><00:47:58.179><c> of</c><00:48:00.840><c> Abraham,</c>

00:48:01.599 --> 00:48:02.579
and<00:48:01.780><c> Isaac</c><00:48:02.099><c> and</c><00:48:02.219><c> Jacob.</c>

00:48:02.599 --> 00:48:03.579
He<00:48:02.780><c> is</c><00:48:02.900><c> the</c><00:48:03.099><c> present</c><00:48:03.360><c> tense.</c>

00:48:03.659 --> 00:48:04.460
Oh<00:48:03.840><c> yeah,</c><00:48:03.940><c> they</c><00:48:04.099><c> were</c><00:48:04.320><c> dead.</c>

00:48:04.559 --> 00:48:06.320
They<00:48:04.639><c> were</c><00:48:04.980><c> dust</c><00:48:05.239><c> and</c><00:48:05.480><c> ashes.</c>

00:48:06.340 --> 00:48:07.199
I<00:48:06.539><c> guess</c><00:48:06.739><c> dust.</c>

00:48:07.639 --> 00:48:09.420
I<00:48:07.820><c> don't</c><00:48:08.039><c> think</c><00:48:08.300><c> they</c><00:48:08.780><c> were</c><00:48:08.940><c> just</c><00:48:09.179><c> buried.</c>

00:48:09.559 --> 00:48:11.219
So<00:48:09.760><c> they're</c><00:48:10.579><c> gone</c><00:48:10.579><c> to</c><00:48:10.940><c> dust.</c>

00:48:11.360 --> 00:48:14.199
But<00:48:11.500><c> I</c><00:48:11.780><c> am</c><00:48:11.980><c> their</c><00:48:12.179><c> God</c><00:48:12.639><c> and</c><00:48:13.059><c> He</c><00:48:13.239><c> is</c><00:48:13.480><c> their</c><00:48:13.699><c> God.</c>

00:48:14.420 --> 00:48:18.539
And<00:48:14.559><c> in</c><00:48:14.679><c> the</c><00:48:14.880><c> resurrection,</c><00:48:15.940><c> He</c><00:48:16.239><c> will</c><00:48:16.519><c> be</c><00:48:16.780><c> the</c><00:48:17.000><c> God</c><00:48:17.280><c> of</c><00:48:17.599><c> the</c><00:48:17.780><c> living.</c>

00:48:19.260 --> 00:48:21.139
So<00:48:19.739><c> that's</c><00:48:20.039><c> the</c><00:48:20.199><c> answer.</c>

00:48:21.340 --> 00:48:22.320
The<00:48:21.440><c> theology</c><00:48:21.860><c> was</c><00:48:22.119><c> wrong.</c>

00:48:22.340 --> 00:48:24.679
They<00:48:22.500><c> didn't</c><00:48:22.719><c> know</c><00:48:22.860><c> the</c><00:48:23.019><c> power</c><00:48:23.300><c> of</c><00:48:23.539><c> God,</c><00:48:24.039><c> nor</c><00:48:24.239><c> did</c><00:48:24.360><c> they</c><00:48:24.539><c> know</c>

00:48:24.679 --> 00:48:25.099
the<00:48:24.860><c> scripture.</c>

00:48:25.179 --> 00:48:26.159
But<00:48:25.320><c> there's</c><00:48:25.559><c> more</c><00:48:25.840><c> to</c><00:48:26.039><c> it.</c>

00:48:26.159 --> 00:48:27.820
And<00:48:26.260><c> we</c><00:48:26.340><c> have</c><00:48:26.539><c> to</c><00:48:26.639><c> go</c><00:48:26.780><c> to</c><00:48:26.940><c> Luke</c><00:48:27.059><c> for</c><00:48:27.219><c> this</c><00:48:27.539><c> one.</c>

00:48:28.219 --> 00:48:30.300
Luke<00:48:28.460><c> chapter</c><00:48:28.880><c> 20.</c>

00:48:30.619 --> 00:48:35.179
And<00:48:30.820><c> this,</c><00:48:31.179><c> I</c><00:48:31.179><c> think,</c><00:48:31.380><c> is</c><00:48:31.539><c> the</c><00:48:31.699><c> real</c><00:48:32.679><c> answer.</c>

00:48:35.619 --> 00:48:37.559
Luke<00:48:35.900><c> 20</c><00:48:36.300><c> and</c><00:48:36.780><c> 35.</c>

00:48:37.699 --> 00:48:41.400
Another<00:48:38.139><c> tremendously</c><00:48:38.860><c> basic</c><00:48:39.360><c> assumption</c><00:48:39.860><c> that</c><00:48:40.019><c> they</c><00:48:40.219><c> had</c><00:48:40.460><c> wrong.</c>

00:48:43.280 --> 00:48:46.519
Luke<00:48:43.559><c> chapter</c><00:48:43.900><c> 20,</c><00:48:44.300><c> we'll</c><00:48:44.440><c> read</c><00:48:44.519><c> verse</c><00:48:44.800><c> 34</c><00:48:45.340><c> and</c><00:48:45.500><c> verse</c><00:48:45.820><c> 35.</c>

00:48:46.519 --> 00:48:51.420
Jesus<00:48:47.480><c> said</c><00:48:47.780><c> to</c><00:48:47.920><c> them,</c><00:48:49.420><c> the</c><00:48:49.440><c> sons</c><00:48:49.800><c> of</c><00:48:50.059><c> this</c><00:48:50.340><c> age</c><00:48:50.699><c> marry</c>

00:48:51.420 --> 00:48:54.300
and<00:48:52.420><c> are</c><00:48:52.800><c> given</c><00:48:53.039><c> in</c><00:48:53.320><c> marriage.</c>

00:48:54.440 --> 00:48:58.519
But<00:48:54.559><c> those</c><00:48:55.059><c> who</c><00:48:55.280><c> are</c><00:48:55.519><c> accounted</c><00:48:55.940><c> worthy</c><00:48:56.719><c> to</c><00:48:57.260><c> attain</c><00:48:57.679><c> to</c><00:48:57.920><c> that</c><00:48:58.179><c> age</c>

00:48:58.519 --> 00:49:00.820
and<00:48:58.860><c> to</c><00:48:59.039><c> the</c><00:48:59.300><c> resurrection</c><00:48:59.739><c> from</c><00:49:00.079><c> the</c><00:49:00.300><c> dead</c>

00:49:00.820 --> 00:49:03.380
neither<00:49:01.400><c> marry</c><00:49:01.940><c> nor</c><00:49:02.340><c> are</c><00:49:02.599><c> given</c><00:49:02.820><c> in</c><00:49:03.099><c> marriage.</c>

00:49:03.659 --> 00:49:06.500
Remember,<00:49:04.199><c> the</c><00:49:04.360><c> assumption</c><00:49:04.739><c> of</c><00:49:05.260><c> the</c><00:49:05.480><c> Sadducees</c><00:49:05.940><c> was</c>

00:49:06.500 --> 00:49:09.239
that<00:49:07.300><c> they</c><00:49:07.480><c> would</c><00:49:07.679><c> all</c><00:49:07.880><c> be</c><00:49:08.159><c> resurrected.</c>

00:49:09.780 --> 00:49:11.559
That<00:49:09.940><c> there's</c><00:49:10.300><c> going</c><00:49:10.460><c> to</c><00:49:10.599><c> be</c><00:49:10.760><c> seven</c><00:49:11.099><c> husbands</c>

00:49:11.559 --> 00:49:13.579
and<00:49:11.760><c> one</c><00:49:12.000><c> wife</c><00:49:12.300><c> in</c><00:49:12.480><c> the</c><00:49:12.639><c> kingdom.</c>

00:49:16.079 --> 00:49:17.780
Their<00:49:16.639><c> theology</c><00:49:17.059><c> was</c><00:49:17.300><c> wrong.</c>

00:49:18.219 --> 00:49:20.579
Remember,<00:49:18.500><c> they</c><00:49:18.619><c> didn't</c><00:49:18.900><c> believe</c><00:49:19.280><c> in</c><00:49:19.440><c> a</c><00:49:19.639><c> resurrection,</c>

00:49:20.619 --> 00:49:21.940
but<00:49:20.619><c> their</c><00:49:21.059><c> understanding</c><00:49:21.679><c> was,</c>

00:49:22.159 --> 00:49:24.820
well,<00:49:22.179><c> if</c><00:49:22.340><c> there</c><00:49:22.659><c> was</c><00:49:22.900><c> a</c><00:49:23.119><c> resurrection,</c><00:49:23.619><c> like</c><00:49:23.719><c> you</c><00:49:23.980><c> say,</c>

00:49:25.219 --> 00:49:27.559
you<00:49:25.360><c> can't</c><00:49:25.699><c> have</c><00:49:25.880><c> impossible</c><00:49:26.480><c> situations</c><00:49:27.139><c> like</c><00:49:27.420><c> this.</c>

00:49:27.559 --> 00:49:30.500
You<00:49:27.659><c> can't</c><00:49:28.000><c> have</c><00:49:28.940><c> things</c><00:49:29.219><c> like</c><00:49:29.559><c> that.</c>

00:49:30.639 --> 00:49:34.739
Again,<00:49:30.920><c> Jesus</c><00:49:31.280><c> says,</c><00:49:33.059><c> your</c><00:49:33.099><c> understanding</c><00:49:33.760><c> is</c><00:49:34.000><c> terribly</c><00:49:34.400><c> wrong,</c>

00:49:34.800 --> 00:49:38.039
and<00:49:34.920><c> you</c><00:49:35.059><c> ought</c><00:49:35.219><c> not</c><00:49:35.480><c> to</c><00:49:35.679><c> judge</c><00:49:35.860><c> God</c><00:49:36.280><c> by</c><00:49:36.579><c> your</c><00:49:36.920><c> wrong</c><00:49:37.260><c> understanding.</c>

00:49:38.480 --> 00:49:40.900
Because<00:49:38.940><c> not</c><00:49:39.260><c> all</c><00:49:39.460><c> these</c><00:49:39.679><c> guys</c><00:49:39.880><c> are</c><00:49:40.019><c> going</c><00:49:40.119><c> to</c><00:49:40.219><c> be</c><00:49:40.480><c> resurrected.</c>

00:49:41.059 --> 00:49:43.059
The<00:49:41.300><c> resurrection</c><00:49:41.800><c> is</c><00:49:42.639><c> exclusive.</c>

00:49:43.059 --> 00:49:46.559
It's<00:49:44.179><c> for</c><00:49:44.280><c> those</c><00:49:44.659><c> who</c><00:49:44.960><c> are</c><00:49:45.179><c> accounted</c><00:49:45.679><c> worthy.</c>

00:49:48.480 --> 00:49:50.679
Look<00:49:48.780><c> at</c><00:49:48.980><c> that</c><00:49:49.340><c> word</c><00:49:49.619><c> worthy.</c>

00:49:51.159 --> 00:49:52.320
Not<00:49:51.340><c> those</c><00:49:51.619><c> who</c><00:49:51.780><c> are</c><00:49:52.039><c> worthy,</c>

00:49:52.380 --> 00:49:54.719
those<00:49:52.639><c> who</c><00:49:52.820><c> are</c><00:49:53.079><c> accounted</c><00:49:53.519><c> worthy</c><00:49:54.000><c> by</c><00:49:54.300><c> God.</c>

00:49:55.019 --> 00:49:57.940
Think<00:49:55.260><c> back</c><00:49:55.639><c> a</c><00:49:55.880><c> moment,</c><00:49:56.960><c> we</c><00:49:57.360><c> might</c><00:49:57.619><c> add,</c>

00:49:57.980 --> 00:50:00.699
to<00:49:58.300><c> the</c><00:49:59.500><c> last</c><00:49:59.880><c> parable</c><00:50:00.139><c> we</c><00:50:00.420><c> talked,</c>

00:50:00.780 --> 00:50:03.559
because<00:50:01.059><c> the</c><00:50:01.260><c> word</c><00:50:01.500><c> worthy</c><00:50:01.860><c> is</c><00:50:02.119><c> there</c><00:50:02.420><c> too.</c>

00:50:08.960 --> 00:50:11.320
Verse<00:50:09.340><c> 8,</c><00:50:09.719><c> he</c><00:50:09.900><c> said</c><00:50:10.619><c> to</c><00:50:10.800><c> the</c><00:50:11.039><c> servants,</c>

00:50:11.320 --> 00:50:15.719
the<00:50:11.599><c> wedding</c><00:50:11.860><c> is</c><00:50:12.139><c> ready,</c><00:50:12.440><c> but</c><00:50:12.599><c> those</c><00:50:12.960><c> invited</c><00:50:13.480><c> were</c><00:50:13.880><c> not</c><00:50:14.420><c> worthy,</c>

00:50:18.639 --> 00:50:20.239
not<00:50:18.960><c> accounted</c><00:50:19.400><c> worthy,</c>

00:50:20.699 --> 00:50:24.940
not<00:50:21.099><c> succumbing</c><00:50:21.780><c> to</c><00:50:22.219><c> the</c><00:50:22.400><c> grace</c><00:50:22.659><c> of</c><00:50:22.820><c> God</c><00:50:23.199><c> by</c><00:50:23.500><c> His</c><00:50:23.719><c> own</c><00:50:23.960><c> means.</c>

00:50:25.920 --> 00:50:27.619
And<00:50:26.119><c> what</c><00:50:26.219><c> does</c><00:50:26.420><c> Paul</c><00:50:26.679><c> say</c><00:50:26.880><c> in</c><00:50:27.079><c> Acts</c><00:50:27.280><c> 13,</c>

00:50:28.099 --> 00:50:30.860
after<00:50:28.400><c> being</c><00:50:28.719><c> rejected</c><00:50:29.159><c> at</c><00:50:29.500><c> the</c><00:50:29.760><c> synagogue</c><00:50:30.139><c> in</c><00:50:30.440><c> Antioch?</c>

00:50:31.239 --> 00:50:33.760
You<00:50:31.440><c> judge</c><00:50:31.699><c> yourselves</c><00:50:32.280><c> not</c><00:50:32.619><c> worthy,</c>

00:50:34.019 --> 00:50:38.119
therefore<00:50:34.599><c> return</c><00:50:35.940><c> to</c><00:50:36.639><c> the</c><00:50:36.800><c> Gentiles.</c>

00:50:38.820 --> 00:50:41.099
Yes,<00:50:39.480><c> there</c><00:50:39.559><c> will</c><00:50:39.800><c> be</c><00:50:39.980><c> a</c><00:50:40.119><c> resurrection,</c>

00:50:41.659 --> 00:50:44.559
but<00:50:41.940><c> for</c><00:50:42.139><c> those</c><00:50:42.539><c> whom</c><00:50:42.699><c> God</c><00:50:42.980><c> accounts</c><00:50:43.380><c> worthy,</c>

00:50:44.659 --> 00:50:49.739
who<00:50:44.840><c> submit</c><00:50:45.179><c> to</c><00:50:45.360><c> His</c><00:50:45.699><c> hand</c><00:50:46.539><c> and</c><00:50:47.420><c> to</c><00:50:47.559><c> the</c><00:50:47.719><c> teaching</c><00:50:48.159><c> of</c><00:50:48.599><c> His</c><00:50:48.800><c> Son.</c>

00:50:50.260 --> 00:50:52.000
But<00:50:50.519><c> there</c><00:50:50.639><c> is</c><00:50:50.820><c> a</c><00:50:50.860><c> big</c><00:50:51.059><c> lesson</c><00:50:51.360><c> here,</c>

00:50:52.219 --> 00:50:53.659
and<00:50:52.360><c> again</c><00:50:52.579><c> we</c><00:50:52.699><c> look</c><00:50:52.900><c> in</c><00:50:53.059><c> the</c><00:50:53.179><c> mirror,</c>

00:50:54.099 --> 00:50:57.320
and<00:50:54.219><c> do</c><00:50:54.340><c> we</c><00:50:54.480><c> see</c><00:50:54.659><c> ourselves</c><00:50:55.480><c> putting</c><00:50:56.039><c> God</c><00:50:56.360><c> to</c><00:50:56.559><c> the</c><00:50:56.760><c> test</c>

00:50:57.320 --> 00:51:00.099
with<00:50:57.860><c> our</c><00:50:58.139><c> false</c><00:50:58.380><c> assumptions</c><00:50:58.980><c> and</c><00:50:59.280><c> saying,</c>

00:51:00.679 --> 00:51:02.579
there<00:51:00.719><c> is</c><00:51:01.000><c> no</c><00:51:01.179><c> God,</c><00:51:01.480><c> God</c><00:51:01.760><c> doesn't</c><00:51:02.039><c> love</c><00:51:02.320><c> me,</c>

00:51:03.019 --> 00:51:05.860
God<00:51:03.320><c> can't</c><00:51:03.780><c> expect</c><00:51:04.179><c> this</c><00:51:04.420><c> from</c><00:51:04.639><c> me.</c>

00:51:06.019 --> 00:51:08.900
How<00:51:06.579><c> can</c><00:51:06.820><c> God</c><00:51:07.000><c> ever</c><00:51:07.340><c> expect</c><00:51:07.579><c> me</c><00:51:07.820><c> to</c><00:51:08.139><c> control</c><00:51:08.420><c> my</c><00:51:08.679><c> temper</c>

00:51:08.900 --> 00:51:10.079
when<00:51:09.079><c> He</c><00:51:09.179><c> knows</c><00:51:09.440><c> I</c><00:51:09.639><c> can't?</c>

00:51:10.139 --> 00:51:11.380
Oh<00:51:10.320><c> yes,</c><00:51:10.440><c> you</c><00:51:10.599><c> can.</c>

00:51:11.980 --> 00:51:15.539
Let's<00:51:12.260><c> not</c><00:51:12.519><c> make</c><00:51:13.059><c> false</c><00:51:13.420><c> parameters</c><00:51:14.099><c> and</c><00:51:14.599><c> false</c><00:51:14.900><c> assumptions</c>

00:51:15.539 --> 00:51:17.820
and<00:51:16.019><c> put</c><00:51:16.179><c> our</c><00:51:16.480><c> God</c><00:51:16.659><c> to</c><00:51:16.920><c> the</c><00:51:17.019><c> test</c><00:51:17.199><c> by</c><00:51:17.480><c> them.</c>

00:51:18.159 --> 00:51:22.980
He<00:51:18.340><c> has</c><00:51:18.559><c> proven</c><00:51:18.840><c> abundantly</c><00:51:20.039><c> that</c><00:51:21.519><c> He</c><00:51:21.980><c> always</c><00:51:22.360><c> loves</c><00:51:22.639><c> us,</c>

00:51:23.039 --> 00:51:25.739
always<00:51:23.420><c> cares</c><00:51:23.760><c> for</c><00:51:24.039><c> us,</c><00:51:24.239><c> His</c><00:51:24.420><c> ways</c><00:51:24.639><c> are</c><00:51:24.920><c> always</c><00:51:25.260><c> right,</c>

00:51:26.199 --> 00:51:28.599
don't<00:51:26.820><c> question</c><00:51:27.539><c> God.</c>

00:51:29.360 --> 00:51:34.099
Finally,<00:51:31.360><c> the</c><00:51:31.500><c> last</c><00:51:31.840><c> thing,</c><00:51:32.340><c> the</c><00:51:32.559><c> last</c><00:51:32.920><c> instance,</c>

00:51:37.420 --> 00:51:40.320
the<00:51:38.059><c> Pharisees</c><00:51:38.380><c> can</c><00:51:38.559><c> take</c><00:51:38.719><c> one</c><00:51:38.900><c> more</c><00:51:39.159><c> shot,</c>

00:51:41.079 --> 00:51:46.900
the<00:51:41.219><c> Sadducees</c><00:51:41.679><c> go</c><00:51:41.940><c> away</c><00:51:42.320><c> with</c><00:51:42.559><c> their</c><00:51:44.039><c> tails</c><00:51:45.159><c> under</c><00:51:45.480><c> their</c><00:51:45.699><c> tunics,</c>

00:51:48.099 --> 00:51:49.000
and<00:51:48.179><c> the</c><00:51:48.340><c> Pharisees</c><00:51:48.739><c> say,</c>

00:51:49.199 --> 00:51:54.280
well,<00:51:50.519><c> we've</c><00:51:50.780><c> got</c><00:51:50.900><c> one</c><00:51:51.460><c> great</c><00:51:52.099><c> trick</c><00:51:52.340><c> question</c><00:51:52.860><c> up</c><00:51:53.059><c> our</c><00:51:53.400><c> sleeve,</c>

00:51:54.900 --> 00:51:57.739
the<00:51:55.139><c> one</c><00:51:55.360><c> unanswerable</c><00:51:56.039><c> question</c><00:51:56.440><c> of</c><00:51:56.659><c> the</c><00:51:56.860><c> ages,</c>

00:51:58.219 --> 00:52:00.119
the<00:51:58.380><c> one</c><00:51:58.559><c> which</c><00:51:58.880><c> doubtless</c><00:51:59.280><c> has</c><00:51:59.440><c> been</c><00:51:59.559><c> kicked</c><00:51:59.780><c> around</c>

00:52:00.119 --> 00:52:02.559
in<00:52:00.300><c> the</c><00:52:00.380><c> rabbinical</c><00:52:00.880><c> synagogues</c><00:52:01.559><c> and</c><00:52:01.739><c> schools</c><00:52:02.039><c> for</c><00:52:02.239><c> hundreds</c>

00:52:02.559 --> 00:52:03.260
of<00:52:02.800><c> years,</c>

00:52:03.260 --> 00:52:06.440
which<00:52:03.900><c> is</c><00:52:04.119><c> the</c><00:52:04.300><c> greatest</c><00:52:04.619><c> commandment</c><00:52:05.099><c> of</c><00:52:05.320><c> all.</c>

00:52:06.599 --> 00:52:08.480
It<00:52:06.820><c> was</c><00:52:07.039><c> a</c><00:52:07.239><c> trick</c><00:52:07.380><c> question</c><00:52:07.860><c> through</c><00:52:08.179><c> and</c><00:52:08.360><c> through</c>

00:52:08.480 --> 00:52:09.960
because<00:52:08.719><c> no</c><00:52:08.960><c> matter</c><00:52:09.159><c> what</c><00:52:09.380><c> Jesus</c><00:52:09.679><c> said,</c>

00:52:10.019 --> 00:52:15.719
they<00:52:10.139><c> were</c><00:52:10.380><c> certainly</c><00:52:10.840><c> to</c><00:52:11.320><c> find</c><00:52:11.800><c> some</c><00:52:12.260><c> evidence</c><00:52:12.719><c> to</c><00:52:14.800><c> contradict</c><00:52:15.500><c> Him</c>

00:52:15.719 --> 00:52:17.199
and<00:52:15.840><c> say,</c><00:52:15.980><c> no,</c><00:52:16.159><c> that's</c><00:52:16.380><c> not</c><00:52:16.579><c> the</c><00:52:16.760><c> greatest</c><00:52:16.980><c> one</c>

00:52:17.199 --> 00:52:19.920
because<00:52:17.539><c> Rabbi</c><00:52:17.940><c> so</c><00:52:18.219><c>-and</c><00:52:18.400><c>-so</c><00:52:18.480><c> said</c><00:52:18.719><c> this,</c><00:52:18.960><c> or</c><00:52:19.139><c> what</c><00:52:19.360><c> about</c><00:52:19.599><c> this?</c>

00:52:20.119 --> 00:52:21.860
They<00:52:20.420><c> really</c><00:52:20.739><c> thought</c><00:52:20.920><c> they</c><00:52:21.139><c> had</c><00:52:21.260><c> them</c><00:52:21.380><c> this</c><00:52:21.639><c> time,</c>

00:52:21.860 --> 00:52:24.300
so<00:52:22.039><c> they</c><00:52:22.219><c> nominate</c><00:52:22.579><c> a</c><00:52:22.800><c> certain</c><00:52:22.960><c> lawyer</c><00:52:23.320><c> to</c><00:52:23.739><c> go</c><00:52:24.019><c> forth</c>

00:52:24.300 --> 00:52:27.360
and<00:52:24.519><c> carry</c><00:52:24.699><c> this</c><00:52:25.000><c> question,</c><00:52:26.179><c> and</c><00:52:26.260><c> verse</c><00:52:26.500><c> 36</c><00:52:27.059><c> says,</c>

00:52:27.360 --> 00:52:31.940
which<00:52:28.340><c> is</c><00:52:28.739><c> the</c><00:52:29.179><c> great</c><00:52:29.639><c> commandment</c><00:52:30.440><c> in</c><00:52:30.780><c> the</c><00:52:30.940><c> law.</c>

00:52:32.559 --> 00:52:38.340
Again,<00:52:34.460><c> as</c><00:52:34.780><c> predicted,</c><00:52:35.659><c> Jesus</c><00:52:36.320><c> doesn't</c><00:52:37.280><c> answer</c><00:52:37.539><c> them</c><00:52:37.719><c> directly,</c>

00:52:38.739 --> 00:52:43.980
but<00:52:39.380><c> slightly</c><00:52:39.940><c> differently,</c><00:52:41.500><c> He</c><00:52:42.519><c> answers</c><00:52:43.099><c> them</c><00:52:43.539><c> directly</c>

00:52:43.980 --> 00:52:44.699
and<00:52:44.199><c> more</c><00:52:44.440><c> so.</c>

00:52:44.900 --> 00:52:49.659
This<00:52:45.480><c> particular</c><00:52:46.079><c> answer</c><00:52:46.420><c> I</c><00:52:46.619><c> think</c><00:52:46.900><c> is,</c><00:52:48.320><c> I</c><00:52:49.440><c> guess,</c>

00:52:49.679 --> 00:52:53.179
one<00:52:49.860><c> of</c><00:52:49.980><c> the</c><00:52:50.159><c> great</c><00:52:50.480><c> touchés,</c><00:52:51.019><c> but</c><00:52:51.239><c> we</c><00:52:51.880><c> always</c><00:52:52.519><c> understand,</c>

00:52:53.179 --> 00:52:53.920
mind<00:52:53.460><c> you,</c>

00:52:53.920 --> 00:52:57.619
that<00:52:54.340><c> Jesus</c><00:52:54.760><c> is</c><00:52:55.039><c> not</c><00:52:55.219><c> in</c><00:52:55.380><c> the</c><00:52:55.519><c> business</c><00:52:56.219><c> of</c><00:52:57.000><c> putting</c><00:52:57.280><c> these</c>

00:52:57.619 --> 00:52:59.119
people<00:52:57.860><c> down,</c>

00:52:59.880 --> 00:53:00.639
not<00:53:00.039><c> one</c><00:53:00.320><c> bit.</c>

00:53:00.860 --> 00:53:04.780
He<00:53:01.019><c> was</c><00:53:01.199><c> there</c><00:53:01.440><c> to</c><00:53:01.679><c> save</c><00:53:01.880><c> them</c><00:53:02.099><c> like</c><00:53:02.300><c> He</c><00:53:02.420><c> was</c><00:53:02.719><c> to</c><00:53:02.960><c> save</c><00:53:03.179><c> everybody</c><00:53:03.659><c> else,</c>

00:53:05.039 --> 00:53:08.559
although<00:53:05.219><c> I</c><00:53:05.360><c> do</c><00:53:05.599><c> expect</c><00:53:06.380><c> that</c><00:53:07.000><c> at</c><00:53:07.199><c> this</c><00:53:07.380><c> time</c><00:53:07.579><c> in</c><00:53:07.739><c> His</c><00:53:07.960><c> ministry</c>

00:53:08.559 --> 00:53:12.920
He<00:53:09.119><c> had</c><00:53:09.320><c> pretty</c><00:53:09.579><c> much</c><00:53:10.739><c> written</c><00:53:10.980><c> them</c><00:53:11.280><c> off</c><00:53:11.760><c> as</c><00:53:12.119><c> lost</c><00:53:12.460><c> people,</c>

00:53:13.019 --> 00:53:20.019
and<00:53:13.159><c> what</c><00:53:13.340><c> we</c><00:53:13.579><c> have</c><00:53:13.800><c> here</c><00:53:15.280><c> may</c><00:53:15.780><c> be</c><00:53:16.500><c> recorded</c><00:53:17.119><c> primarily</c><00:53:18.059><c> for</c><00:53:19.260><c> us</c>

00:53:20.019 --> 00:53:22.440
as<00:53:21.059><c> the</c><00:53:21.579><c> bad</c><00:53:21.780><c> example.</c>

00:53:22.440 --> 00:53:25.239
This<00:53:23.079><c> is</c><00:53:23.340><c> what</c><00:53:23.579><c> human</c><00:53:24.079><c> hearts</c><00:53:24.320><c> are</c><00:53:24.559><c> like.</c>

00:53:25.579 --> 00:53:28.179
I'm<00:53:25.820><c> sure</c><00:53:26.059><c> Jesus,</c><00:53:26.440><c> we</c><00:53:26.699><c> know</c><00:53:27.000><c> that</c><00:53:27.139><c> He</c><00:53:27.199><c> wasn't</c><00:53:27.500><c> there</c><00:53:27.760><c> just</c><00:53:28.039><c> to</c>

00:53:28.179 --> 00:53:29.199
embarrass<00:53:28.579><c> them</c>

00:53:29.199 --> 00:53:30.420
and<00:53:29.500><c> to</c><00:53:29.699><c> send</c><00:53:29.820><c> them</c><00:53:30.019><c> away.</c>

00:53:30.719 --> 00:53:32.659
He<00:53:30.860><c> came</c><00:53:31.159><c> to</c><00:53:31.380><c> save</c><00:53:31.820><c> lost</c><00:53:32.119><c> people,</c>

00:53:33.039 --> 00:53:35.199
and<00:53:33.139><c> it's</c><00:53:33.280><c> probably</c><00:53:33.619><c> with</c><00:53:33.920><c> the</c><00:53:34.139><c> great</c><00:53:34.320><c> hardness</c><00:53:34.579><c> of</c><00:53:34.920><c> heart</c>

00:53:35.199 --> 00:53:38.139
that<00:53:35.380><c> He</c><00:53:35.519><c> saw</c><00:53:35.719><c> them</c><00:53:35.900><c> react</c><00:53:36.340><c> to</c><00:53:36.599><c> His</c><00:53:37.159><c> brilliant</c><00:53:37.559><c> answers</c><00:53:37.960><c> the</c>

00:53:38.139 --> 00:53:38.679
way<00:53:38.280><c> they</c><00:53:38.539><c> did.</c>

00:53:38.780 --> 00:53:40.639
No,<00:53:38.940><c> they</c><00:53:39.039><c> weren't</c><00:53:39.280><c> meant</c><00:53:39.619><c> to</c><00:53:39.880><c> be</c><00:53:40.139><c> touchés,</c>

00:53:40.679 --> 00:53:42.780
and<00:53:40.820><c> they</c><00:53:40.880><c> weren't</c><00:53:41.059><c> meant</c><00:53:41.360><c> to</c><00:53:41.960><c> embarrass</c><00:53:42.360><c> them,</c>

00:53:42.920 --> 00:53:45.760
but<00:53:43.219><c> unfortunately</c><00:53:43.960><c> that's</c><00:53:44.440><c> all</c><00:53:44.619><c> that</c><00:53:44.780><c> came</c><00:53:44.900><c> of</c><00:53:45.079><c> the</c><00:53:45.199><c> situation.</c>

00:53:46.179 --> 00:53:47.360
But<00:53:46.440><c> this</c><00:53:46.639><c> is</c><00:53:46.800><c> His</c><00:53:46.980><c> answer.</c>

00:53:47.420 --> 00:53:49.599
They<00:53:47.579><c> say,</c><00:53:47.900><c> which</c><00:53:47.960><c> is</c><00:53:48.159><c> the</c><00:53:48.219><c> great</c><00:53:48.440><c> commandment,</c><00:53:49.039><c> and</c><00:53:49.300><c> what</c><00:53:49.420><c> did</c><00:53:49.500><c> He</c>

00:53:49.599 --> 00:53:50.199
tell<00:53:49.840><c> them?</c>

00:53:50.199 --> 00:53:54.519
He<00:53:50.619><c> says,</c><00:53:51.940><c> you</c><00:53:51.960><c> shall</c><00:53:52.199><c> love</c><00:53:52.880><c> the</c><00:53:53.119><c> Lord</c><00:53:53.340><c> your</c><00:53:53.519><c> God</c><00:53:53.920><c> with</c><00:53:54.380><c> all</c>

00:53:54.519 --> 00:53:55.099
your<00:53:54.639><c> heart</c>

00:53:55.099 --> 00:53:58.500
and<00:53:55.800><c> with</c><00:53:56.000><c> all</c><00:53:56.139><c> your</c><00:53:56.360><c> soul</c><00:53:56.719><c> and</c><00:53:56.940><c> with</c><00:53:57.139><c> all</c><00:53:57.260><c> your</c><00:53:57.460><c> mind.</c>

00:54:00.019 --> 00:54:01.400
Is<00:54:00.119><c> He</c><00:54:00.280><c> giving</c><00:54:00.460><c> them</c><00:54:00.659><c> a</c><00:54:00.820><c> direct</c><00:54:01.019><c> answer?</c>

00:54:01.619 --> 00:54:04.400
Well,<00:54:01.820><c> it</c><00:54:01.940><c> sounds</c><00:54:02.139><c> like</c><00:54:02.400><c> it,</c><00:54:02.940><c> but</c><00:54:03.179><c> not</c><00:54:03.500><c> quite,</c>

00:54:04.440 --> 00:54:05.760
because<00:54:04.639><c> what</c><00:54:04.840><c> does</c><00:54:04.940><c> He</c><00:54:05.039><c> do</c><00:54:05.199><c> after</c><00:54:05.519><c> that?</c>

00:54:05.820 --> 00:54:07.800
He<00:54:05.860><c> says,</c><00:54:06.059><c> this</c><00:54:06.300><c> is</c><00:54:06.539><c> the</c><00:54:06.719><c> first</c><00:54:06.960><c> and</c><00:54:07.059><c> great</c><00:54:07.219><c> commandment,</c>

00:54:07.980 --> 00:54:11.159
and<00:54:08.380><c> the</c><00:54:08.659><c> second</c><00:54:09.139><c> is</c><00:54:10.059><c> like</c><00:54:10.340><c> it.</c>

00:54:11.679 --> 00:54:13.519
You<00:54:11.900><c> shall</c><00:54:12.139><c> love</c><00:54:12.420><c> your</c><00:54:12.599><c> neighbor</c><00:54:12.920><c> as</c><00:54:13.079><c> yourself.</c>

00:54:13.760 --> 00:54:17.119
On<00:54:13.800><c> these</c><00:54:14.159><c> two</c><00:54:14.460><c> commandments</c><00:54:15.000><c> depend</c><00:54:15.539><c> all</c><00:54:16.179><c> the</c><00:54:16.300><c> law</c><00:54:16.539><c> and</c><00:54:16.699><c> the</c><00:54:16.940><c> prophets.</c>

00:54:17.179 --> 00:54:18.860
They<00:54:17.340><c> asked</c><00:54:17.579><c> for</c><00:54:17.719><c> the</c><00:54:17.880><c> great</c><00:54:18.099><c> commandment,</c>

00:54:18.860 --> 00:54:22.739
and<00:54:19.139><c> He</c><00:54:19.139><c> gave</c><00:54:19.360><c> it</c><00:54:19.539><c> to</c><00:54:19.679><c> them,</c><00:54:20.039><c> and</c><00:54:20.260><c> also</c><00:54:20.539><c> He</c><00:54:20.679><c> said</c><00:54:21.119><c> this</c><00:54:22.340><c> is</c><00:54:22.559><c> the</c>

00:54:22.739 --> 00:54:23.380
second,<00:54:23.159><c> too.</c>

00:54:23.460 --> 00:54:26.219
So<00:54:23.619><c> He</c><00:54:23.659><c> gave</c><00:54:23.860><c> them</c><00:54:24.059><c> the</c><00:54:24.239><c> two</c><00:54:24.699><c> great</c><00:54:25.119><c> commandments,</c>

00:54:26.260 --> 00:54:29.139
the<00:54:26.440><c> love</c><00:54:26.579><c> of</c><00:54:26.760><c> God</c><00:54:27.159><c> and</c><00:54:27.860><c> the</c><00:54:28.019><c> love</c><00:54:28.380><c> of</c><00:54:28.639><c> your</c><00:54:28.820><c> neighbor,</c>

00:54:29.360 --> 00:54:34.159
the<00:54:29.480><c> two</c><00:54:29.659><c> that</c><00:54:29.820><c> we</c><00:54:30.039><c> saw</c><00:54:30.659><c> epitomized</c><00:54:31.559><c> in</c><00:54:31.860><c> the</c><00:54:32.360><c> ten</c><00:54:33.539><c> commandments,</c>

00:54:34.260 --> 00:54:36.400
the<00:54:34.480><c> first</c><00:54:34.760><c> four</c><00:54:35.059><c> dealing</c><00:54:35.400><c> with</c><00:54:35.599><c> the</c><00:54:35.739><c> love</c><00:54:35.880><c> of</c><00:54:36.119><c> God</c>

00:54:36.400 --> 00:54:40.659
and<00:54:36.619><c> the</c><00:54:37.159><c> second</c><00:54:37.539><c> six</c><00:54:38.219><c> dealing</c><00:54:39.199><c> with</c><00:54:39.460><c> the</c><00:54:39.559><c> love</c><00:54:39.960><c> of</c><00:54:40.159><c> your</c><00:54:40.320><c> neighbor.</c>

00:54:41.019 --> 00:54:43.619
The<00:54:41.179><c> two</c><00:54:41.420><c> great</c><00:54:41.659><c> commandments,</c><00:54:42.179><c> on</c><00:54:42.400><c> these</c><00:54:42.679><c> depend</c><00:54:43.059><c> all</c><00:54:43.460><c> the</c>

00:54:43.619 --> 00:54:44.380
law<00:54:43.760><c> and</c><00:54:43.920><c> the</c><00:54:44.119><c> prophets,</c>

00:54:44.420 --> 00:54:46.860
so<00:54:44.579><c> He</c><00:54:44.780><c> immediately</c><00:54:45.179><c> shuts</c><00:54:45.400><c> off</c><00:54:45.699><c> the</c><00:54:45.820><c> discussion.</c>

00:54:47.159 --> 00:54:50.360
You<00:54:47.500><c> won't</c><00:54:47.820><c> find</c><00:54:48.719><c> anything</c><00:54:49.280><c> else.</c>

00:54:51.260 --> 00:54:53.599
These<00:54:51.500><c> are</c><00:54:51.739><c> two</c><00:54:52.079><c> great</c><00:54:52.340><c> commandments,</c><00:54:53.000><c> not</c><00:54:53.260><c> one.</c>

00:54:54.079 --> 00:54:57.679
It's<00:54:54.219><c> not</c><00:54:54.420><c> just</c><00:54:54.699><c> one</c><00:54:55.039><c> thing,</c><00:54:55.980><c> one</c><00:54:56.340><c> little</c><00:54:56.699><c> item</c><00:54:57.000><c> of</c><00:54:57.340><c> trickery</c>

00:54:57.679 --> 00:54:58.559
that<00:54:57.800><c> you're</c><00:54:57.980><c> trying</c><00:54:58.300><c> to,</c>

00:54:58.800 --> 00:55:02.139
but<00:54:59.000><c> the</c><00:54:59.179><c> whole</c><00:54:59.400><c> counsel</c><00:54:59.739><c> of</c><00:54:59.920><c> God</c><00:55:00.360><c> is</c><00:55:00.820><c> in</c><00:55:01.159><c> love.</c>

00:55:03.119 --> 00:55:06.619
Love<00:55:03.340><c> God,</c><00:55:04.619><c> love</c><00:55:05.239><c> your</c><00:55:05.659><c> neighbor.</c>

00:55:06.780 --> 00:55:08.920
No<00:55:07.059><c> higher</c><00:55:07.340><c> virtue</c><00:55:07.840><c> than</c><00:55:08.480><c> love.</c>

00:55:08.920 --> 00:55:13.840
It's<00:55:09.559><c> possible,</c><00:55:11.280><c> just</c><00:55:11.760><c> possible,</c><00:55:12.960><c> that</c><00:55:13.019><c> they</c><00:55:13.199><c> were,</c>

00:55:14.119 --> 00:55:17.579
the<00:55:14.440><c> answer</c><00:55:14.739><c> they</c><00:55:14.920><c> were</c><00:55:15.059><c> thinking</c><00:55:15.400><c> of</c><00:55:15.840><c> is</c><00:55:16.800><c> something</c><00:55:17.239><c> about</c>

00:55:17.579 --> 00:55:18.780
burnt<00:55:17.820><c> offering.</c>

00:55:19.000 --> 00:55:20.420
Mark<00:55:19.460><c> mentions</c><00:55:20.000><c> it.</c>

00:55:20.500 --> 00:55:23.039
Look<00:55:20.780><c> in</c><00:55:20.980><c> the</c><00:55:21.219><c> account</c><00:55:21.420><c> that</c><00:55:21.639><c> Mark</c><00:55:21.900><c> has</c><00:55:22.099><c> of</c><00:55:22.260><c> the</c><00:55:22.420><c> same</c><00:55:22.619><c> incident.</c>

00:55:23.219 --> 00:55:27.820
It's<00:55:23.320><c> in</c><00:55:23.460><c> chapter</c><00:55:23.780><c> 12</c><00:55:24.780><c> and</c><00:55:25.760><c> I</c><00:55:26.019><c> think</c><00:55:26.219><c> verse</c><00:55:26.500><c> 28.</c>

00:55:30.079 --> 00:55:32.500
That's<00:55:30.639><c> where</c><00:55:30.760><c> one</c><00:55:30.920><c> of</c><00:55:31.099><c> the</c><00:55:31.219><c> scribes</c><00:55:31.519><c> comes</c><00:55:31.800><c> up</c><00:55:32.099><c> and</c><00:55:32.320><c> says,</c>

00:55:32.659 --> 00:55:34.000
which<00:55:32.760><c> is</c><00:55:32.960><c> the</c><00:55:33.059><c> great</c><00:55:33.260><c> commandment?</c>

00:55:34.000 --> 00:55:39.380
And<00:55:34.460><c> when</c><00:55:34.860><c> Jesus</c><00:55:35.260><c> answered,</c><00:55:36.699><c> this</c><00:55:36.920><c> scribe</c><00:55:37.739><c> apparently</c><00:55:38.619><c> of</c>

00:55:39.380 --> 00:55:40.599
this<00:55:39.679><c> whole,</c>

00:55:40.780 --> 00:55:43.019
this<00:55:41.000><c> might</c><00:55:41.199><c> be</c><00:55:41.380><c> the</c><00:55:41.539><c> one</c><00:55:41.719><c> bright</c><00:55:41.900><c> spot</c><00:55:42.239><c> I</c><00:55:42.340><c> might</c><00:55:42.579><c> add</c><00:55:42.780><c> of</c><00:55:42.900><c> the</c>

00:55:43.019 --> 00:55:44.579
whole<00:55:43.440><c> situation,</c>

00:55:44.960 --> 00:55:47.920
he<00:55:45.300><c> does</c><00:55:45.679><c> seem</c><00:55:45.940><c> to</c><00:55:46.119><c> understand</c><00:55:46.539><c> Jesus</c><00:55:46.980><c> saying,</c>

00:55:48.239 --> 00:55:50.760
but<00:55:48.400><c> when</c><00:55:48.699><c> Jesus</c><00:55:49.059><c> says</c><00:55:49.460><c> these</c><00:55:49.780><c> two</c><00:55:50.019><c> great</c><00:55:50.219><c> commandments,</c>

00:55:51.139 --> 00:55:53.420
the<00:55:51.380><c> teacher</c><00:55:51.639><c> says,</c><00:55:52.000><c> you</c><00:55:52.059><c> are</c><00:55:52.300><c> right,</c><00:55:52.460><c> teacher.</c>

00:55:53.559 --> 00:55:54.800
You're<00:55:53.840><c> right.</c>

00:55:55.300 --> 00:55:58.639
You<00:55:55.860><c> have</c><00:55:56.340><c> truly</c><00:55:56.699><c> said</c><00:55:56.980><c> that</c><00:55:57.119><c> He</c><00:55:57.260><c> is</c><00:55:57.460><c> one</c><00:55:57.639><c> and</c><00:55:57.820><c> there</c><00:55:58.199><c> is</c><00:55:58.420><c> one,</c>

00:55:58.699 --> 00:56:02.099
and<00:55:58.780><c> to</c><00:55:58.980><c> love</c><00:55:59.119><c> Him</c><00:55:59.639><c> with</c><00:56:00.159><c> all</c><00:56:00.320><c> your</c><00:56:00.559><c> heart</c><00:56:00.840><c> and</c><00:56:01.260><c> to</c><00:56:01.400><c> love</c><00:56:01.559><c> one's</c><00:56:01.840><c> neighbor</c>

00:56:02.099 --> 00:56:07.519
is<00:56:02.460><c> much</c><00:56:02.820><c> more</c><00:56:03.420><c> than</c><00:56:03.860><c> all</c><00:56:04.719><c> whole</c><00:56:05.079><c> burnt</c><00:56:05.500><c> offerings</c><00:56:06.019><c> and</c><00:56:06.579><c> sacrifices.</c>

00:56:08.079 --> 00:56:10.500
Now<00:56:08.360><c> I'm</c><00:56:08.420><c> not</c><00:56:08.719><c> sure,</c><00:56:09.039><c> it's</c><00:56:09.179><c> just</c><00:56:09.340><c> a</c><00:56:09.500><c> suggestion,</c>

00:56:11.019 --> 00:56:13.440
but<00:56:11.619><c> the</c><00:56:12.019><c> lawyer's</c><00:56:12.559><c> response</c><00:56:12.900><c> is</c><00:56:13.139><c> yes,</c>

00:56:13.559 --> 00:56:16.380
these<00:56:13.860><c> two</c><00:56:14.099><c> commandments</c><00:56:14.480><c> are</c><00:56:14.840><c> much</c><00:56:15.179><c> more</c><00:56:15.420><c> than</c><00:56:15.619><c> all</c><00:56:16.119><c> whole</c>

00:56:16.380 --> 00:56:18.239
burnt<00:56:16.659><c> offerings</c><00:56:17.159><c> and</c><00:56:17.659><c> sacrifices.</c>

00:56:18.579 --> 00:56:22.420
So<00:56:18.820><c> it's</c><00:56:18.960><c> possible</c><00:56:19.659><c> that</c><00:56:20.460><c> this</c><00:56:20.659><c> was</c><00:56:20.800><c> in</c><00:56:20.920><c> his</c><00:56:21.239><c> mind</c><00:56:21.599><c> when</c><00:56:21.760><c> they</c><00:56:22.119><c> said,</c>

00:56:22.679 --> 00:56:24.119
which<00:56:22.860><c> is</c><00:56:23.059><c> the</c><00:56:23.199><c> great</c><00:56:23.380><c> commandment,</c>

00:56:24.159 --> 00:56:27.460
that<00:56:24.300><c> it</c><00:56:24.440><c> might</c><00:56:24.599><c> have</c><00:56:24.800><c> been</c><00:56:25.059><c> the</c><00:56:25.420><c> commandment</c><00:56:25.900><c> for</c><00:56:26.960><c> offering</c>

00:56:27.460 --> 00:56:28.579
whole<00:56:27.820><c> burnt</c><00:56:28.079><c> offerings.</c>

00:56:28.579 --> 00:56:32.079
I'm<00:56:29.039><c> not</c><00:56:29.320><c> sure,</c><00:56:29.940><c> but</c><00:56:29.940><c> you</c><00:56:30.159><c> might</c><00:56:30.480><c> think</c><00:56:31.340><c> about</c><00:56:31.679><c> that,</c>

00:56:32.079 --> 00:56:36.000
that<00:56:32.219><c> they</c><00:56:32.420><c> thought</c><00:56:32.719><c> that</c><00:56:32.900><c> that</c><00:56:33.119><c> was</c><00:56:34.619><c> something</c><00:56:35.199><c> to</c><00:56:35.420><c> do</c><00:56:35.500><c> with</c><00:56:35.719><c> it.</c>

00:56:36.159 --> 00:56:44.360
Well,<00:56:37.559><c> anyway,</c><00:56:40.900><c> go</c><00:56:41.579><c> to</c><00:56:42.639><c> verse</c><00:56:42.840><c> 41</c><00:56:43.300><c> and</c><00:56:43.400><c> we'll</c><00:56:43.719><c> finish</c><00:56:44.079><c> off</c><00:56:44.300><c> the</c>

00:56:44.360 --> 00:56:45.039
day<00:56:44.500><c> here</c><00:56:44.699><c> quickly.</c>

00:56:45.360 --> 00:56:48.980
While<00:56:45.599><c> the</c><00:56:45.920><c> Pharisees</c><00:56:46.519><c> were</c><00:56:46.739><c> gathered</c><00:56:47.059><c> together,</c><00:56:47.679><c> Jesus</c><00:56:47.840><c> asked</c><00:56:48.139><c> them</c><00:56:48.360><c> a</c><00:56:48.519><c> question,</c>

00:56:49.239 --> 00:56:50.920
and<00:56:49.480><c> now</c><00:56:49.760><c> here's</c><00:56:49.960><c> the</c><00:56:50.159><c> fourth</c><00:56:50.400><c> question.</c>

00:56:51.139 --> 00:56:54.460
Remember<00:56:51.460><c> I</c><00:56:51.559><c> said</c><00:56:51.780><c> a</c><00:56:51.920><c> few</c><00:56:52.039><c> days</c><00:56:52.300><c> ago</c><00:56:52.559><c> that</c><00:56:53.119><c> so</c><00:56:53.480><c> many</c><00:56:53.679><c> times</c><00:56:53.940><c> in</c><00:56:54.139><c> Scripture</c>

00:56:54.460 --> 00:56:57.059
we<00:56:54.719><c> have</c><00:56:55.000><c> this</c><00:56:55.280><c> type</c><00:56:55.500><c> of</c><00:56:55.780><c> situation,</c><00:56:56.199><c> a</c><00:56:56.340><c> series</c><00:56:56.679><c> of</c><00:56:56.900><c> four,</c>

00:56:57.059 --> 00:56:58.960
where<00:56:57.239><c> the</c><00:56:57.460><c> first</c><00:56:57.679><c> three</c><00:56:57.840><c> follow</c><00:56:58.179><c> a</c><00:56:58.380><c> certain</c><00:56:58.559><c> track,</c>

00:56:59.159 --> 00:57:02.980
and<00:56:59.380><c> then</c><00:56:59.559><c> the</c><00:56:59.699><c> fourth</c><00:56:59.940><c> item</c><00:57:00.320><c> is</c><00:57:01.039><c> the</c><00:57:01.300><c> one</c><00:57:01.719><c> that</c><00:57:02.179><c> sets</c><00:57:02.440><c> off</c><00:57:02.760><c> and</c>

00:57:02.980 --> 00:57:03.719
concludes<00:57:03.280><c> the</c><00:57:03.519><c> matter.</c>

00:57:03.980 --> 00:57:06.460
Now<00:57:04.239><c> Jesus</c><00:57:04.559><c> asked</c><00:57:04.860><c> the</c><00:57:05.059><c> question,</c><00:57:05.539><c> and</c><00:57:05.739><c> this</c><00:57:05.960><c> is</c><00:57:06.139><c> not</c><00:57:06.280><c> a</c>

00:57:06.460 --> 00:57:07.079
fool's<00:57:06.840><c> question,</c>

00:57:07.119 --> 00:57:09.539
this<00:57:07.300><c> is</c><00:57:07.500><c> not</c><00:57:07.659><c> a</c><00:57:07.800><c> trick</c><00:57:07.940><c> question,</c><00:57:08.639><c> this</c><00:57:08.880><c> is</c><00:57:09.079><c> not</c><00:57:09.280><c> something</c>

00:57:09.539 --> 00:57:10.599
to<00:57:09.719><c> trap</c><00:57:09.940><c> them</c><00:57:10.079><c> in</c><00:57:10.219><c> their</c><00:57:10.440><c> word,</c>

00:57:10.659 --> 00:57:12.440
it's<00:57:10.780><c> something</c><00:57:11.059><c> to</c><00:57:11.280><c> make</c><00:57:11.380><c> them</c><00:57:11.639><c> search</c><00:57:11.780><c> their</c><00:57:12.019><c> hearts</c><00:57:12.280><c> and</c>

00:57:12.440 --> 00:57:12.960
their<00:57:12.659><c> minds</c>

00:57:12.960 --> 00:57:15.900
and<00:57:13.320><c> give</c><00:57:13.500><c> them</c><00:57:13.679><c> one</c><00:57:13.880><c> last</c><00:57:14.179><c> chance</c><00:57:14.639><c> to</c><00:57:15.019><c> see</c><00:57:15.219><c> who</c><00:57:15.440><c> He</c><00:57:15.559><c> is.</c>

00:57:16.360 --> 00:57:21.739
The<00:57:16.539><c> question</c><00:57:16.880><c> is</c><00:57:17.079><c> briefly</c><00:57:17.460><c> this,</c><00:57:18.960><c> who</c><00:57:19.500><c> son</c><00:57:20.019><c> am</c><00:57:20.480><c> I?</c>

00:57:23.340 --> 00:57:28.480
He<00:57:23.900><c> quotes,</c><00:57:24.340><c> of</c><00:57:25.840><c> course,</c><00:57:26.139><c> from</c><00:57:26.320><c> the</c><00:57:26.460><c> 110th</c><00:57:27.059><c> Psalm</c><00:57:27.599><c> and</c><00:57:28.119><c> says,</c>

00:57:28.599 --> 00:57:32.400
David<00:57:28.920><c> wrote</c><00:57:29.179><c> this,</c><00:57:29.940><c> or</c><00:57:30.039><c> the</c><00:57:30.280><c> Spirit</c><00:57:30.480><c> wrote</c><00:57:30.719><c> it</c><00:57:30.900><c> through</c><00:57:31.059><c> David.</c>

00:57:33.119 --> 00:57:36.280
David,<00:57:33.659><c> inspired</c><00:57:33.980><c> by</c><00:57:34.199><c> the</c><00:57:34.480><c> Spirit,</c><00:57:35.099><c> calls</c><00:57:35.440><c> his</c><00:57:35.619><c> son</c><00:57:35.920><c> Lord,</c>

00:57:36.480 --> 00:57:38.480
because<00:57:36.980><c> the</c><00:57:37.960><c> Psalm</c><00:57:38.199><c> reads,</c>

00:57:38.639 --> 00:57:41.159
The<00:57:38.679><c> Lord</c><00:57:39.099><c> said</c><00:57:39.659><c> to</c><00:57:39.880><c> my</c><00:57:40.159><c> Lord,</c>

00:57:41.599 --> 00:57:44.760
Sit<00:57:41.719><c> at</c><00:57:41.860><c> my</c><00:57:42.039><c> right</c><00:57:42.380><c> hand,</c><00:57:43.480><c> till</c><00:57:43.579><c> I</c><00:57:43.719><c> put</c><00:57:43.940><c> thy</c><00:57:44.139><c> enemies</c><00:57:44.480><c> under</c>

00:57:44.760 --> 00:57:45.239
thy<00:57:45.059><c> feet.</c>

00:57:45.239 --> 00:57:52.579
In<00:57:45.360><c> other</c><00:57:45.579><c> words,</c><00:57:46.159><c> God</c><00:57:46.719><c> said</c><00:57:47.400><c> to</c><00:57:48.099><c> my</c><00:57:49.139><c> Lord,</c><00:57:49.480><c> my</c><00:57:50.059><c> Messiah,</c><00:57:51.380><c> my</c><00:57:51.559><c> Master,</c>

00:57:52.619 --> 00:57:54.360
Sit<00:57:52.719><c> at</c><00:57:52.840><c> my</c><00:57:53.019><c> right</c><00:57:53.320><c> hand.</c>

00:57:55.400 --> 00:57:57.860
If<00:57:55.739><c> David</c><00:57:56.179><c> calls</c><00:57:56.559><c> him</c><00:57:56.840><c> Lord,</c><00:57:57.099><c> how</c><00:57:57.320><c> is</c><00:57:57.500><c> he</c><00:57:57.679><c> a</c><00:57:57.800><c> son?</c>

00:57:57.940 --> 00:58:00.500
In<00:57:57.960><c> other</c><00:57:58.159><c> words,</c><00:57:58.360><c> how</c><00:57:58.619><c> is</c><00:57:58.860><c> it</c><00:57:59.000><c> that</c><00:57:59.179><c> David</c><00:57:59.420><c> pays</c><00:57:59.760><c> homage</c><00:58:00.139><c> to</c>

00:58:00.500 --> 00:58:01.920
one<00:58:01.019><c> who</c><00:58:01.320><c> is</c><00:58:01.539><c> his</c><00:58:01.699><c> son,</c>

00:58:01.980 --> 00:58:05.800
who<00:58:02.739><c> might</c><00:58:03.159><c> otherwise</c><00:58:03.559><c> be</c><00:58:03.860><c> considered</c><00:58:04.340><c> lesser</c><00:58:04.679><c> than</c><00:58:04.900><c> David?</c>

00:58:06.139 --> 00:58:09.159
And<00:58:06.420><c> they</c><00:58:06.500><c> couldn't</c><00:58:06.760><c> answer</c><00:58:07.059><c> that,</c><00:58:07.599><c> but</c><00:58:07.800><c> what</c><00:58:07.980><c> is</c><00:58:08.159><c> the</c><00:58:08.320><c> answer?</c>

00:58:09.199 --> 00:58:13.619
What<00:58:09.719><c> is</c><00:58:09.960><c> the</c><00:58:10.139><c> one</c><00:58:10.320><c> condition</c><00:58:11.119><c> whereby</c><00:58:11.980><c> David</c><00:58:12.400><c> could</c><00:58:12.699><c> say,</c>

00:58:13.739 --> 00:58:19.340
My<00:58:13.800><c> Lord,</c><00:58:14.719><c> to</c><00:58:14.940><c> his</c><00:58:15.199><c> son,</c><00:58:17.019><c> whose</c><00:58:17.340><c> son</c><00:58:17.619><c> was</c><00:58:17.960><c> he?</c>

00:58:22.300 --> 00:58:23.800
Do<00:58:22.559><c> you</c><00:58:22.719><c> know?</c>

00:58:24.300 --> 00:58:27.239
Or<00:58:24.420><c> are</c><00:58:24.519><c> you</c><00:58:24.739><c> silenced</c><00:58:25.099><c> like</c><00:58:25.360><c> the</c><00:58:25.599><c> Pharisees?</c>

00:58:28.980 --> 00:58:31.219
How<00:58:29.500><c> could</c><00:58:29.659><c> it</c><00:58:29.820><c> be?</c><00:58:30.380><c> What's</c><00:58:30.719><c> the</c><00:58:30.860><c> condition?</c>

00:58:31.280 --> 00:58:33.159
There<00:58:31.440><c> is</c><00:58:31.699><c> one,</c><00:58:31.900><c> there</c><00:58:32.079><c> is</c><00:58:32.239><c> an</c><00:58:32.400><c> answer.</c>

00:58:33.639 --> 00:58:34.980
What<00:58:33.820><c> is</c><00:58:34.019><c> it?</c>

00:58:35.239 --> 00:58:37.420
The<00:58:35.760><c> Son</c><00:58:36.000><c> of</c><00:58:36.219><c> God,</c><00:58:36.500><c> exactly.</c>

00:58:38.340 --> 00:58:41.559
It's<00:58:38.840><c> because</c><00:58:39.219><c> he</c><00:58:39.340><c> is</c><00:58:39.539><c> the</c><00:58:39.659><c> Son</c><00:58:39.860><c> of</c><00:58:40.000><c> God</c><00:58:40.380><c> as</c><00:58:40.739><c> well</c><00:58:41.000><c> as</c><00:58:41.219><c> the</c><00:58:41.260><c> Son</c>

00:58:41.559 --> 00:58:42.420
of<00:58:41.659><c> David.</c>

00:58:42.920 --> 00:58:44.599
And<00:58:43.179><c> that</c><00:58:43.659><c> was</c><00:58:44.039><c> the</c><00:58:44.239><c> issue.</c>

00:58:44.840 --> 00:58:46.659
That<00:58:45.019><c> wasn't</c><00:58:45.340><c> a</c><00:58:45.480><c> trick</c><00:58:45.599><c> question.</c>

00:58:47.019 --> 00:58:50.659
That<00:58:47.260><c> was</c><00:58:47.519><c> what</c><00:58:47.659><c> we</c><00:58:47.900><c> have</c><00:58:48.099><c> to</c><00:58:48.320><c> see</c><00:58:48.500><c> and</c><00:58:48.599><c> what</c><00:58:48.820><c> everyone</c><00:58:49.139><c> has</c><00:58:49.440><c> to</c><00:58:49.699><c> see.</c>

00:58:51.239 --> 00:58:53.400
That<00:58:51.360><c> Jesus</c><00:58:51.840><c> is</c><00:58:52.400><c> the</c><00:58:52.579><c> Son</c><00:58:52.900><c> of</c><00:58:53.079><c> God.</c>

00:58:53.440 --> 00:58:55.659
And<00:58:53.539><c> if</c><00:58:53.639><c> they</c><00:58:53.820><c> could</c><00:58:54.139><c> see</c><00:58:54.360><c> that</c><00:58:54.699><c> and</c><00:58:54.920><c> understand</c><00:58:55.420><c> that</c>

00:58:55.659 --> 00:58:59.539
and<00:58:55.800><c> see</c><00:58:56.059><c> God</c><00:58:57.039><c> having</c><00:58:57.860><c> a</c><00:58:58.119><c> son</c><00:58:58.440><c> in</c><00:58:58.880><c> the</c><00:58:59.159><c> Psalms</c>

00:58:59.539 --> 00:59:01.539
and<00:58:59.679><c> in</c><00:58:59.840><c> all</c><00:58:59.940><c> the</c><00:59:00.059><c> Old</c><00:59:00.260><c> Testament</c><00:59:00.579><c> scriptures</c><00:59:00.980><c> and</c><00:59:01.179><c> see</c><00:59:01.400><c> the</c>

00:59:01.539 --> 00:59:02.860
Messiah,<00:59:01.940><c> who</c><00:59:02.159><c> was</c><00:59:02.460><c> he?</c>

00:59:02.860 --> 00:59:05.780
It's<00:59:03.559><c> not</c><00:59:03.960><c> a</c><00:59:04.159><c> man</c><00:59:04.440><c> and</c><00:59:04.619><c> a</c><00:59:04.820><c> mortal</c><00:59:05.000><c> and</c><00:59:05.199><c> a</c><00:59:05.539><c> prophet</c>

00:59:05.780 --> 00:59:08.840
or<00:59:06.320><c> a</c><00:59:06.519><c> false</c><00:59:06.760><c> prophet</c><00:59:07.119><c> that</c><00:59:07.280><c> they're</c><00:59:07.420><c> dealing</c><00:59:07.739><c> with</c><00:59:08.019><c> and</c><00:59:08.239><c> trying</c><00:59:08.400><c> to</c><00:59:08.579><c> trick,</c>

00:59:08.940 --> 00:59:11.980
but<00:59:09.320><c> they're</c><00:59:09.559><c> talking</c><00:59:09.900><c> to</c><00:59:10.079><c> the</c><00:59:10.179><c> Son</c><00:59:10.380><c> of</c><00:59:10.500><c> the</c><00:59:10.639><c> Living</c><00:59:10.860><c> God.</c>

00:59:12.340 --> 00:59:14.460
And<00:59:12.599><c> if</c><00:59:12.699><c> they</c><00:59:12.820><c> could</c><00:59:13.039><c> learn</c><00:59:13.179><c> that</c><00:59:13.440><c> lesson,</c>

00:59:14.480 --> 00:59:18.699
there<00:59:14.659><c> might</c><00:59:15.079><c> yet</c><00:59:15.480><c> be</c><00:59:15.760><c> hope</c><00:59:15.900><c> for</c><00:59:16.099><c> them</c><00:59:16.519><c> and</c><00:59:17.019><c> hope</c><00:59:17.360><c> for</c><00:59:17.599><c> us.</c>

00:59:19.519 --> 00:59:22.199
Well,<00:59:19.739><c> that</c><00:59:19.940><c> concludes</c><00:59:20.559><c> today's</c><00:59:21.920><c> lecture.</c>

00:59:22.199 --> 00:59:24.559
As<00:59:22.320><c> I</c><00:59:22.559><c> said,</c><00:59:23.199><c> the</c><00:59:23.260><c> whole</c><00:59:23.480><c> issue</c><00:59:23.820><c> is...</c>

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Thank<00:59:35.280><c> you.</c>