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find<00:11:06.509><c> that</c><00:11:06.809><c> light</c><00:11:07.110><c> provides</c><00:11:07.570><c> an</c>

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light<00:11:13.049><c> provides</c><00:11:13.590><c> vision.</c><00:11:13.970><c> If</c><00:11:14.090><c> there</c>

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sisters.<00:11:28.710><c> It</c><00:11:29.070><c> provides</c><00:11:29.529><c> guidance.</c><00:11:30.090><c> We</c><00:11:30.289><c> can</c>

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it.<00:12:31.429><c> In</c><00:12:31.529><c> Genesis</c><00:12:31.909><c> chapter</c><00:12:32.289><c> 1,</c><00:12:32.590><c> verse</c><00:12:32.850><c> 1,</c><00:12:33.230><c> we</c><00:12:33.309><c> read,</c><00:12:33.789><c> In</c><00:12:33.789><c> the</c>

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have<00:17:50.089><c> heard.</c><00:17:51.710><c> And</c><00:17:51.849><c> when</c><00:17:52.049><c> the</c><00:17:52.170><c> Lord</c>

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speaking<00:19:34.829><c> his</c><00:19:35.089><c> own</c><00:19:35.329><c> words.</c><00:19:35.869><c> It</c><00:19:36.089><c> was</c><00:19:36.369><c> the</c><00:19:36.630><c> word</c>

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mine,<00:19:54.710><c> but</c><00:19:54.869><c> his</c><00:19:55.109><c> that</c><00:19:55.349><c> sent</c><00:19:55.549><c> me.</c>

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word<00:23:19.049><c> by</c><00:23:19.589><c> the</c><00:23:19.809><c> very</c><00:23:20.109><c> works</c><00:23:20.349><c> which</c><00:23:20.569><c> he</c><00:23:20.809><c> performed.</c><00:23:22.009><c> We</c><00:23:22.250><c> see</c><00:23:22.470><c> an</c>

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illustration<00:23:23.109><c> of</c><00:23:23.329><c> that,</c><00:23:23.670><c> perhaps,</c><00:23:24.009><c> brethren</c>

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and<00:23:24.450><c> sisters,</c><00:23:24.490><c> in</c><00:23:24.630><c> Luke</c><00:23:24.849><c> chapter</c><00:23:25.170><c> five</c><00:23:25.809><c> on</c><00:23:26.170><c> the</c><00:23:26.390><c> chart,</c><00:23:27.990><c> where</c>

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Jesus,<00:23:28.490><c> having</c><00:23:29.509><c> told</c><00:23:30.049><c> the</c><00:23:30.329><c> die</c><00:23:30.690><c>-hard</c><00:23:30.890><c> fisherman</c>

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that<00:23:31.609><c> Peter</c><00:23:31.869><c> was,</c><00:23:32.769><c> that</c><00:23:32.950><c> he</c><00:23:33.009><c> was</c><00:23:33.210><c> doing</c><00:23:33.329><c> it</c><00:23:33.589><c> all</c><00:23:33.849><c> wrong.</c><00:23:34.930><c> He</c><00:23:35.089><c> was</c><00:23:35.309><c> this</c><00:23:35.569><c> carpenter</c><00:23:35.990><c> telling</c><00:23:36.329><c> a</c><00:23:36.609><c> fisherman</c>

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who<00:23:37.369><c> had</c><00:23:37.569><c> lived</c><00:23:37.730><c> all</c><00:23:38.109><c> his</c><00:23:38.349><c> life</c><00:23:38.529><c> on</c><00:23:38.750><c> the</c><00:23:38.869><c> Sea</c><00:23:39.049><c> of</c><00:23:39.210><c> Galilee</c><00:23:39.630><c> that</c>

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he<00:23:39.970><c> was</c><00:23:40.190><c> looking</c><00:23:40.509><c> into</c><00:23:40.769><c> the</c><00:23:40.930><c> wrong</c><00:23:41.069><c> place</c><00:23:41.329><c> for</c>

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fish.<00:23:42.349><c> And</c><00:23:42.490><c> he</c><00:23:42.549><c> said,</c><00:23:42.910><c> Cast</c><00:23:43.150><c> your</c><00:23:43.490><c> net</c><00:23:43.650><c> onto</c><00:23:43.869><c> the</c><00:23:44.069><c> other</c><00:23:44.309><c> side.</c>

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And<00:23:45.690><c> Peter</c><00:23:45.809><c> said,</c><00:23:46.029><c> Well,</c><00:23:46.289><c> we've</c><00:23:46.470><c> been</c>

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doing<00:23:46.829><c> it</c><00:23:47.069><c> all</c><00:23:47.269><c> night.</c><00:23:48.349><c> Nevertheless,</c><00:23:49.009><c> verse</c><00:23:49.289><c> five,</c><00:23:49.609><c> at</c><00:23:49.849><c> thy</c>

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word<00:23:50.369><c> I</c><00:23:50.529><c> will</c><00:23:50.710><c> let</c><00:23:50.849><c> down</c><00:23:51.150><c> the</c><00:23:51.309><c> net.</c><00:23:52.410><c> When</c>

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they<00:23:52.930><c> had</c><00:23:53.170><c> thus</c><00:23:53.509><c> done,</c><00:23:53.970><c> they</c><00:23:54.109><c> enclosed</c><00:23:54.450><c> a</c><00:23:54.650><c> great</c><00:23:54.849><c> multitude</c>

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of<00:23:55.509><c> fishes,</c><00:23:55.670><c> verse</c><00:23:55.970><c> six,</c><00:23:56.890><c> and</c><00:23:57.210><c> their</c>

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net<00:23:57.630><c> break.</c><00:23:58.890><c> And</c><00:23:59.170><c> they</c><00:23:59.430><c> beckoned</c><00:23:59.670><c> unto</c><00:23:59.869><c> their</c><00:24:00.150><c> partners,</c><00:24:00.569><c> which</c><00:24:00.730><c> were</c><00:24:00.890><c> in</c>

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the<00:24:01.170><c> other</c><00:24:01.369><c> ship,</c><00:24:02.009><c> that</c><00:24:02.130><c> they</c><00:24:02.309><c> should</c>

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come<00:24:02.750><c> and</c><00:24:02.950><c> help</c><00:24:03.069><c> them.</c><00:24:03.269><c> And</c><00:24:03.369><c> they</c><00:24:03.589><c> came</c><00:24:03.869><c> and</c><00:24:04.109><c> filled</c><00:24:04.250><c> both</c><00:24:04.630><c> ships,</c><00:24:05.369><c> so</c>

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that<00:24:05.670><c> they</c><00:24:05.950><c> both</c><00:24:06.190><c> began</c><00:24:06.509><c> to</c><00:24:06.789><c> sink.</c>

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When<00:24:08.650><c> Simon</c><00:24:09.170><c> Peter</c><00:24:09.569><c> saw</c><00:24:09.849><c> it,</c><00:24:10.730><c> he</c><00:24:10.970><c> fell</c><00:24:11.269><c> down</c><00:24:11.650><c> at</c><00:24:11.869><c> Jesus'</c><00:24:12.630><c> knees,</c><00:24:13.509><c> saying,</c><00:24:14.170><c> Depart</c><00:24:14.349><c> from</c>

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me,<00:24:15.210><c> for</c><00:24:15.509><c> I</c><00:24:15.809><c> am</c><00:24:16.009><c> a</c>

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sinful<00:24:16.490><c> man.</c><00:24:17.569><c> And</c><00:24:17.869><c> that</c><00:24:17.950><c> was</c><00:24:18.190><c> the</c><00:24:18.349><c> reaction</c><00:24:18.809><c> that</c><00:24:19.069><c> the</c><00:24:19.210><c> Lord</c>

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Jesus<00:24:19.769><c> Christ</c><00:24:20.089><c> wanted</c><00:24:20.450><c> in</c><00:24:20.710><c> the</c><00:24:20.849><c> hearts</c>

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of<00:24:21.329><c> people.</c><00:24:22.089><c> When</c><00:24:22.289><c> they</c><00:24:22.569><c> saw</c><00:24:22.769><c> the</c><00:24:23.029><c> miracles</c><00:24:23.390><c> performed,</c><00:24:24.250><c> they</c>

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were<00:24:24.609><c> coming</c><00:24:24.869><c> face</c><00:24:25.269><c> to</c><00:24:25.450><c> face</c><00:24:25.670><c> with</c><00:24:25.970><c> God</c><00:24:26.289><c> Almighty,</c>

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manifested<00:24:27.890><c> in</c><00:24:28.109><c> the</c><00:24:28.230><c> Lord</c><00:24:28.390><c> Jesus</c><00:24:28.809><c> Christ.</c><00:24:29.769><c> And</c><00:24:29.930><c> he</c><00:24:30.009><c> was</c><00:24:30.250><c> to</c><00:24:30.410><c> convict</c><00:24:30.809><c> them</c><00:24:31.029><c> of</c>

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sin.<00:24:31.990><c> Depart</c><00:24:32.509><c> from</c><00:24:32.789><c> me,</c>

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for<00:24:33.650><c> I</c><00:24:33.890><c> am</c><00:24:34.029><c> a</c><00:24:34.190><c> sinful</c><00:24:34.450><c> man.</c><00:24:35.309><c> And</c><00:24:35.509><c> John</c><00:24:35.750><c> had</c><00:24:36.109><c> perceived,</c><00:24:37.390><c> he</c><00:24:37.650><c> had</c>

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the<00:24:38.069><c> mental</c><00:24:38.450><c> perception,</c><00:24:39.150><c> brethren</c><00:24:39.390><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:24:39.829><c> to</c><00:24:40.130><c> see</c><00:24:40.250><c> in</c><00:24:40.470><c> the</c><00:24:40.569><c> Lord</c><00:24:40.730><c> Jesus</c><00:24:41.089><c> Christ,</c><00:24:42.210><c> not</c><00:24:42.329><c> only</c>

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hearing<00:24:43.069><c> God's</c><00:24:43.470><c> word,</c><00:24:44.109><c> but</c><00:24:44.289><c> the</c><00:24:44.509><c> works</c>

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of<00:24:44.990><c> God</c><00:24:45.250><c> performed.</c><00:24:46.990><c> And</c><00:24:47.170><c> even</c><00:24:47.289><c> that</c><00:24:47.509><c> wasn't</c><00:24:47.829><c> sufficient.</c><00:24:49.230><c> Because</c><00:24:49.470><c> when</c><00:24:49.690><c> he</c>

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saw,<00:24:51.230><c> he</c><00:24:51.430><c> said,</c><00:24:51.769><c> We</c><00:24:51.869><c> have</c><00:24:52.089><c> looked</c>

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upon.<00:24:53.869><c> We</c><00:24:54.210><c> have</c><00:24:54.490><c> looked</c><00:24:54.809><c> upon.</c><00:24:56.210><c> That</c><00:24:56.490><c> word</c><00:24:56.789><c> for</c><00:24:57.109><c> looking</c><00:24:57.430><c> upon</c>

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is<00:24:57.950><c> a</c><00:24:58.130><c> Greek</c><00:24:58.309><c> word</c><00:24:58.769><c> which</c><00:24:59.349><c> comes</c><00:24:59.650><c> from</c><00:24:59.930><c> which</c>

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we<00:25:00.490><c> have</c><00:25:00.630><c> our</c><00:25:00.930><c> modern</c><00:25:01.210><c> word</c><00:25:01.470><c> today,</c><00:25:01.849><c> theater.</c><00:25:03.069><c> Where</c><00:25:03.309><c> people</c>

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go<00:25:03.809><c> to</c><00:25:03.970><c> a</c><00:25:04.150><c> theater,</c><00:25:05.089><c> it's</c><00:25:05.230><c> the</c><00:25:05.349><c> Greek</c><00:25:05.509><c> word</c>

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theomai.<00:25:07.670><c> It</c><00:25:07.829><c> means</c><00:25:08.130><c> to</c><00:25:09.269><c> cast</c><00:25:09.549><c> your</c><00:25:09.869><c> gaze</c><00:25:10.130><c> on</c><00:25:10.269><c> those</c><00:25:10.529><c> who</c><00:25:10.750><c> are</c>

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on<00:25:11.170><c> the</c><00:25:11.390><c> stage,</c><00:25:12.230><c> and</c><00:25:12.450><c> to</c><00:25:12.849><c> consider</c><00:25:13.190><c> attentively</c>

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what<00:25:13.930><c> is</c><00:25:14.109><c> going</c><00:25:14.410><c> on.</c><00:25:15.250><c> We</c><00:25:15.529><c> have</c><00:25:15.849><c> looked</c><00:25:16.170><c> upon.</c><00:25:16.630><c> It's</c><00:25:16.750><c> the</c><00:25:16.869><c> same</c>

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word,<00:25:17.589><c> brethren</c><00:25:17.650><c> and</c><00:25:17.890><c> sisters,</c><00:25:18.410><c> which</c>

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is<00:25:18.809><c> used</c><00:25:19.029><c> by</c><00:25:19.329><c> John</c><00:25:19.630><c> in</c><00:25:19.829><c> John</c><00:25:20.069><c> chapter</c><00:25:20.390><c> 1</c><00:25:20.609><c> verse</c><00:25:20.890><c> 14,</c><00:25:21.769><c> where</c><00:25:21.890><c> it</c>

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says,<00:25:22.529><c> We</c><00:25:22.569><c> beheld</c><00:25:23.490><c> his</c><00:25:23.970><c> glory.</c><00:25:25.349><c> Not</c><00:25:25.670><c> only</c>

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did<00:25:26.049><c> he</c><00:25:26.250><c> see</c><00:25:26.430><c> the</c><00:25:26.630><c> miracles,</c><00:25:27.730><c> but</c><00:25:27.970><c> they</c><00:25:28.369><c> beheld</c><00:25:29.049><c> his</c><00:25:29.470><c> glory.</c>

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They<00:25:30.750><c> saw</c><00:25:30.950><c> in</c><00:25:31.109><c> the</c><00:25:31.210><c> Lord</c><00:25:31.410><c> Jesus</c><00:25:31.890><c> Christ,</c>

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more<00:25:32.970><c> than</c><00:25:33.250><c> simply</c><00:25:33.529><c> a</c><00:25:33.829><c> miracle</c><00:25:34.170><c> worker,</c><00:25:35.430><c> but</c><00:25:35.630><c> a</c><00:25:35.829><c> man</c><00:25:36.029><c> who</c><00:25:36.450><c> reflected</c><00:25:37.029><c> the</c>

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very<00:25:37.890><c> character</c><00:25:38.289><c> of</c><00:25:38.589><c> God.</c><00:25:43.210><c> We</c>

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there<00:25:44.549><c> was</c><00:25:44.769><c> a</c><00:25:44.910><c> man</c><00:25:45.069><c> who</c><00:25:45.450><c> spoke</c><00:25:45.750><c> God's</c><00:25:46.210><c> word,</c><00:25:46.950><c> who</c><00:25:47.150><c> performed</c>

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his<00:25:47.910><c> works,</c><00:25:48.789><c> and</c><00:25:48.970><c> who</c><00:25:49.250><c> displayed</c><00:25:49.849><c> the</c>

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character<00:25:50.750><c> of</c><00:25:51.009><c> God.</c><00:25:52.190><c> And</c><00:25:52.490><c> John</c><00:25:52.750><c> had</c><00:25:53.490><c> become</c><00:25:53.910><c> intimately</c><00:25:54.549><c> associated</c><00:25:55.450><c> with</c>

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this<00:25:56.029><c> man.</c><00:25:56.670><c> He</c><00:25:56.970><c> beheld</c><00:25:57.450><c> his</c><00:25:57.769><c> glory,</c>

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the<00:25:58.910><c> glory</c><00:25:59.410><c> as</c><00:25:59.849><c> of</c><00:25:59.970><c> the</c><00:26:00.170><c> only</c><00:26:00.390><c> begotten</c><00:26:00.829><c> of</c><00:26:00.990><c> the</c><00:26:01.170><c> Father.</c><00:26:02.130><c> And</c>

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in<00:26:02.410><c> that</c><00:26:02.630><c> well</c><00:26:02.849><c>-known</c><00:26:02.990><c> passage</c><00:26:03.410><c> in</c><00:26:03.589><c> John</c><00:26:03.829><c> chapter</c>

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1<00:26:04.390><c> verse</c><00:26:04.650><c> 18,</c><00:26:05.549><c> John</c><00:26:05.829><c> comments</c><00:26:06.289><c> that</c><00:26:06.569><c> no</c><00:26:06.849><c> man</c><00:26:07.170><c> hath</c><00:26:07.430><c> seen</c><00:26:07.789><c> the</c>

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Father<00:26:08.230><c> at</c><00:26:08.450><c> any</c><00:26:08.710><c> time,</c><00:26:09.869><c> yet</c><00:26:10.210><c> Jesus</c><00:26:11.589><c> hath</c>

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declared<00:26:12.930><c> him.</c><00:26:14.329><c> And</c><00:26:14.509><c> in</c><00:26:14.609><c> the</c><00:26:14.750><c> Lord</c><00:26:14.910><c> Jesus</c><00:26:15.329><c> Christ</c><00:26:15.609><c> was</c><00:26:15.890><c> a</c><00:26:16.069><c> display</c><00:26:16.710><c> of</c>

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the<00:26:17.970><c> divine</c><00:26:18.289><c> attributes,</c><00:26:19.789><c> full</c>

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of<00:26:20.750><c> grace</c><00:26:21.029><c> and</c><00:26:21.329><c> truth,</c><00:26:21.769><c> that</c><00:26:21.809><c> glory</c><00:26:22.309><c> that</c><00:26:22.450><c> was</c><00:26:22.730><c> displayed</c><00:26:23.049><c> to</c>

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Moses<00:26:23.670><c> in</c><00:26:24.150><c> Exodus</c><00:26:24.509><c> 34.</c><00:26:25.650><c> Yahweh,</c><00:26:26.130><c> Yahweh,</c><00:26:26.829><c> hail,</c>

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merciful<00:26:28.369><c> and</c><00:26:28.730><c> gracious,</c><00:26:29.549><c> long</c><00:26:29.930><c>-suffering</c><00:26:30.309><c> and</c><00:26:30.650><c> abundant</c><00:26:31.009><c> in</c>

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goodness<00:26:31.509><c> and</c><00:26:31.869><c> truth.</c><00:26:32.589><c> That</c><00:26:32.829><c> was</c><00:26:33.049><c> the</c>

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character<00:26:33.690><c> that</c><00:26:33.950><c> the</c><00:26:34.130><c> Lord</c><00:26:34.329><c> Jesus</c><00:26:34.829><c> Christ</c><00:26:35.230><c> showed.</c><00:26:36.150><c> He</c><00:26:36.390><c> that</c>

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hath<00:26:36.829><c> seen</c><00:26:37.089><c> me</c><00:26:37.269><c> hath</c><00:26:37.490><c> seen</c><00:26:37.849><c> the</c><00:26:38.029><c> Father.</c>

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When<00:26:39.029><c> they</c><00:26:39.289><c> looked</c><00:26:39.529><c> on</c><00:26:39.769><c> the</c><00:26:39.849><c> Lord</c><00:26:40.029><c> Jesus</c><00:26:40.450><c> Christ,</c><00:26:41.250><c> there</c><00:26:41.349><c> was</c>

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God<00:26:42.170><c> in</c><00:26:42.529><c> all</c><00:26:42.950><c> his</c><00:26:43.250><c> glory</c><00:26:43.930><c> manifested</c>

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to<00:26:44.990><c> his</c><00:26:45.210><c> people.</c><00:26:46.089><c> Immanuel,</c><00:26:47.250><c> God</c><00:26:47.750><c> with</c><00:26:48.250><c> us.</c><00:26:49.789><c> And</c><00:26:50.009><c> Jesus</c><00:26:50.349><c> went</c>

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a<00:26:50.789><c> step</c><00:26:50.970><c> further,</c><00:26:51.450><c> brethren</c><00:26:51.569><c> and</c><00:26:51.789><c> sisters,</c>

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word,<00:26:56.549><c> the</c><00:26:56.829><c> works,</c><00:26:57.430><c> and</c><00:26:57.569><c> the</c>

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character,<00:26:58.690><c> John</c><00:26:58.990><c> says,</c><00:26:59.869><c> we</c><00:26:59.950><c> have</c><00:27:00.430><c> handled</c><00:27:01.009><c> of</c><00:27:01.710><c> the</c><00:27:01.890><c> word</c><00:27:02.150><c> of</c>

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life.<00:27:03.430><c> And</c><00:27:03.609><c> on</c><00:27:03.730><c> the</c><00:27:03.970><c> resurrection</c><00:27:04.509><c> morn,</c>

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as<00:27:05.089><c> they</c><00:27:05.089><c> came</c><00:27:05.670><c> and</c><00:27:06.410><c> presented</c><00:27:06.690><c> themselves,</c><00:27:07.109><c> as</c><00:27:07.369><c> Jesus</c><00:27:07.589><c> presented</c><00:27:08.069><c> himself</c><00:27:08.490><c> to</c>

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the<00:27:08.869><c> disciples,</c>

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divine<00:27:15.490><c> nature.</c><00:27:16.970><c> Jesus</c><00:27:17.529><c> presented</c><00:27:18.589><c> himself</c>

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in<00:27:25.329><c> him</c><00:27:25.849><c> dwelt</c><00:27:26.210><c> the</c>

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fullness<00:27:27.130><c> of</c><00:27:27.450><c> the</c><00:27:27.750><c> Godhead</c><00:27:28.450><c> bodily.</c><00:27:29.650><c> And</c><00:27:29.890><c> we</c><00:27:29.990><c> get</c><00:27:30.150><c> an</c><00:27:30.329><c> idea,</c>

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brethren<00:27:30.950><c> and</c><00:27:31.170><c> sisters,</c><00:27:31.470><c> of</c><00:27:31.650><c> the</c><00:27:31.970><c> awesomeness</c>

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disciples,<00:27:38.430><c> having</c><00:27:38.869><c> witnessed</c><00:27:39.289><c> the</c>

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resurrected<00:27:40.049><c> Lord</c><00:27:40.549><c> in</c><00:27:41.109><c> the</c><00:27:41.329><c> absence</c><00:27:41.710><c> of</c><00:27:42.049><c> Thomas,</c><00:27:43.250><c> and</c><00:27:43.569><c> believe.</c><00:27:44.269><c> And</c><00:27:44.470><c> when</c><00:27:44.569><c> they</c><00:27:44.769><c> tried</c><00:27:44.950><c> to</c>

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tell<00:27:45.349><c> Thomas</c>

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all<00:27:46.069><c> about</c><00:27:46.369><c> the</c><00:27:46.589><c> resurrected</c><00:27:47.029><c> Lord,</c><00:27:47.869><c> and</c><00:27:47.990><c> he</c><00:27:48.049><c> wouldn't</c><00:27:48.369><c> believe,</c><00:27:49.890><c> Jesus</c>

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again,<00:27:50.690><c> some</c><00:27:50.809><c> eight</c><00:27:50.990><c> days</c><00:27:51.250><c> later</c>

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time<00:27:55.789><c> was</c><00:27:55.970><c> with</c><00:27:56.190><c> him.</c><00:27:56.910><c> Then</c><00:27:57.329><c> came</c><00:27:57.650><c> Jesus,</c><00:28:02.730><c> the</c>

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Lord,<00:28:03.390><c> then</c><00:28:03.390><c> said</c><00:28:03.650><c> he</c><00:28:03.829><c> to</c><00:28:04.069><c> Thomas,</c><00:28:05.069><c> reach</c><00:28:05.410><c> hither</c><00:28:05.650><c> thy</c><00:28:05.950><c> finger,</c><00:28:06.930><c> and</c><00:28:07.069><c> behold</c><00:28:07.349><c> my</c>

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hands.<00:28:08.569><c> Reach</c><00:28:08.849><c> hither</c>

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believing.<00:28:13.609><c> And</c><00:28:13.930><c> what</c><00:28:14.049><c> was</c>

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Thomas'<00:28:14.769><c> reaction?</c><00:28:15.650><c> He</c><00:28:15.990><c> handled,</c><00:28:17.410><c> behold,</c><00:28:18.890><c> my</c><00:28:19.210><c> Lord</c><00:28:19.730><c> and</c><00:28:20.170><c> my</c>

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God.<00:28:21.829><c> And</c><00:28:22.049><c> there</c><00:28:22.150><c> for</c><00:28:22.369><c> the</c><00:28:22.609><c> first</c><00:28:22.849><c> time,</c>

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my<00:28:23.329><c> dear</c><00:28:23.529><c> brethren</c><00:28:23.789><c> and</c><00:28:24.029><c> sisters,</c><00:28:24.549><c> Thomas</c><00:28:24.910><c> recognized</c><00:28:25.730><c> the</c>

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wealth<00:28:26.309><c> of</c><00:28:26.589><c> meaning</c><00:28:26.789><c> in</c><00:28:27.130><c> those</c><00:28:27.349><c> words</c><00:28:27.809><c> in</c><00:28:28.130><c> Zechariah</c>

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12,<00:28:29.690><c> where</c><00:28:30.029><c> Yahweh</c><00:28:30.450><c> said,</c><00:28:30.930><c> They</c><00:28:30.930><c> shall</c><00:28:31.210><c> look</c><00:28:31.509><c> upon</c><00:28:31.809><c> me</c><00:28:32.769><c> whom</c>

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they<00:28:33.349><c> have</c><00:28:33.630><c> pierced.</c><00:28:34.990><c> And</c><00:28:35.289><c> there</c><00:28:35.490><c> he</c><00:28:35.589><c> had</c>

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the<00:28:36.089><c> ability</c><00:28:36.609><c> to</c><00:28:37.430><c> handle</c><00:28:38.170><c> the</c><00:28:38.650><c> word</c><00:28:38.910><c> of</c><00:28:39.170><c> life.</c><00:28:41.369><c> They</c><00:28:41.769><c> heard,</c>

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they<00:28:43.430><c> perceived,</c><00:28:44.990><c> they</c><00:28:45.329><c> contemplated,</c>

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and<00:28:47.210><c> they</c><00:28:47.509><c> handled</c><00:28:48.490><c> the</c><00:28:49.049><c> divine</c><00:28:49.349><c> nature,</c><00:28:50.549><c> the</c><00:28:50.849><c> word</c><00:28:51.109><c> of</c><00:28:51.390><c> life.</c>

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God<00:28:52.049><c> was</c><00:28:52.430><c> manifest</c><00:28:52.990><c> in</c><00:28:53.190><c> the</c><00:28:53.410><c> flesh,</c><00:28:54.529><c> justified</c>

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in<00:28:55.329><c> the</c><00:28:55.630><c> spirit.</c><00:28:57.269><c> And</c><00:28:57.569><c> that</c><00:28:57.690><c> was</c><00:28:57.950><c> the</c><00:28:58.210><c> standard</c><00:28:58.630><c> which</c><00:28:59.450><c> was</c><00:28:59.849><c> set</c><00:29:00.009><c> before</c><00:29:00.369><c> the</c><00:29:00.609><c> disciples</c><00:29:01.029><c> of</c>

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the<00:29:01.430><c> first</c>

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is<00:29:05.329><c> set</c><00:29:05.549><c> before</c><00:29:05.930><c> us,</c><00:29:06.930><c> because</c>

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John<00:29:07.549><c> continues</c><00:29:08.150><c> in</c><00:29:08.369><c> verse</c><00:29:08.710><c> 5.</c><00:29:09.769><c> This</c><00:29:10.150><c> then</c><00:29:10.430><c> is</c><00:29:10.609><c> the</c><00:29:10.769><c> message</c>

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which<00:29:11.289><c> we</c><00:29:11.490><c> have</c><00:29:11.769><c> heard</c><00:29:11.890><c> in</c><00:29:12.049><c> John</c><00:29:12.309><c> chapter</c>

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1,<00:29:12.910><c> verse</c><00:29:13.170><c> 5,</c><00:29:13.529><c> his</c><00:29:13.730><c> epistle.</c><00:29:14.710><c> This</c><00:29:15.069><c> then</c><00:29:15.309><c> is</c><00:29:15.490><c> the</c><00:29:15.650><c> message</c><00:29:15.910><c> which</c><00:29:16.170><c> we</c>

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have<00:29:16.650><c> heard</c><00:29:16.829><c> of</c><00:29:17.009><c> him,</c><00:29:17.609><c> and</c><00:29:17.930><c> declare</c>

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them<00:29:18.430><c> to</c><00:29:18.609><c> you,</c><00:29:19.410><c> that</c><00:29:19.630><c> God</c><00:29:19.990><c> is</c><00:29:20.410><c> light,</c><00:29:21.289><c> and</c><00:29:21.710><c> in</c><00:29:21.970><c> him</c><00:29:22.410><c> is</c><00:29:23.029><c> no</c><00:29:23.329><c> darkness</c><00:29:23.670><c> at</c>

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all.<00:29:33.029><c> God</c><00:29:33.390><c> is</c><00:29:33.670><c> light,</c><00:29:34.650><c> and</c><00:29:35.509><c> in</c>

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him<00:29:36.710><c> is</c><00:29:37.349><c> no</c><00:29:37.869><c> darkness</c><00:29:38.670><c> at</c><00:29:39.369><c> all.</c><00:29:41.089><c> As</c><00:29:41.410><c> far</c><00:29:41.589><c> as</c><00:29:41.750><c> God</c><00:29:41.930><c> is</c><00:29:42.190><c> concerned,</c><00:29:42.589><c> my</c><00:29:42.789><c> dear</c>

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brethren<00:29:43.210><c> and</c><00:29:43.430><c> sisters,</c><00:29:44.490><c> there</c>

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is<00:29:45.069><c> no</c><00:29:45.329><c> heart</c><00:29:45.589><c> measures.</c><00:29:47.250><c> When</c><00:29:47.349><c> it</c><00:29:47.509><c> comes</c><00:29:47.750><c> to</c><00:29:48.029><c> fellowship</c><00:29:48.490><c> around</c><00:29:48.849><c> the</c>

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things<00:29:49.250><c> of</c><00:29:49.450><c> the</c><00:29:49.670><c> truth,</c><00:29:50.930><c> there</c><00:29:51.069><c> are</c>

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no<00:29:51.450><c> shades</c><00:29:51.769><c> of</c><00:29:52.069><c> gray</c><00:29:52.329><c> and</c><00:29:53.029><c> white</c><00:29:53.470><c> and</c><00:29:53.789><c> dark.</c><00:29:55.869><c> In</c><00:29:56.210><c> God</c><00:29:56.529><c> is</c><00:29:56.970><c> light,</c><00:29:58.349><c> and</c>

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in<00:29:59.049><c> him</c><00:29:59.529><c> is</c><00:30:00.349><c> no</c><00:30:00.650><c> darkness</c><00:30:01.009><c> at</c><00:30:01.329><c> all.</c>

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Verse<00:30:02.789><c> 6</c><00:30:03.029><c> tells</c><00:30:03.329><c> us,</c><00:30:03.609><c> if</c><00:30:03.630><c> we</c><00:30:03.950><c> say</c><00:30:04.130><c> we</c><00:30:04.329><c> have</c><00:30:04.589><c> fellowship</c><00:30:04.950><c> with</c>

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him<00:30:05.490><c> and</c><00:30:05.869><c> we</c><00:30:06.250><c> walk</c><00:30:06.470><c> in</c><00:30:06.750><c> darkness,</c><00:30:07.930><c> then</c><00:30:08.109><c> we</c>

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lie,<00:30:09.009><c> and</c><00:30:09.410><c> we</c><00:30:09.650><c> do</c><00:30:09.869><c> not</c><00:30:10.130><c> the</c><00:30:10.349><c> truth.</c><00:30:11.069><c> But</c><00:30:11.230><c> if</c><00:30:11.450><c> we</c><00:30:11.750><c> walk</c><00:30:12.049><c> in</c><00:30:12.309><c> light</c>

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as<00:30:13.190><c> Jesus</c><00:30:13.710><c> is</c><00:30:14.029><c> in</c><00:30:14.170><c> the</c><00:30:14.430><c> light,</c><00:30:16.670><c> then</c><00:30:16.910><c> we</c>

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have<00:30:17.430><c> fellowship</c><00:30:17.750><c> one</c><00:30:17.990><c> with</c><00:30:18.190><c> another,</c><00:30:19.390><c> and</c><00:30:19.569><c> the</c><00:30:19.670><c> blood</c><00:30:19.849><c> of</c><00:30:19.950><c> Jesus</c><00:30:20.410><c> Christ</c><00:30:20.710><c> his</c><00:30:20.950><c> son</c><00:30:21.930><c> cleanses</c><00:30:22.589><c> us</c>

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from<00:30:23.470><c> all</c><00:30:23.769><c> sin.</c><00:30:24.549><c> If</c><00:30:24.789><c> we</c><00:30:25.190><c> walk</c><00:30:25.410><c> in</c><00:30:25.730><c> light</c><00:30:26.269><c> as</c><00:30:26.809><c> he</c><00:30:27.150><c> is</c><00:30:27.390><c> in</c><00:30:27.529><c> the</c><00:30:27.670><c> light,</c><00:30:28.029><c> and</c>

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there<00:30:28.349><c> is</c><00:30:28.569><c> the</c><00:30:28.809><c> standard</c><00:30:29.029><c> set</c>

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before<00:30:29.630><c> us,</c><00:30:30.529><c> there</c><00:30:30.769><c> are</c><00:30:31.009><c> no</c><00:30:31.210><c> double</c><00:30:31.609><c> standards</c><00:30:31.990><c> in</c><00:30:32.230><c> the</c><00:30:32.430><c> truth.</c><00:30:33.390><c> Jesus</c>

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is<00:30:34.069><c> the</c><00:30:34.269><c> pattern,</c><00:30:35.130><c> he</c><00:30:35.410><c> is</c><00:30:35.630><c> the</c>

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standard<00:30:36.190><c> that</c><00:30:36.349><c> God</c><00:30:36.549><c> has</c><00:30:36.809><c> revealed</c><00:30:37.049><c> to</c><00:30:37.230><c> us</c><00:30:37.390><c> as</c><00:30:37.609><c> far</c><00:30:37.769><c> as</c><00:30:37.890><c> his</c><00:30:38.089><c> truth</c><00:30:38.250><c> is</c>

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concerned,<00:30:39.250><c> and</c><00:30:39.410><c> we</c><00:30:39.650><c> must</c><00:30:39.930><c> walk</c>

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according<00:30:40.869><c> to</c><00:30:41.130><c> that</c><00:30:41.390><c> light</c><00:30:41.630><c> as</c><00:30:41.869><c> it</c><00:30:42.009><c> is</c><00:30:42.170><c> revealed</c><00:30:42.549><c> in</c><00:30:42.730><c> his</c><00:30:42.910><c> word.</c><00:30:45.829><c> What</c>

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does<00:30:46.210><c> it</c><00:30:46.329><c> mean,</c><00:30:46.650><c> brethren</c><00:30:46.769><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:30:47.190><c> to</c><00:30:47.450><c> walk</c><00:30:48.130><c> in</c><00:30:48.569><c> darkness?</c><00:30:50.730><c> Just</c><00:30:51.049><c> have</c><00:30:51.210><c> a</c><00:30:51.269><c> look</c><00:30:51.410><c> at</c><00:30:51.509><c> John's</c><00:30:52.130><c> Gospel,</c><00:30:53.210><c> chapter</c><00:30:53.450><c> 3.</c>

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Look<00:30:57.309><c> at</c>

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some<00:30:57.490><c> of</c><00:30:57.710><c> the</c><00:30:57.809><c> characteristics</c><00:30:58.329><c> of</c><00:30:58.589><c> walking</c><00:30:58.849><c> in</c><00:30:59.089><c> darkness.</c><00:31:01.849><c> John</c><00:31:02.069><c> chapter</c><00:31:02.329><c> 3</c>

00:31:02.609 --> 00:31:05.890
and<00:31:02.750><c> verse</c><00:31:02.990><c> 19,</c><00:31:05.890><c> John</c>

00:31:05.910 --> 00:31:12.009
4.<00:31:08.289><c> This</c><00:31:08.829><c> is</c><00:31:09.170><c> the</c><00:31:09.369><c> condemnation,</c><00:31:11.049><c> that</c><00:31:11.210><c> light</c><00:31:11.450><c> is</c><00:31:11.630><c> coming</c><00:31:11.829><c> to</c>

00:31:12.009 --> 00:31:13.349
the<00:31:12.170><c> world,</c><00:31:12.490><c> and</c><00:31:12.529><c> men</c><00:31:12.710><c> love</c><00:31:12.950><c> darkness</c>

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rather<00:31:13.750><c> than</c><00:31:13.990><c> light,</c><00:31:15.210><c> because</c><00:31:15.369><c> their</c><00:31:15.670><c> deeds</c><00:31:15.930><c> are</c><00:31:16.230><c> evil.</c><00:31:17.589><c> For</c>

00:31:17.730 --> 00:31:19.670
every<00:31:17.990><c> one</c><00:31:18.170><c> that</c><00:31:18.410><c> doeth</c><00:31:18.730><c> evil</c><00:31:19.190><c> hateth</c>

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the<00:31:19.910><c> light,</c><00:31:20.990><c> neither</c><00:31:21.210><c> cometh</c><00:31:21.609><c> he</c><00:31:21.789><c> to</c><00:31:21.950><c> the</c><00:31:22.150><c> light,</c><00:31:22.509><c> lest</c><00:31:22.609><c> his</c>

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deeds<00:31:23.150><c> be</c><00:31:23.450><c> reprieved.</c><00:31:25.130><c> And</c><00:31:25.309><c> he</c><00:31:25.430><c> that</c><00:31:25.670><c> doeth</c>

00:31:26.109 --> 00:31:30.369
truth,<00:31:27.450><c> and</c><00:31:27.769><c> one</c><00:31:27.910><c> will</c><00:31:28.029><c> notice</c><00:31:28.309><c> that</c><00:31:28.609><c> term</c><00:31:28.809><c> again,</c><00:31:29.609><c> he</c><00:31:29.890><c> that</c>

00:31:30.369 --> 00:31:33.390
doeth<00:31:30.950><c> truth,</c><00:31:32.130><c> and</c><00:31:32.230><c> we'll</c><00:31:32.369><c> note</c><00:31:32.450><c> that</c><00:31:32.789><c> particularly</c>

00:31:33.390 --> 00:31:39.210
in<00:31:34.349><c> tomorrow's</c><00:31:34.970><c> subject,</c><00:31:35.769><c> he</c><00:31:35.890><c> that</c><00:31:36.150><c> practiceth</c><00:31:37.049><c> truth,</c><00:31:38.690><c> cometh</c><00:31:38.970><c> to</c>

00:31:39.210 --> 00:31:40.650
the<00:31:39.410><c> light,</c><00:31:39.849><c> and</c><00:31:40.049><c> his</c><00:31:40.289><c> deeds</c>

00:31:40.650 --> 00:31:46.049
may<00:31:40.950><c> be</c><00:31:41.210><c> manifest,</c><00:31:42.349><c> that</c><00:31:42.490><c> they</c><00:31:42.769><c> are</c><00:31:43.009><c> wrought</c><00:31:43.470><c> by</c><00:31:43.890><c> God.</c><00:31:45.569><c> So</c><00:31:45.890><c> the</c>

00:31:46.049 --> 00:31:47.609
first<00:31:46.250><c> thing</c><00:31:46.450><c> we</c><00:31:46.670><c> note</c><00:31:46.809><c> in</c><00:31:47.009><c> this</c><00:31:47.250><c> particular</c>

00:31:47.609 --> 00:31:53.470
section<00:31:47.950><c> is</c><00:31:48.130><c> men</c><00:31:48.809><c> love</c><00:31:49.289><c> darkness.</c><00:31:49.769><c> It</c><00:31:49.890><c> is</c><00:31:50.170><c> natural</c><00:31:50.630><c> to</c><00:31:50.970><c> our</c><00:31:51.609><c> human</c><00:31:51.950><c> nature.</c><00:31:53.269><c> It</c>

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is<00:31:53.750><c> a</c><00:31:53.890><c> natural</c><00:31:54.289><c> part</c>

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of<00:31:54.829><c> our</c><00:31:55.029><c> makeup.</c><00:31:55.730><c> We</c><00:31:56.009><c> love</c><00:31:56.589><c> darkness.</c><00:31:58.869><c> Why</c><00:31:59.170><c> do</c><00:31:59.289><c> men</c><00:31:59.470><c> love</c>

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darkness?<00:32:00.210><c> Because</c><00:32:00.589><c> naturally,</c><00:32:01.269><c> brethren</c>

00:32:01.430 --> 00:32:06.289
and<00:32:01.789><c> sisters,</c><00:32:01.930><c> our</c><00:32:02.170><c> deeds</c><00:32:02.509><c> are</c><00:32:03.109><c> evil.</c><00:32:04.369><c> They</c><00:32:04.589><c> are</c><00:32:04.910><c> incompatible</c><00:32:05.589><c> with</c><00:32:05.789><c> the</c><00:32:05.970><c> things</c><00:32:06.089><c> of</c>

00:32:06.289 --> 00:32:06.710
the<00:32:06.470><c> truth.</c>

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They<00:32:07.069><c> are</c><00:32:07.430><c> inconsistent</c><00:32:08.049><c> with</c><00:32:08.289><c> the</c><00:32:08.490><c> way</c><00:32:08.670><c> of</c><00:32:08.890><c> life</c><00:32:09.029><c> as</c><00:32:09.210><c> it's</c><00:32:09.410><c> set</c><00:32:09.589><c> out</c><00:32:09.769><c> in</c>

00:32:10.170 --> 00:32:12.950
the<00:32:10.329><c> Gospel.</c><00:32:12.150><c> And</c><00:32:12.349><c> our</c><00:32:12.549><c> deeds,</c>

00:32:13.150 --> 00:32:16.589
we<00:32:13.490><c> attempt</c><00:32:13.710><c> to</c><00:32:13.970><c> conceal</c><00:32:14.269><c> them.</c><00:32:15.289><c> We</c><00:32:15.430><c> only</c><00:32:15.589><c> need</c><00:32:15.690><c> to</c><00:32:15.890><c> think,</c><00:32:16.049><c> don't</c><00:32:16.250><c> we,</c><00:32:16.490><c> of</c>

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Adam<00:32:16.849><c> and</c><00:32:17.009><c> Eve.</c><00:32:18.130><c> If</c><00:32:18.210><c> they</c>

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heard<00:32:18.670><c> the</c><00:32:19.029><c> voice</c><00:32:19.329><c> of</c><00:32:19.509><c> God</c><00:32:19.769><c> walking</c><00:32:20.130><c> in</c><00:32:20.390><c> the</c><00:32:20.549><c> cool</c><00:32:20.690><c> of</c><00:32:20.849><c> the</c><00:32:21.029><c> day,</c><00:32:21.970><c> how</c>

00:32:22.009 --> 00:32:23.309
did<00:32:22.089><c> they</c><00:32:22.289><c> become</c><00:32:22.529><c> aware</c><00:32:22.849><c> of</c><00:32:22.990><c> their</c>

00:32:23.309 --> 00:32:26.170
nakedness<00:32:23.710><c> and</c><00:32:23.849><c> they</c><00:32:24.049><c> tried</c><00:32:24.190><c> to</c><00:32:24.490><c> conceal</c><00:32:24.769><c> themselves?</c><00:32:25.930><c> First</c>

00:32:26.170 --> 00:32:28.849
of<00:32:26.349><c> all</c><00:32:26.430><c> by</c><00:32:26.650><c> clothing</c><00:32:26.970><c> themselves</c><00:32:27.450><c> with</c><00:32:28.430><c> fig</c>

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leaves,<00:32:29.410><c> and</c><00:32:29.589><c> then</c><00:32:29.769><c> they</c><00:32:30.089><c> hid</c><00:32:30.210><c> in</c><00:32:30.369><c> the</c><00:32:30.589><c> garden</c><00:32:30.789><c> as</c><00:32:30.970><c> though</c><00:32:31.150><c> we</c>

00:32:31.309 --> 00:32:33.109
can<00:32:31.569><c> hide</c><00:32:31.849><c> from</c><00:32:32.049><c> God.</c><00:32:32.569><c> But</c><00:32:32.750><c> that's</c><00:32:33.009><c> the</c>

00:32:33.109 --> 00:32:35.930
situation<00:32:33.609><c> when</c><00:32:33.829><c> we</c><00:32:34.009><c> walk</c><00:32:34.230><c> in</c><00:32:34.390><c> darkness.</c><00:32:35.150><c> We</c><00:32:35.329><c> try</c><00:32:35.549><c> to</c><00:32:35.750><c> cover</c>

00:32:35.930 --> 00:32:39.170
our<00:32:36.289><c> tracks.</c><00:32:37.490><c> We</c><00:32:37.609><c> try</c><00:32:37.809><c> to</c><00:32:38.009><c> make</c><00:32:38.230><c> sure</c><00:32:38.730><c> that</c>

00:32:39.170 --> 00:32:41.630
the<00:32:39.329><c> things</c><00:32:39.490><c> which</c><00:32:39.670><c> we</c><00:32:39.829><c> are</c><00:32:39.930><c> doing</c><00:32:40.170><c> wrong</c><00:32:40.470><c> are</c><00:32:40.710><c> totally</c><00:32:41.230><c> and</c>

00:32:41.630 --> 00:32:42.930
hidden<00:32:41.829><c> from</c><00:32:42.069><c> our</c><00:32:42.250><c> brethren</c><00:32:42.470><c> and</c><00:32:42.730><c> sisters,</c>

00:32:43.109 --> 00:32:47.569
and<00:32:43.250><c> we</c><00:32:43.470><c> many</c><00:32:43.690><c> times</c><00:32:43.970><c> succeed.</c><00:32:45.630><c> And</c><00:32:45.769><c> yet</c><00:32:45.849><c> how</c><00:32:46.329><c> foolish</c><00:32:46.670><c> we</c><00:32:46.890><c> are,</c><00:32:47.109><c> brethren</c><00:32:47.309><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:32:47.710><c> to</c><00:32:47.970><c> think</c><00:32:48.309><c> that</c>

00:32:48.710 --> 00:32:53.289
we<00:32:48.829><c> can</c><00:32:49.170><c> hide</c><00:32:49.569><c> our</c><00:32:49.890><c> sins</c><00:32:50.210><c> from</c><00:32:50.490><c> our</c><00:32:50.769><c> God</c><00:32:51.150><c> and</c><00:32:51.589><c> our</c><00:32:51.849><c> Father.</c><00:32:52.849><c> That's</c><00:32:53.150><c> one</c>

00:32:53.289 --> 00:32:54.289
of<00:32:53.369><c> the</c><00:32:53.450><c> ways</c><00:32:53.670><c> of</c><00:32:53.930><c> darkness.</c>

00:32:54.289 --> 00:32:56.869
Notice<00:32:54.950><c> another</c><00:32:55.309><c> point</c><00:32:55.569><c> which</c><00:32:55.730><c> comes</c><00:32:55.930><c> out</c><00:32:56.190><c> in</c><00:32:56.329><c> John</c><00:32:56.569><c> chapter</c>

00:32:56.869 --> 00:32:59.829
8<00:32:57.150><c> verse</c><00:32:57.390><c> 12.</c><00:32:58.210><c> We</c><00:32:58.490><c> refuse</c><00:32:58.990><c> to</c><00:32:59.250><c> follow</c><00:32:59.450><c> Jesus.</c>

00:32:59.890 --> 00:33:04.410
That's<00:33:00.170><c> another</c><00:33:00.390><c> attitude</c><00:33:00.869><c> of</c><00:33:01.069><c> walking</c><00:33:01.349><c> in</c><00:33:02.130><c> darkness.</c><00:33:03.369><c> It</c><00:33:03.369><c> doesn't</c><00:33:03.549><c> actually</c><00:33:03.910><c> say</c><00:33:04.150><c> that</c><00:33:04.269><c> in</c>

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the<00:33:04.589><c> record.</c>

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It<00:33:04.910><c> is</c><00:33:05.269><c> inferred.</c><00:33:06.490><c> Verse</c><00:33:06.609><c> 12,</c><00:33:07.089><c> then</c><00:33:07.329><c> Jesus</c><00:33:08.089><c> again</c><00:33:08.809><c> spake</c><00:33:09.109><c> unto</c>

00:33:09.309 --> 00:33:11.829
them<00:33:09.549><c> saying,</c><00:33:10.589><c> chapter</c><00:33:10.849><c> 8</c><00:33:11.130><c> verse</c><00:33:11.349><c> 12,</c>

00:33:12.049 --> 00:33:17.150
I<00:33:12.329><c> am</c><00:33:12.630><c> the</c><00:33:12.869><c> light</c><00:33:13.029><c> of</c><00:33:13.250><c> the</c><00:33:13.450><c> world.</c><00:33:14.710><c> He</c><00:33:14.950><c> that</c><00:33:15.250><c> followeth</c><00:33:15.750><c> me</c><00:33:16.349><c> shall</c><00:33:16.769><c> not</c>

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walk<00:33:17.450><c> in</c><00:33:17.650><c> darkness,</c><00:33:18.730><c> but</c><00:33:18.809><c> he</c><00:33:19.069><c> shall</c>

00:33:19.210 --> 00:33:22.529
have<00:33:19.349><c> the</c><00:33:19.650><c> light</c><00:33:19.890><c> of</c><00:33:20.130><c> life.</c><00:33:21.369><c> And</c><00:33:21.529><c> so</c><00:33:21.630><c> by</c><00:33:21.930><c> inference,</c><00:33:22.349><c> brethren</c>

00:33:22.529 --> 00:33:24.269
and<00:33:22.769><c> sisters,</c><00:33:22.890><c> if</c><00:33:23.109><c> we</c><00:33:23.349><c> refuse</c><00:33:23.789><c> to</c><00:33:24.029><c> follow</c>

00:33:24.269 --> 00:33:28.150
Jesus,<00:33:24.950><c> then</c><00:33:25.089><c> we</c><00:33:25.230><c> are</c><00:33:25.470><c> walking</c><00:33:25.769><c> in</c><00:33:25.990><c> darkness.</c><00:33:27.609><c> And</c><00:33:27.869><c> again</c><00:33:27.990><c> in</c>

00:33:28.150 --> 00:33:31.750
John<00:33:28.369><c> chapter</c><00:33:28.670><c> 12</c><00:33:29.470><c> and</c><00:33:29.750><c> verse</c><00:33:30.049><c> 48,</c><00:33:31.410><c> Jesus</c>

00:33:31.750 --> 00:33:37.329
says,<00:33:32.170><c> verse</c><00:33:32.769><c> 46,</c><00:33:33.470><c> I'm</c><00:33:33.609><c> sorry,</c><00:33:34.470><c> I</c><00:33:34.569><c> come</c><00:33:34.849><c> a</c><00:33:35.029><c> right</c><00:33:35.170><c> into</c><00:33:35.390><c> the</c><00:33:35.690><c> world</c><00:33:35.869><c> that</c><00:33:36.089><c> whosoever</c><00:33:36.670><c> believeth</c><00:33:37.069><c> on</c>

00:33:37.329 --> 00:33:41.289
me<00:33:37.750><c> should</c><00:33:38.029><c> not</c><00:33:38.349><c> abide</c><00:33:38.650><c> in</c><00:33:38.869><c> darkness.</c><00:33:39.269><c> And</c><00:33:39.490><c> again</c><00:33:39.710><c> by</c><00:33:39.990><c> inference,</c><00:33:40.710><c> if</c><00:33:40.990><c> we</c>

00:33:41.289 --> 00:33:42.890
do<00:33:41.609><c> not</c><00:33:41.970><c> walk</c><00:33:42.210><c> in</c><00:33:42.410><c> that</c><00:33:42.670><c> light,</c>

00:33:42.910 --> 00:33:46.369
then<00:33:43.069><c> we</c><00:33:43.250><c> are</c><00:33:43.490><c> unbelieving.</c><00:33:44.869><c> Now</c><00:33:45.029><c> these</c><00:33:45.210><c> things</c><00:33:45.490><c> are</c><00:33:45.690><c> not</c><00:33:45.890><c> spoken</c><00:33:46.210><c> to</c>

00:33:46.369 --> 00:33:48.470
those<00:33:46.609><c> outside</c><00:33:47.109><c> of</c><00:33:47.269><c> the</c><00:33:47.450><c> ecclesiast.</c>

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These<00:33:48.970><c> are</c><00:33:49.170><c> not</c><00:33:49.450><c> talking</c><00:33:49.670><c> to</c><00:33:49.869><c> people</c><00:33:50.109><c> who</c><00:33:50.309><c> have</c><00:33:50.450><c> no</c><00:33:50.730><c> knowledge</c>

00:33:50.990 --> 00:33:53.470
of<00:33:51.190><c> the</c><00:33:51.410><c> truth.</c><00:33:52.569><c> He's</c><00:33:52.789><c> talking</c><00:33:53.069><c> to</c><00:33:53.250><c> you</c>

00:33:53.470 --> 00:33:56.710
and<00:33:53.609><c> I,</c><00:33:53.869><c> brethren</c><00:33:53.990><c> and</c><00:33:54.289><c> sisters,</c><00:33:55.049><c> men</c><00:33:55.309><c> who</c><00:33:55.529><c> love</c><00:33:55.730><c> darkness</c><00:33:56.269><c> because</c><00:33:56.569><c> it</c>

00:33:56.710 --> 00:33:58.650
is<00:33:56.950><c> natural</c><00:33:57.369><c> to</c><00:33:57.609><c> do</c><00:33:57.769><c> wrong,</c>

00:33:58.750 --> 00:34:02.069
men<00:33:58.950><c> who</c><00:33:59.190><c> try</c><00:33:59.329><c> to</c><00:33:59.549><c> conceal</c><00:33:59.990><c> their</c><00:34:00.329><c> deeds</c><00:34:00.569><c> and</c><00:34:00.710><c> who</c><00:34:01.089><c> refuse</c><00:34:01.450><c> from</c><00:34:01.750><c> time</c><00:34:01.930><c> to</c>

00:34:02.069 --> 00:34:02.890
time<00:34:02.230><c> to</c><00:34:02.349><c> follow</c><00:34:02.589><c> the</c><00:34:02.730><c> Lord</c>

00:34:02.890 --> 00:34:06.170
Jesus<00:34:03.269><c> Christ.</c><00:34:04.130><c> And</c><00:34:04.369><c> because</c><00:34:04.609><c> of</c><00:34:04.829><c> our</c><00:34:05.069><c> attitude</c><00:34:05.529><c> towards</c><00:34:05.930><c> the</c>

00:34:06.170 --> 00:34:08.210
things<00:34:06.390><c> of</c><00:34:06.710><c> life</c><00:34:07.089><c> within</c><00:34:07.549><c> the</c><00:34:07.869><c> confines</c>

00:34:08.210 --> 00:34:15.550
of<00:34:08.409><c> the</c><00:34:08.590><c> truth,</c><00:34:08.989><c> we</c><00:34:09.150><c> demonstrate</c><00:34:09.690><c> an</c><00:34:10.090><c> unbelieving</c><00:34:10.630><c> heart.</c><00:34:15.070><c> It</c>

00:34:15.550 --> 00:34:17.949
is<00:34:15.769><c> one</c><00:34:16.070><c> who</c><00:34:16.389><c> rejects</c><00:34:17.750><c> the</c><00:34:17.949><c> authority</c>

00:34:17.969 --> 00:34:21.849
of<00:34:18.510><c> God's</c><00:34:19.030><c> word.</c><00:34:19.269><c> We'll</c><00:34:19.389><c> not</c><00:34:19.530><c> look</c><00:34:19.630><c> those</c><00:34:19.949><c> passages</c><00:34:20.329><c> up</c><00:34:21.030><c> because</c><00:34:21.590><c> down</c>

00:34:21.849 --> 00:34:23.989
time<00:34:22.030><c> doesn't</c><00:34:22.369><c> permit.</c><00:34:23.750><c> You</c><00:34:23.909><c> want</c>

00:34:23.989 --> 00:34:26.449
to<00:34:24.150><c> notice</c><00:34:24.349><c> what</c><00:34:24.550><c> John</c><00:34:24.829><c> says</c><00:34:25.190><c> as</c><00:34:25.469><c> far</c><00:34:25.650><c> as</c><00:34:25.769><c> this</c><00:34:25.929><c> is</c><00:34:26.150><c> concerned</c>

00:34:26.449 --> 00:34:30.369
in<00:34:26.730><c> the</c><00:34:27.230><c> eighth</c><00:34:27.590><c> verse</c><00:34:27.889><c> of</c><00:34:28.110><c> his</c><00:34:28.869><c> epistle.</c>

00:34:34.130 --> 00:34:36.909
He's<00:34:34.289><c> talking</c><00:34:34.570><c> about</c><00:34:34.849><c> those</c><00:34:35.110><c> who</c><00:34:35.289><c> are</c><00:34:35.489><c> walking</c><00:34:35.690><c> in</c><00:34:35.969><c> darkness.</c>

00:34:37.190 --> 00:34:39.409
Notice<00:34:37.510><c> what</c><00:34:37.670><c> he</c><00:34:37.869><c> says</c><00:34:38.070><c> in</c><00:34:38.230><c> verse</c><00:34:38.489><c> eight.</c>

00:34:39.769 --> 00:34:45.809
If<00:34:40.010><c> we</c><00:34:40.489><c> say</c><00:34:41.050><c> that</c><00:34:42.030><c> we</c><00:34:42.250><c> have</c><00:34:42.429><c> no</c><00:34:42.750><c> sin,</c><00:34:44.690><c> we</c><00:34:45.050><c> deceive</c><00:34:45.389><c> ourselves</c>

00:34:45.809 --> 00:34:47.389
and<00:34:46.010><c> the</c><00:34:46.190><c> truth</c><00:34:46.349><c> is</c><00:34:46.550><c> not</c><00:34:46.690><c> in</c><00:34:46.849><c> us.</c><00:34:46.969><c> If</c><00:34:47.130><c> we</c>

00:34:47.389 --> 00:34:50.110
confess<00:34:47.710><c> our</c><00:34:48.190><c> sins,</c><00:34:48.489><c> he</c><00:34:48.730><c> is</c><00:34:48.949><c> faithful</c><00:34:49.289><c> and</c><00:34:49.550><c> just</c><00:34:49.730><c> to</c><00:34:49.889><c> forgive</c>

00:34:50.110 --> 00:34:52.550
us.<00:34:50.769><c> Verse</c><00:34:50.909><c> ten.</c><00:34:51.570><c> If</c><00:34:51.570><c> we</c><00:34:51.969><c> say</c><00:34:52.170><c> that</c><00:34:52.389><c> we</c>

00:34:52.550 --> 00:34:55.909
have<00:34:52.809><c> not</c><00:34:53.269><c> sinned,</c><00:34:54.389><c> we</c><00:34:54.610><c> make</c><00:34:54.829><c> him</c><00:34:55.070><c> a</c><00:34:55.250><c> liar</c><00:34:55.309><c> and</c><00:34:55.510><c> the</c><00:34:55.590><c> word</c><00:34:55.809><c> of</c>

00:34:55.909 --> 00:34:58.849
God<00:34:56.170><c> is</c><00:34:56.389><c> not</c><00:34:56.570><c> in</c><00:34:56.710><c> us.</c><00:34:57.190><c> Now</c><00:34:57.349><c> just</c><00:34:57.690><c> think</c><00:34:58.610><c> about</c>

00:34:58.849 --> 00:35:01.369
those<00:34:59.070><c> two</c><00:34:59.329><c> terms</c><00:34:59.550><c> for</c><00:34:59.769><c> a</c><00:34:59.869><c> moment,</c><00:35:00.210><c> brethren</c><00:35:00.349><c> and</c><00:35:00.590><c> sisters.</c>

00:35:01.409 --> 00:35:06.449
If<00:35:01.750><c> we</c><00:35:02.230><c> say</c><00:35:02.849><c> that</c><00:35:03.650><c> we</c><00:35:03.869><c> have</c><00:35:04.130><c> no</c><00:35:04.550><c> sin,</c><00:35:06.130><c> we</c>

00:35:06.449 --> 00:35:10.670
deceive<00:35:06.789><c> ourselves.</c><00:35:07.809><c> If</c><00:35:08.090><c> we</c><00:35:08.429><c> say</c><00:35:08.550><c> that</c><00:35:08.769><c> we</c><00:35:08.929><c> have</c><00:35:09.250><c> not</c><00:35:09.610><c> sinned,</c>

00:35:10.789 --> 00:35:17.369
then<00:35:10.909><c> we</c><00:35:11.110><c> make</c><00:35:11.289><c> God</c><00:35:11.670><c> a</c><00:35:11.969><c> liar.</c><00:35:16.889><c> They're</c>

00:35:17.369 --> 00:35:20.210
and<00:35:17.670><c> the</c><00:35:17.769><c> result</c><00:35:18.150><c> of</c><00:35:18.389><c> that</c><00:35:18.630><c> claim</c><00:35:18.889><c> was</c><00:35:19.210><c> that</c><00:35:19.349><c> they</c><00:35:19.469><c> didn't</c><00:35:19.670><c> have</c><00:35:19.869><c> any</c>

00:35:20.210 --> 00:35:22.110
sins<00:35:20.590><c> to</c><00:35:21.070><c> seek</c><00:35:21.250><c> forgiveness</c><00:35:21.710><c> for</c>

00:35:22.110 --> 00:35:25.989
it.<00:35:22.909><c> Now</c><00:35:23.010><c> just</c><00:35:23.170><c> imagine,</c><00:35:24.690><c> is</c><00:35:24.809><c> there</c><00:35:25.010><c> anybody</c><00:35:25.409><c> in</c><00:35:25.530><c> this</c><00:35:25.750><c> room,</c>

00:35:26.110 --> 00:35:27.190
brethren<00:35:26.230><c> and</c><00:35:26.429><c> sisters,</c><00:35:26.650><c> who</c><00:35:26.849><c> would</c>

00:35:27.190 --> 00:35:31.869
dare<00:35:27.369><c> to</c><00:35:27.670><c> claim</c><00:35:28.030><c> that</c><00:35:28.489><c> we</c><00:35:28.670><c> are</c><00:35:28.909><c> free</c><00:35:29.090><c> from</c><00:35:29.449><c> sin?</c><00:35:30.929><c> Is</c><00:35:31.170><c> there</c><00:35:31.429><c> anyone</c><00:35:31.690><c> in</c>

00:35:31.869 --> 00:35:33.070
this<00:35:32.110><c> room</c><00:35:32.250><c> who</c><00:35:32.409><c> would</c><00:35:32.690><c> dare</c><00:35:32.829><c> to</c>

00:35:33.070 --> 00:35:35.829
say<00:35:33.269><c> that</c><00:35:33.630><c> we</c><00:35:33.769><c> have</c><00:35:33.989><c> never</c><00:35:34.289><c> sinned</c><00:35:34.550><c> in</c><00:35:34.769><c> our</c><00:35:34.969><c> life</c><00:35:35.210><c> and</c><00:35:35.469><c> we</c><00:35:35.670><c> know</c>

00:35:35.829 --> 00:35:36.989
that<00:35:35.989><c> that's</c><00:35:36.210><c> not</c><00:35:36.389><c> true?</c><00:35:36.610><c> None</c><00:35:36.829><c> of</c>

00:35:36.989 --> 00:35:40.570
us<00:35:37.110><c> would</c><00:35:37.429><c> verbally</c><00:35:37.769><c> make</c><00:35:38.050><c> that</c><00:35:38.409><c> point.</c><00:35:39.670><c> And</c><00:35:39.909><c> yet</c><00:35:40.070><c> here</c><00:35:40.329><c> John</c>

00:35:40.570 --> 00:35:43.090
says,<00:35:41.289><c> if</c><00:35:41.429><c> we</c><00:35:41.849><c> say</c><00:35:42.090><c> that</c><00:35:42.289><c> we</c><00:35:42.469><c> have</c><00:35:42.710><c> no</c>

00:35:43.090 --> 00:35:47.349
sin,<00:35:44.170><c> then</c><00:35:44.429><c> we</c><00:35:44.650><c> are</c><00:35:44.969><c> liars.</c><00:35:45.409><c> We</c><00:35:45.530><c> deceive</c><00:35:45.989><c> ourselves</c><00:35:46.650><c> and</c><00:35:47.170><c> the</c>

00:35:47.349 --> 00:35:49.730
truth<00:35:47.570><c> of</c><00:35:47.789><c> God</c><00:35:48.110><c> is</c><00:35:48.489><c> not</c><00:35:48.690><c> in</c><00:35:48.849><c> us.</c><00:35:49.329><c> And</c><00:35:49.510><c> what</c>

00:35:49.730 --> 00:35:53.369
John<00:35:49.909><c> is</c><00:35:50.190><c> saying</c><00:35:50.630><c> is</c><00:35:51.429><c> that</c><00:35:51.670><c> these</c><00:35:52.070><c> kind</c><00:35:52.349><c> of</c><00:35:52.590><c> comments</c><00:35:52.869><c> are</c><00:35:53.130><c> not</c>

00:35:53.369 --> 00:35:56.190
verbally<00:35:53.789><c> expressed,</c><00:35:55.230><c> but</c><00:35:55.329><c> they</c><00:35:55.590><c> are</c><00:35:55.849><c> revealed</c>

00:35:56.190 --> 00:35:59.710
in<00:35:56.389><c> an</c><00:35:56.590><c> attitude</c><00:35:56.909><c> of</c><00:35:57.250><c> mind</c><00:35:57.489><c> which</c><00:35:57.730><c> is</c><00:35:58.050><c> displayed</c><00:35:58.730><c> in</c><00:35:59.210><c> our</c><00:35:59.530><c> walk</c>

00:35:59.710 --> 00:36:02.130
before<00:36:00.170><c> Almighty</c><00:36:00.650><c> God.</c><00:36:01.889><c> And</c><00:36:02.030><c> we're</c>

00:36:02.130 --> 00:36:05.329
going<00:36:02.289><c> to</c><00:36:02.429><c> give</c><00:36:02.550><c> you</c><00:36:02.670><c> an</c><00:36:02.769><c> illustration.</c><00:36:04.329><c> Remember</c><00:36:04.650><c> this</c><00:36:04.869><c> morning</c><00:36:05.130><c> how</c>

00:36:05.329 --> 00:36:06.869
Brother<00:36:05.650><c> John</c><00:36:05.949><c> in</c><00:36:06.389><c> his</c><00:36:06.650><c> talk</c>

00:36:06.869 --> 00:36:10.849
on<00:36:07.090><c> Jeremiah</c><00:36:07.530><c> showed</c><00:36:08.030><c> that</c><00:36:08.230><c> the</c><00:36:08.510><c> kind</c><00:36:08.789><c> of</c><00:36:09.050><c> human</c><00:36:09.250><c> nature</c><00:36:09.789><c> expressed</c><00:36:10.610><c> in</c>

00:36:10.849 --> 00:36:12.789
Israel<00:36:11.389><c> had</c><00:36:11.989><c> changed</c><00:36:12.349><c> very</c>

00:36:12.789 --> 00:36:16.909
little<00:36:13.170><c> in</c><00:36:13.530><c> the</c><00:36:13.769><c> days</c><00:36:13.909><c> of</c><00:36:14.130><c> the</c><00:36:14.210><c> Lord</c><00:36:14.369><c> Jesus</c><00:36:14.789><c> Christ.</c><00:36:16.489><c> Well</c><00:36:16.789><c> now</c>

00:36:16.909 --> 00:36:18.369
we<00:36:17.070><c> go</c><00:36:17.309><c> one</c><00:36:17.550><c> step</c><00:36:17.769><c> further,</c><00:36:18.289><c> brethren</c>

00:36:18.369 --> 00:36:20.989
and<00:36:18.610><c> sisters,</c><00:36:19.389><c> and</c><00:36:19.530><c> we</c><00:36:19.710><c> find</c><00:36:19.869><c> the</c><00:36:20.050><c> kind</c><00:36:20.250><c> of</c><00:36:20.469><c> attitude</c><00:36:20.750><c> which</c>

00:36:20.989 --> 00:36:23.269
was<00:36:21.230><c> expressed</c><00:36:21.670><c> in</c><00:36:21.929><c> the</c><00:36:22.150><c> Pharisees</c><00:36:22.610><c> of</c><00:36:22.829><c> Jesus</c>

00:36:23.269 --> 00:36:28.570
Day<00:36:23.809><c> has</c><00:36:24.210><c> changed</c><00:36:24.550><c> very</c><00:36:25.010><c> little</c><00:36:25.530><c> when</c><00:36:25.909><c> it</c><00:36:26.070><c> comes</c><00:36:26.349><c> to</c><00:36:26.650><c> righteousness</c><00:36:27.070><c> being</c><00:36:27.489><c> expressed</c><00:36:27.889><c> in</c><00:36:28.130><c> ecclesial</c>

00:36:28.570 --> 00:36:34.349
life.<00:36:30.630><c> Human</c><00:36:30.889><c> nature</c><00:36:31.289><c> has</c><00:36:31.489><c> never</c><00:36:31.750><c> changed.</c><00:36:33.369><c> We</c><00:36:33.590><c> are</c><00:36:33.809><c> the</c><00:36:34.110><c> same</c>

00:36:34.349 --> 00:36:36.269
as<00:36:34.570><c> those</c><00:36:34.809><c> of</c><00:36:35.070><c> our</c><00:36:35.230><c> forefathers.</c><00:36:36.010><c> Now</c>

00:36:36.269 --> 00:36:40.210
look<00:36:36.489><c> at</c><00:36:36.690><c> the</c><00:36:37.230><c> attitude</c><00:36:37.769><c> of</c><00:36:38.050><c> unrighteousness</c><00:36:38.849><c> which</c><00:36:39.030><c> was</c><00:36:39.309><c> manifested</c><00:36:39.889><c> by</c>

00:36:40.210 --> 00:36:43.489
the<00:36:40.389><c> Pharisees.</c><00:36:43.090><c> When</c><00:36:43.250><c> we</c>

00:36:43.489 --> 00:36:46.530
reflect<00:36:43.789><c> upon</c><00:36:44.130><c> the</c><00:36:44.750><c> position</c><00:36:45.190><c> of</c><00:36:45.409><c> the</c><00:36:45.590><c> Pharisees,</c><00:36:46.210><c> the</c><00:36:46.309><c> Jews</c>

00:36:46.530 --> 00:36:48.070
were<00:36:46.809><c> described</c><00:36:47.289><c> in</c><00:36:47.510><c> the</c><00:36:47.650><c> Acts</c><00:36:47.789><c> of</c><00:36:47.949><c> the</c>

00:36:48.070 --> 00:36:53.510
Apostles<00:36:48.429><c> chapter</c><00:36:48.710><c> 7</c><00:36:49.030><c> as</c><00:36:49.250><c> the</c><00:36:49.469><c> Ecclesia</c><00:36:49.929><c> of</c><00:36:50.110><c> God.</c><00:36:51.530><c> And</c><00:36:51.670><c> in</c><00:36:51.769><c> that</c><00:36:51.969><c> Ecclesia</c><00:36:52.449><c> there</c><00:36:52.630><c> were</c><00:36:52.889><c> the</c><00:36:53.170><c> leaders</c>

00:36:53.510 --> 00:36:55.929
of<00:36:53.750><c> God's</c><00:36:54.070><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:36:54.510><c> the</c><00:36:54.730><c> scribes</c><00:36:55.070><c> and</c><00:36:55.190><c> the</c><00:36:55.389><c> Pharisees,</c><00:36:55.809><c> the</c>

00:36:55.929 --> 00:36:58.730
teachers<00:36:56.210><c> of</c><00:36:56.429><c> the</c><00:36:56.570><c> law,</c><00:36:57.110><c> those</c><00:36:57.449><c> who</c><00:36:57.809><c> were</c><00:36:58.269><c> to</c>

00:36:58.730 --> 00:37:01.889
provide<00:36:59.110><c> leadership</c><00:36:59.650><c> as</c><00:36:59.949><c> far</c><00:37:00.150><c> as</c><00:37:00.289><c> the</c><00:37:00.489><c> truth</c><00:37:00.630><c> was</c><00:37:00.889><c> concerned.</c>

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Now<00:37:02.349><c> how</c><00:37:02.550><c> did</c><00:37:02.769><c> they</c><00:37:03.090><c> display</c><00:37:03.670><c> an</c><00:37:03.949><c> attitude</c>

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of<00:37:04.570><c> unrighteousness?</c><00:37:05.769><c> Because</c><00:37:05.969><c> that's</c><00:37:06.309><c> exactly</c><00:37:06.710><c> what</c><00:37:06.849><c> is</c><00:37:06.989><c> being</c><00:37:07.309><c> termed</c><00:37:07.610><c> in</c>

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verse<00:37:08.010><c> 8.</c><00:37:09.250><c> To</c><00:37:09.489><c> consider</c>

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themselves<00:37:10.650><c> free</c><00:37:11.110><c> from</c><00:37:11.550><c> sin</c><00:37:12.010><c> is</c><00:37:13.170><c> to</c><00:37:13.409><c> display</c><00:37:13.929><c> an</c><00:37:14.269><c> attitude</c><00:37:14.730><c> of</c>

00:37:15.010 --> 00:37:16.489
unrighteousness<00:37:15.730><c> because</c><00:37:15.969><c> John</c><00:37:16.190><c> makes</c>

00:37:16.489 --> 00:37:19.690
that<00:37:16.710><c> point</c><00:37:16.909><c> in</c><00:37:17.050><c> verse</c><00:37:17.289><c> 9.</c><00:37:18.070><c> God</c><00:37:18.150><c> is</c><00:37:18.429><c> faithful</c><00:37:18.769><c> to</c><00:37:19.050><c> cleanse</c><00:37:19.329><c> us</c>

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from<00:37:20.010><c> all</c><00:37:20.469><c> unrighteousness.</c><00:37:21.949><c> Now</c><00:37:22.170><c> how</c>

00:37:22.309 --> 00:37:27.849
was<00:37:22.489><c> that</c><00:37:22.989><c> attitude</c><00:37:23.429><c> expressed?</c><00:37:24.489><c> The</c><00:37:24.710><c> first</c><00:37:24.909><c> thing</c><00:37:25.090><c> we</c><00:37:25.309><c> notice</c><00:37:25.510><c> in</c><00:37:25.730><c> Matthew</c><00:37:26.070><c> chapter</c><00:37:26.369><c> 15</c>

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where<00:37:28.329><c> Jesus</c>

00:37:28.670 --> 00:37:33.829
points<00:37:28.869><c> out</c><00:37:29.369><c> there</c><00:37:29.949><c> that</c><00:37:30.730><c> the</c><00:37:31.010><c> Pharisees,</c><00:37:31.570><c> in</c><00:37:31.730><c> order</c><00:37:32.050><c> to</c><00:37:32.630><c> accommodate</c><00:37:33.170><c> their</c><00:37:33.530><c> own</c>

00:37:33.829 --> 00:37:35.289
standards,<00:37:34.889><c> they</c><00:37:35.050><c> had</c>

00:37:35.289 --> 00:37:39.210
modified<00:37:35.889><c> the</c><00:37:36.130><c> word</c><00:37:36.329><c> of</c><00:37:36.489><c> God.</c><00:37:37.909><c> That</c><00:37:38.110><c> again</c><00:37:38.369><c> was</c><00:37:38.570><c> a</c><00:37:38.710><c> point</c><00:37:38.829><c> which</c><00:37:39.010><c> was</c>

00:37:39.210 --> 00:37:41.329
brought<00:37:39.449><c> out</c><00:37:40.210><c> in</c><00:37:40.889><c> the</c><00:37:41.110><c> cities</c>

00:37:41.329 --> 00:37:48.090
in<00:37:41.590><c> Jeremiah.</c><00:37:44.829><c> He's</c><00:37:44.829><c> stealing</c><00:37:45.010><c> all</c><00:37:45.309><c> my</c><00:37:45.530><c> thunder.</c><00:37:47.869><c> Matthew</c>

00:37:48.090 --> 00:37:52.929
chapter<00:37:48.429><c> 15,</c><00:37:49.170><c> Jesus</c><00:37:49.550><c> says</c><00:37:49.929><c> there,</c><00:37:52.730><c> verse</c>

00:37:52.929 --> 00:37:57.349
3,<00:37:53.309><c> that</c><00:37:53.409><c> he</c><00:37:53.510><c> answered</c><00:37:53.829><c> and</c><00:37:54.010><c> said</c><00:37:54.190><c> unto</c><00:37:54.349><c> them,</c><00:37:54.889><c> Why</c><00:37:55.269><c> do</c><00:37:55.570><c> ye</c><00:37:55.849><c> also</c><00:37:56.550><c> transgress</c><00:37:57.090><c> the</c>

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commandment<00:37:57.849><c> of</c><00:37:57.989><c> God</c>

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by<00:37:58.489><c> your</c><00:37:58.710><c> tradition?</c><00:38:00.610><c> For</c><00:38:00.769><c> God</c><00:38:01.030><c> commanded,</c><00:38:01.690><c> saying,</c><00:38:01.889><c> Honor</c>

00:38:02.070 --> 00:38:04.289
thy<00:38:02.309><c> father</c><00:38:02.670><c> and</c><00:38:02.829><c> mother,</c><00:38:03.449><c> and</c><00:38:03.590><c> he</c><00:38:03.690><c> that</c><00:38:03.869><c> curseth</c>

00:38:04.289 --> 00:38:07.789
father<00:38:04.610><c> or</c><00:38:04.769><c> mother,</c><00:38:05.090><c> let</c><00:38:05.110><c> him</c><00:38:05.349><c> die</c><00:38:05.590><c> the</c><00:38:05.769><c> death.</c><00:38:06.329><c> But</c><00:38:06.610><c> ye</c><00:38:07.030><c> say,</c>

00:38:08.230 --> 00:38:09.670
Whosoever<00:38:08.690><c> shall</c><00:38:08.909><c> tell</c><00:38:09.090><c> to</c><00:38:09.269><c> his</c><00:38:09.409><c> father</c>

00:38:09.670 --> 00:38:14.449
or<00:38:09.829><c> his</c><00:38:10.050><c> mother,</c><00:38:10.469><c> It</c><00:38:10.550><c> is</c><00:38:10.809><c> a</c><00:38:11.010><c> gift,</c><00:38:11.230><c> it</c><00:38:11.409><c> is</c><00:38:11.630><c> corban,</c><00:38:12.550><c> that</c><00:38:12.670><c> by</c><00:38:12.789><c> whatsoever</c><00:38:13.230><c> thou</c><00:38:13.550><c> mightest</c><00:38:13.849><c> be</c><00:38:14.150><c> profited</c>

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by<00:38:14.730><c> me,</c><00:38:15.489><c> and</c><00:38:15.730><c> honoreth</c><00:38:16.030><c> not</c><00:38:16.329><c> his</c><00:38:16.590><c> father</c><00:38:16.869><c> or</c><00:38:17.090><c> his</c><00:38:17.309><c> mother,</c><00:38:17.789><c> he</c>

00:38:18.070 --> 00:38:21.329
shall<00:38:18.309><c> be</c><00:38:18.670><c> free.</c><00:38:20.309><c> Thus</c><00:38:20.610><c> ye</c><00:38:20.869><c> have</c><00:38:21.070><c> made</c>

00:38:21.329 --> 00:38:28.210
the<00:38:21.610><c> commandment</c><00:38:22.090><c> of</c><00:38:22.269><c> God</c><00:38:22.829><c> of</c><00:38:23.329><c> non</c><00:38:23.530><c>-effect</c><00:38:24.050><c> by</c><00:38:24.750><c> your</c><00:38:25.070><c> tradition.</c><00:38:26.670><c> Ye</c><00:38:26.849><c> hypocrites!</c><00:38:28.050><c> Well</c>

00:38:28.210 --> 00:38:28.849
did<00:38:28.409><c> Isaiah,</c>

00:38:28.909 --> 00:38:32.929
the<00:38:29.789><c> prophesy</c><00:38:30.190><c> of</c><00:38:30.429><c> you,</c><00:38:30.769><c> say,</c><00:38:31.349><c> This</c><00:38:31.590><c> people</c><00:38:32.030><c> draw</c><00:38:32.409><c> nigh</c><00:38:32.730><c> unto</c>

00:38:32.929 --> 00:38:34.630
me<00:38:33.130><c> with</c><00:38:33.329><c> their</c><00:38:33.590><c> mouth,</c><00:38:34.050><c> and</c><00:38:34.230><c> honoreth</c>

00:38:34.630 --> 00:38:38.690
me<00:38:34.789><c> with</c><00:38:34.969><c> their</c><00:38:35.269><c> lips,</c><00:38:35.909><c> but</c><00:38:36.090><c> their</c><00:38:36.550><c> heart</c><00:38:36.969><c> is</c><00:38:37.309><c> far</c><00:38:37.610><c> from</c><00:38:37.889><c> me.</c>

00:38:38.909 --> 00:38:40.329
And<00:38:39.289><c> that's</c><00:38:39.570><c> exactly</c><00:38:39.909><c> what</c><00:38:40.070><c> they</c><00:38:40.210><c> were</c>

00:38:40.329 --> 00:38:43.650
doing.<00:38:41.050><c> The</c><00:38:41.230><c> law</c><00:38:41.429><c> said,</c><00:38:41.849><c> Thou</c><00:38:42.070><c> shalt</c><00:38:42.289><c> honor</c><00:38:42.769><c> thy</c><00:38:43.150><c> father</c><00:38:43.489><c> and</c>

00:38:43.650 --> 00:38:46.210
thy<00:38:43.869><c> mother.</c><00:38:45.090><c> And</c><00:38:45.349><c> by</c><00:38:45.570><c> their</c><00:38:45.809><c> tradition</c>

00:38:46.210 --> 00:38:49.070
they<00:38:46.469><c> said,</c><00:38:46.670><c> Well,</c><00:38:46.829><c> if</c><00:38:46.929><c> you</c><00:38:47.130><c> take</c><00:38:47.389><c> a</c><00:38:47.590><c> gift</c><00:38:47.750><c> to</c><00:38:47.949><c> the</c><00:38:48.130><c> altar,</c><00:38:48.909><c> and</c>

00:38:49.070 --> 00:38:50.309
really<00:38:49.230><c> what</c><00:38:49.429><c> the</c><00:38:49.570><c> Jews</c><00:38:49.710><c> said,</c><00:38:49.969><c> if</c><00:38:50.090><c> you</c>

00:38:50.309 --> 00:38:55.090
provide<00:38:50.650><c> money</c><00:38:51.250><c> and</c><00:38:51.530><c> put</c><00:38:51.710><c> it</c><00:38:51.849><c> into</c><00:38:52.070><c> the</c><00:38:52.369><c> treasury,</c><00:38:53.690><c> then</c><00:38:53.829><c> we</c><00:38:54.010><c> will</c><00:38:54.230><c> consider</c><00:38:54.650><c> that</c><00:38:54.909><c> a</c>

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gift<00:38:55.289><c> of</c><00:38:55.489><c> God,</c>

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and<00:38:56.150><c> you</c><00:38:56.289><c> are</c><00:38:56.690><c> exempt</c><00:38:57.070><c> from</c><00:38:57.329><c> your</c><00:38:57.630><c> responsibilities.</c><00:38:58.949><c> You've</c>

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got<00:38:59.369><c> a</c><00:38:59.530><c> clean</c><00:38:59.710><c> slate.</c><00:39:00.989><c> And</c><00:39:01.190><c> so</c><00:39:01.329><c> they</c><00:39:01.550><c> became</c>

00:39:01.849 --> 00:39:04.670
exempt<00:39:02.349><c> from</c><00:39:02.610><c> their</c><00:39:02.929><c> responsibilities</c><00:39:03.789><c> to</c><00:39:04.250><c> their</c><00:39:04.409><c> mothers</c>

00:39:04.670 --> 00:39:08.150
and<00:39:04.929><c> fathers.</c><00:39:06.469><c> They</c><00:39:06.809><c> changed</c><00:39:07.289><c> the</c><00:39:07.789><c> word</c>

00:39:08.150 --> 00:39:11.909
of<00:39:08.329><c> God</c><00:39:08.809><c> by</c><00:39:09.250><c> their</c><00:39:09.570><c> traditions.</c><00:39:10.869><c> It</c><00:39:11.030><c> was</c><00:39:11.230><c> the</c><00:39:11.369><c> same</c><00:39:11.510><c> with</c><00:39:11.730><c> the</c>

00:39:11.909 --> 00:39:13.690
Sabbath<00:39:12.170><c> law.</c><00:39:12.909><c> They</c><00:39:13.150><c> tried</c><00:39:13.329><c> to</c><00:39:13.530><c> make</c>

00:39:13.690 --> 00:39:16.409
all<00:39:14.030><c> kinds</c><00:39:14.309><c> of</c><00:39:14.570><c> rules</c><00:39:14.849><c> and</c><00:39:15.150><c> regulations</c><00:39:15.710><c> where</c><00:39:16.090><c> they</c><00:39:16.230><c> could</c>

00:39:16.409 --> 00:39:18.969
go<00:39:16.630><c> as</c><00:39:16.969><c> close</c><00:39:17.210><c> as</c><00:39:17.389><c> they</c><00:39:17.710><c> could</c><00:39:18.190><c> before</c><00:39:18.710><c> they</c>

00:39:18.969 --> 00:39:24.750
broke<00:39:19.869><c> the</c><00:39:20.409><c> Sabbath</c><00:39:20.670><c> law.</c><00:39:21.630><c> They</c><00:39:21.849><c> modified</c><00:39:22.489><c> God's</c><00:39:23.050><c> word</c><00:39:23.550><c> in</c><00:39:24.210><c> order</c><00:39:24.469><c> to</c>

00:39:24.750 --> 00:39:26.550
accommodate<00:39:25.150><c> their</c><00:39:25.429><c> own</c><00:39:25.690><c> standards.</c>

00:39:26.670 --> 00:39:29.329
That<00:39:26.849><c> was</c><00:39:27.070><c> the</c><00:39:27.210><c> attitude</c><00:39:27.530><c> of</c><00:39:27.769><c> the</c><00:39:27.889><c> scribes</c><00:39:28.150><c> and</c><00:39:28.309><c> Pharisees.</c>

00:39:29.670 --> 00:39:31.349
And<00:39:29.829><c> when</c><00:39:29.949><c> we</c><00:39:30.050><c> look</c><00:39:30.210><c> at</c><00:39:30.349><c> the</c><00:39:30.550><c> righteousness</c><00:39:31.010><c> that</c>

00:39:31.349 --> 00:39:36.090
they<00:39:31.690><c> displayed,</c><00:39:32.809><c> we</c><00:39:32.949><c> saw</c><00:39:33.170><c> that</c><00:39:33.349><c> they</c><00:39:33.670><c> saw</c><00:39:33.989><c> in</c><00:39:34.289><c> themselves</c><00:39:35.110><c> a</c>

00:39:36.090 --> 00:39:38.530
righteousness<00:39:36.650><c> which</c><00:39:37.469><c> was</c><00:39:37.730><c> unacceptable</c><00:39:38.329><c> to</c>

00:39:38.530 --> 00:39:43.550
God.<00:39:39.329><c> Go</c><00:39:39.489><c> with</c><00:39:39.690><c> me</c><00:39:39.809><c> to</c><00:39:39.929><c> Romans</c><00:39:40.230><c> chapter</c><00:39:40.610><c> 10.</c><00:39:42.829><c> Romans</c><00:39:43.190><c> chapter</c>

00:39:43.550 --> 00:39:46.949
10,<00:39:44.369><c> where</c><00:39:44.510><c> they</c><00:39:44.750><c> saw</c><00:39:45.010><c> themselves</c><00:39:45.829><c> as</c><00:39:46.349><c> righteous.</c>

00:39:47.449 --> 00:39:50.769
And<00:39:47.949><c> we</c><00:39:48.230><c> remember</c><00:39:48.530><c> that</c><00:39:48.750><c> the</c><00:39:48.869><c> Lord</c><00:39:49.070><c> Jesus</c><00:39:49.449><c> Christ</c><00:39:49.730><c> said</c><00:39:49.929><c> in</c><00:39:50.030><c> Matthew</c><00:39:50.369><c> 5</c>

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verse<00:39:50.989><c> 20,</c><00:39:52.070><c> Accept</c><00:39:52.150><c> your</c><00:39:52.610><c> righteousness,</c>

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exceed<00:39:53.750><c> the</c><00:39:54.030><c> righteousness</c><00:39:54.530><c> of</c><00:39:54.989><c> the</c><00:39:55.269><c> scribes</c><00:39:55.630><c> and</c><00:39:55.869><c> Pharisees,</c><00:39:56.869><c> ye</c><00:39:56.949><c> shall</c>

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in<00:39:57.309><c> no</c><00:39:57.510><c> wise</c><00:39:57.650><c> enter</c><00:39:57.889><c> the</c><00:39:58.010><c> kingdom</c>

00:39:58.289 --> 00:40:00.610
of<00:39:58.489><c> God.</c><00:39:58.849><c> What</c><00:39:59.010><c> was</c><00:39:59.230><c> wrong</c><00:39:59.429><c> with</c><00:39:59.630><c> the</c><00:39:59.789><c> righteousness</c><00:40:00.210><c> of</c><00:40:00.449><c> the</c>

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scribes<00:40:00.889><c> and</c><00:40:01.110><c> Pharisees,</c><00:40:01.610><c> brethren</c><00:40:01.730><c> and</c>

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sisters?<00:40:02.670><c> Verse</c><00:40:02.909><c> 3.</c><00:40:04.130><c> They</c><00:40:04.309><c> were</c><00:40:04.670><c> ignorant</c><00:40:05.090><c> of</c><00:40:05.289><c> God's</c><00:40:05.769><c> righteousness.</c><00:40:07.489><c> Not</c>

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because<00:40:07.969><c> they</c><00:40:08.150><c> didn't</c><00:40:08.349><c> know</c>

00:40:08.650 --> 00:40:11.809
the<00:40:08.809><c> law,</c><00:40:08.969><c> but</c><00:40:09.130><c> because</c><00:40:09.329><c> they</c><00:40:09.630><c> rejected</c><00:40:10.030><c> knowledge.</c><00:40:10.909><c> They</c><00:40:11.170><c> refused</c><00:40:11.530><c> to</c>

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take<00:40:11.929><c> notice</c><00:40:12.250><c> of</c><00:40:12.449><c> God's</c><00:40:12.889><c> word.</c>

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And<00:40:14.030><c> as</c><00:40:14.289><c> a</c><00:40:14.510><c> result</c><00:40:14.710><c> of</c><00:40:14.909><c> that</c><00:40:15.030><c> ignorance,</c><00:40:15.989><c> they</c><00:40:16.110><c> went</c><00:40:16.489><c> about</c><00:40:16.789><c> to</c>

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establish<00:40:17.630><c> their</c><00:40:17.969><c> own</c><00:40:18.230><c> righteousness</c>

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because<00:40:19.750><c> they</c><00:40:20.050><c> were</c><00:40:20.309><c> unwilling</c><00:40:20.849><c> to</c><00:40:21.090><c> submit</c><00:40:21.670><c> unto</c><00:40:22.190><c> the</c><00:40:22.449><c> righteousness</c><00:40:22.869><c> of</c><00:40:23.170><c> God.</c><00:40:24.110><c> They</c><00:40:24.349><c> saw</c><00:40:24.670><c> themselves</c>

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as<00:40:25.590><c> righteous.</c><00:40:26.210><c> And</c><00:40:26.389><c> we</c><00:40:26.489><c> can</c><00:40:26.750><c> reflect</c><00:40:27.110><c> upon</c><00:40:27.389><c> that</c><00:40:27.610><c> when</c><00:40:27.769><c> we</c><00:40:27.929><c> look</c><00:40:28.110><c> at</c>

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the<00:40:28.329><c> words</c><00:40:28.530><c> of</c><00:40:28.710><c> the</c><00:40:28.829><c> apostle</c><00:40:29.090><c> Paul</c>

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in<00:40:30.170><c> Philippians</c><00:40:30.650><c> chapter</c><00:40:30.969><c> 3.</c><00:40:32.110><c> Where</c><00:40:32.230><c> Paul</c><00:40:32.670><c> describing</c><00:40:33.329><c> the</c>

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righteousness<00:40:34.190><c> which</c><00:40:34.469><c> was</c><00:40:34.730><c> of</c><00:40:34.929><c> the</c><00:40:35.110><c> law</c><00:40:35.389><c> when</c>

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he<00:40:35.929><c> was</c><00:40:36.150><c> a</c><00:40:36.349><c> Pharisee,</c><00:40:36.949><c> he</c><00:40:37.170><c> says</c><00:40:37.329><c> we</c><00:40:37.489><c> were</c><00:40:37.789><c> blameless.</c><00:40:38.949><c> They</c><00:40:39.210><c> were</c><00:40:39.469><c> free</c><00:40:39.789><c> from</c><00:40:40.170><c> sin,</c><00:40:41.050><c> having</c><00:40:41.429><c> no</c>

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sin.<00:40:42.349><c> That</c>

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was<00:40:42.789><c> how</c><00:40:42.969><c> he</c><00:40:43.170><c> viewed</c><00:40:43.429><c> the</c><00:40:43.670><c> righteousness</c><00:40:44.090><c> of</c><00:40:44.349><c> the</c><00:40:44.489><c> law.</c><00:40:45.690><c> In</c><00:40:45.889><c> that</c><00:40:46.170><c> parable</c><00:40:46.570><c> in</c>

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Luke<00:40:46.889><c> chapter</c><00:40:47.269><c> 18,</c><00:40:48.590><c> we</c>

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see<00:40:48.889><c> their</c><00:40:49.170><c> inattitude</c><00:40:49.730><c> of</c><00:40:50.010><c> mind,</c><00:40:51.090><c> where</c><00:40:51.210><c> the</c><00:40:51.469><c> Pharisee</c><00:40:52.090><c> prayed</c><00:40:52.429><c> with</c>

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himself<00:40:53.389><c> and</c><00:40:54.170><c> said,</c><00:40:54.969><c> God,</c><00:40:55.469><c> I</c><00:40:55.849><c> thank</c>

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thee<00:40:56.429><c> that</c><00:40:56.610><c> I</c><00:40:56.829><c> am</c><00:40:56.989><c> not</c><00:40:57.190><c> as</c><00:40:57.309><c> other</c><00:40:57.530><c> men</c><00:40:57.769><c> are.</c><00:40:59.929><c> Extortionists,</c>

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doing<00:41:00.809><c> all</c><00:41:01.130><c> kinds</c><00:41:01.409><c> of</c><00:41:01.690><c> evil,</c><00:41:02.210><c> or</c><00:41:02.369><c> even</c><00:41:02.670><c> as</c><00:41:02.889><c> this</c><00:41:03.170><c> publicum.</c>

00:41:03.789 --> 00:41:07.730
They<00:41:04.150><c> had</c><00:41:04.409><c> a</c><00:41:04.690><c> clean</c><00:41:04.949><c> slate</c><00:41:05.289><c> in</c><00:41:05.530><c> their</c><00:41:05.690><c> own</c><00:41:05.909><c> mind.</c><00:41:06.289><c> They</c><00:41:06.570><c> saw</c><00:41:06.809><c> themselves</c><00:41:07.309><c> as</c>

00:41:07.730 --> 00:41:09.829
free<00:41:07.909><c> from</c><00:41:08.269><c> sin.</c><00:41:09.670><c> And</c>

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he<00:41:09.969><c> says</c><00:41:10.050><c> he</c><00:41:10.329><c> prayed</c><00:41:10.610><c> thus</c><00:41:10.909><c> with</c><00:41:11.130><c> himself,</c><00:41:12.130><c> God,</c><00:41:12.929><c> I</c><00:41:13.210><c> thank</c><00:41:13.469><c> thee.</c><00:41:14.110><c> He</c>

00:41:14.349 --> 00:41:16.269
was<00:41:14.550><c> his</c><00:41:14.789><c> own</c><00:41:15.030><c> God.</c><00:41:15.750><c> He</c><00:41:15.909><c> had</c><00:41:16.130><c> set</c>

00:41:16.269 --> 00:41:19.210
himself<00:41:16.670><c> up</c><00:41:16.869><c> as</c><00:41:17.050><c> his</c><00:41:17.230><c> own</c><00:41:17.530><c> idol,</c><00:41:17.929><c> brothers</c><00:41:18.110><c> and</c><00:41:18.269><c> sisters.</c><00:41:19.010><c> He</c>

00:41:19.210 --> 00:41:22.969
had<00:41:19.510><c> no</c><00:41:19.909><c> sin.</c><00:41:20.550><c> He</c><00:41:20.769><c> had</c><00:41:21.130><c> absolved</c><00:41:21.670><c> himself</c><00:41:22.349><c> from</c>

00:41:22.969 --> 00:41:26.449
sin.<00:41:24.309><c> And</c><00:41:24.510><c> as</c><00:41:24.690><c> far</c><00:41:24.849><c> as</c><00:41:25.030><c> the</c><00:41:25.190><c> scribes</c><00:41:25.469><c> and</c><00:41:25.710><c> Pharisees</c><00:41:26.250><c> were</c>

00:41:26.449 --> 00:41:28.650
concerned,<00:41:27.230><c> they</c><00:41:27.389><c> were</c><00:41:27.590><c> more</c><00:41:27.949><c> concerned</c><00:41:28.369><c> with</c>

00:41:28.650 --> 00:41:32.750
how<00:41:28.949><c> men</c><00:41:29.210><c> saw</c><00:41:29.530><c> them</c><00:41:29.869><c> than</c><00:41:30.489><c> with</c><00:41:30.769><c> how</c><00:41:31.030><c> God</c><00:41:31.289><c> saw</c><00:41:31.590><c> them.</c><00:41:32.510><c> And</c><00:41:32.710><c> we</c>

00:41:32.750 --> 00:41:34.210
only<00:41:32.929><c> need</c><00:41:33.050><c> to</c><00:41:33.269><c> think</c><00:41:33.429><c> of</c><00:41:33.630><c> the</c><00:41:33.690><c> way</c><00:41:33.889><c> which</c>

00:41:34.210 --> 00:41:38.250
John,<00:41:34.730><c> commenting</c><00:41:35.329><c> in</c><00:41:35.590><c> John</c><00:41:35.909><c> chapter</c><00:41:36.230><c> 12</c><00:41:36.510><c> verse</c><00:41:36.789><c> 42,</c><00:41:38.030><c> tells</c>

00:41:38.250 --> 00:41:39.849
us<00:41:38.449><c> that</c><00:41:38.590><c> many</c><00:41:38.889><c> of</c><00:41:39.110><c> the</c><00:41:39.269><c> chief</c><00:41:39.570><c> rulers</c>

00:41:39.849 --> 00:41:43.489
believed<00:41:40.329><c> on</c><00:41:40.570><c> the</c><00:41:40.670><c> Lord</c><00:41:40.849><c> Jesus</c><00:41:41.289><c> Christ,</c><00:41:42.429><c> but</c><00:41:42.550><c> they</c><00:41:42.969><c> preferred</c>

00:41:43.489 --> 00:41:46.250
the<00:41:43.849><c> praise</c><00:41:44.110><c> of</c><00:41:44.469><c> men</c><00:41:44.989><c> rather</c><00:41:45.809><c> than</c><00:41:46.050><c> the</c>

00:41:46.250 --> 00:41:51.090
praise<00:41:46.409><c> of</c><00:41:46.690><c> God.</c><00:41:48.730><c> Beware</c><00:41:49.150><c> that</c><00:41:49.309><c> you</c><00:41:49.570><c> give</c><00:41:49.829><c> not</c><00:41:50.050><c> your</c><00:41:50.309><c> arms</c><00:41:50.489><c> before</c><00:41:50.889><c> men</c>

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as<00:41:51.329><c> the</c><00:41:51.630><c> scribes</c><00:41:51.929><c> and</c><00:41:52.090><c> Pharisees</c>

00:41:52.550 --> 00:41:58.250
do,<00:41:53.469><c> because</c><00:41:53.829><c> they</c><00:41:54.250><c> do</c><00:41:54.429><c> to</c><00:41:54.670><c> the</c><00:41:55.010><c> seen</c><00:41:55.210><c> of</c><00:41:55.550><c> men.</c><00:41:56.530><c> They</c><00:41:56.869><c> have</c><00:41:57.150><c> their</c><00:41:57.389><c> reward.</c><00:41:58.030><c> And</c>

00:41:58.250 --> 00:41:59.269
that<00:41:58.389><c> was</c><00:41:58.610><c> the</c><00:41:58.889><c> display</c>

00:41:59.269 --> 00:42:01.829
of<00:41:59.489><c> righteousness</c><00:42:00.010><c> of</c><00:42:00.289><c> the</c><00:42:00.510><c> scribes</c><00:42:00.809><c> and</c><00:42:00.949><c> Pharisees,</c><00:42:01.469><c> brothers</c><00:42:01.650><c> and</c>

00:42:01.829 --> 00:42:03.750
sisters.<00:42:02.610><c> They</c><00:42:02.809><c> went</c><00:42:03.130><c> about</c><00:42:03.449><c> their</c>

00:42:03.750 --> 00:42:07.730
life<00:42:04.269><c> unconcerned</c><00:42:05.110><c> with</c><00:42:05.349><c> God's</c><00:42:05.849><c> standards.</c><00:42:06.750><c> They</c><00:42:06.949><c> were</c><00:42:07.090><c> their</c><00:42:07.329><c> own</c>

00:42:07.730 --> 00:42:09.809
standards.<00:42:09.010><c> And</c><00:42:09.190><c> they</c><00:42:09.289><c> were</c><00:42:09.469><c> more</c>

00:42:09.809 --> 00:42:12.909
concerned<00:42:10.269><c> with</c><00:42:10.489><c> how</c><00:42:10.769><c> men</c><00:42:11.050><c> viewed</c><00:42:11.329><c> them</c><00:42:11.849><c> than</c><00:42:12.130><c> with</c><00:42:12.429><c> how</c><00:42:12.650><c> God</c>

00:42:12.909 --> 00:42:15.489
viewed<00:42:13.210><c> them.</c><00:42:13.849><c> They</c><00:42:14.170><c> absolved</c><00:42:14.690><c> themselves</c>

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from<00:42:16.170><c> sin.</c><00:42:17.550><c> We</c><00:42:17.869><c> consider,</c><00:42:18.409><c> brothers</c><00:42:18.610><c> and</c><00:42:18.769><c> sisters,</c><00:42:19.090><c> the</c><00:42:19.329><c> ecclesia</c><00:42:19.690><c> of</c>

00:42:19.829 --> 00:42:23.170
God.<00:42:21.389><c> And</c><00:42:21.610><c> we</c><00:42:22.409><c> shrink</c><00:42:22.690><c> back</c><00:42:23.010><c> at</c>

00:42:23.170 --> 00:42:27.889
the<00:42:23.409><c> thought</c><00:42:23.769><c> that</c><00:42:24.429><c> that</c><00:42:24.849><c> kind</c><00:42:25.130><c> of</c><00:42:25.409><c> display</c><00:42:25.750><c> of</c><00:42:26.030><c> righteousness</c><00:42:26.570><c> could</c><00:42:27.130><c> be</c><00:42:27.389><c> evident</c><00:42:27.690><c> in</c>

00:42:27.889 --> 00:42:29.389
the<00:42:28.070><c> ecclesia</c><00:42:28.389><c> today.</c>

00:42:29.570 --> 00:42:32.510
And<00:42:29.849><c> yet</c><00:42:29.989><c> it</c><00:42:30.070><c> was</c><00:42:30.309><c> there</c><00:42:30.510><c> in</c><00:42:30.630><c> the</c><00:42:30.789><c> first</c><00:42:30.969><c> century.</c><00:42:32.130><c> You</c><00:42:32.309><c> look</c>

00:42:32.510 --> 00:42:36.429
at<00:42:32.630><c> John's</c><00:42:33.090><c> 30</c><00:42:33.329><c> Thistle</c><00:42:34.329><c> and</c><00:42:34.829><c> verse</c><00:42:35.630><c> 9.</c>

00:42:36.650 --> 00:42:40.869
It<00:42:36.750><c> was</c><00:42:36.949><c> there</c><00:42:37.230><c> in</c><00:42:37.389><c> the</c><00:42:37.510><c> first</c><00:42:37.750><c> century.</c><00:42:39.730><c> Verse</c><00:42:40.070><c> 9,</c><00:42:40.489><c> I</c><00:42:40.570><c> wrote</c>

00:42:40.869 --> 00:42:43.670
unto<00:42:41.130><c> the</c><00:42:41.349><c> ecclesia,</c><00:42:42.489><c> but</c><00:42:42.710><c> diatrophes</c>

00:42:43.670 --> 00:42:48.210
who<00:42:44.070><c> loveth</c><00:42:44.329><c> to</c><00:42:44.570><c> have</c><00:42:44.750><c> the</c><00:42:44.989><c> preeminence</c><00:42:45.550><c> among</c><00:42:45.889><c> them</c><00:42:46.349><c> receiveth</c><00:42:46.929><c> as</c><00:42:47.170><c> not.</c>

00:42:48.369 --> 00:42:50.449
Wherefore<00:42:48.769><c> if</c><00:42:48.969><c> I</c><00:42:49.230><c> come,</c><00:42:50.110><c> I</c><00:42:50.269><c> will</c>

00:42:50.449 --> 00:42:54.289
remember<00:42:50.889><c> his</c><00:42:51.210><c> deeds</c><00:42:51.429><c> which</c><00:42:51.690><c> he</c><00:42:51.889><c> doeth,</c><00:42:53.550><c> plotting</c><00:42:53.809><c> against</c>

00:42:54.289 --> 00:42:56.989
us<00:42:54.449><c> with</c><00:42:54.730><c> malicious</c><00:42:55.190><c> words.</c><00:42:56.110><c> I'm</c><00:42:56.230><c> not</c><00:42:56.550><c> content</c>

00:42:56.989 --> 00:43:00.750
therewith,<00:42:58.130><c> neither</c><00:42:58.469><c> doth</c><00:42:58.610><c> he</c><00:42:58.869><c> himself</c><00:42:59.269><c> receive</c><00:42:59.710><c> the</c><00:42:59.929><c> brethren,</c><00:43:00.510><c> and</c>

00:43:00.750 --> 00:43:01.969
forbideth<00:43:01.110><c> them</c><00:43:01.289><c> that</c><00:43:01.570><c> would,</c>

00:43:02.250 --> 00:43:04.989
and<00:43:02.530><c> casteth</c><00:43:02.809><c> them</c><00:43:02.949><c> out</c><00:43:03.130><c> of</c><00:43:03.289><c> the</c><00:43:03.449><c> ecclesia.</c><00:43:04.090><c> It</c><00:43:04.449><c> happened</c><00:43:04.769><c> in</c>

00:43:04.989 --> 00:43:06.590
the<00:43:05.130><c> first</c><00:43:05.349><c> century,</c><00:43:05.969><c> brothers</c><00:43:06.070><c> and</c><00:43:06.250><c> sisters.</c>

00:43:07.070 --> 00:43:10.389
There<00:43:07.329><c> were</c><00:43:07.610><c> apostles</c><00:43:08.090><c> who</c><00:43:08.449><c> transformed</c><00:43:09.030><c> themselves</c><00:43:09.630><c> into</c>

00:43:10.389 --> 00:43:13.150
angels<00:43:10.809><c> of</c><00:43:11.170><c> light,</c><00:43:12.170><c> who</c><00:43:12.510><c> professed</c><00:43:12.929><c> to</c><00:43:13.050><c> be</c>

00:43:13.150 --> 00:43:16.289
teachers<00:43:13.510><c> of</c><00:43:13.789><c> righteousness.</c><00:43:14.929><c> But</c><00:43:15.210><c> all</c><00:43:15.489><c> the</c><00:43:15.690><c> time</c><00:43:15.909><c> they</c><00:43:16.050><c> were</c>

00:43:16.289 --> 00:43:18.409
concerned<00:43:16.690><c> with</c><00:43:16.889><c> their</c><00:43:17.190><c> self</c><00:43:17.550><c>-opinionated</c>

00:43:18.409 --> 00:43:22.570
people,<00:43:19.610><c> where</c><00:43:19.829><c> they</c><00:43:20.150><c> exalted</c><00:43:20.630><c> self</c><00:43:21.230><c> above</c><00:43:21.889><c> the</c><00:43:22.150><c> principles</c>

00:43:22.570 --> 00:43:25.030
of<00:43:22.809><c> the</c><00:43:23.030><c> truth.</c><00:43:24.230><c> And</c><00:43:24.489><c> we</c><00:43:24.610><c> have</c><00:43:24.750><c> that</c>

00:43:25.030 --> 00:43:28.090
danger<00:43:25.429><c> amongst</c><00:43:25.730><c> us</c><00:43:25.969><c> today,</c><00:43:26.329><c> it's</c><00:43:26.610><c> sad</c><00:43:26.650><c> to</c><00:43:26.889><c> say.</c><00:43:27.690><c> We</c><00:43:27.789><c> have</c><00:43:28.010><c> a</c>

00:43:28.090 --> 00:43:29.590
situation,<00:43:28.889><c> brethren</c><00:43:29.010><c> and</c><00:43:29.250><c> sisters,</c>

00:43:30.010 --> 00:43:34.949
where<00:43:30.230><c> as</c><00:43:30.489><c> sheep,</c><00:43:31.389><c> as</c><00:43:31.670><c> wolves</c><00:43:31.889><c> in</c><00:43:32.150><c> sheep's</c><00:43:32.650><c> clothing,</c><00:43:34.849><c> there</c>

00:43:34.949 --> 00:43:37.530
are<00:43:35.170><c> brethren</c><00:43:35.409><c> and</c><00:43:35.690><c> sisters</c><00:43:35.969><c> who</c><00:43:36.210><c> are</c><00:43:36.610><c> unconcerned</c>

00:43:37.769 --> 00:43:41.590
with<00:43:38.030><c> the</c><00:43:38.250><c> things</c><00:43:38.389><c> of</c><00:43:38.590><c> the</c><00:43:38.789><c> truth.</c><00:43:40.010><c> They</c><00:43:40.269><c> are</c><00:43:40.550><c> concerned</c><00:43:40.949><c> more</c>

00:43:41.590 --> 00:43:44.929
with<00:43:42.469><c> setting</c><00:43:42.829><c> themselves</c><00:43:43.269><c> up</c><00:43:43.949><c> as</c><00:43:44.170><c> the</c><00:43:44.429><c> standard</c>

00:43:44.929 --> 00:43:49.110
for<00:43:45.329><c> which</c><00:43:45.530><c> men</c><00:43:45.730><c> should</c><00:43:45.969><c> follow.</c><00:43:48.170><c> And</c><00:43:48.389><c> because</c><00:43:48.610><c> they</c><00:43:48.829><c> didn't</c>

00:43:49.110 --> 00:43:52.110
see<00:43:49.369><c> in</c><00:43:49.489><c> themselves</c><00:43:50.110><c> any</c><00:43:50.829><c> sin,</c><00:43:51.769><c> because</c>

00:43:52.110 --> 00:43:56.690
they<00:43:52.269><c> saw</c><00:43:52.570><c> themselves</c><00:43:53.130><c> as</c><00:43:53.550><c> blameless,</c><00:43:54.949><c> John</c><00:43:55.289><c> said</c><00:43:55.750><c> that</c><00:43:56.449><c> they</c>

00:43:56.690 --> 00:43:58.969
considered<00:43:57.289><c> that</c><00:43:57.889><c> they</c><00:43:58.090><c> had</c><00:43:58.349><c> no</c><00:43:58.730><c> sins</c>

00:43:58.969 --> 00:44:03.429
to<00:43:59.210><c> be</c><00:43:59.409><c> forgiven.</c><00:44:00.510><c> If</c><00:44:00.750><c> we</c><00:44:01.070><c> say</c><00:44:01.309><c> that</c><00:44:01.489><c> we</c><00:44:01.590><c> have</c><00:44:01.929><c> not</c><00:44:02.250><c> sinned,</c><00:44:03.130><c> we</c>

00:44:03.429 --> 00:44:06.469
make<00:44:03.690><c> him</c><00:44:04.469><c> a</c><00:44:04.690><c> liar.</c><00:44:05.670><c> Now</c><00:44:05.909><c> my</c><00:44:06.070><c> dear</c><00:44:06.210><c> brethren</c>

00:44:06.469 --> 00:44:11.690
and<00:44:06.750><c> sisters,</c><00:44:07.610><c> these</c><00:44:07.789><c> are</c><00:44:07.949><c> very</c><00:44:08.210><c> strong</c><00:44:08.510><c> words,</c><00:44:09.789><c> and</c><00:44:09.849><c> yet</c><00:44:09.969><c> they</c><00:44:10.730><c> present</c><00:44:11.409><c> to</c>

00:44:11.690 --> 00:44:13.699
us<00:44:12.230><c> a</c><00:44:12.690><c> very</c><00:44:13.409><c> important</c>

00:44:14.090 --> 00:44:17.650
and<00:44:14.630><c> powerful</c><00:44:15.130><c> exhortation.</c><00:44:16.250><c> Let</c><00:44:16.429><c> us</c><00:44:16.710><c> not</c><00:44:17.070><c> think,</c><00:44:17.289><c> brethren</c>

00:44:17.650 --> 00:44:19.530
and<00:44:17.909><c> sisters,</c><00:44:18.110><c> that</c><00:44:18.269><c> we</c><00:44:18.489><c> are</c><00:44:18.789><c> exempt</c><00:44:19.269><c> from</c>

00:44:19.530 --> 00:44:23.389
the<00:44:19.869><c> conditions</c><00:44:20.170><c> that</c><00:44:20.550><c> existed</c><00:44:20.929><c> in</c><00:44:21.510><c> the</c><00:44:21.670><c> first</c><00:44:21.949><c> century.</c><00:44:23.050><c> There</c><00:44:23.150><c> is</c>

00:44:23.389 --> 00:44:25.090
a<00:44:23.570><c> pattern</c><00:44:23.849><c> which</c><00:44:24.110><c> has</c><00:44:24.309><c> run</c><00:44:24.530><c> down</c><00:44:24.849><c> the</c>

00:44:25.090 --> 00:44:29.130
history<00:44:25.550><c> of</c><00:44:25.829><c> humanity,</c><00:44:26.809><c> which</c><00:44:26.989><c> has</c><00:44:27.309><c> seen</c><00:44:27.650><c> a</c><00:44:28.349><c> condition</c><00:44:28.869><c> which</c>

00:44:29.130 --> 00:44:31.550
has<00:44:29.369><c> become</c><00:44:29.690><c> apostate</c><00:44:30.489><c> to</c><00:44:30.730><c> God,</c><00:44:31.289><c> and</c><00:44:31.429><c> yet</c>

00:44:31.550 --> 00:44:34.449
they<00:44:31.789><c> were</c><00:44:31.989><c> unaware</c><00:44:32.389><c> of</c><00:44:32.610><c> it.</c><00:44:32.949><c> Go</c><00:44:33.170><c> with</c><00:44:33.429><c> me</c><00:44:33.570><c> to</c><00:44:33.789><c> the</c><00:44:34.090><c> passages</c>

00:44:34.449 --> 00:44:36.429
in<00:44:34.769><c> Malachi,</c><00:44:35.630><c> and</c><00:44:35.710><c> look</c><00:44:35.849><c> at</c><00:44:35.949><c> the</c><00:44:36.070><c> condition</c>

00:44:36.429 --> 00:44:40.010
of<00:44:36.650><c> Malachi</c><00:44:37.210><c> at</c><00:44:37.550><c> the</c><00:44:37.630><c> very</c><00:44:37.829><c> end</c><00:44:38.070><c> of</c><00:44:38.570><c> the</c><00:44:38.650><c> Old</c><00:44:38.889><c> Testament,</c><00:44:39.869><c> and</c>

00:44:40.010 --> 00:44:42.369
look<00:44:40.150><c> how</c><00:44:40.469><c> the</c><00:44:40.710><c> Jews</c><00:44:41.070><c> who</c><00:44:41.489><c> had</c><00:44:41.690><c> come</c><00:44:41.929><c> back</c><00:44:42.130><c> from</c>

00:44:42.369 --> 00:44:46.530
Babylon,<00:44:43.170><c> those</c><00:44:43.570><c> Jews</c><00:44:43.809><c> who</c><00:44:44.050><c> had</c><00:44:44.210><c> rejoiced</c><00:44:44.769><c> and</c><00:44:44.909><c> had</c><00:44:45.170><c> sung</c><00:44:45.369><c> songs</c><00:44:45.849><c> and</c>

00:44:46.530 --> 00:44:48.590
hung<00:44:46.789><c> their</c><00:44:47.050><c> hearts</c><00:44:47.389><c> on</c><00:44:48.150><c> the</c><00:44:48.309><c> willows</c>

00:44:48.590 --> 00:44:51.489
of<00:44:48.849><c> Babylon,</c><00:44:49.349><c> because</c><00:44:49.449><c> they</c><00:44:49.789><c> longed</c><00:44:50.510><c> to</c><00:44:50.550><c> be</c><00:44:50.769><c> back</c><00:44:50.929><c> in</c><00:44:51.170><c> Zion.</c>

00:44:51.949 --> 00:44:53.110
And<00:44:52.170><c> what</c><00:44:52.309><c> had</c><00:44:52.510><c> happened</c><00:44:52.769><c> when</c><00:44:52.949><c> they</c>

00:44:53.110 --> 00:44:57.349
got<00:44:53.329><c> back</c><00:44:53.590><c> to</c><00:44:53.809><c> Zion?</c><00:44:54.889><c> How</c><00:44:55.090><c> did</c><00:44:55.329><c> they</c><00:44:55.550><c> fare</c><00:44:55.989><c> under</c><00:44:56.489><c> the</c><00:44:56.710><c> conditions</c><00:44:57.110><c> of</c>

00:44:57.349 --> 00:44:59.889
their<00:44:57.929><c> newfound</c><00:44:58.750><c> homeland?</c>

00:45:00.050 --> 00:45:06.010
Chapter<00:45:00.349><c> 1,</c><00:45:00.849><c> verse</c><00:45:01.050><c> 6</c><00:45:01.429><c> and</c><00:45:01.530><c> 7.</c><00:45:04.030><c> A</c><00:45:04.150><c> son</c><00:45:04.570><c> honours</c><00:45:04.989><c> his</c><00:45:05.309><c> father,</c><00:45:05.750><c> and</c><00:45:05.929><c> a</c>

00:45:06.010 --> 00:45:08.230
servant<00:45:06.269><c> his</c><00:45:06.429><c> master.</c><00:45:07.449><c> If</c><00:45:07.650><c> I</c><00:45:08.030><c> then</c>

00:45:08.230 --> 00:45:12.170
be<00:45:08.469><c> a</c><00:45:08.670><c> father,</c><00:45:09.050><c> where</c><00:45:09.210><c> is</c><00:45:09.449><c> mine</c><00:45:09.730><c> honour?</c><00:45:10.650><c> And</c><00:45:10.809><c> if</c><00:45:10.929><c> I</c><00:45:11.150><c> be</c><00:45:11.309><c> a</c><00:45:11.469><c> master,</c><00:45:11.769><c> where</c><00:45:12.010><c> is</c>

00:45:12.170 --> 00:45:13.469
my<00:45:12.510><c> fear?</c><00:45:12.909><c> Sayeth</c><00:45:13.090><c> Yahweh</c>

00:45:13.469 --> 00:45:18.329
of<00:45:13.530><c> hosts,</c><00:45:14.409><c> O</c><00:45:14.590><c> priest,</c><00:45:15.050><c> that</c><00:45:15.170><c> despise</c><00:45:15.809><c> my</c><00:45:16.130><c> name.</c><00:45:16.809><c> And</c><00:45:17.050><c> ye</c><00:45:17.329><c> say,</c>

00:45:18.510 --> 00:45:20.929
Wherein<00:45:18.889><c> do</c><00:45:19.050><c> we</c><00:45:19.269><c> despise</c><00:45:19.809><c> thy</c><00:45:19.989><c> name?</c>

00:45:21.030 --> 00:45:24.110
Ye<00:45:21.269><c> offer</c><00:45:21.469><c> polluted</c><00:45:22.010><c> bread</c><00:45:22.230><c> upon</c><00:45:22.590><c> mine</c><00:45:22.789><c> altar,</c><00:45:23.349><c> and</c><00:45:23.570><c> ye</c><00:45:23.909><c> say,</c>

00:45:24.230 --> 00:45:26.510
Wherein<00:45:24.570><c> do</c><00:45:24.690><c> we</c><00:45:24.829><c> offer</c><00:45:25.070><c> polluted</c><00:45:25.570><c> bread?</c>

00:45:26.710 --> 00:45:31.929
In<00:45:26.969><c> that</c><00:45:27.130><c> ye</c><00:45:27.429><c> say,</c><00:45:28.050><c> The</c><00:45:28.230><c> table</c><00:45:28.469><c> of</c><00:45:28.750><c> Yahweh</c><00:45:29.250><c> is</c><00:45:29.690><c> contentable.</c><00:45:30.969><c> Look</c><00:45:31.230><c> at</c><00:45:31.349><c> chapter</c><00:45:31.630><c> 3</c>

00:45:31.929 --> 00:45:34.090
and<00:45:32.110><c> verse</c><00:45:32.369><c> 8.</c><00:45:33.690><c> We're</c><00:45:33.849><c> again</c>

00:45:34.090 --> 00:45:36.949
there.<00:45:34.750><c> The</c><00:45:34.929><c> prophet</c><00:45:35.210><c> reminds</c><00:45:35.710><c> us</c><00:45:35.869><c> of</c><00:45:36.010><c> the</c><00:45:36.269><c> conditions</c><00:45:36.690><c> that</c>

00:45:36.949 --> 00:45:40.030
existed<00:45:37.570><c> in</c><00:45:38.110><c> the</c><00:45:38.349><c> people</c><00:45:38.550><c> of</c><00:45:38.809><c> God.</c><00:45:39.610><c> Will</c><00:45:39.849><c> a</c>

00:45:40.030 --> 00:45:45.869
man<00:45:40.230><c> rob</c><00:45:40.510><c> God?</c><00:45:42.170><c> Yet</c><00:45:42.329><c> ye</c><00:45:42.690><c> have</c><00:45:42.949><c> robbed</c><00:45:43.110><c> me.</c><00:45:44.030><c> But</c><00:45:44.269><c> ye</c><00:45:44.530><c> say,</c><00:45:45.309><c> Wherein</c><00:45:45.710><c> have</c>

00:45:45.869 --> 00:45:47.889
we<00:45:46.070><c> robbed</c><00:45:46.269><c> thee?</c><00:45:46.969><c> In</c><00:45:47.230><c> tithes</c>

00:45:47.889 --> 00:45:51.230
and<00:45:48.190><c> offerings.</c><00:45:49.210><c> Verse</c><00:45:49.409><c> 13,</c><00:45:50.030><c> your</c><00:45:50.090><c> words</c><00:45:50.409><c> have</c><00:45:50.650><c> been,</c><00:45:51.210><c> Start</c>

00:45:51.230 --> 00:45:53.469
against<00:45:51.630><c> me.</c><00:45:52.329><c> Sayeth</c><00:45:52.610><c> Yahweh,</c><00:45:52.989><c> that's</c><00:45:53.230><c> that</c>

00:45:53.469 --> 00:45:56.650
word<00:45:53.650><c> which</c><00:45:53.849><c> we</c><00:45:54.030><c> looked</c><00:45:54.230><c> at</c><00:45:54.409><c> in</c><00:45:54.650><c> Judges</c><00:45:54.969><c> yesterday.</c><00:45:56.210><c> Strong,</c>

00:45:56.909 --> 00:45:59.789
start<00:45:57.070><c> against</c><00:45:57.429><c> me.</c><00:45:57.969><c> Yet</c><00:45:58.170><c> ye</c><00:45:58.550><c> say,</c><00:45:59.570><c> What</c>

00:45:59.789 --> 00:46:04.170
have<00:45:59.909><c> we</c><00:46:00.130><c> spoken</c><00:46:00.469><c> so</c><00:46:00.789><c> much</c><00:46:00.989><c> against</c><00:46:01.389><c> thee?</c><00:46:01.789><c> They</c><00:46:02.010><c> were</c><00:46:02.349><c> unaware,</c><00:46:02.969><c> brethren</c><00:46:03.150><c> and</c><00:46:03.369><c> sisters,</c><00:46:03.650><c> of</c><00:46:03.789><c> their</c>

00:46:04.170 --> 00:46:08.309
despicable<00:46:04.769><c> conditions.</c><00:46:06.650><c> They</c><00:46:06.829><c> were</c><00:46:07.030><c> so</c><00:46:07.449><c> full</c><00:46:07.670><c> of</c><00:46:07.750><c> their</c><00:46:08.010><c> own</c>

00:46:08.309 --> 00:46:10.769
importance<00:46:08.869><c> that</c><00:46:09.650><c> they</c><00:46:09.889><c> found</c><00:46:10.130><c> it</c><00:46:10.409><c> difficult</c>

00:46:10.769 --> 00:46:18.269
to<00:46:11.150><c> appreciate</c><00:46:11.690><c> that</c><00:46:12.190><c> they</c><00:46:12.550><c> were</c><00:46:12.789><c> indeed</c><00:46:13.730><c> performing</c><00:46:15.030><c> the</c><00:46:15.389><c> works</c><00:46:15.969><c> which</c><00:46:16.909><c> were</c><00:46:17.190><c> of</c><00:46:17.449><c> sin.</c>

00:46:18.929 --> 00:46:26.690
In<00:46:18.969><c> Jeremiah</c><00:46:19.329><c> chapter</c><00:46:19.750><c> 2,</c><00:46:21.969><c> Jeremiah</c><00:46:22.429><c> chapter</c><00:46:23.449><c> 2</c><00:46:24.210><c> allows</c><00:46:24.590><c> me</c><00:46:25.289><c> to</c><00:46:26.150><c> encroach</c><00:46:26.590><c> a</c>

00:46:26.690 --> 00:46:34.150
little<00:46:26.869><c> into</c><00:46:27.090><c> the</c><00:46:27.269><c> John's</c>

00:46:34.150 --> 00:46:36.809
story<00:46:34.150><c> of</c><00:46:34.150><c> the</c><00:46:34.269><c> poor</c><00:46:34.530><c> innocents.</c><00:46:35.530><c> I</c><00:46:35.710><c> have</c><00:46:35.909><c> not</c><00:46:36.130><c> found</c><00:46:36.349><c> it</c><00:46:36.570><c> by</c>

00:46:36.809 --> 00:46:38.929
secret<00:46:37.190><c> search,</c><00:46:37.789><c> but</c><00:46:37.909><c> upon</c><00:46:38.090><c> all</c><00:46:38.429><c> these</c><00:46:38.650><c> things.</c>

00:46:38.949 --> 00:46:42.210
It<00:46:39.050><c> wasn't</c><00:46:39.309><c> as</c><00:46:39.530><c> though</c><00:46:39.650><c> God</c><00:46:39.949><c> went</c><00:46:40.389><c> into</c><00:46:40.710><c> the</c><00:46:40.949><c> nation</c><00:46:41.329><c> of</c><00:46:41.530><c> Israel</c><00:46:41.809><c> and</c>

00:46:42.210 --> 00:46:43.690
had<00:46:42.369><c> to</c><00:46:42.469><c> look</c><00:46:42.730><c> very</c><00:46:43.130><c> carefully</c><00:46:43.469><c> for</c>

00:46:43.690 --> 00:46:48.369
the<00:46:43.849><c> things</c><00:46:43.989><c> which</c><00:46:44.150><c> they</c><00:46:44.329><c> were</c><00:46:44.449><c> doing</c><00:46:44.650><c> wrong.</c><00:46:45.369><c> It</c><00:46:45.510><c> was</c><00:46:45.650><c> all</c><00:46:45.889><c> over</c><00:46:46.150><c> the</c><00:46:46.329><c> place.</c><00:46:47.429><c> God</c><00:46:47.610><c> didn't</c><00:46:47.889><c> find</c><00:46:48.170><c> it</c>

00:46:48.369 --> 00:46:53.889
by<00:46:48.650><c> secret</c><00:46:49.030><c> search.</c><00:46:49.869><c> In</c><00:46:50.030><c> all</c><00:46:50.329><c> these</c><00:46:50.630><c> things,</c><00:46:51.070><c> yet</c><00:46:51.130><c> thou</c><00:46:51.369><c> sayest,</c><00:46:52.349><c> Because</c><00:46:52.590><c> I</c><00:46:53.690><c> am</c>

00:46:53.889 --> 00:46:55.269
innocent,<00:46:54.929><c> surely</c>

00:46:55.269 --> 00:46:58.750
this<00:46:55.550><c> anger</c><00:46:55.809><c> shall</c><00:46:56.050><c> turn</c><00:46:56.329><c> from</c><00:46:56.590><c> thee.</c><00:46:57.510><c> Behold,</c><00:46:58.030><c> I</c><00:46:58.210><c> will</c><00:46:58.510><c> plead</c>

00:46:58.750 --> 00:47:00.909
with<00:46:59.010><c> thee,</c><00:46:59.670><c> because</c><00:47:00.030><c> thou</c><00:47:00.269><c> sayest,</c>

00:47:00.909 --> 00:47:05.230
I<00:47:01.369><c> have</c><00:47:01.670><c> not</c><00:47:02.050><c> sinned.</c><00:47:03.030><c> There</c><00:47:03.389><c> was</c><00:47:03.590><c> the</c><00:47:03.789><c> condition</c><00:47:04.070><c> in</c><00:47:04.269><c> Israel.</c>

00:47:05.530 --> 00:47:06.829
How<00:47:05.769><c> different,</c><00:47:06.309><c> brethren</c><00:47:06.449><c> and</c><00:47:06.690><c> sisters,</c>

00:47:06.869 --> 00:47:10.429
do<00:47:07.090><c> we</c><00:47:07.329><c> think</c><00:47:07.789><c> that</c><00:47:08.329><c> we</c><00:47:08.530><c> are</c><00:47:08.789><c> in</c><00:47:08.949><c> these</c><00:47:09.150><c> last</c><00:47:09.409><c> days</c><00:47:09.849><c> different</c>

00:47:10.429 --> 00:47:12.469
to<00:47:10.610><c> Israel?</c><00:47:11.570><c> Look</c><00:47:11.769><c> at</c><00:47:11.889><c> the</c><00:47:12.010><c> young</c><00:47:12.250><c> man</c>

00:47:12.469 --> 00:47:17.829
in<00:47:12.670><c> Matthew</c><00:47:13.050><c> chapter</c><00:47:13.349><c> 19,</c><00:47:14.570><c> the</c><00:47:14.690><c> man</c><00:47:14.969><c> whom</c><00:47:15.150><c> Jesus</c><00:47:15.610><c> loved</c><00:47:15.989><c> incidentally.</c><00:47:17.429><c> Yet,</c>

00:47:18.309 --> 00:47:19.090
he<00:47:18.329><c> was</c><00:47:18.550><c> a</c><00:47:18.710><c> man</c><00:47:18.849><c> who</c>

00:47:19.090 --> 00:47:22.429
had<00:47:19.309><c> been</c><00:47:19.690><c> brought</c><00:47:19.929><c> up.</c><00:47:20.510><c> His</c><00:47:20.750><c> mind</c><00:47:20.949><c> had</c><00:47:21.150><c> been</c><00:47:21.510><c> saturated</c><00:47:22.130><c> with</c>

00:47:22.429 --> 00:47:25.570
the<00:47:22.610><c> thinking</c><00:47:22.829><c> of</c><00:47:23.090><c> the</c><00:47:23.230><c> Pharisees.</c><00:47:24.650><c> When</c><00:47:24.989><c> Jesus</c>

00:47:25.570 --> 00:47:28.789
was<00:47:25.889><c> presented</c><00:47:26.369><c> by</c><00:47:26.670><c> this</c><00:47:26.849><c> young</c><00:47:27.070><c> man,</c><00:47:28.050><c> he</c><00:47:28.090><c> said</c><00:47:28.289><c> to</c><00:47:28.449><c> Jesus,</c>

00:47:28.909 --> 00:47:31.949
Good<00:47:29.050><c> Master,</c><00:47:29.630><c> verse</c><00:47:30.110><c> 16,</c><00:47:31.090><c> what</c><00:47:31.349><c> good</c><00:47:31.690><c> thing</c>

00:47:31.949 --> 00:47:35.190
shall<00:47:32.269><c> I</c><00:47:32.590><c> do</c><00:47:32.769><c> to</c><00:47:33.010><c> inherit</c><00:47:33.389><c> eternal</c><00:47:33.789><c> life?</c><00:47:34.309><c> He</c><00:47:34.469><c> was</c><00:47:34.710><c> displaying</c>

00:47:35.190 --> 00:47:36.710
the<00:47:35.469><c> attitude</c><00:47:35.829><c> of</c><00:47:36.130><c> the</c><00:47:36.250><c> scribes</c><00:47:36.510><c> and</c>

00:47:36.710 --> 00:47:41.809
Pharisees.<00:47:37.409><c> What</c><00:47:37.690><c> must</c><00:47:37.989><c> I</c><00:47:38.409><c> do?</c><00:47:40.949><c> It's</c><00:47:41.190><c> as</c><00:47:41.309><c> though</c><00:47:41.449><c> he</c><00:47:41.610><c> thought</c>

00:47:41.809 --> 00:47:43.909
that<00:47:41.949><c> he</c><00:47:41.989><c> could</c><00:47:42.210><c> earn</c><00:47:42.389><c> eternal</c><00:47:42.809><c> life,</c>

00:47:44.309 --> 00:47:47.250
but<00:47:44.409><c> by</c><00:47:44.630><c> doing</c><00:47:44.929><c> something,</c><00:47:46.070><c> that</c><00:47:46.190><c> would</c><00:47:46.389><c> give</c><00:47:46.550><c> him</c><00:47:46.710><c> the</c><00:47:46.889><c> right</c>

00:47:47.250 --> 00:47:50.670
to<00:47:47.789><c> eternal</c><00:47:48.250><c> life.</c><00:47:48.590><c> Jesus</c><00:47:48.929><c> says,</c><00:47:50.530><c> hast</c>

00:47:50.670 --> 00:47:53.269
thou<00:47:50.789><c> kept</c><00:47:51.030><c> the</c><00:47:51.250><c> commandments?</c><00:47:51.670><c> He</c><00:47:51.730><c> said,</c><00:47:51.949><c> which?</c><00:47:52.710><c> He</c><00:47:52.929><c> lists</c>

00:47:53.269 --> 00:47:55.550
certain<00:47:53.670><c> commandments</c><00:47:54.170><c> off.</c><00:47:54.949><c> It's</c><00:47:55.289><c> interesting</c>

00:47:55.550 --> 00:48:01.010
in<00:47:55.750><c> your</c><00:47:55.989><c> own</c><00:47:56.230><c> personal</c><00:47:56.590><c> study</c><00:47:56.969><c> to</c><00:47:57.489><c> notice</c><00:47:57.829><c> that</c><00:47:58.070><c> he</c><00:47:58.210><c> lists</c><00:47:58.670><c> commandments</c><00:47:59.269><c> which</c><00:47:59.570><c> are</c><00:47:59.949><c> related</c><00:48:00.530><c> to</c>

00:48:01.010 --> 00:48:05.829
man's<00:48:01.389><c> relationship</c><00:48:01.949><c> with</c><00:48:02.250><c> man.</c><00:48:04.610><c> He</c><00:48:04.969><c> only</c><00:48:05.269><c> lists</c><00:48:05.489><c> those</c>

00:48:05.829 --> 00:48:08.989
commandments<00:48:06.449><c> which</c><00:48:07.329><c> regard</c><00:48:07.789><c> man's</c><00:48:08.329><c> relationship</c>

00:48:08.989 --> 00:48:13.650
to<00:48:09.230><c> man.</c><00:48:10.469><c> Jesus</c><00:48:10.750><c> went</c><00:48:10.989><c> right</c><00:48:11.329><c> down</c><00:48:11.530><c> those</c><00:48:11.929><c> commandments.</c><00:48:13.530><c> The</c>

00:48:13.650 --> 00:48:15.130
young<00:48:13.889><c> man</c><00:48:14.050><c> was</c><00:48:14.170><c> able</c><00:48:14.369><c> to</c><00:48:14.710><c> turn</c><00:48:14.869><c> around</c><00:48:15.030><c> and</c>

00:48:15.130 --> 00:48:18.829
he<00:48:15.190><c> said,</c><00:48:15.309><c> Look,</c><00:48:15.429><c> I've</c><00:48:15.590><c> done</c><00:48:15.690><c> all</c><00:48:15.909><c> that.</c><00:48:16.730><c> I'm</c><00:48:16.989><c> blameless.</c><00:48:17.869><c> I've</c><00:48:18.010><c> never</c><00:48:18.250><c> committed</c><00:48:18.489><c> any</c>

00:48:18.829 --> 00:48:19.730
of<00:48:18.949><c> those</c><00:48:19.110><c> sins.</c><00:48:19.530><c> He</c>

00:48:19.730 --> 00:48:23.190
was<00:48:20.050><c> blameless</c><00:48:20.610><c> as</c><00:48:20.909><c> touching</c><00:48:21.269><c> the</c><00:48:21.550><c> righteousness</c><00:48:21.969><c> of</c><00:48:22.269><c> the</c><00:48:22.409><c> law.</c><00:48:23.010><c> He</c>

00:48:23.190 --> 00:48:26.570
was<00:48:23.489><c> free</c><00:48:23.769><c> from</c><00:48:24.150><c> sin.</c><00:48:26.210><c> Yet,</c><00:48:26.409><c> when</c>

00:48:26.570 --> 00:48:30.929
it<00:48:26.730><c> came</c><00:48:26.929><c> to</c><00:48:27.070><c> his</c><00:48:27.289><c> relationship</c><00:48:27.889><c> with</c><00:48:28.150><c> God,</c><00:48:29.550><c> Jesus</c><00:48:29.929><c> summarized</c><00:48:30.590><c> those</c>

00:48:30.929 --> 00:48:32.050
four<00:48:31.170><c> commandments</c><00:48:31.570><c> which</c><00:48:31.809><c> were</c>

00:48:32.050 --> 00:48:36.329
omitted.<00:48:32.969><c> He</c><00:48:33.090><c> said,</c><00:48:33.429><c> Go,</c><00:48:34.349><c> sell</c><00:48:34.489><c> all</c><00:48:34.690><c> that</c><00:48:34.789><c> thou</c><00:48:35.030><c> hast</c><00:48:35.429><c> and</c><00:48:35.929><c> come</c><00:48:36.150><c> and</c>

00:48:36.329 --> 00:48:38.389
follow<00:48:36.489><c> me.</c><00:48:37.150><c> He</c><00:48:37.309><c> couldn't</c><00:48:37.590><c> do</c><00:48:37.849><c> it.</c>

00:48:38.429 --> 00:48:43.110
He<00:48:38.590><c> was</c><00:48:38.849><c> unwilling</c><00:48:39.329><c> to</c><00:48:40.269><c> follow</c><00:48:40.590><c> somebody</c><00:48:41.030><c> else.</c><00:48:41.670><c> He</c><00:48:41.809><c> was</c><00:48:42.030><c> unwilling</c><00:48:42.469><c> to</c>

00:48:43.110 --> 00:48:44.230
follow<00:48:43.349><c> in</c><00:48:43.530><c> the</c><00:48:43.829><c> standard</c>

00:48:44.230 --> 00:48:48.429
of<00:48:44.690><c> the</c><00:48:44.849><c> Lord</c><00:48:45.050><c> Jesus</c><00:48:45.429><c> Christ.</c><00:48:47.250><c> We</c><00:48:47.409><c> think</c><00:48:47.650><c> of</c><00:48:47.829><c> the</c><00:48:47.969><c> ecclesia</c><00:48:48.269><c> of</c>

00:48:48.429 --> 00:48:50.550
God<00:48:48.610><c> in</c><00:48:48.809><c> Revelation</c><00:48:49.269><c> chapter</c><00:48:49.630><c> 3,</c><00:48:50.409><c> which</c>

00:48:50.550 --> 00:48:53.730
we<00:48:50.750><c> made</c><00:48:50.909><c> mention</c><00:48:51.210><c> of</c><00:48:51.369><c> yesterday,</c><00:48:52.650><c> an</c><00:48:52.809><c> ecclesia</c><00:48:53.210><c> which</c><00:48:53.449><c> had</c>

00:48:53.730 --> 00:48:56.650
displayed<00:48:54.170><c> all</c><00:48:54.610><c> kinds</c><00:48:54.969><c> of</c><00:48:55.730><c> apparent</c>

00:48:57.650 --> 00:49:02.250
faithfulness.<00:48:58.630><c> There</c><00:48:58.869><c> they</c><00:48:59.110><c> were,</c><00:49:00.010><c> a</c><00:49:00.130><c> light</c><00:49:00.409><c> stand</c><00:49:00.670><c> supposedly</c><00:49:01.469><c> in</c><00:49:02.150><c> the</c>

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midst<00:49:02.469><c> of</c><00:49:02.690><c> Asia</c><00:49:02.889><c> Minor.</c><00:49:04.449><c> Yet,</c>

00:49:05.889 --> 00:49:13.110
they<00:49:05.989><c> would</c><00:49:06.309><c> say,</c><00:49:06.610><c> verse</c><00:49:06.750><c> 17,</c><00:49:08.889><c> I</c><00:49:09.110><c> am</c><00:49:09.329><c> rich,</c><00:49:10.730><c> I</c><00:49:10.849><c> am</c><00:49:11.070><c> increased</c><00:49:11.409><c> with</c><00:49:11.690><c> goods,</c><00:49:12.809><c> and</c><00:49:12.969><c> I</c>

00:49:13.110 --> 00:49:14.469
have<00:49:13.250><c> need</c><00:49:13.349><c> of</c><00:49:13.570><c> nothing</c>

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and<00:49:15.170><c> they</c><00:49:15.429><c> knew</c><00:49:15.710><c> not,</c><00:49:16.849><c> they</c><00:49:17.170><c> knew</c><00:49:17.530><c> not</c><00:49:18.090><c> that</c><00:49:18.789><c> they</c><00:49:19.030><c> were</c><00:49:19.289><c> wretched,</c><00:49:20.369><c> miserable,</c><00:49:21.889><c> poor,</c>

00:49:22.610 --> 00:49:23.250
and<00:49:22.869><c> they</c><00:49:22.989><c> were</c>

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blind.<00:49:25.030><c> They</c><00:49:25.269><c> had</c><00:49:25.550><c> lost</c><00:49:25.889><c> the</c><00:49:26.130><c> vision,</c><00:49:26.590><c> brethren</c><00:49:26.750><c> and</c><00:49:27.010><c> sisters.</c><00:49:28.070><c> The</c><00:49:28.309><c> light</c><00:49:28.590><c> had</c>

00:49:28.829 --> 00:49:30.250
gone<00:49:29.010><c> out.</c><00:49:30.090><c> There</c>

00:49:30.250 --> 00:49:34.630
was<00:49:30.570><c> nothing</c><00:49:30.849><c> to</c><00:49:31.110><c> guide</c><00:49:31.329><c> them</c><00:49:31.789><c> and</c><00:49:32.289><c> they</c><00:49:32.489><c> were</c><00:49:32.769><c> wandering</c><00:49:33.230><c> around</c><00:49:33.829><c> in</c>

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darkness.<00:49:36.130><c> They</c><00:49:36.389><c> didn't</c><00:49:36.730><c> know,</c><00:49:37.090><c> brethren</c>

00:49:37.329 --> 00:49:41.130
and<00:49:37.570><c> sisters,</c><00:49:38.630><c> that</c><00:49:38.849><c> they</c><00:49:39.070><c> were</c><00:49:39.349><c> unfaithful</c><00:49:39.949><c> to</c><00:49:40.110><c> the</c><00:49:40.289><c> truth.</c>

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What<00:49:41.809><c> a</c><00:49:41.949><c> sad</c><00:49:42.090><c> condition</c><00:49:42.550><c> that</c><00:49:42.769><c> the</c><00:49:42.929><c> ecclesia</c>

00:49:43.210 --> 00:49:49.530
can<00:49:43.409><c> find</c><00:49:43.650><c> itself</c><00:49:44.050><c> in.</c><00:49:45.469><c> We've</c><00:49:45.969><c> got</c><00:49:46.110><c> a</c><00:49:46.230><c> tremendous</c><00:49:47.070><c> word</c><00:49:47.469><c> of</c><00:49:47.710><c> exhortation</c><00:49:48.210><c> there</c><00:49:48.869><c> and</c><00:49:49.349><c> a</c>

00:49:49.530 --> 00:49:50.769
word<00:49:49.670><c> of</c><00:49:49.889><c> warning</c>

00:49:50.730 --> 00:49:57.070
that<00:49:51.070><c> here</c><00:49:51.389><c> we</c><00:49:51.630><c> are</c><00:49:52.130><c> in</c><00:49:52.869><c> the</c><00:49:52.949><c> very</c><00:49:53.170><c> last</c><00:49:53.510><c> days</c><00:49:54.090><c> of</c><00:49:54.489><c> Gentile</c><00:49:55.070><c> times,</c><00:49:56.389><c> waiting</c><00:49:56.789><c> for</c>

00:49:57.070 --> 00:49:57.929
the<00:49:57.190><c> return</c><00:49:57.489><c> of</c><00:49:57.750><c> our</c>

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Master.<00:49:59.349><c> And</c><00:49:59.530><c> how</c><00:49:59.670><c> do</c><00:49:59.869><c> we</c><00:49:59.989><c> look?</c><00:50:01.989><c> 1</c><00:50:02.210><c> John</c><00:50:02.469><c> chapter</c><00:50:02.809><c> 2</c><00:50:03.070><c> and</c><00:50:03.230><c> verse</c><00:50:03.489><c> 4,</c><00:50:05.889><c> He</c><00:50:06.210><c> that</c><00:50:06.510><c> saith,</c><00:50:07.369><c> I</c>

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know<00:50:07.769><c> him.</c>

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That<00:50:10.449><c> word</c><00:50:10.750><c> know</c><00:50:11.230><c> is</c><00:50:11.809><c> the</c><00:50:12.030><c> Greek</c><00:50:12.230><c> word</c><00:50:12.489><c> genusko,</c><00:50:14.530><c> which</c><00:50:14.769><c> means</c>

00:50:15.050 --> 00:50:17.690
to<00:50:15.309><c> know</c><00:50:15.510><c> God</c><00:50:15.769><c> by</c><00:50:16.130><c> experience,</c><00:50:17.449><c> not</c>

00:50:17.690 --> 00:50:22.690
a<00:50:17.949><c> factual</c><00:50:18.309><c> knowledge.</c><00:50:18.769><c> There</c><00:50:18.889><c> are</c><00:50:19.030><c> two</c><00:50:19.250><c> words</c><00:50:19.809><c> in</c><00:50:20.110><c> John's</c><00:50:20.570><c> epistle</c><00:50:20.949><c> for</c><00:50:22.010><c> know.</c><00:50:22.250><c> One</c><00:50:22.429><c> is</c>

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factual<00:50:23.130><c> knowledge</c>

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and<00:50:23.650><c> the</c><00:50:23.750><c> other</c><00:50:23.929><c> is</c><00:50:24.570><c> a</c><00:50:24.730><c> knowledge</c><00:50:25.010><c> by</c><00:50:25.369><c> experience.</c><00:50:26.570><c> He</c><00:50:26.809><c> that</c>

00:50:27.030 --> 00:50:28.969
claims<00:50:27.349><c> to</c><00:50:27.590><c> have</c><00:50:27.769><c> experienced</c><00:50:28.570><c> the</c><00:50:28.809><c> God</c>

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of<00:50:29.070><c> Israel</c><00:50:29.389><c> in</c><00:50:29.570><c> his</c><00:50:29.769><c> life,</c><00:50:31.809><c> and</c><00:50:32.030><c> keepeth</c><00:50:32.309><c> not</c><00:50:32.449><c> his</c><00:50:32.650><c> commandments,</c><00:50:34.190><c> is</c><00:50:34.389><c> a</c><00:50:34.590><c> liar.</c>

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He's<00:50:36.750><c> rejected</c><00:50:37.130><c> God's</c>

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word.<00:50:38.789><c> He's</c><00:50:39.429><c> walking</c><00:50:39.710><c> in</c><00:50:39.909><c> darkness,</c><00:50:40.449><c> brethren</c><00:50:40.610><c> and</c><00:50:40.809><c> sisters,</c>

00:50:42.489 --> 00:50:45.329
and<00:50:42.630><c> he's</c><00:50:42.829><c> blind.</c><00:50:43.650><c> Verse</c><00:50:43.909><c> 11,</c><00:50:45.110><c> He</c>

00:50:45.329 --> 00:50:49.510
that<00:50:45.690><c> hateth</c><00:50:46.130><c> his</c><00:50:46.489><c> brother</c><00:50:47.210><c> is</c><00:50:47.969><c> in</c><00:50:48.230><c> darkness,</c><00:50:49.010><c> and</c><00:50:49.170><c> walketh</c>

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in<00:50:49.650><c> darkness,</c><00:50:51.349><c> knowing</c><00:50:51.610><c> not</c><00:50:52.670><c> whither</c><00:50:53.010><c> he</c>

00:50:53.349 --> 00:50:57.690
God.<00:50:54.650><c> And</c><00:50:54.949><c> we</c><00:50:54.989><c> can</c><00:50:55.170><c> imagine</c><00:50:55.530><c> the</c><00:50:55.769><c> apostle</c><00:50:56.050><c> Paul,</c><00:50:56.469><c> can't</c><00:50:56.750><c> we,</c>

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who<00:50:58.289><c> set</c><00:50:58.489><c> after</c><00:50:58.750><c> Damascus,</c><00:50:59.369><c> thinking</c>

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he<00:50:59.889><c> was</c><00:51:00.070><c> right,</c><00:51:01.289><c> justifying</c><00:51:01.929><c> the</c><00:51:02.250><c> cause</c><00:51:02.469><c> that</c><00:51:02.630><c> he</c><00:51:02.710><c> had</c><00:51:02.849><c> in</c><00:51:03.130><c> hand</c><00:51:03.489><c> for</c>

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destroying<00:51:04.329><c> the</c><00:51:04.570><c> Christians.</c>

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And<00:51:06.250><c> there</c><00:51:06.510><c> he</c><00:51:06.670><c> was,</c><00:51:07.050><c> like</c><00:51:07.190><c> the</c><00:51:07.409><c> Jews</c><00:51:07.650><c> who</c><00:51:07.849><c> had</c><00:51:08.130><c> been</c><00:51:08.489><c> foretold</c>

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by<00:51:09.230><c> God</c><00:51:09.429><c> in</c><00:51:09.610><c> the</c><00:51:09.670><c> book</c><00:51:09.889><c> of</c><00:51:10.070><c> Deuteronomy</c>

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chapter<00:51:10.949><c> 28</c><00:51:11.429><c> and</c><00:51:11.550><c> verse</c><00:51:11.789><c> 28.</c><00:51:12.869><c> He</c><00:51:12.969><c> found</c><00:51:13.250><c> himself</c><00:51:13.670><c> at</c><00:51:14.030><c> noonday,</c>

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groping<00:51:15.849><c> around</c><00:51:16.190><c> in</c><00:51:16.389><c> the</c><00:51:16.570><c> dark</c><00:51:17.070><c> and</c>

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reaching<00:51:18.090><c> out</c><00:51:18.429><c> for</c><00:51:18.610><c> somebody</c><00:51:18.849><c> to</c><00:51:19.110><c> help</c><00:51:19.269><c> him</c><00:51:19.449><c> and</c><00:51:19.610><c> guide</c><00:51:19.869><c> him</c>

00:51:20.050 --> 00:51:22.349
in<00:51:20.190><c> the</c><00:51:20.289><c> way.</c><00:51:21.429><c> And</c><00:51:21.630><c> that's</c><00:51:21.809><c> what</c><00:51:22.070><c> brethren</c>

00:51:22.349 --> 00:51:25.650
and<00:51:22.590><c> sisters</c><00:51:22.909><c> are</c><00:51:23.190><c> like</c><00:51:23.489><c> if</c><00:51:24.210><c> they</c><00:51:24.510><c> have</c><00:51:24.849><c> failed</c><00:51:25.110><c> to</c><00:51:25.329><c> live</c><00:51:25.469><c> up</c>

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to<00:51:25.809><c> the</c><00:51:26.030><c> standard</c><00:51:26.469><c> that</c><00:51:27.070><c> is</c><00:51:27.289><c> set</c><00:51:27.449><c> by</c><00:51:27.710><c> Jesus</c>

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Christ.<00:51:28.750><c> They</c><00:51:29.010><c> are</c><00:51:29.369><c> blind,</c><00:51:29.869><c> they</c><00:51:30.070><c> are</c><00:51:30.409><c> walking</c><00:51:30.650><c> in</c><00:51:30.909><c> darkness,</c>

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they<00:51:32.769><c> have</c><00:51:33.030><c> no</c><00:51:33.289><c> vision.</c><00:51:34.570><c> The</c><00:51:34.750><c> things</c>

00:51:35.050 --> 00:51:38.409
of<00:51:35.289><c> the</c><00:51:35.289><c> truth</c><00:51:35.550><c> have</c><00:51:35.929><c> lost</c><00:51:36.190><c> their</c><00:51:37.050><c> brightness</c><00:51:37.449><c> as</c><00:51:37.670><c> they</c><00:51:37.909><c> go</c>

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towards<00:51:38.909><c> that</c><00:51:39.190><c> kingdom.</c><00:51:42.670><c> Wherein</c><00:51:43.070><c> lies</c>

00:51:43.250 --> 00:51:47.650
the<00:51:43.449><c> remedy,</c><00:51:43.889><c> brethren</c><00:51:44.010><c> and</c><00:51:44.250><c> sisters?</c><00:51:45.670><c> 1</c><00:51:45.909><c> John</c><00:51:46.190><c> chapter</c><00:51:46.530><c> 1,</c>

00:51:47.869 --> 00:51:54.030
verse<00:51:48.130><c> 7.</c><00:51:50.809><c> If</c><00:51:51.130><c> we</c><00:51:51.510><c> walk</c><00:51:51.829><c> in</c><00:51:52.010><c> the</c><00:51:52.190><c> light</c><00:51:52.690><c> as</c><00:51:53.670><c> he</c>

00:51:54.030 --> 00:51:59.449
is<00:51:54.150><c> in</c><00:51:54.289><c> the</c><00:51:54.469><c> light,</c><00:51:55.989><c> we</c><00:51:56.329><c> have</c><00:51:56.590><c> fellowship</c><00:51:57.269><c> one</c><00:51:58.289><c> with</c><00:51:58.570><c> another.</c>

00:52:00.050 --> 00:52:05.030
And<00:52:00.269><c> the</c><00:52:00.349><c> blood</c><00:52:00.530><c> of</c><00:52:00.650><c> Jesus</c><00:52:01.130><c> Christ,</c><00:52:01.889><c> his</c>

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whole<00:52:05.190><c> sin.</c><00:52:07.570><c> Verse</c><00:52:07.829><c> 9.</c><00:52:08.969><c> If</c><00:52:08.969><c> we</c><00:52:09.289><c> confess</c><00:52:09.869><c> our</c><00:52:10.289><c> sins,</c><00:52:11.650><c> he</c><00:52:11.829><c> is</c><00:52:12.170><c> faithful</c><00:52:12.710><c> and</c>

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just<00:52:13.829><c> to</c><00:52:14.030><c> forgive</c><00:52:14.230><c> us</c><00:52:14.469><c> our</c>

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sins.<00:52:16.130><c> And</c><00:52:16.329><c> there</c><00:52:16.510><c> is</c><00:52:16.570><c> the</c><00:52:16.710><c> remedy,</c><00:52:18.030><c> very</c><00:52:18.349><c> clear.</c><00:52:19.630><c> If</c><00:52:19.789><c> we</c><00:52:20.130><c> walk</c>

00:52:20.409 --> 00:52:22.989
in<00:52:20.590><c> the</c><00:52:20.769><c> light</c><00:52:21.210><c> as</c><00:52:21.989><c> he</c><00:52:22.309><c> is</c><00:52:22.469><c> in</c><00:52:22.570><c> the</c><00:52:22.730><c> light,</c>

00:52:23.369 --> 00:52:26.650
examination.<00:52:25.030><c> That's</c><00:52:25.349><c> what</c><00:52:25.489><c> we</c><00:52:25.650><c> need</c><00:52:25.869><c> to</c><00:52:25.989><c> do,</c><00:52:26.289><c> brethren</c><00:52:26.389><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:52:26.909><c> day</c><00:52:27.130><c> by</c><00:52:27.389><c> day.</c><00:52:28.550><c> You</c><00:52:28.730><c> know</c><00:52:28.730><c> the</c><00:52:28.829><c> apostle</c>

00:52:29.170 --> 00:52:31.250
Paul<00:52:29.449><c> says,</c><00:52:29.769><c> when</c><00:52:29.789><c> you</c><00:52:29.929><c> come</c><00:52:30.170><c> to</c><00:52:30.369><c> break</c><00:52:30.590><c> bread,</c><00:52:30.769><c> let</c><00:52:30.909><c> a</c><00:52:31.050><c> man</c>

00:52:31.250 --> 00:52:34.909
examine<00:52:31.849><c> himself.</c><00:52:34.030><c> That</c><00:52:34.230><c> doesn't</c><00:52:34.489><c> simply</c>

00:52:34.909 --> 00:52:38.190
mean<00:52:35.050><c> that</c><00:52:35.150><c> we</c><00:52:35.289><c> come</c><00:52:35.449><c> to</c><00:52:35.610><c> the</c><00:52:35.750><c> memorial</c><00:52:36.090><c> meeting.</c><00:52:37.489><c> In</c><00:52:37.590><c> that</c>

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short<00:52:38.550><c> quietness</c><00:52:39.010><c> while</c><00:52:39.190><c> the</c><00:52:39.369><c> voluntary</c>

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is<00:52:39.710><c> being</c><00:52:40.050><c> played,</c><00:52:40.369><c> we</c><00:52:40.449><c> run</c><00:52:40.670><c> down</c><00:52:40.869><c> all</c><00:52:41.070><c> the</c><00:52:41.190><c> things</c><00:52:41.329><c> which</c><00:52:41.530><c> we've</c><00:52:41.769><c> done,</c><00:52:42.550><c> we</c>

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put<00:52:42.929><c> a</c><00:52:43.130><c> checklist</c><00:52:43.349><c> against</c>

00:52:43.750 --> 00:52:46.610
them<00:52:43.889><c> to</c><00:52:44.050><c> see</c><00:52:44.210><c> if</c><00:52:44.329><c> we're</c><00:52:44.570><c> really</c><00:52:44.909><c> worthy</c><00:52:45.090><c> to</c><00:52:45.250><c> be</c><00:52:45.409><c> there</c><00:52:45.590><c> or</c><00:52:45.710><c> not.</c><00:52:46.230><c> That's</c><00:52:46.449><c> not</c>

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what<00:52:46.769><c> the</c><00:52:46.969><c> word</c><00:52:47.130><c> examine</c><00:52:47.690><c> means</c>

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in<00:52:48.769><c> that</c><00:52:49.250><c> context.</c><00:52:51.150><c> Our</c><00:52:51.449><c> examination</c><00:52:51.889><c> is</c><00:52:52.170><c> a</c><00:52:52.289><c> daily</c><00:52:52.489><c> thing.</c><00:52:54.010><c> We've</c><00:52:54.210><c> got</c><00:52:54.349><c> to</c>

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daily<00:52:55.110><c> look</c><00:52:55.889><c> into</c><00:52:56.130><c> the</c><00:52:56.329><c> word</c>

00:52:56.449 --> 00:52:59.849
of<00:52:56.690><c> God</c><00:52:57.010><c> and</c><00:52:57.849><c> we've</c><00:52:58.050><c> got</c><00:52:58.130><c> to</c><00:52:58.309><c> measure</c><00:52:58.510><c> our</c><00:52:58.849><c> standard</c><00:52:59.190><c> of</c><00:52:59.469><c> life</c>

00:52:59.849 --> 00:53:02.110
and<00:53:00.489><c> see</c><00:53:00.690><c> if</c><00:53:00.849><c> it</c><00:53:01.070><c> measures</c><00:53:01.250><c> up</c><00:53:01.469><c> to</c><00:53:01.630><c> the</c><00:53:01.869><c> standard</c>

00:53:02.110 --> 00:53:05.010
of<00:53:02.210><c> the</c><00:53:02.349><c> Lord</c><00:53:02.570><c> Jesus</c><00:53:02.949><c> Christ.</c><00:53:03.429><c> If</c><00:53:03.630><c> we</c><00:53:03.909><c> walk</c><00:53:04.150><c> in</c><00:53:04.329><c> the</c><00:53:04.489><c> light</c><00:53:04.630><c> as</c>

00:53:05.010 --> 00:53:07.690
he<00:53:05.309><c> is</c><00:53:05.550><c> in</c><00:53:05.670><c> the</c><00:53:05.869><c> light,</c><00:53:06.769><c> are</c><00:53:07.030><c> we</c><00:53:07.349><c> speaking</c>

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God's<00:53:08.110><c> words,</c><00:53:08.610><c> brethren</c><00:53:08.670><c> and</c><00:53:08.909><c> sisters?</c><00:53:09.650><c> Are</c><00:53:09.889><c> we</c><00:53:10.090><c> performing</c>

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God's<00:53:11.230><c> words?</c><00:53:11.989><c> Are</c><00:53:12.250><c> we</c><00:53:12.489><c> displaying</c>

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in<00:53:13.150><c> our</c><00:53:13.449><c> lives</c><00:53:14.489><c> the</c><00:53:14.750><c> character</c><00:53:15.090><c> of</c><00:53:15.309><c> Almighty</c><00:53:15.690><c> God?</c><00:53:16.829><c> And</c><00:53:17.130><c> if</c><00:53:17.289><c> we're</c><00:53:17.570><c> not,</c><00:53:18.530><c> we</c>

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will<00:53:18.989><c> never,</c><00:53:19.369><c> we</c><00:53:19.690><c> will</c><00:53:20.130><c> never</c>

00:53:20.550 --> 00:53:25.750
find<00:53:21.170><c> ourselves</c><00:53:21.710><c> participating</c><00:53:22.570><c> in</c><00:53:23.170><c> the</c><00:53:23.349><c> divine</c><00:53:23.610><c> nature.</c><00:53:24.829><c> And</c><00:53:25.190><c> only</c><00:53:25.389><c> when</c><00:53:25.570><c> we</c>

00:53:25.750 --> 00:53:27.590
have<00:53:25.989><c> examined</c><00:53:26.369><c> ourselves</c>

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and<00:53:27.929><c> we</c><00:53:28.170><c> have</c><00:53:28.389><c> found</c><00:53:28.550><c> ourselves</c><00:53:29.150><c> so</c><00:53:29.449><c> utterly</c><00:53:30.230><c> falling</c><00:53:31.070><c> short</c>

00:53:31.510 --> 00:53:34.050
of<00:53:31.650><c> the</c><00:53:31.789><c> things</c><00:53:31.969><c> of</c><00:53:32.230><c> God,</c><00:53:33.250><c> it</c><00:53:33.369><c> is</c><00:53:33.630><c> then,</c><00:53:33.869><c> brethren</c>

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and<00:53:34.329><c> sisters,</c><00:53:34.469><c> that</c><00:53:34.650><c> we</c><00:53:34.750><c> must</c><00:53:35.010><c> get</c><00:53:35.269><c> down</c><00:53:35.530><c> on</c><00:53:35.690><c> our</c><00:53:35.909><c> bendy</c><00:53:36.289><c> knees</c>

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and<00:53:37.449><c> we</c><00:53:37.570><c> must</c><00:53:37.809><c> confess</c><00:53:38.489><c> with</c><00:53:38.829><c> our</c><00:53:39.030><c> lips.</c>

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Not<00:53:40.289><c> simply</c><00:53:40.650><c> a</c><00:53:40.869><c> verbal</c><00:53:41.250><c> confession,</c><00:53:42.409><c> but</c><00:53:42.590><c> a</c><00:53:42.809><c> willingness</c><00:53:43.190><c> which</c><00:53:43.550><c> that</c><00:53:43.750><c> young</c><00:53:44.010><c> man</c>

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was<00:53:44.449><c> unable</c><00:53:44.730><c> to</c><00:53:45.050><c> perform,</c>

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a<00:53:46.190><c> willingness</c><00:53:46.550><c> to</c><00:53:47.010><c> sell</c><00:53:47.130><c> all</c><00:53:47.429><c> that</c><00:53:47.489><c> we</c><00:53:47.690><c> have,</c><00:53:48.050><c> to</c><00:53:48.230><c> give</c><00:53:48.409><c> up</c><00:53:48.670><c> everything</c><00:53:49.110><c> that</c><00:53:49.289><c> we</c>

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put<00:53:49.650><c> great</c><00:53:50.050><c> story</c>

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and<00:53:51.369><c> to</c><00:53:51.670><c> take</c><00:53:51.849><c> up</c><00:53:52.010><c> our</c><00:53:52.269><c> cross</c><00:53:52.590><c> and</c><00:53:53.250><c> to</c><00:53:53.449><c> follow</c><00:53:53.610><c> the</c><00:53:53.750><c> Lord</c><00:53:53.909><c> Jesus</c>

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Christ.<00:53:55.210><c> Thank</c><00:53:55.550><c> you.</c>