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that</c><00:10:51.879><c> law.</c> 00:10:53.799 --> 00:10:56.399 And<00:10:53.960><c> if</c><00:10:54.100><c> there</c><00:10:54.179><c> were</c><00:10:54.419><c> great</c><00:10:54.840><c> personalities</c><00:10:55.519><c> mediating</c><00:10:56.179><c> the</c> 00:10:56.399 --> 00:10:57.639 law<00:10:56.580><c> and</c><00:10:56.759><c> he's</c><00:10:57.039><c> above</c><00:10:57.320><c> them,</c> 00:10:57.779 --> 00:10:59.500 he<00:10:58.039><c> must</c><00:10:58.379><c> be</c><00:10:58.659><c> above</c><00:10:58.879><c> that</c><00:10:59.179><c> law.</c> 00:10:59.700 --> 00:11:02.340 That's<00:11:00.100><c> Paul's</c><00:11:00.360><c> next</c><00:11:00.500><c> point</c><00:11:00.740><c> in</c><00:11:00.960><c> Psalm</c><00:11:01.159><c> 102.</c> 00:11:03.440 --> 00:11:07.919 And<00:11:03.659><c> to</c><00:11:03.899><c> show</c><00:11:04.080><c> how</c><00:11:04.440><c> much</c><00:11:04.759><c> he</c><00:11:05.480><c> is</c><00:11:05.679><c> above</c><00:11:05.899><c> the</c><00:11:06.179><c> others,</c><00:11:07.159><c> what</c><00:11:07.299><c> could</c><00:11:07.480><c> he</c><00:11:07.659><c> do?</c> 00:11:07.919 --> 00:11:12.080 What<00:11:08.399><c> could</c><00:11:08.779><c> he</c><00:11:08.960><c> do</c><00:11:09.179><c> more</c><00:11:09.799><c> than</c><00:11:10.159><c> to</c><00:11:10.379><c> quote</c><00:11:10.559><c> Psalm</c><00:11:10.840><c> 110?</c> 00:11:12.279 --> 00:11:14.860 Sit<00:11:12.279><c> thou</c><00:11:12.820><c> at</c><00:11:13.399><c> my</c><00:11:14.159><c> right</c><00:11:14.600><c> hand.</c> 00:11:15.000 --> 00:11:17.220 Now,<00:11:15.240><c> how</c><00:11:15.500><c> far</c><00:11:16.000><c> can</c><00:11:16.179><c> you</c><00:11:16.360><c> get?</c> 00:11:17.419 --> 00:11:18.279 See,<00:11:17.480><c> that's</c><00:11:17.700><c> Paul's</c><00:11:18.039><c> point.</c> 00:11:18.559 --> 00:11:21.200 If<00:11:18.659><c> he's</c><00:11:18.899><c> above</c><00:11:19.159><c> all</c><00:11:19.379><c> 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of</c><00:13:21.740><c> them</c><00:13:21.840><c> have</c><00:13:22.120><c> ever</c><00:13:22.419><c> answered</c><00:13:22.720><c> it.</c> 00:13:23.259 --> 00:13:24.460 You<00:13:23.419><c> know</c><00:13:23.539><c> why?</c> 00:13:24.879 --> 00:13:27.000 Because<00:13:25.120><c> there's</c><00:13:25.299><c> only</c><00:13:25.480><c> one</c><00:13:25.720><c> answer</c><00:13:25.940><c> to</c><00:13:26.179><c> it.</c> 00:13:27.240 --> 00:13:30.659 That<00:13:27.500><c> a</c><00:13:27.700><c> man</c><00:13:27.940><c> could</c><00:13:28.159><c> only</c><00:13:28.480><c> call</c><00:13:28.860><c> another</c><00:13:29.240><c> man</c><00:13:29.600><c> Lord</c><00:13:29.919><c> if</c><00:13:30.259><c> he</c><00:13:30.440><c> was</c> 00:13:30.659 --> 00:13:32.100 his<00:13:31.220><c> superior.</c> 00:13:33.419 --> 00:13:37.039 And<00:13:33.940><c> David</c><00:13:34.379><c> could</c><00:13:34.620><c> only</c><00:13:34.940><c> call</c><00:13:35.120><c> his</c><00:13:35.379><c> own</c><00:13:35.740><c> son</c><00:13:36.039><c> Lord</c> 00:13:37.159 --> 00:13:40.639 if<00:13:37.679><c> his</c><00:13:37.940><c> own</c><00:13:38.220><c> son</c><00:13:38.460><c> had</c><00:13:38.740><c> another</c><00:13:39.120><c> father</c><00:13:39.620><c> greater</c><00:13:40.080><c> than</c><00:13:40.259><c> David.</c> 00:13:40.879 --> 00:13:43.120 That<00:13:40.980><c> was</c><00:13:41.200><c> the</c><00:13:41.340><c> only</c><00:13:41.580><c> answer</c><00:13:41.759><c> possible.</c> 00:13:43.220 --> 00:13:45.899 And<00:13:43.299><c> that's</c><00:13:43.519><c> why</c><00:13:43.799><c> that</c><00:13:44.539><c> psalm</c><00:13:44.799><c> is</c><00:13:44.980><c> taken</c><00:13:45.200><c> by</c><00:13:45.440><c> the</c><00:13:45.639><c> apostles</c> 00:13:45.899 --> 00:13:48.899 not<00:13:46.159><c> only</c><00:13:46.379><c> by</c><00:13:46.679><c> Paul,</c><00:13:46.899><c> but</c><00:13:47.000><c> by</c><00:13:47.299><c> Peter,</c><00:13:47.519><c> by</c><00:13:47.779><c> James,</c><00:13:48.080><c> and</c><00:13:48.179><c> by</c><00:13:48.440><c> John</c> 00:13:48.899 --> 00:13:51.899 and<00:13:49.179><c> launched</c><00:13:49.659><c> off</c><00:13:49.980><c> to</c><00:13:50.240><c> every</c><00:13:50.620><c> occasion</c><00:13:50.980><c> they</c><00:13:51.139><c> can</c><00:13:51.340><c> fix</c><00:13:51.539><c> upon</c> 00:13:51.899 --> 00:13:54.139 in<00:13:52.259><c> order</c><00:13:52.440><c> to</c><00:13:52.659><c> bring</c><00:13:52.820><c> before</c><00:13:53.100><c> everyone's</c><00:13:53.720><c> attention</c> 00:13:54.139 --> 00:13:57.440 the<00:13:54.580><c> unanswered</c><00:13:55.100><c> question,</c><00:13:56.620><c> the</c><00:13:56.820><c> great</c><00:13:57.039><c> question,</c> 00:13:57.679 --> 00:14:01.840 the<00:13:57.840><c> sonship</c><00:13:58.200><c> of</c><00:13:59.200><c> God's</c><00:13:59.799><c> own</c><00:14:00.019><c> son,</c><00:14:00.500><c> Psalm</c><00:14:00.679><c> 110</c><00:14:01.120><c> verse</c><00:14:01.480><c> 4.</c> 00:14:01.840 --> 00:14:04.139 Now,<00:14:02.340><c> there</c><00:14:02.440><c> are</c><00:14:02.519><c> seven</c><00:14:02.820><c> quotations.</c> 00:14:04.220 --> 00:14:07.059 There<00:14:04.539><c> is</c><00:14:04.820><c> a</c><00:14:05.220><c> summary</c><00:14:05.539><c> of</c><00:14:05.759><c> chapter</c><00:14:06.019><c> one.</c> 00:14:07.220 --> 00:14:09.059 As<00:14:07.419><c> I</c><00:14:07.720><c> promised</c><00:14:07.899><c> you,</c><00:14:08.080><c> I</c><00:14:08.179><c> would</c><00:14:08.360><c> do</c><00:14:08.500><c> this.</c> 00:14:09.220 --> 00:14:12.500 Take<00:14:09.500><c> the</c><00:14:10.080><c> chapter</c><00:14:10.759><c> in</c><00:14:10.919><c> its</c><00:14:11.080><c> broad</c><00:14:11.519><c> outlook.</c> 00:14:12.700 --> 00:14:15.220 It's<00:14:12.919><c> greater</c><00:14:13.019><c> than</c><00:14:13.179><c> the</c><00:14:13.399><c> angels</c><00:14:13.539><c> and</c><00:14:13.860><c> here</c><00:14:14.080><c> is</c><00:14:14.279><c> the</c><00:14:14.500><c> reason.</c> 00:14:15.700 --> 00:14:16.740 Now,<00:14:15.940><c> what</c><00:14:16.039><c> we</c><00:14:16.139><c> want</c><00:14:16.220><c> to</c><00:14:16.299><c> do,</c><00:14:16.440><c> of</c><00:14:16.600><c> course,</c> 00:14:16.740 --> 00:14:19.179 is<00:14:16.860><c> go</c><00:14:17.019><c> back</c><00:14:17.179><c> and</c><00:14:17.259><c> have</c><00:14:17.379><c> a</c><00:14:17.440><c> look</c><00:14:17.539><c> at</c><00:14:17.600><c> it</c><00:14:17.820><c> in</c><00:14:17.899><c> a</c><00:14:18.000><c> little</c><00:14:18.100><c> more</c><00:14:18.360><c> detail.</c> 00:14:19.960 --> 00:14:24.519 First<00:14:20.279><c> of</c><00:14:20.500><c> all,</c><00:14:21.879><c> the</c><00:14:22.039><c> fact</c><00:14:22.220><c> that</c><00:14:22.480><c> the</c><00:14:22.759><c> angels</c><00:14:23.299><c> were</c><00:14:23.639><c> associated</c> 00:14:24.519 --> 00:14:27.600 with<00:14:24.879><c> the</c><00:14:25.100><c> giving</c><00:14:25.240><c> of</c><00:14:25.440><c> the</c><00:14:25.559><c> law</c><00:14:25.720><c> in</c><00:14:25.919><c> a</c><00:14:25.980><c> very</c><00:14:26.340><c> important</c><00:14:26.659><c> way.</c> 00:14:27.620 --> 00:14:31.379 Take,<00:14:27.820><c> for</c><00:14:28.039><c> example,</c><00:14:28.919><c> Acts</c><00:14:29.100><c> chapter</c><00:14:29.440><c> seven</c><00:14:29.779><c> and</c><00:14:29.940><c> verse</c><00:14:30.200><c> 53.</c> 00:14:33.820 --> 00:14:36.700 Now,<00:14:34.360><c> let's</c><00:14:34.620><c> get</c><00:14:34.720><c> our</c><00:14:35.019><c> minds</c><00:14:35.179><c> first</c><00:14:35.500><c> of</c><00:14:35.639><c> all</c><00:14:35.799><c> fixed</c><00:14:36.039><c> upon</c><00:14:36.340><c> the</c><00:14:36.559><c> fact</c> 00:14:36.700 --> 00:14:38.919 that<00:14:36.960><c> angels</c><00:14:37.299><c> were</c><00:14:37.659><c> indeed</c><00:14:38.200><c> associated</c> 00:14:38.919 --> 00:14:40.500 with<00:14:39.120><c> the</c><00:14:39.279><c> 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that</c><00:15:14.519><c> Stephen</c><00:15:14.759><c> lays</c> 00:15:15.059 --> 00:15:16.399 upon<00:15:15.299><c> the</c><00:15:15.600><c> importance</c><00:15:15.860><c> of</c><00:15:16.139><c> angels.</c> 00:15:16.600 --> 00:15:18.100 You<00:15:16.720><c> can</c><00:15:16.899><c> hear</c><00:15:17.000><c> him</c><00:15:17.259><c> saying</c><00:15:17.399><c> that,</c><00:15:17.860><c> can't</c><00:15:17.860><c> you?</c> 00:15:18.379 --> 00:15:23.720 Who<00:15:18.659><c> received</c><00:15:19.159><c> the</c><00:15:19.419><c> law</c><00:15:20.000><c> by</c><00:15:20.639><c> the</c><00:15:20.940><c> disposition</c><00:15:21.559><c> of</c><00:15:22.700><c> angels</c> 00:15:24.080 --> 00:15:26.120 and<00:15:24.600><c> have</c><00:15:24.879><c> not</c><00:15:25.139><c> kept</c><00:15:25.360><c> it.</c> 00:15:26.580 --> 00:15:28.639 You<00:15:26.779><c> can</c><00:15:26.960><c> see</c><00:15:27.059><c> the</c><00:15:27.340><c> importance</c><00:15:27.659><c> of</c><00:15:27.879><c> that.</c> 00:15:28.779 --> 00:15:31.720 Or<00:15:29.059><c> you</c><00:15:29.240><c> take</c><00:15:29.460><c> Hebrews</c><00:15:29.799><c> chapter</c><00:15:30.159><c> two,</c><00:15:30.759><c> verse</c><00:15:30.960><c> two.</c> 00:15:32.940 --> 00:15:37.159 For<00:15:33.139><c> if</c><00:15:33.559><c> the</c><00:15:33.879><c> word</c><00:15:34.399><c> spoken</c><00:15:34.879><c> by</c><00:15:35.399><c> angels</c><00:15:35.940><c> was</c><00:15:36.539><c> steadfast</c> 00:15:37.159 --> 00:15:39.399 and<00:15:37.679><c> every</c><00:15:37.980><c> transgression</c><00:15:38.419><c> and</c><00:15:38.639><c> disobedience</c><00:15:39.100><c> received</c> 00:15:39.399 --> 00:15:41.500 a<00:15:39.580><c> just</c><00:15:39.779><c> recompense</c><00:15:40.259><c> reward,</c><00:15:40.620><c> how</c><00:15:40.799><c> shall</c><00:15:40.980><c> we</c><00:15:41.179><c> escape</c> 00:15:41.500 --> 00:15:43.740 if<00:15:41.639><c> we</c><00:15:41.759><c> neglect</c><00:15:42.000><c> so</c><00:15:42.240><c> great</c><00:15:42.419><c> salvation</c><00:15:42.879><c> and</c><00:15:43.100><c> so</c><00:15:43.259><c> on?</c> 00:15:44.000 --> 00:15:46.100 There<00:15:44.159><c> again</c><00:15:44.440><c> is</c><00:15:44.639><c> the</c><00:15:44.759><c> emphasis</c><00:15:44.980><c> upon</c><00:15:45.379><c> the</c><00:15:45.879><c> importance</c> 00:15:46.100 --> 00:15:47.039 of<00:15:46.299><c> the</c><00:15:46.500><c> personality.</c> 00:15:47.320 --> 00:15:51.700 That<00:15:47.519><c> is,</c><00:15:48.019><c> if</c><00:15:48.200><c> the</c><00:15:48.419><c> word</c><00:15:48.600><c> spoken</c><00:15:48.980><c> by</c><00:15:49.480><c> angels</c><00:15:50.120><c> was</c><00:15:50.580><c> steadfast.</c> 00:15:51.779 --> 00:15:54.980 Now,<00:15:52.059><c> who</c><00:15:52.220><c> wouldn't</c><00:15:52.480><c> stand</c><00:15:52.720><c> at</c><00:15:52.940><c> awe</c><00:15:53.259><c> at</c><00:15:53.879><c> the</c><00:15:54.080><c> mention</c><00:15:54.320><c> of</c><00:15:54.500><c> the</c><00:15:54.679><c> angels?</c> 00:15:55.360 --> 00:15:57.820 Who<00:15:55.580><c> wouldn't</c><00:15:55.879><c> conjure</c><00:15:56.179><c> up</c><00:15:56.259><c> in</c><00:15:56.360><c> their</c><00:15:56.580><c> mind</c><00:15:56.779><c> these</c><00:15:57.080><c> angelic</c><00:15:57.539><c> beings</c> 00:15:57.820 --> 00:15:59.220 who<00:15:58.279><c> wouldn't</c><00:15:58.519><c> think</c><00:15:58.740><c> to</c><00:15:58.860><c> themselves</c> 00:15:59.220 --> 00:16:01.259 what<00:15:59.580><c> a</c><00:15:59.840><c> marvelous</c><00:16:00.240><c> community</c><00:16:00.600><c> they</c><00:16:00.779><c> must</c><00:16:01.080><c> be?</c> 00:16:01.299 --> 00:16:02.580 And<00:16:01.460><c> it's</c><00:16:01.700><c> true.</c> 00:16:03.200 --> 00:16:06.139 Well,<00:16:04.419><c> Stephen</c><00:16:04.539><c> and</c><00:16:04.960><c> Paul</c><00:16:05.179><c> both</c><00:16:05.519><c> testified</c> 00:16:06.139 --> 00:16:10.759 that<00:16:06.799><c> the</c><00:16:06.960><c> law</c><00:16:07.139><c> was</c><00:16:07.539><c> given</c><00:16:07.799><c> in</c><00:16:08.059><c> a</c><00:16:08.240><c> very</c><00:16:08.559><c> special</c><00:16:08.879><c> way</c><00:16:09.299><c> by</c><00:16:09.679><c> angels.</c> 00:16:11.059 --> 00:16:13.440 And<00:16:11.139><c> the</c><00:16:11.340><c> Jews,</c><00:16:11.620><c> now</c><00:16:11.779><c> you</c><00:16:11.940><c> imagine</c><00:16:12.159><c> the</c><00:16:12.399><c> first</c><00:16:12.639><c> argument</c><00:16:13.039><c> therefore</c> 00:16:13.440 --> 00:16:16.000 as<00:16:13.960><c> mum</c><00:16:14.159><c> and</c><00:16:14.340><c> dad,</c><00:16:14.600><c> brother</c><00:16:14.799><c> and</c><00:16:15.019><c> sister,</c><00:16:15.340><c> son</c><00:16:15.500><c> or</c><00:16:15.700><c> daughter</c> 00:16:16.000 --> 00:16:17.740 turned<00:16:16.419><c> up</c><00:16:16.820><c> for</c><00:16:17.059><c> the</c><00:16:17.240><c> Sabbath</c><00:16:17.440><c> day</c> 00:16:17.740 --> 00:16:20.080 and<00:16:17.879><c> had</c><00:16:18.000><c> a</c><00:16:18.299><c> discussion</c><00:16:18.519><c> on</c><00:16:18.700><c> the</c><00:16:18.899><c> word</c><00:16:19.080><c> perhaps</c> 00:16:20.259 --> 00:16:22.820 and<00:16:20.740><c> they</c><00:16:21.080><c> hammered</c><00:16:21.340><c> away</c><00:16:21.500><c> at</c><00:16:21.700><c> that</c><00:16:21.940><c> point.</c> 00:16:23.419 --> 00:16:26.480 Listen,<00:16:24.480><c> look,</c><00:16:24.799><c> you</c><00:16:25.080><c> remember</c><00:16:25.340><c> our</c><00:16:25.639><c> fathers</c><00:16:25.899><c> at</c><00:16:26.179><c> Sinai.</c> 00:16:26.480 --> 00:16:27.980 You<00:16:26.759><c> know</c><00:16:26.980><c> what</c><00:16:27.100><c> you</c><00:16:27.299><c> learned</c><00:16:27.399><c> at</c><00:16:27.539><c> the</c><00:16:27.659><c> synagogue</c> 00:16:27.980 --> 00:16:29.799 since<00:16:28.240><c> you</c><00:16:28.379><c> were</c><00:16:28.500><c> that</c><00:16:28.740><c> high</c><00:16:28.899><c> by</c><00:16:29.080><c> the</c><00:16:29.220><c> rabbis</c> 00:16:29.799 --> 00:16:32.019 of<00:16:30.059><c> the</c><00:16:30.299><c> shaking</c><00:16:30.480><c> of</c><00:16:30.659><c> the</c><00:16:30.820><c> mountain,</c><00:16:31.419><c> of</c><00:16:31.460><c> the</c><00:16:31.740><c> fire</c> 00:16:32.019 --> 00:16:34.700 and<00:16:32.139><c> of</c><00:16:32.240><c> the</c><00:16:32.419><c> lightning</c><00:16:32.639><c> and</c><00:16:32.840><c> the</c><00:16:33.019><c> thunder</c><00:16:33.200><c> and</c><00:16:33.340><c> the</c><00:16:33.480><c> voice</c><00:16:33.639><c> of</c><00:16:33.820><c> God.</c> 00:16:34.940 --> 00:16:40.840 And<00:16:35.240><c> the</c><00:16:35.500><c> fact</c><00:16:35.720><c> that</c><00:16:36.000><c> the</c><00:16:36.220><c> law</c><00:16:36.539><c> was</c><00:16:37.179><c> handed</c><00:16:37.419><c> to</c><00:16:37.659><c> Moses</c><00:16:38.059><c> by</c><00:16:39.559><c> angels.</c> 00:16:42.240 --> 00:16:45.299 Imagine<00:16:42.679><c> a</c><00:16:43.120><c> Jewish</c><00:16:43.679><c> mind,</c><00:16:44.440><c> not</c><00:16:44.679><c> like</c><00:16:44.980><c> ours,</c> 00:16:45.659 --> 00:16:48.960 brought<00:16:45.759><c> up</c><00:16:46.080><c> with</c><00:16:46.460><c> awe</c><00:16:47.039><c>-inspiring</c><00:16:47.960><c> majesty</c><00:16:48.460><c> of</c><00:16:48.620><c> God</c> 00:16:48.960 --> 00:16:50.600 ringing<00:16:49.320><c> in</c><00:16:49.480><c> their</c><00:16:49.700><c> mind</c><00:16:49.879><c> by</c><00:16:50.120><c> their</c><00:16:50.379><c> parents.</c> 00:16:50.659 --> 00:16:52.580 And<00:16:50.799><c> that's</c><00:16:50.879><c> what</c><00:16:51.039><c> the</c><00:16:51.220><c> Jew,</c><00:16:51.580><c> if</c><00:16:51.700><c> he</c><00:16:51.820><c> had</c><00:16:51.980><c> nothing</c><00:16:52.259><c> else,</c><00:16:52.580><c> he</c> 00:16:52.580 --> 00:16:53.440 had<00:16:52.759><c> that.</c> 00:16:53.440 --> 00:16:54.460 Angels. 00:16:55.139 --> 00:16:57.340 And<00:16:55.440><c> that</c><00:16:55.539><c> would</c><00:16:55.679><c> be</c><00:16:55.779><c> a</c><00:16:55.820><c> very</c><00:16:56.139><c> powerful</c><00:16:56.399><c> argument.</c> 00:16:58.259 --> 00:17:00.399 Paul's<00:16:58.620><c> got</c><00:16:58.720><c> to</c><00:16:58.820><c> show</c><00:16:58.980><c> that</c><00:16:59.159><c> Christ</c><00:16:59.500><c> is</c><00:16:59.779><c> greater</c><00:17:00.000><c> than</c><00:17:00.159><c> the</c><00:17:00.299><c> angels</c> 00:17:00.399 --> 00:17:03.799 but<00:17:00.879><c> he</c><00:17:00.960><c> was</c><00:17:01.139><c> a</c><00:17:01.299><c> carpenter</c><00:17:01.700><c> and</c><00:17:02.019><c> he</c><00:17:02.220><c> died</c><00:17:02.360><c> a</c><00:17:02.539><c> criminal's</c><00:17:02.980><c> death.</c> 00:17:03.980 --> 00:17:06.000 And<00:17:04.200><c> that's</c><00:17:04.519><c> the</c><00:17:04.660><c> problem</c><00:17:04.880><c> that</c><00:17:05.019><c> he's</c><00:17:05.240><c> got.</c> 00:17:06.420 --> 00:17:08.380 But<00:17:06.519><c> you</c><00:17:06.619><c> know</c><00:17:06.740><c> something,</c><00:17:07.140><c> brethren</c><00:17:07.259><c> and</c><00:17:07.559><c> sisters,</c> 00:17:09.240 --> 00:17:11.480 in<00:17:09.400><c> another</c><00:17:09.660><c> place,</c><00:17:10.220><c> and</c><00:17:10.319><c> I'm</c><00:17:10.440><c> going</c><00:17:10.539><c> to</c><00:17:10.640><c> show</c><00:17:10.759><c> you</c><00:17:10.839><c> this</c><00:17:10.960><c> now,</c> 00:17:11.880 --> 00:17:18.220 Paul<00:17:12.299><c> argues</c><00:17:12.880><c> the</c><00:17:14.279><c> fact</c><00:17:14.559><c> that</c><00:17:14.779><c> the</c><00:17:15.019><c> law</c><00:17:15.420><c> was</c><00:17:16.160><c> handled</c><00:17:16.779><c> by</c><00:17:17.299><c> angels</c> 00:17:18.240 --> 00:17:20.039 was<00:17:18.579><c> one</c><00:17:18.799><c> of</c><00:17:18.900><c> its</c><00:17:19.099><c> weaknesses.</c> 00:17:22.339 --> 00:17:23.619 Now,<00:17:22.920><c> I'll</c><00:17:23.000><c> say</c><00:17:23.059><c> that</c><00:17:23.220><c> again.</c> 00:17:23.900 --> 00:17:27.559 He<00:17:24.180><c> argues</c><00:17:24.799><c> that</c><00:17:25.859><c> the</c><00:17:26.059><c> law,</c><00:17:26.319><c> the</c><00:17:26.599><c> fact</c><00:17:26.819><c> that</c><00:17:27.039><c> the</c><00:17:27.220><c> law</c> 00:17:27.559 --> 00:17:33.500 was<00:17:28.339><c> handled</c><00:17:29.039><c> by</c><00:17:29.400><c> angels</c><00:17:29.799><c> was</c><00:17:31.140><c> one</c><00:17:31.359><c> of</c><00:17:31.460><c> its</c><00:17:31.799><c> cardinal</c><00:17:32.440><c> weaknesses.</c> 00:17:34.579 --> 00:17:37.940 Now,<00:17:34.740><c> you</c><00:17:34.880><c> look</c><00:17:35.000><c> at</c><00:17:35.119><c> this</c><00:17:35.279><c> reference,</c><00:17:35.940><c> Galatians</c><00:17:36.380><c> chapter</c><00:17:36.680><c> 3.</c> 00:17:41.160 --> 00:17:43.359 You<00:17:41.339><c> might</c><00:17:41.579><c> wonder</c><00:17:41.960><c> how</c><00:17:42.259><c> on</c><00:17:42.460><c> earth</c><00:17:42.640><c> he</c><00:17:42.740><c> could</c><00:17:42.900><c> say</c><00:17:43.099><c> that,</c><00:17:43.240><c> but</c> 00:17:43.359 --> 00:17:44.460 he<00:17:43.539><c> does.</c> 00:17:50.559 --> 00:17:52.799 And<00:17:51.079><c> you</c><00:17:51.200><c> can</c><00:17:51.380><c> relate</c><00:17:51.599><c> this</c><00:17:51.880><c> reference,</c><00:17:52.160><c> of</c><00:17:52.339><c> course,</c><00:17:52.559><c> to</c><00:17:52.700><c> the</c> 00:17:52.799 --> 00:17:53.339 book<00:17:52.920><c> of</c><00:17:53.140><c> Hebrews.</c> 00:17:53.420 --> 00:17:56.960 Same<00:17:53.660><c> apostle,</c><00:17:54.740><c> arguing,</c><00:17:55.140><c> of</c><00:17:55.319><c> course,</c><00:17:55.440><c> on</c><00:17:55.599><c> the</c><00:17:55.759><c> same</c><00:17:55.980><c> principles.</c> 00:17:58.799 --> 00:18:02.839 Now,<00:17:59.319><c> let's</c><00:17:59.559><c> read</c><00:17:59.900><c> Galatians</c><00:18:00.400><c> 3</c><00:18:00.799><c> verses</c><00:18:01.140><c> 18</c><00:18:01.480><c> to</c><00:18:01.619><c> 20.</c> 00:18:03.400 --> 00:18:07.539 For<00:18:03.599><c> if</c><00:18:03.839><c> the</c><00:18:04.160><c> inheritance</c><00:18:04.640><c> be</c><00:18:04.880><c> of</c><00:18:05.039><c> the</c><00:18:05.259><c> law,</c><00:18:06.740><c> it</c><00:18:06.880><c> is</c><00:18:07.119><c> no</c><00:18:07.380><c> more</c> 00:18:07.539 --> 00:18:08.160 of<00:18:07.779><c> promise,</c> 00:18:08.640 --> 00:18:12.259 but<00:18:08.880><c> God</c><00:18:09.519><c> gave</c><00:18:10.039><c> it</c><00:18:10.299><c> to</c><00:18:10.460><c> Abraham</c><00:18:10.839><c> by</c><00:18:11.180><c> promise,</c> 00:18:12.920 --> 00:18:15.279 wherefore<00:18:13.319><c> then</c><00:18:13.779><c> serveth</c><00:18:14.220><c> the</c><00:18:14.440><c> law.</c> 00:18:15.740 --> 00:18:18.019 It<00:18:15.980><c> was</c><00:18:16.299><c> added</c><00:18:16.660><c> because</c><00:18:17.079><c> of</c><00:18:17.420><c> transgressions,</c> 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Now,<00:18:36.799><c> that's</c><00:18:37.440><c> ambiguous</c><00:18:38.000><c> language.</c> 00:18:39.380 --> 00:18:43.339 Ambiguous<00:18:39.799><c> is</c><00:18:40.000><c> a</c><00:18:40.079><c> word</c><00:18:40.180><c> which</c><00:18:40.359><c> means</c><00:18:40.640><c> doubtful,</c><00:18:41.720><c> cloudy,</c><00:18:42.480><c> nebulous.</c> 00:18:43.640 --> 00:18:44.579 It's<00:18:43.980><c> doubtful</c><00:18:44.319><c> language.</c> 00:18:44.619 --> 00:18:45.180 What<00:18:44.740><c> does</c><00:18:44.900><c> he</c><00:18:45.039><c> mean?</c> 00:18:45.220 --> 00:18:46.019 This<00:18:45.339><c> is</c><00:18:45.480><c> what</c><00:18:45.539><c> he</c><00:18:45.740><c> means.</c> 00:18:46.019 --> 00:18:49.779 Paul<00:18:46.599><c> says,</c><00:18:47.440><c> look,</c><00:18:48.180><c> when</c><00:18:48.319><c> God</c><00:18:48.599><c> gave</c><00:18:48.880><c> the</c><00:18:49.059><c> land</c><00:18:49.160><c> to</c><00:18:49.400><c> Abraham,</c> 00:18:50.180 --> 00:18:51.779 he<00:18:50.339><c> said</c><00:18:50.539><c> to</c><00:18:50.720><c> him,</c><00:18:51.000><c> I</c><00:18:51.160><c> will</c><00:18:51.400><c> give</c><00:18:51.539><c> it</c><00:18:51.640><c> to</c><00:18:51.660><c> you.</c> 00:18:51.819 --> 00:18:53.660 I<00:18:52.079><c> promise</c><00:18:52.279><c> it</c><00:18:52.460><c> to</c><00:18:52.599><c> you.</c> 00:18:54.460 --> 00:18:56.299 Now,<00:18:54.680><c> Paul</c><00:18:54.900><c> says,</c><00:18:55.279><c> that's</c><00:18:55.400><c> different</c><00:18:55.720><c> than</c><00:18:55.980><c> saying,</c> 00:18:56.740 --> 00:18:59.279 if<00:18:57.039><c> you</c><00:18:57.380><c> obey</c><00:18:57.680><c> my</c><00:18:58.059><c> law,</c><00:18:58.299><c> you</c><00:18:58.559><c> will</c><00:18:58.759><c> get</c><00:18:58.900><c> the</c><00:18:59.119><c> land.</c> 00:18:59.339 --> 00:19:01.920 Now,<00:18:59.519><c> he</c><00:18:59.619><c> says,</c><00:18:59.819><c> God</c><00:19:00.059><c> doesn't</c><00:19:00.380><c> give</c><00:19:00.559><c> the</c><00:19:00.759><c> land</c><00:19:00.960><c> on</c><00:19:01.200><c> two</c><00:19:01.539><c> grounds.</c> 00:19:01.980 --> 00:19:03.779 There's<00:19:02.119><c> only</c><00:19:02.359><c> one</c><00:19:02.640><c> ground</c><00:19:02.779><c> that</c><00:19:02.980><c> God</c><00:19:03.160><c> gives</c><00:19:03.339><c> the</c><00:19:03.500><c> land</c><00:19:03.619><c> on</c> 00:19:03.779 --> 00:19:05.339 because<00:19:04.059><c> God</c><00:19:04.380><c> himself</c><00:19:04.740><c> is</c><00:19:04.920><c> a</c><00:19:05.140><c> unity.</c> 00:19:05.400 --> 00:19:07.779 He<00:19:05.519><c> doesn't</c><00:19:05.980><c> have</c><00:19:06.500><c> two</c><00:19:06.819><c> methods.</c> 00:19:08.119 --> 00:19:09.299 Well,<00:19:08.279><c> all</c><00:19:08.440><c> right,</c><00:19:08.640><c> says</c><00:19:08.700><c> the</c><00:19:08.920><c> apostle,</c> 00:19:09.740 --> 00:19:11.859 if<00:19:09.940><c> the</c><00:19:10.160><c> law</c><00:19:10.319><c> and</c><00:19:10.480><c> the</c><00:19:10.740><c> promise</c><00:19:11.099><c> were</c><00:19:11.400><c> different</c> 00:19:11.859 --> 00:19:13.660 and<00:19:12.339><c> the</c><00:19:12.539><c> land</c><00:19:12.700><c> is</c><00:19:12.900><c> given</c><00:19:13.019><c> by</c><00:19:13.359><c> promise,</c> 00:19:13.660 --> 00:19:16.079 what<00:19:14.279><c> on</c><00:19:14.539><c> earth</c><00:19:15.019><c> does</c><00:19:15.380><c> the</c><00:19:15.599><c> law</c><00:19:15.759><c> serve?</c> 00:19:16.259 --> 00:19:18.359 What<00:19:16.359><c> purpose</c><00:19:16.720><c> does</c><00:19:16.900><c> it</c><00:19:17.059><c> serve</c><00:19:17.200><c> if</c><00:19:17.359><c> it's</c><00:19:17.539><c> not</c><00:19:17.700><c> to</c><00:19:17.859><c> give</c><00:19:17.940><c> the</c><00:19:18.160><c> land?</c> 00:19:18.539 --> 00:19:21.480 Well,<00:19:18.680><c> says</c><00:19:18.759><c> Paul,</c><00:19:19.319><c> it</c><00:19:19.480><c> was</c><00:19:19.759><c> added</c><00:19:19.980><c> as</c><00:19:20.299><c> a</c><00:19:20.619><c> disciplinary</c><00:19:21.019><c> measure</c> 00:19:21.480 --> 00:19:25.160 to<00:19:22.279><c> keep</c><00:19:22.519><c> people</c><00:19:22.819><c> in</c><00:19:23.140><c> discipline</c><00:19:23.480><c> until</c><00:19:23.920><c> the</c><00:19:24.200><c> Christ</c><00:19:24.539><c> should</c><00:19:24.839><c> come.</c> 00:19:25.460 --> 00:19:28.519 But<00:19:25.640><c> he</c><00:19:25.779><c> said,</c><00:19:26.960><c> I'll</c><00:19:27.099><c> prove</c><00:19:27.579><c> that</c><00:19:28.140><c> the</c><00:19:28.339><c> law</c> 00:19:28.519 --> 00:19:31.160 couldn't<00:19:28.799><c> give</c><00:19:28.980><c> you</c><00:19:29.200><c> the</c><00:19:29.420><c> land</c><00:19:29.539><c> or</c><00:19:29.700><c> anything</c><00:19:29.920><c> else</c><00:19:30.400><c> eternally</c> 00:19:31.160 --> 00:19:32.740 in<00:19:31.440><c> this</c><00:19:31.680><c> way.</c> 00:19:33.240 --> 00:19:35.299 God<00:19:33.799><c> is</c><00:19:34.359><c> one.</c> 00:19:36.740 --> 00:19:38.599 God<00:19:37.140><c> is</c><00:19:37.700><c> one.</c> 00:19:39.079 --> 00:19:40.819 Therefore,<00:19:39.579><c> the</c><00:19:39.680><c> purpose</c><00:19:40.000><c> of</c><00:19:40.279><c> God</c><00:19:40.460><c> is</c> 00:19:40.819 --> 00:19:45.980 to<00:19:41.259><c> bring</c><00:19:41.440><c> all</c><00:19:41.779><c> men</c><00:19:42.019><c> into</c><00:19:42.759><c> oneness</c><00:19:43.240><c> with</c><00:19:43.519><c> him</c><00:19:43.839><c> and</c><00:19:44.480><c> to</c><00:19:44.720><c> thy</c><00:19:45.000><c> seed.</c> 00:19:46.240 --> 00:19:49.160 He<00:19:46.480><c> says</c><00:19:46.640><c> not</c><00:19:46.920><c> and</c><00:19:47.119><c> to</c><00:19:47.299><c> seed</c><00:19:47.440><c> of</c><00:19:47.680><c> many,</c><00:19:48.319><c> but</c><00:19:48.559><c> to</c><00:19:48.839><c> one</c> 00:19:49.160 --> 00:19:51.640 and<00:19:50.000><c> to</c><00:19:50.220><c> thy</c><00:19:50.559><c> seed,</c><00:19:50.859><c> which</c><00:19:51.000><c> is</c><00:19:51.299><c> Christ.</c> 00:19:52.039 --> 00:19:54.720 Therefore,<00:19:52.799><c> whether</c><00:19:53.000><c> we</c><00:19:53.200><c> be</c><00:19:53.339><c> Jew</c><00:19:53.500><c> or</c><00:19:53.759><c> Greek,</c><00:19:54.079><c> bond</c><00:19:54.240><c> or</c><00:19:54.539><c> free,</c> 00:19:54.839 --> 00:19:57.799 male<00:19:55.039><c> or</c><00:19:55.259><c> female,</c><00:19:55.559><c> we</c><00:19:55.740><c> are</c><00:19:55.960><c> all</c><00:19:56.339><c> one</c><00:19:56.740><c> in</c><00:19:57.140><c> Christ</c><00:19:57.420><c> Jesus.</c> 00:19:58.200 --> 00:19:59.519 That's<00:19:58.579><c> the</c><00:19:58.740><c> argument</c><00:19:58.920><c> through</c><00:19:59.119><c> Galatians,</c> 00:19:59.640 --> 00:20:00.759 the<00:19:59.740><c> emphasis</c><00:19:59.960><c> on</c><00:20:00.160><c> the</c><00:20:00.339><c> word</c><00:20:00.500><c> one.</c> 00:20:01.079 --> 00:20:03.519 Now,<00:20:01.299><c> God</c><00:20:01.519><c> is</c><00:20:01.779><c> one</c><00:20:02.000><c> and</c><00:20:02.279><c> he's</c><00:20:02.480><c> bringing</c><00:20:02.720><c> all</c><00:20:03.299><c> things</c> 00:20:03.519 --> 00:20:04.759 into<00:20:03.740><c> unity</c><00:20:04.000><c> with</c><00:20:04.200><c> himself.</c> 00:20:04.940 --> 00:20:07.359 It's<00:20:05.400><c> obvious</c><00:20:05.660><c> that</c><00:20:05.900><c> man's</c><00:20:06.259><c> got</c><00:20:06.319><c> to</c><00:20:06.420><c> be</c><00:20:06.579><c> brought</c><00:20:06.720><c> to</c><00:20:06.880><c> position</c> 00:20:07.359 --> 00:20:10.920 under<00:20:08.039><c> a</c><00:20:08.319><c> covenant</c><00:20:08.559><c> where</c><00:20:08.720><c> he's</c><00:20:09.359><c> like</c><00:20:09.619><c> that</c><00:20:09.819><c> with</c><00:20:10.079><c> God.</c> 00:20:12.039 --> 00:20:12.640 What? 00:20:13.059 --> 00:20:16.220 Now,<00:20:13.259><c> says</c><00:20:13.420><c> Paul,</c><00:20:14.500><c> when</c><00:20:14.759><c> the</c><00:20:14.960><c> law</c><00:20:15.079><c> was</c><00:20:15.339><c> given,</c> 00:20:16.799 --> 00:20:23.319 it<00:20:17.000><c> went</c><00:20:17.160><c> from</c><00:20:17.420><c> God</c><00:20:18.140><c> to</c><00:20:19.220><c> angels</c><00:20:19.819><c> to</c><00:20:20.819><c> Moses</c><00:20:21.400><c> to</c><00:20:22.099><c> the</c><00:20:22.339><c> people.</c> 00:20:23.440 --> 00:20:27.700 And<00:20:23.740><c> the</c><00:20:24.039><c> angels</c><00:20:24.480><c> was</c><00:20:25.180><c> a</c><00:20:25.380><c> link</c><00:20:25.539><c> in</c><00:20:25.839><c> that</c><00:20:26.180><c> weak</c><00:20:26.619><c> chain.</c> 00:20:29.319 --> 00:20:32.160 It<00:20:29.420><c> was</c><00:20:29.700><c> ordained</c><00:20:30.279><c> in</c><00:20:30.759><c> the</c><00:20:30.980><c> hands</c><00:20:31.180><c> of</c><00:20:31.400><c> the</c><00:20:31.460><c> mediator</c><00:20:31.880><c> through</c> 00:20:32.160 --> 00:20:32.740 the<00:20:32.440><c> angels.</c> 00:20:32.960 --> 00:20:38.579 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covenant.</c> 00:20:48.099 --> 00:20:49.019 What<00:20:48.259><c> about</c><00:20:48.420><c> the</c><00:20:48.579><c> new</c><00:20:48.759><c> covenant?</c> 00:20:49.140 --> 00:20:51.180 You<00:20:49.259><c> know,</c><00:20:49.380><c> there</c><00:20:49.519><c> are</c><00:20:49.619><c> a</c><00:20:49.660><c> lot</c><00:20:49.740><c> of</c><00:20:49.900><c> brethren</c><00:20:50.079><c> and</c><00:20:50.299><c> sisters,</c> 00:20:51.380 --> 00:20:52.660 a<00:20:51.519><c> quite</c><00:20:51.660><c> a</c><00:20:51.759><c> lot</c><00:20:51.839><c> of</c><00:20:51.960><c> brethren</c><00:20:52.140><c> and</c><00:20:52.380><c> sisters.</c> 00:20:53.140 --> 00:20:55.119 I'm<00:20:53.380><c> sure</c><00:20:53.579><c> you</c><00:20:53.720><c> wouldn't</c><00:20:53.880><c> be</c><00:20:54.079><c> among</c><00:20:54.259><c> them</c><00:20:54.440><c> who</c><00:20:54.619><c> believe</c> 00:20:55.119 --> 00:20:58.799 that<00:20:55.619><c> when</c><00:20:55.779><c> we</c><00:20:56.000><c> approach</c><00:20:56.240><c> the</c><00:20:56.539><c> father,</c><00:20:57.200><c> it</c><00:20:57.339><c> is</c><00:20:57.519><c> the</c><00:20:57.779><c> father</c> 00:20:59.200 --> 00:21:01.200 through<00:20:59.599><c> to</c><00:20:59.799><c> the</c><00:20:59.980><c> son</c><00:21:00.240><c> and</c><00:21:00.440><c> then</c><00:21:00.519><c> to</c><00:21:00.640><c> the</c><00:21:00.839><c> people.</c> 00:21:01.599 --> 00:21:02.799 It<00:21:01.839><c> is</c><00:21:02.099><c> not.</c> 00:21:04.880 --> 00:21:09.660 That<00:21:04.980><c> is,</c><00:21:05.140><c> there</c><00:21:05.319><c> is</c><00:21:05.640><c> no</c><00:21:05.920><c> such</c><00:21:06.380><c> indirect</c><00:21:07.440><c> link</c><00:21:07.759><c> with</c><00:21:07.960><c> the</c><00:21:08.200><c> father</c><00:21:08.400><c> as</c><00:21:08.660><c> that.</c> 00:21:09.779 --> 00:21:13.980 When<00:21:10.299><c> we</c><00:21:10.559><c> pray</c><00:21:10.900><c> to</c><00:21:11.079><c> God,</c><00:21:12.640><c> we</c><00:21:12.819><c> pray</c><00:21:13.019><c> to</c><00:21:13.220><c> God.</c> 00:21:15.220 --> 00:21:19.339 Not<00:21:15.380><c> such</c><00:21:15.599><c> a</c><00:21:15.740><c> thing</c><00:21:15.859><c> as</c><00:21:16.079><c> saying</c><00:21:16.460><c> us</c><00:21:17.339><c> through</c><00:21:17.819><c> Christ</c><00:21:18.160><c> as</c><00:21:18.339><c> the</c><00:21:18.500><c> father.</c> 00:21:19.880 --> 00:21:21.180 Because,<00:21:20.319><c> you</c><00:21:20.359><c> see,</c><00:21:20.500><c> what</c><00:21:20.700><c> we're</c><00:21:20.900><c> doing,</c> 00:21:21.319 --> 00:21:23.160 we're<00:21:21.599><c> separating</c><00:21:22.019><c> the</c><00:21:22.299><c> father</c><00:21:22.559><c> and</c><00:21:22.720><c> the</c><00:21:22.960><c> son,</c> 00:21:23.220 --> 00:21:24.980 and<00:21:23.380><c> we're</c><00:21:23.660><c> separating</c><00:21:23.900><c> the</c><00:21:24.160><c> son</c><00:21:24.359><c> and</c><00:21:24.539><c> ourselves.</c> 00:21:25.099 --> 00:21:25.980 There's<00:21:25.299><c> no</c><00:21:25.519><c> such</c><00:21:25.720><c> thing.</c> 00:21:26.119 --> 00:21:29.660 Because<00:21:26.420><c> when</c><00:21:26.680><c> we</c><00:21:27.000><c> approach</c><00:21:27.259><c> God</c><00:21:27.579><c> in</c><00:21:28.039><c> the</c><00:21:28.279><c> name</c><00:21:28.680><c> of</c><00:21:29.000><c> the</c><00:21:29.140><c> father,</c><00:21:29.420><c> of</c> 00:21:29.660 --> 00:21:30.140 the<00:21:29.839><c> son,</c> 00:21:30.519 --> 00:21:33.420 we<00:21:30.859><c> approach</c><00:21:31.259><c> God</c><00:21:31.619><c> direct</c><00:21:31.920><c> because</c><00:21:32.319><c> Paul</c><00:21:32.700><c> says</c> 00:21:33.420 --> 00:21:37.319 that<00:21:33.960><c> Jesus</c><00:21:34.400><c> is</c><00:21:34.839><c> all</c><00:21:35.279><c> now</c><00:21:35.799><c> that</c><00:21:36.039><c> God</c><00:21:36.279><c> is.</c> 00:21:37.920 --> 00:21:41.099 And<00:21:38.440><c> therefore,</c><00:21:38.819><c> it's</c><00:21:38.900><c> not</c><00:21:39.099><c> a</c><00:21:39.279><c> question</c><00:21:39.640><c> of</c><00:21:39.920><c> one,</c><00:21:40.359><c> two,</c><00:21:40.779><c> three.</c> 00:21:41.200 --> 00:21:43.079 It's<00:21:41.400><c> a</c><00:21:41.480><c> question</c><00:21:41.700><c> of</c><00:21:42.200><c> one.</c> 00:21:44.220 --> 00:21:46.519 Now,<00:21:44.740><c> that's</c><00:21:45.000><c> the</c><00:21:45.140><c> whole</c><00:21:45.380><c> point</c><00:21:45.559><c> he's</c><00:21:45.720><c> making</c><00:21:45.980><c> in</c><00:21:46.200><c> Galatians.</c> 00:21:46.799 --> 00:21:47.900 You<00:21:46.960><c> may</c><00:21:47.140><c> find</c><00:21:47.299><c> that</c><00:21:47.440><c> a</c><00:21:47.500><c> bit</c><00:21:47.640><c> difficult.</c> 00:21:47.980 --> 00:21:49.460 Let's<00:21:48.160><c> put</c><00:21:48.259><c> it</c><00:21:48.380><c> this</c><00:21:48.539><c> way.</c> 00:21:49.559 --> 00:21:54.019 There<00:21:49.579><c> is</c><00:21:50.019><c> one</c><00:21:50.779><c> mediator</c><00:21:51.779><c> between</c><00:21:52.420><c> God</c><00:21:52.720><c> and</c><00:21:52.980><c> man.</c> 00:21:54.779 --> 00:21:58.319 Jesus<00:21:55.160><c> Christ,</c><00:21:55.700><c> says</c><00:21:55.759><c> the</c><00:21:56.000><c> Greek,</c><00:21:56.420><c> himself,</c><00:21:57.420><c> man.</c> 00:21:58.640 --> 00:22:01.480 So<00:21:58.819><c> if</c><00:21:58.900><c> there's</c><00:21:59.220><c> one</c><00:21:59.660><c> mediator</c><00:22:00.099><c> between</c><00:22:00.460><c> God</c><00:22:00.900><c> and</c><00:22:01.180><c> man,</c> 00:22:01.559 --> 00:22:04.700 and<00:22:01.759><c> that</c><00:22:02.099><c> mediator</c><00:22:02.599><c> is</c><00:22:03.039><c> man</c><00:22:03.359><c> in</c><00:22:03.819><c> the</c><00:22:04.039><c> presence</c><00:22:04.240><c> of</c><00:22:04.500><c> God,</c> 00:22:04.839 --> 00:22:05.700 there's<00:22:05.039><c> direct</c><00:22:05.259><c> contact.</c> 00:22:05.700 --> 00:22:09.279 That's<00:22:06.319><c> what</c><00:22:06.480><c> Paul's</c><00:22:06.900><c> saying</c><00:22:07.000><c> in</c><00:22:07.180><c> 1</c><00:22:07.380><c> Timothy</c><00:22:07.619><c> 2</c><00:22:08.039><c> verse</c><00:22:08.299><c> 5.</c> 00:22:09.559 --> 00:22:12.500 There<00:22:09.660><c> is</c><00:22:09.980><c> one</c><00:22:10.480><c> mediator</c><00:22:11.000><c> between</c><00:22:11.339><c> God</c><00:22:11.720><c> and</c><00:22:12.000><c> man,</c> 00:22:12.660 --> 00:22:15.539 Jesus<00:22:13.079><c> Christ,</c><00:22:13.680><c> himself,</c><00:22:14.680><c> man.</c> 00:22:15.599 --> 00:22:18.839 So<00:22:15.759><c> if</c><00:22:15.920><c> he's</c><00:22:16.160><c> man</c><00:22:16.599><c> and</c><00:22:16.980><c> he's</c><00:22:17.220><c> in</c><00:22:17.339><c> the</c><00:22:17.599><c> presence</c><00:22:17.819><c> of</c><00:22:18.099><c> God,</c> 00:22:19.119 --> 00:22:21.240 though<00:22:19.240><c> it</c><00:22:19.400><c> be</c><00:22:19.640><c> true</c><00:22:19.980><c> that</c><00:22:20.099><c> we've</c><00:22:20.339><c> got</c><00:22:20.460><c> to</c><00:22:20.680><c> go</c><00:22:20.900><c> through</c><00:22:21.099><c> the</c> 00:22:21.240 --> 00:22:22.039 Lord<00:22:21.380><c> Jesus</c><00:22:21.779><c> Christ,</c> 00:22:22.220 --> 00:22:23.680 no<00:22:22.400><c> prayers</c><00:22:22.619><c> acceptable</c><00:22:23.000><c> without</c><00:22:23.359><c> that.</c> 00:22:23.759 --> 00:22:24.680 That's<00:22:24.119><c> for</c><00:22:24.359><c> sure.</c> 00:22:24.859 --> 00:22:27.059 We<00:22:25.099><c> cannot</c><00:22:25.359><c> go</c><00:22:25.660><c> direct</c><00:22:25.920><c> to</c><00:22:26.099><c> God</c><00:22:26.299><c> without</c><00:22:26.680><c> Christ.</c> 00:22:27.299 --> 00:22:29.539 Yet<00:22:27.420><c> it</c><00:22:27.539><c> is</c><00:22:27.759><c> true</c><00:22:27.900><c> that</c><00:22:28.019><c> when</c><00:22:28.140><c> we</c><00:22:28.460><c> approach</c><00:22:28.740><c> the</c><00:22:28.920><c> Lord</c><00:22:29.059><c> Jesus</c> 00:22:29.539 --> 00:22:31.000 Christ<00:22:30.119><c> through</c><00:22:30.599><c> to</c><00:22:30.819><c> God,</c> 00:22:31.079 --> 00:22:33.099 it<00:22:31.160><c> is</c><00:22:31.400><c> absolutely</c><00:22:31.700><c> a</c><00:22:32.039><c> unity</c><00:22:32.279><c> that</c><00:22:32.440><c> we</c><00:22:32.599><c> are</c><00:22:32.819><c> approaching.</c> 00:22:33.299 --> 00:22:35.119 There's<00:22:33.519><c> no</c><00:22:33.799><c> question</c><00:22:34.019><c> of</c><00:22:34.220><c> one,</c><00:22:34.559><c> two,</c><00:22:34.839><c> three.</c> 00:22:35.119 --> 00:22:38.640 But<00:22:35.420><c> under</c><00:22:35.559><c> the</c><00:22:35.680><c> law</c><00:22:35.779><c> of</c><00:22:35.920><c> Moses</c><00:22:36.180><c> was</c><00:22:36.420><c> one,</c><00:22:36.839><c> two,</c><00:22:37.180><c> three,</c><00:22:37.660><c> four.</c> 00:22:39.359 --> 00:22:42.279 That's<00:22:39.700><c> the</c><00:22:40.299><c> point</c><00:22:40.400><c> that</c><00:22:40.619><c> Paul</c><00:22:40.779><c> makes</c><00:22:41.059><c> in</c><00:22:41.299><c> Galatians</c><00:22:41.640><c> chapter</c><00:22:41.960><c> 3.</c> 00:22:42.539 --> 00:22:44.599 So<00:22:42.640><c> the</c><00:22:42.799><c> very</c><00:22:43.019><c> fact</c><00:22:43.220><c> that</c><00:22:43.380><c> the</c><00:22:43.500><c> law</c><00:22:43.619><c> was</c><00:22:43.859><c> given</c><00:22:44.079><c> by</c><00:22:44.319><c> the</c><00:22:44.460><c> hands</c> 00:22:44.599 --> 00:22:45.180 of<00:22:44.880><c> angels</c> 00:22:45.180 --> 00:22:47.759 only<00:22:45.700><c> proved</c><00:22:46.019><c> the</c><00:22:46.240><c> weakness</c><00:22:46.480><c> of</c><00:22:46.660><c> that</c><00:22:46.880><c> system.</c> 00:22:48.460 --> 00:22:50.240 And<00:22:48.619><c> we</c><00:22:48.740><c> want</c><00:22:48.859><c> to</c><00:22:49.000><c> bear</c><00:22:49.079><c> that</c><00:22:49.279><c> in</c><00:22:49.480><c> mind,</c><00:22:49.839><c> brethren</c><00:22:49.880><c> and</c><00:22:50.119><c> sisters,</c> 00:22:50.279 --> 00:22:54.259 when<00:22:50.380><c> we</c><00:22:50.559><c> approach</c><00:22:50.859><c> the</c><00:22:51.140><c> Father,</c><00:22:52.259><c> our</c><00:22:52.519><c> Heavenly</c><00:22:52.900><c> Father</c><00:22:53.240><c> we</c><00:22:53.519><c> say,</c> 00:22:55.480 --> 00:22:56.660 whatever<00:22:55.700><c> terms</c><00:22:55.980><c> we</c><00:22:56.220><c> may</c><00:22:56.420><c> use,</c> 00:22:56.960 --> 00:22:59.519 Yahweh<00:22:57.339><c> Elohim</c><00:22:57.700><c> is</c><00:22:57.839><c> how</c><00:22:57.940><c> we</c><00:22:58.140><c> open</c><00:22:58.319><c> our</c><00:22:58.579><c> prayers.</c> 00:22:59.799 --> 00:23:02.740 And<00:23:00.119><c> we</c><00:23:00.380><c> finalize</c><00:23:00.819><c> that</c><00:23:01.079><c> prayer</c><00:23:01.440><c> in</c><00:23:01.839><c> the</c><00:23:02.039><c> name</c><00:23:02.240><c> of</c><00:23:02.420><c> the</c><00:23:02.539><c> Lord</c> 00:23:02.740 --> 00:23:03.619 Jesus<00:23:03.180><c> Christ</c> 00:23:03.619 --> 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accomplished.</c> 00:23:19.119 --> 00:23:21.160 And<00:23:19.359><c> there's</c><00:23:19.619><c> a</c><00:23:19.940><c> directness</c><00:23:20.359><c> in</c><00:23:20.539><c> that</c><00:23:20.680><c> approach</c> 00:23:21.160 --> 00:23:24.339 that<00:23:21.539><c> was</c><00:23:21.720><c> completely</c><00:23:22.420><c> lacking</c><00:23:22.819><c> with</c><00:23:23.579><c> the</c><00:23:23.720><c> law</c><00:23:23.839><c> of</c><00:23:24.039><c> Moses.</c> 00:23:24.539 --> 00:23:26.180 And<00:23:24.759><c> instead</c><00:23:24.900><c> of</c><00:23:25.000><c> the</c><00:23:25.119><c> law</c><00:23:25.220><c> bringing</c><00:23:25.460><c> people</c><00:23:25.759><c> to</c><00:23:25.960><c> God,</c> 00:23:26.319 --> 00:23:28.740 it<00:23:26.599><c> established,</c><00:23:27.039><c> as</c><00:23:27.180><c> I</c><00:23:27.359><c> say,</c><00:23:27.680><c> a</c><00:23:27.819><c> gradation</c><00:23:28.240><c> of</c><00:23:28.500><c> people</c> 00:23:28.740 --> 00:23:30.660 which<00:23:29.339><c> kept</c><00:23:29.519><c> the</c><00:23:29.779><c> people</c><00:23:29.900><c> at</c><00:23:30.079><c> their</c><00:23:30.180><c> distance.</c> 00:23:30.660 --> 00:23:33.400 So<00:23:31.440><c> Paul</c><00:23:32.059><c> argues</c><00:23:32.339><c> in</c><00:23:32.519><c> Galatians,</c><00:23:33.160><c> therefore,</c> 00:23:33.680 --> 00:23:35.559 that<00:23:33.819><c> there's</c><00:23:34.380><c> a</c><00:23:34.500><c> weakness</c><00:23:34.779><c> in</c><00:23:35.200><c> the</c><00:23:35.380><c> way</c> 00:23:35.559 --> 00:23:38.000 in<00:23:35.640><c> which</c><00:23:35.859><c> the</c><00:23:36.220><c> law</c><00:23:36.339><c> was</c><00:23:36.539><c> handled</c><00:23:36.819><c> by</c><00:23:37.140><c> angels.</c> 00:23:38.640 --> 00:23:41.460 Now,<00:23:38.819><c> coming</c><00:23:39.039><c> back,</c><00:23:39.440><c> therefore,</c><00:23:40.380><c> to</c><00:23:40.579><c> Hebrews,</c> 00:23:42.599 --> 00:23:44.700 let's<00:23:42.859><c> have</c><00:23:42.960><c> a</c><00:23:42.960><c> look</c><00:23:43.059><c> at</c><00:23:43.140><c> his</c><00:23:43.339><c> first</c><00:23:43.579><c> reference.</c> 00:23:49.279 --> 00:23:51.740 In<00:23:49.700><c> verse</c><00:23:49.960><c> 4,</c><00:23:50.240><c> he</c><00:23:50.380><c> says</c><00:23:50.599><c> this,</c> 00:23:52.559 --> 00:23:56.180 being<00:23:53.119><c> made</c><00:23:53.680><c> so</c><00:23:54.000><c> much</c><00:23:54.299><c> better</c><00:23:54.759><c> than</c><00:23:54.960><c> the</c><00:23:55.240><c> angels,</c> 00:23:56.480 --> 00:23:58.740 as<00:23:56.799><c> he</c><00:23:57.019><c> hath</c><00:23:57.259><c> by</c><00:23:57.599><c> inheritance</c> 00:23:59.079 --> 00:24:03.019 obtained<00:23:59.720><c> a</c><00:24:00.039><c> more</c><00:24:00.460><c> excellent</c><00:24:01.000><c> name</c><00:24:01.640><c> than</c><00:24:02.000><c> they.</c> 00:24:03.119 --> 00:24:04.619 Now,<00:24:03.319><c> the</c><00:24:03.440><c> revised</c><00:24:03.839><c> version</c><00:24:04.200><c> says,</c> 00:24:04.839 --> 00:24:07.299 having<00:24:05.160><c> become</c><00:24:06.019><c> so</c><00:24:06.440><c> much</c><00:24:06.619><c> better</c><00:24:06.799><c> than</c><00:24:06.980><c> the</c><00:24:07.160><c> angels,</c> 00:24:07.420 --> 00:24:09.319 he<00:24:07.640><c> wasn't</c><00:24:08.019><c> made</c><00:24:08.420><c> better</c><00:24:08.640><c> than</c><00:24:08.799><c> the</c><00:24:09.000><c> angels.</c> 00:24:09.720 --> 00:24:12.259 Who<00:24:09.980><c> could</c><00:24:10.220><c> prove</c><00:24:10.460><c> that</c><00:24:11.099><c> from</c><00:24:11.319><c> Hebrews?</c> 00:24:16.480 --> 00:24:20.160 Hebrews<00:24:16.839><c> 2</c><00:24:17.140><c> verse,</c><00:24:18.819><c> well,</c><00:24:19.180><c> not</c><00:24:19.339><c> 14,</c> 00:24:23.099 --> 00:24:28.200 but<00:24:23.619><c> we</c><00:24:24.140><c> see</c><00:24:24.380><c> Jesus</c><00:24:24.799><c> who</c><00:24:24.960><c> was</c><00:24:25.240><c> made</c><00:24:25.619><c> a</c><00:24:25.859><c> little</c><00:24:26.160><c> lower</c><00:24:26.660><c> than</c><00:24:26.940><c> the</c><00:24:27.180><c> angels.</c> 00:24:28.339 --> 00:24:32.519 So<00:24:28.839><c> it</c><00:24:29.019><c> can't</c><00:24:29.359><c> mean</c><00:24:29.519><c> that</c><00:24:29.660><c> he</c><00:24:29.759><c> was</c><00:24:30.019><c> made</c><00:24:31.000><c> better</c><00:24:31.839><c> than</c><00:24:32.000><c> the</c><00:24:32.259><c> angels.</c> 00:24:32.779 --> 00:24:35.079 And<00:24:32.940><c> the</c><00:24:33.119><c> revised</c><00:24:33.480><c> version</c><00:24:33.859><c> is</c><00:24:34.160><c> obviously</c><00:24:34.740><c> correct</c> 00:24:35.079 --> 00:24:39.700 when<00:24:35.240><c> it</c><00:24:35.440><c> says</c><00:24:35.960><c> having</c><00:24:36.519><c> become</c><00:24:37.660><c> better</c><00:24:38.960><c> than</c><00:24:39.119><c> the</c><00:24:39.380><c> angels.</c> 00:24:39.819 --> 00:24:41.440 And<00:24:40.059><c> that,</c><00:24:40.400><c> of</c><00:24:40.400><c> course,</c><00:24:40.539><c> which</c><00:24:40.880><c> made</c><00:24:41.039><c> him</c><00:24:41.240><c> better</c> 00:24:41.440 --> 00:24:43.920 was<00:24:41.680><c> the</c><00:24:42.240><c> ascension</c><00:24:42.640><c> to</c><00:24:42.819><c> the</c><00:24:42.980><c> right</c><00:24:43.160><c> hand</c><00:24:43.259><c> of</c><00:24:43.400><c> the</c><00:24:43.559><c> father</c> 00:24:43.920 --> 00:24:46.180 and<00:24:44.339><c> to</c><00:24:44.519><c> the</c><00:24:44.660><c> same</c><00:24:44.859><c> nature</c><00:24:45.359><c> of</c><00:24:45.680><c> the</c><00:24:45.880><c> father.</c> 00:24:46.480 --> 00:24:49.319 So<00:24:46.940><c> although</c><00:24:47.200><c> originally</c><00:24:47.880><c> he</c><00:24:48.160><c> was</c><00:24:48.519><c> made</c><00:24:48.799><c> a</c><00:24:48.920><c> little</c><00:24:49.059><c> lower,</c> 00:24:49.319 --> 00:24:51.859 he<00:24:49.460><c> is</c><00:24:49.619><c> now</c><00:24:49.940><c> the</c><00:24:50.220><c> effulgence</c><00:24:50.759><c> of</c><00:24:50.980><c> God's</c><00:24:51.460><c> glory,</c> 00:24:52.200 --> 00:24:55.220 and<00:24:52.200><c> he</c><00:24:52.319><c> has</c><00:24:52.660><c> become</c><00:24:53.619><c> better</c><00:24:54.579><c> than</c><00:24:54.759><c> the</c><00:24:54.980><c> angels.</c> 00:24:55.640 --> 00:24:58.480 And<00:24:55.980><c> Paul</c><00:24:56.200><c> gives</c><00:24:56.519><c> the</c><00:24:56.799><c> reason</c><00:24:57.140><c> why</c><00:24:57.380><c> he's</c><00:24:57.579><c> better.</c> 00:24:59.140 --> 00:25:00.619 Now,<00:24:59.319><c> this</c><00:24:59.480><c> is</c><00:24:59.759><c> classic.</c> 00:25:00.660 --> 00:25:05.380 He<00:25:00.839><c> says</c><00:25:01.039><c> the</c><00:25:01.220><c> reason</c><00:25:01.559><c> is</c><00:25:02.180><c> because</c><00:25:02.519><c> he</c><00:25:02.759><c> hath</c><00:25:02.920><c> by</c><00:25:03.680><c> inheritance</c> 00:25:06.640 --> 00:25:10.440 obtained<00:25:07.200><c> a</c><00:25:07.579><c> more</c><00:25:07.920><c> excellent</c><00:25:08.460><c> name</c><00:25:09.039><c> than</c><00:25:09.599><c> they.</c> 00:25:11.059 --> 00:25:13.819 Now,<00:25:11.720><c> we</c><00:25:11.960><c> all</c><00:25:12.119><c> understand</c><00:25:12.579><c> that</c><00:25:12.900><c> terminology.</c> 00:25:14.279 --> 00:25:16.859 We<00:25:14.839><c> may</c><00:25:15.099><c> have</c><00:25:15.259><c> a</c><00:25:15.380><c> lot</c><00:25:15.500><c> of</c><00:25:15.680><c> people</c><00:25:15.859><c> living</c><00:25:16.059><c> in</c><00:25:16.279><c> our</c><00:25:16.460><c> house.</c> 00:25:17.319 --> 00:25:18.720 We<00:25:17.640><c> may</c><00:25:17.920><c> own</c><00:25:18.039><c> a</c><00:25:18.180><c> lot</c><00:25:18.299><c> of</c><00:25:18.500><c> property.</c> 00:25:18.720 --> 00:25:20.119 We<00:25:18.900><c> may</c><00:25:19.079><c> have</c><00:25:19.240><c> a</c><00:25:19.359><c> big</c><00:25:19.599><c> bank</c><00:25:19.740><c> balance.</c> 00:25:20.579 --> 00:25:23.220 It<00:25:20.599><c> is</c><00:25:21.000><c> obvious</c><00:25:21.400><c> to</c><00:25:21.700><c> all</c><00:25:21.819><c> in</c><00:25:22.000><c> that</c><00:25:22.220><c> house</c> 00:25:23.460 --> 00:25:26.019 that<00:25:23.940><c> the</c><00:25:24.420><c> boy</c><00:25:24.740><c> of</c><00:25:24.920><c> that</c><00:25:25.160><c> house</c><00:25:25.539><c> is</c><00:25:25.839><c> going,</c> 00:25:26.099 --> 00:25:27.940 I'm<00:25:26.339><c> talking</c><00:25:26.559><c> now</c><00:25:26.839><c> of</c><00:25:27.019><c> being</c><00:25:27.359><c> Jewish</c><00:25:27.680><c> law.</c> 00:25:28.180 --> 00:25:29.680 It's<00:25:28.460><c> obvious</c><00:25:28.759><c> that</c><00:25:29.099><c> that</c><00:25:29.359><c> boy,</c> 00:25:29.900 --> 00:25:31.200 no<00:25:29.940><c> matter</c><00:25:30.079><c> how</c><00:25:30.299><c> many</c><00:25:30.460><c> people</c><00:25:30.619><c> in</c><00:25:30.740><c> that</c><00:25:30.880><c> house,</c> 00:25:31.420 --> 00:25:35.779 that<00:25:31.779><c> boy</c><00:25:32.299><c> by</c><00:25:33.019><c> inheritance</c><00:25:33.700><c> is</c><00:25:35.059><c> going</c><00:25:35.259><c> to</c><00:25:35.599><c> have</c> 00:25:35.779 --> 00:25:37.799 a<00:25:35.940><c> far</c><00:25:36.180><c> greater</c><00:25:36.420><c> inheritance</c><00:25:36.799><c> than</c><00:25:37.059><c> all</c><00:25:37.200><c> in</c><00:25:37.319><c> that</c><00:25:37.539><c> house</c> 00:25:37.799 --> 00:25:39.500 because<00:25:38.359><c> he</c><00:25:38.720><c> is</c><00:25:39.140><c> the</c><00:25:39.380><c> son.</c> 00:25:39.720 --> 00:25:42.019 That's<00:25:40.140><c> language</c><00:25:40.359><c> that</c><00:25:40.660><c> everyone</c><00:25:40.880><c> understands.</c> 00:25:42.640 --> 00:25:44.779 So<00:25:42.880><c> Paul</c><00:25:43.019><c> makes</c><00:25:43.279><c> the</c><00:25:43.519><c> point</c><00:25:43.680><c> he</c><00:25:43.819><c> hath</c><00:25:44.039><c> by</c><00:25:44.359><c> inheritance.</c> 00:25:45.099 --> 00:25:47.000 That<00:25:45.380><c> means</c><00:25:45.660><c> straight</c><00:25:45.980><c> away</c><00:25:46.220><c> that</c><00:25:46.359><c> he's</c><00:25:46.619><c> the</c><00:25:46.779><c> son.</c> 00:25:47.000 --> 00:25:49.299 The<00:25:47.299><c> very</c><00:25:47.559><c> use</c><00:25:47.740><c> of</c><00:25:47.960><c> the</c><00:25:48.000><c> term</c><00:25:48.240><c> inheritance,</c><00:25:48.779><c> of</c><00:25:49.059><c> course,</c> 00:25:49.660 --> 00:25:51.440 brings<00:25:49.859><c> home</c><00:25:50.140><c> the</c><00:25:50.359><c> point</c><00:25:50.559><c> of</c><00:25:50.980><c> the</c><00:25:51.279><c> son.</c> 00:25:51.900 --> 00:25:53.400 Straight<00:25:52.220><c> away,</c><00:25:52.460><c> they</c><00:25:52.619><c> would</c><00:25:52.799><c> know</c><00:25:52.960><c> that.</c> 00:25:53.740 --> 00:25:58.839 Now,<00:25:53.920><c> in</c><00:25:54.079><c> Psalm</c><00:25:54.339><c> 72,</c><00:25:57.200><c> a</c><00:25:57.400><c> psalm,</c><00:25:57.640><c> of</c><00:25:57.759><c> course,</c><00:25:57.900><c> well</c><00:25:58.180><c> known</c><00:25:58.359><c> to</c><00:25:58.579><c> us,</c> 00:25:59.000 --> 00:26:01.220 this<00:25:59.319><c> point</c><00:25:59.480><c> is</c><00:25:59.700><c> brought</c><00:25:59.839><c> out</c><00:26:00.019><c> very</c><00:26:00.319><c> beautifully</c> 00:26:01.400 --> 00:26:04.400 in<00:26:01.680><c> the</c><00:26:01.900><c> marginal</c><00:26:02.259><c> rendition</c><00:26:02.680><c> in</c><00:26:02.839><c> one</c><00:26:02.940><c> of</c><00:26:03.079><c> these</c><00:26:03.440><c> verses.</c> 00:26:05.799 --> 00:26:09.779 He<00:26:06.099><c> hath</c><00:26:06.299><c> by</c><00:26:06.619><c> inheritance</c><00:26:07.240><c> obtained</c><00:26:08.339><c> a</c><00:26:08.519><c> more</c><00:26:08.740><c> excellent</c><00:26:09.200><c> name</c> 00:26:09.779 --> 00:26:10.940 than<00:26:10.079><c> they.</c> 00:26:21.380 --> 00:26:24.759 Now,<00:26:22.079><c> in</c><00:26:22.299><c> Psalm</c><00:26:22.579><c> 72</c><00:26:23.200><c> and</c><00:26:23.420><c> verse</c><00:26:23.660><c> 17,</c> 00:26:24.819 --> 00:26:28.279 we<00:26:24.940><c> read,</c><00:26:25.839><c> his</c><00:26:25.980><c> name</c><00:26:26.619><c> shall</c><00:26:26.960><c> endure</c><00:26:27.279><c> forever.</c> 00:26:28.579 --> 00:26:30.980 His<00:26:29.000><c> name</c><00:26:29.359><c> shall</c><00:26:29.539><c> be</c><00:26:29.779><c> continued</c><00:26:30.119><c> as</c><00:26:30.359><c> long</c><00:26:30.480><c> as</c><00:26:30.660><c> the</c><00:26:30.799><c> son</c> 00:26:30.980 --> 00:26:32.400 and<00:26:31.180><c> men</c><00:26:31.380><c> shall</c><00:26:31.539><c> be</c><00:26:31.839><c> blessed</c><00:26:32.039><c> in</c><00:26:32.240><c> him.</c> 00:26:32.759 --> 00:26:34.480 All<00:26:33.019><c> nations</c><00:26:33.420><c> shall</c><00:26:33.680><c> call</c><00:26:33.900><c> him</c><00:26:34.180><c> blessed.</c> 00:26:34.740 --> 00:26:37.980 Now,<00:26:35.019><c> see</c><00:26:35.119><c> the</c><00:26:35.339><c> marginal</c><00:26:35.740><c> rendition</c><00:26:36.319><c> for</c><00:26:36.579><c> the</c><00:26:36.740><c> Hebrew</c><00:26:37.019><c> term,</c> 00:26:38.720 --> 00:26:43.799 shall<00:26:38.920><c> be</c><00:26:39.380><c> as</c><00:26:39.660><c> a</c><00:26:39.980><c> son</c><00:26:40.339><c> to</c><00:26:40.940><c> continue</c><00:26:41.400><c> his</c><00:26:41.779><c> father's</c><00:26:42.440><c> name</c><00:26:42.839><c> forever.</c> 00:26:43.880 --> 00:26:45.460 And<00:26:44.160><c> of</c><00:26:44.279><c> course,</c><00:26:44.380><c> what</c><00:26:44.539><c> else</c><00:26:44.740><c> could</c><00:26:44.920><c> it</c><00:26:45.119><c> mean?</c> 00:26:45.859 --> 00:26:46.980 Because<00:26:46.220><c> his</c><00:26:46.539><c> name</c><00:26:46.980><c> shall</c><00:26:46.980><c> endure</c><00:26:46.980><c> forever.</c> 00:26:46.980 --> 00:26:48.779 Is<00:26:47.279><c> the</c><00:26:47.380><c> father's</c><00:26:47.960><c> name.</c> 00:26:49.140 --> 00:26:49.839 We've<00:26:49.339><c> got</c><00:26:49.519><c> sons.</c> 00:26:50.059 --> 00:26:53.299 If<00:26:50.180><c> my</c><00:26:50.440><c> name</c><00:26:50.579><c> was</c><00:26:50.779><c> Smith,</c><00:26:51.279><c> my</c><00:26:51.539><c> boy</c><00:26:51.740><c> would</c><00:26:51.900><c> be</c><00:26:52.140><c> Colin</c><00:26:52.380><c> Smith.</c> 00:26:53.539 --> 00:26:56.160 That's<00:26:53.819><c> his</c><00:26:53.980><c> name,</c><00:26:54.299><c> because</c><00:26:54.539><c> it's</c><00:26:54.859><c> my</c><00:26:55.059><c> name,</c><00:26:55.279><c> and</c><00:26:55.480><c> I</c><00:26:55.740><c> gave</c><00:26:55.940><c> him</c> 00:26:56.160 --> 00:26:57.160 that<00:26:56.339><c> name.</c> 00:26:57.359 --> 00:27:01.039 So<00:26:57.779><c> Paul</c><00:26:58.000><c> argues,</c><00:26:58.380><c> therefore,</c><00:26:58.880><c> that</c><00:26:59.039><c> he</c><00:26:59.779><c> became</c><00:27:00.420><c> better</c><00:27:00.859><c> than</c> 00:27:01.039 --> 00:27:02.140 the<00:27:01.279><c> angels</c> 00:27:02.259 --> 00:27:04.019 because<00:27:02.740><c> he</c><00:27:03.059><c> did</c><00:27:03.200><c> that</c><00:27:03.420><c> by</c><00:27:03.660><c> inheritance.</c> 00:27:04.099 --> 00:27:05.740 Now,<00:27:04.259><c> that</c><00:27:04.440><c> raises</c><00:27:04.700><c> a</c><00:27:04.940><c> problem.</c> 00:27:06.619 --> 00:27:10.099 It<00:27:07.099><c> raises</c><00:27:07.480><c> both</c><00:27:07.799><c> a</c><00:27:08.079><c> problem</c><00:27:08.339><c> and</c><00:27:08.559><c> a</c><00:27:08.799><c> beautiful</c><00:27:09.140><c> doctrine.</c> 00:27:11.059 --> 00:27:12.180 Now,<00:27:11.279><c> you</c><00:27:11.440><c> think</c><00:27:11.640><c> about</c><00:27:11.920><c> this.</c> 00:27:12.240 --> 00:27:14.779 Now,<00:27:12.420><c> you</c><00:27:12.559><c> be</c><00:27:12.720><c> careful</c><00:27:13.019><c> and</c><00:27:13.220><c> think</c><00:27:13.380><c> about</c><00:27:13.599><c> this</c><00:27:13.759><c> with</c><00:27:13.960><c> me.</c> 00:27:15.880 --> 00:27:19.480 Did<00:27:16.319><c> he</c><00:27:16.579><c> become</c><00:27:17.380><c> better</c><00:27:18.039><c> than</c><00:27:18.220><c> the</c><00:27:18.519><c> angels</c> 00:27:20.599 --> 00:27:24.019 merely<00:27:21.039><c> because</c><00:27:21.480><c> he</c><00:27:21.619><c> was</c><00:27:21.880><c> born</c><00:27:22.240><c> into</c><00:27:22.720><c> a</c><00:27:22.980><c> family</c><00:27:23.299><c> which</c><00:27:23.700><c> had</c><00:27:23.880><c> a</c> 00:27:24.019 --> 00:27:24.960 better<00:27:24.180><c> name?</c> 00:27:28.359 --> 00:27:29.680 Now,<00:27:28.779><c> that's</c><00:27:28.960><c> not</c><00:27:29.200><c> possible,</c><00:27:29.579><c> is</c><00:27:29.579><c> it?</c> 00:27:29.799 --> 00:27:30.579 Let's<00:27:30.099><c> say</c><00:27:30.140><c> that</c><00:27:30.279><c> again.</c> 00:27:30.920 --> 00:27:33.440 Did<00:27:31.160><c> he</c><00:27:31.420><c> become</c><00:27:31.819><c> better</c><00:27:32.059><c> than</c><00:27:32.240><c> the</c><00:27:32.539><c> angels</c> 00:27:33.859 --> 00:27:37.480 by<00:27:34.299><c> the</c><00:27:34.500><c> mere</c><00:27:34.720><c> fact</c><00:27:35.019><c> of</c><00:27:35.220><c> him</c><00:27:35.380><c> being</c><00:27:35.619><c> born</c><00:27:35.920><c> into</c><00:27:36.140><c> a</c><00:27:36.359><c> better</c><00:27:36.519><c> family?</c> 00:27:37.500 --> 00:27:40.279 What<00:27:37.700><c> if</c><00:27:37.799><c> he</c><00:27:38.160><c> didn't</c><00:27:38.339><c> live</c><00:27:38.519><c> up</c><00:27:38.640><c> to</c><00:27:38.759><c> the</c><00:27:38.980><c> ideals</c><00:27:39.380><c> of</c><00:27:39.539><c> that</c><00:27:39.740><c> family</c><00:27:40.039><c> name?</c> 00:27:40.359 --> 00:27:41.839 Would<00:27:40.500><c> he</c><00:27:40.619><c> have</c><00:27:40.680><c> been</c><00:27:40.759><c> better</c><00:27:40.980><c> than</c><00:27:41.099><c> the</c><00:27:41.319><c> angels</c><00:27:41.460><c> today?</c> 00:27:41.940 --> 00:27:43.559 He<00:27:42.079><c> wouldn't</c><00:27:42.259><c> have,</c><00:27:42.440><c> would</c><00:27:42.559><c> he?</c> 00:27:44.279 --> 00:27:47.339 So<00:27:44.500><c> you</c><00:27:44.599><c> can</c><00:27:44.839><c> say,</c><00:27:45.299><c> therefore,</c><00:27:45.720><c> let's</c><00:27:46.000><c> be</c><00:27:46.200><c> careful</c><00:27:46.420><c> of</c><00:27:46.599><c> this,</c> 00:27:47.619 --> 00:27:49.420 though<00:27:47.740><c> we're</c><00:27:47.839><c> not</c><00:27:48.019><c> confusing</c><00:27:48.420><c> you.</c> 00:27:49.680 --> 00:27:50.220 Let's<00:27:49.920><c> be</c><00:27:50.059><c> careful.</c> 00:27:50.380 --> 00:27:53.420 But<00:27:50.400><c> we</c><00:27:50.559><c> could</c><00:27:50.859><c> say,</c><00:27:51.259><c> therefore,</c><00:27:51.500><c> if</c><00:27:51.720><c> we</c><00:27:51.900><c> reason</c><00:27:52.099><c> that</c><00:27:52.359><c> way,</c> 00:27:53.900 --> 00:27:56.279 well,<00:27:54.079><c> therefore,</c><00:27:55.160><c> really,</c> 00:27:58.500 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this.</c> 00:28:15.180 --> 00:28:17.440 That<00:28:15.619><c> by</c><00:28:16.059><c> inheritance,</c> 00:28:19.319 --> 00:28:21.900 inheritance,<00:28:20.019><c> he</c><00:28:20.180><c> has</c><00:28:20.359><c> obtained</c><00:28:20.900><c> a</c><00:28:21.220><c> more</c><00:28:21.400><c> excellent</c><00:28:21.599><c> name</c> 00:28:21.900 --> 00:28:22.259 than<00:28:22.079><c> they.</c> 00:28:22.599 --> 00:28:26.900 And<00:28:22.740><c> that</c><00:28:22.960><c> means</c><00:28:23.539><c> not</c><00:28:24.519><c> only</c><00:28:24.920><c> because</c><00:28:25.319><c> of</c><00:28:25.400><c> what</c><00:28:25.559><c> he</c><00:28:25.720><c> was</c><00:28:25.900><c> in</c><00:28:25.980><c> himself,</c> 00:28:27.000 --> 00:28:28.799 but<00:28:27.160><c> what</c><00:28:27.380><c> preceded</c><00:28:27.759><c> him.</c> 00:28:29.940 --> 00:28:31.000 Now,<00:28:30.140><c> you</c><00:28:30.319><c> bear</c><00:28:30.460><c> that</c><00:28:30.640><c> in</c><00:28:30.839><c> mind</c> 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was</c><00:31:02.579><c> Yahweh.</c> 00:31:03.480 --> 00:31:05.819 Now<00:31:03.660><c> in</c><00:31:03.880><c> Philippians</c><00:31:04.299><c> chapter</c><00:31:04.640><c> two,</c> 00:31:12.400 --> 00:31:15.539 the<00:31:13.000><c> Apostle</c><00:31:13.440><c> brings</c><00:31:13.680><c> that</c><00:31:13.960><c> point</c><00:31:14.119><c> home</c><00:31:14.359><c> to</c><00:31:14.539><c> our</c><00:31:14.740><c> attention.</c> 00:31:28.079 --> 00:31:31.940 In<00:31:28.680><c> Philippians</c><00:31:29.079><c> chapter</c><00:31:29.400><c> two</c><00:31:30.200><c> and</c><00:31:30.720><c> in</c><00:31:30.920><c> verse</c><00:31:31.140><c> six,</c> 00:31:33.160 --> 00:31:34.279 we<00:31:33.200><c> read</c><00:31:33.400><c> from</c><00:31:33.599><c> there</c><00:31:33.779><c> that,</c> 00:31:34.279 --> 00:31:36.500 Who<00:31:34.460><c> being</c><00:31:34.940><c> in</c><00:31:35.500><c> the</c><00:31:35.740><c> form</c><00:31:35.940><c> of</c><00:31:36.160><c> God,</c> 00:31:36.700 --> 00:31:38.359 thought<00:31:36.779><c> it</c><00:31:36.980><c> not</c><00:31:37.140><c> a</c><00:31:37.259><c> thing</c><00:31:37.400><c> to</c><00:31:37.559><c> be</c><00:31:37.859><c> grasped</c><00:31:38.240><c> at,</c> 00:31:38.460 --> 00:31:41.160 to<00:31:38.519><c> be</c><00:31:38.640><c> equal</c><00:31:38.759><c> with</c><00:31:38.960><c> God,</c><00:31:39.359><c> says</c><00:31:39.460><c> the</c><00:31:39.660><c> Revised</c><00:31:39.980><c> Standard</c><00:31:40.180><c> Version,</c> 00:31:41.319 --> 00:31:43.019 but<00:31:41.480><c> made</c><00:31:41.700><c> himself</c><00:31:42.019><c> of</c><00:31:42.259><c> no</c><00:31:42.460><c> reputation,</c> 00:31:43.119 --> 00:31:45.420 and<00:31:43.200><c> took</c><00:31:43.359><c> upon</c><00:31:43.619><c> him</c><00:31:43.819><c> the</c><00:31:44.039><c> form</c><00:31:44.160><c> of</c><00:31:44.319><c> a</c><00:31:44.539><c> servant,</c> 00:31:45.640 --> 00:31:48.119 and<00:31:45.839><c> was</c><00:31:46.079><c> 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of</c><00:32:16.259><c> Jesus</c><00:32:16.559><c> every</c><00:32:16.880><c> knee</c><00:32:17.079><c> should</c><00:32:17.299><c> bow,</c> 00:32:17.680 --> 00:32:19.200 of<00:32:17.779><c> things</c><00:32:18.000><c> in</c><00:32:18.220><c> heaven,</c><00:32:18.539><c> of</c><00:32:18.579><c> things</c><00:32:18.759><c> in</c><00:32:18.920><c> the</c><00:32:19.059><c> earth,</c> 00:32:19.220 --> 00:32:20.180 and<00:32:19.359><c> things</c><00:32:19.559><c> under</c><00:32:19.799><c> the</c><00:32:20.019><c> earth,</c> 00:32:20.519 --> 00:32:23.059 and<00:32:20.660><c> that</c><00:32:20.880><c> every</c><00:32:21.220><c> tongue</c><00:32:21.380><c> should</c><00:32:21.599><c> confess</c><00:32:22.019><c> that</c><00:32:22.240><c> Jesus</c><00:32:22.680><c> Christ</c> 00:32:23.059 --> 00:32:25.000 is<00:32:23.299><c> Lord</c><00:32:23.519><c> of</c><00:32:23.680><c> the</c><00:32:23.880><c> glory</c><00:32:24.140><c> of</c><00:32:24.259><c> God</c><00:32:24.519><c> the</c><00:32:24.720><c> Father.</c> 00:32:25.480 --> 00:32:26.319 Now<00:32:25.680><c> you</c><00:32:25.799><c> look</c><00:32:25.940><c> at</c><00:32:26.059><c> that.</c> 00:32:26.619 --> 00:32:27.940 He's<00:32:26.980><c> given</c><00:32:27.119><c> him</c><00:32:27.500><c> the</c><00:32:27.720><c> name.</c> 00:32:28.000 --> 00:32:28.859 Now<00:32:28.160><c> why</c><00:32:28.380><c> did</c><00:32:28.460><c> he</c><00:32:28.559><c> give</c><00:32:28.660><c> it</c><00:32:28.779><c> to</c><00:32:28.839><c> him?</c> 00:32:28.880 --> 00:32:30.019 You<00:32:29.059><c> ask</c><00:32:29.259><c> yourself</c><00:32:29.519><c> the</c><00:32:29.680><c> question.</c> 00:32:30.019 --> 00:32:31.920 Look,<00:32:30.740><c> I</c><00:32:30.940><c> hope</c><00:32:31.119><c> you're</c><00:32:31.279><c> going</c><00:32:31.400><c> to</c><00:32:31.500><c> follow</c><00:32:31.660><c> this</c> 00:32:31.920 --> 00:32:33.440 because<00:32:32.220><c> it's</c><00:32:32.539><c> not</c><00:32:32.740><c> 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which<00:34:07.640><c> he</c><00:34:07.940><c> lived</c><00:34:08.119><c> up</c><00:34:08.360><c> to</c><00:34:08.460><c> and</c><00:34:08.780><c> proved</c><00:34:09.079><c> him</c><00:34:09.300><c> to</c><00:34:09.480><c> be</c><00:34:09.739><c> from</c><00:34:10.079><c> where</c> 00:34:10.219 --> 00:34:11.340 he<00:34:10.460><c> was.</c> 00:34:11.519 --> 00:34:14.800 So,<00:34:11.920><c> says</c><00:34:11.980><c> Paul,</c><00:34:12.820><c> that</c><00:34:13.139><c> every</c><00:34:13.719><c> tongue</c><00:34:14.159><c> should</c><00:34:14.400><c> confess</c> 00:34:14.800 --> 00:34:17.280 that<00:34:15.059><c> Jesus</c><00:34:15.420><c> Christ</c><00:34:15.780><c> is</c><00:34:16.000><c> Lord</c><00:34:16.179><c> of</c><00:34:16.320><c> the</c><00:34:16.460><c> glory</c><00:34:16.639><c> of</c><00:34:16.780><c> God</c><00:34:16.900><c> the</c><00:34:17.099><c> Father.</c> 00:34:17.719 --> 00:34:20.300 Now,<00:34:18.239><c> some</c><00:34:18.440><c> people</c><00:34:18.679><c> take</c><00:34:18.940><c> verse</c><00:34:19.179><c> 10</c><00:34:19.340><c> and</c><00:34:19.559><c> they</c><00:34:20.099><c> say,</c> 00:34:20.360 --> 00:34:21.739 oh<00:34:20.539><c> yes,</c><00:34:20.739><c> it's</c><00:34:20.940><c> the</c><00:34:21.019><c> name</c><00:34:21.159><c> of</c><00:34:21.380><c> Jesus,</c> 00:34:22.119 --> 00:34:23.920 that<00:34:22.179><c> at</c><00:34:22.300><c> the</c><00:34:22.440><c> name</c><00:34:22.579><c> of</c><00:34:22.860><c> Jesus</c><00:34:23.199><c> every</c><00:34:23.460><c> knee</c><00:34:23.639><c> should</c><00:34:23.820><c> bow.</c> 00:34:23.920 --> 00:34:25.500 That's<00:34:24.199><c> not</c><00:34:24.320><c> what</c><00:34:24.400><c> Paul's</c><00:34:24.780><c> saying</c><00:34:24.860><c> at</c><00:34:25.000><c> all</c><00:34:25.179><c> either.</c> 00:34:25.760 --> 00:34:27.179 What<00:34:26.000><c> he's</c><00:34:26.179><c> saying</c><00:34:26.420><c> is</c><00:34:26.659><c> this,</c> 00:34:27.559 --> 00:34:30.260 that<00:34:27.599><c> at</c><00:34:27.760><c> the</c><00:34:27.920><c> name</c><00:34:28.159><c> which</c><00:34:28.400><c> God</c><00:34:28.699><c> gave</c><00:34:29.039><c> Jesus,</c> 00:34:31.219 --> 00:34:32.420 it's<00:34:31.380><c> not</c><00:34:31.539><c> the</c><00:34:31.679><c> name</c><00:34:31.880><c> of</c><00:34:32.039><c> Jesus,</c> 00:34:32.719 --> 00:34:34.300 but<00:34:32.800><c> the</c><00:34:32.920><c> name</c><00:34:33.159><c> which</c><00:34:33.360><c> God</c><00:34:33.639><c> gave</c><00:34:33.960><c> Jesus,</c> 00:34:34.480 --> 00:34:36.360 every<00:34:34.639><c> knee</c><00:34:34.880><c> should</c><00:34:35.059><c> bow</c><00:34:35.300><c> of</c><00:34:35.460><c> things</c><00:34:35.659><c> in</c><00:34:35.840><c> heaven</c><00:34:36.019><c> and</c><00:34:36.199><c> earth</c> 00:34:36.360 --> 00:34:37.159 and<00:34:36.500><c> under</c><00:34:36.699><c> the</c><00:34:36.900><c> earth,</c> 00:34:37.320 --> 00:34:38.820 and<00:34:37.440><c> that</c><00:34:37.639><c> every</c><00:34:37.960><c> tongue</c><00:34:38.139><c> should</c><00:34:38.420><c> confess,</c> 00:34:38.840 --> 00:34:39.659 and<00:34:39.019><c> here</c><00:34:39.159><c> it</c><00:34:39.340><c> comes,</c> 00:34:40.119 --> 00:34:42.559 that<00:34:40.519><c> Jesus</c><00:34:41.139><c> Christ</c><00:34:41.820><c> is</c><00:34:42.260><c> Lord,</c> 00:34:42.820 --> 00:34:48.659 now<00:34:43.159><c> comes</c><00:34:43.480><c> the</c><00:34:43.840><c> real</c><00:34:44.079><c> doctrine</c><00:34:44.579><c> to</c><00:34:46.059><c> the</c><00:34:46.440><c> glory</c><00:34:47.119><c> of</c><00:34:47.599><c> God</c><00:34:48.079><c> the</c><00:34:48.380><c> Father.</c> 00:34:48.719 --> 00:34:50.039 There's<00:34:49.019><c> the</c><00:34:49.199><c> name,</c> 00:34:50.760 --> 00:34:53.400 and<00:34:51.099><c> it's</c><00:34:51.380><c> Jesus</c><00:34:51.940><c> Christ</c><00:34:52.519><c> the</c><00:34:53.039><c> Lord.</c> 00:34:53.400 --> 00:34:56.500 He's<00:34:54.139><c> the</c><00:34:54.340><c> Lord</c><00:34:54.619><c> to</c><00:34:55.199><c> the</c><00:34:55.420><c> glory</c><00:34:55.559><c> of</c><00:34:55.739><c> God</c><00:34:56.000><c> the</c><00:34:56.199><c> Father.</c> 00:34:56.800 --> 00:35:01.079 Now,<00:34:57.219><c> Paul</c><00:34:57.619><c> is</c><00:34:58.079><c> quoting</c><00:34:58.519><c> Isaiah</c><00:34:59.340><c> chapter</c><00:34:59.840><c> 45.</c> 00:35:01.400 --> 00:35:02.550 You<00:35:01.500><c> ever</c><00:35:01.599><c> look</c><00:35:01.699><c> at</c><00:35:01.780><c> it?</c> 00:35:03.400 --> 00:35:06.940 And<00:35:03.559><c> look</c><00:35:04.099><c> what</c><00:35:04.280><c> the</c><00:35:04.519><c> name</c><00:35:04.760><c> was</c><00:35:05.019><c> that</c><00:35:05.179><c> the</c><00:35:05.280><c> Lord</c><00:35:05.420><c> Jesus</c><00:35:05.820><c> Christ</c><00:35:06.119><c> got,</c> 00:35:07.159 --> 00:35:09.199 and<00:35:07.340><c> this</c><00:35:07.519><c> is</c><00:35:07.599><c> what</c><00:35:07.699><c> he</c><00:35:07.820><c> had</c><00:35:08.000><c> by</c><00:35:08.239><c> inheritance.</c> 00:35:10.619 --> 00:35:14.500 Now,<00:35:10.840><c> here's</c><00:35:11.099><c> the</c><00:35:11.260><c> name</c><00:35:11.400><c> he</c><00:35:11.599><c> got</c><00:35:12.079><c> in</c><00:35:12.599><c> Isaiah</c><00:35:13.019><c> 45,</c> 00:35:14.940 --> 00:35:19.260 and<00:35:15.480><c> this</c><00:35:15.659><c> is</c><00:35:15.800><c> Paul's</c><00:35:16.199><c> quotation</c><00:35:16.739><c> in</c><00:35:18.019><c> Philippians.</c> 00:35:29.699 --> 00:35:31.639 Now,<00:35:30.219><c> you</c><00:35:30.739><c> listen</c><00:35:30.920><c> to</c><00:35:31.099><c> these</c><00:35:31.300><c> words,</c> 00:35:31.840 --> 00:35:33.380 God<00:35:32.059><c> is</c><00:35:32.320><c> speaking,</c> 00:35:33.519 --> 00:35:34.699 Yahweh<00:35:33.820><c> is</c><00:35:34.019><c> the</c><00:35:34.079><c> one</c><00:35:34.199><c> that's</c><00:35:34.440><c> speaking,</c> 00:35:34.920 --> 00:35:35.599 verse<00:35:35.079><c> 22,</c> 00:35:35.760 --> 00:35:39.980 look<00:35:36.019><c> unto</c><00:35:36.519><c> me</c><00:35:37.360><c> and</c><00:35:38.260><c> be</c><00:35:38.539><c> ye</c><00:35:38.760><c> saved</c><00:35:39.000><c> all</c><00:35:39.239><c> the</c><00:35:39.400><c> ends</c><00:35:39.519><c> of</c><00:35:39.659><c> the</c><00:35:39.820><c> earth,</c> 00:35:40.099 --> 00:35:43.420 for<00:35:40.239><c> I</c><00:35:40.559><c> am</c><00:35:40.760><c> God</c><00:35:41.099><c> and</c><00:35:41.400><c> there</c><00:35:41.699><c> is</c><00:35:42.280><c> none</c><00:35:42.480><c> else.</c> 00:35:43.840 --> 00:35:46.599 I<00:35:44.179><c> have</c><00:35:44.440><c> sworn</c><00:35:44.780><c> by</c><00:35:45.320><c> myself,</c> 00:35:46.980 --> 00:35:49.900 the<00:35:47.239><c> word</c><00:35:47.460><c> has</c><00:35:47.699><c> gone</c><00:35:47.840><c> out</c><00:35:48.079><c> of</c><00:35:48.440><c> my</c><00:35:48.800><c> mouth</c><00:35:49.159><c> in</c><00:35:49.480><c> righteousness</c> 00:35:49.900 --> 00:35:51.039 and<00:35:50.119><c> shall</c><00:35:50.320><c> not</c><00:35:50.639><c> return,</c> 00:35:51.139 --> 00:35:54.280 that<00:35:51.320><c> unto</c><00:35:51.840><c> me</c><00:35:52.719><c> every</c><00:35:53.500><c> knee</c><00:35:53.719><c> shall</c><00:35:54.000><c> bow,</c> 00:35:54.460 --> 00:35:56.159 every<00:35:54.780><c> tongue</c><00:35:55.000><c> shall</c><00:35:55.300><c> swear,</c> 00:35:56.320 --> 00:35:58.179 surely<00:35:56.639><c> shall</c><00:35:56.960><c> one</c><00:35:57.300><c> say,</c> 00:35:58.360 --> 00:36:00.679 in<00:35:58.500><c> Yahweh</c><00:35:59.059><c> have</c><00:35:59.280><c> I</c><00:35:59.440><c> righteousness</c><00:35:59.880><c> and</c><00:36:00.280><c> strength,</c> 00:36:01.119 --> 00:36:04.659 even<00:36:01.519><c> to</c><00:36:02.699><c> him</c><00:36:03.280><c> men</c><00:36:03.539><c> shall</c><00:36:03.780><c> come,</c> 00:36:04.840 --> 00:36:07.960 and<00:36:04.960><c> all</c><00:36:05.179><c> that</c><00:36:05.300><c> are</c><00:36:05.480><c> incensed</c><00:36:05.760><c> against</c><00:36:06.159><c> him</c><00:36:06.599><c> shall</c><00:36:06.780><c> be</c><00:36:07.000><c> ashamed.</c> 00:36:08.000 --> 00:36:10.840 In<00:36:08.420><c> Yahweh</c><00:36:09.219><c> shall</c><00:36:09.380><c> all</c><00:36:09.599><c> the</c><00:36:09.699><c> seed</c><00:36:09.800><c> of</c><00:36:09.920><c> Israel</c><00:36:10.179><c> be</c><00:36:10.440><c> justified</c> 00:36:10.840 --> 00:36:11.360 in<00:36:11.099><c> glory.</c> 00:36:11.480 --> 00:36:13.599 That's<00:36:11.940><c> the</c><00:36:12.099><c> reference</c><00:36:12.340><c> Paul</c><00:36:12.639><c> quotes,</c> 00:36:14.079 --> 00:36:16.800 and<00:36:14.219><c> God</c><00:36:14.500><c> says</c><00:36:14.800><c> there's</c><00:36:15.400><c> none</c><00:36:15.559><c> else</c><00:36:16.019><c> but</c><00:36:16.340><c> me.</c> 00:36:17.239 --> 00:36:19.119 But<00:36:17.440><c> in</c><00:36:17.599><c> Philippians</c><00:36:17.960><c> chapter</c><00:36:18.300><c> 2,</c> 00:36:19.260 --> 00:36:21.440 you<00:36:19.519><c> saw</c><00:36:19.820><c> the</c><00:36:19.960><c> way</c><00:36:20.159><c> that</c><00:36:20.360><c> man</c><00:36:20.500><c> acted,</c> 00:36:21.480 --> 00:36:22.800 you<00:36:21.539><c> saw</c><00:36:21.739><c> what</c><00:36:21.900><c> he</c><00:36:22.059><c> did,</c> 00:36:23.679 --> 00:36:25.960 now<00:36:23.820><c> that</c><00:36:23.980><c> doesn't</c><00:36:24.300><c> establish</c><00:36:24.760><c> him</c><00:36:25.460><c> merely,</c> 00:36:26.159 --> 00:36:27.400 or<00:36:26.400><c> only,</c><00:36:26.760><c> I</c><00:36:26.760><c> shouldn't</c><00:36:26.960><c> say</c><00:36:27.139><c> merely,</c> 00:36:27.619 --> 00:36:29.380 only<00:36:27.920><c> as</c><00:36:28.059><c> the</c><00:36:28.219><c> most</c><00:36:28.400><c> righteous</c><00:36:28.699><c> man</c><00:36:28.900><c> in</c><00:36:29.059><c> the</c><00:36:29.179><c> world,</c> 00:36:29.519 --> 00:36:32.579 what's<00:36:29.920><c> far</c><00:36:30.059><c> more</c><00:36:30.340><c> important</c><00:36:30.699><c> that</c><00:36:30.940><c> shows</c><00:36:31.159><c> where</c><00:36:31.320><c> he</c><00:36:31.460><c> come</c><00:36:31.679><c> from,</c> 00:36:32.940 --> 00:36:34.880 it<00:36:33.119><c> shows</c><00:36:33.260><c> he</c><00:36:33.480><c> belonged</c><00:36:33.699><c> to</c><00:36:34.159><c> that</c><00:36:34.400><c> family,</c> 00:36:35.360 --> 00:36:39.039 and<00:36:35.440><c> therefore</c><00:36:35.840><c> God</c><00:36:36.119><c> says</c><00:36:36.400><c> you</c><00:36:36.659><c> have</c><00:36:37.480><c> the</c><00:36:38.000><c> name,</c> 00:36:39.260 --> 00:36:40.820 and<00:36:39.460><c> that</c><00:36:39.659><c> name</c><00:36:39.980><c> is</c><00:36:40.300><c> Yahweh,</c> 00:36:41.099 --> 00:36:42.940 in<00:36:41.300><c> whom</c><00:36:41.659><c> all</c><00:36:42.019><c> Israel,</c> 00:36:43.079 --> 00:36:44.199 both<00:36:43.320><c> natural</c><00:36:43.619><c> and</c><00:36:43.880><c> spiritual,</c> 00:36:44.340 --> 00:36:46.719 or<00:36:44.460><c> rather</c><00:36:44.699><c> all</c><00:36:44.960><c> spiritual</c><00:36:45.239><c> Israel</c><00:36:45.480><c> would</c><00:36:45.659><c> be</c><00:36:45.920><c> justified</c><00:36:46.420><c> in</c> 00:36:46.719 --> 00:36:47.099 that<00:36:46.880><c> name.</c> 00:36:47.099 --> 00:36:49.260 Now<00:36:47.559><c> when</c><00:36:47.719><c> you</c><00:36:47.860><c> come</c><00:36:48.099><c> back</c><00:36:48.239><c> to</c><00:36:48.400><c> Hebrews</c><00:36:48.639><c> chapter</c><00:36:49.019><c> 1,</c> 00:36:49.360 --> 00:36:50.699 and<00:36:49.360><c> you</c><00:36:49.500><c> read</c><00:36:49.639><c> it</c><00:36:49.760><c> like</c><00:36:50.039><c> that,</c> 00:36:50.820 --> 00:36:52.659 having<00:36:51.000><c> become</c><00:36:51.440><c> so</c><00:36:51.739><c> much</c><00:36:51.940><c> better</c><00:36:52.139><c> than</c><00:36:52.340><c> the</c><00:36:52.480><c> angels,</c> 00:36:52.840 --> 00:36:54.960 as<00:36:52.920><c> he</c><00:36:53.059><c> hath</c><00:36:53.179><c> by</c><00:36:53.460><c> inheritance,</c> 00:36:55.699 --> 00:36:58.300 obtained<00:36:56.039><c> a</c><00:36:56.179><c> more</c><00:36:56.559><c> excellent</c><00:36:57.239><c> name</c><00:36:57.840><c> than</c><00:36:58.139><c> they,</c> 00:36:58.559 --> 00:37:00.800 and<00:36:58.699><c> there's</c><00:36:58.860><c> no</c><00:36:59.139><c> more</c><00:36:59.380><c> excellent</c><00:36:59.699><c> name</c><00:37:00.000><c> than</c><00:37:00.260><c> the</c><00:37:00.579><c> name,</c> 00:37:00.960 --> 00:37:02.559 the<00:37:01.159><c> name</c><00:37:01.400><c> of</c><00:37:01.619><c> Yahweh.</c> 00:37:03.400 --> 00:37:05.860 Now,<00:37:04.860><c> you</c><00:37:05.019><c> mention</c><00:37:05.280><c> inheritance,</c> 00:37:06.360 --> 00:37:07.420 immediately<00:37:06.639><c> the</c><00:37:06.860><c> Jew</c><00:37:06.960><c> would</c><00:37:07.179><c> say,</c> 00:37:07.599 --> 00:37:08.860 you're<00:37:07.739><c> talking</c><00:37:07.920><c> about</c><00:37:08.099><c> a</c><00:37:08.300><c> son,</c><00:37:08.480><c> aren't</c><00:37:08.659><c> you?</c> 00:37:09.019 --> 00:37:09.739 You've<00:37:09.260><c> got</c><00:37:09.340><c> to</c><00:37:09.480><c> be.</c> 00:37:10.219 --> 00:37:12.360 So<00:37:10.659><c> he</c><00:37:10.920><c> says</c><00:37:11.420><c> 4,</c> 00:37:12.760 --> 00:37:15.460 verse<00:37:13.039><c> 5</c><00:37:13.440><c> opens</c><00:37:13.760><c> with</c><00:37:13.980><c> the</c><00:37:14.099><c> word</c><00:37:14.320><c> 4,</c> 00:37:15.579 --> 00:37:16.699 which<00:37:15.739><c> is</c><00:37:15.920><c> the</c><00:37:16.079><c> connecting</c><00:37:16.340><c> word,</c> 00:37:16.699 --> 00:37:17.679 you<00:37:16.940><c> say</c><00:37:17.179><c> inheritance,</c> 00:37:17.880 --> 00:37:18.800 you're<00:37:18.000><c> talking</c><00:37:18.139><c> about</c><00:37:18.280><c> a</c><00:37:18.480><c> family.</c> 00:37:19.199 --> 00:37:22.579 So<00:37:19.199><c> 4,</c><00:37:20.099><c> under</c><00:37:20.260><c> which</c><00:37:20.500><c> of</c><00:37:20.659><c> the</c><00:37:20.840><c> angels</c><00:37:21.139><c> said</c><00:37:21.380><c> he</c><00:37:21.519><c> at</c><00:37:21.619><c> any</c><00:37:21.840><c> time,</c> 00:37:22.900 --> 00:37:25.059 thou<00:37:23.059><c> art</c><00:37:23.519><c> my</c><00:37:24.019><c> son,</c> 00:37:25.280 --> 00:37:27.119 this<00:37:25.460><c> day</c><00:37:25.699><c> have</c><00:37:25.800><c> I</c><00:37:25.980><c> begotten</c><00:37:26.340><c> thee.</c> 00:37:28.059 --> 00:37:29.260 Well,<00:37:28.400><c> search</c><00:37:28.639><c> the</c><00:37:28.820><c> scriptures.</c> 00:37:29.679 --> 00:37:30.639 Where's<00:37:30.079><c> the</c><00:37:30.260><c> reference,</c> 00:37:30.739 --> 00:37:33.300 which<00:37:30.940><c> says</c><00:37:31.159><c> to</c><00:37:31.460><c> any</c><00:37:31.800><c> one</c><00:37:31.960><c> of</c><00:37:32.099><c> the</c><00:37:32.360><c> angels,</c> 00:37:33.539 --> 00:37:34.920 thou<00:37:33.800><c> art</c><00:37:34.179><c> my</c><00:37:34.699><c> son,</c> 00:37:35.099 --> 00:37:36.260 thou<00:37:35.320><c> art</c><00:37:35.679><c> my</c><00:37:35.980><c> son,</c> 00:37:36.400 --> 00:37:37.360 this<00:37:36.539><c> day</c><00:37:36.699><c> have</c><00:37:36.820><c> I</c><00:37:36.900><c> begotten</c><00:37:37.239><c> thee.</c> 00:37:37.400 --> 00:37:38.920 It's<00:37:37.639><c> not</c><00:37:37.920><c> there.</c> 00:37:40.000 --> 00:37:41.739 There<00:37:40.139><c> was</c><00:37:40.260><c> only</c><00:37:40.559><c> one</c><00:37:40.800><c> who</c><00:37:40.920><c> was</c><00:37:41.139><c> ever</c><00:37:41.360><c> addressed</c> 00:37:41.739 --> 00:37:43.760 in<00:37:42.000><c> that</c><00:37:42.380><c> individual</c><00:37:42.940><c> personal</c><00:37:43.480><c> sense,</c> 00:37:44.139 --> 00:37:45.000 thou<00:37:44.360><c> art</c><00:37:44.559><c> my</c><00:37:44.840><c> son.</c> 00:37:45.000 --> 00:37:48.159 Now,<00:37:45.440><c> the</c><00:37:45.699><c> angels</c><00:37:45.920><c> were</c><00:37:46.219><c> called</c><00:37:46.559><c> the</c><00:37:46.820><c> sons</c><00:37:47.059><c> of</c><00:37:47.340><c> God.</c> 00:37:48.579 --> 00:37:51.519 You<00:37:48.659><c> might</c><00:37:48.880><c> remember</c><00:37:49.179><c> the</c><00:37:49.380><c> reference</c><00:37:49.619><c> in</c><00:37:49.880><c> Job</c><00:37:50.059><c> 38</c><00:37:50.519><c> in</c><00:37:50.699><c> verse</c><00:37:50.920><c> 7,</c> 00:37:51.880 --> 00:37:53.039 when<00:37:52.000><c> Job</c><00:37:52.219><c> was</c><00:37:52.440><c> asked</c><00:37:52.639><c> the</c><00:37:52.800><c> question,</c> 00:37:53.260 --> 00:37:54.139 where<00:37:53.300><c> were</c><00:37:53.559><c> you,</c><00:37:53.840><c> says</c><00:37:53.860><c> God,</c> 00:37:54.179 --> 00:37:55.699 when<00:37:54.280><c> I</c><00:37:54.440><c> laid</c><00:37:54.559><c> the</c><00:37:54.760><c> foundation</c><00:37:55.179><c> of</c><00:37:55.340><c> the</c><00:37:55.480><c> earth?</c> 00:37:56.079 --> 00:37:57.800 Where<00:37:56.340><c> were</c><00:37:56.539><c> you</c><00:37:56.619><c> when</c><00:37:56.760><c> I</c><00:37:56.960><c> stretched</c><00:37:57.139><c> forth</c><00:37:57.400><c> the</c><00:37:57.579><c> heavens?</c> 00:37:58.139 --> 00:38:02.920 When<00:37:58.380><c> all</c><00:37:59.179><c> the</c><00:37:59.579><c> sons</c><00:38:00.119><c> of</c><00:38:00.519><c> God</c><00:38:01.239><c> shouted</c><00:38:01.719><c> for</c><00:38:02.059><c> joy,</c> 00:38:03.500 --> 00:38:04.559 innumerable<00:38:03.940><c> sons</c><00:38:04.179><c> of</c><00:38:04.400><c> God,</c> 00:38:04.699 --> 00:38:07.659 but<00:38:04.920><c> not</c><00:38:05.300><c> one</c><00:38:05.519><c> of</c><00:38:05.679><c> those</c><00:38:05.940><c> sons</c><00:38:06.280><c> was</c><00:38:06.440><c> ever</c><00:38:06.760><c> called,</c> 00:38:07.900 --> 00:38:08.619 singled<00:38:08.059><c> out</c><00:38:08.219><c> and</c><00:38:08.320><c> says,</c><00:38:08.539><c> look,</c> 00:38:08.619 --> 00:38:09.320 that<00:38:08.840><c> one</c><00:38:08.940><c> over</c><00:38:09.119><c> there,</c> 00:38:09.739 --> 00:38:10.880 ah,<00:38:09.980><c> thou</c><00:38:10.099><c> art</c><00:38:10.260><c> my</c><00:38:10.559><c> son,</c> 00:38:11.159 --> 00:38:12.099 this<00:38:11.320><c> day</c><00:38:11.440><c> have</c><00:38:11.599><c> I</c><00:38:11.619><c> begotten</c><00:38:11.880><c> you.</c> 00:38:12.280 --> 00:38:14.679 Not<00:38:12.719><c> one</c><00:38:12.920><c> of</c><00:38:13.019><c> them</c><00:38:13.099><c> was</c><00:38:13.239><c> ever</c><00:38:13.420><c> treated</c><00:38:13.599><c> like</c><00:38:13.900><c> that.</c> 00:38:14.699 --> 00:38:16.119 You<00:38:15.139><c> take</c><00:38:15.380><c> Psalm</c><00:38:15.659><c> 89,</c> 00:38:16.119 --> 00:38:17.320 this<00:38:16.320><c> is</c><00:38:16.480><c> interesting.</c> 00:38:25.500 --> 00:38:26.099 As<00:38:25.599><c> a</c><00:38:25.679><c> matter</c><00:38:25.840><c> of</c><00:38:26.000><c> fact,</c> 00:38:26.460 --> 00:38:27.500 for<00:38:26.659><c> the</c><00:38:26.820><c> students</c><00:38:27.059><c> of</c><00:38:27.219><c> the</c><00:38:27.380><c> word</c> 00:38:27.500 --> 00:38:29.679 who<00:38:27.619><c> like</c><00:38:27.820><c> to</c><00:38:27.920><c> look</c><00:38:28.079><c> closely</c><00:38:28.360><c> at</c><00:38:28.559><c> Hebrews</c><00:38:28.780><c> chapter</c><00:38:29.139><c> 1,</c> 00:38:29.900 --> 00:38:33.159 Psalm<00:38:30.099><c> 89</c><00:38:30.500><c> is</c><00:38:30.699><c> never</c><00:38:31.000><c> really</c><00:38:31.679><c> out</c><00:38:32.019><c> of</c><00:38:32.119><c> that</c><00:38:32.320><c> chapter.</c> 00:38:34.119 --> 00:38:35.860 I<00:38:34.340><c> believe</c><00:38:34.519><c> Paul</c><00:38:34.739><c> has</c><00:38:34.940><c> this</c><00:38:35.179><c> particular</c><00:38:35.599><c> Psalm</c> 00:38:35.860 --> 00:38:37.739 in<00:38:36.019><c> mind</c><00:38:36.179><c> all</c><00:38:36.420><c> the</c><00:38:36.500><c> way</c><00:38:36.679><c> through.</c> 00:38:39.380 --> 00:38:40.880 Here<00:38:39.659><c> were</c><00:38:39.820><c> the</c><00:38:40.039><c> sons</c><00:38:40.219><c> of</c><00:38:40.400><c> the</c><00:38:40.519><c> Almighty</c> 00:38:40.880 --> 00:38:42.280 gathered<00:38:41.239><c> together</c><00:38:41.639><c> in</c><00:38:41.880><c> heaven</c> 00:38:42.280 --> 00:38:43.820 before<00:38:42.860><c> their</c><00:38:43.039><c> great</c><00:38:43.320><c> creator,</c> 00:38:44.179 --> 00:38:47.960 and<00:38:44.719><c> in</c><00:38:44.800><c> the</c><00:38:45.139><c> 89th</c><00:38:45.800><c> Psalm</c><00:38:46.099><c> and</c><00:38:46.760><c> in</c><00:38:46.940><c> verse</c><00:38:47.159><c> 5,</c> 00:38:48.219 --> 00:38:48.519 we<00:38:48.260><c> read,</c> 00:38:48.639 --> 00:38:50.260 and<00:38:48.639><c> the</c><00:38:48.699><c> heavens</c><00:38:49.019><c> shall</c><00:38:49.280><c> praise</c><00:38:49.619><c> thy</c><00:38:49.860><c> wonders,</c> 00:38:50.480 --> 00:38:52.500 O<00:38:50.599><c> Yahweh,</c><00:38:51.300><c> thy</c><00:38:51.599><c> faithfulness</c><00:38:52.179><c> also</c> 00:38:52.500 --> 00:38:54.739 in<00:38:52.739><c> the</c><00:38:52.960><c> congregation</c><00:38:53.420><c> of</c><00:38:53.639><c> the</c><00:38:53.760><c> saints.</c> 00:38:55.219 --> 00:38:59.699 For<00:38:55.480><c> who</c><00:38:56.039><c> in</c><00:38:56.360><c> heaven</c><00:38:56.940><c> can</c><00:38:57.719><c> be</c><00:38:57.940><c> compared</c><00:38:58.320><c> unto</c><00:38:58.539><c> Yahweh?</c> 00:39:00.539 --> 00:39:03.119 Who<00:39:00.920><c> among</c><00:39:01.360><c> the</c><00:39:01.679><c> sons</c><00:39:01.880><c> of</c><00:39:02.059><c> the</c><00:39:02.199><c> mighty</c> 00:39:03.139 --> 00:39:05.579 can<00:39:03.519><c> be</c><00:39:03.780><c> likened</c><00:39:04.219><c> unto</c><00:39:04.460><c> Yahweh?</c> 00:39:06.199 --> 00:39:09.099 Paul<00:39:06.500><c> would</c><00:39:06.719><c> answer</c><00:39:07.320><c> Jesus</c><00:39:07.980><c> Christ.</c> 00:39:09.739 --> 00:39:11.539 But<00:39:10.019><c> the</c><00:39:10.320><c> Psalm</c><00:39:10.579><c> leaves</c><00:39:10.840><c> that</c><00:39:11.159><c> question,</c> 00:39:11.980 --> 00:39:13.320 a<00:39:12.179><c> question</c><00:39:12.380><c> which</c><00:39:12.559><c> could</c><00:39:12.739><c> never</c><00:39:12.940><c> be</c><00:39:13.159><c> answered</c> 00:39:13.320 --> 00:39:14.000 in<00:39:13.420><c> the</c><00:39:13.599><c> affirmative.</c> 00:39:14.239 --> 00:39:15.420 There<00:39:14.239><c> was</c><00:39:14.480><c> none.</c> 00:39:15.820 --> 00:39:17.880 There<00:39:16.000><c> was</c><00:39:16.260><c> not</c><00:39:16.559><c> one</c><00:39:16.780><c> among</c><00:39:17.079><c> the</c><00:39:17.260><c> sons</c><00:39:17.360><c> of</c><00:39:17.519><c> the</c><00:39:17.619><c> mighty,</c> 00:39:18.039 --> 00:39:20.139 but<00:39:18.159><c> it</c><00:39:18.280><c> could</c><00:39:18.400><c> be</c><00:39:18.639><c> said</c><00:39:18.940><c> that</c><00:39:19.219><c> he</c><00:39:19.260><c> was</c><00:39:19.440><c> like</c><00:39:19.659><c> to</c><00:39:19.880><c> Yahweh.</c> 00:39:20.340 --> 00:39:21.360 But<00:39:20.539><c> Paul</c><00:39:20.699><c> says</c><00:39:20.920><c> he</c><00:39:21.159><c> is.</c> 00:39:21.400 --> 00:39:23.880 He's<00:39:21.719><c> the</c><00:39:21.980><c> exact</c><00:39:22.340><c> impression</c><00:39:22.800><c> of</c><00:39:23.019><c> Yahweh.</c> 00:39:23.920 --> 00:39:26.820 Now<00:39:24.099><c> there</c><00:39:24.280><c> is</c><00:39:24.500><c> a</c><00:39:24.659><c> psalm</c><00:39:24.880><c> which</c><00:39:25.300><c> deals</c><00:39:25.820><c> with</c><00:39:26.019><c> the</c><00:39:26.239><c> angels</c><00:39:26.420><c> in</c><00:39:26.679><c> heaven,</c> 00:39:26.920 --> 00:39:29.739 and<00:39:27.019><c> there's</c><00:39:27.219><c> not</c><00:39:27.559><c> one</c><00:39:27.780><c> of</c><00:39:27.880><c> them</c><00:39:28.340><c> like</c><00:39:29.219><c> the</c><00:39:29.400><c> creator.</c> 00:39:30.079 --> 00:39:31.059 But<00:39:30.260><c> he</c><00:39:30.420><c> is,</c><00:39:30.639><c> says</c><00:39:30.639><c> the</c><00:39:30.820><c> apostle,</c> 00:39:31.159 --> 00:39:32.039 there's<00:39:31.219><c> one</c><00:39:31.380><c> that's</c><00:39:31.659><c> like</c><00:39:31.800><c> him,</c> 00:39:32.139 --> 00:39:33.820 and<00:39:32.360><c> therefore</c><00:39:32.699><c> it</c><00:39:32.860><c> could</c><00:39:33.079><c> be</c><00:39:33.219><c> said</c><00:39:33.320><c> of</c><00:39:33.420><c> him,</c> 00:39:34.119 --> 00:39:35.360 thou<00:39:34.280><c> art</c><00:39:34.639><c> my</c><00:39:34.980><c> son,</c> 00:39:35.599 --> 00:39:37.619 this<00:39:35.760><c> day</c><00:39:36.139><c> I</c><00:39:36.360><c> have</c><00:39:36.539><c> begotten</c><00:39:36.960><c> thee.</c> 00:39:38.019 --> 00:39:40.179 Now<00:39:38.300><c> then,</c><00:39:38.780><c> the</c><00:39:38.960><c> next</c><00:39:39.159><c> quotation.</c> 00:39:41.039 --> 00:39:42.000 In<00:39:41.179><c> the</c><00:39:41.400><c> same</c><00:39:41.659><c> vein,</c> 00:39:42.000 --> 00:39:44.320 2<00:39:42.619><c> Samuel</c><00:39:42.940><c> 7</c><00:39:43.360><c> verse</c><00:39:43.599><c> 14,</c> 00:39:44.420 --> 00:39:47.900 dealing<00:39:44.679><c> with</c><00:39:44.920><c> the</c><00:39:45.139><c> special</c><00:39:45.460><c> sonship</c><00:39:46.199><c> of</c><00:39:46.820><c> the</c><00:39:47.000><c> son,</c> 00:39:48.000 --> 00:39:49.079 we<00:39:48.139><c> all</c><00:39:48.320><c> know</c><00:39:48.460><c> this</c><00:39:48.719><c> reference,</c> 00:39:49.300 --> 00:39:51.219 I<00:39:49.340><c> will</c><00:39:49.619><c> be</c><00:39:49.860><c> to</c><00:39:49.960><c> him</c><00:39:50.139><c> a</c><00:39:50.360><c> father,</c> 00:39:51.420 --> 00:39:54.900 and<00:39:51.619><c> he</c><00:39:51.920><c> shall</c><00:39:52.119><c> be</c><00:39:52.440><c> to</c><00:39:52.739><c> me</c><00:39:53.519><c> a</c><00:39:54.019><c> son.</c> 00:39:56.840 --> 00:39:57.619 Now,<00:39:57.179><c> brethren</c><00:39:57.280><c> and</c><00:39:57.460><c> sisters,</c> 00:39:57.659 --> 00:39:58.719 we've<00:39:57.820><c> got</c><00:39:57.880><c> to</c><00:39:57.980><c> be</c><00:39:58.039><c> very</c><00:39:58.360><c> careful</c> 00:39:58.719 --> 00:40:00.760 with<00:39:59.139><c> a</c><00:39:59.199><c> lot</c><00:39:59.360><c> of</c><00:39:59.519><c> biblical</c><00:39:59.800><c> references.</c> 00:40:01.199 --> 00:40:04.659 You<00:40:01.300><c> know,</c><00:40:01.780><c> it's</c><00:40:03.019><c> customary</c><00:40:03.440><c> for</c><00:40:03.599><c> Christadelphians</c><00:40:04.159><c> to</c><00:40:04.420><c> say,</c> 00:40:04.960 --> 00:40:08.059 well,<00:40:05.400><c> 2</c><00:40:05.659><c> Samuel</c><00:40:06.119><c> 7</c><00:40:06.719><c> verses</c><00:40:07.159><c> 12</c><00:40:07.559><c> to</c><00:40:07.659><c> 16</c> 00:40:08.059 --> 00:40:09.739 couldn't<00:40:08.420><c> apply</c><00:40:08.659><c> to</c><00:40:08.880><c> 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on</c><00:40:28.780><c> we</c><00:40:28.960><c> come</c><00:40:29.179><c> through</c><00:40:29.420><c> to</c><00:40:29.679><c> say</c><00:40:29.880><c> these</c><00:40:30.179><c> quotations,</c> 00:40:31.300 --> 00:40:32.880 these<00:40:31.539><c> two</c><00:40:31.699><c> in</c><00:40:31.980><c> particular,</c> 00:40:33.400 --> 00:40:35.739 there's<00:40:33.519><c> only</c><00:40:33.719><c> one</c><00:40:33.940><c> way</c><00:40:34.579><c> in</c><00:40:34.840><c> which</c><00:40:35.000><c> we</c><00:40:35.139><c> can</c><00:40:35.420><c> see</c> 00:40:35.739 --> 00:40:37.820 that<00:40:35.940><c> there's</c><00:40:36.219><c> a</c><00:40:36.420><c> special</c><00:40:36.699><c> reference</c><00:40:37.039><c> to</c><00:40:37.219><c> the</c><00:40:37.340><c> son</c><00:40:37.460><c> of</c><00:40:37.679><c> God,</c> 00:40:37.820 --> 00:40:42.500 and<00:40:38.000><c> that</c><00:40:38.139><c> is</c><00:40:38.639><c> by</c><00:40:39.059><c> taking</c><00:40:39.400><c> the</c><00:40:40.039><c> overall</c><00:40:40.719><c> teaching</c><00:40:41.179><c> of</c><00:40:41.380><c> that</c><00:40:41.659><c> section.</c> 00:40:43.800 --> 00:40:47.219 Now,<00:40:44.000><c> I</c><00:40:44.159><c> told</c><00:40:44.340><c> you</c><00:40:44.480><c> this</c><00:40:44.619><c> before</c><00:40:45.019><c> that</c><00:40:45.880><c> there's</c><00:40:46.519><c> only</c><00:40:46.739><c> one</c><00:40:47.000><c> way</c> 00:40:47.219 --> 00:40:49.360 in<00:40:47.340><c> which</c><00:40:47.519><c> Paul</c><00:40:47.820><c> could</c><00:40:48.079><c> ever</c><00:40:48.380><c> quote</c><00:40:48.599><c> these</c><00:40:48.920><c> references</c> 00:40:49.360 --> 00:40:51.159 and<00:40:49.940><c> not</c><00:40:50.139><c> be</c><00:40:50.400><c> called</c><00:40:50.559><c> in</c><00:40:50.840><c> question,</c> 00:40:51.219 --> 00:40:53.539 and<00:40:51.420><c> that</c><00:40:51.619><c> was</c><00:40:51.860><c> that</c><00:40:52.059><c> they</c><00:40:52.400><c> all</c><00:40:52.860><c> understood</c> 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comment</c><00:41:09.340><c> in</c><00:41:09.619><c> Hebrews</c><00:41:09.920><c> chapter</c><00:41:10.260><c> 2,</c> 00:41:10.539 --> 00:41:12.179 there<00:41:10.639><c> wouldn't</c><00:41:10.840><c> be</c><00:41:11.059><c> a</c><00:41:11.179><c> Christadelphian</c><00:41:11.699><c> alive</c> 00:41:12.179 --> 00:41:13.820 who<00:41:12.639><c> would</c><00:41:12.860><c> say</c><00:41:13.079><c> that</c><00:41:13.199><c> that</c><00:41:13.300><c> was</c><00:41:13.480><c> a</c><00:41:13.619><c> reference</c> 00:41:13.820 --> 00:41:15.400 to<00:41:14.039><c> Christ</c><00:41:14.320><c> and</c><00:41:14.460><c> his</c><00:41:14.619><c> brethren.</c> 00:41:16.719 --> 00:41:18.860 I<00:41:16.860><c> mean,</c><00:41:17.000><c> they'd</c><00:41:17.239><c> laugh</c><00:41:17.440><c> you</c><00:41:17.559><c> out</c><00:41:17.679><c> of</c><00:41:17.860><c> the</c><00:41:18.300><c> hall,</c><00:41:18.480><c> wouldn't</c><00:41:18.639><c> they?</c> 00:41:19.039 --> 00:41:20.500 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00:43:26.699 --> 00:43:29.440 And<00:43:26.960><c> as</c><00:43:27.139><c> I</c><00:43:27.280><c> read</c><00:43:27.440><c> verse</c><00:43:27.639><c> 16,</c><00:43:28.099><c> I'll</c><00:43:28.340><c> emphasize</c><00:43:28.739><c> a</c><00:43:29.000><c> certain</c><00:43:29.159><c> word.</c> 00:43:29.460 --> 00:43:30.460 You<00:43:29.699><c> listen.</c> 00:43:31.579 --> 00:43:40.400 And<00:43:32.099><c> David</c><00:43:32.619><c> the</c><00:43:32.940><c> king</c><00:43:33.260><c> came</c><00:43:33.980><c> and</c><00:43:36.519><c> sat</c><00:43:36.920><c> before</c><00:43:38.239><c> Yahweh</c><00:43:38.820><c> and</c><00:43:39.360><c> said,</c> 00:43:40.780 --> 00:43:42.420 Who<00:43:40.840><c> am</c><00:43:41.099><c> I,</c><00:43:41.420><c> O</c><00:43:41.599><c> Yahweh</c><00:43:42.059><c> Elohim?</c> 00:43:42.500 --> 00:43:44.840 And<00:43:42.519><c> what</c><00:43:42.719><c> is</c><00:43:42.900><c> mine</c><00:43:43.079><c> house</c><00:43:43.340><c> that</c><00:43:43.440><c> thou</c><00:43:43.579><c> hast</c><00:43:43.739><c> brought</c><00:43:44.000><c> me</c><00:43:44.199><c> hither</c><00:43:44.460><c> to?</c> 00:43:45.099 --> 00:43:47.500 And<00:43:45.440><c> yet</c><00:43:45.559><c> this</c><00:43:45.780><c> was</c><00:43:45.960><c> a</c><00:43:46.099><c> small</c><00:43:46.320><c> thing</c><00:43:46.519><c> in</c><00:43:46.760><c> thine</c><00:43:46.900><c> eyes,</c><00:43:47.119><c> O</c><00:43:47.300><c> God,</c> 00:43:47.519 --> 00:43:49.739 for<00:43:47.679><c> thou</c><00:43:47.880><c> hast</c><00:43:48.079><c> also</c><00:43:48.519><c> spoken</c><00:43:48.840><c> of</c><00:43:48.980><c> thy</c><00:43:49.179><c> servant's</c><00:43:49.599><c> house</c> 00:43:49.739 --> 00:43:53.159 for<00:43:49.960><c> a</c><00:43:50.199><c> great</c><00:43:50.400><c> while</c><00:43:50.579><c> to</c><00:43:50.840><c> come</c><00:43:51.119><c> and</c><00:43:51.579><c> hast</c><00:43:52.019><c> seen</c><00:43:52.400><c> me</c> 00:43:54.219 --> 00:43:58.159 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00:48:54.000 Now<00:48:50.840><c> the</c><00:48:51.159><c> revised</c><00:48:51.579><c> version,</c><00:48:52.260><c> the</c><00:48:52.460><c> Diagelot</c><00:48:52.920><c> and</c><00:48:53.139><c> Rotherham</c> 00:48:54.000 --> 00:48:55.619 alter<00:48:54.539><c> the</c><00:48:54.780><c> sense</c><00:48:54.900><c> of</c><00:48:55.079><c> that</c><00:48:55.320><c> verse</c> 00:48:55.619 --> 00:48:59.699 and<00:48:56.360><c> instead</c><00:48:56.639><c> of</c><00:48:56.820><c> reading,</c><00:48:57.860><c> and</c><00:48:57.980><c> again,</c><00:48:58.619><c> when</c><00:48:58.820><c> he</c><00:48:59.099><c> bringeth</c><00:48:59.440><c> in,</c> 00:48:59.860 --> 00:49:03.679 it<00:49:00.059><c> says,</c><00:49:00.880><c> when</c><00:49:01.199><c> he</c><00:49:01.719><c> again</c><00:49:02.219><c> bringeth</c><00:49:02.699><c> in.</c> 00:49:05.000 --> 00:49:07.519 So<00:49:05.219><c> it's</c><00:49:05.400><c> not</c><00:49:05.579><c> so</c><00:49:05.800><c> much</c><00:49:05.980><c> 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adoration.</c> 00:50:25.019 --> 00:50:27.519 You<00:50:25.119><c> take,</c><00:50:25.340><c> for</c><00:50:25.480><c> example,</c><00:50:25.980><c> Revelations</c><00:50:26.320><c> 5</c><00:50:26.679><c> verse</c><00:50:26.960><c> 11,</c> 00:50:27.980 --> 00:50:30.340 and<00:50:28.039><c> the</c><00:50:28.219><c> angels</c><00:50:28.380><c> in</c><00:50:28.599><c> heaven</c><00:50:29.440><c> say,</c><00:50:30.000><c> you</c><00:50:30.059><c> know,</c> 00:50:30.480 --> 00:50:32.980 worthy<00:50:30.719><c> is</c><00:50:30.920><c> the</c><00:50:31.079><c> lamb</c><00:50:31.320><c> to</c><00:50:31.519><c> receive</c><00:50:31.840><c> honor</c><00:50:32.079><c> and</c><00:50:32.320><c> glory</c><00:50:32.559><c> and</c><00:50:32.739><c> power</c> 00:50:32.980 --> 00:50:35.260 and<00:50:33.199><c> so</c><00:50:33.400><c> on,</c><00:50:34.059><c> so</c><00:50:34.219><c> that</c><00:50:34.460><c> here</c><00:50:34.599><c> is</c><00:50:34.780><c> another</c><00:50:35.000><c> proof</c> 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angels,</c><00:50:48.340><c> he</c><00:50:48.500><c> says,</c><00:50:48.980><c> who</c><00:50:49.139><c> maketh</c><00:50:49.420><c> his</c><00:50:49.699><c> angels</c><00:50:50.099><c> spirits</c> 00:50:50.619 --> 00:50:54.300 and<00:50:51.300><c> his</c><00:50:51.559><c> ministers</c><00:50:52.039><c> a</c><00:50:52.880><c> flame</c><00:50:53.119><c> of</c><00:50:53.440><c> fire.</c> 00:50:55.460 --> 00:50:57.480 Now<00:50:55.940><c> you</c><00:50:56.420><c> think</c><00:50:56.619><c> to</c><00:50:56.719><c> yourself,</c><00:50:57.099><c> well,</c><00:50:57.179><c> you</c><00:50:57.360><c> know,</c> 00:50:57.480 --> 00:50:58.960 you<00:50:57.539><c> take</c><00:50:57.719><c> Psalm</c><00:50:58.019><c> 104,</c><00:50:58.840><c> you</c><00:50:58.880><c> know,</c> 00:50:58.980 --> 00:51:00.980 he<00:50:59.139><c> maketh</c><00:50:59.360><c> his</c><00:50:59.579><c> angels</c><00:50:59.880><c> spirits</c> 00:51:03.960 --> 00:51:05.880 and<00:51:04.440><c> his</c><00:51:04.699><c> ministers</c><00:51:04.960><c> a</c><00:51:05.179><c> flame</c><00:51:05.360><c> of</c><00:51:05.639><c> fire.</c> 00:51:06.079 --> 00:51:08.320 It<00:51:06.320><c> conjures</c><00:51:06.559><c> up</c><00:51:06.780><c> a</c><00:51:07.119><c> picture,</c><00:51:07.320><c> doesn't</c><00:51:07.579><c> it,</c> 00:51:08.360 --> 00:51:10.980 of<00:51:08.840><c> mighty</c><00:51:09.239><c> beings</c><00:51:09.659><c> performing</c><00:51:10.139><c> the</c><00:51:10.360><c> will</c><00:51:10.420><c> of</c><00:51:10.579><c> the</c><00:51:10.699><c> Creator,</c> 00:51:10.980 --> 00:51:13.360 doing<00:51:11.300><c> majestic</c><00:51:11.940><c> works,</c><00:51:12.380><c> and</c><00:51:12.400><c> we</c><00:51:12.579><c> stand</c><00:51:12.739><c> in</c><00:51:12.900><c> awe</c><00:51:12.980><c> of</c><00:51:13.099><c> that.</c> 00:51:13.579 --> 00:51:16.619 But<00:51:13.780><c> really,</c><00:51:14.179><c> you</c><00:51:14.320><c> know,</c><00:51:15.019><c> the</c><00:51:15.139><c> word</c><00:51:15.420><c> that</c><00:51:15.679><c> Paul</c><00:51:15.880><c> chooses</c><00:51:16.260><c> here</c> 00:51:16.619 --> 00:51:23.039 for<00:51:17.000><c> ministers,</c><00:51:18.000><c> liturgios,</c><00:51:19.739><c> is</c><00:51:19.940><c> a</c><00:51:20.219><c> word</c><00:51:20.679><c> that</c><00:51:21.460><c> can</c><00:51:21.679><c> be</c><00:51:21.980><c> used</c><00:51:22.400><c> either,</c> 00:51:23.099 --> 00:51:26.480 as<00:51:23.380><c> it</c><00:51:23.519><c> is</c><00:51:23.719><c> used,</c><00:51:24.260><c> of</c><00:51:24.780><c> priestly</c><00:51:25.300><c> service,</c> 00:51:27.880 --> 00:51:31.219 or,<00:51:28.639><c> and</c><00:51:28.880><c> this</c><00:51:29.019><c> is</c><00:51:29.179><c> the</c><00:51:29.320><c> sense</c><00:51:29.460><c> in</c><00:51:29.579><c> which</c><00:51:29.699><c> Paul</c><00:51:29.920><c> uses</c><00:51:30.219><c> it,</c> 00:51:31.360 --> 00:51:34.340 of<00:51:31.699><c> public</c><00:51:32.119><c> service,</c><00:51:32.679><c> a</c><00:51:33.000><c> public</c><00:51:33.420><c> servant,</c> 00:51:35.179 --> 00:51:37.579 not<00:51:35.440><c> the</c><00:51:35.619><c> public</c><00:51:36.039><c> servant</c><00:51:36.260><c> that</c><00:51:36.500><c> we</c><00:51:36.739><c> know.</c> 00:51:37.679 --> 00:51:38.820 He's<00:51:37.980><c> Lord</c><00:51:38.199><c> of</c><00:51:38.440><c> creation.</c> 00:51:38.820 --> 00:51:43.360 Nobody<00:51:39.619><c> is</c><00:51:39.920><c> more,</c><00:51:40.760><c> of</c><00:51:41.260><c> course,</c><00:51:42.300><c> superior</c><00:51:42.659><c> than</c><00:51:42.760><c> what</c><00:51:42.980><c> he</c><00:51:43.119><c> is.</c> 00:51:43.539 --> 00:51:44.780 I'm<00:51:43.679><c> not</c><00:51:43.820><c> talking</c><00:51:44.000><c> about</c><00:51:44.260><c> him,</c> 00:51:45.280 --> 00:51:47.619 with<00:51:45.460><c> all</c><00:51:45.679><c> due</c><00:51:45.860><c> respect</c><00:51:46.139><c> to</c><00:51:46.280><c> our</c><00:51:46.460><c> public</c><00:51:46.760><c> servants</c><00:51:47.000><c> out</c><00:51:47.219><c> the</c><00:51:47.420><c> front,</c> 00:51:48.000 --> 00:51:49.920 but<00:51:48.159><c> we're</c><00:51:48.400><c> talking</c><00:51:48.599><c> about</c><00:51:48.880><c> the</c><00:51:49.099><c> sense</c><00:51:49.260><c> in</c><00:51:49.380><c> which</c><00:51:49.500><c> that</c><00:51:49.760><c> term</c> 00:51:49.920 --> 00:51:50.360 is<00:51:50.179><c> used.</c> 00:51:50.500 --> 00:51:53.019 As<00:51:50.599><c> a</c><00:51:50.619><c> matter</c><00:51:50.719><c> of</c><00:51:50.860><c> fact,</c><00:51:51.159><c> in</c><00:51:51.239><c> Romans</c><00:51:51.599><c> chapter</c><00:51:51.980><c> 13</c><00:51:52.400><c> verse</c><00:51:52.699><c> 6,</c> 00:51:53.239 --> 00:51:55.099 Paul<00:51:53.239><c> talks</c><00:51:53.579><c> about</c><00:51:53.980><c> the</c><00:51:54.639><c> authorities,</c> 00:51:55.260 --> 00:51:56.880 the<00:51:55.440><c> Gentile</c><00:51:56.119><c> authorities</c><00:51:56.460><c> of</c><00:51:56.619><c> the</c><00:51:56.760><c> day,</c> 00:51:57.000 --> 00:51:59.539 and<00:51:57.019><c> he</c><00:51:57.159><c> calls</c><00:51:57.360><c> them</c><00:51:57.800><c> liturgios,</c><00:51:58.539><c> public</c><00:51:59.000><c> servants.</c> 00:52:00.019 --> 00:52:03.719 In<00:52:00.139><c> other</c><00:52:00.300><c> words,</c><00:52:00.739><c> they</c><00:52:00.920><c> are</c><00:52:01.159><c> employed</c><00:52:01.719><c> to</c><00:52:02.099><c> serve</c><00:52:02.460><c> the</c><00:52:02.739><c> public.</c> 00:52:04.539 --> 00:52:07.659 And<00:52:04.699><c> so</c><00:52:04.820><c> the</c><00:52:05.000><c> point</c><00:52:05.159><c> that</c><00:52:05.300><c> he</c><00:52:05.380><c> makes</c><00:52:05.559><c> from</c><00:52:05.880><c> Psalm</c><00:52:06.079><c> 104</c><00:52:06.579><c> is</c> 00:52:07.719 --> 00:52:11.960 that<00:52:08.019><c> these</c><00:52:08.380><c> angels</c><00:52:08.719><c> are</c><00:52:09.099><c> employed</c><00:52:09.800><c> to</c><00:52:10.340><c> serve</c><00:52:10.760><c> the</c><00:52:11.019><c> public.</c> 00:52:12.460 --> 00:52:15.820 Jesus<00:52:12.699><c> Christ</c><00:52:13.039><c> came</c><00:52:13.420><c> to</c><00:52:14.000><c> save</c><00:52:14.619><c> the</c><00:52:14.860><c> public,</c> 00:52:15.860 --> 00:52:17.159 not<00:52:15.980><c> to</c><00:52:16.260><c> serve</c><00:52:16.420><c> them</c><00:52:16.579><c> in</c><00:52:16.679><c> that</c><00:52:16.940><c> sense,</c> 00:52:17.400 --> 00:52:18.880 not<00:52:17.579><c> to</c><00:52:17.760><c> do</c><00:52:17.880><c> the</c><00:52:18.019><c> menial</c><00:52:18.340><c> tasks,</c> 00:52:19.199 --> 00:52:21.219 not<00:52:19.400><c> to</c><00:52:19.639><c> just</c><00:52:20.119><c> superintend</c><00:52:20.539><c> their</c><00:52:20.800><c> affairs</c> 00:52:21.219 --> 00:52:23.599 and<00:52:21.760><c> show</c><00:52:21.960><c> by</c><00:52:22.179><c> the</c><00:52:22.400><c> providence</c><00:52:22.659><c> of</c><00:52:22.900><c> God</c><00:52:23.059><c> in</c><00:52:23.219><c> their</c><00:52:23.400><c> lives</c> 00:52:23.599 --> 00:52:26.219 which<00:52:23.820><c> way</c><00:52:24.019><c> they</c><00:52:24.460><c> should</c><00:52:24.619><c> go</c><00:52:24.880><c> or</c><00:52:25.000><c> should</c><00:52:25.239><c> not</c><00:52:25.460><c> go</c><00:52:25.659><c> and</c><00:52:25.840><c> so</c><00:52:25.940><c> on,</c> 00:52:26.460 --> 00:52:27.960 and<00:52:26.460><c> to</c><00:52:26.579><c> demonstrate</c><00:52:27.059><c> to</c><00:52:27.239><c> them</c><00:52:27.239><c> the</c><00:52:27.440><c> folly</c><00:52:27.679><c> of</c><00:52:27.840><c> this</c> 00:52:27.960 --> 00:52:28.980 or<00:52:28.099><c> the</c><00:52:28.300><c> right</c><00:52:28.460><c> way</c><00:52:28.619><c> of</c><00:52:28.800><c> that,</c> 00:52:29.280 --> 00:52:31.980 but<00:52:29.519><c> to</c><00:52:29.820><c> come</c><00:52:30.260><c> to</c><00:52:30.639><c> die</c><00:52:30.900><c> for</c><00:52:31.079><c> them</c><00:52:31.179><c> and</c><00:52:31.280><c> to</c><00:52:31.500><c> save</c><00:52:31.659><c> them.</c> 00:52:32.159 --> 00:52:33.579 There's<00:52:32.320><c> a</c><00:52:32.599><c> greater</c><00:52:32.860><c> service</c><00:52:33.320><c> there.</c> 00:52:33.860 --> 00:52:35.139 That's<00:52:34.199><c> the</c><00:52:34.300><c> job</c><00:52:34.440><c> of</c><00:52:34.619><c> the</c><00:52:34.800><c> angels.</c> 00:52:35.139 --> 00:52:38.559 Therefore,<00:52:35.940><c> his</c><00:52:36.139><c> task,</c><00:52:36.400><c> of</c><00:52:36.599><c> course,</c><00:52:37.139><c> is</c><00:52:37.280><c> much</c><00:52:37.500><c> greater.</c> 00:52:39.239 --> 00:52:42.380 Now<00:52:39.400><c> it's</c><00:52:40.199><c> quarter</c><00:52:40.340><c> past</c><00:52:40.619><c> nine,</c><00:52:41.199><c> just</c><00:52:41.420><c> after.</c> 00:52:43.739 --> 00:52:46.920 I<00:52:43.860><c> think</c><00:52:44.000><c> we</c><00:52:44.159><c> might</c><00:52:44.380><c> just</c><00:52:44.760><c> deal</c><00:52:45.059><c> briefly</c><00:52:45.699><c> with</c><00:52:45.980><c> Psalm</c><00:52:46.199><c> 45</c> 00:52:46.920 --> 00:52:47.880 in<00:52:47.079><c> this</c><00:52:47.280><c> next</c><00:52:47.480><c> bracket,</c> 00:52:47.900 --> 00:52:50.619 and<00:52:48.460><c> then</c><00:52:48.639><c> we'll</c><00:52:48.800><c> leave</c><00:52:49.039><c> these</c><00:52:49.239><c> other</c><00:52:49.420><c> two</c><00:52:49.619><c> until</c><00:52:49.880><c> next</c><00:52:50.199><c> time.</c> 00:52:50.860 --> 00:52:53.519 But<00:52:51.119><c> just</c><00:52:51.400><c> to</c><00:52:51.679><c> introduce</c><00:52:52.179><c> this</c><00:52:52.639><c> section</c><00:52:52.940><c> here,</c> 00:52:53.780 --> 00:52:57.000 the<00:52:53.960><c> son's</c><00:52:54.579><c> exalted</c><00:52:54.920><c> position,</c><00:52:56.139><c> verse</c><00:52:56.460><c> 8,</c> 00:52:57.360 --> 00:52:59.579 to<00:52:57.639><c> contrast</c><00:52:58.360><c> the</c><00:52:58.699><c> son.</c> 00:52:59.599 --> 00:53:05.059 The<00:52:59.900><c> angels</c><00:53:00.199><c> are</c><00:53:00.480><c> ministers,</c><00:53:01.440><c> but</c><00:53:02.119><c> unto</c><00:53:03.099><c> the</c><00:53:03.519><c> son,</c><00:53:03.880><c> he</c><00:53:04.199><c> saith,</c> 00:53:05.139 --> 00:53:10.760 thy<00:53:05.739><c> throne,</c><00:53:07.059><c> O</c><00:53:07.460><c> God,</c><00:53:08.920><c> is</c><00:53:09.119><c> for</c><00:53:09.460><c> ever</c><00:53:09.719><c> and</c><00:53:09.880><c> ever.</c> 00:53:10.840 --> 00:53:14.420 A<00:53:10.960><c> scepter</c><00:53:11.380><c> of</c><00:53:11.679><c> righteousness</c><00:53:12.119><c> is</c><00:53:12.500><c> the</c><00:53:12.699><c> scepter</c><00:53:12.940><c> of</c><00:53:13.099><c> thy</c><00:53:13.280><c> kingdom.</c> 00:53:14.619 --> 00:53:16.840 Thou<00:53:14.719><c> hast</c><00:53:14.940><c> loved</c><00:53:15.239><c> righteousness</c><00:53:15.760><c> and</c><00:53:16.119><c> hated</c><00:53:16.340><c> iniquity.</c> 00:53:16.880 --> 00:53:19.440 Therefore,<00:53:17.440><c> God,</c><00:53:18.440><c> even</c><00:53:18.800><c> thy</c><00:53:19.139><c> God,</c> 00:53:19.519 --> 00:53:24.099 hath<00:53:19.659><c> anointed</c><00:53:20.039><c> thee</c><00:53:20.260><c> with</c><00:53:20.440><c> the</c><00:53:20.679><c> oil</c><00:53:20.840><c> of</c><00:53:21.119><c> gladness</c><00:53:21.719><c> above</c><00:53:22.539><c> thy</c><00:53:23.179><c> fellows.</c> 00:53:25.599 --> 00:53:28.900 Now,<00:53:26.699><c> he</c><00:53:26.980><c> says</c><00:53:27.119><c> on</c><00:53:27.300><c> the</c><00:53:27.440><c> one</c><00:53:27.619><c> hand</c><00:53:27.739><c> to</c><00:53:27.880><c> the</c><00:53:28.039><c> angels,</c> 00:53:29.340 --> 00:53:31.900 they<00:53:29.619><c> are</c><00:53:29.920><c> my</c><00:53:30.360><c> public</c><00:53:30.920><c> servants.</c> 00:53:32.239 --> 00:53:35.079 He<00:53:32.719><c> turns</c><00:53:33.059><c> to</c><00:53:33.280><c> the</c><00:53:33.460><c> son</c><00:53:33.760><c> and</c><00:53:34.159><c> he</c><00:53:34.340><c> says,</c> 00:53:36.039 --> 00:53:38.980 thy<00:53:36.519><c> throne,</c><00:53:37.719><c> O</c><00:53:38.039><c> God.</c> 00:53:39.619 --> 00:53:40.980 Now<00:53:39.780><c> look</c><00:53:39.840><c> at</c><00:53:39.920><c> the</c><00:53:40.019><c> difference.</c> 00:53:41.320 --> 00:53:44.059 Public<00:53:41.699><c> servants,</c><00:53:43.079><c> God.</c> 00:53:44.639 --> 00:53:46.179 Now<00:53:44.800><c> there's</c><00:53:44.980><c> his</c><00:53:45.139><c> contrast.</c> 00:53:46.920 --> 00:53:49.280 You<00:53:47.019><c> say,</c><00:53:47.219><c> well,</c><00:53:47.739><c> how</c><00:53:47.960><c> could</c><00:53:48.099><c> the</c><00:53:48.280><c> title</c><00:53:48.460><c> of</c><00:53:48.579><c> God</c><00:53:48.760><c> be</c><00:53:49.019><c> applied</c> 00:53:49.280 --> 00:53:49.639 unto<00:53:49.480><c> him?</c> 00:53:49.719 --> 00:53:51.679 We<00:53:49.980><c> know,</c><00:53:50.300><c> don't</c><00:53:50.340><c> we,</c><00:53:50.539><c> brethren</c><00:53:50.719><c> and</c><00:53:50.980><c> sisters?</c> 00:53:51.860 --> 00:53:54.300 Elohim,<00:53:52.980><c> mighty</c><00:53:53.340><c> ones.</c> 00:53:55.179 --> 00:53:58.440 You<00:53:55.599><c> tell</c><00:53:55.780><c> me,</c><00:53:56.320><c> if</c><00:53:56.559><c> you</c><00:53:56.800><c> had</c><00:53:56.960><c> to</c><00:53:57.239><c> prove</c><00:53:57.480><c> to</c><00:53:57.719><c> a</c><00:53:57.860><c> person</c> 00:53:58.440 --> 00:54:02.260 that<00:53:58.980><c> the</c><00:53:59.179><c> title</c><00:53:59.400><c> of</c><00:53:59.619><c> Elohim</c><00:54:00.039><c> could</c><00:54:00.860><c> apply</c><00:54:01.400><c> to</c><00:54:01.679><c> people</c><00:54:01.980><c> who</c> 00:54:02.260 --> 00:54:03.760 represented<00:54:02.659><c> God,</c> 00:54:04.179 --> 00:54:09.400 where<00:54:04.340><c> would</c><00:54:04.599><c> you</c><00:54:04.900><c> find</c><00:54:05.440><c> the</c><00:54:06.599><c> clearest</c><00:54:07.500><c> definition</c><00:54:08.400><c> of</c><00:54:08.940><c> Elohim</c> 00:54:09.400 --> 00:54:12.639 in<00:54:09.699><c> the</c><00:54:09.960><c> pages</c><00:54:10.159><c> of</c><00:54:10.380><c> the</c><00:54:10.519><c> Bible</c><00:54:10.679><c> from</c><00:54:10.980><c> Genesis</c><00:54:11.360><c> to</c><00:54:11.559><c> Revelation?</c> 00:54:14.219 --> 00:54:16.059 No,<00:54:15.699><c> you</c><00:54:15.780><c> wouldn't.</c> 00:54:16.440 --> 00:54:19.619 The<00:54:16.820><c> clearest</c><00:54:17.539><c> definition</c><00:54:18.039><c> of</c><00:54:18.280><c> Elohim,</c><00:54:19.079><c> where</c><00:54:19.280><c> would</c><00:54:19.420><c> you</c> 00:54:19.619 --> 00:54:20.619 find<00:54:19.820><c> it?</c> 00:54:21.940 --> 00:54:26.219 No,<00:54:23.260><c> look,</c><00:54:23.619><c> there's</c><00:54:24.659><c> nothing</c><00:54:25.039><c> to</c><00:54:25.300><c> compare</c><00:54:25.579><c> with</c><00:54:25.719><c> this</c><00:54:25.920><c> reference</c> 00:54:26.219 --> 00:54:28.739 to<00:54:26.219><c> the</c><00:54:26.539><c> clarity</c><00:54:27.059><c> to</c><00:54:27.300><c> explain</c><00:54:27.619><c> how</c><00:54:27.840><c> the</c><00:54:28.099><c> title</c><00:54:28.340><c> of</c><00:54:28.420><c> Elohim</c> 00:54:28.739 --> 00:54:30.679 can<00:54:28.940><c> apply</c><00:54:29.239><c> to</c><00:54:29.400><c> people</c><00:54:29.699><c> who</c><00:54:29.940><c> represent</c><00:54:30.300><c> God.</c> 00:54:31.059 --> 00:54:33.280 It's<00:54:31.420><c> the</c><00:54:31.780><c> clearest</c><00:54:32.159><c> definition.</c> 00:54:36.159 --> 00:54:40.320 No,<00:54:39.340><c> absolutely.</c> 00:54:40.719 --> 00:54:42.099 Listen<00:54:41.000><c> to</c><00:54:41.239><c> this.</c> 00:54:42.239 --> 00:54:45.139 You<00:54:42.579><c> tell</c><00:54:42.699><c> me</c><00:54:42.980><c> a</c><00:54:43.300><c> clearer</c><00:54:43.500><c> definition</c><00:54:44.000><c> than</c><00:54:44.260><c> this.</c> 00:54:45.739 --> 00:54:54.199 If<00:54:46.059><c> he</c><00:54:47.239><c> called</c><00:54:47.960><c> them</c><00:54:48.699><c> God</c><00:54:49.760><c> unto</c><00:54:51.139><c> whom</c><00:54:51.880><c> the</c><00:54:52.340><c> word</c><00:54:52.679><c> of</c><00:54:53.139><c> God</c><00:54:53.639><c> came.</c> 00:54:54.199 --> 00:54:56.960 Find<00:54:54.679><c> me</c><00:54:54.900><c> a</c><00:54:55.039><c> clearer</c><00:54:55.179><c> definition</c><00:54:55.639><c> than</c><00:54:55.760><c> that</c><00:54:55.940><c> in</c><00:54:56.079><c> the</c><00:54:56.239><c> Bible.</c> 00:54:57.000 --> 00:54:58.239 Find<00:54:57.300><c> me</c><00:54:57.500><c> one.</c> 00:54:58.300 --> 00:54:59.539 Look,<00:54:58.500><c> I</c><00:54:58.639><c> reckon</c><00:54:58.840><c> that's</c><00:54:59.139><c> a</c><00:54:59.280><c> classic.</c> 00:54:59.960 --> 00:55:01.760 Whatever<00:55:00.280><c> we</c><00:55:00.699><c> teach,</c><00:55:00.980><c> our</c><00:55:01.079><c> interested</c><00:55:01.480><c> friends,</c> 00:55:01.940 --> 00:55:03.300 our<00:55:02.000><c> Sunday</c><00:55:02.280><c> school</c><00:55:02.559><c> callers</c><00:55:02.800><c> for</c><00:55:03.019><c> baptism,</c> 00:55:03.480 --> 00:55:04.860 and<00:55:03.539><c> a</c><00:55:03.639><c> brother</c><00:55:03.800><c> who</c><00:55:04.000><c> misses</c><00:55:04.179><c> that</c><00:55:04.500><c> reference</c> 00:55:04.860 --> 00:55:07.039 doesn't<00:55:05.519><c> know</c><00:55:05.739><c> anything</c><00:55:06.019><c> about</c><00:55:06.320><c> tutoring</c><00:55:06.599><c> candidates.</c> 00:55:07.400 --> 00:55:08.940 Because,<00:55:07.780><c> look,</c><00:55:07.860><c> when</c><00:55:07.980><c> you</c><00:55:08.159><c> come</c><00:55:08.340><c> to</c><00:55:08.480><c> a</c><00:55:08.579><c> candidate</c> 00:55:08.940 --> 00:55:10.599 and<00:55:09.099><c> you</c><00:55:09.260><c> ask</c><00:55:09.420><c> them</c><00:55:09.599><c> a</c><00:55:09.699><c> question,</c> 00:55:10.780 --> 00:55:12.480 what<00:55:11.039><c> does</c><00:55:11.199><c> it</c><00:55:11.460><c> say</c><00:55:11.500><c> in</c><00:55:11.619><c> Genesis</c><00:55:11.900><c> 1</c><00:55:12.139><c> and</c><00:55:12.280><c> 1?</c> 00:55:12.599 --> 00:55:14.199 God<00:55:12.840><c> created</c><00:55:13.039><c> the</c><00:55:13.139><c> heavens</c><00:55:13.260><c> and</c><00:55:13.440><c> the</c><00:55:13.500><c> earth.</c> 00:55:14.480 --> 00:55:16.539 Do<00:55:14.699><c> you</c><00:55:14.820><c> believe</c><00:55:15.019><c> that</c><00:55:15.219><c> God</c><00:55:15.460><c> personally</c><00:55:15.920><c> did</c><00:55:16.159><c> that?</c> 00:55:16.940 --> 00:55:17.980 Oh,<00:55:17.260><c> no,</c><00:55:17.599><c> no.</c> 00:55:18.199 --> 00:55:18.960 No,<00:55:18.539><c> Uncle</c><00:55:18.659><c> John.</c> 00:55:19.280 --> 00:55:20.059 Well,<00:55:19.460><c> who</c><00:55:19.639><c> did</c><00:55:19.820><c> it?</c> 00:55:20.179 --> 00:55:20.940 The<00:55:20.460><c> angels.</c> 00:55:21.420 --> 00:55:22.320 Triumphant. 00:55:22.860 --> 00:55:24.300 How<00:55:23.119><c> do</c><00:55:23.260><c> you</c><00:55:23.360><c> know</c><00:55:23.539><c> that?</c> 00:55:27.559 --> 00:55:29.219 And<00:55:27.960><c> every</c><00:55:28.300><c> time</c><00:55:28.500><c> I</c><00:55:28.639><c> ask</c><00:55:28.840><c> that</c><00:55:29.019><c> question,</c> 00:55:29.360 --> 00:55:30.260 I<00:55:29.360><c> get</c><00:55:29.460><c> the</c><00:55:29.619><c> same</c><00:55:29.860><c> answer.</c> 00:55:30.500 --> 00:55:31.400 Nothing. 00:55:32.920 --> 00:55:34.780 They've<00:55:33.179><c> been</c><00:55:33.400><c> told</c><00:55:33.559><c> that</c><00:55:33.760><c> Elohim</c><00:55:33.980><c> applies</c><00:55:34.320><c> to</c><00:55:34.480><c> the</c><00:55:34.659><c> angels.</c> 00:55:35.039 --> 00:55:35.780 Not<00:55:35.159><c> one</c><00:55:35.539><c> of</c><00:55:35.619><c> them.</c> 00:55:35.940 --> 00:55:38.280 I've<00:55:36.280><c> never</c><00:55:36.559><c> examined</c><00:55:36.880><c> a</c><00:55:37.099><c> candidate</c><00:55:37.320><c> that</c><00:55:37.539><c> I</c><00:55:37.659><c> can</c><00:55:37.840><c> remember,</c> 00:55:38.659 --> 00:55:41.059 that<00:55:38.860><c> I</c><00:55:38.920><c> can</c><00:55:39.119><c> remember,</c><00:55:39.480><c> that's</c><00:55:39.679><c> ever</c><00:55:39.800><c> been</c><00:55:39.940><c> able</c><00:55:40.099><c> to</c><00:55:40.260><c> tell</c><00:55:40.360><c> me</c> 00:55:41.239 --> 00:55:43.280 and<00:55:41.639><c> prove</c><00:55:41.760><c> to</c><00:55:41.940><c> me</c><00:55:42.059><c> that</c><00:55:42.179><c> it</c><00:55:42.300><c> was</c><00:55:42.519><c> angels,</c><00:55:42.920><c> that</c><00:55:43.059><c> word.</c> 00:55:43.340 --> 00:55:44.739 Now,<00:55:43.500><c> I</c><00:55:43.719><c> say</c><00:55:43.860><c> this</c><00:55:44.039><c> to</c><00:55:44.179><c> them.</c> 00:55:45.199 --> 00:55:46.719 Oh,<00:55:45.639><c> it's</c><00:55:45.840><c> plural,</c><00:55:46.239><c> all</c><00:55:46.400><c> right?</c> 00:55:46.920 --> 00:55:50.139 God<00:55:47.139><c> the</c><00:55:47.340><c> Father,</c><00:55:47.679><c> God</c><00:55:47.900><c> the</c><00:55:48.039><c> Son,</c><00:55:48.280><c> and</c><00:55:48.440><c> God</c><00:55:48.579><c> the</c><00:55:48.760><c> Holy</c><00:55:48.960><c> Ghost.</c> 00:55:51.760 --> 00:55:53.159 You<00:55:52.019><c> show</c><00:55:52.199><c> me</c><00:55:52.340><c> that</c><00:55:52.460><c> it</c><00:55:52.500><c> doesn't</c><00:55:52.719><c> apply</c><00:55:52.960><c> to</c><00:55:53.059><c> them</c> 00:55:53.159 --> 00:55:53.940 and<00:55:53.460><c> apply</c><00:55:53.460><c> to</c><00:55:53.679><c> angels.</c> 00:55:54.219 --> 00:55:57.199 Look,<00:55:54.539><c> I</c><00:55:54.579><c> haven't</c><00:55:54.880><c> yet</c><00:55:55.179><c> had</c><00:55:55.380><c> a</c><00:55:55.519><c> clear</c><00:55:55.699><c> definition</c><00:55:56.719><c> of</c><00:55:56.900><c> that</c> 00:55:57.199 --> 00:55:58.559 because<00:55:57.659><c> that's</c><00:55:57.920><c> where</c><00:55:58.059><c> we</c><00:55:58.260><c> stop.</c> 00:55:58.960 --> 00:56:01.820 But<00:55:59.059><c> look,</c><00:55:59.280><c> we've</c><00:55:59.500><c> got</c><00:55:59.619><c> to</c><00:55:59.860><c> see</c><00:56:00.019><c> the</c><00:56:00.400><c> way</c><00:56:00.960><c> that</c><00:56:01.139><c> word</c><00:56:01.320><c> applies.</c> 00:56:01.940 --> 00:56:03.360 It's<00:56:02.219><c> a</c><00:56:02.219><c> plural</c><00:56:02.480><c> term.</c> 00:56:03.599 --> 00:56:04.739 We<00:56:03.719><c> know</c><00:56:03.900><c> it's</c><00:56:04.099><c> a</c><00:56:04.139><c> plural</c><00:56:04.420><c> term.</c> 00:56:05.019 --> 00:56:06.500 The<00:56:05.139><c> Trinitarian</c><00:56:05.559><c> says</c><00:56:05.699><c> it</c><00:56:05.800><c> belongs</c><00:56:06.039><c> to</c><00:56:06.199><c> the</c><00:56:06.320><c> Trinity.</c> 00:56:06.599 --> 00:56:08.179 We<00:56:06.699><c> say,</c><00:56:07.059><c> Bosch</c><00:56:07.739><c> doesn't.</c> 00:56:08.199 --> 00:56:09.000 It<00:56:08.400><c> belongs</c><00:56:08.559><c> to</c><00:56:08.820><c> angels.</c> 00:56:09.219 --> 00:56:09.820 Prove<00:56:09.559><c> it.</c> 00:56:10.320 --> 00:56:12.559 Well,<00:56:10.519><c> we've</c><00:56:10.719><c> got</c><00:56:10.820><c> to</c><00:56:10.940><c> show</c><00:56:11.139><c> we've</c><00:56:11.400><c> got</c><00:56:11.519><c> a</c><00:56:11.619><c> job</c><00:56:11.739><c> in</c><00:56:11.900><c> our</c><00:56:12.039><c> hands</c><00:56:12.280><c> then</c> 00:56:12.559 --> 00:56:15.340 and<00:56:12.940><c> there's</c><00:56:13.139><c> a</c><00:56:13.440><c> classic</c><00:56:13.739><c> way</c><00:56:13.960><c> in</c><00:56:14.000><c> which</c><00:56:14.159><c> it</c><00:56:14.239><c> can</c><00:56:14.380><c> be</c><00:56:14.539><c> done.</c> 00:56:15.960 --> 00:56:18.019 There's<00:56:16.119><c> a</c><00:56:16.219><c> way</c><00:56:16.400><c> in</c><00:56:16.400><c> which</c><00:56:16.780><c> nobody</c><00:56:17.159><c> can</c><00:56:17.460><c> refute</c><00:56:17.760><c> it.</c> 00:56:18.159 --> 00:56:20.139 There's<00:56:18.380><c> a</c><00:56:18.500><c> way</c><00:56:18.699><c> in</c><00:56:18.820><c> which</c><00:56:18.980><c> you</c><00:56:19.019><c> can</c><00:56:19.340><c> lock</c><00:56:19.460><c> it</c><00:56:19.619><c> in</c><00:56:19.659><c> the</c><00:56:19.840><c> scripture</c> 00:56:20.139 --> 00:56:21.699 and<00:56:20.659><c> this</c><00:56:20.840><c> is</c><00:56:20.960><c> the</c><00:56:21.019><c> way</c><00:56:21.179><c> it's</c><00:56:21.380><c> done.</c> 00:56:21.699 --> 00:56:24.619 You<00:56:22.340><c> quote</c><00:56:22.579><c> them</c><00:56:22.860><c> Psalm</c><00:56:23.099><c> 8</c><00:56:23.320><c> and</c><00:56:23.460><c> verse</c><00:56:23.659><c> 5,</c><00:56:24.199><c> which</c><00:56:24.199><c> says,</c> 00:56:24.960 --> 00:56:27.360 he<00:56:24.960><c> was</c><00:56:25.260><c> made</c><00:56:25.659><c> a</c><00:56:25.940><c> little</c><00:56:26.320><c> lower</c><00:56:26.659><c> than</c><00:56:26.860><c> the</c><00:56:27.119><c> angels.</c> 00:56:27.420 --> 00:56:30.000 You<00:56:27.579><c> say,</c><00:56:28.099><c> in</c><00:56:28.119><c> the</c><00:56:28.300><c> Hebrew</c><00:56:28.659><c> version,</c><00:56:29.119><c> that</c><00:56:29.219><c> word</c><00:56:29.400><c> is</c><00:56:29.639><c> Elohim.</c> 00:56:30.360 --> 00:56:32.179 Ah,<00:56:30.860><c> that</c><00:56:31.019><c> says</c><00:56:31.159><c> our</c><00:56:31.320><c> Trinitarian</c><00:56:31.800><c> friend.</c> 00:56:32.420 --> 00:56:33.059 That's<00:56:32.739><c> right.</c> 00:56:33.380 --> 00:56:35.840 But<00:56:33.559><c> the</c><00:56:33.760><c> Revised</c><00:56:34.139><c> Standard</c><00:56:34.480><c> Version</c><00:56:34.880><c> says,</c> 00:56:35.980 --> 00:56:38.320 he<00:56:36.019><c> was</c><00:56:36.300><c> made</c><00:56:36.519><c> a</c><00:56:36.659><c> little</c><00:56:36.820><c> lower</c><00:56:37.059><c> than</c><00:56:37.239><c> the</c><00:56:37.440><c> gods.</c> 00:56:39.599 --> 00:56:42.219 So<00:56:39.840><c> we're</c><00:56:40.099><c> still</c><00:56:40.980><c> tit</c><00:56:41.239><c> for</c><00:56:41.460><c> tat.</c> 00:56:42.420 --> 00:56:45.019 But<00:56:42.599><c> there</c><00:56:42.739><c> comes</c><00:56:43.019><c> the</c><00:56:43.559><c> crushing</c><00:56:43.920><c> point.</c> 00:56:45.400 --> 00:56:49.300 In<00:56:45.559><c> Hebrews</c><00:56:45.940><c> chapter</c><00:56:46.340><c> 2,</c><00:56:47.440><c> Paul</c><00:56:47.760><c> quotes</c><00:56:48.099><c> Psalm</c><00:56:48.500><c> 8</c><00:56:48.760><c> and</c><00:56:49.000><c> says,</c> 00:56:49.300 --> 00:56:52.519 he<00:56:49.840><c> was</c><00:56:50.099><c> made</c><00:56:50.340><c> a</c><00:56:50.519><c> little</c><00:56:50.719><c> lower</c><00:56:51.019><c> than</c><00:56:51.639><c> Angelus.</c> 00:56:54.179 --> 00:56:56.219 And<00:56:54.480><c> there's</c><00:56:54.920><c> nobody</c><00:56:55.179><c> could</c><00:56:55.400><c> argue</c><00:56:55.639><c> against</c><00:56:55.980><c> that</c> 00:56:56.219 --> 00:56:58.719 because<00:56:56.860><c> you've</c><00:56:57.380><c> got</c><00:56:57.440><c> the</c><00:56:57.659><c> Bible</c><00:56:57.920><c> locked</c><00:56:58.179><c> in</c><00:56:58.360><c> the</c><00:56:58.519><c> Bible.</c> 00:56:58.820 --> 00:57:02.360 There<00:56:59.019><c> is</c><00:56:59.199><c> the</c><00:56:59.400><c> Apostle</c><00:56:59.860><c> Paul</c><00:57:00.139><c> saying</c><00:57:00.579><c> in</c><00:57:00.840><c> Hebrews</c><00:57:01.219><c> chapter</c><00:57:01.619><c> 2</c> 00:57:02.619 --> 00:57:04.639 that<00:57:03.099><c> as</c><00:57:03.440><c> far</c><00:57:03.679><c> as</c><00:57:03.860><c> he's</c><00:57:04.300><c> concerned,</c> 00:57:05.079 --> 00:57:06.619 Elohim<00:57:05.280><c> of</c><00:57:05.519><c> Psalm</c><00:57:05.760><c> 8</c><00:57:05.980><c> means</c><00:57:06.280><c> angels.</c> 00:57:06.880 --> 00:57:07.440 There's<00:57:07.039><c> your</c><00:57:07.179><c> proof.</c> 00:57:07.800 --> 00:57:10.159 Now,<00:57:08.420><c> and</c><00:57:08.599><c> then</c><00:57:08.719><c> you</c><00:57:08.860><c> can</c><00:57:09.199><c> commence</c><00:57:09.519><c> then</c><00:57:09.699><c> to</c><00:57:09.980><c> show</c> 00:57:10.159 --> 00:57:11.500 why<00:57:10.480><c> it</c><00:57:10.639><c> could</c><00:57:10.739><c> apply</c><00:57:10.980><c> to</c><00:57:11.099><c> the</c><00:57:11.320><c> angels,</c> 00:57:11.619 --> 00:57:12.860 why<00:57:11.880><c> it</c><00:57:11.960><c> could</c><00:57:12.059><c> apply</c><00:57:12.260><c> to</c><00:57:12.400><c> the</c><00:57:12.579><c> judges,</c> 00:57:13.099 --> 00:57:14.639 why<00:57:13.360><c> it</c><00:57:13.460><c> could</c><00:57:13.539><c> apply</c><00:57:13.760><c> to</c><00:57:14.000><c> Christadelphians.</c> 00:57:14.639 --> 00:57:18.360 If<00:57:15.420><c> he</c><00:57:16.199><c> called</c><00:57:16.659><c> them</c><00:57:17.159><c> gods,</c> 00:57:19.139 --> 00:57:22.460 unto<00:57:19.300><c> whom</c><00:57:19.880><c> the</c><00:57:20.159><c> word</c><00:57:20.500><c> of</c><00:57:20.860><c> God</c><00:57:21.199><c> came.</c> 00:57:22.639 --> 00:57:24.519 Now,<00:57:22.860><c> you</c><00:57:22.940><c> look</c><00:57:23.059><c> at</c><00:57:23.139><c> John</c><00:57:23.400><c> chapter</c><00:57:23.679><c> 10.</c> 00:57:25.679 --> 00:57:27.480 That's<00:57:25.940><c> where</c><00:57:26.039><c> that</c><00:57:26.159><c> is</c><00:57:26.360><c> found.</c> 00:57:42.539 --> 00:57:45.760 In<00:57:43.139><c> the</c><00:57:43.500><c> 30th</c><00:57:44.019><c> verse</c><00:57:44.280><c> of</c><00:57:44.420><c> John</c><00:57:44.659><c> chapter</c><00:57:44.960><c> 10,</c> 00:57:47.400 --> 00:57:50.780 Jesus<00:57:47.500><c> said,</c><00:57:48.019><c> I</c><00:57:48.340><c> and</c><00:57:48.840><c> my</c><00:57:49.139><c> father</c><00:57:49.579><c> are</c><00:57:49.940><c> one.</c> 00:57:51.500 --> 00:57:53.840 Then<00:57:51.780><c> the</c><00:57:51.980><c> Jews</c><00:57:52.159><c> took</c><00:57:52.380><c> up</c><00:57:52.659><c> stones</c><00:57:52.840><c> again</c><00:57:53.099><c> to</c><00:57:53.320><c> stone</c><00:57:53.519><c> him.</c> 00:57:54.059 --> 00:57:55.199 Jesus<00:57:54.400><c> answered</c><00:57:54.800><c> them,</c> 00:57:55.199 --> 00:57:57.739 many<00:57:55.800><c> good</c><00:57:56.179><c> works</c><00:57:56.440><c> have</c><00:57:56.599><c> I</c><00:57:56.800><c> showed</c><00:57:56.940><c> you</c><00:57:57.079><c> from</c><00:57:57.260><c> my</c><00:57:57.460><c> father.</c> 00:57:57.880 --> 00:58:00.219 For<00:57:58.059><c> which</c><00:57:58.300><c> of</c><00:57:58.440><c> those</c><00:57:58.719><c> works</c><00:57:58.980><c> do</c><00:57:59.119><c> you</c><00:57:59.300><c> stone</c><00:57:59.519><c> me?</c> 00:58:00.880 --> 00:58:02.880 The<00:58:01.119><c> Jews</c><00:58:01.300><c> answered</c><00:58:01.619><c> him,</c><00:58:02.579><c> saying,</c> 00:58:03.159 --> 00:58:04.800 for<00:58:03.179><c> a</c><00:58:03.420><c> good</c><00:58:03.599><c> work</c><00:58:03.780><c> we</c><00:58:04.019><c> stone</c><00:58:04.199><c> thee</c><00:58:04.400><c> not,</c> 00:58:05.000 --> 00:58:06.340 but<00:58:05.300><c> for</c><00:58:05.760><c> blasphemy.</c> 00:58:06.639 --> 00:58:08.519 And<00:58:06.699><c> because</c><00:58:07.139><c> of</c><00:58:07.300><c> thou</c><00:58:07.500><c> being</c><00:58:07.780><c> a</c><00:58:08.119><c> man,</c> 00:58:08.860 --> 00:58:10.760 makest<00:58:09.079><c> thyself</c><00:58:09.739><c> God.</c> 00:58:11.340 --> 00:58:12.300 Jesus<00:58:11.739><c> answered</c><00:58:12.119><c> them,</c> 00:58:12.380 --> 00:58:14.820 is<00:58:12.480><c> it</c><00:58:12.659><c> not</c><00:58:12.800><c> written</c><00:58:13.039><c> in</c><00:58:13.320><c> Psalm</c><00:58:13.559><c> 82,</c><00:58:14.300><c> your</c><00:58:14.500><c> law,</c> 00:58:14.940 --> 00:58:18.380 I<00:58:15.199><c> said,</c><00:58:16.440><c> ye</c><00:58:16.860><c> are</c><00:58:17.440><c> gods.</c> 00:58:19.300 --> 00:58:22.340 If<00:58:19.820><c> he</c><00:58:20.340><c> called</c><00:58:20.820><c> them</c><00:58:21.440><c> Elohim,</c> 00:58:23.599 --> 00:58:26.579 unto<00:58:24.039><c> whom</c><00:58:24.480><c> the</c><00:58:24.699><c> word</c><00:58:24.900><c> of</c><00:58:25.099><c> Elohim</c><00:58:25.480><c> came,</c> 00:58:26.659 --> 00:58:27.800 and<00:58:26.659><c> the</c><00:58:26.820><c> scripture</c><00:58:27.000><c> cannot</c><00:58:27.239><c> be</c><00:58:27.500><c> broken,</c> 00:58:28.260 --> 00:58:30.440 say<00:58:28.480><c> ye</c><00:58:28.639><c> of</c><00:58:28.739><c> him</c><00:58:28.940><c> whom</c><00:58:29.099><c> the</c><00:58:29.360><c> father</c><00:58:29.559><c> has</c><00:58:29.880><c> sanctified</c> 00:58:30.440 --> 00:58:31.320 and<00:58:30.679><c> sent</c><00:58:30.800><c> into</c><00:58:30.900><c> the</c><00:58:31.119><c> world,</c> 00:58:31.460 --> 00:58:32.219 thou<00:58:31.599><c> blasphemest,</c> 00:58:32.340 --> 00:58:34.880 because<00:58:32.519><c> I</c><00:58:32.960><c> said,</c><00:58:33.300><c> I</c><00:58:33.440><c> am</c><00:58:33.639><c> the</c><00:58:33.800><c> son</c><00:58:33.940><c> of</c><00:58:34.139><c> God.</c> 00:58:34.920 --> 00:58:37.619 Now,<00:58:35.519><c> he's</c><00:58:35.940><c> talking</c><00:58:36.079><c> to</c><00:58:36.360><c> people</c><00:58:36.719><c> ignorant</c><00:58:37.079><c> of</c><00:58:37.219><c> the</c><00:58:37.380><c> Bible,</c> 00:58:37.780 --> 00:58:40.320 in<00:58:38.039><c> the</c><00:58:38.239><c> sense</c><00:58:38.380><c> that</c><00:58:38.579><c> he</c><00:58:38.820><c> was</c><00:58:39.199><c> illuminated</c><00:58:39.679><c> by</c><00:58:39.920><c> the</c><00:58:40.059><c> Bible,</c> 00:58:40.539 --> 00:58:42.360 people<00:58:40.780><c> who</c><00:58:40.980><c> didn't</c><00:58:41.139><c> know</c><00:58:41.440><c> really</c><00:58:41.739><c> what</c><00:58:41.900><c> he</c><00:58:42.099><c> was.</c> 00:58:42.559 --> 00:58:46.519 And<00:58:42.760><c> so</c><00:58:42.860><c> if</c><00:58:43.099><c> he</c><00:58:43.460><c> called</c><00:58:43.760><c> you</c><00:58:44.739><c> Elohim,</c><00:58:45.480><c> why?</c> 00:58:46.880 --> 00:58:48.380 What<00:58:47.079><c> advantage</c><00:58:47.619><c> has</c><00:58:47.880><c> the</c><00:58:48.099><c> Jew?</c> 00:58:48.380 --> 00:58:52.199 Chiefly,<00:58:49.400><c> because</c><00:58:49.679><c> unto</c><00:58:50.280><c> them</c><00:58:50.619><c> was</c><00:58:50.920><c> committed</c><00:58:51.400><c> the</c><00:58:51.820><c> oracles</c> 00:58:52.199 --> 00:58:52.860 of<00:58:52.500><c> God,</c> 00:58:53.199 --> 00:58:54.860 if<00:58:53.519><c> he</c><00:58:53.920><c> called</c><00:58:54.179><c> them</c><00:58:54.539><c> gods,</c> 00:58:55.099 --> 00:58:56.539 unto<00:58:55.260><c> whom</c><00:58:55.539><c> the</c><00:58:55.760><c> word</c><00:58:55.920><c> of</c><00:58:56.099><c> God</c><00:58:56.280><c> came.</c> 00:58:56.780 --> 00:58:58.480 Now,<00:58:57.019><c> there's</c><00:58:57.239><c> no</c><00:58:57.460><c> difficulty,</c><00:58:58.000><c> is</c><00:58:58.280><c> there,</c> 00:58:58.739 --> 00:59:01.219 in<00:58:59.019><c> trying</c><00:58:59.199><c> to</c><00:58:59.460><c> understand</c><00:58:59.760><c> therefore</c><00:59:00.139><c> why</c><00:59:00.420><c> Psalm</c><00:59:00.699><c> 45</c> 00:59:01.219 --> 00:59:02.800 could<00:59:01.460><c> turn</c><00:59:01.679><c> around</c><00:59:01.820><c> and</c><00:59:01.960><c> say</c><00:59:02.059><c> that</c><00:59:02.219><c> individual,</c> 00:59:03.079 --> 00:59:04.260 thy<00:59:03.219><c> throne,</c><00:59:03.719><c> O</c><00:59:03.980><c> God.</c> 00:59:04.400 --> 00:59:04.800 Why? 00:59:05.019 --> 00:59:06.599 Because<00:59:05.519><c> he</c><00:59:05.840><c> wasn't</c><00:59:06.139><c> simply</c> 00:59:06.599 --> 00:59:08.559 one<00:59:07.079><c> unto</c><00:59:07.400><c> whom</c><00:59:07.539><c> the</c><00:59:07.719><c> word</c><00:59:07.880><c> of</c><00:59:08.059><c> God</c><00:59:08.219><c> came,</c> 00:59:08.760 --> 00:59:11.500 he<00:59:09.300><c> was</c><00:59:09.880><c> the</c><00:59:10.460><c> word</c><00:59:10.780><c> made</c><00:59:11.179><c> flesh.</c> 00:59:11.599 --> 00:59:13.079 If<00:59:11.860><c> Elohim</c><00:59:12.179><c> could</c><00:59:12.400><c> apply</c><00:59:12.619><c> to</c><00:59:12.840><c> others,</c> 00:59:13.559 --> 00:59:15.800 how<00:59:13.820><c> much</c><00:59:14.099><c> more</c><00:59:14.300><c> says</c><00:59:14.460><c> Jesus</c><00:59:14.840><c> to</c><00:59:14.960><c> apply</c><00:59:15.320><c> to</c><00:59:15.539><c> me,</c> 00:59:16.099 --> 00:59:18.280 whom<00:59:16.179><c> the</c><00:59:16.440><c> father</c><00:59:16.679><c> has</c><00:59:17.019><c> sanctified</c><00:59:17.480><c> and</c><00:59:17.739><c> sent</c><00:59:17.880><c> into</c><00:59:18.019><c> the</c><00:59:18.139><c> world,</c> 00:59:18.280 --> 00:59:21.639 because<00:59:18.460><c> I</c><00:59:18.780><c> said,</c><00:59:19.159><c> not</c><00:59:19.260><c> I'm</c><00:59:19.519><c> God,</c><00:59:19.840><c> but</c><00:59:19.940><c> I'm</c><00:59:20.179><c> the</c><00:59:20.559><c> son</c><00:59:20.679><c> of</c><00:59:20.920><c> God.</c> 00:59:21.820 --> 00:59:25.219 Now,<00:59:22.159><c> that's</c><00:59:22.539><c> the</c><00:59:22.659><c> way</c><00:59:22.800><c> in</c><00:59:22.940><c> which</c><00:59:23.099><c> Psalm</c><00:59:23.300><c> 45</c><00:59:23.840><c> uses</c><00:59:24.179><c> that</c><00:59:24.500><c> title.</c> 00:59:25.579 --> 00:59:26.719 Let's<00:59:25.920><c> bear</c><00:59:25.980><c> that</c><00:59:26.159><c> in</c><00:59:26.340><c> mind.</c> 00:59:27.179 --> 00:59:28.440 And<00:59:27.340><c> let's</c><00:59:27.639><c> bear</c><00:59:27.719><c> this</c><00:59:27.920><c> in</c><00:59:28.119><c> mind</c><00:59:28.280><c> too,</c> 00:59:28.460 --> 00:59:30.199 that<00:59:28.599><c> all</c><00:59:28.780><c> of</c><00:59:28.880><c> us</c><00:59:29.000><c> who</c><00:59:29.099><c> have</c><00:59:29.179><c> gone</c><00:59:29.360><c> through</c><00:59:29.579><c> these</c><00:59:29.860><c> doctrines</c> 00:59:30.199 --> 00:59:32.500 of<00:59:30.380><c> God</c><00:59:30.579><c> manifestation,</c><00:59:31.619><c> the</c><00:59:31.780><c> names</c><00:59:31.980><c> and</c><00:59:32.179><c> so</c><00:59:32.320><c> on,</c> 00:59:32.699 --> 00:59:33.599 there's<00:59:32.800><c> a</c><00:59:32.920><c> lot</c><00:59:33.000><c> of</c><00:59:33.139><c> young</c><00:59:33.280><c> people</c> 00:59:33.599 --> 00:59:36.420 and<00:59:33.760><c> a</c><00:59:33.780><c> lot</c><00:59:33.960><c> of</c><00:59:34.119><c> newly</c><00:59:34.300><c> immersed</c><00:59:34.619><c> candidates</c><00:59:35.000><c> that</c><00:59:35.320><c> haven't.</c> 00:59:36.579 --> 00:59:38.760 And<00:59:36.820><c> let</c><00:59:36.920><c> us</c><00:59:37.099><c> be</c><00:59:37.619><c> talking</c><00:59:38.000><c> about</c><00:59:38.300><c> these</c><00:59:38.599><c> things</c> 00:59:38.760 --> 00:59:41.119 amongst<00:59:39.099><c> each</c><00:59:39.420><c> other,</c><00:59:39.960><c> showing</c><00:59:40.199><c> our</c><00:59:40.500><c> young</c><00:59:40.739><c> people</c> 00:59:41.119 --> 00:59:44.320 and<00:59:41.639><c> our</c><00:59:42.039><c> new</c><00:59:42.199><c> brethren</c><00:59:42.460><c> and</c><00:59:42.699><c> sisters</c><00:59:42.940><c> these</c><00:59:43.940><c> principles,</c> 00:59:44.380 --> 00:59:47.159 which<00:59:44.579><c> we</c><00:59:44.900><c> take</c><00:59:45.179><c> so</c><00:59:45.539><c> much</c><00:59:45.760><c> for</c><00:59:45.940><c> granted</c><00:59:46.119><c> today,</c> 00:59:47.460 --> 00:59:49.659 and<00:59:47.860><c> so</c><00:59:48.159><c> much</c><00:59:48.519><c> we've</c><00:59:48.780><c> taken</c><00:59:48.920><c> them</c><00:59:49.119><c> for</c><00:59:49.280><c> granted,</c> 00:59:49.960 --> 00:59:52.860 that<00:59:50.019><c> there's</c><00:59:50.219><c> a</c><00:59:50.340><c> generation</c><00:59:50.780><c> growing</c><00:59:51.079><c> up</c><00:59:51.320><c> that</c><00:59:51.480><c> doesn't</c><00:59:51.880><c> know.</c> 00:59:52.880 --> 00:59:54.420 So<00:59:53.059><c> that</c><00:59:53.139><c> when</c><00:59:53.260><c> you</c><00:59:53.460><c> say</c><00:59:53.659><c> to</c><00:59:53.739><c> them</c><00:59:53.960><c> Elohim,</c> 00:59:54.539 --> 00:59:55.940 they<00:59:54.699><c> only</c><00:59:54.960><c> know</c><00:59:55.099><c> that</c><00:59:55.199><c> it's</c><00:59:55.440><c> a</c><00:59:55.559><c> plural</c><00:59:55.739><c> word</c> 00:59:55.940 --> 00:59:57.280 and<00:59:56.139><c> therefore</c><00:59:56.340><c> must</c><00:59:56.639><c> apply</c><00:59:56.880><c> to</c><00:59:57.000><c> the</c><00:59:57.159><c> angels,</c> 00:59:57.360 --> 00:59:58.179 because<00:59:57.440><c> God</c><00:59:57.619><c> is</c><00:59:57.860><c> one.</c> 00:59:58.420 --> 00:59:59.800 That's<00:59:58.739><c> the</c><00:59:58.840><c> sum</c><00:59:59.019><c> total</c><00:59:59.239><c> of</c><00:59:59.380><c> their</c><00:59:59.519><c> knowledge.</c> 01:00:00.179 --> 01:00:01.440 But<01:00:00.280><c> they've</c><01:00:00.579><c> got</c><01:00:00.659><c> to</c><01:00:00.800><c> come</c><01:00:00.940><c> to</c><01:00:01.179><c> see</c> 01:00:01.440 --> 01:00:04.800 that<01:00:01.920><c> those</c><01:00:02.380><c> people</c><01:00:02.699><c> to</c><01:00:02.880><c> whom</c><01:00:03.019><c> the</c><01:00:03.280><c> word</c><01:00:03.480><c> of</c><01:00:03.679><c> God</c><01:00:03.860><c> came</c><01:00:04.219><c> are</c><01:00:04.480><c> Elohim.</c> 01:00:04.980 --> 01:00:07.260 Therefore,<01:00:05.980><c> every</c><01:00:06.360><c> single</c><01:00:06.820><c> person</c> 01:00:07.260 --> 01:00:10.800 that's<01:00:07.519><c> gone</c><01:00:07.719><c> through</c><01:00:07.900><c> the</c><01:00:08.079><c> waters</c><01:00:08.239><c> of</c><01:00:08.480><c> baptism</c><01:00:08.880><c> is</c><01:00:09.679><c> Elohim.</c> 01:00:10.820 --> 01:00:12.400 And<01:00:11.039><c> the</c><01:00:11.280><c> proof</c><01:00:11.400><c> of</c><01:00:11.539><c> 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01:00:35.219 Now,<01:00:33.019><c> when</c><01:00:33.099><c> you</c><01:00:33.320><c> take</c><01:00:33.539><c> Psalm</c><01:00:33.860><c> 45,</c> 01:00:36.760 --> 01:00:38.679 right,<01:00:36.940><c> we</c><01:00:37.059><c> say,</c><01:00:37.719><c> let's</c><01:00:37.940><c> finish</c><01:00:38.179><c> with</c><01:00:38.340><c> this</c><01:00:38.539><c> point</c> 01:00:38.679 --> 01:00:40.099 and<01:00:38.780><c> we'll</c><01:00:38.920><c> come</c><01:00:39.099><c> back</c><01:00:39.239><c> to</c><01:00:39.380><c> Psalm</c><01:00:39.559><c> 45</c> 01:00:40.099 --> 01:00:43.460 and<01:00:40.320><c> show</c><01:00:40.519><c> how</c><01:00:40.659><c> we</c><01:00:40.800><c> can</c><01:00:40.980><c> resolve</c><01:00:41.340><c> the</c><01:00:41.960><c> difficulty</c><01:00:42.360><c> that</c><01:00:42.559><c> arises.</c> 01:00:43.900 --> 01:00:46.599 All<01:00:44.380><c> right,</c><01:00:44.599><c> if</c><01:00:44.840><c> Elohim</c><01:00:45.099><c> can</c><01:00:45.280><c> 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that</c><01:02:14.639><c> Psalm</c><01:02:14.800><c> 45,</c><01:02:15.619><c> therefore,</c><01:02:15.820><c> in</c><01:02:15.900><c> that</c><01:02:16.159><c> special</c><01:02:16.460><c> context,</c> 01:02:17.380 --> 01:02:21.099 the<01:02:17.460><c> Lord</c><01:02:17.659><c> is</c><01:02:17.960><c> seen</c><01:02:18.139><c> not</c><01:02:18.579><c> King</c><01:02:19.000><c> in</c><01:02:19.480><c> the</c><01:02:19.760><c> universal</c><01:02:20.139><c> sense,</c> 01:02:21.980 --> 01:02:25.420 but<01:02:22.099><c> King</c><01:02:22.679><c> of</c><01:02:22.980><c> all</c><01:02:23.340><c> those</c><01:02:23.860><c> under</c><01:02:24.199><c> whom</c><01:02:24.460><c> the</c><01:02:24.659><c> word</c><01:02:24.820><c> of</c><01:02:25.000><c> God</c><01:02:25.139><c> came.</c> 01:02:25.440 --> 01:02:29.119 In<01:02:25.539><c> other</c><01:02:25.719><c> words,</c><01:02:26.340><c> of</c><01:02:26.480><c> all</c><01:02:26.900><c> the</c><01:02:27.260><c> manifestations</c><01:02:27.860><c> of</c><01:02:28.039><c> the</c><01:02:28.219><c> Father,</c> 01:02:29.159 --> 01:02:30.440 there's<01:02:29.440><c> the</c><01:02:29.659><c> King.</c> 01:02:30.639 --> 01:02:32.920 And<01:02:30.800><c> he's</c><01:02:31.000><c> just</c><01:02:31.260><c> shown</c><01:02:31.460><c> the</c><01:02:31.679><c> angels</c><01:02:32.059><c> are</c><01:02:32.579><c> Elohim</c> 01:02:32.920 --> 01:02:34.960 because<01:02:33.280><c> they</c><01:02:33.480><c> are</c><01:02:33.579><c> the</c><01:02:33.780><c> ministers</c><01:02:34.000><c> of</c><01:02:34.199><c> God,</c> 01:02:35.280 --> 01:02:37.559 distributing,<01:02:35.760><c> of</c><01:02:35.960><c> course,</c><01:02:36.199><c> the</c><01:02:36.360><c> power</c><01:02:36.599><c> of</c><01:02:36.760><c> God</c><01:02:36.900><c> through</c><01:02:37.119><c> the</c><01:02:37.340><c> earth</c> 01:02:37.559 --> 01:02:39.840 and<01:02:37.940><c> in</c><01:02:38.119><c> some</c><01:02:38.360><c> cases</c><01:02:38.739><c> administering</c><01:02:39.380><c> the</c><01:02:39.559><c> word.</c> 01:02:39.840 --> 01:02:41.900 And<01:02:40.159><c> therefore</c><01:02:40.659><c> Elohim.</c> 01:02:42.119 --> 01:02:44.880 Well,<01:02:42.699><c> of</c><01:02:42.800><c> the</c><01:02:43.019><c> angels</c><01:02:43.239><c> who</c><01:02:43.440><c> are</c><01:02:43.559><c> the</c><01:02:43.719><c> Elohim,</c><01:02:44.199><c> there's</c><01:02:44.440><c> their</c><01:02:44.599><c> King.</c> 01:02:45.300 --> 01:02:49.699 So<01:02:45.400><c> he</c><01:02:45.519><c> says,</c><01:02:46.460><c> all</c><01:02:46.480><c> these</c><01:02:46.800><c> Elohim</c><01:02:47.320><c> are</c><01:02:47.579><c> the</c><01:02:47.739><c> Elohim</c><01:02:48.119><c> of</c><01:02:48.340><c> public</c><01:02:48.679><c> service.</c> 01:02:50.139 --> 01:02:52.820 Thy<01:02:50.539><c> throne,</c><01:02:51.099><c> O</c><01:02:51.300><c> Elohim,</c><01:02:51.900><c> is</c><01:02:52.039><c> forever</c><01:02:52.380><c> and</c><01:02:52.519><c> ever.</c> 01:02:53.219 --> 01:02:55.880 And<01:02:53.320><c> he's</c><01:02:53.519><c> the</c><01:02:53.719><c> King</c><01:02:53.860><c> of</c><01:02:54.000><c> those</c><01:02:54.440><c> public</c><01:02:54.980><c> servants.</c> 01:02:56.239 --> 01:02:57.119 Beautiful,<01:02:56.659><c> isn't</c><01:02:56.820><c> it?</c> 01:02:57.300 --> 01:02:59.659 Because<01:02:57.480><c> all</c><01:02:57.679><c> the</c><01:02:57.860><c> public</c><01:02:58.119><c> servants</c><01:02:58.320><c> have</c><01:02:58.500><c> got</c><01:02:58.639><c> a</c><01:02:58.820><c> King.</c> 01:03:00.239 --> 01:03:02.280 You've<01:03:00.639><c> got</c><01:03:00.780><c> the</c><01:03:00.920><c> big</c><01:03:01.119><c> fellow</c><01:03:01.280><c> at</c><01:03:01.440><c> the</c><01:03:01.559><c> top,</c><01:03:01.719><c> the</c><01:03:01.920><c> fat</c><01:03:02.159><c> cat,</c> 01:03:02.300 --> 01:03:03.199 they<01:03:02.460><c> call</c><01:03:02.639><c> him</c><01:03:02.780><c> that</c><01:03:02.960><c> day.</c> 01:03:03.539 --> 01:03:06.099 But<01:03:03.699><c> of</c><01:03:03.860><c> course,</c><01:03:04.079><c> that's</c><01:03:04.800><c> the</c><01:03:04.920><c> world's</c><01:03:05.780><c> definition.</c> 01:03:06.199 --> 01:03:08.619 But<01:03:06.360><c> here,</c><01:03:06.559><c> of</c><01:03:06.719><c> course,</c><01:03:06.920><c> is</c><01:03:07.119><c> a</c><01:03:07.420><c> completely</c><01:03:07.800><c> different</c><01:03:08.119><c> definition.</c> 01:03:08.619 --> 01:03:10.860 And<01:03:09.179><c> among</c><01:03:09.420><c> the</c><01:03:09.659><c> sons</c><01:03:09.739><c> of</c><01:03:09.900><c> the</c><01:03:10.019><c> Mahi,</c><01:03:10.360><c> there</c><01:03:10.440><c> is</c><01:03:10.639><c> one</c> 01:03:10.860 --> 01:03:12.159 that<01:03:10.960><c> can</c><01:03:11.159><c> be</c><01:03:11.340><c> likened</c><01:03:11.599><c> to</c><01:03:11.780><c> Yahweh.</c> 01:03:12.539 --> 01:03:14.099 Now,<01:03:12.679><c> let's</c><01:03:13.019><c> conclude</c><01:03:13.280><c> with</c><01:03:13.440><c> that,</c><01:03:13.679><c> brethren</c><01:03:13.760><c> and</c><01:03:13.960><c> sisters.</c> 01:03:14.239 --> 01:03:17.420 The<01:03:14.300><c> next</c><01:03:14.500><c> time</c><01:03:14.639><c> we'll</c><01:03:14.840><c> come</c><01:03:15.039><c> back</c><01:03:15.719><c> to</c><01:03:16.019><c> Psalm</c><01:03:16.219><c> 45.</c> 01:03:18.000 --> 01:03:20.380 And<01:03:18.119><c> we'll</c><01:03:18.219><c> be</c><01:03:18.340><c> dealing</c><01:03:18.460><c> with</c><01:03:18.719><c> the</c><01:03:19.239><c> sons</c><01:03:19.420><c> in</c><01:03:19.659><c> gold</c><01:03:19.780><c> of</c><01:03:20.019><c> position</c> 01:03:20.380 --> 01:03:24.119 above<01:03:20.920><c> all</c><01:03:21.199><c> others,</c><01:03:21.920><c> above</c><01:03:22.099><c> the</c><01:03:22.320><c> law</c><01:03:22.559><c> and</c><01:03:23.119><c> next</c><01:03:23.340><c> to</c><01:03:23.519><c> God.</c>