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by<00:16:38.110><c> the</c><00:16:38.370><c> direct</c><00:16:38.830><c> power</c><00:16:39.090><c> of</c><00:16:39.269><c> the</c><00:16:39.389><c> Holy</c><00:16:39.549><c> Spirit</c><00:16:40.090><c> in</c><00:16:40.610><c> order</c><00:16:40.889><c> to</c><00:16:41.230><c> achieve</c><00:16:41.529><c> the</c><00:16:41.809><c> manifestation</c><00:16:42.470><c> of</c>

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God<00:16:42.950><c> himself</c><00:16:43.549><c> in</c><00:16:44.370><c> human</c><00:16:44.730><c> flesh.</c>

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But<00:16:45.970><c> what</c><00:16:46.149><c> was</c><00:16:46.529><c> desired</c><00:16:47.169><c> and</c><00:16:47.809><c> what</c><00:16:48.070><c> was</c><00:16:48.470><c> essential</c><00:16:49.190><c> was</c><00:16:49.769><c> the</c>

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manifestation<00:16:50.629><c> of</c><00:16:50.850><c> the</c><00:16:51.110><c> mind</c><00:16:51.549><c> of</c><00:16:51.809><c> God</c><00:16:52.190><c> in</c><00:16:52.529><c> human</c><00:16:52.769><c> flesh.</c>

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In<00:16:53.429><c> other</c><00:16:53.690><c> words,</c><00:16:54.210><c> the</c><00:16:54.210><c> spirit</c><00:16:54.730><c> of</c><00:16:55.029><c> God</c><00:16:55.289><c> in</c><00:16:55.529><c> human</c><00:16:55.850><c> flesh.</c>

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Manifestation,<00:16:58.049><c> the</c><00:16:58.230><c> primary</c><00:16:58.690><c> purpose,</c><00:16:59.389><c> not</c><00:16:59.610><c> miraculous</c><00:17:00.169><c> powers.</c>

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We'll<00:17:01.090><c> talk</c><00:17:01.330><c> about</c><00:17:01.490><c> them</c><00:17:01.690><c> in</c><00:17:01.809><c> a</c><00:17:01.909><c> minute.</c>

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But<00:17:02.690><c> the</c><00:17:02.950><c> primary</c><00:17:03.429><c> purpose</c><00:17:04.049><c> and</c><00:17:04.509><c> the</c><00:17:04.809><c> essential</c><00:17:05.250><c> purpose</c><00:17:05.769><c> was</c>

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the<00:17:06.569><c> manifestation</c><00:17:07.150><c> of</c><00:17:07.390><c> the</c><00:17:07.690><c> character</c><00:17:08.089><c> of</c><00:17:08.329><c> God.</c>

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This<00:17:09.430><c> was</c><00:17:09.809><c> what</c><00:17:10.089><c> took</c><00:17:10.349><c> place</c><00:17:10.769><c> by</c><00:17:11.329><c> the</c><00:17:11.710><c> birth</c><00:17:11.910><c> of</c><00:17:12.190><c> Jesus.</c>

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And<00:17:12.849><c> then</c><00:17:13.009><c> the</c><00:17:13.289><c> third</c><00:17:13.750><c> intervention</c><00:17:14.450><c> was</c><00:17:15.250><c> the</c><00:17:15.710><c> equipment</c><00:17:16.390><c> of</c>

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Jesus<00:17:17.529><c> for</c><00:17:17.970><c> the</c><00:17:18.190><c> purpose</c><00:17:18.609><c> of</c><00:17:18.990><c> preaching</c><00:17:19.329><c> the</c><00:17:19.609><c> gospel.</c>

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The<00:17:20.789><c> intention</c><00:17:21.289><c> was</c><00:17:21.650><c> to</c><00:17:21.869><c> witness</c><00:17:22.349><c> to</c><00:17:22.589><c> the</c><00:17:22.730><c> whole</c><00:17:23.009><c> nation,</c><00:17:23.910><c> to</c>

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call<00:17:24.509><c> them</c><00:17:24.750><c> to</c><00:17:24.970><c> repentance,</c>

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and<00:17:27.470><c> to</c><00:17:27.970><c> give</c><00:17:28.450><c> them</c><00:17:28.769><c> the</c><00:17:29.009><c> promise</c><00:17:29.450><c> of</c><00:17:29.670><c> the</c><00:17:29.809><c> kingdom.</c>

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And<00:17:31.730><c> the</c><00:17:32.170><c> signs</c><00:17:32.650><c> which</c><00:17:32.930><c> were</c><00:17:33.170><c> given</c><00:17:33.490><c> were</c><00:17:33.849><c> a</c><00:17:34.049><c> witness</c><00:17:34.490><c> to</c><00:17:34.730><c> the</c>

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authority<00:17:35.650><c> of</c><00:17:36.390><c> Jesus</c><00:17:37.009><c> of</c><00:17:37.630><c> Nazareth,</c>

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for<00:17:38.670><c> that</c><00:17:39.069><c> is</c><00:17:39.309><c> all</c><00:17:39.650><c> he</c><00:17:39.990><c> was</c><00:17:40.430><c> to</c><00:17:40.789><c> the</c><00:17:40.970><c> nation</c><00:17:41.309><c> at</c><00:17:41.710><c> first.</c>

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The<00:17:42.930><c> prophet</c><00:17:43.410><c> from</c><00:17:43.690><c> Galilee,</c><00:17:44.750><c> Jesus</c><00:17:45.289><c> of</c><00:17:45.509><c> Nazareth.</c>

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And<00:17:46.529><c> it</c><00:17:46.690><c> became</c><00:17:47.029><c> necessary</c><00:17:47.630><c> to</c><00:17:47.890><c> convince</c><00:17:48.309><c> the</c><00:17:48.529><c> nation</c><00:17:48.910><c> that</c>

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this<00:17:49.690><c> one,</c><00:17:50.289><c> Jesus</c><00:17:50.609><c> of</c><00:17:50.849><c> Nazareth,</c><00:17:51.450><c> was</c><00:17:51.650><c> more</c><00:17:52.210><c> than</c><00:17:52.450><c> an</c>

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ordinary<00:17:53.170><c> prophet.</c>

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And<00:17:54.349><c> so</c><00:17:54.769><c> he</c><00:17:55.069><c> was</c><00:17:55.369><c> granted</c><00:17:56.329><c> witnesses</c><00:17:57.309><c> to</c><00:17:58.849><c> himself</c><00:17:59.630><c> as</c><00:18:00.329><c> a</c><00:18:00.569><c> person.</c>

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At<00:18:01.369><c> his</c><00:18:01.650><c> baptism</c><00:18:02.250><c> there</c><00:18:02.809><c> is</c><00:18:03.069><c> the</c><00:18:03.309><c> sign</c><00:18:03.670><c> in</c><00:18:04.250><c> the</c><00:18:04.390><c> form</c><00:18:04.609><c> of</c><00:18:04.849><c> a</c><00:18:04.970><c> dove</c><00:18:05.170><c> and</c>

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the<00:18:05.529><c> voice</c><00:18:05.789><c> which</c><00:18:06.109><c> says,</c>

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this<00:18:06.630><c> is</c><00:18:07.150><c> my</c><00:18:07.369><c> beloved</c><00:18:07.769><c> son.</c>

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At<00:18:08.890><c> the</c><00:18:09.089><c> transfiguration</c><00:18:10.130><c> there</c><00:18:10.470><c> is</c><00:18:10.730><c> again</c><00:18:11.069><c> the</c><00:18:11.230><c> voice</c><00:18:11.430><c> when</c>

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his<00:18:11.930><c> face</c><00:18:12.170><c> is</c><00:18:12.470><c> transfigured</c>

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which<00:18:13.630><c> says,</c><00:18:14.470><c> this</c><00:18:14.690><c> is</c><00:18:15.150><c> my</c><00:18:15.410><c> beloved</c><00:18:15.809><c> son,</c><00:18:16.910><c> hear</c><00:18:17.210><c> ye</c><00:18:17.569><c> him.</c>

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And<00:18:18.589><c> then</c><00:18:18.829><c> there</c><00:18:19.089><c> are</c><00:18:19.490><c> the</c><00:18:19.869><c> miraculous</c><00:18:20.490><c> powers</c><00:18:21.089><c> which</c><00:18:21.349><c> he</c><00:18:21.549><c> was</c><00:18:21.769><c> granted.</c>

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Now<00:18:22.470><c> in</c><00:18:22.630><c> Matthew</c><00:18:23.109><c> chapter</c><00:18:23.490><c> 4</c><00:18:24.230><c> there</c><00:18:25.009><c> is</c><00:18:25.210><c> a</c><00:18:25.430><c> remarkable</c><00:18:25.990><c> passage</c><00:18:26.549><c> which</c>

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we<00:18:27.250><c> do</c><00:18:27.450><c> well</c><00:18:27.630><c> to</c><00:18:27.849><c> ponder</c><00:18:28.230><c> over</c>

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because<00:18:28.789><c> it</c><00:18:29.130><c> shows</c><00:18:29.490><c> the</c><00:18:30.369><c> extent</c><00:18:30.910><c> of</c><00:18:31.470><c> the</c><00:18:31.750><c> powers</c><00:18:32.069><c> or</c><00:18:32.369><c> rather</c>

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the<00:18:33.029><c> influence</c><00:18:33.430><c> of</c><00:18:33.829><c> the</c><00:18:34.029><c> powers</c><00:18:34.430><c> among</c><00:18:34.829><c> the</c><00:18:35.089><c> people.</c>

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In<00:18:36.289><c> the</c><00:18:36.569><c> 23rd</c><00:18:37.269><c> verse</c><00:18:37.630><c> we</c><00:18:37.829><c> read</c><00:18:38.230><c> in</c><00:18:38.450><c> Matthew</c><00:18:38.990><c> chapter</c><00:18:39.509><c> 4</c><00:18:40.230><c> that</c>

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Jesus<00:18:41.009><c> went</c><00:18:41.470><c> about</c><00:18:41.950><c> all</c><00:18:42.410><c> Galilee,</c>

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teaching<00:18:44.130><c> in</c><00:18:44.529><c> their</c><00:18:44.789><c> synagogues,</c><00:18:45.869><c> preaching</c><00:18:46.569><c> the</c><00:18:46.869><c> gospel</c><00:18:47.289><c> of</c>

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the<00:18:47.650><c> kingdom,</c>

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and<00:18:48.970><c> healing</c><00:18:49.529><c> all</c><00:18:49.950><c> manner</c><00:18:50.170><c> of</c><00:18:50.430><c> disease</c><00:18:50.849><c> and</c><00:18:51.130><c> all</c><00:18:51.430><c> manner</c><00:18:51.809><c> of</c>

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sickness<00:18:53.349><c> among</c><00:18:53.849><c> the</c><00:18:54.109><c> people.</c>

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You<00:18:55.089><c> notice</c><00:18:55.490><c> the</c><00:18:55.789><c> order,</c><00:18:56.650><c> teaching,</c><00:18:57.829><c> preaching</c><00:18:58.470><c> first,</c><00:18:59.849><c> healing,</c><00:19:01.109><c> accompanying</c><00:19:01.470><c> it.</c>

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The<00:19:02.410><c> implication</c><00:19:03.009><c> of</c><00:19:03.230><c> the</c><00:19:03.430><c> order</c><00:19:03.670><c> is</c><00:19:04.369><c> that</c><00:19:04.710><c> it's</c><00:19:05.069><c> the</c><00:19:05.250><c> teaching</c><00:19:05.650><c> and</c><00:19:05.890><c> the</c>

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preaching<00:19:06.470><c> that</c><00:19:06.890><c> really</c><00:19:07.170><c> matters.</c>

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But<00:19:08.289><c> the</c><00:19:08.630><c> effect</c><00:19:08.950><c> of</c><00:19:09.250><c> the</c><00:19:09.490><c> signs</c><00:19:09.710><c> was</c><00:19:09.970><c> tremendous</c><00:19:10.549><c> as</c><00:19:10.849><c> we</c><00:19:11.029><c> now</c>

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read<00:19:11.589><c> in</c><00:19:11.789><c> verse</c><00:19:11.990><c> 24.</c>

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The<00:19:13.269><c> fame</c><00:19:13.730><c> of</c><00:19:13.869><c> him</c><00:19:14.410><c> went</c><00:19:14.869><c> throughout</c><00:19:15.349><c> all</c><00:19:16.089><c> Syria,</c><00:19:16.630><c> that</c><00:19:16.769><c> is</c><00:19:17.250><c> much</c><00:19:17.650><c> to</c>

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the<00:19:18.029><c> north</c><00:19:18.269><c> of</c><00:19:18.569><c> the</c><00:19:19.509><c> land</c><00:19:19.750><c> of</c><00:19:20.029><c> Judea,</c>

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and<00:19:21.250><c> they</c><00:19:21.630><c> brought</c><00:19:21.930><c> unto</c><00:19:22.210><c> him</c><00:19:22.410><c> all</c><00:19:22.950><c> sick</c><00:19:23.269><c> people</c><00:19:23.670><c> that</c><00:19:23.809><c> were</c>

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taken<00:19:24.390><c> with</c><00:19:24.970><c> varying</c><00:19:25.450><c> diseases</c><00:19:26.049><c> and</c><00:19:26.369><c> torments,</c>

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some<00:19:28.349><c> possessed</c><00:19:29.069><c> with</c><00:19:29.390><c> devils,</c><00:19:30.309><c> those</c><00:19:30.609><c> were</c><00:19:30.970><c> epileptic,</c><00:19:31.769><c> etc.</c>

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and<00:19:33.289><c> he</c><00:19:33.769><c> healed</c><00:19:34.170><c> them.</c>

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And<00:19:34.849><c> then</c><00:19:35.009><c> the</c><00:19:35.210><c> 25th</c><00:19:35.890><c> verse</c><00:19:36.170><c> says,</c><00:19:37.069><c> there</c><00:19:37.069><c> followed</c><00:19:37.529><c> him</c><00:19:38.190><c> great</c><00:19:38.829><c> multitudes</c><00:19:39.609><c> of</c>

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people<00:19:40.349><c> from</c><00:19:40.829><c> Galilee,</c>

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from<00:19:42.130><c> Decapolis,</c><00:19:43.269><c> that's</c><00:19:43.589><c> the</c><00:19:43.690><c> region</c><00:19:43.990><c> up</c><00:19:44.670><c> around</c><00:19:45.210><c> the</c><00:19:46.150><c> Sea</c>

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of<00:19:46.529><c> Galilee</c><00:19:46.970><c> to</c><00:19:47.230><c> the</c><00:19:47.369><c> north</c><00:19:47.569><c> there,</c>

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the<00:19:48.569><c> area</c><00:19:48.890><c> of</c><00:19:49.130><c> the</c><00:19:49.329><c> ten</c><00:19:49.569><c> cities</c><00:19:50.049><c> which</c><00:19:50.470><c> was</c><00:19:51.369><c> known</c><00:19:51.789><c> as</c><00:19:52.269><c> a</c><00:19:52.609><c> largely</c><00:19:53.049><c> Gentile</c><00:19:53.769><c>-influenced</c><00:19:54.490><c> area,</c>

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and<00:19:55.609><c> from</c><00:19:55.849><c> Jerusalem</c><00:19:56.410><c> itself,</c><00:19:57.309><c> and</c><00:19:57.470><c> from</c><00:19:57.730><c> Judea,</c><00:19:58.609><c> and</c><00:19:58.789><c> from</c>

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beyond<00:19:59.589><c> Jordan,</c><00:20:00.089><c> the</c><00:20:00.289><c> other</c><00:20:00.549><c> side</c><00:20:00.769><c> of</c><00:20:00.990><c> Jordan.</c>

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Now<00:20:01.730><c> that's</c><00:20:02.049><c> a</c><00:20:02.170><c> tremendous</c><00:20:02.569><c> area,</c><00:20:03.670><c> and</c><00:20:03.910><c> that</c><00:20:04.269><c> passage</c><00:20:04.990><c> conveys</c><00:20:06.109><c> to</c><00:20:06.369><c> us</c>

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the<00:20:08.069><c> enormous</c><00:20:08.769><c> impact</c>

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which<00:20:10.309><c> the</c><00:20:10.730><c> signs</c><00:20:11.250><c> which</c><00:20:11.630><c> Jesus</c><00:20:12.210><c> was</c><00:20:12.730><c> able</c><00:20:13.049><c> to</c><00:20:13.349><c> perform</c><00:20:14.029><c> had</c>

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upon<00:20:15.609><c> those</c><00:20:16.150><c> who</c><00:20:16.769><c> saw</c><00:20:17.009><c> him</c><00:20:17.509><c> and</c><00:20:18.470><c> who</c><00:20:18.710><c> heard</c><00:20:18.890><c> him.</c>

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And<00:20:20.049><c> the</c><00:20:20.470><c> intention</c><00:20:21.190><c> was</c><00:20:21.569><c> of</c><00:20:21.809><c> course</c><00:20:22.130><c> to</c><00:20:22.670><c> draw</c><00:20:22.930><c> attention</c><00:20:23.509><c> to</c>

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his<00:20:24.309><c> word.</c>

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There<00:20:25.609><c> was</c><00:20:25.809><c> a</c><00:20:25.950><c> great</c><00:20:26.190><c> deal</c><00:20:26.490><c> of</c><00:20:27.150><c> speculation</c><00:20:27.849><c> about</c><00:20:28.309><c> him,</c><00:20:29.269><c> and</c>

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of<00:20:29.630><c> course</c><00:20:29.930><c> the</c><00:20:30.210><c> people</c><00:20:30.569><c> ought</c><00:20:30.970><c> to</c><00:20:31.269><c> have</c><00:20:31.569><c> drawn</c>

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the<00:20:33.430><c> conclusion</c><00:20:34.230><c> which</c><00:20:34.650><c> that</c><00:20:35.130><c> wise</c><00:20:35.849><c> blind</c><00:20:36.650><c> man</c><00:20:37.329><c> drew</c><00:20:37.869><c> in</c><00:20:38.650><c> John</c>

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chapter<00:20:40.210><c> 9.</c>

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The<00:20:41.390><c> blind</c><00:20:41.849><c> man</c><00:20:42.789><c> who</c><00:20:43.569><c> said,</c><00:20:45.490><c> this</c><00:20:45.490><c> man</c><00:20:45.930><c> who's</c><00:20:46.309><c> healed</c><00:20:46.509><c> my</c><00:20:46.970><c> blindness</c><00:20:47.390><c> from</c>

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birth<00:20:48.190><c> must</c><00:20:48.710><c> come</c><00:20:48.910><c> from</c><00:20:49.150><c> God.</c>

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Oh,<00:20:50.670><c> says</c><00:20:50.990><c> the</c><00:20:51.329><c> scribe</c><00:20:51.589><c> from</c><00:20:51.789><c> the</c><00:20:51.990><c> Pharisees,</c><00:20:52.430><c> he</c><00:20:52.569><c> can't</c><00:20:52.829><c> be</c><00:20:53.029><c> from</c><00:20:53.289><c> God,</c><00:20:53.930><c> he's</c><00:20:54.190><c> a</c>

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sinner,<00:20:54.910><c> he</c><00:20:55.029><c> doesn't</c><00:20:55.170><c> keep</c><00:20:55.369><c> the</c><00:20:55.549><c> Sabbath.</c>

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Well,<00:20:57.150><c> said</c><00:20:57.250><c> the</c><00:20:57.490><c> blind</c><00:20:57.690><c> man,</c><00:20:58.089><c> how</c><00:20:58.190><c> remarkable.</c>

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Whoever<00:21:00.430><c> heard</c><00:21:01.150><c> of</c><00:21:01.769><c> anybody</c><00:21:02.509><c> healing</c><00:21:03.230><c> the</c><00:21:03.529><c> hearing</c><00:21:04.029><c> blindness</c><00:21:04.630><c> from</c><00:21:04.930><c> a</c>

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man<00:21:05.490><c> blind</c><00:21:05.970><c> from</c><00:21:06.349><c> birth,</c>

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if<00:21:07.309><c> this</c><00:21:07.869><c> man</c><00:21:08.170><c> were</c><00:21:08.630><c> not</c><00:21:08.990><c> from</c><00:21:09.430><c> God,</c><00:21:10.109><c> he</c><00:21:10.230><c> could</c><00:21:10.670><c> do</c><00:21:11.029><c> nothing.</c>

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The<00:21:13.789><c> blind</c><00:21:14.069><c> man</c><00:21:14.609><c> drew</c><00:21:15.089><c> the</c><00:21:15.369><c> conclusion</c><00:21:15.950><c> which</c><00:21:16.789><c> the</c><00:21:17.170><c> scribes</c>

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and<00:21:17.769><c> the</c><00:21:17.970><c> Pharisees</c><00:21:18.430><c> were</c><00:21:18.670><c> too</c><00:21:18.950><c> blind</c><00:21:19.309><c> to</c><00:21:19.650><c> draw.</c>

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Now<00:21:20.430><c> that</c><00:21:20.529><c> is</c><00:21:20.769><c> the</c><00:21:20.970><c> conclusion</c><00:21:21.490><c> which</c><00:21:21.849><c> these</c><00:21:22.329><c> people</c><00:21:22.730><c> ought</c>

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to<00:21:23.309><c> have</c><00:21:23.529><c> drawn.</c>

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When<00:21:24.930><c> they</c><00:21:25.210><c> saw</c><00:21:25.569><c> these</c><00:21:26.730><c> signs</c><00:21:27.309><c> proliferated</c><00:21:28.329><c> all</c><00:21:28.789><c> over</c><00:21:29.009><c> the</c>

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area,<00:21:29.750><c> saw</c><00:21:29.849><c> them</c><00:21:30.190><c> repeatedly,</c><00:21:31.029><c> evidently,</c>

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they<00:21:32.410><c> ought</c><00:21:32.730><c> to</c><00:21:32.950><c> have</c><00:21:33.190><c> said,</c><00:21:34.170><c> if</c><00:21:34.470><c> this</c><00:21:34.970><c> man</c><00:21:35.210><c> were</c><00:21:35.549><c> not</c><00:21:35.849><c> from</c><00:21:36.190><c> God,</c><00:21:36.990><c> he</c>

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could<00:21:37.670><c> do</c><00:21:37.970><c> nothing.</c>

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And<00:21:39.470><c> of</c><00:21:39.710><c> course</c><00:21:40.069><c> they</c><00:21:40.450><c> should</c><00:21:40.670><c> have</c><00:21:40.910><c> drawn</c><00:21:41.069><c> the</c><00:21:41.309><c> conclusion,</c>

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we<00:21:42.349><c> had</c><00:21:42.630><c> better</c><00:21:43.109><c> attend</c><00:21:43.650><c> to</c><00:21:43.869><c> what</c><00:21:44.069><c> he</c><00:21:44.369><c> says.</c>

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And<00:21:46.029><c> that</c><00:21:46.190><c> is</c><00:21:46.450><c> precisely</c><00:21:47.109><c> what</c><00:21:47.609><c> the</c><00:21:47.809><c> purpose</c><00:21:48.089><c> was</c><00:21:48.549><c> of</c><00:21:48.970><c> the</c>

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signs<00:21:49.670><c> which</c><00:21:50.130><c> were</c><00:21:50.369><c> given.</c>

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Now<00:21:51.609><c> it's</c><00:21:52.069><c> worthwhile</c><00:21:52.529><c> going</c><00:21:52.869><c> on</c><00:21:53.190><c> just</c><00:21:53.450><c> into</c><00:21:53.750><c> the</c><00:21:53.930><c> fifth</c><00:21:54.210><c> of</c>

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Matthew<00:21:54.869><c> to</c><00:21:55.329><c> see</c><00:21:55.549><c> the</c><00:21:55.789><c> sequel.</c>

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Verse<00:21:57.089><c> one,</c><00:21:58.569><c> seeing</c><00:21:58.970><c> the</c><00:21:59.289><c> multitudes.</c>

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Seeing<00:22:02.170><c> the</c><00:22:02.589><c> multitudes,</c><00:22:04.430><c> what</c><00:22:04.769><c> a</c><00:22:05.170><c> wonderful</c><00:22:05.769><c> opportunity</c>

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to<00:22:07.049><c> preach.</c>

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How<00:22:08.730><c> we</c><00:22:08.950><c> would</c><00:22:09.210><c> like</c><00:22:09.470><c> to</c><00:22:09.650><c> have</c><00:22:09.950><c> multitudes</c><00:22:10.849><c> to</c><00:22:11.150><c> preach</c><00:22:11.470><c> to.</c>

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What<00:22:12.970><c> does</c><00:22:13.190><c> he</c><00:22:13.349><c> do?</c><00:22:14.890><c> He</c><00:22:15.150><c> goes</c><00:22:15.369><c> up</c><00:22:15.650><c> a</c><00:22:15.769><c> mountain.</c>

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He<00:22:18.450><c> leaves</c><00:22:18.950><c> the</c><00:22:19.289><c> multitudes</c><00:22:19.849><c> down</c><00:22:20.250><c> on</c><00:22:20.509><c> the</c><00:22:20.690><c> plain.</c>

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And<00:22:22.710><c> those</c><00:22:23.390><c> who</c><00:22:23.789><c> have</c><00:22:24.150><c> drawn</c><00:22:24.450><c> the</c><00:22:24.710><c> conclusion</c><00:22:25.470><c> that</c><00:22:26.009><c> if</c><00:22:26.430><c> this</c>

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man<00:22:27.190><c> is</c><00:22:27.890><c> doing</c><00:22:28.190><c> these</c><00:22:28.670><c> things,</c>

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he<00:22:29.509><c> must</c><00:22:29.910><c> be</c><00:22:30.230><c> from</c><00:22:30.569><c> God,</c><00:22:31.250><c> they</c><00:22:31.609><c> follow</c><00:22:31.950><c> him</c><00:22:32.369><c> up</c><00:22:32.750><c> to</c><00:22:32.930><c> the</c><00:22:33.089><c> mountain.</c>

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And<00:22:34.869><c> to</c><00:22:35.029><c> them</c><00:22:35.509><c> he</c><00:22:35.769><c> speaks.</c><00:22:37.309><c> How</c><00:22:37.589><c> interesting.</c>

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I<00:22:39.490><c> wonder</c><00:22:39.670><c> if</c><00:22:39.769><c> there's</c><00:22:39.950><c> a</c><00:22:40.109><c> lesson</c><00:22:40.390><c> there</c><00:22:40.730><c> for</c><00:22:40.970><c> us.</c>

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Our<00:22:42.910><c> problem</c><00:22:43.289><c> of</c><00:22:43.549><c> course</c><00:22:43.809><c> is</c><00:22:44.049><c> to</c><00:22:44.309><c> find</c><00:22:44.849><c> those</c><00:22:45.549><c> who</c><00:22:46.470><c> really</c><00:22:47.109><c> are</c>

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prepared<00:22:47.769><c> to</c><00:22:48.049><c> say</c><00:22:48.390><c> this</c><00:22:49.029><c> must</c><00:22:49.390><c> be</c><00:22:49.710><c> from</c><00:22:50.029><c> God.</c>

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But<00:22:50.950><c> here</c><00:22:51.190><c> is</c><00:22:51.390><c> Jesus</c><00:22:51.710><c> being</c><00:22:51.990><c> very</c><00:22:52.450><c> selective.</c>

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He<00:22:53.730><c> turns</c><00:22:54.250><c> away</c><00:22:54.710><c> from</c><00:22:54.930><c> the</c><00:22:55.089><c> multitudes.</c>

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And<00:22:57.289><c> he</c><00:22:57.349><c> goes</c><00:22:57.589><c> up</c><00:22:57.869><c> a</c><00:22:57.970><c> mountain.</c>

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And<00:22:59.670><c> he</c><00:22:59.809><c> is</c><00:22:59.910><c> virtually</c><00:23:00.250><c> saying,</c><00:23:01.369><c> if</c><00:23:01.490><c> you</c><00:23:01.750><c> want</c><00:23:01.950><c> to</c><00:23:02.230><c> hear</c><00:23:02.450><c> what</c>

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God<00:23:03.029><c> has</c><00:23:03.309><c> to</c><00:23:03.509><c> say,</c><00:23:04.130><c> then</c><00:23:04.329><c> you'll</c><00:23:04.650><c> have</c><00:23:04.809><c> to</c><00:23:05.069><c> follow</c><00:23:05.289><c> me.</c>

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And<00:23:06.710><c> of</c><00:23:06.910><c> course</c><00:23:07.369><c> the</c><00:23:07.710><c> majority</c><00:23:08.190><c> of</c><00:23:08.450><c> people</c><00:23:08.910><c> don't</c><00:23:09.369><c> want</c><00:23:09.670><c> to</c>

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follow<00:23:10.089><c> him.</c>

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But<00:23:11.170><c> Jesus</c><00:23:11.650><c> works</c><00:23:12.190><c> with</c><00:23:12.589><c> those</c><00:23:13.009><c> who</c><00:23:13.210><c> are</c><00:23:13.509><c> willing</c><00:23:13.809><c> to</c><00:23:14.150><c> hear.</c>

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He<00:23:15.309><c> works</c><00:23:15.730><c> with</c><00:23:16.049><c> those</c><00:23:16.349><c> who</c><00:23:16.630><c> want</c><00:23:16.970><c> to</c><00:23:17.269><c> hear.</c>

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That's<00:23:18.750><c> our</c><00:23:18.970><c> problem</c><00:23:19.390><c> today.</c>

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How<00:23:20.109><c> to</c><00:23:20.430><c> find</c><00:23:20.789><c> those</c><00:23:21.289><c> who</c><00:23:21.690><c> are</c><00:23:21.970><c> willing</c><00:23:22.210><c> to</c><00:23:22.470><c> hear.</c>

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But<00:23:22.809><c> those</c><00:23:22.990><c> are</c><00:23:23.150><c> the</c><00:23:23.289><c> only</c><00:23:23.490><c> ones</c><00:23:23.690><c> we</c><00:23:23.829><c> can</c><00:23:23.990><c> do</c><00:23:24.150><c> any</c><00:23:24.329><c> good</c><00:23:24.529><c> with.</c>

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The<00:23:25.930><c> ones</c><00:23:26.170><c> who</c><00:23:26.349><c> are</c><00:23:26.609><c> willing</c><00:23:26.890><c> to</c><00:23:27.210><c> hear.</c>

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The<00:23:28.029><c> ones</c><00:23:28.329><c> who</c><00:23:28.630><c> want</c><00:23:28.910><c> to</c><00:23:29.210><c> hear.</c>

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Now,<00:23:32.210><c> the</c><00:23:32.250><c> important</c><00:23:32.769><c> conclusion</c><00:23:33.490><c> which</c><00:23:34.130><c> is</c><00:23:34.349><c> to</c><00:23:34.509><c> be</c><00:23:34.710><c> drawn</c><00:23:35.170><c> from</c><00:23:36.650><c> this</c><00:23:38.730><c> gift</c><00:23:40.130><c> to</c>

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Jesus<00:23:40.890><c> of</c><00:23:41.170><c> these</c><00:23:41.730><c> miraculous</c><00:23:42.390><c> powers</c>

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is<00:23:44.130><c> that</c><00:23:45.369><c> the</c><00:23:46.109><c> teaching</c><00:23:46.890><c> which</c><00:23:47.829><c> Jesus</c><00:23:48.690><c> proclaimed</c><00:23:49.569><c> to</c><00:23:49.809><c> the</c>

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people<00:23:50.490><c> was</c><00:23:51.069><c> not</c><00:23:51.750><c> derived</c><00:23:52.529><c> from</c><00:23:52.869><c> the</c><00:23:53.210><c> miraculous</c><00:23:53.670><c> powers.</c>

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The<00:23:56.190><c> teaching</c><00:23:56.369><c> would</c><00:23:56.670><c> be</c><00:23:57.009><c> derived</c><00:23:57.450><c> from</c><00:23:57.750><c> his</c><00:23:58.069><c> understanding</c>

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of<00:23:59.250><c> the</c><00:23:59.509><c> word</c><00:23:59.829><c> of</c><00:24:00.069><c> God</c><00:24:00.289><c> which</c><00:24:00.470><c> he</c><00:24:00.650><c> would</c><00:24:00.829><c> have</c><00:24:01.170><c> studied</c><00:24:01.490><c> from</c>

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his<00:24:01.970><c> youth.</c>

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The<00:24:03.470><c> miraculous</c><00:24:03.910><c> powers</c><00:24:04.450><c> were</c><00:24:04.950><c> an</c><00:24:05.210><c> addition.</c>

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They<00:24:06.509><c> were</c><00:24:06.829><c> a</c><00:24:06.950><c> qualification</c><00:24:07.650><c> in</c><00:24:08.509><c> order</c><00:24:08.869><c> to</c><00:24:09.190><c> draw</c><00:24:09.390><c> attention</c>

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to<00:24:10.009><c> what</c><00:24:10.190><c> he</c><00:24:10.349><c> was</c><00:24:10.589><c> saying.</c>

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You<00:24:12.029><c> can</c><00:24:12.349><c> see</c><00:24:12.630><c> the</c><00:24:13.930><c> way</c><00:24:14.410><c> in</c><00:24:14.630><c> which</c><00:24:14.809><c> he</c><00:24:15.009><c> bases</c><00:24:15.349><c> himself</c><00:24:15.990><c> upon</c><00:24:16.349><c> the</c><00:24:16.589><c> word</c><00:24:16.750><c> of</c>

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God<00:24:17.470><c> when</c><00:24:17.809><c> at</c><00:24:18.089><c> his</c><00:24:18.410><c> great</c><00:24:19.029><c> trial,</c>

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three<00:24:20.650><c> times</c><00:24:21.150><c> he</c><00:24:21.450><c> replies</c><00:24:22.170><c> to</c><00:24:22.710><c> the</c><00:24:22.910><c> suggestion</c><00:24:23.490><c> that</c><00:24:23.670><c> he</c><00:24:23.890><c> should</c><00:24:24.130><c> indulge</c><00:24:24.730><c> his</c>

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own<00:24:25.210><c> desires.</c>

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By,<00:24:27.529><c> it</c><00:24:27.609><c> is</c><00:24:28.490><c> written,</c><00:24:29.970><c> thou</c><00:24:30.269><c> shalt</c><00:24:30.710><c> worship</c><00:24:31.289><c> the</c><00:24:31.549><c> Lord</c><00:24:31.910><c> thy</c><00:24:32.349><c> God.</c>

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Here<00:24:33.009><c> is</c><00:24:33.250><c> Jesus</c><00:24:33.829><c> using,</c><00:24:34.829><c> as</c><00:24:35.109><c> the</c><00:24:35.329><c> apostle</c><00:24:35.769><c> Paul</c><00:24:36.210><c> says</c><00:24:36.529><c> in</c><00:24:36.789><c> Ephesians</c><00:24:37.269><c> 6,</c>

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the<00:24:38.170><c> sword</c><00:24:39.009><c> of</c><00:24:39.630><c> the</c><00:24:39.970><c> Spirit</c><00:24:40.490><c> which</c><00:24:41.130><c> is</c><00:24:41.809><c> the</c><00:24:42.089><c> word</c><00:24:42.650><c> of</c><00:24:42.930><c> God.</c>

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And<00:24:43.930><c> here's</c><00:24:44.150><c> Jesus</c><00:24:44.549><c> using</c><00:24:44.950><c> the</c><00:24:45.369><c> sword</c><00:24:45.849><c> of</c><00:24:46.269><c> the</c><00:24:46.589><c> Spirit</c><00:24:46.950><c> to</c><00:24:47.509><c> cut</c>

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down<00:24:48.349><c> temptation</c><00:24:49.009><c> to</c><00:24:49.369><c> size.</c>

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And<00:24:51.009><c> his</c><00:24:51.190><c> way</c><00:24:51.390><c> is</c><00:24:51.589><c> to</c><00:24:51.769><c> say,</c><00:24:52.710><c> it</c><00:24:52.710><c> is</c><00:24:53.450><c> written.</c>

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And<00:24:54.410><c> it's</c><00:24:54.670><c> not</c><00:24:54.890><c> much</c><00:24:55.130><c> good</c><00:24:55.470><c> saying</c><00:24:55.789><c> it</c><00:24:56.289><c> is</c><00:24:56.690><c> written</c><00:24:57.170><c> unless</c><00:24:57.769><c> you</c><00:24:58.049><c> believe</c><00:24:58.569><c> that</c><00:24:59.109><c> what</c><00:24:59.329><c> is</c>

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written<00:24:59.930><c> is</c><00:25:00.470><c> authoritative</c><00:25:01.289><c> and</c><00:25:01.809><c> unless</c><00:25:02.029><c> you're</c><00:25:02.349><c> prepared</c>

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to<00:25:02.930><c> understand</c><00:25:03.250><c> it.</c>

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And<00:25:04.829><c> Jesus</c><00:25:05.250><c> takes</c><00:25:05.609><c> this</c><00:25:06.170><c> base</c><00:25:06.470><c> too</c><00:25:07.049><c> in</c><00:25:07.529><c> his</c><00:25:07.910><c> controversies</c>

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with<00:25:09.230><c> the</c><00:25:09.829><c> Jews</c><00:25:10.150><c> who</c><00:25:10.450><c> reject</c><00:25:10.910><c> his</c><00:25:11.210><c> message.</c>

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He<00:25:12.210><c> says</c><00:25:12.589><c> to</c><00:25:13.009><c> them</c><00:25:13.269><c> on</c><00:25:13.549><c> one</c><00:25:13.710><c> occasion,</c><00:25:14.849><c> what</c><00:25:14.849><c> is</c><00:25:15.369><c> written</c><00:25:15.670><c> in</c>

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the<00:25:16.250><c> law?</c>

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How<00:25:17.130><c> readest</c><00:25:18.009><c> thou?</c>

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And<00:25:18.910><c> proceeds</c><00:25:19.170><c> to</c><00:25:19.450><c> set</c><00:25:19.650><c> them</c><00:25:19.910><c> right</c><00:25:20.130><c> about</c><00:25:20.470><c> the</c><00:25:20.829><c> understanding</c><00:25:21.170><c> of</c><00:25:21.410><c> it.</c>

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On<00:25:22.509><c> another</c><00:25:22.730><c> occasion</c><00:25:23.230><c> when</c><00:25:23.450><c> the</c><00:25:23.710><c> Sadducees</c><00:25:24.269><c> were</c><00:25:24.549><c> rejecting</c>

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the<00:25:25.349><c> idea</c><00:25:25.730><c> of</c><00:25:26.029><c> resurrection,</c>

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he<00:25:27.470><c> says,</c><00:25:28.569><c> ye</c><00:25:28.750><c> do</c><00:25:29.190><c> err,</c><00:25:30.109><c> not</c><00:25:30.589><c> knowing</c><00:25:31.269><c> the</c><00:25:31.630><c> Scriptures</c><00:25:32.430><c> nor</c><00:25:33.549><c> the</c><00:25:33.750><c> power</c><00:25:33.970><c> of</c><00:25:34.230><c> God.</c>

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And<00:25:35.450><c> so</c><00:25:35.710><c> the</c><00:25:35.970><c> message</c><00:25:36.509><c> of</c><00:25:36.690><c> Jesus</c><00:25:37.150><c> did</c><00:25:37.549><c> not</c><00:25:37.890><c> come</c><00:25:38.250><c> from</c><00:25:38.490><c> the</c>

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miraculous<00:25:39.170><c> powers.</c>

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The<00:25:40.690><c> miraculous</c><00:25:41.190><c> powers</c><00:25:41.650><c> were</c><00:25:42.109><c> an</c><00:25:42.369><c> addition</c><00:25:42.789><c> in</c><00:25:43.470><c> order</c><00:25:43.750><c> to</c><00:25:44.130><c> commend</c><00:25:44.690><c> the</c><00:25:45.029><c> message,</c><00:25:46.170><c> to</c>

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draw<00:25:46.589><c> attention</c><00:25:47.109><c> to</c><00:25:47.569><c> the</c><00:25:47.769><c> word</c><00:25:48.049><c> that</c><00:25:48.190><c> was</c><00:25:48.349><c> being</c><00:25:48.670><c> spoken.</c>

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I<00:25:50.430><c> think</c><00:25:50.950><c> we</c><00:25:51.130><c> can</c><00:25:51.549><c> see</c><00:25:51.829><c> this</c><00:25:52.490><c> in</c><00:25:52.890><c> the</c><00:25:54.230><c> case</c><00:25:54.710><c> of</c><00:25:54.930><c> the</c><00:25:55.170><c> disciples.</c>

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We<00:25:55.990><c> might</c><00:25:56.289><c> look</c><00:25:56.609><c> here</c><00:25:57.349><c> at</c><00:25:57.650><c> Luke</c><00:25:58.049><c> chapter</c><00:25:58.549><c> 10</c><00:25:59.089><c> for</c><00:25:59.690><c> the</c><00:25:59.970><c> most</c>

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interesting<00:26:00.869><c> example.</c>

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Jesus<00:26:02.470><c> has</c><00:26:02.769><c> already</c><00:26:03.190><c> given</c><00:26:03.690><c> the</c><00:26:04.069><c> 12</c><00:26:04.470><c> disciples</c><00:26:05.450><c> powers</c><00:26:06.230><c> to</c><00:26:07.109><c> commend</c><00:26:07.589><c> the</c><00:26:07.970><c> message</c><00:26:08.329><c> which</c><00:26:08.589><c> he</c>

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had<00:26:09.029><c> given</c><00:26:09.230><c> them</c><00:26:09.630><c> as</c><00:26:10.029><c> they</c><00:26:10.410><c> preceded</c><00:26:10.990><c> him</c><00:26:11.529><c> over</c><00:26:11.950><c> the</c><00:26:12.109><c> cities</c>

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of<00:26:12.609><c> Israel.</c>

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Here<00:26:13.849><c> in</c><00:26:14.049><c> the</c><00:26:14.250><c> 10th</c><00:26:14.750><c> chapter</c><00:26:15.150><c> of</c><00:26:15.410><c> Luke</c><00:26:15.710><c> we</c><00:26:16.269><c> find</c><00:26:16.809><c> it</c><00:26:17.690><c> said</c><00:26:17.910><c> that</c>

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the<00:26:18.269><c> Lord</c><00:26:18.869><c> appointed</c><00:26:19.710><c> 70</c><00:26:20.750><c> others</c>

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and<00:26:22.130><c> sent</c><00:26:22.430><c> them</c><00:26:22.789><c> two</c><00:26:23.029><c> and</c><00:26:23.230><c> two</c><00:26:23.410><c> before</c><00:26:23.730><c> his</c><00:26:24.089><c> face</c><00:26:24.329><c> into</c><00:26:24.549><c> every</c>

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city<00:26:25.569><c> whither</c><00:26:26.150><c> he</c><00:26:26.509><c> himself</c><00:26:27.049><c> was</c><00:26:27.529><c> about</c><00:26:27.849><c> to</c><00:26:28.130><c> come.</c>

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And<00:26:30.910><c> he</c><00:26:31.670><c> tells</c><00:26:32.230><c> them</c><00:26:32.430><c> to</c><00:26:32.890><c> preach</c><00:26:33.390><c> there</c><00:26:34.109><c> and</c><00:26:35.009><c> if</c><00:26:35.569><c> their</c><00:26:35.869><c> message</c><00:26:36.190><c> is</c><00:26:36.430><c> not</c>

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received<00:26:37.450><c> to</c><00:26:38.049><c> go</c><00:26:38.450><c> to</c><00:26:38.730><c> another</c><00:26:38.950><c> place,</c>

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heal<00:26:40.369><c> the</c><00:26:40.690><c> sick,</c><00:26:41.049><c> he</c><00:26:41.049><c> says</c><00:26:41.250><c> in</c><00:26:41.450><c> verse</c><00:26:41.710><c> 9,</c><00:26:42.609><c> that</c><00:26:42.809><c> are</c><00:26:43.029><c> therein</c>

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and<00:26:43.990><c> say</c><00:26:44.230><c> unto</c><00:26:44.450><c> them,</c><00:26:45.170><c> the</c><00:26:45.329><c> kingdom</c><00:26:45.910><c> of</c><00:26:46.130><c> God</c><00:26:46.670><c> is</c><00:26:47.069><c> come</c><00:26:47.410><c> nigh</c>

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unto<00:26:47.990><c> you.</c>

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And<00:26:49.950><c> then</c><00:26:51.250><c> when</c><00:26:52.130><c> the</c><00:26:52.430><c> 70</c><00:26:52.990><c> return</c><00:26:53.890><c> from</c><00:26:54.269><c> their</c><00:26:54.569><c> mission</c><00:26:55.029><c> in</c><00:26:55.670><c> verse</c><00:26:55.990><c> 17,</c>

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they<00:26:58.210><c> return</c><00:26:58.789><c> with</c><00:26:59.230><c> joy</c><00:26:59.769><c> saying,</c><00:27:00.450><c> look</c><00:27:00.630><c> what</c><00:27:00.829><c> it</c><00:27:01.089><c> is</c><00:27:01.369><c> that</c>

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they're<00:27:01.809><c> joyful</c><00:27:02.170><c> about.</c>

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Even<00:27:03.809><c> the</c><00:27:04.210><c> devils</c><00:27:04.730><c> are</c><00:27:05.150><c> subject</c><00:27:05.609><c> unto</c><00:27:05.930><c> us</c><00:27:06.170><c> in</c><00:27:06.430><c> thy</c><00:27:06.690><c> name.</c>

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Jesus<00:27:08.690><c> says,</c><00:27:09.230><c> I</c><00:27:09.230><c> beheld</c><00:27:09.829><c> Satan</c><00:27:10.589><c> as</c><00:27:11.069><c> lightning</c><00:27:11.670><c> fallen</c><00:27:12.589><c> from</c><00:27:12.930><c> heaven.</c>

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That<00:27:13.410><c> is</c><00:27:13.589><c> to</c><00:27:13.769><c> say,</c><00:27:14.410><c> he</c><00:27:14.549><c> saw</c><00:27:14.910><c> the</c><00:27:15.170><c> end</c><00:27:15.630><c> of</c><00:27:15.930><c> sin</c><00:27:16.470><c> in</c><00:27:17.089><c> prospect.</c>

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He<00:27:18.390><c> saw</c><00:27:18.670><c> the</c><00:27:18.910><c> end</c><00:27:19.170><c> of</c><00:27:19.470><c> the</c><00:27:19.849><c> infirmity</c><00:27:20.750><c> which</c><00:27:21.069><c> arises</c><00:27:21.609><c> from</c><00:27:22.049><c> sin.</c>

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And<00:27:25.549><c> behold,</c><00:27:26.130><c> he</c><00:27:26.349><c> said</c><00:27:26.509><c> in</c><00:27:26.690><c> the</c><00:27:26.829><c> 19th</c><00:27:27.329><c> verse,</c><00:27:27.529><c> I</c><00:27:27.690><c> have</c><00:27:27.910><c> given</c>

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you<00:27:28.369><c> authority</c><00:27:28.930><c> to</c><00:27:29.349><c> tread</c><00:27:29.549><c> upon</c><00:27:29.910><c> serpents</c><00:27:30.410><c> and</c><00:27:30.650><c> scorpions</c><00:27:31.109><c> and</c><00:27:31.329><c> over</c><00:27:31.470><c> all</c><00:27:31.670><c> the</c><00:27:31.970><c> power</c><00:27:32.349><c> of</c>

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the<00:27:32.730><c> enemy,</c><00:27:32.950><c> that</c><00:27:33.109><c> is</c><00:27:33.269><c> the</c><00:27:33.369><c> power</c><00:27:33.750><c> of</c><00:27:34.029><c> sin.</c>

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Nothing<00:27:35.250><c> shall</c><00:27:35.730><c> in</c><00:27:35.950><c> any</c><00:27:36.089><c> wise</c><00:27:36.309><c> hurt</c><00:27:36.569><c> you.</c>

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And<00:27:37.009><c> then</c><00:27:37.230><c> look</c><00:27:37.430><c> what</c><00:27:37.569><c> his</c><00:27:37.789><c> comment</c><00:27:38.150><c> is</c><00:27:38.430><c> in</c><00:27:38.589><c> verse</c><00:27:38.809><c> 20,</c><00:27:39.970><c> notwithstanding</c><00:27:40.910><c> in</c><00:27:41.869><c> this</c><00:27:42.390><c> rejoice</c><00:27:42.970><c> not</c>

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that<00:27:43.990><c> the</c><00:27:44.490><c> spirits</c><00:27:45.009><c> are</c><00:27:45.630><c> subject</c><00:27:46.009><c> unto</c><00:27:46.309><c> you,</c>

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but<00:27:47.730><c> rather</c><00:27:48.369><c> rejoice</c><00:27:49.210><c> because</c><00:27:50.069><c> your</c><00:27:50.509><c> names</c><00:27:51.109><c> are</c><00:27:51.569><c> written</c><00:27:52.049><c> in</c><00:27:52.450><c> heaven.</c>

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And<00:27:54.450><c> so</c><00:27:54.589><c> the</c><00:27:54.809><c> possession</c><00:27:55.250><c> of</c><00:27:55.549><c> miraculous</c><00:27:56.069><c> powers</c><00:27:56.609><c> was</c><00:27:56.910><c> not</c>

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very<00:27:57.509><c> important</c><00:27:58.190><c> then.</c>

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It<00:27:59.549><c> didn't</c><00:27:59.809><c> really</c><00:28:00.109><c> matter.</c>

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What<00:28:08.369><c> really</c><00:28:08.970><c> mattered</c><00:28:09.369><c> was</c><00:28:10.269><c> that</c><00:28:10.710><c> their</c><00:28:10.970><c> names</c><00:28:11.529><c> were</c><00:28:11.849><c> written</c><00:28:12.170><c> in</c><00:28:12.490><c> heaven.</c>

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But<00:28:13.950><c> that</c><00:28:14.190><c> would</c><00:28:14.410><c> only</c><00:28:14.630><c> happen</c><00:28:15.150><c> if</c><00:28:15.650><c> they</c><00:28:15.829><c> understood</c><00:28:16.650><c> the</c><00:28:17.309><c> message</c><00:28:17.650><c> which</c><00:28:17.890><c> Jesus</c><00:28:18.250><c> proclaimed</c><00:28:18.869><c> and</c>

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accepted<00:28:19.730><c> it</c><00:28:20.309><c> and</c><00:28:20.630><c> became</c><00:28:20.950><c> members</c><00:28:21.349><c> of</c><00:28:21.549><c> his</c><00:28:21.789><c> body.</c>

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And<00:28:23.130><c> so</c><00:28:23.269><c> there</c><00:28:23.509><c> is</c><00:28:23.750><c> the</c><00:28:24.049><c> relative</c><00:28:24.390><c> importance</c><00:28:25.529><c> of</c><00:28:25.809><c> the</c><00:28:26.029><c> two</c><00:28:26.210><c> phases.</c>

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The<00:28:27.630><c> miraculous</c><00:28:28.130><c> powers</c><00:28:28.509><c> are</c><00:28:28.829><c> subordinate.</c>

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It<00:28:30.690><c> is</c><00:28:31.170><c> the</c><00:28:31.509><c> message</c><00:28:32.049><c> which</c><00:28:32.630><c> really</c><00:28:32.970><c> matters.</c>

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And<00:28:33.990><c> that</c><00:28:34.210><c> message</c><00:28:34.529><c> was</c><00:28:34.849><c> conveyed</c><00:28:35.349><c> in</c><00:28:35.849><c> the</c><00:28:36.049><c> words</c><00:28:36.650><c> that</c>

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Christ<00:28:37.690><c> spoke.</c>

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And<00:28:40.210><c> then</c><00:28:40.390><c> the</c><00:28:40.809><c> fourth</c><00:28:41.289><c> intervention</c><00:28:42.230><c> was</c><00:28:43.230><c> the</c><00:28:44.529><c> granting</c><00:28:44.970><c> to</c>

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the<00:28:45.670><c> apostles</c><00:28:46.650><c> of</c><00:28:48.730><c> powers</c><00:28:49.410><c> to</c><00:28:49.930><c> continue</c><00:28:50.490><c> the</c><00:28:50.829><c> work</c><00:28:51.029><c> of</c><00:28:51.230><c> Jesus</c>

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after<00:28:52.450><c> his</c><00:28:52.769><c> resurrection.</c>

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He<00:28:55.349><c> had</c><00:28:55.829><c> in</c><00:28:56.009><c> fact</c><00:28:56.509><c> told</c><00:28:57.069><c> them</c><00:28:57.309><c> this</c><00:28:57.769><c> before</c><00:28:58.609><c> Luke</c><00:28:59.309><c> 24</c><00:29:00.269><c> has</c><00:29:00.589><c> the</c>

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passage,<00:29:01.710><c> before</c><00:29:02.089><c> he</c><00:29:02.230><c> left</c><00:29:02.529><c> them</c><00:29:03.430><c> in</c><00:29:03.769><c> the</c><00:29:03.910><c> 24th</c><00:29:04.710><c> chapter</c><00:29:05.109><c> of</c><00:29:05.349><c> Luke.</c>

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And<00:29:09.490><c> at</c><00:29:09.890><c> the</c><00:29:10.089><c> 49th</c><00:29:10.809><c> verse</c><00:29:11.930><c> he</c><00:29:12.130><c> says,</c><00:29:13.630><c> ye</c><00:29:15.509><c> are</c><00:29:16.190><c> witnesses.</c>

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And<00:29:17.410><c> this</c><00:29:17.589><c> idea</c><00:29:17.970><c> of</c><00:29:18.190><c> being</c><00:29:18.450><c> a</c><00:29:18.730><c> witness</c><00:29:19.309><c> becomes</c><00:29:19.970><c> very</c><00:29:20.269><c> important</c><00:29:20.890><c> in</c><00:29:21.170><c> the</c>

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days<00:29:21.950><c> of</c><00:29:22.170><c> the</c><00:29:22.309><c> apostles.</c>

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Ye<00:29:22.890><c> are</c><00:29:23.170><c> witnesses</c><00:29:23.950><c> of</c><00:29:24.410><c> these</c><00:29:24.750><c> things.</c>

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And<00:29:25.230><c> behold,</c><00:29:25.789><c> he</c><00:29:25.789><c> says,</c><00:29:26.390><c> I</c><00:29:26.650><c> send</c><00:29:27.130><c> forth</c><00:29:27.630><c> the</c><00:29:27.890><c> promise</c><00:29:28.289><c> of</c><00:29:28.549><c> my</c>

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Father<00:29:29.269><c> upon</c><00:29:29.690><c> you,</c>

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but<00:29:30.730><c> tarry</c><00:29:31.049><c> ye</c><00:29:31.250><c> in</c><00:29:31.410><c> the</c><00:29:31.509><c> city</c><00:29:31.769><c> of</c><00:29:31.970><c> Jerusalem</c><00:29:32.529><c> until</c><00:29:33.269><c> ye</c><00:29:33.549><c> be</c><00:29:33.950><c> endued</c><00:29:34.569><c> with</c><00:29:35.089><c> power</c><00:29:35.890><c> from</c><00:29:36.250><c> on</c><00:29:36.609><c> high.</c>

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And<00:29:38.009><c> so</c><00:29:38.130><c> they</c><00:29:38.329><c> are</c><00:29:38.470><c> to</c><00:29:38.690><c> wait</c><00:29:38.950><c> until</c><00:29:39.470><c> there</c><00:29:39.930><c> comes</c><00:29:40.269><c> a</c><00:29:40.630><c> power.</c>

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In<00:29:41.289><c> Acts</c><00:29:41.589><c> chapter</c><00:29:41.970><c> one,</c><00:29:42.789><c> after</c><00:29:43.230><c> his</c><00:29:43.529><c> resurrection,</c><00:29:44.650><c> he</c><00:29:45.009><c> reverts</c><00:29:45.470><c> to</c><00:29:45.710><c> the</c><00:29:45.869><c> same</c><00:29:46.150><c> theme</c><00:29:46.549><c> as</c>

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he<00:29:47.210><c> talks</c><00:29:47.509><c> to</c><00:29:47.750><c> them</c><00:29:48.150><c> over</c><00:29:48.569><c> a</c><00:29:48.809><c> period</c><00:29:49.109><c> of</c><00:29:50.569><c> many</c><00:29:50.930><c> days.</c>

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And<00:29:52.950><c> says</c><00:29:53.390><c> in</c><00:29:54.269><c> the</c><00:29:56.269><c> fifth</c><00:29:57.250><c> verse,</c><00:29:58.950><c> for</c><00:29:59.009><c> John</c><00:29:59.609><c> truly</c><00:30:00.049><c> baptized</c>

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with<00:30:01.049><c> water,</c>

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but<00:30:02.109><c> ye</c><00:30:02.309><c> shall</c><00:30:02.470><c> be</c><00:30:02.809><c> baptized</c><00:30:03.430><c> with</c><00:30:03.950><c> Holy</c><00:30:04.349><c> Spirit</c><00:30:05.210><c> not</c><00:30:05.869><c> many</c>

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days<00:30:06.930><c> hence.</c>

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And<00:30:08.170><c> a</c><00:30:08.369><c> reference,</c><00:30:08.650><c> of</c><00:30:08.849><c> course,</c><00:30:09.509><c> since</c><00:30:09.730><c> it</c><00:30:10.009><c> says</c><00:30:10.210><c> not</c><00:30:10.829><c> many</c><00:30:11.390><c> days</c><00:30:11.769><c> hence,</c><00:30:12.809><c> an</c>

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obvious<00:30:13.369><c> reference</c><00:30:13.950><c> to</c><00:30:15.089><c> the</c><00:30:15.569><c> occurrence</c><00:30:16.009><c> of</c><00:30:16.329><c> Pentecost</c><00:30:16.890><c> which</c><00:30:17.170><c> came</c><00:30:17.369><c> later.</c>

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And<00:30:18.410><c> then</c><00:30:18.650><c> in</c><00:30:18.910><c> the</c><00:30:19.049><c> eighth</c><00:30:20.109><c> verse,</c><00:30:21.150><c> but</c><00:30:21.470><c> ye</c><00:30:22.049><c> shall</c><00:30:22.329><c> receive</c>

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power<00:30:23.809><c> after</c><00:30:24.509><c> that</c><00:30:24.829><c> the</c><00:30:25.069><c> Holy</c><00:30:25.309><c> Spirit</c><00:30:25.769><c> has</c><00:30:25.950><c> come</c><00:30:26.130><c> upon</c><00:30:26.410><c> you.</c>

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And<00:30:27.269><c> ye</c><00:30:27.490><c> shall</c><00:30:27.630><c> be</c><00:30:27.849><c> my</c><00:30:28.170><c> witnesses</c><00:30:29.130><c> in</c><00:30:29.869><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:30:31.190><c> Judea,</c><00:30:32.029><c> Samaria,</c><00:30:33.190><c> and</c>

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to<00:30:33.410><c> the</c><00:30:33.670><c> uttermost</c><00:30:34.430><c> part</c><00:30:34.869><c> of</c><00:30:35.109><c> the</c><00:30:35.289><c> earth.</c>

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And<00:30:36.190><c> so</c><00:30:36.410><c> the</c><00:30:36.769><c> power</c><00:30:37.089><c> which</c><00:30:37.390><c> was</c><00:30:37.569><c> to</c><00:30:37.829><c> come</c><00:30:38.289><c> was</c><00:30:38.910><c> to</c><00:30:39.190><c> act</c><00:30:39.609><c> as</c><00:30:40.069><c> a</c>

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witness<00:30:40.950><c> for</c><00:30:42.009><c> the</c><00:30:42.210><c> Lord</c><00:30:42.569><c> through</c><00:30:43.309><c> their</c><00:30:43.650><c> mouth.</c>

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They<00:30:44.690><c> were</c><00:30:44.970><c> to</c><00:30:45.250><c> speak</c><00:30:45.730><c> things</c><00:30:46.769><c> to</c><00:30:47.730><c> which</c><00:30:47.930><c> they</c><00:30:48.230><c> would</c><00:30:48.509><c> have</c><00:30:48.730><c> witness.</c>

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And<00:30:49.609><c> so</c><00:30:50.089><c> in</c><00:30:50.829><c> the</c><00:30:51.069><c> second</c><00:30:51.410><c> chapter</c><00:30:51.829><c> we</c><00:30:52.130><c> have</c><00:30:52.450><c> the</c><00:30:52.730><c> occurrence</c>

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of<00:30:53.349><c> Pentecost,</c>

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and<00:30:54.710><c> they</c><00:30:54.990><c> have</c><00:30:55.170><c> this</c><00:30:55.609><c> gift</c><00:30:56.109><c> of</c><00:30:56.650><c> the</c><00:30:56.829><c> Holy</c><00:30:57.049><c> Spirit</c><00:30:57.650><c> and</c><00:30:58.109><c> they</c>

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begin<00:30:58.549><c> to</c><00:30:58.950><c> speak</c><00:30:59.130><c> with</c><00:30:59.470><c> other</c><00:30:59.829><c> tongues</c><00:31:00.609><c> as</c><00:31:01.509><c> the</c><00:31:01.869><c> Spirit</c><00:31:02.170><c> gave</c>

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them<00:31:02.769><c> utterance.</c>

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Here<00:31:03.609><c> was</c><00:31:03.869><c> the</c><00:31:04.130><c> first</c><00:31:04.410><c> instance</c><00:31:04.910><c> of</c><00:31:06.230><c> this</c><00:31:06.809><c> witness</c><00:31:07.329><c> which</c>

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they<00:31:08.009><c> were</c><00:31:08.569><c> granted.</c>

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Notice<00:31:10.910><c> the</c><00:31:11.630><c> very</c><00:31:13.089><c> suitable</c><00:31:13.630><c> way</c><00:31:14.250><c> in</c><00:31:14.690><c> which</c><00:31:15.069><c> God</c><00:31:15.549><c> has</c><00:31:16.009><c> arranged</c><00:31:16.970><c> the</c><00:31:17.750><c> timing</c><00:31:18.390><c> of</c><00:31:18.789><c> this,</c>

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for<00:31:20.150><c> it</c><00:31:20.410><c> is</c><00:31:20.730><c> round</c><00:31:21.009><c> about</c><00:31:21.309><c> the</c><00:31:21.509><c> feast</c><00:31:21.769><c> time</c><00:31:22.269><c> and</c><00:31:23.150><c> there</c><00:31:23.450><c> are</c><00:31:23.809><c> thousands</c><00:31:24.529><c> of</c>

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men<00:31:25.849><c> and</c><00:31:26.089><c> women,</c><00:31:26.809><c> men</c><00:31:26.930><c> mostly</c><00:31:27.430><c> probably,</c>

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of<00:31:28.990><c> Jewish</c><00:31:29.509><c> descent</c><00:31:30.150><c> who</c><00:31:30.950><c> have</c><00:31:31.190><c> come</c><00:31:31.470><c> from</c><00:31:32.029><c> perhaps</c><00:31:32.609><c> all</c><00:31:33.009><c> over</c>

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the<00:31:33.470><c> Roman</c><00:31:33.730><c> world</c><00:31:34.250><c> and</c><00:31:34.710><c> they've</c><00:31:34.950><c> come</c><00:31:35.170><c> to</c><00:31:35.349><c> Jerusalem</c><00:31:35.950><c> for</c><00:31:36.190><c> the</c><00:31:36.369><c> feast.</c>

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And<00:31:37.150><c> there</c><00:31:37.450><c> they</c><00:31:37.710><c> are</c><00:31:37.950><c> gathered</c><00:31:38.369><c> there</c><00:31:39.529><c> many,</c><00:31:40.250><c> many</c><00:31:40.690><c> times</c><00:31:41.470><c> greater</c><00:31:42.349><c> in</c>

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number<00:31:43.250><c> than</c><00:31:43.730><c> the</c><00:31:44.049><c> normal</c><00:31:44.549><c> population</c><00:31:45.289><c> of</c><00:31:45.509><c> Jerusalem</c><00:31:46.089><c> would</c>

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have<00:31:46.630><c> been</c>

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and<00:31:47.650><c> representing</c><00:31:48.369><c> different</c><00:31:49.089><c> communities.</c>

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And<00:31:50.829><c> here</c><00:31:51.029><c> is</c><00:31:51.250><c> this</c><00:31:51.630><c> manifestation</c><00:31:52.470><c> of</c><00:31:52.750><c> the</c><00:31:53.009><c> Spirit</c><00:31:53.289><c> of</c><00:31:53.470><c> God</c>

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among<00:31:54.029><c> them</c><00:31:54.630><c> by</c><00:31:55.230><c> the</c><00:31:55.529><c> power</c><00:31:55.829><c> which</c><00:31:56.009><c> was</c><00:31:56.269><c> given</c><00:31:56.750><c> to</c><00:31:57.349><c> the</c><00:31:57.710><c> apostles</c><00:31:58.250><c> to</c>

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speak<00:31:59.569><c> their</c><00:32:00.009><c> tongues.</c>

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And<00:32:01.470><c> of</c><00:32:01.730><c> course</c><00:32:02.269><c> the</c><00:32:03.329><c> conclusion</c><00:32:04.029><c> is</c><00:32:04.230><c> obvious,</c><00:32:04.849><c> isn't</c><00:32:04.869><c> it?</c>

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Back<00:32:06.049><c> they</c><00:32:06.390><c> go</c><00:32:06.789><c> later</c><00:32:07.250><c> on</c><00:32:07.750><c> to</c><00:32:08.049><c> their</c><00:32:08.369><c> own</c><00:32:08.750><c> land</c><00:32:09.410><c> and</c><00:32:10.269><c> speak</c><00:32:10.609><c> to</c>

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their<00:32:11.150><c> fellow</c><00:32:11.450><c> Israelites</c><00:32:12.069><c> there</c>

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and<00:32:12.950><c> they</c><00:32:13.250><c> tell</c><00:32:13.490><c> them</c><00:32:13.769><c> of</c><00:32:13.930><c> the</c><00:32:14.190><c> remarkable</c><00:32:14.750><c> things</c><00:32:15.470><c> which</c><00:32:15.990><c> they</c><00:32:16.170><c> have</c><00:32:16.410><c> seen</c><00:32:16.609><c> in</c><00:32:16.829><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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And<00:32:18.230><c> so</c><00:32:18.390><c> the</c><00:32:18.589><c> way</c><00:32:18.789><c> is</c><00:32:19.049><c> prepared</c><00:32:19.650><c> for</c><00:32:20.130><c> the</c><00:32:20.329><c> coming</c><00:32:20.609><c> of</c><00:32:20.789><c> the</c><00:32:20.970><c> apostle</c><00:32:21.289><c> Paul</c>

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later<00:32:22.130><c> on</c><00:32:22.650><c> when</c><00:32:23.130><c> he</c><00:32:23.349><c> needs</c><00:32:23.710><c> to</c><00:32:23.930><c> go.</c>

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And<00:32:24.869><c> there</c><00:32:25.049><c> are</c><00:32:25.269><c> some</c><00:32:25.690><c> who</c><00:32:26.289><c> have</c><00:32:26.509><c> heard</c><00:32:26.750><c> already</c><00:32:27.390><c> something</c>

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of<00:32:28.069><c> this</c>

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and<00:32:28.869><c> are</c><00:32:29.069><c> perhaps</c><00:32:29.569><c> all</c><00:32:29.769><c> the</c><00:32:29.950><c> more</c><00:32:30.190><c> eager</c><00:32:30.710><c> to</c><00:32:30.950><c> listen</c><00:32:31.309><c> to</c><00:32:31.450><c> what</c>

00:32:31.730 --> 00:32:34.490
the<00:32:31.890><c> apostle</c><00:32:32.210><c> Paul</c><00:32:32.569><c> has</c><00:32:32.849><c> to</c><00:32:33.049><c> say.</c>

00:32:34.990 --> 00:32:40.150
The<00:32:35.170><c> purpose</c><00:32:35.690><c> of</c><00:32:36.309><c> course</c><00:32:36.309><c> of</c><00:32:36.789><c> Peter's</c><00:32:37.289><c> words</c><00:32:37.950><c> in</c><00:32:38.450><c> his</c><00:32:38.750><c> preaching</c><00:32:39.150><c> is</c><00:32:39.809><c> to</c>

00:32:40.150 --> 00:32:45.809
draw<00:32:40.609><c> attention</c><00:32:41.450><c> to</c><00:32:42.470><c> the</c><00:32:42.809><c> person</c><00:32:43.329><c> of</c><00:32:43.710><c> Jesus</c><00:32:44.150><c> of</c><00:32:44.430><c> Nazareth,</c>

00:32:46.049 --> 00:32:50.150
to<00:32:46.529><c> indicate</c><00:32:47.269><c> that</c><00:32:47.730><c> he</c><00:32:47.849><c> is</c><00:32:48.069><c> more</c><00:32:48.589><c> than</c><00:32:48.750><c> just</c><00:32:49.089><c> a</c><00:32:49.309><c> prophet,</c><00:32:50.009><c> that</c>

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he<00:32:50.289><c> is</c><00:32:50.509><c> the</c><00:32:50.670><c> one</c><00:32:51.089><c> foretold</c><00:32:51.670><c> in</c><00:32:51.869><c> the</c><00:32:51.970><c> Son</c><00:32:52.170><c> of</c><00:32:52.349><c> David</c><00:32:52.769><c> in</c><00:32:53.089><c> the</c><00:32:53.269><c> Scriptures,</c>

00:32:53.690 --> 00:32:58.529
that<00:32:54.369><c> he</c><00:32:54.589><c> is</c><00:32:54.869><c> the</c><00:32:55.109><c> one,</c><00:32:55.930><c> the</c><00:32:56.109><c> Messiah</c><00:32:56.549><c> in</c><00:32:57.269><c> whom</c><00:32:57.690><c> the</c><00:32:58.089><c> purpose</c>

00:32:58.529 --> 00:33:02.430
of<00:32:58.809><c> God</c><00:32:59.130><c> is</c><00:32:59.490><c> to</c><00:32:59.609><c> be</c><00:32:59.829><c> accomplished,</c><00:33:00.710><c> but</c><00:33:00.930><c> even</c><00:33:01.309><c> more</c><00:33:01.769><c> he</c><00:33:02.009><c> is</c><00:33:02.250><c> the</c>

00:33:02.430 --> 00:33:03.549
one<00:33:02.789><c> through</c><00:33:03.170><c> whom</c>

00:33:03.549 --> 00:33:07.769
there<00:33:03.990><c> is</c><00:33:04.190><c> remission</c><00:33:04.750><c> of</c><00:33:05.049><c> sins</c><00:33:05.509><c> and</c><00:33:06.230><c> reconciliation</c><00:33:07.009><c> with</c><00:33:07.349><c> God.</c>

00:33:07.930 --> 00:33:11.930
That's<00:33:08.390><c> the</c><00:33:08.589><c> message</c><00:33:09.150><c> which</c><00:33:09.690><c> Peter</c><00:33:09.970><c> takes</c><00:33:10.529><c> with</c><00:33:11.230><c> the</c><00:33:11.509><c> powers</c>

00:33:11.930 --> 00:33:15.750
which<00:33:12.349><c> he</c><00:33:12.650><c> and</c><00:33:12.789><c> his</c><00:33:13.009><c> fellow</c><00:33:13.390><c> apostles</c><00:33:14.170><c> have</c><00:33:14.569><c> been</c><00:33:14.869><c> granted.</c>

00:33:16.250 --> 00:33:21.970
Now<00:33:16.650><c> the</c><00:33:16.950><c> fifth</c><00:33:17.630><c> intervention</c><00:33:18.450><c> of</c><00:33:19.450><c> God</c><00:33:19.849><c> in</c><00:33:20.829><c> this</c><00:33:21.170><c> period</c><00:33:21.569><c> is</c>

00:33:21.970 --> 00:33:24.170
found<00:33:22.210><c> in</c><00:33:22.450><c> Acts</c><00:33:22.809><c> chapter</c><00:33:23.289><c> 10.</c>

00:33:24.309 --> 00:33:33.369
It<00:33:24.430><c> is</c><00:33:24.529><c> a</c><00:33:24.710><c> remarkable</c><00:33:25.150><c> case,</c><00:33:26.410><c> the</c><00:33:26.549><c> case</c><00:33:27.250><c> of</c><00:33:29.230><c> Cornelius,</c><00:33:33.150><c> who</c>

00:33:33.369 --> 00:33:37.869
evidently<00:33:34.430><c> had</c><00:33:34.609><c> been</c><00:33:34.930><c> attending</c><00:33:35.309><c> the</c><00:33:35.750><c> synagogue</c><00:33:36.230><c> quite</c><00:33:37.029><c> regularly.</c>

00:33:38.190 --> 00:33:40.930
There<00:33:38.329><c> were</c><00:33:38.589><c> a</c><00:33:38.710><c> number</c><00:33:39.089><c> of</c><00:33:39.490><c> Gentiles,</c><00:33:40.309><c> intelligent</c><00:33:40.589><c> ones,</c>

00:33:40.950 --> 00:33:41.950
who<00:33:41.150><c> did</c><00:33:41.369><c> this.</c>

00:33:41.950 --> 00:33:46.069
They<00:33:42.589><c> liked</c><00:33:42.990><c> the</c><00:33:43.470><c> spiritual</c><00:33:44.049><c> teaching</c><00:33:44.650><c> of</c><00:33:44.970><c> the</c><00:33:45.150><c> law</c><00:33:45.329><c> and</c><00:33:45.549><c> the</c><00:33:45.849><c> prophets.</c>

00:33:46.150 --> 00:33:49.470
They<00:33:46.289><c> didn't</c><00:33:46.529><c> become</c><00:33:46.910><c> Jews,</c><00:33:48.329><c> but</c><00:33:48.470><c> they</c><00:33:48.589><c> used</c><00:33:48.769><c> to</c><00:33:48.950><c> attend</c><00:33:49.230><c> the</c>

00:33:49.470 --> 00:33:53.130
synagogue<00:33:50.009><c> and</c><00:33:50.789><c> used</c><00:33:51.029><c> to</c><00:33:51.250><c> listen</c><00:33:51.529><c> to</c><00:33:51.690><c> what</c><00:33:51.890><c> was</c><00:33:52.230><c> said.</c>

00:33:53.329 --> 00:33:56.430
Cornelius<00:33:53.849><c> was</c><00:33:54.069><c> evidently</c><00:33:54.529><c> one</c><00:33:54.730><c> of</c><00:33:54.910><c> these.</c><00:33:55.769><c> He</c><00:33:55.789><c> was</c><00:33:55.990><c> a</c><00:33:56.130><c> man</c><00:33:56.250><c> of</c>

00:33:56.430 --> 00:33:57.190
some<00:33:56.609><c> position.</c>

00:33:57.670 --> 00:34:01.329
He<00:33:57.849><c> is</c><00:33:58.029><c> described</c><00:33:58.549><c> in</c><00:33:58.690><c> the</c><00:33:58.930><c> second</c><00:33:59.150><c> verse</c><00:33:59.549><c> as</c><00:33:59.990><c> a</c><00:34:00.369><c> devout</c><00:34:00.890><c> man,</c>

00:34:01.509 --> 00:34:06.390
that<00:34:01.589><c> is,</c><00:34:04.349><c> devoted</c><00:34:04.470><c> to</c><00:34:05.309><c> the</c><00:34:05.529><c> service</c><00:34:05.809><c> of</c><00:34:06.049><c> God,</c>

00:34:06.390 --> 00:34:14.489
one<00:34:07.210><c> that</c><00:34:07.849><c> feared</c><00:34:08.469><c> God,</c><00:34:09.110><c> that</c><00:34:09.210><c> is,</c><00:34:09.730><c> honored</c><00:34:09.989><c> God</c><00:34:10.550><c> with</c><00:34:10.949><c> all</c><00:34:11.150><c> his</c><00:34:11.389><c> house,</c><00:34:12.309><c> and</c><00:34:12.670><c> gave</c><00:34:13.110><c> much</c><00:34:13.750><c> arms</c><00:34:14.250><c> to</c>

00:34:14.489 --> 00:34:14.989
the<00:34:14.670><c> people,</c>

00:34:15.090 --> 00:34:20.769
a<00:34:15.250><c> man</c><00:34:15.670><c> of</c><00:34:16.250><c> kindness</c><00:34:16.670><c> of</c><00:34:16.949><c> heart</c><00:34:17.210><c> then,</c><00:34:18.429><c> and</c><00:34:19.090><c> prayed</c><00:34:19.610><c> to</c><00:34:19.969><c> God</c><00:34:20.250><c> always.</c>

00:34:20.949 --> 00:34:30.030
What<00:34:21.190><c> a</c><00:34:21.469><c> wonderful</c><00:34:21.969><c> man.</c><00:34:23.909><c> Surely</c><00:34:24.329><c> he</c><00:34:24.510><c> doesn't</c><00:34:24.909><c> need</c><00:34:25.309><c> anything.</c><00:34:27.050><c> This</c><00:34:27.449><c> man,</c><00:34:28.070><c> what</c><00:34:28.309><c> else</c><00:34:28.630><c> does</c><00:34:28.869><c> he</c><00:34:29.070><c> need?</c>

00:34:30.849 --> 00:34:36.449
But<00:34:31.690><c> as</c><00:34:32.530><c> the</c><00:34:32.750><c> record</c><00:34:33.050><c> says,</c><00:34:34.530><c> he</c><00:34:34.590><c> does</c><00:34:35.010><c> need</c><00:34:35.409><c> something.</c>

00:34:37.050 --> 00:34:41.389
Peter,<00:34:38.030><c> in</c><00:34:38.449><c> the</c><00:34:38.510><c> next</c><00:34:38.750><c> chapter,</c><00:34:39.230><c> the</c><00:34:39.309><c> eleventh</c><00:34:39.670><c> chapter,</c><00:34:40.789><c> is</c>

00:34:41.389 --> 00:34:43.250
sent<00:34:41.769><c> to</c><00:34:42.090><c> tell</c><00:34:42.289><c> him,</c>

00:34:43.869 --> 00:34:47.429
words<00:34:43.889><c> whereby</c><00:34:44.829><c> thou</c><00:34:45.449><c> must</c><00:34:45.929><c> be</c><00:34:46.309><c> saved.</c>

00:34:47.750 --> 00:34:52.210
And<00:34:47.929><c> so</c><00:34:48.210><c> to</c><00:34:48.449><c> Cornelius,</c><00:34:49.550><c> the</c><00:34:49.630><c> gospel</c><00:34:50.070><c> is</c><00:34:50.369><c> preached,</c><00:34:51.269><c> and</c><00:34:51.510><c> he</c>

00:34:52.210 --> 00:34:53.349
accepts<00:34:52.789><c> it.</c>

00:34:53.349 --> 00:34:58.250
And<00:34:53.730><c> the</c><00:34:53.869><c> remarkable</c><00:34:54.949><c> intervention</c><00:34:56.070><c> of</c><00:34:56.349><c> God</c><00:34:56.610><c> at</c><00:34:56.849><c> this</c><00:34:57.150><c> point,</c>

00:34:58.610 --> 00:35:04.469
where<00:34:58.969><c> God</c><00:34:59.570><c> grants</c><00:35:00.250><c> a</c><00:35:01.190><c> gift</c><00:35:01.849><c> to</c><00:35:02.809><c> Cornelius</c><00:35:03.550><c> and</c><00:35:03.789><c> his</c><00:35:04.010><c> household,</c>

00:35:04.949 --> 00:35:08.809
and<00:35:05.170><c> it</c><00:35:05.449><c> is</c><00:35:05.690><c> said</c><00:35:06.130><c> that</c><00:35:06.469><c> they,</c><00:35:07.110><c> this</c><00:35:07.309><c> is</c><00:35:07.489><c> now</c><00:35:07.670><c> in</c><00:35:08.090><c> the</c><00:35:08.489><c> forty</c>

00:35:08.809 --> 00:35:09.369
-sixth<00:35:09.190><c> verse,</c>

00:35:09.630 --> 00:35:14.230
they<00:35:10.090><c> heard</c><00:35:10.809><c> them,</c><00:35:11.110><c> that</c><00:35:11.289><c> is,</c><00:35:11.750><c> the</c><00:35:11.949><c> Jews</c><00:35:12.269><c> present</c><00:35:12.829><c> with</c><00:35:13.110><c> Peter,</c><00:35:13.869><c> they</c>

00:35:14.230 --> 00:35:19.130
heard<00:35:14.769><c> them</c><00:35:15.230><c> speak</c><00:35:15.710><c> with</c><00:35:16.250><c> tongues</c><00:35:16.750><c> and</c><00:35:17.590><c> magnify</c><00:35:18.550><c> God.</c>

00:35:19.130 --> 00:35:24.610
And<00:35:19.570><c> of</c><00:35:19.849><c> course,</c><00:35:20.789><c> the</c><00:35:20.889><c> witness</c><00:35:21.630><c> here</c><00:35:22.730><c> was</c><00:35:23.289><c> to</c><00:35:23.590><c> the</c><00:35:23.809><c> apostles,</c>

00:35:25.070 --> 00:35:27.090
or<00:35:25.190><c> Peter</c><00:35:25.710><c> and</c><00:35:26.010><c> his</c><00:35:26.210><c> fellow</c><00:35:26.489><c> helpers.</c>

00:35:27.349 --> 00:35:29.750
It<00:35:27.489><c> was</c><00:35:27.670><c> they</c><00:35:28.070><c> who</c><00:35:28.269><c> needed</c><00:35:28.530><c> the</c><00:35:28.730><c> witness.</c>

00:35:30.110 --> 00:35:33.710
And<00:35:30.289><c> the</c><00:35:30.429><c> witness</c><00:35:30.809><c> they</c><00:35:31.130><c> needed</c><00:35:31.429><c> was</c><00:35:32.070><c> that</c><00:35:32.670><c> God</c><00:35:33.030><c> was</c><00:35:33.429><c> calling</c>

00:35:33.710 --> 00:35:35.309
the<00:35:34.010><c> Gentiles,</c>

00:35:35.349 --> 00:35:38.909
that<00:35:35.510><c> the</c><00:35:35.769><c> Gentiles</c><00:35:36.369><c> were</c><00:35:36.590><c> to</c><00:35:36.809><c> enter</c><00:35:37.210><c> the</c><00:35:37.409><c> body</c><00:35:37.710><c> of</c><00:35:37.989><c> Christ.</c>

00:35:39.090 --> 00:35:42.750
And<00:35:39.289><c> that</c><00:35:39.409><c> was</c><00:35:39.610><c> the</c><00:35:39.809><c> purpose</c><00:35:40.130><c> of</c><00:35:40.369><c> this</c><00:35:40.650><c> gift,</c><00:35:41.210><c> in</c><00:35:41.349><c> which</c><00:35:41.610><c> Cornelius,</c><00:35:42.409><c> we're</c>

00:35:42.750 --> 00:35:44.409
not<00:35:42.929><c> exactly</c><00:35:43.789><c> known,</c>

00:35:44.409 --> 00:35:46.989
we're<00:35:44.750><c> not</c><00:35:45.010><c> told</c><00:35:45.190><c> of</c><00:35:45.409><c> what</c><00:35:45.570><c> happened,</c><00:35:45.949><c> they</c><00:35:45.969><c> speak</c><00:35:46.190><c> with</c><00:35:46.550><c> tongues,</c><00:35:46.889><c> but</c>

00:35:46.989 --> 00:35:49.449
they<00:35:47.429><c> magnify</c><00:35:48.050><c> God,</c><00:35:48.369><c> means</c><00:35:48.449><c> they</c><00:35:48.750><c> praise</c><00:35:49.190><c> God.</c>

00:35:49.530 --> 00:35:54.469
And<00:35:49.670><c> so</c><00:35:49.809><c> they</c><00:35:50.349><c> probably</c><00:35:50.809><c> burst</c><00:35:51.289><c> into</c><00:35:51.829><c> praise</c><00:35:52.409><c> of</c><00:35:52.730><c> God</c><00:35:52.989><c> and</c><00:35:53.809><c> evidently</c><00:35:54.329><c> did</c>

00:35:54.469 --> 00:35:55.829
so<00:35:54.829><c> in</c><00:35:55.429><c> tongues.</c>

00:35:56.150 --> 00:36:00.510
And<00:35:56.289><c> Peter</c><00:35:56.610><c> saw</c><00:35:57.170><c> that</c><00:35:57.670><c> this</c><00:35:57.949><c> was</c><00:35:58.170><c> a</c><00:35:58.369><c> guarantee</c><00:35:59.050><c> by</c><00:35:59.510><c> God</c><00:35:59.929><c> that</c>

00:36:00.510 --> 00:36:03.650
the<00:36:00.829><c> work</c><00:36:01.050><c> of</c><00:36:01.349><c> preaching</c><00:36:01.769><c> was</c><00:36:02.150><c> to</c><00:36:02.369><c> go</c><00:36:02.510><c> on</c><00:36:02.610><c> with</c><00:36:02.829><c> the</c><00:36:02.949><c> Gentiles.</c>

00:36:03.909 --> 00:36:07.389
And<00:36:04.070><c> so</c><00:36:04.250><c> he</c><00:36:04.369><c> says,</c><00:36:05.030><c> Can</c><00:36:05.170><c> any</c><00:36:05.469><c> man</c><00:36:05.789><c> forbid</c><00:36:06.170><c> water</c><00:36:06.670><c> that</c><00:36:07.090><c> these</c>

00:36:07.389 --> 00:36:08.829
should<00:36:07.610><c> not</c><00:36:07.869><c> be</c><00:36:08.090><c> baptized,</c>

00:36:08.829 --> 00:36:11.610
which<00:36:09.210><c> have</c><00:36:09.369><c> received</c><00:36:09.730><c> the</c><00:36:09.929><c> Holy</c><00:36:10.110><c> Spirit</c><00:36:10.710><c> as</c><00:36:10.989><c> well</c><00:36:11.170><c> as</c><00:36:11.369><c> thee?</c>

00:36:11.829 --> 00:36:14.610
And<00:36:12.050><c> he</c><00:36:12.349><c> commanded</c><00:36:13.010><c> them</c><00:36:13.570><c> to</c><00:36:13.849><c> be</c><00:36:14.030><c> baptized.</c>

00:36:14.829 --> 00:36:19.670
And<00:36:14.929><c> you</c><00:36:15.070><c> have</c><00:36:15.230><c> the</c><00:36:15.369><c> remarkable</c><00:36:15.889><c> fact</c><00:36:16.349><c> that</c><00:36:16.690><c> here</c><00:36:16.909><c> is</c><00:36:17.070><c> this</c><00:36:17.389><c> devout</c><00:36:17.829><c> man,</c><00:36:19.550><c> a</c>

00:36:19.670 --> 00:36:20.630
man<00:36:19.849><c> of</c><00:36:20.030><c> mercy,</c>

00:36:20.909 --> 00:36:24.030
who<00:36:20.969><c> gives</c><00:36:21.190><c> arms</c><00:36:21.530><c> to</c><00:36:21.730><c> the</c><00:36:21.869><c> people,</c><00:36:22.449><c> a</c><00:36:22.570><c> man</c><00:36:22.710><c> who</c><00:36:23.010><c> prays,</c><00:36:23.769><c> a</c><00:36:23.889><c> man</c>

00:36:24.030 --> 00:36:25.869
who<00:36:24.150><c> doesn't</c><00:36:24.329><c> seem</c><00:36:24.489><c> to</c><00:36:24.670><c> need</c><00:36:24.809><c> anything,</c>

00:36:26.389 --> 00:36:28.789
has<00:36:26.550><c> to</c><00:36:26.769><c> have</c><00:36:26.909><c> the</c><00:36:27.150><c> gospel</c><00:36:27.610><c> preached</c><00:36:27.969><c> to</c><00:36:28.190><c> him.</c>

00:36:28.789 --> 00:36:34.590
And<00:36:29.269><c> then,</c><00:36:30.230><c> having</c><00:36:30.570><c> received</c><00:36:31.250><c> from</c><00:36:31.590><c> God</c><00:36:32.110><c> a</c><00:36:33.030><c> direct</c><00:36:33.829><c> witness</c>

00:36:34.590 --> 00:36:36.710
to<00:36:35.150><c> God's</c><00:36:35.630><c> approval</c>

00:36:36.469 --> 00:36:41.369
in<00:36:36.909><c> that</c><00:36:36.989><c> he</c><00:36:37.130><c> was</c><00:36:37.349><c> given</c><00:36:37.909><c> these</c><00:36:38.590><c> gifts</c><00:36:38.929><c> of</c><00:36:39.269><c> signs</c><00:36:39.550><c> of</c><00:36:39.769><c> magnifying</c><00:36:40.210><c> God,</c><00:36:41.230><c> yet</c>

00:36:41.369 --> 00:36:43.670
needs<00:36:41.909><c> to</c><00:36:42.170><c> be</c><00:36:42.369><c> baptized.</c>

00:36:44.309 --> 00:36:48.469
I<00:36:44.469><c> think</c><00:36:44.670><c> that</c><00:36:45.050><c> shows</c><00:36:45.309><c> us</c><00:36:45.730><c> the</c><00:36:46.050><c> relative,</c><00:36:46.989><c> I</c><00:36:47.570><c> was</c><00:36:47.730><c> almost</c><00:36:48.110><c> going</c><00:36:48.289><c> to</c>

00:36:48.469 --> 00:36:53.130
say<00:36:48.750><c> unimportance</c><00:36:50.389><c> of</c><00:36:51.210><c> the</c><00:36:51.469><c> miraculous</c><00:36:52.050><c> gifts.</c>

00:36:53.170 --> 00:36:56.530
It<00:36:53.510><c> shows</c><00:36:53.750><c> us</c><00:36:54.130><c> their</c><00:36:54.750><c> true</c><00:36:55.469><c> relationship.</c>

00:36:56.530 --> 00:37:01.630
They<00:36:57.030><c> are</c><00:36:57.429><c> subordinate</c><00:36:58.449><c> to</c><00:36:58.929><c> the</c><00:36:59.170><c> word</c><00:36:59.610><c> that</c><00:36:59.869><c> needed</c><00:37:00.190><c> to</c><00:37:00.409><c> be</c><00:37:00.630><c> preached.</c>

00:37:01.710 --> 00:37:08.829
And<00:37:01.809><c> hence,</c><00:37:03.150><c> this</c><00:37:03.289><c> witness,</c><00:37:03.769><c> this</c><00:37:03.969><c> intervention</c><00:37:04.610><c> was</c><00:37:06.750><c> accomplished</c><00:37:07.630><c> by</c><00:37:07.949><c> God.</c>

00:37:08.989 --> 00:37:12.789
And<00:37:09.349><c> in</c><00:37:09.550><c> the</c><00:37:09.610><c> New</c><00:37:09.829><c> Testament,</c><00:37:10.590><c> as</c><00:37:10.829><c> the</c><00:37:11.070><c> apostles</c><00:37:11.469><c> now</c><00:37:11.849><c> go</c><00:37:12.130><c> forth</c><00:37:12.489><c> to</c>

00:37:12.789 --> 00:37:13.650
preach<00:37:13.050><c> the</c><00:37:13.309><c> word,</c>

00:37:14.110 --> 00:37:23.690
there<00:37:14.449><c> are</c><00:37:15.050><c> numerous</c><00:37:16.329><c> testimonies</c><00:37:17.650><c> to</c><00:37:19.110><c> the</c><00:37:21.750><c> widespread</c><00:37:22.630><c> nature</c><00:37:23.309><c> of</c>

00:37:23.690 --> 00:37:24.929
these<00:37:23.949><c> gifts.</c>

00:37:25.269 --> 00:37:28.389
We<00:37:25.889><c> might</c><00:37:26.150><c> look</c><00:37:26.389><c> at</c><00:37:26.590><c> one</c><00:37:26.829><c> or</c><00:37:26.889><c> two</c><00:37:27.210><c> of</c><00:37:27.369><c> them.</c>

00:37:28.690 --> 00:37:33.510
For<00:37:28.929><c> instance,</c><00:37:30.150><c> in</c><00:37:30.210><c> Mark,</c><00:37:30.710><c> chapter</c><00:37:31.090><c> 16,</c><00:37:32.369><c> there's</c><00:37:32.530><c> a</c><00:37:32.730><c> simple</c>

00:37:33.510 --> 00:37:41.929
record,<00:37:34.190><c> first</c><00:37:34.590><c> of</c><00:37:34.909><c> all,</c><00:37:35.550><c> in</c><00:37:35.670><c> the</c><00:37:35.849><c> 20th</c><00:37:41.130><c> verse.</c>

00:37:43.929 --> 00:37:48.409
Mark<00:37:44.389><c> 16,</c><00:37:45.090><c> in</c><00:37:45.269><c> the</c><00:37:45.389><c> 20th</c><00:37:46.110><c> verse,</c><00:37:47.010><c> where</c><00:37:47.190><c> we</c><00:37:47.389><c> read</c><00:37:47.849><c> that</c><00:37:48.190><c> after</c>

00:37:48.409 --> 00:37:50.670
Jesus<00:37:48.889><c> had</c><00:37:49.150><c> given</c><00:37:49.289><c> them</c><00:37:49.610><c> their</c><00:37:49.809><c> last</c><00:37:50.230><c> commission,</c>

00:37:50.670 --> 00:37:54.989
verse<00:37:51.010><c> 20,</c><00:37:51.710><c> they</c><00:37:52.090><c> went</c><00:37:52.369><c> forth</c><00:37:52.969><c> and</c><00:37:53.550><c> preached</c><00:37:54.070><c> everywhere,</c>

00:37:55.449 --> 00:37:58.070
the<00:37:55.630><c> Lord</c><00:37:56.369><c> working</c><00:37:57.130><c> with</c><00:37:57.630><c> them</c>

00:37:58.070 --> 00:38:02.329
and<00:37:58.530><c> confirming</c><00:37:59.429><c> the</c><00:37:59.789><c> word</c><00:38:00.230><c> by</c><00:38:01.010><c> signs</c><00:38:01.789><c> following.</c>

00:38:02.730 --> 00:38:09.010
The<00:38:02.969><c> miraculous</c><00:38:03.530><c> powers</c><00:38:04.289><c> were</c><00:38:05.010><c> confirmation,</c><00:38:06.670><c> but</c><00:38:06.969><c> confirmation</c><00:38:07.889><c> to</c><00:38:08.789><c> the</c>

00:38:09.010 --> 00:38:10.349
word<00:38:09.230><c> itself.</c>

00:38:10.610 --> 00:38:16.070
And<00:38:10.809><c> then</c><00:38:10.969><c> in</c><00:38:12.809><c> the</c><00:38:13.110><c> other</c><00:38:14.329><c> passages</c><00:38:14.849><c> in</c><00:38:15.230><c> the</c><00:38:15.469><c> Acts,</c><00:38:15.710><c> we</c><00:38:15.809><c> might</c>

00:38:16.070 --> 00:38:18.050
follow<00:38:16.349><c> this</c><00:38:16.570><c> up</c><00:38:16.809><c> just</c><00:38:17.090><c> a</c><00:38:17.269><c> little</c><00:38:17.449><c> in</c><00:38:17.670><c> the</c><00:38:17.869><c> Acts,</c>

00:38:18.050 --> 00:38:20.230
in<00:38:18.329><c> the</c><00:38:18.329><c> 14th</c><00:38:19.110><c> chapter</c><00:38:19.550><c> of</c><00:38:19.809><c> Acts.</c>

00:38:20.730 --> 00:38:27.889
And<00:38:20.969><c> at</c><00:38:21.269><c> the</c><00:38:21.550><c> third</c><00:38:21.949><c> verse,</c><00:38:23.630><c> we</c><00:38:23.750><c> find</c><00:38:24.489><c> that</c><00:38:26.329><c> they</c><00:38:27.269><c> came</c><00:38:27.570><c> there</c>

00:38:27.889 --> 00:38:29.269
in<00:38:28.150><c> Iconium,</c>

00:38:29.730 --> 00:38:32.210
and<00:38:30.030><c> they</c><00:38:30.530><c> go</c><00:38:30.650><c> to</c><00:38:30.809><c> the</c><00:38:30.989><c> synagogue</c><00:38:31.349><c> of</c><00:38:31.570><c> the</c><00:38:31.769><c> Jews.</c>

00:38:32.349 --> 00:38:33.909
The<00:38:32.530><c> people</c><00:38:32.670><c> were</c><00:38:32.889><c> unbelieving.</c>

00:38:34.190 --> 00:38:38.150
Verse<00:38:34.429><c> 3,</c><00:38:35.309><c> long</c><00:38:35.789><c> time</c><00:38:36.170><c> therefore</c><00:38:36.670><c> they</c><00:38:37.070><c> tarried</c><00:38:37.550><c> there.</c>

00:38:38.650 --> 00:38:41.929
They<00:38:39.309><c> spoke</c><00:38:39.849><c> boldly</c><00:38:40.710><c> in</c><00:38:40.849><c> the</c><00:38:40.989><c> name</c><00:38:41.210><c> of</c><00:38:41.429><c> the</c><00:38:41.590><c> Lord.</c>

00:38:41.929 --> 00:38:47.090
Now,<00:38:42.469><c> the</c><00:38:42.630><c> Lord</c><00:38:43.070><c> gave</c><00:38:43.789><c> witness</c><00:38:44.530><c> or</c><00:38:44.889><c> testimony</c><00:38:45.469><c> unto</c><00:38:46.170><c> the</c><00:38:46.530><c> word</c>

00:38:47.090 --> 00:38:48.210
of<00:38:47.510><c> his</c><00:38:47.869><c> grace</c>

00:38:48.449 --> 00:38:52.429
and<00:38:49.190><c> granted</c><00:38:49.630><c> signs</c><00:38:50.349><c> and</c><00:38:50.690><c> wonders</c><00:38:51.070><c> to</c><00:38:51.289><c> be</c><00:38:51.429><c> done</c><00:38:51.590><c> by</c><00:38:51.909><c> their</c><00:38:52.150><c> hands.</c>

00:38:52.510 --> 00:38:55.849
And<00:38:52.650><c> so</c><00:38:52.750><c> what</c><00:38:52.929><c> had</c><00:38:53.150><c> happened</c><00:38:53.329><c> in</c><00:38:53.489><c> the</c><00:38:53.550><c> case</c><00:38:53.809><c> of</c><00:38:54.070><c> Jesus</c><00:38:54.429><c> happened</c><00:38:55.150><c> also</c><00:38:55.630><c> in</c>

00:38:55.849 --> 00:38:56.889
the<00:38:55.929><c> case</c><00:38:56.190><c> of</c><00:38:56.389><c> the</c><00:38:56.550><c> apostles.</c>

00:38:57.130 --> 00:39:01.889
And<00:38:57.369><c> notice</c><00:38:57.829><c> that</c><00:38:58.610><c> the</c><00:38:59.110><c> important</c><00:38:59.469><c> thing</c><00:38:59.909><c> is</c><00:39:00.369><c> the</c><00:39:00.929><c> word</c><00:39:01.449><c> of</c>

00:39:01.889 --> 00:39:03.269
his<00:39:02.230><c> grace.</c>

00:39:04.090 --> 00:39:08.730
The<00:39:04.429><c> other</c><00:39:04.730><c> events</c><00:39:05.329><c> are</c><00:39:06.070><c> signs,</c><00:39:06.969><c> confirmations</c><00:39:07.610><c> of</c><00:39:07.949><c> the</c><00:39:08.170><c> truth</c><00:39:08.349><c> of</c><00:39:08.570><c> this.</c>

00:39:08.730 --> 00:39:16.170
Chapter<00:39:09.010><c> 15</c><00:39:09.889><c> and</c><00:39:10.409><c> verse</c><00:39:10.710><c> 8,</c><00:39:12.909><c> here</c><00:39:13.070><c> we</c><00:39:13.269><c> find</c><00:39:13.610><c> that</c><00:39:13.989><c> God,</c><00:39:15.750><c> which</c>

00:39:16.170 --> 00:39:17.429
bear<00:39:16.570><c> witness,</c>

00:39:17.570 --> 00:39:20.909
which<00:39:17.929><c> knoweth</c><00:39:18.269><c> the</c><00:39:18.489><c> hearts,</c><00:39:19.389><c> bear</c><00:39:19.869><c> them</c><00:39:20.389><c> witness.</c>

00:39:20.909 --> 00:39:25.409
So<00:39:21.170><c> this</c><00:39:21.329><c> is</c><00:39:22.190><c> Peter</c><00:39:23.250><c> referring</c><00:39:23.789><c> to</c><00:39:24.110><c> the</c><00:39:24.269><c> calling</c><00:39:24.449><c> of</c><00:39:24.650><c> the</c><00:39:24.730><c> Gentiles,</c>

00:39:25.710 --> 00:39:29.349
giving<00:39:25.949><c> them</c><00:39:26.389><c> the</c><00:39:26.630><c> Holy</c><00:39:26.829><c> Spirit</c><00:39:27.190><c> as</c><00:39:27.349><c> he</c><00:39:27.510><c> did</c><00:39:27.710><c> unto</c><00:39:27.909><c> us</c><00:39:28.289><c> and</c><00:39:28.630><c> made</c><00:39:28.869><c> no</c>

00:39:29.349 --> 00:39:32.010
distinction<00:39:29.949><c> between</c><00:39:30.650><c> us</c><00:39:31.210><c> and</c><00:39:31.710><c> them.</c>

00:39:32.010 --> 00:39:37.510
And<00:39:32.750><c> in</c><00:39:33.650><c> Hebrews</c><00:39:34.210><c> chapter</c><00:39:34.769><c> 2,</c><00:39:36.030><c> we</c><00:39:36.170><c> have</c><00:39:36.469><c> another</c><00:39:36.909><c> reference</c>

00:39:37.510 --> 00:39:39.030
to<00:39:38.090><c> the</c><00:39:38.329><c> work</c><00:39:38.570><c> of</c><00:39:38.849><c> God</c>

00:39:39.030 --> 00:39:44.789
in<00:39:39.230><c> the</c><00:39:39.449><c> early</c><00:39:39.809><c> years</c><00:39:40.530><c> of</c><00:39:41.250><c> the</c><00:39:41.409><c> testimony</c><00:39:42.030><c> to</c><00:39:44.250><c> the</c><00:39:44.469><c> preaching</c>

00:39:44.789 --> 00:39:46.150
of<00:39:45.030><c> the</c><00:39:45.150><c> gospel.</c>

00:39:47.630 --> 00:39:51.030
The<00:39:48.250><c> apostle</c><00:39:48.750><c> in</c><00:39:49.050><c> chapter</c><00:39:49.409><c> 2</c><00:39:49.710><c> of</c><00:39:49.829><c> Hebrews</c><00:39:50.150><c> speaks</c><00:39:50.610><c> of</c><00:39:50.789><c> the</c>

00:39:51.030 --> 00:39:52.070
great<00:39:51.429><c> salvation,</c>

00:39:52.150 --> 00:39:55.289
which<00:39:52.269><c> was</c><00:39:52.550><c> first</c><00:39:52.829><c> spoken</c><00:39:53.210><c> by</c><00:39:53.510><c> the</c><00:39:53.670><c> Lord</c><00:39:54.010><c> and</c><00:39:54.329><c> was</c><00:39:54.650><c> confirmed</c>

00:39:55.289 --> 00:39:57.010
unto<00:39:55.510><c> us</c><00:39:55.769><c> by</c><00:39:55.929><c> them</c><00:39:56.170><c> that</c><00:39:56.369><c> heard</c><00:39:56.590><c> him.</c>

00:39:57.010 --> 00:40:04.110
And<00:39:57.130><c> then</c><00:39:58.809><c> the</c><00:39:59.210><c> apostle</c><00:39:59.389><c> adds</c><00:39:59.670><c> in</c><00:39:59.809><c> verse</c><00:40:00.050><c> 4,</c><00:40:00.750><c> God</c><00:40:01.329><c> also</c><00:40:02.210><c> bearing</c><00:40:02.829><c> witness</c><00:40:03.409><c> with</c><00:40:03.730><c> them,</c>

00:40:04.469 --> 00:40:10.210
both<00:40:04.630><c> by</c><00:40:05.110><c> signs</c><00:40:05.730><c> and</c><00:40:06.130><c> wonders</c><00:40:06.690><c> and</c><00:40:07.909><c> diverse</c><00:40:08.449><c> miracles</c><00:40:09.030><c> and</c><00:40:09.369><c> gifts</c><00:40:09.829><c> of</c>

00:40:10.210 --> 00:40:10.989
Holy<00:40:10.429><c> Spirit,</c>

00:40:11.250 --> 00:40:12.730
according<00:40:11.690><c> to</c><00:40:11.969><c> his</c><00:40:12.150><c> own</c><00:40:12.510><c> will.</c>

00:40:13.190 --> 00:40:17.250
So<00:40:13.469><c> the</c><00:40:14.250><c> purpose</c><00:40:14.630><c> of</c><00:40:14.869><c> the</c><00:40:15.010><c> gifts</c><00:40:15.250><c> then</c><00:40:15.550><c> is</c><00:40:15.949><c> quite</c><00:40:16.289><c> clear.</c><00:40:16.670><c> It</c><00:40:16.869><c> is</c><00:40:17.070><c> a</c>

00:40:17.250 --> 00:40:18.369
testimony<00:40:17.730><c> to</c><00:40:18.070><c> them.</c>

00:40:18.650 --> 00:40:23.610
When<00:40:18.809><c> you</c><00:40:19.030><c> come</c><00:40:19.210><c> to</c><00:40:19.429><c> the</c><00:40:19.650><c> apostolic</c><00:40:20.150><c> preaching,</c><00:40:20.969><c> we</c><00:40:21.090><c> shall</c><00:40:21.269><c> find</c><00:40:21.530><c> then</c><00:40:21.750><c> that</c><00:40:21.949><c> this</c><00:40:22.570><c> is</c><00:40:23.110><c> continued.</c>

00:40:23.610 --> 00:40:30.150
And<00:40:24.809><c> the</c><00:40:25.349><c> purpose</c><00:40:26.030><c> of</c><00:40:26.510><c> it</c><00:40:26.730><c> is</c><00:40:27.329><c> to</c><00:40:28.110><c> witness</c><00:40:28.489><c> to</c><00:40:28.730><c> the</c><00:40:28.869><c> word</c><00:40:29.130><c> spoken.</c>

00:40:31.329 --> 00:40:34.530
And<00:40:31.550><c> then</c><00:40:31.849><c> we</c><00:40:32.050><c> pass</c><00:40:32.349><c> on</c><00:40:32.809><c> in</c><00:40:33.110><c> the</c><00:40:33.190><c> New</c><00:40:33.369><c> Testament</c><00:40:33.869><c> and</c><00:40:34.090><c> come</c><00:40:34.309><c> to</c>

00:40:34.530 --> 00:40:36.070
the<00:40:34.750><c> epistles.</c>

00:40:36.730 --> 00:40:42.329
And<00:40:36.989><c> here</c><00:40:37.489><c> in</c><00:40:38.250><c> the</c><00:40:39.230><c> first</c><00:40:39.849><c> letter</c><00:40:40.409><c> to</c><00:40:40.670><c> the</c><00:40:40.889><c> Corinthians</c><00:40:41.409><c> and</c>

00:40:42.329 --> 00:40:44.250
the<00:40:42.610><c> 12th</c><00:40:43.130><c> chapter,</c>

00:40:45.150 --> 00:40:49.389
the<00:40:45.329><c> apostle</c><00:40:45.650><c> begins</c><00:40:46.449><c> an</c><00:40:46.869><c> exposition</c><00:40:47.449><c> of</c><00:40:47.690><c> this</c><00:40:47.929><c> subject,</c><00:40:48.250><c> which</c><00:40:48.469><c> goes</c><00:40:48.789><c> on</c>

00:40:49.389 --> 00:40:51.530
into<00:40:49.989><c> the</c><00:40:50.469><c> 14th</c><00:40:51.110><c> chapter.</c>

00:40:51.530 --> 00:40:56.750
But<00:40:52.309><c> his</c><00:40:52.670><c> introductory</c><00:40:53.329><c> remarks</c><00:40:53.829><c> here</c><00:40:54.070><c> in</c><00:40:54.250><c> the</c><00:40:54.449><c> 12th</c><00:40:55.929><c> form</c><00:40:56.550><c> a</c>

00:40:56.750 --> 00:41:01.230
good<00:40:56.909><c> basis</c><00:40:57.309><c> for</c><00:40:57.590><c> us</c><00:40:58.230><c> to</c><00:40:58.570><c> conclude</c><00:40:59.050><c> our</c><00:40:59.610><c> comments</c><00:41:00.010><c> today.</c>

00:41:02.010 --> 00:41:07.849
He<00:41:02.230><c> speaks</c><00:41:02.550><c> in</c><00:41:02.769><c> the</c><00:41:02.949><c> fourth</c><00:41:03.210><c> verse</c><00:41:03.789><c> by</c><00:41:04.289><c> saying,</c><00:41:05.110><c> now</c><00:41:05.190><c> there</c><00:41:05.570><c> are</c><00:41:06.289><c> diversities</c><00:41:07.170><c> of</c>

00:41:07.849 --> 00:41:11.849
gifts,<00:41:09.349><c> but</c><00:41:09.469><c> the</c><00:41:09.929><c> same</c><00:41:10.610><c> spirit,</c>

00:41:13.389 --> 00:41:18.590
and<00:41:14.349><c> diversities</c><00:41:15.309><c> of</c><00:41:15.809><c> administrations,</c><00:41:17.110><c> but</c><00:41:17.230><c> the</c><00:41:17.590><c> same</c><00:41:18.110><c> law.</c>

00:41:18.590 --> 00:41:25.429
He<00:41:19.230><c> proceeds</c><00:41:19.809><c> to</c><00:41:20.309><c> list</c><00:41:20.650><c> some</c><00:41:20.969><c> of</c><00:41:21.110><c> these</c><00:41:21.309><c> now.</c><00:41:22.190><c> In</c><00:41:22.210><c> verse</c><00:41:22.510><c> 6,</c><00:41:23.469><c> there</c><00:41:23.510><c> are</c><00:41:24.030><c> diversities</c><00:41:24.730><c> of</c>

00:41:25.429 --> 00:41:26.829
workings,<00:41:26.170><c> he</c><00:41:26.349><c> says,</c>

00:41:27.210 --> 00:41:32.829
but<00:41:27.389><c> the</c><00:41:27.789><c> same</c><00:41:28.349><c> God</c><00:41:28.849><c> which</c><00:41:29.409><c> worketh</c><00:41:30.010><c> all</c><00:41:30.710><c> things</c><00:41:31.309><c> in</c><00:41:32.010><c> all.</c>

00:41:33.289 --> 00:41:37.929
But<00:41:33.469><c> unto</c><00:41:33.809><c> each</c><00:41:34.710><c> one,</c><00:41:35.030><c> notice</c><00:41:35.449><c> this</c><00:41:35.730><c> is</c><00:41:36.010><c> an</c><00:41:36.550><c> individual</c><00:41:37.329><c> gift,</c>

00:41:38.190 --> 00:41:44.150
to<00:41:38.489><c> each</c><00:41:39.070><c> one</c><00:41:39.630><c> is</c><00:41:40.250><c> given</c><00:41:40.750><c> a</c><00:41:41.730><c> manifestation</c><00:41:42.630><c> of</c><00:41:42.989><c> the</c><00:41:43.269><c> Spirit</c><00:41:43.610><c> to</c>

00:41:44.150 --> 00:41:45.030
profit<00:41:44.510><c> with</c><00:41:44.849><c> all.</c>

00:41:45.030 --> 00:41:50.769
And<00:41:45.130><c> now</c><00:41:45.409><c> he</c><00:41:45.630><c> proceeds</c><00:41:46.030><c> to</c><00:41:46.269><c> give</c><00:41:46.389><c> us</c><00:41:46.909><c> a</c><00:41:47.090><c> list</c><00:41:47.550><c> of</c><00:41:48.409><c> these</c><00:41:48.949><c> manifestations</c><00:41:49.949><c> of</c><00:41:50.190><c> the</c><00:41:50.449><c> Spirit.</c>

00:41:51.050 --> 00:41:54.329
And<00:41:51.170><c> as</c><00:41:51.389><c> we</c><00:41:51.610><c> read</c><00:41:51.869><c> through,</c><00:41:52.630><c> you</c><00:41:52.750><c> will</c><00:41:52.989><c> notice</c><00:41:53.309><c> that</c><00:41:53.489><c> they</c><00:41:53.789><c> seem</c><00:41:53.989><c> to</c>

00:41:54.329 --> 00:41:57.969
fall<00:41:54.969><c> into</c><00:41:55.670><c> two</c><00:41:56.269><c> different</c><00:41:56.690><c> categories.</c>

00:41:58.769 --> 00:42:03.329
For<00:41:58.929><c> to</c><00:41:59.150><c> one,</c><00:41:59.349><c> he</c><00:41:59.550><c> says</c><00:41:59.750><c> in</c><00:41:59.949><c> verse</c><00:42:00.190><c> 8,</c><00:42:01.090><c> is</c><00:42:01.309><c> given</c><00:42:01.690><c> through</c><00:42:02.909><c> the</c>

00:42:03.329 --> 00:42:05.989
Spirit<00:42:03.829><c> the</c><00:42:04.429><c> word</c><00:42:04.789><c> of</c><00:42:04.989><c> wisdom.</c>

00:42:06.929 --> 00:42:12.610
To<00:42:07.170><c> another,</c><00:42:08.630><c> the</c><00:42:08.730><c> word</c><00:42:09.170><c> of</c><00:42:09.469><c> knowledge.</c><00:42:11.309><c> According</c><00:42:11.929><c> to</c><00:42:12.389><c> the</c>

00:42:12.610 --> 00:42:14.789
same<00:42:12.909><c> Spirit,</c><00:42:13.449><c> he's</c><00:42:13.630><c> changed</c><00:42:13.969><c> his</c><00:42:14.250><c> preposition.</c>

00:42:14.789 --> 00:42:19.090
It<00:42:14.909><c> isn't</c><00:42:15.210><c> through</c><00:42:15.489><c> this</c><00:42:15.889><c> time,</c><00:42:16.489><c> it's</c><00:42:16.929><c> according</c><00:42:17.610><c> to</c><00:42:18.670><c> the</c>

00:42:19.090 --> 00:42:20.349
same<00:42:19.369><c> Spirit.</c>

00:42:20.570 --> 00:42:25.590
And<00:42:20.730><c> to</c><00:42:20.949><c> another,</c><00:42:21.590><c> verse</c><00:42:21.829><c> 9,</c><00:42:22.650><c> faith</c><00:42:23.210><c> in</c><00:42:24.469><c> the</c><00:42:24.849><c> same</c><00:42:25.130><c> Spirit.</c>

00:42:25.750 --> 00:42:29.829
And<00:42:25.929><c> he's</c><00:42:26.210><c> changed</c><00:42:26.570><c> his</c><00:42:26.869><c> preposition</c><00:42:27.289><c> again.</c><00:42:28.750><c> He</c><00:42:28.909><c> uses</c><00:42:29.250><c> three</c>

00:42:29.829 --> 00:42:31.530
different<00:42:30.309><c> prepositions</c><00:42:30.989><c> there.</c>

00:42:31.650 --> 00:42:36.969
Through,<00:42:32.750><c> according</c><00:42:33.170><c> to,</c><00:42:33.949><c> and</c><00:42:34.309><c> in.</c><00:42:35.510><c> In</c><00:42:35.949><c> the</c><00:42:36.250><c> same</c><00:42:36.550><c> Spirit.</c>

00:42:37.030 --> 00:42:40.530
We<00:42:37.170><c> shall</c><00:42:37.289><c> find</c><00:42:37.610><c> that</c><00:42:37.789><c> this</c><00:42:38.010><c> expression</c><00:42:38.550><c> in</c><00:42:39.429><c> the</c><00:42:39.690><c> Spirit</c><00:42:39.909><c> becomes</c><00:42:40.210><c> very</c>

00:42:40.530 --> 00:42:41.869
important<00:42:40.969><c> later</c><00:42:41.289><c> on</c>

00:42:41.869 --> 00:42:45.170
when<00:42:42.250><c> we</c><00:42:42.449><c> have</c><00:42:42.710><c> to</c><00:42:42.889><c> consider</c><00:42:43.590><c> some</c><00:42:44.050><c> sayings</c><00:42:44.429><c> of</c><00:42:44.630><c> the</c><00:42:44.769><c> Apostle</c>

00:42:45.170 --> 00:42:46.570
Paul<00:42:45.449><c> in</c><00:42:45.630><c> his</c><00:42:45.929><c> epistles.</c>

00:42:46.869 --> 00:42:58.289
Then<00:42:47.030><c> it</c><00:42:47.130><c> goes</c><00:42:47.389><c> on</c><00:42:47.730><c> in</c><00:42:49.530><c> verse</c><00:42:50.590><c> 9,</c><00:42:55.050><c> yes,</c><00:42:56.949><c> continuing</c><00:42:57.269><c> in</c><00:42:57.469><c> verse</c><00:42:57.710><c> 9,</c>

00:42:58.409 --> 00:43:02.309
to<00:42:58.550><c> another,</c><00:42:59.389><c> gifts</c><00:42:59.389><c> of</c><00:42:59.750><c> healings</c><00:43:00.550><c> in</c><00:43:01.269><c> the</c><00:43:01.550><c> one</c><00:43:01.869><c> Spirit.</c>

00:43:02.670 --> 00:43:06.809
To<00:43:02.909><c> another,</c><00:43:03.969><c> workings</c><00:43:04.269><c> of</c><00:43:04.530><c> miracles.</c><00:43:05.269><c> To</c><00:43:05.449><c> another,</c><00:43:06.429><c> prophecy.</c>

00:43:06.809 --> 00:43:11.849
To<00:43:07.369><c> another,</c><00:43:08.909><c> discernings</c><00:43:09.230><c> of</c><00:43:09.469><c> spirits.</c><00:43:10.010><c> To</c><00:43:10.130><c> another,</c><00:43:11.230><c> diverse</c><00:43:11.449><c> kinds</c>

00:43:11.849 --> 00:43:12.449
of<00:43:12.070><c> tongues.</c>

00:43:12.829 --> 00:43:15.710
To<00:43:13.010><c> another,</c><00:43:13.849><c> the</c><00:43:14.110><c> interpretation</c><00:43:14.909><c> of</c><00:43:15.230><c> tongues.</c>

00:43:16.210 --> 00:43:21.449
But<00:43:16.489><c> all</c><00:43:17.070><c> these</c><00:43:17.630><c> worketh</c><00:43:18.269><c> the</c><00:43:18.829><c> one</c><00:43:19.369><c> and</c><00:43:19.869><c> the</c><00:43:20.250><c> same</c><00:43:20.730><c> Spirit,</c>

00:43:21.909 --> 00:43:27.849
dividing<00:43:22.570><c> or</c><00:43:23.409><c> distributing</c><00:43:24.190><c> to</c><00:43:25.570><c> every</c><00:43:26.110><c> man,</c><00:43:26.409><c> to</c><00:43:26.670><c> each</c><00:43:27.090><c> one,</c>

00:43:28.309 --> 00:43:32.929
severally,<00:43:29.050><c> individually,</c><00:43:30.210><c> even</c><00:43:30.690><c> as</c><00:43:31.349><c> he</c><00:43:31.909><c> will,</c><00:43:32.309><c> that</c><00:43:32.469><c> is,</c><00:43:32.829><c> as</c>

00:43:32.929 --> 00:43:35.170
God<00:43:33.250><c> will,</c><00:43:34.090><c> through</c><00:43:34.409><c> his</c><00:43:34.789><c> Spirit.</c>

00:43:35.170 --> 00:43:39.469
And<00:43:35.750><c> so</c><00:43:36.030><c> here</c><00:43:36.309><c> is</c><00:43:36.630><c> the</c><00:43:37.010><c> Apostle</c><00:43:38.050><c> saying</c><00:43:38.510><c> that</c><00:43:38.929><c> there</c><00:43:39.090><c> is</c><00:43:39.230><c> only</c>

00:43:39.469 --> 00:43:40.849
one<00:43:39.829><c> Spirit,</c>

00:43:41.070 --> 00:43:43.570
but<00:43:41.230><c> it</c><00:43:41.409><c> does</c><00:43:41.789><c> have</c><00:43:42.190><c> different</c><00:43:42.750><c> manifestations.</c>

00:43:44.050 --> 00:43:48.969
Now<00:43:44.269><c> some</c><00:43:44.590><c> of</c><00:43:44.710><c> the</c><00:43:44.989><c> manifestations</c><00:43:45.690><c> here</c><00:43:46.250><c> are</c><00:43:47.210><c> clearly</c><00:43:47.710><c> miraculous.</c>

00:43:49.130 --> 00:43:52.969
For<00:43:49.130><c> verse</c><00:43:49.429><c> 10,</c><00:43:49.889><c> for</c><00:43:50.070><c> instance,</c><00:43:50.929><c> speaks</c><00:43:51.130><c> clearly</c><00:43:51.570><c> of</c><00:43:51.829><c> miracles.</c>

00:43:53.909 --> 00:43:59.869
And<00:43:53.909><c> verse</c><00:43:55.170><c> 10</c><00:43:56.630><c> also</c><00:43:57.110><c> speaks</c><00:43:57.550><c> of</c><00:43:58.110><c> tongues,</c><00:43:58.650><c> et</c><00:43:58.949><c> cetera,</c><00:43:59.610><c> and</c>

00:43:59.869 --> 00:44:01.469
the<00:44:00.170><c> interpretation</c><00:44:00.769><c> of</c><00:44:01.090><c> tongues.</c>

00:44:01.469 --> 00:44:04.929
But<00:44:02.110><c> there</c><00:44:02.329><c> are</c><00:44:02.650><c> other</c><00:44:02.929><c> gifts</c><00:44:03.309><c> here</c><00:44:03.650><c> which</c><00:44:03.849><c> don't</c><00:44:04.210><c> seem</c><00:44:04.570><c> quite</c>

00:44:04.929 --> 00:44:05.829
so<00:44:05.230><c> miraculous.</c>

00:44:06.289 --> 00:44:10.090
For<00:44:06.489><c> instance,</c><00:44:07.070><c> in</c><00:44:07.170><c> verse</c><00:44:07.409><c> 8,</c><00:44:08.230><c> to</c><00:44:08.409><c> one</c><00:44:08.730><c> is</c><00:44:09.050><c> given,</c><00:44:09.409><c> through</c>

00:44:10.090 --> 00:44:11.269
the<00:44:10.449><c> Spirit,</c>

00:44:11.289 --> 00:44:15.849
the<00:44:11.449><c> word</c><00:44:11.710><c> of</c><00:44:11.929><c> wisdom,</c><00:44:13.349><c> and</c><00:44:13.389><c> to</c><00:44:13.550><c> another,</c><00:44:14.650><c> the</c><00:44:14.710><c> word</c><00:44:15.010><c> of</c><00:44:15.309><c> knowledge,</c>

00:44:16.110 --> 00:44:20.050
according<00:44:16.489><c> to</c><00:44:16.750><c> the</c><00:44:16.869><c> same</c><00:44:17.110><c> Spirit,</c><00:44:17.869><c> to</c><00:44:18.050><c> another,</c><00:44:18.969><c> faith.</c>

00:44:21.489 --> 00:44:25.030
And<00:44:22.170><c> later</c><00:44:22.849><c> on</c><00:44:23.349><c> we</c><00:44:23.690><c> shall</c><00:44:23.929><c> find</c><00:44:24.329><c> prophecy.</c>

00:44:25.030 --> 00:44:30.110
And<00:44:26.150><c> prophecy,</c><00:44:26.750><c> of</c><00:44:26.750><c> course,</c><00:44:27.789><c> really</c><00:44:27.989><c> means</c><00:44:28.730><c> speaking</c><00:44:29.510><c> forth</c>

00:44:30.110 --> 00:44:31.150
the<00:44:30.469><c> word</c><00:44:30.730><c> of</c><00:44:30.949><c> God.</c>

00:44:31.530 --> 00:44:35.489
Interpreting<00:44:32.210><c> the</c><00:44:32.409><c> word</c><00:44:32.670><c> of</c><00:44:32.889><c> God</c><00:44:33.230><c> is</c><00:44:33.829><c> what</c><00:44:34.170><c> the</c><00:44:34.769><c> prophet</c><00:44:35.010><c> does.</c>

00:44:35.630 --> 00:44:37.469
The<00:44:35.849><c> prophet</c><00:44:36.070><c> is</c><00:44:36.329><c> a</c><00:44:36.570><c> fourth</c><00:44:36.989><c> speaker.</c>

00:44:37.889 --> 00:44:40.590
He<00:44:37.969><c> is</c><00:44:38.130><c> not</c><00:44:38.409><c> primarily</c><00:44:38.869><c> one</c><00:44:39.230><c> who</c><00:44:39.469><c> foretells</c><00:44:39.869><c> the</c><00:44:40.130><c> future,</c>

00:44:40.949 --> 00:44:43.349
though<00:44:41.170><c> in</c><00:44:41.469><c> Bible</c><00:44:41.809><c> prophecy</c><00:44:42.230><c> that</c><00:44:42.530><c> often</c><00:44:42.829><c> happens.</c>

00:44:43.670 --> 00:44:45.869
He<00:44:43.809><c> is</c><00:44:44.090><c> one</c><00:44:44.369><c> who</c><00:44:44.730><c> speaks</c><00:44:45.170><c> for</c><00:44:45.510><c> God.</c>

00:44:46.349 --> 00:44:48.849
And<00:44:46.449><c> you</c><00:44:46.550><c> have</c><00:44:46.650><c> a</c><00:44:46.829><c> remarkable</c><00:44:47.369><c> fact</c><00:44:47.690><c> here</c><00:44:48.050><c> that</c><00:44:48.429><c> you've</c><00:44:48.670><c> got</c>

00:44:48.849 --> 00:44:50.869
two<00:44:49.269><c> different</c><00:44:49.789><c> types</c><00:44:50.230><c> of</c><00:44:50.469><c> gifts.</c>

00:44:50.869 --> 00:44:55.329
One<00:44:51.889><c> type</c><00:44:52.210><c> evidently</c><00:44:52.929><c> involving</c><00:44:53.289><c> the</c><00:44:53.630><c> understanding</c><00:44:54.429><c> of</c><00:44:55.110><c> the</c>

00:44:55.329 --> 00:44:56.329
person<00:44:55.690><c> concerned,</c>

00:44:56.590 --> 00:45:01.369
wisdom<00:44:57.170><c> and</c><00:44:57.789><c> knowledge,</c><00:44:58.630><c> and</c><00:44:58.670><c> indeed</c><00:44:59.010><c> faith,</c><00:45:00.690><c> and</c><00:45:00.889><c> prophecy,</c>

00:45:01.469 --> 00:45:03.849
the<00:45:01.730><c> ability</c><00:45:02.190><c> to</c><00:45:02.489><c> expound.</c>

00:45:03.969 --> 00:45:07.389
And<00:45:04.210><c> then</c><00:45:04.349><c> you</c><00:45:04.510><c> have</c><00:45:04.909><c> the</c><00:45:05.269><c> others</c><00:45:05.570><c> which</c><00:45:05.969><c> are</c><00:45:06.170><c> more</c><00:45:06.449><c> clearly</c><00:45:06.730><c> miraculous,</c>

00:45:07.889 --> 00:45:11.469
such<00:45:08.070><c> as</c><00:45:08.429><c> miracles</c><00:45:09.010><c> and</c><00:45:09.630><c> signs</c><00:45:10.090><c> and</c><00:45:10.610><c> tongues.</c>

00:45:12.110 --> 00:45:14.750
Now<00:45:12.429><c> the</c><00:45:12.929><c> gift</c><00:45:13.349><c> of</c><00:45:13.590><c> the</c><00:45:13.809><c> miracles</c><00:45:14.070><c> is</c><00:45:14.349><c> obvious.</c>

00:45:15.170 --> 00:45:17.809
It<00:45:15.349><c> is</c><00:45:15.570><c> the</c><00:45:15.769><c> aspect</c><00:45:16.130><c> of</c><00:45:16.329><c> the</c><00:45:16.510><c> miraculous</c><00:45:16.869><c> power</c><00:45:17.170><c> of</c><00:45:17.530><c> God.</c>

00:45:17.809 --> 00:45:21.210
But<00:45:18.409><c> is</c><00:45:18.789><c> the</c><00:45:19.010><c> wisdom</c><00:45:19.389><c> miraculous</c><00:45:20.090><c> too?</c>

00:45:21.789 --> 00:45:24.190
Is<00:45:22.010><c> the</c><00:45:22.570><c> knowledge</c><00:45:22.929><c> miraculous?</c>

00:45:24.449 --> 00:45:26.670
Is<00:45:24.650><c> the</c><00:45:24.969><c> faith</c><00:45:25.409><c> miraculous?</c>

00:45:27.210 --> 00:45:30.909
It<00:45:27.769><c> would</c><00:45:27.949><c> be</c><00:45:28.110><c> very</c><00:45:28.550><c> strange</c><00:45:28.889><c> if</c><00:45:29.110><c> it</c><00:45:29.269><c> is,</c><00:45:29.429><c> you</c><00:45:29.610><c> know,</c>

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because<00:45:31.230><c> God</c><00:45:31.489><c> doesn't</c><00:45:32.110><c> inject</c><00:45:32.789><c> wisdom</c><00:45:33.510><c> into</c><00:45:34.190><c> a</c><00:45:34.369><c> man's</c><00:45:34.769><c> mind.</c>

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I<00:45:36.170><c> will</c><00:45:36.409><c> go</c><00:45:36.650><c> so</c><00:45:36.969><c> far</c><00:45:37.170><c> as</c><00:45:37.329><c> to</c><00:45:37.530><c> say</c><00:45:37.889><c> that</c><00:45:38.489><c> God</c><00:45:38.809><c> did</c><00:45:39.150><c> not</c><00:45:39.449><c> inject</c>

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wisdom<00:45:40.530><c> into</c><00:45:40.869><c> Christ's</c><00:45:41.469><c> mind.</c>

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Perhaps<00:45:43.329><c> if</c><00:45:43.530><c> we</c><00:45:43.650><c> have</c><00:45:43.829><c> an</c><00:45:43.989><c> opportunity</c><00:45:44.590><c> we</c><00:45:45.210><c> can</c><00:45:45.409><c> talk</c><00:45:45.650><c> a</c><00:45:45.710><c> little</c><00:45:45.929><c> about</c>

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this<00:45:46.489><c> on</c><00:45:46.809><c> Saturday,</c>

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and<00:45:49.309><c> the</c><00:45:49.869><c> exhortation.</c>

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The<00:45:51.670><c> wisdom</c><00:45:52.050><c> is</c><00:45:52.289><c> the</c><00:45:52.630><c> development</c><00:45:53.190><c> of</c><00:45:53.469><c> the</c><00:45:53.670><c> understanding</c><00:45:54.469><c> of</c>

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the<00:45:54.889><c> Spirit</c><00:45:55.170><c> of</c><00:45:55.329><c> God.</c>

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Now<00:45:57.030><c> these</c><00:45:57.409><c> men</c><00:45:57.650><c> were</c><00:45:57.909><c> aided</c><00:45:58.210><c> in</c><00:45:58.429><c> ways</c><00:45:58.650><c> we</c><00:45:58.849><c> don't</c><00:45:59.190><c> know,</c>

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but<00:46:00.349><c> it</c><00:46:00.469><c> seems</c><00:46:00.750><c> hard</c><00:46:01.210><c> to</c><00:46:01.489><c> believe</c><00:46:01.909><c> that</c><00:46:02.449><c> God</c><00:46:02.769><c> made</c><00:46:03.090><c> a</c><00:46:03.269><c> man</c><00:46:03.510><c> wise</c>

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if<00:46:04.030><c> he</c><00:46:04.130><c> wasn't</c><00:46:04.510><c> already</c><00:46:04.909><c> wise.</c>

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So<00:46:07.809><c> it's</c><00:46:08.110><c> the</c><00:46:08.389><c> understanding</c><00:46:09.150><c> that</c><00:46:09.449><c> matters.</c>

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And<00:46:11.030><c> no</c><00:46:11.329><c> doubt</c><00:46:11.630><c> they</c><00:46:11.909><c> were</c><00:46:12.050><c> men</c><00:46:12.449><c> who</c><00:46:13.130><c> were</c><00:46:13.530><c> rooted</c><00:46:13.929><c> already</c><00:46:14.630><c> in</c>

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the<00:46:15.150><c> Word</c><00:46:15.369><c> of</c><00:46:15.610><c> God,</c>

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who<00:46:16.650><c> had</c><00:46:16.889><c> absorbed</c><00:46:17.469><c> from</c><00:46:17.769><c> him</c><00:46:18.130><c> the</c><00:46:18.429><c> wisdom,</c><00:46:19.489><c> the</c><00:46:19.710><c> knowledge,</c>

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the<00:46:20.789><c> faith,</c>

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which<00:46:22.050><c> enabled</c><00:46:22.610><c> them</c><00:46:23.090><c> to</c><00:46:23.389><c> prophesy</c><00:46:24.210><c> or</c><00:46:24.570><c> to</c><00:46:24.889><c> speak</c><00:46:25.130><c> forth</c><00:46:25.570><c> the</c>

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Word<00:46:26.349><c> of</c><00:46:26.550><c> God.</c>

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Now<00:46:28.809><c> that</c><00:46:29.050><c> will</c><00:46:29.250><c> be</c><00:46:29.429><c> a</c><00:46:29.730><c> convenient</c><00:46:30.210><c> place</c><00:46:30.889><c> for</c><00:46:31.250><c> us</c><00:46:31.670><c> to</c><00:46:32.150><c> stop.</c>

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And<00:46:33.889><c> I</c><00:46:34.389><c> think</c><00:46:34.590><c> we'll</c><00:46:34.969><c> sing</c><00:46:35.289><c> the</c><00:46:35.530><c> hymn.</c>

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Let<00:46:37.869><c> us</c><00:46:38.250><c> sing</c><00:46:38.769><c> hymn</c><00:46:39.250><c> 26,</c>

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and<00:46:41.250><c> after</c><00:46:41.590><c> this</c><00:46:42.090><c> if</c><00:46:42.289><c> you</c><00:46:42.449><c> will</c><00:46:42.710><c> just</c><00:46:43.369><c> remain</c><00:46:43.889><c> standing</c><00:46:44.429><c> for</c><00:46:44.869><c> a</c>

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word<00:46:45.349><c> of</c><00:46:45.690><c> prayer.</c>

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Hymn<00:46:47.269><c> 26,</c>

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O<00:46:49.329><c> send</c><00:46:49.969><c> thy</c><00:46:50.449><c> light</c><00:46:50.909><c> forth</c><00:46:51.489><c> and</c><00:46:52.309><c> thy</c><00:46:52.650><c> truth,</c>

00:46:53.750 --> 00:46:56.550
let<00:46:53.969><c> them</c><00:46:54.469><c> be</c><00:46:54.829><c> guides</c><00:46:55.250><c> to</c><00:46:55.550><c> me.</c>