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explain<00:10:56.320><c> to</c><00:10:56.500><c> me</c><00:10:56.600><c> what</c><00:10:56.779><c> this</c><00:10:57.019><c> verse</c><00:10:57.220><c> means?</c>

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It's<00:11:11.360><c> always</c><00:11:11.779><c> John</c><00:11:12.080><c> they</c><00:11:12.340><c> go</c><00:11:12.580><c> to,</c>

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because<00:11:14.360><c> John</c><00:11:14.899><c> is</c><00:11:15.259><c> writing</c><00:11:15.559><c> in</c><00:11:15.799><c> a</c><00:11:15.919><c> language</c><00:11:16.379><c> which</c><00:11:17.000><c> only</c><00:11:17.940><c> believers</c><00:11:18.740><c> can</c><00:11:19.559><c> understand.</c>

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which<00:11:25.600><c> endeavours</c><00:11:26.059><c> to</c><00:11:26.620><c> simply</c><00:11:27.059><c> compare</c><00:11:27.679><c> the</c><00:11:28.279><c> four</c><00:11:28.600><c> Gospel</c><00:11:29.080><c> records.</c>

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And<00:11:30.019><c> in</c><00:11:30.139><c> this</c><00:11:30.440><c> first</c><00:11:30.840><c> talk</c><00:11:31.080><c> I'm</c><00:11:31.340><c> going</c><00:11:31.500><c> to</c><00:11:31.679><c> be</c><00:11:31.820><c> spending</c><00:11:32.000><c> most</c>

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just<00:11:33.580><c> trying</c><00:11:33.779><c> to</c><00:11:34.039><c> establish</c><00:11:34.460><c> how</c><00:11:35.000><c> we</c><00:11:35.179><c> would</c><00:11:35.360><c> go</c><00:11:35.559><c> about</c><00:11:35.799><c> reading</c><00:11:36.100><c> this,</c>

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to<00:11:46.080><c> do</c><00:11:46.220><c> more</c><00:11:46.500><c> on</c><00:11:46.700><c> this</c><00:11:46.860><c> subject,</c>

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and<00:11:48.200><c> therefore</c><00:11:48.480><c> I</c><00:11:48.600><c> think</c><00:11:48.759><c> it's</c><00:11:49.039><c> important</c><00:11:49.399><c> that</c><00:11:49.600><c> any</c><00:11:49.840><c> speaker</c>

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endeavours<00:11:50.700><c> to</c><00:11:51.460><c> lay</c><00:11:51.659><c> a</c><00:11:51.879><c> basis</c>

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rather<00:11:56.379><c> than</c><00:11:56.620><c> just</c><00:11:56.840><c> going</c><00:11:57.100><c> away</c><00:11:57.399><c> and</c><00:11:57.659><c> saying,</c><00:11:58.039><c> well,</c><00:11:58.460><c> I</c><00:11:58.700><c> enjoyed</c><00:11:59.000><c> the</c><00:11:59.259><c> day,</c>

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or<00:12:00.019><c> I</c><00:12:00.139><c> didn't</c><00:12:00.399><c> enjoy</c><00:12:00.679><c> the</c><00:12:00.860><c> day</c><00:12:01.000><c> as</c><00:12:01.159><c> the</c><00:12:01.320><c> case</c><00:12:01.519><c> might</c><00:12:01.779><c> be,</c>

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but<00:12:02.460><c> going</c><00:12:02.740><c> away</c><00:12:03.080><c> saying,</c><00:12:03.360><c> I</c><00:12:03.580><c> think</c><00:12:03.860><c> I've</c><00:12:03.980><c> now</c><00:12:04.200><c> got</c><00:12:04.399><c> the</c><00:12:04.620><c> theme.</c>

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I'm<00:12:23.600><c> not</c><00:12:23.860><c> sure</c><00:12:24.039><c> that</c><00:12:24.200><c> we</c><00:12:24.360><c> can</c><00:12:24.539><c> be</c><00:12:24.879><c> absolutely</c><00:12:25.519><c> categorical</c><00:12:26.480><c> in</c>

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Mark,<00:12:39.759><c> it</c><00:12:39.759><c> is</c><00:12:39.899><c> said,</c><00:12:40.139><c> was</c><00:12:40.259><c> written</c><00:12:40.480><c> to</c><00:12:40.779><c> Romans.</c>

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You<00:14:14.759><c> know,</c><00:14:15.299><c> so</c><00:14:15.399><c> and</c><00:14:15.600><c> so,</c><00:14:15.960><c> begat</c><00:14:16.220><c> so</c><00:14:16.460><c> and</c><00:14:16.639><c> so,</c><00:14:16.879><c> begat</c><00:14:17.139><c> so</c><00:14:17.379><c> and</c><00:14:17.580><c> so.</c>

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When<00:14:19.000><c> we</c><00:14:19.159><c> look</c><00:14:19.279><c> at</c><00:14:19.419><c> Matthew</c><00:14:19.779><c> chapter</c><00:14:20.159><c> one,</c><00:14:21.580><c> the</c><00:14:21.799><c> genealogy</c><00:14:22.399><c> goes</c><00:14:22.700><c> back</c><00:14:23.320><c> to</c>

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David<00:14:24.120><c> and</c><00:14:24.360><c> Abraham.</c>

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The<00:14:25.159><c> very</c><00:14:25.440><c> first</c><00:14:25.759><c> verse</c><00:14:25.980><c> of</c><00:14:26.159><c> the</c><00:14:26.259><c> New</c><00:14:26.460><c> Testament</c><00:14:26.860><c> is</c><00:14:27.100><c> the</c><00:14:27.220><c> book</c>

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of<00:14:27.620><c> the</c><00:14:27.759><c> generation</c><00:14:28.179><c> of</c><00:14:28.379><c> Jesus</c><00:14:28.799><c> Christ,</c>

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son<00:14:29.759><c> of</c><00:14:29.960><c> David,</c><00:14:30.539><c> son</c><00:14:30.759><c> of</c><00:14:31.120><c> Abraham.</c>

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So<00:14:31.980><c> it</c><00:14:32.200><c> goes</c><00:14:32.580><c> back</c><00:14:32.919><c> to</c><00:14:33.340><c> Abraham</c><00:14:33.940><c> because</c><00:14:34.840><c> you</c><00:14:35.100><c> see</c><00:14:35.340><c> it's</c><00:14:35.879><c> establishing</c>

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the<00:14:36.759><c> kingship</c><00:14:37.240><c> of</c><00:14:37.419><c> the</c><00:14:37.539><c> Lord</c><00:14:37.740><c> Jesus</c><00:14:38.159><c> Christ.</c>

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Abraham<00:14:39.519><c> and</c><00:14:39.940><c> David,</c><00:14:40.740><c> the</c><00:14:40.840><c> Jewish</c><00:14:41.139><c> origins.</c>

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You<00:14:43.759><c> come</c><00:14:44.059><c> to</c><00:14:44.759><c> Mark</c><00:14:45.240><c> and</c><00:14:46.440><c> you're</c><00:14:46.559><c> reading</c><00:14:46.840><c> about</c><00:14:47.120><c> a</c><00:14:47.419><c> servant.</c>

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And<00:14:48.659><c> of</c><00:14:48.820><c> course</c><00:14:48.919><c> our</c><00:14:49.120><c> English</c><00:14:49.419><c> word</c><00:14:49.720><c> servant</c><00:14:50.039><c> is</c><00:14:50.240><c> just</c><00:14:50.480><c> a</c><00:14:50.580><c> little</c><00:14:50.759><c> bit</c><00:14:51.039><c> soft.</c>

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A<00:14:52.360><c> servant</c><00:14:52.580><c> in</c><00:14:52.799><c> those</c><00:14:53.000><c> days</c><00:14:53.240><c> was</c><00:14:53.440><c> a</c><00:14:53.799><c> slave.</c>

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A<00:14:55.340><c> slave</c><00:14:55.600><c> was</c><00:14:55.879><c> really</c><00:14:56.259><c> a</c><00:14:56.879><c> non</c><00:14:57.259><c>-person.</c>

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They'd<00:14:58.980><c> lost</c><00:14:59.159><c> all</c><00:14:59.399><c> their</c><00:14:59.659><c> identity.</c>

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So<00:15:00.419><c> what's</c><00:15:00.779><c> the</c><00:15:00.980><c> genealogy</c><00:15:01.519><c> of</c><00:15:01.700><c> a</c><00:15:01.899><c> slave?</c>

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There<00:15:04.039><c> isn't</c><00:15:04.279><c> one.</c>

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And<00:15:05.679><c> consequently,</c><00:15:06.379><c> when</c><00:15:06.539><c> the</c><00:15:06.659><c> Lord</c><00:15:06.860><c> Jesus</c><00:15:07.340><c> Christ</c><00:15:07.620><c> is</c><00:15:07.919><c> presented</c><00:15:08.220><c> to</c><00:15:08.419><c> us</c>

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in<00:15:08.759><c> the</c><00:15:08.899><c> Gospel</c><00:15:09.200><c> of</c><00:15:09.419><c> Mark</c><00:15:09.740><c> as</c><00:15:10.299><c> the</c><00:15:10.679><c> servant</c><00:15:11.000><c> of</c><00:15:11.240><c> God,</c>

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there<00:15:12.879><c> is</c><00:15:13.139><c> significantly</c><00:15:13.820><c> no</c><00:15:14.480><c> genealogy.</c>

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When<00:15:16.740><c> we</c><00:15:16.960><c> come</c><00:15:17.120><c> to</c><00:15:17.340><c> Luke,</c><00:15:18.240><c> which</c><00:15:18.460><c> very</c><00:15:18.740><c> much</c><00:15:19.000><c> focuses</c><00:15:19.440><c> on</c><00:15:19.759><c> Jesus</c><00:15:20.159><c> Christ</c><00:15:20.519><c> the</c>

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man,<00:15:21.100><c> the</c><00:15:21.200><c> son</c><00:15:21.399><c> of</c><00:15:21.620><c> man,</c>

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of<00:15:22.500><c> course</c><00:15:22.679><c> the</c><00:15:22.919><c> genealogy</c><00:15:23.519><c> goes</c><00:15:23.799><c> back</c><00:15:24.159><c> to</c><00:15:24.840><c> Adam.</c>

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Now<00:15:26.659><c> what</c><00:15:26.840><c> about</c><00:15:27.019><c> when</c><00:15:27.120><c> we</c><00:15:27.279><c> come</c><00:15:27.419><c> to</c><00:15:27.559><c> our</c><00:15:27.700><c> Gospel</c><00:15:27.960><c> of</c><00:15:28.100><c> John?</c>

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This<00:15:29.419><c> unique</c><00:15:29.840><c> one.</c>

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Well<00:15:31.200><c> it's</c><00:15:31.419><c> got</c><00:15:31.539><c> a</c><00:15:31.720><c> very,</c><00:15:32.120><c> very</c><00:15:32.799><c> unique</c><00:15:33.340><c> genealogy.</c>

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It<00:15:35.399><c> says,</c><00:15:36.159><c> in</c><00:15:36.159><c> the</c><00:15:36.480><c> beginning</c><00:15:36.840><c> was</c><00:15:37.360><c> the</c><00:15:37.940><c> word.</c>

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And<00:15:40.299><c> ultimately</c><00:15:40.659><c> it</c><00:15:40.940><c> says,</c><00:15:41.720><c> and</c><00:15:41.940><c> the</c><00:15:42.159><c> word</c><00:15:42.500><c> became</c><00:15:42.980><c> flesh.</c>

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Now<00:15:44.960><c> we</c><00:15:45.100><c> can</c><00:15:45.419><c> understand</c><00:15:46.039><c> a</c><00:15:46.679><c> king,</c><00:15:47.860><c> we</c><00:15:47.960><c> can</c><00:15:48.240><c> understand</c><00:15:48.600><c> a</c><00:15:48.940><c> slave,</c>

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and<00:15:49.960><c> we</c><00:15:50.039><c> can</c><00:15:50.299><c> understand</c><00:15:50.639><c> a</c><00:15:50.899><c> man</c><00:15:51.320><c> and</c><00:15:52.100><c> how</c><00:15:52.259><c> they</c><00:15:52.440><c> had</c><00:15:52.580><c> their</c><00:15:52.879><c> origins.</c>

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But<00:15:54.600><c> how</c><00:15:55.139><c> different</c><00:15:55.539><c> is</c><00:15:55.740><c> it</c><00:15:55.860><c> to</c><00:15:56.100><c> say</c><00:15:56.299><c> that</c><00:15:56.580><c> in</c><00:15:56.799><c> the</c><00:15:57.100><c> beginning</c>

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was<00:15:58.100><c> a</c><00:15:58.259><c> logos,</c>

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was<00:15:58.960><c> a</c><00:15:59.200><c> word,</c><00:15:59.740><c> was</c><00:15:59.980><c> a</c><00:16:00.120><c> thought,</c><00:16:00.340><c> a</c><00:16:00.679><c> plan,</c><00:16:00.919><c> an</c><00:16:01.240><c> idea,</c><00:16:01.620><c> and</c><00:16:02.940><c> that</c>

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became<00:16:03.559><c> flesh.</c>

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And<00:16:04.620><c> that's</c><00:16:05.179><c> John's</c><00:16:05.799><c> genealogy.</c>

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So<00:16:07.759><c> you</c><00:16:08.100><c> see</c><00:16:08.240><c> what</c><00:16:08.360><c> we're</c><00:16:08.600><c> trying</c><00:16:08.740><c> to</c><00:16:08.940><c> do</c><00:16:09.100><c> with</c><00:16:09.320><c> this</c>

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particular<00:16:10.100><c> transparency.</c>

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We're<00:16:11.899><c> trying</c><00:16:12.039><c> to</c><00:16:12.299><c> show</c><00:16:12.460><c> just</c><00:16:12.759><c> how</c><00:16:13.379><c> different</c><00:16:14.320><c> John</c><00:16:14.740><c> is</c><00:16:14.960><c> from</c>

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the<00:16:15.299><c> other</c><00:16:15.500><c> three.</c>

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Oh<00:16:16.399><c> yes,</c><00:16:16.700><c> the</c><00:16:16.840><c> other</c><00:16:17.080><c> three</c><00:16:17.320><c> are</c><00:16:17.559><c> different,</c><00:16:17.899><c> but</c><00:16:18.220><c> at</c><00:16:18.460><c> the</c><00:16:18.600><c> same</c><00:16:18.879><c> time</c><00:16:19.220><c> the</c>

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differences<00:16:19.879><c> aren't</c><00:16:20.240><c> great.</c>

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You<00:16:21.860><c> might</c><00:16:22.159><c> say</c><00:16:22.460><c> that</c><00:16:22.600><c> they</c><00:16:22.820><c> are</c><00:16:23.059><c> describing</c><00:16:23.500><c> for</c><00:16:23.779><c> us</c><00:16:24.039><c> the</c><00:16:24.279><c> ministry</c><00:16:24.659><c> of</c>

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the<00:16:24.980><c> Lord</c>

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in<00:16:25.620><c> a</c><00:16:25.860><c> language</c><00:16:26.159><c> which</c><00:16:26.460><c> anybody</c><00:16:26.860><c> can</c><00:16:27.139><c> understand.</c>

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But<00:16:28.179><c> not</c><00:16:28.799><c> anybody</c><00:16:29.360><c> can</c><00:16:29.639><c> understand</c><00:16:30.019><c> the</c><00:16:30.179><c> Gospel</c><00:16:30.480><c> of</c><00:16:30.659><c> John.</c>

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You've<00:16:32.360><c> got</c><00:16:32.600><c> to</c><00:16:32.879><c> be</c><00:16:33.100><c> a</c><00:16:33.440><c> believer</c><00:16:33.779><c> to</c><00:16:34.679><c> be</c><00:16:34.860><c> able</c><00:16:35.019><c> to</c><00:16:35.360><c> understand</c>

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what<00:16:36.879><c> I</c><00:16:37.080><c> would</c><00:16:37.279><c> call</c><00:16:37.620><c> the</c><00:16:38.100><c> spiritual</c><00:16:38.600><c> language</c><00:16:38.980><c> in</c><00:16:39.220><c> John.</c>

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And<00:16:40.980><c> I</c><00:16:41.240><c> dare</c><00:16:41.440><c> say</c><00:16:41.659><c> every</c><00:16:42.039><c> one</c><00:16:42.220><c> of</c><00:16:42.360><c> us</c><00:16:42.539><c> have</c><00:16:42.820><c> struck</c><00:16:42.960><c> the</c><00:16:43.240><c> problem</c><00:16:43.500><c> where,</c>

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in<00:16:44.340><c> talking</c><00:16:44.600><c> to</c><00:16:44.799><c> an</c><00:16:45.000><c> interested</c><00:16:45.360><c> friend,</c><00:16:46.220><c> they've</c><00:16:46.600><c> asked</c><00:16:46.740><c> us</c>

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questions<00:16:47.419><c> about</c><00:16:47.779><c> John.</c>

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John<00:16:48.840><c> chapter</c><00:16:49.139><c> 10</c><00:16:49.440><c> verse</c><00:16:49.720><c> 30,</c><00:16:50.379><c> I</c><00:16:50.379><c> and</c><00:16:50.539><c> my</c><00:16:50.779><c> father</c><00:16:51.080><c> are</c><00:16:51.340><c> one,</c>

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and<00:16:51.960><c> you</c><00:16:52.080><c> people</c><00:16:52.379><c> say</c><00:16:52.600><c> you</c><00:16:52.759><c> don't</c><00:16:53.019><c> believe</c><00:16:53.279><c> in</c><00:16:53.419><c> the</c><00:16:53.580><c> Trinity.</c>

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How<00:16:54.360><c> do</c><00:16:54.480><c> you</c><00:16:54.639><c> explain</c><00:16:55.019><c> that?</c>

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Well,<00:16:58.279><c> in</c><00:16:58.600><c> essence,</c><00:16:58.879><c> we</c><00:16:59.100><c> almost</c><00:16:59.360><c> try</c><00:16:59.580><c> to</c><00:16:59.879><c> explain</c><00:17:00.080><c> it</c><00:17:00.299><c> away.</c>

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Because<00:17:01.919><c> what</c><00:17:02.220><c> we've</c><00:17:02.480><c> virtually</c><00:17:02.740><c> got</c><00:17:02.960><c> to</c><00:17:03.139><c> do</c><00:17:03.259><c> is</c><00:17:03.399><c> say,</c>

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well,<00:17:04.240><c> let's</c><00:17:05.099><c> just</c><00:17:05.319><c> go</c><00:17:05.539><c> back</c><00:17:05.740><c> to</c><00:17:05.940><c> John</c><00:17:06.220><c> chapter</c><00:17:06.559><c> 1</c><00:17:06.839><c> verse</c><00:17:07.160><c> 1</c>

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and<00:17:07.779><c> start</c><00:17:08.119><c> there.</c>

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Work<00:17:09.799><c> our</c><00:17:10.019><c> way</c><00:17:10.200><c> through</c><00:17:10.460><c> it,</c><00:17:11.160><c> and</c><00:17:11.440><c> might</c><00:17:11.640><c> I</c><00:17:11.900><c> say,</c><00:17:12.079><c> perhaps</c><00:17:12.440><c> 12</c>

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months<00:17:13.000><c> later,</c>

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by<00:17:14.240><c> the</c><00:17:14.400><c> time</c><00:17:14.500><c> we've</c><00:17:14.759><c> got</c><00:17:14.880><c> to</c><00:17:15.039><c> John</c><00:17:15.279><c> chapter</c><00:17:15.579><c> 10</c><00:17:15.859><c> verse</c><00:17:16.119><c> 30,</c>

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perhaps<00:17:17.160><c> that</c><00:17:17.380><c> person</c><00:17:17.680><c> can</c><00:17:17.960><c> say,</c><00:17:18.799><c> I</c><00:17:18.799><c> see</c><00:17:19.059><c> it.</c>

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I<00:17:20.559><c> hope</c><00:17:20.740><c> you</c><00:17:20.880><c> understand</c><00:17:21.180><c> what</c><00:17:21.299><c> I'm</c><00:17:21.460><c> saying.</c>

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I'm<00:17:21.880><c> not</c><00:17:22.059><c> trying</c><00:17:22.140><c> to</c><00:17:22.319><c> be</c><00:17:22.460><c> at</c><00:17:22.640><c> all</c><00:17:22.819><c> facetious</c><00:17:23.380><c> in</c><00:17:23.680><c> saying</c><00:17:23.859><c> that.</c>

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A<00:17:25.000><c> non</c><00:17:25.319><c>-believer</c><00:17:26.079><c> cannot</c><00:17:26.579><c> understand</c><00:17:27.980><c> the</c><00:17:28.319><c> Gospel</c><00:17:28.700><c> of</c><00:17:28.859><c> John</c>

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because<00:17:30.160><c> it</c><00:17:30.440><c> requires</c><00:17:30.920><c> a</c><00:17:31.240><c> knowledge</c><00:17:31.480><c> of</c><00:17:31.700><c> the</c><00:17:31.940><c> true</c><00:17:32.200><c> Gospel.</c>

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And<00:17:34.420><c> John</c><00:17:34.640><c> isn't</c><00:17:35.059><c> just</c><00:17:35.440><c> there</c><00:17:35.740><c> for</c><00:17:35.940><c> reinforcing</c><00:17:36.539><c> our</c><00:17:36.819><c> belief,</c>

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he's<00:17:37.279><c> taking</c><00:17:37.519><c> us</c><00:17:37.819><c> further.</c>

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And<00:17:39.759><c> the</c><00:17:40.079><c> one</c><00:17:40.400><c> thing</c><00:17:40.900><c> that</c><00:17:41.640><c> we</c><00:17:41.819><c> need</c><00:17:41.960><c> to</c><00:17:42.160><c> become</c><00:17:42.380><c> familiar</c><00:17:42.799><c> with</c><00:17:43.039><c> in</c><00:17:43.200><c> John</c>

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is<00:17:44.339><c> what</c><00:17:44.539><c> we</c><00:17:44.720><c> would</c><00:17:44.920><c> call</c><00:17:45.099><c> the</c><00:17:45.339><c> language</c><00:17:45.740><c> which</c><00:17:46.000><c> he</c><00:17:46.240><c> uses,</c>

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and<00:17:46.880><c> I</c><00:17:47.079><c> would</c><00:17:47.220><c> simply</c><00:17:47.460><c> call</c><00:17:47.700><c> it</c><00:17:48.119><c> the</c><00:17:48.259><c> language</c><00:17:48.579><c> of</c><00:17:48.799><c> the</c><00:17:49.059><c> Spirit.</c>

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That'll<00:17:50.960><c> come</c><00:17:51.079><c> out</c><00:17:51.279><c> very</c><00:17:51.599><c> much</c><00:17:51.799><c> in</c><00:17:51.980><c> our</c><00:17:52.500><c> second</c><00:17:52.819><c> talk,</c>

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when<00:17:54.200><c> the</c><00:17:54.359><c> Lord</c><00:17:54.500><c> says</c><00:17:54.740><c> to</c><00:17:54.940><c> Jesus</c><00:17:55.279><c> Christ</c><00:17:55.599><c> Nicodemus,</c>

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you've<00:17:56.980><c> got</c><00:17:57.059><c> to</c><00:17:57.200><c> be</c><00:17:57.359><c> born</c><00:17:57.519><c> of</c><00:17:57.839><c> water</c><00:17:58.059><c> and</c><00:17:58.259><c> of</c><00:17:58.519><c> Spirit.</c>

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Woman<00:18:00.180><c> of</c><00:18:00.400><c> Samaria,</c><00:18:01.079><c> you</c><00:18:01.240><c> must</c><00:18:01.500><c> learn</c><00:18:01.759><c> to</c><00:18:02.000><c> worship</c><00:18:02.259><c> in</c><00:18:02.660><c> Spirit</c>

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and<00:18:03.059><c> in</c><00:18:03.319><c> truth.</c>

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God<00:18:04.079><c> is</c><00:18:04.319><c> a</c><00:18:04.599><c> Spirit,</c><00:18:05.259><c> and</c><00:18:05.440><c> they</c><00:18:05.579><c> that</c><00:18:05.759><c> worship</c><00:18:06.000><c> him</c><00:18:06.180><c> must</c><00:18:06.400><c> worship</c><00:18:06.700><c> him</c>

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in<00:18:07.000><c> that</c><00:18:07.160><c> way.</c>

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So<00:18:08.099><c> what</c><00:18:08.359><c> he</c><00:18:08.539><c> is</c><00:18:08.700><c> saying</c><00:18:08.940><c> is</c><00:18:09.720><c> that</c><00:18:10.079><c> the</c><00:18:10.519><c> language</c><00:18:11.220><c> that</c><00:18:11.839><c> John</c><00:18:12.180><c> records</c>

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of<00:18:12.960><c> the</c><00:18:13.160><c> record</c><00:18:13.519><c> of</c><00:18:13.720><c> the</c><00:18:13.859><c> life</c><00:18:14.039><c> of</c><00:18:14.279><c> Jesus,</c>

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and<00:18:15.259><c> particularly</c><00:18:15.900><c> of</c><00:18:16.119><c> the</c><00:18:16.339><c> incidents</c><00:18:16.680><c> from</c><00:18:16.859><c> his</c><00:18:17.099><c> life,</c>

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invariably<00:18:19.119><c> have</c><00:18:19.400><c> the</c><00:18:19.579><c> Lord</c><00:18:19.839><c> Jesus</c><00:18:20.380><c> Christ</c><00:18:21.019><c> say</c><00:18:21.599><c> in</c><00:18:21.900><c> conversation</c><00:18:22.500><c> with</c><00:18:22.700><c> a</c><00:18:22.839><c> Nicodemus,</c>

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a<00:18:24.119><c> woman</c><00:18:24.299><c> of</c><00:18:24.539><c> Samaria,</c><00:18:25.539><c> the</c><00:18:25.640><c> multitudes</c><00:18:26.200><c> or</c><00:18:26.420><c> whatever,</c>

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and<00:18:27.720><c> in</c><00:18:27.980><c> these</c><00:18:28.279><c> conversations</c><00:18:28.980><c> we</c><00:18:29.220><c> will</c><00:18:29.480><c> always</c><00:18:29.960><c> find</c><00:18:30.579><c> that</c>

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Jesus<00:18:34.420><c> says</c><00:18:34.660><c> something</c><00:18:35.220><c> and</c><00:18:35.799><c> the</c><00:18:35.980><c> other</c><00:18:36.200><c> person</c><00:18:36.720><c> interprets</c>

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it<00:18:37.980><c> wrongly</c>

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because<00:18:39.160><c> they</c><00:18:39.480><c> take</c><00:18:39.700><c> it</c><00:18:40.000><c> naturally.</c>

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Nicodemus,<00:18:41.839><c> you've</c><00:18:42.099><c> got</c><00:18:42.180><c> to</c><00:18:42.319><c> be</c><00:18:42.500><c> born</c><00:18:42.599><c> again.</c>

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You<00:18:45.779><c> mean</c><00:18:46.079><c> I've</c><00:18:46.559><c> got</c><00:18:46.720><c> to</c><00:18:46.880><c> enter</c><00:18:47.140><c> into</c><00:18:47.380><c> my</c><00:18:47.819><c> mother's</c><00:18:48.200><c> womb</c><00:18:48.319><c> a</c><00:18:48.539><c> second</c><00:18:48.759><c> time</c><00:18:49.099><c> to</c>

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be<00:18:49.420><c> born.</c>

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You<00:18:50.819><c> see,</c><00:18:51.180><c> one</c><00:18:51.380><c> is</c><00:18:51.680><c> thinking</c><00:18:51.920><c> on</c><00:18:52.119><c> the</c><00:18:52.299><c> line</c><00:18:52.420><c> of</c><00:18:52.579><c> the</c><00:18:52.819><c> Spirit,</c>

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the<00:18:53.539><c> other</c><00:18:53.700><c> on</c><00:18:53.859><c> the</c><00:18:54.079><c> flesh.</c>

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And<00:18:55.599><c> basically</c><00:18:55.960><c> the</c><00:18:56.119><c> rest</c><00:18:56.339><c> of</c><00:18:56.500><c> our</c><00:18:56.660><c> studies</c><00:18:56.900><c> for</c><00:18:57.119><c> the</c><00:18:57.240><c> weekend</c>

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will<00:18:57.819><c> see</c><00:18:58.039><c> various</c><00:18:58.559><c> illustrations</c><00:18:59.259><c> of</c><00:18:59.460><c> that,</c>

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and<00:19:00.359><c> the</c><00:19:00.599><c> challenge</c><00:19:01.000><c> and</c><00:19:01.240><c> the</c><00:19:01.480><c> exhortation</c><00:19:01.980><c> to</c><00:19:02.140><c> us</c><00:19:02.400><c> will</c><00:19:02.680><c> be,</c>

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can<00:19:03.680><c> we</c><00:19:03.980><c> lift</c><00:19:04.240><c> our</c><00:19:04.559><c> minds</c><00:19:04.900><c> to</c><00:19:05.880><c> understand</c><00:19:06.579><c> the</c><00:19:06.839><c> language</c><00:19:07.200><c> of</c>

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Now<00:19:11.539><c> some</c><00:19:11.759><c> of</c><00:19:11.940><c> us</c><00:19:12.099><c> are</c><00:19:12.140><c> saying,</c><00:19:12.480><c> well</c><00:19:12.559><c> I</c><00:19:12.640><c> think</c><00:19:12.799><c> this</c><00:19:12.980><c> is</c><00:19:13.160><c> going</c>

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I<00:19:14.279><c> think</c><00:19:14.500><c> I</c><00:19:14.660><c> haven't</c><00:19:14.819><c> got</c><00:19:15.039><c> the</c><00:19:15.240><c> intellect.</c>

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Brethren<00:19:16.279><c> and</c><00:19:16.500><c> sisters</c><00:19:16.680><c> and</c><00:19:16.900><c> young</c><00:19:17.099><c> people,</c><00:19:18.559><c> it's</c><00:19:18.779><c> not</c><00:19:18.980><c> that</c>

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at<00:19:19.400><c> all.</c>

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It's<00:19:20.859><c> like</c><00:19:21.059><c> anything</c><00:19:21.400><c> else</c><00:19:21.720><c> in</c><00:19:21.940><c> life,</c><00:19:22.319><c> it's</c><00:19:22.480><c> simply</c><00:19:22.819><c> a</c><00:19:23.019><c> matter</c>

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of<00:19:23.640><c> familiarity.</c>

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Simply<00:19:26.039><c> a</c><00:19:26.240><c> matter</c><00:19:26.480><c> of</c><00:19:26.779><c> familiarity.</c>

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Some<00:19:27.900><c> of</c><00:19:28.059><c> our</c><00:19:28.240><c> young</c><00:19:28.420><c> people</c><00:19:28.700><c> here</c><00:19:28.940><c> have</c><00:19:29.119><c> been</c><00:19:29.259><c> learning</c><00:19:29.599><c> computing</c><00:19:30.039><c> in</c><00:19:30.440><c> school.</c>

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The<00:19:31.500><c> older</c><00:19:31.680><c> ones</c><00:19:31.920><c> amongst</c><00:19:32.299><c> us</c><00:19:32.839><c> hear</c><00:19:33.180><c> those</c><00:19:33.460><c> young</c><00:19:33.660><c> ones</c><00:19:33.839><c> talking</c>

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and<00:19:34.200><c> we</c><00:19:34.380><c> can't</c><00:19:34.660><c> understand</c><00:19:35.000><c> a</c><00:19:35.259><c> word</c><00:19:35.400><c> they're</c><00:19:35.579><c> talking</c><00:19:35.880><c> about.</c>

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But<00:19:36.799><c> to</c><00:19:37.059><c> them</c><00:19:37.200><c> it</c><00:19:37.319><c> is</c><00:19:37.480><c> a</c><00:19:37.619><c> language</c><00:19:37.920><c> they've</c><00:19:38.220><c> become</c><00:19:38.480><c> familiar</c><00:19:38.880><c> with.</c>

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Familiarity<00:19:41.019><c> is</c><00:19:41.619><c> the</c><00:19:41.839><c> answer</c><00:19:42.099><c> to</c><00:19:42.339><c> it.</c>

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And<00:19:43.759><c> so</c><00:19:43.920><c> because</c><00:19:44.420><c> we</c><00:19:44.700><c> have</c><00:19:44.880><c> that</c><00:19:45.180><c> wonderful</c><00:19:45.640><c> privilege</c><00:19:45.980><c> as</c><00:19:46.240><c> a</c><00:19:46.460><c> community</c>

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of<00:19:47.380><c> coming</c><00:19:47.599><c> to</c><00:19:47.880><c> know</c><00:19:48.079><c> the</c><00:19:48.299><c> Gospel,</c>

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then<00:19:49.519><c> the</c><00:19:49.700><c> Gospel</c><00:19:50.180><c> of</c><00:19:50.460><c> John</c><00:19:50.799><c> is</c><00:19:51.160><c> going</c><00:19:51.279><c> to</c><00:19:51.559><c> take</c><00:19:51.680><c> us</c><00:19:52.039><c> further</c>

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because<00:19:53.759><c> it's</c><00:19:54.099><c> going</c><00:19:54.220><c> to</c><00:19:54.460><c> present</c><00:19:54.759><c> to</c><00:19:54.940><c> us</c><00:19:55.539><c> beautiful</c><00:19:56.140><c> exhortations</c>

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which<00:19:57.619><c> are</c><00:19:58.059><c> hidden</c><00:19:58.480><c> from</c><00:19:58.940><c> the</c><00:19:59.119><c> so</c><00:19:59.339><c>-called</c><00:19:59.500><c> wise</c><00:19:59.900><c> and</c><00:20:00.160><c> prudent</c>

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of<00:20:00.539><c> this</c><00:20:00.799><c> age,</c>

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who<00:20:01.720><c> may</c><00:20:01.900><c> be</c><00:20:02.099><c> very</c><00:20:02.359><c> intellectual</c><00:20:02.960><c> but</c><00:20:03.880><c> their</c><00:20:04.160><c> mind</c><00:20:04.579><c> is</c><00:20:04.940><c> still</c>

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at<00:20:05.640><c> the</c><00:20:05.940><c> level</c><00:20:06.279><c> of</c><00:20:06.559><c> the</c><00:20:06.759><c> flesh.</c>

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Now<00:20:08.079><c> I</c><00:20:08.220><c> can</c><00:20:08.500><c> sense</c><00:20:08.640><c> I'm</c><00:20:08.900><c> almost</c><00:20:09.140><c> starting</c><00:20:09.480><c> to</c><00:20:09.680><c> rush</c><00:20:09.859><c> into</c><00:20:10.039><c> my</c>

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second<00:20:10.519><c> and</c><00:20:10.740><c> third</c><00:20:10.920><c> and</c><00:20:11.140><c> fourth</c><00:20:11.339><c> talks</c>

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and<00:20:11.700><c> I</c><00:20:11.779><c> don't</c><00:20:11.900><c> want</c><00:20:12.000><c> to</c><00:20:12.160><c> do</c><00:20:12.339><c> that.</c>

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But<00:20:13.019><c> we're</c><00:20:13.220><c> going</c><00:20:13.259><c> to</c><00:20:13.420><c> see</c><00:20:13.500><c> that</c><00:20:13.740><c> very</c><00:20:14.019><c> much</c><00:20:14.200><c> right</c><00:20:14.500><c> from</c><00:20:14.660><c> the</c>

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start<00:20:15.059><c> in</c><00:20:15.259><c> our</c><00:20:15.519><c> second</c><00:20:15.759><c> talk.</c>

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So<00:20:16.599><c> what</c><00:20:16.960><c> we're</c><00:20:17.180><c> suggesting</c><00:20:17.619><c> is</c><00:20:18.700><c> here</c><00:20:19.160><c> in</c><00:20:19.559><c> the</c><00:20:19.740><c> Gospel</c><00:20:20.079><c> of</c><00:20:20.279><c> John</c>

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we've<00:20:21.599><c> got</c><00:20:21.799><c> something</c><00:20:22.160><c> which</c><00:20:22.359><c> can</c><00:20:22.599><c> only</c><00:20:22.839><c> be</c><00:20:23.119><c> understood</c><00:20:23.519><c> by</c><00:20:23.799><c> those</c>

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who<00:20:24.279><c> have</c><00:20:24.579><c> started</c><00:20:24.920><c> to</c><00:20:25.279><c> develop</c><00:20:26.039><c> spiritual</c><00:20:26.980><c> thinking.</c>

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Just<00:20:28.619><c> to</c><00:20:28.859><c> briefly</c><00:20:29.119><c> cover</c><00:20:29.380><c> the</c><00:20:29.519><c> rest</c><00:20:29.759><c> of</c><00:20:29.880><c> it,</c>

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and<00:20:30.059><c> we</c><00:20:30.200><c> don't</c><00:20:30.480><c> want</c><00:20:30.700><c> to</c><00:20:30.839><c> build</c><00:20:30.980><c> anything</c><00:20:31.359><c> particularly</c><00:20:31.960><c> out</c>

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In<00:20:36.299><c> Matthew</c><00:20:36.619><c> the</c><00:20:36.839><c> significant</c><00:20:37.400><c> title</c><00:20:37.740><c> is</c><00:20:37.940><c> Son</c><00:20:38.140><c> of</c><00:20:38.339><c> David.</c>

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Son<00:20:39.759><c> of</c><00:20:39.980><c> David,</c><00:20:40.819><c> the</c><00:20:40.960><c> one</c><00:20:41.140><c> who</c><00:20:41.380><c> came</c><00:20:41.599><c> to</c><00:20:41.859><c> bring</c><00:20:42.019><c> the</c><00:20:42.339><c> sure</c><00:20:42.819><c> mercies</c><00:20:43.500><c> of</c><00:20:43.720><c> David.</c>

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And<00:20:44.859><c> you</c><00:20:45.019><c> will</c><00:20:45.200><c> find</c><00:20:45.319><c> that</c><00:20:45.619><c> every</c><00:20:46.119><c> time</c><00:20:46.339><c> the</c><00:20:46.599><c> title</c><00:20:46.839><c> Son</c><00:20:47.119><c> of</c><00:20:47.279><c> David</c><00:20:47.579><c> occurs</c><00:20:47.920><c> in</c>

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surrounding<00:20:53.579><c> verses,</c>

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you'll<00:20:54.180><c> get</c><00:20:54.299><c> one</c><00:20:54.559><c> word.</c>

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And<00:20:56.480><c> it's</c><00:20:56.680><c> the</c><00:20:56.720><c> word</c><00:20:56.940><c> mercy.</c>

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Have<00:20:59.019><c> mercy</c><00:20:59.700><c> upon</c><00:21:00.019><c> us,</c><00:21:00.519><c> thou</c><00:21:00.660><c> Son</c><00:21:01.160><c> of</c><00:21:01.380><c> David.</c>

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The<00:21:03.059><c> sure</c><00:21:03.599><c> mercies</c><00:21:04.299><c> of</c><00:21:04.500><c> David.</c>

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So<00:21:05.779><c> you</c><00:21:06.000><c> see</c><00:21:06.140><c> when</c><00:21:06.400><c> Matthew</c><00:21:06.839><c> looks</c><00:21:07.099><c> at</c><00:21:07.299><c> the</c><00:21:07.420><c> Lord</c><00:21:07.599><c> Jesus</c><00:21:08.039><c> Christ,</c>

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not<00:21:09.039><c> that</c><00:21:09.220><c> he</c><00:21:09.339><c> doesn't</c><00:21:09.680><c> see</c><00:21:09.940><c> the</c><00:21:10.140><c> same</c><00:21:10.339><c> things</c><00:21:10.559><c> as</c><00:21:10.779><c> John,</c>

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but<00:21:11.680><c> Matthew's</c><00:21:12.259><c> vision</c><00:21:12.539><c> of</c><00:21:12.720><c> the</c><00:21:12.859><c> Lord</c><00:21:13.019><c> was</c><00:21:13.299><c> here</c><00:21:13.839><c> is</c><00:21:14.140><c> the</c><00:21:14.319><c> Son</c>

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of<00:21:14.799><c> David.</c>

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He<00:21:15.400><c> is</c><00:21:15.599><c> the</c><00:21:15.759><c> one</c><00:21:15.880><c> that's</c><00:21:16.200><c> brought</c><00:21:16.279><c> the</c><00:21:16.539><c> Gospel</c><00:21:17.059><c> of</c><00:21:17.359><c> salvation.</c>

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He<00:21:18.259><c> is</c><00:21:18.460><c> the</c><00:21:18.599><c> one</c><00:21:18.720><c> that's</c><00:21:19.000><c> brought</c><00:21:19.119><c> the</c><00:21:19.339><c> sure</c><00:21:19.579><c> mercies</c><00:21:20.059><c> of</c><00:21:20.279><c> David.</c>

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So<00:21:20.940><c> he</c><00:21:21.160><c> records</c><00:21:21.559><c> incidents</c><00:21:22.000><c> like</c><00:21:22.319><c> the</c><00:21:22.599><c> blind</c><00:21:22.859><c> men</c><00:21:23.079><c> calling</c><00:21:23.359><c> out,</c>

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Have<00:21:23.940><c> mercy</c><00:21:24.359><c> upon</c><00:21:24.640><c> us,</c><00:21:24.920><c> thou</c><00:21:24.980><c> Son</c><00:21:25.220><c> of</c><00:21:25.299><c> David.</c>

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And<00:21:26.559><c> the</c><00:21:26.640><c> Lord</c><00:21:26.839><c> healed</c><00:21:27.180><c> those</c><00:21:27.480><c> men</c><00:21:28.039><c> because</c><00:21:29.359><c> he</c><00:21:29.920><c> knew</c><00:21:30.460><c> that</c><00:21:31.220><c> they</c><00:21:31.440><c> were</c><00:21:31.700><c> seeing</c><00:21:31.960><c> in</c>

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him<00:21:32.299><c> much</c><00:21:32.700><c> more</c>

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than<00:21:33.099><c> just</c><00:21:33.440><c> a</c><00:21:33.599><c> healer</c><00:21:33.880><c> going</c><00:21:34.119><c> around</c><00:21:34.460><c> and</c><00:21:34.680><c> curing</c><00:21:34.920><c> people.</c>

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He<00:21:36.220><c> knew</c><00:21:36.480><c> by</c><00:21:36.839><c> very</c><00:21:37.380><c> evidence</c><00:21:37.680><c> of</c><00:21:37.900><c> the</c><00:21:38.140><c> fact</c><00:21:38.420><c> that</c><00:21:38.859><c> they</c><00:21:39.000><c> were</c>

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asking<00:21:39.640><c> for</c><00:21:39.980><c> mercy</c><00:21:40.380><c> from</c><00:21:40.599><c> the</c><00:21:40.799><c> Son</c><00:21:40.940><c> of</c><00:21:41.200><c> David</c>

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that<00:21:42.180><c> they</c><00:21:42.559><c> saw</c><00:21:42.799><c> he</c><00:21:42.980><c> was</c><00:21:43.200><c> bringing</c><00:21:43.500><c> something</c><00:21:43.940><c> much</c><00:21:44.299><c> more</c>

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than<00:21:45.119><c> just</c><00:21:45.380><c> the</c><00:21:45.579><c> ability</c><00:21:45.900><c> to</c><00:21:46.839><c> heal</c><00:21:47.019><c> their</c><00:21:47.319><c> illness</c><00:21:47.660><c> now,</c>

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but<00:21:48.700><c> to</c><00:21:48.900><c> offer</c><00:21:49.039><c> them</c><00:21:49.279><c> salvation</c><00:21:49.839><c> in</c><00:21:50.119><c> the</c><00:21:50.279><c> time</c><00:21:50.400><c> to</c><00:21:50.619><c> come.</c>

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There<00:21:51.759><c> is</c><00:21:52.019><c> no</c><00:21:52.220><c> significant</c><00:21:52.740><c> title</c><00:21:53.119><c> in</c><00:21:53.400><c> Romans</c><00:21:53.680><c> because</c><00:21:54.220><c> it's</c>

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a<00:21:54.960><c> slave.</c>

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The<00:21:56.200><c> title</c><00:21:56.519><c> in</c><00:21:56.759><c> Luke</c><00:21:56.960><c> is</c><00:21:57.220><c> the</c><00:21:57.380><c> Son</c><00:21:57.539><c> of</c><00:21:57.720><c> Man.</c>

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Son<00:21:59.500><c> of</c><00:21:59.700><c> Man?</c>

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A<00:22:01.259><c> title</c><00:22:01.500><c> that</c><00:22:01.859><c> doesn't</c><00:22:02.180><c> just</c><00:22:02.680><c> express</c><00:22:03.180><c> the</c><00:22:03.420><c> fact</c><00:22:03.779><c> that</c><00:22:04.319><c> he</c><00:22:04.460><c> is</c>

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a<00:22:04.720><c> descendant</c><00:22:05.119><c> of</c><00:22:05.339><c> Adam,</c>

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but<00:22:07.059><c> the</c><00:22:07.299><c> title</c><00:22:07.579><c> Son</c><00:22:07.920><c> of</c><00:22:08.160><c> Man,</c><00:22:08.960><c> for</c><00:22:09.160><c> example</c><00:22:09.619><c> Psalm</c><00:22:09.980><c> 8.</c>

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What<00:22:10.980><c> is</c><00:22:11.299><c> man</c><00:22:11.619><c> that</c><00:22:11.779><c> thou</c><00:22:11.960><c> art</c><00:22:12.220><c> mindful</c><00:22:12.579><c> of</c><00:22:12.720><c> him,</c>

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and<00:22:13.579><c> the</c><00:22:13.900><c> son</c><00:22:14.059><c> of</c><00:22:14.380><c> man</c><00:22:14.599><c> that</c><00:22:14.779><c> thou</c><00:22:14.980><c> visitest</c><00:22:15.480><c> him?</c>

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Thou<00:22:16.380><c> madeest</c><00:22:16.859><c> him</c><00:22:17.000><c> to</c><00:22:17.200><c> have</c><00:22:17.440><c> dominion</c><00:22:18.220><c> over</c><00:22:18.519><c> the</c><00:22:18.720><c> works</c><00:22:18.920><c> of</c>

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thy<00:22:19.259><c> hands.</c>

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And<00:22:19.940><c> it</c><00:22:20.079><c> takes</c><00:22:20.279><c> us</c><00:22:20.519><c> right</c><00:22:20.839><c> back</c><00:22:21.059><c> to</c><00:22:21.259><c> Genesis</c><00:22:21.559><c> chapter</c><00:22:21.980><c> 1,</c>

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where<00:22:22.900><c> when</c><00:22:23.180><c> God</c><00:22:23.480><c> created</c><00:22:23.960><c> Adam</c><00:22:24.299><c> and</c><00:22:24.420><c> Eve,</c><00:22:24.539><c> he</c><00:22:24.680><c> said,</c>

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Let<00:22:25.500><c> them</c><00:22:25.859><c> have</c><00:22:26.279><c> dominion</c><00:22:27.119><c> over</c><00:22:27.960><c> the</c><00:22:28.160><c> fish</c><00:22:28.319><c> of</c><00:22:28.480><c> the</c><00:22:28.660><c> sea,</c><00:22:28.880><c> the</c>

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fowl<00:22:29.319><c> of</c><00:22:29.460><c> the</c><00:22:29.599><c> air,</c>

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the<00:22:29.920><c> cattle,</c><00:22:30.220><c> the</c><00:22:30.400><c> birds,</c><00:22:30.680><c> the</c><00:22:30.859><c> creeping</c><00:22:31.140><c> things,</c>

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all<00:22:32.160><c> of</c><00:22:32.339><c> those</c><00:22:32.539><c> things</c><00:22:32.819><c> which</c><00:22:33.079><c> in</c><00:22:33.319><c> Genesis</c><00:22:33.660><c> 1</c><00:22:34.880><c> represented</c>

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the<00:22:35.960><c> flesh</c><00:22:36.519><c> literally,</c>

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but<00:22:38.759><c> which</c><00:22:38.980><c> by</c><00:22:39.259><c> a</c><00:22:39.380><c> figure</c><00:22:39.500><c> in</c><00:22:39.680><c> the</c><00:22:39.779><c> New</c><00:22:39.980><c> Testament</c><00:22:40.559><c> talks</c><00:22:41.039><c> about</c><00:22:41.420><c> that</c>

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within<00:22:42.579><c> us,</c>

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the<00:22:44.160><c> potential,</c><00:22:44.619><c> if</c><00:22:44.740><c> you</c><00:22:44.920><c> like,</c><00:22:45.220><c> animal</c><00:22:45.680><c> instincts</c><00:22:46.259><c> within</c>

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us<00:22:47.339><c> that</c><00:22:47.700><c> need</c><00:22:47.880><c> to</c><00:22:48.019><c> be</c><00:22:48.220><c> conquered.</c>

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And<00:22:49.759><c> so</c><00:22:50.019><c> the</c><00:22:50.240><c> title</c><00:22:50.599><c> Son</c><00:22:50.900><c> of</c><00:22:51.119><c> Man,</c><00:22:51.900><c> as</c><00:22:52.099><c> we've</c><00:22:52.420><c> indicated</c><00:22:52.740><c> up</c><00:22:53.039><c> here,</c>

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has<00:22:53.700><c> a</c><00:22:53.859><c> title</c><00:22:54.039><c> of</c><00:22:54.279><c> authority</c><00:22:54.680><c> about</c><00:22:55.000><c> it.</c>

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Why,<00:22:56.480><c> it's</c><00:22:56.599><c> John</c><00:22:56.819><c> in</c><00:22:57.019><c> chapter</c><00:22:57.299><c> 5,</c><00:22:57.579><c> and</c><00:22:57.720><c> we</c><00:22:57.880><c> won't</c><00:22:58.039><c> actually</c><00:22:58.299><c> be</c>

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looking<00:22:58.700><c> at</c><00:22:58.839><c> this</c><00:22:59.000><c> in</c><00:22:59.140><c> our</c><00:22:59.339><c> studies,</c>

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where<00:23:00.819><c> John</c><00:23:01.099><c> says</c><00:23:01.339><c> the</c><00:23:01.519><c> hour</c><00:23:01.779><c> is</c><00:23:02.039><c> coming</c><00:23:02.220><c> and</c><00:23:02.380><c> now</c><00:23:02.619><c> is</c>

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when<00:23:03.799><c> the</c><00:23:04.059><c> dead</c><00:23:04.259><c> shall</c><00:23:04.480><c> hear</c><00:23:04.640><c> the</c><00:23:04.920><c> voice</c><00:23:05.240><c> of</c><00:23:05.460><c> the</c><00:23:05.680><c> Son</c><00:23:05.880><c> of</c><00:23:06.259><c> God</c>

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and<00:23:08.700><c> shall</c><00:23:08.920><c> live.</c>

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So<00:23:10.119><c> it's</c><00:23:10.380><c> the</c><00:23:10.579><c> Son</c><00:23:10.779><c> of</c><00:23:11.160><c> God</c><00:23:11.819><c> that</c><00:23:12.339><c> has</c><00:23:12.640><c> the</c><00:23:13.000><c> power</c><00:23:13.640><c> to</c><00:23:14.500><c> raise</c>

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the<00:23:15.019><c> dead.</c>

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And<00:23:16.759><c> then</c><00:23:16.940><c> he</c><00:23:17.019><c> goes</c><00:23:17.220><c> on</c><00:23:17.380><c> to</c><00:23:17.619><c> say,</c>

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And<00:23:18.920><c> has</c><00:23:19.119><c> given</c><00:23:19.480><c> him</c><00:23:20.019><c> authority</c><00:23:21.019><c> also</c><00:23:21.940><c> to</c><00:23:22.859><c> execute</c><00:23:23.480><c> judgment</c>

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because<00:23:24.740><c> he's</c><00:23:25.039><c> the</c><00:23:25.160><c> Son</c><00:23:25.299><c> of</c><00:23:25.460><c> Man.</c>

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Now,<00:23:27.619><c> I</c><00:23:27.740><c> don't</c><00:23:27.880><c> want</c><00:23:28.000><c> to</c><00:23:28.119><c> spend</c><00:23:28.279><c> the</c><00:23:28.420><c> rest</c><00:23:28.640><c> of</c><00:23:28.839><c> the</c><00:23:28.940><c> day</c><00:23:29.140><c> just</c>

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explaining<00:23:29.900><c> all</c><00:23:30.140><c> of</c><00:23:30.240><c> the</c><00:23:30.440><c> details</c><00:23:30.700><c> between</c><00:23:31.099><c> these</c><00:23:31.359><c> gospels,</c>

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but<00:23:32.000><c> at</c><00:23:32.359><c> this</c><00:23:32.640><c> stage,</c><00:23:34.039><c> see</c><00:23:34.200><c> how</c><00:23:34.579><c> even</c><00:23:34.980><c> the</c><00:23:35.319><c> titles</c><00:23:35.640><c> of</c><00:23:35.859><c> the</c><00:23:36.000><c> Lord</c><00:23:36.220><c> are</c><00:23:36.720><c> significant.</c>

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So<00:23:38.259><c> John</c><00:23:38.500><c> is</c><00:23:38.799><c> going</c><00:23:38.960><c> to</c><00:23:39.200><c> show</c><00:23:39.319><c> to</c><00:23:39.539><c> us</c><00:23:39.799><c> the</c><00:23:40.180><c> power</c><00:23:41.240><c> vested</c><00:23:41.920><c> in</c><00:23:42.160><c> the</c><00:23:42.299><c> Son</c><00:23:42.420><c> of</c><00:23:42.640><c> God,</c>

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not<00:23:43.519><c> just</c><00:23:43.880><c> merely</c><00:23:44.140><c> physical</c><00:23:44.579><c> power.</c>

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I<00:23:45.720><c> think</c><00:23:45.859><c> we</c><00:23:46.059><c> all</c><00:23:46.240><c> know</c><00:23:46.440><c> that</c><00:23:46.660><c> John</c><00:23:46.920><c> records</c><00:23:47.480><c> eight</c><00:23:48.000><c> particular</c><00:23:48.599><c> miracles,</c>

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but<00:23:50.420><c> he</c><00:23:50.559><c> never</c><00:23:50.779><c> calls</c><00:23:50.980><c> them</c><00:23:51.180><c> miracles.</c>

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He<00:23:52.480><c> always</c><00:23:52.819><c> calls</c><00:23:52.980><c> them</c><00:23:53.220><c> signs.</c>

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Oh<00:23:55.119><c> yes,</c><00:23:55.359><c> there</c><00:23:55.599><c> was</c><00:23:55.839><c> physical</c><00:23:56.400><c> power</c><00:23:56.920><c> there</c><00:23:57.519><c> in</c><00:23:58.240><c> healing</c><00:23:58.460><c> the</c>

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man<00:23:58.799><c> at</c><00:23:58.940><c> the</c><00:23:59.099><c> Pool</c><00:23:59.240><c> of</c><00:23:59.380><c> Beth</c><00:23:59.559><c>-Ester,</c>

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curing<00:24:01.220><c> the</c><00:24:01.460><c> blind</c><00:24:01.720><c> man,</c><00:24:02.720><c> raising</c><00:24:03.099><c> Lazarus,</c><00:24:04.119><c> changing</c><00:24:04.500><c> the</c>

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water<00:24:04.920><c> into</c><00:24:05.160><c> wine.</c>

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All<00:24:05.819><c> of</c><00:24:05.980><c> those</c><00:24:06.180><c> things</c><00:24:06.539><c> showed</c><00:24:06.960><c> power,</c><00:24:07.519><c> but</c><00:24:07.700><c> the</c><00:24:07.859><c> Lord</c><00:24:08.019><c> says,</c>

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So<00:24:08.180><c> I</c><00:24:08.339><c> want</c><00:24:08.559><c> you</c><00:24:08.740><c> to</c><00:24:08.859><c> see</c><00:24:09.079><c> past</c><00:24:09.519><c> the</c><00:24:09.740><c> miracle</c><00:24:10.319><c> and</c><00:24:11.279><c> see</c><00:24:11.539><c> the</c><00:24:11.819><c> sign.</c>

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And<00:24:13.220><c> our</c><00:24:13.440><c> first</c><00:24:13.619><c> talk</c><00:24:13.839><c> this</c><00:24:14.079><c> afternoon,</c><00:24:14.539><c> God</c><00:24:14.759><c> willing,</c><00:24:15.140><c> will</c>

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focus<00:24:16.019><c> on</c><00:24:16.240><c> that.</c>

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For<00:24:18.099><c> those</c><00:24:18.279><c> who</c><00:24:18.400><c> want</c><00:24:18.519><c> to</c><00:24:18.680><c> take</c><00:24:18.799><c> it</c><00:24:18.920><c> a</c><00:24:19.039><c> little</c><00:24:19.180><c> further,</c><00:24:20.740><c> here</c>

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is<00:24:21.039><c> a</c><00:24:21.160><c> suggestion.</c>

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Some<00:24:23.000><c> have</c><00:24:23.400><c> variations</c><00:24:24.000><c> on</c><00:24:24.279><c> this</c><00:24:24.519><c> theme,</c><00:24:24.680><c> but</c><00:24:24.839><c> I</c><00:24:25.039><c> think</c><00:24:25.160><c> this</c>

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is<00:24:25.539><c> the</c><00:24:25.660><c> one</c><00:24:25.779><c> that</c><00:24:25.980><c> fits</c><00:24:26.119><c> it</c><00:24:26.319><c> the</c><00:24:26.460><c> best.</c>

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Even<00:24:27.740><c> the</c><00:24:28.140><c> cherubic</c><00:24:28.579><c> symbols</c><00:24:28.960><c> from</c><00:24:29.240><c> the</c><00:24:29.400><c> Old</c><00:24:29.599><c> Testament,</c><00:24:30.059><c> you</c>

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know,<00:24:30.380><c> the</c><00:24:30.539><c> lion,</c><00:24:30.920><c> the</c><00:24:31.059><c> ox,</c><00:24:31.299><c> the</c><00:24:31.440><c> man</c><00:24:31.619><c> and</c><00:24:31.720><c> the</c><00:24:31.940><c> eagle,</c>

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do<00:24:33.059><c> seem</c><00:24:33.299><c> to</c><00:24:33.480><c> fit</c><00:24:33.579><c> the</c><00:24:33.779><c> pattern</c><00:24:34.039><c> of</c><00:24:34.299><c> the</c><00:24:34.480><c> lion,</c><00:24:35.259><c> the</c><00:24:35.420><c> kingship</c>

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of<00:24:35.920><c> Matthew.</c>

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The<00:24:37.140><c> ox,</c><00:24:38.220><c> the</c><00:24:38.400><c> servant.</c><00:24:39.720><c> The</c><00:24:39.819><c> man,</c><00:24:40.640><c> the</c><00:24:40.799><c> man.</c>

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And<00:24:42.059><c> the</c><00:24:42.299><c> eagle,</c><00:24:43.180><c> that</c><00:24:43.319><c> one</c><00:24:43.440><c> which</c><00:24:43.660><c> can</c><00:24:44.039><c> soar</c><00:24:44.339><c> to</c><00:24:44.559><c> great</c><00:24:44.759><c> heights,</c>

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has<00:24:46.099><c> the</c><00:24:46.380><c> piercing</c><00:24:46.759><c> eyes</c><00:24:47.200><c> that</c><00:24:47.440><c> can</c><00:24:47.640><c> look</c><00:24:47.859><c> down</c><00:24:48.160><c> upon</c><00:24:48.420><c> the</c><00:24:48.640><c> earth</c>

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and<00:24:49.859><c> seems</c><00:24:50.140><c> to</c><00:24:50.380><c> so</c><00:24:50.619><c> significantly</c><00:24:51.259><c> represent</c><00:24:52.119><c> the</c><00:24:52.519><c> elevated</c><00:24:53.160><c> language</c>

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and<00:24:55.140><c> mission</c><00:24:55.380><c> of</c><00:24:55.599><c> the</c><00:24:55.680><c> Lord</c><00:24:55.859><c> Jesus</c><00:24:56.299><c> Christ.</c>

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And<00:24:58.099><c> so</c><00:24:58.259><c> if</c><00:24:58.420><c> we</c><00:24:58.539><c> were</c><00:24:58.640><c> to</c><00:24:58.720><c> say</c><00:24:58.859><c> what</c><00:24:59.000><c> is</c><00:24:59.180><c> the</c><00:24:59.279><c> general</c><00:24:59.619><c> character,</c>

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it<00:25:00.920><c> might</c><00:25:01.140><c> be</c><00:25:01.380><c> used</c><00:25:01.539><c> in</c><00:25:01.779><c> these</c><00:25:01.960><c> words,</c><00:25:02.519><c> and</c><00:25:02.740><c> I</c><00:25:03.039><c> only</c><00:25:03.259><c> say</c><00:25:03.420><c> might</c>

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because<00:25:04.019><c> there's</c><00:25:04.259><c> others</c><00:25:04.440><c> we</c><00:25:04.599><c> could</c><00:25:04.819><c> use.</c>

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Matthew<00:25:05.900><c> being</c><00:25:06.180><c> prophetic,</c><00:25:07.579><c> Mark</c><00:25:07.859><c> very</c><00:25:08.440><c> practical</c><00:25:09.059><c> doing.</c>

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Luke,<00:25:10.759><c> of</c><00:25:10.799><c> course,</c><00:25:11.099><c> is</c><00:25:11.240><c> the</c><00:25:11.400><c> one</c><00:25:11.579><c> who</c><00:25:11.819><c> sets</c><00:25:12.039><c> out</c><00:25:12.259><c> the</c><00:25:12.460><c> record</c><00:25:12.740><c> historically.</c>

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He<00:25:14.480><c> sets</c><00:25:14.720><c> it</c><00:25:14.920><c> out</c><00:25:15.059><c> in</c><00:25:15.339><c> order.</c><00:25:16.019><c> That's</c><00:25:16.279><c> his</c><00:25:16.440><c> own</c><00:25:16.640><c> words.</c>

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But<00:25:18.319><c> John</c><00:25:18.799><c> is</c><00:25:19.980><c> spiritual.</c>

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So<00:25:22.460><c> having</c><00:25:22.740><c> said</c><00:25:23.019><c> that</c><00:25:23.319><c> then,</c><00:25:24.400><c> let's</c><00:25:24.720><c> have</c><00:25:24.920><c> a</c><00:25:25.000><c> look</c><00:25:25.140><c> at</c><00:25:25.319><c> even</c>

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this<00:25:25.839><c> opening</c><00:25:26.200><c> chapter</c>

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to<00:25:27.240><c> see</c><00:25:27.400><c> what</c><00:25:27.559><c> it</c><00:25:27.859><c> presents</c><00:25:28.119><c> to</c><00:25:28.380><c> us</c><00:25:28.859><c> in</c><00:25:29.680><c> regard</c><00:25:30.099><c> to</c><00:25:30.400><c> the</c><00:25:30.619><c> life</c>

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of<00:25:31.140><c> the</c><00:25:31.259><c> Lord</c><00:25:31.460><c> Jesus</c><00:25:31.920><c> Christ</c>

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as<00:25:32.980><c> seen</c><00:25:33.400><c> through</c><00:25:33.779><c> the</c><00:25:34.019><c> eyes</c><00:25:34.240><c> of</c><00:25:34.460><c> John.</c>

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Now,<00:25:35.779><c> of</c><00:25:35.920><c> course,</c><00:25:36.319><c> what</c><00:25:36.460><c> we're</c><00:25:36.720><c> saying</c><00:25:36.960><c> here</c><00:25:37.319><c> is</c><00:25:37.500><c> that</c><00:25:38.259><c> God</c>

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has<00:25:39.000><c> providentially</c>

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left<00:25:39.900><c> on</c><00:25:40.200><c> record</c><00:25:40.480><c> for</c><00:25:40.740><c> us</c><00:25:41.259><c> these</c><00:25:41.940><c> four</c><00:25:42.400><c> outlines</c><00:25:43.039><c> of</c><00:25:43.519><c> the</c><00:25:43.740><c> life</c>

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of<00:25:44.099><c> the</c><00:25:44.200><c> Lord</c><00:25:44.359><c> Jesus</c><00:25:44.799><c> Christ.</c>

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The<00:25:45.859><c> critics</c><00:25:46.119><c> of</c><00:25:46.339><c> the</c><00:25:46.519><c> Bible,</c><00:25:46.740><c> of</c><00:25:47.000><c> course,</c><00:25:47.279><c> tell</c><00:25:47.380><c> us</c><00:25:47.599><c> that</c><00:25:47.680><c> there</c><00:25:47.859><c> are</c><00:25:48.160><c> contradictions.</c>

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There<00:25:49.980><c> are</c><00:25:50.160><c> not</c><00:25:50.420><c> contradictions.</c>

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It's<00:25:52.380><c> just</c><00:25:52.680><c> that</c><00:25:52.900><c> each</c><00:25:53.319><c> writer</c><00:25:53.859><c> wants</c><00:25:54.519><c> to</c><00:25:54.839><c> focus</c><00:25:55.160><c> on</c><00:25:55.400><c> a</c><00:25:55.660><c> particular</c><00:25:56.140><c> theme.</c>

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And<00:25:57.900><c> I</c><00:25:57.960><c> think</c><00:25:58.099><c> we</c><00:25:58.240><c> all</c><00:25:58.400><c> appreciate</c><00:25:58.920><c> that.</c>

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And<00:25:59.740><c> so</c><00:25:59.960><c> it's</c><00:26:00.279><c> the</c><00:26:00.440><c> theme</c><00:26:00.640><c> of</c><00:26:00.799><c> the</c><00:26:00.960><c> Gospel</c><00:26:01.259><c> of</c><00:26:01.420><c> John</c><00:26:01.599><c> that</c><00:26:01.720><c> we</c>

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now<00:26:02.039><c> want</c><00:26:02.200><c> to</c><00:26:02.339><c> talk</c><00:26:02.480><c> about.</c>

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We're<00:26:03.099><c> going</c><00:26:03.119><c> to</c><00:26:03.240><c> forget</c><00:26:03.440><c> Matthew,</c><00:26:04.079><c> Mark,</c><00:26:04.359><c> and</c><00:26:04.559><c> Luke,</c>

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and<00:26:05.720><c> we're</c><00:26:05.900><c> going</c><00:26:06.059><c> to</c><00:26:06.259><c> look</c><00:26:06.400><c> at</c><00:26:06.900><c> the</c><00:26:07.140><c> Gospel</c><00:26:07.480><c> record</c><00:26:07.779><c> of</c><00:26:08.000><c> John.</c>

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Here's<00:26:09.000><c> perhaps</c><00:26:09.500><c> something</c><00:26:10.279><c> we</c><00:26:10.480><c> might</c><00:26:10.700><c> accept</c><00:26:11.099><c> as</c><00:26:11.819><c> a</c><00:26:11.980><c> summary,</c>

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and<00:26:12.599><c> I'll</c><00:26:12.740><c> just</c><00:26:12.960><c> read</c><00:26:13.099><c> it</c><00:26:13.359><c> straight</c><00:26:13.539><c> through</c><00:26:13.819><c> really</c><00:26:14.240><c> without</c>

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any<00:26:15.119><c> further</c><00:26:15.420><c> comment.</c>

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The<00:26:17.660><c> Gospel</c><00:26:18.000><c> of</c><00:26:18.180><c> John</c><00:26:18.420><c> is</c><00:26:18.779><c> unique.</c>

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It's<00:26:20.420><c> altogether</c><00:26:20.920><c> lofty</c><00:26:21.480><c> in</c><00:26:21.599><c> its</c><00:26:21.859><c> method</c><00:26:22.359><c> of</c><00:26:22.579><c> presentation</c>

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of<00:26:24.019><c> the</c><00:26:24.259><c> divine</c><00:26:24.519><c> message</c><00:26:25.119><c> and</c><00:26:25.660><c> messenger.</c>

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John's<00:26:27.920><c> appeal</c><00:26:28.339><c> is</c><00:26:28.680><c> always</c><00:26:29.019><c> to</c><00:26:29.279><c> things</c><00:26:29.559><c> spiritual,</c><00:26:31.460><c> eternal,</c>

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and<00:26:32.819><c> far</c><00:26:33.220><c> above</c><00:26:33.579><c> mankind.</c>

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We<00:26:35.259><c> won't</c><00:26:35.440><c> turn</c><00:26:35.700><c> the</c><00:26:35.900><c> passages</c><00:26:36.220><c> up,</c><00:26:36.599><c> but</c><00:26:36.759><c> passages</c><00:26:37.079><c> like</c><00:26:37.740><c> John</c>

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chapter<00:26:38.440><c> 14,</c><00:26:39.240><c> verses</c><00:26:39.400><c> 6</c><00:26:39.720><c> and</c><00:26:39.859><c> 9,</c>

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chapter<00:26:40.920><c> 5,</c><00:26:41.539><c> verse</c><00:26:41.700><c> 26,</c><00:26:42.700><c> chapter</c><00:26:42.940><c> 6,</c><00:26:43.299><c> verse</c><00:26:43.519><c> 14,</c>

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language<00:26:45.140><c> which</c><00:26:45.420><c> the</c><00:26:45.740><c> average</c><00:26:46.000><c> person</c><00:26:46.359><c> can't</c><00:26:46.799><c> understand</c>

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unless<00:26:48.240><c> they</c><00:26:48.599><c> are</c><00:26:48.859><c> starting</c><00:26:49.200><c> to</c><00:26:49.480><c> develop</c><00:26:49.660><c> the</c><00:26:49.900><c> same</c><00:26:50.220><c> thinking</c>

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as<00:26:50.799><c> the</c><00:26:50.980><c> Lord.</c>

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And<00:26:52.500><c> in</c><00:26:52.859><c> disputing</c><00:26:53.319><c> with</c><00:26:53.460><c> those</c><00:26:53.759><c> who</c><00:26:53.940><c> would</c><00:26:54.119><c> not</c><00:26:54.259><c> humble</c><00:26:54.579><c> themselves</c><00:26:55.019><c> to</c>

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acknowledge<00:26:55.619><c> his</c><00:26:55.980><c> claims,</c>

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could<00:26:59.740><c> not</c><00:27:00.019><c> humble</c><00:27:00.339><c> themselves</c><00:27:00.799><c> rather</c><00:27:01.079><c> to</c><00:27:01.420><c> acknowledge</c><00:27:01.700><c> his</c><00:27:02.000><c> claims,</c>

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he<00:27:02.640><c> declared,</c><00:27:04.119><c> you</c><00:27:04.140><c> are</c><00:27:04.420><c> from</c><00:27:04.720><c> beneath,</c><00:27:06.079><c> I</c><00:27:06.380><c> am</c><00:27:06.519><c> from</c><00:27:06.759><c> above.</c>

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You<00:27:08.420><c> are</c><00:27:08.680><c> of</c><00:27:08.900><c> this</c><00:27:09.200><c> world,</c><00:27:09.619><c> I</c><00:27:10.500><c> am</c><00:27:10.660><c> not</c><00:27:10.839><c> of</c><00:27:11.000><c> this</c><00:27:11.279><c> world.</c>

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And<00:27:11.859><c> of</c><00:27:12.019><c> course</c><00:27:12.119><c> if</c><00:27:12.279><c> we</c><00:27:12.460><c> take</c><00:27:12.619><c> those</c><00:27:12.859><c> words</c><00:27:13.099><c> literally,</c><00:27:13.680><c> they'd</c><00:27:13.819><c> be</c><00:27:13.920><c> saying,</c><00:27:14.779><c> whatever</c><00:27:15.259><c> does</c><00:27:15.519><c> he</c><00:27:15.700><c> mean?</c>

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And<00:27:17.440><c> of</c><00:27:17.680><c> course</c><00:27:17.920><c> the</c><00:27:18.259><c> language</c><00:27:18.559><c> of</c><00:27:18.759><c> the</c><00:27:18.960><c> Spirit</c><00:27:19.200><c> says,</c>

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your<00:27:20.599><c> thinking</c><00:27:21.180><c> is</c><00:27:21.880><c> worldly,</c><00:27:22.759><c> my</c><00:27:23.140><c> thinking</c><00:27:23.640><c> is</c><00:27:24.099><c> heavenly.</c>

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And<00:27:25.579><c> that's</c><00:27:25.740><c> really</c><00:27:26.019><c> what</c><00:27:26.500><c> John</c><00:27:27.079><c> always</c><00:27:27.819><c> records</c><00:27:28.339><c> for</c><00:27:28.539><c> us,</c><00:27:28.900><c> those</c><00:27:29.140><c> sorts</c><00:27:29.440><c> of</c><00:27:29.779><c> discussions.</c>

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John<00:27:31.700><c> lays</c><00:27:32.000><c> great</c><00:27:32.339><c> emphasis</c><00:27:32.799><c> on</c><00:27:33.140><c> certain</c><00:27:33.460><c> words,</c>

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and<00:27:35.140><c> his</c><00:27:35.380><c> constant</c><00:27:35.880><c> use</c><00:27:36.220><c> of</c><00:27:36.440><c> such</c><00:27:36.619><c> words</c><00:27:36.960><c> as</c><00:27:37.319><c> believe</c><00:27:38.119><c> and</c><00:27:39.019><c> know</c>

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shows<00:27:40.440><c> that</c><00:27:40.660><c> he</c><00:27:40.839><c> is</c><00:27:41.160><c> concerned</c><00:27:41.460><c> primarily</c><00:27:42.140><c> with</c><00:27:42.460><c> the</c><00:27:42.759><c> ultimate</c><00:27:43.240><c> in</c><00:27:43.920><c> a</c>

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son's<00:27:45.039><c> spiritual</c><00:27:45.599><c> development.</c>

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Because<00:27:47.140><c> if</c><00:27:47.339><c> he</c><00:27:47.599><c> is</c><00:27:47.859><c> represented</c><00:27:48.319><c> to</c><00:27:48.539><c> us</c><00:27:48.740><c> in</c><00:27:48.880><c> the</c><00:27:49.039><c> Gospel</c><00:27:49.339><c> of</c>

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John<00:27:49.740><c> as</c><00:27:50.039><c> the</c><00:27:50.220><c> Son</c><00:27:50.400><c> of</c><00:27:50.599><c> God,</c>

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then<00:27:51.740><c> by</c><00:27:52.099><c> extension</c><00:27:52.640><c> he</c><00:27:52.880><c> says,</c><00:27:53.359><c> I</c><00:27:53.359><c> want</c><00:27:53.660><c> you</c><00:27:53.960><c> to</c><00:27:54.220><c> be</c><00:27:54.740><c> sons,</c><00:27:55.779><c> plural,</c><00:27:56.539><c> of</c><00:27:57.000><c> God.</c>

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This<00:27:59.240><c> is</c><00:27:59.539><c> life</c><00:27:59.799><c> eternal,</c><00:28:00.759><c> that</c><00:28:00.880><c> they</c><00:28:01.119><c> might</c><00:28:01.480><c> know</c><00:28:02.079><c> thee,</c><00:28:02.839><c> the</c>

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only<00:28:03.359><c> true</c><00:28:03.599><c> God.</c>

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This<00:28:04.799><c> is</c><00:28:05.160><c> the</c><00:28:05.500><c> work</c><00:28:05.799><c> of</c><00:28:06.079><c> God</c><00:28:06.359><c> that</c><00:28:06.539><c> you</c><00:28:06.740><c> believe</c><00:28:07.519><c> on</c><00:28:08.559><c> him</c><00:28:09.079><c> whom</c>

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he<00:28:09.519><c> hath</c><00:28:09.819><c> sent.</c>

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And<00:28:11.339><c> there</c><00:28:11.500><c> are</c><00:28:11.660><c> certain</c><00:28:12.000><c> discourses</c><00:28:12.660><c> which</c><00:28:12.859><c> are</c><00:28:13.160><c> peculiar</c>

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to<00:28:14.220><c> John's</c><00:28:14.740><c> record,</c>

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and<00:28:15.859><c> beautifully</c><00:28:16.279><c> in</c><00:28:16.539><c> keeping</c><00:28:16.759><c> with</c><00:28:17.000><c> his</c><00:28:17.279><c> theme.</c>

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Such<00:28:18.660><c> things</c><00:28:19.079><c> as</c><00:28:19.539><c> the</c><00:28:20.099><c> bread</c><00:28:20.279><c> of</c><00:28:20.519><c> life</c><00:28:20.779><c> in</c><00:28:21.019><c> chapter</c><00:28:21.319><c> 6,</c><00:28:22.460><c> our</c>

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study<00:28:23.000><c> first</c><00:28:23.720><c> after</c><00:28:24.359><c> lunch.</c>

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The<00:28:25.920><c> light</c><00:28:26.140><c> of</c><00:28:26.339><c> the</c><00:28:26.539><c> world,</c><00:28:27.079><c> we</c><00:28:27.339><c> won't</c><00:28:27.480><c> really</c><00:28:27.700><c> be</c><00:28:27.880><c> dealing</c>

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with<00:28:28.319><c> that</c><00:28:28.539><c> one.</c>

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The<00:28:29.420><c> good</c><00:28:29.660><c> shepherd</c><00:28:29.960><c> in</c><00:28:30.160><c> John</c><00:28:30.440><c> chapter</c><00:28:30.740><c> 10,</c><00:28:31.160><c> our</c><00:28:31.359><c> exhortation</c>

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God<00:28:32.079><c> willing</c><00:28:32.279><c> for</c><00:28:32.480><c> tomorrow</c><00:28:32.799><c> morning.</c>

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As<00:28:34.160><c> well</c><00:28:34.400><c> as</c><00:28:34.599><c> the</c><00:28:34.720><c> record</c><00:28:35.000><c> of</c><00:28:35.259><c> events</c><00:28:35.440><c> such</c><00:28:35.799><c> as</c><00:28:35.980><c> the</c><00:28:36.180><c> raising</c>

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of<00:28:36.680><c> Lazarus</c><00:28:37.240><c> in</c><00:28:37.420><c> chapter</c><00:28:37.700><c> 11.</c>

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And<00:28:39.319><c> Christ's</c><00:28:39.859><c> beautiful</c><00:28:40.299><c> intercessory</c><00:28:41.140><c> prayer</c><00:28:41.400><c> in</c><00:28:41.619><c> chapter</c>

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17,<00:28:43.000><c> our</c><00:28:43.279><c> final</c><00:28:43.599><c> study</c><00:28:43.940><c> for</c><00:28:44.240><c> the</c><00:28:44.400><c> day</c><00:28:45.000><c> today.</c>

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And<00:28:46.400><c> this</c><00:28:46.619><c> itself</c><00:28:47.059><c> exemplifies</c><00:28:47.940><c> the</c><00:28:48.279><c> character</c><00:28:48.640><c> of</c><00:28:48.920><c> this</c><00:28:49.140><c> Gospel</c><00:28:49.619><c> in</c>

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its<00:28:50.480><c> recurring</c><00:28:50.960><c> use</c><00:28:51.500><c> of</c><00:28:52.180><c> the</c><00:28:52.359><c> word</c><00:28:52.799><c> father.</c>

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For<00:28:55.000><c> those</c><00:28:55.319><c> who</c><00:28:55.779><c> would</c><00:28:56.299><c> go</c><00:28:56.519><c> away</c><00:28:56.680><c> from</c><00:28:56.819><c> the</c><00:28:56.960><c> weekend</c><00:28:57.200><c> and</c><00:28:57.420><c> say,</c>

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well<00:28:57.680><c> I</c><00:28:57.859><c> would</c><00:28:58.079><c> like</c><00:28:58.220><c> to</c><00:28:58.380><c> do</c><00:28:58.519><c> a</c><00:28:58.759><c> study</c><00:28:58.980><c> of</c><00:28:59.140><c> the</c><00:28:59.299><c> Gospel</c><00:28:59.579><c> of</c><00:28:59.740><c> John.</c>

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It's<00:29:00.920><c> very</c><00:29:01.220><c> helpful</c><00:29:01.680><c> to</c><00:29:02.700><c> note</c><00:29:03.000><c> some</c><00:29:03.339><c> of</c><00:29:03.539><c> these</c><00:29:04.140><c> recurring</c><00:29:04.700><c> words.</c>

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I<00:29:05.640><c> guess</c><00:29:05.859><c> you</c><00:29:05.980><c> can</c><00:29:06.180><c> get</c><00:29:06.380><c> them</c><00:29:06.559><c> from</c><00:29:06.779><c> various</c><00:29:07.140><c> sources.</c>

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I<00:29:08.819><c> have</c><00:29:09.200><c> just</c><00:29:10.519><c> noted</c><00:29:10.759><c> in</c><00:29:10.980><c> the</c><00:29:11.119><c> front</c><00:29:11.319><c> here</c><00:29:11.680><c> of</c><00:29:11.920><c> my</c><00:29:12.119><c> Bible.</c>

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I<00:29:12.779><c> won't</c><00:29:12.940><c> hold</c><00:29:13.119><c> up,</c><00:29:13.420><c> you</c><00:29:13.579><c> can't</c><00:29:13.920><c> see</c><00:29:14.079><c> it.</c>

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There<00:29:14.519><c> must</c><00:29:14.700><c> be</c><00:29:14.880><c> something</c><00:29:15.200><c> like</c><00:29:15.480><c> about</c><00:29:16.200><c> 20</c><00:29:16.660><c> to</c><00:29:16.819><c> 25</c><00:29:17.339><c> words</c>

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which<00:29:18.559><c> I've</c><00:29:18.779><c> listed</c><00:29:19.079><c> here.</c>

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And<00:29:20.279><c> noted</c><00:29:20.460><c> the</c><00:29:20.660><c> number</c><00:29:20.880><c> of</c><00:29:21.140><c> times</c><00:29:21.339><c> they</c><00:29:21.640><c> occur</c><00:29:21.920><c> say</c><00:29:22.180><c> in</c><00:29:22.299><c> Matthew,</c><00:29:22.700><c> Mark</c>

00:29:22.859 --> 00:29:25.859
and<00:29:22.940><c> Luke</c><00:29:23.759><c> as</c><00:29:24.200><c> distinct</c><00:29:24.579><c> from</c><00:29:24.859><c> John.</c>

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Take<00:29:26.359><c> one</c><00:29:26.619><c> for</c><00:29:26.940><c> example,</c><00:29:27.359><c> like</c><00:29:27.460><c> we</c><00:29:27.640><c> take</c><00:29:28.000><c> the</c><00:29:28.220><c> word</c><00:29:28.380><c> father.</c>

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The<00:29:29.740><c> word</c><00:29:30.059><c> father</c><00:29:31.000><c> occurs</c><00:29:32.319><c> 44</c><00:29:34.579><c> times</c><00:29:35.660><c> in</c><00:29:37.500><c> Matthew,</c><00:29:38.920><c> 5</c><00:29:39.359><c> times</c>

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in<00:29:40.079><c> Mark,</c><00:29:41.380><c> 17</c><00:29:41.859><c> times</c><00:29:42.319><c> in</c><00:29:42.539><c> Luke,</c>

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but<00:29:43.640><c> 121</c><00:29:45.259><c> times</c><00:29:45.920><c> in</c><00:29:46.480><c> the</c><00:29:46.579><c> Gospel</c><00:29:46.880><c> of</c><00:29:47.039><c> John.</c>

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That's<00:29:48.259><c> the</c><00:29:48.440><c> expression</c><00:29:49.079><c> the</c><00:29:50.599><c> father.</c>

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If<00:29:51.660><c> we</c><00:29:51.880><c> take</c><00:29:52.079><c> my</c><00:29:52.420><c> father,</c><00:29:53.299><c> it's</c><00:29:53.400><c> 14</c><00:29:53.839><c> times</c><00:29:54.180><c> in</c><00:29:54.299><c> Matthew,</c><00:29:55.119><c> never</c>

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in<00:29:55.579><c> Mark,</c>

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4<00:29:56.440><c> in</c><00:29:56.579><c> Luke</c><00:29:56.960><c> and</c><00:29:57.539><c> 35</c><00:29:58.259><c> times</c><00:29:58.900><c> in</c><00:29:59.359><c> John.</c>

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So<00:30:00.180><c> effectively</c><00:30:00.559><c> you</c><00:30:00.660><c> can</c><00:30:00.859><c> add</c><00:30:00.980><c> both</c><00:30:01.220><c> of</c><00:30:01.359><c> those</c><00:30:01.539><c> groups</c><00:30:01.779><c> together.</c>

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And<00:30:02.819><c> you</c><00:30:02.920><c> see</c><00:30:03.119><c> John's</c><00:30:03.519><c> got</c><00:30:03.740><c> something</c><00:30:04.119><c> like</c><00:30:05.099><c> 156</c><00:30:07.920><c> times</c><00:30:08.700><c> that</c>

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the<00:30:09.819><c> word</c><00:30:10.019><c> father</c><00:30:10.359><c> occurs,</c>

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whereas<00:30:12.119><c> in</c><00:30:13.140><c> Mark</c><00:30:13.519><c> it</c><00:30:14.000><c> only</c><00:30:14.279><c> occurs</c><00:30:14.539><c> 5.</c>

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And<00:30:16.680><c> you</c><00:30:16.819><c> see</c><00:30:17.099><c> Mark</c><00:30:17.440><c> just</c><00:30:17.660><c> had</c><00:30:17.759><c> a</c><00:30:17.960><c> different</c><00:30:18.160><c> theme.</c>

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So<00:30:19.160><c> one</c><00:30:19.640><c> of</c><00:30:19.799><c> the</c><00:30:19.819><c> ways</c><00:30:20.099><c> of</c><00:30:20.380><c> understanding</c><00:30:20.859><c> John</c><00:30:21.240><c> is</c><00:30:21.640><c> to</c><00:30:21.960><c> simply</c>

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watch<00:30:22.660><c> for</c><00:30:23.000><c> recurring</c><00:30:23.359><c> words.</c>

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So<00:30:24.079><c> I</c><00:30:24.319><c> guess</c><00:30:24.720><c> one</c><00:30:25.160><c> of</c><00:30:25.299><c> the</c><00:30:25.440><c> messages</c><00:30:25.759><c> that</c><00:30:26.000><c> I</c><00:30:26.539><c> want</c><00:30:26.660><c> to</c><00:30:26.859><c> come</c><00:30:27.000><c> from</c><00:30:27.160><c> this</c><00:30:27.380><c> first</c><00:30:27.660><c> talk</c><00:30:27.900><c> is</c>

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John's<00:30:29.859><c> Gospel</c><00:30:30.319><c> is</c><00:30:30.779><c> extremely</c><00:30:31.440><c> simple.</c>

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It's<00:30:33.259><c> extremely</c><00:30:33.660><c> simple</c><00:30:34.220><c> because</c><00:30:34.740><c> he</c><00:30:34.920><c> just</c><00:30:35.259><c> keeps</c><00:30:35.480><c> repeating</c>

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over<00:30:36.519><c> and</c><00:30:36.759><c> over</c><00:30:37.200><c> and</c><00:30:37.339><c> over</c><00:30:37.759><c> again</c><00:30:38.140><c> the</c><00:30:38.579><c> same</c><00:30:38.900><c> thing,</c>

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but<00:30:39.619><c> he</c><00:30:39.759><c> does</c><00:30:39.900><c> it</c><00:30:40.099><c> in</c><00:30:40.140><c> a</c><00:30:40.339><c> different</c><00:30:40.579><c> setting.</c>

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But<00:30:43.980><c> it</c><00:30:44.099><c> does</c><00:30:44.339><c> require</c><00:30:45.039><c> an</c><00:30:45.460><c> understanding</c><00:30:45.859><c> and</c><00:30:46.079><c> an</c><00:30:46.299><c> appreciation</c><00:30:46.779><c> of</c><00:30:46.960><c> the</c><00:30:47.180><c> truth.</c>

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Well,<00:30:48.839><c> turning</c><00:30:49.319><c> then</c><00:30:49.599><c> to</c><00:30:49.740><c> the</c><00:30:49.920><c> opening</c><00:30:50.220><c> chapter</c><00:30:50.599><c> of</c><00:30:50.779><c> John,</c>

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we've<00:30:52.079><c> got</c><00:30:52.240><c> words</c><00:30:52.559><c> I'm</c><00:30:52.839><c> sure</c><00:30:53.059><c> with</c><00:30:53.279><c> which</c><00:30:53.460><c> we</c><00:30:53.680><c> are</c><00:30:53.900><c> all</c><00:30:54.160><c> very</c><00:30:54.500><c> familiar,</c>

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that<00:30:55.259><c> in</c><00:30:55.700><c> the</c><00:30:56.000><c> beginning</c><00:30:56.299><c> was</c><00:30:56.859><c> the</c><00:30:57.599><c> word,</c><00:30:58.880><c> the</c><00:30:59.079><c> word</c><00:30:59.339><c> was</c><00:30:59.779><c> with</c>

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God,<00:31:01.339><c> the</c><00:31:01.480><c> word</c><00:31:01.740><c> was</c><00:31:02.119><c> God,</c>

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and<00:31:03.240><c> ultimately</c><00:31:03.660><c> in</c><00:31:03.960><c> verse</c><00:31:04.240><c> 14</c><00:31:04.700><c> he</c><00:31:04.940><c> goes</c><00:31:05.220><c> on</c><00:31:05.440><c> to</c><00:31:05.680><c> say,</c><00:31:06.519><c> and</c><00:31:06.700><c> the</c>

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word<00:31:07.339><c> became</c><00:31:07.940><c> flesh.</c>

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Let's<00:31:09.240><c> then</c><00:31:09.539><c> continue</c><00:31:09.880><c> with</c><00:31:10.099><c> our</c><00:31:10.299><c> definitions</c><00:31:10.720><c> at</c><00:31:10.940><c> this</c><00:31:11.140><c> stage</c><00:31:11.319><c> because</c><00:31:11.819><c> this</c>

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opening<00:31:12.559><c> talk</c><00:31:12.779><c> is</c><00:31:13.079><c> intended</c><00:31:13.519><c> to</c><00:31:13.839><c> be</c>

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a<00:31:15.019><c> setting</c><00:31:15.579><c> on</c><00:31:16.700><c> which</c><00:31:16.799><c> we</c><00:31:16.960><c> can</c><00:31:17.160><c> build</c><00:31:17.519><c> in</c><00:31:17.940><c> our</c><00:31:18.160><c> subsequent</c>

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more<00:31:19.400><c> directly</c><00:31:19.920><c> exhortational</c><00:31:21.059><c> studies</c><00:31:21.660><c> today.</c>

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Take<00:31:23.480><c> the</c><00:31:23.579><c> word</c><00:31:23.819><c> logos</c><00:31:24.259><c> and</c><00:31:24.880><c> I</c><00:31:25.119><c> appreciate</c><00:31:25.480><c> that</c><00:31:25.680><c> many</c><00:31:25.920><c> of</c><00:31:26.079><c> you</c>

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would<00:31:26.319><c> have</c><00:31:26.460><c> studied</c><00:31:26.720><c> this</c><00:31:27.240><c> for</c><00:31:27.480><c> many</c><00:31:27.660><c> years,</c>

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but<00:31:28.140><c> there</c><00:31:28.720><c> are</c><00:31:28.940><c> young</c><00:31:29.180><c> ones</c><00:31:29.359><c> amongst</c><00:31:29.700><c> us</c><00:31:30.039><c> and</c><00:31:30.519><c> they</c><00:31:30.940><c> may</c><00:31:31.119><c> not</c>

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be<00:31:31.460><c> familiar</c><00:31:31.720><c> with</c><00:31:31.900><c> this</c>

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and<00:31:32.279><c> I</c><00:31:32.420><c> think</c><00:31:32.539><c> it's</c><00:31:32.799><c> important</c><00:31:33.200><c> we</c><00:31:33.500><c> do</c><00:31:34.240><c> establish</c><00:31:34.900><c> our</c><00:31:35.259><c> foundation</c><00:31:35.759><c> very</c><00:31:36.240><c> clearly.</c>

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Here's<00:31:38.160><c> the</c><00:31:38.380><c> Greek</c><00:31:38.660><c> word</c><00:31:39.359><c> logos.</c>

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Loet<00:31:41.819><c> can</c><00:31:42.079><c> have</c><00:31:42.440><c> relation</c><00:31:43.200><c> to</c><00:31:43.640><c> the</c><00:31:44.099><c> spoken</c><00:31:44.460><c> word.</c>

00:31:45.660 --> 00:31:49.480
In<00:31:46.119><c> fact,</c><00:31:46.440><c> there</c><00:31:46.539><c> are</c><00:31:46.779><c> other</c><00:31:46.980><c> Greek</c><00:31:47.200><c> words</c><00:31:47.500><c> that</c><00:31:47.680><c> are</c><00:31:47.980><c> translated</c><00:31:48.339><c> as</c><00:31:48.660><c> word.</c>

00:31:49.579 --> 00:31:52.339
This<00:31:49.779><c> one</c><00:31:50.000><c> goes</c><00:31:50.380><c> much</c><00:31:50.700><c> further</c><00:31:51.059><c> than</c><00:31:51.359><c> that.</c>

00:31:53.460 --> 00:31:59.420
Vine,<00:31:54.319><c> Vine</c><00:31:54.700><c> is</c><00:31:55.099><c> a</c><00:31:55.339><c> man</c><00:31:55.640><c> who</c><00:31:55.920><c> wrote</c><00:31:56.180><c> a</c><00:31:56.500><c> book</c><00:31:56.700><c> called</c><00:31:56.980><c> Expository</c><00:31:57.740><c> Dictionary</c><00:31:58.279><c> of</c><00:31:59.160><c> New</c>

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Testament<00:31:59.839><c> Words.</c>

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Those<00:32:00.940><c> of</c><00:32:01.099><c> you</c><00:32:01.240><c> who</c><00:32:01.480><c> maybe</c><00:32:01.779><c> have</c><00:32:02.980><c> computer</c><00:32:03.480><c> disks</c><00:32:03.859><c> with</c><00:32:04.599><c> Bible</c>

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programs<00:32:05.460><c> on</c><00:32:05.680><c> them,</c>

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many<00:32:06.500><c> of</c><00:32:06.720><c> them</c><00:32:06.980><c> do</c><00:32:07.299><c> have</c><00:32:07.500><c> Vine's</c><00:32:08.039><c> Expository</c><00:32:08.519><c> Dictionary</c><00:32:08.980><c> on</c><00:32:09.220><c> there.</c>

00:32:09.460 --> 00:32:11.359
It<00:32:09.839><c> seems</c><00:32:10.079><c> to</c><00:32:10.359><c> be</c><00:32:10.539><c> very</c><00:32:10.640><c> widely</c><00:32:10.940><c> accepted.</c>

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So<00:32:11.599><c> if</c><00:32:11.700><c> you</c><00:32:11.819><c> haven't</c><00:32:12.319><c> heard</c><00:32:12.579><c> the</c><00:32:12.660><c> word</c><00:32:12.859><c> Vine</c><00:32:13.119><c> before,</c><00:32:13.920><c> it's</c><00:32:14.319><c> very</c><00:32:14.599><c> readily</c><00:32:14.900><c> available</c><00:32:15.559><c> in</c>

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book<00:32:16.079><c> form</c><00:32:16.339><c> and</c><00:32:16.559><c> also</c><00:32:16.819><c> on</c><00:32:16.980><c> the</c><00:32:17.240><c> computer</c><00:32:17.480><c> disks.</c>

00:32:18.480 --> 00:32:25.339
And<00:32:18.640><c> he</c><00:32:18.940><c> says</c><00:32:19.319><c> that</c><00:32:19.559><c> the</c><00:32:19.720><c> word</c><00:32:19.940><c> logos</c><00:32:20.339><c> can</c><00:32:21.059><c> mean</c><00:32:21.380><c> the</c><00:32:21.759><c> expression</c><00:32:22.319><c> of</c><00:32:22.619><c> thought</c><00:32:22.960><c> as</c><00:32:23.900><c> embodying</c><00:32:24.980><c> a</c>

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conception<00:32:25.920><c> or</c><00:32:26.519><c> an</c><00:32:26.900><c> idea.</c>

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So<00:32:28.160><c> you</c><00:32:28.259><c> see</c><00:32:28.380><c> it's</c><00:32:28.619><c> much</c><00:32:28.859><c> more</c><00:32:29.140><c> than</c><00:32:29.319><c> just</c><00:32:29.519><c> sort</c><00:32:29.759><c> of</c><00:32:30.279><c> sounds</c><00:32:30.700><c> coming</c><00:32:31.019><c> out</c><00:32:31.279><c> of</c>

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one's<00:32:31.759><c> mouth,</c>

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which<00:32:32.259><c> you</c><00:32:32.440><c> can</c><00:32:32.700><c> interpret</c><00:32:33.119><c> into</c><00:32:33.960><c> certain</c><00:32:34.259><c> expressions.</c>

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It's<00:32:35.279><c> really</c><00:32:35.579><c> what's</c><00:32:36.039><c> behind</c><00:32:36.460><c> it.</c>

00:32:37.539 --> 00:32:42.240
The<00:32:38.119><c> Greek</c><00:32:38.400><c> word</c><00:32:38.619><c> rima</c><00:32:38.940><c> has</c><00:32:39.240><c> much</c><00:32:39.519><c> more</c><00:32:39.700><c> to</c><00:32:39.880><c> do</c><00:32:39.980><c> with</c><00:32:40.220><c> the</c><00:32:40.619><c> actual</c><00:32:40.980><c> words</c><00:32:41.380><c> coming</c><00:32:41.700><c> out.</c>

00:32:42.480 --> 00:32:46.099
Logos<00:32:42.680><c> has</c><00:32:42.940><c> more</c><00:32:43.220><c> to</c><00:32:43.440><c> do</c><00:32:43.579><c> with</c><00:32:43.839><c> the</c><00:32:44.460><c> ideas</c><00:32:44.859><c> behind</c><00:32:45.339><c> it.</c>

00:32:46.579 --> 00:32:50.480
And<00:32:46.720><c> so</c><00:32:47.400><c> Lydell</c><00:32:47.779><c> and</c><00:32:47.940><c> Scott,</c><00:32:48.559><c> in</c><00:32:48.740><c> their</c><00:32:48.920><c> Greek</c><00:32:49.160><c> lexicon,</c><00:32:49.680><c> can</c><00:32:49.920><c> say,</c>

00:32:50.920 --> 00:32:54.859
Logos<00:32:51.200><c> means</c><00:32:51.519><c> the</c><00:32:51.779><c> word</c><00:32:52.059><c> by</c><00:32:52.299><c> which</c><00:32:52.559><c> the</c><00:32:52.940><c> inward</c><00:32:53.279><c> thought</c><00:32:53.559><c> is</c><00:32:53.859><c> expressed,</c>

00:32:55.039 --> 00:32:58.920
or<00:32:55.240><c> it</c><00:32:55.440><c> can</c><00:32:55.640><c> mean</c><00:32:55.859><c> the</c><00:32:56.200><c> inward</c><00:32:56.559><c> thought</c><00:32:56.900><c> or</c><00:32:57.279><c> reason</c><00:32:57.619><c> itself.</c>

00:32:59.119 --> 00:33:03.779
Therefore,<00:33:00.220><c> Logos</c><00:33:00.539><c> signifies</c><00:33:01.420><c> a</c><00:33:01.819><c> declaration</c><00:33:02.700><c> expressing</c>

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wisdom,<00:33:05.279><c> purpose</c><00:33:05.660><c> and</c><00:33:06.460><c> reason.</c>

00:33:08.119 --> 00:33:12.579
Now<00:33:08.259><c> this,</c><00:33:08.900><c> says</c><00:33:09.059><c> John,</c><00:33:10.019><c> was</c><00:33:10.359><c> in</c><00:33:10.660><c> the</c><00:33:10.880><c> beginning</c><00:33:11.240><c> with</c><00:33:11.539><c> God.</c>

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A<00:33:14.099><c> lot</c><00:33:14.319><c> of</c><00:33:14.400><c> people</c><00:33:14.539><c> ask</c><00:33:14.819><c> the</c><00:33:15.019><c> question,</c><00:33:15.619><c> what</c><00:33:15.779><c> was</c><00:33:16.059><c> the</c><00:33:16.240><c> beginning</c><00:33:16.539><c> of</c><00:33:16.720><c> John</c><00:33:17.019><c> chapter</c><00:33:17.339><c> 1</c>

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verse<00:33:17.859><c> 1?</c>

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In<00:33:18.839><c> the</c><00:33:19.079><c> beginning</c><00:33:19.359><c> was</c><00:33:19.640><c> the</c><00:33:19.839><c> word.</c>

00:33:20.819 --> 00:33:23.779
Was<00:33:21.059><c> it</c><00:33:21.279><c> the</c><00:33:21.480><c> beginning</c><00:33:21.700><c> of</c><00:33:21.920><c> Genesis</c><00:33:22.319><c> chapter</c><00:33:22.700><c> 1,</c><00:33:23.039><c> the</c><00:33:23.240><c> beginning</c><00:33:23.460><c> of</c><00:33:23.640><c> the</c>

00:33:23.779 --> 00:33:24.640
natural<00:33:24.119><c> creation?</c>

00:33:24.640 --> 00:33:28.960
Or<00:33:25.519><c> is</c><00:33:25.779><c> it</c><00:33:25.900><c> this</c><00:33:26.039><c> new</c><00:33:26.299><c> beginning</c><00:33:26.640><c> that</c><00:33:26.859><c> John</c><00:33:27.039><c> is</c><00:33:27.259><c> talking</c><00:33:27.519><c> about</c><00:33:27.859><c> here,</c><00:33:28.720><c> the</c>

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spiritual<00:33:29.400><c> creation?</c>

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And<00:33:33.640><c> I</c><00:33:33.839><c> ask</c><00:33:34.059><c> the</c><00:33:34.220><c> question,</c><00:33:34.640><c> is</c><00:33:34.759><c> there</c><00:33:34.920><c> a</c><00:33:35.019><c> difference?</c>

00:33:37.539 --> 00:33:40.480
When<00:33:37.799><c> God</c><00:33:38.099><c> performed</c><00:33:38.559><c> the</c><00:33:38.779><c> natural</c><00:33:39.160><c> creation,</c>

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didn't<00:33:41.079><c> he</c><00:33:41.900><c> envisage</c><00:33:42.720><c> that</c><00:33:43.160><c> at</c><00:33:43.339><c> the</c><00:33:43.480><c> same</c><00:33:43.759><c> time</c><00:33:43.960><c> it</c><00:33:44.920><c> would</c><00:33:45.079><c> be</c>

00:33:45.299 --> 00:33:47.460
the<00:33:45.380><c> beginning</c><00:33:45.740><c> of</c><00:33:45.960><c> a</c><00:33:46.099><c> spiritual</c><00:33:46.440><c> creation?</c>

00:33:47.920 --> 00:33:51.380
Didn't<00:33:48.200><c> he</c><00:33:48.440><c> put</c><00:33:48.599><c> man</c><00:33:48.880><c> upon</c><00:33:49.240><c> earth</c><00:33:49.680><c> that</c><00:33:50.380><c> man</c><00:33:50.680><c> might</c><00:33:50.960><c> reflect</c>

00:33:51.380 --> 00:33:52.279
his<00:33:51.680><c> glory</c>

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and<00:33:53.079><c> to</c><00:33:53.220><c> reflect</c><00:33:53.539><c> his</c><00:33:53.779><c> glory,</c><00:33:54.940><c> have</c><00:33:55.019><c> dominion</c><00:33:55.500><c> over</c><00:33:55.819><c> the</c><00:33:56.059><c> flesh?</c>

00:33:57.500 --> 00:34:02.119
So<00:33:58.140><c> how</c><00:33:58.480><c> do</c><00:33:58.700><c> we</c><00:33:59.019><c> say</c><00:33:59.380><c> there</c><00:33:59.859><c> was</c><00:34:00.140><c> a</c><00:34:00.359><c> natural</c><00:34:00.720><c> creation,</c><00:34:01.299><c> say,</c><00:34:02.019><c> 6</c>

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,000<00:34:02.400><c> years</c><00:34:02.700><c> ago,</c>

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but<00:34:03.759><c> the</c><00:34:04.039><c> spiritual</c><00:34:04.380><c> creation</c><00:34:04.859><c> didn't</c><00:34:05.140><c> start</c><00:34:05.500><c> until</c><00:34:06.180><c> 2</c><00:34:06.559><c>,000</c>

00:34:06.779 --> 00:34:07.960
years<00:34:07.039><c> ago?</c>

00:34:08.400 --> 00:34:11.559
Oh,<00:34:08.619><c> certainly</c><00:34:09.079><c> there</c><00:34:09.239><c> was</c><00:34:09.480><c> a</c><00:34:09.900><c> greater</c><00:34:10.199><c> focus</c><00:34:10.679><c> of</c><00:34:10.880><c> it</c><00:34:11.179><c> when</c>

00:34:11.559 --> 00:34:13.340
the<00:34:11.719><c> New</c><00:34:11.920><c> Testament</c><00:34:12.420><c> times</c><00:34:12.860><c> came.</c>

00:34:13.800 --> 00:34:17.360
But<00:34:14.159><c> really,</c><00:34:14.519><c> from</c><00:34:14.760><c> the</c><00:34:14.840><c> very</c><00:34:15.119><c> beginning,</c><00:34:15.619><c> it</c><00:34:15.639><c> was</c><00:34:15.840><c> God's</c><00:34:16.280><c> intention</c><00:34:16.780><c> not</c>

00:34:17.360 --> 00:34:19.780
just<00:34:17.639><c> to</c><00:34:17.840><c> put</c><00:34:18.019><c> human</c><00:34:18.420><c> beings</c><00:34:18.780><c> upon</c><00:34:19.159><c> this</c><00:34:19.480><c> earth</c>

00:34:19.780 --> 00:34:22.579
as<00:34:20.239><c> flesh</c><00:34:20.599><c> and</c><00:34:20.800><c> blood</c><00:34:21.039><c> creatures</c><00:34:21.480><c> going</c><00:34:21.820><c> around</c><00:34:22.219><c> and</c><00:34:22.380><c> just</c>

00:34:22.579 --> 00:34:23.380
serving<00:34:22.800><c> themselves.</c>

00:34:23.780 --> 00:34:28.460
Right<00:34:24.059><c> from</c><00:34:24.320><c> the</c><00:34:24.400><c> very</c><00:34:24.699><c> beginning,</c><00:34:25.320><c> his</c><00:34:25.360><c> purpose</c><00:34:25.780><c> was</c><00:34:26.380><c> man</c><00:34:26.860><c> upon</c><00:34:27.239><c> earth</c><00:34:27.639><c> to</c>

00:34:28.460 --> 00:34:29.659
the<00:34:28.739><c> glory</c><00:34:29.059><c> of</c><00:34:29.300><c> God</c>

00:34:29.659 --> 00:34:34.280
and<00:34:30.500><c> ultimately</c><00:34:31.039><c> to</c><00:34:31.360><c> the</c><00:34:31.579><c> salvation</c><00:34:32.099><c> of</c><00:34:32.320><c> those</c><00:34:32.860><c> who</c><00:34:33.659><c> endeavour</c><00:34:33.940><c> to</c><00:34:34.119><c> live</c>

00:34:34.280 --> 00:34:35.340
according<00:34:34.579><c> to</c><00:34:34.780><c> those</c><00:34:34.940><c> principles.</c>

00:34:35.639 --> 00:34:39.659
So<00:34:36.000><c> right</c><00:34:36.480><c> from</c><00:34:36.760><c> the</c><00:34:36.980><c> beginning,</c><00:34:37.719><c> God</c><00:34:38.119><c> had</c><00:34:38.400><c> a</c><00:34:38.599><c> purpose.</c>

00:34:40.400 --> 00:34:43.219
But<00:34:40.539><c> what</c><00:34:40.800><c> John</c><00:34:41.039><c> is</c><00:34:41.320><c> saying</c><00:34:41.579><c> is</c><00:34:41.840><c> that</c><00:34:42.019><c> for</c><00:34:42.300><c> the</c><00:34:42.400><c> previous</c><00:34:42.860><c> 4</c>

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,000<00:34:43.619><c> years,</c>

00:34:44.500 --> 00:34:48.340
that<00:34:44.739><c> purpose</c><00:34:45.119><c> was</c><00:34:45.440><c> seen</c><00:34:45.699><c> in</c><00:34:46.900><c> type</c><00:34:47.139><c> and</c><00:34:47.420><c> shadow.</c>

00:34:48.940 --> 00:34:51.820
Beautiful<00:34:49.659><c> lessons</c><00:34:50.039><c> in</c><00:34:50.260><c> the</c><00:34:50.380><c> law</c><00:34:50.500><c> of</c><00:34:50.760><c> Moses.</c>

00:34:52.900 --> 00:34:55.500
Nothing<00:34:53.119><c> under</c><00:34:53.400><c> the</c><00:34:53.519><c> law</c><00:34:53.659><c> of</c><00:34:53.840><c> Moses</c><00:34:54.179><c> which</c><00:34:54.460><c> of</c><00:34:54.619><c> itself</c><00:34:55.179><c> could</c>

00:34:55.500 --> 00:34:59.239
offer<00:34:55.800><c> salvation</c><00:34:56.539><c> but</c><00:34:57.039><c> could</c><00:34:57.679><c> point</c><00:34:57.960><c> the</c><00:34:58.139><c> way</c><00:34:58.300><c> to</c><00:34:58.559><c> it.</c>

00:34:59.599 --> 00:35:06.300
Wonderful<00:35:00.000><c> characters</c><00:35:00.579><c> like</c><00:35:01.119><c> Noah,</c><00:35:02.460><c> Enoch,</c><00:35:03.940><c> Abraham,</c><00:35:05.059><c> the</c><00:35:05.280><c> prophets,</c>

00:35:07.139 --> 00:35:10.539
but<00:35:07.260><c> they</c><00:35:07.460><c> were</c><00:35:07.719><c> all</c><00:35:08.099><c> waiting</c><00:35:08.460><c> for</c><00:35:08.739><c> one</c><00:35:08.860><c> to</c><00:35:09.119><c> come</c><00:35:09.780><c> who</c><00:35:10.320><c> would</c>

00:35:10.539 --> 00:35:14.460
be<00:35:10.739><c> the</c><00:35:11.099><c> absolute</c><00:35:11.519><c> perfect</c><00:35:12.480><c> manifestation</c><00:35:13.460><c> in</c><00:35:13.860><c> flesh</c>

00:35:14.460 --> 00:35:18.940
of<00:35:15.559><c> everything</c><00:35:16.000><c> that</c><00:35:16.340><c> embodies</c><00:35:16.880><c> the</c><00:35:17.500><c> thinking</c><00:35:17.800><c> of</c><00:35:18.079><c> God.</c>

00:35:19.219 --> 00:35:23.059
And<00:35:19.380><c> so</c><00:35:19.519><c> when</c><00:35:19.840><c> John</c><00:35:20.139><c> looks</c><00:35:20.440><c> at</c><00:35:20.679><c> Jesus,</c><00:35:22.119><c> he</c><00:35:22.300><c> looks</c><00:35:22.579><c> straight</c>

00:35:23.059 --> 00:35:24.480
through<00:35:23.480><c> the</c><00:35:23.659><c> man.</c>

00:35:24.599 --> 00:35:27.360
He<00:35:24.760><c> looks</c><00:35:24.980><c> straight</c><00:35:25.320><c> through</c><00:35:25.559><c> the</c><00:35:25.760><c> flesh</c><00:35:25.900><c> and</c><00:35:26.019><c> what</c><00:35:26.199><c> does</c><00:35:26.340><c> he</c><00:35:26.539><c> see?</c>

00:35:28.099 --> 00:35:31.119
Well,<00:35:28.300><c> you</c><00:35:28.460><c> could</c><00:35:28.619><c> say</c><00:35:28.860><c> he</c><00:35:29.059><c> sees</c><00:35:29.579><c> the</c><00:35:30.139><c> Word</c><00:35:30.400><c> of</c><00:35:30.599><c> God.</c>

00:35:31.579 --> 00:35:33.320
He<00:35:31.860><c> sees</c><00:35:32.139><c> the</c><00:35:32.380><c> mind</c><00:35:32.619><c> of</c><00:35:32.900><c> God.</c>

00:35:33.699 --> 00:35:35.900
He<00:35:33.940><c> sees</c><00:35:34.179><c> the</c><00:35:34.460><c> character</c><00:35:34.800><c> of</c><00:35:35.059><c> God.</c>

00:35:36.139 --> 00:35:39.400
Well,<00:35:36.380><c> why</c><00:35:36.559><c> can't</c><00:35:36.760><c> we</c><00:35:36.980><c> just</c><00:35:37.280><c> say</c><00:35:37.519><c> that</c><00:35:37.739><c> when</c><00:35:38.679><c> John</c><00:35:38.960><c> looked</c><00:35:39.219><c> at</c>

00:35:39.400 --> 00:35:42.659
Jesus,<00:35:39.920><c> he</c><00:35:40.159><c> saw</c><00:35:40.619><c> God?</c>

00:35:44.639 --> 00:35:47.639
Now<00:35:45.159><c> as</c><00:35:45.679><c> a</c><00:35:45.940><c> community,</c><00:35:46.559><c> we</c><00:35:46.559><c> shouldn't</c><00:35:46.840><c> have</c><00:35:47.000><c> any</c><00:35:47.239><c> difficulty</c>

00:35:47.639 --> 00:35:48.460
with<00:35:47.900><c> that.</c>

00:35:48.900 --> 00:35:51.260
Thomas<00:35:49.079><c> comes</c><00:35:49.380><c> along</c><00:35:49.639><c> and</c><00:35:49.820><c> says,</c><00:35:50.239><c> my</c><00:35:50.239><c> Lord</c><00:35:50.539><c> and</c><00:35:50.719><c> my</c><00:35:51.000><c> God.</c>

00:35:51.519 --> 00:35:54.619
The<00:35:51.699><c> Trinitarian</c><00:35:52.179><c> says,</c><00:35:52.579><c> ah,</c><00:35:53.000><c> there</c><00:35:53.219><c> it</c><00:35:53.380><c> is,</c><00:35:53.739><c> the</c><00:35:53.960><c> second</c><00:35:54.179><c> person</c><00:35:54.460><c> of</c>

00:35:54.619 --> 00:35:55.579
the<00:35:54.780><c> Trinity.</c>

00:35:55.699 --> 00:35:57.539
We<00:35:56.000><c> say,</c><00:35:56.380><c> no,</c><00:35:56.559><c> you've</c><00:35:56.860><c> got</c><00:35:56.960><c> it</c><00:35:57.099><c> all</c><00:35:57.300><c> wrong.</c>

00:35:57.860 --> 00:36:01.519
We<00:35:58.019><c> are</c><00:35:58.239><c> talking</c><00:35:58.480><c> about</c><00:35:59.039><c> God</c><00:35:59.619><c> manifestation</c><00:36:00.559><c> and</c><00:36:01.119><c> that</c><00:36:01.320><c> the</c>

00:36:01.519 --> 00:36:04.159
Gospel<00:36:01.840><c> of</c><00:36:02.000><c> John</c><00:36:02.260><c> can</c><00:36:02.539><c> so</c><00:36:02.800><c> beautifully</c><00:36:03.239><c> look</c><00:36:03.500><c> through</c><00:36:03.739><c> and</c><00:36:03.960><c> say,</c>

00:36:04.559 --> 00:36:07.900
there<00:36:04.960><c> I</c><00:36:05.460><c> see</c><00:36:05.719><c> in</c><00:36:05.940><c> the</c><00:36:06.099><c> life</c><00:36:06.239><c> of</c><00:36:06.440><c> the</c><00:36:06.500><c> Lord</c><00:36:06.679><c> Jesus</c><00:36:07.059><c> Christ</c><00:36:07.420><c> the</c>

00:36:07.900 --> 00:36:10.159
outworking<00:36:08.400><c> of</c><00:36:08.599><c> a</c><00:36:08.860><c> mind</c>

00:36:10.940 --> 00:36:14.519
which<00:36:11.420><c> is</c><00:36:11.639><c> the</c><00:36:11.860><c> mind</c><00:36:12.119><c> of</c><00:36:12.300><c> the</c><00:36:12.440><c> Father</c><00:36:12.880><c> so</c><00:36:13.619><c> that</c><00:36:13.760><c> he</c><00:36:13.820><c> can</c><00:36:13.980><c> say,</c><00:36:14.519><c> I</c>

00:36:14.519 --> 00:36:16.440
and<00:36:14.679><c> my</c><00:36:14.880><c> Father</c><00:36:15.159><c> are</c><00:36:15.400><c> one.</c>

00:36:17.099 --> 00:36:20.500
But<00:36:17.320><c> actually,</c><00:36:18.639><c> it</c><00:36:18.800><c> was</c><00:36:19.019><c> seen</c><00:36:19.239><c> in</c><00:36:19.519><c> flesh.</c>

00:36:20.960 --> 00:36:23.179
And<00:36:21.119><c> of</c><00:36:21.300><c> course,</c><00:36:21.440><c> as</c><00:36:21.719><c> the</c><00:36:21.960><c> flesh,</c><00:36:22.219><c> he</c><00:36:22.400><c> had</c><00:36:22.579><c> to</c><00:36:22.820><c> die.</c>

00:36:23.579 --> 00:36:25.960
And<00:36:23.780><c> that's</c><00:36:23.940><c> why</c><00:36:24.099><c> in</c><00:36:24.199><c> the</c><00:36:24.239><c> very</c><00:36:24.519><c> opening</c><00:36:24.840><c> chapter,</c><00:36:25.719><c> in</c><00:36:25.920><c> the</c>

00:36:25.960 --> 00:36:26.980
very<00:36:26.199><c> first</c><00:36:26.500><c> incident,</c>

00:36:27.480 --> 00:36:32.139
we<00:36:27.619><c> have</c><00:36:28.340><c> John</c><00:36:29.000><c> the</c><00:36:29.340><c> Baptist</c><00:36:29.780><c> saying,</c><00:36:30.760><c> behold,</c><00:36:31.300><c> the</c><00:36:31.579><c> Lamb</c><00:36:31.900><c> of</c>

00:36:32.139 --> 00:36:34.659
God<00:36:32.380><c> that</c><00:36:32.679><c> taketh</c><00:36:32.880><c> away</c><00:36:33.159><c> the</c><00:36:33.400><c> sin</c><00:36:33.500><c> of</c><00:36:33.639><c> the</c><00:36:33.840><c> world.</c>

00:36:35.239 --> 00:36:39.059
And<00:36:35.760><c> so</c><00:36:36.159><c> we</c><00:36:36.559><c> would</c><00:36:36.739><c> often</c><00:36:37.139><c> describe</c><00:36:37.679><c> that</c><00:36:37.980><c> then</c><00:36:38.239><c> in</c><00:36:38.699><c> the</c><00:36:38.880><c> sense</c>

00:36:39.059 --> 00:36:43.280
of<00:36:39.280><c> the</c><00:36:39.400><c> fact</c><00:36:39.559><c> that</c><00:36:39.800><c> as</c><00:36:40.079><c> the</c><00:36:40.320><c> Lamb,</c><00:36:41.099><c> as</c><00:36:41.280><c> the</c><00:36:41.519><c> flesh,</c><00:36:41.739><c> he</c><00:36:41.920><c> had</c><00:36:42.119><c> to</c><00:36:42.380><c> die.</c>

00:36:43.519 --> 00:36:47.760
But<00:36:43.619><c> as</c><00:36:43.900><c> that</c><00:36:44.199><c> word</c><00:36:44.460><c> of</c><00:36:44.639><c> God</c><00:36:44.920><c> which</c><00:36:45.199><c> liveth</c><00:36:45.500><c> and</c><00:36:45.719><c> abideth</c><00:36:46.099><c> forever,</c><00:36:47.500><c> God</c>

00:36:47.760 --> 00:36:50.159
could<00:36:48.059><c> not</c><00:36:48.300><c> leave</c><00:36:48.519><c> that</c><00:36:48.739><c> one</c><00:36:48.840><c> in</c><00:36:49.039><c> the</c><00:36:49.239><c> grave.</c>

00:36:50.320 --> 00:36:52.780
More<00:36:50.519><c> about</c><00:36:50.780><c> that</c><00:36:51.000><c> perhaps</c><00:36:51.239><c> when</c><00:36:51.360><c> we</c><00:36:51.619><c> come</c><00:36:51.980><c> to</c><00:36:52.340><c> the</c><00:36:52.519><c> record,</c>

00:36:53.019 --> 00:36:55.400
say,<00:36:53.460><c> in</c><00:36:53.699><c> John</c><00:36:54.000><c> chapter</c><00:36:54.340><c> 6.</c>

00:36:56.019 --> 00:36:58.880
We<00:36:56.539><c> are</c><00:36:57.059><c> going</c><00:36:57.139><c> to</c><00:36:57.280><c> be</c><00:36:57.440><c> running</c><00:36:57.699><c> short</c><00:36:58.199><c> of</c><00:36:58.460><c> time.</c>

00:36:59.340 --> 00:37:02.300
And<00:36:59.599><c> I</c><00:36:59.719><c> do</c><00:36:59.920><c> hope</c><00:37:00.199><c> that</c><00:37:00.920><c> Paul</c><00:37:01.159><c> will</c><00:37:01.360><c> help</c><00:37:01.519><c> me</c><00:37:01.719><c> here</c><00:37:01.900><c> and</c><00:37:02.079><c> sort</c><00:37:02.179><c> of</c>

00:37:02.300 --> 00:37:03.099
make<00:37:02.440><c> some</c><00:37:02.719><c> faces.</c>

00:37:03.099 --> 00:37:06.300
I<00:37:03.900><c> know</c><00:37:04.079><c> I'm</c><00:37:04.199><c> going</c><00:37:04.360><c> to</c><00:37:04.500><c> be</c><00:37:05.119><c> stretching</c><00:37:05.420><c> it</c><00:37:05.659><c> today</c><00:37:05.800><c> to</c><00:37:05.980><c> try</c><00:37:06.179><c> and</c>

00:37:06.300 --> 00:37:07.599
get<00:37:06.420><c> the</c><00:37:06.639><c> matter</c><00:37:06.860><c> in</c><00:37:07.000><c> that</c><00:37:07.139><c> I</c><00:37:07.280><c> want</c><00:37:07.480><c> to.</c>

00:37:07.900 --> 00:37:09.940
And<00:37:08.059><c> the</c><00:37:08.179><c> essence</c><00:37:08.360><c> of</c><00:37:08.579><c> a</c><00:37:08.679><c> good</c><00:37:08.860><c> speaker</c><00:37:09.159><c> is</c><00:37:09.320><c> to</c><00:37:09.420><c> know</c><00:37:09.539><c> what</c><00:37:09.760><c> to</c>

00:37:09.940 --> 00:37:11.480
leave<00:37:10.119><c> out,</c><00:37:10.579><c> not</c><00:37:10.800><c> what</c><00:37:11.000><c> to</c><00:37:11.179><c> put</c><00:37:11.300><c> in.</c>

00:37:11.719 --> 00:37:14.420
And<00:37:11.840><c> this</c><00:37:12.079><c> first</c><00:37:12.400><c> talk,</c><00:37:12.800><c> I'm</c><00:37:13.280><c> just</c><00:37:13.559><c> pushing</c><00:37:13.760><c> it.</c>

00:37:14.739 --> 00:37:17.619
So<00:37:14.940><c> Paul,</c><00:37:15.159><c> please</c><00:37:15.679><c> do</c><00:37:15.940><c> the</c><00:37:16.079><c> right</c><00:37:16.199><c> thing</c><00:37:16.340><c> at</c><00:37:16.480><c> the</c><00:37:16.599><c> right</c><00:37:16.800><c> time.</c>

00:37:18.000 --> 00:37:22.059
I<00:37:18.440><c> am</c><00:37:18.880><c> tempted</c><00:37:19.139><c> not</c><00:37:19.480><c> to</c><00:37:19.659><c> put</c><00:37:19.780><c> this</c><00:37:20.119><c> transparency</c><00:37:20.619><c> up,</c><00:37:20.900><c> but</c><00:37:21.059><c> I</c><00:37:21.260><c> will.</c>

00:37:23.659 --> 00:37:26.820
The<00:37:24.099><c> temptation</c><00:37:24.539><c> is</c><00:37:24.820><c> this,</c><00:37:25.119><c> that</c><00:37:25.400><c> having</c><00:37:25.599><c> put</c><00:37:25.840><c> up</c><00:37:26.199><c> the</c><00:37:26.420><c> one</c><00:37:26.579><c> on</c>

00:37:26.820 --> 00:37:28.139
the<00:37:26.960><c> word</c><00:37:27.139><c> logos,</c>

00:37:28.300 --> 00:37:31.420
which<00:37:28.639><c> defines</c><00:37:29.139><c> for</c><00:37:29.340><c> us</c><00:37:29.519><c> what</c><00:37:29.679><c> we</c><00:37:29.960><c> understand</c><00:37:30.300><c> by</c><00:37:30.559><c> the</c><00:37:30.780><c> word</c><00:37:31.119><c> word,</c>

00:37:31.420 --> 00:37:35.780
can<00:37:32.199><c> I</c><00:37:32.480><c> just</c><00:37:32.760><c> briefly</c><00:37:33.300><c> refer</c><00:37:33.739><c> us</c><00:37:33.960><c> to</c><00:37:34.139><c> the</c><00:37:34.280><c> fact</c><00:37:34.440><c> that</c><00:37:34.940><c> we</c><00:37:35.400><c> also</c>

00:37:35.780 --> 00:37:37.860
need<00:37:36.019><c> to</c><00:37:36.360><c> understand</c><00:37:36.760><c> what</c><00:37:37.159><c> flesh</c><00:37:37.440><c> is.</c>

00:37:38.199 --> 00:37:40.659
And<00:37:38.340><c> I</c><00:37:38.420><c> guess</c><00:37:38.619><c> that</c><00:37:39.019><c> transparency</c><00:37:39.539><c> is</c><00:37:39.820><c> almost</c><00:37:40.099><c> a</c><00:37:40.320><c> study</c><00:37:40.480><c> in</c>

00:37:40.659 --> 00:37:41.800
its<00:37:40.840><c> own</c><00:37:41.019><c> right.</c>

00:37:42.260 --> 00:37:44.760
And<00:37:42.320><c> the</c><00:37:42.500><c> local</c><00:37:42.739><c> people</c><00:37:43.039><c> here</c><00:37:43.280><c> from</c><00:37:43.519><c> Petersburg</c><00:37:43.960><c> have</c><00:37:44.539><c> seen</c>

00:37:44.760 --> 00:37:46.659
this<00:37:45.019><c> one,</c><00:37:45.239><c> well</c><00:37:45.400><c> at</c><00:37:45.480><c> least</c><00:37:45.719><c> once</c><00:37:45.980><c> this</c><00:37:46.179><c> week</c><00:37:46.380><c> anyway,</c>

00:37:46.699 --> 00:37:50.119
maybe<00:37:46.980><c> twice</c><00:37:47.300><c> this</c><00:37:47.579><c> week,</c><00:37:48.280><c> and</c><00:37:48.679><c> it's</c><00:37:49.360><c> straight</c><00:37:49.559><c> out</c><00:37:49.739><c> of</c><00:37:49.860><c> Ilpas</c>

00:37:50.119 --> 00:37:52.260
Israel<00:37:50.460><c> anyway,</c><00:37:51.099><c> page</c><00:37:51.360><c> 88.</c>

00:37:52.719 --> 00:37:55.519
But<00:37:52.900><c> what</c><00:37:53.139><c> it</c><00:37:53.440><c> says</c><00:37:53.800><c> is</c><00:37:54.179><c> simply</c><00:37:54.519><c> this.</c>

00:37:55.840 --> 00:37:59.280
It's<00:37:56.039><c> under</c><00:37:56.239><c> the</c><00:37:56.440><c> heading</c><00:37:56.599><c> of</c><00:37:56.840><c> the</c><00:37:57.079><c> carnal</c><00:37:57.619><c> mind,</c><00:37:58.059><c> the</c><00:37:58.340><c> flesh.</c>

00:37:59.460 --> 00:38:02.139
And<00:37:59.900><c> Brother</c><00:38:00.239><c> Thomas</c><00:38:00.480><c> beautifully</c><00:38:01.039><c> expresses</c><00:38:01.539><c> it</c><00:38:01.760><c> this</c><00:38:01.980><c> way</c>

00:38:02.139 --> 00:38:03.500
when<00:38:02.300><c> he</c><00:38:02.599><c> says</c>

00:38:03.539 --> 00:38:07.980
that<00:38:03.980><c> the</c><00:38:04.219><c> animal</c><00:38:04.679><c> and</c><00:38:05.559><c> the</c><00:38:05.840><c> human</c><00:38:06.059><c> have</c><00:38:06.280><c> two</c><00:38:06.519><c> things</c><00:38:06.800><c> in</c><00:38:07.059><c> common.</c>

00:38:08.039 --> 00:38:11.480
They<00:38:08.039><c> have</c><00:38:08.239><c> what</c><00:38:08.360><c> he</c><00:38:08.619><c> calls</c><00:38:09.199><c> propensities.</c>

00:38:12.599 --> 00:38:16.159
We<00:38:12.900><c> call</c><00:38:13.079><c> that,</c><00:38:14.579><c> and</c><00:38:14.940><c> I</c><00:38:15.039><c> think</c><00:38:15.119><c> we</c><00:38:15.300><c> decided</c><00:38:15.659><c> the</c><00:38:15.860><c> other</c><00:38:16.000><c> night</c>

00:38:16.159 --> 00:38:17.079
what<00:38:16.320><c> that</c><00:38:16.559><c> word</c><00:38:16.760><c> should</c><00:38:16.940><c> be.</c>

00:38:17.219 --> 00:38:18.800
I<00:38:17.219><c> can't</c><00:38:17.420><c> remember,</c><00:38:17.719><c> what</c><00:38:17.880><c> was</c><00:38:18.079><c> the</c><00:38:18.139><c> good</c><00:38:18.280><c> word</c><00:38:18.400><c> we</c><00:38:18.539><c> came</c><00:38:18.679><c> up</c>

00:38:18.800 --> 00:38:20.719
with<00:38:18.920><c> the</c><00:38:19.000><c> other?</c><00:38:19.320><c> Tendencies,</c><00:38:20.000><c> was</c><00:38:20.000><c> it?</c>

00:38:20.780 --> 00:38:22.559
Sorry?<00:38:21.780><c> Instincts,</c><00:38:22.099><c> thank</c><00:38:22.340><c> you.</c>

00:38:23.019 --> 00:38:24.739
Instincts<00:38:23.460><c> is</c><00:38:23.639><c> probably</c><00:38:23.980><c> a</c><00:38:24.099><c> more</c><00:38:24.340><c> common</c><00:38:24.559><c> word.</c>

00:38:24.739 --> 00:38:26.559
We've<00:38:25.139><c> got</c><00:38:25.380><c> instincts.</c>

00:38:27.460 --> 00:38:30.920
You<00:38:27.519><c> know,</c><00:38:27.980><c> we</c><00:38:28.199><c> have</c><00:38:28.780><c> instincts</c><00:38:29.139><c> which</c><00:38:29.400><c> say,</c><00:38:29.840><c> I'm</c><00:38:30.000><c> hungry.</c>

00:38:32.400 --> 00:38:35.219
You<00:38:32.559><c> know,</c><00:38:32.860><c> there's</c><00:38:33.079><c> nothing</c><00:38:33.320><c> wicked</c><00:38:33.599><c> about</c><00:38:33.880><c> being</c><00:38:34.159><c> hungry.</c>

00:38:35.400 --> 00:38:37.739
I<00:38:35.539><c> have</c><00:38:35.760><c> heard</c><00:38:35.960><c> people</c><00:38:36.420><c> at</c><00:38:36.659><c> times</c><00:38:36.880><c> say</c><00:38:37.139><c> that</c><00:38:37.300><c> we</c><00:38:37.460><c> have</c>

00:38:37.739 --> 00:38:39.780
condemned<00:38:38.340><c> propensities.</c>

00:38:39.800 --> 00:38:42.500
We're<00:38:40.099><c> not</c><00:38:40.340><c> condemned</c><00:38:40.940><c> because</c><00:38:41.360><c> we've</c><00:38:41.659><c> got</c><00:38:41.820><c> propensities.</c>

00:38:42.940 --> 00:38:45.679
We<00:38:43.199><c> are</c><00:38:43.519><c> condemned</c><00:38:43.880><c> when</c><00:38:44.079><c> we</c><00:38:44.300><c> give</c><00:38:44.460><c> in</c><00:38:44.599><c> to</c><00:38:44.760><c> those</c><00:38:44.960><c> propensities,</c>

00:38:45.760 --> 00:38:47.360
and<00:38:46.000><c> we</c><00:38:46.159><c> allow</c><00:38:46.300><c> them</c><00:38:46.480><c> to</c><00:38:46.639><c> govern</c><00:38:46.800><c> our</c><00:38:47.059><c> lives.</c>

00:38:47.559 --> 00:38:49.659
Because<00:38:47.739><c> if</c><00:38:47.880><c> they</c><00:38:48.079><c> say</c><00:38:48.260><c> instincts</c><00:38:48.659><c> like</c><00:38:48.960><c> hunger</c><00:38:49.300><c> and</c><00:38:49.519><c> that</c>

00:38:49.659 --> 00:38:51.199
are,<00:38:49.840><c> there's</c><00:38:50.079><c> nothing</c><00:38:50.280><c> wicked</c><00:38:50.579><c> about</c><00:38:50.840><c> it.</c>

00:38:51.199 --> 00:38:54.699
But<00:38:51.619><c> animals</c><00:38:52.019><c> and</c><00:38:52.320><c> humans</c><00:38:52.519><c> have</c><00:38:52.880><c> these</c><00:38:53.300><c> instincts,</c><00:38:53.900><c> propensities,</c>

00:38:55.320 --> 00:38:58.800
natural<00:38:55.579><c> desires</c><00:38:56.079><c> just</c><00:38:56.659><c> to</c><00:38:56.920><c> keep</c><00:38:57.119><c> our</c><00:38:57.320><c> body</c><00:38:57.559><c> in</c><00:38:57.840><c> existence.</c>

00:38:59.619 --> 00:39:02.579
And<00:38:59.739><c> we</c><00:38:59.920><c> also</c><00:39:00.179><c> have</c><00:39:00.559><c> an</c><00:39:00.940><c> intelligence</c><00:39:01.360><c> which</c><00:39:01.699><c> says,</c><00:39:02.579><c> well,</c>

00:39:02.860 --> 00:39:05.820
my<00:39:03.079><c> brain</c><00:39:03.380><c> tells</c><00:39:03.739><c> me</c><00:39:03.980><c> that</c><00:39:04.139><c> I</c><00:39:04.280><c> can</c><00:39:04.460><c> satisfy</c><00:39:04.940><c> those</c><00:39:05.280><c> instincts</c>

00:39:05.820 --> 00:39:08.820
in<00:39:06.920><c> order</c><00:39:07.199><c> to</c><00:39:07.880><c> live.</c>

00:39:09.559 --> 00:39:11.639
Now,<00:39:09.760><c> of</c><00:39:09.920><c> course,</c><00:39:10.079><c> as</c><00:39:10.260><c> far</c><00:39:10.400><c> as</c><00:39:10.539><c> the</c><00:39:10.760><c> animal</c><00:39:10.980><c> is</c><00:39:11.199><c> concerned,</c>

00:39:11.840 --> 00:39:13.719
they<00:39:12.059><c> just</c><00:39:12.280><c> keep</c><00:39:12.420><c> going</c><00:39:12.639><c> through</c><00:39:12.860><c> this</c><00:39:13.059><c> same</c><00:39:13.300><c> circle.</c>

00:39:14.139 --> 00:39:18.360
I<00:39:14.480><c> feel,</c><00:39:15.119><c> I</c><00:39:15.320><c> want,</c><00:39:16.239><c> I</c><00:39:16.440><c> can</c><00:39:16.659><c> satisfy</c><00:39:17.039><c> by</c><00:39:17.320><c> wants</c><00:39:17.460><c> by</c><00:39:17.760><c> doing</c><00:39:17.980><c> this,</c>

00:39:18.360 --> 00:39:22.440
and<00:39:18.679><c> their</c><00:39:18.860><c> whole</c><00:39:19.079><c> life</c><00:39:19.340><c> is</c><00:39:19.579><c> just</c><00:39:19.880><c> spent</c><00:39:20.179><c> in</c><00:39:20.699><c> using</c><00:39:20.940><c> their</c><00:39:21.219><c> brain</c><00:39:21.699><c> to</c>

00:39:22.440 --> 00:39:26.360
satisfy<00:39:23.039><c> their</c><00:39:23.519><c> instincts,</c><00:39:24.579><c> their</c><00:39:24.840><c> propensities.</c>

00:39:26.880 --> 00:39:30.019
Human<00:39:27.199><c> beings</c><00:39:27.820><c> have</c><00:39:28.699><c> something</c><00:39:29.159><c> added</c><00:39:29.440><c> to</c><00:39:29.699><c> that.</c>

00:39:30.360 --> 00:39:32.340
He<00:39:30.539><c> says</c><00:39:30.800><c> they're</c><00:39:31.099><c> super</c><00:39:31.539><c> added,</c>

00:39:32.360 --> 00:39:35.840
and<00:39:32.460><c> what</c><00:39:32.619><c> is</c><00:39:32.860><c> super</c><00:39:33.179><c> added</c><00:39:33.420><c> is</c><00:39:33.639><c> what</c><00:39:33.760><c> he</c><00:39:33.980><c> calls</c><00:39:34.239><c> the</c><00:39:34.760><c> moral</c><00:39:35.139><c> sentiments</c><00:39:35.619><c> or</c>

00:39:35.840 --> 00:39:37.500
the<00:39:36.000><c> moral</c><00:39:36.260><c> capacity.</c>

00:39:38.260 --> 00:39:41.519
We<00:39:38.519><c> have</c><00:39:38.699><c> an</c><00:39:38.880><c> ability</c><00:39:39.260><c> to</c><00:39:39.559><c> determine</c><00:39:39.900><c> what</c><00:39:40.099><c> is</c><00:39:40.340><c> right</c><00:39:40.519><c> and</c><00:39:40.639><c> what</c><00:39:40.820><c> is</c><00:39:41.059><c> wrong,</c>

00:39:41.920 --> 00:39:46.059
but<00:39:42.139><c> we</c><00:39:42.300><c> can</c><00:39:42.460><c> only</c><00:39:42.679><c> do</c><00:39:42.960><c> that</c><00:39:43.280><c> when</c><00:39:43.619><c> the</c><00:39:44.000><c> mind</c><00:39:44.559><c> has</c><00:39:45.579><c> the</c><00:39:45.739><c> word</c><00:39:45.880><c> of</c>

00:39:46.059 --> 00:39:46.980
God<00:39:46.199><c> in</c><00:39:46.360><c> it.</c>

00:39:46.980 --> 00:39:50.300
Now,<00:39:47.780><c> leaving</c><00:39:48.380><c> it</c><00:39:48.599><c> at</c><00:39:48.719><c> that,</c><00:39:49.440><c> because</c><00:39:49.500><c> whilst</c><00:39:49.739><c> that's</c><00:39:49.960><c> a</c><00:39:50.000><c> very</c>

00:39:50.300 --> 00:39:50.840
quick<00:39:50.500><c> overview,</c>

00:39:51.059 --> 00:39:53.860
where<00:39:51.280><c> do</c><00:39:51.380><c> we</c><00:39:51.440><c> put</c><00:39:51.599><c> the</c><00:39:51.760><c> Lord</c><00:39:51.960><c> Jesus</c><00:39:52.420><c> Christ</c><00:39:52.699><c> into</c><00:39:52.900><c> this?</c>

00:39:54.280 --> 00:40:00.219
The<00:39:54.500><c> Lord</c><00:39:54.820><c> Jesus</c><00:39:55.280><c> Christ</c><00:39:55.619><c> had</c><00:39:55.960><c> absolutely</c><00:39:57.019><c> the</c><00:39:57.539><c> same</c><00:39:57.920><c> propensities</c><00:39:58.780><c> as</c><00:39:59.059><c> we</c><00:39:59.280><c> do.</c>

00:40:00.739 --> 00:40:03.679
They<00:40:00.920><c> were</c><00:40:01.159><c> no</c><00:40:01.460><c> weaker</c><00:40:01.800><c> or</c><00:40:02.239><c> stronger,</c><00:40:02.699><c> whichever</c><00:40:03.000><c> way</c><00:40:03.179><c> you</c><00:40:03.320><c> like</c><00:40:03.480><c> to</c>

00:40:03.679 --> 00:40:05.380
put<00:40:03.800><c> it,</c><00:40:04.039><c> in</c><00:40:04.219><c> him</c><00:40:04.500><c> than</c><00:40:04.840><c> in</c><00:40:05.000><c> us.</c>

00:40:05.719 --> 00:40:08.599
He<00:40:05.920><c> was</c><00:40:06.179><c> in</c><00:40:06.300><c> all</c><00:40:06.780><c> points</c><00:40:07.059><c> tempted</c><00:40:07.420><c> like</c><00:40:07.659><c> as</c><00:40:07.880><c> we</c><00:40:08.039><c> are.</c>

00:40:09.039 --> 00:40:12.579
His<00:40:09.400><c> bodily</c><00:40:09.960><c> instincts,</c><00:40:10.840><c> propensities</c><00:40:11.420><c> were</c><00:40:11.760><c> the</c><00:40:12.159><c> same.</c>

00:40:12.579 --> 00:40:16.699
And<00:40:13.340><c> therefore,</c><00:40:13.699><c> as</c><00:40:13.960><c> a</c><00:40:14.179><c> community,</c><00:40:14.639><c> we</c><00:40:14.780><c> use</c><00:40:14.940><c> the</c><00:40:15.099><c> language,</c><00:40:15.739><c> he</c><00:40:15.940><c> was</c><00:40:16.260><c> a</c>

00:40:16.699 --> 00:40:18.599
representative<00:40:17.719><c> sacrifice.</c>

00:40:18.980 --> 00:40:21.000
He<00:40:19.239><c> was</c><00:40:19.920><c> flesh.</c>

00:40:21.639 --> 00:40:24.179
He<00:40:21.780><c> was</c><00:40:22.179><c> the</c><00:40:22.539><c> lamb</c><00:40:22.800><c> of</c><00:40:23.059><c> God.</c>

00:40:25.820 --> 00:40:27.659
But<00:40:26.059><c> wherein</c><00:40:26.380><c> lies</c><00:40:26.519><c> the</c><00:40:26.760><c> difference?</c>

00:40:28.179 --> 00:40:29.420
The<00:40:28.500><c> mind.</c>

00:40:30.559 --> 00:40:34.219
And<00:40:30.739><c> here</c><00:40:30.880><c> was</c><00:40:31.079><c> a</c><00:40:31.300><c> mind,</c><00:40:32.199><c> and</c><00:40:32.380><c> I</c><00:40:32.480><c> guess</c><00:40:32.820><c> the</c><00:40:33.099><c> best</c><00:40:33.340><c> we</c><00:40:33.500><c> can</c><00:40:33.940><c> do</c>

00:40:34.219 --> 00:40:36.019
in<00:40:34.400><c> trying</c><00:40:34.619><c> to</c><00:40:34.960><c> explain</c><00:40:35.159><c> that</c><00:40:35.420><c> mind</c><00:40:35.619><c> was</c>

00:40:36.019 --> 00:40:39.579
that<00:40:36.719><c> God</c><00:40:37.019><c> gave</c><00:40:37.300><c> him</c><00:40:37.519><c> a</c><00:40:37.739><c> unique</c><00:40:38.280><c> capacity.</c>

00:40:39.820 --> 00:40:43.019
A<00:40:40.300><c> capacity</c><00:40:40.780><c> that</c><00:40:41.039><c> he</c><00:40:41.139><c> was</c><00:40:41.360><c> able</c><00:40:41.559><c> to</c><00:40:41.820><c> draw</c><00:40:42.039><c> on</c><00:40:42.300><c> that</c><00:40:42.579><c> word</c><00:40:42.760><c> to</c>

00:40:43.019 --> 00:40:45.599
such<00:40:43.199><c> an</c><00:40:43.440><c> extent</c><00:40:43.820><c> that</c><00:40:44.239><c> he</c><00:40:44.380><c> could</c><00:40:44.679><c> fill</c><00:40:44.940><c> his</c><00:40:45.300><c> mind</c>

00:40:45.599 --> 00:40:48.219
with<00:40:45.920><c> that</c><00:40:46.320><c> word,</c><00:40:47.300><c> not</c><00:40:47.480><c> robotically.</c>

00:40:48.440 --> 00:40:51.400
It<00:40:48.519><c> wasn't</c><00:40:48.900><c> poured</c><00:40:49.239><c> in</c><00:40:49.719><c> as</c><00:40:50.000><c> though,</c><00:40:50.179><c> well</c><00:40:50.380><c> there</c><00:40:50.480><c> it</c><00:40:50.639><c> is,</c><00:40:50.860><c> I</c><00:40:51.059><c> poured</c><00:40:51.219><c> it</c>

00:40:51.400 --> 00:40:53.239
in,<00:40:51.659><c> says</c><00:40:51.739><c> God,</c><00:40:52.219><c> he</c><00:40:52.380><c> will</c><00:40:52.539><c> now</c><00:40:52.659><c> be</c><00:40:52.900><c> perfect.</c>

00:40:53.699 --> 00:40:56.079
That<00:40:53.940><c> man</c><00:40:54.199><c> had</c><00:40:54.380><c> to</c><00:40:54.639><c> draw</c><00:40:54.840><c> on</c><00:40:55.019><c> that</c><00:40:55.219><c> word.</c>

00:40:56.219 --> 00:40:58.719
But<00:40:56.340><c> he</c><00:40:56.440><c> was</c><00:40:56.639><c> given</c><00:40:56.840><c> that</c><00:40:57.119><c> unique</c><00:40:57.440><c> capacity</c><00:40:57.980><c> for</c><00:40:58.280><c> a</c><00:40:58.420><c> very</c>

00:40:58.719 --> 00:41:00.300
specific<00:40:59.199><c> reason,</c>

00:41:00.699 --> 00:41:03.820
that<00:41:00.860><c> he</c><00:41:01.059><c> did</c><00:41:01.300><c> fill</c><00:41:01.460><c> his</c><00:41:01.780><c> mind</c><00:41:01.960><c> with</c><00:41:02.099><c> the</c><00:41:02.320><c> word,</c><00:41:03.219><c> to</c><00:41:03.420><c> the</c><00:41:03.619><c> point</c>

00:41:03.820 --> 00:41:05.260
that<00:41:04.039><c> when</c><00:41:04.300><c> he</c><00:41:04.579><c> viewed</c><00:41:04.800><c> life,</c>

00:41:05.559 --> 00:41:07.539
he<00:41:05.800><c> effectively</c><00:41:06.199><c> viewed</c><00:41:06.400><c> it</c><00:41:06.519><c> through</c><00:41:06.719><c> God's</c><00:41:07.219><c> eyes.</c>

00:41:07.539 --> 00:41:10.440
And<00:41:08.280><c> he</c><00:41:08.400><c> was</c><00:41:08.579><c> therefore</c><00:41:08.980><c> able</c><00:41:09.219><c> to</c><00:41:09.420><c> bring</c><00:41:09.579><c> the</c><00:41:09.860><c> propensities</c>

00:41:10.440 --> 00:41:11.920
into<00:41:10.860><c> subjection,</c>

00:41:12.219 --> 00:41:15.260
so<00:41:12.260><c> that</c><00:41:12.440><c> we</c><00:41:12.500><c> would</c><00:41:12.679><c> say</c><00:41:12.920><c> he</c><00:41:13.139><c> was</c><00:41:13.420><c> on</c><00:41:13.519><c> the</c><00:41:13.679><c> one</c><00:41:13.900><c> hand</c><00:41:14.139><c> sinless,</c>

00:41:15.619 --> 00:41:18.599
or<00:41:15.780><c> to</c><00:41:15.860><c> put</c><00:41:16.019><c> it</c><00:41:16.280><c> positively,</c><00:41:17.739><c> righteous.</c>

00:41:18.840 --> 00:41:22.139
Everything<00:41:19.179><c> he</c><00:41:19.420><c> did</c><00:41:19.719><c> was</c><00:41:19.980><c> to</c><00:41:20.199><c> the</c><00:41:20.420><c> glory</c><00:41:20.880><c> of</c><00:41:21.199><c> God.</c>

00:41:22.639 --> 00:41:26.440
Now<00:41:22.900><c> here's</c><00:41:23.280><c> the</c><00:41:23.679><c> secret</c><00:41:24.039><c> to</c><00:41:24.260><c> understanding</c><00:41:24.760><c> the</c><00:41:24.960><c> Gospel</c><00:41:25.300><c> of</c><00:41:25.480><c> John.</c>

00:41:27.619 --> 00:41:31.440
Whenever<00:41:27.900><c> we</c><00:41:28.139><c> come</c><00:41:28.340><c> across</c><00:41:28.619><c> a</c><00:41:28.800><c> discussion</c><00:41:29.380><c> of</c><00:41:30.400><c> the</c><00:41:30.559><c> Lord</c><00:41:30.780><c> Jesus</c><00:41:31.199><c> with</c>

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somebody<00:41:31.840><c> else,</c>

00:41:32.199 --> 00:41:35.800
as<00:41:32.400><c> recorded</c><00:41:32.860><c> in</c><00:41:33.079><c> John's</c><00:41:33.480><c> Gospel,</c><00:41:34.260><c> you'll</c><00:41:34.500><c> always</c><00:41:34.760><c> get</c><00:41:35.079><c> God's</c>

00:41:35.800 --> 00:41:38.559
view<00:41:36.139><c> of</c><00:41:36.440><c> the</c><00:41:36.579><c> matter</c><00:41:37.039><c> coming</c><00:41:37.480><c> out.</c>

00:41:38.880 --> 00:41:42.519
And<00:41:39.079><c> it</c><00:41:39.179><c> will</c><00:41:39.340><c> sound</c><00:41:39.579><c> strange,</c><00:41:41.480><c> because</c><00:41:41.659><c> Jesus</c><00:41:42.099><c> looks</c><00:41:42.360><c> at</c><00:41:42.519><c> it</c>

00:41:42.519 --> 00:41:44.079
through<00:41:42.760><c> God's</c><00:41:43.260><c> eyes.</c>

00:41:44.139 --> 00:41:46.079
And<00:41:44.280><c> I'm</c><00:41:44.480><c> tempted</c><00:41:44.760><c> to</c><00:41:44.920><c> give</c><00:41:45.019><c> some</c><00:41:45.239><c> illustrations,</c><00:41:45.760><c> but</c><00:41:45.900><c> I</c>

00:41:46.079 --> 00:41:47.360
won't,<00:41:46.380><c> because</c><00:41:46.559><c> they</c><00:41:46.719><c> will</c><00:41:46.940><c> come</c><00:41:47.139><c> later.</c>

00:41:47.460 --> 00:41:50.280
Just<00:41:47.699><c> wait</c><00:41:47.940><c> for</c><00:41:48.039><c> it</c><00:41:48.380><c> if</c><00:41:48.500><c> you're</c><00:41:48.659><c> not</c><00:41:48.820><c> familiar</c><00:41:49.139><c> with</c><00:41:49.300><c> it.</c>

00:41:50.519 --> 00:41:53.559
Invariably<00:41:51.000><c> the</c><00:41:51.159><c> other</c><00:41:51.440><c> person</c><00:41:51.760><c> will</c><00:41:51.980><c> sort</c><00:41:52.139><c> of</c><00:41:52.300><c> say,</c><00:41:52.940><c> what's</c>

00:41:53.559 --> 00:41:55.219
he<00:41:53.780><c> talking</c><00:41:54.079><c> about?</c>

00:41:56.079 --> 00:41:59.079
John<00:41:56.300><c> chapter</c><00:41:56.579><c> 6,</c><00:41:57.099><c> what</c><00:41:57.360><c> is</c><00:41:57.579><c> the</c><00:41:57.820><c> work</c><00:41:58.039><c> of</c><00:41:58.320><c> God</c><00:41:58.500><c> that</c><00:41:58.639><c> we</c><00:41:58.880><c> might</c>

00:41:59.079 --> 00:42:00.380
work<00:41:59.599><c> to</c><00:42:00.099><c> do?</c>

00:42:00.380 --> 00:42:03.480
And<00:42:00.679><c> the</c><00:42:00.800><c> Lord</c><00:42:00.960><c> says</c><00:42:01.179><c> the</c><00:42:01.340><c> work</c><00:42:01.579><c> of</c><00:42:01.739><c> God</c><00:42:01.900><c> is</c><00:42:02.059><c> that</c><00:42:02.199><c> you</c><00:42:02.340><c> believe.</c>

00:42:04.159 --> 00:42:06.559
And<00:42:04.179><c> you</c><00:42:04.199><c> can</c><00:42:04.400><c> hear</c><00:42:04.519><c> the</c><00:42:04.679><c> Jew</c><00:42:04.780><c> saying,</c><00:42:05.699><c> but</c><00:42:05.760><c> I</c><00:42:05.960><c> said</c><00:42:06.119><c> work,</c><00:42:06.420><c> and</c>

00:42:06.559 --> 00:42:07.440
he<00:42:06.719><c> says</c><00:42:06.880><c> believe.</c>

00:42:07.860 --> 00:42:09.440
Belief<00:42:08.219><c> isn't</c><00:42:08.519><c> work.</c>

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And<00:42:10.519><c> so</c><00:42:10.860><c> you've</c><00:42:11.300><c> got</c><00:42:11.460><c> two</c><00:42:11.699><c> minds.</c>

00:42:12.539 --> 00:42:15.619
The<00:42:12.719><c> mind</c><00:42:12.960><c> of</c><00:42:13.119><c> the</c><00:42:13.360><c> Spirit,</c><00:42:13.820><c> as</c><00:42:13.960><c> seen</c><00:42:14.099><c> by</c><00:42:14.340><c> the</c><00:42:14.500><c> Lord,</c><00:42:15.219><c> the</c><00:42:15.380><c> mind</c>

00:42:15.619 --> 00:42:18.699
of<00:42:15.780><c> the</c><00:42:15.980><c> flesh,</c><00:42:16.300><c> seen</c><00:42:16.519><c> by</c><00:42:17.539><c> the</c><00:42:17.780><c> crowds,</c>

00:42:19.099 --> 00:42:23.019
certainly<00:42:19.539><c> the</c><00:42:19.980><c> Jews,</c><00:42:21.260><c> and</c><00:42:21.440><c> John</c><00:42:21.679><c> uses</c><00:42:22.039><c> the</c><00:42:22.260><c> term</c><00:42:22.480><c> Jews</c><00:42:22.800><c> to</c>

00:42:23.019 --> 00:42:26.239
mean<00:42:23.139><c> the</c><00:42:23.340><c> Jewish</c><00:42:23.579><c> rulers,</c><00:42:24.500><c> and</c><00:42:24.719><c> even</c><00:42:24.880><c> his</c><00:42:25.139><c> disciples.</c>

00:42:26.539 --> 00:42:30.699
So<00:42:27.019><c> our</c><00:42:27.440><c> challenge</c><00:42:27.940><c> and</c><00:42:28.199><c> our</c><00:42:28.420><c> exhortation</c><00:42:29.340><c> is</c><00:42:29.840><c> to</c><00:42:30.000><c> become</c><00:42:30.260><c> so</c>

00:42:30.699 --> 00:42:34.059
familiar<00:42:31.139><c> with</c><00:42:31.800><c> John's</c><00:42:32.559><c> record</c><00:42:32.860><c> of</c><00:42:33.059><c> the</c><00:42:33.219><c> Lord,</c>

00:42:34.119 --> 00:42:37.980
and<00:42:34.179><c> of</c><00:42:34.360><c> course</c><00:42:34.480><c> the</c><00:42:34.719><c> epistles</c><00:42:35.059><c> of</c><00:42:35.260><c> John</c><00:42:35.480><c> as</c><00:42:35.739><c> well,</c><00:42:36.860><c> that</c><00:42:37.000><c> almost,</c><00:42:37.639><c> dare</c>

00:42:37.980 --> 00:42:40.219
I<00:42:38.199><c> say</c><00:42:38.360><c> it,</c><00:42:38.539><c> by</c><00:42:38.860><c> second</c><00:42:39.139><c> nature,</c>

00:42:40.679 --> 00:42:43.599
second<00:42:41.059><c> nature</c><00:42:41.340><c> might</c><00:42:41.519><c> be</c><00:42:41.679><c> a</c><00:42:41.820><c> strange</c><00:42:42.000><c> expression,</c><00:42:42.800><c> we</c><00:42:43.199><c> start</c>

00:42:43.599 --> 00:42:45.619
to<00:42:43.820><c> think</c><00:42:43.940><c> like</c><00:42:44.199><c> this</c><00:42:44.380><c> as</c><00:42:44.579><c> well.</c>

00:42:46.059 --> 00:42:48.199
And<00:42:46.219><c> brethren</c><00:42:46.420><c> and</c><00:42:46.619><c> sisters,</c><00:42:46.800><c> that's</c><00:42:47.199><c> what</c><00:42:47.440><c> living</c><00:42:47.639><c> the</c><00:42:47.900><c> truth</c><00:42:48.039><c> is</c>

00:42:48.199 --> 00:42:49.360
all<00:42:48.440><c> about.</c>

00:42:49.480 --> 00:42:51.860
Not<00:42:49.840><c> willpower</c><00:42:50.380><c> which</c><00:42:50.599><c> says,</c><00:42:50.900><c> I've</c><00:42:51.019><c> got</c><00:42:51.119><c> to</c><00:42:51.320><c> overcome</c><00:42:51.619><c> this,</c>

00:42:51.880 --> 00:42:52.940
I've<00:42:52.079><c> got</c><00:42:52.219><c> to</c><00:42:52.420><c> overcome</c><00:42:52.699><c> this,</c>

00:42:52.940 --> 00:42:55.079
and<00:42:53.119><c> you</c><00:42:53.139><c> know</c><00:42:53.239><c> we</c><00:42:53.440><c> grit</c><00:42:53.559><c> our</c><00:42:53.860><c> teeth</c><00:42:54.079><c> and</c><00:42:54.380><c> clench</c><00:42:54.599><c> our</c><00:42:54.860><c> fists</c>

00:42:55.079 --> 00:42:56.300
and<00:42:55.280><c> all</c><00:42:55.440><c> those</c><00:42:55.619><c> sort</c><00:42:55.780><c> of</c><00:42:55.920><c> things,</c>

00:42:56.800 --> 00:42:58.780
but<00:42:56.900><c> a</c><00:42:57.119><c> new</c><00:42:57.340><c> mode</c><00:42:57.579><c> of</c><00:42:57.900><c> thinking.</c>

00:42:59.940 --> 00:43:04.059
Paul<00:43:00.280><c> and</c><00:43:00.559><c> Peter</c><00:43:00.960><c> and</c><00:43:01.340><c> others</c><00:43:01.820><c> bring</c><00:43:02.280><c> us</c><00:43:02.480><c> up</c><00:43:02.639><c> to</c><00:43:02.780><c> it</c><00:43:03.000><c> gradually.</c>

00:43:04.340 --> 00:43:07.300
Paul's<00:43:04.679><c> got</c><00:43:04.860><c> wonderful</c><00:43:05.380><c> epistles</c><00:43:05.760><c> that</c><00:43:06.019><c> explain</c><00:43:06.519><c> to</c><00:43:06.760><c> us,</c><00:43:07.239><c> you</c>

00:43:07.300 --> 00:43:08.519
know<00:43:07.460><c> that</c><00:43:07.659><c> Romans</c><00:43:08.039><c> 7,</c>

00:43:08.880 --> 00:43:11.920
with<00:43:08.980><c> the</c><00:43:09.219><c> mind</c><00:43:09.500><c> I</c><00:43:09.699><c> myself</c><00:43:10.099><c> serve</c><00:43:10.400><c> the</c><00:43:10.559><c> law</c><00:43:10.679><c> of</c><00:43:10.940><c> God,</c><00:43:11.519><c> with</c><00:43:11.699><c> the</c>

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flesh<00:43:12.099><c> the</c><00:43:12.260><c> law</c><00:43:12.400><c> of</c><00:43:12.639><c> sin,</c>

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a<00:43:13.340><c> wretched</c><00:43:13.619><c> man</c><00:43:13.880><c> that</c><00:43:14.099><c> I</c><00:43:14.239><c> am,</c><00:43:14.480><c> and</c><00:43:14.639><c> we</c><00:43:14.739><c> can</c><00:43:14.980><c> identify</c><00:43:15.579><c> with</c><00:43:15.760><c> that</c><00:43:16.019><c> sort</c><00:43:16.159><c> of</c>

00:43:16.360 --> 00:43:17.860
level,<00:43:16.599><c> but</c><00:43:16.820><c> not</c><00:43:17.019><c> John.</c>

00:43:18.199 --> 00:43:20.539
John<00:43:18.420><c> says</c><00:43:18.599><c> I'm</c><00:43:18.860><c> taking</c><00:43:19.039><c> you</c><00:43:19.260><c> right</c><00:43:19.500><c> up</c><00:43:19.719><c> there</c><00:43:19.900><c> in</c><00:43:20.099><c> one</c><00:43:20.320><c> go.</c>

00:43:20.539 --> 00:43:24.179
So<00:43:20.639><c> here</c><00:43:21.119><c> it</c><00:43:21.320><c> is,</c><00:43:21.679><c> perfect</c><00:43:21.980><c> thinking,</c><00:43:23.380><c> and</c><00:43:23.579><c> we're</c><00:43:23.880><c> battling</c>

00:43:24.179 --> 00:43:25.760
to<00:43:24.659><c> try</c><00:43:24.880><c> and</c><00:43:25.119><c> understand</c><00:43:25.460><c> it,</c>

00:43:25.940 --> 00:43:29.400
but<00:43:26.280><c> that's</c><00:43:26.800><c> the</c><00:43:26.940><c> beauty</c><00:43:27.199><c> of</c><00:43:27.380><c> John</c><00:43:27.619><c> because</c><00:43:28.039><c> in</c><00:43:28.340><c> fact</c><00:43:28.659><c> he</c><00:43:29.119><c> is</c>

00:43:29.400 --> 00:43:31.500
showing<00:43:29.539><c> to</c><00:43:29.800><c> us</c><00:43:30.360><c> the</c><00:43:30.699><c> thinking</c><00:43:30.960><c> of</c><00:43:31.219><c> God</c>

00:43:31.500 --> 00:43:34.460
as<00:43:31.860><c> seen</c><00:43:32.019><c> in</c><00:43:32.340><c> perfection</c><00:43:32.860><c> in</c><00:43:33.340><c> the</c><00:43:33.460><c> law</c><00:43:33.639><c> of</c><00:43:33.719><c> Jesus</c><00:43:34.099><c> Christ.</c>

00:43:34.679 --> 00:43:38.340
Hence<00:43:34.900><c> he</c><00:43:35.059><c> was</c><00:43:35.380><c> styled</c><00:43:35.900><c> the</c><00:43:36.380><c> word</c><00:43:36.840><c> made</c><00:43:37.360><c> flesh.</c>

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Let<00:43:39.559><c> me,</c><00:43:39.760><c> without</c><00:43:40.099><c> turning</c><00:43:40.420><c> these</c><00:43:40.739><c> passages</c><00:43:41.079><c> up,</c><00:43:42.059><c> just</c><00:43:42.300><c> give</c>

00:43:42.480 --> 00:43:46.380
you<00:43:42.940><c> a</c><00:43:43.219><c> summary</c><00:43:43.559><c> of</c><00:43:43.760><c> how</c><00:43:44.340><c> we</c><00:43:44.500><c> might</c><00:43:44.760><c> express</c><00:43:45.179><c> this</c><00:43:45.440><c> in</c><00:43:45.579><c> Bible</c><00:43:45.860><c> language.</c>

00:43:46.380 --> 00:43:50.440
I'll<00:43:47.239><c> read</c><00:43:47.460><c> out</c><00:43:47.639><c> the</c><00:43:47.820><c> passages</c><00:43:48.039><c> because,</c><00:43:48.820><c> well,</c><00:43:49.599><c> I</c><00:43:49.760><c> guess</c><00:43:49.940><c> we've</c><00:43:50.199><c> got</c>

00:43:50.440 --> 00:43:51.900
audio<00:43:50.760><c> tapes</c><00:43:50.980><c> and</c><00:43:51.179><c> things</c><00:43:51.380><c> like</c><00:43:51.639><c> that</c>

00:43:51.900 --> 00:43:54.840
that<00:43:52.300><c> people</c><00:43:52.559><c> might</c><00:43:52.800><c> want</c><00:43:53.019><c> to</c><00:43:53.260><c> listen</c><00:43:53.460><c> to</c><00:43:53.659><c> or</c><00:43:54.039><c> videos</c><00:43:54.440><c> to</c><00:43:54.699><c> see</c>

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or<00:43:54.980><c> something.</c>

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Tape,<00:43:56.320><c> for</c><00:43:56.539><c> example,</c><00:43:57.440><c> the</c><00:43:57.699><c> expressions</c><00:43:58.179><c> without</c><00:43:58.719><c> turning</c>

00:43:59.000 --> 00:43:59.619
them<00:43:59.199><c> up.</c>

00:43:59.880 --> 00:44:02.739
In<00:44:00.000><c> Luke</c><00:44:00.239><c> chapter</c><00:44:00.559><c> 1</c><00:44:00.800><c> and</c><00:44:00.960><c> verse</c><00:44:01.199><c> 35</c><00:44:01.800><c> we</c><00:44:02.039><c> read</c><00:44:02.260><c> that</c><00:44:02.440><c> the</c><00:44:02.519><c> Lord</c>

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was<00:44:03.059><c> conceived</c><00:44:03.659><c> by</c><00:44:03.960><c> the</c><00:44:04.280><c> Spirit.</c>

00:44:05.019 --> 00:44:07.219
The<00:44:05.119><c> Holy</c><00:44:05.380><c> Spirit</c><00:44:05.699><c> came</c><00:44:05.900><c> upon</c><00:44:06.219><c> Mary.</c>

00:44:07.440 --> 00:44:12.380
In<00:44:07.599><c> Luke</c><00:44:07.860><c> chapter</c><00:44:08.159><c> 2</c><00:44:08.420><c> and</c><00:44:08.579><c> verse</c><00:44:08.840><c> 40</c><00:44:09.199><c> we</c><00:44:09.400><c> read</c><00:44:09.599><c> He</c><00:44:09.739><c> was</c><00:44:10.420><c> strengthened</c><00:44:10.940><c> by</c><00:44:11.239><c> the</c><00:44:11.500><c> Spirit.</c>

00:44:12.679 --> 00:44:16.639
In<00:44:13.239><c> Luke</c><00:44:13.539><c> chapter</c><00:44:13.880><c> 3</c><00:44:14.179><c> and</c><00:44:14.380><c> verse</c><00:44:14.579><c> 22</c><00:44:15.059><c> at</c><00:44:15.260><c> His</c><00:44:15.480><c> baptism</c><00:44:15.920><c> He</c><00:44:16.380><c> was</c>

00:44:16.639 --> 00:44:18.340
anointed<00:44:17.039><c> with</c><00:44:17.260><c> the</c><00:44:17.500><c> Spirit.</c>

00:44:19.119 --> 00:44:22.880
In<00:44:19.179><c> Luke</c><00:44:19.440><c> chapter</c><00:44:19.739><c> 4</c><00:44:20.059><c> and</c><00:44:20.199><c> verse</c><00:44:20.460><c> 1</c><00:44:20.699><c> we</c><00:44:20.920><c> read</c><00:44:21.320><c> then</c><00:44:21.619><c> Jesus</c><00:44:22.079><c> being</c><00:44:22.519><c> full</c>

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of<00:44:23.039><c> the</c><00:44:23.199><c> Holy</c><00:44:23.440><c> Spirit</c>

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was<00:44:24.539><c> led</c><00:44:24.960><c> of</c><00:44:25.420><c> the</c><00:44:25.719><c> Spirit</c><00:44:26.039><c> into</c><00:44:26.440><c> the</c><00:44:26.659><c> wilderness</c><00:44:27.000><c> to</c><00:44:27.219><c> be</c><00:44:27.360><c> put</c>

00:44:27.500 --> 00:44:29.460
to<00:44:27.659><c> the</c><00:44:27.840><c> proof</c><00:44:27.960><c> of</c><00:44:28.159><c> the</c><00:44:28.380><c> diabolos.</c>

00:44:29.920 --> 00:44:32.300
I<00:44:30.139><c> took</c><00:44:30.280><c> that</c><00:44:30.500><c> rather</c><00:44:30.739><c> literally</c><00:44:31.139><c> for</c><00:44:31.420><c> definite</c><00:44:31.699><c> reasons.</c>

00:44:32.659 --> 00:44:36.880
When<00:44:32.880><c> Jesus</c><00:44:33.320><c> went</c><00:44:33.579><c> into</c><00:44:33.840><c> the</c><00:44:34.059><c> wilderness</c><00:44:34.619><c> it</c><00:44:36.059><c> wasn't</c><00:44:36.400><c> a</c><00:44:36.500><c> matter</c><00:44:36.679><c> of</c>

00:44:36.880 --> 00:44:37.519
God<00:44:37.159><c> saying</c>

00:44:37.519 --> 00:44:41.400
let's<00:44:38.360><c> see</c><00:44:38.739><c> if</c><00:44:38.940><c> we</c><00:44:39.099><c> can</c><00:44:39.280><c> bring</c><00:44:39.460><c> Him</c><00:44:39.659><c> to</c><00:44:39.820><c> an</c><00:44:40.079><c> absolute</c><00:44:40.460><c> state</c><00:44:40.780><c> of</c><00:44:41.059><c> weakness</c>

00:44:41.400 --> 00:44:43.800
and<00:44:41.840><c> see</c><00:44:42.059><c> if</c><00:44:42.179><c> we</c><00:44:42.320><c> can</c><00:44:42.460><c> make</c><00:44:42.619><c> Him</c><00:44:42.900><c> full.</c>

00:44:44.119 --> 00:44:46.260
In<00:44:44.400><c> fact,</c><00:44:44.659><c> it</c><00:44:44.739><c> was</c><00:44:44.940><c> the</c><00:44:45.019><c> very</c><00:44:45.260><c> opposite.</c>

00:44:46.800 --> 00:44:50.699
Jesus<00:44:47.079><c> being</c><00:44:47.579><c> full</c><00:44:47.920><c> of</c><00:44:48.099><c> the</c><00:44:48.320><c> Spirit</c><00:44:48.599><c> was</c><00:44:49.139><c> led</c><00:44:49.539><c> of</c><00:44:50.059><c> the</c><00:44:50.400><c> Spirit</c>

00:44:50.699 --> 00:44:51.619
into<00:44:51.019><c> the</c><00:44:51.239><c> wilderness</c>

00:44:51.619 --> 00:44:53.940
to<00:44:52.119><c> be</c><00:44:52.380><c> put</c><00:44:52.579><c> to</c><00:44:52.800><c> the</c><00:44:53.019><c> proof</c><00:44:53.159><c> of</c><00:44:53.380><c> the</c><00:44:53.619><c> diabolos.</c>

00:44:54.179 --> 00:44:57.599
What<00:44:54.480><c> was</c><00:44:54.900><c> proved</c><00:44:55.280><c> after</c><00:44:55.880><c> 40</c><00:44:56.219><c> days</c><00:44:56.480><c> in</c><00:44:56.659><c> the</c><00:44:56.800><c> wilderness?</c>

00:44:58.559 --> 00:45:01.559
By<00:44:58.800><c> the</c><00:44:59.360><c> scripture,</c><00:45:00.260><c> through</c><00:45:00.440><c> the</c><00:45:00.820><c> Spirit</c><00:45:01.239><c> word.</c>

00:45:01.760 --> 00:45:04.840
And<00:45:01.980><c> what</c><00:45:02.179><c> was</c><00:45:02.539><c> proved</c><00:45:03.099><c> was</c><00:45:03.460><c> that</c><00:45:03.679><c> the</c><00:45:03.900><c> only</c><00:45:04.159><c> way</c><00:45:04.440><c> that</c><00:45:04.679><c> flesh</c>

00:45:04.840 --> 00:45:05.619
can<00:45:05.079><c> be</c><00:45:05.280><c> conquered</c>

00:45:05.619 --> 00:45:09.659
is<00:45:06.440><c> by</c><00:45:06.760><c> a</c><00:45:07.039><c> mind</c><00:45:07.440><c> which</c><00:45:07.980><c> is</c><00:45:08.179><c> a</c><00:45:08.239><c> Spirit</c><00:45:08.579><c> mind.</c>

00:45:10.099 --> 00:45:13.360
Now<00:45:10.300><c> what</c><00:45:10.599><c> makes</c><00:45:11.019><c> John</c><00:45:11.380><c> seemingly</c><00:45:11.940><c> difficult</c><00:45:12.460><c> is,</c><00:45:12.940><c> as</c><00:45:13.159><c> I've</c>

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said<00:45:13.500><c> before,</c>

00:45:14.280 --> 00:45:16.179
John<00:45:14.539><c> doesn't</c><00:45:14.920><c> take</c><00:45:15.159><c> us</c><00:45:15.320><c> up</c><00:45:15.519><c> in</c><00:45:15.800><c> stages.</c>

00:45:16.619 --> 00:45:20.619
John<00:45:16.820><c> just</c><00:45:17.119><c> takes</c><00:45:17.320><c> us</c><00:45:17.559><c> right</c><00:45:17.860><c> there</c><00:45:18.300><c> and</c><00:45:18.820><c> has</c><00:45:19.159><c> the</c><00:45:19.340><c> Lord</c><00:45:19.519><c> making</c><00:45:19.900><c> statements</c><00:45:20.320><c> like</c>

00:45:20.619 --> 00:45:22.840
don't<00:45:20.920><c> you</c><00:45:21.039><c> know</c><00:45:21.179><c> you've</c><00:45:21.420><c> got</c><00:45:21.539><c> eternal</c><00:45:21.920><c> life?</c>

00:45:22.980 --> 00:45:25.039
We<00:45:23.099><c> say</c><00:45:23.179><c> well</c><00:45:23.400><c> but</c><00:45:23.619><c> we</c><00:45:23.860><c> haven't</c><00:45:24.159><c> got</c><00:45:24.400><c> eternal</c><00:45:24.820><c> life.</c>

00:45:25.199 --> 00:45:27.000
I<00:45:25.199><c> mean</c><00:45:25.340><c> it's</c><00:45:26.159><c> a</c><00:45:26.300><c> problem.</c>

00:45:27.380 --> 00:45:28.719
John<00:45:27.760><c> can</c><00:45:28.059><c> see</c><00:45:28.159><c> it</c><00:45:28.320><c> that</c><00:45:28.519><c> way.</c>

00:45:28.880 --> 00:45:31.300
If<00:45:29.079><c> any</c><00:45:29.340><c> other</c><00:45:29.599><c> writer</c><00:45:29.880><c> in</c><00:45:30.079><c> the</c><00:45:30.219><c> Bible</c><00:45:30.460><c> says</c><00:45:30.719><c> no</c><00:45:31.019><c> you're</c><00:45:31.199><c> not</c>

00:45:31.300 --> 00:45:32.440
that<00:45:31.460><c> you've</c><00:45:31.679><c> got</c><00:45:31.800><c> eternal</c><00:45:32.199><c> life</c>

00:45:32.440 --> 00:45:33.199
we'd<00:45:32.679><c> have</c><00:45:32.780><c> problems.</c>

00:45:33.199 --> 00:45:36.199
As<00:45:34.119><c> a</c><00:45:34.340><c> community</c><00:45:34.719><c> we'd</c><00:45:35.000><c> have</c><00:45:35.079><c> to</c><00:45:35.280><c> start</c><00:45:35.440><c> thinking</c><00:45:35.719><c> all</c><00:45:36.019><c> over</c>

00:45:36.199 --> 00:45:36.780
again<00:45:36.460><c> and</c><00:45:36.659><c> saying</c>

00:45:36.780 --> 00:45:39.039
well<00:45:37.000><c> perhaps</c><00:45:37.199><c> there</c><00:45:37.440><c> are</c><00:45:37.659><c> immortal</c><00:45:38.019><c> souls.</c>

00:45:39.280 --> 00:45:42.619
But<00:45:39.480><c> it's</c><00:45:39.920><c> exclusive</c><00:45:40.460><c> to</c><00:45:40.719><c> John</c><00:45:41.019><c> because</c><00:45:41.579><c> John</c><00:45:41.900><c> is</c><00:45:42.159><c> taking</c><00:45:42.400><c> us</c>

00:45:42.619 --> 00:45:44.000
right<00:45:42.900><c> up</c><00:45:43.159><c> there.</c>

00:45:44.880 --> 00:45:48.360
And<00:45:45.019><c> he's</c><00:45:45.179><c> saying</c><00:45:45.360><c> in</c><00:45:45.840><c> effect</c><00:45:46.179><c> if</c><00:45:46.719><c> you</c><00:45:46.900><c> are</c><00:45:47.119><c> really</c><00:45:47.500><c> developing</c><00:45:47.920><c> that</c><00:45:48.159><c> mind</c>

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of<00:45:48.500><c> the</c><00:45:48.699><c> Spirit</c>

00:45:48.840 --> 00:45:53.280
if<00:45:48.960><c> you</c><00:45:49.119><c> are</c><00:45:49.260><c> really</c><00:45:49.559><c> doing</c><00:45:49.820><c> these</c><00:45:50.099><c> things</c><00:45:50.300><c> then</c><00:45:50.639><c> the</c><00:45:50.880><c> ultimate</c><00:45:51.199><c> is</c><00:45:51.920><c> you've</c><00:45:53.139><c> got</c>

00:45:53.280 --> 00:45:53.900
eternal<00:45:53.639><c> life.</c>

00:45:53.940 --> 00:45:56.820
Now<00:45:54.360><c> we'll</c><00:45:54.940><c> perhaps</c><00:45:55.159><c> talk</c><00:45:55.400><c> a</c><00:45:55.460><c> bit</c><00:45:55.599><c> about</c><00:45:55.820><c> that</c><00:45:56.019><c> in</c><00:45:56.179><c> a</c><00:45:56.260><c> later</c><00:45:56.519><c> study.</c>

00:45:57.099 --> 00:46:00.340
So<00:45:57.440><c> I</c><00:45:57.840><c> think</c><00:45:58.039><c> we're</c><00:45:58.300><c> going</c><00:45:58.440><c> to</c><00:45:58.599><c> have</c><00:45:58.739><c> to</c><00:45:59.000><c> try</c><00:45:59.280><c> and</c><00:45:59.820><c> truncate</c><00:46:00.199><c> this.</c>

00:46:00.340 --> 00:46:03.059
Well<00:46:00.360><c> what</c><00:46:00.639><c> time</c><00:46:00.900><c> did</c><00:46:01.059><c> we</c><00:46:01.300><c> start</c><00:46:01.579><c> and</c><00:46:01.699><c> what</c><00:46:01.920><c> time</c><00:46:02.099><c> should</c><00:46:02.300><c> we...</c>

00:46:03.059 --> 00:46:06.239
We<00:46:03.420><c> started</c><00:46:03.659><c> about</c><00:46:05.039><c> 9</c><00:46:05.500><c>.40</c><00:46:05.679><c> or</c><00:46:05.840><c> so.</c>

00:46:06.559 --> 00:46:09.860
About<00:46:06.780><c> 9</c><00:46:07.059><c>.40</c><00:46:07.239><c> or</c><00:46:07.480><c> so</c><00:46:07.800><c> and</c><00:46:08.440><c> we</c><00:46:08.619><c> should</c><00:46:08.780><c> finish</c><00:46:09.099><c> there</c><00:46:09.579><c> within</c>

00:46:09.860 --> 00:46:12.000
the<00:46:09.980><c> next</c><00:46:10.320><c> about</c><00:46:10.500><c> seven</c><00:46:10.760><c> minutes</c><00:46:11.099><c> roughly.</c>

00:46:12.059 --> 00:46:13.519
Okay<00:46:12.199><c> that's</c><00:46:12.480><c> not</c><00:46:12.639><c> too</c><00:46:12.880><c> bad.</c>

00:46:13.619 --> 00:46:15.360
We'll<00:46:14.139><c> do</c><00:46:14.300><c> our</c><00:46:14.519><c> best.</c>

00:46:16.719 --> 00:46:18.440
I<00:46:16.820><c> always</c><00:46:17.059><c> feel</c><00:46:17.139><c> better</c><00:46:17.420><c> having</c><00:46:17.699><c> said</c><00:46:17.920><c> that</c><00:46:18.119><c> and</c><00:46:18.219><c> then</c><00:46:18.340><c> going</c>

00:46:18.440 --> 00:46:19.420
for<00:46:18.619><c> another</c><00:46:18.860><c> half</c><00:46:19.079><c> an</c><00:46:19.260><c> hour</c>

00:46:19.420 --> 00:46:21.000
and<00:46:20.059><c> conscience</c><00:46:20.380><c> seems</c><00:46:20.599><c> a</c><00:46:20.599><c> bit</c><00:46:20.739><c> better.</c>

00:46:21.360 --> 00:46:26.099
So<00:46:21.880><c> we're</c><00:46:22.960><c> trying</c><00:46:23.179><c> then</c><00:46:23.460><c> to</c><00:46:23.840><c> establish</c><00:46:24.400><c> what</c><00:46:25.019><c> John</c><00:46:25.340><c> means</c><00:46:25.719><c> by</c>

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saying<00:46:26.559><c> that</c><00:46:27.219><c> the</c><00:46:27.539><c> Word,</c>

00:46:28.619 --> 00:46:31.519
the<00:46:29.119><c> Word</c><00:46:29.539><c> in</c><00:46:29.920><c> this</c><00:46:30.179><c> part</c><00:46:30.340><c> of</c><00:46:30.440><c> the</c><00:46:30.539><c> world,</c>

00:46:31.679 --> 00:46:34.360
Australia<00:46:31.760><c> is</c><00:46:31.880><c> very</c><00:46:32.099><c> flat</c><00:46:32.420><c> with</c><00:46:32.659><c> their</c><00:46:32.860><c> Rs</c><00:46:33.119><c> but</c><00:46:33.360><c> I'll</c><00:46:33.599><c> do</c><00:46:33.699><c> my</c><00:46:33.880><c> best.</c>

00:46:34.579 --> 00:46:41.760
The<00:46:34.619><c> Word</c><00:46:35.699><c> became</c><00:46:38.159><c> flesh</c><00:46:38.920><c> and</c><00:46:39.940><c> dwelt</c><00:46:40.219><c> among</c><00:46:40.519><c> us</c><00:46:41.079><c> and</c><00:46:41.420><c> what</c><00:46:41.599><c> did</c>

00:46:41.760 --> 00:46:42.940
we<00:46:42.000><c> see?</c>

00:46:43.599 --> 00:46:46.019
We<00:46:43.920><c> beheld</c><00:46:44.460><c> his</c><00:46:45.280><c> glory.</c>

00:46:46.500 --> 00:46:47.280
Here's<00:46:46.780><c> our</c><00:46:46.980><c> word.</c>

00:46:47.559 --> 00:46:49.500
That's<00:46:47.820><c> the</c><00:46:47.860><c> word</c><00:46:48.000><c> that</c><00:46:48.159><c> we</c><00:46:48.280><c> said</c><00:46:48.400><c> at</c><00:46:48.579><c> the</c><00:46:48.739><c> beginning</c><00:46:48.960><c> is</c><00:46:49.280><c> going</c><00:46:49.400><c> to</c>

00:46:49.500 --> 00:46:50.880
be<00:46:49.619><c> the</c><00:46:49.780><c> key</c><00:46:50.039><c> word.</c>

00:46:50.960 --> 00:46:53.079
Romans<00:46:51.320><c> is</c><00:46:51.500><c> all</c><00:46:51.659><c> about</c><00:46:51.820><c> the</c><00:46:52.099><c> righteousness</c><00:46:52.500><c> of</c><00:46:52.820><c> God.</c>

00:46:53.380 --> 00:46:55.099
John<00:46:53.639><c> is</c><00:46:53.800><c> all</c><00:46:54.000><c> about</c><00:46:54.199><c> the</c><00:46:54.440><c> glory</c><00:46:54.679><c> of</c><00:46:54.920><c> God.</c>

00:46:55.300 --> 00:46:56.860
In<00:46:55.639><c> effect</c><00:46:56.000><c> the</c><00:46:56.239><c> same</c><00:46:56.480><c> thing.</c>

00:46:56.860 --> 00:46:59.699
I<00:46:57.260><c> know</c><00:46:57.739><c> there</c><00:46:57.920><c> are</c><00:46:58.360><c> different</c><00:46:58.780><c> thrusts</c><00:46:59.179><c> with</c><00:46:59.300><c> it.</c>

00:46:59.900 --> 00:47:02.300
But<00:47:00.139><c> to</c><00:47:00.460><c> all</c><00:47:00.679><c> intents</c><00:47:01.019><c> and</c><00:47:01.219><c> purposes</c><00:47:01.519><c> the</c><00:47:01.760><c> same</c><00:47:02.000><c> thing.</c>

00:47:02.539 --> 00:47:07.420
We<00:47:02.699><c> beheld</c><00:47:03.139><c> his</c><00:47:03.440><c> glory,</c><00:47:04.519><c> the</c><00:47:04.760><c> glory</c><00:47:05.199><c> as</c><00:47:05.500><c> of</c><00:47:05.659><c> the</c><00:47:05.880><c> only</c><00:47:06.199><c> begotten</c><00:47:06.699><c> of</c><00:47:06.840><c> the</c><00:47:07.059><c> Father,</c>

00:47:07.860 --> 00:47:10.579
full<00:47:08.179><c> of</c><00:47:08.699><c> grace</c><00:47:09.159><c> and</c><00:47:09.659><c> truth.</c>

00:47:10.800 --> 00:47:14.420
Our<00:47:11.079><c> last</c><00:47:11.400><c> transparency</c><00:47:12.059><c> will</c><00:47:12.340><c> help</c><00:47:12.539><c> us</c><00:47:12.880><c> to</c><00:47:13.960><c> summarize</c>

00:47:14.420 --> 00:47:17.460
and<00:47:14.719><c> in</c><00:47:14.900><c> a</c><00:47:15.039><c> sense</c><00:47:15.260><c> perhaps</c><00:47:15.599><c> save</c><00:47:15.780><c> a</c><00:47:15.840><c> little</c><00:47:16.099><c> bit</c><00:47:16.239><c> of</c><00:47:16.480><c> time</c>

00:47:17.639 --> 00:47:22.480
what<00:47:18.239><c> we</c><00:47:18.679><c> read</c><00:47:18.900><c> then</c><00:47:19.199><c> in</c><00:47:19.539><c> the</c><00:47:20.500><c> next</c><00:47:20.760><c> part</c><00:47:21.079><c> of</c><00:47:21.380><c> the</c><00:47:21.539><c> Gospel</c><00:47:21.860><c> of</c><00:47:22.019><c> John</c>

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in<00:47:23.059><c> that</c><00:47:23.280><c> section</c><00:47:23.539><c> we've</c><00:47:23.800><c> read</c><00:47:23.920><c> in</c><00:47:24.079><c> just</c><00:47:24.260><c> a</c><00:47:24.420><c> few</c><00:47:24.539><c> verses</c><00:47:24.880><c> further</c><00:47:25.260><c> on.</c>

00:47:25.639 --> 00:47:28.960
Those<00:47:26.519><c> of</c><00:47:26.699><c> you</c><00:47:26.840><c> who've</c><00:47:27.219><c> been</c><00:47:27.500><c> at</c><00:47:28.059><c> some</c><00:47:28.280><c> of</c><00:47:28.440><c> our</c><00:47:28.599><c> previous</c>

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study<00:47:29.239><c> weekends</c>

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will<00:47:30.300><c> have</c><00:47:30.440><c> seen</c><00:47:30.679><c> some</c><00:47:30.940><c> of</c><00:47:31.039><c> these</c><00:47:31.400><c> transparencies</c>

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maybe<00:47:32.440><c> in</c><00:47:32.679><c> different</c><00:47:32.920><c> forms,</c><00:47:33.619><c> maybe</c><00:47:33.900><c> even</c><00:47:34.159><c> the</c><00:47:34.340><c> same</c><00:47:34.559><c> one.</c>

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Because<00:47:36.300><c> I</c><00:47:36.760><c> think</c><00:47:36.940><c> we</c><00:47:37.079><c> all</c><00:47:37.219><c> agree</c><00:47:37.599><c> that</c><00:47:38.059><c> this</c><00:47:38.340><c> subject</c><00:47:38.719><c> of</c><00:47:39.280><c> God</c>

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being<00:47:40.159><c> the</c><00:47:40.360><c> focus</c><00:47:40.639><c> of</c><00:47:40.820><c> our</c><00:47:41.000><c> life</c>

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is<00:47:41.360><c> something</c><00:47:41.659><c> we</c><00:47:41.920><c> just</c><00:47:42.260><c> can't</c><00:47:42.719><c> hear</c><00:47:43.059><c> too</c><00:47:43.380><c> much</c><00:47:43.599><c> about.</c>

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Much<00:47:46.440><c> of</c><00:47:46.619><c> this</c><00:47:46.800><c> of</c><00:47:47.000><c> course</c><00:47:47.260><c> is</c><00:47:47.699><c> self</c><00:47:48.000><c>-evident.</c>

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Incidentally<00:47:51.260><c> I</c><00:47:51.380><c> didn't</c><00:47:51.619><c> finish</c><00:47:51.940><c> those</c><00:47:52.159><c> list</c><00:47:52.320><c> of</c><00:47:52.519><c> quotes</c><00:47:52.679><c> I</c>

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should<00:47:53.000><c> have</c><00:47:53.079><c> given</c><00:47:53.219><c> you</c><00:47:53.440><c> either.</c>

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What<00:47:55.440><c> was</c><00:47:55.800><c> the</c><00:47:56.019><c> effect</c><00:47:56.219><c> of</c><00:47:56.400><c> the</c><00:47:56.619><c> Spirit</c><00:47:56.900><c> on</c><00:47:57.460><c> the</c><00:47:57.599><c> Lord</c><00:47:57.760><c> Jesus</c><00:47:58.179><c> Christ?</c>

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Well<00:47:59.280><c> it</c><00:47:59.300><c> was</c><00:47:59.539><c> Isaiah</c><00:47:59.960><c> chapter</c><00:48:00.360><c> 11</c><00:48:00.679><c> verses</c><00:48:01.039><c> 1</c><00:48:01.559><c> to</c><00:48:01.719><c> 3</c>

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which<00:48:02.619><c> incidentally</c><00:48:03.340><c> I</c><00:48:03.460><c> think</c><00:48:03.619><c> we</c><00:48:03.800><c> should</c><00:48:03.960><c> turn</c><00:48:04.219><c> up</c><00:48:04.380><c> just</c><00:48:04.559><c> before</c><00:48:04.840><c> we</c>

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read<00:48:05.199><c> that.</c>

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In<00:48:05.820><c> case</c><00:48:06.000><c> you</c><00:48:06.179><c> attempted</c><00:48:06.440><c> to</c><00:48:06.639><c> read</c><00:48:06.739><c> that</c><00:48:07.039><c> prematurely</c><00:48:07.519><c> I'll</c>

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turn<00:48:07.880><c> it</c><00:48:08.079><c> off.</c>

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Let's<00:48:09.199><c> go</c><00:48:09.480><c> back</c><00:48:09.699><c> please</c><00:48:10.000><c> to</c><00:48:10.420><c> Isaiah</c><00:48:10.800><c> 11</c><00:48:11.139><c> because</c>

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for<00:48:13.119><c> those</c><00:48:13.360><c> of</c><00:48:13.500><c> us</c><00:48:13.679><c> who</c><00:48:13.820><c> are</c><00:48:13.820><c> saying</c><00:48:14.019><c> well</c><00:48:14.380><c> how</c><00:48:14.840><c> was</c><00:48:15.300><c> Jesus</c><00:48:15.659><c> able</c><00:48:15.940><c> to</c>

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do<00:48:16.300><c> this?</c>

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And<00:48:17.219><c> what's</c><00:48:17.599><c> this</c><00:48:17.820><c> matter</c><00:48:18.039><c> of</c><00:48:18.260><c> the</c><00:48:18.760><c> Spirit</c><00:48:19.320><c> dwelling</c><00:48:19.619><c> in</c><00:48:19.880><c> him?</c>

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I<00:48:20.579><c> think</c><00:48:20.780><c> the</c><00:48:20.960><c> first</c><00:48:21.260><c> three</c><00:48:21.539><c> verses</c><00:48:21.920><c> of</c><00:48:22.179><c> Isaiah</c><00:48:22.500><c> chapter</c><00:48:22.940><c> 11</c>

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really<00:48:25.719><c> bring</c><00:48:25.920><c> it</c><00:48:26.119><c> down</c><00:48:26.380><c> to</c><00:48:26.619><c> a</c><00:48:26.880><c> language</c><00:48:27.199><c> we</c><00:48:27.400><c> can</c><00:48:27.679><c> understand.</c>

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Isaiah,<00:48:35.519><c> sorry</c><00:48:36.000><c> Isaiah</c><00:48:36.599><c> over</c><00:48:36.960><c> here</c><00:48:37.159><c> isn't</c><00:48:37.340><c> it?</c>

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I<00:48:39.000><c> still</c><00:48:39.119><c> think</c><00:48:39.280><c> Isaiah</c><00:48:39.579><c> is</c><00:48:39.739><c> the</c><00:48:39.860><c> correct</c><00:48:40.059><c> way</c><00:48:40.219><c> to</c><00:48:40.380><c> pronounce</c>

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it<00:48:40.739><c> but</c><00:48:40.800><c> never</c><00:48:41.019><c> mind.</c>

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We're<00:48:43.980><c> both</c><00:48:44.219><c> wrong</c><00:48:44.420><c> of</c><00:48:44.659><c> course</c><00:48:44.860><c> and</c><00:48:45.019><c> I</c><00:48:45.119><c> think</c><00:48:45.260><c> the</c><00:48:45.480><c> Germans</c><00:48:45.719><c> do</c>

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a<00:48:46.039><c> better</c><00:48:46.199><c> job</c>

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than<00:48:46.599><c> we</c><00:48:46.920><c> do</c><00:48:47.079><c> when</c><00:48:47.219><c> they</c><00:48:47.440><c> say</c><00:48:47.860><c> Isaiah</c><00:48:49.159><c> because</c><00:48:49.699><c> they</c><00:48:50.059><c> get</c><00:48:50.199><c> a</c><00:48:50.420><c> sort</c><00:48:50.440><c> of</c>

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a<00:48:50.719><c> yod</c><00:48:50.840><c> in</c><00:48:51.000><c> the</c><00:48:51.139><c> front</c><00:48:51.239><c> of</c><00:48:51.320><c> it.</c>

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But<00:48:51.760><c> anyway</c><00:48:52.199><c> we</c><00:48:52.780><c> all</c><00:48:52.980><c> know</c><00:48:53.079><c> it's</c><00:48:53.300><c> the</c><00:48:53.400><c> first</c><00:48:53.619><c> of</c><00:48:53.780><c> the</c><00:48:53.960><c> four</c>

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major<00:48:54.460><c> prophets.</c>

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Isaiah<00:48:56.360><c> chapter</c><00:48:56.780><c> 11</c><00:48:57.219><c> verses</c><00:48:57.860><c> 1,</c><00:48:59.380><c> 2</c><00:49:00.820><c> through</c><00:49:01.420><c> 3</c><00:49:02.420><c> will</c><00:49:02.679><c> do</c><00:49:02.800><c> for</c>

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the<00:49:03.139><c> moment.</c>

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There<00:49:05.019><c> shall</c><00:49:05.199><c> come</c><00:49:05.519><c> forth</c><00:49:05.719><c> a</c><00:49:05.980><c> rod</c><00:49:06.099><c> out</c><00:49:06.340><c> of</c><00:49:06.460><c> the</c><00:49:06.579><c> stem</c><00:49:06.760><c> of</c><00:49:07.039><c> Jesse</c>

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and<00:49:07.539><c> a</c><00:49:07.760><c> branch</c><00:49:08.019><c> shall</c><00:49:08.280><c> grow</c><00:49:08.480><c> out</c><00:49:08.679><c> of</c><00:49:08.760><c> his</c><00:49:08.980><c> roots</c>

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and<00:49:10.400><c> the</c><00:49:11.000><c> Spirit</c><00:49:11.699><c> of</c><00:49:12.559><c> Yahweh</c><00:49:12.900><c> shall</c><00:49:13.099><c> rest</c><00:49:13.340><c> upon</c><00:49:13.619><c> him.</c>

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The<00:49:14.920><c> Spirit</c><00:49:15.619><c> of</c><00:49:16.179><c> wisdom</c><00:49:16.760><c> and</c><00:49:18.139><c> understanding.</c>

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The<00:49:19.960><c> Spirit</c><00:49:20.659><c> of</c><00:49:21.500><c> counsel</c><00:49:22.119><c> and</c><00:49:22.559><c> might.</c>

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The<00:49:24.019><c> Spirit</c><00:49:24.599><c> of</c><00:49:25.039><c> knowledge</c><00:49:25.599><c> and</c><00:49:25.960><c> of</c><00:49:26.079><c> the</c><00:49:26.260><c> fear</c><00:49:26.460><c> of</c><00:49:26.739><c> Yahweh.</c>

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And<00:49:28.579><c> it</c><00:49:28.780><c> shall</c><00:49:28.960><c> make</c><00:49:29.280><c> him</c><00:49:29.480><c> of</c><00:49:29.800><c> quick</c><00:49:30.059><c> understanding</c><00:49:31.000><c> in</c><00:49:31.980><c> the</c>

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fear<00:49:32.360><c> of</c><00:49:32.619><c> Yahweh.</c>

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And<00:49:34.000><c> he</c><00:49:34.199><c> shall</c><00:49:34.380><c> not</c><00:49:34.739><c> judge</c><00:49:35.099><c> after</c><00:49:35.559><c> the</c><00:49:35.860><c> sight</c><00:49:36.000><c> of</c><00:49:36.199><c> his</c><00:49:36.519><c> eyes.</c>

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Neither<00:49:38.360><c> reprove</c><00:49:38.940><c> after</c><00:49:39.340><c> the</c><00:49:39.579><c> hearing</c><00:49:39.820><c> of</c><00:49:40.019><c> his</c><00:49:40.260><c> ears</c><00:49:40.500><c> and</c><00:49:40.579><c> I</c><00:49:40.739><c> think</c><00:49:40.840><c> we</c><00:49:40.960><c> will</c><00:49:41.139><c> carry</c><00:49:41.380><c> on</c><00:49:41.500><c> a</c>

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bit<00:49:41.739><c> further.</c>

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But<00:49:42.960><c> with</c><00:49:43.380><c> righteousness</c><00:49:44.019><c> shall</c><00:49:44.300><c> he</c><00:49:44.500><c> judge</c><00:49:44.739><c> the</c><00:49:45.039><c> poor</c>

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and<00:49:46.079><c> reprove</c><00:49:46.719><c> with</c><00:49:47.039><c> equity</c><00:49:47.440><c> for</c><00:49:47.699><c> the</c><00:49:47.920><c> meek</c><00:49:48.059><c> of</c><00:49:48.239><c> the</c><00:49:48.440><c> earth</c>

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and<00:49:49.079><c> he</c><00:49:49.260><c> shall</c><00:49:49.440><c> smite</c><00:49:49.860><c> the</c><00:49:50.039><c> earth</c><00:49:50.139><c> with</c><00:49:50.320><c> the</c><00:49:50.480><c> rod</c><00:49:50.579><c> of</c><00:49:50.719><c> his</c><00:49:51.000><c> mouth</c>

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and<00:49:51.760><c> with</c><00:49:51.920><c> the</c><00:49:52.079><c> breath</c><00:49:52.239><c> of</c><00:49:52.380><c> his</c><00:49:52.599><c> lips</c><00:49:53.000><c> shall</c><00:49:53.380><c> he</c><00:49:53.739><c> slay</c><00:49:54.179><c> the</c><00:49:54.440><c> wicked.</c>

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And<00:49:54.940><c> we</c><00:49:55.079><c> could</c><00:49:55.239><c> read</c><00:49:55.420><c> on</c><00:49:55.699><c> further</c><00:49:55.920><c> but</c><00:49:56.079><c> we</c><00:49:56.340><c> won't.</c>

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Notice<00:49:57.360><c> though</c><00:49:57.579><c> the</c><00:49:57.760><c> repetition</c><00:49:58.260><c> of</c><00:49:58.460><c> that</c><00:49:58.639><c> word</c><00:49:58.840><c> spirit</c>

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and<00:50:00.519><c> it's</c><00:50:00.800><c> talking</c><00:50:01.079><c> about</c><00:50:01.360><c> a</c><00:50:01.619><c> state</c><00:50:01.780><c> of</c><00:50:02.159><c> mind</c><00:50:02.579><c> of</c><00:50:03.360><c> wisdom,</c><00:50:04.059><c> of</c><00:50:04.480><c> understanding</c>

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to<00:50:06.219><c> be</c><00:50:06.500><c> seen</c><00:50:06.659><c> in</c><00:50:07.059><c> counsel</c><00:50:07.599><c> and</c><00:50:08.059><c> might</c><00:50:08.360><c> and</c><00:50:09.059><c> knowledge</c>

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and<00:50:10.340><c> in</c><00:50:10.500><c> a</c><00:50:10.800><c> reverential</c><00:50:11.360><c> fear</c><00:50:11.659><c> of</c><00:50:11.900><c> God</c><00:50:12.239><c> so</c><00:50:12.820><c> much</c><00:50:13.119><c> so</c><00:50:13.400><c> that</c><00:50:13.500><c> when</c>

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he<00:50:13.739><c> comes</c><00:50:13.960><c> to</c><00:50:14.179><c> make</c><00:50:14.340><c> a</c><00:50:14.539><c> judgment</c>

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he<00:50:15.000><c> doesn't</c><00:50:15.400><c> do</c><00:50:15.579><c> it</c><00:50:15.679><c> on</c><00:50:15.840><c> the</c><00:50:15.980><c> basis</c><00:50:16.199><c> of</c><00:50:16.380><c> his</c><00:50:16.579><c> eyes.</c>

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Meaning<00:50:17.519><c> of</c><00:50:17.699><c> course</c><00:50:17.900><c> the</c><00:50:18.059><c> eye</c><00:50:18.280><c> of</c><00:50:18.400><c> the</c><00:50:18.579><c> flesh.</c>

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He<00:50:19.199><c> did</c><00:50:19.460><c> not</c><00:50:19.679><c> make</c><00:50:20.000><c> fleshly</c><00:50:20.519><c> judgments</c><00:50:20.960><c> but</c><00:50:21.559><c> godly</c><00:50:21.980><c> judgments.</c>

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And<00:50:23.719><c> isn't</c><00:50:24.000><c> that</c><00:50:24.280><c> what</c><00:50:24.539><c> we're</c><00:50:24.920><c> all</c><00:50:25.059><c> wanting</c><00:50:25.199><c> to</c><00:50:25.460><c> do?</c>

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And<00:50:27.219><c> that's</c><00:50:27.519><c> why</c><00:50:27.900><c> in</c><00:50:28.099><c> his</c><00:50:28.340><c> own</c><00:50:28.599><c> unique</c><00:50:28.920><c> way</c><00:50:29.679><c> John</c><00:50:30.139><c> does</c><00:50:30.400><c> this</c>

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for<00:50:30.800><c> us</c><00:50:30.940><c> so</c><00:50:31.280><c> beautifully.</c>

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Perhaps<00:50:32.239><c> not</c><00:50:32.519><c> many</c><00:50:32.780><c> people</c><00:50:33.199><c> see</c><00:50:33.500><c> the</c><00:50:33.719><c> Gospel</c><00:50:34.019><c> of</c><00:50:34.179><c> John</c><00:50:34.420><c> as</c><00:50:34.739><c> being</c><00:50:34.920><c> as</c>

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exhortational<00:50:35.900><c> as</c><00:50:36.159><c> it</c><00:50:36.340><c> is.</c>

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Can<00:50:38.059><c> I</c><00:50:38.460><c> be</c><00:50:38.900><c> bluntly</c><00:50:39.340><c> realistic</c><00:50:39.800><c> and</c><00:50:40.119><c> say</c><00:50:40.480><c> that</c><00:50:41.699><c> I</c><00:50:41.940><c> fear</c><00:50:42.119><c> at</c><00:50:42.360><c> times</c>

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many<00:50:42.960><c> of</c><00:50:43.139><c> us</c><00:50:43.880><c> see</c><00:50:44.380><c> a</c><00:50:44.599><c> large</c><00:50:44.840><c> part</c><00:50:45.099><c> of</c><00:50:45.239><c> the</c><00:50:45.360><c> Gospel</c><00:50:45.659><c> of</c><00:50:45.840><c> John</c>

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as<00:50:47.000><c> a</c><00:50:47.159><c> whole</c><00:50:47.340><c> series</c><00:50:47.619><c> of</c><00:50:47.860><c> Bible</c><00:50:48.159><c> difficulties</c><00:50:48.619><c> to</c><00:50:48.860><c> be</c><00:50:49.139><c> explained</c><00:50:49.400><c> away.</c>

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Have<00:50:51.059><c> you</c><00:50:51.219><c> ever</c><00:50:51.440><c> felt</c><00:50:51.679><c> that</c><00:50:51.980><c> when</c><00:50:52.239><c> you</c><00:50:52.659><c> perhaps</c><00:50:52.880><c> run</c><00:50:53.000><c> an</c><00:50:53.219><c> interested</c><00:50:53.619><c> friends</c><00:50:53.920><c> class</c>

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or<00:50:54.440><c> something</c>

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and<00:50:54.920><c> you</c><00:50:55.079><c> get</c><00:50:55.219><c> into</c><00:50:55.460><c> John</c><00:50:55.800><c> and</c><00:50:55.920><c> they</c><00:50:56.179><c> say</c><00:50:56.360><c> well</c><00:50:56.659><c> how</c><00:50:56.900><c> do</c><00:50:57.059><c> you</c>

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explain<00:50:57.519><c> John</c><00:50:57.820><c> 1030</c>

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or<00:50:58.840><c> how</c><00:50:59.099><c> do</c><00:50:59.219><c> you</c><00:50:59.500><c> explain</c><00:50:59.699><c> before</c><00:51:00.500><c> Abraham</c><00:51:00.940><c> was</c><00:51:01.260><c> I</c><00:51:01.500><c> am,</c>

00:51:02.019 --> 00:51:04.480
how<00:51:02.179><c> do</c><00:51:02.300><c> you</c><00:51:02.559><c> explain</c><00:51:02.760><c> know</c><00:51:03.039><c> ye</c><00:51:03.179><c> not</c><00:51:03.340><c> that</c><00:51:03.500><c> ye</c><00:51:03.619><c> have</c><00:51:03.800><c> eternal</c><00:51:04.199><c> life</c>

00:51:04.480 --> 00:51:09.239
and<00:51:04.639><c> we</c><00:51:04.719><c> say</c><00:51:04.860><c> well</c><00:51:05.460><c> what</c><00:51:06.420><c> John</c><00:51:06.699><c> was</c><00:51:06.960><c> saying</c><00:51:07.179><c> was</c><00:51:07.559><c> that</c><00:51:08.539><c> one</c><00:51:09.000><c> day</c>

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we'll<00:51:09.480><c> get</c><00:51:09.699><c> eternal</c><00:51:10.099><c> life.</c>

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Well<00:51:11.780><c> of</c><00:51:11.980><c> course</c><00:51:12.099><c> that's</c><00:51:12.440><c> the</c><00:51:12.619><c> truth</c><00:51:12.760><c> of</c><00:51:12.940><c> the</c><00:51:13.099><c> Gospel</c>

00:51:13.380 --> 00:51:16.280
but<00:51:14.039><c> John's</c><00:51:14.460><c> not</c><00:51:14.599><c> really</c><00:51:14.900><c> saying</c><00:51:15.179><c> it</c><00:51:15.480><c> there.</c>

00:51:16.840 --> 00:51:20.760
I<00:51:17.000><c> heard</c><00:51:17.199><c> a</c><00:51:17.400><c> speaker</c><00:51:17.679><c> say</c><00:51:17.920><c> once,</c><00:51:19.860><c> I</c><00:51:19.980><c> won't</c><00:51:20.139><c> tell</c><00:51:20.300><c> you</c><00:51:20.380><c> his</c><00:51:20.539><c> name</c>

00:51:20.760 --> 00:51:23.280
but<00:51:21.199><c> you've</c><00:51:21.500><c> heard</c><00:51:21.579><c> him</c><00:51:21.739><c> over</c><00:51:21.920><c> here</c><00:51:22.139><c> anyway</c><00:51:22.400><c> and</c><00:51:22.699><c> he</c><00:51:22.900><c> speaks</c>

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quite<00:51:23.840><c> often</c>

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and<00:51:24.699><c> he</c><00:51:24.940><c> says</c><00:51:25.039><c> a</c><00:51:25.119><c> lot</c><00:51:25.219><c> of</c><00:51:25.320><c> good</c><00:51:25.440><c> things</c><00:51:25.739><c> and</c><00:51:26.139><c> what</c><00:51:26.300><c> he</c><00:51:26.539><c> said</c><00:51:26.739><c> was</c>

00:51:27.840 --> 00:51:31.559
John,<00:51:28.519><c> don't</c><00:51:29.219><c> try</c><00:51:29.400><c> and</c><00:51:29.440><c> guess</c><00:51:29.619><c> who</c><00:51:29.760><c> it</c><00:51:29.900><c> is</c><00:51:30.039><c> because</c><00:51:30.340><c> you'd</c><00:51:30.500><c> be</c><00:51:30.619><c> right.</c>

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John<00:51:32.340><c> uses</c><00:51:32.880><c> absolute</c><00:51:33.579><c> language</c>

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and<00:51:34.900><c> I</c><00:51:35.059><c> thought</c><00:51:35.159><c> you</c><00:51:35.340><c> know</c><00:51:35.579><c> that's</c><00:51:35.980><c> really</c><00:51:36.300><c> the</c><00:51:36.579><c> essence</c><00:51:36.880><c> of</c><00:51:37.119><c> it.</c>

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John<00:51:38.320><c> uses</c><00:51:38.780><c> absolute</c><00:51:39.659><c> language.</c>

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You're<00:51:41.519><c> either</c><00:51:41.860><c> dead</c><00:51:42.179><c> or</c><00:51:42.460><c> you're</c><00:51:42.760><c> alive.</c>

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You're<00:51:44.179><c> either</c><00:51:44.519><c> in</c><00:51:45.440><c> darkness</c><00:51:45.820><c> or</c><00:51:46.059><c> in</c><00:51:46.219><c> light.</c>

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You're<00:51:47.480><c> either</c><00:51:47.880><c> in</c><00:51:48.420><c> error</c><00:51:48.659><c> or</c><00:51:48.920><c> in</c><00:51:49.179><c> truth.</c>

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There's<00:51:49.920><c> no</c><00:51:50.239><c> shades</c><00:51:50.619><c> of</c><00:51:50.920><c> grey</c>

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and<00:51:51.980><c> of</c><00:51:52.179><c> course</c><00:51:52.340><c> when</c><00:51:52.539><c> we</c><00:51:52.760><c> stand</c><00:51:52.960><c> before</c><00:51:53.260><c> the</c><00:51:53.500><c> judgment</c><00:51:53.800><c> seat</c>

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of<00:51:54.199><c> the</c><00:51:54.300><c> Lord</c><00:51:54.500><c> Jesus</c><00:51:54.840><c> Christ</c>

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that's<00:51:55.380><c> the</c><00:51:55.440><c> way</c><00:51:55.539><c> it's</c><00:51:55.780><c> going</c><00:51:55.900><c> to</c><00:51:56.099><c> be.</c>

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It's<00:51:57.559><c> not</c><00:51:57.760><c> going</c><00:51:57.920><c> to</c><00:51:58.119><c> be</c><00:51:58.260><c> that</c><00:51:58.619><c> this</c><00:51:59.159><c> group</c><00:51:59.360><c> has</c><00:51:59.539><c> been</c><00:51:59.800><c> perfect</c>

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and<00:52:00.760><c> this</c><00:52:01.219><c> group</c><00:52:01.760><c> has</c><00:52:01.980><c> just</c><00:52:02.139><c> been</c><00:52:02.360><c> absolutely</c><00:52:02.860><c> wickedly</c><00:52:03.380><c> evil.</c>

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The<00:52:04.659><c> fact</c><00:52:04.880><c> of</c><00:52:05.119><c> the</c><00:52:05.239><c> matter</c><00:52:05.420><c> is</c><00:52:05.840><c> that</c><00:52:06.539><c> one</c><00:52:06.920><c> group</c>

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has<00:52:07.980><c> been</c><00:52:08.199><c> endeavouring</c><00:52:08.860><c> to</c><00:52:09.039><c> develop</c><00:52:09.380><c> a</c><00:52:09.659><c> thinking</c><00:52:09.940><c> like</c><00:52:10.280><c> God</c>

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and<00:52:11.340><c> says</c><00:52:11.579><c> there's</c><00:52:12.340><c> perfection,</c><00:52:13.119><c> I'm</c><00:52:13.400><c> aiming</c><00:52:13.559><c> for</c><00:52:13.820><c> perfection.</c>

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The<00:52:15.400><c> other</c><00:52:15.659><c> group</c><00:52:15.980><c> has</c><00:52:16.219><c> tried</c><00:52:16.500><c> to</c><00:52:16.760><c> live</c><00:52:16.900><c> a</c><00:52:17.099><c> life</c><00:52:17.300><c> perhaps</c><00:52:17.619><c> judaistically.</c>

00:52:18.619 --> 00:52:21.039
I'll<00:52:19.039><c> try</c><00:52:19.239><c> and</c><00:52:19.480><c> conquer</c><00:52:19.699><c> it</c><00:52:19.900><c> by</c><00:52:20.119><c> flesh.</c>

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This<00:52:21.780><c> group</c><00:52:22.019><c> might</c><00:52:22.320><c> have</c><00:52:22.519><c> appeared</c><00:52:22.820><c> on</c><00:52:23.039><c> the</c><00:52:23.219><c> surface</c><00:52:23.480><c> to</c><00:52:23.659><c> have</c>

00:52:23.800 --> 00:52:25.380
lived<00:52:23.920><c> a</c><00:52:24.059><c> better</c><00:52:24.219><c> life</c><00:52:24.500><c> than</c><00:52:24.679><c> this</c><00:52:24.960><c> group</c>

00:52:25.380 --> 00:52:28.199
but<00:52:26.420><c> the</c><00:52:26.659><c> fact</c><00:52:26.800><c> of</c><00:52:27.000><c> the</c><00:52:27.119><c> matter</c><00:52:27.340><c> is</c>

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in<00:52:29.079><c> the</c><00:52:29.340><c> ultimate</c><00:52:29.940><c> God</c><00:52:30.219><c> will</c><00:52:30.480><c> say</c>

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there<00:52:31.280><c> is</c><00:52:31.539><c> a</c><00:52:31.719><c> mind</c><00:52:31.940><c> in</c><00:52:32.099><c> which</c><00:52:32.340><c> that</c><00:52:32.760><c> incorruptible</c><00:52:33.659><c> seed</c><00:52:33.980><c> of</c>

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the<00:52:34.400><c> Word</c><00:52:34.599><c> of</c><00:52:34.780><c> God</c>

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has<00:52:35.659><c> started</c><00:52:36.019><c> to</c><00:52:36.239><c> germinate.</c>

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They<00:52:37.920><c> might</c><00:52:38.239><c> not</c><00:52:38.380><c> have</c><00:52:38.480><c> made</c><00:52:38.659><c> a</c><00:52:38.739><c> lot</c><00:52:38.900><c> of</c><00:52:39.179><c> progress</c><00:52:39.460><c> but</c><00:52:39.659><c> it's</c>

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started<00:52:40.300><c> to</c><00:52:40.539><c> germinate.</c>

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Here's<00:52:41.460><c> a</c><00:52:41.599><c> group</c><00:52:41.719><c> of</c><00:52:41.940><c> people</c><00:52:42.139><c> that</c><00:52:42.300><c> will</c><00:52:42.440><c> come</c><00:52:42.599><c> up</c><00:52:42.719><c> and</c><00:52:42.800><c> say</c>

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but<00:52:43.099><c> Lord,</c><00:52:43.400><c> Lord,</c><00:52:44.099><c> I've</c><00:52:44.380><c> prophesied</c><00:52:44.780><c> in</c><00:52:44.920><c> your</c><00:52:45.139><c> name</c>

00:52:46.159 --> 00:52:48.199
I've<00:52:46.420><c> done</c><00:52:46.579><c> many</c><00:52:46.840><c> wonderful</c><00:52:47.179><c> works</c><00:52:47.500><c> in</c><00:52:47.679><c> your</c><00:52:47.880><c> name</c>

00:52:48.199 --> 00:52:51.239
and<00:52:48.460><c> the</c><00:52:48.559><c> Lord</c><00:52:48.699><c> says</c><00:52:48.940><c> yes</c><00:52:49.260><c> but</c><00:52:49.519><c> I</c><00:52:49.840><c> never</c><00:52:50.059><c> knew</c><00:52:50.340><c> you.</c>

00:52:51.260 --> 00:52:53.219
You<00:52:51.480><c> didn't</c><00:52:51.900><c> know</c><00:52:52.219><c> me.</c>

00:52:53.679 --> 00:52:55.820
You<00:52:53.840><c> might</c><00:52:54.059><c> have</c><00:52:54.260><c> thought</c><00:52:54.440><c> you</c><00:52:54.619><c> were</c><00:52:54.739><c> working</c><00:52:55.099><c> for</c><00:52:55.480><c> me</c><00:52:55.659><c> but</c>

00:52:55.820 --> 00:52:57.420
you<00:52:56.039><c> weren't</c><00:52:56.260><c> working</c><00:52:56.699><c> with</c><00:52:57.039><c> me.</c>

00:52:57.420 --> 00:53:00.480
It<00:52:57.780><c> was</c><00:52:58.019><c> not</c><00:52:58.260><c> my</c><00:52:58.639><c> spirit</c><00:52:59.179><c> that</c><00:52:59.400><c> was</c><00:52:59.639><c> guiding</c><00:52:59.900><c> you</c>

00:53:00.480 --> 00:53:03.500
and<00:53:01.280><c> I</c><00:53:01.420><c> think</c><00:53:01.579><c> that's</c><00:53:01.880><c> something</c><00:53:02.159><c> that</c><00:53:02.599><c> it</c><00:53:02.860><c> worries</c><00:53:03.059><c> me</c>

00:53:03.500 --> 00:53:05.239
and<00:53:03.639><c> I</c><00:53:03.760><c> think</c><00:53:03.860><c> it</c><00:53:04.019><c> should</c><00:53:04.179><c> worry</c><00:53:04.360><c> all</c><00:53:04.639><c> of</c><00:53:04.760><c> us.</c>

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Are<00:53:05.780><c> my</c><00:53:06.059><c> motives</c><00:53:06.360><c> right?</c>

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And<00:53:07.860><c> if</c><00:53:07.940><c> we've</c><00:53:08.179><c> got</c><00:53:08.320><c> any</c><00:53:08.539><c> worry</c><00:53:08.800><c> then</c><00:53:09.039><c> let's</c><00:53:09.340><c> get</c><00:53:09.539><c> our</c><00:53:09.699><c> heads</c>

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perhaps<00:53:10.159><c> into</c><00:53:10.420><c> John</c>

00:53:11.300 --> 00:53:14.920
and<00:53:11.579><c> start</c><00:53:11.860><c> reading</c><00:53:12.239><c> John</c><00:53:12.559><c> and</c><00:53:12.960><c> he</c><00:53:13.099><c> will</c><00:53:13.659><c> help</c><00:53:14.079><c> us</c><00:53:14.440><c> to</c><00:53:14.719><c> start</c>

00:53:14.920 --> 00:53:16.519
thinking<00:53:15.260><c> in</c><00:53:15.639><c> absolute</c><00:53:16.099><c> terms</c>

00:53:16.519 --> 00:53:20.460
because<00:53:17.179><c> in</c><00:53:17.679><c> the</c><00:53:17.900><c> ultimate</c><00:53:18.219><c> things</c><00:53:18.579><c> are</c><00:53:18.880><c> either</c><00:53:19.199><c> right</c><00:53:19.420><c> or</c><00:53:19.659><c> wrong</c>

00:53:20.579 --> 00:53:23.059
in<00:53:21.139><c> our</c><00:53:21.380><c> ecclesial</c><00:53:21.840><c> environment</c><00:53:22.280><c> and</c><00:53:22.440><c> we're</c><00:53:22.599><c> not</c><00:53:22.760><c> talking</c>

00:53:23.059 --> 00:53:24.079
about<00:53:23.420><c> say</c>

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Ephesians,<00:53:24.719><c> Corinthians,</c><00:53:25.260><c> Philippians,</c><00:53:25.900><c> Colossians</c><00:53:26.219><c> or</c>

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something<00:53:26.699><c> like</c><00:53:27.039><c> that</c><00:53:27.179><c> this</c><00:53:27.420><c> weekend.</c>

00:53:28.679 --> 00:53:30.920
Paul<00:53:28.840><c> would</c><00:53:29.119><c> say</c><00:53:29.360><c> for</c><00:53:29.579><c> example</c><00:53:29.920><c> well</c><00:53:30.159><c> something's</c><00:53:30.659><c> wrong</c>

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over<00:53:31.260><c> here</c>

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but<00:53:31.920><c> the</c><00:53:32.099><c> way</c><00:53:32.199><c> you</c><00:53:32.480><c> handle</c><00:53:32.840><c> it</c><00:53:33.059><c> is</c><00:53:33.400><c> by</c><00:53:34.420><c> acknowledging</c><00:53:35.119><c> there's</c>

00:53:35.539 --> 00:53:37.039
a<00:53:35.679><c> weak</c><00:53:35.900><c> conscience</c><00:53:36.380><c> or</c><00:53:36.679><c> something</c>

00:53:37.039 --> 00:53:39.199
so<00:53:37.519><c> you</c><00:53:37.679><c> don't</c><00:53:37.820><c> just</c><00:53:38.039><c> say</c><00:53:38.139><c> because</c><00:53:38.500><c> that</c><00:53:38.719><c> person's</c><00:53:39.119><c> wrong</c>

00:53:39.199 --> 00:53:40.599
throw<00:53:39.460><c> them</c><00:53:39.679><c> out.</c>

00:53:41.659 --> 00:53:46.179
And<00:53:41.840><c> so</c><00:53:42.079><c> in</c><00:53:42.579><c> handling</c><00:53:43.039><c> problems</c><00:53:43.480><c> we</c><00:53:43.800><c> recognise</c><00:53:44.579><c> that</c><00:53:45.239><c> something</c><00:53:45.500><c> is</c><00:53:45.800><c> wrong</c>

00:53:46.179 --> 00:53:48.239
but<00:53:46.659><c> there</c><00:53:46.820><c> are</c><00:53:46.940><c> different</c><00:53:47.139><c> ways</c><00:53:47.400><c> of</c><00:53:47.679><c> handling</c><00:53:47.920><c> it.</c>

00:53:48.360 --> 00:53:50.679
There<00:53:48.559><c> are</c><00:53:48.780><c> such</c><00:53:48.960><c> things</c><00:53:49.219><c> as</c><00:53:49.480><c> long</c><00:53:49.760><c>-suffering</c><00:53:50.099><c> which</c><00:53:50.320><c> is</c><00:53:50.559><c> a</c>

00:53:50.679 --> 00:53:51.440
divine<00:53:50.980><c> virtue</c>

00:53:51.440 --> 00:53:56.699
but<00:53:51.880><c> ultimately</c><00:53:52.579><c> at</c><00:53:52.860><c> the</c><00:53:53.059><c> judgment</c><00:53:53.420><c> seat</c><00:53:53.940><c> there</c><00:53:55.199><c> will</c><00:53:55.380><c> be</c><00:53:55.599><c> absolutely</c><00:53:56.139><c> no</c><00:53:56.480><c> doubt</c>

00:53:56.699 --> 00:53:59.519
that<00:53:56.860><c> there</c><00:53:57.019><c> are</c><00:53:57.239><c> some</c><00:53:57.460><c> people</c><00:53:57.960><c> who</c><00:53:58.539><c> deserve</c><00:53:58.980><c> to</c><00:53:59.199><c> be</c><00:53:59.380><c> there</c>

00:53:59.519 --> 00:54:00.659
not<00:53:59.719><c> because</c><00:54:00.059><c> they're</c><00:54:00.320><c> perfect</c>

00:54:00.659 --> 00:54:03.659
but<00:54:01.019><c> they</c><00:54:01.320><c> feel</c><00:54:01.500><c> at</c><00:54:01.860><c> home</c><00:54:02.179><c> with</c><00:54:02.360><c> all</c><00:54:02.619><c> of</c><00:54:02.780><c> these</c><00:54:02.940><c> people</c><00:54:03.360><c> who</c>

00:54:03.659 --> 00:54:05.320
are<00:54:03.920><c> thinking</c><00:54:04.159><c> like</c><00:54:04.440><c> God.</c>

00:54:05.420 --> 00:54:08.199
And<00:54:05.559><c> there's</c><00:54:05.699><c> another</c><00:54:05.920><c> group</c><00:54:06.360><c> that</c><00:54:06.559><c> when</c><00:54:06.699><c> they</c><00:54:07.000><c> stand</c><00:54:07.239><c> there</c>

00:54:08.199 --> 00:54:09.579
really<00:54:09.059><c> deep</c><00:54:09.360><c> down</c>

00:54:09.579 --> 00:54:13.260
their<00:54:09.780><c> mind's</c><00:54:10.179><c> been</c><00:54:10.300><c> more</c><00:54:10.539><c> involved</c><00:54:11.000><c> in</c><00:54:12.260><c> the</c><00:54:12.559><c> local</c><00:54:12.800><c> social</c>

00:54:13.260 --> 00:54:14.780
club,<00:54:13.599><c> the</c><00:54:13.619><c> local</c><00:54:13.960><c> baseball</c><00:54:14.440><c> team,</c>

00:54:14.840 --> 00:54:18.320
what<00:54:15.019><c> they</c><00:54:15.280><c> see</c><00:54:15.420><c> on</c><00:54:15.639><c> television,</c><00:54:16.739><c> things</c><00:54:17.059><c> you</c><00:54:17.320><c> know</c><00:54:17.539><c> that</c><00:54:17.980><c> are</c>

00:54:18.320 --> 00:54:19.280
really<00:54:18.539><c> there</c><00:54:18.719><c> in</c><00:54:18.860><c> the</c><00:54:19.059><c> mind</c>

00:54:19.280 --> 00:54:21.639
and<00:54:19.559><c> although</c><00:54:20.119><c> they</c><00:54:20.500><c> would</c><00:54:20.699><c> like</c><00:54:20.860><c> to</c><00:54:21.000><c> be</c><00:54:21.099><c> in</c><00:54:21.179><c> the</c><00:54:21.380><c> truth</c><00:54:21.539><c> and</c>

00:54:21.639 --> 00:54:22.880
would<00:54:21.820><c> like</c><00:54:21.960><c> to</c><00:54:22.099><c> be</c><00:54:22.199><c> in</c><00:54:22.300><c> the</c><00:54:22.500><c> kingdom</c>

00:54:22.880 --> 00:54:27.300
you<00:54:23.539><c> know</c><00:54:23.980><c> their</c><00:54:24.639><c> mind</c><00:54:24.980><c> is</c><00:54:25.219><c> more</c><00:54:25.539><c> naturally</c><00:54:26.059><c> inclined</c><00:54:26.539><c> to</c><00:54:26.800><c> that.</c>

00:54:27.760 --> 00:54:30.219
Naturally,<00:54:28.400><c> all</c><00:54:28.559><c> our</c><00:54:28.719><c> minds</c><00:54:28.880><c> are</c><00:54:29.139><c> naturally</c><00:54:29.460><c> inclined</c><00:54:29.820><c> to</c><00:54:30.000><c> that</c>

00:54:30.219 --> 00:54:34.039
but<00:54:30.679><c> John</c><00:54:30.960><c> helps</c><00:54:31.219><c> us</c><00:54:31.460><c> to</c><00:54:32.280><c> make</c><00:54:32.500><c> our</c><00:54:32.780><c> minds</c><00:54:32.960><c> spiritual.</c>

00:54:34.179 --> 00:54:36.860
So<00:54:34.519><c> that's</c><00:54:35.039><c> how</c><00:54:35.340><c> it</c><00:54:35.559><c> affected</c><00:54:35.860><c> the</c><00:54:36.099><c> Lord.</c>

00:54:37.179 --> 00:54:39.880
Let's<00:54:37.539><c> then</c><00:54:37.679><c> get</c><00:54:37.880><c> back</c><00:54:38.119><c> to</c><00:54:38.300><c> this</c><00:54:38.880><c> summary.</c>

00:54:42.280 --> 00:54:46.960
Jesus<00:54:42.280><c> was</c><00:54:42.820><c> both</c><00:54:43.320><c> son</c><00:54:43.559><c> of</c><00:54:43.760><c> God</c><00:54:44.260><c> and</c><00:54:45.539><c> son</c><00:54:45.739><c> of</c><00:54:45.980><c> man.</c>

00:54:47.500 --> 00:54:50.320
Philippians<00:54:48.019><c> tells</c><00:54:48.320><c> us</c><00:54:48.579><c> he</c><00:54:48.699><c> came</c><00:54:49.039><c> in</c><00:54:49.260><c> the</c><00:54:49.679><c> form</c><00:54:49.960><c> of</c><00:54:50.199><c> God.</c>

00:54:50.380 --> 00:54:52.760
He<00:54:50.420><c> was</c><00:54:50.679><c> a</c><00:54:50.880><c> manifestation</c><00:54:51.639><c> of</c><00:54:51.900><c> God.</c>

00:54:52.960 --> 00:54:55.980
But<00:54:53.000><c> he</c><00:54:53.139><c> took</c><00:54:53.320><c> upon</c><00:54:53.579><c> himself</c><00:54:54.000><c> the</c><00:54:54.280><c> form</c><00:54:54.400><c> of</c><00:54:54.599><c> a</c><00:54:54.920><c> slave.</c>

00:54:56.579 --> 00:55:02.119
John<00:54:56.719><c> describes</c><00:54:57.320><c> him</c><00:54:57.539><c> as</c><00:54:57.880><c> the</c><00:54:58.400><c> word</c><00:54:58.940><c> made</c><00:54:59.400><c> flesh</c><00:55:00.039><c> in</c><00:55:00.940><c> John</c><00:55:01.260><c> chapter</c><00:55:01.619><c> 1</c>

00:55:02.119 --> 00:55:03.800
and<00:55:02.440><c> verse</c><00:55:02.699><c> 14.</c>

00:55:04.280 --> 00:55:06.539
Well,<00:55:04.579><c> if</c><00:55:04.719><c> we're</c><00:55:04.860><c> back</c><00:55:05.000><c> in</c><00:55:05.159><c> John</c><00:55:05.400><c> chapter</c><00:55:05.880><c> 1</c><00:55:06.099><c> again,</c>

00:55:06.940 --> 00:55:08.579
looks<00:55:07.039><c> like</c><00:55:07.199><c> most</c><00:55:07.360><c> of</c><00:55:07.500><c> our</c><00:55:07.659><c> Bibles</c><00:55:07.840><c> have</c><00:55:08.059><c> left</c><00:55:08.260><c> Isaiah</c>

00:55:08.579 --> 00:55:10.460
and<00:55:08.679><c> I</c><00:55:08.800><c> think</c><00:55:08.880><c> we're</c><00:55:09.059><c> back</c><00:55:09.239><c> in</c><00:55:09.400><c> John</c><00:55:09.659><c> chapter</c><00:55:09.980><c> 1.</c>

00:55:10.460 --> 00:55:14.219
Notice<00:55:11.059><c> the</c><00:55:11.440><c> interesting</c><00:55:11.920><c> record</c><00:55:12.519><c> that</c><00:55:13.199><c> we</c><00:55:13.420><c> find</c><00:55:13.659><c> in</c><00:55:13.880><c> verse</c>

00:55:14.219 --> 00:55:17.480
19<00:55:15.159><c> of</c><00:55:15.699><c> John</c><00:55:15.960><c> chapter</c><00:55:16.340><c> 1.</c>

00:55:18.380 --> 00:55:23.280
This<00:55:18.440><c> is</c><00:55:18.780><c> the</c><00:55:19.159><c> record</c><00:55:19.559><c> of</c><00:55:19.960><c> John,</c><00:55:21.579><c> says</c><00:55:21.780><c> the</c><00:55:22.099><c> Gospel</c><00:55:22.460><c> writer</c><00:55:22.739><c> John</c>

00:55:23.280 --> 00:55:27.599
and<00:55:23.980><c> he's</c><00:55:24.239><c> talking</c><00:55:24.500><c> now</c><00:55:24.800><c> about</c><00:55:25.099><c> John</c><00:55:25.440><c> the</c><00:55:25.699><c> baptiser.</c>

00:55:28.699 --> 00:55:33.219
When<00:55:28.780><c> the</c><00:55:29.159><c> Jews,</c><00:55:30.719><c> Jews</c><00:55:31.059><c> in</c><00:55:31.440><c> John's</c><00:55:31.940><c> Gospel</c><00:55:32.280><c> always</c><00:55:32.739><c> means</c><00:55:33.000><c> the</c>

00:55:33.219 --> 00:55:34.440
Jewish<00:55:33.500><c> rulers,</c>

00:55:35.019 --> 00:55:37.920
when<00:55:35.500><c> the</c><00:55:35.739><c> Jewish</c><00:55:36.039><c> rulers</c><00:55:36.320><c> sent</c><00:55:36.679><c> priests</c><00:55:37.099><c> and</c><00:55:37.300><c> Levites</c><00:55:37.679><c> from</c>

00:55:37.920 --> 00:55:39.420
Jerusalem<00:55:38.420><c> to</c><00:55:38.719><c> ask</c><00:55:38.920><c> him,</c>

00:55:39.739 --> 00:55:41.000
who<00:55:39.739><c> are</c><00:55:40.059><c> you?</c>

00:55:41.440 --> 00:55:43.940
He<00:55:41.820><c> confessed</c><00:55:42.320><c> and</c><00:55:42.659><c> denied</c><00:55:42.980><c> not,</c><00:55:43.320><c> but</c><00:55:43.460><c> he</c><00:55:43.639><c> said,</c>

00:55:44.400 --> 00:55:47.980
I'm<00:55:44.420><c> not</c><00:55:44.679><c> the</c><00:55:44.920><c> Christ,</c><00:55:46.559><c> I'm</c><00:55:46.659><c> not</c><00:55:46.820><c> the</c><00:55:47.000><c> Messiah.</c>

00:55:48.320 --> 00:55:49.559
Well,<00:55:48.559><c> they</c><00:55:48.699><c> said,</c><00:55:48.900><c> are</c><00:55:48.920><c> you</c><00:55:49.179><c> Elijah?</c>

00:55:49.679 --> 00:55:52.840
Because<00:55:50.059><c> Malachi</c><00:55:50.599><c> prophesied</c><00:55:51.139><c> of</c><00:55:51.320><c> the</c><00:55:51.440><c> coming</c><00:55:51.639><c> of</c><00:55:51.860><c> Elijah.</c>

00:55:52.960 --> 00:55:54.739
He<00:55:53.139><c> says,</c><00:55:53.400><c> no,</c><00:55:53.480><c> I'm</c><00:55:53.579><c> not</c><00:55:53.820><c> Elijah.</c>

00:55:55.300 --> 00:55:57.380
Well,<00:55:55.460><c> are</c><00:55:55.739><c> you</c><00:55:55.920><c> that</c><00:55:56.199><c> prophet,</c><00:55:56.699><c> you</c><00:55:56.780><c> know,</c><00:55:56.980><c> the</c><00:55:57.139><c> prophet</c>

00:55:57.380 --> 00:55:58.980
like<00:55:57.639><c> unto</c><00:55:57.860><c> Moses?</c>

00:55:59.340 --> 00:56:01.639
No,<00:55:59.539><c> he</c><00:55:59.679><c> says,</c><00:55:59.880><c> I'm</c><00:56:00.280><c> not</c><00:56:00.460><c> that</c><00:56:00.659><c> either.</c>

00:56:01.940 --> 00:56:04.440
And<00:56:02.460><c> they</c><00:56:02.699><c> said</c><00:56:02.880><c> in</c><00:56:03.079><c> effect,</c><00:56:03.539><c> well,</c><00:56:03.559><c> as</c><00:56:03.679><c> far</c><00:56:03.860><c> as</c><00:56:03.940><c> we're</c><00:56:04.119><c> concerned,</c>

00:56:04.460 --> 00:56:07.400
we<00:56:04.579><c> don't</c><00:56:04.820><c> know</c><00:56:04.980><c> anybody</c><00:56:05.360><c> else,</c><00:56:05.699><c> we</c><00:56:05.840><c> only</c><00:56:06.059><c> know</c><00:56:06.219><c> of</c><00:56:06.440><c> Messiah.</c>

00:56:07.739 --> 00:56:10.300
The<00:56:07.960><c> prophet</c><00:56:08.159><c> like</c><00:56:08.440><c> unto</c><00:56:08.639><c> Moses,</c><00:56:09.500><c> who</c><00:56:09.699><c> incidentally</c><00:56:10.179><c> would</c>

00:56:10.300 --> 00:56:11.820
also<00:56:10.579><c> be</c><00:56:10.800><c> Messiah,</c>

00:56:11.880 --> 00:56:15.099
or<00:56:12.079><c> Elijah</c><00:56:12.420><c> the</c><00:56:12.659><c> prophet,</c><00:56:13.199><c> who</c><00:56:13.500><c> else</c><00:56:13.760><c> is</c><00:56:14.039><c> there</c><00:56:14.179><c> to</c><00:56:14.360><c> come</c><00:56:14.619><c> that's</c><00:56:14.980><c> of</c>

00:56:15.099 --> 00:56:15.760
any<00:56:15.340><c> significance?</c>

00:56:15.960 --> 00:56:19.460
You're<00:56:16.320><c> obviously</c><00:56:16.780><c> an</c><00:56:17.099><c> important</c><00:56:17.519><c> man,</c><00:56:18.059><c> who</c><00:56:18.320><c> are</c><00:56:18.619><c> you?</c>

00:56:20.340 --> 00:56:25.820
And<00:56:20.679><c> he</c><00:56:20.900><c> said</c><00:56:21.300><c> in</c><00:56:22.039><c> verse</c><00:56:22.280><c> 23,</c><00:56:23.900><c> I'm</c><00:56:24.159><c> only</c><00:56:24.619><c> a</c><00:56:24.860><c> voice.</c>

00:56:27.280 --> 00:56:30.440
I'm<00:56:27.840><c> not</c><00:56:27.940><c> a</c><00:56:28.159><c> person,</c><00:56:29.000><c> there's</c><00:56:29.219><c> nothing</c><00:56:29.420><c> important</c><00:56:29.920><c> about</c><00:56:30.219><c> me</c>

00:56:30.440 --> 00:56:31.760
as<00:56:30.659><c> a</c><00:56:30.820><c> person.</c>

00:56:31.820 --> 00:56:36.059
I<00:56:31.860><c> am</c><00:56:32.099><c> simply</c><00:56:32.440><c> what</c><00:56:32.699><c> Isaiah</c><00:56:33.079><c> called,</c><00:56:34.300><c> the</c><00:56:34.300><c> voice</c><00:56:35.079><c> crying</c><00:56:35.679><c> in</c>

00:56:36.059 --> 00:56:37.019
the<00:56:36.239><c> wilderness,</c>

00:56:37.780 --> 00:56:40.179
make<00:56:38.019><c> straight</c><00:56:38.380><c> the</c><00:56:38.639><c> way</c><00:56:38.940><c> of</c><00:56:39.199><c> the</c><00:56:39.340><c> Lord.</c>

00:56:40.639 --> 00:56:45.440
Now<00:56:40.780><c> of</c><00:56:41.000><c> course,</c><00:56:42.000><c> what</c><00:56:42.219><c> we</c><00:56:42.519><c> are</c><00:56:42.840><c> expected</c><00:56:43.119><c> to</c><00:56:43.400><c> do</c><00:56:43.559><c> is</c><00:56:43.780><c> to</c><00:56:44.039><c> understand</c><00:56:44.440><c> the</c><00:56:44.800><c> context</c>

00:56:45.440 --> 00:56:48.059
of<00:56:46.460><c> the</c><00:56:46.619><c> words</c><00:56:46.800><c> that</c><00:56:46.980><c> are</c><00:56:47.199><c> quoted.</c>

00:56:48.460 --> 00:56:51.900
If<00:56:48.639><c> we</c><00:56:48.800><c> might</c><00:56:48.980><c> just</c><00:56:49.219><c> go</c><00:56:49.460><c> back</c><00:56:49.739><c> to</c><00:56:50.119><c> Isaiah</c><00:56:50.480><c> chapter</c><00:56:50.860><c> 40,</c>

00:56:52.219 --> 00:56:54.239
I<00:56:52.440><c> appreciate</c><00:56:52.820><c> some</c><00:56:53.099><c> of</c><00:56:53.219><c> you</c><00:56:53.340><c> are</c><00:56:53.519><c> copying</c><00:56:53.760><c> that</c><00:56:54.039><c> down,</c>

00:56:54.239 --> 00:56:56.139
so<00:56:54.400><c> don't</c><00:56:54.659><c> mind</c><00:56:54.820><c> if</c><00:56:54.940><c> you</c><00:56:55.059><c> want</c><00:56:55.159><c> to</c><00:56:55.280><c> keep</c><00:56:55.480><c> copying</c><00:56:55.679><c> that</c><00:56:55.940><c> down</c>

00:56:56.139 --> 00:56:57.519
and<00:56:56.739><c> do</c><00:56:56.840><c> that</c><00:56:57.039><c> with</c><00:56:57.199><c> one</c><00:56:57.360><c> ear</c>

00:56:57.519 --> 00:57:00.320
and<00:56:57.760><c> listen</c><00:56:58.000><c> to</c><00:56:58.139><c> me</c><00:56:58.260><c> with</c><00:56:58.380><c> the</c><00:56:58.579><c> other</c><00:56:58.780><c> one.</c>

00:57:01.719 --> 00:57:04.739
Well,<00:57:01.880><c> that's</c><00:57:02.019><c> if</c><00:57:02.119><c> you</c><00:57:02.260><c> write</c><00:57:02.460><c> with</c><00:57:02.619><c> your</c><00:57:02.699><c> ears,</c><00:57:02.960><c> I</c><00:57:02.960><c> mean,</c><00:57:03.300><c> you</c><00:57:03.440><c> know,</c>

00:57:05.860 --> 00:57:10.800
just<00:57:06.260><c> write</c><00:57:06.659><c> that</c><00:57:06.900><c> and</c><00:57:07.039><c> I'll</c><00:57:07.280><c> read</c><00:57:07.460><c> it</c><00:57:07.619><c> while</c><00:57:07.800><c> you're</c><00:57:08.840><c> writing</c><00:57:09.219><c> it.</c>

00:57:11.820 --> 00:57:16.440
In<00:57:11.960><c> Isaiah</c><00:57:12.239><c> chapter</c><00:57:12.599><c> 40,</c><00:57:15.179><c> and</c><00:57:15.360><c> this</c><00:57:15.500><c> is</c><00:57:15.719><c> the</c><00:57:15.960><c> quote</c><00:57:16.079><c> we've</c><00:57:16.360><c> got</c>

00:57:16.440 --> 00:57:16.679
on<00:57:16.559><c> here,</c>

00:57:16.699 --> 00:57:21.099
verses<00:57:17.059><c> 3</c><00:57:17.699><c> through</c><00:57:17.900><c> to</c><00:57:18.079><c> 8,</c><00:57:19.039><c> which</c><00:57:19.280><c> Peter</c><00:57:19.860><c> picks</c><00:57:20.219><c> up</c><00:57:20.400><c> in</c><00:57:20.559><c> the</c><00:57:20.679><c> first</c><00:57:20.860><c> of</c>

00:57:21.099 --> 00:57:23.099
Peter<00:57:21.300><c> 1</c><00:57:21.500><c> verses</c><00:57:21.820><c> 24</c><00:57:22.260><c> and</c><00:57:22.500><c> 25.</c>

00:57:23.099 --> 00:57:25.619
Listen<00:57:24.059><c> to</c><00:57:24.239><c> these</c><00:57:24.539><c> words.</c>

00:57:27.179 --> 00:57:30.679
Here<00:57:27.400><c> are</c><00:57:27.579><c> the</c><00:57:27.659><c> words</c><00:57:28.019><c> that</c><00:57:28.920><c> John</c><00:57:29.179><c> the</c><00:57:29.340><c> Baptist</c><00:57:29.699><c> quoted.</c>

00:57:31.940 --> 00:57:34.519
The<00:57:31.980><c> voice</c><00:57:32.260><c> of</c><00:57:32.340><c> him</c><00:57:32.579><c> that</c><00:57:32.860><c> cryeth</c><00:57:33.119><c> in</c><00:57:33.219><c> the</c><00:57:33.360><c> wilderness</c><00:57:33.699><c> says</c><00:57:33.960><c> verse</c><00:57:34.219><c> 3</c>

00:57:34.519 --> 00:57:35.719
of<00:57:34.679><c> chapter</c><00:57:34.960><c> 40,</c>

00:57:36.119 --> 00:57:40.360
prepare<00:57:36.400><c> ye</c><00:57:36.659><c> the</c><00:57:36.840><c> way</c><00:57:37.000><c> of</c><00:57:37.280><c> Yahweh,</c><00:57:38.260><c> make</c><00:57:38.400><c> straight</c><00:57:38.860><c> in</c><00:57:39.139><c> the</c><00:57:39.500><c> desert</c><00:57:39.900><c> a</c>

00:57:40.360 --> 00:57:42.079
highway<00:57:40.719><c> for</c><00:57:40.980><c> our</c><00:57:41.239><c> God.</c>

00:57:42.119 --> 00:57:44.719
Every<00:57:42.400><c> valley</c><00:57:42.719><c> shall</c><00:57:42.980><c> be</c><00:57:43.280><c> exalted</c><00:57:43.699><c> and</c><00:57:43.940><c> every</c><00:57:44.179><c> mountain</c><00:57:44.519><c> and</c>

00:57:44.719 --> 00:57:45.760
hill<00:57:44.860><c> shall</c><00:57:45.059><c> be</c><00:57:45.199><c> made</c><00:57:45.460><c> low,</c>

00:57:46.079 --> 00:57:48.019
and<00:57:46.280><c> the</c><00:57:46.480><c> crooked</c><00:57:46.659><c> shall</c><00:57:46.880><c> be</c><00:57:47.039><c> made</c><00:57:47.300><c> straight</c><00:57:47.559><c> and</c><00:57:47.719><c> the</c><00:57:47.880><c> rough</c>

00:57:48.019 --> 00:57:48.800
places<00:57:48.440><c> plain,</c>

00:57:48.800 --> 00:57:52.880
and<00:57:49.300><c> the</c><00:57:49.500><c> glory</c><00:57:49.820><c> of</c><00:57:50.079><c> Yahweh</c><00:57:50.360><c> shall</c><00:57:50.599><c> be</c><00:57:50.900><c> revealed</c><00:57:51.320><c> and</c><00:57:51.900><c> all</c><00:57:52.179><c> flesh</c><00:57:52.500><c> shall</c><00:57:52.719><c> see</c>

00:57:52.880 --> 00:57:53.480
it<00:57:53.099><c> together,</c>

00:57:53.739 --> 00:57:56.679
for<00:57:53.920><c> the</c><00:57:54.119><c> mouth</c><00:57:54.340><c> of</c><00:57:54.559><c> Yahweh</c><00:57:54.840><c> had</c><00:57:55.119><c> spoken</c><00:57:55.440><c> it.</c>

00:57:57.420 --> 00:57:59.280
The<00:57:57.639><c> voice</c><00:57:57.940><c> said</c><00:57:58.260><c> cry.</c>

00:57:59.760 --> 00:58:02.880
Now<00:57:59.880><c> John</c><00:58:00.019><c> the</c><00:58:00.159><c> Baptist</c><00:58:00.420><c> says</c><00:58:00.659><c> this</c><00:58:00.840><c> is</c><00:58:01.099><c> me,</c><00:58:01.460><c> this</c><00:58:01.639><c> is</c><00:58:01.920><c> all</c><00:58:02.300><c> I</c><00:58:02.599><c> am.</c>

00:58:03.199 --> 00:58:06.519
I'm<00:58:03.539><c> what</c><00:58:04.139><c> Isaiah</c><00:58:04.699><c> called</c><00:58:05.199><c> the</c><00:58:05.559><c> voice.</c>

00:58:07.179 --> 00:58:08.980
The<00:58:07.400><c> voice</c><00:58:07.599><c> said</c><00:58:07.820><c> cry.</c>

00:58:09.800 --> 00:58:13.559
And<00:58:10.000><c> one</c><00:58:10.300><c> said,</c><00:58:11.139><c> it's</c><00:58:11.599><c> a</c><00:58:11.739><c> sort</c><00:58:11.880><c> of</c><00:58:12.019><c> an</c><00:58:12.199><c> indefinite</c><00:58:12.639><c> thing,</c>

00:58:13.719 --> 00:58:14.539
just<00:58:13.900><c> someone</c><00:58:14.139><c> says,</c>

00:58:14.539 --> 00:58:16.460
what<00:58:15.119><c> shall</c><00:58:15.300><c> I</c><00:58:15.500><c> cry?</c>

00:58:17.320 --> 00:58:19.579
And<00:58:17.559><c> here's</c><00:58:17.780><c> what</c><00:58:18.079><c> the</c><00:58:18.280><c> voice</c><00:58:18.539><c> cried.</c>

00:58:20.239 --> 00:58:22.940
All<00:58:20.559><c> flesh</c><00:58:21.039><c> is</c><00:58:21.800><c> grass.</c>

00:58:23.980 --> 00:58:26.539
Flesh?<00:58:24.500><c> Where</c><00:58:24.599><c> have</c><00:58:24.699><c> we</c><00:58:24.760><c> come</c><00:58:24.920><c> across</c><00:58:25.179><c> that</c><00:58:25.420><c> word</c><00:58:25.559><c> before?</c>

00:58:26.719 --> 00:58:28.460
Well,<00:58:26.840><c> you</c><00:58:26.940><c> said</c><00:58:27.039><c> we've</c><00:58:27.199><c> come</c><00:58:27.400><c> across</c><00:58:27.639><c> it</c><00:58:27.800><c> in</c><00:58:27.880><c> a</c><00:58:27.960><c> lot</c><00:58:28.039><c> of</c><00:58:28.260><c> places.</c>

00:58:28.559 --> 00:58:30.559
No,<00:58:28.739><c> no,</c><00:58:28.840><c> I</c><00:58:28.880><c> mean</c><00:58:29.000><c> in</c><00:58:29.179><c> the</c><00:58:29.280><c> last</c><00:58:29.460><c> few</c><00:58:29.619><c> minutes.</c>

00:58:32.039 --> 00:58:34.619
The<00:58:32.219><c> word</c><00:58:32.719><c> became</c><00:58:33.400><c> flesh?</c>

00:58:35.780 --> 00:58:37.119
Is<00:58:35.980><c> there</c><00:58:36.159><c> a</c><00:58:36.320><c> connection?</c>

00:58:37.219 --> 00:58:38.219
Well,<00:58:37.360><c> let's</c><00:58:37.539><c> wait</c><00:58:37.739><c> and</c><00:58:38.000><c> see.</c>

00:58:38.559 --> 00:58:41.599
All<00:58:38.940><c> flesh</c><00:58:39.300><c> is</c><00:58:39.599><c> grass,</c><00:58:40.019><c> and</c><00:58:40.239><c> all</c><00:58:40.400><c> the</c><00:58:40.619><c> goodliness</c><00:58:40.980><c> thereof</c><00:58:41.400><c> is</c>

00:58:41.599 --> 00:58:42.800
as<00:58:41.739><c> the</c><00:58:41.960><c> flower</c><00:58:42.139><c> of</c><00:58:42.320><c> the</c><00:58:42.519><c> field.</c>

00:58:42.800 --> 00:58:46.900
The<00:58:43.679><c> grass</c><00:58:44.019><c> withereth,</c><00:58:45.280><c> the</c><00:58:45.519><c> flower</c><00:58:45.820><c> fadeth,</c><00:58:46.400><c> because</c><00:58:46.659><c> the</c>

00:58:46.900 --> 00:58:49.039
spirit<00:58:47.239><c> of</c><00:58:47.480><c> Yahweh</c><00:58:47.920><c> bloweth</c><00:58:48.219><c> upon</c><00:58:48.480><c> it.</c>

00:58:49.260 --> 00:58:50.679
Surely<00:58:49.599><c> the</c><00:58:49.880><c> people</c><00:58:50.099><c> is</c><00:58:50.360><c> grass.</c>

00:58:51.039 --> 00:58:53.420
The<00:58:51.179><c> grass</c><00:58:51.500><c> withereth</c><00:58:51.940><c> and</c><00:58:52.059><c> the</c><00:58:52.199><c> flower</c><00:58:52.440><c> fades.</c>

00:58:53.860 --> 00:58:55.539
Now<00:58:54.059><c> stop</c><00:58:54.320><c> there</c><00:58:54.480><c> for</c><00:58:54.639><c> a</c><00:58:54.699><c> moment.</c>

00:58:55.960 --> 00:59:00.860
The<00:58:56.019><c> Lord</c><00:58:56.280><c> Jesus</c><00:58:56.719><c> Christ</c><00:58:57.039><c> appeared</c><00:58:57.539><c> and</c><00:58:58.079><c> John</c><00:58:58.380><c> said</c><00:58:58.699><c> he</c><00:58:59.039><c> looked</c><00:58:59.400><c> like</c><00:58:59.960><c> flesh.</c>

00:59:00.980 --> 00:59:06.760
He<00:59:01.340><c> was</c><00:59:01.820><c> flesh</c><00:59:02.420><c> as</c><00:59:03.179><c> far</c><00:59:03.440><c> as</c><00:59:03.800><c> his</c><00:59:04.420><c> physical</c><00:59:05.239><c> makeup</c><00:59:05.860><c> was</c><00:59:06.360><c> concerned.</c>

00:59:07.119 --> 00:59:09.960
Therefore<00:59:07.619><c> was</c><00:59:08.000><c> it</c><00:59:08.260><c> right</c><00:59:08.480><c> that</c><00:59:08.639><c> he</c><00:59:08.719><c> had</c><00:59:08.940><c> to</c><00:59:09.159><c> die?</c>

00:59:10.760 --> 00:59:14.000
It<00:59:11.280><c> was</c><00:59:11.599><c> certainly</c><00:59:12.079><c> right</c><00:59:12.360><c> that</c><00:59:12.519><c> he</c><00:59:12.559><c> had</c><00:59:12.780><c> to</c><00:59:12.960><c> die.</c>

00:59:14.139 --> 00:59:16.260
Jesus<00:59:14.340><c> Christ</c><00:59:14.760><c> had</c><00:59:15.079><c> to</c><00:59:15.360><c> die.</c>

00:59:16.340 --> 00:59:18.980
It<00:59:16.460><c> was</c><00:59:16.780><c> right</c><00:59:17.019><c> that</c><00:59:17.239><c> he</c><00:59:17.320><c> had</c><00:59:17.539><c> to</c><00:59:17.760><c> die.</c>

00:59:19.179 --> 00:59:21.219
Apart<00:59:19.420><c> from</c><00:59:19.639><c> anything</c><00:59:19.900><c> else,</c><00:59:20.420><c> he</c><00:59:20.559><c> was</c><00:59:20.820><c> mortal.</c>

00:59:21.400 --> 00:59:23.119
He<00:59:21.519><c> was</c><00:59:21.739><c> a</c><00:59:21.920><c> representative</c><00:59:22.420><c> of</c><00:59:22.699><c> our</c><00:59:22.860><c> race.</c>

00:59:23.380 --> 00:59:26.059
You<00:59:23.460><c> know,</c><00:59:23.699><c> the</c><00:59:23.880><c> substitutionary</c><00:59:25.059><c> theory</c><00:59:25.320><c> on</c><00:59:25.519><c> the</c><00:59:25.719><c> Atonement</c>

00:59:26.059 --> 00:59:27.780
says<00:59:26.360><c> Jesus</c><00:59:26.840><c> didn't</c><00:59:27.099><c> have</c><00:59:27.340><c> to</c><00:59:27.519><c> die.</c>

00:59:28.260 --> 00:59:30.280
He<00:59:28.440><c> just</c><00:59:28.679><c> gave</c><00:59:28.860><c> himself</c><00:59:29.179><c> voluntarily.</c>

00:59:31.039 --> 00:59:32.579
He'd<00:59:31.300><c> been</c><00:59:31.519><c> perfect.</c>

00:59:32.920 --> 00:59:36.679
We<00:59:33.179><c> say</c><00:59:33.440><c> no,</c><00:59:34.260><c> the</c><00:59:34.559><c> righteousness</c><00:59:35.079><c> of</c><00:59:35.420><c> God</c><00:59:35.699><c> was</c><00:59:36.019><c> declared</c><00:59:36.480><c> in</c>

00:59:36.679 --> 00:59:37.860
the<00:59:36.800><c> death</c><00:59:36.980><c> of</c><00:59:37.199><c> Jesus</c><00:59:37.519><c> Christ.</c>

00:59:37.860 --> 00:59:40.639
And<00:59:38.139><c> whilst</c><00:59:38.440><c> we</c><00:59:38.599><c> can</c><00:59:38.860><c> build</c><00:59:39.079><c> a</c><00:59:39.219><c> whole</c><00:59:39.539><c> story</c><00:59:39.800><c> out</c><00:59:40.000><c> of</c><00:59:40.099><c> that,</c><00:59:40.579><c> in</c>

00:59:40.639 --> 00:59:42.000
its<00:59:41.039><c> simplest</c><00:59:41.400><c> form,</c>

00:59:42.480 --> 00:59:46.659
Jesus<00:59:42.780><c> Christ</c><00:59:43.219><c> had</c><00:59:43.480><c> to</c><00:59:43.679><c> die</c><00:59:43.900><c> because</c><00:59:44.380><c> he</c><00:59:44.659><c> was</c><00:59:45.500><c> flesh.</c>

00:59:47.000 --> 00:59:50.059
And<00:59:47.280><c> flesh</c><00:59:47.539><c> is</c><00:59:47.820><c> like</c><00:59:48.079><c> grass,</c><00:59:49.119><c> and</c><00:59:49.239><c> whilst</c><00:59:49.460><c> over</c><00:59:49.760><c> here</c><00:59:49.880><c> you're</c>

00:59:50.059 --> 00:59:51.460
just<00:59:50.340><c> coming</c><00:59:50.500><c> to</c><00:59:50.679><c> the</c><00:59:50.719><c> end</c><00:59:50.900><c> of</c><00:59:51.019><c> your</c><00:59:51.239><c> summer</c>

00:59:51.460 --> 00:59:53.739
and<00:59:51.679><c> your</c><00:59:51.880><c> grass</c><00:59:52.079><c> seems</c><00:59:52.360><c> to</c><00:59:52.480><c> be</c><00:59:52.599><c> very</c><00:59:52.900><c> green,</c>

00:59:54.400 --> 00:59:56.159
we<00:59:54.559><c> in</c><00:59:54.679><c> Australia</c><00:59:55.039><c> are</c><00:59:55.179><c> just</c><00:59:55.400><c> moving</c><00:59:55.619><c> into</c><00:59:55.860><c> summer,</c>

00:59:56.219 --> 00:59:59.000
and<00:59:56.360><c> we</c><00:59:56.480><c> only</c><00:59:56.659><c> have</c><00:59:56.780><c> to</c><00:59:56.900><c> go</c><00:59:57.000><c> for</c><00:59:57.159><c> about</c><00:59:57.380><c> two</c><00:59:57.579><c> days</c><00:59:57.820><c> without</c><00:59:58.159><c> rain,</c><00:59:58.699><c> and</c>

00:59:59.000 --> 00:59:59.599
it's<00:59:59.300><c> dead.</c>

00:59:59.699 --> 01:00:01.000
The<00:59:59.860><c> grass</c><01:00:00.119><c> is</c><01:00:00.360><c> dead.</c>

01:00:01.420 --> 01:00:03.420
That's<01:00:01.840><c> perhaps</c><01:00:01.840><c> one</c><01:00:02.059><c> of</c><01:00:02.159><c> the</c><01:00:02.320><c> natural</c><01:00:02.559><c> lessons</c><01:00:02.860><c> in</c><01:00:03.019><c> Australia.</c>

01:00:03.440 --> 01:00:05.500
We<01:00:03.860><c> can</c><01:00:04.219><c> learn</c><01:00:04.420><c> better</c><01:00:04.679><c> than</c><01:00:04.880><c> other</c><01:00:05.099><c> places.</c>

01:00:05.960 --> 01:00:09.559
Other<01:00:06.400><c> aspects</c><01:00:06.780><c> of</c><01:00:06.960><c> our</c><01:00:07.119><c> nature</c><01:00:07.340><c> just</c><01:00:07.679><c> don't</c><01:00:07.880><c> seem</c><01:00:08.059><c> to</c><01:00:08.199><c> fit</c><01:00:08.420><c> some</c><01:00:09.340><c> of</c>

01:00:09.559 --> 01:00:10.900
the<01:00:09.619><c> beauties</c><01:00:09.940><c> that</c><01:00:10.079><c> we</c><01:00:10.260><c> find</c><01:00:10.480><c> in</c><01:00:10.679><c> Scripture,</c>

01:00:10.960 --> 01:00:12.039
like<01:00:11.219><c> snow</c><01:00:11.480><c> and</c><01:00:11.659><c> that</c><01:00:11.820><c> sort</c><01:00:11.920><c> of</c><01:00:12.000><c> thing.</c>

01:00:12.079 --> 01:00:14.139
But<01:00:12.179><c> we</c><01:00:12.400><c> know</c><01:00:12.559><c> when</c><01:00:12.760><c> grass</c><01:00:13.039><c> dies.</c>

01:00:14.840 --> 01:00:17.179
Jesus<01:00:15.119><c> Christ</c><01:00:15.420><c> died</c><01:00:15.659><c> because</c><01:00:15.920><c> he</c><01:00:16.019><c> was</c><01:00:16.239><c> flesh.</c>

01:00:18.119 --> 01:00:21.119
But<01:00:18.300><c> why</c><01:00:18.800><c> did</c><01:00:19.079><c> not</c><01:00:19.400><c> God</c><01:00:19.559><c> leave</c><01:00:19.800><c> him</c><01:00:19.980><c> in</c><01:00:20.099><c> the</c><01:00:20.280><c> grave?</c>

01:00:21.659 --> 01:00:25.360
Well,<01:00:21.840><c> let's</c><01:00:22.019><c> finish</c><01:00:22.300><c> the</c><01:00:22.539><c> quote</c><01:00:22.699><c> from</c><01:00:22.900><c> Isaiah</c><01:00:23.239><c> 40</c><01:00:23.599><c> verse</c><01:00:23.840><c> 8.</c>

01:00:25.840 --> 01:00:31.639
But<01:00:26.059><c> the</c><01:00:27.860><c> word</c><01:00:28.619><c> of</c><01:00:28.900><c> our</c><01:00:29.179><c> God,</c><01:00:29.500><c> and</c><01:00:29.699><c> where</c><01:00:29.820><c> have</c><01:00:29.900><c> we</c><01:00:29.960><c> come</c><01:00:30.139><c> across</c><01:00:30.420><c> that</c><01:00:30.619><c> before?</c>

01:00:31.699 --> 01:00:32.920
John<01:00:31.960><c> 1</c><01:00:32.159><c> verse</c><01:00:32.400><c> 14.</c>

01:00:32.920 --> 01:00:36.659
But<01:00:33.800><c> the</c><01:00:34.179><c> word</c><01:00:34.519><c> of</c><01:00:34.659><c> our</c><01:00:34.900><c> God</c><01:00:35.079><c> shall</c><01:00:35.300><c> stand</c><01:00:35.559><c> forever.</c>

01:00:36.860 --> 01:00:39.500
Here<01:00:37.059><c> we've</c><01:00:37.380><c> got</c><01:00:37.599><c> flesh</c><01:00:38.159><c> and</c><01:00:38.599><c> word.</c>

01:00:39.760 --> 01:00:43.099
As<01:00:40.119><c> flesh,</c><01:00:40.820><c> Jesus</c><01:00:41.320><c> Christ</c><01:00:41.739><c> had</c><01:00:42.000><c> to</c><01:00:42.260><c> die.</c>

01:00:43.840 --> 01:00:47.739
But<01:00:44.000><c> because</c><01:00:44.519><c> he</c><01:00:44.719><c> was</c><01:00:45.000><c> the</c><01:00:45.280><c> living</c><01:00:45.559><c> embodiment</c><01:00:46.219><c> of</c><01:00:46.440><c> that</c><01:00:46.800><c> word,</c>

01:00:48.539 --> 01:00:51.260
then<01:00:48.739><c> God</c><01:00:48.980><c> says,</c><01:00:49.320><c> I</c><01:00:49.320><c> can't</c><01:00:49.780><c> leave</c><01:00:50.000><c> that</c><01:00:50.199><c> in</c><01:00:50.360><c> the</c><01:00:50.539><c> grave.</c>

01:00:51.360 --> 01:00:54.840
In<01:00:51.579><c> effect,</c><01:00:52.219><c> God</c><01:00:52.480><c> was</c><01:00:52.780><c> saying,</c><01:00:53.039><c> in</c><01:00:53.300><c> that</c><01:00:53.599><c> grave</c><01:00:53.920><c> is</c><01:00:54.119><c> part</c><01:00:54.380><c> of</c><01:00:54.599><c> me.</c>

01:00:54.960 --> 01:00:57.280
You<01:00:55.360><c> understand</c><01:00:55.820><c> what</c><01:00:55.980><c> I'm</c><01:00:56.219><c> saying</c><01:00:56.420><c> there.</c>

01:00:57.340 --> 01:01:00.260
In<01:00:57.679><c> fact,</c><01:00:58.619><c> there's</c><01:00:58.780><c> no</c><01:00:58.980><c> doubt</c><01:00:59.139><c> about</c><01:00:59.400><c> it</c><01:00:59.619><c> because</c><01:00:59.820><c> we</c><01:01:00.079><c> won't</c>

01:01:00.260 --> 01:01:01.400
look<01:01:00.440><c> it</c><01:01:00.519><c> up</c><01:01:00.619><c> to</c><01:01:00.860><c> save</c><01:01:01.000><c> the</c><01:01:01.260><c> time,</c>

01:01:01.400 --> 01:01:07.699
but<01:01:01.860><c> the</c><01:01:02.099><c> first</c><01:01:02.300><c> of</c><01:01:02.500><c> Peter</c><01:01:02.719><c> chapter</c><01:01:03.059><c> 1</c><01:01:03.320><c> verses</c><01:01:03.619><c> 24</c><01:01:04.159><c> and</c><01:01:04.420><c> 25</c><01:01:05.039><c> also</c><01:01:05.880><c> quotes</c><01:01:06.239><c> Isaiah</c><01:01:06.699><c> 40.</c>

01:01:07.820 --> 01:01:11.300
And<01:01:08.000><c> he</c><01:01:08.119><c> talks</c><01:01:08.380><c> about</c><01:01:08.699><c> the</c><01:01:09.159><c> incorruptible</c><01:01:10.480><c> seed</c><01:01:10.860><c> of</c><01:01:11.039><c> the</c><01:01:11.179><c> word</c>

01:01:11.300 --> 01:01:11.679
of<01:01:11.519><c> God.</c>

01:01:11.920 --> 01:01:17.019
There<01:01:12.079><c> was</c><01:01:12.260><c> something</c><01:01:12.639><c> incorruptible</c><01:01:13.460><c> in</c><01:01:13.619><c> that</c><01:01:13.840><c> grave</c><01:01:14.420><c> by</c><01:01:15.900><c> a</c><01:01:16.039><c> figure.</c>

01:01:17.900 --> 01:01:20.000
Now<01:01:18.039><c> what</c><01:01:18.159><c> we're</c><01:01:18.340><c> trying</c><01:01:18.500><c> to</c><01:01:18.699><c> say,</c><01:01:18.840><c> of</c><01:01:19.059><c> course,</c><01:01:19.400><c> is</c><01:01:19.559><c> that</c><01:01:19.739><c> when</c>

01:01:20.000 --> 01:01:21.260
John<01:01:20.280><c> the</c><01:01:20.460><c> Baptist</c><01:01:20.820><c> says,</c>

01:01:21.760 --> 01:01:24.300
I'm<01:01:21.880><c> only</c><01:01:22.199><c> the</c><01:01:22.440><c> voice</c><01:01:22.679><c> crying</c><01:01:23.000><c> in</c><01:01:23.179><c> the</c><01:01:23.320><c> wilderness,</c>

01:01:24.780 --> 01:01:27.300
he<01:01:25.139><c> expects</c><01:01:25.519><c> us</c><01:01:25.719><c> to</c><01:01:25.820><c> go</c><01:01:25.980><c> back</c><01:01:26.139><c> to</c><01:01:26.340><c> Isaiah</c><01:01:26.739><c> 40.</c>

01:01:27.300 --> 01:01:31.400
And<01:01:27.639><c> Isaiah</c><01:01:28.019><c> 40</c><01:01:28.380><c> says,</c><01:01:29.880><c> all</c><01:01:29.900><c> flesh</c><01:01:30.159><c> is</c><01:01:30.440><c> grass,</c>

01:01:31.760 --> 01:01:34.199
but<01:01:31.860><c> the</c><01:01:32.079><c> word</c><01:01:32.260><c> of</c><01:01:32.440><c> our</c><01:01:32.619><c> God</c><01:01:32.780><c> shall</c><01:01:32.980><c> stand</c><01:01:33.239><c> forever.</c>

01:01:34.440 --> 01:01:37.320
And<01:01:34.679><c> when</c><01:01:35.000><c> John</c><01:01:35.219><c> looked</c><01:01:35.480><c> at</c><01:01:35.659><c> Jesus,</c><01:01:36.000><c> what</c><01:01:36.179><c> did</c><01:01:36.300><c> he</c><01:01:36.519><c> see?</c>

01:01:37.699 --> 01:01:41.300
He<01:01:37.920><c> saw</c><01:01:38.159><c> the</c><01:01:38.440><c> word</c><01:01:39.400><c> made</c><01:01:40.119><c> flesh.</c>

01:01:41.800 --> 01:01:44.440
And<01:01:42.159><c> for</c><01:01:42.380><c> the</c><01:01:42.579><c> rest</c><01:01:42.739><c> of</c><01:01:42.880><c> his</c><01:01:43.059><c> gospel</c><01:01:43.420><c> record,</c>

01:01:44.500 --> 01:01:46.719
he's<01:01:44.820><c> going</c><01:01:44.920><c> to</c><01:01:45.139><c> virtually</c><01:01:45.500><c> dispense</c><01:01:45.980><c> with</c><01:01:46.179><c> the</c><01:01:46.400><c> flesh,</c>

01:01:47.139 --> 01:01:50.079
and<01:01:47.360><c> all</c><01:01:47.579><c> we're</c><01:01:47.840><c> going</c><01:01:47.920><c> to</c><01:01:48.079><c> hear</c><01:01:48.219><c> about</c><01:01:48.539><c> is</c><01:01:48.760><c> how</c><01:01:49.019><c> Jesus</c><01:01:49.480><c> Christ</c>

01:01:50.079 --> 01:01:54.099
was<01:01:50.619><c> the</c><01:01:51.179><c> manifestation</c><01:01:52.000><c> of</c><01:01:53.000><c> the</c><01:01:53.340><c> word</c><01:01:53.480><c> of</c><01:01:53.719><c> God.</c>

01:01:54.099 --> 01:01:56.980
And<01:01:54.940><c> therefore,</c><01:01:55.300><c> he's</c><01:01:55.579><c> going</c><01:01:55.699><c> to</c><01:01:55.800><c> look</c><01:01:56.000><c> through</c><01:01:56.340><c> the</c><01:01:56.559><c> flesh,</c>

01:01:57.480 --> 01:02:01.059
and<01:01:57.519><c> he's</c><01:01:57.760><c> going</c><01:01:57.900><c> to</c><01:01:58.019><c> see</c><01:01:58.139><c> a</c><01:01:58.500><c> perfect</c><01:01:59.059><c> manifestation</c><01:01:59.820><c> in</c><01:02:00.159><c> character</c>

01:02:01.079 --> 01:02:03.739
of<01:02:01.559><c> one</c><01:02:01.780><c> that</c><01:02:01.940><c> we</c><01:02:02.099><c> would</c><01:02:02.280><c> desire</c><01:02:02.639><c> to</c><01:02:02.840><c> emulate,</c>

01:02:04.039 --> 01:02:07.320
one<01:02:04.260><c> who,</c><01:02:04.559><c> because</c><01:02:04.880><c> he</c><01:02:05.039><c> was</c><01:02:05.300><c> flesh</c><01:02:05.519><c> and</c><01:02:05.820><c> represented</c><01:02:06.340><c> us,</c>

01:02:07.739 --> 01:02:10.780
died<01:02:07.960><c> as</c><01:02:08.320><c> the</c><01:02:08.619><c> lamb</c><01:02:08.820><c> of</c><01:02:09.059><c> God</c><01:02:09.280><c> to</c><01:02:09.500><c> take</c><01:02:09.719><c> away</c><01:02:09.860><c> the</c><01:02:10.059><c> sin</c><01:02:10.159><c> of</c><01:02:10.340><c> the</c><01:02:10.519><c> world,</c>

01:02:10.920 --> 01:02:12.780
and<01:02:11.099><c> those</c><01:02:11.280><c> are</c><01:02:11.440><c> the</c><01:02:11.480><c> words</c><01:02:11.699><c> of</c><01:02:11.900><c> John,</c>

01:02:13.019 --> 01:02:16.519
but<01:02:13.300><c> nevertheless,</c><01:02:14.659><c> as</c><01:02:14.900><c> that</c><01:02:15.239><c> living</c><01:02:15.519><c> word,</c>

01:02:16.820 --> 01:02:20.179
not<01:02:17.019><c> only</c><01:02:17.340><c> did</c><01:02:17.559><c> he</c><01:02:17.800><c> come</c><01:02:18.079><c> forth</c><01:02:18.340><c> from</c><01:02:18.559><c> the</c><01:02:18.760><c> grave</c><01:02:18.940><c> to</c><01:02:19.099><c> live</c><01:02:19.260><c> forever,</c>

01:02:20.380 --> 01:02:23.239
but<01:02:20.500><c> if</c><01:02:20.679><c> we</c><01:02:20.880><c> are</c><01:02:21.019><c> prepared</c><01:02:21.340><c> to</c><01:02:21.639><c> identify</c><01:02:22.239><c> with</c><01:02:22.519><c> him,</c>

01:02:23.239 --> 01:02:25.639
first<01:02:23.780><c> of</c><01:02:23.940><c> all,</c><01:02:24.159><c> of</c><01:02:24.219><c> course,</c><01:02:24.619><c> in</c><01:02:24.719><c> principle,</c>

01:02:25.800 --> 01:02:27.960
by<01:02:25.840><c> believing</c><01:02:26.320><c> the</c><01:02:26.519><c> gospel</c><01:02:26.840><c> and</c><01:02:27.079><c> being</c><01:02:27.360><c> baptized,</c>

01:02:28.340 --> 01:02:32.219
but<01:02:28.659><c> by</c><01:02:29.119><c> endeavoring</c><01:02:29.840><c> to</c><01:02:30.039><c> absorb</c><01:02:30.440><c> that</c><01:02:31.280><c> mind</c><01:02:31.659><c> of</c><01:02:31.820><c> God,</c>

01:02:32.659 --> 01:02:34.900
that<01:02:33.179><c> mind</c><01:02:33.579><c> of</c><01:02:33.820><c> Christ,</c>

01:02:35.039 --> 01:02:38.340
then<01:02:35.320><c> God</c><01:02:35.579><c> will</c><01:02:35.880><c> also</c><01:02:36.340><c> raise</c><01:02:36.699><c> us</c><01:02:37.199><c> from</c><01:02:37.500><c> the</c><01:02:37.679><c> dead</c>

01:02:38.340 --> 01:02:40.199
unto<01:02:38.900><c> life</c><01:02:39.199><c> eternal,</c>

01:02:40.519 --> 01:02:43.159
because<01:02:40.800><c> if</c><01:02:41.000><c> that</c><01:02:41.280><c> incorruptible</c><01:02:42.019><c> seed</c><01:02:42.239><c> has</c><01:02:42.500><c> just</c><01:02:42.860><c> started</c>

01:02:43.159 --> 01:02:44.360
to<01:02:43.380><c> germinate,</c>

01:02:44.440 --> 01:02:47.079
then<01:02:44.659><c> God</c><01:02:44.940><c> says,</c><01:02:45.280><c> in</c><01:02:45.300><c> effect,</c><01:02:45.679><c> there's</c><01:02:45.880><c> something</c><01:02:46.179><c> I</c><01:02:46.780><c> will</c>

01:02:47.079 --> 01:02:47.440
not<01:02:47.280><c> leave</c>

01:02:47.440 --> 01:02:49.420
in<01:02:47.579><c> that</c><01:02:47.800><c> grave</c><01:02:47.940><c> to</c><01:02:48.179><c> perish</c><01:02:48.380><c> forever,</c>

01:02:49.719 --> 01:02:52.000
but<01:02:49.920><c> that</c><01:02:50.119><c> they</c><01:02:50.320><c> shall</c><01:02:50.699><c> live</c><01:02:51.000><c> unto</c><01:02:51.239><c> life</c><01:02:51.519><c> eternal.</c>

01:02:52.000 --> 01:02:54.559
And<01:02:52.820><c> that's</c><01:02:53.079><c> why</c><01:02:53.300><c> in</c><01:02:53.440><c> the</c><01:02:53.579><c> seventeenth</c><01:02:53.960><c> chapter</c><01:02:54.300><c> of</c><01:02:54.420><c> John,</c>

01:02:54.619 --> 01:02:57.260
which<01:02:54.719><c> we</c><01:02:54.900><c> may</c><01:02:55.059><c> eventually</c><01:02:55.300><c> get</c><01:02:55.559><c> to</c><01:02:55.659><c> later</c><01:02:55.940><c> today,</c>

01:02:57.579 --> 01:03:00.719
John<01:02:57.780><c> can</c><01:02:58.059><c> say,</c><01:02:58.800><c> recording</c><01:02:59.059><c> the</c><01:02:59.280><c> words</c><01:02:59.420><c> of</c><01:02:59.619><c> the</c><01:02:59.719><c> Lord</c><01:02:59.860><c> Jesus</c><01:03:00.300><c> Christ,</c>

01:03:01.059 --> 01:03:03.019
this<01:03:01.400><c> is</c><01:03:02.179><c> life</c><01:03:02.480><c> eternal,</c>

01:03:03.460 --> 01:03:07.260
to<01:03:03.760><c> know</c><01:03:04.099><c> thee</c><01:03:04.340><c> the</c><01:03:04.460><c> only</c><01:03:04.820><c> true</c><01:03:05.059><c> God</c><01:03:05.340><c> and</c><01:03:05.840><c> Jesus</c><01:03:06.260><c> Christ</c><01:03:07.000><c> whom</c>

01:03:07.260 --> 01:03:08.460
he<01:03:07.440><c> has</c><01:03:07.699><c> sent.</c>

01:03:33.039 --> 01:03:34.940
Thank<01:03:34.440><c> you.</c>