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coming.<00:11:49.279><c> What</c><00:11:49.299><c> time</c><00:11:49.460><c> of</c><00:11:49.600><c> day?</c><00:11:50.100><c> Is</c><00:11:50.139><c> it</c><00:11:50.379><c> light</c><00:11:50.539><c> or</c><00:11:50.700><c> dark?</c><00:11:50.779><c> It's</c>

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dark.<00:11:51.580><c> Men</c><00:11:51.799><c> loved</c><00:11:52.120><c> darkness</c><00:11:52.600><c> rather</c><00:11:53.000><c> than</c><00:11:53.240><c> light.</c>

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Verse<00:11:55.019><c> 20.</c><00:11:55.620><c> For</c><00:11:55.720><c> everyone</c><00:11:56.080><c> that</c><00:11:56.399><c> doeth</c><00:11:56.799><c> evil</c><00:11:57.279><c> hateth</c><00:11:57.879><c> the</c><00:11:58.240><c> light,</c><00:11:59.340><c> neither</c><00:11:59.600><c> cometh</c><00:11:59.980><c> to</c>

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lest<00:12:01.360><c> his</c><00:12:01.879><c> deeds</c><00:12:02.139><c> should</c><00:12:02.440><c> be</c><00:12:03.039><c> reproved.</c><00:12:04.720><c> But,</c><00:12:05.340><c> this</c><00:12:05.519><c> is</c><00:12:05.759><c> important,</c><00:12:06.039><c> verse</c>

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21.<00:12:06.919><c> He</c><00:12:07.320><c> that</c><00:12:07.840><c> doeth</c><00:12:08.399><c> truth</c>

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cometh<00:12:10.379><c> to</c><00:12:10.580><c> the</c><00:12:10.779><c> light,</c><00:12:11.679><c> that</c><00:12:11.779><c> his</c><00:12:12.179><c> deeds</c><00:12:12.500><c> may</c><00:12:12.759><c> be</c><00:12:12.940><c> made</c><00:12:13.279><c> manifest,</c><00:12:14.440><c> that</c>

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they<00:12:14.779><c> are</c><00:12:14.980><c> wrought</c><00:12:15.679><c> in</c><00:12:16.059><c> God.</c>

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So<00:12:19.720><c> Nicodemus,</c><00:12:20.200><c> Jesus</c><00:12:20.539><c> is</c><00:12:20.799><c> saying,</c><00:12:21.679><c> you</c><00:12:21.960><c> know</c><00:12:22.220><c> a</c><00:12:22.399><c> little</c><00:12:22.639><c> bit</c>

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about<00:12:23.379><c> me,</c><00:12:24.620><c> but</c><00:12:24.799><c> it's</c><00:12:25.039><c> not</c><00:12:25.259><c> enough.</c><00:12:27.039><c> You</c><00:12:27.379><c> need</c><00:12:27.559><c> to</c><00:12:27.919><c> know</c><00:12:28.440><c> me.</c>

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You<00:12:32.580><c> think</c><00:12:32.600><c> the</c><00:12:32.679><c> end</c><00:12:32.820><c> of</c><00:12:32.980><c> the</c><00:12:33.039><c> story</c><00:12:33.200><c> is</c><00:12:33.360><c> with</c><00:12:33.500><c> Nicodemus?</c><00:12:34.419><c> You</c>

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know<00:12:34.519><c> the</c><00:12:34.620><c> third</c><00:12:34.860><c> time</c><00:12:35.159><c> when</c><00:12:35.340><c> Nicodemus</c><00:12:35.799><c> shows</c><00:12:36.019><c> up</c>

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on<00:12:36.399><c> the</c><00:12:36.539><c> scene?</c><00:12:37.480><c> Anybody</c><00:12:37.759><c> know</c><00:12:37.980><c> it?</c><00:12:40.000><c> Without</c><00:12:40.179><c> looking</c><00:12:40.360><c> at</c><00:12:40.519><c> the</c>

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margin<00:12:40.840><c> of</c><00:12:41.000><c> your</c><00:12:41.120><c> Bible?</c><00:12:42.720><c> Pardon</c><00:12:42.879><c> me?</c><00:12:43.799><c> It's</c><00:12:44.259><c> after</c>

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the<00:12:44.740><c> crucifixion.</c><00:12:45.600><c> Actually,</c><00:12:45.620><c> it's</c><00:12:45.740><c> in</c><00:12:45.919><c> John</c><00:12:46.200><c> chapter</c><00:12:46.539><c> 19.</c>

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What<00:12:53.340><c> has</c><00:12:53.639><c> happened</c><00:12:54.080><c> is</c><00:12:54.759><c> that</c><00:12:54.960><c> this</c><00:12:55.200><c> Nicodemus</c><00:12:55.720><c> who</c>

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first<00:12:56.259><c> came</c><00:12:56.480><c> at</c><00:12:56.679><c> night</c><00:12:56.879><c> and</c><00:12:57.059><c> was</c><00:12:57.340><c> scared,</c><00:12:58.220><c> like</c><00:12:58.340><c> a</c><00:12:58.419><c> lot</c><00:12:58.639><c> of</c><00:12:58.799><c> times</c><00:12:59.039><c> we</c>

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are,<00:13:02.480><c> you</c><00:13:02.720><c> can</c><00:13:02.899><c> be</c><00:13:03.120><c> afraid</c><00:13:03.519><c> to</c><00:13:04.000><c> show</c><00:13:04.460><c> people</c>

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what<00:13:05.179><c> we</c><00:13:05.580><c> really</c><00:13:05.960><c> believe</c><00:13:06.659><c> and</c><00:13:07.980><c> so</c><00:13:08.240><c> we</c><00:13:08.580><c> do</c><00:13:08.840><c> things</c><00:13:09.139><c> secretly</c>

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for<00:13:10.039><c> fear</c><00:13:10.240><c> of</c><00:13:10.419><c> the</c><00:13:10.580><c> Jews,</c><00:13:10.820><c> so</c><00:13:11.039><c> to</c><00:13:11.200><c> speak.</c>

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he's<00:13:15.720><c> beginning</c><00:13:16.000><c> to</c><00:13:16.220><c> defend</c><00:13:16.440><c> Jesus,</c><00:13:16.940><c> and</c><00:13:17.059><c> when</c><00:13:17.159><c> we</c><00:13:17.240><c> get</c><00:13:17.440><c> to</c>

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John<00:13:17.820><c> chapter</c><00:13:18.139><c> 9,</c><00:13:20.019><c> verse</c><00:13:20.019><c> 39,</c><00:13:22.379><c> 38</c><00:13:22.799><c> for</c><00:13:23.000><c> the</c><00:13:23.159><c> context,</c><00:13:24.240><c> it</c><00:13:24.360><c> says,</c><00:13:24.919><c> after</c><00:13:24.940><c> this,</c><00:13:25.259><c> after</c><00:13:25.580><c> the</c>

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crucifixion,<00:13:26.360><c> Joseph</c><00:13:26.759><c> of</c>

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Arimathea,<00:13:28.000><c> being</c><00:13:28.279><c> a</c><00:13:28.460><c> disciple</c><00:13:28.860><c> of</c><00:13:29.080><c> Jesus,</c><00:13:29.940><c> but</c><00:13:30.299><c> secretly</c><00:13:30.820><c> for</c><00:13:31.220><c> fear</c><00:13:31.460><c> of</c>

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the<00:13:31.899><c> Jews,</c><00:13:33.320><c> besought</c><00:13:33.600><c> Pilate</c><00:13:34.000><c> that</c><00:13:34.139><c> he</c><00:13:34.240><c> might</c>

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take<00:13:34.740><c> away</c><00:13:34.940><c> the</c><00:13:35.080><c> body</c><00:13:35.340><c> of</c><00:13:35.440><c> Jesus,</c><00:13:36.639><c> and</c><00:13:36.919><c> Pilate</c><00:13:37.259><c> gave</c><00:13:37.519><c> him</c><00:13:37.799><c> leave.</c><00:13:38.759><c> He</c>

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came<00:13:39.279><c> therefore</c><00:13:39.600><c> and</c><00:13:39.740><c> took</c><00:13:39.919><c> the</c><00:13:40.080><c> body</c><00:13:40.360><c> of</c><00:13:40.480><c> Jesus,</c>

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and<00:13:41.580><c> there</c><00:13:41.820><c> came</c><00:13:42.259><c> also</c><00:13:43.120><c> Nicodemus,</c><00:13:44.759><c> which</c><00:13:45.299><c> at</c><00:13:45.419><c> the</c><00:13:45.659><c> first</c><00:13:45.899><c> came</c><00:13:46.179><c> to</c>

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Jesus<00:13:46.740><c> by</c><00:13:47.120><c> night</c>

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and<00:13:48.539><c> brought</c><00:13:48.740><c> a</c><00:13:48.879><c> mixture</c><00:13:49.240><c> of</c><00:13:49.539><c> myrrh</c><00:13:49.940><c> and</c><00:13:50.200><c> aloes</c><00:13:51.120><c> about</c><00:13:51.559><c> a</c><00:13:51.759><c> hundred</c><00:13:52.000><c> pound</c><00:13:52.360><c> weight.</c><00:13:53.600><c> Then</c>

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took<00:13:54.220><c> they</c><00:13:54.379><c> the</c><00:13:54.500><c> body</c>

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of<00:13:54.899><c> Jesus</c><00:13:55.299><c> and</c><00:13:55.559><c> wound</c><00:13:55.799><c> it</c><00:13:55.980><c> in</c><00:13:56.120><c> linen</c><00:13:56.379><c> clothes</c><00:13:56.899><c> with</c><00:13:57.519><c> the</c><00:13:57.779><c> spices</c><00:13:58.120><c> as</c><00:13:58.580><c> the</c><00:13:58.759><c> manner</c><00:13:58.919><c> of</c>

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Boy,<00:14:01.399><c> Nicodemus</c><00:14:01.879><c> had</c><00:14:02.120><c> really,</c><00:14:03.080><c> you</c><00:14:03.259><c> know,</c><00:14:03.700><c> things</c><00:14:03.899><c> had</c><00:14:04.220><c> clicked</c><00:14:04.379><c> for</c>

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him<00:14:05.019><c> because</c><00:14:06.259><c> now</c><00:14:06.740><c> he</c><00:14:07.580><c> was</c><00:14:07.759><c> convinced</c>

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that<00:14:08.840><c> even</c><00:14:09.100><c> though</c><00:14:09.480><c> it</c><00:14:09.580><c> was</c><00:14:10.200><c> a</c><00:14:10.559><c> lifeless</c><00:14:10.980><c> body</c><00:14:11.299><c> that</c><00:14:11.480><c> he'd</c><00:14:11.740><c> come</c><00:14:11.860><c> to</c><00:14:12.100><c> claim,</c>

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colleagues.<00:14:26.039><c> They</c><00:14:26.299><c> could</c><00:14:26.480><c> put</c><00:14:26.639><c> him</c><00:14:26.820><c> out</c>

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of<00:14:27.559><c> their</c><00:14:27.820><c> company</c><00:14:28.139><c> if</c><00:14:28.340><c> they</c><00:14:28.559><c> wanted,</c><00:14:29.340><c> but</c><00:14:29.659><c> he</c><00:14:29.919><c> knew</c><00:14:30.159><c> Jesus.</c>

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motivation<00:14:37.799><c> for</c><00:14:38.179><c> the</c><00:14:38.419><c> classes</c><00:14:38.740><c> that</c><00:14:39.399><c> we're</c><00:14:39.679><c> having</c><00:14:39.960><c> this</c><00:14:40.220><c> weekend,</c><00:14:42.039><c> that</c><00:14:42.259><c> knowing</c><00:14:42.720><c> about</c><00:14:43.440><c> Jesus,</c><00:14:44.480><c> sort</c><00:14:44.559><c> of</c><00:14:44.639><c> like</c>

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Nicodemus<00:14:45.200><c> did</c><00:14:45.399><c> it</c><00:14:45.580><c> the</c><00:14:45.740><c> first,</c><00:14:46.259><c> is</c><00:14:46.440><c> not</c><00:14:46.679><c> enough.</c><00:14:47.600><c> We've</c><00:14:47.940><c> got</c>

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wasn't<00:15:01.179><c> Gethsemane,</c><00:15:01.799><c> that</c><00:15:01.940><c> Jesus</c><00:15:02.259><c> prayed</c><00:15:02.639><c> in</c>

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whom<00:15:11.500><c> thou</c><00:15:11.639><c> hast</c><00:15:11.919><c> sent.</c><00:15:12.559><c> It's</c><00:15:12.960><c> life</c><00:15:13.240><c> eternal</c><00:15:13.659><c> that</c><00:15:13.799><c> we're</c><00:15:14.000><c> talking</c><00:15:14.320><c> about.</c><00:15:16.399><c> So</c>

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it's<00:15:16.759><c> not</c><00:15:16.919><c> matter</c><00:15:17.240><c> of</c><00:15:17.860><c> head</c><00:15:18.059><c> knowledge,</c>

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it's<00:15:19.720><c> knowing</c><00:15:20.080><c> in</c><00:15:20.299><c> a</c><00:15:20.460><c> very</c><00:15:20.799><c> personal</c><00:15:21.299><c> and</c><00:15:21.899><c> specific</c><00:15:22.360><c> way</c><00:15:22.940><c> and</c>

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it's<00:15:23.820><c> crucial</c><00:15:24.200><c> to</c><00:15:24.500><c> us.</c><00:15:26.139><c> Look</c><00:15:26.279><c> what</c><00:15:26.419><c> Paul</c><00:15:26.700><c> says</c><00:15:27.000><c> in</c>

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man.<00:15:39.860><c> He'd</c><00:15:40.080><c> done</c><00:15:40.299><c> all</c><00:15:40.679><c> the</c><00:15:41.200><c> right</c><00:15:41.559><c> things,</c><00:15:42.019><c> the</c><00:15:42.179><c> things</c>

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that<00:15:43.659><c> his</c><00:15:44.179><c> Jewish</c><00:15:44.659><c> community</c><00:15:46.220><c> put</c><00:15:47.120><c> great</c><00:15:47.460><c> stock</c><00:15:47.799><c> in.</c><00:15:49.419><c> He</c><00:15:49.539><c> says</c>

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in<00:15:50.539><c> Philippians</c><00:15:50.960><c> 3</c><00:15:51.220><c> verse</c><00:15:51.399><c> 4,</c><00:15:51.700><c> he</c><00:15:51.799><c> says,</c><00:15:53.120><c> I</c><00:15:55.899><c> could</c>

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the<00:15:56.779><c> eighth</c><00:15:56.980><c> day.</c><00:15:58.179><c> In</c><00:15:58.379><c> other</c><00:15:58.500><c> words,</c><00:15:58.679><c> I'm</c><00:15:58.879><c> a</c><00:15:59.019><c> Jew</c><00:15:59.159><c> by</c><00:15:59.480><c> birth.</c>

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I'm<00:16:02.000><c> of</c><00:16:02.159><c> the</c><00:16:02.519><c> stock</c><00:16:02.740><c> of</c><00:16:03.379><c> Israel,</c><00:16:05.179><c> long</c><00:16:05.559><c> line,</c>

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long<00:16:06.240><c> genealogy</c><00:16:06.860><c> of</c><00:16:07.080><c> Jews.</c><00:16:08.139><c> I'm</c><00:16:08.500><c> of</c><00:16:08.639><c> the</c><00:16:08.860><c> tribe</c><00:16:09.059><c> of</c><00:16:09.279><c> Benjamin</c>

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and<00:16:10.000><c> Hebrew</c><00:16:10.259><c> of</c><00:16:10.480><c> the</c><00:16:10.740><c> Hebrews</c><00:16:11.039><c> as</c><00:16:12.039><c> touching</c>

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the<00:16:12.600><c> law</c><00:16:12.879><c> of</c><00:16:13.240><c> Pharisee</c><00:16:14.500><c> concerning</c><00:16:14.960><c> zeal.</c><00:16:16.080><c> Well,</c><00:16:16.320><c> I</c><00:16:16.600><c> persecuted</c><00:16:17.059><c> the</c><00:16:17.320><c> Ecclesia</c><00:16:18.259><c> and</c>

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touching<00:16:19.720><c> the</c><00:16:19.960><c> righteousness,</c>

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blameless.<00:16:22.919><c> But</c><00:16:23.240><c> those</c><00:16:23.639><c> things</c><00:16:24.039><c> that</c><00:16:24.200><c> were</c><00:16:24.480><c> gained</c><00:16:24.740><c> to</c><00:16:25.019><c> me,</c><00:16:25.259><c> those</c><00:16:25.580><c> I</c>

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counted<00:16:26.159><c> lost</c><00:16:26.600><c> for</c><00:16:26.879><c> Christ,</c>

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yes,<00:16:29.019><c> doubtless,</c><00:16:29.580><c> I</c><00:16:29.659><c> count</c><00:16:29.960><c> all</c><00:16:30.500><c> things</c><00:16:30.779><c> but</c><00:16:31.120><c> loss</c><00:16:31.620><c> for</c><00:16:32.440><c> the</c>

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excellency<00:16:33.440><c> of</c><00:16:33.720><c> the</c><00:16:33.960><c> knowledge</c><00:16:34.360><c> of</c><00:16:34.600><c> Christ</c><00:16:34.980><c> Jesus,</c>

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my<00:16:35.700><c> Lord.</c><00:16:37.620><c> So</c><00:16:37.879><c> young</c><00:16:38.080><c> people,</c><00:16:38.580><c> this</c><00:16:38.740><c> weekend</c><00:16:39.039><c> what</c><00:16:39.259><c> I</c><00:16:39.460><c> want</c><00:16:39.600><c> us</c>

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to<00:16:40.039><c> focus</c><00:16:40.399><c> on</c><00:16:40.919><c> is</c><00:16:41.720><c> the</c><00:16:42.259><c> excellency</c><00:16:42.940><c> of</c><00:16:43.600><c> the</c><00:16:43.840><c> knowledge</c>

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of<00:16:45.519><c> Christ</c><00:16:45.940><c> Jesus,</c><00:16:47.399><c> our</c><00:16:47.620><c> Lord.</c>

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And<00:16:50.200><c> then</c><00:16:50.480><c> when</c><00:16:50.740><c> we</c><00:16:51.139><c> know</c><00:16:51.440><c> him,</c><00:16:52.759><c> that</c><00:16:53.059><c> knowledge</c><00:16:53.639><c> gets</c><00:16:54.240><c> put</c><00:16:54.460><c> into</c><00:16:54.779><c> action.</c><00:16:55.340><c> Look</c><00:16:55.460><c> at</c>

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verse<00:16:55.799><c> 10</c><00:16:56.039><c> here</c><00:16:56.320><c> Philippians</c>

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3.<00:16:57.559><c> He</c><00:16:57.600><c> says,</c><00:16:58.659><c> it's</c><00:16:58.899><c> my</c><00:16:59.179><c> prayer</c><00:16:59.500><c> that</c><00:16:59.720><c> I</c><00:16:59.940><c> may</c><00:17:00.200><c> know</c><00:17:00.519><c> him</c><00:17:01.120><c> and</c><00:17:01.919><c> the</c><00:17:02.240><c> power</c><00:17:02.659><c> of</c>

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his<00:17:03.240><c> resurrection</c><00:17:03.779><c> and</c><00:17:04.859><c> the</c><00:17:05.200><c> fellowship</c>

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of<00:17:05.880><c> his</c><00:17:06.140><c> suffering</c><00:17:06.740><c> so</c><00:17:07.940><c> that</c><00:17:08.099><c> I</c><00:17:08.279><c> can</c><00:17:08.460><c> be</c><00:17:08.799><c> made</c><00:17:09.380><c> conformable</c><00:17:10.440><c> to</c>

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his<00:17:11.200><c> death.</c><00:17:13.119><c> That's</c><00:17:13.599><c> kind</c><00:17:13.799><c> of</c><00:17:13.920><c> tough,</c><00:17:14.279><c> isn't</c><00:17:14.380><c> it?</c>

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What's<00:17:14.839><c> it</c><00:17:15.019><c> mean</c><00:17:15.180><c> to</c><00:17:15.339><c> be</c><00:17:15.519><c> made</c><00:17:15.779><c> conformable</c><00:17:16.480><c> to</c><00:17:16.680><c> his</c><00:17:16.980><c> death?</c><00:17:18.200><c> I'm</c><00:17:18.359><c> going</c><00:17:18.420><c> to</c><00:17:18.519><c> talk</c><00:17:18.680><c> a</c>

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little<00:17:19.000><c> bit</c><00:17:19.140><c> more</c><00:17:19.319><c> about</c>

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that<00:17:19.740><c> later</c><00:17:20.039><c> on,</c><00:17:20.259><c> but</c><00:17:20.400><c> the</c><00:17:20.519><c> idea</c><00:17:20.819><c> is</c><00:17:21.359><c> when</c><00:17:21.619><c> in</c><00:17:21.799><c> baptism</c><00:17:22.180><c> we</c><00:17:22.779><c> are</c>

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buried<00:17:23.599><c> with</c><00:17:23.900><c> Christ</c><00:17:24.420><c> so</c><00:17:24.859><c> that</c><00:17:24.980><c> we</c><00:17:25.079><c> can</c><00:17:25.240><c> come</c><00:17:25.400><c> up</c><00:17:25.599><c> to</c>

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a<00:17:25.900><c> new</c><00:17:26.079><c> life</c><00:17:26.400><c> and</c><00:17:26.579><c> to</c><00:17:26.859><c> live</c><00:17:27.000><c> like</c><00:17:27.279><c> him.</c><00:17:28.279><c> That's</c><00:17:28.559><c> what</c><00:17:28.740><c> Paul</c><00:17:28.980><c> says.</c><00:17:29.460><c> I've</c><00:17:29.759><c> got</c>

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to<00:17:30.200><c> know</c><00:17:30.380><c> what</c><00:17:30.680><c> Jesus</c><00:17:31.279><c> was</c><00:17:32.259><c> like,</c><00:17:32.799><c> what</c>

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he<00:17:33.279><c> is</c><00:17:33.579><c> like,</c><00:17:34.480><c> so</c><00:17:34.700><c> that</c><00:17:34.859><c> I</c><00:17:35.000><c> can</c><00:17:35.740><c> live</c><00:17:36.180><c> like</c><00:17:36.480><c> him</c><00:17:36.680><c> as</c><00:17:36.940><c> best</c><00:17:37.180><c> as</c><00:17:37.400><c> I</c>

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can.<00:17:38.599><c> It's</c><00:17:38.980><c> crucial.</c><00:17:40.299><c> It's</c><00:17:40.400><c> a</c><00:17:40.519><c> matter</c><00:17:40.740><c> of</c><00:17:40.960><c> life</c><00:17:41.140><c> and</c>

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in<00:17:42.119><c> fact</c><00:17:42.339><c> Jesus</c><00:17:42.759><c> says</c><00:17:43.920><c> that</c><00:17:44.619><c> he</c><00:17:45.819><c> has</c><00:17:46.180><c> come</c><00:17:46.539><c> to</c><00:17:47.000><c> give</c><00:17:47.160><c> us</c><00:17:47.500><c> life</c>

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and<00:17:49.119><c> so</c><00:17:49.220><c> that</c><00:17:49.400><c> we</c><00:17:49.500><c> may</c><00:17:49.759><c> have</c><00:17:50.099><c> life</c><00:17:50.480><c> more</c><00:17:50.839><c> abundantly.</c>

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Okay,<00:17:52.759><c> so</c><00:17:52.920><c> here's</c><00:17:53.079><c> what</c><00:17:53.240><c> I</c><00:17:53.359><c> want</c><00:17:53.460><c> to</c><00:17:53.640><c> do.</c><00:17:54.420><c> Here's</c><00:17:54.720><c> my</c><00:17:54.980><c> outline.</c>

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That<00:17:55.720><c> was</c><00:17:56.440><c> the</c><00:17:57.059><c> five</c><00:17:57.339><c>-minute</c><00:17:57.579><c> introduction.</c>

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I<00:18:00.900><c> guess</c><00:18:01.019><c> we're</c><00:18:01.240><c> going</c><00:18:01.259><c> to</c><00:18:01.279><c> have</c><00:18:01.319><c> to</c><00:18:01.460><c> skip</c><00:18:01.640><c> lunch.</c>

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Here's<00:18:06.000><c> what</c><00:18:06.099><c> we're</c><00:18:06.220><c> going</c><00:18:06.259><c> to</c><00:18:06.359><c> do.</c><00:18:07.079><c> In</c><00:18:07.220><c> the</c><00:18:07.720><c> little</c><00:18:07.940><c> bit</c><00:18:08.099><c> of</c>

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time<00:18:08.299><c> I've</c><00:18:08.480><c> left</c><00:18:08.579><c> myself</c>

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for<00:18:09.640><c> the</c><00:18:09.799><c> first</c><00:18:10.160><c> session,</c><00:18:11.339><c> I</c><00:18:11.380><c> want</c><00:18:11.519><c> to</c><00:18:11.619><c> talk</c><00:18:11.799><c> about</c><00:18:12.359><c> Jesus</c><00:18:13.019><c> as</c>

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he<00:18:13.940><c> was</c><00:18:14.279><c> foretold</c><00:18:14.920><c> to</c><00:18:15.259><c> be</c><00:18:15.799><c> in</c><00:18:16.640><c> the</c><00:18:16.759><c> Old</c><00:18:16.900><c> Testament.</c>

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Next<00:18:18.619><c> class,</c><00:18:19.640><c> Jesus</c><00:18:20.180><c> who</c><00:18:20.680><c> he</c><00:18:20.980><c> was.</c><00:18:22.680><c> Third</c><00:18:22.940><c> class,</c><00:18:23.859><c> who</c><00:18:24.079><c> he</c><00:18:24.339><c> is.</c>

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Tomorrow<00:18:26.559><c> morning</c><00:18:26.880><c> for</c><00:18:27.099><c> Sunday</c><00:18:27.319><c> school,</c>

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Jesus<00:18:28.880><c> who</c><00:18:29.359><c> he</c><00:18:29.559><c> is</c><00:18:29.759><c> not.</c><00:18:31.480><c> And</c><00:18:31.680><c> then</c><00:18:31.940><c> finally</c><00:18:32.140><c> for</c><00:18:32.420><c> our</c><00:18:32.579><c> exhortation</c><00:18:33.059><c> tomorrow,</c><00:18:33.640><c> Jesus</c>

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who<00:18:34.859><c> he</c><00:18:35.140><c> will</c><00:18:35.380><c> be.</c>

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And<00:18:36.599><c> our</c><00:18:36.900><c> goal</c><00:18:37.200><c> in</c><00:18:37.359><c> all</c><00:18:37.680><c> this</c><00:18:38.279><c> is</c><00:18:39.140><c> to</c><00:18:39.500><c> know</c><00:18:39.680><c> him</c><00:18:39.920><c> better,</c><00:18:41.500><c> to</c><00:18:41.799><c> know</c><00:18:42.079><c> him</c><00:18:42.380><c> as</c>

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a<00:18:43.420><c> real</c><00:18:43.720><c> person,</c>

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to<00:18:46.440><c> love</c><00:18:46.680><c> him</c><00:18:46.920><c> more</c><00:18:47.160><c> and</c><00:18:47.279><c> to</c><00:18:47.500><c> follow</c><00:18:47.660><c> him</c><00:18:47.839><c> more</c><00:18:48.160><c> diligently.</c>

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Now<00:18:52.200><c> here's</c><00:18:52.700><c> my</c><00:18:52.940><c> second</c><00:18:53.180><c> point.</c><00:18:53.579><c> I'm</c><00:18:53.819><c> not</c><00:18:53.900><c> going</c><00:18:54.000><c> to</c><00:18:54.079><c> write</c><00:18:54.160><c> it</c>

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down.<00:18:54.380><c> It</c><00:18:54.519><c> takes</c><00:18:54.619><c> too</c><00:18:54.819><c> long.</c><00:18:55.420><c> I'll</c><00:18:55.579><c> just</c><00:18:55.700><c> tell</c><00:18:55.859><c> you.</c>

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Knowing<00:18:58.390><c> Jesus</c><00:18:59.069><c> is</c><00:19:00.950><c> not</c><00:19:01.289><c> a</c><00:19:01.410><c> matter</c><00:19:01.809><c> of</c><00:19:02.269><c> blind</c><00:19:02.869><c> faith.</c>

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Okay,<00:19:07.849><c> knowing</c><00:19:07.990><c> Jesus</c><00:19:08.329><c> is</c><00:19:08.549><c> not</c><00:19:08.730><c> just</c><00:19:09.109><c> what</c><00:19:09.349><c> people</c><00:19:09.710><c> tell</c><00:19:10.069><c> you</c>

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or<00:19:10.529><c> sort</c><00:19:10.730><c> of</c><00:19:10.910><c> the,</c><00:19:11.130><c> you</c><00:19:11.269><c> know,</c><00:19:12.690><c> the</c><00:19:13.230><c> sort</c><00:19:13.390><c> of</c><00:19:13.529><c> the</c>

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general<00:19:14.069><c> philosophy</c><00:19:14.750><c> of</c><00:19:14.930><c> what</c><00:19:15.089><c> Jesus</c><00:19:15.470><c> is</c><00:19:15.750><c> about.</c><00:19:16.569><c> We</c><00:19:16.890><c> can</c><00:19:17.309><c> know</c><00:19:17.609><c> Jesus</c><00:19:18.930><c> diligently</c><00:19:20.549><c> through</c><00:19:21.690><c> his</c><00:19:21.970><c> word,</c>

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through<00:19:23.529><c> the</c><00:19:23.710><c> word</c><00:19:23.869><c> of</c><00:19:24.009><c> God.</c><00:19:25.269><c> The</c><00:19:25.589><c> scriptures</c><00:19:26.009><c> will</c><00:19:26.529><c> teach</c><00:19:26.750><c> us</c>

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about<00:19:27.250><c> him.</c><00:19:28.609><c> You</c><00:19:28.710><c> know,</c><00:19:29.390><c> here's</c><00:19:29.589><c> another</c>

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episode<00:19:30.250><c> that</c><00:19:30.849><c> I</c><00:19:31.230><c> just,</c><00:19:31.509><c> I</c><00:19:31.769><c> need,</c><00:19:32.049><c> but</c><00:19:32.250><c> if</c><00:19:32.470><c> you've</c><00:19:32.690><c> still</c><00:19:32.930><c> got</c>

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your<00:19:33.349><c> finger</c><00:19:33.589><c> in</c><00:19:33.769><c> John</c><00:19:33.990><c> chapter</c><00:19:34.289><c> 3,</c><00:19:34.630><c> have</c><00:19:34.789><c> a</c><00:19:34.910><c> look</c>

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back<00:19:35.309><c> to</c><00:19:35.490><c> Luke</c><00:19:35.710><c> 24.</c><00:19:38.630><c> Now</c><00:19:38.809><c> imagine</c><00:19:39.150><c> this</c><00:19:39.470><c> scene.</c><00:19:43.150><c> There's</c><00:19:43.589><c> two</c>

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men<00:19:44.490><c> walking</c><00:19:45.690><c> on</c><00:19:45.930><c> the</c><00:19:46.109><c> road,</c><00:19:46.670><c> actually</c><00:19:46.890><c> it</c><00:19:46.970><c> doesn't</c>

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say<00:19:47.230><c> two</c><00:19:47.430><c> men,</c><00:19:47.609><c> it's</c><00:19:47.710><c> two</c><00:19:47.930><c> disciples.</c><00:19:49.569><c> One</c><00:19:49.789><c> of</c><00:19:49.910><c> them</c><00:19:50.049><c> is</c><00:19:50.210><c> given</c>

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a<00:19:50.589><c> man's</c><00:19:50.890><c> name</c><00:19:50.990><c> and</c><00:19:51.089><c> I</c><00:19:51.190><c> don't</c><00:19:51.269><c> know</c><00:19:51.369><c> about</c><00:19:51.529><c> the</c>

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maybe<00:19:52.069><c> it's</c><00:19:52.250><c> a</c><00:19:52.349><c> man</c><00:19:52.470><c> and</c><00:19:52.589><c> wife.</c><00:19:52.789><c> We</c><00:19:52.869><c> don't</c><00:19:53.029><c> really</c><00:19:53.289><c> know,</c><00:19:53.990><c> but</c>

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there's<00:19:54.289><c> two</c><00:19:54.509><c> disciples</c><00:19:54.910><c> and</c><00:19:55.049><c> they're</c>

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walking<00:19:55.470><c> on</c><00:19:55.750><c> the</c><00:19:55.829><c> road</c><00:19:56.009><c> to</c><00:19:56.269><c> Emmaus.</c><00:19:57.670><c> They're</c><00:19:57.869><c> about</c><00:19:58.109><c> 60</c><00:19:58.690><c> furlongs.</c><00:19:59.650><c> You</c><00:19:59.650><c> know</c><00:19:59.849><c> how</c><00:20:00.809><c> far</c><00:20:01.089><c> a</c>

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furlong<00:20:01.670><c> is?</c>

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Well,<00:20:03.390><c> if</c><00:20:03.410><c> you</c><00:20:03.569><c> don't</c><00:20:03.829><c> know,</c><00:20:05.250><c> huh?</c><00:20:08.329><c> No.</c>

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All<00:20:12.829><c> right.</c><00:20:13.049><c> Probably.</c><00:20:13.710><c> So</c><00:20:13.710><c> probably.</c><00:20:14.609><c> Well,</c><00:20:14.690><c> if</c><00:20:14.809><c> you</c><00:20:14.930><c> didn't</c>

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know,<00:20:15.450><c> you</c><00:20:15.569><c> won't.</c>

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I<00:20:16.569><c> had</c><00:20:16.750><c> such</c><00:20:16.950><c> a</c><00:20:17.109><c> great</c><00:20:17.269><c> pun</c><00:20:17.509><c> and</c><00:20:17.650><c> I</c><00:20:17.809><c> wanted</c><00:20:17.910><c> to</c><00:20:18.150><c> work</c><00:20:18.289><c> it</c><00:20:18.470><c> in</c><00:20:18.569><c> here</c><00:20:18.910><c> and</c>

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I<00:20:19.730><c> just</c><00:20:20.009><c> blew</c><00:20:20.230><c> it.</c><00:20:20.609><c> Let</c><00:20:20.769><c> me</c><00:20:20.849><c> try</c><00:20:21.049><c> it</c><00:20:21.230><c> anyway.</c>

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If<00:20:21.710><c> you</c><00:20:21.869><c> don't</c><00:20:22.089><c> know,</c><00:20:22.710><c> you</c><00:20:22.750><c> won't</c><00:20:22.990><c> know.</c><00:20:23.390><c> You</c><00:20:23.470><c> will</c><00:20:24.170><c> know</c><00:20:24.410><c> before</c><00:20:24.789><c> long.</c><00:20:25.289><c> Nah,</c>

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never<00:20:25.970><c> mind.</c><00:20:27.910><c> Furlong,</c>

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that's<00:20:28.490><c> just</c><00:20:28.789><c> screaming</c><00:20:29.049><c> for</c><00:20:29.309><c> a</c><00:20:29.470><c> pun</c><00:20:29.589><c> there.</c><00:20:29.829><c> Sorry</c><00:20:30.029><c> about</c><00:20:30.230><c> that.</c><00:20:31.769><c> We'll</c><00:20:31.990><c> work</c><00:20:32.190><c> on</c>

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that<00:20:32.529><c> and</c><00:20:32.569><c> we'll</c><00:20:32.710><c> do</c>

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that<00:20:32.950><c> in</c><00:20:33.069><c> the</c><00:20:33.210><c> second</c><00:20:33.410><c> class.</c><00:20:35.069><c> 60</c><00:20:35.430><c> furlongs,</c><00:20:35.809><c> I</c><00:20:35.910><c> think</c><00:20:35.990><c> it</c><00:20:36.069><c> was</c>

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about<00:20:36.329><c> seven</c><00:20:36.569><c> and</c><00:20:36.750><c> a</c><00:20:36.789><c> half</c><00:20:36.910><c> miles.</c>

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And<00:20:39.630><c> it's</c><00:20:40.130><c> three</c><00:20:40.430><c> days</c><00:20:40.990><c> after</c><00:20:41.710><c> the</c><00:20:41.970><c> crucifixion</c><00:20:42.769><c> and</c><00:20:44.130><c> these</c>

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two<00:20:44.670><c> disciples</c><00:20:45.250><c> are</c><00:20:46.089><c> walking</c><00:20:46.490><c> along</c><00:20:46.849><c> and</c>

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they're<00:20:47.809><c> just</c><00:20:48.210><c> terribly</c><00:20:48.730><c> discouraged</c><00:20:49.430><c> and</c><00:20:51.170><c> it</c><00:20:51.950><c> says</c><00:20:52.170><c> that</c>

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they're<00:20:52.630><c> reasoning</c><00:20:52.990><c> with</c><00:20:53.190><c> each</c><00:20:53.369><c> other.</c><00:20:53.470><c> They're</c>

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questioning.<00:20:54.349><c> They're</c><00:20:54.490><c> trying</c><00:20:54.730><c> to</c><00:20:54.930><c> work</c><00:20:55.089><c> things</c><00:20:55.390><c> out</c><00:20:56.710><c> and</c><00:20:57.369><c> suddenly</c><00:20:57.710><c> somebody</c><00:20:58.029><c> comes</c><00:20:58.269><c> up</c>

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and<00:20:58.670><c> joins</c><00:20:58.890><c> them</c>

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and<00:21:00.750><c> they</c><00:21:00.890><c> don't</c><00:21:00.990><c> know</c><00:21:01.069><c> who</c><00:21:01.190><c> it</c><00:21:01.369><c> is.</c><00:21:02.970><c> Look</c><00:21:03.069><c> what</c><00:21:03.210><c> happens.</c><00:21:03.630><c> Luke</c><00:21:03.869><c> chapter</c><00:21:04.190><c> 24,</c>

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verse<00:21:07.150><c> 13.</c>

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Behold<00:21:10.210><c> two</c><00:21:10.490><c> of</c><00:21:10.690><c> them</c><00:21:10.829><c> went</c><00:21:11.089><c> that</c><00:21:11.450><c> same</c><00:21:11.710><c> day</c><00:21:11.890><c> to</c><00:21:12.089><c> a</c><00:21:12.250><c> village</c>

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called<00:21:12.970><c> Emmaus,</c><00:21:14.670><c> which</c><00:21:14.970><c> was</c><00:21:15.190><c> from</c><00:21:15.430><c> Jerusalem</c><00:21:15.910><c> about</c>

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three<00:21:16.509><c> score</c><00:21:16.809><c> furlongs.</c><00:21:18.230><c> And</c><00:21:18.450><c> they</c><00:21:18.650><c> talked</c><00:21:18.849><c> together</c><00:21:19.210><c> of</c><00:21:19.410><c> all</c>

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these<00:21:19.829><c> things</c><00:21:20.089><c> which</c><00:21:20.269><c> had</c><00:21:20.490><c> happened.</c><00:21:21.690><c> And</c><00:21:21.890><c> it</c><00:21:22.009><c> came</c>

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to<00:21:22.450><c> pass</c><00:21:22.650><c> that</c><00:21:22.789><c> when</c><00:21:22.930><c> they</c><00:21:23.269><c> communed</c><00:21:23.569><c> together</c><00:21:23.970><c> and</c><00:21:24.250><c> reasoned,</c><00:21:25.089><c> Jesus</c>

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himself<00:21:25.890><c> drew</c><00:21:26.130><c> near</c><00:21:26.349><c> and</c><00:21:26.490><c> went</c><00:21:26.650><c> with</c>

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them.<00:21:27.950><c> But</c><00:21:28.210><c> their</c><00:21:28.430><c> eyes</c><00:21:28.730><c> were</c><00:21:28.950><c> holding</c><00:21:29.210><c> that</c><00:21:29.809><c> they</c><00:21:29.990><c> should</c><00:21:30.210><c> not</c><00:21:30.470><c> know</c><00:21:30.650><c> him.</c><00:21:31.829><c> And</c><00:21:32.130><c> he</c>

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said<00:21:32.430><c> unto</c><00:21:32.650><c> them,</c>

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what<00:21:33.210><c> manner</c><00:21:33.589><c> of</c><00:21:33.950><c> communications</c><00:21:34.529><c> are</c><00:21:34.849><c> these</c><00:21:35.049><c> that</c><00:21:35.230><c> you</c><00:21:35.390><c> have</c>

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one<00:21:35.930><c> to</c><00:21:36.109><c> another</c><00:21:36.369><c> as</c><00:21:36.950><c> you</c><00:21:37.230><c> walk</c><00:21:37.529><c> and</c><00:21:37.690><c> are</c><00:21:37.950><c> sad?</c>

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And<00:21:38.950><c> they</c><00:21:39.190><c> say,</c><00:21:40.170><c> haven't</c><00:21:40.410><c> you</c><00:21:40.670><c> heard?</c><00:21:42.990><c> Jesus</c><00:21:43.369><c> of</c><00:21:43.589><c> Nazareth,</c><00:21:44.329><c> he</c><00:21:44.609><c> was</c><00:21:44.869><c> a</c>

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man<00:21:45.470><c> who</c><00:21:46.069><c> taught</c><00:21:46.349><c> wonderful</c><00:21:46.910><c> things</c>

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and<00:21:48.589><c> clearly</c><00:21:49.529><c> had</c><00:21:49.829><c> to</c><00:21:50.049><c> be</c><00:21:50.470><c> the</c><00:21:50.789><c> Messiah.</c><00:21:52.049><c> We</c><00:21:52.250><c> thought</c><00:21:52.410><c> he</c><00:21:52.509><c> was</c>

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going<00:21:52.849><c> to</c><00:21:53.109><c> deliver</c><00:21:53.289><c> us</c><00:21:53.549><c> from</c><00:21:53.829><c> Rome.</c>

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And<00:21:57.269><c> he's</c><00:21:57.769><c> been</c><00:21:58.049><c> crucified.</c><00:22:00.890><c> And</c><00:22:01.250><c> not</c><00:22:01.470><c> only</c><00:22:01.690><c> that,</c><00:22:02.230><c> some</c><00:22:02.450><c> of</c>

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the<00:22:02.710><c> women</c><00:22:02.930><c> we</c><00:22:03.190><c> know,</c><00:22:03.410><c> they</c><00:22:03.630><c> say</c><00:22:03.789><c> they've</c><00:22:04.210><c> seen</c><00:22:04.470><c> him</c>

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raised<00:22:05.549><c> from</c><00:22:05.809><c> the,</c><00:22:06.309><c> they've</c><00:22:06.630><c> seen</c><00:22:06.750><c> him</c><00:22:06.950><c> alive</c><00:22:07.289><c> three</c><00:22:07.529><c> days</c><00:22:07.750><c> after</c><00:22:08.029><c> he</c>

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was<00:22:08.529><c> nailed</c><00:22:08.809><c> to</c><00:22:08.990><c> the</c><00:22:09.250><c> cross</c>

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and<00:22:10.710><c> were</c><00:22:11.349><c> perplexed.</c><00:22:13.569><c> Look</c><00:22:13.730><c> what</c><00:22:13.849><c> Jesus</c><00:22:14.109><c> says</c><00:22:14.430><c> to</c><00:22:14.569><c> them.</c>

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Verse<00:22:17.829><c> 25.</c><00:22:19.789><c> Then</c><00:22:20.089><c> he</c><00:22:20.250><c> said</c><00:22:20.430><c> unto</c><00:22:20.609><c> them,</c><00:22:20.869><c> oh</c><00:22:21.130><c> fools</c><00:22:21.690><c> and</c><00:22:22.670><c> slow</c>

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of<00:22:23.069><c> heart</c><00:22:23.250><c> to</c><00:22:23.509><c> believe</c><00:22:23.869><c> all</c><00:22:24.150><c> that</c><00:22:24.269><c> the</c><00:22:24.549><c> prophets</c>

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have<00:22:24.990><c> spoken.</c><00:22:27.309><c> Ought</c><00:22:27.529><c> not</c><00:22:27.809><c> Christ,</c><00:22:28.250><c> wasn't</c><00:22:28.529><c> it</c><00:22:28.829><c> essential</c><00:22:29.210><c> that</c><00:22:29.509><c> Christ</c><00:22:30.130><c> should</c><00:22:30.930><c> suffer</c><00:22:31.309><c> these</c><00:22:31.710><c> things</c><00:22:32.309><c> and</c><00:22:33.250><c> to</c>

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turn<00:22:33.529><c> to</c><00:22:33.690><c> his</c><00:22:33.930><c> glory.</c><00:22:35.789><c> And</c><00:22:35.970><c> beginning</c><00:22:36.369><c> at</c><00:22:36.609><c> Moses</c><00:22:37.170><c> and</c><00:22:38.049><c> all</c><00:22:38.589><c> the</c>

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prophets,<00:22:40.289><c> he</c><00:22:40.690><c> expounded</c><00:22:41.109><c> unto</c><00:22:41.390><c> them</c><00:22:41.630><c> in</c>

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all<00:22:42.289><c> the</c><00:22:42.589><c> scriptures,</c><00:22:42.990><c> the</c><00:22:43.269><c> things</c><00:22:43.529><c> concerning</c><00:22:44.009><c> himself.</c>

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was<00:22:48.849><c> like?</c><00:22:50.269><c> You</c><00:22:50.529><c> know,</c><00:22:50.769><c> to</c><00:22:50.950><c> have</c><00:22:51.170><c> Jesus</c><00:22:51.569><c> himself.</c><00:22:52.390><c> I</c><00:22:52.509><c> remember,</c><00:22:53.269><c> sorry</c><00:22:53.589><c> Ken,</c><00:22:54.170><c> Ken</c><00:22:54.650><c> Green's</c><00:22:55.190><c> father</c><00:22:55.450><c> when</c><00:22:55.670><c> I</c><00:22:55.809><c> was</c>

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knee<00:22:57.829><c>-high</c><00:22:57.930><c> to</c><00:22:58.069><c> a</c><00:22:58.190><c> grasshopper</c><00:22:58.670><c> was</c><00:22:59.029><c> my</c><00:22:59.250><c> Sunday</c><00:22:59.509><c> school</c><00:22:59.690><c> teacher.</c><00:23:00.009><c> And</c><00:23:00.150><c> we</c><00:23:00.289><c> spent</c><00:23:00.529><c> quite</c><00:23:00.809><c> a</c><00:23:01.029><c> while</c>

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going<00:23:02.049><c> through</c><00:23:02.309><c> a</c><00:23:02.490><c> series</c><00:23:02.809><c> of</c><00:23:03.109><c> studies</c><00:23:03.470><c> on</c><00:23:04.430><c> prophecies</c><00:23:04.970><c> of</c><00:23:05.150><c> Jesus</c><00:23:05.509><c> in</c>

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the<00:23:05.809><c> Old</c><00:23:06.009><c> Testament.</c>

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And<00:23:06.950><c> they're</c><00:23:07.170><c> remarkable.</c><00:23:08.430><c> There</c><00:23:08.529><c> is,</c><00:23:08.890><c> we</c><00:23:09.029><c> can</c><00:23:09.309><c> learn</c><00:23:09.589><c> so</c><00:23:09.990><c> much</c><00:23:10.170><c> about</c><00:23:10.390><c> Jesus</c><00:23:10.789><c> just</c><00:23:11.369><c> with</c><00:23:11.549><c> the</c>

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Old<00:23:11.910><c> Testament.</c>

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And<00:23:13.549><c> Jesus</c><00:23:13.829><c> says</c><00:23:14.069><c> to</c><00:23:14.470><c> these</c><00:23:15.170><c> disciples</c><00:23:15.609><c> on</c><00:23:15.829><c> the</c><00:23:15.890><c> road</c><00:23:16.029><c> to</c><00:23:16.130><c> Emmaus,</c><00:23:16.430><c> he</c><00:23:16.490><c> says,</c>

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fools,<00:23:19.170><c> slow</c><00:23:19.390><c> of</c><00:23:19.569><c> heart</c><00:23:19.730><c> to</c><00:23:19.990><c> believe,</c><00:23:21.609><c> you</c><00:23:21.950><c> should</c><00:23:22.190><c> have</c><00:23:22.289><c> known</c><00:23:22.529><c> all</c>

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about<00:23:23.309><c> all</c><00:23:23.609><c> this</c><00:23:24.289><c> from</c><00:23:25.190><c> your</c><00:23:25.450><c> reading</c><00:23:25.690><c> of</c><00:23:25.890><c> the</c>

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Jesus<00:23:30.930><c> comes</c><00:23:31.230><c> back.</c><00:23:31.549><c> What's</c><00:23:31.809><c> he</c><00:23:31.950><c> liable</c><00:23:32.089><c> to</c><00:23:32.190><c> say</c><00:23:32.349><c> to</c><00:23:32.509><c> us?</c><00:23:33.910><c> You</c>

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know,<00:23:35.390><c> have</c><00:23:35.450><c> we</c><00:23:35.690><c> given</c><00:23:35.869><c> the</c><00:23:36.150><c> proper</c><00:23:36.470><c> diligence</c>

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to<00:23:37.509><c> the</c><00:23:37.710><c> scriptures</c><00:23:38.130><c> and</c><00:23:38.690><c> read</c><00:23:38.950><c> them</c><00:23:39.250><c> honestly?</c><00:23:41.109><c> Honestly,</c>

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asking<00:23:41.849><c> ourselves</c><00:23:42.269><c> questions,</c>

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trying<00:23:44.269><c> to</c><00:23:44.450><c> get</c><00:23:44.589><c> a</c><00:23:44.809><c> deeper,</c><00:23:45.529><c> fuller</c><00:23:45.930><c> understanding.</c><00:23:47.269><c> Because</c>

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we've,<00:23:48.029><c> we're</c><00:23:48.630><c> real</c><00:23:48.890><c> privileged.</c><00:23:50.170><c> You</c><00:23:50.349><c> know,</c>

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we<00:23:51.029><c> have</c><00:23:51.230><c> not</c><00:23:51.490><c> just</c><00:23:51.650><c> the</c><00:23:51.829><c> Old</c><00:23:52.029><c> Testament</c><00:23:52.369><c> pointing</c><00:23:52.750><c> forward</c>

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to<00:23:53.410><c> Jesus,</c><00:23:54.269><c> but</c><00:23:54.450><c> we</c><00:23:54.609><c> have</c><00:23:54.809><c> the</c><00:23:55.210><c> New</c><00:23:55.390><c> Testament</c>

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telling<00:23:55.970><c> us</c><00:23:56.190><c> all</c><00:23:56.390><c> about</c><00:23:56.650><c> him.</c><00:23:58.369><c> And</c><00:23:58.490><c> so</c><00:23:58.630><c> it</c><00:23:58.690><c> says</c><00:23:58.809><c> that</c><00:23:59.009><c> Jesus</c>

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began<00:23:59.970><c> at</c><00:24:00.569><c> Moses</c><00:24:00.990><c> and</c><00:24:01.210><c> going</c><00:24:01.329><c> through</c><00:24:01.549><c> all</c><00:24:01.869><c> the</c>

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prophets,<00:24:02.430><c> he</c><00:24:02.690><c> expounded</c><00:24:03.049><c> the</c><00:24:03.369><c> things</c><00:24:03.710><c> concerning</c><00:24:04.289><c> himself.</c>

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So<00:24:05.509><c> here's</c><00:24:05.670><c> what</c><00:24:05.869><c> I</c><00:24:05.869><c> want</c><00:24:06.009><c> to</c><00:24:06.130><c> ask</c><00:24:06.289><c> you.</c>

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If<00:24:08.509><c> you</c><00:24:08.869><c> were</c><00:24:09.049><c> to</c><00:24:09.349><c> choose</c><00:24:09.710><c> one</c><00:24:10.190><c> Old</c><00:24:10.569><c> Testament</c><00:24:11.150><c> passage</c><00:24:11.890><c> that</c>

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teaches<00:24:13.789><c> us</c><00:24:14.250><c> about</c><00:24:14.609><c> Jesus,</c><00:24:16.670><c> which</c><00:24:16.869><c> one</c><00:24:17.089><c> would</c><00:24:17.289><c> it</c><00:24:17.509><c> be?</c>

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Anybody?<00:24:23.569><c> That's</c><00:24:23.890><c> the</c><00:24:24.029><c> one.</c><00:24:24.750><c> I</c><00:24:24.750><c> mean,</c><00:24:24.809><c> Isaiah</c><00:24:25.069><c> 53</c><00:24:25.549><c> is</c><00:24:25.750><c> my,</c><00:24:26.410><c> that's</c><00:24:27.150><c> my</c>

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favorite.<00:24:27.930><c> I</c><00:24:27.930><c> mean,</c><00:24:28.130><c> there's,</c><00:24:28.470><c> but</c><00:24:28.529><c> there's,</c>

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there's,<00:24:29.329><c> I</c><00:24:29.410><c> mean,</c><00:24:29.490><c> it</c><00:24:29.569><c> goes</c><00:24:29.730><c> right</c><00:24:29.950><c> back</c><00:24:30.109><c> to</c><00:24:30.269><c> Genesis</c><00:24:30.589><c> 315,</c>

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right?<00:24:31.809><c> Doesn't</c><00:24:31.990><c> it</c><00:24:32.130><c> when</c><00:24:32.230><c> it</c><00:24:32.269><c> talks</c><00:24:32.450><c> about</c><00:24:32.650><c> the</c><00:24:33.009><c> seed</c><00:24:33.190><c> of</c>

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the<00:24:34.009><c> serpent</c><00:24:34.450><c> and</c><00:24:34.630><c> the</c><00:24:34.829><c> seed</c><00:24:34.950><c> of</c><00:24:35.130><c> the</c><00:24:35.230><c> woman,</c><00:24:36.029><c> right?</c><00:24:36.289><c> That</c><00:24:36.430><c> the</c><00:24:36.690><c> seed,</c><00:24:37.029><c> this</c><00:24:37.390><c> woman's</c><00:24:38.490><c> descendant</c><00:24:38.950><c> is</c>

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going<00:24:39.369><c> to</c>

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bruise<00:24:40.029><c> that</c><00:24:40.430><c> serpent's</c><00:24:41.029><c> head.</c><00:24:41.349><c> He's</c><00:24:41.569><c> going</c><00:24:41.690><c> to</c><00:24:41.890><c> kill</c><00:24:42.009><c> it.</c><00:24:42.349><c> It's</c><00:24:42.509><c> going</c><00:24:42.589><c> to</c>

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kill<00:24:42.970><c> sin.</c><00:24:44.109><c> Right</c><00:24:44.269><c> from</c><00:24:44.450><c> the</c><00:24:44.509><c> very</c>

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beginning,<00:24:45.230><c> there's</c><00:24:45.549><c> things</c><00:24:45.710><c> that</c><00:24:46.109><c> talk</c><00:24:46.329><c> about</c><00:24:47.089><c> God's</c><00:24:47.710><c> redemption,</c><00:24:47.809><c> right?</c><00:24:47.809><c> That</c>

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the<00:24:47.809><c> serpent</c><00:24:47.809><c> is</c><00:24:47.809><c> going</c><00:24:47.809><c> to</c>

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have<00:24:47.809><c> an</c><00:24:47.809><c> empty</c><00:24:48.109><c> work</c><00:24:48.809><c> in</c><00:24:49.910><c> the</c><00:24:50.069><c> man</c><00:24:50.250><c> that</c><00:24:50.410><c> he</c><00:24:50.490><c> would</c><00:24:50.750><c> send.</c><00:24:51.890><c> There's</c><00:24:52.130><c> in</c>

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the<00:24:52.470><c> promises</c><00:24:52.750><c> to</c><00:24:53.049><c> Abraham,</c>

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in<00:24:54.109><c> your</c><00:24:54.609><c> seed</c><00:24:55.170><c> shall</c><00:24:55.609><c> all</c><00:24:55.950><c> the</c><00:24:56.089><c> nations</c><00:24:56.410><c> of</c><00:24:56.609><c> the</c><00:24:56.789><c> earth</c><00:24:57.230><c> be</c><00:24:57.869><c> blessed.</c><00:24:59.829><c> Some</c><00:25:00.130><c> descendant</c><00:25:00.670><c> of</c>

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Abraham's<00:25:01.150><c> going</c><00:25:01.289><c> to</c><00:25:01.390><c> be</c>

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such<00:25:01.769><c> that</c><00:25:02.589><c> everybody</c><00:25:03.490><c> will</c><00:25:05.509><c> be</c><00:25:05.890><c> blessed</c><00:25:06.329><c> by</c><00:25:06.809><c> him.</c><00:25:09.750><c> I</c><00:25:09.750><c> mean,</c>

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there's<00:25:11.049><c> promises</c><00:25:11.410><c> to</c><00:25:11.730><c> David,</c><00:25:12.789><c> right?</c><00:25:13.569><c> You</c><00:25:13.690><c> know,</c>

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he's<00:25:14.170><c> going</c><00:25:14.309><c> to</c><00:25:14.329><c> be</c><00:25:14.470><c> my</c><00:25:14.750><c> son.</c><00:25:15.069><c> He's</c><00:25:15.130><c> going</c><00:25:15.269><c> to</c><00:25:15.289><c> sit</c><00:25:15.450><c> on,</c><00:25:16.190><c> he's</c>

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going<00:25:16.410><c> to</c><00:25:16.569><c> be</c><00:25:16.869><c> my</c><00:25:17.150><c> son,</c><00:25:17.349><c> but</c><00:25:17.450><c> he's</c><00:25:17.470><c> going</c><00:25:17.589><c> to</c><00:25:17.630><c> be</c>

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your<00:25:17.950><c> son.</c><00:25:18.089><c> He's</c><00:25:18.230><c> going</c><00:25:18.309><c> to</c><00:25:18.390><c> sit</c><00:25:18.529><c> on</c><00:25:18.670><c> the</c><00:25:18.950><c> throne</c><00:25:19.190><c> and</c><00:25:19.329><c> he's</c><00:25:19.529><c> going</c><00:25:19.630><c> to</c>

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rule<00:25:19.950><c> the</c><00:25:20.170><c> nations</c><00:25:20.509><c> in</c><00:25:20.829><c> peace.</c>

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Wonderful<00:25:22.710><c> prophecies,</c><00:25:23.049><c> but</c><00:25:23.210><c> the</c><00:25:23.450><c> one</c><00:25:23.630><c> that</c><00:25:23.789><c> if</c><00:25:23.910><c> I</c><00:25:24.089><c> had</c><00:25:24.250><c> just</c>

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one<00:25:24.809><c> to</c><00:25:25.109><c> choose,</c>

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it<00:25:26.369><c> would</c><00:25:26.509><c> be</c><00:25:26.690><c> the</c><00:25:26.789><c> one</c><00:25:26.930><c> that</c><00:25:27.109><c> Dan</c><00:25:27.250><c> just</c><00:25:27.529><c> mentioned.</c><00:25:28.670><c> It's</c><00:25:28.910><c> Isaiah</c><00:25:29.250><c> 53.</c>

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Let's<00:25:29.970><c> have</c><00:25:30.170><c> a</c><00:25:30.289><c> look</c><00:25:30.430><c> at</c><00:25:30.569><c> it.</c>

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Here's<00:25:39.849><c> something</c><00:25:39.990><c> to</c><00:25:40.170><c> try</c><00:25:40.349><c> sometime</c><00:25:40.730><c> with</c><00:25:41.009><c> Isaiah</c><00:25:41.369><c> 53.</c>

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If<00:25:46.490><c> you</c><00:25:46.630><c> have</c><00:25:46.769><c> a</c><00:25:47.009><c> friend</c><00:25:47.250><c> who's</c><00:25:47.890><c> willing</c><00:25:48.170><c> to</c><00:25:48.450><c> spend</c><00:25:48.609><c> a</c><00:25:48.750><c> couple</c>

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minutes<00:25:49.150><c> listening,</c>

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who<00:25:49.890><c> doesn't</c><00:25:50.150><c> know</c><00:25:50.349><c> the</c><00:25:50.490><c> Bible</c><00:25:50.789><c> too</c><00:25:51.109><c> terribly</c><00:25:51.450><c> well,</c><00:25:53.309><c> read</c><00:25:53.549><c> him</c><00:25:53.730><c> what</c><00:25:53.829><c> we're</c><00:25:54.029><c> going</c><00:25:54.109><c> to</c>

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read<00:25:54.470><c> now</c>

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and<00:25:56.190><c> say,</c><00:25:57.369><c> tell</c><00:25:57.769><c> me,</c><00:25:57.970><c> you</c><00:25:58.009><c> think</c><00:25:58.150><c> this</c><00:25:58.390><c> is</c><00:25:58.750><c> the</c><00:25:58.809><c> Old</c><00:25:58.970><c> Testament</c>

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or<00:25:59.410><c> New</c><00:25:59.650><c> Testament?</c>

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And<00:26:01.589><c> I'll</c><00:26:01.809><c> bet</c><00:26:01.930><c> you</c><00:26:02.130><c> a</c><00:26:02.250><c> dollar</c><00:26:02.750><c> that</c><00:26:03.349><c> they'll</c><00:26:03.589><c> say,</c><00:26:04.049><c> oh,</c><00:26:04.210><c> that's</c><00:26:04.450><c> the</c>

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New<00:26:04.630><c> Testament.</c><00:26:04.950><c> It's</c><00:26:05.049><c> clearly</c><00:26:05.250><c> talking</c>

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about<00:26:05.650><c> Jesus.</c><00:26:06.710><c> I</c><00:26:06.930><c> remember,</c><00:26:07.390><c> in</c><00:26:07.609><c> fact,</c><00:26:08.670><c> teaching</c><00:26:09.049><c> at</c><00:26:09.690><c> a</c><00:26:09.769><c> Bible</c>

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school<00:26:10.430><c> with</c><00:26:11.250><c> younger</c><00:26:11.670><c> children,</c><00:26:12.589><c> and</c><00:26:12.869><c> I</c><00:26:13.150><c> read</c>

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this<00:26:13.569><c> and</c><00:26:13.730><c> I</c><00:26:13.869><c> asked</c><00:26:14.069><c> that</c><00:26:14.269><c> question,</c><00:26:14.670><c> this</c><00:26:14.769><c> little</c><00:26:15.009><c> girl,</c><00:26:15.990><c> eight</c><00:26:16.089><c> years</c><00:26:16.329><c> old</c>

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or<00:26:16.609><c> something,</c><00:26:16.690><c> she</c><00:26:16.950><c> says,</c>

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that's<00:26:17.849><c> talking</c><00:26:18.150><c> about</c><00:26:18.509><c> Jesus.</c><00:26:19.630><c> It's</c><00:26:20.109><c> just</c><00:26:20.289><c> so</c><00:26:20.490><c> sweet.</c><00:26:21.009><c> And</c>

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it<00:26:21.470><c> is</c><00:26:21.930><c> 700</c><00:26:22.549><c> years</c><00:26:22.990><c> before</c><00:26:23.309><c> he</c><00:26:23.430><c> was</c><00:26:23.690><c> born.</c>

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Let's<00:26:24.869><c> read</c><00:26:25.109><c> it.</c>

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Who<00:26:28.730><c> has</c><00:26:29.089><c> believed</c><00:26:29.390><c> our</c><00:26:29.589><c> report?</c><00:26:31.289><c> And</c><00:26:31.349><c> to</c><00:26:31.589><c> whom</c><00:26:31.769><c> is</c><00:26:31.970><c> the</c><00:26:32.190><c> arm</c>

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of<00:26:32.549><c> the</c><00:26:32.750><c> Lord</c><00:26:33.009><c> revealed?</c>

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For<00:26:34.849><c> he</c><00:26:35.089><c> shall</c><00:26:35.250><c> grow</c><00:26:35.509><c> up</c><00:26:35.730><c> before</c><00:26:36.069><c> him</c><00:26:36.269><c> as</c><00:26:36.470><c> a</c><00:26:36.630><c> tender</c><00:26:36.869><c> plant,</c><00:26:38.170><c> and</c><00:26:38.250><c> as</c>

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a<00:26:38.529><c> root</c><00:26:38.650><c> out</c><00:26:39.089><c> of</c><00:26:39.230><c> a</c><00:26:39.430><c> dry</c><00:26:39.650><c> ground,</c>

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he<00:26:41.170><c> hath</c><00:26:41.309><c> no</c><00:26:41.609><c> form</c><00:26:41.970><c> nor</c><00:26:42.269><c> comeliness.</c><00:26:43.609><c> And</c><00:26:43.890><c> when</c><00:26:44.049><c> we</c><00:26:44.250><c> shall</c><00:26:44.410><c> see</c>

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him,<00:26:45.450><c> there's</c><00:26:45.710><c> no</c><00:26:45.910><c> beauty</c><00:26:46.230><c> that</c><00:26:46.390><c> we</c><00:26:46.549><c> should</c><00:26:46.750><c> desire</c>

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him.<00:26:48.369><c> He</c><00:26:48.789><c> is</c><00:26:48.990><c> despised</c><00:26:49.670><c> and</c><00:26:49.869><c> rejected</c><00:26:50.309><c> of</c><00:26:50.549><c> men,</c><00:26:51.750><c> a</c><00:26:51.930><c> man</c><00:26:52.150><c> of</c>

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sorrows<00:26:53.410><c> acquainted</c><00:26:54.009><c> with</c><00:26:54.309><c> grief,</c>

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and<00:26:55.849><c> we</c><00:26:56.230><c> hid,</c><00:26:56.450><c> as</c><00:26:56.690><c> it</c><00:26:56.890><c> were,</c><00:26:57.150><c> our</c><00:26:57.349><c> faces</c><00:26:57.730><c> from</c><00:26:57.990><c> him.</c><00:26:59.250><c> He</c><00:26:59.470><c> was</c><00:26:59.730><c> despised</c><00:27:00.789><c> and</c><00:27:01.289><c> we</c>

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esteemed<00:27:01.829><c> him</c><00:27:02.049><c> not.</c>

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Surely<00:27:05.029><c> he</c><00:27:05.789><c> hath</c><00:27:06.089><c> borne</c><00:27:06.529><c> our</c><00:27:06.970><c> griefs</c><00:27:08.390><c> and</c><00:27:08.630><c> carried</c><00:27:09.029><c> our</c><00:27:09.549><c> sorrows,</c><00:27:11.309><c> yet</c>

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we<00:27:11.890><c> did</c><00:27:12.089><c> esteem</c><00:27:12.410><c> him</c><00:27:12.730><c> stricken,</c>

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smitten<00:27:13.609><c> by</c><00:27:13.970><c> God,</c><00:27:15.029><c> and</c><00:27:15.210><c> afflicted.</c><00:27:17.009><c> But</c><00:27:17.269><c> he</c><00:27:17.410><c> was</c><00:27:17.710><c> wounded</c><00:27:17.990><c> for</c>

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our<00:27:18.710><c> transgressions.</c>

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He<00:27:20.950><c> was</c><00:27:21.349><c> bruised</c><00:27:21.670><c> for</c><00:27:22.069><c> our</c><00:27:22.470><c> iniquities.</c><00:27:23.990><c> The</c><00:27:24.269><c> chastisement</c>

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of<00:27:25.190><c> our</c><00:27:25.529><c> peace</c><00:27:26.170><c> was</c><00:27:26.630><c> upon</c><00:27:26.910><c> him,</c>

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and<00:27:28.410><c> with</c><00:27:28.730><c> his</c><00:27:29.109><c> stripes</c><00:27:29.730><c> we</c><00:27:30.410><c> are</c><00:27:30.589><c> healed.</c><00:27:31.730><c> All</c><00:27:32.269><c> we,</c><00:27:32.589><c> like</c><00:27:32.910><c> sheep,</c><00:27:33.289><c> have</c>

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gone<00:27:33.589><c> astray.</c>

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We've<00:27:34.769><c> turned</c><00:27:35.009><c> everyone</c><00:27:35.430><c> to</c><00:27:35.650><c> his</c><00:27:35.769><c> own</c><00:27:36.029><c> way,</c><00:27:37.670><c> and</c><00:27:37.990><c> the</c><00:27:38.269><c> Lord</c><00:27:38.589><c> hath</c><00:27:38.950><c> laid</c><00:27:39.309><c> on</c>

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him<00:27:40.349><c> the</c><00:27:41.490><c> iniquity</c><00:27:42.089><c> of</c><00:27:42.309><c> us</c><00:27:42.589><c> all.</c>

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He<00:27:44.509><c> was</c><00:27:44.730><c> oppressed</c><00:27:45.349><c> and</c><00:27:46.029><c> he</c><00:27:46.150><c> was</c><00:27:46.369><c> afflicted,</c><00:27:47.710><c> yet</c><00:27:47.990><c> he</c><00:27:48.250><c> opened</c>

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not<00:27:48.650><c> his</c><00:27:48.829><c> mouth.</c><00:27:50.130><c> He</c><00:27:50.369><c> is</c><00:27:50.630><c> brought</c><00:27:50.829><c> as</c><00:27:51.029><c> a</c><00:27:51.250><c> lamb</c>

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to<00:27:51.690><c> the</c><00:27:52.009><c> slaughter,</c><00:27:53.289><c> and</c><00:27:53.490><c> as</c><00:27:53.769><c> a</c><00:27:53.990><c> sheep</c><00:27:54.190><c> before</c><00:27:54.589><c> her</c><00:27:54.930><c> shearers</c>

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is<00:27:55.609><c> dumb,</c><00:27:56.769><c> so</c><00:27:57.089><c> he</c><00:27:57.450><c> openeth</c><00:27:57.829><c> not</c><00:27:58.029><c> his</c><00:27:58.289><c> mouth.</c>

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He<00:27:59.589><c> was</c><00:27:59.829><c> taken</c><00:28:00.089><c> from</c><00:28:00.369><c> prison</c><00:28:00.670><c> and</c><00:28:00.869><c> from</c><00:28:01.069><c> judgment,</c><00:28:02.349><c> and</c><00:28:02.569><c> who</c>

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shall<00:28:02.970><c> declare</c><00:28:03.430><c> his</c><00:28:03.789><c> generation?</c><00:28:04.750><c> For</c><00:28:04.950><c> he</c><00:28:05.109><c> was</c><00:28:05.410><c> cut</c>

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off<00:28:05.970><c> out</c><00:28:06.130><c> of</c><00:28:06.250><c> the</c><00:28:06.410><c> land</c><00:28:06.569><c> of</c><00:28:06.750><c> the</c><00:28:06.869><c> living.</c><00:28:08.769><c> For</c><00:28:08.869><c> the</c><00:28:09.170><c> transgression</c><00:28:09.750><c> of</c><00:28:10.029><c> my</c><00:28:10.329><c> people</c><00:28:11.130><c> was</c>

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he<00:28:11.869><c> stricken.</c>

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And<00:28:14.130><c> he</c><00:28:14.250><c> made</c><00:28:14.529><c> his</c><00:28:14.829><c> grave</c><00:28:15.130><c> with</c><00:28:15.349><c> the</c><00:28:15.549><c> wicked</c><00:28:15.869><c> and</c><00:28:16.569><c> with</c><00:28:16.730><c> the</c><00:28:16.910><c> rich</c><00:28:17.069><c> in</c>

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his<00:28:17.509><c> death.</c>

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Although<00:28:19.349><c> he</c><00:28:19.589><c> had</c><00:28:19.809><c> done</c><00:28:19.990><c> no</c><00:28:20.369><c> violence,</c><00:28:22.049><c> neither</c><00:28:22.250><c> was</c><00:28:22.490><c> any</c><00:28:22.950><c> deceit</c><00:28:23.549><c> in</c>

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his<00:28:24.109><c> mouth.</c>

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Yet<00:28:26.470><c> it</c><00:28:26.750><c> pleased</c><00:28:27.049><c> the</c><00:28:27.289><c> Lord</c><00:28:27.490><c> to</c><00:28:27.730><c> bruise</c><00:28:28.009><c> him.</c><00:28:29.109><c> He</c><00:28:29.569><c> hath</c><00:28:29.750><c> put</c><00:28:29.970><c> him</c><00:28:30.130><c> to</c>

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grief.<00:28:31.829><c> When</c><00:28:32.170><c> thou</c><00:28:32.490><c> shalt</c><00:28:32.730><c> make</c>

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his<00:28:33.710><c> soul</c><00:28:34.549><c> an</c><00:28:35.029><c> offering</c><00:28:35.490><c> for</c><00:28:35.950><c> sin,</c><00:28:37.150><c> he</c><00:28:37.470><c> shall</c><00:28:37.829><c> see</c><00:28:38.250><c> his</c><00:28:38.789><c> seed.</c>

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He<00:28:40.250><c> shall</c><00:28:40.509><c> prolong</c><00:28:41.130><c> his</c><00:28:41.509><c> days,</c><00:28:41.990><c> and</c><00:28:42.569><c> the</c><00:28:42.690><c> pleasure</c>

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of<00:28:43.029><c> the</c><00:28:43.170><c> Lord</c><00:28:43.509><c> shall</c><00:28:43.849><c> prosper</c><00:28:44.269><c> in</c><00:28:44.450><c> his</c><00:28:44.650><c> hand.</c><00:28:45.410><c> He</c><00:28:45.650><c> shall</c><00:28:45.930><c> see</c>

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of<00:28:46.390><c> the</c><00:28:46.589><c> travail</c><00:28:46.869><c> of</c><00:28:47.089><c> his</c><00:28:47.390><c> soul,</c><00:28:48.309><c> and</c><00:28:48.410><c> shall</c><00:28:48.569><c> be</c>

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satisfied.<00:28:50.369><c> By</c><00:28:50.750><c> his</c><00:28:51.190><c> knowledge</c><00:28:51.609><c> shall</c><00:28:51.890><c> my</c><00:28:52.250><c> righteous</c><00:28:52.710><c> servant</c><00:28:53.210><c> justify</c><00:28:54.049><c> many,</c>

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for<00:28:55.630><c> he</c><00:28:55.849><c> shall</c><00:28:56.049><c> bear</c><00:28:56.329><c> their</c>

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iniquities.<00:28:58.029><c> Therefore</c><00:28:58.509><c> will</c><00:28:58.829><c> I</c><00:28:59.069><c> divide</c><00:28:59.750><c> him</c><00:29:00.029><c> a</c><00:29:00.309><c> portion</c><00:29:00.589><c> with</c><00:29:00.829><c> the</c>

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great,<00:29:01.710><c> and</c><00:29:01.910><c> he</c><00:29:02.109><c> shall</c><00:29:02.269><c> divide</c><00:29:02.750><c> the</c><00:29:03.150><c> spoil</c>

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with<00:29:03.630><c> the</c><00:29:03.930><c> strong,</c><00:29:04.970><c> because</c><00:29:05.450><c> he</c><00:29:05.970><c> hath</c><00:29:06.210><c> poured</c><00:29:06.710><c> out</c><00:29:07.410><c> his</c><00:29:07.829><c> soul</c>

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unto<00:29:09.430><c> death.</c><00:29:10.950><c> And</c><00:29:11.269><c> he</c><00:29:11.410><c> was</c><00:29:11.650><c> numbered</c><00:29:11.950><c> with</c><00:29:12.190><c> the</c>

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transgressors,<00:29:13.650><c> and</c><00:29:13.750><c> he</c><00:29:14.170><c> bare</c><00:29:14.390><c> the</c><00:29:14.710><c> sin</c><00:29:14.849><c> of</c><00:29:15.089><c> many,</c><00:29:16.390><c> and</c><00:29:16.569><c> made</c>

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intercession<00:29:17.910><c> for</c><00:29:18.750><c> the</c><00:29:18.970><c> transgressors.</c>

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Wow,<00:29:22.589><c> what</c><00:29:22.849><c> a</c><00:29:23.130><c> passage</c><00:29:23.369><c> of</c><00:29:23.630><c> Scripture.</c><00:29:25.849><c> It</c><00:29:26.289><c> tells</c><00:29:26.509><c> us</c><00:29:26.750><c> all</c><00:29:26.910><c> in</c><00:29:27.150><c> advance.</c>

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I<00:29:29.829><c> counted</c><00:29:30.009><c> them.</c><00:29:30.210><c> There's</c><00:29:30.509><c> 11</c><00:29:30.950><c> times</c><00:29:31.349><c> there</c><00:29:31.910><c> where</c><00:29:32.609><c> it</c><00:29:32.809><c> talks</c>

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about<00:29:33.250><c> him</c><00:29:33.490><c> as</c><00:29:33.730><c> our</c><00:29:33.990><c> sin</c><00:29:34.349><c> bearer.</c>

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It<00:29:36.509><c> kind</c><00:29:36.609><c> of</c><00:29:36.769><c> reminds</c><00:29:36.950><c> us</c><00:29:37.190><c> of,</c><00:29:37.410><c> you</c><00:29:37.490><c> know,</c><00:29:37.650><c> when</c><00:29:37.769><c> they</c><00:29:38.910><c> laid</c><00:29:39.309><c> the</c><00:29:39.690><c> sin</c><00:29:39.849><c> on</c>

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the<00:29:40.309><c> scapegoat,</c><00:29:40.789><c> and</c><00:29:40.910><c> he</c><00:29:41.289><c> carried</c><00:29:41.569><c> it</c><00:29:41.809><c> away</c>

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when<00:29:42.190><c> they</c><00:29:42.390><c> sent</c><00:29:42.509><c> him</c><00:29:42.630><c> out</c><00:29:42.829><c> of</c><00:29:42.970><c> the</c><00:29:43.549><c> camp.</c><00:29:46.329><c> All</c><00:29:46.329><c> has</c><00:30:00.670><c> been</c><00:30:00.910><c> laid</c>

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on<00:30:01.410><c> him</c><00:30:01.670><c> and</c><00:30:01.950><c> carried</c><00:30:02.170><c> away.</c>

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It<00:30:05.769><c> talks</c><00:30:06.089><c> about</c><00:30:06.349><c> him</c><00:30:06.509><c> as</c><00:30:06.829><c> a</c><00:30:06.950><c> righteous</c><00:30:07.329><c> man.</c><00:30:10.069><c> It</c><00:30:10.069><c> talks</c><00:30:10.349><c> about</c>

00:30:10.529 --> 00:30:14.210
him,<00:30:10.950><c> look</c><00:30:11.150><c> at</c><00:30:11.230><c> what</c><00:30:11.289><c> it</c><00:30:11.369><c> says</c><00:30:11.670><c> in</c><00:30:12.609><c> verse</c><00:30:13.009><c> 9.</c>

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He'd<00:30:15.690><c> done</c><00:30:15.769><c> no</c><00:30:16.109><c> violence.</c><00:30:17.130><c> He</c><00:30:17.130><c> was</c><00:30:18.069><c> not</c><00:30:18.269><c> a</c><00:30:18.450><c> violent</c><00:30:18.829><c> man,</c><00:30:20.190><c> and</c>

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there<00:30:20.670><c> was</c><00:30:20.869><c> no</c><00:30:21.130><c> deceit</c><00:30:22.170><c> in</c><00:30:23.049><c> his</c><00:30:23.309><c> mouth.</c>

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All<00:30:25.410><c> these</c><00:30:25.809><c> things,</c><00:30:27.029><c> all</c><00:30:27.509><c> these</c><00:30:27.829><c> things</c><00:30:27.990><c> that</c><00:30:28.170><c> we</c><00:30:28.309><c> can</c><00:30:28.710><c> know</c>

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about<00:30:29.490><c> Jesus,</c><00:30:30.990><c> isn't</c><00:30:31.210><c> it</c><00:30:31.410><c> amazing</c><00:30:31.990><c> that</c><00:30:32.190><c> they're</c>

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told<00:30:32.950><c> in</c><00:30:33.109><c> the</c><00:30:33.309><c> Old</c><00:30:33.509><c> Testament?</c><00:30:34.789><c> And</c><00:30:34.849><c> so</c><00:30:35.049><c> this</c><00:30:35.809><c> Isaiah</c><00:30:36.089><c> 53,</c><00:30:37.569><c> I</c><00:30:37.650><c> think</c><00:30:37.769><c> it's</c><00:30:38.009><c> quoted</c><00:30:38.329><c> or</c><00:30:38.630><c> alluded</c><00:30:38.910><c> to,</c><00:30:39.450><c> I</c><00:30:39.589><c> think,</c>

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10<00:30:40.069><c> times</c><00:30:40.470><c> in</c><00:30:40.630><c> the</c><00:30:40.690><c> New</c><00:30:40.890><c> Testament.</c><00:30:42.569><c> You</c><00:30:42.630><c> know,</c><00:30:42.710><c> the</c><00:30:42.829><c> one</c><00:30:43.029><c> time</c>

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that<00:30:43.910><c> I</c><00:30:44.630><c> really</c><00:30:44.890><c> like</c><00:30:45.069><c> it</c><00:30:45.230><c> is</c><00:30:45.349><c> the</c><00:30:45.710><c> story</c><00:30:46.009><c> of</c><00:30:46.210><c> the</c>

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Ethiopian<00:30:47.190><c> eunuch.</c><00:30:47.609><c> Remember</c><00:30:47.930><c> that?</c><00:30:48.809><c> When</c><00:30:49.210><c> he</c><00:30:49.390><c> was</c><00:30:49.690><c> on</c><00:30:50.029><c> his</c>

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way<00:30:50.349><c> back</c><00:30:50.650><c> home,</c><00:30:50.849><c> he'd</c><00:30:50.990><c> been</c><00:30:51.150><c> up</c><00:30:51.369><c> worshiping</c><00:30:51.849><c> in</c>

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Jerusalem,<00:30:52.710><c> and</c><00:30:52.869><c> he'd</c><00:30:53.089><c> probably</c><00:30:53.430><c> heard</c><00:30:53.750><c> the</c><00:30:54.190><c> believers</c><00:30:54.609><c> quoting</c><00:30:55.069><c> this,</c><00:30:55.309><c> and</c>

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he's<00:30:56.049><c> going</c><00:30:56.250><c> along</c><00:30:56.450><c> in</c><00:30:56.589><c> his</c><00:30:56.789><c> chariot,</c>

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and<00:30:57.089><c> he</c><00:30:57.630><c> was</c><00:30:58.009><c> reading</c><00:30:59.250><c> it</c><00:30:59.650><c> out</c><00:30:59.930><c> loud</c><00:31:00.210><c> as</c><00:31:00.369><c> he's</c><00:31:00.529><c> going</c><00:31:00.730><c> along</c><00:31:00.910><c> in</c>

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his<00:31:01.269><c> chariot.</c><00:31:01.589><c> I</c><00:31:01.750><c> mean,</c><00:31:01.890><c> I</c><00:31:01.890><c> can't</c>

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imagine<00:31:02.589><c> what</c><00:31:02.710><c> that</c><00:31:02.869><c> would</c><00:31:02.990><c> have</c><00:31:03.069><c> been</c><00:31:03.190><c> like,</c><00:31:03.809><c> but</c><00:31:03.869><c> anyway,</c>

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Stephen<00:31:04.849><c> comes</c><00:31:05.089><c> up</c><00:31:05.309><c> and</c><00:31:05.869><c> he</c><00:31:06.049><c> says,</c>

00:31:06.509 --> 00:31:09.509
do<00:31:06.630><c> you</c><00:31:06.690><c> understand</c><00:31:06.950><c> what</c><00:31:07.089><c> you're</c><00:31:07.210><c> reading?</c><00:31:08.509><c> And</c><00:31:08.690><c> the</c><00:31:09.069><c> Ethiopian</c><00:31:09.390><c> eunuch</c>

00:31:09.509 --> 00:31:11.069
says,<00:31:10.029><c> well,</c><00:31:10.049><c> how</c><00:31:10.509><c> can</c><00:31:10.750><c> I</c><00:31:10.869><c> unless</c>

00:31:11.069 --> 00:31:16.930
somebody<00:31:12.009><c> guides</c><00:31:12.609><c> me?</c><00:31:14.069><c> He</c><00:31:14.269><c> says,</c><00:31:14.589><c> tell</c><00:31:14.730><c> me,</c><00:31:15.210><c> who</c><00:31:15.430><c> was</c><00:31:15.630><c> he</c><00:31:15.910><c> speaking</c><00:31:16.210><c> about?</c><00:31:16.789><c> Who</c>

00:31:16.930 --> 00:31:18.549
was<00:31:17.150><c> Isaiah</c><00:31:17.509><c> speaking</c><00:31:17.970><c> about</c><00:31:18.230><c> him?</c>

00:31:18.750 --> 00:31:25.390
Was<00:31:18.869><c> he</c><00:31:19.009><c> talking</c><00:31:19.190><c> about</c><00:31:19.349><c> himself</c><00:31:19.950><c> or</c><00:31:20.950><c> some</c><00:31:21.230><c> other</c><00:31:21.490><c> man?</c><00:31:23.390><c> It</c><00:31:23.549><c> says</c><00:31:23.789><c> that</c><00:31:24.190><c> Philip,</c><00:31:24.769><c> beginning</c><00:31:25.109><c> at</c>

00:31:25.390 --> 00:31:26.950
that<00:31:25.849><c> passage,</c>

00:31:27.089 --> 00:31:31.269
taught<00:31:27.529><c> to</c><00:31:27.869><c> him</c><00:31:28.029><c> about</c><00:31:28.430><c> Jesus.</c><00:31:30.250><c> That's</c><00:31:30.589><c> amazing,</c><00:31:31.029><c> and</c><00:31:31.150><c> it's</c>

00:31:31.269 --> 00:31:34.170
in<00:31:31.509><c> the</c><00:31:31.609><c> Old</c><00:31:31.890><c> Testament,</c><00:31:32.569><c> 700</c><00:31:32.930><c> years</c><00:31:33.529><c> before</c><00:31:33.849><c> he</c><00:31:33.950><c> was</c>

00:31:34.170 --> 00:31:38.730
born.<00:31:35.069><c> Now</c><00:31:35.230><c> the</c><00:31:35.289><c> reason</c><00:31:35.529><c> I</c><00:31:35.690><c> point</c><00:31:35.869><c> this</c><00:31:36.089><c> out</c><00:31:36.269><c> is,</c><00:31:37.410><c> if</c><00:31:37.589><c> this</c><00:31:37.890><c> doesn't</c><00:31:38.210><c> give</c><00:31:38.430><c> us</c>

00:31:38.730 --> 00:31:40.809
confidence<00:31:39.269><c> that</c><00:31:39.849><c> the</c><00:31:40.130><c> Bible</c><00:31:40.430><c> is</c><00:31:40.690><c> the</c>

00:31:40.809 --> 00:31:45.230
Word<00:31:40.990><c> of</c><00:31:41.190><c> God,</c><00:31:42.309><c> and</c><00:31:42.630><c> not</c><00:31:42.930><c> just,</c><00:31:43.390><c> you</c><00:31:43.630><c> know,</c><00:31:44.509><c> some</c><00:31:44.670><c> nice</c><00:31:44.990><c> sort</c>

00:31:45.230 --> 00:31:47.390
of<00:31:45.470><c> textbook</c><00:31:45.809><c> that</c><00:31:46.029><c> somebody</c><00:31:46.230><c> put</c><00:31:46.470><c> together,</c>

00:31:48.109 --> 00:31:52.329
I<00:31:48.390><c> don't</c><00:31:48.529><c> know</c><00:31:48.670><c> what</c><00:31:48.829><c> we</c><00:31:49.089><c> need.</c><00:31:49.930><c> I</c><00:31:50.009><c> mean,</c><00:31:51.109><c> how</c><00:31:51.430><c> could</c><00:31:51.789><c> anybody,</c>

00:31:52.569 --> 00:31:54.470
in<00:31:52.769><c> fact,</c><00:31:53.230><c> so</c><00:31:53.450><c> much</c><00:31:53.690><c> of</c><00:31:53.869><c> what's</c><00:31:54.210><c> said</c><00:31:54.289><c> in</c>

00:31:54.470 --> 00:32:00.950
Isaiah<00:31:54.690><c> 53,</c><00:31:55.789><c> goes</c><00:31:56.089><c> against</c><00:31:56.630><c> the</c><00:31:56.910><c> way</c><00:31:57.490><c> the</c><00:31:57.789><c> Jewish</c><00:31:58.049><c> people</c><00:31:58.430><c> thought?</c><00:32:00.650><c> That</c><00:32:00.789><c> a</c>

00:32:00.950 --> 00:32:02.990
man<00:32:01.190><c> could</c><00:32:01.450><c> bear</c><00:32:01.630><c> their</c><00:32:01.869><c> sins</c><00:32:02.130><c> away?</c>

00:32:03.910 --> 00:32:06.690
It's<00:32:04.049><c> a</c><00:32:04.210><c> remarkable</c><00:32:04.829><c> passage.</c><00:32:05.230><c> In</c><00:32:05.349><c> fact,</c><00:32:05.609><c> you</c><00:32:05.690><c> know,</c><00:32:05.910><c> it</c><00:32:06.009><c> talks,</c><00:32:06.490><c> it</c>

00:32:06.690 --> 00:32:08.890
hints,<00:32:07.150><c> doesn't</c><00:32:07.289><c> it,</c><00:32:08.029><c> at</c><00:32:08.210><c> the</c><00:32:08.410><c> resurrection,</c>

00:32:09.190 --> 00:32:13.869
right?<00:32:09.529><c> Look</c><00:32:09.970><c> at</c><00:32:10.109><c> verse,</c><00:32:12.089><c> where</c><00:32:12.529><c> was</c><00:32:12.690><c> it?</c><00:32:12.789><c> Verse</c><00:32:12.970><c> 8,</c><00:32:13.549><c> he</c><00:32:13.710><c> says</c>

00:32:13.869 --> 00:32:16.309
he's<00:32:14.170><c> cut</c><00:32:14.390><c> off</c><00:32:14.630><c> out</c><00:32:14.769><c> of</c><00:32:14.890><c> the</c><00:32:15.049><c> land</c><00:32:15.190><c> of</c><00:32:15.369><c> the</c><00:32:15.509><c> living,</c>

00:32:16.670 --> 00:32:21.509
but<00:32:16.970><c> then</c><00:32:17.170><c> verse</c><00:32:17.430><c> 10,</c><00:32:18.809><c> it</c><00:32:19.049><c> says,</c><00:32:20.069><c> he</c><00:32:20.130><c> shall</c><00:32:20.349><c> prolong</c><00:32:20.809><c> his</c><00:32:21.210><c> days</c>

00:32:21.509 --> 00:32:23.869
and<00:32:21.670><c> he'll</c><00:32:22.009><c> see</c><00:32:22.230><c> the</c><00:32:22.509><c> travail</c><00:32:22.869><c> of</c><00:32:23.130><c> his</c><00:32:23.490><c> soul.</c>

00:32:23.869 --> 00:32:28.329
He'll<00:32:24.549><c> see</c><00:32:24.789><c> what</c><00:32:24.970><c> he's</c><00:32:25.609><c> accomplished</c><00:32:26.230><c> by</c><00:32:26.970><c> his</c><00:32:27.289><c> workmanship.</c>

00:32:29.990 --> 00:32:31.789
And<00:32:30.109><c> young</c><00:32:30.289><c> people,</c><00:32:30.569><c> that's</c><00:32:30.950><c> us.</c>

00:32:32.869 --> 00:32:36.890
We<00:32:33.069><c> are</c><00:32:33.289><c> the</c><00:32:33.569><c> travail</c><00:32:33.990><c> of</c><00:32:34.269><c> his</c><00:32:34.630><c> soul.</c><00:32:35.950><c> We're</c><00:32:36.109><c> what</c><00:32:36.289><c> he</c><00:32:36.650><c> worked</c>

00:32:36.890 --> 00:32:41.349
for<00:32:37.490><c> and</c><00:32:38.690><c> what</c><00:32:38.910><c> he</c><00:32:39.250><c> continues</c><00:32:39.789><c> to</c><00:32:40.130><c> work</c><00:32:40.349><c> for.</c>

00:32:41.549 --> 00:32:44.569
And<00:32:41.789><c> I</c><00:32:42.069><c> very</c><00:32:42.390><c> much</c><00:32:42.630><c> want</c><00:32:42.829><c> us</c><00:32:43.049><c> in</c><00:32:43.210><c> these</c><00:32:43.589><c> classes</c><00:32:43.930><c> this</c><00:32:44.250><c> weekend</c>

00:32:44.569 --> 00:32:48.049
to<00:32:44.950><c> take</c><00:32:45.170><c> time</c><00:32:45.809><c> to</c><00:32:46.509><c> think</c><00:32:46.829><c> about</c><00:32:47.329><c> the</c><00:32:47.730><c> real</c>

00:32:48.049 --> 00:32:53.390
Jesus,<00:32:49.630><c> who</c><00:32:50.049><c> was</c><00:32:50.589><c> and</c><00:32:50.910><c> who</c><00:32:51.250><c> is,</c><00:32:52.250><c> and</c><00:32:52.529><c> who</c><00:32:52.630><c> will</c><00:32:52.829><c> come</c><00:32:53.009><c> again</c>

00:32:53.390 --> 00:32:54.750
very<00:32:53.789><c> soon.</c>

00:32:56.109 --> 00:32:58.369
Well,<00:32:56.390><c> we've</c><00:32:56.569><c> only</c><00:32:56.769><c> got</c><00:32:56.950><c> to</c><00:32:57.210><c> one</c><00:32:57.410><c> of</c><00:32:57.509><c> these</c><00:32:57.730><c> Old</c><00:32:57.930><c> Testament,</c><00:32:58.210><c> I</c>

00:32:58.369 --> 00:32:59.549
wonder,<00:32:58.809><c> they</c><00:32:58.809><c> had</c><00:32:59.009><c> a</c><00:32:59.210><c> bunch</c><00:32:59.390><c> of</c>

00:32:59.549 --> 00:33:03.170
what<00:32:59.670><c> I'd</c><00:32:59.869><c> like</c><00:32:59.990><c> us</c><00:33:00.130><c> to</c><00:33:00.329><c> look</c><00:33:00.490><c> at.</c><00:33:00.970><c> Psalm</c><00:33:01.170><c> 22</c><00:33:01.730><c> is</c><00:33:02.170><c> marvelous.</c>

00:33:04.210 --> 00:33:05.710
Indulge<00:33:04.529><c> me</c><00:33:04.690><c> one</c><00:33:04.930><c> minute.</c><00:33:05.170><c> Psalm</c><00:33:05.390><c> 22,</c>

00:33:05.829 --> 00:33:08.630
you<00:33:05.930><c> gotta,</c><00:33:06.029><c> you</c><00:33:06.190><c> have</c><00:33:06.410><c> to</c><00:33:06.529><c> look</c><00:33:06.630><c> at</c><00:33:06.730><c> it.</c><00:33:06.869><c> Psalm</c><00:33:07.069><c> 22,</c><00:33:08.349><c> and</c><00:33:08.509><c> tell</c>

00:33:08.630 --> 00:33:10.869
you<00:33:08.730><c> what,</c><00:33:08.809><c> while</c><00:33:08.950><c> you're</c><00:33:09.130><c> looking</c><00:33:09.289><c> up</c><00:33:09.529><c> Psalm</c><00:33:09.809><c> 22,</c>

00:33:12.710 --> 00:33:16.990
put<00:33:13.309><c> a</c><00:33:13.549><c> finger</c><00:33:13.849><c> over</c><00:33:14.269><c> in</c><00:33:14.430><c> Matthew</c><00:33:14.829><c> chapter</c><00:33:15.250><c> 27</c><00:33:15.869><c> as</c><00:33:16.190><c> well.</c>

00:33:21.069 --> 00:33:26.650
I<00:33:21.089><c> had</c><00:33:21.289><c> a</c><00:33:21.509><c> friend</c><00:33:21.650><c> ask</c><00:33:21.930><c> me</c><00:33:22.089><c> about</c><00:33:22.390><c> Psalm</c><00:33:22.670><c> 22</c><00:33:23.430><c> just</c><00:33:24.190><c> recently</c><00:33:24.730><c> because</c><00:33:26.410><c> he</c>

00:33:26.650 --> 00:33:30.769
had<00:33:26.849><c> heard</c><00:33:27.190><c> what</c><00:33:28.309><c> Jesus</c><00:33:29.789><c> had</c><00:33:30.150><c> said</c><00:33:30.309><c> on</c><00:33:30.529><c> the</c>

00:33:30.769 --> 00:33:34.410
cross,<00:33:31.089><c> my</c><00:33:31.309><c> God,</c><00:33:31.630><c> my</c><00:33:31.809><c> God,</c><00:33:32.109><c> why</c><00:33:32.230><c> hast</c><00:33:32.509><c> thou</c><00:33:32.609><c> forsaken</c><00:33:33.109><c> me?</c><00:33:34.170><c> And</c>

00:33:34.410 --> 00:33:38.210
he<00:33:34.490><c> didn't</c><00:33:34.789><c> realize</c><00:33:35.710><c> that</c><00:33:36.470><c> Jesus</c><00:33:36.910><c> was</c><00:33:37.309><c> quoting</c><00:33:37.730><c> Psalm</c>

00:33:38.210 --> 00:33:45.029
22.<00:33:40.150><c> But</c><00:33:40.809><c> if</c><00:33:40.970><c> we</c><00:33:41.109><c> go</c><00:33:41.390><c> through</c><00:33:41.849><c> Psalm</c><00:33:42.269><c> 22</c><00:33:42.910><c> carefully,</c><00:33:44.490><c> we</c><00:33:44.809><c> have</c>

00:33:45.029 --> 00:33:49.069
a<00:33:45.269><c> very</c><00:33:45.670><c> vivid</c><00:33:46.009><c> description</c><00:33:46.690><c> of</c><00:33:46.890><c> a</c><00:33:47.049><c> man</c><00:33:47.250><c> being</c><00:33:47.609><c> crucified</c>

00:33:50.410 --> 00:33:54.289
by<00:33:51.210><c> hateful,</c><00:33:52.170><c> hate</c><00:33:52.630><c>-filled</c><00:33:53.130><c> people.</c>

00:33:56.049 --> 00:34:01.289
And<00:33:56.849><c> the</c><00:33:57.170><c> details</c><00:33:57.609><c> of</c><00:33:57.769><c> it</c><00:33:57.890><c> are</c><00:33:58.089><c> picked</c><00:33:58.250><c> up</c><00:33:58.509><c> on</c><00:33:58.710><c> in</c><00:33:58.890><c> Matthew</c><00:33:59.289><c> chapter</c><00:33:59.710><c> 27.</c>

00:34:03.950 --> 00:34:07.829
Psalm<00:34:04.470><c> 22,</c><00:34:05.049><c> let's</c><00:34:05.230><c> have</c><00:34:05.430><c> a</c><00:34:05.529><c> look</c><00:34:05.670><c> at</c><00:34:06.109><c> verse</c><00:34:06.589><c> 14.</c>

00:34:09.170 --> 00:34:13.889
I<00:34:09.289><c> am</c><00:34:09.670><c> poured</c><00:34:09.829><c> out</c><00:34:10.150><c> like</c><00:34:10.409><c> water.</c><00:34:12.309><c> All</c><00:34:12.590><c> my</c><00:34:12.909><c> bones</c><00:34:13.269><c> are</c><00:34:13.510><c> out</c><00:34:13.650><c> of</c>

00:34:13.889 --> 00:34:17.610
joint.<00:34:14.989><c> My</c><00:34:15.230><c> heart</c><00:34:15.489><c> is</c><00:34:15.710><c> like</c><00:34:15.949><c> wax.</c><00:34:16.809><c> It</c><00:34:16.989><c> is</c><00:34:17.230><c> melted</c>

00:34:17.610 --> 00:34:22.230
in<00:34:18.030><c> the</c><00:34:18.130><c> midst</c><00:34:18.289><c> of</c><00:34:18.530><c> my</c><00:34:18.769><c> bowels.</c><00:34:20.190><c> My</c><00:34:20.590><c> strength</c><00:34:21.030><c> is</c><00:34:21.389><c> dried</c><00:34:21.570><c> up</c><00:34:21.809><c> like</c><00:34:22.030><c> a</c>

00:34:22.230 --> 00:34:25.090
potsherd,<00:34:23.170><c> and</c><00:34:23.329><c> my</c><00:34:23.710><c> tongue</c><00:34:24.070><c> cleaveth</c><00:34:24.590><c> to</c><00:34:24.889><c> my</c>

00:34:25.090 --> 00:34:28.869
jaws,<00:34:25.530><c> and</c><00:34:25.610><c> thou</c><00:34:25.710><c> hast</c><00:34:25.849><c> brought</c><00:34:26.010><c> me</c><00:34:26.170><c> into</c><00:34:26.389><c> the</c><00:34:26.590><c> dust</c><00:34:26.789><c> of</c><00:34:27.050><c> death.</c><00:34:28.610><c> For</c>

00:34:28.869 --> 00:34:30.769
dogs<00:34:29.309><c> have</c><00:34:29.570><c> compassed</c><00:34:30.010><c> me.</c><00:34:30.610><c> They</c><00:34:30.769><c> have</c>

00:34:30.769 --> 00:34:35.409
assembled<00:34:30.989><c> me.</c><00:34:30.989><c> The</c><00:34:30.989><c> assembly</c><00:34:31.409><c> of</c><00:34:31.630><c> the</c><00:34:31.789><c> wicked</c><00:34:32.010><c> have</c><00:34:32.230><c> enclosed</c><00:34:32.869><c> me.</c><00:34:33.969><c> They</c><00:34:34.429><c> pierced</c><00:34:35.030><c> my</c>

00:34:35.409 --> 00:34:38.150
hands<00:34:36.030><c> and</c><00:34:36.750><c> my</c><00:34:37.070><c> feet.</c>

00:34:39.530 --> 00:34:45.329
I<00:34:39.610><c> may</c><00:34:39.929><c> tell</c><00:34:40.170><c> all</c><00:34:40.630><c> my</c><00:34:41.070><c> bones.</c><00:34:42.489><c> They</c><00:34:42.849><c> look</c><00:34:43.170><c> and</c><00:34:43.610><c> stare</c><00:34:43.869><c> upon</c><00:34:44.210><c> me.</c>

00:34:46.110 --> 00:34:48.750
They<00:34:46.369><c> part</c><00:34:46.590><c> my</c><00:34:46.909><c> garments</c><00:34:47.329><c> among</c><00:34:47.750><c> them,</c>

00:34:48.869 --> 00:34:53.130
and<00:34:49.110><c> cast</c><00:34:49.409><c> lots</c><00:34:49.750><c> upon</c><00:34:50.170><c> my</c><00:34:50.489><c> vesture.</c><00:34:51.829><c> And</c><00:34:52.170><c> all</c><00:34:52.489><c> those</c><00:34:52.769><c> things</c>

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are<00:34:53.409><c> referred</c><00:34:53.809><c> to</c><00:34:54.190><c> over</c><00:34:54.550><c> in</c><00:34:55.070><c> Matthew</c><00:34:55.570><c> chapter</c><00:34:56.449><c> 27.</c>

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Look<00:34:59.070><c> at</c><00:34:59.210><c> verse</c><00:34:59.449><c> 35</c><00:35:00.110><c> there.</c>

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It<00:35:03.409><c> says,</c><00:35:04.230><c> and</c><00:35:04.230><c> they</c><00:35:04.389><c> crucified</c><00:35:04.969><c> him</c><00:35:05.309><c> and</c><00:35:05.590><c> parted</c><00:35:05.909><c> his</c><00:35:06.110><c> garments,</c><00:35:07.369><c> casting</c><00:35:07.869><c> lots,</c>

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that<00:35:09.670><c> it</c><00:35:09.829><c> might</c><00:35:09.949><c> be</c><00:35:10.170><c> fulfilled,</c>

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which<00:35:10.829><c> was</c><00:35:11.090><c> spoken</c><00:35:11.389><c> by</c><00:35:11.630><c> the</c><00:35:11.809><c> prophet.</c><00:35:13.110><c> They</c><00:35:13.349><c> parted</c><00:35:13.989><c> my</c><00:35:14.210><c> garments</c><00:35:14.510><c> among</c>

00:35:14.829 --> 00:35:16.630
them,<00:35:15.050><c> and</c><00:35:15.210><c> upon</c><00:35:15.429><c> my</c><00:35:15.730><c> vesture</c><00:35:16.150><c> did</c><00:35:16.329><c> they</c>

00:35:16.630 --> 00:35:18.170
cast<00:35:16.869><c> lots.</c>

00:35:21.809 --> 00:35:25.670
Verse<00:35:22.050><c> 39,</c><00:35:22.849><c> they</c><00:35:23.309><c> that</c><00:35:23.610><c> passed</c><00:35:23.849><c> by</c><00:35:24.289><c> reviled</c><00:35:24.849><c> him,</c><00:35:25.250><c> wagging</c>

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their<00:35:25.869><c> heads,</c><00:35:27.309><c> and</c><00:35:27.510><c> saying,</c>

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thou<00:35:28.670><c> that</c><00:35:29.010><c> destroyest</c><00:35:29.409><c> the</c><00:35:29.590><c> temple</c><00:35:29.849><c> and</c><00:35:30.030><c> buildest</c><00:35:30.309><c> it</c><00:35:30.469><c> in</c><00:35:30.630><c> three</c><00:35:30.829><c> days,</c><00:35:31.170><c> save</c><00:35:31.489><c> thyself.</c><00:35:32.070><c> If</c>

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thou<00:35:32.309><c> be</c><00:35:32.489><c> the</c><00:35:32.630><c> son</c><00:35:32.789><c> of</c>

00:35:32.889 --> 00:35:38.030
God,<00:35:33.190><c> come</c><00:35:33.369><c> down</c><00:35:33.630><c> from</c><00:35:33.809><c> the</c><00:35:34.030><c> cross.</c><00:35:35.510><c> Likewise,</c><00:35:36.110><c> also</c><00:35:36.409><c> the</c><00:35:36.570><c> chief</c><00:35:36.909><c> priest</c><00:35:37.230><c> mocking</c><00:35:37.730><c> him</c>

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with<00:35:38.230><c> the</c><00:35:38.510><c> scribes</c><00:35:38.969><c> and</c>

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said,<00:35:41.150><c> he</c><00:35:41.230><c> saved</c><00:35:41.730><c> others,</c><00:35:42.789><c> himself</c><00:35:43.309><c> he</c><00:35:43.550><c> cannot</c><00:35:43.849><c> save.</c><00:35:44.929><c> If</c><00:35:45.190><c> he</c>

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be<00:35:45.590><c> the</c><00:35:45.730><c> king</c><00:35:45.889><c> of</c><00:35:46.070><c> Israel,</c><00:35:46.389><c> let</c><00:35:46.590><c> him</c><00:35:46.789><c> now</c><00:35:46.969><c> come</c><00:35:47.190><c> down</c>

00:35:47.469 --> 00:35:50.530
from<00:35:47.670><c> the</c><00:35:47.849><c> cross,</c><00:35:48.429><c> and</c><00:35:48.610><c> we</c><00:35:48.809><c> will</c><00:35:49.030><c> believe</c><00:35:49.369><c> him.</c><00:35:49.730><c> He</c><00:35:50.150><c> trusted</c>

00:35:50.530 --> 00:35:55.690
in<00:35:50.869><c> God,</c><00:35:52.010><c> let</c><00:35:52.130><c> him</c><00:35:52.369><c> deliver</c><00:35:52.730><c> him</c><00:35:53.130><c> now.</c><00:35:54.309><c> And</c><00:35:54.670><c> even</c><00:35:54.969><c> in</c><00:35:55.349><c> those</c>

00:35:55.690 --> 00:36:02.929
words,<00:35:57.550><c> we</c><00:35:58.030><c> have</c><00:35:58.250><c> a</c><00:35:58.449><c> reference</c><00:35:58.769><c> back</c><00:35:59.030><c> to</c><00:35:59.230><c> Psalm</c><00:35:59.469><c> 22</c><00:36:00.070><c> verse</c><00:36:00.590><c> 8.</c>

00:36:03.530 --> 00:36:05.670
So<00:36:03.670><c> we</c><00:36:03.869><c> went</c><00:36:04.050><c> through</c><00:36:04.210><c> that</c><00:36:04.389><c> a</c><00:36:04.489><c> little</c><00:36:04.590><c> bit</c><00:36:04.809><c> quickly.</c>

00:36:05.969 --> 00:36:09.869
Didn't<00:36:06.289><c> give</c><00:36:06.469><c> it</c><00:36:06.610><c> the</c><00:36:06.769><c> attention</c><00:36:07.010><c> it</c><00:36:07.210><c> deserves.</c><00:36:08.550><c> But</c><00:36:08.670><c> Psalm</c><00:36:08.849><c> 22</c><00:36:09.289><c> is</c><00:36:09.550><c> a</c>

00:36:09.869 --> 00:36:12.730
marvelous<00:36:10.409><c> description</c><00:36:11.110><c> of</c><00:36:11.789><c> the</c><00:36:12.010><c> crucifixion</c>

00:36:12.730 --> 00:36:16.389
and<00:36:12.969><c> of</c><00:36:13.170><c> Jesus'</c><00:36:13.610><c> state</c><00:36:13.849><c> of</c><00:36:14.070><c> mind</c><00:36:14.289><c> on</c><00:36:14.489><c> the</c><00:36:14.670><c> cross,</c><00:36:15.369><c> starting</c><00:36:15.630><c> with</c><00:36:16.050><c> my</c>

00:36:16.389 --> 00:36:18.550
God,<00:36:16.650><c> my</c><00:36:16.869><c> God,</c><00:36:17.130><c> why</c><00:36:17.349><c> hast</c><00:36:17.630><c> thou</c><00:36:17.769><c> forsaken</c><00:36:18.250><c> me,</c>

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and<00:36:19.210><c> ending</c><00:36:19.530><c> with</c><00:36:20.690><c> his</c><00:36:21.110><c> complete</c><00:36:21.610><c> confidence</c><00:36:22.250><c> in</c><00:36:23.110><c> God's</c><00:36:23.550><c> salvation.</c><00:36:25.550><c> There's</c><00:36:25.969><c> much</c>

00:36:26.269 --> 00:36:27.750
to<00:36:26.489><c> be</c><00:36:26.690><c> learned</c><00:36:26.909><c> about</c><00:36:27.230><c> Jesus</c>

00:36:27.750 --> 00:36:32.010
in<00:36:28.230><c> the</c><00:36:28.469><c> Old</c><00:36:28.710><c> Testament,</c><00:36:30.369><c> as</c><00:36:30.550><c> well</c><00:36:30.789><c> as</c><00:36:30.929><c> in</c><00:36:31.070><c> the</c><00:36:31.230><c> New.</c>

00:36:33.750 --> 00:36:37.510
And<00:36:34.130><c> the</c><00:36:34.289><c> reason</c><00:36:34.449><c> I</c><00:36:34.670><c> wanted</c><00:36:34.849><c> to</c><00:36:35.150><c> start</c><00:36:35.349><c> off</c><00:36:35.809><c> in</c><00:36:36.150><c> our</c><00:36:36.369><c> first</c><00:36:36.610><c> class</c><00:36:36.789><c> this</c><00:36:37.030><c> morning</c><00:36:37.269><c> by</c>

00:36:37.510 --> 00:36:38.630
talking<00:36:37.849><c> about</c><00:36:38.170><c> that</c>

00:36:38.630 --> 00:36:42.250
was<00:36:39.190><c> because</c><00:36:39.530><c> it</c><00:36:39.769><c> lays</c><00:36:40.090><c> the</c><00:36:40.329><c> foundation,</c><00:36:41.510><c> and</c><00:36:41.710><c> it</c><00:36:41.849><c> gives</c><00:36:41.989><c> us</c>

00:36:42.250 --> 00:36:45.250
the<00:36:42.530><c> confidence</c><00:36:42.949><c> that</c><00:36:43.190><c> the</c><00:36:43.369><c> Bible</c><00:36:43.690><c> is</c><00:36:44.269><c> God's</c><00:36:44.849><c> word,</c>

00:36:45.429 --> 00:36:48.210
and<00:36:45.650><c> that</c><00:36:45.769><c> it</c><00:36:45.929><c> is</c><00:36:46.170><c> there</c><00:36:46.449><c> that</c><00:36:46.590><c> we</c><00:36:46.750><c> can</c><00:36:47.010><c> know</c><00:36:47.389><c> Jesus,</c><00:36:47.949><c> that</c><00:36:48.070><c> we</c>

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can<00:36:48.489><c> find</c><00:36:48.769><c> out</c><00:36:48.989><c> about</c><00:36:49.230><c> him,</c>

00:36:49.989 --> 00:36:54.989
that<00:36:50.130><c> we</c><00:36:50.250><c> can</c><00:36:50.409><c> have</c><00:36:50.710><c> confidence.</c><00:36:52.530><c> And</c><00:36:52.769><c> so</c><00:36:52.909><c> let's</c><00:36:53.190><c> have</c><00:36:53.469><c> confidence</c><00:36:54.110><c> that</c>

00:36:54.989 --> 00:36:57.570
Jesus<00:36:55.449><c> is</c><00:36:55.829><c> with</c><00:36:56.010><c> us</c><00:36:56.269><c> this</c><00:36:56.510><c> weekend.</c>

00:36:58.250 --> 00:37:05.329
That<00:36:59.010><c> he's</c><00:36:59.309><c> present.</c><00:37:02.190><c> Let's</c><00:37:02.949><c> think</c><00:37:03.210><c> about</c><00:37:03.489><c> him.</c><00:37:04.789><c> Let's</c><00:37:05.070><c> learn</c>

00:37:05.329 --> 00:37:08.469
to<00:37:05.610><c> love</c><00:37:05.789><c> him</c><00:37:06.630><c> and</c><00:37:07.010><c> follow</c><00:37:07.250><c> his</c><00:37:07.510><c> example.</c>