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consolation<00:11:00.080><c> also</c><00:11:01.039><c> aboundeth</c><00:11:01.600><c> by</c><00:11:01.899><c> Christ.</c>

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apostle.

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preparing<00:17:21.019><c> us,</c><00:17:21.319><c> of</c><00:17:21.500><c> turning</c><00:17:21.759><c> us</c><00:17:22.220><c> away</c>

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from<00:17:22.759><c> the</c><00:17:23.000><c> world</c><00:17:23.319><c> and</c><00:17:23.640><c> turning</c><00:17:23.859><c> us</c><00:17:24.119><c> toward</c><00:17:24.299><c> the</c><00:17:24.539><c> kingdom.</c>

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if<00:17:28.299><c> we</c><00:17:28.559><c> never</c><00:17:28.839><c> experienced</c><00:17:29.400><c> any</c><00:17:29.779><c> stresses</c>

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or<00:17:30.500><c> any</c><00:17:30.740><c> sufferings</c><00:17:31.180><c> or</c><00:17:31.299><c> any</c><00:17:31.640><c> trials</c><00:17:31.920><c> or</c><00:17:32.079><c> any</c><00:17:32.380><c> difficulties,</c>

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If<00:17:38.240><c> everything</c><00:17:38.660><c> in</c><00:17:38.779><c> this</c><00:17:39.000><c> life</c><00:17:39.259><c> were</c><00:17:39.480><c> beautiful,</c><00:17:40.200><c> if</c><00:17:40.380><c> everything</c><00:17:40.740><c> went</c><00:17:41.000><c> smoothly,</c><00:17:42.079><c> if</c>

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there<00:17:42.400><c> were</c>

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kingdom<00:17:46.180><c> or</c><00:17:46.420><c> would</c><00:17:46.599><c> we</c><00:17:46.759><c> be</c><00:17:46.920><c> perfectly</c><00:17:47.359><c> satisfied</c>

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with<00:17:48.000><c> what</c><00:17:48.140><c> we</c><00:17:48.359><c> have</c><00:17:48.539><c> now?</c>

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And<00:17:49.940><c> so</c><00:17:50.059><c> we</c><00:17:50.279><c> recognize</c><00:17:50.940><c> the</c><00:17:51.480><c> beauty</c><00:17:51.740><c> of</c><00:17:51.940><c> the</c><00:17:52.059><c> New</c><00:17:52.240><c> Testament</c>

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teaching<00:17:52.940><c> of</c><00:17:53.220><c> suffering.</c>

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As<00:17:54.700><c> Paul</c><00:17:54.980><c> says</c><00:17:55.220><c> in</c><00:17:55.400><c> Hebrews</c><00:17:55.740><c> that</c><00:17:55.920><c> we</c><00:17:56.079><c> are</c><00:17:56.319><c> chastened</c><00:17:56.740><c> because</c>

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we<00:17:57.299><c> are</c><00:17:57.460><c> sons,</c><00:17:58.019><c> we</c><00:17:58.140><c> are</c><00:17:58.400><c> chastened</c><00:17:58.779><c> because</c>

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God<00:17:59.819><c> loves</c><00:18:00.180><c> us.</c>

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on<00:18:07.240><c> to</c><00:18:07.480><c> lingering</c><00:18:07.799><c> death.</c>

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Every<00:18:20.759><c> one</c><00:18:20.880><c> of</c><00:18:21.000><c> the</c><00:18:21.160><c> things</c><00:18:21.299><c> that</c><00:18:21.460><c> we</c><00:18:21.700><c> experience</c><00:18:22.099><c> in</c><00:18:22.259><c> this</c><00:18:22.480><c> life</c><00:18:23.119><c> remind</c><00:18:23.819><c> us</c>

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lives<00:18:31.160><c> that</c><00:18:31.480><c> remind</c><00:18:31.700><c> us</c><00:18:32.440><c> most</c><00:18:32.920><c> firmly</c><00:18:33.299><c> of</c>

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iniquities.

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him.

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removed<00:19:24.720><c> our</c><00:19:25.180><c> transgressions</c><00:19:25.660><c> from</c><00:19:25.940><c> us.</c>

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So<00:19:29.920><c> the</c><00:19:30.119><c> Lord,</c><00:19:31.019><c> Yahweh,</c><00:19:31.940><c> pitieth</c><00:19:32.279><c> them</c><00:19:32.579><c> that</c><00:19:32.839><c> fear</c><00:19:33.000><c> him.</c>

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indeed<00:20:05.019><c> that</c><00:20:05.279><c> provides</c><00:20:05.680><c> the</c><00:20:06.180><c> backbone</c><00:20:06.539><c> of</c><00:20:06.720><c> this</c><00:20:06.960><c> section.</c>

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this.

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has<00:23:50.920><c> waited</c><00:23:51.140><c> in</c><00:23:51.480><c> faith</c><00:23:51.839><c> earnestly</c>

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expecting<00:23:53.200><c> for</c><00:23:53.460><c> the</c><00:23:53.640><c> final</c><00:23:53.839><c> revelation</c><00:23:54.299><c> of</c><00:23:54.480><c> the</c><00:23:54.640><c> resurrection</c><00:23:55.099><c> birth.</c>

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Again<00:23:57.640><c> a</c><00:23:57.819><c> brief</c><00:23:57.940><c> quotation</c><00:23:58.359><c> from</c><00:23:58.619><c> Harry</c><00:23:58.900><c> Whittaker,</c><00:23:59.720><c> the</c>

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next<00:24:00.160><c> section,</c><00:24:01.000><c> throughout</c><00:24:01.259><c> this</c><00:24:01.579><c> passage</c>

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Paul<00:24:02.400><c> has</c><00:24:02.740><c> in</c><00:24:03.079><c> view</c><00:24:03.319><c> the</c><00:24:03.759><c> new</c><00:24:04.019><c> creation,</c><00:24:05.000><c> the</c><00:24:05.220><c> ecclesia</c><00:24:05.619><c> or</c><00:24:05.819><c> the</c><00:24:06.059><c> church</c><00:24:06.380><c> of</c>

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the<00:24:06.819><c> redeemed</c><00:24:07.259><c> in</c><00:24:07.599><c> Christ.</c>

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And<00:24:08.460><c> then</c><00:24:08.660><c> again</c><00:24:08.940><c> referring</c><00:24:09.460><c> to</c><00:24:09.660><c> some</c><00:24:09.799><c> of</c><00:24:09.920><c> these</c><00:24:10.039><c> other</c><00:24:10.359><c> references</c><00:24:10.660><c> in</c><00:24:10.839><c> which</c><00:24:11.039><c> Paul's</c><00:24:11.480><c> use</c><00:24:11.640><c> of</c><00:24:11.799><c> the</c>

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Greek<00:24:12.200><c> word</c><00:24:12.579><c> translated</c><00:24:13.299><c> creature</c><00:24:13.960><c> has</c><00:24:15.099><c> reference</c><00:24:15.619><c> to</c><00:24:16.059><c> the</c>

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new<00:24:16.759><c> creation.</c>

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So<00:24:18.819><c> let's</c><00:24:19.259><c> follow</c><00:24:19.500><c> up</c><00:24:19.720><c> this</c><00:24:19.859><c> suggestion,</c><00:24:20.420><c> let's</c><00:24:21.059><c> look</c><00:24:21.380><c> at</c><00:24:21.819><c> some</c><00:24:22.059><c> of</c>

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the<00:24:22.339><c> other</c><00:24:22.500><c> verses</c><00:24:22.779><c> that</c><00:24:23.039><c> speak</c>

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of<00:24:23.299><c> the</c><00:24:23.400><c> new</c><00:24:23.559><c> creation</c><00:24:24.039><c> and</c><00:24:24.460><c> then</c><00:24:24.720><c> we'll</c><00:24:25.000><c> return</c><00:24:25.480><c> to</c><00:24:25.720><c> Romans</c><00:24:26.019><c> 8</c>

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verses<00:24:26.880><c> 18</c><00:24:27.319><c> through</c><00:24:27.539><c> 25</c><00:24:28.059><c> I</c><00:24:28.279><c> think</c><00:24:28.500><c> with</c>

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a<00:24:29.039><c> better</c><00:24:29.480><c> understanding</c><00:24:30.200><c> of</c><00:24:30.460><c> the</c><00:24:30.720><c> contextual</c><00:24:31.160><c> sense</c><00:24:31.539><c> there.</c>

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Second<00:24:33.160><c> Corinthians</c><00:24:33.640><c> chapter</c><00:24:34.160><c> 5,</c><00:24:39.940><c> some</c><00:24:40.099><c> of</c><00:24:40.200><c> these</c><00:24:40.319><c> I</c><00:24:40.460><c> believe</c>

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are<00:24:40.880><c> marked</c><00:24:41.160><c> in</c><00:24:41.420><c> the</c><00:24:41.619><c> margin</c><00:24:42.180><c> of</c><00:24:42.859><c> your</c>

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notes.

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Second<00:24:48.440><c> Corinthians</c><00:24:48.900><c> 5</c><00:24:50.099><c> verse</c><00:24:52.220><c> 14,</c><00:24:53.460><c> for</c><00:24:53.640><c> the</c><00:24:53.819><c> love</c><00:24:54.059><c> of</c><00:24:54.299><c> Christ</c>

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constraineth<00:24:55.440><c> us</c><00:24:55.619><c> because</c><00:24:55.940><c> we</c><00:24:56.140><c> thus</c>

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judge<00:24:56.619><c> that</c><00:24:56.779><c> if</c><00:24:56.940><c> one</c><00:24:57.119><c> died</c><00:24:57.440><c> for</c><00:24:57.740><c> all</c><00:24:58.000><c> then</c><00:24:58.440><c> we're</c><00:24:58.700><c> all</c><00:24:58.980><c> dead</c><00:24:59.339><c> and</c><00:24:59.660><c> that</c><00:24:59.799><c> he</c>

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died<00:25:00.200><c> for</c><00:25:00.480><c> all</c><00:25:00.680><c> that</c><00:25:00.839><c> they</c>

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which<00:25:01.339><c> live</c><00:25:01.559><c> should</c><00:25:01.740><c> not</c><00:25:01.920><c> henceforth</c><00:25:02.359><c> live</c><00:25:02.579><c> unto</c><00:25:02.779><c> themselves</c>

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but<00:25:03.759><c> unto</c><00:25:03.960><c> him</c><00:25:04.160><c> which</c><00:25:04.440><c> died</c><00:25:04.720><c> for</c><00:25:04.960><c> them</c>

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and<00:25:05.660><c> rose</c><00:25:05.920><c> again.</c>

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Therefore<00:25:08.579><c> henceforth</c><00:25:09.099><c> know</c><00:25:09.359><c> we</c><00:25:09.480><c> no</c><00:25:09.660><c> man</c><00:25:09.839><c> after</c><00:25:10.119><c> the</c><00:25:10.380><c> flesh.</c>

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Verse<00:25:11.359><c> 17,</c><00:25:12.440><c> therefore</c><00:25:12.680><c> if</c><00:25:13.039><c> any</c><00:25:13.279><c> man</c><00:25:13.539><c> be</c><00:25:13.779><c> in</c><00:25:13.980><c> Christ</c><00:25:14.299><c> he</c><00:25:14.700><c> is</c><00:25:14.960><c> a</c><00:25:15.259><c> new</c><00:25:15.539><c> creature</c><00:25:15.980><c> or</c><00:25:16.640><c> in</c><00:25:16.940><c> the</c><00:25:17.180><c> Greek</c><00:25:17.400><c> a</c><00:25:17.880><c> new</c>

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creation,<00:25:18.859><c> the</c><00:25:19.099><c> beginning</c><00:25:19.380><c> of</c><00:25:19.619><c> God's</c><00:25:20.400><c> spiritual</c><00:25:20.720><c> creation,</c>

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old<00:25:21.420><c> things</c><00:25:21.619><c> are</c><00:25:21.859><c> passed</c><00:25:22.059><c> away,</c><00:25:22.859><c> behold</c>

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all<00:25:23.680><c> things</c><00:25:24.180><c> are</c><00:25:24.700><c> become</c><00:25:24.940><c> new.</c>

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And<00:25:25.839><c> verses</c><00:25:26.119><c> 18</c><00:25:26.519><c> and</c><00:25:26.660><c> 19</c><00:25:27.160><c> tell</c><00:25:27.440><c> us</c><00:25:27.660><c> that</c><00:25:27.799><c> this</c><00:25:28.000><c> is</c><00:25:28.240><c> speaking</c><00:25:28.519><c> of</c>

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the<00:25:29.579><c> reconciliation</c><00:25:30.380><c> that</c><00:25:31.000><c> Christ</c>

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has<00:25:31.579><c> performed</c><00:25:31.920><c> on</c><00:25:32.140><c> our</c><00:25:32.319><c> behalf.</c>

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Verse<00:25:33.339><c> 19,</c><00:25:34.359><c> God</c><00:25:34.720><c> was</c><00:25:35.099><c> in</c><00:25:35.420><c> Christ</c><00:25:35.799><c> reconciling</c><00:25:36.680><c> the</c><00:25:36.900><c> world,</c><00:25:37.519><c> bringing</c><00:25:37.720><c> the</c><00:25:37.980><c> world</c><00:25:38.220><c> back</c><00:25:38.500><c> to</c><00:25:38.660><c> himself,</c>

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those<00:25:39.640><c> who</c><00:25:39.779><c> would</c><00:25:39.940><c> respond</c><00:25:40.299><c> to</c><00:25:40.500><c> the</c><00:25:40.700><c> call.</c>

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This<00:25:41.519><c> was</c><00:25:41.920><c> the</c><00:25:42.299><c> new</c><00:25:42.539><c> creation</c><00:25:43.140><c> of</c><00:25:43.539><c> which</c><00:25:43.680><c> Paul</c><00:25:43.920><c> was</c><00:25:44.160><c> speaking.</c>

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In<00:25:46.200><c> Ephesians</c><00:25:46.700><c> chapter</c><00:25:47.099><c> 2,</c><00:25:52.279><c> a</c><00:25:52.279><c> picture</c><00:25:52.599><c> of</c><00:25:52.839><c> those</c><00:25:53.279><c> who</c><00:25:53.460><c> were</c>

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called<00:25:54.200><c> out</c><00:25:54.680><c> of</c><00:25:54.759><c> the</c><00:25:55.000><c> world,</c><00:25:55.779><c> who</c><00:25:55.960><c> have</c>

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left<00:25:56.400><c> behind</c><00:25:56.900><c> the</c><00:25:57.200><c> lust</c><00:25:57.400><c> of</c><00:25:57.599><c> the</c><00:25:57.779><c> flesh</c><00:25:58.000><c> and</c><00:25:58.160><c> the</c><00:25:58.420><c> desires</c><00:25:58.740><c> of</c>

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the<00:25:59.119><c> flesh</c><00:25:59.299><c> and</c><00:25:59.460><c> the</c><00:25:59.640><c> mind,</c><00:26:00.200><c> who</c><00:26:00.420><c> were</c>

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once<00:26:01.000><c> by</c><00:26:01.359><c> nature</c><00:26:01.799><c> the</c><00:26:02.279><c> children</c><00:26:02.559><c> of</c><00:26:02.799><c> wrath.</c>

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Don't<00:26:03.539><c> ask</c><00:26:03.720><c> me</c><00:26:03.839><c> to</c><00:26:03.880><c> go</c><00:26:04.019><c> into</c><00:26:04.200><c> a</c><00:26:04.420><c> great</c><00:26:04.599><c> exposition</c><00:26:05.119><c> of</c><00:26:05.240><c> what</c>

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that<00:26:05.680><c> means,</c><00:26:05.900><c> we'll</c><00:26:06.099><c> leave</c><00:26:06.299><c> it.</c>

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But<00:26:07.539><c> we</c><00:26:07.920><c> go</c><00:26:08.099><c> on</c><00:26:08.279><c> into</c><00:26:08.460><c> verse</c><00:26:08.980><c> 8,</c><00:26:10.380><c> for</c><00:26:10.559><c> by</c><00:26:10.819><c> grace</c><00:26:11.240><c> Paul</c><00:26:11.559><c> says,</c><00:26:12.039><c> are</c><00:26:12.140><c> ye</c>

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saved<00:26:12.759><c> through</c><00:26:13.119><c> faith,</c><00:26:13.839><c> that</c><00:26:14.039><c> not</c>

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of<00:26:14.779><c> yourselves,</c><00:26:14.859><c> it</c><00:26:15.000><c> is</c><00:26:15.160><c> the</c><00:26:15.319><c> gift</c><00:26:15.480><c> of</c><00:26:15.700><c> God,</c><00:26:16.339><c> not</c><00:26:16.599><c> of</c><00:26:17.079><c> works,</c>

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lest<00:26:17.700><c> any</c><00:26:17.980><c> man</c><00:26:18.220><c> should</c><00:26:18.500><c> boast,</c><00:26:19.140><c> for</c><00:26:19.359><c> we</c>

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are<00:26:19.859><c> his</c><00:26:20.619><c> workmanship</c><00:26:21.359><c> created</c><00:26:22.099><c> in</c><00:26:22.380><c> Christ</c><00:26:22.680><c> Jesus</c><00:26:23.019><c> unto</c><00:26:23.359><c> good</c><00:26:23.660><c> works.</c>

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And<00:26:24.319><c> there</c><00:26:24.440><c> in</c><00:26:24.539><c> verse</c><00:26:24.759><c> 10</c><00:26:25.000><c> the</c><00:26:25.180><c> same</c><00:26:25.420><c> idea,</c><00:26:26.059><c> we</c><00:26:26.279><c> are</c><00:26:26.539><c> the</c><00:26:26.839><c> workmanship</c><00:26:27.299><c> of</c><00:26:27.539><c> Christ,</c><00:26:28.200><c> Christ</c><00:26:28.539><c> is</c>

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the<00:26:28.940><c> workman</c>

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or<00:26:29.400><c> the</c><00:26:29.599><c> builder</c><00:26:29.839><c> who</c><00:26:30.039><c> is</c><00:26:30.200><c> going</c><00:26:30.440><c> about</c><00:26:31.160><c> building</c><00:26:31.700><c> God's</c><00:26:32.279><c> new</c>

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creation<00:26:32.940><c> and</c><00:26:33.119><c> we</c><00:26:33.339><c> are</c><00:26:33.500><c> that</c><00:26:33.759><c> creation,</c>

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we<00:26:34.619><c> are</c><00:26:34.759><c> that</c><00:26:35.000><c> workmanship</c><00:26:35.460><c> created</c><00:26:35.940><c> in</c><00:26:36.200><c> Christ</c><00:26:36.420><c> Jesus</c><00:26:36.900><c> unto</c>

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good<00:26:38.420><c> works.</c>

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And<00:26:39.180><c> notice</c><00:26:39.400><c> the</c><00:26:39.700><c> beauty</c><00:26:39.900><c> there</c><00:26:40.180><c> of</c><00:26:40.279><c> verses</c><00:26:40.539><c> 9</c><00:26:40.839><c> and</c><00:26:40.980><c> 10,</c><00:26:41.500><c> the</c>

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logic<00:26:42.140><c> of</c><00:26:42.319><c> it,</c><00:26:42.420><c> as</c><00:26:42.559><c> we</c><00:26:42.779><c> said</c><00:26:43.140><c> when</c><00:26:43.720><c> we</c><00:26:43.880><c> were</c>

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in<00:26:44.099><c> the</c><00:26:44.180><c> first</c><00:26:44.380><c> part</c><00:26:44.599><c> of</c><00:26:44.740><c> Romans</c><00:26:45.019><c> 8,</c><00:26:45.819><c> we</c><00:26:46.160><c> are</c><00:26:46.519><c> not</c><00:26:46.859><c> saved</c><00:26:47.299><c> by</c><00:26:47.819><c> our</c><00:26:48.200><c> works,</c><00:26:48.700><c> we</c>

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cannot<00:26:49.279><c> find</c><00:26:49.660><c> salvation</c>

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by<00:26:51.079><c> our</c><00:26:51.380><c> works.</c>

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And<00:26:51.839><c> so</c><00:26:52.160><c> in</c><00:26:52.779><c> verse</c><00:26:53.059><c> 9</c><00:26:53.359><c> of</c><00:26:53.539><c> Ephesians</c><00:26:53.920><c> 2,</c><00:26:54.359><c> Paul</c><00:26:54.519><c> says,</c><00:26:55.519><c> not</c><00:26:55.660><c> of</c>

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works,<00:26:57.220><c> lest</c><00:26:57.319><c> any</c><00:26:57.579><c> man</c><00:26:57.779><c> should</c><00:26:58.019><c> boast.</c>

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In<00:26:58.420><c> other</c><00:26:58.640><c> words,</c><00:26:59.460><c> salvation</c><00:26:59.900><c> and</c><00:27:00.440><c> justification</c><00:27:01.140><c> does</c><00:27:01.440><c> not</c>

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come<00:27:02.099><c> out</c><00:27:02.720><c> of</c><00:27:02.940><c> the</c><00:27:03.140><c> works</c><00:27:03.319><c> that</c><00:27:03.539><c> we</c><00:27:03.740><c> do.</c>

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But<00:27:04.819><c> then</c><00:27:05.019><c> notice</c><00:27:05.279><c> verse</c><00:27:05.559><c> 10,</c><00:27:06.079><c> notice</c><00:27:06.339><c> how</c><00:27:06.799><c> these</c><00:27:07.099><c> two</c><00:27:07.299><c> ideas</c>

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are<00:27:07.980><c> turned</c><00:27:08.259><c> around</c><00:27:08.740><c> and</c><00:27:09.059><c> in</c><00:27:09.220><c> verse</c><00:27:09.440><c> 10</c>

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he<00:27:09.920><c> says,</c><00:27:10.700><c> for</c><00:27:10.920><c> we</c><00:27:11.140><c> are</c><00:27:11.339><c> his</c><00:27:11.680><c> creation,</c><00:27:12.240><c> his</c><00:27:12.500><c> new</c><00:27:12.759><c> creation,</c>

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unto<00:27:14.599><c> good</c><00:27:15.359><c> works.</c>

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See,<00:27:16.880><c> the</c><00:27:17.140><c> good</c><00:27:17.359><c> works</c><00:27:17.559><c> that</c><00:27:17.759><c> we</c><00:27:17.980><c> do,</c><00:27:18.900><c> whatever</c><00:27:19.220><c> form</c><00:27:19.500><c> they</c><00:27:19.680><c> might</c><00:27:19.940><c> take,</c><00:27:21.079><c> show</c><00:27:21.319><c> our</c><00:27:21.859><c> thankfulness</c><00:27:22.400><c> to</c>

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God<00:27:22.880><c> for</c><00:27:23.039><c> what</c><00:27:23.200><c> he</c><00:27:23.380><c> has</c><00:27:23.539><c> done</c><00:27:23.740><c> for</c><00:27:23.980><c> us.</c>

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They<00:27:24.799><c> do</c><00:27:25.019><c> not</c><00:27:25.220><c> earn</c><00:27:25.500><c> a</c><00:27:25.720><c> salvation.</c>

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And<00:27:26.480><c> so</c><00:27:26.680><c> first</c><00:27:27.019><c> comes</c><00:27:27.480><c> this</c><00:27:28.420><c> scripturally</c><00:27:28.859><c> understood</c><00:27:29.299><c> idea</c>

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of<00:27:30.039><c> no</c><00:27:30.359><c> condemnation,</c><00:27:31.039><c> that</c><00:27:31.259><c> is,</c><00:27:31.740><c> of</c><00:27:32.039><c> justification</c>

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or<00:27:32.859><c> righteousness</c><00:27:33.319><c> for</c><00:27:33.599><c> believers.</c>

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And<00:27:34.559><c> then</c><00:27:34.940><c> comes</c><00:27:35.579><c> the</c><00:27:36.059><c> good</c><00:27:36.279><c> works</c><00:27:36.619><c> that</c><00:27:36.859><c> we</c><00:27:37.099><c> do,</c><00:27:37.559><c> reproducing</c>

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out<00:27:38.400><c> of</c><00:27:38.519><c> a</c><00:27:38.740><c> thankful</c><00:27:39.019><c> heart</c><00:27:39.539><c> the</c><00:27:40.539><c> works</c>

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that<00:27:41.240><c> show</c><00:27:41.559><c> that</c><00:27:41.880><c> we</c><00:27:42.039><c> are</c><00:27:42.299><c> truly</c><00:27:42.700><c> in</c><00:27:43.279><c> God's</c><00:27:43.700><c> family.</c>

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In<00:27:46.400><c> Ephesians</c><00:27:46.799><c> 4,</c><00:27:47.480><c> verses</c><00:27:47.660><c> 22</c><00:27:48.200><c> through</c><00:27:48.440><c> 24,</c><00:27:49.079><c> the</c><00:27:49.140><c> same</c><00:27:49.420><c> idea</c>

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that<00:27:50.500><c> you</c><00:27:50.680><c> put</c><00:27:50.859><c> off</c><00:27:51.140><c> concerning</c><00:27:51.519><c> the</c>

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former<00:27:52.000><c> conversation,</c><00:27:52.779><c> the</c><00:27:52.940><c> old</c><00:27:53.339><c> man,</c><00:27:54.420><c> and</c><00:27:54.720><c> be</c><00:27:55.039><c> renewed</c><00:27:55.619><c> in</c>

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the<00:27:56.240><c> spirit</c><00:27:56.500><c> of</c><00:27:56.700><c> your</c><00:27:56.900><c> mind.</c>

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Notice<00:27:57.480><c> how</c><00:27:57.640><c> this</c><00:27:57.960><c> reproduces</c><00:27:58.460><c> that</c><00:27:58.700><c> language</c><00:27:59.059><c> of</c><00:27:59.480><c> Romans</c><00:27:59.799><c> 8,</c>

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the<00:28:00.460><c> mind</c><00:28:00.799><c> of</c><00:28:00.940><c> the</c><00:28:01.140><c> spirit</c><00:28:01.359><c> or</c><00:28:01.559><c> the</c><00:28:01.859><c> spirit</c>

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of<00:28:02.380><c> your</c><00:28:02.539><c> mind</c><00:28:03.180><c> following</c><00:28:03.619><c> after</c><00:28:03.940><c> the</c><00:28:04.119><c> example</c><00:28:04.460><c> of</c><00:28:04.619><c> Christ,</c>

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and<00:28:05.519><c> that</c><00:28:05.720><c> she</c><00:28:05.980><c> put</c><00:28:06.200><c> on</c><00:28:06.759><c> the</c><00:28:07.160><c> new</c><00:28:07.400><c> man,</c>

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which<00:28:08.299><c> after</c><00:28:08.619><c> God</c><00:28:09.019><c> is</c><00:28:09.539><c> created</c><00:28:10.259><c> in</c><00:28:10.859><c> righteousness</c><00:28:11.259><c> and</c><00:28:11.880><c> true</c>

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holiness,<00:28:12.960><c> created</c><00:28:13.619><c> the</c><00:28:14.059><c> new</c><00:28:14.339><c> creation</c>

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moving<00:28:15.140><c> forward.</c>

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There<00:28:16.099><c> are</c><00:28:16.240><c> other</c><00:28:16.440><c> passages</c><00:28:16.819><c> that</c><00:28:17.019><c> we</c><00:28:17.160><c> could</c><00:28:17.279><c> refer</c><00:28:17.619><c> to.</c>

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One<00:28:18.319><c> that</c><00:28:18.480><c> I</c><00:28:18.599><c> will</c><00:28:18.740><c> mention</c><00:28:19.000><c> briefly</c><00:28:19.460><c> is</c><00:28:19.859><c> Colossians</c><00:28:20.380><c> chapter</c>

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1,<00:28:21.240><c> and</c><00:28:21.480><c> I</c><00:28:21.599><c> think</c><00:28:21.740><c> this</c><00:28:21.980><c> one</c><00:28:22.099><c> is</c><00:28:22.539><c> significant</c>

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because<00:28:23.599><c> if</c><00:28:24.019><c> we</c><00:28:24.319><c> understand</c><00:28:24.799><c> what's</c><00:28:25.059><c> being</c><00:28:25.339><c> said</c><00:28:25.640><c> in</c><00:28:25.839><c> Colossians</c><00:28:26.319><c> chapter</c>

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1,<00:28:27.259><c> we'll</c><00:28:27.519><c> be</c><00:28:27.720><c> able</c><00:28:27.859><c> to</c>

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one<00:28:28.539><c> of</c><00:28:28.720><c> the</c><00:28:29.000><c> most</c><00:28:29.339><c> commonly</c><00:28:30.019><c> rested</c><00:28:30.640><c> scriptures</c><00:28:31.119><c> that</c><00:28:31.339><c> is</c><00:28:31.519><c> used</c><00:28:31.700><c> by</c>

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other<00:28:32.140><c> churches.</c>

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We<00:28:33.039><c> come</c><00:28:33.259><c> to</c><00:28:33.460><c> Colossians</c><00:28:33.900><c> 1,</c><00:28:34.619><c> verse</c><00:28:34.900><c> 15.</c>

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We<00:28:36.880><c> read</c><00:28:37.119><c> of</c><00:28:37.259><c> Christ,</c><00:28:38.200><c> who</c><00:28:38.279><c> is</c><00:28:38.619><c> the</c><00:28:38.859><c> image</c><00:28:39.240><c> of</c><00:28:39.420><c> the</c><00:28:39.579><c> invisible</c>

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God,<00:28:40.680><c> the</c><00:28:40.920><c> firstborn</c><00:28:41.539><c> of</c><00:28:41.920><c> every</c><00:28:42.339><c> creature.</c>

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And<00:28:44.140><c> generally,</c><00:28:44.480><c> this</c><00:28:44.680><c> verse</c><00:28:44.900><c> is</c><00:28:45.059><c> one</c><00:28:45.299><c> quoted</c><00:28:45.599><c> by</c><00:28:45.880><c> orthodox</c>

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churches<00:28:46.759><c> to</c><00:28:47.319><c> prove</c><00:28:47.759><c> that</c><00:28:48.119><c> Jesus</c><00:28:48.579><c> existed</c>

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millenniums<00:28:50.420><c> before</c><00:28:50.819><c> his</c><00:28:51.079><c> birth,</c><00:28:51.500><c> that</c><00:28:51.660><c> he</c><00:28:51.880><c> was</c><00:28:52.180><c> with</c><00:28:52.460><c> God</c><00:28:52.700><c> at</c>

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the<00:28:53.039><c> very</c><00:28:53.240><c> beginning</c><00:28:53.599><c> of</c><00:28:53.779><c> the</c><00:28:53.980><c> literal</c>

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creation<00:28:54.680><c> in</c><00:28:54.940><c> Genesis.</c>

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And<00:28:55.740><c> yet,</c><00:28:55.960><c> when</c><00:28:56.039><c> we</c><00:28:56.240><c> understand</c><00:28:56.619><c> the</c><00:28:56.859><c> flow</c><00:28:57.059><c> of</c><00:28:57.259><c> the</c><00:28:57.460><c> thought</c>

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as<00:28:57.819><c> Paul</c><00:28:58.039><c> is</c><00:28:58.259><c> developing</c><00:28:58.619><c> here,</c><00:28:59.240><c> we</c><00:28:59.400><c> recognize</c>

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that<00:29:00.079><c> when</c><00:29:00.160><c> he</c><00:29:00.380><c> calls</c><00:29:00.640><c> Jesus</c><00:29:01.140><c> the</c><00:29:01.539><c> firstborn</c><00:29:02.140><c> of</c><00:29:02.420><c> every</c><00:29:02.799><c> creature</c><00:29:03.220><c> or</c><00:29:03.619><c> of</c>

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all<00:29:04.119><c> creation,</c><00:29:04.559><c> he's</c><00:29:04.779><c> referring</c>

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to<00:29:05.299><c> the</c><00:29:05.559><c> spiritual</c><00:29:05.980><c> creation.</c>

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Verse<00:29:07.420><c> 16</c><00:29:08.079><c> can</c><00:29:08.519><c> be</c><00:29:08.740><c> understood</c><00:29:09.079><c> in</c><00:29:09.259><c> the</c><00:29:09.400><c> same</c><00:29:09.599><c> way,</c><00:29:10.079><c> for</c><00:29:10.259><c> by</c>

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him<00:29:11.000><c> were</c><00:29:11.319><c> all</c><00:29:11.740><c> things</c><00:29:12.000><c> created,</c><00:29:12.799><c> not</c><00:29:13.019><c> the</c>

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things<00:29:13.400><c> of</c><00:29:13.619><c> the</c><00:29:13.859><c> literal</c><00:29:14.180><c> creation</c><00:29:14.640><c> that</c><00:29:14.799><c> we</c><00:29:14.920><c> read</c><00:29:15.059><c> of</c><00:29:15.160><c> in</c><00:29:15.339><c> Genesis</c><00:29:15.660><c> 1,</c>

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but<00:29:16.539><c> those</c><00:29:16.859><c> things</c><00:29:17.059><c> of</c><00:29:17.220><c> the</c><00:29:17.460><c> spiritual</c>

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creation<00:29:18.299><c> because</c><00:29:19.140><c> he</c><00:29:19.599><c> is,</c><00:29:19.920><c> in</c><00:29:20.059><c> the</c><00:29:20.160><c> words</c><00:29:20.319><c> of</c><00:29:20.480><c> verse</c><00:29:20.619><c> 17,</c><00:29:21.660><c> before</c><00:29:22.480><c> all</c>

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those<00:29:23.380><c> things.</c>

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And<00:29:23.920><c> by</c><00:29:24.240><c> him,</c><00:29:24.920><c> all</c><00:29:25.240><c> those</c><00:29:25.480><c> things</c><00:29:25.799><c> came</c><00:29:26.079><c> into</c><00:29:26.380><c> being.</c>

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And<00:29:27.000><c> if</c><00:29:27.099><c> we</c><00:29:27.299><c> understand</c><00:29:27.619><c> it</c><00:29:27.740><c> as</c><00:29:27.880><c> a</c><00:29:28.059><c> spiritual</c><00:29:28.400><c> creation,</c><00:29:29.059><c> it</c>

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becomes<00:29:29.500><c> beautiful</c><00:29:30.000><c> and</c><00:29:30.259><c> perfectly</c><00:29:30.640><c> clear.</c>

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If<00:29:31.319><c> we</c><00:29:31.480><c> see</c><00:29:31.579><c> it</c><00:29:31.720><c> as</c><00:29:31.799><c> the</c><00:29:31.960><c> literal</c><00:29:32.240><c> creation</c><00:29:32.720><c> and</c><00:29:33.079><c> try</c><00:29:33.279><c> to</c><00:29:33.700><c> explain</c><00:29:34.039><c> it</c><00:29:34.240><c> by</c>

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getting<00:29:34.680><c> around</c><00:29:35.079><c> a</c><00:29:35.240><c> couple</c><00:29:35.440><c> of</c>

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prepositions,<00:29:36.400><c> we</c><00:29:36.539><c> find</c><00:29:36.799><c> ourselves</c><00:29:37.240><c> mired</c><00:29:37.740><c> in</c><00:29:37.900><c> difficulty</c><00:29:38.519><c> and</c><00:29:38.880><c> a</c>

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very<00:29:39.619><c> difficult</c><00:29:40.940><c> thing</c><00:29:41.259><c> to</c><00:29:41.500><c> extricate</c><00:29:41.960><c> ourselves</c>

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from<00:29:42.559><c> that</c><00:29:42.839><c> kind</c><00:29:42.980><c> of</c><00:29:43.099><c> an</c><00:29:43.279><c> exposition.</c>

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Notice<00:29:44.519><c> how</c><00:29:44.779><c> the</c><00:29:45.000><c> theme</c><00:29:45.200><c> continues,</c><00:29:45.819><c> verse</c><00:29:46.019><c> 18.</c>

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He<00:29:46.980><c> is</c><00:29:47.200><c> the</c><00:29:47.359><c> head</c><00:29:47.539><c> of</c><00:29:47.720><c> the</c><00:29:47.900><c> body,</c><00:29:48.480><c> the</c><00:29:48.759><c> church,</c><00:29:49.339><c> the</c><00:29:49.559><c> firstborn</c>

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from<00:29:50.380><c> the</c><00:29:50.619><c> dead.</c>

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This<00:29:51.440><c> is</c><00:29:51.599><c> how</c><00:29:51.819><c> he</c><00:29:52.000><c> goes</c><00:29:52.259><c> about</c><00:29:52.740><c> being</c><00:29:53.019><c> the</c><00:29:53.299><c> firstborn</c><00:29:53.799><c> of</c><00:29:54.019><c> God's</c><00:29:54.660><c> new</c><00:29:54.920><c> creation.</c>

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Set<00:29:56.579><c> your</c><00:29:56.859><c> eyes</c><00:29:57.160><c> right</c><00:29:57.500><c> to</c><00:29:57.700><c> see</c><00:29:57.920><c> the</c><00:29:58.119><c> passage</c><00:29:58.420><c> in</c><00:29:58.680><c> this</c><00:29:58.900><c> way,</c>

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and<00:29:59.500><c> you'll</c><00:29:59.700><c> have</c><00:29:59.819><c> no</c><00:30:00.059><c> difficulty</c><00:30:00.579><c> in</c>

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explaining<00:30:01.279><c> it</c><00:30:01.500><c> to</c><00:30:01.660><c> outsiders.</c>

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Now<00:30:07.680><c> we</c><00:30:07.880><c> go</c><00:30:08.099><c> back</c><00:30:08.400><c> to</c><00:30:08.599><c> verses</c><00:30:08.900><c> 18</c><00:30:09.319><c> through</c><00:30:09.559><c> 25.</c>

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Follow<00:30:10.799><c> through</c><00:30:11.059><c> the</c><00:30:11.319><c> section</c><00:30:11.680><c> with</c><00:30:12.140><c> what</c><00:30:12.380><c> we</c><00:30:12.599><c> have</c><00:30:12.839><c> already</c>

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seen<00:30:13.700><c> is</c><00:30:14.299><c> the</c><00:30:14.920><c> intended</c><00:30:15.420><c> meaning</c><00:30:15.819><c> of</c><00:30:16.200><c> the</c>

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creation.

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Notice<00:30:17.660><c> that</c><00:30:17.900><c> in</c><00:30:18.019><c> my</c><00:30:18.779><c> translation,</c><00:30:19.779><c> verses</c><00:30:20.059><c> 19</c><00:30:20.480><c> through</c><00:30:20.640><c> 22,</c>

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creation<00:30:21.799><c> is</c><00:30:22.039><c> put</c><00:30:22.259><c> in</c><00:30:23.359><c> quotation</c><00:30:23.819><c> marks</c><00:30:24.339><c> to</c>

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show,<00:30:25.319><c> to</c><00:30:25.579><c> help</c><00:30:25.759><c> us</c><00:30:26.000><c> remember</c><00:30:26.519><c> that</c><00:30:26.759><c> it</c><00:30:26.940><c> is</c><00:30:27.119><c> a</c><00:30:27.440><c> special</c><00:30:27.779><c> form</c>

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of<00:30:28.339><c> creation</c><00:30:28.640><c> that's</c><00:30:28.839><c> being</c><00:30:29.079><c> referred</c><00:30:29.460><c> to.</c>

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For<00:30:32.559><c> I</c><00:30:32.779><c> consider</c><00:30:33.200><c> that</c><00:30:33.400><c> our</c><00:30:33.660><c> present</c><00:30:33.920><c> sufferings</c><00:30:34.420><c> are</c><00:30:34.660><c> not</c>

00:30:34.880 --> 00:30:36.640
worth<00:30:35.079><c> comparing</c><00:30:35.559><c> with</c><00:30:35.819><c> the</c><00:30:36.119><c> glory</c><00:30:36.359><c> that</c>

00:30:36.640 --> 00:30:38.400
shall<00:30:36.799><c> be</c><00:30:37.160><c> revealed</c><00:30:37.640><c> in</c><00:30:38.140><c> us.</c>

00:30:38.539 --> 00:30:41.799
That<00:30:38.819><c> word</c><00:30:39.140><c> revealed</c><00:30:39.559><c> in</c><00:30:39.740><c> verse</c><00:30:39.940><c> 18,</c><00:30:40.880><c> similar</c><00:30:41.200><c> to</c><00:30:41.420><c> the</c><00:30:41.539><c> word</c>

00:30:41.799 --> 00:30:44.119
revealing<00:30:42.299><c> in</c><00:30:42.539><c> verse</c><00:30:42.799><c> 19,</c><00:30:43.700><c> is</c><00:30:43.880><c> related</c>

00:30:44.119 --> 00:30:48.160
to<00:30:44.319><c> the</c><00:30:44.319><c> word</c><00:30:44.619><c> apocalypse,</c><00:30:45.779><c> the</c><00:30:45.960><c> revelation</c><00:30:46.359><c> of</c><00:30:46.539><c> the</c><00:30:46.599><c> Lord</c><00:30:46.759><c> Jesus</c><00:30:47.099><c> Christ,</c><00:30:47.400><c> the</c><00:30:47.519><c> last</c><00:30:47.819><c> book</c><00:30:48.000><c> of</c><00:30:48.140><c> the</c>

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New<00:30:48.319><c> Testament.</c>

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That<00:30:49.640><c> word,</c><00:30:50.019><c> if</c><00:30:50.099><c> you'll</c><00:30:50.339><c> look</c><00:30:50.440><c> in</c><00:30:50.559><c> the</c><00:30:50.720><c> glossary,</c><00:30:51.240><c> and</c><00:30:51.440><c> don't</c>

00:30:51.680 --> 00:30:54.299
look<00:30:51.859><c> now,</c><00:30:52.140><c> but</c><00:30:52.220><c> you</c><00:30:52.339><c> can</c><00:30:52.480><c> look</c><00:30:52.740><c> at</c><00:30:54.259><c> it,</c>

00:30:54.299 --> 00:30:58.880
which<00:30:54.500><c> is</c><00:30:54.880><c> hidden</c><00:30:55.259><c> until</c><00:30:55.759><c> we</c><00:30:55.980><c> go</c><00:30:56.279><c> and</c><00:30:56.539><c> remove</c><00:30:57.039><c> the</c><00:30:57.319><c> veil</c><00:30:57.539><c> or</c><00:30:57.759><c> the</c><00:30:58.000><c> covering</c><00:30:58.259><c> and</c><00:30:58.700><c> we</c>

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see<00:30:59.000><c> what</c><00:30:59.160><c> it</c><00:30:59.339><c> is.</c>

00:30:59.859 --> 00:31:04.079
In<00:31:00.299><c> the</c><00:31:00.519><c> book</c><00:31:00.680><c> of</c><00:31:00.880><c> Revelation,</c><00:31:01.299><c> it</c><00:31:01.420><c> was</c><00:31:01.640><c> the</c><00:31:02.000><c> unveiling</c><00:31:02.680><c> of</c><00:31:03.119><c> God's</c><00:31:03.579><c> purpose</c><00:31:03.839><c> so</c>

00:31:04.079 --> 00:31:05.319
that<00:31:04.259><c> men</c><00:31:04.480><c> might</c><00:31:04.799><c> see</c><00:31:05.059><c> and</c>

00:31:05.319 --> 00:31:07.799
understand<00:31:05.700><c> what</c><00:31:05.940><c> that</c><00:31:06.200><c> purpose</c><00:31:06.519><c> was</c><00:31:07.059><c> from</c><00:31:07.440><c> the</c><00:31:07.599><c> beginning</c>

00:31:07.799 --> 00:31:08.380
of<00:31:07.980><c> the</c><00:31:08.140><c> world.</c>

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In<00:31:08.920><c> this</c><00:31:09.240><c> case,</c><00:31:11.000><c> the</c><00:31:11.160><c> unveiling</c><00:31:11.859><c> is</c><00:31:12.059><c> the</c><00:31:12.319><c> unveiling</c><00:31:12.960><c> of</c><00:31:13.200><c> the</c>

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glory<00:31:13.799><c> in</c><00:31:14.180><c> us.</c>

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And<00:31:15.039><c> when</c><00:31:15.160><c> we</c><00:31:15.339><c> stop</c><00:31:15.480><c> and</c><00:31:15.640><c> think</c><00:31:15.779><c> about</c><00:31:16.019><c> that,</c><00:31:16.599><c> there's</c><00:31:16.819><c> a</c><00:31:17.059><c> beautiful</c><00:31:17.500><c> idea</c>

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involved<00:31:18.359><c> in</c><00:31:18.599><c> that.</c>

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We<00:31:19.960><c> tend</c><00:31:20.339><c> to</c><00:31:20.619><c> think,</c><00:31:20.759><c> I</c><00:31:20.960><c> suppose,</c><00:31:22.019><c> that</c><00:31:22.019><c> the</c><00:31:22.420><c> glory</c><00:31:22.740><c> that</c><00:31:22.940><c> we</c>

00:31:23.200 --> 00:31:24.440
have<00:31:23.380><c> is</c><00:31:23.519><c> something</c><00:31:23.819><c> that</c><00:31:24.000><c> we</c><00:31:24.099><c> will</c><00:31:24.240><c> have</c>

00:31:24.440 --> 00:31:26.839
in<00:31:24.579><c> the</c><00:31:24.720><c> future</c><00:31:24.940><c> when</c><00:31:25.140><c> our</c><00:31:25.380><c> bodies</c><00:31:25.640><c> are</c><00:31:25.940><c> changed</c><00:31:26.220><c> to</c><00:31:26.460><c> conform</c>

00:31:26.839 --> 00:31:29.579
to<00:31:27.460><c> the</c><00:31:27.779><c> glorious</c><00:31:28.079><c> body</c><00:31:28.440><c> of</c><00:31:28.619><c> our</c><00:31:28.819><c> Lord.</c>

00:31:29.599 --> 00:31:33.539
But<00:31:29.920><c> there</c><00:31:30.240><c> is</c><00:31:30.460><c> a</c><00:31:30.720><c> glory</c><00:31:30.940><c> that</c><00:31:31.099><c> we</c><00:31:31.299><c> have</c><00:31:31.460><c> now</c><00:31:31.779><c> that</c><00:31:31.880><c> is</c><00:31:32.099><c> meaningful,</c><00:31:32.759><c> the</c><00:31:33.059><c> glory</c><00:31:33.380><c> of</c>

00:31:33.539 --> 00:31:34.420
a<00:31:33.839><c> character</c><00:31:34.140><c> that</c>

00:31:34.420 --> 00:31:37.700
reflects<00:31:34.880><c> the</c><00:31:35.119><c> glory</c><00:31:35.380><c> of</c><00:31:35.559><c> God,</c><00:31:36.579><c> the</c><00:31:36.740><c> glory</c><00:31:37.019><c> of</c><00:31:37.220><c> a</c><00:31:37.380><c> character</c>

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striving<00:31:38.200><c> after</c><00:31:38.579><c> God's</c><00:31:39.039><c> principles.</c>

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And<00:31:40.299><c> Paul</c><00:31:40.539><c> says,</c><00:31:41.440><c> our</c><00:31:41.440><c> present</c><00:31:41.799><c> sufferings</c><00:31:42.240><c> are</c><00:31:42.420><c> not</c><00:31:42.619><c> worth</c>

00:31:42.799 --> 00:31:44.740
comparing<00:31:43.319><c> with</c><00:31:43.799><c> the</c><00:31:44.099><c> glory</c><00:31:44.339><c> that</c><00:31:44.579><c> shall</c>

00:31:44.740 --> 00:31:47.920
be<00:31:45.059><c> revealed</c><00:31:45.359><c> in</c><00:31:45.579><c> us,</c><00:31:45.980><c> that</c><00:31:46.200><c> shall</c><00:31:46.480><c> be</c><00:31:46.779><c> revealed</c><00:31:46.980><c> in</c><00:31:47.140><c> us</c><00:31:47.299><c> because</c><00:31:47.619><c> one</c>

00:31:47.920 --> 00:31:49.720
day<00:31:48.140><c> when</c><00:31:48.319><c> Christ</c><00:31:48.680><c> comes</c><00:31:49.119><c> to</c>

00:31:49.720 --> 00:31:52.319
judge<00:31:50.039><c> the</c><00:31:50.279><c> quick</c><00:31:50.420><c> and</c><00:31:50.559><c> the</c><00:31:50.720><c> dead,</c><00:31:51.059><c> he</c><00:31:51.259><c> will</c><00:31:51.480><c> take</c><00:31:51.799><c> the</c><00:31:52.079><c> veil</c>

00:31:52.319 --> 00:31:54.759
off<00:31:52.880><c> and</c><00:31:53.460><c> he</c><00:31:53.559><c> will</c><00:31:53.759><c> find</c><00:31:54.079><c> what</c><00:31:54.240><c> we</c><00:31:54.519><c> have</c>

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truly<00:31:55.099><c> inside.</c>

00:31:56.019 --> 00:31:57.279
Is<00:31:56.279><c> it</c><00:31:56.480><c> the</c><00:31:56.619><c> glory</c><00:31:56.819><c> of</c><00:31:57.039><c> God?</c>

00:31:57.519 --> 00:32:00.339
Is<00:31:57.700><c> it</c><00:31:57.880><c> a</c><00:31:58.079><c> mind</c><00:31:58.319><c> and</c><00:31:58.500><c> a</c><00:31:58.680><c> heart</c><00:31:58.880><c> devoted</c><00:31:59.339><c> toward</c><00:31:59.660><c> God's</c><00:32:00.099><c> glory</c>

00:32:00.339 --> 00:32:01.759
or<00:32:00.660><c> will</c><00:32:00.839><c> there</c><00:32:01.000><c> be</c><00:32:01.180><c> nothing</c><00:32:01.420><c> there?</c>

00:32:01.759 --> 00:32:04.680
That<00:32:02.259><c> is</c><00:32:02.519><c> the</c><00:32:02.759><c> unveiling</c><00:32:03.400><c> or</c><00:32:03.740><c> the</c><00:32:03.960><c> revealing</c><00:32:04.160><c> of</c><00:32:04.339><c> the</c><00:32:04.500><c> glory.</c>

00:32:04.740 --> 00:32:07.579
And<00:32:04.839><c> if</c><00:32:04.880><c> there</c><00:32:05.039><c> is</c><00:32:05.240><c> nothing</c><00:32:05.460><c> there</c><00:32:05.779><c> now,</c><00:32:06.539><c> there</c><00:32:06.720><c> will</c><00:32:06.839><c> be</c><00:32:07.000><c> nothing</c><00:32:07.240><c> to</c>

00:32:07.579 --> 00:32:10.440
clothe<00:32:07.859><c> with</c><00:32:08.079><c> immortality</c><00:32:08.960><c> in</c><00:32:09.359><c> the</c><00:32:09.500><c> future.</c>

00:32:11.700 --> 00:32:15.400
The<00:32:11.799><c> creation,</c><00:32:12.319><c> Paul</c><00:32:12.680><c> says,</c><00:32:13.039><c> verse</c><00:32:13.200><c> 19,</c><00:32:14.240><c> waits</c><00:32:14.339><c> with</c><00:32:14.759><c> eager</c>

00:32:15.400 --> 00:32:18.019
longing,<00:32:16.740><c> earnest</c><00:32:17.079><c> expectation.</c>

00:32:18.279 --> 00:32:21.200
The<00:32:18.519><c> word</c><00:32:18.700><c> means</c><00:32:19.000><c> stretching</c><00:32:19.559><c> out</c><00:32:19.900><c> and</c><00:32:20.099><c> reaching</c><00:32:20.380><c> forward</c><00:32:20.839><c> to</c>

00:32:21.200 --> 00:32:23.839
grasp<00:32:21.660><c> and</c><00:32:22.220><c> bring</c><00:32:22.480><c> back</c><00:32:22.759><c> to</c><00:32:23.000><c> us</c><00:32:23.420><c> the</c>

00:32:23.839 --> 00:32:27.099
return<00:32:24.140><c> of</c><00:32:24.359><c> Christ,</c><00:32:25.000><c> Christ</c><00:32:25.319><c> himself,</c><00:32:26.140><c> the</c><00:32:26.440><c> revealing</c><00:32:26.839><c> of</c>

00:32:27.099 --> 00:32:28.000
God's<00:32:27.700><c> sons.</c>

00:32:28.000 --> 00:32:33.640
Verse<00:32:28.779><c> 20,</c><00:32:29.400><c> the</c><00:32:29.720><c> creation</c><00:32:30.240><c> was</c><00:32:30.940><c> subjected</c><00:32:31.660><c> to</c><00:32:32.579><c> frailty.</c>

00:32:33.960 --> 00:32:37.779
This<00:32:34.119><c> word</c><00:32:34.400><c> frailty</c><00:32:34.920><c> is</c><00:32:35.359><c> translated</c><00:32:35.740><c> otherwise,</c><00:32:36.779><c> vanity,</c>

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futility,<00:32:39.119><c> frustration.</c>

00:32:39.980 --> 00:32:42.799
It<00:32:40.259><c> means</c><00:32:40.539><c> all</c><00:32:40.880><c> of</c><00:32:41.019><c> those</c><00:32:41.240><c> things</c><00:32:41.480><c> that</c><00:32:41.799><c> flesh</c><00:32:42.039><c> is</c><00:32:42.279><c> heir</c><00:32:42.519><c> to,</c>

00:32:43.019 --> 00:32:45.299
the<00:32:43.240><c> futility</c><00:32:43.779><c> of</c><00:32:44.279><c> trying</c><00:32:44.539><c> to</c><00:32:44.799><c> serve</c><00:32:44.980><c> God</c>

00:32:45.299 --> 00:32:47.940
and<00:32:45.460><c> never</c><00:32:45.680><c> being</c><00:32:45.920><c> able</c><00:32:46.259><c> perfectly</c><00:32:46.720><c> to</c><00:32:47.140><c> come</c><00:32:47.299><c> to</c><00:32:47.440><c> that</c><00:32:47.680><c> image.</c>

00:32:48.140 --> 00:32:51.140
The<00:32:48.460><c> frailty</c><00:32:48.819><c> of</c><00:32:49.059><c> human</c><00:32:49.259><c> nature</c><00:32:49.619><c> that</c><00:32:50.099><c> Paul</c><00:32:50.380><c> says</c><00:32:50.660><c> in</c><00:32:50.819><c> Romans</c>

00:32:51.140 --> 00:32:53.319
7,<00:32:51.700><c> when</c><00:32:51.859><c> I</c><00:32:52.140><c> would</c><00:32:52.299><c> do</c><00:32:52.559><c> good,</c><00:32:52.799><c> evil</c><00:32:53.039><c> is</c>

00:32:53.319 --> 00:32:56.299
present<00:32:53.500><c> with</c><00:32:53.720><c> me</c><00:32:53.880><c> and</c><00:32:53.960><c> I</c><00:32:54.140><c> can</c><00:32:54.319><c> do</c><00:32:54.599><c> nothing</c><00:32:54.880><c> to</c><00:32:55.160><c> overcome</c><00:32:55.480><c> it.</c>

00:32:56.440 --> 00:33:00.140
The<00:32:56.779><c> creation,</c><00:32:58.359><c> the</c><00:32:58.460><c> whole</c><00:32:58.839><c> literal</c><00:32:59.200><c> creation,</c><00:32:59.700><c> in</c><00:32:59.859><c> a</c><00:33:00.000><c> sense,</c>

00:33:00.220 --> 00:33:01.619
was<00:33:00.339><c> subjected</c><00:33:00.819><c> to</c><00:33:01.039><c> this</c><00:33:01.259><c> frailty.</c>

00:33:01.960 --> 00:33:05.160
But<00:33:02.039><c> especially</c><00:33:02.480><c> Paul</c><00:33:02.779><c> is</c><00:33:03.019><c> saying,</c><00:33:03.740><c> we,</c><00:33:04.319><c> the</c><00:33:04.319><c> new</c><00:33:04.599><c> creation,</c>

00:33:05.480 --> 00:33:07.460
are<00:33:05.640><c> subjected</c><00:33:06.160><c> to</c><00:33:06.400><c> the</c><00:33:06.599><c> same</c><00:33:06.900><c> frailty</c>

00:33:07.460 --> 00:33:09.519
being<00:33:07.839><c> a</c><00:33:08.059><c> part</c><00:33:08.259><c> of</c><00:33:08.420><c> all</c><00:33:08.579><c> of</c><00:33:08.720><c> God's</c><00:33:09.099><c> creation.</c>

00:33:09.859 --> 00:33:14.200
Not<00:33:10.160><c> by</c><00:33:10.559><c> our</c><00:33:10.960><c> own</c><00:33:11.279><c> choice,</c><00:33:11.940><c> but</c><00:33:12.099><c> by</c><00:33:12.359><c> the</c><00:33:12.579><c> choice</c><00:33:12.859><c> of</c><00:33:13.099><c> him,</c><00:33:13.839><c> God</c>

00:33:14.200 --> 00:33:16.759
himself,<00:33:14.980><c> who</c><00:33:15.259><c> subjected</c><00:33:15.839><c> them.</c>

00:33:16.819 --> 00:33:21.000
God<00:33:17.180><c> has</c><00:33:17.400><c> put</c><00:33:17.519><c> us</c><00:33:17.680><c> in</c><00:33:17.779><c> a</c><00:33:17.900><c> position</c><00:33:18.240><c> whereby,</c><00:33:19.039><c> as</c><00:33:19.259><c> we</c><00:33:19.400><c> have</c><00:33:19.579><c> said,</c><00:33:20.819><c> we</c>

00:33:21.000 --> 00:33:22.140
must<00:33:21.299><c> endure</c><00:33:21.599><c> trials.</c>

00:33:22.440 --> 00:33:23.660
We<00:33:22.579><c> must</c><00:33:22.839><c> endure</c><00:33:23.119><c> difficulties.</c>

00:33:23.660 --> 00:33:26.259
We<00:33:23.799><c> must</c><00:33:24.059><c> fight</c><00:33:24.339><c> against</c><00:33:24.680><c> the</c><00:33:24.900><c> natural</c><00:33:25.220><c> course</c><00:33:25.519><c> of</c><00:33:25.700><c> our</c><00:33:25.900><c> lives</c>

00:33:26.259 --> 00:33:28.460
to<00:33:26.640><c> move</c><00:33:26.920><c> forward</c><00:33:27.400><c> and</c><00:33:27.799><c> reproduce</c><00:33:28.200><c> the</c>

00:33:28.460 --> 00:33:31.140
example<00:33:28.799><c> of</c><00:33:29.019><c> Christ</c><00:33:29.420><c> in</c><00:33:29.960><c> those</c><00:33:30.259><c> lives.</c>

00:33:31.160 --> 00:33:35.099
God<00:33:31.160><c> has</c><00:33:31.480><c> placed</c><00:33:31.700><c> us</c><00:33:31.920><c> in</c><00:33:32.000><c> this</c><00:33:32.220><c> position</c><00:33:32.799><c> for</c><00:33:33.460><c> his</c><00:33:33.700><c> own</c><00:33:33.960><c> purpose.</c>

00:33:36.579 --> 00:33:41.759
Verse<00:33:36.740><c> 20,</c><00:33:37.579><c> the</c><00:33:37.920><c> last</c><00:33:38.359><c> phrase,</c><00:33:38.859><c> in</c><00:33:39.200><c> hope,</c><00:33:40.019><c> links</c><00:33:40.299><c> us</c><00:33:40.920><c> with</c><00:33:41.160><c> verse</c><00:33:41.420><c> 21.</c>

00:33:41.819 --> 00:33:44.500
There<00:33:41.940><c> should</c><00:33:42.099><c> be</c><00:33:42.240><c> no</c><00:33:42.480><c> comma</c><00:33:42.779><c> as</c><00:33:43.140><c> there</c><00:33:43.319><c> is,</c><00:33:43.480><c> I</c><00:33:43.599><c> think,</c><00:33:43.819><c> in</c><00:33:43.980><c> the</c>

00:33:44.500 --> 00:33:45.960
authorized<00:33:44.880><c> version</c><00:33:45.220><c> or</c><00:33:45.380><c> no</c><00:33:45.579><c> period.</c>

00:33:46.420 --> 00:33:48.299
But<00:33:46.660><c> rather</c><00:33:46.880><c> we</c><00:33:47.000><c> go</c><00:33:47.160><c> right</c><00:33:47.339><c> into</c><00:33:47.500><c> verse</c><00:33:47.759><c> 21.</c>

00:33:48.299 --> 00:33:52.720
In<00:33:48.859><c> hope</c><00:33:49.259><c> that</c><00:33:49.779><c> the</c><00:33:50.039><c> creation</c><00:33:50.539><c> will</c><00:33:50.859><c> also</c><00:33:51.319><c> be</c><00:33:51.740><c> liberated</c><00:33:52.160><c> from</c>

00:33:52.720 --> 00:33:55.900
the<00:33:53.039><c> slavery</c><00:33:53.440><c> of</c><00:33:53.759><c> decay</c><00:33:54.299><c> into</c><00:33:55.119><c> the</c><00:33:55.460><c> liberty</c>

00:33:55.900 --> 00:33:59.200
of<00:33:56.339><c> the</c><00:33:56.579><c> glory</c><00:33:56.920><c> of</c><00:33:57.359><c> God's</c><00:33:57.880><c> dear</c><00:33:58.160><c> children.</c>

00:34:00.000 --> 00:34:02.740
This<00:34:00.140><c> is</c><00:34:00.359><c> our</c><00:34:00.539><c> hope,</c><00:34:01.099><c> that</c><00:34:01.279><c> the</c><00:34:01.519><c> creation</c><00:34:01.900><c> will</c><00:34:02.140><c> be</c><00:34:02.339><c> liberated.</c>

00:34:03.000 --> 00:34:05.019
This<00:34:03.240><c> is,</c><00:34:03.480><c> of</c><00:34:03.599><c> course,</c><00:34:03.900><c> the</c><00:34:04.039><c> spiritual</c><00:34:04.519><c> creation.</c>

00:34:05.220 --> 00:34:08.219
And<00:34:05.400><c> now</c><00:34:05.579><c> that</c><00:34:05.680><c> we</c><00:34:05.920><c> understand</c><00:34:06.359><c> it</c><00:34:06.519><c> in</c><00:34:06.579><c> this</c><00:34:06.819><c> rather</c><00:34:07.319><c> restricted</c><00:34:07.900><c> sense,</c>

00:34:08.280 --> 00:34:09.619
rather<00:34:08.519><c> than</c><00:34:08.639><c> the</c><00:34:08.860><c> whole</c><00:34:09.159><c> creation,</c>

00:34:09.860 --> 00:34:13.219
we<00:34:10.059><c> can</c><00:34:10.260><c> see</c><00:34:10.360><c> the</c><00:34:10.519><c> beauty</c><00:34:10.739><c> of</c><00:34:10.900><c> the</c><00:34:11.059><c> language,</c><00:34:11.719><c> that</c><00:34:12.099><c> the</c><00:34:12.639><c> new</c>

00:34:13.219 --> 00:34:15.539
creation<00:34:13.639><c> of</c><00:34:13.860><c> Christ</c><00:34:14.199><c> will</c><00:34:14.480><c> be</c><00:34:15.079><c> liberated</c>

00:34:15.539 --> 00:34:20.480
from<00:34:15.820><c> the</c><00:34:16.219><c> slavery</c><00:34:16.500><c> of</c><00:34:16.739><c> decay</c><00:34:17.119><c> into</c><00:34:17.800><c> the</c><00:34:18.099><c> liberty</c><00:34:18.579><c> of</c><00:34:19.219><c> the</c><00:34:19.480><c> glory</c><00:34:19.920><c> of</c>

00:34:20.480 --> 00:34:21.900
God's<00:34:21.260><c> dear</c><00:34:21.500><c> children.</c>

00:34:22.139 --> 00:34:26.039
And<00:34:22.340><c> all</c><00:34:22.539><c> of</c><00:34:22.639><c> these</c><00:34:22.860><c> words,</c><00:34:23.420><c> the</c><00:34:23.719><c> liberty,</c><00:34:24.500><c> the</c><00:34:24.780><c> glory,</c><00:34:25.420><c> God's</c>

00:34:26.039 --> 00:34:28.219
dear<00:34:26.260><c> children,</c><00:34:26.960><c> bring</c><00:34:27.159><c> back</c><00:34:27.420><c> all</c><00:34:27.599><c> of</c><00:34:27.719><c> these</c>

00:34:28.219 --> 00:34:30.340
beautifully<00:34:28.679><c> expressive</c><00:34:29.199><c> thoughts</c><00:34:29.579><c> as</c><00:34:29.719><c> we</c><00:34:29.860><c> have</c><00:34:30.059><c> seen</c><00:34:30.199><c> them</c>

00:34:30.340 --> 00:34:31.739
in<00:34:30.440><c> the</c><00:34:30.579><c> earlier</c><00:34:30.840><c> part</c><00:34:31.059><c> of</c><00:34:31.199><c> the</c><00:34:31.360><c> chapter.</c>

00:34:32.239 --> 00:34:34.519
Think<00:34:32.460><c> on</c><00:34:32.599><c> this</c><00:34:32.820><c> lovely</c><00:34:33.239><c> phrase,</c><00:34:33.719><c> brothers</c><00:34:33.920><c> and</c><00:34:34.159><c> sisters.</c>

00:34:34.960 --> 00:34:36.239
Think<00:34:35.239><c> slowly.</c>

00:34:36.280 --> 00:34:39.619
Think<00:34:36.659><c> reverently</c><00:34:37.139><c> what</c><00:34:37.380><c> it</c><00:34:37.639><c> means</c><00:34:38.119><c> to</c><00:34:38.579><c> be</c><00:34:38.719><c> in</c><00:34:38.980><c> Christ</c><00:34:39.300><c> both</c>

00:34:39.619 --> 00:34:41.340
now<00:34:40.139><c> and</c><00:34:40.679><c> in</c><00:34:40.860><c> the</c><00:34:40.980><c> future.</c>

00:34:41.340 --> 00:34:47.840
The<00:34:41.960><c> liberty</c><00:34:42.639><c> of</c><00:34:43.840><c> the</c><00:34:44.139><c> glory</c><00:34:44.900><c> of</c><00:34:46.320><c> God's</c><00:34:46.780><c> dear</c><00:34:46.980><c> children.</c>

00:34:51.860 --> 00:34:55.860
Notice<00:34:52.579><c> also</c><00:34:52.980><c> in</c><00:34:53.139><c> verse</c><00:34:53.360><c> 21</c><00:34:53.800><c> that</c><00:34:54.000><c> the</c><00:34:54.239><c> creation</c><00:34:54.679><c> will</c><00:34:55.239><c> also</c>

00:34:55.860 --> 00:34:58.219
be<00:34:56.139><c> liberated</c><00:34:56.579><c> from</c><00:34:57.239><c> the</c><00:34:57.460><c> slavery</c><00:34:57.699><c> of</c><00:34:57.920><c> decay.</c>

00:34:58.440 --> 00:34:59.420
Why<00:34:58.639><c> that</c><00:34:58.900><c> also?</c>

00:34:59.639 --> 00:35:03.579
Because<00:35:00.099><c> Christ</c><00:35:00.519><c> himself,</c><00:35:01.300><c> the</c><00:35:01.579><c> firstborn</c><00:35:02.239><c> of</c><00:35:02.500><c> God's</c><00:35:02.920><c> new</c><00:35:03.079><c> creation,</c>

00:35:03.840 --> 00:35:07.380
has<00:35:04.099><c> already</c><00:35:04.639><c> been</c><00:35:04.940><c> liberated</c><00:35:05.500><c> from</c><00:35:06.079><c> the</c><00:35:06.400><c> slavery</c><00:35:06.719><c> of</c><00:35:06.980><c> decay.</c>

00:35:07.380 --> 00:35:12.099
And<00:35:07.880><c> now</c><00:35:08.199><c> he</c><00:35:08.460><c> waits</c><00:35:08.900><c> for</c><00:35:09.960><c> the</c><00:35:10.079><c> rest</c><00:35:10.320><c> of</c><00:35:10.500><c> his</c><00:35:10.659><c> body</c><00:35:10.960><c> to</c><00:35:11.159><c> be</c><00:35:11.360><c> joined</c><00:35:11.599><c> to</c><00:35:11.840><c> him.</c>

00:35:12.320 --> 00:35:16.019
He<00:35:12.460><c> waits</c><00:35:12.760><c> as</c><00:35:13.000><c> a</c><00:35:13.199><c> bridegroom</c><00:35:13.739><c> for</c><00:35:13.940><c> his</c><00:35:14.159><c> bride</c><00:35:14.579><c> to</c><00:35:15.380><c> be</c><00:35:15.780><c> brought</c>

00:35:16.019 --> 00:35:17.840
to<00:35:16.179><c> the</c><00:35:16.400><c> marriage</c><00:35:16.639><c> of</c><00:35:16.820><c> the</c><00:35:16.960><c> Lamb.</c>

00:35:18.860 --> 00:35:23.059
And<00:35:19.000><c> so</c><00:35:19.340><c> the</c><00:35:19.539><c> whole</c><00:35:19.880><c> creation</c><00:35:20.619><c> sighs</c><00:35:21.280><c> together</c><00:35:21.860><c> as</c><00:35:22.340><c> if</c><00:35:22.599><c> in</c>

00:35:23.059 --> 00:35:26.199
childbirth,<00:35:24.059><c> even</c><00:35:24.480><c> until</c><00:35:25.119><c> now.</c>

00:35:27.840 --> 00:35:33.519
In<00:35:28.119><c> this</c><00:35:28.320><c> verse</c><00:35:28.519><c> 22,</c><00:35:29.460><c> there</c><00:35:29.739><c> are</c><00:35:30.699><c> two</c><00:35:31.079><c> words</c><00:35:31.519><c> that</c><00:35:32.219><c> begin</c><00:35:32.559><c> with</c>

00:35:33.519 --> 00:35:36.380
the<00:35:33.800><c> prefix</c><00:35:34.400><c> of</c><00:35:35.300><c> sus</c><00:35:35.619><c> or</c><00:35:36.079><c> sun,</c>

00:35:36.380 --> 00:35:39.099
if<00:35:36.539><c> we</c><00:35:36.639><c> were</c><00:35:36.900><c> transliterating</c><00:35:37.400><c> it</c><00:35:37.539><c> into</c><00:35:37.679><c> English,</c><00:35:38.300><c> the</c><00:35:38.519><c> prefix</c><00:35:38.860><c> which</c>

00:35:39.099 --> 00:35:40.599
means<00:35:39.400><c> together</c><00:35:40.179><c> with.</c>

00:35:40.920 --> 00:35:43.500
And<00:35:41.019><c> this</c><00:35:41.159><c> is</c><00:35:41.280><c> very</c><00:35:41.539><c> significant</c><00:35:42.000><c> because</c><00:35:42.699><c> as</c><00:35:43.179><c> we're</c><00:35:43.300><c> looking</c>

00:35:43.500 --> 00:35:44.420
at<00:35:43.639><c> verse</c><00:35:43.820><c> 22,</c>

00:35:44.659 --> 00:35:47.139
turn<00:35:44.900><c> back</c><00:35:45.199><c> to</c><00:35:45.360><c> verses</c><00:35:45.820><c> 16</c><00:35:46.340><c> and</c><00:35:46.500><c> 17.</c>

00:35:47.500 --> 00:35:50.599
I<00:35:47.599><c> failed</c><00:35:47.840><c> to</c><00:35:48.039><c> mention</c><00:35:48.199><c> this</c><00:35:48.440><c> because</c><00:35:48.780><c> of</c><00:35:49.019><c> the</c><00:35:49.739><c> short</c><00:35:50.000><c> time</c><00:35:50.300><c> that</c><00:35:50.460><c> I</c>

00:35:50.599 --> 00:35:52.039
had<00:35:50.679><c> at</c><00:35:50.840><c> the</c><00:35:50.920><c> end</c><00:35:51.039><c> of</c><00:35:51.159><c> the</c><00:35:51.300><c> class</c><00:35:51.519><c> yesterday.</c>

00:35:52.300 --> 00:35:55.800
But<00:35:52.460><c> in</c><00:35:52.679><c> verses</c><00:35:52.960><c> 16</c><00:35:53.420><c> and</c><00:35:53.579><c> 17,</c><00:35:54.380><c> those</c><00:35:54.639><c> verses</c><00:35:54.960><c> that</c><00:35:55.280><c> speak</c><00:35:55.500><c> of</c>

00:35:55.800 --> 00:35:57.719
Christ<00:35:56.380><c> working</c><00:35:57.139><c> with</c><00:35:57.420><c> us,</c>

00:35:57.920 --> 00:36:01.360
of<00:35:58.099><c> Christ</c><00:35:58.539><c> sharing</c><00:35:59.000><c> with</c><00:35:59.280><c> us</c><00:35:59.539><c> our</c><00:36:00.320><c> sufferings</c><00:36:00.719><c> and</c><00:36:00.860><c> our</c><00:36:01.099><c> glory,</c>

00:36:01.579 --> 00:36:04.260
there<00:36:01.800><c> are</c><00:36:02.159><c> four</c><00:36:02.440><c> more</c><00:36:02.659><c> of</c><00:36:02.820><c> these</c><00:36:03.099><c> same</c><00:36:03.460><c> kind</c><00:36:03.739><c> of</c><00:36:03.960><c> words.</c>

00:36:04.260 --> 00:36:07.260
The<00:36:04.780><c> words</c><00:36:05.059><c> that</c><00:36:05.300><c> in</c><00:36:05.460><c> the</c><00:36:05.719><c> Greek</c><00:36:05.960><c> have</c><00:36:06.400><c> the</c><00:36:06.659><c> prefix</c><00:36:07.039><c> which</c>

00:36:07.260 --> 00:36:09.199
means<00:36:07.599><c> together</c><00:36:08.280><c> with.</c>

00:36:09.639 --> 00:36:14.360
We<00:36:09.980><c> see</c><00:36:10.179><c> it</c><00:36:10.320><c> sometimes</c><00:36:10.760><c> in</c><00:36:10.920><c> the</c><00:36:11.079><c> English</c><00:36:11.380><c> as</c><00:36:12.199><c> syn,</c><00:36:13.320><c> synonymous,</c><00:36:13.820><c> having</c><00:36:14.039><c> the</c>

00:36:14.360 --> 00:36:15.860
same<00:36:14.880><c> name.</c>

00:36:16.000 --> 00:36:21.280
In<00:36:16.179><c> the</c><00:36:16.500><c> Greek,</c><00:36:17.039><c> it</c><00:36:17.159><c> is</c><00:36:17.460><c> the</c><00:36:17.719><c> prefix</c><00:36:18.119><c> syn</c><00:36:19.159><c> or</c><00:36:19.420><c> sun</c><00:36:19.880><c> or</c><00:36:20.340><c> sum.</c>

00:36:21.320 --> 00:36:22.960
And<00:36:21.480><c> so</c><00:36:21.599><c> we</c><00:36:21.739><c> see</c><00:36:21.880><c> four</c><00:36:22.179><c> more</c><00:36:22.380><c> words</c><00:36:22.659><c> here.</c>

00:36:23.119 --> 00:36:24.039
We'll<00:36:23.239><c> go</c><00:36:23.440><c> through</c><00:36:23.559><c> them</c><00:36:23.719><c> briefly.</c>

00:36:24.119 --> 00:36:28.800
In<00:36:24.199><c> verse</c><00:36:24.400><c> 16,</c><00:36:25.400><c> the</c><00:36:25.519><c> Spirit</c><00:36:25.800><c> himself,</c><00:36:26.260><c> Christ,</c><00:36:27.320><c> agrees</c><00:36:27.719><c> together</c><00:36:28.400><c> with</c>

00:36:28.800 --> 00:36:29.480
our<00:36:29.139><c> Spirit.</c>

00:36:29.659 --> 00:36:32.239
The<00:36:29.940><c> first</c><00:36:30.179><c> one</c><00:36:30.360><c> of</c><00:36:30.500><c> those</c><00:36:30.719><c> together</c><00:36:31.260><c> are</c><00:36:31.699><c> with</c><00:36:31.940><c> words.</c>

00:36:32.239 --> 00:36:34.519
Things<00:36:32.739><c> that</c><00:36:32.960><c> we</c><00:36:33.159><c> do</c><00:36:33.400><c> together</c><00:36:33.860><c> with</c><00:36:34.099><c> Christ.</c>

00:36:34.679 --> 00:36:36.000
And<00:36:34.860><c> that's</c><00:36:35.039><c> what</c><00:36:35.179><c> makes</c><00:36:35.380><c> it</c><00:36:35.599><c> meaningful.</c>

00:36:36.320 --> 00:36:39.780
If<00:36:36.420><c> we</c><00:36:36.659><c> testified</c><00:36:37.159><c> on</c><00:36:37.360><c> our</c><00:36:37.559><c> own</c><00:36:37.719><c> without</c><00:36:38.059><c> Christ,</c><00:36:38.760><c> that</c><00:36:38.880><c> we</c><00:36:39.000><c> were</c><00:36:39.139><c> God's</c><00:36:39.519><c> children,</c><00:36:39.699><c> it</c>

00:36:39.780 --> 00:36:40.900
would<00:36:39.940><c> mean</c><00:36:40.119><c> nothing.</c>

00:36:41.059 --> 00:36:44.460
If<00:36:41.179><c> we</c><00:36:41.340><c> move</c><00:36:41.500><c> forward</c><00:36:41.739><c> to</c><00:36:41.900><c> verse</c><00:36:42.039><c> 17,</c><00:36:42.940><c> as</c><00:36:43.099><c> it</c><00:36:43.300><c> says,</c><00:36:43.659><c> we</c><00:36:43.659><c> are</c><00:36:44.059><c> co</c>

00:36:44.460 --> 00:36:45.519
-heirs<00:36:44.760><c> with</c><00:36:45.039><c> Christ.</c>

00:36:45.760 --> 00:36:49.420
That<00:36:45.900><c> is,</c><00:36:46.280><c> again,</c><00:36:46.699><c> a</c><00:36:46.860><c> Greek</c><00:36:47.079><c> word</c><00:36:47.340><c> that</c><00:36:47.480><c> has</c><00:36:47.659><c> the</c><00:36:47.860><c> prefix</c><00:36:48.300><c> sun.</c>

00:36:49.480 --> 00:36:51.400
Together<00:36:49.920><c> with</c><00:36:50.219><c> Christ,</c><00:36:50.539><c> we</c><00:36:50.719><c> become</c><00:36:51.039><c> heirs.</c>

00:36:51.639 --> 00:36:55.739
If<00:36:51.780><c> we</c><00:36:51.960><c> were</c><00:36:52.039><c> to</c><00:36:52.260><c> claim</c><00:36:52.420><c> to</c><00:36:52.639><c> be</c><00:36:52.820><c> heirs</c><00:36:53.320><c> all</c><00:36:53.719><c> on</c><00:36:53.900><c> our</c><00:36:54.039><c> own</c><00:36:54.199><c> without</c><00:36:54.500><c> Christ,</c><00:36:54.900><c> it</c><00:36:54.980><c> would</c><00:36:55.139><c> be</c><00:36:55.380><c> meaningless.</c>

00:36:56.239 --> 00:37:01.039
And<00:36:56.480><c> then</c><00:36:57.579><c> two</c><00:36:58.019><c> more</c><00:36:58.239><c> in</c><00:36:58.360><c> the</c><00:36:58.539><c> last</c><00:36:59.340><c> sentence</c><00:36:59.639><c> of</c><00:37:00.260><c> verse</c><00:37:00.480><c> 17.</c>

00:37:01.039 --> 00:37:04.280
If<00:37:01.400><c> we</c><00:37:01.760><c> share</c><00:37:02.099><c> in</c><00:37:02.260><c> his</c><00:37:02.480><c> sufferings,</c><00:37:03.420><c> that's</c><00:37:03.639><c> what</c><00:37:03.780><c> makes</c><00:37:03.980><c> our</c>

00:37:04.280 --> 00:37:05.139
sufferings<00:37:04.639><c> meaningful.</c>

00:37:05.480 --> 00:37:09.659
That<00:37:05.619><c> whatever</c><00:37:05.860><c> form</c><00:37:06.179><c> they</c><00:37:06.400><c> take,</c><00:37:07.039><c> they</c><00:37:07.179><c> are</c><00:37:07.480><c> understood</c><00:37:08.059><c> intelligently</c><00:37:08.840><c> and</c><00:37:09.099><c> rationally</c>

00:37:09.659 --> 00:37:12.940
as<00:37:10.179><c> sharing</c><00:37:10.599><c> or</c><00:37:10.880><c> participating</c><00:37:11.500><c> in</c><00:37:11.980><c> the</c><00:37:12.219><c> sufferings</c><00:37:12.460><c> of</c><00:37:12.619><c> Christ.</c>

00:37:13.159 --> 00:37:15.760
Otherwise,<00:37:13.679><c> they're</c><00:37:13.840><c> the</c><00:37:14.119><c> meaningless</c><00:37:14.539><c> sufferings</c><00:37:15.239><c> of</c><00:37:15.539><c> a</c>

00:37:15.760 --> 00:37:17.800
world<00:37:16.000><c> that's</c><00:37:16.300><c> headed</c><00:37:16.440><c> toward</c><00:37:16.699><c> destruction.</c>

00:37:18.159 --> 00:37:20.219
We<00:37:18.380><c> will</c><00:37:18.659><c> also</c><00:37:19.079><c> share</c><00:37:19.500><c> in</c><00:37:19.659><c> his</c><00:37:19.860><c> glory.</c>

00:37:20.400 --> 00:37:25.159
And<00:37:20.579><c> we</c><00:37:20.659><c> can</c><00:37:20.800><c> have</c><00:37:20.980><c> no</c><00:37:21.239><c> glory</c><00:37:21.619><c> and</c><00:37:22.039><c> no</c><00:37:22.380><c> hope</c><00:37:22.619><c> of</c><00:37:22.820><c> a</c><00:37:22.980><c> future</c><00:37:23.219><c> salvation</c><00:37:24.000><c> apart</c><00:37:24.559><c> from</c><00:37:24.800><c> Christ.</c>

00:37:25.300 --> 00:37:29.820
We<00:37:25.800><c> share</c><00:37:26.039><c> it</c><00:37:26.280><c> with</c><00:37:26.440><c> him</c><00:37:26.980><c> because</c><00:37:28.059><c> he</c><00:37:28.500><c> has</c><00:37:28.860><c> shared</c><00:37:29.019><c> it</c><00:37:29.260><c> with</c><00:37:29.420><c> us.</c>

00:37:29.820 --> 00:37:33.519
And<00:37:30.440><c> so</c><00:37:30.679><c> these</c><00:37:31.199><c> beautiful</c><00:37:31.760><c> together</c><00:37:32.340><c> words</c><00:37:32.719><c> that</c><00:37:32.960><c> express</c>

00:37:33.519 --> 00:37:36.159
our<00:37:34.039><c> close</c><00:37:34.500><c> links</c><00:37:34.940><c> together</c><00:37:35.400><c> with</c><00:37:35.639><c> Christ</c>

00:37:36.159 --> 00:37:40.860
continue<00:37:36.960><c> into</c><00:37:37.260><c> verse</c><00:37:37.539><c> 22,</c><00:37:38.760><c> where</c><00:37:38.900><c> we</c><00:37:39.139><c> read</c><00:37:39.380><c> the</c><00:37:39.840><c> whole</c><00:37:40.340><c> creation.</c>

00:37:41.079 --> 00:37:43.860
And<00:37:41.239><c> in</c><00:37:41.420><c> this</c><00:37:41.760><c> phrase,</c><00:37:42.000><c> I</c><00:37:42.159><c> think</c><00:37:42.340><c> we</c><00:37:42.480><c> can</c><00:37:42.659><c> include</c><00:37:42.940><c> Christ</c><00:37:43.340><c> as</c><00:37:43.599><c> well.</c>

00:37:44.119 --> 00:37:47.179
The<00:37:44.260><c> whole</c><00:37:44.599><c> creation,</c><00:37:45.159><c> Christ</c><00:37:45.579><c> in</c><00:37:45.780><c> heaven</c><00:37:46.119><c> and</c><00:37:46.659><c> those</c><00:37:46.980><c> who</c>

00:37:47.179 --> 00:37:47.780
are<00:37:47.219><c> upon</c><00:37:47.420><c> earth,</c>

00:37:47.980 --> 00:37:51.800
who<00:37:48.219><c> participate</c><00:37:48.659><c> in</c><00:37:48.780><c> his</c><00:37:48.960><c> new</c><00:37:49.179><c> creation,</c><00:37:50.360><c> sigh</c><00:37:50.639><c> together.</c>

00:37:51.940 --> 00:37:57.980
A<00:37:52.619><c> word</c><00:37:52.900><c> that</c><00:37:53.519><c> means</c><00:37:53.880><c> to</c><00:37:54.420><c> groan</c><00:37:55.300><c> with</c><00:37:56.119><c> pain,</c><00:37:57.260><c> with</c><00:37:57.559><c> suffering,</c>

00:37:58.380 --> 00:37:59.800
or<00:37:58.519><c> with</c><00:37:58.820><c> sympathy</c><00:37:59.239><c> for</c><00:37:59.539><c> others.</c>

00:37:59.820 --> 00:38:03.960
And<00:38:00.480><c> we</c><00:38:00.639><c> see</c><00:38:00.820><c> this</c><00:38:01.059><c> word,</c><00:38:01.559><c> as</c><00:38:01.900><c> you</c><00:38:02.000><c> can</c><00:38:02.239><c> see</c><00:38:02.340><c> by</c><00:38:02.559><c> the</c><00:38:02.699><c> little</c><00:38:03.219><c> numerals</c><00:38:03.599><c> there</c><00:38:03.800><c> by</c>

00:38:03.960 --> 00:38:04.619
the<00:38:04.059><c> word</c><00:38:04.260><c> sigh.</c>

00:38:04.880 --> 00:38:07.039
We're<00:38:05.000><c> going</c><00:38:05.079><c> to</c><00:38:05.219><c> see</c><00:38:05.320><c> it</c><00:38:05.480><c> again</c><00:38:05.619><c> in</c><00:38:05.739><c> verse</c><00:38:05.980><c> 26,</c><00:38:06.460><c> where</c><00:38:06.599><c> it</c><00:38:06.699><c> takes</c><00:38:06.860><c> on</c>

00:38:07.039 --> 00:38:08.260
a<00:38:07.260><c> beautiful</c><00:38:07.619><c> significance</c>

00:38:08.260 --> 00:38:10.480
having<00:38:08.800><c> to</c><00:38:08.980><c> do</c><00:38:09.079><c> with</c><00:38:09.300><c> Christ</c><00:38:09.619><c> as</c><00:38:09.800><c> our</c><00:38:10.019><c> intercessor.</c>

00:38:10.699 --> 00:38:12.719
We'll<00:38:10.980><c> have</c><00:38:11.099><c> to</c><00:38:11.219><c> leave</c><00:38:11.340><c> that</c><00:38:11.559><c> till</c><00:38:11.719><c> tomorrow.</c>

00:38:12.880 --> 00:38:18.440
The<00:38:13.099><c> other</c><00:38:13.400><c> word</c><00:38:13.900><c> is</c><00:38:14.920><c> the</c><00:38:15.059><c> word</c><00:38:15.300><c> childbirth,</c><00:38:16.300><c> which</c><00:38:16.500><c> I</c><00:38:17.159><c> believe</c><00:38:17.739><c> occurs</c>

00:38:18.440 --> 00:38:19.340
only<00:38:18.780><c> one</c><00:38:19.099><c> time</c>

00:38:19.340 --> 00:38:20.320
in<00:38:19.440><c> all</c><00:38:19.619><c> of</c><00:38:19.699><c> the</c><00:38:19.760><c> New</c><00:38:19.920><c> Testament.</c>

00:38:20.480 --> 00:38:23.519
It<00:38:20.699><c> is</c><00:38:20.920><c> the</c><00:38:21.079><c> word</c><00:38:21.639><c> son</c><00:38:22.619><c> odino.</c>

00:38:24.019 --> 00:38:27.019
Odino<00:38:24.440><c> is</c><00:38:24.619><c> a</c><00:38:24.719><c> rather</c><00:38:24.960><c> common</c><00:38:25.300><c> word</c><00:38:25.539><c> that</c><00:38:25.760><c> means</c><00:38:26.159><c> to</c><00:38:26.639><c> travail</c>

00:38:27.019 --> 00:38:28.400
in<00:38:27.800><c> childbirth.</c>

00:38:28.400 --> 00:38:31.639
It's<00:38:28.679><c> used</c><00:38:28.840><c> sometimes</c><00:38:29.719><c> literally</c><00:38:30.179><c> and</c><00:38:30.400><c> sometimes</c><00:38:30.880><c> figuratively</c>

00:38:31.639 --> 00:38:34.920
about<00:38:32.559><c> travailing</c><00:38:33.300><c> to</c><00:38:33.639><c> bring</c><00:38:33.840><c> forth</c><00:38:34.119><c> a</c><00:38:34.260><c> new</c><00:38:34.460><c> character.</c>

00:38:35.340 --> 00:38:37.820
But<00:38:35.519><c> this</c><00:38:35.699><c> is</c><00:38:35.920><c> the</c><00:38:36.139><c> only</c><00:38:36.400><c> occasion</c><00:38:36.860><c> in</c><00:38:37.019><c> which</c><00:38:37.179><c> it's</c><00:38:37.380><c> used</c><00:38:37.599><c> with</c>

00:38:37.820 --> 00:38:39.059
the<00:38:37.960><c> prefix</c><00:38:38.360><c> sun,</c>

00:38:39.500 --> 00:38:43.860
which<00:38:39.679><c> means</c><00:38:40.039><c> we</c><00:38:40.639><c> travail</c><00:38:41.039><c> together</c><00:38:41.760><c> with</c><00:38:42.199><c> Christ</c><00:38:42.699><c> in</c><00:38:43.280><c> childbirth.</c>

00:38:44.159 --> 00:38:48.260
And<00:38:44.280><c> it's</c><00:38:44.420><c> the</c><00:38:44.559><c> beautiful</c><00:38:44.920><c> idea</c><00:38:45.340><c> that</c><00:38:45.579><c> Paul</c><00:38:45.860><c> expresses</c><00:38:46.440><c> in</c><00:38:47.360><c> Galatians.</c>

00:38:48.780 --> 00:38:50.920
Don't<00:38:49.079><c> bother</c><00:38:49.320><c> looking</c><00:38:49.539><c> it</c><00:38:49.679><c> up,</c><00:38:49.760><c> but</c><00:38:49.860><c> I'll</c><00:38:50.019><c> just</c><00:38:50.199><c> read</c><00:38:50.280><c> it</c><00:38:50.539><c> briefly.</c>

00:38:50.920 --> 00:38:57.480
In<00:38:51.380><c> Galatians</c><00:38:51.880><c> four</c><00:38:53.059><c> and</c><00:38:55.099><c> verse</c><00:38:55.380><c> 19,</c><00:38:56.739><c> where</c><00:38:56.900><c> he</c><00:38:57.079><c> says,</c>

00:38:57.900 --> 00:39:01.739
my<00:38:57.980><c> little</c><00:38:58.460><c> children</c><00:38:58.840><c> of</c><00:38:59.099><c> whom</c><00:38:59.260><c> I</c><00:38:59.639><c> travail</c><00:39:00.139><c> in</c><00:39:00.679><c> birth</c><00:39:01.039><c> until</c>

00:39:01.739 --> 00:39:04.119
Christ<00:39:02.519><c> be</c><00:39:03.440><c> formed</c><00:39:03.659><c> in</c><00:39:03.940><c> you.</c>

00:39:04.320 --> 00:39:08.119
This<00:39:04.500><c> is</c><00:39:04.699><c> what</c><00:39:05.099><c> Christ</c><00:39:05.460><c> is</c><00:39:05.679><c> doing</c><00:39:05.800><c> for</c><00:39:06.039><c> us</c><00:39:06.340><c> even</c><00:39:06.579><c> now,</c><00:39:07.280><c> travailing</c><00:39:07.659><c> with</c><00:39:07.880><c> us.</c>

00:39:08.300 --> 00:39:10.679
And<00:39:08.599><c> it's</c><00:39:09.079><c> such</c><00:39:09.199><c> a</c><00:39:09.420><c> source</c><00:39:09.659><c> of</c><00:39:09.940><c> encouragement,</c><00:39:10.420><c> isn't</c><00:39:10.579><c> it?</c>

00:39:10.699 --> 00:39:13.340
To<00:39:10.840><c> know</c><00:39:11.059><c> that</c><00:39:11.480><c> when</c><00:39:11.639><c> we</c><00:39:11.860><c> are</c><00:39:11.960><c> faced</c><00:39:12.239><c> with</c><00:39:12.519><c> serious</c><00:39:12.880><c> choices,</c>

00:39:13.599 --> 00:39:16.900
when<00:39:13.780><c> we</c><00:39:13.980><c> are</c><00:39:14.199><c> struggling</c><00:39:14.599><c> to</c><00:39:14.900><c> overcome,</c><00:39:15.699><c> to</c><00:39:15.880><c> know</c><00:39:16.099><c> that</c><00:39:16.320><c> Christ</c><00:39:16.679><c> in</c>

00:39:16.900 --> 00:39:18.320
heaven<00:39:17.159><c> is</c><00:39:17.639><c> with</c><00:39:17.840><c> us,</c>

00:39:18.320 --> 00:39:22.780
that<00:39:18.800><c> in</c><00:39:19.159><c> whatever</c><00:39:19.460><c> way</c><00:39:19.780><c> possible,</c><00:39:21.579><c> Christ</c><00:39:21.699><c> is</c><00:39:22.420><c> attempting</c>

00:39:22.780 --> 00:39:24.719
to<00:39:23.039><c> help</c><00:39:23.159><c> us</c><00:39:23.340><c> by</c><00:39:23.559><c> intercession,</c>

00:39:24.820 --> 00:39:28.400
by<00:39:25.260><c> approaching</c><00:39:26.039><c> to</c><00:39:26.239><c> the</c><00:39:26.400><c> Father,</c><00:39:26.940><c> by</c><00:39:27.300><c> providential</c><00:39:27.840><c> action,</c>

00:39:28.500 --> 00:39:31.219
and<00:39:29.000><c> by</c><00:39:29.260><c> his</c><00:39:29.619><c> overriding</c><00:39:30.219><c> love</c><00:39:30.619><c> for</c><00:39:30.880><c> us.</c>

00:39:31.440 --> 00:39:34.719
Christ<00:39:31.780><c> is</c><00:39:32.360><c> travailing</c><00:39:33.039><c> with</c><00:39:33.260><c> us,</c><00:39:33.900><c> sharing</c><00:39:34.179><c> with</c><00:39:34.420><c> us</c><00:39:34.579><c> in</c>

00:39:34.719 --> 00:39:35.219
these<00:39:34.940><c> feelings</c>

00:39:35.219 --> 00:39:38.179
and<00:39:35.440><c> these</c><00:39:36.179><c> sufferings</c><00:39:36.659><c> and</c><00:39:36.800><c> these</c><00:39:37.059><c> trials</c><00:39:37.380><c> leading</c><00:39:37.719><c> on</c><00:39:38.039><c> to</c>

00:39:38.179 --> 00:39:39.380
our<00:39:38.380><c> glory.</c>

00:39:42.340 --> 00:39:46.480
Verse<00:39:42.960><c> 23,</c><00:39:43.860><c> even</c><00:39:44.239><c> we</c><00:39:44.639><c> who</c><00:39:44.800><c> have</c><00:39:44.980><c> experienced</c><00:39:45.519><c> the</c><00:39:45.820><c> first</c><00:39:46.079><c> fruits</c><00:39:46.320><c> of</c>

00:39:46.480 --> 00:39:47.679
the<00:39:46.699><c> Spirit</c><00:39:46.980><c> power,</c>

00:39:47.679 --> 00:39:52.280
sigh<00:39:48.239><c> inwardly,</c><00:39:49.599><c> longing</c><00:39:49.960><c> for</c><00:39:50.300><c> the</c><00:39:50.559><c> perfect</c><00:39:51.019><c> sonship,</c><00:39:52.079><c> the</c>

00:39:52.280 --> 00:39:54.219
release<00:39:52.659><c> or</c><00:39:52.940><c> the</c><00:39:53.179><c> redemption</c><00:39:53.519><c> of</c><00:39:53.719><c> our</c><00:39:53.900><c> bodies.</c>

00:39:54.579 --> 00:39:59.280
Notice<00:39:54.900><c> sonship</c><00:39:55.519><c> occurred</c><00:39:55.820><c> also</c><00:39:56.159><c> in</c><00:39:56.300><c> verse</c><00:39:56.519><c> 15,</c><00:39:57.000><c> where</c><00:39:57.139><c> it</c><00:39:57.239><c> was</c><00:39:57.440><c> called</c><00:39:57.719><c> the</c><00:39:58.219><c> spirit</c><00:39:58.559><c> of</c><00:39:58.800><c> sonship.</c>

00:39:59.619 --> 00:40:02.960
That's<00:39:59.860><c> what</c><00:40:00.019><c> we</c><00:40:00.239><c> have</c><00:40:00.400><c> now,</c><00:40:00.659><c> the</c><00:40:00.940><c> spirit</c><00:40:01.500><c> of</c><00:40:01.920><c> sonship.</c>

00:40:03.139 --> 00:40:07.360
In<00:40:03.260><c> verse</c><00:40:03.480><c> 23,</c><00:40:05.139><c> it</c><00:40:05.260><c> is</c><00:40:05.480><c> said</c><00:40:05.579><c> that</c><00:40:05.760><c> we</c><00:40:05.900><c> still</c><00:40:06.360><c> long</c><00:40:06.760><c> to</c><00:40:07.019><c> reach</c>

00:40:07.360 --> 00:40:09.079
forward<00:40:07.860><c> to</c><00:40:08.159><c> attain</c><00:40:08.519><c> to</c>

00:40:09.079 --> 00:40:12.139
the<00:40:09.420><c> perfection</c><00:40:10.079><c> of</c><00:40:10.340><c> sonship,</c><00:40:11.099><c> which</c><00:40:11.260><c> is</c><00:40:11.480><c> the</c><00:40:11.619><c> redemption</c><00:40:11.920><c> of</c>

00:40:12.139 --> 00:40:12.619
our<00:40:12.300><c> bodies.</c>

00:40:13.019 --> 00:40:16.320
Sonship<00:40:13.440><c> then</c><00:40:13.760><c> seen</c><00:40:14.059><c> in</c><00:40:14.599><c> two</c><00:40:14.920><c> stages,</c><00:40:15.639><c> two</c><00:40:15.860><c> phases,</c>

00:40:16.320 --> 00:40:19.579
morally<00:40:17.079><c> and</c><00:40:17.340><c> mentally</c><00:40:17.639><c> now</c><00:40:18.119><c> and</c><00:40:18.579><c> physically</c><00:40:19.000><c> in</c><00:40:19.199><c> the</c><00:40:19.320><c> future</c>

00:40:19.579 --> 00:40:23.659
when<00:40:19.760><c> we</c><00:40:20.039><c> reproduce</c><00:40:20.579><c> in</c><00:40:21.039><c> our</c><00:40:21.300><c> bodies</c><00:40:21.699><c> the</c><00:40:22.139><c> glory</c><00:40:22.440><c> of</c><00:40:22.639><c> Christ.</c>

00:40:24.659 --> 00:40:27.920
We<00:40:24.900><c> are</c><00:40:25.139><c> all</c><00:40:25.440><c> being</c><00:40:25.760><c> saved</c><00:40:26.199><c> by</c><00:40:26.480><c> this</c><00:40:26.760><c> hope</c><00:40:27.119><c> which</c><00:40:27.440><c> we</c><00:40:27.579><c> have</c><00:40:27.739><c> not</c>

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yet<00:40:28.119><c> experienced.</c>

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Who<00:40:29.260><c> hopes</c><00:40:29.559><c> for</c><00:40:29.699><c> that</c><00:40:29.900><c> which</c><00:40:30.059><c> he</c><00:40:30.260><c> already</c><00:40:30.599><c> has?</c>

00:40:31.219 --> 00:40:34.960
But<00:40:31.460><c> if</c><00:40:31.719><c> we</c><00:40:32.000><c> continue</c><00:40:32.599><c> to</c><00:40:32.940><c> hope</c><00:40:33.219><c> for</c><00:40:33.679><c> that</c><00:40:33.900><c> which</c><00:40:34.099><c> we</c><00:40:34.280><c> do</c><00:40:34.440><c> not</c><00:40:34.679><c> have,</c>

00:40:35.239 --> 00:40:38.679
then<00:40:35.480><c> our</c><00:40:35.880><c> waiting,</c><00:40:36.599><c> our</c><00:40:36.860><c> endurance,</c><00:40:37.460><c> our</c><00:40:37.679><c> patient</c><00:40:38.059><c> endurance</c>

00:40:38.679 --> 00:40:42.260
will<00:40:39.579><c> give</c><00:40:39.880><c> us</c><00:40:40.179><c> strength</c><00:40:40.539><c> and</c><00:40:40.900><c> will</c><00:40:41.099><c> lead</c><00:40:41.199><c> us</c><00:40:41.480><c> on</c><00:40:41.619><c> to</c><00:40:41.780><c> the</c><00:40:42.000><c> end.</c>

00:40:42.519 --> 00:40:46.179
He<00:40:42.820><c> that</c><00:40:43.119><c> endureth</c><00:40:43.639><c> unto</c><00:40:43.860><c> the</c><00:40:44.139><c> end</c><00:40:44.699><c> shall</c><00:40:44.980><c> be</c><00:40:45.280><c> saved.</c>

00:40:48.500 --> 00:40:52.920
I've<00:40:49.019><c> got</c><00:40:49.119><c> just</c><00:40:49.340><c> a</c><00:40:49.440><c> couple</c><00:40:49.619><c> of</c><00:40:49.820><c> minutes,</c><00:40:50.760><c> so</c><00:40:51.000><c> I</c><00:40:52.539><c> intended</c><00:40:52.780><c> to</c>

00:40:52.920 --> 00:40:53.880
go<00:40:53.019><c> into</c><00:40:53.139><c> this</c><00:40:53.340><c> in</c><00:40:53.440><c> more</c><00:40:53.579><c> detail,</c>

00:40:53.880 --> 00:40:55.639
but<00:40:54.019><c> let</c><00:40:54.199><c> me</c><00:40:54.300><c> just</c><00:40:54.519><c> mention</c><00:40:54.659><c> it</c><00:40:54.840><c> very</c><00:40:55.099><c> briefly</c><00:40:55.320><c> and</c><00:40:55.440><c> we'll</c>

00:40:55.639 --> 00:40:56.659
close<00:40:55.860><c> with</c><00:40:56.039><c> this</c><00:40:56.239><c> idea.</c>

00:40:57.119 --> 00:41:00.320
It<00:40:57.320><c> might</c><00:40:57.460><c> be</c><00:40:57.719><c> something</c><00:40:58.260><c> terrific</c><00:40:59.420><c> for</c><00:40:59.579><c> us</c><00:40:59.739><c> to</c><00:41:00.000><c> discuss</c><00:41:00.199><c> in</c>

00:41:00.320 --> 00:41:02.019
the<00:41:00.480><c> question</c><00:41:00.699><c> and</c><00:41:00.860><c> answer</c><00:41:01.079><c> period.</c>

00:41:02.880 --> 00:41:07.440
Having<00:41:03.400><c> seen</c><00:41:03.920><c> what</c><00:41:04.360><c> is</c><00:41:04.780><c> intended</c><00:41:05.099><c> by</c><00:41:05.380><c> Paul</c><00:41:05.719><c> here</c><00:41:06.099><c> as</c><00:41:06.460><c> the</c><00:41:06.659><c> new</c><00:41:06.860><c> creation,</c>

00:41:07.800 --> 00:41:11.280
now<00:41:08.079><c> I</c><00:41:08.199><c> would</c><00:41:08.400><c> suggest</c><00:41:08.860><c> that</c><00:41:09.179><c> this</c><00:41:09.559><c> gives</c><00:41:09.840><c> us</c><00:41:10.239><c> a</c><00:41:10.519><c> real</c><00:41:10.820><c> help</c>

00:41:11.280 --> 00:41:14.239
in<00:41:11.679><c> understanding</c><00:41:12.099><c> another</c><00:41:12.559><c> very</c><00:41:12.900><c> difficult</c><00:41:13.280><c> passage</c><00:41:13.800><c> in</c>

00:41:14.239 --> 00:41:14.900
the<00:41:14.320><c> New</c><00:41:14.480><c> Testament.</c>

00:41:14.900 --> 00:41:17.159
Turn<00:41:15.420><c> to</c><00:41:15.599><c> John</c><00:41:15.960><c> chapter</c><00:41:16.420><c> 1.</c>

00:41:18.420 --> 00:41:19.659
I'm<00:41:18.539><c> just</c><00:41:18.719><c> going</c><00:41:18.900><c> to</c><00:41:19.099><c> suggest</c><00:41:19.460><c> this.</c>

00:41:19.739 --> 00:41:21.320
I'm<00:41:19.780><c> not</c><00:41:19.960><c> going</c><00:41:20.159><c> to</c><00:41:20.380><c> expound</c><00:41:20.619><c> it</c><00:41:20.760><c> in</c><00:41:20.900><c> detail.</c>

00:41:21.780 --> 00:41:23.760
If<00:41:21.880><c> you</c><00:41:22.000><c> don't</c><00:41:22.139><c> think</c><00:41:22.239><c> it's</c><00:41:22.400><c> a</c><00:41:22.440><c> good</c><00:41:22.599><c> idea,</c><00:41:22.960><c> that's</c><00:41:23.219><c> fine</c><00:41:23.480><c> too.</c>

00:41:23.820 --> 00:41:25.380
I'm<00:41:24.159><c> willing</c><00:41:24.380><c> to</c><00:41:24.619><c> accept</c><00:41:24.900><c> that.</c>

00:41:25.840 --> 00:41:29.420
But<00:41:26.019><c> in</c><00:41:26.300><c> John</c><00:41:26.619><c> chapter</c><00:41:27.019><c> 1,</c><00:41:27.860><c> the</c><00:41:27.940><c> first</c><00:41:28.280><c> phrase</c><00:41:28.599><c> of</c><00:41:28.800><c> verse</c><00:41:29.059><c> 1</c>

00:41:29.420 --> 00:41:33.199
has<00:41:29.739><c> always</c><00:41:30.099><c> presented</c><00:41:30.500><c> some</c><00:41:30.840><c> difficulty</c><00:41:31.639><c> to</c><00:41:32.019><c> Christadelphians</c><00:41:32.579><c> in</c><00:41:32.840><c> expounding</c>

00:41:33.199 --> 00:41:34.000
to<00:41:33.440><c> outsiders.</c>

00:41:34.420 --> 00:41:37.019
In<00:41:34.619><c> the</c><00:41:34.900><c> beginning</c><00:41:35.300><c> was</c><00:41:35.840><c> the</c><00:41:36.079><c> Word</c><00:41:36.280><c> and</c><00:41:36.360><c> the</c><00:41:36.519><c> Word</c><00:41:36.639><c> was</c><00:41:36.840><c> with</c>

00:41:37.019 --> 00:41:38.440
God<00:41:37.280><c> and</c><00:41:37.400><c> the</c><00:41:37.519><c> Word</c><00:41:37.719><c> was</c><00:41:38.079><c> God.</c>

00:41:38.860 --> 00:41:41.159
The<00:41:39.079><c> same</c><00:41:39.239><c> was</c><00:41:39.420><c> in</c><00:41:39.559><c> the</c><00:41:39.739><c> beginning</c><00:41:39.960><c> with</c><00:41:40.199><c> God.</c>

00:41:41.360 --> 00:41:45.420
And<00:41:41.639><c> we</c><00:41:41.840><c> generally</c><00:41:42.380><c> have</c><00:41:43.340><c> said,</c><00:41:43.900><c> as</c><00:41:44.019><c> a</c><00:41:44.199><c> consensus</c><00:41:44.539><c> among</c><00:41:44.820><c> Christadelphians,</c>

00:41:45.480 --> 00:41:48.599
that<00:41:45.639><c> the</c><00:41:45.800><c> Word</c><00:41:46.019><c> here</c><00:41:46.619><c> is</c><00:41:47.219><c> logos,</c><00:41:47.739><c> which</c><00:41:47.900><c> means</c><00:41:48.119><c> the</c><00:41:48.300><c> purpose</c>

00:41:48.599 --> 00:41:49.199
of<00:41:48.860><c> God</c>

00:41:49.199 --> 00:41:51.380
in<00:41:49.559><c> existence</c><00:41:49.900><c> from</c><00:41:50.079><c> the</c><00:41:50.179><c> very</c><00:41:50.400><c> beginning</c><00:41:50.760><c> in</c><00:41:51.039><c> Genesis.</c>

00:41:51.619 --> 00:41:56.239
I<00:41:51.800><c> am</c><00:41:52.019><c> simply</c><00:41:52.400><c> suggesting</c><00:41:53.139><c> as</c><00:41:53.659><c> a</c><00:41:53.880><c> possibility</c><00:41:54.380><c> that</c><00:41:55.139><c> if</c><00:41:55.480><c> we</c><00:41:55.679><c> keep</c><00:41:55.820><c> in</c><00:41:56.039><c> mind</c>

00:41:56.239 --> 00:41:58.619
what<00:41:56.380><c> is</c><00:41:56.659><c> said</c><00:41:56.880><c> elsewhere</c><00:41:57.360><c> in</c><00:41:57.519><c> the</c><00:41:57.579><c> New</c><00:41:57.739><c> Testament</c><00:41:58.059><c> about</c><00:41:58.320><c> the</c>

00:41:58.619 --> 00:42:00.039
new<00:41:58.860><c> creation,</c>

00:42:00.860 --> 00:42:04.079
that<00:42:01.159><c> if</c><00:42:01.400><c> we</c><00:42:01.559><c> can</c><00:42:01.780><c> impose</c><00:42:02.199><c> those</c><00:42:02.579><c> ideas</c><00:42:03.019><c> and</c><00:42:03.219><c> that</c><00:42:03.500><c> scheme</c><00:42:03.800><c> of</c>

00:42:04.079 --> 00:42:05.340
thinking<00:42:04.260><c> upon</c><00:42:04.579><c> John</c><00:42:05.019><c> 1,</c>

00:42:05.619 --> 00:42:07.320
could<00:42:05.820><c> we</c><00:42:06.019><c> make</c><00:42:06.159><c> it</c><00:42:06.440><c> clearer?</c>

00:42:07.519 --> 00:42:11.280
And<00:42:08.079><c> so</c><00:42:08.280><c> we</c><00:42:08.440><c> ask</c><00:42:08.659><c> the</c><00:42:08.840><c> questions</c><00:42:09.260><c> in</c><00:42:09.679><c> John</c><00:42:10.059><c> 1</c><00:42:10.340><c> and</c><00:42:10.460><c> verse</c><00:42:10.739><c> 1.</c>

00:42:11.480 --> 00:42:15.039
What<00:42:11.880><c> beginning</c><00:42:12.599><c> is</c><00:42:13.119><c> referred</c><00:42:13.519><c> to</c><00:42:13.739><c> when</c><00:42:13.860><c> we're</c><00:42:14.099><c> told</c><00:42:14.440><c> in</c><00:42:14.860><c> the</c>

00:42:15.039 --> 00:42:17.159
beginning<00:42:15.480><c> was</c><00:42:16.260><c> the</c><00:42:16.780><c> Word?</c>

00:42:17.619 --> 00:42:19.079
What<00:42:17.840><c> beginning</c><00:42:18.159><c> is</c><00:42:18.400><c> referred</c><00:42:18.699><c> to?</c>

00:42:19.360 --> 00:42:21.559
We<00:42:19.360><c> see</c><00:42:19.539><c> in</c><00:42:19.679><c> John</c><00:42:19.940><c> 15</c><00:42:20.380><c> and</c><00:42:20.519><c> 27</c>

00:42:24.340 --> 00:42:26.639
that<00:42:24.900><c> Jesus</c><00:42:25.460><c> says</c><00:42:25.760><c> to</c><00:42:25.860><c> his</c><00:42:26.099><c> disciples,</c>

00:42:27.099 --> 00:42:29.360
ye<00:42:27.099><c> also</c><00:42:27.579><c> shall</c><00:42:27.780><c> bear</c><00:42:28.019><c> witness</c><00:42:28.300><c> because</c><00:42:28.679><c> ye</c><00:42:28.880><c> have</c><00:42:28.960><c> been</c><00:42:29.159><c> with</c>

00:42:29.360 --> 00:42:30.980
me<00:42:29.659><c> from</c><00:42:30.139><c> the</c><00:42:30.579><c> beginning.</c>

00:42:31.219 --> 00:42:33.380
And<00:42:31.420><c> the</c><00:42:31.639><c> beginning</c><00:42:31.900><c> there</c><00:42:32.139><c> was</c><00:42:32.380><c> obviously</c><00:42:32.820><c> the</c><00:42:33.079><c> beginning</c>

00:42:33.380 --> 00:42:34.260
of<00:42:33.559><c> his</c><00:42:33.820><c> ministry</c>

00:42:34.260 --> 00:42:36.780
and<00:42:34.679><c> several</c><00:42:35.000><c> other</c><00:42:35.219><c> verses</c><00:42:35.599><c> that</c><00:42:35.880><c> we</c><00:42:36.000><c> could</c><00:42:36.219><c> follow</c><00:42:36.420><c> up</c><00:42:36.599><c> in</c>

00:42:36.780 --> 00:42:38.139
chapters<00:42:37.039><c> 15</c><00:42:37.440><c> and</c><00:42:37.599><c> 16.</c>

00:42:38.300 --> 00:42:41.000
In<00:42:38.480><c> fact,</c><00:42:38.679><c> just</c><00:42:38.900><c> use</c><00:42:39.059><c> your</c><00:42:39.320><c> concordance</c><00:42:39.800><c> and</c><00:42:39.900><c> see</c><00:42:40.099><c> how</c><00:42:40.360><c> John</c>

00:42:41.000 --> 00:42:42.920
otherwise<00:42:41.780><c> uses</c><00:42:42.079><c> the</c><00:42:42.300><c> word</c><00:42:42.500><c> beginning.</c>

00:42:43.260 --> 00:42:45.820
The<00:42:43.519><c> beginning</c><00:42:43.840><c> could</c><00:42:44.159><c> refer</c><00:42:44.539><c> to</c><00:42:44.699><c> the</c><00:42:44.900><c> beginning</c><00:42:45.199><c> of</c><00:42:45.639><c> the</c>

00:42:45.820 --> 00:42:46.619
spiritual<00:42:46.159><c> creation.</c>

00:42:47.019 --> 00:42:50.239
Who<00:42:47.159><c> is</c><00:42:47.400><c> the</c><00:42:47.599><c> Word</c><00:42:47.880><c> that</c><00:42:47.980><c> is</c><00:42:48.199><c> referred</c><00:42:48.500><c> to</c><00:42:48.739><c> in</c><00:42:49.219><c> John</c><00:42:49.559><c> 1</c><00:42:49.840><c> and</c><00:42:50.000><c> 1?</c>

00:42:50.500 --> 00:42:53.719
All<00:42:50.679><c> we</c><00:42:50.780><c> have</c><00:42:50.940><c> to</c><00:42:51.059><c> do</c><00:42:51.139><c> is</c><00:42:51.260><c> look</c><00:42:51.460><c> at</c><00:42:51.619><c> 1</c><00:42:51.880><c> John</c><00:42:52.139><c> 1</c><00:42:52.440><c> and</c><00:42:52.579><c> 1,</c><00:42:53.219><c> which</c><00:42:53.380><c> says,</c>

00:42:54.199 --> 00:42:56.219
that<00:42:54.199><c> which</c><00:42:54.400><c> we</c><00:42:54.539><c> have</c><00:42:54.739><c> seen,</c><00:42:55.099><c> that</c><00:42:55.360><c> which</c><00:42:55.539><c> we</c><00:42:55.699><c> have</c><00:42:55.860><c> handled</c>

00:42:56.219 --> 00:42:57.380
of<00:42:56.440><c> the</c><00:42:56.659><c> Word</c><00:42:56.880><c> of</c><00:42:57.079><c> life.</c>

00:42:57.820 --> 00:43:01.619
And<00:42:57.980><c> John</c><00:42:58.179><c> is</c><00:42:59.119><c> undoubtedly</c><00:42:59.699><c> referring</c><00:43:00.199><c> to</c><00:43:00.420><c> Jesus</c><00:43:00.719><c> Christ</c><00:43:01.079><c> himself.</c>

00:43:01.619 --> 00:43:04.860
In<00:43:02.099><c> Revelation</c><00:43:02.500><c> 19</c><00:43:03.059><c> and</c><00:43:03.239><c> 13,</c><00:43:03.639><c> we</c><00:43:03.820><c> get</c><00:43:04.000><c> the</c><00:43:04.179><c> same</c><00:43:04.420><c> answer.</c>

00:43:05.159 --> 00:43:08.739
The<00:43:05.239><c> Lord</c><00:43:05.500><c> Jesus</c><00:43:05.880><c> comes</c><00:43:06.179><c> from</c><00:43:06.420><c> heaven</c><00:43:06.800><c> and</c><00:43:07.219><c> his</c><00:43:07.480><c> name</c><00:43:07.780><c> is</c><00:43:08.420><c> the</c>

00:43:08.739 --> 00:43:10.099
Word<00:43:08.940><c> of</c><00:43:09.159><c> God.</c>

00:43:10.800 --> 00:43:15.579
In<00:43:11.380><c> verse</c><00:43:11.719><c> 3,</c><00:43:13.119><c> the</c><00:43:13.360><c> RSV</c><00:43:13.840><c> margin</c><00:43:14.360><c> says,</c>

00:43:16.059 --> 00:43:19.500
that<00:43:16.139><c> which</c><00:43:16.480><c> has</c><00:43:16.840><c> been</c><00:43:17.179><c> made</c><00:43:17.699><c> was</c><00:43:18.199><c> life</c><00:43:18.840><c> in</c><00:43:19.239><c> him.</c>

00:43:19.840 --> 00:43:22.539
And<00:43:20.059><c> notice</c><00:43:20.239><c> how</c><00:43:20.579><c> if</c><00:43:20.900><c> you</c><00:43:21.059><c> just</c><00:43:21.260><c> look</c><00:43:21.380><c> at</c><00:43:21.500><c> the</c><00:43:21.659><c> RSV</c><00:43:22.139><c> margin,</c>

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how<00:43:22.960><c> much</c><00:43:23.199><c> more</c><00:43:23.500><c> sense</c><00:43:23.679><c> it</c><00:43:23.920><c> makes</c><00:43:24.139><c> than</c><00:43:24.699><c> in</c><00:43:25.059><c> this</c><00:43:25.239><c> rather</c>

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garbled<00:43:26.000><c> version,</c>

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in<00:43:26.519><c> the</c><00:43:26.659><c> King</c><00:43:26.880><c> James</c><00:43:27.139><c> version,</c><00:43:27.780><c> all</c><00:43:28.019><c> things</c><00:43:28.239><c> were</c><00:43:28.440><c> made</c><00:43:28.599><c> by</c><00:43:28.860><c> him</c>

00:43:29.159 --> 00:43:31.599
and<00:43:29.480><c> without</c><00:43:29.780><c> him</c><00:43:29.940><c> was</c><00:43:30.099><c> not</c><00:43:30.260><c> anything</c><00:43:30.559><c> made</c><00:43:30.880><c> that</c><00:43:31.059><c> was</c><00:43:31.280><c> made.</c>

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Rather<00:43:32.059><c> confusing.</c>

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But<00:43:33.000><c> the</c><00:43:33.179><c> RSV</c><00:43:33.599><c> cuts</c><00:43:33.840><c> through</c><00:43:34.139><c> this,</c><00:43:34.800><c> clarifies</c><00:43:35.280><c> it,</c><00:43:35.760><c> and</c><00:43:35.940><c> says</c><00:43:36.260><c> precisely,</c>

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that<00:43:37.639><c> which</c><00:43:37.980><c> was</c><00:43:38.380><c> made</c><00:43:38.860><c> in</c><00:43:39.380><c> this</c><00:43:39.739><c> creation,</c><00:43:40.260><c> in</c><00:43:40.460><c> this</c><00:43:40.760><c> beginning,</c>

00:43:41.500 --> 00:43:45.179
was<00:43:42.079><c> life</c><00:43:42.840><c> in</c><00:43:43.420><c> him,</c><00:43:44.059><c> the</c><00:43:44.380><c> Word.</c>

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So<00:43:45.559><c> again,</c><00:43:45.800><c> we're</c><00:43:45.980><c> right</c><00:43:46.199><c> back</c><00:43:46.380><c> to</c><00:43:46.519><c> that</c><00:43:46.659><c> same</c><00:43:46.880><c> idea,</c><00:43:47.219><c> the</c><00:43:47.380><c> new</c><00:43:47.599><c> creation.</c>

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What<00:43:48.440><c> was</c><00:43:48.639><c> being</c><00:43:48.880><c> created</c><00:43:49.239><c> here</c><00:43:49.519><c> in</c><00:43:49.739><c> this</c><00:43:50.000><c> beginning,</c>

00:43:50.820 --> 00:43:52.480
this<00:43:51.099><c> new</c><00:43:51.380><c> beginning</c><00:43:51.659><c> of</c><00:43:51.820><c> God's</c><00:43:52.199><c> purpose?</c>

00:43:52.820 --> 00:43:56.420
Life<00:43:53.260><c> in</c><00:43:53.639><c> Christ</c><00:43:54.119><c> through</c><00:43:54.500><c> the</c><00:43:54.760><c> work</c><00:43:54.900><c> of</c><00:43:55.159><c> God</c><00:43:55.480><c> reconciling</c>

00:43:56.420 --> 00:43:58.039
the<00:43:56.599><c> world</c><00:43:56.800><c> into</c><00:43:57.019><c> himself.</c>

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And<00:43:58.460><c> again,</c><00:43:58.639><c> a</c><00:43:58.800><c> final</c><00:43:59.099><c> question.</c>

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If<00:43:59.820><c> we</c><00:43:59.960><c> look</c><00:44:00.139><c> at</c><00:44:00.260><c> John</c><00:44:00.500><c> 8</c><00:44:00.820><c> and</c><00:44:01.000><c> verse</c><00:44:01.219><c> 12,</c>

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who<00:44:02.079><c> is</c><00:44:02.400><c> called</c><00:44:02.719><c> the</c><00:44:03.219><c> light</c><00:44:03.719><c> of</c><00:44:04.119><c> the</c><00:44:04.300><c> world?</c>

00:44:05.019 --> 00:44:06.159
The<00:44:05.139><c> Lord</c><00:44:05.360><c> Jesus</c><00:44:05.719><c> Christ.</c>

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And<00:44:06.619><c> so</c><00:44:06.820><c> in</c><00:44:06.960><c> verse</c><00:44:07.179><c> 4,</c><00:44:07.559><c> we</c><00:44:07.639><c> read,</c>

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this<00:44:08.480><c> life</c><00:44:09.119><c> was</c><00:44:09.500><c> the</c><00:44:09.880><c> light</c><00:44:10.179><c> of</c><00:44:10.460><c> men</c><00:44:10.800><c> and</c><00:44:11.179><c> the</c><00:44:11.420><c> light</c><00:44:11.639><c> shined</c>

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in<00:44:12.260><c> darkness.</c>

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And<00:44:12.800><c> I</c><00:44:12.940><c> am</c><00:44:13.079><c> just</c><00:44:13.239><c> suggesting</c><00:44:13.719><c> that</c><00:44:14.139><c> it</c><00:44:14.340><c> is</c><00:44:14.519><c> quite</c><00:44:14.780><c> possible,</c>

00:44:15.639 --> 00:44:19.780
quite<00:44:15.900><c> plausible</c><00:44:16.400><c> and</c><00:44:16.619><c> not</c><00:44:16.860><c> with</c><00:44:18.639><c> any</c><00:44:18.880><c> great</c><00:44:19.159><c> difficulty,</c>

00:44:20.159 --> 00:44:23.780
that<00:44:20.280><c> we</c><00:44:20.460><c> read</c><00:44:20.679><c> John</c><00:44:21.119><c> 1</c><00:44:21.579><c> as</c><00:44:21.980><c> referring</c><00:44:22.260><c> to</c><00:44:22.480><c> the</c><00:44:22.619><c> new</c><00:44:22.900><c> spiritual</c><00:44:23.360><c> creation.</c>

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We<00:44:24.079><c> may</c><00:44:24.239><c> have</c><00:44:24.360><c> to</c><00:44:24.519><c> clean</c><00:44:24.619><c> up</c><00:44:24.800><c> a</c><00:44:24.920><c> few</c><00:44:25.000><c> little</c><00:44:25.239><c> ideas</c><00:44:25.639><c> as</c><00:44:25.800><c> we</c><00:44:25.920><c> go</c><00:44:26.099><c> along,</c>

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change<00:44:26.960><c> our</c><00:44:27.179><c> thinking</c><00:44:27.380><c> on</c><00:44:27.559><c> a</c><00:44:27.639><c> couple</c><00:44:27.820><c> of</c><00:44:28.079><c> phrases,</c>

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but<00:44:28.800><c> it</c><00:44:29.059><c> reads</c><00:44:29.239><c> so</c><00:44:29.659><c> beautifully</c><00:44:30.280><c> expressive</c><00:44:31.159><c> of</c><00:44:31.400><c> God's</c><00:44:31.840><c> purpose.</c>

00:44:32.380 --> 00:44:36.800
This<00:44:32.739><c> was</c><00:44:33.119><c> the</c><00:44:33.360><c> beginning</c><00:44:33.760><c> of</c><00:44:34.079><c> God's</c><00:44:34.559><c> new</c><00:44:34.980><c> spiritual</c><00:44:35.679><c> creation</c><00:44:36.280><c> in</c><00:44:36.699><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:44:36.960><c> Jesus</c><00:44:37.360><c> Christ.</c>