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But<00:12:46.940><c> instead</c><00:12:47.299><c> of</c><00:12:47.539><c> saying,</c><00:12:48.299><c> but</c><00:12:48.379><c> to</c><00:12:48.559><c> this</c><00:12:48.960><c> man</c><00:12:49.200><c> will</c><00:12:49.399><c> I</c><00:12:49.600><c> look,</c>

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ye<00:13:01.460><c> do</c><00:13:01.720><c> always</c><00:13:02.340><c> resist</c><00:13:02.919><c> the</c><00:13:03.220><c> Holy</c><00:13:03.440><c> Spirit</c><00:13:03.960><c> as</c><00:13:04.480><c> your</c><00:13:04.799><c> fathers</c>

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did,<00:13:06.179><c> so</c><00:13:06.559><c> do</c><00:13:07.220><c> ye.</c>

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And<00:13:12.399><c> they</c><00:13:12.539><c> have</c><00:13:12.799><c> slain</c><00:13:13.100><c> them</c><00:13:13.320><c> which</c><00:13:13.620><c> showed</c><00:13:13.879><c> before</c><00:13:14.440><c> of</c><00:13:14.820><c> the</c>

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of<00:13:17.100><c> whom</c><00:13:17.259><c> ye</c><00:13:17.399><c> have</c><00:13:17.539><c> now</c><00:13:17.759><c> been</c><00:13:17.960><c> the</c><00:13:18.299><c> betrayers</c><00:13:19.059><c> and</c><00:13:19.519><c> murderers,</c>

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who<00:13:20.559><c> have</c><00:13:20.679><c> received</c><00:13:21.159><c> the</c><00:13:21.399><c> law</c><00:13:21.539><c> by</c><00:13:21.820><c> the</c><00:13:22.080><c> disposition</c><00:13:22.519><c> of</c><00:13:22.840><c> angels</c><00:13:23.279><c> and</c>

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have<00:13:23.960><c> not</c><00:13:24.720><c> kept</c><00:13:25.019><c> it.</c>

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They<00:13:30.159><c> knew</c><00:13:30.379><c> that</c><00:13:30.639><c> scripture</c><00:13:31.159><c> better</c><00:13:31.779><c> than</c><00:13:32.019><c> we</c><00:13:32.279><c> do</c><00:13:32.580><c> in</c><00:13:32.960><c> terms</c>

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this<00:13:45.179><c> man</c><00:13:45.379><c> will</c><00:13:45.620><c> I</c><00:13:45.820><c> look,</c><00:13:47.679><c> ye</c><00:13:48.019><c> stiff</c><00:13:48.360><c>-necked</c><00:13:49.340><c> and</c><00:13:49.879><c> uncircumcised</c><00:13:51.299><c> in</c><00:13:52.080><c> heart</c>

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Lord<00:14:02.600><c> Jesus</c><00:14:03.059><c> Christ</c><00:14:03.480><c> directed</c><00:14:03.879><c> them</c><00:14:04.179><c> to</c><00:14:04.279><c> when</c><00:14:04.500><c> he</c><00:14:04.700><c> cleansed</c>

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In<00:14:10.399><c> that</c><00:14:10.679><c> section,</c><00:14:11.279><c> Jeremiah</c><00:14:11.639><c> 6</c><00:14:12.159><c> to</c><00:14:13.559><c> 7</c><00:14:14.100><c> and</c><00:14:14.740><c> a</c><00:14:14.860><c> little</c><00:14:15.039><c> further</c>

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on,<00:14:15.860><c> we</c><00:14:15.919><c> find</c><00:14:16.279><c> there</c><00:14:17.019><c> the</c><00:14:17.379><c> account,</c><00:14:18.679><c> let's</c><00:14:18.860><c> just</c><00:14:19.000><c> look</c><00:14:19.159><c> at</c><00:14:19.259><c> Jeremiah</c><00:14:19.740><c> chapter</c><00:14:20.039><c> 6</c>

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witness<00:14:34.059><c> against</c><00:14:34.559><c> this</c><00:14:34.799><c> people.</c>

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Jeremiah<00:14:40.440><c> chapter</c><00:14:40.779><c> 6</c><00:14:41.080><c> verse</c><00:14:41.360><c> 10.</c>

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Behold,<00:14:48.700><c> their</c><00:14:48.980><c> ear</c><00:14:49.460><c> is</c><00:14:50.159><c> uncircumcised</c><00:14:51.440><c> and</c><00:14:51.879><c> they</c><00:14:52.120><c> cannot</c><00:14:52.500><c> hearken.</c>

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Behold,<00:14:54.059><c> the</c><00:14:54.200><c> word</c><00:14:54.399><c> of</c><00:14:54.679><c> Yahweh</c><00:14:55.159><c> is</c><00:14:55.419><c> unto</c><00:14:55.559><c> them</c><00:14:55.779><c> a</c><00:14:55.960><c> reproach.</c>

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They<00:15:05.159><c> were</c><00:15:05.440><c> covered</c><00:15:05.659><c> over</c><00:15:06.419><c> flesh</c><00:15:07.039><c> and</c><00:15:07.559><c> blotted</c><00:15:07.919><c> out</c><00:15:08.220><c> the</c><00:15:08.539><c> sound</c><00:15:08.820><c> of</c>

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It<00:15:27.000><c> says,</c><00:15:27.379><c> verse</c><00:15:27.539><c> 25,</c><00:15:28.139><c> Behold,</c><00:15:28.600><c> the</c><00:15:28.779><c> days</c><00:15:29.019><c> come,</c><00:15:29.480><c> saith</c><00:15:29.679><c> Yahweh,</c><00:15:30.080><c> that</c>

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So<00:15:50.379><c> in</c><00:15:50.480><c> that</c><00:15:50.679><c> very</c><00:15:50.980><c> section</c><00:15:51.340><c> of</c><00:15:51.559><c> Jeremiah</c><00:15:51.960><c> the</c><00:15:52.200><c> Lord</c><00:15:52.779><c> had</c><00:15:53.200><c> quoted</c><00:15:53.620><c> in</c>

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He<00:16:11.080><c> is</c><00:16:11.340><c> drawing</c><00:16:11.659><c> attention</c><00:16:12.460><c> to</c><00:16:12.919><c> a</c><00:16:13.179><c> point</c><00:16:13.320><c> they</c><00:16:13.639><c> had</c><00:16:13.879><c> already</c>

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noted<00:16:15.059><c> when</c><00:16:16.379><c> the</c><00:16:16.559><c> Lord</c><00:16:16.740><c> Jesus</c><00:16:17.179><c> Christ</c><00:16:17.799><c> had</c><00:16:18.240><c> spoken</c><00:16:18.600><c> to</c><00:16:18.820><c> them.</c>

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And<00:16:20.860><c> Jeremiah</c><00:16:21.220><c> in</c><00:16:21.679><c> turn</c><00:16:22.000><c> is</c><00:16:22.460><c> taking</c><00:16:22.779><c> hold</c><00:16:23.019><c> of</c><00:16:23.200><c> a</c><00:16:23.379><c> passage</c><00:16:23.659><c> that</c>

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Brother<00:16:24.059><c> Colin</c><00:16:24.539><c> has</c><00:16:24.919><c> directed</c><00:16:25.320><c> our</c><00:16:25.639><c> attention</c><00:16:26.059><c> to</c><00:16:26.620><c> earlier</c>

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Deuteronomy<00:16:31.659><c> chapter</c><00:16:32.000><c> 10</c><00:16:32.299><c> and</c><00:16:32.500><c> verse</c><00:16:32.659><c> 16.</c>

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Where<00:16:34.120><c> we</c><00:16:34.340><c> find</c><00:16:34.500><c> the</c><00:16:34.779><c> spirit</c><00:16:35.000><c> of</c><00:16:35.259><c> Christ</c><00:16:35.820><c> in</c><00:16:36.320><c> the</c><00:16:36.580><c> law.</c>

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In<00:16:46.419><c> verse</c><00:16:46.679><c> 15.</c>

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It<00:16:52.139><c> says</c><00:16:52.259><c> only</c><00:16:52.679><c> that</c><00:16:52.980><c> Yahweh</c><00:16:53.240><c> had</c><00:16:53.480><c> a</c><00:16:53.659><c> delight</c><00:16:53.960><c> in</c><00:16:54.159><c> thy</c><00:16:54.320><c> fathers</c>

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to<00:16:54.960><c> love</c><00:16:55.179><c> them</c><00:16:55.539><c> and</c><00:16:55.919><c> he</c><00:16:56.159><c> chose</c><00:16:56.460><c> their</c><00:16:56.820><c> seed</c><00:16:57.059><c> after</c><00:16:57.480><c> them.</c>

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Even<00:16:58.399><c> you</c><00:16:58.960><c> above</c><00:16:59.440><c> all</c><00:16:59.740><c> the</c><00:16:59.960><c> people</c><00:17:00.279><c> as</c><00:17:00.559><c> it</c><00:17:00.700><c> is</c><00:17:00.879><c> this</c><00:17:01.139><c> day.</c>

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Circumcised<00:17:03.340><c> therefore</c><00:17:04.079><c> the</c><00:17:04.680><c> foreskin</c><00:17:05.220><c> of</c><00:17:05.599><c> your</c><00:17:05.980><c> heart</c><00:17:06.480><c> and</c>

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be<00:17:08.220><c> no</c><00:17:08.740><c> more</c><00:17:09.519><c> stiff</c><00:17:10.019><c>-necked.</c>

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And<00:17:13.420><c> Stephen</c><00:17:13.599><c> says,</c><00:17:14.599><c> ye</c><00:17:14.900><c> stiff</c><00:17:15.380><c>-necked</c><00:17:15.960><c> and</c><00:17:16.400><c> uncircumcised</c>

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of<00:17:17.940><c> heart</c><00:17:18.599><c> and</c><00:17:19.160><c> ear.</c>

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And<00:17:20.519><c> in</c><00:17:20.680><c> two</c><00:17:20.859><c> lines</c><00:17:21.240><c> he</c><00:17:21.440><c> catches</c><00:17:21.980><c> the</c><00:17:22.279><c> spirit</c><00:17:22.599><c> of</c><00:17:22.859><c> Deuteronomy</c>

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and<00:17:23.960><c> Jeremiah.</c>

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Which<00:17:25.500><c> of</c><00:17:25.680><c> course</c><00:17:25.819><c> are</c><00:17:26.039><c> linked</c><00:17:26.200><c> closely</c><00:17:26.619><c> together.</c>

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As<00:17:28.119><c> a</c><00:17:28.319><c> witness</c><00:17:28.660><c> against</c><00:17:29.220><c> them</c><00:17:29.579><c> of</c><00:17:29.920><c> what</c><00:17:30.099><c> they</c><00:17:30.319><c> were</c><00:17:30.460><c> doing.</c>

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He<00:17:36.000><c> reminds</c><00:17:36.420><c> them</c><00:17:36.640><c> in</c><00:17:36.759><c> verse</c><00:17:37.059><c> 52.</c>

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Of<00:17:39.140><c> how</c><00:17:39.599><c> their</c><00:17:39.920><c> fathers</c><00:17:40.339><c> had</c><00:17:40.660><c> treated</c><00:17:40.920><c> the</c><00:17:41.299><c> prophets</c><00:17:41.839><c> of</c><00:17:42.299><c> old.</c>

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In<00:17:43.440><c> whom</c><00:17:43.660><c> the</c><00:17:44.000><c> spirit</c><00:17:44.220><c> of</c><00:17:44.420><c> Christ</c><00:17:44.880><c> spoke.</c>

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And<00:17:46.700><c> he</c><00:17:46.859><c> goes</c><00:17:47.079><c> through</c><00:17:47.319><c> in</c><00:17:47.480><c> verse</c><00:17:47.700><c> 52</c><00:17:48.299><c> what</c><00:17:48.799><c> the</c><00:17:49.019><c> Lord</c><00:17:49.259><c> had</c><00:17:49.640><c> taught</c><00:17:49.759><c> in</c>

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a<00:17:50.240><c> parable.</c>

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Recorded<00:17:52.339><c> in</c><00:17:52.480><c> Mark</c><00:17:52.740><c> chapter</c><00:17:53.119><c> 11.</c>

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For<00:17:54.880><c> when</c><00:17:55.039><c> he</c><00:17:55.119><c> went</c><00:17:55.279><c> into</c><00:17:55.539><c> the</c><00:17:55.759><c> temple</c><00:17:55.980><c> the</c><00:17:56.140><c> Lord</c><00:17:56.380><c> taught</c><00:17:56.940><c> about</c><00:17:57.559><c> the</c><00:17:57.819><c> husbandmen.</c>

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Who<00:17:59.539><c> refused</c><00:18:00.019><c> to</c><00:18:00.299><c> yield</c><00:18:00.519><c> the</c><00:18:00.819><c> fruit</c><00:18:01.000><c> to</c><00:18:01.259><c> the</c><00:18:01.480><c> owner</c><00:18:01.779><c> of</c><00:18:02.019><c> the</c><00:18:02.220><c> vineyard.</c>

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But<00:18:03.980><c> the</c><00:18:04.160><c> owner</c><00:18:04.299><c> of</c><00:18:04.480><c> the</c><00:18:04.660><c> vineyard</c><00:18:04.980><c> sent</c><00:18:05.299><c> his</c><00:18:05.660><c> servants.</c>

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They<00:18:09.180><c> beat</c><00:18:09.500><c> some,</c><00:18:09.819><c> they</c><00:18:10.079><c> killed</c><00:18:10.420><c> others.</c>

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But<00:18:11.819><c> still</c><00:18:12.119><c> he</c><00:18:12.400><c> sent</c><00:18:12.599><c> his</c><00:18:12.940><c> servants</c><00:18:13.420><c> to</c><00:18:13.859><c> seek</c><00:18:14.140><c> fruit</c><00:18:14.559><c> of</c><00:18:14.960><c> that</c><00:18:15.220><c> nation.</c>

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The<00:18:17.700><c> last</c><00:18:18.079><c> of</c><00:18:18.220><c> those</c><00:18:18.559><c> servants,</c><00:18:18.940><c> or</c><00:18:19.039><c> the</c><00:18:19.180><c> last</c><00:18:19.480><c> but</c><00:18:19.779><c> one,</c><00:18:21.640><c> we</c>

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could<00:18:21.940><c> say</c><00:18:22.119><c> was</c><00:18:22.380><c> Malachi.</c>

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And<00:18:26.900><c> then</c><00:18:27.059><c> John</c><00:18:27.200><c> the</c><00:18:27.400><c> Baptist.</c>

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And<00:18:30.000><c> last</c><00:18:30.279><c> of</c><00:18:30.539><c> all</c><00:18:31.299><c> he</c><00:18:31.900><c> sent</c><00:18:32.099><c> his</c><00:18:32.339><c> only</c><00:18:32.599><c> beloved</c><00:18:33.039><c> son.</c>

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And<00:18:35.799><c> they</c><00:18:36.000><c> knew,</c><00:18:36.420><c> brethren</c><00:18:36.680><c> and</c><00:18:36.980><c> sisters,</c><00:18:37.519><c> that</c><00:18:37.779><c> he</c><00:18:38.039><c> spoke</c>

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that<00:18:38.859><c> parable</c><00:18:39.319><c> against</c><00:18:40.099><c> them.</c>

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They<00:18:42.980><c> understood</c><00:18:43.460><c> perfectly</c><00:18:44.240><c> the</c><00:18:44.619><c> point</c><00:18:44.799><c> he</c><00:18:44.960><c> was</c><00:18:45.200><c> making.</c>

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That<00:18:47.559><c> that</c><00:18:47.859><c> line</c><00:18:48.039><c> of</c><00:18:48.299><c> rejection</c><00:18:49.140><c> was</c><00:18:50.259><c> the</c><00:18:50.460><c> history</c><00:18:50.880><c> of</c><00:18:51.079><c> their</c>

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own<00:18:51.579><c> people.</c>

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They<00:18:52.079><c> knew</c><00:18:52.279><c> that.</c>

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And<00:18:53.920><c> just</c><00:18:54.099><c> that</c><00:18:54.319><c> last</c><00:18:54.680><c> piece</c><00:18:54.880><c> of</c><00:18:55.059><c> the</c><00:18:55.220><c> jigsaw.</c>

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They<00:18:57.740><c> could</c><00:18:57.960><c> understand</c><00:18:58.619><c> what</c><00:18:58.900><c> he</c><00:18:59.079><c> was</c><00:18:59.319><c> saying.</c>

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They<00:19:02.259><c> knew</c><00:19:02.559><c> he</c><00:19:02.740><c> was</c><00:19:03.059><c> the</c><00:19:03.319><c> son.</c>

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I<00:19:04.400><c> don't</c><00:19:04.619><c> believe</c><00:19:04.940><c> they</c><00:19:05.160><c> knew</c><00:19:05.339><c> he</c><00:19:05.500><c> was</c><00:19:05.680><c> the</c><00:19:05.779><c> son</c><00:19:05.980><c> of</c><00:19:06.259><c> God.</c>

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But<00:19:09.400><c> I</c><00:19:09.539><c> do</c><00:19:09.759><c> believe</c><00:19:10.279><c> they</c><00:19:10.660><c> knew</c><00:19:11.160><c> the</c><00:19:11.779><c> truth</c><00:19:11.980><c> of</c><00:19:12.119><c> what</c><00:19:12.299><c> the</c><00:19:12.440><c> Lord</c>

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said<00:19:12.779><c> in</c><00:19:12.980><c> the</c><00:19:13.240><c> parable.</c>

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Behold,<00:19:15.299><c> this</c><00:19:15.579><c> is</c><00:19:15.839><c> the</c><00:19:16.140><c> heir.</c>

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Come,<00:19:18.380><c> let</c><00:19:18.500><c> us</c><00:19:18.759><c> kill</c><00:19:19.019><c> him.</c>

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That<00:19:20.059><c> the</c><00:19:20.339><c> inheritance</c><00:19:20.680><c> might</c><00:19:21.000><c> be</c><00:19:21.299><c> ours.</c>

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They<00:19:25.759><c> killed</c><00:19:26.019><c> the</c><00:19:26.180><c> Lord</c><00:19:26.339><c> Jesus</c><00:19:26.779><c> Christ</c><00:19:27.079><c> because</c><00:19:27.480><c> they</c><00:19:27.920><c> were</c>

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worried<00:19:28.779><c> that</c><00:19:29.119><c> the</c><00:19:29.339><c> Romans</c><00:19:29.640><c> would</c><00:19:29.920><c> come</c><00:19:30.099><c> and</c><00:19:30.359><c> take</c><00:19:30.599><c> away</c>

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their<00:19:32.240><c> place.</c>

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And<00:19:33.980><c> that</c><00:19:34.119><c> if</c><00:19:34.240><c> they</c><00:19:34.440><c> got</c><00:19:34.660><c> rid</c><00:19:34.859><c> of</c><00:19:35.059><c> this</c><00:19:35.400><c> man,</c><00:19:36.079><c> they</c><00:19:36.279><c> would</c><00:19:36.579><c> retain</c><00:19:37.079><c> the</c>

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inheritance<00:19:37.880><c> for</c><00:19:38.140><c> themselves.</c>

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But<00:19:39.480><c> why</c><00:19:39.759><c> was</c><00:19:39.960><c> this</c><00:19:40.259><c> man</c><00:19:40.440><c> such</c><00:19:40.720><c> a</c><00:19:40.920><c> threat?</c>

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Because<00:19:43.140><c> they</c><00:19:43.500><c> knew</c><00:19:43.960><c> he</c><00:19:44.359><c> was</c><00:19:44.640><c> the</c><00:19:44.859><c> son</c><00:19:45.460><c> of</c><00:19:45.880><c> David.</c>

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The<00:19:48.660><c> genealogy</c><00:19:49.279><c> in</c><00:19:49.460><c> Matthew</c><00:19:49.740><c> chapter</c><00:19:50.200><c> 1</c><00:19:50.980><c> appears</c><00:19:51.539><c> to</c><00:19:51.799><c> be</c><00:19:51.940><c> an</c>

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official<00:19:53.039><c> family</c><00:19:53.759><c> tree</c><00:19:54.259><c> of</c><00:19:54.740><c> the</c><00:19:54.920><c> Lord</c><00:19:55.119><c> Jesus</c><00:19:55.559><c> Christ.</c>

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It's<00:19:57.859><c> been</c><00:19:58.019><c> suggested</c><00:19:58.500><c> that</c><00:19:58.759><c> those</c><00:19:59.200><c> family</c><00:19:59.619><c> trees</c><00:19:59.920><c> were</c><00:20:00.200><c> kept</c>

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by<00:20:01.220><c> the</c><00:20:01.559><c> scribes</c><00:20:02.359><c> in</c><00:20:02.640><c> the</c><00:20:02.880><c> temple.</c>

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How<00:20:03.279><c> else</c><00:20:03.559><c> did</c><00:20:03.680><c> they</c><00:20:03.859><c> know</c><00:20:03.940><c> to</c><00:20:04.099><c> go</c><00:20:04.240><c> to</c><00:20:04.460><c> Bethlehem?</c>

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And<00:20:05.859><c> how</c><00:20:06.079><c> else</c><00:20:06.220><c> was</c><00:20:06.480><c> acceptable</c><00:20:07.000><c> that</c><00:20:07.319><c> these</c><00:20:07.619><c> people</c><00:20:07.920><c> from</c><00:20:08.640><c> up</c>

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in<00:20:09.079><c> Galilee</c><00:20:09.460><c> should</c><00:20:10.099><c> come</c><00:20:10.380><c> down</c><00:20:10.619><c> to</c><00:20:10.859><c> Bethlehem</c><00:20:12.079><c> and</c><00:20:13.220><c> be</c>

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registered<00:20:13.960><c> there?</c>

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There<00:20:14.779><c> must</c><00:20:15.059><c> have</c><00:20:15.240><c> been</c><00:20:15.380><c> some</c><00:20:15.700><c> official</c><00:20:17.299><c> document</c><00:20:18.559><c> or</c><00:20:18.900><c> record</c>

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to<00:20:20.220><c> accept</c><00:20:20.680><c> them</c><00:20:21.059><c> for</c><00:20:21.299><c> what</c><00:20:21.460><c> they</c><00:20:21.759><c> said</c><00:20:21.900><c> they</c><00:20:22.180><c> were.</c>

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And<00:20:25.359><c> anyway,</c><00:20:26.019><c> the</c><00:20:26.700><c> family</c><00:20:27.140><c> tree</c><00:20:27.559><c> of</c><00:20:28.200><c> Joseph</c><00:20:28.680><c> and</c><00:20:28.980><c> Mary</c><00:20:29.220><c> could</c>

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easily<00:20:29.859><c> have</c><00:20:30.059><c> been</c><00:20:30.319><c> checked.</c>

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And<00:20:31.519><c> it</c><00:20:31.720><c> would</c><00:20:31.880><c> have</c><00:20:32.160><c> disproved</c><00:20:32.900><c> the</c><00:20:33.180><c> claims</c><00:20:33.440><c> that</c><00:20:33.740><c> Christ</c>

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was<00:20:34.259><c> making.</c>

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And<00:20:35.380><c> the</c><00:20:35.619><c> officials</c><00:20:35.940><c> who</c><00:20:36.119><c> had</c><00:20:36.259><c> access</c><00:20:36.619><c> to</c><00:20:36.799><c> those</c><00:20:36.940><c> could</c><00:20:37.160><c> easily</c><00:20:37.579><c> have</c>

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discredited<00:20:38.579><c> any</c><00:20:39.079><c> imposter.</c>

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Because<00:20:40.099><c> all</c><00:20:40.259><c> you</c><00:20:40.339><c> had</c><00:20:40.440><c> to</c><00:20:40.579><c> do</c><00:20:40.660><c> was</c><00:20:40.880><c> prove</c><00:20:41.180><c> that</c><00:20:41.359><c> this</c><00:20:41.640><c> man</c><00:20:41.759><c> was</c>

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not<00:20:42.240><c> descended</c><00:20:42.660><c> from</c><00:20:43.019><c> David.</c>

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And<00:20:46.099><c> you've</c><00:20:46.359><c> ruled</c><00:20:46.480><c> out</c><00:20:46.799><c> his</c><00:20:47.099><c> legitimate</c><00:20:47.619><c> claims</c><00:20:48.059><c> to</c><00:20:48.359><c> be</c><00:20:48.519><c> the</c><00:20:48.720><c> Messiah.</c>

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And<00:20:50.900><c> you</c><00:20:51.079><c> remember</c><00:20:51.559><c> Nicodemus</c><00:20:52.640><c> was</c><00:20:53.460><c> involved</c><00:20:53.920><c> in</c><00:20:54.160><c> that.</c>

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They<00:20:55.259><c> said,</c><00:20:55.559><c> out</c><00:20:55.579><c> of</c><00:20:55.839><c> Galilee,</c><00:20:56.299><c> ariseth</c><00:20:56.680><c> no</c><00:20:57.000><c> prophet.</c>

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Search<00:20:58.019><c> and</c><00:20:58.299><c> look,</c><00:20:58.559><c> they</c><00:20:58.740><c> said</c><00:20:58.940><c> to</c><00:20:59.079><c> him.</c>

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Now<00:20:59.660><c> he</c><00:20:59.700><c> was</c><00:20:59.940><c> the</c><00:21:00.559><c> official</c><00:21:01.359><c> theologian</c><00:21:02.240><c> of</c><00:21:02.460><c> the</c><00:21:02.619><c> Sanhedrin.</c>

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So<00:21:05.259><c> what</c><00:21:05.440><c> would</c><00:21:05.539><c> he</c><00:21:05.680><c> have</c><00:21:05.839><c> done?</c><00:21:06.039><c> This</c><00:21:06.339><c> man</c><00:21:06.559><c> was</c><00:21:06.779><c> honorable.</c>

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Well,<00:21:08.140><c> that's</c><00:21:08.440><c> absolutely</c><00:21:08.740><c> right.</c><00:21:08.940><c> If</c><00:21:09.059><c> this</c><00:21:09.420><c> man</c><00:21:09.740><c> comes</c><00:21:10.240><c> from</c>

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Nazareth,<00:21:12.279><c> then</c><00:21:12.359><c> he's</c><00:21:12.619><c> not</c><00:21:12.839><c> the</c><00:21:13.039><c> Messiah.</c>

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And<00:21:15.500><c> I</c><00:21:15.660><c> do</c><00:21:15.819><c> believe</c><00:21:16.180><c> that</c><00:21:16.400><c> he</c><00:21:16.599><c> searched</c><00:21:16.839><c> and</c><00:21:17.099><c> looked.</c>

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And<00:21:20.099><c> the</c><00:21:20.220><c> next</c><00:21:20.400><c> time</c><00:21:20.539><c> we</c><00:21:20.759><c> meet</c><00:21:20.980><c> him,</c><00:21:22.279><c> he's</c><00:21:22.500><c> got</c><00:21:22.720><c> with</c><00:21:22.900><c> him</c><00:21:23.140><c> myrrh.</c>

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Where<00:21:25.259><c> did</c><00:21:25.420><c> he</c><00:21:25.539><c> get</c><00:21:25.660><c> the</c><00:21:25.859><c> myrrh</c><00:21:26.099><c> from?</c>

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Where<00:21:28.700><c> would</c><00:21:28.799><c> you</c><00:21:29.059><c> search</c><00:21:29.240><c> and</c><00:21:29.480><c> look?</c>

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Go<00:21:31.000><c> and</c><00:21:31.140><c> ask</c><00:21:31.279><c> Mary.</c>

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Where<00:21:33.640><c> was</c><00:21:33.799><c> he</c><00:21:33.980><c> born,</c><00:21:34.940><c> Mary?</c>

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Bethlehem.

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So<00:21:40.640><c> he's</c><00:21:41.200><c> officially</c><00:21:41.579><c> the</c><00:21:41.779><c> son</c><00:21:41.940><c> of</c><00:21:42.180><c> Joseph,</c><00:21:42.740><c> yes?</c>

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What's<00:21:44.500><c> Joseph's</c><00:21:45.059><c> family</c><00:21:45.339><c> tree?</c>

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Ah.

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So<00:21:49.099><c> he's</c><00:21:49.420><c> delightful</c><00:21:49.920><c> air.</c>

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Do<00:21:52.440><c> you</c><00:21:52.500><c> have</c><00:21:52.579><c> any</c><00:21:52.819><c> proof</c><00:21:53.039><c> of</c><00:21:53.259><c> this?</c>

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Is<00:21:56.799><c> that</c><00:21:56.920><c> where</c><00:21:57.079><c> the</c><00:21:57.259><c> myrrh</c><00:21:57.559><c> came</c><00:21:57.700><c> from?</c>

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Given<00:22:00.640><c> by</c><00:22:01.039><c> the</c><00:22:01.240><c> kings</c><00:22:01.779><c> for</c><00:22:03.160><c> his</c><00:22:03.440><c> burial?</c>

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They<00:22:08.279><c> knew</c><00:22:08.880><c> he</c><00:22:09.460><c> was</c><00:22:09.900><c> the</c><00:22:10.240><c> air.</c>

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That's<00:22:12.359><c> why</c><00:22:12.599><c> he</c><00:22:12.740><c> was</c><00:22:12.920><c> such</c><00:22:13.140><c> a</c><00:22:13.319><c> dangerous</c><00:22:13.799><c> man.</c>

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And<00:22:20.140><c> Stephen</c><00:22:20.319><c> is</c><00:22:20.480><c> reminding</c><00:22:20.980><c> them</c><00:22:21.599><c> of</c><00:22:22.720><c> that</c><00:22:23.099><c> parable.</c>

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They<00:22:23.819><c> wouldn't</c><00:22:23.980><c> have</c><00:22:24.140><c> forgotten</c><00:22:24.380><c> it</c><00:22:24.660><c> very</c><00:22:24.920><c> quickly,</c><00:22:25.460><c> would</c><00:22:25.519><c> they?</c>

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And<00:22:29.119><c> now,</c><00:22:30.640><c> his</c><00:22:30.779><c> disciples,</c><00:22:31.559><c> emboldened</c><00:22:32.140><c> by</c><00:22:32.420><c> some</c><00:22:32.720><c> extraordinary</c><00:22:33.480><c> actions,</c>

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were<00:22:35.779><c> saying</c><00:22:36.099><c> he</c><00:22:36.279><c> was</c><00:22:36.599><c> alive</c>

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and<00:22:38.259><c> sitting</c><00:22:38.519><c> at</c><00:22:38.700><c> the</c><00:22:38.940><c> right</c><00:22:39.200><c> hand</c><00:22:39.339><c> of</c><00:22:39.619><c> God</c><00:22:39.819><c> in</c><00:22:40.059><c> fulfillment</c>

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of<00:22:41.480><c> Psalm</c><00:22:41.799><c> 110.</c>

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Not<00:22:43.799><c> only</c><00:22:44.019><c> was</c><00:22:44.220><c> he</c><00:22:44.380><c> the</c><00:22:44.619><c> king,</c><00:22:44.799><c> he</c><00:22:44.900><c> was</c><00:22:45.140><c> a</c><00:22:45.279><c> Melchizedek</c><00:22:45.920><c> king</c><00:22:46.279><c>-priest.</c>

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And<00:22:51.299><c> even</c><00:22:51.480><c> the</c><00:22:51.640><c> man</c><00:22:51.779><c> who</c><00:22:52.000><c> told</c><00:22:52.140><c> them</c><00:22:52.339><c> that,</c><00:22:52.819><c> space</c><00:22:53.099><c> shone</c>

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as<00:22:54.960><c> proof</c><00:22:55.160><c> that</c><00:22:55.339><c> he</c><00:22:55.460><c> had</c><00:22:55.680><c> been</c><00:22:56.259><c> with</c><00:22:57.019><c> the</c><00:22:57.680><c> God</c><00:22:57.839><c> of</c><00:22:58.140><c> glory.</c>

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In<00:23:02.440><c> verse</c><00:23:02.720><c> 51,</c><00:23:04.779><c> Stephen</c><00:23:05.099><c> is</c><00:23:05.339><c> still</c><00:23:05.720><c> in</c><00:23:06.079><c> Isaiah's</c><00:23:06.839><c> prophecy</c>

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when<00:23:07.779><c> he</c><00:23:07.900><c> goes</c><00:23:08.059><c> on</c><00:23:08.299><c> to</c><00:23:08.519><c> say,</c>

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Ye<00:23:09.259><c> do</c><00:23:09.539><c> always</c><00:23:10.140><c> resist</c><00:23:10.980><c> the</c><00:23:11.500><c> Holy</c><00:23:11.759><c> Spirit.</c>

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As<00:23:13.480><c> your</c><00:23:13.779><c> fathers</c><00:23:14.240><c> did,</c><00:23:15.339><c> so</c><00:23:15.779><c> do</c><00:23:16.380><c> ye.</c>

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Let's<00:23:17.240><c> just</c><00:23:17.400><c> have</c><00:23:17.519><c> a</c><00:23:17.539><c> look</c><00:23:17.700><c> back</c><00:23:17.940><c> in</c><00:23:18.140><c> Isaiah</c><00:23:18.779><c> chapter</c><00:23:19.480><c> 63.</c>

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There's<00:23:21.759><c> a</c><00:23:21.920><c> train</c><00:23:22.059><c> of</c><00:23:22.339><c> thought</c><00:23:22.480><c> which</c><00:23:22.920><c> carries</c><00:23:23.220><c> through</c><00:23:23.799><c> into</c>

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chapter<00:23:24.519><c> 66</c>

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where<00:23:26.079><c> he's</c><00:23:26.279><c> already</c><00:23:26.660><c> taken</c><00:23:26.980><c> us.</c>

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The<00:23:29.519><c> resistance</c><00:23:30.059><c> to</c><00:23:30.279><c> the</c><00:23:30.460><c> Holy</c><00:23:30.680><c> Spirit</c><00:23:31.099><c> was</c><00:23:31.279><c> something</c>

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which<00:23:31.960><c> the</c><00:23:32.259><c> fathers</c><00:23:32.779><c> had</c><00:23:33.599><c> done</c><00:23:34.019><c> in</c><00:23:34.640><c> the</c><00:23:34.819><c> wilderness.</c>

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Isaiah<00:23:37.759><c> chapter</c><00:23:38.079><c> 63,</c><00:23:39.099><c> verse</c><00:23:39.400><c> 9.</c>

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In<00:23:44.720><c> all</c><00:23:45.000><c> their</c><00:23:45.220><c> affliction,</c><00:23:45.759><c> he</c><00:23:46.019><c> was</c><00:23:46.279><c> afflicted,</c>

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and<00:23:47.460><c> the</c><00:23:47.680><c> angel</c><00:23:47.900><c> of</c><00:23:48.039><c> his</c><00:23:48.359><c> presence</c><00:23:48.700><c> saved</c><00:23:49.160><c> them.</c>

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In<00:23:50.200><c> his</c><00:23:50.480><c> love</c><00:23:50.680><c> and</c><00:23:50.839><c> in</c><00:23:50.980><c> his</c><00:23:51.240><c> pity,</c><00:23:51.559><c> he</c><00:23:51.880><c> redeemed</c><00:23:52.299><c> them,</c>

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and<00:23:53.299><c> he</c><00:23:53.519><c> bare</c><00:23:53.779><c> them</c><00:23:54.359><c> and</c><00:23:54.740><c> carried</c><00:23:55.019><c> them</c><00:23:55.579><c> all</c><00:23:56.000><c> the</c><00:23:56.259><c> days</c><00:23:56.579><c> of</c><00:23:56.880><c> old.</c>

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But<00:23:58.099><c> they</c><00:23:58.400><c> rebelled</c><00:23:59.059><c> and</c><00:23:59.579><c> vexed</c><00:24:00.319><c> his</c><00:24:00.680><c> Holy</c><00:24:01.099><c> Spirit.</c>

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Therefore,<00:24:03.019><c> he</c><00:24:03.160><c> was</c><00:24:03.480><c> turned</c><00:24:03.700><c> to</c><00:24:03.900><c> be</c><00:24:04.079><c> their</c><00:24:04.279><c> enemy,</c>

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and<00:24:05.200><c> he</c><00:24:05.460><c> fought</c><00:24:05.980><c> against</c><00:24:06.640><c> them.</c>

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So<00:24:09.980><c> they</c><00:24:10.259><c> had</c><00:24:11.259><c> resisted</c><00:24:11.960><c> the</c><00:24:12.200><c> Holy</c><00:24:12.440><c> Spirit</c>

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as<00:24:13.220><c> their</c><00:24:13.559><c> fathers</c><00:24:13.940><c> had</c><00:24:14.279><c> done,</c>

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even<00:24:15.259><c> in</c><00:24:15.440><c> the</c><00:24:15.599><c> wilderness</c><00:24:15.940><c> when</c><00:24:16.180><c> Moses</c><00:24:16.680><c> was</c><00:24:17.119><c> leading</c><00:24:17.500><c> them.</c>

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As<00:24:20.599><c> thoughts</c><00:24:20.940><c> continue,</c>

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and<00:24:22.119><c> the</c><00:24:22.180><c> wonderful</c><00:24:22.559><c> thing</c><00:24:22.880><c> is,</c><00:24:23.160><c> my</c><00:24:23.160><c> sisters,</c>

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that<00:24:24.000><c> God</c><00:24:24.700><c> answers</c><00:24:26.000><c> Stephen</c><00:24:26.660><c> in</c><00:24:27.559><c> the</c><00:24:27.839><c> same</c><00:24:28.119><c> vision</c>

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that<00:24:29.359><c> he</c><00:24:29.559><c> has</c><00:24:29.839><c> caused</c><00:24:30.140><c> to</c><00:24:30.359><c> use</c><00:24:30.500><c> in</c><00:24:30.660><c> his</c><00:24:30.880><c> preaching.</c>

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Look<00:24:34.339><c> closely</c><00:24:34.680><c> at</c><00:24:34.900><c> Isaiah</c><00:24:35.240><c> chapter</c><00:24:35.640><c> 64.</c>

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Here<00:24:38.559><c> is</c><00:24:38.839><c> the</c><00:24:39.039><c> appeal</c><00:24:39.660><c> of</c><00:24:40.279><c> the</c><00:24:40.500><c> prophet</c><00:24:40.759><c> on</c><00:24:40.980><c> behalf</c><00:24:41.380><c> of</c><00:24:41.579><c> the</c><00:24:41.779><c> nation</c>

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for<00:24:43.119><c> that</c><00:24:43.420><c> good</c><00:24:43.619><c> news</c><00:24:43.960><c> of</c><00:24:44.160><c> the</c><00:24:44.339><c> gospel</c><00:24:44.740><c> to</c><00:24:45.059><c> come</c><00:24:45.359><c> to</c><00:24:45.579><c> the</c><00:24:45.779><c> people.</c>

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That<00:24:47.079><c> just</c><00:24:47.359><c> as</c><00:24:47.579><c> God</c><00:24:47.799><c> had</c><00:24:48.059><c> brought</c><00:24:48.160><c> the</c><00:24:48.420><c> nation</c><00:24:48.720><c> together</c>

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and<00:24:49.359><c> into</c><00:24:49.539><c> a</c><00:24:49.799><c> covenant</c><00:24:50.059><c> at</c><00:24:50.440><c> Sinai,</c>

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when<00:24:51.660><c> the</c><00:24:51.920><c> mountain</c><00:24:52.160><c> had</c><00:24:52.519><c> shaken</c>

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and<00:24:53.559><c> the</c><00:24:53.819><c> presence</c><00:24:54.059><c> of</c><00:24:54.279><c> the</c><00:24:54.440><c> God</c><00:24:54.680><c> of</c><00:24:54.880><c> heaven</c>

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had<00:24:55.339><c> come</c><00:24:55.519><c> down</c><00:24:55.839><c> upon</c><00:24:56.059><c> the</c><00:24:56.299><c> mountain,</c>

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and<00:24:57.119><c> the</c><00:24:57.259><c> mountain</c><00:24:57.559><c> burned</c><00:24:57.960><c> with</c><00:24:58.299><c> fire</c>

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and<00:24:59.079><c> was</c><00:24:59.259><c> all</c><00:24:59.480><c> over</c><00:24:59.680><c> smoke,</c>

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when<00:25:02.059><c> dramatic</c><00:25:02.619><c> events</c><00:25:03.180><c> had</c><00:25:03.480><c> taken</c><00:25:03.720><c> place,</c>

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that<00:25:04.980><c> God</c><00:25:05.220><c> would</c><00:25:05.519><c> repeat</c><00:25:06.039><c> that</c><00:25:06.319><c> act,</c>

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that<00:25:07.559><c> he</c><00:25:07.700><c> would</c><00:25:07.940><c> once</c><00:25:08.359><c> more</c><00:25:08.579><c> come</c><00:25:08.859><c> down</c><00:25:09.200><c> from</c><00:25:09.480><c> heaven</c>

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and<00:25:10.380><c> gather</c><00:25:10.740><c> his</c><00:25:11.059><c> people</c><00:25:11.440><c> into</c><00:25:11.859><c> a</c><00:25:12.140><c> covenant</c><00:25:12.440><c> relationship,</c>

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not<00:25:14.059><c> now</c><00:25:14.579><c> under</c><00:25:15.059><c> law,</c>

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but<00:25:19.839><c> in</c><00:25:20.099><c> the</c><00:25:20.720><c> spirit</c><00:25:21.099><c> of</c><00:25:21.480><c> the</c><00:25:21.640><c> new</c><00:25:21.839><c> covenant.</c>

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Verse<00:25:25.259><c> 1.</c>

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O<00:25:27.099><c> that</c><00:25:27.319><c> thou</c><00:25:27.619><c> wouldest</c><00:25:28.220><c> rend</c><00:25:28.940><c> the</c><00:25:29.299><c> heavens,</c>

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that<00:25:30.579><c> thou</c><00:25:30.880><c> wouldest</c><00:25:31.380><c> come</c><00:25:31.740><c> down,</c>

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that<00:25:32.619><c> the</c><00:25:32.839><c> mountains</c><00:25:33.200><c> might</c><00:25:33.519><c> flow</c><00:25:33.920><c> down</c><00:25:34.200><c> at</c><00:25:34.400><c> thy</c><00:25:34.619><c> presence,</c>

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as<00:25:35.839><c> when</c><00:25:36.539><c> the</c><00:25:36.960><c> melting</c><00:25:37.339><c> fire</c><00:25:37.819><c> burneth,</c>

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the<00:25:39.099><c> fire</c><00:25:39.500><c> causeth</c><00:25:39.960><c> the</c><00:25:40.200><c> waters</c><00:25:40.519><c> to</c><00:25:40.839><c> boil,</c>

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to<00:25:41.819><c> make</c><00:25:42.079><c> thy</c><00:25:42.279><c> name</c><00:25:42.640><c> known</c><00:25:42.960><c> to</c><00:25:43.200><c> thine</c><00:25:43.440><c> adversaries,</c>

00:25:44.579 --> 00:25:47.500
that<00:25:44.740><c> the</c><00:25:44.980><c> nations</c><00:25:45.339><c> may</c><00:25:45.660><c> tremble</c><00:25:46.440><c> at</c><00:25:46.720><c> thy</c><00:25:46.920><c> presence.</c>

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When<00:25:48.160><c> thou</c><00:25:48.400><c> didst</c><00:25:48.940><c> terrible</c><00:25:49.279><c> things</c><00:25:49.759><c> which</c><00:25:50.200><c> we</c><00:25:50.460><c> looked</c><00:25:50.700><c> not</c><00:25:51.019><c> for,</c>

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thou<00:25:51.779><c> camest</c><00:25:52.240><c> down,</c><00:25:53.119><c> the</c><00:25:53.279><c> mountains</c><00:25:53.819><c> flowed</c><00:25:54.279><c> down</c><00:25:54.799><c> at</c><00:25:55.279><c> thy</c><00:25:55.480><c> presence.</c>

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It's<00:25:57.359><c> the</c><00:25:57.519><c> repetition</c><00:25:58.240><c> of</c><00:25:58.940><c> Sinai</c>

00:26:00.160 --> 00:26:05.079
that<00:26:00.779><c> God</c><00:26:01.119><c> would</c><00:26:01.619><c> rend</c><00:26:02.079><c> the</c><00:26:02.380><c> heavens</c><00:26:02.880><c> and</c><00:26:03.779><c> come</c><00:26:04.119><c> down.</c>

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Of<00:26:08.039><c> course,</c><00:26:08.220><c> that's</c><00:26:08.619><c> the</c><00:26:08.740><c> way</c><00:26:09.200><c> the</c><00:26:09.559><c> Gospel</c><00:26:09.940><c> record</c><00:26:10.279><c> of</c><00:26:10.539><c> Mark</c><00:26:11.079><c> begins.</c>

00:26:14.700 --> 00:26:16.599
The<00:26:14.859><c> inspired</c><00:26:15.240><c> writer</c><00:26:15.579><c> is</c><00:26:15.920><c> directing</c><00:26:16.299><c> us</c>

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to<00:26:16.779><c> the</c><00:26:16.980><c> fulfillment</c><00:26:17.559><c> of</c><00:26:17.920><c> those</c><00:26:18.180><c> words</c>

00:26:18.799 --> 00:26:24.460
in<00:26:19.559><c> chapter</c><00:26:19.980><c> 1</c><00:26:21.259><c> of</c><00:26:22.359><c> the</c><00:26:22.799><c> Gospel</c><00:26:23.240><c> record.</c>

00:26:27.579 --> 00:26:30.059
In<00:26:27.799><c> verse</c><00:26:28.039><c> 10,</c><00:26:28.400><c> when</c><00:26:28.579><c> the</c><00:26:28.700><c> Lord</c><00:26:28.839><c> Jesus</c><00:26:29.259><c> Christ</c><00:26:29.500><c> comes</c><00:26:29.799><c> up</c>

00:26:30.059 --> 00:26:32.180
out<00:26:30.319><c> of</c><00:26:30.480><c> the</c><00:26:30.660><c> waters</c><00:26:30.880><c> of</c><00:26:31.119><c> baptism,</c>

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it<00:26:33.039><c> says,</c>

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and<00:26:34.279><c> straightway</c><00:26:34.799><c> coming</c><00:26:35.079><c> up</c><00:26:35.319><c> out</c><00:26:35.519><c> of</c><00:26:35.640><c> the</c><00:26:35.799><c> water,</c>

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he<00:26:36.940><c> saw</c><00:26:37.700><c> the</c><00:26:38.339><c> heavens</c><00:26:38.980><c> opened.</c>

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The<00:26:41.900><c> margin</c><00:26:42.279><c> will</c><00:26:42.920><c> show</c><00:26:43.220><c> you</c>

00:26:43.700 --> 00:26:47.440
that<00:26:44.039><c> the</c><00:26:44.220><c> word</c><00:26:44.400><c> opened</c><00:26:45.000><c> means</c><00:26:45.660><c> to</c><00:26:46.180><c> be</c><00:26:46.539><c> rent.</c>

00:26:48.420 --> 00:26:51.279
He<00:26:48.680><c> saw</c><00:26:49.259><c> the</c><00:26:49.779><c> heavens</c><00:26:50.099><c> rent</c>

00:26:51.400 --> 00:26:55.799
and<00:26:51.960><c> the</c><00:26:52.279><c> spirit</c><00:26:52.559><c> like</c><00:26:52.819><c> a</c><00:26:53.039><c> dove</c><00:26:53.359><c> descending</c><00:26:54.200><c> upon</c><00:26:54.740><c> him.</c>

00:26:56.559 --> 00:27:00.359
It<00:26:56.819><c> was</c><00:26:57.039><c> the</c><00:26:57.240><c> answer</c><00:26:57.759><c> to</c><00:26:58.619><c> the</c><00:26:59.079><c> prayer</c><00:26:59.579><c> of</c><00:26:59.839><c> Isaiah.</c>

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O<00:27:01.480><c> that</c><00:27:01.700><c> thou</c><00:27:02.000><c> wouldest</c><00:27:02.500><c> rent</c><00:27:02.640><c> the</c><00:27:02.859><c> heavens</c>

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and<00:27:03.200><c> he</c><00:27:03.480><c> saw</c><00:27:03.740><c> the</c><00:27:04.000><c> heavens</c><00:27:04.319><c> rent</c>

00:27:04.859 --> 00:27:07.880
and<00:27:05.440><c> the</c><00:27:05.700><c> spirit</c><00:27:05.859><c> of</c><00:27:06.059><c> God</c><00:27:06.240><c> come</c><00:27:06.599><c> down</c>

00:27:08.119 --> 00:27:12.099
and<00:27:08.839><c> descend</c><00:27:09.160><c> into</c><00:27:10.200><c> the</c><00:27:10.619><c> Lord</c><00:27:10.799><c> Jesus</c><00:27:11.240><c> Christ.</c>

00:27:13.799 --> 00:27:16.579
The<00:27:14.279><c> consequence</c><00:27:14.920><c> was</c><00:27:15.819><c> the</c><00:27:16.059><c> fulfillment</c>

00:27:16.579 --> 00:27:20.619
of<00:27:17.240><c> verse</c><00:27:17.539><c> 4</c><00:27:18.200><c> of</c><00:27:18.599><c> Isaiah</c><00:27:19.019><c> chapter</c><00:27:19.400><c> 64.</c>

00:27:24.079 --> 00:27:26.299
For<00:27:24.339><c> since</c><00:27:24.700><c> the</c><00:27:24.900><c> beginning</c><00:27:25.160><c> of</c><00:27:25.380><c> the</c><00:27:25.599><c> world,</c>

00:27:26.579 --> 00:27:30.099
men<00:27:26.819><c> have</c><00:27:27.119><c> not</c><00:27:27.440><c> heard</c><00:27:27.900><c> nor</c><00:27:28.559><c> perceived</c><00:27:29.099><c> by</c><00:27:29.460><c> the</c><00:27:29.640><c> ear</c>

00:27:30.099 --> 00:27:33.640
neither<00:27:30.960><c> hath</c><00:27:31.240><c> the</c><00:27:31.460><c> eye</c><00:27:31.759><c> seen,</c><00:27:32.079><c> O</c><00:27:32.319><c> God,</c><00:27:32.819><c> beside</c><00:27:33.180><c> thee</c>

00:27:33.640 --> 00:27:37.900
what<00:27:34.279><c> he</c><00:27:34.519><c> hath</c><00:27:34.700><c> prepared</c><00:27:35.319><c> for</c><00:27:35.579><c> him</c><00:27:36.119><c> that</c><00:27:36.619><c> waiteth</c><00:27:37.099><c> for</c><00:27:37.400><c> him.</c>

00:27:38.099 --> 00:27:41.720
So<00:27:38.500><c> that</c><00:27:38.640><c> when</c><00:27:38.900><c> the</c><00:27:39.119><c> heavens</c><00:27:39.380><c> were</c><00:27:39.700><c> to</c><00:27:40.039><c> be</c><00:27:40.539><c> rendered</c><00:27:41.099><c> asunder</c>

00:27:41.720 --> 00:27:44.880
and<00:27:42.559><c> God</c><00:27:42.980><c> would</c><00:27:43.359><c> come</c><00:27:43.720><c> down,</c>

00:27:45.259 --> 00:27:47.259
something<00:27:45.619><c> so</c><00:27:46.000><c> marvelous</c><00:27:46.400><c> would</c><00:27:46.660><c> be</c><00:27:46.900><c> revealed</c>

00:27:47.259 --> 00:27:49.720
that<00:27:47.420><c> it</c><00:27:47.559><c> had</c><00:27:47.740><c> not</c><00:27:47.900><c> been</c><00:27:48.259><c> seen</c><00:27:48.480><c> or</c><00:27:48.799><c> heard.</c>

00:27:49.779 --> 00:27:52.240
It<00:27:50.079><c> could</c><00:27:50.279><c> not</c><00:27:50.400><c> have</c><00:27:50.599><c> been</c><00:27:51.019><c> imagined.</c>

00:27:53.660 --> 00:27:56.480
And<00:27:53.799><c> although</c><00:27:53.960><c> this</c><00:27:54.259><c> verse</c><00:27:54.440><c> is</c><00:27:54.599><c> sometimes</c><00:27:55.140><c> used</c>

00:27:57.160 --> 00:28:00.140
to<00:27:57.799><c> speak</c><00:27:58.119><c> of</c><00:27:58.319><c> the</c><00:27:58.539><c> wonders</c><00:27:58.859><c> of</c><00:27:59.099><c> the</c><00:27:59.279><c> Kingdom</c><00:27:59.579><c> Age</c>

00:28:00.140 --> 00:28:03.319
in<00:28:01.059><c> the</c><00:28:01.240><c> sense</c><00:28:01.460><c> of</c><00:28:01.640><c> there</c><00:28:01.779><c> will</c><00:28:01.980><c> be</c><00:28:02.140><c> things</c><00:28:02.420><c> too</c><00:28:02.740><c> marvelous</c>

00:28:03.319 --> 00:28:05.680
for<00:28:03.880><c> us</c><00:28:04.140><c> to</c><00:28:04.500><c> comprehend</c><00:28:04.960><c> now,</c>

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things<00:28:06.359><c> that</c><00:28:06.680><c> are</c><00:28:06.880><c> beyond</c><00:28:07.299><c> our</c><00:28:08.500><c> appreciation</c>

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in<00:28:09.420><c> our</c><00:28:09.640><c> mortal</c><00:28:09.960><c> state.</c>

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That's<00:28:10.640><c> not</c><00:28:10.859><c> what</c><00:28:11.039><c> this</c><00:28:11.339><c> verse</c><00:28:11.519><c> is</c><00:28:11.779><c> speaking</c><00:28:12.059><c> about.</c>

00:28:15.319 --> 00:28:18.700
But<00:28:15.460><c> this</c><00:28:15.720><c> verse</c><00:28:16.079><c> has</c><00:28:16.839><c> been</c><00:28:17.480><c> fulfilled.</c>

00:28:21.059 --> 00:28:23.039
The<00:28:21.299><c> Apostle</c><00:28:21.680><c> Paul</c><00:28:22.039><c> tells</c><00:28:22.380><c> us</c><00:28:22.640><c> that</c>

00:28:23.039 --> 00:28:28.940
because<00:28:23.519><c> he</c><00:28:23.839><c> shows</c><00:28:24.180><c> it</c><00:28:24.640><c> in</c><00:28:24.839><c> 1</c><00:28:25.119><c> Corinthians</c><00:28:25.720><c> chapter</c><00:28:26.259><c> 2</c><00:28:26.900><c> and</c><00:28:27.259><c> verse</c><00:28:27.519><c> 9.</c>

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1<00:28:29.480><c> Corinthians</c><00:28:29.920><c> chapter</c><00:28:30.299><c> 2,</c>

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verse<00:28:37.440><c> 8</c><00:28:37.720><c> he</c><00:28:37.900><c> says</c><00:28:38.339><c> of</c><00:28:39.900><c> the</c><00:28:40.059><c> gospel</c>

00:28:40.460 --> 00:28:43.579
that<00:28:40.720><c> none</c><00:28:40.980><c> of</c><00:28:41.200><c> the</c><00:28:41.380><c> princes</c><00:28:41.799><c> of</c><00:28:42.279><c> this</c><00:28:42.680><c> world</c><00:28:42.920><c> knew</c><00:28:43.119><c> it.</c>

00:28:44.019 --> 00:28:46.859
The<00:28:44.220><c> wise,</c><00:28:44.720><c> the</c><00:28:44.880><c> rulers,</c><00:28:45.480><c> the</c><00:28:45.559><c> scribes,</c><00:28:45.920><c> the</c><00:28:46.119><c> Pharisees</c>

00:28:46.859 --> 00:28:50.640
didn't<00:28:47.119><c> have</c><00:28:47.319><c> an</c><00:28:47.539><c> inkling</c><00:28:48.039><c> of</c><00:28:48.279><c> what</c><00:28:48.519><c> Isaiah</c><00:28:48.920><c> was</c><00:28:49.180><c> speaking</c><00:28:49.460><c> about.</c>

00:28:51.079 --> 00:28:54.500
For<00:28:51.680><c> he</c><00:28:51.819><c> says</c><00:28:51.980><c> in</c><00:28:52.140><c> verse</c><00:28:52.359><c> 8,</c><00:28:52.759><c> in</c><00:28:52.920><c> 1</c><00:28:53.039><c> Corinthians</c><00:28:53.400><c> chapter</c><00:28:53.779><c> 2,</c>

00:28:55.000 --> 00:28:56.460
for<00:28:55.240><c> had</c><00:28:55.539><c> they</c><00:28:55.839><c> known</c><00:28:56.099><c> it,</c>

00:28:56.480 --> 00:29:00.559
they<00:28:56.759><c> would</c><00:28:57.059><c> not</c><00:28:57.200><c> have</c><00:28:57.400><c> crucified</c><00:28:58.119><c> the</c><00:28:58.680><c> Lord</c><00:28:59.059><c> of</c><00:28:59.500><c> glory.</c>

00:29:03.140 --> 00:29:05.279
Now<00:29:03.740><c> this</c><00:29:04.000><c> man</c><00:29:04.200><c> who</c><00:29:04.380><c> wrote</c><00:29:04.519><c> this</c><00:29:04.819><c> epistle</c>

00:29:05.279 --> 00:29:08.740
was<00:29:05.700><c> stood</c><00:29:05.859><c> there</c><00:29:06.160><c> watching</c><00:29:06.599><c> Stephen</c><00:29:07.059><c> being</c><00:29:07.400><c> stoned</c><00:29:07.740><c> to</c><00:29:07.940><c> death</c>

00:29:12.200 --> 00:29:14.819
and<00:29:12.799><c> heard</c><00:29:13.140><c> what</c><00:29:13.420><c> Stephen</c><00:29:13.779><c> said,</c>

00:29:15.119 --> 00:29:18.740
that<00:29:15.279><c> the</c><00:29:15.539><c> God</c><00:29:15.720><c> of</c><00:29:16.059><c> glory</c><00:29:16.460><c> appeared</c><00:29:16.900><c> unto</c><00:29:17.180><c> our</c><00:29:17.400><c> father</c><00:29:17.740><c> Abraham.</c>

00:29:23.700 --> 00:29:27.559
And<00:29:24.339><c> he</c><00:29:24.539><c> says,</c><00:29:25.859><c> they</c><00:29:25.859><c> would</c><00:29:26.160><c> not</c><00:29:26.380><c> have</c><00:29:26.599><c> crucified</c><00:29:27.079><c> the</c><00:29:27.359><c> Lord</c>

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of<00:29:27.880><c> glory</c>

00:29:28.460 --> 00:29:30.819
had<00:29:29.079><c> they</c><00:29:29.400><c> known.</c>

00:29:31.700 --> 00:29:34.299
Verse<00:29:31.799><c> 9,</c><00:29:32.680><c> but</c><00:29:32.819><c> as</c><00:29:33.099><c> it</c><00:29:33.220><c> is</c><00:29:33.460><c> written,</c>

00:29:34.400 --> 00:29:38.279
I<00:29:34.599><c> hath</c><00:29:34.900><c> not</c><00:29:35.319><c> seen</c><00:29:36.019><c> nor</c><00:29:36.859><c> hear</c><00:29:37.380><c> heard,</c>

00:29:38.660 --> 00:29:40.819
neither<00:29:38.920><c> have</c><00:29:39.200><c> entered</c><00:29:39.460><c> into</c><00:29:39.740><c> the</c><00:29:39.980><c> heart</c><00:29:40.180><c> of</c><00:29:40.500><c> man</c>

00:29:40.819 --> 00:29:44.480
the<00:29:41.339><c> things</c><00:29:41.559><c> which</c><00:29:41.819><c> God</c><00:29:42.160><c> hath</c><00:29:42.460><c> prepared</c><00:29:42.859><c> for</c><00:29:43.099><c> them</c><00:29:43.339><c> that</c><00:29:43.660><c> love</c><00:29:43.799><c> him.</c>

00:29:44.539 --> 00:29:48.420
Quoting<00:29:45.000><c> Isaiah</c><00:29:45.480><c> chapter</c><00:29:45.859><c> 64</c><00:29:46.759><c> and</c><00:29:47.220><c> verse</c><00:29:47.500><c> 4.</c>

00:29:50.039 --> 00:29:54.180
But<00:29:50.680><c> God</c><00:29:51.319><c> has</c><00:29:52.039><c> revealed</c><00:29:52.539><c> them</c><00:29:52.700><c> unto</c><00:29:52.920><c> us</c>

00:29:54.180 --> 00:29:56.980
by<00:29:55.400><c> his</c><00:29:55.819><c> spirit.</c>

00:29:58.299 --> 00:30:01.079
So<00:29:58.400><c> through</c><00:29:58.740><c> the</c><00:29:59.279><c> spirit</c><00:29:59.619><c> of</c><00:29:59.759><c> God</c><00:29:59.980><c> coming</c><00:30:00.259><c> down</c><00:30:00.640><c> into</c><00:30:00.960><c> the</c>

00:30:01.079 --> 00:30:02.079
Lord<00:30:01.279><c> Jesus</c><00:30:01.700><c> Christ</c>

00:30:02.079 --> 00:30:06.839
and<00:30:02.339><c> then</c><00:30:02.980><c> through</c><00:30:03.380><c> the</c><00:30:04.180><c> Pentecost</c><00:30:04.740><c> outpouring</c><00:30:05.299><c> upon</c><00:30:05.619><c> the</c><00:30:05.880><c> apostles,</c>

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the<00:30:07.259><c> spirit</c><00:30:07.579><c> of</c><00:30:07.720><c> God</c><00:30:07.980><c> had</c><00:30:08.259><c> revealed</c><00:30:08.839><c> that</c><00:30:09.259><c> word</c><00:30:09.500><c> of</c><00:30:09.700><c> the</c><00:30:09.880><c> kingdom</c>

00:30:10.720 --> 00:30:13.819
so<00:30:11.039><c> that</c><00:30:11.240><c> eyes</c><00:30:11.480><c> could</c><00:30:11.740><c> now</c><00:30:12.119><c> see</c><00:30:12.359><c> and</c><00:30:12.579><c> ears</c><00:30:12.819><c> could</c><00:30:13.099><c> now</c><00:30:13.420><c> hear</c>

00:30:13.819 --> 00:30:16.559
what<00:30:14.400><c> God</c><00:30:14.700><c> had</c><00:30:14.920><c> in</c><00:30:15.220><c> store</c><00:30:15.420><c> for</c><00:30:15.599><c> them</c><00:30:15.859><c> that</c><00:30:16.039><c> love</c><00:30:16.180><c> him.</c>

00:30:16.559 --> 00:30:20.819
Do<00:30:16.779><c> you</c><00:30:17.759><c> see</c><00:30:17.839><c> what</c><00:30:18.019><c> Isaiah</c><00:30:18.380><c> is</c><00:30:18.640><c> saying</c><00:30:19.000><c> in</c><00:30:19.380><c> chapter</c><00:30:19.680><c> 64?</c>

00:30:21.819 --> 00:30:25.059
Those<00:30:22.480><c> four</c><00:30:22.859><c> verses</c><00:30:23.200><c> have</c><00:30:23.460><c> been</c><00:30:23.839><c> fulfilled</c>

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in<00:30:26.240><c> the</c><00:30:26.599><c> Lord</c><00:30:26.799><c> Jesus</c><00:30:27.220><c> Christ.</c>

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Isaiah<00:30:31.059><c> 64</c><00:30:31.599><c> verse</c><00:30:31.900><c> 5,</c>

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Thou<00:30:33.099><c> meetest</c><00:30:33.599><c> him</c><00:30:34.119><c> that</c><00:30:34.619><c> rejoiceth</c><00:30:35.359><c> and</c><00:30:35.900><c> worketh</c><00:30:36.299><c> righteousness,</c>

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those<00:30:37.759><c> that</c><00:30:38.059><c> remember</c><00:30:38.539><c> thee</c><00:30:38.740><c> in</c><00:30:38.960><c> thy</c><00:30:39.140><c> ways,</c>

00:30:40.000 --> 00:30:43.099
behold<00:30:40.319><c> thou</c><00:30:40.619><c> art</c><00:30:40.980><c> wrath,</c><00:30:41.619><c> for</c><00:30:41.779><c> we</c><00:30:42.000><c> have</c><00:30:42.240><c> sinned</c>

00:30:43.500 --> 00:30:45.440
in<00:30:43.779><c> those</c><00:30:44.200><c> his</c><00:30:44.579><c> continuance,</c>

00:30:45.440 --> 00:30:48.940
and<00:30:46.019><c> we</c><00:30:46.700><c> shall</c><00:30:47.259><c> be</c><00:30:47.740><c> saved.</c>

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So<00:30:50.559><c> in</c><00:30:50.700><c> the</c><00:30:50.859><c> things</c><00:30:51.079><c> of</c><00:30:51.279><c> the</c><00:30:51.440><c> gospel</c><00:30:51.759><c> revealed</c>

00:30:52.500 --> 00:30:56.220
was<00:30:53.059><c> to</c><00:30:53.240><c> be</c><00:30:53.480><c> salvation</c><00:30:54.380><c> for</c><00:30:54.880><c> the</c><00:30:55.119><c> people.</c>

00:30:57.519 --> 00:30:59.700
The<00:30:57.720><c> prophecy</c><00:30:57.960><c> goes</c><00:30:58.240><c> on</c><00:30:58.460><c> to</c><00:30:58.660><c> speak</c><00:30:58.799><c> about</c><00:30:59.000><c> the</c><00:30:59.220><c> righteousness</c>

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of<00:31:00.079><c> Israel</c>

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at<00:31:00.859><c> this</c><00:31:01.099><c> time</c><00:31:01.319><c> as</c><00:31:01.640><c> filthy</c><00:31:02.019><c> rags.</c>

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That<00:31:04.200><c> was</c><00:31:05.259><c> uncleanness</c><00:31:05.960><c> under</c><00:31:06.240><c> the</c><00:31:06.480><c> law</c>

00:31:06.619 --> 00:31:09.859
when<00:31:06.799><c> you</c><00:31:06.980><c> trace</c><00:31:07.460><c> back</c><00:31:07.839><c> what</c><00:31:08.099><c> filthy</c><00:31:08.460><c> rags</c><00:31:08.859><c> are.</c>

00:31:11.599 --> 00:31:14.460
Their<00:31:11.880><c> righteousness</c><00:31:12.519><c> was</c><00:31:13.119><c> fading</c><00:31:13.380><c> like</c><00:31:13.700><c> a</c><00:31:13.859><c> leaf</c>

00:31:14.460 --> 00:31:18.460
reminding<00:31:15.039><c> us</c><00:31:15.299><c> of</c><00:31:15.460><c> Isaiah</c><00:31:15.799><c> 40</c><00:31:16.259><c> and</c><00:31:16.460><c> all</c><00:31:16.720><c> flesh</c><00:31:17.019><c> is</c><00:31:17.299><c> grass.</c>

00:31:20.700 --> 00:31:23.099
Their<00:31:20.940><c> city</c><00:31:21.400><c> was</c><00:31:21.819><c> to</c><00:31:22.039><c> go</c><00:31:22.240><c> into</c><00:31:22.640><c> ruin,</c>

00:31:23.299 --> 00:31:25.799
a<00:31:23.460><c> prophecy</c><00:31:23.859><c> in</c><00:31:24.579><c> verse</c><00:31:24.880><c> 10</c><00:31:25.160><c> and</c><00:31:25.339><c> 11</c>

00:31:25.799 --> 00:31:29.160
of<00:31:26.160><c> the</c><00:31:26.380><c> Roman</c><00:31:26.680><c> destruction</c><00:31:27.279><c> in</c><00:31:27.480><c> AD</c><00:31:27.700><c> 70,</c>

00:31:29.819 --> 00:31:33.420
leaving<00:31:30.160><c> Isaiah</c><00:31:30.680><c> in</c><00:31:30.859><c> verse</c><00:31:31.119><c> 12</c><00:31:31.460><c> in</c><00:31:31.660><c> the</c><00:31:31.880><c> spirit</c><00:31:32.099><c> of</c><00:31:32.339><c> the</c><00:31:32.539><c> prophecy</c>

00:31:33.240 --> 00:31:37.420
to<00:31:33.539><c> plead</c><00:31:33.880><c> for</c><00:31:34.140><c> the</c><00:31:34.279><c> restoration</c><00:31:34.980><c> of</c><00:31:35.319><c> favor</c><00:31:35.680><c> to</c><00:31:36.259><c> the</c><00:31:36.460><c> nation.</c>

00:31:38.359 --> 00:31:41.460
But<00:31:38.599><c> before</c><00:31:38.940><c> that</c><00:31:39.180><c> comes,</c><00:31:39.559><c> before</c><00:31:39.940><c> the</c><00:31:40.759><c> nation</c><00:31:41.019><c> of</c><00:31:41.299><c> Israel</c>

00:31:41.460 --> 00:31:44.859
is<00:31:41.859><c> brought</c><00:31:41.859><c> back</c><00:31:42.339><c> into</c><00:31:42.759><c> covenant</c><00:31:43.059><c> relationship</c><00:31:43.920><c> with</c><00:31:44.579><c> God,</c>

00:31:44.980 --> 00:31:47.559
we've<00:31:45.119><c> got</c><00:31:45.220><c> Isaiah</c><00:31:45.660><c> chapter</c><00:31:46.019><c> 65.</c>

00:31:49.119 --> 00:31:51.500
And<00:31:49.240><c> Isaiah</c><00:31:49.619><c> chapter</c><00:31:49.900><c> 65</c><00:31:50.539><c> verse</c><00:31:50.920><c> 1</c>

00:31:51.500 --> 00:31:54.619
is<00:31:52.559><c> a</c><00:31:52.819><c> prophecy</c><00:31:53.180><c> of</c><00:31:53.420><c> the</c><00:31:53.599><c> Gentiles</c>

00:31:54.619 --> 00:31:57.480
being<00:31:55.099><c> brought</c><00:31:55.480><c> into</c><00:31:55.740><c> the</c><00:31:56.019><c> hope</c><00:31:56.259><c> of</c><00:31:56.599><c> Israel.</c>

00:31:58.480 --> 00:32:00.759
And<00:31:58.680><c> our</c><00:31:58.880><c> authority</c><00:31:59.299><c> for</c><00:31:59.559><c> saying</c><00:31:59.720><c> that</c><00:31:59.980><c> is</c><00:32:00.240><c> again</c>

00:32:00.759 --> 00:32:02.299
the<00:32:01.059><c> Apostle</c><00:32:01.480><c> Paul.</c>

00:32:02.640 --> 00:32:05.519
Just<00:32:03.000><c> have</c><00:32:03.160><c> a</c><00:32:03.240><c> look</c><00:32:03.599><c> at</c><00:32:03.819><c> this</c><00:32:04.039><c> chapter</c><00:32:04.359><c> in</c><00:32:04.559><c> Romans</c><00:32:04.859><c> 10.</c>

00:32:06.019 --> 00:32:08.140
This<00:32:06.279><c> is</c><00:32:06.519><c> a</c><00:32:06.619><c> chapter</c><00:32:06.859><c> about</c><00:32:07.140><c> Isaiah's</c><00:32:07.839><c> prophecy.</c>

00:32:08.140 --> 00:32:12.619
It's<00:32:09.339><c> a</c><00:32:09.460><c> remarkable</c><00:32:10.099><c> chapter,</c><00:32:10.779><c> Romans</c><00:32:11.099><c> chapter</c><00:32:11.480><c> 10.</c>

00:32:13.920 --> 00:32:16.019
The<00:32:14.220><c> theme</c><00:32:14.420><c> starts</c><00:32:14.819><c> earlier</c><00:32:15.140><c> on</c><00:32:15.319><c> in</c><00:32:15.500><c> chapter</c><00:32:15.720><c> 9</c>

00:32:16.019 --> 00:32:19.079
and<00:32:16.720><c> we're</c><00:32:17.700><c> not</c><00:32:17.859><c> going</c><00:32:17.980><c> to</c><00:32:18.059><c> look</c><00:32:18.200><c> at</c><00:32:18.299><c> it</c><00:32:18.460><c> in</c><00:32:18.559><c> great</c><00:32:18.759><c> detail,</c>

00:32:19.079 --> 00:32:23.500
but<00:32:19.299><c> just</c><00:32:19.619><c> look</c><00:32:20.079><c> in</c><00:32:21.220><c> Romans</c><00:32:21.779><c> chapter</c><00:32:22.740><c> 10</c>

00:32:23.500 --> 00:32:26.839
how<00:32:23.960><c> Isaiah's</c><00:32:24.839><c> prophecy,</c><00:32:25.440><c> chapter</c><00:32:25.900><c> by</c><00:32:26.240><c> chapter,</c>

00:32:27.339 --> 00:32:28.680
is<00:32:27.640><c> presented</c><00:32:28.059><c> to</c><00:32:28.339><c> us.</c>

00:32:28.779 --> 00:32:31.640
The<00:32:29.039><c> spirit</c><00:32:29.319><c> of</c><00:32:29.559><c> Christ</c><00:32:29.980><c> in</c><00:32:30.299><c> the</c><00:32:30.559><c> prophets.</c>

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Speaking<00:32:36.480><c> about</c><00:32:36.940><c> the</c><00:32:37.319><c> gospel,</c>

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in<00:32:38.740><c> verse</c><00:32:38.920><c> 14</c><00:32:39.420><c> he</c><00:32:39.599><c> says,</c>

00:32:40.940 --> 00:32:42.740
How<00:32:41.019><c> then</c><00:32:41.339><c> shall</c><00:32:41.539><c> they</c><00:32:41.799><c> call</c><00:32:42.079><c> on</c><00:32:42.339><c> him</c>

00:32:42.740 --> 00:32:44.380
in<00:32:43.119><c> whom</c><00:32:43.240><c> they</c><00:32:43.440><c> have</c><00:32:43.599><c> not</c><00:32:43.819><c> believed,</c>

00:32:44.680 --> 00:32:46.700
and<00:32:44.859><c> how</c><00:32:45.079><c> shall</c><00:32:45.259><c> they</c><00:32:45.720><c> believe</c><00:32:46.180><c> in</c><00:32:46.460><c> him</c>

00:32:46.700 --> 00:32:48.099
of<00:32:46.960><c> whom</c><00:32:47.079><c> they</c><00:32:47.279><c> have</c><00:32:47.480><c> not</c><00:32:47.759><c> heard,</c>

00:32:48.339 --> 00:32:50.700
and<00:32:48.519><c> how</c><00:32:48.759><c> shall</c><00:32:48.920><c> they</c><00:32:49.180><c> hear</c><00:32:49.619><c> without</c><00:32:50.119><c> a</c><00:32:50.400><c> preacher,</c>

00:32:51.000 --> 00:32:53.779
and<00:32:51.160><c> how</c><00:32:51.400><c> shall</c><00:32:51.559><c> they</c><00:32:51.880><c> preach</c><00:32:52.240><c> except</c><00:32:52.859><c> they</c><00:32:53.079><c> be</c><00:32:53.400><c> sent</c>

00:32:53.779 --> 00:32:55.140
as<00:32:54.259><c> it</c><00:32:54.460><c> is</c><00:32:54.680><c> written,</c>

00:32:55.539 --> 00:32:58.099
this<00:32:55.839><c> time</c><00:32:56.039><c> in</c><00:32:56.240><c> Isaiah</c><00:32:56.619><c> chapter</c><00:32:56.960><c> 52,</c>

00:32:58.480 --> 00:33:01.039
how<00:32:58.859><c> beautiful</c><00:32:59.539><c> are</c><00:32:59.880><c> the</c><00:33:00.079><c> feet</c><00:33:00.259><c> of</c><00:33:00.619><c> them</c>

00:33:01.039 --> 00:33:02.920
that<00:33:01.539><c> preach</c><00:33:01.700><c> the</c><00:33:01.920><c> gospel</c><00:33:02.319><c> of</c><00:33:02.579><c> peace</c>

00:33:02.920 --> 00:33:05.599
and<00:33:03.440><c> bring</c><00:33:03.700><c> glad</c><00:33:04.039><c> tidings</c><00:33:04.519><c> of</c><00:33:04.720><c> good</c><00:33:05.019><c> things.</c>

00:33:06.039 --> 00:33:08.460
Isaiah<00:33:06.339><c> 52</c><00:33:07.039><c> says</c><00:33:07.480><c> the</c><00:33:07.680><c> feet</c><00:33:07.799><c> of</c><00:33:08.019><c> him,</c>

00:33:08.859 --> 00:33:10.980
but<00:33:08.960><c> now</c><00:33:09.359><c> those</c><00:33:09.700><c> feet</c><00:33:09.859><c> have</c><00:33:10.019><c> been</c><00:33:10.279><c> multiplied</c>

00:33:10.980 --> 00:33:14.259
through<00:33:11.559><c> the</c><00:33:11.759><c> work</c><00:33:11.920><c> of</c><00:33:12.140><c> Christ</c><00:33:12.539><c> in</c><00:33:13.000><c> the</c><00:33:13.220><c> apostles.</c>

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Isaiah<00:33:15.980><c> 52,</c><00:33:17.839><c> verse</c><00:33:18.140><c> 7,</c>

00:33:19.420 --> 00:33:22.000
in<00:33:19.640><c> verse</c><00:33:19.880><c> 15</c><00:33:20.259><c> of</c><00:33:20.460><c> chapter</c><00:33:20.680><c> 10</c><00:33:20.940><c> of</c><00:33:21.140><c> Romans.</c>

00:33:22.539 --> 00:33:23.980
Verse<00:33:22.819><c> 16,</c>

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But<00:33:24.319><c> they</c><00:33:24.539><c> have</c><00:33:24.680><c> not</c><00:33:24.920><c> all</c><00:33:25.099><c> obeyed</c><00:33:25.440><c> the</c><00:33:25.579><c> gospel,</c>

00:33:26.980 --> 00:33:28.559
for<00:33:27.299><c> Isaiah</c><00:33:27.859><c> said,</c>

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Isaiah<00:33:29.640><c> chapter</c><00:33:29.980><c> 53,</c><00:33:31.359><c> and</c><00:33:31.519><c> verse</c><00:33:31.799><c> 1,</c>

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Lord,<00:33:33.539><c> who</c><00:33:33.799><c> hath</c><00:33:34.119><c> believed</c><00:33:34.539><c> our</c><00:33:34.799><c> report?</c>

00:33:37.019 --> 00:33:39.200
So<00:33:37.299><c> then</c><00:33:37.519><c> faith</c><00:33:37.859><c> cometh</c><00:33:38.200><c> by</c><00:33:38.539><c> hearing,</c>

00:33:39.559 --> 00:33:42.099
and<00:33:39.839><c> hearing</c><00:33:40.180><c> by</c><00:33:40.559><c> the</c><00:33:40.799><c> word</c><00:33:40.960><c> of</c><00:33:41.259><c> God.</c>

00:33:42.940 --> 00:33:46.720
Then<00:33:43.200><c> he</c><00:33:43.339><c> goes</c><00:33:43.519><c> on</c><00:33:43.799><c> to</c><00:33:44.000><c> quote</c><00:33:44.480><c> Psalm</c><00:33:44.920><c> 19,</c>

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Deuteronomy<00:33:47.880><c> 32,</c>

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and<00:33:49.839><c> now</c><00:33:50.039><c> in</c><00:33:50.259><c> verse</c><00:33:50.460><c> 20,</c>

00:33:52.400 --> 00:33:55.039
But<00:33:52.559><c> Isaiah</c><00:33:53.119><c> is</c><00:33:53.539><c> very</c><00:33:53.940><c> bold</c><00:33:54.279><c> and</c><00:33:54.680><c> set,</c>

00:33:55.039 --> 00:34:00.539
Isaiah<00:33:56.359><c> chapter</c><00:33:56.779><c> 65,</c><00:33:59.380><c> verse</c><00:33:59.599><c> 2,</c>

00:34:01.079 --> 00:34:04.640
I<00:34:01.119><c> was</c><00:34:01.279><c> found</c><00:34:01.779><c> of</c><00:34:02.099><c> them</c><00:34:02.519><c> that</c><00:34:03.140><c> sought</c><00:34:03.420><c> me</c><00:34:03.740><c> not.</c>

00:34:04.839 --> 00:34:07.339
I<00:34:05.079><c> was</c><00:34:05.420><c> made</c><00:34:05.799><c> manifest</c><00:34:06.440><c> unto</c><00:34:06.640><c> them</c>

00:34:07.339 --> 00:34:08.980
that<00:34:07.720><c> asked</c><00:34:08.000><c> not</c><00:34:08.280><c> after</c><00:34:08.639><c> me,</c>

00:34:09.139 --> 00:34:10.699
but<00:34:09.239><c> to</c><00:34:09.460><c> Israel,</c><00:34:09.840><c> he</c><00:34:10.139><c> saith.</c>

00:34:11.119 --> 00:34:14.039
All<00:34:11.460><c> day</c><00:34:11.739><c> long</c><00:34:12.019><c> I</c><00:34:12.280><c> have</c><00:34:12.480><c> stretched</c><00:34:12.860><c> forth</c><00:34:13.139><c> my</c><00:34:13.480><c> hands</c>

00:34:14.039 --> 00:34:17.860
unto<00:34:14.480><c> a</c><00:34:14.739><c> disobedient</c><00:34:15.639><c> and</c><00:34:16.019><c> gainsaying</c><00:34:16.719><c> people.</c>

00:34:18.139 --> 00:34:21.039
You<00:34:18.300><c> see</c><00:34:18.559><c> how</c><00:34:18.900><c> the</c><00:34:19.039><c> apostle</c><00:34:19.340><c> is</c><00:34:19.539><c> taking</c><00:34:19.840><c> us</c><00:34:20.179><c> through</c>

00:34:21.039 --> 00:34:22.980
Isaiah's<00:34:22.039><c> prophecy,</c>

00:34:23.800 --> 00:34:25.480
and<00:34:24.360><c> that</c><00:34:24.559><c> proves</c><00:34:24.840><c> to</c><00:34:24.980><c> us,</c><00:34:25.340><c> doesn't</c><00:34:25.340><c> it,</c>

00:34:25.579 --> 00:34:29.300
that<00:34:25.719><c> chapter</c><00:34:26.219><c> 65</c><00:34:27.139><c> and</c><00:34:27.980><c> verse</c><00:34:28.260><c> 1</c><00:34:28.500><c> and</c><00:34:28.679><c> 2</c>

00:34:29.300 --> 00:34:32.420
is<00:34:30.139><c> about</c><00:34:30.400><c> the</c><00:34:30.619><c> gospel</c><00:34:31.219><c> in</c><00:34:31.920><c> verse</c><00:34:32.179><c> 1</c>

00:34:32.420 --> 00:34:34.039
going<00:34:32.679><c> to</c><00:34:32.920><c> the</c><00:34:33.079><c> Gentiles,</c>

00:34:34.219 --> 00:34:37.199
because<00:34:34.579><c> in</c><00:34:34.860><c> verse</c><00:34:35.159><c> 2</c><00:34:36.119><c> the</c><00:34:36.480><c> Jewish</c><00:34:36.780><c> nation</c>

00:34:37.199 --> 00:34:40.460
had<00:34:37.460><c> rejected</c><00:34:38.280><c> the</c><00:34:38.780><c> work</c><00:34:38.940><c> of</c><00:34:39.179><c> the</c><00:34:39.360><c> apostles.</c>

00:34:46.699 --> 00:34:49.280
Well,<00:34:46.960><c> Isaiah</c><00:34:47.219><c> 65</c><00:34:47.900><c> is</c><00:34:48.300><c> a</c><00:34:48.579><c> detailed</c><00:34:48.880><c> chapter</c>

00:34:49.280 --> 00:34:50.880
that<00:34:49.480><c> we</c><00:34:50.059><c> can't</c><00:34:50.420><c> look</c><00:34:50.619><c> into.</c>

00:34:50.880 --> 00:34:53.519
It's<00:34:51.199><c> the</c><00:34:51.380><c> chapter</c><00:34:51.739><c> which</c><00:34:52.159><c> prophesies</c>

00:34:53.519 --> 00:34:56.420
of<00:34:53.920><c> a</c><00:34:54.500><c> nation,</c><00:34:55.539><c> Israel,</c>

00:34:56.599 --> 00:34:58.579
who<00:34:56.900><c> are</c><00:34:57.219><c> represented</c><00:34:57.760><c> as</c><00:34:57.960><c> in</c><00:34:58.099><c> the</c><00:34:58.380><c> state</c>

00:34:58.579 --> 00:35:00.460
of<00:34:58.820><c> a</c><00:34:59.000><c> man</c><00:34:59.179><c> called</c><00:34:59.480><c> Legion.</c>

00:35:01.539 --> 00:35:02.719
If<00:35:01.699><c> you</c><00:35:01.780><c> haven't</c><00:35:01.920><c> seen</c><00:35:02.139><c> the</c><00:35:02.380><c> connections</c>

00:35:02.719 --> 00:35:06.199
between<00:35:03.099><c> Legion</c><00:35:03.800><c> and</c><00:35:04.320><c> Isaiah</c><00:35:04.679><c> 65</c><00:35:05.340><c> and</c><00:35:05.539><c> 66,</c>

00:35:06.639 --> 00:35:10.019
well,<00:35:07.119><c> perhaps</c><00:35:07.420><c> you'd</c><00:35:08.320><c> like</c><00:35:08.480><c> to</c><00:35:08.940><c> look</c><00:35:09.159><c> at</c><00:35:09.260><c> them</c><00:35:09.440><c> later</c><00:35:09.739><c> on.</c>

00:35:10.199 --> 00:35:11.539
Just<00:35:10.559><c> compare,</c><00:35:10.960><c> for</c><00:35:11.179><c> example,</c>

00:35:11.539 --> 00:35:17.260
verse<00:35:11.840><c> 4</c><00:35:12.480><c> of</c><00:35:12.960><c> Isaiah</c><00:35:13.380><c> 65</c><00:35:14.599><c> and</c><00:35:15.500><c> verse</c><00:35:15.940><c> 11</c>

00:35:17.260 --> 00:35:20.760
and<00:35:18.139><c> chapter</c><00:35:18.599><c> 66</c><00:35:19.280><c> and</c><00:35:19.519><c> verse</c><00:35:19.820><c> 4</c>

00:35:20.760 --> 00:35:23.980
with<00:35:21.320><c> the</c><00:35:21.699><c> record</c><00:35:21.900><c> in</c><00:35:22.179><c> Mark</c><00:35:22.619><c> of</c><00:35:23.139><c> Legion.</c>

00:35:24.860 --> 00:35:27.260
I<00:35:25.380><c> think</c><00:35:25.559><c> you'll</c><00:35:25.860><c> agree</c><00:35:26.260><c> that</c><00:35:26.820><c> Legion</c>

00:35:27.260 --> 00:35:29.139
is<00:35:27.599><c> a</c><00:35:27.739><c> picture</c><00:35:28.199><c> of</c><00:35:28.559><c> Israel</c>

00:35:29.139 --> 00:35:32.280
who<00:35:29.579><c> have</c><00:35:29.760><c> departed</c><00:35:30.420><c> from</c><00:35:31.079><c> the</c><00:35:31.360><c> Spirit</c><00:35:31.579><c> of</c><00:35:31.760><c> Christ</c>

00:35:32.280 --> 00:35:34.610
in<00:35:32.719><c> the</c><00:35:33.000><c> prophets</c><00:35:33.380><c> and</c><00:35:33.880><c> have</c><00:35:34.059><c> been</c><00:35:34.239><c> occupied</c>

00:35:34.800 --> 00:35:36.579
with<00:35:35.019><c> an</c><00:35:35.300><c> unclean</c><00:35:35.940><c> spirit</c>

00:35:36.579 --> 00:35:39.539
which<00:35:37.179><c> leads</c><00:35:37.460><c> them</c><00:35:37.760><c> to</c><00:35:38.519><c> rage</c><00:35:38.860><c> and</c><00:35:39.159><c> rave</c>

00:35:39.539 --> 00:35:41.679
as<00:35:39.619><c> it</c><00:35:39.800><c> were</c><00:35:40.019><c> outside</c><00:35:40.539><c> of</c><00:35:41.280><c> the</c><00:35:41.460><c> bounds</c>

00:35:41.679 --> 00:35:43.579
of<00:35:41.920><c> the</c><00:35:42.039><c> covenants</c><00:35:42.380><c> of</c><00:35:42.679><c> promise.</c>

00:35:45.300 --> 00:35:47.539
That's<00:35:45.980><c> just</c><00:35:46.179><c> by</c><00:35:46.380><c> the</c><00:35:46.539><c> way.</c>

00:35:48.159 --> 00:35:52.280
So<00:35:48.280><c> then</c><00:35:48.400><c> we</c><00:35:48.599><c> come</c><00:35:48.800><c> to</c><00:35:48.980><c> chapter</c><00:35:49.320><c> 66</c><00:35:50.139><c> of</c><00:35:51.739><c> Isaiah</c>

00:35:52.280 --> 00:35:55.980
and<00:35:53.079><c> we</c><00:35:53.239><c> can</c><00:35:53.480><c> see</c><00:35:53.699><c> then</c><00:35:54.079><c> how</c><00:35:54.440><c> this</c><00:35:54.719><c> is</c><00:35:54.960><c> developing.</c>

00:35:57.420 --> 00:36:01.400
64<00:35:58.099><c> begins</c><00:35:58.780><c> with</c><00:35:59.679><c> the</c><00:36:00.460><c> appeal</c><00:36:00.860><c> for</c><00:36:01.199><c> God</c>

00:36:01.400 --> 00:36:04.039
to<00:36:01.699><c> rend</c><00:36:02.039><c> the</c><00:36:02.300><c> heavens</c><00:36:02.679><c> and</c><00:36:03.400><c> come</c><00:36:03.739><c> down.</c>

00:36:04.360 --> 00:36:06.340
It's<00:36:04.619><c> been</c><00:36:04.920><c> fulfilled</c><00:36:05.500><c> in</c><00:36:06.019><c> the</c><00:36:06.179><c> work</c>

00:36:06.340 --> 00:36:08.320
of<00:36:06.579><c> the</c><00:36:06.659><c> Lord</c><00:36:06.820><c> Jesus</c><00:36:07.239><c> Christ</c>

00:36:08.739 --> 00:36:11.840
inasmuch<00:36:09.420><c> as</c><00:36:09.679><c> through</c><00:36:09.940><c> that</c><00:36:10.619><c> advent</c>

00:36:12.820 --> 00:36:16.739
the<00:36:13.500><c> Spirit</c><00:36:13.900><c> of</c><00:36:14.159><c> the</c><00:36:14.360><c> Gospel</c><00:36:14.820><c> was</c><00:36:15.159><c> made</c><00:36:15.519><c> manifest.</c>

00:36:17.340 --> 00:36:20.699
The<00:36:17.480><c> Gospel</c><00:36:17.940><c> which</c><00:36:18.239><c> spoke</c><00:36:18.579><c> of</c><00:36:18.860><c> the</c><00:36:19.059><c> restoration</c><00:36:19.840><c> of</c><00:36:20.099><c> Israel</c>

00:36:20.699 --> 00:36:22.679
to<00:36:21.159><c> covenant</c><00:36:21.539><c> relationship</c><00:36:22.199><c> with</c><00:36:22.440><c> God</c>

00:36:22.679 --> 00:36:24.320
and<00:36:22.820><c> the</c><00:36:23.000><c> Kingdom</c><00:36:23.239><c> of</c><00:36:23.400><c> God</c><00:36:23.659><c> established</c>

00:36:24.320 --> 00:36:27.860
but<00:36:24.920><c> a</c><00:36:25.219><c> message</c><00:36:25.480><c> rejected</c><00:36:26.280><c> by</c><00:36:26.659><c> the</c><00:36:26.880><c> nation.</c>

00:36:28.360 --> 00:36:30.800
And<00:36:28.639><c> therefore</c><00:36:29.019><c> a</c><00:36:29.260><c> message</c><00:36:29.599><c> which</c><00:36:29.820><c> was</c><00:36:30.079><c> offered</c><00:36:30.320><c> now</c>

00:36:30.800 --> 00:36:34.199
to<00:36:31.159><c> those</c><00:36:31.440><c> who</c><00:36:31.659><c> would</c><00:36:31.860><c> accept</c><00:36:32.260><c> it,</c><00:36:32.460><c> the</c><00:36:32.619><c> Gentiles.</c>

00:36:37.099 --> 00:36:40.739
A<00:36:37.900><c> nation</c><00:36:38.340><c> that</c><00:36:38.519><c> was</c><00:36:38.780><c> going</c><00:36:38.940><c> to</c><00:36:39.199><c> be</c><00:36:39.719><c> made</c><00:36:40.059><c> into</c>

00:36:40.739 --> 00:36:43.760
a<00:36:41.320><c> people</c><00:36:41.760><c> that</c><00:36:42.159><c> would</c><00:36:42.420><c> be</c><00:36:42.619><c> fit</c><00:36:42.900><c> habitations</c>

00:36:43.760 --> 00:36:46.099
for<00:36:44.039><c> God</c><00:36:44.519><c> through</c><00:36:44.920><c> the</c><00:36:45.199><c> Spirit.</c>

00:36:46.320 --> 00:36:49.159
That's<00:36:46.659><c> what</c><00:36:47.699><c> Stephen's</c><00:36:48.280><c> trying</c><00:36:48.380><c> to</c><00:36:48.780><c> explain</c>

00:36:49.159 --> 00:36:51.260
in<00:36:49.639><c> Acts</c><00:36:49.840><c> chapter</c><00:36:50.159><c> 7.</c>

00:36:52.760 --> 00:36:54.860
And<00:36:52.940><c> then</c><00:36:53.139><c> we</c><00:36:53.400><c> come</c><00:36:53.599><c> to</c><00:36:53.880><c> the</c><00:36:54.119><c> answer</c>

00:36:54.860 --> 00:36:58.619
which<00:36:55.500><c> God</c><00:36:55.880><c> gives</c><00:36:56.659><c> to</c><00:36:57.360><c> Stephen.</c>

00:37:02.900 --> 00:37:05.559
In<00:37:03.500><c> Acts</c><00:37:03.739><c> chapter</c><00:37:03.980><c> 7</c><00:37:04.280><c> and</c><00:37:04.440><c> verse</c><00:37:04.719><c> 54</c>

00:37:05.559 --> 00:37:09.019
the<00:37:06.219><c> reaction</c><00:37:06.679><c> of</c><00:37:07.420><c> the</c><00:37:07.820><c> nation</c>

00:37:09.679 --> 00:37:17.460
to<00:37:10.280><c> what</c><00:37:10.539><c> Stephen</c><00:37:10.840><c> has</c><00:37:11.099><c> said</c><00:37:11.300><c> is</c><00:37:11.739><c> quite</c><00:37:12.119><c> dramatic</c><00:37:12.739><c> really.</c>

00:37:18.719 --> 00:37:20.699
Very,<00:37:19.039><c> very</c><00:37:19.239><c> difficult</c><00:37:19.519><c> to</c><00:37:19.760><c> understand,</c><00:37:20.280><c> isn't</c><00:37:20.420><c> it?</c>

00:37:20.739 --> 00:37:24.340
How<00:37:21.179><c> they</c><00:37:21.539><c> could</c><00:37:21.980><c> have</c><00:37:23.119><c> responded</c><00:37:23.579><c> in</c><00:37:23.860><c> this</c><00:37:24.139><c> way.</c>

00:37:24.480 --> 00:37:26.139
How<00:37:24.659><c> they</c><00:37:24.880><c> were</c><00:37:25.179><c> so</c><00:37:25.599><c> blind</c>

00:37:26.139 --> 00:37:28.099
that<00:37:26.760><c> they</c><00:37:27.000><c> couldn't</c><00:37:27.400><c> see</c><00:37:27.699><c> what</c><00:37:27.920><c> was</c><00:37:28.099><c> happening</c>

00:37:28.099 --> 00:37:31.400
even<00:37:28.539><c> when</c><00:37:28.760><c> a</c><00:37:28.900><c> man's</c><00:37:29.820><c> face</c><00:37:30.000><c> lit</c><00:37:30.360><c> up</c><00:37:30.599><c> as</c><00:37:30.739><c> it</c><00:37:30.960><c> were</c>

00:37:31.400 --> 00:37:35.059
with<00:37:31.920><c> the</c><00:37:32.179><c> glory</c><00:37:32.460><c> of</c><00:37:32.739><c> God,</c><00:37:33.139><c> that</c><00:37:33.340><c> was</c><00:37:33.639><c> not</c><00:37:33.900><c> sufficient.</c>

00:37:35.840 --> 00:37:37.840
And<00:37:36.099><c> even</c><00:37:36.219><c> when</c><00:37:36.500><c> intellectually</c><00:37:37.039><c> they</c><00:37:37.360><c> understood</c>

00:37:37.840 --> 00:37:40.000
the<00:37:38.199><c> logic</c><00:37:38.539><c> of</c><00:37:38.800><c> the</c><00:37:39.059><c> argument</c>

00:37:40.820 --> 00:37:44.219
and<00:37:41.420><c> couldn't</c><00:37:41.659><c> deny</c><00:37:42.000><c> the</c><00:37:42.219><c> miracles</c><00:37:42.599><c> which</c><00:37:42.820><c> were</c><00:37:42.960><c> being</c><00:37:43.199><c> done</c>

00:37:44.860 --> 00:37:47.320
still<00:37:45.460><c> couldn't</c><00:37:45.840><c> see</c><00:37:46.119><c> the</c><00:37:46.300><c> truth.</c>

00:37:48.480 --> 00:37:51.599
And<00:37:48.679><c> the</c><00:37:48.940><c> irony</c><00:37:49.539><c> of</c><00:37:50.199><c> that</c><00:37:50.460><c> situation</c><00:37:51.059><c> comes</c><00:37:51.420><c> out</c>

00:37:51.599 --> 00:37:55.500
when<00:37:51.739><c> we</c><00:37:51.920><c> compare</c><00:37:52.260><c> verse</c><00:37:52.559><c> 54</c><00:37:53.239><c> with</c><00:37:53.780><c> verse</c><00:37:54.079><c> 51.</c>

00:37:56.059 --> 00:37:58.380
Stephen<00:37:56.780><c> had</c><00:37:57.039><c> accused</c><00:37:57.300><c> them</c><00:37:57.539><c> of</c><00:37:57.760><c> being</c>

00:37:58.380 --> 00:38:01.000
uncircumcised<00:37:59.619><c> in</c><00:38:00.119><c> heart.</c>

00:38:02.320 --> 00:38:04.619
Verse<00:38:02.480><c> 54</c><00:38:03.000><c> says</c><00:38:03.320><c> when</c><00:38:03.519><c> they</c><00:38:03.739><c> heard</c><00:38:03.920><c> these</c><00:38:04.219><c> things</c>

00:38:04.619 --> 00:38:08.619
they<00:38:05.119><c> were</c><00:38:05.380><c> cut</c><00:38:06.039><c> to</c><00:38:06.800><c> the</c><00:38:07.000><c> heart.</c>

00:38:11.219 --> 00:38:13.300
Not<00:38:11.699><c> in</c><00:38:12.179><c> a</c><00:38:12.320><c> constructive</c><00:38:12.860><c> way.</c>

00:38:13.579 --> 00:38:16.840
It<00:38:13.699><c> was</c><00:38:13.980><c> not</c><00:38:14.199><c> a</c><00:38:14.460><c> circumcision</c><00:38:15.139><c> of</c><00:38:15.739><c> the</c><00:38:16.000><c> heart.</c>

00:38:16.920 --> 00:38:20.019
It<00:38:17.119><c> was</c><00:38:17.400><c> a</c><00:38:17.699><c> piercing</c><00:38:18.119><c> of</c><00:38:18.519><c> the</c><00:38:18.760><c> heart.</c>

00:38:22.860 --> 00:38:26.159
In<00:38:23.820><c> contrast</c><00:38:24.360><c> in</c><00:38:24.559><c> verse</c><00:38:24.739><c> 55</c>

00:38:26.159 --> 00:38:30.159
that<00:38:27.119><c> he</c><00:38:27.719><c> being</c><00:38:28.199><c> full</c><00:38:28.579><c> of</c><00:38:28.760><c> the</c><00:38:28.980><c> Holy</c><00:38:29.239><c> Spirit</c>

00:38:30.159 --> 00:38:32.880
looked<00:38:30.579><c> up</c><00:38:30.960><c> steadfastly</c><00:38:31.900><c> into</c><00:38:32.219><c> heaven</c>

00:38:32.880 --> 00:38:35.820
and<00:38:33.539><c> saw</c><00:38:33.980><c> the</c><00:38:34.639><c> glory</c><00:38:35.000><c> of</c><00:38:35.320><c> God</c>

00:38:35.820 --> 00:38:41.559
and<00:38:37.000><c> Jesus</c><00:38:37.920><c> standing</c><00:38:38.960><c> on</c><00:38:39.880><c> the</c><00:38:40.079><c> right</c><00:38:40.340><c> hand</c><00:38:40.500><c> of</c><00:38:40.780><c> God</c>

00:38:41.559 --> 00:38:46.159
and<00:38:43.159><c> said,</c><00:38:44.579><c> I</c><00:38:44.920><c> notice</c><00:38:45.099><c> his</c><00:38:45.420><c> words,</c>

00:38:46.159 --> 00:38:51.820
behold,<00:38:48.159><c> I</c><00:38:48.539><c> see</c><00:38:49.119><c> the</c><00:38:49.480><c> heavens</c><00:38:50.179><c> open.</c>

00:38:55.139 --> 00:38:57.420
The<00:38:55.420><c> heavens</c><00:38:55.739><c> had</c><00:38:56.000><c> never</c><00:38:56.239><c> closed.</c>

00:38:58.139 --> 00:39:02.360
God<00:38:58.460><c> had</c><00:38:58.960><c> rent</c><00:38:59.360><c> the</c><00:38:59.639><c> heavens</c><00:39:00.059><c> and</c><00:39:00.820><c> come</c><00:39:01.239><c> down.</c>

00:39:03.059 --> 00:39:05.420
And<00:39:03.380><c> now</c><00:39:03.599><c> for</c><00:39:03.920><c> Stephen</c><00:39:04.280><c> he</c><00:39:04.780><c> could</c><00:39:04.960><c> look</c><00:39:05.179><c> up</c>

00:39:05.420 --> 00:39:07.820
and<00:39:05.579><c> the</c><00:39:05.800><c> heavens</c><00:39:06.099><c> were</c><00:39:06.440><c> still</c><00:39:06.719><c> open.</c>

00:39:08.460 --> 00:39:10.820
And<00:39:09.139><c> he</c><00:39:09.239><c> could</c><00:39:09.480><c> see</c><00:39:09.699><c> all</c><00:39:09.940><c> that</c><00:39:10.099><c> was</c><00:39:10.260><c> going</c><00:39:10.480><c> on</c>

00:39:10.820 --> 00:39:12.820
in<00:39:11.059><c> God's</c><00:39:11.460><c> purpose.</c>

00:39:13.070 --> 00:39:17.440
For<00:39:13.519><c> there</c><00:39:13.980><c> at</c><00:39:14.320><c> the</c><00:39:15.619><c> right</c><00:39:15.960><c> hand</c><00:39:16.179><c> of</c><00:39:16.460><c> God</c>

00:39:18.119 --> 00:39:21.500
in<00:39:19.019><c> the</c><00:39:19.280><c> Melchizedek</c><00:39:19.980><c> throne</c>

00:39:22.059 --> 00:39:25.820
was<00:39:22.960><c> the</c><00:39:23.440><c> Son</c><00:39:24.119><c> of</c><00:39:24.559><c> Man.</c>

00:39:27.559 --> 00:39:31.019
The<00:39:27.760><c> Son</c><00:39:27.960><c> of</c><00:39:28.159><c> Man</c><00:39:28.420><c> as</c><00:39:28.699><c> Brother</c><00:39:28.980><c> Jim</c><00:39:29.179><c> explained</c><00:39:29.840><c> to</c><00:39:30.179><c> us</c>

00:39:31.019 --> 00:39:34.639
representing<00:39:31.940><c> the</c><00:39:32.239><c> one</c><00:39:32.440><c> to</c><00:39:32.559><c> whom</c><00:39:32.679><c> God</c><00:39:32.940><c> had</c><00:39:33.199><c> given</c><00:39:33.420><c> dominion</c>

00:39:34.639 --> 00:39:39.099
and<00:39:35.159><c> authority</c><00:39:35.940><c> to</c><00:39:36.880><c> judge</c><00:39:37.380><c> the</c><00:39:37.800><c> earth.</c>

00:39:39.300 --> 00:39:42.900
And<00:39:39.980><c> he</c><00:39:40.079><c> sees</c><00:39:40.639><c> the</c><00:39:41.780><c> Son</c><00:39:42.000><c> of</c><00:39:42.260><c> Man</c>

00:39:42.900 --> 00:39:46.619
not<00:39:43.460><c> sitting</c><00:39:43.820><c> now,</c><00:39:45.340><c> but</c><00:39:45.639><c> standing.</c>

00:39:49.219 --> 00:39:50.719
What<00:39:49.420><c> did</c><00:39:49.559><c> he</c><00:39:49.699><c> see?</c>

00:39:50.960 --> 00:39:56.400
In<00:39:51.099><c> the</c><00:39:51.219><c> moment</c><00:39:51.559><c> in</c><00:39:51.760><c> which</c><00:39:51.980><c> he</c><00:39:52.179><c> was</c><00:39:53.440><c> to</c><00:39:55.440><c> die</c>

00:39:56.739 --> 00:39:59.000
he<00:39:57.420><c> looked</c><00:39:57.619><c> up</c><00:39:57.860><c> to</c><00:39:58.019><c> heaven.</c>

00:40:00.219 --> 00:40:03.420
The<00:40:00.380><c> heavens</c><00:40:00.559><c> were</c><00:40:00.800><c> open,</c><00:40:01.639><c> still</c><00:40:02.000><c> open.</c>

00:40:04.500 --> 00:40:07.800
And<00:40:04.820><c> he</c><00:40:04.880><c> saw</c><00:40:05.079><c> Jesus</c><00:40:05.559><c> rising</c><00:40:05.960><c> up</c><00:40:06.219><c> from</c><00:40:06.400><c> his</c><00:40:06.659><c> seat</c>

00:40:08.139 --> 00:40:10.679
and<00:40:08.559><c> coming</c><00:40:08.840><c> towards</c><00:40:09.400><c> him.</c>

00:40:11.800 --> 00:40:15.639
He<00:40:12.039><c> saw</c><00:40:12.380><c> the</c><00:40:12.579><c> return</c><00:40:13.000><c> of</c><00:40:13.199><c> the</c><00:40:13.300><c> Lord</c><00:40:13.460><c> Jesus</c><00:40:13.880><c> Christ</c>

00:40:16.260 --> 00:40:17.960
precious<00:40:16.679><c> in</c><00:40:16.920><c> his</c><00:40:17.239><c> sight</c>

00:40:17.960 --> 00:40:20.880
is<00:40:18.380><c> the</c><00:40:18.619><c> blood</c><00:40:19.079><c> of</c><00:40:19.519><c> his</c><00:40:19.719><c> saints.</c>

00:40:25.199 --> 00:40:28.360
Then<00:40:25.679><c> they</c><00:40:26.019><c> cried</c><00:40:26.260><c> out</c><00:40:26.480><c> with</c><00:40:26.719><c> a</c><00:40:26.840><c> loud</c><00:40:27.039><c> voice</c>

00:40:29.519 --> 00:40:33.760
and<00:40:30.360><c> stopped</c><00:40:31.199><c> their</c><00:40:32.579><c> ears.</c>

00:40:36.619 --> 00:40:40.059
He<00:40:37.260><c> uncircumcised</c><00:40:37.900><c> in</c><00:40:39.099><c> ears.</c>

00:40:43.780 --> 00:40:44.980
Remember<00:40:43.940><c> the</c><00:40:44.079><c> miracle</c><00:40:44.380><c> of</c><00:40:44.579><c> the</c><00:40:44.679><c> Lord</c>

00:40:44.980 --> 00:40:48.199
when<00:40:45.780><c> he</c><00:40:45.900><c> put</c><00:40:46.019><c> his</c><00:40:46.260><c> fingers</c><00:40:46.719><c> into</c><00:40:47.159><c> a</c><00:40:47.340><c> man's</c><00:40:47.679><c> ears</c>

00:40:48.199 --> 00:40:52.079
and<00:40:49.219><c> unstopped</c><00:40:50.840><c> his</c><00:40:51.079><c> ears?</c>

00:40:53.559 --> 00:40:55.360
In<00:40:54.199><c> the</c><00:40:54.420><c> face</c><00:40:54.639><c> of</c><00:40:54.900><c> that</c>

00:40:55.360 --> 00:40:57.400
they<00:40:56.440><c> stopped</c><00:40:56.840><c> their</c><00:40:57.179><c> ears</c>

00:40:57.400 --> 00:40:59.639
that<00:40:57.579><c> they</c><00:40:57.800><c> might</c><00:40:58.019><c> not</c><00:40:58.280><c> hear</c><00:40:58.519><c> anymore.</c>

00:41:02.400 --> 00:41:05.340
And<00:41:03.320><c> they</c><00:41:03.539><c> ran</c><00:41:03.820><c> upon</c><00:41:04.159><c> him</c><00:41:04.320><c> with</c><00:41:04.619><c> one</c><00:41:04.880><c> accord</c>

00:41:05.340 --> 00:41:08.780
and<00:41:06.699><c> cast</c><00:41:07.159><c> him</c><00:41:07.440><c> out</c><00:41:07.780><c> of</c><00:41:07.940><c> the</c><00:41:08.119><c> city</c>

00:41:08.780 --> 00:41:11.760
and<00:41:09.639><c> stoned</c><00:41:10.079><c> him.</c>

00:41:13.699 --> 00:41:16.739
And<00:41:13.920><c> in</c><00:41:14.039><c> that</c><00:41:14.159><c> they</c><00:41:14.380><c> fulfilled</c><00:41:14.940><c> Isaiah</c><00:41:15.539><c> chapter</c><00:41:16.019><c> 66</c>

00:41:16.739 --> 00:41:21.539
which<00:41:17.280><c> prophesied</c><00:41:18.400><c> of</c><00:41:18.860><c> them</c><00:41:19.139><c> doing</c><00:41:19.539><c> just</c><00:41:20.119><c> that.</c>

00:41:24.559 --> 00:41:27.639
Isaiah<00:41:24.900><c> 66</c><00:41:25.820><c> verse</c><00:41:26.579><c> 5</c>

00:41:29.659 --> 00:41:32.980
Hear<00:41:30.699><c> the</c><00:41:30.920><c> words</c><00:41:31.579><c> of</c><00:41:31.960><c> Yahweh</c>

00:41:33.000 --> 00:41:35.739
either<00:41:33.599><c> tremble</c><00:41:34.039><c> at</c><00:41:34.260><c> his</c><00:41:34.519><c> word.</c>

00:41:37.179 --> 00:41:39.559
Your<00:41:37.340><c> brethren</c><00:41:37.900><c> that</c><00:41:38.260><c> hated</c><00:41:38.539><c> you</c>

00:41:39.559 --> 00:41:44.179
that<00:41:40.539><c> cast</c><00:41:41.019><c> you</c><00:41:41.400><c> out</c><00:41:42.059><c> for</c><00:41:42.519><c> my</c><00:41:42.940><c> name's</c><00:41:43.900><c> sake</c>

00:41:44.179 --> 00:41:47.840
said,<00:41:46.079><c> let</c><00:41:46.320><c> Yahweh</c><00:41:46.659><c> be</c><00:41:46.940><c> glorified</c>

00:41:47.840 --> 00:41:53.099
that<00:41:49.519><c> he</c><00:41:49.960><c> shall</c><00:41:50.199><c> appear</c><00:41:50.920><c> to</c><00:41:51.840><c> your</c><00:41:52.420><c> joy</c>

00:41:53.099 --> 00:41:55.960
and<00:41:53.900><c> they</c><00:41:54.420><c> shall</c><00:41:54.679><c> be</c><00:41:55.000><c> ashamed.</c>

00:41:56.699 --> 00:41:59.460
Wasn't<00:41:57.260><c> that</c><00:41:57.480><c> a</c><00:41:57.599><c> very</c><00:41:57.920><c> special</c><00:41:58.300><c> message</c>

00:41:59.559 --> 00:42:01.039
for<00:42:00.119><c> Stephen?</c>

00:42:01.079 --> 00:42:02.599
He<00:42:01.260><c> knew</c><00:42:01.460><c> that</c><00:42:01.719><c> verse.</c>

00:42:03.219 --> 00:42:05.940
He<00:42:03.400><c> just</c><00:42:03.659><c> quoted</c><00:42:04.000><c> to</c><00:42:04.159><c> them</c><00:42:04.360><c> the</c><00:42:04.519><c> first</c><00:42:04.800><c> two</c><00:42:05.000><c> verses.</c>

00:42:06.500 --> 00:42:08.360
He<00:42:06.619><c> knew</c><00:42:06.860><c> that</c><00:42:07.039><c> verse</c><00:42:07.260><c> 4</c><00:42:07.519><c> had</c><00:42:07.719><c> been</c><00:42:07.880><c> fulfilled</c>

00:42:08.360 --> 00:42:09.719
in<00:42:08.579><c> the</c><00:42:08.699><c> preaching</c><00:42:08.940><c> of</c><00:42:09.139><c> the</c><00:42:09.280><c> gospel</c>

00:42:09.719 --> 00:42:11.920
of<00:42:10.119><c> which</c><00:42:10.340><c> he</c><00:42:10.400><c> had</c><00:42:10.440><c> been</c><00:42:10.659><c> a</c><00:42:10.900><c> recipient.</c>

00:42:12.420 --> 00:42:14.539
And<00:42:12.579><c> here</c><00:42:12.699><c> now</c><00:42:12.880><c> is</c><00:42:13.059><c> a</c><00:42:13.260><c> special</c><00:42:13.659><c> word</c><00:42:13.860><c> of</c><00:42:14.119><c> comfort</c>

00:42:14.539 --> 00:42:15.800
for<00:42:14.880><c> those</c><00:42:15.199><c> like</c><00:42:15.579><c> he</c>

00:42:15.800 --> 00:42:18.440
who<00:42:16.239><c> trembled</c><00:42:16.800><c> at</c><00:42:17.000><c> God's</c><00:42:17.460><c> word.</c>

00:42:19.260 --> 00:42:21.000
Your<00:42:19.599><c> brethren</c><00:42:20.019><c> that</c><00:42:20.300><c> hated</c><00:42:20.579><c> you</c>

00:42:21.000 --> 00:42:22.980
that<00:42:21.420><c> cast</c><00:42:21.840><c> you</c><00:42:22.119><c> out.</c>

00:42:22.980 --> 00:42:25.559
Acts<00:42:24.039><c> 7</c><00:42:24.260><c> verse</c><00:42:24.480><c> 58</c>

00:42:25.559 --> 00:42:29.340
They<00:42:26.179><c> cast</c><00:42:26.699><c> him</c><00:42:26.920><c> out</c><00:42:27.619><c> of</c><00:42:27.960><c> the</c><00:42:28.159><c> city.</c>

00:42:30.679 --> 00:42:33.320
They<00:42:30.699><c> thought</c><00:42:30.980><c> they</c><00:42:31.159><c> were</c><00:42:31.280><c> doing</c><00:42:31.519><c> the</c><00:42:31.739><c> Lord's</c><00:42:32.199><c> work.</c>

00:42:33.840 --> 00:42:37.579
They<00:42:34.039><c> said,</c><00:42:34.760><c> let</c><00:42:34.920><c> Yahweh</c><00:42:35.300><c> be</c><00:42:35.619><c> glorified.</c>

00:42:40.780 --> 00:42:45.300
But<00:42:41.460><c> he</c><00:42:42.139><c> shall</c><00:42:42.400><c> appear</c><00:42:43.199><c> to</c><00:42:44.460><c> your</c><00:42:45.079><c> joy</c>

00:42:45.300 --> 00:42:47.480
and<00:42:45.460><c> that's</c><00:42:45.739><c> exactly</c><00:42:46.159><c> what</c><00:42:46.340><c> he</c><00:42:46.539><c> did.</c>

00:42:48.579 --> 00:42:50.539
He<00:42:48.880><c> saw</c><00:42:49.159><c> the</c><00:42:49.420><c> glory</c><00:42:49.860><c> of</c><00:42:50.139><c> God</c>

00:42:50.539 --> 00:42:55.500
and<00:42:51.559><c> Jesus</c><00:42:52.539><c> standing</c><00:42:53.699><c> on</c><00:42:54.360><c> the</c><00:42:54.539><c> right</c><00:42:54.780><c> hand</c><00:42:54.960><c> of</c><00:42:55.139><c> God</c>

00:42:55.500 --> 00:42:59.719
appearing<00:42:56.380><c> to</c><00:42:57.420><c> his</c><00:42:58.179><c> joy.</c>

00:43:02.079 --> 00:43:04.900
And<00:43:02.199><c> the</c><00:43:02.300><c> man</c><00:43:04.079><c> at</c><00:43:04.340><c> whose</c><00:43:04.619><c> feet</c>

00:43:04.900 --> 00:43:07.239
they<00:43:05.619><c> laid</c><00:43:05.940><c> down</c><00:43:06.260><c> their</c><00:43:06.579><c> clothes</c>

00:43:07.239 --> 00:43:10.639
must<00:43:08.739><c> have</c><00:43:08.960><c> had</c><00:43:09.179><c> such</c><00:43:09.559><c> bitter</c><00:43:09.940><c> memories</c>

00:43:10.639 --> 00:43:12.380
of<00:43:11.179><c> his</c><00:43:11.539><c> participation</c>

00:43:12.380 --> 00:43:16.579
in<00:43:13.539><c> the</c><00:43:13.800><c> murder</c><00:43:14.420><c> of</c><00:43:15.059><c> a</c><00:43:15.199><c> just</c><00:43:15.500><c> man.</c>

00:43:17.059 --> 00:43:19.820
Like<00:43:17.420><c> a</c><00:43:17.699><c> nightmare,</c><00:43:18.539><c> memory</c>

00:43:20.139 --> 00:43:22.300
throughout<00:43:20.860><c> his</c><00:43:21.159><c> life.</c>

00:43:23.619 --> 00:43:26.500
For<00:43:23.860><c> Stephen,</c><00:43:24.420><c> the</c><00:43:24.519><c> one</c><00:43:24.639><c> who</c><00:43:24.960><c> suffered</c><00:43:25.139><c> these</c><00:43:25.500><c> things</c>

00:43:26.760 --> 00:43:29.900
it<00:43:27.119><c> was</c><00:43:27.380><c> a</c><00:43:27.579><c> moment</c><00:43:27.840><c> of</c><00:43:28.159><c> supreme</c><00:43:28.679><c> joy.</c>

00:43:31.139 --> 00:43:34.340
For<00:43:31.320><c> he</c><00:43:31.519><c> was</c><00:43:31.800><c> allowed</c><00:43:32.039><c> to</c><00:43:32.340><c> see</c><00:43:32.519><c> the</c><00:43:32.719><c> Lord</c><00:43:32.880><c> Jesus</c><00:43:33.300><c> Christ</c>

00:43:34.340 --> 00:43:37.659
appearing<00:43:35.280><c> as</c><00:43:36.579><c> it</c><00:43:36.820><c> were</c><00:43:36.940><c> to</c><00:43:37.219><c> come</c>

00:43:37.659 --> 00:43:40.980
and<00:43:38.420><c> establish</c><00:43:38.900><c> that</c><00:43:39.320><c> throne</c><00:43:39.500><c> upon</c><00:43:39.880><c> earth.</c>

00:43:41.280 --> 00:43:43.039
In<00:43:41.679><c> that</c><00:43:41.900><c> appearing</c><00:43:42.420><c> day</c>

00:43:43.039 --> 00:43:45.079
those<00:43:43.619><c> who</c><00:43:43.780><c> have</c><00:43:43.940><c> rejected</c><00:43:44.320><c> the</c><00:43:44.599><c> Lord</c>

00:43:45.079 --> 00:43:47.340
shall<00:43:45.659><c> be</c><00:43:46.300><c> ashamed.</c>

00:43:49.400 --> 00:43:52.199
And<00:43:49.780><c> Isaiah</c><00:43:50.159><c> concludes</c><00:43:50.800><c> with</c><00:43:51.099><c> that</c><00:43:51.360><c> picture.</c>

00:43:52.539 --> 00:43:54.639
It's<00:43:52.699><c> not</c><00:43:52.860><c> the</c><00:43:52.980><c> way</c><00:43:53.199><c> we</c><00:43:53.420><c> would</c><00:43:53.579><c> have</c><00:43:53.760><c> finished</c><00:43:54.139><c> off</c>

00:43:54.639 --> 00:43:58.000
a<00:43:54.960><c> prophecy</c><00:43:55.420><c> which</c><00:43:56.679><c> is</c><00:43:56.920><c> so</c><00:43:57.199><c> magnificent</c>

00:43:58.000 --> 00:44:02.179
in<00:43:58.820><c> its</c><00:43:59.099><c> spiritual</c><00:43:59.860><c> insight,</c><00:44:00.780><c> is</c><00:44:00.780><c> it?</c>

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But<00:44:03.219><c> you</c><00:44:03.340><c> and</c><00:44:03.500><c> I,</c><00:44:03.940><c> as</c><00:44:04.119><c> the</c><00:44:04.199><c> last</c><00:44:04.619><c> verse,</c>

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describe<00:44:05.599><c> the</c><00:44:05.940><c> carcasses</c><00:44:06.539><c> of</c><00:44:06.780><c> those</c><00:44:07.019><c> who</c><00:44:07.239><c> have</c><00:44:07.320><c> been</c><00:44:07.500><c> rejected</c>

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rotting<00:44:10.679><c> in</c><00:44:10.960><c> Gehenna.</c>

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But<00:44:12.460><c> that's</c><00:44:15.519><c> the</c><00:44:15.679><c> picture</c><00:44:15.940><c> of</c><00:44:16.179><c> Isaiah</c><00:44:16.500><c> 66.</c>

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The<00:44:18.539><c> source</c><00:44:18.820><c> of</c><00:44:19.019><c> the</c><00:44:19.119><c> Lord's</c><00:44:19.420><c> own</c><00:44:19.659><c> words</c><00:44:20.079><c> of</c><00:44:20.639><c> warning</c>

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where<00:44:23.380><c> their</c><00:44:23.699><c> worm</c><00:44:24.079><c> dieth</c><00:44:24.519><c> not</c>

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and<00:44:26.360><c> the</c><00:44:26.619><c> fire</c><00:44:27.219><c> is</c><00:44:27.900><c> not</c><00:44:28.260><c> quenched.</c>

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And<00:44:29.960><c> of</c><00:44:30.059><c> all</c><00:44:30.239><c> the</c><00:44:30.360><c> things</c><00:44:30.579><c> that</c><00:44:30.800><c> Isaiah</c>

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could<00:44:32.139><c> have</c><00:44:32.360><c> recorded</c><00:44:32.780><c> as</c><00:44:33.099><c> the</c><00:44:33.400><c> climax</c><00:44:33.840><c> to</c><00:44:34.079><c> his</c><00:44:34.280><c> prophecy</c>

00:44:36.219 --> 00:44:39.139
that<00:44:36.880><c> must</c><00:44:37.119><c> be</c><00:44:37.360><c> the</c><00:44:37.599><c> greatest</c><00:44:37.940><c> surprise.</c>

00:44:41.280 --> 00:44:44.340
And<00:44:41.840><c> although</c><00:44:42.019><c> we</c><00:44:42.219><c> would</c><00:44:42.420><c> like</c><00:44:42.579><c> to</c><00:44:42.800><c> finish</c><00:44:43.000><c> in</c><00:44:43.179><c> a</c><00:44:43.340><c> different</c><00:44:43.559><c> way</c>

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and<00:44:45.239><c> on</c><00:44:45.400><c> a</c><00:44:45.619><c> different</c><00:44:45.840><c> note</c>

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let<00:44:48.599><c> us</c><00:44:48.880><c> be</c><00:44:49.199><c> true</c><00:44:49.440><c> to</c><00:44:49.820><c> what</c><00:44:50.039><c> we</c><00:44:50.320><c> are</c><00:44:50.380><c> studying</c>

00:44:51.659 --> 00:44:53.599
and<00:44:52.219><c> bring</c><00:44:52.380><c> our</c><00:44:52.679><c> thoughts</c><00:44:53.000><c> to</c><00:44:53.320><c> the</c><00:44:53.400><c> way</c>

00:44:53.599 --> 00:45:01.400
the<00:44:53.800><c> Lord</c><00:44:53.940><c> Jesus</c><00:44:54.360><c> Christ</c><00:44:54.760><c> used</c><00:44:55.260><c> that</c><00:44:57.860><c> verse</c><00:44:58.440><c> in</c><00:44:59.139><c> Mark</c><00:44:59.420><c> chapter</c><00:44:59.719><c> 9.</c>

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In<00:45:10.099><c> Mark</c><00:45:10.320><c> chapter</c><00:45:10.599><c> 9</c><00:45:10.840><c> the</c><00:45:10.980><c> Lord</c><00:45:11.239><c> gives</c><00:45:11.539><c> us</c><00:45:11.820><c> that</c><00:45:12.219><c> sober</c><00:45:12.599><c> warning</c>

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speaking<00:45:15.760><c> of</c><00:45:16.099><c> the</c><00:45:16.679><c> responsibility</c><00:45:17.320><c> and</c><00:45:17.699><c> commitment</c><00:45:18.059><c> he</c><00:45:18.260><c> requires</c>

00:45:21.639 --> 00:45:24.820
if<00:45:22.239><c> we</c><00:45:22.440><c> are</c><00:45:22.579><c> to</c><00:45:22.739><c> inherit</c><00:45:23.139><c> the</c><00:45:23.420><c> kingdom.</c>

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Verse<00:45:25.900><c> 43.</c>

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And<00:45:28.500><c> if</c><00:45:28.639><c> thy</c><00:45:28.860><c> hand</c><00:45:29.179><c> offend</c><00:45:29.539><c> thee,</c><00:45:30.780><c> cut</c><00:45:31.000><c> it</c><00:45:31.219><c> off.</c>

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It<00:45:33.039><c> is</c><00:45:33.320><c> better</c><00:45:33.519><c> for</c><00:45:33.739><c> thee</c><00:45:33.880><c> to</c><00:45:34.099><c> enter</c><00:45:34.280><c> into</c><00:45:34.539><c> life</c><00:45:34.920><c> maimed</c>

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than<00:45:36.460><c> having</c><00:45:36.780><c> two</c><00:45:37.119><c> hands</c><00:45:37.559><c> to</c><00:45:37.840><c> go</c><00:45:38.559><c> into</c><00:45:39.519><c> Gehenna</c>

00:45:40.039 --> 00:45:43.480
into<00:45:40.239><c> the</c><00:45:40.579><c> fire</c><00:45:40.860><c> that</c><00:45:41.159><c> never</c><00:45:41.739><c> shall</c><00:45:42.219><c> be</c><00:45:42.500><c> quenched</c>

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where<00:45:44.000><c> their</c><00:45:44.300><c> worm</c><00:45:44.539><c> dieth</c><00:45:44.920><c> not</c>

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and<00:45:46.380><c> the</c><00:45:46.619><c> fire</c><00:45:46.880><c> is</c><00:45:47.219><c> not</c><00:45:47.480><c> quenched.</c>

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And<00:45:49.820><c> if</c><00:45:49.960><c> thy</c><00:45:50.099><c> foot</c><00:45:50.340><c> offend</c><00:45:50.679><c> thee,</c><00:45:50.880><c> cut</c><00:45:51.039><c> it</c><00:45:51.260><c> off.</c>

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It<00:45:53.599><c> is</c><00:45:53.860><c> better</c><00:45:54.079><c> for</c><00:45:54.320><c> thee</c><00:45:54.440><c> to</c><00:45:54.659><c> enter</c><00:45:54.900><c> halt</c><00:45:55.219><c> into</c><00:45:55.519><c> life</c>

00:45:55.860 --> 00:45:57.780
than<00:45:56.059><c> having</c><00:45:56.340><c> two</c><00:45:56.699><c> feet</c><00:45:56.900><c> to</c><00:45:57.079><c> be</c><00:45:57.320><c> cast</c>

00:45:57.780 --> 00:46:02.420
into<00:45:58.780><c> hell</c><00:45:59.199><c> into</c><00:45:59.719><c> the</c><00:46:00.019><c> fire</c><00:46:00.300><c> never</c><00:46:00.780><c> shall</c><00:46:01.000><c> be</c><00:46:01.300><c> quenched</c>

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where<00:46:03.380><c> their</c><00:46:03.699><c> worm</c><00:46:03.980><c> dieth</c><00:46:04.380><c> not</c>

00:46:05.519 --> 00:46:08.619
and<00:46:06.079><c> the</c><00:46:06.340><c> fire</c><00:46:06.619><c> is</c><00:46:06.920><c> not</c><00:46:07.159><c> quenched.</c>

00:46:10.380 --> 00:46:12.960
And<00:46:10.539><c> if</c><00:46:10.639><c> thine</c><00:46:10.820><c> eye</c><00:46:11.079><c> offend</c><00:46:11.380><c> thee,</c><00:46:11.760><c> pluck</c><00:46:11.780><c> it</c><00:46:12.019><c> out.</c>

00:46:13.599 --> 00:46:16.099
It<00:46:13.820><c> is</c><00:46:14.079><c> better</c><00:46:14.300><c> for</c><00:46:14.500><c> thee</c><00:46:14.639><c> to</c><00:46:14.860><c> enter</c><00:46:15.059><c> into</c><00:46:15.280><c> the</c><00:46:15.460><c> kingdom</c><00:46:15.699><c> of</c><00:46:15.880><c> God</c>

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with<00:46:16.400><c> one</c><00:46:16.639><c> eye</c><00:46:17.239><c> than</c><00:46:17.579><c> having</c><00:46:17.900><c> two</c><00:46:18.239><c> eyes</c><00:46:18.460><c> to</c><00:46:18.659><c> be</c><00:46:18.920><c> cast</c>

00:46:19.199 --> 00:46:23.440
into<00:46:19.519><c> hell</c><00:46:19.719><c> fire</c><00:46:20.340><c> where</c><00:46:21.460><c> their</c><00:46:21.780><c> worm</c><00:46:22.039><c> dieth</c><00:46:22.460><c> not</c>

00:46:23.880 --> 00:46:27.559
and<00:46:24.440><c> the</c><00:46:24.739><c> fire</c><00:46:25.340><c> is</c><00:46:26.019><c> not</c><00:46:26.300><c> quenched.</c>

00:46:28.900 --> 00:46:31.860
This<00:46:29.440><c> is</c><00:46:29.619><c> what</c><00:46:29.780><c> Isaiah</c><00:46:30.199><c> is</c><00:46:30.400><c> leading</c><00:46:30.639><c> us</c><00:46:30.960><c> to.</c>

00:46:32.480 --> 00:46:35.199
There<00:46:32.519><c> may</c><00:46:32.739><c> be</c><00:46:32.920><c> things</c><00:46:33.159><c> in</c><00:46:33.340><c> our</c><00:46:33.579><c> life,</c><00:46:34.019><c> brethren</c><00:46:34.159><c> and</c><00:46:34.360><c> sisters,</c>

00:46:35.800 --> 00:46:38.099
that<00:46:35.900><c> we</c><00:46:36.079><c> have</c><00:46:36.280><c> not</c><00:46:36.519><c> yet</c><00:46:36.800><c> set</c><00:46:37.099><c> aside.</c>

00:46:39.840 --> 00:46:42.260
There<00:46:40.000><c> may</c><00:46:40.199><c> be</c><00:46:40.360><c> things</c><00:46:40.699><c> that</c><00:46:40.980><c> we</c><00:46:41.219><c> see,</c>

00:46:43.340 --> 00:46:46.079
things<00:46:43.639><c> that</c><00:46:43.900><c> we</c><00:46:44.079><c> put</c><00:46:44.300><c> our</c><00:46:44.519><c> hand</c><00:46:44.719><c> to,</c>

00:46:46.579 --> 00:46:48.559
ways<00:46:46.880><c> in</c><00:46:47.099><c> which</c><00:46:47.260><c> we</c><00:46:47.619><c> walk</c>

00:46:49.659 --> 00:46:52.199
which<00:46:50.199><c> do</c><00:46:50.420><c> not</c><00:46:50.760><c> fit</c><00:46:51.039><c> the</c><00:46:51.340><c> way</c><00:46:51.559><c> of</c><00:46:51.840><c> holiness</c>

00:46:52.199 --> 00:46:55.320
which<00:46:53.199><c> leads</c><00:46:53.500><c> to</c><00:46:53.719><c> everlasting</c><00:46:54.199><c> life.</c>

00:46:55.820 --> 00:47:00.440
And<00:46:56.780><c> it</c><00:46:56.920><c> is</c><00:46:57.139><c> better</c><00:46:57.420><c> for</c><00:46:57.579><c> us</c><00:46:57.880><c> now</c><00:46:58.219><c> to</c><00:46:59.079><c> not</c><00:46:59.320><c> just</c><00:46:59.719><c> resolve</c>

00:47:00.440 --> 00:47:04.199
but<00:47:01.699><c> to</c><00:47:02.219><c> implement</c><00:47:02.980><c> those</c><00:47:03.539><c> decisions</c>

00:47:04.199 --> 00:47:06.739
which<00:47:04.699><c> are</c><00:47:04.940><c> required</c><00:47:05.440><c> of</c><00:47:05.679><c> us</c>

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for<00:47:07.960><c> our</c><00:47:08.360><c> good</c>

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that<00:47:10.920><c> we</c><00:47:11.239><c> might</c><00:47:11.500><c> like</c><00:47:11.920><c> Stephen.</c>

00:47:14.980 --> 00:47:17.400
See<00:47:15.179><c> the</c><00:47:15.340><c> Lord</c><00:47:15.519><c> Jesus</c><00:47:16.000><c> Christ</c><00:47:16.639><c> appearing</c>

00:47:17.400 --> 00:47:23.199
to<00:47:18.739><c> our</c><00:47:19.239><c> joy</c><00:47:19.739><c> and</c><00:47:20.780><c> not</c><00:47:21.599><c> to</c><00:47:22.019><c> our</c><00:47:22.300><c> shame.</c>

00:47:25.619 --> 00:47:29.239
And<00:47:26.179><c> if</c><00:47:26.380><c> our</c><00:47:26.579><c> consideration</c><00:47:27.300><c> of</c><00:47:27.659><c> the</c><00:47:28.500><c> Spirit</c><00:47:28.780><c> of</c><00:47:28.940><c> Christ</c>

00:47:29.239 --> 00:47:32.940
in<00:47:29.420><c> the</c><00:47:29.639><c> Prophets</c><00:47:30.099><c> and</c><00:47:30.320><c> in</c><00:47:30.480><c> the</c><00:47:30.619><c> Law</c><00:47:30.980><c> and</c><00:47:31.260><c> in</c><00:47:31.480><c> the</c><00:47:31.599><c> Psalms</c>

00:47:32.940 --> 00:47:34.980
help<00:47:33.320><c> us</c><00:47:33.559><c> to</c><00:47:33.719><c> that</c><00:47:33.960><c> end,</c>

00:47:35.500 --> 00:47:38.739
then<00:47:35.619><c> our</c><00:47:35.880><c> Bible</c><00:47:36.159><c> school</c><00:47:36.400><c> most</c><00:47:36.760><c> surely</c><00:47:37.039><c> will</c><00:47:37.280><c> have</c><00:47:37.519><c> been</c><00:47:37.820><c> worthwhile.</c>

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Thank<00:47:38.739><c> you,</c><00:47:44.000><c> Stephen.</c>