Warning: chmod(): Operation not permitted in /var/www/hopeinstoughton_www/wp-content/plugins/simple-universal-google-analytics/main.php on line 8
[0] in function chmod in /var/www/hopeinstoughton_www/wp-content/plugins/simple-universal-google-analytics/main.php on line 8
[1] in function include_once in /var/www/hopeinstoughton_www/wp-settings.php on line 560
[2] in function require_once in /var/www/hopeinstoughton_www/wp-config.php on line 85
[3] in function require_once in /var/www/hopeinstoughton_www/wp-load.php on line 50
[4] in function require_once in /var/www/hopeinstoughton_www/wp-blog-header.php on line 13
[5] in function require in /var/www/hopeinstoughton_www/index.php on line 17

WEBVTT
Kind: captions
Language: en

00:00:18.219 --> 00:00:21.519
Thank<00:00:19.620><c> you.</c>

00:00:47.619 --> 00:00:50.460
Thank<00:00:49.020><c> you.</c>

00:01:23.500 --> 00:01:29.040
You<00:01:24.299><c> will</c><00:01:24.620><c> recall</c><00:01:25.019><c> that</c><00:01:25.319><c> yesterday</c><00:01:25.739><c> morning,</c><00:01:27.500><c> we</c><00:01:27.780><c> were</c><00:01:28.040><c> talking</c><00:01:28.439><c> on</c>

00:01:29.040 --> 00:01:29.719
the<00:01:29.239><c> subject,</c>

00:01:29.719 --> 00:01:37.219
of<00:01:30.540><c> the</c><00:01:31.260><c> wills</c><00:01:32.500><c> of</c><00:01:32.680><c> God</c><00:01:33.140><c> and</c><00:01:33.620><c> Christ,</c><00:01:36.340><c> and</c><00:01:36.480><c> the</c><00:01:36.680><c> fundamental</c>

00:01:37.219 --> 00:01:47.079
principle<00:01:38.159><c> that</c><00:01:39.700><c> the</c><00:01:40.180><c> will</c><00:01:40.560><c> of</c><00:01:40.819><c> God</c><00:01:41.659><c> must</c><00:01:43.260><c> be</c><00:01:44.159><c> supreme</c><00:01:44.920><c> and</c><00:01:46.079><c> sovereign.</c>

00:01:47.560 --> 00:01:51.000
What<00:01:48.159><c> do</c><00:01:48.280><c> we</c><00:01:48.359><c> mean</c><00:01:48.540><c> by</c><00:01:49.340><c> it</c><00:01:49.560><c> being</c><00:01:50.239><c> sovereign?</c>

00:01:51.000 --> 00:01:55.180
Well,<00:01:52.700><c> of</c><00:01:52.719><c> course,</c><00:01:53.140><c> a</c><00:01:53.280><c> sovereign</c><00:01:53.640><c> is</c><00:01:54.120><c> a</c><00:01:54.359><c> ruler.</c>

00:01:56.299 --> 00:02:04.659
In<00:01:56.420><c> other</c><00:01:56.640><c> words,</c><00:01:58.420><c> the</c><00:01:58.500><c> will</c><00:01:59.140><c> of</c><00:01:59.700><c> God</c><00:02:00.500><c> must</c><00:02:01.340><c> rule</c><00:02:02.099><c> in</c><00:02:02.840><c> our</c><00:02:03.140><c> lives,</c><00:02:04.480><c> in</c>

00:02:04.659 --> 00:02:05.959
our<00:02:04.939><c> hearts.</c>

00:02:07.120 --> 00:02:14.819
And<00:02:07.299><c> of</c><00:02:07.400><c> course,</c><00:02:07.579><c> this</c><00:02:08.020><c> presents</c><00:02:08.840><c> to</c><00:02:09.159><c> us</c><00:02:09.460><c> a</c><00:02:09.639><c> problem,</c><00:02:12.159><c> because,</c><00:02:14.400><c> as</c><00:02:14.599><c> the</c>

00:02:14.819 --> 00:02:15.939
Apostle<00:02:15.280><c> Paul</c><00:02:15.599><c> said,</c>

00:02:15.939 --> 00:02:19.719
as<00:02:16.159><c> you</c><00:02:16.159><c> can</c><00:02:17.199><c> read</c><00:02:17.780><c> in</c><00:02:18.039><c> the</c><00:02:18.159><c> seventh</c><00:02:18.539><c> chapter</c><00:02:19.020><c> of</c><00:02:19.139><c> his</c><00:02:19.340><c> epistle</c>

00:02:19.719 --> 00:02:21.099
to<00:02:19.939><c> the</c><00:02:20.139><c> Romans,</c>

00:02:21.819 --> 00:02:29.500
that<00:02:22.300><c> with</c><00:02:23.520><c> his</c><00:02:23.860><c> mind</c><00:02:24.460><c> he</c><00:02:25.259><c> served</c><00:02:25.879><c> the</c><00:02:26.800><c> law</c><00:02:27.159><c> of</c><00:02:27.419><c> God,</c><00:02:28.699><c> but</c><00:02:29.159><c> with</c>

00:02:29.500 --> 00:02:33.240
his<00:02:30.139><c> flesh</c><00:02:30.500><c> the</c><00:02:31.500><c> law</c><00:02:31.900><c> of</c><00:02:32.219><c> sin.</c>

00:02:34.539 --> 00:02:40.639
And<00:02:34.879><c> so</c><00:02:35.020><c> there</c><00:02:35.180><c> is</c><00:02:35.599><c> a</c><00:02:36.639><c> natural</c><00:02:37.139><c> conflict</c><00:02:38.319><c> set</c><00:02:39.000><c> up.</c>

00:02:42.539 --> 00:02:50.159
This<00:02:43.500><c> opposing</c><00:02:44.439><c> and</c><00:02:45.639><c> strong</c><00:02:46.020><c> will</c><00:02:46.460><c> of</c><00:02:46.840><c> human</c><00:02:47.280><c> flesh</c><00:02:47.879><c> is</c><00:02:49.599><c> very</c>

00:02:50.159 --> 00:02:54.219
soon<00:02:50.500><c> evident</c><00:02:50.979><c> in</c><00:02:51.539><c> any</c><00:02:51.900><c> new</c><00:02:52.620><c> human</c><00:02:53.120><c> life.</c>

00:02:55.000 --> 00:02:59.280
And<00:02:55.259><c> perhaps</c><00:02:55.500><c> the</c><00:02:55.740><c> very</c><00:02:56.020><c> first</c><00:02:56.479><c> word</c><00:02:56.979><c> of</c><00:02:57.599><c> the</c><00:02:57.819><c> English</c><00:02:58.240><c> language</c><00:02:58.759><c> or</c><00:02:58.979><c> any</c>

00:02:59.280 --> 00:03:00.400
other<00:02:59.520><c> language,</c>

00:03:00.400 --> 00:03:05.659
its<00:03:01.219><c> equivalent</c><00:03:01.759><c> that</c><00:03:02.400><c> is</c><00:03:02.560><c> learned</c><00:03:03.080><c> by</c><00:03:03.719><c> a</c><00:03:04.099><c> child,</c><00:03:04.759><c> is</c><00:03:04.759><c> no.</c>

00:03:06.360 --> 00:03:09.500
I<00:03:06.560><c> think</c><00:03:06.740><c> you</c><00:03:06.939><c> parents</c><00:03:07.240><c> can</c><00:03:07.759><c> testify</c><00:03:08.280><c> to</c><00:03:08.539><c> that.</c>

00:03:10.419 --> 00:03:14.000
In<00:03:10.639><c> other</c><00:03:10.860><c> words,</c><00:03:11.819><c> I</c><00:03:11.900><c> don't</c><00:03:12.139><c> want</c><00:03:12.300><c> to</c><00:03:12.439><c> do</c><00:03:12.620><c> what</c><00:03:12.860><c> you</c><00:03:13.099><c> want</c><00:03:13.319><c> me</c><00:03:13.560><c> to</c><00:03:13.699><c> do,</c><00:03:13.840><c> I</c>

00:03:14.000 --> 00:03:16.219
want<00:03:14.219><c> to</c><00:03:14.340><c> do</c><00:03:14.439><c> what</c><00:03:14.639><c> I</c><00:03:14.879><c> want</c><00:03:15.099><c> to</c><00:03:15.240><c> do.</c>

00:03:16.759 --> 00:03:20.219
This<00:03:17.240><c> is</c><00:03:17.919><c> indeed</c><00:03:18.659><c> most</c><00:03:19.240><c> natural.</c>

00:03:22.439 --> 00:03:29.139
Now,<00:03:22.780><c> there</c><00:03:22.979><c> are</c><00:03:23.159><c> reasons</c><00:03:23.960><c> why</c><00:03:24.740><c> we</c><00:03:25.159><c> should</c><00:03:25.620><c> submit</c><00:03:26.360><c> to</c><00:03:26.960><c> the</c><00:03:27.360><c> will</c><00:03:27.759><c> of</c><00:03:28.180><c> God.</c>

00:03:29.610 --> 00:03:34.039
We<00:03:30.000><c> read</c><00:03:30.340><c> some</c><00:03:30.699><c> references</c><00:03:31.139><c> yesterday</c><00:03:32.199><c> pertaining</c><00:03:32.759><c> to</c><00:03:33.120><c> this,</c>

00:03:34.139 --> 00:03:39.300
and<00:03:34.379><c> of</c><00:03:34.580><c> course</c><00:03:34.900><c> there</c><00:03:35.319><c> are</c><00:03:36.020><c> many</c><00:03:36.960><c> references</c><00:03:37.620><c> that</c><00:03:37.919><c> could</c><00:03:38.120><c> be</c><00:03:38.419><c> cited.</c>

00:03:39.979 --> 00:03:44.400
I'm<00:03:40.180><c> trying</c><00:03:40.419><c> to</c><00:03:40.599><c> give</c><00:03:40.740><c> you</c><00:03:41.439><c> a</c><00:03:41.699><c> minimum</c><00:03:42.060><c> number</c><00:03:42.879><c> of</c><00:03:43.360><c> references</c>

00:03:44.879 --> 00:03:50.439
so<00:03:45.659><c> that</c><00:03:45.879><c> we</c><00:03:46.039><c> do</c><00:03:46.259><c> not</c><00:03:46.479><c> have</c><00:03:46.879><c> too</c><00:03:47.180><c> much</c><00:03:48.180><c> page</c><00:03:48.620><c> turning</c><00:03:49.020><c> to</c><00:03:49.300><c> do.</c>

00:03:50.860 --> 00:03:56.460
We're<00:03:51.280><c> hoping,</c><00:03:52.180><c> preferably,</c><00:03:53.719><c> to</c><00:03:53.860><c> see</c><00:03:54.099><c> if</c><00:03:54.240><c> we</c><00:03:54.439><c> can</c><00:03:55.620><c> stimulate</c>

00:03:56.460 --> 00:03:59.180
some<00:03:56.879><c> thought</c><00:03:57.340><c> as</c><00:03:57.759><c> we</c><00:03:57.900><c> go</c><00:03:58.199><c> along.</c>

00:04:02.360 --> 00:04:05.199
But<00:04:02.960><c> I</c><00:04:03.060><c> would</c><00:04:03.319><c> like</c><00:04:03.599><c> you</c><00:04:03.800><c> now,</c><00:04:04.219><c> if</c><00:04:04.379><c> you</c><00:04:04.580><c> will</c><00:04:04.759><c> please,</c>

00:04:05.360 --> 00:04:12.560
to<00:04:05.860><c> open</c><00:04:06.280><c> your</c><00:04:07.080><c> Bibles</c><00:04:07.560><c> to</c><00:04:07.879><c> the</c><00:04:07.979><c> tenth</c><00:04:08.360><c> chapter</c><00:04:09.460><c> of</c><00:04:10.039><c> the</c><00:04:10.219><c> gospel</c><00:04:10.639><c> according</c><00:04:11.120><c> to</c><00:04:11.379><c> Matthew.</c>

00:04:19.939 --> 00:04:25.579
And<00:04:20.339><c> here</c><00:04:20.600><c> Jesus</c><00:04:21.120><c> speaks</c><00:04:21.939><c> of</c><00:04:22.860><c> this</c><00:04:23.279><c> order</c><00:04:23.759><c> of</c><00:04:24.360><c> sovereignty,</c>

00:04:26.759 --> 00:04:30.600
of<00:04:26.899><c> wills,</c><00:04:28.379><c> and</c><00:04:28.720><c> of</c><00:04:29.100><c> position.</c>

00:04:32.279 --> 00:04:36.500
Beginning<00:04:32.720><c> at</c><00:04:33.220><c> verse</c><00:04:33.459><c> 24,</c><00:04:34.740><c> Jesus</c><00:04:35.220><c> says,</c>

00:04:37.000 --> 00:04:44.540
The<00:04:37.620><c> disciple</c><00:04:38.220><c> is</c><00:04:39.259><c> not</c><00:04:39.680><c> above</c><00:04:40.319><c> his</c><00:04:40.620><c> master,</c><00:04:42.279><c> that</c><00:04:42.459><c> is,</c><00:04:42.779><c> his</c><00:04:42.860><c> teacher,</c><00:04:43.279><c> his</c><00:04:43.560><c> debascolos,</c><00:04:44.459><c> as</c>

00:04:44.540 --> 00:04:46.920
we<00:04:45.120><c> saw</c><00:04:45.639><c> yesterday,</c>

00:04:47.920 --> 00:04:54.860
nor<00:04:48.279><c> the</c><00:04:48.579><c> servant</c><00:04:49.019><c> above</c><00:04:50.399><c> his</c><00:04:50.720><c> lord,</c><00:04:52.579><c> or</c><00:04:52.740><c> the</c><00:04:53.000><c> slave</c><00:04:53.579><c> above</c>

00:04:54.860 --> 00:04:56.879
his<00:04:55.540><c> slave</c><00:04:55.939><c>-owner.</c>

00:04:58.699 --> 00:05:03.500
It<00:04:59.019><c> is</c><00:04:59.300><c> enough</c><00:04:59.720><c> for</c><00:05:00.160><c> the</c><00:05:00.379><c> disciple</c><00:05:00.879><c> that</c><00:05:01.240><c> he</c><00:05:01.459><c> be</c><00:05:01.759><c> as</c><00:05:02.199><c> his</c><00:05:02.459><c> teacher.</c>

00:05:03.879 --> 00:05:09.399
In<00:05:04.180><c> other</c><00:05:04.480><c> words,</c><00:05:04.779><c> if</c><00:05:04.959><c> he</c><00:05:05.100><c> can</c><00:05:05.660><c> rise</c><00:05:06.240><c> to</c><00:05:06.439><c> that</c><00:05:06.720><c> level,</c><00:05:08.959><c> and</c><00:05:09.160><c> the</c>

00:05:09.399 --> 00:05:12.180
servant<00:05:09.939><c> as</c><00:05:10.879><c> his</c><00:05:11.279><c> lord.</c>

00:05:14.139 --> 00:05:17.639
If<00:05:14.300><c> they</c><00:05:14.560><c> call</c><00:05:14.839><c> the</c><00:05:15.019><c> master</c><00:05:15.540><c> of</c><00:05:15.660><c> the</c><00:05:15.839><c> house</c><00:05:16.180><c> Beelzebub,</c>

00:05:18.060 --> 00:05:21.600
how<00:05:18.319><c> much</c><00:05:18.620><c> more</c><00:05:18.860><c> shall</c><00:05:19.060><c> they</c><00:05:19.319><c> call</c><00:05:19.579><c> them</c><00:05:20.060><c> of</c><00:05:20.240><c> his</c><00:05:20.500><c> household?</c>

00:05:22.819 --> 00:05:27.199
In<00:05:23.040><c> other</c><00:05:23.300><c> words,</c><00:05:25.319><c> he</c><00:05:25.500><c> was</c><00:05:25.680><c> teaching</c><00:05:26.040><c> them</c><00:05:26.319><c> that</c><00:05:26.560><c> they</c><00:05:26.899><c> should</c>

00:05:27.199 --> 00:05:31.339
not<00:05:27.399><c> expect</c><00:05:28.339><c> any</c><00:05:28.839><c> better</c><00:05:29.100><c> treatment</c><00:05:29.639><c> than</c><00:05:30.040><c> he</c><00:05:30.560><c> received,</c>

00:05:31.339 --> 00:05:35.860
even<00:05:32.459><c> though</c><00:05:32.860><c> we</c><00:05:33.120><c> all</c><00:05:33.579><c> like</c><00:05:33.899><c> to</c><00:05:34.180><c> be</c><00:05:34.560><c> treated</c><00:05:34.879><c> well.</c>

00:05:36.699 --> 00:05:41.160
And,<00:05:36.899><c> of</c><00:05:37.019><c> course,</c><00:05:37.240><c> it</c><00:05:37.379><c> is</c><00:05:37.579><c> natural</c><00:05:37.980><c> for</c><00:05:38.199><c> us</c><00:05:38.779><c> to</c><00:05:39.480><c> like</c><00:05:40.100><c> too</c><00:05:40.620><c> well</c>

00:05:41.160 --> 00:05:43.240
to<00:05:41.439><c> be</c><00:05:41.699><c> treated</c><00:05:42.120><c> well.</c>

00:05:44.600 --> 00:05:48.779
He<00:05:44.759><c> says,</c><00:05:44.980><c> Fear</c><00:05:45.360><c> them</c><00:05:45.660><c> not,</c><00:05:46.079><c> therefore,</c><00:05:46.579><c> for</c><00:05:46.819><c> there</c><00:05:47.079><c> is</c><00:05:47.279><c> nothing</c><00:05:47.839><c> covered</c><00:05:48.379><c> that</c>

00:05:48.779 --> 00:05:50.639
shall<00:05:49.019><c> not</c><00:05:49.339><c> be</c><00:05:49.699><c> revealed,</c>

00:05:51.220 --> 00:05:53.639
and<00:05:51.560><c> hid</c><00:05:51.680><c> that</c><00:05:51.939><c> shall</c><00:05:52.180><c> not</c><00:05:52.439><c> be</c><00:05:52.699><c> known.</c>

00:05:54.639 --> 00:05:57.680
What<00:05:55.180><c> I</c><00:05:55.500><c> tell</c><00:05:55.639><c> you</c><00:05:55.779><c> in</c><00:05:55.939><c> darkness,</c><00:05:56.480><c> that</c><00:05:56.759><c> speak</c><00:05:57.100><c> ye</c><00:05:57.300><c> in</c><00:05:57.459><c> light,</c>

00:05:57.740 --> 00:06:02.199
and<00:05:57.899><c> what</c><00:05:58.120><c> ye</c><00:05:58.360><c> hear</c><00:05:58.560><c> in</c><00:05:58.740><c> the</c><00:05:58.879><c> ear,</c><00:05:59.199><c> that</c><00:05:59.379><c> preach</c><00:05:59.699><c> ye</c><00:06:00.120><c> from</c><00:06:00.459><c> the</c><00:06:00.680><c> housetop.</c>

00:06:03.259 --> 00:06:07.279
And<00:06:03.480><c> fear</c><00:06:03.639><c> not</c><00:06:03.939><c> them</c><00:06:04.420><c> which</c><00:06:04.779><c> kill</c><00:06:05.180><c> the</c><00:06:05.339><c> body,</c><00:06:06.259><c> but</c><00:06:06.339><c> are</c><00:06:06.500><c> not</c><00:06:06.699><c> able</c><00:06:07.040><c> to</c>

00:06:07.279 --> 00:06:08.740
kill<00:06:07.540><c> the</c><00:06:07.779><c> soul,</c>

00:06:09.360 --> 00:06:16.250
but<00:06:09.579><c> rather,</c><00:06:10.639><c> fear</c><00:06:10.879><c> him</c><00:06:11.279><c> which</c><00:06:11.519><c> is</c><00:06:11.720><c> able</c><00:06:12.100><c> to</c><00:06:12.379><c> destroy</c><00:06:12.839><c> both</c><00:06:13.439><c> soul</c><00:06:14.180><c> and</c><00:06:14.660><c> body</c><00:06:15.240><c> in</c><00:06:15.980><c> Gehenna.</c>

00:06:16.250 --> 00:06:19.569
I'm<00:06:16.670><c> not</c><00:06:17.089><c> reading</c><00:06:17.350><c> it</c><00:06:18.009><c> in</c><00:06:18.129><c> the</c><00:06:18.350><c> original.</c>

00:06:23.709 --> 00:06:32.129
When<00:06:24.709><c> Jesus</c><00:06:25.149><c> speaks</c><00:06:25.670><c> here</c><00:06:26.889><c> of</c><00:06:28.569><c> having,</c><00:06:29.009><c> again</c><00:06:30.069><c> to</c><00:06:30.230><c> use</c><00:06:30.709><c> the</c><00:06:31.389><c> expression,</c><00:06:32.129><c> a</c>

00:06:32.129 --> 00:06:34.870
priority<00:06:33.089><c> of</c><00:06:33.930><c> fears,</c>

00:06:35.350 --> 00:06:39.930
perhaps<00:06:35.709><c> we</c><00:06:35.949><c> should</c><00:06:36.129><c> say</c><00:06:36.509><c> rather</c><00:06:37.050><c> a</c><00:06:37.389><c> priority</c><00:06:38.069><c> of</c><00:06:38.689><c> respect,</c>

00:06:40.529 --> 00:06:44.449
he<00:06:41.170><c> is</c><00:06:41.290><c> telling</c><00:06:41.529><c> us</c><00:06:41.769><c> not</c><00:06:42.310><c> to</c><00:06:42.769><c> fear</c><00:06:43.230><c> men.</c>

00:06:45.689 --> 00:06:52.149
Men,<00:06:46.329><c> indeed,</c><00:06:47.769><c> sometimes</c><00:06:48.310><c> have</c><00:06:48.730><c> the</c><00:06:48.949><c> power</c><00:06:49.550><c> to</c><00:06:50.209><c> do</c><00:06:50.410><c> terrible</c><00:06:50.889><c> things.</c>

00:06:53.069 --> 00:06:56.850
As<00:06:53.269><c> we</c><00:06:53.490><c> quoted</c><00:06:53.949><c> Jesus'</c><00:06:54.949><c> words</c><00:06:55.290><c> spoken</c><00:06:55.769><c> to</c><00:06:56.009><c> the</c><00:06:56.189><c> disciples</c><00:06:56.589><c> on</c>

00:06:56.850 --> 00:07:01.170
the<00:06:56.949><c> night</c><00:06:57.149><c> of</c><00:06:57.250><c> his</c><00:06:57.490><c> betrayal</c><00:06:58.250><c> the</c><00:06:59.769><c> other</c><00:07:00.009><c> day,</c>

00:07:01.310 --> 00:07:03.990
he<00:07:01.350><c> said,</c><00:07:01.649><c> The</c><00:07:01.649><c> time</c><00:07:02.029><c> will</c><00:07:02.290><c> come</c><00:07:02.569><c> when</c><00:07:02.810><c> he</c><00:07:03.129><c> that</c><00:07:03.370><c> killeth</c><00:07:03.689><c> you</c>

00:07:03.990 --> 00:07:06.790
will<00:07:04.269><c> think</c><00:07:04.569><c> that</c><00:07:04.790><c> he</c><00:07:04.949><c> doeth</c><00:07:05.430><c> God's</c><00:07:06.189><c> service.</c>

00:07:06.790 --> 00:07:11.329
And<00:07:07.370><c> we</c><00:07:07.649><c> also</c><00:07:08.069><c> pointed</c><00:07:08.290><c> out</c><00:07:08.689><c> that</c><00:07:08.870><c> this</c><00:07:09.069><c> is</c><00:07:09.310><c> exactly</c><00:07:09.769><c> what</c><00:07:10.769><c> Saul</c><00:07:11.149><c> of</c>

00:07:11.329 --> 00:07:15.589
Tarsus<00:07:11.769><c> was</c><00:07:12.029><c> doing</c><00:07:12.750><c> when</c><00:07:13.430><c> Jesus</c><00:07:13.870><c> appeared</c><00:07:14.430><c> to</c><00:07:14.689><c> him.</c>

00:07:17.430 --> 00:07:22.209
We<00:07:17.550><c> know</c><00:07:17.850><c> also</c><00:07:18.889><c> that</c><00:07:19.850><c> James,</c><00:07:20.449><c> the</c><00:07:20.569><c> brother</c><00:07:20.870><c> of</c><00:07:21.149><c> John,</c><00:07:21.709><c> was</c><00:07:21.910><c> put</c>

00:07:22.209 --> 00:07:24.470
to<00:07:22.389><c> death</c><00:07:23.129><c> by</c><00:07:23.569><c> Herod.</c>

00:07:24.970 --> 00:07:32.670
Jesus<00:07:26.709><c> didn't</c><00:07:27.050><c> give</c><00:07:27.329><c> us</c><00:07:28.009><c> any</c><00:07:28.569><c> guarantee</c><00:07:29.269><c> at</c><00:07:29.529><c> all</c><00:07:30.290><c> that</c><00:07:30.649><c> we</c><00:07:31.269><c> will</c><00:07:31.910><c> be</c>

00:07:32.670 --> 00:07:41.790
immune<00:07:33.529><c> from</c><00:07:34.649><c> hardship,</c><00:07:36.110><c> oppression,</c><00:07:38.129><c> even</c><00:07:38.629><c> being</c><00:07:40.350><c> killed.</c>

00:07:44.350 --> 00:07:53.649
To<00:07:45.310><c> us,</c><00:07:46.689><c> as</c><00:07:46.750><c> natural</c><00:07:47.550><c> human</c><00:07:48.529><c> animals,</c><00:07:50.810><c> there</c><00:07:51.290><c> is</c><00:07:52.870><c> of</c><00:07:53.189><c> course</c><00:07:53.449><c> a</c>

00:07:53.649 --> 00:07:57.250
great<00:07:54.230><c> fear</c><00:07:55.110><c> of</c><00:07:55.689><c> being</c><00:07:56.050><c> killed.</c>

00:07:57.870 --> 00:08:05.250
And<00:07:58.370><c> as</c><00:07:59.089><c> the</c><00:07:59.250><c> one</c><00:07:59.490><c> styled</c><00:08:00.329><c> Satan</c><00:08:01.110><c> said</c><00:08:01.730><c> to</c><00:08:02.029><c> Job,</c><00:08:03.589><c> Skin</c><00:08:03.949><c> for</c><00:08:04.230><c> skin,</c><00:08:04.930><c> all</c>

00:08:05.250 --> 00:08:09.430
that<00:08:05.389><c> a</c><00:08:05.529><c> man</c><00:08:05.730><c> hath</c><00:08:06.230><c> will</c><00:08:06.689><c> he</c><00:08:07.009><c> give</c><00:08:07.430><c> for</c><00:08:08.110><c> his</c><00:08:08.449><c> life.</c>

00:08:12.189 --> 00:08:19.730
But<00:08:13.069><c> this</c><00:08:13.750><c> animal</c><00:08:14.129><c> life</c><00:08:14.810><c> is</c><00:08:15.829><c> not</c><00:08:16.129><c> to</c><00:08:16.350><c> be</c><00:08:16.589><c> all</c><00:08:17.029><c> and</c><00:08:17.329><c> end</c><00:08:17.730><c> all</c><00:08:18.389><c> of</c><00:08:18.709><c> everything.</c>

00:08:22.350 --> 00:08:27.870
There<00:08:22.490><c> is</c><00:08:23.310><c> reason</c><00:08:23.990><c> to</c><00:08:24.930><c> have</c><00:08:25.269><c> less</c><00:08:25.750><c> fear</c><00:08:26.269><c> of</c><00:08:26.569><c> losing</c><00:08:26.930><c> this</c><00:08:27.290><c> life</c>

00:08:27.870 --> 00:08:33.309
than<00:08:29.170><c> fear</c><00:08:29.750><c> of</c><00:08:30.009><c> losing</c><00:08:30.550><c> a</c><00:08:30.910><c> far</c><00:08:31.209><c> more</c><00:08:31.649><c> important</c><00:08:32.190><c> life.</c>

00:08:33.590 --> 00:08:36.610
And<00:08:33.789><c> this</c><00:08:33.929><c> is</c><00:08:34.149><c> something</c><00:08:34.370><c> that</c><00:08:34.610><c> we</c><00:08:34.769><c> should</c><00:08:35.090><c> all</c><00:08:35.669><c> understand.</c>

00:08:37.649 --> 00:08:43.750
But<00:08:38.409><c> again,</c><00:08:40.009><c> when</c><00:08:40.210><c> our</c><00:08:40.570><c> very</c><00:08:40.970><c> illogical</c><00:08:42.070><c> natures,</c><00:08:43.190><c> when</c><00:08:43.470><c> our</c>

00:08:43.750 --> 00:08:46.269
emotions<00:08:44.629><c> set</c><00:08:45.250><c> in,</c>

00:08:47.049 --> 00:08:51.309
I'm<00:08:47.269><c> afraid</c><00:08:47.730><c> that</c><00:08:48.330><c> most</c><00:08:48.690><c> of</c><00:08:48.929><c> us</c><00:08:49.429><c> have</c><00:08:49.830><c> greater</c><00:08:50.210><c> fear</c><00:08:50.769><c> of</c><00:08:51.009><c> what</c>

00:08:51.309 --> 00:08:53.730
might<00:08:51.950><c> happen</c><00:08:52.529><c> to</c><00:08:53.009><c> this</c><00:08:53.309><c> life</c>

00:08:53.730 --> 00:08:58.610
than<00:08:54.610><c> what</c><00:08:54.889><c> might</c><00:08:55.210><c> happen</c><00:08:55.529><c> to</c><00:08:55.730><c> us</c><00:08:56.370><c> in</c><00:08:57.049><c> the</c><00:08:57.429><c> life</c><00:08:57.629><c> to</c><00:08:57.889><c> come,</c><00:08:58.389><c> our</c>

00:08:58.610 --> 00:08:59.789
eternal<00:08:58.950><c> life.</c>

00:09:00.649 --> 00:09:02.490
This<00:09:00.929><c> is</c><00:09:01.149><c> not</c><00:09:01.370><c> logical.</c>

00:09:03.090 --> 00:09:08.649
In<00:09:03.950><c> fact,</c><00:09:04.809><c> one</c><00:09:04.929><c> thing</c><00:09:05.190><c> we</c><00:09:05.309><c> need</c><00:09:05.769><c> to</c><00:09:06.629><c> be</c><00:09:06.990><c> aware</c><00:09:07.370><c> of</c><00:09:07.750><c> is</c><00:09:08.070><c> that</c><00:09:08.330><c> we</c>

00:09:08.649 --> 00:09:13.409
human<00:09:09.049><c> beings</c><00:09:09.529><c> are</c><00:09:10.210><c> exceedingly</c><00:09:10.950><c> illogical</c><00:09:12.370><c> creatures.</c>

00:09:13.970 --> 00:09:17.990
What<00:09:14.769><c> do</c><00:09:14.990><c> we</c><00:09:14.990><c> mean</c><00:09:15.350><c> by</c><00:09:15.750><c> being</c><00:09:16.730><c> logical?</c>

00:09:19.409 --> 00:09:25.250
We<00:09:19.690><c> get</c><00:09:19.970><c> our</c><00:09:20.190><c> word</c><00:09:21.049><c> logical</c><00:09:21.809><c> or</c><00:09:22.029><c> logic</c><00:09:22.610><c> directly</c><00:09:23.490><c> from</c><00:09:23.870><c> the</c><00:09:24.070><c> Greek.</c>

00:09:26.549 --> 00:09:32.970
Logos,<00:09:28.570><c> which</c><00:09:28.889><c> as</c><00:09:29.450><c> you</c><00:09:29.629><c> may</c><00:09:29.870><c> know,</c><00:09:30.230><c> if</c><00:09:30.309><c> you</c><00:09:30.490><c> have</c><00:09:31.490><c> consulted</c><00:09:32.210><c> a</c>

00:09:32.970 --> 00:09:36.389
lexicon<00:09:33.490><c> such</c><00:09:33.929><c> as</c><00:09:34.629><c> Thayer's</c><00:09:35.049><c> Lexicon,</c>

00:09:36.750 --> 00:09:40.950
has<00:09:37.370><c> some</c><00:09:38.350><c> nine</c><00:09:39.009><c> principle</c><00:09:39.730><c> meanings.</c>

00:09:41.830 --> 00:09:45.830
And<00:09:42.049><c> those</c><00:09:42.289><c> of</c><00:09:42.450><c> you</c><00:09:42.610><c> who</c><00:09:42.769><c> have</c><00:09:43.009><c> attempted</c><00:09:43.450><c> to</c><00:09:44.250><c> teach</c><00:09:44.450><c> the</c><00:09:44.830><c> truth</c><00:09:45.110><c> to</c>

00:09:45.830 --> 00:09:47.309
people<00:09:46.269><c> who</c><00:09:46.509><c> were</c><00:09:46.789><c> thoroughly,</c>

00:09:47.710 --> 00:09:51.409
if<00:09:48.129><c> you'll</c><00:09:48.470><c> pardon</c><00:09:48.690><c> the</c><00:09:48.870><c> modern</c><00:09:49.230><c> expression,</c><00:09:50.389><c> programmed</c><00:09:50.610><c> with</c><00:09:50.950><c> what</c><00:09:51.149><c> is</c>

00:09:51.409 --> 00:09:53.669
called<00:09:51.789><c> orthodoxy,</c>

00:09:54.429 --> 00:09:59.169
the<00:09:55.230><c> beginning</c><00:09:55.610><c> of</c><00:09:56.230><c> the</c><00:09:56.809><c> first</c><00:09:57.090><c> chapter</c><00:09:57.490><c> of</c><00:09:57.669><c> the</c><00:09:57.809><c> Gospel</c><00:09:58.149><c> according</c><00:09:58.610><c> to</c><00:09:58.870><c> John</c>

00:09:59.169 --> 00:10:04.509
is<00:09:59.409><c> a</c><00:09:59.570><c> very</c><00:10:00.509><c> difficult</c><00:10:01.509><c> set</c><00:10:01.909><c> of</c><00:10:02.129><c> verses</c><00:10:02.429><c> to</c><00:10:02.710><c> deal</c><00:10:03.129><c> with</c><00:10:03.610><c> in</c><00:10:03.970><c> talking</c><00:10:04.250><c> to</c>

00:10:04.509 --> 00:10:05.870
these<00:10:04.769><c> people.</c>

00:10:07.350 --> 00:10:16.289
But<00:10:07.590><c> logos</c><00:10:08.210><c> has</c><00:10:10.230><c> to</c><00:10:11.570><c> do</c><00:10:11.909><c> essentially</c><00:10:12.649><c> with</c><00:10:14.009><c> reason</c><00:10:14.509><c> or</c><00:10:15.029><c> purpose.</c>

00:10:19.809 --> 00:10:26.309
And<00:10:20.529><c> of</c><00:10:20.789><c> course</c><00:10:21.049><c> it</c><00:10:22.250><c> does</c><00:10:22.649><c> also</c><00:10:23.330><c> have</c><00:10:23.750><c> the</c><00:10:23.990><c> meaning</c><00:10:24.350><c> of</c><00:10:25.049><c> a</c><00:10:25.330><c> word.</c>

00:10:28.409 --> 00:10:32.669
A<00:10:29.129><c> word,</c><00:10:29.450><c> of</c><00:10:29.669><c> course,</c><00:10:30.269><c> is</c><00:10:30.610><c> only</c><00:10:31.330><c> a</c><00:10:31.789><c> symbol.</c>

00:10:33.730 --> 00:10:36.509
It's<00:10:34.029><c> a</c><00:10:34.149><c> symbol</c><00:10:34.490><c> for</c><00:10:35.370><c> a</c><00:10:35.710><c> thought.</c>

00:10:37.009 --> 00:10:47.570
So<00:10:38.590><c> logos</c><00:10:38.990><c> has</c><00:10:40.110><c> a</c><00:10:40.269><c> far</c><00:10:40.950><c> richer</c><00:10:42.330><c> set</c><00:10:43.789><c> of</c><00:10:44.269><c> connotations</c><00:10:45.110><c> than</c><00:10:45.370><c> merely</c><00:10:46.049><c> a</c><00:10:46.529><c> symbol.</c>

00:10:49.750 --> 00:10:54.509
Anything<00:10:50.190><c> is</c><00:10:50.909><c> logical</c><00:10:51.649><c> if</c><00:10:52.309><c> it</c><00:10:52.529><c> is</c><00:10:53.309><c> reasonable.</c>

00:10:58.669 --> 00:11:05.669
Well,<00:10:59.789><c> of</c><00:10:59.950><c> course,</c><00:11:01.330><c> we</c><00:11:01.450><c> human</c><00:11:01.750><c> beings</c><00:11:02.450><c> like</c><00:11:02.929><c> to</c><00:11:03.409><c> pat</c><00:11:03.590><c> ourselves</c><00:11:04.370><c> on</c><00:11:05.029><c> the</c><00:11:05.230><c> back</c>

00:11:05.669 --> 00:11:10.669
and<00:11:05.990><c> think</c><00:11:06.350><c> that</c><00:11:06.590><c> we</c><00:11:06.710><c> are</c><00:11:07.210><c> very</c><00:11:07.870><c> reasonable,</c><00:11:08.809><c> logical</c><00:11:09.549><c> creatures.</c>

00:11:12.269 --> 00:11:17.629
But<00:11:12.450><c> this</c><00:11:12.690><c> is</c><00:11:13.029><c> only</c><00:11:13.570><c> partially</c><00:11:14.190><c> true,</c><00:11:16.450><c> and</c><00:11:16.690><c> every</c><00:11:17.009><c> one</c><00:11:17.250><c> of</c><00:11:17.389><c> us</c>

00:11:17.629 --> 00:11:21.490
becomes<00:11:18.350><c> very</c><00:11:19.490><c> illogical,</c>

00:11:21.490 --> 00:11:26.090
unreasonable<00:11:22.870><c> at</c><00:11:24.129><c> various</c><00:11:24.669><c> times.</c>

00:11:27.730 --> 00:11:34.549
And<00:11:27.870><c> we</c><00:11:28.070><c> reach</c><00:11:28.490><c> the</c><00:11:29.309><c> acne</c><00:11:29.769><c> of</c><00:11:31.889><c> unreasonableness</c><00:11:33.090><c> when</c><00:11:34.250><c> our</c>

00:11:34.549 --> 00:11:36.789
emotions<00:11:35.250><c> are</c><00:11:35.970><c> aroused,</c>

00:11:36.909 --> 00:11:38.669
particularly<00:11:37.610><c> anger.</c>

00:11:40.570 --> 00:11:46.129
And<00:11:40.769><c> as</c><00:11:40.970><c> we've</c><00:11:41.190><c> said</c><00:11:41.429><c> for</c><00:11:41.690><c> years,</c><00:11:42.529><c> when</c><00:11:43.269><c> emotion</c><00:11:43.830><c> takes</c><00:11:44.490><c> over,</c>

00:11:46.389 --> 00:11:49.429
reason<00:11:46.570><c> or</c><00:11:47.350><c> logic</c><00:11:47.769><c> goes</c><00:11:48.090><c> out</c><00:11:48.409><c> the</c><00:11:48.509><c> window.</c>

00:11:49.929 --> 00:11:55.210
Because<00:11:51.029><c> when</c><00:11:51.450><c> we</c><00:11:51.690><c> are</c><00:11:51.929><c> sufficiently</c><00:11:52.529><c> angry,</c><00:11:53.429><c> we</c><00:11:53.450><c> are</c><00:11:54.149><c> in</c><00:11:54.429><c> a</c>

00:11:55.210 --> 00:11:58.429
temporarily<00:11:55.889><c> insane</c><00:11:57.210><c> state.</c>

00:11:59.730 --> 00:12:06.409
Or<00:11:59.990><c> when</c><00:12:00.250><c> some</c><00:12:00.870><c> other</c><00:12:01.330><c> strong</c><00:12:02.610><c> emotion,</c><00:12:04.450><c> such</c><00:12:04.669><c> as</c><00:12:05.190><c> the</c><00:12:05.710><c> attraction</c><00:12:06.169><c> for</c>

00:12:06.409 --> 00:12:09.129
the<00:12:06.649><c> opposite</c><00:12:07.029><c> sex,</c><00:12:08.049><c> sets</c><00:12:08.049><c> in,</c>

00:12:09.250 --> 00:12:13.649
we<00:12:09.549><c> often</c><00:12:09.909><c> become</c><00:12:10.409><c> rather</c><00:12:11.009><c> illogical,</c><00:12:11.889><c> unreasonable</c><00:12:12.549><c> creatures.</c>

00:12:14.250 --> 00:12:18.830
Herman<00:12:15.009><c> may</c><00:12:15.269><c> remember</c><00:12:15.809><c> that</c><00:12:16.669><c> I</c><00:12:16.889><c> used</c><00:12:17.149><c> to</c><00:12:17.309><c> tell</c><00:12:17.450><c> my</c><00:12:17.690><c> graduate</c><00:12:18.190><c> students</c>

00:12:18.830 --> 00:12:24.909
when<00:12:19.090><c> they</c><00:12:19.669><c> had</c><00:12:19.950><c> their</c><00:12:21.070><c> problems</c><00:12:21.629><c> with</c><00:12:22.470><c> love,</c><00:12:23.250><c> so</c><00:12:23.690><c> to</c><00:12:23.950><c> speak,</c>

00:12:25.350 --> 00:12:29.429
I<00:12:25.470><c> used</c><00:12:25.710><c> to</c><00:12:25.909><c> tell</c><00:12:26.049><c> them</c><00:12:26.590><c> that</c><00:12:27.070><c> what</c><00:12:27.330><c> they</c><00:12:27.629><c> are</c><00:12:28.009><c> experiencing</c><00:12:28.590><c> is</c><00:12:28.870><c> only</c><00:12:29.210><c> a</c>

00:12:29.429 --> 00:12:31.470
temporary<00:12:29.830><c> form</c><00:12:30.129><c> of</c><00:12:30.389><c> insanity.</c>

00:12:35.610 --> 00:12:37.429
You<00:12:35.850><c> remember</c><00:12:36.330><c> Dick?</c>

00:12:40.889 --> 00:12:47.669
But<00:12:41.889><c> they</c><00:12:42.889><c> find</c><00:12:43.230><c> out</c><00:12:43.549><c> what</c><00:12:43.850><c> love</c><00:12:44.169><c> is</c><00:12:44.669><c> after</c><00:12:45.009><c> they've</c><00:12:45.250><c> been</c><00:12:45.450><c> married</c><00:12:45.730><c> about</c><00:12:46.070><c> 15</c><00:12:46.549><c> years.</c>

00:12:51.669 --> 00:12:58.909
Now,<00:12:52.009><c> if</c><00:12:52.309><c> we</c><00:12:52.730><c> can</c><00:12:53.389><c> learn</c><00:12:54.230><c> to</c><00:12:56.070><c> recognize</c><00:12:56.850><c> the</c><00:12:57.169><c> fact</c><00:12:57.529><c> that</c><00:12:58.289><c> we</c>

00:12:58.909 --> 00:13:03.210
are<00:12:59.730><c> inherently</c><00:13:00.549><c> illogical</c><00:13:02.110><c> creatures,</c>

00:13:03.710 --> 00:13:10.370
that<00:13:04.190><c> we</c><00:13:04.370><c> are</c><00:13:04.610><c> driven</c><00:13:05.009><c> far</c><00:13:05.409><c> more</c><00:13:05.710><c> by</c><00:13:06.809><c> emotion</c><00:13:07.409><c> than</c><00:13:08.389><c> by</c><00:13:09.149><c> reason,</c>

00:13:11.509 --> 00:13:16.070
we're<00:13:12.070><c> beginning</c><00:13:12.629><c> to,</c><00:13:13.769><c> as</c><00:13:14.129><c> they</c><00:13:14.370><c> say,</c><00:13:14.649><c> get</c><00:13:14.789><c> a</c><00:13:14.950><c> leg</c><00:13:15.110><c> up</c><00:13:15.350><c> on</c><00:13:15.850><c> the</c>

00:13:16.070 --> 00:13:18.330
matter<00:13:16.370><c> of</c><00:13:16.769><c> self</c><00:13:17.210><c>-control.</c>

00:13:19.809 --> 00:13:24.309
I'm<00:13:20.190><c> sure</c><00:13:20.509><c> that</c><00:13:20.830><c> every</c><00:13:21.029><c> one</c><00:13:21.230><c> of</c><00:13:21.370><c> us</c><00:13:21.590><c> has</c><00:13:22.450><c> gotten</c><00:13:22.809><c> intensely</c><00:13:23.529><c> angry</c><00:13:24.049><c> at</c>

00:13:24.309 --> 00:13:24.950
some<00:13:24.570><c> time</c>

00:13:24.950 --> 00:13:29.789
and<00:13:25.409><c> uttered</c><00:13:25.889><c> words</c><00:13:26.450><c> that</c><00:13:27.190><c> didn't</c><00:13:27.590><c> make</c><00:13:27.870><c> any</c><00:13:28.169><c> sense</c><00:13:28.529><c> at</c><00:13:28.789><c> all,</c>

00:13:29.789 --> 00:13:36.850
and<00:13:30.730><c> often</c><00:13:31.210><c> words</c><00:13:31.669><c> that</c><00:13:31.929><c> we</c><00:13:33.169><c> severely</c><00:13:33.629><c> regretted</c><00:13:34.730><c> later</c><00:13:35.009><c> on.</c>

00:13:38.590 --> 00:13:41.769
And<00:13:38.769><c> sometimes</c><00:13:39.289><c> words</c><00:13:39.950><c> can</c><00:13:40.570><c> kill,</c>

00:13:44.110 --> 00:13:50.570
both<00:13:44.490><c> psychologically</c><00:13:45.250><c> and</c><00:13:46.730><c> even</c><00:13:47.350><c> in</c><00:13:47.649><c> certain</c><00:13:47.990><c> cases</c><00:13:48.830><c> physically.</c>

00:13:51.830 --> 00:13:57.330
There<00:13:52.049><c> has</c><00:13:52.190><c> been</c><00:13:52.289><c> more</c><00:13:52.610><c> than</c><00:13:52.830><c> one</c><00:13:54.590><c> young</c><00:13:55.009><c> man</c><00:13:55.490><c> or</c><00:13:55.750><c> young</c><00:13:55.970><c> woman</c>

00:13:57.830 --> 00:14:06.429
frustrated<00:13:58.789><c> in</c><00:14:00.129><c> romantic</c><00:14:00.710><c> ambition</c><00:14:01.350><c> who</c><00:14:01.690><c> has</c><00:14:02.129><c> actually</c><00:14:02.769><c> killed</c><00:14:03.730><c> himself</c><00:14:04.509><c> or</c><00:14:04.789><c> herself.</c>

00:14:08.529 --> 00:14:13.210
Friendships<00:14:09.210><c> take</c><00:14:10.389><c> a</c><00:14:10.549><c> long</c><00:14:10.809><c> time</c><00:14:11.450><c> to</c><00:14:11.710><c> build</c><00:14:11.909><c> up</c><00:14:12.669><c> and</c><00:14:12.990><c> take</c>

00:14:13.210 --> 00:14:14.730
much<00:14:13.509><c> care,</c>

00:14:15.009 --> 00:14:18.470
but<00:14:15.190><c> they</c><00:14:15.330><c> can</c><00:14:15.549><c> be</c><00:14:15.830><c> destroyed</c><00:14:16.350><c> with</c><00:14:16.809><c> a</c><00:14:16.950><c> single</c><00:14:17.250><c> word.</c>

00:14:19.750 --> 00:14:27.870
Words,<00:14:22.590><c> as</c><00:14:22.870><c> Kipling</c><00:14:23.190><c> said,</c><00:14:23.909><c> are</c><00:14:24.029><c> the</c><00:14:24.110><c> most</c><00:14:24.490><c> powerful</c><00:14:25.149><c> drug</c><00:14:25.929><c> known</c><00:14:26.669><c> to</c><00:14:26.929><c> man.</c>

00:14:31.210 --> 00:14:35.730
Think<00:14:31.490><c> of</c><00:14:31.669><c> it,</c><00:14:32.190><c> the</c><00:14:32.330><c> most</c><00:14:32.690><c> powerful</c><00:14:33.230><c> drug</c><00:14:33.909><c> known</c><00:14:34.529><c> to</c><00:14:34.789><c> man.</c>

00:14:37.830 --> 00:14:45.590
And<00:14:37.970><c> much</c><00:14:38.149><c> use</c><00:14:39.070><c> of</c><00:14:39.509><c> this</c><00:14:39.789><c> drug</c><00:14:40.450><c> has</c><00:14:41.289><c> been</c><00:14:41.590><c> made,</c><00:14:43.090><c> both</c><00:14:43.529><c> for</c><00:14:43.850><c> good</c><00:14:44.350><c> and</c>

00:14:45.590 --> 00:14:46.870
for<00:14:45.929><c> ill.</c>

00:14:48.909 --> 00:14:55.610
What<00:14:50.009><c> do</c><00:14:50.590><c> false</c><00:14:51.190><c> words</c><00:14:51.769><c> do</c><00:14:52.750><c> with</c><00:14:53.610><c> regard</c><00:14:54.190><c> to</c><00:14:54.710><c> life</c><00:14:55.129><c> in</c><00:14:55.370><c> the</c>

00:14:55.610 --> 00:14:56.980
ultimate<00:14:55.929><c> sense?</c>

00:14:58.990 --> 00:15:04.570
They<00:14:59.330><c> can</c><00:15:00.590><c> destroy</c><00:15:01.429><c> a</c><00:15:01.690><c> person's</c><00:15:02.789><c> power,</c><00:15:03.669><c> or</c><00:15:03.889><c> I</c><00:15:04.070><c> shouldn't</c><00:15:04.350><c> say</c>

00:15:04.570 --> 00:15:06.929
power,<00:15:05.230><c> that's</c><00:15:05.409><c> the</c><00:15:05.509><c> wrong</c><00:15:05.730><c> term,</c>

00:15:07.549 --> 00:15:13.350
an<00:15:07.549><c> opportunity</c><00:15:08.210><c> to</c><00:15:09.009><c> have</c><00:15:09.610><c> light</c><00:15:10.250><c> and</c><00:15:11.230><c> have</c><00:15:11.409><c> it</c><00:15:11.669><c> more</c><00:15:12.110><c> abundantly.</c>

00:15:14.009 --> 00:15:18.289
And<00:15:14.990><c> I'm</c><00:15:15.269><c> thoroughly</c><00:15:15.710><c> convinced</c><00:15:16.289><c> that</c><00:15:16.509><c> the</c><00:15:16.610><c> reason</c><00:15:17.210><c> that</c><00:15:17.730><c> the</c>

00:15:18.289 --> 00:15:20.509
Roman<00:15:18.730><c> Church</c><00:15:19.389><c> is</c><00:15:20.090><c> due</c>

00:15:20.509 --> 00:15:25.470
for<00:15:20.970><c> such</c><00:15:21.809><c> terrible</c><00:15:22.450><c> punishments</c><00:15:23.289><c> as</c><00:15:23.750><c> recorded</c><00:15:24.509><c> in</c><00:15:24.710><c> the</c><00:15:24.850><c> 18th</c>

00:15:25.470 --> 00:15:27.210
chapter<00:15:25.850><c> of</c><00:15:26.009><c> the</c><00:15:26.049><c> book</c><00:15:26.309><c> of</c><00:15:26.529><c> Revelation</c>

00:15:27.210 --> 00:15:34.490
is<00:15:28.389><c> because</c><00:15:28.929><c> of</c><00:15:29.210><c> the</c><00:15:29.370><c> millions</c><00:15:30.169><c> of</c><00:15:30.730><c> people</c><00:15:31.730><c> whose</c><00:15:32.169><c> opportunity</c><00:15:33.049><c> for</c><00:15:33.710><c> eternal</c><00:15:34.129><c> life</c>

00:15:34.490 --> 00:15:41.009
has<00:15:34.789><c> been</c><00:15:36.649><c> kept</c><00:15:37.169><c> from</c><00:15:37.450><c> them</c><00:15:38.350><c> by</c><00:15:38.830><c> their</c><00:15:39.029><c> being</c><00:15:39.509><c> anesthetized</c>

00:15:41.009 --> 00:15:44.330
with<00:15:41.970><c> this</c><00:15:42.269><c> drug</c><00:15:42.649><c> called</c><00:15:43.649><c> words,</c>

00:15:44.809 --> 00:15:49.289
false<00:15:45.210><c> words,</c><00:15:47.330><c> creating</c><00:15:47.769><c> false</c><00:15:48.250><c> hope.</c>

00:15:51.870 --> 00:15:57.250
There<00:15:52.009><c> is</c><00:15:52.409><c> then,</c><00:15:52.690><c> getting</c><00:15:52.929><c> back</c><00:15:53.350><c> to</c><00:15:53.950><c> this</c><00:15:54.409><c> concept,</c><00:15:56.669><c> a</c><00:15:56.830><c> very</c>

00:15:57.250 --> 00:16:02.389
logical<00:15:57.909><c> reason</c><00:15:58.570><c> why</c><00:15:59.190><c> we</c><00:15:59.730><c> should</c><00:16:00.330><c> fear</c><00:16:01.129><c> God.</c>

00:16:06.049 --> 00:16:13.330
If<00:16:06.769><c> a</c><00:16:07.490><c> ten</c><00:16:08.269><c>-ton</c><00:16:08.610><c> truck</c><00:16:09.269><c> loaded</c><00:16:10.429><c> with</c><00:16:11.309><c> gravel</c><00:16:12.190><c> were</c><00:16:12.809><c> to</c><00:16:12.889><c> come</c>

00:16:13.330 --> 00:16:14.730
barreling<00:16:13.809><c> down</c><00:16:14.149><c> this</c><00:16:14.470><c> road,</c>

00:16:14.889 --> 00:16:19.049
as<00:16:15.129><c> many</c><00:16:15.490><c> automobiles</c><00:16:16.250><c> do,</c><00:16:17.750><c> I</c><00:16:18.009><c> doubt</c><00:16:18.210><c> that</c><00:16:18.470><c> there</c><00:16:18.610><c> is</c><00:16:18.769><c> a</c><00:16:18.909><c> one</c>

00:16:19.049 --> 00:16:19.889
of<00:16:19.230><c> us</c><00:16:19.549><c> here</c>

00:16:19.889 --> 00:16:23.570
who<00:16:20.129><c> would</c><00:16:20.490><c> stand</c><00:16:20.889><c> in</c><00:16:21.110><c> the</c><00:16:21.250><c> middle</c><00:16:21.389><c> of</c><00:16:21.590><c> the</c><00:16:21.769><c> road</c><00:16:22.129><c> and</c><00:16:22.889><c> defy</c>

00:16:23.570 --> 00:16:24.929
that<00:16:24.009><c> truck.</c>

00:16:25.629 --> 00:16:30.250
We<00:16:26.350><c> would</c><00:16:26.750><c> be</c><00:16:27.149><c> logical</c><00:16:27.669><c> enough</c><00:16:28.210><c> to</c><00:16:28.629><c> get</c><00:16:28.870><c> out</c><00:16:29.129><c> of</c><00:16:29.250><c> the</c><00:16:29.389><c> way.</c>

00:16:32.169 --> 00:16:42.370
And<00:16:33.370><c> yet,</c><00:16:35.970><c> the</c><00:16:35.970><c> impact</c><00:16:36.590><c> of</c><00:16:37.509><c> a</c><00:16:38.049><c> loaded</c><00:16:38.470><c> ten</c><00:16:38.970><c>-ton</c><00:16:39.210><c> truck</c><00:16:39.710><c> is</c><00:16:40.309><c> minimal</c><00:16:40.950><c> compared</c><00:16:41.929><c> to</c>

00:16:42.370 --> 00:16:43.929
the<00:16:43.169><c> impact</c>

00:16:43.929 --> 00:16:47.929
that<00:16:44.830><c> the</c><00:16:45.230><c> wrath</c><00:16:45.610><c> of</c><00:16:45.809><c> God</c><00:16:46.409><c> can</c><00:16:46.929><c> have.</c>

00:16:50.730 --> 00:16:59.450
So<00:16:51.129><c> we</c><00:16:51.289><c> have</c><00:16:51.549><c> every</c><00:16:52.110><c> logical</c><00:16:52.870><c> reason</c><00:16:53.549><c> for</c><00:16:54.909><c> respecting</c><00:16:55.629><c> the</c><00:16:56.830><c> will</c><00:16:57.350><c> of</c><00:16:58.450><c> God.</c>

00:17:00.809 --> 00:17:07.730
And<00:17:01.649><c> in</c><00:17:02.289><c> this</c><00:17:02.529><c> connection,</c><00:17:03.549><c> I'd</c><00:17:03.769><c> like</c><00:17:03.950><c> us</c><00:17:04.190><c> to</c><00:17:04.309><c> turn</c><00:17:04.769><c> to</c><00:17:06.009><c> a</c><00:17:07.089><c> chapter</c><00:17:07.410><c> in</c>

00:17:07.730 --> 00:17:09.190
the<00:17:07.950><c> Epistle</c><00:17:08.309><c> to</c><00:17:08.490><c> the</c><00:17:08.690><c> Romans</c>

00:17:09.190 --> 00:17:17.910
which<00:17:10.470><c> has</c><00:17:10.769><c> caused</c><00:17:11.049><c> many</c><00:17:11.390><c> people</c><00:17:12.730><c> much</c><00:17:13.230><c> trouble</c><00:17:15.130><c> and</c><00:17:16.609><c> anxiety.</c>

00:17:20.589 --> 00:17:34.730
It<00:17:21.710><c> is</c><00:17:22.309><c> the</c><00:17:23.049><c> apparent</c><00:17:23.589><c> paradox</c><00:17:26.309><c> between</c><00:17:29.990><c> the</c><00:17:30.230><c> concept</c><00:17:31.029><c> of</c><00:17:32.789><c> free</c><00:17:33.130><c> will</c><00:17:33.769><c> and</c>

00:17:34.730 --> 00:17:37.569
what<00:17:34.869><c> is</c><00:17:35.190><c> called</c><00:17:35.750><c> predestination.</c>

00:17:40.650 --> 00:17:46.430
Now<00:17:40.869><c> the</c><00:17:40.950><c> verb</c><00:17:41.829><c> predestined</c><00:17:43.210><c> is</c><00:17:43.789><c> a</c><00:17:44.009><c> scriptural</c><00:17:44.549><c> term,</c><00:17:44.970><c> is</c><00:17:45.210><c> it</c><00:17:45.430><c> not?</c>

00:17:47.710 --> 00:17:50.309
Where<00:17:48.430><c> do</c><00:17:48.609><c> we</c><00:17:48.690><c> find</c><00:17:49.049><c> it?</c>

00:17:50.910 --> 00:17:54.390
In<00:17:51.630><c> this</c><00:17:51.829><c> same</c><00:17:52.130><c> epistle</c><00:17:52.529><c> in</c><00:17:52.710><c> the</c><00:17:52.730><c> eighth</c><00:17:53.069><c> chapter.</c>

00:17:56.049 --> 00:18:01.789
But<00:17:56.289><c> there</c><00:17:56.890><c> has</c><00:17:57.430><c> been</c><00:17:58.089><c> a</c><00:17:58.990><c> false</c><00:17:59.450><c> form,</c><00:17:59.950><c> you</c><00:18:00.150><c> don't</c><00:18:00.390><c> need</c><00:18:00.609><c> to</c><00:18:00.690><c> look</c><00:18:00.849><c> it</c><00:18:01.029><c> up,</c>

00:18:01.930 --> 00:18:04.750
just<00:18:01.930><c> please</c><00:18:02.410><c> take</c><00:18:02.609><c> my</c><00:18:02.869><c> word</c><00:18:03.089><c> for</c><00:18:03.329><c> it,</c><00:18:03.529><c> it's</c><00:18:03.609><c> there.</c>

00:18:06.329 --> 00:18:11.349
There<00:18:06.869><c> has</c><00:18:07.190><c> been</c><00:18:07.529><c> a</c><00:18:07.849><c> false</c><00:18:08.210><c> concept</c><00:18:08.829><c> of</c><00:18:09.450><c> predestination</c>

00:18:11.809 --> 00:18:16.170
which<00:18:12.529><c> is</c><00:18:13.250><c> part</c><00:18:13.609><c> of</c><00:18:14.109><c> the</c><00:18:14.430><c> Calvinistic</c><00:18:15.430><c> doctrine</c>

00:18:16.170 --> 00:18:21.789
which<00:18:17.289><c> is</c><00:18:17.549><c> nothing</c><00:18:18.089><c> essentially</c><00:18:19.190><c> more</c><00:18:19.589><c> than</c><00:18:19.809><c> the</c><00:18:20.150><c> Oriental</c>

00:18:21.789 --> 00:18:23.910
religion<00:18:22.430><c> of</c><00:18:23.029><c> fatalism.</c>

00:18:25.690 --> 00:18:31.930
The<00:18:25.789><c> idea</c><00:18:26.210><c> being</c><00:18:26.829><c> that</c><00:18:28.349><c> all</c><00:18:29.109><c> of</c><00:18:29.549><c> your</c><00:18:29.829><c> future</c><00:18:30.430><c> is,</c><00:18:31.210><c> if</c><00:18:31.309><c> you'll</c>

00:18:31.930 --> 00:18:35.170
pardon<00:18:32.210><c> the</c><00:18:32.529><c> expression,</c><00:18:33.509><c> cast</c><00:18:33.730><c> in</c><00:18:34.109><c> concrete.</c>

00:18:36.849 --> 00:18:40.670
But<00:18:37.029><c> what</c><00:18:37.210><c> is</c><00:18:37.470><c> to</c><00:18:37.690><c> happen</c><00:18:37.930><c> to</c><00:18:38.150><c> you</c><00:18:38.369><c> has</c><00:18:39.289><c> been</c><00:18:39.789><c> determined</c><00:18:40.329><c> from</c>

00:18:40.670 --> 00:18:41.329
the<00:18:40.950><c> beginning</c>

00:18:41.329 --> 00:18:44.170
and<00:18:42.250><c> there's</c><00:18:42.630><c> nothing</c><00:18:42.910><c> you</c><00:18:43.089><c> can</c><00:18:43.289><c> do</c><00:18:43.509><c> about</c><00:18:43.789><c> it.</c>

00:18:44.170 --> 00:18:48.589
If<00:18:45.210><c> you</c><00:18:45.410><c> were</c><00:18:45.650><c> predestined</c><00:18:47.029><c> to</c><00:18:47.109><c> be</c><00:18:47.430><c> saved,</c><00:18:47.829><c> you'll</c><00:18:48.009><c> be</c><00:18:48.269><c> saved,</c>

00:18:48.650 --> 00:18:51.410
if<00:18:48.730><c> you're</c><00:18:49.009><c> predestined</c><00:18:49.670><c> to</c><00:18:49.829><c> be</c><00:18:50.210><c> lost,</c><00:18:50.589><c> you'll</c><00:18:50.769><c> be</c><00:18:51.029><c> lost,</c>

00:18:51.430 --> 00:18:54.970
then<00:18:52.029><c> there's</c><00:18:52.529><c> nothing</c><00:18:52.710><c> you</c><00:18:52.849><c> can</c><00:18:53.009><c> do</c><00:18:53.190><c> about</c><00:18:53.450><c> it.</c>

00:18:56.750 --> 00:18:59.490
Well,<00:18:57.089><c> to</c><00:18:57.490><c> an</c><00:18:57.829><c> intelligent</c><00:18:58.269><c> person</c><00:18:58.730><c> this</c><00:18:58.910><c> should</c><00:18:59.190><c> be</c>

00:18:59.490 --> 00:19:01.349
exceedingly<00:19:00.069><c> frustrating,</c>

00:19:02.230 --> 00:19:07.089
but<00:19:02.529><c> unfortunately</c><00:19:03.210><c> to</c><00:19:03.369><c> many</c><00:19:03.670><c> people</c><00:19:04.289><c> this</c><00:19:05.250><c> is</c><00:19:05.609><c> a</c><00:19:05.829><c> comforting</c><00:19:06.089><c> thought.</c>

00:19:07.710 --> 00:19:09.789
And<00:19:08.309><c> why</c><00:19:08.509><c> is</c><00:19:08.769><c> it</c><00:19:08.990><c> comforting?</c>

00:19:10.529 --> 00:19:14.569
It's<00:19:11.210><c> because</c><00:19:11.609><c> it</c><00:19:11.730><c> doesn't</c><00:19:12.450><c> make</c><00:19:12.750><c> any</c><00:19:13.470><c> demands</c><00:19:13.970><c> on</c><00:19:14.289><c> their</c>

00:19:14.569 --> 00:19:16.049
thinking<00:19:14.910><c> power.</c>

00:19:18.890 --> 00:19:27.849
Many<00:19:19.150><c> people</c><00:19:19.690><c> would</c><00:19:20.410><c> rather</c><00:19:22.049><c> wallow</c><00:19:23.750><c> in</c><00:19:24.029><c> poverty</c><00:19:24.869><c> and</c><00:19:26.410><c> in</c><00:19:27.009><c> hopelessness.</c>

00:19:29.049 --> 00:19:32.230
In<00:19:29.250><c> fact,</c><00:19:29.609><c> what</c><00:19:29.730><c> is</c><00:19:30.410><c> considered,</c><00:19:31.170><c> at</c><00:19:31.230><c> least</c><00:19:31.529><c> in</c><00:19:31.769><c> certain</c>

00:19:32.230 --> 00:19:33.329
Indian<00:19:32.789><c> religions,</c>

00:19:33.670 --> 00:19:36.789
as<00:19:33.890><c> the</c><00:19:34.089><c> greatest</c><00:19:34.430><c> good</c><00:19:34.670><c> that</c><00:19:34.950><c> can</c><00:19:35.190><c> come</c><00:19:35.670><c> to</c><00:19:35.930><c> them.</c>

00:19:37.690 --> 00:19:43.109
It's<00:19:38.329><c> called</c><00:19:38.589><c> nirvana,</c><00:19:40.390><c> which</c><00:19:40.609><c> means</c><00:19:41.230><c> nothingness.</c>

00:19:44.670 --> 00:19:48.450
In<00:19:44.829><c> other</c><00:19:45.069><c> words,</c><00:19:45.309><c> it</c><00:19:45.329><c> would</c><00:19:45.650><c> be</c><00:19:45.869><c> preferable</c><00:19:47.170><c> to</c><00:19:47.349><c> be</c><00:19:47.789><c> nothing</c>

00:19:48.450 --> 00:19:50.970
rather<00:19:49.589><c> than</c><00:19:49.750><c> what</c><00:19:49.950><c> they</c><00:19:50.150><c> are.</c>

00:19:52.170 --> 00:19:56.650
And<00:19:52.809><c> from</c><00:19:53.130><c> what</c><00:19:53.349><c> I</c><00:19:53.630><c> have</c><00:19:53.869><c> heard</c><00:19:54.269><c> and</c><00:19:54.710><c> seen</c><00:19:55.130><c> in</c><00:19:55.490><c> photographs</c><00:19:56.029><c> and</c><00:19:56.210><c> so</c><00:19:56.470><c> forth,</c>

00:19:56.710 --> 00:20:01.269
I<00:19:56.930><c> can</c><00:19:57.589><c> certainly</c><00:19:57.890><c> understand</c><00:19:58.569><c> why</c><00:19:58.910><c> they</c><00:19:59.170><c> feel</c><00:19:59.410><c> that</c><00:19:59.750><c> way.</c>

00:20:01.720 --> 00:20:06.410
And<00:20:02.170><c> many</c><00:20:02.769><c> a</c><00:20:02.869><c> person</c><00:20:03.349><c> who</c><00:20:04.069><c> has</c><00:20:04.910><c> become</c><00:20:05.230><c> so</c><00:20:05.690><c> frustrated</c>

00:20:06.410 --> 00:20:12.750
that<00:20:07.509><c> a</c><00:20:07.710><c> person</c><00:20:08.089><c> has</c><00:20:09.210><c> resigned,</c><00:20:09.849><c> as</c><00:20:10.029><c> it</c><00:20:10.309><c> were,</c><00:20:11.130><c> like</c><00:20:11.349><c> completely,</c>

00:20:13.309 --> 00:20:18.730
they<00:20:14.029><c> have</c><00:20:14.430><c> sought,</c><00:20:15.230><c> and</c><00:20:15.829><c> the</c><00:20:16.150><c> ultimate,</c><00:20:16.490><c> of</c><00:20:16.730><c> course,</c><00:20:17.170><c> is</c><00:20:17.549><c> suicide,</c>

00:20:18.829 --> 00:20:22.349
they<00:20:18.990><c> have</c><00:20:19.309><c> sought</c><00:20:19.549><c> nothingness</c><00:20:20.309><c> in</c><00:20:20.470><c> order</c><00:20:20.789><c> to</c><00:20:21.450><c> escape</c><00:20:21.950><c> from</c>

00:20:22.349 --> 00:20:24.849
their<00:20:23.190><c> terrible</c><00:20:23.750><c> misery.</c>

00:20:25.829 --> 00:20:30.150
All<00:20:26.730><c> right,</c><00:20:26.849><c> let's</c><00:20:27.210><c> consider</c><00:20:27.730><c> then</c><00:20:28.349><c> in</c><00:20:28.990><c> the</c><00:20:29.130><c> ninth</c><00:20:29.430><c> chapter</c>

00:20:30.150 --> 00:20:31.869
of<00:20:30.369><c> Romans</c>

00:20:35.230 --> 00:20:38.849
something<00:20:36.130><c> that</c><00:20:36.369><c> the</c><00:20:36.569><c> Apostle</c><00:20:36.990><c> Paul</c><00:20:37.329><c> says</c><00:20:37.750><c> here.</c>

00:20:41.690 --> 00:20:50.029
This<00:20:42.589><c> situation</c><00:20:43.490><c> in</c><00:20:44.950><c> which</c><00:20:45.190><c> the</c><00:20:45.410><c> will</c><00:20:45.650><c> of</c><00:20:45.950><c> God</c><00:20:46.329><c> has</c><00:20:46.710><c> been</c><00:20:47.190><c> expressed</c><00:20:47.769><c> and</c><00:20:48.589><c> recorded</c>

00:20:51.150 --> 00:20:56.430
has<00:20:51.950><c> been,</c><00:20:52.250><c> as</c><00:20:52.450><c> it</c><00:20:52.630><c> were,</c><00:20:53.150><c> a</c><00:20:53.269><c> test</c><00:20:53.750><c> case</c><00:20:54.210><c> that</c><00:20:54.509><c> many</c><00:20:55.470><c> agnostics</c>

00:20:56.430 --> 00:20:58.769
and<00:20:56.730><c> atheists</c><00:20:57.390><c> have</c><00:20:57.750><c> seized</c><00:20:58.049><c> upon</c>

00:20:58.769 --> 00:21:04.990
as<00:21:00.130><c> justification</c><00:21:00.950><c> for</c><00:21:01.589><c> rejecting</c><00:21:02.509><c> God's</c><00:21:03.710><c> command</c><00:21:04.430><c> that</c><00:21:04.730><c> we</c>

00:21:04.990 --> 00:21:06.349
obey<00:21:05.329><c> him.</c>

00:21:08.930 --> 00:21:13.250
This<00:21:09.410><c> I'm</c><00:21:09.549><c> going</c><00:21:09.730><c> to</c><00:21:09.890><c> break</c><00:21:10.089><c> in</c><00:21:10.390><c> here</c><00:21:10.890><c> with</c><00:21:11.650><c> the</c><00:21:11.910><c> twelfth</c><00:21:12.349><c> verse</c>

00:21:13.309 --> 00:21:18.069
where<00:21:14.049><c> Paul</c><00:21:14.670><c> speaks</c><00:21:15.309><c> of</c><00:21:15.990><c> what</c><00:21:16.250><c> God</c><00:21:16.609><c> said</c><00:21:16.890><c> to</c><00:21:17.170><c> Rebekah.</c>

00:21:19.529 --> 00:21:23.970
It<00:21:19.730><c> was</c><00:21:19.970><c> said</c><00:21:20.190><c> unto</c><00:21:20.410><c> her,</c><00:21:20.750><c> The</c><00:21:20.869><c> elder</c><00:21:21.490><c> shall</c><00:21:22.029><c> serve</c><00:21:22.589><c> the</c><00:21:22.890><c> younger.</c>

00:21:24.529 --> 00:21:29.829
And<00:21:24.990><c> those</c><00:21:25.329><c> of</c><00:21:25.529><c> you</c><00:21:25.750><c> in</c><00:21:25.990><c> Ted's</c><00:21:26.430><c> class,</c><00:21:27.309><c> as</c><00:21:27.730><c> you</c><00:21:28.730><c> know,</c><00:21:29.650><c> were</c>

00:21:29.829 --> 00:21:33.529
considering<00:21:30.609><c> Ishmael</c><00:21:31.789><c> and</c><00:21:32.509><c> Isaac.</c>

00:21:33.869 --> 00:21:40.750
Here<00:21:34.150><c> is,</c><00:21:34.829><c> as</c><00:21:35.250><c> it</c><00:21:35.450><c> were,</c><00:21:36.470><c> a</c><00:21:36.670><c> similar</c><00:21:37.109><c> situation</c><00:21:37.890><c> between</c><00:21:38.630><c> Jacob</c><00:21:39.190><c> and</c><00:21:39.549><c> Esau.</c>

00:21:41.230 --> 00:21:46.769
God<00:21:41.710><c> made</c><00:21:42.289><c> choice</c><00:21:42.730><c> in</c><00:21:42.970><c> both</c><00:21:43.250><c> cases</c><00:21:43.890><c> between</c><00:21:44.710><c> two</c><00:21:45.769><c> brothers.</c>

00:21:47.430 --> 00:21:54.529
As<00:21:48.490><c> is</c><00:21:48.710><c> written,</c><00:21:49.450><c> Jacob</c><00:21:49.710><c> have</c><00:21:50.009><c> I</c><00:21:50.369><c> loved,</c><00:21:51.630><c> but</c><00:21:51.950><c> Esau</c><00:21:52.769><c> have</c><00:21:53.349><c> I</c><00:21:53.690><c> hated.</c>

00:21:56.029 --> 00:22:02.529
Now,<00:21:56.390><c> the</c><00:21:56.490><c> attitude</c><00:21:56.930><c> that</c><00:21:57.170><c> people</c><00:21:57.430><c> take</c><00:21:57.829><c> is</c><00:21:58.450><c> what</c><00:21:59.150><c> an</c><00:21:59.809><c> arbitrary,</c><00:22:00.690><c> capricious</c><00:22:01.569><c> choice</c>

00:22:02.529 --> 00:22:03.680
God<00:22:03.150><c> made</c>

00:22:03.910 --> 00:22:08.769
to<00:22:05.309><c> choose</c><00:22:05.789><c> Jacob</c><00:22:06.569><c> rather</c><00:22:07.289><c> than</c><00:22:07.589><c> Esau.</c>

00:22:10.470 --> 00:22:19.089
And<00:22:11.230><c> the</c><00:22:11.990><c> inference</c><00:22:12.609><c> is,</c><00:22:13.529><c> if</c><00:22:13.730><c> they</c><00:22:14.150><c> don't</c><00:22:14.450><c> say</c><00:22:14.650><c> it</c><00:22:15.029><c> exactly</c><00:22:15.549><c> so,</c><00:22:17.349><c> God</c><00:22:17.809><c> is</c><00:22:18.210><c> unfair.</c>

00:22:20.309 --> 00:22:25.029
And,<00:22:20.450><c> of</c><00:22:20.650><c> course,</c><00:22:21.069><c> their</c><00:22:21.170><c> desire</c><00:22:21.809><c> is</c><00:22:22.230><c> not</c><00:22:22.490><c> to</c><00:22:22.690><c> worship</c><00:22:23.730><c> such</c><00:22:24.809><c> a</c>

00:22:25.029 --> 00:22:27.569
God<00:22:25.329><c> and</c><00:22:25.609><c> to</c><00:22:25.869><c> obey</c><00:22:26.150><c> his</c><00:22:26.470><c> commands.</c>

00:22:28.890 --> 00:22:32.950
But<00:22:29.089><c> now</c><00:22:29.329><c> please</c><00:22:29.569><c> keep</c><00:22:30.269><c> a</c><00:22:30.650><c> finger</c><00:22:31.029><c> in</c><00:22:31.569><c> this</c><00:22:31.849><c> reference</c><00:22:32.230><c> and</c><00:22:32.410><c> let's</c><00:22:32.690><c> go</c>

00:22:32.950 --> 00:22:35.710
back<00:22:33.430><c> to</c><00:22:33.829><c> the</c><00:22:34.269><c> original</c><00:22:34.829><c> situation</c>

00:22:35.710 --> 00:22:39.089
and<00:22:36.210><c> see</c><00:22:36.769><c> what</c><00:22:37.430><c> it</c><00:22:37.730><c> says.</c>

00:22:45.950 --> 00:22:55.630
This,<00:22:46.190><c> as</c><00:22:46.450><c> you</c><00:22:46.650><c> know,</c><00:22:47.250><c> was</c><00:22:47.849><c> the</c><00:22:48.410><c> occasion</c><00:22:49.130><c> of</c><00:22:50.670><c> Jacob</c><00:22:52.009><c> and</c><00:22:52.349><c> Rebekah</c><00:22:53.549><c> stealing</c><00:22:54.950><c> the</c>

00:22:55.630 --> 00:22:58.730
birthright<00:22:56.250><c> from</c><00:22:57.609><c> Esau.</c>

00:23:03.950 --> 00:23:11.849
Now,<00:23:05.309><c> let's</c><00:23:06.670><c> look</c><00:23:06.910><c> and</c><00:23:07.190><c> see</c><00:23:07.970><c> what</c><00:23:09.009><c> was</c><00:23:09.809><c> involved</c><00:23:10.309><c> here.</c>

00:23:12.190 --> 00:23:19.490
But,<00:23:12.750><c> first</c><00:23:12.970><c> of</c><00:23:13.170><c> all,</c><00:23:13.390><c> I</c><00:23:13.529><c> want</c><00:23:13.789><c> us</c><00:23:14.009><c> to</c><00:23:14.690><c> go</c><00:23:15.049><c> back</c><00:23:15.630><c> to</c><00:23:16.630><c> the</c><00:23:17.890><c> explanation</c><00:23:18.569><c> for</c>

00:23:19.490 --> 00:23:20.930
God's<00:23:20.349><c> choice.</c>

00:23:20.930 --> 00:23:30.130
And<00:23:22.170><c> this</c><00:23:22.690><c> we</c><00:23:23.630><c> can</c><00:23:23.869><c> read</c><00:23:24.170><c> here</c><00:23:24.890><c> in</c><00:23:25.789><c> the,</c><00:23:27.789><c> if</c><00:23:28.089><c> I</c><00:23:28.250><c> can</c><00:23:28.690><c> find</c><00:23:29.130><c> it,</c>

00:23:30.250 --> 00:23:36.930
the<00:23:30.769><c> situation</c><00:23:31.490><c> when</c><00:23:32.789><c> Rebekah</c><00:23:34.230><c> was</c><00:23:35.029><c> pregnant</c><00:23:35.750><c> with</c><00:23:36.410><c> twins</c>

00:23:36.930 --> 00:23:48.089
and<00:23:38.109><c> she</c><00:23:38.329><c> was</c><00:23:38.609><c> in</c><00:23:38.789><c> great</c><00:23:39.069><c> discomfort</c><00:23:39.769><c> and</c><00:23:41.549><c> she</c><00:23:43.190><c> said,</c><00:23:43.990><c> If</c><00:23:43.990><c> it</c><00:23:44.349><c> be</c><00:23:44.890><c> thus,</c><00:23:46.869><c> why</c><00:23:47.150><c> am</c><00:23:47.569><c> I</c><00:23:47.849><c> thus?</c>

00:23:48.089 --> 00:23:51.769
And<00:23:48.309><c> so</c><00:23:48.509><c> she</c><00:23:48.710><c> went</c><00:23:49.049><c> to</c><00:23:49.650><c> inquire</c><00:23:50.329><c> of</c><00:23:50.490><c> God.</c>

00:23:53.569 --> 00:23:58.470
And<00:23:54.049><c> God</c><00:23:54.529><c> gave</c><00:23:54.809><c> her</c><00:23:55.089><c> an</c><00:23:55.289><c> answer</c><00:23:55.789><c> as</c><00:23:56.710><c> to</c><00:23:56.849><c> what</c><00:23:56.990><c> the</c><00:23:57.230><c> situation</c><00:23:57.750><c> was.</c>

00:23:58.750 --> 00:24:03.769
This<00:23:58.930><c> is</c><00:23:59.109><c> in</c><00:23:59.269><c> the</c><00:23:59.369><c> 25th</c><00:23:59.950><c> chapter</c><00:24:00.369><c> of</c><00:24:00.589><c> Genesis,</c><00:24:02.490><c> verse</c><00:24:02.829><c> 22,</c><00:24:03.390><c> it</c><00:24:03.450><c> says,</c>

00:24:04.029 --> 00:24:08.009
And<00:24:04.029><c> the</c><00:24:04.130><c> children</c><00:24:04.529><c> struggled</c><00:24:05.009><c> together</c><00:24:05.450><c> within</c><00:24:05.710><c> her,</c><00:24:05.890><c> and</c><00:24:06.009><c> she</c><00:24:06.170><c> said,</c><00:24:06.390><c> If</c><00:24:06.490><c> it</c><00:24:06.710><c> be</c><00:24:06.849><c> so,</c><00:24:07.089><c> why</c><00:24:07.410><c> am</c><00:24:07.609><c> I</c><00:24:07.750><c> thus?</c>

00:24:08.009 --> 00:24:10.190
And<00:24:08.170><c> she</c><00:24:08.349><c> went</c><00:24:08.589><c> to</c><00:24:08.789><c> inquire</c><00:24:09.450><c> of</c><00:24:09.609><c> the</c><00:24:09.769><c> Lord.</c>

00:24:10.190 --> 00:24:17.349
And<00:24:11.029><c> the</c><00:24:11.190><c> Lord</c><00:24:11.430><c> said</c><00:24:11.690><c> unto</c><00:24:11.990><c> her,</c><00:24:13.809><c> Two</c><00:24:14.210><c> nations</c><00:24:14.849><c> are</c><00:24:15.529><c> in</c><00:24:15.690><c> thy</c><00:24:15.970><c> womb,</c><00:24:16.410><c> and</c><00:24:16.470><c> two</c><00:24:16.750><c> manner</c><00:24:17.109><c> of</c>

00:24:17.349 --> 00:24:21.049
people<00:24:17.869><c> shall</c><00:24:18.230><c> be</c><00:24:18.569><c> separated</c><00:24:19.049><c> from</c><00:24:19.349><c> thy</c><00:24:19.650><c> bowels.</c>

00:24:21.150 --> 00:24:24.369
The<00:24:21.390><c> one</c><00:24:21.630><c> people</c><00:24:22.029><c> shall</c><00:24:22.269><c> be</c><00:24:22.569><c> stronger</c><00:24:22.990><c> than</c><00:24:23.210><c> the</c><00:24:23.430><c> other</c><00:24:23.670><c> people,</c><00:24:24.230><c> and</c>

00:24:24.369 --> 00:24:26.970
the<00:24:24.589><c> elder</c><00:24:24.910><c> shall</c><00:24:25.250><c> serve</c><00:24:25.849><c> the</c><00:24:26.130><c> younger.</c>

00:24:28.509 --> 00:24:35.329
Now,<00:24:29.230><c> was</c><00:24:29.410><c> God</c><00:24:29.789><c> making</c><00:24:30.369><c> a</c><00:24:30.650><c> choice</c><00:24:31.150><c> here</c><00:24:31.910><c> on</c><00:24:32.829><c> the</c><00:24:32.990><c> basis</c><00:24:33.529><c> of</c><00:24:34.490><c> the</c>

00:24:35.329 --> 00:24:38.470
characters<00:24:35.930><c> of</c><00:24:36.589><c> just</c><00:24:37.109><c> two</c><00:24:37.529><c> men?</c>

00:24:39.329 --> 00:24:44.950
No.<00:24:41.349><c> He</c><00:24:41.549><c> was</c><00:24:41.730><c> making</c><00:24:42.069><c> a</c><00:24:42.329><c> choice</c><00:24:42.650><c> here</c><00:24:43.069><c> on</c><00:24:43.410><c> the</c><00:24:43.529><c> basis</c><00:24:44.049><c> of</c><00:24:44.710><c> what</c>

00:24:44.950 --> 00:24:48.950
he<00:24:45.269><c> knew</c><00:24:45.690><c> would</c><00:24:45.990><c> be</c><00:24:46.390><c> the</c><00:24:46.670><c> characters</c><00:24:47.190><c> of</c><00:24:47.529><c> two</c><00:24:47.769><c> nations.</c>

00:24:51.269 --> 00:24:56.789
This<00:24:51.650><c> then</c><00:24:52.369><c> should</c><00:24:53.069><c> seem</c><00:24:53.529><c> a</c><00:24:53.750><c> bit</c><00:24:54.849><c> reasonable</c><00:24:55.630><c> to</c><00:24:55.910><c> us.</c>

00:24:58.190 --> 00:25:03.029
But<00:24:58.430><c> as</c><00:24:58.710><c> regards</c><00:24:59.130><c> the</c><00:24:59.289><c> two</c><00:24:59.509><c> men,</c><00:25:00.269><c> let's</c><00:25:01.130><c> go</c><00:25:01.509><c> farther</c><00:25:01.829><c> down</c><00:25:02.650><c> in</c>

00:25:03.029 --> 00:25:05.269
the<00:25:03.289><c> chapter,</c><00:25:03.630><c> the</c><00:25:03.849><c> 27th</c><00:25:04.609><c> verse.</c>

00:25:05.269 --> 00:25:11.569
It<00:25:06.470><c> says,</c><00:25:07.009><c> And</c><00:25:07.009><c> the</c><00:25:07.170><c> boys</c><00:25:07.470><c> grew,</c><00:25:08.150><c> and</c><00:25:08.410><c> Esau</c><00:25:08.829><c> was</c><00:25:09.089><c> a</c><00:25:09.230><c> cunning</c><00:25:09.930><c> hunter,</c><00:25:11.250><c> a</c>

00:25:11.569 --> 00:25:16.230
man<00:25:11.829><c> of</c><00:25:12.009><c> the</c><00:25:12.210><c> field,</c><00:25:13.490><c> or</c><00:25:13.650><c> as</c><00:25:13.750><c> we</c><00:25:13.890><c> would</c><00:25:14.089><c> say</c><00:25:14.250><c> today,</c><00:25:14.910><c> a</c><00:25:15.049><c> he</c><00:25:15.230><c>-man,</c>

00:25:16.829 --> 00:25:20.930
a<00:25:17.009><c> kind</c><00:25:17.329><c> of</c><00:25:17.849><c> man</c><00:25:18.150><c> that</c><00:25:19.130><c> many</c><00:25:19.430><c> men</c><00:25:19.890><c> admire.</c>

00:25:22.549 --> 00:25:28.569
And<00:25:22.869><c> Jacob</c><00:25:23.269><c> was</c><00:25:24.349><c> a</c><00:25:24.730><c> plain,</c><00:25:25.730><c> or</c><00:25:26.670><c> the</c><00:25:27.109><c> margin</c><00:25:27.470><c> in</c><00:25:27.769><c> my</c><00:25:28.009><c> Bible</c><00:25:28.250><c> says</c>

00:25:28.569 --> 00:25:31.789
peaceable<00:25:29.210><c> man,</c><00:25:30.769><c> dwelling</c><00:25:30.970><c> in</c><00:25:31.349><c> tents.</c>

00:25:31.789 --> 00:25:42.289
He<00:25:32.450><c> was</c><00:25:32.670><c> a</c><00:25:32.809><c> homebody.</c><00:25:35.630><c> He,</c><00:25:36.430><c> in</c><00:25:36.730><c> the</c><00:25:38.450><c> eyes</c><00:25:38.869><c> of</c><00:25:39.789><c> men</c><00:25:40.210><c> who</c><00:25:40.809><c> compliment</c><00:25:41.289><c> themselves</c><00:25:41.930><c> on</c>

00:25:42.289 --> 00:25:44.509
their<00:25:42.630><c> great</c><00:25:42.950><c> physical</c><00:25:43.609><c> prowess,</c>

00:25:44.630 --> 00:25:48.950
they<00:25:45.029><c> would</c><00:25:45.289><c> consider</c><00:25:45.710><c> him</c><00:25:46.369><c> a</c><00:25:46.609><c> sissy,</c><00:25:47.670><c> or</c><00:25:47.829><c> despicable.</c>

00:25:51.490 --> 00:25:54.029
And<00:25:51.529><c> it</c><00:25:51.529><c> says,</c><00:25:51.990><c> And</c><00:25:51.990><c> Isaac</c><00:25:52.250><c> loved</c><00:25:52.650><c> Esau</c><00:25:53.109><c> because</c><00:25:53.509><c> he</c><00:25:53.630><c> did</c><00:25:53.849><c> eat</c>

00:25:54.029 --> 00:25:55.650
of<00:25:54.190><c> his</c><00:25:54.609><c> venison.</c>

00:25:56.529 --> 00:26:01.390
All<00:25:57.130><c> I</c><00:25:57.369><c> can</c><00:25:58.269><c> consider</c><00:25:58.710><c> here</c><00:25:59.150><c> is</c><00:25:59.349><c> that</c><00:25:59.690><c> Isaac</c><00:26:00.089><c> was</c><00:26:00.390><c> slipping</c><00:26:00.829><c> by</c>

00:26:01.390 --> 00:26:05.730
this<00:26:01.670><c> time,</c><00:26:03.430><c> but</c><00:26:03.569><c> Rebekah</c><00:26:04.190><c> loved</c><00:26:04.529><c> Jacob.</c>

00:26:07.569 --> 00:26:13.170
And<00:26:07.730><c> Jacob</c><00:26:08.230><c> sawed,</c><00:26:08.710><c> or</c><00:26:08.869><c> boiled,</c><00:26:09.589><c> pottage,</c><00:26:10.210><c> or</c><00:26:10.210><c> mush,</c><00:26:11.829><c> and</c><00:26:12.069><c> Esau</c><00:26:12.369><c> came</c><00:26:12.750><c> from</c><00:26:12.990><c> the</c>

00:26:13.170 --> 00:26:14.809
field,<00:26:13.410><c> and</c><00:26:13.569><c> he</c><00:26:13.769><c> was</c><00:26:14.049><c> faint.</c>

00:26:16.150 --> 00:26:21.049
And<00:26:16.369><c> Esau</c><00:26:16.670><c> said</c><00:26:16.930><c> to</c><00:26:17.069><c> Jacob,</c><00:26:17.430><c> Feed</c><00:26:17.730><c> me,</c><00:26:18.009><c> I</c><00:26:18.150><c> pray</c><00:26:18.450><c> thee,</c><00:26:18.690><c> with</c><00:26:18.910><c> that</c><00:26:19.250><c> same</c><00:26:19.630><c> red</c><00:26:19.990><c> pottage,</c><00:26:20.609><c> for</c><00:26:20.789><c> I</c>

00:26:21.049 --> 00:26:21.750
am<00:26:21.170><c> faint.</c>

00:26:21.750 --> 00:26:26.450
Therefore<00:26:23.049><c> was</c><00:26:23.369><c> his</c><00:26:23.549><c> name</c><00:26:23.809><c> called</c><00:26:24.289><c> Edom,</c><00:26:24.890><c> which</c><00:26:25.089><c> means</c><00:26:25.569><c> red.</c>

00:26:28.569 --> 00:26:32.509
And<00:26:28.670><c> Jacob</c><00:26:28.829><c> said,</c><00:26:29.509><c> Sell</c><00:26:29.690><c> me</c><00:26:29.950><c> this</c><00:26:30.369><c> day</c><00:26:30.930><c> thy</c><00:26:31.369><c> birthright.</c>

00:26:33.150 --> 00:26:36.210
Now<00:26:33.349><c> I</c><00:26:33.410><c> think</c><00:26:33.609><c> we</c><00:26:33.769><c> should</c><00:26:33.990><c> explain</c><00:26:34.470><c> here</c><00:26:34.849><c> what</c><00:26:35.210><c> was</c><00:26:35.609><c> involved</c>

00:26:36.210 --> 00:26:40.289
in<00:26:36.910><c> the</c><00:26:37.990><c> concept</c><00:26:38.569><c> of</c><00:26:38.930><c> the</c><00:26:39.130><c> birthright.</c>

00:26:40.869 --> 00:26:44.950
It<00:26:41.130><c> wasn't</c><00:26:41.470><c> only</c><00:26:42.009><c> a</c><00:26:42.349><c> matter</c><00:26:42.710><c> of</c><00:26:43.210><c> the</c><00:26:43.589><c> physical</c><00:26:43.970><c> property</c><00:26:44.609><c> of</c>

00:26:44.950 --> 00:26:45.710
the<00:26:45.190><c> family,</c>

00:26:45.710 --> 00:26:49.109
because,<00:26:46.849><c> as</c><00:26:47.190><c> Ted</c><00:26:47.390><c> was</c><00:26:47.630><c> explaining</c><00:26:48.029><c> yesterday,</c><00:26:48.589><c> the</c><00:26:48.690><c> law</c><00:26:48.970><c> of</c>

00:26:49.109 --> 00:26:55.509
primogeniture<00:26:50.029><c> gave</c><00:26:50.869><c> to</c><00:26:51.470><c> the</c><00:26:52.089><c> oldest</c><00:26:52.509><c> son</c><00:26:53.109><c> all</c><00:26:54.109><c> of</c><00:26:54.309><c> the</c><00:26:54.490><c> property.</c>

00:26:56.950 --> 00:27:00.670
But<00:26:57.150><c> far</c><00:26:57.430><c> more</c><00:26:57.849><c> important</c><00:26:58.190><c> than</c><00:26:58.470><c> that,</c><00:26:59.289><c> and</c><00:26:59.549><c> what</c><00:26:59.690><c> was</c><00:26:59.970><c> important</c><00:27:00.349><c> in</c>

00:27:00.670 --> 00:27:02.049
God's<00:27:01.190><c> sight,</c>

00:27:02.190 --> 00:27:08.509
in<00:27:02.309><c> those</c><00:27:02.589><c> patriarchal</c><00:27:03.569><c> times,</c><00:27:04.670><c> the</c><00:27:05.009><c> firstborn</c><00:27:05.990><c> had</c><00:27:07.589><c> the</c><00:27:07.829><c> birthright,</c><00:27:08.329><c> but</c>

00:27:08.509 --> 00:27:11.309
he<00:27:08.710><c> was</c><00:27:08.930><c> also</c><00:27:09.470><c> the</c><00:27:09.769><c> priest</c><00:27:10.190><c> for</c><00:27:10.650><c> the</c><00:27:10.890><c> family.</c>

00:27:11.309 --> 00:27:15.569
In<00:27:12.369><c> other</c><00:27:12.670><c> words,</c><00:27:13.109><c> he</c><00:27:13.109><c> was</c><00:27:13.589><c> the</c><00:27:13.930><c> family's</c><00:27:14.750><c> representative</c><00:27:15.250><c> to</c>

00:27:15.569 --> 00:27:19.269
God,<00:27:16.589><c> and</c><00:27:16.670><c> God's</c><00:27:17.190><c> representative</c><00:27:17.849><c> to</c><00:27:18.069><c> the</c><00:27:18.289><c> family.</c>

00:27:19.869 --> 00:27:25.750
Therefore,<00:27:21.430><c> having</c><00:27:21.750><c> the</c><00:27:22.009><c> birthright</c><00:27:22.730><c> was,</c><00:27:24.410><c> as</c><00:27:24.609><c> it</c><00:27:24.829><c> were,</c><00:27:25.609><c> so</c>

00:27:25.750 --> 00:27:32.170
to<00:27:25.970><c> speak,</c><00:27:26.529><c> a</c><00:27:26.710><c> divine</c><00:27:27.230><c> office</c><00:27:27.950><c> as</c><00:27:29.109><c> far</c><00:27:29.529><c> as</c><00:27:30.430><c> man</c><00:27:30.809><c> was</c><00:27:31.150><c> concerned.</c>

00:27:33.390 --> 00:27:37.230
Now<00:27:33.670><c> let's</c><00:27:33.930><c> notice</c><00:27:34.869><c> the</c><00:27:35.210><c> character</c><00:27:35.750><c> of</c><00:27:36.349><c> Esau</c><00:27:36.630><c> as</c><00:27:36.769><c> it</c><00:27:36.930><c> comes</c>

00:27:37.230 --> 00:27:38.250
out<00:27:37.630><c> here.</c>

00:27:38.250 --> 00:27:44.849
And<00:27:39.369><c> Esau</c><00:27:39.730><c> said,</c><00:27:41.009><c> Behold,</c><00:27:41.750><c> I</c><00:27:42.009><c> am</c><00:27:42.150><c> at</c><00:27:42.309><c> the</c><00:27:42.490><c> point</c><00:27:42.789><c> to</c><00:27:43.089><c> die,</c><00:27:44.470><c> poor</c>

00:27:44.849 --> 00:27:46.089
little<00:27:45.170><c> guy.</c>

00:27:47.250 --> 00:27:50.849
And<00:27:47.390><c> what</c><00:27:47.650><c> profit</c><00:27:47.950><c> shall</c><00:27:48.269><c> this</c><00:27:48.670><c> birthright</c><00:27:49.390><c> do</c><00:27:49.750><c> to</c><00:27:49.970><c> me?</c>

00:27:51.750 --> 00:27:55.609
Notice,<00:27:52.250><c> what</c><00:27:52.710><c> profit</c><00:27:53.210><c> shall</c><00:27:53.509><c> this</c><00:27:53.809><c> birthright</c><00:27:54.450><c> do</c><00:27:54.690><c> to</c><00:27:54.950><c> me,</c>

00:27:55.829 --> 00:28:00.630
or<00:27:56.029><c> what's</c><00:27:56.470><c> the</c><00:27:56.589><c> value</c><00:27:57.089><c> of</c><00:27:57.430><c> being</c><00:27:58.230><c> God's</c><00:27:58.930><c> representative</c><00:27:59.589><c> to</c>

00:28:00.630 --> 00:28:01.789
my<00:28:00.910><c> people?</c>

00:28:02.589 --> 00:28:06.829
This<00:28:02.990><c> is</c><00:28:03.210><c> what</c><00:28:03.349><c> is</c><00:28:03.690><c> called</c><00:28:04.289><c> despising</c><00:28:05.589><c> God.</c>

00:28:07.329 --> 00:28:15.609
It<00:28:08.130><c> says</c><00:28:08.470><c> here,</c><00:28:08.910><c> as</c><00:28:09.049><c> you</c><00:28:09.349><c> notice,</c><00:28:10.609><c> in</c><00:28:10.950><c> the</c><00:28:11.750><c> last</c><00:28:12.269><c> clause</c><00:28:13.809><c> in</c><00:28:14.230><c> the</c><00:28:15.009><c> chapter,</c><00:28:15.609><c> it</c>

00:28:15.609 --> 00:28:20.269
says,<00:28:16.670><c> Thus</c><00:28:16.829><c> Esau</c><00:28:17.670><c> despised</c><00:28:18.730><c> his</c><00:28:19.250><c> birthright.</c>

00:28:23.630 --> 00:28:28.329
Undespising<00:28:24.670><c> God,</c><00:28:25.630><c> or</c><00:28:25.849><c> lightly</c><00:28:26.329><c> esteeming</c><00:28:27.089><c> God,</c><00:28:27.589><c> is</c><00:28:27.690><c> something</c><00:28:28.109><c> that</c>

00:28:28.329 --> 00:28:32.589
God<00:28:29.390><c> will</c><00:28:30.430><c> not</c><00:28:31.369><c> abide.</c>

00:28:33.869 --> 00:28:39.369
You<00:28:34.829><c> will</c><00:28:35.150><c> probably</c><00:28:35.470><c> recall</c><00:28:35.970><c> the</c><00:28:36.089><c> case</c><00:28:36.569><c> of</c><00:28:36.849><c> Eli,</c><00:28:38.470><c> the</c><00:28:38.950><c> high</c>

00:28:39.369 --> 00:28:43.349
priest<00:28:39.950><c> when</c><00:28:40.930><c> Samuel</c><00:28:41.609><c> was</c><00:28:42.190><c> young.</c>

00:28:44.109 --> 00:28:48.730
And<00:28:44.269><c> his</c><00:28:44.509><c> sons,</c><00:28:45.589><c> who</c><00:28:45.990><c> were</c><00:28:46.450><c> the</c><00:28:46.630><c> common</c><00:28:47.109><c> priests,</c><00:28:47.970><c> were</c><00:28:48.130><c> very</c>

00:28:48.730 --> 00:28:49.430
wicked<00:28:49.069><c> men.</c>

00:28:49.490 --> 00:28:53.690
They<00:28:49.650><c> did</c><00:28:50.150><c> terrible</c><00:28:50.789><c> things</c><00:28:51.329><c> in</c><00:28:51.690><c> connection</c><00:28:52.130><c> with</c><00:28:52.609><c> the</c><00:28:53.170><c> service</c><00:28:53.490><c> of</c>

00:28:53.690 --> 00:28:54.369
the<00:28:53.890><c> tabernacle.</c>

00:28:54.369 --> 00:29:02.369
And<00:28:55.349><c> so</c><00:28:56.269><c> God</c><00:28:57.049><c> sent</c><00:28:57.809><c> one</c><00:28:58.150><c> of</c><00:28:58.250><c> his</c><00:28:58.470><c> prophets</c><00:28:58.950><c> to</c><00:28:59.309><c> Eli</c><00:28:59.670><c> to</c><00:29:00.049><c> condemn</c><00:29:00.670><c> Eli,</c>

00:29:02.789 --> 00:29:10.829
and<00:29:03.210><c> tell</c><00:29:05.009><c> Eli</c><00:29:05.529><c> that</c><00:29:05.789><c> he</c><00:29:06.269><c> preferred</c><00:29:06.930><c> his</c><00:29:08.369><c> sons</c><00:29:09.009><c> above</c><00:29:09.609><c> God.</c>

00:29:10.970 --> 00:29:14.589
Because<00:29:11.329><c> all</c><00:29:11.690><c> Eli</c><00:29:12.170><c> had</c><00:29:12.430><c> done</c><00:29:12.710><c> was,</c><00:29:13.049><c> as</c><00:29:13.230><c> we</c><00:29:13.390><c> would</c><00:29:13.609><c> say</c><00:29:14.109><c> in</c><00:29:14.410><c> the</c>

00:29:14.589 --> 00:29:18.569
vernacular,<00:29:15.630><c> administer</c><00:29:16.150><c> them</c><00:29:16.769><c> a</c><00:29:17.029><c> slap</c><00:29:17.190><c> on</c><00:29:17.470><c> the</c><00:29:17.630><c> wrist</c><00:29:18.170><c> for</c>

00:29:18.569 --> 00:29:20.269
their<00:29:19.009><c> evil</c><00:29:19.329><c> deeds.</c>

00:29:21.990 --> 00:29:29.230
And<00:29:22.750><c> again,</c><00:29:25.930><c> in</c><00:29:25.990><c> that</c><00:29:26.269><c> connection,</c><00:29:26.789><c> the</c><00:29:26.829><c> man</c><00:29:27.150><c> of</c><00:29:27.390><c> God</c><00:29:27.910><c> said,</c>

00:29:30.009 --> 00:29:34.269
Them<00:29:30.390><c> that</c><00:29:30.750><c> honor</c><00:29:31.069><c> me,</c><00:29:32.210><c> I</c><00:29:32.750><c> will</c><00:29:33.210><c> honor.</c>

00:29:35.130 --> 00:29:41.069
And<00:29:35.289><c> them</c><00:29:36.730><c> that</c><00:29:37.309><c> despise</c><00:29:37.869><c> me</c><00:29:38.369><c> shall</c><00:29:38.750><c> be</c><00:29:39.329><c> lightly</c><00:29:40.109><c> esteemed.</c>

00:29:41.369 --> 00:29:44.430
In<00:29:41.589><c> other</c><00:29:41.769><c> words,</c><00:29:42.049><c> God</c><00:29:42.309><c> will</c><00:29:42.549><c> have</c><00:29:42.690><c> no</c><00:29:42.950><c> use</c><00:29:43.190><c> for</c><00:29:43.490><c> them.</c>

00:29:45.049 --> 00:29:49.630
And<00:29:45.789><c> then</c><00:29:46.089><c> another</c><00:29:46.369><c> occasion,</c><00:29:47.930><c> when</c><00:29:48.170><c> Saul,</c><00:29:48.650><c> the</c><00:29:48.809><c> first</c><00:29:49.109><c> king</c>

00:29:49.630 --> 00:29:51.269
of<00:29:49.849><c> Israel,</c>

00:29:52.690 --> 00:29:56.970
disobeyed<00:29:53.289><c> God</c><00:29:53.589><c> in</c><00:29:53.789><c> the</c><00:29:53.910><c> matter</c><00:29:54.210><c> of</c><00:29:54.549><c> destroying</c><00:29:55.009><c> all</c><00:29:55.769><c> the</c><00:29:56.069><c> Amalekites</c><00:29:56.769><c> and</c>

00:29:56.970 --> 00:29:58.680
everything<00:29:57.349><c> that</c><00:29:57.569><c> they</c><00:29:57.809><c> had.</c>

00:30:00.829 --> 00:30:03.759
Saul<00:30:01.210><c> just</c><00:30:01.569><c> did</c><00:30:01.789><c> a</c><00:30:02.049><c> half</c><00:30:02.490><c>-hearted</c><00:30:02.890><c> job.</c>

00:30:04.259 --> 00:30:11.740
He<00:30:04.680><c> did</c><00:30:04.960><c> indeed</c><00:30:05.460><c> kill</c><00:30:06.859><c> many</c><00:30:07.859><c> of</c><00:30:08.039><c> the</c><00:30:08.220><c> Amalekites</c><00:30:09.200><c> and</c><00:30:10.440><c> the</c><00:30:10.880><c> worthless</c><00:30:11.359><c> of</c>

00:30:11.740 --> 00:30:13.980
their<00:30:12.960><c> domestic</c><00:30:13.539><c> animals,</c>

00:30:14.019 --> 00:30:18.279
but<00:30:14.160><c> he</c><00:30:14.440><c> saved</c><00:30:14.680><c> the</c><00:30:14.900><c> best</c><00:30:15.240><c> alive.</c><00:30:16.819><c> And</c><00:30:17.000><c> he</c><00:30:17.240><c> saved</c><00:30:17.500><c> Agag,</c><00:30:18.059><c> the</c>

00:30:18.279 --> 00:30:19.859
king,<00:30:18.779><c> alive.</c>

00:30:20.279 --> 00:30:26.819
And<00:30:20.599><c> his</c><00:30:20.859><c> rationalization</c><00:30:21.819><c> was</c><00:30:22.119><c> that</c><00:30:22.299><c> they</c><00:30:22.640><c> saved</c><00:30:23.059><c> the</c><00:30:23.779><c> better</c><00:30:24.119><c> animals</c><00:30:24.779><c> so</c><00:30:25.839><c> that</c><00:30:26.000><c> they</c><00:30:26.180><c> might</c><00:30:26.480><c> be</c>

00:30:26.819 --> 00:30:28.960
used<00:30:27.259><c> in</c><00:30:27.680><c> sacrifice.</c>

00:30:28.940 --> 00:30:36.000
So<00:30:29.619><c> what</c><00:30:30.720><c> did</c><00:30:32.420><c> Samuel</c><00:30:32.859><c> say</c><00:30:33.160><c> to</c><00:30:33.420><c> him</c><00:30:34.180><c> for</c><00:30:34.859><c> the</c><00:30:35.039><c> Lord?</c>

00:30:36.500 --> 00:30:43.920
He<00:30:36.619><c> says,</c><00:30:39.299><c> Behold,</c><00:30:39.720><c> to</c><00:30:40.059><c> obey</c><00:30:40.859><c> is</c><00:30:41.559><c> better</c><00:30:42.220><c> than</c><00:30:42.660><c> sacrifice.</c>

00:30:45.619 --> 00:30:47.480
Idol<00:30:46.299><c> worship.</c>

00:30:49.700 --> 00:30:57.880
Therefore,<00:30:50.380><c> obedience</c><00:30:51.059><c> and</c><00:30:52.500><c> respect</c><00:30:53.220><c> to</c><00:30:53.539><c> God's</c><00:30:54.539><c> will</c><00:30:54.900><c> and</c><00:30:55.359><c> commandments</c><00:30:56.000><c> is</c>

00:30:57.880 --> 00:31:01.500
absolutely<00:30:58.480><c> essential</c><00:30:59.119><c> if</c><00:30:59.380><c> we're</c><00:30:59.619><c> going</c><00:30:59.779><c> to</c><00:31:00.259><c> please</c><00:31:00.500><c> God.</c>

00:31:02.519 --> 00:31:05.200
All<00:31:02.700><c> right,</c><00:31:02.880><c> so</c><00:31:03.099><c> much</c><00:31:03.279><c> then</c><00:31:03.619><c> for</c><00:31:03.900><c> the</c><00:31:04.119><c> Old</c><00:31:04.299><c> Testament</c><00:31:04.700><c> background.</c>

00:31:05.359 --> 00:31:08.980
Let's<00:31:05.599><c> return</c><00:31:06.000><c> to</c><00:31:06.220><c> Romans</c><00:31:06.579><c> 9,</c><00:31:07.880><c> where</c><00:31:08.059><c> I</c><00:31:08.359><c> ask</c><00:31:08.539><c> you</c><00:31:08.700><c> to</c><00:31:08.859><c> keep</c>

00:31:08.980 --> 00:31:10.099
your<00:31:09.240><c> finger.</c>

00:31:13.420 --> 00:31:20.619
So<00:31:14.039><c> we</c><00:31:14.240><c> repeat,</c><00:31:14.900><c> God</c><00:31:15.259><c> had</c><00:31:16.160><c> his</c><00:31:16.799><c> own</c><00:31:17.339><c> very</c><00:31:18.180><c> good</c><00:31:18.700><c> and</c><00:31:19.099><c> justifiable</c><00:31:19.839><c> reasons</c>

00:31:20.619 --> 00:31:25.200
for<00:31:21.259><c> loving</c><00:31:21.599><c> Jacob,</c><00:31:23.319><c> even</c><00:31:23.579><c> though</c><00:31:23.720><c> he</c><00:31:23.859><c> wasn't</c><00:31:24.200><c> perfect.</c>

00:31:26.319 --> 00:31:32.240
He<00:31:26.500><c> and</c><00:31:26.579><c> his</c><00:31:26.779><c> mother</c><00:31:27.400><c> tricked</c><00:31:28.339><c> his</c><00:31:28.660><c> father.</c><00:31:30.400><c> God</c><00:31:30.700><c> didn't</c><00:31:30.980><c> approve</c><00:31:31.299><c> of</c><00:31:31.500><c> that.</c>

00:31:32.240 --> 00:31:41.440
But<00:31:33.779><c> they</c><00:31:34.099><c> both</c><00:31:35.420><c> thought</c><00:31:36.059><c> of</c><00:31:36.640><c> the</c><00:31:37.079><c> important</c><00:31:37.519><c> thing,</c><00:31:40.220><c> and</c><00:31:40.460><c> Jacob</c><00:31:40.880><c> did</c>

00:31:41.440 --> 00:31:43.599
indeed<00:31:41.960><c> receive</c><00:31:42.799><c> the</c><00:31:43.059><c> birthright,</c>

00:31:43.740 --> 00:31:49.019
but<00:31:43.880><c> he</c><00:31:44.019><c> and</c><00:31:44.180><c> his</c><00:31:44.420><c> mother</c><00:31:44.660><c> were</c><00:31:44.920><c> punished</c><00:31:45.799><c> thereafter</c><00:31:46.619><c> because</c><00:31:47.460><c> she</c><00:31:48.559><c> had</c><00:31:48.779><c> to</c>

00:31:49.019 --> 00:31:52.079
send<00:31:49.180><c> him</c><00:31:49.440><c> away</c><00:31:49.920><c> to</c><00:31:50.819><c> Paden</c><00:31:51.160><c> Aran,</c>

00:31:52.259 --> 00:31:57.599
to<00:31:52.819><c> the</c><00:31:52.960><c> house</c><00:31:53.380><c> of</c><00:31:53.680><c> Laban,</c><00:31:54.279><c> and</c><00:31:55.759><c> they</c><00:31:56.119><c> never</c><00:31:56.420><c> got</c><00:31:56.700><c> to</c><00:31:56.920><c> see</c><00:31:57.240><c> each</c>

00:31:57.599 --> 00:31:59.140
other<00:31:57.880><c> again.</c>

00:32:02.240 --> 00:32:13.599
The<00:32:02.519><c> Apostle</c><00:32:03.000><c> Paul</c><00:32:03.380><c> makes</c><00:32:03.980><c> frequent</c><00:32:04.480><c> use</c><00:32:05.180><c> of</c><00:32:06.019><c> what</c><00:32:06.220><c> we</c><00:32:06.579><c> call</c><00:32:07.140><c> the</c><00:32:08.039><c> rhetorical</c><00:32:09.259><c> question,</c><00:32:10.579><c> as</c><00:32:10.839><c> many</c><00:32:11.220><c> of</c><00:32:11.559><c> our</c><00:32:11.779><c> speakers</c><00:32:12.339><c> do,</c><00:32:13.279><c> I</c>

00:32:13.599 --> 00:32:15.180
do<00:32:13.900><c> myself.</c>

00:32:16.460 --> 00:32:22.180
They<00:32:16.839><c> ask</c><00:32:17.480><c> a</c><00:32:17.960><c> question,</c><00:32:19.920><c> and</c><00:32:20.160><c> many</c><00:32:20.440><c> of</c><00:32:20.619><c> them</c><00:32:20.680><c> would</c><00:32:20.900><c> be</c><00:32:21.759><c> rather</c>

00:32:22.180 --> 00:32:25.059
taken<00:32:22.519><c> aback</c><00:32:22.859><c> if</c><00:32:23.000><c> somebody</c><00:32:23.420><c> in</c><00:32:23.539><c> the</c><00:32:23.799><c> audience</c><00:32:24.079><c> popped</c><00:32:24.400><c> up</c><00:32:24.640><c> with</c><00:32:24.839><c> the</c>

00:32:25.059 --> 00:32:26.259
answer<00:32:25.279><c> to</c><00:32:25.500><c> it,</c>

00:32:26.259 --> 00:32:28.779
what<00:32:26.720><c> happens</c><00:32:27.119><c> once</c><00:32:27.480><c> in</c><00:32:27.640><c> a</c><00:32:27.740><c> while.</c>

00:32:30.920 --> 00:32:36.579
They<00:32:31.640><c> ask</c><00:32:32.079><c> the</c><00:32:32.299><c> question</c><00:32:33.000><c> to</c><00:32:33.980><c> make</c><00:32:34.160><c> a</c><00:32:34.380><c> point,</c><00:32:35.119><c> and</c><00:32:35.240><c> they</c><00:32:35.519><c> intend</c><00:32:35.799><c> to</c><00:32:36.059><c> answer</c><00:32:36.339><c> it</c>

00:32:36.579 --> 00:32:40.460
themselves,<00:32:37.279><c> and</c><00:32:37.539><c> that's</c><00:32:37.759><c> what</c><00:32:38.000><c> Paul</c><00:32:38.500><c> does</c><00:32:39.079><c> here,</c><00:32:40.140><c> as</c><00:32:40.240><c> in</c>

00:32:40.460 --> 00:32:42.079
many<00:32:40.940><c> other</c><00:32:41.220><c> cases.</c>

00:32:42.440 --> 00:32:45.039
Verse<00:32:42.700><c> 14</c><00:32:43.440><c> of</c><00:32:43.839><c> Romans</c><00:32:44.180><c> 9,</c>

00:32:45.740 --> 00:32:51.359
What<00:32:46.460><c> shall</c><00:32:46.799><c> we</c><00:32:47.039><c> say</c><00:32:47.339><c> then,</c><00:32:47.920><c> or</c><00:32:48.140><c> what</c><00:32:48.299><c> are</c><00:32:48.420><c> we</c><00:32:48.599><c> to</c><00:32:48.779><c> conclude</c><00:32:49.299><c> from</c><00:32:49.640><c> this</c><00:32:50.000><c> choice</c><00:32:50.500><c> of</c>

00:32:51.359 --> 00:32:53.039
Jacob<00:32:51.740><c> over</c><00:32:52.180><c> Esau?</c>

00:32:54.460 --> 00:33:01.339
He<00:32:54.460><c> says,</c><00:32:55.119><c> Is</c><00:32:55.400><c> there</c><00:32:56.079><c> unrighteousness</c><00:32:57.140><c> with</c><00:32:57.440><c> God?</c><00:32:59.539><c> Men</c><00:32:59.859><c> say</c><00:33:00.140><c> yes.</c>

00:33:01.839 --> 00:33:11.839
Paul<00:33:02.440><c> says,</c><00:33:03.460><c> God</c><00:33:03.619><c> forbid,</c><00:33:05.420><c> which</c><00:33:05.579><c> means</c><00:33:06.000><c> by</c><00:33:06.380><c> no</c><00:33:06.680><c> means,</c><00:33:07.740><c> or</c><00:33:07.980><c> perish</c><00:33:08.279><c> the</c><00:33:08.640><c> thought.</c><00:33:10.200><c> That</c><00:33:10.420><c> is</c>

00:33:11.839 --> 00:33:14.700
a<00:33:12.460><c> most</c><00:33:12.880><c> unworthy</c><00:33:13.680><c> thought.</c>

00:33:16.019 --> 00:33:22.759
He<00:33:16.940><c> says,</c><00:33:17.619><c> For</c><00:33:17.720><c> he</c><00:33:18.039><c> saith</c><00:33:18.200><c> to</c><00:33:18.400><c> Moses,</c><00:33:20.380><c> I</c><00:33:20.579><c> will</c><00:33:20.859><c> have</c><00:33:21.359><c> mercy</c><00:33:21.960><c> on</c>

00:33:22.759 --> 00:33:28.480
whom<00:33:23.240><c> I</c><00:33:23.740><c> will</c><00:33:24.299><c> have</c><00:33:24.680><c> mercy,</c><00:33:26.200><c> and</c><00:33:26.400><c> I</c><00:33:26.579><c> will</c><00:33:26.880><c> have</c><00:33:27.119><c> compassion</c><00:33:27.900><c> on</c>

00:33:28.480 --> 00:33:31.039
whom<00:33:28.900><c> I</c><00:33:29.180><c> will</c><00:33:29.660><c> have</c><00:33:30.079><c> compassion.</c>

00:33:31.920 --> 00:33:40.839
In<00:33:33.079><c> other</c><00:33:33.420><c> words,</c><00:33:34.380><c> God</c><00:33:34.900><c> says</c><00:33:36.140><c> that</c><00:33:37.160><c> he</c><00:33:37.859><c> will</c><00:33:38.559><c> show</c><00:33:38.940><c> mercy</c><00:33:39.619><c> to</c>

00:33:40.839 --> 00:33:46.440
those<00:33:41.640><c> whom</c><00:33:42.059><c> he</c><00:33:42.319><c> chooses</c><00:33:43.000><c> to</c><00:33:43.720><c> show</c><00:33:43.920><c> mercy</c><00:33:44.339><c> to,</c><00:33:45.920><c> and</c><00:33:46.019><c> he</c><00:33:46.140><c> will</c>

00:33:46.440 --> 00:33:51.640
have<00:33:47.039><c> compassion</c><00:33:47.759><c> on</c><00:33:48.160><c> those</c><00:33:48.779><c> to</c><00:33:49.119><c> whom</c><00:33:49.299><c> he</c><00:33:49.640><c> chooses</c><00:33:50.200><c> to</c><00:33:50.799><c> have</c><00:33:51.039><c> compassion.</c>

00:33:51.640 --> 00:34:02.140
In<00:33:52.299><c> other</c><00:33:52.619><c> words,</c><00:33:53.799><c> God's</c><00:33:54.119><c> will</c><00:33:54.700><c> is</c><00:33:56.299><c> and</c><00:33:56.359><c> must</c><00:33:56.819><c> be</c><00:33:57.779><c> sovereign,</c><00:34:00.700><c> unchallengeable.</c>

00:34:04.220 --> 00:34:09.639
And<00:34:04.339><c> then</c><00:34:04.539><c> he</c><00:34:04.579><c> goes</c><00:34:04.880><c> on</c><00:34:06.140><c> to</c><00:34:06.559><c> say</c><00:34:06.740><c> in</c><00:34:06.880><c> verse</c><00:34:07.140><c> 16,</c><00:34:08.860><c> So</c><00:34:09.019><c> then</c><00:34:09.260><c> it</c><00:34:09.440><c> is</c>

00:34:09.639 --> 00:34:14.699
not<00:34:10.099><c> of</c><00:34:10.480><c> him</c><00:34:11.019><c> that</c><00:34:11.380><c> willeth,</c><00:34:12.699><c> nor</c><00:34:12.960><c> of</c><00:34:13.239><c> him</c><00:34:13.599><c> that</c><00:34:13.920><c> runneth,</c><00:34:14.519><c> but</c>

00:34:14.699 --> 00:34:16.820
of<00:34:14.820><c> God</c><00:34:15.219><c> that</c><00:34:15.500><c> showeth</c><00:34:15.800><c> mercy.</c>

00:34:16.980 --> 00:34:22.559
In<00:34:17.619><c> other</c><00:34:17.920><c> words,</c><00:34:18.840><c> we</c><00:34:18.860><c> don't</c><00:34:19.519><c> obtain</c><00:34:20.300><c> God's</c><00:34:20.900><c> mercy</c><00:34:21.159><c> and</c><00:34:21.400><c> salvation</c><00:34:22.079><c> just</c>

00:34:22.559 --> 00:34:27.079
because<00:34:22.980><c> we</c><00:34:23.920><c> drive</c><00:34:24.340><c> hard</c><00:34:24.699><c> enough</c><00:34:25.000><c> and</c><00:34:25.159><c> work</c><00:34:25.440><c> hard</c><00:34:25.760><c> enough</c><00:34:26.019><c> for</c><00:34:26.260><c> it.</c>

00:34:27.719 --> 00:34:30.239
Not<00:34:28.000><c> just</c><00:34:28.320><c> because</c><00:34:28.699><c> of</c><00:34:28.820><c> that.</c><00:34:29.119><c> There's</c><00:34:29.360><c> not</c><00:34:29.559><c> one</c><00:34:29.780><c> of</c><00:34:29.940><c> us</c><00:34:30.119><c> that</c>

00:34:30.239 --> 00:34:33.260
can<00:34:30.440><c> save</c><00:34:30.800><c> ourselves</c><00:34:31.480><c> by</c><00:34:31.800><c> our</c><00:34:32.079><c> own</c><00:34:32.280><c> efforts.</c>

00:34:35.920 --> 00:34:39.699
But<00:34:36.159><c> it</c><00:34:36.300><c> is</c><00:34:36.519><c> because</c><00:34:36.900><c> God</c><00:34:37.900><c> shows</c><00:34:38.500><c> mercy.</c>

00:34:40.519 --> 00:34:44.880
And<00:34:41.119><c> so</c><00:34:41.659><c> he</c><00:34:42.460><c> continues</c><00:34:43.059><c> to</c><00:34:43.360><c> illustrate,</c><00:34:44.300><c> For</c><00:34:44.360><c> the</c><00:34:44.519><c> scripture</c>

00:34:44.880 --> 00:34:47.980
saith<00:34:45.179><c> unto</c><00:34:45.480><c> Pharaoh,</c><00:34:46.119><c> Even</c><00:34:46.300><c> for</c><00:34:46.559><c> this</c><00:34:46.800><c> same</c><00:34:47.099><c> purpose</c><00:34:47.480><c> have</c><00:34:47.719><c> I</c>

00:34:47.980 --> 00:34:51.960
raised<00:34:48.380><c> thee</c><00:34:48.639><c> up,</c><00:34:49.260><c> that</c><00:34:49.400><c> I</c><00:34:49.619><c> might</c><00:34:49.880><c> show</c><00:34:50.139><c> my</c><00:34:50.480><c> power</c><00:34:50.920><c> in</c><00:34:51.380><c> thee,</c>

00:34:52.260 --> 00:34:55.940
and<00:34:52.380><c> that</c><00:34:52.579><c> my</c><00:34:52.900><c> name</c><00:34:53.280><c> might</c><00:34:53.559><c> be</c><00:34:53.860><c> declared</c><00:34:54.199><c> throughout</c><00:34:54.639><c> all</c><00:34:54.920><c> the</c><00:34:55.099><c> earth.</c>

00:34:56.780 --> 00:35:01.960
Therefore,<00:34:58.300><c> ye</c><00:34:58.599><c> that</c><00:34:58.780><c> as</c><00:34:58.960><c> God</c><00:34:59.440><c> hath</c><00:34:59.719><c> mercy</c><00:35:00.199><c> on</c><00:35:00.639><c> whom</c><00:35:01.000><c> he</c><00:35:01.579><c> will</c>

00:35:01.960 --> 00:35:07.940
or<00:35:02.320><c> chooses</c><00:35:02.739><c> to</c><00:35:03.079><c> have</c><00:35:03.260><c> mercy,</c><00:35:05.079><c> and</c><00:35:05.380><c> whom</c><00:35:05.719><c> he</c><00:35:06.119><c> will,</c><00:35:06.619><c> he</c><00:35:06.840><c> hardeneth.</c>

00:35:08.400 --> 00:35:13.579
And<00:35:08.920><c> again,</c><00:35:09.719><c> men</c><00:35:10.059><c> think</c><00:35:10.420><c> this</c><00:35:10.739><c> is</c><00:35:11.000><c> most</c><00:35:11.380><c> arbitrary</c><00:35:12.099><c> and</c><00:35:13.280><c> cruel</c>

00:35:13.579 --> 00:35:14.800
on<00:35:13.920><c> God's</c><00:35:14.440><c> part.</c>

00:35:15.179 --> 00:35:21.079
Poor<00:35:15.400><c> little</c><00:35:15.739><c> Pharaoh.</c><00:35:18.619><c> God</c><00:35:19.059><c> hardened</c><00:35:19.639><c> his</c><00:35:20.119><c> heart.</c>

00:35:21.440 --> 00:35:25.599
He<00:35:22.280><c> didn't</c><00:35:22.539><c> have</c><00:35:22.739><c> a</c><00:35:22.940><c> chance,</c><00:35:23.780><c> as</c><00:35:24.280><c> they</c><00:35:24.440><c> would</c><00:35:24.659><c> say.</c>

00:35:27.380 --> 00:35:31.340
Well,<00:35:28.300><c> we</c><00:35:28.539><c> of</c><00:35:28.639><c> course</c><00:35:28.840><c> don't</c><00:35:29.079><c> know</c><00:35:29.300><c> all</c><00:35:29.599><c> about</c><00:35:29.980><c> Pharaoh's</c><00:35:30.480><c> heart,</c><00:35:31.340><c> and</c>

00:35:31.340 --> 00:35:34.800
we<00:35:31.519><c> certainly</c><00:35:31.760><c> don't</c><00:35:31.980><c> know</c><00:35:32.260><c> all</c><00:35:32.699><c> about</c><00:35:33.099><c> God's</c><00:35:33.880><c> thoughts.</c>

00:35:35.360 --> 00:35:41.780
But<00:35:35.800><c> as</c><00:35:36.900><c> he</c><00:35:38.019><c> says</c><00:35:38.380><c> farther</c><00:35:39.000><c> on,</c><00:35:39.440><c> he</c><00:35:39.619><c> was</c><00:35:40.099><c> a</c><00:35:40.340><c> vessel</c><00:35:40.880><c> of</c><00:35:41.340><c> wrath</c>

00:35:41.780 --> 00:35:44.179
fitted<00:35:42.199><c> for</c><00:35:42.900><c> destruction.</c>

00:35:44.920 --> 00:35:51.300
And<00:35:45.840><c> we</c><00:35:46.480><c> can</c><00:35:46.719><c> well</c><00:35:46.960><c> imagine</c><00:35:47.840><c> that</c><00:35:48.519><c> Pharaoh,</c><00:35:49.000><c> with</c><00:35:49.000><c> all</c><00:35:49.320><c> the</c><00:35:50.440><c> wisdom</c><00:35:50.800><c> of</c>

00:35:51.300 --> 00:35:56.239
the<00:35:51.500><c> Egyptians</c><00:35:52.119><c> and</c><00:35:52.719><c> being</c><00:35:53.099><c> the</c><00:35:53.320><c> head</c><00:35:53.539><c> of</c><00:35:54.599><c> the</c><00:35:55.039><c> Egyptian</c><00:35:55.500><c> religion</c><00:35:55.980><c> and</c>

00:35:56.239 --> 00:36:01.340
so<00:35:56.519><c> forth,</c><00:35:56.920><c> was</c><00:35:57.079><c> not</c><00:35:57.380><c> about</c><00:35:57.840><c> to</c><00:35:58.460><c> submit</c><00:35:59.059><c> to</c><00:36:00.360><c> God's</c><00:36:00.820><c> entreaties</c>

00:36:01.340 --> 00:36:02.579
through<00:36:01.619><c> Moses.</c>

00:36:05.840 --> 00:36:14.139
So,<00:36:06.699><c> Paul</c><00:36:07.559><c> continues,</c><00:36:10.440><c> Thou</c><00:36:10.739><c> wilt</c><00:36:11.199><c> say</c><00:36:11.599><c> then</c><00:36:12.179><c> unto</c><00:36:12.500><c> me,</c><00:36:13.900><c> Why</c>

00:36:14.139 --> 00:36:19.880
doth<00:36:14.340><c> he</c><00:36:14.599><c> yet</c><00:36:14.900><c> find</c><00:36:15.300><c> fault?</c><00:36:16.599><c> For</c><00:36:16.699><c> who</c><00:36:17.199><c> hath</c><00:36:17.659><c> resisted</c><00:36:18.639><c> his</c><00:36:19.000><c> will?</c>

00:36:21.019 --> 00:36:28.519
Now,<00:36:21.739><c> I</c><00:36:22.000><c> have</c><00:36:22.739><c> a</c><00:36:23.980><c> very</c><00:36:24.440><c> crude,</c><00:36:25.719><c> you</c><00:36:27.079><c> might</c><00:36:27.340><c> even</c><00:36:27.739><c> consider</c><00:36:28.199><c> it</c>

00:36:28.519 --> 00:36:30.800
corny,<00:36:29.699><c> analogy.</c>

00:36:31.480 --> 00:36:39.360
As<00:36:31.699><c> Ed</c><00:36:32.019><c> was</c><00:36:32.219><c> pointing</c><00:36:32.500><c> out</c><00:36:32.820><c> yesterday,</c><00:36:38.579><c> here</c><00:36:38.719><c> is</c><00:36:38.780><c> that</c><00:36:39.079><c> same</c>

00:36:39.360 --> 00:36:40.280
word,<00:36:39.880><c> logos.</c>

00:36:40.280 --> 00:36:46.920
An<00:36:41.340><c> analogy</c><00:36:41.980><c> is</c><00:36:42.980><c> a</c><00:36:43.239><c> word</c><00:36:43.480><c> or</c><00:36:43.719><c> a</c><00:36:43.920><c> thought</c><00:36:44.360><c> which</c><00:36:44.900><c> is</c><00:36:45.960><c> similar.</c>

00:36:48.179 --> 00:36:51.460
And<00:36:48.360><c> people</c><00:36:48.900><c> seem</c><00:36:49.300><c> to</c><00:36:49.420><c> be</c><00:36:49.519><c> able</c><00:36:49.780><c> to</c><00:36:50.019><c> see</c><00:36:50.340><c> the</c><00:36:50.619><c> point,</c><00:36:51.019><c> and</c><00:36:51.179><c> this</c>

00:36:51.460 --> 00:36:56.559
does<00:36:51.880><c> solve</c><00:36:52.219><c> the</c><00:36:52.440><c> problem</c><00:36:52.960><c> of</c><00:36:53.900><c> this</c><00:36:54.579><c> apparent</c><00:36:55.079><c> paradox</c><00:36:55.579><c> between</c><00:36:56.179><c> free</c>

00:36:56.559 --> 00:36:59.139
will<00:36:56.960><c> and</c><00:36:57.639><c> predestination.</c>

00:37:00.480 --> 00:37:04.460
Let's<00:37:00.780><c> take</c><00:37:01.039><c> the</c><00:37:01.239><c> case</c><00:37:01.760><c> of</c><00:37:02.579><c> a</c><00:37:02.820><c> cattle</c><00:37:03.340><c> raiser.</c>

00:37:05.500 --> 00:37:09.099
Now,<00:37:05.920><c> how</c><00:37:06.059><c> does</c><00:37:06.260><c> a</c><00:37:06.480><c> cattle</c><00:37:06.800><c> raiser</c><00:37:07.300><c> make</c><00:37:07.559><c> his</c><00:37:07.760><c> money?</c>

00:37:09.940 --> 00:37:14.340
It's<00:37:10.539><c> by</c><00:37:10.960><c> selling</c><00:37:11.440><c> animals</c><00:37:12.099><c> to</c><00:37:12.400><c> be</c><00:37:12.639><c> slaughtered,</c><00:37:13.139><c> is</c><00:37:13.219><c> it</c><00:37:13.420><c> not?</c>

00:37:15.480 --> 00:37:23.139
And<00:37:15.800><c> if</c><00:37:15.860><c> he's</c><00:37:16.139><c> going</c><00:37:16.360><c> to</c><00:37:16.579><c> be</c><00:37:17.000><c> a</c><00:37:18.360><c> successful</c><00:37:19.199><c> raiser</c><00:37:20.360><c> of</c><00:37:20.559><c> cattle,</c><00:37:22.239><c> at</c><00:37:22.400><c> least</c><00:37:22.639><c> once</c><00:37:22.960><c> a</c>

00:37:23.139 --> 00:37:26.159
year<00:37:23.300><c> he</c><00:37:23.500><c> has</c><00:37:23.800><c> to</c><00:37:24.019><c> cut</c><00:37:24.199><c> out</c><00:37:24.460><c> from</c><00:37:24.679><c> his</c><00:37:25.019><c> herd</c><00:37:25.260><c> certain</c><00:37:25.659><c> of</c><00:37:25.840><c> those</c>

00:37:26.159 --> 00:37:30.739
animals<00:37:26.539><c> and</c><00:37:26.800><c> send</c><00:37:27.019><c> them</c><00:37:27.280><c> off</c><00:37:27.699><c> to</c><00:37:28.400><c> be</c><00:37:28.659><c> slaughtered.</c>

00:37:31.920 --> 00:37:40.659
Now,<00:37:32.480><c> suppose</c><00:37:32.900><c> you</c><00:37:34.400><c> could</c><00:37:34.639><c> ask</c><00:37:35.159><c> the</c><00:37:35.619><c> cattle</c><00:37:35.880><c> there</c><00:37:36.340><c> on</c><00:37:36.599><c> the</c><00:37:36.840><c> range</c><00:37:37.500><c> when</c><00:37:39.159><c> they</c><00:37:39.380><c> found</c><00:37:39.659><c> out</c><00:37:39.900><c> that</c><00:37:40.019><c> they</c><00:37:40.199><c> were</c><00:37:40.360><c> going</c><00:37:40.500><c> to</c>

00:37:40.659 --> 00:37:43.639
be<00:37:40.820><c> sent</c><00:37:41.019><c> off</c><00:37:41.539><c> to</c><00:37:41.960><c> be</c><00:37:42.219><c> slaughtered,</c><00:37:42.719><c> and</c><00:37:42.960><c> it's</c><00:37:43.219><c> a</c><00:37:43.340><c> fortunate</c>

00:37:43.639 --> 00:37:45.719
thing<00:37:43.940><c> that</c><00:37:44.139><c> they</c><00:37:44.280><c> don't</c><00:37:44.599><c> know,</c>

00:37:46.059 --> 00:37:50.619
whether<00:37:46.579><c> they</c><00:37:46.820><c> think</c><00:37:47.219><c> the</c><00:37:48.480><c> rancher</c><00:37:49.000><c> is</c><00:37:49.420><c> fair.</c>

00:37:51.000 --> 00:37:54.179
Why<00:37:51.199><c> should</c><00:37:51.420><c> I</c><00:37:51.739><c> have</c><00:37:51.940><c> to</c><00:37:52.059><c> go</c><00:37:52.219><c> to</c><00:37:52.360><c> be</c><00:37:52.599><c> killed</c><00:37:52.940><c> when</c><00:37:53.380><c> he</c><00:37:53.699><c> or</c><00:37:53.920><c> she</c>

00:37:54.179 --> 00:37:59.880
can<00:37:54.480><c> stay</c><00:37:54.739><c> here</c><00:37:55.099><c> and</c><00:37:55.219><c> eat</c><00:37:55.340><c> grass</c><00:37:55.780><c> and</c><00:37:57.039><c> have</c><00:37:57.820><c> the</c><00:37:58.780><c> good</c><00:37:58.980><c> life,</c>

00:38:00.019 --> 00:38:01.340
as<00:38:00.280><c> we</c><00:38:00.539><c> say?</c>

00:38:02.159 --> 00:38:06.059
Well,<00:38:02.579><c> obviously</c><00:38:03.079><c> they</c><00:38:03.860><c> wouldn't</c><00:38:04.260><c> think</c><00:38:04.480><c> this</c><00:38:04.739><c> was</c><00:38:04.960><c> arbitrary,</c><00:38:05.599><c> and</c><00:38:05.800><c> yet</c>

00:38:06.059 --> 00:38:09.880
how<00:38:06.300><c> many</c><00:38:06.559><c> people</c><00:38:06.940><c> condemn</c><00:38:07.500><c> the</c><00:38:07.719><c> rancher</c><00:38:08.239><c> for</c><00:38:08.480><c> doing</c><00:38:08.840><c> this?</c>

00:38:10.719 --> 00:38:13.440
They<00:38:10.980><c> say,</c><00:38:11.320><c> well,</c><00:38:12.079><c> but</c><00:38:12.260><c> the</c><00:38:12.440><c> cattle</c><00:38:12.699><c> are</c><00:38:12.920><c> his</c><00:38:13.179><c> property.</c>

00:38:13.440 --> 00:38:21.380
Why<00:38:15.079><c> are</c><00:38:15.380><c> they</c><00:38:15.519><c> his</c><00:38:15.800><c> property?</c><00:38:17.539><c> Did</c><00:38:17.900><c> he</c><00:38:18.099><c> make</c><00:38:18.420><c> them?</c><00:38:20.039><c> No.</c>

00:38:22.059 --> 00:38:27.059
They're<00:38:22.239><c> his</c><00:38:22.519><c> property</c><00:38:22.980><c> only</c><00:38:23.420><c> because</c><00:38:24.000><c> of</c><00:38:24.440><c> a</c><00:38:24.780><c> particular</c><00:38:25.559><c> legal</c><00:38:26.099><c> setup</c><00:38:26.519><c> that</c><00:38:26.760><c> we</c>

00:38:27.059 --> 00:38:32.420
have,<00:38:27.639><c> giving</c><00:38:27.960><c> him</c><00:38:28.420><c> title</c><00:38:28.820><c> to</c><00:38:29.940><c> these</c><00:38:30.260><c> animals</c><00:38:30.739><c> and</c><00:38:31.079><c> their</c><00:38:31.340><c> lives.</c>

00:38:32.780 --> 00:38:35.820
And<00:38:33.079><c> we</c><00:38:33.219><c> think</c><00:38:33.380><c> that</c><00:38:33.559><c> that's</c><00:38:33.980><c> perfectly</c><00:38:34.440><c> justifiable.</c>

00:38:37.260 --> 00:38:42.820
But<00:38:37.960><c> God</c><00:38:38.659><c> made</c><00:38:40.539><c> everybody</c><00:38:41.460><c> everything.</c>

00:38:44.980 --> 00:38:49.119
They're<00:38:45.320><c> his</c><00:38:45.619><c> property.</c><00:38:47.059><c> We're</c><00:38:47.420><c> his</c><00:38:47.699><c> property.</c><00:38:48.719><c> Doesn't</c><00:38:48.960><c> he</c>

00:38:49.119 --> 00:38:51.579
have<00:38:49.380><c> a</c><00:38:49.440><c> right</c><00:38:49.579><c> to</c><00:38:49.800><c> do</c><00:38:49.920><c> with</c><00:38:50.099><c> us</c><00:38:50.300><c> as</c><00:38:50.440><c> he</c><00:38:50.679><c> chooses?</c>

00:38:52.820 --> 00:38:57.739
Let's<00:38:53.460><c> just</c><00:38:53.699><c> read</c><00:38:53.860><c> what</c><00:38:54.480><c> God</c><00:38:54.840><c> says,</c><00:38:55.860><c> and</c><00:38:56.000><c> this</c><00:38:56.179><c> time</c><00:38:56.400><c> I'm</c><00:38:56.619><c> going</c><00:38:56.860><c> to</c>

00:38:57.739 --> 00:39:01.800
go<00:38:58.860><c> to</c><00:38:59.579><c> the</c><00:38:59.780><c> fiftieth</c><00:39:00.320><c> Psalm,</c>

00:39:05.440 --> 00:39:14.340
and<00:39:06.199><c> begin</c><00:39:06.960><c> with</c><00:39:09.940><c> the</c><00:39:10.019><c> sixth</c><00:39:10.360><c> verse,</c><00:39:13.920><c> where</c><00:39:13.960><c> it</c><00:39:14.039><c> says,</c>

00:39:14.760 --> 00:39:18.659
And<00:39:14.760><c> the</c><00:39:14.960><c> heavens</c><00:39:15.559><c> shall</c><00:39:16.179><c> declare</c><00:39:16.880><c> his</c><00:39:17.639><c> righteousness,</c><00:39:18.460><c> that</c>

00:39:18.659 --> 00:39:23.980
is,<00:39:18.860><c> God's</c><00:39:19.340><c> righteousness,</c><00:39:20.900><c> for</c><00:39:21.199><c> God</c><00:39:21.780><c> is</c><00:39:22.480><c> judge</c><00:39:23.099><c> himself.</c>

00:39:24.800 --> 00:39:29.280
In<00:39:25.039><c> other</c><00:39:25.260><c> words,</c><00:39:25.820><c> he</c><00:39:26.199><c> has</c><00:39:26.579><c> the</c><00:39:26.800><c> right</c><00:39:27.079><c> to</c><00:39:27.360><c> make</c><00:39:27.619><c> the</c><00:39:27.920><c> determinations.</c>

00:39:30.219 --> 00:39:34.199
Hear,<00:39:30.980><c> O</c><00:39:30.980><c> my</c><00:39:31.199><c> people,</c><00:39:31.519><c> and</c><00:39:31.699><c> I</c><00:39:31.840><c> will</c><00:39:32.139><c> speak.</c><00:39:33.179><c> O</c><00:39:33.440><c> Israel,</c><00:39:34.000><c> and</c><00:39:34.119><c> I</c>

00:39:34.199 --> 00:39:39.800
will<00:39:34.400><c> testify</c><00:39:34.960><c> against</c><00:39:35.460><c> thee.</c><00:39:36.360><c> I</c><00:39:36.719><c> am</c><00:39:36.920><c> God,</c><00:39:37.599><c> even</c><00:39:38.159><c> thy</c><00:39:38.800><c> God.</c>

00:39:41.320 --> 00:39:45.059
I<00:39:41.460><c> will</c><00:39:41.699><c> not</c><00:39:41.880><c> reprove</c><00:39:42.320><c> thee</c><00:39:42.539><c> for</c><00:39:42.739><c> thy</c><00:39:43.019><c> sacrifices</c><00:39:43.739><c> or</c><00:39:43.940><c> thy</c><00:39:44.199><c> burnt</c><00:39:44.400><c> offerings</c><00:39:44.840><c> to</c>

00:39:45.059 --> 00:39:47.380
have<00:39:45.219><c> been</c><00:39:45.360><c> continually</c><00:39:45.860><c> before</c><00:39:46.300><c> me.</c>

00:39:47.860 --> 00:39:51.800
I<00:39:48.099><c> will</c><00:39:48.320><c> take</c><00:39:48.579><c> no</c><00:39:48.960><c> boar</c><00:39:49.360><c> out</c><00:39:49.719><c> of</c><00:39:49.860><c> thy</c><00:39:50.059><c> house,</c><00:39:50.760><c> nor</c><00:39:50.900><c> he</c><00:39:51.119><c> goats</c><00:39:51.380><c> out</c><00:39:51.679><c> of</c>

00:39:51.800 --> 00:39:53.239
thy<00:39:52.079><c> foals.</c>

00:39:53.239 --> 00:39:56.780
For<00:39:53.699><c> every</c><00:39:54.039><c> beast</c><00:39:54.340><c> of</c><00:39:54.519><c> the</c><00:39:54.719><c> forest</c><00:39:55.079><c> is</c><00:39:55.400><c> mine,</c><00:39:55.880><c> and</c><00:39:56.159><c> the</c><00:39:56.380><c> cattle</c>

00:39:56.780 --> 00:39:59.519
upon<00:39:57.659><c> a</c><00:39:57.920><c> thousand</c><00:39:58.380><c> hills.</c>

00:40:00.039 --> 00:40:02.360
I<00:40:00.280><c> know</c><00:40:00.440><c> all</c><00:40:00.679><c> the</c><00:40:00.840><c> fowls</c><00:40:01.159><c> of</c><00:40:01.300><c> the</c><00:40:01.440><c> mountains,</c><00:40:01.800><c> and</c><00:40:01.920><c> the</c><00:40:02.099><c> wild</c>

00:40:02.360 --> 00:40:04.519
beasts<00:40:02.659><c> of</c><00:40:02.840><c> the</c><00:40:03.000><c> field</c><00:40:03.239><c> are</c><00:40:03.480><c> mine.</c>

00:40:05.599 --> 00:40:10.619
If<00:40:05.840><c> I</c><00:40:06.139><c> were</c><00:40:06.360><c> hungry,</c><00:40:07.340><c> I</c><00:40:07.579><c> would</c><00:40:07.840><c> not</c><00:40:08.059><c> tell</c><00:40:08.400><c> thee,</c><00:40:09.539><c> for</c><00:40:09.760><c> the</c><00:40:10.000><c> world</c><00:40:10.300><c> is</c>

00:40:10.619 --> 00:40:13.739
mine,<00:40:11.500><c> and</c><00:40:11.920><c> the</c><00:40:12.099><c> fullness</c><00:40:12.480><c> thereof.</c>

00:40:14.739 --> 00:40:18.760
Will<00:40:15.179><c> I</c><00:40:15.480><c> eat</c><00:40:15.780><c> the</c><00:40:15.960><c> flesh</c><00:40:16.139><c> of</c><00:40:16.380><c> bulls</c><00:40:16.719><c> who</c><00:40:16.840><c> drink</c><00:40:17.039><c> the</c><00:40:17.179><c> blood</c><00:40:17.380><c> of</c><00:40:17.619><c> goats?</c>

00:40:19.800 --> 00:40:24.880
Offer<00:40:20.460><c> unto</c><00:40:20.639><c> God</c><00:40:21.239><c> thanksgiving,</c><00:40:23.480><c> and</c><00:40:23.519><c> pay</c><00:40:23.880><c> thy</c><00:40:24.179><c> vows</c><00:40:24.539><c> unto</c>

00:40:24.880 --> 00:40:29.019
the<00:40:25.059><c> Most</c><00:40:25.420><c> High.</c><00:40:27.079><c> That's</c><00:40:27.400><c> what</c><00:40:27.659><c> God</c><00:40:27.940><c> wants.</c>

00:40:30.900 --> 00:40:36.019
And<00:40:31.260><c> if</c><00:40:31.420><c> you</c><00:40:31.739><c> do</c><00:40:32.079><c> that,</c><00:40:33.719><c> then</c><00:40:33.719><c> call</c><00:40:34.199><c> upon</c><00:40:34.500><c> me</c><00:40:34.800><c> in</c><00:40:34.960><c> the</c><00:40:35.079><c> day</c><00:40:35.239><c> of</c><00:40:35.440><c> trouble,</c><00:40:35.719><c> and</c><00:40:35.840><c> I</c>

00:40:36.019 --> 00:40:40.260
will<00:40:36.159><c> deliver</c><00:40:36.519><c> thee,</c><00:40:37.320><c> and</c><00:40:37.440><c> thou</c><00:40:37.719><c> shalt</c><00:40:38.219><c> glorify</c><00:40:39.199><c> me.</c>

00:40:42.239 --> 00:40:46.460
Let's<00:40:43.079><c> also</c><00:40:43.460><c> turn</c><00:40:43.739><c> to</c><00:40:43.960><c> the</c><00:40:44.000><c> eighteenth</c><00:40:44.519><c> chapter</c><00:40:44.900><c> of</c><00:40:45.159><c> Jeremiah.</c><00:40:45.940><c> This</c><00:40:46.179><c> was</c>

00:40:46.460 --> 00:40:51.719
referred<00:40:46.920><c> to</c><00:40:48.639><c> recently</c><00:40:49.380><c> in</c><00:40:50.159><c> talks.</c>

00:40:53.219 --> 00:40:59.079
This<00:40:54.059><c> is</c><00:40:54.360><c> where</c><00:40:54.619><c> God</c><00:40:54.960><c> told</c><00:40:55.460><c> Jeremiah</c><00:40:56.280><c> to</c><00:40:56.699><c> go</c><00:40:57.019><c> down</c><00:40:57.460><c> to</c><00:40:57.860><c> the</c><00:40:58.079><c> house</c><00:40:58.539><c> of</c>

00:40:59.079 --> 00:41:05.219
the<00:40:59.340><c> potter,</c><00:41:01.480><c> where</c><00:41:01.699><c> he</c><00:41:01.920><c> was</c><00:41:02.079><c> to</c><00:41:02.280><c> watch</c><00:41:02.659><c> the</c><00:41:02.980><c> potter</c><00:41:03.519><c> make</c><00:41:04.059><c> vessels</c><00:41:04.699><c> out</c>

00:41:05.219 --> 00:41:07.320
of<00:41:05.719><c> moist</c><00:41:06.139><c> clay.</c>

00:41:09.940 --> 00:41:16.079
In<00:41:10.619><c> modern</c><00:41:11.079><c> terminology,</c><00:41:11.900><c> the</c><00:41:12.079><c> potter</c><00:41:12.280><c> is</c><00:41:12.579><c> a</c><00:41:13.119><c> seramist.</c><00:41:15.780><c> And</c>

00:41:16.079 --> 00:41:20.500
while<00:41:16.320><c> the</c><00:41:16.599><c> clay</c><00:41:16.860><c> is</c><00:41:17.320><c> moist,</c><00:41:18.320><c> it</c><00:41:18.340><c> can</c><00:41:18.699><c> be</c><00:41:19.000><c> shaped</c><00:41:19.579><c> in</c><00:41:20.219><c> whatever</c>

00:41:20.500 --> 00:41:25.820
way<00:41:20.840><c> the</c><00:41:21.079><c> potter</c><00:41:21.840><c> chooses</c><00:41:22.260><c> to</c><00:41:22.599><c> shape</c><00:41:22.820><c> it</c><00:41:23.139><c> as</c><00:41:23.900><c> it</c><00:41:24.199><c> turns</c><00:41:24.579><c> on</c><00:41:24.900><c> the</c><00:41:25.059><c> huyo.</c>

00:41:29.480 --> 00:41:31.719
Let's<00:41:30.000><c> begin</c><00:41:30.340><c> with</c><00:41:30.559><c> the</c><00:41:30.579><c> third</c><00:41:30.920><c> verse.</c>

00:41:32.079 --> 00:41:36.099
Then<00:41:32.199><c> I</c><00:41:32.380><c> went</c><00:41:32.619><c> down</c><00:41:32.980><c> to</c><00:41:33.159><c> the</c><00:41:33.380><c> potter's</c><00:41:33.699><c> house,</c><00:41:34.360><c> and</c><00:41:34.480><c> behold,</c><00:41:35.260><c> he</c><00:41:35.619><c> wrought</c><00:41:35.940><c> a</c>

00:41:36.099 --> 00:41:39.059
work<00:41:36.280><c> on</c><00:41:36.559><c> the</c><00:41:36.739><c> huyo,</c><00:41:37.360><c> and</c><00:41:37.559><c> the</c><00:41:37.719><c> vessel</c><00:41:38.000><c> that</c><00:41:38.179><c> he</c><00:41:38.300><c> made</c><00:41:38.599><c> of</c><00:41:38.800><c> clay</c>

00:41:39.059 --> 00:41:43.400
was<00:41:39.400><c> marred,</c><00:41:40.079><c> or</c><00:41:40.440><c> ruined,</c><00:41:41.559><c> in</c><00:41:41.719><c> the</c><00:41:41.880><c> hand</c><00:41:42.119><c> of</c><00:41:42.239><c> the</c><00:41:42.420><c> potter.</c>

00:41:44.219 --> 00:41:47.519
So<00:41:44.739><c> he,</c><00:41:45.300><c> as</c><00:41:45.559><c> we</c><00:41:45.760><c> would</c><00:41:45.940><c> know,</c><00:41:46.519><c> those</c><00:41:46.719><c> of</c><00:41:46.920><c> you</c><00:41:47.059><c> who</c><00:41:47.280><c> have</c><00:41:47.280><c> taken</c>

00:41:47.519 --> 00:41:51.059
little<00:41:47.860><c> ceramics,</c><00:41:48.940><c> would</c><00:41:49.079><c> smash</c><00:41:49.440><c> the</c><00:41:49.699><c> clay</c><00:41:49.900><c> down</c><00:41:50.300><c> into</c><00:41:50.760><c> one</c>

00:41:51.059 --> 00:41:53.900
lump<00:41:51.320><c> again,</c><00:41:52.320><c> start</c><00:41:52.519><c> over</c><00:41:52.840><c> again.</c>

00:41:54.719 --> 00:41:58.179
So<00:41:55.360><c> he</c><00:41:55.500><c> made</c><00:41:55.780><c> it</c><00:41:56.000><c> again,</c><00:41:56.239><c> another</c><00:41:56.639><c> vessel,</c><00:41:57.099><c> as</c><00:41:57.420><c> seemed</c><00:41:57.739><c> good</c>

00:41:58.179 --> 00:42:00.659
to<00:41:58.539><c> the</c><00:41:58.780><c> potter</c><00:41:59.139><c> to</c><00:41:59.360><c> make</c><00:41:59.579><c> it.</c>

00:42:01.420 --> 00:42:06.059
Then<00:42:01.719><c> the</c><00:42:01.820><c> word</c><00:42:02.039><c> of</c><00:42:02.199><c> the</c><00:42:02.280><c> Lord</c><00:42:02.480><c> came</c><00:42:02.880><c> to</c><00:42:03.019><c> me,</c><00:42:03.659><c> saying,</c><00:42:05.219><c> O</c><00:42:05.500><c> house</c>

00:42:06.059 --> 00:42:11.940
of<00:42:06.340><c> Israel,</c><00:42:08.699><c> cannot</c><00:42:09.019><c> I</c><00:42:09.420><c> do</c><00:42:09.659><c> with</c><00:42:09.900><c> you</c><00:42:10.380><c> as</c><00:42:10.900><c> this</c><00:42:11.280><c> potter,</c><00:42:11.699><c> saith</c>

00:42:11.940 --> 00:42:13.019
the<00:42:12.199><c> Lord?</c>

00:42:14.199 --> 00:42:21.679
Behold,<00:42:15.079><c> as</c><00:42:15.340><c> the</c><00:42:15.539><c> clay</c><00:42:15.840><c> is</c><00:42:16.360><c> in</c><00:42:16.599><c> the</c><00:42:16.780><c> potter's</c><00:42:17.239><c> hand,</c><00:42:18.760><c> so</c><00:42:19.139><c> are</c><00:42:19.559><c> ye</c><00:42:20.059><c> in</c><00:42:20.539><c> mine</c><00:42:20.880><c> hand,</c><00:42:21.420><c> O</c>

00:42:21.679 --> 00:42:23.360
house<00:42:22.059><c> of</c><00:42:22.239><c> Israel.</c>

00:42:24.280 --> 00:42:29.280
God<00:42:24.880><c> has</c><00:42:25.519><c> complete</c><00:42:26.079><c> power</c><00:42:26.539><c> over</c><00:42:26.840><c> them,</c><00:42:27.480><c> to</c><00:42:27.639><c> do</c><00:42:27.840><c> with</c><00:42:28.079><c> them,</c><00:42:28.920><c> as</c>

00:42:29.280 --> 00:42:31.260
he<00:42:29.920><c> sees</c><00:42:30.340><c> fit.</c>

00:42:32.860 --> 00:42:37.300
Not<00:42:33.400><c> only</c><00:42:33.800><c> with</c><00:42:34.000><c> them,</c><00:42:34.699><c> but</c><00:42:34.920><c> any</c><00:42:35.280><c> nation,</c><00:42:36.400><c> as</c><00:42:36.619><c> he</c><00:42:36.820><c> continues,</c>

00:42:37.460 --> 00:42:40.699
at<00:42:37.460><c> what</c><00:42:37.760><c> instant</c><00:42:38.159><c> I</c><00:42:38.400><c> shall</c><00:42:38.559><c> speak</c><00:42:38.840><c> concerning</c><00:42:39.280><c> a</c><00:42:39.539><c> nation,</c><00:42:39.960><c> and</c><00:42:40.079><c> concerning</c><00:42:40.460><c> a</c>

00:42:40.699 --> 00:42:44.000
kingdom,<00:42:41.019><c> to</c><00:42:41.119><c> pluck</c><00:42:41.340><c> up,</c><00:42:41.699><c> and</c><00:42:41.719><c> to</c><00:42:41.840><c> pull</c><00:42:42.039><c> down,</c><00:42:42.400><c> and</c><00:42:42.460><c> to</c><00:42:42.659><c> destroy</c><00:42:43.059><c> it.</c>

00:42:44.400 --> 00:42:47.760
If<00:42:44.920><c> that</c><00:42:45.360><c> nation,</c><00:42:45.900><c> against</c><00:42:46.219><c> whom</c><00:42:46.380><c> I</c><00:42:46.599><c> have</c><00:42:46.780><c> pronounced,</c><00:42:47.599><c> turn</c>

00:42:47.760 --> 00:42:52.599
from<00:42:48.019><c> their</c><00:42:48.360><c> evil,</c><00:42:49.539><c> I</c><00:42:49.920><c> will</c><00:42:50.199><c> repent</c><00:42:50.719><c> of</c><00:42:51.079><c> the</c><00:42:51.360><c> evil</c><00:42:51.639><c> that</c><00:42:51.980><c> I</c><00:42:52.260><c> thought</c><00:42:52.400><c> to</c>

00:42:52.599 --> 00:42:53.980
do<00:42:52.760><c> unto</c><00:42:52.960><c> them.</c>

00:42:56.039 --> 00:42:59.900
This<00:42:56.639><c> applies</c><00:42:57.139><c> not</c><00:42:57.400><c> only</c><00:42:57.719><c> to</c><00:42:57.960><c> nations,</c><00:42:58.659><c> it</c><00:42:58.900><c> applies</c><00:42:59.440><c> to</c>

00:42:59.900 --> 00:43:02.280
individual<00:43:00.800><c> lives.</c>

00:43:03.980 --> 00:43:07.480
And<00:43:04.320><c> at</c><00:43:04.440><c> what</c><00:43:04.559><c> instant</c><00:43:04.900><c> I</c><00:43:05.199><c> shall</c><00:43:05.380><c> speak</c><00:43:05.679><c> concerning</c><00:43:06.079><c> a</c><00:43:06.320><c> nation,</c><00:43:06.739><c> and</c><00:43:06.900><c> concerning</c><00:43:07.239><c> a</c>

00:43:07.480 --> 00:43:10.039
kingdom,<00:43:07.860><c> to</c><00:43:08.000><c> build</c><00:43:08.260><c> and</c><00:43:08.460><c> to</c><00:43:08.699><c> plant</c><00:43:08.840><c> it.</c>

00:43:10.739 --> 00:43:15.260
If<00:43:10.920><c> it</c><00:43:11.119><c> do</c><00:43:11.340><c> evil</c><00:43:11.840><c> in</c><00:43:12.139><c> my</c><00:43:12.519><c> sight,</c><00:43:13.260><c> that</c><00:43:13.400><c> it</c><00:43:13.619><c> obey</c><00:43:13.920><c> not</c><00:43:14.280><c> my</c><00:43:14.699><c> voice,</c>

00:43:15.760 --> 00:43:19.659
then<00:43:16.139><c> I</c><00:43:16.480><c> will</c><00:43:16.739><c> repent</c><00:43:17.079><c> of</c><00:43:17.239><c> the</c><00:43:17.420><c> good,</c><00:43:18.239><c> wherewith</c><00:43:18.679><c> I</c><00:43:19.079><c> said</c><00:43:19.360><c> I</c>

00:43:19.659 --> 00:43:21.500
would<00:43:19.980><c> benefit</c><00:43:20.539><c> them.</c>

00:43:23.239 --> 00:43:28.380
And<00:43:24.019><c> so</c><00:43:24.260><c> it</c><00:43:24.380><c> is.</c><00:43:25.300><c> We</c><00:43:25.500><c> have</c><00:43:25.780><c> to</c><00:43:25.920><c> recognize</c><00:43:26.699><c> the</c><00:43:26.980><c> fact</c><00:43:27.400><c> that</c><00:43:28.019><c> God</c>

00:43:28.380 --> 00:43:31.809
has<00:43:29.000><c> this</c><00:43:29.420><c> power</c><00:43:29.980><c> in</c><00:43:30.420><c> his</c><00:43:30.920><c> hands.</c>

00:43:32.219 --> 00:43:36.920
And<00:43:32.659><c> it</c><00:43:33.179><c> is</c><00:43:33.440><c> only</c><00:43:34.159><c> logical</c><00:43:34.800><c> that</c><00:43:35.039><c> we</c><00:43:35.219><c> submit</c><00:43:35.659><c> to</c><00:43:35.860><c> it.</c>

00:43:36.940 --> 00:43:39.519
Now,<00:43:37.159><c> I</c><00:43:37.239><c> haven't</c><00:43:37.519><c> finished</c><00:43:37.940><c> here</c><00:43:38.219><c> with</c><00:43:38.420><c> Romans</c><00:43:38.780><c> 9,</c><00:43:39.179><c> and</c><00:43:39.360><c> I'm</c>

00:43:39.519 --> 00:43:43.880
going<00:43:39.780><c> back</c><00:43:40.159><c> to</c><00:43:40.300><c> it</c><00:43:40.519><c> after</c><00:43:41.239><c> considering</c><00:43:42.059><c> these</c><00:43:43.260><c> quotations</c>

00:43:43.880 --> 00:43:45.739
from<00:43:44.099><c> the</c><00:43:44.239><c> Old</c><00:43:44.460><c> Testament.</c>

00:43:48.079 --> 00:43:57.739
Verse<00:43:48.940><c> 19,</c><00:43:49.800><c> Thou</c><00:43:52.780><c> wilt</c><00:43:53.159><c> say</c><00:43:53.599><c> unto</c><00:43:53.940><c> me,</c><00:43:54.320><c> in</c><00:43:54.559><c> other</c><00:43:54.780><c> words,</c><00:43:55.480><c> a</c><00:43:55.619><c> person</c><00:43:56.179><c> thinking</c><00:43:56.599><c> only</c><00:43:57.139><c> as</c>

00:43:57.739 --> 00:43:59.659
human<00:43:58.139><c> beings</c><00:43:58.559><c> think,</c>

00:44:01.119 --> 00:44:08.300
Why<00:44:01.559><c> doth</c><00:44:01.780><c> he</c><00:44:02.039><c> yet</c><00:44:02.320><c> find</c><00:44:02.780><c> fault?</c><00:44:04.659><c> For</c><00:44:04.880><c> who</c><00:44:05.280><c> hath</c><00:44:05.900><c> resisted</c><00:44:07.159><c> his</c><00:44:07.539><c> will?</c>

00:44:09.739 --> 00:44:13.039
Well,<00:44:10.579><c> of</c><00:44:10.760><c> course,</c><00:44:10.920><c> we</c><00:44:11.059><c> know</c><00:44:11.360><c> that</c><00:44:11.539><c> there</c><00:44:11.900><c> are</c><00:44:12.199><c> multitudes</c><00:44:12.760><c> of</c>

00:44:13.039 --> 00:44:16.039
men<00:44:13.320><c> who</c><00:44:13.639><c> have</c><00:44:14.119><c> resisted</c><00:44:14.780><c> his</c><00:44:15.159><c> will,</c>

00:44:16.260 --> 00:44:20.699
but<00:44:16.659><c> we</c><00:44:16.940><c> have</c><00:44:17.179><c> to</c><00:44:17.900><c> understand</c><00:44:18.559><c> what</c><00:44:18.920><c> is</c><00:44:19.400><c> implicit</c><00:44:19.699><c> in</c><00:44:20.019><c> this</c><00:44:20.320><c> statement.</c>

00:44:20.980 --> 00:44:26.219
Who<00:44:21.360><c> has</c><00:44:21.780><c> resisted</c><00:44:22.320><c> his</c><00:44:22.599><c> will</c><00:44:22.920><c> successfully?</c><00:44:24.900><c> That's</c><00:44:25.619><c> the</c>

00:44:26.219 --> 00:44:28.219
real<00:44:26.900><c> point.</c>

00:44:32.800 --> 00:44:43.920
His<00:44:33.800><c> answer?</c><00:44:35.840><c> Nay,</c><00:44:36.440><c> but,</c><00:44:36.980><c> O</c><00:44:36.980><c> man,</c><00:44:39.119><c> who</c><00:44:39.300><c> art</c><00:44:39.500><c> thou</c><00:44:40.340><c> that</c><00:44:40.800><c> replyest</c><00:44:41.940><c> against</c><00:44:42.380><c> God,</c>

00:44:44.460 --> 00:44:48.639
or<00:44:44.639><c> that</c><00:44:45.099><c> disputest</c><00:44:45.679><c> with</c><00:44:46.119><c> God,</c><00:44:46.820><c> as</c><00:44:46.920><c> the</c><00:44:47.179><c> margin</c><00:44:47.500><c> says?</c>

00:44:49.679 --> 00:44:54.119
Shall<00:44:50.239><c> the</c><00:44:50.539><c> thing</c><00:44:50.860><c> formed</c><00:44:51.219><c> say</c><00:44:51.539><c> to</c><00:44:51.659><c> him</c><00:44:51.920><c> that</c><00:44:52.159><c> formed</c><00:44:52.440><c> it?</c><00:44:53.820><c> Why</c>

00:44:54.119 --> 00:44:56.460
hast<00:44:54.519><c> thou</c><00:44:54.780><c> made</c><00:44:55.119><c> me</c><00:44:55.460><c> thus?</c>

00:44:57.139 --> 00:45:01.739
What<00:44:57.420><c> right</c><00:44:57.699><c> did</c><00:44:57.900><c> you</c><00:44:58.219><c> have</c><00:44:59.000><c> to</c><00:44:59.519><c> make</c><00:44:59.739><c> me</c><00:45:00.019><c> as</c><00:45:00.300><c> I</c><00:45:00.559><c> am,</c><00:45:01.260><c> or</c><00:45:01.400><c> to</c><00:45:01.599><c> do</c>

00:45:01.739 --> 00:45:03.699
with<00:45:01.940><c> me</c><00:45:02.099><c> as</c><00:45:02.300><c> you</c><00:45:02.519><c> have</c><00:45:02.719><c> done?</c>

00:45:04.920 --> 00:45:09.119
And<00:45:05.139><c> so</c><00:45:05.360><c> he</c><00:45:05.599><c> harkens</c><00:45:06.039><c> back</c><00:45:06.519><c> to</c><00:45:07.099><c> Jeremiah's</c><00:45:07.900><c> case.</c>

00:45:09.699 --> 00:45:12.280
Hath<00:45:09.880><c> not</c><00:45:10.119><c> the</c><00:45:10.360><c> potter</c><00:45:10.679><c> power</c><00:45:11.000><c> over</c><00:45:11.300><c> the</c><00:45:11.500><c> clay</c><00:45:11.679><c> of</c><00:45:11.840><c> the</c><00:45:12.039><c> same</c>

00:45:12.280 --> 00:45:16.719
lump<00:45:12.519><c> to</c><00:45:12.739><c> mate</c><00:45:12.880><c> one</c><00:45:13.219><c> vessel</c><00:45:13.559><c> unto</c><00:45:13.820><c> honor</c><00:45:14.079><c> and</c><00:45:14.320><c> another</c><00:45:14.659><c> unto</c><00:45:14.940><c> dishonor?</c>

00:45:17.460 --> 00:45:22.460
What,<00:45:18.440><c> if</c><00:45:18.619><c> God,</c><00:45:20.119><c> willing</c><00:45:20.400><c> or</c><00:45:20.679><c> wishing</c><00:45:21.000><c> to</c><00:45:21.179><c> show</c><00:45:21.460><c> his</c><00:45:21.800><c> wrath</c><00:45:22.099><c> and</c><00:45:22.300><c> to</c>

00:45:22.460 --> 00:45:23.699
make<00:45:22.599><c> his</c><00:45:22.800><c> power</c><00:45:23.300><c> known,</c>

00:45:23.900 --> 00:45:26.760
endured<00:45:24.159><c> with</c><00:45:24.480><c> much</c><00:45:24.760><c> long</c><00:45:25.139><c> suffering</c><00:45:25.579><c> the</c><00:45:25.840><c> vessels</c><00:45:26.199><c> of</c><00:45:26.440><c> wrath</c>

00:45:26.760 --> 00:45:27.880
fitted<00:45:27.039><c> to</c><00:45:27.320><c> destruction,</c>

00:45:27.980 --> 00:45:31.639
that<00:45:28.119><c> he</c><00:45:28.239><c> might</c><00:45:29.119><c> make</c><00:45:29.920><c> known</c><00:45:30.199><c> the</c><00:45:30.380><c> riches</c><00:45:30.619><c> of</c><00:45:30.840><c> his</c><00:45:31.059><c> glory</c><00:45:31.400><c> on</c>

00:45:31.639 --> 00:45:37.440
the<00:45:31.820><c> vessels</c><00:45:32.079><c> of</c><00:45:32.360><c> mercy</c><00:45:32.780><c> which</c><00:45:34.619><c> he</c><00:45:34.800><c> had</c><00:45:35.079><c> afore</c><00:45:35.420><c> prepared</c><00:45:36.039><c> unto</c><00:45:36.400><c> glory?</c>

00:45:37.940 --> 00:45:44.679
Even<00:45:38.440><c> us,</c><00:45:39.900><c> whom</c><00:45:40.039><c> he</c><00:45:40.480><c> hath</c><00:45:40.780><c> called,</c><00:45:42.340><c> not</c><00:45:42.739><c> of</c><00:45:43.340><c> the</c><00:45:43.599><c> Jews</c><00:45:43.880><c> only,</c>

00:45:45.019 --> 00:45:47.530
but<00:45:45.260><c> also</c><00:45:45.960><c> of</c><00:45:46.420><c> the</c><00:45:46.579><c> Gentiles.</c>

00:45:48.250 --> 00:45:56.250
Now,<00:45:51.190><c> the</c><00:45:51.349><c> fundamental</c><00:45:51.809><c> point</c><00:45:52.170><c> we</c><00:45:52.389><c> have</c><00:45:52.789><c> to</c><00:45:53.349><c> realize</c><00:45:54.090><c> is</c><00:45:55.190><c> that</c>

00:45:56.250 --> 00:46:08.909
God's<00:45:57.110><c> will</c><00:45:57.710><c> is</c><00:46:01.230><c> for</c><00:46:01.590><c> good</c><00:46:02.269><c> for</c><00:46:04.710><c> any</c><00:46:05.230><c> who</c><00:46:05.750><c> will</c><00:46:06.329><c> submit</c><00:46:06.809><c> to</c><00:46:07.329><c> his</c><00:46:07.809><c> will.</c>

00:46:09.949 --> 00:46:16.610
And<00:46:10.829><c> as</c><00:46:11.070><c> Peter</c><00:46:11.510><c> says,</c><00:46:13.809><c> he</c><00:46:13.849><c> is</c><00:46:14.489><c> not</c><00:46:14.949><c> willing</c><00:46:15.329><c> or</c><00:46:15.769><c> wishing</c><00:46:16.150><c> that</c>

00:46:16.610 --> 00:46:21.869
any<00:46:16.969><c> should</c><00:46:17.289><c> perish,</c><00:46:18.210><c> but</c><00:46:18.530><c> that</c><00:46:18.829><c> all</c><00:46:19.570><c> might</c><00:46:19.949><c> come</c><00:46:20.349><c> to</c><00:46:20.650><c> repentance.</c>

00:46:23.110 --> 00:46:30.090
The<00:46:23.389><c> tragedy</c><00:46:23.889><c> is,</c><00:46:24.550><c> by</c><00:46:24.929><c> no</c><00:46:25.210><c> means</c><00:46:25.610><c> all</c><00:46:26.269><c> will</c><00:46:26.730><c> come</c><00:46:27.190><c> to</c><00:46:27.550><c> repentance,</c><00:46:28.210><c> and</c><00:46:28.550><c> therefore</c><00:46:29.110><c> they</c>

00:46:30.090 --> 00:46:33.869
perish<00:46:30.789><c> as</c><00:46:31.230><c> a</c><00:46:31.429><c> result</c><00:46:31.710><c> of</c><00:46:31.949><c> their</c><00:46:32.210><c> own</c><00:46:32.730><c> choice.</c>

00:46:35.389 --> 00:46:41.530
God<00:46:36.369><c> doesn't</c><00:46:36.829><c> consign</c><00:46:37.530><c> one</c><00:46:37.869><c> of</c><00:46:38.090><c> us</c><00:46:38.389><c> to</c><00:46:38.849><c> destruction</c><00:46:39.809><c> unless</c>

00:46:41.530 --> 00:46:46.949
we<00:46:42.230><c> of</c><00:46:42.389><c> our</c><00:46:42.690><c> own</c><00:46:43.010><c> choice</c><00:46:43.869><c> choose</c><00:46:45.190><c> to</c><00:46:45.309><c> go</c><00:46:45.530><c> that</c><00:46:45.849><c> way.</c>

00:46:49.909 --> 00:46:54.829
If<00:46:50.070><c> we</c><00:46:50.190><c> can</c><00:46:50.449><c> understand</c><00:46:51.090><c> that</c><00:46:51.570><c> God's</c><00:46:52.190><c> will</c><00:46:52.590><c> is</c><00:46:54.110><c> fundamentally</c>

00:46:54.829 --> 00:47:00.110
good<00:46:55.329><c> toward</c><00:46:55.670><c> us,</c><00:46:57.289><c> we</c><00:46:57.329><c> shouldn't</c><00:46:57.710><c> have</c><00:46:58.269><c> any</c><00:46:58.929><c> great</c><00:46:59.349><c> problem</c>

00:47:00.110 --> 00:47:02.389
in<00:47:00.650><c> submitting</c><00:47:01.070><c> to</c><00:47:01.429><c> it.</c>

00:47:02.389 --> 00:47:08.329
But<00:47:03.269><c> we</c><00:47:03.510><c> have</c><00:47:03.889><c> to</c><00:47:04.070><c> submit</c><00:47:04.469><c> to</c><00:47:04.769><c> it.</c><00:47:06.130><c> There</c><00:47:06.369><c> isn't</c><00:47:06.710><c> any</c><00:47:07.010><c> other</c><00:47:07.309><c> way.</c>

00:47:10.090 --> 00:47:15.710
But<00:47:10.329><c> it</c><00:47:10.449><c> is</c><00:47:10.710><c> very</c><00:47:11.030><c> logical.</c><00:47:11.630><c> There</c><00:47:11.769><c> is</c><00:47:11.909><c> nothing</c><00:47:12.250><c> degrading</c><00:47:13.650><c> about</c><00:47:14.110><c> submitting</c><00:47:14.889><c> to</c>

00:47:15.710 --> 00:47:17.510
something<00:47:16.050><c> that</c><00:47:16.289><c> is</c><00:47:16.489><c> good.</c>

00:47:17.590 --> 00:47:22.889
As<00:47:17.849><c> a</c><00:47:17.869><c> matter</c><00:47:18.210><c> of</c><00:47:18.409><c> fact,</c><00:47:18.889><c> it</c><00:47:18.909><c> is</c><00:47:19.889><c> ennobling</c><00:47:20.710><c> because</c><00:47:21.949><c> all</c><00:47:22.650><c> of</c>

00:47:22.889 --> 00:47:28.250
God's<00:47:23.690><c> commandments</c><00:47:24.289><c> are</c><00:47:25.329><c> pure</c><00:47:26.130><c> and</c><00:47:27.010><c> ennobling.</c>

00:47:28.889 --> 00:47:32.730
Just<00:47:29.530><c> in</c><00:47:30.170><c> connection</c><00:47:30.489><c> with</c><00:47:30.730><c> that,</c><00:47:31.690><c> I</c><00:47:31.849><c> want</c><00:47:32.110><c> to</c><00:47:32.170><c> turn</c><00:47:32.409><c> to</c><00:47:32.610><c> the</c>

00:47:32.730 --> 00:47:37.869
19th<00:47:33.550><c> Psalm</c><00:47:33.829><c> and</c><00:47:34.750><c> see</c><00:47:35.090><c> what</c><00:47:35.630><c> David</c><00:47:36.050><c> says</c><00:47:36.369><c> in</c><00:47:36.590><c> that</c><00:47:36.909><c> connection.</c>

00:47:40.050 --> 00:47:42.750
I'm<00:47:40.130><c> not</c><00:47:40.309><c> going</c><00:47:40.429><c> to</c><00:47:40.630><c> read</c><00:47:40.769><c> the</c><00:47:40.989><c> whole</c><00:47:41.429><c> Psalm.</c>

00:47:45.510 --> 00:47:49.210
I'm<00:47:45.789><c> going</c><00:47:45.969><c> to</c><00:47:46.170><c> begin</c><00:47:46.630><c> reading</c><00:47:47.210><c> with</c><00:47:47.530><c> the</c><00:47:47.730><c> seventh</c><00:47:48.030><c> verse.</c>

00:47:51.329 --> 00:48:01.610
The<00:47:52.449><c> law</c><00:47:53.349><c> of</c><00:47:54.250><c> the</c><00:47:54.409><c> Lord</c><00:47:55.070><c> is</c><00:47:56.050><c> perfect,</c><00:47:58.590><c> converting</c><00:47:59.369><c> the</c><00:48:00.730><c> soul.</c>

00:48:02.210 --> 00:48:04.550
What<00:48:02.389><c> does</c><00:48:02.670><c> it</c><00:48:02.690><c> mean</c><00:48:03.030><c> to</c><00:48:03.489><c> convert?</c>

00:48:05.489 --> 00:48:12.909
It<00:48:05.670><c> comes</c><00:48:06.070><c> from</c><00:48:06.289><c> two</c><00:48:06.650><c> Latin</c><00:48:07.050><c> words,</c><00:48:09.889><c> cum,</c><00:48:11.010><c> which</c><00:48:11.170><c> means</c><00:48:11.849><c> with,</c>

00:48:13.030 --> 00:48:15.670
and<00:48:13.269><c> huerto,</c><00:48:14.670><c> which</c><00:48:14.670><c> means</c><00:48:15.050><c> to</c><00:48:15.309><c> turn.</c>

00:48:15.670 --> 00:48:19.610
In<00:48:16.510><c> other</c><00:48:16.789><c> words,</c><00:48:17.369><c> to</c><00:48:17.369><c> turn</c><00:48:17.670><c> with</c><00:48:17.949><c> or</c><00:48:18.230><c> turn</c><00:48:18.789><c> toward.</c>

00:48:21.269 --> 00:48:25.809
And<00:48:21.829><c> this</c><00:48:21.989><c> is</c><00:48:22.150><c> what</c><00:48:22.289><c> God</c><00:48:23.150><c> wants</c><00:48:23.809><c> our</c><00:48:24.409><c> minds</c><00:48:24.969><c> to</c><00:48:25.230><c> do</c><00:48:25.449><c> because</c>

00:48:25.809 --> 00:48:28.050
that's<00:48:26.150><c> what</c><00:48:26.409><c> soul</c><00:48:26.829><c> means.</c>

00:48:30.010 --> 00:48:36.309
The<00:48:30.230><c> testimony</c><00:48:30.829><c> of</c><00:48:31.030><c> the</c><00:48:31.170><c> Lord</c><00:48:31.429><c> is</c><00:48:31.809><c> sure,</c><00:48:33.469><c> making</c><00:48:33.849><c> wise</c><00:48:34.969><c> the</c><00:48:35.429><c> simple.</c>

00:48:37.550 --> 00:48:40.849
And<00:48:37.769><c> this</c><00:48:37.929><c> is</c><00:48:38.130><c> the</c><00:48:38.289><c> only</c><00:48:38.489><c> place</c><00:48:39.050><c> where</c><00:48:39.389><c> we</c><00:48:39.550><c> get</c><00:48:39.809><c> wisdom.</c>

00:48:41.030 --> 00:48:47.750
In<00:48:41.510><c> fact,</c><00:48:42.750><c> wisdom</c><00:48:42.750><c> is</c><00:48:42.909><c> going</c><00:48:43.190><c> to</c><00:48:43.429><c> be</c><00:48:43.670><c> the</c><00:48:44.130><c> subject</c><00:48:44.570><c> of</c><00:48:44.809><c> our</c><00:48:45.349><c> lesson</c><00:48:46.010><c> tomorrow,</c><00:48:47.510><c> at</c>

00:48:47.750 --> 00:48:50.389
least<00:48:48.110><c> part</c><00:48:48.469><c> of</c><00:48:48.550><c> it.</c>

00:48:50.849 --> 00:48:57.269
The<00:48:51.809><c> statutes</c><00:48:52.409><c> of</c><00:48:52.630><c> the</c><00:48:52.769><c> Lord</c><00:48:53.070><c> are</c><00:48:53.389><c> right,</c><00:48:54.849><c> rejoicing</c><00:48:55.630><c> the</c><00:48:56.210><c> heart.</c>

00:48:58.710 --> 00:49:04.650
The<00:48:58.889><c> commandment</c><00:48:59.409><c> of</c><00:48:59.530><c> the</c><00:48:59.670><c> Lord</c><00:48:59.929><c> is</c><00:49:00.210><c> pure,</c><00:49:02.110><c> enlightening</c><00:49:02.969><c> the</c><00:49:03.409><c> eyes.</c>

00:49:05.150 --> 00:49:11.489
The<00:49:05.909><c> fear</c><00:49:06.170><c> of</c><00:49:06.349><c> the</c><00:49:06.429><c> Lord</c><00:49:06.869><c> is</c><00:49:07.349><c> clean,</c><00:49:09.190><c> enduring</c><00:49:09.849><c> forever.</c>

00:49:12.889 --> 00:49:15.869
The<00:49:13.090><c> judgments</c><00:49:13.550><c> of</c><00:49:13.809><c> the</c><00:49:13.929><c> Lord</c><00:49:14.309><c> are</c><00:49:14.750><c> true.</c>

00:49:16.289 --> 00:49:20.730
In<00:49:16.489><c> other</c><00:49:16.769><c> words,</c><00:49:17.570><c> He</c><00:49:17.690><c> is</c><00:49:18.030><c> always</c><00:49:18.789><c> just</c><00:49:19.349><c> and</c><00:49:19.769><c> His</c><00:49:20.030><c> judgment</c><00:49:20.369><c> is</c>

00:49:20.730 --> 00:49:25.530
according<00:49:21.090><c> to</c><00:49:21.409><c> truth</c><00:49:21.909><c> and</c><00:49:23.309><c> righteous</c><00:49:23.909><c> altogether.</c>

00:49:26.469 --> 00:49:31.889
More<00:49:27.369><c> to</c><00:49:27.590><c> be</c><00:49:27.809><c> desired</c><00:49:28.369><c> are</c><00:49:28.809><c> they</c><00:49:29.070><c> than</c><00:49:29.289><c> gold,</c><00:49:30.670><c> yea,</c><00:49:31.110><c> than</c><00:49:31.570><c> much</c>

00:49:31.889 --> 00:49:33.690
fine<00:49:32.309><c> gold.</c>

00:49:33.829 --> 00:49:38.329
Sweeter<00:49:34.230><c> also</c><00:49:35.110><c> than</c><00:49:35.510><c> honey</c><00:49:36.230><c> and</c><00:49:36.889><c> the</c><00:49:37.050><c> honeycomb.</c>

00:49:39.489 --> 00:49:44.030
Moreover,<00:49:40.289><c> by</c><00:49:40.650><c> them</c><00:49:41.070><c> is</c><00:49:41.829><c> thy</c><00:49:42.309><c> servant</c><00:49:42.789><c> warned.</c>

00:49:45.289 --> 00:49:50.869
Brother<00:49:45.909><c> Ervin</c><00:49:47.010><c> was</c><00:49:47.670><c> trying</c><00:49:47.949><c> to</c><00:49:48.170><c> warn</c><00:49:48.349><c> us</c><00:49:49.230><c> Sunday</c><00:49:49.690><c> evening.</c>

00:49:51.269 --> 00:49:54.670
Jim<00:49:51.469><c> was</c><00:49:51.690><c> trying</c><00:49:51.989><c> to</c><00:49:52.250><c> warn</c><00:49:52.409><c> us</c><00:49:53.050><c> last</c><00:49:53.449><c> evening.</c>

00:49:55.949 --> 00:50:02.550
We<00:49:56.750><c> have</c><00:49:56.969><c> to</c><00:49:57.150><c> be</c><00:49:57.449><c> shaken</c><00:49:57.650><c> up</c><00:49:58.510><c> every</c><00:49:58.969><c> now</c><00:49:59.269><c> and</c><00:49:59.429><c> then</c><00:50:00.230><c> because</c><00:50:01.030><c> we</c>

00:50:02.550 --> 00:50:07.090
kind<00:50:02.869><c> of</c><00:50:03.150><c> slump</c><00:50:03.409><c> down</c><00:50:03.750><c> in</c><00:50:03.969><c> our</c><00:50:04.309><c> spiritual</c><00:50:04.789><c> chairs,</c><00:50:05.269><c> don't</c><00:50:05.590><c> we?</c>

00:50:08.409 --> 00:50:12.610
And<00:50:08.769><c> in</c><00:50:08.949><c> keeping</c><00:50:09.269><c> them,</c><00:50:09.849><c> there</c><00:50:10.250><c> is</c><00:50:10.789><c> great</c><00:50:11.489><c> reward.</c>

00:50:13.750 --> 00:50:17.469
Who<00:50:14.050><c> can</c><00:50:14.809><c> discern</c><00:50:15.429><c> His</c><00:50:16.269><c> errors?</c>

00:50:17.929 --> 00:50:22.570
That's<00:50:18.730><c> a</c><00:50:18.869><c> rhetorical</c><00:50:19.309><c> question.</c><00:50:20.250><c> The</c><00:50:20.449><c> answer</c><00:50:20.809><c> is</c><00:50:21.090><c> nobody</c><00:50:21.449><c> can.</c>

00:50:23.690 --> 00:50:28.489
Cleanse<00:50:24.730><c> thou</c><00:50:24.929><c> me</c><00:50:25.590><c> from</c><00:50:26.210><c> secret</c><00:50:27.130><c> faults.</c>

00:50:29.949 --> 00:50:34.889
Keep<00:50:30.170><c> back</c><00:50:30.630><c> thy</c><00:50:30.989><c> servant</c><00:50:31.369><c> also</c><00:50:32.110><c> from</c><00:50:32.650><c> presumptuous</c><00:50:33.590><c> sins.</c>

00:50:35.590 --> 00:50:39.869
Let<00:50:36.630><c> them</c><00:50:36.929><c> not</c><00:50:37.449><c> have</c><00:50:37.909><c> dominion</c><00:50:38.489><c> over</c><00:50:38.869><c> me.</c>

00:50:40.769 --> 00:50:44.469
What<00:50:41.010><c> is</c><00:50:41.869><c> a</c><00:50:42.409><c> presumptuous</c><00:50:43.309><c> sin?</c>

00:50:44.710 --> 00:50:49.269
And<00:50:44.869><c> this</c><00:50:45.110><c> is</c><00:50:45.329><c> something</c><00:50:45.570><c> that</c><00:50:45.809><c> I</c><00:50:45.909><c> think</c><00:50:46.150><c> it</c><00:50:46.349><c> is</c><00:50:46.510><c> worthwhile</c><00:50:47.389><c> talking</c><00:50:47.969><c> about</c><00:50:48.610><c> just</c><00:50:49.090><c> a</c>

00:50:49.269 --> 00:50:50.389
little<00:50:49.489><c> bit.</c>

00:50:50.889 --> 00:50:57.250
What<00:50:51.510><c> does</c><00:50:51.769><c> it</c><00:50:51.889><c> mean</c><00:50:52.269><c> to</c><00:50:52.989><c> presume</c><00:50:53.630><c> upon</c><00:50:55.210><c> something</c><00:50:55.929><c> or</c><00:50:56.349><c> someone?</c>

00:51:00.090 --> 00:51:08.369
Well,<00:51:00.590><c> it</c><00:51:00.630><c> means</c><00:51:01.710><c> the</c><00:51:03.269><c> thought</c><00:51:03.570><c> is</c><00:51:03.869><c> given</c><00:51:04.250><c> in</c><00:51:04.889><c> a</c><00:51:05.949><c> commonly</c><00:51:06.650><c> used</c><00:51:07.389><c> expression</c><00:51:08.030><c> in</c>

00:51:08.369 --> 00:51:09.809
the<00:51:08.570><c> world.</c>

00:51:10.409 --> 00:51:14.409
Fools<00:51:10.969><c> rush</c><00:51:11.309><c> in</c><00:51:11.710><c> where</c><00:51:12.030><c> angels</c><00:51:12.670><c> fear</c><00:51:13.150><c> to</c><00:51:13.489><c> tread.</c>

00:51:15.010 --> 00:51:17.550
That<00:51:15.429><c> is</c><00:51:16.050><c> presumption.</c>

00:51:19.889 --> 00:51:24.130
One<00:51:20.449><c> thing</c><00:51:20.750><c> that</c><00:51:20.989><c> disturbs</c><00:51:21.389><c> me</c><00:51:21.750><c> somewhat,</c><00:51:23.550><c> and</c><00:51:23.630><c> you'll</c><00:51:23.969><c> have</c>

00:51:24.130 --> 00:51:29.409
to<00:51:25.610><c> make</c><00:51:26.010><c> allowance</c><00:51:26.409><c> for</c><00:51:26.650><c> the</c><00:51:26.829><c> fact</c><00:51:27.050><c> that</c><00:51:27.250><c> I'm</c><00:51:27.769><c> old</c><00:51:28.210><c> and</c><00:51:28.449><c> my</c><00:51:28.929><c> brain</c><00:51:29.190><c> is</c>

00:51:29.409 --> 00:51:31.409
getting<00:51:29.829><c> ossified,</c>

00:51:33.010 --> 00:51:40.610
is<00:51:33.869><c> an</c><00:51:34.730><c> over</c><00:51:35.130><c>-familiarity</c><00:51:36.690><c> in</c><00:51:37.869><c> addressing</c><00:51:38.550><c> God</c><00:51:39.090><c> in</c><00:51:39.670><c> prayer.</c>

00:51:42.269 --> 00:51:47.809
In<00:51:43.170><c> other</c><00:51:43.469><c> words,</c><00:51:45.250><c> I</c><00:51:45.610><c> firmly</c><00:51:46.230><c> believe,</c><00:51:46.849><c> because</c><00:51:47.170><c> I</c><00:51:47.329><c> am</c><00:51:47.449><c> of</c><00:51:47.590><c> the</c>

00:51:47.809 --> 00:51:49.289
old<00:51:48.150><c> school,</c>

00:51:49.510 --> 00:51:57.070
that<00:51:49.730><c> we</c><00:51:49.889><c> must</c><00:51:50.230><c> be</c><00:51:51.130><c> very</c><00:51:51.690><c> reverent,</c><00:51:53.230><c> very</c><00:51:53.630><c> respectful</c><00:51:54.710><c> toward</c><00:51:55.789><c> God,</c>

00:51:57.969 --> 00:52:04.170
and<00:51:58.130><c> not</c><00:51:58.670><c> to</c><00:51:59.090><c> presume</c><00:51:59.789><c> to</c><00:52:01.070><c> be</c><00:52:01.469><c> on</c><00:52:01.670><c> too</c><00:52:01.969><c> familiar</c><00:52:02.429><c> terms</c><00:52:02.929><c> with</c><00:52:03.250><c> Him.</c>

00:52:04.650 --> 00:52:08.769
Surely<00:52:05.150><c> His</c><00:52:05.530><c> ears</c><00:52:05.989><c> are</c><00:52:06.269><c> open</c><00:52:06.949><c> to</c><00:52:07.389><c> our</c><00:52:07.730><c> prayers.</c>

00:52:09.269 --> 00:52:17.650
But<00:52:09.750><c> let</c><00:52:10.409><c> us</c><00:52:10.690><c> not</c><00:52:11.130><c> become</c><00:52:11.949><c> too</c><00:52:12.809><c> familiar.</c><00:52:13.449><c> Let</c><00:52:13.670><c> us</c><00:52:14.050><c> keep</c><00:52:14.389><c> a</c><00:52:14.849><c> respectful</c><00:52:15.690><c> mental</c><00:52:17.349><c> and</c>

00:52:17.650 --> 00:52:19.809
spiritual<00:52:18.510><c> distance.</c>

00:52:23.530 --> 00:52:29.550
So<00:52:23.909><c> He</c><00:52:24.010><c> says,</c><00:52:25.210><c> Keep</c><00:52:25.429><c> back</c><00:52:25.809><c> thy</c><00:52:26.110><c> servant</c><00:52:26.429><c> also</c><00:52:27.070><c> from</c><00:52:27.610><c> presumptuous</c><00:52:28.849><c> sins.</c>

00:52:30.050 --> 00:52:33.050
Let<00:52:30.190><c> them</c><00:52:30.570><c> not</c><00:52:30.929><c> have</c><00:52:31.230><c> dominion</c><00:52:31.710><c> over</c><00:52:32.090><c> me.</c>

00:52:33.630 --> 00:52:38.889
Then<00:52:34.429><c> shall</c><00:52:34.949><c> I</c><00:52:35.210><c> be</c><00:52:35.449><c> upright,</c><00:52:37.190><c> and</c><00:52:37.309><c> I</c><00:52:37.550><c> shall</c><00:52:37.710><c> be</c><00:52:38.050><c> innocent</c><00:52:38.449><c> from</c>

00:52:38.889 --> 00:52:40.869
the<00:52:39.090><c> great</c><00:52:39.510><c> transgression.</c>

00:52:42.349 --> 00:52:47.590
Let<00:52:42.530><c> the</c><00:52:42.710><c> words</c><00:52:43.110><c> of</c><00:52:43.329><c> my</c><00:52:43.670><c> mouth</c><00:52:44.269><c> and</c><00:52:45.269><c> the</c><00:52:45.489><c> meditation</c><00:52:46.190><c> of</c><00:52:46.489><c> my</c><00:52:46.869><c> heart</c><00:52:47.150><c> be</c>

00:52:47.590 --> 00:52:54.949
acceptable<00:52:48.170><c> in</c><00:52:48.469><c> thy</c><00:52:48.829><c> sight,</c><00:52:49.829><c> O</c><00:52:50.030><c> Lord,</c><00:52:50.889><c> my</c><00:52:51.250><c> strength</c><00:52:51.929><c> and</c><00:52:53.010><c> my</c><00:52:53.530><c> Redeemer.</c>

00:52:58.429 --> 00:53:02.309
Jesus,<00:52:58.949><c> David</c><00:52:59.469><c> speaking</c><00:52:59.909><c> for</c><00:53:00.269><c> Him</c><00:53:00.550><c> in</c><00:53:00.789><c> the</c><00:53:00.949><c> 119th</c><00:53:01.949><c> Psalm,</c><00:53:02.309><c> we</c>

00:53:02.309 --> 00:53:04.969
won't<00:53:02.550><c> turn</c><00:53:02.909><c> to</c><00:53:03.050><c> it,</c><00:53:03.650><c> says</c><00:53:03.710><c> similar</c><00:53:04.550><c> things,</c>

00:53:04.989 --> 00:53:09.070
and<00:53:05.170><c> we</c><00:53:05.329><c> have</c><00:53:05.489><c> it</c><00:53:05.730><c> in</c><00:53:05.769><c> one</c><00:53:05.989><c> of</c><00:53:06.130><c> our</c><00:53:06.289><c> favorite</c><00:53:06.730><c> hymns,</c><00:53:07.650><c> O</c><00:53:07.969><c> how</c><00:53:08.389><c> love</c><00:53:08.849><c> I</c>

00:53:09.070 --> 00:53:13.150
thy<00:53:09.349><c> law,</c><00:53:09.750><c> it</c><00:53:09.869><c> is</c><00:53:10.010><c> my</c><00:53:10.250><c> meditation</c><00:53:10.869><c> all</c><00:53:11.389><c> the</c><00:53:11.570><c> day,</c><00:53:11.909><c> and</c><00:53:12.130><c> so</c><00:53:12.389><c> forth.</c>

00:53:15.789 --> 00:53:21.690
So,<00:53:16.789><c> because</c><00:53:17.789><c> we</c><00:53:18.150><c> have</c><00:53:18.389><c> very</c><00:53:18.690><c> little</c><00:53:18.889><c> time</c><00:53:19.230><c> left,</c><00:53:20.190><c> we</c><00:53:20.550><c> want</c><00:53:20.849><c> to</c>

00:53:21.690 --> 00:53:27.989
conclude<00:53:22.269><c> then</c><00:53:22.849><c> by</c><00:53:25.590><c> repeating</c><00:53:26.449><c> this</c><00:53:27.010><c> fact.</c>

00:53:29.329 --> 00:53:33.929
Our<00:53:29.829><c> attitude</c><00:53:30.489><c> must</c><00:53:30.949><c> be</c><00:53:31.610><c> toward</c><00:53:31.949><c> God</c><00:53:32.449><c> and</c><00:53:32.889><c> toward</c><00:53:33.210><c> His</c><00:53:33.550><c> Son,</c>

00:53:34.210 --> 00:53:38.630
because<00:53:34.710><c> their</c><00:53:35.269><c> wills</c><00:53:36.150><c> are</c><00:53:36.630><c> now</c><00:53:37.630><c> one,</c>

00:53:39.110 --> 00:53:44.210
that<00:53:39.969><c> we</c><00:53:40.309><c> conform</c><00:53:41.010><c> to</c><00:53:41.650><c> their</c><00:53:42.150><c> wills.</c>

00:53:44.210 --> 00:53:49.349
And<00:53:44.269><c> in</c><00:53:44.550><c> that</c><00:53:45.989><c> concluding</c><00:53:47.710><c> statement,</c><00:53:48.289><c> I</c><00:53:48.289><c> want</c><00:53:48.570><c> to</c><00:53:48.750><c> turn</c><00:53:49.110><c> to</c>

00:53:49.349 --> 00:53:56.110
this<00:53:49.809><c> Jesus</c><00:53:50.590><c> Prayer,</c><00:53:51.590><c> the</c><00:53:51.869><c> 17th</c><00:53:52.469><c> chapter</c><00:53:53.329><c> of</c><00:53:53.650><c> the</c><00:53:53.829><c> Gospel</c><00:53:54.110><c> according</c><00:53:54.550><c> to</c><00:53:54.849><c> John,</c>

00:53:58.769 --> 00:54:07.570
where<00:53:59.690><c> He</c><00:53:59.929><c> prays</c><00:54:01.230><c> for</c><00:54:01.550><c> His</c><00:54:02.010><c> disciples</c><00:54:02.889><c> and</c><00:54:04.829><c> also</c><00:54:05.710><c> for</c><00:54:06.550><c> us,</c><00:54:07.349><c> because</c><00:54:07.389><c> He</c>

00:54:07.570 --> 00:54:10.389
says<00:54:07.929><c> beginning</c><00:54:08.530><c> at</c><00:54:09.190><c> verse</c><00:54:09.429><c> 20,</c>

00:54:10.929 --> 00:54:16.590
Neither<00:54:11.309><c> pray</c><00:54:11.809><c> I</c><00:54:13.010><c> for</c><00:54:13.650><c> these</c><00:54:14.150><c> alone,</c><00:54:14.730><c> that</c><00:54:14.969><c> is</c><00:54:15.409><c> the</c><00:54:15.650><c> eleven,</c>

00:54:17.489 --> 00:54:22.010
but<00:54:17.650><c> for</c><00:54:17.889><c> them</c><00:54:18.170><c> also</c><00:54:18.650><c> which</c><00:54:18.949><c> shall</c><00:54:20.030><c> believe</c><00:54:20.570><c> on</c><00:54:20.969><c> me</c><00:54:21.449><c> through</c>

00:54:22.010 --> 00:54:22.909
their<00:54:22.449><c> word.</c>

00:54:22.909 --> 00:54:29.030
And<00:54:23.550><c> this</c><00:54:23.849><c> includes</c><00:54:24.349><c> us,</c><00:54:25.789><c> because</c><00:54:26.250><c> the</c><00:54:26.849><c> only</c><00:54:27.070><c> way</c><00:54:27.610><c> we</c><00:54:28.269><c> have</c><00:54:28.690><c> of</c>

00:54:29.030 --> 00:54:33.269
believing<00:54:29.429><c> the</c><00:54:29.989><c> whole</c><00:54:30.349><c> council</c><00:54:30.769><c> of</c><00:54:31.070><c> God,</c><00:54:31.349><c> as</c><00:54:31.610><c> Paul</c><00:54:32.190><c> described</c>

00:54:33.269 --> 00:54:34.269
it<00:54:33.449><c> to</c><00:54:33.630><c> the</c><00:54:33.809><c> Galatians,</c>

00:54:34.530 --> 00:54:43.349
is<00:54:34.789><c> through</c><00:54:35.610><c> their</c><00:54:36.150><c> word,</c><00:54:37.789><c> that</c><00:54:40.389><c> they</c><00:54:40.849><c> all</c><00:54:41.349><c> may</c><00:54:41.849><c> be</c><00:54:42.530><c> one.</c>

00:54:43.849 --> 00:54:53.730
Now,<00:54:45.429><c> how</c><00:54:45.769><c> can</c><00:54:46.309><c> they</c><00:54:46.710><c> all</c><00:54:47.230><c> be</c><00:54:48.010><c> one?</c><00:54:49.449><c> Because</c><00:54:50.250><c> they</c><00:54:52.010><c> are</c><00:54:52.710><c> many.</c>

00:54:55.050 --> 00:55:07.429
They<00:54:56.210><c> can</c><00:54:56.469><c> be</c><00:54:56.750><c> one</c><00:54:57.449><c> in</c><00:55:00.190><c> intent,</c><00:55:02.409><c> purpose,</c><00:55:04.449><c> in</c><00:55:04.630><c> affection,</c><00:55:07.269><c> in</c>

00:55:07.429 --> 00:55:09.289
what<00:55:07.630><c> they</c><00:55:07.969><c> love.</c>

00:55:11.730 --> 00:55:19.510
As<00:55:12.489><c> he</c><00:55:12.690><c> says,</c><00:55:13.130><c> As</c><00:55:13.590><c> thou,</c><00:55:14.130><c> Father,</c><00:55:14.989><c> art</c><00:55:15.230><c> in</c><00:55:15.550><c> me,</c><00:55:16.869><c> and</c><00:55:17.250><c> I</c><00:55:17.889><c> in</c><00:55:18.190><c> thee,</c><00:55:19.289><c> that</c>

00:55:19.510 --> 00:55:23.389
they<00:55:19.889><c> also</c><00:55:20.510><c> may</c><00:55:20.909><c> be</c><00:55:21.190><c> one</c><00:55:21.610><c> in</c><00:55:21.969><c> us,</c>

00:55:23.409 --> 00:55:32.590
that<00:55:23.530><c> the</c><00:55:23.730><c> world</c><00:55:24.110><c> may</c><00:55:24.429><c> believe</c><00:55:25.110><c> that</c><00:55:25.449><c> thou</c><00:55:25.730><c> hast</c><00:55:26.050><c> sent</c><00:55:26.349><c> me,</c><00:55:29.630><c> and</c><00:55:30.010><c> the</c><00:55:30.130><c> glory</c><00:55:30.449><c> which</c><00:55:30.769><c> thou</c><00:55:31.070><c> gavest</c><00:55:31.489><c> me</c>

00:55:32.590 --> 00:55:35.449
I<00:55:33.469><c> have</c><00:55:33.710><c> given</c><00:55:34.010><c> them.</c>

00:55:35.949 --> 00:55:46.269
As<00:55:36.690><c> Peter</c><00:55:38.429><c> said,</c><00:55:41.610><c> Lord,</c><00:55:42.309><c> to</c><00:55:42.550><c> whom</c><00:55:43.110><c> shall</c><00:55:43.929><c> we</c><00:55:44.150><c> go?</c><00:55:45.489><c> Thou</c><00:55:45.889><c> hast</c>

00:55:46.269 --> 00:55:48.789
the<00:55:46.510><c> words</c><00:55:47.030><c> of</c><00:55:47.369><c> eternal</c><00:55:47.789><c> life.</c>

00:55:50.110 --> 00:55:56.469
And<00:55:50.309><c> Jesus</c><00:55:50.610><c> says</c><00:55:51.269><c> in</c><00:55:51.809><c> this</c><00:55:52.510><c> prayer,</c><00:55:54.030><c> I</c><00:55:54.349><c> have</c><00:55:54.690><c> given</c><00:55:54.989><c> them</c><00:55:55.869><c> thy</c>

00:55:56.469 --> 00:56:00.110
word.<00:55:57.849><c> Thy</c><00:55:58.250><c> word</c><00:55:58.690><c> is</c><00:55:59.110><c> true.</c>

00:56:00.610 --> 00:56:07.869
But<00:56:01.170><c> continuing</c><00:56:01.750><c> in</c><00:56:01.929><c> verse</c><00:56:02.230><c> 22,</c><00:56:04.329><c> that</c><00:56:05.010><c> they</c><00:56:05.369><c> may</c><00:56:05.869><c> be</c><00:56:06.190><c> one</c><00:56:06.769><c> even</c>

00:56:07.869 --> 00:56:11.070
as<00:56:08.650><c> we</c><00:56:09.369><c> are</c><00:56:09.929><c> one.</c>

00:56:12.190 --> 00:56:19.889
One<00:56:12.409><c> in</c><00:56:12.630><c> sympathy,</c><00:56:13.949><c> one</c><00:56:14.269><c> in</c><00:56:14.889><c> hope,</c><00:56:15.789><c> in</c><00:56:16.010><c> purpose,</c><00:56:17.710><c> belief,</c><00:56:18.429><c> love,</c><00:56:19.469><c> one</c>

00:56:19.889 --> 00:56:22.329
in<00:56:20.329><c> truth</c><00:56:20.710><c> in</c><00:56:21.130><c> particular.</c>

00:56:23.130 --> 00:56:29.329
I<00:56:23.769><c> in</c><00:56:23.969><c> them,</c><00:56:25.210><c> and</c><00:56:25.349><c> thou</c><00:56:25.590><c> in</c><00:56:25.769><c> me,</c><00:56:26.650><c> that</c><00:56:26.809><c> they</c><00:56:27.010><c> may</c><00:56:27.369><c> be</c><00:56:27.590><c> made</c><00:56:27.969><c> perfect</c><00:56:28.730><c> in</c>

00:56:29.329 --> 00:56:34.670
one,<00:56:30.730><c> be</c><00:56:31.010><c> one</c><00:56:31.550><c> unified</c><00:56:32.489><c> body</c><00:56:33.250><c> of</c><00:56:33.489><c> Christ.</c>

00:56:34.989 --> 00:56:37.590
And<00:56:35.449><c> that</c><00:56:35.610><c> the</c><00:56:35.710><c> world</c><00:56:35.969><c> may</c><00:56:36.210><c> know</c><00:56:36.389><c> that</c><00:56:36.570><c> thou</c><00:56:36.750><c> hast</c><00:56:37.010><c> sent</c><00:56:37.230><c> me,</c>

00:56:37.610 --> 00:56:41.449
and<00:56:37.789><c> hast</c><00:56:38.090><c> loved</c><00:56:38.449><c> them</c><00:56:39.070><c> as</c><00:56:39.449><c> thou</c><00:56:39.750><c> hast</c><00:56:40.010><c> loved</c><00:56:40.349><c> me.</c>

00:56:41.929 --> 00:56:46.449
Well,<00:56:42.969><c> you</c><00:56:43.050><c> can</c><00:56:43.210><c> read</c><00:56:43.449><c> the</c><00:56:44.130><c> remaining</c><00:56:44.530><c> three</c><00:56:44.809><c> verses</c><00:56:45.230><c> yourself.</c>

00:57:04.610 --> 00:57:06.510
Thank<00:57:06.010><c> you.</c>