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say,<00:10:44.399><c> you</c><00:10:44.539><c> know</c><00:10:44.740><c> what?</c><00:10:45.879><c> That's</c><00:10:46.259><c> not</c>

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says,<00:10:53.720><c> then</c><00:10:53.980><c> I</c><00:10:54.100><c> will</c><00:10:54.360><c> leave</c><00:10:54.620><c> you</c>

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oblivious<00:10:56.259><c> in</c><00:10:56.960><c> the</c><00:10:57.100><c> dust</c><00:10:57.259><c> of</c><00:10:57.460><c> the</c><00:10:57.620><c> earth.</c><00:10:59.360><c> And</c><00:10:59.779><c> I</c><00:10:59.879><c> think</c><00:11:00.019><c> it's</c>

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of<00:11:03.840><c> judgment</c><00:11:04.480><c> derives</c><00:11:05.720><c> from</c><00:11:06.240><c> God's</c><00:11:06.740><c> desire</c><00:11:07.059><c> to</c><00:11:07.240><c> have</c><00:11:07.519><c> human</c><00:11:07.879><c> free</c><00:11:08.179><c> will</c><00:11:08.580><c> and</c><00:11:09.159><c> a</c>

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loving<00:11:09.539><c> community.</c><00:11:10.379><c> That</c><00:11:10.820><c> by</c>

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itself<00:11:11.799><c> implies</c><00:11:12.820><c> the</c><00:11:13.139><c> concept</c><00:11:13.740><c> of</c><00:11:14.159><c> a</c><00:11:14.460><c> decision</c><00:11:14.720><c> point</c><00:11:15.179><c> and</c><00:11:15.700><c> a</c>

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judgment.<00:11:18.159><c> So</c><00:11:18.299><c> if</c><00:11:18.460><c> we</c><00:11:18.759><c> start</c><00:11:18.980><c> thinking,</c><00:11:19.519><c> then,</c>

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about<00:11:19.919><c> the</c><00:11:20.159><c> whole</c><00:11:20.379><c> notion</c><00:11:20.720><c> of</c><00:11:21.039><c> righteousness,</c><00:11:22.740><c> let's</c><00:11:23.000><c> do</c><00:11:23.120><c> it</c>

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the<00:11:23.340><c> other</c><00:11:23.480><c> way</c><00:11:23.639><c> around.</c><00:11:23.960><c> What</c><00:11:24.200><c> is</c><00:11:24.600><c> sin?</c><00:11:26.980><c> Well,</c>

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you<00:11:27.320><c> might</c><00:11:27.480><c> come</c><00:11:27.639><c> up</c><00:11:27.779><c> with</c><00:11:28.000><c> easy</c><00:11:28.360><c> answers.</c><00:11:28.620><c> I</c><00:11:28.799><c> actually</c><00:11:29.059><c> had</c>

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themselves<00:11:31.440><c> for</c><00:11:31.659><c> a</c><00:11:31.759><c> bit.</c><00:11:32.139><c> And</c><00:11:32.159><c> I</c><00:11:32.399><c> said</c><00:11:32.559><c> to</c><00:11:32.659><c> them,</c><00:11:33.000><c> if</c><00:11:33.120><c> you</c><00:11:33.220><c> come</c>

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commandments,<00:11:35.799><c> that's</c><00:11:36.120><c> not</c><00:11:36.399><c> nearly</c><00:11:36.720><c> good</c><00:11:36.980><c> enough.</c><00:11:37.720><c> Because</c>

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that<00:11:38.440><c> misses</c><00:11:38.620><c> a</c><00:11:38.919><c> fundamental</c><00:11:39.340><c> question,</c>

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which<00:11:40.019><c> is,</c><00:11:40.879><c> does</c><00:11:40.919><c> God</c><00:11:41.179><c> make</c><00:11:41.539><c> commandments</c><00:11:42.320><c> because</c><00:11:43.259><c> they</c><00:11:43.639><c> express</c><00:11:44.000><c> righteousness?</c><00:11:45.360><c> Or</c>

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do<00:11:45.779><c> we</c><00:11:45.980><c> define</c>

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righteousness<00:11:46.960><c> as</c><00:11:47.360><c> the</c><00:11:47.559><c> things</c><00:11:47.740><c> God</c><00:11:48.000><c> commands?</c><00:11:50.059><c> You</c><00:11:50.240><c> see,</c><00:11:50.779><c> if</c>

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we<00:11:51.399><c> say,</c><00:11:51.740><c> whatever</c><00:11:52.039><c> God</c><00:11:52.379><c> happens</c><00:11:52.779><c> to</c><00:11:53.080><c> say,</c>

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however<00:11:53.860><c> nice</c><00:11:54.179><c> or</c><00:11:54.360><c> unpleasant</c><00:11:54.759><c> it</c><00:11:54.899><c> is,</c><00:11:55.080><c> that</c><00:11:55.360><c> is</c><00:11:55.580><c> righteousness.</c><00:11:56.240><c> That</c><00:11:56.460><c> doesn't,</c><00:11:56.759><c> in</c>

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help<00:11:57.720><c> us</c><00:11:57.940><c> in</c><00:11:58.080><c> any</c><00:11:58.340><c> practical</c><00:11:58.820><c> way.</c><00:12:00.159><c> So</c><00:12:00.539><c> what</c><00:12:01.059><c> actually</c><00:12:01.700><c> is</c><00:12:02.200><c> the</c>

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notion<00:12:02.580><c> of</c><00:12:02.860><c> righteousness?</c><00:12:03.399><c> What</c><00:12:03.700><c> actually</c><00:12:04.379><c> is</c>

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the<00:12:05.100><c> notion</c><00:12:05.159><c> of</c><00:12:05.440><c> sin?</c><00:12:07.159><c> I</c><00:12:07.399><c> think</c><00:12:07.659><c> Jesus</c><00:12:08.200><c> gives</c><00:12:08.580><c> us</c><00:12:08.919><c> a</c><00:12:09.860><c> really</c><00:12:10.159><c> good</c><00:12:10.320><c> way.</c><00:12:10.639><c> Someone</c><00:12:10.879><c> comes</c><00:12:11.120><c> to</c>

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what<00:12:12.580><c> is</c><00:12:12.879><c> the</c><00:12:13.080><c> greatest</c><00:12:13.379><c> commandment?</c><00:12:14.639><c> And</c><00:12:14.759><c> he</c><00:12:14.899><c> says,</c><00:12:15.120><c> love</c>

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essentially.<00:12:18.980><c> He</c><00:12:19.240><c> doesn't</c><00:12:19.580><c> stop</c><00:12:19.899><c> there.</c><00:12:20.980><c> That</c><00:12:21.100><c> you</c><00:12:21.200><c> can</c><00:12:21.360><c> imagine</c><00:12:21.779><c> the</c>

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thank<00:12:23.899><c> you</c><00:12:24.000><c> very</c><00:12:24.179><c> much.</c><00:12:24.840><c> And</c><00:12:24.940><c> Jesus</c><00:12:25.200><c> said,</c><00:12:25.419><c> ah,</c><00:12:26.480><c> the</c><00:12:26.919><c> second</c>

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one<00:12:27.440><c> is</c><00:12:27.740><c> just</c><00:12:28.039><c> the</c><00:12:28.299><c> same.</c><00:12:29.460><c> It's</c><00:12:29.980><c> just</c><00:12:30.399><c> like</c><00:12:30.740><c> it.</c><00:12:31.659><c> Love</c><00:12:31.960><c> your</c>

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neighbor<00:12:32.480><c> as</c><00:12:32.740><c> yourself.</c><00:12:33.840><c> That</c><00:12:34.100><c> is,</c><00:12:34.799><c> I</c><00:12:34.840><c> think</c><00:12:35.019><c> we</c><00:12:35.179><c> can</c><00:12:35.440><c> actually</c><00:12:35.820><c> take</c><00:12:36.080><c> from</c><00:12:36.259><c> what</c><00:12:36.480><c> Jesus</c><00:12:36.779><c> says,</c><00:12:37.120><c> if</c>

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we<00:12:37.440><c> tie</c><00:12:37.659><c> it</c>

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as<00:12:45.080><c> yourself.</c><00:12:47.820><c> This</c><00:12:47.960><c> is</c><00:12:48.100><c> what</c><00:12:48.460><c> John</c><00:12:48.759><c> says</c><00:12:49.059><c> in</c><00:12:49.259><c> 1</c><00:12:49.539><c> John</c><00:12:49.779><c> 4.</c><00:12:51.039><c> He</c><00:12:51.039><c> says,</c><00:12:51.379><c> no</c><00:12:51.379><c> one</c><00:12:51.559><c> can</c><00:12:51.759><c> say,</c><00:12:52.379><c> I</c>

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love<00:12:52.740><c> God,</c><00:12:53.259><c> and</c><00:12:53.399><c> yet</c><00:12:53.500><c> hate</c>

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his<00:12:53.940><c> brother.</c><00:12:55.039><c> That's</c><00:12:55.360><c> simply</c><00:12:55.720><c> not</c><00:12:56.059><c> possible.</c><00:12:56.840><c> Because</c><00:12:57.120><c> if</c><00:12:57.299><c> you</c><00:12:57.559><c> hate</c><00:12:57.740><c> your</c><00:12:58.019><c> brother,</c><00:12:59.159><c> automatically,</c><00:13:00.279><c> I</c><00:13:00.440><c> mean,</c>

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he<00:13:00.679><c> doesn't</c><00:13:00.860><c> quite</c><00:13:01.139><c> say</c><00:13:01.360><c> this,</c><00:13:01.820><c> but</c><00:13:01.820><c> you'll</c><00:13:02.259><c> know</c><00:13:02.480><c> it's</c><00:13:02.779><c> derived</c><00:13:03.039><c> from</c>

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it.<00:13:03.799><c> Automatically,</c><00:13:04.580><c> you're</c><00:13:04.799><c> hating</c><00:13:05.100><c> God.</c>

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another.<00:13:22.379><c> And</c><00:13:22.799><c> if</c><00:13:22.899><c> we</c><00:13:23.100><c> don't</c><00:13:23.320><c> love</c><00:13:23.519><c> one</c><00:13:23.779><c> another,</c><00:13:24.480><c> then</c><00:13:24.779><c> actually</c><00:13:25.279><c> we're</c>

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love<00:13:27.559><c> God.</c><00:13:28.659><c> To</c><00:13:28.980><c> love</c><00:13:29.220><c> God</c><00:13:29.559><c> simply</c><00:13:30.019><c> in</c><00:13:30.240><c> my</c><00:13:30.480><c> head</c><00:13:30.799><c> and</c><00:13:31.259><c> not</c><00:13:31.539><c> care</c>

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about<00:13:32.059><c> one</c><00:13:32.279><c> another</c><00:13:32.559><c> is</c><00:13:32.980><c> meaningless.</c><00:13:33.980><c> It</c><00:13:34.159><c> has</c><00:13:34.440><c> no</c>

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basis.<00:13:35.460><c> It</c><00:13:35.600><c> has</c><00:13:35.980><c> no</c><00:13:37.100><c> impact</c><00:13:37.639><c> on</c><00:13:37.860><c> the</c><00:13:38.039><c> world.</c><00:13:39.299><c> The</c><00:13:39.519><c> way</c><00:13:39.759><c> that</c><00:13:40.000><c> we</c>

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express<00:13:40.779><c> our</c><00:13:41.039><c> love</c><00:13:41.159><c> for</c><00:13:41.399><c> God</c><00:13:41.759><c> is</c><00:13:42.500><c> our</c><00:13:42.960><c> love</c><00:13:43.120><c> for</c><00:13:43.320><c> one</c>

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another.<00:13:44.539><c> So</c><00:13:44.799><c> I</c><00:13:44.899><c> think</c><00:13:45.100><c> that</c><00:13:45.299><c> that</c><00:13:45.519><c> gives</c><00:13:45.700><c> us</c><00:13:46.159><c> a</c><00:13:46.500><c> really</c><00:13:46.799><c> powerful</c><00:13:47.320><c> definition</c><00:13:47.879><c> of</c>

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righteousness<00:13:48.639><c> and</c><00:13:49.240><c> sin.</c>

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Righteousness<00:13:51.460><c> is</c><00:13:51.759><c> that</c><00:13:52.159><c> thing</c><00:13:52.399><c> which</c><00:13:52.820><c> promotes</c><00:13:53.539><c> love</c><00:13:54.340><c> for</c>

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one<00:13:54.799><c> another,</c><00:13:56.039><c> that</c><00:13:56.419><c> promotes</c><00:13:56.919><c> loving</c><00:13:57.279><c> community.</c>

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Sin<00:13:59.000><c> is</c><00:13:59.620><c> anything</c><00:14:00.059><c> that</c><00:14:00.500><c> destroys</c><00:14:01.179><c> love</c><00:14:01.759><c> for</c><00:14:02.019><c> one</c><00:14:02.240><c> another,</c>

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anything<00:14:03.259><c> that</c><00:14:03.820><c> diminishes</c><00:14:04.419><c> or</c><00:14:04.679><c> damages</c>

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loving<00:14:05.679><c> community.</c><00:14:09.360><c> Why</c><00:14:09.720><c> is</c><00:14:10.019><c> stealing</c><00:14:10.320><c> a</c><00:14:10.600><c> sin?</c><00:14:12.240><c> If</c><00:14:12.419><c> I</c><00:14:12.700><c> steal</c>

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from<00:14:13.159><c> you,</c><00:14:13.879><c> I'm</c><00:14:14.120><c> damaging</c><00:14:14.519><c> the</c><00:14:14.840><c> relationship</c>

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between<00:14:15.679><c> us.</c><00:14:16.419><c> I'm</c><00:14:16.740><c> destroying</c><00:14:17.299><c> love.</c><00:14:19.100><c> If</c><00:14:19.240><c> I</c><00:14:19.460><c> take</c><00:14:19.639><c> another</c>

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man's<00:14:20.360><c> wife,</c><00:14:21.460><c> I'm</c><00:14:21.759><c> damaging</c><00:14:22.320><c> the</c><00:14:22.960><c> relationship</c>

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between<00:14:24.299><c> two</c><00:14:24.799><c> people</c><00:14:25.340><c> or</c><00:14:25.799><c> between</c><00:14:26.100><c> three</c><00:14:26.340><c> or</c><00:14:26.500><c> four</c><00:14:26.799><c> people.</c><00:14:27.559><c> I'm</c><00:14:27.899><c> destroying</c><00:14:28.419><c> community.</c><00:14:29.659><c> If</c><00:14:29.820><c> I</c><00:14:30.039><c> murder,</c>

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I'm<00:14:31.179><c> destroying</c><00:14:31.860><c> relationships</c><00:14:32.659><c> all</c><00:14:32.980><c> over</c><00:14:33.159><c> the</c><00:14:33.320><c> place.</c><00:14:33.559><c> If</c><00:14:33.720><c> I</c>

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covet<00:14:34.360><c> something</c><00:14:34.759><c> that</c><00:14:34.899><c> you</c><00:14:35.120><c> have,</c>

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if<00:14:35.580><c> I'm</c><00:14:36.019><c> envious</c><00:14:36.440><c> of</c><00:14:36.639><c> things</c><00:14:36.820><c> that</c><00:14:36.960><c> you</c><00:14:37.220><c> have,</c><00:14:38.220><c> I'm</c><00:14:38.720><c> diminishing</c><00:14:39.620><c> loving</c><00:14:40.100><c> community.</c><00:14:41.460><c> All</c><00:14:41.879><c> of</c><00:14:42.039><c> the</c>

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derived<00:14:43.480><c> from</c><00:14:43.840><c> that.</c><00:14:44.360><c> The</c><00:14:44.539><c> love</c><00:14:44.740><c> of</c><00:14:44.980><c> God</c><00:14:45.340><c> then</c><00:14:45.879><c> gets</c><00:14:46.200><c> expressed</c><00:14:46.759><c> in</c><00:14:47.019><c> the</c>

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way<00:14:47.399><c> that</c><00:14:47.600><c> we</c><00:14:47.759><c> love</c><00:14:47.960><c> one</c><00:14:48.200><c> another.</c>

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And<00:14:49.919><c> if</c><00:14:50.120><c> our</c><00:14:50.360><c> love</c><00:14:50.480><c> of</c><00:14:50.740><c> God,</c><00:14:51.139><c> what</c><00:14:51.299><c> we</c><00:14:51.580><c> think</c><00:14:51.799><c> is</c><00:14:52.100><c> our</c><00:14:52.259><c> love</c><00:14:52.440><c> of</c>

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God,<00:14:53.279><c> leads</c><00:14:53.440><c> us</c><00:14:53.700><c> to</c><00:14:53.860><c> do</c><00:14:54.080><c> things</c><00:14:54.320><c> that</c><00:14:54.639><c> damage</c>

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the<00:14:55.840><c> community,</c><00:14:56.519><c> the</c><00:14:56.860><c> love</c><00:14:57.080><c> that</c><00:14:57.279><c> we</c><00:14:57.480><c> have</c><00:14:57.679><c> for</c><00:14:57.899><c> one</c><00:14:58.120><c> another,</c>

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and<00:14:59.279><c> here</c><00:14:59.480><c> I'm</c><00:14:59.559><c> not</c><00:14:59.759><c> talking</c><00:14:59.940><c> about</c><00:15:00.179><c> community</c>

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of<00:15:00.779><c> chrysodolphins.</c><00:15:01.360><c> I'm</c><00:15:01.559><c> talking</c><00:15:01.879><c> about</c><00:15:02.379><c> the</c><00:15:02.759><c> community</c><00:15:03.200><c> of</c>

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human<00:15:03.799><c> beings.</c><00:15:04.799><c> That's</c><00:15:05.159><c> what</c><00:15:05.360><c> God</c><00:15:05.600><c> is</c><00:15:05.940><c> creating,</c>

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where<00:15:07.720><c> each</c><00:15:08.159><c> human</c><00:15:08.500><c> being</c><00:15:08.940><c> looks</c><00:15:09.320><c> at</c><00:15:09.580><c> another</c><00:15:09.879><c> human</c><00:15:10.240><c> being</c>

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and<00:15:11.039><c> tries</c><00:15:11.399><c> to</c><00:15:11.740><c> see</c><00:15:12.159><c> what</c><00:15:12.820><c> germ</c><00:15:13.279><c> of</c><00:15:13.679><c> life</c><00:15:13.919><c> is</c>

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possible<00:15:14.639><c> within</c><00:15:14.960><c> that,</c><00:15:16.019><c> and</c><00:15:16.259><c> tries</c><00:15:16.539><c> to</c><00:15:17.220><c> nurture</c><00:15:17.799><c> it,</c><00:15:18.100><c> to</c><00:15:18.179><c> let</c>

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something<00:15:18.820><c> grow.</c><00:15:20.879><c> The</c><00:15:21.399><c> smoldering</c><00:15:23.559><c> wick,</c>

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he<00:15:23.960><c> didn't</c><00:15:24.259><c> snuff</c><00:15:24.559><c> out.</c><00:15:24.899><c> The</c><00:15:25.279><c> bruised</c><00:15:26.139><c> flax,</c><00:15:26.519><c> he</c><00:15:26.720><c> didn't</c><00:15:27.000><c> break.</c><00:15:29.500><c> So</c><00:15:29.700><c> I</c>

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think<00:15:29.899><c> that's</c><00:15:30.179><c> a</c><00:15:30.320><c> really</c><00:15:30.620><c> good</c><00:15:31.139><c> definition</c>

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of<00:15:31.860><c> righteousness,</c><00:15:32.480><c> very</c><00:15:32.759><c> helpful</c><00:15:33.240><c> in</c><00:15:33.799><c> practice,</c><00:15:34.480><c> and</c><00:15:34.679><c> it</c><00:15:34.919><c> guides</c><00:15:35.220><c> us</c>

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because<00:15:35.960><c> it's</c><00:15:36.220><c> the</c><00:15:36.440><c> same</c><00:15:36.620><c> thing</c>

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God<00:15:36.980><c> is</c><00:15:37.240><c> trying</c><00:15:37.399><c> to</c><00:15:37.759><c> achieve.</c><00:15:38.659><c> That</c><00:15:38.860><c> is,</c><00:15:39.039><c> he's</c><00:15:39.340><c> trying</c><00:15:39.519><c> to</c><00:15:39.759><c> build</c><00:15:39.980><c> loving</c><00:15:40.220><c> community.</c><00:15:41.000><c> And</c>

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so<00:15:41.220><c> he</c><00:15:41.279><c> says,</c>

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do<00:15:41.580><c> you</c><00:15:41.679><c> want</c><00:15:41.820><c> that?</c><00:15:42.639><c> Do</c><00:15:42.820><c> you</c><00:15:43.200><c> personally,</c><00:15:43.759><c> as</c><00:15:43.919><c> each</c><00:15:44.120><c> of</c><00:15:44.240><c> us</c><00:15:44.379><c> are</c><00:15:44.539><c> sitting</c><00:15:44.659><c> in</c>

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this<00:15:45.080><c> room,</c>

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do<00:15:45.799><c> we</c><00:15:46.179><c> personally</c><00:15:46.860><c> want</c><00:15:47.460><c> loving</c><00:15:47.799><c> community</c><00:15:48.340><c> or</c><00:15:48.580><c> not?</c><00:15:49.240><c> And</c><00:15:49.440><c> if</c>

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it<00:15:49.740><c> is</c><00:15:50.039><c> something</c><00:15:50.279><c> that</c><00:15:50.460><c> we</c><00:15:50.639><c> want,</c>

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it's<00:15:51.080><c> something</c><00:15:51.279><c> we'll</c><00:15:51.700><c> manifest</c><00:15:52.019><c> in</c><00:15:52.220><c> our</c><00:15:52.419><c> lives.</c><00:15:52.899><c> And</c><00:15:53.139><c> if</c><00:15:53.259><c> it's</c><00:15:53.559><c> not</c><00:15:53.840><c> something</c><00:15:54.139><c> we</c><00:15:54.399><c> want,</c>

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it's<00:15:54.919><c> not</c><00:15:55.120><c> something</c><00:15:55.460><c> that</c><00:15:55.620><c> will</c><00:15:55.879><c> manifest</c><00:15:56.259><c> in</c><00:15:56.480><c> our</c><00:15:56.659><c> lives.</c>

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And<00:15:58.559><c> God</c><00:15:58.799><c> will,</c><00:15:59.139><c> in</c><00:15:59.299><c> all</c><00:15:59.559><c> his</c><00:15:59.799><c> righteousness,</c>

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and<00:16:00.539><c> gentleness,</c><00:16:01.220><c> and</c><00:16:01.240><c> compassion,</c><00:16:02.179><c> will</c><00:16:02.240><c> be</c><00:16:02.460><c> watching.</c><00:16:04.120><c> Not</c>

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watching<00:16:05.000><c> in</c><00:16:05.139><c> order</c><00:16:05.419><c> to</c><00:16:05.659><c> catch</c><00:16:05.879><c> us</c><00:16:06.220><c> out,</c>

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but<00:16:07.419><c> watching</c><00:16:07.899><c> in</c><00:16:08.259><c> order</c><00:16:08.620><c> to</c><00:16:08.919><c> discover</c><00:16:09.240><c> the</c><00:16:09.559><c> deepest</c><00:16:10.080><c> desires</c>

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of<00:16:10.960><c> our</c><00:16:11.240><c> hearts.</c><00:16:13.559><c> That's</c><00:16:13.799><c> what</c><00:16:13.919><c> he's</c><00:16:14.240><c> interested</c>

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in.<00:16:17.039><c> So</c><00:16:17.279><c> let's</c><00:16:17.740><c> now</c><00:16:18.700><c> start</c><00:16:19.059><c> applying</c><00:16:19.500><c> this</c><00:16:19.899><c> to</c><00:16:20.440><c> the</c><00:16:20.720><c> notion</c><00:16:21.000><c> of</c>

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atonement<00:16:21.779><c> and</c><00:16:22.200><c> salvation.</c><00:16:23.019><c> So</c><00:16:23.259><c> let's</c><00:16:23.519><c> ask</c>

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another<00:16:24.240><c> question</c><00:16:24.799><c> here.</c><00:16:26.360><c> And</c><00:16:26.639><c> this</c><00:16:26.840><c> is,</c><00:16:27.120><c> again,</c><00:16:27.279><c> a</c><00:16:27.500><c> question</c>

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that<00:16:28.240><c> I</c><00:16:28.519><c> find,</c><00:16:28.820><c> as</c><00:16:29.000><c> I</c><00:16:29.139><c> ask</c><00:16:29.340><c> different</c><00:16:29.620><c> people,</c>

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you<00:16:30.000><c> get</c><00:16:30.200><c> lots</c><00:16:30.419><c> of</c><00:16:30.620><c> different</c><00:16:30.840><c> answers.</c><00:16:31.860><c> Has</c><00:16:32.019><c> the</c><00:16:32.419><c> mechanism</c>

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of<00:16:33.200><c> salvation</c><00:16:33.820><c> changed</c><00:16:34.559><c> with</c><00:16:34.820><c> the</c><00:16:34.940><c> death</c>

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of<00:16:35.379><c> Christ?</c><00:16:36.240><c> Or</c><00:16:36.480><c> another</c><00:16:36.700><c> way</c><00:16:37.080><c> to</c><00:16:37.399><c> ask</c><00:16:37.659><c> it</c><00:16:37.899><c> is,</c><00:16:38.480><c> were</c><00:16:38.480><c> the</c><00:16:38.679><c> people</c><00:16:38.899><c> in</c>

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the<00:16:39.240><c> Old</c><00:16:39.460><c> Testament</c><00:16:39.860><c> saved</c><00:16:40.340><c> in</c><00:16:40.519><c> the</c>

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same<00:16:40.960><c> way</c><00:16:41.240><c> as</c><00:16:41.440><c> the</c><00:16:41.679><c> people</c><00:16:41.899><c> in</c><00:16:42.120><c> the</c><00:16:42.200><c> New</c><00:16:42.379><c> Testament?</c><00:16:43.460><c> Now,</c><00:16:43.840><c> if</c>

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you<00:16:44.179><c> go</c><00:16:44.320><c> out</c><00:16:44.620><c> to</c><00:16:45.039><c> various</c><00:16:45.480><c> Christian</c><00:16:45.960><c> groups,</c>

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you'll<00:16:47.500><c> find</c><00:16:47.659><c> all</c><00:16:47.899><c> sorts</c><00:16:48.139><c> of</c><00:16:48.360><c> answers</c><00:16:48.559><c> to</c><00:16:48.820><c> this.</c><00:16:49.240><c> And</c><00:16:49.620><c> some</c><00:16:49.899><c> have</c><00:16:50.120><c> a</c>

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very<00:16:50.820><c> strong</c><00:16:51.059><c> notion</c><00:16:51.440><c> of</c><00:16:51.600><c> what</c><00:16:51.700><c> they</c>

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call<00:16:52.120><c> dispensationalism.</c><00:16:53.879><c> And</c><00:16:54.080><c> in</c><00:16:54.259><c> fact,</c><00:16:55.080><c> I</c><00:16:55.399><c> know</c><00:16:55.899><c> one</c><00:16:56.700><c> man</c>

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who<00:16:57.240><c> actually</c><00:16:57.639><c> believes</c><00:16:58.080><c> that</c><00:16:58.539><c> there</c><00:16:58.720><c> were</c>

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many<00:16:59.299><c> dispensations.</c><00:17:00.120><c> And</c><00:17:00.299><c> in</c><00:17:00.399><c> fact,</c><00:17:00.539><c> there</c><00:17:00.659><c> was</c><00:17:00.799><c> a</c><00:17:00.919><c> little</c>

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dispensation<00:17:01.740><c> between</c><00:17:02.100><c> the</c><00:17:02.299><c> death</c><00:17:02.419><c> of</c>

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Christ<00:17:02.840><c> and</c><00:17:03.059><c> Pentecost.</c><00:17:03.679><c> And</c><00:17:03.779><c> then</c><00:17:03.940><c> a</c><00:17:04.119><c> new</c><00:17:04.319><c> dispensation</c><00:17:04.880><c> started</c><00:17:05.220><c> from</c><00:17:05.440><c> Pentecost</c><00:17:06.059><c> onwards.</c><00:17:08.880><c> I</c>

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think<00:17:09.539><c> the</c>

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answer<00:17:10.019><c> to</c><00:17:10.240><c> this</c><00:17:10.380><c> is</c><00:17:10.640><c> a</c><00:17:10.720><c> resounding</c><00:17:11.259><c> no.</c><00:17:13.359><c> The</c><00:17:13.660><c> mechanism</c><00:17:14.160><c> of</c>

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salvation<00:17:15.099><c> has</c><00:17:15.579><c> always</c><00:17:16.160><c> been</c><00:17:16.440><c> the</c><00:17:16.700><c> same</c><00:17:16.980><c> for</c><00:17:17.299><c> all</c>

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time.<00:17:18.359><c> If</c><00:17:18.559><c> you</c><00:17:18.720><c> just</c><00:17:18.940><c> open</c><00:17:19.180><c> your</c><00:17:19.400><c> Bibles</c><00:17:19.700><c> at</c><00:17:19.900><c> Romans</c><00:17:20.200><c> 4,</c><00:17:20.960><c> we</c><00:17:21.140><c> won't</c><00:17:22.039><c> read</c><00:17:22.440><c> through</c><00:17:22.660><c> this</c><00:17:22.859><c> in</c>

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great<00:17:23.279><c> detail.</c><00:17:24.000><c> I'd</c>

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like<00:17:24.400><c> you</c><00:17:24.619><c> just</c><00:17:24.799><c> to</c><00:17:24.940><c> have</c><00:17:25.039><c> a</c><00:17:25.160><c> sort</c><00:17:25.279><c> of</c><00:17:25.440><c> visual</c><00:17:25.680><c> image</c><00:17:25.920><c> of</c><00:17:26.059><c> this</c>

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chapter<00:17:26.539><c> so</c><00:17:26.759><c> that</c><00:17:26.859><c> you</c><00:17:26.940><c> can</c><00:17:27.099><c> go</c><00:17:27.339><c> to</c><00:17:27.519><c> it</c><00:17:27.799><c> afterwards</c>

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and<00:17:28.799><c> see</c><00:17:29.079><c> the</c><00:17:29.339><c> context</c><00:17:29.880><c> of</c><00:17:30.079><c> it.</c><00:17:30.700><c> In</c><00:17:30.819><c> Romans</c><00:17:31.259><c> chapter</c><00:17:31.759><c> 3,</c><00:17:33.279><c> Paul</c>

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is<00:17:33.579><c> talking</c><00:17:33.900><c> about</c><00:17:34.500><c> the</c><00:17:35.160><c> righteousness</c><00:17:35.700><c> that</c><00:17:36.000><c> is</c>

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through<00:17:36.519><c> faith</c><00:17:36.880><c> from</c><00:17:37.200><c> Christ.</c><00:17:37.920><c> He's</c><00:17:38.200><c> trying</c><00:17:38.400><c> to</c><00:17:38.859><c> explain</c><00:17:39.140><c> to</c>

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us<00:17:39.619><c> the</c><00:17:40.019><c> whole</c><00:17:40.400><c> notion</c><00:17:41.000><c> of</c><00:17:41.500><c> salvation</c><00:17:42.160><c> through</c><00:17:42.539><c> faith</c>

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so<00:17:43.759><c> that</c><00:17:43.940><c> we</c><00:17:44.059><c> get</c><00:17:44.220><c> it,</c><00:17:44.339><c> so</c><00:17:44.460><c> that</c><00:17:44.640><c> we</c><00:17:44.839><c> understand</c><00:17:45.299><c> the</c><00:17:45.720><c> kind</c><00:17:45.900><c> of</c>

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relationship<00:17:46.519><c> that</c><00:17:46.779><c> we're</c><00:17:46.960><c> in</c><00:17:47.200><c> God</c><00:17:47.480><c> through</c><00:17:47.960><c> Christ</c>

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Jesus.<00:17:49.400><c> And</c><00:17:49.680><c> he's</c><00:17:49.900><c> finding</c><00:17:50.180><c> that</c><00:17:50.359><c> he</c><00:17:50.480><c> wants</c><00:17:50.700><c> to</c><00:17:51.059><c> explain</c><00:17:51.259><c> it</c>

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some<00:17:51.720><c> more.</c><00:17:52.640><c> And</c><00:17:52.839><c> so</c><00:17:52.940><c> in</c><00:17:53.140><c> order</c><00:17:53.460><c> to</c><00:17:53.759><c> explain</c><00:17:54.000><c> it</c><00:17:54.200><c> some</c>

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more,<00:17:54.559><c> we</c><00:17:54.720><c> come</c><00:17:54.960><c> into</c><00:17:55.160><c> chapter</c><00:17:55.519><c> 4,</c><00:17:56.220><c> and</c><00:17:56.240><c> he</c><00:17:56.440><c> says,</c><00:17:57.259><c> What</c><00:17:57.400><c> then</c>

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did<00:17:58.180><c> our</c><00:17:58.539><c> forefather</c><00:17:59.200><c> Abraham</c><00:17:59.880><c> discover</c><00:18:00.460><c> in</c><00:18:00.640><c> this</c>

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matter?<00:18:02.579><c> Do</c><00:18:02.759><c> you</c><00:18:02.880><c> notice</c><00:18:03.200><c> that</c><00:18:03.700><c> simply</c><00:18:04.140><c> by</c><00:18:04.619><c> using</c><00:18:05.160><c> Abraham</c><00:18:05.880><c> as</c>

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an<00:18:06.700><c> exemplar</c><00:18:07.279><c> here,</c><00:18:08.279><c> that</c><00:18:08.579><c> Paul</c><00:18:08.759><c> declares</c><00:18:09.460><c> that</c><00:18:09.779><c> the</c>

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mechanism<00:18:10.400><c> of</c><00:18:10.640><c> salvation</c><00:18:11.059><c> on</c><00:18:11.299><c> Abraham</c><00:18:11.819><c> is</c><00:18:12.160><c> the</c><00:18:12.559><c> same</c><00:18:12.960><c> as</c><00:18:13.420><c> the</c>

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mechanism<00:18:13.920><c> of</c><00:18:14.140><c> salvation</c><00:18:14.559><c> for</c><00:18:14.759><c> us?</c><00:18:15.099><c> If</c><00:18:15.299><c> it</c><00:18:15.420><c> was</c>

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different,<00:18:16.380><c> there</c><00:18:16.480><c> would</c><00:18:16.640><c> be</c><00:18:16.799><c> no</c><00:18:17.119><c> value</c><00:18:17.500><c> in</c><00:18:17.799><c> Paul</c><00:18:18.000><c> going</c><00:18:18.259><c> to</c>

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Abraham.<00:18:20.599><c> But</c><00:18:20.960><c> the</c><00:18:21.180><c> very</c><00:18:21.440><c> thing</c><00:18:21.660><c> he</c><00:18:21.880><c> does</c><00:18:22.200><c> is</c><00:18:22.420><c> he</c><00:18:22.539><c> goes</c>

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to<00:18:22.960><c> Abraham</c><00:18:23.559><c> and</c><00:18:23.960><c> he</c><00:18:24.160><c> looks</c><00:18:24.480><c> at</c><00:18:24.859><c> faith</c><00:18:25.220><c> in</c><00:18:25.460><c> the</c><00:18:25.619><c> life</c><00:18:25.779><c> of</c><00:18:26.059><c> Abraham.</c><00:18:27.200><c> And</c>

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then<00:18:27.539><c> he</c><00:18:27.660><c> looks</c><00:18:27.900><c> at</c><00:18:28.180><c> David</c><00:18:28.559><c> and</c><00:18:28.779><c> he</c><00:18:28.900><c> looks</c>

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at<00:18:29.259><c> the</c><00:18:29.400><c> idea</c><00:18:29.579><c> of</c><00:18:29.839><c> faith</c><00:18:30.039><c> and</c><00:18:30.299><c> forgiveness</c><00:18:30.599><c> in</c><00:18:30.839><c> the</c><00:18:31.000><c> life</c><00:18:31.140><c> of</c>

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David.<00:18:32.740><c> And</c><00:18:32.940><c> he's</c><00:18:33.180><c> saying</c><00:18:33.400><c> these</c><00:18:33.779><c> are</c><00:18:34.119><c> examples</c><00:18:34.759><c> for</c>

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us<00:18:35.279><c> so</c><00:18:35.579><c> that</c><00:18:35.740><c> we</c><00:18:35.819><c> can</c><00:18:36.119><c> understand</c><00:18:36.519><c> our</c><00:18:36.799><c> salvation</c><00:18:37.299><c> better.</c><00:18:38.539><c> This</c><00:18:38.740><c> is</c>

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what<00:18:39.079><c> these</c><00:18:39.359><c> great</c><00:18:39.619><c> men</c><00:18:39.859><c> in</c><00:18:40.039><c> the</c><00:18:40.259><c> past</c><00:18:40.660><c> understood</c>

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and<00:18:41.940><c> learned</c><00:18:42.420><c> by</c><00:18:42.779><c> this.</c><00:18:43.559><c> So</c><00:18:43.980><c> the</c><00:18:44.359><c> very</c><00:18:44.619><c> fact</c><00:18:44.900><c> that</c><00:18:45.140><c> Paul</c><00:18:45.440><c> uses</c>

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Abraham<00:18:46.339><c> and</c><00:18:46.720><c> David</c><00:18:47.200><c> as</c><00:18:48.160><c> explanations</c><00:18:48.880><c> for</c><00:18:49.140><c> the</c>

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salvation<00:18:50.259><c> leads</c><00:18:51.019><c> us</c><00:18:51.299><c> to</c><00:18:51.500><c> conclude</c><00:18:51.980><c> that</c><00:18:52.740><c> the</c><00:18:53.299><c> way</c><00:18:53.740><c> they</c><00:18:53.980><c> were</c>

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saved<00:18:54.480><c> is</c><00:18:54.680><c> the</c><00:18:54.900><c> same</c><00:18:55.059><c> as</c><00:18:55.200><c> the</c><00:18:55.299><c> way</c><00:18:55.480><c> that</c><00:18:55.660><c> we</c><00:18:55.819><c> are</c>

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saved.<00:18:57.559><c> And</c><00:18:57.640><c> so</c><00:18:58.059><c> then</c><00:18:58.400><c> the</c><00:18:58.539><c> question</c><00:18:58.799><c> is,</c><00:18:59.299><c> actually,</c><00:19:00.039><c> how</c><00:19:00.259><c> are</c>

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we<00:19:00.859><c> saved?</c><00:19:01.599><c> We</c><00:19:01.799><c> spend</c><00:19:02.119><c> a</c><00:19:02.420><c> lot</c><00:19:02.619><c> of</c><00:19:02.900><c> time</c><00:19:03.319><c> early</c><00:19:03.700><c> in</c><00:19:03.880><c> the</c>

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week<00:19:04.619><c> showing</c><00:19:05.420><c> how</c><00:19:05.980><c> we're</c><00:19:06.240><c> not</c><00:19:06.559><c> saved.</c><00:19:06.920><c> I</c><00:19:07.039><c> mean,</c><00:19:07.339><c> by</c><00:19:07.559><c> looking</c>

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at<00:19:08.000><c> substitution,</c><00:19:08.960><c> that's</c><00:19:09.160><c> not</c><00:19:09.339><c> how</c><00:19:09.480><c> we're</c>

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not<00:19:09.940><c> saved.</c><00:19:10.220><c> But</c><00:19:10.380><c> that's</c><00:19:10.720><c> not</c><00:19:10.960><c> how</c><00:19:11.160><c> we're</c><00:19:11.400><c> saved.</c><00:19:12.940><c> Looking</c><00:19:13.180><c> at</c>

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substitution<00:19:13.920><c> and</c><00:19:14.180><c> saying,</c><00:19:14.700><c> No,</c><00:19:15.140><c> it</c><00:19:15.140><c> wasn't</c><00:19:15.599><c> that</c><00:19:15.960><c> kind</c>

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of<00:19:16.579><c> Jesus</c><00:19:16.960><c> died</c><00:19:17.380><c> instead</c><00:19:17.839><c> of</c><00:19:18.079><c> us.</c><00:19:18.279><c> Jesus</c><00:19:18.599><c> died</c><00:19:19.200><c> to</c><00:19:19.480><c> pay</c><00:19:19.920><c> the</c><00:19:20.920><c> debt</c><00:19:21.259><c> that</c><00:19:21.480><c> was</c><00:19:21.740><c> outstanding.</c><00:19:23.160><c> But</c><00:19:23.380><c> let</c><00:19:23.579><c> us</c><00:19:23.799><c> actually</c>

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think<00:19:26.099><c> positively</c><00:19:26.619><c> for</c><00:19:26.940><c> a</c><00:19:27.079><c> moment,</c><00:19:27.619><c> how</c><00:19:27.880><c> are</c><00:19:28.220><c> we</c><00:19:28.480><c> saved?</c><00:19:29.019><c> And</c>

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we'll<00:19:29.339><c> look</c><00:19:29.519><c> at</c><00:19:29.680><c> the</c><00:19:29.799><c> Old</c><00:19:29.940><c> Testament</c><00:19:30.240><c> a</c><00:19:30.420><c> little</c><00:19:30.619><c> bit.</c>

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So<00:19:31.460><c> in</c><00:19:31.579><c> the</c><00:19:31.700><c> Old</c><00:19:31.900><c> Testament,</c><00:19:32.259><c> they</c><00:19:32.460><c> had</c><00:19:32.720><c> all</c><00:19:33.039><c> of</c><00:19:33.200><c> these</c><00:19:33.400><c> sacrifices.</c><00:19:34.319><c> They</c><00:19:34.519><c> were</c><00:19:34.759><c> told</c><00:19:34.980><c> to</c><00:19:35.259><c> come</c><00:19:35.500><c> and</c><00:19:35.759><c> bring</c><00:19:35.900><c> a</c>

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sacrifice<00:19:36.619><c> and</c><00:19:36.900><c> offer</c><00:19:37.180><c> it.</c><00:19:38.740><c> Let's</c><00:19:39.259><c> look</c><00:19:39.460><c> at</c><00:19:39.599><c> a</c><00:19:39.740><c> few</c><00:19:39.940><c> scriptures</c><00:19:40.319><c> about</c><00:19:40.779><c> sacrifice</c><00:19:41.559><c> from</c><00:19:42.059><c> the</c>

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Old<00:19:42.460><c> Testament.</c>

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Micah<00:19:43.960><c> chapter</c><00:19:44.319><c> six,</c><00:19:44.859><c> first</c><00:19:45.019><c> of</c><00:19:45.200><c> all,</c><00:19:45.339><c> Micah</c><00:19:45.660><c> chapter</c><00:19:45.980><c> six.</c>

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These<00:19:49.599><c> are</c><00:19:49.920><c> stunning</c><00:19:50.339><c> verses</c><00:19:50.859><c> in</c><00:19:51.200><c> the</c><00:19:51.319><c> Old</c><00:19:51.500><c> Testament</c><00:19:52.019><c> because</c><00:19:53.240><c> they</c>

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show<00:19:55.400><c> again</c><00:19:56.059><c> and</c><00:19:56.299><c> again</c><00:19:56.599><c> and</c><00:19:56.779><c> again</c>

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that<00:19:57.680><c> the</c><00:19:57.900><c> basis</c><00:19:58.180><c> of</c><00:19:58.440><c> salvation</c><00:19:58.859><c> in</c><00:19:59.019><c> the</c><00:19:59.140><c> Old</c><00:19:59.359><c> Testament</c><00:19:59.599><c> was</c>

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exactly<00:20:00.299><c> the</c><00:20:00.599><c> same</c><00:20:00.880><c> as</c><00:20:01.099><c> it</c><00:20:01.200><c> is</c><00:20:01.380><c> with</c><00:20:01.579><c> us.</c><00:20:01.799><c> Micah</c><00:20:02.220><c> chapter</c>

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six,<00:20:03.619><c> verse</c><00:20:03.940><c> six,</c><00:20:05.000><c> With</c><00:20:05.259><c> what</c><00:20:05.500><c> shall</c><00:20:05.660><c> I</c><00:20:05.799><c> come</c><00:20:05.980><c> before</c><00:20:06.319><c> the</c><00:20:06.500><c> Lord</c><00:20:06.720><c> and</c>

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bow<00:20:07.200><c> down</c><00:20:07.779><c> before</c><00:20:08.279><c> the</c><00:20:08.559><c> exalted</c><00:20:09.000><c> God?</c>

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year<00:20:13.319><c> old?</c>

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acts,<00:20:26.359><c> the</c><00:20:26.680><c> fruit</c><00:20:26.819><c> of</c><00:20:26.980><c> my</c><00:20:27.200><c> body,</c><00:20:27.480><c> for</c><00:20:27.619><c> the</c><00:20:27.759><c> sin</c><00:20:27.859><c> of</c><00:20:28.039><c> my</c><00:20:28.299><c> soul.</c>

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I<00:20:32.759><c> know</c><00:20:33.059><c> I've</c><00:20:33.440><c> sinned.</c><00:20:33.920><c> What</c><00:20:34.180><c> is</c><00:20:34.400><c> it</c><00:20:34.519><c> God</c><00:20:34.720><c> wants?</c><00:20:36.380><c> Does</c><00:20:36.579><c> he</c><00:20:36.680><c> want</c><00:20:36.859><c> me</c>

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him?<00:20:41.859><c> Does</c><00:20:42.380><c> he</c><00:20:42.539><c> want</c><00:20:42.720><c> me</c><00:20:42.960><c> to</c><00:20:43.200><c> bring</c><00:20:43.619><c> rivers</c><00:20:44.140><c> of</c><00:20:44.440><c> oil?</c><00:20:45.400><c> I</c><00:20:45.420><c> mean,</c>

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just<00:20:45.880><c> pour</c><00:20:46.259><c> out</c><00:20:46.539><c> libations</c><00:20:47.200><c> before</c><00:20:47.660><c> him.</c>

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Is<00:20:48.380><c> that</c><00:20:48.680><c> really</c><00:20:49.000><c> what</c><00:20:49.160><c> he</c><00:20:49.319><c> wants?</c><00:20:51.200><c> Shall</c><00:20:51.400><c> I</c><00:20:51.539><c> take</c><00:20:51.740><c> my</c><00:20:52.039><c> son,</c><00:20:53.839><c> the</c><00:20:54.400><c> fruit</c><00:20:54.660><c> of</c>

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my<00:20:55.119><c> body,</c><00:20:55.599><c> the</c><00:20:56.279><c> hope</c><00:20:56.880><c> of</c><00:20:57.380><c> my</c><00:20:57.700><c> future,</c>

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shall<00:20:59.440><c> I</c><00:20:59.700><c> kill</c><00:20:59.940><c> him</c><00:21:00.519><c> for</c><00:21:00.880><c> God?</c><00:21:03.200><c> It's</c><00:21:03.839><c> all</c><00:21:04.500><c> rhetorical</c><00:21:05.359><c> questions</c><00:21:05.779><c> that</c>

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are<00:21:06.039><c> being</c><00:21:06.259><c> asked.</c>

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Every<00:21:07.240><c> one</c><00:21:07.420><c> of</c><00:21:07.559><c> them</c><00:21:07.640><c> has</c><00:21:07.960><c> a</c><00:21:08.039><c> resounding</c><00:21:08.460><c> no,</c><00:21:09.579><c> no,</c><00:21:10.519><c> that's</c><00:21:11.099><c> not</c>

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what<00:21:11.640><c> God</c><00:21:11.920><c> wants.</c>

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He<00:21:15.059><c> has</c><00:21:15.440><c> showed</c><00:21:15.720><c> you,</c><00:21:16.200><c> verse</c><00:21:16.420><c> eight,</c><00:21:17.099><c> O</c><00:21:17.319><c> man,</c><00:21:17.480><c> what</c><00:21:17.660><c> is</c><00:21:17.920><c> good.</c>

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What<00:21:19.660><c> does</c><00:21:19.940><c> the</c><00:21:20.140><c> Lord</c><00:21:20.319><c> require</c><00:21:20.759><c> of</c><00:21:20.940><c> you?</c>

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To<00:21:22.440><c> act</c><00:21:22.880><c> justly,</c><00:21:24.519><c> to</c><00:21:24.839><c> love</c><00:21:25.119><c> mercy,</c><00:21:26.880><c> and</c><00:21:26.980><c> to</c><00:21:27.220><c> walk</c><00:21:27.460><c> humbly</c><00:21:27.940><c> with</c>

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your<00:21:28.359><c> God.</c>

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to<00:21:37.220><c> sacrifice</c><00:21:37.700><c> your</c><00:21:37.940><c> firstborn</c><00:21:38.400><c> son.</c><00:21:39.960><c> He</c><00:21:40.160><c> wants</c><00:21:40.460><c> you</c><00:21:40.839><c> to</c><00:21:42.000><c> act</c>

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justly.<00:21:44.140><c> He</c><00:21:44.339><c> wants</c><00:21:44.660><c> you</c><00:21:45.299><c> in</c><00:21:45.640><c> your</c><00:21:45.940><c> heart</c><00:21:46.160><c> of</c><00:21:46.440><c> hearts</c>

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to<00:21:47.279><c> love</c><00:21:47.799><c> mercy,</c><00:21:50.480><c> and</c><00:21:50.559><c> he</c><00:21:50.700><c> wants</c><00:21:50.920><c> you</c><00:21:51.180><c> to</c><00:21:51.359><c> walk</c><00:21:51.619><c> humbly</c><00:21:52.099><c> before</c>

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him.<00:21:54.559><c> This</c><00:21:54.759><c> is</c><00:21:55.039><c> Old</c><00:21:55.319><c> Testament.</c>

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This<00:21:58.200><c> is</c><00:21:58.599><c> Old</c><00:21:59.059><c> Testament.</c><00:22:00.000><c> Look</c><00:22:00.160><c> at</c><00:22:00.339><c> Psalm</c><00:22:00.539><c> 51.</c><00:22:02.660><c> Psalm</c><00:22:02.940><c> 51,</c><00:22:03.940><c> David</c>

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says.<00:22:06.680><c> Coming</c><00:22:07.380><c> back</c><00:22:07.900><c> from</c><00:22:08.299><c> the</c><00:22:08.940><c> darkness</c><00:22:09.660><c> of</c><00:22:11.240><c> the</c><00:22:13.660><c> part</c><00:22:14.039><c> that,</c>

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I<00:22:15.160><c> mean,</c><00:22:15.359><c> when</c><00:22:15.599><c> it</c><00:22:15.759><c> talks</c><00:22:16.059><c> about</c><00:22:16.339><c> David's</c><00:22:16.859><c> life,</c>

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says<00:22:17.359><c> he</c><00:22:17.500><c> was</c><00:22:17.839><c> righteous</c><00:22:18.359><c> except</c><00:22:19.059><c> for</c><00:22:19.460><c> the</c><00:22:19.700><c> matters</c><00:22:20.180><c> of</c><00:22:20.900><c> this</c><00:22:21.180><c> psalm.</c>

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He's<00:22:24.539><c> stolen</c><00:22:24.740><c> another</c><00:22:25.079><c> man's</c><00:22:25.400><c> wife.</c><00:22:26.460><c> He's</c><00:22:27.000><c> got</c><00:22:27.079><c> her</c><00:22:27.299><c> pregnant.</c><00:22:28.259><c> He</c><00:22:28.539><c> tries</c>

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to<00:22:29.220><c> hide</c><00:22:29.400><c> it</c><00:22:29.680><c> by</c><00:22:30.180><c> cheating</c>

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and<00:22:31.440><c> lying</c><00:22:31.799><c> and</c><00:22:32.119><c> getting</c><00:22:32.539><c> Uriah</c><00:22:33.000><c> to</c><00:22:33.240><c> come</c><00:22:33.480><c> back</c><00:22:33.740><c> and</c><00:22:33.960><c> sleep</c><00:22:34.160><c> with</c><00:22:34.359><c> his</c><00:22:34.579><c> wife</c><00:22:34.779><c> so</c>

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that<00:22:35.440><c> he</c><00:22:35.640><c> thinks</c><00:22:35.859><c> it's</c><00:22:36.440><c> his</c>

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own<00:22:36.960><c> child</c><00:22:37.339><c> and</c><00:22:37.619><c> cuckolding</c><00:22:38.160><c> him.</c><00:22:39.400><c> That</c><00:22:39.880><c> doesn't</c><00:22:40.160><c> work</c><00:22:40.460><c> because</c><00:22:40.880><c> Uriah's</c><00:22:41.500><c> sense</c>

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and<00:22:44.200><c> so</c><00:22:44.319><c> he</c><00:22:44.480><c> sends</c><00:22:44.680><c> him</c><00:22:44.900><c> out</c><00:22:45.119><c> and</c><00:22:45.400><c> he</c><00:22:45.799><c> has</c><00:22:45.920><c> him</c><00:22:46.180><c> murdered.</c>

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This<00:22:49.839><c> is</c><00:22:50.380><c> dark</c><00:22:50.700><c> days</c><00:22:51.000><c> for</c><00:22:51.259><c> David,</c><00:22:52.380><c> and</c><00:22:54.200><c> I</c><00:22:54.400><c> don't</c><00:22:54.559><c> know</c><00:22:54.740><c> how</c><00:22:55.059><c> long</c><00:22:55.420><c> he's</c><00:22:55.700><c> in</c>

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his<00:22:56.119><c> darkness</c><00:22:56.519><c> until</c><00:22:56.940><c> finally</c><00:22:57.799><c> he</c>

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In<00:23:05.059><c> Psalm</c><00:23:05.319><c> 51,</c><00:23:08.559><c> the</c><00:23:08.980><c> psalm</c><00:23:09.339><c> starts</c><00:23:09.960><c> with,</c><00:23:10.720><c> I</c><00:23:10.720><c> know</c><00:23:10.900><c> my</c><00:23:11.180><c> transgression.</c><00:23:11.579><c> Have</c><00:23:11.799><c> mercy</c><00:23:12.119><c> on</c>

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me,<00:23:12.539><c> O</c><00:23:12.619><c> God,</c>

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according<00:23:13.079><c> to</c><00:23:13.240><c> your</c><00:23:13.339><c> unfailing</c><00:23:13.720><c> love.</c><00:23:14.440><c> I</c><00:23:14.519><c> know</c><00:23:14.759><c> my</c><00:23:15.019><c> transgression.</c><00:23:15.599><c> My</c><00:23:15.720><c> sin</c><00:23:15.859><c> is</c>

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always<00:23:16.359><c> before</c><00:23:16.660><c> me.</c>

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Verse<00:23:17.160><c> 16.</c><00:23:18.480><c> This</c><00:23:18.559><c> is</c><00:23:18.759><c> Old</c><00:23:19.019><c> Testament.</c><00:23:21.460><c> You</c><00:23:21.980><c> do</c><00:23:22.319><c> not</c><00:23:22.539><c> delight</c><00:23:22.940><c> in</c><00:23:23.220><c> sacrifice</c><00:23:23.779><c> or</c><00:23:24.039><c> I</c>

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would<00:23:24.380><c> bring</c><00:23:24.599><c> it.</c>

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You<00:23:25.559><c> do</c><00:23:25.880><c> not</c><00:23:26.099><c> take</c><00:23:26.359><c> pleasure</c><00:23:27.140><c> in</c><00:23:27.799><c> burnt</c><00:23:28.059><c> offerings.</c><00:23:30.700><c> You</c><00:23:31.160><c> actually</c><00:23:31.519><c> don't</c><00:23:31.859><c> like</c>

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the<00:23:32.359><c> dead</c><00:23:32.539><c> animals.</c>

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You<00:23:37.420><c> don't</c><00:23:37.779><c> like</c><00:23:38.160><c> it</c><00:23:38.900><c> when</c><00:23:39.319><c> people</c><00:23:39.880><c> just</c><00:23:40.579><c> kill</c><00:23:40.779><c> animals</c><00:23:41.200><c> for</c>

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the<00:23:41.599><c> sake</c><00:23:41.759><c> of</c><00:23:42.039><c> killing</c><00:23:42.240><c> them</c><00:23:42.460><c> in</c><00:23:42.619><c> the</c><00:23:42.799><c> hope</c><00:23:42.960><c> that</c>

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you'll<00:23:43.339><c> be</c><00:23:43.559><c> appeased.</c><00:23:46.220><c> The</c><00:23:46.720><c> sacrifices</c><00:23:47.420><c> of</c><00:23:48.299><c> God</c><00:23:48.700><c> are</c><00:23:49.460><c> a</c><00:23:49.720><c> broken</c><00:23:50.039><c> spirit,</c><00:23:52.059><c> a</c><00:23:52.359><c> broken</c><00:23:52.740><c> and</c>

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contrite<00:23:53.980><c> heart,</c>

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O<00:23:54.200><c> God,</c><00:23:54.579><c> you</c><00:23:54.680><c> will</c><00:23:54.980><c> not</c><00:23:55.240><c> despise.</c><00:23:57.640><c> If</c><00:23:57.859><c> I</c><00:23:58.160><c> truly</c><00:23:58.539><c> repent,</c><00:23:59.259><c> if</c><00:23:59.279><c> I</c>

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change<00:24:00.480><c> the</c><00:24:00.759><c> way</c><00:24:00.940><c> that</c><00:24:01.160><c> I</c><00:24:01.359><c> was,</c>

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if<00:24:01.740><c> I</c><00:24:02.079><c> refocus,</c><00:24:03.220><c> if</c><00:24:03.400><c> I'm</c><00:24:03.700><c> just</c><00:24:04.180><c> devastated</c><00:24:04.799><c> by</c><00:24:05.079><c> the</c><00:24:05.299><c> things</c>

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that<00:24:05.640><c> I've</c><00:24:05.819><c> done,</c><00:24:06.579><c> that's</c><00:24:06.880><c> what</c><00:24:07.019><c> you</c><00:24:07.240><c> want.</c>

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You<00:24:08.920><c> don't</c><00:24:09.119><c> want</c><00:24:09.299><c> the</c><00:24:10.319><c> blood</c><00:24:10.619><c> spilled</c><00:24:10.960><c> on</c><00:24:11.180><c> the</c><00:24:11.359><c> ground.</c><00:24:11.819><c> You</c>

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don't<00:24:12.160><c> want</c><00:24:12.279><c> the</c><00:24:12.619><c> smoke</c><00:24:12.799><c> going</c><00:24:13.059><c> up</c><00:24:13.279><c> to</c><00:24:13.460><c> heaven.</c>

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That<00:24:17.019><c> doesn't</c><00:24:17.339><c> give</c><00:24:17.559><c> you</c><00:24:17.880><c> any</c><00:24:18.220><c> delight</c><00:24:18.559><c> at</c><00:24:18.839><c> all.</c><00:24:19.220><c> What</c><00:24:19.500><c> you</c><00:24:19.859><c> want</c><00:24:20.119><c> is</c>

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what's<00:24:21.079><c> happening</c><00:24:21.279><c> in</c><00:24:21.559><c> my</c><00:24:21.940><c> heart,</c>

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the<00:24:22.819><c> change</c><00:24:23.359><c> that</c><00:24:23.619><c> takes</c><00:24:23.819><c> place</c><00:24:24.339><c> in</c><00:24:24.799><c> my</c><00:24:25.119><c> heart.</c><00:24:25.819><c> Psalm</c><00:24:26.000><c> 40,</c><00:24:26.539><c> just</c><00:24:26.759><c> at</c>

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the<00:24:27.140><c> risk</c><00:24:27.380><c> of</c><00:24:27.960><c> making</c><00:24:28.500><c> this</c><00:24:28.839><c> point</c>

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over<00:24:30.339><c> again</c><00:24:30.700><c> and</c><00:24:30.880><c> again</c><00:24:31.140><c> and</c><00:24:31.299><c> again.</c><00:24:32.099><c> But</c><00:24:32.259><c> it's</c><00:24:32.519><c> a</c><00:24:32.619><c> really</c><00:24:32.880><c> important</c><00:24:33.200><c> point</c><00:24:33.440><c> because</c><00:24:33.720><c> it's</c><00:24:33.960><c> so</c>

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easy<00:24:34.660><c> for</c><00:24:34.920><c> us</c><00:24:35.119><c> to,</c>

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as<00:24:35.859><c> human</c><00:24:36.140><c> beings,</c><00:24:36.779><c> we</c><00:24:37.079><c> love</c><00:24:37.519><c> ritual</c><00:24:38.000><c> in</c><00:24:38.339><c> religion.</c><00:24:39.420><c> I</c><00:24:39.420><c> mean,</c>

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look<00:24:39.920><c> at</c><00:24:40.180><c> all</c><00:24:40.519><c> the</c><00:24:40.740><c> major</c><00:24:41.000><c> religions</c><00:24:41.380><c> of</c><00:24:41.579><c> the</c><00:24:41.779><c> world</c>

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and<00:24:42.539><c> they're</c><00:24:42.799><c> built</c><00:24:43.099><c> up</c><00:24:43.339><c> with</c><00:24:43.640><c> ritual</c><00:24:44.000><c> upon</c><00:24:44.339><c> ritual</c><00:24:44.779><c> upon</c><00:24:45.099><c> ritual.</c>

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And<00:24:47.920><c> God</c><00:24:48.160><c> says</c><00:24:48.400><c> it's</c><00:24:48.799><c> not</c><00:24:49.039><c> about</c><00:24:49.380><c> ritual.</c><00:24:50.059><c> It's</c><00:24:50.279><c> about</c><00:24:50.460><c> what's</c>

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going<00:24:51.240><c> on</c><00:24:51.839><c> inside</c><00:24:52.519><c> you,</c><00:24:53.099><c> in</c><00:24:53.400><c> your</c><00:24:53.799><c> heart.</c><00:24:54.319><c> That's</c>

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the<00:24:55.039><c> key</c><00:24:55.220><c> thing.</c><00:24:55.660><c> That's</c><00:24:56.039><c> what</c><00:24:56.180><c> I</c><00:24:56.420><c> care</c><00:24:56.599><c> about.</c><00:24:56.980><c> It's</c><00:24:57.319><c> not</c><00:24:57.559><c> about</c><00:24:57.839><c> coming</c><00:24:58.119><c> to</c>

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the<00:24:58.539><c> tabernacle</c><00:24:59.000><c> with</c><00:24:59.240><c> a</c><00:24:59.460><c> lamb</c>

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and<00:25:00.180><c> killing</c><00:25:00.440><c> it</c><00:25:00.859><c> and</c><00:25:01.019><c> thinking</c><00:25:01.400><c> that</c><00:25:01.619><c> if</c><00:25:01.740><c> I</c><00:25:01.980><c> go</c><00:25:02.240><c> through</c><00:25:02.480><c> this</c>

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outward<00:25:03.380><c> exercise</c><00:25:04.140><c> of</c><00:25:04.420><c> religion,</c>

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then<00:25:05.339><c> my</c><00:25:05.660><c> sins</c><00:25:05.799><c> are</c><00:25:06.039><c> taken</c><00:25:06.220><c> away.</c><00:25:06.599><c> It</c><00:25:06.799><c> is</c><00:25:07.220><c> not</c><00:25:07.619><c> that.</c><00:25:11.539><c> It's</c><00:25:12.099><c> what's</c><00:25:12.599><c> going</c><00:25:12.900><c> on</c>

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inside<00:25:14.000><c> of</c><00:25:14.319><c> your</c><00:25:14.680><c> heart.</c>

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Now,<00:25:16.779><c> verse</c><00:25:18.440><c> 6</c><00:25:18.980><c> of</c><00:25:19.259><c> Psalm</c><00:25:19.539><c> 40.</c><00:25:21.220><c> I</c><00:25:21.420><c> mean,</c><00:25:21.500><c> I</c><00:25:21.640><c> wouldn't</c><00:25:21.920><c> dare</c><00:25:22.240><c> to</c>

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say<00:25:22.640><c> these</c><00:25:22.900><c> words,</c><00:25:23.640><c> but</c><00:25:23.799><c> this</c><00:25:24.039><c> is</c><00:25:24.220><c> Scripture.</c>

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Sacrifice<00:25:26.099><c> and</c><00:25:26.480><c> offering</c><00:25:26.920><c> you</c><00:25:27.299><c> did</c><00:25:27.720><c> not</c><00:25:28.079><c> desire.</c>

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But<00:25:34.160><c> my</c><00:25:34.480><c> ears</c><00:25:34.839><c> you</c><00:25:35.059><c> have</c><00:25:35.359><c> pierced.</c><00:25:36.299><c> Burnt</c><00:25:36.599><c> offerings</c><00:25:37.000><c> and</c><00:25:37.359><c> sin</c>

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offerings<00:25:38.180><c> you</c><00:25:38.660><c> did</c><00:25:39.000><c> not</c><00:25:39.259><c> require.</c>

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What?<00:25:42.579><c> Burnt</c><00:25:42.880><c> offerings</c><00:25:43.240><c> and</c><00:25:43.680><c> sin</c><00:25:43.920><c> offerings</c><00:25:44.299><c> you</c><00:25:44.559><c> did</c><00:25:44.839><c> not</c>

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require.<00:25:45.859><c> Well,</c><00:25:46.279><c> technically,</c>

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yes,<00:25:47.180><c> he</c><00:25:47.400><c> did</c><00:25:47.720><c> require</c><00:25:48.180><c> them.</c><00:25:48.420><c> They</c><00:25:48.559><c> were</c><00:25:48.819><c> there</c><00:25:49.039><c> in</c><00:25:49.240><c> the</c><00:25:49.440><c> law.</c>

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But<00:25:51.079><c> actually,</c><00:25:52.140><c> that's</c><00:25:52.640><c> not</c><00:25:53.160><c> actually</c><00:25:53.619><c> what</c><00:25:53.880><c> God</c>

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requires.<00:25:55.579><c> He</c><00:25:55.779><c> says</c><00:25:56.059><c> do</c><00:25:56.380><c> it,</c><00:25:56.940><c> but</c><00:25:57.039><c> he</c><00:25:57.259><c> doesn't</c><00:25:57.500><c> say</c><00:25:57.779><c> do</c><00:25:58.039><c> it</c><00:25:58.220><c> for</c>

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the<00:25:58.680><c> sake</c><00:25:58.900><c> of</c><00:25:59.220><c> doing</c><00:25:59.460><c> it.</c><00:26:00.000><c> He</c><00:26:00.279><c> says</c><00:26:00.480><c> it</c><00:26:00.819><c> do</c><00:26:00.940><c> it</c><00:26:01.119><c> for</c><00:26:01.319><c> the</c>

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effect<00:26:01.940><c> that</c><00:26:02.140><c> it</c><00:26:02.319><c> will</c><00:26:02.640><c> have</c><00:26:02.880><c> on</c><00:26:03.180><c> you,</c><00:26:03.460><c> for</c><00:26:03.640><c> the</c><00:26:03.980><c> change</c><00:26:04.279><c> that</c>

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it<00:26:04.539><c> will</c><00:26:04.759><c> have</c><00:26:04.880><c> on</c><00:26:05.119><c> you.</c><00:26:05.500><c> When</c><00:26:05.680><c> you</c><00:26:06.000><c> pour</c><00:26:06.259><c> out</c><00:26:06.480><c> the</c>

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life<00:26:07.039><c> of</c><00:26:07.240><c> that</c><00:26:07.599><c> lamb,</c><00:26:08.380><c> recognize</c><00:26:09.079><c> that</c><00:26:09.259><c> you</c><00:26:09.400><c> are</c><00:26:09.660><c> spilling</c><00:26:09.940><c> life</c><00:26:10.400><c> on</c>

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the<00:26:10.839><c> ground.</c><00:26:11.160><c> You</c><00:26:11.160><c> are</c><00:26:11.480><c> giving</c><00:26:11.740><c> up</c><00:26:12.119><c> life</c><00:26:12.460><c> and</c>

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realize<00:26:13.640><c> that</c><00:26:14.000><c> it's</c><00:26:14.339><c> your</c><00:26:14.599><c> life</c><00:26:14.920><c> I</c><00:26:15.180><c> want.</c><00:26:16.519><c> I</c><00:26:17.019><c> want</c><00:26:17.200><c> you</c><00:26:17.380><c> to</c><00:26:17.539><c> give</c><00:26:17.640><c> up</c>

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your<00:26:18.259><c> life.</c>

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Then<00:26:24.000><c> I</c><00:26:24.299><c> said,</c><00:26:25.200><c> here</c><00:26:25.559><c> I</c><00:26:25.859><c> am.</c><00:26:26.400><c> I</c><00:26:26.660><c> have</c><00:26:26.920><c> come.</c><00:26:27.900><c> It</c><00:26:28.160><c> is</c><00:26:28.440><c> written</c><00:26:28.640><c> about</c><00:26:28.920><c> me</c>

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in<00:26:29.240><c> the</c><00:26:29.539><c> scroll.</c><00:26:30.200><c> I</c><00:26:30.539><c> desire</c><00:26:31.099><c> to</c><00:26:31.420><c> do</c><00:26:31.599><c> your</c><00:26:31.940><c> will,</c>

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O<00:26:32.539><c> my</c><00:26:32.799><c> God.</c><00:26:33.400><c> Your</c><00:26:33.880><c> law</c><00:26:34.299><c> is</c><00:26:34.759><c> within</c><00:26:35.160><c> my</c><00:26:35.619><c> heart.</c><00:26:37.140><c> That's</c><00:26:37.640><c> what</c><00:26:37.799><c> he</c>

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wants.<00:26:40.480><c> Same</c><00:26:40.779><c> Old</c><00:26:41.240><c> Testament</c><00:26:41.700><c> and</c><00:26:42.119><c> New</c><00:26:42.420><c> Testament.</c>

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Let's<00:26:45.279><c> have</c><00:26:45.460><c> the</c><00:26:45.839><c> oracles</c><00:26:46.240><c> of</c><00:26:46.559><c> God</c><00:26:46.940><c> written</c><00:26:47.359><c> on</c><00:26:47.839><c> our</c><00:26:48.180><c> hearts,</c>

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put<00:26:49.859><c> into</c><00:26:50.200><c> practice</c><00:26:50.619><c> in</c><00:26:50.880><c> our</c><00:26:51.059><c> lives.</c>

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That<00:26:53.859><c> his</c><00:26:54.319><c> will</c><00:26:54.720><c> is</c><00:26:55.160><c> our</c><00:26:55.500><c> will.</c><00:26:56.759><c> That</c><00:26:57.059><c> his</c><00:26:57.400><c> desire</c><00:26:57.920><c> is</c><00:26:58.539><c> our</c><00:26:58.900><c> desire.</c>

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See,<00:27:02.819><c> when</c><00:27:03.019><c> we</c><00:27:03.500><c> think</c><00:27:03.720><c> about</c><00:27:03.980><c> the</c><00:27:04.200><c> relationship</c><00:27:04.759><c> between</c><00:27:05.200><c> the</c>

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law<00:27:05.700><c> and</c><00:27:06.099><c> Christ,</c><00:27:07.299><c> we</c><00:27:07.640><c> often</c><00:27:07.900><c> get</c><00:27:08.160><c> ourselves</c><00:27:08.599><c> turned</c>

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around.<00:27:10.759><c> We</c><00:27:11.200><c> often</c><00:27:11.599><c> think</c><00:27:11.880><c> that</c><00:27:12.099><c> because</c><00:27:12.500><c> the</c><00:27:12.720><c> law</c><00:27:12.859><c> came</c><00:27:13.259><c> first,</c><00:27:14.319><c> that</c>

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that<00:27:14.640><c> was</c><00:27:14.920><c> in</c><00:27:15.099><c> some</c><00:27:15.460><c> sense</c><00:27:15.980><c> preeminent.</c>

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And<00:27:17.680><c> we'll</c><00:27:18.140><c> sometimes</c><00:27:18.819><c> confuse</c><00:27:19.480><c> ourselves</c><00:27:20.119><c> by</c><00:27:20.740><c> studying</c><00:27:21.279><c> the</c>

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law<00:27:21.960><c> in</c><00:27:22.440><c> order</c><00:27:22.779><c> to</c><00:27:23.099><c> understand</c><00:27:23.500><c> Christ.</c>

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Hebrews<00:27:27.920><c> tells</c><00:27:28.299><c> us</c><00:27:28.779><c> that</c><00:27:29.099><c> the</c><00:27:29.359><c> law</c><00:27:29.640><c> is</c><00:27:29.920><c> a</c><00:27:30.140><c> shadow.</c>

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Seems<00:27:33.140><c> to</c><00:27:33.359><c> me</c><00:27:33.640><c> that</c><00:27:33.819><c> when</c><00:27:34.000><c> we</c><00:27:34.240><c> have</c><00:27:34.460><c> Christ,</c><00:27:35.700><c> we</c><00:27:35.839><c> should</c><00:27:36.000><c> be</c><00:27:36.200><c> going</c><00:27:36.339><c> the</c><00:27:36.480><c> other</c><00:27:36.619><c> way</c><00:27:36.819><c> around.</c><00:27:37.460><c> We</c>

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have<00:27:38.079><c> in</c><00:27:38.339><c> the</c><00:27:38.460><c> New</c>

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Testament<00:27:39.160><c> the</c><00:27:39.680><c> full</c><00:27:40.180><c> three</c><00:27:40.799><c>-dimensional,</c><00:27:41.579><c> full</c><00:27:42.000><c>-color</c><00:27:42.319><c> Christ</c><00:27:42.960><c> presented</c><00:27:43.920><c> for</c>

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us<00:27:44.380><c> to</c><00:27:44.539><c> look</c><00:27:44.819><c> at</c><00:27:45.240><c> and</c><00:27:45.640><c> understand</c>

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and<00:27:46.559><c> to</c><00:27:46.940><c> see</c><00:27:47.200><c> in</c><00:27:47.460><c> all</c><00:27:47.720><c> his</c><00:27:48.000><c> majesty</c><00:27:48.519><c> and</c><00:27:48.819><c> glory.</c><00:27:51.019><c> And</c><00:27:51.319><c> in</c><00:27:51.460><c> the</c>

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pages<00:27:51.859><c> of</c><00:27:52.099><c> the</c><00:27:52.180><c> Old</c><00:27:52.380><c> Testament,</c><00:27:52.740><c> we</c><00:27:52.880><c> have</c><00:27:53.059><c> the</c><00:27:53.380><c> shadows</c>

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on<00:27:53.880><c> the</c><00:27:54.160><c> wall</c><00:27:54.599><c> that</c><00:27:55.359><c> are</c><00:27:55.619><c> cast</c><00:27:55.940><c> by</c><00:27:56.180><c> the</c><00:27:56.460><c> flickering</c><00:27:56.839><c> lights.</c>

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And<00:27:58.339><c> we</c><00:27:58.480><c> go</c><00:27:58.779><c> and</c><00:27:59.079><c> perhaps</c><00:27:59.319><c> we</c><00:27:59.579><c> look</c><00:27:59.720><c> at</c><00:27:59.859><c> those</c><00:28:00.140><c> shadows.</c>

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But<00:28:02.160><c> I</c><00:28:02.420><c> tell</c><00:28:02.539><c> you,</c><00:28:02.720><c> it's</c><00:28:02.920><c> a</c><00:28:03.019><c> lot</c><00:28:03.200><c> easier</c><00:28:03.579><c> to</c><00:28:03.880><c> understand</c><00:28:04.299><c> those</c>

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shadows<00:28:05.119><c> when</c><00:28:05.599><c> we</c><00:28:06.000><c> see</c><00:28:06.279><c> and</c><00:28:06.680><c> understand</c><00:28:07.079><c> Christ</c>

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than<00:28:08.019><c> doing</c><00:28:08.279><c> it</c><00:28:08.519><c> the</c><00:28:08.619><c> other</c><00:28:08.779><c> way</c><00:28:09.000><c> around.</c><00:28:09.460><c> To</c><00:28:09.640><c> go</c><00:28:09.859><c> and</c><00:28:10.019><c> look</c><00:28:10.119><c> at</c>

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the<00:28:10.480><c> shadows</c><00:28:10.799><c> and</c><00:28:11.200><c> try</c><00:28:11.440><c> to</c><00:28:11.680><c> deduce</c><00:28:11.960><c> what</c><00:28:12.220><c> Christ</c>

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must<00:28:12.799><c> be</c><00:28:13.000><c> like,</c><00:28:14.240><c> it</c><00:28:14.440><c> doesn't</c><00:28:14.619><c> make</c><00:28:14.859><c> sense.</c><00:28:15.579><c> He</c><00:28:15.819><c> is</c><00:28:16.140><c> the</c><00:28:16.400><c> reality.</c><00:28:17.720><c> He</c><00:28:18.059><c> is</c>

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the<00:28:18.720><c> revelation</c><00:28:19.380><c> from</c><00:28:19.779><c> God.</c>

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Everything<00:28:21.500><c> God</c><00:28:21.839><c> has</c><00:28:22.200><c> ever</c><00:28:22.539><c> been</c><00:28:23.019><c> saying</c><00:28:23.319><c> is</c><00:28:23.680><c> embodied</c><00:28:24.259><c> in</c>

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that<00:28:24.819><c> man.</c>

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So<00:28:28.180><c> let's</c><00:28:28.539><c> understand</c><00:28:29.039><c> him</c><00:28:29.559><c> and</c><00:28:30.619><c> then</c><00:28:30.960><c> by</c><00:28:31.380><c> all</c><00:28:31.660><c> means</c><00:28:31.900><c> let</c><00:28:32.200><c> us</c>

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go<00:28:32.680><c> back</c><00:28:32.940><c> to</c><00:28:33.200><c> see</c><00:28:33.420><c> the</c><00:28:34.240><c> the</c><00:28:34.460><c> regulations</c><00:28:34.920><c> that</c>

00:28:35.160 --> 00:28:38.220
God<00:28:35.359><c> set</c><00:28:35.579><c> up</c><00:28:35.740><c> for</c><00:28:35.940><c> the</c><00:28:36.079><c> nation</c><00:28:36.319><c> of</c><00:28:36.480><c> Israel</c><00:28:36.859><c> in</c><00:28:37.339><c> order</c><00:28:37.640><c> to</c><00:28:37.940><c> limit</c>

00:28:38.220 --> 00:28:40.700
them,<00:28:38.519><c> in</c><00:28:38.880><c> order</c><00:28:39.180><c> to</c><00:28:39.400><c> be</c><00:28:39.519><c> the</c><00:28:39.940><c> schoolmaster.</c>

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And<00:28:41.039><c> that</c><00:28:41.220><c> doesn't</c><00:28:41.500><c> mean</c><00:28:41.680><c> the</c><00:28:41.960><c> teacher.</c><00:28:42.640><c> The</c><00:28:42.900><c> schoolmaster</c>

00:28:43.420 --> 00:28:46.240
there<00:28:43.720><c> is</c><00:28:44.059><c> the</c><00:28:44.279><c> word</c><00:28:44.400><c> for</c><00:28:44.599><c> the</c><00:28:44.839><c> Greek</c><00:28:45.039><c> slave</c><00:28:45.619><c> who</c><00:28:46.000><c> would</c>

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take<00:28:46.440><c> the</c><00:28:46.680><c> young</c><00:28:46.900><c> man</c><00:28:47.220><c> and</c><00:28:47.680><c> make</c><00:28:47.940><c> sure</c><00:28:48.140><c> he</c><00:28:48.319><c> didn't</c><00:28:48.660><c> run</c><00:28:48.960><c> away</c>

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on<00:28:49.660><c> the</c><00:28:49.799><c> way</c><00:28:49.980><c> to</c><00:28:50.259><c> school.</c><00:28:50.920><c> The</c><00:28:51.099><c> law</c><00:28:51.279><c> was</c><00:28:51.539><c> actually</c>

00:28:52.019 --> 00:28:57.099
the<00:28:52.420><c> truant</c><00:28:52.720><c> officer</c><00:28:53.259><c> to</c><00:28:53.819><c> bring</c><00:28:53.960><c> us</c><00:28:54.160><c> to</c><00:28:54.420><c> Christ.</c><00:28:56.279><c> Christ</c><00:28:56.759><c> is</c>

00:28:57.099 --> 00:29:01.220
the<00:28:57.440><c> school.</c><00:28:58.400><c> The</c><00:28:58.680><c> law</c><00:28:59.140><c> was</c><00:28:59.500><c> the</c><00:28:59.799><c> truant</c><00:29:00.140><c> officer.</c>

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And<00:29:02.680><c> so</c><00:29:02.940><c> it's</c><00:29:04.660><c> well</c><00:29:04.960><c> worth</c><00:29:05.339><c> studying,</c><00:29:06.460><c> but</c><00:29:06.680><c> we</c><00:29:07.019><c> need</c><00:29:07.259><c> to</c><00:29:07.599><c> study</c>

00:29:07.799 --> 00:29:09.980
it<00:29:08.059><c> in</c><00:29:08.220><c> the</c><00:29:08.539><c> context</c><00:29:09.019><c> of</c><00:29:09.400><c> Christ.</c>

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When<00:29:10.480><c> we</c><00:29:10.859><c> understand</c><00:29:11.299><c> Christ</c><00:29:11.759><c> and</c><00:29:11.920><c> when</c><00:29:12.019><c> we</c><00:29:12.500><c> understand</c><00:29:12.880><c> the</c>

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work<00:29:13.200><c> of</c><00:29:13.460><c> Christ,</c>

00:29:13.720 --> 00:29:17.079
then<00:29:14.380><c> we</c><00:29:14.619><c> have</c><00:29:14.859><c> a</c><00:29:15.099><c> hope</c><00:29:15.500><c> of</c><00:29:15.900><c> truly</c><00:29:16.180><c> understanding</c><00:29:16.700><c> the</c><00:29:16.940><c> work</c>

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of<00:29:17.279><c> the</c><00:29:17.440><c> law.</c>

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And<00:29:19.140><c> so</c><00:29:19.259><c> as</c><00:29:19.420><c> we</c><00:29:19.559><c> look</c><00:29:19.720><c> at</c><00:29:19.859><c> the</c><00:29:20.000><c> Old</c><00:29:20.160><c> Testament</c><00:29:20.480><c> more</c><00:29:20.839><c> and</c><00:29:20.980><c> more</c>

00:29:21.180 --> 00:29:23.299
and<00:29:21.299><c> more,</c><00:29:21.819><c> we'll</c><00:29:22.140><c> come</c><00:29:22.259><c> to</c><00:29:22.440><c> the</c><00:29:22.660><c> conclusion</c>

00:29:23.299 --> 00:29:29.460
that<00:29:23.799><c> the</c><00:29:24.079><c> notion</c><00:29:24.380><c> of</c><00:29:24.779><c> faith,</c><00:29:25.500><c> just</c><00:29:25.839><c> like</c><00:29:26.059><c> in</c><00:29:26.220><c> the</c><00:29:26.339><c> New</c><00:29:26.519><c> Testament,</c><00:29:27.099><c> has</c><00:29:27.339><c> always</c><00:29:28.019><c> been</c><00:29:28.319><c> the</c><00:29:28.519><c> basis</c><00:29:28.779><c> of</c><00:29:29.019><c> salvation.</c>

00:29:29.740 --> 00:29:33.319
It's<00:29:29.960><c> what</c><00:29:30.220><c> is</c><00:29:30.640><c> going</c><00:29:30.940><c> on</c><00:29:31.220><c> inside</c><00:29:31.619><c> you.</c><00:29:32.000><c> It's</c><00:29:32.400><c> the</c><00:29:32.759><c> humility</c>

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of<00:29:33.680><c> heart.</c><00:29:34.099><c> It's</c><00:29:34.380><c> the</c><00:29:34.619><c> willingness</c><00:29:34.960><c> just</c>

00:29:35.299 --> 00:29:39.259
to<00:29:35.660><c> rely</c><00:29:35.940><c> on</c><00:29:36.240><c> God,</c><00:29:36.859><c> to</c><00:29:37.180><c> walk</c><00:29:37.619><c> humbly</c><00:29:38.119><c> with</c><00:29:38.359><c> your</c><00:29:38.579><c> God.</c><00:29:38.900><c> That's</c>

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actually<00:29:39.539><c> the</c><00:29:39.720><c> notion</c><00:29:39.940><c> of</c><00:29:40.200><c> faith.</c><00:29:40.519><c> And</c><00:29:40.799><c> sometimes</c>

00:29:41.119 --> 00:29:45.299
we<00:29:41.319><c> think</c><00:29:41.539><c> of</c><00:29:41.779><c> faith</c><00:29:42.039><c> as</c><00:29:42.440><c> being</c><00:29:42.759><c> a</c><00:29:42.900><c> set</c><00:29:43.039><c> of</c><00:29:43.319><c> beliefs.</c><00:29:44.900><c> We</c><00:29:45.039><c> have</c>

00:29:45.299 --> 00:29:48.740
our<00:29:45.619><c> statement</c><00:29:46.000><c> of</c><00:29:46.380><c> faith.</c><00:29:47.940><c> And</c><00:29:47.940><c> that's</c><00:29:48.460><c> sometimes</c>

00:29:48.740 --> 00:29:53.259
that<00:29:49.019><c> very</c><00:29:49.359><c> phrase</c><00:29:49.640><c> there.</c><00:29:50.059><c> It's</c><00:29:50.279><c> actually</c><00:29:50.599><c> our</c><00:29:51.019><c> statement</c><00:29:51.460><c> of</c><00:29:52.339><c> doctrine</c><00:29:52.759><c> or</c><00:29:53.019><c> a</c>

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statement<00:29:53.500><c> technically</c><00:29:54.039><c> of</c><00:29:54.319><c> dogma,</c>

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if<00:29:54.839><c> we</c><00:29:55.000><c> were</c><00:29:55.079><c> to</c><00:29:55.299><c> use</c><00:29:55.519><c> the</c><00:29:55.859><c> biblical</c><00:29:56.240><c> word</c><00:29:56.619><c> there.</c><00:29:57.259><c> It's</c><00:29:57.759><c> the</c>

00:29:57.940 --> 00:30:02.920
foundational<00:29:58.680><c> statement.</c><00:30:00.160><c> Faith</c><00:30:00.700><c> is</c><00:30:01.400><c> about</c><00:30:01.819><c> trust.</c>

00:30:03.940 --> 00:30:08.279
Now<00:30:04.160><c> in</c><00:30:04.400><c> Greek,</c><00:30:04.940><c> the</c><00:30:05.019><c> words</c><00:30:05.400><c> for</c><00:30:06.039><c> faith</c><00:30:06.420><c> is</c><00:30:06.819><c> sometimes</c><00:30:07.299><c> translated</c><00:30:07.900><c> faith</c>

00:30:08.279 --> 00:30:10.059
and<00:30:08.519><c> sometimes</c><00:30:08.920><c> translated</c><00:30:09.559><c> believe.</c>

00:30:10.059 --> 00:30:14.079
And<00:30:10.519><c> so</c><00:30:10.700><c> when</c><00:30:10.839><c> you</c><00:30:11.059><c> see</c><00:30:11.200><c> believe</c><00:30:11.660><c> or</c><00:30:11.940><c> faith</c><00:30:12.259><c> in</c><00:30:12.839><c> the</c><00:30:13.000><c> New</c><00:30:13.200><c> Testament,</c><00:30:13.799><c> feel</c>

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free<00:30:14.299><c> to</c><00:30:14.519><c> switch</c><00:30:14.740><c> between</c><00:30:15.099><c> them.</c>

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So<00:30:15.619><c> I'd</c><00:30:15.819><c> like</c><00:30:15.920><c> you</c><00:30:16.079><c> just</c><00:30:16.240><c> to</c><00:30:16.460><c> explore</c><00:30:16.740><c> this</c><00:30:17.019><c> word</c><00:30:17.240><c> believe</c><00:30:17.619><c> for</c>

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a<00:30:18.299><c> moment.</c>

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Consider<00:30:20.720><c> the</c><00:30:21.000><c> question,</c><00:30:21.700><c> do</c><00:30:21.859><c> you</c><00:30:22.099><c> believe</c><00:30:22.380><c> in</c><00:30:22.619><c> God?</c><00:30:23.819><c> I</c><00:30:24.140><c> don't</c>

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mean<00:30:24.519><c> give</c><00:30:24.680><c> an</c><00:30:24.859><c> answer</c><00:30:25.119><c> yes</c><00:30:25.279><c> or</c><00:30:25.440><c> no.</c><00:30:25.619><c> Just</c><00:30:25.859><c> think</c>

00:30:26.119 --> 00:30:31.460
about<00:30:26.539><c> what</c><00:30:27.000><c> that</c><00:30:27.359><c> question</c><00:30:27.740><c> means.</c><00:30:29.539><c> My</c><00:30:29.859><c> guess</c><00:30:30.119><c> is</c><00:30:30.319><c> that</c><00:30:30.680><c> universally</c><00:30:31.259><c> in</c>

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this<00:30:31.720><c> room,</c><00:30:31.980><c> that</c><00:30:32.279><c> question</c><00:30:32.660><c> means,</c>

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do<00:30:34.200><c> I</c><00:30:35.079><c> intellectually</c><00:30:35.680><c> assent</c><00:30:36.539><c> to</c><00:30:36.960><c> the</c><00:30:37.319><c> existence</c><00:30:37.799><c> of</c><00:30:38.180><c> God</c><00:30:38.339><c> or</c><00:30:38.599><c> not?</c>

00:30:40.279 --> 00:30:44.119
Okay,<00:30:40.559><c> it's</c><00:30:40.980><c> about</c><00:30:41.200><c> an</c><00:30:41.619><c> intellectual</c><00:30:42.059><c> assent</c><00:30:42.579><c> to</c><00:30:42.799><c> the</c><00:30:43.460><c> existence</c><00:30:43.759><c> of</c><00:30:43.940><c> God</c>

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or<00:30:44.319><c> not.</c><00:30:44.539><c> That's</c><00:30:44.859><c> what</c><00:30:45.000><c> that</c>

00:30:45.220 --> 00:30:48.279
question<00:30:45.480><c> means.</c><00:30:46.079><c> Let</c><00:30:46.259><c> me</c><00:30:46.299><c> ask</c><00:30:46.480><c> another</c><00:30:46.720><c> question.</c><00:30:47.779><c> Do</c><00:30:47.960><c> you</c>

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believe<00:30:48.720><c> in</c><00:30:48.900><c> the</c><00:30:49.099><c> president?</c>

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Do<00:30:52.079><c> you</c><00:30:52.220><c> realize</c><00:30:52.460><c> it's</c><00:30:52.740><c> a</c><00:30:52.859><c> completely</c><00:30:53.380><c> different</c><00:30:53.819><c> question?</c>

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This<00:30:54.759><c> is</c><00:30:55.059><c> now,</c>

00:30:55.480 --> 00:30:58.160
do<00:30:55.660><c> you</c><00:30:55.940><c> trust</c><00:30:56.240><c> that</c><00:30:56.480><c> this</c><00:30:56.740><c> man</c><00:30:56.960><c> is</c><00:30:57.160><c> able</c><00:30:57.420><c> to</c><00:30:57.619><c> do</c><00:30:57.740><c> good</c><00:30:57.960><c> things</c>

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for<00:30:58.319><c> the</c><00:30:58.500><c> country?</c>

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Why<00:31:00.119><c> for</c><00:31:00.460><c> the</c><00:31:00.799><c> same</c><00:31:01.079><c> words</c><00:31:01.619><c> do</c><00:31:02.019><c> we</c><00:31:02.339><c> understand</c><00:31:02.759><c> the</c><00:31:03.220><c> question</c>

00:31:03.819 --> 00:31:06.259
to<00:31:04.019><c> mean</c><00:31:04.200><c> one</c><00:31:04.539><c> thing</c><00:31:04.799><c> and</c><00:31:05.299><c> for</c><00:31:05.720><c> the</c><00:31:06.059><c> same</c>

00:31:06.259 --> 00:31:09.599
words<00:31:06.579><c> understand</c><00:31:07.000><c> it</c><00:31:07.160><c> to</c><00:31:07.279><c> mean</c><00:31:07.400><c> another</c><00:31:07.720><c> thing?</c><00:31:08.559><c> And</c><00:31:08.920><c> I</c><00:31:09.200><c> think</c><00:31:09.400><c> that</c>

00:31:09.599 --> 00:31:12.200
we<00:31:09.799><c> get</c><00:31:10.140><c> too</c><00:31:10.599><c> bound</c><00:31:10.880><c> up</c><00:31:11.160><c> in</c><00:31:11.339><c> the</c><00:31:11.539><c> notion</c><00:31:11.859><c> of</c>

00:31:12.200 --> 00:31:16.579
faith<00:31:12.619><c> or</c><00:31:13.019><c> belief</c><00:31:13.460><c> as</c><00:31:14.059><c> being</c><00:31:14.660><c> sets</c><00:31:15.019><c> of</c><00:31:15.299><c> things,</c><00:31:15.579><c> sets</c><00:31:15.859><c> of</c><00:31:16.180><c> facts</c><00:31:16.400><c> that</c>

00:31:16.579 --> 00:31:19.460
we<00:31:16.799><c> are</c><00:31:17.019><c> sent</c><00:31:17.220><c> to</c><00:31:17.619><c> as</c><00:31:18.059><c> opposed</c><00:31:18.519><c> to,</c>

00:31:19.500 --> 00:31:26.299
do<00:31:19.500><c> I</c><00:31:19.900><c> trust</c><00:31:20.700><c> that</c><00:31:21.500><c> God</c><00:31:22.059><c> is</c><00:31:22.700><c> leading</c><00:31:22.980><c> me</c><00:31:23.259><c> to</c><00:31:23.500><c> life?</c><00:31:24.779><c> That's</c><00:31:25.339><c> what</c><00:31:25.680><c> believe</c><00:31:26.059><c> in</c>

00:31:26.299 --> 00:31:28.259
God<00:31:26.539><c> means.</c><00:31:27.039><c> That's</c><00:31:27.640><c> what</c><00:31:27.920><c> believe</c>

00:31:28.259 --> 00:31:32.039
in<00:31:28.420><c> Jesus</c><00:31:28.819><c> Christ.</c><00:31:30.039><c> If</c><00:31:30.259><c> we</c><00:31:30.500><c> ask</c><00:31:30.779><c> ourselves</c><00:31:31.160><c> the</c><00:31:31.400><c> test,</c><00:31:31.740><c> do</c><00:31:31.779><c> I</c>

00:31:32.039 --> 00:31:34.900
believe<00:31:32.299><c> in</c><00:31:32.480><c> Jesus</c><00:31:32.839><c> Christ?</c><00:31:33.539><c> The</c><00:31:33.819><c> question</c><00:31:34.259><c> should</c><00:31:34.519><c> be,</c>

00:31:35.140 --> 00:31:39.720
do<00:31:35.380><c> I</c><00:31:35.740><c> have</c><00:31:36.019><c> faith</c><00:31:36.339><c> and</c><00:31:36.720><c> confidence</c><00:31:37.259><c> that</c><00:31:37.839><c> the</c><00:31:38.140><c> things</c><00:31:38.380><c> of</c><00:31:38.599><c> Jesus</c><00:31:39.059><c> Christ</c><00:31:39.339><c> are</c>

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able<00:31:40.160><c> to</c><00:31:40.559><c> rescue</c><00:31:40.900><c> me?</c>

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That's<00:31:42.700><c> really</c><00:31:43.019><c> what</c><00:31:43.240><c> the</c><00:31:43.500><c> question</c><00:31:43.779><c> should</c><00:31:44.000><c> mean.</c><00:31:44.380><c> And</c><00:31:44.579><c> when</c>

00:31:44.799 --> 00:31:47.859
Paul<00:31:45.140><c> talks</c><00:31:45.500><c> about,</c><00:31:46.440><c> if</c><00:31:46.460><c> you</c><00:31:46.819><c> believe</c><00:31:47.220><c> in</c><00:31:47.440><c> Jesus</c>

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Christ,<00:31:48.160><c> you</c><00:31:48.359><c> will</c><00:31:48.640><c> be</c><00:31:48.960><c> saved.</c><00:31:49.240><c> He's</c><00:31:49.480><c> saying,</c><00:31:49.940><c> if</c><00:31:50.259><c> you</c><00:31:50.579><c> put</c><00:31:50.740><c> your</c><00:31:51.220><c> trust</c><00:31:51.599><c> in</c>

00:31:51.960 --> 00:31:54.259
Jesus<00:31:52.440><c> Christ,</c><00:31:53.039><c> you</c><00:31:53.319><c> will</c><00:31:53.619><c> be</c><00:31:53.960><c> saved.</c>

00:31:54.259 --> 00:31:57.599
He's<00:31:54.640><c> not</c><00:31:54.960><c> saying,</c><00:31:55.500><c> if</c><00:31:55.660><c> you</c><00:31:55.880><c> do</c><00:31:56.099><c> a</c><00:31:56.259><c> PhD</c><00:31:56.619><c> thesis</c><00:31:57.079><c> and</c><00:31:57.259><c> come</c><00:31:57.460><c> to</c>

00:31:57.599 --> 00:32:00.680
an<00:31:57.819><c> intellectual</c><00:31:58.500><c> view</c><00:31:59.480><c> that</c><00:31:59.779><c> Jesus</c><00:32:00.160><c> existed,</c>

00:32:00.799 --> 00:32:04.220
that<00:32:00.920><c> you</c><00:32:01.039><c> will</c><00:32:01.240><c> be</c><00:32:01.480><c> saved.</c><00:32:02.299><c> In</c><00:32:02.559><c> some</c><00:32:02.759><c> sense,</c><00:32:02.920><c> he</c><00:32:03.019><c> doesn't</c><00:32:03.279><c> care</c><00:32:03.579><c> about</c><00:32:03.819><c> that.</c><00:32:04.039><c> Of</c>

00:32:04.220 --> 00:32:05.039
course,<00:32:04.380><c> it's</c><00:32:04.579><c> the</c><00:32:04.700><c> foundation.</c>

00:32:05.160 --> 00:32:09.400
You<00:32:05.180><c> can't</c><00:32:05.680><c> trust</c><00:32:05.980><c> in</c><00:32:06.180><c> Jesus</c><00:32:06.400><c> if</c><00:32:06.579><c> you</c><00:32:06.680><c> don't</c><00:32:06.900><c> think</c><00:32:07.019><c> he</c><00:32:07.259><c> existed.</c><00:32:08.440><c> But</c><00:32:08.700><c> the</c><00:32:08.920><c> question</c><00:32:09.279><c> of</c>

00:32:09.400 --> 00:32:10.539
his<00:32:09.779><c> existence</c><00:32:10.140><c> or</c><00:32:10.380><c> not</c>

00:32:10.539 --> 00:32:13.359
is<00:32:10.779><c> not</c><00:32:11.059><c> the</c><00:32:11.259><c> thing</c><00:32:11.380><c> that's</c><00:32:11.559><c> going</c><00:32:11.720><c> to</c><00:32:11.980><c> save</c><00:32:12.180><c> you.</c><00:32:12.740><c> It's</c><00:32:13.079><c> the</c>

00:32:13.359 --> 00:32:16.619
issue<00:32:13.799><c> of</c><00:32:14.160><c> whether</c><00:32:14.440><c> you</c><00:32:14.880><c> rely</c><00:32:15.319><c> on</c><00:32:15.579><c> him.</c>

00:32:17.180 --> 00:32:19.720
And<00:32:17.480><c> that's</c><00:32:17.700><c> why</c><00:32:17.799><c> you</c><00:32:17.960><c> have</c><00:32:18.180><c> to</c><00:32:18.460><c> believe</c><00:32:18.779><c> in</c><00:32:19.059><c> God.</c><00:32:19.319><c> It's</c><00:32:19.539><c> not</c>

00:32:19.720 --> 00:32:22.119
whether<00:32:19.940><c> he</c><00:32:20.200><c> exists</c><00:32:20.440><c> or</c><00:32:20.619><c> not.</c><00:32:20.799><c> It's</c><00:32:20.960><c> do</c><00:32:21.160><c> you</c><00:32:21.500><c> rely</c><00:32:21.900><c> on</c>

00:32:22.119 --> 00:32:27.319
him?<00:32:22.579><c> Do</c><00:32:22.779><c> you</c><00:32:23.099><c> trust</c><00:32:23.420><c> in</c><00:32:23.640><c> him?</c><00:32:24.240><c> And</c><00:32:24.599><c> faith</c><00:32:24.960><c> and</c><00:32:25.619><c> trust</c><00:32:26.019><c> has</c><00:32:26.480><c> always</c><00:32:26.960><c> been</c><00:32:27.180><c> the</c>

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basis<00:32:27.539><c> of</c><00:32:27.799><c> salvation.</c><00:32:28.319><c> Let's</c>

00:32:28.680 --> 00:32:32.640
expand<00:32:29.000><c> that</c><00:32:29.259><c> notion</c><00:32:29.539><c> a</c><00:32:29.799><c> little</c><00:32:30.019><c> bit</c><00:32:30.220><c> in</c><00:32:30.559><c> the</c><00:32:30.819><c> whole</c><00:32:31.079><c> salvation</c><00:32:31.619><c> process.</c>

00:32:32.819 --> 00:32:33.619
We're<00:32:33.019><c> going</c><00:32:33.079><c> to</c><00:32:33.240><c> talk</c><00:32:33.400><c> about</c>

00:32:33.619 --> 00:32:37.279
addiction<00:32:34.039><c> tomorrow.</c><00:32:34.980><c> With</c><00:32:35.240><c> addiction,</c><00:32:36.259><c> the</c><00:32:36.480><c> first</c><00:32:36.799><c> step</c><00:32:37.059><c> to</c>

00:32:37.279 --> 00:32:40.420
being<00:32:37.539><c> cured</c><00:32:38.039><c> as</c><00:32:38.599><c> one</c><00:32:38.900><c> can</c><00:32:39.180><c> be</c><00:32:39.380><c> cured</c><00:32:39.539><c> of</c><00:32:39.819><c> alcoholism</c>

00:32:40.420 --> 00:32:46.740
is<00:32:40.740><c> to</c><00:32:40.980><c> admit</c><00:32:41.220><c> it.</c><00:32:42.559><c> If</c><00:32:42.819><c> you</c><00:32:43.079><c> don't</c><00:32:43.380><c> admit</c><00:32:43.759><c> that</c><00:32:43.920><c> you're</c><00:32:44.259><c> alcoholic,</c><00:32:45.039><c> the</c><00:32:45.279><c> process</c><00:32:45.519><c> stops</c><00:32:45.839><c> there.</c><00:32:46.140><c> The</c><00:32:46.339><c> same</c><00:32:46.500><c> is</c>

00:32:46.740 --> 00:32:51.279
of<00:32:46.980><c> sin.</c><00:32:47.500><c> If</c><00:32:47.660><c> you</c><00:32:47.920><c> don't</c><00:32:48.339><c> admit</c><00:32:48.779><c> that</c><00:32:48.940><c> you're</c><00:32:49.220><c> a</c><00:32:49.440><c> sinner,</c><00:32:51.099><c> the</c>

00:32:51.279 --> 00:32:54.579
process<00:32:51.539><c> stops</c><00:32:51.859><c> there.</c><00:32:52.680><c> And</c><00:32:52.920><c> we</c><00:32:53.059><c> all</c><00:32:53.359><c> have</c><00:32:53.619><c> friends</c>

00:32:54.740 --> 00:33:01.059
who<00:32:55.039><c> have</c><00:32:55.960><c> no</c><00:32:56.339><c> concept</c><00:32:56.799><c> that</c><00:32:56.980><c> they're</c><00:32:57.140><c> sinners.</c><00:32:59.920><c> We're</c><00:33:00.480><c> here</c>

00:33:01.059 --> 00:33:03.740
because<00:33:01.880><c> God</c><00:33:02.200><c> has</c><00:33:02.579><c> told</c><00:33:02.839><c> us</c><00:33:03.099><c> we're</c><00:33:03.339><c> sinners,</c>

00:33:03.940 --> 00:33:08.700
and<00:33:04.240><c> we</c><00:33:04.559><c> believed</c><00:33:04.940><c> him.</c><00:33:06.740><c> And</c><00:33:07.299><c> at</c><00:33:07.420><c> the</c><00:33:07.680><c> same</c><00:33:07.920><c> time,</c><00:33:08.259><c> God</c><00:33:08.440><c> told</c>

00:33:08.700 --> 00:33:10.539
us<00:33:08.880><c> that</c><00:33:09.059><c> we're</c><00:33:09.220><c> sinners.</c><00:33:09.660><c> He</c><00:33:09.880><c> didn't</c><00:33:10.200><c> say,</c>

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you<00:33:11.000><c> are</c><00:33:11.299><c> horrible</c><00:33:11.940><c> sinners,</c><00:33:12.519><c> and</c><00:33:12.680><c> I</c><00:33:12.819><c> hate</c><00:33:13.079><c> you.</c><00:33:14.039><c> He</c><00:33:14.299><c> said,</c><00:33:14.720><c> you</c><00:33:14.819><c> are</c><00:33:15.279><c> sinners,</c><00:33:15.960><c> and</c><00:33:16.119><c> I</c>

00:33:16.400 --> 00:33:17.140
love<00:33:16.660><c> you,</c>

00:33:17.140 --> 00:33:21.480
and<00:33:17.319><c> I</c><00:33:17.539><c> want</c><00:33:17.700><c> you</c><00:33:17.920><c> to</c><00:33:18.079><c> come</c><00:33:18.359><c> back.</c><00:33:19.440><c> I</c><00:33:19.799><c> care</c><00:33:20.180><c> about</c><00:33:20.500><c> you.</c><00:33:21.119><c> And</c><00:33:21.339><c> so</c>

00:33:21.480 --> 00:33:23.279
the<00:33:21.660><c> moment</c><00:33:21.920><c> of</c><00:33:22.099><c> the</c><00:33:22.319><c> declaration</c><00:33:22.660><c> of</c><00:33:22.819><c> his</c><00:33:23.059><c> sin</c>

00:33:23.279 --> 00:33:26.680
is<00:33:23.720><c> also</c><00:33:24.200><c> a</c><00:33:24.380><c> declaration</c><00:33:24.720><c> of</c><00:33:24.940><c> his</c><00:33:25.400><c> love</c><00:33:25.680><c> towards</c><00:33:26.099><c> us</c><00:33:26.279><c> and</c><00:33:26.400><c> his</c>

00:33:26.680 --> 00:33:28.460
willingness<00:33:27.019><c> to</c><00:33:27.319><c> draw</c><00:33:27.440><c> us</c><00:33:27.640><c> in.</c>

00:33:28.680 --> 00:33:31.240
Here's<00:33:29.039><c> another</c><00:33:29.380><c> important</c><00:33:29.799><c> thing.</c><00:33:30.180><c> If</c><00:33:30.380><c> we</c><00:33:30.640><c> don't</c><00:33:30.859><c> agree</c>

00:33:31.240 --> 00:33:33.339
with<00:33:31.539><c> God's</c><00:33:32.000><c> declaration</c><00:33:32.500><c> that</c><00:33:32.680><c> we're</c><00:33:32.920><c> sinners,</c>

00:33:33.779 --> 00:33:37.359
again,<00:33:34.099><c> the</c><00:33:34.299><c> process</c><00:33:34.539><c> stops</c><00:33:34.819><c> there.</c><00:33:35.059><c> God</c><00:33:35.299><c> can't</c><00:33:35.619><c> do</c><00:33:35.799><c> anything.</c><00:33:37.000><c> Oh,</c><00:33:37.240><c> he</c>

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could<00:33:37.599><c> reprogram</c><00:33:38.339><c> us.</c><00:33:38.799><c> He</c><00:33:39.039><c> could</c>

00:33:39.240 --> 00:33:42.339
give<00:33:39.400><c> us</c><00:33:39.579><c> a</c><00:33:39.819><c> brain</c><00:33:40.099><c> transplant</c><00:33:40.599><c> and</c><00:33:40.819><c> make</c><00:33:41.019><c> us</c><00:33:41.240><c> somebody</c><00:33:41.500><c> different.</c><00:33:42.140><c> But</c>

00:33:42.339 --> 00:33:44.319
again,<00:33:42.640><c> he</c><00:33:42.880><c> cares</c><00:33:43.279><c> about</c><00:33:43.660><c> our</c><00:33:44.059><c> free</c>

00:33:44.319 --> 00:33:49.420
response.<00:33:45.819><c> He</c><00:33:46.079><c> wants</c><00:33:46.299><c> us</c><00:33:46.519><c> to</c><00:33:46.740><c> agree.</c><00:33:47.920><c> So</c><00:33:48.220><c> we</c><00:33:48.539><c> have</c><00:33:48.779><c> to</c><00:33:49.019><c> agree</c>

00:33:49.420 --> 00:33:52.059
and<00:33:50.059><c> want</c><00:33:50.259><c> to</c><00:33:50.460><c> be</c><00:33:50.660><c> different.</c><00:33:51.200><c> This</c><00:33:51.480><c> want</c><00:33:51.700><c> to</c><00:33:51.880><c> be</c>

00:33:52.059 --> 00:33:58.140
different<00:33:52.339><c> is</c><00:33:52.599><c> like</c><00:33:52.880><c> walking</c><00:33:53.220><c> humbly</c><00:33:53.599><c> with</c><00:33:53.799><c> your</c><00:33:53.980><c> God.</c><00:33:55.579><c> I</c><00:33:55.819><c> know</c><00:33:56.039><c> I</c><00:33:56.319><c> sin.</c><00:33:56.579><c> I'm</c><00:33:56.900><c> sorry,</c><00:33:57.160><c> God.</c><00:33:57.839><c> I</c>

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wish<00:33:58.359><c> I</c><00:33:58.579><c> didn't.</c>

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The<00:33:59.519><c> good</c><00:33:59.700><c> that</c><00:33:59.880><c> I</c><00:34:00.160><c> would</c><00:34:00.339><c> do,</c><00:34:00.859><c> I</c><00:34:01.059><c> don't</c><00:34:01.380><c> do.</c><00:34:02.279><c> Who</c><00:34:02.480><c> will</c><00:34:02.819><c> rescue</c>

00:34:03.180 --> 00:34:05.140
me<00:34:03.400><c> from</c><00:34:03.519><c> this</c><00:34:03.740><c> body</c><00:34:04.019><c> of</c><00:34:04.240><c> death?</c>

00:34:05.880 --> 00:34:10.380
And<00:34:06.400><c> the</c><00:34:06.440><c> answer</c><00:34:06.680><c> is</c><00:34:06.900><c> God</c><00:34:07.140><c> will.</c><00:34:08.099><c> God</c><00:34:08.400><c> will</c><00:34:08.599><c> through</c><00:34:08.800><c> Jesus</c><00:34:09.179><c> Christ.</c><00:34:09.900><c> And</c><00:34:10.079><c> at</c>

00:34:10.380 --> 00:34:12.099
this<00:34:10.679><c> point,</c><00:34:11.159><c> this</c><00:34:11.340><c> happens</c><00:34:11.719><c> at</c><00:34:11.920><c> around</c>

00:34:12.099 --> 00:34:18.219
our<00:34:12.380><c> baptism</c><00:34:12.800><c> when</c><00:34:13.280><c> we</c><00:34:13.539><c> agree</c><00:34:13.980><c> and</c><00:34:14.260><c> want</c><00:34:14.500><c> to</c><00:34:14.659><c> be</c><00:34:14.860><c> different.</c><00:34:15.340><c> That's</c><00:34:15.579><c> what</c><00:34:15.860><c> our</c><00:34:16.500><c> baptism</c><00:34:16.760><c> is.</c><00:34:17.239><c> It's</c><00:34:17.519><c> a</c><00:34:17.699><c> declaration</c>

00:34:18.219 --> 00:34:22.920
that<00:34:18.519><c> says,</c><00:34:19.179><c> I</c><00:34:19.179><c> want</c><00:34:19.460><c> the</c><00:34:19.760><c> old</c><00:34:20.179><c> John</c><00:34:20.440><c> to</c><00:34:20.719><c> be</c><00:34:20.980><c> dead,</c><00:34:22.280><c> and</c><00:34:22.559><c> I</c><00:34:22.739><c> want</c>

00:34:22.920 --> 00:34:25.500
a<00:34:23.139><c> new</c><00:34:23.340><c> John</c><00:34:23.599><c> to</c><00:34:23.920><c> come</c><00:34:24.079><c> out</c><00:34:24.320><c> of</c><00:34:24.420><c> the</c><00:34:24.619><c> grave.</c>

00:34:26.900 --> 00:34:30.340
I<00:34:27.420><c> don't</c><00:34:27.679><c> want</c><00:34:27.920><c> to</c><00:34:28.179><c> be</c><00:34:28.340><c> the</c><00:34:28.539><c> kind</c><00:34:28.739><c> of</c><00:34:28.900><c> person</c><00:34:29.139><c> that</c><00:34:29.320><c> I'd</c><00:34:29.559><c> naturally</c><00:34:29.940><c> be.</c>

00:34:30.340 --> 00:34:34.420
I<00:34:30.880><c> want</c><00:34:31.119><c> to</c><00:34:31.320><c> be</c><00:34:31.440><c> a</c><00:34:31.619><c> spiritual</c><00:34:32.239><c> man.</c><00:34:33.119><c> I</c><00:34:33.380><c> want</c><00:34:33.619><c> to</c><00:34:33.800><c> be</c><00:34:33.920><c> the</c><00:34:34.159><c> kind</c>

00:34:34.420 --> 00:34:37.139
of<00:34:34.559><c> man</c><00:34:34.760><c> that</c><00:34:35.119><c> resonates</c><00:34:35.460><c> with</c><00:34:35.719><c> Jesus</c><00:34:36.119><c> Christ.</c>

00:34:37.699 --> 00:34:40.300
And<00:34:37.960><c> when</c><00:34:38.139><c> we</c><00:34:38.360><c> do</c><00:34:38.559><c> that,</c><00:34:38.760><c> when</c><00:34:38.920><c> we</c><00:34:39.219><c> make</c><00:34:39.420><c> that</c><00:34:39.699><c> declaration,</c>

00:34:40.659 --> 00:34:43.280
God<00:34:40.940><c> says,</c><00:34:41.599><c> I'll</c><00:34:41.780><c> take</c><00:34:42.000><c> your</c><00:34:42.199><c> sin</c><00:34:42.340><c> away.</c>

00:34:43.519 --> 00:34:46.860
I<00:34:43.900><c> will</c><00:34:44.320><c> forgive</c><00:34:44.760><c> you.</c><00:34:45.199><c> In</c><00:34:45.460><c> fact,</c><00:34:45.719><c> it's</c><00:34:45.820><c> not</c><00:34:46.059><c> I</c><00:34:46.300><c> will</c><00:34:46.460><c> at</c><00:34:46.639><c> some</c>

00:34:46.860 --> 00:34:49.960
point<00:34:47.019><c> in</c><00:34:47.159><c> the</c><00:34:47.320><c> future.</c><00:34:47.639><c> It</c><00:34:47.860><c> is</c><00:34:48.139><c> I</c><00:34:48.619><c> forgive</c><00:34:48.980><c> you.</c>

00:34:50.260 --> 00:34:54.639
Don't<00:34:50.559><c> let</c><00:34:50.760><c> your</c><00:34:51.079><c> sin</c><00:34:51.519><c> weigh</c><00:34:51.920><c> you</c><00:34:52.239><c> down.</c><00:34:53.780><c> I've</c><00:34:54.099><c> heard</c><00:34:54.199><c> it</c><00:34:54.440><c> said</c>

00:34:54.639 --> 00:34:57.139
that<00:34:55.119><c> the</c><00:34:55.340><c> moment</c><00:34:55.579><c> of</c><00:34:55.820><c> baptism</c><00:34:56.159><c> is</c><00:34:56.420><c> the</c><00:34:56.619><c> only</c><00:34:56.900><c> time</c>

00:34:57.139 --> 00:35:01.219
in<00:34:57.260><c> our</c><00:34:57.440><c> lives</c><00:34:57.780><c> when</c><00:34:57.980><c> we're</c><00:34:59.059><c> completely</c><00:34:59.619><c> sinless,</c><00:35:00.860><c> and</c><00:35:01.079><c> that</c>

00:35:01.219 --> 00:35:03.800
we<00:35:01.320><c> should</c><00:35:01.679><c> take</c><00:35:02.800><c> note</c><00:35:02.980><c> of</c><00:35:03.099><c> it.</c><00:35:03.380><c> I</c><00:35:03.619><c> actually</c>

00:35:03.800 --> 00:35:10.380
don't<00:35:04.039><c> believe</c><00:35:04.300><c> that.</c><00:35:06.880><c> I</c><00:35:07.300><c> believe</c><00:35:07.980><c> that</c><00:35:08.980><c> in</c><00:35:09.179><c> this</c><00:35:09.480><c> room,</c><00:35:10.239><c> we</c>

00:35:10.380 --> 00:35:12.960
are<00:35:10.679><c> sinless</c><00:35:11.440><c> before</c><00:35:11.940><c> God.</c>

00:35:14.780 --> 00:35:19.159
We<00:35:15.460><c> are</c><00:35:15.760><c> in</c><00:35:15.940><c> a</c><00:35:16.239><c> covenant</c><00:35:16.579><c> of</c><00:35:16.980><c> forgiveness</c><00:35:17.480><c> whereby</c><00:35:18.380><c> God</c><00:35:18.860><c> does</c>

00:35:19.159 --> 00:35:22.679
not<00:35:19.380><c> count</c><00:35:19.780><c> our</c><00:35:20.159><c> sins</c><00:35:20.440><c> against</c><00:35:20.800><c> us.</c>

00:35:23.980 --> 00:35:29.420
We<00:35:24.579><c> sin.</c><00:35:25.159><c> We</c><00:35:25.420><c> confess</c><00:35:25.800><c> them</c><00:35:25.980><c> to</c><00:35:26.179><c> God.</c><00:35:27.159><c> We</c><00:35:27.739><c> bring</c><00:35:28.159><c> our</c><00:35:28.559><c> weaknesses</c><00:35:28.920><c> and</c><00:35:29.179><c> our</c>

00:35:29.420 --> 00:35:30.280
shortcomings<00:35:29.800><c> to</c><00:35:29.960><c> God,</c>

00:35:30.579 --> 00:35:34.860
and<00:35:30.639><c> he</c><00:35:30.780><c> takes</c><00:35:31.000><c> them</c><00:35:31.239><c> away.</c><00:35:32.780><c> This</c><00:35:33.039><c> is</c><00:35:33.280><c> what</c><00:35:33.400><c> it</c><00:35:34.280><c> means</c><00:35:34.480><c> to</c><00:35:34.699><c> have</c>

00:35:34.860 --> 00:35:37.099
moved<00:35:35.099><c> from</c><00:35:35.380><c> death</c><00:35:35.780><c> to</c><00:35:36.000><c> life.</c><00:35:36.260><c> We</c><00:35:36.380><c> have</c><00:35:36.639><c> moved</c>

00:35:37.099 --> 00:35:41.420
into<00:35:37.760><c> a</c><00:35:38.000><c> covenant</c><00:35:38.239><c> of</c><00:35:38.579><c> forgiveness,</c><00:35:39.579><c> and</c><00:35:40.179><c> the</c><00:35:40.480><c> whole</c><00:35:40.880><c> notion</c>

00:35:41.420 --> 00:35:44.019
is<00:35:41.820><c> that</c><00:35:41.960><c> he</c><00:35:42.159><c> wants</c><00:35:42.460><c> to</c><00:35:42.860><c> liberate</c><00:35:43.320><c> us</c><00:35:43.539><c> from</c><00:35:43.780><c> our</c>

00:35:44.019 --> 00:35:48.159
guilt,<00:35:45.460><c> to</c><00:35:45.820><c> free</c><00:35:46.039><c> us</c><00:35:46.340><c> up</c><00:35:46.480><c> so</c><00:35:46.639><c> that</c><00:35:46.780><c> we're</c><00:35:47.000><c> not</c><00:35:47.320><c> weighed</c><00:35:47.639><c> down</c>

00:35:48.159 --> 00:35:51.179
by<00:35:48.860><c> the</c><00:35:49.300><c> sense</c><00:35:49.599><c> that</c><00:35:49.820><c> we're</c><00:35:50.099><c> failures.</c>

00:35:52.760 --> 00:36:01.860
And<00:35:53.280><c> so</c><00:35:53.480><c> he</c><00:35:53.780><c> forgives</c><00:35:54.280><c> us,</c><00:35:56.519><c> and</c><00:35:56.519><c> we</c><00:35:57.139><c> we</c><00:35:57.219><c> faith.</c><00:35:59.300><c> He</c><00:35:59.539><c> says,</c><00:36:00.300><c> I</c><00:36:00.480><c> forgive</c><00:36:00.820><c> you.</c><00:36:01.739><c> Do</c>

00:36:01.860 --> 00:36:05.579
you<00:36:02.000><c> believe</c><00:36:02.199><c> me?</c><00:36:04.019><c> And</c><00:36:04.199><c> we</c><00:36:04.539><c> say,</c>

00:36:07.199 --> 00:36:10.920
it's<00:36:07.719><c> hard</c><00:36:07.860><c> to</c><00:36:08.099><c> believe</c><00:36:08.260><c> you,</c><00:36:08.579><c> God.</c><00:36:09.579><c> It's</c><00:36:10.099><c> hard</c><00:36:10.360><c> to</c><00:36:10.699><c> believe</c>

00:36:10.920 --> 00:36:13.219
that<00:36:11.099><c> you</c><00:36:11.300><c> actually</c><00:36:11.579><c> do</c><00:36:11.860><c> forgive</c><00:36:12.119><c> me,</c>

00:36:13.219 --> 00:36:17.639
because<00:36:14.000><c> I</c><00:36:14.139><c> don't</c><00:36:14.300><c> really</c><00:36:14.579><c> forgive</c><00:36:14.820><c> myself</c><00:36:15.280><c> yet.</c><00:36:17.079><c> He</c><00:36:17.280><c> says,</c><00:36:17.400><c> I</c>

00:36:17.639 --> 00:36:20.460
forgive<00:36:17.940><c> you.</c><00:36:18.679><c> I</c><00:36:18.880><c> want</c><00:36:19.079><c> you</c><00:36:19.239><c> to</c><00:36:19.480><c> trust</c><00:36:19.739><c> me</c><00:36:19.940><c> when</c><00:36:20.079><c> I</c><00:36:20.320><c> say,</c>

00:36:20.460 --> 00:36:24.360
I<00:36:20.800><c> forgive</c><00:36:20.980><c> you.</c><00:36:22.460><c> And</c><00:36:22.679><c> that</c><00:36:22.860><c> is</c><00:36:23.059><c> one</c><00:36:23.260><c> of</c><00:36:23.360><c> the</c><00:36:23.559><c> hardest</c><00:36:23.940><c> works</c>

00:36:24.360 --> 00:36:26.960
of<00:36:24.619><c> faith</c><00:36:24.880><c> that</c><00:36:25.079><c> we</c><00:36:25.300><c> have,</c><00:36:25.880><c> which</c><00:36:26.079><c> is</c><00:36:26.260><c> to</c><00:36:26.539><c> believe</c>

00:36:26.960 --> 00:36:38.219
God<00:36:27.360><c> when</c><00:36:27.760><c> he</c><00:36:28.019><c> says,</c><00:36:28.519><c> I</c><00:36:28.860><c> forgive</c><00:36:29.380><c> you.</c><00:36:32.000><c> Don't</c><00:36:32.400><c> let</c><00:36:32.659><c> it</c><00:36:32.940><c> weigh</c><00:36:33.159><c> you</c><00:36:33.480><c> down.</c><00:36:34.860><c> Put</c><00:36:35.019><c> it</c><00:36:35.239><c> behind</c><00:36:35.639><c> you.</c><00:36:36.539><c> Move</c><00:36:36.760><c> on.</c><00:36:37.599><c> I</c><00:36:37.900><c> forgive</c>

00:36:38.219 --> 00:36:42.579
you.<00:36:39.360><c> So</c><00:36:39.539><c> we</c><00:36:39.860><c> trust.</c><00:36:40.780><c> We</c><00:36:41.019><c> trust</c><00:36:41.300><c> not</c><00:36:41.539><c> only</c><00:36:41.840><c> that</c><00:36:42.000><c> he</c><00:36:42.239><c> forgives</c>

00:36:42.579 --> 00:36:44.460
us,<00:36:42.960><c> but</c><00:36:43.199><c> we</c><00:36:43.500><c> trust</c><00:36:43.760><c> that</c><00:36:43.940><c> the</c><00:36:44.159><c> things</c><00:36:44.300><c> that</c>

00:36:44.460 --> 00:36:47.940
he's<00:36:44.739><c> laid</c><00:36:44.920><c> out</c><00:36:45.179><c> for</c><00:36:45.340><c> us</c><00:36:45.539><c> to</c><00:36:45.800><c> do</c><00:36:46.139><c> and</c><00:36:46.539><c> the</c><00:36:46.699><c> way</c><00:36:46.940><c> that</c><00:36:47.119><c> he's</c><00:36:47.380><c> lived</c><00:36:47.519><c> us</c>

00:36:47.940 --> 00:36:50.440
for<00:36:48.500><c> us</c><00:36:48.739><c> to</c><00:36:48.880><c> live</c><00:36:48.980><c> our</c><00:36:49.260><c> lives</c><00:36:49.480><c> are</c><00:36:49.980><c> things</c><00:36:50.300><c> that</c>

00:36:50.440 --> 00:36:56.559
will<00:36:50.719><c> make</c><00:36:50.980><c> us</c><00:36:51.300><c> grow,</c><00:36:51.920><c> that</c><00:36:52.099><c> will</c><00:36:52.360><c> make</c><00:36:52.559><c> us</c><00:36:52.900><c> strong.</c><00:36:53.880><c> We</c><00:36:54.119><c> participate</c><00:36:55.079><c> in</c><00:36:55.699><c> his</c><00:36:56.079><c> work</c><00:36:56.360><c> of</c>

00:36:56.559 --> 00:36:57.219
making<00:36:56.739><c> us</c><00:36:57.000><c> different.</c>

00:36:57.380 --> 00:37:00.300
And<00:36:57.659><c> let's</c><00:36:57.780><c> be</c><00:36:57.980><c> really</c><00:36:58.280><c> clear.</c><00:36:58.480><c> This</c><00:36:58.699><c> is</c><00:36:58.980><c> his</c><00:36:59.280><c> work.</c><00:36:59.760><c> This</c><00:37:00.019><c> is</c>

00:37:00.300 --> 00:37:03.780
not<00:37:00.579><c> our</c><00:37:00.940><c> work.</c><00:37:01.820><c> It's</c><00:37:02.219><c> his</c><00:37:02.579><c> work</c><00:37:02.800><c> to</c><00:37:03.019><c> make</c><00:37:03.139><c> us</c><00:37:03.400><c> different.</c>

00:37:04.119 --> 00:37:09.179
And<00:37:04.460><c> then</c><00:37:04.679><c> he</c><00:37:04.960><c> completes</c><00:37:05.340><c> that</c><00:37:05.679><c> work</c><00:37:06.000><c> in</c><00:37:06.480><c> resurrection</c><00:37:07.000><c> and</c><00:37:07.639><c> judgment.</c><00:37:08.420><c> So</c><00:37:08.699><c> I've</c><00:37:08.900><c> got</c><00:37:09.019><c> a</c>

00:37:09.179 --> 00:37:09.960
whole<00:37:09.420><c> bunch</c><00:37:09.679><c> of</c>

00:37:09.960 --> 00:37:12.800
references<00:37:10.260><c> for</c><00:37:10.539><c> this</c><00:37:10.699><c> that</c><00:37:10.840><c> will</c><00:37:11.019><c> be</c><00:37:11.219><c> in</c><00:37:11.380><c> the</c><00:37:11.579><c> notes</c><00:37:11.960><c> later</c>

00:37:12.800 --> 00:37:15.039
on.<00:37:12.960><c> Let's</c><00:37:13.159><c> just</c><00:37:13.539><c> quickly</c><00:37:13.760><c> run</c><00:37:14.039><c> through</c><00:37:14.260><c> them.</c>

00:37:17.539 --> 00:37:24.480
No,<00:37:18.519><c> I</c><00:37:18.519><c> think</c><00:37:18.760><c> I</c><00:37:19.380><c> will</c><00:37:19.639><c> jump</c><00:37:20.000><c> through.</c><00:37:23.039><c> I'd</c><00:37:23.300><c> like</c><00:37:23.380><c> to</c><00:37:23.880><c> just</c><00:37:24.119><c> pick</c><00:37:24.320><c> up</c>

00:37:24.480 --> 00:37:26.440
on<00:37:24.639><c> this</c><00:37:24.860><c> one,</c><00:37:25.079><c> and</c><00:37:25.239><c> we</c><00:37:25.480><c> trust</c><00:37:25.699><c> and</c><00:37:25.920><c> participate</c>

00:37:26.440 --> 00:37:28.900
in<00:37:26.579><c> his</c><00:37:26.820><c> work</c><00:37:27.000><c> of</c><00:37:27.139><c> making</c><00:37:27.300><c> us</c><00:37:27.519><c> different.</c><00:37:28.119><c> Pick</c><00:37:28.320><c> up</c><00:37:28.460><c> that</c><00:37:28.699><c> one</c>

00:37:28.900 --> 00:37:32.679
in<00:37:29.139><c> Philippians</c><00:37:29.659><c> 2.</c><00:37:30.619><c> Let's</c><00:37:30.940><c> look</c><00:37:31.159><c> at</c><00:37:31.280><c> Philippians</c><00:37:31.780><c> 2,</c>

00:37:32.690 --> 00:37:45.519
very<00:37:32.920><c> well</c><00:37:33.320><c>-known</c><00:37:33.480><c> verse.</c><00:37:43.980><c> Unfortunately,</c><00:37:44.539><c> verse</c><00:37:44.760><c> 12</c><00:37:45.039><c> is</c><00:37:45.260><c> so</c>

00:37:45.519 --> 00:37:48.119
well<00:37:45.719><c>-known</c><00:37:45.880><c> that</c><00:37:46.000><c> we</c><00:37:46.260><c> often</c><00:37:46.460><c> only</c><00:37:46.780><c> read</c><00:37:47.019><c> verse</c><00:37:47.300><c> 12.</c>

00:37:50.659 --> 00:37:53.239
Therefore,<00:37:51.139><c> my</c><00:37:51.360><c> dear</c><00:37:51.579><c> friends,</c><00:37:51.980><c> as</c><00:37:52.139><c> you've</c><00:37:52.440><c> always</c><00:37:52.840><c> obeyed,</c>

00:37:53.239 --> 00:37:54.280
not<00:37:53.420><c> only</c><00:37:53.639><c> in</c><00:37:53.820><c> my</c><00:37:54.039><c> presence,</c>

00:37:54.320 --> 00:37:57.380
but<00:37:54.480><c> now</c><00:37:54.699><c> much</c><00:37:54.940><c> more</c><00:37:55.119><c> in</c><00:37:55.239><c> my</c><00:37:55.460><c> absence,</c><00:37:56.320><c> continue</c><00:37:56.699><c> to</c><00:37:57.000><c> work</c><00:37:57.199><c> out</c>

00:37:57.380 --> 00:37:59.460
your<00:37:57.559><c> salvation</c><00:37:58.000><c> with</c><00:37:58.199><c> fear</c><00:37:58.400><c> and</c><00:37:58.639><c> trembling.</c>

00:38:02.199 --> 00:38:07.820
And<00:38:02.840><c> now</c><00:38:03.280><c> that</c><00:38:03.599><c> feels</c><00:38:04.059><c> as</c><00:38:04.360><c> though</c><00:38:04.679><c> salvation</c><00:38:05.480><c> is</c><00:38:06.260><c> a</c><00:38:06.619><c> time</c><00:38:06.940><c> of</c>

00:38:07.820 --> 00:38:10.679
God<00:38:08.239><c> says,</c><00:38:08.900><c> okay,</c><00:38:09.239><c> well,</c><00:38:09.500><c> I've</c><00:38:09.940><c> freed</c><00:38:10.119><c> you.</c>

00:38:10.960 --> 00:38:17.199
Now<00:38:11.280><c> go</c><00:38:11.699><c> do</c><00:38:11.940><c> it.</c><00:38:13.420><c> Work</c><00:38:13.679><c> out</c><00:38:13.880><c> your</c><00:38:14.099><c> salvation.</c><00:38:15.500><c> Earn</c><00:38:15.800><c> it.</c><00:38:16.539><c> I</c><00:38:16.699><c> mean,</c><00:38:16.860><c> we</c>

00:38:17.199 --> 00:38:18.179
never<00:38:17.420><c> get</c><00:38:17.599><c> that</c><00:38:17.920><c> far.</c>

00:38:18.519 --> 00:38:23.179
But<00:38:18.840><c> sometimes</c><00:38:19.300><c> it</c><00:38:19.500><c> kind</c><00:38:19.719><c> of</c><00:38:19.960><c> feels</c><00:38:20.219><c> that</c><00:38:20.519><c> way.</c><00:38:22.719><c> What</c><00:38:22.860><c> he</c><00:38:23.039><c> says</c>

00:38:23.179 --> 00:38:25.400
is<00:38:23.440><c> work</c><00:38:23.780><c> out</c><00:38:24.239><c> your</c><00:38:24.679><c> salvation</c>

00:38:25.400 --> 00:38:29.760
with<00:38:25.780><c> fear</c><00:38:26.119><c> and</c><00:38:26.440><c> trembling,</c><00:38:26.900><c> verse</c><00:38:27.099><c> 13,</c><00:38:28.099><c> for</c><00:38:28.320><c> it</c><00:38:28.579><c> is</c><00:38:28.820><c> God</c><00:38:29.300><c> who</c>

00:38:29.760 --> 00:38:31.179
works<00:38:30.079><c> in</c><00:38:30.320><c> you.</c>

00:38:33.079 --> 00:38:37.280
To<00:38:33.599><c> will</c><00:38:34.079><c> and</c><00:38:34.659><c> to</c><00:38:34.900><c> act</c><00:38:35.139><c> according</c><00:38:35.519><c> to</c><00:38:35.679><c> his</c><00:38:35.820><c> good</c><00:38:36.019><c> purpose.</c>

00:38:38.980 --> 00:38:40.239
Remember<00:38:39.119><c> when</c><00:38:39.380><c> Paul</c><00:38:39.760><c> says,</c>

00:38:40.480 --> 00:38:43.059
when<00:38:40.579><c> he's</c><00:38:40.780><c> talking</c><00:38:41.059><c> about</c><00:38:41.400><c> the</c><00:38:41.659><c> law,</c><00:38:42.159><c> I</c><00:38:42.219><c> wouldn't</c><00:38:42.460><c> have</c><00:38:42.659><c> known</c><00:38:42.880><c> what</c>

00:38:43.059 --> 00:38:44.980
it<00:38:43.199><c> was</c><00:38:43.380><c> to</c><00:38:43.679><c> covet</c><00:38:43.880><c> until</c><00:38:44.260><c> the</c><00:38:44.519><c> law</c><00:38:44.699><c> said,</c>

00:38:45.019 --> 00:38:50.440
do<00:38:45.179><c> not</c><00:38:45.460><c> covet.</c><00:38:46.519><c> The</c><00:38:46.780><c> other</c><00:38:47.139><c> side</c><00:38:47.360><c> of</c><00:38:47.539><c> that</c><00:38:47.940><c> is</c><00:38:48.579><c> I</c><00:38:49.300><c> wouldn't</c><00:38:49.679><c> know</c><00:38:49.940><c> what</c><00:38:50.159><c> it</c>

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was<00:38:50.659><c> to</c><00:38:51.000><c> truly</c><00:38:51.280><c> love</c>

00:38:51.900 --> 00:38:58.320
until<00:38:52.800><c> Christ</c><00:38:53.440><c> showed</c><00:38:53.840><c> what</c><00:38:54.079><c> it</c><00:38:54.280><c> is</c><00:38:54.400><c> to</c><00:38:54.639><c> love.</c><00:38:55.579><c> God</c><00:38:55.920><c> works</c><00:38:56.480><c> through</c><00:38:56.960><c> scriptures,</c><00:38:57.579><c> through</c><00:38:57.780><c> one</c><00:38:58.000><c> another,</c>

00:38:58.320 --> 00:39:02.980
through<00:38:58.599><c> the</c><00:38:58.880><c> angels,</c><00:38:59.440><c> in</c><00:38:59.440><c> whatever</c><00:38:59.860><c> way</c><00:39:00.139><c> God</c><00:39:00.380><c> works.</c><00:39:01.119><c> God</c><00:39:01.420><c> works</c><00:39:01.860><c> not</c><00:39:02.260><c> only</c><00:39:02.619><c> to</c>

00:39:02.980 --> 00:39:04.579
help<00:39:03.239><c> us</c><00:39:03.619><c> do</c><00:39:03.900><c> things</c><00:39:04.179><c> that</c><00:39:04.360><c> are</c>

00:39:04.579 --> 00:39:09.519
right,<00:39:05.519><c> but</c><00:39:05.699><c> to</c><00:39:05.980><c> help</c><00:39:06.179><c> us</c><00:39:06.420><c> to</c><00:39:06.820><c> want</c><00:39:07.079><c> things</c><00:39:07.800><c> that</c><00:39:08.380><c> are</c><00:39:08.579><c> right.</c>

00:39:10.960 --> 00:39:13.840
It's<00:39:11.420><c> not</c><00:39:11.699><c> only</c><00:39:12.099><c> our</c><00:39:12.500><c> actions</c><00:39:12.980><c> that</c><00:39:13.239><c> God</c><00:39:13.460><c> works</c>

00:39:13.840 --> 00:39:17.500
with,<00:39:14.260><c> it's</c><00:39:14.559><c> our</c><00:39:14.820><c> desires</c><00:39:15.360><c> as</c><00:39:15.699><c> well.</c><00:39:16.639><c> And</c><00:39:16.780><c> he'll</c><00:39:16.900><c> only</c><00:39:17.159><c> go</c><00:39:17.300><c> at</c>

00:39:17.500 --> 00:39:19.500
the<00:39:17.659><c> rate</c><00:39:17.820><c> that</c><00:39:18.039><c> we</c><00:39:18.260><c> choose</c><00:39:18.500><c> to</c><00:39:18.699><c> let</c><00:39:18.820><c> him</c><00:39:19.019><c> go</c><00:39:19.239><c> at.</c>

00:39:19.820 --> 00:39:23.980
He<00:39:20.079><c> won't</c><00:39:20.400><c> reach</c><00:39:20.800><c> in</c><00:39:21.059><c> and</c><00:39:21.480><c> reprogram</c><00:39:22.099><c> us</c><00:39:22.400><c> despite</c><00:39:22.840><c> our</c><00:39:23.199><c> will.</c>

00:39:25.820 --> 00:39:27.559
But<00:39:26.139><c> if</c><00:39:26.340><c> we</c><00:39:26.539><c> say</c><00:39:26.739><c> things</c><00:39:27.079><c> like,</c>

00:39:27.559 --> 00:39:30.739
I'm<00:39:28.099><c> tempted</c><00:39:28.500><c> by</c><00:39:28.800><c> this</c><00:39:28.980><c> and</c><00:39:29.119><c> I</c><00:39:29.300><c> don't</c><00:39:29.599><c> want</c><00:39:29.840><c> to</c><00:39:30.039><c> be</c><00:39:30.219><c> tempted</c><00:39:30.480><c> by</c>

00:39:30.739 --> 00:39:33.440
this,<00:39:31.139><c> take</c><00:39:31.400><c> away,</c><00:39:32.059><c> please</c><00:39:32.280><c> take</c><00:39:32.539><c> away</c><00:39:32.739><c> my</c><00:39:33.000><c> desire</c>

00:39:33.440 --> 00:39:40.960
for<00:39:33.739><c> this.</c><00:39:37.119><c> God</c><00:39:37.340><c> will</c><00:39:37.579><c> work</c><00:39:37.820><c> on</c><00:39:37.980><c> that</c><00:39:38.159><c> with</c><00:39:38.340><c> us.</c><00:39:39.840><c> Or</c><00:39:40.019><c> if</c><00:39:40.159><c> we</c><00:39:40.380><c> say,</c><00:39:40.920><c> I</c>

00:39:40.960 --> 00:39:43.579
want<00:39:41.260><c> to</c><00:39:41.559><c> be</c><00:39:42.019><c> more</c><00:39:42.400><c> patient</c><00:39:42.820><c> in</c><00:39:43.039><c> the</c><00:39:43.179><c> way</c><00:39:43.360><c> that</c>

00:39:43.579 --> 00:39:46.599
Christ<00:39:43.860><c> was</c><00:39:44.079><c> patient.</c><00:39:44.800><c> And</c><00:39:44.940><c> if</c><00:39:45.059><c> we</c><00:39:45.340><c> really</c><00:39:45.739><c> mean</c><00:39:46.179><c> that</c><00:39:46.420><c> when</c>

00:39:46.599 --> 00:39:48.760
we<00:39:46.840><c> ask</c><00:39:47.059><c> him</c><00:39:47.139><c> for</c><00:39:47.320><c> that</c><00:39:47.440><c> and</c><00:39:47.599><c> we</c><00:39:47.880><c> follow</c><00:39:48.119><c> up</c><00:39:48.360><c> with</c><00:39:48.559><c> that,</c>

00:39:48.900 --> 00:39:52.199
God<00:39:49.159><c> will</c><00:39:49.519><c> work</c><00:39:49.840><c> with</c><00:39:50.059><c> us.</c><00:39:50.340><c> He</c><00:39:50.559><c> will</c><00:39:50.880><c> help</c><00:39:51.119><c> us</c><00:39:51.380><c> in</c><00:39:51.559><c> all</c><00:39:51.900><c> manner</c>

00:39:52.199 --> 00:39:55.519
of<00:39:52.480><c> ways</c><00:39:52.719><c> to</c><00:39:52.980><c> develop</c><00:39:53.420><c> that</c><00:39:53.760><c> desire</c><00:39:54.360><c> to</c><00:39:54.820><c> be</c><00:39:55.059><c> patient.</c>

00:39:55.519 --> 00:40:00.940
And<00:39:55.980><c> once</c><00:39:56.199><c> we</c><00:39:56.440><c> have</c><00:39:56.619><c> that</c><00:39:56.860><c> desire,</c><00:39:57.340><c> then</c><00:39:57.559><c> to</c><00:39:57.840><c> actually</c><00:39:58.219><c> be</c><00:39:58.559><c> patient.</c><00:40:00.800><c> And</c>

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sometimes<00:40:01.280><c> perhaps</c><00:40:01.579><c> if</c><00:40:01.739><c> you're</c><00:40:02.179><c> helping</c>

00:40:02.519 --> 00:40:05.000
someone<00:40:02.800><c> or</c><00:40:02.960><c> working</c><00:40:03.219><c> with</c><00:40:03.500><c> someone,</c><00:40:04.159><c> they're</c><00:40:04.300><c> at</c><00:40:04.480><c> the</c><00:40:04.760><c> stage</c>

00:40:05.000 --> 00:40:07.800
of<00:40:05.340><c> wanting</c><00:40:05.780><c> to</c><00:40:06.199><c> want</c><00:40:06.480><c> something.</c><00:40:07.340><c> They</c><00:40:07.539><c> don't</c>

00:40:07.800 --> 00:40:10.400
yet<00:40:08.099><c> want</c><00:40:08.360><c> it.</c><00:40:08.519><c> They</c><00:40:08.619><c> don't</c><00:40:08.880><c> yet</c><00:40:09.239><c> want</c><00:40:09.559><c> this</c><00:40:09.960><c> righteousness,</c>

00:40:10.780 --> 00:40:13.340
but<00:40:10.920><c> they</c><00:40:11.280><c> want</c><00:40:11.559><c> to</c><00:40:11.860><c> want</c><00:40:12.019><c> the</c><00:40:12.280><c> righteousness.</c>

00:40:13.559 --> 00:40:19.739
God<00:40:13.860><c> works</c><00:40:14.300><c> with</c><00:40:14.559><c> that.</c><00:40:15.159><c> He</c><00:40:15.460><c> works</c><00:40:15.780><c> with</c><00:40:16.000><c> that</c><00:40:16.159><c> to</c><00:40:16.440><c> help</c><00:40:16.719><c> us</c><00:40:17.159><c> desire</c><00:40:17.579><c> the</c><00:40:17.920><c> things</c><00:40:18.219><c> of</c><00:40:18.800><c> life.</c>

00:40:20.340 --> 00:40:26.739
The<00:40:20.840><c> whole</c><00:40:21.179><c> work</c><00:40:21.380><c> of</c><00:40:21.559><c> his</c><00:40:21.800><c> son</c><00:40:22.039><c> is</c><00:40:22.440><c> there</c><00:40:22.639><c> to</c><00:40:22.800><c> give</c><00:40:22.880><c> us</c><00:40:23.079><c> this</c><00:40:23.559><c> wonderful</c><00:40:24.199><c> example</c><00:40:24.800><c> that</c><00:40:25.320><c> stimulates</c><00:40:25.900><c> and</c><00:40:26.219><c> excites</c><00:40:26.579><c> us</c>

00:40:26.739 --> 00:40:29.739
and<00:40:26.940><c> lifts</c><00:40:27.199><c> up</c><00:40:27.460><c> our</c><00:40:27.679><c> vision</c><00:40:27.860><c> of</c><00:40:28.000><c> what's</c><00:40:28.320><c> possible.</c><00:40:29.480><c> So</c><00:40:29.599><c> that</c>

00:40:29.739 --> 00:40:32.480
we<00:40:29.920><c> turn</c><00:40:30.159><c> to</c><00:40:30.199><c> him,</c><00:40:30.659><c> so</c><00:40:30.760><c> that</c><00:40:30.900><c> we</c><00:40:31.019><c> say,</c><00:40:31.579><c> yes,</c><00:40:31.960><c> that</c><00:40:32.260><c> is</c>

00:40:32.480 --> 00:40:36.159
what<00:40:32.639><c> I</c><00:40:32.880><c> want.</c><00:40:33.239><c> It</c><00:40:33.300><c> is</c><00:40:33.519><c> God</c><00:40:33.780><c> who</c><00:40:34.079><c> works</c><00:40:34.340><c> in</c><00:40:34.559><c> us,</c><00:40:35.380><c> both</c><00:40:35.639><c> to</c><00:40:35.940><c> will</c>

00:40:36.159 --> 00:40:38.980
and<00:40:36.420><c> to</c><00:40:36.639><c> act</c><00:40:37.039><c> according</c><00:40:37.619><c> to</c><00:40:38.000><c> his</c><00:40:38.360><c> good</c><00:40:38.619><c> purpose.</c>

00:40:39.239 --> 00:40:44.400
Our<00:40:39.639><c> fruit</c><00:40:39.980><c> comes</c><00:40:40.400><c> from</c><00:40:40.659><c> him.</c><00:40:42.519><c> On</c><00:40:42.699><c> the</c><00:40:42.840><c> day</c><00:40:42.920><c> of</c><00:40:43.079><c> judgment,</c><00:40:43.480><c> we'll</c><00:40:43.739><c> realize</c><00:40:44.059><c> that</c><00:40:44.280><c> he</c>

00:40:44.400 --> 00:40:46.360
has<00:40:44.619><c> been</c><00:40:45.000><c> ceaselessly</c><00:40:46.019><c> working</c>

00:40:46.360 --> 00:40:51.239
in<00:40:46.639><c> our</c><00:40:47.019><c> lives</c><00:40:47.780><c> day</c><00:40:49.079><c> by</c><00:40:49.380><c> day</c><00:40:49.579><c> by</c><00:40:49.820><c> day.</c><00:40:50.400><c> And</c><00:40:50.539><c> those</c><00:40:50.760><c> things</c><00:40:51.019><c> that</c>

00:40:51.239 --> 00:40:55.059
we<00:40:51.440><c> do</c><00:40:51.820><c> that</c><00:40:52.320><c> are</c><00:40:52.599><c> an</c><00:40:52.739><c> expression</c><00:40:53.219><c> of</c><00:40:53.539><c> him</c><00:40:53.739><c> inside</c><00:40:54.300><c> us,</c>

00:40:55.599 --> 00:41:00.199
we'll<00:40:56.000><c> really</c><00:40:56.360><c> see.</c><00:40:56.980><c> And</c><00:40:57.099><c> I</c><00:40:57.219><c> think</c><00:40:57.360><c> it's</c><00:40:57.619><c> important</c><00:40:57.960><c> on</c><00:40:58.179><c> Sunday</c><00:40:58.500><c> morning,</c><00:40:59.280><c> we</c><00:40:59.500><c> often</c><00:40:59.760><c> have</c><00:40:59.960><c> a</c>

00:41:00.199 --> 00:41:01.199
prayer<00:41:00.420><c> which</c><00:41:00.900><c> says,</c>

00:41:01.199 --> 00:41:05.159
you<00:41:01.280><c> know,</c><00:41:01.719><c> forgive</c><00:41:01.900><c> us</c><00:41:02.159><c> our</c><00:41:02.380><c> sins.</c><00:41:02.639><c> We</c><00:41:02.820><c> recognize</c><00:41:03.300><c> that</c><00:41:03.460><c> we're</c><00:41:03.639><c> sinners</c><00:41:03.880><c> before</c><00:41:04.280><c> you.</c>

00:41:05.579 --> 00:41:06.860
If<00:41:05.739><c> that's</c><00:41:06.099><c> all</c><00:41:06.340><c> we</c><00:41:06.619><c> pray,</c>

00:41:07.079 --> 00:41:10.039
then<00:41:07.280><c> we're</c><00:41:07.500><c> just</c><00:41:07.739><c> looking</c><00:41:08.000><c> at</c><00:41:08.159><c> the</c><00:41:08.400><c> negatives.</c><00:41:09.199><c> I</c><00:41:09.480><c> encourage</c>

00:41:10.039 --> 00:41:12.679
brethren,<00:41:10.860><c> pray.</c><00:41:11.639><c> And</c><00:41:11.860><c> we</c><00:41:12.079><c> look</c><00:41:12.239><c> at</c><00:41:12.420><c> the</c>

00:41:12.679 --> 00:41:15.519
times<00:41:12.880><c> when</c><00:41:13.099><c> we</c><00:41:13.260><c> see</c><00:41:13.500><c> Christ</c><00:41:13.980><c> manifest</c><00:41:14.599><c> in</c><00:41:14.739><c> our</c><00:41:15.000><c> lives,</c><00:41:15.420><c> and</c>

00:41:15.519 --> 00:41:18.079
we<00:41:15.800><c> praise</c><00:41:16.119><c> you</c><00:41:16.340><c> for</c><00:41:16.519><c> that.</c><00:41:17.280><c> Because</c><00:41:17.579><c> we</c><00:41:17.780><c> know</c><00:41:17.940><c> it</c>

00:41:18.079 --> 00:41:21.159
doesn't<00:41:18.360><c> come</c><00:41:18.559><c> from</c><00:41:18.739><c> our</c><00:41:19.059><c> flesh,</c><00:41:19.599><c> but</c><00:41:19.719><c> it</c><00:41:20.000><c> comes</c><00:41:20.199><c> from</c><00:41:20.420><c> the</c><00:41:20.719><c> work</c><00:41:20.960><c> of</c>

00:41:21.159 --> 00:41:23.559
God<00:41:21.420><c> upon</c><00:41:21.760><c> us.</c><00:41:22.699><c> It</c><00:41:22.880><c> comes</c><00:41:23.119><c> from</c><00:41:23.300><c> the</c>

00:41:23.559 --> 00:41:28.579
transforming<00:41:24.179><c> of</c><00:41:24.420><c> our</c><00:41:24.659><c> mind,</c><00:41:25.579><c> from</c><00:41:25.800><c> the</c><00:41:26.019><c> renewing</c><00:41:26.440><c> of</c><00:41:26.599><c> our</c><00:41:26.820><c> spirit.</c><00:41:28.159><c> And</c><00:41:28.360><c> I</c>

00:41:28.579 --> 00:41:30.219
see<00:41:28.840><c> this</c><00:41:29.199><c> week</c><00:41:29.500><c> that</c><00:41:29.639><c> there</c><00:41:29.840><c> have</c><00:41:30.000><c> been</c>

00:41:30.219 --> 00:41:33.179
things<00:41:30.519><c> that</c><00:41:30.739><c> I</c><00:41:30.880><c> have</c><00:41:31.079><c> done</c><00:41:31.340><c> that</c><00:41:31.719><c> have</c><00:41:32.000><c> not</c><00:41:32.300><c> been</c><00:41:32.619><c> motivated</c>

00:41:33.179 --> 00:41:35.639
by<00:41:33.440><c> my</c><00:41:33.820><c> flesh,</c><00:41:34.400><c> but</c><00:41:34.559><c> have</c><00:41:34.860><c> come</c><00:41:35.139><c> from</c><00:41:35.340><c> the</c>

00:41:35.639 --> 00:41:38.340
spirit<00:41:35.840><c> of</c><00:41:36.079><c> God.</c><00:41:36.460><c> As</c><00:41:36.659><c> I've</c><00:41:36.920><c> read</c><00:41:37.099><c> his</c><00:41:37.420><c> word,</c><00:41:37.619><c> as</c><00:41:37.780><c> I've</c><00:41:38.099><c> taken</c>

00:41:38.340 --> 00:41:41.260
those<00:41:38.679><c> holy</c><00:41:39.019><c> words</c><00:41:39.320><c> within</c><00:41:39.619><c> me,</c><00:41:40.059><c> as</c><00:41:40.260><c> I've</c><00:41:40.820><c> interacted</c>

00:41:41.260 --> 00:41:46.000
with<00:41:41.440><c> the</c><00:41:41.760><c> other</c><00:41:42.059><c> angels</c><00:41:42.460><c> gathered</c><00:41:42.820><c> here,</c><00:41:43.920><c> those</c><00:41:44.239><c> things</c><00:41:44.639><c> motivate</c><00:41:45.519><c> me</c>

00:41:46.000 --> 00:41:48.599
in<00:41:46.300><c> ways</c><00:41:46.739><c> that</c><00:41:47.440><c> guide</c><00:41:47.920><c> me,</c>

00:41:49.079 --> 00:41:51.920
that<00:41:49.300><c> excite</c><00:41:49.739><c> me.</c><00:41:50.019><c> And</c><00:41:50.159><c> I</c><00:41:50.300><c> see</c><00:41:50.539><c> myself</c><00:41:50.940><c> doing</c><00:41:51.260><c> things</c><00:41:51.539><c> and</c><00:41:51.699><c> I</c>

00:41:51.920 --> 00:41:54.639
rejoice<00:41:52.400><c> in</c><00:41:52.599><c> those</c><00:41:52.920><c> things.</c><00:41:53.739><c> And</c><00:41:53.900><c> we</c><00:41:54.039><c> should</c><00:41:54.320><c> take</c>

00:41:55.099 --> 00:41:58.699
pleasure<00:41:55.579><c> and</c><00:41:55.920><c> satisfaction</c><00:41:56.539><c> in</c><00:41:56.780><c> that.</c><00:41:57.800><c> And</c><00:41:58.119><c> it</c><00:41:58.280><c> encourages</c>

00:41:58.699 --> 00:42:01.179
us<00:41:58.980><c> and</c><00:41:59.099><c> it</c><00:41:59.420><c> excites</c><00:41:59.760><c> us</c><00:42:00.400><c> as</c><00:42:00.780><c> we</c><00:42:00.960><c> see</c>

00:42:01.179 --> 00:42:08.219
Christ<00:42:01.480><c> being</c><00:42:01.820><c> formed</c><00:42:02.219><c> within</c><00:42:02.519><c> us.</c><00:42:05.820><c> Salvation</c><00:42:06.360><c> happens</c><00:42:07.139><c> when</c>

00:42:08.219 --> 00:42:10.059
we<00:42:08.579><c> trust</c><00:42:08.940><c> and</c><00:42:09.219><c> God</c><00:42:09.460><c> forgives.</c>

00:42:10.539 --> 00:42:14.900
That<00:42:10.980><c> is</c><00:42:11.860><c> the</c><00:42:12.260><c> doctrine</c><00:42:12.599><c> of</c><00:42:12.820><c> the</c><00:42:13.000><c> atonement.</c><00:42:14.239><c> I'm</c><00:42:14.539><c> sorry</c><00:42:14.760><c> if</c>

00:42:14.900 --> 00:42:16.619
it's<00:42:15.059><c> not</c><00:42:15.239><c> more</c><00:42:15.519><c> complicated.</c>

00:42:17.480 --> 00:42:22.440
That<00:42:17.880><c> is</c><00:42:18.519><c> atonement.</c><00:42:20.079><c> That's</c><00:42:20.400><c> how</c><00:42:20.619><c> we</c><00:42:20.840><c> become</c><00:42:21.099><c> one</c><00:42:21.320><c> with</c><00:42:21.559><c> God.</c>

00:42:22.860 --> 00:42:25.840
Everything<00:42:23.380><c> else</c><00:42:23.760><c> is</c><00:42:24.000><c> to</c><00:42:24.199><c> make</c><00:42:24.420><c> this</c><00:42:24.800><c> happen.</c>

00:42:26.179 --> 00:42:29.980
God<00:42:26.780><c> is</c><00:42:27.039><c> willing</c><00:42:27.219><c> to</c><00:42:27.539><c> forgive,</c><00:42:28.039><c> but</c><00:42:28.260><c> it</c><00:42:28.559><c> doesn't</c><00:42:28.960><c> make</c><00:42:29.300><c> sense</c>

00:42:29.980 --> 00:42:33.019
if<00:42:30.400><c> we</c><00:42:30.599><c> don't</c><00:42:30.780><c> want</c><00:42:30.980><c> him</c><00:42:31.219><c> to,</c><00:42:32.099><c> or</c><00:42:32.219><c> if</c><00:42:32.280><c> we</c><00:42:32.480><c> can't</c><00:42:32.760><c> do</c>

00:42:33.019 --> 00:42:36.840
anything<00:42:33.340><c> with</c><00:42:33.579><c> the</c><00:42:33.780><c> forgiveness.</c><00:42:35.199><c> And</c><00:42:35.199><c> so</c><00:42:35.539><c> faith</c><00:42:35.820><c> is</c><00:42:36.039><c> the</c><00:42:36.199><c> other</c><00:42:36.480><c> side</c><00:42:36.699><c> of</c>

00:42:36.840 --> 00:42:38.900
it,<00:42:37.159><c> which</c><00:42:37.400><c> allows</c><00:42:37.900><c> us</c><00:42:38.219><c> to</c><00:42:38.539><c> actually</c>

00:42:38.900 --> 00:42:42.159
make<00:42:39.179><c> sense</c><00:42:39.519><c> of</c><00:42:39.699><c> the</c><00:42:39.940><c> forgiveness</c><00:42:40.260><c> that</c><00:42:40.460><c> he</c><00:42:40.659><c> offers.</c><00:42:41.420><c> And</c><00:42:41.659><c> Christ</c><00:42:41.920><c> is</c>

00:42:42.159 --> 00:42:45.199
there<00:42:42.619><c> promoting</c><00:42:43.099><c> the</c><00:42:43.440><c> faith</c><00:42:43.820><c> that</c><00:42:44.199><c> we</c><00:42:44.440><c> have.</c>

00:42:45.960 --> 00:42:52.119
So<00:42:46.559><c> I'm</c><00:42:47.159><c> going</c><00:42:47.340><c> to,</c><00:42:47.860><c> because</c><00:42:48.360><c> of</c><00:42:48.679><c> shortness</c><00:42:49.039><c> of</c><00:42:49.380><c> time,</c><00:42:50.800><c> jump</c><00:42:51.099><c> across</c><00:42:51.760><c> a</c>

00:42:52.119 --> 00:42:53.920
couple<00:42:52.300><c> of</c><00:42:52.480><c> things</c><00:42:52.619><c> on</c><00:42:52.940><c> faith.</c><00:42:53.679><c> What</c>

00:42:53.920 --> 00:42:59.679
I'd<00:42:54.199><c> like</c><00:42:54.500><c> instead</c><00:42:54.840><c> to</c><00:42:55.119><c> do</c><00:42:55.480><c> is</c><00:42:56.219><c> just</c><00:42:57.239><c> talk</c><00:42:57.440><c> quickly</c><00:42:57.760><c> about</c><00:42:58.079><c> this</c><00:42:58.340><c> principle,</c><00:42:59.320><c> which</c><00:42:59.500><c> I</c>

00:42:59.679 --> 00:43:00.659
think<00:42:59.800><c> is</c><00:43:00.079><c> describing</c>

00:43:00.659 --> 00:43:06.500
what<00:43:01.320><c> we've</c><00:43:01.539><c> been</c><00:43:01.739><c> talking</c><00:43:01.960><c> about.</c><00:43:02.820><c> Truly</c><00:43:03.300><c> desire</c><00:43:03.960><c> to</c><00:43:04.219><c> be</c><00:43:04.460><c> righteous,</c><00:43:05.880><c> and</c>

00:43:06.500 --> 00:43:08.239
God<00:43:06.719><c> will</c><00:43:06.940><c> bring</c><00:43:07.079><c> it</c><00:43:07.300><c> about.</c>

00:43:08.960 --> 00:43:13.739
We<00:43:09.599><c> don't</c><00:43:10.239><c> get</c><00:43:10.800><c> accepted</c><00:43:11.159><c> into</c><00:43:11.500><c> the</c><00:43:11.800><c> kingdom</c><00:43:12.159><c> because</c><00:43:13.199><c> of</c><00:43:13.480><c> the</c>

00:43:13.739 --> 00:43:15.460
things<00:43:13.920><c> that</c><00:43:14.159><c> we've</c><00:43:14.480><c> done.</c>

00:43:15.760 --> 00:43:19.940
It<00:43:16.039><c> seems</c><00:43:16.300><c> to</c><00:43:16.500><c> me</c><00:43:16.800><c> we</c><00:43:17.199><c> are</c><00:43:17.699><c> accepted</c><00:43:17.940><c> into</c><00:43:18.239><c> the</c><00:43:18.480><c> kingdom</c><00:43:18.860><c> because</c><00:43:19.500><c> that</c>

00:43:19.940 --> 00:43:22.800
reflects<00:43:20.400><c> the</c><00:43:20.760><c> desire</c><00:43:21.219><c> of</c><00:43:21.539><c> our</c><00:43:21.840><c> heart.</c>

00:43:24.380 --> 00:43:28.320
If<00:43:24.860><c> that's</c><00:43:25.280><c> what</c><00:43:25.440><c> we</c><00:43:25.719><c> want,</c><00:43:27.019><c> and</c><00:43:27.159><c> God</c><00:43:27.320><c> is</c><00:43:27.519><c> the</c><00:43:27.659><c> one</c><00:43:27.820><c> who</c><00:43:28.059><c> helps</c>

00:43:28.320 --> 00:43:31.320
us<00:43:28.599><c> want</c><00:43:28.840><c> that,</c><00:43:29.960><c> if</c><00:43:30.159><c> that</c><00:43:30.440><c> is</c><00:43:30.619><c> what</c><00:43:30.760><c> we</c><00:43:31.059><c> want,</c>

00:43:31.579 --> 00:43:35.679
then<00:43:31.820><c> God</c><00:43:32.119><c> will</c><00:43:32.360><c> bring</c><00:43:32.539><c> it</c><00:43:32.780><c> about.</c><00:43:34.519><c> Now</c><00:43:35.000><c> you</c><00:43:35.000><c> surely</c><00:43:35.460><c> couldn't</c>

00:43:35.679 --> 00:43:37.139
imagine<00:43:36.179><c> that</c><00:43:36.380><c> what</c><00:43:36.500><c> I'm</c><00:43:36.699><c> saying</c><00:43:36.860><c> is</c><00:43:36.980><c> you</c>

00:43:37.139 --> 00:43:40.420
sit<00:43:37.400><c> back</c><00:43:37.739><c> and</c><00:43:37.900><c> don't</c><00:43:38.079><c> do</c><00:43:38.300><c> anything</c><00:43:38.559><c> and</c><00:43:38.699><c> God</c><00:43:38.920><c> makes</c><00:43:39.179><c> it</c><00:43:39.400><c> happen</c><00:43:39.559><c> magically.</c><00:43:40.300><c> I</c>

00:43:40.420 --> 00:43:41.079
mean<00:43:40.420><c> that</c><00:43:40.539><c> would</c><00:43:40.719><c> negate</c>

00:43:41.079 --> 00:43:43.579
everything<00:43:41.420><c> else</c><00:43:41.659><c> I've</c><00:43:41.820><c> been</c><00:43:42.000><c> saying</c><00:43:42.260><c> in</c><00:43:42.840><c> this</c><00:43:43.059><c> last</c><00:43:43.360><c> hour.</c>

00:43:43.980 --> 00:43:46.300
What<00:43:44.199><c> I'm</c><00:43:44.460><c> saying</c><00:43:44.760><c> is</c><00:43:45.019><c> it</c><00:43:45.280><c> is</c><00:43:45.500><c> God's</c><00:43:45.920><c> work.</c>

00:43:46.300 --> 00:43:50.179
He<00:43:46.719><c> wants</c><00:43:47.599><c> you,</c><00:43:47.820><c> he</c><00:43:48.000><c> requires</c><00:43:48.539><c> you</c><00:43:48.760><c> to</c><00:43:48.980><c> participate</c><00:43:49.679><c> in</c><00:43:49.900><c> his</c>

00:43:50.179 --> 00:43:53.679
work<00:43:50.519><c> of</c><00:43:51.099><c> manifesting</c><00:43:52.099><c> this</c><00:43:52.659><c> desire.</c>

00:43:54.159 --> 00:43:57.039
Somebody<00:43:54.659><c> said</c><00:43:54.940><c> to</c><00:43:55.099><c> me</c><00:43:55.260><c> once,</c><00:43:55.639><c> I</c><00:43:55.960><c> really</c><00:43:56.380><c> wish</c><00:43:56.579><c> I</c><00:43:56.699><c> could</c><00:43:56.860><c> play</c>

00:43:57.039 --> 00:44:00.219
the<00:43:57.280><c> violin.</c><00:43:58.699><c> I</c><00:43:58.820><c> said,</c><00:43:59.579><c> oh,</c><00:43:59.739><c> have</c><00:43:59.900><c> you</c><00:43:59.920><c> ever</c><00:44:00.099><c> had</c>

00:44:00.219 --> 00:44:07.079
lessons?<00:44:00.860><c> No.</c><00:44:03.820><c> Do</c><00:44:04.079><c> you</c><00:44:04.119><c> see</c><00:44:04.219><c> the</c><00:44:04.440><c> point?</c><00:44:06.099><c> They</c><00:44:06.480><c> don't</c><00:44:06.739><c> really</c>

00:44:07.079 --> 00:44:10.280
wish<00:44:07.260><c> they</c><00:44:07.420><c> could</c><00:44:07.579><c> play</c><00:44:07.800><c> the</c><00:44:08.019><c> violin.</c><00:44:09.440><c> Not</c><00:44:09.840><c> deep</c>

00:44:10.280 --> 00:44:18.219
down.<00:44:11.119><c> I</c><00:44:11.219><c> mean,</c><00:44:13.360><c> if</c><00:44:15.320><c> you</c><00:44:16.480><c> really</c><00:44:16.980><c> wished</c><00:44:17.340><c> that</c><00:44:17.559><c> you</c><00:44:17.639><c> could</c><00:44:17.800><c> play</c><00:44:18.000><c> the</c>

00:44:18.219 --> 00:44:19.920
violin,<00:44:18.880><c> you</c><00:44:19.039><c> would</c><00:44:19.280><c> do</c><00:44:19.579><c> the</c><00:44:19.780><c> things</c>

00:44:19.920 --> 00:44:23.039
that<00:44:20.059><c> were</c><00:44:20.300><c> necessary</c><00:44:20.780><c> to</c><00:44:21.039><c> enable</c><00:44:21.460><c> you</c><00:44:21.679><c> to</c><00:44:21.820><c> play</c><00:44:21.960><c> the</c><00:44:22.179><c> violin.</c>

00:44:23.860 --> 00:44:25.780
But<00:44:24.179><c> actually</c><00:44:24.639><c> what</c><00:44:24.840><c> this</c><00:44:25.059><c> person</c><00:44:25.340><c> is</c><00:44:25.619><c> saying</c>

00:44:25.780 --> 00:44:30.079
is<00:44:26.039><c> if</c><00:44:26.400><c> it</c><00:44:26.599><c> was</c><00:44:26.800><c> no</c><00:44:27.099><c> effort,</c><00:44:27.679><c> I</c><00:44:27.940><c> really</c><00:44:28.280><c> wish</c><00:44:28.460><c> I</c><00:44:28.599><c> could</c><00:44:28.699><c> play</c><00:44:28.900><c> the</c><00:44:29.099><c> violin.</c><00:44:29.719><c> And</c><00:44:29.900><c> if</c>

00:44:30.079 --> 00:44:31.659
we<00:44:30.340><c> say,</c><00:44:30.639><c> if</c><00:44:30.920><c> it's</c><00:44:31.199><c> no</c><00:44:31.440><c> effort,</c>

00:44:31.719 --> 00:44:35.940
I<00:44:31.920><c> really</c><00:44:32.239><c> wish</c><00:44:32.400><c> I</c><00:44:32.579><c> could</c><00:44:32.679><c> be</c><00:44:32.820><c> in</c><00:44:32.960><c> the</c><00:44:33.159><c> kingdom,</c><00:44:34.659><c> then</c><00:44:34.920><c> God</c><00:44:35.159><c> says,</c><00:44:35.699><c> I</c>

00:44:35.940 --> 00:44:37.280
don't<00:44:36.139><c> think</c><00:44:36.239><c> you</c><00:44:36.400><c> want</c><00:44:36.519><c> to</c><00:44:36.679><c> be</c><00:44:36.860><c> there.</c>

00:44:37.280 --> 00:44:41.079
But<00:44:38.000><c> if</c><00:44:38.219><c> you</c><00:44:38.460><c> say</c><00:44:38.780><c> the</c><00:44:39.099><c> kingdom</c><00:44:39.500><c> is</c><00:44:39.780><c> the</c><00:44:39.960><c> pearl</c><00:44:40.159><c> of</c><00:44:40.360><c> great</c><00:44:40.539><c> price,</c><00:44:40.880><c> that</c>

00:44:41.079 --> 00:44:42.480
is<00:44:41.260><c> what</c><00:44:41.420><c> I</c><00:44:41.679><c> want</c><00:44:41.860><c> more</c><00:44:42.179><c> than</c>

00:44:42.480 --> 00:44:45.920
anything<00:44:42.880><c> else</c><00:44:43.159><c> in</c><00:44:43.280><c> this</c><00:44:43.480><c> whole</c><00:44:43.719><c> world.</c><00:44:44.920><c> Earth</c><00:44:45.199><c> has</c><00:44:45.599><c> nothing</c>

00:44:45.920 --> 00:44:49.119
I<00:44:46.239><c> desire</c><00:44:46.619><c> beside</c><00:44:47.059><c> you,</c><00:44:47.800><c> Psalm</c><00:44:47.940><c> 73,</c>

00:44:50.480 --> 00:44:55.940
then<00:44:50.739><c> God</c><00:44:50.960><c> will</c><00:44:51.159><c> bring</c><00:44:51.300><c> it</c><00:44:51.480><c> about.</c><00:44:52.699><c> He</c><00:44:52.920><c> will</c><00:44:53.199><c> give</c><00:44:53.440><c> you</c><00:44:53.900><c> all</c><00:44:54.840><c> the</c><00:44:55.079><c> mechanisms</c><00:44:55.599><c> to</c>

00:44:55.940 --> 00:44:57.000
make<00:44:56.139><c> the</c><00:44:56.440><c> transformation,</c>

00:44:57.159 --> 00:45:01.440
to<00:44:57.199><c> let</c><00:44:57.420><c> Christ</c><00:44:58.019><c> be</c><00:44:58.840><c> revealed</c><00:44:59.360><c> in</c><00:44:59.579><c> you,</c><00:45:00.340><c> to</c><00:45:00.519><c> have</c><00:45:00.760><c> you</c><00:45:01.099><c> formed</c>

00:45:01.440 --> 00:45:05.280
like<00:45:01.800><c> Christ,</c><00:45:02.559><c> to</c><00:45:02.659><c> be</c><00:45:02.940><c> created</c><00:45:03.500><c> in</c><00:45:04.039><c> his</c><00:45:04.320><c> image.</c>

00:45:05.619 --> 00:45:10.599
I<00:45:06.179><c> came</c><00:45:06.320><c> across</c><00:45:06.679><c> a</c><00:45:06.920><c> wonderful</c><00:45:07.699><c> little</c><00:45:08.480><c> cartoon</c><00:45:09.079><c> at</c><00:45:09.599><c> one</c><00:45:09.840><c> point.</c><00:45:10.320><c> I'll</c>

00:45:10.599 --> 00:45:12.159
read<00:45:10.719><c> the</c><00:45:10.920><c> writing</c><00:45:11.139><c> to</c><00:45:11.300><c> you.</c><00:45:11.619><c> There's</c><00:45:11.780><c> this</c>

00:45:12.159 --> 00:45:17.780
man<00:45:12.480><c> in</c><00:45:12.880><c> the</c><00:45:13.059><c> gift</c><00:45:13.320><c> store,</c><00:45:13.940><c> and</c><00:45:14.000><c> he</c><00:45:14.239><c> says,</c><00:45:15.300><c> do</c><00:45:15.480><c> you</c><00:45:15.679><c> have</c><00:45:15.840><c> a</c><00:45:16.159><c> card</c><00:45:16.460><c> that</c><00:45:16.840><c> stops</c><00:45:17.159><c> short</c><00:45:17.539><c> of</c>

00:45:17.780 --> 00:45:18.780
saying,<00:45:18.239><c> I'm</c><00:45:18.500><c> sorry,</c>

00:45:18.960 --> 00:45:28.739
yet<00:45:19.199><c> vaguely</c><00:45:19.820><c> hints</c><00:45:20.119><c> at</c><00:45:20.360><c> some</c><00:45:20.599><c> wrongdoing?</c><00:45:27.679><c> Don't</c><00:45:28.119><c> let</c><00:45:28.380><c> our</c>

00:45:28.739 --> 00:45:30.519
repentance<00:45:29.179><c> be</c><00:45:29.440><c> like</c><00:45:29.739><c> that.</c>

00:45:33.260 --> 00:45:39.639
Confessing<00:45:33.980><c> our</c><00:45:34.280><c> sins</c><00:45:34.940><c> means</c><00:45:36.400><c> not</c><00:45:37.300><c> just</c><00:45:38.119><c> vaguely</c><00:45:38.659><c> saying,</c><00:45:39.519><c> yeah,</c><00:45:39.519><c> we</c>

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know<00:45:39.840><c> we're</c><00:45:39.960><c> not</c><00:45:40.099><c> quite</c><00:45:40.300><c> up</c><00:45:40.519><c> to</c><00:45:40.739><c> par,</c>

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God,<00:45:42.019><c> but</c><00:45:42.800><c> it</c><00:45:43.059><c> means</c><00:45:43.639><c> identifying</c><00:45:44.639><c> and</c><00:45:45.300><c> confessing</c><00:45:46.559><c> the</c><00:45:46.840><c> things,</c><00:45:47.699><c> the</c>

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specific<00:45:48.579><c> things</c><00:45:49.179><c> that</c><00:45:49.719><c> we</c><00:45:49.840><c> have</c><00:45:49.980><c> done</c><00:45:50.159><c> wrong</c>

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and<00:45:51.760><c> saying</c><00:45:52.119><c> to</c><00:45:52.579><c> God,</c><00:45:53.840><c> I'm</c><00:45:54.119><c> sorry.</c><00:45:56.780><c> And</c><00:45:57.039><c> I</c><00:45:57.179><c> like</c><00:45:57.420><c> another</c><00:45:58.199><c> lovely</c><00:45:58.699><c> one</c>

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that<00:45:59.059><c> I</c><00:45:59.260><c> found</c><00:45:59.440><c> a</c><00:45:59.639><c> while</c><00:45:59.800><c> ago</c><00:46:00.000><c> on</c><00:46:00.000><c> the</c><00:46:00.000><c> internet,</c>

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says<00:46:01.780><c> at</c><00:46:02.340><c> the</c><00:46:02.480><c> bottom,</c><00:46:03.659><c> forgiveness</c><00:46:04.000><c> is</c><00:46:04.320><c> giving</c><00:46:04.500><c> up</c><00:46:04.840><c> all</c><00:46:05.219><c> hope</c>

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of<00:46:06.159><c> a</c><00:46:06.340><c> better</c><00:46:06.579><c> past.</c><00:46:07.800><c> See,</c><00:46:08.019><c> if</c><00:46:08.239><c> you</c><00:46:08.599><c> reinvent</c><00:46:09.159><c> your</c>

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past,<00:46:10.599><c> if</c><00:46:10.840><c> you</c><00:46:11.239><c> think,</c><00:46:11.960><c> oh,</c><00:46:12.420><c> yeah,</c><00:46:12.659><c> the</c><00:46:12.880><c> things</c><00:46:13.019><c> I</c><00:46:13.300><c> did</c><00:46:13.460><c> there,</c>

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I<00:46:14.019><c> mean,</c><00:46:14.199><c> there's</c><00:46:14.380><c> all</c><00:46:14.579><c> sorts</c><00:46:14.739><c> of</c><00:46:15.039><c> excuses.</c><00:46:15.559><c> They</c>

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weren't<00:46:15.980><c> as</c><00:46:16.340><c> bad</c><00:46:16.559><c> as</c><00:46:16.780><c> they,</c><00:46:17.199><c> you</c><00:46:17.380><c> know,</c><00:46:17.820><c> if</c><00:46:18.139><c> you</c><00:46:18.539><c> reinvent</c><00:46:19.119><c> your</c><00:46:19.500><c> past</c><00:46:19.760><c> to</c>

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make<00:46:20.139><c> it</c><00:46:20.360><c> all</c><00:46:20.619><c> rosy,</c><00:46:20.960><c> you</c><00:46:21.079><c> don't</c><00:46:21.300><c> need</c>

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forgiveness.<00:46:24.519><c> Forgiveness</c><00:46:25.079><c> is</c><00:46:26.300><c> when</c><00:46:26.440><c> you're</c><00:46:26.760><c> prepared</c><00:46:27.039><c> to</c><00:46:27.320><c> give</c><00:46:27.460><c> up</c><00:46:27.780><c> all</c><00:46:28.159><c> hope</c><00:46:28.659><c> of</c><00:46:29.079><c> having</c><00:46:29.300><c> had</c><00:46:29.539><c> a</c>

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better<00:46:29.980><c> past.</c>