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teachings<00:14:50.120><c> that</c><00:14:50.639><c> spin</c><00:14:51.100><c> out</c>

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who's<00:15:04.179><c> let</c><00:15:04.320><c> down</c><00:15:04.580><c> through</c><00:15:04.820><c> the</c><00:15:05.019><c> roof.</c><00:15:06.820><c> And</c><00:15:07.120><c> that's</c><00:15:08.419><c> a</c><00:15:08.539><c> great</c>

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miracle,<00:15:09.159><c> it's</c><00:15:09.639><c> public,</c><00:15:10.200><c> it's</c><00:15:11.120><c> part</c><00:15:11.360><c> of</c><00:15:11.559><c> the</c><00:15:11.759><c> ministry</c>

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portion,<00:15:12.779><c> it's</c><00:15:13.000><c> part</c><00:15:13.179><c> of</c><00:15:13.320><c> the</c><00:15:13.480><c> second</c><00:15:13.700><c> ministry</c><00:15:14.139><c> portion</c><00:15:14.480><c> of</c>

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teacher,<00:15:41.620><c> doesn't</c><00:15:41.899><c> it?</c><00:15:42.259><c> Because</c><00:15:42.519><c> when</c><00:15:42.779><c> teachers</c><00:15:43.059><c> can</c><00:15:43.379><c> take</c>

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suddenly<00:15:46.940><c> in</c><00:15:47.159><c> front</c><00:15:47.320><c> of</c><00:15:47.480><c> them,</c><00:15:47.879><c> and</c><00:15:48.100><c> turn</c><00:15:48.279><c> that</c><00:15:48.519><c> into</c><00:15:48.700><c> a</c><00:15:48.879><c> teaching</c><00:15:49.159><c> moment,</c><00:15:49.820><c> that's</c><00:15:50.620><c> an</c>

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exquisitely<00:15:51.299><c> good</c><00:15:51.539><c> teacher.</c>

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are<00:16:01.179><c> coupled</c><00:16:01.500><c> with</c><00:16:02.080><c> marvelous</c><00:16:02.779><c> ad</c><00:16:03.039><c> hoc</c><00:16:03.240><c> teachings.</c><00:16:06.000><c> Then</c>

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right?<00:16:31.279><c> I'm</c><00:16:31.559><c> listening</c><00:16:31.860><c> to</c><00:16:32.120><c> Jesus</c>

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teach<00:16:33.019><c> a</c><00:16:33.299><c> structured</c><00:16:33.580><c> teaching.</c><00:16:34.600><c> How</c><00:16:34.840><c> does</c><00:16:35.039><c> that</c><00:16:35.259><c> relate</c><00:16:35.559><c> to</c>

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invariably<00:16:55.159><c> for</c><00:16:55.559><c> his</c><00:16:55.919><c> disciples.</c>

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disciples.<00:17:14.960><c> And</c><00:17:15.099><c> the</c><00:17:15.200><c> first,</c><00:17:15.559><c> of</c><00:17:15.559><c> course,</c><00:17:15.920><c> classic</c><00:17:16.200><c> example</c>

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okay?<00:17:19.859><c> That's</c><00:17:20.299><c> the</c><00:17:20.500><c> first</c><00:17:20.740><c> discourse</c><00:17:21.339><c> of</c><00:17:23.980><c> Matthew's</c><00:17:24.619><c> gospel</c>

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blessed<00:17:33.559><c> are</c><00:17:33.759><c> those</c><00:17:34.019><c> that</c><00:17:34.339><c> mourn,</c><00:17:34.579><c> blessed</c><00:17:34.900><c> are</c><00:17:35.099><c> the</c><00:17:35.319><c> meek,</c>

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after<00:17:37.559><c> righteousness.</c><00:17:38.680><c> So</c><00:17:38.900><c> it's</c><00:17:39.460><c> structured</c><00:17:39.880><c> teaching.</c><00:17:42.180><c> Whether</c><00:17:43.000><c> some</c><00:17:43.700><c> of</c>

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verbal<00:18:24.799><c> connections</c><00:18:25.240><c> tonight,</c><00:18:25.740><c> so</c><00:18:26.299><c> we</c><00:18:26.539><c> want</c><00:18:26.660><c> to</c><00:18:26.779><c> just</c><00:18:26.960><c> look</c><00:18:27.099><c> a</c>

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little<00:18:27.400><c> bit</c><00:18:27.539><c> more</c><00:18:27.759><c> at</c><00:18:27.940><c> this.</c>

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Each<00:18:38.919><c> discourse</c><00:18:39.559><c> ends</c><00:18:40.440><c> at</c><00:18:40.640><c> a</c><00:18:40.759><c> bridging</c><00:18:41.079><c> statement.</c>

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And<00:18:46.079><c> again,</c><00:18:46.200><c> you</c><00:18:46.319><c> can</c><00:18:46.579><c> see</c><00:18:46.819><c> immediately</c><00:18:47.579><c> the</c><00:18:49.019><c> verbal</c><00:18:49.359><c> cue.</c><00:18:50.519><c> And</c><00:18:50.740><c> so</c>

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parables,<00:19:01.220><c> when</c><00:19:01.440><c> Jesus</c><00:19:01.740><c> had</c><00:19:02.059><c> finished</c><00:19:02.380><c> these</c><00:19:02.839><c> sayings,</c><00:19:03.940><c> when</c>

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Jesus<00:19:04.480><c> had</c><00:19:04.839><c> finished</c><00:19:05.180><c> all</c><00:19:05.519><c> these</c><00:19:05.819><c> sayings.</c>

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ah,<00:19:15.000><c> a</c><00:19:15.319><c> discourse</c><00:19:15.680><c> has</c><00:19:15.880><c> just</c><00:19:16.140><c> ended,</c><00:19:16.579><c> let</c><00:19:16.759><c> me</c><00:19:16.859><c> go</c><00:19:17.099><c> back</c><00:19:17.299><c> and</c>

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see<00:19:17.559><c> where</c><00:19:17.740><c> the</c><00:19:17.920><c> discourse</c><00:19:18.240><c> began.</c>

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as<00:19:24.480><c> we</c><00:19:24.660><c> said,</c><00:19:24.980><c> sermon</c><00:19:25.200><c> on</c><00:19:25.420><c> the</c><00:19:25.500><c> mount.</c>

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Then<00:19:26.619><c> he</c><00:19:26.740><c> opened</c><00:19:27.019><c> his</c><00:19:27.220><c> mouth</c><00:19:27.480><c> and</c><00:19:27.660><c> taught</c><00:19:27.900><c> them</c><00:19:28.180><c> saying.</c><00:19:29.779><c> And</c>

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it<00:19:30.099><c> ends</c><00:19:30.480><c> when</c><00:19:31.059><c> Jesus</c><00:19:31.420><c> had</c><00:19:31.619><c> ended</c><00:19:31.799><c> these</c><00:19:32.180><c> sayings.</c>

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Second<00:19:34.920><c> discourse</c><00:19:35.380><c> begins.</c><00:19:36.720><c> Then</c><00:19:36.799><c> these</c><00:19:37.299><c> twelve,</c><00:19:37.619><c> Jesus</c><00:19:37.880><c> sent</c><00:19:38.079><c> out</c>

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and<00:19:38.480><c> commanded</c><00:19:38.720><c> them</c><00:19:39.019><c> saying.</c><00:19:39.980><c> It</c><00:19:40.220><c> ends.</c><00:19:40.740><c> Now</c>

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it<00:19:41.019><c> came</c><00:19:41.140><c> to</c><00:19:41.299><c> pass</c><00:19:41.440><c> when</c><00:19:41.559><c> Jesus</c><00:19:41.839><c> finished</c><00:19:42.099><c> commanding</c><00:19:42.440><c> his</c>

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twelve<00:19:42.779><c> disciples.</c><00:19:43.559><c> Pretty</c><00:19:43.799><c> obvious,</c><00:19:44.240><c> isn't</c><00:19:44.460><c> it?</c>

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The<00:19:45.720><c> third</c><00:19:46.000><c> one,</c><00:19:46.759><c> then</c><00:19:46.900><c> he</c><00:19:47.079><c> spoke</c><00:19:47.299><c> many</c><00:19:47.640><c> things</c><00:19:47.859><c> to</c><00:19:48.000><c> them</c><00:19:48.160><c> in</c>

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finished<00:19:50.720><c> these</c><00:19:51.099><c> parables.</c><00:19:52.619><c> You</c><00:19:53.019><c> can</c><00:19:53.259><c> see</c><00:19:53.400><c> how</c><00:19:53.660><c> the</c><00:19:53.940><c> structure</c><00:19:54.359><c> just</c><00:19:54.980><c> works</c><00:19:55.180><c> along</c><00:19:55.500><c> very</c><00:19:55.859><c> nicely.</c><00:19:56.319><c> The</c>

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verbal<00:19:56.779><c> cues</c><00:19:57.519><c> tell</c><00:19:58.400><c> us</c><00:19:59.039><c> that</c><00:19:59.380><c> we're</c><00:19:59.779><c> starting</c><00:20:00.059><c> and</c><00:20:00.319><c> ending</c><00:20:00.599><c> a</c>

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discourse.<00:20:01.920><c> And</c><00:20:02.059><c> the</c><00:20:02.220><c> last</c><00:20:02.440><c> two,</c><00:20:02.740><c> assuredly</c><00:20:03.220><c> I</c><00:20:03.400><c> say</c><00:20:03.599><c> to</c>

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you,<00:20:04.339><c> and</c><00:20:04.460><c> Jesus</c><00:20:04.759><c> answered</c><00:20:05.140><c> and</c><00:20:05.500><c> said</c><00:20:05.680><c> to</c><00:20:05.819><c> them.</c><00:20:07.740><c> So</c><00:20:08.299><c> we</c><00:20:08.859><c> can</c>

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begin<00:20:09.380><c> to</c><00:20:09.680><c> see</c><00:20:09.759><c> the</c><00:20:10.039><c> beginning</c><00:20:10.299><c> and</c><00:20:10.599><c> ending</c><00:20:10.819><c> of</c><00:20:11.039><c> these</c>

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courses.<00:20:12.759><c> And</c><00:20:12.940><c> again,</c><00:20:13.200><c> you</c><00:20:13.259><c> know,</c><00:20:13.519><c> if</c><00:20:13.640><c> we</c><00:20:13.720><c> were</c><00:20:13.779><c> to</c><00:20:13.920><c> mark</c><00:20:14.059><c> these</c><00:20:14.559><c> in</c>

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discourse<00:20:20.339><c> now.</c>

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ministry<00:20:25.359><c> portion.</c><00:20:25.900><c> And</c><00:20:26.500><c> it's</c><00:20:26.839><c> relevant</c><00:20:27.299><c> for</c><00:20:27.839><c> me</c>

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things<00:20:39.960><c> that</c><00:20:40.140><c> he's</c><00:20:40.440><c> saying.</c>

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bridging<00:20:50.819><c> statements</c><00:20:51.279><c> for</c><00:20:51.680><c> us,</c><00:20:53.319><c> allow</c><00:20:53.440><c> us</c><00:20:53.680><c> to</c><00:20:53.900><c> identify</c><00:20:54.579><c> where</c><00:20:54.960><c> the</c>

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what<00:21:06.039><c> I'd</c><00:21:06.259><c> like</c><00:21:06.339><c> to</c><00:21:06.599><c> do</c><00:21:07.000><c> for</c><00:21:07.240><c> the</c><00:21:07.380><c> rest</c><00:21:07.519><c> of</c><00:21:07.720><c> the</c><00:21:07.799><c> time</c>

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we've<00:21:08.380><c> got</c><00:21:09.039><c> is</c><00:21:10.960><c> to</c><00:21:11.259><c> take</c><00:21:11.440><c> a</c><00:21:11.640><c> look</c><00:21:11.799><c> at</c><00:21:11.960><c> how</c><00:21:12.200><c> Matthew</c><00:21:12.599><c> then</c><00:21:12.920><c> uses</c>

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additional<00:21:14.059><c> verbal</c><00:21:14.480><c> cues</c><00:21:14.940><c> to</c><00:21:15.480><c> give</c><00:21:15.779><c> continuity</c>

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to<00:21:17.220><c> this</c><00:21:17.680><c> wonderful</c><00:21:18.160><c> gospel</c><00:21:18.599><c> message</c><00:21:19.140><c> that</c><00:21:19.500><c> he's</c><00:21:19.740><c> developing.</c><00:21:20.880><c> And</c><00:21:21.180><c> we</c><00:21:21.279><c> can</c>

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see<00:21:22.380><c> to</c><00:21:22.619><c> a</c><00:21:22.839><c> certain</c><00:21:23.019><c> extent</c>

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that<00:21:23.980><c> the</c><00:21:24.259><c> dynamics</c><00:21:24.920><c> of</c><00:21:25.599><c> how</c><00:21:26.220><c> Matthew's</c><00:21:26.720><c> gospel</c><00:21:27.019><c> is</c><00:21:27.339><c> developing.</c><00:21:29.140><c> So</c><00:21:29.279><c> what</c>

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I'd<00:21:29.619><c> like</c><00:21:29.700><c> to</c><00:21:29.900><c> do</c><00:21:30.099><c> just</c><00:21:30.339><c> across</c>

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the<00:21:31.019><c> top</c><00:21:31.240><c> there,</c><00:21:31.660><c> I've</c><00:21:32.359><c> put</c><00:21:32.579><c> the</c><00:21:33.420><c> basic</c><00:21:33.900><c> structure</c><00:21:34.420><c> again,</c><00:21:34.859><c> just</c><00:21:35.119><c> as</c>

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a<00:21:35.819><c> sort</c><00:21:35.980><c> of</c><00:21:36.259><c> reference</c><00:21:36.579><c> line.</c>

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division<00:21:41.859><c> one,</c><00:21:42.519><c> second</c><00:21:42.819><c> bridging</c><00:21:43.180><c> statement,</c>

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right<00:21:44.119><c> across</c><00:21:44.519><c> to</c><00:21:45.240><c> division</c><00:21:45.539><c> five,</c><00:21:46.960><c> bridging</c><00:21:47.140><c> statement</c><00:21:47.480><c> six,</c><00:21:47.900><c> and</c>

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the<00:21:48.299><c> climax</c><00:21:48.680><c> on</c><00:21:48.940><c> the</c><00:21:49.079><c> right.</c>

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that<00:21:57.779><c> as</c><00:21:57.960><c> we</c><00:21:58.140><c> look</c><00:21:58.339><c> at</c><00:21:58.680><c> passages</c>

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and<00:21:59.460><c> see</c><00:21:59.839><c> Matthew's</c><00:22:00.519><c> use</c><00:22:00.660><c> of</c><00:22:01.500><c> verbals,</c><00:22:02.900><c> you</c><00:22:02.900><c> know,</c><00:22:03.299><c> words</c><00:22:03.519><c> and</c>

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phrases<00:22:04.339><c> that</c><00:22:04.720><c> we've</c><00:22:05.059><c> long</c><00:22:05.299><c> considered,</c>

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we've<00:22:06.319><c> long</c><00:22:06.539><c> recognized</c><00:22:07.200><c> them,</c><00:22:07.960><c> and</c><00:22:08.240><c> sometimes</c><00:22:08.700><c> seen</c><00:22:08.900><c> them</c>

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as<00:22:09.240><c> very</c><00:22:09.539><c> similar.</c><00:22:10.359><c> See</c><00:22:10.579><c> how</c><00:22:10.740><c> they</c><00:22:10.900><c> are</c>

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strategically<00:22:11.779><c> placed</c><00:22:12.460><c> now</c><00:22:13.359><c> within</c><00:22:13.819><c> this</c><00:22:14.259><c> framework</c><00:22:14.880><c> and</c><00:22:15.660><c> give</c><00:22:15.960><c> it</c>

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notice<00:22:47.200><c> that</c><00:22:48.279><c> same</c><00:22:48.519><c> day</c><00:22:48.720><c> reading,</c>

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two,<00:22:51.299><c> and</c><00:22:51.400><c> then</c><00:22:51.500><c> we</c><00:22:51.619><c> read</c><00:22:51.759><c> Matthew</c><00:22:52.059><c> three</c><00:22:52.299><c> and</c><00:22:52.440><c> four.</c>

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exact<00:23:02.319><c> same</c><00:23:02.859><c> language</c><00:23:03.660><c> that</c><00:23:04.220><c> John</c><00:23:04.480><c> had</c><00:23:04.759><c> used.</c>

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this<00:23:25.380><c> point</c><00:23:25.539><c> to</c><00:23:25.779><c> Galilee,</c>

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today.<00:23:41.480><c> Tomorrow's</c><00:23:42.000><c> chapter</c><00:23:42.380><c> ten.</c><00:23:43.059><c> We'll</c><00:23:43.359><c> see</c><00:23:43.559><c> this</c><00:23:43.799><c> tomorrow.</c><00:23:46.079><c> When</c><00:23:46.619><c> he</c>

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selects<00:23:48.119><c> the</c><00:23:48.380><c> twelve</c><00:23:48.700><c> apostles</c>

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you<00:24:03.920><c> go</c><00:24:04.119><c> preach</c><00:24:04.400><c> saying,</c>

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tomorrow's<00:24:10.039><c> reading.</c>

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top.<00:24:24.339><c> After</c><00:24:24.779><c> John's</c><00:24:26.099><c> introductory</c><00:24:26.940><c> teaching,</c><00:24:29.859><c> repent</c><00:24:30.099><c> for</c>

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he<00:24:40.299><c> uses</c><00:24:40.599><c> that</c><00:24:40.920><c> phrasing,</c><00:24:41.799><c> and</c><00:24:42.220><c> then</c>

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go<00:24:45.640><c> out,</c><00:24:45.859><c> he's</c><00:24:46.000><c> using</c><00:24:46.200><c> the</c><00:24:46.440><c> same</c><00:24:46.720><c> phrasing.</c>

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about<00:25:07.119><c> the</c><00:25:07.319><c> ministry</c><00:25:07.579><c> of</c><00:25:07.799><c> Jesus.</c><00:25:09.359><c> It's</c><00:25:10.099><c> a</c><00:25:10.319><c> theme</c><00:25:10.519><c> that</c><00:25:10.940><c> characterizes</c><00:25:11.640><c> divisions</c><00:25:12.160><c> one</c><00:25:12.640><c> and</c><00:25:13.119><c> two</c><00:25:13.740><c> of</c><00:25:14.440><c> Matthew's</c>

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gospel,<00:25:17.099><c> and</c><00:25:18.680><c> this</c><00:25:18.900><c> is</c><00:25:19.200><c> further</c><00:25:19.460><c> reinforced</c><00:25:20.119><c> by</c><00:25:20.519><c> other</c><00:25:21.299><c> phrases</c><00:25:22.319><c> and</c>

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words<00:25:22.940><c> and</c><00:25:23.160><c> even</c><00:25:23.440><c> passages</c>

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that<00:25:25.099><c> indicate</c><00:25:25.640><c> to</c><00:25:25.880><c> us</c><00:25:26.140><c> when</c><00:25:26.500><c> we're</c><00:25:26.779><c> looking</c><00:25:27.140><c> at</c><00:25:27.779><c> the</c><00:25:28.099><c> ministry</c><00:25:28.380><c> of</c><00:25:28.599><c> Jesus</c><00:25:28.839><c> and</c>

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Matthew's<00:25:29.759><c> gospel,</c>

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the<00:25:43.759><c> end</c><00:25:43.900><c> of</c><00:25:44.099><c> chapter</c><00:25:44.339><c> nine</c><00:25:44.660><c> and</c><00:25:44.819><c> into</c><00:25:45.019><c> chapter</c><00:25:45.319><c> ten,</c>

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the<00:25:46.359><c> thing</c><00:25:46.579><c> for</c><00:25:46.740><c> us</c><00:25:46.940><c> to</c><00:25:47.220><c> look</c><00:25:47.519><c> at</c><00:25:47.759><c> and</c><00:25:48.019><c> see</c><00:25:48.119><c> is</c><00:25:48.500><c> how</c><00:25:48.920><c> is</c><00:25:49.299><c> the</c><00:25:49.460><c> kingdom</c><00:25:49.720><c> of</c>

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heaven<00:25:50.339><c> at</c><00:25:50.819><c> hand</c><00:25:51.079><c> right</c><00:25:51.480><c> now,</c><00:25:52.259><c> because</c><00:25:52.579><c> that's</c>

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what<00:25:53.299><c> Matthew</c><00:25:55.339><c> wants</c><00:25:55.640><c> us</c><00:25:55.880><c> to</c><00:25:56.119><c> see.</c><00:25:57.960><c> And</c><00:25:58.180><c> ministry</c><00:25:58.420><c> two</c><00:25:58.680><c> picks</c>

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up<00:25:59.180><c> where</c><00:25:59.420><c> ministry</c><00:25:59.740><c> one</c><00:25:59.960><c> leaves</c><00:26:00.200><c> off,</c>

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suggesting<00:26:01.279><c> again</c><00:26:01.640><c> that</c><00:26:01.839><c> the</c><00:26:02.000><c> two</c><00:26:02.140><c> divisions</c><00:26:02.480><c> go</c><00:26:02.740><c> together.</c>

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Just<00:26:03.819><c> notice</c><00:26:04.140><c> this.</c>

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The<00:26:06.220><c> end</c><00:26:06.359><c> of</c><00:26:06.500><c> ministry</c><00:26:06.819><c> one,</c><00:26:07.200><c> which</c><00:26:07.339><c> is</c><00:26:07.519><c> a</c><00:26:07.640><c> very</c><00:26:07.960><c> short</c><00:26:08.460><c> portion,</c><00:26:09.859><c> and</c><00:26:10.140><c> we</c>

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come<00:26:10.539><c> to</c><00:26:10.900><c> discourse</c><00:26:11.420><c> one,</c>

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which<00:26:12.420><c> is</c><00:26:12.720><c> the</c><00:26:13.019><c> long</c><00:26:13.420><c> sermon</c><00:26:13.700><c> on</c><00:26:13.920><c> the</c><00:26:14.000><c> mount.</c><00:26:15.480><c> We</c><00:26:16.000><c> have</c><00:26:16.220><c> this</c>

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verbal<00:26:17.539><c> structure.</c><00:26:18.880><c> Seeing</c><00:26:19.240><c> the</c><00:26:19.500><c> multitudes,</c>

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he<00:26:20.640><c> went</c><00:26:20.839><c> up</c><00:26:21.059><c> on</c><00:26:21.200><c> a</c><00:26:21.339><c> mountain,</c><00:26:22.380><c> and</c><00:26:22.400><c> when</c><00:26:22.579><c> he</c><00:26:22.740><c> was</c><00:26:23.059><c> seated,</c><00:26:23.700><c> his</c>

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disciples<00:26:24.440><c> came</c><00:26:24.779><c> to</c><00:26:24.960><c> him.</c><00:26:26.539><c> Now</c><00:26:26.920><c> at</c><00:26:27.140><c> the</c><00:26:27.420><c> end</c><00:26:27.759><c> of</c><00:26:28.000><c> the</c>

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sermon<00:26:28.480><c> on</c><00:26:28.740><c> the</c><00:26:28.859><c> mount,</c><00:26:29.380><c> when</c><00:26:29.539><c> that</c><00:26:29.880><c> discourse</c><00:26:30.160><c> is</c><00:26:30.480><c> over,</c><00:26:31.039><c> notice</c><00:26:31.480><c> the</c>

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phrasing.<00:26:33.640><c> When</c><00:26:33.740><c> he</c><00:26:33.920><c> had</c><00:26:34.039><c> come</c><00:26:34.180><c> down</c><00:26:34.519><c> from</c>

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the<00:26:34.859><c> mountains,</c><00:26:35.720><c> great</c><00:26:35.900><c> multitudes</c><00:26:36.519><c> followed</c><00:26:37.039><c> him.</c><00:26:38.440><c> The</c><00:26:38.599><c> beginning</c><00:26:38.799><c> of</c>

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ministry<00:26:39.200><c> two,</c><00:26:40.160><c> multitudes</c><00:26:40.579><c> up</c><00:26:40.859><c> in</c><00:26:40.960><c> a</c>

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mountain,<00:26:41.740><c> down</c><00:26:42.039><c> from</c><00:26:42.259><c> a</c><00:26:42.400><c> mountain,</c><00:26:43.059><c> multitudes.</c><00:26:44.640><c> It's</c><00:26:44.900><c> Matthew's</c><00:26:46.400><c> strategy</c><00:26:46.819><c> through</c><00:26:47.579><c> and</c>

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through,<00:26:48.039><c> brothers</c>

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and<00:26:48.519><c> sisters.</c><00:26:49.539><c> It's</c><00:26:49.859><c> the</c><00:26:49.960><c> way</c><00:26:50.180><c> he</c><00:26:51.039><c> verbally</c><00:26:51.480><c> connects</c><00:26:51.940><c> things</c>

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as<00:26:53.039><c> his</c><00:26:53.420><c> ministry</c><00:26:53.660><c> begins</c><00:26:54.000><c> to</c><00:26:54.279><c> unfold.</c>

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The<00:26:56.759><c> two</c><00:26:57.039><c> passages</c><00:26:57.779><c> exactly</c><00:26:58.960><c> straddle</c><00:26:59.500><c> the</c><00:26:59.680><c> sermon</c><00:26:59.920><c> on</c><00:27:00.160><c> the</c>

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mount,<00:27:00.680><c> exactly</c><00:27:01.119><c> straddle</c><00:27:01.579><c> the</c><00:27:01.720><c> sermon</c><00:27:01.880><c> on</c><00:27:02.059><c> the</c><00:27:02.119><c> mount.</c>

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We<00:27:03.000><c> might</c><00:27:03.240><c> not</c><00:27:03.480><c> pick</c><00:27:03.700><c> up</c><00:27:03.900><c> on</c><00:27:04.079><c> that.</c><00:27:04.640><c> Certainly,</c><00:27:04.859><c> I</c><00:27:05.000><c> might</c><00:27:05.220><c> not</c>

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pick<00:27:05.579><c> up</c><00:27:05.740><c> on</c><00:27:05.920><c> that</c><00:27:06.099><c> if</c><00:27:06.519><c> we</c><00:27:06.759><c> didn't</c><00:27:06.940><c> have</c><00:27:07.259><c> this</c>

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framework,<00:27:09.240><c> this</c><00:27:09.500><c> structural</c><00:27:10.019><c> framework</c><00:27:10.640><c> that</c><00:27:11.220><c> laid</c><00:27:11.299><c> out</c><00:27:11.480><c> at</c>

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the<00:27:11.779><c> top</c><00:27:12.099><c> as</c><00:27:13.019><c> a</c><00:27:13.259><c> guideline.</c><00:27:14.539><c> I</c><00:27:14.700><c> know</c><00:27:14.700><c> we're</c><00:27:14.960><c> going</c><00:27:14.960><c> to</c>

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hold<00:27:15.839><c> on.</c><00:27:17.059><c> Matthew</c><00:27:17.059><c> is</c><00:27:17.400><c> really</c><00:27:17.799><c> putting</c><00:27:18.059><c> things</c><00:27:18.359><c> at</c><00:27:18.559><c> strategic</c><00:27:19.000><c> points</c>

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in<00:27:20.160><c> his</c><00:27:20.579><c> development</c><00:27:21.140><c> of</c><00:27:21.319><c> the</c>

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gospel<00:27:21.839><c> story.</c><00:27:22.220><c> We'd</c><00:27:22.539><c> probably</c><00:27:22.839><c> guess</c><00:27:23.039><c> that</c><00:27:23.319><c> anyway,</c><00:27:23.759><c> but</c><00:27:23.920><c> now</c><00:27:24.119><c> we</c>

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can<00:27:24.480><c> see</c><00:27:24.619><c> where</c><00:27:24.759><c> those</c><00:27:25.039><c> points</c><00:27:25.339><c> are.</c>

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So<00:27:27.079><c> the</c><00:27:27.220><c> two</c><00:27:27.380><c> passages</c><00:27:27.799><c> exactly</c><00:27:28.500><c> straddle</c><00:27:29.099><c> discourse</c><00:27:29.599><c> one,</c>

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and<00:27:31.420><c> again</c><00:27:31.940><c> suggest</c><00:27:32.460><c> that</c><00:27:32.720><c> division</c><00:27:33.039><c> two</c><00:27:33.599><c> is</c><00:27:33.980><c> to</c>

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be<00:27:34.359><c> understood</c><00:27:34.779><c> as</c><00:27:35.039><c> a</c><00:27:35.680><c> continuation</c><00:27:36.420><c> of</c><00:27:36.720><c> division</c><00:27:37.059><c> one.</c><00:27:38.319><c> You</c>

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know<00:27:38.500><c> heaven</c><00:27:38.740><c> was</c><00:27:38.980><c> at</c><00:27:39.160><c> hand</c><00:27:39.279><c> then,</c><00:27:39.539><c> it's</c><00:27:39.799><c> still</c><00:27:39.980><c> at</c>

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hand<00:27:40.299><c> now.</c><00:27:43.720><c> Then</c><00:27:44.119><c> we</c><00:27:44.380><c> notice</c><00:27:44.680><c> something</c><00:27:45.059><c> else,</c><00:27:46.680><c> and</c><00:27:46.779><c> I'm</c><00:27:46.940><c> sure</c>

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we've<00:27:47.920><c> seen</c><00:27:48.240><c> this.</c><00:27:49.119><c> If</c><00:27:49.380><c> we've</c><00:27:50.839><c> been</c><00:27:51.019><c> reading</c><00:27:51.200><c> the</c>

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daily<00:27:52.140><c> readings</c><00:27:52.440><c> for</c><00:27:52.660><c> 50</c><00:27:52.920><c> years,</c><00:27:53.539><c> then</c><00:27:53.660><c> we've</c><00:27:53.900><c> read</c><00:27:53.980><c> this</c><00:27:54.200><c> a</c>

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hundred<00:27:54.480><c> times.</c><00:27:55.880><c> We've</c><00:27:56.259><c> seen</c><00:27:56.619><c> that</c><00:27:57.180><c> there</c><00:27:57.380><c> are</c><00:27:57.579><c> two</c>

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passages<00:27:58.500><c> in</c><00:27:59.460><c> Matthew</c><00:27:59.839><c> four</c><00:28:00.119><c> and</c><00:28:00.240><c> Matthew</c><00:28:00.559><c> nine</c><00:28:00.920><c> that</c><00:28:01.079><c> are</c>

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exactly<00:28:01.759><c> the</c><00:28:02.000><c> same,</c><00:28:02.259><c> but</c><00:28:02.400><c> virtually</c><00:28:02.779><c> verbatim.</c>

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Well,<00:28:04.720><c> they're</c><00:28:04.940><c> strategically</c><00:28:05.400><c> placed.</c><00:28:07.960><c> Okay,</c><00:28:08.779><c> at</c><00:28:08.900><c> the</c><00:28:09.140><c> end,</c>

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summing<00:28:10.119><c> up</c><00:28:10.359><c> ministry</c><00:28:10.680><c> one,</c>

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Matthew<00:28:12.220><c> tells</c><00:28:12.539><c> us</c><00:28:12.819><c> Jesus</c><00:28:13.160><c> went</c><00:28:13.400><c> about</c><00:28:13.740><c> all</c><00:28:14.079><c> Galilee</c><00:28:14.880><c> teaching</c><00:28:15.339><c> in</c><00:28:15.539><c> their</c><00:28:15.720><c> synagogues,</c><00:28:16.299><c> preaching</c><00:28:16.700><c> the</c>

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gospel<00:28:17.279><c> of</c><00:28:17.480><c> the</c><00:28:17.680><c> kingdom,</c><00:28:18.339><c> and</c><00:28:18.500><c> healing</c><00:28:18.779><c> all</c><00:28:19.299><c> kinds</c><00:28:19.539><c> of</c><00:28:19.779><c> sickness</c><00:28:20.019><c> and</c>

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all<00:28:20.500><c> kinds</c><00:28:20.759><c> of</c><00:28:20.980><c> disease</c><00:28:21.240><c> among</c><00:28:21.519><c> the</c><00:28:21.759><c> people.</c>

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That's<00:28:22.660><c> a</c><00:28:22.799><c> wonderful</c><00:28:23.180><c> synopsis</c><00:28:23.799><c> of</c><00:28:23.920><c> how</c><00:28:24.079><c> the</c><00:28:24.279><c> kingdom</c><00:28:24.480><c> came.</c>

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Jesus<00:28:26.519><c> teaching,</c><00:28:27.680><c> preaching</c><00:28:28.319><c> the</c><00:28:29.299><c> gospel</c><00:28:29.680><c> of</c>

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healing.<00:28:31.059><c> That's</c><00:28:31.500><c> how</c><00:28:31.779><c> the</c><00:28:31.960><c> kingdom</c><00:28:32.180><c> of</c><00:28:32.359><c> heaven</c><00:28:32.500><c> is,</c><00:28:32.660><c> a</c><00:28:32.799><c> picture</c><00:28:33.019><c> of</c><00:28:33.200><c> the</c><00:28:33.359><c> kingdom</c><00:28:33.559><c> to</c><00:28:33.799><c> come,</c>

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and<00:28:35.000><c> he's</c><00:28:35.259><c> bringing</c><00:28:35.480><c> it</c><00:28:35.799><c> then</c><00:28:36.099><c> to</c><00:28:36.880><c> Israel.</c><00:28:37.440><c> But</c><00:28:37.599><c> then</c><00:28:37.779><c> notice</c>

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how<00:28:38.259><c> ministry</c><00:28:38.640><c> two</c><00:28:38.859><c> is</c><00:28:39.140><c> summarized</c><00:28:40.279><c> near</c><00:28:40.700><c> the</c>

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end<00:28:40.980><c> of</c><00:28:41.160><c> chapter</c><00:28:41.400><c> nine,</c><00:28:41.720><c> almost</c><00:28:41.980><c> at</c><00:28:42.200><c> the</c><00:28:42.200><c> end</c><00:28:42.380><c> of</c><00:28:42.539><c> chapter</c><00:28:42.740><c> nine.</c><00:28:44.039><c> Jesus</c><00:28:44.539><c> went</c><00:28:44.799><c> about</c><00:28:45.099><c> all</c>

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the<00:28:45.619><c> cities</c><00:28:45.920><c> and</c><00:28:46.220><c> villages</c>

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teaching<00:28:47.420><c> in</c><00:28:47.640><c> their</c><00:28:47.819><c> synagogues,</c><00:28:48.700><c> preaching</c><00:28:49.079><c> the</c><00:28:49.319><c> gospel</c><00:28:49.640><c> of</c>

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the<00:28:49.920><c> kingdom,</c><00:28:50.380><c> and</c><00:28:50.579><c> healing</c><00:28:50.799><c> every</c><00:28:51.259><c> sickness</c><00:28:51.500><c> and</c>

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every<00:28:51.880><c> disease</c><00:28:52.200><c> among</c><00:28:52.460><c> people.</c><00:28:53.460><c> It's</c><00:28:53.819><c> almost</c><00:28:54.160><c> verbatim,</c><00:28:56.279><c> again</c><00:28:56.700><c> indicating</c><00:28:57.299><c> to</c>

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us<00:28:58.160><c> that</c><00:28:58.539><c> division</c><00:28:58.920><c> one</c><00:28:59.200><c> and</c>

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division<00:28:59.579><c> two</c><00:28:59.880><c> of</c><00:29:00.099><c> Matthew's</c><00:29:00.680><c> gospel</c><00:29:00.920><c> have</c><00:29:01.119><c> a</c><00:29:01.480><c> common</c><00:29:01.740><c> theme.</c>

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The<00:29:03.220><c> kingdom</c><00:29:03.559><c> of</c><00:29:04.000><c> heaven</c><00:29:04.339><c> is</c><00:29:04.900><c> at</c><00:29:05.319><c> hand.</c>

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And<00:29:11.680><c> Jesus</c><00:29:12.119><c> does</c><00:29:12.500><c> bring</c><00:29:12.759><c> it,</c><00:29:13.000><c> doesn't</c><00:29:13.240><c> he?</c><00:29:14.720><c> He</c><00:29:15.039><c> brings</c><00:29:15.279><c> the</c><00:29:15.579><c> kingdom</c><00:29:15.880><c> to</c>

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us<00:29:16.539><c> in</c><00:29:16.900><c> his</c><00:29:17.240><c> preaching,</c>

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which<00:29:18.660><c> are</c><00:29:18.799><c> the</c><00:29:19.019><c> principles</c><00:29:19.460><c> of</c><00:29:19.759><c> kingdom</c><00:29:20.099><c> life.</c><00:29:22.039><c> Blessed</c><00:29:22.160><c> are</c>

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the<00:29:22.500><c> poor</c><00:29:22.680><c> in</c><00:29:22.839><c> spirit</c><00:29:23.079><c> again,</c>

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and<00:29:23.599><c> blessed</c><00:29:23.759><c> are</c><00:29:23.900><c> those</c><00:29:24.220><c> that</c><00:29:24.480><c> mourn.</c><00:29:24.799><c> You</c><00:29:24.799><c> know,</c><00:29:25.240><c> all</c><00:29:25.440><c> of</c>

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that.<00:29:26.259><c> Blessed</c><00:29:26.640><c> are</c><00:29:26.960><c> the</c><00:29:27.299><c> peacemakers.</c>

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You<00:29:28.599><c> know,</c><00:29:29.559><c> all</c><00:29:29.700><c> of</c><00:29:29.960><c> that.</c><00:29:31.079><c> The</c><00:29:31.220><c> principles</c><00:29:31.460><c> of</c><00:29:31.720><c> kingdom</c><00:29:32.019><c> life.</c><00:29:33.579><c> And</c>

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in<00:29:33.920><c> his</c><00:29:34.259><c> healing,</c>

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in<00:29:36.160><c> chapters</c><00:29:36.440><c> eight</c><00:29:36.720><c> and</c><00:29:36.819><c> nine,</c><00:29:37.200><c> which</c><00:29:37.380><c> we've</c><00:29:37.559><c> just</c><00:29:37.839><c> finished</c>

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reading,<00:29:39.660><c> are</c><00:29:39.779><c> just</c><00:29:40.119><c> one</c><00:29:40.400><c> miracle</c><00:29:40.700><c> after</c>

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another<00:29:41.259><c> after</c><00:29:41.539><c> another,</c><00:29:42.960><c> showing</c><00:29:43.160><c> the</c><00:29:43.559><c> powers</c><00:29:43.920><c> of</c><00:29:44.160><c> the</c><00:29:44.359><c> kingdom</c><00:29:44.559><c> to</c>

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come.<00:29:47.039><c> So</c><00:29:47.339><c> in</c><00:29:47.460><c> his</c><00:29:47.940><c> preaching,</c><00:29:48.440><c> in</c><00:29:48.619><c> his</c>

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healing,<00:29:50.210><c> and</c><00:29:50.210><c> perhaps</c><00:29:50.750><c> best</c><00:29:51.230><c> of</c><00:29:51.490><c> all</c><00:29:51.809><c> in</c><00:29:52.029><c> his</c><00:29:52.410><c> person,</c><00:29:54.170><c> as</c><00:29:54.349><c> he</c>

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brings<00:29:54.910><c> the</c><00:29:55.190><c> very</c><00:29:56.049><c> character</c><00:29:56.509><c> of</c><00:29:56.890><c> God,</c>

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you<00:29:58.609><c> know,</c><00:29:58.609><c> the</c><00:29:58.849><c> personality</c><00:29:59.529><c> of</c><00:29:59.849><c> God,</c><00:30:00.569><c> the</c><00:30:00.970><c> words</c><00:30:01.430><c> of</c><00:30:01.730><c> God,</c>

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the<00:30:02.549><c> works</c><00:30:02.829><c> of</c><00:30:03.130><c> God</c><00:30:03.369><c> to</c><00:30:03.869><c> men,</c>

00:30:04.809 --> 00:30:08.849
you<00:30:04.930><c> know,</c><00:30:05.190><c> the</c><00:30:05.369><c> kingdom</c><00:30:05.690><c> of</c><00:30:06.049><c> heaven</c><00:30:06.670><c> has</c><00:30:07.509><c> come</c><00:30:07.750><c> to</c><00:30:07.990><c> earth.</c>

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Along<00:30:14.589><c> with</c><00:30:15.089><c> this,</c><00:30:16.309><c> and</c><00:30:16.470><c> we'll</c><00:30:16.750><c> just,</c><00:30:17.009><c> you</c><00:30:17.230><c> know,</c><00:30:17.529><c> cover</c><00:30:17.569><c> what</c>

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we<00:30:17.990><c> can</c><00:30:18.190><c> tonight,</c><00:30:18.690><c> but</c><00:30:18.769><c> as</c><00:30:18.849><c> I</c><00:30:18.990><c> see,</c><00:30:19.450><c> it's</c><00:30:19.509><c> already</c>

00:30:20.069 --> 00:30:23.549
eight<00:30:20.410><c> o</c><00:30:20.609><c>'clock,</c><00:30:20.789><c> so</c><00:30:21.289><c> we'll</c><00:30:21.930><c> just</c><00:30:22.269><c> get</c><00:30:22.829><c> as</c><00:30:23.009><c> much</c><00:30:23.130><c> of</c><00:30:23.230><c> this</c><00:30:23.369><c> done</c>

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as<00:30:23.690><c> we</c><00:30:23.910><c> can.</c><00:30:24.089><c> But</c><00:30:24.230><c> these</c><00:30:24.470><c> verbal</c>

00:30:25.569 --> 00:30:33.430
connections<00:30:26.029><c> just</c><00:30:26.490><c> keep</c><00:30:26.829><c> going.</c><00:30:30.509><c> Ministry</c><00:30:30.950><c> one</c><00:30:32.049><c> begins</c><00:30:33.069><c> the</c>

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call<00:30:33.630><c> of</c><00:30:33.910><c> disciples,</c>

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and<00:30:35.910><c> that</c><00:30:36.150><c> continues</c><00:30:36.670><c> in</c><00:30:36.970><c> ministry,</c><00:30:37.630><c> too.</c><00:30:38.589><c> We</c><00:30:38.730><c> know</c><00:30:38.950><c> the</c><00:30:39.190><c> stories,</c><00:30:40.109><c> the</c>

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Sunday<00:30:40.369><c> school</c><00:30:40.589><c> stories</c><00:30:40.950><c> for</c><00:30:41.349><c> our</c><00:30:41.609><c> kids.</c>

00:30:42.890 --> 00:30:46.730
Jesus,<00:30:43.250><c> walking</c><00:30:43.569><c> by</c><00:30:43.829><c> the</c><00:30:43.910><c> Sea</c><00:30:44.130><c> of</c><00:30:44.230><c> Galilee,</c><00:30:45.369><c> saw</c><00:30:45.630><c> two</c><00:30:45.930><c> brothers,</c><00:30:46.309><c> Simon</c>

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Cole<00:30:46.990><c> Peter</c><00:30:47.410><c> and</c><00:30:48.109><c> Andrew,</c><00:30:48.730><c> his</c><00:30:48.789><c> brother,</c>

00:30:49.529 --> 00:30:52.309
casting<00:30:49.829><c> a</c><00:30:50.009><c> net</c><00:30:50.069><c> into</c><00:30:50.329><c> the</c><00:30:50.589><c> sea,</c><00:30:50.890><c> for</c><00:30:51.029><c> they</c><00:30:51.130><c> were</c><00:30:51.369><c> fishermen.</c>

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Then<00:30:52.990><c> he</c><00:30:53.109><c> said</c><00:30:53.349><c> to</c><00:30:53.390><c> them,</c>

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follow<00:30:54.369><c> me,</c><00:30:55.589><c> and</c><00:30:55.990><c> I</c><00:30:56.150><c> will</c><00:30:56.349><c> make</c><00:30:56.569><c> you</c><00:30:56.750><c> fishers</c><00:30:57.069><c> of</c><00:30:57.289><c> men.</c><00:30:58.789><c> They</c>

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immediately<00:30:59.710><c> left</c><00:30:59.930><c> their</c><00:31:00.170><c> nets</c><00:31:00.329><c> and</c><00:31:00.650><c> followed</c><00:31:01.049><c> him.</c>

00:31:02.339 --> 00:31:05.140
Going<00:31:02.799><c> on</c><00:31:03.079><c> from</c><00:31:03.279><c> there,</c><00:31:03.480><c> he</c><00:31:03.579><c> saw</c><00:31:03.799><c> two</c><00:31:04.019><c> other</c><00:31:04.259><c> brothers,</c><00:31:04.579><c> James,</c><00:31:05.000><c> the</c>

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son<00:31:05.259><c> of</c><00:31:05.500><c> Zebedee,</c><00:31:05.859><c> and</c><00:31:06.019><c> John,</c><00:31:06.279><c> his</c><00:31:06.500><c> brother,</c>

00:31:07.079 --> 00:31:09.400
in<00:31:07.299><c> the</c><00:31:07.460><c> boat</c><00:31:07.599><c> with</c><00:31:07.819><c> Zebedee,</c><00:31:08.400><c> their</c><00:31:08.480><c> father,</c><00:31:08.960><c> mending</c><00:31:09.079><c> their</c>

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nets.<00:31:09.740><c> He</c><00:31:10.059><c> called</c><00:31:10.359><c> them</c><00:31:11.079><c> and</c><00:31:11.599><c> immediately</c>

00:31:12.180 --> 00:31:15.420
they<00:31:12.680><c> left</c><00:31:12.920><c> the</c><00:31:13.160><c> boat</c><00:31:13.299><c> and</c><00:31:13.440><c> their</c><00:31:13.619><c> father</c><00:31:13.920><c> and</c><00:31:14.220><c> followed</c><00:31:14.480><c> him.</c>

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Then<00:31:16.460><c> we</c><00:31:16.980><c> pick</c><00:31:17.119><c> it</c><00:31:17.200><c> up</c><00:31:17.319><c> again</c><00:31:17.839><c> in</c><00:31:18.559><c> the</c><00:31:18.680><c> reading</c><00:31:18.839><c> we</c>

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did<00:31:19.119><c> today.</c><00:31:19.960><c> Jesus</c><00:31:20.240><c> passed</c><00:31:20.619><c> on</c><00:31:20.859><c> from</c><00:31:20.980><c> there.</c><00:31:21.220><c> He</c><00:31:21.339><c> saw</c><00:31:21.559><c> a</c><00:31:21.720><c> man</c>

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named<00:31:22.079><c> Matthew</c><00:31:22.740><c> sitting</c><00:31:23.079><c> at</c><00:31:23.259><c> the</c><00:31:23.440><c> tax</c><00:31:23.680><c> office,</c>

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and<00:31:24.099><c> he</c><00:31:24.180><c> said</c><00:31:24.359><c> to</c><00:31:24.460><c> him,</c><00:31:24.900><c> follow</c><00:31:25.319><c> me.</c><00:31:26.579><c> So</c><00:31:26.799><c> he</c><00:31:27.319><c> rose</c><00:31:27.579><c> and</c><00:31:27.839><c> followed</c><00:31:28.119><c> him.</c>

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What<00:31:32.339><c> is</c><00:31:32.640><c> happening,</c><00:31:33.259><c> I</c><00:31:33.259><c> think,</c><00:31:33.740><c> brothers</c><00:31:33.940><c> and</c><00:31:34.119><c> sisters,</c><00:31:34.420><c> and</c>

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it's<00:31:34.900><c> been</c><00:31:35.119><c> helpful</c><00:31:35.319><c> to</c><00:31:35.500><c> me</c><00:31:35.660><c> to</c><00:31:35.779><c> see</c><00:31:35.940><c> it</c><00:31:36.059><c> this</c><00:31:36.259><c> way,</c>

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at<00:31:36.619><c> least,</c><00:31:37.400><c> is</c><00:31:37.579><c> that</c><00:31:37.660><c> in</c><00:31:37.779><c> these</c><00:31:38.039><c> first</c><00:31:38.339><c> divisions,</c><00:31:39.759><c> Jesus</c><00:31:40.240><c> is</c>

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bringing<00:31:40.880><c> the</c><00:31:41.140><c> kingdom</c><00:31:41.359><c> of</c><00:31:41.599><c> heaven</c><00:31:41.940><c> to</c><00:31:42.480><c> men,</c>

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and<00:31:43.180><c> he</c><00:31:43.319><c> is</c><00:31:43.480><c> calling</c><00:31:44.059><c> men</c><00:31:44.720><c> to</c><00:31:45.099><c> the</c><00:31:45.220><c> kingdom</c><00:31:45.519><c> of</c><00:31:45.759><c> heaven.</c><00:31:48.220><c> Then</c>

00:31:48.700 --> 00:31:52.120
what<00:31:49.980><c> people</c><00:31:50.359><c> do</c><00:31:50.579><c> with</c><00:31:50.759><c> the</c><00:31:50.900><c> kingdom</c><00:31:51.140><c> of</c><00:31:51.380><c> heaven,</c>

00:31:52.960 --> 00:31:57.039
all<00:31:53.180><c> of</c><00:31:53.339><c> that</c><00:31:53.619><c> is</c><00:31:54.299><c> what</c><00:31:54.500><c> Matthew's</c><00:31:55.019><c> gospel</c><00:31:55.359><c> really</c><00:31:55.720><c> is</c><00:31:55.920><c> about,</c>

00:31:57.859 --> 00:31:59.619
because<00:31:58.180><c> we're</c><00:31:58.460><c> going</c><00:31:58.599><c> to</c><00:31:58.740><c> begin</c><00:31:58.920><c> to</c><00:31:59.119><c> see</c><00:31:59.299><c> how</c>

00:31:59.619 --> 00:32:05.859
Israel<00:32:00.180><c> does</c><00:32:00.799><c> not</c><00:32:01.099><c> react</c><00:32:01.640><c> the</c><00:32:01.900><c> way,</c><00:32:02.140><c> in</c><00:32:02.400><c> general,</c><00:32:03.079><c> the</c><00:32:03.099><c> way</c><00:32:03.359><c> disciples</c><00:32:03.880><c> do.</c><00:32:05.259><c> We're</c><00:32:05.599><c> going</c><00:32:05.680><c> to</c>

00:32:05.859 --> 00:32:08.119
see<00:32:06.279><c> the</c><00:32:07.019><c> tragedy</c>

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of<00:32:08.740><c> their</c><00:32:09.299><c> rejection</c><00:32:10.339><c> of</c><00:32:11.339><c> Jesus</c><00:32:12.319><c> and</c><00:32:14.539><c> the</c><00:32:14.660><c> kingdom</c><00:32:14.920><c> of</c><00:32:15.180><c> heaven,</c><00:32:15.700><c> and</c><00:32:15.960><c> that's</c><00:32:16.240><c> going</c><00:32:16.319><c> to</c>

00:32:16.440 --> 00:32:17.180
be<00:32:16.599><c> coming</c><00:32:16.779><c> by</c><00:32:16.980><c> the</c><00:32:17.079><c> time</c>

00:32:17.180 --> 00:32:22.640
we<00:32:17.299><c> get</c><00:32:17.720><c> to</c><00:32:17.960><c> division</c><00:32:18.240><c> three.</c><00:32:19.380><c> So</c><00:32:19.599><c> it'll</c><00:32:19.680><c> be</c><00:32:19.779><c> a</c><00:32:20.160><c> big</c><00:32:20.380><c> shift</c><00:32:21.240><c> in</c>

00:32:22.640 --> 00:32:25.579
the<00:32:23.339><c> focus</c><00:32:23.799><c> of</c><00:32:24.079><c> Matthew's</c><00:32:24.539><c> gospel.</c>

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But<00:32:27.619><c> before</c><00:32:27.960><c> we</c><00:32:28.079><c> get</c><00:32:28.319><c> there,</c>

00:32:31.599 --> 00:32:35.700
the<00:32:31.859><c> appointment</c><00:32:32.299><c> of</c><00:32:32.559><c> 12</c><00:32:32.859><c> apostles</c><00:32:33.579><c> at</c><00:32:33.900><c> the</c><00:32:34.099><c> end</c><00:32:34.359><c> of</c><00:32:34.559><c> ministry</c><00:32:34.940><c> two</c>

00:32:37.140 --> 00:32:40.079
is<00:32:37.660><c> getting</c><00:32:37.920><c> ready</c><00:32:38.180><c> for</c><00:32:38.400><c> them</c><00:32:38.599><c> to</c><00:32:38.740><c> go</c><00:32:39.000><c> out</c><00:32:39.279><c> and</c><00:32:39.480><c> to</c><00:32:39.700><c> take</c><00:32:39.859><c> the</c>

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kingdom<00:32:40.259><c> of</c><00:32:40.519><c> heaven</c><00:32:41.079><c> to</c><00:32:42.099><c> more</c><00:32:42.500><c> cities</c><00:32:42.940><c> in</c><00:32:44.079><c> Galilee</c>

00:32:44.539 --> 00:32:50.980
and<00:32:44.779><c> Israel.</c><00:32:47.980><c> Again,</c><00:32:48.640><c> Matthew's</c><00:32:49.299><c> structure</c><00:32:49.599><c> is</c><00:32:49.920><c> such</c><00:32:50.259><c> that</c>

00:32:50.980 --> 00:32:53.519
the<00:32:51.720><c> appointment</c><00:32:52.099><c> of</c><00:32:52.259><c> the</c><00:32:52.480><c> 12</c>

00:32:53.939 --> 00:32:59.500
complements<00:32:54.579><c> the</c><00:32:55.099><c> call</c><00:32:55.299><c> of</c><00:32:55.559><c> the</c><00:32:55.740><c> disciples</c><00:32:56.140><c> at</c><00:32:56.359><c> the</c><00:32:56.500><c> beginning</c><00:32:57.099><c> of</c><00:32:58.079><c> ministry</c><00:32:58.400><c> one.</c>

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So<00:33:00.380><c> here</c><00:33:00.660><c> we</c><00:33:00.920><c> are.</c><00:33:01.519><c> We're</c><00:33:01.519><c> at</c><00:33:01.799><c> the</c><00:33:01.880><c> end</c><00:33:02.099><c> of</c><00:33:02.299><c> ministry</c><00:33:02.660><c> two.</c><00:33:03.660><c> Jesus</c><00:33:03.920><c> is</c>

00:33:04.200 --> 00:33:06.700
going<00:33:04.319><c> to</c><00:33:04.539><c> send</c><00:33:04.700><c> out</c><00:33:05.180><c> 12</c><00:33:05.559><c> apostles</c><00:33:06.099><c> now</c>

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to<00:33:07.240><c> multiply.</c><00:33:08.140><c> He's</c><00:33:08.380><c> going</c><00:33:08.559><c> to</c><00:33:08.680><c> empower</c><00:33:08.980><c> them</c><00:33:09.579><c> to</c><00:33:09.859><c> bring</c><00:33:10.079><c> healing</c><00:33:10.500><c> powers</c><00:33:11.019><c> to</c>

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the<00:33:11.839><c> people,</c>

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and<00:33:13.299><c> they're</c><00:33:13.559><c> going</c><00:33:13.640><c> to</c><00:33:13.759><c> be</c><00:33:13.960><c> empowered</c><00:33:14.299><c> to</c><00:33:14.660><c> say</c><00:33:14.900><c> things,</c><00:33:15.559><c> even</c>

00:33:15.880 --> 00:33:17.019
at<00:33:16.059><c> this</c><00:33:16.259><c> early</c><00:33:16.500><c> point,</c>

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which<00:33:17.799><c> brings</c><00:33:18.099><c> the</c><00:33:18.440><c> kingdom</c><00:33:18.779><c> near.</c><00:33:19.779><c> And</c><00:33:20.039><c> they're</c><00:33:20.680><c> obviously</c>

00:33:21.099 --> 00:33:23.240
a<00:33:21.440><c> select</c><00:33:21.660><c> group</c><00:33:22.160><c> out</c><00:33:22.559><c> of</c><00:33:22.700><c> the</c><00:33:22.920><c> disciples</c>

00:33:23.240 --> 00:33:27.119
that<00:33:23.440><c> have</c><00:33:23.619><c> been</c><00:33:24.500><c> rallying</c><00:33:25.180><c> to</c><00:33:25.400><c> him</c><00:33:25.839><c> for</c><00:33:26.160><c> the</c><00:33:26.359><c> first</c><00:33:26.700><c> however</c>

00:33:27.119 --> 00:33:29.059
many<00:33:27.440><c> months</c><00:33:27.700><c> of</c><00:33:27.880><c> his</c><00:33:28.180><c> ministry.</c>

00:33:29.519 --> 00:33:35.819
But<00:33:29.920><c> it</c><00:33:30.099><c> begins</c><00:33:30.319><c> by</c><00:33:30.579><c> saying,</c><00:33:30.880><c> Simon,</c><00:33:31.819><c> call</c><00:33:32.079><c> Peter,</c><00:33:32.839><c> Andrew</c><00:33:33.200><c> his</c><00:33:33.500><c> brother,</c><00:33:34.220><c> James</c><00:33:34.619><c> the</c><00:33:34.759><c> son</c><00:33:35.000><c> of</c><00:33:35.200><c> Zebedee,</c>

00:33:35.819 --> 00:33:40.160
John<00:33:36.220><c> his</c><00:33:36.500><c> brother,</c><00:33:37.279><c> et</c><00:33:37.619><c> cetera,</c><00:33:37.960><c> et</c><00:33:38.059><c> cetera.</c><00:33:39.339><c> And</c><00:33:39.539><c> we</c><00:33:39.619><c> go</c><00:33:39.779><c> back</c><00:33:40.019><c> and</c>

00:33:40.160 --> 00:33:42.319
we<00:33:40.339><c> look</c><00:33:40.440><c> at</c><00:33:40.640><c> the</c><00:33:40.839><c> very</c><00:33:41.259><c> first</c><00:33:41.779><c> calling</c>

00:33:42.319 --> 00:33:46.519
of<00:33:42.920><c> disciples,</c><00:33:44.059><c> Simon</c><00:33:44.460><c> call</c><00:33:44.700><c> Peter,</c><00:33:45.500><c> Andrew</c><00:33:45.859><c> his</c><00:33:46.180><c> brother,</c>

00:33:46.940 --> 00:33:49.859
James<00:33:47.220><c> the</c><00:33:47.420><c> son</c><00:33:47.599><c> of</c><00:33:47.680><c> Zebedee,</c><00:33:48.400><c> John</c><00:33:48.680><c> his</c><00:33:48.980><c> brother.</c>

00:33:49.940 --> 00:33:55.859
This<00:33:50.180><c> is</c><00:33:50.859><c> characteristic</c><00:33:52.140><c> Matthew</c><00:33:53.279><c> to</c><00:33:54.420><c> have</c><00:33:54.799><c> this</c><00:33:55.339><c> kind</c><00:33:55.579><c> of</c>

00:33:55.859 --> 00:33:59.779
repetition<00:33:56.460><c> of</c><00:33:57.940><c> exact</c><00:33:58.440><c> phrasing,</c><00:33:59.240><c> really,</c><00:33:59.380><c> in</c><00:33:59.559><c> this</c>

00:33:59.779 --> 00:34:06.339
case.<00:34:01.460><c> And</c><00:34:02.259><c> these</c><00:34:02.680><c> two,</c><00:34:04.099><c> the</c><00:34:04.180><c> calling</c><00:34:04.599><c> of</c><00:34:04.799><c> the</c><00:34:04.940><c> first</c><00:34:05.180><c> disciples</c><00:34:05.740><c> and</c><00:34:06.099><c> the</c>

00:34:06.339 --> 00:34:08.380
appointment<00:34:06.579><c> of</c><00:34:06.740><c> the</c><00:34:07.000><c> 12</c><00:34:07.380><c> really</c>

00:34:08.380 --> 00:34:18.920
kind<00:34:08.619><c> of</c><00:34:08.820><c> bookend</c><00:34:10.579><c> the</c><00:34:11.599><c> first</c><00:34:12.559><c> two</c><00:34:12.800><c> ministry</c><00:34:13.099><c> portions</c><00:34:13.559><c> of</c><00:34:14.320><c> Jesus'</c><00:34:16.340><c> gospel,</c><00:34:18.400><c> of</c>

00:34:18.920 --> 00:34:22.260
his<00:34:19.139><c> ministry.</c><00:34:21.619><c> Discourse</c>

00:34:22.260 --> 00:34:26.639
two<00:34:22.639><c> commissions</c><00:34:23.260><c> the</c><00:34:23.739><c> expansion</c><00:34:24.239><c> of</c><00:34:24.519><c> ministry</c><00:34:24.820><c> two.</c><00:34:26.239><c> Let</c><00:34:26.519><c> me</c>

00:34:26.639 --> 00:34:28.579
just<00:34:26.860><c> put</c><00:34:27.019><c> both</c><00:34:27.239><c> of</c><00:34:27.380><c> these</c><00:34:27.480><c> up</c><00:34:27.679><c> here.</c>

00:34:29.780 --> 00:34:33.280
At<00:34:30.039><c> the</c><00:34:30.239><c> very</c><00:34:30.639><c> end</c><00:34:30.900><c> of</c><00:34:31.099><c> ministry</c><00:34:31.440><c> two,</c><00:34:32.280><c> when</c><00:34:32.440><c> Jesus</c><00:34:32.760><c> is</c><00:34:33.039><c> still</c>

00:34:33.280 --> 00:34:34.599
working<00:34:33.699><c> on</c><00:34:34.019><c> his</c><00:34:34.300><c> own,</c>

00:34:35.099 --> 00:34:38.519
disciples<00:34:35.400><c> are</c><00:34:35.679><c> gathering</c><00:34:36.059><c> to</c><00:34:36.360><c> him.</c><00:34:36.920><c> He's</c><00:34:37.260><c> about</c><00:34:37.539><c> to</c><00:34:37.760><c> send</c><00:34:37.940><c> out</c><00:34:38.239><c> 12</c>

00:34:38.519 --> 00:34:41.059
and<00:34:38.880><c> multiply</c><00:34:39.340><c> the</c><00:34:39.659><c> effort,</c><00:34:39.840><c> so</c><00:34:40.039><c> to</c><00:34:40.219><c> speak.</c>

00:34:41.159 --> 00:34:45.619
But<00:34:41.199><c> at</c><00:34:41.400><c> the</c><00:34:41.480><c> very</c><00:34:41.880><c> end,</c><00:34:43.519><c> Jesus</c><00:34:43.960><c> is</c><00:34:44.400><c> seeing</c><00:34:44.719><c> the</c><00:34:45.079><c> crowds</c><00:34:45.320><c> that</c>

00:34:45.619 --> 00:34:49.820
come<00:34:45.719><c> to</c><00:34:45.960><c> him,</c><00:34:47.400><c> their</c><00:34:47.880><c> desperate</c><00:34:48.719><c> needs,</c>

00:34:50.519 --> 00:34:56.719
the<00:34:50.719><c> neglect</c><00:34:51.300><c> that</c><00:34:51.579><c> they</c><00:34:51.840><c> have</c><00:34:52.039><c> been</c><00:34:52.860><c> under</c><00:34:53.880><c> from</c><00:34:54.300><c> the</c><00:34:54.599><c> religious</c><00:34:54.920><c> leaders</c><00:34:55.239><c> of</c><00:34:55.440><c> the</c><00:34:55.599><c> nation.</c>

00:34:58.280 --> 00:35:01.340
And<00:34:58.920><c> ministry</c><00:34:59.260><c> two</c><00:34:59.619><c> is</c><00:35:00.000><c> basically</c><00:35:00.400><c> summed</c><00:35:00.719><c> up.</c><00:35:00.820><c> This</c><00:35:00.960><c> is</c><00:35:01.159><c> the</c>

00:35:01.340 --> 00:35:04.000
end<00:35:01.500><c> of</c><00:35:01.639><c> it.</c><00:35:02.199><c> But</c><00:35:02.400><c> when</c><00:35:02.699><c> he</c><00:35:02.960><c> saw</c><00:35:03.219><c> the</c><00:35:03.480><c> multitudes,</c>

00:35:04.019 --> 00:35:07.460
he<00:35:04.159><c> was</c><00:35:04.460><c> moved</c><00:35:04.599><c> with</c><00:35:04.900><c> compassion</c><00:35:05.539><c> for</c><00:35:05.840><c> them</c><00:35:06.440><c> because</c><00:35:07.219><c> they</c>

00:35:07.460 --> 00:35:10.659
were<00:35:07.800><c> weary</c><00:35:08.219><c> and</c><00:35:08.760><c> scattered</c><00:35:09.139><c> like</c><00:35:09.840><c> sheep</c><00:35:10.219><c> having</c>

00:35:10.659 --> 00:35:16.440
no<00:35:11.039><c> shepherd.</c><00:35:12.679><c> Then</c><00:35:12.880><c> he</c><00:35:13.079><c> said</c><00:35:13.280><c> to</c><00:35:13.440><c> his</c><00:35:13.659><c> disciples,</c><00:35:15.059><c> the</c><00:35:15.320><c> harvest</c><00:35:15.860><c> truly</c>

00:35:16.440 --> 00:35:18.679
is<00:35:16.800><c> plentiful,</c><00:35:17.360><c> but</c><00:35:17.599><c> the</c><00:35:17.900><c> laborers</c><00:35:18.380><c> are</c>

00:35:18.679 --> 00:35:23.320
few.<00:35:20.099><c> Therefore,</c><00:35:20.719><c> pray</c><00:35:21.079><c> the</c><00:35:21.340><c> Lord</c><00:35:21.539><c> of</c><00:35:21.719><c> the</c><00:35:21.980><c> harvest</c><00:35:22.420><c> to</c><00:35:23.059><c> send</c>

00:35:23.320 --> 00:35:25.880
out<00:35:23.659><c> laborers</c><00:35:24.199><c> into</c><00:35:24.480><c> his</c><00:35:24.800><c> harvest.</c>

00:35:26.579 --> 00:35:30.300
Verbal<00:35:27.139><c> connections,</c><00:35:27.820><c> brothers</c><00:35:27.980><c> and</c><00:35:28.280><c> sisters.</c><00:35:29.780><c> We</c><00:35:29.900><c> come</c><00:35:30.139><c> to</c>

00:35:30.300 --> 00:35:32.340
the<00:35:30.420><c> beginning</c><00:35:30.659><c> of</c><00:35:30.900><c> discourse</c><00:35:31.340><c> two.</c>

00:35:32.400 --> 00:35:37.179
These<00:35:32.639><c> 12</c><00:35:33.159><c> Jesus</c><00:35:33.559><c> sent</c><00:35:33.920><c> out</c><00:35:35.119><c> go</c><00:35:35.619><c> to</c><00:35:35.860><c> the</c><00:35:36.139><c> lost</c><00:35:36.500><c> sheep</c><00:35:36.820><c> of</c><00:35:37.039><c> the</c>

00:35:37.179 --> 00:35:38.699
house<00:35:37.460><c> of</c><00:35:37.619><c> Israel.</c>

00:35:40.440 --> 00:35:46.699
Matthew's<00:35:41.000><c> verbal</c><00:35:41.280><c> connections,</c><00:35:42.539><c> it's</c><00:35:42.780><c> just</c><00:35:43.420><c> the</c><00:35:43.619><c> way</c><00:35:43.840><c> he</c><00:35:44.400><c> organizes</c><00:35:45.019><c> things</c><00:35:45.619><c> and</c><00:35:46.320><c> it</c>

00:35:46.699 --> 00:35:47.420
becomes<00:35:46.940><c> immediately</c>

00:35:47.420 --> 00:35:50.719
obvious<00:35:47.880><c> to</c><00:35:48.119><c> us.</c><00:35:48.519><c> And</c><00:35:48.619><c> to</c><00:35:48.840><c> see</c><00:35:49.039><c> those</c><00:35:49.480><c> at</c><00:35:49.780><c> the</c><00:35:49.900><c> end</c><00:35:50.019><c> of</c><00:35:50.139><c> ministry</c><00:35:50.360><c> two</c><00:35:50.599><c> and</c>

00:35:50.719 --> 00:35:52.500
the<00:35:50.880><c> beginning</c><00:35:51.019><c> of</c><00:35:51.280><c> discourse</c><00:35:51.719><c> two</c>

00:35:53.120 --> 00:35:57.219
helps<00:35:53.760><c> us</c><00:35:54.099><c> to</c><00:35:54.360><c> really</c><00:35:54.880><c> appreciate</c><00:35:55.599><c> the</c><00:35:56.199><c> strategic</c><00:35:56.699><c> placement</c>

00:35:57.219 --> 00:35:59.420
of<00:35:57.480><c> those</c><00:35:57.739><c> particular</c><00:35:58.340><c> statements.</c>

00:36:02.440 --> 00:36:05.980
So<00:36:02.960><c> the</c><00:36:03.480><c> discourse,</c><00:36:04.280><c> this</c><00:36:04.659><c> is</c><00:36:04.840><c> a</c><00:36:04.840><c> good</c><00:36:04.980><c> example</c><00:36:05.360><c> of</c><00:36:05.480><c> it.</c><00:36:05.739><c> The</c>

00:36:05.980 --> 00:36:08.059
discourse<00:36:06.300><c> always</c><00:36:06.719><c> bears</c><00:36:06.980><c> verbal</c><00:36:07.320><c> and</c><00:36:07.639><c> conceptual</c>

00:36:08.059 --> 00:36:13.260
relation<00:36:08.539><c> to</c><00:36:08.719><c> the</c><00:36:08.840><c> ministry</c><00:36:09.059><c> that</c><00:36:09.340><c> precedes</c><00:36:09.679><c> it.</c><00:36:10.739><c> Okay.</c><00:36:12.739><c> And</c>

00:36:13.260 --> 00:36:15.860
again,<00:36:14.000><c> you</c><00:36:14.079><c> get</c><00:36:14.239><c> the</c><00:36:14.500><c> basic</c><00:36:14.760><c> structure</c><00:36:15.239><c> kind</c><00:36:15.539><c> of</c>

00:36:15.860 --> 00:36:18.900
in<00:36:16.000><c> our</c><00:36:16.239><c> minds</c><00:36:16.539><c> as</c><00:36:16.760><c> we're</c><00:36:16.940><c> reading</c><00:36:17.219><c> Matthew's</c><00:36:17.800><c> gospel.</c><00:36:18.659><c> Begin</c>

00:36:18.900 --> 00:36:21.059
to<00:36:19.079><c> see</c><00:36:19.199><c> the</c><00:36:19.400><c> verbal</c><00:36:19.659><c> connections.</c><00:36:20.579><c> We</c><00:36:20.760><c> also</c>

00:36:21.059 --> 00:36:24.579
begin<00:36:21.260><c> to</c><00:36:21.460><c> see</c><00:36:21.900><c> that</c><00:36:22.340><c> the</c><00:36:22.639><c> discourses,</c><00:36:23.579><c> what</c><00:36:23.820><c> he</c><00:36:24.039><c> is</c><00:36:24.179><c> going</c><00:36:24.320><c> to</c>

00:36:24.579 --> 00:36:27.519
send<00:36:24.739><c> his</c><00:36:25.079><c> disciples</c><00:36:25.519><c> to</c><00:36:25.840><c> do</c><00:36:26.039><c> now,</c><00:36:26.320><c> the</c><00:36:26.519><c> 12,</c>

00:36:28.000 --> 00:36:31.360
bears<00:36:28.420><c> very</c><00:36:29.119><c> much</c><00:36:29.480><c> a</c><00:36:29.980><c> relationship</c><00:36:30.500><c> to</c><00:36:30.659><c> what</c><00:36:30.800><c> he's</c><00:36:31.079><c> already</c>

00:36:31.360 --> 00:36:35.679
been<00:36:31.579><c> doing.</c><00:36:33.440><c> And</c><00:36:33.440><c> that</c><00:36:34.780><c> kind</c><00:36:35.179><c> of</c><00:36:35.440><c> connection</c>

00:36:35.679 --> 00:36:41.420
between<00:36:36.019><c> discourse</c><00:36:36.559><c> and</c><00:36:37.480><c> preceding</c><00:36:38.260><c> ministry</c><00:36:38.659><c> is</c><00:36:39.400><c> very</c><00:36:39.760><c> characteristic</c><00:36:40.320><c> of</c><00:36:40.480><c> Matthew.</c>

00:36:42.719 --> 00:36:46.619
All<00:36:43.039><c> right.</c><00:36:44.159><c> Ministry</c><00:36:44.480><c> three,</c><00:36:45.519><c> we</c><00:36:45.699><c> get</c><00:36:45.840><c> to</c><00:36:46.019><c> ministry</c><00:36:46.280><c> three.</c>

00:36:46.719 --> 00:36:48.659
We're<00:36:46.880><c> getting</c><00:36:46.980><c> to</c><00:36:47.139><c> the</c><00:36:47.260><c> middle</c><00:36:47.420><c> now.</c>

00:36:49.300 --> 00:36:51.960
And<00:36:49.760><c> Jesus</c><00:36:50.099><c> is</c><00:36:50.320><c> going</c><00:36:50.420><c> to</c><00:36:50.719><c> follow</c><00:36:50.940><c> up</c><00:36:51.139><c> on</c><00:36:51.280><c> the</c><00:36:51.440><c> work</c><00:36:51.579><c> that</c><00:36:51.739><c> he</c>

00:36:51.960 --> 00:36:56.039
commissioned<00:36:52.619><c> the</c><00:36:53.400><c> apostles</c><00:36:54.019><c> to</c><00:36:54.260><c> do</c><00:36:54.360><c> in</c><00:36:54.559><c> discourse</c><00:36:55.099><c> 12.</c>

00:36:58.099 --> 00:37:02.380
So<00:36:58.559><c> as</c><00:36:58.780><c> he's</c><00:36:58.960><c> sending</c><00:36:59.179><c> them</c><00:36:59.400><c> out,</c><00:36:59.780><c> he's</c><00:36:59.980><c> saying</c><00:37:00.119><c> to</c><00:37:00.260><c> them,</c><00:37:01.360><c> when</c><00:37:01.400><c> they</c><00:37:01.719><c> persecute</c><00:37:02.260><c> you</c>

00:37:02.380 --> 00:37:03.719
in<00:37:02.519><c> this</c><00:37:02.719><c> city,</c><00:37:03.260><c> flee</c><00:37:03.440><c> to</c>

00:37:03.719 --> 00:37:07.920
another.<00:37:05.059><c> For</c><00:37:05.179><c> assuredly</c><00:37:05.699><c> I</c><00:37:05.860><c> say</c><00:37:06.000><c> to</c><00:37:06.119><c> you,</c><00:37:06.199><c> you</c><00:37:06.360><c> will</c><00:37:06.699><c> not</c><00:37:06.900><c> have</c><00:37:07.139><c> gone</c><00:37:07.380><c> through</c><00:37:07.699><c> the</c>

00:37:07.920 --> 00:37:09.460
cities<00:37:08.179><c> of</c><00:37:08.380><c> Israel</c><00:37:08.800><c> before</c><00:37:09.280><c> the</c>

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son<00:37:09.579><c> of</c><00:37:09.719><c> man</c><00:37:09.960><c> comes.</c><00:37:10.480><c> And</c><00:37:10.579><c> just</c><00:37:10.739><c> remember,</c><00:37:11.719><c> what</c><00:37:11.780><c> they're</c><00:37:12.320><c> being</c><00:37:12.900><c> sent</c><00:37:13.300><c> to</c>

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do<00:37:14.360><c> at</c><00:37:15.079><c> this</c><00:37:15.440><c> relatively</c><00:37:16.179><c> early</c><00:37:16.500><c> stage,</c>

00:37:16.820 --> 00:37:23.659
certainly<00:37:17.179><c> early</c><00:37:17.460><c> in</c><00:37:17.679><c> their</c><00:37:18.380><c> discipleship,</c><00:37:19.519><c> their</c><00:37:20.619><c> first</c><00:37:21.119><c> fledgling</c><00:37:21.900><c> steps</c><00:37:22.239><c> as</c><00:37:22.519><c> apostles,</c>

00:37:23.840 --> 00:37:27.039
as<00:37:24.019><c> they</c><00:37:24.219><c> are</c><00:37:24.400><c> being</c><00:37:24.739><c> sent</c><00:37:25.000><c> to</c><00:37:25.380><c> bring</c><00:37:25.539><c> the</c><00:37:25.780><c> kingdom</c><00:37:26.000><c> of</c><00:37:26.260><c> heaven</c>

00:37:27.039 --> 00:37:32.059
to<00:37:27.739><c> people</c><00:37:28.360><c> themselves.</c><00:37:31.159><c> Tell</c><00:37:31.579><c> them</c><00:37:31.840><c> the</c>

00:37:32.059 --> 00:37:35.280
kingdom<00:37:32.320><c> of</c><00:37:32.519><c> heaven</c><00:37:32.639><c> is</c><00:37:32.860><c> at</c><00:37:33.079><c> hand.</c><00:37:33.940><c> Heal</c><00:37:34.300><c> the</c><00:37:34.519><c> sick,</c><00:37:34.940><c> cleanse</c>

00:37:35.280 --> 00:37:38.400
the<00:37:35.480><c> lepers,</c><00:37:35.880><c> raise</c><00:37:36.199><c> the</c><00:37:36.480><c> dead.</c><00:37:37.239><c> Okay.</c><00:37:38.059><c> That's</c>

00:37:38.400 --> 00:37:45.079
what<00:37:38.539><c> they're</c><00:37:38.719><c> being</c><00:37:38.980><c> sent</c><00:37:39.159><c> to</c><00:37:39.360><c> do.</c><00:37:40.559><c> And</c><00:37:40.960><c> I</c><00:37:41.860><c> like</c><00:37:42.059><c> sometimes</c><00:37:42.500><c> to</c><00:37:42.679><c> just</c><00:37:42.980><c> stop</c><00:37:43.159><c> and</c><00:37:43.380><c> think</c><00:37:43.519><c> about</c><00:37:43.760><c> that</c><00:37:43.960><c> for</c><00:37:44.159><c> a</c><00:37:44.300><c> minute</c>

00:37:46.299 --> 00:37:50.760
because<00:37:46.699><c> those</c><00:37:47.099><c> things,</c><00:37:48.980><c> the</c><00:37:49.139><c> marvelous</c><00:37:49.599><c> teachings</c><00:37:50.159><c> and</c><00:37:50.619><c> the</c>

00:37:50.760 --> 00:37:52.079
wonderful<00:37:51.340><c> healings</c>

00:37:52.079 --> 00:37:56.920
are<00:37:52.539><c> the</c><00:37:52.800><c> kingdom.</c><00:37:54.300><c> When</c><00:37:54.420><c> the</c><00:37:54.619><c> kingdom,</c><00:37:55.059><c> you</c><00:37:55.059><c> know,</c><00:37:56.000><c> it's</c><00:37:56.179><c> often</c><00:37:56.380><c> struck</c><00:37:56.739><c> me,</c>

00:37:57.039 --> 00:37:57.460
brothers<00:37:57.099><c> and</c><00:37:57.300><c> sisters,</c>

00:37:57.480 --> 00:37:59.000
if<00:37:57.639><c> we</c><00:37:57.840><c> want</c><00:37:57.940><c> to</c><00:37:58.039><c> know</c><00:37:58.119><c> what</c><00:37:58.239><c> the</c><00:37:58.420><c> kingdom</c><00:37:58.599><c> is</c><00:37:58.739><c> going</c><00:37:58.800><c> to</c><00:37:58.880><c> be</c>

00:37:59.000 --> 00:38:00.239
like<00:37:59.159><c> when</c><00:37:59.280><c> Jesus</c><00:37:59.599><c> comes</c><00:37:59.880><c> again,</c>

00:38:00.519 --> 00:38:05.079
look<00:38:00.599><c> at</c><00:38:00.659><c> what</c><00:38:00.780><c> it</c><00:38:00.880><c> was</c><00:38:01.019><c> like</c><00:38:01.139><c> when</c><00:38:01.280><c> he</c><00:38:01.380><c> came</c><00:38:01.539><c> before.</c><00:38:02.960><c> Just</c><00:38:03.260><c> add</c><00:38:03.440><c> immortality</c><00:38:04.179><c> to</c><00:38:04.380><c> it.</c>

00:38:06.760 --> 00:38:12.880
Give<00:38:06.900><c> it,</c><00:38:07.199><c> give</c><00:38:07.380><c> it</c><00:38:07.639><c> perpetuity.</c><00:38:09.199><c> You</c><00:38:09.239><c> know,</c><00:38:10.000><c> it's</c><00:38:10.139><c> a</c><00:38:10.239><c> marvelous</c><00:38:10.820><c> life</c><00:38:11.460><c> and</c><00:38:12.000><c> the</c><00:38:12.380><c> healing</c><00:38:12.639><c> of</c>

00:38:12.880 --> 00:38:13.239
all<00:38:13.019><c> the</c>

00:38:13.239 --> 00:38:17.059
human<00:38:13.440><c> ills,</c><00:38:14.539><c> you</c><00:38:14.539><c> know,</c><00:38:15.260><c> tell</c><00:38:15.460><c> them</c><00:38:16.019><c> the</c><00:38:16.380><c> kingdom</c><00:38:16.659><c> of</c><00:38:16.860><c> heaven</c>

00:38:17.059 --> 00:38:18.280
is<00:38:17.280><c> at</c><00:38:17.500><c> hand.</c>

00:38:20.760 --> 00:38:22.659
You<00:38:20.780><c> will</c><00:38:21.019><c> not</c><00:38:21.139><c> have</c><00:38:21.340><c> gone</c><00:38:21.440><c> through</c><00:38:21.679><c> the</c><00:38:21.840><c> cities</c><00:38:22.019><c> of</c><00:38:22.300><c> Israel</c>

00:38:22.659 --> 00:38:24.119
before<00:38:23.079><c> the</c><00:38:23.360><c> son</c><00:38:23.480><c> of</c><00:38:23.579><c> man</c><00:38:23.760><c> comes.</c>

00:38:24.420 --> 00:38:28.860
And<00:38:24.699><c> so</c><00:38:25.139><c> then</c><00:38:25.440><c> as</c><00:38:25.780><c> ministry</c><00:38:26.159><c> three</c><00:38:26.440><c> begins,</c><00:38:28.300><c> it</c><00:38:28.320><c> came</c><00:38:28.480><c> to</c><00:38:28.659><c> pass</c>

00:38:28.860 --> 00:38:31.080
when<00:38:29.000><c> Jesus</c><00:38:29.300><c> finished</c><00:38:29.659><c> commanding</c><00:38:30.079><c> his</c><00:38:30.300><c> 12,</c>

00:38:31.199 --> 00:38:34.260
his<00:38:31.539><c> 12</c><00:38:31.760><c> disciples</c><00:38:32.260><c> that</c><00:38:32.519><c> he</c><00:38:32.719><c> departed</c><00:38:33.059><c> from</c><00:38:33.300><c> there</c><00:38:33.619><c> to</c><00:38:33.960><c> teach</c>

00:38:34.260 --> 00:38:37.719
and<00:38:34.539><c> to</c><00:38:34.780><c> preach</c><00:38:34.960><c> in</c><00:38:35.179><c> their</c><00:38:35.360><c> cities.</c><00:38:36.579><c> And</c><00:38:37.099><c> that</c>

00:38:37.719 --> 00:38:42.300
introduces<00:38:38.340><c> the</c><00:38:38.719><c> next</c><00:38:39.119><c> ministry</c><00:38:39.500><c> portion</c><00:38:40.099><c> of</c><00:38:40.739><c> Matthew's</c><00:38:41.360><c> gospel.</c><00:38:42.139><c> But</c>

00:38:42.300 --> 00:38:44.539
you<00:38:42.500><c> see</c><00:38:42.739><c> the</c><00:38:43.400><c> language</c><00:38:44.000><c> echo,</c>

00:38:44.980 --> 00:38:48.280
the<00:38:45.159><c> cities</c><00:38:45.400><c> of</c><00:38:45.619><c> Israel</c><00:38:46.039><c> preach</c><00:38:46.420><c> and</c><00:38:46.659><c> teach</c><00:38:46.840><c> in</c><00:38:47.019><c> their</c><00:38:47.239><c> cities.</c>

00:38:50.179 --> 00:38:52.820
But<00:38:50.440><c> there's</c><00:38:50.639><c> something</c><00:38:50.900><c> else</c><00:38:51.179><c> in</c><00:38:51.400><c> discourse</c><00:38:51.800><c> too,</c><00:38:52.460><c> as</c><00:38:52.559><c> he's</c>

00:38:52.820 --> 00:38:55.980
getting<00:38:53.000><c> his</c><00:38:53.519><c> apostles</c><00:38:53.940><c> and</c><00:38:54.179><c> 12</c><00:38:54.340><c> ready</c><00:38:54.619><c> to</c><00:38:54.780><c> go</c><00:38:55.019><c> out,</c>

00:38:56.280 --> 00:39:00.119
he<00:38:56.619><c> says</c><00:38:56.940><c> to</c><00:38:57.099><c> them</c><00:38:57.280><c> words</c><00:38:57.599><c> that</c><00:38:57.900><c> are</c><00:38:58.599><c> frightening.</c><00:38:59.559><c> When</c><00:38:59.820><c> they</c>

00:39:00.119 --> 00:39:01.680
persecute<00:39:00.860><c> you,</c>

00:39:02.740 --> 00:39:07.199
and<00:39:03.340><c> we</c><00:39:03.519><c> begin</c><00:39:03.780><c> to</c><00:39:04.139><c> realize</c><00:39:04.800><c> that</c><00:39:06.000><c> the</c><00:39:06.260><c> kingdom</c><00:39:06.460><c> is</c><00:39:06.719><c> not</c><00:39:06.980><c> being</c>

00:39:07.199 --> 00:39:09.039
well<00:39:07.460><c> received</c><00:39:07.840><c> in</c><00:39:08.000><c> Israel.</c>

00:39:10.139 --> 00:39:14.760
So<00:39:10.340><c> for</c><00:39:10.599><c> all</c><00:39:10.960><c> of</c><00:39:11.099><c> the</c><00:39:11.420><c> mercies,</c><00:39:12.380><c> you</c><00:39:12.659><c> just</c><00:39:12.960><c> stop</c><00:39:13.239><c> and</c><00:39:13.500><c> think</c><00:39:13.679><c> about</c><00:39:13.980><c> this</c><00:39:14.199><c> and</c><00:39:14.559><c> it</c>

00:39:14.760 --> 00:39:15.579
breaks<00:39:14.980><c> your</c><00:39:15.260><c> heart,</c>

00:39:15.820 --> 00:39:21.059
for<00:39:16.039><c> all</c><00:39:16.460><c> the</c><00:39:16.820><c> mercies</c><00:39:17.920><c> that</c><00:39:18.500><c> Jesus</c><00:39:19.019><c> has</c><00:39:19.380><c> brought</c><00:39:19.960><c> to</c><00:39:20.380><c> Galilee</c>

00:39:21.059 --> 00:39:23.460
and<00:39:21.619><c> the</c><00:39:21.800><c> apostles</c><00:39:22.219><c> have</c><00:39:22.579><c> multiplied</c>

00:39:23.460 --> 00:39:32.739
as<00:39:23.940><c> they've</c><00:39:24.260><c> gone</c><00:39:24.440><c> out</c><00:39:25.400><c> when</c><00:39:26.820><c> they</c><00:39:27.139><c> persecute</c><00:39:27.780><c> you.</c><00:39:29.579><c> We've</c><00:39:29.940><c> already</c><00:39:30.440><c> seen</c><00:39:31.280><c> evidence</c><00:39:31.820><c> in</c>

00:39:32.739 --> 00:39:33.619
our<00:39:33.000><c> reading</c><00:39:33.280><c> so</c>

00:39:33.619 --> 00:39:36.820
far<00:39:33.760><c> this</c><00:39:34.059><c> year,</c><00:39:34.360><c> brothers</c><00:39:34.500><c> and</c><00:39:34.699><c> sisters.</c><00:39:35.719><c> There</c><00:39:35.860><c> was</c><00:39:36.099><c> evidence</c><00:39:36.400><c> in</c><00:39:36.579><c> it</c>

00:39:36.820 --> 00:39:40.039
today.<00:39:38.340><c> There</c><00:39:38.980><c> will</c><00:39:39.199><c> be</c><00:39:39.420><c> more</c><00:39:39.719><c> evidence</c>

00:39:40.039 --> 00:39:47.960
as<00:39:40.219><c> we</c><00:39:40.380><c> go</c><00:39:40.699><c> forward</c><00:39:41.239><c> of</c><00:39:42.980><c> the</c><00:39:45.199><c> Pharisees.</c><00:39:46.579><c> This</c><00:39:46.840><c> man</c><00:39:47.320><c> casts</c><00:39:47.739><c> out</c>

00:39:47.960 --> 00:39:51.539
demons<00:39:48.219><c> by</c><00:39:48.480><c> Beelzebub.</c><00:39:50.260><c> Show</c><00:39:50.900><c> us</c><00:39:51.119><c> a</c><00:39:51.340><c> sign.</c>

00:39:51.539 --> 00:39:54.639
Why<00:39:51.739><c> are</c><00:39:51.880><c> you</c><00:39:51.980><c> doing</c><00:39:52.199><c> that</c><00:39:52.420><c> which</c><00:39:52.519><c> is</c><00:39:52.760><c> not</c><00:39:53.000><c> lawful</c><00:39:53.380><c> to</c><00:39:53.579><c> do?</c><00:39:54.420><c> We</c>

00:39:54.639 --> 00:39:58.300
begin<00:39:54.980><c> to</c><00:39:55.320><c> see</c><00:39:55.820><c> that</c><00:39:56.480><c> the</c><00:39:57.300><c> immense</c><00:39:57.780><c> blessings</c>

00:39:58.300 --> 00:40:04.579
of<00:39:58.519><c> the</c><00:39:58.699><c> kingdom</c><00:39:59.119><c> are</c><00:39:59.820><c> not</c><00:40:00.119><c> being</c><00:40:00.380><c> well</c><00:40:00.699><c> received.</c><00:40:03.639><c> And</c><00:40:04.099><c> so</c><00:40:04.400><c> as</c>

00:40:04.579 --> 00:40:07.980
we<00:40:04.780><c> get</c><00:40:05.019><c> to</c><00:40:05.280><c> ministry</c><00:40:05.639><c> three,</c><00:40:07.420><c> there's</c><00:40:07.719><c> a</c>

00:40:07.980 --> 00:40:12.059
huge<00:40:08.300><c> shift</c><00:40:08.679><c> coming</c><00:40:09.099><c> in</c><00:40:10.039><c> this</c><00:40:10.239><c> third</c><00:40:10.460><c> division</c><00:40:10.840><c> of</c><00:40:11.360><c> Matthew's</c>

00:40:12.059 --> 00:40:18.800
gospel.<00:40:14.400><c> And</c><00:40:14.599><c> suddenly</c><00:40:16.679><c> the</c><00:40:18.340><c> picture</c>

00:40:18.800 --> 00:40:25.679
shifts<00:40:19.320><c> to</c><00:40:20.219><c> one</c><00:40:20.539><c> of</c><00:40:21.039><c> impending</c><00:40:21.760><c> judgment</c><00:40:22.239><c> on</c><00:40:22.579><c> Israel</c><00:40:23.079><c> for</c><00:40:23.599><c> their</c><00:40:23.900><c> failure</c><00:40:24.219><c> to</c><00:40:24.559><c> respond.</c>

00:40:27.199 --> 00:40:30.960
And<00:40:27.199><c> so</c><00:40:27.460><c> discourse</c><00:40:28.039><c> two,</c><00:40:28.619><c> as</c><00:40:28.880><c> he's</c><00:40:29.079><c> getting</c><00:40:29.340><c> the</c><00:40:29.599><c> apostles</c><00:40:29.940><c> ready</c><00:40:30.219><c> to</c>

00:40:30.960 --> 00:40:32.260
send<00:40:31.099><c> them</c><00:40:31.300><c> out,</c>

00:40:33.079 --> 00:40:38.260
introduces<00:40:33.739><c> Israel's</c><00:40:34.719><c> accountability</c><00:40:35.340><c> to</c><00:40:35.579><c> coming</c><00:40:35.840><c> judgment.</c><00:40:38.059><c> And</c>

00:40:38.260 --> 00:40:39.079
ministry<00:40:38.639><c> three,</c>

00:40:39.079 --> 00:40:43.599
Jesus<00:40:39.519><c> will</c><00:40:39.880><c> personally</c><00:40:40.400><c> take</c><00:40:40.840><c> that</c><00:40:41.760><c> accountability</c><00:40:42.400><c> message</c><00:40:42.960><c> to</c><00:40:43.440><c> the</c>

00:40:43.599 --> 00:40:45.639
cities<00:40:43.860><c> of</c><00:40:44.059><c> Israel</c><00:40:44.340><c> themselves.</c>

00:40:47.059 --> 00:40:51.840
So<00:40:47.679><c> he</c><00:40:47.820><c> says</c><00:40:48.039><c> to</c><00:40:48.199><c> his</c><00:40:48.380><c> disciples,</c><00:40:49.719><c> you</c><00:40:49.719><c> go</c><00:40:50.000><c> to</c><00:40:50.300><c> the</c><00:40:50.860><c> cities</c><00:40:51.300><c> with</c><00:40:51.599><c> the</c>

00:40:51.840 --> 00:40:54.380
gospel<00:40:52.239><c> message,</c><00:40:52.659><c> with</c><00:40:52.800><c> the</c><00:40:52.960><c> kingdom</c><00:40:53.119><c> message,</c>

00:40:54.599 --> 00:40:58.679
and<00:40:54.960><c> they</c><00:40:55.320><c> will</c><00:40:55.619><c> not</c><00:40:55.840><c> receive</c><00:40:56.340><c> you.</c><00:40:56.940><c> Surely</c><00:40:57.300><c> I</c><00:40:57.659><c> say</c><00:40:57.900><c> to</c><00:40:58.099><c> you,</c>

00:40:58.880 --> 00:41:02.139
it<00:40:59.039><c> will</c><00:40:59.239><c> be</c><00:40:59.480><c> more</c><00:40:59.840><c> tolerable</c><00:41:00.940><c> for</c><00:41:01.360><c> the</c><00:41:01.599><c> land</c><00:41:01.840><c> of</c>

00:41:02.139 --> 00:41:07.000
Sodom<00:41:02.400><c> and</c><00:41:02.539><c> Gomorrah</c><00:41:02.960><c> in</c><00:41:03.340><c> the</c><00:41:03.539><c> day</c><00:41:03.679><c> of</c><00:41:04.039><c> judgment</c><00:41:04.480><c> than</c><00:41:04.960><c> for</c><00:41:05.159><c> that</c><00:41:05.480><c> city.</c><00:41:06.599><c> In</c>

00:41:07.000 --> 00:41:08.599
the<00:41:07.199><c> day</c><00:41:07.380><c> of</c><00:41:07.659><c> judgment,</c>

00:41:09.039 --> 00:41:14.639
very<00:41:09.320><c> characteristic</c><00:41:10.000><c> Matthew</c><00:41:10.539><c> phrase,</c><00:41:11.280><c> and</c><00:41:11.539><c> it</c><00:41:11.699><c> is</c><00:41:12.139><c> concentrated</c><00:41:13.179><c> where</c>

00:41:14.639 --> 00:41:15.119
it<00:41:15.079><c> belongs.</c>

00:41:15.139 --> 00:41:20.800
In<00:41:15.559><c> the</c><00:41:15.739><c> structure</c><00:41:16.119><c> of</c><00:41:16.420><c> Matthew's</c><00:41:17.179><c> gospel,</c><00:41:19.719><c> Jesus</c><00:41:19.820><c> then</c><00:41:20.300><c> goes</c>

00:41:20.800 --> 00:41:23.360
to<00:41:21.539><c> the</c><00:41:21.760><c> cities</c><00:41:22.039><c> as</c><00:41:22.280><c> it</c><00:41:22.500><c> were,</c>

00:41:24.300 --> 00:41:28.460
to<00:41:24.820><c> Chorazin,</c><00:41:25.460><c> to</c><00:41:25.619><c> Bethsaida,</c><00:41:27.199><c> to</c><00:41:27.400><c> woe</c><00:41:27.639><c> to</c><00:41:27.739><c> you,</c><00:41:27.980><c> Chorazin,</c>

00:41:28.460 --> 00:41:30.880
woe<00:41:28.840><c> to</c><00:41:28.880><c> you,</c><00:41:29.099><c> Bethsaida.</c><00:41:30.500><c> And</c><00:41:30.679><c> you,</c>

00:41:30.980 --> 00:41:33.059
Capernaum,<00:41:31.539><c> you've</c><00:41:31.659><c> been</c><00:41:31.900><c> exalted</c><00:41:32.199><c> to</c><00:41:32.400><c> heaven,</c><00:41:32.679><c> you'll</c><00:41:32.920><c> be</c>

00:41:33.059 --> 00:41:37.519
brought<00:41:33.239><c> down</c><00:41:33.519><c> to</c><00:41:33.699><c> hell.</c><00:41:35.539><c> He's</c><00:41:36.059><c> blunt</c><00:41:36.199><c> with</c><00:41:36.500><c> them.</c>

00:41:38.219 --> 00:41:42.340
He<00:41:38.420><c> says,</c><00:41:39.159><c> I</c><00:41:39.460><c> say</c><00:41:39.719><c> to</c><00:41:39.940><c> you,</c><00:41:40.539><c> speaking</c><00:41:40.840><c> now</c><00:41:41.079><c> to</c><00:41:41.199><c> the</c><00:41:41.400><c> cities,</c>

00:41:42.720 --> 00:41:45.780
and<00:41:43.460><c> just</c><00:41:43.639><c> when</c><00:41:44.000><c> we're</c><00:41:44.440><c> poised</c><00:41:44.719><c> at</c><00:41:44.940><c> the</c><00:41:45.019><c> beginning</c><00:41:45.239><c> of</c><00:41:45.420><c> ministry</c><00:41:45.599><c> three</c>

00:41:45.780 --> 00:41:47.469
to<00:41:45.940><c> see</c><00:41:46.079><c> Jesus</c><00:41:46.559><c> continuing</c><00:41:47.099><c> the</c>

00:41:47.900 --> 00:41:52.739
kingdom<00:41:48.340><c> message</c><00:41:49.360><c> and</c><00:41:50.780><c> follow</c><00:41:51.119><c>-up</c><00:41:51.840><c> in</c><00:41:52.159><c> the</c><00:41:52.219><c> cities</c><00:41:52.400><c> where</c><00:41:52.579><c> the</c>

00:41:52.739 --> 00:41:57.159
apostles<00:41:53.079><c> have</c><00:41:53.280><c> gone,</c><00:41:54.500><c> it</c><00:41:54.780><c> turns</c><00:41:55.199><c> into</c><00:41:55.579><c> rebuke</c>

00:41:57.159 --> 00:42:03.159
because<00:41:58.420><c> they</c><00:41:59.340><c> have</c><00:41:59.739><c> not</c><00:42:00.199><c> been</c><00:42:00.719><c> receptive</c><00:42:01.400><c> to</c><00:42:01.980><c> the</c><00:42:02.320><c> mercies</c>

00:42:03.159 --> 00:42:06.500
that<00:42:04.139><c> have</c><00:42:04.340><c> been</c><00:42:04.739><c> brought</c><00:42:04.940><c> to</c><00:42:05.139><c> them.</c>

00:42:07.079 --> 00:42:10.659
I<00:42:07.639><c> say</c><00:42:08.000><c> to</c><00:42:08.179><c> you,</c><00:42:08.320><c> it</c><00:42:08.400><c> will</c><00:42:08.599><c> be</c><00:42:08.760><c> more</c><00:42:09.159><c> tolerable</c><00:42:09.619><c> for</c><00:42:09.980><c> Tyre</c><00:42:10.420><c> and</c>

00:42:10.659 --> 00:42:14.019
Sidon<00:42:11.039><c> in</c><00:42:11.500><c> the</c><00:42:11.719><c> day</c><00:42:11.880><c> of</c><00:42:12.219><c> judgment</c><00:42:12.719><c> than</c><00:42:13.179><c> for</c><00:42:13.440><c> you.</c>

00:42:14.400 --> 00:42:16.800
And<00:42:14.460><c> a</c><00:42:14.500><c> little</c><00:42:14.639><c> further</c><00:42:14.960><c> on,</c><00:42:15.500><c> I</c><00:42:15.760><c> say</c><00:42:16.000><c> to</c><00:42:16.159><c> you</c><00:42:16.440><c> that</c><00:42:16.559><c> it</c><00:42:16.719><c> shall</c>

00:42:16.800 --> 00:42:18.800
be<00:42:16.980><c> more</c><00:42:17.280><c> tolerable</c><00:42:17.559><c> for</c><00:42:17.739><c> the</c><00:42:17.920><c> land</c><00:42:18.019><c> of</c><00:42:18.440><c> Sodom</c>

00:42:18.800 --> 00:42:23.920
in<00:42:19.119><c> the</c><00:42:19.340><c> day</c><00:42:19.500><c> of</c><00:42:19.780><c> judgment</c><00:42:20.199><c> than</c><00:42:20.539><c> for</c><00:42:20.860><c> you.</c><00:42:22.039><c> And</c><00:42:22.300><c> one</c><00:42:22.440><c> more</c><00:42:22.760><c> time,</c><00:42:23.780><c> as</c>

00:42:23.920 --> 00:42:25.960
he<00:42:24.139><c> addresses</c><00:42:24.380><c> the</c><00:42:24.699><c> Pharisees,</c>

00:42:26.360 --> 00:42:30.340
I<00:42:26.739><c> say</c><00:42:26.960><c> to</c><00:42:27.099><c> you</c><00:42:27.219><c> that</c><00:42:27.500><c> for</c><00:42:27.820><c> every</c><00:42:28.219><c> idle</c><00:42:28.539><c> word</c><00:42:28.840><c> men</c><00:42:29.019><c> may</c><00:42:29.380><c> speak,</c>

00:42:30.440 --> 00:42:32.460
they<00:42:30.579><c> will</c><00:42:31.139><c> give</c><00:42:31.360><c> account</c><00:42:31.619><c> of</c><00:42:31.739><c> it</c><00:42:31.920><c> in</c><00:42:32.119><c> the</c><00:42:32.320><c> day</c>

00:42:32.460 --> 00:42:36.119
of<00:42:32.920><c> judgment.</c><00:42:34.059><c> Just</c><00:42:34.320><c> a</c><00:42:34.519><c> comment</c><00:42:34.699><c> on</c><00:42:34.940><c> idle</c><00:42:35.099><c> words</c><00:42:35.380><c> there,</c><00:42:35.739><c> brothers</c><00:42:35.880><c> and</c>

00:42:36.119 --> 00:42:39.399
sisters.<00:42:37.320><c> We</c><00:42:37.719><c> can</c><00:42:38.199><c> look</c><00:42:38.460><c> at</c><00:42:38.699><c> that</c>

00:42:40.299 --> 00:42:43.039
and<00:42:40.699><c> say,</c><00:42:41.000><c> oof,</c><00:42:41.719><c> I've</c><00:42:41.940><c> got</c><00:42:42.000><c> to</c><00:42:42.099><c> be</c><00:42:42.239><c> careful</c><00:42:42.400><c> what</c><00:42:42.519><c> I'm</c><00:42:42.760><c> saying.</c>

00:42:43.260 --> 00:42:44.800
I'm<00:42:43.559><c> going</c><00:42:43.619><c> to</c><00:42:43.719><c> be</c><00:42:43.860><c> held</c><00:42:44.000><c> accountable</c><00:42:44.440><c> for</c><00:42:44.679><c> it</c>

00:42:44.800 --> 00:42:47.260
never<00:42:44.940><c> in</c><00:42:45.139><c> the</c><00:42:45.219><c> day</c><00:42:45.320><c> of</c><00:42:45.519><c> judgment.</c><00:42:46.320><c> Well,</c><00:42:46.480><c> we</c><00:42:46.599><c> do</c><00:42:46.780><c> have</c><00:42:46.920><c> to</c><00:42:47.059><c> be</c>

00:42:47.260 --> 00:42:48.860
careful<00:42:47.480><c> about</c><00:42:47.659><c> what</c><00:42:47.800><c> we're</c><00:42:48.059><c> saying.</c>

00:42:50.059 --> 00:42:54.980
But<00:42:50.239><c> if</c><00:42:50.400><c> I</c><00:42:51.000><c> cursed</c><00:42:51.280><c> a</c><00:42:51.500><c> cat</c><00:42:51.639><c> last</c><00:42:51.960><c> night</c><00:42:52.139><c> for</c><00:42:52.360><c> scratching</c><00:42:52.800><c> the</c><00:42:53.980><c> upholstery,</c><00:42:54.719><c> well,</c><00:42:54.900><c> I</c>

00:42:54.980 --> 00:42:55.639
don't<00:42:55.159><c> have</c><00:42:55.320><c> a</c><00:42:55.500><c> cat,</c>

00:42:55.639 --> 00:42:59.619
so<00:42:55.760><c> I</c><00:42:55.880><c> won't</c><00:42:56.059><c> care.</c><00:42:56.699><c> But</c><00:42:56.880><c> those</c><00:42:57.820><c> are</c><00:42:58.420><c> not,</c><00:42:58.579><c> I</c><00:42:58.739><c> think,</c><00:42:59.179><c> the</c><00:42:59.500><c> kind</c>

00:42:59.619 --> 00:43:02.940
of<00:42:59.820><c> idle</c><00:43:00.000><c> words</c><00:43:00.280><c> that</c><00:43:00.500><c> Jesus</c><00:43:00.820><c> is</c><00:43:01.579><c> talking</c><00:43:02.099><c> about.</c>

00:43:03.580 --> 00:43:08.699
Because<00:43:04.300><c> the</c><00:43:04.659><c> context</c><00:43:05.239><c> here</c><00:43:05.659><c> is</c><00:43:05.960><c> these</c><00:43:06.420><c> are</c><00:43:06.780><c> words</c><00:43:07.320><c> that</c><00:43:08.519><c> are</c>

00:43:08.699 --> 00:43:10.219
very<00:43:09.039><c> calculated.</c>

00:43:11.599 --> 00:43:14.559
Rather<00:43:12.039><c> than</c><00:43:12.320><c> being</c><00:43:12.900><c> idle</c><00:43:13.239><c> in</c><00:43:13.440><c> the</c><00:43:13.639><c> sense</c><00:43:13.760><c> we</c><00:43:13.960><c> normally</c><00:43:14.320><c> think</c>

00:43:14.559 --> 00:43:14.900
of<00:43:14.679><c> it,</c>

00:43:15.059 --> 00:43:19.739
they<00:43:15.219><c> are</c><00:43:15.380><c> words</c><00:43:15.599><c> that</c><00:43:15.860><c> are</c><00:43:16.019><c> calculated</c><00:43:16.420><c> to</c><00:43:16.800><c> keep</c><00:43:17.000><c> people</c><00:43:17.380><c> idle,</c><00:43:19.199><c> to</c>

00:43:19.739 --> 00:43:22.119
keep<00:43:19.980><c> people</c><00:43:20.400><c> from</c><00:43:20.760><c> responding.</c>

00:43:23.519 --> 00:43:32.260
He<00:43:23.820><c> does</c><00:43:24.099><c> his</c><00:43:24.400><c> works</c><00:43:24.599><c> by</c><00:43:24.920><c> Beelzebub,</c><00:43:27.239><c> this</c><00:43:27.739><c> kind</c><00:43:28.179><c> of</c><00:43:28.380><c> thing.</c><00:43:29.619><c> They're</c><00:43:30.179><c> very</c><00:43:30.500><c> calculated.</c><00:43:31.639><c> And</c><00:43:31.900><c> I</c><00:43:32.039><c> think</c>

00:43:32.260 --> 00:43:36.420
at<00:43:32.719><c> this</c><00:43:32.719><c> point,</c><00:43:33.099><c> at</c><00:43:33.239><c> least</c><00:43:33.420><c> in</c><00:43:33.619><c> this</c><00:43:33.980><c> context</c><00:43:34.840><c> where</c><00:43:35.679><c> the</c><00:43:35.860><c> idle</c><00:43:36.019><c> words</c><00:43:36.219><c> are</c>

00:43:36.420 --> 00:43:37.860
being<00:43:36.659><c> mentioned,</c>

00:43:38.739 --> 00:43:42.179
Jesus<00:43:39.019><c> is</c><00:43:39.320><c> referring</c><00:43:39.559><c> to</c><00:43:39.760><c> some</c><00:43:40.000><c> things</c><00:43:40.219><c> that</c><00:43:40.400><c> are</c><00:43:40.599><c> very</c><00:43:41.019><c> calculated</c><00:43:41.480><c> on</c><00:43:41.719><c> the</c><00:43:41.840><c> part</c><00:43:41.940><c> of</c>

00:43:42.179 --> 00:43:42.920
the<00:43:42.239><c> Pharisees</c>

00:43:42.920 --> 00:43:46.719
and<00:43:43.219><c> designed</c><00:43:43.679><c> to</c><00:43:44.079><c> undermine</c><00:43:44.780><c> any</c><00:43:45.579><c> sort</c><00:43:45.820><c> of</c><00:43:46.039><c> accountability</c>

00:43:46.719 --> 00:43:48.880
or<00:43:47.519><c> any</c><00:43:47.780><c> sort</c><00:43:48.039><c> of</c><00:43:48.320><c> response</c>

00:43:48.880 --> 00:43:53.400
that<00:43:49.500><c> the</c><00:43:49.719><c> people</c><00:43:49.880><c> might</c><00:43:50.159><c> have</c><00:43:50.599><c> to</c><00:43:51.139><c> the</c><00:43:51.679><c> kingdom.</c><00:43:52.940><c> And</c><00:43:53.199><c> those</c>

00:43:53.400 --> 00:43:55.760
who<00:43:53.760><c> speak</c><00:43:54.019><c> them</c><00:43:54.480><c> will</c><00:43:54.960><c> be</c><00:43:55.260><c> giving</c><00:43:55.500><c> an</c>

00:43:55.760 --> 00:43:59.420
account<00:43:56.019><c> of</c><00:43:56.199><c> them</c><00:43:56.340><c> in</c><00:43:56.500><c> the</c><00:43:56.619><c> day</c><00:43:56.760><c> of</c><00:43:56.980><c> judgment.</c><00:43:58.539><c> But</c><00:43:58.559><c> the</c><00:43:59.059><c> point</c>

00:43:59.420 --> 00:44:01.800
here<00:43:59.780><c> is</c><00:44:00.139><c> the</c><00:44:00.400><c> highlighted</c><00:44:00.920><c> red</c>

00:44:01.800 --> 00:44:06.599
letters.<00:44:03.039><c> These</c><00:44:03.300><c> are</c><00:44:03.539><c> the</c><00:44:03.699><c> four</c><00:44:04.000><c> uses</c><00:44:04.619><c> of</c><00:44:05.880><c> the</c><00:44:06.119><c> expression</c><00:44:06.440><c> in</c>

00:44:06.599 --> 00:44:08.260
the<00:44:06.739><c> day</c><00:44:06.860><c> of</c><00:44:07.039><c> judgment</c><00:44:07.239><c> in</c><00:44:07.480><c> Matthew's</c><00:44:07.860><c> gospel.</c>

00:44:08.340 --> 00:44:15.340
That's<00:44:08.659><c> it.</c><00:44:09.519><c> And</c><00:44:09.719><c> they're</c><00:44:09.960><c> all</c><00:44:10.300><c> concentrated</c><00:44:10.860><c> here.</c><00:44:12.699><c> He</c><00:44:13.380><c> advises</c><00:44:14.780><c> his</c>

00:44:15.340 --> 00:44:17.679
apostles<00:44:15.880><c> of</c><00:44:16.139><c> it</c><00:44:16.659><c> that</c><00:44:17.039><c> they</c><00:44:17.239><c> will</c><00:44:17.440><c> be</c>

00:44:17.679 --> 00:44:20.860
answerable<00:44:18.159><c> in</c><00:44:18.340><c> the</c><00:44:18.460><c> day</c><00:44:18.599><c> of</c><00:44:18.820><c> judgment</c><00:44:19.139><c> if</c><00:44:19.500><c> they</c><00:44:19.780><c> reject</c><00:44:20.400><c> the</c>

00:44:20.860 --> 00:44:24.699
kingdom.<00:44:22.500><c> And</c><00:44:22.860><c> now</c><00:44:23.260><c> to</c><00:44:23.559><c> the</c><00:44:23.780><c> cities</c><00:44:24.119><c> and</c><00:44:24.360><c> to</c><00:44:24.519><c> the</c>

00:44:24.699 --> 00:44:31.719
Pharisees,<00:44:25.360><c> Jesus</c><00:44:25.760><c> uses</c><00:44:26.139><c> the</c><00:44:26.460><c> same</c><00:44:26.679><c> language</c><00:44:27.059><c> again</c><00:44:27.480><c> and</c><00:44:27.699><c> again.</c><00:44:29.039><c> It's</c><00:44:29.719><c> concentrated</c><00:44:30.179><c> here</c><00:44:30.739><c> because</c><00:44:31.199><c> now</c>

00:44:31.719 --> 00:44:36.639
he's<00:44:32.000><c> warning</c><00:44:32.320><c> Israel</c><00:44:32.980><c> of</c><00:44:34.260><c> their</c><00:44:34.619><c> accountability</c><00:44:35.300><c> for</c><00:44:35.719><c> rejecting</c><00:44:36.340><c> him,</c>

00:44:36.699 --> 00:44:40.420
for<00:44:37.019><c> refusing</c><00:44:37.440><c> him.</c><00:44:39.699><c> And</c><00:44:39.960><c> wherever</c>

00:44:40.420 --> 00:44:46.059
the<00:44:41.139><c> hand</c><00:44:41.420><c> of</c><00:44:41.659><c> God</c><00:44:42.139><c> touches</c><00:44:42.780><c> us</c><00:44:43.380><c> through</c><00:44:43.800><c> the</c><00:44:43.980><c> Lord</c><00:44:44.219><c> Jesus,</c><00:44:45.300><c> there</c><00:44:45.739><c> is</c>

00:44:46.059 --> 00:44:49.239
accountability.<00:44:47.900><c> And</c><00:44:48.239><c> this</c><00:44:48.619><c> is</c><00:44:48.860><c> what</c><00:44:48.960><c> we're</c>

00:44:49.239 --> 00:44:53.099
turning<00:44:49.460><c> into</c><00:44:49.820><c> now,</c><00:44:50.199><c> we're</c><00:44:50.420><c> finding</c><00:44:50.719><c> now</c><00:44:51.059><c> in</c><00:44:51.820><c> Matthew's</c><00:44:52.360><c> gospel</c><00:44:52.739><c> in</c>

00:44:53.099 --> 00:44:56.340
this<00:44:53.340><c> middle</c><00:44:53.539><c> portion.</c><00:44:55.579><c> Another</c><00:44:55.980><c> phrase</c>

00:44:56.340 --> 00:45:01.360
occurs<00:44:56.719><c> twice</c><00:44:57.039><c> in</c><00:44:57.340><c> Matthew's</c><00:44:57.780><c> gospel,</c><00:44:58.420><c> and</c><00:44:58.639><c> it's</c><00:44:58.800><c> right</c><00:44:59.099><c> here.</c><00:44:59.960><c> Still</c><00:45:00.480><c> in</c>

00:45:01.360 --> 00:45:02.639
this<00:45:01.679><c> ministry</c><00:45:01.940><c> three</c><00:45:02.219><c> portion,</c>

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still<00:45:03.179><c> being</c><00:45:03.440><c> addressed</c><00:45:03.739><c> to</c><00:45:03.940><c> the</c><00:45:04.099><c> scribes</c><00:45:04.380><c> and</c><00:45:04.579><c> Pharisees.</c>

00:45:05.699 --> 00:45:08.420
The<00:45:05.780><c> men</c><00:45:05.960><c> of</c><00:45:06.199><c> Nineveh</c><00:45:06.500><c> will</c><00:45:06.739><c> rise</c><00:45:07.019><c> up</c><00:45:07.260><c> in</c><00:45:07.500><c> the</c><00:45:07.800><c> judgment</c>

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with<00:45:09.039><c> this</c><00:45:09.900><c> generation</c><00:45:10.360><c> of</c><00:45:10.699><c> condemnant.</c><00:45:11.500><c> A</c><00:45:11.639><c> little</c><00:45:11.760><c> further</c>

00:45:12.079 --> 00:45:14.000
on,<00:45:12.659><c> the</c><00:45:12.820><c> queen</c><00:45:12.940><c> of</c><00:45:13.119><c> the</c><00:45:13.340><c> south</c><00:45:13.519><c> will</c><00:45:13.739><c> rise</c>

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up<00:45:14.199><c> in</c><00:45:14.400><c> the</c><00:45:14.659><c> judgment</c><00:45:15.139><c> with</c><00:45:15.559><c> this</c><00:45:15.840><c> generation</c><00:45:16.400><c> of</c><00:45:16.679><c> condemnant.</c><00:45:17.340><c> And</c><00:45:17.719><c> these</c>

00:45:17.920 --> 00:45:19.460
are<00:45:18.159><c> the</c><00:45:18.360><c> two</c><00:45:18.539><c> uses</c><00:45:18.880><c> of</c><00:45:19.199><c> the</c>

00:45:19.460 --> 00:45:23.840
expression<00:45:19.780><c> in</c><00:45:20.039><c> the</c><00:45:20.219><c> judgment</c><00:45:20.599><c> in</c><00:45:21.199><c> Matthew's</c><00:45:21.780><c> gospel.</c><00:45:23.059><c> So</c><00:45:23.300><c> not</c><00:45:23.480><c> only</c><00:45:23.679><c> is</c>

00:45:23.840 --> 00:45:25.159
there<00:45:24.099><c> verbal</c><00:45:24.380><c> connection,</c><00:45:24.800><c> but</c><00:45:24.920><c> there's</c>

00:45:25.159 --> 00:45:30.400
verbal<00:45:25.500><c> concentration</c><00:45:26.460><c> here</c><00:45:27.159><c> of</c><00:45:27.880><c> this</c><00:45:28.179><c> kind</c><00:45:28.400><c> of</c><00:45:28.679><c> phrasing</c><00:45:29.800><c> where</c><00:45:30.260><c> it</c>

00:45:30.400 --> 00:45:33.320
is<00:45:30.559><c> now</c><00:45:30.800><c> appropriate.</c><00:45:32.480><c> So</c><00:45:32.719><c> you</c><00:45:32.900><c> just</c><00:45:33.099><c> step</c>

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back,<00:45:34.440><c> the</c><00:45:34.619><c> first</c><00:45:34.860><c> two</c><00:45:35.059><c> divisions</c><00:45:35.360><c> have</c><00:45:35.679><c> brought</c><00:45:35.800><c> the</c><00:45:36.059><c> kingdom</c><00:45:36.260><c> of</c><00:45:36.519><c> heaven</c><00:45:36.900><c> to</c>

00:45:37.719 --> 00:45:40.139
Israel.<00:45:39.239><c> The</c><00:45:39.539><c> third</c><00:45:39.739><c> division</c>

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now<00:45:40.519><c> is</c><00:45:40.900><c> dealing</c><00:45:41.239><c> with</c><00:45:42.940><c> the</c><00:45:43.880><c> warnings</c><00:45:44.360><c> of</c><00:45:44.760><c> judgment</c><00:45:45.039><c> to</c><00:45:45.300><c> come,</c>

00:45:45.539 --> 00:45:47.820
the<00:45:45.659><c> accountability</c><00:45:45.960><c> of</c><00:45:46.219><c> judgment</c><00:45:46.500><c> for</c><00:45:47.360><c> the</c>

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respond.<00:45:50.219><c> You</c><00:45:50.360><c> just</c><00:45:50.579><c> look</c><00:45:50.960><c> in</c><00:45:51.119><c> the</c><00:45:51.219><c> middle</c><00:45:51.360><c> there,</c><00:45:51.800><c> Matthew</c>

00:45:52.199 --> 00:45:56.920
11.<00:45:54.679><c> He's</c><00:45:55.280><c> speaking</c><00:45:55.579><c> to</c><00:45:55.780><c> the</c><00:45:56.000><c> cities.</c>

00:45:57.659 --> 00:46:03.719
And<00:45:57.980><c> it's</c><00:45:58.300><c> here,</c><00:45:58.820><c> for</c><00:45:59.179><c> example,</c><00:46:00.239><c> that</c><00:46:00.400><c> we</c><00:46:00.639><c> have</c><00:46:01.400><c> the</c><00:46:03.219><c> rather</c>

00:46:03.719 --> 00:46:05.780
graphic<00:46:04.400><c> picture</c><00:46:04.780><c> of</c><00:46:04.980><c> children</c><00:46:05.320><c> sitting</c><00:46:05.579><c> in</c>

00:46:05.780 --> 00:46:10.119
the<00:46:05.940><c> marketplaces.</c><00:46:07.079><c> So</c><00:46:07.239><c> what</c><00:46:07.380><c> shall</c><00:46:07.500><c> I</c><00:46:07.800><c> like</c><00:46:07.900><c> in</c><00:46:08.039><c> this</c><00:46:08.260><c> generation?</c><00:46:09.780><c> It's</c>

00:46:10.119 --> 00:46:11.239
like<00:46:10.300><c> children</c><00:46:10.639><c> sitting</c><00:46:10.920><c> in</c><00:46:11.099><c> the</c>

00:46:11.239 --> 00:46:15.619
marketplaces.<00:46:12.880><c> We've</c><00:46:13.480><c> piped</c><00:46:13.760><c> you</c><00:46:13.900><c> and</c><00:46:14.019><c> you</c><00:46:14.159><c> haven't</c><00:46:14.400><c> danced.</c>

00:46:15.739 --> 00:46:18.300
We've<00:46:16.239><c> mourned</c><00:46:16.460><c> you</c><00:46:16.599><c> and</c><00:46:16.719><c> you</c><00:46:16.840><c> haven't</c><00:46:17.000><c> lamented.</c>

00:46:18.610 --> 00:46:25.119
What<00:46:18.900><c> are</c><00:46:19.119><c> you</c><00:46:19.280><c> doing?</c><00:46:23.000><c> It's</c><00:46:23.579><c> almost</c><00:46:23.920><c> humorous</c><00:46:24.579><c> language</c>

00:46:25.119 --> 00:46:26.800
there<00:46:25.500><c> that</c><00:46:25.619><c> Jesus</c><00:46:25.980><c> uses.</c>

00:46:29.280 --> 00:46:35.300
And<00:46:29.280><c> you</c><00:46:29.940><c> see</c><00:46:30.860><c> these</c><00:46:31.500><c> picture,</c><00:46:32.599><c> a</c><00:46:32.820><c> metal</c><00:46:33.000><c> image</c><00:46:33.400><c> of</c><00:46:34.119><c> people</c><00:46:34.500><c> sitting</c><00:46:34.800><c> around</c><00:46:35.159><c> in</c>

00:46:35.300 --> 00:46:35.940
the<00:46:35.440><c> marketplace</c>

00:46:35.940 --> 00:46:39.039
with<00:46:36.559><c> a</c><00:46:36.760><c> glaze</c><00:46:36.940><c> on</c><00:46:37.159><c> their</c><00:46:37.380><c> eyes</c><00:46:37.659><c> and</c><00:46:37.900><c> drool</c><00:46:38.099><c> coming</c><00:46:38.320><c> down</c><00:46:38.619><c> their</c><00:46:38.900><c> chin</c>

00:46:39.039 --> 00:46:40.260
and<00:46:39.219><c> their</c><00:46:39.420><c> mouth</c><00:46:39.659><c> open,</c>

00:46:40.340 --> 00:46:46.579
gaping,<00:46:40.960><c> and</c><00:46:41.300><c> these</c><00:46:41.519><c> wonderful</c><00:46:42.019><c> things</c><00:46:42.519><c> have</c><00:46:42.699><c> been</c><00:46:42.900><c> going</c><00:46:43.159><c> on.</c><00:46:44.679><c> And</c><00:46:44.920><c> there's</c><00:46:45.099><c> no</c><00:46:45.280><c> response.</c>

00:46:47.820 --> 00:46:55.539
There's<00:46:48.079><c> no</c><00:46:48.300><c> response.</c><00:46:50.719><c> And</c><00:46:51.179><c> when</c><00:46:53.059><c> I</c><00:46:53.280><c> look</c><00:46:53.420><c> at</c><00:46:53.579><c> that,</c><00:46:53.880><c> brothers</c><00:46:53.960><c> and</c><00:46:54.219><c> sisters,</c><00:46:55.119><c> I</c>

00:46:55.539 --> 00:46:57.260
have<00:46:55.780><c> to</c><00:46:55.920><c> say</c><00:46:56.059><c> to</c><00:46:56.219><c> myself,</c>

00:46:57.480 --> 00:47:00.460
not<00:46:57.639><c> just</c><00:46:57.900><c> what</c><00:46:58.039><c> is</c><00:46:58.260><c> the</c><00:46:58.420><c> matter</c><00:46:58.619><c> with</c><00:46:58.860><c> them,</c><00:46:59.699><c> what</c><00:46:59.980><c> is</c><00:47:00.239><c> the</c>

00:47:00.460 --> 00:47:01.789
matter<00:47:00.719><c> with</c><00:47:01.059><c> me?</c>

00:47:03.519 --> 00:47:05.480
You<00:47:03.659><c> know,</c><00:47:03.699><c> they're</c><00:47:03.880><c> made</c><00:47:04.039><c> of</c><00:47:04.159><c> the</c><00:47:04.380><c> same</c><00:47:04.519><c> human</c><00:47:04.820><c> stuff</c><00:47:05.039><c> as</c><00:47:05.300><c> I</c>

00:47:05.480 --> 00:47:08.239
am.<00:47:05.579><c> I'm</c><00:47:05.760><c> made</c><00:47:05.880><c> of</c><00:47:06.019><c> the</c><00:47:06.199><c> same</c><00:47:06.360><c> human</c><00:47:06.619><c> stuff</c><00:47:06.820><c> as</c><00:47:07.019><c> they</c><00:47:07.280><c> are.</c>

00:47:09.000 --> 00:47:13.920
And<00:47:09.460><c> if</c><00:47:09.619><c> they</c><00:47:09.840><c> can</c><00:47:10.179><c> sit</c><00:47:10.360><c> around</c><00:47:10.659><c> and</c><00:47:10.820><c> be</c><00:47:11.059><c> unresponsive</c><00:47:12.480><c> to</c><00:47:13.579><c> the</c>

00:47:13.920 --> 00:47:16.079
mercies<00:47:14.500><c> that</c><00:47:14.719><c> Jesus</c><00:47:15.039><c> is</c><00:47:15.380><c> bringing</c><00:47:15.679><c> to</c><00:47:15.920><c> them,</c>

00:47:16.079 --> 00:47:20.340
to<00:47:16.340><c> the</c><00:47:16.539><c> kingdom</c><00:47:16.940><c> that</c><00:47:17.079><c> he's</c><00:47:17.300><c> giving</c><00:47:17.519><c> them</c><00:47:18.000><c> a</c><00:47:18.300><c> wonderful</c><00:47:18.739><c> foretaste</c><00:47:19.380><c> of,</c>

00:47:20.800 --> 00:47:24.079
you<00:47:20.800><c> know,</c><00:47:21.639><c> then</c><00:47:22.059><c> what's</c><00:47:22.860><c> the</c><00:47:23.139><c> matter?</c>

00:47:24.400 --> 00:47:28.500
We've<00:47:24.820><c> just</c><00:47:25.159><c> got</c><00:47:25.360><c> to</c><00:47:25.519><c> look</c><00:47:25.739><c> inside</c><00:47:26.139><c> and</c><00:47:26.400><c> say,</c><00:47:26.960><c> my</c><00:47:27.099><c> response</c><00:47:27.760><c> has</c><00:47:28.119><c> got</c><00:47:28.280><c> to</c>

00:47:28.500 --> 00:47:29.780
be<00:47:28.780><c> better.</c>

00:47:31.860 --> 00:47:39.280
And<00:47:32.000><c> these,</c><00:47:34.420><c> the</c><00:47:34.539><c> response</c><00:47:34.940><c> is</c><00:47:35.199><c> so</c><00:47:35.500><c> poor</c><00:47:35.820><c> that</c><00:47:36.800><c> he's</c><00:47:37.119><c> now</c><00:47:37.360><c> warning</c><00:47:37.559><c> them</c><00:47:37.940><c> categorically</c>

00:47:39.480 --> 00:47:44.579
that<00:47:39.960><c> they've</c><00:47:40.239><c> had</c><00:47:40.400><c> their</c><00:47:40.639><c> opportunity.</c><00:47:42.539><c> They've</c><00:47:43.019><c> been</c><00:47:44.000><c> shown</c><00:47:44.340><c> the</c>

00:47:44.579 --> 00:47:47.639
mercies<00:47:44.960><c> of</c><00:47:45.260><c> God,</c><00:47:45.980><c> and</c><00:47:46.179><c> they'll</c><00:47:46.360><c> be</c><00:47:46.599><c> accountable.</c>

00:47:48.940 --> 00:47:52.920
Now,<00:47:50.480><c> we're</c><00:47:50.699><c> into</c><00:47:50.860><c> ministry</c><00:47:51.260><c> three,</c><00:47:51.960><c> we're</c><00:47:52.179><c> right</c><00:47:52.320><c> at</c><00:47:52.460><c> the</c><00:47:52.599><c> middle</c><00:47:52.739><c> of</c>

00:47:52.920 --> 00:47:54.480
our<00:47:53.199><c> reference</c><00:47:53.460><c> line</c><00:47:53.719><c> at</c><00:47:53.920><c> the</c><00:47:54.119><c> top,</c>

00:47:54.599 --> 00:47:58.760
and<00:47:54.840><c> we've</c><00:47:55.079><c> come</c><00:47:55.219><c> to</c><00:47:55.360><c> the</c><00:47:55.579><c> center</c><00:47:55.780><c> point</c><00:47:56.019><c> of</c><00:47:56.199><c> Matthew's</c><00:47:56.860><c> gospel.</c><00:47:58.480><c> And</c>

00:47:58.760 --> 00:48:00.840
this<00:47:58.980><c> to</c><00:47:59.159><c> my</c><00:47:59.579><c> mind,</c><00:48:00.199><c> let's</c><00:48:00.400><c> see</c><00:48:00.579><c> how</c><00:48:00.659><c> our</c>

00:48:00.840 --> 00:48:06.519
time<00:48:01.059><c> is.</c><00:48:02.739><c> Oh,</c><00:48:02.980><c> it's</c><00:48:03.280><c> flying</c><00:48:03.440><c> by.</c><00:48:04.880><c> We'll</c><00:48:05.360><c> quit</c><00:48:05.460><c> on</c><00:48:05.760><c> time.</c><00:48:06.260><c> Even</c>

00:48:06.519 --> 00:48:08.420
if<00:48:06.639><c> we</c><00:48:06.719><c> don't</c><00:48:06.920><c> finish,</c><00:48:07.139><c> we'll</c><00:48:07.340><c> quit</c><00:48:07.440><c> on</c><00:48:07.679><c> time.</c>

00:48:09.659 --> 00:48:15.760
This<00:48:10.219><c> to</c><00:48:10.519><c> my</c><00:48:10.940><c> mind,</c><00:48:11.380><c> brothers</c><00:48:11.579><c> and</c><00:48:11.800><c> sisters,</c><00:48:11.980><c> is</c><00:48:12.179><c> just</c><00:48:12.440><c> a</c><00:48:12.840><c> wonderful</c><00:48:14.519><c> revelation,</c><00:48:15.559><c> if</c>

00:48:15.760 --> 00:48:17.019
you<00:48:16.019><c> will,</c>

00:48:18.880 --> 00:48:22.039
because<00:48:19.440><c> at</c><00:48:19.880><c> the</c><00:48:20.099><c> middle</c><00:48:20.440><c> of</c><00:48:20.659><c> the</c><00:48:20.840><c> middle</c><00:48:21.300><c> ministry</c><00:48:21.639><c> portion,</c>

00:48:22.139 --> 00:48:24.179
the<00:48:22.360><c> middle</c><00:48:22.559><c> of</c><00:48:22.739><c> ministry</c><00:48:23.039><c> three,</c>

00:48:24.719 --> 00:48:30.079
there<00:48:25.099><c> is</c><00:48:25.500><c> a</c><00:48:26.099><c> passage</c><00:48:26.619><c> in</c><00:48:27.360><c> the</c><00:48:27.500><c> end</c><00:48:27.659><c> of</c><00:48:27.840><c> Matthew</c><00:48:28.179><c> 11</c><00:48:28.880><c> that</c><00:48:29.840><c> when</c>

00:48:30.079 --> 00:48:31.539
we<00:48:30.260><c> do</c><00:48:30.420><c> our</c><00:48:30.659><c> daily</c><00:48:30.960><c> readings</c>

00:48:31.539 --> 00:48:35.300
year<00:48:32.400><c> after</c><00:48:32.699><c> year</c><00:48:32.960><c> after</c><00:48:33.239><c> year,</c><00:48:33.619><c> and</c><00:48:33.800><c> we</c><00:48:33.920><c> come</c><00:48:34.039><c> to</c><00:48:34.260><c> that,</c><00:48:34.880><c> we'll</c><00:48:35.119><c> come</c>

00:48:35.300 --> 00:48:37.460
to<00:48:35.480><c> it</c><00:48:35.940><c> in</c><00:48:36.239><c> a</c><00:48:36.340><c> couple</c><00:48:36.519><c> of</c><00:48:36.679><c> days,</c>

00:48:38.980 --> 00:48:43.559
it<00:48:39.579><c> just</c><00:48:40.039><c> seems</c><00:48:40.519><c> totally</c><00:48:41.179><c> out</c><00:48:41.420><c> of</c><00:48:41.619><c> place</c><00:48:41.840><c> with</c><00:48:42.079><c> everything</c><00:48:42.360><c> else.</c>

00:48:44.440 --> 00:48:50.179
And<00:48:45.039><c> it</c><00:48:45.239><c> isn't</c><00:48:45.659><c> out</c><00:48:45.960><c> of</c><00:48:46.119><c> place</c><00:48:46.340><c> at</c><00:48:46.579><c> all.</c><00:48:47.880><c> Once</c><00:48:48.079><c> we</c><00:48:48.280><c> begin</c><00:48:48.440><c> to</c><00:48:48.719><c> see</c><00:48:48.900><c> how</c><00:48:49.440><c> the</c><00:48:49.719><c> ministry</c><00:48:49.980><c> of</c>

00:48:50.179 --> 00:48:51.119
Jesus<00:48:50.380><c> is</c><00:48:50.679><c> developing</c>

00:48:51.119 --> 00:48:59.599
and<00:48:51.300><c> what's</c><00:48:51.619><c> going</c><00:48:51.840><c> on,</c><00:48:52.880><c> all</c><00:48:53.139><c> of</c><00:48:53.400><c> a</c><00:48:53.460><c> sudden,</c><00:48:54.380><c> this</c><00:48:54.800><c> center</c><00:48:55.199><c> point,</c><00:48:55.940><c> this</c><00:48:56.260><c> pivotal</c><00:48:56.619><c> point</c><00:48:57.039><c> of</c><00:48:58.480><c> Matthew's</c>

00:48:59.780 --> 00:49:06.179
ministry,<00:49:00.579><c> is</c><00:49:00.579><c> absolutely</c><00:49:01.320><c> magnificent.</c><00:49:04.059><c> Because,</c><00:49:05.639><c> again,</c>

00:49:06.519 --> 00:49:09.500
at<00:49:06.699><c> the</c><00:49:06.880><c> expense</c><00:49:07.260><c> of</c><00:49:07.539><c> just</c><00:49:07.860><c> repeating</c><00:49:08.340><c> myself,</c>

00:49:09.699 --> 00:49:12.159
in<00:49:09.860><c> the</c><00:49:10.000><c> first</c><00:49:10.199><c> two</c><00:49:10.440><c> divisions,</c><00:49:10.900><c> the</c><00:49:11.139><c> kingdom</c><00:49:11.380><c> has</c><00:49:11.719><c> come</c><00:49:11.960><c> to</c>

00:49:12.159 --> 00:49:15.159
Israel<00:49:12.760><c> with</c><00:49:13.599><c> all</c><00:49:13.860><c> of</c><00:49:13.980><c> its</c><00:49:14.199><c> blessings.</c>

00:49:16.840 --> 00:49:21.940
In<00:49:17.199><c> the</c><00:49:17.500><c> third</c><00:49:17.880><c> division</c><00:49:18.400><c> now,</c><00:49:19.500><c> we</c><00:49:19.679><c> have</c><00:49:19.940><c> got</c><00:49:20.159><c> Israel's</c><00:49:20.780><c> response,</c><00:49:21.699><c> which</c>

00:49:21.940 --> 00:49:24.860
is<00:49:22.280><c> just</c><00:49:22.800><c> wanting,</c><00:49:24.000><c> it's</c><00:49:24.239><c> tragic,</c>

00:49:24.860 --> 00:49:34.739
it's<00:49:25.519><c> inadequate.</c><00:49:28.619><c> So</c><00:49:28.880><c> at</c><00:49:29.500><c> this</c><00:49:29.820><c> point,</c><00:49:30.219><c> Jesus</c><00:49:30.599><c> has</c><00:49:31.199><c> some</c><00:49:31.639><c> disciples</c><00:49:32.420><c> that</c><00:49:33.579><c> have</c><00:49:34.139><c> gathered</c><00:49:34.460><c> to</c>

00:49:34.739 --> 00:49:35.559
him<00:49:34.940><c> and</c><00:49:35.159><c> are</c>

00:49:35.559 --> 00:49:41.199
becoming<00:49:36.039><c> loyal</c><00:49:36.639><c> to</c><00:49:36.840><c> him,</c><00:49:38.260><c> and</c><00:49:38.780><c> a</c><00:49:39.000><c> nation</c><00:49:39.500><c> at</c><00:49:39.960><c> a</c><00:49:40.000><c> larger</c><00:49:40.480><c> scale</c>

00:49:41.199 --> 00:49:44.340
that<00:49:41.920><c> is</c><00:49:42.239><c> not</c><00:49:42.519><c> responding</c><00:49:43.059><c> at</c><00:49:43.340><c> all.</c>

00:49:45.599 --> 00:49:50.039
And<00:49:46.139><c> this</c><00:49:47.000><c> center</c><00:49:47.400><c> point</c><00:49:47.719><c> of</c><00:49:48.000><c> Matthew's</c><00:49:48.619><c> gospel</c><00:49:48.980><c> makes</c><00:49:49.440><c> sense</c>

00:49:50.039 --> 00:49:54.519
of<00:49:50.480><c> everything</c><00:49:51.059><c> as</c><00:49:52.500><c> different</c><00:49:53.639><c> and</c>

00:49:54.519 --> 00:49:57.280
almost<00:49:55.000><c> disconnected</c><00:49:55.679><c> as</c><00:49:55.920><c> it</c><00:49:56.239><c> seems</c><00:49:56.440><c> when</c><00:49:56.619><c> we're</c><00:49:56.800><c> doing</c><00:49:56.980><c> our</c>

00:49:57.280 --> 00:49:59.019
readings.<00:49:57.840><c> From</c><00:49:58.039><c> everything</c><00:49:58.360><c> around</c><00:49:58.719><c> it,</c>

00:49:59.079 --> 00:50:03.159
it<00:49:59.280><c> is</c><00:49:59.599><c> really</c><00:50:00.059><c> the</c><00:50:00.500><c> center</c><00:50:00.739><c> point</c><00:50:01.159><c> and</c><00:50:01.500><c> explains</c><00:50:01.960><c> everything.</c><00:50:02.420><c> It</c><00:50:02.480><c> is</c><00:50:02.840><c> the</c>

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pivotal<00:50:03.480><c> point</c><00:50:03.820><c> of</c><00:50:04.000><c> Matthew's</c>

00:50:05.239 --> 00:50:12.760
gospel<00:50:05.599><c> ministry</c><00:50:06.559><c> of</c><00:50:06.760><c> Jesus.</c><00:50:08.579><c> At</c><00:50:09.219><c> that</c><00:50:09.739><c> time,</c><00:50:11.380><c> Jesus</c><00:50:11.679><c> answered</c><00:50:12.159><c> and</c><00:50:12.460><c> said,</c>

00:50:13.079 --> 00:50:17.539
I<00:50:13.320><c> thank</c><00:50:13.719><c> you,</c><00:50:14.000><c> Father,</c><00:50:14.940><c> Lord</c><00:50:15.179><c> of</c><00:50:15.400><c> heaven</c><00:50:15.659><c> and</c><00:50:15.900><c> earth.</c><00:50:17.179><c> You</c>

00:50:17.539 --> 00:50:20.519
have<00:50:17.820><c> hidden</c><00:50:18.079><c> these</c><00:50:18.539><c> things</c><00:50:18.840><c> from</c><00:50:19.039><c> the</c><00:50:19.360><c> wise</c><00:50:19.699><c> and</c>

00:50:20.960 --> 00:50:25.659
and<00:50:21.280><c> have</c><00:50:21.500><c> revealed</c><00:50:22.039><c> them</c><00:50:22.400><c> to</c><00:50:22.780><c> babes,</c><00:50:24.000><c> even</c><00:50:24.340><c> so,</c><00:50:24.820><c> Father,</c><00:50:25.440><c> for</c>

00:50:25.659 --> 00:50:28.000
so<00:50:25.840><c> it</c><00:50:26.079><c> seemed</c><00:50:26.280><c> good</c><00:50:26.539><c> in</c><00:50:26.739><c> your</c><00:50:27.019><c> sight.</c>

00:50:28.659 --> 00:50:33.559
So<00:50:28.960><c> while</c><00:50:29.159><c> on</c><00:50:29.320><c> the</c><00:50:29.480><c> one</c><00:50:29.739><c> hand,</c><00:50:30.559><c> there</c><00:50:30.719><c> are</c><00:50:31.079><c> the</c><00:50:31.360><c> disciples</c><00:50:31.780><c> that</c><00:50:32.000><c> are</c><00:50:32.340><c> struggling</c>

00:50:36.440 --> 00:50:42.119
to<00:50:37.079><c> learn</c><00:50:37.719><c> what</c><00:50:37.980><c> Jesus</c><00:50:38.400><c> is</c><00:50:38.699><c> teaching</c><00:50:39.260><c> and</c><00:50:40.500><c> to</c><00:50:41.340><c> live</c><00:50:41.659><c> the</c><00:50:41.880><c> new</c>

00:50:42.119 --> 00:50:44.079
life<00:50:42.440><c> that</c><00:50:42.599><c> he's</c><00:50:42.880><c> bringing</c><00:50:43.219><c> to</c><00:50:43.539><c> them,</c>

00:50:44.079 --> 00:50:49.980
and<00:50:44.760><c> to</c><00:50:44.960><c> follow</c><00:50:45.380><c> him</c><00:50:45.739><c> and</c><00:50:45.880><c> to</c><00:50:46.119><c> love</c><00:50:46.340><c> him</c><00:50:46.980><c> and</c><00:50:47.420><c> to</c><00:50:47.699><c> stay</c><00:50:47.820><c> with</c><00:50:48.079><c> him.</c><00:50:49.480><c> And</c><00:50:49.800><c> on</c>

00:50:49.980 --> 00:50:52.000
the<00:50:50.099><c> other</c><00:50:50.380><c> hand,</c><00:50:51.079><c> you've</c><00:50:51.559><c> got</c>

00:50:52.000 --> 00:50:57.360
the<00:50:52.480><c> rest</c><00:50:52.679><c> of</c><00:50:52.860><c> the</c><00:50:53.019><c> nation</c><00:50:53.539><c> and</c><00:50:53.900><c> the</c><00:50:54.179><c> Pharisees</c><00:50:55.980><c> that</c><00:50:57.079><c> are</c>

00:50:57.360 --> 00:51:02.659
just<00:50:58.659><c> tragically</c><00:51:00.619><c> unresponsive.</c>

00:51:03.340 --> 00:51:06.260
And<00:51:03.559><c> Jesus</c><00:51:03.760><c> said,</c><00:51:04.280><c> I</c><00:51:04.500><c> know</c><00:51:04.699><c> why</c><00:51:04.940><c> that's</c><00:51:05.380><c> happening.</c>

00:51:08.139 --> 00:51:14.239
No<00:51:08.699><c> one</c><00:51:08.960><c> comes</c><00:51:09.260><c> to</c><00:51:09.519><c> me</c><00:51:10.260><c> except</c><00:51:10.639><c> my</c><00:51:10.980><c> Father</c><00:51:11.420><c> draws</c><00:51:11.860><c> him.</c><00:51:13.539><c> And</c><00:51:13.780><c> that's</c><00:51:13.940><c> what</c><00:51:14.099><c> I</c>

00:51:14.239 --> 00:51:15.940
think<00:51:14.400><c> what's</c><00:51:14.960><c> happening</c><00:51:15.219><c> here.</c>

00:51:17.039 --> 00:51:20.619
I<00:51:17.599><c> drew</c><00:51:17.820><c> that</c><00:51:18.000><c> from</c><00:51:18.199><c> John's</c><00:51:18.719><c> gospel</c><00:51:18.960><c> as</c><00:51:19.139><c> you</c><00:51:19.320><c> will</c><00:51:19.559><c> recognize.</c>

00:51:21.739 --> 00:51:24.000
I<00:51:22.019><c> thank</c><00:51:22.280><c> you,</c><00:51:22.539><c> Father,</c><00:51:23.000><c> Lord</c><00:51:23.179><c> of</c><00:51:23.280><c> heaven</c><00:51:23.460><c> and</c><00:51:23.679><c> earth.</c><00:51:23.699><c> You've</c>

00:51:24.000 --> 00:51:25.460
hidden<00:51:24.079><c> these</c><00:51:24.420><c> things</c><00:51:24.579><c> from</c><00:51:24.800><c> the</c><00:51:25.019><c> wise</c><00:51:25.199><c> and</c>

00:51:25.460 --> 00:51:33.719
prudent.<00:51:26.239><c> So</c><00:51:26.559><c> you've</c><00:51:27.139><c> got</c><00:51:27.440><c> those</c><00:51:28.940><c> who</c><00:51:29.239><c> esteem</c><00:51:29.559><c> themselves</c><00:51:30.059><c> wise</c><00:51:30.420><c> and</c><00:51:30.699><c> prudent,</c><00:51:31.519><c> and</c><00:51:31.679><c> they're</c><00:51:31.960><c> blind</c><00:51:32.280><c> as</c><00:51:32.619><c> bats.</c>

00:51:34.619 --> 00:51:39.079
And<00:51:35.539><c> you've</c><00:51:35.820><c> got</c><00:51:35.980><c> the</c><00:51:36.300><c> babes</c><00:51:36.880><c> that</c><00:51:37.159><c> are</c><00:51:37.340><c> the</c><00:51:37.659><c> simple,</c><00:51:38.719><c> poor</c><00:51:38.820><c> in</c>

00:51:39.079 --> 00:51:42.340
spirit,<00:51:40.300><c> pure</c><00:51:40.639><c> in</c><00:51:40.860><c> heart,</c>

00:51:42.599 --> 00:51:46.059
peacemakers<00:51:43.340><c> longing</c><00:51:43.840><c> after</c><00:51:44.320><c> righteousness.</c><00:51:45.260><c> You've</c><00:51:45.679><c> got</c>

00:51:46.059 --> 00:51:51.420
these<00:51:46.840><c> simple</c><00:51:47.599><c> folk,</c><00:51:49.159><c> and</c><00:51:49.260><c> God's</c><00:51:49.659><c> revealed</c><00:51:49.940><c> it</c><00:51:50.179><c> to</c><00:51:50.280><c> them.</c>

00:51:52.219 --> 00:51:58.500
He's<00:51:52.679><c> revealed</c><00:51:53.280><c> the</c><00:51:53.719><c> kingdom</c><00:51:54.199><c> and</c><00:51:54.800><c> Jesus</c><00:51:55.639><c> to</c><00:51:56.239><c> these</c><00:51:57.300><c> individuals.</c><00:51:58.119><c> They</c><00:51:58.320><c> are</c>

00:51:58.500 --> 00:52:00.760
the<00:51:58.780><c> babes.</c>

00:52:00.799 --> 00:52:06.159
And<00:52:01.239><c> right</c><00:52:01.440><c> at</c><00:52:01.639><c> the</c><00:52:01.860><c> center</c><00:52:02.079><c> of</c><00:52:02.380><c> all</c><00:52:02.760><c> of</c><00:52:02.880><c> this</c><00:52:03.119><c> developing</c><00:52:04.440><c> ministry</c><00:52:06.039><c> of</c>

00:52:06.159 --> 00:52:09.199
Jesus,<00:52:07.380><c> this</c><00:52:07.840><c> explains</c><00:52:08.380><c> it</c><00:52:08.639><c> all.</c><00:52:09.059><c> And</c>

00:52:09.199 --> 00:52:12.159
that's<00:52:09.420><c> why</c><00:52:09.639><c> I</c><00:52:09.739><c> think</c><00:52:09.960><c> Matthew's</c><00:52:10.480><c> put</c><00:52:10.619><c> it</c><00:52:10.760><c> here,</c><00:52:11.159><c> right</c><00:52:11.360><c> at</c><00:52:11.559><c> the</c><00:52:11.739><c> center</c><00:52:11.960><c> of</c>

00:52:12.159 --> 00:52:13.099
the<00:52:12.280><c> center.</c>

00:52:14.500 --> 00:52:16.780
And<00:52:14.760><c> it</c><00:52:14.860><c> goes</c><00:52:15.019><c> on</c><00:52:15.239><c> to</c><00:52:15.460><c> say,</c><00:52:15.780><c> all</c><00:52:15.780><c> things</c><00:52:16.159><c> have</c><00:52:16.320><c> been</c><00:52:16.500><c> delivered</c>

00:52:16.780 --> 00:52:19.539
to<00:52:16.940><c> me</c><00:52:17.099><c> by</c><00:52:17.340><c> my</c><00:52:17.599><c> Father,</c><00:52:18.739><c> and</c><00:52:18.980><c> no</c><00:52:19.199><c> one</c><00:52:19.280><c> knows</c>

00:52:19.539 --> 00:52:22.579
the<00:52:19.780><c> Son</c><00:52:19.920><c> except</c><00:52:20.239><c> the</c><00:52:20.460><c> Father,</c><00:52:21.000><c> and</c><00:52:21.139><c> I</c><00:52:21.199><c> might</c><00:52:21.400><c> add,</c><00:52:22.079><c> and</c><00:52:22.179><c> those</c>

00:52:22.579 --> 00:52:24.460
to<00:52:22.840><c> whom</c><00:52:22.960><c> the</c><00:52:23.179><c> Father</c><00:52:23.400><c> will</c><00:52:23.719><c> reveal</c><00:52:24.199><c> him,</c>

00:52:24.460 --> 00:52:28.199
because<00:52:24.699><c> that's</c><00:52:25.239><c> Matthew</c><00:52:25.440><c> 16.</c><00:52:27.079><c> No,</c><00:52:27.219><c> does</c><00:52:27.380><c> anyone</c><00:52:27.659><c> know</c><00:52:27.900><c> the</c>

00:52:28.199 --> 00:52:29.460
Father<00:52:28.480><c> except</c><00:52:28.800><c> the</c><00:52:29.099><c> Son,</c>

00:52:29.679 --> 00:52:32.840
and<00:52:29.820><c> the</c><00:52:29.940><c> one</c><00:52:30.139><c> to</c><00:52:30.260><c> whom</c><00:52:30.360><c> the</c><00:52:30.659><c> Son</c><00:52:30.900><c> wills</c><00:52:31.380><c> to</c><00:52:31.559><c> reveal</c><00:52:31.880><c> him?</c>

00:52:34.059 --> 00:52:40.860
So<00:52:34.599><c> the</c><00:52:34.800><c> Father</c><00:52:35.159><c> is</c><00:52:35.559><c> very</c><00:52:36.159><c> much</c><00:52:37.219><c> involved</c><00:52:38.500><c> in</c><00:52:40.139><c> the</c><00:52:40.360><c> response</c>

00:52:40.860 --> 00:52:42.559
of<00:52:41.039><c> the</c><00:52:41.199><c> people.</c><00:52:41.639><c> They're</c><00:52:42.079><c> accountable.</c>

00:52:42.900 --> 00:52:45.579
We've<00:52:43.119><c> just</c><00:52:43.340><c> seen</c><00:52:43.559><c> that.</c><00:52:43.780><c> They're</c><00:52:44.039><c> accountable.</c><00:52:45.039><c> So</c><00:52:45.260><c> we're</c>

00:52:45.579 --> 00:52:47.460
responsible<00:52:46.039><c> for</c><00:52:46.300><c> our</c><00:52:46.480><c> response.</c>

00:52:47.679 --> 00:52:51.599
But<00:52:48.000><c> nevertheless,</c><00:52:49.400><c> the</c><00:52:49.519><c> Father</c><00:52:49.960><c> has</c><00:52:50.599><c> opened</c><00:52:50.840><c> the</c><00:52:51.079><c> eyes</c><00:52:51.300><c> of</c>

00:52:51.599 --> 00:52:55.260
some,<00:52:52.860><c> and</c><00:52:53.059><c> let</c><00:52:53.219><c> the</c><00:52:53.440><c> others</c><00:52:53.679><c> remain</c><00:52:54.079><c> closed.</c>

00:52:57.420 --> 00:53:03.500
And<00:52:58.059><c> I</c><00:52:58.699><c> just</c><00:52:58.960><c> have</c><00:52:59.139><c> to</c><00:52:59.519><c> comment</c><00:52:59.840><c> in</c><00:53:00.119><c> passing</c><00:53:00.400><c> here</c><00:53:01.179><c> on</c><00:53:01.860><c> this</c>

00:53:03.500 --> 00:53:04.800
last<00:53:03.780><c> statement,</c>

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nor<00:53:05.219><c> does</c><00:53:05.519><c> anyone</c><00:53:05.860><c> know</c><00:53:06.099><c> the</c><00:53:06.360><c> Father</c><00:53:06.719><c> except</c><00:53:07.119><c> the</c><00:53:07.440><c> Son,</c><00:53:08.000><c> and</c>

00:53:08.139 --> 00:53:11.400
the<00:53:08.280><c> one</c><00:53:08.440><c> to</c><00:53:08.599><c> whom</c><00:53:08.679><c> the</c><00:53:08.940><c> Son</c><00:53:09.260><c> wills</c><00:53:09.800><c> to</c><00:53:09.960><c> reveal</c><00:53:10.360><c> him.</c>

00:53:13.260 --> 00:53:18.920
This<00:53:13.980><c> is</c><00:53:14.699><c> almost</c><00:53:14.880><c> a</c><00:53:15.219><c> subtle</c><00:53:15.699><c> verbal</c><00:53:16.480><c> connection</c><00:53:17.039><c> in</c><00:53:17.420><c> Matthew's</c><00:53:17.980><c> Gospel.</c>

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At<00:53:20.219><c> the</c><00:53:20.420><c> beginning</c><00:53:20.880><c> of</c><00:53:21.199><c> the</c><00:53:21.400><c> Gospel,</c><00:53:24.079><c> he</c><00:53:24.360><c> is</c><00:53:24.739><c> born</c><00:53:25.099><c> to</c><00:53:25.380><c> be</c><00:53:25.659><c> called</c><00:53:25.960><c> Emmanuel,</c><00:53:26.960><c> God</c>

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with<00:53:27.500><c> us.</c>

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At<00:53:29.699><c> the</c><00:53:29.900><c> end</c><00:53:30.099><c> of</c><00:53:30.239><c> the</c><00:53:30.440><c> Gospel,</c><00:53:32.539><c> the</c><00:53:32.699><c> Emmanuel</c><00:53:33.139><c> name</c><00:53:33.420><c> will</c><00:53:33.699><c> be</c>

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perpetuated.<00:53:35.699><c> And</c><00:53:36.099><c> right</c><00:53:36.320><c> here</c><00:53:36.500><c> in</c><00:53:36.599><c> the</c><00:53:36.739><c> middle,</c>

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those<00:53:37.900><c> who</c><00:53:38.159><c> will</c><00:53:38.500><c> call</c><00:53:38.639><c> him</c><00:53:38.920><c> Emmanuel</c><00:53:39.639><c> are</c><00:53:41.219><c> those</c><00:53:41.800><c> to</c><00:53:42.239><c> whom</c><00:53:42.719><c> the</c><00:53:43.179><c> Son</c><00:53:43.800><c> wills</c><00:53:44.420><c> to</c>

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reveal<00:53:45.059><c> the</c><00:53:45.500><c> Father.</c>

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And<00:53:47.360><c> we</c><00:53:47.679><c> see</c><00:53:48.059><c> the</c><00:53:48.400><c> Father</c><00:53:48.800><c> revealed</c><00:53:49.380><c> in</c><00:53:49.619><c> the</c><00:53:49.860><c> Son,</c><00:53:50.639><c> and</c><00:53:50.760><c> we</c><00:53:51.099><c> then,</c><00:53:51.559><c> brothers</c><00:53:51.679><c> and</c><00:53:51.940><c> sisters,</c>

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by<00:53:52.940><c> the</c><00:53:53.119><c> grace</c><00:53:53.300><c> of</c><00:53:53.539><c> God,</c><00:53:53.780><c> are</c><00:53:53.980><c> entitled</c><00:53:54.199><c> to</c><00:53:54.440><c> call</c><00:53:54.579><c> him</c><00:53:54.800><c> Emmanuel,</c><00:53:55.300><c> because</c>

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we<00:53:55.780><c> see</c><00:53:56.019><c> that.</c>

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All<00:53:58.619><c> right.</c><00:53:59.619><c> Beginning,</c><00:53:59.820><c> end,</c><00:54:00.920><c> center</c><00:54:01.079><c> point,</c><00:54:02.239><c> Matthew</c><00:54:02.820><c> Symmetry.</c>

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The<00:54:05.820><c> one</c><00:54:06.099><c> to</c><00:54:06.300><c> whom</c><00:54:06.460><c> the</c><00:54:06.739><c> Son</c><00:54:06.980><c> wills</c><00:54:07.380><c> to</c><00:54:07.599><c> reveal</c><00:54:07.780><c> him,</c><00:54:08.400><c> they</c><00:54:08.539><c> shall</c><00:54:08.719><c> call</c><00:54:08.960><c> his</c>

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name<00:54:09.440><c> Emmanuel.</c>

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All<00:54:12.260><c> right.</c><00:54:12.760><c> Lots</c><00:54:12.980><c> of</c><00:54:13.179><c> connections,</c><00:54:13.519><c> lots</c><00:54:13.760><c> of</c><00:54:13.960><c> connections.</c>

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And<00:54:14.699><c> then</c><00:54:14.980><c> beyond</c><00:54:15.480><c> that,</c>

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you<00:54:16.159><c> have</c><00:54:16.300><c> the</c><00:54:16.519><c> very</c><00:54:16.800><c> end</c><00:54:17.000><c> of</c><00:54:17.139><c> the</c><00:54:17.360><c> center</c><00:54:17.619><c> point,</c><00:54:18.340><c> this</c><00:54:18.579><c> wonderful</c><00:54:19.019><c> invitation</c><00:54:19.639><c> that</c>

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Jesus<00:54:20.219><c> makes</c><00:54:20.920><c> to</c><00:54:21.920><c> anyone</c>

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to<00:54:24.380><c> be</c><00:54:24.500><c> the</c><00:54:24.679><c> children</c><00:54:24.940><c> sitting</c><00:54:25.199><c> in</c><00:54:25.380><c> the</c><00:54:25.539><c> marketplaces</c><00:54:26.099><c> still,</c>

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to<00:54:28.179><c> be</c><00:54:28.340><c> the</c><00:54:28.559><c> Pharisees</c><00:54:29.039><c> still.</c>

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If<00:54:31.340><c> they</c><00:54:31.679><c> would,</c><00:54:33.480><c> if</c><00:54:33.760><c> we</c><00:54:33.980><c> will,</c><00:54:35.519><c> come</c><00:54:35.820><c> to</c><00:54:36.019><c> me,</c><00:54:37.840><c> all</c><00:54:38.099><c> you</c><00:54:38.260><c> who</c>

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labor<00:54:38.800><c> and</c><00:54:39.000><c> are</c><00:54:39.159><c> heavy</c><00:54:39.420><c> laden,</c>

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and<00:54:41.179><c> I</c><00:54:41.340><c> will</c><00:54:41.579><c> give</c><00:54:41.739><c> you</c><00:54:41.940><c> rest.</c><00:54:44.340><c> Take</c><00:54:44.699><c> my</c><00:54:45.099><c> yoke</c><00:54:45.380><c> upon</c><00:54:45.760><c> you</c><00:54:45.980><c> and</c>

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learn<00:54:46.539><c> from</c><00:54:46.900><c> me,</c>

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for<00:54:49.090><c> I</c><00:54:49.250><c> am</c><00:54:49.510><c> gentle</c><00:54:50.170><c> and</c><00:54:51.469><c> lowly</c><00:54:51.829><c> and</c><00:54:52.050><c> hard,</c><00:54:53.190><c> and</c><00:54:53.690><c> you</c><00:54:53.869><c> will</c><00:54:54.150><c> find</c>

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rest<00:54:54.550><c> for</c><00:54:54.750><c> your</c><00:54:54.949><c> souls.</c>

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For<00:54:57.190><c> my</c><00:54:57.329><c> yoke</c><00:54:57.590><c> is</c><00:54:57.969><c> easy</c><00:54:58.389><c> and</c><00:54:58.809><c> my</c><00:54:59.130><c> burden</c><00:54:59.329><c> is</c><00:54:59.630><c> light.</c><00:55:01.130><c> Those</c><00:55:01.849><c> wonderful</c><00:55:02.829><c> words</c><00:55:03.690><c> from</c><00:55:04.690><c> Matthew</c><00:55:05.130><c> 11,</c>

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verse<00:55:05.809><c> 25</c><00:55:06.429><c> to</c><00:55:06.610><c> 30,</c>

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are<00:55:08.090><c> the</c><00:55:08.329><c> center</c><00:55:08.550><c> of</c><00:55:08.730><c> the</c><00:55:08.949><c> center.</c><00:55:09.170><c> They</c><00:55:09.349><c> are</c><00:55:09.570><c> the</c><00:55:09.889><c> pivotal</c><00:55:10.849><c> point</c><00:55:12.210><c> of</c>

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Matthew's<00:55:14.449><c> Gospel,</c>

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and<00:55:15.469><c> they</c><00:55:15.570><c> explain</c><00:55:15.909><c> everything.</c><00:55:18.630><c> And</c><00:55:19.110><c> explaining</c><00:55:20.210><c> everything</c><00:55:21.829><c> like</c><00:55:22.210><c> time</c>

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Let<00:55:27.349><c> me</c><00:55:27.550><c> just</c><00:55:28.489><c> do</c><00:55:30.250><c> one</c><00:55:30.489><c> more</c><00:55:30.750><c> point</c><00:55:30.989><c> here.</c>

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Indicating,<00:55:35.210><c> brothers</c><00:55:35.329><c> and</c><00:55:35.590><c> sisters,</c><00:55:36.010><c> how</c><00:55:36.769><c> discourse</c><00:55:37.449><c> sections</c><00:55:38.010><c> follow</c><00:55:38.789><c> the</c>

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ministry<00:55:39.710><c> sections.</c>

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know,<00:55:47.190><c> the</c><00:55:47.289><c> parable</c><00:55:47.550><c> of</c><00:55:47.769><c> the</c><00:55:47.869><c> sower,</c><00:55:48.170><c> the</c><00:55:48.289><c> wheat</c><00:55:48.449><c> and</c>

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the<00:55:48.769><c> tares,</c><00:55:49.570><c> you</c><00:55:49.570><c> know,</c><00:55:50.230><c> the</c><00:55:51.449><c> mustard</c><00:55:51.929><c> seed</c><00:55:52.289><c> and</c><00:55:52.489><c> the</c><00:55:52.730><c> leaven</c>

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great<00:55:54.969><c> price.</c><00:55:55.789><c> Those</c><00:55:56.130><c> parables</c><00:55:57.730><c> turn</c><00:55:59.010><c> out</c><00:55:59.969><c> fundamentally</c><00:56:00.949><c> to</c>

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message.<00:56:05.670><c> The</c><00:56:06.130><c> discourses,</c><00:56:07.710><c> the</c><00:56:07.969><c> discourses</c>

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fundamentally<00:56:12.630><c> key</c><00:56:13.030><c> off</c><00:56:13.590><c> the</c><00:56:13.869><c> ministry</c><00:56:14.150><c> portions</c><00:56:14.469><c> that</c><00:56:14.690><c> precede</c><00:56:15.090><c> them.</c><00:56:15.449><c> That's</c><00:56:15.809><c> a</c>

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good<00:56:16.190><c> key</c><00:56:16.849><c> for</c><00:56:17.650><c> understanding</c>

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the<00:56:18.550><c> parables</c><00:56:18.869><c> of</c><00:56:19.030><c> Matthew</c><00:56:19.389><c> 13.</c><00:56:23.570><c> We've</c><00:56:23.989><c> just</c><00:56:24.210><c> seen</c><00:56:24.409><c> the</c><00:56:24.630><c> prayer</c><00:56:24.789><c> that</c>

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Jesus<00:56:25.369><c> offered,</c>

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you<00:56:26.969><c> have</c><00:56:27.289><c> hidden</c><00:56:27.570><c> these</c><00:56:27.989><c> things</c><00:56:28.170><c> from</c><00:56:28.389><c> the</c><00:56:28.630><c> wise</c><00:56:28.849><c> and</c><00:56:29.090><c> prudent</c><00:56:29.289><c> and</c><00:56:29.530><c> have</c><00:56:29.769><c> revealed</c><00:56:30.090><c> them</c><00:56:30.269><c> to</c><00:56:30.530><c> babes.</c>

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came<00:56:35.070><c> and</c><00:56:35.210><c> said</c><00:56:35.329><c> to</c><00:56:35.449><c> him,</c>

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why<00:56:35.849><c> do</c><00:56:36.010><c> you</c><00:56:36.110><c> speak</c><00:56:36.289><c> to</c><00:56:36.429><c> them</c><00:56:36.510><c> in</c><00:56:36.750><c> parables?</c><00:56:38.329><c> He</c><00:56:38.489><c> answered</c><00:56:38.809><c> and</c>

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said<00:56:39.190><c> to</c><00:56:39.230><c> them,</c><00:56:39.570><c> because</c><00:56:39.750><c> it</c><00:56:39.929><c> has</c><00:56:40.130><c> been</c><00:56:40.349><c> given</c><00:56:40.530><c> to</c><00:56:40.809><c> you</c>

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to<00:56:41.730><c> know</c><00:56:41.949><c> the</c><00:56:42.150><c> mysteries</c><00:56:42.429><c> of</c><00:56:42.670><c> the</c><00:56:42.769><c> Kingdom</c><00:56:42.949><c> of</c><00:56:43.130><c> Heaven,</c><00:56:43.690><c> but</c>

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immediately<00:56:45.829><c> the</c><00:56:46.090><c> conceptual</c><00:56:47.349><c> relationship</c><00:56:48.989><c> here.</c><00:56:50.510><c> You</c><00:56:50.769><c> are</c>

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the<00:56:51.210><c> babes</c><00:56:52.010><c> to</c><00:56:52.269><c> whom</c><00:56:52.409><c> the</c><00:56:52.630><c> mysteries</c><00:56:52.889><c> of</c><00:56:53.090><c> the</c><00:56:53.230><c> Kingdom</c>

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and<00:56:58.550><c> prudent</c><00:56:59.070><c> from</c><00:56:59.489><c> whom</c><00:56:59.690><c> these</c><00:56:59.969><c> things</c><00:57:00.190><c> are</c><00:57:00.389><c> being</c>

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hidden.<00:57:01.190><c> It's</c><00:57:01.469><c> not</c><00:57:01.670><c> been</c><00:57:01.929><c> given</c><00:57:02.070><c> to</c><00:57:02.190><c> them</c><00:57:02.389><c> to</c><00:57:02.610><c> know.</c><00:57:05.929><c> What</c><00:57:06.130><c> in</c>

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God's<00:57:06.789><c> wisdom</c><00:57:07.130><c> and</c><00:57:07.349><c> how</c><00:57:07.550><c> that</c><00:57:07.809><c> works,</c>

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brothers<00:57:08.889><c> and</c><00:57:09.070><c> sisters,</c><00:57:09.190><c> I</c><00:57:09.429><c> don't</c><00:57:09.650><c> know</c><00:57:09.849><c> the</c><00:57:10.449><c> full</c><00:57:10.730><c> answer</c><00:57:11.110><c> to</c>

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by<00:57:16.269><c> his</c><00:57:16.550><c> grace</c><00:57:17.010><c> the</c><00:57:17.510><c> opportunity,</c><00:57:18.070><c> the</c><00:57:18.329><c> ability</c><00:57:18.730><c> to</c><00:57:19.190><c> see</c><00:57:19.869><c> what</c>

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is,<00:57:21.429><c> you</c><00:57:21.730><c> know,</c><00:57:22.130><c> the</c><00:57:22.530><c> Kingdom</c><00:57:22.909><c> and</c><00:57:23.510><c> the</c><00:57:23.670><c> way</c><00:57:23.829><c> of</c>

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salvation,<00:57:26.289><c> and</c><00:57:26.429><c> others</c><00:57:26.690><c> not.</c><00:57:28.929><c> And</c><00:57:29.210><c> yet</c><00:57:29.429><c> at</c><00:57:29.750><c> the</c><00:57:29.849><c> end</c><00:57:29.969><c> of</c><00:57:30.150><c> the</c>

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day,<00:57:31.590><c> we're</c><00:57:31.730><c> responsible</c><00:57:32.349><c> for</c><00:57:32.570><c> the</c><00:57:32.829><c> decisions</c><00:57:33.090><c> we</c>

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make.<00:57:34.530><c> It's</c><00:57:34.769><c> just</c><00:57:35.050><c> part</c><00:57:35.230><c> of</c><00:57:35.429><c> the</c><00:57:36.070><c> wonderful</c><00:57:36.550><c> dynamic</c><00:57:37.150><c> that</c><00:57:37.550><c> exists</c><00:57:38.110><c> in</c>

00:57:38.869 --> 00:57:41.369
then<00:57:39.530><c> it</c><00:57:39.829><c> existed,</c><00:57:40.269><c> then</c><00:57:40.409><c> it</c><00:57:40.730><c> exists</c><00:57:40.889><c> for</c><00:57:41.130><c> us</c>

00:57:41.369 --> 00:57:47.909
now.<00:57:43.050><c> God</c><00:57:43.289><c> is</c><00:57:43.630><c> gracious</c><00:57:44.010><c> to</c><00:57:44.309><c> us.</c><00:57:44.889><c> He</c><00:57:45.289><c> is</c><00:57:45.769><c> reaching</c><00:57:46.289><c> out</c><00:57:46.789><c> to</c><00:57:47.210><c> affect</c><00:57:47.590><c> our</c>

00:57:47.909 --> 00:57:50.430
lives,<00:57:48.730><c> to</c><00:57:49.050><c> open</c><00:57:49.289><c> our</c><00:57:49.610><c> eyes,</c>

00:57:50.789 --> 00:57:56.329
and<00:57:51.309><c> yet</c><00:57:51.469><c> we</c><00:57:51.690><c> are</c><00:57:51.829><c> responsible</c><00:57:52.869><c> for</c><00:57:54.489><c> opening</c><00:57:54.769><c> our</c><00:57:55.090><c> eyes</c><00:57:55.730><c> and</c>

00:57:56.329 --> 00:58:00.489
for<00:57:56.550><c> responding.</c><00:57:57.889><c> Well,</c><00:57:58.269><c> all</c><00:57:58.389><c> right,</c><00:57:58.750><c> our</c><00:57:58.949><c> time</c><00:57:59.090><c> is</c><00:57:59.630><c> gone.</c>