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O<00:24:38.960><c>'er</c><00:24:39.359><c> the</c><00:24:40.920><c> land</c><00:24:42.799><c> of</c><00:24:42.799><c> the</c><00:24:42.799><c> free</c><00:24:42.900><c> and</c><00:24:43.819><c> the</c><00:24:43.900><c> home</c><00:24:43.900><c> of</c><00:24:43.900><c> the</c><00:24:43.900><c> brave?</c>

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O<00:24:44.660><c>'er</c><00:24:45.660><c> the</c><00:24:45.900><c> land</c><00:24:45.900><c> of</c><00:24:47.400><c> the</c><00:24:47.400><c> free</c><00:24:47.720><c> and</c><00:24:48.039><c> the</c><00:24:48.440><c> home</c><00:24:50.279><c> of</c><00:24:50.539><c> the</c><00:24:50.559><c> brave?</c>

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O<00:24:50.680><c>'er</c><00:24:50.680><c> the</c><00:25:05.740><c> land</c><00:25:05.740><c> of</c><00:25:05.740><c> the</c><00:25:05.740><c> free</c><00:25:05.740><c> and</c><00:25:05.740><c> the</c><00:25:05.740><c> home</c><00:25:05.740><c> of</c><00:25:05.740><c> the</c><00:25:05.740><c> brave?</c>

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Amen.

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In<00:25:09.640><c> my</c><00:25:10.339><c> fallible</c><00:25:10.720><c> judgment,</c>

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that<00:25:13.079><c> description</c><00:25:13.539><c> of</c><00:25:13.839><c> praise</c><00:25:14.059><c> and</c><00:25:14.299><c> penitence</c>

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will<00:25:14.920><c> rise</c><00:25:15.200><c> up</c><00:25:15.339><c> as</c><00:25:15.500><c> a</c><00:25:15.660><c> sweet</c><00:25:15.880><c>-smelling</c><00:25:16.220><c> savor</c><00:25:16.559><c> to</c><00:25:16.759><c> our</c><00:25:16.920><c> Father.</c>

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I<00:25:19.839><c> hope</c><00:25:19.980><c> and</c><00:25:20.200><c> pray</c><00:25:20.400><c> so.</c>

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And<00:25:23.859><c> now,</c><00:25:24.079><c> I</c><00:25:24.259><c> believe</c><00:25:24.559><c> in</c><00:25:24.779><c> one</c><00:25:24.960><c> God.</c>

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The<00:25:27.700><c> words</c><00:25:28.200><c> are</c><00:25:29.220><c> unashamedly</c><00:25:29.880><c> quoted</c><00:25:30.119><c> from</c><00:25:30.359><c> a</c><00:25:30.480><c> well</c><00:25:30.720><c>-known</c><00:25:30.920><c> creed</c><00:25:31.180><c> of</c><00:25:31.420><c> Christendom.</c>

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The<00:25:33.480><c> Apostles'</c><00:25:33.940><c> Creed</c><00:25:34.019><c> contains</c><00:25:34.480><c> the</c><00:25:34.720><c> words,</c>

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I<00:25:35.299><c> believe</c><00:25:35.640><c> in</c><00:25:35.839><c> one</c><00:25:36.079><c> God,</c><00:25:36.339><c> the</c><00:25:36.500><c> Father,</c><00:25:36.859><c> Maker</c><00:25:37.119><c> of</c><00:25:37.299><c> heaven</c><00:25:37.539><c> and</c><00:25:37.720><c> earth,</c>

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and<00:25:38.980><c> in</c><00:25:39.180><c> Jesus</c><00:25:39.440><c> Christ,</c><00:25:39.859><c> His</c><00:25:39.920><c> only</c><00:25:40.140><c> Son,</c><00:25:40.380><c> our</c><00:25:40.579><c> Lord.</c>

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And<00:25:42.880><c> if</c><00:25:43.039><c> everything</c><00:25:43.359><c> contained</c><00:25:43.779><c> in</c><00:25:44.000><c> every</c><00:25:44.240><c> creed</c><00:25:44.420><c> were</c><00:25:44.579><c> as</c><00:25:44.779><c> scriptural</c><00:25:45.160><c> as</c><00:25:45.339><c> that,</c>

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there<00:25:45.599><c> would</c><00:25:45.759><c> be</c><00:25:45.900><c> no</c><00:25:46.099><c> ground</c><00:25:46.240><c> for</c><00:25:46.480><c> complaint.</c>

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For<00:25:48.440><c> that</c><00:25:48.660><c> is</c><00:25:48.880><c> wholly</c><00:25:49.180><c> true.</c>

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I<00:25:51.660><c> make</c><00:25:51.779><c> one</c><00:25:52.039><c> comment</c><00:25:52.279><c> in</c><00:25:52.420><c> the</c><00:25:52.500><c> book</c><00:25:52.599><c> itself</c><00:25:52.880><c> you</c><00:25:53.000><c> might</c><00:25:53.220><c> like</c>

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to<00:25:53.539><c> be</c><00:25:53.680><c> reminded</c><00:25:53.960><c> of.</c>

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I<00:25:54.779><c> took</c><00:25:54.960><c> the</c><00:25:55.180><c> three</c><00:25:55.339><c> most</c><00:25:55.660><c> well</c><00:25:56.160><c>-known</c><00:25:56.380><c> creeds</c><00:25:56.720><c> of</c><00:25:56.940><c> Christendom,</c>

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which<00:25:57.400><c> is</c><00:25:57.660><c> the</c><00:25:58.019><c> so</c><00:25:58.259><c>-called</c><00:25:58.420><c> Apostles'</c><00:25:59.140><c> Creed,</c>

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the<00:26:00.660><c> Nicene</c><00:26:01.160><c> Creed,</c>

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and<00:26:02.700><c> what</c><00:26:02.839><c> is,</c><00:26:03.059><c> I</c><00:26:03.160><c> suppose,</c><00:26:03.440><c> still</c><00:26:03.680><c> fairly</c><00:26:03.980><c> widely</c><00:26:04.319><c> known</c><00:26:04.500><c> as</c>

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the<00:26:04.839><c> Athanasian</c><00:26:05.400><c> Creed,</c>

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and<00:26:07.259><c> I</c><00:26:07.519><c> divided</c><00:26:07.700><c> them</c><00:26:07.880><c> into</c><00:26:08.079><c> two</c><00:26:08.319><c> parts,</c>

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one<00:26:08.819><c> of</c><00:26:08.900><c> which</c><00:26:09.039><c> deals</c><00:26:09.319><c> with</c><00:26:10.359><c> the</c><00:26:10.819><c> things</c><00:26:11.019><c> we</c><00:26:11.200><c> are</c><00:26:11.420><c> supposed</c><00:26:11.660><c> to</c>

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believe<00:26:12.079><c> in,</c>

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if<00:26:13.200><c> we're</c><00:26:13.319><c> members</c><00:26:13.579><c> of</c><00:26:13.799><c> those</c><00:26:13.940><c> churches,</c>

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about<00:26:15.460><c> the</c><00:26:15.900><c> nature</c><00:26:16.200><c> of</c><00:26:16.440><c> God,</c>

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and<00:26:17.720><c> the</c><00:26:17.819><c> rest</c><00:26:18.019><c> being</c><00:26:18.339><c> the</c><00:26:18.640><c> other</c><00:26:18.839><c> things</c><00:26:19.079><c> in</c><00:26:19.279><c> the</c><00:26:19.420><c> purpose</c><00:26:19.700><c> of</c><00:26:19.940><c> God,</c>

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like<00:26:20.940><c> the</c><00:26:21.759><c> coming</c><00:26:22.000><c> of</c><00:26:22.220><c> the</c><00:26:22.259><c> Lord</c><00:26:22.460><c> Jesus</c><00:26:22.819><c> Christ,</c><00:26:23.200><c> His</c><00:26:23.339><c> virgin</c><00:26:23.740><c> birth,</c>

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His<00:26:25.000><c> death</c><00:26:25.220><c> and</c><00:26:25.400><c> His</c><00:26:25.599><c> resurrection,</c><00:26:26.059><c> His</c><00:26:26.259><c> ascension,</c>

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and<00:26:27.460><c> His</c><00:26:27.819><c> return</c><00:26:28.319><c> in</c><00:26:28.900><c> judgment,</c>

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for<00:26:29.460><c> all</c><00:26:29.640><c> those</c><00:26:29.799><c> things</c><00:26:30.019><c> are</c><00:26:30.279><c> contained</c><00:26:30.660><c> in</c><00:26:30.900><c> those</c><00:26:31.119><c> creeds.</c>

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And<00:26:32.440><c> it</c><00:26:32.500><c> was</c><00:26:32.619><c> very</c><00:26:32.839><c> striking,</c><00:26:33.279><c> in</c><00:26:33.380><c> the</c><00:26:33.500><c> Apostles'</c><00:26:34.019><c> Creed,</c>

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there<00:26:35.220><c> were</c><00:26:35.319><c> about</c><00:26:35.559><c> a</c><00:26:35.579><c> hundred</c><00:26:35.880><c> words</c><00:26:36.200><c> about</c><00:26:36.420><c> the</c><00:26:36.619><c> other</c><00:26:36.779><c> things</c>

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and<00:26:37.059><c> only</c><00:26:37.279><c> about</c><00:26:37.579><c> thirty</c><00:26:37.880><c> about</c><00:26:38.099><c> the</c><00:26:38.259><c> nature</c><00:26:38.519><c> of</c><00:26:38.759><c> God.</c>

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In<00:26:40.980><c> the</c><00:26:41.319><c> Nicene</c><00:26:41.660><c> Creed,</c><00:26:41.920><c> it</c><00:26:41.920><c> has</c><00:26:41.980><c> gone</c><00:26:42.079><c> up</c><00:26:42.240><c> to</c><00:26:42.359><c> about</c><00:26:42.559><c> a</c><00:26:42.579><c> hundred</c><00:26:42.880><c> and</c><00:26:43.099><c> thirty</c>

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on<00:26:43.400><c> the</c><00:26:43.559><c> nature</c><00:26:43.779><c> of</c><00:26:43.960><c> God</c><00:26:44.119><c> and</c><00:26:44.559><c> still</c><00:26:44.680><c> a</c><00:26:44.759><c> hundred</c><00:26:44.980><c> words</c><00:26:45.240><c> about</c>

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the<00:26:45.660><c> rest.</c>

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And<00:26:47.660><c> in</c><00:26:47.799><c> the</c><00:26:47.900><c> so</c><00:26:48.140><c>-called</c><00:26:48.299><c> Athanasian</c><00:26:48.859><c> Creed,</c>

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I'm<00:26:51.220><c> imperfect</c><00:26:51.480><c> in</c><00:26:51.599><c> my</c><00:26:51.799><c> recollection,</c><00:26:52.200><c> but</c><00:26:52.299><c> it's</c><00:26:52.400><c> in</c><00:26:52.559><c> the</c><00:26:52.660><c> book,</c>

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there<00:26:53.240><c> would</c><00:26:53.420><c> be</c><00:26:53.619><c> more</c><00:26:53.900><c> than</c><00:26:54.140><c> six</c><00:26:54.319><c> hundred</c><00:26:54.619><c> about</c><00:26:54.839><c> the</c><00:26:55.019><c> nature</c>

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of<00:26:55.480><c> God</c>

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and<00:26:56.279><c> still</c><00:26:56.480><c> only</c><00:26:56.740><c> about</c><00:26:56.940><c> a</c><00:26:57.079><c> hundred</c><00:26:57.200><c> about</c><00:26:57.420><c> the</c><00:26:57.559><c> other</c><00:26:57.660><c> purposes.</c>

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And<00:26:59.200><c> you</c><00:26:59.319><c> can</c><00:26:59.480><c> see</c><00:26:59.579><c> that</c><00:26:59.720><c> what</c><00:26:59.859><c> the</c><00:27:00.059><c> creeds</c><00:27:00.160><c> have</c><00:27:00.400><c> done</c><00:27:00.619><c> is</c>

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faced<00:27:01.119><c> error</c>

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and<00:27:01.940><c> they</c><00:27:02.099><c> have</c><00:27:02.279><c> decided</c><00:27:02.680><c> they</c><00:27:02.880><c> must</c><00:27:03.380><c> repudiate</c><00:27:04.240><c> all</c><00:27:04.660><c> that</c>

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people<00:27:05.039><c> are</c><00:27:05.279><c> saying</c>

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as<00:27:05.700><c> they</c><00:27:05.900><c> would</c><00:27:06.039><c> think</c><00:27:06.339><c> wrongly</c><00:27:06.839><c> about</c><00:27:07.019><c> the</c><00:27:07.200><c> nature</c><00:27:07.480><c> of</c><00:27:07.700><c> God</c>

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while<00:27:08.579><c> the</c><00:27:08.759><c> rest</c><00:27:08.980><c> live</c><00:27:09.119><c> left</c><00:27:09.359><c> as</c><00:27:09.500><c> it</c><00:27:09.759><c> stood.</c>

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So<00:27:11.440><c> that</c><00:27:11.579><c> I</c><00:27:11.759><c> believe</c><00:27:11.960><c> in</c><00:27:12.160><c> one</c><00:27:12.380><c> God</c><00:27:12.680><c> and</c><00:27:12.920><c> in</c><00:27:13.099><c> Jesus</c><00:27:13.400><c> Christ,</c><00:27:13.660><c> His</c>

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only<00:27:14.039><c> Son,</c>

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in<00:27:14.819><c> the</c><00:27:14.960><c> Apostles'</c><00:27:15.539><c> Creed,</c><00:27:15.980><c> becomes</c><00:27:16.160><c> Jesus</c><00:27:16.619><c> Christ</c><00:27:17.160><c> God</c><00:27:17.519><c> of</c><00:27:17.740><c> Gods,</c>

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very<00:27:18.319><c> God</c><00:27:18.460><c> of</c><00:27:18.619><c> very</c><00:27:18.940><c> God,</c><00:27:19.259><c> light</c><00:27:19.440><c> of</c><00:27:19.680><c> light,</c><00:27:19.960><c> life</c><00:27:20.119><c> of</c><00:27:20.359><c> life</c><00:27:20.539><c> and</c><00:27:20.700><c> so</c><00:27:20.980><c> forth</c>

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in<00:27:21.500><c> the</c><00:27:21.680><c> Nicene</c><00:27:22.059><c> Creed.</c>

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Whereas<00:27:24.559><c> in</c><00:27:24.779><c> the</c><00:27:24.920><c> Athanasian</c><00:27:25.440><c> Creed,</c><00:27:25.660><c> it</c><00:27:25.799><c> is</c><00:27:25.940><c> full</c><00:27:26.180><c> of</c><00:27:26.660><c> devastating</c>

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anathemas<00:27:27.660><c> against</c><00:27:27.980><c> those</c><00:27:28.180><c> who</c><00:27:28.380><c> don't</c><00:27:28.640><c> believe</c><00:27:28.980><c> in</c><00:27:29.339><c> a</c><00:27:29.579><c> very,</c><00:27:29.799><c> very</c>

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elaborate<00:27:30.579><c> form</c><00:27:30.839><c> of</c><00:27:31.019><c> the</c><00:27:31.140><c> doctrine</c><00:27:31.359><c> of</c><00:27:31.559><c> the</c><00:27:31.700><c> Trinity,</c>

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which<00:27:33.319><c> except</c><00:27:33.720><c> a</c><00:27:33.900><c> man</c><00:27:34.380><c> do</c><00:27:34.640><c> believe,</c><00:27:35.579><c> he</c><00:27:35.720><c> shall</c><00:27:35.900><c> without</c><00:27:36.279><c> doubt</c>

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perish<00:27:37.059><c> everlastingly</c><00:27:37.759><c> as</c><00:27:38.259><c> one</c><00:27:38.519><c> of</c><00:27:38.660><c> the</c><00:27:38.759><c> least</c><00:27:38.960><c> of</c><00:27:39.160><c> the</c><00:27:39.319><c> condemnations</c>

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it<00:27:39.960><c> offers.</c>

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So<00:27:42.539><c> those</c><00:27:42.779><c> creeds</c><00:27:43.000><c> are</c><00:27:43.259><c> distinctly</c><00:27:43.700><c> argumentative,</c>

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not<00:27:45.420><c> the</c><00:27:45.579><c> first</c><00:27:45.799><c> one,</c><00:27:46.599><c> but</c><00:27:46.740><c> the</c><00:27:46.880><c> second</c><00:27:47.059><c> in</c><00:27:47.240><c> a</c><00:27:47.339><c> rather</c><00:27:47.619><c> unseemly</c><00:27:48.119><c> way,</c>

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as<00:27:48.880><c> though</c><00:27:49.039><c> the</c><00:27:49.160><c> one</c><00:27:49.380><c> praying</c><00:27:49.740><c> the</c><00:27:50.759><c> Creed</c><00:27:50.759><c> parades</c><00:27:51.400><c> before</c><00:27:51.799><c> God</c>

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Athanasius<00:27:53.460><c> and</c><00:27:53.680><c> Arius</c><00:27:53.980><c> and</c><00:27:54.140><c> says,</c>

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Athanasius<00:27:54.880><c> is</c><00:27:55.000><c> right</c><00:27:55.339><c> and</c><00:27:55.640><c> Arius</c><00:27:56.019><c> is</c><00:27:56.180><c> wrong,</c><00:27:56.400><c> you</c><00:27:56.519><c> know</c><00:27:56.720><c> that</c>

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God,<00:27:57.079><c> don't</c><00:27:57.400><c> you?</c>

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Arguing<00:27:58.299><c> the</c><00:27:58.480><c> case</c><00:27:58.660><c> before</c><00:27:59.000><c> our</c><00:27:59.200><c> Maker</c><00:27:59.380><c> in</c><00:27:59.579><c> the</c><00:27:59.660><c> form</c><00:27:59.779><c> of</c><00:27:59.960><c> a</c><00:28:00.099><c> creed,</c>

00:28:00.539 --> 00:28:02.799
which<00:28:00.720><c> is</c><00:28:00.900><c> very</c><00:28:01.140><c> unseemly.</c>

00:28:02.839 --> 00:28:05.859
And<00:28:03.279><c> the</c><00:28:03.720><c> Athanasian</c><00:28:04.259><c> Creed</c><00:28:04.440><c> makes</c><00:28:04.660><c> it</c><00:28:04.859><c> even</c><00:28:05.079><c> worse,</c>

00:28:05.960 --> 00:28:08.019
for<00:28:05.980><c> even</c><00:28:06.279><c> though</c><00:28:06.420><c> it</c><00:28:06.440><c> may</c><00:28:06.640><c> have</c><00:28:06.779><c> nothing</c><00:28:07.000><c> to</c><00:28:07.180><c> do</c><00:28:07.240><c> with</c><00:28:07.420><c> Athanasius,</c>

00:28:08.359 --> 00:28:11.279
it<00:28:08.640><c> is</c><00:28:08.859><c> very</c><00:28:09.220><c> competitively</c><00:28:10.160><c> devoted</c><00:28:10.579><c> to</c><00:28:10.859><c> setting</c><00:28:11.039><c> out</c>

00:28:11.279 --> 00:28:13.299
an<00:28:11.460><c> extreme</c><00:28:11.920><c> form</c><00:28:12.160><c> of</c><00:28:12.319><c> the</c><00:28:12.460><c> doctrine</c><00:28:12.640><c> of</c><00:28:12.839><c> the</c><00:28:12.980><c> Trinity.</c>

00:28:13.799 --> 00:28:16.339
The<00:28:13.900><c> Father</c><00:28:14.180><c> is</c><00:28:14.380><c> God,</c><00:28:14.619><c> the</c><00:28:14.680><c> Son</c><00:28:14.900><c> is</c><00:28:15.000><c> God,</c><00:28:15.279><c> the</c><00:28:15.400><c> Holy</c><00:28:15.599><c> Ghost</c><00:28:15.859><c> is</c><00:28:16.059><c> God,</c>

00:28:16.700 --> 00:28:19.799
the<00:28:16.880><c> Father</c><00:28:17.160><c> Almighty,</c><00:28:17.740><c> the</c><00:28:17.819><c> Son</c><00:28:18.099><c> Almighty,</c><00:28:18.720><c> the</c><00:28:18.839><c> Holy</c><00:28:19.059><c> Ghost</c><00:28:19.319><c> Almighty,</c>

00:28:20.140 --> 00:28:22.640
the<00:28:20.299><c> Father</c><00:28:20.599><c> incomprehensible,</c><00:28:21.539><c> and</c><00:28:21.660><c> I</c><00:28:21.799><c> won't</c><00:28:21.960><c> recite</c><00:28:22.240><c> the</c><00:28:22.460><c> rest,</c>

00:28:22.720 --> 00:28:25.039
because<00:28:22.859><c> that's</c><00:28:23.160><c> the</c><00:28:23.319><c> spirit</c><00:28:23.460><c> of</c><00:28:23.640><c> it</c><00:28:23.819><c> all,</c><00:28:24.359><c> attributing</c><00:28:24.720><c> each</c>

00:28:25.039 --> 00:28:25.980
one<00:28:25.220><c> of</c><00:28:25.319><c> those</c><00:28:25.559><c> qualities</c>

00:28:25.980 --> 00:28:28.880
to<00:28:26.279><c> the</c><00:28:26.779><c> God</c><00:28:26.960><c> in</c><00:28:27.180><c> His</c><00:28:27.420><c> triune</c><00:28:27.859><c> person,</c>

00:28:28.960 --> 00:28:31.339
which<00:28:29.400><c> we,</c><00:28:29.880><c> if</c><00:28:30.039><c> we</c><00:28:30.220><c> attribute</c><00:28:30.460><c> them</c><00:28:30.700><c> at</c><00:28:30.859><c> all,</c><00:28:31.119><c> would</c><00:28:31.220><c> think</c>

00:28:31.339 --> 00:28:32.099
were<00:28:31.640><c> mostly</c>

00:28:32.099 --> 00:28:34.380
the<00:28:32.339><c> property</c><00:28:32.519><c> of</c><00:28:32.740><c> the</c><00:28:32.880><c> Father</c><00:28:33.099><c> only,</c>

00:28:34.440 --> 00:28:37.319
and<00:28:34.539><c> did</c><00:28:34.660><c> not,</c><00:28:34.819><c> except</c><00:28:35.099><c> by</c><00:28:35.500><c> the</c><00:28:35.740><c> conferment</c><00:28:36.220><c> of</c><00:28:36.460><c> divine</c><00:28:36.700><c> honours,</c>

00:28:37.700 --> 00:28:39.519
belong<00:28:37.920><c> to</c><00:28:38.079><c> the</c><00:28:38.240><c> Son</c><00:28:38.400><c> at</c><00:28:38.680><c> all.</c>

00:28:41.119 --> 00:28:43.420
You<00:28:41.240><c> get</c><00:28:41.319><c> the</c><00:28:41.460><c> kind</c><00:28:41.619><c> of</c><00:28:41.759><c> difference</c><00:28:42.019><c> between</c><00:28:42.380><c> the</c><00:28:42.500><c> way</c><00:28:42.660><c> in</c><00:28:42.740><c> which</c><00:28:42.940><c> these</c><00:28:43.200><c> two</c>

00:28:43.420 --> 00:28:43.839
points<00:28:43.619><c> of</c><00:28:43.740><c> view</c>

00:28:43.839 --> 00:28:46.579
are<00:28:44.119><c> expressed,</c><00:28:45.059><c> and</c><00:28:45.200><c> the</c><00:28:45.339><c> need</c><00:28:45.500><c> for</c><00:28:45.720><c> us</c><00:28:45.839><c> to</c><00:28:45.960><c> be</c><00:28:46.099><c> quite</c><00:28:46.420><c> plain</c>

00:28:46.579 --> 00:28:49.119
in<00:28:46.779><c> our</c><00:28:47.019><c> outlook</c><00:28:47.259><c> on</c><00:28:47.400><c> the</c><00:28:47.599><c> doctrine</c><00:28:47.900><c> of</c><00:28:48.099><c> the</c><00:28:48.240><c> Trinity,</c>

00:28:49.200 --> 00:28:53.640
in<00:28:49.299><c> something</c><00:28:49.480><c> I</c><00:28:49.640><c> read</c><00:28:49.819><c> once</c><00:28:50.059><c> in</c><00:28:50.400><c> a</c><00:28:50.579><c> well</c><00:28:50.900><c>-known</c><00:28:51.700><c> scriptural</c><00:28:52.519><c> dictionary,</c>

00:28:54.259 --> 00:28:56.720
it<00:28:54.380><c> was</c><00:28:54.660><c> the</c><00:28:55.119><c> Oxford</c><00:28:55.460><c> Dictionary</c><00:28:55.859><c> of</c><00:28:56.000><c> the</c><00:28:56.079><c> Christian</c><00:28:56.339><c> Church,</c>

00:28:56.759 --> 00:28:57.940
I<00:28:56.880><c> think,</c>

00:28:58.079 --> 00:29:01.539
where<00:28:58.519><c> they</c><00:28:58.700><c> notice</c><00:28:58.900><c> how</c><00:28:59.140><c> often</c><00:28:59.279><c> in</c><00:28:59.500><c> John's</c><00:28:59.859><c> Gospel</c><00:29:00.079><c> of</c><00:29:00.259><c> all</c><00:29:00.460><c> places,</c>

00:29:01.740 --> 00:29:03.319
the<00:29:01.799><c> Lord</c><00:29:01.980><c> Jesus</c><00:29:02.319><c> Christ</c><00:29:02.599><c> says</c><00:29:02.799><c> things</c><00:29:03.039><c> like,</c>

00:29:03.660 --> 00:29:06.279
I<00:29:03.660><c> do</c><00:29:03.900><c> always</c><00:29:04.259><c> those</c><00:29:04.500><c> things</c><00:29:04.740><c> that</c><00:29:04.980><c> please</c><00:29:05.119><c> my</c><00:29:05.400><c> Father,</c>

00:29:06.359 --> 00:29:10.039
I<00:29:06.539><c> can</c><00:29:06.700><c> of</c><00:29:06.779><c> my</c><00:29:06.940><c> own</c><00:29:07.140><c> self</c><00:29:07.339><c> do</c><00:29:07.539><c> nothing,</c><00:29:08.160><c> the</c><00:29:08.299><c> Father</c><00:29:08.480><c> which</c><00:29:08.740><c> sent</c><00:29:09.059><c> me,</c>

00:29:10.539 --> 00:29:13.000
and<00:29:10.779><c> the</c><00:29:11.119><c> dictionary</c><00:29:11.779><c> had</c><00:29:11.960><c> the</c><00:29:12.240><c> impudence</c><00:29:12.559><c> to</c><00:29:12.819><c> say,</c>

00:29:13.279 --> 00:29:15.720
these<00:29:13.640><c> smack</c><00:29:14.019><c> very</c><00:29:14.380><c> much</c><00:29:14.579><c> of</c><00:29:14.799><c> subordinationism,</c>

00:29:16.079 --> 00:29:18.599
by<00:29:16.180><c> which</c><00:29:16.339><c> they</c><00:29:16.539><c> mean,</c><00:29:17.079><c> John</c><00:29:17.240><c> seems</c><00:29:17.500><c> to</c><00:29:17.660><c> be</c><00:29:17.720><c> making</c><00:29:17.980><c> Jesus</c><00:29:18.299><c> admit</c>

00:29:18.599 --> 00:29:20.940
that<00:29:18.779><c> he</c><00:29:18.920><c> is</c><00:29:19.460><c> subordinate</c><00:29:20.000><c> to</c><00:29:20.180><c> the</c><00:29:20.319><c> Father,</c><00:29:20.519><c> which</c><00:29:20.680><c> of</c><00:29:20.839><c> course</c>

00:29:20.940 --> 00:29:21.319
he<00:29:21.079><c> is,</c>

00:29:21.420 --> 00:29:23.660
and<00:29:21.559><c> that's</c><00:29:21.700><c> just</c><00:29:21.940><c> what</c><00:29:22.079><c> John</c><00:29:22.259><c> is</c><00:29:22.480><c> doing,</c><00:29:22.960><c> and</c><00:29:23.059><c> he's</c><00:29:23.299><c> right</c><00:29:23.460><c> to</c>

00:29:23.660 --> 00:29:23.980
do<00:29:23.779><c> it.</c>

00:29:23.980 --> 00:29:27.500
But<00:29:24.579><c> it's</c><00:29:24.779><c> almost</c><00:29:25.079><c> branded</c><00:29:25.400><c> in</c><00:29:25.619><c> a</c><00:29:25.720><c> Christian</c><00:29:26.079><c> textbook</c><00:29:26.460><c> as</c><00:29:26.720><c> a</c><00:29:26.779><c> heresy.</c>

00:29:29.460 --> 00:29:32.160
So<00:29:29.539><c> we</c><00:29:29.700><c> do</c><00:29:29.940><c> need</c><00:29:30.119><c> to</c><00:29:30.200><c> have</c><00:29:30.480><c> understanding</c><00:29:31.079><c> about</c><00:29:31.400><c> the</c><00:29:31.559><c> doctrine</c><00:29:31.759><c> of</c><00:29:31.920><c> the</c><00:29:31.980><c> Trinity</c>

00:29:32.160 --> 00:29:34.680
and<00:29:32.359><c> know</c><00:29:32.619><c> how</c><00:29:32.960><c> to</c><00:29:33.180><c> reply</c><00:29:33.480><c> to</c><00:29:33.680><c> it.</c>

00:29:34.740 --> 00:29:37.539
And<00:29:34.859><c> I</c><00:29:34.980><c> would</c><00:29:35.119><c> say</c><00:29:35.279><c> too,</c><00:29:35.740><c> appreciate</c><00:29:36.039><c> how</c><00:29:36.519><c> dangerous</c><00:29:36.960><c> it</c><00:29:37.180><c> can</c><00:29:37.400><c> be</c>

00:29:37.539 --> 00:29:39.859
as<00:29:38.039><c> destructive</c><00:29:38.579><c> of</c><00:29:38.799><c> the</c><00:29:38.960><c> faith.</c>

00:29:40.660 --> 00:29:44.299
To<00:29:40.880><c> give</c><00:29:41.019><c> one</c><00:29:41.160><c> example,</c><00:29:41.660><c> I</c><00:29:41.759><c> think</c><00:29:42.000><c> a</c><00:29:42.339><c> really</c><00:29:42.619><c> important</c><00:29:43.079><c> example,</c>

00:29:45.640 --> 00:29:47.640
Matthew<00:29:45.980><c> 4</c><00:29:46.259><c> and</c><00:29:46.400><c> Luke</c><00:29:46.660><c> 4,</c><00:29:46.920><c> and</c><00:29:47.019><c> many</c><00:29:47.200><c> in</c><00:29:47.319><c> other</c><00:29:47.460><c> places,</c>

00:29:47.640 --> 00:29:50.619
reveals<00:29:47.940><c> the</c><00:29:48.119><c> Lord</c><00:29:48.259><c> as</c><00:29:48.440><c> being</c><00:29:48.599><c> subjected</c><00:29:49.039><c> to</c><00:29:49.279><c> temptation.</c>

00:29:51.940 --> 00:29:55.099
Not<00:29:52.460><c> yielding</c><00:29:52.980><c> to</c><00:29:53.079><c> it</c><00:29:53.259><c> ever,</c><00:29:53.859><c> but</c><00:29:54.140><c> as</c><00:29:54.279><c> is</c><00:29:54.480><c> put</c><00:29:54.619><c> later,</c>

00:29:55.339 --> 00:29:58.900
tempted<00:29:55.640><c> in</c><00:29:55.880><c> all</c><00:29:56.099><c> points</c><00:29:56.299><c> like</c><00:29:56.519><c> as</c><00:29:56.720><c> we</c><00:29:56.900><c> are,</c><00:29:57.220><c> yet</c><00:29:57.500><c> without</c><00:29:57.980><c> sin.</c>

00:29:59.619 --> 00:30:01.619
And<00:29:59.799><c> the</c><00:29:59.940><c> old</c><00:30:00.079><c> place</c><00:30:00.380><c> before</c><00:30:00.759><c> us,</c>

00:30:02.440 --> 00:30:05.019
invitations<00:30:02.700><c> to</c><00:30:02.940><c> the</c><00:30:03.099><c> Lord</c><00:30:03.220><c> to</c><00:30:03.380><c> do</c><00:30:03.539><c> something</c><00:30:03.900><c> wrong,</c>

00:30:06.099 --> 00:30:08.319
and<00:30:06.259><c> record</c><00:30:06.519><c> the</c><00:30:06.720><c> Lord's</c><00:30:07.279><c> diligent</c><00:30:07.740><c> refusal</c>

00:30:08.319 --> 00:30:10.319
to<00:30:08.599><c> be</c><00:30:08.799><c> seduced</c><00:30:09.279><c> by</c><00:30:09.539><c> those</c><00:30:09.799><c> things,</c>

00:30:10.599 --> 00:30:13.640
and<00:30:10.779><c> his</c><00:30:10.980><c> firm</c><00:30:11.180><c> adhesion</c><00:30:11.599><c> to</c><00:30:11.799><c> the</c><00:30:11.980><c> loyalty</c><00:30:12.240><c> he</c><00:30:12.500><c> owes</c><00:30:12.759><c> to</c><00:30:13.160><c> his</c><00:30:13.380><c> Father</c>

00:30:13.640 --> 00:30:15.539
as<00:30:13.859><c> the</c><00:30:14.079><c> Creator</c><00:30:14.359><c> and</c><00:30:14.559><c> his</c><00:30:14.759><c> Lord.</c>

00:30:18.380 --> 00:30:20.559
And<00:30:18.859><c> in</c><00:30:19.039><c> each</c><00:30:19.220><c> one</c><00:30:19.339><c> of</c><00:30:19.420><c> those</c><00:30:19.559><c> we</c><00:30:19.680><c> are</c><00:30:19.980><c> plainly</c><00:30:20.420><c> faced</c>

00:30:20.559 --> 00:30:23.660
with<00:30:20.799><c> the</c><00:30:20.940><c> fact</c><00:30:21.119><c> that</c><00:30:21.339><c> the</c><00:30:21.480><c> Lord</c><00:30:21.839><c> could</c><00:30:22.960><c> appreciate</c>

00:30:23.660 --> 00:30:25.539
what<00:30:23.940><c> temptation</c><00:30:24.440><c> was,</c>

00:30:26.819 --> 00:30:29.759
could<00:30:26.960><c> feel</c><00:30:27.220><c> the</c><00:30:27.400><c> urge</c><00:30:27.660><c> to</c><00:30:27.880><c> do</c><00:30:28.000><c> what</c><00:30:28.180><c> temptation</c><00:30:28.660><c> asks,</c>

00:30:30.960 --> 00:30:32.759
could,<00:30:31.119><c> because</c><00:30:31.319><c> he</c><00:30:31.440><c> has</c><00:30:31.640><c> a</c><00:30:31.759><c> mind</c><00:30:31.920><c> just</c><00:30:32.279><c> like</c><00:30:32.579><c> ours,</c>

00:30:32.859 --> 00:30:35.299
he<00:30:32.940><c> was</c><00:30:33.119><c> made</c><00:30:33.339><c> in</c><00:30:33.640><c> all</c><00:30:34.059><c> points</c><00:30:34.339><c> like</c><00:30:34.619><c> unto</c><00:30:34.819><c> his</c><00:30:35.059><c> brethren,</c>

00:30:35.660 --> 00:30:39.119
feel<00:30:35.819><c> as</c><00:30:36.039><c> we</c><00:30:36.279><c> do</c><00:30:36.619><c> how</c><00:30:36.940><c> attractive</c><00:30:37.539><c> sin</c><00:30:37.779><c> can</c><00:30:38.119><c> be,</c>

00:30:39.740 --> 00:30:41.640
and<00:30:40.079><c> could</c><00:30:40.319><c> determinedly</c><00:30:40.859><c> before</c><00:30:41.039><c> ever</c><00:30:41.279><c> such</c><00:30:41.480><c> a</c><00:30:41.579><c> thing</c>

00:30:41.640 --> 00:30:44.319
could<00:30:41.859><c> take</c><00:30:42.140><c> root,</c><00:30:43.440><c> though</c><00:30:43.599><c> it</c><00:30:43.680><c> was</c><00:30:43.900><c> understood,</c>

00:30:44.319 --> 00:30:47.500
he<00:30:44.319><c> would</c><00:30:44.400><c> say,</c><00:30:44.680><c> I</c><00:30:44.819><c> will</c><00:30:45.079><c> not</c><00:30:45.240><c> do</c><00:30:45.480><c> that,</c><00:30:46.279><c> it</c><00:30:46.440><c> is</c><00:30:46.579><c> written,</c>

00:30:47.539 --> 00:30:49.720
man<00:30:47.579><c> doth</c><00:30:47.740><c> not</c><00:30:47.940><c> live</c><00:30:48.099><c> by</c><00:30:48.359><c> bread</c><00:30:48.519><c> alone,</c><00:30:48.880><c> but</c><00:30:48.980><c> by</c><00:30:49.220><c> every</c><00:30:49.480><c> word</c>

00:30:49.720 --> 00:30:51.319
that<00:30:49.960><c> proceedeth</c><00:30:50.319><c> out</c><00:30:50.480><c> of</c><00:30:50.599><c> the</c><00:30:50.720><c> mouth</c><00:30:50.880><c> of</c><00:30:51.079><c> God.</c>

00:30:51.599 --> 00:30:52.900
Thou<00:30:51.619><c> shalt</c><00:30:51.779><c> not</c><00:30:51.940><c> worship</c><00:30:52.140><c> the</c><00:30:52.299><c> Lord</c><00:30:52.480><c> thy</c><00:30:52.700><c> God,</c>

00:30:52.980 --> 00:30:54.259
and<00:30:53.000><c> in</c><00:30:53.000><c> him</c><00:30:53.220><c> only</c><00:30:53.460><c> shalt</c><00:30:53.599><c> thou</c><00:30:53.839><c> serve,</c>

00:30:54.740 --> 00:30:56.980
and<00:30:54.779><c> thou</c><00:30:54.859><c> shalt</c><00:30:55.000><c> not</c><00:30:55.220><c> tempt</c><00:30:55.539><c> the</c><00:30:55.680><c> Lord</c><00:30:55.859><c> thy</c><00:30:56.099><c> God.</c>

00:30:58.500 --> 00:31:02.819
Now<00:30:58.799><c> it</c><00:30:58.859><c> is</c><00:30:59.059><c> of</c><00:30:59.180><c> the</c><00:30:59.420><c> essence</c><00:30:59.759><c> of</c><00:31:00.019><c> the</c><00:31:00.460><c> life</c><00:31:00.819><c> of</c><00:31:01.059><c> our</c><00:31:01.200><c> Saviour,</c>

00:31:03.279 --> 00:31:05.460
and<00:31:03.420><c> of</c><00:31:03.519><c> his</c><00:31:03.680><c> completing</c><00:31:04.119><c> his</c><00:31:04.440><c> work</c><00:31:04.680><c> as</c><00:31:04.880><c> our</c><00:31:05.079><c> Saviour,</c>

00:31:05.519 --> 00:31:08.160
that<00:31:05.640><c> he</c><00:31:05.759><c> would</c><00:31:06.319><c> fight</c><00:31:06.660><c> a</c><00:31:06.960><c> good</c><00:31:07.160><c> fight</c><00:31:07.460><c> against</c><00:31:07.900><c> sin,</c>

00:31:08.380 --> 00:31:10.240
and<00:31:08.680><c> win</c><00:31:08.920><c> in</c><00:31:09.240><c> fair</c><00:31:09.460><c> fight.</c>

00:31:10.779 --> 00:31:13.619
I<00:31:11.259><c> have</c><00:31:11.539><c> overcome,</c><00:31:12.059><c> he</c><00:31:12.240><c> says,</c><00:31:12.880><c> and</c><00:31:12.960><c> he</c><00:31:13.140><c> means</c><00:31:13.359><c> it,</c>

00:31:13.619 --> 00:31:16.180
he<00:31:13.640><c> has</c><00:31:13.920><c> overcome</c><00:31:14.339><c> all</c><00:31:15.000><c> powers</c><00:31:15.299><c> which</c><00:31:15.579><c> are</c><00:31:15.779><c> instinct</c>

00:31:16.180 --> 00:31:19.900
in<00:31:16.359><c> the</c><00:31:16.539><c> flesh</c><00:31:16.700><c> he</c><00:31:17.000><c> bore,</c><00:31:17.539><c> so</c><00:31:17.640><c> that</c><00:31:18.140><c> no</c><00:31:19.259><c> expression</c>

00:31:19.900 --> 00:31:22.259
of<00:31:20.119><c> the</c><00:31:20.279><c> flesh's</c><00:31:20.720><c> natural</c><00:31:21.160><c> willingness</c><00:31:21.559><c> to</c><00:31:21.799><c> do</c><00:31:21.940><c> wrong</c>

00:31:22.259 --> 00:31:24.960
was<00:31:22.680><c> found</c><00:31:22.819><c> in</c><00:31:23.099><c> anything</c><00:31:23.400><c> he</c><00:31:23.680><c> said</c><00:31:23.819><c> or</c><00:31:24.099><c> did.</c>

00:31:26.440 --> 00:31:28.680
Now<00:31:26.759><c> all</c><00:31:27.000><c> that</c><00:31:27.180><c> absolutely</c><00:31:27.720><c> requires</c><00:31:28.299><c> a</c><00:31:28.460><c> Lord</c>

00:31:28.680 --> 00:31:32.980
who<00:31:28.880><c> could</c><00:31:29.099><c> be</c><00:31:29.400><c> tempted,</c><00:31:31.039><c> who</c><00:31:31.220><c> was</c><00:31:31.460><c> able</c><00:31:31.680><c> to</c><00:31:31.859><c> have</c><00:31:32.099><c> fallen,</c>

00:31:33.700 --> 00:31:35.299
who<00:31:33.819><c> didn't</c><00:31:34.119><c> fall</c><00:31:34.420><c> not</c><00:31:34.579><c> because</c><00:31:34.839><c> he</c><00:31:35.059><c> couldn't,</c>

00:31:35.319 --> 00:31:37.839
but<00:31:35.460><c> because</c><00:31:35.660><c> he</c><00:31:35.819><c> wouldn't,</c><00:31:36.420><c> he</c><00:31:36.559><c> would</c><00:31:36.700><c> trust</c><00:31:36.960><c> in</c><00:31:37.200><c> God</c><00:31:37.299><c> instead.</c>

00:31:37.839 --> 00:31:42.140
That's<00:31:38.480><c> the</c><00:31:38.619><c> victory</c><00:31:39.099><c> I</c><00:31:39.480><c> have</c><00:31:39.740><c> overcome,</c><00:31:40.799><c> he</c><00:31:41.640><c> says,</c>

00:31:42.799 --> 00:31:44.759
in<00:31:42.839><c> the</c><00:31:42.960><c> face</c><00:31:43.180><c> of</c><00:31:43.380><c> men</c><00:31:43.500><c> in</c><00:31:43.680><c> the</c><00:31:43.839><c> world</c><00:31:43.980><c> who</c><00:31:44.220><c> tell</c><00:31:44.380><c> us</c>

00:31:44.759 --> 00:31:47.640
that<00:31:45.519><c> we</c><00:31:45.660><c> are</c><00:31:45.839><c> not</c><00:31:46.019><c> doing</c><00:31:46.240><c> honour</c><00:31:46.519><c> to</c><00:31:46.740><c> the</c><00:31:46.859><c> Lord</c><00:31:47.039><c> Jesus</c><00:31:47.380><c> Christ</c>

00:31:47.640 --> 00:31:49.759
if<00:31:47.779><c> we</c><00:31:47.960><c> do</c><00:31:48.160><c> not</c><00:31:48.380><c> treat</c><00:31:48.559><c> him</c><00:31:48.720><c> as</c><00:31:48.940><c> God</c><00:31:49.140><c> in</c><00:31:49.359><c> the</c><00:31:49.539><c> sense</c>

00:31:49.759 --> 00:31:52.160
that<00:31:49.940><c> his</c><00:31:50.119><c> Father</c><00:31:50.380><c> is</c><00:31:50.579><c> God,</c><00:31:51.140><c> we</c><00:31:51.380><c> say,</c>

00:31:52.640 --> 00:31:55.200
you<00:31:52.720><c> take</c><00:31:53.000><c> the</c><00:31:53.140><c> Lord</c><00:31:53.359><c> Jesus</c><00:31:53.720><c> Christ</c><00:31:53.940><c> who</c><00:31:54.160><c> is</c><00:31:54.500><c> God,</c><00:31:54.740><c> as</c><00:31:54.859><c> you</c><00:31:55.039><c> say,</c>

00:31:55.220 --> 00:31:57.700
because<00:31:55.759><c> his</c><00:31:56.119><c> Father</c><00:31:56.359><c> is</c><00:31:56.539><c> God</c><00:31:56.779><c> too,</c>

00:31:57.720 --> 00:32:01.240
and<00:31:58.000><c> you</c><00:31:58.200><c> deny</c><00:31:58.440><c> him</c><00:31:58.660><c> temptation</c><00:31:59.079><c> because</c><00:31:59.400><c> God</c><00:31:59.640><c> cannot</c><00:31:59.920><c> be</c><00:32:00.180><c> tempted.</c>

00:32:01.420 --> 00:32:03.960
Neither<00:32:01.619><c> doeth</c><00:32:01.940><c> he</c><00:32:02.059><c> evil,</c><00:32:02.500><c> nor</c><00:32:02.640><c> is</c><00:32:02.960><c> he</c><00:32:02.960><c> able</c><00:32:03.259><c> to</c><00:32:03.500><c> do</c><00:32:03.619><c> wrong.</c>

00:32:04.259 --> 00:32:06.140
You<00:32:04.619><c> remove</c><00:32:04.960><c> the</c><00:32:05.180><c> temptations</c><00:32:05.660><c> from</c><00:32:05.880><c> the</c><00:32:06.019><c> Lord,</c>

00:32:06.140 --> 00:32:08.319
and<00:32:06.359><c> in</c><00:32:06.400><c> doing</c><00:32:06.619><c> so</c><00:32:06.819><c> you</c><00:32:07.019><c> remove</c><00:32:07.160><c> the</c><00:32:07.339><c> victory.</c>

00:32:08.599 --> 00:32:10.180
The<00:32:08.700><c> Lord</c><00:32:08.819><c> did</c><00:32:09.079><c> not</c><00:32:09.220><c> even</c><00:32:09.559><c> fight</c><00:32:09.940><c> sin</c>

00:32:10.180 --> 00:32:12.200
and<00:32:10.339><c> did</c><00:32:10.539><c> not</c><00:32:10.680><c> have</c><00:32:10.900><c> to</c><00:32:11.099><c> triumph</c><00:32:11.359><c> over</c><00:32:11.640><c> it,</c>

00:32:12.500 --> 00:32:14.140
if<00:32:12.579><c> the</c><00:32:12.700><c> Trinity</c><00:32:12.960><c> is</c><00:32:13.220><c> right.</c>

00:32:14.839 --> 00:32:16.680
But<00:32:14.960><c> if</c><00:32:15.119><c> the</c><00:32:15.299><c> Bible</c><00:32:15.460><c> is</c><00:32:15.660><c> right,</c>

00:32:17.019 --> 00:32:19.039
and<00:32:17.180><c> if</c><00:32:17.279><c> we</c><00:32:17.500><c> have,</c><00:32:17.640><c> as</c><00:32:17.779><c> I'm</c><00:32:17.980><c> so</c><00:32:18.259><c> glad</c><00:32:18.400><c> we</c><00:32:18.640><c> have,</c>

00:32:19.539 --> 00:32:21.359
rightly<00:32:19.799><c> apprehended</c><00:32:20.299><c> what</c><00:32:20.460><c> the</c><00:32:20.619><c> Bible</c><00:32:20.859><c> has</c><00:32:21.079><c> to</c><00:32:21.240><c> say</c>

00:32:21.359 --> 00:32:22.519
about<00:32:21.579><c> the</c><00:32:21.779><c> nature</c><00:32:21.980><c> of</c><00:32:22.180><c> the</c><00:32:22.299><c> Lord,</c>

00:32:22.839 --> 00:32:25.400
the<00:32:22.960><c> Lord</c><00:32:23.240><c> fought</c><00:32:23.619><c> sin</c><00:32:23.839><c> in</c><00:32:24.339><c> hard</c><00:32:24.700><c> bloody</c><00:32:25.039><c> battle</c>

00:32:25.400 --> 00:32:28.579
and<00:32:25.619><c> beat</c><00:32:25.880><c> it</c><00:32:26.680><c> by</c><00:32:27.039><c> his</c><00:32:27.299><c> faith</c><00:32:27.460><c> in</c><00:32:27.720><c> God,</c>

00:32:28.880 --> 00:32:30.359
and<00:32:29.019><c> for</c><00:32:29.180><c> that</c><00:32:29.319><c> we</c><00:32:29.500><c> give</c><00:32:29.660><c> God</c><00:32:29.920><c> praise.</c>

00:32:30.720 --> 00:32:32.619
Worthy<00:32:31.119><c> art</c><00:32:31.240><c> thou,</c><00:32:31.480><c> O</c><00:32:31.720><c> Lamb,</c><00:32:32.079><c> to</c><00:32:32.079><c> receive</c>

00:32:32.619 --> 00:32:34.740
honour<00:32:33.119><c> and</c><00:32:33.420><c> glory</c><00:32:33.700><c> and</c><00:32:33.900><c> power</c><00:32:34.119><c> and</c><00:32:34.420><c> praise,</c>

00:32:34.740 --> 00:32:36.319
for<00:32:35.119><c> thou</c><00:32:35.319><c> wast</c><00:32:35.619><c> slain,</c>

00:32:36.440 --> 00:32:38.880
and<00:32:36.640><c> hast</c><00:32:36.779><c> revealed</c><00:32:37.059><c> it</c><00:32:37.180><c> unto</c><00:32:37.359><c> God</c><00:32:37.579><c> by</c><00:32:37.799><c> thy</c><00:32:37.960><c> blood.</c>

00:32:40.579 --> 00:32:42.500
It<00:32:40.839><c> is</c><00:32:40.940><c> taken</c><00:32:41.220><c> some</c><00:32:41.460><c> way</c><00:32:41.619><c> away</c><00:32:41.900><c> from,</c><00:32:42.079><c> I</c><00:32:42.259><c> believe,</c>

00:32:42.579 --> 00:32:45.180
in<00:32:42.740><c> one</c><00:32:42.920><c> God,</c><00:32:43.359><c> that</c><00:32:43.519><c> digression</c><00:32:43.940><c> about</c><00:32:44.200><c> the</c><00:32:44.400><c> Trinity.</c>

00:32:45.480 --> 00:32:47.900
It<00:32:45.500><c> might</c><00:32:45.700><c> even</c><00:32:45.920><c> involve</c><00:32:46.119><c> a</c><00:32:46.299><c> certain</c><00:32:46.440><c> repetition</c><00:32:46.839><c> later.</c>

00:32:49.019 --> 00:32:51.140
But<00:32:49.180><c> it</c><00:32:49.299><c> is</c><00:32:49.359><c> a</c><00:32:49.440><c> good</c><00:32:49.640><c> thing</c><00:32:49.859><c> to</c><00:32:50.099><c> see</c><00:32:50.279><c> the</c><00:32:50.740><c> likeness</c>

00:32:51.140 --> 00:32:52.380
of<00:32:51.319><c> our</c><00:32:51.440><c> Lord</c><00:32:51.599><c> Jesus</c><00:32:51.940><c> Christ</c>

00:32:52.380 --> 00:32:54.859
in<00:32:52.779><c> a</c><00:32:52.900><c> way</c><00:32:52.980><c> that</c><00:32:53.180><c> provokes</c><00:32:53.420><c> the</c><00:32:53.640><c> passion</c><00:32:53.839><c> of</c><00:32:54.119><c> faithfulness</c><00:32:54.599><c> to</c><00:32:54.740><c> him</c>

00:32:54.859 --> 00:32:57.500
and<00:32:55.000><c> says</c><00:32:55.240><c> what</c><00:32:55.660><c> a</c><00:32:55.839><c> great</c><00:32:56.039><c> victory</c><00:32:56.420><c> he</c><00:32:56.599><c> has</c><00:32:56.839><c> wrought</c>

00:32:57.500 --> 00:33:01.059
by<00:32:58.059><c> bearing</c><00:32:58.420><c> our</c><00:32:58.700><c> nature</c><00:32:59.000><c> and</c><00:32:59.680><c> enduring</c><00:33:00.099><c> the</c><00:33:00.319><c> things</c><00:33:00.480><c> we</c><00:33:00.700><c> endure</c>

00:33:01.059 --> 00:33:04.839
and<00:33:01.319><c> coming</c><00:33:01.539><c> so</c><00:33:02.160><c> utterly</c><00:33:02.680><c> triumphantly</c><00:33:03.359><c> from</c><00:33:03.559><c> what</c><00:33:03.720><c> he</c><00:33:03.980><c> endured.</c>

00:33:06.359 --> 00:33:09.460
And<00:33:06.519><c> he</c><00:33:06.640><c> did</c><00:33:06.759><c> it</c><00:33:06.880><c> on</c><00:33:07.000><c> the</c><00:33:07.119><c> one</c><00:33:07.259><c> hand</c><00:33:07.380><c> because</c><00:33:07.619><c> God</c><00:33:07.799><c> asked</c><00:33:08.099><c> him</c><00:33:08.359><c> to,</c>

00:33:10.019 --> 00:33:12.299
and<00:33:10.119><c> on</c><00:33:10.259><c> the</c><00:33:10.380><c> other</c><00:33:10.519><c> because</c><00:33:11.019><c> he</c><00:33:11.420><c> desired</c><00:33:11.759><c> to</c><00:33:12.019><c> fulfill</c>

00:33:12.299 --> 00:33:13.839
that<00:33:12.460><c> which</c><00:33:12.579><c> God</c><00:33:12.799><c> wanted</c><00:33:13.180><c> from</c><00:33:13.460><c> him,</c>

00:33:14.180 --> 00:33:15.740
which<00:33:14.380><c> was</c><00:33:14.619><c> becoming</c><00:33:14.920><c> the</c><00:33:15.180><c> saviour</c><00:33:15.480><c> of</c><00:33:15.579><c> those</c>

00:33:15.740 --> 00:33:17.559
who<00:33:15.859><c> would</c><00:33:16.079><c> accept</c><00:33:16.460><c> salvation,</c>

00:33:17.940 --> 00:33:19.720
the<00:33:18.140><c> author</c><00:33:18.420><c> of</c><00:33:18.619><c> eternal</c><00:33:18.960><c> salvation</c>

00:33:19.720 --> 00:33:22.700
and<00:33:20.579><c> the</c><00:33:20.759><c> fitting</c><00:33:21.019><c> ruler</c><00:33:21.319><c> of</c><00:33:21.500><c> a</c><00:33:21.660><c> world</c><00:33:21.839><c> in</c><00:33:22.059><c> which</c>

00:33:22.700 --> 00:33:25.839
the<00:33:23.220><c> intended</c><00:33:23.640><c> eternal</c><00:33:24.259><c> purpose</c><00:33:24.619><c> of</c><00:33:24.859><c> God</c><00:33:25.000><c> will</c><00:33:25.200><c> be</c><00:33:25.380><c> fulfilled</c>

00:33:25.839 --> 00:33:28.380
and<00:33:26.339><c> the</c><00:33:26.539><c> glory</c><00:33:26.720><c> of</c><00:33:26.900><c> the</c><00:33:27.039><c> Lord</c><00:33:27.160><c> will</c><00:33:27.380><c> cover</c><00:33:27.619><c> the</c><00:33:27.859><c> earth</c>

00:33:28.380 --> 00:33:30.819
as<00:33:28.839><c> the</c><00:33:29.039><c> waters</c><00:33:29.319><c> cover</c><00:33:29.579><c> the</c><00:33:29.880><c> sea.</c>

00:33:32.460 --> 00:33:35.619
Behind<00:33:32.839><c> him,</c><00:33:33.119><c> therefore,</c><00:33:33.579><c> there</c><00:33:33.720><c> lies</c><00:33:33.980><c> this</c><00:33:34.299><c> one</c><00:33:34.619><c> God,</c>

00:33:36.220 --> 00:33:39.059
this<00:33:36.380><c> eternal</c><00:33:36.839><c> being</c><00:33:37.160><c> who</c><00:33:37.359><c> has</c><00:33:37.599><c> always</c><00:33:37.859><c> existed.</c>

00:33:39.640 --> 00:33:42.599
According<00:33:39.920><c> to</c><00:33:40.160><c> whose</c><00:33:40.299><c> purpose,</c><00:33:40.779><c> everything</c><00:33:41.059><c> has</c><00:33:41.319><c> come</c><00:33:41.519><c> into</c><00:33:41.759><c> being.</c>

00:33:42.880 --> 00:33:44.940
And<00:33:43.079><c> only</c><00:33:43.259><c> by</c><00:33:43.500><c> the</c><00:33:43.779><c> relaxation</c><00:33:44.380><c> of</c><00:33:44.559><c> his</c><00:33:44.700><c> purpose</c>

00:33:44.940 --> 00:33:47.279
to<00:33:45.160><c> allow</c><00:33:45.380><c> sinners</c><00:33:45.740><c> to</c><00:33:46.319><c> commit</c><00:33:46.619><c> their</c><00:33:46.920><c> sins</c>

00:33:47.279 --> 00:33:50.900
has<00:33:47.839><c> his</c><00:33:48.059><c> glory</c><00:33:48.339><c> felt</c><00:33:48.599><c> to</c><00:33:48.839><c> cover</c><00:33:48.980><c> the</c><00:33:49.220><c> earth</c><00:33:49.339><c> by</c><00:33:49.559><c> their</c><00:33:49.779><c> destruction.</c>

00:33:51.539 --> 00:33:54.279
One<00:33:51.720><c> who</c><00:33:51.920><c> one</c><00:33:52.160><c> day</c><00:33:52.299><c> will</c><00:33:52.519><c> remove</c><00:33:52.779><c> the</c><00:33:53.000><c> last</c><00:33:53.220><c> blemishes,</c>

00:33:54.599 --> 00:33:56.359
will<00:33:54.700><c> do</c><00:33:54.880><c> it</c><00:33:54.980><c> by</c><00:33:55.200><c> the</c><00:33:55.380><c> agency</c><00:33:55.660><c> of</c><00:33:55.859><c> his</c><00:33:56.099><c> Son,</c>

00:33:56.359 --> 00:33:58.680
who<00:33:56.619><c> will</c><00:33:56.920><c> purge</c><00:33:57.220><c> every</c><00:33:57.500><c> evil</c><00:33:57.720><c> from</c><00:33:57.960><c> the</c><00:33:58.119><c> earth</c><00:33:58.259><c> until</c><00:33:58.500><c> the</c>

00:33:58.680 --> 00:33:59.279
last<00:33:58.900><c> enemy</c>

00:33:59.279 --> 00:34:00.920
that<00:33:59.660><c> shall</c><00:33:59.799><c> be</c><00:34:00.099><c> destroyed</c><00:34:00.400><c> is</c><00:34:00.660><c> death,</c>

00:34:01.119 --> 00:34:03.740
and<00:34:01.380><c> then</c><00:34:01.640><c> God</c><00:34:01.880><c> will</c><00:34:02.059><c> be</c><00:34:02.299><c> all</c><00:34:02.500><c> and</c><00:34:02.680><c> in</c><00:34:02.920><c> all.</c>

00:34:05.180 --> 00:34:07.880
This<00:34:05.519><c> uniqueness</c><00:34:05.940><c> of</c><00:34:06.240><c> God,</c><00:34:06.500><c> whom</c><00:34:06.539><c> we</c><00:34:06.759><c> call</c><00:34:06.920><c> the</c><00:34:07.160><c> Father</c><00:34:07.400><c> now</c>

00:34:07.880 --> 00:34:09.119
as<00:34:08.179><c> creator,</c>

00:34:09.440 --> 00:34:11.920
is<00:34:09.559><c> a</c><00:34:09.760><c> uniqueness</c><00:34:10.019><c> that</c><00:34:10.219><c> we</c><00:34:10.300><c> must</c><00:34:10.380><c> be</c><00:34:10.599><c> glad</c><00:34:10.699><c> to</c><00:34:11.000><c> preserve.</c>

00:34:12.519 --> 00:34:14.980
I<00:34:12.659><c> put</c><00:34:12.880><c> the</c><00:34:13.039><c> word</c><00:34:13.159><c> Father</c><00:34:13.460><c> in</c><00:34:13.619><c> the</c><00:34:13.860><c> title</c><00:34:14.079><c> of</c><00:34:14.260><c> the</c><00:34:14.400><c> relevant</c><00:34:14.679><c> chapter,</c>

00:34:15.000 --> 00:34:16.440
but<00:34:15.139><c> I</c><00:34:15.300><c> left</c><00:34:15.420><c> it</c><00:34:15.639><c> out</c><00:34:15.820><c> of</c><00:34:16.000><c> the</c><00:34:16.179><c> creed,</c>

00:34:16.940 --> 00:34:19.940
and<00:34:17.099><c> I'll</c><00:34:17.280><c> read</c><00:34:17.420><c> the</c><00:34:17.599><c> creed</c><00:34:17.920><c> clause</c><00:34:18.159><c> now,</c><00:34:18.440><c> and</c><00:34:18.579><c> you</c><00:34:18.639><c> might</c><00:34:18.880><c> perhaps</c><00:34:19.219><c> see</c><00:34:19.440><c> why.</c>

00:34:20.400 --> 00:34:23.420
This<00:34:20.579><c> is</c><00:34:20.840><c> therefore</c><00:34:21.940><c> paragraph</c><00:34:22.440><c> number</c><00:34:22.920><c> two</c>

00:34:23.420 --> 00:34:26.159
of<00:34:23.760><c> the</c><00:34:23.980><c> suggested</c><00:34:24.500><c> concession</c><00:34:24.960><c> of</c><00:34:25.260><c> faith.</c>

00:34:53.420 --> 00:34:55.659
I<00:34:53.619><c> hope</c><00:34:53.760><c> to</c><00:34:53.960><c> become</c><00:34:54.199><c> a</c><00:34:54.380><c> partaker</c><00:34:54.719><c> of</c><00:34:54.860><c> his</c><00:34:55.119><c> inheritance</c>

00:34:55.659 --> 00:34:58.239
when<00:34:56.340><c> all</c><00:34:56.559><c> things</c><00:34:56.760><c> are</c><00:34:57.019><c> made</c><00:34:57.320><c> new.</c>

00:34:59.599 --> 00:35:01.719
That's<00:35:00.039><c> the</c><00:35:00.139><c> way</c><00:35:00.340><c> in</c><00:35:00.460><c> which</c><00:35:00.619><c> one</c><00:35:00.800><c> should</c><00:35:01.039><c> believe</c><00:35:01.360><c> in</c><00:35:01.599><c> God.</c>

00:35:02.099 --> 00:35:05.280
That's<00:35:02.539><c> my</c><00:35:02.840><c> poor</c><00:35:03.019><c> way</c><00:35:03.219><c> of</c><00:35:03.519><c> expressing</c><00:35:04.099><c> the</c><00:35:04.739><c> way</c><00:35:04.920><c> in</c><00:35:05.019><c> which</c><00:35:05.139><c> we</c>

00:35:05.280 --> 00:35:06.320
should<00:35:05.480><c> believe</c><00:35:05.820><c> in</c><00:35:06.079><c> God,</c>

00:35:06.440 --> 00:35:09.280
so<00:35:06.559><c> that</c><00:35:06.619><c> he</c><00:35:06.760><c> becomes</c><00:35:07.119><c> not</c><00:35:08.000><c> merely</c><00:35:08.320><c> one</c><00:35:08.559><c> of</c><00:35:08.659><c> whose</c><00:35:08.820><c> existence</c>

00:35:09.280 --> 00:35:10.800
we<00:35:09.519><c> are</c><00:35:09.699><c> persuaded,</c>

00:35:11.920 --> 00:35:14.380
not<00:35:12.019><c> even</c><00:35:12.320><c> one</c><00:35:12.539><c> of</c><00:35:12.659><c> whose</c><00:35:12.880><c> observance</c><00:35:13.340><c> of</c><00:35:13.579><c> ourselves</c><00:35:13.920><c> we</c><00:35:14.139><c> are</c>

00:35:14.380 --> 00:35:15.800
guiltily<00:35:14.820><c> aware,</c>

00:35:16.460 --> 00:35:19.519
but<00:35:16.639><c> one</c><00:35:16.860><c> whom</c><00:35:17.019><c> we</c><00:35:17.320><c> seek</c><00:35:17.820><c> to</c><00:35:18.539><c> be</c><00:35:18.679><c> in</c><00:35:18.800><c> the</c><00:35:18.980><c> frame</c><00:35:19.119><c> of</c><00:35:19.340><c> mind,</c>

00:35:19.519 --> 00:35:23.500
and<00:35:19.980><c> whose</c><00:35:19.980><c> desire</c><00:35:19.980><c> to</c><00:35:20.280><c> serve,</c><00:35:21.460><c> to</c><00:35:21.679><c> make</c><00:35:21.820><c> our</c><00:35:22.039><c> offering</c><00:35:22.300><c> to</c><00:35:22.519><c> him,</c>

00:35:23.739 --> 00:35:25.900
and<00:35:23.880><c> to</c><00:35:23.980><c> be</c><00:35:24.219><c> accepted</c><00:35:24.599><c> by</c><00:35:24.880><c> him,</c>

00:35:25.980 --> 00:35:28.380
and<00:35:26.139><c> allowed</c><00:35:26.400><c> to</c><00:35:26.599><c> pay</c><00:35:26.739><c> our</c><00:35:26.980><c> part</c><00:35:27.119><c> in</c><00:35:27.300><c> his</c><00:35:27.539><c> praise.</c>

00:35:31.699 --> 00:35:34.360
This<00:35:32.059><c> God</c><00:35:32.280><c> in</c><00:35:32.460><c> whom</c><00:35:32.619><c> we</c><00:35:32.880><c> believe</c><00:35:33.099><c> is</c><00:35:33.280><c> the</c><00:35:33.460><c> same</c><00:35:33.719><c> God</c>

00:35:34.360 --> 00:35:36.619
as<00:35:34.980><c> our</c><00:35:35.159><c> Lord</c><00:35:35.360><c> Jesus</c><00:35:35.739><c> Christ</c><00:35:36.019><c> believed</c><00:35:36.420><c> in,</c>

00:35:36.659 --> 00:35:40.760
though<00:35:36.800><c> he</c><00:35:36.940><c> had</c><00:35:37.360><c> a</c><00:35:37.559><c> much</c><00:35:37.820><c> more</c><00:35:38.139><c> intimate</c><00:35:38.460><c> knowledge</c><00:35:38.800><c> of</c><00:35:38.960><c> him</c><00:35:39.159><c> than</c><00:35:39.300><c> you</c><00:35:39.480><c> and</c><00:35:39.679><c> I</c><00:35:39.900><c> have,</c>

00:35:40.980 --> 00:35:44.800
as<00:35:41.199><c> anyone</c><00:35:41.599><c> does</c><00:35:41.860><c> of</c><00:35:41.960><c> his</c><00:35:42.159><c> own</c><00:35:42.380><c> Father,</c><00:35:43.380><c> none</c><00:35:43.519><c> others</c><00:35:43.780><c> do.</c>

00:35:45.940 --> 00:35:49.380
The<00:35:46.380><c> fulfillment</c><00:35:46.820><c> of</c><00:35:47.019><c> whose</c><00:35:47.139><c> purpose</c><00:35:47.460><c> was</c><00:35:47.679><c> as</c><00:35:47.900><c> dear</c><00:35:48.019><c> to</c><00:35:48.179><c> him</c>

00:35:49.559 --> 00:35:51.900
as<00:35:50.000><c> it</c><00:35:50.179><c> ought</c><00:35:50.360><c> to</c><00:35:50.519><c> be</c><00:35:50.619><c> to</c><00:35:50.760><c> us.</c>

00:35:52.539 --> 00:35:55.199
Father,<00:35:52.820><c> glorify</c><00:35:53.360><c> thy</c><00:35:53.579><c> name,</c><00:35:54.000><c> was</c><00:35:54.139><c> the</c><00:35:54.320><c> Lord's</c><00:35:54.699><c> desire</c><00:35:54.980><c> for</c>

00:35:55.199 --> 00:35:56.360
the<00:35:55.360><c> Father.</c>

00:35:57.079 --> 00:35:58.639
I<00:35:57.239><c> have</c><00:35:57.440><c> glorified</c><00:35:57.820><c> thee</c><00:35:58.039><c> upon</c><00:35:58.260><c> the</c><00:35:58.480><c> earth,</c>

00:35:58.780 --> 00:36:01.579
was<00:35:58.860><c> a</c><00:35:59.039><c> statement</c><00:35:59.280><c> of</c><00:35:59.960><c> his</c><00:36:00.039><c> at</c><00:36:00.039><c> that</c><00:36:00.420><c> time</c><00:36:00.659><c> success,</c><00:36:01.159><c> yet</c><00:36:01.400><c> to</c>

00:36:01.579 --> 00:36:02.820
be<00:36:01.860><c> completed.</c>

00:36:04.079 --> 00:36:07.380
And<00:36:04.519><c> when</c><00:36:04.860><c> the</c><00:36:05.079><c> Son</c><00:36:05.300><c> comes</c><00:36:05.619><c> back</c><00:36:05.960><c> to</c><00:36:06.159><c> the</c><00:36:06.340><c> earth,</c>

00:36:08.199 --> 00:36:10.059
when<00:36:08.360><c> he</c><00:36:08.539><c> reigns</c><00:36:08.960><c> over</c><00:36:09.159><c> everything</c><00:36:09.519><c> that</c><00:36:09.739><c> here</c><00:36:09.920><c> is,</c>

00:36:10.079 --> 00:36:13.360
when<00:36:10.480><c> he</c><00:36:10.820><c> weeds</c><00:36:11.059><c> out</c><00:36:11.400><c> the</c><00:36:11.579><c> enmities</c><00:36:11.920><c> which</c><00:36:12.179><c> still</c><00:36:12.360><c> exist</c><00:36:12.679><c> against</c><00:36:12.980><c> God,</c>

00:36:13.360 --> 00:36:16.239
and<00:36:13.559><c> when</c><00:36:13.699><c> at</c><00:36:13.820><c> the</c><00:36:13.900><c> end</c><00:36:14.039><c> there</c><00:36:14.199><c> is</c><00:36:14.380><c> none</c><00:36:14.659><c> left,</c><00:36:15.480><c> no</c><00:36:15.760><c> sin,</c><00:36:16.000><c> not</c>

00:36:16.239 --> 00:36:16.860
even<00:36:16.539><c> death,</c>

00:36:17.159 --> 00:36:20.420
when<00:36:17.480><c> death</c><00:36:17.719><c> and</c><00:36:17.900><c> Hades</c><00:36:18.099><c> are</c><00:36:18.360><c> cast</c><00:36:18.559><c> into</c><00:36:18.760><c> the</c><00:36:18.900><c> lake</c><00:36:19.039><c> of</c><00:36:19.300><c> fire,</c>

00:36:21.760 --> 00:36:26.780
then<00:36:22.099><c> says</c><00:36:22.539><c> the</c><00:36:24.340><c> first</c><00:36:24.639><c> letter</c><00:36:24.880><c> to</c><00:36:25.099><c> the</c><00:36:25.219><c> Corinthians,</c><00:36:25.960><c> chapter</c><00:36:26.280><c> 15,</c>

00:36:27.039 --> 00:36:29.840
when<00:36:27.219><c> all</c><00:36:27.460><c> things</c><00:36:27.619><c> have</c><00:36:27.820><c> been</c><00:36:28.059><c> made</c><00:36:28.280><c> subject</c><00:36:28.599><c> unto</c><00:36:28.800><c> him,</c>

00:36:29.920 --> 00:36:33.019
then<00:36:30.199><c> shall</c><00:36:30.360><c> the</c><00:36:30.519><c> Son</c><00:36:30.679><c> also</c><00:36:30.880><c> be</c><00:36:31.059><c> made</c><00:36:31.260><c> subject</c><00:36:31.519><c> unto</c><00:36:31.800><c> the</c><00:36:31.980><c> Father,</c>

00:36:33.260 --> 00:36:36.219
that<00:36:33.480><c> God,</c><00:36:33.659><c> and</c><00:36:33.800><c> that</c><00:36:33.980><c> means</c><00:36:34.199><c> the</c><00:36:34.480><c> Father,</c><00:36:35.400><c> shall</c><00:36:35.519><c> be</c><00:36:35.760><c> all</c><00:36:36.000><c> and</c>

00:36:36.219 --> 00:36:37.320
in<00:36:36.420><c> all.</c>

00:36:38.840 --> 00:36:44.920
We<00:36:39.360><c> have</c><00:36:39.559><c> sometimes,</c><00:36:43.099><c> rather</c><00:36:43.320><c> incompletely</c><00:36:44.199><c> and</c><00:36:44.460><c> shallowly,</c>

00:36:45.159 --> 00:36:48.760
construed<00:36:45.420><c> that</c><00:36:45.679><c> to</c><00:36:45.880><c> mean</c><00:36:46.079><c> that</c><00:36:46.260><c> when</c><00:36:46.679><c> the</c><00:36:47.019><c> millennium</c><00:36:47.460><c> is</c><00:36:47.679><c> over,</c>

00:36:48.980 --> 00:36:53.320
Jesus<00:36:49.280><c> will</c><00:36:49.519><c> abdicate,</c><00:36:51.579><c> and</c><00:36:51.719><c> he</c><00:36:51.760><c> won't</c><00:36:51.980><c> be</c><00:36:52.119><c> king</c><00:36:52.300><c> anymore.</c>

00:36:55.340 --> 00:36:57.280
We<00:36:55.500><c> sometimes</c><00:36:55.699><c> carried</c><00:36:55.960><c> that</c><00:36:56.239><c> forward</c><00:36:56.500><c> into</c><00:36:56.719><c> our</c><00:36:56.920><c> devotion,</c>

00:36:57.460 --> 00:37:00.940
so<00:36:57.639><c> that</c><00:36:58.260><c> the</c><00:36:58.400><c> well</c><00:36:58.699><c>-known</c><00:36:58.880><c> Jesus</c><00:36:59.260><c> shall</c><00:36:59.619><c> reign</c><00:36:59.980><c> him,</c>

00:37:01.539 --> 00:37:04.199
which<00:37:01.760><c> in</c><00:37:01.900><c> the</c><00:37:02.039><c> form</c><00:37:02.159><c> in</c><00:37:02.280><c> which</c><00:37:02.380><c> the</c><00:37:02.619><c> composer</c><00:37:02.920><c> wrote</c><00:37:03.159><c> it</c><00:37:03.320><c> contained</c><00:37:03.679><c> the</c><00:37:03.880><c> words,</c>

00:37:04.199 --> 00:37:06.860
his<00:37:05.000><c> kingdom</c><00:37:05.400><c> stretched</c><00:37:05.800><c> from</c><00:37:06.099><c> shore</c><00:37:06.340><c> to</c><00:37:06.480><c> shore,</c>

00:37:07.219 --> 00:37:10.679
till<00:37:07.320><c> moon</c><00:37:07.659><c> shall</c><00:37:07.940><c> wax</c><00:37:08.239><c> and</c><00:37:08.519><c> wane</c><00:37:08.739><c> no</c><00:37:09.079><c> more,</c>

00:37:11.059 --> 00:37:13.960
became<00:37:11.340><c> in</c><00:37:11.659><c> the</c><00:37:11.800><c> Christadelphian</c><00:37:12.360><c> expurgated</c><00:37:13.000><c> form,</c>

00:37:14.039 --> 00:37:16.739
till<00:37:14.179><c> sin</c><00:37:14.380><c> shall</c><00:37:14.599><c> curse</c><00:37:14.880><c> the</c><00:37:15.119><c> earth</c><00:37:15.300><c> no</c><00:37:15.619><c> more.</c>

00:37:17.639 --> 00:37:20.559
So<00:37:17.800><c> as</c><00:37:17.920><c> to</c><00:37:18.099><c> seem</c><00:37:18.280><c> to</c><00:37:18.519><c> provide</c><00:37:18.820><c> that</c><00:37:19.300><c> when</c><00:37:19.699><c> sin</c><00:37:20.000><c> has</c><00:37:20.219><c> gone</c><00:37:20.460><c> and</c>

00:37:20.559 --> 00:37:21.099
death<00:37:20.780><c> has</c><00:37:21.000><c> gone,</c>

00:37:21.179 --> 00:37:22.960
the<00:37:21.280><c> Lord</c><00:37:21.440><c> won't</c><00:37:21.699><c> be</c><00:37:21.900><c> reigning</c><00:37:22.079><c> anymore</c><00:37:22.400><c> because</c><00:37:22.619><c> it</c><00:37:22.780><c> won't</c>

00:37:22.960 --> 00:37:23.940
be<00:37:23.179><c> needed.</c>

00:37:25.699 --> 00:37:30.199
But<00:37:25.960><c> moon</c><00:37:26.260><c> shall</c><00:37:26.500><c> wax</c><00:37:26.739><c> and</c><00:37:27.019><c> wane</c><00:37:27.199><c> no</c><00:37:27.599><c> more</c><00:37:27.780><c> is</c><00:37:28.039><c> a</c><00:37:28.539><c> proper</c><00:37:28.900><c> paraphrase</c><00:37:29.800><c> of</c>

00:37:30.199 --> 00:37:30.940
Psalm<00:37:30.440><c> 72,</c>

00:37:30.940 --> 00:37:33.039
which<00:37:31.139><c> says,</c><00:37:31.460><c> his</c><00:37:31.460><c> kingdom</c><00:37:31.679><c> shall</c><00:37:31.920><c> endure</c><00:37:32.300><c> so</c><00:37:32.639><c> long</c><00:37:32.739><c> as</c><00:37:32.900><c> the</c>

00:37:33.039 --> 00:37:34.519
sun<00:37:33.179><c> and</c><00:37:33.260><c> moon</c><00:37:33.460><c> endure.</c>

00:37:35.400 --> 00:37:36.920
It<00:37:35.659><c> was</c><00:37:35.920><c> right</c><00:37:36.159><c> in</c><00:37:36.360><c> its</c><00:37:36.519><c> scripture.</c>

00:37:37.039 --> 00:37:41.059
What<00:37:37.239><c> we</c><00:37:37.500><c> wrote</c><00:37:37.599><c> was</c><00:37:37.820><c> not</c><00:37:38.039><c> wrong,</c><00:37:39.500><c> but</c><00:37:39.639><c> it</c><00:37:39.739><c> was</c><00:37:39.940><c> not</c><00:37:40.119><c> needed.</c>

00:37:42.219 --> 00:37:44.320
And<00:37:42.380><c> my</c><00:37:42.579><c> belief</c><00:37:42.840><c> about</c><00:37:43.099><c> the</c><00:37:43.280><c> reign</c><00:37:43.400><c> of</c><00:37:43.559><c> the</c><00:37:43.659><c> Lord</c><00:37:43.800><c> Jesus</c><00:37:44.119><c> Christ,</c>

00:37:44.420 --> 00:37:47.059
and<00:37:44.500><c> I</c><00:37:44.599><c> hope</c><00:37:44.840><c> yours</c><00:37:45.039><c> too,</c><00:37:45.619><c> is</c><00:37:45.719><c> that</c><00:37:46.019><c> certainly</c><00:37:46.400><c> at</c><00:37:46.659><c> the</c><00:37:46.739><c> end</c><00:37:46.900><c> of</c>

00:37:47.059 --> 00:37:48.039
that<00:37:47.260><c> thousand</c><00:37:47.619><c> years,</c>

00:37:48.219 --> 00:37:51.280
he<00:37:48.380><c> will</c><00:37:49.000><c> hand</c><00:37:49.440><c> over</c><00:37:49.679><c> all</c><00:37:49.940><c> that</c><00:37:50.059><c> he</c><00:37:50.179><c> has</c><00:37:50.440><c> accomplished</c><00:37:50.840><c> for</c><00:37:51.099><c> God</c>

00:37:51.280 --> 00:37:54.739
to<00:37:51.440><c> the</c><00:37:51.619><c> God</c><00:37:51.780><c> for</c><00:37:52.059><c> whom</c><00:37:52.260><c> it</c><00:37:52.420><c> was</c><00:37:52.699><c> done,</c><00:37:53.260><c> and</c><00:37:53.380><c> say,</c><00:37:53.739><c> this</c><00:37:54.019><c> belongs</c><00:37:54.440><c> to</c>

00:37:54.739 --> 00:37:56.039
you,<00:37:55.019><c> Father.</c>

00:37:56.920 --> 00:37:59.260
But<00:37:57.059><c> from</c><00:37:57.280><c> that</c><00:37:57.559><c> time</c><00:37:57.780><c> on,</c><00:37:58.039><c> the</c><00:37:58.179><c> Lord</c><00:37:58.320><c> will</c><00:37:58.599><c> still</c><00:37:58.880><c> continue</c>

00:37:59.260 --> 00:38:03.440
in<00:37:59.380><c> a</c><00:37:59.480><c> state</c><00:37:59.699><c> of</c><00:38:00.079><c> enormous</c><00:38:00.519><c> exaltation</c><00:38:01.900><c> in</c><00:38:02.360><c> heaven</c><00:38:02.579><c> and</c><00:38:02.780><c> in</c><00:38:02.980><c> earth,</c>

00:38:03.760 --> 00:38:06.739
more<00:38:03.940><c> than</c><00:38:04.139><c> heart</c><00:38:04.320><c> can</c><00:38:04.599><c> conceive</c><00:38:05.000><c> by</c><00:38:05.219><c> the</c><00:38:05.420><c> Father's</c><00:38:05.800><c> gift.</c>

00:38:07.340 --> 00:38:10.579
Not<00:38:07.559><c> as</c><00:38:07.800><c> king</c><00:38:08.000><c> because</c><00:38:08.260><c> he</c><00:38:08.500><c> reigns</c><00:38:08.860><c> in</c><00:38:09.019><c> opposition</c><00:38:09.440><c> to</c><00:38:09.699><c> God,</c>

00:38:11.039 --> 00:38:14.219
but<00:38:11.179><c> because</c><00:38:11.559><c> God</c><00:38:12.280><c> delights</c><00:38:12.800><c> in</c><00:38:13.019><c> such</c><00:38:13.199><c> a</c><00:38:13.360><c> king.</c>

00:38:15.539 --> 00:38:20.139
So<00:38:15.840><c> I</c><00:38:16.039><c> believe</c><00:38:16.340><c> in</c><00:38:16.599><c> one</c><00:38:16.739><c> God,</c><00:38:17.119><c> the</c><00:38:17.460><c> Father,</c><00:38:17.920><c> needs</c><00:38:18.199><c> just</c><00:38:18.559><c> a</c><00:38:18.800><c> brief</c><00:38:19.320><c> comment</c><00:38:19.599><c> on</c>

00:38:20.139 --> 00:38:21.539
the<00:38:20.559><c> Father.</c>

00:38:23.260 --> 00:38:25.739
It's<00:38:23.619><c> the</c><00:38:23.780><c> assumption</c><00:38:24.119><c> of</c><00:38:24.599><c> most</c><00:38:24.900><c> of</c><00:38:25.099><c> those</c><00:38:25.260><c> around</c><00:38:25.559><c> us,</c>

00:38:25.739 --> 00:38:28.400
and<00:38:25.920><c> a</c><00:38:26.500><c> rather</c><00:38:26.780><c> easy</c><00:38:27.119><c> assumption</c><00:38:27.519><c> for</c><00:38:27.739><c> many</c><00:38:28.000><c> of</c><00:38:28.199><c> us,</c>

00:38:28.900 --> 00:38:31.380
that<00:38:29.000><c> God</c><00:38:29.360><c> the</c><00:38:29.619><c> Father</c><00:38:29.840><c> is</c><00:38:30.000><c> the</c><00:38:30.199><c> right</c><00:38:30.400><c> name</c><00:38:30.579><c> for</c><00:38:30.820><c> anybody</c><00:38:31.119><c> to</c>

00:38:31.380 --> 00:38:32.719
call<00:38:31.639><c> him.</c>

00:38:33.340 --> 00:38:38.440
That<00:38:33.480><c> the</c><00:38:33.679><c> Father</c><00:38:33.860><c> is</c><00:38:34.059><c> the</c><00:38:34.199><c> right</c><00:38:34.519><c> title</c><00:38:34.900><c> for</c><00:38:35.179><c> God</c><00:38:35.539><c> in</c><00:38:36.699><c> anybody's</c><00:38:37.420><c> lips.</c>

00:38:39.619 --> 00:38:41.860
And<00:38:39.820><c> I</c><00:38:39.960><c> don't</c><00:38:40.179><c> think</c><00:38:40.320><c> that's</c><00:38:40.579><c> quite</c><00:38:40.880><c> true.</c>

00:38:43.139 --> 00:38:45.320
The<00:38:43.239><c> Old</c><00:38:43.420><c> Testament</c><00:38:43.739><c> quite</c><00:38:44.139><c> rarely</c><00:38:44.440><c> uses</c><00:38:44.760><c> the</c><00:38:44.880><c> word</c><00:38:45.059><c> Father</c>

00:38:45.320 --> 00:38:46.880
about<00:38:45.539><c> God</c><00:38:45.780><c> at</c><00:38:46.019><c> all.</c>

00:38:47.079 --> 00:38:51.159
Of<00:38:47.239><c> all</c><00:38:47.420><c> its</c><00:38:47.940><c> 700</c><00:38:48.460><c> passages</c><00:38:48.840><c> or</c><00:38:49.139><c> so,</c><00:38:49.840><c> only</c><00:38:49.980><c> about</c><00:38:50.500><c> a</c><00:38:50.800><c> couple</c><00:38:50.940><c> of</c>

00:38:51.159 --> 00:38:53.219
handfuls<00:38:51.500><c> can</c><00:38:51.679><c> be</c><00:38:51.820><c> attributed</c><00:38:52.119><c> to</c><00:38:52.320><c> God.</c>

00:38:53.500 --> 00:38:56.300
But<00:38:53.940><c> only</c><00:38:54.159><c> one</c><00:38:54.340><c> or</c><00:38:54.420><c> two</c><00:38:54.579><c> of</c><00:38:54.760><c> those</c><00:38:54.980><c> personally,</c><00:38:55.500><c> and</c><00:38:55.719><c> they</c><00:38:55.900><c> point</c><00:38:56.119><c> to</c>

00:38:56.300 --> 00:38:56.800
the<00:38:56.420><c> future.</c>

00:38:57.099 --> 00:39:00.900
I<00:38:57.260><c> will</c><00:38:57.440><c> be</c><00:38:57.579><c> his</c><00:38:57.800><c> father,</c><00:38:59.159><c> and</c><00:38:59.420><c> he</c><00:38:59.579><c> shall</c><00:38:59.679><c> be</c><00:38:59.840><c> my</c><00:39:00.099><c> son.</c>

00:39:01.260 --> 00:39:03.559
He<00:39:01.440><c> shall</c><00:39:01.599><c> call</c><00:39:01.820><c> unto</c><00:39:02.000><c> me,</c><00:39:02.480><c> my</c><00:39:02.599><c> father,</c><00:39:03.000><c> my</c><00:39:03.219><c> father.</c>

00:39:03.820 --> 00:39:06.639
God<00:39:04.079><c> meant</c><00:39:04.380><c> to</c><00:39:04.639><c> become</c><00:39:04.960><c> a</c><00:39:05.159><c> father</c><00:39:05.340><c> in</c><00:39:05.559><c> a</c><00:39:05.699><c> sense</c><00:39:05.920><c> that</c><00:39:06.099><c> at</c><00:39:06.340><c> that</c>

00:39:06.639 --> 00:39:10.079
stage<00:39:07.179><c> was</c><00:39:08.099><c> future</c><00:39:08.599><c> in</c><00:39:08.800><c> his</c><00:39:09.019><c> purpose.</c>

00:39:11.480 --> 00:39:14.239
And<00:39:11.920><c> then</c><00:39:12.099><c> he</c><00:39:12.320><c> sent</c><00:39:12.460><c> his</c><00:39:12.719><c> only</c><00:39:12.940><c> begotten</c><00:39:13.480><c> son.</c>

00:39:15.099 --> 00:39:18.599
And<00:39:15.360><c> then</c><00:39:15.619><c> John</c><00:39:15.840><c> chapter</c><00:39:16.119><c> 1</c><00:39:16.320><c> tells</c><00:39:16.579><c> us,</c><00:39:17.559><c> this</c><00:39:17.800><c> only</c><00:39:18.159><c> begotten</c>

00:39:18.599 --> 00:39:19.940
son<00:39:18.800><c> came</c><00:39:19.079><c> into</c><00:39:19.260><c> his</c><00:39:19.460><c> own</c><00:39:19.719><c> place,</c>

00:39:19.940 --> 00:39:22.380
and<00:39:20.039><c> his</c><00:39:20.199><c> own</c><00:39:20.420><c> people</c><00:39:20.739><c> received</c><00:39:21.139><c> him</c><00:39:21.400><c> not.</c>

00:39:23.099 --> 00:39:25.460
But<00:39:23.260><c> as</c><00:39:23.480><c> many</c><00:39:23.639><c> as</c><00:39:23.860><c> received</c><00:39:24.099><c> him</c><00:39:24.280><c> to</c><00:39:24.420><c> them</c><00:39:24.599><c> gave</c><00:39:24.820><c> him</c><00:39:24.960><c> the</c><00:39:25.139><c> right</c><00:39:25.300><c> to</c>

00:39:25.460 --> 00:39:27.219
be<00:39:25.599><c> called</c><00:39:25.780><c> sons</c><00:39:26.119><c> of</c><00:39:26.360><c> God.</c>

00:39:27.639 --> 00:39:30.019
And<00:39:27.920><c> the</c><00:39:28.119><c> right</c><00:39:28.300><c> to</c><00:39:28.460><c> call</c><00:39:28.639><c> God</c><00:39:28.920><c> the</c><00:39:29.039><c> Father</c><00:39:29.260><c> is</c><00:39:29.519><c> beginning</c><00:39:29.840><c> to</c>

00:39:30.019 --> 00:39:31.960
be<00:39:30.300><c> expressed</c><00:39:30.599><c> to</c><00:39:30.860><c> us.</c>

00:39:32.780 --> 00:39:34.780
John<00:39:33.039><c> may</c><00:39:33.260><c> have</c><00:39:33.460><c> been</c><00:39:33.599><c> written</c><00:39:33.840><c> late,</c><00:39:34.219><c> but</c><00:39:34.360><c> the</c><00:39:34.480><c> things</c><00:39:34.579><c> he</c>

00:39:34.780 --> 00:39:36.739
writes<00:39:35.000><c> about</c><00:39:35.239><c> there</c><00:39:35.480><c> are</c><00:39:35.719><c> early.</c>

00:39:36.780 --> 00:39:39.199
What<00:39:37.039><c> Jesus</c><00:39:37.400><c> Christ</c><00:39:37.699><c> did</c><00:39:37.960><c> when</c><00:39:38.139><c> he</c><00:39:38.420><c> came.</c>

00:39:40.300 --> 00:39:44.239
And<00:39:40.480><c> when</c><00:39:40.659><c> he</c><00:39:40.900><c> came,</c><00:39:41.340><c> John</c><00:39:42.159><c> expresses</c><00:39:42.820><c> most</c><00:39:43.219><c> beautifully,</c>

00:39:44.900 --> 00:39:47.380
most<00:39:45.280><c> humanly,</c><00:39:45.699><c> almost</c><00:39:46.039><c> domestically,</c>

00:39:47.519 --> 00:39:51.019
that<00:39:48.039><c> the</c><00:39:48.239><c> Word</c><00:39:48.480><c> became</c><00:39:48.920><c> flesh</c><00:39:49.219><c> and</c><00:39:49.460><c> dwelt</c><00:39:49.719><c> among</c><00:39:49.940><c> us,</c>

00:39:51.360 --> 00:39:55.460
and<00:39:51.599><c> we</c><00:39:51.780><c> beheld</c><00:39:52.079><c> his</c><00:39:52.340><c> glory,</c><00:39:53.659><c> the</c><00:39:53.900><c> glory</c><00:39:54.119><c> as</c><00:39:54.360><c> of</c><00:39:54.519><c> the</c><00:39:54.639><c> only</c><00:39:54.860><c> begotten</c><00:39:55.260><c> of</c>

00:39:55.460 --> 00:39:56.599
the<00:39:55.659><c> Father,</c>

00:39:57.519 --> 00:40:00.000
full<00:39:57.820><c> of</c><00:39:58.059><c> grace</c><00:39:58.460><c> and</c><00:39:58.820><c> truth.</c>

00:40:01.380 --> 00:40:06.539
And<00:40:01.739><c> you</c><00:40:01.860><c> ask,</c><00:40:02.219><c> where</c><00:40:02.400><c> in</c><00:40:02.599><c> the</c><00:40:02.719><c> Bible</c><00:40:02.940><c> first,</c><00:40:04.960><c> first</c><00:40:05.380><c> historically,</c>

00:40:07.320 --> 00:40:09.519
is<00:40:07.460><c> God</c><00:40:07.780><c> called</c><00:40:08.119><c> an</c><00:40:08.300><c> actual</c><00:40:08.639><c> father</c><00:40:09.000><c> in</c><00:40:09.320><c> being?</c>

00:40:09.599 --> 00:40:13.940
The<00:40:09.699><c> answer</c><00:40:10.019><c> is,</c><00:40:10.699><c> and</c><00:40:10.980><c> are</c><00:40:11.099><c> you</c><00:40:11.260><c> surprised,</c><00:40:12.420><c> when</c><00:40:12.619><c> his</c><00:40:12.739><c> son</c><00:40:12.920><c> is</c><00:40:13.179><c> born.</c>

00:40:14.739 --> 00:40:17.920
We<00:40:15.260><c> beheld</c><00:40:15.639><c> his</c><00:40:15.880><c> glory,</c><00:40:16.699><c> the</c><00:40:16.820><c> only</c><00:40:17.000><c> begotten</c><00:40:17.380><c> of</c><00:40:17.539><c> the</c><00:40:17.739><c> Father.</c>

00:40:18.079 --> 00:40:21.820
God's<00:40:18.420><c> a</c><00:40:18.559><c> father</c><00:40:18.760><c> now,</c><00:40:20.599><c> in</c><00:40:20.699><c> a</c><00:40:20.840><c> sense</c><00:40:21.000><c> in</c><00:40:21.119><c> which</c><00:40:21.300><c> hitherto</c><00:40:21.559><c> he</c>

00:40:21.820 --> 00:40:23.619
had<00:40:21.980><c> only</c><00:40:22.360><c> prophesied.</c>

00:40:23.820 --> 00:40:27.739
A<00:40:24.039><c> real</c><00:40:24.380><c> father</c><00:40:24.679><c> of</c><00:40:24.880><c> a</c><00:40:24.960><c> real</c><00:40:25.320><c> child</c><00:40:25.639><c> in</c><00:40:25.840><c> a</c><00:40:25.960><c> real</c><00:40:26.280><c> family</c><00:40:26.639><c> to</c><00:40:26.900><c> grow.</c>

00:40:28.619 --> 00:40:31.500
And<00:40:29.079><c> it</c><00:40:29.260><c> is</c><00:40:29.440><c> for</c><00:40:29.719><c> that</c><00:40:30.019><c> reason</c><00:40:30.360><c> that</c><00:40:30.539><c> we</c><00:40:30.659><c> are</c><00:40:30.860><c> told,</c><00:40:31.079><c> believing</c>

00:40:31.500 --> 00:40:33.340
in<00:40:31.719><c> him</c><00:40:31.940><c> and</c><00:40:32.119><c> in</c><00:40:32.380><c> that,</c>

00:40:34.199 --> 00:40:36.820
we<00:40:34.679><c> have</c><00:40:34.960><c> received</c><00:40:35.320><c> the</c><00:40:35.539><c> spirit</c><00:40:35.719><c> of</c><00:40:35.940><c> adoption,</c><00:40:36.280><c> whereby</c><00:40:36.559><c> we</c>

00:40:36.820 --> 00:40:38.980
cry,<00:40:37.280><c> Abba,</c><00:40:38.039><c> Father.</c>

00:40:40.139 --> 00:40:42.840
That<00:40:40.619><c> believing</c><00:40:40.980><c> in</c><00:40:41.239><c> him,</c><00:40:41.360><c> we</c><00:40:41.500><c> are</c><00:40:41.699><c> given</c><00:40:41.900><c> the</c><00:40:42.159><c> authority</c><00:40:42.579><c> to</c>

00:40:42.840 --> 00:40:45.340
become<00:40:43.300><c> children</c><00:40:43.800><c> of</c><00:40:43.960><c> God.</c>

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And<00:40:47.000><c> that,</c><00:40:47.440><c> beloved,</c><00:40:48.780><c> now</c><00:40:48.980><c> are</c><00:40:49.119><c> we</c><00:40:49.260><c> the</c><00:40:49.400><c> sons</c><00:40:49.579><c> of</c><00:40:49.820><c> God,</c><00:40:51.219><c> can</c><00:40:51.320><c> be</c>

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said<00:40:51.559><c> about</c><00:40:51.800><c> us.</c>

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We<00:40:54.820><c> are</c><00:40:55.099><c> the</c><00:40:55.219><c> ones,</c><00:40:57.719><c> I</c><00:40:57.900><c> mean</c><00:40:58.059><c> all</c><00:40:58.360><c> the</c><00:40:58.840><c> true</c><00:40:59.000><c> disciples</c><00:40:59.500><c> of</c><00:40:59.719><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:41:00.000><c> Jesus</c><00:41:00.380><c> Christ</c><00:41:00.699><c> are</c><00:41:00.900><c> the</c><00:41:01.039><c> ones,</c>

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to<00:41:03.719><c> whom</c><00:41:03.860><c> he</c><00:41:04.039><c> spoke</c><00:41:04.440><c> these</c><00:41:04.920><c> words</c><00:41:05.239><c> of</c><00:41:05.420><c> the</c><00:41:05.579><c> Sermon</c><00:41:05.760><c> on</c><00:41:05.940><c> the</c><00:41:06.099><c> Mount,</c>

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when<00:41:07.860><c> telling</c><00:41:08.099><c> them</c><00:41:08.340><c> they</c><00:41:08.519><c> were</c><00:41:08.679><c> the</c><00:41:08.900><c> light</c><00:41:09.059><c> of</c><00:41:09.219><c> the</c><00:41:09.400><c> world,</c>

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they<00:41:11.400><c> were</c><00:41:11.579><c> a</c><00:41:11.679><c> city</c><00:41:11.840><c> set</c><00:41:12.000><c> on</c><00:41:12.179><c> a</c><00:41:12.280><c> hill,</c><00:41:12.500><c> they</c><00:41:12.559><c> were</c><00:41:12.699><c> a</c><00:41:12.840><c> people</c>

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set<00:41:13.260><c> apart.</c>

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He<00:41:14.019><c> said,</c><00:41:14.960><c> also,</c><00:41:16.119><c> when</c><00:41:16.320><c> ye</c><00:41:16.559><c> pray,</c><00:41:18.139><c> pray</c><00:41:18.219><c> thus,</c><00:41:19.800><c> our</c><00:41:20.079><c> Father,</c>

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which<00:41:22.159><c> art</c><00:41:22.320><c> in</c><00:41:22.539><c> heaven.</c>

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That<00:41:24.599><c> is</c><00:41:24.900><c> the</c><00:41:25.159><c> believer's</c><00:41:25.579><c> name</c><00:41:25.699><c> for</c><00:41:25.940><c> God.</c>

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Amen.